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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-06-05

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private, and soon was made a corporal
and then sergeant and company
clerk and now is acting as first SER
geant, and the officers who are above
him speak we'll of him. I am a lover
of peace and have always tried to
avoid difficulties, but if nothing will
do but fight, then I always try to do
the best I can, because I was never
much of runner. And that is the
way I feel about the war. I am sorry
we went into it, but now that We are
in, it is our duty to do the best we can
and put up the best fight that is in US.
Somehow 1 have had a sort of intui-
ton for long time that this war was
going to be over before we had to do
much real fighting, and 1 trust that
some honorable means Of settlement
may yet be had before our boys are
taken to the trenches. ! read or heard
some one say that some fellow who
had been making calculations said
that the average life of a lieutenant in
an engagement was four hours and
20 minutes, and that the average life
Of machine gun man was just 80 sec
The Washington herald., 1917-10-24
fire IN LIQUOR Store
RECALLS HORROR
Five Firemen Lost Lives n Years
Ago in Louisiana Avenue Blaze.

Recalling a time when at the same
place twenty-one years ago five MEM
bers Of the department were burned
to death. twelve companies of the
District fire department yesterday
morning at o'clock fought a raging
fire in the liquor establishment OF
William NJ. Drury at S42 Louisiana
avenue northwest for several hours
before conQuering the blaze that did
5000 damage to the building. The
property is owned by owen O'Hara,
Of 2o1s I street northwest. The fire
extensively damaged Drury's stock,
which Is valued at 5000.
Mr.. Drury carries an insurance of
1850. Deputy Fire Marshal Seib. who
investigated the fire, announced the
extent of the damage to the building,
but Mr.. Drury's loss has not been
determined.
It is stated that the blaze started
in the bottling room on the second
floor OF the partially wrecked build
ing. A stove, in which a wood fire
was burning. was in the room. Rob-
ert Wilson, who working there, said
that the pipe of the stove fell to the
ffoor, the fire spreading.
The fire burned through the root
of the liquor establishment, but Fire
Chief Frank J. Wagner and his men
kept the blaze from reaching the
two buildings adjoining
The Washington herald., 1917-10-24
UNCLE SAM APPEALS
FOR MORE RECRUITS
Vacancies Exist in All Branches OF
the War Service.

According to information received
at the main recruiting station of the
United States army, Seventh. street
and Pennsylvania avenue northwest.
all branches of the service are now
open for enlistments pending the war.
They include coast artillery, field ar
tillery, cavalry. infantry, signal corps,
medical department, telegraph opera
tors and radio service. Men are
wanted also who understand the tele-
phone system including inside and
outside wiremen. A number of va
cancies likewise exist in the aviation
section OF the signal corps.
Adjt. Gen. Bates yesterday issued
instructions that each recruiting off,
GER in charge of a district is author
lied to accept 30 recruits for the field
artillery of the regular army in addi-
ton to the 40 already authorized for
that service.
The following enlistments were re-
ceived yesterday at the main re-
cruitinS station:
Robert johnson. sol, New Jersey
avenue northeast. city; Eanari Con-
cetto. Italy. enlisted in band; Thomas
F. Marbut. $40. Harrison avenue,
Kansas City. No.: Fred Hohweiler.
Baltimore, Nd: Richard Harding,
Shemmandore, Iowa: Walter Weir
auch, Saginaw, Mich: Orc Bowen.
Durham, \. c.; Clarence T. Lowell,
st. Paul, Mimi: John league, 715 East
Second street. Charlotte, N. c.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-24
NAVY LEAGUE WILL
PUSH WAR PROGRAM

1t was announced at the head
quarters of the national comforts
committee of the navy league, that
the league has just taken Official action
determining to continue supplying
knitted comfort garments for the
navy. 1t will use the entire power
Of its organization to carry the work
TO fulfillment. 1t has already sup
piled through its comforts committee
and affiliated organizations some
seven hundred in number. approxi-
mately $4,000 garments, of the value
of more than $50, 900, out of an esti-
mated total requirement OF about
10000 garments that may be ultimate
ly needed during the remainder of the
autum and the coming winter.
In letter Of appreciation received
from our fleet abroad is the follow
ing passage:
The sweaters. wristlets, scarfs and
kits are well distributed among the
men of the feet, and are OF the ut
most value to our men on the patrol
service. The weather of the coast
here is damp. cold and windy, and
from now on throughout the winter,
the men will experience the hardest
kind Of service"
This is merely typical OF many let
ters of appreciation that are being
received.
1t Is interesting to know that among
the vessels equipped by the New York
Comforts Committee was the U. S. S.
Antilles, which was recently sunk by
a submarine.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-24
COURT TO rule
| ON "DRY' TODAY
But Six of Many Liquor
Dealers Are Testing
the Measure.

Out of several hundred liquor deal
ers In Washington. only six have
been willing 10 spend the money and
time in an effort to starve or prohi
billion.
These six, headed by Martin Roth.
and accompanied by Moses Dade. as
rear guard, will hear Justice Gould
this morning give his opinion as to
the constitutionality of the dry law
and whether or not the six petition
ers are entitled to an injunction
which will prevent the District of
Columbia from enforcing the law.
Believe Petition VIII Fail.
1t will surprise no one. except the
petitioners, II the court refuses the
petition. It will be strange indeed,
many attorneys and authorities on
legal matters have said. IL the Dis
trict Supreme Court undertakes to re-
woke a criminal law, or put curb
on the police powers of Congress
as regards the District.
The closing arguments on both sides
were heard yesterday and Justice
Gould announced at the end Of the
hearing that he would announce his
decision this morning.
| II we are to go by the opinion OF
| Corporation Counsel Conrad Syme.
the liquor dealers would have been
better OF financially IL they had
never tried to forestall prohibition.
Failed to Seek License.
In the first place. II there were no
prohibition, the saloonkeepers would
not be entitled to licenses because
| they have so far failed to put In
their applications and put UP the
81 500 required for a license for the
coming year.
They have. OF course. internal rev.
enue licenses to sell liquor. but this
sort of a license does not qualify
them to defy a local dry measure
Not a saloonkeeper in the District
OF Columbia has applied. for a L.
cense. II they had done so, the
board would have issued the license
but the operation of the Shepherd
Prohibition bill would have legislat.
ed them out of business.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-24
NATURAL iron
Helps Digestion
and TONES YOU UP
Speeds Up Digestion and Appetite
lnvisorates the System. Cheaper
Than Prepared Iron
Preparations.
GET A BOTTLE OF ANY
DRUGGIST EACH FALL

Everything I ate disagreed with
me and I was in such a terrible con-
dition / couldn't walk more than a
Few steps half the time. My ,diges-
tion troubled me for seven years and
L had tried several doctors but they
only gave me temporary relief" de-
clared w. T. Hambrey, who one day
read in the papers of his home town
about Acid Iron Mineral and since
then has sung its praises to the sky.
Il saw Acid Iron Mineral advertis-
ed In the papers and after using two
large bottles I began to improve and
went back to work. I can eat and
digest anything now and l recon-
mend 1t because I know it cured me
| and consider 1t one of the best
medicines / ever saw and shall ever
have 1t about the house. 1t is ab-
| solutely great for the troubles I had"
continued Mr.. Hambrey, who like
| thousands of others at last abandon
ed weaker and less economical pre-
pared remedies and started taking
natural, medicinal iron Just as 1t
| comes from the wonderful deposit
controlled by the Ferrodine Chemical
Corp, who with up-to-date methods,
hitter, concentrate, test and Bottle
this natural remedy, which Is cheap
er, stronger and goes from two to
six Zines farther.
Ask for a bottle of Acid Iron Min
eral natural medicinal iron. concen-
tratedl at your druggists Put a tea
spoonful into a glass of drinking
water after meals and note what a
delightful. unusual tonic and invig-
orator this natural iron is. just as 1t
comes from Mother Nature.
1t doesn't hurt the teeth or stom-
ach, helps digestion and having no
laxative effect does not derange the
bowels or liver. Everybody knows,
an doctors, know what iron will do
Tor weak impoverished blood and
now nicely It drives uric acid and
lrn0H0Atice from the sYatem=A
The Washington herald., 1917-10-24
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

District Of Columbia-Rain and colder
"Wednesday. Thursday partly cloudy; fresh
northwest winds
Mapland-Rain Wednesday. Thursday fair
cclder. Fresh to strong easterly winds on the
cGast becoming northwest Thursday.
virginia-Fau in west. rain in east portion
and colder Wednesday; Thursday fair; fresh
northwest winds.
LOCAL TEMPERATURES.
Midnight, 80; q. m. g; I a. M, n; 9 =.
m. "A; >. m, Is; 10 a. m, "a; Il noon, 81
.. m. 81; p. m. 90; p m, s.; D. m,
e; 10 p. m, 81. Highest. g.; lowest. D.
Relative humidity-s q. m, Is; 2 p. m, 10,
=. m, 7s
Rainfall 70 p. m. to 9 p. M, .od; hours Il
sunshine. 81; per cent of possible sunshine. ~
Departures deficiency Of tenn
perature since January ]. 1917. Isl; dehcency
Of Temperature since October !. 1917. liz Ac-
cumulated deficiency Of precipitation since jan
uaIy /. 1917. -a3s: deficiency of precipitation
since October l. 1911. oil Temperature same
date last year-hishss. 60; lowest, 70.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-24
Practical Desks for Ladies

new trees when the need Of the build
ings ceases TO exist. according 10
Col Clarence S. Ridgiey. In charge
OF public buildings and grounds. in
answer TO protests by citizens OF the
National Capital against the removal
Of the trees.
The area between Sixth and Seventh
streets across the Mall 10 the Aedi-
cal Museum. has been swept OF its
present growth Of trees and several
large trees have been removd on B
streets, between Ninth and Tenth "
make way for an aviation shed.
The building being constructed is
only temporary In character. TIE
structure will be a frame one with =
stucce front and 10 estimated TO cost
50 600 900.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-24
Weather Man Refuses
To Say When Indian
Summer Season Ends

When does Indian summer snd7
The weather man says there's no
fixed date for the expiration Of this
delightful season. II isn't even ap-
proximated. like spring and sum-
mer. That's Just a magic. fieeting
time In autumn when the leaves
are at their brightest, when it's
family warm and a little haze
lies over forest and field.
That's Indian summer. It comes
and goes very quickly and holds
the world In strange. sweet
dreaming thraldom until some chin
mist of oncoming winter breaks
the woven charm. You know when
Indian summers gone. When it's
here. you only feel that q sort of
faint reflected "reminiscences of
July lies upon the land.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-24
JURY DISAGREES In
ASPHYXIATION CASE

The jury in the case OF Samuel II.
Cunningham. charged with man
slaughter in connection with the
death by asphyxiation from the fumes
of hydrocyanic acid gas at the Cor
dova apartments in October. 1916. Of
Miss Edith Roberts, disagreed early
yesterday morning and were dis
charged.
The government contended that
Cunningham was negligent in not
stopping up all cracks in the serv-
ants quarters which he was hired
TO fumigate. Miss Roberts was vis-
iting in the apartment directly over
the servants quarters and was about
to retire when the fumes entered her
room and caused her death.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-24
War Truck Contracts Ready.

All contracts for the new heavy
duty war truck will have been placed
by November ]. the QuartermaSter
Generals once announced yesterday.
Axles, motors. transmission and steer
ing gears for the first l0oco trucks
already have been contracted for. De-
liveries of these 1000 trucks will be-
gin January !. and the entire number
will have been completed by june
according TO the present outlook.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-24
Red Cross Service
Fund Gets More Aid

Giving to the Red Cross war service
fund continues steadily. The finance
committee announces the following
contributions yesterday:
Employees Bureau of Crop Esti-
mates, Department OF Agriculture, s.;
M. E. e." Omitted States Steel divi-
dendD SO: George W. Withers. s.;
w. A. Masker. jr.. 81; Mrs. ]. NJ.
Nave, 81; William F. Durand, s.; Miss
Frances E. Moore, 81.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-24
SCHOOLS GET CHANCE
AT BOND ENTHUSIVE

All schools in the entire District
system will close today at Il O'Clock,
so that the public may celebrate
liberty bond day. Night schools of
the District will not hold sessions.
Many requests for use of the schools
to hold bond celebrations have been
granted by Superintendent Of Schools
Ernest L. Thurston.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-24
EXTRA! MENU!
ALLB0UT DRAFT
Creel Beats Reporters by
Printing Plan After
Nuts at Banquet.

The story was going the. rounds
yesterday-how the new draft clas-
sification was announced first to the
world on the back Of New York
banquet cards Saturday night. and
how newspaper men when they were
tipped of" to it were compelled to
scamper around and how many of
them lost out on full details.
It appears, from well-verified sto-
ries, that the new draft plan was
formally announced to the New York
draft ofiicials and was made q SUBJ
ject for discussion at a banquet held
there Saturday night, at which Sec
retary of War Baker and Provost
Marshal Gen. crowder were guests.
Followed "Nuts..
To be sure that all the guests knew
the classification and could review
1t before Gen. Crowder began to
explain 1t, the Committee on Public
Information allowed its publication
on the back of the menu. Some news
paper men who were there caught
on at once and are said to have.
left their soup to call their papers
and tip off Washington on It,
One prominent New York writer,
however. saw the classification. but
supposed in his innocence that WASH
ington newspaper men had certain
ly been given the story. Consequent
ly he paid little attention to this
feature Of the banquet. and allowed
his story Of the affair. to run for
only few paragraphs and to men,
ton other features of the banquet.
CAS- Ring Lardner would say. he
stopped a couple of ground balls,
but allowed a fence clout. with the
bases full. to go clear over his head.
Alert One Quit ut Soup.
One Of the large press associations
which was tipped OF by a reporter
who lost out on his soup. dug the
story up here afterwards, though
with some difficulty. Others are said
to have missed It, however, and two
or three newspaper men were heard
to complain as late as yesterday that
the story had not been given out Of
ficially up to that time, at the Pro-
vost Marshal Generals office.
The recital OF the affair served
to make the newspaper men more
than ever dissatisied-the word is
used In all charity-with the Creel
Bureau.
The blame attached to Mr.. Creel
himself seemed to be only remotely
placed on him, in this particular mat
ter. some Of the newspaper men
contended. but they held that his
influence has brought about many
''phony" moves on the part OF the
authorities. and that IL he wasn't
directly to blame for this slip he was
at least "an accessory before the
fact"
The Washington herald., 1917-10-24
TWO SEAMEN PRAISED
FOR THEIR BRAVERY

Gallantry and bravery in trying to
save comrades life yesterday
brought to George r. Buckley. sea-
man. and James r. Hay, coxswain.
both attached to the Pensacola Aero
nautic Station, warm commendation
from Secretary OF the Navy Daniels.
Buckley and A. J. Cash. an ap-
prentice seaman. were in a dory when
1t caught fire. Both jumped into
Pensacola Bay. Cash became uncon-
scious and Buckley. at great risk to
himself, swan to his comrade and
succeeded In keeping him afioat until
life preserver. thrown to him,
struck him in the face and caused
him to loosen his hold. Coxswain
May. who had reached the vicinity
in the Commant's barge, Immediately
leaped overheard and dove to the bot
tom Of the bay in an unsuccessful at
tempt to recover Gash's body.
Buckley is from Sayre, Penna., and
Hay from Kinston, n. c.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-24
President Meets Hoover.

Food Administrator Herbert c.
Hoover yesterday conferred with
President Wilson on plans for Food
Pledge Week, October 2s, to Novem-
Der 4. The food administration is
ready for a tremendous campaign
Of publicity, through the several
State Administrators, and hopes to
arrange for a proclamation from the
President with which to open Il.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-24
New Buildings for War
Work to Cost S2,000,000

Trees that have been removed in
the Mall to make room for buildings
to house the overflow Of clerks en-
gagged in war work will be replaced by
The Washington herald., 1917-10-24
coNDIrIoN OF THE .wATER

Temperature and condition of water at q.
m: Great, Fsns-Temperature. s.; condition.
very clear. Dalecarlia resevoir-Tcmpeuture
81: condition at north connection. very clear;
condition ut south connection, very clear.
Georscfown distributing reseroir-Tcmperatur
condition st efuent satshouss. yssy ciess
The Washington herald., 1917-10-24
OTHER TEMpERArUREs.
Inwsaf

TIDE TABLES
Compiled BY United States Coast and Geo
detic Survey
roday-Low tide. s,A a. m. and sos D. u.
high tide. liz, g. N. and IN p m.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-24

FLOWERS FOR HALLOWEEN
Choice foven and original decorating fo
Halloween parties. GUIDE, l2li F.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-24
LOCAL MENTION.

Sick Pens Cured. Open Nights.
klcnaros' Fountain Pen Shop. l25 Pa. ave.
La ragione. [volume] (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1917-????, 1917-05-26

Due ami dopo il matrimonio.
quando gia erano incominciate le
delusioni della mancata dote, e il
povero "Gnore Cocuccio" navi-
gava in cattive acque, tempest0
di messaggi, sempre piu incalzan-
ii, il suocero, il quale rispose giu-
stamente che ALA sua morte, a
vrebbe avuto clio che gil spetta-
va. Ma "Gnore Cocuccio" non la
intendeS2 cosl, e continue con
messaggi minacciosi al suocero g
con maltrattamenti ALA moglie
onde, per quieto vivere, il primo
81 decise a dargli un anticipo.
Per chi mol sappia, "Gnore Co
cuccio" e affetto da cleptomania
acuta, ed e specialista mel trafu-
gare -. parapioggia.
Tn simpatico vecchietto anne
licano, motto motto in colonia, eb-
be la disgrazia un gioTno di di-
menticare il suo parapioggia mel
negozio di "Gnore Cocuccio"
quandO vi tOrnO, dOpO meZZ ora,
per Iiprenderselo, il parapioggia
era scomparsO.
Ed il vecchietto americana non
e la sola vittima del cleptomane
specialista, di questo sinistro e.
roe, che, appena giunto nella nuo-
va terra owe pianto lie sue tende.
81 propose di portare a compi-
mento gesta eclatanti che avreb-
bero dovuto oscurare quelle COM
piute mel natio paesello, ricco di
grossi vigneti, situate sull'incan-
tevole spiaggia del mare.
II NOyelIiere.
LConLinual.
La ragione. [volume] (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1917-????, 1917-05-26
LIE RoCambOlesChe geSta
di "Gnore COCuCCio"
(Cont. Vedi Mum. Precedente)
Cont. Vedi Mum. Precedente)

to" brigo a lungo per farlo de
stituire, adducendone Passoluta
incapacita mel diSbrigo dele man
Sioni. In seguito furono anche III
vail di galanti adventure e bru-
ciarono entrambi al fuoco di due
languidi occhi che, per un solo
giomO, blillarono persino alPom-
bra di un regale diadema. Piu
tardi rapport divennero piu
stretti ed oggi j due tristi fguri
son legati a flo doppio.
Ma il repertoire dele gesta di
"Gnore Cocuccio" non puo dirsi
ancora esaurito. Sc ad un suo
compaesano capitava un qualun-
que infortunio, egli portava la
cauSa all'avvocato e ALA liquida-
zione, la sua senseria, non am
montava a memo del 50 per cen
to.
Quando coTreva ALA caccia del
la moghe 0 per essere piu esatti,
ALA caccia di una dote, richiese
anche la mano dell'unica figlia di
I'm patriarcale banchiere motto
danaroso, il quale, quando col suo
fine intuito, scopri lie cupide bra
me del pretendente, gil domando
ruvidamente: E tn tieni lie peZ-
ze? - e 10 mise Senza cerimonie
ALA porta.
La ragione. [volume] (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1917-????, 1917-05-26
IL RICATTO CONTINUA

Oggi e la volta del signor Bon
fglio. il quale dichiara che pun a.
vendO disdetto il suo avviso sulla
Cloaca, la cui inserzione non a
veva mai autorizzato, il Iicatta-
tore continua a pubblicarlo.
Pubblichiamo la sua lettera:
Phila., Pa, q Maggie 1917
10 sOttoScrittO dichiaro che
gia da due settimane IA scriSsi
ALA ClOaca On. d. ~ di non con-
tinuare la pubblicazione della
mia reclame questO Signore
cOntinua a pubblicarla senza pc
ro nessuna respOnsabilita da par
te mia per il pagamentO.
Victor BOnfigliO
La ragione. [volume] (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1917-????, 1917-05-26

Venerable degli Indipen-
denti fatto yenire appositamente
da Philadelphia, per fare votare
contralio, ALA nOstra Potente
lstituzione, e far 81 che rimanes-
sero negli INDEPENDENT, ma flu
accolto come proprio meitava.
Appena entrato nella sala flu ac-
colto da fischi grida abbasso
gil INDEPENDENT, viva POrdine Fl
gil d'Italia in America.
Flu detto che volevano fare un
contradittorio, per questo fu te-
legrafato al Prof. Pitocchi, che 81
tenne pronto, quando fu al mo-
mento di fare il suddetto, il
gTande venerable degli spioni
austIiaci disse che non era ne
cessario di fare contradittorio,
allora il Prof. Pitocchi tenne un
breVe dlScorSo che fu cOpertO dl
applause di viva POrdine Figli
d'Italia in America. 10 volevo te-
legrafare a Lei, ma per la troppo
lontananza, non 10 feel. Lo Spio-
ne austliaco Venerable degli In
dipendenti. disse che fondi, toe
cano, ossia spettano tutti a quei
cinque fratelli, che Sono contra
Ri, al contrario 81 andava in Cor
te.
Vol1ei motto dilvi, ma, e trop-
po lungo potervi descrivere tutto
quello che e successo, in seduta
della "Vittoria". Appunto adesso
mi e mTivato un telefono dicen-
domi che erano due persone We
mute da Philadelphia, ed in piu
gil Independent portarono 2 po-
liziotti nella sala per pama di ba-
stonate.
Telmino col salutarvi cordial
mente in L. L. F. voStro AMIGO
fratello
D'Auria NincenzinO.'