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The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
Wife No. | Helps Wife
NO. 2 TO GET Divorce
Boer War Veteran Called Husband by
Two Women.
ecial to The Washington Henld.

Special to The Washington Herald.
New York, Jan. 13.-When a man has
two wives. as two women allege in the
case of Capt. Selwyn Joyce, a veteran
of the BOer war. he is in danger Of losing
both, as proceedings before Justice Gle
gerich in the Supreme Court discloses
According to the collective testimony OF
the two women Capt. Joyce married the
second time without the formality OF
being divorced. When the second Mrs.
Joyce discovered that. 1t was after she
had made the remark to her husband, in
the course OF a family argument, she
says. that he was not too good to have
another wife.
But you can't prove it." he replied, ac-
cording to her.
The two women who say they have been
married to Capt. Joyce believe in CO.
operation. The second one who was
Miss Dorothy Schofieid. of East Orange
N. j., is now assisting Mrs. Estelle The
baud Joyce to get divorce. When Miss
Schofield sought an, annulment of her
marriage Mrs. Joyce assisted her.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
He SMILES; BANG!
Senator Bows to "Sufs; :"
Chauffeur Looks; Crash!

Senator ]. Hamilton Lewis, of Illinois,
a suffrage State. passed out of the White
House gates yesterday and gave the
'politest bow to the banner-bearing sem
tinels. The driver of a passing automo-
bile was SO interested in the exhibition
of courtesy that he bumped into the rear
of a taxicab and both machines were
slightly damaged
This incident, along with making pets
of the White House squirrels, the final
triumph of cameramen. and the expert
encing of much discomfort in the snow
and rain. featured yesterdays picketing.
Miss Mildred Gilbert. of California, con-
ceived the idea of making friends with
the squirrels by feeding them nuts. Since
the silent sentinels first went on guard,
these little animals have frisked about
shyly, wondering what the new and
strange invasion of their domains was.
Other sentinels followed Miss Gilbert.
Yesterday the vigilance of motion pic
true cameramen was rewarded. They
filmed the Presidential smile and the SEN
tinels determined salute as President
Wilson motored through their lines.
An experience meeting was held at the
headquarters of the Congressional Union
Tor Woman Suffrage yesterday afternoon
Miss Mary Gertrude Fendall of Balti-
more, assistant to Miss Mabel Vernon
of Wilmington, who is in general charge
OF the sentinels, and others told their
1t was decided last night that in order
to give both the President and the SEN
tinels a rest, there will be no picketing
today
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
ENDS LIFE
Lieut.. Commander Cunning
ham Found Dead at Home.

Lieut.. Commander Andrew Chase Cum
ningham, civil engineer, U. S. N, was
found dead in a third floor bedroom of
his home. 1894 Lamont street northwest.
yesterday afternoon shortly after S
O'Clock. with a bullet hole in his head.
Lieut.. Cunningham, who was 50 years
old, was said by the police who investi-
gated the case to have been in Ill health
ever since his arrival here December IL.
last from the Great Lakes Training Sta
ton in Illinois, and practically was con-
fined to his home with a nervous break
down. He served at the radio station at
Port Isabella, Tex, before assuming his
duties at the training station.
Mary Anderson, a negro servant in the
employ of the Cunningham family, told
the police that she heard a shot fired and
that she became frightened and ran from
the house when she heard the sound OF
some one falling. She was the only one
in the house. aside flam Lieut!s Cunning
ham, at the time.
She rushed across the street to the
home Of c. NJ. Sterns, who. with other
nelghbors, went into the Cunningham
home and found the naval officer on the
moor dead 1t is believed that death was
instantaneous
Coroner hewitt issued a certificate Of
death due to suicide. Capt. Chase and
Detective Bradley. from the Tenth pre-
cinct station, and Detectives Emory and
Stringfellow. from headquarters, investi-
gated the case. From the position in
which they found the body they believe
that the revolver was fired from the back
Oh the head The bullet penetrated the
brain.
Lieut.. Cunningham is survived BY a
WldoW, daughter. and son. all living in
this city. The family stated that they
had no intlmation that Lieut. Cunning
ham contemplated suicide.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
diet SQUAD FATTENS
SO CALORIES ARE CUT
6ICent Breakfast, 7ICent Lunch and
12-Cent Dinner-1he Menu.
Special to The Washington Herald.

Special TO The Washington Herald.
New York, Jan. 13.-It cost cent.
apiece to feed the diet squad police
rockies this morning. and at that each
left the breakfast table only $50 calories
to the good. But hominy and milk are
expensive luxuries, and it was on these
the rockies breakfasted. with some toa st
and butter and coffee thrown In.
There was a decided jump in calories
at luncheon, for baked bean SOUP. French
toast and butter and tea furnished .o5
of them to every man. Yet the luncheon
cost only cents per rookie.
This evening there will be feastinR.
for the dinner menu, though II will pro-
vide only LEO calories and costs II cents,
fills seven lines of the card
There was cut in the number of
calories supplied to the men TODAY after
It was learned that they were getting
fat on the diet. All the meals will con-
tain only S,125 calories instead of $500.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
MAY COURT-MARTIAL
CRUISER Officers
Rear Admiral Caperton Races to Scene
Of Milwaukee Wreck

Immediate investigation TO fix responsi-
,bility~ for the grounding and subsequent
wrecking of the cruiser Milwaukee of
Eureka. Cal, while salvaging the SUBJ
marine H-3. was ordered by the Navy
Department yesterday.
Admiral Caperton. commander in chief
of the Pacific Fleet, is speeding from San
Diego to I'D scene of the wreck on the
cruiser San Diego. 1t is within his power
to order an immediate court-martial of
the man or men he believes responsible,
should circumstances warrant
Eureka, Cal, Jan. 13.-The United States
cruiser Milwaukee, which went ashore
near the entrance to Humboldt Bay early
today, will be total loss, according to
naval officers who arrived on the scene
shortly after the accident.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
CALLS NOTE DISGRACE;
U. S. DIPLOMAT QUITS
George L. Lorillard Resigns Post as
Envoy to the Balkans.

Asserting his belief that the President g
note asking the terms of belligerents Was
a disgrace" George l.. Lorillard. first
secretary OF the American diplomatic mis-
sion TO the Balkans, has rendered his
resignation to Secretary of State Lansing.
Mr.. Lorillard's brief cablegram, resign
ing his post, reached the State Depart
ment late yesterday, but its details were
not divulged. At the department 1t was
strongly intimated that some action may
be taken for the envoy's open criticism
of the administration while still serving
in the diplomatic corps Mr.. LoriIlard Ie-
Gently has been stationed at Corfu. seat
of the Venizelos revolutionary government
In Greece.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
GEORGE TOOK BLANKET
ON l43.FOOT Plunge
Teamster Knocked Of East River
Bridge and Picked Up by Tug.
Special to The Washington Herald.


New York, Jan. 1S.-George Kitzer, a
man of 50, with grayish hair and a
whitening mustache, lay in a nice white
cot in the Williamsburg Hospital today
thinking II over. He has a great curiosity
to know what happened. Anybody would
who had been catapulted off an East
River bridge and had fallen 1i3 feet into
the water below.
George is the man who outbrodied
Brody, doing 1t without meaning TO.
He popped up over the rail OF the
Williamsburg Bridge and down into the
East River yesterday afternoon, and to-
day he was in the hospital
George was driving a one-horse wagon
loaded with two barrels of oil across
the bridge. George felt jolt, grabbed
tight to the blanket that he'd wound
partly around him because of the cold.
Something gave me an awful swipe -
said George. 'I-never knew much about
that jolt. l felt 1t all right. then / tried
to grab myself and clutched, and know
was spinning round and round. Then
I landed with my blanket in the water
feet first. don't know any more"
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
DESPERADO'S Capture
ENDS 7-YEAR CHASE
Reign of Terror of Mountain Gang
Now Thing of Past.
II TO The Washington Herald

Special TO The Washington Herald
Lancaster. Pa, Jan. 13.-Hen Green. big
black desperate of the Welsh Mountain.
has been caught after seyen-year
chase and win face a charge of murder.
With his arrest, it is believed, the sun
has set on lawlessness In the mystery
land" of Lancaster County.
Green comes from a family of negroes
that practiced vandalism in Lancaster
and Berks Counties for years, and has
been associated with the Boots and Bug
zard gangs of the Welsh Mountain. He
is the last notorious mountaineer, to be
caught.
For many years Welsh Mountain was
a sore spot to this county. Scores of
negro ex-convicts made their homes there
in caves and dugouts and even today at
least score of families are living in the
primitive abodes
They frown upon visits of any outsider,
and particularly upon white men.
Although crime has been virtually win
ed out. the negroes are still far from law
abiding.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
$3S, 900, 900 Explosion
Damage in 6 Month.

Oy 'Intsznatiensl News servics)
New York, Jan. 13.-within the
last six months explosions Of mu-
nitions plants within the metro
politan district have caused a loss
! of approximately sss,ooo.oOo. The
life toll has been heavy.
In July losses to the extent Of
s2o,25o,ooo were caused by the Black
Tom explosion at Communipaw.
Four persons were killed and 1,o
injured.
On Thursday the damage done
by blast at Kingston, N. j.,
has been fixed at $4,000, 600. The
loss of life In undetermined.
Last nights explosion at Has
kell. N. J., destroyed powder
valued at $4,000 and. the loss TO
property is estimated at 5000, 900.
The loss Of life is undetermined.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
u. S. MAY join War,
STATESMAN" DECLARES
American Writer'S Letter Published in
London Causes Stir.
By the international New. Service.

~ INC news service. B
London, Jan. 13-"The only chance for
the allies is in vigorous offensive to the
last man and lasr machine possible
Should the allies make such a war I
should be glad to see my country lend
a hand"
The foregoing is an extract from q
letter written by "a distinguished Ameri-
can statesman" and published in tn.
Express today. The letter caused con-
siderable stir. Many guesses were made
at the identity of the writer who, it Is
inferred. probably is a we'll known here
as in the United States.
Another part of the letter says:
There should be no slackening and no
commercial policies marring the pro-
gram, no sloppy twaddle about fighting
the war for civilization. Let it be fight
ing in conjunction with all civilization
to the last man, the last gun, the last
pound or dollar and rs per cent of the
people of this country Omitted States)
would be glad to take a hand
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
GERMANY EXPLAINS
SINKING of VESSEL
In Note to U. S.. Action in TnpeI
Case Is Justified.


Berlin via Sayville wireless, Jan. ID
The German government today transmit
ted to United States Ambassador Gerard
a note justifying the sinking Of the Nor
weg1an steamship TIipel by a German
submarine. The note says:
"As stated by the German naval au-
thorities. the Norwegian steamer Tripel
on November 10. 1916, was stopped by a
German submarine and captured after IL
had been made certain that the cargo
was OF steel and iron for the Italian war
command, with Genoa as her port of des-
tination.
Since 1t was impossible in the pre-
vailins circumstances to bring the steam
er into German port the ship was sunk
Before this, sufficient time was left
to the crew TO leave the steamer
The weather was very good and the
Spanish coast was hardly ten miles away.
so that full guarantee was given for the
rescue of the crew
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
Admiral George Dewey
Sick at His Home Here

Admiral George Dewey, hero of Manila
Bay, Is seriously Ill at his X street home
Admiral Dewey has been afling for sew
eral days, and confined to his bedroom
with severe cold.
He was reported to be much improved
yesterday but late in the afternoon he
took turn for the worse and tonight
was very uncomfortable. His physician
stated that although the admiral was
not suffering from any ordinarily dan
serous malady nevertheless his advanced
age-he was 70 last month-made any all
ment serious.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
WOULD HAVE THAW
ADJUDGED insane
Newest Plan of Pittsburgher's Lawyers
Revealed by Attorney.
(By the Int,rnntlor.I Now. s.r,,.,l


Philadelphia, Pa. Jan. I3.-Henry J.
Scott. of this city. the newest recruit to
Harry Kendall Thaw's numerous army OF
lawyers, made today the first positive
step to save the wilful Pittsburgher from
the New York courts.
Mr.. Scott addressed a letter TO Martin
G. Brumbaugh, governor Of Pennsylvania,
asking that Thaw be not extradited until
the writer had a chance TO be heard He
admitted 10 reporters. as did noted
Philadelphia alienist, who will assist in
the fight, that the plan now is to have
ThawSeNamined by a lunacy commission
here N Philadelphia and adJudged insane
and therefore not liable 60 criminal
charges in court
Mr.. Scott's letter to Gov. Brumbaugh
reads:
In the event Of application by the gov
ernor of New York being made to you for
the eNtradition of Harry Kendall Thaw.
kindly do not grant the same until I have
a chance to be heard"
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
PEACE LEAGUE DANGEROUS.

New York, Jan. 1S.-"Condemning 1t as
dangerous and unAmerican," Lindley NJ.
Garrison, former Secretary of War, crfti-
cised the proposed post-bellum league to
insure peace to which. he says, President
Wilson has pledged himself by his notes
"A nation. like an individual" said
Garrison has all IT can do to govern
its own concerns wisely and properly,
and that is a task requiring its strength
and intelligence"
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
Letters From Hell
and Paradise, Too

Fort Worth, Tex. Jan. l3.-H. o. Cos
sett manager of the municipal employ
ment bureau. heard from Hell and Para
disc Wednesday.
woman at Paradise, Texas, wrote
Sossett seeking an experienced cook
Ihe letter from Hell, Norway. was
rom an old friend. J. A Norton. of
Boston who is In Norway now on bust
ness
We'll, you see ! am in He'll" wrote
norton Il am having a good time in
Hell, and instead Of being hot, II is cold
mere. / am the only American in He'll:
an the rest are Norwegians Hell isn't
sueh bad place to go after all, hut I
never dreamed IL would be so cold"
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
Lawyer and 2 GIRLS
HELD FOR EXTORTION
Accused of Blackmailins Wealthy Drug
gist of Cedar Rapids. Iowa.
CBy the International New. Service

(By the International News ServiceD
Chicago, Jan. 13.-Harold W. Jirka, an
attorney today was seeking to evsde ar
rest and extradition to Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, on a charge of conspiring with two
girls to extort $1,000 from Franklin P.
Junkerman. a wealthy wholesale druS
gist Of that city. The girls-Doris Byrne
and Peggy Reed-are held for officers from
Iowa.
Indictments against the three follow
revelations made during the investigation
last fall of the ''milion-dollar bIackmafI
syndicate" here, although 1t developed
that the case was not a part of the syndi-
Gates Vaccinations.
Junkerman became involved during a
trip to Chicago last summer when he
visited the girls, whom he had known in
their home town here
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
KAISER ISSUES
MANIFESTO To
GERMAN PEOPLE
Says Entente Has Dropped
Mask" and Refuses
Peace.
WOULD ENSLAVE EUROPE
Ardent Indignation and Holy Wrath"
to Spur on Central
Powers.
CBy the international New. servic-.o

tBy the International News servic~.)
Berlin (via Sayville), Jan. 13.-The Ger
man Emperor has issued the following
manifesto to the German nation:
"Our enemies have dropped the mask.
First they refused our honest peace
offer with derisiOn and hypocritical words
Of love Of liberty and humanity.
In their answer to the United States
they have moreover manifested a lust Of
conquest whose infamy is still heightened
by the calumnious foundation upon
which it is based
Their object Is the destruction Of Ger
many, the dismemberment Of the powers
allied with US, the enslavement of Eu-
rope and Of the freedom Of the seas. un-
bearing with gnashing teeth.
What they could not attain in thirty
months Of the most sanguinary fighting
and the most INSCRIPTIONS economic war
will never be realized by them.
Our glorious victories and the iron
force of will with which our fighting
nation before the enemy and at home
has borne any privation and need of
war are guarantees that also in the
future our beloved country will have
nothing TO fear.
Ardent indignation and holy wrath
will redouble the strength OF every
German man and woman, whether con-
secrated to battle, to work. or to suf-
fering.
The Lord. our God. who put this
wonderful spirit OF liberty into the
heart of our brave nation, will give US
and our faithful and tested allies full
victory over all hostile lust for power
and fury of destruction.
WILHELM, L r."
Amsterdam. Jan. 13.-"war by notes
is exhausted for the present" says the
German newspaper TagIlsche Runda-
schau, in commenting upon the en-
teRte's reply to President Wilson. The
paper adds:
From the sereth to the Mediter-
Tanean the war Is calling with a more
impressive voice"
The German press in general takes the
view that the war must go on.
. That the note Is an insult TO Presi-
dent wilson IS the- View expressed BY the
Tageblatt This newspaper says:
The enemy's demands are foolish and
senseless, and such that no German could
consider them for a minute. The note
Is an affront to President Wilson in that
it presents obviously impossible condi-
tions in the face of his stated belief that
the aims of the two groups of belligerents
were similar. and absolutely barricades
every door to peace. The allies note
has put an end to this eIucidation game
and has driven away the rosy peace
cloud"
The ententr's program is sufficient to
convince even ne most rabid pacifist that
the war must go on" says the Kreuse
Zeitung. The German government will
be supported by the entire German people
more and more heartily as it wages war
more and more vigorously"
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
DIED IN BOILING MUD?

CseIico, Cal, Jan. 13-That Lieut.
Col Harry Bishop and Lieut.. w. A.
Robertson. missing army aviators, met
horrible deaths in the boiling mud of
a volcanic lake, was the opinion ex-
pressed by Mexican cavalrymen and
American searching parties returning to-
Gay with no trace of the men.
The fiers have been missing since
Wednesday
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
ship that SUNK U-BOAT
FLEW AMERICAN flag
-Germsr Submafine gommander So Re
ports to Berlin Admiralty.
By the international New. Service,

berhn Cvla Sayyille wireless). Jan. I3-
That the vessel which sank the Gerrna
submarine U-41, on September "A. few
the United States flag. is the charge made
In the official report OF Lieut.. Crompton.
commander OF the submarine The report
has just been made public
When the submarine was struck Cromp-
ton was wounded and recovered con-
sclousness to find himself in the water.
Having swum for some time, a steamer
passed me about sixty yards distant
says Crompton. Il called to ii and raised
my arms, but l was sneered at and spat
at by the sailors"
After a time Crompton came upon an
empty lifeboat
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
WINS DIVORCE BY DEFAULT.

St Louis. No. Jan. I3-Mrs- Virginia
burrows Pierce. second wife OF Roy Y.
Pierce. son Of the oil magnase, II. Clay
Pierce. won divorce by default IN Judge
Henning's Court today.
Mrs Pierce charged that a few months
after their marriage at Palm Beach.
May !, 1911, Pierce began drinking 70 e.-
r sss. Later he became Indifferent and
allied 10 support her, she charged
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
NOW COMES EGG RAID"

Chicago, Jan. 1s.-Government agents
this afternoon seized all the books of
the Chicago Butter and Eggs Board in
an EFFORT to determine whether an order,
issued by Judge Landis two years ago,
restraining the board from fixing the
price Of butter and eggs, has been yio-
lated.
The raid" followed a sharp advance
In the price of eggs here.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
IRENE OFF TO ENGLAND,

New York. Jan. Is.-Mrs. Vernon Castle
and her pet monkey ''Rastus' were
among the passengers sailing for Eng
land today on the American liner ST.
Paul
Mrs Castle will be in England while
her husband is on a furIough from his
duties as an Instructor in the aviation
school Of the English army.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
20 REFUGEES ARRIVE,

New York. Jan. 13.-The steamer Stock
holm arrived to day from Gothenbury,
bringing twenty American oil men, who
fled from the Rumanian oil fields at the
approach. of Won Mackensen's armies.
They travelled through Russia to Petro-
grad and thence to Sweden.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14
MYSTERY" SUIT DISMISSED.

Dickinson. n. D.. Jan. By. C. {"
the man Of mystery found at wssucs.
Mum, several years ago. suffering from
loss OF speech and memory, has failed in
his second court attempt to establish
himself as jay A. Caldwell. the son and
heir of a wealthy Taylor. " d. farmer
District Judge Noussls oisnaissed his
suit after q ten-day trisl
The Washington herald., 1917-01-14

New York, Jan. l3.-Germsny is prepar-
ing for an "Arma geddon."
Holding the olive branch in one out
stretched hand, the German nation and
peoples. doubtful OF its acceptance, with
the other hand have been. for many
weeks and are today. making the most
gigantic PREPARATIONS for the great on
siaught expected in the spring on the
west front.
To the Germans. It is the last great
battle" Of the war At least so they
think. II the allies fail aga.n TO break
through-and that they will fail is con-
ndently asserted-it will mark the end"
Hold the line" is the slogan today
IN Germany and to hold the line in
the west while Hindenb1rs's big fist is
keeping up the msulins in the east. Ger
many is bending every nerve and sinev.
Nothing during the entire war approxi-
mates what is now going on in Germany
In the way OF preparedness. Every man
and woman, the former I'D to 50 years
incapable OF bearing arms. is beipF
mobilized into the vast home army 10
reinforce the armed millions In the field
men between 10 and Is.
"HoId the West Line
Hold the line in the wesr" 4. The
anu pppuiaE Oruer OF the daE. And
10 that end the soil OF France is being
sophered. buSowed. excavated and tun-
neied into a series OF connected posi-
uons and earth fortressesT such as
IN even the two and half years Of trench
warfare has not been dreamed Of.
Few foreigners know what is going or
behind the German front in the We,
since october. OF the little that know.
can tel comparatively little and remain
true TO the trust and confidence imposed
10 foretsn correspondent when he is ac-
Tspted by either side
The Germans sre building or con,frficf
ing wall In the west such as military
history has not seen. The Germans are
fond OF calling their western front q
'mauer Won e!sen und blut-or wall Of
iron and blood" But the new wall,
might better be described as a 'subte--
rsnean' or underground wall" perhaps.
reinforced with steel and iron" and ''ce-
mented with blood
There is comparatively little likelihood
Of an offensive in upper Flanders. Both
sides have tried il. Both failed miserabIy.
The thousands upon thousands who fell
on both sides In those battles has proved
that theoretical military science does not
know everything and that tens OF thou
sands must pay with their lives for the
lessons learned by commander
The ground in Upper Flanders 10 not
adaptable for bringing up heavy artfl-
lery. And II was therefore that the allies
selected Amiens as the hub" for their
Somme Offensive-most promising because
Of the many excellent roads radisting.
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