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The Washington herald., 1915-12-26
Answers to Correspondents.

To ]. G. L.. who asks to know the
characteristics and traits of those
belonging to the Gray family and the
family coat of arms
As family. the Grays are said to
possess strongly-marked character
istics-the men are of stalwart stat
ure and commanding appearance-cour-
ageous, natural leaders among men.
withal lovers of peace, not given to
self-assertion, modest as well as
brave. reserved. rather than effusive.
The Gray arms are argent, a lion
rampant gules. Crest, a scaling ladder
of two rows ensigned. with a rams
head couped. Motto-'De bon vouloir
servir lie roy" A motto used by some
branches of the family Is Anchor.
fast anchor" The ram. as leader of
the flock, signifies in heraldry, author
ity: 1t was also an old symbol for the
sun.
To L. NJ who asks whether the Nc
Cormick family is of Scotch or Irish
origin.
Although the McCormicks are prom
inent in Ireland as well as in Scot
land the oldest branch of the family
traces descent to st. David. king Of
Scotland. and his Queen Matilda,
daughter of walthoef, earl of North
cumberland.
To J. L. Y. who asks whether the
Astors family, one branch of which
has left America for England, Is de-
scended from noble English stock
No. The Astors are of German orr
gin and two hundred years ago they
were living in the secluded little town
Of Waldorf. in the valley of the
Neckar River, not far from Heidel-
berry in what was then the duchy of
Baden. They were humble working
people of whom therN is no record
until the time of Jacob Astor, the
father of the emigrant John Astor, who
came to America In. 17s3r :
The Washington herald., 1915-12-26
BY FRANCES COwLEs.

The earliest settler of the name Wat
son in America was probably Robert
Watson. who was in Plymouth. Mass.
in 1928. His wife's first name was
Elizabeth-her last name is not re-
corded-andf their children were George.
Robert, Samuel and probably daughter.
Frances, who married JohnRo gers.
An early settler of the name whose
American life began in an interesting
way was John Watson, an Englishman.
He crossed the Atlantic, 1t is said.
on the same sailing vessel with a
young woman named Peggy Smith.
One day Peggy 1ost her balance ana
fell overheard and the gallant John
jumped into the sea and rescued her.
Peggy and he became very well ac-
The Washington herald., 1915-12-26

quainted during the rest of the voy
age and shortly after their arrival in
the new world Peggy-or Margaret,
as her name really was-became Mrs.
John Watson.
Still another first settler of the
name was Nathan Watson. who was
born in Wales in 1929. and who emf
grated to New Hampshire in 1852. He
married Ruth Bean. of Wales. and
had Phebe. Nathan, Elijah, Josiah and
Polly.
The coat of arms illustrated, those
of the Yorkshire branch of the fam
lily, is described: Argent on a chevron
azure between three martlets sable as
many cresacnts or. The crest is q
griffn's head erect argent ducally
gorged or. The motto is 'Mea Gloria
Fides"
The Washington herald., 1915-12-26
Paderewski Thanks Kern.

Paderewski, the famous pianist, has
sent the following note Of appreciation
to Senator Kern. who recently introduced
. resolution calling on President VII
son to issue a proclamation asking for
aid for the war-stricken people of Po-
land: Your most noble and generous sc-
ton moves profoundly every Polish heart
in behalf Of stricken Poland. I beg OF
you to accept the expression of my deep
est gratitude.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-26
College, recently went to Baltimore for ;
conference on playground work.

College, recently went to Baltimore for
conference on playground work.
The senior class of the Dental College
recently voted in favor Of adopting
standard class pin for all nine depart
ments of the university.
]. Aloysius Lynch. of the Dental Col
lege, is spending the Christmas season in
New York City.
Mr.. Herring, Of the Dental College. Is
spending the Yuletide period in Mary
land.
Mr.. Moore, Of the Dental College. u
entertaining Mr. Aspinal. also dental
student, at the formers home in Vir-
ginia.
Students Of the Dental College recently
went to Freedman's Hospital to witness
an operation by DR.. Crane.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-26
THE WATSON FAMILY.

the Yorkshire Branch of the Fam
ily-Gray Caracteristics - Nc
King David of Scotland-The As
tors Are of German Origin-An-
eestry of william Cullen Bryant.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-26

During last year the police department
OF the city OF New York. aided 10l rs sick
and injured persons, while l;3 persons
were rescued by the police from DROWN
ing.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-26

Uncle Sam made $25oo.o0o last year from
the sale Of wood from the government
Forests
The Washington herald., 1915-12-26

a good grade Of paper can now be COM
mercially made. from the hop refuse of
breweries whj~' has heretofore been
thrown away,
The Washington herald., 1915-12-26

Baboons are said to have a renarkable
instinct for locating water. and are used
for that purpose in certain parts OF
Africa.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-26
RDiIips!bs,r!!,!.s, i III / So. &
doe U6l4 ELEVENTH STREET

We offer our entire stock of Fur Costs and Sets,
without reserve at substantial reductions from reg
ular prices Comprising high-cass matched secs and
coats in all desirable pelts.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-26
Will Paw s1,143,443 for Property.

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has
been offered Sl.143. ii3.5i by the Plaza Com
mission for its entire holdings within the
Union Station plaza area. This is the
largest offer made by the commission.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-26
Suit Department

Our entire stock without reserve IS
being sacrificed Elaboraey trimmed suits for dress
About one tnouano sits
a=representing every fashionable style and fabric os OF
suits elaborately trimmed with fur
The Washington herald., 1915-12-26

247 Smart Suits for and misses; M
heretofore 90 to $4,000 To be closed out at
The Washington herald., 1915-12-26

One hundred ard seventy=fve Handsome
Suits, including plain tailored and dressy Cox M
Styles worth, up to $4,000. are reduced to- %4'O>
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-09

Compared with this condition Of the
coal fields before the war, the following
shows the coal condition since Ger
many's inroads on the coal fields of
Belgium. Flanders and Poland:
Tons.
United Kingdom total. .o36. 900. 600
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-09
IN AND OUT OF TOWN.

Miss Frances woodson has returned
from the Pacific Coast. and will spend
the month OF August at Bon Air.
Miss Mary Irwin Watkins is visiting
Mrs. Eugene C. Massie at her country
home. "Copeley." near the University
of Virginia z
Mr.. and Mrs John e. Seaton and
Miss Benetta Hulce are spending some
time at the Hotel Brighton. in Atlantic
City.
Miss Hattie Britton and Miss Vera
Marshall left Saturday to visit Mr..
and Mrs. Roberts. in Wilmington, ".
c.
Mrs. Beverley T. Crump is the guest
OF relatives at Mt Airy" in Richmond
County.
Miss Katherin Jordan has returned
10 the city, after spending some time
with relatives near Orange.
Misses Minna and Bessie Booker, of
Richmond, and their friend. Miss Annie
Lee Carlton, are spending the week
at verdon. Hanover County.
DR., Stuart Michaux has returned
from a trip to Nimrod Hall.
Mrs. Walter Creath and little daugh-
ter, Carlyle, left Saturday for the
mountains OF Virginia, accompanied
by Mrs. Mary e. Rose.
Mrs. Carter Talman. OF the West
chester. rs the guest OF Colonel and
Mrs. H. c. Jones in Baltimore.
lskins Gregory has returned to tho
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-09
EDNA GOODRICH ARRIVES
Served With Belgian Red Cross for
Seven Weeks.

Especial to The Times-Dispatch.]
NEW YORK, August S.-Miss Edna
Goodrich, the American actress. and
former wife of Nat c. Goodwin. ar
rived here o-day on the American
liner st. Paul.
Il was In Ostend' when the war broke
out" she said, land Immediately Of
fered my services to the Belgian Red
Cross, and served as nurse for seven
weeks. I then went into France and
made the same offer to the French Red
Cross, but they told me only trained
nurses were acceptable. I did a great
deal OF work In France, though.
Il saw great deal of the Canadian
soldiers in France. and they impressed
me as Greek gods. 1t was wonderful
to see the Canadian wounded, all mag
nifcent specimens of manhood, beg
ging to be cured in order to go back
to the front. i
What am Il going to do? Well, I'm
going, to California to pose for moving
pictures"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-09
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Use the reliable
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az HoRLicKS, the Original
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-09
ADJUSTMENTS
vaudeyIlle and p,c,u-e.


according to the advance matter
farce and acrobatics will contend for
headline honors on the Lyrics bill for
the hrst half of the week. as each form
or entertainment will be represented by
a big-time act The Potts Brothers
company VIII supply the farce in "A
Doubles Troubles" in which two men,
said to be strikingly alike, will pre-
sent a modern vaudeville sketch suE-
gestive OF The Comedy OF Errors" by
one William Shakespeare, who EN-
ployed similar device. Acrobatics
1talian-style will be interpreted by the
Seven Romas. who are said to be SEN
program are: the krusaders, a man and
woman who sing and make comedy:
Gallagher and Martin. a comedian and
girl, and William Sisto. Italian mono-
logist. who, 1t is presumed, speaks Eng
lish.
At the Isis. that famed and shaded
temple OF Egyptian nomenclature. will
be seen to-day that strictly Occidental
actor. William Farnum, in n typically
Western photoplay. The Plunderer,"
which is somewhat after the order OF
The Spoilers" in that 1t depicts the
OF one man against strongly
interests
Little Mary Miles Minter-who. nv
the way. will be growing up one OF
these days II she isn't careful-will ap-
pear on the Coloniars screen to-day and
tomorrow in photoplay called AL
ways In the Way" which is advertised
as "A perturbation" of a song of the
same name.
Lenore Ulrich, we'll known for her
performance in The Bird OF Paradise"
Is to be the Little Theater's screen star
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-09

began. This has led to proposals to
stop enlistments from coal miners; to
permit woman labor in some Of the
lighter surface operations, and to tenn
porarily take off the restrictions on bow
labor under fourteen years. But while
the parliamentary committee suggests
these remedies. it does not recommend
them. Its chief recommendation is to
stop "absenteeism"-a practice of the
miners of taking a week or more off at
Easter time, August bank holiday and
other holiday seasons. But this would
nave to be voluntary with the miners.
And If it brought tho British output
up to normal again. the fact would
still remain that this is practically the
one source OF coal power remaining to
the entente allies. There are, of course
distant coal resources of the allies in
India, Japan. Canada and Australia
with difficulties of transportation not
making them practical. but in Europe
the shift of war has brought the great
fields largely under
Austro-German control.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-09

Extremely youthfuI in its lines is
a beach suit of Belgium blue linen,
embellished with white braid embroid-
cries. The skirt is gore model with
the spring flare, and 1t is topped by a
belt of tho linen that assumes a cor
selet line and Is edged with the braid
garniture.
The bolero is OF the sort approved by
Paris. showing a slightly elevated limo
In front and flat line at the back
Tho latter is fairly covered with the
white braid. and this trimming appears
also on the collar and at the base Of
the sleeves.
Worn with this Jaunty suit Is a
sailor hat of black and white striped
canvas and parasol of matching ma
tefial completes the costume
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-09
COMPLETE CHANGE ABOUT
IN THE CONTROL OF COAL
Passes by Fortunes OF War From
Anglo-French Allies to That
of Austro.Germans.
TAKES ON SINISTER ASPECT
Dominance in Basic Element Which
Creates Sea Power OF British Ships
and Moves Vast Industries Lost to
England and Her Allies.

LONDON. August s.-The situation as
regards coal. which, with iron. forms
o"e OF Ensiand's chief sources Of power,
mas suddenly taken on q sinister aspect,
as England begins to realize that the
dominance in this basic element which
creates the sea power OF British naval
ana merchant ships and moves the
vast industries of Lancashire. York
sh're ana the country at large has
passeu oy the fortunes Of war from the
Shsio-French allies and rests to-day
uhoer Austro- German control.
inns Is one of the facts, not openly
revealed which has filtered to the sur
race during the recent strike in the
"elsh coal fields. While continuance
OF the strike itself has been averted, vet
the menace OF the coal situation in it's
broader aspects has been made ap-
parent for the first time. This situa'-
ton. broadly stated, stands this way:
Before the war, the Anglo French
allies dominated the coal resources and
power of England. France, Belgium and
Russian Poland, aggregating an output
of 3OO,OOO.O00 tons annually, or about
DO per cent OF the coal power of Eu-
rope. while the Austro-Ge-man allies
controlled the German, Austrian and
Hungarian fields. aggregating an output
OF 2l7.ooo.ooo tons. or about 50 per cent
OF Europe's coal product
To-day. however, the German occu
patton OF Belgium has given them the
great Belgian coal fields of HaInaut,
Antwerp and Liege-fourth largest in
Europe; their advance In Flanders has
given them the rich coal fields OF the
Pas de Calais district. and, as Lloyd
George states, The Frehch coal folds
are now held by the enemy; while the
Austro-German sweep in Russian Po-
land has enveloped the chief coal fields
Of Russia, located in Poland. those
of the Caucasus being minor in COM
parison."
This change in the control of the coal
fields, since the war began. has ex
actly reversed the position Of the two
parties TO the conflict. so that the for
mer AnSlo-French dominance Of 65 per
cent against Austro-German IS per cent
OF coal resources. is changed to an
AuEtro-German dominance of s5 per
cent. against an Anglo French control
OF 35 per cent-a complete changing
about in the control OF this elemental
agency OF power
AS indicating how this change has
come about. the following shows the
normal output of each side before the
war:
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-09
bible Conference onen..

ASHEVILIIE, N. c.. August S-The
annual Bible Conference or the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church. South, opened
to-day at Lake Junaluski for a ten
days session, DR.. ]. Wilbur Chapman,
the American revival leader. presiding.
Delegates from all sections Of the
South are In attendance. DR.. Chapman,
In his opening address, discussed who
Is Christ?" Among the speakers sched
uled to appear at this conference arc
DR.. Len q. BrouEhton, Of Knoxville,
formerly Of London. England, and At
lanta, Ga, and DR.. N. H. Dubose, of
Atlanta.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-09
WOOD AND SPERRY NAMED
To Represent Aeronnutio Engineers on
Navy Board OF Inventors.

NEW YORK. August S.-The Amer
lean Society of Aeronautic Engineers
tonight announced the appointment Of
Henry A. Wise Wood, its president. and
Elmer A. Sperry. its vice president. as
members of the navy advisory board of
inventors.
A special committee subdivided into
three groups was appointed by the
society to cooperate with Mr. Wood
and Mr.. Sperry. The groups and mem
bers are: theory and construction OF
aeroplanes and aeronautical motors
Orvllle Wright. Glenn II. Curtiss. w
Startling Burgess and Charles II. Manly;
application of aircraft for warfare.
Peter Cooper Hewitt, John Hays Ham
mond, Jr., AMI Joseph a. Steinmetz:
dirigible balloo ns and parachutes,
Thomas Fl. Baldwin. ~. Leo Stevens,
Ralph II. Upson and Raymond B. Price.
Mr.. Wood and Mr.. Sperry have re-
ceived several medals in recognition OF
their work as scientific engineers.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-09
Austro-German control. ESQ 600 90

That is. the Austro-German coal re-
sources in the fields dominated by them
are now about three to two of Anglo
French resources which are restricted
principally to the United Kingdom.
This was SO apparent that Lloyd George
warned the Welsh miners that France
was now looking to England for her
coal. and five French transports were
waiting at Cardiff 10 take on coal for
France when the strike was settled.
In view OF the Importance of coal in
supplying the allied fleets with their
motive power-a power quite as essen
tial to the ships as their shooting
power-a parliamentary commission
has recently made thorough inquiry
into conditions in the British coal
fields. This has brought out some in
teresting facts, showing how the Brit
ish output has been depleted by the
war. The report states that out OF
$4,000 coal miners at work before the
war, 1874 900 have answered the call to
enlist. or over IS per cent OF the coal
miners now in the trenches or at the
Dardanelles. For example. in the one
county OF Wales. Glamorgan, the heart
OF the coal industry, there are upwards
OF 10000 miners enlisted. or over 10
per cent OF the mining force. The
enlistments, too, are the pick Of the
miners. between the ages of nineteen
and thirty-eight. Since the parlia.
| mentary commission made their In
quiry, the number OF miner enlistments
has risen to 100000.
Singularly. refugee Belgian miners
have helped fll the ranks in Wales.
But this has been far from sufficient,
and the output OF the Welsh mines has
fallen of 35.000.0o0 tons since the war
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-09

Tor the first half OF the week. in the
Paramount feature picture. "Kilmeny."
This Is romance Of the gypsy trail,
and Is said to be particularly appeal
ing and pretty.
Having returned to It's former policy
OF presenting feature photoplays, in
stead OF one, two and three-reel pic
lures. the Superior announces for the
first three days of the week William
Farnum In The Niger" a film YER
sion OF Edward Sheldon's drama OF
the same name. This picture was for
m6rly shown under the name OF The
New Governor
AS usual. there will be daily change
Of program at the Virginia until We'd
nesday, when The Blue Mouse" will
scurry over the screen both on that day
and the next.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-09
Engagement Is Announced.

Especial Cable to The Times Dispatch ]
LONDON. August ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
ID made OF the engagement Of Major S.
Hutchins, of the army service corps,
! to Miss Efita Penniman. daughter of
Mrs. Eddy, OF Wareham, Dorset and
New York
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-09

Mr.. and Mrs Edwin Vaughan. Of
Richmond, motored to Ashland recently
for u brief stay with Mr. and Mrs.
J. Ward Vaughan
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-06-04
Leave It to the Small Boy.

Y Leave it to the small boy to put IL
over-eyen on the thoroughly sea-
soned and experienced circus ''kink.
err" The Hippodrome circus was pc.
rading along upper. Broadway, New
York, when one Of the clowns waa
seized with a thirst. Clambering
down from his lofty perch he darted
into a corner saloon for sass little red
eye" When he energetic the caval.
cade had vanished. Some side street.
had swallowed it up, leaving tho
clown marooned. (Which way did
the bally.hoo 60, SOM" he demanded
Of a small boy. "1'll show you," re.
sponded the lad. For three blocks
the clown ran painting afterthe young
ster with an ever%-increasing army of
kids at his heels. ."Where Is it," de.
manded the exhausted clown. "Ha,'
ha!" laughed the youth. Il gave you
a run for your money, didn't ~ The
clown might have spanked the youth,
but he couldn't catch him. He com.
promised by hiring an express wagon
to convey him back to the Hippodrome
to escape the mob Of small boys.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-06-04

ice. When we camped for the night.
our tents we're pitched on q small
oasis where there was a spring OF
bracxish water. -.
Some pictures were taken at u
first camp to be used in the produc-
ton, but everybody was glad to keep
inside the tents and bask in the cool.
ing breeze created by electric fans
which we're run by small motors at
tached to storage batteries. suppose
II some old Arab sheik could have
stumbled in on us with the expectation
Of finding a real desert camp, he would
have been shocked and Mortified to
find how comfortable and pleasant a
desert camp q be made with the use
Of modern appliances and conven
fences.
The next morning l was Invited to
ride one Of the camels. I proceeded
to do this, and it was not my first ex.
perience, but a short session was m
ply sufficient. ! vas very glad to get
back into u big, roomy automobile
and give somebody else the privilege
Of riding the ungainly brute that
plunged and shook, so that It was no
sinecure to remain on his back.
Life in the desert does not amount
to much. Occasionally one OF the men
would dash off to one side Of a road
and shoot the head off a r%sattle.snake.
At various points along the silent trail
were the bleaching bones of oxen,
horses, burros and other animals, They
explained to me that the bones OF
human beings who had died on the
trail had been given burial. That was
the reason we did not see any human
skeletons; but we were told that MANY
persons had met their death along the
gruesome desert path.
1t was in the afternoon of the sec.
ond day that the guides leading the
caravan dashed back along the line
OF camels, automobiles and wagons
and announced that a sandstone was
approaching, and that we should get
everything in readiness for It. Then
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-06-04
PLEASING Husband.

EL .Tfa- al go n. - E L.. an.
In the Woman's Home Companion d
woman living in Wyoming wrote in
part as follows her comment on how
a woman can continue to please her
husband:
1.-THE wise woman is she who kept
neat and trim in dress, dainty in per,
son and alert and poised in mind, that
in so doing she may favorably stand
comparison with the business women
with whom her husband comes in con.
tact. E.. o.,
"Most men, even those we'll pas,
middle age, place high value upon x
ternals, and the woman who assumes
that she can hold a mans love indefi.
nitely, regardless Of her personal ap'
pearance, is, to my mind, making q
grave mistake.
more than one wife, r in the
knowledge Of her husbands loyalty,
fails to realize that that same loyalty
is due more to the mans sense of duty
and conscientious s%elf.control than to
the fact that his wife possesses thu
qualities which actually hold him true
to her in spirit as well as in deed"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-06-04
PLAN GEOLOGIC EXPEDITION
Harvard Men, Headed by Professor
Atwood, to Visit ouray,
Colorado.

Cambridge, Mass.-A party OF Har.
ward students who have been study.
Ing geology in Cambridge will trans
fer. their studies to the mountains OF
Colorado In August Having had the
theory expounded by classroom lee
ture and textbook. and by such speci.
mems as the geological laboratory at.
fords, they will spend several weeks
Of the summer IN field work.
Colorado seemed to offer the best
opportunity for such explorations. The
class has arranged to meet at Ouray.
Wallace w. Atwood will be in charge
Of the exposition. Three weeks will
be spent in a systematic study Of the
geological aspects OF the San Juan re-
gion.
Atsthe end OF this time the young
biologists win 20 on a long trip
through the higher mountains OF Colo.
RADIO and will make sonle hrs sand
Investigations into the sttucta:e 50
layout Of the backbone Of the &C.
tineat