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The Washington herald., 1918-04-25

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Summary: Y Hns-kavanaugh. Turner. Dres
sen, Cobb ~. voach (2l. Two-base hits
Grsney. Feach. Turner. First base on balls
OFF Ericsson. G: off Basby. 2; off Lambcth, 4
Wild pitch-Baghy. Struck out-By Erickson, 3
BY Lambeih. Double plays-Young ard Busl
and Dres sen t2l; Witt and Young and Dresser
Bush and Dresser Hit by pitcher-By Lambeth
Miller. Stolen hases-Kavanaugh Veach
Sacrifice hits-Busl f2j. Umpires-Moriarty and
O'LOughlin. Official attendance, li,OOG
The Washington herald., 1918-04-25

Summary: Runs-Fegan, Schneider, Tauk
Keenan,, Powers (9. Ernshaw ~. Thomas ~
Fndnger Errors-Schneider. Tauck. Allard Csl
Powers ~. Fridinger, NeeF. First base on
out-By Schafer. 6; by Fridinger. L. Two-base
hits-Allard. Robb. Stolen bases-FeCan C2,
Schneider ~. EarCk t2). schafer. Anard. Pryor
90. Powers ~. Emshaw. Thomas ~. Lord.
Fndinger (2l, Nicely. McCary (2,. Umpires-
Handiboe and Hughes Time 200.
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WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.

New York at Brooklyn.
Philadelphia at Boston.
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh
st. Louis at Chicago
The Washington herald., 1918-04-25
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
National League.
YESTERDAYS REsvITs

Phillies. 4: Boston, /.
New York. 6; Brooklyn. ..
Chicago, .; st. Louis, 0.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-25
Jim VAUGHN ALLOWS
CARDS ONE LONE HIT

Chicago. April 24.-Fred Mitchelrs
Cubs shut one the Cards here to-
day in hard fought contest by
2-to-0.
Jim Vaughn. the big left-hander,
held the Cards safe all the way.
and came near entering the hall of
fame. as he allowed but one hit
during the fray.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-25
BASEBALL STATISTICS
American League.
Yesterdays RESULTS.

New York. s: Washington, 4.
Athletics, 3: Boston, o.
Detroit. 5: Cleveland. ..
ST. Louis-Chicago. raj
The Washington herald., 1918-04-25
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.

Washington at New York.
Boston at Philadelphia.
Cleveland at Detroit.
Chicago at st. Louis.
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st. Louis 100000 / /
Chicago .....01 l 000O-2 6 1
Batteries-Meadows and Con-
zales; Vauhn and Killifer. Empires,
Messrs. Byron and O'Day.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-25

Buy Buy Bonds. or Bye By
Liberty.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-25

Stop! Look!l Loosen!!!
New-York tribune., 1918-04-30

Chairman Of Massachusetts
Commission Declares Big
Gun Caused Terror
Received by Pershing
He Also Spent Three Day,
With Bay State Troops a
at Front

AN ATLANTIC PORT. April 2s.-.
Crowds OF Parisians left IL
French capital within one dsy
after the great German drive beea.s
according to Charles s. Baxter, a me al
Der of the Massachusetts, commissio 81
sent to the American front, on his az.
rival here to-day. Mr.. Baxter, chair.
man Of the commission, was accorns.
panied by two other members-formel
Lieutenant Governor Louis Al. Froths
ingkam and John w. Coughlarl, Demos
cratic National Committeeman froa,
Massachusetts.
The exodus was witnessed by the
American officials, who said it was
caused by fear as to the results Of
the offensive and the danger to life
from the long-range German guns.
Trains Were Crowded
"I was at the big railroad stations
when the women, children and men nos
in the service began to pile out o&
Paris" said Baxter. "This took pla6f
on the Tuesday afteS the German drw
started. The trains were crowdae ~
beyond their capacity. sx
"The long range bombardmentk Y
just started and the feeling of tenok
was strong. Through the 1nvitaties Of
the French government the members Of
the commission visited the Church ofS
st. Gervais two hours after it's destrue-f
tion by German shell on Good Fla
day:
"Other catastrophes which hsd 4.
cumulative effect on the populatsn az
the same time included an eksmf
bombing air raid and the explos IN 81
the ammunition dump at Conneuve, ten
miles from Paris. The detonation shat
tered The windows of our hotel IN.
Paris, and for four days bombs and
shells continued to explode"
Received by General Pershinr
The commission was sent to Enopsi
by Governor Mccall to establish state;
headquarters and will report to Aimsl
They visited the 26th Division, Massa-
chusetts troops, staying three days at
the front, and found the men enthu-
siastic and in good lealth. The com.
missioners were received by General
Pershing, Ambassador Sharp and off,
cials of the French government.
The French liner which brought the
commission, 100 French Alpine chasr
seurs and 1S0 other passengers was
said by passengers to have been att
tackled by a U-boat the day it left >
French port The naval ennners said
they had sighted periscope and that
the submarine had fired one torpedo,
which slipped by only few yards
astern. &
The gunners fired four shots ia all
Then, it is said, destroyer which was
acting as a convoy set out in pursuit Of
the undersea boat and dropped depth
charge over the spot where it had subs
merged.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-30
Lieutenant Kills Wife and Self
After Naming Friend as T lis Rival
'Lennie Has Broken Up My Home, John McCanna
Writes His Aunt Then Fires Shots as Baby
Is Months DID, Sobs on Bed

Lieutenant John McCanna, United
States navy, who lived in the upper
part of two family house at 284 Pali-
sadc Avenue, West Hoboken, n. j., shot
and killed his wife, Florence, yester-
day afternoon, and then committed
suicide. A sixteen-month-old baby
boy, Harry, who sat crying on the bed
when neighbors discovered the tragedy,
is the sole survivor of the family.
Back Of the story of the tragedy is
the perfidy of friend and the un-
faithfulness of wife. Lieutenant
McCanna was a ships officer of the
Old Dominion Line at the outbreak of
the war; When the government took
over tho Old Dominion boats, he en-
listed in the navy, receiving a com
mission.
Absent Several Weeks
:. Neighbors say the navy man returned
home Sunday after an absence of sew
eral weeks. His wife was twenty-four
years old, four years the junior of her
husband. They had been married lit
tie over three years and, according to
all the information the police could
gather, had seemed ideally happy.
Mrs. Emma Meyer, who lives in the
lower half of the house, told the police
she had heard no quarrel, and the first
thing at all unusual occurred about
New-York tribune., 1918-04-30
Bright Sues for $4,Soo, 600
EeeSekfcllers Among the De,
teaaAnes in South Amer
ieNn Railway Case

charles HrsyA', pSNmeter eaa builder
NF SNa'h AmerSeAa railways, h,ea a
suit in the SNpvvMe NeNst Yesterday
tor SA,AeN,AAe AsaaNs; leAa Il, EoeAe-
teller Johe u, keekefeller, ly., and
ethVr momhevS ef she raN.Amerieam
tanSeeatsNeRsal Railway Syndicate,
R,lght complains in ninety allega.
Uens that he WAS deprived ef his shan,
sn thta vn,erprsse, Tor WATCH he SANS
he ehtalnea cNneessSan,
John J, MsAelNey, counsel Tor the
defendants, moved before Justice
GreeHbaum to have about atty ef the
aSlggtaions strlcAen from the complain,
as beiag "scandalous and redundant"
For more than three years Bright
has been seeking some sort OF salts
faction from Mr., Rockefeller and other
members of the syndicate for the wrong
which he says he suffered in being de-
prived of has rights in the railway
undertaking under concession which
hs obtained from the government of
Uruguay.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-30

o'clock yesterday afternoon, when
Lieutenant McCanna came downstairs
and handed her note addressed to his
aunt, Mrs. Alice Malzn, of 2O4 Windsor
Place, Brooklyn. He asked her to see
that it was delivered.
Mrs. Meyer left the house to make a
call. She returned at o'clock, and
just as she entered the hallway she
heard shot upstairs. Going to the
McCanna apartment, she found the
door open and walked in,
Bodies Found on Floor
Lying on the floor of the bedroom
was the body of Mrs McCanna. fully
cfothed. Across the room was that Of
McCanna, in his lieutenant's uniform.
Mrs. Meyer hurried to telephone
and notified the West Hoboken police.
The note to the aunt read:
"Lennle has broken up my home. I
have talked it over with my wife. She
has confessed she has been untrue to
me, and said l had better kill her. Bury
US both together, in one grave. AL
though Lennie has broken up my home.
| forgive him and wish him the best of
luck"
Across the top of the note, as though
an atterthought, was written: "Flor-
ence died at 2:45 p. m. l died at a
p. m."
The police notified the lieutenant's
aunt of the tragedy, and are trying tc
locate the person referred to as "Len-
ME-"
New-York tribune., 1918-04-30
Reynolds, Seized
In Gambling Raid,
Held II, $500 Bail
Loser of $4,000 Said to
Have Tipped Off
Place

Thomas l.. Reynolds, former Tam
many politician, who is said to have
been q business associate of the late
big Tim" Sullivan, was held in $500
bail yesterday in the West Side Police
Court for examination tomorrow on
a charge of running gambling house
in his home at 35 West Sixty-eighth
Street. The place was raided Sunday
night by Inspector Costigan.
Costigan's interest in Reynolds was
inspired, it is said, by a New York
business man, who lost $4,000 at the
roulette wheel on the second floor of
the Reynolds house. Although tardy
efforts are said to have been made to
convince him that pressing demands
for payment, which he refused, and
virtual detention in the house were
merely plcasantrls, he went to the po-
lice with his account of the little joke,
and Inspector Costigan was assigned
to the job.
The loser of the $4,000 is said to
have met man and woman at Palm
Beach who decoyed him to the house
on West Sixty eighth Street, intro
ducing him to Senator" Reynolds in
precisely the same manner that she
is said to have used few weeks ago
when Detective McQuade was intro.
duced as Montreal lumber dealer.
Assistant District Attorney James E.
Smith, who presented the case against
Reynolds to the grand jury yesterday,
said that the roulette wheel, thanks to
magnets and electric batteries, was
controlled by pressure of the operators
foot upon a copper plate beneath the
rug. The ball could be DETECTED from
the dangerous numbers at will, he said.
Officers uniforms both of the army
and navy were found in the house.
There was memorandum book which
contained the names and addresses of
many wealthy residents of New York
George Mack, who was arrested with
Reynolds, and William Ellis, the negro
doorman, also were held for examina-
tion tomorrow. They are charged with
being common gamblers
New-York tribune., 1918-04-30
Doctors Disagree
CM Riverside Fumes
Cause and Effect Both Ques-
toned by DR.. Biggs After
Evidence Is Given

Several physicians appeared before
the State Board of Health yesterday at
the hearing on the joint petition of
the West End Association and the City
OF New York complaining of the fumes
which pervade Riverside Drive and
vicinity and testified as to their effect
on the health of residents in that local
iity; The medical testimony was rather
indefinite and not satisfactory to DR..
Herman A. Biggs, State Commissioner
OF Health, who presided
Dr: Biggs declared that no testimony
had been given to identify the nature
OF the tunes or their origin, two essen
tai points for the petitioners to cover.
He announced, however, that everybody
believed the trouble arose from the
New Jersey side of the river, where the
several soap and chemical factories
cited as defendants are located. But
ne added that it had not been shown
speclhcally where the fumes came from,
to what extent they were injurious to
health and which, if any, of the com
panles in court could be held account
able. N @'NN0"''-
DR.. William ]. O'Sullivan, for the
city, and William II. Page, for the peti
ttor'ng association, promised that thev
woa produce specific evidence to
cover these points.
DR.. James Moran, of 2e2 West Eighty
third Street; Dr. William +. Stowen
of 100 West Seventy third Street; nr
Charles .Graes, of 924 West End Ave
nue, and Dr Emma Bloo,ner. Of 5ss
west End Avenue, were among the Wit
neSseS examined. They testified in sub.
stance thai tho fumes ~~ere exts.emclv
NHtaung 10 the throat, bat could nos
Srec}fy any eases whcrc tho flames had
eaaSed agxravatea shroat trouble. lS
wNs NNA"Nnccu that cNper,S w,eMla have
No NAAkN an V\haNSt{v,> {NoNSyv Ia Ia
SAsN sNe syNsec ~ tNN te~,Nhle ana AA
n ,sNcet the NcAsAAxs wNs~ NA(NNsasSA
MssvNMstesv. ''''''''''
New-York tribune., 1918-04-30
Baker Plans New
System of Giving
Out War News
Admits Failure of Present
Method and Daily State
ment May Be Issued

WASHINGTON, April 29.-The whole
question of how the American public
shall be kept promptly informed as to
army activities both abroad and at
home is under consideration at the
War Department. In making this
known to-day, Secretary Baker frankly
said the present system has proved en-
nrely unsatisfactory.
The War Secretary would not say
what plans are under consideration,
hut 1t is known that the issuing of
some sort OF a daily statement is in
sssaea> This Is regarded as necessary
now as AyscgSsaa soldiers have not on9r
sSNSa over several sectors ef trenches
N france as individual @alts, bat Slsc
nSve been ersSSaea With French and
Sss,sSA forces IN fscaray, where the
9sraSns sssll are trying 10 arrive their
eSeaSsve forward.
Wilde Mr. ka&er was in Harons ~.
eenslN he issued Sa order tha, any se,S>
sSSsrasng the American cxpesslesensrv
setces IN france weald have 10 eosse
,sem the headquarters OF General
t'ershsmS> Since then the public has
AsM 20 rsiS Spen newspaper eerrs-
Spenasass and the Freneh o:ssesal
statement for news es sightsnw in whsch
AmsyAran troops participated.
Whsle these reports have been fairly
esmplese. they sometimes have been de-
laysa, and frequently the CORE
Sroadeass have not been permitted TO
wrate OF troop movements until many
DAYS after the soldiers have gone into
the battle line. One illustration pointed
TO to-day was the news of the American
soldiers Joining the French in Picardy.
first announcement of this came in a
oriet statement in the French War Of
nee communication last week
Another illustration cited was that
OF the fighting at Seicheprey, in which
the Americans were driven back by the
Germans, but eventually reoccupied the
ground lost. The German claim that
1872 Americans were made prisoners
never has been definitely cleared up
from American sources.
The manner of issuing casualty lists
Is another question giving officials CON
Germ. The decision of the department
to make public only the names of the
men has been criticised in Congress
and elsewhere.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-30
City Faces New
Court Action Over
Lease of Pier SO
Hudson Dock and Terminal
Corporation to Seek In
junction To-day

The city must face another suit to-
day in connection with the much dis
puted lease Of Pier 50, North River.
The Sinking Fund Commission on April
II approved a lease Of the pier to the
Hudson Dock and Terminal Corpora
ton for an annual rental of $25 5000, de-
spite the offer of 100000 by the Occi-
dent Dock Company the present lessee.
The commission last week rescinded it's
action of April II and declared the
pier open for bidding after tomorrow,
when the Occident company lease e2-
pireS.
William L. Wemple, counsel for the
that he would appear before Justice
Greenbaum in the Supreme Court to-
day and ask for a temporary injunc-
tion restraining the city officials from
leasing the pier to any one pending an
action against the city for specific per-
formance of the agreement to lease the
pier to the Occident company Mr.,
Wemple contends that the action of the
Sinking Fund Commission on April II
was binding upon the city and amount
ed to contract with his company. lie
SdlO tndC III Clc CNeNC VI HIS lOl OD-
tanning the restraining order from JUS
tice Greenbaum he would appeal imme-
diately to the Appellate Division of the
Supreme Court.
The Occident company obtained a
similar injunction against Dock Com
missioner Hubert and the city some
time ago which was later modified by
Justice Greenbaum so as to allow the
city to consider bids of $4,000 or more
for the pier. Justice Grcenbaum had
referred the whole controversy to
Lewis l.. Delafield as referee, and an
appeal by the city from that order of
the court is now pending before the
Appellate Division. 1t is not likely to
be argued before the latter part of
May.
Pending the determination of the in
volved litigation the Occident Dock
Company has offered to pay tenn
porary rental of $4,000 a month until
the court proceedings are settled. The
George w. Field, counsel for the Oc-
cident company, and Mr.. Field said YES
tcraay that he had not received a reply
from the Dock Commissioner The Oc-
cident company recently made a bid OF
Sai,ooo Tor. q renewal of its lease for
& period cf years.
Whether or not the action of the
sinking fund commission is binding
anon the city is n question for the
court to decide, Tho only precedent il
an opinion rcMaered ny Corporation
NoNNSel Reeves NNS,Nr the Low admin.
SSlsatsNA which held shat the anproval
~ l~Ase by SAe cNsMNasSSSoM hound
tee Guy 10 carry oWs StS NeevsSsNNS>
New-York tribune., 1918-04-30
More Cars Needed
For Free Trips
To Camp Upton
Committee of Women Will
Be Asked to Help Solve
Problem

James A. Hemstreet, director of the
free transportation service between
New York and Camp Upton, will con-
fer with officials Of the Mayors Com
mittee of Women on National Defence
tomorrow in an effort TO develop a
plan Of cooperation between the two
organizations, The object soagh. is to
ge, more cars Cor the free trips.
"CaSS," said Nh Nemssrees, ~sre
s"O oar greatest need, We carried
tSA rovSsMS to Cawp Cpsom On ycs,er-
days tSSN sAe SsA in eur series,
lN itself yeSterSa$y's trip and those
wASsA Nseec>sea IL were sWcseSses, Eas
sNe reSa, remAsas sAa, Yesterday there
~~se SWS, los resseas who wanted I,
~ With "a Tor whew NO reservations
could be maae because Of the scarce,
ASSs Vg cars,
The same thing has been true Of
al 'AS cArAer trips We muxt snA a
way 10 solve this 1SfReusty, Apnasca,
oeaS am received al our uffieeS in IN
eSsSSsNS nemeess every day expect
greater demands " he made on us in
the future.
"As "a matter Of fact, there is ahse.
luteiy no reason WHY we shouldn't hs
able te sare for all those who are not
ashie te pay fer trip 20 laphank. Ths
Mayors eoMmsttec is u representative,
"rsanlssnon, with high standing. and
has eecn generous with it's help in
the past, Bat | feel that il can talk
things over with the various heads on
the committee we will be able to work
cut some plan THAI will do more to get
this movement, over the top"
William Guggenhoim, chairman of
the army and navy committee OF the
American Defence Society, yesterday
called attention to the bus fund no
is raising. This is used to hire sirht-
seeing autos for the free trims. Con
tributions should be vent to Mr.. Gug-
genheim, at A East Twenty third
Street.
Auto owners who wish to register
their cars FOX the service should notify
MIR. Hcmstreet at the A. A. A. head
quarters. SOL Fifth Avenue. The tele-
phone number is Murray Hill 473.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-30
Wilson Co Eatten
Sheep on White
House Lawn
hays IL a. Example TO Nation
i'm use Of All Available
Grazing Ground
INA n 1 ('eryvsnaNelemeel

WASHINGTON, April ~, As an ex,
ample to the nation to uSe every avail
able bit OF grazing ground for the fat
tening Of food animals. President WI
SON has bought twelve sheep, and will
turn them loose on the Wh4'c House
grounds this week
The animals, which are Of peairreea
stock. were selected by Admiral Cary
Grayson. the Presidents physician, who
maintains he Is an excellent Judge Of
steek' The sheep were purchased from
William Woodward, president of the
Hanover National Bank Of New Yosk.
end come from his farm near Rowie'
Md. Included in the purchase were
three lambs.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-30

substantial change from the form in
wnlch ne sent it to Senator Overman,
o, oI North CAROLINA. last February after
9ne senate Military Committee virtual
~ mad decided to recommend lepisIa-
ton for war cabinet and munit;ons
Guiry. '' wal III
Inc only amendments added in the
senate were accepted by Senator over
man, IN charge of the bill One h,
senator Wadsworth, of New YorE r.,
puollcan, would authorize the Pres;dan+
70 centrallze authority over the avias
.loh programme in one executive "a;
eeI, ana another, by Senator Jones. Re-
fap''csn. fant OF washington, limits the eff
ieCS OF reorsanlzations made under tha
olli to six months instead of ono re..
after the war. year
Power Granted by Bill
AS passed by the Senate. The macs
ure authorizes the President to .sn,aI.
such redistribution of functions among
executive agencies as he NAV deem
necessary and "a utilize, coordinate
and consolidate any executive or I'D
mlnlstratlve commissions. bureaus
agencies, Offices or officers now existing
by law, to transfer any duties or pow
ers from one existing department, or to
transfer the personnel thereof" These
powers, however, shall be exercised
Only IN matters relating 10 the conduct
Of the present war"
The measure also provides that II
the President believes any agency
should be abolished. he shall ,eccr. 10
SonSceSs and Congress viii arrange for
transfer OF app oopr;S,ions in any re-
organization, limiting their expenditure
10 the purposes specified by Congress
Larry consideration OF the esal n the
House Is planned by Administration
leaders Although the demand for lin.i-
1atson OF the Presidents authority IS
expected TO De renewed in The iaw.s-
oooy OF Congress, ultimate enactment
OF sne measure substantially as it
passed the Senate Is expected
Amendments Voted Down
In the hnal onslaught, against the
Legislation in the Senate to-day all
amendments opposed by the Admins
srateon leaders were rejected by safe
malorsties. An amendment by Senator
Harding. Republican. of Ohio, propos-
ing to limit the bills authority to war
functions, was rejected, AZ TO 80.
senator Gummins. Republican, of
Iowa, made final effort to except the
Interstate Commerce Commission,s
rate-making and railroad physical val-
aatlon authority from Executive action.
but his amendment was voted down "a
to 81. An amendment by Senator Sfer-
hing. Republican, of South Dakota. nro.
posing to limit the bill to "executiven
departments and functions, also was
rejected, 46 to "a. "as
Senator Smith, of Georgia. did not
press pres: his substitute bin proposing to
unit the legislation to executive and
essentially war agencies.
An amendment by Senator pr.
desee, Of Connecticut. Republican nrn-
viding that "if any power. const;.'' pto
tlenai or not, has been inadvertentin..
omitted from this bill, it is hernhy., h.Ih,y
granted IN FULL" was rejected by vivs
New-York tribune., 1918-04-30
Whole Family Murdered
Following $40 Quarrel

ITHACA. Mich. April 2s.-Twentx
Tour hours after Willard Kimban. his
wife and three children had been found
slain at their home near here yester-
day, Herman Wittig, bachelor. who
made his home with the family, con-
lessed to the killing of the two ana
Wittig admitted the shooting of Kim.
ball and his wife, but denied all
knowledge of how the children met
their death.
A quarrel over $40. the police declare.
is the only motive for the crime
Two of the children were smotherea
and the other beaten to death with
club. N" :"