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The Washington herald., 1919-08-11
''LOVE" DRIVERS
WRECK TRAFFIC
Newest Menace Is "One
Armed Man in Auto.
Say Police.

A new menace confronts the traffic
policemen OF Washington, the autoist
that uses one arm TO drive with and
the other TO encircle the waist Of his
lady fair.
Several officers in the conSested
sections OF the city have said that
unless the young men who only give
the driving OF their machines half Of
their attention they will be reduced
to nervous wrecks.
Not only do these one-arTned drivers
whisper sweet things in the ear OF
their grille, declare the officers. but
they will also turn around, their ma
chine running at the speed limit, and
converse with someone in the rear
seat
Unless a ruling is made by the de-
partment that will provide for taking
the license from drivers who pay
more attention to spooning than to
the safety OF the walking public
traffic officers predict a large in
crease in the number. OF casualties
due to auto accidents.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-11
Mother and Child Are
Killed In Train Crash

Atlanta. Ga, Aug. lO.-Mrs
Charles Wcstbrook. a.. and her
daughter. AureIia NestbroOk. Il,
were, instantly killed and four other
children were injured, one of them
probably fatally. when a north
bound Louisville and Nashville pas
sCnger tran crashed into an auto
mobile at a crossing in Canton,
Ca. today.
The family had started to HoI-
brook Camp ground where Mr..
WcstbroOk has been preparing for a
camp meeting.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-11
ACTRESSES HELP
IN STAGE STRIKE
Seek Recruits Along Broad
way Support Is Offered
From Road.

New York. Aug. 1O.-Some of the
were swishing silk-skirtedly up and
down Broadway today endeavorinG
to enlist sister workers in the cause.
They were the dainty members of
the choruses of theatrical productions
closed by the walkout OF members or
the Actors Equity Association.
According to male members of the
association, however. their efforts
were almost unnecessary because,
they declare. voluntary enrollments
for membership are piling up so fast
that they may have to put on extra
clerical forces.
While no orders to close road shows
have been issued to date, it was an
nounced today that these might go
forth at any moment. Numerous tele-
grams from actors playing in South
ern and Western cities have been re-
ceived in which support Of the strike
was promised, association officials
said.
Managers of the nine theaters closed
by the strike announced the theaters
would be opened next week with sub
stitutes in the casts to replace all
who have walked out.
Efforts also are being made to
have the musicians and electricians
walkout and the Stage Hands Union
has decided that the time is propi-
tious for the presentation of a new
wage scale.
The list of theaters rendered dark"
through the strike was increased to-
day by the addition of the Forty
Fourth Street Theater, at which
Monte Christie, Jr." has been show
ing.
"Gold Diggers, May Join.
Reports at the Equity headquarters
had 1t that when rehearsal is called
tomorrow for THE Gold Diggers," a
Bclasco production. Ina Claire, the
star, and Bruce McRae, leading man,
both of whom are members of the
Equity and the latter of whom is vice
president, will lead other members of
THE Gold Diggers" cast in refusal to
rehearse.
A telegram from Raymond Hitch
cock was said to have been received by
the Equity today, reading:
THE rumor that / was preparing to
replace a striking actor is absolutely
false. I am still member of the as
sociation. 1t can command me-"
John Drew also sent word that he
was in every way at the Equity's dis
posal," declared Grant Stewart, cor
responding secretary of the Equity.
Plans by the striking actors for ben
eft performances are meeting with
some snags, owning to the difficulty
of securing theaters.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-11
Delousing of Reichstag
Done, Assembly Returns

Berlin. Aug. 1O.-The Reichstag
building, having beeen cleaned of
the myriad insects and Yermin that
invaded it at the time Of the revoIu-
tiun. when it was serving rioting
mobs a. sleeping quarters. the Ma
tional Assembly. now sitting at Wei
mar. will move to Berlin in October
and hold sessions here until Decem-
Der. \ new election is scheduled
for January. The delousing of the
Reichstag building took six months
AID cost a small fortune.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-11
NATIONAL ANTI-RAT
WEEK IS PROPOSED

Government health experts here are
considering the advisability Of stag
ing a national anti-rat week.
The anti-rat week idea originated in
London, whe-e noted health leaders
formed a society to fight the disease
spreading pest One member turned
his barn into a great cage in which
The Washington herald., 1919-08-11
WOMAN SLAIN
NEAR HOME OF
SUSPECTS Wife
Bullets in Victim S Body Fit
Pistol Found in Sher-
ifs Valise.
OFFICER IS ARRESTED
Wife, Who Hated Woman,
Attempts to Defend
Her Husband.

kalamazoo, Mich. Aug. lo-Prosc-
cutor Wattles has obtained a warrant
formally charging George S. Hook
noll. a deputy sheriff and detective,
with the Staying of Mrs. Bessie Voeth.
She was shot twice in the back with a
SS-caliber revolver, evidence shows,
and the bullets in her body are of the
same type used in the revolver found
in the prisoners grip. which he left
at a hotel instead of taking home
with him. He admits being with the
woman up to o'clock in the evening.
I won't say that I did it. no mat
ter what you do or say" was the
final statement by Hocknoll.
The finding of two bullets in the
body of Mrs. Voeth Thursday after
several hours OF probing and the dis
covery of two suitcases with a re-
volver and clothing belonging TO
Hocknoll at the Columbia Hotel, puts
the case against Hocknou in such
shape that Sheriff Eaton says will
warrant their holding him for trial.
Wife's story Different.
Hocknoll said that when he returned
home Friday night he crawled into
the house through the basement win
dow and endeavored not to wake his
wife because of her anger toward
Mrs. Bessie Voeth, who was killed
that night in a lonely spot on the
railroad track only a short distance
from the Hocknoll home.
The prisoner. however, says that
his wife was waiting for him and
that they quarreled in bed for sew
eral hours over Mrs. Voeth, he in
sisting that he cared nothing for her,
and his wife insisting that he did.
Storie1.Sa Greatly.
This story is quite different from
the one told by Mrs. HocknoI in
which she declared that Hocknoll re-
turned early, chatted pleasantly with
Mrs. Hocknoll and her mother for a
short time, then kissed his wife
and LAY down and slept
like a child"
Mrs. Hocknoll also emphasized the
CONTINUED on PAGE TWO
The Washington herald., 1919-08-11
Game Officials Killed
When Train Hits Auto

Warren. Pa, Aug. 1O.-Dr. Joseph
Kalbfus, secretary of the Pennsyl-
vania Game Commission. and Z. w.
Kelly. superintendent of the COM
day when an express train struck
their automobile at a railway cross
The Washington herald., 1919-08-11
Maj. David E. Barney, U. S. A, Shoots Self
AS Detectives, OBTAINING Bride, Wait to
Seize Him on Bgamy Charge

cooked The detectives detained the
bride: together they waited for Bar
ney 10 appear. a boat attendant came
running. He had seen a blood-stream
triCklinE from beneath the door Of
the washroom.
The noise OF the ferryhoat scrapinE
the pier. had drowned the report OF
Baney's pistol.
Mrs. Josie May Barney. whose
CONTINTEn nN rAGE TMn
The Washington herald., 1919-08-11
Herald Newsies
To See Mickey

The Washington Herald
has arranged with the man.
agement of Polls and Sid
ney B. Lust, distributor of
the picture, for the enter
tainment of carriers and
sales boys of The Herald.
for tomorrow's matinee.
Don't miss this photoplay.
Carrier and sales boys
may obtain cards of ad- .
mission at the Circulation
Department tomorrow morn
ing.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-11
Royalty Entertains Servants.

London, Aug. 10.-King George and
Queen Mary were hosts yesterday on
the Buckingham Palace grounds to
], 900 servants and their families.
Members of the royal family played
games with the servants children
and had tea with their guests. Later
Princess Mary and Princess Victoria
Joined in the dancing while the
and Judy show.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-11
MEETING CALLED
TO EVOLVE PLAN
FOR RAILROADS
National Conference Octo-
Der Sixth VIII Seek So
luton of Problems.
SHOPMEN STILL OUT
Insurgents Control Situa-
ton, Reports Indicate,
Despite Wilson S Plea.

A national conference on October
6 for consideration OF the prob.
lens surrounding the "democrsti.
zstion of the railroads" was an.
nounced last night by the men
invited here by representatives OF
the railroad workers who stand
behind the Plumb plan for the
naturalization OF the countryyt
transportation systems.
Ths announcement was made ir
a statement from Walter Clark.
Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court
Of North Carolina, who acted a.
chairman OF the preliminary con-
ference.
What the national conference will
seek is a solution of the railroad
problem through the adoption OF
a plan which will place the rail
ROADS IN the hands Of the gov
eminent. afford transportation at
cost, and give TO labor a share
in the management and the profits
arising from increased efHciency.
1t does not necessarily seek the
adoption Of the Plumb plan.
Three Committees Named.
Meantime the preliminary confer
ence will proceed in an orderly man
ner. Three main committees will be
named 70 investigate along the fol-
lowing lines:
L 4 committee composed OF tech
nicsl and engineering experts TO re-
port upon the proposals embodied in
the several plans now before Con-
gress.
. A eornpittee composed OF legal
authorities 20 report upon the vsrf-
Gus legal and constitutional questions
involved.
3. A committee TO be composed OF
economic and financial experts, who
will report on the soundness Of the
various plans from a financial stand
point
JntbrEcnts IN ConlroL
Insurgent leaders last night seemed
still in command Of the situation in
the railroad labor situation
With shopmen OF Chicago and
throughout Ohio and the Middle
West voting not to return TO work IN
defiance OF President wilson request
TO halt unauthorized strikes. Official
Of the Rail Administration stood pai
on their refusal to discuss wages de-
mands until all men are back 70
work.
President Wilson, Il was indicated.
will take no notice Of the letter said
10 have been sent him by J. D. San
ders, Of the Chicago District Council
OF striking shopmen- The letter de-
clared the shopmen will not 20 back
until the government meets their de-
mands for vase increases.
As result OF q conference between
the strikers OF the Chicago district
and Representatives OF the tnterna-
tional officials OF the union two men
left Chicago last night for Washing
ton to seek an audience with Director
General Hines. They were J. n
Sanders, secretary Of the Chicago
district council. who Will speak for
the men. and David Cross White, =
vice president OF the international
Carmen's Union. who will represent
the international officials.
Mr.. Sanders said he would be able
to show the Director General the IN
ternational officials do not represent
the men
New Haven Hard Hit.
In New England insurgent
strikers seemed to be swinging
back to the stand OF Chicago
workers. The New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad was
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The Washington herald., 1919-08-11
The Net Circulation the Washington Herald Sunday Was 3429I
THE WEATHER

Today - Fair. Tomorrow Fair and.
slightly warmer Highest temperature yes
terday, 81; lowest, S..
The Washington herald., 1919-08-11

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The Washington herald., 1919-08-11
MORE WASHINGTON NEWS

-is printed every day IN The washinrt,
Herald than in all other local papers.
addition. you get ALL the telegraph new
The Washington herald., 1919-08-11

CONTINUED on FACE TWO.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-08-30
LUXE M,LukE SAYS

No matter how brave "a knocker may
be, he always changes the subject quick
Ily when the man he is knocking happens
to come along
A married women can't understand why
it is that her husband never acts any
thing like the sweet-faced heroes in the
movie filum&
Any husband has right to his opin-
ions if they happen to be the same opin-
ions his wife holds.
A 10-pound baby can boss a woman
around. But she would like to see her
2io-round husband try it.
Another damli: Once upon a time there
was an automobile clock that showed
the correct time after the car had been
driven for year.
The man who has to cough all the time
when he is attending church never thinks
of coughing when he is attending a
show.
Another sad fact is that if man hap
pens to marry his first love she isn't al
ways his last love.
What has become of the O. f. 1S-year-
old girl who got good spanking if she
wasn't home by o'clock at night?
Success won't turn a. mans head the
way see-everything skirt will turn his
head.
A woman isn't happy unless her clothes
are clean loking where you can't see
chem. But it is different with man.
One reason why divorce lawyers own
automobiles is because. about the time
they are married two months she inn.
AGNES that she owns him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-08-30
NEW YORK REWARDS CRIME

fled district attorneys and courts. and
as his only concession agrees to make
a complete statement when he returnst
to Italy, where he will not be placed1
on trial-a1so a part of the agreement
with New York-and where he will bel
perfectly safe. This man says he was
the director of the organization, which
numbered among it's victims, Barnet
Bats a prominent business man, who
was murdered November "a, 1914 Some.
of the employees were arrested and tried
for their share in that crime and others.
but the more prominent actors have
been safe, none more SO than the drec-
tor who is on the point of going back
to Italy after receiving thousands of
dollars aggregated from a daily rate
of SO per day as witness fee
The recent discharge of Ralph the
Barber" who confessed to taking part
in % murders and who escaped all
punishment, directs attention more
closely to the latest instance of the
director of completely organized crimi-
nal operations. New York's criminal
laws may be in need of revision when
men of this stamp may make open con-
fessions and yet escape all penalties.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-08-30
SLOGANS
From Golfers s.

From Golfers.
Slogans won the war. We do not know
which of the greneradier guards went
over the top crying EAT less bread" but
history will not forget those Americans
who shouted 'Subscribe to the Liberty
Loanr' as they plunged their bayonets
into the shrinking and unsloganed foe.
The French supplied us with two i'm
mortal phrases: ION les aura" and Ills
ne passernont pas" and Nj. Maurice
Barres, or the cartoonist who was his
cola borator, expressed the inner truth
of victory in the phrase: IF only the
civilians see it through" Slogans we
fancy, were chiefly intended for civilians,
which is strange for Consult your en-
cyclopedia, please) the word means "a
war cry" 1t was even corrupted into
slug horn, as if it were an instrument,
and SO used in an immortal line by Rob-
ert Browning.
They are interesting things, and no his
tory of the war will be complete without
them. But We are free to wonder wheth-
| err their time has not passed. Mr.. Will
| son discovered that you cannot make a
sloganed peace-even epigrams failed
him. And the steady business of life, sc
bitterly complicated by the war. needs
something more solid. and less hysterical
| than three words and an exclamation
point.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-08-30

not improve the condition of labor
ing man to give him more wages
when he is Immediately compelled to
pay out the increase for the necessi-
ties of life which are keeping pace
with his earnings. The one reacts
on the other and will continue to do
so, until America gets back on a
normal basis.
Until there is an end to profiteer-
ing, boarding and universal initiation
of values, strikes will only add to
the burdens under which the people
directly concerned and the general
public now struggle. There is in the
attitude of the shopmen threat to
strike if there is no improvement in
living conditions, but in the mean
time it is their patriotic duty not
Ito force the issue. President Wilson
is labor's friend, and has proved it on
many occasions; the government is
striving to do what it can, not only
for railroad workers, but for all
CLASSES of people who cannot live de-
GENTLY on their incomes.
The American people, as never be-
fore, must "carry on" in the vital
work of reconstruction and fight dis
Organization and decentralization by
concerted effort, by working, by saw
ing and by cooperating with the gov
lernment.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-08-30
Cigars For Prisoners

They may not always exactly de-
serve it, but the merchants of Birmirg-
ham are usually pretty good to the pris-
oners in the city JAIL said J. T. Glover,
warden. Yesterday the r. d. Burnett
Cigar company sent about 500 cigars to
the prisoners and it certainly was a
pleasure to see them enjoying the
smokes.
People in this country thought it
very peculiar that the soldiers of the
allies and our own were so fond of
smoking that they would indulge this
desire even though wounded and at
times dying, but it does not seem at
all strange to me. because it takes a
mans mind off his trouble at least for
while. Other merchants have donated
cakes and other good things to eat on
holidays and whether any of the prIs-
oners ever said anything about it, I
know they appreciated them"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-08-30
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE



Il have had a number of delightful
trips but l believe the one / have just
completed was by far the most enjoya-
BILE of the lot" asid Alex M. CARRIER.
with my wife and two sons, Alex and
Eugene, l went to Chicago to join my
brother-in-l law and his wife, Judge A. L.
Ayres. We toured leisurely through
Ohio, visiting Akron, Toledo and other
points and winding. up. at Clev-ls =
Here we had the car placed on a
steamer and set sail for Buffalo, where
we embarked and tried the automobile
once more, journeying to Syracuse
Rochester aid on up to Alexandria Bay
and thence - Montreal The dash
through the st. Lawrence rapids and
the Thousands Isles was a glorious one.
We came back to American soil and be-
fore we got to New York had taken in
all of the New England states. visiting
number of the largest cities. From
New York we motored to Baltimore and
from there we came home by train. 1t
took nearly two months to make the
tour, but it was worth the time and the
money devoted to it. In going through
New England ] saw no cultivated field
of more than 10 acres, but factories
were everywhere. / was surprised 1T the
agricultural progress of New York
state. I am glad to be back here feel
ing fine and fit for work"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-08-30
Stamp Savings and
Thrift Campaign.

q TEADY progress of the Savings
~ Stamp and Thrift campaign is
being made. Every county and schoo
district is being thoroughly organ
lied and the result will bring abun-
dant fruit
he nation wide mites in large
aafame will flow into the treasury
da rtment, and the aggregate OF
- lps in small items will total
.thing like a billion dollars dur.
ing The course of the current year.
here is no fixed Alabama goal
alt if the team workers continue
thcr efforts this state will score a
greet achievement.
y nile war "drives" swept abroad
the country the Liberty Loans emo
Savings Stamps raised all the money
that was needed for the time. But
now that the war is ended the inten-
sive drive is a thing of the past
the thrift movement is just as impor-
tant, however, as ever, and while the
lesson is learned, Uncle Sam Areceiv-
ing much needed revenue.
Every woman in Alabama should
assist earnestly Mrs. Richard F. John
stno, chairman of the woman's divi.
sion, in promoting the thrift cam
paign. The women will accomplish
wonders.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-08-30
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
NIX HHEN New York is compelled to
WW compromise with the higher
ranks of criminal enterprise
by coaxing, hiring, and finally setting
free master agents in crimes that in
boldness startled community accus-
toned to commercially conducted crime
the outlook for the respecta BILE elements
of that city is not what might be
selected if choice were unhampered.
The return to Italy, his native land, of
the actuary for organized criminals
whose exploits defied the efforts of
the city's legal machinery to interfere
with them, is an astonishing revelation
The man brought from Italy to give
evidence against others is not only
free but returns home with between
$4,000 and $4,000 of money contributed
by the public funds for his support as
witness, to the crimes which he
organized and for which he issued
direct orders to hired assassins who
were paid regular wage.
The witness has already cost New
York thousands of dollars, has confess
sed to his share in the crimes. has de-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-08-30

1t may look like hard lines for war
hero to go back to job that pays only
$500 year. but in some cases he APP
pears to be satisfied.
X y *
Here's the theatrical season drawing
near and the actors are still on strike
dema nding their rights. Great Caesars
ghost! Haven't playgoers any rights?
y. y y.
When it comes to handing out an I'LL
tlmatum. Director General Hines could
give few lessons to the surviving mon
archs of Europe.
% y y
A fair war worker was shocked by the
behavior of American soldiers on leave
in France But isn't it almost as bad
to run home and tell tales out of school?
y 3; y
A contemporary speaks of stage
changers" Is that the uplift term for
scene shutters or stage hands?
y * y
III iSSS tIou nays plIluISS ~ DeAlH-
ing beauties will disappear from the pub
lie prints.
y 81 81
If the dancing masters take the wiggle
out of the wiggly dances, what Will
remain?
*. y x
A New York landlord accused OF cam
ing his tenants should have been born
when the feudal system was in flower.
Y. * *
That old sea dog, Admiral Grayson, will
doubtless keep President Wilson fit on
his forthcoming tour.
4 4 4
1t il hard to believe that Germany is
repentant as long as souvenirs of Will
helm are popular in the fatherIand.
i. \. y
At any rate, the House of Represent
| tatives is convinced that Pershing earned
a promotion in France.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-08-30

Washington Special to the New York
World.
Senator Lodge was disturbed today by
reports that Colonel House was busy in
London organizing the league of nations
and giving all the big jobs to English
men Along came Senator Knox and, to
liven up the gloom, told this story:
| An American in London was introduced
| to an Englishman. who said: "Why. no
| Introduction is necessary; you and have
had lot of correspondence
/, II beg pardon. said the Yankee. What
+, was the name?'
!, "Chumley."
! "Chumley?"
+, Yes. j. Evelyn Chumley-
| C-H-O-L-M-O- N-D-E-L-E-Y."
| "Oh, to be sure, But will you kindly
, tell me why you folks over here don t
pronounce yosr names as they are
spelled"
| AT that replied the Englishman. we
are not so bad as YOU"
I'm what way?'
well, YOU people spell the name of
your Secretary of State L-A-N-S-I- N q.
and you pronounce it House.