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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-12
Vitreous Enamel Is Baked
Right Into the Steel

Melted right into the steel that forms the inside at
all ue walls and around the The protection OF
Nitreous Enamel is theoretical but plainly evident
II gives Monarch Ranges durability three times
that of ranges depending for protection against
experimental mixtures of iron and steel whatever may
be the theoretical claims for them.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-02
POLICE CAT TRIFLES
WITH RAT; IS FIRED

New York, Jan. 1.-Miss Kitty Feline,
OF the Bayonne On. j. police depart
ment. will be dishonorably discharged to-
day on charges of neglect of duty.
For many months Kitty has been the
headquarters house cat and until yester-
day bore spotless reputation as a men,
Der OF the force. Then appeared Patrol
man Martin Lautermilch, who deposed
that for several nights he was unable to
sleep because of high goings on in the
prisoners kitchen.
Allowing that it was a rat, Lauter-
milch put Kitty on guard. but the noise
continued. so on Saturday night he went
on the job with Kitty, armed with a
nightstick and flashlight.
About midnight. Lautermilch says, a
rat was heard nibbling at q piece of
cheese placed as bait for him. The Do
liceman AYERS he turned on his flash
light and was about to use his club when
Kitty and the rat began to frolic about
the floor, rolling over and playfully box
ing each others ears. Astounded, Lauter-
milch was about to get in some club
work when Miss Kitty picked UP the rat
and toted him back to his hole-and exit.
Today there will be a new police cat
The Washington herald., 1917-01-02
TURN ON LIGHT HIS
MOTTO; And HE DOES
Uses Two Powerful Searchhshts 10
Guard Bank at Night.
.c,.l % rh. W.,hinre, Her.Id.

SPECIAL 10 The wsshinren Herald.
Saratoga Springs. N. Y, Jan l-When
Edgar T Bracket was a member Of the
State senate his battle cry was turn on
the light" Today he Is president Of the
Adirondack Trust Company. In this city,
and the shibboleth Of his legislative days
has become the guiding motto Of his
business
There Is nothing in connection with the
management OF this bank that ts not
open to public inspection. but what 10
perhaps more noteworthy IL the fact that
during the night two powerful search
lights envelop the building In their con-
fluent rays
Against the background Of shadovy up-
lands the bank building. which is Of
white italian marble, stands out In clear
and strong relief. II can be seen for
miles around.
structure. IL stands in the midst of q
there are no partitions to shut OF the
view OF the lowly deposltors from the
sanctum OF the great The presidents
room is wide open. The directors rood
Is in the full view OF everyone who card
TO look in and see what's going on
The nightly parade Of proud oeposftors
past the bank is not the least interesting
sight Of this mineral water resort.
New York residents who left large
amounts OF money here in the prosperous
summer months this year doubtless will
be interested In the way Saratogians
guard the dollars that are garnered dur
ing the August harvest time
The Washington herald., 1917-01-02
SPRINCTIME AND AUTUMN.

country, there were many weeks of rest
and quiet. Under the watchful eyes of
her mother and the elderly man, she
bloomed like a rose transplanted from
the desert to an oasis.
Then there came her interviews with
the New York managers and finally her
first opportunity to appear behind the
footlights. Immediately she was herald
ed as a great success and the following
season she made her Spectacular entry
into the London theaters
Returning to this country. she became
established as one of our foremost dane
ers. but against her name the gossips
had placed one ugly ban. There were
slanderous remarks linking the name of
the young girl with that of the elderly
philanthropist. limiting that she had sacri-
feed the divine gift of womanhood for
her career.
The following spring they were mar
ried and once more the gossips busted
themselves. prophesying unhappiness fer
the girl who married a man so much
older than she.
Katherine. hearing of this, laughed.
Il have married my best friend The
man who protected me when had moth
ing can take care of me now that ! am
In position to return a few Of his many
kindnesses"
There is no couple / know Of more
happy than they and il Is a happiness
which has for a foundation friendship.
comradeship. appreciation and unset
hshness.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-02

sary confidence which the sufferer must
havs In the remedy; second, u to COM
pletely eliminate the cause Of the dtsea sed
condition, and the third is to build up
new tissue to give nature a chance to
invtgorate every organ of the body,
That this Is what Plant Juice the new
herbal stomach remedy, Is doing, is being
demonstrated every day by the numerous
testimonials received from every city
where 1t has been introduced. Since
Plant Juice has been introduced in Wash.
tngton, scores Of well-known local people
have testified to the benefits received
Recently the signed statement of Mr
w. E. Meredith, of No. 1T Fourth street
southeast, was received. Mr. Meredith is
well-known resident of Washington
and has hosts of friends here. He stated. .
Il have suffered with my stomach for
over two years and all the food I ate
would ferment In my stomach and cause
gas to form, which permeated nv entire
system; I had headaches, could not sleen
at night, and got in a badly rundown
condition. Ny liver was out of order
which caused me to have dizzy spells
quite frequently; my kidneys also both-
cred me, and I had terrible pains in INV
back and side: I had rheumatism SO
badly in my arms that I could hardly
raise them. 1 had tried different kinds
Of medicine, but nothing seemed to help
me, until / began to take your Plant
Juice. ! have taken two bottles and am
feeling the best have in years; / am not
SO nervous, 1 sleep well and can eat any
thing I want without distress; am not
constipated and am glad to give this in
dorsement for Plant Juice. I am GER
tainfy booster for 1t now"
The Plant Juice man Is at the Peoples
Drug Store, corner Of Seventh and E
streets northwest. where he is daily meet
ing the local public and introducing and
explaining the merits Of this remedy
Az
The Washington herald., 1917-01-02

Although her name is not Katherine,
we will call her that. this young girl
am going to tell you about. who married
man thirty years older than she For
his money! MOI Because she was sure
that she cared for him.
You know her very well and that is
why I must call her Katherine! But she
is eager to have her story written, be-
cause she believes that every woman
learns a little from the experience OF
another. even though. at the time the
advice is given, she laughs it away. How
ever, II Is the accumulated experiences of
others which give us sane and sensible
angle on our own lives.
At fifteenf Katherine was only a little
, wan-faced girl who was eking out a miser-
able existence working in the basement
OF department store for a mere pittance
a week. She was not particularly good
looking but she had a beautiful, graceful.
1.-the body and, from the time she was
little girl. had always been recognized
as one of the cleverest professional anna
teurs. To help in the support Of her
mother. she had danced at many small
social gatherings and had been given
extra money for II.
But, after taking the position in the de-
partment store, when closing time came
on Saturday nights she had neither the
spirit nor the physical endurance for
anything but to hurry home and rest.
However, one Saturday during the sea-
son when the apple blossoms were clus-
tered snowy white on the trees. the new
president of the department store, to
celebrate his entry, closed the store for
the day and a wonderful picnic was
given out In the country.
Some OF the girls were allowed to take
their mothers-for few had mothers who
could spare the day away from their
work-and Katherine was one of them
The president, in his luxurious auto
mobile. drove out to the picnic grounds
In the afternoon to witness the merry
making OF his employees With him was
the man thirty years older than Kath-
crime, kindly philanthropist, a man
whose money has made him happy
through the Joy and comfort he has given
10 thousands OF others
They remained to watch the young cou-
Piles dancing. Finally Katherine was
called upon for a solo dance, and though
she was bashful about taking the center
| Of the stage, her mother, proud of her,
urged her on. She danced and there was
new spirit in her steps, because for
the first time in three years she had felt
the stimulation of the winelike air of the
country.
The president and the philanthropist
saw her and she was called to their car
SO that her eyes might dance and her
cheeks glow under the presidents com.
pliments.
The philanthropist, who knew some
| thing OF the art Of dancing. asked the
president, as they turned their car to.
ward home IL he could interyiav the civil
hoping that he might be able to give her
an opportunity to work her way out OF
the smothering basement of the depart.
ment store.
They met again and again, the philan-
thropist even calling at her tenement
home and impressing the mother with
his sincere regard for her daughter s
interests. The girl was given dancing
lessons, and instead of one day in the
The Washington herald., 1917-01-02
SLEEPS AS HOME BURNS.
State Senator Lishts
Gas stove and Falls AsIeep.

Wflkesbarre. Pa, Jan. 1.-State Senator
Sterling R. Catlin. OF this city, had a mar
row escape from death by burning today
when his home caught FIRE and the Sena-
tor was awakened from a deep slumber
and rescued by Chief Hochreiter of the
fire department.
Catlin arose at o'clock this morning
and lighted a gas heater in the bathroom.
He then returned to bed and fell
asleep. The gas stove was set too close
to the wall and the flames soon burned
through to the outside. A passerby
turned In an alarm
While his men were eNtin gushing the
fire in the bathroom Chief Hochreiter
searched the bedrooms and found Senator
Catlin sound asleep. Had the flames
eaten through the interior partition in
stead OF the outside wall, the aged man
would certainly have burned or suffo-
Gated.
Catlin IL a bachelor. There was no
other occupant of the house.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-02
U. S. CIVIC FEDERATION.
OPPOSES PEACE IDEAS
Announcement of National Headquar-
tiers lntimates Opposition to Plans.
Special to The washington Herald.

Special to The Washington Herald
New York, JAN Opposition from a
new source, not only to the League to
Enforce Peace. but to the peace move
ments whose programs exclude the idea
of force, Is foreshodowed by the Nation
al Civic Federation in statement Is
sued today. presenting the contention that
the principles underlying international In
dustrial strife are Identical. and that the
same reasons which cause the failure
of compulsory Industrial arbitration will
therefore preclude the success of any at
ter-nt at compulsory international arbi-
tration.
4 us view, which injects a new element
into the peace problem. will be develop
ed at the annual meeting OF the Fedora
ton, in the Hotel Astor, New York City.
on January 22-23. by experts In dealing
with Industrial strife.
"A question that looms large on the
public horizon at this moment Is, what
part shall this nation play in any in
ternational program looking toward the
prevention Of future yars." says the state
ment. which Is signed by Ralph M.
Easley, executive chairman Of the fed
Grafton.
The solution Of the International peace
problem, Is hardly more important to
the United States at this time than
ma. of the other questions that have
arisen from the war and are confronting
us now for immediate settlement. In
view Of the generally accepted necessity
for adequate military preparedness, i'm
mediate steps should be taken to dis
cover the reason, and the means of
counteractins It, for the apparent apathy,
II not opposition, on the part Of the
wageJearning and agricultural classes of
the country to all proposals for national
defense. One reason is the widespread
agitation OF the pacifist bodies, which has
resulted in developing false sense of
security"
The Washington herald., 1917-01-02
BALTIMORE LIVE STOCK,

Baltimore. Nd, Jan. L-CATTLE-Receipts fos
the week ended noon today were 3lsl head. Re
ceiDts. g carloads for market for the week; 60
carloads for market today. Market strong
STEERS-Choice 65laS75; good butcher, ssss 90
medium, 50; common 650a696; heifers choice
7oos7.5o; fair to good, 675a7.0; common to medium
550z5.5.
BULLS-ChOice 6.OOas.5o; fair to good 55a5S
common to medium 55a57.
COWs-Choics. S.oo&s5O; fair to good 6na5 Is
cOmmOn TO medium, 3o0a4Oo
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Reosipts for the week end
ed noon today were go head; light supply; n,rfst
higher. Sheep. +Oozs.5o; lambs, l1aalIW
HOGS-Rsceipts for the week ended noon today
were H.4s head Fair Snppty; market steady. uz, ,
WotHn, 10 salo6 heavy 20 medium, nlosll5i
pigs, aTSa9eO; roushs a.5oa1o0
CALVES-RecGpts for the week ended noon to
day were fss head. LIBERAL supply; market strong
Quote: Calves. s.ooalSB; extra reals, $50
The Washington herald., 1917-01-02
TO START DANCES EARLY.

Birmingham. Ala, Jan. If you work,
you can't go to a dance in BIRMINGHAM.
That is conceded. Again, II you come
early, you will be paid.
Dances at the Country Club and Mo-
tor Country Club have been starting at
that hour when most folks believe they
should be breaking up" and breaking
up when the same most folks" are get
ting ready to go to work
The Country Club has inaugurated q
scheme to start all the dances early. Five
dollars in gold will be paid each of the
first three women to arrive.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-02
Nutshell NeuUs

Information was received here yester-
day of the recovery In Annapolis Of an
automobile owned by William 8. Sum-
mers. Thirtieth and e streets northwest.
The car was stolen Saturday.
A defective nue in the home of Sarah
Cooper. 110 o street southwest, yesterday
caused small blaze doing so damage.
The police were asked yesterday to look
out for a Ford automobile belonging to
Alvin w. Chaplin, $40 street northeast,
stolen about 2 o'clock yesterday aft
ernoon. The car was taken from in front
of $50 Pennsylvania avenue northwest.
Richard Brighthapt, colored, 2s years
old, was taken to the Casualty Hos
pital yesterday to receive treatment for
an injured shoulder, sustained when q
wagon that he was driving turned over
In a ditch on the Morris road southeast.
Edward Greenleaf. colored, Is being held
at the Second precinct in connection
with the shooting of another colored man.
named Walter Brown. yesterday. Brown
is at the Emergency Hospital suffering
from a gunshot wound in the thigh,
which physicians say is not serious.
n piCJSic 70 JdCksOH,
436 First street southwest, was stolen
yesterday from Sixteenth and U streets
northwest.
A collision between automobiles driven
by Allen L. Draw, lilo Sixteenth street
northwest. and Adam Formhalf, III Port
land street southeast, at Alabama avenue
near Pennsylvania avenue southeast yes
terday, resulted in both machines being
damaged. No one was hurt.
By order Of the President, Miss Anna
NJ. Rhodes has been permanently ap-
pointed in the classified service Of The
Treasury Department. without compli-
ance with the civil service regulations
This order was issued on the recommen-
dation Of the Secretary of the Treasury.
A new band headed the Boy Scouts
of Washington in their parade yesterday
through the city from their headquarters
to the home of Colin Livingston, Thir-
teenth and Kenyon streets.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-02
VETERANS TO INSTALL OFFICERS

At the annual installation of officers
Of the Presidents Own Garrison. No.
1o4. Army and Navy Union of the United
States, to be held at the Grand Army
Hall In Pennsylvania avenue near Four
teenth street northwest tonight. Gen.
H Oden Lake. national commader, and
local residents. of his official stan will
be present. Following the installation
Of the officers Gen. Lake will confer
a special heuor on member of the or
ganizatien. =
The Washington herald., 1917-01-02
THREE PICKPOCKETS
ROB MAN OF $40 ROLL
Professionals Jostle Samuel c. Robb
on Street Car.

Samuel c. Robb. 1851 Ohio avenue north
west while boarding q street car at the
corner of Fourteenth and U streets north
west Yesterday afternoon was robbed by
pickpockets of a pocketbook containing
So
Robb told the police when he boarded
the car three white men tostled him.
At detective headquarters Robb was
shown several rogue gallery" pictures
Of professional pickpockets but could not
recognize them.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-02
JURY TO INDICT PRISONERS,

A grand Jury in the United States Dis
trict Court, OF Alexandra. Va, Is ex-
pected to return indictments for assault
with intent to kill against the six pris-
oners who escaped from the Distric,
workhouse at Occoquan. Va, Friday
The prisoners assaulted their guard
Lewis Roper. with the handle of a pick
axe, fracturing his skull. Roper is at the
George Washington University Hospital
In serious condition. Four of the six
were recaptured a short time after the
escape, leaving two still at large.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-02
WED ON OLD ROMANCE.
Widow Rewards suftor's Thirty
Year Faith With Heart.

Sunbury. Pa, Jan. Threads of q
romance broken more than thirty year.
ago were retied last night when Mrs
Annie R. Bailets, widow, Of Sunbury
became the bride Of L. H. varnes, q
wealthy Marysville merchant.
Mrs. Bailets and Varnes were school
day sweethearts and were engaged to
wed, even to the extent of the young
woman having prepared her wedding
trousseau. Then something happened
The troth was broken and they drifted
apart She married George Bailets, who
died more than three years ago. Since
his death. while on a trip to Marysville,
Mrs. Bailets met Varnes and learned
that the old affection had never died and
that he had not married after the first
affair Of the heart was broken up.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-02
PROSPERITY in 1916
Shown BY ALEXANDRIA
Virginia City has Boom in Building
and Other Improvements.
THE HERALD BUREAU,
r. Z. Knight q Son.
eU-s23 king Street

R. z. Knight Son.
su-s9 King Street.
Alexandra, Va, Jan. The year just
closed has been characterized by big
building operations, road improvements
and suosta ntial gains IN all business lines,
according to reports Of wholesale ard re-
tail merchants.
The Southern Railway Company tas
commenced the construction of big
roundhouse and coal-handling plant Of
10000 tons storage capacity. The Vir-
ginta Milling Corporation Is now remodel
Ing the plant Of the Robert Porther
Brewery: a new hospital for the Alexan-
drfa Hospital Is under construction, and
work of constructing a mill for the Klotts
SILK Throwing Company Is rapidly near
ing completion
A pretty marriage cerer ony took place
at o'clock this Afternoon In the parlors
Of the Hotel Ramnel, when Miss HITda
EsteIle Wolf, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs
bride Of A Milton Fine, of Baltimore.
The parlors were appropriately decorated
with palms and ferns, and the ceremony
was performed by Rev. Nathan Wolf, an
uncle OF the bride. OF New York.
The bride was attended by Misses syI-
via Fine, sister of the bridegroom, Of
Baltimore and Thelma Eichberg, Of
Washington, and Miss Irma Wolf, sister
Of the bride. was flower girl. The bride
groom had for his best man Harry Fine,
of Baltimore.
Following the wedding the bridal party
had dinner at the hotel and there was a
reception at the hotel at o'clock to-
night which was attended by a large
number of out-of-town guests, among
those present being the following: A
Dreifus, Albert Dreifus and Mrs. Jean
nette Dreifus. Philadelphia; Mrs. Yetta
Hechtter, Pittsburgh; Mr.. and Mrs. Gus
Eichbers. Washington; Miss Sara Blach-
man, Coatesville, Pa; J. B. Colvin, Bal
timore; Jack Wilnet, Baltimore; Joseph
De Young, Mrs. K. Bsrnheimer, Miss
Stella Laupheimer, Mrs. Laupheimer,
Washington, and Il. Mortimer Kremer,
Baltimore.
An automobile said to have been dI Z n
by James H Haywood. Of this city, -
a wagon driven by Arthur Thomas, ei
Seminary Hill, Fairfax County, on Rus
sell road, near Lloyds, Alexandria
County.
The occupants were slightly injured and
the automobile was badly wrecked.
Miss Annie V. Ballard. of Washington,
and Lewis S Mitchell, Of this city, were
married this afternoon at the home of
the parents Of the bridegroom, Mr.. and
Mrs ]. W. Mitchell
The funeral Of Albert L. Glover. who
died in Washington Friday, took place at
u O'Clock this morning from Wheatley's
undertaking chapel. Services were con-
Quoted by Rev. W ]. Morton, rector of
Christ P. E. Church, and burial was made
i'm Union Cemetery.
ComDany C. First Virginia Regiment
better known as the Alexandria Light
Infantry. now encamped at Brownsville,
Tex, will entrain for home tomorrow.
They will reach Richmond by next Sun
day. it is expected. In Richmond they
will be mustered out of service and prob
ably arrive in Alexandria about the mid
die of the month.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-02
BEEF AT 81 A POUND.

chicago. ILL.,. Jan. 1.-The most costly
becfsteaks and roasts in the United
States will grace certain tables in De.
troit, in the holiday season.
These steaks will come from the aristo.
cratic body OF California Favorite" the
1916 grand champion steer of the Inter.
national Livestock Exposition. The ck M
piOn was sold to a Detroit packer fol
sl.96a, who calculated that the choice
steaks and cuts Of California Favor.
ite'' will be worth 81 a pound
The Washington herald., 1917-01-02
URGES DOG PROHIBITION.

Columbus, Ind, Jan. 1-George Nit
chell, OF the Kitsinger Bakery Company,
has made application to Mayor II. Karl
Volland for an order on the saloon keep
ers of the city not to give his dog, Boss,
any Intoxicating liquor. Mitchell ex.
planned to the mayor that Boss spent ali
OF his time loafing in saloons.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-02
SEATS FOR CONDUCTORS.
Hereafter They May Sit In street
Cars During Trips.

Conductors in Washington have been
granted the privilege Of a seat in cars
Many cars have already been equipped
with corner seats for them. Motormen
have had sitting privileges for a long
time.
The conductors may sit only in certain
zones, outside the business and down
town residential sections
The Washington herald., 1917-01-02
Answers to Correspondents.

NlNlan-lt L were you i would De more
careful Of my associates-young girls
cannot be too careful, for the things
they do in their youth often reflect upon
them when they reach maturity.
Annabelle-Bashfulnes comes through
a lack of self-assurance and self-assur-
snce is ore of the attributes Of poise. One
cannot well be successful lacking II. The
only cure is within yourself and IL is a
fault which you alone can overcome.
"Ambitious"-I have never advised girls
whom 1 know have talent TO keep away
from the stage, and only admonish them
to be careful Not all girls who attempt
to become screen or stage favorites sue
ceed
L p. B.-Never send scenarios to man.
ayers Of producing companies. but send
them to the Scenario Department OF the
company to which you wish TO submit
your manuscripts
Flora B.-Do not listen to the idle char
OF girls who claim to be getting their
positions through influence. Sometimes
through piQue they are apt TO say un'
kind things Of companies.
MARY PICKFoRD.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-02
Daily Talks by Mary Pickford


ef In Il
By vita
The Washington herald., 1917-01-02

The Russian does not attain his free
dom from the parental yoke until he
reaches his 2sth year.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-02
A WASHINGTON MAN
COULD NOT SLEEP
Relates How He Suffered for
Over Two Years with a Bad
Stomach; Plant Juice
Relieved Him.

A true formula should have three es-
sentials: First. 1t should give quick re-
lief; second, 1t should destroy germs Of
disease, and third, 1t should build up new
tissue. The first Is to inspire the neces-
The Washington herald., 1917-01-02

Miss Annie V. Ballard. of Washington,
and Lewis S. Mitchell, Of this city, were
married this afternoon at the home of
the parents Of the bridegroom, Mr.. and
Mrs ]. W. Mitchell
The Washington herald., 1917-01-02

The funeral Of Albert L. Glover. who
died in Washington Friday. took place al
u O'Clock this morning from Wheatley's
undcrta king chapel. Services were con-
Quoted by Rev. w J. Morton. rector OF
Christ P E. Church, and burial was made
in Union Cemetery.