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The Washington herald., 1918-06-16
Charged With Theft
Of COATS IN Stores
Two Baltimore Women and One
Living Were Arrested.

Accused OF stealing four ladies'
coats valued at $s5 from Golden
berz's department store. Susie Nor
ris. 20 years old. and Lavina Lee. 10
years old. both colored and of Bal
timoTe. Nd. were arrested yester-
day by Headquarters Detective Bar
bee and locked up at the First Pre-
cinct police station.
According to Detective Barbee.
the two women made weekly trips
to this city from their homes in Bal
timore and robbed the department
stores. When arrested yesterday
four coats were found on their per-
sons.
Large quantities Of merchandise.
alleged to have been stolen from To-
cal department stores. are said to
have been found in the Baltimore
homes Of the two women and are
being sent to Washington.
Annie Jones. colored. SO years old.
1912 G street northeast, was also
arrested yesterday on a charge of
grand larceny. Many articles of
wearing apparel said to have been
stolen from large department stores
here were taken from her home.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-16
80 THOUSAND here
GET half HOLIDAY
Almost all Government Employees
Allowed Free Afternoon.

Eighty thousand men and women In
Washington who work for the gov
ernment yesterday enjoyed the first
half-hOliday of the summer season.
Fair skies and even temperature all
day long were welcome accessories
to the Presidents proclamation de-
creeing a half day OF rest.
The rule was observed in govern
ment departments generally. with the
exception Of the Government Printing
Office. where the pressure of war de-
mands made suspension of work i'm
possible. In many other individual
cases employees were not allowed the
half-holiday on account Of pressing
war business.
For the first time since 1914 en-
ployes Of the Bureau Of Engraving
and Printing began their summer half
holidays with the workers in other
government departments and bureaus.
Heretofore the Bureaus half-holidays
have begun about July l.
Employees Of the Census Bureau left
their desks at l2:45 o'clock. Most of
the other department. employees quit
work at 1 o'clock. but employees of
the war trade board quit at noon.
Holidays on Saturday for Washing
ton department store employees will
begin in July. according to announce
ment by Charles j. Columbus, secfe-
tary of the Retail Merchants Asso-
citation.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-16
20 APPLY FOR TANKS
SERVICE; 3 ACCEPTED
Aspirants. from all Over Country,
Red-Blooded.

Eleven civilians and nine soldiers
applied yesterday for admission to
the United States Tank Corps at
unit headquarters in the Mills build
ing. and as usual the applicants rep
resented every quarter Of the coun-
trY.
George A. DeCottes, q prominent
lawyer of Sanford. Fla, who jour
neyed to Washington for the purpose
Of offering his services. appeared
first. twE
I've been worrying with Black
stone for fifteen years." said the
Floridan. "and now 1 wish to for
get IT. by wrestling with a Hun
pointing machine gum
Sam c. Hill. on duty in the dis
trict with the United States police.
was next.
I'm looking for action and wish
to join the Treat En- Roughs,'" he
declared. E.
II. S. Mum, a Canadian, came
next. and was followed by william
Mcclure, Brockton. Mass: G. f.
Lumley, Virginia: Elmer johnson.
Kansas City; z. H. Dronenberg. w.
]. A. Turner. Lou Lusky, r. H. will
Hanson. Washington. and T. B. Win
ter. Baltimore.
DeCottes. Hill and Dronenberg
were accepted.
principal among the uses to
which tanks are put on the battle
fields" said an officer of the corps.
as that OF locating and destroying
machine gun nests of the enemy. BY
literally wiping out organized
groups OF these dug-out entrenched
snipers. they prepare the way for
advances, and thereby save the lives
of thousands of men.
Reports from the French front
indicate that the German soldiers
are growing woefully tired OF COM
bat, also that the American style OF
lighting has spread CONSERVATION
among them. They will learn anoth-
er lesson, as American tanks and
tank-fighters are sent against them
in great force and therefore the in
creased urgency of the call for fear
less, alert and brawn- blessed men
of this motorized branch of the
army. Every state in the Union has
contributed high-class mechanics
collegians and men with some mill
tary training to the corps. and the
record made to date by Washington
and vicinity is a pleasing one.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-16
CLUB SUPPORTS VILLAGE.

A whole village in France has been
supported since the first year of the
war by the Washington University
Women's Club of st. Louis. Miss
Julia c. Stimson. of the university, is
head nurse of Base Hospital Unit Il in
France and has been mentioned by
Gen. Haig for distinguished service.
Washington University. which num-
bers nearly 500 of its young men in
the service. has contributed to war
work through the university ambu-
lance fund a tobacco fund and smile
age books. also by subscribing for q
periodical for every Washington Uni
versity man in France.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-16

a tendency to attract many, while
the team work" Of the recruiting
officers has unquestlonabIy con-
tributed its share.
Drafted men will be accepted by
both the navy and u. s. Marine
Corps il the applicant presents an
exemption card from the local board
showing that his registration num-
Der is low enough to exempt him
from the present quota.
A limited number Of instrument
and watch-maktrs are wanted for
the Aviation branch of the Naval
Reserve Force for instruction at the
Eastman Kodak Company. Roches-
ter, N. Y, in aerial kodak repair.
Full particulars may be obtained
on Application to the main recruit
ing station of the navy, 306 Ninth
street northwest.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-16
Famous Suffragist Thinks
Now of the Other Cause
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, Visiting Here, De.
clares War Is to Bring Greater Union of
Nations and Abolish Class Distinctions

our little differences Of opinion in the
great cause"
DO you include suffrage among
the differences7' she was asked.
Worldwide suffrage is coming
soon." she replied. 'Tt has come in
England and Australia and most of
the countries of the world. That
is one of the good things the war
has done.
The war has done great things"
she went on. as though the suffrage
question were entirely disposed Of.
Not the least Of these great things
Is the bringing OF all the peoples
Of the allies closer together"
Class Distinctions Broken.
Rank and caste in the nations
have been broken down. People
now have sympathy with others be-
cause they know others. i often
think that the cause OF most Of
the differences which rend society
Is the lack of knowledge of one an
others lives and ideas.
Now all are thrown together and
are working for a common cause.
Women who have never worked
work side by side with women who
have always had to work.
The woman of leisure now un-
derstands the working woman's
problems. She knows how tried the
worker gets.
mo, I did not work In q muni-
tions factory" she said in answer
to a question. My work was in
breaking down the prejudice of
the men who did not want women
in the munitions factories or else
where in labor.
They thought they could win the
war without the women" Mrs. Pank-
hurst smiled gently. Now they are
glad to confess that they never could
have held out the way they have had
1t not been for their women"
Back to suffrage asain| she said
in response to the question, What
has the militant suffrage work in
England before the war done?" She
was frankly no longer interested IN
suffrage.
Suffrage came in the sweetest.
happiest way to u.s. she said. Moth
ing could have been more welcome
than the way 1t came. We feel that
the early suffrage struggles prepared
the way for suffrage but its coming
at last was better than any of US
could have hoped.
Suffrage an Issue No Longer.
Suffrage Is sure to be world wide
soon. It is no longer an issue.
THE great thing now Is to see to It
that there are democratic countries to
have woman's suffrage in. There
surely will be none II Germany wins
the war.
The woman's party OF England has
organized and developed a construc-
tive program of work The first item
on that program Is to win the war
and after that we have definite plans
for reconstruction and education"
The Washington herald., 1918-06-16
U. S. MARINE CORPS
RECRUITS 72 OF 100
June Enlistments Progress Rapidly
Toward Months Quota.

At the close of its doors last
night, the main recruiting station
Of the U. s. Marine Corps, 407 Star
building. had enlisted and transfer
red to the training station at Paris
Island. 8. c.. seventy-two men out
of its quota of 100 for the month of
June. with 90 names accepted but
pending. Fourteen of the latter
will be sent away tomorrow after
noon. and the rest follow a few
days later.
This breaks all records for re-
cruiting at the local station, as the
quota has been exceeded already
with the month only half gone. In
dications are that the enIistments
viii almost double the quota Of
July I.
Various reasons are assigned by
the recruiting officers for this ab.
normal rush. Activities Of the
Marines on the war front has had
The Washington herald., 1918-06-16
RAISE TN PAY
FOR employees
IN RAIL YARDS
Increases to Be Applied on
Basis Of Minimum
Guaranteed.

Director General McAdoo announc-
ed yesterday that the following rec
ommendetion Of Railroad Board OF
Adjustment No. /, with relation TO
the bases Of pay for yard engineers.
yard firemen, yard conductors or fore
men. or yard brakemen or helpers,
was approved and would be observed
in the application Of the rates OF pay
under the general order increasing
the wages OF railway employees:
Application OF Order.
"As these four classes had guar
anteed minimum days pay, irrespec-
tive Of how expressed In schedules,
it is the judgment Of this board that
the increases granted by General Or
der No. "a should be applied to such
employees upon the guaranteed mini-
mum days pay Of December, 1915"
Other interpretations of the order
for increased pay were announced as
follows:
In passenger service all conductors,
baggagemen, hagmen and brakemen
paid on the mileage basis and per-
forming more than the minimum mile
age, will be paid under the section
where rates apply per day." or its
established equivalent in miles, which
means an increase In pay. Those
paid under the monthly guarantee Of
the Eastern and Southeastern terri
tory will be paid on the basis Of q
monthly rate. and the daily rate will
be 1-3O Of the monthly rate. All those
paid on a monthly rate will be con-
tinued on a monthly basis with the
increases allowed.
Same For All Freight Service.
The same general rules will apply
to all classes of freight service. Spe-
cial allowances will be paid on the
same basis of rates. hourly and mile
age. as hitherto, the increased rates
applying to these allowances.
All persons employed in any ca
pacity and receiving less than $3.50
a month, will receive the increases
named in the report unless specif-
cally excluded.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-16
WILL SPEAK To SAVE
LIVES OF CHILDREN
Short Talks in Theaters for Chill
dren's Year Campaign.

Speakers in the campaign TO save
the lives of children who die need
lessly in the District each year will be
organized into a volunteer speaking
corps under Barry Buckley, chairman
Of the publicity committee Of the
Children's Year Campaign.
Short talks will be given by these
save the children speakers at all Of
the local theaters at patriotic gath
erings.
Mrs. Whitman Cross. general chair
man OF the humane and patriotic
work, has prepared a synopsis OF the
service, which will be used by the
The Washington herald., 1918-06-16
THE TOWN CRIER.

Miner Normal School will hold nm
open air sunrise song festival and
prayer service at the school build
ing. Georgia avenue and Euclid
street northwest, at o'clock this
morning.
washington Chapter, No. Fl, Ma
tional Electrical Craftsmen, will
meet at s o'clock Tuesday night at
Fifth and G streets northwest.
Establishment Of q west school
Community Center will be consider
ed at a meeting of residents of the
neighborhood of the school, on Far
ragut street between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth streets northwest, at 8
o'clock tomorrow night.
The Delta Club OF the Y. W. O. A.
will meet at 6 o'clock tomorrow
night at 61s Fourteenth street
northwest.
A patriotic league rally win be
held at o'clock Monday night in
the auditorium of Central High
School.
The War Relief Unit of the Fed
eral Trade Commission will give
a supper and moonlight dance at
1redt rdils rTlody n1Bnt.
Wilson Normal School will hold
commencement exercises at o'clock
Friday night in the school build
ing at Eleventh and Harvard streets
northwest.
University Of Illinois women will
hold a picnic at the summer home
of Mrs. e. B. Townsend. Spring Hill,
va, Saturday afternoon. Alumni or
former students of the institution
have been requested to meet at
Eleventh street and Pennsylvania
avenue northwest, at 8 o'clock sat-
urday afternoon to leave in a body
for the site of the picnic.
wnnhiBgton Poale Zionist Circle
will hear Joseph L. Topper speak
on What Is Poale Zionism?" at It's
club rooms. 1416 Sixth street north
west, tomorrow night. ..
Telephone experts Of Bureau oi
Standard will hold a conference at
the Bureau OF Standards building,
Connecticut avenue and Pierce Mill
road northwest, at 8 o'clock Satrr-
day night. Government ownership
and operation Of the telephone will
be discussed
The Washington herald., 1918-06-16

president Wilson's message OF
favor of international suffrage is
most welcome to u.s." said Mrs.
Emmeline Pankhurst, former mil
liant suffragist and now ardent
war worker in England. Mrs.
Pankhurst is in the United States
to make closer the union between
the women of the allied countries.
She came to Washington Friday.
Vow Popular with Labor.
fragile. low-voiced woman, was in
terviewed at her apartment in the
Logan Hotel. yesterday. With her
soft grey hair smoothly waved back
from her forehead, she did not in
the least approximate ones idea of
q disheveled militant capable Of
hunger strikes. cathedral bombing
and picketing prime ministers.
Laborers in England now crowd
meetings where she Is to speak.
eager to hear her where formerly
they came to jeer. Mrs. Pankhurst
somes to this country as a repre-
sentative of the Woman's Party Of
England. She wishes to see her
many friends here and she will
probably tour the country to some
extent. She wishes to emphasize the
unity and understanding of the wo-
men OF the two countries.
II wish to say to the women Of
America" continued Mrs. Pankhurst
that we welcome them IN the war
work. We have felt all along that
1t is their war as we'll as OURS. The
union OF the allies IL stronger
through the entry of the United
States into the war.
TT Ii for the women to strengthen
the home line. We have been so much
interested in war work at the front
that sometimes we forget the home
line is just as necessary. The women
in England who have gone into fac
tories and on to the land have been
Strengthening the home line.
Union Needed.
Union is what we need, a closer tie
between classes in the different cOun-
tries and between the nations. This
Is not the time for political differ
ences just now. One Of the greatest
enemies we have to fight is disunion.
lack of coordination. We must fight
the pacifist propaganda throughout
the country, for 1t is all pro-German.
This necessity for union reminds
me of Aesop's fable of the sticks of
wood. A wise old man was dying.
He called all his sons about him and
asked for an armful OF wood. When
it was brought he told his sons to
break it. They could not. He took
the wood twig by twig and broke each
piece.
Thus he impressed upon his sons
the need for unified effort.
Just so now it Is necessary to sink
The Washington herald., 1918-06-16
BEGIN JUNE 23
Dc. 'ANGELUS'
In US. OFFICES
W. F. Meyers Heads Com
mittee to Make Ar
rangements.

Arrangements for . complete OBJ
servance OF washington's Angelus,
beginning June %. in the various
government ofices have been made
by the Citizens Angelus Committee.
William F. Meyers. chief clerk OF
the Treasury Department. has been
designated by Chairman John @,
special committee to see that there
Is perfect cooperation In all gov
ernment ofices.
will be made in the schools not
will ring at noon. but also that the
pupils understand what the OBJ
servance OF the moment Of prayer
means
Chairman Capers has completed
his list Of subcommittee and has
requested the various chairman to
call meetings Immediately.
Bells and signals.
The subcommittee are William J.
Moore. chairman; Rev. DR.. Randolph
II. McKim. Rabbi Abram Simon.
Rev. U. @. 3. Pierce. Henry p. Blair,
DR.. W. l. Robins, Rev. Thomas J.
Kervick, Rev. DR.. Harry Mitchell,
Rev. Forrest J. Prettyman. Paul
Sleman. Judge Robert H. Terrell.
Rev. Charles z. Fultz. Bishop will
lam F. Mcdowell. Rev. Charles
Wood. Percy Foster. Rev. J. Hem
ming Nelms. Rev. DR.. Samuel H.
Greene, Frederick Fishbock, Eugene
G. Adams. Rev. DR.. Earl Wiley,
Isaac R. Hit. Rev. Hugh T. Steven
son. Miss Grace z. Griswald and
Miss J. Lusk.
Press and Publicity.
Earl Goodwin, chairman: Rudolph
Kaufman. Arthur Marks and l.
N. Bell.
street Cars and Trafnc.
Harry G. Fisher. chairman: Louis
Brownlow. Thomas F. Dawson. Miss
Nellie E Dashiell. Mrs. Clara Roach.
Charles A. Baker. Merritt o. Chance,
J. F. Collbreath, Mai. Raymond w.
Pullman. r. T. Moran. Lem Towers,
IT., A. F. Fox. Conrad Syme.
Committee on Finance.
". T. Galliher. chairman; Wade n.
Cooper. John Joy Edison, John B. Lar
ner. ]. Miller Kenyon, H. Il. Otter
man, Irwin B. Linton, Robert n. Har-
per. Eugene f. Thompson. Henry B.
+. Macfariand.
Posters and PIaeards.
Rev. Horace w. stoweIl. chairman;
Page Mex. Etchinson. Isaac Cans.
Joseph II. f!aunen. A. Julian Brylaw-
Ski. Judge William II. Delscy, Rev.
J. Milton Waldron.
Observance by Departments
VIM F. Meyers. chairman. chief
clerk, Treasury Department Cfull COM
nlittee to be appointed by him).
The Washington herald., 1918-06-16

speakers. The synopsis states tha'
the United States has undertake.
child observation as q war measure
The work is 20 be planned by th
childfen's bureau and carried ou
through the woman's division Of IN
Council OF National Defense
Capt. Jere A. Costello. formerly ad
jutant general and department com
mander OF the United Spanish Wa
Veterans, is the first speaker 90 &C
cept the committees invitation 70 par
tic;pate in the campaign.
The campaign will not only under
take 70 save child life through n
country but will endeavor TO improN
the general conditions under whtcf
the children live. This part Of tn
campaign will be emphasized by tn
speakers.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-16
FREE TO
ASTHMA SUFFERERS
A View Home Cure That Any one
Can Use without Discomfort
or Loss Of Time.

We have . New Method that cures AsrLrr q,
and We want 5Ur u try It at our Expense.
No matter whether your case il Of long SrtIip,
or recent development. whether 1t is rresen-
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this new method is designed to end an difscUjt
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This free offer is too important To neeIec.
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The Washington herald., 1918-06-16
Returned Red Cross Head
Says Write to the Yanks
w. Frank Persons Urges Cheerful Letters to
Prevent Bad Effects from Shell
Shock to the Boys.

That frequent cheerful letters from home actually help make
American soldiers less subject shell shock in battle of the
significant facts brought back from hospitals France by w. Frank
Persons director general of the Department Of Civilian Relief Ame
Red Cross Mr. Persons has just returned Washington after
spending four weeks with the American Expdonary Forces in
France studying conditions which might affect the morals of the
Ame hoht
The Washington herald., 1918-06-16
RAW MILK AND CREAM

To protect children, invaIids
and those who are in a rum
down condition against milk
infections, raw milk and cream
should be avoided.
Some OF II may be safe AMI
wholesome for healthy adults,
but 1t is not always reliable.
and many outbreaks Of infcc-
tious diseases have been caused
by raw milk, sometimes even
by the special or certified kind
Properly pasteurized milk and
cream, carefully cooled and
bottled. Is the only kind people
should drink. and this heat
treating of milk does not, as
Is sometimes asserted, impair
its digestibility or nourishing
property.
For children 1t is best to buy
reliable raw milk and home
pasteurize, or simply scald it,
after which 1t should be quick
ly cooled and kept cold until
used.
All bottle-fed children over
one month old should daily re-
eeive small and increasing
amounts Of orange juice as a
part Of their dietary.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-16
WOMEN FORCED TO LABOR.

Women are compelled TO labor o.
railroad tracks OF the stations a
Charleroi and Couillet HsinsuO, &C
cording to Information Belges."
The Washington herald., 1918-06-16
Society fsf Prevention d Sickness
6. BsRlIEER, Secretary

The Bulletins Of the Society
for Prevention of Sickness,
signed by Mr.. e. Berliner, are
based on much careful study,
and they deserve the attention
Of the public, for whose benefit
they are issued.
DIR. GEO. M. KoBER,
professor Of Hygiene, Georges
town University
This announcement Is paid
for by the Society for Prevef-
ton of Sickness.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-03-29
RECALLED DAYS OF YOUTH
Middle-Ased New Yorker suocumbed
to the Almost Forgotten Fascina-
tion of Coasting.

Riverside drive on a winter day with
snow everywhere aplenty.
Between the drive and the river
there are many places that make good
coasting; there are short. gentle In
clines that are nice for small children,
and then there are longer, sleeper.
more varied slides that suit the bigger
boys better.
At slide of the latter description
halted father and mother with their
six-year-old son, who had his sled
along.
"There's n good place." said father.
"Too steep. isn't lt?" said son.
mo. I'll show you"
"And with that, his boyhood days
coming back to him as he saw the
boys sliding, father seated himself on
the sled and moment later away he
went.
Presently he was back again at the
top of the hill ready for the next slide
and from now on carrying his son.
"It seems to be as much fun for
you us 1t is for John" the smiling
mother said.
"It is. I am going to buy a sled for
myself tomorrow" said father.-New
York Times.