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The Washington herald., 1918-01-23
MORE MONEY LEEWAY
DESIRED BY BAKER
Ten Per Cent Transfer Limitation
Declared Hardship.

Elasticity and interchange Of funds
is one measure of relief desired by
Secretary Of War Baker. The Con-
gressional Limitation of 10 per cent
of appropriations which may be
transferred from one department to
another initiates against efficiency.
The Secretary would like to have this
enlarged.
Ten per cent leeway is not suflcient
in an emergency, he said last night.
Much valuable time is lost in chang
ing the purpose of appropriations,
even when the best of goodwill OBJ
tains.
The Secretary would not discuss the
Congressional limitations upon the
War Department as referred to by
the President in his reply to Senator
Chamberlin. A freer hand in ex-
penditure OF war funds is one of the
Secretary's own ideas in his plans for
reorganization of the department.
The reorganization still is in pro-
cess. 1t involves all the supply de-
partments Of the army.
There is always a perfectly definite
program before the department. Sec
retary Baker said. This program IN
cludes man power and supplies. The
plan OF action is adhered to or
changed at intervals in cooperation
with the allies.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-23
Says Acid Stomach
Causes Indigestion
Excess Of hydroehIorIe acid
sours the food and forms
gases.


Undigested food delayed in the
stomach decays. or rather, ferments
the same as food left in the open air,
says noted authority. He also tells
us that indigestion is caused by
Hyper-acidity, meaning, there is an
excess of hydrochloric acid in the
stomach which prevents complete
digestion and starts food fermenta-
ton. Thus everything eaten 9ours in
the stomach much like garbage sours
in can, forming acid fluids and gases
which initiate the stomach like a toy
balloon. Then we feel a heavy, lumpy
misery in the chest, we belch up gas,
we eructate sour food or have he"rt-
burn, fiatulence, water-brash or
nausea.
He tells us to lay aside all digestive
aids and instead, get from any phar-
macy four ounces Of Jad Salts end
take tablespoonful in a glass of wa
ter before breakfast and drink while
it is effervescing, and furthermore, to
continue this for a week. While relief
follows the first dose, it is important
to neutralize the acidity, remove the
gas-making mass, start the liver. stim-
ulate the kidneys and thus promote a
free flow of pure digestive juices.
Jad Salts is inexpensive and is made
from the acid of grapes and lemon
juice, combined with lithia and sodium
phosphate. This harmless salts is
used by thousands of people for
stomach trouble with erceIlent re-
suits
The Washington herald., 1918-01-23
u. S. Wants German Ships
Held In South America

Scores of ships. amounting to several
hundred thousand tons, are held up
In South America. They are German
vessels which sought refuge there at
the outbreak of the war. Negotiations
are under way for some of them, but
are proceeding slowly. This is one of
the factors that has seriously delayed
the schedule of moving American
troops to Europe.
France has completed an agreement
with Brazil to charter a score or more
OF German vessels caught in the ports
OF that country. but as yet the ships
have not been repaired and sent to
sea. The next largest number of ves-
sells is in the harbors of Argentina.
They are not available to allied uses
because Argentina has not broken
with Germany. The State Department
is conducting negotiations for taking
over several ships in Peruvian har-
bors.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-23
COAL ARRIVES
TO AID STORM
SWEPT CITY
Traffic Delayed and Suffer
ing Intense from Severity
Of Weather.

Fifteen hundred tons of coal arrived
in snowbound Washington yesterday
to aid in appeasing the demands OF
thousands. Up until the late after
noon, receipts totaled only 800 tons. In
the early afternoon. with a long line
of persons awaiting orders for coal,
the Emergency Distribution Bureau,
at Thirteenth and F. streets northwest,
tackled up the little sign. CLOSED: No
coal"
Very late in the afternoon word was
received by the Fuel Administration
than 800 tons of coal had arrived. A
portion of this will be used for filing
Bureau this morning.
District Is Shy.
In a letter to the National Fuel Ad-
ministratiOn, Mr.. Weaver invited
attention to the failure of some one
to live up to DIR. Garfield's recent Or
der. in which the District is promised
2, 400 tons of anthracite coal per day.
Instead of that amount, Mr.. Weaver
wrote, an average of l,742 tons were
being received daily.
At the office of A. L. Snead, ma
tional fuel distributor. it was stat
ed that the mines had shipped the
prescribed amount regularly to
Washington. He ascribed the nom
reception to freight congestion.
The accumulated difference is said
to be between the mines and this
city and will be shipped to the Cap
ital as soon as possible.
Washington schools have plenty
of coal This statement was made
at the office of the Secretary of the
Board of Education yesterday.
There Is no danger of the schools
closing for lack of fuel and the
supply is said to be sufficient to la st
several weeks.
The Fuel Administration an
nounced yesterday that there was
no manner of discovering how much
fuel was saved by heatless Monday.
Mr.. Weaver stated that he would
not even hazard a guess.
Reports state that the National
Fuel Administration is preparing
for the tabulation of the savings in
fuel effected by the heatless days.
The snow is regarded as one of
the most serious obstacles confront
ed by them. With the impediment
to freight and railroad traffic caus-
ed by the snow. it will be extreme
ly difficult to get coal to Washing
ton,
The Washington herald., 1918-01-23
SLIPPERY STREETS
CAUSE many FALLS
Hospitals Busy with Patient. In
jured in Accidents.

Many persons were treated at the
various hospitals yesterday for in
juries sustained in falls on the Slip
perry pavemenIs. wnen they unwilling
ly Joined the walk-to-work move
ment" on account OF the crippled car
service. None of the injuries reported
to the police last night are regarded
as serious.
Robert Sutton. 331 Seventh street
northeast. was slightly injured when
he fell at Fourteenth street and Ohio
avenue northwest. He was removed
TO Casualty Hospital.
When alighting from a street car
at Seventeenth street and PennsyI-
vania avenue northwest. Casper Cor
den, of Del Ray. Va. fell to the
ground and was injured slightly about
the head.
Jacob GULL, IS years old, of 1885 w
street northwest, slipped on the steps
at Thirty-sixth street and Prospect
avenue and received injuries about the
right arm. He was removed to
Georgetown Hospital.
Miss Margaret Mengel, 10, 900 Ninth
street northwest, was struck by a
street car at Seventeenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue northwest, but
was uninjured and continued on her
way.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-23

sidewalk snow plows went through
most of the> residential neighbor-
hoods early in the morning clearing
pathways for workers.
Postmen suffered intensely.
Tramping across streets where
snow had been thrown from pave
ments, their shoes collected layer
after layer of ice. Policemen also
found work hard. It is expected
that the night shift will be divided
into two sections of a few hours
each. going on duty alternately.
Ash and garbage collections will
suffer. just when the collections
had reached smooth running
stage. supervisors stated. the snow
came. Already the cold and snow
has greatly interferred with the
collections of garbage.
Contents of the pals during the
cold snaps froze solidly, making
collection impossible without break
ing pals. While this is not unsan-
itary, in the opinion of District au-
thorities. the inutility of the pail.
and the delay in collections. will
present difficult problems for solu-
tiOn within the week.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-23
GARFIELD REPORTS
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

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they were for the first fve-day
period.
Floating conditions were bad in
New York and men were quitting
work. Coal contractors advise that 1t
will be difficult to keep full forces
working. The movement into New
England yesterday was 200 cars an
increase of 200 over the preceding day.
Full freight movement, Mr.. Smith,
said. was hampered on account of the
cold affecting the efficiency of the
men and locomotives. At Chicago, the
yards are gradually being cleared of
snow. Dressed beef, live stock and
perishables are moving East with fair
freedom, 81 cars of freight being sent
through in the last forty-eight hours
No New Order Coming.
TYenty-seven hundred cars of
coal were received in Chicago yes
terday. which is about 20 per cent
below normal. In Ohio and Indiana
trains are running with light ton
mage. the movement being about 69
per cent normal, on account of the
cold: but the added snow gave no
promise for such results today. At
Pittsburgh there has been a reduc-
ton in the accumulation of east
bound freight.
To insure the free movement of
coal into New York, the following
telegram was sent to Mr.. Smith, by
Director General McAdoo:
I'm view of this last great snow
storm think the Pennsylvania tun-
nels should be used to their utmost
capacity in transporting coal wherever
such use will be helpful. Please see
that this is done"
In spite of the heavy snowfall. it
was announced that no additional five
day period or similar suspension was
contemplated at present.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-23
Trains All Delayed
Though Officials Say
Snowstorm Not Felt

Incoming trains to the Washington
terminal at the Union Station were
no later than usual on account Of
yesterdays heavy snowfall. according
to officials at the station.
The usual three or four hour late
schedule prevailed. however. 1t was
inferred that nothing could make the
trains slower than they are at pres
ent. But officials declared that the
snow had not delayed traffic.
1t was stated that the extremely
cold weather of the past two weeks,
combined with heavy freight move
ments. has put a heavier strain upon
the traffic facilities of the Atlantic
seaboard than they have ever expe-
rienced before.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-23
MUSICALE FOR BLIND
ATTENDED BY SCORES

Classic music. including compost
tions of Rachmaninofr and Kreisler,
delighted several score of the blind
who braved the snow and ice to at
tend a special musicale in Pavilion
:, Library of Congress, last evening.
The program was given by Miss
Frances NJ. Bronson, pianist; Miss
Ruth Bronson. violinist, and NJ. j.
Chewning. tenor.
One of the most Appropriate num-
bers was MacDowells The Eagle, .
by Miss Frances Bronson. Her eX-
quisite rendition of Saint-Saens' First
Mazurka in G minor was notable.
The violin solos of Miss Ruth Bron-
son included several of Kreisler's best
compositions. such as "The Old Re-
frain' and "Schon Rosmarin."
The Washington herald., 1918-01-23
Capital Suffers When
Snow Laden Streets
Interrupts Traffic

Smothered beneath a six inch fall
OF snow. with car service congested,
and the city overcrowded with gov
ernmen workers. Washington buck
led down to fight the elements
Two hundred and fifty District
street cleaners were at work since
early morning F'"ping paths at
street crossings clear. A score Of
The Washington herald., 1918-01-23

"These figures indicate the cause
of the coal shortage and the field
where it has been most acute. Upon
this field the Industrial territory
along the Atlantic Coast almost en-
tirely depends.
ITO relieve present congestions and
to speed up the movement of coal
and coke cars to and from the mines
and ovens. it seems apparent that
there must, for a few days, be an
almost entire cessation, particularly
on the road mentioned. of all freight,
with the exceptions above suggested.
1T Is believed and recommended
that this condition should be brought
to the attention of the director gen.
era, with the urgent request that some
plan be put into effect by him i'm
mediately for the relief Of the coal
and coke situation
The Washington herald., 1918-01-23
D. {. Teachers Committee
To Meet Saturday Night

The meeting of the executive
committee Of Grade School Teach
ers' Union. scheduled last night at
the home Of Miss Cora McCarty, 1929
II street northwest. was postponed
on account of the weather.
The meeting will take place at
the home of.Miss Clara Stutz, the
New Hampshire Apartments, Sew
Cnteenth and Swami streets north
west, at o'clock, Saturday night.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-23
Coal Car Brings
Mike Back Home

Cleveland. Ohio. Jan. 22.-Mike
Ferry moved his family into a
hotel because he could not get any
coal to heat the fiat. Next day a
Lake Erie coal car jumped the
track and landed In his back yard.
Mike moved the missus and kids
. back home.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-23
LECTURES ON ROME.

1.-The Hills of Ancient Rome" was
the subject of lecture delivered yes
terday afternoon by. Mrs. ]. A. Cum
nIngham at the home of Mrs. John
Lowe before the archaeological section
of the Twentieth Century Club.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-23

The United States government
will expend $1,000, ,ooo. 900 during the
coming year in military buildings.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-23

Grip Follows the Snow.
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets take,
III time will Prevent Grip. L. ". GROVES
Signature on box. 5c-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-23
Freight EMBARGO

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more and Ohio Railroad and (c) on
he Pennsylvania Railroad:
The Washington herald., 1918-01-23
S1.5O Value Glove Silk
Top Suits, csc.

Women's Glove Silk
Top Union Suits. in
white and all pink,
tight knee. low neck.
Slightly ire gu a r
weave. Sizes 81. Sc
and 3S. Special at csc.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-23
Soldiers We'll Fed.

Mr.. Trefz admitted that sleeping
conditions We're not of the best bur
declared that there was plenty OF
good food for all.
John b. Lord. OF the United States
Food Administration, the first speak
er. confined his talk to conditions in
England. lie said when they first ar
rived they found women sweeping
the streets, taking railroad tickets,
carrying luggage. driving taxi cabs
and taking their husbands and broth
ers' places on the farms,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-06-27

Dainty tub blouses. to be worn with
wash or silk skirts. are of immediate
interest to everyone who is not al
ready provided with a summers sup
ply. For July and August, when the
only way to keep Immediately clean
lies by way of the tub, they are the
only wear. There is an unending va
riety in these washable blouses made
of batiste, wolfe, organdie linens and
tub silks.
In little group of smart models that
make a choice worth thinking about,
one is sure to find white batiste, tuck
ed or hemstitched, with collars and
cuffs Of blue or rose or biege colored
linen. Others with this color combina-
ton reversed in blouses of striped or
plain colored voiles, with collar and
cuffs Of white orgendie. and. in both
wolfe and batiste blo1ses in white, these
accessories are smart in fine tissue
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-06-27

Here comes the bride with her head
adorned by a veil or by hat-as she
may elect-and her maids in yelled or
veilless hats; hers is the privilege to
decide which. Many brides have
chosen to wear lovely hats of ma
lines or crepe with wells suspended
from the back, to be brought about
the throat and partly over the face.
They are followed by maids in wide
brimmed hats or quaint bonnets. But
no one expects the bride to forego the
stately wedding veil, and If she
chooses to wear it she may concede the
yelled hat to her maids.
A very simple and sweet arrange
ment of the veil is shown at the right
of the picture above. 1t is merely a
band of fine lace run with threads of
silver, that borders a small, close cap
of tulle. The long veil flows out from
the cap from the back, enveloping the
figure. This same arrangement has
been used with small sprays of orange
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-06-27

blossoms fastened across the back Of
the cap where it merges into the veil
at the neck.
Nothing could be prettier for the
bride who chooses to wear hat than
the lovely mass of tulle shown at the
left of the picture. Frills Of tulle
stand up about the crown and fall over
the brim. The long, straight veil
falls from a bow at the back and is
wound about the throat as pictured.
If it is to be the happy lot of the
bridesmaids to wear hat like this.
it is most lovely made in pale pink.
Another wonderful pink hat for the
bridesmaid is shown at the top of the
group. 1t is of crepe georgette and
has huge double peoples made of
the same delicate and beautiful fab
ric set about the crown. There are
lovely Organdie hats that this years
brides may avail themselves of, that
are as fine and f1owerlike as those
of crepe.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-06-27
UP TO AMERICA TO WIN WAR
Collapse of Russia Places the Burden
of Eliminating the Hun on Shout
ders of the Yanl<s.

Daily it grows more certain that the
world war is to be fought till one side
or the other is PROSTATE. The war
would have been over months ago il
Russia had not collapsed: but with
treason in the cars cabinet and lun-
acy and stupidity pervading the Rus
STA proletariat, that mighty empire OF
the north became. an inert and impO-
tent mass at the mercy of Germany.
And as for Russia, her fate will be
determined by the world congress that
Will write the peace when the war is
over. 1t will be about the mightiest
job human Statecraft ever undertook
and an impossible job unless Germany
or the entente is then as helpless as
Russia is now.
With the western front reinforced
by the millions of veterans, Germany
had in Russia, the German people have
become as confident of victory as they
were when the first gun was fired. At
this moment Germany, rulers and peo-
pie alike, feel assured as to the out
come. There is a determination to
annex all of Belgium, all of France
now held by the German armies and
all of the possessions of Belgium and
France in Africa. Discussion is now
going on In the German press as to
the amount of the money indemnity
the enemy shall pay. Already Russia
is carved by the German sword. And
If Germany shall succeed In her pres
ent intentions she will be as complete
mistress of the world as 1t now il
known as the Rome of julius Caesar
was mistress of the world as 1t was
known on the eve of the Christian era.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-06-27

When the nails are manicured every
day, five minutes is usually sufficient,
for in this way they are in good con-
dition, and easily kept so. The cuticle
is always gently pushed back with an
orangewood stick dipped in cream or
cologne and shaped into an oval The
file rounds and levels the edges Pol
fshfng at night saves time in the morn
ing. The quickest method of cleaning
the nails is by using nail brush A
little cold cream or oil pressed into
the base of the nail under the flesh
strengthens it, and incidentally Inn
parts . healthy appearance and luster-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-06-27

When the five new regiments and
10 battalions of railway engineers now
being organized are put on duty there
Will be $4,000 Americans engaged in
railroad construction and operation in
France.
After the United States entered the
war one of the first requests transmit
ted to this government by the French
mission was for assistance in strength
ening the French railways. Nine regi-
nents of railway engineers, whose or
ganization was started before General
Pershing sailed. were in France by Au-
gust, 1917. Six of them have been en-
gagged in construction work. building
and rebuilding railways. building docks
and rearranging terminal facilities
The other three regiments have been
engaged in operation, and some of the
railway troops have been on the fight
ing line. The additional troops will
be used partly for construction and
maintenance and partly for operation.
total of S16O, 100000 has been spent
on railway materials alone. Included
in the purchases are 1,727 locomotives.
22,63O freight cars and $4,000 tons of
steel rails.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-06-27


Through the operation of repair
shops for clothing and other articles,
a considerable saving in reissue of new
equipment has been made at army
camps. One camp quartermaster esti-
mates the issue of new clothing has
decreased one-third. and of shoes 40
per cent.
At a base repair shop for clothing
an average of 1881 garments were re-
paired daily during the first 1S days of
May. In addition to the work done at
base repair shops. many thousands of
garments are repaired at camp shops,
one shop being located at each large
camp.
During April nearly 10000 pairs of
shoes were repaired In army repair
shops. At present practically all hat
repairing is done by contract, the
price varying from so to 90 cents per
hat.
This work is In charge of the conser-
walton and reclamation division of the
quartermaster corps. which has been
in operation only during the last four
months
The food administration is making
careful survey of the national ice stu
3ation in order that it may be prepared
Ito meet any sudden shortages in par
stfcular communities. The destruction
lsof ice plants by fire. breakdown of ma
lchinery. or the exigency of the weather
imay at any time cause a serious short
sage.
Incomplete returns from 25 states
show that nearly 100000 women have
registered for war work under the
rvoman's committee of the council of
Rational defense.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-06-27

The demand for specialists IN The
army Is Increasing daily. Mechanicz
and technicians of all kinds, including
radio and buzzer operators, are need
ed by the signal corps.
In nearly every large city the fed
eral board of vocational training
through local school authorities, has
established schools OF radio commune
cation where men of draft age who
have not been called may receive a
preliminary course I'm the operation of
radio and buzzer instruments. There
are about 600 of these schools where
instruction is given. usually in the aft
ernoons and evenings. 1t takes about
200 hours for a student of average
ability to obtain a speed of 20 words a
minute, sending and receiving.
Electrical engineers and men with
good fundamental training in engineer
ing or physics are particularly in de-
mand for signal corps work. Men of
satisfactory qualifications are given
three months training in special
schools. and have every opportunity to
take examinations leading to promo
ton.
Men who have had experience as
electrical repair men, wiremen and me-
chanics are also desired for assign
ment to special schools and later to
field organizations