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The Washington herald., 1917-01-13
GIVES PENSIONS
ON GRADED SCALE
Federal Employees Union
Frames Bill Providing An
nuities for 10000.

A retirement bill providing pensions for
sified service was last night reported to
the board of representatives of the Fed
eral Employees Union by a special COM
mittee headed by John s. Beach, ap-
pointed to draft retirement legislation.
The bull provides that two per, cent per
month be deducted from pay envelopes
to create the retirement fund. In the clas-
sifcation OF employees. four grades have
been made and the annuities fixed run
from $50 to 5000 a year
VIII Be Amended Later.
No ection was taken on the bill last
night because objection was made to the
exclusion Of employees OF the District of
Columbia and the Library of Congress.
Amendments to include these employees
and other changes will be considered by
the committee at the next meeting on
January II.
The salient features of the bill follow
1t Will provide a system of retirement
for superannuated and disa bled employees
IN all branches of the classified civil
service, excepting fourth-class postmas-
ters
1t is designed to provide, ultimately.
Tor compulsory retirement at the age of
70 years and for optional retirement at
the age of Go years.
1t has a provision for retirement on
account of disability.
Amount Limited to 5000.
The amount Of annuity is limited to a
maximum Of 5000 per annum and is gradu-
hted in relation to both number of years
In the service and average salary during
the last ten years of service.
1t provides for deductions of per cent
from the salary OF each employe. limited.
however, to $50 per annum.
The committee has arrived at the con-
clusion that a partial contributory plan
Is more likely to receive favorable no.
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-13
HOUSE REFUSES
TO DROP PROBE
Rules Committee Must Get
Leak Facts or Punish
Broker Lawson.

Demanding that Thomas w. Lawson
supply what leak" information he may
have or be punished for his refusal, the
House OF Representatives yesterday di-
rected the Rules Committee to continue
its preliminary probe Of the leak charges.
The Hou1e natly rejected the proposal
of the Democratic majority of the COM
mittee to bring the leak investigation to
an end by laying on the table the Wood
resolution providing for q probe by q
special committee. After a stormy de-
bate. the proposal to sidetrack the Wood
resolution was withdrawn, and It was de-
cided to vest the Rules Committee with
ample authority to force Lawson to
testify.
Members of the Rules Committee last
night prepared a resolution which would
give the committee all of the powers of
a special investigating committee. The
resolution will probably be passed today,
and the committee expects to summon
Lawson on Monday.
Lawson Declined Names.
The decision OF the House. and the
overturn Of the Rules Committee Demo
erats. grew out of Lawson's fat refusal
70 give the committee the names of a
Cabinet officer. a banker and another
nigh government official, who, he said,
mad been mentioned to him as bene-
hciaries of the peace note leak" by a
Representative. Lawson declared that he
was willing to tell the names to a special
committee II a real" in
was ordered
The debate In the House developed that
the Democratic leaders cannot depend
upon majority to stihe the leak in
vestigation at this time. unless the law
son incident is satisfactorily closed, and
the Leak charges are clearly disproved.
II was indicated that at least a score of
Democrats will join with the Repubh-
cans In insisting that the inquiry either
dispose OF the charges finally and un-
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-13
LASS, 10, SC0RNS MAN -
"JHTED BY 40 WOMEN"
Lillian's Ma Had Her ArrestedHBui
Wedding Bells Won't Chime.
pecisl to The Washington Her.ld.

Special to The washtnston Herald.
New York. Jan. 12.-"What can q young
lassie do wi an aud mon7''
So sang Robert Burns, and the Scot
tish poets question has been answered
in her own way by Lillian Braddock, Is
years old, OF Preakness, N. J., who was
returned today from Paterson to her
home. after being arrested on the charge
of being an incorrigible young person. 1t
is also charged that she took So OF her
mothers money when she left home.
But Lillian told Capt. Mcbride. Of the
Paterson police department, that an un-
welcome love affair caused her to nee
from the parental roof
Said she, scornfully:
THE man my mother wants me to
marry is 10 years old. is fat and has lost
his shape. He limps and he wears green
glasses and snores half the time in
church. He's been Tilted by forty women
who have since died of old age and so
far as I'm concerned he can marry any
one he nkes-except me-"
The Washington herald., 1917-01-13
TWO SHIPS SUNK
British Cruiser and Italian Bat
tleship Reported Lost.

CBy the International News service.) }
Constantinople, via Berlin and sayvilIe
wireless. Jan. R-The wrecking of a
British cruiser in Port Meys by Turkish
gunfire yesterday. was officially an
nounced here today.
The cruiser was of the Juno type.
Cruisers of the Juno type range be-
tween 5000 and 5000 tons, and are equip
ped with Harvey nickel armor, ten six
inch guns. and eight three-inch guns and
several torpedo tubes.
The damaging OF a British torpedo boat
and patrol boat Of unknown national
ity, both of which escaped, also was an
nounced.
"On the Caucasian 'front.'" said the
statement, I'VE opened a surprise fire
against hostile ships in Port Meys. We
destroyed by direct hit a British cruiser
Of the Juno type. The cruiser had no
time to open fire. The wreck of the
cruiser is still burning.
"A torpedo boat escaped after one mast
was broken by our fire, while a patrol
boat Of unknown nationality received a
direct hit. The patrol boat escaped to
the southwark, heavily damaged"
Berlin. Jan. 12.-The Swiss newspaper
Anzeiger at Basle printed report today
that the Italian battleship Reina Mar
gherita has been sunk by a torpedo or
mine with loss OF 600 lives, according
to the Overseas News Agency.
The fate OF the Reina Margherita has
been In doubt for some time. In October
she was reported to have been blown up
at her docks, but the Italian admiralty
never confirmed the report. The Mar
gherita is a vessel of 13,427 tons, and
carried 10 men
The Washington herald., 1917-01-13
ANARCHIST ASSAILS
TAMENESS OF LABOR
Militant Spirit Departing. Says AleIsn-
der Berkman in Lecture.

II people went to the Old Masonic Tenn
pie at Ninth and r streets northwest.
last night and expected TO see bombs
sticking out Of the pockets Of Ale1,n-
der Berkman, famous Anarchist author
and lecturer. they were very much dis
appointed and many perhaps wondered
how Mr.. BerlSmsn ever achieved fame
as an Anarchist
Mr.. Berkman lectured on the subject,
Law and Order" under the auspices Of
the Allied Progressive Organizations OF
Washington But he is no longer the
fiery person OF fifteen years ago, when
the police of New York City kept him
on the move. He is altogether a mild and
modest booking man. He shows the wear
OF the many battles he has been through
and walks with great difficulty, using a
cane TO support his right leg. which was
broken.
He eNpressed his sorrow over what he
said was the gradual parslyEing OF the
fighting and militant spirit Of Americans
and organized labor. the radical element
Of which has been 80 terrorized by op-
preston OF capital and fear Of losing
their jobs that the laboring element is
afraid TO show it's colors"
Nearly the en- ire address Of Mr.. Berl-
man was devoted TO the present bomb
plotting trials in San Francisco. He
said that those trials were the best
demonstration that capital 10 prActiciny
systematic murder and violsnoA.-
The Washington herald., 1917-01-13
TO LEAVE MEXICO
Pershing's Column Will Be
Withdrawn-New Policy.

The withdrawal Of General Pershing's 9
punitive" column from Northern Mexico
will follow close on the heels Of the
final conference OF the Mexican-American
joint commission next Monday, according
to authoritative information in Washing
ton last night. Complete plans for the
withdrawal of the Pershing expedition
have been framed by the War Depart
ment. and it is understood that the with
rawal of the troops will initiate a COM
plete hands of" policy toward Mexico
The administration. II was stated, has
reached a point where II In prepared TO
cease entirely all interference in Mexico
and to allow the cor,tending factions, to
work out their own salvation.
To Withdraw Support.
The plans. it is understood. contemplate
the withdrawal of all support, moral "
material from the Carranza government
and the maintenance of an attitude Of
strict imp6tiality as between the Car
ranza organization and the various
withdrawal of the Pershlng troops is ex-
pected to be the first move toward this
Tolicy.
The State Department yesterday, in its
inyestig alton of the circumstances sur
rounding the death of Louis D'Antin. who
accompanied Mexican Ambassador Desig-
nate Arredondo to Mexico. received a re-
port from Consul Williams at San Luis
Potosi. The American attache OF the
Carranza government was i'll when he
reached San Luis Potosi, and died of
'cerebral congestion" an hour after at
tending a banquet. The burial, according
to Consul Williams was a hurried afYai-
Unless D'Antin's widow requests that the
body be sxh ;uIeG and examined, the
State Department will take no further
action.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-13
APACHE indian SCOUTS
find ARMY DESERTERS
Five Men Captured by Squad in Desc
late Mexican Hills.
tBy the Internations

(By the International News Service }
Field Headquarters Punitive Expedi-
ton, Mexico Cby telegraph to Columbus.
N. Mex. Jan. 12)-Deserters from the
army are not safe from capture and pun
ishment even in the wild mountain coun-
try that divides Chihuahua and Sonora
states. At dusk last night. five men in
soldiers uniforms rode into camp guard
ed by twelve other soldiers. The fve
prisoners were tied to their horses, which
were stumbling from weariness. Their
guards rode upon their mounts, but they,
too, we're tired out.
The prisoners were deserters who left
camp five nights ago, taking their rifles
and equipment with them. The morning
after dssertion detachment was sent in
pursuit. Heading this detachment were
four Apache Indian trailers. They picked
up the trail OF the deserters and held it
like hounds
Tuesday evening the missing men were
captured without a fight They were
ninety-five miles southeast of this camp,
far back in the mountains. They never
imagined that they could be followed and
overtaken in the wild country.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-13
Telegraph Tips

Chicago. Jan. 12.-Plans for opposing
the passage in Congress of the bill which
would compel investigation OF all diff
culties between trainmen and the rail-
roads before a strike could be called were
discussed today by the grievance chair
men OF the four railroad brotherhoods.
Philadelphia Pa, Jan. 12-Dr. William
Wistsr Comfort professor of Romanic
languages at Cornell University was
chosen for president OF Haverford Col
lege at a recent meeting of the corpora
ton Of the college.
Philadelphia, Pa. Jan. IA spectacu-
lar fire swept the Walnut Street Presby-
terian Church, Thirty ninth street, near
Walnut. early today, causing a loss esti-
mated at more than 100000.
Constantinople, via Berlin and SayvilIe
wireless, Jan. 12-The Turkish war office
Amara makes no mention of the British
claim that 600 prisoners were taken.
Chicago, Jan. I2.-Suit for s23 Ooo, 900
against the Chicago. Rock Island and Pa
ciflc Railroad and its receivers was filed
In the Federal court this afternoon on be-
half OF the Bankers Trust COMPANY of
New York.
New York. Jan. 12.-"The uniform Of
the United states navy must be respect-
ed" said Justice McInernery today when
he fined Harry Traub, manager of a.
sailor from box because he was in uni
form.
New York, Jan. 12.-Announcement was
made today of the dissolution of the
underwriting syndicate of New York and
Boston bankers. floating a 81, 600. 900 five
year 5h per cent Russian bond issue.
New York, Jan. IAN increase of q
per cent in wages of all emplcvss
throughout the country, who were in its
employ January l. 1916, was announced
by the Postal Telegraph Cable Company
today.
tc attack Paris last night but were fright
eneC off. 1t was first reported that A
Zeppelin had been sighter but this proved
Incorrect.
baltimore, Nd, Jan. 12-A marty nf
municipal executives andt other officials
of several Illinois cities who were here
making an inspection of this city's paw
Ing, left here today.
Berlin (vla Sayville wireless), Jan. l2.-
South OF Lake Ochrida the allies attacked
a position held by Austro-Hungarian and
Bulgarian troops but the position was
said the German war office
today.
New York, Jan. 12.-The Rev. William
N. Ritchie. n years old, was arrested in
his home in Brooklyn by detectives this
afternoon charged with disposing of more
than $4,000 worth of morphine.
Plymouth. Mass, Jan. 12.-Fifty chill
dren escaped in safety from primary
school here this afternoon when fire
broke out in the basement and DESTROYED
The building.
London, Jan. 12-Lloyds today an
the sinking Of the Danish steam
ship Taborg. The crew was saved.
Philadelphia, Jan. 12-John Mccormack.
the tenor, today visited the naturalization
department of the United States District
Court and declared his intention of be-
coming q eitisen Of this country
The Washington herald., 1917-01-13
SAYS BOMB SUSPECTS
WOULD KILL GOVERNOR
Frisco Prosecutor Charges Conspiracy
Against Hiram Johnson's Life.
CBy the International New,

CBy the International News service.l
San Francisco. Cal. Jan. 12.-Alexander
Berkman. editor Of The Blast. a radical
publication; Miss Eleanor Fitzgerald, as
sociate editor. and Robert Minor. New
York cartoonist and treasurer of the In
ternatIonal Workers Defense League, to-
day were accused in open court by As
sistant District Attorney Edward A.
Cunha OF conspiracy to asssssinste Gov
Hiram Johnson.
Cunha's charge fell like a bombshell
in the packed court of Superior Judge
Franklin A. Grifith, during the trial OF
Thomas J. Mooney, charged with mur-
der in connection with the preparedness
parade bomb explosion.
Cunha added that the district attorneys
Office intends asking the county grand
jury TO indict Berkman and Miss Fitz-
gerald as accessories in the preparedness
parade bomb plot.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-13
Y0, HO, ONE,LEGGED MEN
PLAN "MONOPEDS" CLUB
Gus" Gumpert. of the Ebbiu. Who's a
"Oner." Arranging Details.

The first official convention of mon
opeds'' will be held here next spring
when representative one-legged men from
all parts of the country will gather at the
New Ebbitt to organize the "One-Legged
Mems Association of America"
The affair will be strictly exclusive: no
one with plurality of lower extremities
will be admitted to the meetings, which
will extent over period of three DAYS
Gus" Gumpert, Of the New Ebbitt, who
booked the convention yesterday, will
welcome the guests. Gumpert lost ooe
Of his legs while in the service of Uncle
Sans navy.
Most of the delegates. 1t Is said. will be
salesmen for the different manufacturers
of artificial limbs in this country. The
question Of supplying the European mar
ket with this commodity after the war
will be brought up for discussion.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-13
TRIED TO ESCAPE
Thaw Attempted Suicide, Says
Chauffeur, When Blocked.
CBy the international New. Service

(By the International News Service }
Philadelphia, Pa, Jan. Hilary X.
Thaw attempted to take his life early
yesterday morning because a scheme he
had conceived OF escaping the New York
authorities was blocked by his detective
guardians.
Thaw planned to escape from those who
we're searching tor him ana make lis
way to bridgeport. Connecticut. where he
said he could find hiding place in the
home Of one Of the men who had as
sisted him in the escape from Matteswan.
''Thaw tried 20 kill himself because he
was told by the men guarding him that
he was to be taken to New York and
be turned over to District Attorney
Swami yesterday afternoon" declared
Bernard Williams.
Williams. a chauffeur. was drinking
with Thaw in West Philadelphia saloons
up to a few hours before the suicide at
tempt he refused to talk when grilled
today at the detective bureau
However. later located by newspaper
men. he told his story In full.
Partly upon orders from the legal ad.
yisers Of Thaw family and partly TO pro-
tect themselves" said Williams, the PR
vate detectives guarding Thaw arranged
to give him UP on Thursday afternoon.
In ignorance Of this plsn, Thaw, while
he was stopping at the Walnut street
rooming house. made the rounds OF the
saloons in the neighborhood. l met hirl
Tuesday evening and we 'palled' arounl
together Tuesday ard Wednesday
He drank everything and we talke
about everything under the sun. HIS
clothes were soiled and he was in bad
shape physically.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-13
AUTOS Have 3 TANKS,
But | PASSENGER
Straw Should Be Handy for Joy Ride
in Virginia.

Now comes the two-tanked roadster, 1871
model.
1t is the latest in automobile novelties
and It's habitat is Virginia and environs
Want to see one? Just stand on Aque-
cuct Bridge awhile; they shoot by every
other minute. Just like any other road
ster, only two tanks on the rear instead
Of one
Why the extra tank? Well. listen.
When the roadster gets onto Virginia
soil, he will very likely do one of two
things. He will either take a soda straw
from his vest pocket, stick It into the
hunghole, and place his lips to the pro-
truding end, or else he will lie nat IN
his back under the car and unscrew the
tank outlet, catching the drip in his
mouth.
But Why? Oh yes, you must remember
VirginIa's dry now. boys.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-13
Slew GIRL,WIFE, 10,
ITO keep HER PURE"
Petit Tells Court He Dreamed of
High Celibate Plane"

CBy the international News Service. }
Chicago. Jan. IA. Maurice Petit,
slayer OF his ls-year-oId bride, Katherine
Kaiser Petit. repeated on the witness
stand this afternoon his admission that
he cut his wife's throat Ito keep her
pure"
Petit described to the court his dreams
Of spiritual marriage In which both
he and his young wife should remain
celibates.
But loved and worshiped Katherine
Kaiser" he cried, "and for her I desired
to live on high celibate plane. When
I heard her yoiceH knew that wanted
her"
Pettits story was broken frequently by
the sobs of his mother. mis- first wife, Mrs
Madge Petit, who testified in his behalf
as character witness, and the mother Of
his victim, who pleaded with the judge
not to impose the death sentence after
Petit formally admitted his suilt.s
The Washington herald., 1917-01-13
MEXICANS AID farmers
IN SEARCH FOR FLYERS
Two San Diego Aviators Believed Lost
Somewhere in Desert.
By the International New. serv,c.

CBy the International News servlce.l
FL Centre. Cal, Jan. 12-while 100 Inn
perial Valley ranchers, their automobiles
heavily loaded with provisions, were on
their way across the border to hunt Col,
Harry Bishop and Lieut.. w. Robertson.
San Diego army avtators, who are BE-
lieve to be lost somewhere south of
Mexicala, Gov. Cantu of Lower Cali
fornia, today ordered all the Mexican
cavalrymen stationed at Mexicala to join
in the search.
In addition to these, Col. Cantu sent
out five automobiles of Mexican infantry
men to aid the rescue parties and issued
orders that American ranchers be per-
mitted to cross the border in any number
to hunt the missing meh.
Col Bishop and Lieut.. Robertson were
last seen about fifty miles south Of
Mexicala. They left San Diego wednes-
day for a fight to Calexico, but are be-
lieved to have been lost In n high fog
and probably to have had engine trouble
somewhere IN the Mexican desert
The Washington herald., 1917-01-13
PASTOR GIVES GIRLS
love COMMANDMENTS
Man Who Wed 5000 in Thirty Year,
Has Royal Road" to Bliss.

Special to The Washington Herald
San Francisco. Jan. 12.-How to win
husband is told in the Rev. John H
Pierce's ten commandments" for girl.
seeking the royal road to matrimony
The Rev. Pierce. who breaches at Oak.
land, has married 1000 couples in thirty
years. Here are his commandments:
Plan your campaign with the wis
dom of the serpent, conceal it with the
silence Of the clam.
Avoid all witticisms about marriage
Veil with alluring helplessness the iron
of self-sutficiency.
When a man declares 'I shall never
marryw mark him for easy prey
Be inwardly bold as lion, outwardly
tinid as a fawn.
The loudest flattery is the silence of
attention. When he speaks, listen.
Shun the rouge pot and the powder pun.
Pick out q chemical affinity. Remem-
Der. oil won't mix with water.
Copy the cat, for 1t is squeeZable, and
the dove, for it COOS caressingly.
Remember that the supreme test Of a
man is a kiss. II he will not yield under
its pressure. scorn him.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-13
ALL PETS DESTROYED
TO STAMP OUT PLAGUE
Grafton Health Authorities Will Elimi-
nate Dogs. Cats and Toys.

(By the International News service.) }
Clarksburg, w. Va, Jan. 12-The hearts
of the children of Grafton are sad to-
day. For the chIldren's own disease has
caused the destruction of the children's
playthings and pets.
So alarming has become the spread Of
Infantile paralysis in the West Virginia
town that the health authorities today be-
gan the destruction of what they deem
disease-carriers. This includes-to the
children's horror-all toys, dogs and cats
Health department officials will make a
house to house canvas in an effort to
destroy all playthinss which might be-
come the carrier of disease germs and
the town dog-catcher will enlarge his
force in an effort to extir guish canine
and feline life.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-13
"OLIVER" ADMITS HE
WAS "HEARTBREAKER"
Liar and Escaped Convict" Asks
Lawyer-"All." He Replies.
(By the International New. Service.

(By the International News service.l
New York. Jan. l2-Admission that he
was liar, an escaped convict and a de-
ceiver of women, was nothing 70 smiling
and suave Charles II. Wax, otherwise
"Oliver Osborne" as he testified today
In the case against Franklin d. ssfori.
charged with perjury in swearing that
James w. Osborne registered at a Plain
field. N. J., hotel with Rae Tanzer. as
''Oliver Osborne"
Attorney Benjamin slade. for Stafford.
subjected Wax to a grilling cross-exami-
nation.
You are lisr, aren't your" slads
asked Wax.
Yes" Wax replied
"And an escaped convict. a deceiver OF
women and an unscrupulous heartbreak-
err" further Quried the lawyer.
IL am all of those" replied the wit
ness, still smiling and with q touch OF
pride In his voice
The Washington herald., 1917-01-13
Ladies Mustn't Smoke EN-,
Oklahoma Solons Decree

Oklahoma City, Okla, Jan. 12-The
Oklahoma legislature served notice on
the world today that it opposes such new
ranged Things as birth control and cigar
ette smoking for women.
BY unanimous vote resolution was
adopted. congratulating Mr.. and Mrs
Keys, OF Hollis. on the birth of quad
ruptlets.
The House Of Representatives puts its
20 X" on the bill not only prohibiting the
selling Of cigarettes and "makings," but
making the smoking OF a cigarette an
offense.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-13
Children viii Mark
Buffalo Bm's" Grave
BY international News Service.

By International News Service.
Denver, Col. Jan. l2.-schooI chill
dren of America, to whom, Buffalo
Bill was hero, will contribute the
money to erect a monument over
his grave on Lookout Mountain.
Admirers Of the famed scout in
Denver and the East have sug-
gested that no more fitting tribute
be paid to the man who brought
the last great West down to the
present. than that the children of
the schools should provide the
funds to mark his resting place.
1t has been suggested that no
children be permitted to contribute
more than cents.