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The Washington herald., 1918-06-29
COLUMBIA WIS. S. DRIVE
CAUSE OF EXCITEMENT
Matching in Picture Theater Keeps
Audience interested.

Anyone passing the Columbia
theater this week at the intermis-
sion hour. about $3.50 would have
thought all the people of Wash
ington were gathered there to bid
on some good old-fashioned gold
bricks of the Fountain Of Eternal
Youth.
From every part of the house
came the reports, IS, 500. S35. and
the great landslide, or rather,
moneyslide, was started last night
by a little girl in the balcony. She
was only five but she wanted to sub
scribe to the War Savings one dol
lar for every year OF her age-S5.
OF. course her mother had to sign the
slip, and when her name was read
off Uncle Sam began to do business.
Three officers in the box want to
match three officers in the front
row for $50" The offer was snapped
up almost before IL was made and
the boys in the front row want to
match the boys in the box.
AN italian artillery oficer
matches any artillery officer in the
theater for s1o0." A French artil-
lery officer calls him and is, in turn,
matched by ten Americans.
"A private in the army will match
any officer in the house for $1,000"
and he is covered by two different
offers of $1,000 each.
-Four government clerks, young
ladies. will match any four ladies in
the house." and the offer Is taken
in an instant.
So the matching went on. The ex-
citement was tense all the way
through. the audience seemed to en-
joy every minute of the sale.
Last night the gentlemen who
subscribed $1,000 each were Mr..
Harry N. Atwood, of Raleigh. North
Carolina; J. B. King. of Muskogee.
Oklahoma; Mr.. S. B. Mcconnell, of
Cornell. New York. Mr.. John Lang
horn. OF 1347 Pennsylvania avenue,
subscribed $500.
Mondays receipts at the Columbia
were $3,764: Tuesdays. $2,251; We'd
nesday's, $3.245; Thursdays, $7,601.
In addition. $1.365 has been taken in
in cash. making a total of 31S,s26.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-29
CHAIR OF GYNECOLOGY
AT G. u. NOW CHANGED
DR.. Isaac Stone Resigns; Is Sue
ceeded by Dr.. John A. Eoote.

DR.. Isaac Stone, professor Of
gynecology in the Medical School of
Georgetown University, has resigned
from the faculty after Is years Of
service with the institution, it was
announced yesterday by the Rev.
John B. Creedon. s. J., president of
the university. He was one of the
most popular professors in the Medi-
cal School and his resignation was
accepted with regret by the faculty.
Father Creedon announced that DR..
Thomas J. Kelley. of 1872 Fifteenth
street northwest, had been appointed
to succeed DR.. Stone. DR.. Kelley was
associate professor Of gynecology.
DIR. James M. Moser, of hot Massa-
chusetts avenue northwest, and DR..
John A. Foote, OF Ills NJ street north
west, have been appointed associate
professors In pediatrics at the Medi-
cal School.
At the annual meeting Of the
faculty of the Medical School DR..
George NJ. Rober. the dean, congratu-
lated the faculty members on the
record of Georgetown medical stu
dents in passing State board ex-
aminations and tests given by the
army and navy. He paid special
tribute to DR.. Paul Dessez, Of the
Glass of 1897, who was recently men
toned for bravery in caring for
wounded American marines on the
French front while exposed to heavv
German fire.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-29
DROP SUFFRAGE
ISSUE DURING
THIS SESSION
Fighters for Vote Decd
Danger Would Arise
If Bill Pressed.

The suffrage fight In Congress
ended for the present The thresf
to hold Congress IN session unIss
the amendment Is passed has failed,
Members OF the Senate womau
Suffrage Committee. and memberS
Of the woman suffrage organizatious
decided last night 1t would not oniy'
be well nigh impossible 20 hold
their adherents in the city, IL sucn|
move was attempted. but that ths'
bill might be passed in jeopardy.
Senator Jones. OF New Mezico
chairman of the Senate Committee.'
said: Il
whats the use Of Irritating our
friends? They will be willing 20
vote after the recess as well as
they will now. and many Of them
do not consider that the amendment
should hold them here IN washinE-,
ton. 1t would be better not 20 force
it do not believe that the big.
supply bills will be out Of the way|
by July 4, and on that day many,
Senators have engagements to speak
in various cities. Some OF them
will not return to Washington un-
til August"
It was learned last night that
Senator Curtis. the Republican sgf-
frage leader, and Senator Hollis,
the Democratic leader. take the
same stand. Eight of the suffrage
voters have already left Washing
ton. and Il is not thought that ell
of them could be brought back ind
time for a vote.
The women leaders are disappoint-
ed. but feel that the best tactics are,
to wait until after the Congressional
recess.
I'VE may win two or three votes
in the primaries." said Miss Mary,
Garrett Hay. q noted suffrage leader.
tonight We are going out after
them We have a good idea who
our enemies are. and we are go
ing after them. too. ] think we can
make il hot for them in their States
during July and August"
The Washington herald., 1918-06-29
GEORGETOWN AMBULANCE
MAN TELLS EXPERIENCES
Karl w. Kindleberger, Cited for Bravery
Writes How He and His Fellows Drove
Wounded During Great German Push.

have all the others, except one, who
was burned badly.
"The night OF the gas we had six
cars goin EN- panne.' and 1t was so
dark that one OF the boys drove right
through a demolished house before he
knew ne was off the right road. For
this work our whole section was cited
and decorated before the general Of
this division on Sunday, May u. in
the public square OF this little town.
I'VE all have had many narrow es-
capes and have experienced all the
horrors of war. We have been in
bombarded towns where we were con-
tinually under fire.
I'm the hospital I met one George
town man, Class of 1917. law. and also
my cousin, w. B. Mccarthy, came
eighty miles to see me there ! just
want to say that wherever any one
else Is, you find there a Georgetown
man. and he will come through with
his colors flying too.
This sector Is now comparatively
quiet, but sometimes the whole
works opens up and things are very
lively for few days. The German
avions come over every night and
drop little presents on US, and the
OtneT nlEnI IOuT idnucu TlBHt On tue
outside of our little town. We get
our usual amount of shells thrown
al US during the day and night and
there are times when we are all or
dered to go into the caves.
Would Return to Georgetown.
IF 1 have the good fortune to
come out of this all right, shall re-
turn to Georgetown and take up the
patent law course because 1 feel that
in all this din and noise have nearly
forgotten all the law 1 ever knew.
BY the way. John E. Waters. who
went to the Law School during his
freshman year, is in this same Sec
ton with me-
Kindleberger added that the am
bulance drivers with the American
forces go at night now with their
lights out and must trust to luck and
the glare OF the shells to keep in the
right road.
New drivers frequently wander far
from the road when they are Just be-
ginning to learn to drive without
lights. he said.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-29
WATER SAYING
METHODS GIVEN
BYDEPARTMENT
Householders Shown How
to Prevent Waste Of
Many Kinds.

Suggestions for the conservation of
washington's water supply were is
sued yesterday by the Water Depart
ment, wherein 1t Is intimated that, II
attention Is paid to the various sources
Of water waste by the local public. IT
will undoubtedly save great deal Of
water and help avert a water famine.
According TO statistics from the
Water Department. the safe maximum
capacity of the Washington acqueduct
is 5000 900 gallons daily, while the
safe dependable capacity IL $500 900
gallons daily.
The average daily consumption for
June has been e5,156.l2o gallons, and
the maximum daily consumption dur
ing that period was 71.5oo,ooo gallons
as against a minimum daily consump-
tion Of 62,2ec.0oo gallons.
Seven distinct suggestions are Of
fered by Water Department heads as
the best methods Of conserving water.
They follow:
Salvage Methods.
1. Faucet leaks; Small drips from
kitchen and bathroom faucets. negli-
gible, flow at the rate Of 100 gallons
daily In many instances. Replace
ment Of fiber washer completely stops
this waste.
. Faulty faucets left open due to
broken handles or other cause fire.
quently flow at the rate Of 1900 gal
Ions daily. The average waste from
these is about 1000 gallons daily each.
8. Flush tanks. automatic ball cocks
and flush valves in the ordinary hop
per flush tank seldom cut of abso-
lutely tight. The waste from these
passes through the hopper in the form
Of q thin film which usually escapes
notice. Indications are that thousands
of these are IN need Of attention TO
stop this waste.
4. Flush tanks using an excessive
volume of water. Many flush tanks
are adjusted SO that the maximum,
quantity Is discharged at each opera
tion A proper minimum quantity for
each flush should be determined and
adjustment Of the ball cock lever made
to secure this regulation permanently;
fifty per cent of this water can be
saved.
S. The practice followed by many
persons of letting the water run dur
ing the entire time that they are
brushing their teeth. thereby using
several gallons Of water for something
that could be done equally as well
with a glass full OF water.
9. The practice Of letting the water
run throughout the time they are
washing their hands, instead OF letting
a reasonable amount OF water run into
the basin. and then stopping the fiow.
Z. Attention In also invited TO the
excessive use OF water for lawn
sprinkling and washing down side
walks. The quantity used could be
materially decreased. II householders
would take a little more interest In
the amount that Is used by irrespons-
ible persons.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-29

How a Georgetown University Law
School graduate. who Is Washing
ton boy. drove an ambulance of
wounded French soldiers from the
lines back to the field hospitals while
continually under fire. for which he
was cited for bravery, is told in a
letter received by Hugh J. Fegan.
secretary OF the Law School. from
Karl W. Kindleberger of the Class
OF 1914.
Kindleberger Is an American am
bulance driver, attached to an ambui-
ance unit that went with the French
the night the Poilus stopped a ter
rife German attack that had been
launched on a wide front early this
month. His letter is. in part, as
follows:
klndleberger's Letter.
Dear Mr.. Fesan-I have intended
writing you ever since l have been
over here but have been at the front
ever since ! landed. OF course even
then there have been chances when
/ could have done so, but most OF
the time we have been very busy.
We arrived in the most important
sector of the Germans first push and
/ had the honor of being at the wheel
of one of the four cars that went
right up to the front posts the night
the French stopped the vGermans
shells were flying everywhere and
the roar Of the French guns was ter
rible. I slept none that night and
was always on the alert because nc
one knew when we would have to 90
back.
The lighting was all in the open
and 1t was a great sight to see an
actual battle and be even a small
part OF il.
I saw four towns burning at once
and six German avions brought down
in the course of a few hours. On
April II and Is the Germans threw
gas at US and we carried many vic
tins for'some forty or fifty hours.
and eight others were gassed by work.
ing in 1t. We did work in three differ
ent hospitals in the interior. have
Just returned to my section and so
The Washington herald., 1918-06-29
Union Not satisned.

Union Not Satisfied.
The City Employee Union is not
satisfied with the wage scale rate as
fixed today by the District Commits
sicners." said Joseph H. Hurley last
night. Insofar as the minimum fea-
ture Is involved, We figure that 1t op-
crates to the detriment OF unskilled
labor.
During our recent conferences
with Gen. knight our understanding
was that the minimum wage scale ap-
piled only to apprentices and women
workers Of the unskilled class, and
that 1t did not affect unskilled male
laborers, who were to receive the
maximum wage rate.
We want to have a clear-cut un-
derstanding on this phase OF the situ-
alton. as the scale adopted today
makes no such restriction With that
object In view Mr.. Charles r. Ruper-
tus and myself viii endeavor to hold
another conference with Gen. Knight
some time tomorrow forenoon"
The Washington herald., 1918-06-29
Y. W. c. A. Tennis Match;
Miss Embers the Victo,

Miss Lillian Embers, from Minne-
sofa, tennis champion of the Middle
western Club of the Young women's
Christian Association. defeated All
comers at the club gathering tourna-
ment last evening at the Country Club
house.
ABOUT seventy girls dined together
ana entertained themselves with
dancing afterward. Miss Esther Ba-
ker. from Iowa, is the president of the
The Washington herald., 1918-06-29
High School Friendship
Clubs Hold Convention

High School Friendship Club dele
gates to the number Of a score are
holding their annual convention at the
CherTydale Vacation House Of the
Young Woman's Christian Associa-
ton this week.
The Friendship clubs are organized
BY the Y. W. c. A. Miss Martha Bfr-
ME Is in charge Of the convention-
Among the speakers during ths weed
were the Rev. d. p. Birnie. WHO dis
cussed the troubles OF Russia and
Arabia, and Miss Florence NJ. Bond.
who told what the Y. W. c. A. was
doing in foreign lands.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-29
CR0WDER CALLS 258
FOR ARMY TRAINING

Provost Marshal General crowder
yesterday issued a call for MILL
tary training to- Massachusetts
and Vermont, for instruction in
military trades at the Spring
neld, Mass, Technical High School.
Massachusetts quota Is 15S: ver-
mont's is 100.
Graduation from grammar school is
a prerequisite. Those who success
fully complete the course Of training
VIII be assigned to some one Of the
national army corps.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-29
Lawn Fete Planned
AT CONGRESS HEIGHT,

The third annual lawn fete of Com
gress Heights community win be heId
Monday in Randle Park. according to
announcement yesterday by the COM
mittee on arrangements.
The grand tournament win be held
July I at ) O'clock in the afternoon in
the park. The dancing pavilion has
been eTarsed in order to meet the
1ssas q thtx var. - : rS.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-29
Casualty List Of U. S. Overseas Forces

Gen. Pershing yesterday reported IS
casualties from the American Ex-
peditionAry Forces in France. di-
vided a. follows: Killed in action.
"a; died Of wounds. &; died Of dis
ease. 3; wounded severely. %;
wounded degree undetermined). }.
o and prisoner. /.
The list follows:
The Washington herald., 1918-06-29
POLICE ARREST
MAN AS INSANE;
JURY SAYS NO
John Rodecker. Christian
Scientist. Applied for
Army Chaplaincy.
PLACED IN MAD HOUSE
Tried in Lunacy Court and
Proves His Mental
Normality.

A few months ago Ralph John
Rodecker. a farmer and agricul-
turaI demonstrator, Sc years of age.
left his wife and family at his home
in Sumant. Oklahoma. and came to
Warrington His desire was to be-
come a chaplain in the army and
go to France.
Every since he was IL years old,
Rodeeker has been an ardent be-
lever and practitioner In Chris
tian Science. As far as he knew,
almost every kind of religion was
represented in the army but Chris
tian Science. He talked the mat
ter over with his friends.
On June 3 he arrived in Wash
ington- He consulted with Rep
resentative Carter, of Oklahoma,
and q little later called. or rather
tried to call, upon President Wilson
to find otu IL IL was permissible
for the army to have a chaplain for
the men who believed in Christian
Science.
Before he knew IL. he was taken
into custody by the police at the
White House and detained for a
mental examination. At this stage
or the game Rodecker's funds were
exhausted and he was practically
without means to fight against the
police.
Taken at white House.
shortly after his arrest at the
White House he was sent to the
Washington Asylum and put under
close observation It seemed that
the physicians there regarded Chris
tfan Science as q "phoney'' religion.
and therefore those who professed
II were a. q matter of course crazy.
. Later Rodecker was removed to
ST. Elizabeth's. He still chung to
his faith. despite the sarcasm and
insinuations of the hospital physi-
clans. They could not get him TO
think the way they thought, and,
as q result, they regarded him as =
lunatic. unit to be at large.
Before Justice Mccoy in Lunacy
Court yesterday Rodecker was
given . chance to prove that he was
sane. He did. The jury gave him
a verdict OF sound mind in a louder
and more emphatic tone than is
usually used. Rodecker took the
stand in his own behalf and ex-
planned what the hospital physi-
clans called queer" to the satis-
faction Of the twelve men, II there
was . sane man at all in the court
room. il was Rodecker. There was
absolutely nothing about the man,
either in his actions, or his exam
nation, that would cause even the
most skeptical to think that he was
mentally unbalanced.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-29
MARINE CORPS.

The Marine Corps yesterday an
nounced nifty more casualties, divided
as follows: Killed In action, II; died
of wounds received in action. z; Sc
yerely wounded in action, s6. The list
follows:
Y Killed in Action
Thomas p. Arnet. sergeant, Christie
pher, H.; william R Cleveland. SER
seant, Crosby. Pa; Thomas r. Heath,
sergeant. Philadelphia. Pa.
Robert L. Cloro. corporal. Lees Sum-
Initt. Mo-; Anthony J. Kowker. cor
pbral, Franckvilie, Pa.
Arthur ]. Ashe, private, Kittanning,
Pa; William A. Benton. private, May
odan. N. c.; Jewell Buckman. private,
Holley. N. Y: William w. Dumars.
Monroe, Wis. Joseph F. Pagan, pri-
vate. Albany. N. Y; Glenn S. Loomis,
private. Batavia, n. Y: Philip N. Nc
Govern, private. Irvington. n. Y:
William NJ. Moss. private. Mount Yer
non. H.; Joseph s. Mudek. private.
clarissa, Mimi; Charles A. Naegelen,
private. Cincinnati. Ohio; Herbert A.
Strehlow, private, Milwaukee, Wis:
James A. Torgerson. private. Gallo
way. Wis.
Died OF Wounds Received I'm Action.
David A. johnson. corporal. Chi
cago. Ill.
Lloyd v. Evans, private, Hamil-
ton. N. Y; William Paul Exner, pri-
yate, Buffalo. n. Y; Leo p. Lime
man. private. Covington. KY; Grant
/ II. Lyman, private, Fillmore, Utah
, William ]. McNelly. private. May
vile. Mich; Robert Morris Shields,
private. Edgewater. n. J.
Severely wouaded.
Charlie c. Porter corporal. Co
lumbus. Ga; Richard W. Rose, cor
poral Upper Mt. Clair, n. J.
Burt N Anderson, private, Dali
les. Ore: Claud w. Bailey, private,
Lubbock. Tex; Emery Z. Bartlett,
| private, Salem. Ore; George J. Bo-
bal. private, Hastings. Pa: Paul N.
Crow, private, Crossetts, Ark; Bert
Cunningham, private, Fife Lake
Mich; Chester L. Curtis, private, At.
lanta, Ga; Robert J. DUFFY. private
Boston. Mass; Lacey Gibbs. private
Files, Kan; Vincent ]. Ichniowski
priavte. Baltimore, Nd; Earl z. Rra-
kau. private. Cleveland. Ohio: Jane,
E. McGinn. private, Minneapolis
MINI; Daniel 7. McKenna, private
Roxbury, Mass: William o. Mitchell
private, Louisiana, Mo-; John e
oberle, private. Riverview. Ohio; An.
drew outko. private, Larksyille. Pa.
VIM. N. Park. private, Brooklyn. n. Y;
| Martin l. Parson, private. Falmouth
KY; Emmett L Patton. private Wine.
sap, Tenn: Howard NJ Pell. private
Creston. W. Va; Andrew NJ. Perash
private. CourtdaIe, Pa; Hugh "
Schenck. private. Chicago, H.: Lau.
renee W. Thomson, private, Este.
Park, Col; Herbert r. wegenast, pyi-
vate. Rome. Ind.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-29
Auto Tire Stolen.

An auto tire valued at so was
stolen yesterday noon from an auto
at Thirteenth and New York avenue
northwest. belonging to George z,
Walker, residing at Seventh and X
streets southwest.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-29
ARMY.
KILLED I'm Action.

A.cu IN Acttou.
3 Karl II. Eyman, lieutenant, Lam
caster. Ohio: Jerome L. Goldman,
lieutenant. st. Louis NO: Norman
J. Mccreary. lieutenant. volant,
Pa: James s. Timothy. lieutenant,
Highland Falls. N. Y.
Robert H. jackson. corporal, Ros-
lindale. Mass; Alexander Aloysius
Jankowiak, corporal. South Bend,
Ind; John ]. Kelly. lieutenant, Hol-
yoke. Mass: Thomas z. Peden, lieu
tenant. Gray Court, s. c.; John ].
Ryder. lieutenant. Brooklyn, n. Y;
Jethro Shoemaker. lieutenant. Glenn,
Ga.
William J. McNally. farrier. HoI-
yoke. Mass.
Alfred M. Bronsnas. private,
Brooklyn. N. Y; Louis NJ. Croteau,
private. Holyoke, Mass; Elvan A.
Frost, private. Clearmont. wyo.; Jan
Ga1da, private. Detroit, Mich; Her
bert +. Gledhill, private. Sigurd.
Utah; Charles II. Harsch. private.
Rockport. N. Y; Toney Lubbock, pri-
vate, Chicago. ILL.,; Harry McKin-
ney, private, Evansville, Wis; Sar-
kis H. Semouinn. private. Nashua,
N. H; Joseph Suski. private, Cleve-
land. Ohio: Leo Waits. private, well
lington. Ala; William ]. Whitaker,
private. Clarkston, Wash; Gilbert
Wilson, private. wofford, KY.
Died of Wounds.
Fred A. Plogger. sergeant. Car
rie, Va: Arthur z. Bond. corporal,
Scipio. Okla: Albert II. Jester, pri-
vate. Galveston. Tex; Howard Van
Campen. private, Haven. Kan.
Died Of Disease.
Albert II. Grub. major, Berkley
Springs. w. Va; George Holmes.
private. Springfield. Mass; Louis
Rosenberg. private. Pittsburgh. Pa.
Wounded Severely.
Theodore Samuel slen. lieutenant,
Hewitt Landing, Saskatchewan, /,
Canada: Ernest c. Blakely. corporal,
Northboro. Mass: Wilbur c. Dis
brow. corporal, Lynn, Mass; Muriel
S. Morrison, corporal. Cloverport,
KY; Donald T. Peck, corporal. East
Haven, Conn; George w. Van voast,
corporal. Turner, Mont: Zed H.
Adams, private. Newport, KY;
Charles Exner. private. Chicago. Ill.
Ronald A. Ginder. private, Jameson,
Mo-; Charles d. Greenleaf, private,
Santa Barbara. Cal; William H.
Korn. private. Madison. Wis: Adam
John Manzak. private, Buffalo. n. Y:
william B. Martin. private. Pittston,
Pa; Charles z. Meyer. private, St
: Louis. Mo-; George E Milne private,
Yamhill, Ore; Samuel Moffett pri-
vate. Brooklyn, N. Y; Leon o'Leva.
private, Binghsmton. n. T.; John c.
Partridge. private. Oakland. Cal;
Reuben Patch, private, Point Pl..
w. Toledo. Ohio; Herbert Prescott
private, Cambridge. Mass; Charles
Schmitz, private, Streator. III;
Clayton 9. wickland, private. Ed
monds. Wash.
Wounded degree undeterminsd).
Samuel Auge, corporal. St. PAM.
MINI; Floyd Gibbons. corporal, ec-
credited correspondent for Chicago
AIl"une -
The Washington herald., 1918-06-29
Steal Overland Car.

Alfred Ssperston. living at Beacon
apartments. complained to the police
yesterday that during the afternoon
some one had stolen his Overland
roadster from in front Of tine apart
ment house
The Washington herald., 1918-06-29
Page Loses Bike.

Henry Longfellow, one Of the pa ges
at the Capitol. yesterday complained
70 the police that his bike, valued at
so' had been stolen from its stand
on the House side of the Capitol.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-29

Elmer J. Prosper. captain. Philadsi.
phia. Pa
Prisoners Previe.siy Reported
Missine).
Edward w. Prunier. captain, New
Haven. Conn.
Note-Total number Of deaths from
disease previously reported should be
reduced by one on account Of repeti-
ton.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-29
Burflar Gets 50.

James z Thompson. 2B Third street
southwest, last night reported 10 The
police that his house was entered byl
a burglar with a duplicate key some
time yesterday and $50 in bills tsl0en
from q trunk.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-29
Thief Steak Watch

Georse Durr, 3o1 Munsey Building.
reported the theft OF a gold watch
valued at 80 from one Of the toilet
% ,ss2@ q tas building.