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The Washington herald., 1918-03-11
AUTO SUPPLY Train
PLAN IS POSTPONED
Bad Roads Prevent Operation of
Quanico-Philadelphia Line.

Establishment Of the proposed auto
mobile supply service between the d.
vision Quartermaster depot at Phila-
delphia and the Marine Corps training
camp at Quantico, Va, via Washing
ton and Baltimore, which was sug-
gested when the railroad congestion
was at its height, has been indefinitely
postponed because Of the bad condi-
ton Of the roads between Quantico
and this city.
Passage over the roads many times
daily Of the heavy trucks have torn
them up badly. Special corps of men
from the camp are at work every day
repairing the roads, but as fast as one
section is repaired another section is
as bad of as that repaired, and the
work is an endless job.
1t Is possible that the truck train
supply system between the camp and
Philadelphia may be established next
month or early in May In order to
give training to the men, even though
it may not be necessary in order to
insure sufficient supplies at the camp.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-11
DISCUSS OBJECTS :.
OF NATIONAL PARTY
Speaker Tells Secular League /
Aims at Democracy.

why Joined the National Party
was the subject OF an address delKer-
ed at the meeting Of the Washington
Secular League at Pythisn Tempe
yesterday afternoon by William '.
Maboney. who was in attendance Al
the National Party convention in Chi
csgo last week as a delegate from the
District.
Mshoney reported on the doi9gs OF
the convention, gave an account OF
the history and origin OF the new
party. and expressed confidence that
II Is to play an important part in the
political affairs OF this country
The National Party aims to rss-
lie democracy in government. Sc
dustry. and international AFFAIR" he
said
The speaker called attention 10 The
fact that many OF the leading Social
lists Of the country have left that
party and are now leaders in the new
National Party. He explained that
while this was due in large measure
10 the question OF the war and OF
loyalty to the nation at this time, the
cause was in fadmore fundamental
and permanent, being the Issue be-
tween ''opportunism" and 'fmposs-
bilism."
The. new party said Mr.. Mahoncy.
affords an oportunity for the radl-
Gals Of the country TO unite upon z
platform Of Americanism and at the
same time upon q platform that en-
braces all that at present appears at
tainAble in the platform OF Social
ism"
The Washington herald., 1918-03-11
Big CAMPAIGN
FOR HOSPITAL
FUNDS OPENS
To Raise $4,000 Needed
to Meet Increased Cost
of Supplies.

you need the Emergency Hos
pital.
1T is your accident-perhaps
your life insurance.
And your payment on insurance
Is due this week"
This Slas the message of the
Emergency Hospital Campaign CON-
mittee to every citizen of Washing
ton. issued on the eve of this weeks
campaign to raise q maintenance
fund OF $4,000.
You do not know how soon you
may need the instant service OF the
hospital ambulance" said a state
ment from the campaign commit
tee"
This ambulance, the hospital
rooms. the physicians. the nurses.
are at your service day and night
II is to be hoped you may not need
them. 1t is TO be hoped you WIN
not need the Fire Department or
the policeman: but you would not
think of dispensing with them
The continuance of the work OF
Emergency Hospital now il square
ly up TO the citizens of Washing
ton. No city could get along with
out the service IL renders. II is
a conservation. a safety frst, .
life saving institution But to main
tain its work along present lines
this $4,000 must be raised"
The campaign workers will start
their city-wide canvass tomorrow
afternoon, following a luncheon al
which fnal instructions will be
given by William Eric Fowler
chairman OF the executive commit
tee, and by Clifford L johnson. cam
paign manager.
Already some citizens OF Wash
ington have responded to the need
In advance OF solicitation, and IL ID
expected announcement of these
gifts will be made tomorrow. But
the success OF the campaign will de-
pend upon the number Of the con-
tributions- To raise the mainten-
ance fund there must be q wide re-
sponse to the appeal Of the hos
pital.
Effort IL being made, and will be
made. to impress upon Congress q
more liberal treatment OF the hos
pital But whatever the future out
come of such efforts. the present
need is urgent, immediate. and
must be faced, it was explained.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-11
THE TOWN CRIER.

A lecture for the blind will be
given at the Library of Congress
Tuesday evening at S:15 o'clock in
Pavilion z. Representative C. b.
Undertake, Of Colorado. will speak
on "a Trip Through the Trenches" /"
The next regular meeting of the
Northeast Wilmington Citizens As
ISOLATION will be held this evening
at o'clock, at Northeast Temple,
Twelfth and II streets northeast,
A general meeting OF the Board
of governors and recently appoint
ed committees Of the Arts Club of
Washington will be held at the club
house, 2o17 street northwest, this
evening at 8 o'clock.
The Aid Association for the Blind
of the District Of Columbia will hold
its regular monthly meeting at the
Home for the Blind, $3.50 r street
northwest, this afternoon at 1880
o'clock.
w. Ashble Hawkins, of Baltimore,
win speak before Bethel Literary
at the Twelfth street Y. NJ c. A.
tomorrow evening on Some Refiec-
tions on Segregation" The choir
of Florida Avenue Baptist Church
will sing.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Congress Heights Public I'm
provement Association will be held
this evening at 7:30 o'clock at 310s
Nichols avenue.
Mrs. McAdoo viii address the
women workers Of the Bureau of
Internal Revenue, on Red Cross
activities at Convention Hall. this
afternoon at 4:45 o'clock.
Y. W. @. A. bookIovers will meet
at 8 o'clock this evening in the
room of friendliness," at the as
ISOLATION building, Fourteenth and
g streets northwest Miss Alice
Hutchine Drake will discuss modern
stories.
A meeting of the washington
Safety First Association win be held
at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening in
the Public Library.
The Military Service Lection win
meet on Tuesday evening at s
o'clock in the National Guard Arm
ory, at Fifth and L streets north
west.
Company A. Home Rides, win hold
its regular weekly drill at the SEN
ate Office Building this evening.
Every member is expected to be
pEeasnt- > ~ -
The Washington herald., 1918-03-11
PURELY PERSONAL.

Miss Mary Finley has left Washing
ton on a visit to friends in Pittsburgh,
Miss Amy Frisbee is in Washington
on a short visit before her return
home to Baltimore and a visit Of a
fortnight in Kentucky.
Jacob weiser, formerly OF Wash
ington, has left Chicago for Denver.
Henry l. Sweinhart has Joined the
ranks Of the national war garden
workers.
Amos Haney is in Washington for
several days on a business trip.
Albert Henry has Joined the govern
ment workers in the War Department
mere.
Albert W. Hennige has resigned his
position as schedule clerk in the War
Department.
Miss Martha W. Goad has accepted
an appointment as stenographer and
typewriter in the Ordnance Depart
ment.
Miss Nell Freeman left for New
York yesterday afternoon. She in.
tends to remain there permanently.
VIM. ziegler. jr., has resigned his
position in the Ordnance Once.
Miss Elsie Ross Engle has received
an appointment as stenographer and
typewriter in the War Department.
Miss Frances E. Perry has entered
upon her new clerical duties in the
Engineering Division Of the Ordnance
Department
John w. Troy, editor of the juneau,
Alaska, Daily Empire, has returned
home after comforting with the Alas
kan Congressional Delegate, Charles
Sulzer. on Alaskan legislation.
Roy Taylor. who has been stationed
at Admission, Ala, is enjoying a weeks
furlough here. He Is visiting his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Callan-
Mrs. A. Morrison. Of wmiamsport,
Pa, is here for a few days visiting
her daughter, Mrs. John L. DIsayer,
11l3 Pennsylvania avenue northwest
She expects to return home tomor,
row night.
Miss Alma Bostick spent the week.
end with her brother, Paul c. Bostick
Of Capitol Hill.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-11
The Personal Side Of BLACK jack Pershing.

tabie-,American officers passing
through the headquarters toyn. high
French officials or distinguished
American civilians.
But the general is back at his Of
fee at o'clock and from then until
$50 it's solid work. When he goes
home to supper, which Is served at
Z o'clock, he takes a bundle of work
with him and goes through It later
in the evening.
The general has no relaxations ex-
cept horseback riding when the
weather will permit. He loves music.
hut musicians are few and far be-
tween around his house.
He takes deep interest In religion
and there's hardly day that he does
not discuss some plan for the moral
betterment Of his troops. He's q
strong supporter of the Y. n. c. A.
the Red Cross, the knights Of Colum-
bus and other organizations that work
among the soldiers.
He neither smokes, drinks nor
chews. Through sheer win power he
has also cut out swearing. In the
early days there was rarely q COM
mander-in-chief who didn't use just
few cuss words once In a while.
But every time Gen. Pershing cussed
years ago. he used to apologize for II.
''It's such a foolish and useless
habit" he tells his men. lit shows
one hasn't complete control Of him.
self"
At least twice a week the general
writes long, fatherly letters to his lit
tie son, Warren Pershing. now . years
old.
Little Warren is all the general has
left. The terrible tragedy of 1915,
when Mrs. Pershing and three little
daughters were burned to death in
the fire at the Preside at San Fran
cisco, is still fresh In the public mind.
That event has saddened the gen.
erals life and has made him even
more gray than he was before. The
least reference to 1t still upsets him
and the sight of little French children
in the presence Of their mother has
been known to cause him to choke up
and hastily leave the room.
Even IL he doesn't display his feel
ings on every occasion this man Per-
shing is a real human being and he
has a heart that throbs for the boys
under him.
The End.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-11
invest $I2.39 PER
MAN IN WAR STAMPS
Soldiers of the Sea in Washington
Make Splendid Record.

Three war savings stamps-s12.Ss
for every officer and enlisted man
in the force-thst is the record set
at Marine Headquarters in this city
for last month. All of which. ac-
cording to the Soldiers of the sea-
on detail here, goes to show that
their comrades overseas aren't the
only members of the corps who are
doing their best to stamp out Kul-
tur."
The keenest rivalry exists among
the three department. the Adju-
tant and Inspectors, the Quarter
masters. and the Paymaster's, at
headquarters. which accounts partly
for the splendid showing made. There
was q breakneck race for the lead
ership, which almost resulted in .
dead heat, the Adjutant and Inspec-
tors Department just edging out
over the Quartermaster's Depart
ment, which led in January.
In the Adjutant and Inspectors
Department. $12.76 worth of stamps
was sold for every man detailed
there. The per capita average in
the Quartermaster's Department
was $11.s5.
Remarkable records are also be-
ing made at outlying marine posts,
the recruit depot at Paris Island. 8.
c.. leading for February, with an
average Of more than one $4.13
stamp sold to every man at the
post. Total sales to the five thous-
and odd men passed $4,000 for the
month. The Marine Barracks, at
Charleston. 8. c.. navy yard made a
splendid showing too. with s3.09
worth of stamps sold to every man
there
The Washington herald., 1918-03-11
Home DEFENSE men
Hold Meeting TODAY
Sixth Precinct League Calls for
Large Attendance.

The clerk OF the Home Defense
League of the Sixth precinct, in his
letter notifying members of the meet
ing to be held at the station house,
on New Jersey avenue, this evening,
at 7:0 o'clock. states:
IAN unusually large attendance is
desired, as business Of Importance to
your country, and you, will be trans
acted: Our country Is at war, human
liberty is at stake, and It is necessary
for those who are denied the honor
Of going on the firing line to keep
in close touch with the police depart
ment, as there Is no telling when
we may be called upon to render SER
vice to our beloved flag, for which. l
am sure, every member of the Home
Defense League stands ready to
yield up his life in the hour of peril.
Thank God, there are no slackers
in the Sixth precinct.
America feeds US. Let US, there
fore, do something for her in return.
Let's keep the home fires burning
while our brave brothers and sons
are fighting at the front to avenge
wrongs heaped on our country and
make the world safe for human free
DOM"
The Washington herald., 1918-03-11
SEES VICTORY
SUFFRAGE
WITH SENATE
Women Predict Favorable
Action on Equal Rights
Bill in Two Weeks.

The national suffrage amendment
will come to q vote in the Senate
within two weeks. probably sooner.
and when 1t comes to g vote it win
be passed.
This was the unqualified state
ment last night of Miss Mary Gar
rett Hayes. national vice president
of the National American Woman
Suffrage Association and chairman
Of the New York Woman Suffrage
Party, who spoke for Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Gait. president OF the As
ISOLATION. who is i'll.
That the amendment, which pass
ed the House two months ago. has
not been brought to vote in the
Senate. Is due not at all to any OBJ
struction in the Upper House. the
suffragists say. but entirely to their
own wishes in waiting for the for
tuitous moment.
1t would have been made an is
sue in the Senate this last week,
Miss Hayes said, IL IL were not for
the fact that i've of the Senators
pledged to vote for the amendment
were away.
The Senate Suffrage Committee,
according to the women franchise
workers here, is ready and willing
at any time TO report the measure
for q vote. and nothing stands in
the way of its success except the
presence of full suffrage strength,
already pledged. and an unimpeded
calendar.
For that reason. the prediction of
having the Susan B. Anthony
amendment ready for ratification
within the month Is given as most
conservative.
As . matter Of actual confident
expectation. the suffragists here,
working continually in close touch
with the Senate situation, look for
a vote and passage much sooner.
any day, in fact. II not too many
absentees today affect the predicted
wide margin of their contemplated
success, and II no controversial bill
intervene, the day will be seized up
on for jamming the measure
through.
From another quarter, the Ma
tional Woman's Party. came the
announcement last night that suf-
fragistic watchful waiting does
not intend to watch or wait longer
than a week. and that week, be-
ginning tomorrow, Is to be one of
considerable determined action by
the party to get action in the SEN
ate. Last night the first twenty or
ganizers and speakers of a nation
wide woman's rally were sent out
by the party.
Both factions of the suffrage
workers are particularly anxious to
hasten the passage Of the amend
ment in time to try for ratification
in ten State legislatures whose spe-
cial sessions are expected to con-
tinue not more than thirty days.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-11
WILL TRY To CURE
SHOCK With MUSIC
Tests to Be Made on Injured al
Fort McHeny.

Music will be used in the treat
ment of American soldiers suffering
from shell shock, IL an experiment
being conducted at Fort McHenry
Hospital near Baltimore proves sue
cessfuL
Mrs. lisa Maud Ilsen will admin
lister the melody and medicine treat
ment to the disabled soldier boys
Mrs 1lsen was formerly the super
intendent Of the Military Infirmary,
at Hamilton. Ontario. She has been
appointed to the Fort McHenry
Hospital with the status of song
leader by the Commission on Train
ing Camp Activities.
In Canada, music was been found
to have a beneficial effect not only
in cases of shell shock, but also on
convalescents suffering from vari-
Gus nervous maladies and the after
effects Of being "gassed." Expert
ments at the Fort McHenry Hospital
will begin at once.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-11
SUPER-TANK,
U.S.PRODUCT
now BUILDING
This War Caterpillar to SUI
pass All French and Brit
ish Machines. /

American super-tanks. now undf1
construction. are sid 20 be create
in power and destructive force thu
any tanks OF British or Frsnd
make.
The American tanks will Az
Withstand the fire OF small srtii-
Iery which the Germans are usIns
with results on the allied csterpiIlsi
machines. s .- II
while gross tonnage of Oh. hh
tanks now being made in the Unita
States exceeds that OF the EneIlsf
tanks by only 2.s per cent. our tank
have engines more than three timti
as powerful as the foreign ones. a
addition 70 It's crew. the new tahI
will carry q force OF twenty net
TO a,mop up" enemy trenches Arit
make them safe for the occupants
Of allied troops. -
An idea Of the size Of the hss
machines may be gained by the fac
that they will be able TO spar tes
foot trenches. travelling over thin
a. easily "a IL on level ground. Aen
ament will consist OF small canuot
and machine guns A coming tower
viii permit of the machine guns be-
ing placed 30 ss 70 sweep the enemy
front In any direction
Owing 20 the great weight and
impregnability of the tanks they,
viii not be able TO travel az .
greater rate than five miles a.
hour.
Contrasting with the super-tanks
thousands of Ford tanks are nov
being made These Hight mschipes
will travel at the rate of IL og n
miles q hour. They will be stesEst
in zigzag courses 50 as TO makssii
hard for the enemy TO disable then
with Eunfire- Guns will be mounted
on the rear of the machine.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-11
Five Brothers in War,
Girl Wants to Go

New York. March 10.-with five
brothers in the service Eugene
OConnell. daughter of DR.. Richard
j. oConnell. 81 East Seventy-ninth
street. wants to make It unani-
nous. She Is planning to enter the
service as a nurse, or in any other
way In which she can help. Then
she would like for her 12-year-old
brother to get a special dispensation
70 enter as drummer boy. Her
father tried to enlist at the out
bre3k Of the war but was told he
Was toe old S~>
The Washington herald., 1918-03-11

body has barked his head off at
times--everybody except the gen.
eral. He doesn't have colds and
such.
One day he came to his once and
found nearly everybody there half
sick from colds. So he gave them
talk on how to keep well.
"If you gentlemen" he said, would
prance around in your shirttails or
take some old-fashioned setting-up
exercises In the fresh air every MORN
ing you wouldn't be having these
colds. It's been my secret for good
health all my life"
Explaining his reasons for keeping
his ONCE cold he says:
"A warm ONCE always makes me
drowsy and when I'm that way I
don't think clearly. Cool air is in
vigorating and pepful."
Dimes with Guests.
The general goes home to lunch
every day at / o'clock and usually
there are one or more guests at his
The Washington herald., 1918-03-11
NJ Q. @. LYON,
NJ 2. Q. LYON,
TAs washingtsn Herald Reperter
with Pershing's Army I'm France.

TIE washingtsn Herald Reperter
with Pershing's Army In France.
Copyright. 1s1s.)
with the American Army In
France. March 10.-The personal
side Of Gen. Pershing il very in
teresting.
He's thoroughly human, every
inch of him.
He sleeps with his windows wide
open and he jumps out Of bed on
the stroke Of $50 every morning.
His home is within a stones throw
Of his headquarters.
For thirty minutes after, aris-
ing he does the double quick" on
a back porch at his house. either in
his pajamas or In q bathrobe. Some
times this winter It has been 10
degrees below zero, but the gen.
eral never looks at the Their
mometer.
Tnen ne goes TO his room, takes
a bath. dons his uniform and goes
downstairs to a good, old-fashioned
American breakfast consisting of
ham or bacon and eggs. coffee. fruit
and toast.
He's q substantial feeder and for
that reason he's never taken to the
European breakfast OF coffee and
rolls.
'T can't keep up steam unless ]
put plenty of fuel in my boilers" he
says.
Until s:25 he reads the newspa-
pers and then he starts for head
quarters.
He always enters his once AS
THE CLOCK IS STRIKING $50
EXACTLY.
Before he has arrived his orderly
has opened his once windows. After
awhile all but one Of them are
closed. but regardless OF the ther-
mometer outside the generals pri-
Yates once IL always about 20 de-
grees colder than any of the other
Offices in the building.
This has been q vile winter in the
war zone-snows and thaws and
freezes and rains-and nearly every
The Washington herald., 1918-03-11
RED MEN ANNOUNCE
CARNIVAL DANCE

A carnival and dance viii be held
at Pythian Temple April 15-2 under
the auspices Of the Improved Order
or Red Men Of the District Of Co
fumoia- The nine tribes Of the D. c.
reservation have elected an enter
tainment committee of twenty-seven
Of which A. H. Boyer is chairman,
and William E. Ban, secretary. Ten
per cent Of the proceeds Of the af-
fair viii go to the war ambulance
fund. A number Of novel amusement
and decorative features have been
arranged for, and record breaking
crowds are expected.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-11
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

District Of Columbia and Maryland: Fair.
continued cold today; tomorrow fair and
warmer; moderate north winds, becoming varia-
BILE.
Virginia: Fair today: tomorrow fair: warmer;
moderate to fresh north winds, becoming
variable
The storm of Saturday continued its rapid
Increment and is central tonight near to and south
OF Cape Breton. Since Saturday night there
were quite general SHOWS and rains east Of the
Mississippi River. with . heavy fall Of snow IN
Northern New England. where it stin continues.
Northwest gales continued Saturday night In
the lake region and the Ohio Valley, and ex-
tended during Sunday eastward to the coast.
Another disturbance from the Pacific Is cen.
tered over Northern Nevada, attended thus far
By general rains in the North Pacific States.
Elsewhere west Of the Mississippi River the
weather was fair.
IL is decidedly colder throughout the Atlantic
States, the lower lake region, the Ohio VALLEY
and the entire interior south, with Temperatures
fnom degrees to 10 degrees below the seasonal
average. To the westward, excetp in the Pacific
States, It Is considerably warmer
Fair weather will prevail today and tomorrow
east OF the Mississippi River. with riang ten
peratures that win reach the Coast States To-
morrow.
Storm warnings are displayed on the Atlantic
coast from Eastport to Jacksonville, and On
the California coast,
The Washington herald., 1918-03-11

Indian River orange Eroves-
A great deal OF money has
been spent On the property.
making the Hotels equal 90
the best hotels On the state.
fine huntiaE, Wild turkey,
Duck quail. jaeksnlPe snd
deerI also N good ashiaE NJ
there IN 10 be had In Florida.
One Of our greatest attrae-
lions o. the Golf CeurseI enc
The Washington herald., 1918-03-11
DOCTOR FILES CROSS
BILL FOR DIVORCE

Charging excessive use Of in
toxicants and other misconduct on
the part of his wife, DR.. Edward ].
Cunning has filed a cross bill for an
absolute divorce against his wife
Rebecca H. Cunning. in the District
Supreme Court.
Suit for divorce against the physi-
clan was filed by Mrs Cunning last
October; she also had him placed
under bond not to leave Washington.
DR.. Cunning has asked the court to
discharge this bond and permit him
to travel at will.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-11
LOCAL MENTION.

rs lbs. white potatoes, 3Sci onions,
&c; seeded raisins, 9hc; seedless
rafsins, 15c; evap. peaches. 1Sc;
large prunes, 16c; figs, zoe; can
peaches. zoe; can pineapple, 25c:
Argo starch, &c; cocoanuts. &c and
Sc; Star cocoa, 25c; Gunpowder tea,
10c; whiskbrooms, 19c; Va. Sweet
pancake flour. 12hc; A ]. pancake
flour, 12hc; A J. buckwheat, 12hc
20 ozs. baking powder. l5c; safety
matches, INC; Quaker matches, 2Sc;
sugar corn 12hc; pure pepper, 4oc.
412 Fourth St S. Z. and all the
]. T. D. Pyles stores.