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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-07
FOR RENT-HOUSES.
FURNISHED,

NEAR 18th AND Q STS.-s ROOMS AND
bath; hot-water heat; nicely furnished $3.50
per month.
GASCH BIRGE. 1926 n. Y. ave.
DESIRABLE FURNISHED HOUSES.
TYLER & RUTHERFORD (Inc.b,
k11 1hfil st. NJ 13s
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SUBURBAN BOARD.

ROCKVILLE pleasant rooms. with board;
convenient to cars; refined surroundings; terms
moderate; references. Box Do, Rockville,
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COUNTRY BOARD.

TRAINED NURSE will board and care for
elderly or copvalescent patients on farm having
splendid water, cheerful surroundings. COM
Portable rooms special attention to diet, milk
from tested cows; So minutes ride from
Washington by automobile over good roads
Address Maple Wood Farm, Silver Spring, Md.
GOOD HOME for one or two babies. Address
p. o. Box XYZ, Brentwood P. O.. Md IL
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WE HAVE a NUMBER OF HOUSES, COM
pletely furnished, except for linen and silver.
containing i or ; masters rooms, or 4
baths and servants accommodations electric
lights: hot-water heat; situated in the most
exclusive locations in the city: rent from $50
to $500 per month, for short or long term
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-07

SMALL, COMFORTABLE HOUSE: REASON
able figure; FIVE rooms; good bath: furnished
for housekeeping: telephone: Call Saturday be-
FRANKLIN 1113
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POULTRY. PETS & LIVESTOCK.
DOGS AND CATS
AUToN0BILEs FOR SALE, ETC.

4 BARGAIN I111 Ford worn,-drive truck.
,.,n express holy: will take $3.50 :, terms TO
t,at. ,,iu>str y Blum Co, 2o3U 9Th st. NV.
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BEAUTIFULLY FURNISHED IN MAHOG-
any, brass and Stickley leather furniture; 4
room modern house: tons coal; $50 per mo. !;
annual lease; owner occupant. 14SS Newton ST.
80
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-07

Beautiful country home. within 20 minutes
by motor from the White House: very spacious
house. garage and grounds. containing II acres.
with beautiful rose garden and vegetable gar
den. The residence contains "A very large liv-
ing room. dining room. kitchen and pantries.
with every facility for keeping house. There
are 6 masters rooms and 3 baths, 4 maids
rooms and bath. House is heated by hot water.
and electric lights throughout Good telephone
and street car service at front door. Rent for
period of months. $4,000.
RICHARDSON Gibson. 141o II st. NJ. 3742.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-09
New Orleans Entries for Monday

First race. four-year -olds and upward
a4fE nRaEo irs G&aTcs Gonna "fiHIS iIa ss,sr
custom House. Il3i FrG.mani il3; ,,pg
sYnmrmnIIiIIi. i""6. %' NSo cligHi6HlcIMiss rdlS
los; Mcelicka, ll3: Barton. ITO; tnci'
S"cord' race. purse $500, thrro-ycar- olds
aud inward. Il furlougs-Talrhcarcr los
Finn. gan. luj; Mae Murray. 100; Mico Giri
WannnE Wii I Queen. Tt1a iii j. Z, WcTG, II3 81
oliver io7; - It's Tru". li$ Also ciig,2l'
,,.,\mnnrn, IT,, ~. PiHdi06, ll3; opheIia W.
Third race, claiming. three ycar-oldS; q
furlougs--pou Joe, loI; Man Of Honor, i03
;fr, Src<n < ; r,ss ls' i07 p"ry rI N"' man i0i
'pioscordir, 100; 'r9oraugs. ~: "Star Baby
"a rnTHI' In o9i S T"l sH,ed MS l9" 10 h@ ALs'
I"SS: Unlco. io. I'il IindsaS " %. s." ~
Fourth rae. ,Tulqn" lIAnd!car h'Enw"iEht
issS: isS?' rIigh 'i Cost. ii5oy ASSUME, i2i; Gyps,
Queen. H.; Wa,cr Lady, i12; Orlando @
Havana, rs; Cobalt Lass. III; q y
'Fifth race jefferson claiming h!ndIcqp
l-ld miles Paw. III; Ilcasurryillo, ~
Lou. los; .MarybcIlc. 100: Rillv nestle
house, 9s; I!ubbnb, il2; Arcn HlottGr;, 10,
n5 Mar'n%2 Nso aIsble%Hss s%acp. So. '''''
mtiass ss Last SgarE. liz; WyaHokci ,ii2i ,, %oa
liiS:T li5S T%accfuI ''"' Star. la Alaiheur, liz! Ism
Loeb. no; Eutcrp"; 100. CaronomG. l07 Has
trsii,. -; Bod Dundon, lIO; Maxfm Choice
NJ. Mary Warren, los.
Seventh race, threc-ycar,olds and up
I,,%%iritworih' iii; Roy Oakwood, IO5; Eddl,
r., III; Augustus Heinz, NJ Booker Bill
il2 ,nE Tarl}&n nachaan Ttija"r iiG rGna6 G ii%7
rarrisn, o. Also eigihle--Hetotitch i0T
Edith iiaumnun, 100; Sea urchin, H.; Bcr
"!Nppr"nticr allowance claimed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-09
NORRISTOWN HOSPITAL
COAL SUPPLY ASSURED
Garfield Rules One Carload Il Day
Must Be Diverted to State
Institution

WASHINGTON. Feb. 9.--rhc state
Hospital for the Insane at NOirstown
will obtain one carload of coal "A da Y
from the dealers supplying that instt-
tuition, according to a ruling obtained
fIom Fuel Administrator Garfield by
Representative Watson. The philadcl-
phia and Reading hallway has been
ordered to divert one ear for this in
stitution. Mr.. Watson today gave ont
the following statement on the ques-
ton:
II is difficult to place the RESPONSE
bility for the present shortage of fuel
The miners declare they are producing
more 60 IL than ever, despite !; labor
shortage Of 25.00n men in that in
dustrN, aud the railroads are doing
the best they can, hampered as they
are by lack of equipment ANA men
!, and the extremely severe winter
weather VIC have experienced. ] had
hoped that Doctor Garfield's order
Tor. cessation of work on Mondays
and the embargoes laid on rail ship
ments of other commodities would he
production Of relief. but apparently the
situation is as bad as ever. / am not
eriticizing the wisdom of that action,
out l doubt very much that COndi-
lohS VIII improve until spring ar
rlVes and the enormous demand Tor
household fuel is lessened | am of
the opinion, however, that unless
production is greatly increased and
the methods of distribution improved,
we VIII he face to face with similar
conditions next winter if the war con-
tinues
The institution has 5000 patients and
has been without coal for several days
causing considerable suffering.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-09
SH0REPATRIOT CAN
DON UNIFORM AGAIN
Government Releases Jersey
ite From lnternment Camp
TO Rejoin Army

Responding to pleas from shore con-
stitucnts Representative Isaac BaCha-
raCh has obtained Il War Department
order removing Herman Goulu, of this
city from an aliens intcrnment camp at
Camp Oglethorpe, Ga. and restoring to
him the right to wear u uniform and
fight for Uncle sam.
Gould was only three months old when
his parents brought him from Austria.
He grew up under the impression that
he had been born on American soil lie
was one of the first Atlantic city boys
TO enlist when war was declared. The
facts as to his nativity came To- light
when Battery II. ll2th Heavy Field Ar
tillcry, of which he is Il member, wa-
transferred from Sea Girt. y. j., "a
Camp Mcclellan, Annston, Ala.
Gould pleaded that he was Il good
American, but he was divcsted Of his
uniform and ordered to bc interucd in
Georgia FOR tile duration Of the war ~
an enemy allen.
The War department reversed this
ruling when Informed of all the facts
by Congressman Bacharach
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-09
Ex-GRAND DUKE
NICHOLAS SLAIN.
GERMAN RUMOR
Former Russian Commandcr-in-
Chief Assassinated, Says Infor-
nation From Frontier

AMSTERDAM. Feb .. -- An uncou-
iirmcd report is In circulation i'm ,;er.
many that former Grand Duke Nicholas,
commander-in-chiof Of the Russi IN army
at the outbreak of the war. has been as
saSsinated, according tu information
tr"n the frontier today.
ofrand Duke Nicholas was int,onmand
OF the Russian army in the Caucasus
when the Russian revolution broke out
last March. lie retired to private life
ana since then has been living quietly
on ms country estate in trimea No,h-
ing has come out of Pctrograd to con-
hrm the rumor of his assassination. al
though conditions are very turbulent in
trlmta right now. with the auti-Dol-
|hcvik forces engaged In civil war
against the Red Guard The former
Grand Dukes residence Is near Yalta.
which the Tartars captured last Monday
after savage battle with the Boil
shcviki. ON Wednesday the death of
Grand Duke Nicholas Corstantinnwitch.
distant relative. who had been in
oNiIc for many years, was announced.
1t Is possible that this news gave rise
To tn" German rumor now in rircu-
latipn
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-09
CARTER IS APPROVED
AS AIDE TO MADOO
Unions Indorse His Appoint
ment on Staff of Rail-
road Director
FAVOR 1T
Members of Wage Commission Up
timistic Over Prospects OF
Agreement With Men


'Tn utrniutmcnt uf W. u. carter
CHIEF Of the brotherhood of EhHlnclu''
and Fircmcn. to head the labor olNlsl"i
cr Director General MCAdoo.S i'lr"'"
administration Is approved Gcn'rallN ny
organized labor. II was stated touaN,
rhr director general has received ln'S
assurance from representatives "l u'
railroad ehcpmcu aud the four hr"'h'i-
hoods. now in Washington Mtcuo'nG
the hearings conducted bN tho lN"i ""u
WAGE Commission, and from "1'ltlS "l
tine American Federation Of Labor.
REPRESENTATIVES. uf In" ~hopmcu. who
ar, To- Ice heard by the wage commission
ON Monday called ou MIR. Mc\duo ana
EXPRESSED to him th"ir qualification ana
said that % more satisfactory appoint
mcnt could not have been made.
"It suits MS" they told him, ana al
railroad ucu. hcsilcs organized labor
rvwlIl'
~uuc apprehension has been felt IN
quarters close to Director G"uolal Nc
Ndoo that carriers appointment might
result in q rim in the ranks Of the four
! hrothcrhnodS- that. jcalousics would b'
aroused Before the selection was made
lt was generally known in railroad cir
'lcs that the brothorhoods were not
. working as "A unit before the wage COM
. mission as they had worked In their fight
. with the railroad mauaEcmcnts prior 10
/ the passage of the Adamson eight hour
/ law. While having the same end in
/ view uow--iucrcaScd wages and I'm ad-
dltiou time and half for overtime
the hruthCrhoodS separated into groups.
. 'iarI'tS0u and Leo. of the Conductors
and Traimmcu, respectively made Joint
Specific demands II is understood that
W. :. stone, Of the Engineers aud car
/ ter, Of the Ftrcmcn, scheduled to pre-
/ sent their cases on Monday. viii merely
/ civ" statistics without mailiug spccifr
I requests.
Although this situation has caused
/ much comment among railroad men. if
! Is accounted for by the fact that the
| hrothcrhoodS, now dealing with tho
| Government instead of tAcir old-timr
! foes, recognized Tn" dcsirahility of an
/ preaching TIA" wage question from "A diff
! r"rcut angle.
! Whatever apprehension may have been
I i"ii over ''artcr's selection by Director
/ General MrAdoo as lthurs rcprcSauta-
. itv" on his ~tali, has been removed hy the
! approval of organized labor expressed
To IN" director General Nnd the sus-
| pI'lon OF split In the brothcrhoods
RANKS ha- been cleared away by the at
| utUd" of their representatives before the
wage commission at the hearings CON
durtcd thus far
MCmhcrS of the commission and Mr.
NrAdoo are known to be very optimisti,
over the labor situation affecting GOV
crumcnt operation Of the railroads. a,
disclosed lay the spirit shown hy every
ON" VINO has presented the ompoycs
claims.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-09
PLAN TO STANDARDIZE
ALL RAILWAYS in U. S.
Federal Administration Work
ing Out Economy Measure,
Which May BE Permanent

Complete standardization Of |nroHd
equipment is the economy measure ho'ug
worked out by tine rauuau admJuistra-
tiun today.
only by ,uycrumout control it was
pointed out. can this be done effectively.
I'm case roads return To private oontroI
after the war it Is possible That the Gov
ernment will stll direct THIS work M
dividual companies having been unable
to agree Oh such q plan. despite per-
sisteut attempts IN this direction.
Standardization Is being worked "ui
under the department of purchases "I
fine railroad administration. Il will ar.
ply from such small pieces a. bolts ana
hral,e pariS up tu locomotives. NJ pres
am locomotives are constructed on 80
mauy plans that repairs are constantly
impcdcd because of Inability TO get parts
II will he Impossible, however, L" use
uniform locomotives throughout u,
I-nitcd States. Mountain engines. lI'IE.''
and passenger engines for use ~ '"'
North and in the South must hc diii'r,nt
in many respects. but general uniformity
can be achieved. it II believed
Box and opeu-top irelEht ear" WI,
offer the greatest field for economy anu
epeed i'm this work. Brak" Shoes beams
doors ana nlItl lfll - W ~ ~ ''''
n.tinn-vide use. Pullman coaches are
fairly well standardized. it was pointed
ont hut there y room Tor development III
regard 10 ,hair cars aud day coaches
/, Is eNpcctcd that these plans WIZ n'
d,yelopcd quickly enough 20 permit 'h'ir
application in the anew contracts i"r l',iHS
vcar's construction which r"auS WI,
make shortly. only new equipment VII
be affected by Standardization. an" II
will take a year or more t" snow any
nnrreriable result II is cNpcct'd tha'
tho man vii he 50 desirable that ind!-
yiduaI roads will continue it, Wlth '''
Government acting as the clearing h""st'
even if Government rail control Is aha"-
dOIurG. a.,
The number of ears tied up III IN,
East mas been reduced 10y 1000" Sln,'
thr Government took cOutrol Of the foad
I,r,,r,. / the railroad administration
STAT TO-DAY. There are still io,ooo 'rS
piled up in the eastern district, h@WrNGr' ,'N.,
This reduction has been achieNrh "h''
rurr,nt movements have at the same
| time been kept gong.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-09
PHILADELPHIANS NAMED
TO TRAIN FOR WAR WORK
Congressman Costello Makes APP
pointments to the Military and
Naval Academies

WASHINGTON. Feb. 9.--Appoint-
ments to the military and naval acad-
emicS were made today by Congressman
Costello. Of Philadelphia. to FIJI Vacan-
cieS TO his credit at these institutions.
The selections were made az "A result
Of - competitive examination held by
the faculty of the franliford High School
last week.
g. Raymond Eraus, 2lG3 East Cum
bcrland street, received the principal
appointment To the military academy
and his alternateS We're as follows ::
First. IlaS'y :. Ginsberg, 1899 West
Airdric street: second, Edward l.. Boz
land, 2l00 East Susquchanra avenue.
The principal appointment to the
naval academy was awarded to Ray
mand roffman, 5l26 pufiied street,
while the alternatcs were named as fol-
lows: First, Frederick q. Green. 1929
Harrison street; second. Harry q. Mann.
iJ55 EdgemOnt street. and third. Joseph
T.. Ncwhousc, i433 Richmond street
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-09
GREATEST NAVY"
SOON TO BE FACT
Daniels Declares Wilson's $ Pre-
diction Two Years Ago Will
Be Realized

Behind the necessary curtain ot c"h-
aorship the United states navy To-Day "
creating a lighting machine Nhl'h WIN
ClcrtI.iCv the entire nation when an tue
facts about II can be revealed III su''E'
IFS -copc can only bc hiuted at today
But the recurring stories of Impending
devastation Of Atlantic coast cities
shuuId the German fleet eventually man
age to ryado the British home U''l anu
its American aiding UNITS ana l''C'. l'!c
high seas in safety were causing h','e
serious alarm today Th" navy II WoIN-
inu night and day ON It's protective plans,
They will not fail under Ihe t'Sl 1t II
should come. officials say.
The capital also waS discussing WIN
deem interest today a very brief statement
made last night by Secretary Of the Navy
Josophus Daniels. During the snow
ing of motiuu-picturc reels at the ma
tionaI ulrsS club of the making of a
navy" the secretary was invited TO give
- brirf address. lie praised the spirit
of tho navy. its loyalty, purpose and de-
voted sclf-sacrince. and then added:
"rhc uppnscd dream which lay be-
hind President Wilson'S declaration in
81 Louis two Years ago that we must
have 'incomparably the greatest navy IN
tile world will soon lie true.
II WAS the first open reference to what
r,'. tc,u done since the European war
began aud what now Is being done Mr.
Da,i,ls had nothing 10 add to his state
,,rut II went as il was uttered, tie
yro,rd not elaborate it AT this time. But
n shaved that oliiciais.rcalizc that with
the construction of the great merchant
marine NOW being created naval develop
mcnt will protect it and will keep pace
,.sfth
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-09
THOUSANDS OF WOMEN
DOING BIT FOR NATION
Much Man Power for War In
dustries and Fighting
Is Released
TAKE UP MANY TASKS
Feminine Employees Operate Street
Cars and Climb Telephone
Poles, Reports Show
NEW YORK, Feb. ..

thousands of American girls and
-1,,,o, arc today doing their bit TO help
Wy, tho war by doing mems work.
W.T. rh,s gigantic release Of man power
ia,rlv shown by information col
,s,,el from representative american
r,,,os with the nation crying Tor men
A. build ships, keep the railroads run
,,rg and for men To hght. ElrlS an"
ill.,, ...s are shown taking up all work
49,, onerating street cars to Climbing
telephone poIes' ,..... r,...,,, Cam q,
"a ooo more women working since Amer
-, entered the war. The heaviest IN
'.aosc is reported iu women textile
+ workers. .....
Anproximatcly 2OO0 oregon women arc
,rar.inp I'm mems places. according Ia
estimates of social Workers. y majority
- those are in clerical positions, al
,houyh the state boasts Of one woman
hIacksmith, two brass nnishers, Will"
,nanv are opcrating gas-hllng stations.
wooden hox factories have drawn It
large number Of women workers.
Montana has women peanut butchers
on trains
linemanette
chat nearly $4,000 women are employed
IN the state at what prior to the war
was considered strictly mems work. I'm
addition. several hundred thousand
women are working today who were not
working prior to the war. but not at
mems work However. outside Of Phila-
delnhia and Pittsburgh. the number of
women. doing mems work Is relatively
small. Several sections of the Pennsyl-
20
lands,
Railroad work also has called many
women i'm san Francisco, women Nir-
1ually replacing men as passenger coach
cleaners while many are working in the
burlington shops tending machines. etc.
Women there are running many ulcNa-
TORS and replacing men in offices. Tn"
Increase is estimated from 10 to - per
cent.
Attempts to employ women ON street
cars were defeated In Kansas city.
Women organizations there are fighting
exploitation by unnecessary employment
Of women at mems work and attempting
TO enforce equal pay.
From three to five thousand more
women are doing mems work in st.
Louis than before the war. Many are
employed as conductors on street cars,
some are driving trucks and thrc" arc
acting as mail carriers.
Dallas reports II few women postal
clerks.
Five hundred girls are working in the
Cleveland and l.orain roundhOuscs on
engines. Twenty-Five hundred more arc
engaged rs elevator operators. mes
sengers and bellhopS.
Chicago Council of Defense Commit
tee says the number of women doing
mems work there Is surprisingly small.
New York has women street ear CON
ductors, bellhOpesscs and elevator opera
tors.
Albany has twenty-five women work.
Ing in shops ON bolt cutting machines
|.and sorting metal.
| In contrast to other cities Atlanta has
hardly been affected by the movement,
the only girls now doing mems work
being Il few in the elevators.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-09
Havana Entries for Tomorrow

First race. threc-year-olds, claiming,
purse SlO0. q lurlongs-sC Clonakilty, 81; Mar
garet Boyd. 1Ol; Lcburnum Ill. 103; Bit Of
Blarnsy. lOj; Zuzu. lO5: Conhscation, 100;
pr Nickall l0d tom TIT, 1O6; .Phedoden.
1OI; pretty Baby, lO1; kildare. llo; ficke
Fancy 10.
second race. three ycar-olds and upward,
claiming, rursc $i00, 5lp furlonss-Sister
Emblem 1OJ, Brown Baby. 101; Narda b.;
los; Katahdin. 100; Sleeper. 100; Miller.
1lO: MoOnstonc, TO- DR. Cam. 129i Surp
Got, li9; Bevclry' James. H.: Santo. 1i2; Du
Floss, liz. -
Nelson, ad; Barnard. 0p Investment. 10o.
Biddy lOa; Massauut loi: Alsardi. iOf:
NIE5N NF5uTth race, r"' rourycar-olds and upward,
claiming purse eSiOU, one mlle-'Tlhyme.
%; 'Fuzzy WuZ2y, 80; Mother Machree, 102;
sCnrlavcrock. lu2. Soldier, 1O4: Rockport.
IUp. eRr0wn Prince. III; Pass on. 104. .
the carnival Handicap, $1,000 added. mile
| Alert Ns; Moneymakor. 10; OceaL Prince.
III; Ormula. ll2; old Kiss. ll2: J. J. Muir.
dock III: sun God, l2o, Alert and Money
maker Spence g. Dortch stable, Old Miss
and j. j Murdoch umensetter & Murphy
sixth race. thrcc-ycar-olds and upward.
claiming. purse $500. mile and 30 yards
tParr. %; Nashville, 1ol wenonah. 100;
Schcmer. l0i; 'Early sight 1Oi; Miss Fam
ME. 100
seventh race. thrcc-ycar-ods and upward.
claiming, purs" SluO, mile and 80 yards
Rockaway. ~, Protection, 81; "Scorpii.
30: Lady Rowona, lOI; sTtesiercs. los,
Brizz. ITO; senator James. l16
Apprentice allowance claimed. Weather
clear; tract, fast.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-09
Licensed at Elkton to We'd

EI.KTON. Md, FcD. 9.--Fiftecn
couples landed off the honeymoon spe-
cial here this morning seeking marriage
licenses They cOmurised the following /:
Edward g. cain ana Altha Smith,
joseph I,ovrh and Mary Wright. Robert
pcTulk and Pearl StHnmier, Frank Il.
Howell and Esther Mit2, Harry e..
Kuplie and Mildred Morris, all Of phlla-
delphia: Leon g. Stroh and Elsie
Twcedy, camden; William Y. Guyton
md Elsie NJ. Spence, Chester; Adam
Nowatarsky ana Mary I.osko. Reading
James Murphy and Clarissa Birks,
chester: Calvin Burke and Arlene Git
tings. Bethlehem: Howard Plmdcr and
Phillip Tinley, Marcus Hook Arthur
Tumbcrg and Emma Forwinkle. Chester
Frank Huffm III and Caroline Boyer
Pottstown: Roy Miller and Emma Book
Reading. and Harry j. Williams and
Catherine johnson, MI Holly, " j.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-09
BAKER MAY ORGANIZE
U. "TOMMYWAACS"
APPOINTS Committee to Inves-
tigate British Organization
of Women for War Work
WASHINGTON, Fob. .,

The American army may soon nave
its "Tommywaacs.
The advlsability of organizing a
woman's service here similar 10 thlS
Rri,ish organization is to he Investigated
hv n committee Of sis women and two
MON organized by Secretary of War
Baker and announced today.
The "TommyNaacs'- -siSters-lh-arlhS
to the British Tonnnics--are as r"hl Il
mart of the British army as the IolnmN
himself. They have thelr own ulh-
forms. sleep in regular army haffa'hS
,,yd 10 ,vork behind the fighting lines
that releases manN men ipr ,n' rom.
ono .nf The things they pride themselves
~, 10 Eeening the graves of their fight
inc hrothcrs green and properly marked.
,I,Ln pritish 'rommywHacS' live under
,,,,,,, ,nilito,v rules. Their Officers arc
d,rertIy responsible 10 "headquarters-- -
md military punishment Is relentlessly
',a,,J ont TO wayward members when
ia. forget. as the Tommies sometimes
DE- that war is serious business.
rho Baker committee Is composed Of
,,,s >Jorris l.. cook. Washington; Miss
NIarv Van CleeCk, of the russell sage
L,oundation. New York, ana head OF
a., yoman's division of the ordnance
uaor,ment, Miss Henrietta Il. Walker,
nf IN. Russell Sage Foundation; Mrs.
povmoud Robins chic lso, president of
thn National Woman's Trade Union
League Miss Amy Hewes, of the COM
nittcc on women in industry of the
raunciI of National Defense; Miss
Naude T.. Miner, New York. chairman
~ the committee on Protective Work
so, Girls; Malcolm Mcbride. Cleveland,
~ the Commission ON Training Camp
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secretary.