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The Washington herald., 1917-05-22
RECOVER BODY OF MAN
DROWNED LAST WINTER

The body Of J. D. Addison, 25 years
old. patient at the Government Hos
pitaI for the Insane, who made a spec
tacuIar escape February last. at
tempting to cross the Potomac on the
ice then covering the stream. and who
sank in a fIoe in the fee, was re-
covered late yesterday afternoon by
the Harbor police patrol boat. The
body was discovered by William c
Miller and John B. Campbell, Of the
steel plant.
Before breakfast the morning Of
February last. Addison managed to
get away from the hospital He was
missed at breakfast time. A lookout
was sent to the police. who received
report Of man near the steel plant
attempting to cross the Potomac on
the ice. The patrol boat left its berth
manned. running down the open chan
mel When within twenty feet Of the
man he fell through a rift in the ice
and disappeared Every effort was
made TO rescue the man without re-
suit
The Washington herald., 1917-05-22
Government Ownership
OF u. S. Distilleries
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

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such an abolishment is not undertaken
with r. view to furnishing some of the
people. but with view to benetiting
them all; not only those who have
never touched liquor in their lives, but
those who manufacture it, those who
sell it. and those who consume it.
The prince will be staggering. but.
if the benefits are to be as great as
some economists think, it is worth
paying. And it should be paid by the
whole people.
To pay this price it may be that
the fortunes of the rich distillers will
have to be cut in two, the incomes
of small holders crimped; and the
earning power of the wage-takers re-
duced. But all the price must not
come from these. The manufacturers
of shoes and munitions and those who
earn a living in their establishments
raust take their medicine, too. The
tax must fall, propOrtionately to his
ability to pay, on every human being
who is to be benefited.
The government, in short, must take
over the liquor interests root and
branch, the whole people, including
those interests, must put up the
money, and then, and only then, shall
we be in a position to destroy them,
honestly and decently.
And because nobody is TO be hurt
more than is good for him, the de-
struction will be cheerfully borne by
all, and the measures will be seen to
have in them nothing of a punitive
or venomous nature.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-22
U. S. NEEDS BISCUITS MORE Than BULLETS
SAYS SENATOR Smith in PLEA FOR FARMERS

We need biscuits quite as much as we
need bullets
1t is more necessary to provide for an
adequate crop than il is to send what
we have already produced to the allies.
Charity begins at home.
These are three thoughts Senator
Smith. of South Carolina, whipped out on
the floor yesterday afternoon.
He was charging Secretary OF AEricUl-
ture Houston with holding up the $l00 o.
600 appropriation the Senate recently
made to buy Chilean nitrates and save
the crops for the farmers II developed
yesterday that the hill is now buried in
a House committee, the Secretary having
said that the price OF the nitrate was too
high for the investment. and that It was
too diffiCUlts to get sufficient government
vessels to transport it from South Amer
iCa.
Senator Smith declared that he would
offer as an amendment TO the Gore food
hill. which was under consideration, a
duplicate OF the nitrate bill.
That will give the House an oppor-
tunity TO vote on the proposition. and I
think it will pass it as overwhelmingly
as did the Senate" said the Senator. add
The Washington herald., 1917-05-22

ing that he was thunderstruck when he
found Mr.. Houston opposed TO the
scheme. Smith said the nitrate would
increase crops 50 TO 100 per cent
During the same debate, incidental to
the Gore bill. Senator Underwood said
OF the men appointed TO the chemical
committee OF the Council OF National De-
fense:
Il know many OF these gentlemen
They are experts in their lines. Some
OF them are in the business or selling
fertilizers TO the farmers. Do you SUP
pose they can approach without bias the
question OF the farmer getting fertilizer
from any other source2
II all my fortunes were tied up in the
fertilizer business, would not be sp-
pointed on such committee"
The names OF the chemical committee
were printed in the "Oficisl Bulletin e
But to the amusement OF various Sena-
tors, Senator Stone, OF Missouri had
never heard Of IT,
May ] ask, IL il be no secret where
you obtained that pamphlet? I never
knew OF it he nsively said TO Senator
Underwood. The publication Is distrib-
uted broadcast in Washington.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-22
COMPANY PREPARED
FOR Rail WALKOUT
Witness Says Men Were Being Trained
for Strike in February.

That the officials of the Washington
Railway and Electric Company expected
a strike on their lines and were pre-
pairing to meet IT, as early as the middle
Of last February. was the direct testI-
mony Of George A. Wilburt. president of
the local railway employers union last
night, before the Senate Committee in
vestigating the strike.
Mr.. Wilbur declared that the cornpany
was 'break!ng in new men and that
they were being brought to Washington
from other cities in groups. At a local
hotel. he stated, over forty were quar-
tered.
These men," said the witness, were
first placed on cars to get the Law of
the land and later, In groups of two
or three, were put on the cars with the
motorInan or the conductor as the ca Sc
might be. to be broken in. This action
on the part of the company aroused
suspicion and upon investigation it was
discovered that nearly forty men had
been brought here and were then in the
employ Of the railway"
'T had hoped until the last minute
that n strike would not be called" said
Mr.. wiburt. I'VE had all been on good
terms and at previous times, had settled
our differences. During the months
previous to the strike, I had talked to
the men several times and told them tC
abide by the rules and IL they had ever
railroaded, that they must do 1t now, ana
that the company should show It's ap-
probation by making a new agreement
At this point, w. NICK. Clayton, rep
resenting the Federated Citizens As.
ISOLATION questioned the witness as to the
discipline OF the men and whether or
not the public would be served better
by organized men than those not or
ganized. Mr.. Wilburt explained the dis
satisfaction of the men as to wages and
working conditions when unorganized
and said that when they were organized
it was felt that mans Job was more
safe"
WAS there an appeal made to you 10
withhold strike on patriotic grounds
by the District Commissioners" asked
Mr.. Clayton.
at was not necessary to appeal to
u.s." responded the witness. I'VE were
always willing to arbitrate.''
The Washington herald., 1917-05-22
MRS. LOCKWOOD'S BODY
WILL LIE in STATE
Services in Wesley Chapel Will Be
Open to Public,

National and local representatives OF
the National American Woman Suffrage
Association, headed by DR.. Anna Howard
Shaw. and delegations from various 9TH
er organizations with which she had been
associated during her lifetime. will at
tend the funeral services to be held this
afternoon. at l o'clock, for Mrs. Belva
Lockwood, who died in this city Satur-
day morning.
DR.. Shaw will assist in the service,
which will be conducted by Rev. d. H.
Martin, pastor of Wesley Chapel. Fifth
and F streets northwest, from which
place the funeral win be held.
A delegation will be sent by the Wom-
ems Bar Association of the District, OF
which the deceased was a member.
Prominent women lawyers who will at
tend the funeral are Mrs. Ellen Spencer
Mussey, Miss c. Griesheimer, Miss Emma
Gillett, Miss Florence Etheridge, Miss
Gertrude Leonard and Miss Laura Ber-
rien.
It was through the efforts of Mrs. Lock
wood that permission was obtained for
women to practice before the Supreme
Court of the United States. The woman's
Press Association will be among other
organizations that will pay their re-
spects.
Services will be open to the public, al
though the burial will be private. The
body will lie in state in the church from
10 a. m. until 1890. Interment will be IN
Congressional Cemetery.
Mrs. Lockwood endeared herself to
many of the public school children in re-
cent years by providing instructive mo-
tiOn picture entertainments for them
with the cooperation of their teachers
But for the competitive drill of the High
School Cadets this afternoon, and the
shortness OF the notice OF Mrs. Lock
woods funeral, 1t would have been ar
ranged for delegations OF school children
to have attended the ceremonies to place
flowers on the coffin.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-22
WEEKLY MUSICALES
WANTED In CHURCHES

Musical entertainments for children be-
tween the ages OF and 20 will be given
weekly in Washington churches II a
suggestion made by DIR. =. P. ClaXton,
Commissioner Of Education. at a meet
ing OF the American Guild OF Organists.
held last night at the studio of Albert w.
Harmed. 1929 G street northwest, is car
ried into effect.
The children should be made to feel
that they are welcome in churches. and
the best classical music should be play
cd" DR.. Claxton said. THE selections
should not be didacbc. but chosen for
the purpose OF giving the children the
greatest enjoyment"
DR.. Claxton said that his suggestion
has been sent in circulars to every State
educational department in the country,
and that it has received favorable com
ment from educators and musicians.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-22
Call or Aviators Sent
Out by u. S. Army Chiefs

The United States yesterday sent forth
call for men for the hyinE corps. A.
six technical schools I50 began training
and $50 more will start in each succeed
ing Monday. About 5000 have been en-
rolled, but Capt Ambrey Lppincott. sig
nal Corps. says hundreds more will ho
needed before the end OF the year.
In announcing this he pointed out tina,
air service is less hazardous than either
the Medical Corps. infantry or ARTILLERY.
according 10 war figures from Europe.
The examination for the service is mos,
severe II lays particular stress on phv-
seal qualifications and substantial
foundation for intensive technical train
ing is necessary.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-22
GUN VICTIMS landed
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ing back. Each Of the victims was hit
with such force that she was hurled of
her feet, one Of them into a deck chair
standing behind her.
This explanation gave rise to the theory
that the shell might have struck an
object hidden under the surface nearby.
presumably wreCkage.
Mai. Frederick Besler. professor of
surgery, Northwestern University, direc-
tor in charge of the expedition, was a
witness to the accident. He made this
statement:
Target pratice aboard the steamship
was begun about o'clock Sunday after
noon. Ali the nurses were on the upper
deck, about midway of the ship. The
chief officer and l were standing with
the nurses and We were all leaning over
the rail watching the shots from the
deck below.
1.-TWO shots had been fired from a
forward gun. Then word came that
gun was to be fired on our side OF the
ship-a gun mounted aft. l was stand
ing between Mrs. Ayers and Miss Woods.
Miss Matzen was to the left OF Mrs
Ayers,
Three Nurses Fell.
simultaneously with the discharge OF
the gun the three nurses fell. Miss Woods
collapsed into a deck chair. No one else
was touched. Fragments OF the she'll
picked out these three women.
IAN can say Is that we were at right
angles to the course of the shell"
The vessel will not put to sea again
until a fresh supply OF ammunition has
been taken aboard and repairs have been
made to the gun.
Reports were current tonight that for
some time the Navy Departments sus-
picion has been kept alive by statements
from qualified men that the ammunition
furnished American armed liners IS far
below the standard demanded by the gov
ernment
A fragment of the brass she'll casing
penetrated Mrs. Ayers brain. and an
other pierced the heart of Miss Woods.
Mrs. Ayers was a graduate of Cook
County Hospital. and Miss Woods had
received a diploma from the Illinois
Training School for Nurses. Miss Matzen
was struck by smaller pieces Of brass.
The hospital unit consisted Of 65 nurses.
* doctors, and 153 ambulance drivers and
stretcher bearers. They were the first
passengers 10 be carried on the liner in
more than a year.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-22
This City to Be Godmother
To Devastated French Town

Washington is to be godmothor to
Noyon. France, the city that is the most
perfect example of the devastation left
i'm the wake of the retreating Germans.
Residents of the District are to provide
funds for the rebuilding of that town and
are to convert its ruins INTO homes that
are again habitable.
This conclusion was reached at a recon-
siruction rally held at the residence Of
Mrs. Henry F. Dimock yesterday. The
rally was held under the auspices Of the
French restoration fund. and was ad-
dressed by James Keating. field secretary
of that fund. 1t was at the end of this
address that Mrs. Dimock proposed the
adoption of a French town
The Washington herald., 1917-05-22
Another Police Sergeant
Ordered to White House

An additional police sergeant was ap-
pointed for the White House squad Of
police guarding the building and grounds
by the assignment by Mai Pullman Of
Sergt. McGill Grove. Of the Seventh pre-
Cinct. Heretofore there has been only
two sergeants on duty there. The other
sergeants are ]. a. Williams and J. d.
McQuade.
The appointment OF the third sergeant
will enable the squad to have an officer
Of that rank on duty each Of the three
eight-hour shifts into which the guard
mount there is divided into.
Additional men have been recently add
ed to the White House squad. Sergt
Grove has been in the police service for
the past fifteen years.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-22
Don't Experiment with Catarrh;
1t Often Leads to Dread CONSUMPTION

anoe In the nostrils throat and air pas
saEes. the disease becomes more and
more aggravated and finally reaches
down into the lungs. and everyone rec
ognizes the alarming condition that re-
suits when the lungs are affected Thus
Catarrh may be the forerUnner OF that
most dreaded and hopeless OF all dis
eases, consumption.
No local treatment affords permanent
reiet Experience has taught that :
;. is the one remedy which attack the
disease at its source the blood. and
produces satisfactory results in even the
worst cases. Catsrrh sufferers are urred
10 give ;. 5. S. a thorough trial II is
sold by all druggists You are invited
TO write TO the medical department for
expert advice as 10 how to treat YOUR
own case. Address Swift Specific Co, q
Swift Laboratory. Atlanta. Ga.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-22
Stewards VIII Save
Spud-Eyes to Plant

On and after this date, potatoes
served in Washington hotels will be
eyeless. The chefs are cutting 'em
out Tor the Boy Scouts to plant.
IL seems that the eyes of the po-
tatoes are the sprouts-the part that
grows into new, potatoes. OF course.
II Is not known whether the eyes will
grow without the potatoes, but the
Cneis are willing to cut 'em out and
the boys will do the planting.
Charles Schaffner, steward at the
New Willard, is one of the leaders
In the movement.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-22
Austrians Strive in Vain
To Check Drive on Trieste

London, May H-F'ear for the safety
OF their window on the Adriatic." the
seaport Of Trieste, has prompted the
Austro- Hungarian high command TO
throw larges masses of troops into battle
on the Trentino front as a diversion ~
check the Italian advance between
Tolmine and the sea
Thus far these attempts have been
futile, Rome reports officially. The
Austrians were moved down everywhere
on the Trentino and were pushed
further back on the front protecting the
approaches to Trieste. Here the Italians
took another strategically important
height Hill 1853. to the east of PLAYA,
and added to their gains on the Vodice.
On this front. too, Austrian counter at
taCks were without success.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-22
Three Plotters Sentenced
To Year In Penitentiary

New York, May T-Capt. Franz Won
RinteIen, David Lamar and Henry B.
Martin. the three men found guilty of
conspiracy to violate the Sherman anti
trust law. were sentenced today to one
year each in the Mercer County, n. j..
penitentiary near Trenton.
Lawyers for the convicted men made
last-minute appeals to Federal Judge
Cushman, but all were overruled. The
Judge Fixed bail at $4,000, $4,000 and 5000.
respectively. pending appeals. The other
four defendants-Schulteis. Fowler, Buch-
anan and Taylor-on whose cases the
Jury failed to agree, may be tried this fall
The Washington herald., 1917-05-22
You viii Never Be Cured by
Local Treatment with Sprays
and Douches.

Catarrh is a condition Of the blood and
can not be cured by local applications Of
sprays and douches: this has been prov
en- by the thousands who have vainly
Iesorted 10 this method of treatment.
Catarrh should not be rcElected or eN-
perimented with. The wrong treatment
is valuable time lost. during which the
disease is getting frmer hold upon fits
victim. and making it more difficult for
even the proper treatment to accomplish
results
Though Catarrh makes its first appear
The Washington herald., 1917-05-22
MUSICALE AT STUDIO HALL.

President Thomas Hamilton Lewis. OF
Western Maryland College. and eighty
Washington alumni were guests of Prof
c. w. O'Connor last night at a musical
given in Studio Hail, 1913 Connecticut
avenue northwest. Among those who
took part in the entertainment were
Natta Craig, soprano, of the Church Of
the Covenant; Harry Waller, violinist
George Thompson, pianist. and the Amer
lean Hawaiian Trio-Messrs Phillips
Libby and Coventry-assisted by Roy
Glider, tenor.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-22
TAFTS SON ENLISTS.

New Haven, Conn, May A.-Charles P.
Taft, I'd, son of former President Will
liam H. Taft, with eight companions, all
Yale men, walked to the local army re-
cruiting station and formally enlisted as
privates in the artillery branch of the
United States army today.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-22
REPUBLICANS OF HOUSE
CAUCUS ON CENSORSHIP

Republican members Of the House will
hold a caucus today, and. it is said. put
themselves sQuarely on record as opposed
to any newspaper censorship. som" Of
the House members fear that tn" Gard
amendment will be put into the bill, and
they wish TO see that the House is not
placed in the position OF advocating the
censorship.
There was a rumor afloat that the Re
publican representatives. might also go
cunning for Floor Leader Mann
The Washington herald., 1917-05-22
Alleged Negro Murderer
Burned by Mob, Is Report

Memphis. Tenn. MAY "A reno-t
reached here tonight that Eli Person
The negro. who is alleged 10 have At
lacked pretty lS-yesr-old Antoinetta
i'aPpal and hacked her head from he
body, was taken from the autborfties a,
HOLLY Springs. Miss. while en- route 10
Memphis for trisl, and burned in the
court square tonight
The Washington herald., 1917-05-22
TALKS ON GERMANY.

some Impressions of Germany" was
the subject of an illustrated lecture given
last night at Friends Church. Thirteenth
and irving streets northwest, by William
9. Dennis, formerly Assistant Solicitor of
the State Department
The Washington herald., 1917-05-22
CALLED TO HUNT BURGLAR.

Early yesterday morning a hurry call
came into detective headquarters from
the home of Joseph X. Maxwell, 23ll
Eighteenth street northwest, saying there
was a burglar in the house Detective
Sergt. Kelly searched the premises in
vain
The Washington herald., 1917-05-22
FAMINE MENACES IN CHINA.

Pekin. May 2.-The food scarcity in
China has become so acute that actual
famine is threatened in some districts.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-22
MRS. OWEN JOHNSON DIVORCED

Reno. New. May 2l.-Mrs owen John
son. wife Of the novelist was granted q
divorce today.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-22

harm than good. Today doctors pre-
This particular form of iron is easily
assimilated, does not blacken nor in
iure the teeth nor upset the stomach.
It will Increase the strength and en-
durance OF weak, nervous irritable
careworn, hRggard looking women 100
per cent in two weeks time in many
instances. I have used IL in nv own
practice with most surprising results.
-Ferdinan King. NJ. d.
NOTES NUNATED IRON recom-
mended above by DIR. Ferdinand King
can be obtained from any good drug
gist with an absolute guarantee of
success OF money refunded. 1t is dis
pensed In this city by James O'Don-
DelIs Drug Stores, Peoples Drua
Stores and all good drugEfsts-Ady.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-22
Dr.. Ferdinand King, Ne7v York
PhySiciGr and Medical Atthor, SSyS
EVERY WOMAN
EVERY MOTHER
EVERY DAUGHTER
N e e D S r O N
AT TIMES
To put strength into her nerves
and color into her cheeks.

T h ere can
be no beauti-
full, healthy,
rosy = checked
women W 1 I h
out iron. The
trouble in the
past has been
[ ha I W h e n
women needed
iron they gen
eT ally took
ordinary me-
tallic iron, ,
W h ic h often
corroded tn e
stomach an d
did far m or e
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-15

they could be covered with a dime.
Today Mrs. Morris is on the range
as an instructor and under orders from
Uncle Sam.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-15

tiers home, to the former boss and
to the girls they left behind He, too,
will at least get a few sheets and en-
velopes for he remembers that he
failed to bring those articles along
when he came away from home Pen
and ink are there so handy on the
writ counter that it is the easiest
hing in the world to sit right down
md write. Meanwhile mid the shut
lie of the heavy trench shoes on the
,loor by hundreds of others wander
ing aimlessly about comes the sound
# the victrola playing the 'Presi-
tents March, some selections from
Caruso OF selection of a similar nature.
3 e will find magazines in plenty and
pictures of the war zone to bring him
a closer conc option of European bat
tlefields and world events. He feels
free to sit down and read awhile for
he finds in the library the book he
has long intended to buy. He may
also find a set of checkers or chess
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-15
COLLISION IN AIR
NO LONGER FATAL
HOW AIRMEN GET TO EARTH Az
TER FEARFUL ACCIDENTS
HIGH IN AIR

PARIS-A report just received from
the French front demonstrates the
growing skill with which birdmen are
becoming endowed by war practice.
Two French aeroplanes colliding head
on thousands of feet above the ground,
battered and torn, tore themselves
apart during a plumet-like plunge
iearthward and manoeuvered by skillful
handling, into soft landing among a
group of trees. Neither pilot was in
jured
1.-TWO or three years ago this ac-
cident would have been fatal to both
aviators," said an American aviator
in Paris. The American was an eye
witness to the thrilling scene. $
"a Boche machine indiscreetly came
over our lines" he said 1.-TWO French
biplanes made for him at the same
time. So intent were they on taking
favorable positions above the enemy
that they forgot one another and
crashed with a noise that was plainly
heard on the ground. They stuck to-
gether an instant and fell apart. The
wings of both machines were badly
crumpled. One slid away into wing
slip gliding toward the ground The
other simply began to execute vrille
and it looked like both of them were
done While everyone below was
holding his breath the machines be-
gan to come under control. Thirty
second later both we're webbing slow
ly earthward but under almost perfect
control. Each aviator seemed to have
the same idea-that Of making an
easier landing in small wood nearby.
A minute later the machines were
gently settling down in the branches.
Aside from a few inevitable scratches
the pilots were none the worse"