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The Washington herald., 1919-03-16
1S PAWNTICKETS
SPENDER'S ROLL
Boy Millionaire Is Ar
rested for SIS Hotel
Bill.

Murray Grummett. self-styIed New
York millionaire, today is eating the
meager fare of a Washington police
station.
The lad, who is barely is, was
brought to this city from Baltimore
last night by Detectives Scrivener and
Kelly. When searched at police head
uarters his only possessions were
eighteen pawn tickets. These he
claims to have found.
Grummett ran up a bill of s14 in one
day at the Belvedere Hotel in Balti-
more. Then the hotel manager had
him arrested.
Borrowed 81 of JaiIer.
While in the Baltimore jail he bor-
rowed a dollar from the jailer. He
forgot" to pay this back. When
starting for this city he told Detec-
tive Kelly that he disliked to travel
in a day coach, and wanted Kelly to
buysPullman seats.
"I just hate the soup that they
serve in the Jail. Won't you let me
go over to the Willard for my meals, {"
he asked of his captors.
When he put up at the Baltimore
hotel he is said to have asked for
the best room available. This proved
to be $4-a-day room.
Well he said, when told that that
was the best, '1'li take that for a
few days. but ! must have something
better" He told the bellboys that
1t was his custom to leave a gift for
them. One boy, on the strength OF
this statement. borrowed some money
Now he's got to quit going to the
movies" for q year.
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Daniels Departs for Europe;
Likely Return Decorated

New York, March 15.--Bearing
Secretary of the Navy Daniels and
his official party, the transport
Leviathan steamed out of Hoboken
bound for Brest, France, in heavy
snowstorm at 4:45 o'clock today.
A stiff breeze made 1t dif1cult for
the tugs to maneuver the monster
liner into midchannel. but within
fifteen minutes after the gangplank
had been showed off. the vessel was
out of sight in the storm.
Accompanying Secretary Daniels
on the trip were: Mrs. Daniels. Sena-
tors Thomas. Martin and Charles b.
Henderson, Rear Admirals Taylor.
Griffin and Earl and Commander
Foote. Twelve Representatives. W.R.
Foote. Twelve Representatives, w.
r. Green, G. w. Ramseyer. Landislas
Lazaro, John E. Baker, Walter NJ.
Chandler. Hatton w. Summers WILL
lam A. Ashbrook, w. w. Hastings,
Tom Connolly. James .Glynn, Addi-
son Smith and Burton French. were
also on board.
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u. s. WILL Get
5 ENEMY LINERS
Giant Inperator Among
Ships That Will Start on
Trips This Week.

Brussels. March 15.-Germany will
surrender approximately $500, 900
tons of merchant shipping TO the
allies under the terms OF the
economic agreement reached here. it
was learned today.
France will receive from $4,000 to
100000 tons and the remainder will
be divided between Great Britain
and the United States Italy will
get the use OF the Austrian mer-
chant fleet.
Eight arst-cIass transatlantic
liners will proceed to England with
in four days to be manned by Amer
ican crews and employed in re-
patriating American soldiers. The
giant liner lmperator (51.S6s tons),
but slightly smaller than the Lew
latham, will begin carrying Ameri-
can soldiers by the middle of next
month.
The Germans will deposit 10000
600 marks 25o00o) in gold in
the National Bank OF Belgium with
in five days. and 250,e00,o00 marks
(s62, 5ee,0oq) within ton days.
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DEMANDS LAW
FOR WILHELM
Dutch Refuse to Release
Former Kaiser Without
Legal Authority.

London, March l5.-If former Kali
ser Wilhelm is extradited from Hol-
land he must be taken legally. ThSt
Il. the Dutch Governments position.
according to the Minister Of Justice.
who made a statement in the Cham
Der of Deputies today.
The minister declared he recognizes
no right outside of law. according TO
a dispatch from The Hague.
The statement of the Dutch Minis
ter of Justice is interesting in view
of recent dispatches from Paris show
ing the lack of legal precedent for
trying deposed heads OF governments
for moral crimes. Members Of the
reparation commission of the peace
conference are still considering pun
ishment for the Kaiser, Admiral Ttr-
pitz and others.
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new YORK CITY
AST0UNDS PAU
Poem of Pressure" Vet.
eran Head of French Mis-
sion Terms Metropolis.

New York, March 15.-"New York
Is a dream city-a city of nightmares
and of beauty all at once. II Is a
city of tranquility aud of chaos. 1t
is city you can love and city you
can hate"
Gen. Pau, French war veteran Of
the conflicts of 1870 and 1914. thus
epitomized his impressions of the
world metropolis today before sail
ing on the Mauretania with other
members of the French mission which
he heads.
New York is a reel of motion pic
lures which never ends" said Gen.
Pau. Many of your wonders are ab-
surdities; many are majestic.
'One sees more activity in Forty
second street in an hour than you see
in London in a week. Everyone seems
to be going somewhere as If afraid
someone else was going to get there
ahead of him. The killing speed OF
everyday life here is appalling. New
York is a poem of pressure.
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Have Accepted Falsehoods. .
We have frantically denied every
statement made by the enemy with
out stopping to consider whether they
were true, and we have thereby not
only missed the advantage of many
valuable admissions in our favor. but
put ourselves gratuitously in wrong.
We have passionately accepted and
reafirmed as authentic news stories
which on the face of them coulu
not possibly have been true.
Our suppressions, being sane ana
premeditated. have been worse than
our raging affirmations; in short, we
behaved as naively as the children or
certain little country town in my
neighborhood, who assembled at the
railway station when the announce
ment was made that some prisoners
of war were to be imported for work
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JOHNSON CALLS
ANSELL MARTYR
Demotion Was Caused by
Senate Test nony, Sol
dier-Solon Charges.

Representative Royal johnson. of
South Dakota, a member of the Amer
lean army in the world war. to-
night issued a statement severely
crtticising Secretary of War Baker
and Gen. Crowder for the demotion
Of Brig. Gen. AnseIl.
AnseH. was denoted from brigadier
general to his peace-t time rank of
lieutenant colonel, Johnson charged,
because he testified before the Sem
ate Military Affairs Committee re-
garding iniusti9es Of the cOurt-martial
system.
Johnson declared that under the
courts-martial system the enlisted
II those in authority do not desire
him to receive one.
Challenges Crowder Statement.
Gen. Crowder has said the only
issue Is a difference of opinion as to
whether the board should revise and
overturn verdicts of general court
martial and whether the power should
be exercised by the Judge Advocate
General or the President.
That is not the issue at ALL The
two issues are: First, whether the
Secretary and the Judge Advocate
General intend to continue in the
statement that the court-martial law
IS wise and benefcent, that no in
justice has ever been done under il,
and that it should not be amended,
and; second. whether they will con-
tinue the injustice to Gen. Ansell, in
his demotiOn for testifying before a
Senate committee
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Paris, March l5Pedent Wilson today effectively senced the
discussion the United States whether the league of
nations would be integral of the treaty preliminary
otherwise which the Germans put their signature The President
fatty said it would.
His official, and issued behalf Of the
American delegation the President making plain that the
Americans had considered the proposition of dyorcns
league provisions from the peace pact
The attitude of the American delegation outlined later to
the correspondents. 1t this
The program OF the first session Of the
ference provided that being drafted
the eague should be integral Of
Fnaly this and the whole
The Americans hold is
that the outstanding feature of any Germany
be the league"
The text OF the official issued by
The plensry council positively decided that the
league OF nations is be of
absolutely truth the
This statement cabled the Presidents secretary Joseph
p. Tuuuly New Sork.a
President Wilson delegated Col House him the
meeting of the Supreme War Council afternoon because
wished 10 devote his studying
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10 at Camp Lee Stricken
With "Sleeping Sickness ,

week has been almost continuously in
state of coma, is on the road to re-
covery, according to DIR. John Con-
stas, her physician. Except when
awakened to receive nourishment Mrs.
Zoliotis has not opened her eyes since
she was stricken, but within the last
twenty-four hours her sleep has not
been so profound.
Only one of the Camp Lee victims
is said to be in danger of death. In
this case, however, complications
have set in.
DR.. Fowler said last night that il
the present malady is encephalitis it
is not contagious. Asked why the
disease is taking hold in various cities
in what seems to be endemic form,
he said:
Il cannot explain that, and l
doubt if anyone else can give a So
luton. Pellagra. primarily a dis
ease peculiar to the South, has been
known to occur in other sections of
the country in the same manner as
we now see sleeping Sickness" and
yet pellagra is not a conta gious
malady. 1t probably is caused by
dietetic conditions"
Medical scientists here agree. and
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LAST DAY RUSH
ON INCOME TAX
BRINGS BILLIONS
Expected Onslaught Upon
Washington Offices Fails
To Materialize.
CHECK UP DELNQUENTS
Mail Returns viii Swell
Total Many Millions, Says
Treasury Department.

Washington awskens this morning
with a clear conscience.
The army of taxpayers of the Ma
tionaI Capital went "over the top IN
an efficient, orderly manner and DID
its Bit toward the payment or close
to 5000 900 in income taxes, whlch' ec-
cordfng to reports received last nlsnt'
has rolled into the Golfers or the gov
ernment as the first installment on
81. 10000. 900 which is to be raised 10
help nay the cost OF the war.
ID. C. Pays Promptly.
washinstonians. unlike residents Of
other large cities, have been unus-
ually prompt in paying their income
taxes. Despite expectations there
was no last minute rush at the ONCE
OF the tax collector at Eighth and G
streets northwest
The office closed at midnight after
fifteen hours OF steady work and the
force Of a dozen workers under Dep
uty Collector T. H. Aud went home
tired but satisfied that they had done
more than days work.
From o'clock yesterday morn
ing a steady but orderly stream OF
taxpayers fled in the two onces'
made out their returns. paid their
as il nothing out of the ordinary had
happened
Not a policeman was in sight after
u o'clock noon. They were not
needed, because Of the fact that no
crowd lined the sidewalk nor did
mob OF belated taxpayers attempt to
storm the building. Everything was
carried on in an orderly manner.
Only two persons, according to
Deputy Collector Aud, came to him
and announced that they could not
pay their income tax because they
didn't have the money. These two
were men, single, whose incomes
were s., 800 and 81, 500. Both were told
that no extension would be granted
and the tax must be paid or they
must take the consequences.
Few Hnd to Wait.
At o'clock last night. the time
scheduled for the local office to close,
there were only twenty-five people in
the building engaged in making out
their returns.
To accommodate the public Deputy
Collector Aud installed a branch post
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LEAGUE STAYS IN PEACE TREATY; j
PACT READY FOR HUNS MARCH rs;
Drafted Man Says He Had Part
In Staying That Started Great War

Camp Sherman Ohio March I5-Ineigence officers
day investigating story told by Private Frank Hobel
patient in the base hospital that he of four
who plotted the of the Austrian Archduk Franz
Ferdinand, which plunged the world into
Hobel after the his father him $500
and advised him to leave the country.
According Hobel story, he travelled night overland
until he reached Consantnople He landed in New York six
weeks after Austria declared Serbia
He Loran, Ohio where he was employed in steel
mill When the United States the he drafted
He had been Camp Sherman most OF the time IN the
hospital for treatment of tuberculosis
Intelligence officers said today that their investigation far
indicates telling the truth. Hobe born in Bosnia
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MAY HAYES AID
FOR MRS. inch
Missing Witness Appears
To Testify in Trial of
Actress.

New York. March 15-sMsy Hayes.
missing witness in the Betty Inch
trial for alleged eStortion of Sis
from Eugene P. Herman, under
threat of furnishing divorce evidence
to his wife, is in New York tonight
and promises a sensation in court
Monday.
Il have come to testify for Mrs.
Inch, who has been shamefully treat
ed" said May Hayes 1T was only
when an emisssry from Mrs. Inch's
counsel came TO me that realized
the need for my presence"
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The object of Secretary Daniels
visit to Europe is to study first
hand problems which he will be
called upon to solve in relation to
Americas naval program. Several
experts on naval affairs are accom-
panying him. The Secretary will
make an extensive study Of aero
nautical problems in Europe also.
Belief was prevalent in naval
circles that Secretary Daniels would
be the recipient of royal decorations
upon his arrival on the other side.
Mrs. Daniels presence in. the party
indicated that it would not all be
official business.
Rumor has it that when the Sec
rotary comes back he will bring
with him the deeorat ton of the
Knight Commander of Bath. he
Legion of Honor. and possibly a
Belgian and Italian decoration. Sec
retary of War Baker. who calls in
week or two for Europe, also is
scheduled for few ornaments, it
is believed.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-16

Boy Knows 200
Operas by Heart

New Orleans, La, March IS.
-Octavius Roy Cohen, jr., g.
year-old son of Octavius Roy
Cohen, author and playwright
of Birmingham, Ala, this after
noon proved before a jury of
educators and musical critics
that he knows 200 operas by
heart.s -e--s s--s.-
The baby, in a formal test
identified and lisped the names
of opera after opera unerring-
ly, as photographic selections
chosen by the jury were
played.
Nicholas Bauer, acting super
intendent of New Orleans pub
lie schools, headed the exam
ining body and pronounced the
exhibition the most phenom-
email in his experience.
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AIRMEN TO TRY
ATLANTIC FLIGHT
Admiral Taylor Announces
u. S. Aviators Will Be
Ready in Month.

New York, March 15.-America will
be ready within one month to start
several airplanes on the first flight
across the Atlantic, it was stated by
Rear Admiral Taylor of the Naval
Bureau of Construction and Repair.
The announcement of Americas
preparations for a transatlantic flight
was made by Rear Admiral Taylor.
following visit to the aeronautical
exposition in Madison Square Garden
with Secretary of the Navy Daniels
Admiral Taylor expressed the be-
lief that America would be the first
nation to make a transatlantic flight
by airplane. He said he understood
England would attempt a fiight across
the Atlantic in dirigibles within a few
weeks.
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Wilson Attends Conference.
President Wilson this morning
handled a mass of correspondence and
There he conferred with the Ameri-
can delegation.
This afternoon, he attended the ses-
sion of the supreme war council at
the Quai d'Orsay and was given ad-
ditionsl information Of the work Of
the council during his absence. espec-
tally as regards terms affecting Ger
many.
President Wilson. it is understood
is most anxious 10 take up not only
the German terms. but also peace
with Austria. Turkey and Bulgaria.
which. it is said. should be framed in
the next three of, four DAYS
When the American Executive ar
rived at his residence in the Place
des Etsts Unis he found Lloyd
George waiting for him. After
luncheon the President went to the
Hotel CrilIon where he was met
with kisses from NJ. CIemenceau. NJ
Tardieu and NJ. Loucheir, French
minister of reconstruction. 4 con-
ference followed with the French
premier at 3 o'clock and lasted un-
til $50, when President Wilson es-
corted his callers to the CriIlon
entrance where a crowd had gath
cred to catch glimpses OF the
statesmen.
The appearance together OF Mr
Wilson and NJ. ClemenceGu occasion
ed loud cheering. 1t is noticeable
that wherever both go they are pre-
ceded and followed by scores OF
plain clothes detectives taking
greater precautions than formerly
CnNTlNIEn ON PACE SIX
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on farms When they were asked
what they had come for they replied:
ITO spit at the Germans"
Those who told them that this was
naughty and sent them home were
Immediately accused by several quite
fully grown persons of being pro-Ger-
man.
Depths of Passion.
For. indeed, the worst Of 1t was that
we did all these things not merely to
a few unfortunate Germans who were
within reach. but to those of our
own people who behaved punctiliously
according to the creed of Christian
Chivalry or even with common
decency.
1t seems hardly credible now that
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S5,000,000 Damage As
Rains Destroy Tomato
Crop on Florida Coast

Miami, Fla. March 16.-Damage es-
tima:ed at s5,O0O0O0 was done to the
tomato crop on the east coast of
Florida by heavy rains during the last
twenty-four hours. it was estimated
today. Practically the entire crop
was ruined.
Considerable damage resulted in the
city of Miami. Wooden paving blocks
in the business district were torn
away and the downtown section re-
sembled a lake. Many stores were
flooded.
Rainfall broke all previous records.
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War End Frees Nitrate
OF Soda for Fertilizing

Nitrate OF soda Uncle sam INTENDED
TO use in defeating the Germsns now
viii be converted into fertilizer to
help feed the world
One hundred and fifty thousand
tons OF nitrate OF soda have lust been
released by the War Department 60
felp meet the increased demands OF
farmers for fertilizer, the Department
of Agriculture announced yesterday.
II was originally INTENDED for making
high explosive shella
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Dirty Fingered Boy
Hands $5,0O0,000
Check to Uncle Sam

Chicago. March l5.-One slip OF pap
er nonchalantly handled by a greasy
fingered Office boy today enriched the
United States by 10000.
TITS our first installment on our in
come tax" yawned the messenger
This, the largest return by a Chic
ago concern. will amount TO $4,000 =
900. The collectors ONCE was jammed
until closing time. The number of re-
turns this year will exceed that Of
last year by far, officials ssid
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should visit industrial Germany.
IN France the white scar OF
ruins stretches like leprous scale
from the mountains to the sea.
Cities are wrecked, farms are
bombed into waste land. commerce
is blighted. homes are ruined. CIV
ilization is blanched and dead The
blighted area is from fifty to 100
miles wide. Then It stops as sharp
yly as though some terrific fire had
been checked, and at the German
border we see another picture.
There the cities are untouched,
the farms fat and smiling, busi-
ness is proceeding as usual;
homes are comfortable and civili-
Eation functioning as though no
great war had touched 1t. Fur
mace fires are glowing in the fac
tories and while raw materials are
lacking and most factories are
working only OF half time, yet
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Will Continue War Risk
Work, Despite Shortage

Despite the scarcity OF funds, re-
sulting from the Congressional fill
buster, the War Risk Bureau will
continue work, Treasury officials
announced last night.
Emergency funds, however, that
the bureau expected to have avail
able will have to be cut, and about
5000 contract" employees will be
without jobs temporarily.
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Ex-Kaiser's Second Son
Suing for Divorce

Amsterdam, March 15.-Prince
Eitel Friedrich, second son of the
former Kaiser, is suing for divorce
because Of his wife's alleged inf
delity before the war, according to
the Kleines Journal
The prince, who is 35 years old.
was married to Princess Sophie
Charlotte OF Oldenburg, February 27,
1895
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upon tho whole the complicated
thing called life is proceeding
throughout Germany without Sc
rious impediment.
When peace is declared, when
the amount ct the bill for dam
ages is rendered, Germany will
pay it-perhaps by repudiating her
home debt, perhaps by mortgag-
ing her future. but having settled
the bookkeeping necessary to get
the debt off the day book. Ger
many will start in the race for
the worlds markets abreast with
England and ahead of France!
Such is the irony of the victory
for which we fought 1t is tragic
ally unfair and of course the
Peace Conference will not let this
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Germans to Join Peace Farley
March Is; Pact Nearly Ready

Paris March I6-Whi unlikely Conference
will reach rock bottom until Wednesday predicted the
Germans will be called about March z5
French have begun predict conclusion Of
before that date They old
secret treaties which the European delegates regard genemc
agreements and President Wilson's fourteen points
wipe all but like King head secret
deals keep every subsidiary the
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BY WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE.

Correspondents The Washlngton Herald
Paris Feb 49, IooThe real job of the Peace Conference
that tentative draft of the league of nations has that
spinning is to find let of the tail of the
bear Germany being the bear and her tremendous economic
advantage being undesirable tail Germany
vanqushed has the advantage France the No
how high the bill of damages be- there still
German advantage the situation which damages will
France that President Wilson should view
of France But that picture
the shield To clearly what France suffer the President
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Resigns $1,000, 900 Job.

Detroit, Mich. March &c. Harold
Wills. generally credited with salary
of 100000 q year as production man.
sger and chief engineer for the Ford
Motor Company. today resigned to go
into business for himself.
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Germany Reate1 in Big
Wer, Abreast of Allies
In Struggle for Trade

Plants of Enemy, Untouched by
Invader, Ready to Resume at Top Speed,
While French Manufacturing Concerns
Have Been Ruined-Hun Can Pay His
Debts and Still Face Future With Hope of
Regaining Lost Commerce.
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Shan AsSails Those
Who Counsel Revenge
Upon Fallen Enemy
BY GEORGE BERNARD SHAW.
Copyright, 1919. by Star Company

London, March I5-We unaccusomed being at
with civilized neighbors that OF have idea
how should behave ourselves under such circumstances
Not only simple citizens but editors and
soldiers have been guilty of the
shocking solecisms.
Instead putting full dress clothes standing
behavior ecklessly injurious
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Wilson Issues Statement in Paris Declaring
False the Report that Society of Nations
Covenant Will Be Dealt with Separately
By the Conferees- Stand Is Supported by
American Delegation.
HOUSE WILL SIT IN PARLEYS s
FOR PRESIDENT TEMPORARILY
American Executive Thus VIII Be Relieved
To Attend to More Important Conferences
On Outside with Delegates of Various Ma
tions-Holds Sessions with Lloyd George
and Clemenceau.

Berlin March le.-The German conservative press n
conducting campaign to induce the government refuse
to sign the peace treaty if the are hsrsh" These
newspapers the government to the threat let
Boshevnm Germany with the resultant danger Of
spreading to other parts of Europe
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THE WEATHER.

30.
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