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The Washington herald., 1917-09-09

married In his Tabitha, daughter of
Richard Cooke. Of Bremo, Virginia,
and their sixth child was Thomas
Adams, who. in 1870. used coat of
arms on his seal that is identical with
that of the London Adams family, a
branch of the Adams family, of Salop,
England. The coat-of-arTns is de-
scribed thus: Ermine, three cats, pas
SAINT In pale azure. II Is an interest
ing fact that the domestic animal,
the coat, although used occasionally
as a crest and as a supporter is al
most never, except In this occasion.
used as an armorial bearing. The
coat of arms has the distinction Of
being extremely unusual and surely
those of the Adamses who inherit the
right to bear IT must rather revel In
the possession OF three cats on a
blue pale. in an ermine shield. even
though the origin of these animals,
as the family bearing. is lost in OBJ
curity.
One of the West families Of the
South uses this coat-of-arms: Argent
on a Jesse fancette. sable. three
leopards faces, jessant de lis or. An
thony West, who used this coat-of-
arms as early as 1922, came TO Vir-
ginia in the James" in that year. BY
his wife, Ann, he had issue daugh-
ter, Katherine. and son, Lieut.. Col.
John West, of Northumberland, who
married Matilda Scarburgh. They had
six sons and several daughters. At
Onancock, in Accomac County, is the
tomb OF Mai. Charles West. grand
son of Lieut.. Col. John West. upon
which appears the family coat-of-
arms.
Probably quite distinct from this
West family is another Southern
family of the name bearing. however,
somewhat similar coat-of-arms. 1t
is argent, a Jesse dancette. sable. The
crest is: Out of a ducal coronet or.
grifin's head azure. ears and beak
or. The motto is: "Jour de ma vie"
The Washington herald., 1917-09-09
SEEN AND HEARD BY GEORGE MINER
'HO SUPPORTS THE RED CROSS?
While Apparently Most of the Money Received
Is from Gifts of the Well-to-Do, 1t
Really Comes from the Pockets
of the Poor People
By GEORGE MINER.

this mint 1 cum from Mrs. Msck's
and she told me to stop her flowers
as she had decided to give that
money to the Red Cross and go
without 'em for the rest of the sum-
mer. She was my best customer
too. Paid me five dollars a week
every week for eight weeks. Been
dom it every summer fur near
ten years. too. Course she's a rich
woman and that amt so very much
fur her. but now's she's subscribed
five dollars week to the Red cross
and so she's cut of flowers to pay
for it.
But Judas Priest! Do you know
II strikes me that she amt the one
that's giyin' that five dollars a week
to the Red Cross. Seems to me that
Pm the Teller that's donatin' it and
I can't AFFORD to for I'm dummed II
I know how I'm goin' to live next
winter.
II like the Red Cross and I've
always stood for it, but when l get
to thinkin' things over 1 can't help
thinkfn' to hell with the Red Cross
If it's goIn' to make my young ones
20 cold and hungry next winter"
Wills father was in the Old Yer
mont Brigade and gave his life for
his country in The Bloody Angle"
at Gettysburg.
wonder how many thousands Of
other Wills in this country are in
directly contributing to the Red Cross
and other charities when they can
so i'll afford to and when somebody
else that can afford to gets the
credit for it? The readjustment that
the war is bringing is inevitable and
naturally it will fall hardest on the
poor.
Somehow the whole thing seems
wrong. 1t is not the object, the end,
that is wrong, but the means to the
end.
For instance, the other day in New
York l was in a large office when
a subscription paper for the Red
Cross was passed around. Every
/ body in that big concern, from the
| high-salaried general manager to the
humblest typewriter, contributed. My
/ ante was $ and 1 knew when l
/ handed the money over, and every
man there knew also, that not more
| than half of that sum would ever
reach the Red Cross. But we
couldn't help that and the cause was
worthy and We would have been
/ ashamed 10 reIQSe TO contribute
/ Another scandal which is being
/ limited at is that a very prominent
/ insurance company which was en-
gagged by the State to tabulate the
recent census registration figures
! did the work by asking business
| concerns to supply one or more
/ clerks each to do the figuring. The
response to this call was over
whelmingly generous so that the
Z insurance company not only did
not have to use any of its own en-
! plOyes or hire outside help. but had
more accountants than were need
| ed.
How much the insurance COM
pany has been paid for this work
I by the State has not been made
public and will not, l presume, I'M
/ til the State treasurers report is
issued on January l. By that time
] the public will have forgotten that
New York business firms furnished
J the labor in response to a patri-
| otto appeal for charity.
tCoTyrisht, 1917
The Washington herald., 1917-09-09

This coat-of-arms was used by John
West. brother of Thomas. third Lord
Delaware. who was governor OF Viz
ginis in 1855. member Of the council
and house of burgesses. also Justice
Of York County. His wife was named
Anne and by her he had John. his
only son and heir. John made his
home N West Point. King William
County. He was colonel and Jus
tice of New Kent County in 1850. He
married Ursula, daughter OF Mai.
Joseph cIashaw. of York County. and
they had two sons, John and Ma
thanieI. Probably many OF the Vests
in the South today are descended from
this family.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-09

There is no perfect unanimity OF
opinion concerning the origin OF the
name Grub, or Grubbe as 1t is some
times called. Some authorities tell
US that it is of Danish. or Norman
origin and assure US that the name
was established in England as early
as 1l27. These genealogists point 10
the fact that one Condo Grubbe was
living on an estate called Veringe in
England as early as that date and
further assure us that the Grubbe
coat of arms were in existence as
early as the thirteenth century.
Another authority has 1t that the
name Grubbe, which was originally
spelled with the umlaut over the u
in the old registers, was of German
origin and first appeared in England
about 1870, that is in the fifteenth
century, after the HUSTLE persecu-
tions had driven many Germans TO
seek homes away from their father
land. Some of these German Grubbes
settled at Eastwell in the Parish of
Potterne, county Willis, where they
have remained located till this day.
Perhaps both of these theories are
correct and some Grubbes are of
German origin and others of Norman
or Danish beginnings.
From the Grub family of Potterne.
county Willis, England originally
comes the coat of arms here depicted
and now used by the allied Ameri-
can family of the name. 1t is de-
scribed thus: Vert on a chevron ar
gent between three demi lions ram
pant or as many crosses crosslet
sable. The crest is a lions head
azure, ducally crowned or.
The meaning OF the name is not
hard to discover. 1t corresponds to
the English surname Pitt. in that
The Washington herald., 1917-09-09
OYSTERS EDUCATED TO WORK.

One glancing at the head piece
OF an oyster would never dream
that the shelly thing was capable
of being educated. Stupid, indeed,
it looks to be around its dome of
thought, and yet DIR. Mikimoto, of
Japan. conceived the idea of teach
ing it to make pearls at the direc-
ton of man, and brought the scheme
to a successful issue after a few
years of experimentation.
AS a result of DR.. Mikimoto's stu
dious application there is a great
farm in Japan today where the edu-
Gated oysters are busy making
pearls just as beautiful as those the
ancient sisters of history wore in
lieu of the modern shirtwaist and
collar.
The farm has an arp of about
fifty squale miles, ana the water
varies in depth from five to fifteen
fathoms. The farmer selects the
spots where the larvae of oysters
-" r''Tt numerous. and there he
plants small rocks and stones.
-..C locks ana stones are soon
covered with oyster spat, and at
placed in special beds until the third
year.
m oyster will not produce a pearl
unless it is irritated by some foreign
substance. As soon as it feels this
foreign substance within itself il
proceeds to cover it with nacre,
layer on layer, until In a few years
a pearl has been made.
Accident in the matter of pearl
making was not progressive enough
for DR.. Mikimoto. A surer and more
efficient system was the end he
sought. Hence when his oysters are
old enough they are taken from
their bed. carefully opened and a
tiny speck OF some foreign sub
stance introduced.
Then back to the bed again. where
the nacre coating commences, and
in from three to five years the pearl
crop is ready to be harvested.
On this wonderful gem farm all
the work is done by women, who
by diving. carry the oysters to and
from their beds as the process OF
the scheme demands.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-09
ALPINI WIN ADMIRATION,

The feats accomplished by the Ital-
ian armies now operating in the high
Alps have justly excited the admira-
ton of the allies. Before the war ex-
perts declared military operations TO
be impossible in this rugged area, but
the Italian Alpini. aided by their won
derful appliances for hosting guns
and stores up thousands Of feet, have
overcome all obstacles.
Italian ski running troops are play
ing an important part in the Trentino
at the present time. In spite Of the
fact that a battalion OF ski running
this is the first campaign in which
troops was raised in Norway in 1880,
soldiers so equipped have seen actual
fighting. 1t is a little more than ten
years ago since Switzerland signified
her intention of training her troops
in the art of sli running, and the
great powers of Europe quickly fol-
lowed suit. These curious wooden
snow shoes are peculiarly adaptable
to the needs of modern war. Not only
do they permit troops TO cover snow
covered ground in record time. but
in times Of emergency they may be
put to variety of uses.
A pair of skis Joined together by a
The Washington herald., 1917-09-09

New York. Sept. s-The Red Cross
is undoubtedly a most excellent and
worthy organization and should be
given unlimited support. both moral
and financial. Nobody with an ounce
OF humanity or patriotism will dispute
that statement.
But have you ever stopped to think
where the vast sums raised for the
Ped Cross really comes from? Whose
pockets are emptied for that money?
FOn whose shoulders is it that the self
denial and sacrifice fall that the
wounded soldier may be properly
taken care Of?
1t is the wealthy and well-to-do
people all over the country, you say,
who have come nobly to the front
and made generous and regular contri-
butions-not the poor people, because
they have no money to give.
And that is where you are wrong.
To a large extent the poor people are
the very ones who are supplying the
money, because they cannot help
themselves. They are levied on and
thousands of them are at this minute
suffering privation on account of this
enforced charity.
A conversation had yesterday in a
fashionable summer resort brought
these facts to my mind in vivid
manner. While the conversation was
actual and the facts related real, the
man I talked with was only type.
There are hundreds of thousands like
him all over the land.
His name is Will He is 60 years
old. All his life he has been hard
working and industrious and has done
- - h IL far,
In his younger days he served his
country in the army in the Far West
Nand was in many an Indian fight and
furfered many a hardship and priya-
Pion. Then he got a little patch of
land and settled down to raising vege-
tables and flowers for the local market
By working from morning till night,
and frequently we'll into the night,
until his straight, military figure was
bent almost double, he managed to
make a bare living. That is, he took
in enough money in the summer from
the plants and flowers and vegetables
he sold to keep him alive and fairly
comfortable during the winter.
One of his main sources of in
come was the supply Of flowers to
embellish the homes OF the wealthy
summer cottagers.
/ asked MIN yesterday II ne nad
any vegetables to sell.
Course l have" he replied. You
don't want none, do you? Ell you
do. you're the only person in town
that does. Everybody else is rails
ing their own this year. 1 can't
sell a bean. Gardin's full of vege-
tables all goin' to waste on me-
But your flowers keep you busy.
don't they"
"FIowersl Say, don't you know
that everybOdy's ecOnomiZing and
O. course they've cut off flowers.
can't sell a flower at the hotels OF
70 and down this whole street oil
cottage Course ft's all right and
| can't be helped and 1 shouldn't COM
plain. but it's dunn tough on me-
Il thought you had contracts To
Ipply a lot Of cottages with fiow-
every year"
so I had; but what's a contract
They just bust 'em and that ends
n And do you know why? I'll tell
YOU It's because they're saving
the money to give to the Red Cross
Half a dozen have told me so. Just
The Washington herald., 1917-09-09
A CORNER In ANCESTORS
By FRANCES COwLES.
THE GRUBB FAMILY.

ThI. Family Is of German or DAN
Ish Origin-The Name Grubbe or
Grub Means "PIt"-The Powell
Coat-of-Arms shows Spearheads.
Adams, of Virginia, and West, OF
Kentucky.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-09

roll OF canvas makes a useful stretch
err. and a broken ski often does ser
vice as a sphnt When in training
the Swiss sliers use their skis az
supports for their tent.
The Detroit times., 1917-12-07
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The Detroit times., 1917-12-07

Miss Gertrude roebach, chicf
clerk to The president of the North
crn Pacific railroad is probably th"
onlS women ir railroad work to oc-
upy such "a high position
The Detroit times., 1917-12-07

lord innsdowuc. "a hose peace letter
has aroused sIt Britain. De- - Flr
Was fornacrir governor =rucral or
Canada. He was mndc Wtr ter
without portfolio fp fhr rtteh
cabinet in 1919 where h~ rived uu-
az the coalition uinistrv wax ou~t-
ID. Lansdowne has been puitti-
cal foe OF tnyd georle. Ue vus
once nrftish forciEu serrrfarr-
The Detroit times., 1917-12-07

FrfntinE--the ptsin neat kfnd--thof
IL rtEht-Tfrrse- lob Drut.-Wain as2o.
The Detroit times., 1917-12-07

Made Of genuine Virginia red cedar Absolutely mohpoo Your
clothes will that fragrant odor of the woods smelly
nothba just right the bedroom
handy place linens
las rich usrous finish with dusproo lid s0dy
throughout makes gift of beauty and pemanence.
The Detroit times., 1917-12-07
Convenient Credit Terms.

Convenient Credit Terms.
VOI can crme here and select
Whatever Columbia machine
you desire at any price and pay
for II under the most convenient
credit terms procurable anywhere.
We have every type Of Columbia
machine made, also complete
record library.
The Detroit times., 1917-12-07

aHrr asKf u.ek u despair 8s
sEur 1851. a..r
ar continued
pr.uttng--tar ptain neat kind-~-thpt
4. right-- Times Job ncnt.--Wnfn 4S2n
The Detroit times., 1917-12-07

Studebaker Light IS"
1915 Model, 5-passenger touring
Overhauled and repainted the
STUDEBAKER way a real ac-
rifice at S495.
Ford Commercial Cars
We have several cars in various
body styles that have been traded
In on our one-ton trucks. The .0w
price we are asking for these cars
viii enable the prospective pure
chaser TO make them pay for them
selves i'm a short time
We have a splendid assortment
Of used cars at the present time.
Almost every desirable make.
ns orused Studebakers.
The Detroit times., 1917-12-07
Oakland Sensible g

1917 Model, 5-pD,eutcr .ou w.
Only driven q shOr ns laE.-
ton ot ear practical
new s real o. portupt
The Detroit times., 1917-12-07
NIaxwell Touring Car

1916 Model overhauled and re-
painted. Splendid set of tires al
around One extra spare tire.
Only S4O0.
The Detroit times., 1917-12-07

We give monthly uspt
The Detroit times., 1917-12-07
Baby Grand Chevrolet

1916 Model passenger touring.
A i mechanical condition Sturdy.
economical little car $500.
Evening star., 1917-09-23
VIRGINIA GAINS BY DRY LAW.
Number of Men Received at Peni-
Tertiary Greatly Reduced.
Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
RICHMOND, Va, September e2.-
Whether prohibition is responsible for
the decrease or not. the fact is that
the number of men received at the Eir-
ginia penitentiary from January to
August 81. 1917. was less than half
that for the corresponding period last
wear. Tho figures are 5Ss for 1916 and
.sS for this year. The road force, made
up of short-term men in the jails,
shows a decrease of 730 for the year
ending September l. 1917. as compared
with the preceding year.
Criminal expenses this year will not
show the decrease in keeping with the
reduced number of convictions, for the
reason that officers to enforce the pro-
hibitory laws have been active. and the
fight is being kept up. There are men
who see a chance to make money by
dispensing liquor. and they take a
chance. the result being that a vast
number of the convictions are from
this source. leaving a still greater re-
duction in the number of criminals
whose acts were due to drinking.
With the rigid enforcement of the
federal liquor laws by the officers of
the federal government and the cut
ting off of the manufacture. conditions
in Virginia will make an even better
showing the second year than the first,
according to the Views of men who
watch the effect OF prohibition.
Evening star., 1917-09-23
GEORGE v. B0YDD|ES
AT CAPE MAY, n. ].
Passenger Traffic Manager of
Pennsylvania R. R. Company
and Widely Known.
HAD BEEN ILL SINCE JUNE

CAPE MAY, N J., September q
George w. Boyd. passenger traffic
manager of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, who had been i'll since early
in June, died at his cottage here to-
day. Mr.. Boyd was sixty-nine years
old He was widely known in railroad
circles and a pioneer in the adoption OF
pleasure travelling under the system OF
personally conducted tours. He was
twice married. His second wife was
Miss NJ. c. Noyes. daughter of the late
Crosby S. Noyes of Washington, D. {.
George W. Boyd was born in Indian
apolis. Ind. and began his railroad ca
reer in 1863, entering the Pennsylvania
railroad passenger department in 1872
and steadily rising until he reached the
head of the department embracing all
the lines east of Pittsburgh. He was
personally known to all the presidents
since Grover Clevelands time and had
a wide acquaintance among members
of Congress. government officials and
newspapermen, by whom he was held
in the highest esteem.
Evening star., 1917-09-23
U. S. EMBARGO DEBATED
IN SWISS PARLIAMENT

BERN. September 22.-The heralded
discussion of the American embargo
began today in parliament, when Presi-
dent Schulthess. answering an interpret
lation on the increased cost Of food
stuffs and their increasing scarcity.
said that far-reaching changes imper-
fling Swiss economic life had taken
place owing to the entry of the United
States into the war. The president then
gave summary Of the embargo meas
ure including a sympathetic sketch of
the reasons for 1t. in which he said that
America was making an inventory of
it's foodstuffs and raw materials in or
der to ascertain what was needed for
it's allies and what could be spared for
neutrals.
The resultant scarcity, the president
continued, together with the transpor-
tation crisis. had brought about rise
in prices that had been intensified by
inland conditions The attractive wages
in war industries had caused a verita-
BILE surge of agricultural workers int
other occupations, which accounted for
the high prices and the diminished pro-
duction.
A general discussion on the embargo
will follow on Monday.
Evening star., 1917-09-23

alleged to have become worry abusive,
threatening his captors and telling
them he would get them with shot
gum when he got loose.
Department Of Justice reached the scene
at o'clock yesterday morning and TOOK
charge Of the prisoner and the dynamite.
They returned to Washington In motor
car. after telephoning to Maj. Pullman OF
the police department to get in touch
with Knott. whose name had been men
TONED by tho woman first seen Ut .he
Sands house.
Close inquiry among residents in the
vicinity of the house where the ex-
plosive was discovered. brought infor.
nation that others had been seen ABOUT
the premises. and the man arrested
pered conversation with one 2r Two
other persons in the case during the
recent Montgomery county fair at Hock-
willie. These circumstances. 1t was con
case last night, would lead to another
arrest within few hours.
The dynamite must have been placed
in the chicken house some time after
last Wednesday afternoon. 1t was said
Yesterday, for on that day group OF
children spent several hours playing
about the premises. and they were GER
tain the tin box of explosives was not
in the chicken house then.
On being brought to Washington IL
verny was questioned for several hours
by Inspector Clifford Grant. and later
was locked up at the fifth precinct po-
lice station.
No one answered the bell in the Tiv
erny home on the second floor in the
rear of sos H street northwest last
night, but neighbors said Mr.. and Mrs
Tiverny had lived there for about three
months. They also said that man
named Ernest Knott was a frequent
caller there and seemed to be well ac-
ouainted with Tiverny.
Evening star., 1917-09-23
FUNDS FOR HOSPITAL.
Mrs. Huidekoper Announces Contri-
buttons for Neuilly Institution.

Acknowledgment is made of additional
contributions to the Washington ward of
the American Hospital at Neuilly. France.
treasurer Of the Washington ward. as fol-
lows:
Donegal" 81; J. L. Turner, s5: Eva
D. Colson. 81; Helen Riley, 81; Mrs
Sarah Rumbough. 81; Mrs. John Farms
worth. 81; Mrs w Cheney Brown. jr
81: Mrs. B. H. Fuller, 81: Mrs J. C
Castner, 81; Mrs. D. E. Nolan. 81: Mrs
W. II. Stovall. 81: Mrs. Gibson Fahne-
stock. SO; Mrs. A. I. Stuart. 81; Mrs. A.
H. Williams. 81: Mrs. c. l.. Parsons. 81 :
Miss Blanch Polkinsorn. 81; Mrs J. H
Arnold. ST. Mrs Randall Hagner. SIS :
Miss c; L. Macomb, $50; Mr.. R. N. Rous-
reaus. through Mrs. Franklin K Lane
1880: Selma Havenal Williams, $12: Lucie
Bernhard. $40: Ellen Lane Williams
Ashe. S12; Mrs. j. NJ. Palmer. 81; Miss
Lucy Birmingham, 81: Mrs. Annie NJ
Hunter. 81; Mrs. c. NJ. Conlon. 81; Mrs
w. NJ Cruikshank. 81; Mra David B.
Todd. 50,
Evening star., 1917-09-23
Wilson Plan a Dream,
Says Papal Secretary;
Pope to Send New Note
by the Associated Press.

ROME, September 22-The reply of
the entente allies to the peace note OF
Pope Benedict now is being awaited
by the Vatican. after which the Pope
viii again address a note to all the bell
ligerents. The pontin will point out
that the questions on which all agree
really represent the foundation Of a
new order of things in the world and
new era of peace for humanity. The
secondary problems. he will say, GER
tainly can be adjusted easily and bet
ter through good will and friendly dis
cussion than by force of arms
1t is understood that the next papal
note virtually will embody the views
expressed by Cardinal Gasparri, the
papal secretary of state. to the Asso-
ciated Press today in commenting upon
the situation after the publication of
the reply of the central empires to the
Pope's note.
President Wilson's proposal to reduce
armaments and impose international arbi-
tration by force through a society of ma
tons is Dream" said Cardinal Gasparri
An international army to enforce the
verdicts of the court of arbitrat tionn In
which country would Ii be located without
being influenced by local politics and pref
udices? The moon is the only p!a ce
Evening star., 1917-09-23
INVESTIGATING HOUSTON RIOT,
Board Examines 104 Negro Prisoners
of oath Infantry,

FORT BLISS. Tex, September %
One hundred and four negro prisoners
OF the 24th Infantry have been ex-
amined here by the cath Infantry board
of inquiry, which is making an investi-
cation preliminary to filing charges
against the negro soldiers found to
have had a part in the Houston rioting
Of August 20.
Another week will be required to
complete the investigation, after which
the general court-martial will convene
here to try the negroes