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The Washington times., 1918-08-12
I Jurors PICKED
IN NBURGESS CASE
(contInued from Page one.l

party to the crime, the youthful
prisoner expects to be set free
William Cloth, counsel for Kath-
leen Burgess, will make the fight to
save her from death. His defense
will be based on three important
facts. which. already have been writ
ten into the record OF the Gamble
case as part Of his testimony.
The FIRST is than when the plan to
steal q car was discussed in q wash
ington hotel, Gamble and Newman
agreed TO get one even IL they had
to kill some one. Mrs. Burgess was
present She demurred. She refused
to agree to continue the trip to
Texas unless both promised that no
harm should be done in securing the
automobile. Finally they agreed,
and she started on the trip. On the
road she told Gamble and Newman
that II they struck Werres she would
report them to the authorities
Protested Staying.
After the murder had been com
mitted, when Gamble and Newman
came back to the car, she asked re-
peatedly IL they had killed Werres.
They told her TO "shut up" or she
would get the same thing" Every
illegal act of the two men was made
upon protest from her. and she was
a victim of circumstances when she
continued the trip after the crime had
been committed These things Cloth
will try to prove to the satisfaction.
Of the jury and the judge.
Before the drawing of the jury was
begun today 1t was expected that the
sheriff would have to go outside of
Alexandria county to secure twelve
men for the jury. This was because
SO many had been called during the
recent Gamble trial Seven were Sc
lected out of fourteen who answered
the summons, however, almost at
once They may be permanent jurors.
William Cloth, counsel for Mrs. Bur-
CESS, expressed his satisfaction with
the selections after the court had re-
cessed until 10 o'clock tomorrow. The
jurors are ]. r. Cunningham, W.
Harvey Frost, Flarian Elliot, Ora
Frost. Joe Morse, Harry Dye and
Fred Collins.
The Washington times., 1918-08-12
ALLAYINe GERMAN PUBLIC.

AMSTERDAM, Aug. 12.-An official
note published in the Stuttgarter
Neustaddblatt is believed to be for
the purpose OF preparing German pub
lie opinion for evacuation OF consider
able territory between the Avre and
the Somme, according to advices here
The territory between the Avre and
the Somme roughly includes much of
the present battlefield, with the cities
of Nesle, Roye, and Chaulnes.
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PRISONER ROBBED IN CELL.

BALTIMORE, Aug. 12.-chargei
with the larceny OF IS from another
prisoner with whom he was locked up
IN q cell at the Northwestern polics
station, Howard Clark. colored. was
committed for court BY Magistrate
Brendel yesterday.
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SITUATION ON OISE
Is UNCHANGED"

PARIS, Aug. IL 02 noon).-The
French war office today reported that
the situation between. the Avre and
the Ofse Is unchanged"
Between the Avre and the Disc
there is no change" the comminique
said.
During the night the Marquivilliers
and GriviIlers regions (six miles east
OF Mondidier) were bombarded."
The Washington times., 1918-08-12
SHRUBS CONTAIN RUBBER

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 12.-The
American rubber trade has been more
or less seriously threatened ever
since the beginning OF the great war
in 1914. 1t is, therefore. Interesting
to know that there are shrubs now
growing wild in California that .on-
tain workable quantities of II. and
that by the cultivation of these 1t is
possible that we may be able to grow
our own rubber in the United States.
The Washington times., 1918-08-12
FOE LEADERS TRY
TO RALLY TROOPS

WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
FRANCE, Aug. L CAS- a. m)-Von
Der MarwitE and Won Hutier are trying
desperately to stifren the resistance of
their armies, whose backs are now al
most tight against the Somme.
The allies are advancing slowly but
steadily, their guns commanding not
only Roye. Chaulnes. Nesle. and Peronne,
but the Somme crossings everywhere
The Washington times., 1918-08-12
KARLSRUHE BOMBED

LONDON, Aug. 12.-BrItish air raid
ers caused an explosion in the Karls-
ruhe station when they bombed that
city, according to an official state
ment from the air ministry.
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MRS. FRANK RAILS
AT HER QUEST|ONER

ROCKVILLE, Nd, Aug. 12.-Mrs.
Juanita Frank again lost her temper
on the witness stand today in the
Montgomery county courthouse, where
she is being sued for $4,000 by Mrs.
Johanna Roth. She threatened Attor-
ney John Garrett, counsel for Mrs
Roth.
Mrs. Frank declared she would
throw Garrett out OF the window,
after he had asked her a question.
The situation was quieted when Judge
Peters raped for order and ruled out
the question
Attorney Garrett attempted to
show that Mrs. Frank had disposed
of considerable property and nnan-
cial holdings.
81 have sold some pigs and a table
and some such things" said Mrs.
Frank. II have not tried to dispose
OF my valuable holdings"
Dodges Some Questions
Asked about apparent discrepan-
cies in her testimony in the famous
brick trust case" in which she was
a Government witness and which Mr..
Garrett thought germane to the
present trial, Mrs. Frank declined to
answer. She said she feared she
would incriminate herself.
In regard to her present properties,
Mrs. Frank said she had a one-third
interest in 10000 acres OF wood land
near New Orleans and q Judgment
against a farmer, one Rouge, now
with Pershing in France.
Questioned regarding her bills OF di-
vorce against her second husband,
Daniel J. Christopher. in which she
stated that she had no wealth, she
answered that the bills were not
sworn to.
In regard to the sale of her stock in
the firm OF Roth Brothers. she said
she sold IT because she feared bank
ruptcy, having learned thai the finaIf-
cial condition of the concern was not
good, she said.
81 understood Roth Brothers were
using duplicity in their dealings" she
said. II sold S31 500 worth Of stock
for S12.500."
Warned by Mrs Roth
ut was my stock" she continued:
Mrs. Roth knew it At the time Mrs.
Roth and l talked about Roth Broth
ers she told me they were a disrepu-
table bunch However, Iheld on for
while. believing the stock would be-
come more valuable, because the COM
pany had live subsidiary, the Jones
Electric Spark Company"
Mrs. Frank admitted she had re-
ceived mail in the name of Mrs. J. F.
Roth, but said that Mrs Johanna
Roth knew this, and that the name
was used for obvious reasons Asked
by Attorney Garrett as to when she
broke friendship with Mrs Roth, Mrs.
Frank said that the trouble was
caused by Mrs. Roth's inability to get
along with her husband Mrs Frank's).
we were very close, mutual and
anectionate friends" she said, until
then. Mrs. Roth moved to another
house, and provided her with furni-
ture, and paid her insurance premiums
for her"
The Washington times., 1918-08-12
FRRS BALK AT KING

AMSTERDAM. Aug. I2-The Finnish
diet has rejected the bin providing for
the election Of a king by q vote Of Is
to a. The bin cannot be revived until
after the general elections.
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Foe Casualties in Picardy
Over 100000

LONDON, Aug. II (9:4o a. m.).-German casualties
on the Picardy battlefront reliably esti-
mated at more than 100000. r .~~ry
PARIS, Aug 12 (10:20 a. m.).-The number of Ger
prisoners taken in the new drive is estimated by
Matin at nearly 100000 with than 700 guns cap
tured
Thirty-one new divisions have been identified in
Picardy, making total of ia divisions (probably
1,368,000 men) used since July Is.
The Washington times., 1918-08-12

The Wnr SavinEA Pledge Card,
which you can fiji out and sign, Is q
little note written 10 Uncle sam as-
surfing you are with him In the war
and intend to stay with hin. ....
The Washington times., 1918-08-12
MORE TROOPS TOTALLY

ROME, Aug. 12.-More American
troops will be sent to Italy, Franklin
D. Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary OF
the Navy, announced here today.
Let Uncle Sam buy . gun for .
soldier on You. Buy War Savings
Stamps.
The Washington times., 1918-08-12
FRESH FOE TROOPS
OPPOSE AMERICANS

THE VESLE, Aug. 12-American and
French troops opposing the Germans
The Washington times., 1918-08-12
Foe Uses Reserves.

Rupprecht is throwing in his re-
serves as fast as he is able to bring
hem up for the purpose OF slacken-
ng the advance Since Thursday ten
lit divisions of his already limited re-
serve have been Identified, making a
total of thirty-one divisions engaged
since the start Prisoners say that
six Of these divisions were hurried
from the Vesle region in omnibuses.
Indications are that the German
high command will make its biggest
effort within the next forty-eigbt
hours to hold up the allies on the
present line. which is practically the
same as the old Somme line
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Germans Flee.

Meanwhile the British were an-
preaching Damery wood. The tanks
were now close up. and our barrage
was heightened, falling in the wood
itself. Then, as though from a signal,
a vast mass OF Germans ran out OF the
north end of the wood toward a copse
to the eastward The gunners never
had & finer target. the enemy running
in compact punches, carrying machine
guns and machine-gun parts. All en-
emy machine gunflre stopped and all
but the heaviest artillery ceased.
! have gone into such detail re-
garding this action because, apart
from the first getaway. the fighting on
the whole front is exactly like this.
From Albert to south OF Montdidier
there are many little battles inside
the big one, but they are timed to fit
in with each other, while whippets,
cavalry, tanks and airplanes mold 1t
into a compact whole.
The Washington times., 1918-08-12

French seventy-hves opened up and
a light French patrol advanced to-
ward the hill. This frightened the
bochcs, who began laying down bar
RACES south OF the road, apparently
thinking they were about to undergo
another cavalry charge such as the
British made in this region the day
before.
Four tanks came up from behind
US and charged the woods in plain
sight. Enemy shells fell to the left
and right, but none Of the tanks were
hit. Each tank had to cross the high
way twice.
Machine guns on our left began
pouring bullets into the wood, the
Germans retaliating bIindly. The
French began advancing up the hill.
crossing the road within a short dis
tance OF the wood itself Here, for
the purpose OF steadying his men. a
French officer coolly walked up and
down the road in plain view against
the chalk-white dust, waving them
on
The Washington times., 1918-08-12
S|MMS DESCRIBES
ALLIED ATTACK
ny WILLIAM PHILIP sIMMs.

WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
THE FIELD. Aug. 1.-THE Can
adams have progressed beyond Chilly
1.-TWO miles southwest OF Chaulnes).
cutting the Chaulnes-Roye railway at
Hallu, while below this at Damery
(three miles northwest of Roye) I
personally witnessed the taking OF
the last portion of high ground be-
fore Roye, the English and Frenrh
cooperating.
The hill is 800 fest above sea level
Across its creSt runs the Amiens-
Roye road. rThree miles from Roye a
thick wood crowns the hill. To the
@etF OF the road the German posi-
tions were defended by concrete pill
boxes" and nests of machine guns,
while trees were fitted up as observa-
ton posts. A mile to the northward
lies Damery village Half way be-
tween is Damery wood With the
possession of these positions the
allies could control the entrance or
exit OF Roye. The attack began at
$3.50 with half an hours barrage
from the British heavy guns. the Ger
mans replying in kind. The enemy
counter battery yesterday showed he
has brought up reserve artillery. but,
as an officer at my side remarked, sit
is nothing to write homo about"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-20
DEMOCRATS MAY NOT
ADOPT DRY" PLANK
Special Platform Committee,
Said to Favor Prohibition,
Likely to Ignore 1t

What attitude the Democratic State
committee will take toward the prohibit
ton question is expected to remain a
secret until the special committee ap-
pointed to draft a State platform re-
ports back to the State committee next
week
The special committee met yesterday
in the Bellevue-Stratford Hote. Invi-
tations were extended to all the candi-
dates on the Democratic State ticket to
attend. but j. Washington Logue,
nominee for Lieutenant Governor, was
the only one who assisted the committee
in it's deliberations.
Municipal Judge Bonnlwell, nominee
for Governor, announced in advance
that he would decline the invitation.
Judge Bonniwell also served notice that
he would cling to the platform which he
made public at State Committee in Har-
risburg last June.
Most of the special platform commit
tee are believed to favor a prohibition
plank in the State platform. AS Judge
Bonniwell won the nomination on a
wet" platform, 1t is believed they will
dismiss the prohibition question by de-
claring that the Democratic voters dis
posed of it at the primary.
Il think 1t will be acceptable to the
majority of Pennsylvania Democrats
said Lawrence II. Rupp. of Allentown
chairman of the special committee, in
referring to the platform drafted That
was the only comment any member OF
the committee would make.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-20
WOMAN WHO KILLED
CHILDREN IS INSANE
Mrs. Gertrude Powell, Found
in Cornfield, to Be Sent
to Asylum

Mrs. Gertrude Powell, who yesterday
killed three of her four sons, at her home
near Pitman, N. J., was today declared
insane by County Physician II. II. Clark
and two other doctors who examined
her.
AS soon as the necessary commitment
papers can be made out the women will
be taken to the State Insane Asylum at
Trenton.
Mrs. Powell was arrested late yester-
day afternoon, several hours after the
crime had been committed Deputy
Sheriff Frank Frederick and a posse Of
farmers located her in a cornfield near
her home.
She was dazed and recognized no one.
She was 80 weak that instead of re-
moving her to the county Jail she was
taken home. where she spent the night
under guard. Coroner Elwood Downs.
when he saw the womans condition,
stated an inquest would be unnecessary.
Mrs. Powell drowned her twin sons.
Samuel and Augustus, four months old.
in a vat of water behind the house. Her
other son, A. Stewart Powell. two years
old, was taken by the crazed WOMAN into
a nearby field and shot In the left side
with a shotgun.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-20
"LOST'' WASHINGTON STATUE
ARRIVES: UNWILLING TONIGHT
Figure With Sword Right Side at Destination and p O.
of A. Committees Worries Over-Ceremonies
at Camden County Court House

statue in the grounds Of the Camden
County Court House at 4:30 o'clock,
but the unveling ceremony will be de-
layed for several hours.
The base of the statue was already
in place. also a number of derricks to
swing it on to the pedestal. AS It will
require several hours to assemble the
statue. it Is possible that II will be
placed about 10 o'clock tonight. Large
arc lights have been erected on the
courthouse grounds to give necessary
light for the belated ceremony.
S o calls for the monument which
came from Barrie, VT, were sent
from Camden this morning by Samuel
Moore, of the unveiling committee.
Railroad officials said there was a
great deal of traffic on the road and
could make no promises when Mr.. Moore
informed them that the monument must
arrive before 4 O'Clock this afternoon.
Moore then wired to Secretary Nc
Addo at Washington and received
priority order for right of way for the
monument
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-20
PRAISE FOR LABOR SCHOOLS
Fleet Official Predicts Training
Departments in All Industries

Predicting every factory and indus
trial plant in the United States would
install training schools to prepare un-
skilled men to fill skilled labor positions,
F. F. MacNary, superintendent of train
ing for the Emergency Fleet Corporation,
today detailed plans of the training
given shipbuilders in an address at the
Engineers Club.
1.-THE principle of training men in
schools advances efficiency" he said, by
relieving half of the responsibility rest
ing on the shoulders of the production
department of plant.
iThe training school plan has been
successful in shipyards, like Hog
Island, for example. where most of the
men were trained before they went TO
work, and who came from. lines vastly
different from shipbuilding.
"The Emergency Fleet Corporation sys-
tenn is to take experienced tradesmen--
riveters, for example-and teach them to
impart their knowledge to others: After
they have been taught how to tell others
what to do, we send them TO the ship
yards and let them become teachers
There are 500 of these men in the coun-
try's shipyards."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-20
PHILADELPHIA AIRMAN dies
Lieut.. McGinnis, Instructor, Fails
to Survive Operation

Second Lieutenant Louis McGinnis. Of
the Army Aviation Corps died last Fri
day following an operation in the hospi-
tai at Camp Carlstrom, an aviation field
near Arcadia. Fla, where he was an
instructor. The body was brought back
to Philadelphia, arriving at his home,
5337 Chester avenue. last night
His funeral will be held tomorrow.
Solemn requiem mass will be sung at
the Church of the Blessed Sacrament,
Fifty-sixth street and Chester avenue.
and interment will be in Holy Cross
Cemetery. with full military honors.
Lieutenant McGinnis was commission
ed in May last and sent at once to
Camp Carlstrom. He was the son of
Andrew p. McGinnis, of the legal de-
partment Of +. w. Clark & CO.. bankers
and brokers. Chestnut street near
Fourth.
A brother, Walter, is in the navy and
another brother, Joseph, is in the avia-
ton corps.
Lieutenant McGnnis was a graduate
of the Roman Catholic High School
class of 1913, and was employed in the
Bureau of Health and taking night
course at the University of Pennsylra-
MIA when he enlisted in the air service.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-20
PHILADELPHIA WINS
CROSS FOR BRAVERY
Private Theodore Pisticoudis
Rescues Comrades as Ger
man Shells Rain

The distinguished service cross. the
highest honor for bravery awarded by
the United States army, has been con-
ferred upon Private Theodore Pis-
ticoudis. 402 South sixteenth street.
Award of the honor was announced
today in the communique from General
Pershing. Private Pisticoudis feariessly
left shelter and ran out into she'll
swept mo Mans Land" in the vicinity
of Chateau-Thierry and rescued three
infantrymen who had been buried by
an exploding shell.
Private Pisticoudis, member OF ma
chine-gun squad, was intrenched in an
inclosure protecting the position of the
machine gun. Shells were exploding all
about the Americans as the infantrymen
advanced in their fanlke formation.
A shell larger than those that had been
falling nearby suddenly exploded, tear
ing big hole in the ground and burying
the three advancing infantrymen in
earth.
For several moments they lay out ir
the open, unable to move and exposed
to the gruelng fire Without any hesi-
tation Private PisticoudiS left his sta
tion, and crawling carefully on hands
and knees to the Imprisoned men, liber-
ated them.
Shells were bursting about him and
several times he narrowly escaped being
| bit He finally managed TO return tC
the dugout leading the infantrymen who
! had been daZed by the exploding shell
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-20
LIBERTY BONDS TAKEN
BY TIRE STORE THIEVES
North Broad Street Robbers
Also Get Cash and Certi-
fled Checks

Burglars jimmied open a safe at the
Philadelphia Tire Company, 26s North
Broad street, during the night and OBJ
tanned Liberty Bonds, thrift stamps
cash, certified checks and other papers
valued at s2500.
To make their way into the building
the thieves broke into the establishment
of j. Patterson & Co, 1468 Vine street.
climbing to the roof through a skylight.
then walking over to the top of the tire
company building and descending
through another skylight.
Virtually every paper of any impor-
tance in The safe was removed, accord
ing to the firm. Alongside the safe the
burglars left their tools.
While in the place the robbers at
tempted to smash their way through to
the establishment of the Times Square
Auto Accessory Company. 260 North
Broad street. but never completed the
work Part of the wall was demolished.
The accessory company was robbed III a
similar manner about two months ago.
The Liberty Bonds and thrift stamps
stolen amount to $1,000. About $500 in
cash was taken and $500 worth of certi-
| fed checks
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-20
BANKER LEFT MILLION
AND VALUELESS STOCK
William Burnham Accumulate
ed Wealth, Though Some In
vestments Failed

Despite the big fortune that he left. it
became known today that William
Burnham, the Philadelphia banker,
who died at the Lankenau Hospital on
February 25, had invested money in
thrty-nine worthless enterprises.
The amount of money lost by the
banker in these investments cannot be
determined, but careful checking up of
sound stocks. bonds and realty discloses
that he left an estate valued at $780,
SOL.
Few men in the city were interested
in such a varied line of investments as
Mr.. Burnham, for when he died he left
holdings in gold mines, southern fruit
lands. copper mines, western lumber con-
Germs and other enterprises. Many of
these are worthless.
Stocks held by him in sixty-one con-
Germs, ranging in a wide variety through
out the United States are of the value
| OF $454,069.01. Demand notes held by
the estate Of the dead financier are
valued at $32,239.01. He owned bonds
| In ninety-two enterprises throughout
the country, of total value of $710,-
| 302.67, including securities of the Penn
| sylvauia, Reading and Jersey Central
| Railroads, the Philadelphia Rapid Tran
sit. Bell and Keystone Telephone Com
panies. Baldwin Locomotive Works,
Western New York and Pennsylvania
Railroad and the Pennsylvania. Water
and Power Company, besides scores of
bonds of other corporations.
The estate holds $4,000 in bonds
| Of the first Liberty Loan and $4,000 of
the second Liberty Loan. Mr.. Burn
ham owned cottages in Beach Haven,
N. j., in Hancock County, Maine, and
in Monroe, Oregon. He also owned the
steam yacht Iduna, appraised now at
$4,000, and several automobiles and fast
motor boats. the latter the Woglinde
and the Wohin. He also held a one
eighth interest in the schooner Herbert
Loring, Islesford. Me. The estate also
holds $1,000 in war savings stamps.
The yachts. personal property, auto
mobiles. household effects are left to
his widow. Emma w. Burnham to
his daughter. Persis B. Furbush; and
his son-in-law, Charles Lincoln Furbush,
The estate is divided into forty-eighths
and left in trust for his wife and chill
dren and grandchildren. The widow re-
ceives the income of eighteen forty
eighths of the estate for life. w. Ross
Burnham, a son of the testator. receives
the income of six forty-eighths of the
estate for life.
Inventories Of other estates filed to
day include those of William l. Knouff
S1l12.05; Henry B. King. sS9Ss.73. and
George A. Kiefaber $6776.
James ii. Fitzpatrick. 2239 Spring
Garden street, who died August IA, left
an estate of $1,000. He left $500 te
his daughter, Regina, bequest of $500
free, to Ellen Atkinson and the balance
to his five children, share and share
alike. He signed his will by mark.