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The Washington herald., 1918-08-06

Mrs. Albert Sidney Burleson, who
has been making q short visit in
Maryland, was expected home last
night.
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Railway and Fuel
Administrators Meet

Promptly after effecting working
! AerganizskiQn the Director az General
OF Ran sys a : Oh { i =. b.
Fuel Ad illustrator Garfield TO con-
slider pll s looking to an immediate
i'm imaproy< te'nt in the transportation
The needs of New England and
other sections that are short of fuel
were given first consideration to re-
lieve suffering incident to the bliz-
zard. AS a consequence an order
was issued ordering the movement of
coal trains eastward ahead of all
other freight.
To facilitate the movement of coal
the director general is considering a
plan of transferring locomotives
from the roads West and South for
use on the buster eastern lines. With
the equipment will also come en-
ployes to assist the overburdened
East.
The Fuel Administration has de-
liYered 20 the Director General of
Railways full data as to the sources
from which New England coal moves
in order that shorter routing may be
adopted wherever possible A dis
tribution schedule covering the
North Atlantic States and Eastern
Ohio has been worked out This
shows the various mining districts
and the distribution lines along
! which coal must move to points of
! consumption. The effort of the
Fuel Administration will be to elm
| mate the cross hauling of coal Spe-
cific coal-producing districts in West
| Virginia and Western Pennsylvania
will be set aside to supply the dis
| tributing centers in the North At
| lantic States
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The Croaker

Once, on the aidge of a pleasant pool
Under the bank where twas dark
and cool,
Where bushes Ger the water hung,
And rushes nodded, and grasses
swung,
Jest where the crick flowed outer the
bog,
There lived a grumpy and mean ole
frog.
Who'd set all day in the mud and
soak,
And jest do nothin' but croak and
croak.
Till a blackbird hollored, Il say, yer
What is the matter down there be-
low?
Are you in n, trouble, er pain. er
WHAT"
The frog seZ, Mine is an orful lot;
Nothin' but mud and dirt and slime,
For me to look at all the time.
It's a dirty world" so the old fool
spoke,
Croakity-croakty, croakty. croak."
but yer lookin' DOWN." the black
bird said;
Look at the blossoms overhead,
Look at the lovely summer skies,
Look at the bees and the butterflies;
Look UP, ole feller. Why, bless my
soul,
Yer lookin down in mus rat hole"
But still, with a giriglin' sob and
choke,
The blamed ole critter would only
croak.
And a wise ole turtle, who boarded
near,
Sez ter the blaokbird, Friend, see
here:
Don't shed no tears over him, fer he
Is low-down jest cause he likes ter
be;
He's one er them kind er chumps
that's glad
Ter be so mis-rable-like and sad;
I'll tell you somethin' that amt no
joke,
Don't waste yer sorrow on folks that
croak. s So
FRANK Bas.ss--
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Defense in Cooperation with
Council Of National Defense

Nearly twenty square miles of
new army blankets have been order
ed by the Quartermaster General
since war was declared. Some 1000
acres of them, 5,990,236 blankets,
had been delivered up to Dec. 1st.
Overcoats contracted for number
5,691, $50.
The army is particularly we'll sup
piled with shoes. 21,117,612 pairs
have been contracted for, and s.
525,29S pairs delivered. Every sol
dier can use up four pairs before
the supply on hand is exhausted.
35,155,081 yards of wooden cloth
for o. D. shirts have been contrac-
ted for To call it 1914 miles of
cloth will perhaps give a clearer idea
of the size of the order. 10,990, 0,205
yards of this material has been made
up into 5,676, ,444 shirts.
The contracts for wooden uniform
cloth reached the somewhat smaller
figure of 2S.956,95S yards.
10,84S,5 500 pieces of winter under
wear have been delivered, out of
2S,275,S45 pieces contracted for. The
supply is divided into 4,306,343 up
per garments, and 6,542, ,160 neither.
Of the four camps visited by Sur
geon General Gorgas, in his recent
tour of inspection, none reported a
shortage OF bed sacks. There were
leggins enough to go around, and
the supply of light woolen socks was
large enough to give each man three
pairs.
None of the camps reporting had
quite enough comforters, Camp Fun
ston. for instance, being short about
5000. Funston, however, had more
than three blankets per man.
IN this war the Quartermaster De-
partment is feeding five times as
many troops as in the War with
Spain with food costing three times
what it cost in 1898. and hard to get
at any price.
Keeping a million men for a year
on the United States garrison ration
means the provision of 225,000 tons
- 450,000,000 pounds-of fresh
beef. This figure is reduced some
what by the substitution of other
fresh meats, as turkey, on Thanks
giving Day and Christmas, and oc-
casionally mutton or fish.
Three hundred million pounds of
-four must be supplied for the bread
ration, not including the -four used
in making hard bread. Other items
of food supply are 29,600,O00 lbs.
of coffee, $4,000 tons of sugar, and
100000 gallons of cucumber pick
les.
Besides the articles of the regular
ration. the Quartermaster Depart
ment keeps on hand 165 items of
stock for sale at cost. Many of
these items are things to eat. Others
are shoe biacking, writing paper, tai
cum powder, 14S,S00 cans; and a
few bottles of toilet water.
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HOUSE VOTES ON
. SUFFRAGE TODAY
-Four Hours Debate PreCedes
the BaIIOting:
ASK TIE PRESIDENTS AID
Advocates Believe Necessary Two
thirds Vote Will be Cast For Ma
ticnai Amendment.

Washington. Jan. 10.-Tne pre'im'-
nary skiTmiahes over, the forces Tor
and againsI woman suffrage wera N,
in action fer decisive battle in the
house today to decide whether the
Susan B. Anthony congtitu lena
amendment cnfranchising VIM n
shall be submitted to the states.
House leaders who fav2r the
?ms"im en-. headed by Rep esent =
I'VE nake~ Democrat, of G lf1-n;a,
who have charge Of the amendm2n
conferred with President Wilson. L
was understood the presid Mt favors
tie passage of the am ndment.
Victory 20" the s!:ffra g'sts seems
assured. \ poll of the house tske7
by &ro kar Clark and III" m jori y
loader NJ kitchin. North C1~o,ina
show I 27o for and 12o aga ms; the
amenhuent \ twG-thirds vote of
hose present will be required to pass
the Amendment.
The suffrage forces wen another
victory when the rules committee d.
cited that he suffrage committee and
not I've judiciary commit e s1ould
have charge of the amendment reso
luton when it comes up for vote. T le
. 2men9men. as reported by the suf
frage committee m"kes no limit tior
on the time in which the statee mus
act en- the resolution. The Judiciary
ccmmittee's resolution, previously re
ported without recommendation. pro
N-iI -tn ir
wears.
REPRESENTATIVE Baker, predicted
adoption of the amendment resolu
tion by more than a dozen vCtas over
the necessary two-thirds. Debate vii
run four hours and the voting viii
begin at four o'clock this afternoon
Passage Of the amendment in the
house will precipitate a fight to hav5
the measure brought up and voted
upon in the senate within the mex
few weeks. Suffragists were not sc
confident of favorable action in the
senate. Their polls show that the
vote will be close
Democratic leaders were actively al
work to split up the southern vote
which up to this time, as been solid'y
agains5 the measure.
The -hoiIse VOce ii af X ~ 1tessr
states viii be solid for the measure
suffrage leaders say Six more STATE
DELEGATIONS which now show en-;
membe~ still non-committal prcbab',
will join that roll.
The favorable situation in the New
York delegation and reports from
PENNSYLVANIA. that it will cast twenty
four of its thirty-six votes for thu
resolution, gave confidence to the wo
men leaders that the necessary two
thirds vote would be obtained
Secretary of the Treasury McAdo'
and Secretary of the Navy Daniels
have written to the National Ameri
can Woman Suffrage association de
"laring in favor of the federal amend
ment.
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INVITED TO BUFFALO HUNT
Pawnee Bill Asked Annie Oakley
And Husband to The Killing OF
President Wilson's Bison Steak.

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Z. Butler, who
are spending the winter at Pine
hurst, \. c., recently received an in
vitation from the famous scout and
plainsman, Pawnee Bill, to attend his
annual Buffalo Hunt.
We supposed that this exciting
game had passed into history with
the cowpuncher and the Sioux on the
War-path. with the memory of Gus
ter and Oregon Trail. But it ap-
pears that below Major Lilies home
on Blue Hawk Peak Pawnee Bill fos-
ters remnant of the great herds.
And near the first of every year he
has hunt, in the good old style, to
take off the superfluous old bulls and
to keep the herd from being too
homesick for the scenes of their
greatness. And every year a few of
the elect are invited to join the
sport. and a particularly juicy roast
is sent to the White House.
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One DOSE RELIEVES
A COlD-NO QUlNINE
"Pape's Cold Compound" ends bad
colds or grippe in few hours.
Relief comes instantly.

Relief comes instantly.
A dose taken every two hours I'm
til three doses are taken will end
grippe misery and break up a severe
cold either in the head, chest, body
or limbs.
1t promptly opens clogged-up nos
trils and air passages in the head
stops nasty discharge or nose run
ming, relieves sick headache, dull
ness, feverishness, sore throat, sneez-
ing, soreness ana stiffness.
Don't stay stuffed up! Quit blow
ing and snuffiing! Ease your throb'
bing head! Nothing else in the
world gives such prompt relief as
"Pape's Cold Compound" which
costs only few cents at any drus
store. 1t acts without assistance
tastes nice, and causes no inconveni
ence. Be sure you get the genuine
ADV.
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lAUD MORALS OF SOLDIERS


Chaplains Find Conditions Among
U. S. Troops in France Excellent.
With the American Army in France,
Jan 10.--Chaplains Of both Protest
ant and Catholic faiths have just
issued reports to the government in
which it is maintained that the
morals of the men of the American
expeditionary force are excellent.
"In performing our priestly fnnc
TONS" the reports say, 'it has been
nur privilege to travel considerably
among the troops. and it pleases us
immensely to be able to state that
we find the moral conditions very
satisfactory. The military authori-
ties are vigilant in removing tempta-
ticn. and the result is that thus far
We have a clean army
I'VE are honestly convinced that
he men on duty in these towns in
France are in less danger morally
than they would be in the service In
)ur own country"
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Quality of L owe

Let our never ceasing care be to
better the love that we offer our fell
lows. One cup of this love that is
drawn from the spring on the noun
tain is worth a hundred taken from
the stagnant we'll of ordinary charity.
-Maeterlinck.
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Decide Unusual Compensation Case

Harrisburg. Pa. Jan. 10.-The state
compensation board has allowed the
widow of William Walker, a former
Lehigh Valley enginman, compensa-
tion for the death of her husband,
who died from acute kidney diseases
which the board finds was due to the
shock of collision. The case is the
Inst of the kind to be decided.
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NbTICE TO TRESPASSERS.

All persons are hereby notified and
forewarned not to trespass with dog
gun, or in any other manner. upon
any of my lands, woods, branch and
cleared in Cambridge and Bucktown
districts. Any and all persons disre-
garding this notice will be prosecuted
to the full extent Of the law.
WM. L. ROBINSON.
Linn. 3. 1-7-2W.
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Killed Man Who Called Him Stacker

Altoona, Pa, Jan. 10.-Peter Mar.
tin and w. R. Garretson, P. R. R. fire
men quar~7l,cd in a hotel. Martin
called Garretson a Stacker and the lat.
ter shot and Instantly killed him
'.Gtn" GarretsCn surrendered to the
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-10
pershino Elected TO Huauenot societ,

Pershing Elected to Huguenot Society
Reading, Pa, Jan. 10.-The Hugu<
not society of Pennsylvania was OF
~enized at a meeting held here. Rev
Hhn Baer Stout, Of Northampton
Ns elected president. GeGnera
J. Pershing, commander of tn
oerican expeditionary forces j.
nee. who is a descendent Of Hu
not refugee, was chosen an homo,
member and so informed b
Bile.
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LOST 10000 IN WEST
German Casualties in 1917 Greatly
Exceed those of Allies.

Exceed those of Allies.
Washington, Jan. 10-Tha total
German casualties in the western
theatre during the year 1917 a~n n
servatively estimated at 1.75H,000
men. according to official British war
office reports received here.
"This figure greatly exceeds the
combined losses of the British a1l
French" the report continues.
British and French cap ureS en- the
western front exceed 100000. In
Palestine General Allenby added an
other $1,000 turks to the Teuton to-
al
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-10

There is more Catarrh in this
section of the country than all other
diseases put together, and for years
It was supposed to be incurable.
Doctors prescribed local remedies,
and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment, pronounced it
incurable. Catarrh is local disease,
greatly Influenced by constitutional
conditions and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Ca
tarrh Medicine, manufactured by F.
J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is a
constitutional remedy, is taken in
ternally and acts thru the Blood on
the Mucous Surfaces of the System.
One Hundred Dollars reward is Of
fered for any case that Halls Ca
tarrh Medicine fails to cure. Send
for circulars and testim onials.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipa-
| ton. ADV.
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OATMEAL COOKERS.

Try our oatmeal cookers. Nothing
better for cooking hominy and break
fast food. Cake of soap with ea'
cookers. NJ. SMITH, THE tt'n'
MAN.-Adv. 11-20-tf.
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GARAGE OPENED.

have opened garage on Gay St.,
IN the building partially occupied by
the Dorchester Shirt Co. Autos for
hire 1t reasonable rates. Storage
By the week or month.-Edward 8.
Phillips.-Adv., 10-22-tf.
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c. Guy LeCompte
NOTARY PUBLIC
RUs TO ADJOINING TOWNS.
With Eastern Shore Trus, Company
Cambridge. Md.

Call up 56S or lSl for schedule
for Salisbury, Easton and Hurlock.
All town calls for one person, z5c.
For more than one person. 15c.-
SI,ACUM'S GAi.AGE.-Adv. 12-z2-tf
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Shoe Repairing Of all kinds. rea-
souable praces. Nathan Wolnf, Gay
street naGt door to Fire Company
Adv. 12-z0-Y=.
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FOR SALE
FOR RENT

FOR RENT-1O room house, for
merly occupied by Mrs. Hubbard,
lis Race st. Nicely arranged for
the convenience of two families. Ap-
ply to E. w. Gibbons or C. J. Henry
1-Q-ff
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WANTED

WANTED-Sleeve makers and collar
makers, to do sewing at home and in
factory. Also operator for yoking ma
chine. Will pay while learning. Apply
Mrs. Elsie McGrath, Meadow avenue.
12-2S-tf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17
There Was a General
Mood of Helplessncss

In the section Of the information
department there waa now an entirely
different picture There was gem
eTal change of mood and open
acknowledgment OF heIplessness.
Poor A. A. did not feel very hannv
He was one Of the new men in the
staff; he had entered here at the time
when it had been rcpulsiyc hypoc-
risy to speak of the characterization
Of the army as it was after the fall Of
Riga and the Moon Islands. At that
time everybody believed in tho favor
able consequences Of characterization
and A. A. aigo was working ON that
task. An old champion Of his party,
he mad spent many years in prison
Under the old regime, And what does he
zee now? The other ofIiciaIs had left:
but he docs not fear for his own
safety; proof Of it Is the fact that he
remained on his post 10 the last min
Ute, where he was arrested by the Eol~
sheviki. On biz fass one could see
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17
War Has Cut
Natives Livelihood

Native living conditions in St. Thorn
aa are especially acute. AS free port
the island was the chief point Of call in
the West Indies before the war. It's
harbor was the life of the island and
the bread and butter of the natives, or,
more strictly speaking, tho fish and
cornmeaI. The people depended almost
entirely upon the shipping interests.
Before the war fifteen steamers Of the
Hamburg-American Line called at st.
Thomas every month and coalcd there
on their way from Gcnaany to South
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17
Russian Debacle Falls
Like a 7hunderb0lf
Petrograd Writer, Who Gque Vain
Warming, Tells Vividly of Sudden
Collapse and Equal Bewildern,ent of
Victors and Victims in CiuH Strife

P. Arzubef, the Petrogrod CORE
sponde1t of the 'Retch," one of the
leading Russian papers of MoscoO,
avho aOas IN Petrograd ut the time
of the Bolsheviki revolution of last
November, gives an interesting
story of the revoIution as 1t ap-
peored to him. 1t is interesting for
the Vividness w,ith auhich he de-
scribes certain aspects of those
stormy evemts during the days OF
aChat he calls the "Petrograd Com
nt,.ne''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17

hours he receives an increase in pro-
portion to his work. If he does less he
receives less. Provision is also made
for the workers to receive bonus in
proportion to the increased price which
the planters receive for the sugar. In
case OF a possible decrease in the price
! the planter is protected by an auto
matte reduction of wages.
Strikes or lockouts are prohibited
now, and disputes are settled bv a
board of arbitration, chosen equally by
the union and the planters.
The planters are bound to keen in
repair the huts of the estate workers.
and on the other hand the workers are
'ound to keep the premises clean. The
planter is also bound to provide an
adequate water supply. Five cents q
DAY extra is paid to workers who ara
not provided with huts or rooms on tho
estate
a nave provision of the agreement
states that both laborcr and emplover
snail, treat each other with due rcspect
and that abusive language shall not
be used on either side.
The percentage of illiteracy amonr
the people of the Virgin Islands is
very small. The Danes had q con,-
puisory school law, but unfortunately
their education system seldom went be-
yond the mere learning to read and
write The natives are intelligent and
crave education, and it has been hit
ter disappointment to them that M
changes have been made in their school,
system. The school commissioner ,s a
bishop of the Moravian Church. most
OIL the teachers arc poorly educated
themselves, and the school books apo
English, of the early Victorian ,criod
There are no schools above the primary
ana intermediate grades, and even
these are often on half time.
Color Line Not
Definitely Drawn
The color question is one which ,o.
not troubled the islands as yet. It ia
'ne one point on which the natives
haa any hesitation in BECOMING Amor
icans. The Danes never drew the color
ilne' but mingled with the natives on
equal terms in, social as we'll "a hrs;
ness life. Many Danes INTERN :
with the natives and took their lilo ~
or colored wives back to Denmark with
'hem. With a Democratic Adminis+ra
ton at Washington it was feared tha+
the officials who would be snnointoa
would be Southerners who would ,ra,,,
{ the line decidedly against the b,aors
ne present Administration, however.
mas shown great tact in dealing with
the question, and the natives have not
been offended in any way.
Hamilton Jackson, the black Nv,
Larkln, said to me: at is nolit;ca,
equality and economic opportunity thu =
we want most. Give us schools n 10y
American teachers; give us s;r, "aa
code or American laws and inst 81
mihistratlon; give us GOOD san;+Sn,,
conditions and doctors, and holm ,s y
grow our own foodstutfs. so thai ~
islands will be self-supportinr. md ,"s
shall not trouble you with dema~ ~da we we
social recognitiH." '' 'o'
'co0sriahscd. 1918. OH. Y, Wool,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17

It is in st. Croix that the admins
tration has been able to do it's best
work. During the last few years labor
conditions on the island have been
acute. The cane workers were grossly
underpaid, they claimed, and over
worked, and their housing conditions
were the worst that I have seen in any
Of the West Indian islands. 4 labor
union was formed, with we'll educat-
ed black, Hamilton Jackson, often called
by outs iders who have done business
with him "thc black jim Larkin," as its
head. Through his efforts wages were
raised recently from 20 to 40 cents a
day. But prices of food were rising
steadily, and soon this wage could not
buy any more than the 20 cents of
before the war. The food of the peo-
pie was restricted to "coco," a dish
made of cornmeal and okras, and dried
salt fish. Fruit trees had been sacri-
feed in st. Croix as in st. Thomas
but because of the low rolling hills
the land was not denuded of it's soil
and fruit can still be raised.
The agricultural experiment station
was. and still is, in the hands of an
Englishman from Barbados. The work
done there is devoted entirely to the
needs of the planters and experiments
with cane. Nothing is done to teach
or help the people to raise their own
foodstuffs, and as a result of the un-
varied carbonaceous diet, the health
of the people is deteriorated.
Elephantiasis, a disease which, as it's
name indicates, causes the limbs to
swell to the proportions of an ele-
plants, is prevalent among the work
crs as u consequence of their long
years of malnutrition. Just what
causes the disease is not known here
Some physicians in the West Indies
blame it on the tsetse fly, others on
the mosquito, but all agree that its
spread among the natives is due to
their inability to resist the disease in
their weakened physical condition.
Strikes and Lockouts
Now Prohibited
These are some of the problems
which the new American administra.
tion faced. To settle the labor trou.
bles Acting Commissioner of the In.
terror Edmund Enright was brought
over from Porto Rico to make a STUDY
Of conditions. Mr. Enright, accom-.
panied by a representative Of the plan.
ters and representative of the unions
made two months study of working
conditions, visiting all the estates and
sugar centrals on the islands. As q
result Of these tests, q day of nine
hours was agreed upon, and the exac,
amount of work which should consti.
tutc n full day was settled to the
mutual satisfaction Of planters and
workers alike, n solution deemed i'm.
possible by the Danes.
TO Northern mind the ware q,
fifty cents day, which was agreed
upon, Will seem very small. None the
less it is a decided advance over previ.
Gus conditions. If the worker does
more than days work in the nine