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The Washington herald., 1918-01-16
CAN CARRY BOOZE
FROM baltimore
Court Rules Law Does Not Apply
to Unlabeled.

Section 20 OF the Penal Code, in as
much as it applies to the bringing OF
unlabled liquor into the District of
Columbia is dead-at least as far as
the District Supreme Court is con-
cerned.
In deciding a test case yesterday,
that Of Robert Long, colored. charged
with transporting unlabeled whisky
from Baltimore to this city, Justice
Stafford said: I'm section $40 there
is no express prohibition OF the bring
ing in Of intoxicating liquors nor OF
the carrying Of such liquors upon the
vehicles OF a common carrier, nor OF
the transporting or importing there
of, but only and explicitly of the ship
ping or cause to be shipped of any
package containing such liquor with
out the package being labeled so as
| to show the name OF the consignee
as well as the nature and quantity ol
the contents"
Going further still, the court re.
marked: "It is proper to remark that
at the time when what is now section
240 Of the Penal Code was enacted
it was not necessarily unlawful t.
possess, to use or to even give away
! or sell intoxicating liquors in the Dis
trict Of Columbia, nor to bring such
liquors into the District unless made
| unlawful by this section.
Nor should IT be overlooked thai
| this indictment does not attempt tc
charge any offense under the more re-
cert acts Of Congress known as the
| webb-Kenyon Law, tho Reed Amend
ment or the District OF Columbia Pro
hibition Law"
Unless an appeal from this decisior
is taken by the government, the cases
of sixty-five or more persons. charged
with the same offense as Long. will
be dropped.
This does not mean. however. that
the government will not seek some
ether method of prosecution with
| which to handle persons who bring
liquor, labeled or unlabeled into th'
/ District.
| Congress empowered the office OF tht
Corporation Counsel to prosecute VIC
lations of the Sheppard Law and the
office of the United States District
( Attorney Is empowered to enforce thu
Reed Amendment.
| Between the two there will probably
be in the near future an attempt BY
| the government to stop the liquor trat
fic from Baltimore 20 Washington.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-16
II DESERTERS
PASS THROUGH
UNION STATION
On Way to Navy Court
Martial and Possible Sem
,tence at Philadelphia.

Eleven naval deserters under heavy
uniformed guard Wy" tho enter of
interest at the Union Station late
yesterday afternoon, where they
awaited for two hours G. special rain
to Philadelphia. Here they will to-
day be given trial and sentenced to
varying war" terms to be served
at Portsmouth, ". Fl. Some Of the
prisoners may draw as heavy es ten
yeas sentences.
Military or naval garb of any sort
has long been a cynosure in the wait
ing rooms and on the concourse Of
the station. where they temporarily
stack guns" awaiting trains which
begin their journeying "over there"
Every American has q warm in
terest in his soldier and sailor rep
resentatives.
Men Manacled.
II was with vastly different mien
therefore that crowds encircled'
about these deserters who were
huddled on frst-line benches in the
waiting room.
Faces of the deserters were hard
ened and scanned and there was Q
spirit of boldness among them but
they rarely dared to face the groups
of silent accusers who exchanged
scoffing remarks to each other.
Worn overcoats were carefully
| wriggled by the men between them
selves in order that they might hide
the fact that steeled handouts held
them in pairs.
Six guards who were in charge Of the
men accenteated the contrast. Theirs
was the pride Of authority and good
standing, while their erstwhile COM
rades sat in fallen disgrace. From
each of the guards belts hung prom
| inently the regulation gun or side
arms.
Arrive from Chicago.
| When the crowd about the men
grew 80 large that passageway was
impeded the guards were forced to ac-
cede to the prisoners initial re-
quest to be allowed to retire to the
smoking room.
Here one of the deserters who sat
on an end bench succeeded in in
weighing a travelling sailor into con-
| versation.
! 1t developed that they had trained
| at the same station and the converg-
ing of reminiscence was pathetic.
The party OF deserters arrived
from Chicago at o'clock. several
hours behind their schedule. They
were assigned to an especially pre-
pared car on the train
The Washington herald., 1918-01-16
BRITISH EMBASSY
AWAITS new Head
Lord Reading Expected Soon; May
Lease Moran House.

Announcement Of the arrival of
Lord Reading. new British Ambassa-
dor. is being expected daily.
It Is believed the Reading party
will take up its temporary residence
in the Berger Moran residence, 315
Massachusetts avenue, which Lord
Reading leased while on visit here
as head Of the British Financial Mis-
sion This lease expires on April l.
which will give the Readings ample
time to complete arrangements for
moving into the British Embassy.
Lord Reading has occupied the post
Of Lord Chief Justice Of England, and
in his capacity as head of the British
Financial Mission, proved OF great
service to his country.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-16
Kicks 1t Out Of Way,
Then Finds It's a Bomb

New York. Jan. 5-Salvatore Nuc-
clio. a carpenter, stumbled over some
thing when he went home the other
night. kicked it out Of the way and
entered his room.
When his curiosity got the better
Of him he went out in the hall and
struck a match The something"
was an eight-inch bomb.
It had failed to explode because
the fuse had been wound too tightly.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-16
GRANT BACK HOME
FROM CONVENTION

Secretary Thomas Grant. of the
Washington Chamber of Commerce,
returned to Washington last night
after attending the convention OF the
International Brotherhood of Plaster
ers, Masons and Brieklayers. which
was scheduled for Washington at the
last annual meeting of the organiza-
ton and was changed to Philadelphia
at the last minute on account of the
congested condition of this city.
President Gompers, of the America n
Federation of Labor, delivered a pa
triotic speech to the men shortly after
the meeting convened.
The local union presented a set Of
programs to the organization and re-
grets We're expressed that the Conven-
ton could not be held in the Capital
The Washington herald., 1918-01-16
Instant Relief Indigestion, Gas,
Upset Stomach -Pape's Diapepsn
Instantly NeutraIzes Excessive Acid in Stomach Relieving
Dyspepsia. Heartburn. Distress. Its Fine!

a large fifty-cent case from any drug
store and then IL anyone should eat
something which doesn't agree with
them: II what they eat lays like lead,
ferments and sours and forms gas
causes headache. dizziness and nsu-
sea; eructAtions OF acid and undi-
gested food-remember as soon as
Pape's Dispepsin comes in contsC Ct
with the stomach II helps 10 neutral
ize the excessive acidity, then all the
stomach distress caused by Il disap-
pears. Its promptness. certainty and
ease in overcoming such stomach die
orders IL a revelation 20 those who
try it.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-16
WANTS ALLEY Law
DEFERRED Until 1928
Board of Trade to Recommend Dis
trict Purchase Homes.

A ten-year postponement of the
date of enforcement of the provisions
of the alley bill, which now calls for
the closing of alley houses as dwell
ings and the ejectment of 1900
dwellers on July l, 1913, and a pro-
posal of the gradual elimination of
such dwellings by condemnation pro-
cedure were solutions for the alley
problem presented at the meeting of
the committee on streets and ave-
nues Of the Board of Trade yester-
day afternoon in the Board of Trade
rooms.
A report which the committee will
present to the regular monthly meet
ing of the board tomorrow recon-
mends the passage Of a resolution
providing for an annual appropriation
OF s2SO,OOO by Congress for the buying
Of alley dwellings at a fair rate of
valuation.
Kent Opposes.
James @. Kent opposed the adop-
tion OF the report He declared that
100000 estimated for the building
Of houses enough to care for the
alley dwellers, when they would be
The Washington herald., 1918-01-16
MYSTERIOUS LETTERS
Lead To ASYLUM
Frankel Albert. Pittsburgh. Wrote
to D. c. Court Clerk.

For the last six months Chief
Clerk Frank A. Sebring has been
receiving mysterious letters. writ
ten in bad Italian from Pittsburgh.
From time to time Mr.. Sebring
has called in various Interpreters
in order to decipher the missives.
Until yesterday there was no way
to tell whether the letters were
love letters or black hand letters.
Mr.. Sebring communicated with
W. n. Matthews. superintendent of
police in Pittsburgh. and turned
over to him several OF the letters
A man who calls himself Frankel
Albert. giving his address as 26 En-
NETT street. Pittsburgh, was arrest
ed. He was suffering with the de-
lusion that he is being robbed by q
bank to which he had entrusted his
savings. Rather than appeal TO the
The Washington herald., 1918-01-16
IF You Can Stand This One
Why Worry About a Dry Town?

good and dry. And you should have
enough paregoric for your party.
Then you mix your "Petunia." This
is a matter Of temperament. But you
should remember that paregoric is IL
proof. First, you take a little seltzer.
Preferably a very little. Then you
add anything you feel like. Bay rum.
hair tonic and witch hazel are all
prime favorites. II you are very opu-
lent you may add a dash of Mary
Garden perfume. This lends a real
bouquet. We heard of one man who
added a little complexion beautiler.
But the poor chap never lived to tell
what it tasted like.
Then you drink 1t. But il you die.
don't blame this article.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-16
Hun Soldiers Refuse
To Wear Iron Crosses

London, Jan. 15-An appeal is be-
ing circulated among the mutilated
German officers and soldiers having
the Iron Cross asking them to return
the crosses as a protest against the
fact that a number of "home war
riors" and leaders of the Fatherland
party are wearing the same insignia,
according to an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Amsterdam.
There has been a large response,
], 800 crosses from Berlin alone being
sent to the War Minister the first day
the appeal appeared.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-16

Have you had a "Paregortc Pc
tunia?"
They are said to be as good as q
trip to Baltimore.
After two OF them, you think that
you own the Union station. When
you have swallowed the third the
world begins to go purple. And after
that-Oh. shucks, what's the use? No
mortal pen could adequately describe
it.
First. you must get your paregoric.
The druggists have prejudices against
selling more than 10 cents worth of
II. So you travel from drug store to
drug store. When you have told the
tale Of the baby's tummy ache to a
dozen pharmacists your throat will be
The Washington herald., 1918-01-16
ENTERTAIN SOLDIERS.

Two acts from the Cosmos Thester
appeared at the American University
camp last night in the vaudeville per
Torrance given for the enEineers in
training there. Julian Brylawxld has
offered two acts each week from the
Cosmos TO the entertainment commit
tee of the District war service, for
their nightly entertainments at the
camps.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-16

You don't want a slow remedy
when your stomach is bad-or an un-
certain one-or harmful one-your
stomach is too valuable; you mustn [
iniure it with drastic drugs.
Pape's Diapepsin is noted for its
speed in giving relief it's harmless
ness: its certain unfailing action in
regulating sick, sour, gassy stomachs.
Its quick relief in indigestion, dyspep-
sia and gastritis when caused by acid
ity has made it famous the world
over.
Keep this wonderful stomach sweet
ener in your home-keep it handy-get
The Washington herald., 1918-01-16
THE TOWN CRIER.

4 meeting of the Parents Lea
que will be held this evening at
the Wilson Normal School. Ernest
l. Thurston, superintendent of
schools. will deliver an address.
The Emma Sanford shelton Chap
ter of the W. c. T. L. will meet at
7:30 o'clock this evening at the
home OF Mrs. Alvin Lank, 37l1 New
Hampshire avenue. 1t will be the
regular meeting of the chapter. and
all members are requested to at
tend.
Representative c. c. Miller. Of
Minnesota, member Of the House
Committee on Military Affairs. who
recently spent about two months
in investigating conditions on the
western war front. is to speak of
his experiences in a lecture on
Personal Experiences on the West
ern War Front" at 8 o'clock this
evening in Epiphany Parish Hall.
under the auspices of the Rector's
Guild of the church. Rev. DR.. Ran
doIph McKim is to introduce the
speaker.
"BOller Explosions" will be the
topic of a lecture to be given by
John Gaub, at Sis o'clock this
evening. before the Washington AS
sociation No. OF the National As
sociation of Steam Engineers, 1904
Pennsylvania avenue.
The part Latin America is play
ing in the great war will be the
subject OF a lecture by Senior ]. S.
Nachado at the monthly meeting of
the Spanish American Atheneum, to
be held at o'clock this evening at
the New Ebbitt. Songs, piano So
los and the reading Of Spanish
poems will be other features of the
evening. Invitation cards for the
meeting can be obtained from the
secretary. w. J. Faulkner, 1880 B
street southeast.
Mrs. A. N. Blair will speak on
Red Cross work in England at the
Y. w. c. A. rooms, Fourteenth and
G streets northwest. at o'clock
this evening. Mrs. Blair spent sew
eral months as a war worker in
England.
A meeting of the Board Of Edu-
cation of the District will be held
at the Franklin School Building
this afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
The Warrington Kennel Club will
hold its annual meeting and cleo
tion of officers at o'clock this
evening in the Grotto room of E
S. Schmid, 712 Twelfth street north
west. Plans for a dog show will
be discussed.
There will be a dance to which
men in uniform are invited al
Christ's Episcopal Church, $40 G
street southeast, this evening. Re-
freshments will be served.
Mrs. Emma Gray, president of the
National New Thought Center will
speak at o'clock this evening al
the Center, 9o2 F street. Her topic
will be Mental Antidotes."
A meeting OF the South Wash.
ington Citizens Association is to bt
held at o'clock this evening in
Jefferson School Hall.
The sixty-ninth anniversary OF
Eagle Tent will be celebrated this
evsnins in Rachabite Hall, 304 E
street southeast. Addison +, Smith
and Rev. Richard R. Reidel will
speak.
A meeting OF the Indiana societ,
is to be held at s o'clock. this even.
ing in New Ebbitt Hotel.
"Russia-Its Arts, Customs, Re.
ligion and Government" is the sub.
ject of an address to be given by
Mrs. Eleanor J. Bingham at a meet.
ing of the Anthony League. at
o'clock this afternoon at 2o07 CO.
lumbia road
The Washington herald., 1918-01-16
An 8-Hour Day for An Soor.

Philadelphia, Jan. lS.-Americar
workmen, regardless Of what class oi
labor they may be engaged in, may
soon have standardized eight-houi
work day, according to Samuel Com.
pers, president Of the American Fed.
Grafton OF Labor. ri
The Washington herald., 1918-01-16
Kentucky Rati6es Prohibition.

Lexington. KY, Jan. 15-The Ken
lucky Legislature today ratified tho
prohibition amendment by the fol-
lowing vote: In the senate. q to 6;
in the house, e6 to 10.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-16

To Prevent the Grip.
Colds cause Grip - LAXATIVE BROMO
QU1NINE Tablets remove the cause. There is
only one "Bromo Quinine." L. W. GROVES
Signature On box, 3c.-Adv.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-30

it, and indicate the name and address
of the person to whom he'd sires the
money sent. The Y. M. c. A. has ar
rangements with banking institutions
which makes possible the rapid and
inexpensive transfer of any amount
of money to any bank or person in
the states.
"Our soldiers are thinking straight
about money matters. They are not
misers, by any means, and they are
willing to spend a small amount on
things that 60 to make life more en-
jcyable, but their chief thought is to
insure their economic independence
when the war is over and they re
turn to civilian life.
1.-THE average sale to the soldiers
who come into our Y. M. G. A. cen
ter, and they are artillery men, en-
gineers and dough-boys, is almost ex
actly franc a day, thirty francs, OF
about six dollars a month. But the
soldiers could gamble, and they
could, at times, spend money per
haps even more foolishly. They just
don't do it. The percentage thai
could be accused of such an unwise
expenditure of money is negligible
much smaller than in civilian life.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-30
CHILDREN AND LIBERTY
LOAN CAMPAIGN

In single week the boys and girls
of St. Louis who are members OF the
Children of America Loyalty League
sold $4,000 worth of Liberty bonds,
states Mrs. Nat S. Brown, national
chairman of the society. AS part OF
the League are putting on a sketch
at the local theaters.
zone Of our chapters Mrs. Brown
states. sis sending out four.mlnute
speaker, a Greek boy named NICK
Georgopoulous, aged 8, and his talk
is a wonder. He will be accompan-
led by a little girl, aged 5, who sings,
after his talk, the chorus of What
are you going to do for Uncle
Sammy"
The Children of America Loyalty
League is also planning to endow five
beds in American Military Hospital
No. /, Neuilly, France, and in month
raised enough money for one bed
1--WE hope,' says Mrs. Brown, "by the
first of May to be able to pay for the
second one and | am sure by the end
of June we shall have funds enough
for five, if not more"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-30

'gance, and treachery and cruelty, and
that cosy, comrady way he has with
his God-not OUR God we say with
full hearts! though he has succeeded
lin bringing chaos upon the world, he
has gained nothing. Instead he has
lost much.
And he will lose more. If necessary
the whole world will rise to put him
down. Something in the soul of MAN
could not tolerate subsection to any
thing so visibly monstrous.
What will Germany be when the
war is over? Industrially and COM
mercially a cripple and mendicant
And how many centuries must pass
before the German people by right
living and fair thinking can wipe
away the stain this pious devil has
put upon their name?
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-30
(By Associated Press.)

Birmingham, England, April 81
When the call came in the early days
OF the war for a greater supply of
high explosive the government turned
tc the chemical manufacturers of the
country to help them out Of their
difficulty. In the Midlands not far
from Birmingham they found firm
which was engaged in the manufac-
ture of chemicals on fairly large
scale. To this firm was given con-
tract to erect and operate factory
for the production of T. N. r. and
from this factory today the British
army receives a large part of its sup
ply of the necessary high explosive.
A day spent here shows what the
young scientist is doing for his coun-
try, for in this factory at least all
the experts are young men, many of
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-30
THE PIOUS DEVIL

ely Kate Jordan of The Vigilantes !
Since that June day in 1914 when
the assassination at Sarajevo gave
the German Kaiser, and the cormor-
ants who gutturaled with him over
council tables, the opportunity for the
crime against mankind for which they
had been preparing for fifty years, we
have had him described, quoted, pho
tcgraphed by the highest men of
many cOuntries-men of honor, whose
word cannot be questioned.
His vanity is colossal-something to
gibe at. Raymond Hitchcock de-
scribed it when, as a reason for his
having made the war, he explained
that the Kaiser was all dressed up
with nowhere to 60 He is always
dressed up" either as an Hussar, an
admiral, as this, or that, and lately,
even as Turk. Yes, William Hohen.
zollern is "crazy about himself" He
likes the way he carries the duds.'
With vanity there is always AFRO
gance: and he is arrogant. His mus
tache ends alone are damning evil
dence of that-the points point up at
him. 1t is evident, too, in his addic-
ton to posing on a horse-he can
look down, and ride over anything on
foot.
With vanity and arrogance, treach'
cry makes a good third. In his OWL
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-30
(Plant City Courier)

Wednesday was one OF the biggest
days ever recorded here in the vege-
table industry, in spite of the crate
shirtage which Is more acute now
than ever. Nearly every foot OF
space on the express platform was
covered with vegetables principally
beans, potatoes and cabbage. How
ever, the express movement for the
day was not record-breaker, being
a little above 1000 packages. About
half the stuff brought in was left over
to move Thursday, and much OF 1t
went by freight The freight move
ment Wednesday also was very
heavy, considering conditions, and
the day probably will be recorded as
the seasons leader.
AS to the market, it is not very at
tractive. Prices quoted are f. 0. b.,
the only way the industry is oper-
ated here. Cabbage yesterday were
around $1OO the crate, with some
bringing $1.1O, and hampers SO cents,
but demand was not heavy. Beans,
which have shown steadiness for
three weeks, are now in an uncer-
tain "attitude"-in fact, the market
yesterday was from slips to $1.60,
with the average around $1.4O
Potatoes have, it is believed, reach
ed rock bottom. They were going
yesterday at $1.OO-1.25 for Reds.
There are some Whites here, but the
acreage is small-which is good for
the growers, as Whites are below
$1OO. Many anticipate better prices
for potatoes after the crest of the
Hastings season is over. There are
numerous growers here with late
crops, and if weather is favorable the
spuds can remain under cover for
SUUl6 tlIl6 WlIuUuI luJuly.
Corn, which is coming in very light
offerings, is bringing $500 to $2.25.
The demand is firm, but the corn is
not yet in that condition, according
to buyers. They are taking anything
that looks like corn, however, and an
ticipate good movement after this
week.
The leader for three days has been
the cucumber. Williston, it seems,
is not supplying the cukes as fast as
the people can eat them, and there
has been sharp demand all the
week. The price went as high as
$125 Wednesday and yesterday. The
movement from Plant City is still
around four cars a day-of cukes,
counting solid and mixed cars. 1t
will be lighter after this week.
Squash and pepper are in demand.
The squash crop is light, and grow
ers are kicking" themselves for de-
sorting the crop this year. The mar
ket yesterday was $1.OO-1.25 for yell
low squash. Pepper brought $500,
but there has been little of it. Sam
H. Wilder brought in the first ham
per-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-30

Nearly all our fighting men are
saving money. That is the latest
word FROM France. Many of them
| are paving for the privilege of fight
ing for Uncle Sam" by buying Liber-
ty Bonds and saving war stamps
! enough to make the folks who aren't
| fighting ashamed OF themselves. Al
most all American soldiers send
money home on payday
+. A. Hungerford, one of the Y. NJ.
G. A. men at the front who is in a
good position to know their finances,
writes, 1.-THE American soldier is the
| thriftiest American alive. Il have
Liberty Bonds. War Saving Stamps,
Military insurance, and have allotted
fifteen dollars month to the folks
back home" said an artillery man
who was in the hut last evening
There are thousands of Uncle Sans
soldiers in France who can truthful.
ly say the same thing.
az want to send some money
home is heard constantly by the Y.
NJ. c. A. worker in France. The 'Y'
has purposely made it easy for the
soldier to send money home, All he
has to do is to leave his money with
the man in the hut, get receipt for