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The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
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Capt. Alexander l. p. johnson,
Seventy-seventh Field Artillery (Nine-
teenth Cavalry, Is relieved from as
signment to that regiment and is at
tached to the Eleventh Cavalry.
The death of Lieut.. Earle Wayne
Freed Childs. U. s. N, while perform
ing temporary duty on a British ves-
sci, has been announced by the Navy
Department The date of his death
was not contained in the advice re-
ceived by the department. The home
address of the Lieutenant was 1144
Eighty-fourth street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Lieut.. Childs was born in Philadel-
phia, Pa, August 1, 1893, and entered
the Naval Academy from the Seven
teenth Congressional district of Phil
adelphia on July 10, 1911. He tenn
porarily was appointed a lieutenant
from October Is. 1917.
Maj. W. L. Henwood, Engineer Re-
serve Corps, has been relieved from
his present duties and, ordered to re-
port in person in this city to the Of
ficer in charge of cantonment di-
vision for duty in connection with
construction work.
The Navy Department has awarded
the Bailey medal for 1917 to Frank
Hartley, seaman, second class. This
medal Is given annually to the ap-
prentice seaman enlisted for minority
who attains by competitive examina-
ton the highest final average In the
duties of an apprentice seaman. The
medal is Of gold. 1t is presented from
a fund created by the late Admiral
Theodorus Bailey, who took an active
interest in the training Of young men
In the navy.
Hartley enlisted in the navy April
16, 1917, at Lowell, Mass, and gave
as his next of kin, father, william
Hartley, 50 Birch street, Lowell, Mass
Major Alexander Johnston, Judge
advocate. national army, has been
relieved from his present duties in
the ofilce of the Provost Marshal
General and ordered to report in
person to Colonel James F. Howell.
General Staff, chief of staff, Army
Artillery, this city, for duty.
Major Johnson has been the prin-
cipal assistant to General 'Crowder
in carrying out the regulations and
rules for drafting the national
army. He is one of the youngest
army officers ever entrusted with
the important duties imposed upon
him and by his excellent work
earned the Appreciation OF army Of
ficials in every quarter.
Provost Marshal General Crowd
er lauded him IN his first full re-
port on the working out of the draft
law. His work, General Crowder
said. has been excellent and he had
performed some of the most i'm
portant of the planning and direct
ing that had made the draft a sue
ceEs.
The warm applause and praise
given him by General Crowder led
many to believe that Colonel John
son would be named as provost
marshal to succeed General Crowd
er, who would be relieved to de-
vote his full attention to the nu-
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
HOOVER PLANS
HOT CAMPAIGN
TOGET POWER
Food Administrator Said to
Find Retail Limitations
Nullifying His Work.

Bitter nght over price fixing or II
censIng OF retail food dealers and the
general policy Of the Food Admins
tration. threatens 20 break In Con-
gress any day.
Herbert c. Hoover, the Food Admin
istrator, has been bombarded for sew
eral days. but has remained silent.
Indications last night are that a blast
win come either from the Administra-
tor or other high Official, defending
the Food Administration. and possibly
demanding broader powers for Mr..
Hoover 30 he may hit the food prob
lem right where Il pincbes the con-
sumer.
Senator Reed says the Food Admin
istration's policy Is all wrong. that it
10 tremendously extravagant" and is
now welding practically a price fx-
ing cudgel under disguise. Food to
the consumer is going up by Jumps In
every section Of the country.
The Labor Department statistics
show 1t has increase - per cent over
last year and about Ii per cent over
pre-war years And the public is de-
manding the real reason for the con-
dnued advance. in the face OF the ef-
forts Of the government TO hold down.
The Food Administration'S position
is this: Food prices TO the consumer
have remained up on most commodi-
ties because Mr.. Hoover has not
been given the power by Congress 70
put q curb on the retailer. The
wholesaler and the manufacture Il
licensed, but not the retailer The
retailer charges what he thinks his
customers will stand. He is not
limited to "a reasonable profit"
Instances have been placed before
the food oflcials where -etailers have
been making as much as 100 per cent
profit. There Is no redress for the
public, except that the food authori-
ties may order a wholesaler TO cut on
the retailers supply.
Representative Lever, chairman of
the House Agricultural Committee,
has been approached to introduce q
bill giving Mr.. Hoover further powers
to allow him to license the retailers
who are reaping many times the
profit Of the wholesalers.
Food oficiAls, Agricultural De-
partment officials and the food ex-
perts, all agree that the retailer has
been reaping the large profits which,
before the licensing system went into
effect rolled into the pockets of the
wholesalers, manufacturers and
1obberS.
The real effectiveness Of the Food
Administration seems TO haya heen
shut on right at the vital point Of
distribution, where the customer can
be helped.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
QUIT MEAT when
kidneys BOTHER
Take a Glass of Salts Before Break
fast if Your Back Hurts or
Bladder Is Troubling You.

No man or woman who eats meat
regularly can make q mistake by
flushing the kidneys occasionally, says
q well-known authority. Meat forms
uric acid which excites the kidneys,
they become overworked from the
strain, get sluggish and fail to filter
the waste and poisons from the blood,
then We get sick. Nearly all rheuma-
tism, headaches, liver troubles, ner-
Vousness, dizziness, sleeplessness and
urinary disorders come from sluggish
kidneys.
The moment you feel a dun ache in
the kidneys or your back hurts or IL
the urine is cloudy, offensive, full of
sediment. irregular Of passage or at
tended by a. sensation of scalding,
stop eating meat and get about four
ounces Of Jad Salts from any phar-
Macy take a tablespoonful In a glass
OF water before breakfast and In a
rev days your kidneys will act fine.
This famous salts Is made from the
acid OF grapes and lemon Juice, COM
oined with hthia, and has been used
Tor generations to flush and stimulate
the kidneys, also to neutralize the
acids In urine 80 It no longer causes
irritation. thus ending bladder weak
ness
Jad Salts is inexpensive and cannot
inJure; makes delightful efter-
vescent ithia-water drink which
everyone should take now and then
TO keep the kidneys clean and active
and the blood pure, thereby avoiding
serious kidney complicatious-Adg.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
negro BOYS SNATCH
BOX CONTAINING SIS
Youthful Thieves Make Their Es-
cape After Short Chase.

After stealing a small wooden box
containing $25 from behind the
counter of the store Of Perry Jacobs,
1851 Seventh street northwest, yester-
day, two negroes between Is and II
years old. ran from the store and dis
appeared in an alley.
Mrs. Jacobs. who was in the store
when the two negroes appeared, told
the police, that the boys had been in
the store only a short time before the
robbery and asked to have some
money changed.
When they appeared the second
time they grabbed the box before
they could be apprehended. Mrs
Jacobs gave chase, but to no avail.
She asked two negroes, who were
standing nearby. to apprehend the
boys but they refused and the boys
disappeared in an alley.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
ANNUAL CONCLAVE
is MUCH ENJOYED
Mems Bible Class of Calvary
Church Hears Splendid Program.

An enthusiastic audience last
night greeted the eighth annual en-
tertainment of the Mems Bible Glass
OF Calvary NJ. E. Church. Features
Of the program were a satirical
reading on why am Opposed to
Woman Suffrage" by Mrs. E. W.
Anderson, and several piano solos by
George ID. Thompson.
Patriotic vocal solos. Wen Be
Back to Dixie or Give Our Lives for
YOU by Roy Glider. and when
the Boys Come Home" by Mrs.
Wayne B. Wheeler. were enthusiast
tically received. as was a monologue
by Miss Mary Minnix.
Other features that won the ap-
proval of the audience were several
vocal solos with banjo accompani-
ment. by W. c. Stump. and a comedy
character sketch, presented by V. V.
Martin and W. A. MorselL Miss
Ruth Bronson gave several violin
solos. Music was furnished by will
lam j. Oates student orchestra.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
''TEZ" GLADDENS
SORE, tired feet
No Puffed-up, Burning, Tender,
Aching Fest-No Corns
or Callouses.

I'll" makes sore, burning, tired feet
fairly dance with delight. Away go
the aches and pains. the corns, cal
louses, bHsters. bunions and chilblains.
Tx" draws out the acids and
poisons that pun up your feet. No
matter how hard you work. how long
you dance, how far you walk, or how
long you remain on your feet, 'Tiz''
brings restful foot comfort. '"Tiz" Is
magical, grand. wonderful for tired,
aching, swollen, smarting feet. All!
how comfortable, how happy you feel.
Your feet just tingle for Joy; shoes
never hurt or seem tight.
Get a 2j-cent box of ''Tiz" now from
any druggist or department store. End
foot torture forever-wear smaller
shoes, keep your feet fresh, sweet and
happy. Just thinki a whole years
foot comfort for only . cents.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
REED FLAYS HOOVER
CONTINUED FRoM PAGE oNK

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE
war 10 over. it may be that the bal
ance will be determined by q few
billion dollars very few-and
therefore We should not waste mon
ey today.
I'VE must pay two or three prices
often in order to get things quickly.
There may be justification in in
stances Of that kind. but not q single
dollar OF our money should be un-
necessarily expended; We should
hoard 1t, because, after all, in one
sense money Is the hfeblood of this
enterprise We must keep our men
upon the field; our expenses will
mount higher and higher; we must
create armaments and still greater
armaments, and the expenditures will
mount and mount beyond calculation.
We must build ships and still more
ships, and We must literally pave the
bottom Of the ocean, IL something
cannot be done to suppress the sub
marine, with vessels that have cost
us millions and millions of money
and with the precious cargoes that
represent even more Of our toll and
our money. We must care for the
widows and for the orphans that are
being made; we must support the old
fathers and the old mothers whose
sons are beginning to die; we must
be prepared to meet the awful ac-
cumulation Of sorrow and woe, and.
as far as money will go. we must
be ready to assuage the grief of these
people; but. above everything and
beyond everything, We must keep our
land prosperous; we must keep its In
dustrtes humming; We must keep its
energies alive; we must keep its in
dustrtal thews strong, its arteries of
commerce open, its great enginery of
production at its very highest point,
So that as We expend we shall also
produce; and In everything We do,
while We should be spendthrifts for
the purpose Of carrying on this war,
we should be misers in the wasting
Of single dollar.
SO I say. when the Food Admins
tration comes here admitting that it
has million and a quarter of dollars
on hand; that It has s29, 10000 in the
treasury OF its corporation; that it
has fund outside Of that Of an un-
known amount; and that It has assets.
that are supposed TO be good. of
almost S2ooo,ooo. at this time there
should be no further grant.
The committeeman say It with
the utmost respect-have accepted.
believe, the mere report OF the
House, and. being engaged in other
things, did not investigate this item.
l may have spoken to deaf ears, but
believe, whether I speak success
fully today or not, the time is COM
ing when an accounting must be
had, and ask that the item go out
of the bill"
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14

Somebody ought to compose an opera
or something and call 1t The Three
Jolly Marines" because "The Three
Musketeers'' is worn threadbare; The
Three Guardsmen'' has outIived its
usefulness, and q dozen or so other
'Threes'' have become back numbers.
Nothing modern could grip the pub
lie like the story Of a trio OF local
boys who have Joined the U. s. Marine
Corps and now are living a contented
life down at the training station Of the
police Of the seas" on Paris Island,
a romantic spot in the harbor Of Port
Royal. 8. c.
gregate at nightfall, harp and all, so
it is said. and during the daytime
bask in the sunshine OF the reflections
from a tropic sea-with sly glances
now and then in the direction of the
marines.
Last fall John p. Breckenridge, of
223O Calvert street northwest; George
Frederick Young, an attache of the
Library of Congress and Edward H.
Mertz, Of 1870 Calvert street north
west, all of this city, answered the call
to the colors and enlisted with the
regular service of the U. S. Marines.
Quits Police Force.
Breckenridge. at the time of his en-
listment, was a member of the Metro
politan police force, OF this city, but
considering IL too tame a game for one
OF his nature, sent in his resignation
and rallied around the flag when he
scented trouble. Moreover. he was an
gered by the atrocities of the POTS
dam Huns committed on defenseless
women and children OF France and
Belgium. 1t was too much for his
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
PURELY PERSONAL.

Adam Weskin, a tobacco sales
man. is in Washington on a busi-
ness trip.
Miss Mary Poole has been ap-
pointed to the government service
here.
Mrs. Janette Pearlle has resigned
from the government service here
ana returned to her home in Ala
bama.
Thomas .creecy. of this city. is
seriously in at his home.
Emil Guest has left Washington
for a visit to Chicago.
Miss Ella Nelson is on a visit
to friends in upper Maryland.
Senator willard Salisbury left
yesterday for Augusta, Ca, where
he VIII remain for two or three
weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roderick Collins and
Miss Betty Collins are in New
York.
Mr.. Charles B. Wood has gone to
New York to spend several days.
]. c. Brown, of Boston, has ac-
cepted a position as manager OF
the Colonial Film Company.
William L King. of Stamford,
Conn.,, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Ford, of Georgetown.
Matthias NJ. Walters has received
a temporary clerkship with the
Postoffice Department
Clinton Norton Hui. Of the Az
gricultural Department, is visiting
his home In Harrisonburg, Va.
Albert Bailey, OF Rosslyn. Va. is
visiting friends in Bluemont. Va.
Charles J. Ringer has received an
appointment as stenographer with
the local food administration
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
BIG FLOWER
SALEPLANNED
FOR BELGIANS
ETY. Women toSenFlow-
for Benefit Of Baby
War Sufferers.

Monday will be 'Forget-Me-
Day in Washington. Clusters
ls tiny, blue flowers viii be sold
he streets. stores and thseters
the beneft Of the babies Of Bel
h. Each cluster will be tied
fin ribbon in the Belgian oolors-
y Mrs. Robert Lansing, wife Of the
Secretary Of State. is at the head
OF the committee in charge OF the
work. The committee 10 made up
OF women high IN Capital social
circles. both from the ofncial and
residential sets.
Tomorrow afternoon a large bou-
quet OF the forget-me-nots viii be
presented to Mrs. Wilson at the
White House by Miss Van Crom-
brugge. a daughter of the Chancel-
lor of the Belgian Legation
The flowers win be on sale for
the first time on Saturday at the
opening of the ofieial Belgian ex-
hibition of war relics. documents,
cartoon and pictures at 1924 +
street.
There will be between 700 and
1000 exhibits at the oficial exhibi-
tion. A private view will be given
from to Z D. m Friday for Cabi-
net members. Senators. Representa-
tives and other of1cials- The exhi-
bition will be open to the public
Saturday morning at 10 o'clock.
The assembly OF cartoons IL con-
sidered to be extremely remarkable.
II depicts the tragedy Of Belgium
from the war break until the present
time. no phase of distress or glory
being unnoted- All the cartoons are
original. the artists having contrib
uted them to the Belgian oficials
of the War Mission After the war
they will be housed as a collection
in one of Belgium's' universities.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
Three Jolly D. c. Marines
Vie with Famed Musketeers
Washingtonans Flirt with Mermaids at Prai-
rie Harbor Training Station While Wait
ing to Go to France.

Southern blood. and visions arose as
to what he would do to them IL he
got a chance
MAI. Pullman Is said to have shed
tears when he learned Of Brecken-
service. The major Is tender-heart-
ed, and, while he realized the USE
lessness of attempting to dissuade
the doughty patrolman from his
purpose, his whole sympathy SEEM
ed to be centered on the unsophis-
ticated Hun who made an effort to
stop Breckenridge in one of his
mad rushes.
The Mayor shudders.
TT makes me shudder to think
about It." said the major. Jack
loses his head whenever be runs up
against a big bully, and I've known
him to beat them up in such reck-
less fashion that the District Com
missioners have considered starting
a graveyard for his private use, to
say nothing about a chain of hos
pitfalls for MANNED incurables.
What worries me most, though"
added the major, "is the fact that
Jack is liable to run up against a
whole regiment of Huns sometime,
and fear the consequences. be-
cause if he should get unduly ex-
cited you could trail them clear, into
Berlin"
Breckenridge is the son of a for
mer assistant Secretary of the Navy,
and his brother. Col. James Carson
Breckenridge. U. 8. N. c., until late
last year was assistant naval at
tache of the American Legation in
Petrograd. Now he is Somewhere
in France"
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14

hands Of the women Of America. THE
alien man is often best reached
through the alien woman" sagsly re-
marks the Bureau Of Education.
Make English the language OF
the nation" 10 the cry OF the United
States Bureau of Education. together
with the local slogan, Make English
the language of your State" Make
English the language Of your home
will be the plea used to the alien niun-
self. The response will depend in a
large degree on the vigor and wisdom
with which the Americanization cam
paign Is prosecuted through the diff
ferent organizations Of the country.
The woman's committee believes that
1t has established channels through
which the most effective drive can
be made.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
HARDSHIPS OF THE WEALTHY.

Charles NJ. Schwab has turned hi
private car over to the Pullman Com
pany to be converted into an ordinary
Pullman" Mrs. Ogden Armour has
travelled for the first time to Cali
fornia from Chicago in an ordinary
Pullman. Tobacco King James B
Duke has Travelled to Washington to
see a sick brother" on an ardinary
Pullman. Mr.. McAdoo also refused
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt's request tc
be. permitted to travel from New York
to Spartansburg. s. c., in her private
car. The private Pullman during war
time might as well be slowed away
in the garage.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
SAFETY FIRST
MEN DEBATE
CAR CHANGES
Traffic Problems Of District
Discussed with View Of
More Safeguards.

An enthusiastic meeting OF the
Washington Safety First Associa-
tion was held last night In the Pub
lilo Library at which some timely
action was taken in connection with
measures for safeguarding public
trafic.
A feature was the adoption Of q
resolution offered by J. Clinton HI
att, secretary of the organization.
requesting the Commissioners to
take action requiring one-way traf-
fic OF all kinds around the library.
thereby avoiding accidents both to
pedestrians and motorists.
Offers Resolutions.
A resolution offered by NJ. d.
Smith was also adopted urging the
public utilities commission to take
means for requiring the Washing
ton, Baltimore Electric Railway
to operate its cars on new tracks
running from Eleventh street.
northwest, on I to Twelfth, thence
south along Twelfth to New York
avenue.
The Beeler report recommended
stopping the electric cars at Thir-
teenth street and New York avenue
in order to avoid the congestion at
Fifteenth street and the avenue, his
plan being to compel the road to
loop the New Masonic Temple from
H to Twelfth streets and back to
the avenhue over new trackase.
It is understood the Masons are
lighting this project and favor the
plan adopted by the association,
which stops the car at Twelfth
street with a loop from the avenue
around the public square into !.
and thence back to the avenue.
Recommendations.
Ths committee on traffic laws Of the
organization reported the following
the municipal authorities:
More stringent examination for ap-
plicants for licenses to operate mo-
torized vehicles in the District; that
all vehicles, whether horsedrawn or
motorized. be equipped with both front
and rear lights when In operation
after sundown; that all District dogs
be muzzled while running at large;
that no license be issued 10 operators
Of autos under Is years Of age; that
all applicants for motor licenses ap-
pear before a board to De created
hereafter and consisting of a mem
Der OF the local police force, a men,
ber Of the Safety First Association,
and disinterested citizen OF tins
city, and give a practical demonstra.
tion. OF qualifications before being per-
mitted to operate q car, and that all
vehicles observe more strictly the
present police traffic regulations.
William p. Peabody, president Of
the association, presided at the meet
ing last night.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14

The 1928 Austro-Hungarians in COL
umn 3 accepted for service) were
not enemies at the time Of the boards
action, nor at the time of making
their returns (November ID.
The 92S Germans figuring in coll
umn 8 accepted for service) are ac-
counted for in part by inadvertent
misplacing of figures in the boards
statistical returns, and in part by
reckoning declarants or naturatized
citizens as aliens. for no board would
have accepted any Germans for serv-
ice.
OF allied CcobelligerenD aliens, what
number would be available in flu
ture drafts. IL by treaty with all CO.
belligerents and by legislation based
thereon such persons ceased to be
exempt? .-s
Percentage
Allied (cobelligerents) registrants Num- Of alien.
available. Der. exempted
etc.
l. Cobelligerents not yet called. .i90.7s2 .......
!. Cobelligerents called but ex-
empted, discharged, or re-
yected ........................ .232-Ib
] Total Qiable to later callsl. ~, ,46S ........
I. Percentage Of aliens rejected.
exempted, or discharged on
other grounds than alienage
In the irst craft CTabe ~. 9.ssI 800
3 Probable available number for
later draft a................ ~ 81 ........
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14

This shows that in future drafts
of, say, $4,000 the number of aliens
liable to call will be 60,45O, on the
basis of the above percentage.
To find the probable number Of
these aliens who would enter the sery-
ice, after all reflections, exemptions,
and discharges were made, on the
basis of the present law and original
regulations, take the percentage ac-
cepted under the first draft, viz, 16.72
per cent: applied to the above to-
tai, 7S6.0ss, it yields 131, ,4S4.
Grouped according to the status Of
belligerency. las It exists at the time
Of preparing this reporD, the figures
are:
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14

merous other duties which demand
his attention. Army officials, how
ever, declared there was no basis
to the rumor.
The comparative number of citi-
zens and aliens liable to call in fu-
ture drafts is thus considered in
the Provost Marshal Generals re-
port:
For future drafts, what is the
proportion of citizens and aliens in
the draftable population not yet
called for examination?
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14

The part the United States has
played In keeping the allies supplied
with food during the war h shown by
figures recently issued BY the govern
ment.
A balanced ration for 100000 men
annually has been supplied TO Great
Britain. France has received an an
1000. .0oo,0 900 pounds OF pork to the
allies. .f4S. 200 pounds Of beef and
3s4. .0oo, 900 bushels OF wheat and -four.