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The Washington herald., 1914-11-01
WAR MAY MAKE
SCARCE
Labor Department Wrestles
with Problem Of Bringing
Girls From Abroad.
EXPECT INFLUX LATER
When Hostilihes Cease, Large Num-
bers Left Destitute Will Proba-
bly, Come Here.
EXPECT INFLUX LATER

| II Mary, Jane, Lena, Rachael Marie,
Olga, Hilda and others cannot get across
the big pond. where are we going to get
our servant girls from?
| That is only one of the war problems
the United States Department OF Labor
/ Is wrestling with. Being mere men. the
otnclals OF the department can think Of
no solution while the ships Of the wa--
ring nations are bottled up and the work
ing women Of Europe are compelled to
remain al nome through necessity as well
as patriotism.
The American girl. as every one knows.
VIII work as a servant only when she
can find nothing else to do. In the land
| or the free. the I'm as good as you are
spirit destroys the attitude the housewife
demands from her servants. Coming
from countries where the line between
/ upper and lower" classes is more
sharply defined than in America for
eiEn girls are said to make more ac-
| ceptable servants.
So long as the old country sources of
supply were kept open, the problem Of
procuring and servants in the United
states was an extremely difficult one;
now it is next to hopeless
Different After War.
But after the war what then? It Is
thought by a number of observers that
one Of its results will be a great increase
in the immigration of women, left desti-
tute and seeking positions as house
servants.
Will this influx Of servant girl material
check our tendency TO become a nation
OF hotel and apartment house dwellers? i?
Time will answer the question. II is
common observation that the threatened
overthrow of the American home system
been brought about largely by scarcity
OF house servants at low wages.
A housekeeper in a home has some
difficulty getting along without a woman
OF all work. and perhaps even more trou-
BILE getting along with her. Here is where
social status gets in its fine work.
II madam does her own housework the
neighbors who have servants will dis
pute her right to be considered one OF
their "set"
The fiat solves in a degree social
standing questions, because II gives
madam a plausible excuse for not being
bothered with a girl
Hotels Solve Problem.
In the family hotel the servant prob
lem. so far as the boarders are concerned,
is solved. The hotel has no great trouble
in maintaining an effective force Of serv-
ants, and especially girl servants. the
problem which gives the average house
keeper the most trouble
Girls may work in hotels for less money
than they would ordinarily command in
a private family. probably preferring lib
erty and tips to fixed wages and limited
freedom.
Hotels and apartment houses, however
prefer trained, English-speaking servants
to undisciplined foreigners. This means
that the European influx will be COM
PEELED to seek private employment at low
rates. All Of which may check the drift
restoration of the old-time private home
LIFE.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-01
Sultan Pays SIS, 900 for Some Girls.

"The first requirement of any member of the harem
is to be vCircassian His majesty appoints special
to go Ccasan village and select beautiful girls and
bring them to the palace The ages of these generally
range from nine sixteen years. and the price paid for
them is from $500 to $4,000
"They be spodess and physically perfect be-
fore they can enter the royal Household
Unfortunately / was of the persons appointed
by Abdul Hamid go and examine these girls 1t
the hardest thing in the world for do, well
the most dangerous
According to law, Abdul Hamid the Sultan was
allowed have four wives, known Caduns, who
looked upon the legal sharers of his estate He also
had in his harem than FIVE hundred Crcassian
en- These he chose largely for their wonderful
beauty and superb grace He at liberty at any time
call upon any of them take the place of his
sort and fer that he exactng to their
selection and equally soIctous over their welfare.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-01
STARTLING SECRETS OF THE SULTAN'S HAIR
ting Story of Abdul Hanids Fipe Hundred Circassian
Beauties Told bv His OWn Physician

and uxurousy furnished harmonic with the bedroom
of the Cadun. All around the walls are rows of pegs on
which hundreds of beautiful hung And such
collection! Certainly multi-mlionare of the west
world showered upon his wife such an abundance
of gorgeous curious thing about the gowns is
that each Cadun must have exactly the number and
style her sister Cadun. Petty jealousy is ruling pas
sion among the Turks and the Sultan himself ap-
preciates the Importance of discretion The gowns for the
palace ladies usually designed by French dressmak-
Should Turk have two wives and buy each diff
erent costume there would be bitter in his house
hold
The Washington herald., 1914-11-01

has made this clash-at-arms inevitable
is the fact that the armies of Europe
have, for years, been overtrained.
Through the system of compulsory
military service, together with the con-
stant demand for increased armaments
and the frequent military maneuyers-
often led with great dash and en-
thusiasm by a ruler himself-the war
spirit was constantly cultivated and the
young men Of Europe. particularly OF
the 'young-officer class growing restfve
under the restraint Of peaceful dipIo-
macy hailed every 'war-scare' as a
hopeful chance for pulling off a fight
Like blooded hunting dogs, they have
strained at the leash. Like the over
trained Marathon runner they have been
keen for the race Stimulated by the
hope of fame and promotion; fired by the
ambition to win the overestimated re-
ward OF a royal decoration; weary of
barrack life, they have brought a pres
sure to bear upon the chancellories of
Europe, which we now recognize as the
menace Of the war-party-a menace which
has alas materialized into this deadly
and diabolical war. To this spirit of
overtrained preparedness is attributed
by many the fact that the peace negotia-
tions failed and the Impulse toward
general mobilization progressed SO rap
Idly.
Felt Impending Calamity.
"only those who were in Europe when
the movement Of troops began can have
any realizing sense of the awful portent
the sickening feeling Of impending ca
lamity, which this onward tread Of
marching feet awoke. While all the
world-the sane and civilized world-held
passionately to, the belief that the curse
Of war would be averted, that the nego-
The Washington herald., 1914-11-01
Mai. Kutz Sworn In.

In the presence of officials OF the Dis
trict government. Maj. Charles W. kutz'
U. s. A, yesterday was inducted into
Office as Engineer Commissioner, re-
placing Commissioner Chester HardinG'
colonel. United States Army. who has
been ordered to Panama Col. Harding
soon will become governor OF the Canal
Zone. Later Mai Kutz was sworn in as
a member Of the Public Utilities Com
mission. He was made chairman Of II to
fill out the unexpIred term Of Col. Hard
ing
The Washington herald., 1914-11-01
BLIND TO BE ENTERTAINED.
Musical Tomorrow Evening in Lib
rary of ConRreaR

IN HAO-
rary of Congress.
The Library Of Congress has announced
that the winter series Of musical enter
tainments for the blind will be held in
pavilion I. every Monday evening at
Sis p. m. beginning tomorrow evening.
The program will be given by Miss Co.
rinne Lockett, soprano; Miss Jessie Mas
tiers. cOntralto. and Mr.. Albert W.
Harmed, accOmpanist
Songs--"Flower Fetters," by Wnleby;
Candle Lightin' Time" by COlridge-
Taylor; Beloved 1t Is Morn" by Ally
ward; Sing to Me, Sing." by Homer.
Duet--"Love," sung by Miss Lockett
and Miss Masters
Songs--"Sleepy Town" by Hahn; The
Farmers Daughter" by d'Hardelot;
Morning and Evening"" by Spross, and
Rest the Sad Heart" by del Riego.
Duet--"She Walks in Beauty" by Miss
Lockett and Miss Masters.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-01

GIT seems hard to believe that there women
in the world who live solely to be beautiful" says
DR.. Dongian, yet in the Sultan's harem ! have
seen FIVE hundred trying to surpass another
in physical appearance-not in Dress understand it
is the order of the Sultan that all shall dress alike Such
competition and such competitors offer subject for
study that grips the imagination- is the most fasci-
mating story ever told. n-h
The Washington herald., 1914-11-01

IT. HERE is no story that grips the imagination
more than the mere recital of some incl
dent associated In some way or other with
the Sutan's Harem in Turkey The Harem is
mysterious mysterious because it has been
jealousy guarded through all the centuries, and
mysterious because few truthful stories ever have
penetrated its silent, forbiddng walls. The Harem
has been haven of happiness and charnel house
Of horror. 1t has been everything and all things IN
the Oriental mind from paradise to inferno yet the
Oriental father and mother gladly let their farest
daug ghter go from them, never to see or hear from
her again And that fair daughter is willing to go,
yes, eager to go. Why? But one man has ever
learned the truth-Dr Dongian, the Sultan's own
doctor, who is now in this country.
N R. DONGIAN is an Armenian, and all Arme-
mans are bitterly hated by the Turks. Yet
H. Dr. Dongian achieved the highest honor In
the gift of the Turkish Empire. He was appointed
by Sultan Abdul Hamd to serve as special physician
to His Majestys own Harem. And most wonderful
of all, DR.. Dongian held this high post for eighteen
years. He overcame all prejudice and jealousy, and
was given access to parts of the palace that never
before were visited by fuI-blooded men not Of the
Royal Household. He was called upon to treat the
Sultan's favorite wives, and as we'll to choose the
Circassian girls who were adopted into the palace
family He alone knows their secrets and their
habits of life. He has written remarkable book en-
titled The Secrets of the Sultan's Harem, which
tells for the first time the real truth about this mys-
terious place.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-01
The Secret Hair Formula.

have made arrangements with the Peoples Drug
Stores and ODonnePs to handle the Harem Hair Tonic
in both size bottles soc and Soo Any of these
resentatVes IS authorized to give you free copy Of my
book Secrets of the Harem which every and
interested in the mysterious story of the harem will be
glad to read If your druggist is all of the booklet
The Washington herald., 1914-11-01
Back to Simian State.

The European combatants are said TO
be fighting each other from tree tops. Is
this further Indication of Europe's re-
lapse into savagery? Scientists talk about
certain arboreaI ancestors Of ours who
fought with each other among the
branches.-CharlestoH News and Courier
The Washington herald., 1914-11-01
Or. G. DoNGIAN,

send your and address my authorized American
distributors. The Orient Company 1905 Arch street.
Philadelphia, who will mail you copy free in plain
wrapper.
Harem Hair Tonic can also be bought of Miss Lula
Ryon, 405 and 406 Kenois Building, Eleventh and G
streets northwest Nine Randas Hair Dressing ParIors
Us Tenth street northwest; at Peoples Drug Stores,
Seventh and K and Seventh and E. ODonneI's Drug
Stores.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-04
AN OFFICE ABOLISHED

washington, Dec. 4.-The office Of
director of the reclamation service
will be abolished on December 10. The
offices of director and chief engineer
will be consolidated with chief engi-
neer, A. P. Davis In charge Director
r. H. Newell will become consulting
engineer. A new Office, chief Of con
struetion, win filled by the apoint-
ment of S. b Williamson an engineer
who was prominent IN building the
Pacific division Of the Panama canal.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-04
HEALTH ASSOCIATION
fAVORS POST M0RTEM
SUGGESTS THAT MORE ExAMlN-
ATIoNs BE HELD OF DEAD
BODIES

Jacksonville, Fla, Dec. Al Profess
Isor William 7. sedgwick Of Boston
was elected president Of the American
Health association at the closing ses-
sion of the annual convention here
today. Rochester N. X, was selected
Jas the convention city for 1915.
Other officeis elected BY the asso-
citation were doctors ]. G. Hastings,
health officer fqronto, Canada, first
vice president n. Gam, Boston,
secretary; Lee K. F'rankel, New York
City, treasurer Drs. J. +. Anderson
iof the public health department,
Washington; j. P. Landis health off
Ger, Cincinnati, and Alfredo Bomir-
guez, port officer, Havana. Cuba, were
elected members of the executive
committee.
Honorary membership was confer
red by the association on Eduardo Lee
Raga, for many years president of the
bureau of health at Mexico City.
A new section Of industrial hygiene,
appointment Of committeeoto extend
the registration area Of deaths and
births, and the more extended use of
autopsies in checking up diagnosis in
hospitals were recommended today by
the convention.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-04
Soldiers Live in Holes

In Flanders, Dec. 9 (yia Paris, Dec.
4)-A visit to the trenches Of the
French in Flanders by a correspond
ent of the Associated Press under the
ausupices of the French general staff
is here described:
standing in the shelter OF won
derfully ingenious and deep-dug trench
on what undoubtedly is the bloodiest
battlefield in European history, the
first and most notable imression of an
observer is one Of utter surprise at the
absence of movement and the lack
Of noise. Within ones range of vision
with strong field glass there are
probably concealed 100000 men. yet
except for the few French soldiers
with rifles in their hands, standing or
kneeling in the immediate vicinity and
keenly peering over the flat land to-
ward the positions known to be held
by the Germans, no human presence
was noticeable. A staff officer sup
piled the information that behind a
slight slope some 300 yards away,
many German guns were hidden from
sight"
Behind the advanced line of the al
lies, which thus far has succeeded in
holding back the strong rorced move
ments Of German troops, are large
bodies Of fresh reserves, ready to give
their help in stopping any attempted
rush of the Germans for the channel
ports.
s'Troops Of cavalrymen are at the
heads Of their chargers IN neighDor
ing villages. ready to jump into the
saddle at moments call. Other cav
airy regiments. owing to the small ex
tent to which horsemen may be used
in this burrowing campaign, have beer
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-04
ROCKEFELLER PLEADS
NOT GUILTY in COURT
OTHER DIRECTORS OF THE NEW
HAVEN RAILWAY FOLLOW
HIS LEAD

New York, Dec. 4.-The pleas in
abatement made by William Rockefel-
Ter and seven others Of the 81 director
and former directors Of the New Ha-
ven railroad to indictments charging
them with criminal violation of the
law, have been dismissed, and pleas
of not guilty were entered instead to-
day.
In addition to Mr. Rockefeller, Rob
ert w. Taft and Charles F. Brooker,
Frederick F. Brewster, d. Newton
Barney, Henry K. McHarg, A. Heaton
Robertson and James S. Hemingway,
were the defendants who entered pleas
of not guilty.
The new pleadings were made nee
.essary by the dismissal of the pleas
in abatement, which contended that
the indictments we're improperly
drawn. William Skinner, James s.
Elton and George F. Baker entered
pleas of immunity, on the ground that
they had testified before the interstate
commerce commission at Washington,
Their pleas and those already filed by
John r. Billiard, John r. Robbins and
n. Dewitt Cuyler, will be argued before
Judge Rudkin on Monday.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-04

The French official statement given
out this afternoon in Paris reads as
follows:
"In Belgium there has been an in
termittent but fairly spirited cannon
ade between the railroad to Ypres and
Rouleps and the highway between
BeceIaere and Pass ChendeIe, where
the infantry of the enemy endeaFored
to gain ground but quite without sue
cess.
"At vermeiIs we are continuing the
work Of organizing the positions taken
from the enemy.
From the somme to the Argonne
region there Is quiet along the entire
front.
'In the Argonne there have been
several attacks on the part Of Ger
man infantry, but all were repulsed
by our troops. particularly at LaCorne
to the northwest Of the forest q
Grurie.
"There has been some artillery fir
ing in the Woevre district and in Lor
raine.
"There is nothing to report in Al
sace."
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-04
VIZ TAPpERss fNpIcrEp

New York, Dec. All. L. Linder. a
telegraph operator attached to the Of
fices of the New York Globe, and
two other persons unnamed were IN
dicted this afternoon on charges Of
having violated Section $50 of the
penal law, by revealing the contents
OF a telegraphic message sent out by
the Associated Press. Three indiet-
ment were handed up Under was ar
rested on November n after he had
repeated to the New York News Bu-
reau, a Wall street concern a prepar-
ed message sent to the Globe a short
time previously and KILLED" before
it was printed in that newspaper, pur-
porting to tell Of the destruction by a
mine Of the mythical Russian dread
naught Eliba-
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-04
ATTORNEY leads HIM OUT
BRINGS UP WORST SIDE OF EN-
GiNEMEN's DEMANDS UPON
THE RAILROADS
HIGH PAY FOR LIGHT WORK
COUNSEL ASKS ABOUT COAL OIL
BURNERS AND ELECTRIC
LOCOMOTIVES

Chicago, Dec. 4-That profit sharing
ista correct ecoomic theory regarding
relations between employer and en-
ploye, and that many of the demands
of the enginemen of SO western roads,
which are being arbitrated here, are
based on that theory, was stated on
the witness stand today by William
is. Carter, president of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen and En-
ginemen.
Carter's declaration was made in
the course of cross examination by
James H. Sheean, attorney for the
railroads. The requests of the men
for higher wages are in the main bas-
ed on the allegation Of the increased
productive efficiency Of the railroads.
Larger locomotives over lighter grades
haul larger tonnage and the men claim
a share Of the money saved by these
economies.
Sheean developed through the Wit
ness that the pay received BY firemen
who shovel coal into an engines fire
box, should also be allowed so fire.
men who have merely to turn oil into
ia locomotive as fuel. Their demands
also include one thar the fireman for
merly engaged in shoveling coal
should receive undiminished pay If
transferred to an electric motor, where
his work would be much lighter.
These points were brought out by
Sheean in contrast to testimony show
ing that on the ordinary steam rail
road the work of engineman mas been
greatly increased by increased weight
of engines and variety of attendant
conditions
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-04

London, Dec. A few indirect ref
erences to the visits of Emperor Will
liam and King George to the respec-
tive battlefronts, and the activities of
the Prince of Wales in the trenches
constitute virtually the entire budget
OF war news which has reached the
British public in the past "a hours,
apart, of course, from the unilluminat-
ing reports given out at the French,
Russian and German headquarters. OF
the details of the fighting, with its
enormous toll of killed and wounded,
the public heard nothing.
For the moment the dominating is
sue remains in the eastern arena OF
the war, where the results Of the
great clash of millions of men in Po,
land will go far towards determining
fhe duration of the war as well as its
character during the next few months.
The fighting in Russian Poland, in
the opinion of British observers, ap-
pears to have no effect on the Russian
march against Cracow, to stop which
has beenthe main object Of the Ger
mans. In the possession of heights
within three or four miles of the out
er forts Of the former capital Of Po-
land, the Russians appear to have the
Cracow fortress at their mercy. The
very fact that the Muscovites have
been able to get to such close Quart
ers seems to indicate that the guns OF
Cracow are not so formidable as has
been commonly reported If this city
falls, it is anticipated that it will have
an immediate effect on the campaign
in Poland, it being argued here that
the Germans would be forced then
to double back to steam the invasion
of Silesia.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-04
ENeLls4 pRlsoMER sENrENcep

Berlin, Dec (via Amsterdam and
London) "A British prisoner Of war
named I.onsdale, confined in the
Dobride camp. had been condemned
BY German court martial to ten
years Imprisonment for a violent at
tack on his custodians.
The attack is thus described in the
Lokal Anzeiger:
when the occupants Of one Of the
ten camps failed to turn out for work
a group of reservists were. ordered to
drive them out. This resulted in some
.scuffling and the free use Of the butt
ends Of rifles. Lonsda1e struck one
of the German soldiers in the chest,
and tried to hit him in the face A
sergeant dre whis sword and hit Ions
dale several blows on the back
"At the trial the president Of the
court told the witnesses to tell the
truth and not be influenced by hatred
of the English. Lonsdale admitted
that he comitted the assault The
prosecutor, Or. Kohler did not ask
for the death penalty or a life sem
tence. He said that the quarrels Of
German military we're vastly superior
to the hostile countries which we're
dictated BY low hatred. He invited
the court to impose a sentence Of inn
prisonment.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-04
HUDSON CASE CONTINUED

Chicago, Dec. 4 "A continuance oi
a week was granted today in the case
OF Carleton Hudson. a WEALTHY Chi
calgo real estate dealer who was ar
rested yesterday on the suppositior
that he was Carleton H. Belts, wanted
in New York to answer a 20-year old
charge Of forgery and fraud. Bond
was raised from s., 500 to $4,000 OF
ficers were expected to arrive from
New York today to take him east
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-04
FRENCH ARE AGGRESSORS IN FLANDERS
TODAY'S EVELOPMENTS1

The first official indicate that the predicted assault Of the al
may
office made
attacks in Flanders, which repulsed.
This brief reference extensive the
it been reported unofciaiy the allies
assault which
breaking
northwest and if possible forcing general retreat
Asace the apparently made
krch beaten with considerable the
French.
Paris London urous these
related
Importance
Russians,
cng plain Of
Mazuran lakes.
Emperor William has returned from his trip the battle fields
Prussia and Poland, for short stay in Berlin
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-04
THE BODIES TELL THE STORY
THEY ARE RECOVERED AND
TAKEN ACROSS THE BoR-
DER FOR BURIAL
BULLETS FLYING At NAC0
CITIZENS OF UNITED STATES,
CIVILIANS AND SOLDIERS,
ARE HIT

Ell Paso. Texas, Nov Three
American cowboys. Carl Eek, William
Bishop and William Spencer. met
their death in Mexico by being
dragged in cowboy fashion by ropes
behind running horses. This was eyi-
denced by their bodies, which arrived
today at the border for fnterment at
their homes. Eek, Bishop and spen-
Ger we're killed month ago, suppos-
edly by Mexican filibusterers at Choc-
olate Pass in central chihuahua
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-04
ONO sTRlkg CONTINUES

Cleveland, Dec. ALI negotiations
toward a settlement of the coal
miners strike in eastern Ohio. where
$4,000 men have been out since April
/, were broken off today when the
joint conference Of miners and opera
tors adjourned without having reached
a settlement Of the wage dispute.
Although the conference adjourned
it was stated that neither the opera
tors nor miners receded from their
previous demands, the miners askine
Al cents ton and the operators stick
ing to their offer of 446t cents. These
were figures on which the two fac
tions disagreed last March, and which
resulted in the calling OF the strike.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-04

French attacks against our troops in
Flanders were repeatedly repulsed, as
they were also in the region north
west of Altkirch, where the French
suffered considerable losses.
TN the eastern theater of war the
enemys attacks east Of the plain Of
the Mazurin lakes were repulsed with
heavy losses to the Russians.
Our offensive in Poland is taking
its normal course.
"His majesty, the emperor, arrives
in BerIin6las night for short stay.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-04
NEM cREpIT sYsrEM

Washington, Dec. 4-The United
States rural credits commission today
abandoned plans for an independent
rural credit system and appointed q
subcommittee to draft an amendment
To its bill making the system subordi
nate to the federal reserve system
This action removes the principal dis
putes between varied advocates O.
rural credits legislation.