davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington herald., 1918-03-10
THE TOWN CRIER.

Mrs. McAdOO will address the
women workers of the Bureau of
Internal Revenue on Red Cross
activities at Convention Hall, Mon
day Afternoon, at 4:45 o'clock.
Y. w. c. A. bookIoyers will meet
at o'clock .fonday evening in the
room of friendliness." at the asso-
citation building, Fourteenth and G.
streets northwest. Miss Alice Hut
chine Drake will discuss modern
stories.
Miss Nellie A. PIummer. principal
OF the Eighth Stret Orphanage, will
address the meeting of the Woman
Wage Association, 704 T street
northwest. Sunday afternoon at 4:30
p. m. Luke G. Reynolds will sing a
solo.
The District Of COIum bia Branch,
National Association for the Ad-
IFancement of Colored People, will
hold its regular monthly meeting
at o'clock on the evening of We'd
nesday. March 13, at the Twelfth
Street branch, Y. NJ. c. A.
The Neighborhood Club will be at
home informally to strangers today
from to s p. m, at Mrs. Florence
Clark's. 1882 Fifteenth street north
west.
"The Bahai Unity" f. the subject
Of an address to be given by Rev.
Howard c. Ives, of New York City.
under the auspices Of the Bahai
Assembly of Washington, in Studio
Hall, 1919 Connecticut avenue, this
evening at Sis o'clock.
Rev. Samuel b. Wallace is to
speak at the Twelfth Street Y. NJ.
C. A. this afternoon at 3:45 o'clock.
A health exhibit will be at the
building during the week of March
11-17. Physicians will be in at
tendance.
Commander EvangeIine Booth, of
the Salvation Army will speak at
meeting to be held at the New
Masonic Temple Auditorium, this
afternoon, at $3.50 o'clock.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Congress Heights Public I'M
provement Association will be held
Monday evening at 1880 o'clock at
3109 Nichols avenue.
Recreation for government work.
ers' will be the subject of an ad-
dress by Maj. z. l. Potter before
the March meeting of the Social
Service Conference to be held next
Friday morning at IL o'clock, in st.
Johns Parish Hall. Sixteenth street,
near H street northwest.
The 523rd meeting Of the Anthro-
poligical Society of Washington will
be held in the West Study room of
the Public Library on Tuesday even
ing at o'clock. Edward T. Will
Jams viii speak on THE Origin of
the Chinese ',
The Washington herald., 1918-03-10

, hearty approval of the alliance. he
said.
Speakers and literature were ar
ranged for, and a bureau was main
tained in Washington, captained by
"a distinguished Citizen" who was
mysteriously alluded to this after
noon, but never named.
In the middle of the testimony,
Karl A. NJ. Scholtz, of Baltimore,
attorney for the alliance. jumped up
and declared:
Attorney Admits Charge.
THE alliance admits unhesitatingly
it combated prohibition. II you want
to revoke our charter on that ground
we plead guilty. We fought it tooth
and nail. because we considered it
a menace to the nation and a viola
ton of the citizens rights. We were
never active in national politics, but
the alliances branches have fought
prohibition politically in local cir
cles."
When he was asked If he knew OF
the money received from the Andreae
organization. Scholtz said he did not.
Andreae said he was advised by
John Schwab, of Cincinnati. to sug-
gest the agreement to the alliance.
Did you furnish the alliance with
funds?' asked Senator King.
Yes, / was advised they needed
money. The fund, 1 am told. was
kept separately from the rest of the
alliances other moneys" answered
Andreae.
Practically all the money received by
the organization that Andreae repre-
sented. he testified, came from the
United State brewers organization
and the rest from distillers. bottle
makers. etc. He said his organization
received contributions of $4,000 to
$7OO,O as a weapon for the fight. A
letter he wrote asking Hexamer to
have alliance members protest against
prohibition and HeXamer's affirmative
reply were read. Hexamer said there
should be about 100000 strong pro-
tests against the obnoxious meas
ures," which we're the Weeks and
Sheppard prohibition bills. ..
The manager of the Washington bu-
reau was alluded to in correspondence
as the chairman OF the lobby COM
mittee."
Hexamer DumbfOunded.
Although the agreement was con-
cluded late in 1913. in February, 1914,
Hexamer wrote Andreae that he was
"dumbfounded" to hear that the al
lance was receiving money from the
brewers.
Senator Wolcott-'I can't see why
in the light of the conferences he was
dumfounded."
Andreae-"That came not from the
fact that the money came from .tlie
brewers but because some one knew
it."
John Tjarks, Of Baltimore, chairman
of the Alliance Finan Committee, said
that no fund had been received or dis
bursed for the German Red Cross since
the American war declaration. Before
that time, the alliance received $685.
SO for the purpose indicated. 1t was
shown that about 100000 of this was
handed to former Ambassador Bern
storff who endorsed the checks to DR..
Bernhard Dernburg, representative in
this country of the German Red Cross,
and who was sent out of the country
for pernicious activity.
Senator Wolcott-"Did DR.. Dern-
burg ever ask for any money for
propaganda purposes?"
Tjarks-"No."
Wolcott-''If any money was used in
that way it was misapplied, wasn't
it?"
Tjarks-"Absolutelyv
The Washington herald., 1918-03-10
FRENCH ASKED
CASUALTY LIST
DATA REDUCED
Allied Power Holds Infor-
| mation May Be Useful
/ % nEnemy.

The decision of the War Depart
ment to give out only the bare
names Of American soldiers killed
or wounded was based on q protest
made to Gen. Pershing by the
French government. This was re-
svealed late yesterday, when Maj.
Gen. Peyton C. March, acting Chief
of Stan, made public the recon-
imendation Of the commander Of the
tAmerican expeditionary forces in
France.
was Pershing's Request.
Gen. Pershing calbed q recommen-
dation to this effect, said Gen
I March:
III THAT q protest had been made to
fEim BY the French government
against Equalization in the
United States ofNmtiitary data in the
form it is now published. 1t Is
obvious that in connection with the
recent gas attacks the statement of
3how the men died gave military in
formation to the Germans.
! The French publish no casualty
lists whatever. The names OF kill
ed or wounded men are sent to the
mayors of their towns. The mayors
communicate them in person to the
families of the victims No publi-
cation locally is allowed The Brit
ish publish casualties without ref
erence to military units, family con-
nection or location at the front.
1T is the patriotic duty of the
American press to. uphold the recon-
mendation of Gen. Pershing. Get
back OF him. =
The recommendation stands ap-
proved. That is the policy of this
government"
Senator Demands Reason.
Gen March said that the obvious
reason for the new ruling was to pre-
vent the enemy from connecting up
casualties with any actions which
may be in progress at the time.
IF We are doing anything now
which would help the Germans, we
all want to stop right now" con-
.Iinued the General. That's the game
we are trying to play"
Senator New, Of Indiana. yester-
day offered a resolution in the SEN
ate asking the reasons such an or
der had been issued. Immediately
Senator Williams, of Mississippi,
objected to consideration of the res
olution and il went over until to-
morrow.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-10
German-AmericanAllianc
Fought Prohibition Law
Testimony Shows Money Came from Liquor
Associations German Red Cross
Until United States Declared War

As early as 1914 the National As
sociation of Commerce and Labor"
a brewers organization, used the
National German-American Alliance
as a mask behind which to fight ma
tional prohibition.
This was told yesterday afternoon
to the Senate subcommittee on the
King bill by Percy Andreae, formerly
president of the organization.
He said that after conferences
which DR.. c. ]. Hexamer, former
president of the alliance, approved,
the organization paid over to the
alliance within the next two or three
years, about $4,000. The agreement
to fight prohibition was with the
The Washington herald., 1918-03-10
"DUKE DE MEYERS"
CHARGED WITH FRAUD

Boston, March 9.-The notorious
Duke de Nevers" and Duke de
Clamacy," one of the most peculiar
impostors that ever tricked oficial
and society circles in Boston, New
York and other cities was arrested
here tonight by United States Secret
Service men on a charge Of defraud-
ing persons by pretending to be an
officer of the United States Ordnance
Department.
The fact that the Department of
Justice is personally following his
case gave rise today to a report that
there may be an even more serious
side to it than mere unlawful imper-
sonation.
Only last December the Duke was
arrested in Albany, N. Y. as an al
legged spy after he had been working
as a craftsman at Watervliet Ar
senal..
The Washington herald., 1918-03-10
new TICKET PLANS
WILL AWAIT CHANGES
Delay Certain Before Improved Sys.
TEN Is Instituted.

Several weeks may elapse before the
new model union ticket office, which
will sUpersede eight downtown ticket
offices, will be ready for business.
Difficulties in the delivery OF furni-
ture have caused the delay.
As soon as the new office opens lns
following downtown railway ticke; Of
fees will close: Two Offices Of tho
Baltimore & Ohio and one each Of tho
Pennsylvania. Southern. Atlantic
Coast Line. Sesbosrd Air Line. Nor
folk and Western and Chesa peakt aud
Ohio.
Director General McAdoo has taken
a personal interest in The PROJECT
which has been directed by the Raj
road Administration as 4 measure
Of efficiency and economy. Similar
offices will be opened in Other clues.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-10
$4,000 LETTERS
FROM FRANCE LOST

Thirty thousand letters from our
troops in various parts of France
were lost on the steamship Andania
which was sunk off the coast of Ire
land the latter part of January.
These letters were written by the
soldiers between the 18th and goth
of January. A small quantity of
parcel post mater also. was lost.
This report from the postal agen-
cy in France is given out by the
Postof1ce Department for the infor-
nation of those who may miss ex-
pected letters written about that
time.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-10
HUN PRINCES woo
DUCHESS In VAIN

Geneva, March 9.-Inhabitants oi
Luxembourg, including two judges
and also several Swiss tradesmen
have arrived in Zurich. They declare
that the refusal of the young Duchess
OF Luxembourg to accept a Prussiar
prince as a husband continues to
cause the greatest irritation in
Berlin royal circles.
Nearly every three months a new
prince is sent down to Luxembourg
and the duchess is obliged to receive
him.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-10
ALEXANDRIA DROPS
UNNECESSARY FEAST
Cardinal Club Acts Upon Patriotic
Message from Clark Griffith.
THE HERALD BUREAU.
r. T.. Knight 4 Sen,
62l-S3 King stree.

Alexandria. Va, March 9.-The
Cardinal Athletic Club will omit its
annual banquet in honor of Clark
Griffith, of the Washington Baseball
Club, this year. In a letter written
by Mr.. Griffith to s. A. Breen. presi-
dent of the Cardinal Club, Mr.. Grif-
fifth says: II think it advisable that
you cancel banquet for this year.
Let US all put our shoulders to the
wheel and win the war for Uncle
Sam. Then when the boys come
home, what a banquet we can have.
Preliminary arrangements are now
being made by this club for a recep-
ton which will be rendered Mr.. Grif-
fifth in the Lyceum in the near future.
W.sH. Whitaker, who recently
leased the Hotel Rammel and the
Tontine Hotel, now has a force of
mechanics overhauling both of these
hostelries. The work it is expected
will be completed in April. The Ram
mel will be known as the Hotel
Belvoir.
The funeral of c. Taney Jackson,
who died in Washington, will take
from Wheatley's mortuary chapel.
Services will be conducted by Rev.
r. w. White. pastor of the Methodist
Protestant Church.
Officers chosen by the Christian En-
deavor Society of the Second Presby-
terian Church to serve for the year:
Miss Caroline D. West. president;
Joseph Fowler. vice president: Miss
Laura Allison, treasurer; J. A. Clark.
recording secretary; Miss Mary Gala
han, corresponding secretary. Chair
men of committees: Miss Janet
Gronau, music; Joseph Fowler. pray
er meeting: Miss Evelyn Howard,
social; ]. A.. Clark, lookout.
At Trinity NJ. E. Church tomorrow
night patriotic services will be held
in connection with the presentation
of a service flag containing sixteen
stars,
The Washington herald., 1918-03-10
FREE TO
ASTHMA SUFFERERS

A New Home Cure that Anyone Can
Use without Discomfort or
Loss Of Time.
We have . New Method that cures Asthma,
and we want you to Try it at our expense. No
matter whether your case is Of long standing or
recent DEVELOPMENT, whether 1t is present as oc~
casonl or chronic Asthma, you should send for
a nee trial OF our method. No matter in what
climate you live, no matter what your age or
occupation, II you are troubled with asthma, our
method should relieve yoH promptly.
We especially want to send it to those STpar-
emily hopeless cases. where all forms Of inhalers,
douches opium preparations, fumes, patent
smokes" etc. have failed. We want to show
every one at our own expense. that this new
method Is designed TO end all difficult breathing,
all vheezing, and all those terrible psroIysms
at once and for all time.
This free offer is too important 10 neglect q
single day. Write now and then begin the
method at once. Send no money, Simply mail
coupon below. Do II Today.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-10
NAVY NOTES NEW HERO.

The Navy Department was advised
late yesterday Of the death of Lieut..
Earle Wayne Freed Childs, u. S. N.
while performing temporary duty
on a British vessel" His home was
at 11A Eighty-fourth street. Brook
lyn, n. Y. 1t was not disclosed
whether he was serving on a British
warship.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-10
Finds Tuseania Life Preserver.

New York, March Son sentry duty
here tonight James Howard. attached
to the Coast Artillery Corps at Fort
Hamilton, fished from the bay half OF
one Of the life preservers Of the tor
pedoed transport Tuscania. War De.
partment officials inspected the relic
at Governors Island.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-10
PERSHING ASKS FOR BOOKS.

Gen. Pershinp has set aside cargo
space on transports to the extent of
fifty tons month for ,reading mat
ter for the American soldiers in
France. The American Library As
sociation' will send over 10000 books
n month.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-10
Mechanics Volunteer q,
For Shipyard Work

More than 100000 mechanics have
enrolled as shipyards volunteers,
the Labor Department said last
night
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-13
FOOD RIOTS REVEAL
SERIOUS CONDITIONS

TOXIC. Dec. 10. Correspondence Of
the Associated Press.)-The recent food
riots In Japan are dangerous symptoms
Of a widening social cleavage, in the
opinion OF Toshio Fujiwara, q leading
business man Of Toxic and an author
ity on social questions, He contrasts
the conditions under which the work
ing class Of Japan live with the enor-
nous profits Of great enterprises, and
sees in the ~ostentatton Of the countless
war millionaires a social irirtant which
Is causing the theories Of western agi-
tators to work on the minds Of the
Japanese wage earners.
Mr.. FuJiwara thinks Japanese skilled
workmen have already acquired ideas
OF the working people OF western coun-
tries, He adds: THESE ideas, unfor-
tunately mostly in a wrong sense, are
steadily working upon the minds OF
our labortng people, especially those in
big cities like Toxic, Osaka, etc" He
continues:
Leaders OF the natiui are therefore
strongly urged to adopt measures for
relief Of the general discomfort so that
disaster may be avoided. Should this
general discomfort Of the working class
be left without remedy, we may have
more serious outbursIs and these may
pire."
Mr.. Fujiwara urges that japanese
Statesmen learn a lesson from Ameri-
can and British statesmen in the han
ding Of national problems, especially
food problems. Improvement OF living
conditions OF the working classes in
Japan, he believed to be urgently i'm
perative and this reform, he thought,
should be inaugurated In the big cities
OF Toxic and Osaka.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-13
Make Your Bowels Grateful

Help them to function as they ought
TO: Aid them occasionally with hr
Kings New Life Pills. Cleanse the svs'
tern OF undermining impurities. Mia
" aeaon, reliable and comfortable,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-13

Representative Simeon n, Fess, Of
yellow Springs, Ohio. chairman OF the
Republican national consressional corn
mittee, IL nov held to be the almost
certain choice of the Republicans for
the speakership Of the next house.
The same reasons which made him
the only Republican member OF The
house available for the chairmanship
Of the committee which conducted the
recent campaign, now make him the
only Republican available for the sneak.
ership, In the opinion or party leaders.
In other words, he Is the only Republi.
can OF prominence in the house who
has not antagonised n faction or the
other Of the party
The election Of Mr., Tess as speaker.
which is now regarded "a certain as
anything car be before the votes are
actually cast. will give Ohio its first
speaker In rs years and the second one
in the history OF the government j.
warren Keller, OF Springfield, was
elected AS the presiding officer of the
house or March L. 1881, and served until
1883,
Or. Fess, n former college president,
Is recognised as a clear thinker. an ex-
Ceptionally good parliamcntarisn. A
close student OF international affairs
and a mar who would be as fair 10 Re.
publioans and Democrats alike a,
Speaker Champ Clark has been dur,ns
the years that his party has had con.
troll OF the house,
" Or, Tess analyses OF the political sit.
uation and his forecasts of Republican
success have impressed the Republi.
cans. He Is credited with much Of tn,
success Of the recent campaign, and
| his DEMONSTRATIONS were shown to b,
! ultra conservative,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-13
TO GIVE
FINANCIAL AID TO
RETURNED TROOPS

WINNIPEG, Canada, Dec. lathe
financial u OF Western Canada
are being placed at the disposal Of
farmers in the prairie provinces Of
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta,
where grain farming will more than
ever be the chief industry when the
$4,000 soldiers Of the three provinces
return from overseas.
Mortgage companies and chartered
banks never were more able to finance
stable industries In this stretch Of
country, about 800, 600, 900 being avail
able for immediate use through such
institutions. Besides, the federal and
provincial governments are making ex-
tensive plans for extending financial
aid.
The immense possibilities Of the
prairtes as q food-Erowing country have
been carefully considered by govern
ment officials, Not only will vast
tracts be made available to the SOL
diers on a homestead basis, but the
federal and provincial governments will
give financial assistance In ~equipping
the new farms with proper machinery.
Long-term loans will be provided
through rural credits systems.
Extension Of manufactures, as well
as agriculture, in Western Canada is
anticipated. one OF the first questions
taken up by the i%nterprovincial CON
ference which has been in progress at
Ottawa was the transfer of control Of
natural resources of the prairie prov
lnees from federal to provincial gov
ernments. 1t is urged that the ran
fer, for years an unsettled matter,
would make It possible for individual
provinces to develop mining and other
industries on their own initiative.
Al Estevan, Sask., for instance, there
are huge deposits Of soft coal, and a
movement is already under way to
esta blish several big factories in the
district for tho purpose OF utilizing
the coal.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-13
NO DROP IN DRUG
PRICES IN SIGHT
Druggists Say Readjustment
Of Cost Not Thought Of for
Many Months.

CHICAGO, Dec, IA downward
swing in drug prices as a result of
peace Ia SO remote as to be olassed an
industry. They not only predict that
present prices will continue for from
six to nine months, but that even Their
Establishments will be slow and largely
contingent upon the availability OF
cargo space to and from European ports
and upon possible accumulations OF
crude drug stocks at the source OF sup
ply,
Big dealers declare that while stocks
in hand are high-priced, they are also
narrow and CONSTRUCTED in many indi-
viduai items.
Exactly what 10 awaiting the drug
inSnstry, Is largely a mater Of con
cage dealer. my opinion is that we
are going to see a sympathetic decline
In prices that will have nothing what
ever in common with conditions OF sup
ply and demand,
High prices have been looked upon
conditions, and many will expect the
end of the war Immediately to bring
normal prices. l am fully convinced,
however, that this will not be the case. -
The labor situation Is not causing
uneasiness in tho industry, dealers say
ing that the thousands Of men return
ing from the service will be absorbed
through the many projects long delayed
by the war.
A similar situation obtains in the
chemical market, where price readjust-
ments will be slow and trade reorgan-
ization steps taken cautiously, accord
ing to large producing interests.
In both drugs and chemicals, however,
sharp price reductions may be expected
in q number Of articles which have been
In great demand during the tense years
since August, 1914. Among these arti-
cles is ~glycerin. A number OF big war
contracts for giycerin have been can
celed. Castor oil prices also are eX-
pected 10 slump somewhat.
The paint trade, which experienced a
big overturn by the wars stagnation OF
the building industry, Is expecting an
ettssr transformation when all govern.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-13
VAST WHEAT ACREAGE
RECOVERED FROM HUNS

NEW YORK, Dec. ia.-More than
1877, 500 acres Of wheat were recovered
from German occupied territory in
armies in the great offensive that End.
ed the war, says the New York fed
eral food board, This is believed by
the food officials to have materially
contributed to the food crisis which
helped to bring Germany to her knees,
This wheat was harvested chiefly by
the French. The work OF nearly il, 900
men was required in the harvesting
The binding machines and threshing
machines were supplied by the French
office OF agricultural reconstruction,
and when the harvesting was con-.
pleted the machines we're sold al re-
duced prices to farmers or groups OF
farmers who had been victims Of the
war.