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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-26


Wayne.
Mrs John b. Flick gave a lingerie shower
at her home. sol South Forty-sxth street,
IN honor Of Miss Olivia Hardy, of Sandusky,
o., whose engagement TO MIR. George Beis
has recently been announced. Those present
were Mrs, e. Hart Mrs. Harold Clarke.
Mrs. John Ferreck Miss Alfredo Duncan.
Miss Harriet Graham, Miss Ethel Bonsor.
Mrs. Frederick Willetts Miss Margaret
Lukes, Mrs Howard zeigler and Miss Mar
garet Brockerhoff, Miss Hardy left last
evening for Sandusky,
Mr., tnd Mrs. John Francis Casey, Of
Wallngford street, Pittsburgh announce the
engagement OF their daughter. Miss Marjorie
Louise Casey, to Mr.. Richard j. McAllister,
Jr.' son Of Mr.. and Mrs, Richard McAllister,
OF this city -
Dr. Charles Service and Mrs. Service will
return to their home in Bala next week
after spending month at Atlantic city,
where Doctor Service has been recuperating
from his recent illness
Mr. Frank Johann, who is stationed at a
nearby camp, spent the weekend with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs Frank ]. Johann, OF
S'l6 Spring Garden street,
Mr.. Alfred Haggarty. son of Mrs. Cor
nelius Haggarty, of Woodland terrace, has
received his appointment to the aviation
training school for which he applied.
The Delta Chapter of the Phi Delta Up
sllon Fraternity gave its mldwinter dance
az the Germantown Automobile Club last
evening
Mr. T. j. Cunningham, the well-knovn
nlano manufacturer, with party Of friends,
lett last week for a cunning trip TO South
carolina. Mrs Cunningham and her daugh-
ter Miss Helen Teresa Cunningham, accom-
panied lhan, 10 ,rlfhin thirty miles az their
camping ground II Is expected that his
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-26

Word has been received of the safe ar
rival in France Of Lieutenant A. w. keri-
gan, Jr. Mrs Kerigan, who will be remem-
bered as Miss Mildred Anderson Post before
her marriage in August, is at present with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs william Post at
Wayne
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-26

Mr. Frank Johann, who is stationed at a
nearby camp, spent the weekend with his
parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Johann, OF
SIl6 Spring Garden street.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-26

DR.. Charles Service and Mrs Service will
return TO their home in Bala next week
after spending a month at Atlantic city,
where Doctor Service has been recuperatng
from his recent Illness.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-26

Mr.. Alfred Haggarty, son of Mrs Cor
nelius Haggarty of Woodland terrace, has
received his appointment to the aviation
Training school for which he applied
The Washington times., 1918-08-13
WOMAN SECRETARY
TOCOMMERCE HEAD

Mrs. Agathe o. Stewart. the hrst
woman to be a private secretary to
an American Cabinet officer. today
tells about her first days work after
receiving her appointment as secre-
tary To Secretary OF Commerce Red
field yesterday.
.May see the Secretary OF Com
merce?"
"My whole days work is wrapped
UP in that question" explained Mrs.
Stewart at her desk in the De-
partment OF Commerce building.
Eighteenth street and Pennsylvania
avenue northwest. Her office Is what
she calls a regular Joseph p. Tu-
muIty. office" with a mahogany desk
that you can see your face in, pink
roses in a vase. and green velvet car
pet.
"Of course. you know. that is the
request that the visitors make when
they are shown into my office. I al
yays say, Won't / dor" Mrs. Stewart
added with a toss OF the head and a
smile. sometimes they come in at
The rate Of every three or five min
utes. I, Of course. allow only those
who have made previous appoint
ments TO see the Secretary personally.
You know. II is my business to keep
as many people away from him as
possible.a
Mrs. Stewart attends to between
thirty and forty persons day. Civ
ing them information and explana-
tions.
called "the little Swede" by the Of
flce STAFF because OF her blond hair.
Mrs. Stewart shares the distinction
of being secretary to Cabinet off,
Ger with only one other woman in
the world. The other is Miss Carry
Smyth, secretary to David Lloyd
George, the British premier.
Mrs. Stewart has been in the en-
pIoy of Secretary Redfield for eight
wears. She worked for him as ste
nographer when he was head OF the
American Blower Company, New
York: was stenographer for him when
he was n Congressman in the 1911
1912 term. and has been confidential
clerk to him as Secretary OF Com
The Washington times., 1918-08-13
CONDUCTOR STOLE FARES

NEW YORK, Aug. 13.-Norman
Levy. twenty-one, q Brooklyn Rapid
Transit conductor. pleaded guilty yes
terday In the Brooklyn court OF spe-
cial sessions Of '-nickelling" 2o2 fares
during trips he made May -. p, "a.
and %.
His high score was on May -. when
he kept seventy-two fares. Among
the coins he pocketed the day before
was one given to him by President
Timothy s Williams. of the company.
Levy was remanded for sentence
next Friday by Justices Freschi. Moss.
and Edwards.
The Washington times., 1918-08-13

to keep you In your home until the
war Is over SO long as you pay rent
at the agreed price. perform your part
OF the conditions OF the contract. COM
NIT no waste. nuisance. or violation
OF law generally.
Consequently you can snap your
finger at any notice Of increase OF
rental or signing of a new lease a!
higher rates unless you feel that II
is fair to your landlord that you do
so.
II you sign any new lease you dc
so through your own desire or foolish
ness. for the lease you now have Is
good until the war ends or Congress
passes new rental legislation.
Thinks VIII Get Drastic Rent Law.
81 believe that Congress will soon
pass a most drastic rent law to take
the place of the Salisbury resolu-
tion." said Mr.. Hege today. when
the members of committees OF Con-
gress see the letters from the victims
OF profiteers and investigate the facts
/ do not believe there il anything that
will' stop a rent law with teeth in It
'"rhe Salisbury resolution protects
tenants, but provides no penalties for
violation by landlords or agentS
That's why they are going ahead with
this new campaign. So many people
have failed to keep pace with the
law and the facts.
IF this nasty game does not cease
am going to offer to the newspapers
OF Washington the names OF rent
profiteers 80 that ths truth will be-
come known"
One Way to. Get More Rent.
One of the latest methods OF fright
ening tenants of houses into paying
more rent Is for the agent OF the
property TO notify the tenant that
the agent has been instructed to sell
the property. Before doing so, how
ever, 1t is the desire OF the owner
to give the occupant a chance to pur-
chase. The tenant, probably unable
to buy, becomes frightened and
agrees to make a new lease at q
higher rate of rental.
In the room rental field prohteers
are hoisting prices right along. Many
rooms are now rented in Washington
for $50 per month. II one person
wants to pay that much all right. II
three girls want to go in together and
occupy the room they each pay $50
per month. Some tenants rent houses
for $40 per month and then rent out
the rooms in such a way that they
have an income OF $500 to $3.50 per
month from rooms. --
The Washington times., 1918-08-13
DROWNED IN OIL TANK.

EAST LIVERPOOL. Ohio, Aug. Ia
After an all-night search, the body oe
Jennings Hetzger. eighteen, was found
in two feet OF oil at the bottom Of .
tank on the farm near weIlsville. He
was drowned, IL Is believed. after be-
ing overcome by gas fumes escaping
from the tank.
The Washington times., 1918-08-13

they are women. today there was a
sprinkling OF men.
OF all those present, Mrs. Burgess
scents the least concerned She sits
with her back to the Onlookers, her
knees crossed, apparently calm and
unworricd. Just ahead OF her is her
attorney. william Cloth. and his law
partners. counsel for the Common
wealth and others. On his high plat
form, sternly surrounded by a rail-
ing, sits the trial Judge: to his left
the clerk OF the court: in front the
courtroom. The walls are as bare to-
day as the life OF Kathleen Burgess,
the courtroom as quiet as her de-
meanor. the monotonous hum of
voices as the formal sentences are
spoken as drowsy "a the drone of
bees outside the windows OF the
courtroom in the lazy sunlight.
Jail Across Yard.
Across the court yard in a square
brick Jail are the prison cells of
Charles L. Gamble. Robert Newman
and Mrs. Burgess. Newman will be
brought to trial in October. and Gam
BILE will die on October 2S. BY that
time the fate OF Mrs. Burgess will
have been decided; sentence will have
of grist will have been ground in the
mills Of the law.
Then. and then only, will she know
"hether she is to die in the electric
chair or live to nourish, to love and
protect the child that soon will be
born to her. Her mother was to have
been present in the court room today.
according to Mr. Cloth. She did not
appear. Her father has never men,
toned her name in his house since the
tragedy last May which brought on
the trial.
And in the meantime. with all these
things bearing upon her mind, the
seventeen-year-old girl bears a quiet
smile at times, a calm countenance
ste suffers physically at times and is
h"' coll in Jail, but when
she faces her Judge and jury and the
e.. ,"e court room there is
.lot c moment of flinching.
Sure of AcquIttaI
She will try to prove that II was
against her will the blow which
killed John p werres was struck ::
that she threatened to tell the au-
thorities If harm came to him. and
that she did all in her power to pro-
tect him from her companions.
Her attorney is sure she will be ac-
quilted: he can see no other decision
for the jury.
Kathleen Burgess believes she will
go free.
Citizens from Spottsylvania county
will decide when the end OF the trial
that is to begin Thursday morning is
reached.
The Washington times., 1918-08-13
READING MADE TREASON
ny Agenee Radio to the I. n. 8.

ROME. Aug. 13.-Keeping OF copies
of italian manifestoes dropped on
Vienna and Laibach by aIrmen headed
by Gabriel D,Annunzio. has been ad-
judged high treason by the Austrian
authorities, II was reported from a
Swiss source today.
Proclamations order Austrian citi-
gems to turn over to the police copies
falling into their hands.
Rigorous measures are being taken
in an effort to annul the effect OF the
stirring words In the manifestoes.
The Washington times., 1918-08-13
coLoREp WOMAN APPOINTED

Mrs. Alice Dunbar Nelson. newspaper
and magazine writer. was today ap-
pointed field representative Of the Wo-
mans committee, Council OF National
Defense. to make a survey Of the work
being done nationally among colored
women Mrs. Nelson was the wife Of
Paul Lawrence Dunbar. the poet
The Washington times., 1918-08-13
u. s. FIGHTS 3. r. scALPERs.

First prosecution for illegal ticket
selling on Government controlled
roads was announced by the Railway
Administration today. Charges were
preferred against T.. Ross. a sleeping
car porter on the Chicago, Minneapo-
lis & ST. Paul, who is alleged to
have collected tickets and resold
them to speculators-
The Washington times., 1918-08-13
CHANGE Of VENUE
FOR MRS. BURGESS
CONTINUED from First Page)

challenging the jurors, uttered under
a specified form, Look upon the
prisoner at the bar. She is charged
with a felony against the State.
Have you or have you not formed or
expressed an opinion in the case
which would prevent you from CIV
ing the prisoner a fair and impartial
trial under the evidence in the case
and the laws OF the State?" disquali-
fed all but two of the panel drawn
today.
Other Two CHALLENGED.
The remaining two were challenged
by Attorney Cloth on their state
ments that. although they had dis
cussed the case and had expressed an
opinion. believed they could give the
defendant a fair trial They were
finally excused by Judge Goolrick.
After a short discussion OF the
probability OF obtaining a jury, or Of
a long and tedious delay. Judge Cool
rick finally selected Fredericksburg.
Spottslyvania county. as the alter
nate.
Mrs. Burgess was again before the
bar today. apparently unconcerned in
the proceedings. She was dressed in
black, which she has uniformly worn
throughout her long Incarceration in
Jail at the court house. She smiled
as she talked to a court official be-
fore the proceedings began.
Many In Courtroom.
The possibility that she may be
found guilty and sent to die with her
sweetheart. Charles E. Gamble. al
ready under death sentence for the
same crime. has drawn numerous
curiosity seekers to the little court
house in the Virginia hills. Usually
The Washington times., 1918-08-13

FUEL CHIEFS
ASKED TO DENY.
COAL SUPPLY.
TO PROF|TEERS.
BY BILL PRICE.

A definite Official move has been
made to have Fuel Administrator
Jones, of the District, deny coal next
winter to hagrant rent profiteers.
The local fuel administration is
known to be in sympathy with the
proposition as promising about the
only sure method of holding rent
pirates in check, but no steps will
be taken in that direction pending
the submission OF legal phases to
the legal department of the National
Fuel Administration.
It is today indicated that while
there may be no law authorizing the
local fuel administrator or any ad-
ministrator to apply drastic meas
ures OF this kind, there is at least
no law that will prevent Mr.. Jones
or his assistants, when 1t is proven
to their satisfaction that rent
pronteering is going on in q certain
apartment or house, to instruct coal
dealers not to deliver coal to that
place.
No Existing Law.
Edwin S. Hege, secretary OF the
District Council OF Defense, has put
directly UP to fuel officials the Ques-
ton of furnishing profiteers by de-
nytng them coal He feels that as
there is no existing laws furnishing
protection against this class of peo-
pie the next best thing to do is to
swat their pocketbooks by practically
forcing them TO close their places
through lack of coal.
Administrator Jones regards the
matter SO seriously that he has taken
IL up with the legal stan of the fuel
administration
The District Commissioners will be
asked to give their sanction to the
proposed plan by recommending to
Mr.. Jones that he cooperate with the
District Council of Defense in hand
ing out q severe jolt to pronteers Of
established record. There are thou
sands OF letters on file in the offices
Of the District council and of Capt
Julius Peyser, Of the War Depart
ment naming persons who are DELHI
erately engaging IN attempts At
The Washington times., 1918-08-13

Our Government must have funda
10 "carry on" These funds can be
safely drawn from two sourcrs-In-
creased production and Increased saw
ing. Buy one War Savings Stamp every
week.
The Washington times., 1918-08-13

pronteering despite the Salisbury
and other resolutions.
HeEe Fights Rent Raising.
Mr.. Hege is engaged in the biggest
sort Of fight trying to educate people
in this city who ought to know that
they have the law with them in hun
dreds OF schemes now being attempt
ed to force new leases OF houses and
apartments at higher rates OF rental.
Within the last few weeks many
thousands Of Washington people, in
cluding some of the best known and
most prominent, have received no.
tices from owners or agents OF apart
ments and houses that their rents
are to be raised at the expiration of
existing leases. The great majority
Of leases in this city expire October 1,
but there are a large number expir-
ing September l and September Is.
The notices are. IN the majority of
instances. just bold statements that
the rent will go mp with the expira-
ton OF existing leases. Mr.. Hege has
received from tenants hundreds OF
these notices with appeals for assist
ance.
The game has become 80 bold that
there is no hesitation on the part OF
owners or agents Of apartments in
notifying people OF all classes what
they may expect, and the notices are
usually accompanied by veiled threats.
Brig. Gen. John G. d. knight, engin-
eer Commissioner of the District, 10
among the prominent men of the city
asked to sign new lease for his
apartment at higher rates-much
higher rates, too. The apartment in
which former President William H.
Taft In domiciled in this city. has
sent out notices Of the purpose Of tho
owners to raise rent
The Washington times., 1918-08-13
jolt for State.

Hall admits he went to the spring
and got a drink. Eva Roy was tend
ing a herd of cows nearby. But Hall
would never have admitted being at
tho spring on the day of the killing
hao he been guilty. There are several
other routes he could have taken to
reach his home and any OF these could
have been mentioned by him had he
been guilty and sought to conceal his
movement"
Such is the contention OF Attorney
Oliver.
The Commonwealth has received a
jolt in the discovery of the fact that
two OF what were regarded important
pieces of evidence may prove Of no
value at all.
Lou Hall dipped snuf. Several per-
sons have furnished this information
within the past twenty-four hours The
Commonwealth got possession Of the
blue denim workshirt Hall wore on
the day OF the killing. On the bosom are
stains that have the appearance OF
blood These. 1t is said. may prove to
be snufi. since snuf or tobacco produce
stains that have the appearance Of blood
and are not easily washed from cloth
ing.
IF the Commonwealth does not have
those stains on Halls shirt analyZed by
chemists, the defense will demand II.
Mr.. Oliver said.
The Washington times., 1918-08-13
Continues Present Leases

Mr. Hege is replying TO the appeals
to him by calling attention to the
fact that the Salisbury resolution
continues all leases in the District un-
til peace fs declared or the resolution
is modified by new law.
Whether your lease is by the month
or the year, 1t is just as good now as
when you made IL, and will continue
The Washington times., 1918-08-13
ABUNDANT:

ABUNDANT: Tomatoes eggplant beans potatoes
cooking apples. -
NORMAL: Peaches cantaopes bananas
SCARCE: Cabbage lettuce oranges
The Washington times., 1918-08-13
TODAY'S MARKET HINTS.

Prices to retailers and general market information furnished By
Bureau Of Markets. u Department Of Aguure; fair prices
consumers by the District Food Administration.
The Washington times., 1918-08-13
No Hair On TwiE.

A branch from abush that had been
broken down during the struggle be-
tween Eva Roy and her assailant was
taken from the scene OF the crime Sun
day by Commonwealth Attorney Charles
Vernon Ford, because II was bruised
by what appeared TO be fingernails and
had clinging to 1t what was thought to
be hair. II has developed that the hairy
substance was silky fiber from the wood.
The defense contends that II will be
able to establish Halls movements from
the time he left his home to go to work
on the day OF the killing until he got
TO Accontlnk that night
The strongest evidence in favor OF
Hall has been offered by Fred Davis,
who runs store at Barker's Crossing.
several miles from Halls home.
Davis contends that Hall was in his
store at 1890 o'clock on Tuesday af-
ternooh, last, en- route to Accontink to
begin work for Joseph Magnum. This
information was volunteered by Davis
when he learned that Hall was sus-
pecteo of the crime.
The Washington times., 1918-08-13
HALL SAFER IN JAIL,
COUNSEL DECLARES
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terview several persons there who are
reported to have noted something un-
usual in Halls demeanor on the day
following the murder of the girl.
Private detectives today pene-
trated the dense forest where the
crime was committed They will
pull together the threads Of evidence
already held against Lou Hall and
at the same time will develop other
possible theories. .
The Bradford Detective Service, of
which Morgan Bradford, tr., il the
head, has been employed by Fair
fax county authorities to handle the
investigation Mr.. Bradford's home
is at Fairfax and he has an intimate
knowledge OF the county and its
people.
So far as the county authorities
have been able to develop the case,
Hall is the only man they have been
able to prove was in the vicinity OF
the scene of the crime at the hour II
Is believed to have taken place
The Washington times., 1918-08-13
Guilt Impossible.

II would have been impossible for
Hall 10 have committed the crime be-
tween IL o'clock and noon Tuesday, as
contended by the Commonwealth IL
the statement or Davis is correct. II
is admitted by both Commonwealth
and defense that after returning from
work on Tuesday. Hall took his wife
and children to the home OF his wife's
father, James Edward Taylor. He left
them at the footlog over a creek near
Taylor's home and continued to Bark
er's Crossing. To have covered this
distance by foot would mean that he
left his own home at IL o'clock or
even a little earlier in the morning.
Halls friends-there are many who
contend that he is innocent and vic
tim Of circumstances-asse that the
fame of the woods in the vicinity OF
the crime as a hiding place is known
far and wide. They say that IL would
be an easy matter for q convict or
fugitive from justice to hide In the
woods there, living on berries and
fresh spring water for several days.
May Search Woods
1t was suggested last night that
other searching parties enter the
woods and beat the bushes for an
other possible suspect. This was
considered impracticable, since an en-.
tire week has elapsed since the COM
mission OF the crime and such an one
could easily have made his escape by
this time.
Evening star., 1918-06-09
B. F. KEITH's

The Spanish Dancers from "The
Land of Joy" will be the stellar at
traction at B. F. Keith's Theater this
week. In the production the velasco
brothers present five principal dancers
and singers and twenty dancing girls
in a revue of Spanish songs and
dances divided into five scenes. Four
teen solo and ensemble numbers in
clude the bull fight, the savage. the
fatima. the cymbal and the gypsy.
Bert Clark and Mabel Hamilton and
company will offer "A Wayward Con-
ceit." Other acts will include BUS
ter" Santos and JacGue Hayes, "The
Girls with the Funny Figures" Mrs
Thomas Whiffen. in the golden jubilee
of her stage life. will be seen in
the farcical skit. Where There's a
Will There's Way" in which she
appears in a foxy grandma part;
Sanity and Norton. "singers-with
Trimmings"; the Brown Sisters. in
musical diversion; the Lttlejohns
the pipe organ recitals and the
Hearst-Pathe News pictorial. Next
Saturday Manager Robbins begins
the theater campaign for war savings
stamps and will specially feature
Campaign day. June 2S
At 3 and S:15 pm. today Trixie
FriganZa, Olive Wyndham and other
acts of last week will appear.
Evening star., 1918-06-09
COSMOS.

Seven acts of attractive vaude-
vile. headed by one of the prettiest
of spectacular diving acts. THE Water
Witches" will be presented at the
Cosmos Theater this week, in addi-
tion to a much talked of picture
story. THE Woman and the Law"
featuring Miriam Cooper. 1.-THE Water
Witches" is a production presenting
water sports and feasts by a sextet of
pretty girls in mammoth tank with
glass front, clearly showing the
evolutions in the water. In addition,
it is handsomely staged and employs
number of unusual lighting effects
to add to it's beauty. Carson and
Willard. famous as funmakers, will
come in an entirely new Offering, LAS
1t Is In 1950": the Tokay Japs will
give characteristic exhibition of
juggling and balancing feats; Cod
frey and Henderson. a song sketch
entitled "In the Catskills": Dougherty
and Scala. an offering of music. songs
and dancing: the University Four, a
classic quartet. will sing, and savan-
nah and Georgia will amuse with a
blackface number. Besides the big,
story of a case in real life recently
in the public eye. dainty Billy
Rhodes comedy and the Hearst Pathe
News will be shown.
Today. starting at 3 p. M. the bill.
will present Charlie Chaplin's latest
picture. "A Dogs Life" the novelty
Dancing la Carte" and the famous
Boganny Troupe from the New York
Hippodrome. with other acts.