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The Washington times., 1918-06-17
c. v. j. GIVES ITS
FIRST HONORARY
DEGREE TO WOMEN

% A thorough search OF the records Of
George Washington University has
revealed that Mrs. Larz Anderson,
formerly Isabel Perkins, daughter OF
the late Commodore George Perkins,
q. S. N. is the FIRST woman to receive
an honorary degree from the univer-
sity, whose history runs back over a
span OF nearly 100 years.
The honorary degree OF doctor OF
letters was conferred upon Mrs An
derson by the university at its recent
commencement exercises. in recOgni-
ton Of her achievements as a writer
and the noble work she has done dur
ing the war for the wounded and
distressed OF her own and other ma
tions.
The university has issued the fol-
lowing memorandum in connection
with the comforting of the honor:
Isabel Anderson is an authoress,
philanthropist andrpatriotic daughter
OF a patriotic father. In comforting
for the first time in its history OF
nearly one hundred years an honorary
degree to a woman, the board of
trustees wishes to recognize the de-
votion and self-abrogation OF the
women OF America to the cause of
humanity and especially in behalf of
those engaged in the military service
OF the nation at this time"
The reference to the services OF
Mrs. Anderson relates TO her work
IT. France during the last eight
months in the canteen and hospital
work OF the Red Cross
As a writer Mrs. Anderson has many
charming books to her credit. The
latest, "Odd CorpeFs," published last
October. consists Of series OF travei
incidents in various parts Of the
world. Three large volumes known
as the spell" series relate to the spell
Of Japan. Hawaii, the Philippines
and. Belgium. The last Is descriptive
OF Belgium before the war. when Ars.
Anderson resided there
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are working in a cellar. The roar Of
the guns near Newport was very
heavy last night. spent the evening
in a hall here in the hospital, listen
ing to a very good concert, or what
was able to hear Of it. An attack
must have been going on, for the
guns were so loud that the mouse
shook and IL was hard to listen 10
the music couldn't help wondering
why we were sitting there so calmly
and doing NOTHING, when perhaps Al
that moment the boches were oasnlng
down upon us in the dark. But after
ne concert was over I walked home
alone as usual in. the blackness ana
crept up the three flights OF DARK
stairs 70 my little corner, where l
boiled some water and had drink OF
matted milk, grabbed my hot water
bottle and tumbled into bed all
dressed. as usual-not because was
afraId Of the boches, hut to keep
warm. The whistle for q gas attack
has gone on twice lately. but NOBODY
seemed to bother about it
To change the subject. there Is a
deltghtful little clubhouse for the
infrmieres called The Clock. II Is
like a Dutch dollhouse. We go there
and have tea free; that L. tea ana
bread with milk, sugar and butter,
We toast the bread ourselves ana
take jam with US ana have quite e., q
FEAST. About a week after left this
hospital this tea house was COM
pletely destroyed by 3 bomb. but no
one was killed. Six persons were
killed the last time q bomb nit the
hospital before arrived.
ExtraordInary stOFy.
A most extraordinary story was told
me. ana saw the officer to whom it
b.noeped. a pale, slight man. very
5iTttnguisbed looking. He had Nhown
-, Tlr,Issels. cfrcled about the house OF
bfs5 father and mother, ana droppeo
.iattev "a them. He few so low that
tS,s1- recornized him and waved. Then
-, a. barlr tn - and reported
800 re rad dousae most daring ana
unheardzof performances. o. course
~ had no orders to do such thing,
and 10. instead OF receiving the CroiN
AZ Guerre he was given eight days IA
the ruardhouse. A few letlers haNe
come out from Brussels contAihI ms
had rnepva They say there Is very NJ
tie bread there and everybody Is w ,'''.l
from lack OF nourishmenI Ihe SI
mans have made systenatic search
az every house and taken All tne MAJ ma
tresses and blankets Les1 hls
hear, Pole with the ooehe , 80
80 20 the Belgian trench and gave
us much Information
Arms and Legs vented
have moments when ! am a little
tired Of getting up at dawn and max
Inc INV own breakfast which con-
s,sts Of George washington Gomez,
little boiled water, and era - 81. :
IN a stone-cold room, 50 coi1
- 80 mere Is simply women who
80 strong arms and iegs-brains
-o.TIv srenSt needed. You must pc
younr and well and willing to %
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TO HEAR TELEPHONE FACTS.

Facts relating to the telephone sys
TEN OF the District will be laid before
the Saturday night meeting or the
Federation OF Citizens Associations
by the Federal Bureau OF Standards
at its offices. Connecticut avenue and
Pierce Mill road northwest. The bu-
reau has gathered information which
bears on the moot question OF having
the Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Company install, the automatic
system in place OF the manual now
used. The presentation Saturday night
will anticipate the hearing 20 be held
June % by the District officials touch
ing the same question.
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nnG Hna Len HI TO Die.

lGl1In1 H90 Le1E Hlm 10 DIG
A nns blonde Flemish soldier was
@T4ed IN direct from the trenches
without being even cleaned, as he
E8eded e be operated on at once.
He had been wounded at 3 in the
Boming, but did not reach us until
n The Germans had tatlSen the
trench, and, not wishing to bother
Win him, had left him TO die, but the
Bslgians recaptured the trench and
Oenf him back The doctor had to cut
- both hts legs, as gahgrene had
~ IN don't see how these Bel
80 uurees, so young and pretty, are
ahls % stand the dreadful sights and
- 0elr work so well The other day
9 man died on the operating table.
90 Wa almost glad whenyhe- could
a., POOR man, 80 peacefully, asleep
O6er the ether.
When was bandagfng the stump
GO Goldisr's right arm the other day,
- 0ld 60 me, so sweettly in French:
- IN lucky TO have one hand Yes, I
osltgVs can work with that" His
la arm was injured, too, but think
. WIn come out all right A soldier
WAO had beth legs cut on and q wound
AEa8 bod besides Is doing very well.
u - WUnderfui how brave they are.
~ have two brothers here among
0s WO1zded, both struck By the same
ahsn.
A CS1aFt Under FlRA.
A hundred entrants came in today,
nlE ths drive has begun. IN this
rsgfan at least II is getting very
IfEely near -ptmgde and also near
PEvyse, where two Englishwomen
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MRS. LARZ ANDERSON, BACK
ON VISIT, WRITES OF WAR

what you are told. The heads Of
departments are few, and naturally
they are women who have been Work
ing since the beginning OF the war
and intend TO work until the enc,
not people who have signed up for
only six months or so. -
In an Adjoining room Il am sitting
on the radiator pipes in the operat-
ing room AGAIN. the brancardiers
work. During the afternoon they
have little to do. One of them Ju-
lien. a walloon, is studying, for ne
is learning to read and write. fhe
two other brancardiers are both
Flemish. Julien cOnhded to me the
other day that before the war ne
was a gardener and grew rare or
chids. After being wounded tWtce
in the army, he had been taken into
the hospital to work, and he said he
liked the work so much that ne
thought after the war he would stay
there. unless, he added. his vile
Joined him and was willing TO so
with him to America.
visited by Belgian Queen.
While 1 was sitting in The Clock
this afternoon with a doctor and his
wife word came for me to go TO Dr.
DepaRe's house. When l opened the
glass door TO the dining room who
should be sitting at the table but
the queen. She got up and shook
hands, and the doctor asked me %
sit down and have chocolate with
them. Her majesty wore white
cloth suit and q simple white hat
She asked me IL my husband was
cross because she had let me go
into the trenches, and wanted 70
know how It happened that the
French had let me off to come and
work in Belgium. l explained that
I was working in my permission.
She smoked a cigarette-al Belgian
ladies smoke now, though before the
war none of them did. "C'est q
guerre" DR.. Vandevelde, who had
come in, remarked that he occasion
ally smoked a pipe, and she said the
King did, too. sometimes, and she
had cleaned his pipe for him. but
feared she hadn't. done it very well.
The Queen wants TO begin work
again here in DR.. VS. operating room
Queen Elizabeth a. a Nurss. i
The Queen arrived at 10 o'clock this
morning and worked for two hours
We uau BANeu the e1AA~ ~
cleaning and got a special outht
ready for. her majesty. She wore
white rubber apron and white cotton
overshoes and rubber gloves, but a
sort of turban cap OF white silk, in
stead Of a white veil such as the
French and Belgian nurses wear. She
entered very quietly, and we all
courtesied. She dressed the wounds,
doing the work Of the doctors, and
we waited upon her. Her first case
was a man with a very bad arm; then
q man who had both legs cut on.
waited on her behind the movable
table with dressings. She did this
sort Of thing even before the war in
hospitals in Brussels. I think II is
quite wonderful Of her to work 50
hard and to do it 50 well. For it Is
not pleasant to see such dreadful
wounds and TO hear men grOaning
and grinding their teeth with pain.
When she IS through the nurses take
turns helping her on with her gloves
and overshOes, and as she goes out we
all courtesy again. After she had
gone this noon l went into the bran
cardiers' room and found julien
greatly enjoying himself initiating
the way we courtesied to the Queen.
The Washington times., 1918-06-17
Author and PIaywrlsAt.

Mrs. Anderson, heiress, author,
playwright, social leader and war
worker, is q woman of international
prominence. She met her husband
for the first time in Rome when he
was serving on the staff OF Wayne
MacVeagh. She attended a ball at
the German court some time later,
she and her husband being invited
guests.
Her husband is q first cousin Of
Nicholas Longworth; he is also the
nephew-in-law OF Mrs. Charles An
derson, eldest sister OF Mrs. William
Howard Taft.
Larz Anderson at one time served
with distinction as minister to Bel
GUM. the post now held BY Brand
Whitlock. He was later promoted to
the post OF ambassador to Japan,
where he again sustained his record
as a diplomat Throughout these ex-
periences, his wife has proved her
capabilities as leader.
The Washington times., 1918-06-17
$500 EoR ANKLE sPRAIN.

A jury in Justice Gould's court to-
day awarded a verdict OF 81 800 20
Iona Fitzgerald in her suit against
the Washington Railway and Electric
Company for $4,000 damages for al
legged personal Injuries. Testimony
showed that the plaintiff on December
"A. 1914, while a passenger, slipped.
injuring her ankle. Attorney Roger
whiteford appeared for. the street car
company. and Attorney L. $. Duvall
represented Mrs. Fitzgerald.
The Washington times., 1918-06-17


pecting to return to the city next
Week, when they viii be at home at
GIG A street southeast
Miss Sadie Gober. formerly OF Mari
eta, Ca, but now OF New Orleans.
will leave today for Baltimore. hav-
ing spent the weekend in Washing
ton She stopped at the willard.
Miss Gober is the assistant director
OF the New Orleans Chapter OF the
American Red Cross.
Mr.. and Mrs. James A. o'Gorman
and the Misses o'GOrman are occupy
ing the Knoll cottage at WestpOrt
Inn, on Lake ChampIain, for the sum-
mer months. Mrs. Dudley Field Ma
lone will join them for a portion OF
the summer.
MOrsea Go to Newport.
Mr.. and Mrs. z. Rollins, Morse. who
were formerly regular summer resi-
dents Of Newport but sold their place,
will be at the La Forge cottage there
for this season Mr.. Morse Is now at
the Newport Hospital. where he was
operated upon for appendicitis last
week. Mr. and Mrs. Morse were
guests a short time ago OF Mrs.
Morse's niece, Mrs. Richard T. Wilson.
at Middletown, R. l.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry F. du Pont
have taken the William T. .Aldrich
cottage at Marblehead, Mass, for the
summer. AR. du Points sister, Mrs.
Frances 3. Crowninshield, will also
pass the summer at Marblehead.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. George c.
Remey win go to jamestown, r. L,
shortly TO spend the summer at the
Gardner House.
Mrs. John c. Phillips has opened
her beautiful home at North Beverly,
Mass, for the season. So
Mr. and Mrs Chauncey NJ. Depew
viii go to Hot Springs, Va. this week
TO be at the Homestead until August.
when they will go TO the Berkshire
Hills TO tour for a month.
Mrs. Hugo osterhaus. wife Of Rear
Admiral Osterhaus, L. $. n, retired.
Is visiting her son and daughter-in-
law, Commander and Mrs. Hugo W.
Osterhaus. at their home in James
town, r. l..
Mrs. Charles B. Alexander and her
daughter. Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt
ir., have the johnson cottage in New
port for the summer.
It is now definitely announced that
Mrs. Raymond T. Baker. formerly
Mrs. Margaret Emerson Vanderbilt,
widow of Alfred Gwynn Vanderbilt,
will spend the greater part OF her
time in Baltimore. having decided,
according to reports from LenOX,
Mass, to remain as much as possible
at the country home OF her father,
Capt Isaac E. Emerson. at Brook
hardwood. in the Green Spring VAL
ley. One OF the principal reasons
given for Mrs. Bakers decision is that
Mr. Bakers work as director Of the
mint in Washington will keep him
at the National Capital most OF the
time. and. naturally, she will wish to
be here so as to be near her hus-
hand.
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- Depage put me hare in the
R@4ting room soon after arrived.
- work under DR.. Yandefvelde, with
three charming Belgian nurses who
are very nice TO me. At first mere
v busted and prepared tie tables
End rolled long strips OF gauze for
plaster casts, etc, but IL was not long
before was waiting on the doctors,
buttoufnG on their white operating
ooat8, handing them sterilized articles
Win pincsrs, hlling ether bottles,
ogYerfng ether masks, blowing white
pOWder on stumps, holding the irriga-
tf0n 3Grz. cutting on old bandages
and even bandaging up wounds. The
emily I've things I have not done in
this operating and dressing sale that
All experienced nurses do is to shave
(which apparently IS not difficult, but
I have never had time to Learnt, and
- Give anesthstics.
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eousssusa from First Pags)

eoUt4Eued from First Page-)
AE tube and counts four, watching
Arefu1y % make sure the solution
- flowing a. Il should, then closing
tie clasp again The Carrel treat
Ese1t with the Dakin solution Is used
- al hospitals at the front, and
SonAdsFed one Of the best, IL not the
bEes there are other solutions. used
- esrtatn cases, such as favine and
Militant green. but the Carrel treat
nent - employed much more com
RonlE
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Mrs. John c. Phillips has opened
her beautiful home at North Beverly,
Mass, for the season. So
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Mr.. and Mrs. Chauncey N. Depew
will go TO Hot Springs, Va. this week
TO be at the Homestead until August.
when they will go TO the Berkshire
Hills TO tour for a month.
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Rear Admiral and Mrs. George c.
Remey win go to jamestown, r. l.,
shortly TO spend the summer at the
Gardner House.
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SIorsea Go to Newport.

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry F. du Pont
have taken the William 7. .Aldrich
cottage at Marblehead, Mass, for the
summer. AR. du Points sister, Mrs.
Frances B. CrowninshieId. will also
pass the summer at MaFblehead.
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Mrs. Hugo osterhaus. wife Of Rear
Admiral Osterhaus, L. s. N, retired.
Is visiting her son and daughter-in-
law, Commander and Mrs. Hugo w.
Osterhaus. at their home in James
town. r. L.
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Mrs. Charles B, Alexander and her
daughter. Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt
jr., have the johnson cottage in New
port for the summer.
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ComfAE for WeddlHE.

Mr.. and Mrs. D. T. Percy, ~ Airing
ton, Mass, accompanied by Miss Ellen
Percy, will come TO Washington for
the marriage OF their son, Lieut..
George A. Percy, U. 5. n. c., and Miss
Halle EIkins I Davis on Saturday.
Miss Percy win be a member OF Miss
Davis wedding party.
The brides Uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur dee, and Miss Ellen
Bruce Lee, whofwIll be maid OF honor,
will return to Washington on Wednes'
day from th4ir summer home at
Elkins, W. Va. to Eemain for . week
or ten days 1hey-Eiu be guests OF
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-25
MORE MAIL IS RECOVERED FROM STEAMER AL-K| The Missing Pouch of WrangeII Mail Found In the Hold of the
 Vessel |lT WAS WELL SOAKED 1t Had Been Reported As Lost and the Hunt For
 It Was Given
 Up
IT WAS WELL SOAKED

Wrangell is just beginning to get mail which was contained in a pouch from the Juneau postoffice and ship ped on the Al-Ki when she was wrecked. This pouch was recovered recently by the Santa Rita after all hope had been given up of ever finding it again.
 The missing pouch was found in the hold of the wrecked vessel and was water soaked. There were about 20 letters, the addresses of which have been made out and have been despatched, and a bundle of Empire papers, which were reduced to a wet pulp.
 After the wreck of the Al-Ki the pouch for Petersbudg was returned here and the mail remaining dis patched. This sack had been cut open by those boarding the ship after it was abandoned by the crew and watchmen.
 The Sitka and Hoonah mail was not damaged and was sent at once tc the destination.
 Diligent search, however, failed to locate the Petersburg pouch, and postal inspector was sent here to try to trace it. All hope had been given up of ever recovering it, until found by the Santa Rita.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-25

here, so it is supposed precautions have been taken there in like na. ture to Skagway.
 Although no information has come from the outside cable reports that any concerted plot has developed, precautions are being taken. Ru- mors in Skagway are to the effect that the recent I. w. W. plot in Fort Seward which was exposed, and for which several soldiers have been ar rested and given heavy sentences by court martial, has been traced to some extent to Skagway.
 When here Sunday night Command ing Officer. Jones of Ft. William H. Seward said the only danger in Skagway is from fanatics. Whoever would do any desperate deed would be sure to get caught, but there are many enemies who would just as soon lay down their lives in this country by doing some anarchistic act as to be shot on the battle field.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-25
TROOPS GUARD SKACWAY AND | ITS PROPERTY At Request of National De- fenSe Council Soldiers
 Sent From Fort
 Seward FOURTEEN IMPLICATED More Excitement in the Town Than Since the Days of Yukon Gold
 Rush
FOURTEEN IMPLICATED

SKAGWAY, Jan. 21-The Skag- way Alaskan under this date line gives the following interesting ac- count of more excitement which has been experienced here than since the 1 Yukon gold rush:
 Upon request of the Skagway | Council of Defense, sixteen soldiers from Fort Wm. H. Seward arrived in Skagway last night at 9 o'clock and immediately were detailed to guard duty The water front, white Pass offices, Customs building, and | Broadway, the court house, and the car shops were put under guard. Soldiers are patrolling the streets | today.
 Excitement prevailed in the city last night, and many rumOrs made 1 their way among the people. Word from responsible government men was received on the City of Seattle that a general plot was on foot by Germans to destroy certain prop erty throughout the United States and its possessions on January 21. Every City was warned, and as Skagway is the gateway to the in terior, the defence council deemed it wise to take extra precautions here and asked for troops. In addi- tion to the soldiers, Carson. Page, and Hardy and an extra watchman were on duty last night and were under orders to investigate any sus- picious characters.
 During the late hours of the night the cabin in which Fred Kruhe was living was entered by government men, and Kruhe was taken to the court house for investigation as a suspicious character. When found, Kruhe was lying in bed, completely dressed, even to having on boots and fur cap. In his possession were found notes written in shorthand which he says are combination of five different systems. but which neither he, nor anyone else. can read. The finger nails of Kruh's hands are black and stained with chemicals. He knows chemical for mulas, which he says he has learned while studying the chemical process for extracting gold. Kruhe is par tially supported by his father, so he claims, who lives in Fairbanks, but he himself has done little work for years.
 Kruhe came to Skagway about two months ago, from Juneau and has done no work in that time and has kept close to his house. He is thin. unkempt and has the appearance of being sick, but says he is in perfect health. Although not arrested, Mir. Kruhe is being detained for fur ther investigation.
 Soldiers will probably be in the city for several days, guarding any eventuality that ruay arise. No damage has been reported from the States and it is possible that the plot has been thwarted or post poned.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-25
IS NOT A SPY.

SkAGWAY, Jan 23-Word has been received from Morningside that Fred Crewe, (Kruhe) detained in Skagway as suspicious charac ter, was in the sanitarium only six weeks in 1914, at the end of which time he was released.
 The idea that Crewe is German spy has been abandoned, and he is being detained only temporarily un til his father, who lives in Fairbanks and with whom authorities have beer in communication, sends him money and a fur overcoat Crewe will then leave for Fairbanks, going by way of Cordova and will join his father Nothing further has developed ir the city regarding the plot warning Several soldiers returned today tc Ft. Seward, but others will be kept here indefinitely. The story that the Peterson had gone to Juneau has been sifted down to rumor It is a fact that the Peterson left Fort Seward, going down the canal on secret mission, but as to where she went we cannot say.
 Rumors about town that all enemy aliens have to report to authorities three times a day, and that they must remain indoors after ' p. m are without foundation. Precaut;on ary measures were taken by warning aliens of the law regarding seditious speech. Other than this, no rules are in effect.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-25
ARE ARRESTED.

SKAGWAY Jan. 22.-Soldiers are still policing the streets of Skag way, and extra precautions are be ing taken at night. Martial law has not been declared, as that is not believed to be necessary, but the effect is almost the same.
 Last night 14 persons in Skagway were ordered to report at the cour, house where they were instructed in the rules of the government re garding the approach to terminals depots, etc, and were informed This was merely precautionary of laws against seditious speech measure and the persons called were those whom the authorities thought should be specially warned for one reason or another.
 Word has been received from Fairbanks that Kruhe, detained in the court house as suspicious character was committed to Morningside San itarium in 1914 A wire was i'm mediately sent to that institution inquiring about Kruhe and when and how he left. No one has been able to read the shorthand characters which Kruhe had In his possession and he himself will not read them.
 It was learned this morning that the U. s. harbor boat Peterson went to Juneau immediately after leaving
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-25
BERLIN DENIES THAT AMERICAN PRISONERS
 BE TREATED HARSHLY

LONDON, Jan. 24.-The Wolff Bureaau, the semi-official news az ency in Berlin, says: "The report
 is published from American head quarters that the Germans intend to treat American prisoners systemati- cally worse than the British, French and Italian prisoners. and is based allegedly on an official German statement that Americans are hard of understanding and unable to con duct themselves like gentlemen. Such an official statement was never made. American prisoners will be treated
 just as kindly and considerably as all other prisoners"