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The Washington times., 1917-03-17
MODELS MURDER UNS0LVED
Philadelphia coroner's Jury Falls to
Name Girls Slayer.

PHILADELPHIA, March 17.-Coro-
ner knights jury has solemnly de-
creed that Grace Roberts, model, was
murdered in her apartments in the
Wilton, Fifteenth and Poplar streets,
December 30.
On the advice OF the coroner the
jury didn't commit itself further. but
rendered a verdict that ''deaIh was
due to asphyxia at the hands of a
person or persons unknown"
Thus the Roberts case formally en-
tered its niche in The crowded hall of
the police bureaus unsolved mys-
teries.
Bernard W. Lewis, the Pittsburgh
err. who committed suicide in Atlantic
City when about to be arrested as a
suspect in the case. is absolved by
the verdict, though the police have
argued his suicide was a confession.
Among a dozen or more witnesses
was Charles Kaier, wealthy Mahanoy
City brewer. who knew the model. He
testified he had not seen her for a
month before her death. He admit
ted giving her a cavalier.
The Washington times., 1917-03-17
SIS DAILY FOR AST0R'S SON
Special Guardian Approves Accounts
Rendered by Mother.

NEW YORK. March IT.-CorneIius
7. sullivan, special guardian of little
John Jacob Aston. has filed with Dep
uty Chief Clerk Maggie. in the surro
gates court. his report on the &C
counting OF her guardianship recently
rendered by the boys mother, Mrs
Madeleine Force Dick
Mr.. Sullivan completely approves of
her expenditures for the chiId's main.
tenance. which have averaged more
than $T5 a day since his birth three
years ago, and adds words OF com.
mendation for her care of the son of
the late Col. John Jacob Astor.
A year after the child was born the
courts directed his mother to spend
not more than 100000 a year on him
from the income OF the 50, OOO. 900 trust
fund established by Colonel Aston for
any children of his marriage with
MISC Madeleine Force. The amount
spent for the child, however. exceeded
$4,000 annually. Mrs. Dick making
up the difference out OF her own
pocket.
The Washington times., 1917-03-17
CONDUCTOR TOO HONEST
Retires Before Strike Breaker Be
cause He Rang Up Fares.

Pairing of strike breakers and
company men" to operate cars is un-
popular with the former and precari-
Gus for the latter.
A clerk in one of the barns who
was sent out as conductor with a
"Bowery Bird" as motorman testified
to this before Division Superinten-
dent James Shaw at the East Capitol
terminal today and then threw up
his job.
Faithful to his employer, the clerk
industriously rang up all fares on his
way to Mt. Pleasant. When the car
reached the end of the line the motor
man hade his kick.
"whadda you mean-ringing up
de fares?" he demanded.
"Oh, I'm a company man sssd have
to turn in the fares" stammered the
clerk apologeticallyt.
you do, do you? Well, II youse
don't have a handful Of change for me
when we get to de barn, I'll comb
your hair with dis" replied the motor
man, waving his controller.
Hence the retirement OF the clerk
as strike breaker.
The Washington times., 1917-03-17
ENGLAND SHORT OF SPUDS
Supply Reduced to Half a Pound q
Week Per Capita.

LONDON, March 1I.-Mr. Dennis,
the potato controller. has announced
that the supply of potatoes left in
England is equivalent to a half pound
per capita a week for the next fifteen
weeks, showing how serious is the
shortage.
The Battersea green grocers have
announced that hereafter they will
not sell potatoes to children, to pre-
vent the youngsters being injured in
the crush Of people that gather every
morning to buy.
The government regards the pro-
duction of food of greater Importance
at present than the sending OF addi-
tional men into the army. Chancellor
Bonar Law said, in response to ques-
tions in the House of Commons. that
the cabinet had informed the war Of
flee and The board OF agriculture that
this was its view.
The Washington times., 1917-03-17
WOMEN URGED.C.
HEADS END STRIKE
Wives of Hundred W. R. & E.
Men Who Walked Out Make
Plea to BroWnIoW.

Parking their baby carriages In
front OF the District building, wives
of 100 striking street car men of the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company called on Commissioner
Louis Brownlow late yesterday after.
noon and asked that the District Com.
missioners do all in their power to
stop the strike.
"Send these men away from town
who are taking the places of our hus.
bands" said Mrs. George Wilburt
wife of the president OF the local car
mems union.
BrOwnlOw Advises Patience.
"They have no right to bring men
here to take the places of men who
have remained in the employ many
years without decent pay" she con.
tinued. .
Commissioner Brownlow told the
women that steps are being taken as
rapidly as possible to adjust the situa-
tion, and he advised them to be calm
and exercise patience.
The call at tho District building
was the elimination OF a march of
200 wives of striking car men along
the avenue.
Stand Behind Strikers.
Their determination to obtain an
audience with one OF the commission
ers was manifested when the women,
The Washington times., 1917-03-17
JUDAS PAY" SENT KIRBY
Thirty Pieces Of Silver Given Sena-
tor by Constituents.

JONESBORO, Ark, March II
United States Senator W. +. Kirby
has thirty pieces OF silver sent him
by as many business and professional
men Of Jonesboro as u rebuke to his
stand in opposing President Wilson
in the Senate. With the coins went
the following letter:
Herr Kirby: Feeling that IL Judas
1scariOt earned his so have you. we
in the Eaiser's name herewith inclose
you thirty pieces OF silver. and have
added your name to the heroic list of
those who have worked for der Water
land-von IgeI, Won Horn. Dernburg.
Herr Stone, Herr La Toilette. Herr
Gronna, Herr Won Vardamsn. Won der
Works. Herr Cummins, Herr Won
Knapp, and Herr Won OGorman, und
der rest. Auf widersehen."
The Washington times., 1917-03-17
THE WEATHER REPORT.

Forecast for the District of Column
bis-Cloudy tonight, Sunday fair.
colder; south winds. becoming strong
and shifting TO northwest Sunday.
For Maryiand-Rain tonight, turn
ing into show in west portion; colder
in west portion. Sunday fair, colder;
strong south to west winds
For Nirginia-FaiT tonight. except
rain or snow in extreme north por-
ton: colder I'm northwest portion.
Sunday fair, colder; strong southwest
TO west winds.
The Washington times., 1917-03-17
D. G. GUARD PARADE
ORDER ANNOUNCED
Troops Will Wear Service Uni
forms in March to Con-
vention Hall.

Brigadier General Harvey today an
nounced the order OF march FOR the
various commands OF the District Ma
tional Guard. who will march up Penn
sylvania avenue Wednesday evening be-
fore going to Convention Hall for the
reception to be rendered them by the
residents OF the District.
First will come Major J. c. Cashier.
marshal OF the parade. and his aides,
then. in order. the Third Infantry. First
Separate Battalion. Infantry. Batteries
A and b. Field Artillery. Troop A. Cav
airy: Company b. Signal Corps, and the
Field Hospital Company.
To Wear Service Uniforms
As announced in The Times yesterday,
the line of march will be: Peace monu-
ment along the Avenue to Thirteenth
street, north on Thirteenth street to K
street, and east along X to Convention
Hall.
All troops will wear service uniforms
without arms. equipment or side arms.
Overcoats will be worn. and organiza-
tons not possessing service uniforms
will be attired in dress uniform. The
regimental band VIII PROVIDE music LOT
the columns. 1t is expected that ZO0
men will be in line.
To Serve rs Ushers
First Company. Coast Artillery. and
Troop B. Distrist Cavalry. will report at
Convention Hall at o'clock Wednesday
evening for duty as ushers. The ushers
will be under the charge OF r. i. Lamb.
chairman OF the seating committee.
All members OF District militia or
ganizations not participating in the pa
rade, and former members OF the Dis
trict National Guard are invited to at
tend the reception.
The Washington times., 1917-03-17
DEPEND ON VETERANS
Railroads Serving Washington Ex'
pect Old Employees TO Be Loyal.

Railroad officials in Washington in
Dictated today that the roads have
made little preparation to break the
threatened strike.
The railroad is depending upon a
large number of old and faithful en-
ployes TO stand by us in this crisis,
and there will be no big importation
OF sO-called strike breakers" said an
official OF the Southern railway today.
Although the strike threat came
as a big surprise to the executive
heads in view OF the international
situation and the subject of a pro-
longed struggle with the brotherhood
men has not been considered to any
extent. il can be said that a plan TO
meet conditions has been developed"
The Washington times., 1917-03-17

after being told that Commissioner
Newman was gone for the day. pa
tiently settled back in chairs and an
nounced they would "wait until some
body showed up"
To question put to them by at
taches and clerks of the District
building. the women replied they were
with thier "men" to the end and
would win the strike ultimately.
The Washington times., 1917-03-17

expected that resolutions indorsing
the strikers stand will be offered.
During the strike last year the fed
Grafton adopted a resolution support
ing the formation of a trainmen's
union, and approving recognition OF
such 4 union
To Ask Contributions.
Every employee of the Federal Gov
ernment in Washington will be asked
TO contribute 81 a week to finance
the strike on the Washington Rail-
way and Electric Company's lines, &C
cording to announcement today by
Mrs. T. r. Mcdaniel, wife OF a strik-
ing motorman.
Mrs. Mcdaniel headed a delegation
of strikers wives in an unsuccessful
attempt to see Commissioner New
man at the District building today.
Commissioner Newman was engaged
in the conference with the directors
of the Washington Railway and Elec-
trio Company at the time the women
called, and was unable to see them.
As the delegation left the District
building, Mrs. Mcdaniel said another
effort probably would be made Mon
day morning.
A letter requesting the Govern
ment employees to contribute 81
week to the local division of the
Amalgamated Association of Street
and Electric Railway Employees dur
ing the strike will be written tonight
and published tomorrow, according to
Mrs Mcdaniel. She indicated that
the suggestion had been made by an
official of the Federal Employees
Union. Mrs. Mcdaniel expressed con-
fidence that the employees would make
the requested contributions. She and
other members of the delegation SAID
the wives Of the strikers intended
forming a permanent organization as
an auxiliary of the local division OF
the association so as TO stand with
their husbands as an organized body
in every eventuality.
Should the strike extend over
long period it is probable the wives
of the strikers will arrange dances,
bazaars, and other affairs for the
purpose of raising money.
Wanted to Express Thanks.
Mrs. Mcdaniel said the object OF
the visit was to thank the Commits
sioners for what they had already
done and urge them to exert their ut
most efforts to bring the strike to an
end so as to minimize danger to the
Washington public.
The Washington times., 1917-03-17
H. S. BAKER NOT CONFIRMED
Designated for Excise Board, SEN
ate Fails to Approve.

Among the nominations that failed
OF confirmation in the :pecial session
of the Senate is that of Henry s. Ba-
ker to be a member of the Excise
Board of the District OF Columbia
This nomination failed in the recent
short session OF Congress. The Presi-
dent again sent il to the Senate after
the opening of the special session.
Now the special session, too, has end
ed without action.
Several Senators who desire vigor-
Gus enforcement of District excise
laws are opposed TO Baker. The life
of the board will end when the Dis
trict dry law takes effect November !.
Baker must be given another recess
appointment. and his name again sent
to the Senate at the extra session II
he is retained in office.
The Washington times., 1917-03-17
WANTS SCHOOL NURSE
Doctor Praises Monroe Association
For Project to Pay Woman.

BY the expenditure OF only a small
sum the need for nurses in the public
schools can be made plainly apparent,
in the opinion OF DR.. Z. ]. Murphy,
chief medical inspector of the public
schools.
He stated at a meeting OF the or
ganization that the project of the
Monroe Home and School Association
to pay for a nurse in that school
would show the vast good to be ac-
complished.
The association stated that funds
are being collected rapidly.
All funds for the maintenance of a
nurse at the Monroe School are to be
handled through the board. The
nurse will work under the direction of
DIR. Murphy.
Musical numbers were given by
Miss Penelope Holmes and F. w.
Schieck.
The Washington times., 1917-03-17
WANTS ALL CITIZENS IN

An amendment to the bylaws pro-
vidIng for the election to member
ship of citizens associations organ
lied within the last six months is to
be presented to the Federation OF
Citizens Associations at its March
meeting in the board room OF the
District building tonight.
The amendment will be proposed
by DR.. E. A. Bryant. of the Connecti-
cut Avenue Citizens Association.
The Washington times., 1917-03-17
NO CORRESPONDENT; PET DOG

NEW YORK, March IA pet dog
was the means of winning a divorce
for Mrs. Frances Il. Dougherty. of
New York. Her husband. also seek
ing a severance of the nuptial rela-
lions. named a correspondent. but the
evidence showed that doggie had
been Mrs. Dougher,y's only caller
and had mussed up her room.
The Washington times., 1917-03-17
WOULD PAY wIFE's DIVORCE,

BUFFALO. n. Y, March III ask
leniency. your honor, as l want TO
get job so ] can pay for my wife's
divorce" pleaded Doyle GrievIIng, of
Philadelphia. when arrsIgned on a
charge OF deserving his wife. As he
previously had been arrested on the
same charge. he was sentenced 10 a
year IN the Senitentiary.
The Washington times., 1917-03-17
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

Baltimore Is, 1917.
TO OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES:
hasben broadly press days past m.
Saturday. 1917 engineers fmen
bemen number of important railroad systems including the Baltimore and
Ohio will stop work in body otherwise ordered other words
strike
action public
am unwilling believe that the nmor are well founded at
far Baltimore and Ohio action
under contemplation the service this
company that should the situation understood
September Congress passed
ghthour January
hastily prepared
consequently
Supreme
and second constitutional how should be interpreted and applied
argued Supreme January 10TH
Pending decision of railroads
o the time worked by the affected the that what
might concerning
the full benefit the date when the effective that
January 1917.
Company keeping employees
the expects pay pay by
special voucher increased empOye since
Company
under discussion and that the law found be unconstitutional
all this submitted to arbitration before board of
bitatos to be chosen by the President of the United States
Certainly proposition by company
poyes proposition submitted
and Ohio Company willing would simply be yielding force and not
the spirit of fair dealing
necessary employees
controversy
tied orderly and settled fairly and should be mind that the
submitted complicated and important
in
hastily ncompee by such important tribunal the Supreme Court the
employees
of the Baltimore
believe,
will
which
Distress which might probably
Ind n directions
Baltimore
welfare O
DANIEL WILLARD,
The Washington times., 1917-03-17
Temperatures.
Tide TnhlH.

Average temperature for this date
for the last SO years, AZ.
The Washington times., 1917-03-17
Sun and Moon Table.

Light automobile lamps at CAT p. m.
The Washington times., 1917-03-17
Agreement With Capital Compan,

after this statement had been read
Mr.. King was informed by one of the
Commissioners that the AmaIgamated
Association had made an agreement
with the Capital Traction Company.
waving for the time being its de-
mand to absolutely dictate the en-
ployment and discharge of all en-
ployes, on terms OF being accorded
contractual relations with that COM
pany.
you then asked II this company
would consider the making Of a SINH
lar contract with the AmaIgamated
Association and Mr.. King replied that
under no circumstances would the
company enter into any contractual
relations with the Amalgamated Asso-
citation.
He was then asked II he was Cd
The Washington times., 1917-03-17

Their determination to obtain an
audience with one OF the commission
ers was manifested when the women,
The Washington times., 1917-03-17

Secretary Washington Railway
and Electric Company"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-27
Food fo7" Fans
by GEO. E. PHAIR.
tCopyrightl

The Weeks Wash.
No more the baseball magnates fill the
skies
With baseball deals of weird and fearful
They do not set the waiting world afire
When buying baseball scribes their Christ
mas ties
The baseball writer looks his neckties DER
And tries to recollect the days of yore.
Il wonder" he remarks unto himself
Jess Willard up and says that he will fight
And risk his crown with any man in sight
Provided he is not allowed to lose,
Or other words to that effect-Good night!
"Our modern football is a parlor game"
Says old Glenn Warner, he of roughhouse
But even in tirese days of gentle sport
broken arm or leg feels just the same.
A baseball player has his ups and downs:
At times he smiles at other times he
fro WIS:
But Johnny Lavan is the queerest guy
He says he doesn't like to leave the Browns
I saw a battle royal years ago;
1t was a weird and wild and wool1y show
And yet, compared with stunts in Petro-
The ancient roughhouse stuff was calm and
slow.
The other stars once played the game Of
The baseball fans oftimgs awake at night
And wonder If they've sold the City Hall
A bunch Of skating champs have come to
light.
For streams and ponds and lakes are frozen
tight:
But Why not pause and wait till New
Years Eve?
For then the skating game is at its height
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-27
WHAT'S FIGHTING FOR?.
So Many Factions in Russia One Can't
Keep Track of Them.

New York, Dec. 27.-Stories of
street fighting in Petrograd and Mos
COW and of buildings deliberately rid
died by machine guns were told here
today by Americans arriving from
Russia on the orwegian-American
steamer Bergensfjord.
None had a definite idea of what
all of the fighting they witnessed was
about. There were 50 many 'revo-
lutions'' and counter revolutions" in
progress it was impossible to keep
track Of the various factions, they de-
clared.
Capt. C. T Williams, of the Red
Cross in Rumania, told of the Metro
pole hotel, at Moscow, being riddled
by machine guns after all guests had
been warned to flee. He declared that
a group of soldiers of some unknown
faction gave the warning that the
hotel should be evacuated. Then they
mounted machine guns on building
opposite the hotel and opened fire,
without any apparent object other
than to destroy the hotel.
John NJ. Larsen, of Chicago, another
passenger. said he was taken prisoner
by the German soldiers when he
crossed the frontier from Denmark
but was released after being held for
four days.
The Bergensfjord had 500 passen-
gers aboard, about $50 of whom were
Russians. fleeing from the revolution
ridden country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-27
LATE STYLE MALADY
knitting Nerves Already Affects Thou
sands of Patriotic Women.

New York. Dec. 27.-Now its knit
ting nerves" caused by concentration
of mind and hand on the needles.
Thousands of women in New York
are afflicted, according to Dr. Louis
r. Wellsemiller, physical director of
the West side Y. NJ. C. A, who adds
that his only patients showing sym
toms of the new war time complaint
have been women. DIR. Wellsemiller
says that there is liable to be an cpl
demic of knitting nerves" unless
knitters train to knit properly. He
offers the following advice as a rem
edy:
Don't bunch over your knitting;
sit upright and when your mind tells
you you have knitted enough, quit
There are 365 days in a year and you
can't finish a sweater in a day, no
matter how much you love soldier or
sailor
DR.. C. P. Christensen, president of
the physiological research society con-
CURED in the predictions of DR..
Wellsemiller. He attributed the nerve
scourge to the failure of women folk
to comprehend 1.-The vibrations of
nerve laws" He continued:
THE women are overworking them
selves. Knitting has become a craze.
Nerves cannot stand this strain
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-27
OUTLOOK NOW BRIGHT
Doctor Waters Says Peace Will Profit
Agricultural Pursuits.

Manhattan, Kal., Dec. 27.-There
will be a tremendous advance in agri-
culture after the war is ended, is the
opinion expressed by DR.. Henry Jack
son Waters, eX-president of the KAN
sas State Agricultural college.
This has been the case after every
great war that has ever been fought,
said President Waters. After a time
spent ii camp, men turn instinctively
back to the land.
China is certain to develop her
agriculture, as will also South Amer
lea. Africa will be developed and
transformed. There never was a more
encouraging or inviting outlook for
the trained man, SO the one parting
word of advice l would give you is,
stay by your work in college as long
as you can.
There is a great complaint of the
shortage of labor in this country. In
dustries are paralyzed. Land is going
untitled, and in some cases crops are
harvested because of this shortage.
It there is no shortage of labor.
Never before was there as much idle
SIS and unemployment as there is in
this country today. We must decide
whether the service we are rendering
is necessary or important and decide
upon the service that it will be best
for US to render
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-27
IS BRUTAL SPORT
Wrestling Worse Than Boxing
on the Anatomy.
Head Hold Most Dangerous OF
All Mat Tricks.
BY JACK vEIoCK.

New York, Dec. 27.-Strange that
the reformers never raise howl
against wrestling.
They go the limit to slam boxing.
They bring out their hammers against
Sunday baseball and horse racing. but
as a rule they never make as much
as a whimper against the mat game
Boxing, according to our best little
reformers, is brutal Baseball on Sun
day, and horse racing are demoral1z-
ing We have the word of the reform
ers for it, which doesn't make it unan-
imous by a whole lot. but they con-
tinue to yelp.
Game a Hard One.
Wrestling. when properly conduct
ed, is just as much a manly sport as
boxing, tho not as popular. But wrest-
ling, as it was conducted in the recent
international tournament here. was a
knock to itself. Still no one made
much of a howl except a couple of
wrestlers. Who protested against losing
parts of their oanatomies.
stranger Lewis.,;who was much in
evidence in the recent tourney, uses
what he calls a deadlock. 1t just man
ages to escape being a twin for the
stranglehold. which is under the ban,
but because there was no rule against
Lewis's hold he was allowed to get
away with it to the point where he
came close to taking Wladek ZbySZko
on personally conducted tour to a
world unknown.
Head Hold Dangerous.
The head hold is apparently more
dangerous sthan the strangle hold. 1t
is so dangerous that Zbyszko became
unconscious from the effects of it, and
every one who saw the match agrees
that it should be barred.
Wrestling is very much a mans
sport. 1t requires ability to stand an
unlimited amount of punishment and
it requires men of great strength, but
it should be cleansed of such things
as the head hold. 1t can get along
without them, and the promoters
should see to it that the game is pro-
tected by rules which leave no open
ing for bone crushing methods