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The Washington herald., 1918-03-13
LABOR BUREAU
. FOR NEGROES
now PLANNED
Planting and Harvest Prob
lens Lead to Depart
mental Decision.

A special bureau to handle negro
labor problems is being projected m
the Department OF Labor.
The names OF several well known
Southern negroes are being considered
as likely candidates to take charge of
the work. 1t is believed that q Vir-
ginia man will obtain the appointment.
Negro labor problems have caused
a great deal of trouble In the last sew
eral years. Northern manufacturers
have imported the negro workers into
the middle and Eastern States by the
thousand, leaving many parts Of the
South destitute OF agricultural labor
ers., The consequence has been a
serious crop shortage in many portions
Of the Southern States. due to the
lack Of help in planting and harvest
ing times.
The new bureau will devote itself
exclusively TO the study of negro eco
nomic and labor questions. with es-
pecial reference to the demand for
seasonal labor in the agricultural dis
tricts. II is necessary that the crops
OF the country for the Forthcoming
year be of the "bumper" variety in
order to feed Europe and ourselves
properly. 1t is believed that negro
labor will. to a great extent. solve the
problem of agricultural production
during 1918.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-13
Child GETS SICK,
CROSS, FEVERISH
IF CONSTPATED
California Syrup of Figs" Can't
Harm Tender Stomach y
or Bowels.

A laxative today saves a sick child
tomorrow Children simply will not
take the time from play to empty
their bowels. which become clogged
up with waste, liver gets sluggish;
stomach sour.
Look at the tongue, mother; If
coated. or your child is Lstless. cross,
feverish. breath bad, restless. doesn't
eat heartily, full Of cold or has sore
throat or any other chiIdren's all
ment. give a teaspoonful OF Cali
fornis Syrup OF Figs" then don't
worry. because 1t is perfectly harm
less, and in a few hours all this con-
stipation poison, sour bile and fer
menting waste will gently move out
OF the bowels, and you have a well.
playful child again. A thorough "in-
side cleansing" is ofttimes all that Is
It should be the first treat
ment given in any sickness.
Beware of counterfeit fig syrups.
Ask your druggist foe a bottle
OF California Syrup of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Look carefully
and see that 1t is made by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Company,"-Ady.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-13
War Garden Lessons Prepared by Staff
Of The Washington Heralds Food Experts

Seed of early cabbage, tomatoes.
peppers. cucumbers, eggplant. melons
should be sown in hotbeds, cold
frames or greenhouses now. Many
already have done this. These plants
may be purchased at seed stores or
from neighboring gardeners later on
and transplanted to your garden after
all danger Of frost has passed and the
ground is warm.
Seed of onions. lettuce, radishes, tur-
nips, spinach. potatoes, late cabbage.
leek. carrots, beets. early (smooth)
peas. satisfy. Swiss chard. cauIifiower
may be sown in the garden in rows
where they are expected to stand just
as soon as the ground can be worked.
Ground can be worked when the frost
is out and 1t crumbles in. the hand
when spaded.
Directions on seed packages tell you
how far apart and how deep to sow
seed.
Be sure your scotsman gives you
fresh seed-last years. Special care
should be taken in selecting seeds OF
celery. onions, cauliflower, cabbage
and squashes, for these seeds de-
teriorate rapidly.
More about getting the seed into
the soil will be told in the next gar
den lesson.
Save this for your garden book.
(Another garden lesson tomorrow
The Washington herald., 1918-03-13
FUEL BOARD WIDENS
PENNSYLVANIA field
Scope of Somerset Unit Enlarged by
Order of Garfield.

The United States Fuel Admins
tration yesterday enlarged the SOM
erset field in Pennsylvania. by add
ing to 1t the coal mining operations
on the baltimore and Ohio Railroad
and from the Somerset County line
to and including Indian Creek and
the Indian Creek Valley branch Of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
Maximum prices were announced
as follows: Run of mine $3.50 as
against the old price OF s2.00: pre-
pared. $3.50 as against. 32.25: slack
or screenings $2.60 as against S1.7s.
The new prices bevome effective
March IL.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-13
Loading Schedule Behind.
PURELY PERSONAL.

Mason NJ. Tighe, OF the Government
Printing Office, has resigned.
George Wander. of the Navy Yard.
is back to work after a two weeks
stay in the hospital.
Ellis F. Martin has received a pro-
bationary clerkship in the Quarter
masters Department.
Carroll johnson. of the Bureau OF
the Census. has received a promotion.
Eugene y. Travis. of Monroe, Va,
is visiting in the city.
Harry Holmes is visiting his home
in Charlottesville, Va.
Rudolph Santelmann recently re-
turned to Camp Meade from a fur
Tough during which he visited his FAM
lily here.
S. L. Nye. of this city, spent the
past week in New York.
Paul Slemen returned last week from
brief vacation to Atlantic City.
Mrs. T. A. Poole. has returned from
winter trip to Florida.
Mrs. Arthur Cranston is visiting
Mrs. Alfred T. Gage. here. Mrs,
Cranston is a former resident Of WASH
ington.
Mrs. c. v. Evans. OF Baltimore, has
teen visiting her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee D. Latimer, during the past
week.
Frank Leech returned to Camp Lee
Petersburg, Va, after spending a fur.
Tough of two days with his mother
and four-year-old son.
Representative Clark, of Florida, ha S
returned to this city after a two weeks
stay at his home in Florida.
Clyde Brady left yesterday for New
York where he will remain for the
next month.
Representative Cantrill. of Kentucky
has left for his home in that State
following receipt Of the news of a
relatives death.
Miss Eula Conover, of Trenton n
j., is visiting her aunt, Mrs John
Marker.
Miss Frances E. Perry has accepted
position in the General Control Di-
vision of the Ordnance Department.
Miss Camilla Hegeler. Of Danville
Ill, who was the guest of Repre-
sentative and Miss Cannon, left yes
terday for New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. T. Mann are back
in the city after a fortnights visit
to Pinehurst. N. c.
Mrs. Harry Loomis. of Tuxedo
Park, N. Y. is the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. H. Rogers of Eighteenth
street.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-13
GLORIESOF ENGLAND
TOPIC OF LECTURER
DR.. J. o. Knott Delves Into Historic
Past in Address.

England. her historic and roman
tic past and present greatness. was
well delineated by DR.. J. o. Knott,
in an illustrated lecture delivered
last night in the nav Interior Build
ing auditorium.
He carried his auditors back to
far off days when Shakespeare
flourished.' and gave to the English
language its richness and dignity
Then a view followed showing
Runymeads. where the English bar
ons wrested the Magma Charta from
King John. and gave the world con-
stitutional liberty.
England at war to preserve that
liberty was then vividly portrayed
by a series of illustrations depict
ing her heroic stand against the
enemy of civilization that would
now drive freedom from the earth.
England is our ally in the truest
sense of the word" he said in con-
clusion. "and should be spoken OF
or thought of in no other way"
The Washington herald., 1918-03-13
MADOOORDERS
BANS REMOVED
ON SHIPMENTS
Commercial Service to Be
Handled Soon in Normal
Way, Says Director.

Director General McAdoo announced
hast night that there will be no inter
ference with normal commercial ship
ments by the policy OF the Railroad
Administration. .
ut has been necessary" he said ito
give preferential service TO supplies
OF food. fuel and munitions. 1t Is ex-
pected that within a short time the
railroads will be in a position to han
die commercial business in the usual
way.
We have not at any time issued
orders interfering with commercial
business except when it was necessary
TO do 50 on account of special service
being required for the commodities
above mentioned.
"Embargoes have been placed on the
various railroads due to conditions
caused by the extreme weather and
the accumulation at certain Atlantic
ports"
The Washington herald., 1918-03-13
CARDINAL GIBBONS
GIVES ENDORSEMENT
Approves Efforts to Supply Soldiers
and Sailors with Books.

His Eminence. Cardinal Gibbons,
has given his strong approval to the
efforts of the American Library As
sociation to procure books for soldiers
and sailors In a letter to Frederick
W. Ashley, superintendent of the
reading room of the Congressional
Library and chairman of the District
of Columbia book campaign commit
tee, the Cardinal also expresses the
hope that the pastors of Washing
ton will lend their aid.
The letter. written at the direc-
ton of the Cardinal by his secretary,
the Rev. Albert H. Smith, follows:
My dear Mr.. Ashley:
His Eminence directs me to write
and commend the very worthy enter
, prise of securing good books for
soldiers and sailors. and hopes your
efforts will be seconded by the pastors
of the city.
VERY truly yours,
ALBERT H. SMITH"
The Washington herald., 1918-03-13
nation ENCOURAGING
WAR GARDEN WORK
Booklets for Preservation Of Fruit.
Forwarded to Campaign Workers.

Five thousand booklets on canning
and drying foods were rushed yes
terday by the National War Garden
Commission to Mrs. Henry Parsons.
for distribution at the Flower and
Garden Show in Grand Central Pal
ace, which opens in New York City
Thursday. Request for the booklets
was received today By P. S. Rids-
dale. secretary Of the National War
Commission, from Mrs. Parsons, who
is the director OF children's schools
farms in the Department of Parks.
Just how important food conser-
walton is,'' said Mr.. Rfdsdale. ''is
shown in the plans for New York's
famous flower show to have a model
war garden. The soldiers are eating
100 cars of food a day. Millions Of
pounds of food are behind the lines
in France for the boys over there.
That supply must never get below
certain mark. 1t is up to every
one of US to keep it there.
I'm and around New York last year
a wonderful garden record was made
The Washington herald., 1918-03-13
THE TOWN CRIER.

A meeting of Kit Carson Post, G..
4. r.. will be held at 8 o'clock
Thursday evening at Grand Army
Hall. 1912 Pennsylvania avenue
northwest
Miss Emma Gray will speak this
evening at o'clock at the New
Thought Rest and Recreation rooms,
9O2 F street.
The 2s0th meeting of the ChemI-
cal Society of Washington will be
held at the Cosmos Club. at o'clock
Thursday evening.
An illustrated reading of Long
fellows Tales of a Wayside Inn"
will be given this evening by ].
Townsend Russell at the Dunbar
High School. The lecture is under
the direction of the Washington
Artists Association.
The War Emergency Committee
of the Legion of Loyal Women will
meet at 10 o'clock this morning at
the residence of Mrs. Mary Logan
Tucker. 1895 Euclid street, for work
on pillows for field hospitals.
A meeting of the Connecticut
Avenue Citizens Association will
be held this evening at o'clock. at
the Army and Navy Preparatory
School, corner Upton street and
Connecticut avenue.
washington Camp No. 11464.
Modern Woodmen of America, will
hold it's. regular semi-monthly
dance this evening at 9 o'clock, at
the Lodge Hall. corner Seventh and
! street northwest.
The March meeting OF the Wash
ington Classical Club has been post
pOned to the afternoon of Saturday.
March %, at which time Prof.
O'ConnOr. of the Catholic Univer-
sity. will speak on the Greek drama.
Lieut.. Jean Labat. of the French
High Commission, will speak at the
Young women's Christian Associa-
tion. 619 Fourteenth street. this
evening. at s o'clock. The subject
of his talk will be France in War
time"
The District of Columbia branch,
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People, will
hold a meeting at o'clock this
evening at the Twelfth street
branch Y. NJ. c. A. Three minute
talks from the floor on the subject,
How the individual member can
help the cause" will be a feature
of the meeting.
Miss A. VI. Blair, director of the
Rubenstein Club, will speak at the
war service meeting of the Anthony
League this afternoon at o'clock.
at 2OO7 Columbia road. Miss Anita
KIoss will render several violin Sc
lections.
The eighth annual entertainment
of the mems Bible class of the CAL
vary NJ. E. Church will be given
this evening at the church.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-13
Ouch! PAIN! RUB
OUT RHEUMATISM
Stop Suffering! Relief Comes th.
Moment You Apply Old "St.
Jacobs Liniment."
Rheumatism is pain only"

rheumatism is pain only"
Not one case in fifty requires internal
treatment. Stop drugging! Rub the
misery right away! Apply soothing.
penetrating est. Jacobs Liniment' di-
rectly upon the tender spot and re-
lief comes instantly. "St. Jacobs Lini-
ment" conquers pain. 1t is harmless
rheumatism liniment which never dis
appoints and cannot burn the skin.
Timber upi Stop complaining! Get
small trial bottle of ''St. Jacobs
Liniment' at any drug store, and in
JUST a moment you'll be free from
rheumatic pain, soreness and stiffness.
Don't sufferi Relief awaits you, ''St.
Jacobs Liniment'' is just as good for
sciatica, neuralgia. lumbago. backache.
sprains and swellipgs.-Ady.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-13
War Garden Scrapbook

The Washington Herald has
opened n War Garden DEPART
ment in charge Of expert agri-
eulturlsts, who will assist the
readers of this paper in every
possible way to raise bumper
war crops this summer.
The, Herald is publishing daily
garden lessons and hints, which
will appear in every issue of this
paper until crops are harvested.
Why not be a Systematic and
scientific war gardener this sea-
con and follow these articles
daIIyf
Would it not he an excellent
suggestion to start WAR GAR
DEN SCRAPBOOk5 Clip out
daily hints, paste them I'm a book
and you will soon have COM
pIete garden guide, arranged
daily In the order I'm which you
will be most apt to need II.
Begin n AR RDEN
SCRAPBOOK TODAY.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-13
MEAT PRICE UP
22.1 PER CENT
FORLAST YEAR
Average Cost Grows Despite
Six Million More Meat
Animals.

Figures made public yesterday by
the Food Administration, from Agri-
cultural Department reports, show
that while there was an increase of
more than 100000 meat animals in
the last year. the average price went
up % Lilo per cent In 1916 the aver
age price of beef was $3.50 a hundred
pounds and in 1917 it was sl1.5O a
hundred pounds.
Herbert Hoover's statement made
Il clearer that shortage OF shipping
facilities made 1t impossible to, ex-
pedite the movement of this great
stock to Europe. Almost at the same
time Director General MctAdoo issued
a statement showing that there was
great accumulation of food at the
Atlantic ports-S0, 4Ss carloads. OF
this quantity f7s cars contain frozen
beef.
Decrease In Consumption.
The Food Administration's sum-
mary shows that on January 1 last
the number of meat animals was
S.300,0 900 greater than on the same
date in 1917. There was a material
decrease In consumption. The meat
is now backing-up on the farms,
says the administration. largely .in
response to appeals for increased pro-
duction and decreased consumption.
There is an enormous accumulation
Of stock at the packing houses.
Shortage of shipping facilities ow-
ing to the demands on tonnage for
handling the imperative wheat ship
ments has made 1t impossible to ex-
pedite the movement Of the stock
from the storage homes to Europe
The freezers are now taxed tc
capacity. In order TO clear them OF
this unusual accumulation, it has
been deemed advisable to modify fol-
limited period the restrictions
against the use of meat, and the ad.
ministration hopes this modification
will result In greater saving OF
wheat, which Is more needed in Eu-
rope now than at any time since the
war started" Restrictions as to meal
consumption on Tuesdays and Satur'
days were reduced two weeks ago.
The report shows that January I
there were 6s,S3o,000 cattle in the coun.
try. 1,247.000 more than a year ago
hogs increased s,7S1, 900: sheep and
lambs. 1.2S4.0O0. Beef exports, in spite
Of the fact that Europe was in need
fell of 1.427,649 pounds. a net decreas,
of 4 per cent. The average price oi
mutton increased from SIS In 1916 tc
s11 in 1877; lamb sold in 1916 for 80 4
and in 1917 for $3.50 per hundred
pounds.
Loading Schedule Behind.
The schedule Of loading meat &c
ships at New York was for 30S cars
to. be unloaded during Friday. Satur.
day and Sunday. The actual unload.
ing was 1i9 cars.
| Total export freight on hand at al
North Atlantic ports was S.0l5 cars or
wheels, 6,760 cars unloaded on piers
and 15,713 cars unloaded on the
| ground-total 30, 49,"
The Washington herald., 1918-03-13
Ford Plans Industry
For 100000 Workers

Detroit, March 12.-Henry Ford
today announced plans for building
a tractor plant which will employ
100000. He plans to make the
of tractors one of the
leading industries of the world. He
declared tonight that he will drive
junkerism from the world and re-
deem the soil for the common
people"
The Washington herald., 1918-03-13
'PERUNA- The Greatest
Human Vitalizer

Mr.. VIM. A. Hartman. 2I7H
South Second Street, Muskogee,
Okla, writes:
During the winters of 1897 and
1893, / was so badly afflicted with
catarrh of the head and thought ]
must surely die from it. After try
ing many doctors and all other
recommended remedies made
known to me, I was induced to
use Peruna. / was cured entirely
by using twelve bottles of Peruna
and one bottle of Manalin.
Since that time, | have never
been without Peruna. / use it for
colds and as a general tonic dur
ing Spring and Fall months and
hnd it the greatest human vital
izer."
The Washington herald., 1918-03-13

That mark Is going to be distanced
this year. We are sending r. T.
Edwards, one of our representatives.
to. New York to look after the dis
tribution of the booklets and to do
everything possible at the Flower
Show to see. that everybody who
wishes can get our free instruction
on garden planting. Mrs Parsons is
leading a great work and everything
must be. done to help her and New
York's little farmers"
The Washington herald., 1918-03-13
BOSTON GIRL APPOINTED.

Miss Ellen Natalie Matthews, of
Boston, formerly executive secretary
of the Massachusetts Minimum
Wage Commission, has been appoint
ed assistant director of the Child
Labor Division of the Department of
Labor, It was announced last night.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-13

bushels of potatoes for winter eat
ing.
This spring they hope to get an
earlier and better start and plow
up more unused land. -..
When they started last spring
they bought a light plow. and hitch
ed themselves up as horses. pulling
the ,plow across the field. That's the
way they cultivated too. OF course.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-13

the breaking of the ground was
done by regular" horses and big
plows. furnished free of charge by
tn company.
Each man was allotted Individual
gardens averaging 25 by 100 feet
Their wives and children helped.
Evenings. and Saturday afternoons
were given to garden work.
WITH MAR GARENs.-
The Washington herald., 1918-03-13

Given a garden plot, fertile soil, gar
dening knowledge, sunshine and rain
and the garden is a financial failure
if poor seeds are sown.
Your whole garden springs from
seeds. Therefore. if you are going to
be extravagant m your garden ex-
penditures in but one thing let that
be when you buy your seeds.
Cheap seeds usually are the dear
est. They take up as much garden
space. labor, sunshine and moisture
and give in return poor crops of in
ferior vegetables.
The small gardener can well afford
to invest in the best seed obtainable
Make sure Of the quality of your vege-
table seed by purchasing well-known
varieties from firms who have achiev-
The Washington herald., 1918-03-13

Special StaR Dispatch.
Providence. R. L, March 12.-They
raised more than $4,000 worth Of
vegetables in the community gar
den made and cared for by 500 em-.
ployes. of the Brown & Sharpe Man
ufacturing Company. This included
1000 bushels of potatoes. q,
Every garden worker got eight
The Washington herald., 1918-03-13

There Is one hong telephone line in
China, that from Pekin to Tientsin.
There is local service only in the four
large cities, Pekin, Tientsin, Shanghai
and Canton.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-13

The Herald's gardening ex-
perts will tell you how to start
and care for a profitable war
garden. Below is an intro
ductory lesson; others will fol-
low all during the gardening
season, solving for you every
garden probleu.-Editor.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-13

ed a reputation for producing an
selling good seed.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-13

Those who object to liquid med
icines can secure Peruna tablets.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1918-08-02
C0IURf.D ClIiROpODiSTS
BARRED

The following communication has
been sent TO all colored members of
the National Association Of Chiro-
podists
Boston, June "a, 1918.
Df y. Johnson, Ghiropodist,
1alia s. Jefferson St,
Dayton, Ohio.
Dear Doctor: It has come to the
attention Of the N. A. G. that Ii il
an lniiexible rule Of the Planters
Hotel that colored men or women are
not admitted TO any Of its rooms, par
ors or cafes.
Immediately this became known the
other hotels were approached and it
was found that the same rules were
Ina force at all st. Louis hotels.
The late date Of the receipt Of This
information and the limitations OF
the powers Of the officers Of the N.
4. G. to make any change IN the con-
vention city makes it imperative to
carry out the program as yoted at the
last convention.
The officers feel that the situation.
which beyond their power to change
IS to be regretted most deeply and it
lls to prevent any unpleasantness to
the colored members that this letter
/ is being sent
This is but one of the many diff
culties which the present administra-
ton has had to meet and it is hoped
that you will appreciate our position
and recognize the fact that we wish
to spare the eolored members the hu-
initiation which would result if they
were not informed Of the conditions
which would be met at st. Louis.
Very truly yours,
Harry 2. Kenison,
President Of the N. A. C.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1918-08-02
CRITICS ARE AFTER D'BOIs

Washington, July 25.--Criticism
of DR.. w. Il. b. Dubois, who was
recently commissioned captain in
she United States army and assigned
TO the intelligence bureau, continues
He has had no more loyal sup
porters than some of the leading
spirits In the Washington branch of
&ha National Association for the Adj
vancement Of Colored People, but a
storm of indignation broke loose
when the members read and editorial
in the July Crisis, in which he ad-
vises the colored people to forget their
special grievances and unite in fight
ing the German foe. The editorial
follows:
@This is the crisis Of the world.
For all the long years to come men
will point to the year 1913 as the
great Day of Decision, the day when
the world decided whether it would
submit to military despotism and an
endless armed peaceif peace it could
be called--or whether they would put
down the menace Of German mili-
sarism and inaugurate the United
States of the World
1--WE of the colored race have no
ordinary interest in the outcome. That
which the German power represents
today spells death to the aspirations
of the darker races for equality, free
dom and democracy. Let us not hes
itate. Let us, while the war lasts,
forget our special grievances and
close our ranks shoulder to shoulder
with our white fellow citizens and
the allied nations that are fighting
for democracy. We make no ordi-
nary sacrifice, but we make it gladly
and willingly with our eyes lifted to
ths hills"
At stormy meeting of Washing
con members Of the National Associ-
alton for the Advancement of Colored
People the sentiments expressed in
the editorial were regarded as sur
render ON the part of DR.. Dubois of
the principles for which he and the
association have been contending.
It is also said that the editoria
board of the Crisis strongly objected
to Dir. Dubois holding both the ed
sasahip and the array eaptaincy. Ii
Is asas EasaaFad EAss fhs haaxd saigas-
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