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The Washington herald., 1917-08-20
EDITH CAVELL,

London, Aug. 19-One day, possibly
within the next eighteen months.
there will stand upon one of the fin
est sites in all London a majestic. i'm
perishable memorial to a lion-hearted,
martyred woman.
A memorial that will serve, too, as
a lasting reminder of the savagery.
or. to use their own word. fright
fulness," that has characterized Prus-
sian military methods in this world
war. 1t will be erected to the mem
ory OF Nurse Edith Cavell, who was
murdered. after a mockery of a trial.
by the Germans in Brussels at the
dawn Of the 11th day of October,
1915.
This memorial, which is being exc
cuted by Sir George Frampton, will
be worthy of its lofty subject. Its
chief figure, that of Nurse Cavell her
self. is now finished in the plaster
and ready to be carved into marble.
Nineteen feet in height. it represents
the heroic woman as she must have
stood facing. calmly, fearlessly, and
with a touch of majesty. the rifles OF
her Prussian assassins.
The rest OF the memorial, with one
exception, will be OF granite, and will
be forty feet in height. Embodying
in its desige the Cross of Christianity
and the Red Cross, II will be crown
ed with the figure OF Humanity-Hu-
manity Protecting the Innocents. in
the gulse of a woman with a crown
OF roses, and one hand uplifted. hold
The Washington herald., 1917-08-20
LONG time CONVICT
finds FRIENDS dead
Man Who Served 43 Years Not Re
membered in Home Town.
TO The Washinpton Herald.

Special to The Washington Herald.
Owensboro, Ky, Aug. 19.-After 43
years spent in the Arkansas Peniten-
tiary at Little Rock, Joseph F. Jones
has returned here to pick up the
thread of life that was broken when
he was sent to prison.
When young man Jones went to
Arkansas to work on a farm. He met
and loved the daughter OF the farm
er who employed him. The girl had
another admirer. who was the son of
a wealthy farmer. He did not relish
the intrusion, quarreled with Jones
and fought a knife duel with him at
the gate of the girls home. When
the fight ended Jones' rival was dead.
After hasty trial Jones was con-
victed of murder in the first degree
and sent to prison for life. After 43
years his case was laid before the
Governor. A pardon was granted.
Old Man Jones walked out of the
prison. The girl for whom he had
fought had never married, but she
had long since been dead. Penniless,
Jones walked from Little Rock to
Owensboro. No one remembered him.
He is a stranger in his own home
town.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-20
field HOSPITAL men
DAILY AWAIT ORDERS
Guards Deem it Honor to Be the
First Sent.

Orders to entrain here for Camp
Mills, Mineola, L. l., are mo-
mentarily expected by the officers
and members OF the District Field
Hospital Company, now encamped
on the Patterson tract
Maj. Leroy Heron, commandant
of the camp. stated yesterday IL
orders are received this morning,
the command will be ready to de-
part at once for Mineola to prepare
for service in France.
Much enthusiasm is shown by the
men. who are eager to go. They
regard it as an honor to be the first
District guardsmen selected to be
sent abroad.
Following is a list of the officers,
including noncoms and high rank
ing privates OF the Field Hospital
unit:
Maj. Herbert j. Bryson, ia
Twelfth street northeast, COM
manding. Date OF commission,
April 25, 1917.
Capt. William B. Hudson. oil
Nineteenth street northwest. adju-
tant Date of commission, January
10. 1914.
First Lieut.. Henry F. Sawtelle,
3001 Eleventh street northwest.
Date OF commission. July !, 1914.
At School of Instruction, Fort
Ogelthorpe. Ga.
First Lieut.. Ivy A. Pelzman, 1927
Sixteenth street northwest. Date
of commission. July 4. 1916. At
School of Instruction. Fort Ogle-
thorpe. Ga.
First Lieut.. Arthur L. Murray.
Date OF commission. June 13. 1917.
First Lieut.. Thomas H. Powick,
Philadelphia. Pa. Date OF commits
sion, July %. 1917.
First Lieut.. Orlando ]. Josey. 516
Seward square southeast. Date of
commission. July 2s. 1917.
Sergeants, first class-Charles w.
Surles. at School of Instruction.
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga: Paul w. Yes
tai, acting first sergeant, 1923 NJ
street
ergeants-Thomas r. J. Cava-
naugh. at School of Instruction.
Fort Oglethorpe. Ga; Theodore p.
| Arbeely. at School OF Instruction,
Fort Oglethorpe. Ga.
Cook-Robert F. Emerson. 427 G
street northwest.
Farrier - Herbert c. George,
Cherrydale, Va.
Horseshoer-Robert Z. Fuller, zoe
L street southeast.
Saddler-John W. Shepherd, 1716
Thirteenth street northwest.
| Mechanic-Lewis J. Matthews,
130 W street northwest.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-20
editor WAS SUICIDE,
SAYS PRISON GUARD
Witness Testihes Almereyda Hang
ed Self with Shoelace.
CBy Agence Radio 10 II. n. 81


Paris, Aug. 19.-The inquest today
into the death of a prison infirmary of
Miguel Almereyda. editor of Bonnet
Rouge, revealed that after his death
shoe lace with which he had
strangled himself was removed from
the suicides neck by a prison guard
who tried to conceal the matter. The
guard claimed that Almereyda at
taChed the lace % the bar of his bed.
then threw himself back with his full
weight until the cord cut into his
throat.
The guard testified II was in this
state that he discovered the editor and
the latter died before he, the guard,
could summon a doctor.
Press comments severely criticize
the hiding of the real cause of Al
mcreyda's death. as well as the
presence of cord in the cell. The
usual custom in French prisons is
to remove shoe laces Immediately
after a prisoner enters the cell.
The mystery surrounding Alme-
reTda's death In the Fresnes prison
has aroused enormous interest, in
view of the fact that the prison
doctor denies the report of the three
surgeons who made the autopsy
that the editor committed suicide.
The minister of Justice has in
stituted an exhaustive investigation.
He has expressed his determination
to punish the prison officials in the
event it is discovered they are try
ing to cover up the facts in order
to save their faces.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-20
FISHERMEN FATTEN
ON U-BOAT warfare
Spaniards Reap Profits from Wreck
age of Torpedoed Ships.
SPECIAL 70 The Washinzton Herald.

SpsCial 10 The Washington Herald.
Lisbon, Aug. alderman submarine
warfare in the Mediterranean has
been a source Of enormous profit to
the fishermen Of Spain. and has Of
fered a means OF making large sums
Of money without expenditure of
great effort. This in a way explains
why a large element is pro-German,
made 50 by riches reaped from the
seas and also through receiving Ger
man money direct I'm an effort to
complicate an already complex polit-
iCaI situation.
In addition to earning money for
"help" the proceeds Of wreckage from
torpedoed ships along the Spanish
coast have run into hundreds of thou
sands Of dollars. The majority of
ships which have been sunk by sub
marines in the Mediterranean have
been attacked along the Spanish
coast, often in Spanish territorial
waters and within sight Of the coast.
and no sooner a ship goes down or is
abandoned in sinking condition by
It's crew than Spanish fishermen rush
TO the spot like sharks.
As a result, the inhabitants OF the
Spanish coast towns and villages are
prO-German.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-20
ladies FROM HE'LL"
IN need OF SKIRTS
S. o. S. Call for Proper logs for
Russia's Fighting Women.
Special 70 The Washington Herald.

Special 70 The Washington Herald.
Baltimore, Md. Aug l9-SiX hun
dred of the celebrated Ladies from
He'll are skirtless, and in order to
assist in providing kits for them be-
fore they start fiinging liberal sec
tions OF their alleged habitat at the
Huns, DR.. r. Martin Bruins, a widely
known young physician. formerly of
this city. has returned to direct q
brief campaign for finds
DIR. Bruins is a captain in the Medi-
cal Corps of the MacLean Kilties OF
America, the only regiment OF its
kind in existence. consisting OF men
of British allegiance or descent from
this country who are now in the ser
ice of Canada.
II reached town last night" he
said, and will begin work at once
on raising a Kilties fund. The in
dividual equipment costs about $50
and it will be necessary to secure the
entire amount from private sources.
This is the last of the kilties regi-
ments and 1t will not be uniformed
by the Canadian government.
''Twenty-one States are represented
in the Maclean Kilties and it will be
the first regiments to carry the Stars
and Stripes into action with the Brit
ish flag"
The Washington herald., 1917-08-20
PURELY PERSONAL.

Ben Bowen is expected in the city
shortly for a brief visit.
Miss Sarah A. stimson, of the Gov
ernment Printing Office, left Wednes-
day for a visit to Butler, Pa.
John o'Neill is spending his vaca-
ton from the Printing Office in his
old home, New York City.
Henry S. Miller and Edgar Holsel
have received appointments in the
printing office
George Corder, of. the Bureau OF
Plant Industry, Department of Agri-
culture, left yesterday for Maine
Thos. r. Corder, special agent of tho
Bureau of Labor Statistics, has gone
to New York City on official business.
George G. Seibold has just returned
from Canada, where he visited his
son, George Vaughn Seibold, who is
in training with the flying corps there.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-20
WOULD STOP ENEMY
INSURANCE BUSINESS
American Defense Society Makes
Protest to President Wilson.

DisapprovaI Of permission for enemy
insurance companies or allies OF
enemy insurance companies to con-
tinue business in the United States
under the prospective enemy trading
law is asked of President Wilson by
the American Defense Society. Not
only do such insurance companies
obtain and use much valuable infor-
nation against the United States,
says Richard NJ. Hurd. chairman of
the board of trustees, but also they
use their money for the furtherance
of anti-American propaganda and
activities, and. finally, he asserted.
their assets to protect the insured are
not sound. The letter in part fol-
lows:
The House of Representatives has
recently passed H. R. 1880, entitled
An act to define, regulate and punish
trading with the enemy. etc. which
forbids all trading with the enemy,
except that branches OF enemy or
ally of enemy insurance companies
are permitted to write insurance in
the United States.
The American Defense Society sub
mits that this prohibition should be
extended against all enemy or ally
OF enemy insurance companies writing
any kind OF risks in the United
States, because these enemy insurance
companies thus obtain much secret
information as to the entire Industrial
and commercial life of America,
which information can be used
against the United States. Also. the
payment Of large annual insurance
premium incomes TO enemy insurance
companies is a source of financial
strength and encoura cement to Ger
mans everywhere and constitutes a
direct giving OF comfort and aid to
the enemy.
The only argument advanced for
this single exception to the trading
with the enemy'-which in England
and France has no exceptions is that
America needs the protection OF
enemy fire insurance companies. This
Is false. On December 81, 1916, the
thirteen German insurance companies
doing business in the United States
showed total assets in the United
States of only $35,144.6O2 to protect
insurance risks in the United States
totallng 1858, ,7s2, 200. The protection
Of German insurance companies thus
seems to be doubtful, in view of the
fact that no moneys can be received
from Germany or her allied countries
during the war and also because they
probably are now, or will be after
the war, either bankrupt or semi
bankrupt"
The Washington herald., 1917-08-20
SOLDIERS PREFER
BOOKS TO CARDS
American Library Association Start,
Fund to Meet Demand.

One of the most interesting de-
velopments of war times was an
nounced yesterday to the War Service
Committee of the American Library
Association in a letter from a
rookie" in a camp somewhere on
the map" telling OF a revolutionary
innovation in the game OF poker.
"A good book beats a royal fiush,'"
wrote this rookie, land is the only
thing known that can beat this COM
bination of the cards. Old regulars
had told us this when we first came
to camp but we thought they were
merely 'spoofing.' Now we've learn
ed that they were right.
Almost all of the boys here would
rather read than play cards any day.
and our most exciting gambling when
a book appears is to draw straws to
see who'll be second and third and
fourth on the waiting list. Any book
will do. Some like novels and some
like histories and some like books of
travel But in a pinch well find good
reading in even an arithmetic or
grammar"
Steps to meet this need already have
been taken by the American Library
Association, which, through a COM
mittee on camp libraries. has started
a campaign to raise S1.0O0.OOO to build
libraries at the thirty-two canton
ments and encampments of the new
army.
In a letter to Secretary Of War
Baker, Chairman Raymond b. Fos-
dick, of the Commission on Training
Activities of the War Department,
said in part:
1.-The American Library Associa-
tion's plans comprehend the erection
of library building I'm each of the
cantonments. with the Y. NJ. c. A.
buildings and the Knights of Colum-
bus buildings as distributive points.
To put up these buildings and obtain
the necessary books and magazines
will cost approximately $l,O0o 600. and
hope is entertained that the 10000
needed will be subscribed in a short
time. The library war service COM
mittee is anxious that every man,
woman and child in the country
should have a finger in the pie" or
at least a dollar in the fund.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-20
A Clear Complexion
May Be Yours, If You Take E-Z
Tablets

Most every woman wants a NICE clear compexior and
can have it at trifGng cost.
Constipation women is increasing to alarming extent
and this causes circulation which accounts for yellow
muddy pmpy compilations which so many women are
to
Ez Tablets is the dependable remedy for bad COM
pexion They act on the liver and bowels like calome vet
have no dangerous aterefee They assist nature to throw
OH the impurities that get into the blood They will surely clear
up even the most distressing condition quickly and up the
entire system giving pure, fresh ruddy skin.
They are easy to take-absoIutely pme-and will cure
that constipation and make feel and look fine One hun
dred little chOeOateeoated tablets 25e. Sample package
Sc. Sold by
s O'DONNELL'S DRUG STORES
And All Other Druggists
The Washington herald., 1917-08-20
Former Gar Speeding
To Siberian Prison

Petrograd. Aug. 19.-Telegrams
from Viatkav on the northern route
to Siberia, report the passage OF
two special trains with lowered
blinds. No one was allowed to ap-
proach.
The trains are going eastward.
and are assumed to contain the
former Emperor Nicholas and his
family.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-20
PHYSICIANS SAY AUTO
VICTIM WILL RECOVER

James w. Parsley, 70 years of age,
go Florida avenue northwest, who
was struck and knocked down early
Sunday morning while he was cross
ing F street between Ninth and Tenth
street by an auto operated by William
A. +. Herman, receiving a severe
fracture of the right leg, was re-
ported to be on the road to recovery
at the hospital last night, although it
was said his condition is still serious.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-20
Takes u. S. Postofice s.
Years to Deliver Letter

McLouth, Kan, Aug. 1s.-Peter
otinger of this city has just received
a letter mailed So years ago. Why it
was delayed. or where 1t has been
since March Is, 1s6Hthe date upon
which 1t was mailed-Otinger does not
know.
The letter was mailed at Ridgeley.
Platte County. Missouri. by otinger's
uncle.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-20
ATTACKS
WOMAN in FIELD

New York. Aug. 19.-Mrs. Thorn
a wolcott. of Highland Falls was
bitten while berrying there yester-
day by a rattlesnake. Joseph Nc
Con-. hearing her shrieks, went to
the wOman's assistance and killed
the reptile with a pitchfOrk.
The victims right leg was bitten
IN four places. but doctors are hope
full Of saving her life.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-20

hNH Company NlreCt Tor the other an
swers.
is. MI have never been In Alaska
Thank you very much for the little
nugget.
Robert J.-If you have a regular DO
sition why do you think OF giving II
up for motion picture work? or course
If there is no one dependent upon YOU,
perhaps just the fun of the experiment
Is worth while.
Benita.-I believe Madame Nazimova
has signed with the Metro Company.
Mr.. Hart is to be with the Aircraft
now. The Lone Wolf" is Herbert
Brenon's.
Talbot was sorry TO miss the ex-
position in Chicago, but we were too
busy on the new picture. Your letter
was forwarded to me with script. 1
am returning it as we do not use two
reel features.
Kate M.-If you are tired to death
Of your present life, why don't you
make up your mind that the fault lies
with the environment and not with
yourself. 1 would rent the house II
l were you, give up my teaching for
the time being and take a good long
vacation trip somewhere.
MARY PICKFORD.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-20
CAPTURE DRAFT EVADERS.

New York, Aug. 1s.-Herman J.
Feinberg and Carl johnson were ar
raigned before Commissioner Hitch
cock today and held in 5000 bail on
charges Of attempting to leave the
country to evade the operation of
the draft law. They were arrested
on a steamship. 1t Is said each DOS
sssssd . passport to Spain.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-20

One of the best scripts have read.
was from a woman who said she took
in washing. and her husband was a
night watchman. 1t was poorly SPELL
ed and written, but the big idea was
there. 1 could not use it, but 1 told
her where to send it, and hope she
sold 1t.
So be sure. before you start to write
that you have a story worth telling,
something with the strong human in
terest and dramatic suspense in It.
Without these two elements, the best
pictures will fail.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-20
PERSHING SOLDIER
QUITS PRISON term
Expelled from France He Enlisted in
New York as Interpreter.
(By Agence Radio TO j. y. 81


Paris, Aug. Is.-Harry Kurz, OF New
York, an American of Austrian par
ents, was released from prison today,
after a term OF thirty days 10 which
he was sentenced for returning to
France after having been expelled IN
1916. as suspect. The sentence in
cludes a second expulsion from the
country.
Kurz arrived here with Gen. PERISH
ing on June l3. as an Interpreter at
tached 10 the air service board of the
American EXpeditionary Force. When
obtaining his position in New York
he is said to have concealed the fact
that he was expelled from France
last year.
When arrested a month ago Kurz
protested TO be an ardent pro-French.
The most northerly coal mine in
the world is one owned by an Ameri-
can comfany in Advent Bay. on the
east coast Of Spitzhergen.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-20
NEW YORK HOTEL ARRIVALS.

New York. Aug. 1s-The following
Baltimoreans are registered at local
hotels:
Grand-T. c Ceteler. Herald Square
Mrs. ]. L. Choate. Hermitage-F. P.
Maryears. Wallick-P. Mayover, Mrs
p. Mayover. Continental-L. S.
Miller. Park Avenue-J. c. Weatherly.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-20
DANES DEMAND INDEMNITIES.

CBy AEence Radio to 1. n. 81
stockholm, Aug. 19 - The Danish
shipowners and seamen have re-
solved to demand indemnities from
Germany for the torpedoing of
Danish vessels and the lives lost
with them.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-20
Ship Reported Ashore
Off Newfoundland Coast

st. Johns. n. F., Aug. 19.-The Dam
ish steamship Frederick, a vessel of
about 1,5OO tons, was reported ashore
at a point on the Newfoundland coast.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-20
Prussian Upper House
To Change Constitution
tBy Aeence Radio to i. N. 81

Berlin. via Geneva, Aug. 19.-News-
papers announce that a bill has been
drafted reforming the constitution of
the Prussian upper house. The bill
provides. for the reorganization of the
electoral soastituspsiss.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-20
DAILY TALKS BY MARY PICKFORD.
WHEN YOU WRITE A SCRIPT.

at
TONERS Hail. London All rights including rights Of
pressly prohibited ement
The Washington herald., 1917-08-20
Answers to Correspondents.

Lucille M.-Helen Ware is to play the
role of Dominic" in the Garden Of
Allah" Ruth Roland is with Pathe.
You would have to write to the Cold
wyn Company direct for the other an
swers.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-20

is. Nj have never been in Alaska.
Thank you very much for the little
nugget.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-09-13
AUTO BACKS
OVER BANK

1t is queer what pranks autos play.
The Spring Green News says a Ford
touring car backed over a twelve-foot
bank near Taliesin, Frank Lloyd
Wright's home. without injury to
|-either of the five passengers or to the
automobile.
The machine contained five young
men from Port Washington, who were
out on little trip. They camped near
the Wisconsin river wagon bridge,
and, as is the case with all tourists
coming this way, went over to- "The
Wright bungalow" They8drove past
the gate before they were aware Of
,, it and undertook to turn around Be-
ing close to the embankment between
the bridge and the dam, where there
is. a drop of twelve feet, the machine
backed off ins& the water, landing right
side up. The water at that point was
not deep, probably up to the hubs, with
| a smooth rock bottom, and neither the
passengers nor the auto suffered in
jury
The machine was soon turned
around, runway was made of planks,
a team hitched on, "and dripping with
coolness," like the old oaken bucket,
the machine and precious freight arose
from its critical position.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-09-13
Be MES He
AIDED T D:
Envoy to Argentina Says No Ger
man Messages We're Sent by
Him Through Legation

The Swedish minister to Argentina
Baron Lowen, on Sunday denied that
dispatches in cipher had been sent
to Berlin by the German charge
through the Swedish legation at Bue-
nos Aires.
He declared: II have not sent, nor
caused to be sent by the legation un.
Ger my charge, any telegram from the
German legation. The news is a
great and disagreeable surprise.
II have cabled to my government
to clear matters up. In the United
States they are very excitable.
Situation Regarded Grave
The official announcement issued by
the state department at Washington
that communications from Count Lux
burg, German charge at Buenos Aires,
had been sent to the Berlin foreign
Office through the Swedish legation in
cipher, caused a sensation and was
the principal topic of discussion
throughout the South American city.
That the situation is regarded as Sc
rious was evidenced by the fact that
the populace, usually gay on Sunday,
was remarkably quiet and sober faced.
Dancing girls, waving Argentine flags,
were greeted with silence at the So
ciety matinee after being wildly ap-
plauded all week.
The president has already called on
the foreign minister for explanations.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-09-13
HONEY CREEK AND
SUMPTER

| Mrs. Reinhold Buelow of Moline, H.
visited with her cousins, Fred and Her.
man Buelow, from Friday until Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. William Alvin and
daughter Lena of Baraboo visited at
the HI. Buelow and julius Alvin
homes Tuesday and Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Underholzner of
Mineral Point visited at the Henry
Pickar home last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Alvin accom-
panied home Helen and George Pank-
ALA to Madison on Monday, the trip
being made in the formers car.
Mrs. John Accola and son, Misses
Emma Besiszky and Mollie Stear are
visiting relatives in the northern part
of the state this week.
Mr. and Mrs. William Moffett CT Be-
lott visited at the John Huber home
Saturday.
Harold Block of Merrimack is visit
ing with relatives around here this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Buelow and
daughter Gertrude of Milwaukee visit
ed from Saturday until Monday at the
Albert Buelow home.
Ella and Bonnie Hillen of Milwau-
kee and Marie Steinhorst visited from
Saturday until Monday at the home Of
Mr. and Mrs. III. A. Buelow.