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The Washington herald., 1917-11-26
new TRAFFIC DEVICE
relieves CONGESTION
New York Police Try Regulator with
Red and Green Lights.

New York. Nov. 25.-For the last
week the Police Department has been
trying out a new traffic regulator
which. according TO traffic policemen,
with slight improvement will go a long
way in cxpediting traffic OF all sorts at
many points along the main arteries
of travel. The device, a lighter,
somewhat on the style OF the old gas
posts, Is placed in the center of inter-
secting streets. By manipulating
knob at the base of the glassed faces
the traffic officer in charge is able to
cause two of the four faces on the
lamp to show green and the remaining
two red. AS is the rule with railroad
signal laws. the green lights direct
traffic to proceed and the red indi-
cate full stop.
a light revolves on the new signal
post and darkens and brightens at
stated intervals.
The new device has been seen at
Broadway and Forty-fourth street for
the last week. and Saturday night was
stationed at Fifty-seventh street and
Fifth avenue.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-26
Dan Cupid Getting Slack;
Elopements Slump, Alack!
Col. Kroll, Ambassador to Court of Hymen
Expects Boom in Romance on Eve
of Thanksgiving Day.

Eloper show up at the marriage Ii
cense counter to take them in
charge. Sometimes Col. Kroll gets
a tip from headquarters in advance
and Immediately recognizes the
clippers.
Sometimes they plead with him
persuasively for the desired license,
but unless both are legally of mar
riageable age the answer is dis
appointing.
Old Folks Burn Wires.
The day before each holiday sees
few elopers cautiously making their
way to the court house in quest of
licenses. And then ma or pa tele-
phones or wires excitedly to Col. Kroll
and asks that he refuse the license,
only to find out sometimes that the
knot already has been tied.
As rule a close observer like Col
Kroll can tell a pair of elopers the
minute he sets eyes on them. They
are nervous and fidgety. always look
ing toward the door with apprehension
in their eyes. They usually carry suit
cases to the court house, for elopers
must be ready to move at a moment s
notice.
Col. Kroll Is all prlmed for the
Thanksgiving rush of elopers. When
he sits down to his THANKSGIVING tur-
key with his wife and children he ex-
poets an eloping couple will telephone
him beseechinsly for a license.
This expectation inevitably will be
realized next Thursday. the colonel
says, and he ought to know, as he has
issued licenses to more than 81 900
couples and is familiar with their
ways and wiles.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-26

"The elopers seem to have stopped
eloping.''
This statement was made by Col.
W. a. Krol. ambassador of Dan
Cupid at the District Courthouse.
Col. KrOll says he hasn't seen an
eloping couple for more than six
weeks.
In the last year the number of elop-
ing couples has fallen OF quite lit
tie. This is partly due to so many
men being in the cantonments, Col.
Kroll says, and to the fact that
parents are more and more granting
youth its own way.
Formerly, two or three elopinS
couples ordinarily made their way to
the courthouse each week, got licen-
ses and were married before The
folks'' were any the wiser. But now
they appear infrequently. unless it be
believed that they successfully con-
ceal their status from the sharp eyes
Of Col. Kroll.
Col. Kroll says most of the men who
might be classed as elopers are in
uniform.
His Holiday Expectation.
Ever since he mas been making
out marriage licenses. Col. Kroll
says. every Wednesday before
Thanksgiving unfailingly has pro-
.duced several eloping couples.
Ninety-nine per cent of these
couples are successful in their
romantic adventure. Rarely does
ma or pa fail to wire a blessing aft
erward. Once in a great while a
detective from headquarters is on
hand when Mr.. Lockinvar and Miss
The Washington herald., 1917-11-26
RAILROAD LINKS
north and west
Boston and St. Louis Terminals of
New Road.

New York. Nov. 25.-Every de-
tail of traffic is ready for the op-
Grafton of the first through pas
senger train service between Bos-
ton and st. Louis. via the He'll
Gate Bridge, was announced by the
New York, New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad officials. who are in
augurating the service in conjunc-
tion with the Pennsylvania Rail-
road. A train Of ten cars, passen-
ger, sleepers and mail, will leave
the South Side Station in Boston
promptly at 1870 tomorrow after
noon. 1t will arrive at the Penn
sylvania Station at 7:i5, and five
minutes later will leave for its
swing to st. Louis.
This train service is to link points
in New England with those in the
Middle West. A tentative schedule
provides for stops at Providence,
Pittsburgh, Columbus
Cincinnati and Indianapolis.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-26
43 DEFENSE RIFLES
QUALIFY ON RANGES
Six Win Rank as Sharpshooters in
Last Weeks Work.

Forty-three members of the Home
Defense League Rifles qualizcd in the
various classifcations over the Poll
Theater and Union Station indoor
small-bore shooting ranges in the last
week. n was announced yesterday by
Col. NJ. A. Winter, commanding Of
ficer.
OF these. six rank as sharpshooters,
with scores of 100 or better out of a
possible go; five as marksmen. with
40 or better. while thirty-two are
rifiemen with scores of loo or better.
The 9sharpshooters-E. D. Maxwell.
i65. Company G; J. A. Hart. l5S. Com
pany l.; o. C. Gates, 16l. Company n;
G. d. Little, 16o. Company r; n. w.
Tippett, 173. Company 5, and ]. B.
Cooley, 17s. Company T.
Marksmcn-R. ID. F1lins, 40 Com
pany G; G. W. Goodwin. 1i3, and L. ID.
Norris. 156, both Of Company II: ID. b.
Johannes, 10. and W. Z. Stranahan,
no. both of Company Y.
Riflemeu-J. 1. Stuu. Company \; NJ
F. Finley, jr.. Company +; Il. T..
MOler. T.. y. Huse, A. L. Doe. Frank
ID. Smith. \. n. Butler, ]. II. Hooper,
J. A Lynch, r., Dllard. \. G. Van
horn. g. G. Wilson. II. Sergeant and
II. Everett. all of Company II: Il. L.
Wheeler, Company X: W. VI. MeIine
Company l.; Lewis G. Schaaf, Com
pany NJ; II. S. Reamy. Company N;
G. P. Smith. F. d. Booth. c. Wilson
and w. {. Williams. all of Company
q; ]. Strong. Company T; G. NJ. Cook,
Company W; :. Il. Brown. ]. w Wen
eel, ]. S. Trogdon. F. s DICKENS, J.
- Nellichamp and G. L. Raymond. al
of Company Y, and c. II. TOpenoe and
c. Williams, both of the regimental
band.
Rivalry developed between Company
Fl, composed of members of the night
force OF the Government Printing Of
flee. and Company Y, made up from
employees of the Southern Railroad
Company. Company IL won with four
teen qualifications. Including two
marksmen, while Company Y landed
eight. also with two marksmen.
Company Y boasts that more men
about siXty-have qualified from its
ranks than from any other company.
Owing to repairs to the electrical
system of the Eastern Market indoor
military service rifle range It has been
closed temporarily.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-26
NOTABLE EDUCATORS
confer IN FEBRUARY
Superintendent Department, N. E.
A.. to Meet in Atlantic City.
Special to The Washington Herald.

Atlantic City. N. j.. Nov. S.-The
annual meeting of the department OF
superintendence OF the National Edu-
cation Association of the United
States will take place in Atlantic City
the week of February 2J- The con-
vention was originally scheduled for
Atlanta.
1t is expected that more than 5000
leading educators. including a num-
Der of those dealing with war problems
in Europe. will be in attendance. 1t
Is expected also that President Will
son will deliver an address. Arrange
ments for the convention were COM
p'cted by President Thomas L. Fine
gan, of New York. and J. n. Crab
tree, OF WASHINGTON, D. c., secretary
Of the National Education Association,
in conjunction with Henry Z. Miller.
rinciDal OF the public schools of At
lsntic City. Association headquarters
will be at the Hotel Traymore The
new president of tine association. Mrs
Nary c. Bradford. of Denver. will at
tend
We believe that the Atlantic City
convention will prove one of the most
Interesting and important in the his
tory of education in this country"
said President FincGar today. I'VE
expect that President Wilson will at
tend and in addition TO the President
practically all OF the leaders OF edu-
cationaI work in this country will be
represented.
"The war has produced a number Of
new problems and these problems will
be discussed in detail. 1 look for
very large attendance"
Among the persons Of prominence
expected TO attend are President
Nicholas Murray Butler. Columbia
University; 2. P. Claxton. United
States Commissioner of Education;
former President David B. Johnson.
OF the ". f. A, South Carolina; Car
roll G. PearSe, chairman board of
trustees. Milwaukee: Robert ]. Alley,
former President of the y. Z. A,
Maine, and others.
The organization will take a strong
stand to uphold the government in
the prosecution of the war and against
sedition and disloyalty in the schools.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-26
CRIES TREASON
At CHURCH VOTE
ON PROHIBITION
]. D. Heron Also Attacks
Pastor of Gotham
Institution.

New York, Nov. 25-Attack is made
on the Episcopal Diocese of New
York in letter written by ]. ID. Her
ron. of Cincinnati. and published In
the Churchman. because ir convention
the representatives of the diocese re-
fused to come out in favor of national
prohibition. The Rev. DIR. Leighton
Parks. rector Of St. Bartholomew is
singled out for attack by Mr.. Heron,
he being one Of those who opposed the
convention, declaring for prohibition.
Mr.. Heron goes so far as to say in
his letter that the action of the con-
vention "savored of treason, in so far
as treason means the weakening of
our war offensive"
In the French army the soldiers have
a daily wine ration. In the British
forces liquor is served regularly to the
men. The Germans have their beer.
Flags DIR. Parks.
aside from the fact that the medi-
cal fraternity has at last excluded al
cohol is no longer recognized as a
stimulant but as a narcotic and de-
pressant, the fact that the United
States government has enforced pro-
hibition in the District of Columbia
anu ia DluNNb
Parks speech in the convention di-
reCtly against the war policy of the
nation" says Mr.. Herron's letter.
The members of the New York
convention who voted against Bishop
Courtney's resolution need the prayers
of every enlightened churchman that
their eyes may be opened to the stu
pendous folly OF standing with the
lioIIor ira ffip aS AGAINST the full efF-
cheney of the nation in this hour OF
its greatest danger"
Here he has against him the au-
thority of the military and the medi-
cal expert. Both Lord Kitchener and
DIR. Mayo have dcplored the use of
liquor as stimulant. The suppression
of vodka may have helped to produce
the present debacle in Russia. That
would be difficult to prove. But the
brutal rape of Belgium and Eastern
France and the debacle Of Germany at
the Marine have also been attributed
to an overstimulated German army.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-26
MAKES PLEA FOR PIETY.

Declaring that negroes must have
forgotten God, and were neglccting
to meet together in prayer as "in
the days of darkness" before the
civil war, DR.. Simon p. w. Drew,
pastor of the Cosmopolitan Baptist
Church, urged in his sermon yes
terday morning. that his congrega-
tion attend more strictly to religi-
Gus duties.
He declared that now in this war
the negro race is on trial before
the whole world.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-26
Boys at Meade to Get
Real Thanksgiving Meal

Camp Meade, Md, Nov. 25.-A reai
THANKSGIVING dinner-one that will
make the Food Administration trem-
BILE all day long-is to be given the
men in training here. About % per
cent of the forces will be furloughed.
For the rest there will be turkey. with
oyster dressing, gibiet gravy. and
cranberry sauce. celery. olives, baked
sweet potatoes, bread and butter.
pumpkin pie, ice cream, coffee. cider.
cigars, apples and assorted fruits.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-26
0LDAGE EACRI,IE!

Some people are young at 60
ed enc k,d. -u7dy and vigorous,
oilers are old at 40-Joirts Ieg.u-
1ing TO stiffcn up a hit: step b-Ein-
1ing 10 lag and lose its springinpSs:
occasional touches of pain IN The
back, Ieel tired without cause. and
possibly twinge OF Rheumatic
pain.
In most cases these are the dam
ger signals to warn YOU that the
kiHh'FS arc not rIpmTtly doing
-h''r work ~ throw nC OF the poi-
sons that are always forming in
the body. To ncElect these natur4l
warnings IL a crime against youl-
self. II you have these symptons
N1i '7- md urompt relief in GOLD
MEDAL Eaarlem oil Capsules. For
more than zoo years this has been
H.. ".roGnlzod remedy for kidney
-nf i'aGJer ailments.
GOLD MEDAL Hasrlem OIL Cam
--.'.S are imported direct from i've
J. o"ratories at Haarlem. Holland.
''-t them at YOUR drUggist's 10 not
Ne substitute. In boxes. three
iZes.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-26
Speaks on "Great Alternative"

"The Great Alternative" was til
subject of an address yesterday aft
ernoon in the Central Y. NJ. c. A.
by Rev Edward b. Bagby, pastor of
the Columbia Heights Christian
Church.
Rev. Mr.. Bagby referred to God as
an idealistic spirit, and said no mis-
take could be made by following the
teachings of Scripture.
The road to soul destruction fol-
lows devious routes he said, and in
view of the plain pathway of Chris
tianity there should be nc. .hesitancy
The Washington herald., 1917-11-26
"a Die When French
Ship Sinks; l Rescued

Paris, Nov. 25.-News has been re-
ceived confirming reports that the
freight steamship Maine had been
sunk on Wednesday. eight miles from
Dieppe. All of the twenty-five Off
GERS and men on board were lost with
the exception Of one sailor. The
crew comprised seann.n from Dierpe
tThe French steamship Maine, OF
H3 tons gross, was built in 1910 and
was owned in Dieppe.)
The Washington herald., 1917-11-26
GIRL AGENTS,
IN WAR CRAFT,
DUpE GOTHAM
One Charity Show" Pro-
moter Admits Cleaning
Up $4,000 by Fraud.

New York, Nov. 25.-"sweet girl
agents for alleged war charities
cleaned up s2S.Ooo. for one agent, sc-
cording TO information given TO Dis
trict Attorney Swami. the agent also
making money on contracts for sup
plies and advertising contracts.
The promoters OF this particular
war benefit. which according to the
information given TO the District At
torney, chiefly benefited them alone,
also were able to add to their profits
by sundry manipulations OF the box
office.
The district attorney Is investi-
eating a benefit performances" at
which ii is said all these methods OF
graft were in general practice.
@CharIty shows. Easy.
A man described by the district
attorney as one Of the leading busi-
ness men OF the city furnished vslua-
bic information in the investigation
of such affairs. a letter received b.
Mr.. Swami from this man follows in
part
After leaving your Office Yesterday
met one ef the leading advertising
statesmen in the country. In dis
cussing the present situation, he told
me he had recently met one Of his
erstwhile statesmen. now the picture
OF Opulence. When he asked the WIN
and wherefore OF the display OF
wealth the one-time employe r.
marked, 1 have one Of tho safest
CRAFTS in the world. ] am putting On
charity shows
! The one-tlme employe went on 10
say that he nad cleaned VI s. ~
from persons who had given his
sweet girl solicitors money Tor
tickets. which tickets they would not
take because they could not attend
the performance, and had Therefore
given the money outright to the
charity. This, he stated, was his di-
rect source Of income, but there were
other sources. notably splits on the
contract price for furnishing supplies.
advertising contracts. etc.
Promoters Cash sPaper.-
The promoters also carefully
watched the box office and gate, and
when the prospects Of Urofts to them
did not look rosy they would nll in
the unsold tickets with DUPLICATES 20
represent tickets paid for and not
used at the Gate"
Mr.. Swami said that Alexander
Mayper. counsel for Forsyth ., Fisk.
advertising agents. who had charg.
Of the soliciting for the program Of
the Seventy-iirst Regiment benent,
held in the Hippodromo. late in sep
fember, had agreed TO t-yn over
500 tomorrow morning at eleven
o clock
The grand Jury VIII ounrEr-e fs
Investigation into tn. affairs of In.
Army and Navy Bazaar.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-26
PASSENGERS IN PANIC
when CARS collide
Two Women and a Man Injured in
Philadelphia Traffic Crash.

Philadelphia, Pa. Nov. 25.-Several
persons narrowly escaped serious in.
jury when a crowded trolley car going
east in Montgomery avenue collided
with south bound Tenth street car.
The force of the impact caused a
panic. Men and women were thrown
from their seats to the floor and there
ensued wild scramble for the doors.
The excitement increased when sew
eral women and children were thrown
into Mysteries by the collision. The
injured gave their nan1es as:
Mary Krumm. 40 yCars cid: Dorothy
Clark, y, and Raphael Dominica.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-26
AND FATHER PAYS THE BILLS.

How is Robert getting on at COL
lege?' asked the minister, who was
being entertained at dinner.
"Splendidly," said the proud father,
who then went on to tell of his sons S
various social, athletic and scholastic
successes. and the minister said it was
a fine thing to be college bred. That
evening little James, who had been
an interested listener. said: Papa
what did Mr.. Brown nearby college
'bred?"
"Oh, that" said papa, who had
oeen looking over his sons bills, "is
a four years loaf."-PhnadeIphia
LedSef. : : - z -. 4
The Washington herald., 1917-11-26
PostoGce Employees
Want Raise in Paw

pittsburgh. Nov. "a nation wide
drive for a % per cent wage increase,
which would ultimately affect 2oO.G0l
government postal employees, has been
launched here. More than 5000 per
sons, including national officers of the
respective postal associations, took
part In demonstration, which in
cluded n street parade and a mass
meeting in Exposition Hall Patriot
Ism held sway during the session. the
large audience joining in the rendi-
ton of national airs.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-26
COORDINATION
ENDS 'MUDDLINC'
DAYS OF. ALLIES
Northclife Sees Best Week
of War" Because of
New Methods.

London, Nov. 25.-The last week
has been the most successful week
of the war. says Lord Northcliffe,
who has just returned from the
United States. where he was head
of the British mission for the CO.
ordination of war work.
The war. he says. now has be-
come a close business partnership
Of the allies.
sBest Week of War,
In a statement on the war sit
uation Lord Northcliffe said:
This has been distinctly the best
week of the war. refer not only
to Gen. Byng's success, but to that
of Col. House and Premier Lloyd
George, who have been 'buttoning
things up to use an expression of
the Coloners.
The days of the waste of life
and treasure caused by the allies
mutual ignorance of one another's
arrangements are nearly over. Amer
lean soldiers. seamen and business
men and their British colleagues
have been working overtime.
Critic Turns EuIogi.t.
1T would not be wise to talk of
details. but as I never have been
backward in criticising inefficiency
I should be lacking in Justice il !
did not speak Of the high efficiency
of this weeks conference.
There was no glorious British
constitution and Fourth of July hot
air about the proceedings. 1t was
realized that time is the most val
liable asset of war.
There was very little banqueting
and there were no parades, yet ]
venture to say that the greatest
move toward victory yet made in
any theater of the war was effected
in London this week
The prospects of the Paris con-
ference are fine. The war is at last
becoming what 1t always should
have been-a close business partner
ship OF the allies"
The Washington herald., 1917-11-26
SOLDIER BROTHERS DINED.

Frank and Cornelius Ryan, form
erly employed in the Washington
Times stereotyping department and
pressroom. respectively, and now
members of the 161st Infantry at
Camp Mills. Mineola, N. Y, are in
Washington on furlough. They are
sons Of T. J. Ryan, 224 F street
northwest. A dinner in their honor
was given yesterday by jeremiah
Narcotic, attended by about fifteen
of their friends. They will return to
Camp Mills today.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-26
WEDS HER JAP "PLANE MATE"

Seattle. Nov. 25.-Miss Louise
Cam, daughter of the late Judge
Thomas II. Cam, and a well-known
New York literary critic. was mar
ried to Yasushi Tanaka, a Japanese
artist, according to the bride, fol-
their disappearance with a
marriage license. Miss Cam said
she married Tanaka because they
were mental .plane-mates."
The Washington herald., 1917-11-26
CONSPIRATORS CONVICTED.

Belleville. H.. Nov, 95-Richard
Brockway. formerly special agent of
the East st. Louis and Suburban
Railway. and two others have been
found guilty of conspiracy on indict-
ments growing out of the East st.
Louis race riots. One hundred and
forty-four persons We're indicted as a
result of the riots. Thus far ten ne
rroes and nine whites have been given
sentences.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-26
STATE CAPITOL TO BE PALACE.

Havana, Nov. 25-The Cuban gov
ernment has taken over the building
being constructed by Havana Pro-
vince for use as a State capitol. and
when completed it will be used as Il
Preside ential palace. The structure
could not be completed owing to lack
OF funds in the Provincial Treasury.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-26
BOY KILLS SISTER.

Worcester, Mass, Nov. 25.-Playful-
ly picking UP a gun which his elder
brother had left standing in a room
after he had returned from a shooting
trip, Harold Dunn, IA years old. shot
his sister, Viola,. 8. years. old, in the
head, killing her instantly.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-26
GRAIN BROKER DIES.

Boston, Nov. 25.-Charles p. Wash
burn, identified with the grain trade
in Boston, Fitchburg and Middleboro
for forty years, is dead at his home.
Sc Fairfield street. after long i'll
ness. He was in his sixty-frst ytc
and was a native of Middleboro.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-26
RICHARD CROKER ILL.

West Palm Beach, Fla, Nov. IS
Although Richard Croker spent Fri
day, his seventy-sixth birthday, in
bed, it is stated that he is much bet
ter and will soon be out and around
again. Mr.. Croker caught cold sew
eral months ago.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-26
A New Service

9 The Washington Herald want
ad department serves those who
use it-because it reaches more
homes than any other morning
newspaper.
Z That The Herald may more
fully serve It's readers, the
strangers who have come
amongst US, and its advertisers,
it will begin a Free Listing serv-
ice whereby those in search of
homes may be placed in i'm
mediate touch with those who
have homes to lease or sell.
] This service is intended to
benefit those who are at their
wits end" on the Room, Apart
ment and House hunt. now in
vogue in Washington. See the
coupon on the classified ad page.
Use It'll 1T is FREE.
Vet US help you to help your
self.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-26
Finds His Quarry.

IT was curious. The balloon man
must be mistaken. He would ring up
and point the matter out. perhaps
saving his friend from making a
ridiculous error on his official report.
He did so, but the observer was con-
WINGED OF his accuracy. There was
another of our balloons p. as it hap
pens" he said. His bearings agree
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-01-04
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