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The Washington herald., 1918-02-01

Eieut. W. @. McNulty. a member
OF the class of 1914 in the academic
department Of Georgetown University,
has written to friends at the insti-
tuition of his experiences since land
ing in France last October. He was
track and, basketball star while
at Geofgetown, and his two brothers,
Jim McNulty and Jack McNulty, both
students at the institution. are wait
ing for the call to the colors. Jim
McNulty, captain OF this years bas-
ket-ball team. has enlisted IN the
aviation section of the Signal Corps.
From somewhere. in France" Lieut..
McNulty writes to inform George
town men of the experiences tlrey will
have after they cross the ocean. lie
says. in part, in a recent letter:
Hears Little of War.
This is the first time I've had TO
write a note. Ever since my arrival
on these shores I have been too busy
to write. or else had time to burn,
and nothing to write on. At pres
ent we're having our evening study
hour. and I've finished my work, so
I'm taking the time to drop you a
line. You probably know mat 1 was
in England for a time. and now /
am in a corner of France, learning
more about the Artillery Loade, as
they call 1t over here. I'm in good
health and feeling clipper and fine
today. Our whole day is taken up
with work and at night We get eight
or nine hours sleep. The food is
very good, considering war times.
How long we will be here and what
we shall do when we leave is some
thing I. can not say. However, there's
no need to worry. as I'll be pretty
safe, no matter where I am. My to-
bacco is running short and about the
only kind I can get is Bull Durham,
so il you see Tom and Joe, tell them
to send me some real cigarettes
develops by exercise. and the muscular
Most of the lights are turned of at
night, and for a very good reason. 1
think it's both on account Of the peril
of airships and the shortage of fuel
We hear but little here of the war,
but we often see troops on the way
to the front and on still day we
can hear the roar OF the big guns.
France is a mighty wet country in
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STOP CATARRHi OPEN
N0STRILS AND HEAD
Says Cream Applied In NestriIs
Relieves Hesd-Coids at Once.

II your nostriIs are clogged and
your head Is stuffed and You can't
breathe freely because of a cold or
catarrh. Just get small bottle OF
Ely's Cream Balm at any drug store.
Apply Apply little Of OF THIS s,,r fragrant anti
let II penetrate through every air
passage Of your head. soothing and
healing the inflamed, swollen mucous
membrane and you get instant relief.
Ahi how good II feels. Your nos
trils are open, your head Is clear, no
more hawking. snuffling, blowing: no
more headache, dryness or struggling
for breath. Eiy's Cream Balm is lust
what sufferers from head colds and
catsTh reed It's . delight Adv
The Washington herald., 1918-02-01
PURELY PERSONAL.

Albert J. Langland has resigned
from the Bureau of the Census.
William NJ. Park, clerk in the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce. has received a promotion
Arthur L. Hill has received an ap-
pointmenty in the Department Of Com
merce.
Irving T. C. Newman has resigned
from the Bureau Of Standards.
Frank e. Hill has resigned from the
Department of Commerce.
Edward T. Bowman, OF the Agri-
cultural Department. is on tour of
the Southern States investigating the
cotton situation.
Clarence Harris, Of the Patent Of
fee. has resigned.
Claude r. Jansen, of Chester, Pa.
is visiting friends in Georgetown.
Maurice c. Colbert has Joined the
navy and left yesterday for the train
ing station at Newport. R. I.
Francis s. Smith, of the navy yard,
is on sick leave.
George NJ. Noonan, of the Govern
ment Printing once, has received a
promotion.
John w. sibley, of Birmingham.
Ala, is in Washington on busi-
ness trip.
Albert ]. Langland has resigned
from the Department of Commerce.
Edward T. Thatcher, clerk in the
Department of Commerce has re-
ceived a promotion.
Carol T.>Edwards. Of Omaha, is
visiting his mother, Mrs. Robert N.
Edwards. ..
Agnes e. McKelvey has accepted
a clerkship in the Bureau of For
eign and Domestic Commerce.
Lieut.. ]. B. Ridley, of New York,
was visitor in the city last week.
He was the guest of DR.. and Mrs.
C. H. Carmichael.
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U. S. CLERKS JUBILANT.
At PROPOSED RAISE
Expect Higher Wages in All Gov
eminent Departments.

Government clerks were jubilant last
night over the victory at a meeting
of the House Committee on Post Of
fees and Post Roads OF that fac
ton which favors substantial salary
increases. While the action taken
was in reference to the various
branches of the postal service, it is
admitted that achievement for the
one will mean achievement for the
other.
Authorization to at once draft a
bill and report it to the House which
carries from 10 to 20 per cent in
creases for the postal employees was
given after the committee had IA
vored the motion by a vote of 10 to 6.
Leaders in Congress admitted last
night that this victory for the post
office employees foreshadows the al
lowance of Increases ranging from
Is to 20 per cent to every 1ow-saIaried
employe under 81 200.
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BAKER RETIRES
AS PRESIDENT
|. OF PLANE co.
Brother Of War Secretary
Leaves Firm Handling
u. S. Contracts.

Disclosure that the brother of Sec
retary Baker was financially inter-
ested in a factory making airplanes
for the government was quickly fol-
lowed by q statement from the war
head that the contract had been can
celled.
Under the new arrangement the fac
tory, located at Niles. Ohio, will go
ahead with the orders, but H. ID.
Baker, the SecreAry's brother, retires
without financial profit, the statement
said.
News of the arrangement came be-
fore the Senate Military Committee in
testimony by Col. e. A. Deeds, air
plane expert. yesterday
Praises Ensel Coneern.
The witness declared that the Baker
firm, known as the Engel Aircraft Pro-
duction Company, had gone into busi-
ness without any suggestion or prom
ise from the War Department; that
its contracts were on the same basis
as those given other concerns. and
that its work had been excellent and
deliveries prompt.
Senator wadsworth. frequent critic
of the department, said he saw nothing
improper In the situation. The COM
mittee made no plans for further in
vestigation.
Under the caption, THE Brothers
Kaplan and the Brothers Baker" Col.
George Harvey. In the North Ameri-
can Reviews War Weekly, draws an
analogy which Is by no means favor
able to the Secretary Of War in his
management of contracts to supply
airplane accessories for the use of
the American army in France.
! Mr. Harvey. comments upon the
fact that S. Kaplan lost his position
in the War Department after 1t be-
4 came known that his brother. /.
Kaplan, had obtained government
4 contracts. He then calls attention to
the fact that H. D. Baker, brother
of the Secretary Of War, was presi-
dent of a company which. with q
cash capital of $3s, ,160, had obtained
contracts from which it will rear
a profit of 10000.
Harvey's CritieIsm-
Col. Harvey says in part:
I'm any case the analogy between
the brothers Kaplan and the brothers
Baker appears as nearly perfect as
could easily be Misunderstanding, OF
course. Mr.. rs superior qualifications
for the work which he proposed tc
undertake. and the larger financial
responsibility of his firm," Col
Harvey says
Nov the question is. viii the
similarity extend to the consequences;
Grant that the still secret contract,
between Mr.. H. DIS company AND
the United States is highly desirable
SO according to the Secretary oi
Wars testimony under oath, was that
of Mr.. lis concern. Assume, as oi
course we do assume unhesitatingly
that Mr.. N. d. had no part or parcel
whatever in facilitating Mr.. H. d.,
operations; neither, according to the
evidence. had Mr.. s. anything to dc
with Mr.. LIS enterprise. And yet
Mr.. I. Kaplan lost his contract ant
Mr.. S. Kaplan lost his position in the
War Department-both by order Of
the Secretary of War, who thereby
expressed with manifest clearness hi.
view of the correct way to treat
fraternal performances Of thi.
peculiar nature.
I'VE await the outcome as to tn,
brothers Baker with abundan,
charity, but with slight hope ant
little faith.
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know 1t. One of the searchers dis
covered this fact and informed Isaac.
Shocked at his own ignorance, Isaac
swore so loudly that he attracted a
cop.
The cop arrested him for being
drunk. Then Isaac wanted to fight.
The cop had to tap him gently on the
head.
After he was locked UP, Isaac swore
about II 1,s46 times.
And when he faced the judge there
were two charges instead OF one fac
ing him.
When the court gave Isaac the once
over. it sentenced him to serve-thirty
drinkless days in Jail and to pay a
fine Of so.
Net So Fast, Minnie.
II Minnie Young had looked to see
who she hit she would not have been
in court.
Someone told Minnie that Rebecca
Myers was making eyes at her hus-
band.
Well, there really was a Rebecca
misbehaving herself. but 1t wasn't
Rebecca Myers. 1t was another wom-
an altogether.
without taking time to investigate,
Minnie sailed in and thrashed the
Myers woman.
from Minnie, and 1t Is almost natural
that Minnie should have thought OF
her right away.
blacked. She was very much per-
turbed over the assault.
Besides Rebecca had Just acquired
a husband Of her own. So what need
had she to even look at another
woman's husband?
Minnie found out her mistake just
hsrd-earned money.
Same Old Stunt. ..,
Jim Barton, like thousands of other
people in Washington was hunting
for a room.
He asked Elsie Reed. on Sixth
street, If she would fx up a back
room for him.
Elsie said she would. Jim paid 81
deposit and went away intending,
he said, to get his duds.
He never came back. Elsie got
suspicious. So did the cops when she
told her story.
Jim had managed, while talking to
Elsie, to swipe enough brick-a-brac
to start a store, so the cops say.
The 50 he put up as deposit would
have hardly paid for the hauling of
the stun he took away under mis- coat
The court disapproved of a big
strong man taking advantage of a
lone widow, like Elsie. who was de-
Ninety days for Jim.
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Widow Tells of Being Tricked
Out of Sc, 500 in Defunct Bank

Mrs. Oracle also told about q fax
receipt issued to her when she frst
placed her stock certificates in Hen
ry's hands.
She was told at first, she declared.
that no receipt was necessary, but
when she demanded one. Henry left
the room. sending a clerk back TO
where she was standing to get a
telegraph blank. upon which he (Hen-
ry) afterward wrote a receipt.
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Nearer They Get to War
Less Sammies Hear of 1t
Former Georgetown Student Tells Friends
Occasional Sound of Firing Is Most Ex-
citing Part of Days Work.

winter. 1t averages about FIVE rainy
days a week, but the wind is high
and soon the ground is dry after a
deluge.
''AII the ships which carried the ofi-
GERS over arrived without mishsp, and
it is apparent to US over here that
the subs are under control.
We see quite q few German pris-
oners; they work in gangs Of about
fifteen or twenty, a German ofhcer
supervising them. The French guard.
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For the last few weeks Cora Nc
Kenny hasn't been able to go into
her kitchen without stepping on a
bunch Of crapshooters.
This is what Cora says in her con-
plant against her hubby. Ralph.
He chased her around the house
with an ak. she complained, just be-
cause she told him to take his bunch
of "ornery crapshooters'' somewhere
else.
Cora was very much afraid that
some day the cops would raid her
kitchen and bring upon her everlast-
ing disgrace.
She had been demonstrating with
Ralph for a long time about it. She
wasn't complaining about the game
ly won, but she did not ,want the
game in her house
Her hubby couldn't see things that
way. And one day wifey took her
broom and waded in and swept the
dice out in the street.
Ralph got the ak. Cora got the
cop. The cop got Ralph.
The court sad he must furnish a
sNOV OOIlu 10 Keep the peace OF &c
to Jail for thirty days
Hee-Haw. =
William Anderson an. expressman,
owns and drives an aged Missouri
mule,
On Wednesday afternoon Anderson
had a load of -four to haul.
1t was showing to beat the band.
And the snow began to clog the mules
feet
fell down. And all the arguments
in the world couldn't persuade IL
to get up again. 1t is a very "willful"
mule.
Two officers Of the Humane Society
saw it lying in the nice warm snow.
They tried to make it get Up. II
wouldn't. Then several men got hold
and lifted it to its feet.
The Humane officers looked around
and couldn't find the owner, they
said The poor mule had been aban-
doned, they told the court, Just like
torpedoed ship.
But he>court said that a mule has
a perfect right to lie down, any time
1t gets ready to, and il it freezes, II
is hard luck.
And so the case of cruelty to mules
against Anderson was kicked out. OF
court.
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TEA EXPERTS NAMED.

Secretary McAdoo has appointed the
following tea experts on the United
States Board of Tea Experts for the
coming year:
J.J. Nc Namara, New York: n. g.
woodworth, Boston. Mass; Arthur T.
Hellyer, Chicago, H.; c. E. Wyman,
st. Paul, Minn.; E. r. Rogers, Ta-
coma, wash; George w. Casweil. San
Francisco. Cal; and George F. Mitch
ell, Charleston. s. c. Supervising Tea
Examiner, Treasury Departmenfe
The first meeting, will be held Feb
ruary II, in New York.
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LOCAL MENTION.
Wire Your Home.
Electric Webster. 71s 9Th st. N. w.

white potatoes. BE h., lbs.
onions, 25ca Gunpowder tea, 44c and
5sc;, Is ozs.@sardines. 15c; large her-
ring, SCI fat mackerel, 15c; Va Sweet
pancake flour, 12hc; A. J. pancake
flour, 1ahc; buckwheat. 7hc; Karo
peas, lie: navy beans. 17c: lima
beans, f7c; 81 ozs. Van Camps beans,
17c; red kidney beans. 15c; macaroni
or spaghetti. 12c: seeded raisins.
skc cluster raisins. 25c; Z Babbitt
soap, 25c; Argo starch. &c: white
meal, SCI can pineapple. 25c; whisk-
brooms. 19c; tapioca. Sc; Star cocoa.
st. S. q. and AL thAs y. q. d. Pyles
sfnrcs. 4. -
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Indian River orange groves.
A great deal of money has
been spent on the property.
making the Hotels equal to
the best hotels I'm the state.
Fine hunting, wild turkey,
duck. quail. Jacksnipe and
seer; also m good ashIng az
there is to be had In Florida.
One Of our greatest aftrae-
tions Ia the Golf Course, one
% the hest I'm fhr xoufh. Ro.f-
The Washington herald., 1918-02-01

Bernhard made her first appearance
In America 81 years ago. She broke
her contract with the Coincide Frau
caise in Paris and was fined SeO"s
in order to make her first tour OF
Great Britain AND America
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Midnight, a; a m. n; 4a. M. a; ga. M,
z; sSs: m.'' q; 10 o. m. Is; u noon, 9o;.
P. M, %; D. m, q; 9 p. m, 30; 8 D m, Is;
IL p m. 2. Highest, %; lowest, q.
heiauye humidity a. m, ~; Q D. m, rs; 3
2; M. y. RainfslR8 p. m. to D. m.), trace.
Hours Of ainshire. Ls; per cent Of possible sun
shine. Is.
Departures Accumulated deficiency Of temper
ature since January /, 1913. -Hs; deficiency Of
temperature since January l. 1913, rs. Accr-
minated excess Of precipitation since January l.,
We. flW; excess OF precipitation since January
!, 1913, -.l.e1
Temperature same date last year Highest, 4;
lowest, .
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WOMEN coNvIcTS AID In WAR,

The Santa Fe Red Cross chapter has
asked members of New Mexico chap
ters who own knitting machines to
send them to the penitentiary at Santa
re IN order that women convicts may
Knit sweaters for the army and navy
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Ishick wash shoushed.

Late Wednesday night Isaac Cott-
rell was staggering along H street.
He stopped several people and asked
them to help find his right shoe.
quite few accommodating passers-
by looked around in the snow, but
couldn't see hide nor hair Of a shoe.
Isaac had the shoe on, but he didn't
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WEATHER CONDITIONS.
LoCAL TEMPERArnprs

District Of Columbia. Maryland and yirsinia-
gentle to moderate northwest to north Winds
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OTHER TEMPERATURES.

TIDE TABLES.
Compiled by the United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
Today-Low tide, 50 a. m. and s:3 D. m.
high tide. II :ss a. m. and Il 50 .. m,
CONDITION JF THE WATER.
Temperature and condition Of water yesterday
Great Falls 1Eemperature, IS; condition, very
clear Dalecafiis srese-voir-TempeAture Sc: con
dition at north connection. very clear; condition
at south connection. very dear Georgetown
distributing reservoir-T -Tempe{ture, IS: condition
at innue1t Rstehouse. very. clear; condition at
efluent ssfehouss. Fery clear
snancss,s ,smp. N = !, ,,sns.s mswr =
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Florida, located 17s
midst of the famous

Sna
,<sfager Of Grsnlfden N. H
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ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.
Americas Famous An-Year Resort.
RESORTS.
RocKLEDGE, FLA.
RoCKLEDGE. FLA.

Hotels Indian River and RoekIedge, RockIedge,
miles below Jacksonville the Indian River I'm the
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-08-22
CHAPTER ~.
Captured by the Huns

stsesSo " SU0 bJOUUb
I shall not easily forget the 18th Of
August, 1917. I killed two Huns in
the doubleseated machine In the
morning. another In the evening. and
then ! was captured myself. I may
have spent more eventful days in my
life, but I can't recall any Just now.
That morning, In crossing the line
on early morning patrol, noticed
two German balloons. decided that
as soon as my patrol was over I
would go Off on my own hook and see
what q German balloon looked ike
ut close quarters.
These observation balloons are used
BY both sides in conjunction with the
artillery. A man sits up in the bal.
loon with q wireless apparatus and di.
rects the firing Of the guns. From his
point Of vantage he can follow the
work Of his own artillery with a re-
markable degree Of accuracy and at
the same time he can observe the enc
my's movements and report them.
The Germans are very good at this
work, and they use . great number of
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ting II out. II takes less thar n min
ute for the fabric to burn Off the wings
and then the machine drops like an
arrow, leaving trail Of smoke like a
comet.
AS their tracer bullets came closer
and closer to me ! realized that my
chances Of escape were nil. Their very
next shot. felt, must hit me.
Once, some days before, when I was
flying over the line. I had watched a
fight above me. A German machine
was set on fire, and dlved down
through our formation In flames on its
way to the ground. The Hun was div
Ing at such sharp angle that both
his wings came Off, and as he passed
within few hundred feet Of me I saw
the look of horror on his face.
Now, when I expected any moment
to suffer similar fate, l could not
help thinking Of that poor Huns last
look Of agony.
l realized that my only chance lay
In making an 1mmelman turn. This
maneuver was invented by n German
one Of the greatest who ever flew and
who was killed In action some time be-
fore. This turn, which I made success.
fully. brought one of their machines
right In front Of me, and as he sailed
along barely ten yards away, "had
the drop" on him, and he knew II.
His white face and startled eyes
can still see. He knew beyond Ques-
tion that his last moment had come,
because his position prevented his tax.
Ing aim at me. while my gun pointed
straight at him. My first tracer bullet
passed within yard Of his head, the
second looked as II 1t hit his shoulder,
the third struck him in the neck, and
then ! let him have the whole works,
and he went down In a spinning nose
dive.
All this time the three other Hun
machines were shooting away at me.
l could hear the bullets striking my
machine one after another. hadn't
the slightest idea that I could ever
beat on those three Huns, but there
was nothing for me to do but eight, and
my hands were full.
In lighting. your machine II drop
ping. dropping all the time. I glanced
at my instruments. and my altitude
was between 5000 and 1900 feet.
While / was still looking at the in.
struments. the whole blamed works
disappeared. A burst Of bullets went
Into the instrument board and blew
It to smithereens. another bullet went
through my upper lip. came out Of the
roof Of my mouth and lodged in my
throat, and the next thing knew was
when ! came to In German hospital
the following morning at Eve o'clock,
German time.
was a prisoner Of war.
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smiled \, n.a aM.e 1 wns Suse ~
ginning to say few words, a. n
wound had prevented me from talkine.
but ] said enough to let him knew
what I was doing there and how
happened to be there. He evidently
had heard my story from some Of TIE
Others, though, because he said Il va
too bad I had not broken my neckf
that he did not have much symps tn
with the flying corps anyway. "A
asked me what part Of America ceme
from, and I told him California;
After a few more questions 10
learned that hailed from San Fran
cisco, and then added to my distreso
by saying, "How would you like -
have good, juicy steak right out of
the Hofbrnu?" Naturally I told him
II would "hit the spot" but ] hardly
thought my mouth was in shape Just
then to eat II. Immediately asked,
Of course, what he knew about the
Hofbrau. and he replied, II was CON
nected With the place q good mnur
years. AND I ought to know all abouP
It."
After tnat this German oficer -
l became rather chummy; that IL, a.
far as / could be chummy with an
enemy, and we whiled away q good
many long hours talking about the
dnys we had spent In San Francisco.
and frequently in the conversation one
Of us would mention some prominent
Californian, or some little incident oc-
curing there. with which we were
both familiar.
He told Inc when war was declared
he was, Of course. intensely patriotic
and thought the only thing for him to
do was to go back and aid In the de-
fense Of his country. He found that
he could not go directly from San
Francisco. because the wafer was too
well guarded by the English, 10 he
boarded boat for South America.
There he obtained q forged passport
and in the gulse Of Montcvidean took
passage for New York and from there
to England.
He passed through England without
any difficulty on his forged passport,
but concluded not to risk going to Hoa-
land for fear Of exciting too much sus-
picion, 20 went down through the
Strait Of Gibraltar to Italy, which wae
neutral at that time. mp to Austria.
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ard thence to Germany. He said wheD
they put in at Gibraltar, after leaving
England. there were two suspectg
taken OF the ship. men that be was
sure were neutral subjects, but much
to his relief his own passport and Gre
dentials were examined and passed
o. X.
The Hun spoke Of his voyage froh
America to England as being excep-
tionally pleasant, and said he had
fine time. because he associated with
the English passengers on board. his
fluent English readily admittiag him
to several spirited arguments on the
subject Of the war, which he keenly
enjoyed. One little incident he related
revealed the remarkable tact which
our enemy displayed in his associa-
tions ut sea. which no doubt Fesulte0
advantageously for him. Az hs a
pressed 1t. he made hit" one evenine
when the crowd has assembled for
little music by suggesting that thoy
sing God Save the King" Thereaftes
his popularity was assured and the a.
sired effect accomplished, for ven
soon French officer came up to him
and said. 'It's too bad that EngIan6
and ourselves haven't men In our army
Ike you." 1t was too bad. he agreed.
In telling me about II. because he waa
confident he could hive done 4 whole
lot more for Germany II he had been
In the English army. In spite Of hid
apparent loyalty, however. the man
didn't seem very enthusiastic over the
war and frankly admitted one day that
the old political battles wased In Cali
fornia were much more to his liking
than the battles he had gone through
over here. On second thought be
laughed as though II were good Joke.
but he evidently intended me to infer
that he had taken keen interest II
politics 10 San Francisco.