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The Washington herald., 1917-10-18
Influences Delayed Fight.
Rev. Freely Rohrer
Installed as Pastor

Rev. Freeley Rohrer was installed as
pastor Of the Metropolitan Presby-
terrain Church last night. DR.. Rohrer
comes to Washington from the First
Presbyterian Church of Greenfield,
Ohio. He succeeds Rev. Paul Hitch
cock, who has accepted the pastor
ate of the First Presbyterian Church
Of Troy, y. Y.
The services were conducted by five
pastors of the presbytery. Rev. George
Cummings, of Garden Memorial
Church. Anacostis. opened the serv-
ices, and was followed by the SER
mon of Rev. Joseph T. Kelly. of the
Fourth Church. Rev. W. I. Campbell.
moderator of the pTesbytery, pro-
pounded the constitutional questions
to the pastor and congregation. Rev.
John c. Palmer. OF Washington
Heights Church, gave the charge to
the pastor. Rev. Alfred E. Barrows,
pastor of Eastern Church. gave the
charge to the congregation. The ben
ediction was pronounced by Rev Mr..
Rohrer.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-18
PRESIDENTS Wife
SUBSCRIBES TO LOAN
Sends Check for $1,000 to District
Committee.

Mrs Woodrow Wilson. wife Of the
President of the United States. yes
terday sent her personal check for
$1,000 to the District of Columbia aux
Hilary of the Women's National LIB
erty Loan Committee as an addition
to the subscriptions for bonds of the
second liberty loan by Washington
women. In her letter Mrs. Wilson
stated that she will attend the
carnival to be held on the night of
October % and witness the lighting
of the huge bonfire which the Wom-
ems Liberty Loan Committee will
construct as a spectacular means of
ushering in Liberty Day."
Many Washington women are now
doing their bit for the final drive
in behalf of the second liberty loan.
Mrs. Joseph Letter will throw open
her Dupont Circle home on Saturday
afternoon, at 4 o'clock, for a big
TO be held under the auspices
of the Diet Kitchen Association. Mrs
W. G. McAdoo. chairman of the Wom-
ems Liberty Loan Committee. will
preside. Miss Mabel Boardman will
be the first speaker and other wom-
en-. to be selected by Mrs. Houston,
wife of the Secretary of Agriculture,
will follow her. The meeting will
be public
The Washington herald., 1917-10-18
Volunteers Number
678,047 in Nine Months

Volunteer enlistments in the army
and navy of the United States for
the first nine months of the present
year total 67S.047. according to re-
ports of the two departments yester-
day.
Regular army enlistments aggregat-
ed 2l3,321 in the period. National
Guard enlistments were considerably
higher than the number used in this
computation-359.e 43-but. due to the
fact that there were thousands of
discharges for dependency and other
reasons. the department uses only the
number now actually in the service.
When the Guard was taken in on
August ), the total was 361. 299. but
since that time and up to the present
The discharges have outstripped the
enlistments by nearly 1900.
The enlistments in the navy, includ-
ing the Marine Corps. total 1OJ, 4S3,
according to the record.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-18
OTHER TEMPERATURES.
TIDE TABLES.

Compiled By United States Coast and Go
detic SurVey.)
Ioday-LoB tide. 3a9 a. m. and $50 D. N. :
high tide. OH a. II. and 90 D. m.
Automobile lamps to be lighted at So n m.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-18
SENATOR BRINGS
YOUTH TO ENLIST.
District Needs but Is Men
to Reach Its Allotted
Army Quota.

The main recruiting station of the
army at Seventh street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue northwest, Is doing a
great business these days. and ex-
poets to complete its quota for en-
listment in the regular army before
the end of this month.
or the 6662 men required from the
District under the regulations of the
War Department. 634 had been OBJ
tanned up to the hour of closing the
recruiting station last night, with
others in prospect.
The class Of men needed now for
the regular army service are in
infantryInen. cavalrymen and those
in the Medical Department, besides
an unlimited number of colored men
for the national army.
VIII Cut Next Draft.
The more volunteer enlistments for
the different classitications of mill
tary service that are received now
will correspondingly lessen the num-
Der of men required under the draft
system.
The following enlistments were re-
ceived yesterday at the main recruit
ing station:
Noiboh IL 4hcSh, 90 oliIlS street, 81
Paul, Mimi. Robert r. Faust.
Schenectady. n. Y; Clinton B. Pey-
ton. Shreveport, La; James McFar-
land, Bladensburg, Md; Philip Svant-
ner, Ellwood City, Pa: William Fox,
Springfield, ILL.,: William f. Missig.
1149 Castle Hill avenue, Bronx. n.
Y: Charles U. Wolfe, 1903 C street
southeast. Townie r. Robertson, l425
S street northwest. and Charles c.
Chauncey, 179 House 'Office building,
all Of this city.
Senator Brings One In.
To show the keen and patriotic in
terest that Is taken it is significant
that Faust, who enlisted yesterday,
was brought to the recruiting station
by a United States Senator and later
taken in a machine by the latter to
the young mans post of duty.
In the case OF Chauncey, he gave
his address as room Us, House office
building. occupied by Representative
Mckeowen. of Oklahoma. No further
information was obtaInable, as the
Congressman could not be reached
last night.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-18
SUES FOR DIVORCE.

Suit for absolute divorce was filed
yesterday in the District Supreme
Court by Agnes H. Bartram, against
The Washington herald., 1917-10-18
BELGIAN WAR FILMS
TO BE SHOWN HERE
Gen. lie Clercq Among Speakers
Tomorrow Night.

War pictures and addresses by
Gen. Matthew lie Clercq, chief of the
Belgian Military Commission TO the
United States, Col. W.. w. Harris,
and Maj. A. Barnes Hooe. OF the
United States army, will feature the
patriotic meeting Of the Board of
Trade to be held in Central High
School tomorrow night at o'clock.
The moving pictures were made I'M
The Washington herald., 1917-10-18

der military authority and issued by
the French war ONCE. The Belgium
OF Today" showing the King and
Queen of Belgium on the firing line
and in the air over the land laid in
ruin by the retreatins Germans will
be shown.
Maj. Hooe. one Of the speakers Of
the evening, Is one OF the. thirty-two
members of the Board of Trade. who
have Joined the fighting forces of
the government. in whose honor the
celebration is to be held.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-18
LOCAL MENTION.

Mammoth herring, for for &c;
crystal salt. SC; pure pepper. 35c: /"
lbs. meal, Csc; 1907. Cal. sardines,
15c; 2O-oz. cans baking powder, l2c;
our best flour. SIZE bbl.: whole
wheat flour. sac; our best tea, 49c;
Wonder coffee, zoe; large prunes.
15c; macaro1i or spaghetti, 12i5c.
4l2 Fourth st. s. f. and all the ]. T
d. Pyles stores.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-18
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

A cyclonic depression Of considerable inten-
sity was central last night over Eastern Iowa I;
IN the extreme Northwest anti-cyclonic cUpdi-
tions prevail with freezing temperatures and
snow in the DakOtas. Rains have fallen IN the
Upper Lake Region and the Middle Mississippi
VALLEY and snow over the Northeastern Rocky
Mountains slope and the Dakotas
II will Be considerably warmer in eastern dis
triets tomorrow and there will be a marked fall
in temperature in the Lake Region and the
Lever Ohio Valley
The Washington herald., 1917-10-18

Midnight. 70; a. m, 70; a. M, q; a. m.
&c; a. m. ~; 10 a. m. 50; Il noon, 3d. 2
?. m. g; .. m. e.; p m. g.; p. M, 81 :;
10 p. n. -. Highest. s.; lowest. 4s.
Relative humidity-s a. m. 50; p. n., q;
p. m. So.
Raistall Is p. m. to 8 ?. M, 0; nours OF sun
shine. Ill; per cent Of possible sunshine, 100.
Dtpartures- Accumulated deficiency Of tenn
ptrature since January /, 1917, -2E; deficiency
Of temperature since October l. 1917. SO; ac-
eumulated deficiency Of precipitation siucs
January l, 1911. -26l; deficiency Of precipits
ton since October l. 1917. -a33.
lowest, 46.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-18

George c. Bartram. The couple were
married in Boston in lyme. 1907 There
are no children. Through Attorneys
Coldren and Cover the wife alleges
that she Was deserted =. eight years
after her marriage and that her hus-
band has refused to provide for her
ever since.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-18
Donations for War Library Fund.

The local war service library fund
has received. the following contribu-
tions of 5000 or upwards:
Elliot II. Goodwin. SIS: John b.
Larner, SIS; Teachers and pupils Of
Wilson Normal. School Through Miss
Snyder. librarian) $50; r. II. Rids-
way, SO.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-18
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

MsDland-Partly cloudy and waIme- today.
Tomorrow rainy and warmer. Moderate south
east winds
District Of Columbia-Partly cloudy and
warmer today. Tomorrow rain. warmer. Moder-
ate southeast winds.
NHeinia-FSir and warmer today. Tomorrow
rain. Moderate cast to southeast winds.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-18
Colored Churchmeu Annual

Another appeal is made for aid in
raising 1900 needed by the colored
cosmopolitan Baptist Church. on N
street between Ninth and Tenth
streets northwest, to pay off a mort
gage which pay be foreclcsed Octo-
per "a Nearly one-third of the
amount has been raised,
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-08-02

Four thousand German prisoners, a dozen villages and several fortilied positions fell before the Allied ad- vance which has swung them up to 1finenes-Ypres road and Haig re- porting relatively "small losses in curred".
 This afternoon over ground de- vastatcd by shells and mines, the Germans sought to reconquer some of the lost territory and brisk fight ing between the machine men and bombists in the front ranks result
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-08-02

LONDON, Aug. 1.-The titanic battle that opened yesterday in West Flanders is still raging with the Germans making daring counter at Jacks in a tropical down pour to re- take the conquered positions.
 The tremendous offensive swept the Teuton forces off their feet and brought the Entente lines forward three miles, the greatest individual advance in any drive of such short dimensions as up to the present since the war began.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-08-02
MUCH EXPOSITION TO
 C0LDY'S APPOINTMENT

NEW YORK, Aug. 1.--Great op- position is developing to the con tirmation of Bainbridge Colby as a member of the shipping board. The main opposition comes from this State, Senator Calder of New York to lead the attack against the con firmation.
 The president is bringing all the pressure he can to effect the confir- nation and the fight is on.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. l. The Senate today confirmed Rolanc s. Morris as ambassador to Japan.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-08-02
NO TROUBLE iN
 MAKING Y STICK

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. l.-The Federal Grand Jury is marking the I. W. w. for a new probe It is an nounced today that the federal grand jury was preparing 10 launch ali investigation on the I. ". W. ac- tivitios along the Pacific Coast with a special reference to the part that German agents may have played in
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-08-02
INDUSTRIAL WORKER THURSDAY, AUGUST g. 1917,
GREAT BATTLES STILL.
 RAGING WEST FLANDERS

made in a terrific rain storm and
 under difficulties for the offensive operations of both sides. The Anglo French lines held and the counters were all repelled. Notwithstanding the continued downfall, the Allies are continuing their attack this evening and the battle is raging
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-08-02
HEAT WAVE STILL
 HAS WEST IN GRIP

NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-The heat wave still grips the country with many cases oi prostration reported. The death rate is alarming and the suffering is fearful. Speeding up In plants has ceased and many find it impossible to carry on their work.
 NEW YORK, Aug. 1-Amended figures showing the total casualties from the heat wave amount to 23S.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-08-02

the industrial disturbances.
 The Washington authorities have positively denied that there was any connection as far as their agents knew between the I. W. w. and any pro-German activities. It was stated to the Associated Press agents that all German monies in the United States had ben accounted for.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-08-02

with further fury beyond the smashed tree stumps of the Beca- leare woods.
 The British are now using artil- lery mounted upon caterpillar mo tor trucks to aid in the general ad- vance, a marked improvement ac- to the official reports.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-08-02

Little opposition if any was discern ible to the appointment.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-08-02

FARGO, N. D., Aug. lice men, organized in the l. w. w. struck at this place for fifty per cent in crease. They first loaded UP all the wagons for the days distribution and then presented their demands. They won within ten minutes.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-08-02
FOR SALE CHEAP.

FOR SALE CHEAP. Two 4 H. F. Boilers. One 12 H. F. Boiler. One 16 H. r. Boiler. Two 6 H. F. Boiler.
 DARLING X DEAN co.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-08-02

This is the greatest record ever re ported in so short a time.
The Washington times., 1917-09-02
WOOD SCHOOL TURNING
OUT WORKERS FOR U. S.

Spurred on by the high record its
graduates attained in a test of speed
and accuracy conducted by the Under
wood Typewriter Company, the Wood
Commercial School, of 311 East Capt.
tol street. is preparing to turn out
many skilled workers this term to
meet the needs OF Government and
private institutions arising from the
war. Dozens OF graduates have OBJ
talned positions in Government de-
partments since the war started.
Other students of the school are
putting the finishing touches on short
courses in civil service preparation.
A number OF additions will be made
to the schools curriculum this year.
The Washington times., 1917-09-02
Y. NJ. c. A. CREATES
B. c. S. DEGREE
FOR ACCOUNTANTS

The Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation has reorganized the course of
the Washington School of Account
ancy and announced today that the
degree OF B. C. S. will be conferred
upon graduates.
In connection with the reorganiza-
tion there have been many prominent
men added to the faculty Of the wash
ington school.
They are Alexander Tsnsley. men,
Der of the American Institute OF Ac-
countants; Howard Beck, auditor for
the city OF Baltimore: ]. Lee Nichol-
son, Of Columbia University. and w.
II. s. Stevens and r. w. Gardner. spe-
cial experts of the Federal Trade
Commission.
C. V. INLAY and Roger J. whiteford,
who have conducted the law depart
ment OF the school for years, will re-
main in their respective positions.
Six courses are now offered and as
reorganized the course becomes the Y.
NJ. c. A. national curriculum.
The Washington times., 1917-09-02
WINTER SCHOOL
TOFILL DEMAND
FORART WORKERS

The National School OF Fine and
Applied Art is again offering profes-.
sional courses in fine and applied art
to prepare students for the CONNER
cial world. The winter session opens
October 1.
The demand for art workers in the
commercial art world nov exceeds the
supply. and with this point in view,
the school is educating men and WON
en- to I'LL the demand. -
All courses are professionally
taught and teachers are especially
trained to teach progressive methods
for practical use.
This is the only school south OF New
York city aftording these professional
courses. Glasses are held day and
evening, with special daylight illu-
mination system for use in evening
classes.
The Spectrum color classes will
form a distinctive part OF the years
curriculum.
The Washington times., 1917-09-02
Mr.. AND MRS. CANS TO TOUR.

Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Cans, of the
Iowa apartments, will leave washing
ton tomorrow FOR an automobile trip
through the White mountains. They
will return to Washington In two
weeks.
The Washington times., 1917-09-02
SAVANTS TO PRESS
SEARCH F:ORBABY
PARALYSIS CURE

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 2.-The
search for the cure Of infantiIe par
alysis will go on Immediately at the
Jewish hospital here. following the
discovery, by physicians OF that in
stitution, OF the germ OF infantile
paralysis.
With the germ definitely isolated,
confirming results obtained four years
ago at the Rockefeller Institute, one
great step is already taken.
DR.. G. D. Heist. Meyer Soils Cohen,
and John A Kolmer are the investi-
gators who made the discovery. They,
together with Jules Z. Mastbaum,
local merchant, whose financial aid
made their Investigations possible,
are eager to press the experiments
further.
The three men have been. at work
since the summer OF 1916.
The Washington times., 1917-09-02
LUCIA BORDERI SCHOOL
OPENS THIRD SESSION

Nine. Lucia Borderi, whose school
of singing has opened for the third
year with an encouraging enrolment,
is a stranger in washington's musi-
cal circles, although she has a wide
musical acquaintance in other cities.
She is a graduate of the Peabody
Conservatory, OF Baltimore, where
she attained high rank as a student.
Her finishing education was obtained
abroad, and for several years she was
popular as a concert singer.
A booklet describing the course she
offers may be obtained upon applica'
TO her studio, 1928 street north
west She is a pupil of Lamperti.
After studying under this master for
a year, Nine. Borderi was encouraged
to begin the teaching OF singing. She
has finished a complete course OF
operatic study.
The Washington times., 1917-09-02
new PHONE EXCHANGE
NOW IN OPERATION

A staff OF Information" operators
at the Main" and the new Franklin
telephone exchanges spent one of the
hardest Sundays in their young lives
today, because Washington was try
ing to adjust itself to a new ex-
change.
Franklin" was "cut-in" at 10
o'clock last night, and a great traffic
burden was lifted from the Main"
lines. but that didn't stop telephone
users from juggling their telephone
books and calling for old and obsolete
numbers.
1t was necessary for the telephone
company to issue its September /
book nearly a week ahead, and sub
scribers were warned that the num-
bers in the new book were not effec-
tive until after last midnight.
The Washington times., 1917-09-02
CATHEDRAL SCHOOL TO
CARRY PUPILS BY AUTO

The National Cathedral School for
Boys at st. Albans will begin its
ninth scholastic year on September 20.
The school Is at the junction OF
Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues.
three miles from the White House.
The home OF the Boys School is the
Lane-Johnston building. the Junior
School occupying a separate building.
with its own open-air gymnasium and
drill and athletic fields.
The school prepares for the best
colleges and universities, and ha-
many features that appeal to Wash
ingtonians. The school automobile
will carry boys daily to and from
Dupont Circle.
The Washington times., 1917-09-02
'AELzsEI' NGN.
.EORIABOR DAYS .
+. VAR|EDPR0GRAM

All of Washington, from the Presi-
dent to the humblest private citizen,
is making ready today for q great
Labor Day celebration.
Labor Day In washington this year
comes as brief recess from the un-
paralIsled activity that has marked
the Capital since this country entered
the war.
Participants In the Festivities of TO
morrow have been promised ideal
weather for the day. Generally fair
with Hight southerly Winds" Is the
prediction OF the weather Bureau.
The biggest event on the local pro-
gram is the baseball game between
the teams OF the Home Defense
League and the Police Department q
the American League Park at 8
o'clock
Many Take Outings.
Many residents OF the city, and es-
pecially the thousands OF Government
clerks, are taking advantage Of the
two-day holiday Of Sunday and La
Dor Day to take trips on the river.
bay, and to lower river points.
Tho automobile races at Benning
race track at 2 o'clock tomorrow af-
ternoon will be the most exciting
event Of the day.
Most OF the city's summer parks and
pleasure resorts will entertain their
final crowds OF the year. The steam
er Charles Macalester will leave tho
Seventh, street wharf at 10 o'clock in
the morning and at 2:3o and $40
o'clock in the afternoon for historic
Marshall Hall, where popular amnse-
ments with dance music by Schroe-
der's Band are Inducements.
Other Pisns for Pleasure.
Glen Echo Park promises a banner
day. Chesapeake Beach, with q spe-
cial train service, expects q. record
breaking crowd.
Labor day at Great Falls park will
be celebrated with concerts by the
Ladies' orchestra, free dancing ana q
special showing OF photopIayS.
AtMt.- Ranier' HyGttsvflIe. and Seat
Pleasant, Nd, Labor Day Will be aus
piciously celebrated with carnivals.
The carnival at Mt Rainier includes a
parade by. the volunteer IRE DEPART
ment and gpeechmaking.
The Washington times., 1917-09-02
LAKE SCHOOL OFFERS
SPEED IN SHORTHAND

A complete course in shorthand and
School, whose regular classes are
under way this week. A speciality of
the curriculum is the preparation of
pupils in a short time.
Unlike some schools which adopt
the class instruction methods, the in
struction at Lake School is personal
and Individual
Under this plan the faculty plans
to have students graduated with gem
eral knowledge OF the branches
taught In proof of its claim OF pro-
ducing highly-trained stenographers
and typewriter operators the school
points to the large number OF it's
graduates who are holding positions
Of trust in Washington business
houses
The Washington times., 1917-09-02
Out-of-T Town.
Washington. D. c.
VI. NEWMAN, A. NJ d. D. President

EASTERN COLLEGE. Manassas, Va.-co-ed,
Son. Wash, new buildings, co.,, acAd, daa,,
music, sci., eioe., 9Th. Pres. ROop. Box IA,
The Washington times., 1917-09-02
65 HOWARD STUDENTS
AT OFFICERS CAMP

Howard University will open for
registration on September 10. Glasses
will start on September 10.
q large attendance is expected, al
though many students are in military
service Sixty-hve Howard students
are in training at the negro ofRcers'
camp at Fort Des Moines.
The conservatory OF music has
been greatly enlarged. Tourgee De
Bose. OF the Oberlin Conservatory of
sical faculty.
William H. ]. Beckett will be direc-
tor of athletics this year.
The Washington times., 1917-09-02
BETSY ROSS SCHOOL
TO OPEN THIS MONTH

A new private school for little
girls will be opened In Washington on
September "a by Miss Faith willis, OF
the Burlington apartments.
The enrolment has been limited to
a select number, and Miss Willis is
enxious that parents OF small girls
make early reservations for the
course.
The school will be formally known
as THE Betsy Ross School" Miss
Willis will make public a full an
nouncement OF the curriculum and
faculty this week.
The Washington times., 1917-09-02
Georgetown University
The Law School
Session of ls17-1s1s begins Monday.
October I. 1917. at s:sO p N +.

secretary's office open. dAfly from
4 m to D. m for registration and
consultation
HUGH J. FEGAN. II A LL~Rnh
Secretary.
Georgetown Law school Bundins.
The Washington times., 1917-09-02
Illinois Sample"
Army Reports to
1000 Officers

ROCKFORD IN, Sept ,2-pn.
nois' frst. national army" has ar,
, rived at Camp Grant and surfen-
dered to the 1000 ofhcers there. :
The "army's" name is Bradley
smollen and he halls from Chi
cago. He said he knew he wasn't
wanted until next "Wednesday, put
thought all the colonels, majors
and such here ought to have at
least one private to command.
The army was reviewed by Lieu
tenant Colonel Fitch, after which
he retired to the city IN good or
der and dug himself in at a hotel
The Washington times., 1917-09-02
PARIS And QUAKER CITY
TO HONOR LAFAYETTE

PHILADELPHIA, Sept 12.-Paris
and Philadelphia will hold q Joint
celebration Of Lafayette's birthday
Thursday. The American nag recent.
ly made at the Betsy Ross House here
and presented to Paris will be unfurled
there over the Hotel de Vile on that
day.
At the same time a similar nag
Will be raised over Independence Hall
here.
The Washington times., 1917-09-02
Law School
OF
The National University

sessIon OF IS17-1S1s begins October
I, at ESQ ,. Ia
secretary's Office open all day Labor Day
At National Law Bchool Building. S16-s1S 18th
st. ". W. for consultation and registration
The adn1inistration ofnces, Suite so1. Southern
Building open from . q. m. TO t:30 .. m.
where cataiogs may b obtained and the
Dean or Secretary consulted Tel II. es17.