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The Washington herald., 1918-04-21
MYSTERIOUS SHOCK
Still UNEXPLAINED
No Earthquake Recorded in G. u.
Seismic Observatory.

As much in the dark as ever con-
cerning the mysterious rumbling
which shook this city and surrounding
towns yesterday morning about II 30.
citizens of Washington are still put
ting forth a variety of opinions to ac-
count for the strange phenomena
An explosion of some kind is the most
probable cause. and this view of the
matter is supported by Rev. Francis
A. Tondorf, director of the seismic
observatory. which is connected with
Georgetown University. THE shock
was due to air compression" he says,
"and my instruments failed to record
any earthquake. 1t was. apparently,
due to heavy firing at Indian Head,
or some government testing ground"
1t was stated. however. by officials
at the naval proving grounds at In
dian Head. that no dentonation had
taken place there. As there has been
no blasting at the Columbia stone
quarries for several days. the dis
turbance could not have had its origin
at that place, and a satisfactory ex-
PLANTATION is yet to be found.
At the foot of Thirty-fourth street,
there is a boathouse belonging to
William T. Reynolds, and he declares
that he felt the building trembling,
and distinctly heard a report
Alexandria, Falls Church, Lees
burg and Fairfax, Va, also expert
enced the shock.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21
BUSINESS women To
Aid Y.W.C.A.CAMPAIGN
Interesting Program Scheduled fos
Meeting Of October "a.

Three features Of interest are sched1
uled for the meeting OF the bushes
women scouncil OF the Y. ". ( N
to be held Tuesday evening in New
York Avenue Presbyterian church,
These are the features: An sddrss
by Mrs. Robert Lansing. wife OF th|
Secretary OF state. followed by an In
formal reception: an address by Mrs
William +. strong. who has just r.
turned from the battle front n
Europe: and the singing Of a group Al
songs by Miss YunC Kwsi. dauFhte1
OF the chancellor Of the Chinese leEa
ton.
An unusual feature Of the progrs 4
is 20 be a whistlinC chorus OF girIs 4
Mrs. David Kincheloe. wife OF th|
Representative from Kentucky. Is q
lead. Mrs. Test will lead a chorus d
singers.
A special program" is now beinl
arranged for April 30. Details will N
announced this week.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21
Ladies! Salute Him!
Discovers Drug that Loosens
Sore. Touchy Corns so
They Lift Out.

A noted Cincinnati chemist discov
cred a new ether compound and caIle,
il freezone and little Quarter-ounc
bottles can now be obtained from an
drug store for a few cents.
You simply apply several drops O
freezOne upon a tender corn or paintu
callus and instantly the soreness dis
appears. then shortly you will ind IN
corn or callus so loose that you caI
just lift II on with the fingers.
No pain. not a bit OF soreness, cithe
when applying freezone or afterward
and Il doesn't even irritate the skin-
Hard Corns, soft corns or corns n
tween the toes. also touEhened cal
luses just shrivel up and lift OF s
easy. II is wonderful! Seems magicaI
II works like a charm Millions 4
women will hereafter keep a little oo1
tie OF the wonderful freezone hand
and never let a corn ache twice. -Aa
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21
EX-SENATOR BURTON
Dimes OLD FRIENDS

New York. April 2O-Ex-Senator
Theodore f. Burton. president of the
Merchants National Bank, of New
York City. tonight gave a dinner at
the Union League Club to former
members Of the United States Senate,
MS colleagues, and others.
The occasion was purely a social one
except that the question of liberty
bonds and the prosecution OF the war
was informally discussed.
Among those present were ex-Sena-
tors DUPONT. Bailey. Scott and Suth-
erland. from Washington: Depew,
OGorman and William A. Clark for
merly OF Montana). of New York; Oil
YER or Pennsylvania; Bulkeley. of
Connecticut; Lippitt. of Rhode Island:
Crane, OF Massachusetts: Dick, OF
Ohio, and Alice, of Delaware.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21
SINGERS ENTERTAIN
AT BLIND MUSICALE

a musical for tine blind will be
given at the Library of Congress.
Tuesday. April ., In Pavilion I. The
following program will be rendered by
Miss Ethel Gilbert Miner. soprano,
and SerGt. Randall Raskin Trumpe.
tenor:
IL Know a Lovely Garden" CD'Harde-
lOO, Come to the Garden. Love"
MARY Turner Salter). I'm the Time
of Roses" (Anom. Serst. Trumpe; I'm
Bel Dr." Madam Butterfly, CPuccinD.
Miss Miner; 'L'adieu Du Matin" CE.
Pessar6, lie Miroir" (FerrerD,
Berger Legere CXVIII Century,.
Sergt Trumpe; 20 Sleep. Why Dost
Thou Leave Me?" (HandeD, "Ah.
Love, But a Day" Reach). Just
This One Day CHarris). Miss Miner:
20 That We Two Were Maying"
(StoddarO, Might Hymn to the Sea"
Gering Thomas). "Sing. Sing, Birds
on the Wing" George Nutring), Miss
Miner and Sergt. Trumpe.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21
AERO CHIEFS
APPOINTMENT
COMING SOON
Quick Choice Expected.
Meyer, Stettinius, Ford,
and Potter Mentioned.

Appointment of an aircraft admin
istrator.. or a director general of air
craft, with powers similar to those
of Charles NJ. Schwab, Director Cen
eral of the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration, is expected momentarily
from the White House.
President Wilson now has before
him the complete report on the air
craft situation OF the country from
II. Snowden Marshall, chairman OF
the committee the President named
to make uh2 suIve' lie has had a
conference with Secretary of War Ba-
ker. who put before the Executive
the exact situation on the western
front as regards tine need for air
craft. He has the assembled views
of all the experts. That he will move
Immediately to speed up production
is expected.
Possible Heads.
Four names are mentioned as DOS
sible selections. They are:
Eugene Meyer, the banker, Of New
York.
Edward r. Stettinius. second assist
ant Secretary of War. who has been
making a special study of the prob
lem;
Henry Ford. who has offered to
put out an airplane engines;
William c. Potter, now head of the
Equipments Divisioi of the Signal
Corps.
Mr.. Meyers name is the latest to
be brought out. He is working in the
War Department in an advisory capa-
city, with Assistant Secretary Stet-
tinius. He has gone into the aircraft
subject very fully. While his chances
are very strong, 1t is still believed
that the most probable selection Is
DIR. Stettinius or Mr.. Ford.
Some time ago President Wilson
suggested that Mr.. Ford devote him
self entirely to the aircraft production
problem. Since the last German drive
started. there has been pressure from
various sources that Mr.. Ford be
asked to produce in large quantities
an aerial rough rider" Confidence
Is expressed in air circles that the
difficulty OF obtaining young fliers in
sufficient numbers will be overcome
when machines are produced.
What Ford Might DO.
Mr.. Ford, 1t is understood, has no
particular longing to be Aircraft Ad-
ministrator, but is willing to produce
In large quantities any type of air
plane that may be asked, II its re-
quirements are limited to stability de-
pendability and moderate speed.
Mr.. Potter has not been approached
with regard to heading the reorgan-
lied aircraft program. He has proved
himself valuable in the equipment di-
vision, but his ambition is to remain
in the position he now holds.
Howard Z. Coffin. chairman of the
Aircraft Board. will be retained in the
new organization, contrary to rumors
that many officers of the board have
signified willingness to resign.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21
TO FIND
LOST BAGGAGE
FOR SOLDIERS
D. c. War Camp Commu-
nifty Service Institutes
New Service for Men.

Locating and returning to owners
lost trunks and other baggage, the
property Of officers or men of the
army. navy and Marine Corps. is a
new activity taken up by the Dis
trict of Columbia War Camp Com
munity Service, according to an
nouncement last night.
A few days ago ID, d, Martin, a
, former member of the supplies COM
mittee OF the Council of National
Defense, in searching for some
missing baggage. found in the ION
hand" department of one local ex-
press office eight TRUNKS belonging
to officers and enlisted men of the
three branches of the service. The
trunks, improperly directed. were
not deliverable, and had been held
in the :'oIf hand" department of the
company's office for periods vary
ing from a few weeks, to several
months.
A UaIversaI Condition.
Mr.. Martin in a letter to the Dis
trict of Columbia War Camp Com
munity Service. reported the fact.
saying the same condition probably
existed in the offices of all express
companies in every camp city. He
suggested that locally the War
Camp Community Service might es-
tablish a bureau for the locating
and forwarding or returning of
such property reported missing by
the owners or held at express Of
fees.
1t is the plan OF the local organi-
zation to obtain permission of the
War Department to open soldiers
baggage to learn the name and ad-
Gress of the senders when address,
es are missing. Then the baggage
will be returned to the sender. in
case the soldier to whom it is ad-
dressed has already gone overseas,
or forwarded to the consignee in
case he is still in this country, or
it is desired to ship it to him
abroad.
Similar bureaus are to be es-
tablished in every camp city in the
country, it Is announced, and eff
forts will be made to locate. for
ward or return every piece of SOL
diers' baggage held in express or
! freight offices as not deliverable.
Some of the officers trunks. it is
stated. contain uniforms, equipment
and clothing worth several hundred
dollars.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21
House Slaps Creel
For Being Impoite
Towards Member

Another Congressional slap at
George Creel. Chairman of the Com
mittee on Public Information, was
taken yesterday. The House unani-
mOusly refused to accept a message
from him and Postmaster General
Burleson which it considered i'm
pertinent and not respectful"
The Objectionable language was
contained in a letter by Creel to
Burleson in which the charges of
Representative Treadway of Massa-
chusetts. that press agent Govern
ment matter clOgged the mails to
soldiers in France were termed by
Creel as absolutely baseless"
Burleson transmitted the letter to
the House in reply to a Congress
sionai demand for information on
why mails to the soldiers are slow.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21
1s Good Morning, Judge"
KN Human Interest Stories of puDo, By By
TK Police Court Happenings. PERKINS

at Occoquan have a crack at him,
and possibly thirty days will alleviate
his ailment.
LIZ FirecrackeT.
The smaller they come the more
noise they make.
Lou Williams is about as large as
a lead pencil.
She and three other girls were about
TO get on a Seventh street car.
Lou was in the rear and was look
ing at something. A man stepped in
the car in front of her. separating her
from the others.
Zowie-but that girl did give him a
cussing. The other passengers stood
up to see where all the noise was
coming from.
They couldn't see Lou because when
she sat down her head was lower
than the hack of the seat
She kept cussing that man all the
way up Seventh street. Several wom-
en- in the car tainted.
The atmosphere in the car was 50
full OF sulphur and birthstone that
they just couldn't stand it.
Lou swore to get even with the
man-and she got OF at the same
corner as he did.
She picked up a cobblestone as large
as she was-but couldn't throw it.
And so she resorted to more pro-
family. A passenger got of the car
and chased around and found a police
man.
Two men finally got the girl quiet
enough to be taken TO the lookup.
She pouted at the judge and denied
Cussing. But it was a S25 fine for
her just the same.
Bad business. Emmett.
These drunks will keep on carrying
pistols.
If they were sober We wouldn't hear
a thing about it. Nine cases Of carry
ing deadly weapons out OF ten. come
about by the ''toter" being soused.
Emmett Dorsey wanted the court
to believe that a man approached him
on the street, put a gun in his hand
and took SIS away from him-thus
forcing him to buy the gun whether
or no.
A few minutes after that Policeman
Saunders saw Emmett staggering on
Virginia avenue, headed for a dance
hall.
He took the man over TO the box
and called up the wagon. All Of a
sudden Emmett made a suspicious
move toward an inside pocket
Not wanting to take any chances,
Saunders Immediately got busy and
found a loaded revolver.
Emmett also carried rather a heavy
load-and these two loads are about
as dangerous a cargo as any man can
carry.
These drunks must stop carrying
pistols, the court has said many times.
They are as bad as German spies, in
asmuch as you never know when they
are going to shoot. They don't know
themselves
The court fined Emmett $JQ-with an
alternative OF sixty days in Jail.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21

The German Hun Is not the only
species of his breed who starves his
prisoners to death. The Austrian Hun
Is just as cruel.
The above photograph proves It.
1t is only another damning evidence
of Austria's intention to destroy the
Serbian nation, IL possible.
The skeleton of what was once a
stalwart Serbian soldier. who left his
farm to fight for his country. was
confined in an Austrian prison camp
in the western part of the Austrian
empire.
The photo was taken by an italian
doctor also a prisoner of war. The
picture was taken by stealth. the
plate was hidden away. and when the
doctor made a dash for liberty, the
Photographic evidence of Hun cruelty
was taken with him.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21

The italian succeeded in crossing
the line into Switzerland. Here he
turned the plate over to the Serbian
legation which recently mailed this
copy to the legation in Washington.
The man shown in the photograph
is not a rare or isolated case. There
are hundreds like him in every Aus
trian prison camp.
The Austrian authorities make no
concealment of their utter indifference
to the fate OF their Serb prisoners.
In fact they woud just as soon
starve them as shoot them or nang
them-and there are many photo
graphic proofs Of the latter crimes
against civilization.
Would you end such Hunnishness? :?
Buy LIBERTY BONDS. ON TO
BERLIN!
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21
CONCRETE SHIPS
LECTURE SUBJECT

THE Concrete Ship-a Possible So
luton Of the Shipping Problem a
10 be the subject OF an illustrated
lecture TO be given by the American
Association Of Engineers tomorroH
evening at s O'Clock, by GeorEe Al
Kicker. district engineer Of the Port|
land Cement Association. The aTaiI
is to be held in the rooms of thd
Washington Chamber OF Commerce
6ll Twelfth street northwest. Il viii
be open not only to the families and
friends Of the members. but also ID
engineers and government ofhcials
who are interested in concrete shiI
construction.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21
Change SOUGHT FOR
war INSURANCE LAW
Representative Scott Acts to Wipe
Out Apparent Injustice.

Representative Scott. Of Michigan.
yesterday demanded a modification
OF a ruling by the Bureau of War
Risk Insurance that a soldier father
Of motherless children must give
them away before they can receive
tho benefits Of the allotment law,
lie plans a determined fight against
the policy.
railroad man taken from Scott's
district for engineer service abroad
has two children whose mother is
dead. lie allotted SIS a month for
their care. Under the law, the gov
eminent contributes an amount equal
TO that given by the father.
\ letter sent this man by the War
Fisk Bureau. however. informed him
That its Interpretation of the law
was that the children could not re-
i've any government money unless
the father transferred them 10 a le-
sal guardianship in his absence.
The soldier complained to Scott and
!, filed complaint with the de-
Tartment terming practice inhuman.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21
Harold Keats Lauds
War Dept. Promotion

Promotion OF DR.. Cyrus F. Slim
son, former field supervisor of the
Middle Atlantic section for the
Commission on Training Camp Ac-
tivities and the District of Column
bia War Camp Community Service,
to a more responsible position in
the organization, was announced
last night. DIR. Stimson is to make
his headquarters in New York city,
where he is to be in direct charge
of an important bureau of the or
ganization.
Harold Keats, who has been
under DR.. Stimson in the work of
the District of Columbia War Camp
Community Service. has been
named to assume the. duties for
merly discharged by the latter. The
change, it is announced, is to be
effective at once.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21
Say, You Good Cooks,
Here's Your Chance
To Grab Off $500

Can you make $50 sandwich?
This is not an invitation 70 Wash
ington restaurants to raise prices
again, but a prize offered by John
Nee. Bowman, of the Food Admin
istration, who is seeking the ideal
ryeless sandwich.
He offers the first prize to the per-
son who produces the best sandwich
bread, the whitest. most palatable
and handsomest For the next rank
ing loaf he offers 500; for the third
$50 and for the fourth so.
Neither wheat nor rye i'm any form
may be used.
The competition is open only to ho-
tel and restaurant bakers.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21
P. O. Inspector Given
Commission in Army

Frank Frayser, postoffiice inspector,
in charge of the Washington divi-
sion, has been appointed a captain in
the War Intelligence Bureau of the
War Department and will leave for
foreign service soon.
When Capt. Frayser appeared at
the city postoffice in his new uniform
he was greeted with cheers by the Of
fce force and was presented with a
wrist watch and a compass. gifts Of
the clerks in his office.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21
Ye Springtime
Gossip
By 4. B. c.

OH BoYi
DID YOU see that
RIR-RoARINe,
RUMBLING, RAMBLING
BRITANNIA" TANK
GO AMBLING
UP THE Avenue
"AND VERIFY
THE OLD earth trembled."
JUSTICE TAKES the
CALM PATH,
WHILE REASON
IS YET heard.
BUT WHEN the deaf ear
IS TURNED to right,
HONOR AND law,
THE COHORTS OF
THE CIVILIZED world
RISE MIGHTY
IN THEIR wrath
AND WOE betide
THE MAN-or men
WHO TRIES to.
STEM OR stay her
THAT'S WHAT the
TANK" MEANT to me.
q
% ]
| THANK YOU
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21
5000 new MEMBERS
negro SOCIETY'S aim
Drive for Advancement" Associa-
ton to Begin April p.

Five thousand new members for the
local branch of the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Colored
People, is the mark which 500 work.
ers Of this city have set for them
selves, and final plans have been made
for the drive which will be made
April % May 1.
The city has been divided into five
sections to facilitate the campaign.
and the following have been selected
as leaders: DR.. J. Hayden Johnson,
Dr. Amanda Gray. Miss L. F. G.
Morritt, A. S. Pinckett and John
Quander.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21
WILL LECTURE UPON
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

\ lecture on Christian Science will
be given today in Polls Theater
under the auspices of the First
Church of Christ, Scientist, of Wash
ington. by Francis J. Fluno, c. S. D.,
of Oakland. Cal, a member of the
board OF lectures of the First Church
of Christ. Scientist, in Boston. The
lecture will begin at o'clock. The
public is invited and no collection
will be taken.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21
D. e. NATIONAL GUARD
ENROLLING RECRUITS

Active enrolment In the most re|
Gently organized unit of the DistIlc|
National Guard, Company L. is Undei
way. Russell NJ. MacLennan. VII,
served as first lieutenant in the Dis
trict Signal Corps Company on IN,
Mexican border in 1916, has been
selected by Brig. Gen. Richard DI
Simms. as the commanding officer.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

Dlsnct OF Columbia, Maryland and Virginia
Rain Sunday; Monday partly cloudy: not
m"ch change in temperature; fresh cast q
southeast winds
GENERAL FORECAST.
on the North Atlantic coas thu, will be
fresh to strong east winds with rain: Of the
Middle Atlantic coast, fresh. possibly strunr.
southeast winds with rain: Of the south At.
lantlc coast. fresh southeast winds and rain
over the East Gulf. moderate vest winds with
iAr weather; over the West Gulf. moderate
northwest winds with fair Weatler
A cyclonic depression Is nenrraI over the
lower Ohio Valley and pressure IS high over
Ne" England and the Rocky Mountain region.
Inc rainfall in the last a hours has been un-
usually widespread. covering practically the en-,
ure country east Of the Mississippi and south
OF me Ohio, also north Of the Ohio into South
ern Michigan and southern Wisconsin and
west OF the Mississippi into eastern Kansa.
and eastern Nebraska. It is cooler in the low
er mississippi Valley and locally in the Midd,e
Atlantic States.
ram VIII continue in eastern districts SIM
Gay and IN New England on Monday. The
weather viii clear in the West and South
sunday with unimportant temperature changes.
Storm warnings are displayed on Lake Erie
and southern Lakes Huron and Michigan.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21
Rendy. AIm: Fire.


Running away from Camp Meade
is not as easy as Louis Dozier
thought it would be.
Louis took French leave the other
day and got a job in a Pennsyl-
vania avenue store.
He might have had a few more
days liberty if he had not tried to
steal everything in the store.
Detective O'Brien was put on the
trail and recovered some OF the stolen
goods, such as watches. necklaces.
pockctbooks and pocket knives.
1t soon dawned on the detective
that il he didn't arrest Louis right
be minus a tank.
The military authorities were hol-
Iering for the boy, and the noise
they made sounded a whole like the
firing squad.
The court was told the officials
at Camp Meade wanted Louis more
than Mr.. Foster at Occoquan did.
DESERVING the army in time of war
is lots worse, they said, than rob-
bing a store.
do but TO suspend sentence in these
TO the tender mercies OF the military
tribunal
More Pickles.
ledge. a bottle OBJ liquor snook
up on me en- TUX me by de hand"
I said John Sharp. at does me data
way cherry once in a while"
You shouldn't surrender so easily"
remarked the court. You don't
seem to have any backbone at all.
Pay a fine of SIS
Patrick Cohen Che is Irish. all right,
judging from his brogue, but where
did he get his last nameO
Pat was standing up, sound asleep,
on Maryland avenue southwest.
Rather than see him topple over,
policeman, out of the kindness of
his heart, took Pat and let him fin
ish his nap in Jail.
"Yerr Homer" said Pat. "Oi was
on me way uptown TO buy meself a
liberty bond and OF had an acci-
dent"
THE damages are SO" said the
court step down."
Al Houston-he doesn't stay away
from the court long enough to allow
the judge to forget his features.
Eyes, I'm an ole-timer, Judge"
said Al. but I can't help it. I
wanna stay away from this joint.
but the cops won't let me-"
Policeman Stone arrested Al, as he
was holding up a tree at Fourteenth
and U streets northwest. The tree
was beginning to object.
PAY a fine of SIS said the court,
'or go to Jail for fifteen days"
Jes' Ornery Mennness.
Temper-too much for any one man
got Sam Porter into serious trouble.
Sam gets fits of temper as period
ically as some men get drunk.
But Sam does lots more damage
when he goes off-more than any man
with added senses could think of.
The other day Sam came home at
4 o'clock. He wouldn't even speak to
his wife.
She asked him for 40 cents-but for
got to say what for.
And Sam got started. He hit wifey.
He boiled up all over and started to
smash all the furniture-broke all
the dishes-went upstairs and even
tore up the sheets on the bed
He raved around for half an hour.
And then a policeman came in and
scared him into being quiet.
Wifey has put up with so many
tof these outbrusts that she was COM
PEELED to have him arrested this time.
Sam admits that 1t is his temper.
II he could control It he would be
all right.
And 80 the court will let Mr.. Foster
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21
TEMPERATURE IN OTHER CITIES.

TIDE TABLES
Compiled by United States Coast and Geodetic
Suryey.)
Today-Low tide, l2:l2 a. m. and l2:2s p m. 4;
high tide, So a. m. aid p. IN.
THE SUN.
Today-Sun rises. 625 a. m.; sets, 80 p. m.
Automobile lamps to be lighted by $40 D. m.