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The Washington herald., 1917-08-26
CAPITAL READY FOR
LAFAYETTE FESTIVITY
Societies Complete Plans for Cele-
bration Here September 6.

! Completion of plans for the celes
bration Of the birthday OF Marquis
de Lafayette, the French and Amer
ican war hero, to be held on Sep
tember 6, in the ballroom OF
| Rauscher's, were made last night, at
meeting in the Hotel Lafayette,
in which representatives from the
majority of patriotic organizations
in the District Of Columbia partici-
pated.
To make this demonstration in
honor OF the hero as unique as any
ever held in the country the rep
| resentatives have adopted a pro-
gram which includes some of the
most distinguished persons in
Washington as either speakers or
participants.
With the French Amba sador and
his stan in attendance the commit
tee has arranged for the Marine
Band to play the Marseillaise and va
rious other patriotic songs. Plans
to have the ballroom decorated
with French and American nags
have been arranged by the commit
tee on decoration.
Those patriotic societies who are
extending their efforts to make the
celebration a success are: Society
OF Cincinnati, Sons of Revolution,
Sons of American Revolution, u. S.
Sons OF Veterans c. S. A, United
Daughters of the Confederacy,
Army and Navy League, Daughters
of American Revolution, Colonial
Danes of America, Society of 1912,
Southern Society. Order of Wash
ington, Aryian Order, Order OF yell
low Rose, Order of White Crane,
Knights of Golden Horseshoe,
Scions Of Colonial Cavaliers, Ma
tional Geographical Society, and the
Huguenot Society OF the Southern
Confederacy.
The chairman OF the AFFAIR is DR..
j. G. b. Bullock; vice chairman, Gen.
Odin Lake, and secretary, Alfred &.
Dent. The committees appointed
last night to arrange for the neces-
sary details of the present plans
include Harry p. Holden, Mrs.
James E. Mulcare. Mrs. Maud How
ard, Thomas Washington, Gen. Odin
Lake, DIR. Marcus Benjamin, Dan S.
Gordon, Miss Cary Peachy, Isaac
Cans and Mrs. Fred L. VolIand.
The last important celebration
held in honor OF Lafayette was
staged in 1924 in the Marine Hall,
when the hero visited this country
at the special request OF the United
states government
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26
TO BUILD PLANTS
FOR SHIP BUILDING
Government Will Add Hundreds of
Vessels to Merchant Fleet

Construction OF three enormous
goverpment-owned fabricating plants
Will be undertaken at once by the
United States government TO add to
Ter great merchant fleet now being
built in private yards.
Contracts are to be let early next
week.
Approximately $35,oOo.OOO will be ex-
pended for yard building. More than
$JJc,OO,OO0 will be devoted to the con-
struction OF the vessels. Hundreds OF
vessels Of from 5000 to 800 tons each
are planned.
Yards will be located as follows:
One near Newark, y. j., which the
American International Corporation
Will construct for at least two hun
dred vessels: one at Hog Island,
near Philadelphia, where the Subma-
rine Boat Company will do the work:
and the third at Chester. Pa, built
by the Merchants Shipbuilding COM
pany.
Already work has commenced on
some of the sites. The government
is taking over the ground by pur-
chase and rot on lease. Contracts
for new shipping at these yards will
be let pending the granting of more
funds by Congress Little delay is
expected on the part of Congress and
Few obstacles will be presented to
check the shipbuilding program, now
that 1t is under way.
President Wilson and the Federal
Trade Commission are expected soon
to fix the price of steel. 1t Is be-
lieved that the new central pur-
chasing committee, headed by Ber-
nard NJ. Baruch, will cooperate with
the War Industries Board in getting
all needed materials. Contracts will
be let at a tentative price for the
present.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26
where to Get Tickets.

II any citizen of Washington has
not been approached he has but to
ask the nearest police officer or in
quire at a police station to find the
location of tickets. Spalding's. 609
Fourteenth street. has the box
tickets. and general admission
tickets as we'll
Tickets in block may be had from
Secretary Harry Almond at the
Home Defense League headquarters,
NTH floor. District Building.
DIR. Frank L. Gibson, captain of
the Home Defense Company in the
First precinct, has issued an appeal
to the members of his command and
to his legion of friends to the END
that his company sell more than its
quota of tickets. DR.. Gibson Is a
patient at Garfield Hospital. where he
underwent a serious operation.
p. +. Pullman, chairman Of the
committee on music, will provide a
band for the parade that will precede
the big event at the park. 1t has
been suggested that labor organiza-
tiOns may take part in this procession,
which will start from the District
Building at 1:30 o'clock. Organizations
desiring TO participate are requested
to advise Secretary Almond. of the
Home Defense League. by letter or
by phoning to Main 60O0 and asking
for the Home Defense headquarters.
in the District Building. Samuel
Gompers. president of the American
Federation of Labor. will be asked to
take part in the demonstration as n
tribute TO the Washington police
force on the part of labor
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26

There Is a garage on the rear OF
the lot.
A lage individually built home at
1904 New Hampshire avenue north
west was sold by Mrs. Cora II.
Knox to Miss Reba Segal. This
house is IS feet wide. contains twelve
rooms. several baths, hot water heat
and electric lights. Extensive i'm
provements are now being made to
the property and after these changes
are completed the house will be oc-
cupied as a home.
One Of a new row Of houses lust
completed by Jacob S. Gruver num-
bered 1880 Shepherd street northwest,
was sold to Alvin r. Schwab. The
house is OF the two story and attic
type, the inside finish of mahogany
and white with oak floors, hot water
heat and electric lights. The lot is
about e0x1J0 TO a 15 foot alley.
A two story six room brick house
located at No. 31S B street north
est and sold to a local invester who
Will keep II under rental The rent
OF the property is $3.50 per month.
a detached house known as No.
5i29 Porter street northwest, which
is in the Cleveland Park section, was
sold TO a party whose name Is with
held who will later occupy the prop
erty as a home. the house now be-
ing under rental at $500 per month.
This is one OF several detached prop
critics built two years ago by Clar-
ence Hight, and has eight rooms and
attic, two baths and all up-to-date
conveniences.
Premises No. 1897 Monroe street
northwest was sold by ]. o. Wright.
trustee. to Mrs. Sarah NJ. Benson
This is a three story bay window
brick house with a front porch, two
story rear porches, having ten rooms
two baths and hot water heat, stu
ated on a deep lot to a paved alley
This sale was made in conjunction
with the office of II. l. Rust
Mary l.. Kaiser sold No. 1876 Co
lumbia street northwest to a pur-
chaser who will occupy the house
as a home. The improvements con-
sist of a three story brick house of
seven rooms and bath. heated with
hot air furnace.
\ local invester purchased No. 1870
Eleventh street southeast, being a
two story six room and bath frame
house. now rented at 5000 per month.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26
ARMY MOBILIZATION
DELAYED BY ORDER
Troops May Not Go Into Camps
Before End of November.

Lack of equipment for the draft
army and the unfinished condition OF
| the moblliZation camps has been
| complicated with conGested traffic
AS result, Provost Marshal Cen
eral Crowder yesterday, ordered a
further delay in the mobilization. The
| order makes it appear certain that
| II Will be well toward the end of
November before the mobilization is
complete and that none of the draft
forces will be available for service
in France until next July or August
at the earliest
Gen. Crowder ordered that only !
per cent of the first draft, instead of
80 per cent, as originally ordered.
should be called to the colors Sep
tember 5.
On September 10. 40 per cent OF each
States quota will be summoned. in
stead of the 80 per cent originally
called for September Is, and later de-
layed until September IS.
On October another 40 per cent
will be called. The remaining 15 per
cent will be called "as soon there
after as practicable"
In issuing his orders, Gen. Crowder
explains the revision of the schedule
as necessitated by the congestion of
railroad traffic in early September
through the moving to camp of Ma
tional Guard units making it in
advisable to attempt to move any
large percentage Of the national
army.
THE object of calling per cent"
he explains. lis to place in the camps
enough men to form a skeleton or
ganization TO assist in receiving and
assimilating the large contingents.
Attached to the orders changing the
mobilization arrangements, Gen. Crow
der appends an appreciation OF the
Efforts of the civilians boards to Sc
cure the first draft in time !
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26
Will Support Hardwick's
Soldiers Consent Bill

New York. Aug. 25.-The PEOPLES
Council OF America today sent a tele-
gram to Senator Hardwick. of Geor-
gia. advising him that the council
will firmly support him in his efforts
to secure n public hearing on his sol
dier's consent BILL" which seeks to
prevent the government from sending
conscripted soldiers out of American
territory. He was also told that the
support of the councils constituent
assembly, convening in Minneapolis
on September /, will be enlisted.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26

Double-bed size. SlNaO. Made
by the Cannon Mills and OF
an extra heavy qlalitv.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26
Capital School Cadets
As Model for Country

Indications that the Washington
High School Cadet Corps will become
the model corps of the country, de-
veloped when Stephen Z. Kramer.
In charge of the Cadets here an
nounced that hundreds of inquiries
have been addressed to his Office re-
garding the Washington Corps and
the local plan of organization.
A cadet manual has been completed
by Mr.. Kramer and Capt. N. Butler
Briscoe, U. S. A.. which will be sold
TO the cadets this winter as a public
document.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26

Hoolock. lonesome monkey in the
Central Park Zoo. New York, was mis-
cradle until the curator conceived the
idea OF taking photographic records OF
his whining chatter. Now Hoolock
listens to his own talk. thinks he has
a companion and is perfectly happy.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26
BENEFIT game
RIVALS CIRCUS
Will Offer Especial Attrac-
tions at Police Ball
Contest.

All lanes will lead to American
League Base Ball Park Labor Day,
because General Chairman Odell S.
Smith and his busy band of boosters
for the widows and orphans fund
OF the police department. will not
only offer a base ball game of un-
questioned interest, but have ar
ranged for an attraction that will
be a veritable three-TinS circus in
itself.
Chairman Smith announced that
he was not in a position to state
the nature of the attraction, but
added that he had so much conf
dence in the judgment and capa-
city of the friend who had made
the offer to supply the attraction
free OF cost, to the committee, that
he was about prepared to give a
satisfaction or money back" guar
antee. to all who purchase tickets.
The personnel of the citizens
committee that is arranging the de-
tails OF the benefit has prepared to
carry forward a big drive on this.
the final week of the campaign.
George Markward, chairman of the
ticket committee, has been untiring
in his efforts to speed up the Home
Defense League precinct captains in
their work OF distributing and SELL
ing the 10000 tickets that have been
put out by the committee, and this
week will follow a series OF fol-
low-ups and recalls that will re-
suit in a veritable whirlwind CAM
paign.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26
BLAMES women
FOR HIGH rents
Real Estate Man Says Mod
ern Wife Boosts Cost
of Living.

During a discussion OF the real
estate situation in the District and
the country in general, a representa-
tive Of one Of the largest real estate
firms in this city had the following to
say:
Recently the real estate fraternity
was accused Of having a gentleman's
agreement among them as regards the
maintenance OF high values on prop
erty and sky-high rents. Nothing is
seemingly farther from fact. There is
no such understanding. There never
has been.
To my mind, the underlying cause
for high rents is the modern woman.
She marries with the seeming lack Of
appreciation of the responsibility that
has devolved upon her. She must
have someone do almost. every little
thing with the possible exception OF
brushing her teeth. And it must be
Of the best when II comes to service
When you want service you must pay
for it. II you would have all the
modern convenience to satisfy the
luxury-loving tastes OF the modern
American woman, you must foot the
bill.
Items of Interest.
During the past week the home OF
Lieut.. Wolf situated in Chevy Chase
was rented to Comdr. Jenkins and
Lieut.. Prentice of the British Mission
by Messrs. Shannon & Luchs.
Col. Littell. at present in charge OF
the Cantonment work. rented a home
on Lamont street through Messrs.
shannon & Luchs.
Charles d. McSOrley purchased
from Mrs. Bertha G. Brokmeyer a
six-roOm house, located at 1886
Monroe street northwest. This
property is Of the Colonial type,
heated with hot water. having cleo
trio lights and hardwood floors. The
property is also improved with a
garage.
\ new house. situated at 1912
Gallatin street northwest. was sold
to Mrs. c. Blanche Harvey. This
house is one of a large number of
new houses recently completed by
Middaugh & Shannon, Inc, being
semidetached. a lot about 4CNlJ1.
and having eight rooms on two
floors. attic, two baths, and all
modern cOnvenicnces.
\ three-stOry bay window brick
house, known as 1119 Euclid street
northwest, was bought by Mary l..
Kaiser. who will occupy the prop
Crty as a home. This house has
ten rooms and bath. heated with
hot water. having front and rear
porches, with a deep lot to a paved
alley. The house was built by Eu-
gene c. Jeffery several years ago.
An eiEht-rOom and attic house.
located at 1S4S Oak street north
west, was purchased from Mrs. Eli
zabeth ". Kramer. being one OF
the houses built by Harry Ward
man about six years ago. The lot
is 24NlO0 to a paved alley. the
house is OF brick with front and
recr pOrches. heated with hot wa
ter and having hardwood floors and
herG| OOd finish throughout
Herman \. Phillips sold 1888
Eighteenth street northwest to Mrs.
Katie Cook. The improvements
consist of a three-story Colonial
brick house. with nine rooms and
bath. hot water heat and other
modern improvements One of the
attractive features of this property
is lot about 17O feet deep I'm
proved with fruit trees and grapes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-18
$16,553 Report Presented
at Half Way Jubilee Meet
of Methodist Women

A report submitted yesterday at the
Halfway Jubilee meeting of the Phil
adelphia branch of the Woman's For
eign Society of the Methodist Church.
showed that S16553 has been raised. in
the last two and half years. The
meeting opened yesterday afternoon in
the Grace Methodist Church and clos
ed last night.
The Philadelphia branch of the So
ciety is comprised of all the Methodist
churches in Pennsylvania, Delaware
and designated places in New York,
and yesterdays meeting was only one
of seventy held throughout the district
in the United States. The meeting here
was attended by one hundred delegates
and cengratulatory kilograms were re-
ceived from each of the other meetings.
The reports showed the society to be
in a fourishing condition and doing a
good work. e..
The afternoon session opened with
devotional services by Mrs. 'Conrad
Hoffsommer. of stevens Memorial NJ.
+. Church. The principal address was
to have been delivered by Miss Elsie
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-18

Ross. a missionary worker OF India. but
she was unable to be present and her
place was filled by Miss Catherine Max
well, Chambersburg. At the conclusion
of the afternoon session a luncheon
was held in Camp Curtin Memorial NJ.
E. Church. The toastmistress was Mrs.
George Edward Reed. Harrisburg. and
toasts were responded to by Miss Cath
arine Maxwell, Chambersburg, "Jubi-
lee Justification" Miss Nellie Mace,
Jubilee Juniors" Mrs. Samuel Wilson.
Jubilee joys" and Miss Anne Finder
Jubilee Jottings,"
The evening meeting opened at 745
o'clock and the principal addresses
were made by the Rev. DIR. Robert Bag
nell, pastor of Grace Church, and DR..
Frederick III. Wright. Italy.
Mrs. j. Horace Mcfarland, of Har-
risburg, was general chairlady of the
committee in charge of the meeting
and her assistants were: Chairlady of
publicity committee, Mrs. Clayton A.
Smucker; chairlady of finance commit
tee, Mrs. w. B. Sloan: chairlady of en-
tertalnment committee, Miss Mary Il.
Gotta; chairlady of program commit
tee, Miss Charlotte S. Maxwell.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-18
RICE IS 4 CONVENIENT, STARCHY,
HEALTHY AND VERY CHEAP FOOD

be boiled In salted water and used
vegetable at a meal at which meat,
eggs. beans, gravy or other foods rich
in protein are served. Wholly or par
tally cooked rice can be used with
cheese, minced meat or poultry, fish,
eggs. beans, etc, for variety of made
dishes, the combinations constituting
dishes In which most of the needed
food elements are present 1t also
may be used as a major or minor in
gredient in stews and soups.
Instead of serving rice plain as a
vegetable 1t may be stewed with to-
matoes, cooked in a double boiler with
tomato juice, soup stock, or milk, or
it may be seasoned with curry pow
der, onions or other seasoning ma
terials BY using skim milk in this
way particularly economical dish Is
produced.
AS a cereal for breakfast, rice may
be boiled in milk and sweetened, or
eaten with butter and salt. If 1t is de-
sired, dried fruits such as dates or
raisins NAV be cooked with the rice.
Cold, boiled rice, mixed with pancake
or muffin batters of wheat, buckwheat
or corn meal, makes pleasing addi-
tion to such food products, reduces
the quantities of other ingredients
needed, and furnishes method for
using the leftover cereal. Cold boiled
rice also may be used with or with
out little meat, chicken, or season.
ing vegetable for croquettes; and
with eggs, sugar. milk or other in.
gradients for making a variety of pud-
dings and other desserts, as an ex-
animation of almost any good cook
book will show.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-18

Washington, D. c., April AL
though rice has been recognized
as a good food in the United States
since early colonial times. and in some
form or other is generally liked in all
parts of the country, it has not been
given so important place as a staple
article of diet as 1t deserves, say
specialists of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture.
In some sections rice has been used
for the most part as breakfast
cereal or as a foundation for PAN
cakes, croquettes, or desserts. In re-
Btons where 1t is grown, however, II is
used principally as vegetable like
potatoes; and in place of dishes like
macaroni and spaghetti, combined
with chese, and similar foods. This
use we'll may be extended to regions
where rice is now rsed chiefly for
making puddings and other desserts.
When rice is used in quantity in
the diet. particularly as a substitute
for potatoes. care should be taken to
supply fruits and vegetables gener-
ously in order that the mineral sub
stances which the body needs may
be provided.
Rice is nutritious and palatable and
digests well. 1t may be cooked quick
~, without the necessity of trouble
some preparation, and without waste.
Taking everything into account, rice
we'll may be given more important
place in the diet at this time, since
greater crop was produced in the
United States last season than ever
before. Late statistics place the 1916
crop at 40,702, 900 bushels, against
2S,947.000 bushels in 1915, and 25,-
265,600 bushels for the five-year aver
age, 1911 to 1915, inclusive. The
world crop of rice also is greater than
for maQy wears. Rice ordinarily can
be obtained at prices which make it,
in comparison with other foods, a
reasonably economical addition to the
diet. With the present greatly in
creased stock of the domestic product
in the country. even a somewhat in
creased demand should not alter
greatly the relation of rice prices to
those of comparable foods.
AS Q staple article of diet rice may
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-18
Will Give Musicale and
Literary Entertainment
For Masonic Home Guest:

Miss Carrie s. Reinoehl of this city,
will have charge of musicale and
literary entertainment to be given at
the Masonic Homes, Elizabethtown,
Friday evening at o'clock.
Sunday the Middletown Methodist
Church choir gave a song service at
the Homes. under the leadership of
Ira H. Behney. Miss Catharine Ettele
was accompanist The Rev. James
Cunningham, pastor of the Middletown
Church, delivered an address. After
wards the song service was repated in
the hospital. The series of lectures
being given by DR.. Dallas NJ. DELUXE,
chaplain of the Homes, on the wonders
of the United States are greatly enjoy
ed. His most recent talk was on Gla-
cier National Park.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-18
Central Publicity Bureau to
Gather Labor News; Opens
Office and Starts Work

The Central Publicity Bureau has
opened headquarters at 1900 North
Sixth street Plans for the bureau were
made at a conference Of labor repre-
sentatives of Harrisburg and vicinity
here in March. The movement was first
started by Labor's Open Forum. which
holds meetings every other week to
discuss matters of public interest.
The Publicity Bureau will gather
news of interest to the workers and
public in general and then forward
them to the press of this city for pub
lication.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-18
TO OPEN OFFICERS
\ TRAINING CAMPS
Six Practical Schools to Get
Under Way by Next
Month
BY Assoeiatsd Press

Chicago, April 1S.-The work of
preparing camps in which to train
men as reserve officers for the first
half million troops raised for the new
army, was begun in earnest to-day,
following the announcement last night
of the plans by Major General Thomas
Fl. Barry. commander of the central
department of the army.
There are to be six camps in the
central department.
The object of each camp is the
training and selection of officers for a
division and one additional regiment
of cavalry. Maximum attendance at
each camp will be $500.
The six training camps which are
to be open on May s. are expected to
furnish about one-third of the ten
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-18
NOT ENOUGH TONNAGE

London, April 16.-The scheme for
the limitation OF freights to France
and Italy which was planned to at
tract increased tonnage for the trans
portation of coal from England, has
failed to bring into the service the
required number of steamers at the
fixed rates and in compliance with
requests from shipbrokers, the az
thorities have agreed to make the
plan more elastic. The schedule rates
of freights can now e adjusted in
order to attract more neutral tom
mage.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-18
BANKS TO BUY WAR LOAN

ACCORDING to an announcement
made yesterday by the Harrisburg
Clearing House Association, all the
banks and trust companies affiliated
with the association will buy of the
United States War loan without extra
charge to the subscriber and will also
advise them. There are sixteen bank
ing houses in Harrisburg and three in
Steelton which will cooperate.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-18
AUXILIARY ELECTS

At the bi-monthly meeting of Ohev
Sholom Temple Auxiliary, last night
the following officers we're elected:
Walter Stern, president: Harry Rubin
vice. president: Miss Rhedna Mayer
secretary and treasurer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-18

thousand officers. majors, captains.
first and second lieutenants, required
for an army of 100000.