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The Washington herald., 1917-10-21
PLAIN, NATURAL iron
BEST FOR RUN
Down PEOPLE
One Brother, Just Out of Hospital
Got Back Strength by Taking
Natural Iron. Other One
Praises 1t Highly.
BUILT UP HIS APPETITE
BROUGHT BACK STRENGTH

'T was in rundown. weakened
condition and didn't have the slightest
kind of appetite I was losing strength
and weight. I never could eat any
breakfast and added to my stomach
troubles and rundown condition was
my trouble with piles. I really didn't
know what to do. But a brother of
mine who came out of the hospital
about two months ago urged me to
take Acid Iron Mineral.
He didn't seem able to regain his
lost weight after leaving the hospital
and didn't until he started taking Acid
Iron Mineral. And so. on his recon-
mendation started taking it, believ-
ing it might strengthen and build me
up. too.
Now I'm praising this splendid
preparation myself because / found
myself picSing up almost from the
first dose. After 1 had taken my first
bottle I began eating breakfast reg
ularly and now I can eat as much or
more for breakfast than any other
meal. 1t has done me more good than
anything I have ever taken and l
gladly recommend it to any one," de-
clared r. B. Few, living in Greer, S.
c., +. f. D., Route No. /.
Let a man or woman's blood get
thin and full of uric acid and other
poisons and their system is open for
all kinds of troubles. Just get them
going down hill real fast and nothing
seems to help them, but a few weeks
treatment at home with just natural
iron. highly concentrated like it is in
Acid Iron Mineral will fix them up in
great shape. 1t isn't a patent medi-
cine and doesn't contain a drop of
alcohol. 1t is filtered and a teaspoon
full in a glass of water after meals
makes an unusual. stronger. cheaper
tonic than anything one can take.
To prove how strong 1t is, pour a
few drops on a cut and note how
quickly it stops the bleeding. Old
sores, pimples, and any troubles with
the skin are quickly healed by this
iron. 1t makes the best kind of medi-
cine for around the hoNse. Whole
families take it. Put the cork from
the bottle to your tongue. Remember.
it won't harm the teeth, stomach OF
digestion. 1t helps them People with
sore, bleeding gums get relief right
away. Dentists use it to stop bleeding
and as an antiseptic when extracting
teeth. You'll like to take iron just az
nature intended it. Get a large oil
small bottle of your drug store today
| A large bottle will be sent prepaid
anywhere on receipt of 81 by the own
ers of the deposit, the Ferrodine Chem
ical Corp. Roanoke, va.-Ady
The Washington herald., 1917-10-21
RIUNIONE ITALIANA
PER IL GRAN PRESTITO
DELLA LIBERIA OGGI

Oggi allie tre pomediriane 81 terra
una conferenza al Polls Theater per
gil italiani di Washington, 4 quail
sono invitati a partecipare per bene-
ficio del secondo grande prestito ma
zionale americana. 81 spieghera clio
che siano 1 Liberty Bonds, che tutti
gil italiani dovrebbero compare. Pres
tare all'America adesso prestare
alPItalia!
LIE porte 81 apriranno allie due e
meZza, rentrata gratis.
Parleranno membri del comitato
bancario, pubblicisti, vi sara pure
un rappresentante della regia ambas-
ciata d'Italia.
Italiani, non mancate di venire.
Sarete l benvenuti!
Non vi costa niente e imparerete
motto.
Editors Note-English translation
of above).
The big Italian mass meeting, a
feature of the Districts liberty loan
campaign, will be held this after
noon at 3 o'clock at Polls Thea
ter. Noted speakers will address the
audience, mainly in Italian. An at
tempt will be made to reach those
citizens of Washington of italian
blood who are not sufficiently familiar
with the liberty loan and its pur-
poses.
The Italian Embassy will be repre-
sented by its military attache, Gen.
Guglielmotti, and the meeting will be
presided over by DR.. Enrico Cas-
tell. The Treasury Department and
the local COMMITTEES will be represent
ed by A. r. Pinci.
All Italians are invited to be prss-
ent,
The Washington herald., 1917-10-21
SHOOTS BROTHER;
FLEES FROM CITY
Negro Opens Fire When Prevented
from Entering Bar.

Angerod because his older brother
refused to let him enter a bar to
drink. Herbert Holmes. colored, aged
q. of Alexandria, Va. drew a re-
volver and three times shot his
brother. Frank Holmes, aged % years,
also of Alexandria, last night at Tenth
and c streets northwest, according to
police who investigated the affair.
Physicians of the Emergency Hos
pital, were the injured man was I'M
mediately taken after the shooting.
stated early this morning that the
man was shot in the right wrist, once
in the left thigh, and once between
the legs.
They stated that 1t Is not thought
that his injuries will prove fatal
The police have established a net
about the city in the hope of catching
the man who is alleged to have done
the shooting and who Immediately
after wounding his brother escaped.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-21
ARMY CONTINGENT
Big BOND BUYERS
Soldiers and Department Forces
Take More Than $35, ,000. 900.

More than ss5ooo,ooo worth Of Sec
ond Liberty Loan Bonds have been
bought by the commissioned and en-
listed personnel of the army and the
clerical force of the war Department,
according to incomplete reports re-
ceived BY Col H. ~. Lord, of the
Quartermaster Corps, in charge Of
the Army Liberty Loan Campaign.
The figures which give this total do
not include the subscriptions from
some Of the large camps during the
latter part of last week.
Sixteen national army camps have
bought bonds to the amount of f10.-
10000. Fifteen National Guard camps
have spent 81, go 900 for liberty bonds
ana the remaining amount has been
subscribed by men in the service In
every part of the globe. Subscriptions
In the clerical division Of the War
Department are in excess. of s750. 900.
Three National Guard camps and two
national army camps have raised
more than 81 .00o. 900 each.
The subscriptions from the five lead
ing camps in each branch of the
service follows:
National Army.
Grant, Rockford, ILL.,, 8, ,4oe,ooo
Funston. Fort Riley, Kans., n.0s4,-
$50.
Custer, Battle Creek. Mich. $685.
0Je.
Travis, Houston. Tex. 1855. 800.
Lee. Petersburgh, Va. sSS7.3o.
National Guard.
Sheridan, Montgomery, Ala. n,2ss,-
Shelby. Hattiesburgh, Miss, f1.3o2,-
l5e.e
Sewer, Greenville, s. c., SEQ. 100.
Greene, Charlotte. N. c.. $4,000.
Bowie, Fort Worth. Tex, SS24.75o
The per capita subscription of the
officers and men in the thirty-one
camps is approximately s32
The Washington herald., 1917-10-21

had to be ma ie before It could even
be commenced. This necessitated a
great amount of delay. enforced idle
Eess on the part of certain of the
Ordnance workers. Charges of in
efficiency Immediately arose, when the
real blame should have been placed,
IL any were forthcoming, on the policy
which forbid the anticipation of such
duties in the time of peace.
Critics of Cro1ier.
Recently there has been extended
criticism in some of the papers OF
Mai, Gen. Crozier. Chief of Ordnance,
for his inability to assume the role OIL
magician and produce at once the
rifles which were needed by the men
I'm training at the cantonments. Much
emphasis was laid upon the idleness
of certain skilled workmen in the ,Ifie
factories. The idleness is admitted at
the department, but the defense Is
raised that 1t was unavoidable. These
workers were much in the same posi-
ton as the cook to which the general
referred. They could not exercise
their industry until the dies for which
they were waiting had been COM
pleted and the Ordnance Department
was compelled to retain them in order
that they might be on hand when
needed.
Most Of the credit for an improved
state of affairs is modestly laid by
those in authority at the doors Ct
the volunteers which have responded
to the call of their country.
In commenting upon it Brig. Gen.
Babbitt said:
THE spirit of the men who have
responded has been remarkable. En-
tirely unaccustomed to the discipline
OF military life, they have dropped
their private enterprises and have
accepted the subordination which has
been required of them without tire
slightest complaint. In the equip
ment department. for which I am re-
sponsible, a typical situation exists.
We have one man there who headed
business of his own and was earning
5000 a year before he was commits
stoned as a captain. There is an
other one who was earning 1910, 900
year who has been serving as a cap
tain although he is soon to be pro-
NOTED to a majorship.
There is a multitude Of such cases
where the men are working for pa
triotism alone and it is the mastery
of the different lines of business which
are required in the Ordnance Depart
ment which has assisted so much in
the perfection of its organization"
Field for Slightly Deficient.
This is an excellent field for the
man who suffers some slight disabil-
ity which would disqualify him for
more active work to take a real part
in our fight against Germany, and,
one which Is quite likely to take him
where the action is the fiercest.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-21
war IS test OF U.S.,
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
Call to People Is Dropped by Airmen
Over Twenty-three Cities.

This war is the supreme test OF
the principles and energy of the peo-
pie of the United States. The whole
world looks to US to omit nothing
that will bring about the complete
triumph of those principles and the
complete vindication of the honor and
sovereignty of our government which
have been so grossly violated and In.
vaded."
This was the significant statement
in message from President Wilson
to the mayors OF twenty-three Amsri-
can cities which was dropped from
the skies by American army aviators
yesterday in the interest of the Sec
ond Liberty Loan. Aeroplanes from
nine aviation fields and a balloon from
the Signal Corps School at Omaha
made the flights and the text OF the
messages was not made public until
the bombs" had fiuttered from the
sky and been carried to the respec-
tive mayors by the lucky finders.
The full text of President Wilson'S
statement follows:
MY dear Mr.. Mayor-This letter
comes to you in an unusual way but
in unusual circumstances. ! write 1t
not because I have the least doubt
that your fellow citizens will respond
with patriotic devotion to the call for
for the liberty loan, but
because l want to send them a per-
sonal message. That message is this:
This war Is the supreme test OF the
principles and energy of the people Of
the United States. The whole world
looks to US to omit nothing that will
bring about the complete triumph OF
these principles and the complete vim
dication of the honor and sovereignty
of our government which have beer
so grossly violated and invaded TIE
response ought to be such as will put
at the front of all civilized
peoples
Sincerely yours,
WOODROW WILSON,"
Besides New York City and Chicago
the cities which witnessed flights yes
terday included those as far away rs
Los Angeles, oklahoma City. Detroit,
and Norfolk.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-21
MANGLED ON TRACKS;
BODY Unidentified
Man Meets Tragic Death on Rail.
way in Southwest.

The body of an unidentified white
man was found lying across the
Southern Railway tracks at Seventh
street and Virginia avenue southwest
yesterday morning.
The condition of the body was such
that authorities OF the District morgue
had not been able to identify the
man at an early hour this morning.
The coroner's jury that yesterday
afternoon Investigated the mans
death came to the conclusion that he
was killed by train Of the Southern
Railroad Comp'ny
The deceased 5 described as being
about 50 years Of age. He wore a
blue suit and tan shoes. Although
papers were found about tns body.
none led to his identity,
The Washington herald., 1917-10-21
DR.. Stevenson Writes
Herald Sunday Sermon

The Rev. DIR. Hugh T. Stevenson,
pastor Of the Bethany Baptist
Church. Second street and Rhode
Island avenue northwest, who
writes the sermon for The Herald
this morning. was born in Albany,
N. Y. He has received degrees
from both the Colgate University
and George Washington University
and was ordained a minister in
1898. His first charge was at the
Anacostia Baptist Church.
DR.. Stevenson is the grand chap
lain of the Grand Lodge of Masons
Of this city. He has been a pas
tor Of the Bethany Baptist Church
for twelve years and stands in the
fore-rank of Washington minis
ters.
/. Three years ago Mr.. Stevenson
was so well thought of that he
was one of the few ministers in
this city, who went on an extern
siye trip through the Holy Land.
He also has IN enviable literary
record.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-21
CHURCHES OPEN
TO ~. S. Boys
Weekend Furloughs to Be
Made Pleasant for
"Sammies."

With the coming Of the frosty
weather, soldiers, sailors and marines
are happy in the thought that the
movement to provide entertainment
for them while on their week end
furloughs at the various churches In
the city will prove one of the most
popular movements inaugurated.
This was proven last night when
hundreds Of Uncle Sans boys
gathered at the many churches who
are cooperating with the District
war service commission on church
hospitality for what. as they term 1t,
"big time"
Programs embracing vaudeville,
bowling, dancing and group singing
were offered to the delight of the
boys" and 1t was only when the
clock pointed to the wee small hours
that they made their way camp
ward.
Operatlc Music.
Led by DIR. William Stansfield,
the choir of the First Congrega-
tional Church rendered a program
of operatic and popular selections.
Solos were rendered by Mrs. s. H.
Smart, Miss Marian Larner and ].
Walter Humphrey.
More than 500 members of the
Engineers and Officers Reserve
Corps were entertained at a vaude-
Vile show" at the Church of the
Covenant, Fred Eastman, with his
Interpretation of The Virginia
Judge" short addresses and group
singing completed the program.
Miss Leila Mechlin, secretary of
the American Federation Of Arts,
delivered an illustrated lecture on
sculpture and painting to the 400
"Sammies" at the Church of the
Epiphany, Dancing followed the
lecture.
Services for Today.
The District war service commits
sion on church hospitality has ar
ranged a most attractive program
for many churches today. The pro-
gram follows:
to 8 p. m.-Church of our Father,
Thirteenth and l. streets northwest.
A service of welcome to those in uni
form. followed by a social hour.
$50 to 7:30 p. MAT the Church Of
the Covenant, Connecticut avenue
and N streets northwest. Social hour
to which men in uniform are especially
invited. Music and refreshments.
p. mat the Central Presbyterian
Church, Sixteenth and Irving streets
Men from the Twelfth
Field Artillery guests at evening SER
vice.
p. NAT the First Presbyterian
Church, John Marshall place and C
streets. Social hour for men in uni
form.
p. NAT st. Paurs Lutheran
Church, Eleventh and H streets
Social hour for soldiers.
Music and refreshments.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-21
Clara Gets License
To Wed Florence

"Are you sure this Is your
manner" asked Col. w. A. Kroli, OF
a young colored man yesterday
morning when he applied for
marriage license.
1T sure am boss, NAH folks
named me Clara when All didn't
know nothin' bout 1t, en- Ah still
has it." replied Clara Wilson, a,
big, strapping fellow.
"Well." said Col Kroll, "I have
had 'em named Minnie and Toots
and Claire. hut never before have
] had Clara, but I guess 1
haven't seen all there is to see In
this world"
The license was issued to Clara
: Wilson. "a. and Florence Parker,
2s. the ceremony to be performed
by the Rev. w. H. Jernaquin. And
now when friend wife calls her
husband the neighbors will won
der.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-21
Subscribe $20, 900
Liberty Loan Bonds
Al Citizens, Meeting

! Nearly $4,000 was subscribed st
the meeting OF the committee of
1so. recently organized to sell the
bonds In the territory from Wood
ley Park to Chevy Chase, last
night. Forty-nine separate sub
scripuons. ranging from SO 10
5000. were received totalins 81, $50.
w. Gwynn Ga~diner. Washing
tons new Commissioner. viii ad-
dress the committee next Wednes-
day night at q meeting TO be held
in the hall Of the Bureau Of STAND
ards.
The subscriptions reported at ths
meeting tonight have not been IN
cluded IN the Districts total given
out by the central District COM
mittee last night.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-21
'MHe Of Nickels,"
Chldren's Band Bit

Saturday, October 81, the closing
day of the liberty bond drive, wiz
be Children's Day at the liberty
bell booth Of the woman's Wash,
ington auxiliary committee, ~
which Mrs. Ernest Thompson Setot
is chairman. "A Mile of Nickelsr
is the slogan, and every child 10
Washington is invited 70 come 20,
the liberty bell booth opposite the
Treasury Building. between the
hours Of g. m. and Q d m. and
deposit a nickel
A register will be kept OF each
child's napc dropping a nickel
Children OF the American Revolu-
tion in Costume will assist
The Washington herald., 1917-10-21
u. S. IS IMPROVING
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.


the War Department or In any OF
The factories which are workin g
night and day to furnish the ma
terlals which it demands, has had its
birth in the six months in which we
nave been at war. Before this time
the task which was performed by the
Ordnance Department was so small
compared to its present problems
that 1t sinks into insignifigance. For
instance, in its Offices In the State,
War and Navy building there were
only ninety-seven officers employed.
Now the services OF 75O reserve Of
Ulcers are being utilized. In the pro-
curing end of the ordnance alone
there are forty-eight officers where
there was only one before the COM
mencement of hostilities.
Altogether there are 1000 officers
performing active ordnance service
now and there are 100 in the Reserve
corps who will eventually be assign
ed to the work. The enlisted reserve
will soon be raised to 20,OO men and
men are needed now to bring 1t up TO
the desired strength.
Work Strange to Many.
With men the majority of whom
NLO o 81 dhSe u En1llIary work, the
ordnance Department has had to re-
organize and systematic its personnel
so that it can without unnecessary
delay provide for the needs of more
than million men at the present time
and for two million in the not SO
distant future.
The Ordnance Department is charg-
ed with procuring by manufacture or
purchase and the distributing of the
necessary ordnance and ordnance
stores for the army and the National
Guard. Ordnance and ordnance
stores include cannon and artillery
vehicles and equipment, apparatus
and machines for the service and
m1neuver OF artillery: small arms,
ammunition and accouterments; horse
equipment for cavalry and other
mounted men; tools, machinery and
materials for ordnance service; and
all property of whatever description
land this includes motor trucks, motor
cycles, tractors and railroad cars)
supplied to the military establishment
by the Ordnance Department.
For a great portion Of this work,
when its size was suddenly increased
hundredf0ld, extended preparation
The Washington herald., 1917-10-21
Four Found Guilty in
Indian Conspiracy Case

Chicago. Oct, 2o.-An the defen-
dants in the India conspiracy case
were tonight found guilty on two
counts. The defendants are: Gus
tav Jacobsen. Albert wehde. George
T. Boehm. of Chicago. and Her
amba Las Gupta- a Hindu student
of Columbia University. New York
The Washington herald., 1917-10-21
StuarYs Calcium Waters viii Give
You a Complexion as Fair as
a Lily, as Beautiful
as the Rose.
A FREE TRIAL PACKAGE FOR
PROOF.

= You can have a beautiful COM
plexion, the kind you have dreamed
OF, by using Stuart's Calcium Wa
fers.
They work in your blood and stop
the accumulation of all those i'm
purities that lodge in the skin to
cause pimples, blackheads, liver
spots. blotches, eczema and other
skin eruptions. 1t Is the wonderful
calcium sulfide that does this. The
blood must have II. The presence
OF skin eruptions Is proof Of blood
poverty and you get Just what YOU
need to enrich and purify it in Stu
arts Calcium Waters,
This fact has been demonstrated
by hosts of women and men who
realize that the presence of skin
eruptions of any sort detracts from
their usefulness in business, pleas
use. society and their own self
esteem. And since Stuart's Calcium
Waters will rid the skin of impuri-
ties, why have such imperfections? {?
You will find Stuart's Calcium Wa
fers on sale at so cents a box at all
drug stores Get a box today or
send coupon for a free trial package.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-21
habeas Corpus Writ Denied.

Buenos Aires. Oct. 20.-The appli-
cation for writ of habeas corpus
for Dr.. Luxburg, the former Ger
man attache. was denied today by
tne supreme Court. The right OF
the postulant was not recognized
BY the court =
New Britain herald., 1917-12-11
ANNUAL WELCOME PARTY.

On Wednesday evening the Y. w.
c. A. will have it's annual welcome
party, at which time old members will
informally welcome into their midst
the members who have joined during
the past year. Besides very enter
tanning little Christmas play, there Will
be many amusing and jolly stunts and
performances,-endi with dance.
"The Christmas Story" or the Story
of the Birth of Christ taken from the
first chapters of Ben Hur will b. pre-
scented in a set of six tableaux on
Sunday afternoon at four o'clock in
the Y. w. c. A. gymnasium.
Tonight the Rambler-Kolah club
will meet for supper after which they
continue their study in a course on
Social Ethics" The Ishkoodah club
meets at 1880 to continue work for
the soldiers.
The Girl Scouts, Troop meet in
the gym this afternoon for military
drill and tactics. Knitting and snip
ping are the popular occupations of
all the members of the household and
association,-everyon doing her bit.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-11
CITY ITEMS

Khaki and grey wool gloves. Will
son'S-advt.
The Wesleyan Glee club will give a
concert this evening in the Grammar
School hall.
Our Christmas club starts Deem
Der 22nd. We pay interest. Com
mercial Trust Co.-advt.
Robert Wolter is confined at his
home, 1877 Monroe street, by illness.
The New Britain National Bank
Christmas Club checks have been
mailed tonight. We recommend the
purchase of U. S. War Savings certifi-
cateS.-adVt.
Harry Brown, employed as meter
reader by the water department, has
resigned to join the ordnance corps
of the army. He lives on West Main
street and is married.
Mrs. George Bancroft of Chestnut
street is i'll at her home as the result
of injuries sustained today when she
fell while hanging out clothes.
secretary G. II. Barnes has received
postal card from Leland ii. Hoar
| who is Somewhere in France"
Martha chapter, No. 21, o. f. s..
will hold a food sale at the Red
Cross rooms on West Main street to-
morrow afternoon. Half the proceeds
will be given to the Red Cross
| Kennedy's dancing school tonight
| -advt.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-11
a Stubbor.1' Cough
Loosci1s Right Up
Ihia home-rAatla remedy ie , wonder
for quick rPeuste. Ea0lly and
ckeap:y made.

The prompt ana positive action of this
mplc, inexpensive homemade remedy
quickly healing the intlamesl or swollen
hembranes of the tEroat. chest or bron-
lial tubes and, breaking up tight
pines than any other cough remed7.
hest soreness goes. phlerm loosens'
reathing becomes easier. Tickling il,
broat stops and you ct a good night
Estful sleep. The usual throat aud
hest colds are conquered hy it in "a
puTs or less. Nothing better for brou-
hits, hoarseness, Group, whoopin Z
hugh, bronchial asthma or winter
pnghs.
To make this splendid cough syrup,
pur 21a ounces Of PiRcx go cents
orthl, into pint bottle and fill the
pttle with plain graduated sugar syrup
I'D shake thoroughly. You then have
fnll pint-a family supply-of much
liter cough syr12 than you could buy
tedy made for $50 Keeps perfectly
I'D children love it's pleasant taste.
piaex is a special and highly concen
Eated compound of .gccuine Norway
Inc extract, and is known the worlc
Der for it's promptness, ease and Ger
kinty in overcoming stubborn coughs
I'D chest colds.
TO avoid disappointment ask you
rugGist for "2lA ounces of Pinex" will
III directions, and don't accept any
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t:sfaction or money promptly refunded
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