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THE WASHINGTON TIMES. SATURDAY, MAY 25. 1918. Red Cross Workers Strain Every Nerve to Double Quota as Drive Nears. Close iPDj.dOJ.jl Id l ftbeftinvtiimespS?1 IHE RECORD AI pp rsi (MtM4 feilfl N00N,ANDIIteM I HLrS k . m J Give to the Red Cross today and help raise a million- mercy dollars fa Washington. Send Rifts to Henry B. F. Macfarland, 1222 F street northwest. For the final drive today to send the city' Quota, over the million-dollar mark, Washington's host of Red Cross workers, collectors of mercy dollars, threw evesy effort and all re Mrre energy Into the balance. With an official total of S 573.SS3.51 imported to their credit and many sud crlptlons not yet reported, the 'war fund committee Is hopeful of bringing the District total near the million-dollar mark by Monday, when the cam paign closes. $73,000,000 This Morning. The team of Mrs. Henry Rea led la the amount of subscriptions re ported today, securing- 113.046. The day's total up to noon amounted to 72.685.47 "3n auction sale of hundreds of ar ticles donated for the cause was In progress at B. F. Keith's Theater be fore the matinee performance. Thero -was so much to sell the commltteo In charge decided to wait until to night to sell "Colonel Jake," Presl- cent Wilson's prize turkey. mass meeting will be held at the national Theater at 4 o'clock tomor- row afternoon. Henry P. Davison, chairman of the Red Cross War Coun cil, will speak. Other spjeakera will Include Mrs. J. Borden Harrlman. genry "White, John -Poole, nd Henry jo. if. aiacrarland. A great meeting at the liberty Est last night closed a day of ex traordinary activity in behalf of the ted Cross In Washington. Baseball Brings $3,500. -A.t American League Park 13,500 was realized by the sale of a base ball autogrsphel by President Wll oa. In addition to the heavy rate re ceipts which were contributed to the Bad Cross. The President was ac companied by Mrs. Wilson, and many ther high officials of the Govern ment witnessed the contest between Detroit and Washing-ton. Ty Cabb At Keith's. Joseph Edward OToole, assistant en the floor of the United States Senate, spoke at B. F. Keith's Theater last night. Ty Cobb, the Detroit ball play er, was brought to the stage from tne audience. He bought a painting at the auction for $76. Private Feder uek. who fired the first American shot from the trenches, spoke yesterday afternoon. Yesterday's receipts for the Red STAG HOTEL 604-606608 9th Street TaJce Elerator Best ROOMS In city. Fftrquct Coor; sImI eaUlnjxi; bower bmUi. toilet and lartuorr. telephone; French windows; writing; tsMes; taetsU lockers; shoes shlned wJi you sleep, etc- ETerytlUct oa.nl t&rr- Special wajklr r&Ua. Look em otst. VIVIL at the theatre f in the office in the street carV after dinner after smoking before kissing! The Peppy Mint Fresh from the mint J nothing m it but tne . purest extract of young rSKmint shoots and pure farmer One bugar No matter. where you Vivil youJ will find it the finest. mintiest mint of nil. On Sale Everywhere 5c Ttoatly-one count them I double strength tablets or retinea size, snape jaid flavor in a package .that does not bulge or spill in your pock Aha made In Wfnlergrten flavor. i I WWHtft. tw. Chf Trnmaa.1 Red Cross Activities Today 12:30 Sergt, Arthur Guy Em pty, author of "Over the Top," talks on north steps of Treasury. 4 p.m "Onion auction'' at the north steps of the Treasury. 8 p. m. Flight of aviators drop ping memorial messages In honor of Major Lufbery. American ace killed In France, to be followed by showing of new film of the battle of Cambral, Including scenes of tanks, "Big Berthas," capture of German prisoners, British aero planes dropping bombs, and men going "over the top." 8 p. m. Guy Empey speaks at Liberty Hut, and a special musical program will be given. Including Andrea de Scgurola, Hlpollto La zaro and Oscar Seagle. Cross at Keith's were T.3-,472.60, bring ing the total amount collected at this theater to 10,219.12. When no speaker appeared at the Gayety Theater last night Miss Sylvia Seville, an English girl, who lost her relatives In the war before com ing to this country, made an appeal for Red Cross funds. Girls of the chorus took up a collection, which brought the total collected by the members of the "Puss Puss" com pany to 11,404.65. Two Meetings Tonlgbt. Instead of one, there will be two mass meetlnga. tonight to give an eleventh hour stimulus to the Red Cross drive. One will take place at Liberty Hut, where Oscar Seagle, noted American baritone, will sing Sergt. Guy Empey of "Over the Top" fame. will speak. It will be "United States Night" and the last of the aeries of International nights to honor the al lies who are united against the foe. The other meeting wllL be outdoors at the south steps of the Treasury where tribute will be paid to Amerl ca'a greatest "ace," Major I-ufberry. who was killed this week. The dem onstration for Majcr Lufberry will take Dlace lust before the showing of pictures on the south steps. Capt. A. C. Weldenbach ana unit. v. w. Klnr- will flv. droDDlnir memorial pharaplets from airplanes. Joseph Edward O'Toole will speak. T HELP TO FORCE DRY CLAUSE IN SENATE Prospects that some of the dry forces In the Senate will turn against the Randall dry amendment to the food production bill, lately adopted In the House, make the opponents of that amendment hopeful of heading off its passage. They expect the Ad ministration to try to Slock the amendment in the Senate. Senator Sheppafd, one of the lead ing Democrats In the prohibition movement, has given It out that he vlll not support the Randall amend ment If the President Is opposed to It Mr Sheppard'a attitude Is that of a number of other Democratic Senators who usually support the dry cause. SHEPPARD WILL NO i " i! The President At His Best by George tht in North American Review's War Weekly Out Five Cents DIDN'T INTEND TO KILL DR. ROBERTS, SA YS MISS L USK (Continued from First Page.) average woman bread-winner, the Juggling required to spread the In come thin enough to cover the ever- increasing cost of living. Scores of Friends. She had apparently scores 'of friends, women, with whom she cor responded regularly, and they read and discussed books and swapped them about among themselves and belonged to book clubs and libraries. Some question of books came up yesterday, and she answered: "Wher ever I go, books follow me." I am putting down all of these ap parently lrrevelant details, because they show what sort of a girl Grace Lusk was. Just such a girl as one finds In hundreds of carefully-sheltered American homes, a girl growing up to enjoy the best there Is in life, literature, art and travel, and to pick and choose among these with the taste of a connoisseur. At least a dozen girls here .In Waukesha who were pupils of hers have said to me with feeling: "I owe her so much; she taught me all I know of books and pictures." And there stands the woman who has been such an Influence for good In the community fighting for life for taking the life of anther wman. Story of Infatuation. Slowly and with every indication of the strain, she told the story In court yesterday of her Infatuation for Dr. Roberts. It Is such a calamity as might overtake any girl who had lived a sheltered life, and then waked up, rather late in life, to discover there are more vital things in the world than are to be found In the pages of books. It Is too bad that as soon as she found herself taking an Interest In Roberts, with his plea of "no sym pathy at home," she did not rtin away from his Influence. That Is the biggest and bravest thing a girl can do when she finds herself becoming Interested In a mar ried man not stop to argue about It. but to get away to new surroundings and new people. If It Is humanly pos sible, and If It Is not, to decline ab solutely to see him. That sort of madness Is not Im proved by argument for or against. "I lost my reputation, and with It my usefulness," Miss Lusk said In court. Her life up to a year ago had been an admirable one, full of help fulnes and Industry. The schoolgirls to whom she opened the book of knowledge speak of her In the far away tone In which we speak of the dead. She has so many fine qualities if she had only numbered cowardice among them and had not stopped to argue, but Just run away. Miss Lusk declared yesterday un der cross examination that she fired the shot not because of anger, but In a moment of delirium following her sensational In tenlew with Mrs. Roberts. She said that her Intention had been to kill herself and tnus eliminate the surplus portion of the loe triangle an act which she had contemplated for days and days but that in her frenzied state of mind she shot the horse doctor's wife, really not knowing what she was doing In a voice almost expressionless In Its lark of emotion. Miss Lusk yes- Harvey Today At all Newsstands terday went through the ordeal of relating In Infinite detail all she re membered of the tragedy that came when she killed Mrs. Roberts. As the Jury came In, a church bell nearby tolled solemnly. Attorney Clancy asked her to step to the stand, and In a tender voice he began ques tioning her. Q. What did you do between the time you met Dr. Roberts at the county line and the last meeting at the Hotel Wisconsin? A I made my will. Q. Why did you make your will? ;A I suddenly realized the differ ence In the attitudes of Dr. Roberts and myself In this love affair. I had been sincere. I had given him the things a woman gives to a man she loves. To Dr. Roberts It was Just part of a game. I had lost my reputatlon and with my reputation went my usefulness; and I did not want to live any longer because there waa no place In the world for me.' It Is hard for me to tell you about that. I waa under an Intense emo tional strain. I neither ate, slept, played, or did anything of that sort I desired some way or other to end things. That is why I made my will. Went to Dr. Roberts'. Q What did you do then? A I went upstairs and put on my hat and coat and went over to Dr. Roberts' house. I knocked or rang, whichever It was. Frank Roberts came to the door, and I said I wanted to see the doctor. Dr Roberts came out and asked me what I wanted. I asked him to step outside. He did. Then he said: "What do you expect. Miss Lusk?" I Just re peated "Miss Lusk." Then he said. Grace." at this moment Mrs. Roberts came out She said, "Was that you who called up?" I aald, "Yes." She said. "I thought I recognized your voice. Won't ou camo in?" I told her that I Just wanted to speak with Dr. Roberts. When she had returned to the houso I asked Dr. Roberta to walk through the park with me. Ho ask ed me what I meant by this. I said. "Don't you see that I can't stand this any longer?" He said, "have you your revolver with jou, Grace?" I said that I didn't have It. He asked mo if I had destroyed his letters. I said that I had. I lied to htm be cause I had kept two or three those two or three that were jead hero in court. I asked him again and again if he would tell his wife a he had promised me. He kept evading the question. At the other side of the park we stopped. I asked him if he didn't care for me. He said that he did. Made Him Klaa Her. (At this point Miss Lusk put her hand to her eyes as If a terrific pain had wrenched her brain.) Q. What then? A. I said to him. If you don't car for me, say so now and that will, end It all" He replied that he did care for me. "If you do," I told him, "you must tell her. You must ask for your freedom, because otherwise the whole situation Is so wrong." Then I asked him to kiss me. He said, "I can't because my mouth feels full of poison." Rut he did kiss me. Then we parted. I went to my home. Q. What happened after you got home? A. Mr. Robertscalled me on the phone, and she asked me whore the doctor was. and I said he ought to be home now and she said he wasn't there Then she said she wanted to see me the following day. that she had something to talk to me about, and I told her I had something to talk to her about. Q. Then what happened? JHsa Lusk had w hipped her flag ging nerves to the point of telling the scene of the shooting. She began coldly enough A. I was talking to Dr. Roberts over the telephone," said Mls Luk "I asked him If Mr. Roberts hart said anything the night before when he returned from his walk In the park with me. He said that Mrs. .Roberts had said many things Mrs. Roberts Hntered. "Just as we were talking, and I was asking for some detail of what Mrs. Robert had said. Mrs Ilnb'rt entered the house. I dropped the re ceiver at once." DINE AT THE SPECIAL, $1.25 Table d'llole Illnner, to 8. Mnsle FRANK I FENWH3K PROP. ff l wmsmr i I MOTEL. Jf Freak Auctions Gam Popularity in Drive For Red Cross Benefit Freak auctions ara gaining popularity as boosters for Jhe Red Cross fund. "Colonel Jake," President Wil son's turkey, sent to him from Texas, will be up for auction at a mass meeting fn Keith's Theater tonight. A quilt donated by the Presi dent will be offered at thla auction. Two big Dane dogs will be sold tonight by Sergeant Heffcrnan, ona of "Pershing's Fifty." A truck load of onions, donated by Salvatore Scalco, president of the National Fruit Company, will be sold at auction on the north Treasury steps at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Mrs. M. B. Harrison, of Brook lyn, Va., gave a fatted calf to the Red Cros. which waa auctioned oft for fllO by E. D. Means, of 023 Louisiana avenue northwest. Otis 11. Cutler, of the National Red Cross, paid $."..500 for a base ball autographed by President Wilson at esterda's game. It was auctioned oif by Henry B. F. Macfarland. SENATE TO GET E E A bill providing for a new retire ment law, one that will be acceptable to all of the e;nploc' organizations which have been working for civil service retirement for ears, will be Introduced in the Senate by Senator McKeliar early in June. A conference t-allcil to put the final touches on this bill was held last night, with representatives of cery Governmcnt department and agency In Wahlngtnn in attendance Dr. J. D. Maddrill, of the Bureau of Efficiency, promled actuarial figures at the confeitnce upon which he has been working for years. RepreBcnta tlves of tho postal employes said they would hate to go over these figures In detail before acquiescing to the bill as drawn by .Senator McKeliar. E According to confidential advlreo reaching Washington todav the Mex ican minister to Cuba has been re called. At the State Department I was ad mitted that information reaching there confirmed the report that Mex ico had withdrawn her minister from Havana, but it was stated that there was no information aallable as to the reason. At the Cuban legation It was stated that there had be n no official word received tht re as to the situation. FS POLICEMEN TO GO The names of Lieut David T Dunl gan and Policeman John A. Conrad, both of Sixth precinct, who were -shot and killed by a. negrn. will go on a police roll of honor memorial. fitistav Itiirhholz already has con tributed $li to u fund for the me mortal his ohei k having been sent to iMareme Norment. president of the Hank of Vahlngt'n. who has con sented to a' t an treasurer of the roll of honor memorial fund. ETI EM NT LL ARLYN N K RE ALL ENVOY TO CUBA AI m ON HONOR R i - - ---T-r HE CALLED me up. AND ASKED me. IF I'D like a ride. IN THE park. AND I said I would. AND IT was 4:30. . - AND I told him. I'D HAVE to be back. AT 6:30.' AND HE came. AND I got In. a AND WE started. AND AFTER, we'd gone. -A LITTLE while. I SAID to him. "18 THIS a rent car?" AND HE said "No." AND I said. - "WHY HURRY, thenr , AND HE slowed down. TO FORTY miles. 80 THAT the houses. LOOKED LIKE houses. INSTEAD OF streaks. AND ALL at once. - I COULD hear something:. ' AS THOUGH It was dyi-.. . AND WE stopped. AND HE got out AND SAID. "WHADDYA THINK of that: AND I got out. AND ONE of the tires. WAS FLAT. AND HE laughed. AND SAID. "AIN'T THAT hard luck? "WHAT'LL I do? "I HAVEN'T a tube." AND IF it hadn't been. HE WA8 almost a stranger. I'D HAVE told him. WHAT HE could da BUT'l didnt. AND WE got back In. AND RODE on the rim. w TO A garage. AND HE was Just as happy. A8 HE could be. AND HE drove In an alley. BESIDE THE garage. AND IT was dirty. AND THERE were garbage cans. AND BACKYARDS. AND EVERYTHING. AND A man came out. AND JACKED up the ear. x AND I stayed in U. AND SAT there. AND SMELLED the garbage. AND ALL the time. THE MAN was working. AND IN fifty-minutes. THE CAR was fixed. , AND BY that time. IT WA8 nearly six. AND WE droTe home. AND THE next time. I GO for a ride. I'M QOINQ out. WITH A sanitary Inspector. BECAUSE SANITARY Inspectors. KNOW ALL the alleys. AND WE can pick a clean one. WHEN WE get a puncture. I THANK you. DNTISTAD1TS HE BOUGHT TO END OWN LIFE DRUG (Continued from First Page.) sweetheart from youth, that he had been married. Dental of Confeaaloa. Johnson today resumed the stand to continue the atory of his Ufa, which began In Middlesex twenty three years ago. At the adjournment of court last night he had reached that point where he was placed un- ) der arrest In Wilson by Detective John Wiley, of the Richmond police department. In his statement today he will tell of Interviews In the city Jail here of conversations he had with the detec tives, and a fiat denial of the alleged confession he made to A Cloyd GUI. The Washington Times correspond ent. Is looked for. Examined by Attorney Woodard, whom he has known all of hla Ufa, Johnson has maintained hi com posure throughout the long recital of his story. An impediment la his speech has given him some trou ble when he has been forced to use long words, but on the whole there has been little trace of nervousness. Johnson swore that he loved Alice Knight, the Richmond girl, and said that he had Intended to marry her sooner or later. He admitted that the marriage on September 18 last was "rather unexpected and unlock ed for." He admitted that he kept his mar riage a secret from MIsa Ollle White, the Middlesex girl, but said "I didn't t have the heart to tell her, because she and her brother had been such good friends of mine.' "I wanted to let Ollle down as eas ily as possible." he testified. T did not want to Just throw her down, for I thought something might happen or turn up so I could tell her. 1 admit I made a mistake In not telling her I waa- married." The members of hla immediate fam ily except his father knew of the marriage to the Richmond girl. John son said. He explained that he had not desired to marry until his dental practice was sufficient to afford a home and comforts such as befitted his wife. Johnson testified as to his activity In church work, during the several months Just prior to his arrest on a charge of poisoning his bride. The young dentist taught the Baraca class In Middlesex Baptist Church. Airplane Halts Testimony. Johnson was on the stand from noon (o 6 o'clock yesterday, with a brief recess for lunch. There were many distracting Incidents. He had to halt in his statement as an Italian airplane. Hying low, held the atten tion of the courtroom and drowsed his voice, which at times came so near being a whisper that his counsel waa forced tox aak to "please talk louder so we can hear what yon are saying." Again the young defendant had to rest when a Juror got an Important telephone message. At another stage several cases set originally for hear Ing at this time, had to be continued or disposed of. PAY OF CAPITOL POLICE MAY BE REDUCED JULY 1 Capitol police not only have re ceived no increase In pay, but they are threatened with actual loss of pay after July 1. according to W M. Hair ston. one of the members of the force. Mr. Halrston has been working for an Increase In pay. but has not succeeded. Unless Congress comes to the relief of the Capitol police, he points out, present salaries will on July 1 automatically go back to their old status, and policemen now re ceiving 3&23 per month will drop back to J87.BO, while those now re ceiving $77 will get but 160. -Notwithstanding the fact that sala ries received today are not sufficient for their living." said Mr. Halrston. the Capitol police have been ordered to purchase uniforms out of their monthly stipend." He said Congress would do well to emulate the example of Director General McAdoo, of the railroads. In Increasing the pay of railroad em ployes to enable them to meet In creased living expenses. r