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The Washington times., 1917-10-18
BARON MONCHEUR NAMED
MINISTER TO ENGLAND

Baron Monchsur. former Belgian
minister to the United States. has
been appointed Belgian minister to
London, according to dispatches
reaching washington today.
The Baroness Moncheur IL a Wash
inEton girl, the daughter Of Mrs.
Powell Clayton. now resident here.
She was married to Baron Moncheur
" lille he was Belgian minister -
Mexico, and while her father, the late
Gen. PoyslI Clayton, was United States
minister to Mexico.
The Washington times., 1917-10-18
BOYS LIFE WORTH ,as.

LANCASTER, Pa, Oct 1s.-Twen-
ty-fiye dollars is the legal valua-
tIon on a nine-year-old human life
here. A jury awarded this amount
to Joseph Rohme a. damages from
q bus driver with whom Rohme was
riding when the bus was struck by
a trolley car, killing the boy.
The Washington times., 1917-10-18

In toler1unk
un at t1otive
hair than
there is In
wearing unbs-
coming gowns.
The one hair
stain ha {
stands supreme
IS "Br0NDa-
tone" II is
sim pie and
easy to use.
N o mixing.
Just comb or
brush II into
your hair. II
can not be de-
tertsd, " Ill
not rub or
wash OF, acts
The Washington times., 1917-10-18
ExPREssMEN BUY BONDS.

Forty-six employees Of the American
Express Company, recorded 100 per
cent subscription to the loan at a
meeting last night addressed by Gen
eral Agent John J. Sellers. The forty
six bonds subscribed totaled just
$4,000. It 10 expected that the balance
Of the staff, who at the time OF the
meeting were handling express matter
Mt the station and about the city, will
bring the total above the $4,000 mark.
The Washington times., 1917-10-18

Health Commissioner of Chicago. VIM;
r Kerr, as Il was known that ne hao
personally used Nuxated Iron. Com
missioner Kerr said:
"As Health Commissioner OF the
CITY of Chicago, / was importuned
many times to recommend different
medicines, mineral waters. etc. Never
vet have / gone on record as favor,
Ing any parteuiSr rem IEeme1y, pI aTcsntion
should be made to the rule. / have
The Washington times., 1917-10-18

why tn e y
prescribe It
so extern
sively, ana
why II ap-
re n ly
produces so
much better
results than
W e re OBJ
tanned from
[ h Q o i d
IOTmb VI III
organic Iron
z 1t ra C ts
from some
OF the let
ters are Civ
en- below. A
special mes
senger was
sent to in
tsrview the
The Washington times., 1917-10-18

largely today to my personal use OF
Nuxated Iron, and II my endorsement
shall induce anaemic, -.ervous, run
down men and women to take Nux-
sted Iron, and receive the wonderful
tonic dement's which / have received,
shall feel greatly gratihed that I
made an exception TO my lifelong
rule In recommending II. From my
own experience with Nuxated Iron /
The Washington times., 1917-10-18
NOW BEING USED BY OVER THREE N

In my opinion the widespread use OF
Nuxated Iron is bound to make ma
tion of stronger men. lovelier women
and healthier children"
DR.. E. Sauer. a Boston physician
and in great European Medical In
stitutions says: AS I have said =
hundred times over, organic iron Is
the greatest Of all strength builders
Not long ago a man came TO me VINO
The Washington times., 1917-10-18

Itsks conservativeiy estimated that
over three million people annuaB IN
This country alone are taking NuGAteu
iron Such astonishing results nave
been reported from its use both oy
doctors and laymen that a numoe OF
in various parts OF tne
sSanntrv haYA haan asked to explain
The Washington times., 1917-10-18
FROZEN FOOD sULaEs STORAGE

A big increase in the storage hold
ings of frozen beef, cured beef, frozen
eggs, and poultry, BY the big stor-
age warehouses Of the country, Is
shown in reports to the Department
OF Agriculture. comparing holdings
october /, with those Of October I
q year ago.
The Washington times., 1917-10-18
$1,000 GERMANS DESERT.

LONDON, Oct. 1s-The Evening
Standard says: 'In August and Sep
tciiibnr 1900 German deserters crossed
the Dutch frontier. At several points
II Is reported that the frontier guards
runaWRys."
The Washington times., 1917-10-18

panIes, fixing the valuation Of the
Warrington company at $e.oeI,6Io
and the Georgetown company $685.
ss6. The gas experts declared the two
companies worth s1s,ooo. 900, and the
company has nIed notice Of dissatiS-
faction with the action taken, thereby
opening the right Of appeal to the
courts.
The valuation of the Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone Company
properties in the District was nxed at
S6,TSS,p ,p32, from which no appeal has
yet been taken Some testimony has
been taken as to the rate Of return TO
the stockholders. but no hearing as 70
rates has been held. and must be
taken up when the commission has
time, the belief Of experts connected
with the commission being that there
should be q lowering OF telephone
rates In washington In some classes'
particularly in patty-Iine charges.
The commission must complets rs
work Of valuing the two street rail-
ways. Two members Of the body,
Commissioners Gardiner and Knight,
are unacquatnted with the testimony
regarding railway valuation, and 1t is
expected that agreement viii be
reached among counsel permitting
the testimony already taken to be
read by them rather than compel .
rehearing. involving many weeks Of
hard work. The Capital Traction
Company case may be completed In
three or four days when taken up,
there being nothing to do but nlS
briefs and present Arguments
May Raise Trolley Fares-
AZ TO the Washington Railway and
Electric Company. all the testimony
Of the commissions experts and part
OF that of the company has been
taken. although eross-examInation Of
the commissions witnesses Is TO be
made. The case cannot be completed
inside of q month when taken up
Upon these railway valuations may
depend the question vhsther scent
car fare Is to continue In Washtngton.
with six tickets for IS cents- There
has been intimation from street rail-
way officials for some time that the
companies are under financial strain
and must ask the public to pay in
creased car fares at the minimum,
abolishing six tickets for q quarter
and substituting a straight Scent
fare
The Washington times., 1917-10-18

DIR. N. H.
H o r n stine.
for ten years
in the De-
partment OF
P u b ! l c
II e a ] I h,
and Chari-I
ties of Phil
d e Up h a,
said: Dur
ing my con-
neCtiOn with
the Depart
ment of Pub
Ii Health
an d Chari-
ties as Dis
trict Physi-
The Washington times., 1917-10-18

owe it to yourself to make the fol-
lowing test: See how long you can
work or how far you can walk with
out becoming tired; next take two
hve-grain tablets Of Nuxated Iron
three times per day after meals for
two weeks. Then test your strength
again and see how much you have
gained. Many an athlete and prize
lighter has won the day simply be-
The Washington times., 1917-10-18

cause he knew the secret OF grpAt
strength and endurance and filled hia
blood with iron before he went lnts
the ARRAY. while many another hAl
siH siSns "a d1wn IN In n inslesious defeat sine
Df. Ferdinand king. New Yer1
Physician and Medical Author, say8t
In the most common foods Of Amsfil
ca, the starches. sugars, table syrup1
candies, polished rice. white bread
soda crackers, biscuits, macaToni. spa,
ghetti. tapioca, sago, fArIna, deger6aiA
mated cornmeal no longer II iron %
moved the iron Of Mother Earth from
theae Impoverished foods. and siily
methods OF home cookery, by throw.
ing down the Yaste-pips the water IN
which our vegetables are cooked, 70 Fos
sponsible for another grave Iron loeG
Therefore. II you wish to pPeserVG
your youthful vim and Vigor to . rip1
Ss nE ySg IN yOTE %qi foo y.S: ne ,s. ss
form OF organic iron, Just a. yo1
would use salt when your food hAi
DR.. Schuyler C. Jaaues. visitiAH
The Washington times., 1917-10-18

Nursfsd Dr.. E Sa1efs . BOgfou
=, t.I Physician wAo has
On tee ! stIaIed In great EuFos
miss IN Rean Medical Institns
mention It. I have taken II nayI
II and given IL to my patients wlkh
ost surprising and satisfactory re-
Its. And those who wish ouieklJ
Increase their strength, poWen
d endurance will md II a most re-
lrkaole and wonderfully 0RectiVa
medy"
note: Nuxatsd Iron, which n ur,,crsssd
q recommended above By physieians -
ch groat variety Of cases fs not = rAt.
{ medieine nor secret remedy, but ona
Heb - well known to druREists everywhers
q whose iron constituents are widely prO-
1oed by eminent phyEielans both in Francs
q America Unlike tho older Inorganic iron
oducts, II u eatily assimilated, does not m
r0 the teeth, make than black, nor upoal
. stomach; on the contrary, Il 10 . mooe
tent remedy In nearly all forms Of in1i.
stion - well as for nervous, rundown
nditions. The manufacturers have such
eat confidence IN npxatsd iron, that they
er to forfeit $4,000 to any charitable lnst-
tion II they cannot take any man q
,nan under 50 who lacks iron, and norsAss
cir strength 100 Per cent. or over IN fool
.eks' time, provided they have no a1riou1
ganic trouble. They also onsr 10 rsfgn1
ur money II Il does not ~ least dgaoll
ur strength and endurance IN ten oAyr'
ne. II L dispensed IN this city b. JAA
Donnelfs Drug Stores. Peoples Drug 0of@
d all GOOD druEgist1.-Adve.
The Washington times., 1917-10-18

taken NuN-
Gtsd Ir n
myself and
sx perienced
Its health
4 I y 1 n g.
sire n g tn
building ef-
feet. and in
the interests
OF the pub
lie welfare.
I feel II my
a U { y I o
make known
the results
of its use.
I am well
o q . I m y
three = score
years a n d
want to say
that / be-
III e v Q m y
o " n great
physical ac-
tivity In due
The Washington times., 1917-10-18
Beautiful
Hair Tinting

Nothing 30 robs a woman OF her good looks
and attractivenesS as gray, streaked or faded
hair. And there IL no more reason or sense
The Washington times., 1917-10-18

sNurgeoE.sStt-:
n o Q plta
New York.
said: Il have
n Q v er be-
fore givenI
o u I q n VI
medical In
formation OF
advice for
publication,
as ! ordi-
narily d o
not believe
In It. But
in the case
OF Nuxated
Iron I feel I
W o u Id be
T Q m ! 5 8 In
49,
The Washington times., 1917-10-18

h o W muCn
or what you
e q I. y o u r
food merely
D q s 9 Q 8
[ h T o u 9 h
yo u with
put do in z
v o u a n y
good, and as
a c o n s e
quence you
b Q C o m e
weak, pale.
and sickly-
looking just
like a plant
tryin g TO
grow IN a
s o IL def
c Q mt In
iron. II you
q r o n o {
8 tro n g or
W all on
The Washington times., 1917-10-18
Appeal From Valuation.

The fact that Congress more than
q year ago arbitrarily fixed the gas
rates of Washington does not take
from the utilities commission. the
power to order an increase or q fur
ther decrease.
The utilities commission some
months ago completed its valuation
hearings as to the gas light COM
The Washington times., 1917-10-18
GASCOMPANY
SOON To ASK
PERMIT FOR
HIGHER RATE
By BILL PRICE.

TT will be absolutely imposstpls to
continue to furnish gas to people OF
Washington at 20 cents per 1000 Gu
bic feet" declared H. S. Reside, pres
ident Of the Washington Gas Light
Company, when intsrrogsted today
regarding the plans Of his company
to ask the Public Utilities Commits
sion for an increased rate throughout
the District. Including Georgetown. In
which Congress hxsd the rate at So
cents per 1000 feet.
1--WE are confronting difficulties
now never before experienced here.
The demands in washington for gas
are 20 per cent greater than at this
time last year. Our men are working
night and day to meet these demands.
We cannot get the material necessary
for extensions for almost another
year. All the time our expenditures
are soaring. Coal, oil, labor, and
taxes have increased enormously, and
the problem Of getting coal at all is
q mighty serious one"
The Washington times., 1917-10-18

Within ten days the officers of the
Washington and Georgetown Gas
Light companies. both owned by the
former company, will file with the
Utilities Commission a statement OF
the conditions under which they are
laboring and ask that the rate for
supplying gas be considerably In
creased This statement will deal
with the income and expenditures Of
the company during the first year of
75-cent gas in washington, ended
September 30 last; will point out the
heavy increases in expenditures fore
cast for the future, and assert that
without permission to Increase the
rate serious losses may follow.
An audit company has been going
through the books for some time and
is expected to complete its reports In
another week.
Officials of the Utilities Commission
said todsv that the commission may
not be se.e to take up the gas prob
lem and the many other important
questions affecting utilities before De-
cember /. Some time ago. November
Is was fixed as the time for the com
mission to again resume its considers
ton OF the main Issues Auecting utll-
ties, but at that date the District
Supreme Court will have before it the
appeal OF the Potomac Electric Light
Company from the lower rates for
electric lighting ordered by the com
mission, and the counsel and experts
Of the commission will be occupied
in the courts.
The urgency of the appeal OF the
gas light companies may determine
the commission 70 take this up among
the first Of the big cases before II.
but it was not today expected that
the commission will get down to con-
tinuous work until after January 1.
Congress will resume its sessions
shortly after December l, and the
Commissioners will be frequently oc-
cupisd that month in furnishing In
formation to committees regarding
The Washington times., 1917-10-18

was nearly
half q CEN
tury old. and
asked me to
give him q
pr eliminary
Examination
for life In
surance- j
was aston
lshed to find
him " | { h
the b ! o o q
pressure OF
a oy of
twenty and
as full of
vigor. vim,
and vitality
as q young
m q n n
tact. q young
man he real
ly was, not
W 1T hstand-
Ing his age.
The Washington times., 1917-10-18

a said, was taking iron
Cn had hlled him with
At 80 he was In bad
ne was careworn and
now at 50. after taking
|, a miracle of vitality
beaming with the buoy
i.
oIutely necessary to en-
,od to change food into
without II. no matter
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-05
NEW SECRETARY TAKES
UP CHARITY WORK HERE
j. Byron Deacon Begins Duties
by Studying His
Job"
ACTION is PRESSING NEED

j. Byron Deacon, who successfully Co-or-
dinated organized charity in Pittsburgh
took up his new duties as general secretary
of the Philadelphia Society for Organizing
charity today. AS his initial move he is
to study the job" from business stand.
point a problem of filling empty mouths
and keeping shelter over otherwise roof
less heads
The new secretary said he would not
cram any Pittsburgh doses down Phia-
delphia'S throat" however for he distinctly
asserts that each city has its own prob
lem and has to be treated as civic indvid-
uality. At the same time. he is not going
to give too much effort to analysis he ad-
mits the pressing necessity for practical aC-
tion to meet the war needs.
Charitable agencies are not expending
their very best energies in pulling together. ."
says Mr. Deacon. "Curiously enough. they
are pulling apart. II is my policy not to
claim anything for the particular agency
that / represent which every other fair
minded group is not willing to concede.
The work of organized charity. par
ticularly in times like these. gets down
to the fundamentals Of life It Is hard to
keep food in empty bellies and shelter over
heads in spite of soaring prices. An expert
In that line has to have a very substantial
fund of commonscnse and a disposition to
play absolutely fair and in the open with
all the other groups working to the same
humanitarian ends
II feel that the chickering's among groups
engaged in charitable work, not especially
in Philadelphia, hut the country over, are
going to be ended by the war, for the rea-
son that the contributing public is going
to show very prompt intolerance of the
application of effort to anything but the
ends of human heipfulness for which such
agencies exist"
In answer to an inquiry as to his plan
of work in this city. Mr., Deacon said: 81
am going TO do what every man does on a
job that has big business problems connect
ed with 1t; ! am going to study the job.
am going to know the workers. of whom
there a large number.
Il can't waste much time doing that. how
ever, because the pressing need is to find
out how the society can fit in to the gen.
eral community preparedness to meet the
war needs These times of prosperity
bring special problems of their own to the
poor. For example. desertion. nonsupport
and intemperance have operated to produce
acute poverty and suffering more i'm these
mast months of Industrial prosperity than
during the industrial oppression of a few
winters ago.
Then. too. there is the rising cost Of
living which more than offsets the increase
in wages. People are getting higher wages
than ever before in their lives, but that
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-05
GOLF PLAYER DIES
ON LANSDOWNE LINKS
Julian j. keenan,, Sr., Stricken With
Heart Disease on Finishing
Game

An attack Of heart disease ended the life
o' Julian j. Keenan,, Sr., Of 1.ansdownC.
luSt atter he had finished eighteen holes of
Eol. The death occurred in the presence
or dozens Of golf players in the Iausdowne
country Club. He is survived by a widow.
son and daughter
For twentyfour years Mr.. Keenan, lived
IN Lansdowne. He was well known in golf
circles and for several years had been chair
man of the house committee Of the Lans-
downe Country Club Mr. keenan, was en-
gagged in the metal business at 3lOI Ludlow
street He was a native Of Philadelphia
and graduated from the Central High
school He finished his education in the
seminary at Nillanova
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-05
WOULD WORK CONvICTS
ON UNCULTIVATED LAND
italians Will Hold Mass-Meet-
ing to Protest BaldPs
Leadership Here
OTHER CITY NEWS BRIEFS

t-nproductive land in different parts OF
n.,nsvIvania could be cultivated by pris-
mars now confined in the Eastern State
p.n,,entiary. according to a statement made
,od,v by warden Robert McKenty. At least
,no prlsoners are confined in the man
..tlne factory" at Fairmount avenue and
rw.nty-frst street. Warden McKenty said
,od.v who we're farmers before they went
wrong
The American Prison Association. which
A.s lust finished its conference in WASH
,ngton. has started n movement to use
sn ooO convicts to work on farms under
Tsderal supervision. The plans Of the
American Prison Association have already
ran eibmtted to President Wilson.
III am given the proper authority" said
warden McKenty. II will turn over to the
ifnIted States Government 300 prisoners
rbo will cultivate some of the unproductive
and that is lying around here in Penn
.vlyania And the persons who reside near
tbe unproductive land need have no fear
n the convicts being near them. Every one
Al the men that | will assign to work on
vacant land later to be turned into fine
farms is a man who has proved to me that
Ne can be trusted"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-05

the mournful old Christmas tree. All the
public interest was claimed by the flag.
The spirit Of the celebrants rose with
the day and the old tree grew more mis-
cradle and angry
BY II o'clock at night II was so hot
with Indignation that II burst into flames.
Anyway that Is one theory Maybe the
old tree just got patriotic. Maybe some
body set a match to It. At any rate, II
famed up. as heretofore mentioned, and
many fire engines were called. The patri-
otic fremen refused to interfere with a
Christmas trees Fourth Of July celebration,
so the evergreen died gloriouslv.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-05

John Commesky, fireman on the L. s. S.
minneapolis is in the Methodist Hospital
as result of fight with Glen c. Reed,
Of the u. s. s. Baron Won Steuben. Yes
terday afternoon Commesky attempted to
follow Reed into a house at Oregon avenue
and South lseminger street. Reed pro-
tested, and when Commesky refused to leave
sarew his service revolver and fired The
bullet entered Commeslly's stomach. Reed
was arrested by the police of the Fourth
street and Snyder avenue station.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-05
OLD CHRISTMAS TREE CELEBRATES
FOURTH OF JULY IN BLAZE OF GLORY
Hot With Indignation at Lying Neglected for Six Months
or Filled With Ardent Patriotism, 1t
Bursts Into Flames

All day sad old Christmas tree lay
on a vacant lot on Ludlow street between
Flfty-hrst and Fifty-second streets and
brooded over its fate. six months and a
llttIe more ago IL had been popular. Chill
uieh had been gathered around II; vari-
colored lights had glowed among its
branches. which had been weighed down
with presents and festooned with cram
berries and popcorn. Now II was cast
nside-forgotten--left out in the cold. as
Il were
Everybody was celebrating - everybody
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-05

Italians in Philadelphia who are opposed
10 the pre-eminence Of Chcvalier G. G. 4.
Bald as leader of their compatriots in
this city are planning a protest mass-meet-
ing TO be held next Monday night. 1t was
said that efforts VII ne made to have
honors conferred upon the Chevalier by the
italian Government revoked. The lndc-
ntndent Amerigo Nespucc Society leaders
have Joined in the fight. II was said that
Mr.. Baldi "usurped rights when he repre-.
ssnted the Italian colony at the reception
sIyen the italian envoys in this city re-
aantly
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-05

.xcuse for motor accidents while Magistrate
watson is presiding at the Central station
IN CITY Hall. This rule was laid down
yesterday when Frank p. Hughes, 37l6 NJ
Street was arraigned. An auto which
Hughes was driving Collded with a car
operated by Earl p. Harris, 4O2 West Nor
rs street. and an attorney representing
him tried to explain that his client had
been drinking too much He was held in
$500 bail for further hearing after Mag
istrate Watson explained that rum cannot
be employed as an excuse for auto acci-
dAnts
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-05

Henry p. Rayfield is today i'm Moya-
mensing Prison az the result Of not fur
nishing $500 bail as defendant in n breach
Of promise of marriage suit. entered by Miss
Katherine B. Hauseman, in Court Of Com
mon Pleas No. .. The plaintiff claims that
an ardent courtship was followed by n
promise to marry on August 3, 1915, but
that about a week later the defendant
broke off the engagement
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-05
"4th" Hurt II Years Ago, Now Hurts

on July 4. 1906. Thomas Goritv. twenty
one years old. of 243 North Eleventh street.
suffered an injury to his right hand while
playing with revolver. Yesterday. or eIev-
en- years after the accident. Gerity reIt
sharp pains in his hand and went to the
Hahnemann Hospital Physicians said a
part OF the blank cartridge wadding that
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-05

brings about carelessness In respect TO the
increased cost Of commodities.
In order to get funds for our work. one
must be so sensitive to the needs of a com.
munlty as to get on the job at the time OF
greatest need, and that means to catch pow
ertN In its early stage District officers
must he ready to go out on instant call and
the workers must know their district The
uadespeople and neighbors Of the poor must
ours"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-05
TugbOat Damaged by Fire

Inc tugboat George d. Murray was badly
managed by fire while moored to the De
rraln sand wharf at the foot of Berks
sueet yesterday. George r. Murray,
managing owner Of the company, placed the
loss at $4,000. Other tugs were badly
scorched
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-05
Money Pours in for Red Cross

That Philadelphia's $4,000, 900 Red Cross
fund has been handsomely oversubscrbed
and is being swelled each day was the gist
of an announcement made today by mem
bers Of the campaign committee. The total
will be announced within a few days. The
campaign closed ten days ago. but contri-