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The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
DETAIL ARMY OFFICER
TO HARVARD FACULTY
Capt Constant Cordier Is Teacher of
Military Science.
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Special to The Washington Herald
Cambridge, Mass, Feb. R.-With the
appointment of Capt Constant Cordier.
of the United States army TO teach mil
itary science and tactics at Harvard, the
university formally recognizes this
branch of study and makes 1t officially
a part of the Harvard curriculum. The
courses in military science and tactics
are of course purely elective, but there
is evidence that they will be exceedingly
popular.
Capt. Cordier. who gave instruction to
the newly formed Harvard Regiment last
year when he was stationed by the War
Department in Boston in the recruiting
service, thus becomes member OF the
teaching force and an official part of
Harvard University. He has seen active
field service in the Philippines and during
the more than five years when he was
in the diplomatic service he has served
as military attache and diplomatic agent
in many countries.
Plattsburg military camps OF the past
summer. having in attendance As under
graduates and ,1S7 graduates.
Sixteen Harvard men have been in at
tendance at aviation schools during the
summer learning to fly and the care OF
aeroplanes. Eleven attended the Curtiss
school at Buffalo, n. Y, and five attend
ed the Thomas school at Ithaca, N. Y
Six other Harvard graduates have been
practicing flying during the summer and
have attained proficiency in aerial navi.
CATION.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Chicago. Feb I2-HOGS- Receipts $500 head
higher; bulk Io.oOaI2 5O light. u.sOal2-5; mixed,
z lsal255; heavy l2 Oal26; rough. 2loal2O; pigs,
9.75allIO.
beef cattle. 7SOal2O; Western steers 7s5alo25;
stOckers and feeders. 6.l0Nslo; cows and heifers,
SlOalO 70; calves. l025aI5o.
SHEEP-Receipts. 5000 head: weak; wethers,
10 60all 50; lambs, l2lCalA6o
Pittsburgh. Feb 2.-CATTLE-Reoeipts. I5ou
head; IS cents higher.
heavies l33Oal335; heavy. mixed and mediums,
I3 9al3 3; heavy Yorkers l31oal33O; light YoSkers,
I75aI275; pigs lI.c0aIlT5; roughs lOOsl20.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts. 1000 head
stronger; top sheep. HIS; top lambs. 1850.
CALvES-Rsceipts. 600 head; active; top. 800
Baltimore. Feb R-OATTLE- Receipts for the
week ended noon today were 2!79S head. against
1888 head last week. Receipts, lT carloads for
market for the week; seVeuN-twO carloads for mar
ket today. Steers. choice. 9Z5ag75: rood butcher.
90la9.5O; medium. s.O0ss75: common, 7.za775;
hcfers. choice Calls: fair to good. 65oa7 90;
cannon TO medium, s25a6.50 Bulls choice. ia
700 fair to good 5.j0as.O0; common to medium,
5Bas.0O Cows, choice 65Oa7 3; fair to good
525a6.3; common to medium. 325a4O
SHEEP AND L-AMBS-Rece1Pts for the week
ending noon today were l.Oes head against l. eo9
head last week light supply; market higher. Sheep,
5-5G'llOo; lambs, n-ooal5Z.
iiOGS-Recspts for the week ended noon today
were H,sO3 bead, sglilst ls6+0 head last We5k;
fair supply: good demand market higher Light
Westerns. l2SOal2sO; heavy to medium. 1855; pigs,
u75al2OO; roughs. l0.75al25o
CALVES-Receipts for the week ended noon today
were S45 head. against Iss bead last week liberal
supply; market higher. Calves, T.ooal43; extra
Teals. lL5o
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
HEADACHE FROM
ACOLD? LISTEN
"Pape's Cold Compound" Ends Sc
we're Colds or Grippe in
Few Hours.

Your cold will break and all GRIM,
misery end after taking a dose OF
"Papes Cold Compound" every two
hours until three doses are taken.
1t promptly opens clogged-up nos.
triis and air passages in the head
stops nasty discharge or nose running
relieves sick headache, dullness. few.
erishness, sore throat sneezing, sore.
ness and stiffness.
Don't stay stuffed-up. Quit blowing
and snUffiing. Ease your UhrobbinI
head-nothinK else in the world giveI
such prompt relief as 'Pape's Cold
Compound" which costs only 25 cent?
at any drug store. 1t acts without as
sistance, tastes nice and causes no in.
convenience. Accept no substitute
Adv.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
DAILY
ECONOMY CALENDAR
By FRANCES MARSHAL.
Are Your Lips Thin?

1t has been said that the thin Tipped
housewives are those who take their work
too seriously and that the way 10 tell q
Martha" when you meet one-the house
wife who ''is troubled with many things
and whose soul is shaken to the center
by petty worries within doors"-Ls by her
lips. II they are narrow and compressed
she is a Martha II she has lips that
are normally full she is probably too SEN
sibls or too broad or too philosophical
to be worried by these things
And just TO find out whether you are
Martha or not take your stand before
your mirror. II possible secure a photo
graph of yourself taken some time be
fore you began your career as a house
wife. Then make a study OF the lips.
Are they drawn? Are they narrow?
FoN'nervoUs women one of the most
usual ways TO show their nerves" is by
twitching the nerves. II their children
are attempting any task that they do
not feel sure they will succeed these
women watch with lips that keep COM
pressing themselves. twitching and work
ing. Sometimes these nervous women
even bite their lips, and this habit, :
have been told, is quite sure to end by
spelling the shape OF the lips.
I watched a woman l know the other
day, as she watched her I6-year-old
daughter make a cake. For one thing.
like too many mothers. this friend Of
mine hadn't very much confidence in
her daughters ability. Still she didn't
want to interfere. As the daughter beat
the eggs the mother feared lest she
should spill them and. as she watched
her mouth worked. Then the daughter
had to take the cork out OF fresh bot
tie OF vanilla and again the mother
showed the concern by her lips. only as
the daughter rather reCklessly welded
the sharp-tined fork the mother grew
anxious lest the fork should slip, and
then her lips quivered furiously and end
ed in hard, set line.
So with some women when they watch
their servants. They register every emo
ton Of disapproval. concern, anxiety and
reproof in those silent lips of theirs.
And when they work themselves they
keep their lips forever moving.
But the woman whose lips are serene
is the woman who has learned the futility
of 'fussing." She is the woman who has
learned that retaining the features Of
youth is often a matter OF wishing to do
| so and setting about It not to spoil the
features by habits. Sometimes a woman
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
WAR means BLINDNESS,
SAYS Lighthouse GIRL
Miss Holt Tells Of Work Among French
Battle Victims.

The work France is doing in the re-
education Of It's blinded soldiers, was i'm
pressed upon an audience of prominent
society women, in an illustrated lecture
by Miss Winifred Holt the Lady of the
Lighthouse" in Mrs. Edison Bradley 8
private theater yesterday afternoon.
I'VE may soon be plunged into war"
she told them. "Our own country may
soon be strewn with blinded soldiers like
those of devastated Europe. And these
facts better enable us to appreciate the
great work we are accomplishing in the
Lighthouse" in Paris.
There, instruction is being given to
more than 800 blind soldiers. They are
learning stenography, typewriting, COM
mercial and various other subjects. We
even have studios for them where they
learn modelling and the making of deco
rative pottery. Printing presses, under
the supervision of blind printers, are turn
ing out books, and in some cases the
blind men are knitting their own sweat
ers
Should war come to US our New York
association is prepared But the work
Is very expensive
Joseph H. Choate. president of the
Committee for Men Blinded in Battle. of
New York City. has offered prizes rang
ing in value from 500 to 500 for an in
vention which would enable blinded men,
who have also lost arms or legs to
earn living.
This morning at II o'clock Miss Holt
will repeat her lecture in the auditorium
at Rauscher's.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
RUNS TO Spend PENNY,
LITTLE GIRL KILLED
Reward for Being Good Girl" Leads
Child to Death.

New York, Feb. 12.-with a penny
clasped in her hand Sadie Miller, of No.
524 East 13sth street, years old, was
struck and killed by street car while
hurrying to a bakery for a cake. The
cent had been given to her by her mother
for being a good girl and helping to wash
the dishes.
When Sadie had not returned in fifteen
minutes, her mother, Mrs. Harry Miller.
sent her sister, Ida. Z, to see what was
OBTAINING her. At the corner Ida saw a
large crowd and elbowed her way into it.
IT'S little girl" she heard a man say.
Then she heard a woman cry: why, It's
Sadie MillerI' and Ida saw some men
taking a small form from under the truck
of a St AIMS avenue trolley car.
Running back home. as fast as she
could. Ida related to her mother what
she had heard and seen. Mrs. Miller ran
to the corner, screaming. The crowd
parted for her and she fell unconscious
on Sadie's body. An ambulance surgeon
had just arrived and, seeing that the
child was dead, he attended the mother.
who, upon recovering consciousness, be-
came hystericaL
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
PHILADELPHIA PRODUCE.

Philadelphia Feb. I2-BUTTER- market
quiet, but fancy stock ruled STEADY under hght
UherinEA Western solid packed creamery, fancy
specials a extra 45a46; extra hrsts. f2ai3; hrss.
average extra E5a46; hrsts 39a2: seconds. SOajo;
sGeriAl fancy brands Of prints. 5-s5l.
EGGS-There was advance Of % cents per case
or ! cent yer dozen in this market, due to light
OTcrinEs and a good demand We quote: Nearby
extra. psr dOz-. q nearby frsts l35 per standard
case: nearby current receipts. Is % PER case; West
extras Per dOz. q; extra hrsts. l@35 per case
irSfs I3ZO per cas-; Candled KS were joObng at
s9as2 pcT d0Esu.
LIVE POULTRY-FOwIs, as u quality. 2Ia23;
FoOstcrs ljal7; spTng chickens soft mestei. 2la23;
White Leghorns according to quality. 20a22; ducks.
70 size and quality sa2i geese l9a22; pigeOus,
OH psr pair, csasO; do. young. per pair, 2Os2j.
DRESSED PoULTRY-Fresh-k killed. drS- packed
fowls. II to box, dry picked, fancy selected. per
DCund- -: weighing pounds and over apiece.
:; do. - pUunds apiece. q; do, pounds
piece, c2d3. fowls in barrels, fancy, drypiCksd,
ue.ghirE ! pounds and over apiece 2ilz; smaller
siz-s Iac3. cid ROSTERS dry picked 10; roasting
Ger pair. 5aas; roasting chickens. Western. dry
picked n boxes. weighing pounds per pair, 23a24;
ting chickens Western, dry ypicked. in barrels.
EsiElag sal0 pounds per pair. . roasting chickens,
We-tsFn. in barrels. weighing Z pounds per pair.
ae2 br.iIiug chickens. Western III boxes, weighing
p,'unls per pair Zla2i; Dr. mixed sizes lsaO:
brniIers Jersey fancy. 5; broilers. other nearby.
v=igh5u lIsa2 ponds aFiece BaS2; turkeys, per
Tourd, fancy nearby. 52l53; fancy Western. 32a53;
tair to good 50a5I: old toms. 29a5O; common 24a27
ducks nearby. Z3a2J: do. Western 22a2i: geese,
dozen, white weighing Hale pouEds. 55Oa5.I5; do.
aalO rounds 7Jaj 5: do. pounds, 4OOsi5; do, Z
rounds Sal 20; DO. 6a6is pounds. 225a250; dark.
10a25o: small and No ?. 60aI.O0
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
PICKET LINE COMPARES
WILSON WITH LINCOLN

Wideawake "suffs" did not even let
the birthday anniversary of Abraham
Lincoln go by without reminding Presi-
dent Wilson Just how he differed from
the martyred President, on the question
of woman suffrage. large yellow ban
ner, brand new, and attracting consid-
cradle attention from passersby. was in
scribed:
Lincoln stood for woman suffrage sixty yean ago
Mr. President, you block the national suffrage
amrndment today. Why you behind Lincolnt"
Today the sentinels add still another
banner. The new banner will deal with
the Presidents activity on behalf of the
Porto RicanS seeking enfranchisement
and contrast II with his neglect OF the
Federal suffrage amendment.
Meanwhile Miss Alice Paul, national
chairman of the Congressional Union,
announced tonight that plans for the big
demonstration in March are being
pressed with renewed vigor.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
TWENTY ARE ACCUSED
In GRAND JURY REPORT

Twenty persons. accused of various
crimes, are named in a report made by
the grand jury to Justice Gould in Crimi-
nal Division, No. l, yesterday.
The persons indicted and the charges
against them are:
Grover Staten. depreciation on private
property; George Watson, housebreakinG s
and larceny; Clarence Mahoney, Joy rid
ing: Mortimer NJ. Dawes, grand larceny:
John Lester Whitley, assault with danger
Gus weapon; John Jefferson, depreciation
on private property; Charles Coleman,
Matthew Fair and James Spencer, rob-
berry; Walter Fortune, assault with dan
gerOus weapon; Richard Woodward,
housebreakinG and larceny; William
Jones, assault with dangerous weapon
Champ Briggs and Lee Childs, house
breaking and larceny; James ]. Jeffries,
larceny after trust, and Charles Coleman,
Matthew Fair, Edward Johnson and Ed
ward Black, housebreaking and larceny.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13

even before she Is ~ has grown so ac-
customcd to a contracted or contortec
pose OF the lips that II is hard for her to
put her lips in a normal youthful line
They have crystallized in the line OF :
Martha. II il is not too late for you gel
back that lip line OF youth. Study Il ir
your mirror IL need be and then jusi
make up your mind TO let your lips looE
the repose that YOU ought 10 fell. Be
fore long you will see an improvement
in your appearance and then in youI
general state Of nerves. For A woman
cannot long look repOseful without feel.
ing the reaction I'm her general state o.
mind.
tCoTyrifht lSI-B
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
CHICAGO GRAIN.

Chicago, Feb. lz-England Is 70 convoy all Of
the commodities exported 10 the British Isles. A
report was received here today that a feet now
leading with grain. -four. hog products and mum
tiOns If war are soon TO clear from shores.
The political situation looks more favorable to
the grain men and they believe that it will
only be short time until the exports Of grain
and hog products will be large scale as
there will be les risk In making shipments 1t
has been a matter Of lack Of grain and other
commodities al the ssaboArd which has cut down
the expoGtatiOnA
Brokers WHO are acting for the British com
mission pronounce the market for hog products
as quite strong because Of the urgency in the
demand for meats and lard Stocks Of meat and
lard held at Chicago are in strong hands and
will he released only at 4 puce satisfactory TO
them
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
PRETTY LIVING PROBERS
GET BUSY In LANGDON

Agents of the Bureau of Labor
statistics have entered upon the
fourth week of the investigation into
the high cost OF living. Homes in the
vicinity OF Langdon were visited and
this section has been said to have
been more fruitful of results than any
other section of the city
Twelve pretty young women are on
the job. Nothing is overlooked in the
way of information. and the SQUAD is
kept in one district until a majority
OF the homes have been visited and
plyed with questions.
Offers of informa tion and data have
come from all over the suburb
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
DROPS POLITICS DURING CRISIS.
should Bury Hstcbet in Time OF
Stress, Says Wilcox.

New York, Feb. l2.-Declaring that the
present national crisis makes the time in
opportune for the threshing out Of parti-
san issues, William r. Wilcox, chair
man OF the National Republican Commit
tee, today steadfastly refused to call the
committee together TO repudiate the ac-
ton Of the executive committee in the
election of John Adams, of Iowa. as vice
chairman.
Despite the demands of George W. Per-
kins and Everett Colby. Wilcox states he
will take no action until the administra-
ton is freed from international entangle-
ments, fearing a partisan strife at this
time
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
Here's a Western City
With an Official Flower

Oakland, Cal, Feb. 12--Luther
Burbank has Just succeeded in pro-
pagating another flower wonder. 1t
is the largest white dahlia ever
produced, and Is to be known as
"Burbank's Oakland Dahlia."
The planting of this official
flower of Oakland will be made a
fete event. 1t is planned to bring
Burbank to this city on his birth
day and make the day municipal
holiday. The dahiia is to be plant
ed in one of the big public parks
of Oakland.
city Hall Plaza whose age is
variously estimated at from 200 to
500 years. and where the oldest oak
in the State recently died from
senility. probably will be chosen.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
You Need Not
Suffer from Catarrh

you will get il out of your system.
S. S. s, which has been in constant
use for over fifty years, will drive the
catarrhal poisons out of your blood,
purifying and strengthening it. so it
will carry vigor and health to the
mucous membranes on its journeys
through your body and nature will
soon restore YOU to health. You will
be relieved Of the droppings of mu-
Gus in your throat. sores in nostrils.
bad breath. hawking and spitting.
All rcputabI" druggists carry s. S s
in stock and We recommend you give
it trial Immediately.
The chief medical adviser of the
Company will cheerfully answer all let
ters on the subject. There IS no charge
for the medical advice. Address Swift
Specific Company. 40 Swift Laboratory,
Atlanta. Ga.-Ady.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
America Is "Emery-ka,"
Declares Parson Emery

Chicago. Feb. l2.-Trsdition has beer
shattered again.
This time DR.. w. p. Emery. pastor ol
the Methodist Church at Augusta. Mich.
has welded a mallet by declaring thal
America was not named after AmerigS
NespucCi after all.
America was named after a man by
the name Of Emery" said DR.. Emery
This applies to both continents Thcy
originally we're known as North snc
South Emeryka. I have a code, somt
copper tablets and a lot OF traditional lor,
10 prove it."
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
CAR SHORTAGE lessons;
ALSO NEED, SAY ROADS

The car shortage in the United States
today Is 30 per cent less than at the ex-
treme point of the famine in November.
the American Railway Association an
nounced yesterday. The shortage now
amounts to but 59,S92 cars, it was stated.
The association also produced figures
to prove that railroads of the country
have suffered more through car idleness
in the last ten years than through car
shortage. 1t declared that the loss
through the latter has been but SIS, SIS 900
against s1,057,s57,O0O through car idIeness
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
But You Must Drive 1t Out of
Your Blood to Get Rid of Ii
Permanently.

You have probably been in the habit
of applying external treatments. trying
to cure your Catarrh. You have used
sprays, washes and lotions and pos
sibly been temporarily relieved. But
after a short time you had another
attack and wondered why You must
realize that catarrh is an infection of
the blood and to get permanent relief
the catarrh infection must be driven
out of the blood. The quicker you
come to understand this, the quicker
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
LONGEST RURAL MAIL LINE,

Miles City. Mont. Feb. 12.-As a result
of a friendly controversy here il has de-
veloped that Custer County has the
longest rural mail line in the United
States.
The line is the one which runs from
Miles City to Stacey. Olive. Broaddus,
Boyes. Graham and Biddle. It is said to
he 126 miles long and some contend that
it is even Longer.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
Dividend Notice
.nport. Ia. Februarv s. 1911.

Davenport, Ia. February g. 1911
At meeting OF the Board Of Directors Of the
Mid-Continent Consolidated Oil & Utilities Cor
pOEatOn, held this day a dividend Of l0c per share
declared on all a. stock Of this corporation
outstanding. payable February q. 1911, to stock
holders Of record February IS. 1917. A. S. NELSON
Secretary.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
q. s. Treasury Statement,

Total ordinary receipts of the ITnitnf
States Treasury up to and at the cIost
Of business February 10. 1917, $40. .es7 sos Sc
total ordinary receipts for the CORE.
spending period last year, ss97, ,97S, 1855, 70.
Total ordinary disbursements IN to and
at the close Of business February 10 1917
$500. So, ,921.S; total ordinary disburse.
ments for. the corresponding period Iast
year, s452, So, ,625.G
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
GRAPHOPHONE SHOWS
INCREASE in EARNINGS
Record Manufacturer Shows Steady
Gain-Predict Big 1917

American Graphophone earnings for 1916
snow an Increase of $4,000 over the earn
ings for ls1S This gain is about equal
TO per cent on the capital stock. While
the record manufacture keeps up its
steady Increase. the dictaphone division
Is also increasing In a satisfactory man
ner, and officials of the company predict
a better year for 1917 than receipts show
ed for 1915.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
Utah Copper Earnings.

Net profits OF the Utah Copper Com
pany for the three months ending Decem-
ber q, 1915. were $500, ,s26, to which were
added other income and dividends from
subsidiaries sufficient to bring the total
net profits up to S1O,6 ,O6s, from which
dividends to the amount of S5,6S5,7l5 were
paid, leaving a balance OF A,s6S,S53.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
Chino Copper Gains.

The earnings of the Chino Copper Com
pany for the last quarter of 1916, were
$3,247, $40 net, to which were added other
income OF SS1. .S36, making a total of 50, i2S976,
as compared with $2,461,77 for the last
quarter of 1915, an increase of $s67, ,Z5s.
Dividends paid increased Sl,24,H0 over
last year.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13

1t is estimated that there are $1,000
PERSONS and firms in Japan awaiting the
iusta llatiOu of telephones on their prem
i~cs. the government being unable TO
keep abreast Of the demand for appH-
~DCeS
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13

In Sicily. one frequently sees neat lit
tie circular boxes, pale yellow IN color.
painted in heraldic designs and giving off
the sweet smell of oranges They are
used for pins. small jewels or collar but
tons, and are, in fact, orange skins.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13

With the exception of Polk and Pierce
every chief executive from Madison to
Buchanan, and few since. have accept
ed the hospitality of the Church of the
Presidents in Washington.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
Postpone Gas Meeting.

Owing to yesterday being the anniver-
sary of the birthday OF Lincoln, the meet
ing Of the board Of directors % the Wash
ngton Gas Light Company has been post
poned.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
FUNERALS.

Funeral services for Jacob N. Belt
will be held at his residence. aH
Eighteenth street northwest, today at 2
o'clock. under the auspices of the odd
Fellows, of which he was a member. In
terment will be in Glenwood Cemetery.
Funeral services for Joseph K. Behrend.
who died Saturday at his residence, 1908
e street northwest, will be held tomor-
row afternoon, at / O'Clock, at his late
residence. Members of the LAFAYETTE
Lodge. No. 10. A A. NJ, will conduct the
services. Interment will be in GIenwood
Cemetery.
Funeral services for George w Dove
veteran OF the civil war, who died Satur-
day at his residence. 2641 North Capitol
street. will be held this morning at 10
O'Clock. at St Martins Church, North
Capitol and T streets, Rev Father Alex
ander officiating. Interment will be in
Rock Creek Cemetery.
Funeral services for Sue NJ Thompson
who died yesterday at Orland Beach. Fla,
will take place from the residence OF her
son, Harry Y. Thompson, chief clerk Of
the Postal Savings System, 2443 Ontario
road northwest, tomorrow morning at II
o'clock. Rev J. Henning Nelms, pastor
of the Church OF the Ascension, will Of
hCiate and interment will take place in
Congressional Cemetery.