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The Washington herald., 1918-03-20
RED CROSS HELPING
AIR raid SUFFERERS
Activities of Humane Organization
Directed Toward Civilian Wounded.

Air raids rescue service is now
part OF the regular fyctivities of the
American Red Cross in Paris, ac-
cording to- q cablegram received
yesterday at national Red Cross
headquarters, from Maj. James H
Perkins, American Red Cross COM
missioner to Europe.
Ambulances and rescue parties
equipped with gas masks and he'll
NETS are on duty nightly, coop
Grating with the police and ready
to respond to all calls. The Red
Cross workers assist the police and
firemsn in digging into the ruins
and removing victims trapped in
wrecked buildings.
Five calls for Red Cross help
from as many different parts of the
city were received within an hour
during the last raid on Paris. Pres
ident Poincare and Premier Glenn
enceau arrived at q place where a
bomb had demolished a house and
watched the American Red Cross
men remove the wounded.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20
BILL UP To PROTECT
| SERVICE MEMS PURSE
Measure Would Stop Hotel Prof.
teering from the Army.

Protection for persons In the mill
tary and naval service of the United
States against profiteering in the Dis
trict Is called for in a bill introduced
in the House yesterday by Represen-
tative Miller, of Minnesota.
Representative Miller's bill is de-
sisAed to prohibit hotels and inn
keepers in the District from charging
extortionate rates from commissioned
ofiicers soldiers and sailors.
The bill provides that they shall not
pay more than 50 day for a room or
more than 81 for each meal. 1t would
remain in operation during the dura-
ton Of the war.
Stipulation is made that the rooms
given the soldiers and sailors at this
maximum price would be of the aver
age in the hotel and that the meals
provided at the maximum price must
be Substantial ones suitable to the
hour Of the day"
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20
.A.F.OF L.ENTERS
FIGHT AGAINST
BORLAND BILL.
viii Oppose Extra Hour
Plan Unless Overtime
Clause Is Added.

Although yesterday was day Of In
actiyity on the two floors of Con-
gress for the BorIand amendment
1t was not a day of Inactivity for
those who are working against 1t in
the interest Of the thousands Of af-
fected clerks.
Fearing that the Senate might
sustain the action of House and re-
tain the amendment and at the
same time disallow the proposed
amendment to grant the clerks pay
and one-half overtime the enlistment
Of the American Federation of Labor
has been secured for support.
Should the worst come TO. the worst
Il Is thought that an appeal win be
taken to President Wilson as 1t is
known that he holds firm views on
the rights Of labor.
1t Is highly probable that the Senate
will come TO discussion on the eight
hour amendment to the agricultural
appropriation bill today.
Announcement was made yesterday
by the Senate Postoffice Subcommit-
tee that they had decided upon q
fat pay increase Of Is per cent for
all employees in the postal service,
whether on an annual salary or per
diem basis. This includes those OF
all grades and classes. This action
was taken In revising the annual
postoffice appropriation bill.
The recommendations are subject
to approval by a full committee, but
will very likely be adopted.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20
BUCHANAN EFFORT
| SNUBBED BY SENATE
Senator Smoot Delays Passage of
Bill to Honor Ex-President.

Efforts by Senator Knox. OF Penn
sylvania. to get unanimous consent
of the Senate to hear a favorable
report on the joint. resolution
authorizing the placing in the Dis
trict of a statue of former Presi-
dent Buchanan, proved futile yes
terday.
Senator Knox. shortly after first
morning business had been dispos-
ed of. told the Senators he would
like to read the unamended favor
able report on this joint resolution.
but Senator Smoot, of Utah. objected
and instead it was placed on the
calendar.
Question of the placing OF former
President Buchanan's statue in the
District caused quite a furore in the
House when 1t came up for discus
sion. Two hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars has been set aside in
the will of the fromer Presidents
niece, Harriet Lane Johnson. to de-
fray the expenses which would be
incurred.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20
Lane NAMES 10
FOR 'GARABED'
ENERGY TEST
Next Move for Inventor to
Choose Five for Secret
Session.

1t Is stili Garabed IT. K. Girasos-
SLAMS move.
secretary of the Interior Franklin
X. Lane. has Just selected ten scien-
lists froh list Of nineteen submitted
to him BY the Boston Armenian in
yentor. From the list Of ten mailed
back to Giragossian, he viii finally
choose I'VE to act as witnesses for the
official test Of ''Garabed." the free en-
ergy generator.
These five. in compliance with THE
law recently passed for Giragossian's
protection, will transmit a sealed re-
port to Secretary Lane The nineteen
men named by Giragossian are edu-
Gators in Tufts, Massachusetts Insti-
tute of Technology and other colleges
near Boston. Secretary Lane refused
to make public either the entire list,
or the list of ten approved by him II
the five finally chosen become known.
1t will be through the inventor.
Secretary Lane does not know the
date for the test Of the engine an
nounced as q possible means Of end
ing the war, nor does he know the
place where II will be tested. Cir
agossian left only a postoffice box as
his address, for Secretary Lane and
the Congressman who put through the
law protecting him.
It was said In Secretary Lanes Of
fee last night that the names sub
mitted by Giragossian were those Of
reputable men in the educational and
scientific world. and that the Secre-
tary had no difficulty certifying to ten
on whose word he could rely. II was
also said the secretary intends to see
that Giragossian has every chance to
make good his statements that his
"Garabed" will reyolutionize both war
and peace time pursuits by doing
away with all forms OF fuel now gen.
orally used for power production.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20
BOARD WILL DELIVER
new ENGLAND COAL
Shortage of Fuel to Be Remedied
by Large Shipments.

Director General McAdoo yesterday
announced that efforts would be made
to deliver to the New England sections
3O.O .O00. .0eo tons of coal for the next year,
beginning April l. The section enters
the year with practically no stock OIL
hand.
According to a scheme worked out
with the Fuel Administration, 1t is
planned to move 1000, 900 tons by all
rail. 100000 tons by water from New
York and Philadelphia .and 1906, ,OOS
tons from Baltimore and Hampton
Roads. Hampton Roads will be called
upon to move the greater part, II. 5O0, 900
tons.
The Director General figures that to
move this from Baltimore will require
5000 tons of steamers, and 340, 900 tons
Of steamers at Hampton Roads, or 6
total Of SS6,OOO tons. making approx
mately thirty-six trips a year. At
present there is listed for New Eng
land service 23S,O00; there is promised
in March 32,575. or a total for April ]
Of H0,575 tons. This will leave a steam
er shortage Of at least 115,425 tons.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20
FIVE.YEAR-OLD BOY
HURT BY Street CAR
William Dix Is Brought to Hospital
Other Accidents.

While crossing the street near Thir-
ty-third and o streets northwest, yes
terday afternoon, William Dix,
years old, 3S2S o street northwest, was
struck by a Washington Railway and
Electric car and was removed to
Georgetown University Hospital, suf-
fering cuts about the head and face.
His condition is not serious.
Warren Taylor, years old. 2031
Nichols avenue southeast, was slight
ly injured yesterday when he was
knocked down by q street car at
Good Hope Road and Nichols avenue
southeast, late yesterday afternoon
John ]. Haggerty, 70 years old. Unit
ed States Soldiers Home, suffered
cuts about the face, yesterday after
noon, when he was struck by an au-
tomobile operated by Arthur NJ. Tay-
lor, Camp Humphries, Va, at Ninth
and streets northwest.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20
congress DRAWN OUT
BY 0VER.ESTIMATES
War Costs Lighter; Appropriations
Require Revision.

Because war expenses are run
ming lighter than they had been ex-
pected to run. the work of Congress
this session will be prolonged prob
ably into September. Committees
dealing with war appropriations
will need more time to go over re-
visions of figures with the executive
branches.
The War Department, for in
stance. is now about one-third un-
der its scheduled expenses as esti-
mated when appropriations and au-
thorizations were granted last fail.
This is because shipping is not
available to carry all the supplies
estimated a few months ago, and
the Department Is not buying until
it can move the goods to France.
Leaders in Congress yesterday
predicted adjournment will not
come, until about the middle of Sep
tember,
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20
FEED YOUR SOIL AND
IT WILL FEED YOU
GARDEN LESSON NO. II.
Prepared under the direction oi
The Washington HeraId's Food
Department. - =

Prepared under the direction of
The Washington HeraId's Food
Department. -. a.
While many gardens are in fairly
fertile condition and can produce fair
ly good crops without added fertilizer.
it is robbing next years crops by not
fertilizing this year. And. added
fertilization this spring will increase
this years harvest -..
On a large acreage probably the
gardener may be forgiven for not
making his soil as rich as possible.
But in the small garden, where space
is high in value and the need for food
is great every effort should be made
to enrich the soil.
Commercial fertilizer is always OBJ
tainable. The cost is not excessive
when measured in food results Any
gardener can get a load or two of
good stable manure. It should be
allowed. to rot before 1t Is used. but
in most cases 1t can be spaded right
under and win be in fairly good shape
by the time the tiny roots reach out
for plant food.
This is especially true of later SOW
ings. Every gardener should plan to
grow at least two crops on every
square foot of his garden soil. and
In some instances three and even four
crops must be obtained.
These problems of succession and
companion crops will be explained in
later lessons. They are mentioned
here to impress upon the gardener the
necessity of placing plenty of plant
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20
G. W.U. Alumni meet
FOR ANNUAL ELECTION
Graduates Will Gather at Washing.
ton Club for Session April Il.

The annual meeting OF the Cen
eral Alumni Association Of George
Washington University will be held
on the night of April IL, at the
Washington Club. according to an
nouncement by DR.. Howard Lincoln
Hodgkins. dean OF the department
Of arts and sciences at the univer-
sity and secretary Of the associa-
tion.
q A short business meeting will be
held. at which officers for the en-
suing year will be elected and re-
ports of officers for the past year
will be read. A feature of these
reports will be detailed statistics
regarding the number of graduates
who have enlisted in the military
service and also the nature of the
war work being done by alumni
members.
Following the business meeting,
a buffet supper will be served, aft
er which there will be dancing.
Faculty members, graduates, and
students have been invited to at
tend.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20
WELL! SPRING HAS ARRIVED:
FIRST STRAW KELLY HERE
This Boy Wore 1t Without Ear Muffs, Even
Though Weather Man Says Spring
May Be Delayed.

Spring is surely here TO stay.
OF this We are absolutely certain
almost.
We have heard the early morning
'cheer-Ups' of the first robin, have
seen the pussy willows push forth
their fuzzy noses in mushroom-like
fashion and noted a carpet of green
being spread over mother earth and
numerous other harbingers. none of
which is so certain a sign of lasting
joyous springtime as the appearance
of the first straw headpiece.
A couple boarded a Washington
Railway and Electric car at First and
G streets yesterday evening arrayed
in midsummer apparel-the fair one
logged out in a stylish straw turban
and nifty spring suit-yery light in
color and from all appearances very
light in weight. The male escort was
groomed in very stylish pin-striped
trousers, neat fitting Prince Albert
coat and the sky-piece adornment
consisted of a very nobby straw hat
Of the Bangkok variety. They
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20

journeyed TO Ninth street. where they
left the car, not being molested in
the least.
March ls-tack this down In you
disry-and compare notes with nCN
years appearance OF the first straw
bonnet.
As further evidence OF our cocksurc-
ness we have another sure sign which
has never been known to fail. Th'
balmy air has permeated our com
posing room and we note our head
makeup man." busily engaged over
the forms getting things in shape
for this edition. sans eyeshsde, sans
collar and necktie and sans TOP
Shirt" We have known this old Wal
horse for many years, and IL is o
safe bet that when he adopts his
time-honored custom Of 'shirtless
nights that spring has arrived to
stay.
At any rate, let us hope that our
prediction Is well founded and that no
one will be ruthlessly disappointed by
Miss March cutting up some Of her
well-known pranks.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20
Will Get New Ambulance
If Huns Shatter This One

IF the Huns shoot this car to
pieces, send it back and we'n send
another"
Words to this effect are inscrib-
ed on an army ambulance now driv-
ing through mud andN mire at the
battle front in Flanders. And the
ones who will back up the words
are members of the Piney Branch
Citizens Association.
c. c. Cameron, of this association
was one of those who caused these
words to be inscribed. Word re-
ceived from the front tells an as
ISOLATION member that this ambu-
lance Is running with great regu-
lartty, and from present appear
ances the association will not be in
need of making good its promise
in the near future.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20
WEAK KIDNEYS MEAN
A WEAK BODY

are easier and more pleasant to
take than the oil in bottles.
Each capsule contains about one
dose of 1--WE drops. Take them just
like you would any pill. with =
into the system and throw on the
poisons which are making you old
before your time. They will quick
ly relieve those stiffened 1oints, that
backache, rheumatism. lumbagO,
scistica. EaIistones, gravel, brick
dust" etc. They are an effective
remedy for all diseases Of the biad-
der. kidney. liver. stomach and al
lied organs.
Go 10 your druggist today and get
oil Capsules. Money refunded II
they do not help. you. Three sizes
GOLD MEDAL are the pure. ortgt-
nal imported .Hssriem on Capsules
Accept no substtutes.--Adv.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20
Naughty william.

Spring is here.
But William BizzelI doesn't know
it.
At least William doesn't act like
he suspected anything of the sort.
The other night he was walk
ing up Ninth street all by himself.
When he got as far as F street
William spied an overcoat belong
ing to Charlie Murphy. the car
switchman.
The coat was hanging up against
a building between two show win
dows.
Charlie hung it there because il
was too warm to wear 1t.
William decided that he would
swipe that coat. 1t would come in
handy next winter, he thought.
All the time the eagle eye of
Policeman Wilson was on him. but
William didn't know IL
Wilson let the boy get half a
block away before pouncing on him
Dat coat looked so lonesome
hangin' up dere, Jedge." said WILL
lam, "Ah thought dat All would take
il.
"Ah knowed It didn't long to me,
but den again All thought that
somebuddy had got tired of wearin'
it en- Ieff it dere."
Ten days in jail" said the court.
Very FIIp-Then Flop.
''Old Virginia Flip-$1.00 a half
pint"
This is what Bill Thomas was
whispering to passersby on Twenty
eighth street the other day.
Two soldiers heard him say this.
And they Informed Bill that they
were thirsty.
The result was that Bill let them
have a half pint.
Before they could get the stopper
out of the bottle two cops had Bill
And when Bill saw that he had
stepped into a trap he felt like a
Russian who has just taken dinner
with a German.
The jig was up-and Bill was in
Jail.
"old Virginia Flip" turned out to
be a wildcat variety of firewater-
calculated to bring a dead man back
to life.
Here was Bill putting, or rather
trying to put. some of tho armed
forces of Uncle Sam on the fritz
before they had a chance at another
kind of a Fritz.
That dollar that Bill got for the
half pint did a lot of damage.
The court told him to pay a fin'
of $3.50 and go to Jail for thirty
days besides.
Swept Himself Into Jail.
mister. All got some nice broom'
heah. All will sen yo de whole si'
OBJ dem for g. Dey is wuth 50, eberH
cent of it"
When. Policeman Powell heard Er
ban Williams say this the other day
to a groceryman he looked very hart
at Erban.
There was something wrong, the po
liceman thought, when $l.50 broom'
go begging for 80 cents apiece.
A little questioning brought out tn
fact that Erban had stolen the broom
from the grocery store Of Joseph Z
Smith, on Pennsylvania avenue.
Mr.. Smith told the court that on
day Erban came into the store ant
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20
Asks Troops to Put Down
0utlawry in Kentucky

Lexington, KY, March Ex-Governor
Stanley appealed to the government
today to detail at least one company
Of regular army troops in Kentucky,
to protect life and property in Lee
County, where outlawry has broken
out.
The governor also sent a telegram
to Sheriff MCGUIRE, of Lee County, in
sisting upon rigid enforcement of the
law and urging the Immediate depIu-
zation Of enough men to preserve the
peace. SO .s.- tEa 49,
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20

When you're fifty, your body be-
gins to creak a little at the hinges.
Motion is more slow and deliberate.
Not so young as i used TO be, Is
a freoueft and unwelcome thought
Certain bodily functions upon which
good health and good spirits SO
much depend are impaired The
weak spot is generally the bladder.
Unpleasant symptoms show them
selves. Painful and annoying COM
plications in other organs arise.
This is particularly true of elderly
people. II you only know how. this
trouble can be obviated.
For over zoe years GOLD MEDAL.
Haarlem Oil has been relieving the
Inconvenience and pain due to ad-
yancing years. II is a standard,
old time home remedy. and needs NO
Introduction. II is now put up IN
odorless. tasteless capsules. These
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20
HENS DON'T NEED
MUCH ROOM

The high cost of lumber and
other materials and the limited
space Of most backyards have
given reason to worry in the minds
of many would-be poultry raisers.
This worry Is needless. Chick
ems don't need a lot Of space. They
can get all the exercise they need
by, scratching. for their food.
Cover their feed pen with several
inches of dried leaves, straw, or
other litter and throw the grain
in that.
The more hens you keep in q
house the less space each will re-
quire. While the space per hen
is small she moves about through
the whole building. But IL only
few hens are kept in; small en-
closure each hen, has less prone
nading room. That is why, for
few hens the space per hen. must
be larger than IL 100 or 300 fowls
are kept in the same house.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20
$4,000 SHOTS A MINUTE
That's What Inventors Claim for This New
Cream Separator Machine Gun.

Z Thirty-three thousand shots a
minute. =
That's what inventors claim for
this-the newest thing in machine
guns.
It looks more like q cream sep,
Arator or a sausage grinder than
like the popular idea- of a gun. 1t
has no barrel. but the shells are
hurled out by disk which revolves
at tremendous speed, The disk is
enclosed in the nat circular case
at the top OF the machine and in the
front may be seen the slot through
which the bullets are fred. The
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20

to the wogan, Jim Cor Elmer CUssed
the whole police department.
The prisoner told the court that hrs
arrest was the result OF a grUdge the
cops had against him.
But he couldn't explain his grudEs
against the policemen Ihe never
thought Of thaO.
And when all was said and done. the
court fined Jim (or Elmer SIS ana
called it square.
Never Monkey with Women
Pauline Matthews is usually q
well-behaved girl.
But when her husband, Joe. be-
gins to nag her. then look out.
The other day Pauline had her
sleeves rolled Up-in the washtub.
where Pauline was working and &C
cidentally knocked some clean
clothes over in the dirt.
The pair had some words about
this. A couple OF minutes later Joe
went back into the house.
Pauline then thought that the af-
fair had blown over.
Presently Joe-who must nave
been brooding over the Ca1I-dowu
he got from his wife-came back
out and began to abuse her.
Pauline stood IL as long as she
could and then picked up a rock
and rocked" Joe to sleep with il
She had been promising 70 do this
for a long time. Joe said, and IL
appeared that she made q very
good job OF IL.
However, the two talked things
over before they came into court.
Joe must have decided TO forgive
his militant spouse.
He was reluctant to prosecute
when the time came
Therefore the court placed Pau
line on bond never 20 throw an
other rock.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20

food-fertilizers-in his soil now, or
succession cropping will be unprofit-
able. ,I'As
/, The manure you spade under now
may not ne available for the first
crops, but will be well rotted by the
time the second or third sowing needs
the food.
tAaotber Iesrea tomorrow.)
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20
LOCAL MENTION.
Moving Picture Entertainment.
Electric Webster, 719 9Th st. N. Y

LI0NtIIC WtUsleTI IIy yth ST. N. W.
Sugar corn, I21key Is lbs. white
potatoes soc; onions. &c: white
meal. 5Ac; can pineapple, 25c; can
peaches, 2ec; fancy evap peaches,
1Sc; large prunes, z16c;s figs, 20c:
Gunpowder tea. 5ec: Blue LABEL cof-
Zee. 2ec; whisk brooins. Ice; Is ozs.
sardines, 15e; tapioca. &c; Knox
geiatine 15c; Va. sweet pancake
flour. 12hc; A ]. pancake flour,
l2hc: A. ]. buckwheat, I2Kc: ao
ozs.- baking powder. l5c; safety
matches. 7hc; Quaker matches, 25c:
pure pepper. 40c: 4 Babbitt soan'
25c: AZ Fourth st. s. e. and ali he
j. T. d. Pyles store
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20
NEW HOOVER EXECUTIVE.

Or. George II. Denny. president Of
the University Of Alabama, has be-
come associated with the Food Ad-
ministration and will have charge OF
the cotton seed industry.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20
Swept Himself Into Jail.
BAND CONCERT PROGRAM

By the United States Soldiers Home
Band Orchestra, John s. ". Zimmerman,
director, assisted by Miss Nora T. Sherier,
soprano, at Stanley Hall, beginning at S:s5
O'Clock today.
My Country It's Of Thee
March. Triumphant America" -Losey
Irish overture. The Beauties Of Erin.
.ss..s.....--............... .behnet
Soprano solo-
l. "At Dawning'' .Cadmau
2. The Minstrel Boy. Requesil
5. The Mafseillaise' se'............. Requesp
Miss Nora T. Sherier.
Excerpts from "Macushla" .....-. Ball Olcott
Descriptive. Uncle Eph's Wedding Lsmpe
Tango BNziIian, DARK Eyes" .Moret
Finale. "She Never Kissed Anything But
the Blarney Stone Hart
The Star Spangled Banner.
Miss Sherier win sing one verse and the
audience is requested 10 Join.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

District Of Columbia and Maryland-Partly
cloudy Wednesday; Thursday. fair; no decided
temperature change; gentle shifting winds. &.
Virginia-PartS cloudy wednesday; Thursday.
fair. little change in temperature; gentle to
moderate shifting winds.
Pressure is generally low tonight except in
New England and Of irregular distribution. al
though there was no precipitation east Of the
Rocky Mountains except in the South At
lsntic and East Gulf States West Of the
Rocky Mountains, however. rain was quite
and Northern Arizona.
It is decidedly cooler IN the East Gulf States
and Southern New England, while elsewhere
high temperatures continued
With the exception Of local rains Wednes-
day in the South Atlantic States generally fair
weather win continue "Wednesday and Thurs
day east Of the Mississippi River without ez-
tensye temperature changes
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20
CONDITION OF THE wATER,

Temperature and condition of water yesterday:
Great Falls Temperature. iS; condition, very
muddy. Dalecaris reservoir Temperature, 46;
condition at north connection, very muddy
condition at south connection. very muddy.
Georgetown distributing reservoir Temperature.
46; condition at inhuent gatehouse, very cloudy
condition at effluent gatehouse, clear.