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GEORGIA EPWORTH
LEAGUE JUNE 1917
Wednesday Evening June IS.

AA1AOOA OOANA AZ
Wednesday Evening June 13.
800 P. M.-Song Service.
Address of Welcome-Col. L. L.
Dickerson.
Response.
8:30-Address by Rev. George Z.
Rosser, Wesleyan College.
Thursday Morning, June 18th
600 A. M: Prayer and Praise Ser
vice, led by Miss Dorothy Dodd.
8:l5-Meeting of Cabinet.
$50 Song Service and Devotional
8:45 Business Session.
Organization and Enrolment of
Delegates.
Appointment of Committees.
District Group Meetings.
Report of Conference President.
Report of Conference Vice-Presi-
dent.
Report of Conference Secretary.
945-Half hour with Gods word,
Rev William F. Quillan.
l0:45-Institute Work.
Department Group Meetings.
Report of Conference Treasurer.
Our Orphans Home, Our Rela-
ton to it-Rev. J. A. Smith.
1100-Sermon, Rev. Charles R. Jen-
kins.
Luncheon Served to Delegates at
Church by Conference Host.
Thursday Afternoon, June IA.
POOP. M.-Song Service.
2:15-Business Session.
Report of Conference Superinten-
dent of First Department.
Report of Conference Superinten-
dent of Second Department.
Report of Conference Superinten-
dent Third Department.
Report of Conference Superinten-
dent Fourth Department.
3:00-"Life at Scarrett", Miss Dor
othy Dood.
Recreation.
Thursday Night, June IA.
8:00-Song Service.
8:50-Sermon by Rev, J. M. Gull
broth, of ST Louis, Mo.
Friday Morning, June 18th.
600 A. M.-Prayer and Praise Ser
vice, Mrs F. P Peabody.
8:l5-Cabinet Meeting
8:30-Song Service.
S:45-Business Meeting.
Institute Work.
Department Group Meetings.
Round Table Discussion of First
Department. led by Rev. ]. M. Gull
breth
9:45-Half Hour With Gods Word,
Rev William F Quillian.
f0:30-Business Resumed.
ll:0O-Sermon, Rev J. A. Thomas.
Friday Afternoon, June IS.
200 P. M.-Song Service.
2:l5-Business Session.
Round Table on Second Depart
ment, Rev. J. M. Culbreth.
Report of Conference Junior Sup
erintendent
Report of Conference Era Agent.
Report of Conference Editor.
Report of District Secretaries.
3:30-Address "Consecrated So
ciability," Mrs A. A. Williams.
Recreation.
Friday Evening, June 18th.
500 P. M.-Song Service.
8:3O-Sermon by Rev. Walter An
thony.
Saturday Morning, June 10th,
600 A. M.-Prayer and Praise Ser
vice, led by Miss Dorothy Dodd.
8:15-Cabinet meeting.
S;30-Song Service and Devotional.
9:45-Business Session.
Round Table on Third Department,
led by Rev. J. M. Cu1breth.
The Junior League Open Discus
sion, Miss Mary Maude Gibson.
9:45-Half Hour With Gods Word,
Rev. William F. Quil1ian.
10:15-Reports from District Score
taries.
l0:45-Intermission.
HOO Sermon, Rev. J. w. Malone.
Saturday Afternoon, June Is.
200 P. M.-Song Service.
2:15-Business Session.
Reports of Standing Committees.
Election of Officers.
Selection of place for next Confer
ence.
Miscellaneous business.
Saturday Evening, June 16.
800 P. M.-Song Service.
S:30-Missionary Evening. "a
Message from Africa" Prof. John w.
Gilbert.
CV~I,xv M1-.:. - 11.1
The Washington herald., 1917-05-26
ROOKIE OFFICERS SHOOT
BY new TARGET Method
English Bayonet Exercises Adopted fOr
American Army.

The English bayonet exercises have
entirely supplanted American army ex-
ercises at Fort Myer.
The English exercises are being taught
to the rookie officers. who in turn will
pass them along TO the conscripted arm
les of this summer and next
The most modern methods in rife prac-
tice are also being taught to the men.
A white sheet of paper is placed at a
short distance away and the rife is
placed in a steady position. Then the
student sights at the paper and a bulls
eye is placed where he thinks he is
sighting and the place is marked. With
out moving the gun he sights twice
again, and lines are drawn connecting
the marks. Theoretically. the marks
should be in the same place, but few
marksmen can do that, so the smaller
the triangle that is formed the better
the sighting.
The men went on their first real hike
yesterday morning, and did several miles
along country pixies with light field
equipment Each day they will do a
longer march until they are able to do
twenty miles in the most casual way.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-26
ADVANTAGE in Fighting.
As Home Unit, HE SAYS
National Guard, Gen. Harvey Explains.
Represents the District.

The District National Guard will start
lts big Drive" for the 1,s0o recruits
needed TO bring its units up to war
strength today. Three additional recruit
ing stations will be opened in different
section OF the city.
Asked to outline advantages Of en-.
listing In the District National Guard,
Brig. Gen. William z. Harvey. its com
mander. declared last night that the Ma
uonal Guard is the only force which Will
go to France as a District organizs-
ton.
1t Is something worth while for a
man to belong to his home organization
SAID Gen. Harvey. "If anything happens
to him, his friends will notify the people
at home. II he distinguishes himself,
his comrades are sure to say something
about Bill Jones exploits. II he is in the
regular army. he will either have to
blow his own horn or trust to chance
that his people hear about his good
work
THE National Guard and the regulars
are going to be the first fighting-men to
see service in Europe. The men whe
come in now as volunteers will stand an
excellent chance of being either officers
In their own command or non-commis-
stoned officers OF the new national army.
which will begin its period OF training
September l."
New recruits taken into the District
Guard now will have undergone much
valuable training by fall, Gen. Harvey
pointed out
The Washington herald., 1917-05-26
ABSENTEES MUST PAY
WAY TO REGISTER
District Authorities Explain Obligation
of Men Who MAY Be Drafted.

''The presumption Is that persons who
register as abstentees must pay their own
way to their permanent homes or domi-
Giles in the event that they are drafted
into service"
The above statement was made by
Health Oficer Woodward yesterday
This situation will seriously affect the
hundreds Of government clerks who have
been applying for absentee registration, !"
DR.. Woodward went on to state. Not
only will they have to pay their own way
back. but II they claim exemption and
care to prosecute that claim, they will
most likely have to pay their way home
and back to prosecute the case"
Although no ruling on the subject has
been made by the provost marshal gen.
erals office today, it is understood that
the Federal government will take no ac-
ton in the matter of helping absentees
TO respond to the draft should they be
chosen.
1T is a State matter. and the Federal
government will probably take no part
In It," said Daniel ]. Donovan, OF the
local registration board. last night. Each
state will be required to furnish its own
quota, and the government will probably
feel under no obligation to assist It, This
being the case. no official ruling can be
made which will cover all instances. The
AcoNC
no decisions as to exemption or draft un-
Ill after June 5. The SIX in hand is to
register all male persons in the country
between the ages of q and 81. inclusive.
Until that task is completed, there Is lit
tie time for conjecture as to what will
follow"
In order that there be no excuse for
lack OF knowledge OF the where. what.
how or why of registration, the District
government is taking every conceivable
step 10 inform the public as to the neces-
sary details
All day long the police have been en-
gagged in the distribution of maps show
ing the registration districts or precincts
and the location OF the registration sta
tions, together with instructions as to
how to proceed.
Our men have been given full and
definite instructions in this matter" said
Major Pullman, superintendent of po-
lice, ''and there will be the greatest care
exercised to see that every house in the
District is supplied with war registration
maps. One is being left in each house.
and in every apartment sufficient num-
Der for the occupants has been left with
the janitor for distribution"
The Washington herald., 1917-05-26
EXPECT TO INCREASE
INFANTRY Unit QUOTA
Trench Warfare Teaches U. S. Larger
Companies Are More Effective.

The War Department is expected TO
announce in a few days that infantry
companies in the army will be raised to
80 men. which will be more than
doubling the present quota.
Infantry companies in nearly all the
European armies are made Up of from
225 to go men, because OF important ad-
yantages over the smaller units.
One advantage Is that each company
is given a section OF trench to hold and
the company Is divided into eight-hour
shifts, when possible. By having seventy
or eighty men on a shift a considerable
section Of trench can be held, whereas
one-third of a small company would have
only an insignificant section of trench.
A second advantage is that IL COM
pany is wiped out in battle there should
be a nucleus about which to fll UP to
full strength, this being far easier than
forming a new company. "hen com
panies have 225 to go men only twO-
thirds are sent into battle and II they
are wiped out this always leaves
large enough nucleus for the new forms-
ton.
A third advantage is that fewer Of
ficers are needed for an army when the
companies are large.
The European armies have had the
large companies for years. having been
forced to 1t by numerous wars, and this
country's War Department has been con-
sidering the change ever since the start
Of the big war.
The English and French officers who
have been TO Washington are understood
to have urged the change.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-26
Mental Hysteria" Caused
Divorce Suit, Officer Says

"A result OF mental hysteria. superin-
duced by an imaginary probability"
Such is the Characterization applied by
Capt. Clements W. Legge to the divorce
suit filed against him by his wife, Louise
I,egge. in his answer filed yesterday in
the District Supreme Court through At
toTney G. c. Shinn.
Capt. Legge was recently commissioned
a captain in the Officers Reserve Corps.
In his petition the captain fiatly denies
his wife's assertions that he abandoned
her or refused to contribute to her sup
port. He made a counter charge. stating
that his wife grew tired OF him and
cultivated the affections OF another man. -
The captain asserts that lbs wife is ca
pable OF earning a good living herself II
she chooses.
Because Capt. Legge may at any time
be called to active service, Justice Hitz
advanced the date of the hearing to
June 4.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-26
Society Hostesses Puzzled
On Rule for Serving Liquor

Just how far hostess. who has as
guests army or navy officers. may &c
toward serving liquors at dinner parties
and social functions, is a question which
Is causing considerable worry in the
Capitals social circles.
While many regard the recent law pro-
hibitlng the giving away or selling of in
toxicating liquors to enlisted men or on.
GERS in uniform as rather flexible, not
one. however. desires the unpleasant pub
licity or embarrassment of having the
police interfere and possibly raid a social
gathering. Nor do they want Maj. Pull.
man to prefer charges against them for
violating the law.
As a result, extreme caution Is being
observed, and if an army or navy officer
or enlisted man gets a drink these days
it is by subterfuge.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-26
Suffrage Leader Urges
Withdrawal Of Pickets

Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait. president
of the National American Woman Suf-
frage Association, yesterday sent an
open letter to Miss Alice Paul. chairman
Of the National Woman's Party, calling
upon her to remove the pickets from
the White House and the Capitol. Re-
cent events have demonstrated. Mrs
Gait declares, that the picketing is
harmful to the suffrage movement
THE National American Woman Suf-
frage Association feels deeply the injus-
tice of charging against the cause as a
whole what is disaproved in the conduct
of a small group of its advocates, &"
writes Mrs. Gait. The picketing she
chara cterizes as "an unwarranted dis
courtesy to the President. and a futile
annoyance to members of Congress"
The Washington herald., 1917-05-26
INVENTION REPRODUCES
PHOTOGRAPHS BY Wire
Instruments and Copies on Exhibition
at Smithsonian Building.

Probably YOU have wondered IL we
shall not eventually be able to see by
wire. It Is not such an absurd question.
for We now transmit and receive sound
and Laotion. via wire. sending eren our
voices and handwriting by the te sphone
and telautograph.
SO far. no one has perfected a method
Cor transmitting vision. or enabling US
20 actually see objects out OF sight. but
there are several methods, which,
though they do not enable US to observe
an object some miles away, reproduce II
mechE nically as a picture, thus prac-
tieally serving the same purpose. One
OF these systems, known as the photo
telegraph or the electro-akrograph was
invented by N. S. Amstutz, of Valpa-
raiso, Ind, more than twenty-five years
ago and was demonstrated both here
and abroad. II reproduces photographs
by wire.
The Division OF Graphic Arts of the
Omitted States National Museum has
lately come into possession OF the early
experimental machines. as we'll as some
OF the more perfect machines made by
this inventor. They are displayed in the
exhibition hall OF the Smithsonion build
ing with original photographs and repro
ducticnS transmitted considerable dis
tances.
Used GeIatine Film.
The first method employed by Mr..
Amstutz, originally known as the Elec-
tro Autograph. transmitted a relief pho
togrsph made on a stripping film, COM
posed Of Eeiatine and bichromate OF po-
tassium. which when washed in luke
warm water left the parts affected by
light in relief. The amount OF relief
was In direct proportion to the light
which had acted on the gelatine, result
ing I'm an irregular surface. representing
IN elevation all the variations OF light
and shade in the original picture. The
flm was then mounted on true cylin-
der which revolyed under a tracing
Point mounted on a travelling carriage.
This point bears lightly on the gelatine
print rising and falling. like phono-
graph needle, but according to the great
or or less relief due to the degrees OF
light or shade, and by so doing varies
to a corresponding degree the intensity
Of the electric current which actuates
the receiving instrument. located per-
haps miles away
Mr.. Amstutz's receiver Is a similar
machine. but. instead of a tracer. a
Eraver is mounted on the travelling car
riage and this Is depressed into the
cylindrical receiving matrix of hard
wax by an electric magnet whose
strength varies in proportion to the cur
rent received over the line from the
sending machine. When the sending
tracer drops to a low level or rises to
a high spot on the film, the engraving
tool IS depressed or elevated correspond
ingly and cuts deep or shallow slot in
the wax on the receiving cylinder. After
the whole photo has been gone over. the
WAX, with its impressions. is taken on
the receiving cylinder and rolled out
fat. An electrotype is then made, and
the teleEraphed picture is then ready
to be printed.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-26
SUES SISTERS.

Basil Gordon yesterday filed suit in the
District Supreme Court against the
American Security and Trust Company
and his two sisters. Leila S. and Anna III.
Gordon, for an Interpretation by the
court Of a provision in the viii OF his
father. Basil B. Gordon. who died in Bal
timore in 1901. leaving large estate.
Young Gordon. who recently attained
his majority. asks the court to give him
the accumulated income from his share
OF the estate during the sixteen years
since his fathers death.
The American Security and Trust Conn
pany was named as trustee in the will.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-26
u. S. Navy Sends Out Call
For Wireless Operators

Fifty radio operators are needed for
service in the Washington district, and
more will be needed from time TO time,
according to a call sent out by the Navy
Department yesterday.
Men, between the ages OF II and IS.
qualified as radio operators. either ANA
teur or commercial, will be accepted after
passing a preliminary professional ex-
animation. Men accepted will be as
signed to temporary duty at the Naval
Radio Station at Radio. Va, where they
will be given a course OF instruction to
familiarize them with radio apparatus in
use In the navy and general procedure
and navy routine. After completing this
course. lasting about one month. men will
be assigned to duty at other stations in
the district and on coast defense vessels
at Norfolk, Va. and vicinity.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-26
The Innocent Suffer Even Unto Ae
Third and Fourth Generations, but
Relief Is Now in Sight.

1t has long been accepted as a mat
ter of course that the sins Of the
fathers must be suffered by innocent
posterity. yet it is hard to become rec
onciled to this condition. The heritage
of physical inhrmity is a handicap
under which thousands must face the
battle of life.
IScrofula is probably the most no.
ticeabIe OF the transmitted blood dis
orders. though there are other more
severe diseases of the blood that pass
from one generation TO another No
matter what inherited blood tsint YOU
The Washington herald., 1917-05-26
men Sing "TIPPERARY"
AS VESSEL GOES DOWN
Transylvanis's Passengers Keep Cool.
Ship Torpedoed Twice.
(By the InternatIonnI Nerr serrIe.

my the lnternhuonal News Servtee.)
London, May 2.-Survivors from the
torpedoed British transport Transyivan.a
declared today that the ship was follow
ed and attacked a second time after nrst
being struck.
Two torpedoes were fired The nrst
explosion killed a number Of persons on
the ship. The captain tried TO .beach
her but was followed by the German sub
marine, which fred a second torpedo
about twenty minutes later
The hrst torpedo was fired about 10
o'clock In the morning. big hole was
torn in the side OF the ship. but her en-
gines were not damaged. and the master
laid course for the shore. which was
only about four or fve miles distant.
The second torpedo wrecked the boilers
and killed most Of the men in the stoke
hold and the engine room. The survivors
remained cool and even sang ''Tipperary''
as the ship went down.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-26
WIFE GRANTED DIVORCE.

Justice Hitz. sitting in Equity Court
yesterday signed a decree Awarding Mo-
dred B. -Remsburs an absolute diyorte
from Roscoe Remsburg and custody sof
a minor child
Mrs. Remsburg charged her husband
with misconduct with an unknown co.
respondent in Detroit The husband
denied that he was guilty Of his wife's
charges. The suit was filed October. flgs
The couple were married in 1907. and
lived together until 1872. The wife is al
lowed to resume her maiden name Of
Chaney. Attorney Webster BaHinger ap-
'peareo Tor the wife. while c. r. oolvin
appeared for the husband.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-26
TWO SHIPS 1ORPEDOED;
THREE AMERICANS LOST
cunsrd2 Liner Feltna and British
Steamer lCor6eld Sunk.
CBy the International News servfssl

tby the international News servfss-l
An American Port. May N-Thres
Americans are believed 10 have lost their
lives in. the sinking by German U-boats Of
the cunard liner Feltris and the British
steamer Corded
F1fty-thFee are missing as a result Of
the sinking OF the Feltria on May s. IN
cludtnE two colored American nremen.
The captain, pnrser. and other ofbcers of
the-Feltris are among those missing
Three Of the crew OF the Corneld were
drowned. including a white American
sailor. Harvey Blackwell, an American
negro. was one OF the survivors.
The Feitr1a was sunk by q torpedo. and
went down in 10 minutes AFTER the un-
warned sttack.
News of The. sinkinEs was brought 20
this port by passengers who have ar
rived from Europe.
New York, May 3.-Conhrnation OF the
reported sinking OF the Cunard liner Fel-
tria was received today at the local Of
fees Of the CunArd line They are not
advised where the sinking occurred.
+ The Feltria was a vessel OF 600 tons
with accommodations for 50 saloon pas-
sengers. Before the war she piled reru-
larry between London and New York
The Washington herald., 1917-05-26
u. S. GIVES ENGLAND
S75,O00,000 MORE

Great Britain was given another loan
yesterday Of 600. bringing the total
loaned to that country by the United
States up to $500 900. This makes a
grand total of s745,OOOOOO loaned to our
allies to date.
The Treasury Department also an
nounced yesterday the payment OF Sl5,"o
COO to italy on the credit of 800. 100000 ad-
vanced some time ago. or this sum the
Italians already have drawn S25.OOOOOO.
Loans made to the allies thus far are:
Great Britain, $500 100000; France, 800,
COO,OOO: Italy. 800, 100000; Russia, 10000
900, and Belgium, $45. 100000.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-26
The Horrible Handicap
Of Poisoned Blood

may be Iaboring under, S S. S. offers
hope. This remedy has been in gen
eral use for more than fifty years. il
Is purely vegetable, and contains not
particle of any chemical. and acts
promptly on the blood by routing all
traces Of the tsint and restoring IL 20
absolute purity.
Some OF the most distressing cases
OF transmitted blood poison have
yielded TO the treatment OF S. s. s.,
and no case should be considered in
durable until this great remedy has
been given a thorough trial S s. s.
acts as an Hntidote 10 every impurity
in the blood. You can obtain IL at
any drug store. Our chief medical
adviser will take pleasure in giving
you without cost any advice that your
individual case requires. Write today
to Swift SPECIFIC Co. Ss Swift Lab
oratOry. Atlanta. Gs--Adv.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-26
ALLEN c. HoYT HoNoRED.

Allen @. Hoyt, Of the National CITY
Company. OF New York, was elected a
director and second vice president OF the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
psny at meeting Of the board OF direc-
tors yesterday
Mr.. Hoyt was formerly president OF the
Investment Bankers Association, and has
had large experience in public utility sf-
fairs.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-26
GETS $1,000 VERDICT

A verdict for s2oOO. by consent was
rendered yesterday by a jury in Circuit
Division No. before Justice Stafford
against the Capital Traction Company in
favor OF Mrs. BERTHE 4. Rice, executrix
OF the estate OF her husband. Charlton
a. Rice. who was killed last December
at Chevy Chase. Mr.. Rice was struck
and instantly killed by a car. Attorney
Henry L. Davis represented the plaintiff.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-26
ROLL OF HONOR

NAVY.
Robert Groesseck. 144o Meridian
place.
william G. Pool. Augusta, Ga.
ARMY APPLICANTS.
Herold e. Christ, 1919 Kearney
street.
james A. Reid, Washington, d c.
NAVAL RESERVE.
Miss Kate PnuIding, 212I street
northwest.
William H. o'Brien, RIyerdsIe,
Md.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-26

The panoramic motion-picture camera
that Tennesseean has invented covers
an angle OF 15O degrees. about Ave times
the width Of the usual instrument.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-26
REQUEST DUTY AT FRONT.

Petrograd. MAY g The Sebastopo
garrison has petitiOned the provisional
government to be sent to the front at
once.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-07-19

standardize the Stars and Stripes, and
yet further specifications were found
necessary only recently.
This history of u flag indicates
that the 'Stars and Stripes" IA not
carried by troops in battle until the
period of the Mexican war, 1861.
Several flags of this period are in the
museum collections.
Ten flags of the collection pertain
to the Civil war. The garrison flag Of
Fort Moultrie, S. c., lowered when
the command evacuated that fort to
assemble at Fort Sumter, December
%, 1860; a boat flag flown by Com
mander Charles S. Boggs, o. S. navy,
when he left the gunboat Varuna,
sdnk.in an engagement between a Con-
federate flotilla and the Union feet
under Admiral Farragut, below New
Orleans, April "a, 1862; a signal flag
of white cloth with painted Stars and
Stripes; headquarters flag of Maj.
Gen. Benjamin f. Butler, U. S. Volun-
teers, flown at Fortress Monroe, Vir-
ginia, in 1861; the flag raised at New
Orleans by its citizens upon the occu-
patton of the city by the Union forces