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The Washington herald., 1917-06-16
CHECK FORGER POSING
AS SWEDISH MINISTER

Agents of the Department of Justice
and the police all over the country
have started a hunt for an unidentified
man who posed recently at Atlantic
City as W. A. F. Ekengren: Swedish
Minister to this country and residing
in this city, forging the name of the
minister to two small checks drawn
on the Munsey Trust Company. of
Washington.
The fact that some one was posing
as the Swedish diplomat was discov-
cred when the checks reached the
Washington financial institution for
payment Minister Ekengren kept no
account at the bank.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-16
APPEAL TO RELIEVE
FREIGHT CONGESTION

The railroad commission Of every
state In the union has been appealed
TO by the railroad war board to issue
instructions designed to relieve the
freight congestion all over the country
and to expedite future shipments
These instructions, if carried out, will
20 a great distance in making up for
the admitted shortage in cars and
will make a demand upon the shipping
public that they discard the old estab-
lished trade units system and mini
mum carload weights and instead
load all equipment to the full cubicai
capacity.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-16
BACK TO MOONSHINE.

Charleston, W. Va. June l5.-Fed-
Cral revenue officers are cooperating
with state prohibition authorities 10
ferret out liquor stills which authOri-
ties belieTs are fiourishinE in the
mountainous sections OF the State
since the so-called "quart-a-month"
Law became o. -Crative.
Authorities say prohibition law vio-
lstor5 prefer the risks involved in
o'C-tirne ''moonshine" distilling to
those Of bootlesGinS since a system
attic campaign against the latter has
been in progress
The Washington herald., 1917-06-16
SHIP BUILDERS CONFER.

Forty ship builders held a meeting
yesterday with Gen. GoethalE and
Chairman Denman, of the United
States Shipping Board. The ship build
ers reported that threats have been
made OF q strike in Eastern ship yards
unless the closed shop IL inSugurSted.
Gen. Goethals asked all ship builders
to inform him OF the number OF Ves-
sells they have under way, how many
more they can undertake TO build at
once and give their present basic costa
Of labor and materials.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-16
House Chaplain Reports
Theft Of Church Flag

Rev. Henry N. Couden. chaplain of
the House Of Representatives and pas
tor Of the Universalist Church OF Our
Father. Thirteenth and l. streets
complained to the police
yesterday that thief had carried on
the big nag that adorned the main en-
trance to the church.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-16
Mai. chiper6eld Ordered Here.

Mai. Burnett n. ChiperheId, OF the
Judge Advocate Generals Reserve
Corps. formerly a Representative from
Illinois. was yesterday ordered to
Washington for duty in the provost
marshal generals office. Maj. Chiper-
field is stationed at present at SPRING
field, Ill. Maj. Gen. Carroll A. Devol,
retired, was called to active duty yes
terday to assist the provost marshal
general. =.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-16
$780, 900, 900 for Philadelphia.

Philadelphia, June 15.-The liberty
loan committee ended its drive at
noon today with an oVer-subscription
estimated at So. .OOC. 900. The maximum
quota set for this district was SlT5, ,OO0,
900. At noon today more than SljO, CO.,
900 had been accounted for in the Fed
eral Reserve Bank. and the counting
continues. 1t is believed that when tbs
count has been completed the total
subscription will reach more than
$500, 900 900
The Washington herald., 1917-06-16
LEADERS OF men
Wanted FOR ARMY
Requirements for Second Group Of
Training Camps of Highest Order.

The War Department is seeking men
OF mature years for the second train
ing campE-men competent 10 be cap
tainH, majors and lieutepant colonelE-
The first training camps will furnish
sufficient Junior officers for some time.
the War Department heads believe.
but a very serious shortage OF higher
ofncGrs seems inevitable. The number
OF mature men who have offered their
services Is almost negligible.
The age limit is 50 yearH, except IN
the case OF citizens with valuable
military experience" or capacity for
leadership" or those who have served
as officers or noncommissioned oficerH
in the allied armies. the limit in these
cases being ~ years.
The War Department viii distribute
a quarter million pamphlets. explain
ing the purposes Of the campS. before
the opening Of the second encsmp-
mentE
The second encampmentI open Au-
guEt II
The Washington herald., 1917-06-16
Boys Remember S. W. Leech.

A handsome travelling bag was pre-
sented s. W. Leech. assistant secretary
OF the boys department OF the WASH
ington Y. NJ. c. A. by members OF
the department at a farewell enter
tainment given at the association
last night. The presentation was
made on behalf OF the boys
by Victor Hartshorn. Mr.. Leech has
been detailed for duty at the branch
Y. NJ. c. a. at Fort Myer.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-16
REMEMBER THE SLOCUM.

New York. June l5.-Memorial serv-
ices were held in the Lutheran Gene
tery in Queens Borough today to
commemorate the anniversary of the
steamer General Slocum disaster. This
was the thirteenth anniversary OF the
burning of the excursion steamer in
the East River. in which nearly a
thousand women and children lost
their lives.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-16
President Proclaim, Pardon,.

BY Proclamation issued early last
evening, President Wilson extended
lnll amnesty and pardon to all persons
SIer Sto. suspenned sentences In United
states courts where the sentences are
less than the period between the date
imposed and June Is. 1917.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-16
Brazil State to Grow Nor. Cereals.

Rio Janeiro, June 15.-Owing to the
fact that the stocks Of imported wheat
are not SUFFICIENT, the government IL
promoting an intensive cultivation Of
cereals in the state OF Rio Grande do
Sui.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-16
Lebanon Lodge Meets Tonight

address the Women's Red Cross unit
Of Lebanon lodge. F. A. A. NJ. to-
night at Masonic Temple. There will
be a patriotic and musical program.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-16
Refuse to Be Food Dictator.

Eondon, June l5.-Some Of the morn
ing papers say that Lord Rothermere.
brother Of Lord Northcliffe. has re-
fused the food controllership. Lord
Rothermere was the fourth person to
be offered this dificult and thankiess
post.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-16

~
HIS chart shows graphically how the volume of out-oftown
telephone from Washington increasing The number
OF messages double what year ago. The volume
of incoming to Washington increasing the
way 1t has been possible handle this only by large
additions operating force, practical doubling of the
capacity of toll and long distance swchboard and the pro-
vision of many additional between Washington and other
Still further additions the toll and long distance facilities
being PROVIDED the important single feature being the
laying of additional cables between Washington and New York
estimate of one and half million dollars
While the average daily volume of ouofown messages is
rapidly increasing the fluctuations the traffic from day day
and hour hour becoming marked than before
This accounts, in large measure for inability complete
long distance calls the usual time especially busy days.
Every of this Company and the whole Bell System
being called upon furnishing prompt and effective long
distance service between Washington and other cities
Your cooperation in the of the service will help make
effective
N4M The Chesapeake and Potomac ~
49, Telephone Company 49,
Meade County news., 1917-08-09

Chilean coast ports. africa is also
railroad port for the inland high coun'
try, but is not otherwise notable, save
as a strategic military post for Chile.
Iquique, the next port, is the sec
ond and until quite lately was the
first nitrate port of Chile-a big
sprawling town, about the size of Cal
lao. but cleaner and more businesslike.
It lies in an open stretch Of sandy des-
ert closely walled in by steep noun
tains, some 1000 to $500 feet in height
which are surmounted with difficulty
by the nitrate railroads through aid OF
swltchbacks.
No vegetation exists here save by
constant care and irrigation, so 1t Is
not lovely spot. The harbor Is full
of shipping activity; some loading nj
trate, and there are q number of In
termed Germans. BY the way, the "Kos
mos" line has interned vessels In near
ly every west coast harbor from Sar
Francisco to Valparaiso, riding higf
In the water, and with seaweed nearl!
two feet long trailing from their hulls.
Iuuiuue streeta are dirty, unpave'
and not very attractive, though tn
stores are not bad.
Meade County news., 1917-08-09
knem He Had cone for Good.

Mrs. Hannah Thompson, whose nus
hand until recently had been employed
as a Pullman porter, interrupted the
proceedings in the Harlem ccurt In a
hurried effort to obtain divorce, says
q New York news letter. She was
ouieted down until case thea being
heard was disposed of, and then ques-
toned By the magistrate. When she
had explained that her husband hao
left the previous morning it was sus-
gested by the court that there was no
reason to believe that he would noC
return, and that Mrs. Thompson na0
hotter wait before considering any
such move as a divorce action. but
knows that man amt never comm
back" explained the excited negreSs, 5
81 was in bed this mornin' wheh
heard him gettin' out very qulet anU
creepy. He put on his best ciotnes
new suit, straw hat, patent-te'lti'e'
shoes and a light coat over ms arm
and I lay very still maxim out l am m
awake vet. He walks right 10 INC
door. makes big low bow TOWARDS me
and SAYS: Goodbye, cold feet gCou
bye Judge, that Niger amt aso'h u
come back"
Meade County news., 1917-08-09
n..,,n. ~ EnoIish Agriculture.

TN TO about the year 1856 all wenS
well with English agriculture and the
value of land and rents constantly In
creased. Then came a few wet, ruin
o,,s seasons, largely increasing imports
of grain, beef, bacon and cheese from
the United States and heavy FAN In
prices of all kinds of farm products
what was the cause? Simply that the
Western prairie lands were opened up
by railroads and those big ranch own
ers sent their products East. WuaS
was not needed in the Eastern s'ateS
was shipped to English free-trade mar :
kets. with the inevitable outcome OK
low prices.
In comparatively short whiie ,noS 's
sands of English farmers were rulne1, .-
land fell 40 per cent in price ret'S 1
had to be lowered fully one-tnifd a"S
the rural population decreased.
Meade County news., 1917-08-09
Eeelesiastics Win War Honors.

War honOrs have been won by MIN
French ecclesiastics who were iiOI-
merly professors and scholars In ths
French Ecclesiastical college in Rome,
Italy. The college has added to Its
"Golden Book" three nominations OF
the legion of honor, two military med
ais, two medals of honor for serviie
in combating epidemics at the Fren a
front, and more than fifty citations ~
the order of the day for gallantry In
the field. Among the holders of the
legion of honor are the Rev. Father
Catlin, professor at the seminary, "a
tall, .keen-faced, soldierly type of priest.
Recently he came to Rome on short
leave after nearly three years lighting,
and Rome, old and Indifferent as she
is. woke up and rubbed its eyes to
see his tall. spare figure, dressed hall
as priest and half as soldier, taking
the air meditatively on the PirciaU
hill, wearing his legion of honor cross
and looking like some old pictu q
chivalry.
Meade County news., 1917-08-09

n big dirty "SonOratown" of about 30
600 to 10000 population and nothing
more as regards beauty, but it is Perus
first seaport, nevertheless, with good
stone breakwater and artificial harbor,
now tending to grow obsolete, because
Of shallow depth, for modern ocean
vessels.
Barren MoIIendo.
Mollendo, Peru, resembles Aqua
Prieto, Sonora, and Is one OF the sea-
ports for Bolivia and inner Peru. 1t
is set high on a rocky cliff, overhanging
boiling breakers, and is surrounded by
uncompromising desert; about as un'
attractive a place as can be imagined.
Nothing of interest there save the uh-
bellevable swarms of sea ducks and
small fish.
I never saw so many ducks in my
whole life as / saw the afternoon we
sailed from MOllendo for Arica, Chile.
A modest estimate would allow 12,OOO
TO $4,000 in one flock we sailed
through; they had so gorged them
| selves on Ine llSH lluI IL was 0i'ii""N
impossible for them to rise from the
water as the steamer drew near, and
while standing on the bow 1 actually
saw adult birds bumped and dashed to
one side by the cutwater of the vessel
before they could get well in flight II
was very strange sight in every way
africa has historic interest, for here
was fought desperate battle between
the Peruvian defenders of the tow
and the attacking Chilean forces In th'
war of 1879-80.
The town lies in little desert plain
lust beneath a high, precipltous head
land, or MORO (as such heights are al
ways known In Spanish America)
which is crowned, by powerful mod
ern fortificatiOn. With my binocular
could see the big coast-defense rifle
peering over the top.
, The air in africa is cool, fresh an
, lovely, and we here saw pepper trees
= as we did in Lima and in all the othe
Meade County news., 1917-08-09
DAY OF BACHELOR
War Brings a New Dignity 70 I'm
married Man.
He Who May Be Merely Tolerated In
Time of Peace Is Lionized When
Call to Arms Comes.

War has given the unmarried man
some of the dignity which he lacked
in peace. Ordinarily the bachelor Is
tolerated for what he may become
rather than for what he is, observes
a writer in the San Francisco Bulletin
Mothers would not welcome him into
society nor girls take pleasure in his
attentions if it were thought that ne
would always remain bachelor. The
hope of converting him into marr1eu
man furnishes one of the main incen-
tives of all social activities. AS tnlS
hope declines he becomes more ana
more a misfit in world which prices
itself on finding an exactly shaped
corner for everyone of it's inhabitants
who is worth troubling about. his
socks are not darned, his buttons are
not sewed on, and the number OF
Jumps of sugar which he likes in his
coffee, the degree Of boiledness which
he demands in his eggs, are nObOdy's
business but his own. He is free,
condition which in youth makes him
the envy of his married friends, but In
later years makes him envy them Ho
can go anywhere he pleases at any
time he pleases without having even
to argue the matter with q woman,
but the reason that no woman cares
what he does. he is free because NO
one Is interested enough in him to
care to put shackles on him.
There is no fixed place for him. Ho
stands free of the burden Of the bene-
diets endeavors, but at a cost Hc
sees men and women doing things for
motives which he cannot understand
Social forces of various sorts perplex
him because he does not see their hid
den origins. What is plain enough TO
any mediocre husband is often hope
less puzzle to even the most thoughtfuh
bachelor. He cannot fully understand
any intangible loyalty because ne IL
no longer in contact with the source
of loyalty-the relations between
parents and children. For certain au-
venture he can be depended upon 70
furnish dash and enthusiasm, but 1os
the steady, grinding work Of everyday
life he is inferior to his married
neighbor. Civic progress relies primer
pally upon the man whose interests
carry over into the next generation ano
are not confined to his own corporal
welfare.
But this somewhat pathetic figure Of
tbe bachelor is wonderfully digniheC
by the advent Of war. The marriet
man. in most cases, is Handicapped
from fighting. His business is TO rais'
wheat and children, necessary CnsK
but lacking the appearance OF glory
Chivalry beyond the dreams OF medie
val knighthood may animate the maj
who helps his wife take care OF tn
babies, preparing their bottles ant
hanging out their clothes, but in time
of war he is not heroic figure IN
demand then is not for men who haV
found their places in the world, su
for those who have not. The wifeies'
landless, footfree person is the stu
of which armies can be made with IN
A least possible social loss. Because n
4 was 40 forlorn in peace he is ionize
4 in war. He marries war and the go'
A ernment sews his buttons on ana oarl
4 the holes in his socks
Meade County news., 1917-08-09

mountains on the Pacific slope gem
orally are barren, and only valuable
for their mineral resources. These are
great. and are growing in development
and production; the Immensely Valua-
ble Cerro de Pasco copper mines be-
tng the premier mining enterprise In
Peru.
Beautiful Town Of Lima.
Lima Is an attractive town, but with
the mellow attraction of the past,
rather than present and future inter-
est. attaching to the other large capi-
tails of this continent. She claims 15O,-
900 inhabitants, and may have 125OOO.
The stores are numerous and Of n
very good average type; the streets
are pretty we'll paved, and there Is a
trolley service about equal to that OF
the United railways in San Francisco
In modernity and cleanliness of the
cars.
The buildings Of the city are in both
the Spanish colonial and recent Span
hsh type, and are pleasing In character
md in architectural variety. The cathe
Hral is really fine, and the interior (toc
dark to photograph welD is imposing
and impressive.
Lima's charm consists in part of thu
shattered and glazed balconies on thu
second stories, overhanging the street
heavily decorated with curious woot
carvings. on shutters and window
frames alike. There are some OF au
thentic antiquity which are most inter
esting-lnd nearly every house of an.
pretensiope has these balconies on tn
outer walls. while the house Itself l
built mr. nlnd the usual patio. The Ho
tel M"urv. where I stopped while i
Lima. hr'i both.
The a.nroaat towns are all Of recen
date M IT, as the better buildings !
kltta give ,.i'lcnce. CallaO Is merel
Meade County news., 1917-08-09

Theodore Spicer-SimsOn, the no ed
medalist. at work on the medal Na-
signed by him and issued to comm''p-
crate the entry of the United STATES
in the world war, both sides of VII u
are shown. Copies of the medal 10
gold have been presented by MIS-
Anne Morgan to President Poincart "
France. Premier Viviani and Marst"h
Joffre. as well as to Sarah Bernha Tt.
Replicas of the medal in governm Vt
bronze are now being sold by Il "
American Fund for French Wount l.
Meade County news., 1917-08-09
Use Of Lemons in Sickness.

Lemons plentifully and judiciously.
used will prevent malaria, and even
typhoid, it is said, may be warded Off
by the timely use of lemons. Not only
is the juice beneficial, but the rind as
well.
In England every foreign-going ship
is required hy law to include In its
supplies II sufficient number of lemons
so that every seaman may have in his
daily diet IN allowance of one ounce OF
lemon lrice after having been ten
DAYS nj sea. this to prevent the scurvy
so prevalent among sailors.
Meade County news., 1917-08-09

"HE west coast countries OF
America present much the same
physical appearance. The val
= lev of the Rio Rimac, in which
Lima lies, some eight or ten miles from
It's seaport, CallaO, is pretty ana Well
filled small section of southern Calitor-
MIA farming country, set in frame OF
dry Peruvian mountain slopes, says
correspondent of the Los Angeles
Times.
The only strange note visible In the
scene is the heavy adobe wall which
bounds all the fields, even to the very
small ones, custom which must be
nm inheritance from the old Incas, who
filled the Peruvian highlands with such
works.
Speaking of dry Peruvian mountains,
the whole coast of South America,
from the northern boundary of Peru,
6 degrees south latitude, to Coquimbo,
Chile, 80 degrees south latitude "a dis
fance equal to the combined coast lines
of California, Oregon, Washington and
British Columbia, up to Juneau
Alaska,) is a desert strip, reaching In
land for 25 to IS or 100 miles.
This truly wonderful phenomenon Is
explained by the action Of the Hum
boldt current, cold stream beginning
in the Antarctic ocean, and flowing
northward along the coast. The ef
feet produced is that the land Is warm
or than the water, and therefore, rail-
seldom falls on any part of this region
and in part it is said to be practically
unknown.
On the crest of the Andes, enougl
rain and snow is preclpltated to fur
nish well-watered valley-foors on tn
western slope, which are generally fer
tile and well-tilled.
The eastern slope Of the Andes, o.
the contrary, receives abundant rair
fall, and is clothed with heavy forests
These Andean canon-valleys In Per
produce valuable crops of sugar can
and varied food products, but tn
Meade County news., 1917-08-09

-Four working parties that are build
ing railroad across Australia keep in
touch with one another by wireless
telegraphy.
Siamese fishermen use boats with
low, sloplng white sides that frlghten
fish so that they leap over the sides
into waiting nets.
Meade County news., 1917-08-09
SOME PoSTScRlPTS

Spain exports about 90 per cent OF
the cork that it produces.
A New York inventors cleaning ROD
is intended to force its way around the
most complicated bends in household
plumbing.
Meade County news., 1917-08-09
Much Used.

"Don,t you think your wife has got
n wonderful voice|
ayes; it's wonderful 1t hasn't giVs-
out before this"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-21
Railroad War Board Says
1t Urged Coal Controller
and Priority of Shipment

NEW YORK. August 21.-Appointment
of coal administrator and application
of the priority law to enforce immediate
shipments of coal to the northwest, as
announced in Washington. is in accord
ance with recommendations made by the
railroad war board. it was declared in a
statement issued here today by the eastern
department of that body. The board, the
statement continues. has been working for
weeks at Washington in eonfeyence with
coal producers. amship o9Slers and
others to solve this problem. aH6 a memo
randum was filed with the President
August IS.
"The problem. in Brief. was that some
thing over 100000 tons of coal had
to be moved from the lake ports during
the sixteen remaining weeks when navi-
cation is normally open, or more than
100000 tons per week." the statement
says s
%Inasmucht as a much less quantity
was being carried to the lakes in spite
of all the efforts of the railroad war
board. the members of this body volun-
tarily asked that the power of the new
priority act be used. The coal needed -
the northwest was going to othU
points for reasons entirely beyond the
control of the railroads"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-21
FIND EDITOR KILLED SELF.
French Authorities Punish Prison
Officials for Making Suicide Possible.

PARIS. August 21.-Miguei Alme-
reyda. editor of the Bonnet Rouge,
who had been arrested on a charge of
Dsedition. committed suicide. according
70 the report of three medico-legal
experts which was sent Sunday to
Rene Viv!ani, minister of justice. NJ.
Vfviani's inquiry showed that Alme-
reyda had thrice tried to kill himself
with his shoe laces. The head warden
of the prison was degraded and trans
ferred and two assistants were re-
moved for leaving the shoe iaces IN the
cell. contrary to prison regulations.
The prison doctor was placed at the
disposal of the military authorities for
making false report, while the chief
prison doctor was dismissed for ac-
cepting his subordinate.s report with
out verification.
Almereyda was found dead in prison
last Wednesday. His friends at first
refused to admit the hypothesis of
suicide. but it gradually became evi-
dent that he had strangled himself
with a pair of shoe laces.