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The Washington herald., 1917-02-01
SOLONS QUIT POLITICS
FOR ROBES OF THESPIS
Congressman Proves Ability to Earn
Living on Stage at Press Club.

A vaudeville performance with all the
participants members of Congress was
the bill furnished at the National Press
Club last night Norborne Robinson,
chairman of the clubs house committee.
who acted as master of ceremonies, made
the announcement that the purpose was
to show whether members OF Congress
could earn a living in some other way
any time they failed of reelection The
unapimous verdict of the audience was
that they could
The evening entertainment began with
music by the Nordica mandolin and
guitar quintet, of which Walter T. Holt,
also director of the Press Club Mandolin
Club, is leader. Then followed Repre-
sentatives Rucker, Of Georgia; Kahn, of
California; Hilliard, of Colorado. and
Barnhart, of Indiana, introduced respec-
lively to the convention" by Messrs.
Lord, Karger. Ormerod and Tiller.
Judge Rucker, a newspaper correspon-
dent in Washington in the time of Presi-
dent Grant, told how all the correspon-
dents, now grown into a host could
have been loaded in that day into a one
horse wagon.
Representative Kahn, once an actor.
gave a humorous parody on Julius
Caesar. Representative Barnhart gave
clever limitations of several Congressional
notables. ,
The Washington herald., 1917-02-01
REVENUE MEASURE HAS
HARD Shedding Ahead
Recalcitrant Democrats Being Lined
Up with Great Difficulty.

Prospects of passing the additional
revenue bill, designed to meet the threat
ened deficit in the Treasury Of $500, 900 900,
were so tight" last night that recalci-
trant Democrats were being lined up by
every available argument.
The vote comes in the House today and
administration leaders declared after a
most careful canvass that a margin OF at
least twenty votes would insure the sue
cess of the measure.
The tax on copartnerships and corpora
tions earning over per cent per annum
has brought about such storm of pro-
test that a number of Democratic votes
have been alienated.
The Republicans already have planned
to draft a protective tariff measure and
force the House to act upon 1t before the
end of the present session. The Repub-
lican speeches yesterday were directed
solidly against the idea of raising reve-
nues by additional direct taxation and
against the Democratic extravaganza
which called for additional money.
The Democratic orators, with one ex-
ception-Representati Galloway, of
Texas-defended the measure. Mr.. Gala
way opposed the measure because of his
opposition to the preparedness plans to
be financed by part of the additional
revenue. Representative Meyer London,
Socialist, denounced the bill, as we'll as
the party back of it and the Republican
party.
Republicans who leveled their oratori-
cal 4a-centimeters at the measure were
Representatives Moore, Madden, Mondell,
Emerson, Hamilton, Gardner, Dillon. Re-
Wis, Smith OF Michigan, Smith of Minne-
sofa, Fuller, Fess, Fa-r, Cooper of Ohio.
Miller of Pennsylvania, Greene of Iowa
and Morgan.
Defending the Democratic works were
Representatives Bailey, Morgan, Dickin-
son, Gallivan. Ferris, O'Shaugnessy, Cor
don. Quinn. Reilly, Heating, Howard and
Caraway.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-01
WORK Of MID-CITY
CITIZENS REVIEWED
President Arthur ]. Driscoll Tells of
Organization Success.

Reviewing the work done by the society
during its organization six years ago, Ar
thur ]. Driscoll, president of the MId-City
Citizens Association, said in an address
at the annual smoker and buffet luncheon
Of the association last night at Carroll
Institute that what the organization now
especially is working to accomplish was
the introduction of free textbooks in the
high schools, the construction of a new
municipal hospital and garbage disposal
plant and the enactment of legislation
granting salary increases by both House
and Senate to all municipal employees.
In citing the constructive policies pur-
sued by the association during the past
year, he named the recommendation of
restrictions on the sale Of dangerous
weapons, of the motorizing Of all fire
department vehicles, and the many other
measures which were ultimately passed
by Congress.
Among others who spoke were Repre-
sentative Robert n. Page, of North Caro-
lima: Charles S. Shreve, John E. Laskey,
Conrad H Syme, ]. II. Gallingher Ray
mond w. Pullman, chief of police, and
Postmastas N O 0hanoA
The Washington herald., 1917-02-01

low such a reversal to barbarism as this
new declaration suggests"
The Baltimore SUM
"Germany's note produces a situation
which, If it is to be met successfully.
will require the largest wisdom and the
firmest decision of which the officials Of
this government are capable. 1t threat
ems at one blow to ruin all the hopes
of European peace which only recently
seemed brighter than ever and, possibly,
to involve this country In the malestrom.
Tho government at Washington is now
facing probably the most critical situa-
ton which has arisen during the whole
war so far as this country is concerned.
1t must face it calmly, but with de-
termination. We cannot temporize any
further There must be no more illegal
killing of American citizens on the high
seas If insistence upon this point means
a break in our diplomatic relations with
the central powers, then the break must
come"
The Washington herald., 1917-02-01
SNEAK Thieves HAUL
TOTALS $I92 FOR DAY
Clothing, Auto Accessories. Jewelry and
Money Included in Booty List.

Clothing, valued at $3.50, was taken
from Henry Tillman and wilford Ward.
both living at IS Patterson street north
east, by a thief who entered the premises
about o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Fifty dollars worth OF table linen was
stolen from Mrs. D. NJ. Sathoran, of
the Burlington apartments, according to
report reaching the police last night.
Other robberies reported yesterday
were:
A SIS gold watch from Forney Spoot-
wood; a watch, chain and penknife,
valued at SAL, from Samuel NJ. Shewen;
several packages of chewing gum and
cigarettes from the store of Thomas
McKenna: a four-tone brass automobile
whistle from Robert Cumberland; q SO
brons clock from Samuel Weisenberg;
a magnetic, valued at SIS, from Robert
L. Cochrane; an overcoat from Robert
L. King; a watch, valued at 50. from
Faust Petrone; S.75 in cash from the
store Of Samuel Rosin; an overcoat from
Joseph Carroll, and cross-cut saw and
a ball Of fodder twine, valued at IS. from
Raymond Hornbeck.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-01
"1S Christ HOT AIR?"
ASKS GYPSY" Smith
Tells Congregation They Make pic.
Q mic Out of Religion"

In the tabernacle at Sixteenth and V
streets northwest, last night, GYPSY
Smith, tr.. declared that the gospel has
been "vulgarized. cheapened and it.
standard lowered to suit our miserable
and contemplate selves"
He again preached to more than 3.oot
people. Every available seat in the tab
people were standing.
1t was Evangelist Smiths third even
ing sermon and he fayed '1ukewarm''
Christians. He said people are making
picnic" out Of religion and that II
was entirely too easy to join a church
these days
He compared past ages when people
sacrificed their lives for the cause of
Christ with this day, when you can
come up and shake hands with a min
lister and become a member OF his
church"
Listen" Evangelist Smith empha sized
'rif you are not rooted and grounded in
God you have no right to call yourself
Christian. You need no button In
the lapel of your coat, nor need you
wear a funny garb when you partake of
His divine nature. II you are a Chris
tan you need not parade the fact, peo-
pie will known 1t by that indefinable
something about you.
Everything Is too easy these days.
Was Christ hot air when He asked peo-
pie to take up the cross and follow Him
say this reverently 1t Is just as much
of a sin to live life Of ease as to live
life of drunkenness.
please don't blaspheme God by calling
yourself Christian when you have
never suffered for and with Him. II you
have no heartache and no cross in your
religious calendar there can be no glory"
He asked his audience to become par
takers of His divine nature. of His sup
per and of His glory"
The congregations Of Washington
Heights, Fourth, Central, Gurley and
Sherwood Presbyterian churches were
especially invited to last nights services
and large delegations were in attendance.
Seats were also reserved for a score or
more nurses from Garfield Hospital who
attended the services in body. Inmates
of the Presbyterian Home for the Aged
heard the evangelist preach yesterday
afternoon. This sermon was especially
designed to appeal to women, the subject
being Pools of Bethesda"
Before this service Evangelist Smith
was entertained at a luncheon given by
Rev. DR.. John Carpenter Palmer and
Rev. DR.. Wallace Radcliffe at the home
of Rev. DR.. Charles Wood, 211o s street
northwest Services will again be held
this afternoon and evening.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-01
CLAIMS PHONES IN u. S.
COST 4 times TOO MUCH
Congressman Lewis Answers Criticism
of Government Control Bill.

THE cost OF wire communication in the
United States is from two to four times
as great as in postal telegraph coun-
tries" declared Representative Lewis, OF
Maryland, advocate of government con-
troll and ownership Of District telephones.
who went on the witness stand before
the House Committee yesterday TO an
swer criticisms OF his bill by officials OF
telephone companies.
Three major phases were saN by MI
Lewis to have been brought forward by
The Washington herald., 1917-02-01
A Bad Back
Made Good
Dy l.. W. BOWER, u. d.

Backache OF any kind is often
caused by kidney disorder, which
means that the kidneys are not work
ing properly. Poisonous matter and
uric acid accumulate within the BODY
in great abundance, over-working the
sick kidneys, hence the congestion of
blood causes backache in the same
manner as similar congestion in the
head causes headache. You become
nervous, respondent, sick, feverish,
irritable, have spots appearing before
the eyes, bags under the lids, and
lack of ambition to do things.
The latest and most effective means
of overcoming this trouble, is to eat
Sparing ly of meat, drink plenty of
water between meals and take a
single Anuric tablet before each meal
for while.
Simply ask your favorite druggist
for Anuric double strength) if yCu
aren't feeling up to the standard If
you have lumbago, rheumatism,
dropsy, begin Immediately this treat
ment with Anuric. Most scientists
and medical men believe that because
of an over-abundance of uric acid in
the system, uratic salts are deposited
in the tissues and cause rheumatism
and gout.
The physicians and specialists at
DIR. Pierce's Institution in Buffalo, N.
Y, have thoroughly tested Anuric
and have been with one accord sue
cessful in eradicating and throwing
off from the system the uric acid
which accumulates and poisons. Pa
tients having once used Anuric at
this institution have repeatedly sent
back for more.
Such a demand has been created
that Doctor Pierce decided to put
Anuric in the drug stores of this
country, in ready-to-use form. 1t
will be their own fault if those suf-
fering from uric acid troubles do not
take advantage of this wonderful
ssnedy-Ad0.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-01
bad COLD? TAKE
"CASCARETS" FOR
BOWELS tonight
They're Finel Liven Your Liver and
Bowels and Clear Your
Head.
No Headache, Sour Stomach, Bad
Cold or Constipation by
Morning.
Get a 10-cent box.

Colds-whether in the head or any
part of the body-are quickly overcome
by urging the liver to action and keep
ing the bowels free of poison. Take
Cascarets tonight and you will wake
up with a clear head and your cold
will be gone. Cascarets work while
you sleep; they cleanse and regulate
the stomach, remove the sour, undi-
gested food and foul gases; take the
excess bile from the liver and carry off
the constipated waste matter and
poison from the bowels.
Remember, the quickest way to get
rid of colds Is one or two Cascarets ~
night to cleanse the system. Get a 10
cent box at any drug store. Don't for
get the children. They relish this
Candy Cathartic and it is often all
that is needed to drive . cold from
THAR little systemA-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-01

representatives OF the Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Company. These, he
said, were utilization Of telephone wires
for telesra phing. Washington toll rates
and the extent TO which phones are used
in the Capital
The existence Of from two to four com
peting wire communication agencies in
American communities he held responsi-
Bile for great waste, represented by dUPli-
cation Of wires. pole lines. operators,
maintenance capital. and overhead. Amer
lea, said Mr.. Lewis, ranks thirteenth
among the nations in the use OF the tele-
graph because OF the prohibitive cost
The Washington herald., 1917-02-01
Wilson Pledged to Sever
Relations If U-Boats Raid
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

official Washington night plans laid down in the
at contradiction the laid down by the German
eminent when it accepted the Sussex note
When the of the United States would be determined
undecided last believed probable that the President might
delay until the official of the delivered Ambassador
Gerard Berlin received here will probably be oyeisht hours
The complicated however by the fact that the Ger
bardzone order became effective last midnight and that probably
ships of American nationality loaded with American
speeding on their way the of destruction.
The usual policy of the United States avoid taking diplomatic
except looked another possible
for delay this policy followed action will be taken until the actual
sinking of ship has demonstrated the method and results the Ger
man plan.
ENTENTE EMBASSIES EXPECT BREAK
At enbe. night the es. German
looked break between the United States and the
diplomats the position that the United States
End diplomatic reconcile its attitude toward submarine warfare
since the beginning of the with the German pan
At the German Embassy the looked
Bensof plainly concerned and al
though he declined discuss the formally 1t stated how
that the after long consideration. and that
renewal of submarine warfare has been considered absolutely inevitable
made their President Wilson's
posals
This submarine said diplomat
last will end the within thirty days 1t will absolutely prevent
food supplies from reaching Britain and Great Britain has less than
months food hand the only that Germany has left to
bring this end The refusal of the nations for
and the rejection of President Wilson's made clear
that Germany end the This submarine blockade will
only peace but will end Great Btn control Of the forever
GERMANY DETERMINED TO PROCEED
Despite the German Embassy stated that Ger
outlined her regardless of all de-
veopment taken indicate that diplomatic by
United States could halt alter the submarine warfare plan
stated that the German had taken the after full delbera
all angles of the situation.
An indication shock with which official Washington received the
apparent authorized issued by Senator n
South Carolina chairman the Naval Affairs Committee of the Senate
He said:
Il have yet read the German but acquainted with its
only thing do the circumstances We should
tell diplomatic representatives of the Teutonc Washing
pack up fellow barbaans We should
protect rights of the people of the United States the high with
every ship gun navy and back that with the
The German suggestion intocrabe to contemplate.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-01
Kincheloe Addresses W. o. W.

hlncneloe Addresses w. v. w.
Representative David H. Kincheloe,
of Kentucky, spoke last night at a
meeting of Oak Camp. No. 4. Wood
men OF the World, at Northeast Ten
pie, Twelfth and H streets southeast
China has the longest national hymn.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-01
BATTLE IS INEVITABLE. -

Amsterdam, Jan. a.-'May God and
our good sword help US to pass victorious
ly through the blood of the mai battle,
which has now become inevitable, for
house, home, freedom and honor" tele-
graphed the Kaiser in reply to a birth
day message received by him from the
director Of the province Of Rrandenburg.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-01
New York Food High;
London's Is Higher

Relative food costs in London and New
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-02-01
SHALL VEHAVE
ACHAUTAU(lUA

Miss Beatrice Wallmann Of Milwau-
kee, is in the city to secure signers
for season tickets for a Chautauqua to
be held here in July next The Chau-
tauqua will be held if the people of
Grand Rapids want it. The season
tickets will be $500 for the weeks en-
tertainment and student tickets for
the season will be 500. If they can
sell season tickets to the amount of
$1,000 Grand Rapids will have a Chau-
tauqua. If they don't sell $1,000
worth of season tickets thenthere will
be no Chautauqua. It is up to the
people Of Grand Rapids to say wheth-
er they want one or not. The tickets
viii not have to be paid for until af-
ter May 18th next. Miss Wallmann
will call on you soon, look pleasant
and sign the list.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-02-01
1r'rom Fridays Daily.

The Merchants & Manufacturers
committee who have been active for
several months in securing informa-
ton and the best kind of light posts,
etc, for an up-to-date White Way for
Grand Rapids, are making a canvas Of
the city this afternoon to secure sigma
lures, of property owners along Grand
avenue from the st. Paul depot tothe
east side and up and down first and
Second streets as far as the public
library. The entire cost of installing
a first class system with posts and
lights similar to the one at the cor
ner of the Wood County National Bank
building, will cost the city approx
mately $500. The city of Grand
Rapids will stand third Of this ex-
pense while the property owners will
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-02-01

Town of Rushford Man Takes an
Oshkosh Bride. They VIII Re-
side on a Farm.

The marriage of Jay Gregg, ofthe
town of Rushford and Miss Myrtle La
Breche of Oshkosh, took place at the
of the brides parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph T. La Breche at 153
Eveline street, Saturday afternoon,
Jan. 10Th, at ? o'clock. Rev. Edward
H. Saith performing the ceremony.
TIE bride was att:rcI in a sz1.se
tulle gown trimmed with pink and
wore a veil Of lace and orange bios
SONS. She carried a bouquet Of pink
and white carnations. Miss Rose A
bel and Miss Mamie Dahl were the
bridesmaids and Jesse Balderay was
the best man. Immediately after the
ceremony dinner was served to about
thirty guests, relatives and friends
Of the bride and groom. The color
scheme was carried out in pink and
white.
After a brief honeymoon tothe city
OF Milwaukee and Madison Mr.. and
Mrs. Gregg will be at home to their
friends on a farm where Mr.. Gregg
is extensively engaged in farming.
Immediately after the marriage
ceremony Rev. Smith administered the
rites of baptism to Charles Stanley
La Breche, child of the brides parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph T. La Breche, the
bride and groom acting as sponsors.
The father of the bride is the young
est son Of J. T. La Breche whose IA
Their was an old settler n the city Of
Grand Rapids, now deceased.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-02-01
DIR. Crawford
At REST

DR.. Albert B. Crawford, one of
Edgar's most prominent citizens, died
He was born at Crawford's hill near
Mayville, Wis, on July 27, 1849, and
attended an old log school in that vi
entity, afterward going to the Albion
academy, and to Ripon colleke. He
studied dentistry at the University of
Pennsylvania, and received his diplo-
ma from that institution. While there
he joined the First Infantry, Pennsyl-
vania militia, rising to the rank of
captain He was one of eleven men
who were given bronze medals for
bravery atthe time of the anthracite
coal strike.
He was married to Miss Sarah Pen
nal Bird at Philadelphia, on Dec IS,
1876, five children being born to them,
of whom two survive-AIbert B., of
Galesburg, H., and Earl B., editor of
the News at Edgar. Mrs. Crawford
died on June "A, 1907.
DR. Crawford and his family return
ed to Wisconsin in 1882, and after
spending six months at Juneau and
five years at Horizon, moved to Grand
Rapids, in 1887. They were living
there when the Spanish-American war
broke out, and DR.. Crawford raised a
provisional company of infantry,
which, however, was never called into
service.
He moved to Marshfeld in 1906, and
after the death of his wife, to Edgar,
in 1907, where he has made his home
with his son Earl
He has always taken a great interest
in his profession and atthetime of his
death was vice president Of the Central
Wisconsin Dental society
/ The funeral services were held at
Edgar on Wednesday morning, Rev
P. A. Erickson officiating, and the body
was taken to Marshfeld for burial.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-02-01
Receiving
Large Orders

Gus Kaye, Of the Kaye Carving Co,
of this city, returned last night from
Fond du Lac and Green Bay, where he
secured several contracts. One order
he received was for Gothic carving for
church furniture. The Kaye Carving
Co., have the reputation of doing first
class work and are receiving orders
and doing work for large concerns in
the adjoining states. They recently re-
ceived an order from Salt Lake City,
Utah, from a large concern. Mr.. Kaye
is noted as one Of the foremost cary
ers in the northwest.
This institution could branch out
and do much larger business if
someone would take an interest with
the company nthe larger development
of the plant. Why not have the bust
ness men investigate? We believe
with the proper encouragement, this
could become a large institution. We
believe this will bear the closest in
vestigation,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-02-01
Luncheon
ANL)BRIDGE
Pleasant Gathering at the L. E. Nash
Home, in Honor OF Mrs. James
Wright

Mrs James Wright Of Kalamazoo,
Mich, was guest of honor at lun-
cheon given on Friday afternoon by
Mrs. Lawrence E. Nash at her Third
street south home.
The twelve guests participating in
this delightful luncheon found their
respective places by means Of dainty
place cards. Yellow was the prevail
ing color carried out in all the ap-
pointments, even the menu bearing
evidence of the dainty colored decor
ations. Daffodils, Tulips, Swansonia,
and Narcissus arranged in pretty bas
kets added considerable charm to the
occasion.
At the conclusion of the exquisite
menu the guests enjoyed several ia
bles of Auction Bridge, high honors
being won by Mrs. Theodore Brazeau.
Mrs. E. ". Ellis received the conso-
lation favors and Mrs. Wright receiv-
ed the guest favors.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-02-01
GIRLS ATHLETICS
At |. Il. 5.

The Junior Girls basket bali team
defeated the Senior Girls team at
game played in the local gymnasium
on Friday afternoon. The score was
10 to 4 in favor of the Juniors.
The following is the lineup of the
two teams.
Seniors
Esther Hanson, jumping center.
Marie Bein, running center.
Nina Schuman, forward.
Amy Darlington, forward,
Helen Hougen, guard,
Kathlyn Geoghan, guard.
Gertrude Philleo, guard.
Juniors
May Rowson, jumping center.
Evelyn Chapman, running center.
Leona Hoffman, forward
Olga Bissig, forward
Mildred Hughes, guard
Florence Weeks, guard
Miss Alice Reynolds, acted as re-
fierce; Miss Emmagene Hayward, as
Timekeeper; Misses Helen Plenke and
Clara Waterman, timekeepers, Eliza
beth Henschel and Katheryn McGlynn.
The girls charged SC admission to
the game and the receipts were a
bout 5000