davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington herald., 1916-01-03
CHILD LABOR DAY TO
BE OBSERVED JAN. .23
More Than $500 Cities Will Partici-
pate, According to Promises
Already Given.

Child Labor Day has been observed for
the past ten years. but January q, 1916,
will be the greatest Child Labor Day of
them all. according to bulletin Just is
sued by the National Child Labor Com
mittee. At least 4.500 promises to observe
the day have come into the committees
Offices already from school superinten-
dents. teachers. clergymen. women's
clubs and other organizations, and more
are pouring in every day.
TT is fortunate for us that Child Labor
Day falls in January" said Owen r.
Lovejoy, general secretary of the Ma
tional Child Labor Committee, because
1t is going to be a big factor in the pas
sage of the Federal child labor bill now
before Congress. We are asking ali who
are observing the day to emphasize the
need for action in behalf OF the bill and
the result should be an overwhelming de-
mand for its enactment.
The bill will not pass the House this
year as e&sily as 1t did last year because
our opponents were not awake them. The
only opposition to the bill came from cot
ton manufacturers and only three of
them appeared at the hearings We hope
that Child Labor Day will bring us MANY
new friends who will not rest until the
Keating- Owen Federal child labor bin be-
comes law"
The Washington herald., 1916-01-03
LOCAL BELGIAN RELIEF
COMMITTEE IS ACTIVE
Campaign Launched to Secure Food
and Clothing for War Sufferers
Stranded in France.

Seeing no signs for an early ending of
the war, the District branch of the Bel
gisn Relief Committee has launched its
work for the New Year with greater ac-
tivity than before-and with only s34i. IS
balance from the old year. With this
sum the committee has shipped to the
Franco-American committee, organized
by Ambassador Herrick. six boxes of
clothing for destitute Belgian women
and children.
Urged on by increasing appeals of
growing horror, the committee again
calls upon the people of Washington to
help feed and clothe the 400, 900 Belgians
stu stranded In the occupied portions of
northern France.
The local representatives of the commit
tee are planning a tea party to be held
at the home OF Mrs. John A. Logan, 2525
Thirteenth street northwest, Friday aft
ernoon, from 4 until o'clock
The third floor of Mrs. Logan's resi-
dence will continue to be the headcnar-
ters for the work of the local committee,
where contributions viii be received and
supplies shipped until June. The COM
mittee appeals to women and young girls
of Washington to use their spare time
making garments for the sufferers.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-03
WANT Children
TO BE THRIFTY
Savings Campaign Will Start
Today, Extending Through
out Entire Year.
SIGNS TEACH ITS VALUE
Work Will Be Done by Bankers Among
Civic Organizations as Well
as Employees.
SIGNS TEACH ITS VALUE

A year of thrift and economy on the
part OF the American public is the plan
of bankers of Washington and other
cities. who have begun a campaign to
so<educate people Save" Is to be the
advice of these men of finance. and for
the next ss2 days they will blazon the
word about the nation.
Their campaign Is to take several
forms. They will give particular atten-
ton to school children and strive to teach
them to keep their pennies and nickles.
To cater to the school child Of Washing
ton some $1,000 or 5000 will besexpended
by banks to care for those same pennies
and nickels that are now supposed to
exist merely as exchange for stick candy
and cream puffs.
Puts Many Out of Business.
Frank Devereaux, chairman of the
Washington bankers conducting the Dis
trict thrift campaign, declared yesterday
the plan of appealing TO school children
in some cities had been SO effective that
many small bakery and confectionery
shops near school buildings, catering to
children, had gone out of business. He
said Washington banks were going to
offer special Inducements to the children
by Offering to lend them savings banks
for the home and by giving them bank
books
AnOIner plan OF tHe tnTill ChfnPdikH
will be the lecturing of some fifteen or
twenty bankers before citizens associa-
tions at different times during the year.
and lectures will be given also at other
meetings. School teachers will be asked
to speak on the subject OF economy to
pupils.
Organizations Of workmen will be ap-
pealed to. Employers of large numbers
of workers will be asked to support the
Young Mems Christian Asso-
Citations of the country. the National
Americanization committee and the Ma
tional Civic Federation have indorsed the
plan and will work accordingly
The District chapter of the American
Institute of Banking, which is fostering
the plan here. has named a committee of
twenty-one bankers to carry out the idea.
Frank B. Devereux Is chairman of the
committee. Mr.. Devereux said yesterday
the committee had planned to have
walking sign boards" out Saturday, but
the scheme was postponed because OF the
lnclement weather.
No savipR. Forces Work.
Today, however, five men carrying
sandwich signs will parade through the
business district. One man will give this
question TO the public as he walks ahead:
why do / carry this sign?" He will
answer It on the back with Because i
have no savings account" Mr.. Devereux
said the mans dress would fully bear out
the reasons for the question and state
ment.
Another sign-man will tell the public
Every Little Bit Added to What You've
Got Makes Just Little Bit More" and
may even venture to put the words into
song.
The year 1916 was chosen for the cam
paign because II Is the centennial OF the
establishment Of the savings bank in the
United States.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-03
finds LFELESS BODY
OF father in bed
Son Worried by Three-day Absence
of Arthur Claxton, Gas Com
.. pany Official.

Arthur B. Claxton, So years old, man.
ager of the retail appliance store of the
Washington Gas Light Company. in
Tenth street, was found dead in his home
yesterday by his son, Oscar G. Claxton.
assistant treasurer of the Munsey Trust
Company. The son. worried by hearing
nothing of his father for three days, went
to his house at 251 Tenth street north
west. 1t is believed he died two days ago.
Death was due to natural causes. Coro-
ner hewitt declared in his certificate.
Mr.. Claxton left the store he managed
in Tenth street Thursday afternoon, say
ing he was i'll. A daughter. Miss Edith
Claxton, with whom he lived, left that
morning for several days visit with
friends. Oscar Claxton. the son, found
his, father lying on his bed, partially un-
dressed. 1t is presumed he was stricken
with heart trouble while preparing to re-
tire.
Mr.. Claxton is survived by six chill
dren-Arthur B. Claxton, jr., treasurer of
the Munsey Trust Company; Oscar Clax-
ton. assistant treasurer of the company;
Alfred Claxton. employed in the Navy
Yard; Power Claxton, in the United
States navy, stationed in the Philippine
Islands; Miss Edith Claxton and Miss
Martha Claxton, who live in New York
City. His wife has been dead several
years.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-03

Pierce's is 81 times more active than
lithia, for Il dissolves uric acid In the
system, as hot water does sugar.
Simply ask for DR.. Pierce's An-urie
Tablets. There con be no imitation.
Every package Of "An-uric" is sure to be
DR.. Pierce's. You will find the signature
on the package just as you do on DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription, the ever
famous friend OF ailing women
Worry, Despondency.
Kidney disease is suspected by medi-
cal men when patients complain of back
ache or suffer with irregular urinstion.
disturbed, too frequent, scanty or PAIN
ful passage. The general symptoms are
rheumatic pains or neuralgia, headaches.
dizzy spells, irritability, dependency,
weakness, and general misery. Worry is
a frequent cluse and sometimes a
symptom of kidney disease. Thousands
have testified TO Immediate relief from
these symptoms after using DIR. Pierce's
An-uric Kidney Tablets.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-03
BY W. oRToN TEwsoN.
al c.b. 70 m, w..hiDrtou H.,B.

SPECIAL Cable to he Washington Herald.
London, Jan. 2-The opposition OF labor
to compulsory service is the most serious
problem which Premier Asquith and the
cabinet have on their hands at the pres
ent moment.
Arthur Henderson. Iabor's representa-
tive in the government. is unreservedly
in favor OF carrying out Premier As
quith's pledge to the married men. name
ly, that all the single men in the country
viii be called upon to serve first. The
feeling which prevails at present in OFF,
cial labor circles. however. is strongly
opposed to the premier's pledge and the
legislative action 1t necessarily entails
Should this hostility find expression in
any resolution adopted by the labor con-
ference called for next Thursday Mr.
Henderson would undoubtedly relinquish
his seat in the cabinet. His withdrawal
would mean that the labor members In
tended to offer every resistance to the
bill. and in that event the government
might adopt decisive measures to ascer-
tain the feeling of the country
Union secretary's Statement.
In order to set Iabor's position before
American readers obtained from w. A.
TNPyteeoi' SECRETARY OF Ihe General FED
GRAFTON Of Trade Unions. a statement of
his views. Mr.. Appleton is one Of the
most prominent leaders in the British
LABOR movement. representing as he does
between 100000 and 100000 organized
workers He was chosen a member of the
small labor recruiting committee appoint
60 10 assist the government to obtain by
voluntary methods a sufficient number of
men He Is convinced that the volunteer
method has fully justified Itself, and con-
tends that there Is no military necessity
Tor the step proposed by the cabinet.
Il Appleton's statement. in part, fol-
lows:
! am trrevocably opposed to any form
Of compulsory military service. i hav.
never wayered in this view and do rot
The Washington herald., 1916-01-03
SUDDEN DEATH
Caused by Disease Of the Kidneys.

The close connection which exists be-
tween the heart and the kidneys is well
known nowadays. As soon as kidneys
are diseased. arterial tension is in
creased and the heart functions are at
tackled. When the kidneys no longer
pour forth waste, uremic poisoning ac-
ours, and the person dies and the cause
is often given as heart disease, or disease
Of brain or lungs.
1t Is good insurance against such a
risk to send 10 cents for sample pack
age of "An-uric"-the latest discovery of
DIR. Pierce. Also send sample of your
water. This will be examined without
charge by expert chemists at DR.. Pierce's
Invalids' Hotel Buffalo. N. y When
you suffer 6rom backache, frequent or
scanty urine. rheumatic pains here or
there, or that constant tired. worn-out
feeling, it's time to write DIR. Pierce, de-
scribe your symptoms and get his med
ical opinion without charge and abso-
lutely free. This "An-uric" Of DR..
The Washington herald., 1916-01-03

The railway system of Japan Is
practically government monopoly.
only 365.5S miles of railway being pri-
vately owned on March 81, 1915 (the
latest date for which statistics are
available), out of a total mileage OF
5,s44. 1t is reported that the Imperial
Government railway bureau has plan
ned to construct eighty miles and fifty
two chains of new lines in the fiscal
year 1915-16. at an estimated cost of
s,543,s5e yen (s4.20o.022). The govern
ment lines are slowly being extended
to tap all parts of the country where
industry, agriculture, manufacturing,
forestry and mining are so far ad-
vanced as to require a ready means
of transportation to the central mar
kets.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-03

at top speed under the commands OF
white officers, managed to drop five or
six of the port boats into the water, fill
them and get away before the Persia
plunged to the bottom.
The men and women crowded into the
lifeboats saw the water filled for a few
minutes with swimming figures. Few
could be picked up.
The scene OF the disaster was about
forty miles South OF the East end of
the Isle of Crete. A British govern
ment vessel. the name Of which is with
held by the censor, picked up four life
boats and took their occupants to Alex
andria- Among the survivors were the
Persia's chief officer, second officer, seven
engineers, twenty-seven seamen and
sixty-three Lascar hands.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-03
GREAT HOLE WAS TORN
In PERSIA'S PORT BOW
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
Lord Montague. of Beaulieu. were not {

Lord Montague. of Beaulieu, were not on
It.
Revised figures say that there were
ninety women and thirty-one children,
many of them babies, on the Persia.
Only fragmentary information and that
from unofficial sources filtered in today.
From dispatches to Lloyds, the P. and
0. offices, and the press it is impossible
to construct complete picture of the
scene. The torpedoing occurred at 1918
in the afternoon. The only account or
to the bottom came from a ships officer.
saw the torpedo's wake.
Reuters correspondent at Cairo cables
that the Persia was struck amidships on
the port side. Col. Give Bigham, one
of the survivors and son-in-law of
Lord Mersey, says she was struck on
the port bow.
Mines Known to bound.
1t Is known that mines, anchored and
floating are plentiful In the east
ern Mediterranean. The question wheth-
er the Persia was blown on the
bow or amidships possesses spec
ulative interest in view of the fact
though she could have struck a mine
with her bow hard enough to explode IL,
while detonation would hardly follow
II she merely grazed one with her an
derbody. The vessel listed to portside.
With her starboard rail high in the air
1t was impossible to launch lifeboats
on that side. The Lascar crew, working
The Washington herald., 1916-01-03
Don't whip Children

Or scosd Older persons who wet the bed or are un.
for i is NOT HABIT But a DIsEASE. ii
yoi favc any kidney, Bladder Or Urinary weskness.
HARMLESS REMEDY. WHEN PERMANENTLY
RELIEVED teIl your friends about IT. send No
zersets Co. Dept. res. Milws.kee. WIZ.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-03
RIDERS HONOR BuGLER.

Mile Ride I'm Park.
Louis Green. bugler in the District
militia. was presented with silver bugle
yesterday by riders In the ''back-to-the-
saddle" movement
The presentation was made by Clinton
X. Brands. one Of the leaders of the
movement. before forty riders assembled
at Pierce Mill, in Rock Creek Park. The
instrument was given him in recognition
of his services to the riders as their bug
Ter during the rides.
Following the presentation. a ride Of
fifteen miles was taken Through Rock
Creek Park. The ride was lead by c. X.
Brands. Daniel Kleps. W. C. Brown and
H. Norton.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-03

Pittsburgh's steel mills are reported to
be paying a million dollars a day in
wages. Steel is now being made at a
rate which is far ahead of any previous
year in the industry's history.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-03

The Madrid Chamber OF Commerce
calls attention to the fact that of Spein's
ls,5o0.ooo population. 100000 are engaged
in agricultural pursuits-about q per
cent
The Washington herald., 1916-01-03
Why Labor I. Opposed.
Te Preyeut ne r,t.

To Prevent the GPfp.
Colds came Gnp-LAxatiFc Brcmo Quiniue re-
moves the cause There h only one "BROMO
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-20
VILLA -ELUDES HUNTERS ESCAPES TRAP
NOW ENCAMPED IN MOUNTAINS


San Antonio, Tex, March 20
Half a dozen American detachments
operating south and southeast of
Casas Grandes combing entire dis
tricts for Villa bands. Fact that Gen.
Pershing is directing his greatest
efforts in southeasterly direction, as
announced by Gen. Funston today,
apparently indicates that Villa has
swung to south and east since pas
sing through ColOnia Gracia and is
now near Namiquipa. This is Villas
most familiar territory and evidently
confirms report that he is in vicinity
of Babricora ranch.
Columbus, N. NJ, via Ell Paso,
March 20. - With nearly two score
military ambulances concentrated
here and a military field hospital be-
ing rushed to completion, the Amer
lean punitive expedition was today
preparing for bloody fighting in the
mountainous wastes to the south
ward. Army men expected to wage
a long campaign and were making
comprehensive preparations.
I'VE expect to be chasing Villa
around those mountain peaks next
Christmas" said a colonel, pointing
to the rocky spires looming to the
south.
San Antonio, Tex, March 20
Gen. Pershing hoped today to get into
actual contact with Villas rear. guard
bands.
Last official information received
at Fort Sam Houston indicated that,
while not all of Gen. Pershing's main
column had arrived at newly-foTmed
Mexican base of Casas Grandes, Per-
shing himself had pushed on south
of that city with cavalry vanguard.
Gen. Funston has not yet received
reports of fighting.
Exact location of Col. Dodd's force
somewhat of mystery today. Report
ed yesterday at Casas Grandes, re-
cuperating from record-breaking
~
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-20
TRAP

A4NA( 49ASN@1A "A ~
IN MOUNTAINS
combined expedition closer to Villa
than had been supposed, is working
out enveloping formation, using
Dodd's fast-riding cavalry in execut-
ing flank movement.
Gen Funston has received no word
of Villa outrages upon American
colOnists in Mexico, he stated at to-
days conference with newspaper
men.
Ell Paso, March Reported hem
med in among canons of Guerrero
mountains, Francisco Villa believed
surrounded by several columns Of
CarTanza troops and American expe-
dition closing down on him from the
north. However, there were miles of
mountainous desert in net pursuers
were drawing around outlaw and es-
cape was considered likely.
Villa was reported to have left
small detachment at Hernandez
ranch to hold off American cavalry
until he is safely hidden in fastness
of Sierra Madres. Fighting with his
rear guard expected daily.
With American expedition pene-
trating interior Chihuahua, where it
is impractical to send provisions and
supplies by automobile trains from
Columbus, second request reported
to have been made by Washington to
use Mexico Northwestern railroad.
Sensational rumor current that
U. S. troops would give Juarez Is
minutes to surrender and would take
control of border town which is ter
minus of railroad if permission was
refused. CarranZa Consul Garcia ex-
pressed belief that his government
probably would grant request. He
repeated assurances of thorough CO.
operation in Villa pursuit.
Carranza troops from Chihuahua
City, Guzman and NUmiquipa were,
in fact, attempting to drive Villa into
tran in Guerrero district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-03
MONEY TO LEND

Main 100. S-S-tf WE negotiate loans and sell real es- tate. Can handle desirable farm leans Mcconnell Anglin, White
 2026 Sd ave. 10-29-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-03
Fail to Follow Instructions

'Please discontinue giving my name for patchwork pieces, as my supply is all gone, and instead of people writing to me, as I requested, they came direct to my place of employment I had so many callers in one day I almost lost my posi- tion. I have supplied about 20 with five pounds each of silk pieces It might be a good idea to print this fact. so that people would write and not call.
 "ADELINE R.
 This letter with its most reasonable complaint has room here because of that very reasonableness, but with faint hope on my part that it will abate a decided nuisance. Iteration and reiterations in- numerable have failed utterly in impress ing upon the minds of certain readers two or three simple rules of the Helping Hand Corner To begin with. there is just one way of establishing communication be- tween correspondents and the readers who would avail themselves of help of whatever kind may be rendered by our colleagues: Write to the Helping Hand Corner, inclosing a stamp and asking Tor the address of the one with whom you would communicate. This secured, ask for what you would get, or tell what you have to offer, and send as the other party to the transaction may advise, or tell that party how to get what you wish to give. If you are told to call in person, do SO If instructed to transmit or re- ceiye by post or express, or freight, obey in like manner. Do not inflict bundles of scraps books or clothing upon the busy officials of newspaper office or send to Marion Harland, or, as in the ase before us, add to the cares of a busy woman by personal calls. The wor- ried member has our sincere sympathy coupled with thanks for her lavish bene- ficence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-03
Recipe for Cookies

Tn return for the many helpful things have found in your Corner, l will give you a splendid recipe for cookies. I have found this the best I have ever used, and so do my friends to whom I have given it. I want to tell your readers that I repair and do up fine lace curtains at home and at less expense: One cup of sugar half cup of butter and lard mixed. Cream them well together; two eggs, three table spoons of sour milk, three cups of flour. vanilla extract, a little salt, just enough soda to sweeten the milk, a heapng tea spoon and a quarter of baking powder. Sift two cupfuls of the flour with the soda and baking powder. Mix all to- gether and add enough flour to roll nicely. Bake in 8 quick oven. This will make four or five dozen cookies. M. J. B."
 We are inspired by the reading to set about making the cookies you vouch for as splendid What holidays are perfect without great stores of cookies for man and boy-not to mention schoolgirls? wish you had given us few practical hints anent laundry work. As one of the finer arts of housewifery, 1t is too little known.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-03
Keeps Goods Things Safely

q have much to thank the Corner for and will send some recipes soon that I hope will be welcome. have made a book to keep safely all the good '' see in the Corner. ,1AUDE S."
 The recipes will be welcome We insert your note to point the example you set in preserving in convenient form the ite ms that have smoothed the walk of osily duty for you. If other housewives would do likewise we should have fewer angushed calls for mislaid or Yet recipes the loser meant to keep safely" and which she now finds were just v-rrA she needed'' st some stage or housewife~s- Get a scrapbook. and ore large enor~t to hold indeXcd "Valuaoie Hints for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-03
Flushing Apples and Candied Pears

Kindly let me know how to make blushing apples? l ate them once, and am desirous of finding out how to put them up. And I should like to know, too how to make canded pears? The blush- ing apples are usually served with roast chicken. I have tried to buy them sev- eral times from grocers, but cannot find them. MRS. J. r. R."
 My search through cook books and memory has been futile The blushing apples I gave up without a struggle. The name would have fixed it in my memory if I had ever heard of it. For candied fruits I have sundry formulas, but none that has to do with accompaniments of roast meats. The conclusion of the whole matter is an appeal to my great body of pra ctical housewives and cooks-profes- sional and amateur-for solution of the grievous puzzle. I wish our querist had told us whether the apples "blushed" through cirup or pickle, and if the can died pears were incrusted with sugar or embalmed in sauce piquante. In a word, the Corner is in despairing igno- rarce and sends a wireless IS o s. through the fog.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-03

to take positions at good wages. I will teach you the
 barber trade in few weeks, pay you wages while learning and give you paying position; tools free; write for free catalog. Jacksonville Barber Col lege, S22 West Bay st., Jacksonville.
 Fla. 1-2-2t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-03
Grease on FOuIard

Twill you please inform me as to what will remove grease from blue silk foul ard? The garment was worn but little, and this would oblige me very much.
 "CORNERITE." Try sponging the spot with pure ether after rubbing powdered French chalk on the wrong side of the silk, to extract the grease. Leave this on all night Next brush out the powder and sponge the right side with the ether. If this fails try mixture of grain alcohol and ether, in equal parts. with dash of am- monia. This seldom fails