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The Washington herald., 1917-06-11
NATIONAL CHAMBER
FAV0RS SUPERTAX
Merchants Recommend Big Assess
ment on Income, Over 5000.

The Chamber of Commerce Of the
United States has gone on record in
favor Of the Administrations plan TO
raise war revenue by imposing a SUI
pertax on all incomes above 5000, and
reducing the exemptions under the
present income tax. The chamber
also favored the proposal TO further
increase the present excess-profits tax.
All of the recommendations made by
the executive committee, including the
hotly contested section advocating a
so per cent increase in the first-class
postage rates, carried.
The prositions favorably voted upon
were: 10 raise approximately 500, 600 900
by increased Individual income taxes,
through certain increased supertaxes
and decreased exemptions. To raise
approximately 500, 900, 600 by additions
to the present excess-profits tax, to
raise 300 900 by 2 50 per cent In
crease in the first-class postage rate,
to raise $3.50 ,0Oo,0 900 by imposing stamp
taxes, to raise $50. .Ooo, 900 by a tax on
luxuries, to decrease the exemption Of
capital stock from 600 to $4,000.
The membership approved the sug-
gestion to reduce the exemption on
Incomes OF married people to 5000 and
Of single persons to s., 200. 1t was also
recommended that the supertax
should begin with 1 per cent on in
comes OF 5000 and gradually rise to
40 per cent, on the largest incomes.
At present the supertax does not ap-
ply until the income reaches $4,000
and beginning at per cent, II only
runs to 13 per cent.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-11
ENLISTMENTS URGED
BY DR.. MONTGOMERY
Pastor of Cavalry Church Declares
No Blood Too Good for Country.

Rev. DR.. James Shera Montgomery,
Of the Calvary N. z. Church, in his
sermon of last evening warned the
men OF this country to sustain their
politics. He also urged enlistment by
saying that no blood is too good to
be shed for this country.
He said in part:
Our government this hour has
high and holy right to the services OF
every man. Unless the very best men
Of the land give their unselfish deyo-
ton to our cause. government OF the
people will at least be Jared to its
very sleepers. This Is no hour to Jug
one would pat a pet pug. When our
country asks the merchant for his
energy and skill and he replies I can
not leave my fatnesS.' When our
his genius and ability and he answers
4 cannot leave my sweetness and my
good fruit
when our country asks the man
Of leisure for his time and he re-
spends with a mouth full Of apologies
saying: I cannot leave my wine then
Is heard abroad the voice Of the un-
worthy Bramble, who actually be-
comes a menace not only to our ma
tionaI character, but to our national
existence. Away with the lordship of
the Bramble, the call OF the hour IS
for our country's best men. No blood
Is too good to withhold from our
country's altar for l know OF no altar
under the stars that is hOlier. Away
with the possibility of throwing de-
mocracy's message to the world into
the custodianship of the. brambles
which grow among the forests of men.
Every Christian man ought to be
IN politics. No man can be a good
Christian unless he is a good man, no
man can be a good man unless he IS
a good citizen and no man can be a
good citizen unless he is deeply inter-
eSted in municipal and State affairs.
Otherwise he is TeCreant to his highest
duty and false to his most sacred obli-
cation
The Washington herald., 1917-06-11
BILLION FOR AEROS
CoNrINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
personnel as Germany gives 10 the
submarine. the submarine terror will
be overcome and peace hastened.
THE. most vital matter in our ma
tiOnal preparedness" Admiral Peary
said, lis air preparedness. In this at
the present time we are not only de-
ficient, but absolutely lacking. The
remedy for this extremely dangerous
situation is the immediate creation by
Congress Of an independent depart
ment of aeronautics. Such a depart
ment should have at its head one Of
the greatest organizers the country
can furnish. He must build a founda-
super-structure that should be built
and clothed with individual control
Of the upbuilding of the air service.
Responsibility Divided.
The 'coUntry's air service at the
present time is handled partly by the
army and partly by the navy. This
manner rs inherently wrong as II
means divided responsibility. It means
numerous duties devolved upon them.
The building OF an immense air fleet
can be undertaken at once and push
ed to completion IL a separate depart
ment is created.
"All money that is put into the aero
plane will be a permanent military
weapon to meet the present emergen-
Cy and when the war is over that
weapon can be transferred to COM
merCial channels am fully con-
WINGED that the air service II properly
developed can be made more power
ful than the army and navy COM
bined."
The Washington herald., 1917-06-11
OWNERSHIP OF ROADS
BY U. S. PREDICTED
Luther Walter. Says Railways Must
Operate as One System.

Operate the railroads of the coun-
try as one system during the war. or
have them taken over by the gov
eminent, is the opinion of Luther
Walter, of Chicago. who is in Wash
ington as the chief counsel for the
National Shippers Conference. an or
ganization formed in Chicago. last
month, to send a committee TO the
Interstate Commerce Commission hear
ings in protest against the railroads
request for an increase OF Is per cent
in freight rates.
'once the government does anything
like that" he said today, "and il
will be a long time before the people
Will be willing to go back to TIE old
order Of things. Understand. that
am now speaking personally and in
no way with reference to the business
which brings me to Washington. But
can see the trend to governmental
ownership and taking over the roads
by the nation during the war period
would be a vast stride toward the ul-
innate result"
The Washington herald., 1917-06-11
CAVALRY RECRUITING
Will BE ENLIVENED
District Squadron to Have Active
Campaign This Week.

Recruiting for the First Squadron.
National Guard Cavalry, District OF
Columbia. will slant In earnest this
me Squadron, win be made up Of
Troops A, B, c and ID, and q ma
chine gun company, and Troops &
and d and the machine gun company
are yet to be organized. The squad
ron Is expected to go to a Southern
training camp the latter part OF July.
With only Troops A and B COM
missioned, and Troop A more or less
shot to pieces from service on the
Mexican border, the responsibility Of
organizing a full squadron has fallen
upon Troop B and recruiting head
and night at 1877 F street.
IN the past week Troop A has been
filed UP and during the present week
and possibly d. The troops viii be
advertised by slides in the picture
houses of the city and by posters.
All the officers of Troop B are as
sisting in the recruiting of the squad
ron-Ctp. Heron, First Lieut.. John
W. Thompson, Second Lieut.. Krentz-
lin. and Sergenats Dudley Browne.
Murray A. Cobb, Harry Kays, W. z.
Boughton, Ross Thompson, Jerome
Meyer, L NJ. Strawn and Jack Har-'
Lieut.. E. Lester Jones. Of Troop
B-head Of the Coast and Geodetic
Survey-was last week commissioned
Major and Inspector General OF the
National Guard of the District.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-11
TO TRAIN SEAMEN
In NIGHT SCHOOLS

Shipping authorities OF the nation
have decided upon the opening Of
night schools in scores OF large cities
to trairS recruits for service as deck
and engineer officers Of the mammoth
merchant feet 10 be built for trans
Atlantic service. The first Of these
schools will be started at Boston. New
York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, ChicS-
go. Cleveland, New Orleans, Seattle
and Pasadena Plans are rapidly be-
ing worked out for courses of instrUc-
ton in other cities.
Shipping Board officers said last
night that applications are pouring in
from all sections from men equipped
with nautical experience who desire
to enter the merchant feet service.
They entertain no doubt that the ad-
ditional 1900 oficers who will be
needed will be recruited and trained
The Washington herald., 1917-06-11
SECRETARY BAKER
TO VISIT COLLEGE
Will Address Graduates Of George
town University This Afternoon.

Many students who will receive their
diplomas at Georgetown University
today will appear in army and navy
uniforms, instead of cap and gown.
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker
will be the principal speaker at the
graduation exercises, which will be
held in front of Healy Hall at 4
o'clock. Degrees will be conferred by
the Rev. Alphonsus j. Donlon. S. J.
Graduates of the school of arts and
sciences will be represented by the
Rev. John B. Creeden, dean. Of that
department; the medical school, by
DR.. George NJ. Kober, dean; the law
school by George H. Hamilton, dean
and the dental school by DR.. Shirley
w. Bowles. dean
Father Donlon delivered the bac-
calaureate sermon at Holy Trinity
Church, Georgetown, yesterday morn
ing.
The annual game between the
varsity and alumni ball teams will be
omitted this year.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-11
LOCAL jews ELECT
To ZION CONGRESS
Judge Strasburger and Morris Frei-
licof Chosen as Delegates.

Judge Milton Strasburger and
Morris FreiIicoff were yesterday
elected Washington delegates to the
Jewish National Congress which is
to meet here in September.
The election was open to all men
of Jewish faith, over 81 years of
age, and polling places were open
in every section of the city. The
vote stood: Judge Strassburger,
1858: Freilicoff, 1913; Barnet Cohen,
2O7; Bernard Danzansky, 269. George
Helford and Jacob W. Ehrlich man
aged Judge Strasburger's campaign.
Elections were also held in the
cities of the country yesterday, the
number of delegates to be elected
depending on the Jewish popula-
tion.
The congress is to be held under
the direction of the Central Zion
ist committee, and will outline plans
to get fair treatment and equal
rights for Jews in all parts of the
world. The congress will also dis
cuss plans for the proposed Pales-
tine republic.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-11
TWO FOOD MEASURES
URGED BY HOUSTON
Should Pass Bills to Preserve Ma
ton $ Honor Says Secretary.

The task Of maintaining the subsis-
tence of the allies Is at once a polit-
ical and moral obligation and a mill
tary necessity" declared Secretary OF
AgI iculture Houston in a statement
issued yesterday. In order to accom-
plish this purpose, the Secretary states
it will be necessary to pass the two
administration food bills now before
Congress.
Secretary Houston declares the two
bills are war measures and absolutely
necessarv to-the preservation of the
nations honor and the conserva-
ton and stimulation OF food produc-
tion. The bills will accomplish these
things, states the Secretary.
Stimulate the production of live
utilization OF meat, poultry, dairy and
other animal products; and make
larger attack upon animal diseases
and pests, such as hog cholera, con-
tagious abortion, and the cattle tick.
which exact an annual toll of over
$2O0, coo OOO
Extend the activities of the Depart
ment dealing with destructive plant
diseases and insect pests.
Extend and develop the market news
service for fruits and vegetables as
well as Of other important activities
of the Office of Markets and Rural
Organization. 1t is proposed to en-
large the number Of products upon
which market reports now are furn-
ished.
Provide facilities for dealing effec-
lively with the farm labor problem,
In cooperation with the Department
Of Labor
Extend and develop the work of the
Bureau OF Crop Estimates, the Bureau
of Chemistry, the activities of the de-
partment in connection with the de-
struction and control of predatory and
other animals which destroy live stock
and crops, and the publication and
International work Of the department.
The food. production bill, besides ac-
complishing these things, says Secre-
funds to make a food survey Of the
nation. declared to be imperative in
the present emergency.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-11
Butts Motor with Head;
Woman Breaks Mudguard

Stamford, Conn, June 10.-while
Lee Shubert, of New York, the the
atrical man, was motoring through
Stamford last night en- route to New
Haven and Boston. he happened
upon a group OF belligerent women
in West Stamford.
Mrs. Marie Larusso became excit-
ed and charged across West Main
street, intent upon getting" an
other woman. She paid no atten-
tion to Mr.. Shubert's high-powered
automobile, with the result that she
crashed against it, breaking the
mudguard of with her head ana
sustaining injuries that sent her to
the Stamford Hospital
The Washington herald., 1917-06-11
STATES ARE WORKING
FOR DEFENSE IN WAR
Mobilization Efficiency Is Marked
Over Whole Country.

Enormous sums are being spent by
the various States for war purposes,
through the State Councils of De-
fense. In some states the legislatures
have given the councils large appro-
priations, ranging from $4,000 to 81, 900
900, and endowed them with full
powers of investigation, power to re-
port to the governor or legislature
and to supervise the activities Of local
bodies.
Most of the States have built up
we'll centralized local systems with
local defense councils in each coun--
ty, operating under the direction OF
the State council Mobilization of
men, food and industries is one Of
the chief tasks of the State bodies.
In the variety of undertakings they
have launched they are spending vast
amounts independently of the nation
al governments expenditures. The
State councils have done much to
promote recruiting and to deal with
questions affecting the health OF the
men.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-11
Tariff Law Is Blamed
For Outflow of Gold

Inc Democratic tariff law is blamed
for the flood Of gold from the Limited
states to Japan In a statement Issued
yesterday by Jonathan Bourne. ir
Of the Republican Publicity AsSocis-
ton. Mr.. Bourne points out that Japan
mas changEd from a debtor to
creditor and as she has a large trade
balance against the United states iE
sending her collectors around &" Il
Is stated that the so 10000 Of gold
shipped to japan since the first OF
the year, Is only a part Of a trade
balance Of S1S0. 900. 900.
II Is further declared that Japan is
buying heavily Of machinery in this
country, and that after the war. with
her cheaper labor. she will be able
to sell to American ports at much
cheapers figures than our own manu-
fscturers unless there is a readjust-
ment OF the tariff law.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-11
FAMILY REUNION HELD
AT THE WHITE HOUSE

For the first time in several months,
there was a family reunion held at
the White House. when Miss Margaret
Wilson and Mrs. Francis B. Sayre
arrived Saturday night to spend the
weekend. The President and Mrs.
Station in the rain to meet them.
Mrs. McAdoo, wife of the Secretary
of the Treasury, called early yester-
day morning to greet her sisters. It
Is the first time the three daughters
Of the President have been together
for a long time.
The President and Mrs. Wilson did
not attend church yesterday, but re-
maIned home to entertain the visi-
tors.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-11
FRENCH ABBE SPEAKS
TO MEN AT Fl. ,MYER

Able Flynn, a French army chap
lain, brought a welcome from
France yesterday to the student
officers at Fort Myer. You will en-
counter many hardships abroad"
the able warned the young men,
"and you will need TO be well train
ed. But even though the duties are
hard, you will be possessed Of. the
satisfaction OF knowing that you
are doing your duty, for that will
be a divine stimulus to action.
II am happy to say that the SOL
diers and officers alike, in France,
are religious in the trenches. They
feel that it gives them the strength
they need"
Able Flynn rs of Irish parentage,
but was born in France. He is
here on a two months leave.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-11
NEW DIVISION
TO SIMPLIFY COSTS

The cost-accounting work initiated
by the Federal Trade Commission has
been taken over by the Bureau of For
eign and Domestic Commerce, of the
Department of Commerce. and a new
division has been organized to assist
those departments of the government
which have important contracts to let
and may not have adequate STATS to
investigate promptly the cost of
manufacturing the articles they wish
to purchase. That will be the first
task Of the new division, although the
establishment OF uniform systems of
cost-accounting in the different indus
tries Is the ultimate object sought.
]. Lee Nicholson, head of a we'll
known accountancy firm in New York,
has been placed in charge of the di-
vision.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-11
LABORER ARRESTED
UNDER Mann ACT
Charged with Bringing Another 5
Wife to This Civ.

Edward Cornell Hampton, . years
old, a laborer, formerly of Indian
Head, Nd. was arrested yesterday by
Central Office Detective Sergeants
Baur and Sweeney on a warrent from
the Maryland authorities, in which he
is charged with violating the Mann
or white slave act. He is a prisoner at
the First precinct. Hampton had Just
started to work for one OF the street
railway companies when placed under
arrest.
is the complainant He alleges that
Hampton induced his wife, Mrs. LII
liam NJ Willett. 10 years old. with
their l-year-old child to desert him and
come TO Washington.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-11
MARINE CORPS WANTS
.4,G00 NEW RECRUITS

This is Marine Corps Week"
through the country.
A vast educational campaign, to
show the advantages of being a mem
Der OF the corps. has been under way
for weeks and between this morning
and Saturday night the corps wants
to get 1000
The men who join the Marine Corps
are promised high pay, lots of fight
ing and service on both land and sea.
Advancements are rapid and marines
are given the best of care. Only the
highest type OF men are accepted.
Enlist now for immediate service
in France" will be the byword of the
week
The Washington herald., 1917-06-11
DRAFT IN ICELAND.

Reykjavik. Iceland. June 10.-Ice-
lands Parliament has decided to in
stltute compulsory national service.
Every young man is to give to the
state six months labor on some work
Of national Importance. such as
bridge and road making. and the
building of public edihces.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-11
Auto Stolen From
Presidents Church

While Rufus T. Clark, of 15O9
Rhode Island avenue, was at the
Central Presbyterian Church last
night-the church the President at
tends-enjoying a sermon on how
the Lord is good to His people,
someone rode of in Mr.. Clark's
Ford car and didn't come back. The
license tag on the car is No. 47SS0
and the police are on its trail.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-11
MUSICAL COMPOSER DEAD.

Philadelphia, June 10.-Henry Koch,
64 years old, at one time one of the
best-known musical composers in this
city. is dead here.
Mr.. Koch for years was French
horn soloist in John Philip Sousa's
Band.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-11
EMPEROR SPEAKS AGAIN.

Amsterdam, June i0-A dispatch
from iron Budapest says Emperor Charles
ing them he 10 In favor ~ AZ ssriy
reacs aud ref>r->1 r. S,,~r,~s.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-11
RAILROAD EMPLOYEES
OUT WITH STATEMENT
Conductors Engineers Fnemen Brakemen, Hagmen Seetor
FOremen and Shopmen Declare that DrecO Renews the
Health of Railroad Men and Makes Them Fit for the
Responsibility in This Most Nerve-racking Service

No sailing demands clearer BRAIN eaer perfect
health railroad
OF people depends guarding their health Every railroad
The Washington herald., 1917-06-11

J. F. Sibaugh Fireman O., Cumberland Nd, says Il have uf
fered for time from gastrit
appetite and really think had of
Had for appendicitis
has renewed strength going back work Gastri
relieved all good and stomach
fine shape" :
J. H. Rowland Section Foreman N w, LYDIA
mery had times during the night kidney trouble
but bottle of Dreeo has stopped that and feel full Of energy
all the time hardly keep still" :
Levi Hart Western Maryland Big Spring. Nd says so rur
could hardly
had gas on stomach all the time and gained
Dreeo sold IN Washington by oDonnes Drug Stores and N.
ss pIggx 10 your t0Ep q By mail from III nssss agency
The Washington herald., 1917-06-11

this enormous responsibility - he
dares not take chances with so
important a matter. That is why so
many of them are using Dreco-
it steadies the nerves, clears the
brain, corrects digestion, strength
ems the arm, insures the safety of
the traveller and keeps him on the
job.
We print the Endorsements of a
few railroad men who have given
Dreco a fair trial:
c. L. Matlick, Conductor B. & o.,
Cumberland. Md, says: 81 have
had a bad case of kidney trouble
for years. Had terrible pains in
my back and walked with a cane.
My urine was very frequent. but
scanty. Two bottles of Dreco
have done me so much good that
| have thrown my cane away, for
the pains in my back are all gone
and my urine is perfectly normal" "
NJ. K. Moore, Conductor West
ern Maryland, Weverton, Md,
says: Il have had a bad case of
nasal and stomach catarrh for some
time. Was constipated and suffered
from headaches. Six bottles of
Dreco have done me more good
than hundreds of dollars l have
spent trying to get cured. My
ten-year-old son also had catatrh
and he is now entirely well by
taking Dreco."
Edward Manious, Conductor
Western Maryland, Hagerstown,
Md, says: 81 have been with my
road twenty years and I am feel
ing as young today as when
first started, but recently l had
been suffering from gastritis, ner-
vousness and constipation and
didn't sleep we'll, but | started on
Dreco and 1t helped me from the
first. l gladly recommend it."
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-03-21
ENDS DYSPEPSIA,
INDIGESTION, GAS
"Pape's Diapepsin" cures sick,
sour stomachs in five minutes
Time It!

Really does" put bad stomachs in
order-"really does" overcome indiges-
ton, dyspepsia, gas, heartburn and
sourness in five minutes-that-just
that-makes Pape's Diapepsin the lar
gest selling stomach regulator in the
world. II what you eat ferments' into
stubborn Jumps, you belch gas and
eructate sour, undigested food and
acid; head is dizzy and aches; breath
foul; tongue coated; your insides filled
with bile and indigestible waste, re-
member the moment "Pape's Diapep.
sin comes in contact with the stomach
all such distress vanishes. It's truly
astonishing-almost marvellous, and
the Joy is its harmlessness.
A large ffty-cent case of Pape's Dia-
pepsin will give you a hundred dollars
worth of satisfaction.
It's worth its weight in gold TO men
and women who can't get their stom-
achs regulated. 1t belongs in your
home-should always be kept handy
in case of sick. sour, upset stomach
during the day or at night. It's the
quickest, surest and most harmless
stomach doctor in the world.-Adv.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-03-21

Of Southern States in this practice,
still, it is estimated that u bill is
around fifty to sixty million per
year. This seems unreasonable yet
it is very true and true in a section
Of country that has fertile soil. as
fine a climate and as intelligent set
of farmers as may be found anywhere
under the sun.
Cotton brought a good price last
year, but it is wondered how much
food the money from a bale of cot
ton would buy, now. with all kinds
in the history of the country. The
food and feed situation is abnormal
now in the United States and the
wise farmer is he who produces food
and feed at home this year. He may
get a good price for both tobacco and
cotton. but the money received will
not go very far in purchasing those
necessities of life which could easily
be produced at home.
Mr.. Hudson is having the County
Agents VI llt ASllCulluI dl EAlSllSlol
Service encourage all farmers to
plant gardens, spring oats and Irish
potatoes also need immediate atten-
ton. A few acres planted now to
Appler or Burt Oats will help out very
much in the feeding of stock. The
Irish potato crop was short last year
and a good crop should be planted, at
once, to this important and valuable
food crop.