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The Washington herald., 1918-06-13

Working on the theory that floods
OF the sort which swept down the his
toric Miami Valley in western Ohio
five years ago are unnecessary evils
which can be guarded against, the in
habitants Of the prosperous valley
have undertaken the work of flood
proofing the entire valley. The dry
reservoir plan. known to engineers for
several hundred years. Is to be work
ed out for the first time on a large
scale, and within the next three or
four years a battery OF five great flood
reservoirs stationed at strategic points
along the valley will take up the task
Of warding off disasters similar to the
one OF March, 1873
Miami Valley proposes to spend ap-
proximately s20.o00o0o in completing
one Of the most ambitious and
thorough-going flood protection pro-
jects ever launched in the United
States. Shortly after the disastrous
floods Of five years ago the Miami
conservancy district was organized.
under a State charter, and the pre-
liminary work has now reached the
stage where steam shovels and gangs
Of laborers will take up the work.
Practically all OF the tedious and ex-
acting little legal details have been
taken up and completed, and. barring
unforeseen complications. the flood
protection work will be actually under
way some time during 1918. By 1921.
or 1922 at the latest, it lie estimated
by engineers. the last reservoir will
have been completed and the valley
which has been terrorized by frequent
floods will be freed Of dangers from
that source for all time to come
From Flood Protection for the Miami
Valley" by o. r. Geyer. In the Amer
lean Review Of Reviews.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-13
;. The Best Use Of Man Power.

The thing that 10 wanted from the
United States Is not masses Of half
trained American dough-boys, fine as
those young men are in their pluck
and courage, but highly trained en-
gineers. aviators. and the like-qual-
ity, not quantity.
- Above all. what the situation calls
for Is the production Of merchant ships
to harmonic In q symmetrical pro-
gram with the development Of the
navy, the rising of food. the making
Of steel, the speeding up Of railroads,
and the highest kind Of economic sue
cess in essential things. The canton
ments obviously should have been
built by the soldiers themselves to
The Washington herald., 1918-06-13
GARFIELD
DOWN FUELFOR
AUTOBUILDERS
Passenger Car Concerns to
!, Be Allowed But d
Per Cent.

DR.. Harry A. Garfield. Fuel Admin
istrator, made an official announce
ment yesterday that manufa cturers
of pleasure automobiles win receive
only twenty-five per cent Of the coal
used for that purpose In the present
year.. thus compelling fuel eurtail-
ment OF seventy-ffve per cent
GaraeId's Statement.
He authorized the following state
ment:
, Fuel Administrator Garfid con-
firmed the statement he made on
Monday in regard to the curtailment
of fuel for the manufacture OF pleas
'ure automobiles. He stated that the
general question Of curtailing this m
dustry Is now in the hands of the
Steel Section Of. the War Industries
Board.
: The Fuel Administration, however,
feels responsible to limit the amount
Of fuel used In the manufacture Of
pleasure automobiles to whatever ex-
q 1t the national situation demands.
Fuel Administrator Garfield made It
plain that even II steel is available
for q larger production, he viii be
to limit the fuel for the
Of pleasure AUTOMOBILES
In the season 1sls-1sls to not over Is
per cent OF that consumed for this
purpose in the season 1s17-1s.
Fuel Demand Convfnees.
The enormous increase in the de-
mand for coal in connection with the
war has convinced the Fuel Admins
that 1t would be jeopardizing
the vital interests Of the country to
permit fuel to be used in the manu-
facture of a large number of pleasure
than the % per cent men
toned above.
This curtailment does not, AFFECT
the manufacture of trucks or other
cars for war use, nor the enormous
amount Of other war material which
the automobile companies have al
ready undertaken for the govern
ment."
The Washington herald., 1918-06-13

save the general dislocation Of labor.
The new shipyards could well have
been laid out and put in form with
the assistance Of several hundred
thousand enlisted soldiers. sailors, and
marines, whose training for their spe-
cific service would have been all the
more efficient for their helping in the
most urgent of national work. In like
manner. we have at least half a mil
lion men of practical mechanical skill
now enrolled in the army and navy
who could be assigned to shipbuilding
as a direct national duty Of more i'm
mediate military Importance than
trench digging in Europe. We have
also another half million Of enlisted
men who might well be furloughed
for food production during the ap-
preaching farm season. all Of them to
be carefully assigned to their places,
and held under government direction.
From Progress of the World" in
the American Review Of Reviews.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-13
Hospital Embodies Modern Ideas.

a five-story structure, in which
many Of the most modern ideas in
hospital construction have been en-
bodied. is the recently completed an
mex to the Union Hospital in Fall
River. Mass. which Is described and
illustrated in the Popular Mechanics
Magazine A feature that instantly
attracts attention is the manner in
which each of the stories above the
hrst recedes from the front more
than the one beneath it, thereby pro-
viding space for broad, uncovered
balconies that extend the full length
OF the building rooms. Rows Of flower
boxes add much to the attractfveness
Of these rest places. On a level with
the second floor is an inclosed. heated
passageway connecting the annex with
the old building. In the basement OF
the new structure are the heating
plant and an ice plant. The offices
and operating rooms are on the main
floor. dormitories on the second floor,
private rooms on the third, and chill
dren's quarters on the fourth floor.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-13
Boy Scouts Splendid War Record.

Anna Steese Richardson calls at
tention in the Woman's Home Com
panion to this wonderful record of
the Boy Scouts:
Every Scout to Feed a Soldier:
Under this slogan the Boy Scouts
OF America conducted a vigorous
nationwide gardening propaganda
In the summer of 1917 and them
selves planted thousands of gar
gems, adding substantially to the
food production of the country.
Every Scout to Save a Soldier:
Liberty loan No. Scouts sold
13s,645 bonds, amounting to S23,-
2Ss,25O, and s,463 Scouts qualified
Tor war service emblems for SELL
ing subscriptions to ten or more
families.
Liberty loan No. Scouts sold
538,S2o bonds. amoupting to S102,-
os4,1po. Approximately $4,000 Scouts
qualhed for war service emblems
for selling subscriptions to ten or
more families. =.
war savings stamps. The Scouts
are now cooperating in nation
wide advertising and exploitation
campaign, as explicitly requested
by the United States Treasury.
Every Scout to Boost America:
As government dispatch bearers,
scouts are conducting a colossal
house-to-house campaign, distrib-
uting war information literature In
cooperation with the Committee
on Public Information.
: And Scouts are everywhere CO.
operating with local Red Cross, Y.
M c. A., and other war RELIEF and
civic service activities in addition
to the nationwide campaigns above
mentioned"
The Washington herald., 1918-06-13
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The Washington herald., 1918-06-13
A Tie in the House.

II the. situation that now exists in
Congress had occurred a few years
ago the agitated cry of the politician
would have been loud in the land. To-
day, Few people seem to know that
bopors Are exactly even between the
Democratic and Republicans In the
House OF Representatives. Those who
are aware OF the tie do not appear
interested. At the beginning Of the
present session the Presidents party
controlled IA seats in the lower house,
but that number has gradually de-
creased. Representative Adamson, Of
Georgia, resigned to become q member
OF the Board of Appraisers in New
York. Fitzgerald, Of Brooklyn, retired
from Cohsress to resume the practice
OF law. Bruckner and Grimm, both
OF New Fork, resigned to accept poll
teal appointments In their home
State. Representative Bathrick, Of
Ohio, died Just before the Christmas
holidays. Consequently, there are now
exactly 109 Democrats and 200 Repub-
ncans In the Southern wing OF the
Capitol This tie may be broken by
the resignation Of Representative HUI
bert, Democrat, Of New York, to be-
come Commissioner Of Ferries and
Docks In New York City. But even IL
the Republicans find themselves in the
majority they will make no move
to take advantage Of the fact. Rep
resentative Mann Is absent through III
ness, and no other Republican leader
OF possible fight to take the speak
ership from Champ Clark is strong
enough to command the independent
votes. Moreover. the Republicans
nave everything to lose and nothing
10 gain BY upsetting the Presidents
control OF the House az this session.
therefore. there may be presented the
unprecedented spectacle OF a majority,
even II Il 4 majority of only one
or Two members, standing back 10 al
love q minority to ruIe.-Leslie's.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-13
PRESIDENT WILL GET
NEW BUREAU REPORTS
ON WAR WORK STATUS
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
ed from the men who are RESPONSE
BILE for the work to which the in
formation relates, he will be de-
pendent upon the judgment of the
men whose work may be properly
subject of criticism"
Cutting Of Appropriation.
In explaining to the House the rea-
sons why the committee made large
reductions in the amounts asked by
the Shipping Board and the Food Ad-
ministration, Sherley disclosed the
fact that the cut OF $685., $50 900 in the
Shipping Boards estimate was largely
due to the fact that the board had
neglected to credit itself with the
amounts which will be received as
fees on the charters of ships requisi-
toned by the government. Thus the
committee was enabled to eliminate
si32, 100000 without In any way chang
ing the Shipping Boards program.
In the matter of the reduction Of
$4,500. 900 in the allowances for the
Food Administration, Sherley said he
Food Administration asked for Sl2.-
10000 and Is allowed s., 800. 900, which
he believed sufficient for all its work.
He said many Of the estimates sub
mitted by Hoover's administration
were "nebulous and loosely made"
The Washington herald., 1918-06-13
LIFE INSURANCE
INTERESTS SAY.
RILEBSEVERE.
Delegation Appeals to
House Committee for
Tax Mitigation.

Representatives Of all the large life
Insurance companies appeared before
the Ways and Means Committee yes
terday TO ask that their interests be
protected In the framing OF the new
revenue bill. Their present grievance
II that a ruling of the Treasury De-
partment bars them from including
their reserves as part Of their capital
upon which they are entitled to ex-
emption.
Job Z. Hedges, of New York. chief
spokesman for the insurance COM
panies. suggested that the new bill
should contain a provision to have IN
cluded In the surplus the reserves RE-
quired by law to be accumulated and
maintained" for the protection of the
policy holders.
The effect of the war on the life in
surance business, Hedges said. has
been to lower the average rate Of in
terest on investments on account of
large purchase Of liberty bonds, to
diminish the value of securities held
BY the companies, and to increase the
mortality.
Frederick G. Durham, former In
surance Commissioner of New York,
estimated the shrinkage in the
value Of securities held by the in
surance companies to be as much
as s or 10 per cent.
T. W. Blackburn of New York and
z NJ. Martin of Omaha. representing
mutual insurance companies, also
appeared before the committee.
Representative Cox of Indiana
made a statement to the committee
urging higher taxes on automobiles
used for pleasure purposes. He pro-
posed three forms OF taxation to
curb the use OF pleasure cars dur
ing the war. namely: A tax on
chauffeurs. a graduate tax on auto
mobiles, according to horsepower
or a heavy tax on gasoline.
Figures prepared by the Internal
Revenue office were submitted to the
committee by Representative Cox,
showing that there are in the United
states at the present time 100000 au-.
tomobiles, Of which 80 per cent are
passenger cars and 10 per cent are
trucks Collector Roper estimated thar
n graduated tax on the horsepower OF
these vehicles would yield to the gov
eminent s151. ooO. 900. and Cox proposed
that all Of the $4,000 motorcycles in
the country should bear a fat tax OF
IS each, which would yield sl.4Oo,OO0.
Upon the basis of Is as the average
horsepower. Collector Roper's esti-
mate, as furnished by Cox, would pro-
duce the sum Of 100000 IL the bill
levied the charge Of 60 cents per horse
power. Cox recommended that the
graduated tax be as follows: 60 cents
per horsepower up to and including
. horsepower. SD per horsepower
up to 30. and $40 on all cars of over
% horsepower
Alfred Reeves, on behalf Of the Ma
tional Automobile Chamber of Com
merce, pleaded for no increase in the
automobile taxes. He said that $780,
10000 Of war work for the government
has been taken over by the automo-
bile manufacturers, and their taxes
for this year VIII amount to $50, 600. 600.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-13
GERMAN PRESS
SEES BLOW TO .
us. INTERESTS
Says Victors Are Balanced
By,Losses In
u. S.

Dissolution Of the German-American
Alliance and the discontipuance Of
German language newspapers In the
United States has wrung from the
Cologne yolks zeitung the admission
that German interests in the United
States and on the Atlantic have been
ruined. Color Of oficial recognition
Of this opinion Is contained in q Swiss
dispatch received here yesterday an
nouncing that Foreign Minister Won
Kuehlnann Is about to go to Ham
burg to discuss with the big North
German business interests the refor-
nation Of the German consular and
diplomatic service.
The Cologne Volks Zeitung's admis-
sion Of German disaster In the United
States Ia contained in the following
editorial received here:
"Mr. Wilson hopes to succeed In
crushing the German elements Gin
America). He will succeed. The Ger
man press Is already nearly crushed
out Of existence in America The
greater part of the German schools
are closed. The German associations
are having to strip themselves Of all
vestige Of Germanism. It Is q COM
plete debacle.
Losses Balanced victories.
ut Is unnecessary to be pessimistic
to realize that the consequences Of
our European victories are in a mea-
sure balanced by the sum total Of the
losses which We have suffered in
America.
After the war Germans will no
longer be able to enter America They
will no longer be admitted. They will
be better advised not to try to 60
there.
The steamship lines Hamburg
American and .Nord Deutsche Lloyd
lines, are entered in the black book.
Other shipbuilding yards and ofiices
have been sold under q prohibition
against reselling them to Germany
after the war. The American press
speaks Of forbidding Germans either
buying or. renting shipyards. II will
be the end Of German trans Atlantic
commerce.
Besides these maritime forces,
German estates representing mil
lions of dollars in stocks Of copper.
nickel. cotton. leather and chemical
products have been seized and util-
lied to fabricate American war ma
terial"
Another Editor Worries.
The same worry over the net re-
suits OF the war for Germany Is
manifested in the assertions of the
chief editor Of the Deutsches Eel
tung received in the same dis
patches today. He says that IL q
peace offensive 10 to be started II
must be to obtain the peace of a
Hondenburg or Ludendorff.
THE only offensive" he says. "of
which there is need, besides the one
which Hindenburg and Ludendorff
are leading. is an interior offensive
against all those who are opposed
to the military action which is des-
tined to secure a lasting peace ia
us. This must be an offensive
against the enemies Of the peace OF
Hindenburg and Ludendorff."
The Washington herald., 1918-06-13
Time Makes No Mistakes

We have never claimed that
5. 5. S. was a medicine to work
wonders. nor one that would
cure every physical ailment or
disorder. More than fifty years
ago it was placed on the market
and recommended as a blood
purifier. and today. after a long
and successful career. and when
its use has become almost uni
Eersal. only the same honest claim
$ made for it-that it will relieve
hose diseases and disorders aris-
ns from an impure or polluted
blood. Time makes no mistakes,
md the very best recommendation
IF S. S. S. is the fact that it has
'tood a long test and is now
more generally used than ever be-
iore, and has the confidence, we
believe. of a greater number of
,eople than any other blood medi-
Inc.
The blood is the most vital
'orce of life; every organ, nerve,
muscle, tissue and sinew of the
,ody is dependent on it for nour-
shment and strength. and as it
irculates through the system,
,ure and rich. it furnishes these
6ferent members the healthful
properties needed to preserve
hem and enable them to per-
orm their various duties. So
ons as the blood remains free
rom infection we are apt to es-
ape disease, but any impurity,
umor or poison acts injuriously
n the system and affects the gen.
al health.
pustular eruptions. pimples,
IS. and the various skin az
s. show that the blood is
4 yerish condition as a re-
The Washington herald., 1918-06-13
Garry a Stove in Your Pocket and
Keep Warm.

The Japanese pocket stove has
made its way around the world. II
consists merely of a metal box with
a sliding lid. and covered with cloth.
The unique feature Of the stove Is the
fuel. which il sold in the form Of sau-
sagelike rolls. These will burn for
about three hours without giving of
any smoke or fumes, according to the
Popular Science Monthly.
The fuel consists Of vegetable ma
terials, converted into charcoal, mixed
with saltpeter, and pressed into cylin-
drical form. These are dried in the
sun and then wrapped and packed.
This kind of stove was extensively
used by the japanese soldiers in the
Russo-Japanese war,
The Washington herald., 1918-06-13
U-BOATS MOVE! J.
SOUTH, Q new
SINKINGS SHOW
Norwegian Steamers Lost
of Cape Hatteras, De-
partment Announces.

Further confirmation OF the theory
that the German submarines operat-
ing on the Atlantic coast are moving
soutward came yesterday in the an
nouncernent Of the sinking Of two Nor
wesian steamers In the Cape Hatteras
district. It IL understood that the
Navy Department had. no report OF
the loss Of the two vessels until the
survivors were landed at New York
yesterday
The following statement was issued
by the Navy Department yesterday.
1.-THE Navy Department 10 informed
that the steamship Borsund arrived at
New York at $50 clock yesterday af-
ternoon with survivors from the Nor
wegian steamers Bindiggen and Hem
rik, sunk by submarine about 40 miles
east of Hatteras. The Bindiggen. ac-
cording to reports, was sunk at $50
p. m. on June s and the Henrik at
III D. m. on June TO-"
Twenty vessels sunk.
The submarines which to date have
sunk twenty vessels in American wa
tiers are successful in avoiding the
American patrol ships. 1t is believed
that they are submerged during the
daytime and operate only in the time
just previous to shutdown. making any
movements to new locations at night,
when they can run on the surface.
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, Of
the Navy Department, yesterday
denied that any American warships
or patrol boats have fred upon sub
marines, dropped depth bombs or in
fact sighted an enemy submarine on
the Atlantic Coast. 1t Is thought.
however. that complete reports Of
the operations of the American pa
trolls have not been made because
of restrictions placed upon the use
OF the wireless by the Navy Depart
ment.
That no news Of the sinking of
the two Norwegian ships was re-
ceiyed here prior to the landing of
the survivors at New York points
to the conclusion that all, steamers
have been warned to take every
precaution to conceal their loca-
tion and to use their wireless only
as q last resort to summon help.
Iaformaties seant.
Navy officials in discussing the
sinking Of the two Norwegian yes
sells stated that the only informa-
ton they had was based upon q
short report received from New
York. They stated that they had
no report to show whether the ships
were sunk by bombs or by tor
pedoes. Explanation of the failure
of the navy to provide conveys for
vessels known to be in American
waters was refused.
It is not known whether the Nor
wegian ships were armed. No in
formation relative to the equipment
Of the United States warships with
the INT "ashcan" type OF depth bomb
used in European waters is per-
mitted.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-13
Milk Save. Me.t-.nd Money.

The cooking editor OF the woman's
Home Companion writes:
There is every reason for using
milk. no reason for not using IL.
There are people who think II
too expensive because IL costs a few
The Washington herald., 1918-06-13

More than 5000 women are employed
in France where everything is being
saivaged. Even old boots are picked
up and made to do duty again.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-13

Why go linping. around with
aching, puffed-up, feet-feet so
tired, chafed, sore and swollen
you can hardly get your shoes on
or off: Why don't you get a IS
cent box of "Tiz" from the drug
store now and gladden. your tor
tured feets
"Tiz" makes your feet. glow
The Washington herald., 1918-06-13

Without counting 1.413 men serving
in dickyards and military stations on
the outbreak of the war, 5.oS1 London
police officers are engaged in war
service