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BUSINESS OPPNRTUNITIES.

MADAM LEO AND QUEEN RIcHANDA.
Az worlds greatest palmists. Tell past.
present and future, slso love and business
Affairs. Price 25c. Opposite band stand,
shelipot Park. all winter. auslo-u.
lTAGILL MASCARA. WORLDS GREAT.
" cst palmist. formerly Of Atlantic City.
Tells names, past, present and future; also
love and bushes Affairs Rooms ] and 2.
second Door. No. COS Market street.
iys.H.
WE ARE SEEKING 4 FEW MEN WHO
" desire 10 learn our business with view
toward making permanent connection which
ohers % intelligent conscientious Young men
better than the ordinary opportunity, as we'll
as liberal earning az the start Al refer.
Wilmington. sept2-tt.
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WANTED.

NJTANTED FOR RENT-HoUsE OR
" bungalow az six or eigh, rooms IN
suhrrbs adjacent 20 Wilmington. near car
line State fun particulars Address R.qT.
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REFINED YOUNG MARRIED COUPLE
- want four unfurnished rooms second
hoor preferred by September Is best Of
reterencee Address Ws5. Evening Journal
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SITUATIONS WAYTED-FFMALF

NNANTED-A PLACE FOR HoUsEwoRK.
small family by middle aged lady
Address No 62i " Fourth ST. aur8I-st
VoUNG LADY DESIRES TO HAVE
Il pupils % tutor. preparing them for
new school term. Address F-1e. Evening
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WANIED-wATCH AND JEwELRY
w repairing. Also eye Citing. Store
open evenings until g O'Clock. Saturday
cvenings until 10 o'clock Thomas Iewelry
Co. No. aoo Market St. febi4tf
The Washington herald., 1916-04-23

Editor of The Washington Herald: In
fairness to the employees OF the Washing
ton Virginia Railway Company their side
of the controversy should be given to the
public. The trouble is traCeable to sew
cral causes, chief among which is the
low wage scale under which the men
work Tho present scale became opera
tive little over a year ago, and ranges
from q 1-2 cents per hour for first year
of service to % cents for NTH and all en-
suing years. Prior to the adoption OF thls
scale the company had for the past SIX
years been paying from q cents to %
cents per hour. The maximum pay OF
regular man, working ten hours daily six
days a week tone day in each week beInS
signed off" in order to provide work for
The extra mem amounts to SIS per week-
$50 per month. The minimum pay Is
about $50 per month.
A careful estimate is here given Of the
actual living expenses of family Of hNe
for one month:
/ Rent SO, groceries and provisions So
fuel 81, light 81, clothing so. making a
total of $3.50 No allowance is made Tor
such expenses as schooling taxes arnuse-
ments, carfare, help. sickness, with its
attendant bills, and none for possible
savings account. There are no frills in
the list, and yet it amounts to $50 more
than the maximum wage received by the
employe, unless he works overtime, which
he is glad to do when possible thouSh ne
naturally feels he should be given over
time pay for overtime work, which is not
now the case.
No Pay for Hours of Waiting.
In presenting their demands for better
working conditions the committee asked
for an increase to IS cents per hour for
first two years and 30 cents thereafter.
An extra man averages from $40 TO so
per month, and he is asking for mini
mum wage of $4S; not an eXtoruonate
demand it would appear.
Regular men work from nine to thirteen
hours daily. while an extra man may
work from one to sixteen hours, and he
must report for duty at intervals all day,
yet he receives no pay for his hours of
waiting, but Only for actual trips made.
Another great cause of dissatisfaction Is
the practice of the company of collecting
shortage in the accounts of the men.
These shortages" are not actual money
losses to the company, and arise from
errors in registration in blind regis
ter in the rush of manifold duties. These
shortages vary in amount from 50 cents
to 81 for a period Of fifteen days.
The whole attitude of the company to-
wards its employees seems to be one of
suspicion. No man may circulate Pc
tition of any nature among his fellow
workers without submitting the same to
the company for its approval. Failure
to comply with this demand means dis
missal from the service. 1t is quite true,
so far as that truth goes, that the COM
rany will receive any individual en-
ploye. with courtesy. and will listen to
his grievance, as the company has stated
on several occasions of late. The employe
will be told 'the matter will be looked
into" At the expiration of few weeks
The Washington herald., 1916-04-23
Overlooked by Won Jarov.

Editor of The Washington Herald
There recently appeared in the papers ar
interview with Foreign Minister von
JaGow, of Germany. 1t came over the
signature of one of the four correspond.
ents c'American'D whom Germany seems
to allow to send communications out OF
that country to this. II is safe to say
that these communications contain moth.
ing but what the Prussian authorities al.
low these neutral Americans to send
out Of Germany.
Won JagOw says in this interview that
Germany and America always have been
friends and must continue to be friends
He scouts the idea Of even a possibility
of war between the two nations and SAYS
that Germany never did oppose the
Monroe doctrine
Regarding the last statement, read be.
low the extract from John Hays Life, .
recently published
England, Germany and Italy had claims
against Venezuela and were getting ready
to enforce payment by seizing Venezue-
Ian territory. This country urged arbi.
tration and England and Italy agreed.
Germany, however. refused to srbitrate.
Here is what Mr.. Hay says:
'One day when the crisis was at
its height, he CMr. Roosevelt) sum
moned TO the White House DR.. HoIle-
ben. the German Ambassador. and told
him that unless Germany consented ia
The Washington herald., 1916-04-23
Word. without Deeds.

Editor Of The Washington Herald: The
President is quoted as saying 10 the D. A
R. annual congress:
when America ceases to be unselhsh.
she will cease 10 be America When she
forgets the tradition Of devotion 70 hu.
man rights in general, which gave spirit
and impulse to her founders. she will
have lost her title deeds TO her own ma
tionaIity tradition is a handsome
thing in proportion as we live up to Il. II
we fall away from the tradition Of the
fathers we have dishonored them. II we
forget the tradition Of the fathers, we
have changed our character; we have lost
an old impulse; we have become uncon-
sCiOus OF the principles in which the life
Of the nation itself Is rooted and ground
CONTINUED ON PAGE NINE
The Washington herald., 1916-04-23
probabilities" in Meteorology.

Although it is not vet possible to make trust
worthy predictions of the weather for a coming
season, climatic statistics furnish information
bearing on this subject that is of practical I'M
portance to the agriculturist and others. A sug-
gestive paper read by Mr.. w. G. Reed, of the
Office and Farm Management, United States De-
partment of Agriculture at the last meeting of
the Association of American Geographers, brings
out the value of knowing the business risk
from unfavorable weather, as shown by prob
ability curve" based on statistics of past years.
The author exhibited a chart giving the dates
after which, at various places, killing frost will
occur one year in ten, on an average. Similar
charts have been drawn for the first autumnal
frostiess period four years in 1--WE This idea de 'r of
showing what will happen ''in the long rum -
together with the percentage of probability is of
great practical value, and deserves to be more
generally emphasized from the practical as dis
tingushed from the academic point of view 1t
may be noted that the interesting series of
drought charts" published few years ago by
the Russian agticulturist meteorological service
embody the same idea.-Scientifc American.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-23
Horses Needed for the Army.

OF the 24,oooooo horses in the United States,
less than 100000 would be suitable for military
service if the United States should become in
volved in war, and there is no reason to believe
that any large number of these could be pur-
chased
This means that the first army the United
States put into the field probably would be
equipped, in part, with inferior horses, and that
few months after war commenced, the eff
cheney of cavalry and field artillery would
be seriously impaired.
These figures the result of a careful CEN
sus and study by officials of the War and Agr-
cultural departments. They tell the story of the
decline of the horse in the country which, next
to Russia, raises more horses than any other
country in the world. And the United States is
the only world power which makes no serious
effort to perfect this vitality important feature of
preparedness.
During the civil war, the armies of both
North and South were the best mounted or
ganizations the world had known The pure
bred light harness and saddle horse was DOM
nant in all sections of the country Since then,
with the incentive to produce pure-bred horse
flesh of the lighter type being constantly less
ened by the advent of the heavy draft type and
the use OF other of Iocomotion, sires of
pure breed have become fewer and fewer, and
the scrub stock has fourshed like the proverb-
al green bay tree.
What the army needs is not horse bred ex-
clusively for cavalry artillery uses, but
horse strong enough and light enough to do
the work and with the courage and endurance
that comes only from pure breeding. Although
other pure breeds, such the Morgan, the sad
die, and the standard turn out types available
for military service, the thoroughbred bred
through centuries for speed, endurance and cour-
age, is by far the best type, and this type, be-
cause of the narrow limits to which racing for
a time was restricted, was crowded more and
more from the country and to other fields As
result, for years shipped from our narrow
stock of thoroughbred horses, the very blood
most needed to build up the stock of the coun-
try
The horse that is most valuable as a mill
tary animal is the horse most valuable for farm
light draft, harness or saddle work. Whatever
the Federal government should do to improve
this breed, would react first and foremost To
the. benefit of almost every horse owner The
government now has less than thirty-fve stall
lions, available in six States, for breeding. Ger
many, France and Russia have from ONE 70
four thousand pure bred sires owned bv the
government and loaned to owners of sound
mares to insure well bred horses in time Of
need.-Great Britain after the Boer war adopted
the same system. European POWERS spend mil
lions annually the work: the agricultural ap-
preparation bill now before Congress carries
The Washington herald., 1916-04-23
ARMY ORDERS.

Leave Of abs~Dcs fcc oas month and "a. d..
A prrnax1ou 70 uHve CnlnA and Jspsn
y y srsntsd ospt Lesson o. rarieton, Medicsi
Leave a shsenes for twenty dxy.. With r--r,.-
aon % spp5 for an sztensiou oS hftsen osvs- is
H~n1a CapN Lee~ou o. TsFietOu. Medical Co-ps
@ nhs edeo upoa his arrival in the Uuited
Leave e sbss-os from Jun. ? "a Jv,, ,os
Csvshy. heA1
Leave Of sb~snss for one uBsuth and IN DIV.
VIE pemisaon TO travel In China and Jspsn-
- i1eo osp- Shelley U. Marietta. Mediosl
Le4Ie o. absence for twenty dan. with p--ui,-
spn 70 eppg for an EXTENSION Of one rno-fh a,
eAntea ospt- Shelley Q. Marietta, Medical Con-
So, s enea upon hb arrirL IN ths United
First Lieut.. Roy W. Gshb-Oos usA
-, -, ~ pfoceed 70 the Waltz Reed Genera
h9spLtaL Iakoua Psrt d. C.. for treatment
I've Aosencs for one month 70 take eHeci
" No. % soS l. Vs. Is ErIutsd oOL GeorFv
By direction Of the Pr-sidsnt an arm, r-.i,os
ooIo h appointed to ms~t At For1 Bis "
u1 lsoh ume 20 time At ths call o( The. urssidsut
o. the board, for the e1amipstjo. ,f - oss..-.
a. may be o-dsrsd before n mn g. ~. ss.s
MEMBER Col FrHnk p. Joas. seventh OsT,I-T {.
Lsat, Coi. Paul y. Stzsub Medical Corn. IJe,5t
90; o.; Irsdv-l W. Moore. Seventh Intsnfry: Nal
William L. Keller Medical Oo-us. Nj J,br
o'sbeN, Eighth Csrslry reoord,T ~, -, c.
Il buckeI. Seventh Infantry
S@pA howard n. !ohnsDa and Iohn 8 LAmhsf
IT, MedaeA Co-pS detailed a. rnediczl an
eminen and Witnesss before the amy r,firus
ooSio APPOINTED TO meet Al Fo-t BlisE Tex
~ direction q the President Cant John :
4 Young Eighth OSE4lg. upun the s1pirsfiou
o. his present. lesEe oS Ahssncr vfU r-,o-. ~.
person 70 Col. Frsnk B. Jones se-euth Iufsutry.
president Of an army rstiring board al Fo-t Blis.
TX, a. such time be may deSEnzis foT "a
animation b. the board
fnrst L-ut. EIhh L. FrHnEin esrTt-y ~
Gently promotsd from Seoo7d neutsnana Tftr1a.uth
IAN VIII rank frou April l. 1910, 10 assigned
70 the Tbirtesnth Csvtly
Each Of the foIlou1ns-nEnr5 ofsce-, a, ,.i-,.5
az Indicated after his name Csp Roe,r :
Fitch, Riftsenth CSTalry 10 the Sirtb CsTEI-r q,
take shect APsil q 1876: seccod Lieut.. AIeTSD5.r
L; T. 'ohnson, cavalry. 10 the Sscond Carshy
Leave Of abssDce for two month"; Z, TAKE Effect
uTon his relief from his present dutier Il rrHutrd
F1rst Lieut.. Charles s. Hoyt carsIry
Leave q hhsrncs for two months % surFrru :
oeruhc1h q disability n E-1nted Pirst IIry1t.
Richard D. Ia GErds Ninth Infsnfry
The leave q sbssnce granted Mai BsiIey
Ashford, Medical CoTTs, in Special Or5ert No -
War Department, bec-mb<r D. 1875 i ez1epds5
tWeuty-oDe days
Lave q Sbssnoe from the date n the relief f-y1
detail IN the Ordnance Depsrtmrnt until AuF1st
> 1916 Is sranted Ffrst Lieut.. Clarence T. Psr-
ridge. Ouarts-mAsteT Department
Leave q absence for two months Is rrarte5 Car
Percy p Bishop. Cnast ATiuery Cnrps
Cart NilsDn 6. Hezi0u Quar1rrussfrr Com.
is relieved from duty assistant 70 the drpot ous
ternaster. St Louis, No, and viii pruoeed % n
Psso Tex, and report IN p-rsOD 70 the Dept
his assistant.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-23
THE OPEN FORUM
In Which Readers of The Herald Express Their Views on
Current Topics

he calls again, only to be told we can
do nothing about it."
The hours Of service are very bad un-
der present conditions. Both regular and
extra men who have worked as late as
II O'Clock at night are often required to
report for duty At o'clock the next
morning. The extra man may not be
given a run. but he must report at the
barn. A failure on the part Of any man
to report ten minutes before time of
starting his car will result in a ''lay-off''
of from two to five days
The first intimation Of the intention Of
the company to raise its wage scale on
July l was made to the employees by the
posting of such intention on the bulletin
board two days after definite action had
been taken by the men in the formation
of their union.
Mr.. R. P. Shepherd. who has been a
motorman on this road for the past sew
en- years, was discharged two days be-
fore the lockout" He was told there
was absolutely nothing against his rec
ord. but the company would not stand for
his activity in the formation Of the
union" Seven other men were dis
charged under the same circumstances.
and the reply of the company to the de-
mands of the committee was to lock its
doors against all men connected with
the union. No striking employees have
been connected in any manner with any
act of vandalism or violence which has
occurred. No man among them wishes
either to violate the laws of our land
to forfeit his own self respect or the
respect of the public whom he serves
and upon whose good Judgment he rests
his case. He is only asking a fair chance
to make an honest living for himself
and his family. Should he not have that
chance? C. WI
The Washington herald., 1916-04-23
District signal Corps.

Sixty-three members Of the Signal
Corps Company. District National Guard,
attended the regular Tuesday night drill
on April IS. half hour was devoted
to foot movements, after which ice cream
and cakes, cigars and cigarettes were
served.
A number Of prospective recruits were
In attendance. There are now eighty-nine
men on the rolls, and Capt Terry is sure
that the 100 mark will be reached before
May /.
The company office is being moved back
into the property room, and the present
ONCE will be used for radio instruction
purposes. The radio room has been too
small all along. and with the enlarged
classes, more room had to be provided.
A series of problems has been started
for the nOn-commissioned officers school,
the first Of which was given out on
April l9 These problems will cover map
sketching, disposition of Signal Corps
troops on march and in camp, admins
trative work of the company and bat
talon, and other interesting work. Many
Of the maps turned in last Thursday
night were very good, and Capt. Terry is
greatly pleased with the interest shown.
Recruits for the radio company are be-
ing equipped with blue uniforms, which
will be exchanged for the olive-drab as
soon as the new company is mustered in.
Interest in the examinations for commits
sions in the battalion ie on the increase
and a number Of men will try for
shoulder straps.
Several operators from the Western
Union and Postal Telegraph companies
have sisnified their desire to Join the
Signal Corps. The camp work for them
will be very easy. as they will be kept
on the work in the sections, and will be
excused from other duty
About twenty members have Joined the
company since the military tournament in
February. most OF them being radio men.
NJ s f. Lansford and First Sergt
johnson attended meeting Of the Radio
Club at Friendship Heights on the even
ing Of April Is. Mr.. Lsnsf0rd gave a
short talk on radio work, after which
lunch was served.
Leuts. I-andis and MacLennsn have
started a campaign for recruits, the re-
suits of which will be made manifest next
Tuesday night.
Edgar c. Barker, a former member OF
The Washington herald., 1916-04-23

srbitrste, the American squadron, un-
der Admiral Dewey, would be given
orders by noon ten days later 10 pro
ceed to the Venezuelan coast and
prevent any taking possession Of Ven
ezuelan territory. Dr.. HoIleben began
TO protest this his imperial master,
having once refused to arbitrste, could
not change his mind. The President
said that he was not arguing the
question, because arguments had al
ready been gone over until no useful
purpose could be served by repeating
them; he was simply giving informa-
ton which the Ambassador might
think IL important to transmit 10 Ber-
lin. week passed in silence. Then
DR.. Holleben again called on the
President, but said nothing OF the Ven
eZuelan matter When he rose 70 20
the President asked him about il, and
when he stated that he had received
nothing from his government. the
President informed him, in substance
that in view OF this fact, Admiral
Dewey would be instructed TO sail q
day earlier than the day he the Presi-
dent had originally mentioned. Much
perturbed. the Ambassador protested
The President informed him that not
a stroke Of a pen had been put on
paper. that II the Emperor would aFree
heartily praise him for such action.
and would treat it as taken on Ger
man initiative, but that within forty
eight hours, there must be an offer TO
arbitrate, or Dewey would sail with
the orders indicated. Within thirty
six hours DR.. Holleben returned to the
White House and announced to Presi-
dent Roosevelt that q dispatch had
just come from Berlin saying that the
Kaiser would Arbitrste. Neither Ad-
miral Dewey (whO with the American
feet was then maneUverinE in the
West lndies) nor anyone else knew OF
the step that was TO be taken: the
naval authorities were merely required
to be in readiness, but were not told
what for.
'On the announcement that Ger
many had consented to arbitrate, the
President publicly complimented the
Kaiser on being 50 staunch a friend
OF arbitration"
II is consistent with common sense
TO believe that Herr Won JBEow did
not have full knowledge Of this re-
cent occurrence in his country's for
eign affairs narrated above, when he
never did oppose the Monroe doctrine,
or does he, like Capt Franz Won Papen,
believe that we Americans are fools?
Never opposed the Monroe doctrine. in
deed, Might as well assert to an
American and ask him to believe that
Won Diederichs never opposed Dewey
in Manila Bay.
AMERICAN READER.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-23
rhird BattaIioa, ID. c. ". G.

An unusually large attendance marked
the parade of the Third Battalion, Dis
trict National Guard, last Wednesday
night. The close order drill Of the four
large companies proceeded the parade,
the invited visitors showing their appre-
citation of the excellent work Of the
young soldiers, as well as the showing
Of the battalion as q body.
After the parade the battalion com
mander formed his men In hollow
square and outlined to them the future
work Of the organization. He said the
outlook of the entire National Guard OF
the country was more encouraging than
at any time in the history Of the repub-
lie. He explained briefly the provisions
OF the military bills recently passed by
the Senate and House and said that the
National Guard would now have q
chance TO show to the country that the
confidence placed in it by Congress Is not
misplaced.
He called upon his men TO show by
their conduct that the recent harsh crit
icisms made against the guard as a ma
tional organization are unjust. He had
no doubt that the District Guard could
prove to the people Of Washington that
it is composed Of the kind Of material Of
which the best soldiers are made,
The Washington herald., 1916-04-23
NAVAL ORDERS.
MOVEMENTS on vEssELs

Chsuncey ITTiued al JoIo. p. J.. Ap-iI =: d.
srr1ved Al New London, April 2; G-3 arrived at
NeVport, April 2 Glacier sailed for Mar Island
April q Leonidas arrived al San Bias Gulf ArriI
q; NEnshan sailed for Tb1rul- April -. Ozsrt
arrived at Lambert Point, April 2: fantheT a.
rived At Key Nest, AITl 2 Whipple arrived a.
san Diego, Ap-il p.
Note--Ihe hAg Of the c11alns sDdrT in -c1ief. Pa
che ResrTs Fleet. hSs bern shiftsd iron the Mar
land TO the PittsturEh
MARINE CORPS ORDERS.
Mai J. p. McIiu. 70 duty ssGH Of comma16--
sccoDd division, Atlantic F1eet.
nissioned.
seoDod LieIt n. schmidt, 20 OElshona wh.n
commissioned
Secood Lieut. J. L. Do1ey. TO marine barrarss.
Norfol
Second Lieut.. 7. A. SeooT. 70 command msrinr
detachment, Naval Powder Depot. DUyeT y J.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-23
Something for Her to Learn.

Mrs. Ellen French Aldrch, of Santelle Cal.
been elected mayor of that city but will decline
the office as it 'is too high and too dignifed" to
allow her to "mingle with the people" Mrs
good mixer" is freed from the obligation to mix
after taking the oath of office-New York Sun,
The Washington herald., 1916-04-23

A man who started his business career as an
Office boy has just been elected president of
meat packing corporation at salary of SI2Sooo
a year. No wonder steaks and prime roasts are
luxuries when the packers making such heavy
investments in human beings.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-23
A New Source of DYES.

An ingenious Bath, Me-, fisherman wishing
to dye his nets took two-quart jar of pre-
Setting" the color with a preparation from,
alum. The nets good indigo blue
Maine may yet become big dye supply center
il the blueberry crop is good.-Lewiston Jour
nal
The Washington herald., 1916-04-23

Gold would l have in goodly store
To fight the wolves outside my door,
And hold grim poverty at bay
And drive substantial cares away.
But even better than the dross
That guised as gain is often loss,
To battle with the hosts of fear
Grant me the goodly gift of cheer.
For COLDS an evanescent pelf,
While cheer well-spent renews itself.
Copyright, 1851
The Washington herald., 1916-04-23

New York mans mother-in-law observed
him holding the hand Of beautiful blond on
top of Fifth avenue bus whereupon she told
her daughter, who called in detectives who sue
ceeded in getting evidence enough to secure her
a divorce. 1t couldn't have been easier if the
couple had posed in their hand-holding ,act for
q moving picture scene.