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The Washington herald., 1918-09-24
CROWDER TO RECLAIM
REJECTED DRAFT MEN
Plans System for Remedying Many
Disqualifying Defects.

Disqualifying Defects.
An organized effort by the Pro-
vost Marshal Generals ofice and
the Bureau Of Public Health ssrv-
ice to establish a higher physical
standard was announced yesterday.
1t results from the refusal OF one
third Of the registrants in the first
draft by the army because Of phys
icsl unftness.
Surg. Gen. Blue has made q study
Of these refusals and issued a PAM
pLlet of instructions to correct
some of the most common physicsl
delinquencies found in the army
examinations. Provost Marshal
General CroYder has sent copies OF
these instructions TO all local draft
boards where they may be had by
those interested.
Men found disqualified by their
examining physicians should re-
ceive definite instructions as to the
meaning OF their disabilities and 8
strong appeal should be made to
them to correct these disabilities
as far as possible. This Is not only
to reclaim men for military service
but to lessen the burden OF illness
and disability among those engaged
in essential industrial work"
The circular will also be furnish
ed to life insurance compa nies. fra
ternal organizations. labor unions
employers Of labor and others. Over
so per cent of the abilities found
in the first draft were prevents bic
or cura BILE.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-24
HOW TO JUDGE A WOMAN
BY HER HAIR.

There is real common sense in
just noticing whether the hair is
well kept to judge Of a woman's
neatness, or good taste. II you
are one of the few who try to
make the most of your hair, re-
member that it is not advisable to
wash the hair with any cleanser
made for all purposes, but always
use some good shampoo. You can
enjoy the very best by getting.
some Canthrox from your drug
gist, dissolve a teaspoonful in a
cup of hot water. This makes
full cup of shampoo liquid, enough
50 1t is easy to apply it to all the
hair instead of just the top of the
head. Dandruff, excess oil, and
dirt are dissolved and entirely dis
appear. Your hair will be so
fluffy that it will look much
heavier than it is. It's luster and
softness will also delight you,
while the stimulated scalp gains
the health which insures hair
growth.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-24
The stars incline. but DO not compel
HOROSCOPE.
september -. 1918.

~Ff
This is a day most unfavo-sole
for all classes OF men and women.
according TO astrology. Mars, Sat
urn and Uranus are all in malehe
aspect. In the evening the Sun is
friendly in its sway.
This government Of the stars is
read as unfavorsble for the ambi-
tions Of certain army officers. max
ing for rivalries ami heart burnings.
Many changes in command are fore
cast.
During this conhEurstion soldiers
should be careful not TO be fool
hardy, since the influences tend
toward reckless deeds in which life
may be lightly forfeited
Under this direction OF the stars
quarrels and all manner of fault
finding are probable. This applies
equally to public and domestic life!
Changes in the committees Of the
Congress Will be frequent during
the next few months, as il is again
prophesied that the new era will
eliminate many men past middle
The Washington herald., 1918-09-24
TWENTY-SKTH
CHAPTER.
Pleasant Penalty | Pay
for Bakng Up City's Traf-
fie.

Chance invariably introduces DR..
Certeis to me. do not know whether
chance" today, was disguised as
Baby Barbara or a motor cycle. but
l do know that I am unreasonably
obsessed with 81 visions of the NOV
ing picture variety as the result Of
meeting Tony Curt.
Perhaps chance" was only a ball
O. yarn. Now that the Red Cross
knitting drive is done with. 1 have
time to knit the socks 1 promised
Tommy. So this morning I went
down town to match my wool, taking
Baby Barbara along in the auto.
Playing nurse girl 10 that animated
doll is more of q Joy than 8 duty.
And on the way home, 1 proceeded
TO wind my yarn
According to Barbara's babyhoo6
experience. balls are just made to
toss. She suddenly laid her tiny fn-
gers on my ball OF yarn and threw
it out OF the car. A motor cycle hit
The Washington herald., 1918-09-24

Rear Admiral and Mrs. W. n. H.
Switzerland. are very well-kmown
in Washington.
Former President william How
ard Taft is staying for q few days
with Mr.. and Mrs. Loyall Allan os-
/ borne at Stockbridge. Mr.. Osborne
is one of his colleagues on the War
Labor Board.
! Mrs. Taft. who has been at her
[ summer home at Murray Bay. Can
ada. will join Mr.. Taft in Washing
! ton about October I. and they will
/ take possession of the apartment al
202s Connecticut avenue, which they
have leased.
The marriage OF Miss Virginia LIE
/ seure. daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
Ernest X LIE seure and grand
daughter of Congressman Joseph G.
! Cannon. to Capt. William Housh-
| telling. U. S. NJ. c., will be solemn
ized in Danville. the home of the
bride. on October IL. With he,
aunt. Miss Helen Cannon, Miss Lt
Seure spent a few days in Wash
, ington last week. They have beer
at mountain resort in New Eng
land.
The former Russian Ambassador
Mr.. George Bakhmeteff. and Mime
Bakhmeteff, who spent the summer a,
Buena Vista Springs, will return tc
| their residence in Sixteenth street the
latter part Of the week.
Mrs T. septimus Austin and he,
I MoIsrfzA
leaving Atlantic City this week and
will tour through the Berkshires be.
fore returning to Washington.
Mrs. Laurence Armour. of Kansas
City, who spent last winter in Wash
inston. occupying Or. and Mrs Loui.
| Lehr's New Hampshire avenue resi-.
dence, is now at White Sulphur
| Springs, W. Va. with her mother and
sister. Mrs H. NJ. withers and Mis-.
Mary Withers. Mics Withers has Jus,
returned from France, where she
served for ten months with the Red
Cross canteen service.
| Bris Gen. william A. White. chic.
OF the British Canadian recruiting
mission, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs
John Masee st White Sulphur Springs
who gave a dinner in his honor Sat-
urday evening at the GreenbrieT.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edson Bradley closed
! Arcadia Farms. their summer home
at Alexandria Bay, n. Y. on Sstur.
day and returned to Garnwill. theil
villa in Tuxedo. n. Y, for the au.
tumn season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fhonos T. Can. vhc
are at The Ship. their place at Oster-
| vile. Mass, will return to their Wash
| ington residence in October.
Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock is expected
in Washington today after having
| spent the summer at Newport.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-24
800, 600 Bedside Bags
For Wounded Soldiers

Bedside bags TO hang by the hos
pitsl cots Of the wounded soldiers
have been ordered in large quantities
by the Medical Department the Red
Cross announced last night.
An order for $1,000 OF these bags
to be sent to England and France.
mas been distributed among the va
rious Red Cross chapters throughout
the United States. They are to be
cut end made according to a model
provided by the Surgeon General OF
the army.
Another large requisition for hos
pital garments, operating gowns and
for con~alescent robes has also been
made on the Red Cross by the Medi-
cal Depa rtnent Of the army.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-24

ABUNDNT-Cabbage
plek
NoRMAL-Beets onions,
The Washington herald., 1918-09-24
Market Tips for Housewives.


prices to consumers, administration.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-16
War LOdfing On
Decline Reports
Here Indicate

Even with inadequate cooperation
from business firms and individuals, the
Memphis war work committee has sue.
ceeded in greatly reducing the number
Of war loafers" in Memphis.
Saturday used to be day when the
fewest men worked. 1t is gradually be-
coming as other days, according to let
ters from various firms to committee
Headquarters. But the committeeman
are seeking more complete cooperation
In their work of keeping every able
bodied man "on the job" six days a
week. They urge that every employer
who has an employe failing to report for
duty, or any person whose neighbor Is
not at work, telephone Main 6l93, COM
mittee headquarters, and an investiga-
tion will be made at once. The organ
ization asks that these reports be made
before II o'clock on the morning that
the alleged loafer fails to go to work,
that an officer may be sent during the
day to investigate. If the man has no
good excuse for failing to go to work
his arrest will follow.
The special officers working with the
committee have been following up ev-
cry report turned into headquarters and
several arrests have been made. II
there is no one at the house where the
supposed war loafer" resides this no.
tice is left under the door:
"The United States government en-
ployment services requires the report
ing of all men who do not report regu-
larly. You will be arrested unless you
go to work at once"
Hays Flowers, secretary OF the COM
mittee,. declares that war loafing Is
gradually being reduced in Memphis.
He adds, however, that Its absolute
stamping out is impossible unless COM
plete cooperation throughout the city
| Is obtained
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-16
E. OF c. DELEGATES TO
ATTEND MANY MEETINGS

Chamber Of Commerce representatives
will attend a number of important meet
ings In the various sections Of the coun-
try during the coming month.
A representative Is to be sent to
Rochester, N. Y, Nov. 20 to %, to the
meeting of the National Municipal
league, where a general discussion Of
municipal problems incident to the re-
construction that must follow signing
of articles Of peace will be discussed.
Another delegate will go to Baltimore
Dec. S-15 for the meeting of the South
ern Commercial congress, where plans
for the work of the South in the days
to follow the war will be mapped out.
One hundred speakers from all parts of
the United States and from the allied
countries will be on the program.
Thomas B. King, of the good roads
committee, will attend meeting Of
good roads enthusiasts In Washington
Dec. Is, when plans will be completed
for introducing legislation In congress
allowing the government to take over
the Bankhead highway as a military
road from coast to coast
A larger delegation will go to New
Orleans Dec. 9 and 10 to meeting of
Mississippi valley shippers and others in
terested in development Of the North
to South waterway and the opening Of
Southern gateway to foreign trade.
With the exception Of Chairman King,
of the good roads committee, delegates
have not yet been named for the va
riouS meetings
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-16
GERMANS AND
ALLIES PLAN
FOR RETREAT.
Defeated Enemy Officers Meet
Belgian, British, French and
Americans in Separate Con-
ferenCeS on ArmiStiCe.

PARIS, Nov. 16-In accordance with
Marshal Foch's instructions, conveyed
through Maj. Sisteron to the German
great headquarters, German military
and technical representatives met Bel
gian officers at Bruges, British at Mons
and French and Americans at Nancy
yesterday afternoon, says Marcel Hutin,
OF the Echo de Paris. The purpose Of
the meetings was to arrange details
across the Rhine, and to discuss dues-
tions relative to railroads, rivers, ca
nails and telegraph and telephone ser
vice.
The Germans gave information con-
Cerning the different systems Of COM
munication and the destruction ef-
fected or planned by the Germans. The
British and Belgians dealt with the
territory limited by the Dutch Belgian
and the Dutch German frontiers, the
Rhine and the line of Coblenz. The
region south of Charleroi and Bonn to
Southern Alsace.
Meetings begun Friday of representa-
tives Of the associated governments will
be largely Of an Informal nature. They
will consist chiefly of conferences Of
foreign ministers rather than Of pre-
miers, with view to reaching COM
mon understanding on international
questions and definitely arranging the
program Of the peace congress.
One Of the first conferences held
yesterday was at the residence Of Col.
House, the head of the American dele
cation, where Foreign Minister Sonni-
no, of Italy, spent some time. 1t was
expected that Foreign Secretary Bal
four, Rf Great Britain, would arrive
later.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-16
SHELBY DELEGATION
PERFECTS ORGANIZATION

The Shelby county delegation organ
lied Friday night at banquet given
at the Hotel Gayoso by Frank d. Full
ler state senator. IN honor OF tho dele
cation. Mr.. Fuller was elected chair
man and Ernest s. Bell. member of
the lower house Of tho legislature, seo-
retary. Present were Frank ]. Rice
and Frank d. Fuller, state senator's;
Ernest S. Bell, George A. Canale, John
Galella, Joseph Hanover Carl Larsen,
Hunt Phelan, C. Il, McCalman and
John Morgan. -
1t was decided that tbe dolegatlea
should hold public nlNH ipea IN ths
county court room, beginFfng Sthe Bet1
ond Monday In December. to get the
views Of the general public regarding
local and general acts to be passed
at the session In January,
No local bills were discussed at the
get together meeting Friday night. but
1t is known that several measures of
Importance will be brought to the
attention Of tho public at the public
meetings before acts are drafted for
passage.
The following local measures will be
considered: The extension of the city
limits OF Memphis to take In Bing-
hamton, South Memphis and outlying
districts tho Inauguration In Mem
phis OF the city manager plan OF gov
ernment for Memphis, and a local bill
to increase the pay OF city teachers
to conform with the agreement made
between the city and tho teachers fol-
lowing the compromise effected during
the recent teachers strike.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-16
PAYNE FIELD BIRDMEN
UP IN AIR OVER FUTURE

COLUMBUS, Miss. Nov. 16. tspL)---
Now that an armistice has been signed
aviatora at Payne field, near West
Point, are wondering what their fate ia
to be. Payne field has been materially
beneficial not only to West Point, but
to Columbus and other nearby towns
as the airmen make frequent vists to
these towns and spent large sums Of
money, the patronage extended hotels
and restaurants being especially liberal
Concerning tho matter, tho Payne field
Iooms publishes the following state
ment from Col. J. W, Heard, the post
commandant
Payne field Ia a military organza-
tion and Its duty is 10 obey orders. We
have received no orders changing our
duties or our activities When such
orders are received they will be pub
lished, Until such time, every member
OF this command is expected to put all
his energy into his work exactly as
though no change In the situation had
taken place. The manner In which the
troops at Payne field have discharged
their duties has enabled It TO show re-
suits surpassed by no field in this
country. We intend to maintain our
standard so long as the field continues
in operation, whether that period is to
be five weeks, five months or five
years"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-16
JUG0-SLAVS PLAN TO
HAVE STATE LIKEJTALY

LONDON, Nov. 1s. Correspondence
of the Associated Press.)-if the Jugo-
Slavs achieve their aspirations they
will have a state OF about the same
area as Italy. DR.. Ante Trumbig, presi-
has just arrived In London, gives a
comprehensive outline or his peoples
aims, the first of which is that all
the Jugo-Slav lands shall be liberated
from Austro Hungary and united with
the independent kingdom OF Serbia and
"Our state" said DR.. Trumbig,
SHOULD comprise the territory bounded
on the east by Bulgaria and Rumanla,
on the north by Hungary, on the west
by the Adrtatic, on the northwest by
erman-Austria, and on the south by
Greece and Albania"
These boundaries take in about 1o0,-
GOO square miles, with population Of
12,000,000
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-16
FORMAL ENTRY Of
FRENCH INTOMETZ
TOMAKE HISTORY
Marks Return to France Of
City Torn From Her by
Victorious Germans Al
Years Ago After Battle.
BY FRANK n. sIMONDS,

The NeVSs Sclmltar's MILITARY EXPORT.
NEW YORK, Nov. 10 The ceremony
of Monday, when the French president
Premier Clemenceau and Marshal Feoh
will enter Metz, will have a worldwide
significance. 1t will mark the return to
France of city always French, torn
from the French ~ years ago, not on
any basis OF right or justice, but purely
and simply upon the German argument
that 1t was necessary TO the turtherance
OF German military purpose.
Strassburg was In language a German
city. II was French by the Will OF It's
inhabitants; it was French by the asso-
citation of the city's population IN tne
great revolution 1t was French as the
French, Italian and German eantons ,of
Switzerland are Swiss; that Is, by the
deliberate desire and win OF the whole
people But the fact that the language
OF the Alsatians was German, that AL
SAGE had been in its past \ portion OF
the German empire, supplied a colorado
pretext for German aggression.
All this was lacking In Metz. Tours,
Orleans, Paris itself, were not more
French. From 1859 Metz had been
part of French national soil, the coun.,
tryside in wide circle was inhabited
then, as now, by French speaking peo-
pie, But because II was tho fortress
guarding the road into the heart OF
France. the Germans took It,
There is no sadder story than that Of
Metz after the annexation. Thousands
OF its inhabitants emigrated to France
| Some of them opened the family tolnbs
that the bones OF their ancestors might
be removed to French soil. In 1855 Metz
(Continued on Page TO- Column 81
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-16
Airplane's Part
In AUenby Push
At Last Detailed

LONDON, Nov 16. Correspondence
Of, the Associated .press.)-The de-
tailed story which has just reached
here of Gen. Allenby's great advance
in Palestine shows that. the airplane
played big part in the operations
which led to the taking Of Nazareth.
The chief object OF the airmen was
to prevent the Turks from gaining
knowledge Of important cavalry move-
ments. Big bombing machines re-
manned throughout the night OF Sept
IS over the principal Turkish airdrorne
at Jenin, which was subjected to con-
stant rain of explosives, tremendous
damage being caused,
At daybreak the airmens methods
became sensational. Fast machines in
pairs, each carrying a number Of
twenty-pound bombs, "sat" over Jenin
all day each pair being relieved at pre-
arranged intervals, Any. movement in
the airdrome brought a bomb and the
enemy did not get a single machine off
the ground, thereby permitting the
British cavalry to execute its critical
turning movement without being OBJ
served. The result was that Nazareth
was entered at 3 o'clock the next
morning.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-16
.ARMY'S RETURN
FROM OVERSEAS
BEING PLANNED
General March Announces Scheme to Re-
lease 10000 Men Daily-Permanent Force
Already Being Arranged for.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16-Orders have been issued, Gen.
March announced today for the gradual capitalization OF all
troops now in this country Demobizaon will be in the fol
First development battaons II in number and comprising
99,l99 men.
Second conscientious objectors not under arrest.
Third spruce production division.
Fourth central training schools for officers, with some
notifications ~
Fifth, United States guards numbering $4,000 men
Sixth, railway units.
Seventh, depot brgades.
Eighth, replacement units
Ninth, combat divisions.
There are now in the United States 10000 under
arms Gen. March said. .... r
Orders which will result in the immediate demobzaton OF
100000 men are already issued and these will be at their
homes in the next two weeks ,,,...... A.. o,;of of
staff explained 10000 each day will be released from TIC
rsp2 a a ss being H % said
Phng the intention Of The war % om Which, the
majority @ Of it's men came and to parade adjacent cities
so % ofd @ PSSR' Ss1s psS %ay Ssd aGs
3 and Of Sens n should
cross the Atnt o will he cleared out to prepare for the
the ezpeonary indicated that the d
to guard and police preparation arrival Of the unit unit
liant record at the front the anbow division will be given
ss the 0p p h % 81 gained
will be paraded in Washington before 1t mustered
Atlantic ports Charleston e. Gen March said Ss
p5s ports eSos sosS R'sp9s1 Ghsrsstan aIS
disposition the great
decision reached
structon already largely has been stopped ,
toward the OF
All men YIN the he nss @ M aSS S an
forces furlough OF one month
| will be as IN incentive to reenlstment
that will be asked to give each man
regardless of whether reens bonus
Gen March pointed out also that all soldiers
their three months
discharge This will make less difficult the immediate task of supply
ing civilian clothing to the demoblized army.
Ta T
the
available
desire honorable discharges from the
service.
the staff
enlisted personnel lists keeping
reduction of the land forces.
Pershng has been directed to expedite complete casualty lists
showing the Of killed wounded
II Nov H. Cen March would not hazard e
o what the final total would be-
a the number prisoners
538
official line allied armies
the Americans along stopped
front held by Second that hour
miles.
OF the American force, Gen. March said
reached its highest point OF military excellence the day
fighting stopped and had endeed itself to the hearts of the Ame
can people,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-16
sIS!lz.!ES ~ SlIsE EsRy

Tennessee-Rain, colder in west,
warmer in northeast: Sunday fair and
colder.
Mississippi-Local rains and cooler;
Sunday fair.
Arkansas--Fair In west, showers in
east, cooler in northwest; Sunday prob
ably fair, cooler
Alabama--Rain, cooler in extreme
south; Sunday fair, cooler.
Kentucky--Rain, colder in extreme
west; Sunday fair and colder except rain
In northeast.
Louisiana---Unsettled, showers in east;
Sunday partly cloudy.
Oklahoma--Fair, cooler.
East Texas-Generally fair, cooler in
north; Sunday cooler except in south
east portion.
West Texas-Fair, cooler in north.
South Carolina--Rain; Sunday proba-
bly, fair
Georgia-Rain; Sunday probably fair,
slightly colder in northwest.
Florida Rain except fair in extreme
south, cooler in extreme northwest;
Sunday probably fair.
Kansas--Fair and colder.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-16
OPEN DISCUSSION FOR
SURRENDER OF FLEET

LONDON, Nov. 16.-Preliminary dis
cussions concerning the handing over
of the German fleet we're held last
night at Rosyth on the Firth of Forth,
Scotland, between Admiral Sir David
Beatty and delegates from the Ger
man soldiers and sailors council and
the German vice. admiral Meurer.
When the cruiser Koenigsberg, which
miles off the Isle Of May on the Scot
tish coast this afternoon 1t was met by
British vessels which escorted it to
Rosyth. The preliminaries SO far have
been carried out without a hitch, and
1t Is not expected the Germans will
bubble over details The discussions
probably may end at Saturdays meeting
of the delegation.
American officers will be present at
the surrender of the German high seas
fleet 1t has not yet been determined
whether the United States will be repre-
sented at Constantinople.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-16
HOLLAND HOLDS KAISER
AS DISTINGUISHED ALIEN

AMERQNGEN, Holland. Nov ia
William HOhenzollern has not been in
termed by the Netherlands government.
He Is regarded rather as distinguished
foreigner who has sought refuge, and
who has claim to protection. Pre-
sumably he Is free to so where he likes,
but the fact that his suIte has actually
been interned restricts his movements,
Count Won Bentnck explained that
the former crown prince, as well as
the former emperor, ceased to be SOL
dters when they abdicated. Nothing Is
known at the castle concerning the
former emperor's future movements or
as TO the whereabouts OF the former
empress
The former emperor was seen stroll
ing about the castle grounds with Count
Won Bentinck and the counts son. He
wore gray military Overcoat. Later
he was shown over the castle OF Huylen-
stein, mile away and the residence
OF Count Won Bentinck's brother.
The members OF the former emperor's
suite have surrendered their swords to
Dutch officers. They previously had
seized their other arms, and this for
mality completed the act of internmenr.