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The Washington herald., 1916-01-06
CRUSADE TO ENFORCE
ANTI-SPIT LAW BEGUN
Health Department Will Educate Pub
lie in Effort to Decrease Mortality
Rate in the District.

A campaign to convert people to. the
anti-spit clause of health rules was be-
gun by the District health office, which
is alarmed, as 1t reviews the years
mortality statistics, over an increase
in th5 death rate OF the District. The
office is searching for an explanation
of the Increase in the death rate, and
believes IT likely to be due to expec-
toration in public places.
As a result of its conjecture as to
the cause, an open season" will be de-
clsred on spitters shortly by the police
department, following the warning of
the public that auti-spitting laws ex-
ist Maj. Pullman, superintendent of
police, said yesterday the public should
be educated as to the existence of the
laws, disregarded and forgotten for
many years, before the police begin en-
forcing its observance.
DR.. William. c. Woodward declares
ne has not learned the cause of the
death rate increase, but believes thar
a curbing Of the practice of splitting
In public places will result in a de-
crease instead of the Increase in the
rate. 1t was pointed out that diphtheria,
tuberculosis. and many other fatal dis
eases are spread by expectOrations. Es-
peciaIly dangerous, IT is declared, are
expectorations in inclosed places, such
as street cars and other public con-
veyances
Mai. Pullman. police superintendent,
said police departments of the country
are striving TO educate the public to
observe the anticipating laws.
The law provides for fine of from
81 to $40 upon conviction.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-06
SENATE is FOR PROBE
OF GASOLINE ADVANCE
Resolution Adopted Requiring Sec
retary of Interior to Investi-
gate Conditions.

Action was taken by the United States
Senate yesterday designed to spread upon
the records, IL possible, the causes for the
recent advance in the price OF gasoIihs.
On motion OF Senator McCumber, OF
North Dakota, the Senate passed reso-
luton calling upon the Secretary of the
Interior to report on the production of
crude petroleum and the sources of sup
ply of gasoline, upon the present high
prices Of the product. and all circum-
stances that obtain in the oil industry.
Two resolutions bearing on the price of
gasoline are pending IN the House one
of them, offered by Representative
steenerson. Of Minnesota, calls upon the
Attorney General to inform the House
whether the price of gasoline has been
advanced as the result of a combination
or combinations in restraint OF trade.
Another resolution introduced by Rep
resentatiye Fuller, Of Illinois. directs the
House committee on Interstate commerce
to make an inquiry TO determine the cx-
act cause for the sharp advance m the
prices Of gasoline.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-06
BEAUTIFUL HAIR
Thick, WAVY, FREE
FROM DANDRUFF
Draw a moist cloth through hair and
double its beauty at
once.
Save your hairl Dandruf disappears
and hair stops coming
out

Tmmediate?-YesI Certain? - that's
the joy of il. Your hair. becomes light,
wsyy, huffy, abundant, and appears as
soft, lustrOus. and beautiful as a young
girls after an application OF Dander-
inc Also try this-moisten a cloth
with a little Danderine and carefully
draw it through your hair, taking one
small strand at a time. This will
cleanse the hair OF dust, dirt, or ex-
eessive oil, and In. Just few moments
you have doubled the beauty of your
hair. delightful surprise awaits those
whose hair has been neglected or is
scraggy, faded, dry. brittle or thin.
Besides besutifying the hair. Dander-
Inc dissolves every particle of dam
drufr; cleanses. purihes, and invigo-
rates the scalp, forever stopping Itch
ing and falling hair, but what win
please you most will be after a few
weeks use. when you will see new
hsir-dne and downy at hrst-ye-
but really new hair growing all over
the scalp.
Danderine Is to the hair what fresh
showers of rain and sunshine are to
vegetation. II goes right to the roots,
invigorates and strengthens them. It's
exhilarating. stimulating and life-pro-
ducing properties cause the hair to
grow long. Strong, and beautiful
You can surely have pretty, charm
ing. lustrous hair, and lots of IL, IL
you will Just get a 25-cent bottle of
Knowlton's Danderine from any drug
store or toilet counter and try 1t as
directed.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-06
INDORSE WORK
FOR GOOD ADS
Chevy Chase Citizens Appoint
Delegate to Retail Mer-
chants Committee.
DEFER SCHOOL ACTION
Members Will Await Newman's Ex-
PLANTATION of Why Commissioners
Desire Appointive Power.

Virtual Endorsement of the proposed
campaign against flake advertising" re-
Gently inaugurated by the Retail -Mer-
chants Association. was given by the
Chevy Chase Citizens Association last
night by the appointment OF Arthur
Copeland to attend meetings of the mer-
chants committee. The association meet
ing in the Elizabeth V. Brown School,
also adopted resolutions favorinC the
completion OF the physical valuation OF
the public utilities corporations looking
TO the further reduction in price of gas
and electricity and the consolida tion OF
the railways of the District upon a fair
and equitable basis.
Action upon the proposed plan of the
Commissioners for the abolition OF the
present plan of appointing the Board of
Education and placing the appointments
in the hands of the Commissioners, was
deferred until after the address OF Com
missioner Newman at a meeting of the
Federation of Citizens Associations on
Saturday night.
In a letter to the Chevy Chase associa-
ton. replying to a communication from
the association asking for a greater f1Ow
of gas. the Georgetown Gas Light Com
pany asserted that the Commissioners
would not allow the company to lay
mains through the streets Of Chevy
Chase. 1t was reported that the Utilities
Commission had informed the gas COM
pany that 1t would restrict the operations
OF the company on the west side OF Rock
Creek.
copy of the resolution favoring the
completion of physical valuation of Utili-
ties, will be sent to the Commissioners.
the chairmen of the District committees
OF the House and Senate and to the
Federation of Citizens Associations, with
approve and advocate the resolution.
The following named officers were elect
ed for the ensuing year: President. l..
A. Rogers; vice president, d. F. Hewett;
secretary. w. T. Murphy; treasurer DR..
Egbert A. Clark: executive committee.
r. II. Sargent. w. NJ. Steuart and w. ].
Wallis.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-06
L lifting Ban on Married Teachers
Pleases Suffragis;s and Educators
Court Says Women Can Continue Teaching After Marriage
Campaign Launched Through Efforts of The Washing
ton Herald Women on Board Are Jubiant

Prominent suffragists. educators and
civic leaders, who for many months had
been wasing strenuous campaign for
the repeal OF rule IS of tho Board of
Education. which automatica dismissed
women school-teachers upon their mar
riase. were Jublant last night over the
decision of Justice Gould, of the District
Supreme Court, in setting aside the reg
Clation as unfair and dis cri:ninatory.
The launching of the campaign was
largely due to the activities of The
Washington Herald, which, responding to
the cry of the public for justice to its
women school-teachers, assisted in arr
ranging mass meetings for arousing pub
lie sentiment in favor OF the repeal of the
obnoxious rule.
ban VIII Be Lifted.
The courts decision yesterday was IL
the case of Mrs. Gladys 'Alne Strong
Holman, who was granted writ of
mandsmus, compelling the Board of Edu-
cation to reinstste her as teacher,
which position she was forced by rule
45 to vacate. following her marriage on
June 10. 1915.
AS 4 result of the ruling. the ban will
be lifted from women school-tcaChcTs
falling in love. The courts decision
means that women teachers may marry
and retain their positions IL they So de-
sire. Heretofore Cupid has been greatly
handicapped. for many young women
teachers who desired to get married. but
who realized that because of the modest
incomes of their prospective husbands
they would be compelled to work follow
ing marriage. were prevented from Ncn-
turing upon the matrimonial sea. rule u
standing in front of them menacingly.
1t is not believed the decision of the
The Washington herald., 1916-01-06
WOULD BUY BIG CANVAS
FOR LINCOLN MEMORIAL
Senator Fletcher Introduces Bill for
Purchase of Walkers Battle
of GettYsburg."

Senator Fletcher, Of Florida, yester-
day introduced a bill in the Senate ap-
propriating s15O,O0O to purchase the
painting of The Battle of Gettys-
burg" by James Walker, the ceIe-
brated American artist. There arc
fourteen historical paintings by Wal
ker now hanging in the Capitol and
the War Department.
The bill provides that the picture,
which portrays twenty-five square
miles of the battlefield of Gettysburg
and locates the positions and move
ments of 175,000 men, showing 500
regiments and rs batteries of artillery,
and containing more figures than any
other painting in the world. is to be
deposited. when purchased by Con-
gress, in the Lincoln Memorial. now
being built near the Potomac, on the
Speedway, at a cost of $4,000, 900.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-06
Gown Grter

The ladies' becfstenk social commit =
tee OF Washington Lodge, No is, B. p.
.. f.. will give its annual beefsteak
supper at Elks' Club, 919 II street,
northwest. on the night of January 10,
harry Hull is chairman of the COM
mittee. Aprons and other souvenirs
VIII be given the guests.
Peter W. Collins, Of Massachusetts.
Will lecture at New National Theater
on Sunday night at s O'Clock under
auspices of the local council of
knights of Columbus on What's
Wrong With the World"
The United states Civil Service Conn
mission will hold a competitive exami-
nation on February to fill the posi-
ton OF physical laboratorian Exami-
nation VIII be held on March Is to Sc
lect second class or assistant steam
engineers for the government service.
4 general parish reception will he
held in the Church of the Epiphanv
parish hall tomorrow night at 7.45
o'clock The program Will include ath-
letic events in the gymnasium. motion
pictures, music by the choir. an ad-
dress by the Rev. DIR. Randolph II. NC
Kim, rector of the church, and refresh
ments.
The Twentieth Century Club will, he
NSSNN AT All Sa&llS
Church by Dean william Allen Mn
bur, of Columbia University at George
washington University, on The Ap-
probation of Poetry" Mrs John Dick
inson Sherman. of the General Fedora
tlon OF Women's Clubs. also will speak.
Musical selections will be given by
Louis C. Atwater and William E.
Green.
The West Virginia Society will meet
at the New willard on the night of
Friday. January II. The new hand
book of the society, containing the
constitution and bylaws and much
historical data, and compiled by Col.
]. William De Grange, will be dis
tributed.
The Washington Council of Jewish
Women will celebrate it's twentiet tn
anniversary next Wednesday after
noon with a musicale at Rauscher's
One of the features of the program
VIII be the appearance of Elias Bree-
skin, young violinist. who is a grad
uate of Damrosch Institute. Vocal Sc
lections will be given by Mrs. A Julian
Brylawski, contraltO. and Mrs Selma
Selinger Danforth, soprano.
The community center movement
will be explained by Prof. Edward J.
Ward, formerly of the University OF
Wisconsin, at a meeting of the Park
View Citizens Association in the
Whitney Avenue Christian Church to-
morrow night. Prof. Ward. who Is
now a resident of Park View and an
applicant for membership in the asso-
citation. will take as his topic, What
Are We to Do With Our New Park
View SCHOOL,
Prof Coleman will resume his lee
lures on Jesus and Buddha Compared
this evening at the Oriental Uniyer-
sity. Fourteenth and Chaplin streets.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-06

court will have any widespread effect
upon the school system. The percenta &c
of women teachers who marry Is rela-
lively small. And the percentage of
women teachers who desire to continue
teaching after marriage is stiil smaller.
Henry L. Blair, president of the Board
of Education. announced last night that
the case will be carried to the Court of
Appeals Should the Court of Appeals
uphold the lower court, II Is not believed
there will be any great clamor for re-
instatement on the part of women teach
ers who have been dismissed automaticaI-
ly by rule forty-five.
1t is understood that the three wom-
en- members of the board are delighted
over the action of the tribunal. They
have always been secretly opposed to
rule 45 but have suppressed their
opinions to avoid a troublesome division
on the board These women expressed
the opinion some time ago that they
favored the repeal OF the rule but that
they thought the matter should be de-
cided by the courts.
Justice Gould declared. that rule tG
was gently characterized when called
unreasonable The court pointed out
that the board permitted married men
and married women to teach, but de-
prlved an unmarried teacher of the same
privilege Immediately upon her marriage.
Mrs. Hellman was represented by At
torneys Wilson. Huidekoper a. Lesh
The board has no personal feeling in
the matter" said Mr.. Blair last night
1T is purely a question of policy"
Mrs. Ellis Logan, former president Of
the District Federation of WOmen's Clubs
was chairman OF the mass meeting held
some time ago to protest against rule a.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-06
HEADACHE FROM
A COLD? listen!
"Pape's Cold Compound" ends severe
colds or grippe in a few
hours.

Your cold will break and all grippe
misery end after taking a dose of
"Pape's Cold Compound" every two
hours until three doses are taken
1t promptly opens clogged-up nos
trils and air passages in the head
stops nasty discharge or nose running.
relieves sick headache, dullness, fe-
verishness, sore throat. sneezing. sore
ness and stiffness.
Don't stay stopped UP. Quit blowing
and snuffling! Ease your throbbing
head-nothing else in the world gives
such prompt relief as "Pape's Cold
Compound" which costs only 25 cents
at any drug store. 1t acts without
assistance, tastes nice. and causes no
Inconvenience. Accept no substitute,
The Washington herald., 1916-01-06
purely personal

James ]. Brosnahsn, John B. Gleason
and Frank A. Murphy have been elected
as delegates to represent Washington
Bricklayers' Union No. l. at conven-
tion of their international union in To-
ronto, on January 10.
Secretary of Commerce Redheld left
last night for New York, where he will
speak tonight before the Industrial Group
Society for Ethical Culture. Tomorrow
he will speak in Providence, r. l., be-
fore the Turks Head Club. On Satur-
day he will speak at Boston before the
Textile Club of Lowell, Mass.
Capt John Kamb, U. S. N. has gone
to WiIliamsport. Pa. where his wife was
taken i'll with appendicitis.
Capt. Jake Faunce, of Washington, has
gone to the Gums fishing shore in lower
Virginia, with his crew on fishing ex-
cursion.
The temporary appointment of Darwin
c. Rich as expert clerk at $40 in the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce has been terminated.
+. L. Thurston. superintendent of
SCnOOtS- WAS TAKEN Ill IN OlIite yes
terda " and was unable to attend a meet
ing OF the Board of Education.
Raymond N. Hickman, assistant gas en-
gineer at $500, in the Bureau OF Stand
ards, has resigned.
Miss Margaret Thompson has received
an appointment as a nurse in the public
schools.
Miss Katherine Steinle has been ap-
pointed to a leadership in Western high
school.
Mrs. Elizabeth Towne, author and own
er of the Nautilus Magazine, OF Holyoke,
Mass, will arrive here Sunday and will
stop at the Cochran during her stay in
the city.
Chauncey G. Peters. laboratory assist
ant at the Bureau of Standards, has been
promoted to assistant physicist at s140O
Mrs. Charles NJ. Hamilton, wife of Rep
resentative Hamilton, of New York re-
turned Tuesday from a trip to New York.
Msgnus Berg has been temporarily ap-
pointed laborer in the Bureau OF Fish.
cries.
Senator Charles z. Townsend and Mrs
Townsend. of Michigan, returned Tues
day from their Christmas holidays. They
are stopping at the Portland.
Leslie ]. Tavener. Ernest E. Sparkling
Louis P. Drinkwater. and Raymond A.
Devlin, all of the Bureau of Navigation,
have received promotions.
Corporation Counsel Conrad H. Syme
has returned from his home in Kentucky
where he spent the holidays with rela-
tives
Chief of Police John Flanagan, oi
Asbury Park, n. j.. was on a short visit
to this city yesterday and called on Sen
ator MARITIME of that State I'm regards to
business matters of his neighborhood.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-06
GIRL HIT BY AUTO IS
In SERIOUS CONDITION
Louise Grubb. IA. Daughter Of Grocef,
Has Skull Fractured-Gus-
tave Henning Arrested.

Louise GTubb. IA, daughter of John II.
Grubb. a grocer at 1872 street south
east, Struck by an automobile near
Eighth and + streets southeast yester-
day, is in a serious condition in Casualty
Hospital. Her skull was fractured and
her body badly bruised.
Gustave Henning. 80. of Bladensburg,
Md, was arrested by police on a charge
of assault. police accusing him of driv-
ing the automobile which struck the girl
He stopped his machine after striking
the girl and picked her up. Casualty
Hospital ambulance was called and took
the girl In charge.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-06

Of the congress gladly accepted their
tender OF cooperation.
The Carnegie Endowment is respon-
sible alone for the expenses Of its guests
and it is not participating in the expenses
OF the organization Of the congress it.
self. The United States government has
appropriated $500 for this congress. and
with that money the organization has
been perfected and carried out"
Sectional meetings for the discussion OF
plans looking TO the closer alliance OF
the republics of the Americas continued
in the various hotels and aud.' oriums OF
the city Yesterday. All Teetings. how
ever, were adjourned to Iyermit the dele
gates and their families TO attend the spe-
cial drill at Fort Myer yesterday after
noon.
Practically every speaker appearing be
The Washington herald., 1916-01-06

fore the meetings Of the various sectionI
yesterday advocated some form Of Pan
Americanisn. Interest, however. center
ed in the meetings OF the sections or
international Law. at the Shorehsm, snc
on education. at the New willard Es-
tsbIishment OF meteorological bureau
and the provision of modern instruments
for direct reading. in every republic Of
the Americas was urged by Constant
Lurkuin, OF Bolivia, before a meeting
Of section IL
The conception Of neutrality IN Americs
in the event Of a war between some
American power and a European. Asistio
or other power, Is the question sssumins
special interest at this time, declared Or
Juan de Kohly. Cuban minister TO the
Netherlands. in an address before this
section on international law yesterday
The Washington herald., 1916-01-06
British Lose So, 1856 in 13 Days.

London. Jan. 5.-British losses on the
western front from September q to Oc-
tober s were 1855. Under Secretary Ten
nant announced in the House of Com
mons today. They were divided as fol-
lows:
Of1cers-KiIled. rs: wounded. 1.2Ss;
missing. 81.
Other ranks-Killed, 1895; wounded.
IS, 095; missing, s.S4s.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-06
Billings Given Suspended Sentence

When James c. Billings, convicted Of
robbing a government messenger in the
Postoffice Building of s1.OOo appeared be-
fore Chief Justice Covington yesterday
and pleaded guilty. he was given a SEN
tence of two years imprisonment and
sentence was suspended. pending good
behavior. Since his conviction the gov
ernment has been reimbursed and the de-
PENDANT has obtained employment with
the Ford Automobile Company in De
troit
The Washington herald., 1916-01-06

OF Woiid interest over selnsh natlonai ue-
sign"
The Immediate converting OF the Inter
national Commission OF Jurists. provided
for by the pan-Afnerican conference of
1910. and TO remain In permanent session.,
until the cessation OF hostilitIes In Eu-
rope. was suggested by DIR. Rowe as
means OF carrying out the proposal
Favors Wilson's Definition.
1t is probable that the problem will be
hroached in one form or another before
the congress when 1t conyencs for its
final executive session the latter part OF
The week.
The acceptance OF President Wilson'S
definition OF psn-Americsnism In his re-
cent message to Congress as tho official
definition Of that doctrine for all the
republics. was proposed TO the congress
yesterday by Francisco Peynsde. former
Minister from Santo Domingo TO the
United States, in the form Of resolu-
ton.
On account OF the fact that the number
Of delegates and members OF the con
gress who desire to hear President VIII
son when he delivers his address before
the congress tonight at O'Clock ex-
ceeds the seating capacity Of the hall OF
the Americas OF the psn-Amcrican Union.
John Barrett, secretary general OF the
congress, announces that the place Of
meeting has been changed from the pan
American Union to Memorial Continental
Hall. just north OF the PaR-American
Building. All tickets issued. however.
for the Pan-American' Building will BE-
accepted at Memorial Continental Hall.
Barrett Corrects Statement.
Secretary John Barrett. with the au-
thority OF the executive committee. yes
terday issued sta tement to the effect
that the United States government. and
not the Carnegie Endowment for Inter
national Peace. is financing the second
Pan-American Congress The expenses of
the congress and the entertainment Of
the delegates. he said. are being paid out
Of ample funds appropriated from the
Treasury. James Browne Scott. secretary
of the Carnegie Endowment, Is a mem
Der OF the executive committee. The
statement asserts however. that the en-
dowment has assisted in every way pos
sible.
According to the statement. the con-
gT ess could have been held with all OF
the official and unofficial delegates OF the
Central and South American republics
invited by the United States. ls6 OF a
total OF 299 persons from Latin
America. without the cooperation OF the
Carnegie Endowment. In part, Mr.. Bar
rett's statement WAS as follows:
THE relationship of the Carnegie En-
dowment TO the congress has been a
most delightful one. greatly appreciated
by the officials in charge OF the con-
gress, but ii can be seen from the data
and figures. that it is incorrect to state /
that the success Of the congress as an
international gathering was dependent
upon the acceptance OF the Invitations
of the Carnegie Endowment Or their
financial aid. When the congress was be-
ing organized the Carnegie Endowment
officials in conference with the United
States officials most generously offered
to cooperate because they believed that
this was one Of the most practical ways
of promoting the work for which the
was created, and the officials
The Washington herald., 1916-01-06
Christian Bulletin Appears.

The initial issue of the Christian Civic
Bulletin. 2 monthly publication in the
interests Of the Christian Brotherhood
and Bible Glass Alliance of America has
just made its appearance.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-06

The Westker Year Ago Today
Cloudy Tempsrature: High. S.; Low 3f-re
member Laxative Bromo Quinne cures cold in
one day. There Is only one 'Bromo Quinine." Look
Tor aisssturs. = ". GROVE. &c.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-06
WOULD SAVE LAWS OF
NEUTRALS FROM HARM

eoNTINuEp FRoM rAGE one.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-06

James J. Brosnshsn, John B. Gleason
a nd Frank A. Murphy have been elected
as delegates to represent Washington
Bricklayers' Union No. l. at a conven-
tion of their international union in To-
ronto, on January 10.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-06

of world interest over selfish national de-
sign"
The immediate couvening OF the Inter
national Commission OF Jurists. provided
for by the pan-AfneFican conference of
1910, and TO remain In permanent session,
until the cessation OF hostilities In Eu-
rope. was suggested by DIR. Rowe as a
means of carrying out the proposal