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The Washington herald., 1918-04-01
EVERY MEAL A
POISONOUS INJECTION

Few folks suffering from kidney
and bladder troubles ever think
that the meals which they are TAX
ing are fastening their death.
Every morseI of food taken gives
up its quantity Of uric acid. This
poison 10 taken into the system
through a diseased condition Of the
kidneys and bladder. In the healthy
man nature provides an outlet for
this poison. Those in Ill health
must take . medicinal help to drive
this death-dealing poison from the
system For over 200 years GOLD
MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules have
been doing this work. They affect
prompt relief in all diseases arising
from kidney and bladder trou bles.
Don't put off this vital matter OF
attending to your health until Il is
time 10 make your funeral arrange
mants Get q box OF GOLD MEDAL
Haariem Oil Capsules today. Look
for the genuine. Your druggist
sells them. They are guaranteed
or money refunded. insist on
GOLD MEDAL Brand.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-01
K. of c. viii Give
Dance for Strangers

An Easter Strangers dance will
be given this evening by mem
bers of the knights of Columbus
at their hall, so6 Z street north
west, 1t was announced last night,
me strangers dances are for the
civilians. both men and women. who
nave come to Washington by the
thousands and know but very few
persons here.
Six hundred attended the last
strangers dance given by the order
on st. Patrick's Day. James F,
Meegan is chairman OF the COM
mlttee in charge OF the dance.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-01
/ Army and Navy Neys@i,:
Best Service Column in tie CIV

Smiths" 1900 William Smiths,
1000 John Smiths, and 200 John A.
Smiths. 1t has 1900 MIllers. 5000
Wilson's. and 262 John ]. O'Brien's.
of whom so have wives named
Mary. There are 1000 John Browns,
1900 John Johnsons and 1.o4o
George Millers.
These figures on identical names
were cited today by the Bureau OF
War Risk Insurance as a reason
why applicants for government SOL
dier's insurance. or for allotment
and allowance, payments should
sign their full name. rather than
initials only.
The requisItioned Dutch ships
when taken over by American naval
officers were found to have been
stripped OF their sextants and 9TH
er valuable navigating instru-
ments. Many had been taken by
ships officers, who were about to
sail for home on the liner Nieuw
Amsterdam. and the delay of forty
eight hours in the vessels depar-
ture was said today to have been
due to the necessity Of recovering
them.
Some of the sextants were the
personal property OF the officers,
who were persuaded to sell them
to tho Navy Department
More than 1000 members of the
Dutch crews have sailed for home.
They are being replaced by Naval
Reserves and civilian crews.
A statement has come from
Amiston, Alabama stating that Mai
Gen. Charles G. Morton, commander
of the Blue and Gray, has success
fully passed the physical test for
active service. prescribed by the
War Department. This announce
ment caused much qualification to-
day among the officers and the 3d.
900 men at the camp.
The Blue and Gray Division is in
splendid shape for overseas service.
1t is believed there will be no
changes in the personnel OF the
stafr
Within the next week or two the
Artillery Brigade will indulge in
field practice. using real shells
against specially constructed
trenches, and the extended ma
noeuvres for the infantry brigades
and other units will go out from
the cantenment fully equipped for
ten-day test of field service under
field conditions.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-01
Home Defense League
Plans for Smoker

Plans for an entertainment and
smoker TO be held the first part Of
April will be discussed Ht q meet
ing OF the Home Defense League
of Southwest Washington. at .
meeting this evening at 9 O'Clock.
J. II. johnson, chairman Of the
general committee. announced last
night that the meeting will be held
at the Fourth precinct station, ana
all members are invited 20 attend.
Reports of the committees prepar-
ing the smoker and entertainment
will he made at the meeting and q
definite date may be decided upon.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-01
Conductorettes Take
100000 Excusionists
To Open Coney Island

New York, March 31.-Coney Is
land was unofricially opened for
the season today when nearly 10O.-
900 persons took advantage of the
mild weather. Conductorettes who
have supplanted men on many of
the cars, received their first real
try-out in handling jostling crowds.
Most of them were equal to the
task and were accorded noticeable
consideration on the part of the
thronss.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-01
s,3ss N. Y. MEN SUMMONED.

New York, March 3I.-DurinG the
next FIVE days beginning tomorrow,
6.3SS men will leave New York as
the city's contribution to the first
contingent of the second draft
They will 90 to Camp Upton for in
tensive training preparatory to
sailing for France.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-01
Senator James Receivers;
viii Soon Resume Work

Senator Ollie NJ. James. of Ken
lucky, is reported SO much improved
in health that he expects to be able
to come down to his office within
the next day or two.
For several weeks Senator James
has been confined to his residence
with an illness which has seriously
threatened his general health.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-01
Coal Shortage Stops
Factories IN Germany

New York, March alderman in
dustries are occasionally forced to
idleness, owing to q shortage Of coal,
as Is evident from a report in the
Cologne Gazette Of February 2, stat
ing that the Federal Council had
adopted regulations providing for the
compensation Of men and women
workers for idleness caused by the
lack Of coal,
The Washington herald., 1918-04-01

- Wv Wv
size which doesn't
grow but one crop
a year If the
smaller plot is
kept busy all the
time. In such a
garden only the
smaller spa C e
vegetables would
prove profitable.
c n, potatoes,
cabbages, melons,
squash. W oul d
have TO he for
The Washington herald., 1918-04-01

Thrift gardens will soon be dot
ting the land everywhere, but they
are not the places to sow wild oats
The Washington herald., 1918-04-01
GARDEN LESSON NO. 1e.

The small garden of 10x20 fee
will produce as much food as a gar
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-08-23
Hairs Men Pross On.

With the British Army in France,
Aug. 23-The town of Albert is I'M
officially reported to have fallen into
the hands of the British, who began a
new offensive in that sector.
The British are steadily driving into
the German positions on the high
ground between Bray-sur Somme and
Albert. One thousand Germans were
taken prisoner.
A vicious German counter attack
directed against the British positions
In the outskirts Of Miraumont isouth-
west of Baupome) were driven off.
The British troops were still to
the west Of Achiet-le-Grad, but pa
trolls have been in the town.
On the ground between the two
points where the British armies are
hammering them north of Albert, and
where they are threatened with being
left in pocket, the Germans seem to
have started retreating.
1t was at Albert that for more than
three years the famous leaning Vir-
gin hung from the top of the ca
thedr:i The base of the statue of
the virgin which sIrmounted the spire
was hit by a German shell while the
town was under heavy bombardment
in August, 1914, and the image top
pied over. 1t did not fall from the
pedestal, however. hut hung In a hori-
zontal position until April Of the pres
ent year when n German shell again
struck the StatIiP and sent ii crashing
70 the ground
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-08-23
ONLY ONE LASTING CONTRACT
NuptiaI Agreement Must Be Written
in Hearts and Temperament of
Contracting Couple.

A Western couple, each Of whom had
been married twice before and twice
divorced, have sought to insure the
success of their third venture by a
detailed written contract. 1t is surely
one of the most extraordinary pre-
nuptial agreements ever made. Re
membering the rocks upon which
their various matrimonial ships have
been wrecked before, they have care
fully charted them and mapped out
the course around them. The con-
tract specifically sets forth which one
shall build the fires, when the hus-
band may bring guests home to meals,
when the relatives of each shall visit
them, and how the spending Of money
| is to be divided, how often the wife
may attend clubs and social func-
lions.
Thus they have arranged, they
think, for every possible contingency
| that may arise in the welded life OF
| two persons.
Maybe they will find it so. But it
! takes no peSsimistic spirit to suspect
| lilit SUCH COulIuCl COlldluS SitiCi
| ton much or too little.
The possible trouble Of a married
couple may be provided against by
contract. But it must be a contract
not Of paper and writing, but of the
heart and the temperament
If the hearts be right, all the posi-
| Bile troubles of the pair may be
summed up in few words. But If
these be not right, no possible combina.
| ton of all the words in the dictiOn-
airy can even indicate the possible
troubles.
The marriage contract that means
| the most need say the least. etc
love and cherish one another"-here
is contract that covers more ground
than can definitely be expressed in
al the words in the language.
If that will not hold good under all
| contingencies, no other contract will
Christian Herald.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-08-23
kuns Put to Rout.

Paris, Aug. 23-The retreat of the
Germans before both the third and
tenth French armies continues with
increased speed over n large part of
the battlefront, and in some cases in
disorder
Numerous villages northwest OF So
issons have been taken by the French.
whose drive along the whole front
continues The most important of
the places captured is Pommiers.
French troops have crossed the
Ailette river between Guny and
Champs to the north of Coucy-le-Cha-
teau. according to the Heure, which
adds that advices from the front state
that the French have reached the
Disc canal between Varennes and
Morlincourt, to the east Of Noyon.
Upon the Atlette front the sudden
attack of the French caused the re-
treat of division Of German reserves
which had been preparing for a coun-
ter blow. In its retreat 1t precipitated
a panic in the ranks of a second df-
vision of reserves, which had been in
tended to support the first division
assault, according to advices to news
papers in Paris.
The occupation Of Lassigny by the
army of General Humbert, newspapers
commentators believe, will facilitate
the capture Of Noyon toward which
the armies of Generals Mangin and
Humbert are pressing steadily. Las
signy was one of the pivots Of the
German defense system between the
Disc and the Sonme and was defend
ed most stubbornly.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-08-23
Two More Schooners Sunk.

A Canadian Atlantic Port, Aug. %.
The American schooner Sylvana
was sunk by an armed trawler oil
he Banquereau fishing banks.
1t is presumed the attacking vesse'
was the trawler Triumph. captureG
Tuesday by German submarine and
manned as Il raider.
The SyIvaniaS crew reached fish
'ng port. The vessel was built in
'9lO ut Gloucester. Mass. and regis
cred 1876 tors gross.
The lrawler also sank the Nova Sec
IAN fishing schooner Pasadena.
The Pasadena'S crew had ten min
utes to abandon the ship. according /"
Enos WentZell. the skipper. He 81
he was taken aboard the Triumrl'
while his schOoner's boats were hein"
lowered The Germans, he said
placed bombs about the Pasadena.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-08-23
ALLIES GET SHIPS
BY SWCDI>> H PACT
ron Ore, Steel, Wood Pulp,
Paper Also to be Exported.

New York, Aug 23.-Terms of the
commercial treaty recently signed ny
he allies and Sweden, which is eX-
;prcfcd 10 diminish the sending OF sup
pl!cs ~ Germany, We're made public
ny Axel X. Nordvall. head of the mis-
sion of the Swedish government to the
United States.
II gives the allies 100000 tons OF
lightweight shipping and 100000 tons
IT Swedish iron ore.
Sweden agrees to license the export
"a The allied governments Of wood
nulp. paper iron. steel, etc. and to
grant to the allies suitable credit in
Sweden for the purchase of Swedish
goods during the continuance of the
present unfavorable monetary ex-
change.
The Stockholm government, accord
ing to Nj. Nordva!l. has given salts
factory guarantees that no goods I'M
ported to Sweden from allied coun-
tries or any nations whose shipping
the allies control will be exported to
any of the central powers
The allies agree to ship TO Sweden
',read cereals, coal and coke. mineral
ard edible oils, sugar, rubber and rub
,er goods, cotton and cotton goods,
,ides. leather and tanning material,
ntfee, cocoa. tobacco. copper. ferro-
Toys. tin. Tin plate. nitrate Of soda.
NV prosphates. sulphur, and other
,aods and materials necessary for
'weden's economic life"
Signing of the pact. Mr.. Nordvall
omitted. vas virtual acceptance by
Sweden of the allied blockade. The
reaty was signed by France, England
md the United States May % last.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-08-23
Foreian Grapes in Ireland.

A short time ago n much-traVe'en
sea captain was in Ireland and was at
tracted by some grapes which he was
certain were similar to those he hah
known in California as Mission
grapes. so called because they were
introduced into that country by Span
ish missionaries. Being interested III
the subject, he pursued his inquiries
and found that his Surmise was cor
rect. The grapes We're grown from
cuttings of vines which formed part
of the cargo of the Spanish Armada,
hence their similarity to those of Cali
fornia, both being of Spanish origin.
This beautiful fruit fiOurishes in a
sheltered valley on the western side or
Tough Swilly. where no frost mas
nipped the vines for five years, al
though frequently snow Is visible on
the distant hills.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-08-23
oueerest Coin on Earth.

Have you ever seen MANILA? 1t Is
q coin used by natives Of West Africa
and is said to be the most curious coin
In the world. In shape 'manillas' re-
semble horseshoe with the two ex-
remities fiattened out like camers
foot. Being made of solid copper.
three-eighths Of an inch thick, they
weigh over eight ounces each. In
face value" seven Of these queer coins
are equivalent to % cents, so that 81
worth would be an uncomfortably
heavy load.
Not only are these "manillas' used
among the natives, but white traders
accept them as legal tender for goods
sold at the various stores. At one time
this strangely shaped money had quite
q large circulation in certain parts Of
the coast, but its use is now restricted
to q few bush towns and one includ-
ing Bonny, Brass and Akassa. Ma
A1llss" are now very difficult to obtain.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-08-23
Sewing Circle With
Much Whispering
We Are All Greatly Indebted to Those
Who Tell Their Experiences.

Before the arrival of the stork there Is
much to tclk about. The comfort of the
expectant mother is The chief topic. and there
Is sure to be someone who has used OF
knows of that splendid external help-Moth-
er's Friend.
Nausea, nervousness, bearing down and
stretching pains and other symptoms so IA
miliar to many women are among tho
dreaded experiences thousands of mothers say
they entirely escape ry The use Of this IA
nous remedy.
lis influence on the fine network of nerves
and ligaments Ji4st beneath tie skin Is won
Gerful.
BY the regular use Of Mothers Friend
during the period tie muscles are made
and kept s3ft and elastic; they expand easily,
without strain, when baby is born and the
pain and danger st To crisis IS naturally
less.
Mothers Friend is for external use only.
is sold by all DRUGGISTS, and should be used
with Tie utmost Tesuiarit.. y rite to the
Bradfield Rceli tui' &C., I2nar Bldg,
Atlanta. Ga, for c valuable al.d interest
ing "lIothe.l:cod 3:1!..' There is a wealth
of instruction al c2mio:t TO be derived
in reading this n't.o h1lS. II is plainly
written ani will 70 = sIlen.lid little text
book for guidance, not only fey yourself but
will make you helpful to others. And in
the meantime do not fail to get a bottle of
Mothers Friend from the drug store and thus
fortify yourself against pain and discomfort,
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-08-23
An Editors Dilemma.

The editor of the Hartford Courant
has added to his burden of cares by
starting to worry over the question of
dress. Man, he contends, wears too
much, and calls upon some inventive
genius to simplify masculine garb i'll
order to save money and also time
spent in juggling buttons.
Taking an inventory of himself, the
editor discovered that before going
downtown he must put on one under
suit, two socks, two sock supporters,
one shirt, pair Of trousers, a pair of
suspenders or belt, two shoes, q collar,
necktie, vest, q coat and hat
Is separate articles.
A poet chap once wrote that IMAM
was made to mourn" but in specifying
reasons for it he failed to mention the
troubles now so lucidly set forth by
our Connecticut contemporary.-Phil-
adelphia Telegraph.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-08-23
BOAT IN FIGHT OFF JERSEY
allan Freighter Docks After Beating
Of Hun Raider.

Philadelphia, Aug. 23-Batt tered bur
Glorious after Running fight with
huge German submarine off the New
rsey coast, an Italian freighter ar
we'd safely at an American port
Five sailors We're hit by shrapnel
red by the U-hOat. All were brought
The Pennsylvania hospital in Phila
pnia, where one, BenvenutO Aihen
3: still remains with an ugly wound
" the calf of his left leg. The Other
W had their injuries dressed and
re discharged
Thp frr:ghIcr Itself bear5 man,
rrkS of its three-hcUr fight. Large
rpaulfns cover Jagged holes in its
les. A hole was blown in one IF III"
"heS The stern gun was pat nu:
commission and The ventlators are
'}dled by shrapnel
according to officers ana members
the crew the attack occurred OF
'cInnsday morning. The ship was
'nceeding down the coast when sud
'nly a big submarine arose in its
VA ana lHlnleulatelN opened IRE.
The guns of the freighter were
Ought into play and orders given
for full steam ahead Then followed
the long battle. The shots from the
boat were answered by the freight
" and several are believed to have
ken effect.
For three hours the U-boat maneu-
cred about the freighter and tried
> get in a decisive shot. Once a
:hrapnel shell exploded on the deck
.,'ttklng a stern gun out of commission
nd injuring the five sailors, but still
hn captain of the vessel kept on.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-08-23
Grease From GARBAGE.

The food administration figures
show the estimated grease production
from garbage in the % cities investi-
gated to be 100000 pounds, or
enough to produce 100000 pounds of
nitroglycerin, enough for the powder
charge of 100000 American three
inch shells or French 75-millimeter
shells, and fatty acids in sufficient
quantity to manufacture about 200,-
100000 cakes of soap, weighing II
ounces each.
1t is further shown that the esti-
mated fertilizer tankage produced in
the % cities amounts to 100000 tons,
which contains about 100000 pounds
of nitrogen, 100000 pounds of phos-
phate of lime and 100000 pounds of
potash. These chemicals are suffi-
cient to replace the nitrogen and other
elements taken from the soil by 3,000,-
600 bushels of wheat. The estimated
present value of these quantities of
grease and tankage, recovered from
garbage, is placed at S11, 100000.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-08-23
ALBERT CAPTURED
BY HAIG'S TROOPS
British Take Over 5000 Huns
in Two Days.
FRENCH CROSS AILETTE RIVER
German Retreat Before Poilus 10 De-
veioping Into Rout-Msny Towns
Fall to Allies.

Before the armies of the French
generals. Mangin and Humbert' the
German armies north and northwest
of Scissors are in rapid retreat north
ward. The retreat is becoming dis
orderly. an unusually competent cor
respondent reports from the front.
Abovb the Somme river the British
have captured Albert, it is reported
unofficially. They are making new
drive between the Ancre and S0mme'
and continuing their advance further
north in the direction of Bapaume.
They have captured more than 3ooO
prisoners in two days.
Marshal Foch's series of Offenstves
on the 1oO-mile front from YpreS, In
Flanders. TO Scissors, on the Aisne
river. has developed into one of the
master strokes of the war.
A sharp wedge has been driven be
tween General Won Boehm's army and
that of the crown prince. The point
of this wedge crosses the Ailette river
about ten miles north of SCISSORS
and reports from Paris say the Ger
mans there have become confused,
two divisions being almost panic
stricken.
General Mangin continues to advance
in this sector, and is on the crown
princes right flank for a distance OF
ten miles north of scissors. The Ger
mans are retreating northward east
of Noyon. and the French are within
six miles of the forest Of st. Gohain
from which the longrange guns re
Gently bombarded Paris. BY crossing
the Ailette the French have passed the
line from which Hindenburg launched
his offensive on May 49, and a German
retirement above the Aisne is now ex
pected.
West Of Noyon the French are push
ing Won Boehm's divisions back. All
along the twenty miie front from Las
signy east the Germans are retreating
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-08-23

Buying diamonds is the latest way to
dodge the income tax. It Is said by
some of the dealers in white stones
that many of our newly rich munition
makers have been sailing away dia-
monds, and they admit that they
haven't seen such prosperous times
since the famous Kohinoor was a dew
drop. This flush of diamond buying
indicates the latest word in "caginess"
on the part of the possessors of the
diamond price. And here is the an
swer: Investments in diamonds are
not reckoned in the tally of sources of
income. That's one of the things the
trainers of the income law tax over
looked. Bonds, yes; automobiles, yes ;
first and second mortgages, two yeses
in the same place. But the money
spent in collecting sparklers does not
have to be accounted for in the tabu-
lation of taxable values. Diamond
money is easily convertible at any
time, and it may even yield dividends
on the upward trend of the diamond
mart.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-08-23
Catarrh Cannot BE Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS as
they cannot reach The sea. of the ais
ease. Catarrh is local disease.
greatly influenced by constitutional
condition.. and in order to cur. it
you must take an internal remedy
Halls Caturrh Medicine is taken IN
tcrnally and aces thru the blood on
the mucous SUI faces of the system.
Halls Catarrh Medicine was pre-
scribed by one of the best physicians
IN this country for years. 1t is COM
rosed OF some of the best tories
known, combined with some Of the
lest blood purifiers. The perfect
combination of the Ingredients in
Halls Catarrh Medicine is what pro-
duces such wonderful results in ca
tarrhal conditions. Send 90. t2sti-
nonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props,
Toledo, o.
All Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipa-
tien.-Adv.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-08-23
FIFET C0n2,)1AT|0uT TO
BUILD 10 TRANIlERS
VIII Let CONTRACTS to Offset
SiHkiags By Raiders.

Philadelphia, -iag. 23.-To offset 'h'
recent sinkIngs OF fishing trawiers h.
U-boats off the Atlantic coast, iht
Emergency Fleet corporation viii un
,ier;ake the construction Of some SeN
enty such vessels, 1t was announces
The majority of the trawlers vii
be built of wood. Contracts Will ~
placed with the smaller shipyards tina
are not engaged on government work
In addition. shipyardS now huildih
100 ocean going tugs for the feet coy
poration. will be called upon 70 bull
trawlerS as soon as their Sh pEard.
become available. Because Of the!'
nearneSs tn the timber sHpply il ].
probable that most of the ctntrac
will be placed with Atlnnti" c"aN
shipynrds.