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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-02
BRITISH GRENADE ATTACK
kEPULSED. SAYS BERLIN
Germans Claim to Have Entered
Enemy Trenches at Verdun.
Artillery Duel at Ypre-.

BERLIN, January ., by wireless to
Sayyille.--Repulse of British hand
grenade attack in the Ypres salient,
where there also has been an artillery
duel of considerable violence. and raid
ing operations in the Champagne, the
Argonne and the Verdun regions, arc
reported in today's army headquarter's
statement regarding activities on the
front. The statement
reads:
western front: Army of Field Mar
shall Duke Albrecht of Wurttemberg-
In the Ypres salient there was a lively
artillery duel British hand-grenade
attacks were repulsed.
Army group OF the German crown
prince-In the Champagne. in the Ar
come forest and on the east bank Of
the Mouse (verdun region) German
raiding detachments and patrols enter
ed French trenches and returned, as
had been ordered. with prisoners and
booty. \ large British airplane fell
into our hands,"
In statement in reply to the re-
Gently published review of the battle
of the Somme by Field Marshal Sir
douglas Haig. the Overseas News
a""r-'s that the British COM
mander's statements in regard to the
.e...,.,e losses OF the British and Ger
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-02
ONLY THREE MEN SURVIVE.
Captain, His Wife, and Eight Of
Schooner Uranus Crew Lost.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, January q
The American steamer Oneago has
brought into Hampton roads three sur
vivors of the crew of the American
schooner Marcus L. Tram, which was
wrecked off st. Michaels during q hur-
ricane November 90.
According to the survivors stories,
the Tram, owned by u Boston firm,
was bound from Savannah to France
when it ran into the storm which sent
her to destruction. The captain, his
wife and eight members of the crew
were lost. The three survivors climbed
upon the stern of an upturned lifeboat.
and for four days were swept about by
the wind and waves, expecting every
minute to be the last. passing boat
picked them up and landed them at ST.
Michaels, from which point they were
sent to Bermuda. At Bermuda the
American consul placed them aboard
the Oneago, bound for Hampton roads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-02
ACCIDENTS IN THE STREETS
Wagon 0verturns, Injuring Driver
Automobiles in Collision

Richard Brighthaupt. colored, So Fen
ton place. yesterday afternoon received
an injury to his shoulder when his
wagon overturned in a ditch on Morris
road He was taken to Casualty Hos
pital.
Robert L. Preston, colored, drove his
automobile between two street cars in
the II street viaduct last night and the
vehicle was caught between the cars
and demolished. Occupants of the au-
tomobile with Preston were L. G..
Weaver. Lizzie Tyler and Agnes Allen,
all colored. Only one of them was
hurt.
An automobile owned and operated by
II. +. Nigh. 1902 25th street, yesterday
afternoon collided with a muleteam in
charge of Joseph Mcfarland, 1915
Union street southwest, at 18th and q
streets. The mule was slightly in
5ured.
The automobile of Charles G.. Iohr,
loo Good Hope road. yesterday after
noon collided with the horse-drawn We
hfcle Of Ira Payne. 325 18th street
southeast. at Tth and T. streets. Slight
damage to the automobile resulted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-02
Police Are Near Solution.

I'VE are much nearer a solution than
we were yesterday said Detective Capt
Tate. This is one of the most perplex-
stumped US.
THE mystery requires a process of
elimination. Il wedding out of all the
dead womans friends. She was acQuaint-
ed with so many lawyers, newspaper men.
physicians, business men. detectives, the
atrical people. hotel men and others that
We do not want to jump at any rash con-
clusion. l am cautioning my men to be
absolutely certain of their ground before
they do anything"
Asked whether the son of wealthy
brewer upstate. the son OF a base ball
magnate OF this city and others whose
names have been linked with that of Miss
Colbert. as acquaintances, are to be
questioned. Capt. Tate said I'VE will
question every person VINO knew Miss
Colbert"
The captain said there was no more
reason to implicate a brewers son and a
base ball magnate's son in the models
death than to believe that numerous 9TH
er Philadelphians who knew her were
mixed up in il.
An attempt will be made to get at
the motive of the murder The motive
as II now appears. was jealousy. The
theory, which looms high on the sur
face. is that some man. with plenty of
money. had been gratifying the girls
every whim, while she had lavished her
affection on another.
This is believed to have led to the
quarrel; the demanding of an account
ing by the man who had been paving
the bills. and, finally. a struggle, which
led to the woman being slain by her
jealous admirer, who did his work with
the electric flat-iron. the only instru-
ment of murder which he could find in
the house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-02
Teachers Here Underpaid.

Pointing out that the proposition to
increase the salaries of school employees
may be considered by the Senate dur
ing the present session Of Congress. the
resolutions argue that teachers. like
other District government employees.
have to meet the greatly Increased
cost OF living. which, while universal
in this country, is nowhere more bur-
densome than in our National Capital;
many teachers in the lower grades of
the schools in the city of Washington
receive less than $500 a year, which is
not living wage: that the salaries of
the teachers throughout the grades
and in the high schools are less than is
paid in many other cities of this coun-
try; that teachers should be free from
financial worries. in order that they
may devote all their time and energy
in teaching and in directing the many
student activities which are connected
with modern schools; that the Congress
of the United States should take the
lead in identifying the work of the
teacher, thus making it an attractive
profession to our best young men and
women, and that the future of this
country will be determined by nothing
more than by the quality Of the teach
ers, who have in their hands to such
q great degree the development of
character in our children"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-02

school officers through political or per-
sonal influence. and insisting on EN-
cheney as the sole basis of promotion:
urging adequate pensions for teachers:
favoring the widest possible use Of the
school plant for social, civic and edu-
cational purposes: indcrsing the ex-
tension of vocational, prevocational
and industrial training as an integral
part of the present educational sys-
tenn; encouraging all movements hav-
ing for their object the modernizatfon
of the school curriculum to bring it
into harmony with social and economic
progress; opposing state or national
laws for compulsory military training:
favoring the creation of a national de-
partment of education. coordinate
with the other departments of the fed
eral government. and the appointment,
as the head OF this department.. of a
secretary of education, who should be
a member of the cabinet of the Presi-
dent OF the United States. and demand
ing nation wide. adult suffrage as 4
fundamental principle of democrecy::-'--
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-02
HIGHER TEACHERS PAY
IN WASHINGTON URGED
Resolutions Adopted e Convention
of American Fedora ion of
Teachers.

Resolutions urging increases in the
salaries of public school employees IN
the District of Columbia were adopted
at the convention of the American FED
Grafton of Teachers. just closed In Chi
cago. A large number of resolutions
concerning the teaching profession ana
education were adopted. some OF which,
however, advocate action which mas
long since been taken in Washington
George j. Jones' teacher of Central
High School. and representing the Fed
Grafton Of High School Teachers OF
washington ID. c.. was elected as Il
trustee of the American Federation OF
Teachers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-02
Was Nearing the Bread Line.

Another phase of the story that now
stands out is that Grace Roberts was
not at the full tide of prosperity prior
to her death She still had her apart
ment, her expensive wardrobe was still
intact. but her purse was light. This
theory is horne out in the fact that she
pawned tie cavalier in order to pur-
chase a Christmas gift for the object of
her affections
The accepted theory is that Grace
Roberts was nearing the bread line"
although she had won prominence as a
model advertising a certain brand of
stocking. and that the particular man
who had been paying the bills was be-
ginning to retrench.
Up to three or four months ago Grace
Roberts was manicurist. Manicur-
lists in the building where she had her
manicuring parlor, as well as other
witnesses. have supplied interesting in
formation relative to the period in
which she conducted her business. The
grandeur of her mode of living at this
time furnishes Il base FOR a contrast to
her mode OF living just prior to her
murder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-02
PROCEEDING IS DISMISSED.
Appellate Courts Action on Appeal
of C.. B. Hight.

y special appeal prosecuted by c. b.
Hight. from an order of the District
Supreme Court refusing to dismiss a
bill for injunction and accounting in
stituted against him by the Richmond
Park Improvement Company. was dis
missed today by the District Court of
Appeals. in an opinion by Chief Justice
Shepard.
The court decided to await the sign
ing of the final decree by the lower
court. when an appeal can be prose-
cuted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-02
nad Elaborate Business Place.

When she opened up these apart
ments." one of the manicurists said,
"she was the subject of comment all
over the building. Her rooms were
furnished extravagantly. and she rode
down TO her building every day in a
limousine. which was said to be her
own. She also had a colored maid and
dressed like the wife of a millionaire
She didn't mix with the other occu-
pants of the building, and her trade
while II was small. was very exclusive
We didn't talk so much about her Gus
toners as we did about the fine clothes
the maid and the limousine"
She gave up the manicuring estab-
lishment three or four months ago. 1t
Is generally surmised that the man
who had put her in business had in
duced her to quit 1t. with a view TO
leading simpler and Il cuieter life.
What has become OF this good Samar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-02
Other Measures Proposed.

Resolutions were adopted taking the
following, action: Favoring a small,
elective board of education. subject to
recall. the members of which shall be
paid: urging that at least one member
of the board OF education should be a
teacher: urigng the enactment of laws
securing to teachers and supervisory
officers tenure of position during eff
cheney; condemning the appointment
and promotion OF teachers and other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-02

to the east of Chambrettes farm. The
attack failed completely. -
Belgian statement: To the east or
Ramscapelle and toward Dixmude Pc
ciprocal bombardments took place. "A
spirited struggle by means of field and
trench artillery is reported at Het Sas"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-02
Secretary Baker to Speak.

Secretary of War Baker accepted to-
day an invitation from President Smith
of the Washington and Lee University,
at Lexington, Va. to speak at that in
stitution January 10 as part of the
annual Washington and Lee day cele-
bration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-02

itan of the Bohemian world no one APP
pears to know. 1t is believed that he
and Grace called it quits. At any rate.
it appeared that the limousine is gone,
and Eleanor, the colored maid, whose
mysterious disappearance at first
caused great concern, is known to have
been dismissed from the Roberts wom-
ans service before Christmas. presum-
ably for lack of funds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-02

cial announcement says. the night
passed quietly.
The communication issued last even
ing by the war Office. says:
ION the right bank of the Meuse the
Germans directed a strong surprise at
tack against the trenches we had taken
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-02

mans are disproved by the German and
British casualty lists. It states the
losses of the entente amount to 500. 900.
PARIS. January discriminating oc-
CURED last night at small posts in lie
Pretre and Jury woods, near the Lor-
raine border. Otherwise, today's off,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-02
SPECIAL NOTICES.

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
holders Of the Union Trust Company of the Dis
for the ensuing year. will be- held Tuesday.
January 9th. 1917. at the Office Of the company.
d. O.. at O'Clock pm. The polls will be open
from I to o'clock pm Transfer books Will be
EDWARD L. HILIYER Secretary.
INAUGURAL COMMITTEE.
COMMITTEE on PUBLIC COMFORT.
Rooms OF the Chamber Of Commerce. 1co2 +
street NV. SECOND FLOOR.
All caterers and other persons desiring to
furnish meals to military and other organiza-
lions during the inaugural period are requested
TO call Mt this ONCE. without delay, and give
the following information:
Name. address. capacity number that can be
served). rates. hours meals can be served. etc.
A. LEFTwICH SINCLAIR. Chairman.
WALTER NJ. RASTIAN. Secretary.
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE sTUCK-
holders of the Georgetown Masonic Hall Asso-
citation will be held in Masonic Hall Tuesday.
rectors. ISAAC BIRCH. President:
II. G. WAGNER. Secretary. &c
PoRsuANT TO SECTION l.. ARTICLE VIII
OF bylaws. notice is hereby given that the an
nuai meeting of the stockholders OF The Capital
Traction Company for the election Of directors
FOR the ensuing year and snch other business a.
may be brought before the meeting will be held
at the office OF the company, Seth and NJ streets
northwest. Washington u. C.. on Wednesday.
January TO- 1917. at 1O:i5 o'clock am. The
polls will be open from IL O'Clock am until 1.
II. n. CHAMPION, Secretary.
NATIONAL BANK OF WASHINGTON. WASH
fngton. ID. C.. December =. 19l6.-The annual
election for directors of this bank will take place
at the banking house on Tuesday. January D.,
1917. Polls open from L. m. TO 1 pm.
A. Il. RUFF. Cashier.
NOTICE.-THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
shareholders Of the Second National Bank of
Washington, D. G.. for the election of directors
for the ensuing year and for the transaction Of
such other business that may be properly brought
before the meeting will be held at the bank at
IL o'clock noon on Tuesday. January 9. 1917. The
polls will be open between II O'Clock noon and
O'Clock pm. JOHN G. ECkIOFF. Cashier.
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLM
ers of the National City Dairy Company of the
District of Columbia will be held at Room alS.
.fenifer building, It'll and II SITS. nv. Washing
ton: d. G.. on "Wednesday. January 10th. 1917.
ut pm. for the purpose Of considering reduc-
tion Of the capital stock of the company and
ether important business.
y. o. WHITFORD. J. c. FISH,
N. ]. HINE, $. BRAsHEARS. JR..
Board OF Directors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-02

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-02
PROPHECIES FOR 1917.

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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-08
News Of Fifty Years Ago

big freshe. is or in lanes Hver The
10 %sT po i oaeF Sa
river is still rising great deal Of drift
pe"nc are along the banks with hooks SR"s and I'd
other implements saving it FOR fire wood
cnr no, aFfE r@nE The %aE" n
though there has been no fan OF it here. All
that road we're heavily covered viii snow
and passengers from Louisa ns. ce.l.ty last night
inches deep in that county,
Hon Thomas S; Islournoy Of Halifax County
n 'S ", "o o the e Of
were accorded them.
vemti"n was renorSed in the senate Of Virginia
hours Was passed ed TO- To-. third reading and
o%% Of 0 this city, IS sh%s fsG b
all he knows how.
There was yesterday al well founded report
named as The commander of Military District
No. |. that is to say, Virginia.
We have received copy of the .,ustraIasian
published at Melbourne. Austraia II is the
two pages Of five columns each.
Charles sumner. of Massachusetts yesterday
Introduced in the Senate a hill to guarantee a,
States and to protect tho loyal" people thereof.
ana ana also s oah 10 be taken which
scribe TO, -" '''' ''''e'" psop'e ca" sub
!, a, join, resolution was Introduced in the
municinal offices in the city. of Alexandria to
commissioners to the provees nX t the the
Sherman act. The resolution was ordered
printed
Is exhausted. and the reservoir cannot ho re-
enough to allow the water wheels AT the suns,ans
house to be operated
Tennessee, has announced his inlontion To or
S ga; an army OF volunteer militia to he under
saer s Ge foy s
people Of certain sections Of the State"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-08
The Rnsecdy Man Observing.

Ga posthumous poem.)
domincerin' fcller, like at he
Spelt separate, an spelt 'er with e.
And made it propcr-not because 1t
was,
But simply jes' because-you know
because.
! allus want to go off and lay down
When fellers want to argcy; when I'm
brown
On one side, roll me ovcr-hiamc ef
Kecr whuther I'm a roast ur jos fry.
Q a sore-toed man is so sadly grand
As he sets, in his hcyday, gain
Into the past. and amoanin' and
Groanin' and paraphrasin'-
How ] wisht that my now was then
When the heart does hest when it
doesn't
How ] wisht i was young agen,
Esr how / wisht / wasn't!
Love yer inemies. but don't
Think they'll b'lievc it-cause they
WON'T
IF thcy's anything bettcrn Heaven
itself,
Yea, more SurpasSin' fair
] spose it'll be when you and me
Git actually landed there!
James Whitcomb Riley. in Golfers.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-08
Richmond, March :
Taxation In Yirpintn.

TO the Editor Of The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-rou have two editorials to day that
seem to coutradct each other, or rather thev
prove that you don't sec the reason why Kansas
can spend five times much on her university
and other colleges as Virginia does. The other
editorial states that Richmond realty PAYS less
tax than in other cities
fes. the land values Greatly, less the i'm
provemcnts) in Virginia assessed for tax
uton AT only 30 To 40 per cent OF their real
value. and consequently tile land is held "out
or use SO as TO got the unearned increment a nd
many OF the young mcn and women are forced
10 move to other States to get fair wages. Idle
,and makes idle men. The way to solve the
land question and the labor question aud tho
school question and stimulate production and
distribution in a natural way Is to obey the
economic law and assess tho land values at fun
ioo per cent. and TO gradually exempt the i'm
nroNementS. There are hundreds of land specu-
,ators getting away with $4,000 to $50 600 a
year, ana college professors and school tcacho
gettmS Just Il bare subsistence for their con-
stIuctTe work; real DEMOCRATS
charlottesville. Va. March g.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-08
stone United for Ch,iru,us,i,

FOREMOST among all the questions imme-
dlately confronting the country is lha,
of armed neutrality Therefore. the first
duty OF the Senate is 10 take such action as
VII. expedite the passage OF the bill so shame
fully cbsiructed by that little grouu of will
full men whom Berlin now halls as repre-
sentative OF the best spirit OF America ;"
Another and collateral duty lies before i,
however. which il should 10y no means neglect
IL should take every possible step 10 correct
the false impression created abroad nv It's
enforced failure 10 uphold the Presidents
hands. And the first step should be 10 de
prive Senator Stone Of his chairInanship Of
The Committee on Foreign Relations
This is no question OF punishment however
richly Senator stone may deserve whatever
punishment may justly be mctcd ont 10 him
by ar outraged Congress and. country Ii
is matter of wiping out 4 wrong done by
retiring to the ranks one whom the Senate
had made a leader and by publishing far and
wide his degradation. More than lhal. ii is
N matter Of representative government In
ordinary times. our foreign relations are
91argei7 routine in their nature At this time
they demand the constant best thought OF The
nation; they arc the affairs not only Of tie
day, but OF the very hour The men who deal
with them must rcprcsen, Americans and
sAmericanism.
3, Senator Stone represents neither lie IS
unfit even TO be member OF the Committee
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-08
"purity Sound" Abolished

@~TlEF OF POLICE WERNER is TO he con-
~ graduated having AT last seen the
light and abolished his permanent purity
squad" Whatever they have called IL, every
city that has maintained u similar squad,
composed of men permanently assigned TO
that duty, has been forced TO rue its policy
usually by some glaring scandal. Inforiu-
nate results had already been observed in
Richmond. not the least Of which was the
apparent unwillngness OF jurors to convict
on specialized evidence, and the scandal would
have been only question Of time. All the
laws must be enforced. but the permanent
purity squad is the most dangerous and
most neticacious agent that could be en-
ploycd for that purpose.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-08
Extra Session Needed

THERE should be an extra session Of Con
! gross. The Times Dispatch is strongly
Of the opinion that the President has full
power and authority to arm and otherwise to
protect American merchant vessels. and
strongly of the opinion also that this power
land authority should he exercised but ii is
wise in this grave crisis that his actions have
..the expressed approval of all the representa-
tives OF the people
A rule which will unite the hands of the
Senate is on its way to adoption. and the
House can be assembled within few days.
We are not afraid that craftsmanship will be
permitted TO make the House contemplate
for there is enough patriotism in both parties
and enough virtue in 1louse rules to save it
from that fate.
Legal advisers OF the President, il is re-
ported, will uphold and he will use his right
TO arm the ships Let Congress he called to
strengthen his arm