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The Washington herald., 1918-03-18
D. c. SCHOOLS LEADING
IN WAR STAMP SALES
Sales for Week of March 8 Totaled
$8,387.27.

Proof that the public schools are
still leading in the war savings
drive is shown in a report from
DR.. E. l. Thurston. superintendent
of schools to Director Callahan.
The sales for the week ending
March 8. totalled $S.3S7.27. These
figures are given in the actual cash
received. rather than the face
value OF the stamps purchased.
This means that face value on
maturity is noticeably larger.
The total sales, in actual cash re-
ceived amounts now to $97.043.OS,
and the total number of pledges to
date is 22,431. The Third division
schools lead the schools of the city
for the week ending March s. with
total sales amounting to $2,47S.49.
OF this amount $92275 was sold
in thrift stamps; S1.531SO in war
savings stamps and cash received
in exchange of thrift stamps for
war savings stamps was $23.g4.
The Fifth division schools stand
in second place for the same period
with total sales amounting to ST.
2O3.9O. The third place was taken
by the First and Second division
schools. with a total in sales ST.
013.16.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-18
War Garden Lessons Prepared by Staff
OF The Washington Heralds Food Experts

inches each when they reach two
inches in height. Double the space for
each as they grow up to four inches
excepting lettuce, radishes and onions
which may remain about two inches
apart until ready to eat
Transplant tomatoes. peppers, egg
plant, melons, cucumbers to garden
after ground has warmed up and dam
ger of even the slightest frost has
passed.
These plants. however. may be
transplanted to larger pots. one to a
twelve-inch pot or box, and allowed
to grow to maturity there. They will
need plenty Of liquid manure-made
by letting fresh manure soak in water
and pouring the water on the soil
near the stem, but not touching it
Cucumbers, melons, tomatoes may
be grown in the ordinary porch boxes
and allowed to climb a wire or lattice,
being securely tied with soft cord or
pieces of rag.
Tomato or cucumber plants growing
up from porch boxes are every bit as
green and shady as other foliage
plants which produce nothing but
leaves.
Save this lesson for the ninth in
your garden scrapbook.
(Another garden lesson tomorrow)
The Washington herald., 1918-03-18
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Best Service Column in the City

policy of the government. appliCs-
BILE alike to both the army and the
navy. have subsequently come TO
the conclusion that it would be un-
wise and prejudicial to the best
interests of the navy II legislation
were enacted at this time wholly
repealing the present increased pay
and allowances for naval personnel
engaged in flying duties, unless
similar action were taken with re-
spect to the similar class of per-
sonnel in the army. l understand
that you have already conferred
with the chairman of the Military
Affairs Committee of the House on
this subject, and beg leave to re-
quest that action by your committee
on the recommendation contained
in my previous letter OF February
81. 1918. be deferred until conclu-
sions satisfactory to the Military
and Naval Affairs Committee may
be reached after joint discussion Of
the subject.
At present those engaged in nytng
The Washington herald., 1918-03-18
WAGEHEARINGS
ON SHIPYARDS
TOEND TODAY
Labor Board Understood 10
Favor Granting Workers
Substantial Increase.

The Shipbuilding Labor Adjustment
Boards hearing on wage demands OF
New York and New England ship
ward workers will be concluded here
today and decisions for both dis
tricts will be issued simultaneously
by the end Of the month.
Discussion Of the proceedings with
the officials of the board last night
indicates that substantial increases
will be granted 10 the men in both
shipyard districts, but that the full
demands of the New York workers
will not be granted.
II is said that the New York labor
representatives asked q greater in
crease than had been asked by an
other section Of the country, more
than was asked by the South Atlantic
and Gulf coasts shipwoTkers, who re-
ceived the greatest percentage OF in
crease in the decisions thus far and
are dissatisfied.
The scale asked by the New York
ers would exceed that Of the Pacific
Coast IL granted. II is said, and would
raise wages in some instances as
much as 100 per cent; but the board.
il is indicated, will trim the demands
considerably in the award.
There remains now only the Great
Lakes shipyard wage hearings and
decisions for a completion Of the ad-
tustment boards program. and the
hearings for that district will begin
as soon as the data Of New England
and New York is analyzed.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-18
DIR. CORGAN ASSIGNED
TO ASIATIC POST

Assistant Surg. J. p. CorCan. I. {.
A. has Deen relieved Of duty. as med
ical examiner fof the main navy ls-
cruiting station. 3O6 Ninth street
northwest. and assigned to an Asiatic
post. Accompanied by his VIC De
will leave here next Thursday and
probably sail for his destiD8;.on from
San Francisco early IN April.
DR.. Corgan Is a sraduate o. tHo
Georgetown University. and duriu-
most Of his stay here has performed
double duty as medical examiner TO-
the main recruiting station OF the
L. S. Marine Corps as well as ior
that OF the navy. In these capacr'Ies
he has earned the esteem Of the
Navy Department besides immense
popularity among those with whom hs
has been brought in contact. who viii
wish him success in his long jour
ney.
DIR. Ramsey -SpiIlman. L. {. y r. ,
will temporarily NIL the position made
vacant by DR.. Corgan. DR.. SpnImau
is a graduate Of Cornell University.
and recently from Boston
The Washington herald., 1918-03-18
400 HORSES DEAD
FROM POISON PLOT
Shipment of Government Animals
Infected with Deadly Germs.

Covington, KY. March 1.-THE
toll of dead horses, part of a ship
ment of 726 government animals
from Fort Grant, ILL.,, bound for an
Atlantic port, today reached ap-
proximately 400. and veterinarians,
it is said, have no hope of saving
the remainder.
1t is believed here that the death
of the animals was brought about
by a carefully arranged poison plot
Guinea pigs inoculated with blood
from one of the animals Friday
were still alive today and another
day or two may be required for pos
tive diagnosis to be made.
Deaths of the horses were not
confined to those in any one car
but spread Unfortunately among
animals in all the livestock cars,
Already the loss to the government
apprOximates $SS.O0O. The horse
had been carefully selected from
several thousand purchased by the
government.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-18

Secretary Daniels has made pub
lie the following letter which he
sent on March l TO Hon. Lemuel P.
Padgett. chairman of the House
Committee on Naval Affairs, regard
ing the pay of members of the
Navy Flying Corps:
I wish to submit to you and your
committee certain further remarks
concerning the departments letter
No. 265O9-254. OF February u, 1918.
addressed to the Speaka of the
House of Representatives. of which
copy was furnished you on the
same date. This letter contained a
request that legislation be enacted
by Congress repeating the present
laws which provide extra pay and
allowances for those officers and
enlisted men of the naval service
engaged in flying duties.
Although I am strongly OF the
opinion that the principle set forth
in that letter is correct and that 1t
should ultimately be adopted as a
The Washington herald., 1918-03-18
START TODAY
ENROLLING OF
100000 BOYS
Labor Department Heads
Seek Army of Young
sters for Farms.

State quotas for the boys army Of
20. 900 to work on the farms. were an
nounced yesterday by the United
States Employment Service OF the
Labor Department. The campaign Of
enrolment opens today.
New York has the largest quota,
followed by Pennsylvania, Ohio. Cali
fornia, and Massachusetts. Except in
a few industrial States like Mas
sachusetts, each State is expected to
attain its quota easily.
The quotas follow:
California, 5000; Colorado. 1000;
District OF Columbia, 5000; Delaware,
800; Georgia. 5000; Indiana, 5000;
Illinois. 1900; Iowa. 1900; Idaho,
1000: Missouri. 1000; Maryland. $500:
Michigan, 5000; Minnesota, 1900;
Massachusetts, %. 600: New York, g.
600; New Jersey, 5000; Nevada, loo;
North Carolina 1000; Oklahoma, H.
600: Pennsylvania, 5000; South Caro-
lima, 1000; Tennessee, 1000; Texas.
q, 500: Utah, 5000: Virginia, 5000 West
Virginia, 5000: Wisconsin, 1900.
"Hysterical and exaggerated" state
ments as 10 supposed shortage Of
farm labor and the unfitness Of boys
for this work. are doing great harm.
officials OF the Federal Employment
Service say.
In many section Of the country
there are shortages" the statement
said. But these are local. not gen
eral. and are counteTbalanced by sur
pluses in other sections, and by great
bodies OF boy and adult male labor
available for farming not yet touched.
Many farmers this year will have TO
take boys whenever possible. This
fact must be driven home. Yet farm
ers are discouraged at the outset by
general and i'll advised statements as
to the unfitness OF boys for farm
work =,
The Washington herald., 1918-03-18
POWER SQUADRON
MEETS FOR REVIEW

Next Wednesday night an instruc-
tion meeting of the Potomac River
Power Squadron will be held in the
rooms of the Washington chapter,
American Banking Institute. third
floor. 1914 street northwest, at
which the winters work will be
reviewed. followed by a special lee
ture on weather forecasting.
This will bethe last of a series
OF public instruction meetings to
De held by the squadron this sea-
son. and it is earnestly desired that
every person interested in the
squadron movement will be on hand
AT the close of the meeting those
desiring to join the squadron will
be organized into a special class
for intensive preparation for the
squadron examination which viii
be held in the near future.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-18
War Garden Scrapbook

The Washington Herald has
opened a War Garden DEPART
ment I'm charge of expert aKri-
cuIturists, who will assist the
readers of this paper in every
possible way to raise bumper
war crops this summer. A..
The Herald In publishing daily
garden lessons and hints, which
will appear In every issue of this
paper until crops are harvested. .
Why not be n systematic. and
scientific war gardener this sea-
con and follow these articles
: dailyf
F, Would II not be- an excellent.
suggestion to start asWAR GAR
DEN sCRAPBOOKs Clip ont
daily hints, paste them I'm n book
and you will soon have q COM
piete garden guide, arranged
daily in the order in which you
viii be most apt 70 need II.
Begin w AR G A II ID L n
. sCRAPB00K TODAY, .
The Washington herald., 1918-03-18

to till. They con do. their .'bit' to-
ward increasing the nations food sup
ply by having window gardens.
Others who do expect to have out
door gardens and who have no hot
beds in which to get an carly start
for certain plants should sow these
seeds in flower pots and boxes.
Tomatoes, early cabbages, peppers,
eggplant, melons, may be started this
way and transplanted into the garden
or larger boxes upon the front or back
porch or even on. the roof. An extra
early crop of lettuce and green onions
may be obtained in the same way, II
onion bulbs instead OF seed are used.
Fill the pot or box with loose rich
soil. Bore n few holes in bottom of
box to let out eXcccs moisture At
nights cover with paper bag or re-
move from window so the plants will
not be killed by the cold air.
Thinfout plants tn about two souare
The Washington herald., 1918-03-18

mariner say ten minutes 70 take his
bearings, with this instrument a pilot
who knows next to nothing about fig
ures can make his nautical computa-
tions in less than a minute. They
are bound to be correct so long as
he sets his machine right. The in
strument is as simple to operate as
an adding machine"
Prof. Poor has given mis- invention
to the government for war purposes.
Henry A. Wise Wood, of the Aero
Club OF America, announced that with
the invention of Prof. Poor, it would
be possible for Americans to fly across
the Atlantic this summer IL work on
planes of the proper type were started
at once.
To the average person, unacquatnt-
ed with aerouautics. to fly across the
Atlantic seems a mad undertaking.
But from St Johns. Newfoundland.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-18
CITIZENS TO WATCH
TERMINAL HEARING

To watch steps taken at the hearing
OF the Utilities Commission today
regarding the creation Of a loop :erm-
inal by the Washington Railway and
Electric Company, around the square
bounded by II street, New York ave-
nue.. Twelfth and Thirteenth streets.
the public utilities committee Of the
Federation of Citizens Associations,
was requested i'm a resolution, unani-
mously adopted, 10 be present at the
proceedings.
The committee is headed by c. A.
Baker. Hearings will start at 10
o'clock this morning.
Thomas ems was admitted as dele
gate from the Lincoln Park Citizens
Association.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-18
WAR NOT TO LOWER
LABOR STANDARDS

The war will not lower the labor
standards for women and children,
Miss Grace Abbott, chief OF the Child
Labor Division OF the Labor Depart
ment, said yesterday.
Demands for the relaxation OF labor
standards for women and children are
not meeting with public approval"
Miss Abbott said. People now rea-
lize more clearly than they did year
ago that these demands are not de-
rived from desire to obtain through
a scientific organization Of the labor
market the largest possible produc-
ton In the coming year. Employment
OF young children and women may
seem an easy way out OF a temporary
difficulty. 1t is however. costly social
ly. and from a standpoint of sustained
maximum production il is inefficient" "
The Washington herald., 1918-03-18
New Steamship Expert
Joins Hoover Forces

Prentiss n. Gray, formerly vice
president and manager of the Cali
fornia and Oregon Steamship Com
pany, has Joined the Food Admin
istratiOn to handle COastwise and
overseas traffic problems coming
within the scope of the administra-
tion.
Efforts will be made to regulate
imports of food to definite routes
The Washington herald., 1918-03-18
Commerce Department
Sends 1881 Employees

Since the declaration Of war with
Germany. 1-5s1 employees Of the De-
partment Of Commerce have entered
the military and naval services OF the
United States. OF the eight bureaus
Of the department, the Bureau of
Lighthouses has contributed the
largest NUMBER ,23+The Coast and
Geodetic Survey ranks second with a
total OF 175 employees.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-18
SHOOTS DOWN
GIRL WHO HAD
REPULSED Him
Lee Erlinger Attempts Muir
der in Front of Hopkins
Hospital Building.

Baltimore, March 17.-With a re-
volyer purchased with money Sc
cured through the sale of his jew
elry, Lee Erlinger. alias Lee Wal
ters, 25 years old, this morning
shot down his sweetheart, Miss
Margaret Bamberger, 20 years old,
almost in front of Johns Hopkins
Hospital domestics' home.
In Serious Condition.
The girl is in Johns Hopkins Hos
pital with three bullet wounds in
her left side and neck. Attending
physicians fear she has slight
chance ,f9r recovery.
Continued refusal on the part OF
the girl to marry Erlinger is said
TO have been the motive that
prompted the deed. Although in a
critical condition. Miss Bamberger
refused to make a dying deposition
to the police before she was placed
on the operating table.
The shooting today occurred a
few minutes after Z o'clock. En-
ltnger, or Walters. as he is best
known, was seen by three persons
in conversation with the BambergeI
girl. The man evidently was try
ing to persuade the girl to dc
something against her will, for she
was heard to say. NO. Lee. 1 don't
want to-" just before she was fired
on.
On Way to Work.
The best account of the shooting
was furnished the police by Pat
rick Tillmond.
Tillmond was on his way to work
in the Nurses Home, where he is
employed, when he passed Miss
Bamberger and Walters. He said
the two evidently were quarreling
as the man had the girl by the
wrist
Let me go, Lee" the girl pleaded
as the man passed. and Tillmond
watched the pair from the doorway
of the Nurses Home.
The man started to pull the girl
away" said TilImond, ''and she tried
to get away from him. Then he
pulled out a revolver and fired a
shot at her and she fell. Standing
over her. the man broke the revol-
yer and evidently moved the
chamber around to place a fresh
cartridge in position. He was
standing over her at the time and
gun to her side, he pulled the trig-
ger again.
Once more he broke the revolver
to see that it was in good working
condition and the girl got to heI
feet and started' to move away
Again he fired, and the girl stag
gered through the doorway of the
Rutland avenue home"
Clothes Ahre from shot.
The shots had been fired so close tc
the girl that her clothing and even q
handbag she carried and which she
evidently had thrown outward for pro
lection were burning. The fire in hel
clothing was extinguished and the gir
was carried to the dispensary Of Johns
Hopkins Hospital and later to tht
was removed.
PatroImen Willard Roberts. Charlie.
: Dram and Charles L. Fox gave
chase to the fleeing Walters in a taxi
cab. They caught him at Chase ant
Durham streets. nearly six square:
from where he had tried to slay his
sweetheart.
On the way to the station Walters
tried to hide the revolver in the auto
mobile, but was detected The weapOr
was offered in evidence later in North.
eastern Police Court.
Throughout the brief hearing Wal
r. tcrs was cool and collected. The hear
ing was postponed until April 10, anC
Justice Dawkins announced that ht
would accept bail of $2,OOO for the ap'
pcarance of Walters.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-18

at Columbia !. University. The study
of celestial mechanics calls for the
most intricate mathematical figuring
in the world.
All the skipper OF New York-Paris
airplane will have to do now is to
climb into his machine head 1t for
France, and trust to the Poor aerial
adding machine" to keep him on his
right course.
The instrument looks like a big dial
of a bank safe lock. Its face is scored
with rings marked of in small and
numbered segments with couple of
movable hands.
1T is nothing but a computing ma
chine" explained the professor-''an
elaboration Of the slide rule. 1t al
| lows a man without any training in
| navigation to make his calculations
with ease.
Where it would take a practical
The Washington herald., 1918-03-18
g reGStf'IISrra~1af6 ysakLe'

By }. II. DUCKwORTH.
Special stan Dispatch.
New York. March 17.-Prof. Charles
Lane Poor has just completed an un-
canniIy ingenious device which it is
believed has removed the last great
obstacle TO flying our feet of victory
airplanes across the Atlantic-the dan
ger Of getting lost on the 3.OOO-mile
stretch OF trackless ocean.
1t is a mechanical navigating de-
vice that enables an aviator, flying
at 100 miles an hour. to find his posi-
ton in a few moments.
The invention marks another great
stride in the conquest of the air.
Prof. Poor Is a mathematician and
is professor of celestial mechanics
The Washington herald., 1918-03-18

to Queensland. Ireland, is only 1.S6C
miles. From st. Johns to the Azores
is 1900 miles and from the Azores TO
Oporto. Portugal, Is $50 miles.
Waiting for a strong following wind.
one should average 100 miles and hour
across. The crossing from st. Johns
TO Queenstown could be accomplished
under twenty hours: from st. Johns 10
the Azores under fourteen hours, and
from the Azores to Oporto under nine
hours. An aeroplane can remain up
as long as the engines run. The en-
Sines. barring breakdowns, will run
as long as fuel is supplied. The quee-
ton, then. is one of lifting ability.
An aeroplane which would lift thirty
five hours fuel and four men. can
easily be constructed. That would be
an aeroplane with fifteen hours fuel
more than would probably be neces-
sary.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-18

The Herald's gardening ex-
perts will tell you how to start
and care for a profitable war
garden. Below is an intro
ductory lesson; others will fol-
low all during the gardening
season, solving for you every
garden problem.-Editor.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-18
Jacksonville for Concrete Ships.

Jacksonville. Fla, is to have one
Of the first four concrete shipyards
for government work. it was learned
here last night. The Fousncr Steel
Concrete ShipSuiiding Company, of
New York City. will start at the
Southern port on its shipping Board
CONTRACT =
The Washington herald., 1918-03-18

duties in French, British. and Italian
services all receive certain additional
emoluments because of the unusual
character of such duty. For this
reason. unless the Military Affairs
Committee should feel strongly that
the increases OF pay should be ter
minated at once. l consider that this
feature might well be deferred until
the conclusion of the present war.
On the other hand. / believe that the
present authorized increases in the al
lowances for those engaged in flying
duties should be discontinued as soon
J as possible, for the continuance there
Of seems indefensible for the rea-
sons set forth in the aforementioned
letter. as well as in my letter of
January 3. 1917, when recommended
ton TO this effect was first made.
Brig. Gen. Christopher T. O'Neill.
national army, has been relieved
from duty with the provisional depot
for corps and army troops and will
proceed without delay TO Camp Han
cock. Augusta, Ga. and report to the
commanding general, Twenty-eighth
Division, for assignment to duty.
The Navy Department reports the
following casualties: Henry Glen
Nelie. Quartermaster second class. L.
S. navy. killed in aeroplane accident
in Scotland. Mother, Mrs. Mabel A.
We'll. 92S Lawrence avenue. Chicago
Ill. Velie enlisted April :, 1917. in
Chicago.
Roger Conant Perkins, chief quar-
termaster. L. S. y. r. +. student
naval aviator, killed March 13 by fall
in seaplane at Key West. Fla. Moth
er. Mrs. Sidney Kingman Perkins.
Manchester, VT. Perkins enlisted in
the Naval Reserve Force. April 9.
1917.
Lieut. Col Norton Z. Wood, Field
Artillery. is assigned to the Twentieth
Field Artillery and will proceed TO
Join that regiment
Lieut.. Col. Ernest s Wheeler.
Nineteenth Field Artillery. is trans
ferred to the Twentieth Field Artil-
lery and will join that regiment
Col Harry H. Pattison. infantry.
national army. will proceed to Wash
ington. d. c., and report in person to
the Chief of Stafr for temporary duty
as liaison officer with the japanese
Military Mission.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-18
Protects War Benefits.

A bill proposing 5000 fine and i'm
prisonment for one year for any at
torney who collects a fee larger than
S25 for any service in connection with
the War Risk Insurance Bureau WA
introduced by Representative Fields.
of Kentucky. Rules discouraging the
use Of lawyers at all by claimants
under the act have been partly un-
IailinG said Fields :
The Washington herald., 1918-03-18
GARDEN LESSON No. o.

Prepared under the direction OF
The Herald's food department.
Many persons start at this time to
grow flowers, filing windows with
pots and boxes Of growing flowers.
The same method of producing
vegetables may be used.
Growing vegetables in flower pots
may not supply Gs much perfume but
1t will reduce your cost of living.
TheEe are those who live in apart
ment Sand tenement buildings; those
who have NO baekyards Or vacant lots
The Washington herald., 1918-03-18
HOTEL DAYTON
Open All Year.

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sbIr :. ssskS; ts.oo 20 s~ ssg. ssoklstA
80 a nssuaaar. ,rss
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Lieut. Col Norton Z. Wood, Field
Artillery. is assigned to the Twentieth
Field Artillery and will proceed TO
Join that regiment