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The Washington herald., 1917-07-15
Suggests Substitutes
For Leather Articles

Reduction & tie present bvingi
expense account by the substitution
of batanian products instead of leather
is claimed TO be a practical possibility
by DR.. Robert Osborne, of New Or
leans.
DR.. Osborne claims that canvas of
the same durability and strength as
leather and oilcloth may be used in
the making of bandages and articles
of a similar nature. DR.. Osborne
entered The Herald office yesterday
clad from head to foot in articles
Of apparel which all had their origin
in the plants OF the earth.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-15
Total E.

The Commissioners, in announcing
this divisional quota, also made sew
eral changes in the headquarters Of
exemption boards.
These changes follow:
First division. from 325 District
Building TO Franklin School; second.
from No. police station to Dunbar
School; third, from No. police sta
ton to City Postoffice; fourth, remains
at No. police station; fifth, remains
at No. 6 police station; sixth, from
No. police station to room AT District
Building; seventh, from No. 7 police
station TO Western High School;
eighth, from No. s police station TO
Business High School; ninth. remains
at Henry D. Cook School: tenth, re-
mains at No. 10 police station, and
eleventh. from No. II police station to
Eastern High School.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-15
WOULD LIMIT SALE
OF FOODSTUfFS HERE
Retail Crocers' Association Advo-
Gates Six-Days-a-Week Plan.

That restriction of the sale of food
stuffs In the District be confined to
six days O week and from 6 a. m. to
p. m. each day Is advised IN a letter
directed to the Commercial Economy
Board of the National Council of De-
Tense by the Legislative Committee
Of the Retail Grocsrs Protective As
ISOLATION.
wastage of food caused by the pur-
chase of edibles for late suppers after
6 o'clock In the evening is cited as
the reason for taking the action ad-
vocated. Late suppers are unneces-
sary. according to the merchants.
The letter also advises the educa-
tion of the public in the matter of
carrying small parcels SO as to mini
mike the cost Of deliveries.
The letter to the board follows:
I'm reply to letters received from
the Economy Board, Council OF Ma
tional Defense, have to advise that
this association has at all times
sought to assist in preventing food
waste and with this end in view, has
urged its members to adopt rules and
regulations having for their object
the reduction Of the cost of handling
food products In order to benefit the
public
TT Is our opinion that a great per-
centage of food waste is caused by
purchases of food after 6 o'clock in
the evening for the purpose of being
used for late suppers, which are In
no manner necessary and have no
place in the ordinary conduct Of
householders.
I'VE suggest that the sale of food
stuffs be confined between the hours
of 6 a. m. and 6 p. M, and that sales
be restricted to six days a week. We
are in favor of all stores and shops
selling groceries in any form, re-
stricted to the above hours as 1t
would mean both economy and a
great saving of food, and we hope
the Council Of National Defense will
adopt this suggestion at an early
date.
I'VE feel that It would be difficult
TO suggest any hard and fast rule
concerning deliveries because Of the
peculiar conditions prevailing in the
various sections of the city and in
any two dealers are similarly situ-
ated respecting this matter. We
would suggest, however. that the
course now being pursued, having for
its object the education of the public
to the necessity for minimizing deliv-
cries. will undoubtedly be productive
of much good.
'In conclusion, we beg to advise
you that this association and every
member thereof will at all times
gladly cooperate with you in any
manner possible and will be glad to
receive any suggestions you may
make concerning the economy dis
tributions Of food supplies"
The Washington herald., 1917-07-15
christian SCIENCE
DOES NOT BAR war
Members of Church Urged Not to
Claim Exemption.

IL Is the opinion of the Christian
Science board of directors, according
TO an editorial in the current issue
OF their OFFICIAL weekly periodical,
the Christian Science Sentinel. that
no Christian Scientist can claim ex-
emption as a conscientious objector
OF that faith without misrepresent-
Ing Christian Science for In the
church tenets or platform of the
Christian Science Church no specific
reference Is made to participation
in war"
After a careful analysis of the
military service act In connection
with the first draft army, the edi-
torial, which is directed to those
Christian Scientists who have claim
ed exemption. either as practitioners,
readers in the church or simply con-
scientious objectors, sums up the fol-
lowing deductions:
Taking this act as whole, II
might be said that those practitioners
whose cards appear in the Christian
Science Journal might be regarded
as exempt, but that only a very lib
eral Interpretation OF the act would
exempt other practitioners or read
ers. In this connection It might be
said that all Christian Scientists
should be ministers, but no class is
set apart In the manner called
regular" 1t should be said. also,
that Christian Scientist could not
claim exemption as a conscientious
obJector, without incorporating
Christian Science, for in the church
tenets or platform of the Christian
Science church no specific reference
Is made to Participation in war.
The allowance of claims for ex-
emption will be in the Judgment or
discretion Of local exemption boards,
subject to the right of appeal to
similar boards of higher authority,
and the question OF exemption from
military service Is one to be worked
out between the Individual and the ex-
emptton board. A Christian Scientist
Is true patriot because he is learn
ing what patriotism is, and his real
helptulness to his country and to his
tellow-men OF all nations increases
In proportion to his understanding
of Christian Science.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-15
Children Will Dance
For Red Cross Fund

On Tuesday at 5 p. m, number Of
patriotic children. will hold an enter
tainment and bazaar at 1347, l349 and
1851 Meridian place northwest, the
proceeds of which will be turned into
the American Red Cross.
The program will consist OF dancing,
singing and the following tableaus:
Statue of Liberty" Hansel and
Gretel. rhythmic dance, The Sleep
ing Beauty" recital and dance minuet,
Little Red Riding Hood" The chill
dren participating are Emma Kam-
meTer, Mildred Kammerer, Mildred
Bogue, Priscilla Bogue, Pauline Brett,
Dorothea Creager, Elizabeth White,
Katie Minassian, Katherine Hawley,
Eugene Hawley, jr., Betty Schmaltz,
Helen Prentiss, Edith Kalstrom, Kath-
arine Alexander, Anna Stuerman,
Elizabeth Hopkins, John Hoover,
Ernest Abbe and Spencer Prentiss.
In their singing and dancing the chill
dren will Ne accompanied on the piano
sy Mrs. c. Able. and the tableaus will
be staged under the personal super
vision - of Mrs. II. Minassian. The
children will also be assisted by Mrs.
b. Won Oehsen and Mrs. e. Hawley.
Tickets are s. cents each.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-15
Form Welfare Bureau
For Hebrew Soldiers Aid

A mass meeting is to be held Mon
day night, at o'clock, in the Wash
ington Hebrew Congregation, Eighth
street northwest, for the purpose of
forming a welfare bureau to take
care of the physical comforts and
recreation of Jewish sailors and sol.
siers in camps and training stations,
In the vicinity Of Washington.
Rabbi Edward Davis, of the Jewish
Welfare Board Of the United States
Army and Navy, will direct the or
ganization.
The principal speaker at the meet
ing will be DR.. C. F. Syimson, execu-
tive secretary Of the War Department
Commission.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-15
Great Church Groups
Aid Food Conservation

Representatives of all the great
groups of churches, will be at work
in the food conservation department
of the Food Administration, by Mon
day. They will coordinate the work
of their church organizations with
the Food Administration.
This work will be under the general
direction Of Mcneil Sayre, secretary
OF the pension fund of the Episcopal
Church, Of which J. P. Morgan is
treasurer.
Rev. william Chalmers Covert, of
Chicago. has some here to represent
the Presbyterian Church. Rev. George
Dougherty. vice rector of the Catholic
University, at Washington. will serve
in the interest of the Catholic church's
work, and Rev. Joseph Krauskopf,
OF Philadelphia. will represent the
Jews.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-15
Many Look for Big Rain
On St. Swithin's Sunda,

As today is ST. swithin's Day all
eyes will be turned heavenward for
traces of rain.
The average person, including the
local forecaster. does not take much
stock in the st. Swithin's Day proph-
ecy.
1T may hold good in England
where the saint is alleged to have
held forth many centuries ago." said
a weather sharp. but it never has
made good in Washington. The rec
ords show that there has been rain
on a number of st. Swithin's Days,
but never in the history of the bu-
reau has 1t rained for even twenty
days thereafter"
The Washington herald., 1917-07-15
Uncertainties of War
Make Soldier a Benedict

our boys are disappearing all the
time and it is impossible to tell when
anyone Of US will 20 or where we
VIII 60" said Lieut.. Samuel Reed
Hursh. stationed at Belvoir, Va, with
the Fourth Regiment of Engineers.
We never know from one day to the
other what is going to happen. and
we are certainly not sure we will
sleep in the same bed twice in sue
cession."
This uncertainty led the lieutenant
The Washington herald., 1917-07-15

to come to Washington yesterday and
secure a marriage license. His bride
will be Miss Frances Irene Snyder. and
they both come from MifIinburg, Pa.
Both are q years of age. Lieut..
Hursh successfully passed the eXami-
nation for second lieutenant April .
last. and has been on the job ever
since. The Rev. J. H. Jeffries will
perform the ceremony.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-15
Insane Asylum Employees
To Get 10 Per Cent Raise

ChapIains, veterinarians, the organ
list and others at st. Elizabeth's Hos
pital for the Insane who do not re-
ceive a salary Of over 81 200 per year.
will benefit by the increase of 10 per
cent provided for by Congress.
The Comptroller Of the Treasury de-
cided that every person in the employ
Of the institution whose salary is not
above the marks set by Congress, in
cludlng doctors. attendants, nurses,
mechanics and others, are entitled to
the extra pay.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-15
Employees Quit Work.
In Protest Against Law

Fifty-five employees OF the Dis
trict sewage pumping station quit
work at noon yesterday, making
the second protest they have made
against the decision of the Comp
-troller of the Treasury, which de-
nies them the Saturday half holi-
day.
Comptroller Hardwick has ruled
that per diem employees are not
entitled to half holiday, although
employees upon the annual payroll
receive it. One week ago the same
employees refused to work on Sat-
uEday afternoon. Representative
Garter. of Massachusetts,, has in
troduced a bill in Congress to rem
edy the distinction being made
against per diem employees.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-15
Mixed Bathing Hour Changed.

II you have been in the habit of
giving your best girl a swimming
lesson Sunday morning, you will have
to get up early hereafter. Beginning
today the ediet prohibiting mixed
bathing In. the municipal pools after
a. m. goes into effect. For the re-
nnainder OF the day the pools will be
open only to men and boys.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-15
CLERKS ORDERED TO FRANCE

Some two score department clerks
and stenographers are soon to leave
for France to do clerical work for
Gen. Pershing's "samnies." A few
days ago the War Department re-
ceived cable from Pershing urgent
ly requesting that clerical help be
sent him. A call for volunteers In
each department was sent out and
the men are now getting ready to
leave for Somewhere In France.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-15
Wouldst Catch a Fly?
Use Flat, Stale Beer

Chicago. July .14.-Would you trap
the buzzing fy. would you soak
him In the eye. would you gladly
see him die-use stale beer.
In a little pamphlet called Trap
the Fly" urges all their employees
to install traps, and advises the
Juice of the hops. when fiat and
warm. as one of the best baits for
the critters.
Then. too. II you don't want to
waste the beer you can use sugar
and vinegar-which doesn't evap-
crate as quickly as the suds.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-15
OFFICIAL TO TAKE OATH.

Gen. ]. G. D. knight. U. s. A., re-
tired, appointed Engineer Commits
sioner of the District to succeed Col.
Kutz, is to be sworn In tomorrow at
10 o'clock by Daniel ]. Donovan, Sec
retary of the Board of Commission
'ers. He will be sworn in as chairman
Of the Public Utilities Commission by
John p Young. clerk Of the District
Supreme Court
The Washington herald., 1917-07-15
To Welcome Federal Workers.

Mrs. Hannis Taylor IL In charge ot
the Catholic Women's War Service
Committee Of the Catholic Alumnse
branch, which is to provide propsr
safeguards and TO extend the hand os
good fellowship 10 the strangers who
come to the city TO MI the govern
ment's war needs.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-15
QUOTAS ANNOUNCED
FOR DISTRICT DRAFT
929 Men to Be Drawn from Eleven
Divisions.

The District Commissioners yester-
day distributed the Districts quota of
SO men for the national army among
the eleven exemption divisions of the
city.
The quotas by local exemption d.
visions follow:
The Washington herald., 1917-07-15
FREE TO
ASTHMA SUFFERERS
A New Home Cure that Anyone Can
Use without Discomfort or
Loss of Time.

Loss of Time.
We have q New Method that cures Asthma
and We want you 70 Try it at our expense No
matter whether your case is OF long standing
or recent deTelopuent, whether 1t is present az
Hay Fs#r or Chronie Asthma. you should send
for free trial Of our method. No matter IN
what climate yol live. no matter what your age
or ooeupation. II you are troubled with asthma,
our method should relieve you promptly.
We especially want 10 send IL b fhoSe au.
psrcnty hopeless cases. where all forms Of
tnhalers. 'douehss, opium preparations fumes,
patent smokes" etc, have failed. We want
70 show every one at our swn expense, that
tHs nsT msthpd Is designed TO snd all difficult
Breathing, AL whesLing, and all those terrible
p1roxJzns tt once and foT all tune.
his frse offer Is too impOrtAn. To neglect a
single day. Write today and begin the method
a. ooe- Send no money. Simply mail coupon
bslov. Do II Today.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-08-23
AUSTRIANS GIVING WAY.
More Than 10000 Huns Made Pris.
oners in New Offensive.

Rome, Aug. 21.-More than 10000
prisoners have been taken by the ltal-
ians in their new offensive up to yes
terday evening, the war office an
nounces.
The great battle on the IsonZo front
continues without interruption. The
war office states that the Austrian
line is beginning to bend and give way
at various points.
Enemy defenses between Corite and
Selo, near the strongly fortified Star
ilokva position have been captured by
the Italians.
The Italians, supported by floating
and fixed batteries and monitors, are
marching toward success, which the
statement says is becoming delineated
in spite of undiminished enemy resis-
tance.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-08-23
CHINA ENTERS WAR.
Violation of Right Forced Step, Says
President Feng kwo Chang.

lOldtlOu VI AhSShC oANSU 'eSPs 10y =
President Feng kwo Chang.
Peking, Aug. 14-China's declara-
tion of war on Germany and Austria
Hungary beginning at 10 a. m. today
and the other documents relating to
the conflict do not mention the asso-
citation of the Chinese Republic with
the Entente Powers. They indicate
that Chinas action will be entirely
Independent.
The declaration Of war aroused lit
tie excitement in Peking or in other
North China cities, the long discus
sion of the question having discount
ed it's effect. The Netherlands minis
ter to China today took over the Aus
trian interests and received the arms
of the Austrian guard. The doors of
the Deutsche Asiatische Bank have
been sealed.
Chinese troops at Tien Tsin took
over the Austrian concession and the
German bank and German barracks
there without incident.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-08-23

Some people, and unfortunately a
few of them live in Bamberg, say that
we have no cause for war with Ger
many. Suppose President Wilson and
congress had met the views of these
pacifsts or pro-Germans, or whatever
YOU want to call them, and had humb-
" met the demands of Germany and
kept our ships off the seas, what
then? None of the cotton crop of
the South could have been sent to
European countries as result. AS
America produces about twelve mill
ion bales of cotton and only consumes
about six million, any one can well
imagine what the price of cotton
would be now. Instead of being
around twenty-five cents it would
be three or four, with practically all
our industries crippled, people all
over the country out of work, factor
les shut down, women and children
suffering for the necessities of life,
and hunger and desolation prevailing
all over our now fair land. This is
not an improbable picture. 1t is a
stern fact. And yet people who ought
to know better, by their foolish talk,
are attempting to cripple the efforts
2f IN war
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-08-23
Opinions from
Folks Who Know;

For malarial headache, Granger
Liver Regulator entirely relieved my
trouble.-J. Height, Wetumpka, Ala.
Had heavy headache. Vomited.
twice to six times q day. Four doses
of Granger Liver Regulator made me
well.-Loundas P. Brindley, Somer.
vile, Ala. A-s.'s
Mother had sick headache. Granger
Liver Regulator did her more good
than all the medicine she had taken
before.-Pearley Davis, Pacio, Ala. 4
I never expect to be without it IN
ny home.-Jenie Usey, Gadsden, Ala.
It is a great saver Of doctors bills.
Louis N. Kent, Honoraville, Ala.
There is none better.-Dr. I. +.
Cothram, Alexis, Ala. y
All druggists sell Greuger Livea
Rsgulator-25c, Try ".
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-08-23
NATURAL IRON
BEST CHEAPEST
TONIC OF ALL
HIGHLY CONCENTRATED ACID
IRON MINERAL GOES FROM
TWO TO SIX TIMES AS FAR.
More Powerful, Economical, Than
Prepared "Patents.''

When people find their appetite off,
vitality low, and are sluggish, tired,
and worn-out, short treatment with
just plain, everyday natural iron is
the wisest course.
You can get natural iron, known as
Acid Iron Mineral at most drug stores
and fifty-cent bottle goes from two
to six times as far as other and weak
er iron compounds of laboratory and
chemist.
A dollar bottle will permit a whole
family to take it a couple of weeks
which in it's powerful highly concen-
trated form is usually sufficient to
increase the family's vitality, strength
and appetite in a truly wonderful
manner.
Acid Iron Mineral has been bottled,
tested, and guaranteed up to its pres
ent high standard for thirty years for
use in hospitals, surgery, and dental
work, and it may now be secured in
family sized bottles. Be sure you
get the genuine, the trade mark "a
I'M" is your protection. 1t is non
alcoholic, is not laxative, and is the
product of the only medicinal iron
mineral deposit of it's kind known to
the world, soc and 81. Bottled by
lessons, the Ferrodine Chemical Corp,
Roanoke, Va.
Note: Acid Iron Mineral contains
such a high percentage of iron, it may
be used as a germicide, antiseptic,
and astringent. Farmers, surgeons,
and dentists use it to stop bleeding,
prevent soreness, and as healing
agent. See directions on bottle.-adv.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-08-23

The main business street OF BAN
berg is entirely too narrow anyway,
and now that it is used so largely
as a parking place for automobiles
often it is almost blocked and We
hicles of any kind have difficulty in
getting through. We greatly fear
that sooner or later a serious accl-
dent will occur on this street on ac-
count of this parking of cars. 1t
would seem to be good policy on the
part of city council to forbid the
stopping of automobiles on our main
street for a longer period than five
minutes. Of course shoppers often
use automobiles which stop in front
of business houses, but what is need
ed is a regulation based on common
sense which will not work a hardship
but will put stop to the practice OF
leaving machines on the street for
hours at a time.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-08-23
Porto Ricans Not Going to Columbia

Washington, Aug. 21.-Porto Ric-
an troops will not be sent to Camp
Jackson. If any negro troops are
sent to South Carolina camps they
will be trained separately from the
white troops.
Governor Richard l. Manning, &C
companied by Senators Tillman and
Smith; Representative Whaley and
Ragsdale; Chairman D. R. Coker, Of
the South Carolina Council of Nation
al Defense, and Messrs. R. Goodwin
Rhett, of Charleston; J. W. Lillard,
William Elliott, and George L. Baker,
of the Columbia Chamber of Com
merce, and Prof. George McCutcheon,
representing Congressman Lever,
called on Secretary of War Baker
this afternoon and presented their
views with regard to the mobilization
of negro and Porto Rican troops in
the Palmetto State. Governor Man
ming authorized the following for
publication after the conferences:
Governors Statement.
Secretary of War Baker met us at
1890 today, and We discussed the
question of the draft of troops in
South Carolina, especially with ref
erence to the negro troops. The
Porto Rican troops will not be sent
to South Carolina nor will the white
and negro troops be mixed. The mat
ter was fully discussed from the
standpoint of the best interests of all
the troops. white and colored, and
the best way to handle the PROPOSE
ton. Secretary Baker assured us
that he would take under serious
consideration all that was said and
would endeavor to decide the ques-
tions involved as to serve the vel
fare of all parties concerned. If any
negro troops are sent to South Caro-
lima, they will, under the long-estab-
,ished policy Of the War Department,
be kept entirely separate from the
white troops.
AT the opening of the meeting
Secretary Baker announced that the
Porto Rican troops would not be sent
to Camp Jackson at Columbia.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-08-23
AyiatorS Burned to Death.

Buffalo, n Y, Aug. 2O.-Charles
A. Wall, Jr., and Richard H. Meade
were burned to death here late today
when an airplain which they, were
experimenting with smoke bombs,
caught fire in the air. Both men
were dead when the destroyed air
plane fell to the ground.
Wall was a civil engineer in
training for aviation service. Meade
was aviation instructor who came to
Buffalo recently from the training
camp at Mineola, n. Y.
Wall and Meade had gone to a
height of about 700 feet to make
tests of the new bomb, which had
been offered to the United States
government for work in spotting gun
positions. Circling che field, they
released one of the bombs which
burst into smoke at a safe distance
below the machine.
Their watchers on the ground
amoung them the inventor of the
bomb, saw Wall lean over the side
second bomb in his hand. He
dropped it and almost Immediately
there was flash and the planes were
ablaze.
When the blazing machine dropped
the men were found burned beyond
recognition.
Wall was 30 years old and was the
son of a Buffalo physician. Mead was
27 years old and his home was in
Boston.