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The Washington herald., 1917-03-26
wilson LAUDS Police
FOR INAUGURAL WORK
Sends Letter of Congratulation te
Mai. Pullman.

President Wilson is well pleased with
the manner in which the Metropolitan
Police Department handled affairs during
the inauguration. The superintendent of
police yesterday received the following
letter of congratulation from the Presi-
dent:
II am sure you will realize that II Is
only illness that has prevented my writ
ing sooner to express to you my apprecia-
ton and admiration Of the police ar
rangements on inauguration day. They
evidenced very careful forethought and
were certainly admirable in every partic-
ular. Cordially and sincerely yours,
WOODROW WILSON"
The following answer pledging the serv-
ice OF the department to the country in
sent to the President:
My Dear Mr.. President-You do not
know how much I appreciate your thought
in taking time out OF your busy day to
write me the letter commencing the de-
partment on the police arrangements
made for Inauguration day.
"Whole-hearted cooperation from every
man on the force and from members of
citizens committees made possible the
working out Of our plans in a manner
which has been commented upon favor
ably by hundreds who were interested in
the success of your second inaugural
Each and every member Of the Met
ropolitan police hopes to be as well pre-
pared in the more serious situation
brought about by the condition of inter
national affairs, and we pledge to you
and to the government our LOYALTY and
our best service. Very sincerely,
RAYMOND W. PULLMAN.
Major and Superintendent"
The Washington herald., 1917-03-26
PAIR Or YOUNG WIVES
MISSING FROM HOMES
Took Train for Pittsburgh. Mother Of
One Tells Police.

Mrs. Lillian Polkinhorn, 10 years old.
1887 Maryland avenue northeast. and Mrs.
Anna Herbert, q years old, 1876 Franklin
street northeast, are missing from their
homes, according to a report made to
the police yesterday by Mrs. Mary Multi
gan, mother of Mrs. Polkinhorn. r
Tho girls, according to the statement
Of the mother, boarded a train for Pitts
burgh at Union Station Saturday night
at 1855. Mrs. Polkinhorn left home about
l o'clock Saturday afternoon. She has
not been heard from since.
Mrs. Mulligan stated that Mrs. Her
bert telephoned her mother that she and
Lillian were going to Pittsburgh and for
her to take care Of her baby boy. She
said that she would send for the child
a. soon as she was able.
Both young women, according to Mrs.
Mulligan, have had trouble with their
husbands.
Mrs. Polkinhorn, who ran away to
Baltimore a year ago to become the bride
Of Lee Polkinhorn. is described as pretty.
i've feet four inches tall, weight 125
pounds, brown hair. fair complexion and
blue eyes. She wore a dark coat suit
trimmed with fur and a red plush hat.
She was an experienced telephone oper-
ator and worked in the local exchange
before her marriage.
Mrs. Herbert is the wife of Austin J.
Herbert, an automobile mechanic. She
Is described to the police as i've feet one
inch tall. weight 107 pounds, light hair,
blue eyes. long black fur coat and gray
fur hat with yellow band.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-26

tables, and with air and good e1er-
else you need little else. II the liver
needs rousing-and most of us need
this once . week-take q safe vegeta-
BILE extract of the leaves OF aloe, May
apple, root of jalap made into q tiny
sugar-costed pill, sold by almost
every druggist a. DR.. Pierce's Pleas
ant Pellets and first put up nearly
fifty years ago.
Most people die eventually of an
over-scid condition. If the blood can
be rendered more alkaline, the longer
We live. With regular hours, 8 to s
glasses of water between meals, sem
sible coarse food and q chance to get
the poisons out of the system, q man
will live TO be Q hundred. But, IN
fortunately, our highly nervous way
Of living brings increased storage OF
uric acid In the body. This acts as
. poison, and consequently we suffer
from headaches, neuralgia, lumbago,
aches or pains, rheuma tism, govt.
Get rid of this uric acid poison by
taking harmless medicine called
Anuric, which throws out the uric
acid by stimulating the kidneys.
Drink . pint of hot water before
meals and take Anuric (double or
triple strength after meals and q
bed time. Anuric can be obtained
at almost any drug store, or send
81 90 to DR.. Pierce, Invalids' Hotel,
Buffalo, n. Y, for full treatment.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-26
.GUARDSMEN HONORED
At BAPTIST CHURCH
Boys in Brown" Landed for Service
to FLAG.

The Boys in Brown should 70 down
in history as did the Boys in Blue and
the Boys in Gray" said Rev. John
Compton Ball at the Metropolitan Bap-
fist Church. Sixth and A streets north
east. last night at a meeting In honor of
the District Guardsmen.
DR.. Ball said that the Guards should
be called the Boys in Brown" and ex-
tended on behalf OF the conservation of
the church a hearty welcome to the SOL
diers who filled six rows in the audi
torium.
I'VE are now living in a country that
knows no North. no South, no East, no
West, no boundary whatsoever, and all
hearts are united to defend flag and
country" the minister said
The letters U. s. stand for Uniform
Soldiers unitedly standing for unques-
tionable service and unlimited sacrifice
in upholding the nag.
THE country is under dark war clouds
which may fall at any moment, and
mean the calling Of the Boys In Brown
TO the colors again. We must prepare in
prayer"
Dr. Ball said that the greatest thing
this country could do to bring about
peace and offer needed assistance in the
world war would be to take the advice
given In an editorial in The WASHINGTON
Herald Saturday, which proposed the
giving OF $1,000. ooO. 900 to France.
Eighty small children from the Junior
Bible School gave an impressive salute
to the flag.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-26
TO FORM HUMAN FLAG
ON MONUMENT GROUNDS

Col. Robert n. Harper, general chair
man of the directors for the United Con-
tederate Veterans Reunion here in June,
said yesterday that committees and sub
committees for the reunion would be an
nounced by the board at a meeting
Wednesday,
comprehensive program will also be
mapped out at this meeting for the en-
tertainment and reception of the South
ern veterans when they come here to
hold their twenty-seventh annual con-
vention.
One of the numerous features which
Giil be arranged will be a concert by
the Marine Band on the Monument
Grounds before a human flag made by
LOCO school children.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-26
NO SLEEP FOR dead,
DIR. GORDON. ASSERTS
Death Is Big Surprise and Great Hap.
piness, He Says.

HhASSot ~ Seyes
''The sleep Of the dead is a myth" said
Rev. James L. Gordon, pastor Of the
First Congregational Church, in a SER
mon yesterday on "sir oliver Lodges
New Book on Spiritualism."
the soul never sleeps" said the pas
tor. TT never rests. stops or waits.
The FIRST 1--WE minutes after death Is
judgment. Heaven Is instantaneous once
We have shuffled on this mortal coll.
There are no sleeping souls in or under
the earth. In the sea, in heaven, hell. or
any place between heaven and hell. The
soul absents itself from the body, but it
presents itself to the Lord.
death will bring to all Of US our
greatest surprise. The more sudden the
death the more sudden the glory. You
may be surprised to know that death
Is perfectly natural. as natural as the
dawning Of the day or the opening OF
the rose or the rising sun. I believe that
death is one of the sweetest, happiest
and most blissful incidents in human ex-
perience.
Perhaps you are surprised that heaven
Is so near but you are not surprised
at the vastness Of the universe. Flesh
and blood are not a necessity to real
life. Your body dies, but your soul
neither sleeps or dies. Heaven is a pre-
pared place for departed people. There is
no retired list up there, no unemployed
class. no reserve force. and no leisure
aristocracy. 1t is there that we get the
first touch OF real life.
mo God-fearing man or woman need
fear death. It 10 a glorious thing to
die. to 60 to the place Of perfect Joy
and eternal happiness. Many of our
great men have faced the unknown with
out fear. They instinctively knew that
there was nothing to fear; only some
thing to be grateful for
The Washington herald., 1917-03-26
SCHOOL DAYS RETURN
FOR CITY POLICEMEN
Ordered Back to Class Room to Learn
MANY Things.

The sight of a nice kind-faced police
man. tripping gaily along swinging a lit
tie bunch OF books and a slate by a
shiny yellow strap, may be common
enough within the next few weeks. For
Mr.. Policeman is going back to school
again.
The statement comes from none other
than Maj Raymond Pullman. the head
of the force.
All the policemen. of course, learned
their three Rs years agone in kid
hood days. Now, however they are
going to class and learn their three DIS,
to wit, duty. detecting and drill.
In other words. the men are going to
be taught how to be models of efficiency,
how to spot a clue right away, quick.
just like that. how to march and salute
the sergeant, and everything!
The proposed school is the result Of the
class of instruction of the thirty-sx
rookie" members of the force. Results
were so good that Mai Pullman decided
to try It out on the veterans, too.
Lie1ts. James A. Duval and c. P. NJ.
Lord are to be the teachers. And the
course will be thorough and then some
so thorough. in fact, that the pupils are
even going to be taught how to smile
when somebody asks them a fool ques-
ton.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-26
Bread More Valuable Than Prayers;
All Serve Master, Say City Pastors
No Further to Heaven from
Hut Than Castle, Pastor
Montgomery Says.

Man cannot live on barren abstrac-
tion," said Rev. James Shera Montgom-
cry. pastor of the Calvary NJ. E. Church,
in a sermon last night.
"A loaf Of bread is worth more to tho
starving mouth than a breast full Of
prayers" he declared. The worlds Ques-
ton today is: Does it work. We must
put our creeds into deeds. The common
man is, after all, the fountain Of our
prosperity and the architect Of our great
ness, and a religion that ignores his
simplest concern will fail. Our country
must preserve him who has carried us
along the pathway Of our progress. May
the great eminence to which We have
arisen ever be a hilltop. not of tempta-
ton, from which we can see lands to
possess and to pillage. No! But may
we from our Olivet look upon the world
by precept and example. showing II the
benign influence and teaching Of the rule
exemplified by the life OF Jesus of Naza-
reth.
we do not like the title 1aboring
man. 1t is misleading and by suggestion
tionship OF dependence on one side OF
our country's citizens any more than on
the other side. America spells equal OPP
portunity for ALL
Thank heaven that it is no further to
glory from the cottage door than 1t is
from open plaza. American citizenship
clothes all men with a dignity, which is
stu new to the world.
mo man. save only the traitor. need
hang his head, for we are still the refuge
OF the worlds unfortunate, oppressed and
repressed by land thieves and royal as
sassins.
Yesterday Russia sowed the wind: to-
day she is reaping the whirlwind. Now
the world beholds in growing outlines the
rising image OF a new Russia, with a
face like a rising sun. with answering
determination that frees from usurpa-
ton from any and every quarter.
Let us move forward with a guaran-
teed right to crush our enemy, who with
mailed fist has been feeling for our
throat in the dark"
The Washington herald., 1917-03-26
Nutshell Neu,s

John seay, A years old. 7o6 Fifth street
northwest. died yesterday morning with
out medical attention. DR.. Frank 7.
Chamberlain. Of Casualty Hospital pro-
nouneed him dead. The coroner was
notified
Richard Graham, colored, Is years old,
1901 Potomac street northwest. cut his
throat with q razor yesterday afternoon,
after which he walked to the George
town University Hospital, where his
wound was treated. His condition Is not
serious according to the report at police
headquarters.
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany Car No. 611 last night collided
with an automobile, the property of
Oscar Meyers. GOT o street northwest,
while in Ninth street between ana
G streets northwest. The automobile
was slightly damaged. No one was in
Jured.
Lloyd Graham. colored, 10 years old, Isl
X street southwest, was treated at the
Casualty Hospital for slight cuts about
the face yesterday afternoon. The negro
was cut by another negro, who escaped.
during a fight in Sixth street between
F and G streets southwest.
F. z. Parks, 1896 Fifteenth street
opposite street southwest yesterday
afternoon caught and drew to the sur
face the body OF a negro man who was
later Identified as John Henry Mont
gomery IS years old. who was reported
to the police as missing from his homo
1H2-A Carrollburg street southwest, sew
eral days ago. The body was removed to
the morgue and Coroner hewitt notified.
Fire which originated in a billboard oil
vacant lot No. q Massachusetts avenue
northwest, yesterday afternoon quickly
spread to the premises at No. Is Mas
achusetts avenue. damaging the latter to
the extent of SIS. How the fire started
is not known to the authorities.
No. % Engine Company and No. II
Truck Company, Of the FIRE department
were yesterday afternoon called out on
a local alarm to extinguish flames Of a
grass fire which threatened to ignite some
lumber and a chicken house at Al Blair
road. The fire was quickly extinguished.
The property which belongs to E. C.
Rowley was damaged to the extent Of S.
Taken suddenly Ill at his home, 7o5
Fifth street northwest, yesterday, John
Seay. A years old, died before the
Emergency ambulance could reach him.
Claire FrIedenberg. IL years old, daush-
ter Of Morris Friedenberg, a butcher, who
lives at AT I street northwest, was sud
denly taken ill yesterday while at her
home She was removed to the EmerR-
ency Hospital for treatment. Her condi-
ton Is not serious.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-26
Power to Choose Is God Given
Prerogative, Pastor Dun
ham Declares.

We all serve a master and in our
maddest dreams of freedom enthrall our
selves to some one whom we worship and
serve" said Rev ]. Harvey Durham,
pastor Of the Western Presbyterian
Church. in a sermon yesterday on the
subject. Choose You This Day Whom
Te VIII Serve"
Consciously or unconsciously said the
pastor. I'VE all serve a master, but We
may choose our master Choice Is our
God-gtven prerogrative. The power to
choose is part and parcel of the primitive
consciousness OF the race. We are men
with soul. will, conscience and the power
OF choice
The choice OF a master is individual.
II is a personal thing. Joshua could not
choose for his people and they could not
choose for him. Sooner or later every
man must face the question. What Shall
Do With Jesus Every man must bear
his own burden. work out his own SAL
walton. choose his own master.
This is the day OF opportunity. OPP
portunity lost is lost forever Napoleon
Bonaparte said: In every battle there
is ten minutes which decides the battle
In the battle Of life there comes a day.
an hour a moment. which decides the
are brought face TO face with the ques-
ton. Shall I Be a Christian? Shall ]
Have This Man Reign Over Me- TODAY.
IL you hear His voice. harden not your
hearts. Now is the accepted time: now
is the day of salvation.
1T is an impressive experience to stand
by the bedside of dying veteran whom
one has loved and followed. Viewed from
that vantage ground the mighty things
Of the world seem weak and the gilded
and glorious only hollow tinsel
The last moments Of a noble life cast
a halo around the scene which cannot be
described. Last words are listened to
with reverence and treasured In the
memory. Such was IsraeTs experience
as they gathered at Schechem to hear the
farewell words OF their great leader. Al
ready the light Of near eterfflty over
spread the face OF Joshua. He stood on
the brink OF the future life. II was the
eve OF his departure. II was a time when
men are most disposed to tell the truth.
the whole truth. and nothing but the
truth.
The burden Of his dying charge was.
The Lord Your God Is He That Fghteth
for You. Therefore Cleave Unto Him.
Put Away the Gods That Your Fathers
Served That Were on the Other Side OF
the Flood and in Egypt and Serve Ye
the Lord"
The Washington herald., 1917-03-26
Purely Personal

,..vx
rrSueA n opens .r Mno ~ $50
On tne ~ w e DSs 49,. :. :.
rier At tbe chavv Chase hrsncb OF the
Postoffice.
Cant E6ward n Rr,., b.. been re-
instated in his former position as cleo
trician in charge In the electrical section
service on the border.
Substitute Carrier David s. Davidson
Is on visit to his old home at Berkeley
springs w. va
George Barber, machinist In the navy
Yard, took his son to New York last week
and placed him in a hospital for an oper-
alton.
Samuel Elder, machinist in the Bureau
of Engraving ana printing has left for
San Francisco, where he will do some
special installation work for the Treas
ury Department
Corpl, Leo e, Carrico has been REIN
stated in his former position in the Office
OF Superintendent of Buildings after be-
ing on the border with the District troops.
Carlyle e. Boone has received a pro-
bational appointment in the Bureau of
Standards
Clarence 8. Durand, of the Bureau Of
the Census, has received q promotion.
Joseph r. COOK mas received u CloEh-
ship In the office Of the Chief Of Stan in
the War Department
Dewey Esiaias has been reinstated in
the Government Printing Office.
George A. Monogan has been reinstated
as skilled machtnist in the Government
Printing Onice. -.
William Simmons. Of the Patent Ofice.
has resigned.
William c. Cope. of thu Bureau of
Mines, has resigned.
Mrs. Harry A. Williams, sranddaughter
OF former Pre.id.nt Reni,r,in Hsrrison.
and daughter Of Mrs. Russell B. Harrison.
OF Norfolk, Va. is expected to arrive in
w "asne oh tn,S Hlothins. MIS-: "nhdIns
"a ao'oinpahieo ny her TWO httie oaush-
ters'
9ui - Nat' OF Ne" iork' Iriveo
60. LILLE I'll. teroay 70 meet mrs.
on tbe;r wsy bor,e 80, H. snS,nrs
We Tha 49,, Is - 49,. W,u,as
Prof Francis @ Peabodv and Mia.
cortr,,5a pa.Lo5
who have been spending some time at
Asheville, N. c.. arrived in Washington
yesterday for a visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert salton. Of Milton,
The Washington herald., 1917-03-26
DEATH RECORD.
UHITH


Elizabeth n Stsibel, s. years Ills sth st o.
Michael J. Lynch, years, Taberculosis Hospital
Isaac Jimerson. rs yean. Takoma Park, D. O.
Jesse W. Hudson, 46 years No G st. sw.
Emma v. schaffer. s6 year,, 1lp 10th St o.
William s. Burke, years. 6l3 18th st. ne.
Annie Steele. 81 years, III 18th st. NV
. Alice F. Howard, 81 yeara. lfzl St me-
William W. Robinson. r., II years. Walter Reed
General Hospital.
Clan Barney. % yean, Id 18th ct. M.
Nels @. Turnquist "a Year,, s8 N. 7 ave. nv.
Marion Burns, q yan, Casualty HOSPITAL
John Kendall. % years a7 Pa. ave. NV.
Annie E. Beall. "A years, 1878 Emerson ct. ne,
Lillian Inscoe. years, Childrens Hospital.
Thelrna L. knott. yean, coo sth &. sw.
Helen v. Olsen. years, IlH Neal ct, ne.
Elizabeth Harich, Year,. Burns It Twinins
City, -.
COLORED
Mary A. Johnscn, o yeam, ma IIth IT. nv.
John 3. Brent, - year,, m5 18Th q, nv.
Edward Budmer. - years. S2 Broad alley ~.
Nellie Smith, 81 years. l5oF 9Th 81 NV.
Robert Coleman. e5 yean. St. Enzabeths HOSP.
DrusillA Jones. So years, Stephen I'd, Anacostis
Emma Brown. ls ysars Ffeedmen's HopdtAl
Mlhaa 4 01nA = naR NnQ 49,
The Washington herald., 1917-03-26

The body il . highly organized
machine Of complicated parts in which
the stomach, liver and the kidneys
work for the common good. Damage
to any one Of these organs interferes
with man as . motor mechanism. II
you will clean the stomach, liver and
bowels occasionally with . gentle laxa-
tive you can keep well. Too much fuel
in mans machine, such as eating too
much meat, or alcohol or tea, nervous
overwork and lack of exercise in out
door air bring constipation and bad
health. Eat less meat, plenty of vege-
The Washington herald., 1917-03-26
ORDERS SUBMARINE CHASER.
Payne whitney VIII Give 23-Knot
Vessel to the Government,

New York. March cs-Payne Whit
ney placed a rush order with the Herre-
shon Company yesterday for a 23-foot
submarine chaser to be built in accord
ance with naval specifications ana
turned over to the government upon
completion. Similar action had already
been taken by Robert E. Tod and Al
fred I. du Pont. All three are membere
Of the New York Yacht Club.
The boats are to be of steel, ITO feet
long, steam driven and with oiI-burning
engines. The Herreshoff plant is backed
by q syndicate of yachtsmen said to be
headed by August Heckscher, and It IL
believed that record-breaking work wifi
be done in fulfilling the three orders.
Boats of the size of the chasers or
dered probably vii be expected to main
tain patrol in all weather, and certainly
can keep the sea in any weather that q
submarine -misht venture 70 the surface.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-26
TURNS ON GAS JET;
FRIEND FINDS BODY

Harold Davis. a years old. S5n Lowell
street northwest, OF the Davis Construc-
ton Company, Of this city, committed
suicide at his home early last night By
means Of Illuminating gas
Mr.. Davis went to the bathroom shortly
after o'clock. Half an hour later he
was discovered on the floor OF the room
by Mr.. Weeks, a visitor at the house
The gas was turned on
DR.. Russell Verbrycke. SSlS Wisconsin
avenue, was called. The physician pro-
nounced Mr.. Davis dead. No reason was
assigned for the act by members OF the
family. Mr.. Davis is survived by a wife
Mrs. Ida Davis and two small children
Coroner hewitt was notified and ISSUED
a certificate OF death by suicide.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-26
HUGE CHARITY BALL
PLANNED BY K. OF E.,

All Washington Knights of Columbus
and their families will unite for the pur-
pose of giving the Easter ball and dona-
ton party at Convention all on April ..
This cooperation was assured yesterday
afternoon at a meeting at KNIGHTS of
Columbus Hall. Cos E street northwest.
The ball will be for the benefit of all
Catholic charities in the District, and all
Catholic organizations in Washington are
expected to combine to make it a flnan-
cial success
The Washington herald., 1917-03-26
sLAsHEs WOMAN WITH RAZOR.

Carrie Lucas, colored, "a years old, 172S
Vermont avenue northwest. received q
visit from Joseph Brown, colored. ~
years old. 171 Clicks alley northwest.
yesterday morning. There was an argu-
ment and Brown drew a razor.
The woman was taken to the Freed
mems Hospital badly cut about the
breast. Brown was locked up in the
Eighth precinct station charged with as
The Washington herald., 1917-03-26
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

District q Columbia and Maryland-FStr and
warmer Monday. Tuesday, rain and colder; mod
crate south winds. drifting to north by Tuesday.
The Northern disturbance Of the last two days
appears to Be dissipatng. but another that formed
Saturday night over Eastern Colorado Is now cen
trail over Southern Kansas and moving eastward
with increasing intensity. It Il followed by rapidly
rising pressure the entire area to the north
ward from the Upper Lake Region to the Northern
Plateau and By snow In the Northwest
The Washington herald., 1917-03-26
BIRTH RECORD.
WHITE

WHITE.
William ]. and Juliet Hayes, girl.
Joseph and Catherine johnson. boy.
C0LORED.
James r. and Carrie Howard, girl.
Roland o. and Helen @. Duffin. boy.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-26
LOCAL TEMPERATURE

Midnight. e. a. m. %; a. m, s.; T. m, y;
A. m. s.; 10 a M. 81; II noon. 50; p m, e.
p m. &; p. m, 81: SD. m, s..
Highest, 81; lowest, $.
Relative humidity. a m. ~; p. m, .
Hours Of sunshine. l23; per cent Of possible sun
shine 100.
Tempenturs same date last year-Hisnes., n;
lowest. -.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-26
LOCAL MENTION.

10c h.; 3 wagner's catsup. z5c: pkgs.
oats. 25c: lbs head rice, Csc; lbs
buckwheat, CSC; IL lbs. meal. 85c; 3
loaves bread, loo; peanut butter, 13c;
pure pepper, 2sc: Perfection tea, acc:
maoaroni or spaghetti, INC; e. J. peas,
1oc: n. o. molasses, 16c; fish roe, ISc:
large cans asparagus. 15c: sugar waf-
ers. &c; large jars chow chow, zoe
The J. T. ID. Pyles stores.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-26

Ladies Suits French Cleaned, 81 M,
Washington Tailoring Co. 10 eth ST
II l1sI,