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The Washington herald., 1918-01-20
Army and Navy News
Best Service Column in the City

Several additional Washington
residents have been given commits
sionB in the army under orders
made public by the War Depart
ment yesterday. Three were COM
missioned as majors and one as
captain in the Ordnance Reserve
Corps; three were made first lieu
tenants and four second lieuten-
ants in the aviation section OF the
Signal Reserve Corps. The list made
public by the department follows:
Edgar l. Maxwell, Red Cross,
major, Ordnance Reserve Corps.
Guy Z. Tripp, 1880 F street north
" est, major, Ordnance Reserve
Corps.
Charles d. Westcott, 1928 YER
mont avenue northwest, major.
Ordnance Reserve Corps.
Hugo G. Goelitz. 1416 r street
northwest, captain, Ordnance Re-
serve Corps.
Joseph st. G. Bryan, 119 D street
northeast; Leigh D. Guyer. 1917
Eighteenth street northwest, and
Richard S. Merrill, Union Station.
first lieutenants. aviation section,
Signal Reserve Corps.
Francis. Z. Engebretson, Union
Station; Dcnison w. Grant, Federal
Trade Commission; Reuben d.
SIeight, 119 d street northeast, and
William II. Thurston. 119 u street
northeast, second lieutenants, avia-
ton section, Signal Reserve Corps.
Four Senators have been named by
Vice President Marshall members of
the board of visitors to the Naval
Academy at Annapolis. Senator Swan
son heads the board and the other
three members are Senators Smith, of
Maryland: Penrose, of Pennsylvania,
and Lodge, of Massachusetts,.
Philippine military organizations may
be called into the service Of the Unit
ed States under authority given Presi-
dent Wilson in a bill passed by the
Senate yesterday. 1t already had
been passed by the House and was
sent to the White House.
Persons in the military service of
the United States can net legally be
held in arrest for misdemeRnors by
civil authorities and must, be surren-
dered to the military authorities with
out trial upon request, according to
an opinion given by the judge ad-
Yocate general of the army.
The government is entitled to the
services of its soldiers and local courts
should not be permitted to deprive the
government of such services, the opin-
ion states, and adds that court mar
tial should be availed of exclusively
for the trial of soldiers against local
or Federal liquor laws.
Col. Horatio G. Sickel, who saw SER
vice in the Spanish-American war, the
Philippine insurrection and in cam
paigns along the Mexican border, has
been retired because Of age. Col.
Sickel has been in command of the
Thirteenth United States Cavalry. at
Columbus, N. NJ Appointed from
Pennsylvania, he graduated from the
Military Academy in June, 1876. His
entire service in the army practically
was in the cavalry arm. in which he
reached the rank of colonel In July,
1912
Brig. Gen. e. K. Cole, U. s. M. C,
in command of the First Provisional
Brigade in Haiti, has been detach-
ed from that post and ordered to
this city.
Out Of 200 applicants for cadet
ships in the coast guard service, IS
passed the physical examination,
and of these As passed the mental
examination, and the first twelve
candidates for line cadets and the
first ten candidates for cadet sngi-.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-20
Buchanan and Asbury
Statue Bills Advanced

Joint resolutions providing for the
erection of two statues-one of
President James Buchanan in Meri-
dian Hill Park. and another as a
memorial to Francis Asbury on public
grounds here-weTe favorably report
ed to the Senate yesterday by the
Senate Library Committee. The
statue of President Buchanan will
be erected with funds provided in the
will of Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnston,
while that of Francis Asbury, a
pioneer itinerant minister. will he
erected by the Francis Asbury Mem
orial Association.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-20
Gen. Pershing Calls
For Motor Mechanics

Gen. Pershing has called for a mo
tor mechanics regiment" for imme-
diate service in France.
The Public Service Reserve of the
Labor Department is recruiting 1000
specially qualified men for this regi-
ment. Its duties will be taking care
Of Americas air fleet behind the lines.
Machinists. cabinet makers, sheet
metal workers, auto and gas engine
men, wheelwrights, blacksmiths, can
vas workers, etc, are wanted. but
men between IS and 20 and 81 and 40
may enlist
The Washington herald., 1918-01-20

thoroughly sifted in order to sscer-
tain the most serious charge that
can be established. That the case
worked up by the naval intelligence
bureau is sufficiently conclusive to
warrant the detention of the spy
suspect, there is no doubt, said the
Secretary. II was intimated. how
ever, that there is no likelihood of
spoermann being shot.
The statement of the Secretary
was made in response to reports
which had arisen following the re-
lease of Frederick Spoermann.
brother OF the alleged German SPY,
and Marius Asch, who were arrest
ed in connection with the appre-
hension of Walter spoermann.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-20

neers have been nominated for ap-
pointment
Lieuts. J. C. Hilliard. H. A. Keller.
L. P. Johnson and Il Z. Knauss,
U. S. N. have been detached from
shore leave and ordered to sea.
Capt. J. T. Tompkins and Lieut..
Commander A. T. Beauregard, q. s.
N, have been detached from their
ships on sea duty and ordered
ashore for assignment to duty.
Mai. Robert W. Shufeldt, q. s. A.,
retired. has been placed on the ac-
tive list of the army under direc-
tion of President Wilson and order
ed to report in person to the Sur
geon General of the Army for as
signment to duty at the army medi-
cal museum here.
Capt. Benjamin F. welton. Ord
nance Reserve Corps. has been OF
dered to report to the War Depart
ment. for assignment to duty In the
office Of the Assistant Secretary of
War,
Capt. Edward G. Bliss, Engineer
Corps, has been relieved from duty
with the Sixth Engineers at the
Washington barracks and ordered
to report to the Chief of Engineers.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-20
SENATE TOLD
BAD WEATHER
HINDERS ROADS
Director General Testifies
Concerning Government
Operation Of Lines.

Director General McAdoo appear
ed yesterday before the Senate In
terstate Commerce Committee to
tell the results of his three weeks
operation of the consolidated Amer
lean railroad system.
Weather too bad for human skin
to cope with conspired to prevent
tangible results. he declared He
said "a thaw" Is more essential
than human skin" to clearing the
tracks OF congested freight.
Urge. Pending Bill.
McAdoo appeared at the Capitol
primarily to instil life into the lag
ging administration railroad bill.
Two weeks after its introduction,
1t has made practically no progress,
despite President Wilson's urgent
request for speedy action. He tes-
tied:
That small railroads are to be
left out of the national system.
That improvement of the money
market, as much as better railroad
service, was back of the govern
ment's assumption of the roads.
That time alone will tell" wheth-
er an annual deficit will develop
despite the proposed $500, 900. 900
appropriation pending in Congress.
Senators will call on McAdoo
Monday to state squarely how long
the government intends to keep the
roads after the war, and why a def
mite date for returning them to
their present owners has not been
fixed.
McAdoo was asked If the govern
ment intended to continue the $50, 900
and 10000 salaries paid the presi-
dents OF great systems. He replied
he had no present plans Of disturb
ing conditions"
Only such of the smaller roads as
are essential to economical operation
OF the national system will be taken
into it, McAdOo tsetifed.
Wants to Know why.
Senator Kellogg. of Minnesota,
rather sharply asked why-if it would
not ruin some of them to be left out
in the cold? McAdoo replied the Ma
tional Treasury might be under q
heavy enough strain taking care OF
possible deficits from the big systems.
Senator Kellogg asked if govern
msnt control had brought about any
ed under unified private operation of
the Railroads War Board.
AcAdoo could not positively say.
The Director General testified that
the entire structure Of national credit
was being undermined by the steady
decline of railroad securities when the
government stepped in with its guar
antee- He urged prompt passage OF
the ADMINISTRATORS bill to assure con-
tinued financial confidence.
You are entirely convinced as TO
the necessity of taking the roads
Over?' asked Senator Robinson. of
Arkansas.
Not only to the conduct of the war.
but to our whole basis of credit" re-
piled McAdoO.
Clifford Thorne, who frequently has
fought rate increases, said rate-fixing
power should not be given McAdoo.
He said a judicial body like the In
terstate Commerce Commission was
needed to insure a fair hearing.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-20
Strangers Seeking Rooms
Apply to 1921 N. Y. Ave.

Incoming strangers to Washington
needing rooms today may apply at
the Central Room Registration Bu-
reau. 132t New York avenue north
west
Leroy Thomas, In charge Of the
housing bureau stated last night that
all preliminary arrangements had
been completed and that the office
would be open ''for business" this
morning.
Up to this time, the rooms Of the
Chamber Of Commerce had been used
by the registration bureau, with Hugh
Buhrman in charge.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-20
SUES MOTOR co. FOR $4,000.

Joseph Goldberg filed suit Yesterday
in the District Supreme Court for
$4,000 damages against the Semmes
Motor Company for injuries alleged
to have been received by being run
into by an auto Of the defendant,
while he was crossing Sixth and G
streets northwest, October Is last.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-20
Lumn Harper,s viii Filed.

Leaving his entire estate to his sis
ter, Harriet e. Harper. the will of
Nicholas Columbus Harper. deputy
clerk Of the District Police Court.
who died suddenly Wednesday, was
filed for probate yesterday.
Mr.. Harper made his will Just two
days before his death and left the
instrument in the keeping of Chief
Clerk Frank A. Sebring.
The estate includes furniture, in
surance policies. cash in bank and
ten shares of Mergenthaler stock, the
latter In possession of WIFE" to
The Washington herald., 1918-01-20
LOCAL FREIGHT YARDS
IN EXCELLENT SHAPE

Local freight yards are in excellent
shape" at present George r. Loyal.
freight administrator for the District
Yesterday Fullest cooperation has
5een offered by the local merchants
ne said and every effort would be
made to keep the yards clear.
A committee of local business men
was appointed by Mr.. Loyal yester-
lay to assist him. The six members
named are John $. Newbold, Samuel
}. Prescott. Clarence r. Wilson. John
l. Weaver. r. P. Andrews. and Frank
W. BolgianO.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-20
U. S. Thrift Stamps

Us. Thrift Stamps may be bad
at Csc each. One or more of
these may be purchased and at
tached to a blank Thrift Card
(given without extra cost The
U. S. Thrift Stamps may be pur-
chased m any number at any
time, and attached as purchased
to the Thrift Card. When SIX
teen spaces on the Thrift card are
filed, the Card with 12c IN cash
may be exchanged during the
month of January for one of the
War Savings Stamps and you
may then begin saving the War
Savings Stamps which earn 4c6
interest compounded quarterly.
u. S. War Savings Stamps and
u. S. Thrift Stamps may be had
at post Offices, banks, trust COM
panies or other authorized selling
agencies.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-20
SPY SUSPECT
WILL BE HELD.
SAYS DANIELS
Walter Spoermann, Arrest.
ed at Langley Field, Not
to Gain Freedom.

Definite announcement that Wal
ter Spoermann. the spy suspect re-
Gently arrested at Langley aviation
neld, near Hampton, Va, will not
De released, was made last night by
secretary OF the Navy Daniels.
The charge under which Spoer-
mann VIII be held has not been
finally decided upon. This phase
OF the matter now is being worked
out.
Secretary Daniels said all the. evi-
fdence against Spoermann Is being
The Washington herald., 1918-01-20
STAMP RECORD
SALE Is MADE
ATPARK VIEW
Two Out Of Every Three
Homes Aid Thrift
Campaign.

Two out of every three homes in
Park View have purchased war saw
ings or thrift stamps, 1t was announc-
ed last night by the executive commit
tee in charge OF the campaign In the
District Out of 800 homes in the Sec
ton. 617 have purchased stamps.
The campaign for the sale of the
stamps IS going forward with greater
speed each day. committee members
say, and ID. ]. Callahan. chairman. said
washington would lead the country in
the sale of the stamps as 1t had done
in both liberty loan campaigns.
During the week from January IL to
IS, inslusive, $32,723S3 worth Of the
stamps were sold at the city postofice.
War savings stamps totaled $25. .6S4. .0S
of this amount and thrift stamps
H.OS9:75.
Sales Increase $1,000.
The stamp record at the Treasury
Department showed an increase OF
5000 in the sale of stamps over the
week before, with a total of $41, ,S54.72.
Individual sales amounted to nearly
four times the previous weeks total.
standing s10,559.0, as against $2,S31.5O
the week before.
the Pension Bureau January Is. ac-
cording to a report made to the ex-
ecutive committee by e. c. Tieman.
REPORTS from the committees in the
various fraternal orders in the city
were received at a meeting of the CEN
trail committee on fraternal orders last
night. Chairman E. ID. Hathaway
presided. The committee on fraternal
orders, it is said, has developed a very
strong organization.
Thirty-three new agencies have been
authorized which are included in the
Districts quota. They are as follows:
Arthur F. Cheek. 1O25 H street north
east: Morris Waters, 1874 Wisconsin
avenue northwest: Jas. G. Jones, M.
D., TAG Nineteenth street northeast;
r. II. Shipley. 2JOl Nichols avenue
southeast: c. Fenton Collins, 166
Rock. Creek Church road; William ].
Bruhm, 4l26 New Hampshire avenue;
Singer Sewing Machine Company. 1850
Fourteenth street northwest; w. J.
O'DonneIl, Wisconsin avenue and NJ
street: Stern and Fawcett, 1857 Wis
consin avenue northwest; F. P. Weller
1884 NJ street northwest; Walters *.
Hill, 1860 NJ street northwest; Morgan
Brothers. Thirtieth and p streets
northwest: Braces Pharmacy, 1913 NJ
street northwest; S. w. Whitehead.
Potomac Elt'tric Power Company; v.
d. Brooks. cashier. Washington Rail-
way and Electric Company; L. C. East
erday, 100 New Jersey avenue north
west; Joseph E. Buckley, war savings
committee; D. G. Davis, assistant
manager Union Central Life Insurance
Company, 10 Fourteenth street; Harry
G. Fisher, sig Southern Building: NJ.
A. Lees. 6I4 Ninth street; Hirsh's Shoe
Stores, 1O26-1O2S Seventh street north
west: Marche & Co, Fourteenth and II
streets; NJ. d. OTmsby. manager $. 5
Kresge Company, Eleventh and q
streets; John +. Storey. Childs Com
pany. 1923 Pennsylvania avenue: VIM.
f. Padgett. 643 II street northeast;
Henry w. Weber, 9O6 H street north
east; A. W. Sieverling, 10 II street
northeast; L. +. Palmer. 655 B street
northeast: Nellie G. O'Donnell, Wis
consin avenue and p street; George
I.attener. 2929 NJ street northwest;
George B. Bury. 230e Nichols avenue.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-20
u. S. War Savings Stamps

U. S. War Savings Stamps may
be had in January at S4.12 each.
One or more of these may be pur-
chased and attached to blank War
Savings Certificate (given without
extra cost, thus forming a govern
ment obligation to pay the holder
$500 on January I, 1928, for each
stamp attached to the certificate or
a total of $4,000 If the twenty
spaces on the certificate are filled.
The stamps may be attached from
time to time at the owners convent
ence, and are redeemable in any
number at any time, provided the
holder gives ten days notice.
The sooner you buy War Savings
Stamps. the more you save, because
they cost one cent more each month
after the 31st of January. 1918, as
follows:
The Washington herald., 1918-01-20

back when Country Calling Come forward now
land village and fam
s. Savers the U. S. Soldiers and Sailors triumphant
children millions of
that will hasten the
GREAT VICTORY.
bank,t trust other authorized
without lending
of TO the government call
The Washington herald., 1918-01-20

Brig. Gen. e. K. Cole, U. s. NJ. C.,
in command of the First Provisional
Brigade in Haiti, has been detach-
ed from that post and ordered to
this city.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-20

Out Of 200 applicants for cadet
ships in the coast guard service, IS
passed the physical examination,
and of these As passed the mental
examination, and the first twelve
candidates for line cadets and the
first ten candidates for cadet engi.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13

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New-York tribune., 1918-10-13
Three important questions to all
taxpayers and bond buyers

l. Do you realize that income from holdings of
$49ooo or less of 40 and 46 Liberty Bonds which is
now taxable, may be totally exempted from income
taxes excess profits taxes and profits taxes during
the period of the and for two years thereafter in
case you file subscription to $4,000 Bonds of the
Fourth Loan and retain your Bonds? "a proportion
ate exemption is accorded smaller subscriptions to
the Fourth Loan)
z. Do you realize that to all those paying sartaxes
under the proposed bill beginning with those
having taxable incomes of $4,000 it would be necessary
in order to the result in dollars to obtain
yield from taxable securities, investment of $780,
600, varying from 5000 to 361zq6 depending upon the
rate of surtax to which taxpayer is liable?
3. Do you realize that Liberty Bonds are totally
exempt from all normal income taxes, which, under the
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13
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proposed act, will be levied at the rate of 12e
and that state local may be levied on them
personal prop erty?
The lack of full understanding of these tax ex-
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help to avoid this loss the Liberty Loan Commit
tee offers you without charge two forms of SERVICE
A. The Committee has prepared a summary of
the position of the issue of Liberty Bonds with re-
spect to taxes (under the present law and under the
proposed law), copies of which summary may be OBJ.
tanned upon application to the Committee at 120 Broad
way room 2548.
B. The committee has organized a consulting
bureau of experts the laws with offices at 120
Broadway 2548 to advise subscribers to Liberty
Bonds how to take full advantage of the exemptions
accorded by law.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13

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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-04-10
MINING SCHOOL
/ SHORT COURSE ENDS
SUCCESSFUL TERM, ATTENDED
BY PROMINENT MINING
MEN HAS SCLOSED

The miners short course completed
recently has been from every point of
view most successful one, according
to Dean Francis A. Thomson, of the
university school of mines. The at
tendance was larger than for many
years, and of most interesting and
diverse character. The largest en-
rollment, very naturally, was from
Shoshone county, altho Clearwater,
Washington, Ada, Bonner, and Latah
counties were also represented and
there were also number of regis
tration from eastern Washington.
Among those enrolled should be
mentioned A. J. Schumacher who was
for over twenty years one of the
leading copper metallurgists at
Butte. Mr.. Schumacher has been
practically out of the mining business
for fifteen years and took advantage
of the opportunity of the short course
to do some Independent reading and
research in connection with the cyan
ide treatment of gold ores.
Another man we'll known to old
timers in Coeur d'Alene was Chas
F. Ruddy who has been for thirty
five years resident of the Occur
d'Alene country. Among the others
was Henry Hoard, a former shift |
boss in the Success mine, and Martin
S. Taylor, mill man from the Bunker
Hill and Sullivan.
All of the men in attendance on the |
course expressed themselves as high.
ly pleased with the work, and many
Of them left with the expectation of |
next winter.