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The Washington herald., 1919-08-04
HARTS APPROVED
SOLDIER BEATING
BY JAIL GUARD
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when given special permission. and
was prohibited from standing within
four feet OF a window, despite the
foul odors of the prison and the need
OF fresh air.
No mattress or blankets were
given him to sleep on, and when he
sought to be relieved from working
on account of not having had any
sleep. Corporal Brown struck him
in the face. Strohl charges.
I'm Worse Than Privates."
After several days at the st. Anne
prison. Stroll was transferred TO
the brig at ChelIes. After a brief
sojourn at Chelles, Stroll says he
was marched to Prison Farm No. >,
where his status as a field clerk
was recognized by Lieut.. Hard
Boiled" Smith. in command of the
barracks. Stroll had demanded at
the st. Anne and CheIles prisons
that his rank entitled him to diff
ferent treatment from that accord
ed to enlisted men. but, according
TO his sworn statement. a field clerp
was in worse" than privateS at
those places.
while having the experience above
related" Strohl's affidayit states, II
witnessed uncalled for and cruel treat
ment of several other men. especially
at st. Anne and Chelles brigs. Il was
amazed to find that such bad treat
ment was being given American SOL
diers."
The official report. referred to Brig
Gen. Harts, was endorsed by him as
follows:
The hardships and vigorous treat
ment experienced by Field Clerk Strohl
are to be regretted. but it was brought
upon himself by his own misconduct
The enormous number of officers and
other rank who are guilty of miscon-
duct IN Paris render stern, drastic
discipline necessary"
The Washington herald., 1919-08-04
MEXICAN BAND
KILLS WON AN
OF WASHINGTON
Throw Body Into Hole and
Force Daughter to
Dance.

Suppressed indignation over reports
Of cruelties and humilitIes perpe-
trated by Mexican soldier-bandits
which has been pent up for months
was given general voice yesterday
when graphic details were revealed
in the case of Mrs. w. H. Keenright.
65. of this city. who was subjected to
a painful death by Mexicans down
in Chipas.
Mrs. Keenright's body today lies.
crudely buried, in a hole near Depo-
Ian, in Chipas.
Miss Kate o. Keenright. who re-
sides at 6lS Randolph street north
west, and is employed at the Gov
ernment Printing Office, is a daugh-
ter OF Mrs. w. II. Keenright and a
sister OF Mrs. Charles r Sturgis,
who. with her husband, DR.. Charles
T. sturgis, not only were consistently
assaulted but were compelled to sit
aside and watch while Mexicans
sacked their coffee plantation.
DR.. Sturgis and his wife are now
en- route to st. Louis. They will
probably come to Washington later
to appear before the House Rules
Committee, which is inquiring into
the Mexican situs ton and the treat
ment of American citizens there.
Woman Forced to Slave.
Miss Keenright left Washington yes
terday for Leal. n. OAK. to visit the
home Of another sister. Mrs. l. V.
Marsh. where she expects to meet DR..
and Mrs. Sturgis.
Mrs. Keenright was compelled 10
watch her daughter suffer at the
hands of Mexican officers; to watch
her when she was forced TO dance and
ling before a Mexican commander and
to perform the duties OF a slave for
Indian and Mexican women.
How complete has been the misery
of Mrs. Keenrlght and her daughter
and son-in-law. Mrs. and DR.. sturgis,
was first made known in this country
a few days ago when they reached
New Orleans after fleeing from,
Mexico.
Dr. Sturgis went TO Mexico twenty
years ago to practice his profession
dentistry. Fourteen years ago he
came to Washington and married Mss
Cora keenright. Mrs. Keenrisbt wen,
10 Mexico to live with her daugbter
and Sturgis in the hope that the mild
climate would benefit her faiIinr
health.
one or three raids made on the
Sturgis plantation occurred lam
ary IS, 1918. according to NJ
S'urgls letters to relatives here.
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Explosion Kills Another.

Another victim OF the gasoline ex-
plosion at the Semmes Motor Com
pany. 617 G street northwest, Benja-
min F. Bottlemay, 25 years old, died
late Saturday night at the Emergen-
cy Hospital.
Bottlemay was the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John ]. Bottlemay, of Gathers
burg, Nd. and had served as a dep
uty sheriff of Montgomery County.
The body was removed to the home Of
his parents. A certificate of ecci-
dental death was issued by Coroner
Neyitt
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SPANISH CLASS
POPULAR IN JAIL
Prisoners Are Also Explor-
ing Other Fields of
knowledge.

They're teaching Spanish in the
District caIaboose.
The Jail may appear a queer alma
mater, but men now serving time
there will in future days refer to the
prison as such. and add. That's
where I got my Spanish
In his regeneration OF conditions at
the jail Superintendent Charles c.
Foster has adopted as a slogan.
'-Orive Old Man Gloom from the
prison In this connection he has
established an up-to-the-minute edu
cational system within the walls, and
already the wisdom of the innova-
ton has been demonstrated. 1t has
proven to be a profitable diversion
for those who are paying the pen
aIties for their misdeeds, and Mr..
Foster believes it will prove to be a
leaven for better in the lives Of the
malefactors when they go forth
again to mingle with their fellowmen.
Thirty In Glass Already.
The prisoners are elated over their
"shut-in college" as one of them de-
scribed the system. and they respond
with alaCrity when the call to school
IS sounded on the big Jail gong each
day except Saturday. There are 361
men and women doing time in the jail
and about thirty. thus far, have avail
ed themselves Of the schooling. Six
OF these are absolute illiterates to
whom even a smattering of education
will mean much.
The pupils are classified into four
grades. ranging from illiteracy to the
high or grammar school One OF the
advanced students is a secretary to a
Member of Congress. who fell by the
wayside and is improving his mental
equipment while paying his debt to
society by doing time
The school room is the long corridor
in the southwest corner OF the Jail.
fitted with little desks similar to those
in the public schools.
Our big feature" Superintendent
Foster enthusiastically explained, lis
our class in Spanish. In view of pros
Pectiye increased trade relations with
Central and South America, l believe
Spanish is to be one of the important
Languages TO our people in the future"
The Washington herald., 1919-08-04
WASHINGTON MAN Is
WINNER IN TOURNEY

The shade OF King Arthur must
have looked down with pleasure on
the annual fitting tournament at Nc
Lean, Va, Saturday, for he could de-
tect no lack OF enthusiasm in the
sport that has come down from his
days.
Thousands from Washington and
Virginia were present at the tourna-
ment grounds.
Jack Blandford, a washinstonisn,
was awarded a gold medal for horse
manship.
Miss Maize Carper was crowned
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SHOPMEN HERE
To join STRIKE
$50 Washington Workers
Protest Against Wage
Settlement Plan.

Five hundred and fifty maehinists,
boilermakers, carmen and pipefit-
ters of the Washington Terminal
Company. employed in the Union
Station yards here, were to strike
this morning at o'clock.
This action follows an all-day
conference of the employees under
the auspices of the MachinisLs
Union yesterday at sos G. street
northwest. 1t will mean that seven
shops in the yards will be without
regular employees.
The action is in protest to a deci-
sion of the Director General OF Rail-
roads, which denies the workers a
minimum wage of $3.50 a day or IS
cents an hour. They are dissatisfied
with President Wilson's proposal to
have Congress create a special body
to pass on their demands, or consider
them in connection with the cost OF
living.
strike Vote Heavy.
Charles Frazier, representing local
No. 1893, l. A. OF NJ, reported last
night that 100 machinists were pres
ent at the meeting yesterday and
that l22 voted for the strike. He
says there are only 1873 machinists in
the yards.
a meeting Of the machinists and
their helpers Is scheduled for this
afternoon at o'clock.
]. L. Wilkes, of the Washington
Terminal Company. said last night
they were hopeful that the men would
not strike.
Officially" Mr.. Wilkes said, I'VE
know nothing of the strike"
He said the strike would not inter
fere with activity at the Union Sta
ton but admitted that repairs would
have to wait.
Contrary to expectations OF local
union officials. carmen employed at
the Potomac Railroad Yards. north
Of Alexandria, did not go on a strike
yesterday morning.
Carmen to Walk Out.
Union officials. who are among the
strikers at the Southern Railway
shops at Alexandria, announced last
evening that carmen at the Potomac
Yards would walk out this morning.
The men at the yards include the
mechanical forces. among whom are
machinists, electricians. boilermak-
ers, stationary engineers and sheet
metal workers. They went out
Saturday evening at o'clock. The
carmen. numbering 300. are the only
men remaining on the job.
The 800 shop employees of the
Southern Railway are still out, and
a meeting of all of the striking
railroad men is scheduled to be held
at 10 o'clock this morning in the
hall OF the Alexandris~Trades Coun-
Gil.
1t was stated at the Potomac yards
last evening that thus far the strike
has not seriously affected them. Cars
for repairs are to be sent to other
points when the carmen strike.
1t also was stated that more cars
were handled at the yards than any
previous day for long time.
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CONDUCTORS TO JOIN
SHOPMEN IN VOTING
ON STRIKE QUESTION
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ing the matter in the hands Of Con-
Gress.
President Sheppard is one who con-
demned the plan
Il think IT very unlikely that the
workers will be content to wait for
Congress to act" he said, because
that means delay of from six months
TO one year. judging BY the speed
with which Congress has acted in the
past. l have every respect for the
evident desire of both President Will
son and Director Hines to act fairly
with the railway men"
Railway trainmen, numbering lssooO,
nave given the Railroad Administra-
ton until October to act on their
demands for wage increases averag-
ing 20 per cent. according to President
w. G. Lee OF the Brotherhood OF
Railway Trainmen.
Firemen's Demands Next Week.
President Timothy Shea has been
given thirty days to present and re-
ceiNe an answer to demands for
wage increases Of 1l6oo0 members Of
the brotherhood OF Railraw Firemen
and Enginemen.
Il expect TO present our demands
next week." said Shea. The de-
mands will be framed August u al
meeting OF 800 union officials TO be
held in Cleveland"
Eighty thousand members OF the
brotherhood OF Locomotive Engineers
are the only organized railway work
ers who have not yet decided Just
what their demands will be-
We do not know when We shall
act" said President Warren s. stone.
Our position depends upon what ef-
feet the government obtains in re-
ducinC living costs. as requested in
our memorial to President Wilson"
The Washington herald., 1919-08-04
Woman CIaims Body.

Police yesterday established the
identity OF the youth found drowned
near Little River. on Friday, as John
+. Bradscamp, 10 years old, living at
a K street northwest.
The boys aunt appeared at the Dis
trict morgue and claimed the body.
She told the police that her nephew
had been missing from home for four
DAYS
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Negro Robs with Automatic.

Two more men were held up by
an armed negro early yesterday
morning and robbed.
The victims were George Bernard
and Ernest Womack. both of 304
Twelfth street northwest. The ne
gro stopped them with an auto
matte pistol at E and Second
streets. demanding cash. He got
SIS and escaped
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LIVERPOOL Is AT
MERCY OF MOB;
STRIKE GENERAL
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head caused 10000 worth of damage
today.
Mobs led by women in eird-colored
shawls attacked jewelry shops,
snatching valuables from the stone
shattered show windows.
Last night the authorities met the
situation in the unpoliced city by
blazing arc lights throughout the
night. but this id not deter crowds
of rowdies, who paraded through
the main streets looting shops,
smashing plate glass windows of the
largest business establishments and
robbing the interior.
Detachments of troops stationed
in various sections of the city at
tempted to maintain order. but
roughs persisted in rioting. At
Lime street, the end OF the Londcn
road. the first clash occurred, and
there began the wholesale sme shing
of plate glass windows. Steel he'll
meted soldiers were ordered 10 FIX
their bayonets and charge. The
mob fled down side streets, but
with the utmost daring returned
and resumed the looting.
Spreads to Suburbs.
The strike has spread to the
suburbs.
Nearly half the police force of Liv-
erpool is striking. The authorities
declare sensational conspiracy Is at
the bottom of the strike, the object
being to paralyze British law and
industry and spread mutiny among
British troops in the event Of a sudden
emergency.
The Daily Express. commenting on
the reports from Liverpool. says:
Here is the work of the revolu-
tionary leaders whose sole aim is the
overthrow OF our constitutional au-
thority."
The Washington herald., 1919-08-04
New War Honors for Semmes

Capt. Harry Hodges Semmes, 22os
Q street northwest, who fought in
France with the Tank Corps. has been
awarded the italian War Cross for
'meritorious service
The Distinguished Service Cross has
been twice awarded to Semmes by
Gen. Pershing. and he was also mem
toned several times in orders.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-04
Berlin Zoo to Close Gates.

Berlin. - The Berlin Geological
Garden Company is on the verge of
failure, the animals having died by
hundreds during the war. owing TO
food scarcity. There is a shortage
of lions. tigers and elephants.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-04
Flue ElreN House.

A defective fiue yesterday caused a
small fire at 22ro street northwest,
the residence of Monroe E. Spriggs,
causing damage estimated at $50.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-04
Gold Watch Strays,

Lawrence Greaver. 71s D street
southeast, yesterday asked police to
recover his gold watch, valued at $50,
a gold stickpin, and a wallet contain
ing SO, all stolen from his room, he
said.
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Police Defend Barracks.

Ennis. County Clare, ireland. Aug. g.
Thirty men. armed with rifles and
revolvers. this morning attacked the
police barracks at Broadford. ten miles
north of Limerick.
A battle ensued between the attack
ers and police, which lasted more than
an hour.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-04

In addition to these prices
we pay full value for Liberty
Bond coupons due. Interest
paid up to date Of sale.
We buy 800, $500 and $1,000
Liberty Bonds of all issues.
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The Re-eduCatiOn of the Disabled Soldier

scaffolding naturally turns TO sign paint
ing. Farm hands who have lost their lngs
become market gardeners. !
But on the other hand very often the
choice of a trade is determined by old
preferences; there is something pathetic
and appealing in the record of hidden tall
cnts brought to light through the existence
Of war. Hundreds of men who through
circumstances had been. forced into voea-
lions, for which they had no liking, have
been given an opportunity TO learn to do
the things they had always longed TO do
A restaurant water with his right hand
so crippled that it MAS impossible for him
to handle dishes had always wanted to be
q sign painter. He had a sense of color
and elegance Of form and after SIX months
Of training became first class workman
at an entirely new trade. A circus clown
who had never held brush has become an
ornamental painter. His decorative de-
signs" says the author, though somewhat
strange-one would say that his new art
has kept something Of the burlesque-
show strong sense of harmony. 1t is
remarkable thing that orce he has COM
menced a drawing in a certain style he
never varies from that style until the work
is completed though he has TO notion Of
The history Of art" Such metamorphoses
as that Of q drayman into a wig maker, .
telesrapber into tailor, blacksmith int
a shoemaker, q cabinet maker into a fur
rier, professional eyelist into toymaker
are among the long catalogue.
Marvellous and ingenious as are many
Of the devices for replacing missing legs.
arms and hands, one IS impressed with the
fact that neither the Belgian nor the
American authorities attach great i'm
portanee 10 these. 1t is the injured mans
will and determination 10 succeed that
really count. Given these, Ills apparent
affection may become ia sense a new
birth, a regeneration, the awakening OF
knowledge Of himself and confidence in
his own powers. And how effective are
the nspirational methods used TO instill
this confidence may be realized by any one
who visits any Of the American RECONSTRUCT
tion hospitals. 1t would be difficult to find
a more cheerful, enthusiastic, hopeful set
Of young men than those who are under
going reclamation at the expense of Uncle
Sam.
what are you learning to do?'' asked
the librarian of Walter Reed Hospital to
grinning young soldier whose left arm was
gone at the shoulder
"Oh, don't have TO learn a new trade.
l can go right back to my old job as soon
as they let me out of here he replied.
"What is your trades" the Librarian
asked
Painting expressions on Kewpies," was
the astounding reply
THE DISABLED SOLDIER. BY DOUGLAS
C. McMUKTRIE. The Macmillan Com
pany. 81.
THE VOCATIONAL RE EDUCATION OF
MANNED SOLDIERS. By LEON De
PAEUw. Princeton University Press. 81 so.
The sun., 1919-02-23

gathered every accessible bit Of informa-
ton about war cripples s,nd the prinei-
pies and methods adopted in Europe for
their care and treatment and especially.
their restoration to a self-supporting
status. When the United States became
a participant in the war it was upon these
data accumulated by the young printer
and the deductions and cor lusions he had
drawn therefrom that the Surgeon Gen
erals of the United States Army and
Navy drew most heavily in working out
the plan and programme pr the training
and reeducation of Amef>ca' war Grip
Piles. Through the application of these
principles every Americaniwho has lost a
hand or a foot, sight or hearing, or has
in other ways become disabled in the ser
vice of his country, is for the first time in
history being given an op ortunity to re-
turn to civil life qualified D support him
self and his family in useful occupation,
TO hold up his head as self-respecting,
self-supporting member d society, indie
pendent even of the persion which the
Government awards him.
The principles that gov Fn the restora-
ton of the cripple to selftnpporting SER
vice are set forth in interesting detail in
Mr.. AeMurtnets book, The Disabled Sol
der. The first essential, and in fact the
most vital part Of the whole programme, is
to establish ia the mind the man who
has suffered injury that h5aean come back.
He must be made to believe that he is not
done for. This can be done by letting
him see in life or in molten pictures men
similarly manned doing things that he had
thought were impossible, by telling him
the stories of these men and what they
have accomplished, by bringing him as
early as possible into cont let with men of
strong character and broH humanity to
cheer him up and encourage him to de-
eide for himself that he is not yet beaten.
And then, long before the surgeons have
gotten through with him, his reeducation
must begin.
1t is important that the. work for which
the crippled soldier is trlined should be
an occupation in which Ne may become
100 per cent. efficient, that it should be
profitable, that it should be all the year
around occupation, that it is a business
which is growing rather than on the wane,
that it is teachable within a reasonable
length Of time and not dependent in too
large degree upon native ability or talent
and that it is not in line of work likely
to be overcrowded because of its appeal
to the physically sound. The British Pen
sion Ministry, for instance, has sent out
instructions that no disabled men are to
be trained as chauffeurs. lens of thou
sands Of army motor truck drivers will be
seeking civilian employment as chaffeurs
when rehabilitation is CON pIete. The lin
itatiOns imposed by the .strictions just
enumerated are not as narrow as might
appear at first glance. Ia England Grip
Piled men are being trainer into electrical
workers; many become motion picture
operators, a competent shoemaker, tailor,
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carpenter, tinsmilh or dental mechanic can
always find occupation at good pay
The cardinal rule is 10 train the man if
possible TO work for which his previous
occupation before entering the army in
some degree fits him. 4 freight trainman
should not be recdueated as printer, for
example, and let all Of his railway expe-
rience go into the discard; he might better
be taught telegraphy and sent back on the
railroad to employment in a switch tower
or me train despatcler's Office. And fire.
qucntly enough man whose physical dis
abilities prevent him from following his
former trade may go back to civilian life
qualified to hold better position in the
same line; a building carpenter can be
trained in architectural drafting and the
reading of blue prints and SO qualify as
a foreman or inspector Of construction.
MIR. MeMurtrie never fails to emphasize
the importance Of the mental attitude not
only Of the disabled man himself, but of
his family and friends. 1t is easy enough
for war cripple to get job while the
nation is still in the flush Of war patriot
ism; Mr.. McMurtrie points out that the
employer who gives a job to cripple
who is not competent in every way for the
particular work is rendering a disserviee
not only to the man whom he must sooner
or later dismiss or retain on his pay roll
merely as charity, but to the competent
trained cripple who could have filed the
position satisfactorily. The crippled SOL
dier's family usually needs education as
much as the cripple himself. The ten
dency TO sympathize with him and weep
over him, to pet him and spoil him, is bad
for the cripple and bad for society.
These principles are not mere academic
congratulations. The experience Of Bel
GUM, whose soldiers early suffered heavy
percentage of manning and dismember-
ment and which was the first of the war
ring nations to place the restoration Of
the war eripples upon a genuinely Sci
entiic basis, is an illuminating and inspir-
ing IScofu VI Inc po"el VI iilC HUMAN Will
and the possibilities open TO the manned
or disabled man. Leon de Paeuw, the for
mer Belgian Minister Of War, now Inspec-
tor General of Primary Education in Bel
GUM, in little volume that fairly brims
over with human interest and appeal, tells
what Belgium has done and is doing to
keep its injured soldiers from becoming
public charges. In The Vocational Reed
ucdtioH Of Manned Soldiers, Monsieur
Leon de Paeuw outlines the plan and pro-
gramme which Pelgium adopted in 1915
and which comedies with that in force in
our own work along this line and tells
numberless stories of the success of re-
educated eripples. In Belgium, as else
where, they found that the man unable to
take up his former trade usually wants TO
learn one connected in some way with that
occupation. A carpenter may become an
architects clerk, moulder a modeller, a
house painter who can no longer climb on
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THE DISABLED SOLDIER. BY DOUGLAS
c. McMUKTRIE. The Macmillan COM
pany. 81.
THE VOCATIONAL RE-EDUCATION OF
MANNED SOLDIERS. By LEON De
PAEUw. Princeton University Press. 81 50.