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The Washington herald., 1917-01-21
TRADEMARK AGREEMENT
NEEDS BUT ONE SIGNER
International Convention Would Pro-
tect Latin-America and u. S.

Trade marks and copyrights which will
AFFORD protection in the northern group
OF Latin-American countries and the
United States shortly will be issued by
Bureau of Registration to be estab-
hshed at Havana, Cuba, according to an
announcement by the International High
Commission. which held a meeting here
yesterday. The commission stated that
with the ratification by Costa Rica of
the Trademarks Convention enough of
the republics now have sanctioned the
Pan-American trademark and copyright
agreement to make 1t become generally
effective as soon as the necessary
diplomatic negotiation have been COM
pleted.
At its meeting yesterday the COM
mission discussed uniform legislation In
pan-American countries governing negoti-
able instruments, commercial arbitration,
regulations governing commercial travel
ers and allied matters. The establish
ment of a gold clearance fund to clear
foreign trade balances expeditiously
among pan-American. countries and the
question OF government ownership Of
wireless stations also were discussed by
the commission.
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo,
Senator Fletcher, of Florida; Samuel
Untermyer, Paul NJ. Warburg. John H.
Fahey, of Boston, and Assistant Secre-
tary of the Treasury Peters were present
at the meeting.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-21
Girl BRsYES FLAMES
To RESCUE SPANIELS
After Being Sived at Fire She Returns
for Pets.

Special 10 The Washington Herald.
New York. Jan es-Love for the q ur-
teen Toy Spaniels she had left behind her
Led Mis- Gertrude Lester. a dog fancier,
to break away from policemen ana nre-
men who had rescued her yesterday aft
ernoon and dashed back into a burning
btaidfng az f7s Madison avenue.
Followed by Policeman Lynch. Of the
West Thirtieti street station. she groped
ser way ap the smoke darkened stairway
&c her apartment. on the fourth moor,
gathered some of the whimpering dogs
into basket and. ciasping the rest TO
hor breast with her free arm. ran down
the stairs again to safety In the street
Il could never have forgiven myself for
forgsttinS them. SO Just had to so back
sad get them" .MiAs Lester told the nre-
men who scolded her for returning into
ths building. "I'd risk my life for them
any time"
The value of the fourteen spaniels
saved, Miss Lester said, was more than
A.soo. Several she prized IN excess OF
6oe. Nearly all of them are ribbon"
dogs. Among the fourteen rescued were
Sokoto. a white Pomeranian; Using Tau,
. Pekinese; Pierre of Causeway, Brus-
SIS Grinon; Yung Yen. Pekinesei Queen
Elizabeth, Poneranian. and Sweets Of St
Margaret, a Belgian Grirfon.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-21
GEE! Who WILL LOCATE
"G" ON GERTRUDE'SLEG
James Smith Has Lost His Wife-Say,
Have You Seen Herr

Wichita, Kan, Jan. 0.-The police of
Wichita, as upright a body of night stick
twiddlers as ever thrived In a prohibition
State, nervously are seeking Gertrude
Smith. wife OF James of that nk, who
fed her bed and board in the Smith man
sion at Augusta, Kan, several days aso.
James wants her and the two children
she took with her to come back home,
and he has asked the eagle eyed pave
Inent Founders to find her. There is but
little. he admits to distinguish Gertrude
from other feminine Smiths. except one
of her legs. on which in a moment Of
pride she had tattooed the initial &C."
James says he is certain that IL the good
officers of the law will but examine a few
lady Smiths legs they will run across a
vagrant &C" and Gertrude.
Now, in Kansas, a great many innova-
tons in politics. law and even police pro-
cedure are developed. but so far no po-
hceman. not even the bachelors have
volunteered to go alphabet seeking to
find Gertrude and her tattooed leg.
In his plea to the police James neglect
ed to give the exact latitude and longi-
tude of the initial That's the most in
teresting topic of discussion these quiet
Wichita evenings around police head
quarters.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-21
SHOW MORE LEG and
SAVE LEATHER COST
Women Must Quit Wearing Seven
League Boots, Says London Paper.
,cial Gable to The Washington Herald.

Special Gable to The Washington Herald
London, Jan. 20.-The Shoe and Leather
Journal says the advisability of
abbreviating the length of leg for wo-
mems shoes is being seriously con-
sidered, because OF the waste of leather
now entailed from the fashion of long
legged footgear for women.
No legislation is needed, says the trade
journal. which suggests an order by the
military authorities making it punishable
to manufacture another pair of woman's q
boots with high legs.
According TO a dispatch from Switzer-
land. an exhibit of boots made from sub
stitutes for leather Is being held at
Munich. Paper boots are said to be thu
best Straw mixed with linoleum is even
being used for leather.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-21
ORGANIZE LAKE Clan
and ELECT OFFICERS
Five Hundred Expected at Convention
Here in June.

Permanent organisation of the Lake
Clan of England and America, which
has been under formation for the past
year under direction OF Gen. H. Oden
Lake. national commander Of the Army
and Navy Union. OF this city. made up
Of members of the Lake family from all
over the country, was completed last
night at meeting of the local clan OF
the family held in the red room of the
New Ebbitt Hotel Following the perma-
nent organization meeting at which Gen.
Lake, chief clansman, presided, the tenn
porary roster of officers which had been
approved by those selected In various
parts of the country, were made the per
manent officers
The meeting last night was called by
Ernest l. Lake, 352s T street northwest,
who is the deputy clansman for the
District. The local clan extended an IN
vitation to the national clan to meet IN
annual clan convention in this city Janu-
airy 4 and 5, 1917, next This convention
will bring to Washington more than 500
members of the Lake family from every
part of the country.
The national and local officers elected
follow: sE
Gen. H. oden Lake, chief clansman.
Washington, d. c.; Simon Lake, first
deputy chief clansman, Milford, Conn. !;
Prof. James L. Lake. second deputy chief
clansman, Wake Forest, N. c.; Edgar j.
Lake, third deputy chief clansman, Hol-
lywood, CAL; Lytton L. Lake, fourth
deputy chief clansman, Higginsville, Mo-;
Rev. ]. B. Lake, ID. D., chaplain, Upper
Vile, Va; Miss Luella Lake. musical
directress, Ocean City, N. J.; Col Rich
ard P. Lake, chancellor, Memphis, Tenn. !;
Miss Janet w. Lake, scribe, Washing
ton, d. c.: Fred o. Lake, treasurer
Washington. D. c.; Mrs. Maude A. Lake,
registrar, Sanford. Fla; Rev. James E.
Lake, d. D., historian, Ocean City, N. j.:
William C. Lake, editor. Union, s. c.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-21
Food and Bath Needed,
Not Operation on Boy

New York. Jan. 2o.-Denying that
an operation is needed to cure the
waywardness Of Ernest Diers. "A
years old, who has been called
the worst boy in New Jersey"
County Physician w. Z. odgen, of
Bergen County. yesterday gave as
his diagnosis that all the lad need
ed to make him reputable was
plenty of food, regular bathing
and clean clothes.
Young Diers had been placed BY
his parents in the State Reforma-
tory as incorrigible. Tales of his
maltreatment of animals were told
after his release and on Thursday
he was taken to the Fairview
General Hospital. Physicians said
that fall when a baby might
have injured his head and that an
operation might remedy his faults.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-21
So Busy at White House,
"Sufs" Forget Rent Man

Militant sunragists, preoccupied it'll
their heckling campaign, have overt ok
ed the demands of the rent man. es-
terday they tumbled to the stern, act
that they owed something like $500 as
telants OF the palatial house form srly
occupied by Mark Hanna, with a
stones throw OF the White House.
From this point they have been con-
Quoting their campaign of militancy.
within easy reach Of the silent sentinel
brigade picketing the White House safes.
An unfeeling landlord yesterday swooped
down upon the sufrragists and requested
payment Committees were sent scurry-
ing about the city to secure pledges to
guarantee another months occupancy.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-21
MAY FORFEIT HIS JOB
FOR Being OBLIGING
Yonkers Postmaster Accommodates
Patrons but Uncle Sam Objects.
pecial to The washinston Henh

Special to The Washington Henh
Yonkers, N. Y, Jan. 20.-The moral Of
this story precedes the narrative:
Don't be too obliging.
John N. Parsons, postmaster at Yonkers,
went out of his way to save the govern
ments customers and in consequence his
office was Investigated by department in
spectors.
They reported technical violation of
rules-for instance, the keeping open Of
the general delivery window from 9 to
10 on Sunday mornings to oblige per-
sons anxious for their mail, when the
law requires that the window be closed
Mr.. Parsons last night denied a report
that he is to be removed.
The investigation" he said. was held
early In December and if any charges
have been made against me. or 1 am to
be superseded. I have not heard of it."
The Washington herald., 1917-01-21
ULTIMATUM
ACCEPTED BY GREECE

Full acceptance Of the allies latest de-
mands upon Greece is contained in the
Greek reply TO the ultimatum Of the al
lied governments, both of which docu-
ments were transmitted to the State De-
partment for its Information by Charge
Vouros, of the Greek Embassy, yester-
day.
The allied ultfmatum demanded removal
within fifteen days from the time of the
delivery OF the note of troops. guns and
munitions from all areas outside the
Peloponesus. claiming "sll liberty of ac-
ton in assuring by every proper means
the security of their army in Greece
should no favorable reply be given with
in forty-eight hours after presentation OF
the present note"
The Washington herald., 1917-01-21
LONDON EXPLOSION
KILLS 50 employees
Munitions Plant Demolished by Fire
and 100 Injured.
(By the international News service

Ny tne lnternational news SerSicc.D
London, Jan. 0.-The explosion last
night In the munitions factory located in
the official reports in the east of Lon
don,' killed between thirty and forty
persons, according to the bodies recovs
cred, and hurt about 100 persons. Three
rows of small houses were demolished
by the blast.
The official statement on the matter
says that the explosion was caused by
fre and that the plant was used for re-
inning explosives. 1t was stated that
practically all the explosives in the fac
tory were set of; that the building was
destroyed, and that the chief chemist OF
the factory and "a number of other
work people" were killed by the explo-
sion or buried in the ruins. The chem
ist, DIR. Angel, while advising the 9th
er workmen 10 seek safety, attempted to
night the fire and lost his life in SO doing.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-21
STUDENTS NOW CAN Be
sure enough "DEVILS"
Printing Course to Be Established at
Central High School.

Beginning with the February term. stu
dents of Central High School will be Of.
fered. for the first time in nigh schoo
history. q practical course in printing.
The subject may be taken either as n
major or minor subject. and all work
will be carried on IN the handsome new
printing plant which recently has beer
ftted up with three presses and other
necessary parsphernalia.
e. w. Lawrence, who has been appoint
ed instructor Of the new class. has had
considerable experience at the Smsllwood
Vocational School
The need for such a class has been
felt for some time In high school circles
More than eighty pupils can be accom-
modated.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-21
BOSTON MAKES PLANS
FOR G. A. R. REUNION

Boston, Mass, Jan. 30.-Assisted by the
Boston Chamber of Commerce and other
organizations, the National Encampment
of the Grand Army OF the Republic.
which is to take place from August Is to
August S, bids fair to be one of the most
important events the Hub has seen for
many years past. More than 10000 visit
ors are expected.
The same week the Sons of Veterans
will hold their encampment with other
affiliated bodies. The women's auxiliaries.
which include the Women's Relief Corps.
Ladies of the @. A. R, Daughters OF Vet
erans and the Sons Of Veterans Auxiliary.
will add To the festivities
The Washington herald., 1917-01-21
u. S. TO REMOVE
STRICKEN REFUGEES

To save loo Americans in Syria and
Palestine from danger of starvation. the
State Department, upon the urgent re-
quest of Ambassador Elkus. at Constanti-
nople, arranged with the Navy Dept. for
the use of the United States cruiser Des
Moines and the collier Caesar to bring
the refugees out of the stricken zone. The
refugees probably will be landed at BARGE
Iona, Spain, the nearest neutral port
Most Of the refugees are naturallzed
Syrians. Armenians and Hebrews
The Washington herald., 1917-01-21
ATTACKED BY U-BOAT,
Liner MAKES ESCAPE
Steamer Ssmars Reaches RIO Jsneiro
After Being Given Up as Lost.

my rae 1uterEattonAt Nevs service D
Rio Jsneiro. Jan. s0-The steamship
samara. which arrived here yesterday
after being given up as lost, was attacked
by the German submarine U-0 shortly
after leaving Bordeaux, her comma nder
reported today. The submarine fired a
torpedo, which missed. A French de-
stroyer came and fired upon the cub
marine which was damaged
The British cruiser Glasgow. which "a
searching for the German raider, or raid
ers, has put to sea again from Pernam-
buco.
Prof. Vienna an authority on interns-
tional law, gave out a statement today
saying that the Germans had virtually
established a blockade of Brazil He
urges the government TO protest vixor-
ously.
A Strsnge steamship with four funnel.
painted black. has been sighted OF Gear.
in northern Brazil stesninF at fun
speed She Is believed to have been a
German raider.
The original raider was said 20 have
only one funnel, but the Germans couId
easily have erected dummy funnels 10
mislead the masters of all ships.
New York. Jan. 1-The British stes rner
Loftwood, 1851 tons. which sailed from
New York on Christmas Day with a vaIu-
able general cargo for Hsvre. has been
sunk in the Atlantic, according TO a ca
blegrsm this afternoon to the Fr~noh
line, which cleared the vessel
The Washington herald., 1917-01-21
He Was Out Long Enough
To Beat Her Again

New York. Jan. 2o.-This is the
chronology of two hours and a
half in the life of Daniel Culhane:
$50 p. m.-Released from Black
wells Island. where he had spent
six months for beating his wife.
6 o'clock-Reaches home.
6:1-Beats his wife Mary.
ARRESTED
s-Magistrate Nolan in Mems
Night Court sends him back to
the Island for three months.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-21
Give Tea for Southern Women.

Mrs. Walter McNab Miller of Columbia
Mo-, and Mrs Edmund Post, Of Louis
vile. KY, were hosteses at an informal
tea yesterday at national suffrage head
quarters. 1896 Rhode Island avenue. The
invited guests included the wives of all
Missouri and Kentucky Senators and Rep
The Washington herald., 1917-01-21

Australia's pearl fishing INDUSTRY d
being held up hy the var.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-21

:;:;; :::; $:; Sc; Il: 4! ii; !. s.; g. S229
lars and cuffs; double band tri
mings of nutris: gray plush trf
med or all black; in q big variety
handsomest models: silk liz
throughout.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-04
READY FOR A FIGHT
United States Navy Prepared for Drive
on U-Boat Bases.

Washington, Aug. 4.-The United
States navy is going to be. ready for
drive against the German U-boat
bases in the North sea whenever the
allied war council says the time is
ripe. The time will ripen as the drive
of the armies along the Belgian coast
progresses.
The younger element in the navy
has been itching for this sort of a
battle ever since the war began. They
have under their capable hands in
struments of attack which they have
never yet been able to fully try out
ana they have instruments of defense
upon which they know they can RELY
Chats with some of these younger Off
GERS today showed how keen they are
for this sort of game.
Little can be said of the navy's new
devices. Little is known outside the
innermost circles of the service and
the men to whom they are entrusted
for action. But hints have been
dropped within the week which show
how important naval opinions hold
these devices to be- There were four
or FIVE sentences in Admiral GIeayes's
report of the fight of the Pershing
convoy with the submarines which
naval officers today are Interpreting
as justification of their opinion as to
these new devices.
Secretary Daniels today again told
OF the speed with which the navy is
getting destroyers turned out. These
wonderful fighting machines will be
the ma1nStay of any such attack
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-04
BURY LITTLE IN BUTTE
Order Received From Haywood al
Sanction of Deceased's Brother.

Butte, Mont, Aug. 4.-"Bury Frank
Little on the fighting ground"
This message, received from Will
liam Haywood, national I. w. w. sec
rotary, caused a change today in the
original plan to send the body of
Frank Little, murdered 1. w. w. ex-
ecutive, to Yale. Okla, for burial
Haywood, who is in charge of the
funeral arrangements, advised that
Little's brother had authorized burial
at Butte.
A general invitation to organized
labor to participate in the demonstra-
ton which will feature the funeral
was issued today by the local 1. W. W
union. W.
We deem it the duty of organized
lapor to attend the funeral of our
murdered fellow worker" said the in
vitation distributed.
No Hearse To Be Used.
No hearse will be used. Twentv
men Will bear the casket upon their
shoulders. marching at the head of
the silent parade of thousands of
MIXERS who will participate.
Feoeral and state officials here
were swamped with kilograms of pro-
test over the lynching today. Almost
every L. w. w. local in the countrv
mas sent message of condemnation
"A particularly bitter protest was sent
oy the Portland, Ore, u.ior.. T.ittIa
was arrested there about vaar 49,
as the result of his activity in = fre
speech campaign. iiee-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-04


slams are already retreating to their
own soil, across the frontier river
Zbrocz They have been almost COM
pieteiy expelled from Galicia and
their hold on any section of Bukowina
IS steadily diminishing. Czenowitz
has changed hands ten times in the
war, but never were the Russians in
SUCH a state of disorganization.
Big Drive in North.
The Russian retirement in this
region seriously menaces the Russo
Rumanian line on the Moldavian
front; the Austro-German advance
along the Dniester threatens to slice
or section of Northwest Moldavia.
The full weight of the Austro-Ger-
man drive, however, is further to the
north They are striking, it is believ-
ed, for Kamenetz-Podolsky as the ini-
tiaI stage of a campaign against
Odessa.
The capture of Czernowitz marks am
advance of nearly lao miles by the
Austro-German armies. The Russian
retreat was forced by disaffection
spread among the troops by German
agents and radical Socialist agitators.
The loss of Falkei also is admitted
by the Russians, who appear to be Of
Ierlng resistance at only one point on
'front.' or more than 800 miles. This
IS along the Bystritza river
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-04
TAKE LOAD OFF RICH
House Leader Attacks Taxation Meth.
Cd Drafted by Senators.

Washington, Aug. "A renrin+ Of
the new war tax bill, as redraf fled nv
the senate finance committee to raise
about $2,O00,000,000 of revenue, came
OH the government printing dresses
To-Day Chairman Simmons of the
eoiliIIliltee Will present the revised bill
to the senate Monday and debate ~, IL
probably will be started "Wednesday
mat the committee in revising the
house bill wrote into it "into1era HE
inequalities in favor of the more
prosPerous' Is asserted in a statement
by Chairman Kitchin of the bo,,.e
ways and means committee, which is
taken to indicate that should the SEN
ate accept its committee amendments
they will meet with strong opposition
IN conference. The senate committee.
WI. hitcnen says, has taken an enor-
nous load of taxation off of big b,,s;-
ness and put it on people of small
means.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-04

than late work; but, regardless OF
a certain amount of late shallow work
when the land preparation was begun,
is necessary to keep down weeds, pre-
serve moisture and make plant food
availa BILE
bulletin says, which will not make a
crop of anything, altho they may
have been well prepared for the crop
that failed. They will need very little
work for what, excepting that requ1r-
ed to kill weeds, and form a constant
soil mulch. Good wheat farming does
not permit weeds and crusts on land
waiting for seeding time. Lands
which are producing row crops in
which wheat is to be sown should be
kept clean and thoroughly cultivated.
1t will pay to pack all wheat lands.
whether prepared early and deeply, or
later and shallowly, and for this pur-
pose nothing is better than the sub
surface packer, altho a disc harrow
with the blades set straight will serve
the purpose. All summer blowing
should be narrowed with a common
harrow, Immediately after the pillow.
1t is always advisable, where wheat
is to follow wheat. or some other
small grain crop, to disc the stubble
Immediately after the binder, unless it
is possible to pillow or list at that time
instead To disc the stubble at the
LlI1lG the CIOP ID IClAlONONS Nils WCONo,
saves moisture and keeps the ground
in condition to plow or list later.
The right time to sow wheat, ac-
cording to the bulletin, must nee
essarily vary according to sea-
son and location Where wheat
pasture is necessary, it is advis-
able to SOW part of the crop very ear
ly. Fortunately, those districts where
wheat made a poor crop this year are
not in Hessian fly territory and little
or no attention need be given to date
of sowing on it's account. For Kan
sas and Oklahoma conditions, the best
wheat crops usually come from SOW
ing from September Is to October s,
provided the season is favorable. In
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-04
WON'T GET VACATION
Prohibition Fight May Keep House in
Session Until December.

Washington, Aug. 4.-Prohibition-
lists may prevent the house from talk
ing vacation. Some of the ''drys'
said today that unless they obtained
an agreement that the house would
vote on the Sheppard amendment at
this session, they would object to the
contemplated three-day recess and
remain in session until September.
Claude Kitchin and other Demo-
cratic leaders do not want the house
to act on the Sheppard amendment
until the winter session. But the in
timation of the prohibitionists as ex-
pressed today by Randall, of Cali
fornia, may place an entirely different
aspect on the situation and may force
a compromise.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-04
Immediate Preparation of Land
for Wheat Here.
Santa Fe Railway Issues Time
ly Bulletin.
Nh n0naH RIM lMrrnc nnIlCT
NO ROOM FOR WEEDS, CRUST
Soil Should Be Kept Clean and
Well Cultivated.
II. M. Banner, AgriculturaI-In.
dustriaI Agent, Author.

Early preparation of land for wheat
is recommended by the Santa Fe rail-
way, in a bulletin which will be dis
tributed among farmers in the wheat
growing districts of Kansas, Oklahoma
and Texas.
Extreme dry conditions" the bull
letin says, do not always permit ideal
wheat land preparation. An ideal
seed bed for wheat is one that has
been worked deep and early, and has
become firm and well supplied with
moisture and available p mt food.
Wheat does not do well in a loose,
open seed bed, and it is, therefore, not
advisable to work the land deep just
before sowing time. Whatever is done
to get land ready for wheat. it should
be remembered that the earlier it is
done, the better. Early discing, lis
ing. or blowing gives better results