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The Washington herald., 1917-02-16
Furniture Department.

~ AhSotS DCDOi tlilCiiSs
l0-piece Solid Mahogany Dining
Room Suite, plain straisht-line design,
richly inlaid with broad stripe; finished
in the light brown color so much sought
by those choosing the better type of
mahogany furniture; the cabinet pieces
are of splendid size for the average
home apartment.
$l95 for the suite.
Was S275.00.
Solid Mahogany Drop-leaf Tea Ia
bles with drawer. $Ia.so each; were
5000.
Fumed Oak Cellarette and Smoking
Stand. s4.75; was $500.
3 Fumed Oak Smoking Trays, COM
plete and ready for use; shopworn. 7sc
each; were up to S4.oo
A lot of Mahogany and Fumed Oak
Smoking Stands, with cigar rests and
ash tray. sI.oo each; were SI.so.
CHARTERED Oak Chifonier, draw
ers; shopworn. $II.es; was $500.
An odd lot of Leather Chairs and
Rockers and Tapestry Chairs and Rock
ers, in large desirable shapes, suitable
for living room and library
AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES.
Sixth noor-G and streets
The Washington herald., 1917-02-16
Friday Sale of
Women's White Hose.
20 dozen pairs at the special price,
2Sc pair.

~o Ps ~ ~ eP~i p'Ss
2Se pair.
These Hose are of good quality Isle
and cotton. regular and extra sizes, but
slightly uneven in weave. If perfect
they would sell at 37Lzc.
Add the following:
80 pairs Women Pure silk Hose. IA
black and white, sizes Sl4, 2. y and 10:
irregular In weave. 7Sc Pairi were Sl.O0.
26 pairs Womens Fine IIsIe Hose, ir-
regular in weave: sizes ,. 81 and 10.
Sc psiri were soc.
Nam fOC p
Evening star., 1917-06-03
LACKS ARMS AND LEGS,
BUT HE WILL REGISTER
Moreover, Determination" Murphy
Thinks He Can Be Of Service
in France.

He's armless and he's legless. but he
will register on Tuesday, and will ask
for no exemption.
John IL his Christian name, but since
he had his arms and legs amputated,
and started out cheerfully on his own
battle Of life again. his circus mates
of the Con T. Kennedy Shows call him
Determination" Murphy
During a blizzard in North Dakota
Murphy had his arms and his legs
badly frozen. Physicians shook their
heads and remarked that it would have
been better to let him die, as they went
about their amputation. For what JOY
In life could man find without arms
or legs, and how could be support him.
self?
But Determination" Murphy found a
way. He first designed a set of artt-
fcial legs and arms. After weeks OF
practice he learned to use them. and
now he supports himself by giving lee
lures. He learned to dress and battle
and feed himself. He can write leg
ible hand
He wants to go to France. and there
teach the wounded how they may get
along with artificial limbs. He has
number of Ideas about the way these
men can support themselves. even
though they cannot fall back on their
former means of livelihood.
Therefore he not only will register.
but when he comes to Washington next
week he will offer his services to the
government for the work outlined.
Evening star., 1917-06-03
King Corn.
To the Editor of The Star:

Uneasy lies the head that wears a
crown" When thrones have crumbled
and other thrones are trembling, King
Corn has come into his own. and is
place among the powers of the world.
My home is in the middle basin of the
Tennessee (north Alabama and Tennes-
see). the dimple of the universe, sec
and portrayed in a beautiful pen-pic-
ture by the great wood landscape
painter, John Trotwood Moore.
On behalf of the daughters and sons
offer our fields of corn. our courage, en-
durance and loyalty to united coun-
try. During the civil war the southern
people learned the full value of Indian
corn. for 1t proved to be the mainte-
nance of the Confederate army. Many
men who left home semi-invalids re-
turned home in health and attributed
their improvement to the use of corn
products. Since that period these prod
ucts have been part of the daily menu
reason other people do not like corn
bread. etc. they do not know how to
prepare it. There is a science and an
art in it's preparation. and yet when
these simple principles are learned it
is practical in all homes and will repay
the housewife a thousand fold for her
pains. The universal use of corn prod
ucts will solve many of our problems.
lowered. The use of 1t for infants
when first taking solid food and
throughout childhood will lessen in
FAINT mortality, which is now concern
ing so greatly the minds of our people.
The appalling loss of life, weakening
our first line of defense, will be checked
to great extent IL its use is generally
| adopted, both for economy and to re-
| duce the high cost of bread.
The wounded and sick of our armies
| would recover more rapidly with its
| use. Corn bread is given by many ply
| sicians in the south, especially in ma
| laria. as the main nourishment 1 have
| advocated the use of corn and taught
the proper preparation for years and
| have preferred 1t all my life to any
other bread. The use of 1t in our army
| and navy will reduce sickness ,and
! death if properly prepared, for which
| instruction many southern women will
| offer services who have made the cook
| ing of corn fine art. Thus one of our
problems CT employment of our women
| will be solved ~ this demonstration
and also instructing all the people in
the use and all will learn to like it. l
| have had northerners and English peo-
| pie to exclaim over their enjoyment
| of properly made corn bread.
! SUSAN LAWRENCE DAVIS.
Evening star., 1917-06-03
Cooperation in Price Reduction.
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
In The Star of May 26 W. NJ Balder-
as saying that: "Of the packages we
send out at least one-half are of a size
and shape that could be carried home
conveniently. We are willing to per-
form this service IL the customer de-
sires it. Now. as always. we are anxious
to do anything that will add to the
convenience of buyers. But to offset
in any measure the higher prices that
now prevail there must be cooperation
between buyers and merchants. Such
cooperation we always stand ready to
extend"
Mr.. Balderston further cites the cost
of delivering 50-cent bottle of
cologne. tracing it's cost of delivery as
contrasted with the cost when the Gus
toner carries 1t home. His resume Is
costs or z cents before the package
leaves the store. with an added cost
Of cents to deliver to the. buyers
home: total, 10 or IL cents on that par
ticular purchase. or say 20 per cent.
Unfortunately, yet naturally, the GUS
toner feels that as the cost includes
delivery. he or she might as we'll have
the service. Following up Mr.. Balder-
ston's suggestion for cooperation.
couldn't the merchant strike a general
average OF the cost Of delivery of ar
tfcles Of the sizes In question and either
reduce the cost to that extent where
the article Is carried by the customer
or even divide the savings with the GUS
toner?
In the case Of the cologne purchased.
the article would then cost the GUS
toner 40 or 45 cents. determined by the
rate adopted, which would certainly be
an inducement, not only to carry the
package. but an added incentive to
deal at that particular store.
1t Is very vital question at this
time. and I am sure that the public
would be only too willing. not to say
eager. to grant Mr.. Balderston, or any
other merchant. an equitable co-opera-
| ton in the matter Of deliveries.
would certainly like to see the matter
presented for discussion in the columns
of Washington's Oldest paper
]. F. CULVERwELL.
Evening star., 1917-06-03
MRS. R. E. PEARY ENROLLED.
Name, With Others, Added to Roster
Of District Motor Club.

Maintaining it's reputation for having
more distinguished and nationally and
internationally renowned members
than any other motor organization in
the world. the A. A. A. District of Co
lumbia Club last week added to its ros-
ter the names of Mrs. Robert E. Peary.
wife of the arctic explorer; NJ. de
Freyre, charge d'affaires of Peru;
United States Attorney John E. Laskey
and Admiral John NJ Hawley. U. s. N.
Practically every embassy, every le-
cation and every high government Of
fice in Washington is represented In
the club. The army, the navy and both
houses of Congress have contributed
generously of their number to make
the club the sterling organization 1t is
while distinguished social leaders, lit
erary workers, actors, authors. artists
and musicians are found in great num-
bers upon it's membership roll.
Other new members are: w. b. West
lake. Ord Preston. NJ. M. Macomb. Miss
NJ. l. Beckwith, Henry u. Pellew. Jo-
seph NJ. Furnas, Hennen Jennings, D. F
Asbury. Lemuel II. Windsor. A: A
Richards. Conrad NJ. CLANCY and FREQ
A. Spicer,
Evening star., 1917-06-03
MIR. AUTO OWNER!

4 hundred of your kind are
needed for the service OF the
nation aud the District ON war
reRisfratfOn day. June 8.
II you can lend your car and
chauffeur, or yourself and your
car for the purpose Of facilitating
the work of registration, 1t II
your duty to do 80.
Call mp MIR. Haxen. room 4OS
District building, telephone main
5000, branch 100, and volunteer
for duty for all or part OF next
Tuesday. .s.
Your car will suffer NO injury.
II will be obliged to do very little
actual running. 1t IL wanted
solely for emergency service.
Follow your patriotic impulse
and volunteer your car.
Evening star., 1917-06-03
Modern Carriers Demands.

| THE more general use of traction en-
~kines and motor trucks tends to put all
roads in the important class, so far as
their bridges are concerned. Agricul-
tural tractors with shipping weights of
seventeen and one-half tons, motor
trucks carrying loads of ten tons in ad-
dition to their own weight, and trailers
carrying loads of fifteen tons are in
use. In order that such loads can be
carried safely and bridges may be
strong and durable enough to have ul-
innate economy, all structures with
roadways of eighteen feet width or
less. except those near cities. should
be designed to carry a load of fifteen
tons on two axles ten feet apart. the
front axle five tons. Near cities it is
better to design structures for a
twenty-ton load.
THE meaning of the words ultimate
economy in connection with bridge
may not be clear without explanation.
Durability without strength is of little
value in a bridge. Strength without
durability will usually prove waste of
money: wooden bridges may be design
ed with a strength when new equal
to that of steel structures, but ultimate
economy will rarely be attained by
using wood because of the amount and
cost of the lumber that must be used.
A steel bridge may be designed to carry
light traffic and cost much less than one
able to carry a ffteen-ton tractor. but
on account of it's lack of strength it
will have to be replaced soon and 1t
therefore lacks ultimate economy.
Evening star., 1917-06-03
INSPECT LINCOLN HIGHWAY.
New Jersey Section Of Road Being
Placed in Good Condition.

TRENTON. N. j.. June 2.-Secretary A
F. Bement and Field Secretary H. c.
Ostermann of the Lincoln Highway AS
sociation have just completed trip of
inspection by motor car over the New
Jersey section Of the Lincoln highway
The trip was made to gain first-hand
knowledge of the Improvements being
made in various counties along the route
and to determine the plans of the new
highway commission of New Jersey rela-
tive to the further betterment of the road
conference was held with New Jersey
State Consul Horace f. Fine, in Tren-
ton, previous to making the trip.
The Lincoln highway across the state
was discovered to be in excellent condition
In the main. although some stretches of
rough travelling were encountered. Con-
siderable road work is being done and
tourists will encounter no difficulties in
New Jersey. The Lincoln highway mark
ing in the state is perfect, leading the
tourist along the way without the neces-
sity Of asking questions concerning the
route at any point.
Evening star., 1917-06-03
Tells OF SUFFERINGS
FROM WAR IN FRANCE
DR.. Ernest w. Bysshe Back From
American Methodist Mission
at Bordeaux.

Back from Bordeaux. headquarters of
the American Methodist Mission in
France. DR.. Ernest w. Bysshe has
given out in New York a report of
conditions showing how France is suf-
fer1ng under the strain of war.
Dr. BysShe has seen the stream OF
refugees from the occupied sections of
France that Germany is distributing
through her country at the rate of sew
eral thousand a week. Retaining all
boys above the age of fourteen years.
Germans are shipping away the women
and old men. he states, to save the food
they would consume.
Germans are trying to get exiles to
give up their French money. he says.
The refugees are allowed to carry only
100 francs in bank notes. in the case of
adults. and children are allowed so
francs. But the Germans try to cheat
the refugees of even this allowance.
DR.. Bysshe relates. because French
bank notes are worth one-third more
than their face value. The Germans
seek to exchange this money for de-
preciated paper. In this way, he says.
they have accumulated probably
100000 francs.
DR.. Bysshe states the Germans are
seeking the moral degradation of the
women of France, and he pays a high
tribute to French women who are now
bearing the full economic and indus
trial burden of their country.
Evening star., 1917-06-03
CUBA AIDS REGISTRATION.
Making Island Republic an Unsafe
Place for "Slackers."

Americans in Cuba, in cooperation
with the Cuban government, dispatches
just received here state, are taking
steps to afford American citizens every
opportunity to register. as we'll as to
who go there to escape registration.
More than 100 American citizens be-
tween twenty-one and thirty-one years
already have formed a military unit, and
are receiving daily drills under the direc-
tfon of Lieut.. Col. Edmund Wittenmayer.
military attache Of the United States
in Cuba.
Cuban military and police authorities
are cooperating with the American lega-
tion in subjecting all suspected slack
ers" who are arriving in Cuba to the
closest scrutiny Measures to see that
they do not evade registration will be
determined at q conference between
Cuban officials and members Of the
United States legation.
Evening star., 1917-06-03
GERMAN PEACE WORKERS
ARE BLAMED FOR FIRES

COPENHAGEN. via London. June q
A semi-official communication to the
German press expresses the fear that
recent numerous fires in munition fac
tories and establishments engaged in
war work may be attributed in part to
peace at any price advocates. who have
taken this means of fastening an end
to the war. The destruction of farm
buildings and granaries also is re-
ferred to indirectly. and patriotic Ger
man workmen are urged to let no
considerations of comradeship stand In
the way of detecting and denouncing
such enemies of the fatherland.
Another example of the spirit pre-
vailing in certain classes in Germany
is an order providing severe penalties
for stealing from crops. a crime OF
growing frequency in these. days Of
food restriction. A complementary
ukase Of Food Controller Batocki or
ders general examinations of stores in
private houses to detect food law vio-
lations.
Evening star., 1917-06-03
$1,000 Fire at Winchester, Va.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
Z WINCHESTER. Va. June "A blaze
originating from overheated instan-
faneous water heater in bathroom dam
aged the residence of United States Dis
trict Attorney Richard Evelyn Byrd
about 81 900 today. The fire was confined
TO the bathroom and attic under a man
sard roof bv use of chemical extinguish-
ers Miss Hilda Portner of Washington,
a guest of Mrs. Byrd. was in the bath
room, but was not injured 1t was the
third serious fire at the Byrd home in
several years.
Evening star., 1917-06-03
considered dependent on

her mother considered dependent on
her husband?
A. You are not dependent within
the contemplation of the registration
regulations. You may be partially de-
pendent, but your husband in answer
to the question: Have you any one
solely dependent on you for livingE
cannot say yes. because you are not
solely dependent.
Evening star., 1917-06-03
Speedway Ready for Service.

Repairs and painting on the speed
launch Speedway. at Benefits boat
yard. have been completed and the boat
is ready for service. The Speedway Is
owned by Colin Livingstone and can
Evening star., 1917-06-03
TELLS OF MONEY WASTE
IN BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION
c. D. Snead Says Taxpayers Should
Demand Supervision of
Structural Engineers.

IF your state had been building
bridges for a number of years and 1t
was found that out of $4,000 bridges
$4,000 were incapable of carrying
concentrated load of five tons, and
many of them could carry scarcely any
load at all. would you believe that the
erection of such bridges had proved
economical and that the expenditure of
money on them had been made wise
1y?" said Charles D. Snead. bridge en-
sineer of the Kentucky public roads
department. a few days ago.
Con you criticise department
which desires to look forward and pre-
vent the repetition of such conditions
How would any business man intrusted
with any class of public works feel to
know that it will take seventeen years
at the present tax rate and S30,000,00O
to replace works under his charge
which could have been built properly at
perhaps 80 per cent increase in cost
when first constructed?
Many are the bridges for which ap-
preparations have been made without
survey, plan or engineers estimate of
cost. Many are the plans which have
been cut and skinned to meet a demand
for bridges within the allotted cost
No greater inducement for f1imsy, weak
structures can be offered contra ctor
than the announcement that the cheap
est plan will be accepted the design
upon which bids will be asked. Tax
payers should demand that eXpendi-
lures for bridges of all classes shall be
made only for structures built under
the supervision of structural engineers
OF known ability and according to
plans drawn by them.
"A bond issue, the construction of a
railway, a new town or some other de-
Selopment may cause an entire change
in the relative Importance of certain
roads within the life of the bridges
forming parts of them. One of the first
bridges designed by a certain state
highway department was at small
railway station miles from the county
seat, where, to the people and the
commissioners, the requirement that
the structure should be able to carry a
load of six tons seemed excessive.
Scarcely a year later road bonds Were
issued by the county in which this
bridge is located and the bridge had to
be strengthened to carry a twelve-ton
road roller"
Evening star., 1917-06-03
Inconvenience No Excuse.

Q. I am apt to be out of the city on
registration day. II 1 am in town, it
will be very difficult for me to get to
the registration place in my precinct.
May ill in a. card beforehand?
A. Unless you are positive that you
are going to be out of the city on June
between am. and 9 pm. and are
ready to make an affidavit to that
effect, you will be obliged to register on
June 5. Inconvenience Is no excuse for
not registering. You should see Mr.
Donovan, room 500 District building
for instructions.
@. viii you please let me know If
will get a pension of 81 per day when
become seventy-five years old II / be-
come q soldier?
A. Apply for information at the PEN
sion bureau.
O. If a student of the National Service
Evening star., 1917-06-03
Will Garry Wood to Fort Monroe.

To load wood at Fort Washington to
be delivered at Fort Monroe, the
schooner May and Anna Beswick of
the Wimsatt fleet of this city has left
Alexandria in tow for her loading
point. The wood was cut when the
grounds at the Potomac fort were
cleaned up about three years ago.
Six absolute monarchies still exist in
the world. They are Siam, Oman.
Morocco. Abyssinia, Afghanistan and
Monaco.
Evening star., 1917-06-03

School can be Of any help on June .,
A GIRL ROOKIE"
A. You may be of assistance If you
can run an automobile, or own an auto
mobile and will lend 1t. There is no
need of clerical work on that day. Your
offer is a worthy one and you should
get in touch with Daniel ]. Dono-
van. room sos District building.
Guardsmen Cannot Register.
Q. am an enlisted man in the DIS
mustered into service until July Is.
Must I register?
A. No. You are subject to call and
are in a recognized branch of the mill
tary service.
@. 1 am no Stacker I have an aged
mother and wife to support. do not
want to go to war uniess I have to.
Should 1 register?
A. Yes, you must register il you are
within the designated ages for military
servico under the draft law. You should
state your ground of exemption to the
registrar on June 5.
Q. am very busy man and do not
wish to be held up on June waiting
for a chance to register. May I make
an appointment now for a certain time
on which to register? Will busy men
be given preference over those who are
not SO busy?
A. You must register along with all
other men. You cannot have special
appointment. and no matter how busy
you may happen to be, you must wait
your turn. The business of registration
transcends all other business. You
should try and get to the registration
place in your precinct before : am.
That will save your time.
Old Soldier Would Speak.
Q. 1 should like to show the young
men of Washington how much spirit
an old soldier can have. Could / get a
chance to address the youngsters on
registration day at the various pre-
cincts?
A. Your idea is {. good and worthy
one. but 1T is impracticable. 1t is the
wish of the registration board that the
work of registration go forward as
quickly and seriously as possible. It
would be impossible to allow you time
to address any assembly at the regis
tration places.
O. I am just thirty years old. On
June 1 will be thirty-one If do not
register. and if 1 am thirty-one before
any authority asks me to show my reg
istration certificate, can I be forced to
register and be imprisoned?
A. The law says that all those who
have not attained their thirty-first
birthday on or before June must reg
lister. You will certainly be liable to
Ga eHo pShdiliCs attached TO IdlluIe 10
register if you are of military age, and
they will be, meteQ out to you If you vio-
late the law as 1t stands.
Invalid Must Register.
Q. I am an invalid. I cannot possi-
bly, register on June B. What shall /
do? I am twenty-eight years of age.
A. You must send an agent imme-
diately to room 500. District building,
and have him deputized as a special
registrar to register you under the
regulation providing for the registra-
tion Of the sick. Have your agent see
Mr.. Donovan of the registration board
You will be too late II you put it off
until June 5.
Q. I am about to go to the hospital
and expect to stay there for several
days. Suppose l am not out on June 5.
What will happen to me when l do
come out IL I don't register?
A. II you don't register under the
provision of the regulation providing
for the registration of the sick you
Evening star., 1917-06-03

will be subject to Imprisonment. You
should notify your physician of your
predicament and he will take the mat
ter up with the special registrar depu-
tized for your hospital.
Q. Can you tell me through the col
umns of your paper. which 1 read daily,
whether l should register as a natural
ized citizen or an alien? 1 came to this
country when I was twelve years old.
A. If you have never been natural
lied. you must register as an alien. To
become naturalized. you must first
present yourself to the court and take
out what are known as first papers, or
your declaration of intention to become
citizen. The other necessary steps
will be explained to you by the authori-
ties