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The Washington herald., 1918-04-14
DESPONDENT GIRL
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Alone in Chinatown, Tries Suicide
by Iodine.

Dependency resulting from being
left alone in Chinatown after her
woman companion and protector had
left the city. led to the attempted sui
eide OF Blanche Bonfort, 16 years old.
according to the story told by the girl
to Headquarters Detective Sweeney at
the Emergency Hospital yesterday
morning, where she is recovering from
the effects OF iodine poisoning.
The Bonfort girl told the detective
that she and her companion had come
to this city from Philadelphia three
weeks ago as members of a theatrical
company. They left the company when
1t made jump to Chicago and went
to live with her companion's husband,
who, according to the girl, is a Chi
nese merchant on Pennsylvania ave-
nue..
Found Wandering on Street.
The girl was found wandering along
the street near Sixth and H streets
northwest late Friday night and was
removed to the Emergency Hospital.
She related to physicians at the hos
pital that she had been drugged while
in the lobby of a Baltimore hotel by
two sailors and had been kidnapped
and brought to this city in an automo-
bile. The two sailors had put her out
of the machine at Fourteenth and
New York avenue and she wandered
along until she was found by a passing
automobilist and taken to the hospital.
First story Untrue.
Under the detectives questioning
she broke down and told him that the
story was untrue. She then related
how her mother on her beathbed, five
years ago, had placed her in charge
OF her companion and they had been
together ever since. Even after the
marriage of her companion to the Chi
nese, which she says was two years
ago, they have been together.
When her companion and the Chi
nese went to Baltimore Friday the
Bonfort girl become lonely and de-
pressed and purchased a small uuan-
tity OF iodine and drank il.
Physicians at the hospital last night
said her condition was not serious
and she would be able to leave the
hospital in a day or two.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-14

yuur food merely passes throuGh the
body snneWhat Ike corn through an
Old mill with rollers 80 wide apan
that the mill can't Grind.
But IN my opinion you can't MAKE
strong. vigorous, successful. sturdy IRON
men BY feeding them on metAlhc iron
The old forms of metallic iron muS 50
through q semi-digestiEc process 10
transform them into organic iron-
Nuxated Iron-before they are ready
10 be taken up and assimilAteo BY tne
human system.
'sNotwithSanding all that has been
said and written on the subject py
Well-known physicians. thousands OF
people will insist in dosing themselves
with metallic iron, because u costs
few cents les. L strongly advise reao-
ers. in all cases, 10 get . physf
Clans prescription for organic iron
Nuxated Iron-or II you don't want 20
20 TO this trouble, then purchase only
Nuxated Iron in its original packAses
and see that this particular name
(Nuxated Ironl appears on the PACK
age. II you have taken preparations
such as Nux and Iron and other siml-
lar Iron products and failed 10 get
results, reInemher that such prOductS
are an entirely different thing from
Nuxated Iron"
The Washington herald., 1918-04-14
YOUNG WAR women
GUESTS OF Y. VIC. A.
New Members of Uncle SANS Staff
Crowd Spring Frolie.

New members OF the Y. W. c. A
who were brought in during the re-
cent membership drive, were special
guests of the association last night
at a Spring frolc'' in the head
quarters OF the Organization. The
great majority of thes new mem
bers are young war women"
brought here by Uncle Sam for war
work.
Because of the unusually large
crowd 1t was necessary for the sew
eral entertainers in many instances
to go from floor to floor to present
their stunts"
Among those contributing to the
program were the Y. NJ. c. A play
ers. who presented The LASH" a
melodrama by Nino Maioro; Mrs. A.
d. Kronstadt, vocal soloist; Mrs.
David H. KincheIoe. who sang and
whistled: Little julie" Hawks; c.
w. O'Connor. accompanied by Miss
Catherine Morrison; Miss J. l. An
derson. who recited; william H.
Bright and Fred c. Parker.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-14
FOOD PRICES
FOR DISTRICT
TO Be PROBED
Hoover Board Hears Cost
of Commodities Greater
Than Elsewhere.

The Food Administration yesterday
gave out figures showing retail and
WHOLESALERS. prices in numerous food
commodities. but fails to give a COM
parison with previous prices. LAttle
promise Of decline In the retail p-ice
Of foodstuffs is held out and In some
instances. particularly In the case OF
Washington, the prices do not agree
with what the average person has 10
pay for food.
The figures are for the week ended
March 2, not current. and as COM
pared with the week Of the previous
month. In eight large cities wheat
fiour is lower IN all except Washing
ton and San Francisco. Wheat bread
advanced in New York. Boston. 8aIti-
more; decreased in Philadelphia and
remained the same in Chicago. 81.
Louis and San Francisco.
General averages throughout the
country in retail prices are givsE as
follows: Wheat -four. one-eighth l,ar-
rel. n-61: wheat bread, l6 ounces. .Ig8:
cornmeal, pound. .0ss; potatoes. peck.
81: sugar. granulsted. pound. ~.
butter. pound. LIS: milk. quart. -.
eggs. dozen. -3Sl: bacon. pound. -.
pork chops. pound, .5S5; steak, round.
.5O5.
Complaint has reached the Food Ad-
ministration that the Washington
dealers have been charging more than
in other cities. and the local admin
tstrator has started on a campaign
against prohteering. While, for in
stance. the price OF eggs is supposed
TO have been around I3 cents here IN
March they were costing as mucn ss
70 and 50 cents for first class errs
Potatoes were selling as high as ~
and = cents a quarter OF a peck 1nd
are Is and IS cents today. or o. TO z
cents as against the supposed price nf
g. Farmers in HAgerstown. Mary and,
are anxious TO sell at IS cents brs-
Ham, at the retail stores is selling at
50 cents a pound, sirioin steak al -
cents.
The Food Administration says there
has been a drop in the wholesale
prices of fresh butter from ~ cents
March 30 week 20 ~ cents April
meats have gone up, hogs 30 cents a
hundredweight: cattle. s. cents: she p.
so cents, and lambs. 800 a hundred
weight
The Washington herald., 1918-04-14
sGEORGETOWN.
/ OPENS COURSE
! FOR NAVY MEN
Evening Classes viii Be
Started to Help Those
In Naval Reserve.

Evening cIasses will be started at
Georgetown University for enlisted
men Of the United States Naval Re-
serve Force who wish TO qualify them
selves for commissions In the navy
according to announcement by uni
versity oscials yesterday.
The classes will embrace every sub
5ect taught under the general head
Of navigation. Twenty-Five enlisted
naval men have already matriculated
for the course and others have
notified the faculty of their intention
to enter. The course will be taught
/, by the Rev. Peter Archer, a member
Of the Georgetown faculty.
Morning classes in navigation for
naval officers and enlisted men have
students reciting at 10 o'clock In the
Junior class room.
A meeting will be held at the uni
versity Monday night at which plans
for conducting the evening course
will be made. The course will in
clude six hours of instruction weekly.
The university authorities have
issued an invitation to naval men on
duty in Washington to avail them
selves of the opportunity to enter
these classes, morning or evening,
and prepare for commissions. The
step was decided upon as a result Of
the request of Secretary Daniels. of
the Navy Department, for co-opera-
ton from the university.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-14
Breckenridge Long
DESCRIBES WAR aims
Assistant Secretary of State Tells
of U. S. Accomplishments.

I'm from Missouri. you've gotta
show me-"
So Breckenridge Long. Third Assist
ant Secretary of State. showed mem
bers of the Missouri State Society
just what the United States has done
and is doing t. put an end to Kaiser
ism.
Mr.. Long quoted from recent
speeches of Secretary Of War Baker
telling how the little American
army has grown from $4,000 men in
less than a year to more than 1,5Oo. 900
"One year ago." said Mr.. Long.
''our standing army was composed of
little more than 10000 men. Today
we have on the battle front fighting
side by side with the French and
British in a mighty effort to stem the
advance of the Hun, hundreds of
thousands of virile American men, tha
flower of the nation, who will never
stop fighting until they see the Star
SpangIed Banner floating from the
battlements OF France. proclaiming
that the world is at last safe for de-
mocracy."
Mr.. Long urged Missourians to for
get their identity as Missourians and
" ASAhCAibSI dS hSNcE DtAOTc lIldI IIicy
are first, last and all the time
Americans.
Officers elected for the ensuing year
were James I. Lloyd, president; /;
James Beatty, first vice president;
Miss Beryle Ingraham, second vice
president; w. N. Holmes, secretary,
and Otis Wyatt. treasurer.
Vocal solos by Miss Mary Haines.
Miss Inez Miller and Miss Elizabeth
Meininger and a violin solo by Miss
Augusta Swan completed an excellent
musical program. A selected recita-
tion was given by Mrs. Emmet HamiI-
ton. The meeting was held in the
crystal room OF the New Ebbitt
Hotel.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-14
100000 SOCIETIES
AID WAR Savings
Nation Well Organized to Further
Patriotic Investments.

Three hundred thousand War
Savings Societies are being or
ganized. from one end Of the United
States to the other, with a member
ship of pledged War Savers esti-
mated at 10000, 900. OF this num-
Der of societies, it is the task of
the committee for the District of
Columbia to establish 1921. This
task is rapidly being completed.
In the District. as in practically
every State, there are two kinds of
societies The Limit Societies and
the War Savings Societies. In the
limit societies, the members
pledge themselves to purchase a
certain amount of stamps during
the year. while in the War Savings
Societies the members meet at set
times, establish an organization
with constitution and bylaws. but
TO certain amount to be purchased
is pledged, the members buying as
many stamps as possible.
The largest limit" society in
Washington. is the $1,000 Club, of
which Charles J. Bell. banker, is
president This club has a total of
los members, which means adding
S10S.OOO to the Districts total in
sales at the end of the year. Next
% this club comes the 500 Club,
OF the National Geographic Society.
tvhich has 1,1OO members, the menu
bers either being employed by the
Geographic Society. members of
the society or residents of District
9. of which Gilbert H. Grosvenor is
chairman.
p The Pershing-s1OO War Savings
Society. which is fOstered by the
War Savings Committee, has a men,
bership of S25, with more being
added every day. There is also a
$50 Club with twenty-six members
which is being carried on by the
local committee.
OF the War Savings Societies the
FIRST to be formed with a charter
was the District Chapter of the
American Institute of Banking.
With Roy l. Neuhauser at its head.
Every grade of the public school
system is being formed into a War
Savings Society and through efforts
of Superintendent Of Schools Err
nest l. Thurston. these societies
are purchasing some of the largest
quantities of stamps.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-14

TAKES 1000
GAME SEATS
Commerce Men Requisition
Big Grandstand Area for
First Baseball.

one thousand select seats for to-
morrow's opening game at the WASH
ington baseball park were the prizes
taken in a raid yesterday on the ticket
ONCE In behalf of their organizations
by Thomas Grant. secretary of the
Chamber OF Commerce, and Richard
l.. Conner. assistant secretary Of the
Board OF Trade.
The seats are the best In the grand
stand and the money for them has al
ready been paid. Bids for the choice
seats flooded both offices early in the
month soon after the announcement
that such arrangements would be
made by the secretaries OF each Or
ganization.
Following is a partial list Of the oc-
cupants Of the seats for the opening
game tomorrow:
Howard NJ. Blandy, C. B. Buck, h.
X. Bentley. Joe Berberich. George II.
Chandlee, Bert Cohen. A. d. Cressler.
c. Dracopoulas. John Dolph. William
Dove, 7. c. Dulin, William ]. Eynon,
Lehr Fess. p. B. Fletcher. N. B.
Frank, August Freyer. william b.
Hardy, Robert E. Beater. c. c. Hines.
Charles l.. Howser, Hon. Julius Kahn,
]. D. C. Koogle. Joseph ]. Leary, J.
l.. Leverton, S. S. Mattison, John J.
Noonan, e. H. Neumeyer. c. F. Mes
bit. Richard B. owen, Q. &. Potts.
r. c. Rogers. John l. Shedd, J. e.
Smith, H. NJ. Spillan, DIR. Shambora.
John F. Schriner, F. H. Shipe. Thomas
W. Smith, j. NJ. Stein. Joseph Strauss
berger, Col. George schutt. R. L. Steele,
J. L. Whitmore, NJ. A. Winter, George
p. West, George s. Wainwright, Bates
Warren and H. T. Wheeler.
A special box has been reserved for
past presidents and guests of the
Washington Chamber of Commerce,
The Washington herald., 1918-04-14
MILITARY MEN enter
FOR D. E. Horse SHOW
Annual Display of Best Horseflesh
Will Have War Time Air.

A race OF military officers in uni
form representing all the allied
nations Is being worked up as the
feature of Washington's annual
horse show. to be held at Arlington
Park. April 1927. as a Red Cross
benefit.
Approval has been given the plan
by War Department officials and
Manager Hazen. of the association,
has taken up with the various en-
bassies the question Of procuring
the riders.
Owners have offered the use of
their horses for the race and thor
oughbreds that recently have
faced the barrier at Bowie and Ha-
vana will be used. A handsome
cup will be given the winning
officer.
: The entry list for the show closed
at midnight last night. Entries for
the three races to be run daily dur
ing the meeting. however, do not
close until p. m. of each preceding
day.
Extensive nominations have been
made for the entire sixty-five horse
show events scheduled.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-14
THE TOWN CRIER.

The Georgetown Citizens AssOcIa-
tion will hold its regular meeting
tomorrow night at s o'clock at the
Potomac Savings Bank Hall. An
address will be delivered by H. B.
+. MacFarland.
Rev. Peter AInsIee, president of
the Association for the Promotion
of Christian Unity. will address a
meeting for Disciples of Christ,
Tuesday evening, at the Mt. Rainier
Christian Church.
James A. EdEerton, president of
the International New Thought AL
lance. will speak this afternoon
at o'clock, on THE Law of Sue
cess" at the Eagles Wings, 500
Eleventh street northwest.
The ROsedaIe Garden Club Will
meet at Noel House, 1853 Kraemer
place northwest, tomorrow night at
T:3O o'clock.
Meeting of the Woman Wage
Earners' Association will be held
this afternoon at o'clock, at 7O4
T street northwest. Miss Jennette
Carter, president, will preside and
Mrs. Julia Mason Layton, will de-
liver an address.
The Columbia Historical Society
will meet Tuesday evening at 8
o'clock in the gold room of the
Shoreham Hotel Allen c. Clark
will address the meeting.
Annual Banquet of Amounted
High Priests Association will be
held Tuesday evening, April 30, in
the banqHet hall of Masonic Temple,
Thirteenth street and New York
avenue northwest. Past President
c. F. Roberts will have charge OF
the entertainment
The free illustrated lecture by
Marian Longfellow which was to
have been given Tuesday evening at
1926 Rhode Island avenue has been
postponed.
A public meeting of the Home
Defense League will be held in st.
Anthony's Hall, Twelfth and Law
rance streets northwest. tomorrow
evening at s o'clock. Addresses will
be followed by entertainment and
Refreshments.
Mrs. stephen G. Porter, and Mrs.
Goldthwaite Higginson Dorr, joint
chaiEmen of the House to House
canvass of the Woman's Liberty
Loan Committee, have called a
meeting of the thirty-three mem
bers of their executive committee
for o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
Rev. w. A. Morgan, will discuss
The Church and It's Social Re-
sponsibility in War Time" at a
meeting of the Mems Club in
Lincoln Temple, Eleventh and r
streets northwest, at s o'clock to-
night.
First anniversary meeting of
Boy Scout Troop No. "A will be
held Wednesday night at s o'clock,
at Petworth NJ e. Church. New
Hampshire avenue and Grant Circle.
University OF Illinois aIumnne
will be held Thursday night at s
o'clock at the Y. NJ. c. A. building
at Seventeenth and G streets north
west Get Acquainted" win. be the
maxim of the meeting.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-14
Sen. POMERENE TO
ADDRESS Big RALLY
Jewish Meeting to Boost Liberty
Loan Has Good Program.

A Senator and two Representatives
will be the chief drawing cards at
the Jewish rally for the Third Liberty
Loan to be held at the Eighth Street
Temple at Eighth street, between H
and ! streets northwest. Wed1NHday
evening ats o'clock
Senator Atiee Pomerene, OF Ohio,
will be the dean OF the corps of
speakers. with Representative Clar-
ence B. Miller, recently back from
France, following up.
Adolph ]. SABBATH. Representative
from Chicago and prominent in war
work throughout the country, is
scheduled to be the third speaker.
Besides the speaking, patriotic mu
sic and singing will be held. Lester
Lansbcrough, chairman OF the pub
licity committee. has circularized the
city urging everyone to attend the
meeting.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-14
Police Grab Youth
Who Hurls Insult
AT Mary Pickford

New York. April 1s.-An insulting
remark shouted at Mary Pickford
while the motion picture favorite was
delivering a liberty loan address in
the Bronx this afternoon landed Dem
ME Joseph. a youthful citizen Of Hun
gary. in the lookup.
Mrs. Pickford. mother Of the screen
star, happened to be standing near
Joseph when he made the remark.
She Immediately grabbed him by the
collar and turned him over to a po-
liceman. At the station house he said
he was 10 years old and had been In
this country twelve years.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-14
Find MISSING BOY
in POTOMAC river
Paul Lumpkins Had Not Been Seen
Since March u.

The body of Paul Lumpkins. 10
years old. 10O1 Twenty-third street
northwest, who has been missing from
his home since March "a. was found
floating in the Potomac River. q short
distance from the Highway Bridge,
yesterday afternoon, by John z. Dom
aldson. 1857 >Thirty-fifth street north
west. ~.
Identification of the body was made
by means of a bank book with Lump
kin's name on IT, found in his pocket.
No notes OF an intended suicide were
found in his pockets. and It is thought
that he was walking along the river
and fell in.
body, issued certificate of death
from drowning.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-14
NEGRO OF SS, FOUND
LYING on STREET, DIES

A negro aged IS. Charles Chase
by name, was found unconscious
from exhaustion on South Capitol
street yesterday afternoon. Re-
moved 20 the Washington Asylum
he soon died. Coronet
hewitt issued a certificate Of death
from natural causes.
The old man was lying near the
Of Virginia avenue. His
address was s14 f street southwest.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-14
Lepers Escaping
From Colony Cause
Alarm in Colombia

An American Port. April 1a-News
OF the uprising and escape of lepers
from large colony near Bogota, Co
lombia, because of alleged Ill treat
ment, was brought here today, when
a steamship arrived from southern
ports after an exceedingly stormy
voyage.
Great precaution was exercised to
prevent lepers from slowing away on
outgoing vessels, according to Fran
els w. PenneIl. agent of the New York
Botanical Society. who was a pas
senger on the steamer. Armed citi-
zens, alarmed at the menace OF the
lepers mingling in crowds, have been
aiding authorities in rounding up
those who escaped.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-14
Latest d. c. Society
Formed to Assist
War Savings Plan

Members of the national War Saw
fngs Stamps committee. located in
Washington. have formed a society
called The Vanderlip's Aides. !"
Bennett ChappIs Of the national
committee. Is president, and the
following resolutions were adopted
At the first meeting: I'VE pledge
ourselves:
a. To systematic saving.
- To refrain from unnecessary
expenditures and the purchase of
non-essentials.
-s- To lend my earnest efforts
20 encourage thrift and economy in
my community and to secure other
members for this society: and
a. To invest in United States
war savings stamps and thrift
stamps and to encourage others to
do So
The Washington herald., 1918-04-14
Bull Is Plentiful
But $l5,500 Specimen
Commands Attention

Poughkeepsie. n. Y, April 1S.-A
half Interest in King Segis Pontiac
Alcartra, chompion Holstein- Friesian
bull. was sod here at auction for SIS
900 at the dispersal of the herd Of the
Lawson Holding Company. Of Bill
ings, N. Y. The purchaser was John
Arfmann, of Middletown. N. Y, who
owned the other half interest.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-14
CONGRESS LIBRARIAN
PRESIDES AT SMOKER

DR.. Marcus Benjamin, OF the Con-
gressional Library. presided at a
smoker at the Washington branch OF
the Alumni Association OF the College
Of the City OF New York last night.
The smoker was held in the Cosmos
Club. About nifty members were
present.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-14

Ma nufacurrs
Note: NuNated
lion, which is pre-
ETihed and nc
commended above
by physicians. Is
not a secret rem
edy, but one which
Is well known Go
druggists every
where. Unlike the
older inorganic
irun products, Il
is easily asSmi-
lated, docs not in
jure the teeth,
make them black.
nor upGet the
70 m ch- Tli-
ma ufa Gurefs
guarantee SIC
oessful and en-
tirely satisfac-
tory results 10
every purchas
Ct, OF 6ey VIII
refund our
money. Il IL d.
sensed by Pcn
pie a O'Dsn
nclls and all
good drug stores
The Washington herald., 1918-04-14
Not Guilty Of Conspiracy.

Topeka. Kan, April 13-The jury
acquitted DIR. Eva Harding. Ike Gill
berg and Ernest Newman. all OF To-
peka. and Prof. George w. Kleige. Of
Lawrence. Kan, who were charged
with conspiracy to obstruct the draft,
The Washington herald., 1918-04-14


their blood than vas the czSe twenty or
thirty years Ago This bscause Of the denim
erAlized diet which nov Is served daily w
Thousands Of homes and also because uf the
demand for greater resistance Necessary 20
Offset the greater number Of health haEAraE
TO be met at every tUm The peIplexinE
problem Of our intensive living Of TO-DAY de-
mGnds great QuEntitiss Of brain. nerve and
muscle energy and 70 repleuish these and
give strength, sturdy endurance and yirnr-
ous activity there is nothing better than
NuIAted Iron. NuxAted Iron not only buihs
greater strength in weak anaemie peaule. but
creates more red ccCpuscles Of the blood iu
those whose rundown pale appearance ind
Gates q lack Of iron
II people would only take NuxAfed Iron
when they feel weak or rundown instead II
dosing themselves With hatit Turning drugs,
stimulants and alcoholic bevezzcS I am oun-
WINGED that there are thousands Who might
readily build up their red hood cluprscles
increase their physical enerry and get them
selves into . condition 10 ward OF the nth
lions OF disease germs that are almost cIn-
tinuzry around US II is surrrisng hos
many people suffer from iron dehciency ana
do not know it.
II YOU are not strong or well you owe It TO
yourself 10 make the following test: See how
long you can work or how far you can walk
without becoming tired. Next take two fvc-
grain tablets Of ordinary Nu1hted lrun thrc-
times Der day after mesls for two weeks.
Then test your strength aCain and 80 how
much you have gained. NumberS Of DervuuS
rundown people who were Siling an the while
have most ISiouishingly increased thor
strength and endurance simply hy taking
iron IN the proper form. And this. Aftcr
they had in some cases hsen going on f.F
months without getting benefit frum any
thing Many an athlete and pri1e- -hghtcr has
Aas - a.
cret Of great strength and endurance which
CONES from having plenty Of irCn IN th-
blood. while many another has Fone down iu
inglorious defeat simply for lack o. irun.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-14
New Grain Standards
In Effect on July Is

Secretary OF Agriculture Houston
yesterday signed an order making
the new official grain standards of
the United States for wheat and
shelled corn effective July is.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-14
Buys $s5,ooo in Bonds.

Danville. Pa, April 13.-The largest
single liberty loan subscription OF rec
ord In Columbia County was made
by =. Q. hartman. of Danviue, who
agreed 70 buy $4,000 worth. Mr.. Hart
man was q liberal buyer of the FIRST
etd second issues.