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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-23
.NOTABLES TO attend
DEFENSE CONFERENCE
Kahn and Broussard Will Preside
Over Convention Here
October Al.

The Conference on National Defense
| to be held here October Al will be
presided over by Representative Kahn
of California, chairman, and United
States Senator Robert F. Broussard
of Louisiana, vice chairman, of the
National Defense League. 1t is hoped
many veterans who attend the Grand
Army Encampment will take part in
the conference.
The conference will be held under
auspices of the National Defense
League, but will not be a convention
of the league. 1t will be a great
gathering of representative citizens
who will consider measures to be
recommended to Congress to render
more adequate.
a large number of governors of
States. members of Congress, members
of State legislatures mayors of cities.
officers of commercial organizations,
editors of daily and weekly news
papers, veterans and members of pat
riotic organizations and hundreds of
prominent citizens from every part
of the country will attend the con-
ference, which will be the first great
gathering in the United States to
consider the national defense prob
lem.
More than 500 leading citizens of
Washington will be invited to serve
on the Citizens Committee, which will
have charge of the local arrange
ments for the conference. The pub
licity committee includes:
Frank r. Lord. president Of the National Press
Club; chairman J. Fred Essary. correspondent Of
the Baltimore Sun. vice chairman; Theodore Tler.
secretary; Col. c. Cook news editor Washington
Star; f s Rochester. managing editor Washing
ton Post: ]. Z. Murphy. managing editor Wash
irgton Times: William p. Spurgeon. editor of
The Washington Herald; John D. Smallwood. city
editor Washington Star; NJ. II. Mcintyre. city
editor Washington Times; Herman Landon. city
editor Washington Herald; Col. W. H. Walker.
city editor Washington Post; Col John McElroy.
editor National Tribune; Capt. J. Walter Mitchell.
editor American Standard; Joseph 2. Amin
F. B. Johns, Army and Navy Journal: Joha E
Gen. James A. Drain. editor. and AshmuD Brown.
associate editor Arms and The Man: A. h. Hill
and H. H Ward. editors the Navy and The Seven
Seas; James ID. Preston. superintendent Senate
Press Gallery. and William J. Donaldson, ir..
superintendent House Press Gallery.
The committee will soon open head
quarters for the conference publicity in
the Riggs Building.
The four days program will include
some of the greatest speakers in the
country. The speakers program will in
clude Cabinet officers, governors, Sena-
tors. Representatives and many promi
nent citizens.
J. ]. Decker is in charge of the details
of the official program of the conference.
The large amount of mail containing
inquiries concerning the conference now
being received by the National Defense
League indicates that this conference
will be the largest convention ever held
in Washington.
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purely Personal

Rev. DR.. Lucius c. Clark. pastor of
Hamline NJ. E. Church. will preach Sun
day morning on the topic. Generosity
is Not Wastefulness' His theme at the
evening service will be, "A Study of the
Wesley Hymns"
DR.. Anna L. Strong. exhibit expert of
the Children's Bureau of the Department
of Labor. was a speaker at the second
annual hygienic congress and prize baby
health contest of the National Benefit
Association: held recently in Anacostia-
John Hadley Doyle, president Of the
Washington branch of the Holy Name
Society. will preside at a meeting Of
the organization next Monday night at
St Anthony's Church. Brookland, to ar
rance for parade and demonstration to
be heG here October 10.
Ernest P. Bicknell. national director Of
the American Red Cross and director Of
the Rockefeller Foundation war relief
commission, will speak tonight at the
Cosmos Club on his experiences in the
war zones.
Frank Hight. manager Of the New
willard. was operated on for appendicitis
a week ago last Wednesday while on
vacation visit to his family at Gardner.
Mass Mr.. Hight Is conva&escent
Miss Bernice Rigby won diamond
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DEATH RECORD.
WHITE.

victor Leonard Abbey, IT. days. National
Homeopathic Hospital.
Theron o. Talbot, % years Potomac River East
Branch.
Nathaniel Kaplsn. 2, George Washington Univer-
sity Hospital
Alice Lee 20. Garfield Memorial Hospital
Mary Carter. 10. George Washington University
Hospital
Charles VI. Gates a, 42 NJ st. g.
Lee Sues. 81, tuberculosis Hospital.
Sophia r. Hall, 81, Providence Hospital.
Nora Dalton 6s, Sol 18th st. ne
Leopoldine Facius. 81. 1913 Faragut st. NV
Ellen Murphy, - is Seaton place ne
Il. Tucker Reeve so. S236 18th St NV
Frederick o. Norwood IS lZ3l Franklin It ne
CoLoRED
William Townsend IS. 7l2 Balls court NV
James Moseley. 90 Freedmen's Hospital
Katherine StGllard. 60. Washington Asylum Hospt
Della Brent. Il, 1910 Kramer st. ne
Elizabeth Thompson. "a. IS Defrees st. NV
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EXPRESS COMPANIES
REVENUE INCREASED
Interstate Commerce Commission
Grants Petition for Modi6ca-
ton of Orders.

The Interstate Commerce Commission
has granted the petition of leading ex-
press companies for a modification Of Or
ders by which the express companies
will be permitted to increase rates on
an average of nearly per cent on all
packages below 100 pounds. The increase
Is given In the form of a scale which
will amount to about 5 cents per 100 on
the twenty-pound packages, gradually
decreasing to cent on packages weigh
ing about ninety-nine pounds.
The commission in the opinion rem
dered by Commissioner Clark, found that
the express companies had been operat-
ing at loss. 1t was estimated yester-
day that the new order will mean about
100000 a year In additional revenues
to the express companies.
The commission finds in its report that
the revenues of the leading express COM
panies decreased about 81 per cent in
1915. from what they were the year be-
fore. while operating expenses decreased
only SIS per cent.
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WEATHER CONDITIONS.

For the District Of Columbia. Eastern Pennsyl
rania New jersey. Delaware. Maryland and Vir.
enia Probably fair Friday and Saturday moderate
temperature: light to moderate variable winds,
mostly easterly.
With the exception Of showers along the South
Atlantic coast the weather will be generally fair
nIth moderate temperature Friday and Saturday
the region east Of the Mississippi River
Local temperature-Midnight, IS; &. m, IS:
a. m. "a; a. m. 81; .. m, s. 10 e. m, u;
Il noon, II; p. m, a; p. m. 80; p m. %:
p. m. ~: 10 p. m. 70. Highest. q: lowest. 81.
Relative humidity-s m. II: p. m. -;
8 p. m. 6 Rainfall 70 p. m. to p M. O..
Hours Of sunshine. Ill. Per cent Of possible sun
shine. Y.
Temperature same date last year-Hishes. &C.:
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GOES AFTER TAX DODGERS.
Ben Prince Gets His Moving Vans
in Readiness.

Ben Prince, District collector Of taxes,
is getting ready for his annual crusade
against personal property tax-dodgers.
He is getting his moving vans in readi-
ness and his bailiffs are shining up their
nickel-p plated badges.
Prince has lost his patience. Taxes
were due May 81. and yet scores Of per-
sons haven't paid up. The vans and the
bailiffs are to start out within q few
days. All property upon which taxes
have not been paid will be seized.
Just to show that he IL not bluhing,
Prince recently seized two horses, two
motor boats. and one motor hearse. He
points out that not even the undertakers
are to be spared.
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REAL INDIAN PRINCES
VISITORS TO THEATER
Maharajah of Kolpiro and Compan-
ions in City on Way to
San Francisco

The audience at Polls Theater last
night saw more royalty than the average
American sees in lifetime.
In box sat the Maharajah Of Kolpiro,
India, surrounded by five other native
Indian princes. The party attracted much
attention after the identity Of its MEM
bers became known.
The Maharajah and the other princes
are making tour Of this country en-
route to the Panama-Pacific Exposition
They are accompanied by Rev. and Mrs
William Irwin and Miss Nellie Irwin,
teachers in India.
Others in the party included Mrs. P. e.
Garrety. Of this city, and her son, WILL
lam P. Garrety. and Miss Jean Coventry,
of Kansas City, Mo. The Indian princes
have been stopping at Congress Hall Ho-
tel. They probably will leave Washing
ton today
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TO ASK CARLIN'S SUPPORT.
Sunra gists VIII Request Him to
Vote for Anthony Amendment.

Members Of the Congressional Union
in the Eighth Congressional District Of
Virginia and suffragists Of the local
leagues. will wait on Representative C.
c. Carlin Tuesday morning. July q, in
order to ask his support OF the federal
suffrage amendment when Congress con-
venes next December.
This deputation is part Of . nation
wide plan to send delegations to every
United States senator and representa-
tive Of their own constituents. before
December 6, in order to show them. man
by man. the strength Of the sentiment
in their own home districts behind the
Susan B. Anthony amendment removing
from the ballot the qualification of sex.
The deputation is being organized by
Mrs. Henry Lockwood, president Of the
Alexandria and Fairfax County Equal
Suffrage League, and chairman for the
Congressional Union Of the Eighth Dis
trict Of Virginia.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES.
WHITE.

Earl c. Diehl. q. Of North River Va and lei.
-. hun, 4. oil Nesers Cave. Va Rev. william
Harris
George H. souder. .. and Pauline L. wahl. q
Rev. Richard Schmidt.
Vasilios Athanasopoulos. a. and Stayruls
Mandrapylia. 2. both Of Charlottesville, Va Rev
Joakim Ale1opoulos
Samuel Deckelbaum. 8. and May scheer. q
Rev. G. Silverstone.
James NJ. Butler, g. and Mary Z Sanford a
Rev. ]. A. Cowan.
Luigi Liccini. g. and Anna Di Greyurio = Rev
n. NJ. De Carlo
CoLoRED.
Charles Galley s., and Liberia Robinson s.
Rev. Peter Allies.
Peyton n. Hutchins. 81. and Anna B. Bundy. 3.
Rev. Joseph Matthews
Ellis Willis. 2. and There's Blackburn, %. Rev.
George H HariA
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PUPILS TO PRESENT PLAY,
"Lfttle Red Riding Hood"
PoweII-Johnson Playground.

Pupils studying industrial arts in
summer classes at the Powell and
Johnson public schools will present the
playlet. Little Red Riding Hood" in
the Powell-Johnson playground at
School and Irving streets northwest, to-
night. The performance will begin at
$50 o'clock. and will be open to the
public. After the performance there
will be a STORY hour" with Miss
Emelyn Shedd. a specialist In story
telling for children. in charge.
In August the pupils will present the
classic play. "Old Pipes and tho Dry
ad." The performance probably will be
staged in Rock Creek Park. 1t will be
open to the public and probably will
be the most pretentious effort offered
by the pupils this summer.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-23
INvENTs AERO TORPEDO BOAT.
Plans Have Been Perfected by
Rear Admiral Eiake.

Rear Admiral Fiske.
Plans for an aero torpedo boat have
been perfected by Rear Admiral Brad
ley A. Fiske. and a patent has been
issued to him. Admiral Fiske for
merly twas aid for operations in the
navy, but now is connected with the
Navy War College at Newport.
According to his specifications. a
Whitehead torpedo could be dropped
from an aeroplane at a height of five
miles and then proceed on its way of
destruction. The impact of its dropping
into the water would set its mechanism
into operation. Admiral Fiske believes
this would make possible the attack of
an enemy's fleet even within land
locked harbor. The range of the latest
navy torpedoes is 10000 feet.
Admiral Fiske claims radio-controll-
ed torpedoes can be used in warfare.
One aeroplane would carry the torpedo
and another the wireless machinery to
control the missiles flight through the
water. He obtained patents on such a
method of control in 1900. when he was
q lieutenant commander of the navy.
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THREATENED WILSON; ON TRIAL
1 ustrian Salesman Asks Court tc
Quash Indictment.

New York, July 22.-Gov. Fletcher, Of
Vermont, occupied a seat with Judge
Harland Howe on the bench Of the GRIM
inal branch Of the United States District
Court, Manhattan, today when Rudolf
Malik. Austrian salesman, was placed on
trial accused Of having written a threat
ening letter to President Wilson and a
postcard to the consul general OF Aus
tria-H Hungary threatening to shoot all in
the consurs Office.
Malik denies writing the letter and
postcard and his counsel contends that a
threat to commit q political crime (the
threat to the Presiden0 not being an Of
Tense under the laws Of the United States.
the Indictment regarding the Wilson
communication should be quashed.
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LOCAL MENTION.

evaporated peaches, csc: 4 lbs. lima
beans, csc; navy beans. &C: pure lard.
9&c; new potatoes, lac PIX: yellow
onions. 25c PIX; Star of the East flour
$3.50 Dbl, pounds, Csc; SKIS. salt, 10c
large bots. molasses. 10c: large bots.
mustard. 12c; cans sugar corn, 25c;
cans E. J. peas. CSC; large cans Cal
peaches. loo: grape juice. quarts. 22c:
pints. l2c; large bots. ginger ale, 71hc;
Oleine soap, 10c; 3 lbs. starch. loo
Golden Egg macaroni or spaghetti.
nc; u Dbl. Old Time flour. si75. 1888
NJ st. NV. and all the J. T. D. Pyles
stores.
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BIRTHS REPORTED.
WHITE
THE MANS STORE
Official Weather Report-Fdir

John ] and Mary f. Kane twins, boys.
joseph Lloyd and Elsie Josephine Hudson girl
Edmund o. Il. and Anna Lee Hoskins, girl.
6. ". and Lulu /. Baker, boy.
Ralph Sylvester and Adele Robinson sherline, girl
John F. and Margaret o. Jameson girl.
Dickerson n. and Theodore L. Hoover, girl
Max and Gussie HAYES, girl.
COLoRED.
Leroy and Esther Perry boy.
Andrew and Bertha Ashton, girl.
William and Lottie Bowser girl
George and Louise Foster. boy.
John F. and Elizabeth Payne girl.
John and Helen McGrder, girl.
O-car and Lovinia James, boy
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MAI QUII fUIIod CAfIIAI.
For First Time Russians Admit
Possibility Of Evacuation.

Petrograd, July FIT was officially ad.
mitted here today for the first time that
the evacuation of Warsaw might be rem.
dered necessary by the military exigen.
cies War office officials stated, however
that there was still hope that the Polish
capital might be saved.
Prayers for the Russian army are being
uttered in all the churches of Russia to.
day. The CZarina attended a special serv.
ice in the Kamian Cathedral, accom-
panied by the Czarewitch and two Of her
daughters.
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81 Scarlet Fever Cases in City.

Three cases of smallpox and ninety
four cases of scarlet fever are under OBJ
servation in the District, according to
the weekly report of the Health Depart
ment. Last week there were 1E births
and lis deaths in the city.
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Henning Nelms, a student at the ST
Adams School, and son of Rev. ]
Henning Nelms, rector of the Church
of the Ascension. is i'll at the church rec
tory, 121 Twelfth street northwest. with
typhoid fever His condition is not
serious.
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CARRANzA TOLD
TO QUIT NAC0
Secretary Lansing Wires that
His Troops Must Be
Withdrawn.
VILLA SHOWS STRENGTH
Army Officers Here Believe He Soon
Will Control Both Northern
and Southern Mexico.

Secretary of State Lansing tele-
graphed Gen. Carranza yesterday that
| his troops must be withdrawn from
Naco. which they entered in violation
of the agreement made by villa and
Carranza representatives with Gen.
Hugh Scott, Chief of STAFF of the
United States army.
The agreement was reached last
January with the Mexican factions.
that as Naco was a border town and
military operations there continued to
result in the loss of American lives,
that town, Nogales, and several other
border towns. should be regarded as
a neutral zone.
Officials of the General STAFF Of the
United States army who are getting
reports about the present Carranza-
Villa campaign say that the chances
appear to be in favor of the military
success of Villa. They say that Gen.
Obregon has been caught between the
Zapatistas. who have reoccupied Mex
leo City, and Gen. Villas flying column.
Others say he has been caught be-
tween the flying column and the army
of Gen. Villa and that he cannot
escape. They express the opinion that
neither Obregon nor Gonzales can
fight successfully. as they are both
isolated and cut off from any base Of
supplies.
According to the army opinion. Gen.
villa soon will be In control not only
of Northern Mexico. but of Southern
Mexico and again will shut UP Car
rama is his only stronghold, the city
of Vera Cruz.
Awaiting Carranxa's Reply.
State Department officials are await
ing with considerable solicitude the
reply of Carranza to the demand Of
the United States that he withdraw
his troops from Naco.
The CarranZa agency hero gave out
yesterday afternoon a telegram from
Charles A. Douglas. of Washington.
now in Vera Cruz with Carranza, that
up to Saturday evening the constitu-
tionalist authorities had distributed
100000 pesos in money to the poor
of Mexico. thus giving aid to 10000
families"
The tenor of Mr.. Douglas dispatch is
that Gonzales expects to get back into
Mexico City. open the lines of trans
portation. so that the work Of relief
can promptly be prosecuted and COM
pleted.
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II. c. Sandberg, an expert with the
Pan-American Union. sailed yesterday
for Guatemala. He will spend four
months studying conditions in Central
America.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-23

sunburst as prize for the most ac-
curate throwing of ball into a small
basket on the outing of the Florists Club.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-23

Canada's trade with New Zealand 1!
growing.
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SUMNER RESORTS.
Best Located Pcpu,ar Prfc- Family Hits..
NETHERLANDS

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locking lawn and OCEAN Capacity, 40. :'so.Or,
lures. lawn tennis court and dance 6Oor EstaIns
is SI.si iso UP DAILY American f,n Nh.
for free booklet and points of interest N Atlantic
City. AUG. RUHWADEL.
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HOTEL ABSEC0N

Virginia ave., near beach. FTREPROoF Built Of
Orick and stone. Private baths with r,rnnia m
water, electric lights. elevator to street level as
all modern conrenienceA Special early season rat.s
$50 up daily; $3.50 up weekly. 81 up Europesu.
Booklet O. d. PAINTER
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OSBORN E

Pacific and Arkansas AYES, near Beach. Elevator;
running water in rooms. Windows screened. Bath
ing from house. SL50 up daily; S up weekly.
American plan Excellent table. CAPACITY, SO.
Booklet MRS E KUNZ
Evening star., 1915-02-06
Legends About Salt.

IN the Bible mention Is made OF the
ceremonial uses Of salt. The Mosaic
law commanded that every oblation Of
meat Offering should be seasoned with
salt. a command that Is given, with
variations. in various books of the
Bible. In the old days salt was put
into a child's mouth in baptism, and
to this day in certain countries the
custom obtains of throwing a pinch of
salt into holy water to ward or the
evil spirit.
In Homer salt is referred to as "di-
vine." The ancient Teutonic races re-
garded salt springs as holy. Tacitus
tells OF a long and devastating war
waged over the question Of lordship
in salt spring.
Summarized, the salt legends present
these conclusions: Salt cannot be cor
rupt and has. therefore, the title to be
regarded as symbol Of Immortality
In Ireland 1t was for long the custom
to place pewter plate containing salt
upon the heart Of the corpse until
water 1t was thrown into the grave,
OF the many superstitions regarding
salt, the most familiar is that which
holds it unlucky to spill salt. An origin
for this has been found in Da Vinci's
Last Supper" wherein, at the side of
Judas, is represented an overturned
salt vessel. 1t seems, however. to be
a fact that this superstition dates far
ther back. There is evidence to show
that, when the victims for Roman sac
rifices were led to death with salt upon
their heads, 1t was regarded as the
very worst of omens should they shake
1t of.
Evening star., 1915-02-06

tually drilling. in which they have prac-
ticed for many months. The scouts who
take part in this rally include not only
those Of the District, but boys from
visiting cities as well. AS each troop
assemblies 1t will give the troop yell.
The meeting of the national council
the same day will bring to Washington
the highest scout officials in this coun-
try, and 1t Is planned that they will
formally review the scouts at Conven-
tion Hall Just before the demonstration
work begins.
A three-ring circus will present no
more lively scene than the floor OF Con-
vention Hall on the evening of the
rally. AS an opening event" the boys
will show how to use a rope, all the
way from tying the numerous knots,
which all scouts know. to the more
difficult rope work, such as scaling,
rope and pole work, ETC. This event will
also include tower work and the FORM
ing of human pyramids. Fifty boys
will take part. Following that. seventy
two boys will go through the setting
up drill, comprising sixteen manual ex-
ercises. Then will come the semaphore
signal drill. seventy-flve boys taking
part.
Several kinds of races have been plan
ned, including an equipment dressing
race, as well as foot races. The events
following give complete demonstra-
tions of elementary and advanced first
aid work. In the latter event a hun
dred boys will take part, half lending
first aid" the latter half. being the
Evening star., 1915-02-06
QUEER WARTIME NEWSPAPERS

7 N time of war journalistic enter
prise has frequently been hard put
q to 1t to devise means for the dis
semination of printed news. Our own
civil war afforded some interesting ex-
amples in this relation. and many In
genious makeshifts were resorted to
to meet the difficulties imposed by war
upon the publication of newspapers
AS in France. during the war with Ger
many. the oldest materials were some
times employed to insure the issuance
of the papers. During the siege OF
Richmond sheets and tablecloths were
cut up to feed the printing presses.
and one journal appeared. IN the useful
form of handkerchiefs containing a
sptrfted address to the Women Of the
South" During another siege, that OF
charleston. there appeared the "block
ade number of the Courier. consisting
of sheets of canvas fastened at one
corner by red ribbon.
In the year 1871, when the French
and Germans were in the thickest OF
their conflict, every besieged town kept
its presses going. although in some
ases the shells were bursting in the
town. Paris. Metz, Sedan and other
oefeaguered cities actually maintained
their siege journals, and, as in our own
low. the ingenuity of the French was
taxed to make up the deficiency. Pack
ing paper, wallpaper. butchers paper
naper Of all colors and kinds-was used
in this way, and one journal appeared
printed on wash leather.
While the presses of the besieged
Parisians were thus busily engaged.
the Germans outside their walls were
no less enthusiastic. In the German
army were many clever young artists