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The Washington herald., 1919-09-15
LONE OFFICER
BATTLES GANG
Wounded Policeman Ar
rests Two From Ring of
Negro Gamblers.

Bleeding profuseIy from a wound
on his head, and surrounded by a
ring OF negroes, Bicycle Policeman
Thomas O'Donnell yesterday after
noon succeeded in breaking I'D a
crap" game and arresting two of
the alleged participants.
ODonnell saw the game in pro-
gress on a vacant lot on Sherman
avenue northwest, between Irving
and Kenyon streets. Approaching
quietly, he seized a man who gave
has name as Mervin Cooper, colored.
773 Kenyon street. When ODonneIl
took his prisoner to a telephone box
to summon a patrol the negroes
formed a ring around the officer
and his prisoner.
O'Donnen was hit on the head
with a brick. The policeman fought
off his assailants and held on to
his prisoner. and in the meantime,
taking Samuel Cooper, Mervin's
brother, into custody, men in the
patrol arrived.
The Cooper brothers were charged
with gaming and assault. Each
was released on $50 collateral.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-15
BUREAU SEEKS
half HOLIDAY
1000 Employees Ask Presi.
dent for Saturday After
noon the Year Round.

Seven thousand employees Of the
Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing, through their trenty-three
trade organizations yesterday tele-
Eraphed President Wilson 7eqsest-
ing that all government employ es
be granted half holiday Saturday
the year round
As it is now an almost universal
custom" the plea Of the Bureau
workers reads TO grant the Sat
urday all year round half holiday in
large business enterprises Of ma
tional scope, and is found to work
for the betterment of the service
and employees We most respectfully
petition you to grant the year
round Saturday half holiday to all
government employees beginning
September n 1914
The telegram and resolution is
signed by Edward R Williams.
chairman and Matilda Lindsay. sec
retary,
The Washington herald., 1919-09-15
BOSTON IS NOW
MENACED WITH
F|REMEN STRIKE
Secrecy Surrounds Union
Session But Ugly Rumors
Gain Currency.
GUNS GUARD CHURCHES
Hub Worshippers Get Re-
minder Of Colonial Days
As They Go to Service.

Boston, Sept, f4.-Ah ugly ruHaor in
circulation tonight was that at Sc
cret meeting Of the Boston firemen' :
union this afternoon rs per cent of
the members voted to strike in sym
pathy with the police. The union
officers refused to reveal what action
the meeting took. It WAS stated that
IL the firemen strike Gov. Coolidge
will request the navy to send 100
marines to fill the freHen's places
A trace of the thrill of Colonial
times ran through the city today as
The townspeople went to church un-
der the protection OF infantry. cav
airy and artillery. II rs a far cry
back to the era when Miles StaRdfsh
and his contemporaries held back the
Indians with matchlocks and broad
swords while the Massachusetts set
tiers went to divine service. But the
sight OF the oITve-drab-oiad troops.
the motor machine guns and the steel
capped horsenen swept Boston's I'm
aginatIon back through the years
Boston went to church, but there
was room in the churches for strans-
ers. The Sabbath spirit appeared to
have touched the striking policemen
and rhefr sympathizers and the camp
followers Of the forces Of vfntenos.
for rom dawn TO dusk not a pair
Of dice rolled IN a pubic place, not
rife cracked, not mob formed.
not a raid was staged-nut a child
was wounded.
The pulpit rallied TO rhe standard
Of law and order, especially In South
Boston, where the riotfns was most
common IN the first stage Of the
strflss. The Catholic rectors did not
spare their own congregations in de-
nounclng the Iawaessness which had
swept the dtstrtct
The Washington herald., 1919-09-15
4 INJURED AS AUTO
AND TROLLEY COLLIDE

Four persons were injured. none Sc
rio1sIy, last night when an automo-
bile. operated by Wsrdell Macklip. Of
Boiling Field. collided with a Capital
Traction Company street car, at
Twenty-sixth and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. northwest
Lenwood Walters. 30l3 Dumbarton
avenue northwest, his wife and child,
all of whom were in Mscklin's auto
mobile. were brought to Emergency
Hospital, together with Macklin The
automobile was badly damaged
The Washington herald., 1919-09-15
MILLER MURDER
BATTLES POLICE
Detectives No Nearer Catch,
ing Man Who Slew Gro
Ger In His Store.

Efforts OF the police to track the
slayer Of Simon Miller. grocer. who
was shot to death in his store. lIoi
Lamont street northwest, Friday.
night. so far have been truiuess.
Although it is believed the solution
OF the murder rests upon the capture
OF one man. described as being tall
and wearing a light cap and dsrA
clothes no further Identification o.
the criminal has been brought 70
light
The fact that the only clue obtain
able by the police is the vague de-
scription Of a fleeing unknown man.
there having been no witnesses 10
the actual shooting, serves to com
plicate matters and the police are
frankly puzzled
Funeral services for the victim OF
the murder were held yesterday aft
ernoon at 1880 O'Clock in Above Sho-
lem Synagogue. Fifth and I streets
northwest. Interment at the He
brew Cemetery. Congress Heights.
followed
The Washington herald., 1919-09-15
JUMPS IN RIVER;
SAVED BY BOAT
Bridge Throng Sees Man
Drop to Potomac From
Aqueduct Span.

Before a large number of frightened
spectators. James ]. Cannon, 43 years
old. of Charleston, W. Va, yesterday
afternoon jumped from the north end
of tic Adueduct Bridge into the
Potomac River and narrowly escaped
drowning
William c. Ashford, f16 Fifth street
northwest, and Robert Duncan, of
Mount Rainier. Md, were standing
near a boathOusc when the sound Of
Cannn's body striking the water
startled them. They put OF N a row.
boat, rescued the drowning man and
brought him to shore
Cannon, the police say. was fntn1i-
Gated when he jumped from the bridge
A charge of intoxication was placed
against him Cannon was sent to
Washington Asylum Hospital suffer
ing from exposure
The Washington herald., 1919-09-15
FIRST DIVISION MEN
PERFORM AT CAPITOL

A sketch. lifted from the late human
drama, the World War. and which
might have been laid somewhere in
France, was reacted by hundreds OF
members OF the First Division on
the steps OF the Capitol yesterday af-
ternoon for the benefit Of a battery
OF motion picture men
Washingtonians and visitors who
were fortunate to happen around at
this time were treated to the same
entertainment which people through
out the country will eventually VII
ness on the screen.
Each wearing a repainted trench
helmet all freshed up for the review
Wednesday, these First Division boys
not only posed for the film men. but
went through the muscular feats
which they found necessary to put
the X. o. on their opponents
The Washington herald., 1919-09-15
VETERANS PAY HONOR
TO TWO DISTRICT MEN

Two Washington veterans were hon.
ored at the convention of the Army
and Navy Union. just closed at C1n-
cincinnati, Ohio, according to telesra.
phic advices received last night by
II. NJ. Knight former commander Of
Presidents Own Garrison.
William l. Hull was elected national
inspector general. and William T
Conray. 752 Gresham place northwest
WAS elected a member of the National
Council of Administration.
Lucas A. Van Toor OF Milwaukee
was chosen as national commander.
The 1870 convention will be held at
Erie, Pa
Mrs. Estelle 5. Jordan. Of this city.
was elected quartermaster general OF
the woman's National Auxiliary to
the Army and Navy Union.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-15
PERSHINC TODAY
OPENS OFFICES
OF A. {. F. HERE
Will Attack Mass of Work
That Has Been Accumu-
lating for Him.
SPENDS QUIET SUNDAY
Is Deluged With Invitations
And May Attend
Matinee.

Early to bed and early to rise
Will make Johnnie healthy. wealthy
and wise"
This is the aSe-worn adAEe that
Gen, John J, PershinE observed at
Z o'clock last night when he re-
turned from a reception given at
the home OF Mrs, A. B. Butler. 174I
r street northwest and immedi-
ately repaired to his suite at the
Shoreham Hotel
This morning bright and early
Gen. Pershing will formally take
possession OF his new Offices In the
Land ONCE Building. thus estab-
fishing for the hrvt time In this
country headquarters Of the A
L F,
An almost discouraging pie of
corrcspondencc that has accumu-
lated and caused both the general
and his aides no end of worry win
be delved into today and disposed
OF as promptly as possible.
Deiaxed win Invft.tioes-
MAJ J. C Hughes, personal aide
to Pershing. is arranging to outline
the least strenuous program for his
chief. and II is expected that il the
business details can be taken care
of in the morning that Gen. Perish
ing and his stan viii attend The
musical comedy. Nothing But
Love- at Polls this afternoon.
Invitations continue to deluge the
general inviting him to visit all
sorts of functions throughout the
country and he is at = loss to de-
termine which and how many to
accept
Spends Qalet Sabhath.
Gen Pershing spent the Sabbath
quietly. In the morning he attended
st Johns Episcopal Church. where
he was confirmed many years ago by
Bishop Brent now chaplain general
OF the A <. F.
Tho Rev. Edward s. Dunlap, pas
tor. did not mention the generals
name once during the sermon, ex-
planning that Celebrities are always
embarrassed when they are present
at a sermon which refers to them. ''
After short motor trip about the
city. during which he marveled at
its growth and general change of as
pect since he left Gen. Pershing re-
quiet luncheon He received many
callers during the afternoon, among
them being Senator Spencer, of Mis-
souri,.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-15
GOUGER AND WASTER
BOTH KEEP LIVING UP

The purchase by an Indiana black
smith OF ten silk shirts At so each,
and the offer OF Texas paHuhroker
70 dispose of war savings stamps be-
low market price are pointed to hy
William Mather Lewis director Of the
War Savings Division of the Treasury,
as indicating that the profiteer and e1-
travagant buyers are marching to-
gether to the detriment Of the pubic
welfare
As was to be Anticipated. the a.g4~
tation of the high cost Of living prob
lem, which 50 stirred the nation for .
few days, Is now rapidly sunsadfng, "
says Director Lewis IN a statement
addressed yesterday to the twelve dis
trict directors of savings.
Unless some national organtza ion
makes It IT'S business to keep the mat
ter before the public very ntti. re-
SUIT will have been obtained by the re-
cent excitement" Mr.. Lewis said
The Washington herald., 1919-09-15
Women Property Owners
Worst Rent Profteers

Louisville, KY Sept n-ReaI
estate men in meeting Yesterday
confirmed complaints thas there is
rent profheeJing in Louisville, but
disclatned responsibility for the sit
uation and voted to assist the com
mission in reducing the cost of living
by going to tie bottom Of concrete
instances of orofteerins brought to
their attention They also agreed to
advise rleir clients against raising
rents
II was contended that much Of the
"gouging" complained of is due to
subrenting and to women owners of
properties not in the hands of realty
men, women showing more of a ten
dency to increase rents than male
owners
The Washington herald., 1919-09-15
Find Plot TO Restore
Monarchy m Austria

vierrs- Sept u-Fouuwfnr the dis
oovery Of a pBut TO restore cas mon
archy IN Hungary and TIE arrest Of
Inonarctfc agents at Arrarn- the cap-
itaI Of Jugo-s1srfs- details were given
today Of plot fc- the restoration OF
the monarchy n Austria wficn was
planned for sspteInber p at a meet
ing OF the soldiers council and the
NOTlSswelr
These plans were anti-Semitic and
modelled on the same lines as rae re-
cent attempt TO re-establ the mon
archJ IN Hungary. The headquar-
tiers Of the plot were in Vienna and
two Officers have been arrested for
completely IN II Many monarchist
agents arrived recently from Swftzer-
land and started a violent press cam
paign IN behalf Of ex-Emperor Karl.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-15
STREET CAR KILLS MAN:
MOTORMAN SUMMONED

John Seller, Il ssS Fifteenth
street northeast was killed yester-
day afternoon after being struck
by a street car OF the washin gton
Railway and Electric Company, in
front of the Potomac Electric Power
Company plant at Benning-
Seller, whose skull was fractured
by the blow. was taken to Casualty
Hospital but was pronounced dead
on his arrival
An inquest will be held at the Dis
tr1ct morgue this afternoon Charles
Cullman. 3o4 n street northwest,
motorman Of the car. and Henry
Girard. 800 F street northeast. the
conductor. have been summoned to
appear.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-15
5000 REGULARS
CAPTURE CITY
Well Supplied With Jack
First Division Men Look
For Fun.

Nine thousand members OF the
Fighting First" Division. fresh from
France and pay day. under a heavy
barrage OF currency. captured the
city's places of amusements and res
taurants last night
Practically every theater in town
displayed the S. R o. sign long before
the performances started. Movie
houses did a land-office business, cap
turing all the men who had been late
for the musical comedies and vaude-
vile shows
All the men seemed to be well sup
piled with Jack" and apparently did
not care very much where or how
they spent it. One fact is certain
The boys certainly can eat Robert
D. Largine. OF the Second Machine
Gun Battalion, surrounded four pieces
OF lemon meringue pie and then
startled the waitress by calling for
more
The Ninth street shooting galleries
were jammed with soldiers, eager to
display their prowess with firearms
and the sound Of bull s-eye" gong.
became monotonous on the busy thor
oughfare.
Many officers Of the division could
be distinguished on the streets and
in the hotel lobbies, by the famous
Sam Browne" belt but quite a few
were noticed as having discarded this
natty portion of their accoutrement.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-15
Urchin Knew Pershing
Earned Service Flag

In the crowds that awaited the ap-
pearance of Gen. Pershing at the
Shoreham Hotel yesterday morning
were two small newsboys.
The eyes of one gazed upon the
generals personal flag of four white
stars on a field of red. which was
flown over the entrance.
Say" said the lad, what's that
flag up there for"
What's that flag up there for?''
returned the other. why, you poor
fish, it means that four men from
Pershing's family were in the army
The Washington herald., 1919-09-15
2 WASHINGTON MEN
HURT IN BALTIMORE

Harry I. Williams. zoe Seventh street
southeast, and Robert J. Dunn, SIT z
street southeast, were injured In Bah
tImore yesterday when an automobile
they were riding IN crashed into a
street car.
Williams was badly cut on the face
and hands when he was struck by
fragments Of flying glass. He was
treated at Mercy Hospital, but later
caDe back TO Washington with Dunn.
The couple were driving behind a
street car at Baltimore and Hanover
streets when the car stopped abruptly.
Brakes failed to work and the auto
mobile smashed into the rear Of the
street car
The Washington herald., 1919-09-15
Japan Soon to Return
Shantung, Says Goto

New York Sept 1L-Japan will 70
turn Shantung as soon as '<atisfac-
tory arrangements" are concluded
with China Bnron Gotn, former Jap
apes~ foreign minister. declared upon
his arrival here today from Europe.
Nesotia lions with China aiming at
Shantung's return probably will be
sin within the next few months, Colo
said He added the terms OF the rn-
storation would he based on the
agreements concluded between Japan
and China in 1915 and 1919
Japan will ratify the peace treaty
at an early date" said Goto.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-15
Wilson Refuses Turk
Mandate, Paris Hears

Paris, Sept. 1.-THE British gov
ernment, according to the London
correspondent of LEcho de Paris,
has learned from Washington that
President Wilson has decided not
to accept for the United States the
mandate for Turkey in Asia or
Turkey in Europe, or both.
This, if true, will permit the
Peace Conference to take up the
Turkish treaty immediately.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-15
Fifth D. c. Infantry VIII
Assemble Tuesday Night

Members OF Companies A and C
Fifth Infantry, District National
Guard, are requested to report at the
armory, ~ L street northwest. to-
morrow night at o'clock. A speciaJ
order to this effect has been issued
by Brig. Gen. Simms, commanding
the District Guard.
1t is announced that reorganization
of units recently authorized bv the
War Department - namely. one hat
terry Of artillery, a company Of the
Signal Corps and an additional bat
talon Of infantry-wilI begin imme-
diately
The Washington herald., 1919-09-15
YOUNG BARONET KILLS
SELF IN LONDON CLUB

London. Sept A-Slr James Don
willie, a young baronet son Of the late
admiral, wss found fatally shot in
He had left a note apologiEing to the
club for his death there The night
before his suicide It had become
known that Sir James was IN serious
financial difficulties, eliminating In
bankruptcy proceedings
Early in the war DonvilIe was com
msnder OF II. NJ s Barbadoes in a
successful engagement with two Ger
man Destroyer Besides his wife he
leaves two daughters
The Washington herald., 1919-09-15
EMMELINE PANKHURST
HERE TO FIGHT REDS

New York. Sept. 14.-Just at the
time when the women OF the world
have, bsttled their way to the con-
quest OF the ballot-hsve even gone
to Jail and starved for it-up rises
the nenacing head Of BoIshevism and
threatens to rob them Of itz
privileges.
Thus did Mrs. Emmeline Psnk-
hurst, British suffrage leader, eI-
press herself when she arrived here
with the announced and svowed in
tention OF wsging war on the Boil
sheviki.
The women OF the world mus
fight Bolshevism 10 a hnish." she
declared
The Washington herald., 1919-09-15
Burglars Make $440
Haul in 18th Street

Thefts of jewelry and clothing. to-
falling in value $40. were reported to
the police last night by Thomas X.
Schmuck and Henry T. Hunt, both of
1907 Nineteenth street northwest
Both men stated that entrance had
been forced into their rooms Saturday
night by the removal of screens in the
front windows. Schmuck's losses were
heaviest. the articles stolen from him
being valued at 500
The Washington herald., 1919-09-15
Skull Fractured, Man
Scorns Aid of Doctors

Although physicians at Garfield
Hospital last night insisted that
Frank Pittigio. 81. Of rs KaIorama
road northwest, had a fractured skull,
the injured man refused treatment
further than first aid. and went to
his home unassisted.
Pittiglo. police say. was struck on
the head with a bottle during an AL
terCstion with two men at Georgia
avenue and Kenyon street last night
descriptions Of the men were fur
nished the police
The Washington herald., 1919-09-15
Charges Her Husband
With Bigamy Abroad

London. Sept. H.-Mrs. George Wal
ter Molerie, of Jamaica Plain, Bos-
ton, has preferred a charge of big
amy against her husband, accusing
him also of having deserted her six
months after their marriage.
He then came to England, she saws
Joined the army, was wounded in
France. and later wed Elizabeth Ben
net, British girl
The Washington herald., 1919-09-15
WOUNDED In HEAD In
ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING

While handling a loaded revolver
in the yard of the American Ice
Company plant, Ninth and I streets
southwest. yesterday morning, Les
lie O Billingsley, $50 I street south
west, is alleged to have accident
ally shot and wounded George Per-
ry, III u street southeast
The bullet struck Perry's head
physicians at Emergency Hospital
said last night.
Billingsley was released by police
Of the Fourth precinct, after the
fact that the shooting had been ac-
cideptal was established,
The Washington herald., 1919-09-15
Grand REVIEW
PLANS TAKING
ON FINAL FORM
decorations Break Out All
Along Triumphant Line
OF March.
PATH OF ROSES FOR lST
Col. Harper Calls on City to
Cheer Until Last Dough
boy Passes.

Wave vour flags and wsF your
tongues until the last doughboy has
passed
This is rae plea Of Col Robert y.
Harper, chairman Of the parade ar
rangement committee. who last night
declared he will try to drive TINS re-
quest home before Wednesday noon
when the Grand Review OF the Ffrst
Division will begin.
Already thousands are boginntn=
10 arrive and the hotels are RAPIDLY
films. Many arc parents and reIa-
tives OF First Division men whose
first opportunity to SOC their loved
ones since their return will he
when they parade
Final touches on the decorations for
the great parade will be completed
today. Il is expected cley will be as
elaborate as for an inauguration "a,
Merchants and business men who
have not already decorated thei
buildings will do so before nIghtfsIL
The imposing Victory Arch also will
be completed by nightfaH
Flood light iIIuminattn- systems
have been installed at the Arch. The
Treasury Department Riggs Ban.
Home Life Building and the washing-
ton Hotel also will be lighted durin-
the night Of the-celsbrs ton tn honyr
OF the Fighting First and il-
commander-in -in-chief Gen. John J..
PershinC
Great Motor Train Arrives
Dust-laden and Jrsvel-staIueu. q
five-mile line Of motor transports oI
the First Division, Numbered iu,u
Washington yesterday. carrying s-5r
officers and men Of the famous yul..
to parade here.
Every type Of motor veAiuIc Wa
represented IN lie motor unit. fron
tiny MOTORCYCLES to the giant smmu-
milton truck that pIowed through tn-
mud OF Flanders IN their mission lo
defeat the enemy.
The train left New York on Wednes-
day, and after the four-day travel
the men were tired disheveIled snd
CONTINUED on FACE TWO
The Washington herald., 1919-09-15
Influenza Symptoms
Appearing in France

Paris, Sept 14-The medical world
of Paris is watching with the great
est interest the progress of certain
malsdies of an intestinal nature OBJ
served throughout France, which
might be the precursors of a fresh
epidemic of influenza.
Last year that disease broke out
everywhere after a wave of maladies
classed as intestinal fever, and there
is a recurrence Just now of these all
ments.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-15
PREACHER FREED OF
WIFE MURDER, WEEDS

Lawrence, Mass Sept. H. - Henry
II. Hail. the Wells Depot, Maine, lay
preacher who was acquitted last Feb
ruary of the murder of his wife Min
me stevens Hall was married yes
ter6ay to Grace Hope Gerow, of Wells
Depot. whose affection for Hall was
held by the state during the trial
as the motive for the alleged crime.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-15
Mojave Volcano Active

San Bernardino, Cal. Sept. IA
party of miners arriving in San Ber-
nardino yesterday reported the old,
extinct volcano of Lavie. east of Lud-
dow. on the Mojave Desert. in eruption.