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The Washington herald., 1918-04-23
Morgan Pays S50,090
For German Helmet at
Liberty Bond Auction

New York. April 22.-J. Pierpont
Morgan bought a battered German
helmet today for $4,000. Loud
cheering greeted the bid for the me-
mento of the war at the open-air
liberty loan meeting in the finan-
cial district
Lieut.. Gordon Sherris. of the Cana
dian BLACK Watch" attired in kills,
mounted the pedestal of George
washington's monument before the
sub-Treasury and held aloft the he'll
met.
This belonged to a German cap
tured at the second battle of Ypres,"
said he. II want to sell ii, but will
iccept not less than $4,000. How
much am 1 bid?
No one in the crowd had that
much money in his or her pocket
and 1t looked like no sale. but
Charles Alfred Bill saved the day
BY purchasing it for Mr.. Morgan.
Later it was announced that the
buyer had presented the helmet to
the Liberty Loan Committee to be
Iuctioned OF again.
Harry Lauder will be its auc-
Honeer tomorrow.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-23
DANIELS APPROVES
| COL. HATCH'S ACTION
Navy Secretary Indorses Drive at
Philadelphia Vice.

Secretary Daniels and Col Hatch.
whom the Secretary detailed to
represent him to see that whole
some environment for sailors and
Marines was arranged in Philadel-
phia, held a conference yesterday.
and Secretary Daniels later an
nounced that upon his return in the
evening to Philadelphia Col. Hatch
would give out the following state
ment:
II have been over the vice situa-
tion of Philadelphia with the Secre-
tary of the Navy. 1 am authorized
to state that the Navy Department
will continue to insist that the Of
cials of Philadelphia enforce their
own laws, and that vice conditions
be permanently cleaned up, at least
as long as members of the naval
forces are located within easy ac-
cess thereto.
The Secretary expressed his en-
tire approval of my course of ac-
tion and 1 shall continue to- keep
him advised of conditions in this city
and the efforts of the officials to
improve them. i shall. of course.
continue to cooperate with them in
this work"
Il fully approve of Col. Hatch's
statement and his action" said
Secretary Daniels. "and l am led to
believe that the good people OF
Philadelphia are in sympathy with
the determination of the Navy De-
partment to leave no stone unturn-
ed. through the direction of Col.
Hatch. to safeguard the enlisted
men who are in training at Phila-
delphia-
TT Is great honor to a city
to be the host of these thousands of
young men. upon whom the safety
of the nation depends. and 1 am
glad to know from Col. Hatch that he
is receiving from the citizens of
Philadelphia encouragement and
support in the fixed purpose to make
conditions such as they should be-"
The Washington herald., 1918-04-23

one hundred physicians Of WASH
ington have been enlisted I'm the drive
to help save the babies. by the Wom-
ems Child Welfare Committee.
DIR. Philip L. Roy. president of the
District Of Columbia Medical Society,
yesterday sent letters to these doc
tors asking them to act as chair
men Of the weighing and measur-
iEg stations. to which the committee
is urging the -. .Dts OF children to
bring them The attention of the
parents Is called TO the importance
of this weighing and measuring, in
that by It physical defects can be
discovered.
The doctors enlisted I'm the work
will meet in the near future 70 for
mnlate plans for examining the
ba abies.
Mrs. Whitman Cross. chairman Of
the executive committee, held a meet
ing OF her committee yesterday af-
ternoon at the headquarters Of the
The Washington herald., 1918-04-23

bly, black by contrast with the flashes
OF the exploding bombs.
Nobody was killed, but one hangar
got a direct hit-and went UP with
twelve brand-new Lafayette ma
chimes.
We all kicked ourselves for not
rious machine that had been seen to
hover over our field the nigh tbefore.
of course, visited us to spy out the
land.
Well. the usual disastrous results
followed this prelude. The show
lasted many nights before peace and
quietness returned to the airmen's
camps in our neighborhood.
The very next night we started to
get hunk. A patrol strafed all the
nearby German airdromes 1t could
conveniently reach-the guilty and the
innocent. The aviators at the unof-
Tending German camps in turn be-
came enraged, and commenced to
strafe French airdromes further down
the line-and these latter naturally
couldn't stand the insults without re-
turning them.
Our fellows in neighboring air
dromes would call us UP on the phone
or drop messages from planes over
our field and ask what the hell we
meant by starting all this senseless
rumpus.
According to an unwritten "scrap Of
paper" the French and German air
men have decided that the midnight
strafing of each others airdromes is
not playing the game according to
the Hague Conventions. 1t doesn't
get on with the war.
We have agreed that it Is an an
noying. sleep-robbing and ungentle-
manly thing to do. No self-respecting
aviator on either side Of No Mans
Land wants to spend his nights suf-
locating in "bombproof" or dugout,
same being annexes to every we'll
conducted airdrome at the front.
(Continued tomorrow.)
The Washington herald., 1918-04-23
PURELY PERSONAL.

Miss Louise Steffen. Miss Mildred
Douglas and Eugene Bushard, Of AM
herst, Mass, has been visiting WILL
lam NJ. Harvey. of Kennilworth.
Miss Ruby Hill has returned to
Washington after a short visit to her
home in Toronto, Canada.
Halleck Maine, of the Aviation
Corps. has returned to his station at
Columbus. Ohio. after ten days leave
spent at the home of his mother. Mrs
Estelle Maine. Of this city.
Clifford Jones has entered the
ground school Of the Aviation Corps
at Princeton, N. ].
w. B. Stearns is confined to his
home by illness.
J. H. Myres. OF the Treasury De-
partment, has resigned.
Mrs. Lea Febiger has returned to
West Point after an extended visit
in this city.
W. G. Bierley. of Kentucky, has
been appointed clerk in the income
tax division.
Miss Mary B. Kinsolving. of Balti-
more, has returned to her home after
visiting friends in this city.
Cadet w. X. Kolidin. of the Aviat ton
Corps. is in New York to attend the
wedding of his brother.
Charles S. Bell. of Philadelphia. is
in Washington.
Eugene NJ. Morris has received an
appointment with the Postoffice De-
partment as stenographer.
Milwood H. Johnson. of Thurmont,
Nd, is in the city for a few days.
Paul S. Weeks is on a trip TO Nor
folk. Va, by motorcycle.
John T. Riordan. of the Government
Printing Office. has received a pro-
motion.
Charles Longstreet, Of the Census
Bureau. has resigned.
Matthew Lentz, of the Geological
Survey, is on sick leave.
d. r Smithers, of the main re-
cruiting station of the United States
Marine Corps, 4O7 Star Building
has been transferred to headquar-
ters with the rank. of quartermas-
ter sergeant.
Lieut.. Commander NJ. c. Durgin
u. s. N, recruiting inspector fol
the Western division of the Navy
Department, will arrive here today
for few days visit on official busi-
ness. He is accompanied by his
daughter.
Ella NJ. Kelly. a clerk in the Bureau
of Fisheries. Department of Com
merce. has resigned.
Rose F. Gallagher has been ap-
pointed a clerk in the Bureau of the
Census. Department of Commerce.
James s. Rice, a clerk in the Bu-
reau of the Census, Department OF
Commerce. has been promoted.
Henry C. OBar. a clerk in the Bu-
reau of the Census, Department OF
Commerce, has received a promotion.
Wallace S. Blankenship has been
appointed assistant engineer in the
Bureau of Standards. Department OF
Commerce.
A. r. Boutin. q clerk In the Bureau
of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Department Of conwerce. has resign
ed his position
The Washington herald., 1918-04-23

NedI COlSSonS one evening at dDOut
10 o'clock we were all sitting around
in our huts writing letters. playing
poker, or singing (the next mornings S
early patrol was already in bed and
sncring), when a sentry reported a
machine flying over our field. We
dropped everything and rushed out
side.
The machine was spiraling down
lower and lower. 1t must be French
aviator who had lost his way and
wanted US to put him UP for the night.
The distressed mariner, as he came
lower. flashed on his port and star
board hghts-green on one wing tip,
red on the other-the rule in alighting
at night.
We watched for him to fire his
"fusee." and give the code signal for
the night. This is done with a kind
of pistol that fires colored balls in
some prearranged combination of red,
blue. green, white. yellow and orange.
His fuse won't work." one of our
men suggested.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-23
& Shots at the Solons.
By THE OBSERVER.

We thought John Adams. of Iowa.
candidate for Republican national
chairman, was dead politically. But
enormous posters carrying some of
his unpopular statements on the Kali
ser reached Congressional leaders
yesterday. For what purpose they
came no one knows.
Senator Swanson's speech on why
we are in the war is good. but it does
not ampIify the Presidents views.
Legislators can take those statements
as ample in this regard.
A Republican leader, Mr. Lane, of
Philly town, says Senator Penrose is
no longer a Republican. Interesting
readin' this is-particularly to Bo.es.
But he's still sitting on that side Of
the chamber. No one can deny 1t.
Senator Gallinger. dean of the Up
per House. has a book, Protection
Has INDICATED ITSELF" which Repub-
licans hope to see widely read. It's
on the tariff-and 1t is free.
Tom Logan reasons that the Ger
man submarine campaign has taught
America the need of a protective
tariff. Now the Kaiser sees what his
ruthlessness has brought.
There are seen in the political skies
signs of Republican assaults on DEM
ocracy because of a Federal farm
loan system which is not loaning
much-i. e., is not functioning the
way 1t was thought 1t would. The
Democrats say they are ready to de-
end 1t.
All the Senate is pulling for the
early recovery of Ollie James and his
return to the floor with all his pris-
tine vigor restored.
The late Senator Broussard was
known as a Protection Democrat"
and Republican papers are insistent
that the designation should grow
rather than be discontinued with his
demise.
Thus far, however. there has been
no violent assault on the Federal re-
serve bank law. The only criticism
we have heard on 1t from Republicans
is that Democrats followed many of
their ideas in its enactment.
One of the striking documents sug-
gested for Republicans to circulate
among their people Is "Shall There
Be Duty on Hides2" The volume is
by Senator Warren-but we can not
help thinking his son-in-law, Gen.
Pershing. would answer that just now
our duty is to get all the German
hides we can.
The discharge Of George MedIock,
which drew attention in House debate
on Saturday, is no different than
some others. Bohemian lads who are
eager to do their share in licking Viii
helm have been set down. after dis
charge from the navy, without funds
and without civilian clothes. They
are made to feel just as though they
were Germans. It's a bad practice.
Take notice-the words, "Tin Liz
zie." have actually been uttered in
debate on the floor of one of the
legislative houses of this great ma
ton of ours. Mr.. Britten was guilty
of 1t.
Why is 1t that there is frequently
more talk and larger attendance when
small appropriations are being 6is-
cussed in Congress, than when stu
pendously large amounts are IN
volved?
: Get that bond-it.i help get the
The Washington herald., 1918-04-23
HOUSE DALLIES
SHOURS WITH
GARBAGE BILL
Much Debate and Confusion
Arises in Discussing
District Project.

The sum OF $4,000 must have look
ed like si.ooO.000,0oe to the House yes
terday when the bill authorizing the
District Commissioners to collect and
dispose of the city's garbage and re-
fuse came mp for consideration. The
debate that followed, the repeated
roll calls, polls OF the House and gen.
eral confusion that existed all about
a measure creating a municipal gar
bage disposal plant, was not unlike
the action OF. the House when the Nc
Lemorc resolution was up for dis
cussion.
The House spent nearly as much
time on this bill and witnessed as
much confusion. in fact more confu-
sion. than 1t did when some Of the
huge appropriation bills for the
prosecution of the war. or the rivers
and harbors bill was being debated.
No Quorum First.
Everything was running smoothly
until Representative Meeker insisted
that there was no quorum. Then the
trouble began. Many Of the Repre-
sentatlves did not hesitate to voice
their feelings about the delay. and
Added to the confusion.
Another phase OF the trouble be-
gan when Representative Little, of
Kansas. insisted on striking out the
section of the bill empowering the
Commissioners TO embark I'm the hog
raising business should other economi-
cal means of disposing OF garbage
fail them. He did not want to see
s2Oo,0OO spent for this purpose and Of
70 asf fEa he
S30o.0v0 and insert $1,000.
This amendment was killed. An
other attempt 20 amend this section
vania. by substituting $4,000 for
noise.
Every few minutes Chairman John
son. OF the District Committee, was
forced TO rise and explain his bill. and
almost plead with the other mem
bers to stop wrangling and allow the
bill TO pass or fail to pass, by a vote
lie did not succeed. however, and
every time the bill was about to re-
ceive the final vote. some one else
insisted that there was no quorum.
and the roll was called. consuming
another 40 minutes.
Absentees Rounded Up.
1t was soon apparent to Speaker
Clark that the Sergeant-at-Arms was
needed to round up the absentees.
The idea was carried out. At $50
last night the Sergeant-at-Arms was
still busy. The House was deadlock
ed on a comparatively Insignificant
measure.
At S:45. not able to agree on any
thing. the House adjourned until
noon today when the garbage bill will
again be taken up. Not since the
important war bills were on the cal
endar has the House taken so long
to consider any measure. The dis
cussion required eight hours. just ex-
actly as long as il took the same
body to appropriate 81 30, 10000 for
the navy.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-23
HOSTESS HOUSE INSPECTED.

Camp Upton, Long Island, April o.
Women prominent in soldiers welfare
movements came from New York yes
terday to attend the formal inspection
Of the third and last Hostess House
built by the National War Work Coun-
Gil, Y. NJ. c. A. This is for the use of
guests of the Buffaloes. the 367th negro
infantry, commanded by Col. James
A. Moss
The Washington herald., 1918-04-23
3,900, ,000 FURS NOW
ON SALE AT ST. LOUIS

st. Louis, NO., April 22.-Buyers
from every American State. and a
dozen foreign countries have flocked
here to attend what will be the largest
fur sale ever held. The sale will be-
gin today and last ten days. closing
May 2.
Among the 100000 pelts listed. the
value of which is s6.0O0.O0o. on exhibi-
ton in the Funsten warehouses, $500
Alaska sealskins, the property of the
United States government, are at
tracing particular attention.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-23
STANDARD OIL.
AGAIN FACING
/ TRUST CHARGE
Must Explain Acquisition Of
Southwestern Petro-
leum Company.

The Standard Oil Company of
New York has been ordered to ap-
pear before the Federal Trade Com
mission in Washington to answer
q charge Of violating the Clayton
act. In attempting to restrain COM
merce and create a monopoly In the
petroleum trade.
Acquisition of the stock con-
troll of the Magnolia Petroleum
Company Is the basis of the COM
plaint that again brings the STAN
dard Oil Company before a Federal
Tribunal in the role of defendant
and in this case. it is stated. the
facts are admitted so far as the
Ownership and control of stock is
concerned, but the intent to res
train commerce and form a mo-
-nopoly will be denied.
The Magnolia Petroleum Com
pany was one of the largest of the
independent oil companies and the
chief competitor of Standard Oil in
the Southwestern territory. In
the last three or four months the
Standard Oil Company. which is one
of the units that remained after
the dissolution of the monopoly by
order Of the Supreme Court Is
said to have acquired the owner
ship and control of the majority of
stock in the company and thus end
ed its competition in an important
ield.
Sought .. s. Approval
After this deal had been, put
Through, according to officials of
the Federal Trade Commission. tihc
Standard Oil Company sought to
have the Department Of Justice and
the Federal Trade Commission give
the stamp of approval to its action
in taking over control of a COM
petitor.s
In this case the Standard Oil
Company applied to the wrong
court Instead of approving the act
the Federal Trade Commission
found it entirely contrary to the
law from the evidence before them
and brought a complaint again<
the Standard Oil Company.
The complaint was served today,
and the company is ordered to ap-
pear before the commission in
Washington on June IL to file an
answer.
Text of Complaint.
Inc complaint TtCllcS thde udAAne
the year 1918 the Standard Oil
Company of New York, acquired
a large part of the stock of the
Magnolia Petroleum Company. and
that ever since the time of the
acquisition Of the stock has owned
and still owns this stock. and that
the effect of the acquisition of the
stock may be substantially to les
sen competition. or to restrain COM
merce. or tend to create a monopoly
in commerce in petroleum and its
products. The facts as stated are
held to be a violation Of the Clay
ton act.
1t is stated that in the estab-
Iishment of credits the Standard OIL
Company was forced to acknowledge
the fact that it had acquired the
stock it now owns in the Magnolia
Petroleum Company. 1t is also a
fact that under war conditions the
faet that the Standard Oil Com
pany OF New York, had acquired
this stock was sure to become
known to certain government OFF,
cials. and IL is expected that 1t will
frankly state it's case in answer to
the complaint.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-23
THREE PROPERTY
SALES REPORTED

N. L. Sansbury Company, Inc.
yesterday announced that 1t had dis
posed Of the following properties:
Premises 1405-147 Crittenden street
northwest. to ]. J. Dimon; premises
at lois Maryland avenue northeast.
to William L. PAUL, and premises at
511 NJ street northwest, to Mariss
Sisselman.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-23
OTIS CORBETT DIES.

Plainfeld. N. J.. April 22.-Otis
porbett. formerly member Of the
,rm of Phelps, Doremus and Cor
lett. furniture dealers of New York
sity. died here at the age of SO
years. Mr.. Corbett was born in
Brooklyn. and in recent years con-
bueted the Commercial Mills OF this
dty
The Washington herald., 1918-04-23
Gallaudet College Sets
Date for Reception

Gallaudet College will hold its ami
yersary exercises at Kendall Green
next Wednesday afternoon at 3
o'clock. - '-.5
will be held at the residence of the
The Washington herald., 1918-04-23
100 D. C. Doctors Drafted
In Child Welfare Program

Child Welfare Committee. IzS G street
northwest Discussion of plsps for
financing the work resulted IN the
appointment Of William T. Folier as
chairman and treasurer of the flnznce
committee. The members Of Mr.. Fol-
ler's committee have been tentatively
named. t-g
Mrs. Cross has ANNOUNCED thst IN
the future the executive committee
viii meet every Tuesday afternoon
at { O'Clock.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-23

Just take your shoes off and then
put those weary. shoe-crinkled. ach-
ing, burning, corn-pestered. bunion-
tortured feet of yours in a '"Tiz" bath.
Your toes will wriggle with joy:
they'll look up at you and almost talk
and then they'll take another dive in
that ,''Tiz' bath.
When your feet feel like Jumps of
lead-all tired out-just try "Tiz." It's
grand-its glorious. Your. feet will
dance with joy; also you will Dn6 all
pain gone from corns. callouses and
bunions.
There's nothing like "Tiz." It's the
only remedy that draws out all the
poisonous eXudations which pun up
your feet and cause foe torture.
Get a 25-cent box of "Tiz" at any
drug or department store-don't wait
Ahi how glad your feet get; how COM
Portable your shoes feel. You can
wear shoes q size smaller IL you de-
sire.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-23

A child born today has about zen
times as many chances Of living and
growing TO maturity as had the child
born thirty years sfo. On the other
hand. a man 20 years old has fewer
years to live than had the man Of
the same age thirty years ago. Med
i:al statistics prove that infant NOR
tality and preventsble diseases ar.
decreasing. whereas degeneratiye dis
eases and cancer are increasing.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-23
Tricked and Bombed
By German Aviator
BY LIEUT.. GRANVILLE A. POLLOCK,
Iyer in the Lafayette Flying Corps French Fore

American Lafayette Flying French Foreign Legion
The exaspeang thing avaors have with is
have their adrome bombed after the squadron has settled down
quietly barracks for the night "Straing airdrome the
invariable prelude al endless chain of reprisals.
But open this story at the beginning:
The Washington herald., 1918-04-23
The Price
of Meat

It might be an advan-
tage if the prices of meats
and live stock could be
stabilized. The packer
now has to cope with the
uncertainties of fluctu-
ating prices of both cattle
and dressed beef in order
to getan average netprofit
of IA of a cent per pound.
But - elimination of
price fluctuations now
regulated by supply and
demand, involves many
difficulties:
Fresh meat is perish
able and must be sold
within a few days for
what it will bring.
When meat accumu-
lates, competition forces
prices down so as to make
stocks move.
When the supply is
short, competition forces
prices up, resulting in
even distribution of avail
able stocks.
Demand for meat varies with
industrial conditions, with sup
ply of ships for export, with the
seasons and weather changes,
and with supply of other foods.
1t varies irregularly in different
parts of the country; it varies
with respect to the different
qualities of meat, and the var
ious cuts.
The demand for by-products
also huctuates.
The supply ofive stock reach
ing the packing plants, as well
as its weight and quality, f1uc-
tuates from day to day, from
week to week, and from season
The price the packer pays
for live stock depends on all
these varying con 1itions.
Swift & Company will gladly
cooperate in the carrying out
of any national policy that will
tend to steady the prices of live
stock and meat.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-23

Why is 1t that there is frequently
more talk and larger attendance when
small appropriations are being 6is-
cussed In Congress. than when stu
pendously large amounts are IN
volved?
. Got that bond-it.ll help get the
Kaiser.