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The Washington herald., 1918-01-13
TIED UP CARS
CHECK RELIEF
IN COALFAMINE
Freight Congestion, with
Shortage Of Engines,
Brings Delays.

Coal shipments will suffer furth-
er critical delay through the coun-
try in the present zero-wave. ac-
cording to indications last night at
the ONCE of the Director General
OF Railroads and the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
Director General McAdoo announced
that the railroads were temporarily in
bad shape and Commissioner McChord
reported that even before the storm
reached the climax coal cars were
cumulating with little prospect Of free
movement in the East.
The Baltimore C Ohio had go cars
and 1,o7i empties for movement West
with only six locomotives available.
The Pennsylvania had thirty-three
trains ready to move and no power
available for the Philadelphia division:
twenty-four trains ready and no power
on the Maryland division. the officials
reporting It would be impossible TO
move on account of congestion 1t other
points; two trains and no ROVER on
the New York division; the Baltimore
& Ohio at Philadelphia had fifty-five
cars Of coal for New York, but could
not move them; had twenty-five loco
motives in shop for repairs, and rs
enginehouse employees absent; the Nor
folk & Western had S74 cars awaiting
transit and no locomotives: the Chesa-
peake & Ohio, at Norfolk, had 2.703
cars on hand. 9S1 with government
freight for export, the congestion be-
ing brought about mainly by failure
to unload cars promptly.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-13
new NATIONAL
GUARD OF Dc.
LECTURED TO
Acting Commander Dapray
Scores Laxity, Boastful-
ness and Wire Pulling.

Members Of the. District OF Columbia
Militia or the District Of Columbia Ma
tional Guard will henceforth have TO
toe the mark.
Laxity in the performance Of duty,
improper wearing or the uniform.
boasting. political wire-pulling and
other brands OF improper conduct are
specifically banned in an order issued
last night by ]. A Dapray, the ad-
jutant general. acting commanding
general, d. C.. militia.
The order not only provides for the
conduct of men while on actual, duty,
but extends to the regulation OF even
their civic relations. Lobbying. or
even discussing with officials. any pro-
posed military legislation is expressly
The order also forbids any person in
the military establishment from boast
ing OF acquaintance or friendship with
high officials. especially with regard
to the President and members Of the
Cabinet.
Absent without Leave.
Members Of the militia are expressly
forbidden to wear the uniform except
when on actual military duty.
zen. DdpTdy sets lOTlu Iuc OTucT
that in a number of instances officers
and Inilitiamen have absented them
selves. without authority, for weeks
and even months at time, and fur
ther states that reports have reached
headquarters that certain persons con-
nected with the District of Columbia
military establishment have been so
unmindful OF their military obligations
ao 10 Ia kTaF1aaaItyaa OnsArfa If
ment and ridicule, sin a manner DEEM
ed prejudicial to good order and mill
tary discipline"
"Only the minimum amount Of time
is required OF officers and men in
the District of Columbia military serv-
ice." the order reads, "and whenever
an officer finds that his civic avoca-
ton will prevent the giving OF that
minimum amolnt of time to the mill
tary service required of him. he should
at once resign. or expect to be sus-
pended from office on account OF neg
lect Of official duty.
In this regard these headquarters
have already been too much embar-
raised and annoyed. and in these war
times, and especially at a time when
the National Guard is being reorgan-
lied, no man can expect to hold a
commission therein without doing his
full measure OF military duty, faith
fully and zealously.
The National Guard is not a place
wherein men can seek prestige or dis
tinction without rendering the pre-
scribed adequate military service re-
Quired of them. Hereafter all con-
cerned must show a proper degree Of
alertness and willingness to meet the
obligations Of their respective posi-
tions-that degree Of alertness for
duty which happily marks the ma
jority of instances that are noticeable
at these headquarters, in such un-
pleasant contrast with the few which
have become all the more reprehensi-
BILE and annoying"
The Washington herald., 1918-01-13
THE TOWN CRIER.

A flag presentation service will
be held at Christ Church. $40 G
street southeast. at IL o'clock this
morning. The flags presented will
include an American flag in memory
of Brevet Brig. Gen. Archibald A n
derson. a church flag in memory
of Rev. Kemper Bocock and a. SER
vice flag in honor of the members
OF the church who are in military
service.
A meeting of the Young Mems
Hebrew Association is to be held
the association headquarters, 1347
Pennsylvania avenue. .
A walk I'm the vicinity of Twin
ing City will be taken this after
noon by the wanderlusters under
the leadership of w. Palmer Hall
and w. B. Handy. The start will
be made from Seventeenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue southeast
at 2:30 O'Clock.
All men in uniform attending the
IL o'clock morning service at Con-
cordia Church, 1920 G street north
west. today will be invited out to
dinner.
Services commemorative of the life
of the late Samuel w. Woodward
will be held under the direction of
the Y. NJ. c. A. and Calvary Baptist
Church at Calvary Baptist Church,
Eighth and II streets. this evening.
A musicale for the blind will be
given at the Library OF Congress
on Tuesday, January Is, at Sis
o'clock in Pavilion Z. A group of
compositions by Mr.. William r.
Pierson will be sung by Roy Glider,
the composer at the piano. Seats
not required for the blind and their
escorts are free to the public.
community Buying and Bank
ing" is the title of an address TO
be made by DR.. Henry Z. jackson,
OF the Bureau of Education, at the
meeting OF the Washington Secular
League at Pythian Temple this af-
ternocn,
The Washington Radcliffe Club
will meet at the home OF Miss Ma
bel Colcord. 1922 Thirteenth street
northwest. on Tuesday evening.
January Is, at o'clock. The sub
ject of the Radcliffe war work is
to be taken up. Any former Rad
cliffe students who are in the city
and who have not been connected
with the club before are urged to
communicate with Miss Colcord.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-13
WANTS BOARDERS To
AID FOOD CAMPAIGN
Will Ask Keepers to
Have Patrons Sign Pledges.

Boarders in Washington are too well
fed in the opinion Of Clarence R. Will
son, Federal Food Administrator for
the District, and he has designed a
special boarder's food conservation
pledge
These pledge cards will be placed in
every boarding house in the city and
boarders will be asked to sign them.
Many reports have been received at
Mr.. Wilson's Office that boarding
houses do not observe the rules Of
conservation Of the Food Administra-
ton.
The boarding house keepers say
that If they follow the regulation of
food conservation OF the administra-
ton their boarders will leave.
There are thousands of boarders in
this city. Mr.. Wilson said. and>if all
observed the food conservation rules
material additional savings would be
noticed. In one boarding house feed
ing 100 boarders, he said, meat Is SER
we'd at every meal each day.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-13
Hun Airman Sets British
Balloon Afire; Escapes
Correspondent Decribes Thrilling Fight in
Clouds-.Says Allies Retain Position
Won by Gen. Byng.

In a recent article In the London
Chronicle Philip Gibbs. the war cor
respondent. gives a vivid and inter-
esting account of an air battle which
he witnessed. 1t follows:
The most sensationalN thing saw
was the exploit of German airman.
q cool and audacious fellow. who
slipped through our fighting forma-
tions when they had gone into other
sky spaces, and made straight as an
arrow for one OF out kite balloons or
"sausages."
slipped through our fighting forma-
and its home behind our lines and had
watched 1t swaying in the wind In the
blue stretch OF sky overlooking the
euemy's line. Then had gone be-
yond II and was looking at the tow
ers of Cambria. when saw single
aeroplane drop out OF a cloud and
come very straight and low toward
US.
Torch I'm sky.
There had been a lot OF anti-air-
craft cunning before. and the sky
was full of black puffs Of German
shrapnel, but now our Arches begaI.
to fire rapidly and q group of our
soldiers standing close to me raised
their rifles like men when a covey
Of partridges has been put up. and
they took pot shots at this low-hy-
ing bird, which passed straight over
our heads.
It few in a bee line for our balloon.
which suddenly began to haul down.
II was too late to get safe to earth.
The German aeroplane poised and
stopped to II. A second later the bal
loon broke into red flame, became
torch of fire and fell like a rocket.
with a long blazing trail. terribly
beautiful in its descent
For that second those OF US who
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were watching held .out breath,
thinking Of the two observers who
had been In the basket up there. But
before the second had passed some
thing fell below the flaming trail,
something small and black. and then
something else. like a white wisp of
cloud, appeared above It, spreading
out. One man had escaped in his
parachute.
Less than another second passed,
and then another black object fell,
and the white cloud opened above
him, and together, one slightly higher
than the other. these two men loated
earthwards, dangerously near the
long tail OF flame which had been
their balloon. A little nearer, and
they would have been caught in its
downward rush of fire, but I saw
them swaying and falling very gent
ly. like a puffball, until they touched
the earth.
British Hold Gains.
The German airman. after his
straight flight and shot, whiSked
round and ned ts~the nearest cloud.
chased by a flight OF ours who had
come round the sky at full speed
when they saw the burning of the
balloon. 1t was a bold adventure of
the German pilot-a slight seton for
many exploits of the same kind done
by our flying men during recent days.
For two days now the infantry on
both sides have made po further at
tack or counter-attack. Whatever
may happen next the balance Of sue
cess Is ours on this ground, where our
troops and tanks went far through
the Hindenburg line, captured well
over 1000 prisoners, and now domi-
nate the enemy's line OF communica-
tions through Cambria.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-13

got warm en- went out All missed
all nah silberware"
Yes" said the court to, Annie
Galley. who was complaining
against Laura Snsad, but do you
know who took it?"
Dat gal dere. Jedge." answered
Annie, pointing at Laura. she
would swipe a brick house IL she
could carry it"
OF all the base inErattude. An-
ME said. it was the worst she ever
saw.
There was Laura almost frore TO
death and when she took pity on
her and let her get thaved out, she
played The snake.
Lauras excuse was that Anniee
once owed her IS cents and never
did pay it. And she took the op-
portunity 10 get even.
This dfsgusted the court And
Laura was sent down for 60 days.
She will get warm now. but without
the chance to pillage.
oh, You. Henry.
Friday evening as Henry Field
went TO look out OF the window OF
his bedroom. the sash dropped
down on his head.
1t didn't hurt much but all the
glass broke. And with the wind
blowing. rain and snow falling.
Henry found himself in a pickle.
He called Marie, his wife. She
rubbed his head and volunteered to
paste some paper over the holes.
It was done. But about IL o'clock
the paper bursted and the rain sure
did come through.
Henry got up. He went over TO
where his wife slept and awoke her.
Then without another word he wal
loped her in the jaw as hard as he
could.
She woke UP from one kind Of a
sleep only to go into another. She
was unconscious for FIVE minutes
Then she followed for a cop. And
Henry was taken out in the wind
and rain and locked up.
A night in the lookup did him a
world Of good. wifey had mercy
on him and suggested TO the court
that he be paroled, which was done.
NNd-yNtufer WeddinuS
The Washington herald., 1918-01-13
OPPOSES war PLAN.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONEs
the 1djutant General" said the Sec
retary.
That's the thing that has devel-
oped here. said Senator Hitchcock
very determinedly and emphatically.
."No one knows where to go In the
War Department for information"
The Senator read a letter from a
young inventor detailing his expert
ences with a patent cooker he wished
to profrer. He was sent from man
to man, in all being referred a dozen
times over a period from September
to December, and finally receiving the
information that the article had been
sent to Gen. Pershing for a field
test The committee room was in a
gale of laughter during the reading
OF this document.
~ know about that" put in the
secretary while the Senator was Civ
ing the facts mentioned.
Isn't there some one responsible
place to go to; is there no one who
things?" asked Senator Hitchcock.
Mr.. Baker said this case was prob
ably unusual"
When the Secretary took UP his con-
templated reorganization OF the War
Department his assistant, Bernard
Crowell, produced blue prints for ex-
animation.
Praises for Crssier.
"You have two members on this war
council who have been investigated
here" commented Senator Chamber
lain.
Yes; Gen. Sharpe and Gen. Crozier
But they are a minority representa-
ton of the board" said the Secretary.
DO you think you will get better CO.
ordination from them under this
scheme?''
IF get as satisfactory results as
have done. It will be gratifying"
so, them" popped out Senator Nc
Kellar, you approve OF them? You
think their work is fully up to the
standards of what the country wants
and they should be continued?
when you consider the great han
dicaps they were under the progress
factory value"
Senator wadsworth then called at
tention to the fact that the ordnance,
medical, signal. engineer and quar-
termaster corps of the army would
still purchase under Brigadier Pearce,
but that the heads of these depart
ments-all major generals-would be
responsible to an officer of inferior
rank-a brigadier.
That has not much military
flavor" he commented.
That had never occurred to me-"
said the Secretary. But 1t would
The Washington herald., 1918-01-13
SUIT AGAINST RED CROSS.

New York. Jan. 12.-Funds of the
american Red Cross will never be
used to further vivisection if court
started here, today are
successful. Ten members of the or
ganization from five different States
In an enjoining suit set forth that the
society has set aside 100000 for the
establishment of a vivisection Iabora-
tory in France and ask the court to
block the plan.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-13
Tripp in Ordnance Bureau.

heI~further REORGANIZATION OF The
Ordnance Bureau was marked last
night by, the appointment OF Guy e.
Trip. of New York, as head of the
production division. Mr. Trip has
been chairman of the board OF direc-
tors of the Westinghouse Company.
His job in the Ordnance Bureau is
ito follow up, supervise and stimulate
the production Of all articles pur-
chased" tN
The Washington herald., 1918-01-13
COMES TO ORDNANCE OFFICE

Col W. S. Pierce. Commandant ur
the Springfield, Mass, arsenal. has
been relieved os duty there and or.
dered to duty in the office Of chief Or
ordnance, Washington. it was an
nounced last night. He has been sue
oeedec by Mai. Gilbert II. SteWar'
formerly senior officer in she arsenal l.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-13
Orchestra Leader Internsd.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. u. - DR..
Ernst Kunwald, the Austrian orches-
trail leadeR was interned today for
the duration of the war. He was
placed in United States fort.
DR.. Kunwald was formerly leader
Of the Cincinnati symphony orches-
The Washington herald., 1918-01-13
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

District Of Columbia: Fair. much colder
Sunday. with a cold wave; Monday fair, coutin-
ued cold; strong westerly winds
Maryland: Fair Sunday, continued cold west
portion; much colder east portion, with a>colI
wave; strong westerly winds Monday fair. con-
tinued cold.
Virginia: Fair Sunday, continued cold in
west portion; much colder in east portion. with
a cold wave; fresh to strong westerly winds
Monday fair; not quite SO cold in west portion.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-13

All the beasts, numbering thou
sands. formerly in the vast supply
zoo of the Hagenbeck Brothers. at
Hamburg, Germany, have been BUTCH
cred and fed to the Kaiser's SOL
diers. The collection included lions.
tigers. jaguars, leopards. the rti-
noceros and hippopotamua
The Washington herald., 1918-01-13
LOCAL TEMrEkATuREs.

Midnight. S2; a m. 81; "a m. 43;'6 a. m,
%; 5 a. m. IS: 10 a. m, p; Il noon, q; 2p m,
%; p m. 80; p. m. 2; p. m, Q; 10
p. m. ls Highest. 80; lowest, Is Relative hu-
nidity-s a. m, 81; p. m, IS; p. m. a.
Rainfall Is p. m to p. m-). l.ss. Hours Of
sunshine, "a. Per cent Of possible sunshine II.
Departures deficiency Of tenn
perature since January l. 1918. la; deficiency
Of temperature since January !, 1873 III; &C
cumulated excess Of precipitation since January
!. rls. +OSS; excess Of precipitation since
January !, 1918. +0.33.
Temperature same date last year-Highest, q /;
lowest, H.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-13
CONDITION OF THE WATER.

Temperature and condition Of water yesterday:
Dalecarlia reservoir-Temperature, 3; condition
at north connection, very Clear; condition at
south connection, very clear Georgetown dis
tributing reseryoir-Temperature. "a; condition at
infiuent gatehouse, very clear; condition at eff
fluent gatehouse, very clear.
Automobile lamps must be lighted by So p. N.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-13
OTHER TEMPERATURES.
TIDE TABLES

tCompiled by the United States Coast and
Geodetis Survey
.Today-Low tide. 2:36 a. m. and 2Il p N.
high tide, S:l4 a. m. and s:S3 p m
The Washington herald., 1918-01-13

Poor Josephine Pryor! The sight OF
a $50 bill laying helpIessiy under a pill
low proved too much Tor her.
Never before had Josephine seen Sc
much money. Her Imagination never
got any further than a 81 bill
When she picked up the bill she
dreamed Of all the good things she
could buy. First she thought OF 4
pair of shoes.
With $50 she could buy a right nice
pair. Or she might buy ton OF coal
that would really burn.
She carried the bill upstairs and hid
it. For a while. anyhow. she kept it
of her mind.
The man who owned It came back
after it. No one knew anything about
it. Josephine said at first that she
never in all her life saw L $50 bill.
But a Hawkshaw put her through
the third degree and Josephine showed
him where she hid it.
Seeing that her goose was cooked,
she admitted taking it in court. She
couldn't for the life of ner say why
she did it.
So the court gave her thirty days
and referred the case TO the proba-
!tion officer to see il she is as bad as
the cops think she is.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-13

Mid-Wiuter Weddings.
% GUIDE furnishes the choicest flowers and most
artistic decorations. T14 F St--Adv.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-13
The Girls VIII stray.

The women, some OF them, have very
peculiar tastes.
For instance-Josie Merten. Josie
had been keeping company with
George Wood. great big strapping
speciman, big enough to carry the
courthouse on his shoulders.
She had been sweethearting with
George for about a year. She loved to
walk down the street with a man six
foot four high.
Suddenly she grew cool towards him
and refused to see him. George sought
the reason.
One night at cabaret show he saw
the reason" 1t was a sport-lookine
guy, about a size larger than a pea
nut, all dressed up like a seidlitz
powder.
George went over to where the pair
sat. He couldn't believe his eyes. The
way the other man was dolled up got
his Angora.
He reached over. got him by the COL
lar and threw him clean through the
window, just as easily as he would
baseball.
Josie has regretted and has come
back to lay her head en- his manly
chest. No more mollycoddles for her.
But that didn't stop the court from
finding George SO.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-13
A .ChIcken Fight"

For the last few months the
chickens (poultry) out where LII
lian Nichols and Mary Walker live
have been disappearing. I,
Someone has been killing and eat
ing them. Lillian says II is Mary
and Mary says it is Lillian.
The pair had scrap. In fact
they had several scraps.
Mary had Lillian arrested. She
told the court that Lillian grabbed
her as she got OF the Ncar and
thrashed her.
Lillian said she did no such thing.
Then the witnesses showed up and
told their side of the story. They
said some scandalous things.
When they all got through talk
ing the court couldn't make head
or tail out of the evidence.
1T will take a Solomon to de-
eide this case" said-the court. i
am ne Solomon. am not even re-
lated to him. Therefore, the only
thing can do is TO dismiss the
case" -
Thorns for Roses.
ledge, dis gal cum round to
nah house TO git warm. Aftah she
The Washington herald., 1918-01-13
horns for Roses.

ledge, dis gal cum round to
nah house to git warm. Aftah she
Evening star., 1918-02-21
TUSCANJIA SOLDIER SURVIVORS
GUESTS OF SOUTHAMPTON, ENG.

SOUTHAMPTON, February z1-Yes-
terday 1900 American soldiers, mostly
survivors of the steamship Tuscania,
were the guests of the city of South
ampton at a theatrical entertainment,
at which Mayor Peace and other offi-
cials and American Consul Swain were
present ana spoke.
The soldiers. many of whom were
still wearing mixed American and Brit
ish uniforms as well as civilian attire,
given to them when they were res
cued, were brought to Southampton on
special trains from an American camp.
They marched through the streets Of
the ancient town headed by a band.
The thorouGhfares were decorated
with British and American flags and
were lined by cheering crowds. The
population of the town, which has seen
hundreds of thousands of British SOL
diers going and coming during the war,
was impressed by the Americans. many
in the streets remarking they were
surprised at the splendid discipline and
the seriousness with which the Amerf-
cans appear to be going to war.
Mayor Peace. in a speech of welcome.
said the British formerly regarded the
Americans as cousins, but now looked
upon them as brothers. He referred to
tho Americans of Lincoln's time as
freeing the slaves, and said America
was now freeing the world.
Your one idea is to win this war"
he added. ut is the spirit that per-
vades your great country that we Eng
lishmen most admire"
The mayor then referred to Presi-
dent Wilson, and was loudly cheered
He said that no man had done more
Evening star., 1918-02-21
SWEDISH SHIPPING RULED ON,
Bunker Regulations Not Applicable
to 10000 Tons in Agreement.

STOCKHOLM. Wednesday. February
2O.--Ira Nelson Morris. the American
| ambassador. today received from Wash
ington announcement that the bunker
| regulations are not applicable to the
hundred thousand tons of Swedish
shipping included in the proposed
agreement between the two countries,
1t was communicated Immediately to
the Swedish government. as Minister
Morris had learned that an attempt to
apply the regulations to the ships in
the agreement would imperil the nego-
tiations.
The announcement from Washington
saves for American use the 100. 900 tons
of shipping. The bunker regulations
aroused the indignation of Swedish
shipping companies which contended
that they would enable the United
states to control even sweden's coast
ing trade and compel the cessation Of
long established traffic with Lubbock
and Stettin. Germany. The Swedish
government also was somewhat dis
quieted.