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The Washington times., 1918-03-10
Told Friend Of Capsules.

VI OApsHACHs
Miss Mary Jordan, an intimate
friend OF the dead bride, has told the
detectives that Alice Knight told her
Of taking the first capsule. "She
told me-" Miss johnson says. that
1T was the worst medicine the doc
tor has ever given me. It was so
bad that threw II up"
To smother friend Alice Knight made
the same remark and added 81 don't
have to take the other capsule until
next Saturday."
Miss Jordan will be one OF the
principal witnesses for the Common
wealth, and IL is stated that Miss
White has agreed to come to Rich
mond and appear against her former
fiance. She will tell of past relations
with the young dentist. OF his having
given her an engagement ring and
OF the scheduled marriage.
Detective Wiley is expected to re-
turn from MIddlesex today. where he
has been for several days seeking
new evidence and making arrange
ments to bring a number OF Middle
sex and Wilson people as witnesses.
Harry II. Smith, Richmond attor-
ney. who defended Henry Clay Beat
ty, wife murderer in 1911, has been
engaged as leading counsel for John
son. With him will be associated w.
]. Woodward. Of Wilson, y. c. They
decline to give any intimation Of what
line OF defense will be offered for
johnson.
Commonwealth Attorney George
Wise will conduct the prosecution
and IL is probable that he will have
associated with him State Senator
Louis o. wendenburg, who prosscut'
ed Beatty. With this array OF legal
talent, the case is expected to attract
more than ordinary attention. since
the counsel for both the Common
wealth and the defense are regarded
as hard fighters.
The Washington times., 1918-03-10
DEVICE
TO PREVENT
"SK|MM|NG"
PERFECTED

The new Notwithstanding anti-sub-
marine shell will. It is declared by
high authorities, do much TO futilize
attacks on naval vessels and com
msrce carriers. The new she'll will 60
straight for its mark and will not
"Skeet" or skim the water.
Occasionally 4 shell fired at a sub
marine Will travel under and near the
surface of the water, making a line
OF numerous small Esyser effects. ae-
cordinE to range and velocity OF
the shell and the condition OF the sea
The latest thing in shells is described
IN the Scientific American, which
says:
Much attention has been paid TO the
problem Of devislnE a she'll which,
instead OF TeboundinG from the sur
face, will "bite" the water on striking.
and continue its course below the
surface. 4 recent dispatch from
washington states that the problem
has been solved and that our ships
are provided, or soon, Will be, with
a shell which will dive and strike a
submarine, or burst IN fits vicinity.
even though the enemy be below the
surface. The shape OF the shell can
not, OF course, be disclosed at this
time. In order to show how valuable
Is this development, our artist has
drawn the accompanying sketches
which demonstrate very clearly its
military value.
The periscope is an exceedingly diff
ficult object to hit, and q hit, at any
considerable range. even by q first
class pointer, would be a matter more
Of luck than good shooting. But II
the shells are OF the diving type II Is
The Washington times., 1918-03-10
HOSPITAL DRIVE
FOR $4,000 TO
OPEN TOMORROW

The opening gun of the Emergency
Hospital campaign for a maintenance
fund OF $4,000, will be fired tomor.
row at noon with the meeting of 200
workers, modified under twenty team
captains, for a luncheon at the cam
paign headquarters, 1922 F street
northwest
Woodbury. Blair, president of the
board of trustees, win speak. William
Eric Fowler. chairman OF the execu-
tive committee, will preside, and Cliff
ford L. Johnson. campaign manager.
will give final instructions for the
work.
Last year. in round numbers. 5000
patients were treated; $4,000 OF these
were charity patients; but 1000 We're
pay patients: there were $1,000 dis
pensary patients; 1000 ambulance
calls; 300 operations performed:
5000 minor operations $500 major
operations; 6,OO0 prescriptions com
pounded, and $500 free prescriptions
filled.
started by MaEruder.
Back in 1871 the need for a free dis
psnsary in Washington was realized.
In April OF that year DIR. G. Lloyd Ia
gruder, fresh from his service at Co
umbia Hospital, asked five other
young physicians to join him IN the
work OF meeting this need. Thus
Drs. Magruder. II. II. Barker. Austin
Erock enbrough. Robertson Howard
+. T. Keen and Ralph Walsh BECAME
the pioneers OF the present EmerL
Sency Hospital. In its history Is in
termingIed the names OF many OF the
men whose names are historic in the
medical annals OF Washington.
Most Of these men were alumni Of
the medical department Of Georgetown
University so that their alma mater
allowed them to sc the colluege building
The Washington times., 1918-03-10

at Tenth and E streets. The entire
amount OF donations during the first
year. made principally by physicians
and druggists was $50. and that sum,
with S27S appropriated by the City
ConciI was expended for the treatment
Of 511 patients in the year ending May.
1872
Prominent Men Supporters.
u Prominent physicians names appear
on the consulting stan in the fIpt years
OF the hospital. and dental dispensary.
incldins those of Drs. Joshua Riley.
Noble Yong. L. Macllall. jr.. ]. Howard.
T. Eliotu, W. S. Newman. J. Z. Morgan,
II. II. Barber. r. S. L. Walsh, C. v.
Borman. W. II. Ross. Lawrence Wilson,
c. F.. Morgan and ]. S. Stephenson.
On the board Of directors there always
have been prominent men OF the Capital
and on the early boards appear such
names as y. p. Chapman, John c. Nc
Kelden, George p. Fisher. NJ. @. Emery
E. Carol Brent, W. J. Murtough. Jesse
2. Wilson, J. W. Thompson. J. W. Bar
ker, Arthur Sheppard. George II. Plant.
3. II. Steinmetz, w. NJ Shuster, W. n.
Morrison and D. w Middleton, jr.
In 1850 the first patient was admit
ted to the hospital for an opera
ton. A tiny hole OF a room was
fitted up in the attic. About the
same time Sunday clinics to which
medi cal students were invited were
held, and then began the functions
OF the hospital and dlspensary as an
educational institution.
The Washington times., 1918-03-10
AntSubmarine Shell To Make Attacks From UBoats Futile
S1O,O0O,OOO DEPOT
FOR BOTH BANKS
OF SUSQUEHANNA

HARRISBURG, Pa. March 10
Federal authorities have announced
that, the 100000 ordnance and
aviation depot planned for the Har
rlsburE locality win be placed on
both sides of the susQuehauns river.
Originally planned for the suburb
Of Middleton. the plants will now
be divided-half to MiddistOwn and
the. remainder to New. Cumberland.
directly across the river.
The Government which has . as
oOo 900 plant in operation here. has
decided. after investigation. that no
other locality possesses equal fseiIi.
ties.
The Washington times., 1918-03-10

evident that, by dropping them little
short OF the periscopc. they would
have a fair chance to strike the body
Of the submarine itself. This is true,
even IL the line OF fire were normal,
or approximately normal, TO the long
itudiaal axis of the submarine: but,
as another OF our drawings shows,
the chances OF scoring a hit when the
submerged submarine was emo on
to the attacking gun. would be very
favorable, since the danger space
would be equal TO that OF the length
OF the boat, or say $50 to $50 feet.
Another advantage OF the diving
shell IL that 81 can be adjusted so as
to detonRts when II has penetrated
the water to any determined depth.
In this case. OF course. the action
would be similar to that OF the depth
The Washington times., 1918-03-10
TUSCANIA LIFE BELT
FEHED FROM N. Y. BAY

NEW YORK. March 1o.-on sentry
duty here, James Howard. attached =
the coast artillery corps at Fort
Hamilton. fished from the bay half %
one OF the life preserveTs OF the tor
pedoed transport Tuscania- War De-
partment officials inspected the rolts
at Governors Island.
The Washington times., 1918-03-10

bomb, which has proved a most eff
fective anti-U-boat weapon.
Thus, by the development OF this
device, one more peril has been added
TO the many which surround the un-
der-water sea pirates. What with
depth bombs. DIVING shells. enemy
submarines below the water, enemy
destroyers and patrol boats on the
surface. enemy rapid fire guns on Ine
merchant ships, blimps and seaplanes
In the air above the sea, and. most
important OF all, detectors OF con-
stantly increasing range and ac-
curacy-well, the C-boat crews. to
say the least, are not having a very
happy time of II these days.
The Washington times., 1918-03-10
500 WOMEN OFFER SERVICES.

BLooMSFIELD, y. J., March TO-
Indisputable evidence that the wom-
en- Of England are no more patriotic
than their sisters in America was
given here today when some 500 fem
mime patriots responding TO an appeal
OF the mayors committee volunteered
their services as munitions workers.
The Washington times., 1918-03-10
RAIL incomes pEcLIK.

Figures made public by. the Bursau
Of Statistics OF the Interstate Com
meree Commission show that during
the last year OF private control OF the
railroads the income was t121. oOo, 900
under the returns for the previous
year. .,.<-.s
The Washington times., 1918-03-10
LABOR COUNCIL ADJouRNs.

It's work completed for the time
being, the Advisory Council to Sec.
rotary OF Labor Wilson has adjourned
indefinitely, II. was announced today.
John Lind. former Governor OF Mime
sofa. who Is chairma nof the council
has returned home.
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DENTIST GOES ON
TRIAL TOMORROW
FOR BRIDES DEATH
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girl when he loved another; that one
misstep led to another. and that the
web OF circumstances that was woven
about him became so involved that he
resorted to desperate measures to
free himself.
Alice knight met johnson when she
went to work at the Virginia Medi-
cal College as a stenoGrapher. jus.
one year. lacking ten days before
the date OF her death. Johnson. al
though engaged to Miss Ollie White,
girl in his home town, whom he
had known all OF His life and to
whom he had given a diamond en-
gagement ring, began to shower at
tentions on Miss knight.
Upon completing his course at the
college last summer, Johnson re-
turned to MlddleseX and opened a
dental office.
The Secret Marriage.
As the months rolled by he made
several visits to Miss knight at Rich
mond and on September II last, mar
ried her. The marriage was kept a
secret and the bride continued her
work at the college.
Johnson returned TO MiddleseN
where he continued to show atten-
tions to Miss White. Miss White.
pected the young dentist to marry
the home town girl on Christmas
day.
1t was not until the sudden death
of Alice knight at the home OF a
friend, Miss Bertha Taylor, where
she was spending the night, brought
the facts to light, that the people
Of MiddleseX knew OF the marriage
OF DR.. johnson.
At the funeral OF the bride, johnson
manifested great grief. lie tainted at
the grave and again at Police Head
quarters, where he went to offer his
services in the inquiry to determine
the cause Of the woman's death.
One week after the funeral, war
rant for Johnson's arrest was sworn
out by Detective Sergts. John +.
Wiley and Gordon p. Smith. Detec-
tive Wiley started for Wilson. n. C..
where Johnson had stopped while en-
route home.
before the detective coulu reach
wilson. Johnson swallowed poison,
and could not be brought back until
two days later.
In Johnson's room at the hotel, De
tective Wiley found the young den
lists suitcase. In II, among other
things. were the silver coffin plate
from his wife's coffin, bearing the
words at rest" and a faded floral de
sign from her grave, to which was
attached a card bearing the words.
MY wife"
These articles will form an impor-
tant link in the chain OF circumstan-
tiaI evidence against tho young dem
list. johnson emphatically denied
having placed them in his suitcase.
and claimed that someone slipped
them in without his knowledge.
To Use Letters ARRInSt Him.
other Importance evidence discov-
cred among Johnson's effects were a
score of letters. written just before
he swallowed the poison. but never
mailed.
one to Miss Ollie White stated that
she was the only girl he had ever
loved: that he expected to meet her
in heaven: and that he prayed her TO
The Washington times., 1918-03-10
zoo, 900 70. BUILD SHIPS.

More than 100000 mechanics have
enrolled as shipyards volunteers. the
Labor Department said tonight
Illinois, which reached its quota
OF %. 1892 more than . week ago. 10
still registering men who volunteered.
The Washington times., 1918-03-10
TRorskY Is THROUGH.

LONDON, March -10.-Leon TrotSl<y,
Boishevik foreign minister. has re-
signed, according to a Petrograd wire
less dispatch.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17
May Close Improbable
Rand Gold Mines

Mr.. Malan, Minister of Mines, Union
Of South Africa, moved on January 10
in the Union House of the Assembly at
Cape Town for the appointment Of
select committee to report on the situs'
ton that has arisen in connection with
the working of some of the mines on
the Witwatersrand, owing to the in
creased costs of labor and materials
and other reasons" A cable dispatch
of January 18 from johannesburg to
THE London Financial Times" states
that "a dozen Rand mines are earning
less than 2 shillings a ton, and con-
seQuently have no prospect of paying.
dividend. 1t is expected that certain
proportion, possibly the entire group
will eventually cease milling opera
tons, with the view of conserving sup
plies for the richer and more profitable
mines. The idea is prevalent that the
government will remit license fees. ana
that the remaining companies will form
fund for the purpose of pumping ana
generally maintaining the closed mines.
Another view is that the situation may
be met by diverting stores and lacor
from mines the ore reserves of which
are becoming exhausted. "-En0tneer
|Gsa0 AID Mining Journal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17

price fixation alone or non-essential
production alone that Is denuding the
farms Of labor. The armies and the
war industries were calling for men.
The luxury industries held them and
left the farms to furnish them. But
the continuance Of the luxury indus
tries is not solely due to the presence
Of imitation and the lack Of taxation.
These industries should have been
displaced as the importation Of lux
uries should have been prohibited.
Nor is the idleness Of our women due
solely to unwise war finance. The
situation is actually complex of
converging blunders.
We had to keep up our food pro-
duction, else ourselves and our allies
must suffer-perhaps lose the war.
We still have to keep it up. And this
we had to do-and still have-con-
sistently with supplying the men for
our armies, our shipyards and our
plunition factories. The only re-
source was to go without the prod
ucts that under stress we can spare
or to open up new supply Of labor.
Speaking in the large, therefore, we
had to shift the men and equipment
from the non-esential industries into
essential production or to draft in
the labor Of women. Speaking again
in the large, we have done neither,
therefore our ships are not built;
therefore we are getting our cannon
by gift Of France and England;
therefore we are facing the prospect
Of famine. and Herewith may lose
our war. But the non-essential in
dustries and their products and the
idle women are with us for our solace.
Instead Of employing the luxury fac
tories for other production, we leave
them to run; build new factories in
stead, and compete against them for
the scant supply of men and cars
and raw materials. ..,., CO..
Not very different, indeed, is the
prayer we pray from the traditional
formula: "God give US the luxuries
and the necessaries will take care of
themselves" But in point of, words
at least we are not quite thus piously
foolish; we do continue to provide
ourselves through our own industry
with our luxury products; romanti-
cally we retain the decorative
women; it is to prayer that we ap-
peal only to provide ourselves with
food.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17
Britain s Steel Industry
Expands in Large Way
Output Shows a Steady Increase
Since War Started

Great Britain has increased her out
put Of steel from total of about $780,
600 tons before the war to about IL ,O0o,.
600 tons on the present basis. The Lon.
don Iron and Coal Trades Review" in
discussing this remarkable expansion,
says:
"The work Of extending existing
plants and of putting down steel works
has proceeded very satisfactorily dur
ing 1917, Notwithstanding the obvious
difficulties occasioned by the state Of
war. Several entirely new undertak-
ings are now in active, though not yet
in the fullest. operation, and number
OF others will be ready early this year.
The output of acid and basic steel
excluding steel castings and crucible
steeD in the United Kingdom in 1914
was not more than about 100000 tons.
IN 1915, including steel castings, it had
been brought up to about 100000
tons. During the year just ended, tax
ing account of the extensions in hand,
1T has been increased to 10,500000, or
100000 tons. This is a remarkable
achievement, but when all the new
plants are completed the annual pro-
duction should not be less than about
100000 tons. Government control
during 1917 has not only been main
tanned but intensified, for practically
the whole production has been re-
quired, directly and indirectly, for
purposes of the war. Hence CONNER
cial work has been entirely neglected.
1t is matter of profound congratula-
ton that in a period of deep and wide
spread industrial unrest the good reia-
tionship between employers and en-
ployed in the steel trade has been un'
disturbed by any serious dispute"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17

a quarter cents a pound. No allow
ance is made in these figures for the
increased incomes that the owners
need to have con account of the
war;" for their living expenses have
increased largely and greater re-
turns are necessary.
Everything throughout the world
is higher con account of the war"
even to "gharry" distances in Singa-
pore, in the Malay Peninsula. "Be-
fore the war" the official cab dis
lance from the hotel to the French
mail steamer wharf was two miles.
1t is now three miles, as the hotel
runner insisted. I triumphantly
showed him my guide book. He
looked at it, scowled, then quickly
frightened, and said, "Ah-no good
that book, he before war-then
two miles-now three-you pay me
three, savvy" IL paid, as I did
everywhere-through the proboscis,
as some English say.
This incident has nothing to do
with "Little Wall Street." nor with
sugar in Java or Hawaii, but it
merely goes to show that "war prof
iteering" is a pleasant pastime in
out-of -the-way places Of the world,
like Singapore.
Copyright. 1918. by Tho Tribune Associaticn)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17
What 1t Costs to
Produce the Sweet

The cost Of producing sugar in
Hawaii has risen nearly SO per cent,
according to recent "inside" state
ments. Six cents pound raw
sugar is now no more profitable to
the producer, it is maintained, than
was four-cent sugar before the
war. Freight rates on bags have
gone up; packing costs more; the
Is per cent bonus paid last year
added $50 4 ton; under the new
rates announced by the Planters
Union the laborers will not get so
much next year; fertilizers have ad-
vanced; the freight rates to the
Eastern American markets, or
rather to the refneries, have been
raised to about $50 ton. All told.
the Increased cost of production of
raw sugar on Hawaii is estimated
tc be at least $40, ard perhaps $50,
a ton. equalling from two to two and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17
Should Be Built
Under Federal Control

1. Our country must face the pos
sibility of war hereafter, in which
we shall need ships to keep our
foreign trade, preserve trade bal
ances and furnish transport service.
Our merchant marine should be
built under government control and
adapted to war needs in case Of need.
1t must be restored and kept at high
efficiency at any cost. Subsidies en-
ployed to do this must not be made
a means Of enriching individuals or
classes, but adapted to keep neces-
sary trade routes open at all times.
In such a case the profits Of the
carrying trade, if any, will remain in
this country.
2. To this end, either the Sherman
antitrust law should be repealed
outright-for it is vicious and mis-
taken in principle and has been abro-
gated for national reasons by our
government itself in its consolida-
ton Of the railroads-or, at any
rate, the Webb bill, which permit,
Of combinations for foreign trade,
should be passed at once, with such
amendments as shall make it really
effective.
3. The practice Of Germany for
many years past of not only permit
ting but encouraging cartels-which
are in effect pools for purchasing
raw materials to the best advantage
IN foreign markets and eliminating
costly competition among her own
merchants, and also for disposine Of
her manufactured goods and other
exports in the same way-should be
studied and adapted to the genius of
democratic organization. At pres
cnt the greater part Of Americans, in
Guiding manufacturers and exporters
themselves, do not know what a sa-
gacious and dangerous foreign trade
rival they have to contend with.
They simply know that they have
been baffled. In this connection the
recent proposals of Lord Rhondda
with respect to the adoption of some
such policy by Great Britain should
be noted, and also Japan's intelligent
imitation of Germany's methods.
That there are difficulties and dam
gers in this method should not be
overlooked. But it is certain that,
If Great Britain and Japan should
follow Germany in the creation of
cartels for the purchase of raw ma
terials and the sale of commodities.
the United States will have to shut
up shop unless she also does some
thing of the kind.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17
\ Place Where Thirteen Brokers Conduct
The Machinery Of Excited Speculation,
Mainly in Sugar, and Customers
Automobiles Run Wild

sons can get up stock company.
Three-quarters of the nominal share
capital must be subscribed, and
either 10 per cent paid into the
treasury in cash, or the corporation
shall have acquired property Of value
equal to 10 per cent. Any lawyer
can tell one just how easily these
requirements may be met. There is
no provision, as there is in France
and many other countries, for either
state or independent appraisals.
Therefore, the value Of the proper
" contributed under loose corpora
ton charters quite often depends
somewhat on the imagination of the
organizers, and also to certain ex-
tent on their judgment as to the
prevailing absorptive capacity of the
public.
Under one notorious corporation
law-that of New Jersey before the
laws were changed under Mr.. Will
sons Governorship-no one could
legally question the adequacy of
the consideration after the stock
had been issued. Hawaii, a newer
field for the activities of ambitious
builders of corporations, could hard
ly be expected to evolve better
protective laws than exist in a few
remaining older jurisdictions.
In newer countries it is often
considered desirable to give every
possible encouragement to attract
capital. In Hawaii they have sue
ceeded. While the sugar stocks
might at their inception have been
"watered" literally, their recent
huge earnings have caused great
appreciation in prices, though not
necessarily to an equal extent in
values, until they stood on Decem-
Der 81 at a premium of about $2O,-
100000 over their total nominal
par.