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The Washington herald., 1918-03-03
SERVICE SCHOOL FOR
INTENSIVE farming
Government Land to Be Used for
Training of Women.

Intensive farming will be the fes-
ture of this years encampment of
the National Service School on a gov
ernment tract of land in Washing
ton. which will he conducted from
April q to June 1 for the training of
women in farm work. Practical food
conservation will also be a feature
of the course.
Among Washington girls who have
registered for the course and those
eligible for the postgraduate COM
pahy are Catherine Dorst, Lillian
Birney. Marion Thatcher, Ruth
Donaldson, Sophie Pearce Casey,
Charlotte B. Munroe, Mary sanger.
Julia Whiting, Katherine Brooks and
Mrs. Howard Hume.
The recording office for the school
In Washington is at the headquar-
ters, 1905 Twentieth street northwest.
1t 10 urged that applicants get I'm
touch with headquarters as soon as
possible, so that reservations can be
made.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-03
PROFESSIONAL HELP
IS IN GREAT DEMAND
u. S. Employment Bureau Needs
Draughtsmen. File Clerks, Typists.

Professional help is in great de-
mand. according to the District of
Columbia off1ce OF the United States
Employment Service, which has ur-
gent requests for mechanical, cleo
trieal and architectural draughts-
men, expert file clerks. typists,
stenosrsphers and other such posi-
tions. There are also wanted
chautfeurs and white elevator boys,
besides 500 unskilled 1aborers.
One hundred and five men are
wanted for positions as draughts-
men. which pay from t124 to $175
a month, sometimes more than that.
Fifteen file clerks are wanted, sal.
aries ranging from 500 to S125 per
month.
During February the District Of
fee referred 1892 persons to em-
ployment, of which 1875 are known
to have obtained positions. Feb
Fuary's record is by far the larg-
est since the office was established
last July. Removal of the office
from the Department of Labor
building to its present quarters on
pennsylvania avenue has given more
space and has increased business.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-03
URGES TO BUY
SUPPLY
NEXT MONTH
Garfield Win Also Enforce
Maximum Purchase
Rule.

while purchase Of necessary sup-
plies Of coal in the District after
April Il permissible, no houses
holder or manufacturing concern
win be permitted to lay In more
than one years supply Of fuel This
order was promulgated by Federal
Fuel Administrator Garfield yes
yesterday. He makes II plain that
the order will be enforced, and To-
cal and State fuel administrators
held responsible for any dereliction
OF duty on the consumers part.
II people follow advice and pur-
chase their requirements of fuel as
soon as possible after April I, DR..
Garfield believes there will be no
shortage next winter, and the trans
portation problem will also be soly-
ed. The administration will see to
1t that there will be no profiteering
by middlemen and that a cleaner
quality OF coal is offered for sale
hereafter.
John L. Weaver, fuel administra-
tor. issued q notice yesterday that
the gross margin on coal for Dis
triet dealers shall be reduced after
March 10 from $25o to S2.oo per ton,
thus effeeting q saving of fifty cents
per ton for the consumer.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-03
ARMY ACTION
ON GEN. CRUISE
NOT DECIDED
Officer S Statement Explains
Many Points with Case
Under Consideration.

No decision as to whether BrigadieI
General Thomas H. Cruise win be
concentrated has been reached. II
was stated. at the War Department
last night.
The matter is being thoroughly in
vestigated. 1t was said. Future ae-
tion by the department win depend
upon the results Of this investigation.
Gen. Cruse's explanation Ct his busi-
ness relations with Henry II. Lippert
and his son, Ralph H. Lppert.
charged by the army intelligence bu-
rear with giving thousands Of dollars
graft to secure army contracts. was
read with Intense interest at the War
Department. Unofficially II was gen.
efaIly accepted as satisfactory 80 far
as any actual violation Of army or
civil law Is concerned.
To Decide auestIon.
The question of whether or not the
generals activities in behalf of the
contractors were sufficiently unethical
to involve a violation of military
law remains to be decided.
The view taken by most Of the high-
er army officers here is that the con-
tractors wanted in Washington a rep
resentative who was familiar with
the War Department and the meth
cd of handling contract awards. Gen.
Cruise. Sho had been retired preVi-
ously, possessed these desired quail
ihcations. He was rendered the po-
sition and accepted.
Gen. Cruise had no connection what
ever with ths Quartermaster Generals
Department at the time he accepted
employment from the Lipperts. 1t Is
pointed out. His familiarity with the
department routine and his moral
influence were the chief advantages
the contractors gained in through his
employment.
There Is no law prohibiting retired
army oflcers from accepting other
employment. The custom heretofore
has been, however. that no duties
which required business relations with
the government should be assumed.
In his statement, Gen. Cruise said
when requested to become advisor
to Henry II. Lippert and the West
ern mills he represented, the general
applied to the office Of the Judge
Advocate General for an opinion as
to whether or not such employment
would be in contravention to mill
tary law. Col. Herbert A. White,
according to the statement. advised
the general that there was no OBJ
lection to his accepting the proffer-
ed employment.
when asked for information re-
garding his connection with Lip
pert, the general says he gave to
the army Intelligence Bureau all
the facts and voluntarily turned
over all correspondence which had
passed between himself and his
employer. Following this. the gem
eral made a full and complete ex-
PLANTATION, he says, to the Secretary
OF War. Inspector General and
Judge Advocate General.
Promptly upon learning that my
action In receiving pay from Mr..
Lippett might be construed as in
contravsntion Of any statute" the
generals statement continues, 4
wrote to the inspector General, Of
fering TO make a return of the
amount received, either to Mr.. Lip
pert or to the United states, as may
be deemed proper by the Secretary
Of War. stating that il was never
my intention to accept any money
for Illegal action"
The Washington herald., 1918-03-03
kissing His Wife Held
Assault and Battery
Sentence Suspend.

Newark, n. J., March 2-Stea n.
kiss from your wife. II she objetcs.
considered assault and battery in New
Jersey
John Mcdonald. 81, OF Montclsir. Il
convinced Of the fact today following
conviction by a jury on q charge OF
forcibly kissing his wife. Mrs. Norah
Mcdonald. Sentence was suspended
The Washington herald., 1918-03-03
Ladies' Night at Ashlar
Club Planned Thursday

Ladies night, an annual AFFAIR of
the AshlAr Club, will be held Thurs
day. March IL. A unique program
has been arranged ana there will
be special dance supplemented by
other forms OF entertainment.
The chairInen of the committees
in charge of the affair are: OIin w,
Roakes. entertainment; B. W. Sum-
my, refreshments: Walter A,
Saunders, music; Elmer w. Reese,
printing: Ward A. Fitzsimmons,
hall: A. l. Flint. floor: Henry LAns-
burgh, publicity: Edward r. Brit
ton, patronesses, and Col. l. W.
Chappalear, receptipn.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-03
Make Your Stomach
Your Best Friend
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Digest
the Food, Prevent Sourness
and Make You Feel
Fine All Over.

II you feel any distress after eat
ing take a Stuarts Dyspepsia Tab
let. You will then have a good.
steady friend in your stomach. For
no matter what you eat there will
be no gas, no sour risings, no lump
in your throat. no biliousness,. no
dark brown taste in the morning.
And should you now be troubled.
eat a tablet as soon as possible and
relief will come promptly. These
tablets correct at once the faults
OF weak or overworked stomach;
they do the work while the stom-
aeh rests and RECEIVERS itself. Par
ticularly effective are they for ban
queters and those whose environ
rnent brings them in contact with
the rich food most apt to cause
stomach arrangement. Relief in
these cases always brings the glad
smile. Get a box Of Stuart's Dys-
pepsia Tablets, so cents. in any drug
store. Be good to your stomach
Adv.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-03
CHILD ENTERTAINERS
ASSIST RED CROSS

Among the juvenile patriots who
are doing their bit in the great
war; are Misses Dorothea May, and
Helen Gertrude Finkel. little daugh-
ters OF Henry c. Finkel, who are
assisted in their work by Master
Kent Loomis.
These three children gave a novel
entertainment yesterday at the
Ffnkel home for the benefit OF the
local Red Cross. This is the second
OF series Of such entertainments,
and neat sums for the Red Cross
are being realized.
The program yesterday included
dancing and singing by the youth
full entertainments. Refreshments
were served. The party was chap
eroned by Mrs. Anna NJ. Foster.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-03
PURELY PERSONAL.

Chas. II. Edwards has resigned his
clerical position in the Ordnance Of
fice Of the War Department.
Robert T. C. Gibson has left for
Boston where he will remain for sew.
Miss Jessie Z. Boswell has accented
a stenosrsphic appointment In the
Ordnance Department.
Miss Beulah AmIdoh has returned
from an extensive trip through the
Western States.
James G. Jensen has returned from
q business trip to Wheeling, w. Va.
NfA NJ. G. Brailer will leave for
Hat|eh, s. c., during the first part Of
III week.
Jeta T. Terrell, of Cumberland, Nd.
- tisking friends in Georgetown.
1rtpn II. Bailey is on a trip to
1nville. Fla.
~ 4nce n. Jones, of the Govern.
- tt Printing once. Is on sick leave.
Tracey, OF New Rochelle, n.
listing In the city.
CO. 8 n. Meehan, of the Patent
as received a promotion.
- N. jackson has received an
Al eent as clerk with the Labor
n |<& ent. - 'r =
The Washington herald., 1918-03-03
American Aviators Feel
Their Calling Dangerous
Lieut.. McNulty, Georgetown Flyer, Writes
From "Over There" High Rate of
Pay Should Be Maintained.

and pay. As the French say. take
all of that away. and there won't
be any volunteers. There's a GER
tain amount Of risk attached to n.y.
Ing, above and over the ordinary
military dangers, and we all hope
he will see At to take back his
recOmme ndation. After enduring
all the hardships of dying one is
due extra remunern ion. At any
rate that's what ~" VS. over here
in training for tho 'hink about
1t.
We're well prot Al every time
we ny over the lines. 20 Its a nifty
fifty proposition. The uermans. I
think, will give in. in the spring.
after they have made one more de
termined attempt and fail in it,"
The Washington herald., 1918-03-03
French Soldiers Benefit
By Sale Of Art Goods

Articles made by French soldiers
VIII be on sale In Washington Mon
day. March II. at the residence Of
Mrs. Henry Dimock, on Scott Circle.
The articles will be various pieces of
handicraft, beautifully wrought Of
sundry materials, and the funds de-
rived will be devoted to the benefit
Of allied fighting men now iHterned in
Switzerland.
The sale has been arranged by
Madame slavko arouitch, Of New
York.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-03
Daniels viii Address
Camp Meade Soldiers

Secretary Of the Navy Jusephus
Daniels will pay a visit TO Camp
Meade today for the purpose Of de-
livering a talk to the mon in uni
form. The meeting will be held in
the auditorium OF the Y. NJ. c. A.,
under the auspices OF the associa-
ton workers.
No elaborate arrangements are be-
ing made for the Secretary's enter
tainment, it being understood that
he prefers informality.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-03
Kentueky Oasis Walled In.

Frankfort. KY. March 2.-The bill
prohibiting the shipping Of liquor into
dry territory has become law in
Kentucky. Druggists. however. may
receive liqsor for medical purposes.
and churches in dry territory also
may have il shipped to them for
ssersmental purpossA
The Washington herald., 1918-03-03

American aviators In France, sleep
ing in fur suits at night to protect
themselves from the cold, are not
keen on the proposal of Gen. Pershins
that aviators get no increased rank
and pay, according to a letter received
by the authorities OF Georgetown Uni
versity from Lieut.. william @. Nc
Nulty. of the class Of 1914, who is
flying Somewhere in France"
In his letter Lieut. McNulty de-
scribes some of the hardships Ameri-
can pilots are going through with
now. He mentions the extent tC
which :, American men fraterrfze
among themselves, even though they
come from widely separated comnu-
mites.
Live In Huts.
His letter. in part, is as follows:
Eight of us are living in a Swiss
hut and are very happy. 4 Swiss
nut Is shanty put up I'm sections.
has sloping roof, is made of quarter
inch pine boards, straight sides, nut
elap-bOards, and the light filters in;
also everything else that wants to.
The roof has some patent tar paper
on 1t, and thank God, doesn't leak.
The hut has a wooden floor. is thirty
feet long, and fifteen wide. In the
center of the room IL a stove, a round
stove, twelve inches In diameter and
1t eats up wood like O sponge sops
water. There are four cots on each
side. At one end Is a piece Of tar
paper which We use for q blackboard,
For seats we use our cots and one
or two folding chairs, Two of the
men have large wardrobe Il iuhks. One
On its side is used as a table on
which an oil lamp and some maga-
Zines rest. The other on the oppo-
site side OF the room also supports
a lamp.
In the center of the room we left
a space and tonight we are all gath
cred around It. It's q little chilly, 20
l have on my bonnet de police a
little olive drab hat, which is made to
wear on the side of the head BY
the way, it's frightfully cold outside.
AZ has showed all day and is still at
IL. We're perched on top CT q bleak
nil, five little huts along a north
and south road, facing 4 little woods
and nothing TO stop .he wind. You
can see your breath in every corner
OF the room,
Paul M, a man from Wisconsin,
a football captain last year, is sitting
on my trunk writing letters. He has
still another year at the University
of Wisconsin.
Hard Luck Bill.
Bill c., an electrical engineer out
OF Purdue University. IL occupying
my chair and toastlhg his feet by
the fire. Now and then he rattles
on tune on a mandolin, termed
Via. He's had lot of hard luck. He
WAS engaged to be married when he
left the states and hasn't heard a
word from his girl He is Just get
ting over some boils on the back of
his neck, and when we left Paris he
lost his raincoat on the train.
Monty H.. National Guardsman,
from Connecticut. cant do any
thing but collect junk. He's got a
mania for collecting all the odd
things he can find.
We four represent the North.
The rest are good old Southern
boys.
I'VE sleep in our clothes during
the cold spell. Tonight we will
sleep in our furlined flying suits.
BLACK Jack has recommended
that aviators get no increased rank
The Washington herald., 1918-03-03

In the Corporation Court today a
final decree for divorce on the grounds
Of desertion was given in the case or
Emma Dodd Shields, from Edward
shields
The Washington herald., 1918-03-03

While playing with q dynamite
cartridge tonight Leroy Jenkins. Il
years old. son OF j. T. Jenkins, had
three fingers and one thumb blown
on. The lad was taken TO the Alex
andria Hospital and treated by DR..
George T.. KIipstein.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-03

John Jones, colored. arrested by
Chief Goods, in the Police Court to-
day, was held for the action Of the
grand Jury on charge Of violating
the prohfbition law. When arrested
ne mad three quarts of liquor in his
possession, ....
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-04

the two weeks in January left from
the Christmas vacation the corps
made 6 pairs of pajamas, "a hospital
shirts, 100 towels, 30 sheets, besides
knitting numerous sweaters, helmets
socks, and mittens For February
they have pledged themselves to
make SO hospital shirts and "a pairs
of pajamas, besides knitting a good
ly supply of wooden comforts.
In speaking of this girls corps
Mrs. Chapman said, "Not the least
valuable result of this work among
the school girls is that in June they
will return to their homes in many
parts of the United States and there
they can impart what they have
learned to the women of their home
communities" The girls of this
school wear the Red Cross uniform
when performing its work This
consists of a white dress with the
blue veil of the order.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-04
COFFEE
AN ACCEPTABLE GIFT
IN FRANCE
IN FRANCE

That good American coffee is an
acceptable gift in France and that
nurses as well as soldiers appreciate
the remembrances of their friends
are both attested in a letter which
has recently come to Washington
from one Of the nurses of the Army
corps now serving in France.
The letter said: Your coffee GER
tainly added greatly to our Christmas
cheer 1t appeals to us most of all,
for overe here the coffee is very poor
and quite bitter with chickory.
have had two coffee parties. With
the addition of 'commissary' sugar
and canned cream your coffee is quite
the most delicious thing | have had
since | reached France, although it
is made over little alcohol stove in
small tin pail am enjoying the
tea and other things, but the coffee is
the big treat"
The idea of sending Christmas
boxes to the Army nurses as we'll as
to soldiers who had gone to France
originated with Mrs. C. N. Chapman,
chairman of the Red Cross work of
the District of Columbia Federation
of Women's Clubs. Ten Washington
nurses recently went to France for
war service. The Christmas pack
ages sent to each by the District Fed
Grafton Red Cross unit contained a
sweater, pair of wooden gloves, bed
socks, comfort bag, and a pound
each Of tea, coffee, and candy.
The sweaters which were sent to
the nurses we're made after design
originated by Mrs. Chapman. The
sweater is knitted like the soldiers's
sweater, but ribbed for eight inches
from below the bust, thus permitting
it to At snugly to the waist beneath
the apron.
The Red Cross unit of the District
of Columbia Federation Of Women's
Clubs has originated some valuable
ideas in it's relief work. These have
included the organizing of the Martha
Washington Seminary for Red Cross
work. There are % girls in the
corps, and they have turned out a
large number Of supplies in the few
months since their organization. In
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-04
Michigan Auto Manufacturer To
Launch Agricultural Enterprise

Oldsmar, Fla, March MIR. r. e
Olds, the famous Michigan manufac-
turer of the REQ autos and trucks
while in Oldsmar today, made an an,
Inpuncement which is of great impor-
lance to Florida and the entire United
States. Mr.. Odds thinks the world is
threatened with famine on account OF
the big war. In an interview, he said,
II am bending my efforts just now
toward perfecting a heavy machine
and equipment for clearing land
quickly on an extensive scale. In q
general way the machine will be
somewhat like gigantic tank, NOV,
ing along at the rate of about one and
oEe-half miles an hour, making a
sweep about one hundred feet wide
packing out the big stumps as though
they were bushes and piling them ur
in great windrows ready to bs
burned. These stumps will furnish
ashes and potash for the land and
help to put it in good shape.
Following this will be new ma.
chine recently invented and patented
to pick up about twelve inches oil
top soil, elevate it, screen it free from
small roots, sift the earth and droI
1t in proper shape ready for planting
crop. Following this separating
machine will be trailer and all Of
the small roots will be elevated int
this receptacle which will dump then
at the end of the field, leaving the
land in perfect condition for trucp
farming.
The first machine, on which we are
now working, will be built at Odds.
Far, where the climate allows one tc
use such equipment twelve months in
the year, affording a very satisfactor,
condition in which to perfect the ma.
chine in actual use. When this is
done company will be organized tc
produce this heavy equipment in such
quantities as the demand will require
1t is our purpose to put in a plant a,
oidsmar for the manufacture of this
machine just as soon as the expert.
mental tests have enabled us to i'm.
prove it to the limit of our ability in
all of its details. I have been work.
ing on the machine for a number O
months. assisted by a staff of som
OF the best expert mechanics in tbs
country We have reason to believe
this new invention will greatly re-
duce the cost of clearing land and en-
able us to make great progress il
speeding up the crops.
81 am doing all in my power t.
get our $4,000 acres of land around
Oidsmar under cultivation as soon a.
possible, in order to do my bit.
can see no reason why Florida should
fail to be the garden spot of the fur
ture 1t has the climate to produc,
three or more crops year on plenty
o. good land, and Florida should b.
able to yield food enough to suppl,
many Of the northern states AS wei
as some of the foreign countries ant
thus help to win the war.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-04

II have spent seven winters in Cal
ifornia, and have been coming &c
Florida for the last eighteen years
Florida is my choice on account OF
| the climate, because thoroughly en-
joy the balmy nights which are cool
enough to enable one to sleep COM
/, fCrtably but do not necessitate an
cvercoat the minute the sun goes out
of sight. Besides, Florida is conven-
iently located as regards the great
cities of the east.
Il have been wonderfully surprised
and pleased by our agricultural re-
suits already attained at Oldsmar
We have found that one crop prac.
tically pays for the price we have
asked for the land and the clearing
; Of it on our own demonstration farm
The Reolds Farms Company, at Odds
mar, is doing much to assist and
guide the men who are buying from
lls. aiding them to get started right
under the new conditions to which
they are not accustomed.
Il thoroughly believe also in Flor.
ida as state in which to locate man,
ufacturing propositions. It is neal
enough to the coal and iron of Ala.
bama and Tennessee. If the REQ Au.
to factory had been located here, l be.
1ieve we would have saved many hun.
dred thousand dollars. In the item oil
heating the plant, it has cost us from
$4,000 to $4,000 year, practically
all Of which could have been saved in
the South, to say nothing of the great
saving in coal to the workmen in
heating their homes.
"The cost of building is much low
er in Florida where deep foundations
are not required to protect against
the effects of frost in the ground
One has to construct warmer build
ings in the North and provide agains:
storms and extremes of heat and cold
which are absent in Florida. The
costs of the heating equipment and
maintenance are also lower here.
Il believe the greatest work mar
can do today is to plan into the FIJI.
ture and help the world to produce
al! of the food we can. The old days
have passed when the majority of
epeople had gardens and chickens to
supply their own tables. Someone else
must produce the fruits of the lane
on larger scale in order to keeI
the world alive. The real way to re-
duce- the high cost of living is to pro
duce crops in great quantities in {
land of sunshine and length of sea
son where one can raise severa
crops year, to say nothing of tn,
advantages to the laboring man By
living in beautiful sunshine a.
against the snow and ice of tn,
north. I have been surprised to Sc,
the number Of farmers who have dis
covered the many advantages O
Florida, and the steady influx of some
of the. best people from other State.
proves that Florida's wonderful eli
mate is being appreciated"