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The Washington times., 1917-04-14
WILL OBSERVE RED
CROSS DAY IN MAY
President Wilson Wires Repre-
: sentative Citizens Urging
Cooperation.

Red Cross Day.. which already has
received the endorsement of Presi-
dent Wilson. probably will be OBJ
served some time late in May. when
direct appeal will be made to every
one who can to contribute.
At the national Red Cross head
quarters 1t Yas-learned today that the
question has been informally dis
cussed by officials and that the exact
date will be named by the committee
which will meet in this city April 21.
President Wilson yesterday sent tele-
grams to twenty-five representative
men throughout the country asking
their cooperation in the work.
To Furnish Army Hospital.
In addition to supplying a complete
navy base hospital aud army base
hospital, the Washington Chapter Of
the American Red Cross has agreed
to do all the work incident to furnish
ing another army hospital, the funds
for which will be contributed by resi-
dents OF New York city. These base
hospitals consist solely OF, complete
supplies which are manufactured and
packed according to rigid specidea-
tions, and may then be stored and
shipped to wherever they are needed.
An army base hospital fills eighty
eight boxes and costs S9.0Oe. The
Washington chapter last week finish
ed its naval base hospital and about
seventy-iive boxes for the army hos
pital have been completed.
Four base hospitals have been COM
pleted In New York city, and the one
to be finished, here will, be the fifth.
All the work OF making the garments,
sewing the linen, preparing the sur;
l. = n Al - - =
needed by,a hospital OF 800 beds will
be done by the Washington Chapter,
which Is reputed to be better organ
lied for this kind of wor kthan any
other in the country.
Subscriptions to the 100000 Pa
triotic service Red Cross fund, which
members of the finance Committee
hay they are going to increase to
500, 900, continued to come in today.
Chairman II. r. =. Mcfarland of
tfc committee being out OF the city
they were received by Corcoran
Thorn, at the American Security and
Trust Company. The new subscrip-
tions follow:
New Subscriptions
Hennen Jennings for his grandson,
Hennen Jennings Hacket, $500: Mrs.
John o. Evans, $50: Mrs. Kate Wamp-
ieis ~ diuOuS hiOus' Fcs NV. aAe - .
John Van Schaick, jr., $50; Mrs
Charles II. Poor, 500: Mrs. John ".
Hensen, $50; Mrs. II. H. Brown, $40;
W. B. Thompson, 500; r. n. Doyle.
500: Mrs. S. and Annie NJ. Eawrence.
$50: Henry p. Blair, $50: Mrs. Thomas
NJ. Watts. S25: Mrs. L. w. Burch. $25:
H. ZuKrkin. s25: W. z. Mooney, $25;
W. II. Dougal. so: B. H. Stfnemetz.
800: Isaac Cans, S25; T. X. Sands. $50.
Through the Rotary Club the fol-
lowing subscriptions were received:
James Sharp, S11: T. c. Dulin & Mar
tin, $3.50: Fenton NJ. Fadely, $500; John
Poole. $50: NJ. Z. Shannon, $50, and
Clifford K. Bergman, $50.
The Washington times., 1917-04-14
WEATHER REPORT.

Forecast for the District OF Colum-
bia-Fair tonight and Sunday: frost
tonight: slowly rising temperature
Sunday: gentle northwest winds.
Maryland - Probably fair tonight
and Sunday; gentle northwest winds.
For Virginia-Fair tonight and sun
day: frost tonight; moderate northerly
indE.
Middle Atlantic StatPs-Except for
inS Tuesday and Wednesday the
~ek will be one of generally fair
sther. Temperature will average
low the seasonal normal. except
II warmer weather is probable Mon.
and Tuesday.
The Washington times., 1917-04-14
WILL FORM LIVING FLAG
School Children May Sing at Con
federate Reunion.

Mothers of Washington school chill
dren will be asked to cooperate with
the committee in charge of the Con
federate Veteran reunion to be held
here June Z. and furnish their chill
dren with the red, white. and blue
costumes they will wear in forming
the human American flag" on the
Monument Grounds -
= >Another feature which may be add
ed<to the school children's part In
the reunion will be TO have the chill
dren sing patriotic songs, while
standing in the flag formation, as
was done at q recent Confederate
Veteran reunion, held in Richmond.
The Washington times., 1917-04-14
ARTILLERYMEN TO DRILL
First Company Going to Fort WASH
1naton This Evening.

Members Of the First Company.
Coast Artillery, District National
Guard, will get taste Of coast ar
tilIery Service at Fort Washington
tonight and tomorrow.
Arrangements have been made by
Capt. William Burns to take the
seventy-five members OF his command
to the fort to bivouac tonight and
drill with the big guns tomorrow.
The eitizen-soldiers will leave
washington this afternoon and re-
turn tomorrow night. Captain Burns
has mapped out an intensive drill pro-
gram.
The local coast artillerists expect
to be ordered to Fort Washington or
some other place along the Potomac
and Captain Burns intends giving his
command all the preliminary practice
possible. 1t Is understood the COM
pany will be taken to Fort Washing
ton every Sunday until It Is officially
ordered out for service.
Captain Burns believes these pre-
Iimlnary trips will not only prove
beneficial to his men, but also serve
to stimulate recruiting for the second
company of coast artillery.
The Washington times., 1917-04-14
AQUEDUCT GUARD
KEPT ON QUI WYE
Every Passer Along Conduit
Road Throughout Night
Receives Challenge.

Although the members OF the Sec
ond Battalion of the Third Regiment
now guarding the thirteen miles OF
aqueduct .. and roadway between
Washington and Great Falls stopped
and questioned a number of pedestri-
ans and motorists last night, and
early today, no arrests were made.
The guardsmen were kept busy,
however, throughout the early hours
of the morning challenging dark
figures moving about.
Major Wallach McCathran and the
four company commanders are keep
ing the guards constantly on the
alert and every individuaSand vehicle
is kept under close watch from the
time OF reaching the Conduit road un-
til leaving IL.
The guards have been advised of the
article of war which prescribes death
for sentries who go to asleep while
on duty or are otherwise grossly
negligent. .---.
Because. of the great area OF terri
tory to be patrolled and the small
number of men in the battalion,
Major McCathran is anxious to get at
least 100 recruits. 1t has been suE-
gested that because of the important
work the Second Battalion Is now
performing that trained soldiers from
the other two battalions be transfer
red to the Second as recruits are en-
listed. f<
Colonel Young. Lieut.. Col. Anton
Stephan. and Lieut.. George A. Mona.
gon, regimental adjutant, made amin
spection of the Government and per-
l.
the guardsmen at Fort Myer today
Practically all the guardsmen will
be allowed to leave camp tomorrow
to visit in Washington. Religious
services will he held in the Fort Myer
chapel
The Washington times., 1917-04-14
TO LIMIT DEFENSE LEAGUE
Believed. Full Quota Of 1000 Will
Soon Be Made Up.

Membership in the Home Defense
League probably will be limited to
1000, according to an announcement
made today by Major Pullman, chair
man of the organization committees.
From the number OF applications
received. indications are that the full
quota will be made up within a short
time In response to a request from
Postmaster Chance, $50 application
blanks were sent today to the post
office.
Major Pullman received today a
letter from w. c. Sullivan, announc-
ing that he had been made chairman
of a recruiting committee OF twenty
hve OF the Chamber OF Commerce.
The league, which will serve as an
auxiliary OF the Police Department,
will not be uniformed nor armed, but
will be given special police authority
and permission to carry arms in an
emergency
The Washington times., 1917-04-14
RED CROSS UNITS HERE
Men Only Asked for First Aid Corps
for Emergency Use.

A Red Cross first aid corps of men
only is being organized in the execu-
tive departments by DR.. L. w. Glaze
brook for emergency service in wash
ington.
The corps Is to have 600 members,
divided into teams OF twenty-five men,
each with a captain and adjutant.
Offcers of the Department OF Agri-
culture unit, the first to be organized,
and probably the largest. will be
selected at a meeting this afternoon.
Organization plans were made yes
terday afternoon in the Beiber build
ing.
Units are to be formed in the De-
partment of Commerce. the Patent or
fce, Pension Offce, Postoffice, and
municipal government.
The companies will receive first aid
instruction for ten weeks.
The first instruction for agriculture
units will be given Monday evening
by DR.. Glazebrook in the Pepco
building. Motion pictures will be
shown.
The Washington times., 1917-04-14
NEW LUSITANIA FLAG UP
Viii Fly Till War AVenges Death
Of Americans.

PHILADELPHIA, April 14-when
ne Lusitania was lost. Catholina
lambert. a millionaire silk manufac-
urer of Paterson. n. j.. hoisted the
american flag at half-mast on the
over of Belle villa, his castle home
Garrett mountain, and declared 1t
-ould remain so until the loss of
merican lives was avenged
The flag, tattered and torn, was
.wered yesterday and a new one was
Used. Mr.. Lambert said the new
x would remain in position until
20 end of the war, which he de-
ared would result in the United
ates proclaiming to the world that
light had. been vindicated.
The Washington times., 1917-04-14
WAsHlNGToNIAN WEEDS
Charles M. Ashton Takes Bride
From Fairfax, Va.

News was received in Washington
today of the marriage OF Charles NJ.
Ashton, of washington, and Miss May
stanhope Malone. OF Fairfax, Va, in
Richmond yesterday.
The ceremony was performed by
"Parson" Mike Macon. marriage COM
missioner attached to the hustings
commissioner, who claims the dis
tinction of having Joined more couples
in wedlock than any other man in
Virginia
The groom gave his age as forty
one, and his business as that Of a
manufacturer. He said he had been
divorced. The bride Is the daughter
OF Edward Malone, of Fairfax. Her
age was given as thirty-seven.
The Washington times., 1917-04-14
SEEKS MORE SCHOOL LAND.

Condemnation proceedings to ac-
qulre additional land for the Langdon
School were instituted today in Dis
trict Supreme Court by the District
Commissioners. The property is at
Queen Chapel road and -Evarts street
northeast.
The Washington times., 1917-04-14
sAILoRs An rHE eAYErY.

Five minutes before the curtain
goes up at the Gayety tonight, Chief
Yeoman J. Franklin Jackson, OF the
U. S. s. Mayiower, and four sailors
from that ship, will go behind the
footIights and will make an appeal to
the able-bodied young men of the aT-
dience to enlist in the navy. Fifteen
minutes will be allowed the sailormen
TO describe the advantages OF ship
life.
The Washington times., 1917-04-14
Ru1LER HELD AS 1HIEE.

Charged with grand larceny. Milton
NJ. Rubio, twenty-siN years old, Fill
pino butler in the home of Charles l..
Marlatt, 1921 Sixteenth street north
west, was arrested early today by
Detective Berman, in connection with
the disappearance OF a $3.50 locket
from the Marlatt home. The police
say the PHILIPPINE admitted having
the locket,. saying he found 1t on the
floor.
The Washington times., 1917-04-14
WIFE DIVORCES SAILOR.

An absolute divorce, with custody
of their two children. was granted
Grace w. Matthews from Lawrence
VI. Matthews today by Justice Hitz
in District Supreme Court. Matthews
Is enlisted in the navy. The wife's
attorneys were Fred r. RhodeE Paul
B. Cromelin, and w. A. Coombe.
The Washington times., 1917-04-14

or have dependents I hereby agree to
accept your position. perform all your
duties. honest and faithfully during
the war, and agree that the salary
you receive or earn, be paid to your
family or dependent relatives. This
is your authority to require me. to
report for duty
The Washington times., 1917-04-14
LINCOLN SHOT So YEARS AGO

Fifty-two years ago today Presl-
dent Lincoln was assassinated in
Fords Theater. in Tenth street
northwest. Scores OF persons visited
the museum containing many relics
OF the martyred President on the an
niyersary.
The Washington times., 1917-04-14
Temperatures.

Average temperatures for this date
"pr the last 33 years: Minimum, Sc
maximum, 46.
The Washington times., 1917-04-14
Tide Table.
Sur and Moon TabIe.

I.ight' automobile lamps at 7:15 p. m.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-25
Trial of Means for
Death of Mrs. King
Opens Tomorrow
New York Woman's Conf.
Dental Agent Plans Bitter
Fight for Freedom

CONCORD. y. c.. Nov. 24.-Gaston
B. Means will be put on trial here to-
morrow, charged with the murder or
Mrs. Naude A. King, Of New York. the
wealthy widow whose confidential
agent he was. She was killed BY bull
let from an automatic pistol on Au-
gust 2e.
The shooting occurred while Mrs.
King. Means and others were in a grove
near here, where they had gone in an
automobile TO have target practice with
q pistol. According 20 the story told
when they returned with the woman's
iiieless body, the pistol had been placed
in the Cork of d tree. and must have
been seized and accidentally discharged
b. Mrs. King herself. None Of her COM
panions admitted being within sight OF
her at the time the shot was heard.
Means said that ne was STOPPING over
spring a short distance away. go,
The family OF CASTOR Bullock Means
g we'll known in this region. and the
Coroner's jury, before whom a per-
func.ory inquest was conducted, &C
ceptcd the explanation without qles;
,idn 7. was no: until Means reached
Chicago with the body o. his alleged
,,;ctiro. nearly week later, that hln'
Of the sensational charges later mace
cane /, ,he shape Of request BY re!a-
tives for a new inquiry into the death
Of Mrs. King. - -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-25
Allies Are Now
Close Partners,
Says Northcliffe
Things "Buttoned Up" Last
Week on Field and in
Council, He Asserts

LONDON. Nov. 24.-Viscount North
elif tonight gave The Associated
Press the following statement on the
war situation:
This has been distinctly the best
week OF the war. refer not only 70
General Byng's success. but 70 tina:
OF Colonel House and Premier Lloyd
George, VINO have been 'blttoning
things up to use az expression Of
the colone's.
The days o. waste Z. life and
treasure caused b. the Allies nut
ual ignorance of one another's plans
are nearly over. American soldiers.
sailors and business men and their
British colleagues have been work
ing overtime.
at would not be wise to talk OF
details, but, as ! never have been
backward in criticising ineficiency.
] should be lacking in justice If I
did not speak OF the high efficiency
Of this weeks conference. There was
no glorious British constitution and
Fourth Of July hot air about the pro-
ceedings. II was realized that time
Is the most valuable asse. OF war.
There was very little bsnqueting
and there were no parades. yet |
venture 70 say that the greatest
move toward victory yet made in any
theatre of the war was effected in
London this week.
The prospects OF the Paris con-
ference are fine. The war il at last
becoming what it always should have
been-a close business partnership
of the Allies"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-25

leged domination Of Mrs. King by the
man who ostensibly vas merely her
e.nploye and the assertion that Sreai
part OF her fortune had been dissipated
within short time. were some OF tne
motives which impelled the authorities
20 reopen the case.
Investigation by officials in North
Carolina, Illinois and New YORK was
started q. once. District Attorney
swami OF New York made thorough
search OF the apartment occupied by
Ieans in that city, and his agents car:
ried away with them great mass OF
documents.
This raid and It's alleged results I'M
mediatc,y thrust the case into posi-.
ton OF national Importance. Some OF
the papers found revealed. IL was SAID.
German propaganda plans OF VIDE
scope and dangerous IN nature 20 the
safety OF the country.
Means has employed every legal re-
source in the effort 10 battle his prose
cutors. When a representative OF the
District Attorney OF New York County
was sent South with some Of the seized
documents, a trunk shipped in his
name vanished mysteriously from the
train.
When the Assistant District Attor-
ney appeared in court an attempt was
made 20 compel him 10 surrender the
documents in his possession.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-25
Gary Pays 100000
For Four Fragonards

Ebert II. Cary, chairman o; the
United States Steel Corporation, has
bought four rare paintings. By Frago-
nard, it was said yesterday, for $780,
600. and intends 10 arrange Frago-
nard room in mis- home az s56 Fifth
Avenue, which will riva! that in Henry
{. Frick's ar: gallery.
The Four decorative panels bought 5y
Mr. Carr are la Bergere" The
Shepherdessp). LA Vendangeuse' The
Cleaner. lie Laooureur" The
Workman and lie Jardinier" The
Gardener. They formed part OF the
K-aemer collection. which was solo IN
Paris. Mr.. Gary bought them through
Gimpel & WilGensLein. They were ez-
hibited in the exposition OF paintings
by famous masters in the Georges Petit
Gallery in Paris several years ago:
Il is The first private picture sale TO
De announced this season. = IS SAID
that the Fragonards are only part OF
the art purchase made b. Mr.. Gary.
The addition 70 mis- collection 5 De-
leved 70 have been extensive.
Tire Fragonards in the Frick gallery
we're formerly the property OF the late
J. Pierpont Morgan. They are known
IS The Fragonsrds De Grasse. anu ior
a time Vere among the treasures IN
Mr.. Morgan's apartments in Prince 5
Gate. Londc1. They also we're exhiolted
in the Metropolitan Auseum OF Art IN
All Of them are in decorative vein
ard tvnical OF the artist. Among them
g-e "T,a Poursui;e,' 'L'Escalde' and
lies Souvenirs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-25
Caillaux Accused
OF Plotting for a
Peace of Defeat
Ex-Premier in Campaign
70 Ruin France, Paris
Editor Charges

PARIS, Nov. o4.-Under the bold
can. Y 'ccuVr aux. tIus-
tsve Herve in la Victoire" mas charged
former Premier Joseph Caillaux with
being the centre OF the whole campaign
for a dishonorsble. ruinous peace. A.
a result. ". Caillsux to-day began pro-
ceedings against VI. Here.
VI. Herve charges the eX-Premier
with having con.orted during his stay
in italy with ell the notorious "de-
festists" and neutrslists. his asser-
lions 20 the contrary notwithstanding;
with having not merely a social ac-
qusintance with Bolo Pscha. but with
having been his devoted friend and in
defatigable protector; with having been
the evil genus OF Almereyda, the edi-
tor OF the Bonnet Rouge" who died
in prison while under charges. guiding
and encouraging him in his "defeatis:'
attitude and drawing him on 10 his
doom. ". Herve concludes:
you said. sill. that when you founo
the man who brought against you some
thing besides insinustions and tTad-
ding gossip. who dared accuse you out
right, you would prosecute him at The
assizes as a slsnderer. | am your man.
sir; prosecute me. ! will produce M
proofs and witnesses before Jury."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-25
American Girl Victim
OF German Cruelty

AVER, Mass, Nov. 2s.-lndignities
inflicted upon nineteen-yesr-old
American girl in Germany are de-
scribed in q letter given out by the
authorities az Camp Devens tonight
The letter was written 10 her brother
private in the National Army here,
who turned the communication over 70
mis- superior officers with a request thar
something be done 20 obtain his sisters
release.
The man is OF German descent and
came from New Hampshire. Before
the outbreak Of the war his mother
went 70 Germany 10 visit her parents
and has remained there since. He says
his sister received An official appearing
document from Germany saying that
her mother was i'll there and that she
should make arrangements 10 go to
see her, ii POSSIBLE. The girls letter
said
Mother is we'll and has not been
sick. When arrived here found that
the whole report of her illness was a
hoax. | was taken BY the military
officials and am now confined az farm
where there are hundreds OF other girls
and women. This is only one OF lots
Of such places. am so unhappy. Ever
the best classes of young girls and
women are confined here, and you can
well imagine how they feel We are
rot treated well, and the food is hor-
r.o,e. and IL is even worse, consider
ing the conditions We are living under.
"OHicers and men who won glory IN
battle spend a month or more furlough
here and we are subjected TO all sorts
~ ;,diDpities I am so unhappy that
several times I have almost made Up
NV mind 20 kill myself. Mother was
held here for two months some time
ago and now she cannot visit me. ]
hone YOU will try 20 DO something IN
America and help me-"
The message. written on piece OF
naper bag. ended with a hastily written
postscript that she must hurry to SNUG
Gle the note out
When the private was told that noth-
;,c could be done 70 help his sister he
az once applied for transfer to the
next unit sailing for the battlefront
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-25
Doctor Freed of Charge
OF Causing Baby's Death

Or. Paul s. Barrett. CT 100 Puritan
Avenue. Forest Hills. L. l.. Who was in
dicted on complain: OF Louis J. Halle
OF Abingdon Road. Kew Gardens, on
charge Of manslaughter in the second
degree. was freed of the charge yes
terday By Judge Bert J. Humphrey IN
the Queens County Court.
The complaint alleged that DR.. Bar
rett had administered iodine 70 the
two-year-old son OF Mr.. Halle. as
result O; which the baby died ;he fol-
lowing day. Il was contended cotlne
should not have been prescr'oee'
After three doctors had declined to
testify that iodine had caused the
death Of the baby, Judge Humphrey
ordered the indictment dismissed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-25
They Represent y. 5. in
Conference With Britain,
France and Italy
Crosby Will Act in
Economic Parleys
War Aims, Head of Mission
Declares, Are Not To
Be Discussed

PARIS. Nov. 24.-Colonel /. NJ.
uor.e. head Of the American mission
e., the inter-Allied conference. in
s,sakine to-day of the conversation
ma, be had yesterday with Premier
Clemenceau, said it was most salts
factory and comprehensive. Colonel
House added that he hoped to continue
h;s conversation with the French
Premier at various times.
On being reminded that no an
,ouncenent had been made here con-
.ernipg American participation in the
Sunreme War Council. Colonel House
,.id that President Wilson had d.
..e.ed him 20 represent the United
s,atss government with General Bliss
As military adviser. and that Admiral
BENSON and other members OF the
American mission would take part in
.spars.e consultations with the cor
responding representatives Of the vari-
Gus governments.
Not to Discuss War Aims
War aims, Colonel House said def
njtslv. would not be discussed at
either the iuter-Allied conference or
the war council. He added that the
American mission was here solely for
The purpose OF furthering the prosecu-
ton Of the war and the coordination
Of resources.
A second permanent body. Colonel
House declared, would be the inter
Allied conference dealing with finance,
shipping, munitions and other eco
nomic and industrial aspects of the
war. Oscar 7. Crosby. Assistant Sec
rstsry Of the United States Treasury,
is 10 be Americas representative at
this conference, the headquarters OF
which may be in London.
The inter-Aliied conference, which
is 10 meet Thursday. will be composed
Of the ENJOYS Of all the nations, large
and small. that are in alliance against
the Central Powers. This conference,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-25

accepted. Il was announced to-day. His
old regiment was fused with two others
= form the 18th Infantry and Colonel
Reading was assigned 70 the depo;
brigade. This command also was Gis-
banded in the reorganization OF the
army and Colonel Reading was assigned
70 the 1l5th Infantry. a post WITH
which ne has expressed Dissatisfaction.
He said to-day tina. he had APP
piled Tor a command in the National
Army or with the engineers now IN
france. Both applications were denie..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-25
Colonel Reading Quits

CAMP MCCLELLAN. Ala, Nov. "a
The resignation OF Colonel Horace y.
Reading. of Trenton, y. j., formerly
commander OF the Cd Regimen. o. The
New Jersey National Guard, has been