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The Washington herald., 1917-02-26
RIOTS
People Will Hit Food Barons,
r Minister Saws.

Riots and bloodshed before the White
House and Capitol. with starving women
and children. crying to the President and
Congress for bread, was the prediction
made by Rev. d. H. Martin, pastor of the
Dumbarton N. e. Church. in a sermon
last night, In which he declared that
the extortion Of food spectators would
justify extreme measures by the gen.
eral public to force the government to
remedy the high cost of living.
''1f Congress does not rid the country
of the peril OF the high cost OF living.
there will be anarchy in America within
three months" he declared. There will
be revolutions and bloodshed in the
United States II something Is not done
about this matter quickly. Property will
be destroyed; there will be labor strikes
and people will be killed. Washington
herself will not escape. We have pow
erty and destitution here. The govern
ment has here thousands of underpaid
employees. Men are working for the Dis
trict at starvation wages. Our city has
an army of women and children who are
hungry. Unless something IL done there
will be rioting around the White House
and the Capitol and cries to the Presi-
dent and Congress for bread. This is not
the picture OF an alarmist. but what is
certain to happen.
IF Congress does not move the freight
cars, the people will start them with
dynamite. II Congress does not put food
on the markets. the people with their
own hands. will open the cold storage
plants. And they would be justified In
taking these extreme measures.
The American people have been blind
to the great peril growing daily. The high
cost OF living IL q monster that threat
ems the life Of our republic. II we don't
kill the monster, II win kill and devour
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The Washington herald., 1917-02-26
]. GOULD'S GRANDSON
ACCIDENTALLY Slain
Gun Discharges Into Abdomen While
Young Man Is Hunting.
(By the International News Sery

(By the International News Serytce-l
Brunswick. Ga. Feb. Edwin Gould.
jr.. % years old. son OF Edwin Gould.
president OF the st. Louis Southwestern
Railway. and a grandson of Jay Gould.
the financier. was accidentally killed near
JekyI Island, the millionaire's winter re-
sort, near here, last night while on .
hunting trip. Punching at a raccoon
with his gun held by the muzzle. the
weapon accidentally discharged. Gould
died within ten minutes.
Gould and his brother, Frank Miller
Gould. ID. who is a few years his Junior,
were the only two children Of Mr.. ana
Mrs. Edwin Gould. Had he lived he
would have fallen heir 70 the vast wealth
Of his father which Is estimated at con-
siderably above s3o,0eo, 600
Young Gould. together with Noyes Rsy-
nolds, a tutor, left the island late satrfr-
day afternoon In q canoe for LAtham'a
Hammock. q small island. two yniles ais
tant, which 70 owned by the elder Gould
II was while trying TO s'untree" their
quarry that the accident occurred. The
load OF shot entered the lower abdominal
cavity. completely seyer4ng the femorai
artery.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-26
FOUR DIE IN WRECK;
3 BURNED To Death
Three Others Injured and II Horses
Killed in "Pennsy" Smash.
IBy the International News Service

IBy the international News ServIce.D
Bristol. Pa. Feb. 20-Four men lost
their lives, three being burned TO death.
three were injured. seventeen horses kill
ed, nine cars burned and thirty-odd cars,
both express and freight, loaded with
perishable food being rushed to relieve
the famine of food in cities, were de-
stroyed in the worst wreck which ever
occurred on the New York division OF
the Pennsylvania.
The wreck was a mile and half east
of here early today.
The killed are William King. Whining
ton. Del. fireman of engine on the eX-
press train.
Long Tom" Thomas Burrish. and
Harry Dunlap. of Williamsport, horse
men in the expfess car.
The injured are W. T. Hulihan. Will
Transport: Thomas Bank, Trenton, and
Patrick Hayes. engineer OF the express
train.
Soon after o'clock a freight train
westbound was halted by one OF the cars
having 3 broken axle. At 2:45 O'Clock a
special Adams Express train, bound from
Phila adelphia to New York. crashed into
jammed up and the engine was thrown
across the four main tracks and car
after car piled up In a heap. The wreck.
age caught fire and soon the entire mass
WAS ablaZe.
Bristol fremen were summoned and
with the four companies of the depart
ment responding. fought the flames for
ten hours.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-26
ASK President WILSON
To URGE Higher PAY
Federal Union Requests Intervention
Between Senate and House.

President Wilson was last night urged
by H. N. McLarin, Of the Federal En-
ployes' Union. to intervene In the exist
ing differences between the Senate and
the House over the amount of increases
in salary Congress will grant Federal
and District employees.
I'VE appeal to you to send our petition
to Congress with strong recommenda-
tions that at least the increases provided
by the House be granted" said McLarin
in his letter to the Chief Executive. The
petition referred to was presented to the
President about six weeks ago. 1t con-
tanned $1,000 signatures urging increases
for the employees.
McLarin points out that neither the
increases of 8 and 10 per cent favored by
the House or the Smoot amendment Of
10 and Is per cent, favored by the Sem
ate, is in any degree adequate In COM
parison with the increases that have been
granted by private employers, 'or with
the increased prices we are forced to pay
for the necessities of life"
'In view of our apparent inability at
this time" he adds, ito secure increases
greater than those provided by the House
because Of the impending deficit in the
Treasury during the next fiscal year, we
had about made up our minds to accept
with good grace the and 10 per cent in
creases. Now. however, there seems to
be greater danger that We will not get
even the and 10 per cent increases"
The Washington herald., 1917-02-26
Whisky Preparedness
Spoils Honeymoon Trip

New York, Feb. 1s-Pacinsts scored
again. when Mrs. Louis W. Cans, telling
Justice Newburger. In the Supreme Court.
why she wants a separation from her
husbapd. described the horrors Of 'pre-
paredness" which were borne in on her
mind on her honeymoon trip.
On that occasion. she said. Mr.. Cans.
a salesman, stopped at Butte, Mont. and
laid in a supply Of four quarts of whis-
key.
Why7 Because the bridal couple were
about to enter the 'bone-dry'' States Of
Oregon and Washington. This display Of
foresight, said Mrs. Cans. looked ominous
as an indication of what was to follow
in her married life. And SO 1t proved, she
told the Justice.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-26
STRIKE MARCH 4
Cooks Will Walk Out if De-
mands Are Not Granted.

= Washington hotel cooks to walk out on
March unless they get shorter hours
and more pay.
Mass meetings of both white an6
eolored cooks were held yesterday, under
the leadership of a committee Of cooks
from Baltimore and Philadelphia and the
Culinary and Elementary Federation and
Paul Cavanaugh. at which they aireu
their grievances.
II Is impossible. Il was admitted, to
get more than a third of their full body
out for any OF the meetings. but pIanE
have been made whereby every cook in
the city will receive a "silent message q.
the psychological moment
The cooks, 1t was said. realize that the
present is a most Propitious time to
call a strike and they intend TO press
their cause TO the finish.
"Of course" said one Of the members
OF the committee. I'VE hope that IT will
not be necessary to call a general strike.
However. unless hotel proprietors take
our action in earnest, and accede to our
demands the dawn OF March 4 will finc
Washington hotel galleys depopulated." :"
Organized I'm Other Cities.
As for filling depleted culinary ranks
with cooks from such cities as BaltI-
more. Philadelphia and New York, the
committee declared that il couldn't be
done"
Cooks in these cities. it was said, are
highly organized and IL would be i'm
possible TO get a material nuInber OF re-
cruits from them. All employment agen-
cies in the larger cities. It was said, are
being picketed.
One cook who was most vehement in
his disapproval of prevailing culinary
conditions in this city saId they were
so rotten that many had been forced
to seek employment on dining cars.
For the past sixteen years" he sail,
the conditions here have been so de-
plorable that Washington has gatuet the
distinction Of being the worst -cssy in
the United States 20 seek employment IN
as a cook"
Cesare Lesino. from New York CITY,
and A. Muzzi and Frank Frederra- Of
Baltimore. compose the committee which
will help draft the demands Of the union.
This committee. II was decided last
purpose of framing their demands and
In their presentation. Another mass
meeting will then be called 20 advise the
cooks OF the program decided upon.
A few OF the side issues on which the
cooks are particularly wrought Up over
are the alleged unsanitary condition OF
their kitchens and the unhealthy food
they are compelled TO eat The main is
sues at stake are a l0-hour day with ne
day of instead OF a l4-hour one with
no days of. as at present, and a Is per
cent increase I'm wages
The Washington herald., 1917-02-26
GOVERNMENT TROOPS
ROUT CUBAN REBELS
Camasuey City Evacuated by Revolu-
tionists-Jailed Royalists Fred.

(By the Internatfonal News service.)
Havana, Feb. M.-Camaguey CifT. cap
ital Of the province Of Camaguey, was
captured today by federal troops. The
revolters evacuated, as they had done at
Ciegodeavfla- Troops occupying Cama-
guey were commanded by Mai. Lezama,
one Of Gen. PujoPs oficers. As soon as
they occupied the town the, troops re-
leased royalists who had been jailed by
the rebels. ~Fsf 49,
Another federal column under Col
Mats Betancourt 10 on Its way to Baya-
mo from Ianzanfllo to attack Santiago,
the port stin held by the rebels
Several skirmishes were reported today
in various parts OF the troubled district.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-26
MAYBE SHE'S JEALOUS

Highland Falls. N. Y. Feb. 25.-Mrs.
Anna Brown, wife of School Trustee
Spencer Brown. of Moodna, was indicted
for second degree assault, arrested and
released In $1,000 bail yesterday for fog
gtng Mrs. Helen Rourke, a young teacher,
of this village. E
Mrs. Rourke recently sued Mrs Brown,
who, she alleged, tore out her hair and
beat her with a dipper. She obtained a
verdict of 5000.
Mrs. Brown objected to Mrs. Rourke
chatting with her husband.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-26
Telegraph Tips

Paris, Feb. 25.-The government has
under consideration a scheme to auth
orize the city of Paris to borrow suffi-
Client money to cover the floating debt
of S2o.oOo.OOof. s1el,oooyoo0. with al
additional amount TO cover anticipated
denciencies
cerned about the high cost of living.
N A. victorine. Of Katonah. near
PeekskiIl, jubilantly announced to
friends that the stork made three trips
to his home and left robust baby
triplets.
wilkesbarre. Pa, Feb. 25.-Mary
Gonigle, II years old. Is hiccoughing
herself to death. For the last three
weeks she has been incessantly hic-
coughing and efforts of physicians to
effect a cure have been of no avail
Bangor. Me, Feb 25-The danger Of
a coal shortage on the Bangor and
Aroostook Railroad, which threatened
to tie up the shipment Of millions of
bushels of potatoes, has been tempo
rarily averted. 1t Is estimated that
100000 bushels Of potatoes are stored
in Aroostook County.
Freeport. L. l.. Feb. 25.-John A.
Smith, 81 years old. who many years
ago served as justice of the peace. tax
collector and assessor of the town OF
Hampstead, died at his home here.
He was one of the oldest residents on
the south shore OF Long Island.
Berlin, Feb. 25.-A despatch from
Munich, says T. st. John Gaffney. for
merly American Consul at Munich. has
published a statement declaring that
any charge that Ambassador Gerard
betrayed Sir Roger Easement to the
British is utterly unfounded.
San Antonio, Tex, Feb. 25-The 500
Chinese refugees who crossed the border
to Columbus from Mexico with the
American expeditionary force recently.
are to'be sent back through Mexicali,
Lower California.
Charleston. w. Va. Feb. 25-Four in
dictments charging A. Leo We'll. attor-
ney for the Manufacturers Light and
Heat Company. with having attempted
to bribe members Of the West Virginia
Public Service Commission. were quash-
ed because of lack of evidence here on
the motion of B. Kemp Lttlepage, prose-
cutting attorney for Ksnawha County.
Berlin, Feb Recommending on the
British scheme to employ as many
women as possible in the army as me
chanics. chauffeurs. clerks and orderlies
in order to release men for the front.
the Christiana Aftenposten says there
are already 1000 women chauffeurs in the
British and French armies.
London. Feb. 25-Germany has sent a
reply to China's note regarding subma-
rine warfare. Reuters Shanghai corre-
spondent teIegraphs. The reply, says the
dispatch, declares Germany has been
compelled by the necessities of the mill
tary situation to institute her subma-
rine warfare. but that she will take
adequate measures to safeguard Chinese
lives.
Fremont, Ohio, Feb. S-One of the
longest criminal trials in the history of
Ohio came to an end here when a jury,
after two hours deliberation, returned
a verdict Of not guilty in the case of
Jushua r. Kiser, charged with poisoning
his wife. The trial began on December
q. 1916, and with the exception of two
brief postponements had been in prog
ress almost daily. --..
The Washington herald., 1917-02-26
GLuT OF FOOD IN WEST.

San Francisco. Feb. 25.-Thousands of
tons Of foodstuffs on the Pacific coast are
awaiting purchase and shipment East.
commission men said here.
OF rice alone there are 100 pounds
and the price is lower than.it has been
for several years. Authortc4es also SAID
there are millions OF bu sehlpfoscWe
there are millions OF bushels OF potatoes
and beans, besides canned and dried fruit
and ssgstanisl
The Washington herald., 1917-02-26
Adopts Baby She Needs
To Bring Fortune to Her

New York, Feb. A.-Nrs. Ruth Stein
brugger. Of East New York, has found
the baby she needed to bril- = fortune to
her. and Is happy today In assuming the
duties Of an adopted mother TO the child,
who Is girl. ten months old, with blue
eyes and golden hair.
Mrs. Steinbrugger had ad 1rtised %ev-
eral days ago for . baby l.. iopt. and
was about 70 give up hope ore Helen
arrived. Mrs Steinbrugger's uncle. Duke
Walter. who lives in California, had an
nouneed that he wanted to make her the
heir to his fortune. but that he would not
leave her a penny unless she had a child
He Is an Engiishman. and wanted his
neice to have an heir. so that his estate
might not by any chance pass to her
husband. who is Of German extraction.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-26
BRYAN AGAIN BLASTS
u. S. "JINGO PRESS"
Congress and President Libeled. He
Saws, in Name of Patriotism.

New York. Feb. 25.-The following was
received today by the Emergency Peace
Federation from William Jennings Bryan
at Miami, Fla:
THE lingo newspapers are giving rea-
sons why we should go to war but they
denounce as unpatriotic any one who
dares to present reasons for not going to
war. While advocating war, they pre-
tend to be supporting the President, who
is hoping to avoid war.
They misrepresent the Presidents po-
sition and try to put him in the atti-
tude of desiring to enter this war. They
libel the President. too. when they as
sumo that he wants to take from Con-
gress the constitutional right to declare
war. a right which belongs exclusively to
Congress. and they libel Congress when
they assume that Congress objects to
anti-war petitions from the people. And
the lingo papers do all this in the name
OF patriotism"
The Washington herald., 1917-02-26
GIVES UP JOB AFTER SCARE.

Washington, Pa, Feb. 25.-James Car
ter, "a years old, nitroglycerin driver. to-
night gave up the dangerous business
after an experience he had this after
noon. A motortruck loaded with several
hundred sticks of gelatine nitro, which
he was driving along a secluded highway,
became unmanageable, ran into a tree,
tore of a wheel and then plunged fifty
feet o> >r an embankment, carrying Car
ter with 1t.
The truck and contents alighted on the
main street of the village of Meadow
lands. almost in the midst of a crowd Of
children. The nitroglycerin was scat
tered in every direction and several sticks
were picked up by children. None Of the
nitro exploded.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-26
Censor to Tone Gaiety Of
Atlantic City Cabarets

Atlantic City. n. j., Feb. 25.-Strict
censorship is to be appliGi to abarets
here. Hawaiian dancers and other
scantily attired performers are to be
a thing of the past. and refinement will
he demanded in all these entertain
ments. W. Frank Sooy. Director Of
Public Safety said.
''Modesty has been thrown to the
four winds recently. Dancers have
become reckless in their desire to cX-
rel rivals. and this has resulted in
much criticism. Atlantic City is
liberal and strains q point in this re-
gard. but there are lines that cannot
be passed"
The Washington herald., 1917-02-26
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The Washington herald., 1917-02-26
VILLA TROOPS FIGHT
CARRANZISTAS; u DEAD
Believed to Presage Attack on Govern
ment Force at Oiinaga.

Preside. Tex. Feb 25.-A battle be-
lieved to be preliminary TO an attack by
villa upon Ojinasa. on the border, was
fought thirty miles west of Otinaga yes
terday. according to arrivals from Mex
leo today.
Seventeen of the Carranzistas were kill
ed and ten Villistas. The garrison at
Oiinaeo sent re- endorsements and an
other battle is imminent
The Washington herald., 1917-02-26
EXTRA SESSION
SEEMS LIKELY
Slightest Legislative Mishap
Will Explode Whole Ad-
ministration Program.

Facing what is probably the most
complex legislative situation that ever
confronted a national legislative body
the sixty-fourth Congress last night
prepared for its final week of life.
In the mass of tangled, twisted law
making business tied up in the House
and Senate. Congressional leaders saw
legislative dynamite enough to explode
all government plans.
All hopes for the general legisla-
tive program laid down by President
Wilson at the beginning Of the present
railroad reform program. and the ex-
port trade bill suggested by the Presi-
dent were doomed.
House and Senate will convene TO-
day confronting this situation:
Appropriation bills totaling about
$500, 10000 are in various stages of
enactment, and must be completed TO
supply the daily necessities of the gov
ernment.
The administration revenue bill.
vitality necessary to refill the Golfers
of government is under debate in the
Senate. 1t will be voted on wednes-
day evening. and IL materially amend
ed. will call for further debate in the
House.
To Ask Authority.
The possibilities Of the international
situation are unknown. but 1t Is prao-
tically certain that the President. by
Wednesday, will ask Congress for en-
ergency legislation increasing his
authority to deal with the German crisis.
Behind this situation. looms the pos
sibility OF an extra session, IL imperative
legislation fails during the coming week.
Only one day and night sessions, and the
elimination Of opposition can complete
the necessary measures.
The filibuster of Senate Republicans,
designed to force the President into the
open with his foreign policy. reached q
temporary truce. But II the Republicans
are dissatisfied with the Presidents in
ternational program. when 1t is an
nounced, they will be in a position to
absolutely block such legislation. A
flibuster started In the Senate on We6-
nesday would prevent the enactment of
vitality necessary legislation and would
undoubtedly force an extra session.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-26
Court Accuses Pastor
Of Contempt Sermon

Maiden. Mass. Feb. 25.-The Rev A.
ID. Ball. pastor of the Center Methodist
Episcopal Church here, the largest in
the New England Conference. has been
summoned to appear before Judge
Charles NJ. Bruce in the District Court
next Tuesday on a charge of contempt
OF court.
The change was made as the result
of a sermon preached by Mr.. Ball last
Sunday in which he is said to have COM
mented on a case involving violation Of
the liquor law pending before the
court ..
The Washington herald., 1917-02-26
WOMEN PREPARE
Two Million Are Now Ready
in Case of War.

Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait outlined the
program at huge suffrage mass meeting
at Polls yesterday afternoon. that 2.ooo,-
900 American women will undertake in
event Of war.
Speaking as the president OF the Ma
tional woman's Suffrage Association, she
formally rendered to the government the
services Of the 100000 members Of her
organization, and promised that these
forces could be put in motion within
twenty-four hours.
I'VE dovoutly hope and pray said Mrs.
Gait, that our country's crisis may be
passed without recource to war, but II
our nation Is drawn into the maelstrom.
We stand ready to serve our country with
the zeal and conservation which should
ever characterize those who cherish high
ideals of the duty and obligation Of citi-
zenship'
Baker Accepts Oner.
The offer was. accepted for the govern
ment by Secretary of War Newton d.
Paker and near him on the platform were
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels
and Mrs. Daniels. Secretary Of the Treas
ury McAdoo and Mrs. McAdoo. and 100
of the most prominent suffrage leaders
in the United States. Z
Here 10 the program the association
will undertake:
Employment bureaus for women.
through its local. State and National
headquarters to register the names and
qualifications OF women available for oc-
cupations which men will leave to enter
the army; to supply these women to en-
ployers and to protect the work Of such
women.
The cultivation by women OF garden
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