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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-29
MORE GROSS NEGLIGENCE
BY POLICE IS REVEALED
Commissioners Continues Inquiry to
Fix Cause Of Failure to Find
Ruth Crugcr's Body.
DRAGs ANSWERS FROM MEN
Part Lieutenant Browne Has in Case
Subject OF Special Investigation.
Mrs. Humiston Offered Place on
District Attorney Swann's Staff.
Iar Associsted Pres..l

NEW YORK, June 2S.-Evidence OF
gross negligence at the fourth branch
detective bureau in recording the dis
appearance OF Ruth Cruser. which re-
suited In a delay of fourteen hours be-
fore a search was begun, accumulated
to-day at tho investigation which
Leonard 81. wallstein, commissioner OF
accounts, is conducting to determine
responsibility for police failure to find
the body in the cellar OF Alfredo
Cocchrs shop.
In his examination OF several police
witnesses to-day the commissioner con-
centrated on the part Lieutenant Will
liam Browne had in the case. Browne
was on duty at midnight on February
IS when the report OF Miss Cruger's
disappearance was brought to the bu.
reau. Lieutenant John j. Flannelly.
who relieved him. gave testimony
which placed on Browne blame for the
initial delay.
1t developed during testimony Of De-
tectivo Sergeant Frank MCGEE that Po-
lice Commissioner Woods had begun
an investigation of the motorcycle
squad after Cocchi had been located
in Italy. because of the reported
friendl!ness between some motorcycle
policemen and the murderer MCGEE
testified he had closed the case Of
Cocchis disappearance. because Com
missioner Woods had assigned Captain
Costigan to the case.
Asked what he had told Mrs Grace
Humiston. who found the body, MEG ee
said. II told her that after having made
lengthy investigation I felt morally
certain the girl had been murdered"
Did you share Sergeant Lagarenne's
elopement theory at tho time he made
his report?"
AT first I thought II reasonable but
] changed my mind afterwards"
ADMITS HIS SEARCH
WAS NOT EXHAUSTIVE
NcGee. like other policemen who
have testified. had TO have his answers
dragged Srom him. MCGEE added that
his search OF Cocchi's premises was not
exhaustive. Asked why, he explained:
We'll, one reason that put me OF
was that Cocchi is the first Italian to
commit crime that / have ever heard
Of In my thirty years experience who
stayed on the scene Of the crime"
why didn't you dig in Cocchrs cell
lar at the beginning"
Il did dig there, Your Honor; was
the one who suggested digging there.
1t was my idea. and you can ask Mrs
Humiston IL digging wasn't done there
on my idea" MCGEE said.
Why didn't you dig there before
June 16. the date when the body was
found?"
i just did not, Your Honor"
The detective wept when the com
missioner asked IL there was any rea-
son why q charge OF negligence should
not be brought against him.
In sight OF God and man" McGee
said y did the bes, could on tina,
search. did everything ! could"
Your testimony gives ne the in
preston You are honest" the commits
sioneE said az the close OF the exant-
nafiop
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-29

TWO one-ga!!on cans containing
whisky, and d like number OF rortain9
ers OF the same dimensions contain
ms water were seized at Main Street
STATION yesterday by Patrolmen waters
ana AHcrs, OF FIRST Precinct. The four
cans were In trunk, and officers are
sun wondering at the presence of the
a suit case containing tweaty-eiph,
plhts OF whisky and trunk which
nelo seventeen quarts were found AZ
bErd street Station by Patro,men
sweet aud Lumpkin. LIQUOR and
water rtpose at the First STATION
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-29
AMUSEMEN rs
big Houses ut Academy

Naughty Marietta" the ro!licking
comic opera. with music by Victor Her
bert and book by Rida Johnson Young
continues TO attract large and excep-
t;ona!iy enthusiastic audiences TO the
Academy. Thcatergoers unite N ex-
pressing the belief that the Comic Opera
Players have achieved their greatest
success n this weeks musical play,
which is full! Of uncommonlv tuMeful
music ard bright comedy. Tire spright-
Is chorus. eHcelirntly drilled by the
new musical director Antonio Ba-
funno romps through the two acts OF
the piece with signal success In fact
the chorus is one Of the features Of
Naughty Marietta" which is attract
ing no small snare of attention. Macde
Cray. as Marietta, Is giving great sat
isfaction. and Roger Gray. In the ccm
edy role OF Silas Slick. Is increasing
his popularity. Billie Bush. in an &c
centric comedy role. also comes in fol
lavish share ot the applause.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-29
A neal SUrT Unthf

Only place to get ono Ia at Virginia
Reach. Cheap and easy trip July 4th
Through train without change via N &
W.. leaves Richmond $40 a. N. Leaves
Beach GAS r. NJ sl.65 round trin=Ady
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-29
Advertisers. Club to Wet,

An interesting session OF the Rich.
mond Advertisers Club is promised for
to-day's weekly luncheon at the Bust
ness Mems Club. The meeting will be
led by the criticism committee, and a
number OF specimens 6f ADVERTISING
matter from Richmond firms will be re-
viewed by The members
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-29
observation-disclosures.

.,7FT'ItI 10 ] tie 7 nm S- DlSphtch.1
WOODSTOCK. VA, June 2s.-Dr
Ralph w. Stonehurner. practicing
phESician of Toms Brook. Shenandoah
COUNT. and Miss Mary keister. form
erly OF Wytheville. Va. were married
IN me Reformed Church yesterday in
Eainourg' Rev. T. Q. keister, d. D.,
OF pittsburgh, Pa. father Of the bride
performed the ceremony.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-29
Tucker VIII BE Her. N,,,

w. Crump Tucker. named by Cover
nor Stuart to succeed Judge VILLA m
NJ. Turpin. on the bench Of the Civil
Justices Court. will take up his new
duties on Monday. He is now at Fort
MEeS. where he has been forced to
abandon his training for the officers
reserve corps to accept the judgeship.
Mr. Tucker recently resigned as asso-
ciate justice to go to Fort Myer
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-29
NO ICE WATER FURNISHED,
so MEN QUIT WORK

NORFOLK. VA, June as.-Over SOC
mechanics employed on the night shift,
at the navy-yard quit work last night
In protest because of the failure OF
the officials 10 provide Ice water. They
declared 1t was the sixth consecutive
night that their demand had been iE-
nored. Naval Constructor Watt. in
dustrial head OF the yard, in a state.
ment to-day declared the action of the
men on SO trivial complaint in the
present crisis reflected on their patriot
ism. The men returned to work to-
night
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-29
To bring BACK pri.a..

Governor stuart yesterday issued n
requiSition on the Governor of PAM
sylvania for Bernard Brown, who Is
wanted in Fredericksburg for felonious
assault Brown is in Jail at OContz,
and will be brought back to Virginia
by j. Conway Chichester, city sergeant
of FREDERICKSBURG.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-29
Ha,vaiinns Mt the Lyri,

~haTlef il. CltYkS Offering, The
Royal. HaWa iians" the haadlincr Tor
the last half OF the week at the Lyric,
asily eclips"s the remainder of the
bal: Artisticaliy staged. this attrac-
lion offers melody and dancing. of the
quaint variety. which lately has taken
America by storm ReGdington and
Grant entertained yestnrdav'S audience
Win an unusual acrobatic act. with
!" hight touch of slapstict comedy Gil
more aHd Castle We're seen in a black
lace singing and dancing turn. Eanp D.
I'm and Walker is I man and girl
team with plenty o: natter, some dane
ms ana Il little singing. Hilda Thomas
! ana Lou Hall furnish the sketch OF
I the bill. The program. as usual $
rounded out with me I.yricscope
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-29
MRS. HCMISToS OFFERED
PLACE. ON sNlSS,S STlEI-

District Attorney Swami announced
tonight that Mrs. Eum;s,on had been
oherec position on h.s STAFF which
she had not Yet accepted. Mrs Hurnis-
ION had siSen-.him importsn, details
o! tAe wh!te-s!a%e traffic, ne added.
which VIII be valuable IN future in
vest!gations.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-22
"K|CK' BY PASTOR
DR.. c. E. Granger Deprecates
Low Pay of Ministers.

DR., Charles Everest Granger. Of the
Gunton-Temple Memorial Presbyterian
Church. looked his congregation straight
in the eye yesterday morning, and said
that preachers felt the increased cost Of
living ust like any one else.
You all know about the only way a
minister can increase his salary Is by
changing his church." he said. "The
church he is serving would never dream
of increasing his salary unless they were
afraid Of losing him. know OF Just one
church In Washington that has increased
the pastors salary within five years. 1t
Is Presbyterian church, too"
DIR. Granger said that some people
blame low salaries on the minister, and
say that II he would secure some new
members there would be more money in
the treasury.
1T does not work that way. When
there is a rapid increase in membership
the church Immediately gets ambitious
and has new plans. 1t wants TO enlarge
the edifice. get a new pipe organ, or i'm
prove the music. Then there Is less
money for the minister than before"
DIR. Granger said that after such a talk
he would not think of accepting an in
crease even II one was offered him!
The Washington herald., 1917-01-22
Thugs dope" VICTIMS;
LOOT 2S APARTMENTS
Chloroform Probably Used by Daring
Band of Flat Burglars.
speci.l % me MaHhington H.r,ld

Special TO The Washington Herald
New York, Jan. H.-Detectives from the
Fourth Branch Bureau, are seeking clew.
to insure the arrest of the burglars who
by using drugs on their victims. were able
to rob twenty-eight apartments in one
neighborhood within few hours.
The burglars cleaned out cash, jeweIry
and small articles that could be taken
easily. They left no finger prints, which
convinces the detectives that they placed
collodion on their fingers before going 10
work.
The stories told by these victims indI-
Gates strongly that chloroform or some
such drug was used. Occupants of two
of the four apartments robbed, are sure
they were victims OF drugs The burg
lars made their way up the nre escape,
first to the apartment of Bernard wer-
them. on the sixth floor. They pa ssed
through the bedroom and took money and
jewelry. Mr.. Wertheim's watch was
taken from his vest pocket on a chair
near the bed. I'VE felt very drowsy
when awakening and they evidently used
some drug" Mrs. Wtreheim said,
On the fifth floor the robbers got 5000
from Horace Cooper. Miss Ada Cooper
said that friend who was staying with
her that night was i'll all next day, ap-
parently from the effects of drug.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-22
5 dead, ONE Dying IN
TWO AUTO SMASH.UPS
Four Killed in Each of Two Collisions
with Trains.

CBy the International News service.)
Clinton, Mass, Jan. A.-Four persons
are dead and another is dying as the
result of a collision between an auto
mobile and special freight train on a
grade crossing here this afternoon. The
accident happened near the railroad
station.
The dead are:
DR.. James F. Ferry. OF Cambridge,
Mass; Ethel Ferry. aged Is; Richard
Ferry and George Howard, who died at
the Clinton Hospital.
The fatally injured are: Esther Ferry,
aged 10.
Jackson, Mich, Jan. n.-Driving an
automobile upon the Michigan Central
Railway tracks in front of a passenger
train, four Ohio men were killed and one
was seriously injured today at Leoni
village. seven miles east OF jackson.
The dead are A. Fl. Leippely, As, real
estate man and contractor, Cleveland; /;
Gustsve Rostat, IS, poolroom operator,
Cleveland; Albert CotteIlo, 3S, bartender,
Cleveland. and William webber, IS, cafe
proprietor Alliance, Ohio.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-22
Youth HOLDS POLICE
AT BAY 50 Minutes
Boy, Is, Attacked by Sailors, Draw.
Gun and De6es Crowd.
.,ciaI 70 Tn. W.sbinUton u.r.Id

Special 20 The Washington Herald.
Philadelphia, Jan. H.-Locked up in a
police station, John Wrotney, IS years
old, Is deriving what comfort he may to-
day in the reflection that he held UP a
police captain and two detectives in a
busy street for half an hour while more
than 800 persons stood around hootins
and jeering at the policemen.
The policemen feared to shoot at the
boy. who was defying them with his OWL
revolver, for fear of injuring the spec.
tators, they said.
The hold-up occurred at Ninth and
Arch streets, the streets being crowded
with traffic at the time. wrotney wa.
fleeing from seamen who had attacked
him, he said, when he was ordered to
halt by Police Capt. Nichols Kenny and
Detectives Leary and Ernst wrotney
backed up against the window of a hab.
erdashery store and dared the police tc
Come onl'
When Wrotney was captured, he tndi.
Gated In the crowd Louis Stedman, a
seaman from the battIeship Minnesota,
who, he said, had attacked him. sted.
man was taken into custody as a ma.
terial witness.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-22
BILLY" SUNDAY ENDS
HIS BOSTON REVIVAL
Evangelist Received $4,000 for Ten
Weeks Work, 1t Is Believed.
,poci.l to The Washington Herald.

Special to The Washington Herald
Boston, Mass, Jan. H.-The Rev
BILLY" Sunday ended his Boston cam.
paign of ten weeks tonight Up to a week
ago when taking collections was suspend
ed. the offerings amounted to so. as IS
none Of which goes to the evangelist
More than 5s.2S persons. hit the trail
-Four meetings were held In the Taber-
nacle today. All collections received went
to Mr.. Sunday. 1t is believed that he re-
ceived more than $4,000.
New York. Jan. 2.-The preparations
being made for the BILLY" Sunday re-
vival meetings to start here in the tab
ernscle" TO be constructed for the pur-
pose, beginning on April / and continuing
three months, are said to include prayer
meetings in the offices OF John d. Rocke-
Teller, jr.. who is a member Of the finance
committee of the revival as well as the
organization OF $500 ushers TO seat the
great crowds expected to attend his serv-
ices.
This body of men will have a military
form Of organization A squad Of New
York policemen will be detailed on duty
at the tabernacle.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-22
Battery B Is Coming Home;
Is, 43Guardsmen Ordered
To Withdraw from Border

Battery B, Field Artillery Of the Dis
trict, Is coming home. It is included
in the units chosen by Gen. Funston fol-
immediate relief from border duty.
The boys from Washington are among
the 5000 militiamen soon to be with.
drawn from the long line along the Ric
Grande. They return from what army
officers say Is the meanest station oil
the border" and are proud of the fac
that they are one of the only two militia
units which actually set foot on Mexican
soil during the arduous patrol.
Battery B camped at Warren, Arizona
for four months with the District Signal
Corps, and was then sent twenty-five
miles nearer the Zine" at Douglas, Ariz
There 1t camped on the fringe of the
alkali desert and the dust hurricanes pu;
the men on their mettle.
Target practice developed a group o.
expert marksmen In the Battery. A,
the Douglas range, known as Niger
head Mountain" they established some
new records.
The battery now has a personnel oi
LIS. Its officers are: Captain, George G.
Wilson; first lieutenant, Ellwood s
Moorhead; second heutenants, Charles l.
Ladson, Gerald @. McGrath; Lieut. l.
c. White, medical officer. and Joseph E
Hodge, veterinarian.
The following organizations now on
the border will be returned as rapidly
as transportation facilities can be sup
piled:
Arkansas, First Infantry; Delaware
two battalions of infantry; District oi
Columbia, Battery B. Field Artillery; Il
linois. brigade headquarters and Third
Infantry; Indiana, Second Infantry
The Washington herald., 1917-01-22
Town Plans Charity Ball
To Purchase W Wooden Leg
For Woman at Poor Farm

Lynn, Mass. Jan. IA charity con-
cert was given in the Haverhill City Hall
tonight, the proceeds of which will be
used to purchase q wooden leg for Miss
Annie Earle, 80 years old, an inmate OF
the city farm.
Three years ago the city bought an
artificial leg for Miss Earle, but she re-
fused to wear 1t because 1t did not fit.
On vote of the board of aldermen anoth-
er leg was purchased, but 1t. too, was
unsatisfactory. Miss Earle consented
however. to wear a new leg IL up to a
certain standard, and the concert was
decided upon as a means of raising the
necessary funds.
The two other legs will be sold or con-
tributed to one of the military hospitals
In Europe.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-22
TURK VIEW GIVEN
Ottoman Government States
Attitude on Peace Note.
CBy the International News servic,

tby the International News Service.l
Berlin (via sayville), Jan. H.-The
Turkish government according to the
Overseas News Agency, has transmitted
to all neutral nations a note expressing
Turkeys attitude on the entente's reply
to President Wilson's message on peace.
The note" says the semi-ofricial
agency, points out that the central
powers, especially Turkey, not wanting
any territories from the entente, had no
reason whatever to begin the war.
The entente, however, as everybody >
knows. covets territory from the central
powers. Thus France wants Syria and
Alsace-Lorraine; Italy wants the South
western Austrian provinces: Russia
wants ConstantinopIe and the straits, as
well as large part of Anatolia, and
England wants Mesopotamia and Arabia.
Equally well known are the entente 6
intrigues with a view to hampering TSr-
keys evolution and realizing the plan OF
Turkeys partition. in spite OF the prin-
ciple Of nationalities, which, in fact, is
quite an Indifferent matter TO the entente
when their own interests are at stake.
The proclamation of an English protec-
torate over Egypt. where the population
Is not related to the English race: the
annexation of Cybres, where nothing
English exists; the occupation by Italy
OF Trtpon, where the Italians are merely
intruders; and the visionary dream OF
giving to Russia Constantnople, togeth-
er with the Marmora Basin, where the
overwhelming majority OF the population
is Turkish and Northumberland these
are violations Of the principle OF nation
alities."
The Washington herald., 1917-01-22
MAN FALLS $50 FEET;
BODY ALMOST A pulp
Carpenter Plunses from Race-Traek
Tower-Lives Nine Hours.
peciaI To The Washington Hsnh

Special to The Washington Herald
Baltimore. Jan. H.-Losing his fight for
life against a broken back, compound
fracture, of the legs. arms and almost
every bone in his body, James c. Lewis,
y years old, an out-of-town carpenter,
died last night at the Mercy Hospital.
For nine hours after he reached the
Institution the youth fought for life.
amazing and attracting the attention Of
every physician in the hospital A hasty
examination of his body revealed that few
spots had not been injured in a fall from
l60-foot tower I'm construction at the
Pimlico race track
Lewis was engaged at work on the top
OF the framework. while a few other
workmen were a few feet below him In
reaching downward for his hammer he
lost his balance, toppled forward and then
plunged headfrst. to the ground. The
body revolved several times during the
fall and struck the ground within a few
feet of the bottom OF the tower.
He was picked up by several workmen
and rushed to the hospital in a private
automobile.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-22

Ambulance Company No. q brigade
headquarters; Iowa, First Squadron Cav
airy, Field Hospital No. /, Ambulance
Company No. l. brigade headquarters,
Third Infantry; Kentucky. Second In
fantry; louisiana First Battalion Field
Artillery, Field Hospital No. i; Mary
land, Fifth Infantry; Oklahoma, First
Infantry. Troops A and B Cavalry. field
hospital company. Company A Engi-
'neers; Pennsylvania, Second Field Artil-
lery, Company C Engineers, Sixth In
fantry, Eighth Infantry, Third Brigade
Headquarters; South Carolina, Troop A
Cavalry, Company A Engineers, field
hospital company; South Dakota, Fourth
Infantry; Utah. Second Squadron Cav
airy; Tennessees, Ambulance Company No
/, Field Hospital No. 1; Virginia, Second
Massachusetts, Ambulance Company,
No. Q, Field Hospital, No. 2: Minnesota,
First Infantry. First Field Artillery;
Missouri, Fourth Infantry; Montana,
Troop A. Cavalry; Nebraska, Field Hos
pital. No. /, Company Signal Corps, Fifth
Infantry; New Hampshire, First In
fantry; New York, Seventy-fourth In
fantry, Field Battery Company, Supply
Train, Ambulance Company, No 4; North
Carolina. First Infantry: Ohio. Fourth
Infantry, Fifth Infantry. Third Brigade
HEADQUARTERS. First Squadron Cavalry.
Total 25,243
In making public the report the War
Department said:
"Gen. Funston has selected these or
gantzations chiefly In accordance with the
rule Of returning first those troops
longest in service on the border. To
some extent, however, this rule could not
be followed without unequal weakening
Of the border guard and the departures
from 1t are so explained"
The Washington herald., 1917-01-22
MUST CONSIDER
INDIA'S CLAIMS
Britain Soon to Face Demand
for Greater Eastern
Autonomy.
BY Mai. EDWIN w. DAYTON.

New York, Jan. IA year ago England
to avert the disaster on the Tigris which
began after the battle at CtesIphon and
eliminated In the surrender 5f Gen.
Townshend at Kut-El-Amara. The num-
Der Of troops who finally fell into the
hands Of the Turks was well under 1000.
so that the loss In personnel was only a
small fraction of the casualties incurred
In such a battle as that on the Somme
or many another OF the blood-drenched
fields in Europe.
The reverse was serious because 1t
taught the Mohammedan of the East that
British troops could be beaten-something
that had not been demonstrated In that
region before. Some observers thought
the result might be apparent in India
soon after the news reached the mil
lions who have remained cowed since ths
great mutiny, but the East moves slowly.
May Demand Change.
Nevertheless, all England is much ex-
ercised over the council of empire which
is to meet in London next month. OF
course, the Irish question will be a seri-
GUS one before such a body, but the sig
nifiCant new feature of the council is
the probability that India will be rep
resented for the first time at such a con-
ference. The native president of the last
Lucknow session of the Indian national
congress summarized Indian demands in
this fashion:
India must be governed from Delhi and
Simla, instead of from London, and must
be recognized as an equal partner in the
empire, instead of being a mere depend
ency.
Such demands were not uttered so
clearly before the Eastern races had
been called upon to furnish Sikh and
Gourk regiments for service in the Euro
pean war. The courage to crystalize ma
tional aspirations grew perceptibly after
the Tigris campaign. 1t is quite possible
that other lands than Poland may regain
some measure Of freedom, as one of the
political necessities growing out Of the
progress of the war
1t is to be expected that British finances
will find 1t necessary to call upon all of
the colonies to enter into the closest kind
of commercial arrangement. Doubtless,
linked with these proposals for CONNER
cial cooperation, there may be offered
radical political concessions.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-22
VESSELS FLEW o. S. FLAG;
BELIEVED TO BE WARsBIPs

hlo De Janeiro. Jan 1.-Two freIrht
steamships conveyed BY two suYlIsTv
cruisers flying the American nsg. but be-
neVed to be war vessels OF some Eu-
ropean nationality, were sighted OF IN.
coast Of Rio Grande del Norte. by per
sons on the Steamship Mariana. which
arrived today at Pernsmbuco.
The cruisers are believed by. many TO
be OF German nationality and by others
TO be British vessels defending the
merchantmen against the German raider.