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The Washington times., 1918-02-13

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ANY how, here's testimony from
Mr. RAWLINS, HIS experiences
Thursday evening, February q:
Il attended the Billy Sunday meet
ing came home BY the Capital
Traction Company lines. Standing
ready to take on passengers were
three Georgetown cars. One started
just as | arrived took the next
There were three Georgetown cars
in line. I had a good outside seat
all the way. disembarked at FIJI
teenth and G with q transfer. II was
then $3.50. Five minutes later along
came a Fourteenth street car, jam
med to sufiocation- Only one Of the
waiting crowd could get on after
two had got on.
Il waited at that point fifteen
minutes, during which time I saw
THIRTEEN Georgetown cars drag
their carefree ways past, and only
FIVE Fourteenth street cars. In
only two Of the thirteen Georgetown
cars were there standing passengers.
In several there were many vacant
seats. Each Of the five Fourteenth
street ears were jammed. It was
not till the fifth that the waiting
crowd was noticeably diminished. Il
would be a safe bet. too safe for .
good gamble, that the i've Fourteenth
street cars had many more people
aboard than the thirteen Georgetown
cars"
Recipe for Japanese Earthquake.
The office boy took q ride on the
front platform OF a Washington
Railway and Electric Company car
this morning, and on his return
dropped this on my desk:
Il have discovered how the
washington Railway and Elec-
trio motormen throw the pas
sengers toward the front Of the
car so suddenly. The air brake
on the car l rode on was frozen
or busted or whatever they do
with them on the Washington
Railway and Electric line, and
the motorman disdained to use
the hand brake.
Here's how he stopped the
car: When he was due to stop
at a corner he would shut on
power about 200 feet away. then
turn the power into reverse.
That would spin the wheels
backward and the car would
bump and jerk something fierce.
After 200 feet OF this he would
throw the reverse in hard and
stop with a grand bang"
The Washington times., 1918-02-13

F.S. HOLLIGER, who lives at 1916
Newton street, says there are.
The Capital Traction Company
runs a large number Of cars to
Georgetown and return" he says.
81 notice they are seldom as full as
the Fourteenth street line"
The Washington times., 1918-02-13

country
der good became ployes
would be al to earna good do.
IN
OF have
the Few
receiving
live II
q family
month lies
for Of $1o0
represented q
Now I'll put it squarely up to Congress: Is it right
that you should give jobs at wages which nothing
more than barely keeping the Life within their bodiesi
There is for economy In this Government but
for desk slavery at sub starvation wages.
The Washington times., 1918-02-13

ALONZO TWEEDALE and his ine
force Of good workers stayed up halt
the night to get the teachers pay
checks out on time this month.
The Washington times., 1918-02-13

Any how, here's testimony from
Mr. RAWLINS, HIS experiences
Thursday evening, February q:
The Washington times., 1918-02-13

Spring is herel ED QUIGLEY
saw q bunch Of crocuses sticking up
out Of the ground in front Of the
Gardner house, just a door or two
east of the Department Of Com
merce.
The Washington times., 1918-02-13

Are There More Georgetown Carr
Than Fourteenth Street Carsl
The Washington times., 1918-02-13

W. B. WESTLAKE tells me the
Community Store Of the Connecticut
Avenue Citizens Association is COM
ing along fine. The building is going
up and the stock Is being sold Tor
real money.
The Washington times., 1918-02-13

Seems strange to see building go
ing on IN that friendly old hole IN
the ground t0hsre the Arlington
Hotel stood for so long.
The Washington times., 1918-02-13

ROBERT P. RAWLINs. Of 1852
Otis street. says that If F. S. HOL-
The Washington times., 1918-02-13

DR. B. BYNG asks me II know
there are women working in the De-
partment OF Agriculture for twenty
five dollars a month. have heard
that statement annually for several
years.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10
CLUB
CHILD'SCAMP
LUNCH GUESTS
Members Entertained by
Mr.. Semmes at Camp
Good Will.

The Rotary Club Of this city was
entertained at luncheon at Camp Good
VIII yesterday by Mr.. Semmes OF the
semmes Moto- Company. One hun
dred members. including John Pooie.
president Of the club. went out N
busses and decorated automobile
This IL the FIRST visit Of the club 70
the camp. but the members were 90
pleased with the work OF the Asso-
ciated Charities among the children
that they pledged 500 toward the sup-
port Of the camp 10 500 10 match n
10 raised by the organization.
The children were presented with Ice
cream. candy. peanuts. paper cans
and various toys. and had q splendid
day. John o. 0heen OF the Rotsry
Club sent out two pony carts ana
three ponies for the entertainment or
the children and will leave a ponv
and cart out for the rest Of the sea-
son.
The Sy Hospital Camp. which W.
IN danger Of closing for lack
nurses. will be kept open, me ASS,
ciated Charities announce. DR. G
conklin and DR.. May Baker hs,
offered their services in place Of d
former head. who has gone 10 FrancsI
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10
CLINIC
LEE DISCOVERS
EMPYEMA GERM
U. S. Army Solves Mystery
of Treatment of Dread
Disease.

BY means of team work on the part
of specialists, the Medical Department
of the army has now erected a de-
pendabie line OF defense against EN-
pyema, the disease Of the lungs that
assumed the proportions OF an epi-
demic in the camps and eantonments
last winter. causing many deaths. a
statement from the Office Of the Sur
geon General. says:
The form OF the disease that ap-
peared in the camps differed from
the ordinary disease seen in civil life,
being due to the streptococcus, one Of
the most dreaded germs known. Next
winter or at any other time, if e SIM
liar epidemic should attack the men
in training or overseas. 1t ks certain
that the Surgeon General will be able
to prevent a serious spread.
Empyema Is an infection that at
tacks the membrane covering the
lungs or the membranous lining Of the
chest walls. 1t produces a fluid. often
times pus. which remains between
the two membranes. The amount OF
the exudate constantly increases and
the lungs are forced up into a smaller
and smaller space as the fluid tends
to hll the pleural cavity. During this
stage of the disease, breathing be-
comes more labored and difficult. due
to the restricted air space in the
lungs.
While similar epidemics have raw
aged all armies for the last three CEN
turtles. at no time has the cause been
known. The first known operation for
empyema was performed in a similar
epidemic during oud War Of 1872.
Studied at Camp Lee.
At the very inception of the epi-
demic Surgeon General Gorgas ordered
special Investigations to be made.
Following this. the cause was dis
covered by an intensive study In
the laboratory divisions of bac-
teriology and pathology. the exact
nature of the disease and the medi-
cal treatment outlined by the army
physicians, and the method of its
spread determined by active work
carried on by the Medical Depart
ment in every camp.
The surgical division was charg-
ed with the problem of devising the
best method of treatment. To this
end. a special group. consisting of
surgeons, internists and laboratory
workers. was located at Camp Lee.
Va. where a large group OF patients
were available for study.
The following figures. taken from
the report of the empyema team at
the base hospital at Fort Riley.
Kans., demonstrate the effectiveness
of the new technique OF treatment
From october 30 to January 10, eighty
five cases were under treatment, which
died. From January q to April 90
sixty-nine cases were being treated
All of these were aspirated. The
deaths numbered six.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10
MISHAPS KEEP
AMBULANCES
BUSY ALLDAY
Four Accidents Occur with
Few Heat Prostrations
Recorded.

While there were few prostrations
yesterday from the heat, various acci-
dents in the street kept the ambu-
lances busy.
John E. Holmes. an so-year-old
white man residing at 62s Milwaukee
place southeast, was struck by an
auto operated by McCubbin wiseman.
Holmes was getting of a car at
Nicholas avenue, Anacostia. and re-
ceived injuries about the head. He
was taken to Providence Hospital.
His injuries are not expected to be
fatal
L. G. Fisher, white. aged IS, residing
at So Rhode Island avenue northwest,
was struck on the head by an auto
mobile top on the sidewalk of Four
teenth street next to the Ebbitt
House. Fisher refused treatment. al
though badly hurt. and went home.
James O'Hara, white, a years of
age, employed on a government build
ing at Seventeenth and B streets
northwest. fell in a drain hole yes
terday afternoon and broke his leg.
He was taken to Emergency Hospital
Lieut.. Howard Tilson, u. 8. A., was
slightly injured about the body when
a motorcycle. occupied by himself and
Sergt. Arthur c. Russell. collided with
an automobile owned and operated by
Abe Abraham of 633 Pennsylvania
avenue southeast. The collision oc-
cured at Eleventh street and Penn
sylvania avenue southeast. The mo-
torcycle was badly damaged.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10
PLAN NEW CLASS In
RECONSTRUCTION
Mason House to Open Course Sept,
u With Many Students.

The three months intensive course
in reconstruction crafts and arts
which has been conducted at the
Theodorus Bailey Meyers Mason
House. 1905 Twentieth street north
west. will be concluded September Il.
1t was announced by officials of the
institution yesterday.
The next intensive course in recon-
struction work will begin September
2. 1t was announced. Additional work
rooms have been assigned for the new
classes to be formed from the appli-
cants who are now enrolling. AppIi-
cations are pouring in from the resi-
dents Of nine States and the District.
Among the Washington women who
are taking the course are Miss Flea
nor Butler. Mrs. T.. w. Carlisle, Miss
Ella A. Eustis. Mrs. r. Fisher. Mrs.
B. NJ. Fowler. Mrs. Anne Goody-
koontz. Mrs. Henry c. Glazier. Mrs.
w. F. Harding. Miss ]. Humphrey.
Miss Katherine Harlow. Miss Dell
Slaughter. Mrs. Bo Sweeney and Miss
Sallie Pulseton.
Other classes conducted at the Ma
son House are for typewriters, mill
tary and civilian relief workers and
instructors in military French.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10

agara power, cut OF power from
nonessential industries and switch
It to those essential to winning the
war. Secretary Baker approved the
report
on December 2s. 1917. the COM
missioners issued orders for the re-
distribution OF power, and both com-
panies have obeyed to the lstter.
Essentials Are Aided.
one-eleventh Of all the power be-
ing distributed by the two compa-
nies Is scut OF from nonessential In
dustries and re-assigned to essen
tials; IL ,5s4 horsepower was taken
from I'VE companies being served by
the Hydroelectric Power Co. and re-
assigned to ave other companies;
1854 horsepower was taken from
three companies being served by the
Niagara Falls Power Co. and redis-
tributed to six concerns.
The War Department has taken
steps to increase the amount Of power
The Niagara Falls Power Co. IL not
obtaining maximum results. The Hy-
draulic Power Co., on the other hand,
utilizes the full head OF water al
lowed it. For these reasons the War
Department has brought the. two
companies into a consolidation. which
will result In giving the Hydraulic
Co. all of a new allotment Of water
to be taken from the river, and which
will develop 10000 horsepower addi-
tional
Temporary extensions are also be-
ing made at the Ontario Power Co.'S
plant on the Canadian side to pro-
vide needed power for Canadian in
dustries. In addition enlargements to
be completed this fall to two steam
plants at Buffalo will add g 900 horse
power to the available total for war
industries.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10
sLUB OF u. S. NURSES
!. NEAR KINGS PALACE
Social Center in London en- Route
: to Front Hospitals.

fLondon. Aug. 9-The nearest thing
- a college sorority house in Eng
land is the American Nurses Club.
INST around the corner from the
american Embassy and just back Of
Buckingham Palace on a street called
Grosvenor place.
at is the temporary home and head
CHARTERS of L. s. nurses who may be
passing through London en- route to
some hospital 1t is the social center
for American nurses stationed in hos
pitfalls in and about London.
The club. four stories high, for
merly was a residence. On the first
floor are dining-rooms, kitchen, hall
and reception room, while on the
second there are two large rooms
with hardwood floors in fine condi-
ton for dancing There is a small
balcony. The third and fourth floors
comprise lodging rooms. A nurse
matron is in charge.
+, Each Friday night there Is
dance, which Lady Harcourt, formerly
of New York and a relative of ].
Pierpont Morgan, often chaperons.
Lady Harcourt was responsible for
the establishment of the club. which
already has become so popular and
overcrowded that the Countess OF
Grannard has loaned Forbes House
for a second nurses club.
Refreshments are served Friday
evenings and American officers, Y. NJ.
c. A. workers and a few Ameri-
cans in mufti take advantage of the
opportunity of chatting with some
home girls" The rules require that
men callers shall depart at II :3D D. m.
which is reasonably early when Lon
don's habit Of 40 dinners is con-
sidered.
As a social outlet and recreation
center the club has been a success
from the start Residence in II Is
limited to two weeks.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10
NEW SCOUT EXECUTIVE
HONOR GUEST AT CLUB

Edward D. Shaw, the new Boy Scou,
executive for the Washington district,
was the guest of honor yesterday at
luncheon at the Press Club
given by Issac Cans. The other
members OF the luncheon >partx
were Houston Thompson, presi-
dent of the Boy Scouts; Orvflle
Brown, District commissioner for tine
organization: James T. Lloyd and H.
L. Rust.
Mr.. Shaw was formerly scout execn-
tive Of Delaware and Montgomery
counties. Pennsylvania. where he
achieved good results in recruiting
boys for the scout organizati ton.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10
MIIADY MUST NOW CUT OUT
HER BABY COTTAGE TRUNK

An travelling bags and suiteases
should be restricted TO sizes from II
TO . inches. with but two styles 10
each size. All secret drawers. secret
partitions. secret sections, false bot
toms. false sides and false tops should
be discontinued.
II 10 snggested that the nsnufactui-
or restrict his output of leather suit
cases 70 not more than eighteen
than thirty-six styles: leather bafs.
not more than thirty-six styles;
other than leather baes. not more
than eighteen styles. Each different
quality or grain of leather used IN 10
be considered as constituting q separ,
ate style Of either bags OF suitcases.
The purpose Of this program 10 20
release capital and 10 eliminate need
less uses OF material and equipment
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10

No longer may Milady travel with =
dozen baby cottage" trunks. many
big bandboxes and odd shaped bass.
The conservation division Of the
War Industries Board. working out
plans for saving space in baggage
cars, in order TO have more room TO
transport troops. Is planning to cut
on such baggage at the scurce-the
manufacturer.
But Milady does not care. All siis
needs rs her Red Cross Uniform or her
motor-messenger or yeowoman cos
tune.
Included in the conservation divi-
sion's program Is the recommendation
that personal trunks should not ex-
coed 40 inches in height or length,
that being the maximum size that
permits the loading OF baggage car
to full capacity.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10
War Camp Service Asks
For Acrobats, Jugglers
iAnd Sleight-of-Hand Men

with practically all the positions Of
singers and entertainers flied as
result OF yesterdays tryouts at 1901
Connecticut avenue. northwest, the
District War Camp Community Ser
vice yesterday sent out q call for
frAined acrobats. wrestlers and
skight-of-hand juggleTs. These acts
Will supplement the more serious
work of the other entertainers with
sQmething OF lighter nature.
5 The War Camp Community Service
issgiving entertainments for the men
ini fourteen camps scattered about
Washington.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10
MARCH
|RETREATFROM
QUENTIN FEAT
Conan Doyle Defends 1t as
a Most Honorable
Episode.

4 London. England, Aug. 9.-Writing
In the Evening standard. Sir Arthur
|conan Doyle, who has developed from
"A novelist into q military cridc. de-
FLARES that the retreat of the British
Fifth army from st. Quientin when
the Germans began their great drive
IN March q was not q disaster. but
-nne Of the most honorable episodes
.of the war.
= Gen. Cough has been suspended and
As now under charges for being re-
= xponsible for IL. but Doyle defends his
course and calls upon the war ONCE
10 publish a connected narrative Of
abe battle.
Z Russians Responsible.
3 TT is not true" says Sir Arthur.
Tthat the line was broken. save in
~he sense that when a division or
&orps Is turned at the tanks some re-
adjustment is needed to reform the
rine. The miracle is that under the
most exacting circumstances the line
cvas never broken. and there was
never a time when the Germans saw
8pen country before them and could
&ush on where they would.
= History will ask who Is respon-
<fble for the fact that the British
1ns was pushed back from st. Quen-
in TO Albert in ten days. 1t was not
he soldiers II was not the poll
Ecians. The only peopleto blame are
1he idiots and traitors OF Brest-
1itovsk. who, by their detection, sent
Il tidal wave OF a million men rolling
across Europe
= Retreat Great Feat.
when we get our true perspective.
NE retreat from st. Quentin will rank
&ith the retreat from Mons as one
% the remarkable military feats OF
&he war.
The evening of March n saw the
British Fifth army up In the air
and 10 deadly peril from causes over
~hich il had absolutely no control.
fhe evening Of March Is found the
kame army worn and weary, but re-
Enforced and firm, strongly buttressed
1pon its supports and presenting an
Hnbroken front to the Germans.
Hairbreadth Esespes.
S''when the public come to know the
Whole story in detail, with its hair
Breadth escapes. its desperate rallies
9gainst monstrous odds, with bri-
kades which were smaller than bat
talions, and divisions which were
Heak brigades. IT will find that there
BE few more honorable episodes in
be war"
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10
GREEK REPLICAS OF CHAPLIN.
Statuettes Found in Tomb Are Re
semblances.

London, Aug. 9.-Statuettes bear
ing a remarkable resemblance to
Charlie Chaplin have ben found in
a Greek tomb. says an Athens dis
patch. They are said to be repre-
sentative types of comedians In the
fourth century B. C. The figures
wear short trousers and are evident
ly caricaturing the stately Greek
walk.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10
WILL PURIFY GERMAN TONGUE
Pru'sian Government to Replace
Certain Foreign Words.

Amsterdam. Aug. 9.-The Prussian
Lower House has issued a report
on the publication of the German
language from foreign words used
in the business OF the house.
''Provisorisch" (provisional) will be
replaced by "vorlaufig." 'Intcrpel-
lationen" (questions) will be known
as "formliche Anfragen."
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10
u. S. Takes Over Shipyard.

Newport News. Va, Aug. at was
announced here today that the Emer-
gency Fleet Corporation had taken
over operation of the Newcomb Ship
building and Dock Company at
Hampton. The company has on hand
about twelve contracts for the gov
ernment.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10
SOME ARE ANTI-PAN-GERMANs
Hun Editor Warns Kaiser of Hi,
Errors.

Berne. Aug. s.-Not all Germany Is
Pan-German- The 'Schwaeblsche
Tagwacht" prints the following at
tack on the Pan-Germans:
The kaiser seems 20 believe that
the German nation Ia exclusively
composed OF furious Pan-Germans
who wish to devour the world ami
who think they can annihilste their
enemies on the battlefield and sub
sequently establish German domina-
ton over the whole world.
This is a very serious mistake.
and the German people view the
future with anxiety"
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10
USE NIAGARA'S
WATER POWER
IN WAR WORK
Uncle Sam Acts to Increase
Its Supply Of Industrial
Energy.
ny FREDERICK m. KERBY.
(washington Heraid's stan Core.
spondent.)

=
spondent.)
Niagara Falls. N. Y, Aug. 9.-The
harnessed power OF the Niagara
States entered the war, was being
dustry, has been turned into one
of the principal factors in pro-
duction OF war necessities.
The treaty enacted by Great
Britain and the United States in
1910 limits to 5000 cubic feet per
second the amount Of water which
may be diverted for power purposes
from Niagara's. 100000 cubic feet.
OF this, Canada is entitled to take
$4,000 cubic feet. and the United
States 10000 per second.
When the United States entered
the war the Hydraulic Company
was delivering an average of 49,
600 horsepower per day to users
in Niagara Falls and Western New
York. The Niagara Falls Power
Company was delivering $4,000
horsepower per day.
Uncle SANS Problem.
A great part OF this was going
to concerns whose product could
not to be used in war work. In
Niagara Falls and Buffalo are
plants OF the utmost value to the
government for war work-some Of
them producing materials made mo-
where else in the United States.
Without the abrasives, such as
carborundum and graphite, manu-
factured in plants here. the machine
shops of the nation could not run.
Ferro-silicon. phosphorus, chlorine
all vital necessities Of war-are
produced in the Niagara Falls
plants. dependent upon water
power.
So the Secretary Of War appoint
ed commission, composed of Rob-
ert J. Bulkeley and Brig. Gen.
Charles Keller of the Corps of En-
gineers, to study the power situa-
ton. They recommended that the
government take control of the Nj
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10
Y. M. c. A. WORKERS
GIVEN WAR STATUS

Captured Y. M. O A. workers held
by the Germans will have the same
status as prisoners of war. according
TO a memorandum which has recently
been prepared by the office Of the
Advocate General. Y. NJ. C. A. wor-
kers are warned, however, against
actions of a warlike nature and are
cautioned to carry military certificates
Identifying them and the nature OF
their service.
Germany's airplane crosses. for
meriy made in the shape Of an iron
cross. now are made in the shape OF
the Red Cross, but are black.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10
Important Schedule Changes.
aoufhern Raflrnaa Gw.3s-

Effective August, IL. Train No. AZ
will leave Washington $50 a. M for
Manassas, Front Royal, Harrisonbure
and Lexington. Va, daily to Harrison
burg: daily, except Sunday. Harri-
sonburg to Lexington Through
soaehes Washington TO lexington
earior car TO Hsrrisonbufg;-Ady.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10

A large quantity of clothing, con.
sisting Of underwear, woolen vests
and socks, has been sent by the pope
to Italian prisoners OF war in Ger
many.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10

People are selling real estate
every day-through classified adver-
tising. Are you wondering how
you can sell yours?
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10

Maj. Gen. William c. Langntt has
been appointed Chief Engineer Of the
American Expeditionary Forces. He
held 9 similar position In Cuba in
1906
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10

Property 10 always marketable.
Use the classified.