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The Washington herald., 1917-11-06

HOTAKOLD CARAFES COM
plete with stand and glass or tray
and glass.
$1,000 to $I4.7s.
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Women's and Girls
Jersey Bathing Suits

For use in indoor pools and gymnasiums.
Black with fancy colored stripes. Four
different models and all sizes; $500 to
$3.50.
Third hoor-Cente.
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ELECTRIC IRONS; best nick
elcd quality with cbonized ham
dies.
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ELECTRIC NURSERY MILK
WARMERS.
$3.50 each.
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ELECTRIC GRILLS, with fry
ing pans.
$500 and $3.50.
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The Official Uniform of
the Food Administration
Very Exceptional Value
At S2.95

This Uniform was officially designed by
and for the food administration. and is so
made that it may be used about twice as
long as the ordinary garment without laun-
dering. Of a neat blue material. with white
pique collar and cuffs which are detachable;
neat pique cap to match. S2.95 for the
complete uniform, which agrees in every
particular with the specifications of the food
administration.
Third hcor-Centa.
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Instant Cooking and Heating
Wherever You Are

That's what you do you have Stemo Canned Heat and
the handy and compact little utensils which include Serno Stoves
with pan and tray Stemo Tea Kettle Outfits Sterno Cooking
and Camping Outfits which especially adaptable the soldier
boys needs and the Seno Khene also very favorable
commendaon this respect well as for auto trips camping
trips and for small apartment usage Baby Milk Warmers Disc
Stoves Sad Iron Outfits for travelling and sufficient size to DO
light ironing; Curling Iron Heaters.
Every traveller should have them every sick should have
hem every nursery should have them; every auo should have
them every camper those going boating trips
should have them; every home should have them.
Sterno Devices will appeal very strongly those living in
doing light housekeeping of which there many
Washington at the present time.
Steno Stove Saucepan and Serving Tray. fold up that
they require but very little space. Sl2S for the
Stemo Outfit colapse stand and boiler the stand pack. IN
the boiler for travelling. SOC for the set
Sterno Kchenee veritabe little ktchenetie by itself;
folds up and slips modesy of sight when through using Two
burners $500; one burner. Sl.S0.
The demousraor will tell you all about these useful and
handy little articles.
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Exact Reproductions of
FAMOUS SHEFFIELD
Sill VERWARE

For Wedding, Anniversary and Christmas Gifts.
The beautiful designs of this famous English Sverware
have been reproduced with all the dignity and refinement of the
originals.
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Flower Baskets s...................ss to SIS
Fruit Baskets and Bowls. to sI2
Meat Patters. well and tree design. TO-. Sis to SIS
Vegetable Dishes removable handles .SlI to SIS
New Tea Kettles .................s so to $3.50
wafer rttcheTS ............--.. S9 to Sl5
Gravy Boats ard Trays .............Ss.50 10 SIS
NonpoIS - 10 20
Relish Dishes. FIVE compartments .......... $3.50
Sandwich Trays NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. $500 10 50
Tea Sets. FIVE pieces ............ $3.50 to SseSO
Tea Sets four pieces ....................S4 $3.50
Hammered Flower Vases .-SlsS0
Treves to hold hot dishes ...........S5 $3.50 to So
Hammered Baking Dishes ................. SI2
p Eleven
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NICKEL AND COPPER
FRAME TABLE DISHES for
bonbons, salads, tea sets. nuts;
with hand-painted Japanese china
Innings; very artistic additions to
the table service, and splendid
gift suggestions.
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For tiniest heads to rest OF
PILLOWS and
PILLOW CASES

\ big new arrival Of these useful arti-
cles makes this an opportunc time to choose
even for Christmas giving
Infants Hair Pillows, of best white
curled hair and covered with heavy white
drilling; size I3xI7 inches; sI.3s.
Pink and Blue Silk Pillow Cases to fit
the above pillow; SI.oo.
White Lawn Pillow Cases with hand
embroidery, spray and ruffles and seal
loped edge; s2.2s.
Hand made White Lawn Pillow Cases,
with hand-embroidered spray and seal
loped edge; S7.5o.
White Lawn Pillow Cases, entirely
hand made and beautifully embellished
with hand-embroidercd sprays, lace inscr-
ton and edging, making a pillow case of
extremely exquisite character; $500.
Fourth hoor-G st.
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NICK Ell AND COPPER
FRAME SALAD DISHES, with
china lining, fork and spoon.
$7.7S each.
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NICKEL FRAME PYREX
GLASS CASSEROLES.
$3.50, $500, $3.50 and $500.
The Washington times., 1917-04-25
As to Signs of Peace

The tendency in the United States
is naturally to exaggerate the sig
nifcance of labor strikes at the
Krupp and other munition works in
Germany, of revolts in Hungarian
cities, and of repeated desertions of
Teuton troops en- masse across the
Dutch border. Such incidents are
likely to make US oversanguine of
the early end of the war. 1t seems,
sometimes, not too much to expect
that Kultur, like Russian autocracy,
may collapse over night.
Threats of a German offensive
against troubled Russia give another
aspect to the situation, however. A
blow equal to putting the Slav power
out of battle will mean grim work
ahead for the American army now in
the making, and plenty of it. Con-
versely, a frightfulness unable to
break out with its old irresistibility
in spring drive somewhere will be
an anomaly indeed. A Germany
which cannot more than hold its own
cannot actually hold its own.
Even so, and even if Turkish troops
are not now being transported to the
western front, as reported, the hope
thatthe war will end in three months
or six months or nine moEths ap-
pears somewhat exaggerated. The
job of convincing Germany that she
is beaten may take as much time and
rs great expenditure of strength as
it took to beat her.
The Washington times., 1917-04-25
Jofre, Superman

Hail to Papa" Joffre, marshal of
France! His country could have sent
us no other representative to be
counted on so surely to inspire ad-
miration and affection in Americans.
Indeed, we loved him before ever he
came to us-the quiet, unassuming
but masterful personality against
which the voluble bluster Of Teutonic
egotism broke itself and was hurled
back in the first agony of defeat.
Here is q man who can hold his
tongue-characteristic, truly, of a su-
perman! His very silence should be
eA-mple enough to Americans to do,
not to talk. In the presence of this
great Frenchman can the United
States hesitate to provide forthwith
the soldiers required to finish the
work which the poilus under his di-
rection so gloriously began?
The Washington times., 1917-04-25

ident and the Speaker, the President
has won. If the Speaker had won
on the Panama tolls issue we should
now be ashamed before our allies
And the statement about "the dis
grace of conscription" indicates de-
gree of mental obfuscation we are
rather ashamed an important Gov
ernment official should display before
company.
The British general, after three
years of experience in raising
armies in the present war, is right,
and the civilian Speaker, who was
too young for a part in our great
war and perhaps is too old now to
change traditional convictions, is
wrong. That is all there is to it,
except the opinion that the Speaker
must have had an extra crouch on
when the bearers of a petition for
the Administration plan came to ask
for his support.
The Washington times., 1917-04-25
DROP "PATRI0Tlc" WEDDING
Miss Gene Miller and L. L. Nc
Intyre Not to Wed.

NEW YORK. April 25.-Invitations
have been recalled for the wedding
of Miss Gene Krey Miller, daughter
OF Mrs. Kathryn Miller, OF BROOKLYN.
and Louis L. Mcintyre. physical in
structor Of st. Johns College, Brook
lyn. which was to have been cele-
brated on Saturday at the Hotel Ma
Jestic in this city.
It was to have been q "patriot!c
Wedding" and plans were made for
decorations OF American hazs, and
the use Of America as. q wedding
march.
As to the cause, Mrs. Miller. who
resides at the Hotel st. George. in
Brooklyn, declared last night that her
daughter had a good and sufficient
reason to change her mind, and that
It had nothing to do with Mr.. Nc
Intyre's intention to enlist.
Mr.. Mcintyre was quoted yesterday
as saying that the engagement had
been broken OF because he had de-
cided to join the first overseas ex-
petition the United States sends
abroad.
The Washington times., 1917-04-25
Tomorrow.

Meeting Of Bowen Smallwood Mothers Club.
Bowen School. p. m.
Eleventh annual meeting OF American Society
OF International Law, the New Willard. 8
y. m.
Annual charity lecture to children of ST.
Vincent's Home. by r. Hayes Hamilton,
McMahon Hall. p. m
Annual ball. Junior Temple Society, Eighth
Street Temple. p. m.
Address 'AEriculturaI Loans" by Herbert
Quick before banking and finance class,
Washington Chapter. American Institute Of
Banking 1914 + street northwest, s D. m
Shakespeare Conventional a. m.-Miscellan-
eous discussion, what of the Coming
Year." the Cairo. 10 a. M: lecture, The
Psychology Of Shakespeare" by Mrs
Eleanor Bingham, Colonial School, p. m /;
production OF LOVES Labor Lost" Casino.
p. m.
State convention. Congress OF Mothers and
Parent-Teacher Association, Raleigh D. m
Meeting OF committee on Public Schools,
Washington Board OF Trade. 4:I5 D. m
The Boy Preacher" Nelson Holder thirteen
years old, Centennial Baptist Church Sew
enth and L streets northeast, s p. m.
Masonic-The New jerusalem Lodge No o
and Temple Noyes. No. g, School OF In
struction: Washington Chapteri No. .. Royal
Arch.
Order OF the Eastern Star-wIIliarl F. Hunt
Chapter, No. lC dramatic entertainments
Odd Fellows-Columbia Lodge No. 10: Ex-
eelsior, No. Il; Salem. No. q, and Phoenix.
No.
The Washington times., 1917-04-25

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
With the country facing q possible
food shortage and the most urgent
need for bumper crops, the campaign
for increased production seems likely
to defeat its own purpose by adding
to the farmers fear of overproduc-
tion. \
On every eide the farmers hear the
slogan, "Haise more crops;" the news
papers aud farm journals are full OF
the proposition to increase the acre
ages and yields, the city family is
raising its home garden, ard the BOY
Scouts are cultivating the parks and
vacant lots. Is 1t strange that the
farmer wonders what effect such
enormous production" will have OIL
prices?
He doesn't realize that all this Is
largely talk or will result in wasted
effort. What he sees Is the danger Uf
0verproduction and low prices. He
knows that he must pay an appalling
price for labor, machinery, fertilizer,
feeds, and seeds, but must take his
chances, not only with crop failure,
but with a possible demoralized and
falling market, and the very activities
OF the Agricultural Department and
other agencies in the effort to in
crease production add to his fright.
With existing high cost OF produc-
tion and the uncertainty Of returns,
is 1t any wonder that he hesitates to
increase his acreage? I have talked
with many farmers in nearby Mary
land and Virginia, and every one
either refuses or hesitates to increase
his crop production because he cannot
afford to take chances on overproduc-
tion and resulting low prices. Many
will raise less than last year.
Let the Government fix a minimum
price for all staple non-perishable
crops, say, for instapce, $1.T5 per
bushel for wheat, 81 a bushel for
corn, etc, and with this assurance the
farmers OF the country will mobilize
the available labor OF their COM
munities and produce the bumper
crops. JOHN COULTER SMITH. i
Beltsville, Nd.
The Washington times., 1917-04-25
EIGHT NEW cURTIss TYPES
Different styAs Of AIrpIanes Tested.
Better Than European Models.

Glenn H Curtiss, K. B. Macdonald,
Charles Kirkham. John Scott. and Fay
L. Faurote, OF the Curtiss Aeroplane
Company, have just returned from a
trip to Newport News, where they
saw the first flight and trials OF the
new Curtiss models.
During one day." Curtiss said yes
terday, eve flew eight different types
Of aircraft-two biplanes, a flying
boat, three styles OF hydro-aeroplanes,
large triplane and a small triplane
speed scout"
All these are the result OF the ex.
perimental work which Curtiss has
been directing In Florida and at San
Diego The effort has been to develop
American designed and built planes
which would meet the best that Eu-
rope has developed Apparently,
Curtiss has succeeded. The speed
scout made 120 miles an hour and
climbed at the rate of 10000 feet in
ten minutes. That Is a performance
equal to the needs over the battle
fronts in France. It Is expected that
this speed scout will do even better
when 1t has been equipped with
larger motor, now being installed.
Army and navy experts watched the
trial flights. Correspondents who are
familiar with aviation conditions
abroad also visited Newport News.
Several OF these men expressed their
conviction that these American-made
machines are superior in design,
workmanship, and performance to
those they had seen in action at the
front.
The Washington times., 1917-04-25
cHALoNER ON WAR BASIS
'Who's Loony Now" Heeds Governs
ment's "calI to Arms"

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, April IS.
John Armstrong Chaloner, Of Merry
Mills. this county, has set an example
for his felIow-farmers of this section
by needing the call to arms issued
by the Agricultural Department In
Washington and working his farm ON
war schedule. He writes as fol-
lows:
"On my farm there are 200 acres
under cultivation, the balance in
white oak forests. This Is exclusive
ly hay farm For years ] have
made a success Of raising hay for
market. At. the outset OF the war I
had ninety-nine acres laid down in
grass for hay and thirty in corn.
Upon reading the call to arms issued
by the Agricultural Department,
decided instantly to make a big push
for the country and the allies. Thus
increased my corn acreage from
thirty to forty acres and my potato
acreage to flve acres Upon digging
the potatoes next fall shall plant
the whole flve acres in turnips, which
will mature and be gathered before
Christmas"
The Washington times., 1917-04-25
LUMBERMEN GET READY
Prepare to Get Out Timbers for
1000 Wooden Shlps,

PORTLAND, Ore, April ga mo-
bilization, probably as important in
the carly stages of the war against
Germany as the mobilization OF the
army or navy. Is under way on the
Pacific coast today. II is the gath
ering OF men, money, and materials
for the construction of hundreds of
"sea jitneys." to be used TO bridge
the Atlantic" and defeat Germany's
submarine warfare.
Throughout the Pacific Northwest
lumbermen. bankers. and shipbuilders
are preparing for the construction OF
the $500 ton craft Practical ship
carpenters are being registered. mate
rails gathered, sites selected for ship
yards, and arrangements made to
finance the work. When word comes
to start construction, Washington,
Oregon, and North Carolina-the
states which are expected to receive
10 per cent OF the contracts for the
900 ships-will be found ready.
The Washington times., 1917-04-25
MANY BERLINS TO
GO INTO DISCARD
German Named Towns All Over
Country Want to Be
Americanized.

II the war continues much longer
there wonR be Berlin in the world,
except in Germany.
All the Berlins in the United States
promise to be wiped out in short or
der, IL the present clamor for name
changes continues Many other
prominent German names are threat
ened with extinction in the bIottinE
process.
Residents'of New GIatz, Just below
this city in Charles county, Nd, have
petitioned the Maryland Legislature
and the Postoffice Department for q
change In name. A majority favor
the original name OF Fort Foote.
Score Of BefIIns.
Similar action is being taken by the
residents OF nearly a score OF Ber-
lins. scattered over the United States.
Residents OF sundry viennas. do not
seem to be aroused to this pitch
against Austrian names yet. Nor do
the residents of Ave Turkeys in the
South and Southwest.
There are also quits a fex Ham,
burgs, Hanovers, Dresdens, Bremens.
Frankforts, Colognes and Stuttgarts,
here and there over the Union. There
Is but one Sofia. in New Mexico, and
hut one Munich in North Dakota.
III past wars had had the potent ef-
rect threatened by this one In name
changing, the geography OF the
United States would have been con-
slderably altered, when one thinks
OF the great number OF English.
Spanish and Indian names that run
through the Atlas.
Berlins lead the list of German
names.
where They Are.
There are Berlins in Alabama. Con-
necticut Georgia, Iowa, Massachu-
setts. Michigan, Nevada. New Jersey,
North Carolina, Ohio. Oregon, South
Carolina, Wisconsin. California. Flor
ida, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan,
Nebraska, New Hampshire. New York,
North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsyl-
vania, and Washington.
Other German named, cities are:
Berlin Center, Berlin Cross Roads,
and Berlin Heights, in Ohio: East Ber-
lin, in Connecticut, and East Berlin.
In Pennsylvania West Berlin, Mass:
West Berlin, N. J.; West Berlin. Vt:
South Berlin, Mass: South Berlin,
y. Y; South Berlin, Tenn; South
Vienna, Ohio; West Vienna, N. Y.
There are Viennas in Alabama, Il
inois, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jer-
sey, Virginia, Georgia. Indiana, Maine,
Missouri, South Dakota, and West
Virginia
There Is a Turkey in Arizona, one
n Kentucky, one IN Texas, one in
Arkansas, and another in North Caro-
ina There are IS Hamburgs, I Buda-
pest, 10 Hanovers, o Dresdens, Bre-
mems, IL Frankforts. one Of them 4
United States Arsenal; 2 Colognes, and
Stuttgart in Arkansas and Stuttgart
n Kansas.
Strange to say. but very few OF
hese German names are in Pennsyl- q.
Tania, noted for its "Dutchmen."
The Washington times., 1917-04-25
No1RE DAME ALUMNAE DANCE

More than 100 persons attended
the informal spring dance of the
Notre Dame Alumnae Reading Circle
in Gonzaga College Hall, last night.
The reception committee included
Miss Bernadette NJ. Brooks, Helen
Doherty. Gladys Flanagan, Alice G..
Kelly, Margie McAllister. Josephine
Mcdonald, Margaret Sullivan and
Hortense A. MCGOWAN.
The officers OF the circle. who
were present. are: the Rev. George
T.. Kelly. moderator; Miss McGowan,
president: Miss Esther Garner. vice
president: Miss Alyse Foley, cores
pondfng secretary; Miss Agnes Bros
nan. recording secretary. and Mrs.
James Hartnett, treasurer.
The Washington times., 1917-04-25
POTATOES FOR HOUSE
Shoemaker Offers Five for q New
SIx-Room Building.

"wnl swop for brand new six
room house"
This Is the text OF a sign placed
over five precious objects In the win
dow of a shoe repairing shop on
Fourteenth street northwest, just
above II street.
The sign has attracted considerable
attention because OF the unusual
trading offer. Many pedestrians have
read the sign, but none has accepted
the challenge to "swop."
The five precious articles are .
quintet OF sizable Irish potatoes.
The Washington times., 1917-04-25
EXPLORED FAR UP
AMAZON VALLEY
Or. Rice's Wife First White
Woman to Penetrate
Wilderness.

NEW YORK, April accomplishing
voyage of exploration begun on
November Is. 1916. and which resulted
in discoveries of great value to
science, DR.. and Mrs. Alexander Ham
ilton Rice and their party have ar
rived here on board the steam yacht
Alberta, which DR.. Rice had chartered
from the owner. Frederick G. Bourne.
The first stage OF the voyage includ-
ed a 2.100 mile trip to Iquitos. Peru.
up the Amazon river. which Is 1,100
miles farther than Commodore z. C.
Benedict took his yacht the Oneida
several years earlier.
After New Year Day" said DR..
Rice. I'VE started back, stopping at
Manaos, which Is 1000 miles from the
mouth Of the Amazon. Leaving the
Alberta at Manaos, we went on our
tour of exploration up the Rio Negro
in a forty-foot launch especially con-
structed for that purpose.
Movie Man Quit.
I'm the launch besides Mrs. Rice and
myself. the party included DR.. W. C.
Councilman, of the Harvard Medical
School; DR.. r. A. Lambert, OF the
Columbia Medical School: DR.. Ernest
Howe. formerly of the United States
Geological Survey; Earl F. Church. OF
the Coast and Geodetic Survey; J. w.
Swanson, wireless expert, and ]. c.
Cousens, OF the Seabury Gas Engine
Power Company. which constructed
the launch, and who acted as engineer.
We also had a motion picture photog-
rapher. who abandoned our party
somewhat inopportunely.
Mrs. Rice is the first white wom-
an who ever penetrated that almost
inaccessible region OF the South
American Continent. She bore the
hardships and dangers OF the expedi-
tion most courageously, and was re-
ceived with a respect bordering upon
worship by the native women. They
knew me from my previous trips
there. during the fifteen years of ex-
ploration which 1 have spent in those
regions, and were untiring in their
efforts TO lend every assistance in
their power. / speak their language,
Tupi Guarani. which Is the vernacu-
lar Indian means OF communication
throughout Brazil, from Paraguay to
Venezuela.
Talked with Arlington
"These Indians are a very hospi-
eoDio anu lhlSAil6Shl pcOpic. 1hcy
would not accept money, but we took
them presents of knives, fish hooks,
jewelry, machetes, looking glasses
and beads, and left them a goodly
store of medicines, with instructions
how to use them.
zone of the purposes OF our ex-
ploration was to make a good hydro
graphic and geological-map of the
Rio Negro, to link up the work on
which ! have been engaged so many
making of a map OF the
Amazon Valley. Another
purpose was to test the practicable
ity OF determining the difference of
longitude by wireless telegraph. To
this We employed the Ar
lington stations signals using WASH
ington as the primary meridian, be-
ing thus enabled to check up second
ary and tertiary meridians.
I'VE carried a home made wireless !
apparatus constructed by Mr.. Cooley, |
OF New Jersey, who had been in
Brazil. and knew the requirement. II
was simply wonderful to be able to !
be in those primeval forests thous-
ands of miles away and receive from |
the Arlington station the tickings
that spelled so much for science"
The Washington times., 1917-04-25
DIES IRAE.

Thank God there still are battles
that man has still a soul,
And Europe beats her freedom out or
wars iron scrolli
st. Michaefs falchion flashes and
Joan's armor CLEANS,
Where Frances flaming banner q
blood red meteor streams.
|. st. George against the Dragon, St
Denis to the charge,
st. Michael in the van, with Joan
by his side,
As Thor is stricken backward and
reels with shattered targe,
While Death smites wide!
Thank God that man is more than
all his boarded gold.
And in the storm OF death his faith
and valor hold:
Thank God that peace is forging upon
the anvil war.
And a peoples truth and honor more
than riches are.
For the soul of France has Weakened
and Joan leads the way:
The soul of France n marching in
honor's white array,
The soul of France is voicing all the
glories OF her past,
The soul of France is chanting to the
music of the blast,
The soul OF France Is singing to the
thunder of the gale.
And Joan leads her legions in the
lightnings OF her mail.
st. George against the Dragon, st.
Denis to the charge,
st. Michael in the van, with Joan
by his side,
As Thor is stricken backward and
reels with shattered targe,
While Death smites wide.
Thank God forsBritain's levin. as It
smashes, rolls and smites
st. Quentin's shattered crest and
Vimy's blasted heights:
For the soul OF Britain gathers and
thunders into song,
And peals the right OF freedom
against an ancient wrong:
For the soul OF Britain shouts with
the iron throat Of war.
And the heavy hand OF fear is around
the heart of Thor:
st. Georges spear is mighty and his
armor flashes bright
And on his shield his cleaning cross
il shining far and white:
In the Dragons flaming jaws he huris
his QuiverinR lance.
And with Sc Denis shouting, together
ride for France.
St George against the Dragon, st.
Denis to the charge.
st. Michael in the van, with Joan
by his side,
As Thor is stricken backward and
reels with shattered targe,
While Death smites wide,
-CONDE 3. PALLEN.