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The Washington herald., 1917-09-08
War and Navy Departments
Send Guards to Southwest
Officials Agree to Increase Patrols on Four
and-a half Street at Request of Maj. Pull
man Following The HeraldS Expose.

charge OF the provost guard the conf
plainant.
A special order has been issued t.
the members OF the police force
throughout the city emphasizing the
fact that they should at all times
give full cooperation to the military
authorities in the detection Of viola
tions of civil and military law by
sailors, soldiers and marines.
Maj. Pullman has ordered that
copy of this order be sent to every
precinct in the city.
Showing the appreciation OF the peo-
rle of the southwest section OF the
city for the part The Herald has done
in directing the attention of the po-
lice to evil conditions existing along
Four-and-a-half and other streets In
that section. the following letter was
received at The Herald office yester-
day:
City Editor, Dear Sir: The officers
and members of the Southwest Civic
Association wish to express their
gratitude for your papers help in
bringing to light the cases of vice
and lawlessness in certain sections o:
Washington.
THE records Of the police and other
departments will show our untiring
efforts to improve the sanitary condi-
tions and above all to stamp out vice
and lawlessnees in our section.
Yours for a better city, the South
west Civic Association. r. c. BROOKS.
PIC II street southwest, president;
James a. Ellis, secretary"
That the police are at last fully
aware of the vicious conditions of af-
fairs in the District that has been &c
peatedly condemned in The Herald,
is shown by the fact that at least
four extra patrolmen have been de-
tailed to the Fourth precinct station
during the whole of this week to aid
in the policing OF the district.
Rainy weather last night caused a
lull in arrests recorded on the Fourth
precinct blotter. AS a sergeant at No.
4 station said, "The rain has driven
them all indoors"
The police seemingly do not expect
a recurrence OF troubles such as those
of last weekend in the southwest.
Leave of absence has been curtailed
in most branches of the military and
naval service and few uniformed men
are expected in the doubtful section
either tonight or Sunday.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-08

Cognizant of the lamentable condi-
tions in the southwest section of the
city. as exposed Ly The Herald in a
series of articles which served to stir
the highest authorities to a more
vigilant attitude. tine War and Navy
departments. il was learned last
night, at the request of Supt. of Po-
lice Pullman have agreed to increase
the activities of the provost guards
stationed about the city to prevent
the spread OF future disorders among
the augmented soldier population in
this city.
Information as to the conditions in
the vicinity of Four-and-a-half street
were brought to the attention of Sec
retary of War Baker and Secretary OF
the Navy Daniels by The Herald some
time ago, and it is presumed that this
action taken by them is an outcome
of the presentation of this paper's s
data.
Such a victory, therefore, for the
residents of the National Capital,
coming as it does, as fruits from The
Herald's crusade which had already
obliterated goodly percentage of
vice and crime, is one which the Citi-
zen population of the District will
gratefully applaud.
This increase will mean that the
present provost guard. which is COM
posed of a detail of privates under
the leadership of commissioned off,
Ger. will be doubly or trebly efficient
in their ferreting out the hellholes
which are destructing the morale
both of the army and navy.
On May 10, last, an announcement
was made by the police department
that police officers in the District
would assist and cooperate with
these provost guards in Washing
ton.
The method OF procedure in the
arrest of a military or naval man
in the city at present is as follows:
The vfolator of the law is appre-
hended by the provost guard.
He is taken to the patrol box by
the guard, assisted by policemen in
the neighborhood. The wagon is
summoned and the prisoner is con-
veyed to the station house.
Arrived at the station house. he Is
detained for future action by the mil
itary authorities. Then the record on
the blotter for each person so detaiu-
ed is marked held for the military
authorities making the officer in
The Washington herald., 1917-09-08
GARFIELD LAYS PLAN
TO FIX COAL Price
VIII Name Representative in Every
County to Look After Supply.

Immediate steps will be taken by
tha Coal Administration to prevent
high retail prices throughout the
country. it was announced last night
ly DR.. H. A. Garfield. Fuel Admins
traitor. Regulation will be secured
through State. County and city boards,
to be named by DR.. Garfield, which
will investigate local conditions and
prices and fix a reasonable price ac-
cOIdingly.
The plan is to have a representative
Of the Fuel Administration in each
Stnte and territory who will work
with a committee of citizens. None
Of the appCintCes will be in any way
connected with the coal industry. The
committees will be selected by the
State fuel representatives. to repre-
sent every county and every city of
more than $50 population.
1t will be the duty Of the state COM
mittee to at once ascertain the amount
Il coal in the State available for use
during the coming winter and the
amount Of coal needed to meet the
deficiency in the supply, based on last
years consumption. These commit
tees also. will ascertain retail margin.
taking into consideration the cost of
local distribution and q reasonable
deTler's profit.
Sufficient data will be furnished the
consumer in each locality to estab-
Ish, for himself. the legal price that
there may be no evasion of the law
BY dealers.
1t is proposed by the Fuel Admins
tratiCn. to obtain the cooperation of
IT 1ducers in making voluntary ar
rangemcnts with holders Of contracts
made prior to the issuance of the
Trcsid~n.'s price-fxing order, to allow
q sufficient amount Of contract coal
10 be released to meet the present
shortage
The Washington herald., 1917-09-08
TO MAKE war
ON OPEN SHOP
Federation of Labor De.
cides to Fight Nonunion
Manufacturers.
CBy the International News seryiee.) }

Wy NtNt stFNlCtst
Minneapolis. MINI. Sept. 7.-Em,
ployers now in Washington seeking
to retain the present conditions in
nonuniOn factories will be bitterly
fought by not only the American
American Alliance for Labor and
Democracy.
This was emphatically declared tc
be the policy of the alliance in its
policies adopted before adjournment
TO-DAY and I'm an announcement made
by Samuel Gompers.
Other features of the convention
were:
Resolutions pIcdging and dedicatins
the American labor movement to the
support and service Of Russian dem.
ocracy were cabled TO Petrograd.
President Gompers telegraphed
President Wilson the convention had
been unit in giving support 10 his
war policy and would aid him 10 the
end.
The reference to the manufacture,
the convention declared:
THE war shall not be made an ex-
cuse for lowering any OF the stand
ards which have been established
by labor in its long struggle. we
declare, however. that predicatory
influences are at work TO fhs
standards. The efforts will be re-
sisted"
President Gompers explained,
These manufacturers ask the Ma
tional Council or Defense to help
them keep their non-Union employees
in the same condition Of seryitude
they have been. The standards OF
labor which labor and the council
has agreed 10 maintain are the union
standard Of wages. hours and work
ing conditions. NonuuiOn labor has
no standard Of employment.
No request was ever made by the
COUNSEL Of Defense that We cease
to organize the employees in non
union shops or urge for them union
wages and conditions The council,
however, has declared that where
wages are not sufficient to meet the
cost OF living they should he in
creased. 1t never agreed or de-
sired to assist employers Of nom
union employees in forcing them 70
work for less than a wage estab-
lished by organized labor"
Several hundred kilograms. from all
parts Of the country and from every
kind OF organization. were received
by President GomTers pIedEiag to sup.
port the great loyalist Vlovement'
launched by the alliance.
officers elected are:
PresideEt-Samuel Gompers.
Secretary-Frank Morrison.
Vice presidents-John S0argo, Mrs
Gertrude r. Fuller. Pittsburgh: James
Ducsn. Massachusetts: ". r. Gill
Milwaukee.
Executive committee - Frank P
Walsh, W. J. Ghent. John Walker
John Snargo. VIM. Edlin, c. Lane
Matthew Woll. Jacob J. Shapherd,
James c. Holland and David J. Ber.
~.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-08

The proclamation is designed to
stop the leakage of gold and bullion
to Germany and Austria through
neutral sources. Large quantities OF
gold have found their way into Ger
many through Russia. 1t is stated, and
others of our allies also have been
unable to prevent Germany profting
in various ways. The proclamation 10
supplemental to the proclamation of
August q, which mentioned gold and
bullion as articles on the embargo
list, but left jurisdiction in the hands
of the Exports Administrative Boaro
The proclamation goes into effect
September 10 and provides that coin,
bullion and currency shall not be
shipped from 'or taken out" of the
United States or its territorial pos
sessions to Albania, Austria Hungary
Belgium, Bulgaria. Denmark, her
colonies, possessions or protectorates.
Greece, Leichtenstein, Luxembourg,
the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Nor
way, Spain, her colonies or pro-
tectorates, Sweden, Switzerland or
Turkey, Abyssinia. Afghanistan. Ar
Eentina, Bolivia, Brazil, China. Chile.
Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Domini-
can Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, France.
her colonies. possessions or protector
ates. Guatemala. Haiti, Honduras.
Italy her colonies, possessions or
protectorates. Great Britain, her
colonies, possessions or protectorates.
Japan, Liberia, Mexico, Monaco,
Montenegro, Morocco. Nepal, Mica
ragua. tho colonies, possessions or
protectorates OF the Netherlands,
Oman. Panama, Paraguay. Persia,
Peru, Portugal, her colonies, pos
sessions or protectorates, Rumania,
The Washington herald., 1917-09-08
MALONE QUITS
COLLECTOR JOB
Resigns Post Because Of
sPresident's Attitude To-
ward Sufragists.

Dudley Field Malone, collector of the
port of New York, and hitherto count
ed one of President Wilson's warmest
personal and political friends, last
night resigned his post, in letter
to the President.
The attitude OF Mr.. Wilson toward
the suffragists who picketed the White
House and toward nationwide suffrage
is assigned IS Mr. Malone's reason
for resigning.
lie tells the President in lengthy
letter that in the last campaign, Mr..
Malone, promised the women of the
West that they would find the Will
son administration favorable 10 wom-
an suffrage. The present attitude OF
the administration, MI. Malone con-
tends, puts him in a false light. The
Western women to whom he made
this promise. Mr.. Malone says, sent
Mr.. Wilson TO the White House.
Will Fight for Suffrage.
Mr.. Malone tells the President that
he will return to the practice OF law
but adds that he is determined TO
give all my leisure time to hSht as
hard for the political freedom OF
women as l have always fought t2r
your liberal leadership"
No comment on the resignation wHs
available at the White House last
night. It was learned that ar. Ma
lonc's letter was sent yesterday by
special messenger to Joseph p. Tum-
ulty. the Presidents Secretary. and
tnat Mr.. Tumulty placed the letter
on Mr.. Wilson's desk.
It is understood that the resignation
will be promptly accepted.
rhe break between Mr.. Wilson and
his one-time supporter became evident
some weeks ago when Mr.. Malone.
after seeing one OF the suffrage dem
onstrations in front OF the White
House and the arrests which followed
sought an interview with the Presi-
dent from which he emerged in an
obviously fustered state. The next
day he appeared as counsel for the
suffragists. They were convicted and
sentenced to the District workhouse.
StIrs Political Interest.
The President later pardoned tho
piCkcts. but not at the solicitation
Of Mr.. Malone. Their release was
secured by J. A. II. Hopkins, Demo-
cratic State committeeman from New
Jersey and a former Progressive lead
er, whose wife was one OF the pri-
soners.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-08
Threaten to Prevent
War Risk Bill Passage

Threat of difficulty I'm passing the
administration War Risk Insurance
bill was evident in the House yester-
day when the measure was called out
by Representative Raeburn, Of Texas,
for its author. Representative Alex
ander.
Raeburn explained the measure. but
was constantly interrupted BY men,
bers of both parties with lombard
mont of questions. Evidences Of op-
position crystalized around the speech
OF Representative Parker. OF New
jersey. in presenting a minority re-
port from the Interstate and Foreign
Commerce Committee.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-08
COUNT DE BEAUFORT
TAKES ANOTHER WIFE
French Nobleman Says He Will Soon
Become Army Captain.

tby tne international news SerN1cesJ
Chicago, Sept. 7.-Count de Beau
fort has added another chapter 10 his
checkered marital career by eloping
with Miss Helen Reiman, is years
old. daughter Of +. f. Reiman,
wealthy merchant of Terre Haute,
Ind.
The count has not appeared in the
marriage news since his marriage to
the late Countess Jrma Kilgallen dc
Beaufort was set aside by Judge
BreDtano He and Miss Reiman hur-
ried to Charleston, ILL.,, where the
wedding ceremony was performed,
and then went back to Terre Haute.
where the couple are staying at a
hotel.
The count declares his haste In
marrying was due to an order di-
recting him to report at Governors
Island next week to accept a cap
taincy in the army.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-08
BOARD IS READY
TO SEIZE Ships
Officials May Take Neutral
Vessels for Use of
Uncle Sam.

Further evidence that the United
States Shipping Board will not
hesitate to seize neutral ships for the
use Of this country and her allies,
was given yesterday when it was de-
cided to ask the state Department for
IN opinion in the matter. 1t is under
stood that in bringing the matter to
the attention of Secretary Lansing,
the Shipping Board is chiefly con-
cerned in getting the State Depart
ment TO use its good Offices to prevent
any breaches with neutrals
1t is believed likely that the first
ships seized will be the 100 Dutcn
vessels now held in American harbors.
These vessels are mostly loaded with
grain and have been held up by the
Exports Administrative Board. The
absolute refusal of the Netherlands
Minister. CheYalier van Rappard 10
consider the proposal of this govern
ment to unload the ships and use
them to bring grain and sugar from
Australia and Java has caused In.
Shipping Board to decide upon the
seizures.
OfIer to Sell Ships.
Much speculation was aroused at the
Shipping Board by an offer to sell to
1t 10000 tons OF neutral ships, some
in American harbors and others
abroad. The Shipping Board asked for
further information. While no state
ment as to the nationality of the Yes-
sells was made, there was a rumor
that Holland had taken this means of
preventing communicating of the ves-
sells now in American harbors. 1t
was argued that since the United
Staes had pledged itself to help feed
the nuetrals, the ships would be used
partly for taking foodstuffs to Hol-
land in any case, and the delay incl
dent to settlements of price through
Communicating would be obviated.
The Shipping Board yesterday con-
sidered the problem of bringing ships
from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic.
II is stated that some sixty vessels
are available. OF this number twelve
large steel ships and twenty tugs can
be moved Immediately. The vessels
will be brought through the Ogden5-
burg Canal. To accomplish this 1t will
be necessary to cut many of them in
half The question being considered is
how many vessels can be assembled
at Atlantic ports after being disman-
tied to come through the locks and
under the canal bridges.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-08

Russia, Salvador, San Marino, SERBIA,
Siam. Uruguay, or Venezuela.
The executive order accompanying
the proclamation reads:
BY virtue of the authority vested
in me, direct the regulations, orders.
limitations, and exceptions prescribed
IN relation to the expectation Of coin,
bullion, and currency shall be ad-
ministered by and under the authority
Of the Secretary of the Treasury; and
upon the recommendation of the Sec
retary of the Treasury l hereby pre-
scribe the following regulations in
relation thereto:
Must File Application.
'Q). Any individual. firm or corpora
ton desiring TO export from the United
States or any Of its territorial pos
sessions TO any foreign country named
in the proclamation, dated September
Z, 1917, any coin, bullion, or currency
shall first file an application In tripli-
cate with the Federal Reserve Bank
OF the district in which such indi-
vidual, firm or corporation is located,
such application to state under oath
and in detail the nature Of the trans
action. the amount involved. the par
ties directly and indirectly interested
and such other information as may
be of assistance TO the proper author
tiles in determining whether the eX-
portation for which a license Is de-
sired will be compatible with the pub
lie interests.
"(2). Each Federal Reserve Bank
shall keep a record copy of each ap-
plication filed with it under the pro-
visions Of this regulation and shall for
ward the original application and
CONTINUED on PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-08
Socialists Abandon
Switzerland Meeting

Stockholm. Sept The delegates
TO the stockholm conference at Zinn-
mcTwald. Switzerland. 10 be held ten
days after the Socialist conference
here. have abandoned their plans be-
cause OF the great difficulties the dele
gates met in obtaining passports.
Scmc representatives from Russia are
here and other foreigners. mostly
Germans, are expected TO arrive
within the next few days 10 settle
definitely whether the conference viii
be held without complete representa-
tons or abandoned.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-08
FIVE AMERICANS WOUNDED.

Cttawa, Stpt. THE Canadian cas-
.- ''Si i-yrnd here today contains
the names of the following Americans:
.-,.Odsly i'll. L. c. McGregor, Port
Huron, Mich; Arthur Frey, Newport,
Ky.
Wounded, w. H. Pannill, Chatham,
Va; r. +. Campbell, Alden, Mich. I;
r. A. Learned. Port Washington. Wis. ;
Alexander Clark, Butte. Mont, and
Frank Hoppa, Cayuga, N. Oak.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-08
BALTIMORE PARTY
PROBABLY IN raid
Believed Surgeons and Nurses We're
Bombaroed by Hun Aeros.

DR.. Harvey Gushing. noted Harvard
surgeon and formerly of Johns Hop
kins' Hospital in Baltimore, together
with a number of nurses, also from
Baltimore, are believed to have been
in the American base hospitals on
one Of the coasts of France which
were. Thursday. aerially bombarded
by Germans.
This party from Baltimore, it was
learned last night, was enrolled in
this unit, and friends and relatives
consequently fear that they may be
among the sufferers Of this latest Hun
atrocity
London, Sept. 7.-Bombs hurled from
a fleet of German aeroplanes snuffed
out the life of one American Officer
and wounded more or less seriously
eight Americans in what is described
as a deliberate raid on British-Ameri-
can hospitals in a French coast city
last Tuesday.
The hospitals attacked are occupied
by St. Louis and Harvard continGents.
The casualties thus far reported are:
Killed:
one officer Of the emergency medical
corps.
Two of the rank and file Cbelieveo
BritishD
Wounded.
Three officers of the American
Medical Corps.
Five other Americans.
Nine of other nationality.
Five of the sixteen wounded at the
Harvard units hospital were members
of the American hospital STAFF.
No official confirmation of the kill
ing of an American officer and five
privates in the shellrn- of a hospital
behind the French front by a Ger
man aeToplane had been received here
at a late hour last night. Secretary
Of War Baker has promised to make
public instantly any word of a
casualty.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-08
increase
OF RATE SCHEDULE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Suspends Order Until December 30.

The Interstate Commerce Commls-
sion yesterday ordered a postponement
Of the increased rate schedule which
would have been effective today on
the Pennsylvania Railroad, Philadel-
phia. Baltimore, and Washington rail-
roads. and the West Jersey and Sea-
shore roads.
The proposed schedule is ordered
suspended until December go 1917. I'M
less sooner released.
An investigation and hearing will
take place, and no further alterations
will be permitted in those schedules
before these have been completed.
The proposed increased rates would
have applied to pit timber shipments,
and other articles.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-08
lnfantile Paralysis
Increases In Chicago

Chicago, Ills, Sept. 7-Health Com
missioner Robertson today requested
superintendent OF Schools Schoop TO
close all public schools and kindergar-
tens on account of threatened cpl
deaic Of infantile paralysis. Eleven
new cases OF the disease were re-
ported in the last "a hours.
The disease is also increasing in
many Of the cities OF the Central
West.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-08
j. 5. Will WIN,
SAYS premier
Lloyd George Looks Upon
America as Invincible
In Arms.
IRx the IntrrnnfInnn

CBy the International News Service.)
London, Sept G-GiYing full credit TO
the United States as the nation that
will win the war for the entente, Pre-.
mier Lloyd George. in a speech al
Birkenhead today. drew an optimistic
picture of the situation and voiced
absolute confidence in final victory.
America" he said, amid tremend-
Gus cheers, has never known defeat
and on this occasion, too, she will tri-
umph."
The premier said he was absolutely
convinced that the submarine will
never force the allies to their knees.
He declared that while the situation
in Russia Is disquieting and Russian
revcrses have postponed entente vic
tory, he was confident that Russia s
leaders will succeed in repairing the
machine now under fire"
ItaIy's Part In War.
He pointed to the allied offensives
on other fronts, especially the Italian
drive, as the effectual repIy TO Ger
many's boasts of victories in the - I
against no resistance"
The prime minister said that the
submarine will never be able to wrest
from the allies their supremacy al
sea. He refuted German assertions
that the British official U-boat figures
did not shed true light upon British
shipping losses. The figures, he said
were absolutely correct"
German attempts to sow discord
among the allies are doomed to fail
ure, the premier asserted. He denied
German accusations that England
went into the war for selfish ends
saying. England drew the sword IL
honor os her pledged word"
The Washington herald., 1917-09-08
Rev. J. E. Briggs Writes
Herald Sunday Sermon

The Herald's Sunday sermon
will. this week., be written by the
Rev. John Z. Briggs. pastor Of
the Fifth Baptist Church. locat-
ed on the corner Of Six-and-a-half
and E streets southwest.
Rev. Mr.. Briggs was born
in Person county. N. c. His early
education was received at Mercer
University. From the University he
went TO the Theological Seminary at
Louisville, Ky. He was ordained
a minister in 1897.
Rev. Mr.. Briggs has been
pastor of the Fifth Baptist Church
for more than eight years. His
congregation numbers upward of
a thousand residents of Washing
ton During the recent publicity
directed against vice he took an
active stand for the betterment
Of the community.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-08
Hangs SELF IN Cell
With Shirt As ROPE
Colored Man Arrested on Complaint
of Wife Commits Suicide.

Following his arrest and two-hour
imprisonment on the charge OF threats.
which Was brought about BY his wife.
Herbert n. Lyons. colored. 81 years
Of age. 2oe2 Twelfth street northwest.
hung himself in his cell. at the Eighth
precinct last night, with his own
shirt. attached to the TOP Of the cell
door.
The man was arrested at about >
O'Clock yesterday afternoon on a
charge of threats made by his wife.
She told the police that he had
threatened 10 take her life. After
he had remained in the cell for q
few hours, Lyons. fearing that a
crime in which he was connected
would be brought 10 light, according
to reports. hung himself
Coroner hewitt. issued = certificate
Of death by suicide and had his body
sent to the rnorCue.