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The Washington times., 1918-05-31

WITH THE AMERICANS IN PI-
CARDY, May Sherman aviators
attacked three American hospitals in
the rear battle area Wednesday night.
They not only dropped bombs, but
swept low over the hospital tents,
deluging them with machine-gun FIRE.
This attack took place on Corpus
Christi eve-the religious feast day
on which the Boches obtained immu-
nifty for their own towns through the
intercesion Of the Vatican, following
the appeal OF the German archbishop
of Cologne.
clearly Identify the hospitals and
great crosses were marked on the
ground. The area bombed is entirely
q hospital settlement
American aviators, preparing for a
Night last night to drop flowers on
American graves as part Of the Me-
mortal Day Services, were anxious to
avenge the Hun attack.
"In addition to flowers for our
boys, guess we'd better take along
something for the Boches," said one
TT will be the fattest bombs we've
got-decorated with for-get-me-
nots."
In striking contrast to the Boches'
DSEO1ElAg were Lne LOuCnlnB memo
rial Day services yesterday. French
women and children were the prin-
cipal participants. In a cemetery
near an old church in a village
back OF our lines, Salvation Army
workers placed a flag on each grave.
American Hymns Played.
Prior to the services scores OF
French women, children, and old
men Joined in a procession, headed
BY a band playing American hymns.
After the funeral grafton and
prayer by the chaplain, the children
smothered the graves Of officers and
soldiers alike with flowers. French
mothers and fathers, and soldiers
from the trenches wept, unashamed.
Closer to the line there is a cemetery
which none dare approach in daylight
owing to enemy shellfire. But the graves |
there were not forgotten. The Salvation
Army provided flags, which the soldiers
The Washington times., 1918-05-31

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY. IN
LORRAINE. May 31.-One American
air squadron established the record
Of ten fights in one hour this morn
ing.
Lieuts. Eddie Rickenbacher, of Co.
lumbus, and Jimmie Meissner, of
Brooklyn, figured prominently in two
of the battles, the former saving
Meissner's life twice.
The Americans dropped down at
least four enemy planes. while one of
our planes was destroyed and the
pilot captured.
Shirtly before o'clock this morn,
ing Rickenbacher discovered Meiss-
ner diving after German plane, with
a second German plane diving after
Msissner, an firing.
Rickenbaeher's Feat.
Rickenbacher Immediately dived on
the second plane, chasing it away
and relieving the pursuit Both
enemy machines escaped A few min
utes later Meissner was sent out with
patrol to protect a British bombing
squadron returning from an incur
sion behind the German lines.
A German patrol Of six machines
two biplanes and four monoplanes-
suddenly swooped down on the Brit
ish airman. The Americans dashed
to the rescue and a free-for-all fight
ensued, eight kilometers (fve miles)
behind the German lines.
A German plane collided with
The Washington times., 1918-05-31
AMUSEMENT
Chesapeake Beach
Now Open

WnshInEtOn'T Only Salt Wafer
Resort
HnthlnE. Grabbing, Fishing, Giant
Derby Over the Winter, Mammoth
BOnTdwHlk with All Up-tO-Dntc
4 Inducements, UnrNcclIcd Cafe SerV-
lee Mt Popular Prices.
FREE DANCING AND EXCEL
LENT MUSIC.
ono hour from the heat OF the city 10
Tho ralt water brcozes Frequent train
arTyiCU day Rnd evening. After working
hours take tho go train. enjoy a dip IN
tho salt wntrr, and have your dinner
amid pleasant surroundings. You can
10 home shortly after dark The added
hDur Of daylight increases the conven-
i"Ur" ~ th" evening trip One-day
round trip fare. &c Tor adults and sc
fIT children. except sundays and holt
DAYS. "hDU % IL c5o and aDC Including
war tRE Finl train schedule In all Is
sues ~ Daily bulletin.
The Washington times., 1918-05-31

says that the French general reported
killed Tuesday on the field OF honor
was Gen Pierre de Valiieres- He was
struck by q shell fragment while
leading hIS men. '-f.fs~7'f-
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18 KILLED AND HURT IN
PARIS BY GIANT GUNS

PARIS, May 31.-EiEhteen were
killed and wounded in Thursdays
long-range bombardment OF Paris, II
was officially announced today.
This bombardment took place on
the feast OF Corpus Christi, when
the British had agreed not to con-
duct air raids against towns not in
the war zone.
The Washington times., 1918-05-31
SWINGINGLOW.
SWEEP
WOUNDEDWIT
MACHINE GUNS.

WITH THE AMERICAN
ARMIES IN FRANCE, May 81.
German airmen on Corpus
Christi day again bombed a Brit
ish hospital, far behind the
lines, killing women nurses, doc
tors, and patients. and setting
FIRE to the buildings.
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FRENCH GENERAL KILLED.

PARIS, May 31.-The death OF Gen.
Pierre Desvallieres in action at Sois-
sons was officially announced here
today.
The Washington times., 1918-05-31

6IDOEu TO-DAY AND TOMORROW
SIHAUEN BRYANT WASHBURN In
ssrTIyL- hgTT,N ONE -
The Washington times., 1918-05-31

TpANnhIT'c American, 1st 4 RI.
Sil1NDFALL y TODAY - DOUGLAS
FAIRBANKS in 'HEADIN' SOUTH
TOMORROw-W. S. HART In THE
FUGITIVE"
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CTDANn TODAY AND TOMORROW
DlhfAIND RITA JOLTYET In LEST
uvE EORGET
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DATA 81 9th st. NV.
Lf1ELf1 TODAY AND TOMORROW
HENRY B. WALTHALL In WITH
HOOPS OF STEEL"
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ADJUSTMENTS
4 TODKYS
! FILM THEATE
N ATTRACTI0NlS

s4s s r Pa. % Ave. 5. r.
.TODAT-SIR Forces ROBERTS IN
MASKS AND FACES" TOMORROW
BILLIE BURKE in LET'S GET A d.
VCRCE."
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RANDAIJ'S KnlekerbOeker.
DANA in RIDERS OF
FHE NIGHT" TOMORROW-BERT LY-
TELL IN ''The Trail % Yesterday"
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CLEOPATRA"

SUNDAY AND ALL NEXT WEEK
VIRGINIA PEARSON in THE FIRE
BRAND" EXTRA New Fox Sunshins
Comedy, wild Women and Tame Lions 4"
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IElOEp BO7 9th ST. n. w.
LLfAULAl TODAY AND UNTIL SUN
The Washington times., 1918-05-31

DANnNTT'c Thsater, 9th & E sta.
ShAlNUALL } TODAY AND ToMOR-
DALTON In ''TYRANT
EENRW
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nj WDTF OPENS AT 6t3O Pm.
ULl IQl " MAY ALLISON in
1881 U st. SOCIAL HYPOCRITES .
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RANDAI.L'S S,SaSsSy s9E9y iEss Ess9tsE T G0I ana I$
TODAY-BUSHAAN AND BAYNE IN
WITH EEATNESS AND DISPATCH. -
TOMORROW - CHARLES RAY IN
''PLAYISG THE GAME" "
The Washington times., 1918-05-31

carried up to the graves at night in ad-
diton to flowers from the nearest viii
lage.
American airmen also carried flowers
in flights last night, dropping them on
the battlefield, in honor Of the men who
fell before Cantigny.
Owing to bomb hitting an ambulance
which was travelling by night, all evacua-
tons from field hospitals have been Or
dered to cease except in daylight, and
all ambulances will be kept on the road
at night, save in exceptional emerEen-
cieS
The Washington times., 1918-05-31

.HpANnhTT'C Casino, 7th & r SITS,
SIGfAINDf1LL y TODAY AND TOMOR-
.ROW-'sMOTHERS OF LIBERTY ="
The Washington herald., 1918-12-14
POSTOFFICE READY TO HELP
SANTA'S BIG ANNUAL JOB
Twenty Motor Trucks to Handle Christmas
Mail; First Six-Cent Aerial Mail
Stamps on Sale Monday

Eleventh-hour preparations for han
ding the Christmas mail are being
made at the City Postoffice.
Tonight corridor stands will be es-
tablished at each end Of the main sta
ton building to attend to the over
throw from the windows.
Tables will be paced in the main
aisle of the building IL the need con-
tinues to exist. While additional mail
ing at the City Postoffice is not
urged, yet accommodations will be
made to meet all demands.
who find 1t impossible TO mail their
Twenty motor trucks will be USED,
beginning Monday, to care for the
Christmas mails. These, with the
regular automobiles and additional
trucks that already have been pressed
into service, will make the parcel post
deliveries throughout the city and
bring the mail from the substations to
the main office.
Parcels post and stamp windows at
the main postoffice and at the follow
ing substations will be open from to
O'Clock next Sunday afternoon and
December 2 TO accommodate those
who fnd it impossible to mail their
parcels during the postoffice hours
during this and next week. Substa-
tions where these departments will be
open are the Anacostia, Brookland,
Chevy Chase, Dupont circle, George
The Washington herald., 1918-12-14
STUDENTS TO REVIVE
PREWAR ACTIVITIES
George Washington University to
Go Back to Old Order of Things.

With rehabilitation OF the George
Washington University unit OF the
Students Army Training Corps. stu
dent activities at the institution will
be revived Immediately.
The establishment OF the $. A. T. G.
unit called a temporary halt to most
student activities. the student soldiers
being compelled to devote practically
all OF their time to military instruc-
tion. s A. T. G. officials looked un-
favOrably upon Greek letter fraterni-
ties, and as a result there has been
practically no fraternity life so far
this year.
The Christmas holidays will be
seized as an opportunity for reviving
the social life at the university. All
represented at the institution are plan
ming elaborate festivities for the
Yuletide season, and members OF the
four sororities are arranging for nu-
meroUs dances. suppeTs. teas. thCater
parties and receptions.
The mems and women's glee clubs.
the university orchestra. the univer-
sity players, and the numerous other
student organizations are planning to
get underway within a week or two.
Officials believe that by the end OF
the Christmas holidays the univer-
sity's social life will again be at nor
NAL
Revival OF the Hatchet weekly stu
dent publication. is expected in the
near future.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-14

town, Pennsylvania avenue. Takoma,
~ street, Station /. 3oG Fourteenth
street northwest
The first six-cent aerial mail pos
tage stamps will be sold on Mon
day. The reduced mail rate is ef-
fective on that date, abolishing the
necessity of special delivery
stamp. and cutting the cost of car
rying the first ounce by this means
from sixteen cents to six. Faster
airplanes will be pressed into serv-
ice on that day and plans have been
arranged whereby the regular aerial
schedule will enable letters to ar
rive in both Washington and New
York to catch the regular mail de-
liveries of these cities.
"A copious use of this novel way
to mail Christmas cards would
greatly relieve our other channels
of service" NJ. o. Chance, City Post
master. said yesterday. The ex-
cess cost of this service will not
greatly exceed the regular postal
fee. 1t costs two cents to mail a
postal card and three cents. il it is
enclosed in an envelope, and the
aerial service has the added dIstinc-
tion of being unique"
The new six-cent aerial mail
stamp is vivid orange in color with
a flying airplane engraved on the
face
The Washington herald., 1918-12-14

Marshall says in his Letter. "but sl5,-
600. 900 must be the minimum for 1918.
To accomplish this great task, Wash
ington must and undoubtedly will
again do its grand Bit"
The Local Cemmittee.
Those who have been asked to serve
on the local executive committee are:
Emil Berliner, r. b. Behrsnd, Leo
Baum, Fulton Brylawski. Lee Baum
garten, Louis Bush, Melvin Behrend,
David A. Baer, Isaac Behrend. DIR. f.
B. Behrend, Myer Cohen, B. Cohen,
Jacob EisemRn, Max Fischer, Harry
Franc, A NJ. Fishel. T. Freund,
Charles A. Goldsmith. Mrs. Charles A.
Goldsmith. NJ. Garflnkle. Rabbi B. l..
Grossman, Rabbi Joseph Glushak. /.
Grosner. Moses Goldenberg, Isaac
Goldenberg. Fred Glchner. !. Gold
helm. Samuel Ganss, Henry ]. Good
man. Isaac Cans, Samuel Hart, Giles
F. Heilprin, Milton Hopfenmaier.
Isaac Hetdenheimer. Harry w. Hahn,
Rabbi NJ. r. Horwitz, G. ]. Karger.
Henry l.. Kaufman, S. c. Kaufman,
DR.. II. NJ. kaufman, Adolph Kahn,
Mrs. Adolph Kahn, d. j. kaufman, NJ.
Norman. Simon Kann. Harry King,
R. B. H. Lyon. Harold Levy. Lester
Lansburgh. A. Lisner. Col. II. II. Leh-
mann, A. Lehman. Morton J. Luchs,
Rabbi Abram Leibsohn. Sol Meyer. A.
ID. Marks. Nathan Musher. Max Mazo.
Gerson Nordlinger. DIR. Lester Neu-
man. T. B. Nordlinger, Moses Often
berg. Simon Oppenheimer. II. ]. Pack.
Julius !. Peyser. Sidney II. Reizen-
stein, Louis Rosenberg, NJ. d. Rosen-
m.
SiGmund. J. Sondheimer, Louis Simon.
Rabbi Adler Shefferman; Mark Stear-
man. Rabbi Silverstone. Nathan Sam
uels, Rev. L. stern, Rev. Abram ST.
mon, Mrs. Abram Simon. Joseph
Strassburger, Sidney w. Strauss, Al
bert Sigmund. Charles Schwartz. ST.
mon Wolf. Alexander Wolf, Mrs. Alex
ander Wolf. Leon Tobriner. Sidney
West, Adolph Weyl. Otto Woerner.
Eugene Young. Rabbi Moses Yoelson
and Miss Dora Weiss.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-14
WHEN YOU WAKE
UP DRINK GLASS &
OF HOT WATER
wash the Poisons and Toxins
from system Before Putting
More Food Into stomach.
Says Inside Bathing Makes
Anyone Look and Feel Clean
sweet and Refreshed.

Wash yourself on tire inside be-
fore breakfast like you do on the
outside. This is vastly more i'm
portant because the skin pores DO
not absorb impurities into the blood.
causing illness, while the bowel
pores do.
For every ouHce OF food and drink
taken into the stomach. nearly an
ounce Of waste material must be
carried out OF the body. II this
waste material is not eliminated day
by day il quickly ferments and gen.
crates poisons, gases, and toxins
which are absorbed or sucked into
the blood stream, through the lymph
ducts which should suck only nOUr-
ishment TO sustain the body.
a splendid health measure is to
drink before breakfast each day.
glass Of real hot water with a tea
spoonful Of limestone phosphate in
II. which is a harmless way TO wash
these pOisons. gases and toxins from
the stomach. liver. kidneys and bow
els. thus cleansing. sweeteninR and
freshening the entire slimentsry ca
nal before putting more food into
the stomach.
\ quarter pound OF limestone
phosphate costs but very little at
the drug store but Is sufficient 10.
make anyone an enthusiast on in
side bathing. Men and women who
are accustomed to wake UP with a
dull. aching head or have furred
tongue, bad taste. nasty breath. SAL
low complexion. others who have
bilious attacks. acid stomach or con-
stipation are assured Of pronounced
improvement in both health and sp-
pearance shortly.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-14
"A WISH They
HADN'T DONE IT
Get Sentences Ranging
from 8 Months to 20 Years
for Various Crimes.

Fourteen sentences were handed
down in the District Criminal courts
yesterday. ranging from eight
months at OccoQuan, given Charles
F. Olson for violation OF the espio-
mage act, to twenty years in the PEN
itentiary for James Matthews. q col
ored man who pleaded guilty to the
charge of murder in the second de-
gree.
Two colored men were convicted
on the charge of robbery in Chief
Justice McCoy's court. William Al
len, alias Duke Allen and James
Crawford held up James Walker at
the point of a pistol at midnight of
August rs last and robbed him of
s35 and his gold watch, according
to the testimony brought forward.
Allen received a sentence Of ten
years in the penitentiary. He had
received a sentence four years ago
on a similar charge. Crawford.
whose previous court record was not
so bad was sentenced to five years.
Two years in the penitentiary was
the sentence meted out by Justice
Siddons to William @. Jones and
Ralph Wormley. both colored, con-
victed of housebreaking and larceny.
William Everett, colored, was given
one year and six months on the same
charge.
Eddie William Brown. white, and
William BraXton. colored, each re-
ceived the sentence of two years in
the penitentiary for assault with a
dangerous weapon. Browns record
showed that he was a former deserter
from the United States army.
Harry A. Sellers received three
years in the penitentIary for Joy rid
ing.
Four. who were sentenced by Judge
Sddons, were released on probation
Charles Covington. George Walker
and Bryant Mcmahon, all white,
were sentenced to two years for JOY
riding and were probated. 1t was
testified that Walker and McMahon
kept a car belonging to Ryan's Auto
Service out all night after delivering
their charge at Camp Humphreys.
but that they returned the car and all
money collected by them to the COM
pany in the morning.
Bessie Brown. colored. sentenced to
one year for grand larceny, was re-
leased on probation. She told the
court that she stole because she want
ed to go home and knew nobody in
Washington to help her.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-14
Athletics Flourished
During Biblical Days

Baseball is a modern game but there
are plenty of spots and athletics de-
scribed in the Bible. according to
Charles Wannan, assistant physical
director of the Y. NJ. c. A. who is
teaching a junior class in the Boys
Departmen about Athletics OF the
Bible"
The boys are interested. Mr.. Wan
nan reports, and there are enough red
blooded athletics to be found in the
Bible to last for a series OF classes on
this subject throughout the winter
Page NICK. Etchison, religious work
director OF the associati is instruct
ing a Bible class of older boys in the
department on Successful Lives" of
the Bible.
Both classes meet weekly, on Satur-
day mornings
The Washington herald., 1918-12-14
BELGIAN NURSE TELLS
PATHETIC STORY HERE
Suzanne Silvercruys, I9, Moves
Her Audience to Tears.

"One OF the most heroic women of
one of the worlds most heroic ma
tions." was the way in which Gilbert
Grosvenor. director OF the National
Geographic Society. introduced Mile
Suzanne Silvercruys. who spoke be-
fore the members of the society in the
auditorium of New Masonic Temple
yesterday afternoon and evening
Miss Silvercruys, who is not yet 20
years of age, was an eyewitness to
the first onslaught of the Germans
upon her martyred country, and for
months after the occupation of Brus-
sci she was nurse in the hospital Of
her capital. She also made a tour OF
LOuvain and Dinant with her father,
one of the Justices of Supreme Court
OF Belgium.
1t was a graphic story which this
young woman told to her Washington
audience story which frequently
moved to tears, so poignant were the
incidents which the speaker recounted
One of the most pathetic incidents re-
lated was that of the removal Of the
men of Louvain and their shipment
into Germany.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-14

which have been so generously
contributed by the American people
this war work of the Red Cross will
continue and be completed with ALI
possible sympathy and energy.
Wherever our soldiers and sail
ors may be. the Red Cross viii
stay with them until they are de-
mobilized. Nothing which we may
do will be left undone, either for
the man in the war zone. for those
returning. for those in the camps
and hospitals or for their families
at home, to whom will continue to
he devoted the ministrations of the
Red Cross Home Service. In this
latter effort $4,000 trained Red
Cross workers are now engaged at
$500 different places throughout
the land
Is it conceivable that the Ameri-
can people, having been saved from
the unspeakable horrors of Ger
man invasion by the bravery OF
their sailors and soldiers and the
sacrifices OF themselves and their
families, will now say to their de-
Tenders, The danger is over Our
peril is passed. Now shift for
youTselves?"
The Washington herald., 1918-12-14
CITY'S STREETS
Get BIC BUDGET
Proposed Repairs to Be
Delayed Until Labor and
Materials Cheaper.

An extensive program Of street,
road and sidewalk repair work is
planned by the commissioners for
the coming fiscal year beginning
July /. 1920. Owing. however, TO the
fact that asphalt paving costs ap-
proximately twice as much as in
normal times, and since the owners
of abutting property are assessed
for half the cost OF the construc-
tion OF new streets, roads and side
walks, the commissioners believe
that no extensive work .of such
character should be undertaken dur
ing the present high cost OF labor
and materials.
Next years appropriation for re-
pair work is expected to total $780,
900 which is 100000 more than the
usual appropriation for such work.
se2s,oO0 for Sewers.
New sewer construction IL planned
on a large scale. Next years ap-
preparation OF s325.O0O IS expected
to be added to this years balance,
which according to the present out
look will be 100000. This gives a
total of s625.000 for new sewers.
Ordinarily the amount requested an
nuaIly does not exceed s5OO.OOO.
The lack OF adequate school facil-
tiles promises to become a serious
problem OF the immediate future
unless present restrictions are re-
moved. Nine buildings were TO
have been constructed with $780,
600 unexpended balance. Congress
set a limit as to the amount which
could be expended on each building
and il was found that none OF the
authorized buildings could be con-
structed within the specified amount
The commissioners estimates make
no provision for new buildings dur
ing the coming year.
1t has been suggested that with
the building restrictions removed.
work could be started at once on all
nine buildings and the money needed
for completing them could be taken
care OF in future appropriation acts.
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send RED CROSS
TO EVERY HOME
Clergmen to Help Enroll
Entire. City During
Christmas Week.

lis II conceivable that the Amer
lean people. having been saved from
:he uaspeakable horrors Of a German
invasion by the valor Of their sail
ors. the bravery of their soldiers and
the sacrifices OF their families, will
now say to their defenders. The war
Is over. our peril is past. and be-
sides. IT'S Christmas week, SO so
shift for yourselves?'
That is the question which every
American confronted with the op-
portunity Of joining the American
Red Cross. on payment of annual
dues az 81, will be asked during the
Christmas enrolment which begins
on Monday. and that the question
- ~ bc answered with a chorus OF
A-phatic Noes is the confident ex-
'YcctntiOn Of all those who. without
remuneration and by the devotion OF
au possible energy. will conduct the
enrolment.
This morning every clergyman in
the District will receive request TO
Bring the enrolment to the atten-
ton Of his congregation and to point
oIt how singularly appropriate to the
celebration of the birthday Of Him
who counselIed the visiting of the
sick and the comforting of the faith
Cr'ess and the afflicted as the acme
Of human perfection is the support
Of that institution which is doing
with mastery efficiency the work Of
the Good Samaritan.
Autos to Garry Pleas.
Today every automobile in Washing
ton Will carry its appeal to the people
os Washington to Join" an appeal
TO which II is confidently believed no
citizen with a heart and a dollar
will fail to respond.
Money straps are being distributed
20 the banks OF the country, so that
every package OF money paid out may
serve "a Il reminder that 1t is the duty
of every citizen to lend this modest
support to the Red Cross. our own,
american Rcd Cross.
The emphasis which has been laid on
the appeal to every adult citizen to
join the Red Cross has raised some
question among the younger members
OF the community as to where they
come in. The appeal is directed to
adults because il is not desired to in
terfcre with that admirable instltu-
tion. the Junior American Red Cross.
This does not mean. however, that
children's membership in the adult OIL