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The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
PEACE TALK TREASON,
LOCAL PASTOR SAYS
Rev. Martin Declares Senator la
Toilette to Be Dangerous Man"

Friends of the Kaiser in America
v no talk peace are traitors and should
he treated as such" declared the Rev
Dr. Martin. pastor OF the Wesley
Chapel, Fifth and F streets northwest.
last night in a patriotic sermon on
The Friends and Sympathizers Of the
Kaiser in America
Peace talk is treason" continued
Or. Martin, for the people Of this
country are determined that there
shall be no peace until America has
won the war and made both her peo-
pie and country safe. Friends Of the
Kaiser in America are enemies Of our
country. They see the Kaiser facing
a hUm!liating defeat and they want
to save his face.
The salvation Of the world de-
pends upon America and we DO not
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13

farm tractors and other modern farm
implements.
New Machinery Needed.
Unless the Germans can be forced
to restore the machinery they have
taken from Belgium into their own
country. new machinery for practical
ly every industry in the country will
have to be purchased at the close of
the war. At the present time, Baron
Moncheur stated. there Is not enough
machinery in Belgium to operate a
single mill. 1t Is this lack of ma
chinery, he stated. which has kept the
Belgians idle and has given the Ger
mans an excuse to deport them.
1t is likely the first credit asked from
the United states for the railroad con-
struction will be $4,000, ,00o, with a tacit
understanding that a like amount will
be advanced when this sum is eX-
hausted. In addition to this sum, an
effort is being made to get another
loen OF 81, ,OcO 900 on the same terms
the last advance was made. The last
loan. to be used entirely for relief
work. has been paid out at the rate
OF $4,000 a month and is already
about half used up.
Baron Moncheur returned here Sat
urday night after n few days Vaca-
ton with his family in Maine. and
probably in the next week will visit
Philadelphia and New York. He will
then return to this city for further
conferences with State Department
and Treasury officials and expects to
leave for France early in September.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
SUPPOSED dead MAN
BREAKFAST SURPRISE
Mourned as Drowned, Calls on For
mer Landlady for Meal.
pecial to The Washington Herald.

Special 70 The Washington Herald.
Beloit. Wis, Aug. 12.-"May l have
some breakfast"
Mrs. Charles Thompson looked up
from her work in her kitchen to see
a man, pronounced dead by a cor
oner's jury, and whose body was seen
buried in the. potters' field OF the
city cemetery. standing in the door
way.
The man was Frank Johnson who.
according to the law, is dead and
buried. What was supposed TO be
his body was found early last March
under the Chicago. Milwaukee and
st. Paul Railroad Bridge across Turtle
Creek in South Beloit, where It had
been washed up by high water at
the time that the ice broke up in
the early spring thaw.
The body had evidently been in the
water since the fall before. and was
so badly decomposed that accurate
Identification was impossible
Then the corpse got restless. and
perhaps hungry, and walked back to
the home of its former landlord and
demanded breakfast. At least that
was what Mrs. Thompson thought
for a while He left for Rockford
to visit his sister, who mourned his
death last spring.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13

been expended in fireworks for the
Independence Day celebration. but II
is thought that about $500 or s., 1000
will be solicited for this demonstra-
tion, which will make It the most
brilliant display ever seen in the Ma
tional Capital.
Other arrangements have not been
announced, but il is expected that
publicity will be given to all the plans
OF the committee. in the course OF a
week or so after Secretary of War
Baker has been interviewed and his
approval of the demonstration is OBJ
tanned.
The parade idea originated by The
Washington Herald has taken on ma
tion-wide scope. Plans are being
made for similar demonstrations in
practically every large city in the
United States. along the lines drawn
for the original District parade
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13

Leading millers throughout the
country have given Mr.. Hoover CO.
operation. They have organized a
committee to represent their entire
trade. Detailed proposals for an
agreed differential of profit and ex-
pense per barrel of flour and per ton
Of feed are under discussion. Under
this arrangement, Mr.. Hoover says,
the public will be assured an eduita-
BILE and stabilized price of -four based
upon the cost of raw material.
THE universal endeavor over the
country to reduce consumption" con-
cludes Mr.. Hoover, 'of wheat bread
sturfs in order that we may have the
requisite exports with which to carry
the allies over the forthcoming win
ter, will result in a largely increased
amount Of wheat available for eN-
port. If it were exported as wheat,
il would result in diminution OF
employment in our mills, and of equal
Importance, curtailment OF supply OF
mill feed for our dairy cattle. There
fore, the Food Administration will
stipulate for large proportion OF
export of -four instead of wheat and
as the export orders for flour will be
given subject to the approval of the
Food Administration, those mills
which cooperate with the Food Ad-
mlnistratlon will he given the benefit
Of the exports employment. BY thus
encouraging the home production Of
-four the manufacturing cost will be
reduced and, therefore. the American
public will receive indirect benefit in
lowered margins of cost in dlstrihu-
ton"
Mr.. Hoover makes the concluding
reflection that it must he evident to
all thinking persons that unless the
price of wheat, -four and bread can
be reduced materially, the country
cannot expect to maintain the present
wage scale and that IT must lose effi-
cheney at n time it cannot afford
such a sacrifice.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
SAYS WHEAT EXPERTS
SHOULD FIX PRICES

Senator Gronna, of North Dakota.
said last night that great care should
be exercised in selecting the commit
tee to determine the price of the 1911
harvest. The Senator, who is from
North Dakota, fought the wheat sec
tion OF the food control bill very de-
terminedly.
The steel trust would not select
a jeweler to fix it's prices" he said,
so we ought to have men of ex-
perience to fix the price of wheat.
Numbskulls would not do.
II am not so much concerned over
the licenses for the elevators and
mills as I am over the prices to the
farmers. / fear that Mr.. Hoover
means by 'stabilizing prices a reduc-
tion. And this should not be done
The farmer pays high prices now for
his necessaries."
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
|SWEDEN MEET
MAY AID ALLIES
Officials Believe Socialist
Conference Will Mark
End of Kaiser.

There is a growing belief In ad-
ministration circles that the Stock
holm conference of Socialists will
work more for than against the allies
in the immediate prosecution OF the
war. The State Department has re-
ceiyed information within the last
few days to the effect that the con-
ference is directly responsible for the
internal unrest in Germany. II this
unrest continues-and the State De-
partment has evidence that 1t may be
renewed against DR.. Michaelis-it may
mean the overthrow of the Hohen-
zollerns from within, the destruction
Of the influence of the whole Prus-
sian military caste and victory for
the United States in her war aims.
1t Is admitted that the British crisis,
imminent through the determination
Of the British Labor party. to attend
the conference against the wishes OF
the government, is a grave one, but
1t was pointed out yesterday that
England is well accustomed to CO.
ping with internal political squabbles
OF the most bitter sort. Germany is
not
The State Department is keeping
close tabs on the German press and
the press Of the adjoining ncutrals
for evidences of still further demands
by the German proletariat against
the ruling Prussian tunkers.
Germany's war machine, as one COM
tlnental diplomat pointed out yester-
dy, is operated on autocratic au-
thority. II the power OF that au-
thority is weakened by further in
flginnq ~ hn
the German war machine is very apt
to stall.
Press dispatches which the State
Department has read with interest
have quoted NJ. Huysmanns. secretary
of the Socialists at Stockholm as
claiming credit for stirring up Mat
thias Ertzberger to his impas stoned
plea for German political freedom.
This plea was the straw which broke
the back of the Bethmann-Hollwes
cabinet.
The same dispatches indicate that
the Socialists are by no means COM
plctely satisfied with MichaelIs as
Bethmann-Hollweg's successor. They
are watching him closely for evidences
Of a reactionary trend. As soon as
it appears their campaign in Germany
will be rapidly renewed and another
and more serious crisis may be ex-
pectcd TO follow Once the movement
for the enfranchisement OF all Ger
mans and the endowment OF the
Reichstag with real power reaches
compelling proportions, the compul-
sion will first be directed, diplomats
here believe. against the Hohenzol-
lcrns and the Prussian military caste
bureaucracy.
The overthrow OF this system would
mean the winning Of the war for
America.
Many Of the Presidents advisers
have predicted that this Socialist con-
ference will ripen into the long-feared
wOrld-war between capital and labor
after the world-war among the ma
tions is over.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13

Lines Destroyed.
II was learned yesterday that the
Tlans OF rehabilitation already are
being considered by officials here.
Conferences have been held with
Baron Ludovic Moncheur. head of the
special Belgian mission, who has out
lined in a tentative way what the i'm
mediate needs OF his country appear
to be. It Is impossible at this time to
form any good estimate of what Bel
GUMS needs will be. but Baron Mon
cheur yesterday stated that for every
mile the Germans were driven back a
mile OF rails would have to be con-
struGted.
AS the Germans retire. Baron Mon
cheur said, they are tearing up and
destroying every vestige OF railroads
and even cutting and seeking to make
impossible the roads. All these roads
must be reconstructed as the allies
advance, and it is to this task that
Baron Moncheur and his colleagues
are devoting themselves at present
The envoy also is getting data on roll
ing stock. farm and industrial ma
Chinery and agricultural implements,
which will be needed in large guam
titles as the Germans are driven back.
The loss of draught horses, taken
over by the Germans, is to be one OF
the greatest problems confronting the
Belgians in their work of rehabilita-
ton, Baron Moncheur stated. There
will be hardly a horse available for
farm labor when the Germans have
evacuated the country, 1t was stated,
and a big market will be opened for
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
PLANS TO INCREASE
WHEAT PLANTING

Plans for nationwide conferences tn
increase the planting OF winter wheat
TO A., 33I, 900 acres and the planting
OF rye to 5.13l.0o0 acres were an
Dounced by the Secretary Of Agricul-
ture yesterday.
These increases IN the cereal crops
TO meet the nations need for next
year will be made without disturbance
to the plans for corn and other crops.
The stan Of the Department Of Agri-
culture and crop experts from asri-
cultural colleges. State commissions
on agriculture and State councils of
defenss will attend.
Conferences will be held at Wash
ington August Is for the New Eng
land and Middle Atlantic States.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
Wsrld War ENJOYS Will
Attend Honor Banquet

Representatives Of tho Southern
Commercial Congress announced yes
terday that the diplomatic represen-
tativs here Of every country allied
with the United States in the world
war Will be an honor guest at the ban
quet Of the congress in New York on
October Is AcceptanCes have been
received from the French. British.
italian, Japanese and Russian Ambas-
sadors and Ministers Of Portugal,
Siam. Cuba, Panama. Serbia. Belgium
and the Charge d'Affaires OF Greece.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13

intend that the peace talk OF the
Ks!ser's friends shall turn Us from
our purpose and duty This peace tan,
is an insult 10 the President and a
danger TO the CO.
Senator Ia Fol. and his pacifist
colleagues who are now TALKING pesce
and introducing peace resolutions into
Congress are dangerous men 10 the
country. Men who talk Of peace undsr
present conditions love Germany more
than they DO the tinted States.
The government has shown too
much patience with ohstructionists
and such oCcurrcnorF as was IN me
Capitol a few DAYS ago. We should
get nd Of the nations enemies and
either make them DO their duty or
get out"
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
FIREWORKS DISPLAY
TO FOLLOW PARADE
City May Celebrate in Honor of Sol
diers Going 10 War.

Washington will witness the most
spectacular fireworks display on the
evening OF the parade in honor OF
the Districts first 1000 men contri-
buted to the national army, that has
ever been seen in this city. This
fact was announced yesterday fol-
lowing an exclusive suggestion by The
Washington Herald that fireworks he
the feature Of the evening, after the
demonstration.
Heretofore. from 5000 to 1900 has
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
HELD FOR URGING DESERTIoN

DeminC y. Mex. Aus l2.-Joln
nonat. said TO be an Austrian. ha
been held for action OF the grand
jury by a United States commIs-
sion"r. charged with attempting 4
persuade members Of a negro rec I-
uCnt 20 desert He is said 10 have
appealed TO the race feeling ~ The
soldiers by recalling the riots lr
East St Louis.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
Fiery Eczema and Skin Eruptions
Readily Yield to This Old Remedy

cruptions. This wonderful REM
cdy is without an equal as a blood
purifier, being probably the oldest
blood medicine on the market. 1t
has been sold by druggists for
fifty years.
You arc invited to write today
for complete and full advice as to
the treatment of your own case.
Address Chief Medical Adviser,
Swift Specific Co., Dept. R-33,
Atlanta. Ga-Ady.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13

nent, with Europeans, in the hope
that the resultant progeny would be
of a much higher stature than is
general in Japan.
That experiment, like all of the
sort, was not success, and was
abandoned. both on that account and
also because the japanese discovered
that there was no particular merit in
being tall.
Stature Does Not Count.
They discovered, what any child in
Europe could have told them, that
mere girth and stature do not imply
that man is likely to make a good
soldier. A big man, indeed. nine times
out of ten Is less active, mentally
and physically, than a man Of me-
dium stature. He has neither the
nimbleness, nor the sharpness of his
smaller brother.
There is a regiment in the British
army which is known at the front
as the Hospital Battalion. The first
battalion was entirely composed Of
big men, not one of whom was less
than six feet in height, the average
height in the regiment being six feet
one inch. They went to pieces the
first time they went into the
trenches, because of the cold and the
mud, and so they got the nickname
Of the Hospital Battalion, or the
Washouts!
The succeeding men IN that regi-
ment were men of small stature, and
they have succeeded where the big
men failed.
Small Men Game.
Nor ha ha 10 vi 10 ..
advantage over the small man in the
matter Of courage. Small men always
have been noted for gameness OF
spirit, and. man for man. probably
are as brave as the taIlest of the tall.
The funkiest man l know is well over
six feet in height. a big strapping
chap, who shudders with horror at
the thought of going to France. He
certainly has the courage to admit
that he is funky, and perhaps that
fact denotes that he really is a plucky
man.
remains that he is the least ardent
soldier in my battalion and spends
most OF his time longing for peace.
We spend most Of our time reciting
the horrors of war to him, describing
shell FIRE and wounds with an amount
OF detail that would qualify any one
Of us for the Office OF chief liar to the
German wireless.
Probably when the war Is over the
pundits az any OF them are left at
the war officeD will try to raise the
standard OF height for the army. II
We wish to have an efficient army in
future we will take care to see that
the pundlts do not have their way.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
Anarchist Must Serve Term.

Zurich. Aug. 12.-The supreme court
Of Saxony has rejected the appeal Of
Rosa Luxembourg, the anarchist
woman leader. She was recently SEN
fenced to six weeks in prison for dis
obeying the decree ordering that the
police must be notified OF all political
meetings and receive advance copies
OF speeches.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
Skull So Hard that
Ii Flattened Bullet

Atlanta. Ga, Aug. 12.-Earriet Ow-
ing. S-year-old negro girl, would be
safe at the front without steel he'll
met Hospital doctors extracted bull
let from her forehead which had not
penetrated the skull. The bullet was
a 80" and was mashed perfectly fiat.
1t had been a stray shot.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
Successfully used for fifty years.

Eczema and similar skin trou-
bles come from disordered, im-
pure condition of the blood, and
they can only be cured by giving
the blood a thorough cleansing
and removing from it all traces
of impurity.
This is why S. S. S. has been
used so successfully in hundreds
of cases of Eczema and other skin
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
London Clerks Put Famous
Prussian Guard to Flight

This definitely is the little mans
war. says the London Chronicle.
/ For years people have been assert
ing that small men make as good
soldiers as tall men do. citing in
support of their argument the fig
ures of Napoleon and Lord Roberts
and Viscount French. none of whom
was or is a tall man, and, proceed
ing from individuals to races. the
remarkable success of the Japanese
against the Russians in the Russo
Japanese war.
But these unanswerable argu-
ments had no effect on the pundits
OF the war office, who continued TO
! insist on measurements of men
rather than on men. So much
stature, so much girth. in their
eyes were essential to the soldierly
spirit; and one remembers how diff
fcult 1t was to get them to counte-
nance the Bantam Battalions at the
beginning of the present war.
But even the pundits OF the war
office are beginning to realize that
mere girth and stature do not make
soldier, and some people are be-
ginning to assert that in actual
warfare. as distinct from ceremonial
parades outside Buckingham Pal
ace or in Hyde Park. the small man
has the tall man whacked every
time.
| Defeated by Clerks
The Prussian Guard, for example,
composed of exceptionally big men,
has made an extraordinarily poor
show in France and Flanders, col
lapsing in heaps before little London
| clerks who might be called amateur
| soldiers or civilians in uniform, so
unsoldierly are they in the old regI-
| mental sense.
Frederick the Great was a very
great soldier-he invented the echelon
advance, In which we have a firm
belief. But, like all eminent men,
he had some ridiculous fads, and per-
haps the most ridiculous of them all
was his belief In big men.
Frederick carried that belief so far
that he organized a wholesale system
| OF abduction in order to increase the
breed Of big men in Germany. Where
ever tall woman was to be found
In Germany. whether married or sin
| gle, she was, II healthy, seized and
| taken of to the guards barracks
and there compelled to be the mis-
tress OF Prussian guardsman and
bear children to him.
But the belief in big men was not
confined to Frederick the Great. The
Japanese some years ago began to
| believe that II would be a good thing
to increase the stature OF their race
and with that curious lack OF senti-
ment which is chara cterlstic OF them
they melted their women 10 contract
unions, either temporary or perma-
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
BELGIANS PREPARE To REBUILD
ROADS DESTROYED BY GERMANS
Baron Moncheur Tells Plans for Rehabilitat
ing Country After Damage Wrought by
Retreating Armies of Kaiser.

The Begians confident that the allied drive will break
through the German lines Belgium that plans already under
getting rails and other material for rebuilding the railroads of the
devastated country Further credits from the United States will be
sought and the War Industries Board will be called place
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
A Clear Complexion
May Be Yours, If You Take E-Z
Tablets

Most every woman wants NICE clear comoIexiop and
can have it al trifGng cost.
Constipation in women is increasing to alarming extent
and this causes poor circulation, which for yellow
muddy pmpy compilations which many are trying
to overcome
Ez Tablets is the dependable remedy for bad com.
pexons They act the liver and bowels like eaome vet
have dangerous aer-efec They assist nature to throw
off the impurities that get into the blood They will surely clear
up even the most distressing condition quickly and tone u the
entire system, giving pure, fresh rudy skim
They are easy to take-absoluteIy pme-and will Gu. .
that constipation and make you feel and look ne One hun
dred little ehoeeateeoated tablets cost 25e Samp package
Sc. Sold by
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And All Other Druggists
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-08

Miss Lola Keiso entertained with "a
pfciiy afternoon -hrd party yesterday.
when girls ~ the Necana club and
several additional friends were invited
10 play On honor ~ Misc Kclso's gusv,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-08

Wharton has been heard upon num-
Der Of occasions Of a musical nature
during the past two months and those
who have been his auditors will no
doubt avail themselves OF the oppor-
tunity Of hearing him frequently on
Sunday.
Miss Irene Roop presented her pu-
pills in piano In recital Friday evening
in her studio at First Baptist church.
Mr.. Eugene RoOp assisted In violin
numbers. The program:
Nalse. Op. !, No. 2........ .StreabboB
Fay Ball, Dora williams. Dorothy
Stunkard.
A Ray Of Sunshine. 80. Carl 10 Due
Alta Burnett.
Marcn .............. .StreabbOg
Gladys Boyer, Mary Cummings.
Dance OF the Butterflies. . II. Thellam
Thelma Hendrick.
Gaurcs March. h............. .StreabboR
Viola Mcgee, Gladys Mcgee.
sweet Mignonette ..... +. Woodward
Ava Burnett.
Heavenward March. .Vllbre
Grace Boyer. Mrs. Bosh.
Barcarolle. ............J. Offenbach
Fern Gillespie.
Bloom ana Blossom. ........E i. Hoist
Fern Cline. Nina Cline, While
Hardesty.
1pH AIlpTe. ....s... beaumont
Lucille Brewer.
Second Nalse. Op. 55 ..... GODDARD
Marie Vowell
Mazurka ........... G. Bohm
Adell Brown.
March Militaire e.............Sc Schubert
Mildred Merrifield, Tennie Harlowe.
Nalse. ................. Aug. Durand
Mildred Merrifield.
Second Mazurka ........ B. GODDARD
Ethel Roop.
Then You'll Remember Ne. Balfe
Violin-Eugene Roop.
II Trovatore. ..Verdi-Dorn
Clifton Mott.
Banner. F. S. Key
Class.