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The Washington herald., 1917-03-14
Walk, darn YOU, Walk,
SAYS commerce union
Government Employees Resolve to
Hike to Work During Strike.

The Department of Commerce branch
OF the Federal Employees Union last night
approved the movement to have the gov
ernment clerks walk to work to en-
phasize their sympathy with the striking
carmen
The resolutions adopted read:
Whereas. A contrOverys has arisen be-
tween the Washington Railway and Elec-
trio Company and the employees of the
company, and said controversy. from tho
standpoint of the employees embraces the
admittedly human prcrogatiVes of just
compensation. reasonable hours of la Dor,
and warranted betterments and
Whereas. The said Washington Railway
and Electric Company has secured to
operate their cars strikebreakers, who.
according 10 their leader, come from the
underwOrlds of various cities, some of
whom are gunner Of New York, former
associates of "Dago Frank" "Leftie
Louie and "Gyp the Blood" therefore
be it
Resolved, That the Commerce Branch
of the Federal Employees Union Is in full
accord with all just claims that the
street railway employees may present or
demand. and in the interest of personal
safety as well as for the principles in
volved. will refrain from riding on the
cars so long as they are operated by
strike -breaKers, and will take such other
and further action MS future events may
determine necessary.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-14

believe that only the knife can save them
Plant juice, the new herbal stomach rem
ody, has been the means OF saving very
many the unnecessary expense and trOu-
bic OF surgical operations Plant Juice is
accomplishing wonders in fighting all all
ments OF The stomach. liver, kidneys and
rheumatism. Every day more and more
people are coming forward with signed
statements Of the great benefit they have
received
Mr. Edward F. Smith, a weIl-known
employe of a large furniture company
or this city, who lives at No. 2616 P street
northwest Washington. and has many
friends here. recently said:
81 have suffered with my stomach for
the past ten years and all the food that
ate would ferment and cause gas in my
stomach: 1 was in constant agony; l had
headaches, and was very dizzy. caused by
a deEanged liver, l could not get any
sleep at night and felt all tired out in the
morning. Ny circulation was poor, l had
cRtarrh- and in fact was completely run
down. ] had taken all kinds of ,mericines,
but never got any permanent relief, until
I began to take your Plant Juice. I got
relief from the very first dose, and now
am feeling like a new man. / can eat
anything want without distress 1 sIeep
well, am not constipated and am certain
ly thankful for my recovery To health. /
will recommend Plant Juice whenever i
can"
The Plant Juice Man is at the People $
Drug Store, corner Of Seventh and E
streets northwest, where he Is daily meet
ing the local public, and introducing and
explaining the merits Of this remedy. Adv
The Washington herald., 1917-03-14
POLICE ISSUE WARNING
ABOUT INJURY TO CARS
Maj. Pullman Praises Conduct o.
= Strikers Thus Far. ,

Though paying glowing compliments
to the strikers upon the manner in which
they have conducted themselves, Major
Raymond W. Pullman, superintendent OF
police, last night warned both strikers
and sympathizers that drastic measures
would be taken by him against any Of
tenders of that section of the code which
forbids maliciously obstructing the
proper passage of any street railway
car.
The section. No. sS. reads:
Whoever maliciousIy places ar
obstruction on or near the track OF
any steam or street railway or Injuries
anything appertaining to such track.
with intent to endanger the passage Of
any locomotive or car, shall be inn
prisoned for not more than ten years"
That conditions surrounding the strike
were hourly becoming more serious was
last night admitted by the police.
Ever since the commencement OF the
trouble between the employees and oni-
cials of the Washington Railway and
Electric the police have held themselves
in instant readiness for action. Patrols
OF plain clothes men have secured the
city in search of persons attempting TO
place distractions on the tracks or in the
trolley slots In order to tie up the serv-
ice
The first arrest since the strike under
the code was made yesterday when De-
tective Sergts. OBrien and Mullen, Of In
speCtor Grants squad. took into custody
Harry A. Beaver, 1921 Four-and- a -halt
street southwest Beaver, who Is 70
years old. gave his occupation as that Of
a street car conductor. 1t is alleged by
the police that the man was caught red
handed in the act OF attempting to wreck
the pillow of car OF the Washington
Railway and Electric Company in Four
and-a-half street southwest.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-14

ten the passengers yesterday waited for
other cars"
Thieves. evidently provoked at being de-
prived Of car service. turned their attcn-
ton last night to bicycles left unattended
on the streets. Many thefIs of bicycles
were reported TO the police.
Only a slight difference in the number
of cases OF hardness in the public schools
was noted because Of the strike. Inc
two buildings most affected are the New
central and the Western High schools.
T G. Poland. for thirty-ser"n years
an cmploye OF the Washington Railway
and Electric Company. declares he was
the FIRST union man to apply for re-
tirement pension since the agreement OF
a year ago and that. owing TO the fact
that he was a union man, he failed to
receive it,
1t is not unlawful to cry ''scab" IL It
is done in an orderly manner. Judge
James L. Pugh held in Police Court yes
terday. He declared. however. that II
rude and obscene gestures and insulting
The Washington herald., 1917-03-14
MOB SURROUNDS CARS
CAUSING RIOT CALL
Report Of Violence Brings Horde of
. Reserves to Scene.

Riot call. Send all the men you can
to Eleventh and l streets southeast"
was the message recelved at police head
quarters shortly after Z O'clock last
ordered his men into the waiting police
automobiles and they were OF.
"A mob of infuriated street car strik-
ers and sympathizers have taken the
crews from two cars Of the Anacostia
line," continued the call. They have
beaten the men insensible and are wreck
ing the company's property"
The same call was simultaneously sent
to all police stations of the city and the
reserves from the Fourth. Fifth and
Ninth precincts went hurrying toward
the scene in the automobile patrol wag-
When the police arrived they found a
mob of more than loo persons-men
woWeH and children-gathered about
two cars coming toward the city from
Anacostta. The cars were standing dead
on the tracks. lights were out and the
current had been shut off. The conduc-
tors and motormen were nowhere to be
seen From the reports Of spectators
the stEikebreakers were last seen break
ing the speed limit in the direction ii
the Navy yard.
Investigation by the police developed
that there had been no one injured: that
the men in charge of the abandoned cars
had not been assaulted as reported. nor
had the street cars been wrecked
The trouble started. it was said, when
two cars from Anacostia were moving
close together along Eleventh street
Something happened to the plow OF the
hrst car and there was a sharp flash of
light. which attracted a crowd of small
boys, who at once began to teer the
strikebreakers
In few moments the crowd grew and
pressed in close about the cars The
noise increased as the crowd grew and a
policeman a block away seeing the
crowd and hearing the noise sounded a
riot call
The Washington herald., 1917-03-14

language is used in this connection It
constitutes disorderly conduct
The marking of street cars with chalk
OF other substances il a violation of the
law. and any person caught doing II
will be arrested according TO decision
by Assistant United states Attorney
Ralph Given.
motorman and conductor were forced
To abandon their car at Eleventh and II
streets southeast Yesterday afternoon
when residents Of that section protested
vigorously Sainst their taking the Law
into their own hands To punish children
for marking "scAb'' on the car. A crowd
of indignant men and women took the
part OF the children and the crew fed.
ii is stated
When the detail OF plain-clothes men
from headquarters was changed last
night members OF the squad who for the
past twelve hours nave watched the &C
tions OF the men reported that they had
picked innumerable pieces Of metal
which had been pushed into the slots
along the lines OF the Washington Rail-
way and Electric Company. They stated
The Washington herald., 1917-03-14
Police Are Enforcing Law,
Declares Major Pullman

Police regulations regarding the defac-
Ing of public property and disorderlv
conduct on the streets and on street cars
are being strictly enforced by the police.
according to a statement made last night
by Maj. Pullman superintendent and
chief of police. The statement was made
IN answer to a letter made public by
clarence p. King. president OF the Wash
inston Railway and Electric Company,
Yesterday.
Maj. Pullman stated that the letter OF
the law was being enforced by his men,
The police are strictly neutral with re-
gard to the strike said Mai. Pullman.
We are here to do our duty and protect
the lives and property Of the people,,
Several automobiles loaned by divisions
OF the District and by United States gov
ernment departments have been brought
into service and are being used to convey
headquarters men from point to point
when calls for assistance are received,
The Washington herald., 1917-03-14
Labor Department Has Plan
To End Street Car Strike

said that it was through their efforts that
these arrests were made.
A stone thrown at a motorman on a
Brookland car at North Capitol and U
streets started a fight late yesterday
afternoon which resulted in the calling
out of the reserves of the Eighth pre-
cinct. -Four arrests were made.
strikebreaker Injured.
There was a clash between striking car
men and strikebreakers at the barns OF
the Washington Railway and Electric
Company. His head bruised from a blov
with a bottle, a strikebreaker pushed his
way through the crowd of unionists and
sympathizers and escaped
Union men picketed all car barns yes
terday There was little disorder, the
pickets confining their activities to shout
ing at the men as they brought cars out
and recording the number of cars thst
left the barns.
As a general rule cars were late in leaV-
ing the barns. The most serious delay
was at the Eleventh street barn, where
the first car left at $40 a. m. yesterday,
ten minutes later than the first one to
leave Monday morning. In normal times
the first car clears the barn at a. nj.
It was reported that only two cars were
taken out OF the west. or Cabin John
Bridge. barn of the Washington Railway
and Electric Company yesterday. Both
cars were in service on the Cabin John
Bridge line. operating on half hour head
way. The customary schedule is Is min
utes.
Railway officials asserted yesterday at
noon that nine more cars than are regu-
laFly operated during normal hours were
being run from the East Capitol car
barns. They said that the usual number
was 43 cars, but that 80 were in opera
tion.
Union Chaufeurs Protest.
Protest against overcharges for taxi
operators was lodged with the police
by union chauffeurs yesterday.
Indulgence Of the District Commits
sioners in permitting owners of vehi-
cles to operate in this period of emer-
gency" without licenses was severely
scored by members of the Drivers and
Chauffeurs' unions. who have declared
that 1t is unjust discrimination against
them.
1t was said that the police are pow
erless to arrest unlicensed drivers who
overcharge patrons. The union drivers
are looking to the Commissioners for a
decision which will protect them.
Mr.. King is the recipient of many let
ters daily from stockholders of the COM
pany and others cOmplimenting him on
his stand. and from nonstrking employees
assuring him of their loyalty.
1t was unofficIally estimated that the
strike is costing the Washingto Railway
and Electric Company nearly $1,000 daily.
This estimate includes loss in revenue. in
creased cost of operating cars, damages
and other items.
The cars of the apital Traction Com
pany were. again taxed yesterday in
handling the increased traffic which has
fallen its way.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-14
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.


president, and Alexander Cohen, as sec
retary. c. B. Reed is the manager
of the protection department Of the bu-
reau. and Walter DutIedge is the su-
perintendent of detective work These
four men are now in Washington di-
recting the work of their men.
Clear Up Mystery.
Since, the strike has been on there
has been considerable speculation as to
what means will be employed TO bring
the strikebreakers here. The importation
of the strangers has been attributed to
at least half a dozen detective agencies.
II was questioned whether the agency
In charge was bona fide. All doubt
as to this was removed last night when
it was shown that the Washington De-
tective Bureau had authority from the
lceal police department to operate here.
There were endless complaints yester-
day about the conduct of the strikebreak-
ing motormen and conductors. There
were positive evidences of discourteOuS
treatment The selling of five tickets
for a quarter was again encountered by
many passengers, while, on the other
hand. some patrons of the company
were fortunate enough to buy tickets at
bargain prices
Act without Authority.
At the Occidental Hotel last night Mr..
Reed made the following statement in
behalf of the transit company:
"Our men are not authorized to sell
anything but six tickets for a quarter.
ANY attempts to take an unfair adVan-
tage of passengers and any inattention
should he reported to the officials of the
company.
Patrons Of the road can assist the
company by pointing out any violations
on the part of employees who. If guilty,
will be Immediately discharged.
TT is the intention Of the company to
offer the very best service, and if the
public will be patient for few days
there will be no reason for complaint"
Mr.. Reed passed Fifth and F streets
northwest Yesterday afternoon. where a
crowd of sympathizers had congregated
about a car The charge was made that
the conductor carried a revolver. Mr..
Reed stepped forward and searched him,
but found no weapon. He declared that
any emplOve found with weapon OF
any kind will be discharged.
Riot Call Sounded.
Yesterday afternoon n riot call was
sounded at Ninth and F streets north
west. where strike sympathizers boarded
a nOrthbOund Ninth street car and be-
came engag in an alteration with a
nOnuniOn conductor.
Someone cut the bell rOpe and another
person smashed one OF the windows Of
the car. Crowds quickly gathered about
the scene when the police reserves were
rushed there to dispel the throng. No ar
rests were made. Traffic of all kind was
tied up for half an hour.
Several strikebreakers VIII appear In
Police Court this morning to answer
charges OF falling to stop their cars at
fire stops. Union men are on the alert
watching for these violations, and 1t is
The Washington herald., 1917-03-14
NOTED AVIATOR KILLED

Berlin (via Sayville), March 13-The
noted German flyer, Hans Vollmoeller,
was killed by a fall during a trial trip,
the Transocean News Agency reported
today. During 1910 Vollmoeller won fame
as the constructor of a new aeroplane
He held several prizes. His brother was
the well-known German poet and author
Of Sumurrun and Miracle plays which
which have been staged in the United
States.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-14
The Basement Store Announces
Late Misunderstanding Greater Variety of
New Dresses for Today's Sale
At $8.75

The wonder will be-the needle
work of these dresses. 1t will seem
that 1915 would be too Iittle-for
the making alone. And note the
elaboration of the pleated models,
the belts, the pockets, every detail
of the following all-wool cloths:
Panama Cloth.
Wear-resisting Mohair.
Plain Wool Crepes.
Novelty Wool Crepes.
Fine French Serses.
COLORS include tans, srays. Co
penhagen. navy blues, Burgundy and
black. At Ss.7s-today-in the
Palais Royal Basement Store.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-14
Lovers, Here's a New One,
The Kitchen HONEYMOON

New York, March 1&.-Niagara Falls
and Washington are in the discard to-
day for honcymooning couples Society
has indOrSCd the newest thing in honey
nOons-the "kitchen honeymoon"
Walter r. Welton. son of a hotel rro-
rri"tOr Of wealth. married Sunday and
went to work in the hotel kitchen Mon
day. His bride, not to be outdone, is ex-
plorinG little kitchenette in Just the
cutest" uptown apartment, and society
approves
The Washington herald., 1917-03-14
BUYS $4,000 BRONZE.

New York. March 12-It was learned
today that Henry E. Huntington has just
purchased for $4,000 bronze group by
Joan di Bologna Q52+16OS) The work
represents Hercules lifting up Antheus.
II was obtained by Jacques SeligmaE
art dealer. from Leopold HirsCh, Of
London. the gold mining magnate
MIR. Seligman sold the group to Mr.
Huntington. who already owns more tina
Il score of the examples of Joan di
BOLOGNA. Many OF these he bought from
the collection of the late ]. p. Morgan
The Washington herald., 1917-03-14
At SIPS
Silk Dresses, Daintily New.

There are models alike becoming
to slender and stout figures, for
adults and misses. in the fashionable
straight lines and plain and pleated
styles.
The new colorinss are factor that
will attract, though. of course, black,
white, navy. and the more subdued
shades are also shown. Among the
new arrivals are Taffeta Silk and
Crepe de Chine Dresses. some with
collar. and sleeves of Georgette
crepe; some embroidered in silk floss.
Choice for S12.7S today-at the
Palais Royal Basement Store.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-14
CAR INJURIES TWO PERSONS,

Michael Mapletam. 647 Q street north
east, and Samuel Brazell, 1917 Thirty
fourth street northwest. were slightly in
jured last night when car No. SOC, Of the
Rockville line of the Washington Railway
and Electric. Company, at Wisconsin ave-
nue. and o. street, ran through a switch
and struck them. They refused treat
ment. - :.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-14
CARRIES PIPE: PrNCHEp

Raymond Joyner. "a years old. ~ sl5
T street northwest, who told the po-
lice he was q motorman. was last
night arrested by Detective Srrgeants
O'Brien and Mullen, charged with
carrying concealed Wespons Accord
ing to the police. Joyner was found At
Four-and-a-haif and o streets south
west with q piece OF iron pipe hIddt n
on his person.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-14

that in one place some one had lifted the
manhole top from the tracks and had
showed it down to the conductor rail
The police have received a special order
from Maj. Pullman 10 see that the hurry
up wagons OF the railways are not in
tertered with while at work on the tracks
Of the comnanN.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-14
PLANT juice NOW
CROWNED AS king
Washington Man Suffered for
Ten Years; Claims Is Feel
ing Like a New Man.

E'cry day more and more people are
soaring themselves into unnecessary
iris TO the operating table. In many
cases they have been simply over
strained by the tiresOme symptoms of
deranged stomach. and they have
magniied their troubles until they firmly
The Washington herald., 1917-03-14

Factories in the United States make
the steel pens for about fifty countries
Five different ovens meet about all the
possible requirements Of a new gas range
A new handbag for women can be
contracted in size to serve as q shop
ping-bag or purse.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1917-10-25
DONIOSLY WYNALAZEK

"Frankfurter Zeitung" donosi
o epokowym wynalazku, ktory mo
re wywolac zupemy przewr6t W
dziedzinic telegraph i t%elefonu bez
drutu.
Wynalazca jest decent politech
niki W Darmsztadzie DIR. Rudolf
Goldschmidt, kt6ry sic cd wielu
lat zajmuje tego rodzaju doswiad
czeniami.
Siabemi stronami telegraph bez
drutu So ciagfe: ograniczona odle
CLOSE STACEY, kt6ra zazwyczaj wy
inosi zaledwie pareset kilometr6w i
|niepewnosc fal, przesy}ajacych te
legramy, zbyt zawisiych cd zew-
netrznych wplyw6w.
Podobnie jak PREY falach W wo
die, wywo}anych wrzuconym ka
mieniem, fale w powietrzu staja
sic coraz bardziej plaskie i d}uz-
SIZE, wysokosc zas rozmachu }atwo
sic zm~niejsza, tax samo szerokosc,
czyli, jak sic mowi, technicznie,
fale staja sic przytfumionemi.
Ot6z dr.. Goldschmidt probowaf
teraz zamiast fall przytlumionych
wytworzyc i zastosowac fale ME
przytlumione.
Telegrafowaniem "a pomoca fal
nieprzyt}umionych zajmowal sic
juz dunski fizyk Poulsen W stycz
niu r. 1908, mianowicie falami,
ktore powstaja ME W drodze wy
ladowania iskier, tylko stafego III
ku swietlnego. l W owym to cza-
sic powiodio sic tel Poulsenowi
prowadzic rozmowy telefonicznie
bez drutu ia odleglosc 400 kim.
|telegrafowac wynalazek Cold
schmidta polega zas ia przestrze-
nj 24OO kim. Nowy take ma zasto
sowaniu fal nieprzythlmionych,
kt6re jednak powstaja lux SWEET
ny, lecz droga mechaniczna. Cho-
dzi tn vice poprostu 0 fale tax
jak u Poulsena przez stala bryka-
eye fal "a pomoca maszyn.
Dotad juz zast6sowywano ma
lstacyach telegraph bez drutu IVY
kle dynamomaszyny, dostarczaja-
&c jednak tylko zwyklego pradu
elektrycznego,k t6ry dopiero przez
inne jeszcze aparaty wprowadzal
do fal iskry elektryczne, co PREY
novel maszynie odpada. Wytwa-
ira ona odrazu prad 0 tego rodza
ju zaletach, re bez wszystkich q
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1917-10-25
GDY KOBIETY

Pewicn starry kupiec w%}asciciel
sk}adu towar6w, krotkich i well
nianych powiedzial pewnego razu
z wcstchnieniem: "Wole obslu--
Eye tuzin mezczyzn, anizeli try
kobiety i recze, re ich wyekspedy
uje W tym samym czasie,co te trey
kobiety tylko.' Jestto ciezki
zarzut, uczyniony rodowi niewies
ciemu i warto zastanowic sic mad
MIN mianowicic teraz, kiedy vie
ce,j niz kiedykolwiek robi sic spra
wunk6w i zakupuje. Czy ten "a
rzut jest uzasadniony? Przekonaj
my sic!
Jake czesto zdarza sic, re cho
dzimy do jakiegoS skladu benny
Slnie, zwlaszcza kiedy chcemy ku
pic podarunck, a ME wiemy sami
czego chcemy. Nieraz ME umie--
my powiedzicc:, ely sobie z.yezymy
WAGON do kwiatow, ely garnek do
mleka, bluske czy tuzin reczni-
k6w. Nadtem przynajmniej MALE
zalo sic zastanowic juz W domu.
Sprzedajacy mysi wyliczac szereg
przedmiot6w, ktore potem chce--
my obejrzec w ich przer6znych ga
tunkach. Ma jakaz probe cierpli--
wosci wystawiamy go i i lie czasu,
moe krotko odmierzonego, mu
zabieramy ME myslac wcale 0
tenn, re zwlaszcza W czasie gwiazd
kowym sprzedajacy SO przeciazenl
'praca. sod czegoz jest sprzeda-
,waczka!' TAX, to prawda, ale ona
ma take prawo do tego, ably cd
biorczyni brala jakis wzglad ma
MIA. Otto przyklad:
Wchodzi do skladu PAM, chcac
kupic stojace kolnierzyki, z Wy
gietemi koncami ola meza, by "a
staple inemi znoszone.
= Gem wolno sluzyc? ~ zap.y
Ituje parma sklepowa.
.r 800 Ill
- Chcialabym mice stojace ko'
.'nierzyki, - brzmi odpowiedz.
Meskie, ely damskie7
- Meskie.
~ ktory numeri
- 43!
Nareszcie sprzedajaca doWladu
|je sic, czego owa PAM soble zyczy
wchodzi ma drahkes siega z cory
iodnosny karton. Ale 50 to konie
rzyh oczywisicie : prostemi kon-
cami.
- TIE ME 50 dobre ~ odzywa