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The Washington herald., 1918-03-03

Miss Jane Gregory went through all
the usual motions in applying for a
lob with the Food Administration. She
lIled out the usual application blank
for a position as clerk-agreeing to ac-
cept 800 a month-the minimum for an
applicant Of college training-and gave
as reference Col. E. NJ. House and
Thomas Watt Gregory. She got the
job!
She Is at work now in the ONCE OF
Mrs. Lloyd Allen. chief of the division
Of illustration, helping to dig up cuts
for use with the food stories that are
being sent out to newspapers and
magazines. Like her chief, she Is q
graduate Of the University Of Texas.
The fact that she claimed three de-
pendents in making her application,
people rather wondered which Of her
family she was slighting-her mother
and father, or her two brothers. OF
course, LIT came to a pinch, she would
,gHI zI1er little Cornelia, the baby OF
re flTlkE But she explained, quite
|4tr,e11lH bat she had adopted three
f,eirl1n rfaies, and was responsible
ft.r thsn . port. Hence, her need for
ti1e Job. Naturally her friends are in
duiring solicitously for her babies
when they meet her-which is not so
often as It was.
The Wilson girls undoubtedly have
their work cut out for them at home.
as Mrs. Wilson has been an invalid
for the last two years, and Miss Agnes
Hart Wilson has been head Of the
household. Aided and abetted by her
younger sister. Mary. But she said
when asked her what she was doing
for herself and her country, Don't
run away with the idea that we are
not doing anything simply because we
don't draw salaries from Uncle Sam
We aren't doing war work, except, OF
course, a certain amount Of Red Cross
work, and knitting and that sort
OF thing. But fancy we are rather
buster than II we were holding down
regular jobs. You know I have to
take the household responsibility now
that mother can't: and that small
sister Of mine ran the farm at Bloss-
burg last summer and expects to do
II again" Which was certainly news
to me.
Three cheers for Miss Mary, though
the word "malP' doesn't exactly at.
We all knew that Agnes Hart Wilson
was wonder, as clever and all
around capable a girl as there Is in
washington, but it's only the other
day that Mary was a SCHOOLGIRL. and
surely only last winter that she was
merely q pretty debutante. And here
her sister mentions calmly and ouits
The Washington herald., 1918-03-03

and now they are back In Mexico
City.
Two washingtonians have departed
this week for New York and will sail
shortly for France. They are close
friends. too, Mai. John Finney and
Mai. Charles Wilson. Mai. Finney Is
in the Engineer Corps, assigned to the
Shipping Board. which Is sending MIN
abroad for three months. Maj. wilson
Is in the Quartermaster Corps. Mrs.
Finney, who is also in New York, is
planning to remain in New York
for a while. Did you know that DIR.
RYAN Devereux and his ambulance
corps, the District Ambulance Corps.
as they were known. and for whose
benefit the debutantes gave their first
ball. are now on the front, in active
duty? You will remember that they
were so long getting to the other side
! that they all got very restless. Finally
! they got across but found, after
reaching the other side, that there
wasn't much chance of their getting
| to the front very soon, 50 most OF
them, II not all. Immediately Joined
a French ambulance corps end are
serving with the Frenchmen now.
Think Of a physician paying a pro-
fessjonal visit in an aeroplane. SOUNDS
| thrilling, doesn't it? That Is what
Charlie Wheatley, Of this city, now
an officer in the naval reserves, did
a short time ago in France some
where. There was a hurry-up call for
him and to save time, he made the
trip to his patient or patients In an
| aeroplane.
Daughters of Cabinet officers and
other girls socially and officially
prominent are turning from society
to service at q great rate-not
merely service for philanthropy or
patriotism, but service for salary
! in regulars positions in the depart
ments or war bureaus.
There are the two Burleson girls,
daughters of the Postmaster Gen
eral, usually reputed the wealthiest
man in the Cabinet, but not-well'
| one never hears him called extrava-
CANT. Lucy, his eldest unmarried
daughter, is a yeowoman in the
navy, at S41 a month; and Sidney
her younger sister, Is taking q
course in stenography with a view
| to qualifying as a government
stenographer. Miss Jane Gregory
only daughter of the Attorney Gen
erai, is holding down an sso-a-
month Job in the Food Administra-
ton. In fact the only two girls in
the Cabinet circle. old enough to
labor and not laboring-(at least
not for hire)-are the two elder
daughters of the Secretary OF La
Dor, Misses Agnes Hart and Mary
Wilson.
Both the Burleson girls are grad
yates of Sweetbrier Academy in Vir-
ginia. and just two years ago this
| month, Lucy won her degree from
| George Washington University here.
She is said to be an accomplished
linguist; she Is certainly a good
dancer; but she is now to be found
at her desk in the Navy Depart
ment every day; and, theoretically
at least, may any day be ordered
to sea, as every yeowoman Is sup
posed to be attached to q certain
ship. Her sister. Sidney. has not
vet got her Job. but undoubtedly
will as soon as she completes her
course in stenography. Her teacher
regards her as one of her star pu-
pills, and says that she attends
strictly to her lessons while In
class.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-03

,hat skilled watcrmanship and clever
~ evolved plays, not brute strength,
were the determining factor; also that
the Old style OF game wasn't half as
BLACK as painted.
nc men who lined up for the Now
loYk i. c.. und outclassed the col
ieptans. winning by six goals 10 one,
were veterans OF American polo. who
conceded 10 their husky rivals the
triple advantage of youth. weight and
condition. Four of them helped to
capture The national A. A. Z. title
twenty years ago, in 1898, and were
stlll at 1t when the game was aban-
doncd; four more figured in champion
snip battles lew seasons later
Game Not Dangerous
Now, if science had no role in the
sport and strength and stamina de-
cidcd the issue, it would be obvious
that these Veterans would have stood
no chance against the Yale team, a
leader IN the field. and made up OF
powerful young athletes. And can
there be anything terribly dangerous
70 ltie and limb IN 81 sport which en-
ablcs men who have followed it for
'itecn and twenty years to come ont
acathless and retain in middle age the
necessary efficiency to trounce thor
ouENiN crack college aggregation?
1t may be doubted if any branch of
athietlcs could muster such an array
OF oldtimers as trained for last weeks
match and were on hand ready for the
fray. Nearly twenty STRONG, fit and
eager, they gave. no pence TO Joseph
muddy. he team captain, clamorinr for
n chance to he used And some Of
them stuck out the two gruclling De
RODS, whole others wanted to, but
were ordered out by Ruddy that a.
many rs possible might take hand
IN the melee.
70 the popularity OF college water
poo WIN the public nttested convinc-
inglv the. packed natatorium, crowded
TO the rooi, and the great outhurstS
Of applause which greeted every good
play. Never did swimming meet. o,
the new game Of soccer draw such n
gallery OF arouse like enthusiasm.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-03
Water Polo Gives Promise
OF Becoming Popular

The recent water polo match be-
tween the Yale University and New
York A. c. teams proved two things
conclusively, first, that the collegiate
type Of aquatic contests, with it's hand
to hand encounters and lively scrim-
images, is extremely popular with both
players and public; second, that the
oft-repeatel claims as to it's danger
Gus nature are totally unfoundcd.
And these facts are at present very
much to the point, because many are
anxious to see the varsity sport adopt
ed by the A. A. U. for regular club
competition. Yet the authorities seem
not in favor of the step, having dis
carded few years ago American water
polo, of which the college game is but
slight modification, in order to make
the less strenuous soccer" type the
official national contest
Rough Battles Responsible
The change was decided upon. it may
be recalled, after some pretty rough
championship battles had taken place
But it was never taken into consitl-
Grafton that the trouble was due sole
~ TO the appointment OF weak and IN
competent referees, who reused the an
tagonism of the players by unwar-
ranted decisions, then hadn't the back
bone needed to control the situation.
Instead, the cry went up that the
game was nothing but trial Of brute
strength, quite devoid of science. and
that the risk Of serious injury was.
therefore, ever present. SO it was cast
out and replaced by soccer, in which
it is y foul to even touch rival not
IN possession Of the ball.
1t may here be mentioned, incident
ally, that for more than n decade the
colleges have run off annual champion
ship tournaments at virtually the same
game, but under able referees. and not
single injury has been suffered by a
player in the long period.
The recent match, however, fur
nished even more conclusive evidence
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-03
Ruth and Eleanor Smith E.x-
pected to Furnish Thrills
at Columbus, Ohio

The womcn's 1O0-yard swimming
championship of the new Allegheny
Mountain A. A. t. district will be COM
peted for on Saturday in the pool of
the Athletic Club of Columbus, Ohio
The event holds quite unusual interest
because thirteenyear twins, Ruth
and Eleanor Smith, Of the home organ
ization, stand even favoritcA for the
title and both are confidently expected
TO travel the classic course under the
state record
These two youngsters, novices three
months ago, have shown amazing prog
ress under the able guidance Of Coach
Robert Zimmerman, the former anna
tour champion of CANADA, and they are
not only in line at present for district
laurels in free style swimming ard
fancy diving, but they have actually
beaten in practice the women's Amer
can record for the breast stroke. so
must be granted the best chance at the
national crown in this branch Of nata
ton.
One is bound to speak Of them col
iectiyely, for there is no making dis
tinction between them. Apart from
locking, talking and acting so much
aiikc that their own teammates never
know one from the other, they are SO
closely matched in ability that one can
never tell from day to day which one
rs likely 10 come out on top in a COM
petitiye test.
Ruth will improve suddenly and de
feat Eleanor in practice, then the lat
ter Will take a greater leap and turn
the tables. And 40 it goes on, first one,
then the other, victor, but always BY
a quite immaterjal margin. The out
come OF the Saturday race Is awaited
with keen anticipation.
Speaking of future champions, the
recent performances of Cyril Carroll,
Of the New York A. e., stamps him a
most dangerous candidate for the ma
1ional crown in plunging for distance.
Gonsistently, Of late. he has glidcd
the difficult 75-foot home pool under
1hc siztY second time limit. and this
combined display 81 unusual skill and
reliability promises To make him ex-
tremely hard 10 beat, for very few
plungers have shown ability this goo
ron To cover Is feet oecasionaiiy, let
alone regularly.
Columbia and Yale try conclusions
IN the New Haven pool on Tuefdny, and
the water polo game which viii be part
III the meet hat assumed great In
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-03
Why Merkle Fail ed to Touch Second

ED MERkE failed touch players at the
Nrouds
possible the them on the shoulder that
* thee Is anything to slap them the about
vi course that has been time those
VINO don't Merklc
marble Dome one but the circle
oohh roster remembers Jack
Tor the Giants 1904 by hitting
1t was impossible for him TO the
warmers back sight," Buckinpham ole was
black and blue from his neck the days aewad
ne was forced to remain result Of the recenon
the fans him.
Small wonder the boys TO ducl erushl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-03
Walker Schooled Self to Hit a Curve


~ lined another
he
me ledcr possessed remarkable fast
" Weeks nc sae along the 800
VIVA
ball He to
and almost drove him tho mote of h
walker sct about to
sun considered valuable
handicapped by lined
smashes - ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-03
War and Golf

arc
than there have been This
showing the hold
the United
Any followed history of of the heroic
activity OF Canadian The
gwen richly its blood
paid to the old
1HI United States this probably be
number
TO the Red Cross and other have
Willingness to
some $4,000 for the Red counted unor
""' " ""''' 'P'" 70 a.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-03
Over the Sport Trail
By Louis Lee Arms .

day Hczog out Of ultimatums
They also should begin
the old hold
After nouaage way
Two Line Talks
The Iights are back on old Broodsuoy
IT'S once again the JAY WHITE WAY!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-03
Thirteen Year-Old Twins to Compete
For 4. 4. u. 100 Yard Swin1n1inq Title

n UIH and Eleanor Smith, thirteen year old twins who
~ avorites in the women's lOOvard swim to h.
held by the Allegheny Mountain Amateur Athletic
Union at Columbus, Ohio, March g. Three months ago
these novice swimmers Their home ia IN
the Ohio capital.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-03

will leave to-day compete with other in the
big bowling in session in Cincinnati Each
accomplished athlete, and the object of trip East
to increase interest in bowling among women.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-03
Camp Outlines Training Plan

camp OutIMeS framing Tan
w ALrER CAMP who has done much for amateur sport in America
w
directors He outlines
To keepall the by
O.
dtion to
to
with all o
xac condN o each
Twill
a monthly be but
AS Nh cadet
cadet 100000 estimated
Toa
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-03

TTNF4ESE from Cleveland compose of the most
formidable bowling in the country. They have
"A Just concluded ssul tour East losing only
game during their sensational matches in New York. and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-03

over the Princeton team. Many now
believe Columbia has a chance to out
score the Blue.
Miss Thelma Darby, the fifteen-year
old Indianapolis girl star, turned a re-
markablc feat at recent champion
ship Central A. A. U. water carnival in
Detroit. She romped away with all
tour OF the womcn's titles at stake,
taking the so and 100 yard free STYLE
events in 80 Is seconds and ] minute
Y 2-5 seconds, respectively. the 100
yard breast stroke race in ] minute 81
seconds and the 1o0-ynrd back stroke
SWIM IN | minute "a do seconds
Cleveland has produced new swim
ming star Of great promise in j. Schoir.
AT the opening meet in the Cleveland
a. Z. pool this young lad defeated Mt
100 yards +, Bartcls, the city champion,
und dad the distance in 60 rs seconds.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-06
WOMEN FAINT IN n. Y.
SUBWAY OPENING CRUSH

NEW YORK. Aug. e.-New Yorxs ;
new subway system was opened to
it's first rush hour crowd today amid
the worst confusion ever known in the
this citys rapid transit lines.
At the Grand Central Railway sta
tion, where three subway lines meet
ing and spill transferring passengers
across narrow platforms and into tun-
nels. there was a terrific crush3
Many women and a few men faint
ed. Ambulances were stationed at the
entrances and police reserves descend
ed to rescue those caught in the jam
Panic threatened.
No one knew the workings of the
system inaugurated today and guards
were unable to explain It.
Men and women climed In car win
dows at transfer points in order to
get aboard trains.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-06
pAsTTNTD TODAY

Pearl White in the second chapter
Of Hooded Terror the most sensational
serial ever produced will be one of
the many attractions at the Pastime
tcdav. Episode No. is said to be a
thriller and for sensations has. never
had an equal in motion pictures. The
last chapter Of Vengeance and the
Woman. featuring Carol Holloway
and William Duncan, will also be
shown. This finishes one of the most
interesting entertaining serials ever
shown at the Pastime. The proerap
also has Charlie Chaplin in the Huh
uulu Dancer. n, roaring, snortine
Chaplin laughfest.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-06
MOTION PICTURE NEWS
What the Picture Theaters
Have to Tell You.

Alta To-day; Metros Draft 25S- II
Pictorial Review OF Nations His
tory.
Metros special production de luxe,
Draft 25s,' starring Mabel Taliafef-
ro, which will be shown at the Alta
theater today Is q patriotic pageant
Of great scenes in the history Of the
United States.
From the Battle OF Bunker Hill to
lawn fete Of the present day for the
benefit Of the Red Cross, stirring
scenes follow each other In This pic
ture, the logical successor to THE
Stacker" written and directed by the
author-director of "fhe Stacker. :.
william Christy Cabanne. The Battle
Of san Juan Hill is wildly presented
with regular cavalry men of the army
charging in the re-enacting of these
scenes. The Battle of the Alamo, in
the Mexican War, is shown iR repro
duction. With exactness Of detail. the
signing of the Declaration of IRde-
pendence is pictured. with all the "or-
ieinal signers" portrayed by players
chosen for their likeness to the diff
ferent parts. In connection with
Draft 25s." a motion picture camera
was planted for the first time on Bed
loes Island for the purpose of taking
pictures of the Statue of Liberty.
Draft 25s" is a pictorial review OF
great events in American history.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-06
HOG ISLAND OPENS
SHIPBUILDING CLASS

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 6.-The
axiom Must Make Master" is getting
a practical demonstration every day
at the Hog Island shipbuilding plant
where a school of instructian as been
established and erstwhile clerks bar
bers. car conductors and motormen,
policemen, firemen. shoemakers, but
chers. bakers and indeed representa-
tives of every known enterprise and
endeavor, are converted Into ship
builders after brief tuotion.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-06

eyesight and could not read letters an
inch high at twenty feet He couio
not understand whoy this should keep
him out of the service.
You've got to have good eyesisnt
TO pick off those Huns" he was toi''
'eYou don't mean to tell me-" ne
said earnestly, ''thoat those Huns are
that smail?''
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-06

PORTLAND, Aug. 6.-Short weight
in ice deliveries in Portland must
stop, according to City Commissioner
Mann, who yesterday sent comm mi
cation to all the ice dealers OF the CITY
informing them that additional IN
spectors will be added to the oiflce Oh
the seaIer of weights and measures
if necessary.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-06
Highland Minc is Sold.

BAKER, ore4 Aug. 6.-The High
land mine, IA miles west of Haines IN
the EIkhorn Mountains, has been sold
by Fred r. Mellis, Jas. A: Howard and
John Arthur of this city, to Flanagan
Quinn & Darcy, fiscal agents repre-
senting the National Mines company
a Tacoma corporation
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-06
Huns Maybe Aren't
So Big After All

KANSAS CITY. Mo-. Aug. Ser
geant WIN. II. Smith of the focal U.
Is. Marine recruiting station was ex-
Iamining Jesse Sommerville, a husky
Kansas farmer. foF enlistment in the
Marines.
sommerville, it was found, had bad
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-18
LONDONDERRY.

Clifford Davis cut his foot badly Mon
day while chopping.
Mrs. ~ B. Waite returned Monday from
her visit in New York
Russell Warner and Miss Eerna Wade
were in Ludlow over Sunday.
Miss bessie Hease of Manchester visited
her uncle, n c. Wood, last week
Don Wyman came home Monday from
the hospital in Bellows Falls, where he
has been several weeks.
Fred Brown has gone to Walpole. n
H., to work, and Mrs. Brown has ne
to Brattlehoro to work in the Holste.n-
friesian association offices.
The play and oyster supper given by
the women at Union hall Friday evening
was much appreciated By good sized au.
dlcnce, and a good sum was realized for
the benefit of the church
4Ir and Mrs Luke Wilkins have moved
to Landerovc, where he has work this win
ter. HIS mother, Mrs Fannie Wilkins,
has gone TO Weston Island to live with
her daughter, Mrs. Robert Charlton
News has been received here from Mid
dletown, Conn, Of the death Of Mrs Frank
Barber. Mr. Barber supplied the pulpit
OF the Congregational church during the
summer Of 1917. and while here they
made many friends.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-18
MEAT PRODUCERS
Did FULL DUTY
Increase in American Hogs Will
Help to Meet World Fat
Shortage.
FARMERS SAVE SITUATION.
Government Justified in Stimulation
Of Pork Production-Sevenf
Increase over Pre-
War Exports.

Through increased production and
conservation we will be able this year
10 export seven times our pre-war
average exports of pork products
With the heavy demands added in car
ing for the millions who have been
freed from German oppression, the
Department OF Agriculture and-the
Food Administration are justified to-
day in our every action OF stimulation
OF hog production. In the coming var
The greatest world shortage will be in
fats, and pork will help 10 save this
situation. The efficacy of the policy
of stimulated production has built up
In this country supplies which will en-
able us to supply very large part Of
the fat deficiency of the world In
beef there must be n shortage in Eu-
rope, due largely to limited refrigera-
tor ship capacity. All freezer ships
available, however, Will be filled by
America, Argentine and Australia,
The contribution made by the pro-
ducers Of this country to the war pro-
gram as applying particularly to ami
NAL food products is illustrated by the
following:
Reports compiled by the z. S. De-
partment of Agriculture indicate an
increase in cattle Of 10,23S,0O0 head
and 12441, 900 hogs. These figures
were compiled 10 January / last
In this period there was a decrease
In sheep of $4,000 head. The indica-
tons are that this decrease will show
an increase, according to recent re-
ports.
Since January I unofficial informa-
ton indicates an increase in hogs of
not less than per cent. and moi
more than - per cent. as compared
the average weight.
Following the request OF the L. s
| Food Administration for an Increase
| In hog production for marketing i'm the
fall OF 1913 and the spring OF 1919 the
| increase may yield not less than 1000.
100000 pounds more of pork product,
than were available last year. with.
out this increase the shipping program
arranged by Mr.. Hoover regarding an.
ilnal food products would have been
| impossible.
The dressed hog products during The
three months ending September 80
1917, amounted TO 903, 172,000 pounds
while for lie corresponding months OF
1918 the dressed hog products totaled
| / ,2T7 $4,000 an increase of over 374,
| 100000 pounds for the quarter.
During the same period for 1917 the
records of inspected slaughter OF
/ dressed beef showed l,263, 100000
pounds as against 1,454 100000 pounds
for the three month period ending
September !, this year.