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The Washington herald., 1918-10-23
Foch Wins
American
WarCross

President Wilson last night
conferred the distinguished
service medal on Marshal Foch,
Marshal Joffre, Marshal Haig.
Gen. Petain, Gen. Diaz. Gen. Gil
liam and Gen. Pershing.
The announcement OF the con-
ferring of the medals on the
American and allied military
leaders reads as follows:
President Wilson. as Com
mander-in-Chief of the Army,
today conferred the distinguish
ed service medal on Marshal
Foch, Marshal Joffre. Marshal
Haig, Gen. Petain. Gen. Diaz'
Gen. Gillian and Gen. John J.
Pershing.
The Secretary OF War has
cabled Gen. Pershing that the
President directs that Gen.
Pershing act as his represent
ative in presenting the medals
, to the military leaders Of our
allies. and that he express to
them the high regard OF the peo-
pie OF the United States and OF
the American Army for the dis
tinguished and patriotic service
that they have rendered to the
common cause in which they
have been associated on the bat
tie fields of Europe.
The Secretary OF War has
cabled Gen. Tasker H. Bliss that
the President requests that he
represent the President in pre-
senting the medal to Gen. PERISH
ing, and directing that he say to
him tfat the President awards
this medal to the commander OF
our armies in the field as a
token OF the gratitude of the
American people for his distin-
guished service and in appre-
citation OF the success that our
armies have achieved under his
leadership"
The Washington herald., 1918-10-23
GETS Z YEARS FOR GRAFT.
Army Raincoat Swindler Also Fin
ed $4,000 In y S Court

New York. Oct. 22.-Felix Gouled,
army raincoat contractor, was SEN
fenced to seven years in prison and
was fined $4,000 today in United
States district court on a charge Of
conspiracy.
Capt Aubrey Vaughan, of the
quartermaster reserve corps, who
pleaded guilty of participation in the
conspiracy, was Sentenced to two
years Imprisonment. GouIed appealed
and was released under s25,00O bail.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-23
TO DECLARE FREEDOM
OF OPPRESSED RACES
Representatives of 65.OOOOCO Eu-
ropeans to Meet IN PbiIadelphia.

Representative OF bO .OOO.OCD Eu-
ropeans to Meet IN Philadelphia.
Independence Hall in Philadelphia
will be the scene Of new declara-
tion OF independence this week.
drafted by representatives OF more
than 65.oO0.0oO people OF Middle Eu-
rope. The conference, lasting Octo-
Der 25-26, will be under the chair
manshiP OF Prof. Thomas G. Mas
aryk, chief Of the Czccho-Slovall Ma
tiOnal Council, and as such head Of
that nation other nationalities to
be represented are BohCmians. now
united in the new SzeCho-Siovak Re-
public; JuEoslavs. Poles Italians
GrredentisU. Austrians. UkranianS.
tGaliCia). LithUanians. members OF
the Rumapian National League and
Jhro-Russians. It is intended to
draft joint declaration Of inde-
pendence on behalf Of all.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-23

While on this work Lieut. Harding
bagged his first two enemy planes
Lieut. Harding. who was Fradu-
ated from the Friends School of
this city. is a graduate OF the Uni-
versity OF Pennsylvania. His home
is at EdgewoOd, Nd.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-23
HUN LANDS FACE FAMINE.

Bcrne. via Paris. Oct 22y-The
AuEsburEer Abendzeitung says:
Germany and Austria Are on the
eve OF famine. Hungary hss
stopped the export OF wheat Bo-
hemia refuses 70 raise wkeat am
Poland is cutting down Is sh
nrents."
The Washington herald., 1918-10-23

The age of fish may be determined
by counting the lines in the scales.
which are said to be of annual growth.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-23
LACK OF WAR
LABOR DENIED
LEGAL Conditions Blamed
for Apparent Shortage in
Munition Towns.

The shortage of labor is more a
GislOCation than a shortage said
Felix Frankfurter. chairman of the
War Labor Policies Board. yesterday
in announcing the personnel OF his
new Commission on Living Condi-
tions OF War Workers" The need is
rather to bring the worker and the
job in contact.
Even in this time of industrial
burden and of reduced labor sup
ply as the result Of labor's induc-
tion in the military establishment.
there is no real scarcity of labor.
If We could eliminate the waste in
Ia Dor. transfer labor from unessene-
tial activities to essential and re-
lieve men in light employment by
women. this country is equal to any
task which may be put upon it.
Evils Investigated.
That is part of our duty. and in
seeking to perform it we meet
many unexpected and obscure con-
ditiOns. The War Department tells
US OF a labor shortage in munition
towns. where wages are high
enough to be attractive. Men come
to work but refuse to stay. We
investigate.
In one place we find that the
contract for feeding the war work
ers was let to one man, who has
but one shop. Workers stand in
line before it for hours; are forced
to miss work or miss meals; finally
eat about one meal a day and then
leave the town. In another we
find no schools. Women workers
have gone there to support their
children; when they find no schools
they leave.
In all these conditions there was
labor. but local conditions forced
it away. There was no shortage
of man power. 1t becomes the duty
Of this new commission to investi-
gate all such conditions and to
recommend the elimination of the
evils; and furthermore to see that
the recommendations are carried
out.
VIII Work with Fosdcck.
We have been particularly fortu-
nate in the personel of the Commits
sion so far. Another member. repre-
senting the employers remains to be
announced. Members whose accept
Mcfarland, of Harrisburg, presi-
dent of the American Civic Associa-
tion and municipal authority; John
r. Richards, director of play
grounds of the South Park
System of Chicago, the greatest
playground system in the world; John
Vol, of GAINESVILLE, O., president of
the Ohio Federation of Labor and of
the Glass Ottle RIowera' Association
Mrs. Eva VI. White, formerly head of
Peacock House in Boston and now
J in charge of the War Camp Com
munity Service of the Commission on
Training Camp Activities of which
Raymond B. Fosdick is chairman.
This gives US representatives of la
Dor, employers, women, and a munich
pal expert. They will do much the
same for the war workers that the
Commission on Training Camp Activ-
tiles has done in the camps and
will work in close harmony with
that body"
The Washington herald., 1918-10-23

DE PATRIOTIC-use newspapers
efficiently. When you have I'm
ished reading your copy of The
Washington Herald, hand il TO some
person who has not seen one Make
each copy do double duty in wartime
md help save paper.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-23
THE WEATHER

Today-Fair. Tomorrow-Increas
ing eloudiness; probably rains.
Highest temperature, o2; Lowest
38
The Washington herald., 1918-10-23

CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-03

1t Is just an apron for morning
work, but everyone will admit that
it has a neat and jaunty air.
Five yards Of printed percale are re-
quired to make it and the only trim
ming used is mercerized braid. The
one-piece sleeves are set into large
kimono-like armholes and gathered
into straight bands.
Pictorial Review Apron No. 1854
sizes. small, medium, large. Price,
3 cents.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-03
t6sD1o8t43Ep

To look ones best and feel one s
best is to enjoy an inside bath each
morning to flush from the system
the previous days waste, sour fer
mentations and poisonous toxins be-
fore it is absorbed into the blood.
Just as COAL when it burns, leaves
behind a certain amount of incom-
bustible material in the form of
ashes, so the food and drink taken
each day leave in the alimentary or
gans a certain amount of indigesti-
BILE material which, If not eliminat-
ed, form toxins and poisons which
are then sucked into the blood
through the very ducts which are
intended to suck in only nourish-
ment to sustain the body.
If you want to see the glow of
healthy bloom in your cheeks, to see
your skin get clearer and clearer.
you are told to drink every morning
upon arising, q glass OF not water
with a. teaspoonful of limestone
phosphate in 1t, which :. a harmless
means of washing the waste mate
rial and toxins from the stomach,
liver, kidneys and bowels, thus
cleansing. sweetening and purifying
the entire alimentary tract before
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-03

self-deceived hypocrite: vet it is also
made plain that Prossy, the. private
secretary, regarded him as some
thing approaching the sublime.
And, perhaps. Prossy had as much
reason for her opinion as Candida
had for hers; since we all are very
apt to show to another person the
side of our characters which that
person brings out.
Shaw makes his Prossy in love
with the husband, but that does not
necessarily follow. More often than
not, indeed. the facts are directly
the reverse. 1t is the wife who sees
his faults. that is fond of him: the
woman who sees only his virtues,
that is indifferent. After all. there is
a good deal of the marble statue
about a demi-god. 1t does not eX-
actly fit in with home comforts, and
one would hesitate even in the throes
of neuralgia to ask it to get the hot
water bag.
There might be more happy mar
riages, though, if somehow the
wives could gain a composite por-
trait which included the demi-god
features: if they could be made to
understand that the unromantic fig
ure which goes down to business"
every morning is possibly facing
risks as dauntlessly and displaying
silent grit which would put to the
blush any movie" hero over whose
exploits they gasp and thrill.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-03
THEFOUR OFHEARTS
A SERIAL OF YOUTH AND ROMANCE
BY VIRGINIA VAN DE WATER

If she feared l was planning to
break all of the commandments at
once. and as if she was afraid that
unless she reminded me that l am
to marry Milton in the spring |
would run away from him. She need
not trouble herself. 1 am going
to see the thing through"
Dora, dear" Cynthia forgot her.
self for the moment in consterna-
tion at her cousins manner. Don t
talk like that about marrying Mil
ton. You speak as if you cared
nothing for him.
"Oh, of course I like Milton" Dora
began, but 1 do get tired of moth
er's everlasting
She stopped abruptly as a knock
came at the door.
Come in" Cynthia called
Mrs. Livingstone stood in the door,
way. She did not speak to Dora,
but to her niece.
Cynthia, your uncle would like
to have a talk with you in his den.
Come in at once, please, my dear"
Cynthia rose. started to obey, then
stopped. Mrs. Livingstone had gone
and was already on her way back
to her husband.
speculated. Seeing the look on Gym
thias face. she tried to draw her
to her. "Cyn.dear Cyn-what's the
matter? What's happened?"
But Cynthia did not yield to the
caress.
Don't pet me or pity me. dear"
she said, unsteadily. II cannot bear
it just yet, and I must not break
down. Dora-did you know-has
any one told you how poor I am?
Did you know that all fathers for
tune is gone-and that 1 am almost
entirely dependent upon your father
that he has even paid some old
debts that my father meant to pay
-but-died before he was able to
do so?"
Dora gasped. "No," she eiacu-
lated. "Oh, you poor dear, when
did it happen? How long have you
known about it?"
I've known it for some time"
Cynthia replied slowly. II said
nothing about it to you. because I
could not bring myself to speak of,
it. But l wanted you to know the
state of affairs with me-before-
well, l wanted YOU to know it," she
ended lamely. You see how much
owe your father. I have been un-
der obligations to him for a home
for everything
This time she could not resist
Dora's embrace, for the girl flung
her arms about her cousin impetu-
ously."
You poor darling" she exclaim-
ed. That has been worrying you
all this time and l never knew it,
Who cares anyway? You shall come
and live with me just as soon as we
are married. 1t will be much more
fun than for me to live alone with
Milton. And Milton would love it,
too, for he likes you an awful lot,
you know. Gym"
1t was Cynthia's turn to gasp.
This was the girl who was sup
posed to be jealous of her be-
throthed's liking for her cousin! 1t
was all a mystery.
(TO BE Continued)
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-03
Orders Distribution of
Estate in Which Woman
of Harrisburg Is an Heir

Pottsville, Pa, April 3.-Judge
MacHenry Wilhelm, in Orphans
Court, handed down opinions dis
missing a number of petitions TO
have removed from the executorship
of the Kaier estate, Charles +. Kaier.
the only son and also issued an opin-
ion directing distribution of the es-
tate. The several orders of court fol-
low, and will arouse great interest
as the litigation has covered several
years, with at least a dozen lawyers
engaged pro and con.
Estate of Margaret C. Kaier. de-
ceased. Opinion filed directing dis
tribution.
Estate of Charles d. Kaier in re
petition of Josephine Haughney,
praying the court to make an order
removing Charles f. Kaier as execu-
tor. Opinion filed dismissing petition.
Estate of Charles ID. Kaier. Peti-
ton of Amelia Kaier Schreyer and
Crescentia Kaier Kirby for attach
ment. Opinion filed dismissing petit
ton.
Mrs. Kaier's Will
The principal question before the
court under all these proceedings
was the Interpretation of the will of
Charles d. Kaier. deceased. Margaret
c. Kaier, the wife, who survived
him, named as legatees under her
will only four of the children of this
family, and these children who took
under the will of Margaret C. Kaier
contended that under the will of
Charles d. Kaier she took an abso-
lutte estate in all his personal and
real property because Charles d.
Kaier bequeathed to his wife the
whole of his estate with the right to
consume.
The decision handed down con-
strues the will of Charles ID. Kaier
to the effect that the widow only
took a life estate in his property
which consisted of a large brewing
property, bank stocks, real estate
and other securities valued at some
thing like half a million dollars.
The decision of the court is that
all of the assets possessed by Charles
ID. Kaier at the time of his death are
the property of the estate of Charles
ID. Kaier at this time, and that his
six children and one grandchild each
take one-seventh part of the entire
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-03
4 Hoe For
Every Home

The hoe has become a weapon of
war; The food situation was never
more serious than now. Saving food
is one solution of the world shortage; !;
substitution is another, but equally
important is the spring edict from
the U. s. Department of Agriculture
and the U. S. Food Administration
that the county must plant and pro-
duce more food this year than ever
before.
The urgency of this demand must
be appreciated and acted upon
promptly by every home in Amer
lea. Every householder with even a
little land to spare should buy a
hoe. The hoe should become the
symbol of a self-sustairing house
hold as regards garden foods. Every
peck of potatoes and every pint of
releases that much more for the cur
rent market and saves that much to
ship abroad.
Almost every home has some
member who can devote little time
each day to the hoe. This should
be considered as much part of
patriotism as to buy thrift stamps
or to knit for the soldiers. It is nee
essary to do our part to finance this
war, but of what avail to furnish
money if we fail to feed the army
and the civilians who are waging
it?
The allied countries have little left
on the credit side of their food
ledger after nearly four years of
war, Canada has sent during these
years every particle of food she could
possibly spare.
1t has now become Americas part
to be the bread basket for the world.
This means that America must save
and stretch and produce foodstuffs
as never before in all her history.
1t means that the shipping shortage
should be considered carefully in
saving certain foods and substitut
ing others for home consumption. 1t
means that the rail congestion
should be thought of in the selec
tion of those foods nearest at hand.
And above all, it means that every
home with available land should pro-
duce enough garden foodstuffs this
summer to feed itself and to can and
store for the winter ahead. Every
home should have a hoe and every
member of the home should see TO
1t that he has done his part in fur
nshing the family larder with
garden produce.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-03
Cocoanut Oil Makes
A Splendid Shampoo

If you want to keep your hair in
good condition, be careful what you
wash it with
Most soaps and prepared shampoos
contain too much alkali. This
dries the scalp, makes the hair
brittle, and is very harmful. Just
plain mulsified cocoanut oil (Which
is pure and entirely greaseless), is
much better than the most expen-
sive soap or anything else you can
use for shampooing, as this can't
possibly injure the hair.
Simply moisten your hair with
water and rub it in. One or two
teaspoonfuls will make an abund-
ance of rich, creamy lather, and
cleanses the hair and scalp thor
oughly. The lather rinses out cas-
lily and removes every particle OF
dust, dirt, dandruff and excessive
oil. The hair dries quickly and
evenly. and it leaves it fine and
silky, bright, fluffy and easy to
manage.
You can get mulsifed cocoanut
oil at most any drug store. It is
very cheap, and a few ounces is
enough to last everyone in the FAM
lily for months.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-03
CHAPTER XXXVH


Milton Van Saun declined to come
in when the quartet reached the Liv-
ingstone house on their return from
the Philharmonic concert.
Dora says she is sleepy" he re-
marked. Therefore. 1 think it's best
| for me to let her go to bed at once. y
Sensible boy!" Dora approved.
Let Oscar drive you around
! home, Milton" Mrs. Livingstone
| advised.
Thanks. 1 will" the young man
agreed. Then, when the front door
was opened by the butler, he said
good night and ran lightly down the
steps.
He had shaken hands with Gym
thia, as he had with Mrs. Living
stone, in a casual way. not with the
lingering pressure to which the girl
had become accustomed. He and
her aunt had had a little low-voiced
talk coming down the aisle of Car
negie Hall. What had she said to
him? No matter! Cynthia was en-
gagged to another man.
The lower floor was dark except
for the lights in the hall. Mrs. Liv-
ingstone and the girls went directly
upstairs.
Dad has light in his den.'
Dora announced as they reached the
first landing. II wonder if Gerald
is in there with him." she added
hopefully.
Pushing the door open she glanced
in. "Oh, bother" she regretted.
Gerald has gone!"
Her mother spoke sharply. Dor.
wish you would not talk in that
way of Mr.. Stewart. He is nothing
to you. and you are as little to him.
Such seeming admiration on your
part is in wretched taste"
Cynthia waited to hear no more,
but hurried on into her own room
and closed the door.
Throwing off her evening cloak,
she sank down into big chair. and,
laying her head wearily back, closed
her eyes. She was in a tangled
mesh of circumstances that tired
and puzzled her. Mrs. Livingstone's
reproof TO her daughter was certain
iv undeserved. 1t was plain that
Dora liked Gerald-but surely she
had a right to like the friend of the
man to whom she was engaged.
Dore Comes In
How cold Milton's manner had
been when he said goodnight. But
il made no difference anyhow. AS
Mrs. Livingstone had just affirmed
about Dora and Gerald, Milton Van
Saun and Cynthia Long were less
than nothing to each other.
Cynthia must soon tell Dora of
her engagement. She hoped the girl
would make it easy for her to do so.
Somehow Cynthia shranll from con-
fding the facts to her cousin: Yet
it was ridiculous for her to feel this.
She must get used to conditions and
the sooner the better. She would
try to confde in Dora this very
night.
She heard Dora go into her own
room, then the door of the little
ante te-chamber was opened suddenly
and violently.
May ] come in, GYM" Dora
asked brusquely, and entered with
out waiting for a reply. Her face
was flushed and her eyes flashed.
Mother drives me Wild" she
burst forth. "She watched me as
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-03

amount and quality of the game he
has brought in.
But the woman who accompanies
him on the hunt and acts as his
quiver- bearer has a different exper-
fence. She sees him eager. alert,
keyed up to a supreme passion. She
watches him lay his snares and plan
the subtle ruses by which he hopes
to oVermatch some cunning adVer-
sary. She crouches with bated
breath as he engages in combat with
some ponderous. grizzly or snarlinS
mountain lion, and thrills with tri-
umph as he emerges victor. She
comprehends and is able to SYM
pathiZe with his defeats and disap-
pointments.
In a word, she actually sees his
performance, with all its hazards
and dangers. whereas the wife only
hears a tired mans story of it aft
er all the hazard and danger are
over.
And as an example of the differ
ent impressions created by seeing
or hearing about a thing l am re-
minded of a play which was pro-
duced on Broadway some years ago
and the plot of which turned upon
a murder committed some years pre-
vious to the real action of the
story.
As originally presented. this muir
der was simply described in a con-
versation during the first act and
the play promptly proved failure.
Then some one suggested that a pro-
logue be added. allowing the audi
ence to see the actual commission
of the crime. Imm ediately the tide
turned and the piece scored a tre-
mendous success.
1t is only the woman who sees a
man in action that can rate him at
his true worth. She is able to real
ize the odds against which he is
battling. the keen mental processes
he brings to bear upon his prob
lens. all the give-and- of the
contest: and she admires him, as
woman from time immemorial has
admired the fighting qualities of
man.
Bernard Shaw, with his unerring
scent for human foibles. has drawn
very clearly this contrast between
the attitudes of the wife and the
private secretary in his Candida -
The reader there beholding the hus-
band through the eyes of Candida
sees him as a prating windbag, a
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-03
Eat Less Bread

Every time that you eat a nour-
ishing but breadless meal. you deal
a blow to the enemy as surely as
though you fired a gun across No
Mans Land.
The United States Food Admin
istration is bending it's energies par
ticularly to the matter of saving
wheat during the next few months.
Grain must go across the sea to
our troops in France and to the AL
lied nations with whom we are fight
ing against Germany. in vast guam
titles if the war is to go on.
Our surplus of wheat is exhaust
ed and the people of the United
States must save from their own sup
ply at least 75,000,000 bushels to
vest.
The simplest way to save is to stop
using bread in the casual, general
way to which we are accustomed.
Victory bread, substitute mixed
bread, graham bread, wholewheat
and what not in the way of breads
are being recommended and receipts
are being suggested for them.
All these are good and should be
used when necessary, but it is better
still to cut down the daily consump-
ton OF bread and to eliminate the
thoughtless habit of eating it to fill
in idle moments at the table.
In England the public eating
places of all types and degrees of
expensiveness serve one slice with
each meal. No more is to be had
for any price.
In France, where bread made up
more than fifty per cent. of the en-
tire amount of food eaten in pre-
war days, the daily allowance is as
pitifully small. The same holds true
in Italy and in the latter country,
people are being denied the maca-
roni which in some sections has con-
stituted the main article of diet.
To make matters worse over there
other foods are scarce as well as
wheat.
In the United States. there is no
lack of other foodstuffs.