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The Washington herald., 1919-12-04
PLATOON PLAN
!. IN D. c. SCHOOLS
PASSES BOARD
Park View Institution First
To Be Changed for
SHIFT System.
10 SCHOOLS AFFECTED
Gas Fumes Endanger Lives
OF Stevens Pupils, Re-
port to Board Says.

Reorganization of the public school
system OF the District along lines OF
the double shift" or platoon plar
will be begun Immediately.
The Board of Education YESTERDAY
afternoon authorized Supt. Thurstor
to undertake this work as the frs,
step toward relieving the unparalleled
congestion in the Washington grade
and high schools.
Supt Thurston will start with tn.
Park View School. which is exception.
ally adapted to a platoon system. He
announced the radical change can be
made over night" but additional
teachers for this school must first be
secured.
In detailed report before the
Board of Education, which met in
the Franklin School, Superintend-
ent Thurston outlined the plan and
recommended its adoption. 1t was
unanimously approved.
Under the platoon system the
pupil spends one-half of his entire
school day on regular basic studies.
The rest of the time he passes on
to the gymnasium. the music room,
to nature study. to the auditorium
for dramatization work and to other
special studies.
While half of the school body is
engaged in basic studies, the other
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The Washington herald., 1919-12-04
THIEVES NO LONGER
STEAL In UNISON

Washington thieves are losing their
power of concentration. Time was
when they could decide on a certain
class of goods to steal during days
labor. Now they don't seem to know
what they want. Yesterday. for in
stance. they grabbed everything they
could find.
Capt. Thatcher. zone finance officer
at Walter Reed Hospital. said his
desk was rihed and sl5s in bills
stolen.
W. o. Hiltabiddle, 2125 Fifteenth
street northwest. was visited b.
thieves Tuesday night. They made
on with a 81 caliber revolver.
An automobile tire. valued at $3.50,
was stolen from a machine in the
rear of the Navy Department Build
ing. Seventeenth and streets north
west.
Maurice ]. Sheehan. 1os 1 street
northwest. reported the theft of an
automobile inner tube and two tires.
all valued at sS4.
Moses Reichgut. 15OS Seventh street
northwest, reported SO worth of
clothing stolen from his home.
Cnildren's clothing valued at SIC
was stolen from the home of Mrs.
Z. f. wrener. 1l2S Park road north
west.
Two overcoats. valued at SO. were
taken from the Hoffman Company,
rs Thirteenth street northwest.
Mrs. E. E. Morgan. 435 G street
northwest. told the police that 81
in bills had been stolen from her
home.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-04

White Plains. n. V. Dec. 81
think there must have been some
thing wrong with my mental make
up." This was the explanation
given by Frank II. Gibson. former
magazine publisher. when he ad-
ni,ted in the County Court today
that he had married five women
without dNorcing any of them.
He had been brought to court
on a charge of bigamy made by
Mrs Bessie de Hart Gibson. OF
New York, whom he had married
in philadelphia on March l. 1905.
She was number three on his mari
tai list.
It took the jury only four min
utes to decide Gibson guilty.
Gibson. who is 81. admitted that
i'm addition to his weakness Tor
matrimony he had served three
terms in Federal prisons for using
the mails to defraud.
why did you defraud the gov
ernment?" asked District Attorney
Davis.
because was hard up and
needed the money" said Gibson
Asked n he thought he had .
The Washington herald., 1919-12-04


Senator Fall introduced his reso-
luton. IL was learned tonight. after
a conference with Henry p. Fletch-
er. American Ambassador to Mexico
Senator Lodge. majority leader in
the Senate. and chairman of the For
eign Relations Committee, said last
night that the Mexican situation was
very grave" He believes the COM
mittee will report out the Fall reso-
luton today and the Senate, it is
believed. will pass it later in the
day.
The Fall resolution was the Gull
minating point of a bitter debate in
the Senate. wherein two Democratic
Senators - Ashurst of Arizona and
Shields of Tennessee-scathing ar
raigned the administration for it's
conduct of Mexican affairs.
Senator Ashurst introduced
resolution calling upon the War De-
The Washington herald., 1919-12-04
"HON" OFFICER
ARRESTS JAP
Limo CastilIejo Was Speeding, So
Judge Asks Him
For S..

Clerk Campbell Howard sang ou,
something that sounded like Line.
orcastilesoapo" in the Police Court
yesterday. A doughty little Japa.
nese rushed into the lawyers yard
In front of Judge Hardison and ex.
claimed:
Honorable Judge, 1 want to cor.
rect my name"
Then he slowly spelled his name
IN fairly good English-L-i-n-e
C-a-s-t-i-l-l-e-j-o. He was charged
with speeding his auto in passIne
Thomas Circle.
stopped my car as a specta.
tor" Limo explained. "and the hon.
orable officer arrested me. Ny ca,
Is an open one and could not bav.
been going fast"
He was fined s..
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partment to increase the force of
American troops along the border, so
they could repel the aggressions of
murderous Mexican outlaws on
American citizens and American
property.
Shields Would Declare War.
Senator Shields declared the AS
hurst resolution should be supplant-
ed with one declaring war against
Mexico.
If the Senate today passes the Fall
resolution and it is put into effect
by President Wilson. the next move
will be up to the State and War De-
partments. If the State Department
follows precedent it will serve notice
on Mexico in toto that the lives of
American citizens and the property of
Americans in Mexico must be respect
ed. and if anything happens after this
warning the only thing the American
government can do will be to send its
armed forces into Mexico to protect
American lives and property.
This is the procedure that Senator
Fall thinks will be necessary. The
United States followed this plan when
,zeiaya was dictator of Nicaragua. 1t
withdrew recognition from him entire
ly and very shortfy thereafter sent the
Marines to the Central American re-
public. There was actual warfare
when the Marines landed, but they
soon defeated and disarmed the fac
ton that opposed their occupat tion of
the country. This was eight years
ago and the Marines are still in
Nicaragua. They have rid the country
or banditry, established a stable goy-
ernment. Americans are no longer in
fear of their lives. and this is the state
oil affairs which Senator Fall would
like to see in Mexico.
Mass of Evidence Mt Hand.
senator Fall will present to the
Foreign Relations Committee this
morning a mass of evidence COL
Iected by the special Senate sub
committee which Investigated the
Mexican situation and conducted
hearings along the border.
This evidence will be in substan-
tiatlon of the charge made by the
Senator yesterday that Mexican au-
thorities in this country. including
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Senator Penrose Improving.

Philadelphia. Pee. 8. - United
States Senator Penrose. who is i'll
at his home, 1881 Spruce street,
continues to show Improvement.
DIR. Herbert B. Carpenter. who is
attending him, said the Senator still
was troubled with a slight cough.
but that it was rapidly disappear
ing. He soon will be as strong
and well as ever" said DR.. Carpen-
ter. He passed a very comfort
able night"
The Washington herald., 1919-12-04
JURY AWARDS WOMAN
$1,000 INJURY DAMAGES

Baltimore. Md, Dec. S.-Fiye hum
dred dollars an inch is the value
placed on the right leg of Mrs. Annie
II. Beecher by jury in the city court
here today in rendering verdict for
$1,000.
Mrs. Beecher declared that she trip
ped over a wooden plank placed in the
"alkwsy in the market last December.
Her hip was broken by the fall. with
the result that her limb became two
inches shorter.
The suit was against the city and
the party who operated the stall. but
the jury absoived the merchant and
held the city liable.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-04
LOSSES OF JEWELRY
MATTERS LITTLE NOW

If someone lost a ton of coal. or
dozen o. eggs, or three pounds of
sugar on the streets of Washington.
rot much time would be wasted in
reporting the loss to the police. But
Jeweiry-what is jewelry nowadays? ?
Mrs. Charles Morgan. 14s r street
northeast. told. the police Yesterday
that she lost a $500 diamond ring
somewhere between her home and the
business district. on Tuesday.
a platinum lorgnette valued at
500 was reported lost in downtown
Washington on December T. Mrs.
Charles Matthews, 1900 Sixteenth
street northwest, reported this trivial
matter to the police last night.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-04
Piano "Jazz" Airs Played
"a Hours Without a Stop

Twenty-four hours of Jazz" that
would make every lover of the
''shmmy" dance for joy was the feat
completed a few minutes past s O'Clock
last night when he finished tickling
the worries for good 24-hour day in
ouartermaster's hut. Seventh street
and Pennsylvania avenue northwest.
During his long session at the piano.
Serst. Fox ate several square meas
ard banged of times as fast as his
audience could suggest them. He eN-
poets soon to exceed even the S5-hour
record of continuous playing, which he
made in New York a short time ago.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-04
D. C. "CHARIOTS'
VIE WITH ROME
Lew Wallace Might Have Had In
spiration on Avenue, Police
man Thinks.

The wild chariot races in tho
arenas of ancient Rome "haye
nothing on" the taxicab races on
Massachusetts, avenue northwest,
on the route from Union Station.
according to the testimony of Po-
liceman c. H. Brady in Police Court
yesterday.
THE taxi drivers have races
there every afternoon"
He was testIfying against Ben
jamin Bell, a Terminal taxi driver,
charged with speeding. Bell said
there were six taxis running to-
gether. He was fined IS.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-04
AT WASHINGTON
THEATERS

Poli's-"Maytime."
National-Otis Skinner in
THE Rise of Peter Barban."
Shubert-Belasco - "The Un-
known Purple"
Shuber. Garrick - Abraham
Lincoln
Crandalss Metropolitan -
Norma Talmadge in THE
Isle of Conquest"
Moore's Rialto-Charlie Chap
lin in "A Days Pleasure"
Loew's Palace-Elsie Fergu-
son in Counterfeit"
crandaf's Kniekerbocker -
Mary Miles Minter in
"Anne of Green Gables"
B. F. Keith's-Vaudeville.
CrandaIl Traverse
in Lost Money"
Moore's Garden-"Male and
Female"
Moore's Strand-Ora Carew
in Under Suspicion"
Loew's Columbia - w. s.
Hart in John Petticoats."
Cosmos - Continuous vaude-
vile and pictures.
Lyceum = Burlesque; THE
Beauty Revue"
The Coliseum-Roller Skat-
ing.
Gayety = Buriesque; "The
Burlesque Review"
The Washington herald., 1919-12-04
Bulldog Bites Boy 40 Times.

New York, Dec. 3.-Bitten forty
times by a brindle bulldog. 5-year-
old Cosimo La Fargo is in Mount
Sinai Hospital. where surgeons are
trying to avert amputation of his
left leg. The bulldog was chained
to a post in the cellar. When the
La Fargo boy attempted to enter
the coal cellar the animal leaped
at him. threw him to the ground.
bit his left thigh and leg and all
but tore the flesh from the bones.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-04
Charge Officers Have Vio-
lated Injunction by Coun-
tenancing Continuation Of
The Strike-Say Recall
Violated Union Law.
OFFICIAL SEAL ON
ORDERS LACKING

Indianapolis, Dec. 3.-Contempt
proceedings were begun today
against ninety-seven officials and
members of the United Mine
Workers of America. Frank J.
Hayes, president of the union;
John L. Lewis. acting president,
and William Green, secretary,
head the list of defendants.
The proceedings were brought be-
fore Judge A. B. Anderson. Of the
Federal Court. on application Of
. United States District Attorney
Stacker and Assistant United States
District Attorney Sims. They are
based on the charge that the union
officials wllfully violated the re-
straining order issued by Judge
Anderson by consenting to continu-
ance of the coal strike or assuming
an attitude equivalent to instruc-
tions to the unions to continue it.
1t is also charged that they failed
20 issue valid order recalling the
strike order.
Warrants Issued.
Warrants for the arrest of twenty
of the accused men were given to
the United States marshal to serve
The defendants are cited TO appear
in court for a hearing at 10 O'Clock
next Tuesday morning. Shosid the
men be found guilty OF contempt
they may be sentenced to long
prison terms
Off1cers Of a local union at Clin-
ton, Ind, are included in the cita-
tion. They are charged with pay
ment of strike benefits in disregard
of Judge Anderson's restraining or
der. Other members of the union
are to be cited as soon as informa-
tion is laid before the court by
agents of the Department of Jus
tice.
Many Charges.
Aht Nlidl ktS
against the accused men are these:
That they countensnced payment
of strike benefits.
That they limited facilities for
coal production.
That they sent out the strike
withdrawal order on blank paper
and without the official seal and
without the signatures of the in
ternational officers. knowing that
under these circumstance it would
DE ignored.
That by comment through the
press they aided the strike by de-
claring il would continue.
The contempt proceedings are
brought under the provisions Of the
Lever act, under which the le-
straining order was issued.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-04
VAR WITH MEXICO SEEMS IMMINENT AS SENATE CONVENES
Y COAL-NNE UNION OFFICIALS TO BE TRIED FOR CONTEMPT
BULLETINS.
BY TELEGRAPH:

Indianapolis - Ninety-seven
officials of the miners union
will answer charges Of con-
tempt, court orders.
Douglas, Wyo.-Bandit Bill
Carlisle, who was shot in his
effort to escape a posse, will
recover.
FL Paso-Capture of Villa
is reported.
New York-Taxicab bandits
beat and rob man In subway
station.
Hammonton, N. J.-New
clue found in the Billy Dan
sey case.
Pittsburg, Kans.-Union rail-
road workers refuse to haul
volunteer miners to work.
Chicago-Prices in hotel
restaurants decline slightly.
New York-First oil-burn-
ing, nonrolling passenger
steamer being built here.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-04

The United States today the verge of armed conflict with
Mexico
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will special
this morning act resolution introduced in the Senate
yesterday by Senator FALL of New Mexico The resolution requests
the President withdraw the of the United States govern
from Caranza and all diplomatic relations with Mexico
The Washington herald., 1919-12-04
FINANCIAL:

New York-Foreign ex-
change market completely
collapses.
Chicago-Heavy selling is
the cause of a sharp drop in
the grain market.
New York-Time money
rates unchanged.
Liverpool-Cotton market con-
tinues steady despite increased
receipts.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-04
Submarine L Pulled OF Rocks.

New London. Dec. 3-The U. s. SUBJ
marine Rs, which ran on the shoals
OF Black Ledge in the storm of Sum
day morning. was fioated by naval
tugs yesterday afternoon.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-04
Dog Industry Prospers.

VIsdivostok - Conditions in Amur
province have improved since over
throw Of the Bolsheviks, and reports
here are the dog-raising indu try.
principal occupation OF thu people, is
prospecting.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-04
BY CABLE:

Observation-Disclosures gov
eminent of Russia said to be
seeking peace with portions of
country fighting form of rule.
London-King George and
Queen Mary may visit France
and Italy and probably Spain,
next year.
Buenos Aires-Socialist party
candidate for mayor wins in
election.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-04
BY CONGRESS:

Senator Falls resolution for
severance of diplomatic re-
lations with Mexico will be
brought to a decision today.
Senate order investigation of
alleged election fraud in the
State of Michigan.
House devotes day to de-
bate on measure providing
pensions for heirs of regular
army officers killed in war.
Investigation of Federal
Trade Commissions employ
ment of radicals asked by
Senator Watson, is ordered.
Senator Ashurst introduces
resolution providing strong
policing of border to protect
citizens.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-04
MEASURE TO BREAK
RELATIONS TO HAVE
CONGRESS SUPPORT

Senator Falls Resolution to Withdraw United
States Recognition of Carranza Follows
Day of Bitter Debate, in Which the
Democrats Join in Playing Our
Present Mexican Policy.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-04
Fuel OIL Price UR

Reports reached the government
yesterday that On various parts OF
the country where Ofl-burning facilI-,
ties have been Installed as a result
Of the coal shortage the price Of
fuel oil Is advancing steadily. If
this practice is continued. Il waar
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CONTINUED on PAGE ELEVEN.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19
DR.. STEPHEN H. LUTZ

DR.. Stephen H. Lutz, forty-seven
president of the Medical Sccie.y of
Kings County, and a prominent ear
eye. nose and throat specialist of
Brooklyn, died Friday of heart disease
at his home, 284 Hancock Street
Brooklyn.
DR. Lutz was born in Elizabeth, N. J..
and educated at the College of the City
of New York and the College of Physi-
clans and Surgeons OF Columbia Uni.
versity, from which he was graduated
in the class of 1894. DR.. LNz had an
extensive private practice in Brooklyn
and at the same time was connected
with several hospitals. He was aural
surgeon of the Brooklyn Eye and Ear
Hospital, the Brooklyn Eastern Dis
pensary and Hospital and the Jamaica
Hospital. He was also connected with
the Bushwick Hospital, the Bedford
Dispensary and the Kings County Hos
pital. He was a fellow of the Ameri-
can College of Surgeons and the
American Medical Association and a
member of the American Geological
Society, the American Laryngological
Society and the New York biological
Society
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19

left, and for the moment the station
was deserted. The woman struggled
with her assailant, whose grip choked
her screams. She strovein vain to
snatch up the stove poker as weapon,
and finally, overpowered and fainting
was flung to the floor.
The chink Of coins in the cash
drawer aroused her and she began
shrieking for help. At the same mo-
ment train pulled in and the motor
man, hearing woman's screams,
pulled his whistle cord for the police
Patrolman Felix German, patrolman
so new he never had had to arrest q
man, was at the foot of the elevated
stairs on his way home.
He reached the ticket booth just as
the train crew swarmed over the plat
form. A man who stood at the cash
drawer surrendered without resistance.
He said he was Eugene O'Connell, of
ASA Chauncey Street, Brooklyn. Fifty
seven nickels and quarter were found
in his pocket and he was locked up at
the Adams Street police station charged
with assault and robbery. Miss Felter
went home after receiving medical at
tention.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19
Staf Corresponde1lce

|
HAMMONTON, N. j., Oct. 1s.-The
only individual Immediately concerned
in the strange disappearance of three
year-old Billy Dansey whose compos-
ure remains absolutely unshaken is his
mother Despite the collapse of one
hope after another, the falsity Of a
score of clews and the we'll intentioned
| tips" that led to nothing, Mrs. Dansey
passed the tenth day of anxiety with
She has come to be credited with being
woman of iron nerve and unusual
self-control. The father, who is of
delicate constitution. collapsed COM
| pletely last night and is i'll in bed to-
day He has suffered visibly from the
start.
The tiny, chubby boy with the peaked
baseball cap who wandered through
the dahlias early on the morning of
County Detective P w. Wilson and his
assistant, Benjamin Nussbaum. confess
themselves bafflled. and while an ag-
gressive search is being kept up all
over the countryside, there is now no
definite objective, since theory after
theory has been exploded.
Lost Theory Is Gaining
The detectives are skeptical about
the child being lost in the woods, but
the belief is gaining ground in the
neighborhood that this is exactly what
has happened. and that prolonged
search will have results. Mr.. Dansey
believes Billy was kidnapped in mistake
for little Charlie White, his playmate.
Mrs. Dansey, on the other hand, is
firmly convinced that he was picked up
The house by the roadside that har-
bored the child for a months time is
besieged all day long. Neighbors stop
in to inquire how things are getting
along. Detectives and searchers are
frequent visitors. Mrs. Dansey receives
them with equal impassivity.
Are you sorry now you left Pitts
burgh and came here ?" Tribune re-
porter asked her yesterday.
1T was the Lords will" she replied
Simply dressed in plaid skirt and
shirtwaist, there were no signs of the
distracted mother about her. She is
not of the type to wiring her hands and
weep. Seen in a crowd one would be
inclined to label her q school teacher
although before her marriage she
worked in department store
Her Reserve Battles
There is an intense reserve about her
that battles approach. She lacks color.
vivacity and concern-on the surface
at any rate. Persons around her re-
gard her attitude with mixture of
amazement and admiration 1t is
neither resignation nor stoicism. It
is simply tonelessness. Looking stead
lily through her horn-rimmed glasses,
without the suspicion of a tear, she
talked Internationally yesterday Of the
boy: She was leaning against the
kitchen stove, and on the table was q
bunch Of the fateful dahlias so closely
associated with Billy's disappearance.
"They will always be hateful to me-"
she observed, indicating the flowers
Billy liked flowers, but y" hed rever
gone to the dahlia patch until the morn
ing he disappeared. It's ridiculous to
suppose that he strayed away by him