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The Washington times., 1918-03-09
marrying
MACHINIST,' MUST
SERVE FIVE YEARS

Edward George Frederick Perry,
''the marrying maehinist," who has
three wives, soon will be on his way
to the penitentiary. where he viii
spend the i've years to which Justice
Stafford yesterday sentenced him.
Perry's foibles as well as his past
matrimonial record became known
when wife No. . preferred charges
against him for nonsupport. Wife No
1 promptly turned up in Police Cou-.
when Perry's case was called, claim
ing him as her husband.
The District Attorney took hold of
the matter, and In his Investigations
found that Perry had still another
wife, who claimed Ownership OF the
much-married Perry.
Perry Is sixty-two years old and
had been employed IN this city as a
machinist for many years. He Is .
German by birth and has served In
the United States army.
Perry spent last night In . calm
frame Of mind at the District Jail A
noteworthy feature OF the arrest and
trial has been the unfailing devotion
OF Mrs. Eta Perry, the original COM
plainant. Never has she ceased to
show affection for the polygamist.
Frequently she has been q visitor 81
the Jail. taking the prisoner dainties
and spending as much time with him
as the warden would allow. Her lat
est visit was last night, when she
held q lengthy conversation with him.
The Washington times., 1918-03-09
SHIP CAULKERS DELAY
BUILDING PROGRAM IN
PACIFIC COAST YARDS

One hundred and eighty-hve ship
caulkers In the Seattle district have
baked the Governments wood ship
building program In that section, Of
fcials Of the United States Shipping
Board charged today. Because Of
the scarcity of skilled caulkers, offi-
cials asserted, the Seattle workmen
have attempted to dictate and regu-
late the shipping program Of the Pa
cifc Northwest"
Efforts of Shipping Board officials
to straighten out the trouble with the
caulkers so far has availed nothing.
William l. Hutchinson, president of
the Brotherhood Of Carpenters and
Joiners. who lately has been at odds
with shipping officials, notified the
Shipping Board there are plenty Of
cauIkers. But Hutchinson said also
he would not authorize or urge any
men to go to the Seattle district until
the present difficulty Is settled.
Union leaders have objected to the
Importation of caulkers, although they
have admitted that II the present
wooden ship program In that section
! Is to be realized, at least 450 men
must be added to the number now
| engaged IN the work. The program,
Chairman Hurley, Of the shipping
board stated, called for the launching
Of 1872 wooden ships. Had not the
| caulkers delayed the work, officials
! said that contracts for at least $50
more shops could be let and the total
| completed before December 81 prob
! ably would reach 225.
The caulkers have been growing
more militant for two months. rep
resentatives OF the shipping board in
the Seattle district reported. Their
latest move was to call a strike IN
less the training OF forty apprentices
by the Government be discontinued.
Hutcheson has been app saled to re-
peatedly, but his attitude has been
much the same in this case as in the
strike of the carpenters on the East
coast recently, according to officials.
1--WE are not claiming that Hutche-
son has melted trouble" Chairman
Hurley said. But he has refused to
aid in strengthening out the differ
ences and getting the ship cCnstruc-
ton work going at full speed. We
believe that is within his power. too"
The Washington times., 1918-03-09

is soon to go from the hospital, where
lately she has been fed up and nour-
ished and made stronger than when
she came. When she CTS home the
Nightingale" viii need shoes. stock
ings. and other clothes pretty badly,
for mama. who works herself. has had
= tough time keeping the little family
OF three daughters and one son to-
gether since father went away"
So, wren you begin to think OF IT,.
II doesn't seem so singular. after all.
that Edith got pleuro-pneumOnia or so
singular that a stout-heRrted, sweet
sOnged, poor little girl like her IS in
need OF the things which. will keep
her warm and I'm future good healthS
The Washington times., 1918-03-09
OF With Boshevk To Cause Labor Troubles In Allied Countries
Armenian Babies Among
Victims Of AtrOciOus
Massacres by Turks

LONDON, March e.-Furthsr
Turkish atrocities in Armenia in
territory recently reocuppied by
the Turkish forces; are reported
by the Arme aian information bu-
reRu.
All Armenian males in Samsun-
on r.-e Black Sea, are being mas
sacred, even babies, says the re-
port, and similar practices are
going on In other towns.
The Brest-LitOvsk peace treaty
implied that Turkey would re-
turn to Armenia territory held
by Russia, and Vatican circles are
greatly aroused over the posi-
BILE outcome.
It is said that the papel secrs-
tary OF. state has taken steps TO
secure from Constsntinopls as
surances that the Chris ian popu-
lation will be spared.
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SINGING WAY TO
HEALTHTHROUGH
NURSES HEARTS

Do you love your mama and sleeky
black pussy-cat we'll enough, young
reader Qf you are fortunate enough
to have a good mama and a pretty
pet kitten who follows you /
around the house,. to get, quite Tn
consciously OF course. a bad case OF
pleura-pneumonia which sets you up
in the hospital for a month or six
weeks stay?
That's >just what little seven-year-
old Edith Fisher has been through
at the Washington Asylum Hospital.
where she is known as the "Nightin-
gale OF, the Fourth Ward" because,
despite her serious sickness, she
makes the sombre walls ring there
with patriotic and martial ditties In a
tiny soprano voice that loses none
of its clarity and appeal because it's
small.
Sings Soldier Songs.
Go to the hospital any time be-
tween sunrise and shutdown. ask
Miss Sullivan, head nurse OF the
fourth ward to escort you TO the
"nIghtIngale's" cot, and you viii be
sure to identify the little sufferer
before you even see her through the
medium OF her voice. II II isn't
lover There" or "Pack Up Your
Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag" its
sure TO be $50 Long Boy" or Good
by Broadway, Hello France" or any
other one of the two dozen songs
that Edith carries in her impromptu
repertoire.
The wee but penetrating voice has
carriedIalI before it. including the
much abused and "adamantine" nurse
whose sympe thies are supposed TO be
strictly neutral and impersOnal. They
acclaim her the gayest and gamest
little bird who ever made a nest in
the boughs OF the Fourth ward tree.
"BInckieS Played TruRnt.
As we said before. Edith loved her
mother wen and much more perhaps
did her mother love her. Next to
mama, and brother and sisters (per-
hapsJ came "Blackie." the child's kit
ten. Now, ever since the nightin-
gales papa died some six years ago.
mRma's children, as they became old
enough, have helped the widowed head
OF the house I'm her duties about the
home. Edith used TO wash the front
porch OF the little home at 1857
Kraemer place northeast before she
went to school every morning, and so
accustomed Qlu bhe get 70 tAt water
as she played it upon the stoop and
verandah that she often forgot to
play safety first" and keep her little
feet protected.
over a month ago while Edith was
doing her little bit" on the house
porch, "Blackie,v who came outside
to watch operations, ran away and
the Nightingale" dropped wafer pail
and broom and went after her. A half
hour afterward Edith came back
bringing "Blackie" with her, finish
ed her work and went off to school
Sang Her Way Through.
That same day she became violent
ly i'll with fever, which the doctors a
day or after described as pIeuro-
pneumonia She was removed to the
Washington Hospital, where for three
weeks her little body all but relin-
quished its hold on life. But Miss
Sullivan and the good nurses there
pulled her through, but always to
the tune of some good Uncle Sam air
which the child insisted on singing,
even when temperature was high.
The worst is over now and Edith
The Washington times., 1918-03-09

be surprised" ~ Japan thought II de-
sirable to send troops into Siberia to
prevent that country's "Germaniza-
ton"
Japan IL an independent sovereign
state" Lord Cecil said.
"She can take what action she
thinks right L should not be sur
prised II she thought 1t desirable In
her own and her allies interest to
send troops to prevent the German
ization of Siberia"
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TO TAKE
.AGITATORS IN
Truss VESSELS
is BROACHED
CONTINUED from First P1Ee.)

Continued from First PAge)
East Asia colonies to do the work of
"agitators"
Already this Government is inform
ed OF freedom granted German Off
GERS to organize German prisoners OF
. war now in Siberia
Industrial Rebellion Aim
And, meantime, through 9 number
of Swedish Socialists and Leninss
carefully chosen agents, the work Of
spreading ultra-socialist propaganda
among the workers in all allied coun'
tries is to 90 forward, aimed to stir
up Industrial rebellion.
The immediate use Germany is
making of Lenfns and the Russian
/, Bolshevik government, now under its
domination, is seen in the following
cable received here today:
! The PetroErad representative of
the German navy has received in
structions to propose to the council
lowing scheme:
That several steamships be placed
at the disposal of three German
agents at VIadivostok to be loaded
as merchant vessels and sent to the
United States, Japan. and the British
colonies in eastern Asia The cargo
really carried to be German agents to
act as agitators.'
Would Take Any Ships.
"IH unable to get Russian ships
the instructions were to charter ves-
sells uader any flag
THE action Of the Russian gov
eminent on the matter has not been
Rscertained."
, That Germany will do her utmost to
finance all the projects tending to the
Industrial upheaval in allied countries
is known to be her promise. A deal
has been made with Lenine 20 push
the propaganda from the Bolsheviki
standpoint, and 500, 900 rubles have
been appropriated for the purpose.
Lenines agent Is Madamoisseile COL
ontaI, member Of the Bolshevik cabi-
net.
from the purely Socialist angle, Il
is learned, the work was toObe done
through Swedish Minority Socialist
Lindhagen.
Germany Out in the Open.
The outstanding feature OF reports
being received here IL the utter frank
ness with which the Germans are now
dealing with the Russian council OF
the peoples commissaries, in their
work to weaken the allies.
The reports distinctly chow that
Lenine continues to exert his energies
in these channels while urging .he
people to accept the German peace
terms and offer no counter resistance
20 the invaders. As a result, confiden-
tIal reports received by American and
allied representatives show that for
the most part the German invaders
are being welcomed in Russian terri
tory-presumably in the hope that the
Teuton arrival viii mean re-establish-
ment Of order.
How far the Lenine and German
propaganda may already have gone
has not yet been determined. It Is
felt, however, that owing TO the grow
ing German menace and IN view Of
the exposed propaganda plots, meas
ures must be taken to combat II and
further solidify the relationships and
understanding between the United
States and the allies.
The Washington times., 1918-03-09
c. LOOMS ALLEN
FOUND, BUT WHERE
FAMILY WON'T SAY
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trolled by Allen states that until he
can take the matter up with Allen,
he is not prepared to state whether
Allen will open headquarters in
another section OF the country
To Avoid NotOrIety.
Mr.. Cherry said today that because
of the notoriety conneeteo with Al
lens long absence, that the trolley
head would naturally not wish TO
return to his old home"
When he mysteriousIy disappeared
from Baltimore on January IS, from
which city he commuted to Washing
ton, where he was director OF the
Electric Railways war board, Allen
had less than 81 900 with him. Il
was stated at the local offices OF
Allen & Peck, q public utilities cor
poration controlled By Allen that the
missing man had drawn no money
from the firm. How he has gotten
money to defray his expenses-he had
always been a lavish spender-re-
mains q mystery which only Allen
himself can clear up.
BALTIMORE, March s-Rolsnd n.
Marchant, assistant States attorney
Of Baltimore city. whose wife dts
appeared from her home here on
January IS at the same time C. Loom
Is Allen. trolley magnate was last
seen, today declined to discuss the
report that Allen has been located,
probably in st. Louis
Although the press carried many
stories suggesting that Mrs. Marchans
was probably with Allen, Marchant az
no time has admitted that he held
such q theory, Allen and Mrs. Mar
chant had been friends for some tina,
and were seen together frequently at
various social functions.
The Washington times., 1918-03-09
UNTITLED STEEL TONNAGE
SHOWS VAST DECREASE

NEW YORK. March 9-Unfilled
steel tonnage OF the United States
S.-el Corporation showed a decrease
Of $4,000 tons during February, 1t
was announced today. The untitled
tonnage totaIed 0.2sS. 453 on February
IS. against 9.477, $50 on January 81.
0,3S1,7l9 on December 81, and H.
576,697 on February % last year.
The Washington times., 1918-03-09
SOD. c. men VOLUNTEER
STENOGRAPHERS

Fifty draft registrants OF Washing
ton, who are stenographers, have
volunteered to enter the AVIATION
section OF the Signal Corps, Fort
Kelly. San Antonio, Tex. These
Washington boys will be indicted into
service next Saturday night, and start
for Texas the following day. The
men have all qualified for military
duty.
The Washington times., 1918-03-09
WORKERS COUNCIL
LED BY REASONABLE
LEADERS, is CHARGE

The Lithuanian workers. Council is
controlled by men only recently under
suspicion OF the United States Gov
eminent for their reasonable utter
ances against the draft law and
conduct OF the war. according to a
statement Issued by the Lithuanian
National Council today.
The Washington times., 1918-03-09
NO NIGHT SESSION.

The House declined this afternoon
to yield to the urgent plea Of Chair
man Sims Of the Interstate ana
Foreign Commerce Committee that ie
hold a night session Monday to dis
pose OF the Daylight Saving bill
The Washington times., 1918-03-09
soLoN's BROTHER ENLIsTs.
Let the Wedding Bells Ring Gu
Re0sstereG o. 8. PafsHs oF,ss.

Alexander McKeown, brother OF
CONGRESSMAN T. d. McKeowns Of
Oklahoma, celebrated his twenty-frst
birthday today by joining the navy.
The Washington times., 1918-03-09
$50, 600 FIRE IN MASS TOWN.

ATTLEBoRo, Mass, March e.-Fire
today threatened the business center
of this town. Help was summoned
from Taunton.
The Washington times., 1918-03-09

LONDON, March s.-Lord Cecil,
Britiah minister of blockade, declared
in an interview that he should not
Crittenden record-press., 1918-04-11

discretion OF the court-martial upon
anyone who attempts TO create. be-
gins, causes, eXcites, or joins In" mu.
tiny or sedltion, but the liability to the
extreme punishment does not stop
there. Anyone who, being present al
n mutiny or seditious outbreak, does
not do his utmost to suppress It."
may be punished by the execution of
the death sentence, us II he had been
an organizer Of the sedtlon himself.
Also, anyone who has reason to be-
lieve that n mutiny Is about to occur
or that sedition is being stirred up
must report the matter In full to his
superior officer on pain of incurrlng
the same punishment us an actual mu.
tineer.
Making known the counterslgn"
and forcing safeguard" are purely
military offenses for which the death
penalty may be imposed. Relieving
the enemy" may cover a number Of
military crimes against ones country.
ana "harboring the enemy" or direct
ly or indirectly" giving him any sort
OF Intelligence Is punishable by death
ut the discretion Of the court-mnrtial.
Many Touching stories
The tragedy of sleeping on post has
furnished some OF the most famous
and touching stories In the history Of
our own and other lands. Everyone
has heard the story Of Llncoln's for
giveness of the country boy who. tired
by long campaign. slept at his SEN
try post. An English soldier, writing
OF his experiences in this war. tells
how he found young sentry asleep In
an important point Of watch, and OF
the agony Of mind that preceded his
decision that he must report the youth
whose neglect Of duty might have had
terrible consequences for his COM
rades and the army's position.
Apropos of the war departments
order that death sentences passed up
on soldiers In this country be referred
to 1t for review. 1t Is recalled that
Lincoln In 1861 ruled that no army
death sentence should be executed un.
I'll he had personally examined all the
circumstances and facts In the case.
Crittenden record-press., 1918-04-11
CUT DOWN ON STAR B0ARDE3
Boston Committee Plane for Special
eoarders Pledge Card In
That City.

Boston.-A special boarder's pledge
card may soon be In circulation In this
city as means Of food conservat ton
in boarding houses. This Is not new
boarding house joke. but a plan OF the
woman's committee OF the Council Of
National Defense. OF course the
boarding house patron will protest
against conservation of food-he al.
ways has-but without results. Here
is the card the womnn's committee
would have boarders sign:
II, at present boarder In this city.
hereby accept membership In the
United States food administrator.
pledging myself, rs patriotic duty.
to cooperate with the proprietor In
the conservation of meat, wheat,
sugar and fats, according to the d..
rectlons and advice Of the food ad
mlnlstrator."
Crittenden record-press., 1918-04-11

Washlngton.-Four American sol.
diers, sentenced TO death for sleeping
Gu sentry duty in the front-line trench.
es in France may be saved from the
laws extreme penalty by General Per-
shing's action in sending the records
Of their cases TO Washington for re-
view. General Pcrshng has authority
to carry out the sentence of the court
martial, but 1t Is only on foreign soil
that such power lies in the command
ing generals hands, for by an order OF
December 20 the war department, at
the suggestion Of the president. ruled
that no death sentence In the army
forces In this country could be exc
cuted before review Of the case by the
the only execution Of an American sol.
dler in France up to the present time
has been that Of Private f. Cadue,
hanged In November for assault and
murder Of French girl.
/ Punishable by Death.
Under the laws Of the American mil.
itary organization, II offenses nre pun.
ishable by death, although these are
variously subdivded. Spies must suf-
fer the death penalty, and theirs is the
only offense for which the death sen.
tence is mandatory. For murder and
rape, punishment must, according TO
the ruling, be either death or life i'm.
prlsonment; II the death sentence Is
Imposed 1t Is by hanging. Spies are
usually hanged, also, because, to quote
Crittenden record-press., 1918-04-11
THINKS IT'S A CATALOGUE
Greek Returns QUESTIONABLE Saying
There Was Nothing on List He
Cared to Buy.

Tulsa. 0kla.-Mlstaking his ques-
tionnaire for catalogue, YsIdore Or.
tado, Greek, living at Escale. re-
turned 1t TO his exemption board with
q note. written In Greek. saying there
was nothing In the list he wished to
purchase.
Another QUESTIONABLE, returned By
Mexican, was accompanied by a
note which stnted that the man could
not read United States. but knew 1t
was to help the war, so inclosed q s.
bill.
Crittenden record-press., 1918-04-11
MUCH IN LITTLE

A London tailor, awcd by the dan.
sefs accompanying enemy raids, buil,
himself a dusout In the basement Of
bis store with bales Of cloth. A wal
once ofncial inspected II and declared
Il absolutely bomb proof
Crittenden record-press., 1918-04-11

David n. Burkey. a Own war vet.I
ernn. aEed eighty, Of Philadslphia,
mkcs a 2Smile mke for his daily sr.
ercise.
John slorah who has been waitins
Tor a hearing In the saco (Ma) jsik
has gained a pounds In thA tAsss
montaa ha hss bssA thseA > ."
Crittenden record-press., 1918-04-11
Too Prosperoua

Too Prosperous
II see where country editor died
the other day"
whats remarkable about thati
Country editors don't live forever"
"Quite true; but the press dispatch
states that this man was conspicuous
figure on the public square Of Ms town
because he always wore silk hat and
a frock coat"
~You can't tell me he was q country
editor and nothing mors. That fellow
must have owned stock IN the village
nk."--Birminsham Age.Heraid.
Crittenden record-press., 1918-04-11

The comfort committee OF the Navy
league Of the United States has In.
stalled In Its headquarters several
knitting machines for making sweat
ers, mufYlers, socks and other wearing
apparel for "our boys" "over here"
and "over there" The Immediate
need Of these necessities and In an.
ticipation Of the enormous amount Of
these articles which will be needed BY
the boys In the next call Is responsible
for tho action taken by the Navy
league. They have found that q pair
Of socks can be turned out on q ma.
chine In 81 minutes. An appeal has
been sent out TO our patriotic knit.
ters to operate machines instead a
knitting BY hand and thereby spcs1
up the worb
Crittenden record-press., 1918-04-11
Test Of q Man,

The test Of a man 10 what he II
able tp Do nhincstones sparkle, but
they dout cut slass.--Milwaukce
Nova
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-11-07
GOOD HOG FEED FROM WASTE
Production of Pork and Fats
During War Period.

prepared by the United States Depart.
ment Of Agriculture)
Feeding garbage to hogs is In keep
ing with the national movement for
the utilization Of waste products and
for increasing the production Of pork
and fats. at least during the war.
There is reason to believe, how
ever, that many Of these emer-
gency enterprises will prove to be
sufficiently remunerative to remain
permanent after the war, especially if
hogs are fed on garbage from cities Of
10000 or more, from which, doubtless,
the garbage will be disposed Of and
utilized in this manner. Already this
method OF feeding has produced good
results, aid many who have entered
the field pobably would not have en-.
gagged in the production Of pork under
any other conditions, owing to the
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-11-07

Ice cream may be freely used as
desert in France, so long as 1t con.
tains no sugar, no milk, no eggs ano
GO flour
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-11-07
MORE SUGAR ALLOWED.
THREE LBS. A MONTH.

The amount of sugar allowed per
month to each individual has been in
creased from two to three pounds. The
whole monthly allowance can be
bought for family at one time. The
amount allowed to public eating
places is increased to three pounds
for ninety meals.
This increase Is made in fulfinment
of the Food Administrators promise
to set free extra sugar as soon as pos
sibie.
This increase Is possible because Of
the very satisfying condition OF the
Louisiana crop and Of Western rein-
ing, because railway freight space is
more available while men, rather than
munitions, etc, are being shipped to
Europe and because the restrictions
upon manufacturers and the self-denial
of private consumers have built up .
temporary reserve.