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rt i I A 1 Tf js It iT 1 a jxiv it Atji i3rxyisJK 3 RUAxit pJCdTXviai iw axa sam IS WAR NURSE ii i si Beatrice ef Bestea WoJ ef 1 Wettafed Is France CftfegES CHAKIIEL 49 TIMB6 Km Fowsed Several Hospitals and Su Greatly Facilitated Removal of Injured From the Firing Line Gives Concert Ib Bag lean to Kaise Fend It Inspector 9f Military Hospitals Sped Cable to Tbe WaaUsrtoB Poet London Sept 4 Sister Beatrice Beatrice Bartlett of Boston Masa oa of the leader of war nursing for the al llea She la a well known American mincer Her activities have been remarkably extensive Great strides have been made In getting the wounded soldiers to a fully Quipped hospital said 8Uter Beatrice to a pot respondent In describing her experiences At the commencement of the war It sometimes took several days Now It Is accomplished In 24 hours and sometimes sooner But there is always dearer If the wounded men are placed too dose to the firing line as high explosives causa havoc and their maddening din ts most trying to patients The shells have a wajr of falling on or near hospitals and nursing homea whether Intentionally or not Started Work at Limoges 3f Just needs every man and woman tosorr forward and help and not rest on their oars until peace is signed I started In at Limoges In northern France and as soon as cot the lay of things there proceeded to collect supplies tp 11 the great seed of stores here In 10 months I have crossed the English Channel 49 times and will be making my fiftieth crossing In a few days A stoat deal of my wont has been done in connection with the Sodete des Tern Res de France which Is recognized by the government of the French republic and the military authorities have thus enjoyed the privilege of Inspecting any military hospitals may wish and finding out what their needs are Selling the opportunity visited about CO hospitals and through the generosity of the British public have Just equipped one at Limoges and another at Dieppe and founded a new one at Tevolot where there are J00 wounded and to which a convalescent home has Just been attached 7n addition to untiring zeal aa a director and chief of hospital Inspecting work Sister Beatrice has addressed thousands of work people notably at Elleswlck Armstrongs great gun and ammunition headquarters Speaking of this ahe said Raises Fends With Her Voice have spoken to 40000 of them there am fond of them alL While there I found a surgeon pperatJcg on Just common tables Wfien told them the people subscribed right away for a proper operating table 8o successful has Sister Beatrice been that Lord Korthcllffe pressnted with an ambulance for Bed Cross rlc which has been of great service her But It Is not only with her brain and her energy that Slater Beatrice has been busy She has turned to account la the same connection her vocal powers rave a concert In London In July and devoted all the receipts to the goodl work she has set nereeTX to do for the sick and wounded clhe concluded There are jnountalns of work yet to be done am going to the north of England In a day or two and later hall return to France and help where possible In seeing that all that la possible Is done for the brave sufferers Irrespective of thJr rank or nationality CITY PEOPLE RO vnm i i ill iaim ann nPKir mvi ri i i Hflfc uMu i Awmi injiiti Ssuu mHMmmjmmnm a mmmD fc ra a imvmviv 1 mMSkJmm II i il WwKm 1 WLnin7 1 Bb Uiv vMMU Ll llUill IIHIU lull11 AipMZTOMERy LAG XIII Riibhex Copyright WIS by XK Tlaffc ti Another of the Series of Sketches by James Montgomery Flagg Will Appear in The Post Next Sunday Methods of Paris Secret Police Are Used by Movies of New York To Aid in Capturing Criminals Metropolis a Natural Trap for Offenders Flashing of Pictures on Screen Gives Wide Publicity Zone Telephone System Also Great Help to Police Bj iWo Tb Mutton Post Jew Tork Sept 4 With the latest devices of the New Tork police depart Fment in detecting crime and appre ihendlng criminals now In operation It la expected that the possibility of es Ssape from the city In the future by those who have committed criminal acta will be so leasened that crime will be extensively reduced Announcement a few days ago that the picture of Edward Kindred mles Ing cashier of the Booth Fllnn subway contracting company who mysteriously disappeared with ltlC of his zmployers funds was ready to be thrown on the screen in several hundred moving picture theaters disclosed the most recent innovation of the police department in finding missing persons knowledge of whose whereabouts Is desired by the police officials Aid in Findin Missing Persons In the future moving picture theaters are to play a large part In assisting the police In locating missing persons High police officials are of the opinion that if this method had been resorted to jears ago fewer of those wanted by gk the police would have escaped after committing crime nuatlng the tactics of the secret police of Faris where some of the most highly devUed schemes for the detection of crime ane In practice the police here are saying little of their up to date methods of the Investigation of crime A policeman of any rank who has an Idea that will assist in efficient execution of police ork Is welcome at head quartera where he Is given a hearing by some one of the commissioners Newspapers Often Aid Who Is responsible for the Idea of throwing the photographs of peraons wanted by the police on the screen could hot be learned It ts believed that the unusual success of the police tn finding criminals through photographs reproduced In newspapers was responsible for the Idea Not a few pirsons hunted by the police were lorn ted after caaual newspaper readers had remembered seeing the person whose photograph confronted them and gave the police the dew that ultl mttelj led to his arrest Hereafter it fa expected patrons of moving picture theaters a Hi be uhoffl cially deputized and will consider themselves active aids of the police In Immediately reporting the presence ef the person whose picture Is shown on the screen and wbo ia wanted by the police a Many other methods to assist the police in readily locating ctiminala and preventing their escape from the city after the commission of their cjlme are In the process of adoption So onfi dent are the police of the tone tele phone system which has just been Instituted that they assert it will be Impossible for a criminal to leave Manhattan Island after committing a crime considering the police are Informed soon after the crime la committed The Telephone Net The xone telephone ajrsttm is worked In conjunction with the telephone company All the territory for a hundred miles from Kew Tork In all directions has been spilt by the telephone company Into seven tele phone xones Arrangements have been made whereby any or all of these zones can be connected with police headquarters in this city in a very few minutes When this Is done a telephone operator at head quartera will notify tbe chiefs of police and sheriffs of scores of cities towns and hamlets within 100 miles of the city to keep a close watch for a certain person whose description is given and who has Just committed a crime in Kew Tork Notice Is Quickly Given In this way it ia expected that it will be practically Impossible for a fugitive from Justice to make his escape Heretofore It took several hours to notify all the police officials who will now be apprised of tbe cri miners escape In a few minutes A system of signal lights has been installed connecting headquartera with all the ferry and railroad terminals In and about Kew Tork Pressure of a button at headquartera will light the lights In all theae terminals and In a few seconds the policemen stationed at theae placea will have word to watch out for the person wanted With such modern methods along with others to be Instituted the police expect that In the course of a short time it will be next to Impossible for criminal to make his escape ABE MAttRTEP DT DENVER Miss Herman of Richmond and Sanford of This City United There Word was received In Washington last week or the marriage in Denver Cola of Miss Bertha Herman daughter of Mrv Michael Bernard Herman of Richmond Va to Charles Sanford of 14 OS Allison street north west Washington The ceremony was NO FEET YET IN DANCE Former Chorus Girl Now Cripple Back on Broadway KIDNAPPED BY HER CHUMS Dorothy James Happy Again Because She Is Near Center of Earth Meaning Great White Way Refuses to Go Back to Her Mothers Apartment Away Out in Harlem Sperm to Tbe Waibington Fait KeW Tork Sept 4 A runaway girl who hasnt lost her taste for adventure although she is a cripple was found early Friday by hefe mother hiding In the apartment of a chum In West Fifty stxth street after her mother had notified the police that her daughter bad been kidnapped Miss Dorothy James blonde and blue eyed was a member of th Winter Garden chorus until she was rnn over by a Lackawanna train at East Orange on June 10 and lost1 both feet She had always been known as one of the happiest most Joyful girls living and even the accident failed to make her lose her lively spirits or her love of fiin Longed for ThrOi of Broadway Seven drawn out weeks Ip the hospital and four more at the wind6w of her mothers flat in 25 West 13th street failed to subdue her exuberance She longed for the thrill of Broadway she desired to feel that she was really alive again So Tuesday evening she disappeared Kidnapped Sure was kidnapped but by two of the best scouts that ever did a one step Miss James said today when she waa discovered In her hiding place Her eyes were dancing and she laughed merrily seeming to have forgotten orall Ume her crutches that stood In the corner pie otray old chutes Jn the Winter QarV den choru ran away with me just overpowered me threw me in a taxlcab and abducted the I didnt everihve a chance to scream II I had wanted to fhvwr nnlrlr Since then Ive really lived Tvebeen alive alive she exclaimed stretching her arm Weve been around andeen all the old glad sights again Tester ir had a box at a tnatlnea an could imagine myself back agan in the front line on me stage My out It waa good to see the girls again Nearer Center of World Perhaps Ill take In the San Fran performed at 2 oclock in the after Cisco air who knows After the months noon at the residence Of the Rev if fmnrlannment thla taste of frnm residence of the Rev Father Hugh McMenamln who officiated Only relatl es and a few dose friends were present The bride with her mother and sister has resided In Denver for several months and has made many friends Mr Sanford is the scion of an old Baltimore family and is a government architect at Washington where the couple will reside after enjoying their honeymoon af the Sanford country place In Mar land of imprisonment this taste of freedom I Is sweet I havent even decided yet whether 111 back home with mother in aJJth street Junes apartmenWs SoJ much nearer the center of4the world Detectives of the Fourth branch bureau who have been searching tot kidnapperskidnappers since Mrs James reported to them that her daughter had been rushed away In a taxlcab dropped the inquiry when they learned that Daisy stad only httn answering the call of the cabaret Panorama of Allied Races Seen At Calais Where British Khaki Predominates With Few French Ideal Place for Tourists but They Are Barred Strange Mass of Uniforms Hold the Eye Odd Mingling of Civilians4 and Children of Natives By LE050RA RAINES Calais Aug IS Correspondence Were it not for the presence of soldiers from all nations this old town might be the center of a great international exposition an exposition of arms machinery and field supplies Altogether a mans exposition for women are not seeuxuiuouE lurcigu eiciuem nu surely theyre not wanted Calais with its citadel erected by Cardinal Richelieu Its parka anT its famous group by Rodin IShavlng the upheaval of ita jif There may have been unrest and war in centuries past btft by comparison with scenes Jlere and with what Is going on a stones throw distant all tWe wld victories or SiuTenaers represent oniy ine piay oi paltry duels British in Majority We have Scotland Ireland England Wales France Belgium India Arabia Morocco Algiers Martinique Cvand it is a strange mas of uniform that surge along the streets Therela such a preponderance of British among the sojdiersthatjaaynian mlghl conclude tha Cjllals had beer acquired bythferA There are few Belgian military men but almost no Trench this beng the center at the British campaign But the throng Teally presents nations in motion Weri only for the street scenes Calais would be worth while lor the curious tourist who by the way i not Allowed within its door a iAll alongj from Staples the khaki uniforri colors the atmosphere vAlong the roads almost the only workmen rwe I see are British They ride horses Abducted by Old Chums une Price and May Tormey a cott jdrtYe teams look after engines 4c From a distance their camps repre sent small cities Big tents and tiny tenfa Doll aonse snacks Then there are the doll house shacks that seem to be made of sandpaper but are no dOubt of cement Each ahack la a law unto itself with ita miniature windows and doors the shacks certainly not more than 7 feet high Each houses halt a doten sleepers Tm told Aa for housekeeping and living that la done out ofdoors The men eat tn roessrooms and their waking momenta are passed out of doors which considering the British love of air should please them tip top The soldier takes the middle of the road to give civilians a chance Tle khaki shows that it has weathered sun and rain but as a whole the Britisher Is neat and well groomed Belgian Officers in Khaki foaktag of uniforms tbe few Belgian officers Ive seen wearkhakL The French soldier has almost entirely discarded the red pantaloons for khaki and Tecently Jve noticed that many French officers are uniformed in khakt ich offi There ate no more reds being tailored and soon the French plou plou so dressed will be but a souvenir of ante bellum times A striking ensemble and picturesque they were but the sol dier made too good a target for the enemy Along with the khaki some of the Bejglahs are dressed In green wth ouches of yellow But their caps with funny Jlttle tassels fllrtingwlth their pose have noWhanged They fender the entire effect amusing no matter how dignified the soldier Incidentally 1 may say the same of the Scotch Highlander with his kilt and gay little cap strings In private life It would be almost impossible take such a soldier seriously yet as we all know both Belgian and Scotch are devilish good fighters to quote a military term for a soldier who doe shis duty and Is On the Job Town Stiil Unhygienic Though Pas de Calais is now enter talntng modern military men of modern War In which she Is A big prise involved the town of itself has not change Its modes It Is Just as nn I hygienic just as slow Just as old for the latter maybe It Is Just as well paffculaTTy ln matters of cooking Calais clings to the cuisine of twenty years a go when dishes were tasty because well seasoned and prepared STorrget a pot au feu that has been jlmmeriror 44 hours and not a soup taken from cans and heated oyer gas The ehjeken has been killed overnight too thefe la real gravy with meats the fish is fresh from thertaea the lettuce has been allowed tojtbecome crisp in cold bath parts has Quite outgrown these oia customs wnicn accounts roc the falling off in popularity of her once famed dishes Children tnd Soldiers Sociable The British soldier overflows every where All empty houses have been requisitioned for him and each hotel has its quota Some take meals at my hotel and room across the way Just now the stone steps In front of the door are studded with them Little children sit between the big men who puff pipes and occasionally make a remark to each other for the Britisher is not a man of superfluous words A silent conversation goes on between the sol diers and kiddles for alas the tongue of one Is not the tongue of the other The soldier pats the childs head the child looks up and smiles Pretty soon all the little ones will be called home to go 6 bed and the Tommies will leave the steps The bugler will sing his warning or good night which means that every soldier must go to his lodgings At 4 lights will be out So we must all hie fo bed and dreams even though the July sua has not ong set and the long twilight just com menced LONG TREK FOR WOMEN Suffrage Hosts to Cross Soon From Frisco to Washington HERE FOE DECEMBER RALLY Delegates From Golden Gate Meeting Will Gather Up Adherents as They Journey East Plan to Show They Can Overcome Obstacles En Route as Well ai Men A thousand or more women will come from California to Washington by train motorcycle and automobile Immediately after the Women Voters Convention September 14 IE and IS the great trek from coast to coast wlir start Those who attempt the long journey by motor will be es corted 10 we ouiaxiris 01 an Tan clsco by hundreds of machines decorated in suffrage colors The suffragists under the auspices of the Congressional Union with headquarters in Washington are coming to Washington to let wavering congressmen know that they are on the ground and ready to use every Influence pos sible to compel them to do their duty By coming through the country from California to Washington by automo Diie tney wui convince the country that they can cope with men in battling the elements and other natural Obstructions in a great country S000 Expected fof Hallyt Many of the 3000 women who at tended the voters convention at the Panama Pacific exposition a rounda this ImontK Arill travel through country stopping in many states on the wav rand gathering delegates to the National uapuar as mey come Mora tnab 6000 suffragists are expected to take part In the big tfecembet rally in Washinrton when Congress meets Thty will come irom me stale or Washington from Florida California and Maine 4 Miss Doris Stevens of Kew Tork who has charge of the preliminary arrangements for the San Francisco convention has reported sroa reas to the I Washington office a great motor parade will be held on September t7 the day after the convention proper is over to typify the union of the Eastern and Western delegates In their march to Washington for the great December at the opening of Congress said Mlsa Stevens Will Head Motor Parade Mrs Lydla Gibson Mestre a noted artist and sculptor of Kew York la in charge of the motor parade which will I form the final dramatic event of the convention In San Francisco She Is assisted by Mrs Marshall Carach Mrs Henry Sahlein and Mr Hampton The color effects of the parade will be purple white and gold Mlsa Charlotte Anita Whitney of Oakland chairman of the Congressional Union will lead the Western delegation East be among those to petition Congress to pass the Susan Anthony amendment Western voters for the first tfme asking the enfranchisements the women of jne EasC Girl Has Him Arrested as Flirt He Is Freed and Now Sues Her On Charge ofMaliqious Arrest No Gay Lothario but a Steady Going Business Man Samuel Greenbaum Asks New York Court to Award Him 5000 Which He Will Give to Charity Special to Tbe Wublagtoa Pott New Tork Sept 4 Believe me I am no gay Lothario said Samuel Greenbaum importer of Central and South American goods at ST Front street when he filed in the county clSrks office a summons and complaint in a suit for 5000 brought by him against Leah Scher of 1020 Tiffany street the Bronx for false arrest I am a steady going business man The arrests have done them no good Why Because I was discharged on both occasions first time several years ago and the second time by Magistrate Barlow in June last But the charge againstrne that I flirted was annoying That is what hurts me So I want S5000 damages from Leah and Vm going to give the money I get to charity I dont want any of It Mr Oreenbanms complaint sets forth that Miss Leah Scher who is a music teacher falsely and maliciously charged him with committing a misdemeanor In flirting with and annoying her that he was arraigned before the magistrate pleaded not guilty and was thereafter honorably discharged and Vindicated He Feels Sore He Will Win The plaintiff places confidence in his ability to win first that he was vindicated and secondly in a little collection of post cards signed Leah which date back for a long time prior to a period when he says his barytone voice made him a welcome caller at the Scher home Miss Leah Scher Informed the court that she had never seen me before the time when I was alleged to have flirted with her said Greenbaum But her are the cards The first of these cards dated June 25 1912 was mailed to Mt 8 Greenbaum 245 West 118th street On its reverse side is printed the souvenir card announcement When I want to have real fun My partner must be you On the aide with the address is wrIU ten Have just telephoned and found yon out Hope this reaches yon la good health The second card dated April 21 1J1X reads as follows Dear Sam Very sorry that I could not go to the phone this morning as was still In bed Bessie Is feeling better and has gone out to teach Will expect you tonight Tours IJSAH The printed Inscription on this card is When I am a dreamer you ax my dream Liked Moosick and Wise Another post card bears the printed pleasantry I take me to dine vera dera is moos Ick und wine and tango through lift Its written message Is as follows This Is a nlee way of making an appointment I waited until 110 suppose you are having juca a good time that you forgot to come aa Just telephoned and found you are out Regards love LEAH Greenbaum declares that he recovered Judgment In Bronx county for 5028 against Bessie Scher also for false arrest Oh Please to Remember The 8th of September Opens for the Season Dancing Evenings Third Floor 11th and Penna Ave BssBatsstassaaeesf se seMsB aia.