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The Washington herald., 1918-06-07
FIRE FIGHTER
FOR CLARENDON
now ASSURED
Citizens Raise $500 at Open
Air Rally Held Last
Night.

Six hundred dollars was subscrib-
ed at an open air rally Of the
clardenon Citizens Association last
evening. for the purchase OF q $500
chemical fire engine. ..
A fake alarm brought three
engines from Cherrydale. and one
from Ballston, to show the people
OF Clarendon the type OF machine
wanted. H-
A three hundred dollar lot donat-
ed by Peter Latimer started the ball
rolling, and great enthusiasm was
shown. Seven subscriptions Of S25
were made.
J. Thomas Manning presided and
introduced the speakers. Among
whom were Fire Chief Eugene
Turnburke, of Cherrydale. Frank
Lyon, George II. Rucker and e. w.
Ball.
Music for the festive occasion was
furnished by the Clarendon Band.
assisted by members of the Wash
ington Grotto Band.
The need for a chemical engine
for fire protection was emphasized
by the total destruction Of the Yeat-
man home in Clarendon q few days
ago. Only the timely assistance of
fire engines from neighboring
towns saved the nearby houses.
THE Clarendon Citizens Associa-
tion has called this public meeting
to acquaint you with a most serious
condition existing in our communi-
ty," Mr.. Manning said in his open
ing address. That Is the totally
inadequate fire protection accorded
your family and property. We pro-
pose to put this question squarely
up to you as to whether you desire
a modern fire apparatus. or the an
tiquated outfit you now have. Only
a few days ago you experienced
the sad sight of seeing Mr.. Yeat-
mans home burn to the ground.
and but for the assistance of our
good neighbors from Ballston and
Cherrydale, other homes would
have met the same fate. for the
Clarendon department sould not
have saved them
Our compaign Is to raise $500
to buy q fire engine which will pro-
tect your interests. We will solicit
this amount by having a house-to-
house collection. No man will be
missed. and you can rest assured
II you do your part the Citizens
Association will do the rest"
The Washington herald., 1918-06-07
SLAYER OF 4
TAKEN TOJAIL
ON STRETCHER
Herbert L. Copeland, Who
Shot Policemen, Removed
from Hospital.

Herbert L Copeland. the confessed
slayer Of two Washington police
men. and Maryland deputy sheriff.
was held for the action OF the grand
jury by q coroner's jury at the in
quest held yesterday at the District
Morgue. -'..-
The confessed slayer has been re-
moved from Casualty Hospital,
where he was taken suffering from
four bullet wounds received when
he tried TO escape from a house
at 400 Carrollburg street south
west. where he sought refuge after
killing Policeman John A. Conrad,
in a house at 76 street northeast,
on the night of May 21. and locked
up at the District Jail to await
trial.
Gains Strength Quickly.
The negro was taken to the jail
on a stretcher with the four bull
lets still in his body. He was gain
ing strength so rapidly that police
officials deemed II advisable TO have
him removed from the hospital.
The bullets in the negro's body
will be probed for. however, when
he has sufficiently regained strength
to allow him to undergo an opera
ton.
Copeland murdered Conrad and
Deputy Sheriff McParlan. when the
two officers went to the negro's
home. 76 1 street northeast, May 21,
to serve a summons for his appear
ance as a witness in a case to be
held at La Plata, Nd.
The negro escaped after the
shooting and sought refuge in the
home OF his half brother, 1900 Car
rollburg street southwest. Lieut..
Dunigan, of the Sixth precinct, was
shot and killed when he forced the
door of the Carrollburg street house
to arrest the negro.
Admitted Previous Murder.
Copeland admitted to Detective
Beckley that he had murdered a
negro in Galveston. Texas. in 1915.
Copeland bears many scars from
fistic encounters and cutting fra
cases engaged in while he was en-
ployed in the South.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-07
ANTHONY AMENDMENT
VOTE PUT OFF AGAIN
Republicans Ask That Measure B,
Pressed: Democrats Demur.

Republican Senators endeavored
to force the vote for the Susan B.
Anthony amendment, creating ma
tional woman suffrage, yesterday,
but the Democrats asked delay,
saying they still needed three votes
before the necessary two-thirds vote
OF the entire Senate could be mus
tered.
Senators Gallinger and Cummins,
both Republicans, were ready to
vote. For the Democrats. Senator
Shafroth, Of the Woman Suffrage
Committee, said that he certainly
expected a vote at this session. He
predicted success for the amend
ment.
Senator Nelson, of Minnesota,
caused a laugh when he asked for
the vote to be taken so women would
stop sending him petitions and let
tiers. and he could have peace in
his old age"
The Washington herald., 1918-06-07
BORAH URGES SECRET
TREATIES ABOLISHED
Senator Declares Fighters Victims
of Hidden Diplomacy.

Secret diplomacy was assailed again
yesterday by Senator Borah on the
floor Of the Senate. He has an amend
mendment pending which would do
away with consideration of pacts be-
hind closed doors
There isn't a boy leaving home
today to fight under our flag who
is not in this way a victim of secret
European diplomacy" said the Idaho
Senator.
The origin of the present war was
almost wholly because of secret di-
plomacy. Dishonest, sinister schemes
were played under cover. Ambition
went too far. One Of the great cor
rective powers would have been ne
gotiations out in the open.
''If we conclude peace with Ger
many, and the Hohenzollerns are on
the throne and able to make secret
treaties, this country will have to be
an armed camp"
The Senator closed his speech with
a demand that the treaty after this
war must be manufactured in the
open.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-07
ADVANCEPACKER CASE
To HEARING JUNE IS
Wilson and Company to Fight
Spoiled Meat Charge.

Wilson and Company. packers. have
filed with the Federal Trade Commits
sion a general denial of the commits
sion's complaint charging that the
company sold meats to Camp Travis.
Texas. that was unfit for human con-
sumption. informal hearing on the
hrm's petition for advanced trial Of
the complaint was granted yesterday,
Is. -O' "O"e
This advances the date Of trial ahout
two weeks, thirty days being the MS
ual period for preparation Of a case
after filing complaint. In this case.
however, on protests from Thomas z
wilson, head of the firm, that the
charges were without foundation and
that immediate opportunity be given
Tot Clearing the firms reputation, an
advance was allowed. establishing a
precedent for the commission
The commission insisted at the bear-
ing yesterday morning that IL was
ruiiy prepared to substantiate its conn
plant that the meat sold by Wilson
and Company to the soldiers at Camp
Travis was spoiled.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-07
30 WORKERS TO TAG
Citizens FOR Blind
Girl Scouts Will Also Aid in Raising
Revenue for Home.

With the time-old charitable appeal.
Please help the blind" fifty volun-
teer workers of the Aid Association
for the Blind of the District. aided
by Girl Scouts, are selling tags
throughout the city today for the
benefit of the Home for the Blind.
$3.50 r street northwest
The sale will continue until even
ing. in the hotels, theaters, stores.
banks and on the street. Those SELL
ing tags will be so placed as to
give everyone an opportunity to help
make a home another year for the
eighteen inmates.
At noon and at $50 the govern
ment buildings will be special objec-
tives. Congress. too, will be given
a chance to help. as both office build
ings will be "picketed" by the
workers.
Arrangements were being made last
night to exhibit some of the knitting.
the work of women inmates of the
home. in one, of the hotels where
tags will be on sale.
The entire proceeds from the days
sale will be turned into the Home,
which receives only $3.50 a year from
the Board Of Charities.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-07
Soldiers Citizenship Clerks.

To facilitate the registration of
aliens who have enlisted in the
army as provided for their naturali.
zation by the act of Congress ap-
proved by the President Nav 9.
John r. Young. clerk of the Dis
trict Supreme Court, yesterday as
signed A ssistant Clerk A. G. Buhr-
man to Washington Barracks, and
Assistant Clerk r. P. Belew, to
Camp Meigs.
In the meantime Clerk Young
is handling those who apply at the
courthouse for naturalization, and
they are being admitted to citizen
ship in groups as fast as the for
malities arc arranged.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-07
7 NAVAL GRADUATES
RUSH forth To We'd
Ink on Diplomas Still Wet. Mar
rage Licenses Flourished.

Annapolis. June 6.-Victims of Dan
Cupid, seven OF the new ensigns of
the navy who today received their
diplomas of graduation from the
Naval Academy. apparently engaged
in a competition to determine which
one could reach the matrimonial altar
first. and the distinction fell to Rich
ard Rush, of Washington. D. c.. At
l2:15 o'clock, scarcely fifteen minutes
after the close of commencement cere-
monies. he married Miss Marjorie
Brown, Of Washington. The ceremony
being performed in the naval chapel
by the chaplain, Rev. Sydney X.
Evans. 1t was at first thought that
Harry Goodsteln. OF Philadelphia, and
Louis B. Pelzman, of Washington,
would take the matrimonial palm for
speed. but they lost out by a few
minutes. They married Misses Kath-
crime and Florence Gottlieb. respec-
lively. daughters OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Leon Gottlieb. Annapolis. at the home
of the parents of the brides shortly
after the Rush-Brown nuptials. Rabbi
Simon officiating.
At 1 o'clock in Stannes Protestant
Episcopal Church. Ensign Douglas A.
Powell. OF Washington, and Miss Dom
ma NJ. Montfort. Mount Holly, N. j..
were married by the rector, Rev. Ed
ward D. johnson.
Chaplain Evans. of the Academy,
also performed the weddings of three
other pairs as follows:
Ensign Leslie c. Stevens. Lincoln.
Nebr., and Miss Nellie Millikin, An
Ensign Laurence Schetky.
Hoodriver, Ore. and Miss Ethel Jane
Mcdonald, Mount Holly. N. j.; En-
sign James L. Weisenbacker. Val
dosta, Ga. and Miss Catherine L. Nor
gan. OF Gray. Ga.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-07
AEROSTATIONS
ALONG COAST,
BAKER URGES
Is Millions for Defense
Against U-Boats Asked
Of Congress.

The answer of the War Depart
Tent to Germany's submarine chal-
lCnge was laid before Congress
yesterday. when Secretary of War
Baker transmitted to the House a
request for S2S.34O.OOO to build
aviation stations for coast defense.
The stations. each equipped with
bombing and scouting planes, will
cover the two coasts, the Panama
zone and Hawaii, acting as an aerial
patrol against any future surprises.
\ special request was made for
$4,000 to forty the Panama
Canal
The seaplRnes will be capable of
meeting any aircraft that may be
sent from an enemy submarine, and
at the same time will be able to
guard effectively the stretch of
water between the shore line and
the radius of the destroyer fleet.
Work to BE Rushed.
Work on the construction Of
hangers and quarters for the men
will be commenced Immediately
after the appropriation is made
available. and the stations will be
ready for service very soon there
after. The work is to be rushed,
plans for the construction having
been already completed by the de-
partment.
No further reports of sinkings by
the enemy submarines were receiv-
ed yesterday. The Navy Department
announced that the Atlantic shore is
being thoroughly combed for traces
of the raiders. which are believed
now to have gone on a southerly
course in the hope of shaking OF
pursuit and evading capture by the
American patrol.
In reply to criticism of the man
ner in which warnings were sent
to Atlantic Coast shipping. the
Navy Department produced the rec
OTds to show that warnings were
aHtually sent out June l, or forty
eight hours before the news of the
first sinking was made public. The
warnings were sent to all the mari
time exchanges, as well as to ships
at sea.
The plan of coast defense adopt
ed by Secretary Baker in his recon-
mendation for $2s.O0O.O0O is a fol-
lows:
Sixteen permanent coastal de-
fense stations. S16,OOO.OOO.
twenty permanent balloon coast
al stations, S2.500.O00
Four permanent stations in Pan
anna zone. $5.42O,0O0.
Three permanent stations in
Hawaii, $4,42O,00O.
Panama Appropriation.
The appropriation requested for
the Panama Canal is to be expend-
I'd as follows:
Land defenses. S155!O0O: seacoast
batteries. 100000; searchlights,
S135.000.
Secretary Baker. in his letter to
she committee, called attention to
The results of the recent raid and
said that the War Department had
been strongly impressed by the
necessity of immediate action to
protect the coasts.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-07
negro FOOTPADS HAD
WORTHLESS PISTOLS
Lewis Fletcher, Street Car Employe,
Grapples with Assailants.

Held up at the point Of a pistol by
two negro footpads on c street near
First street northwest, early yester-
day morning. Lewis Fletcher, an EN-
ploye OF the Capitol Traction Com
pany, wrested the revolver from the
hands OF the negroes and put them
both to flight.
Fletcher was on his way to work
when he was stopped by the two ne
groes and asked for a match when
he reached in his pocket to get a
match. one OF the negroes drew a :e-
volver. Fletcher tussled with the
negro and succeeded in getting the
weapon from him.
After the tootpads had been put to
flight. a close examination of the re-
volver revealed that It was worthless.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-07

to the defendant cooperation is alleged
to have demolished an auto truck be-
longing to Robertson during q COLI
sion on H street northwest. near its
with Vermont avenue and
Madison place.
The complaint recites that on the
date named the auto truck was at
tempting to cross the car track when
q car came along al an excessive rate
OF speed and struck the truck and
The Washington herald., 1918-06-07
Ieemen Must Save Ammonia.

Tne nations ice needs and prospects
we're discussed yesterday at a confer
nee OF Eastern representatives Of the
ee and refrigeratins industry oticials
II the Fuel and Food administrations.
II was agreed that no measure would
'e adopted that would result in any
estrtction Of Ice production, but the
hscussion centered on means for con-
ervation. particularly OF ammonia,
Ehich Is needed for ammunition. II
$ believed that many forms of fuel
waste could be eliminated By the ice
nanufacturers
The Washington herald., 1918-06-07
Sues Street Railway
For Damage to Truck

R. Writ Robertson brought suit In
the District Supreme Court yesterday
against the Washington Railway and
Electric Company for $4,000 damages
alleged to have been sustained May
Is last. when an electric car belonging
The Washington herald., 1918-06-07
GERMAN KIDS TO co AREFooT

All German children are to be ask
ed to go to school barefoot in order to
save leather, according to a dispatch
from Berne. received here yesterday.
The dispatch says the Mannheimer
General Anzeiger credits this plan to
the war committee for controlling
stores nd says that an immediate
propaganda to carry the plan into ef-
feet has been begun.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-07

put II out Of cenmission entirely,
thereby deprivins its owner Of an IN
come amounting 70 sz7.D per day. He
asks the courts TO reimburse him ac-
eordIngiy. ..
H. winship whsstiey is attorney for
piaintift IN the case.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-07
RYAN-HARDIE MARRIAGE.

William J. Ryan, a son of Mr..
and Mrs. T. ]. Ryan, 224 F street
northwest, and Miss Vera Hardie
were married at St Ignatius' Church,
Baltimore. Nd. June 8, by Rev. JOS
seph Renard. Mr.. Ryan is in the
ouartermasters Department.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-07
Protection Of Migratory
Birds Scope Of Treaty

The House yesterday passed by the
'ote Of Z36 to - the bill to make ef-
'ective the treaty with Great Britain
or the protection Of migratory birds.
rhe bill now goes to the President.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-07

Smile when you pay your income
tax II means . tear for the
Kaiser ~
The Washington herald., 1918-06-07

There Is something new under the
sun-a Chinese motion picture actress.
And she proposes to do something
new-reform Chinese notions Of the
proper attitude to women.
She is Alice Lee and. when not act
ing, is busy studying the whole motion
picture game.
When l go back to China I will
take with me-" says she, some thou
sands of feet Of film, showing the
way American men treat American
women. Then I am going to take mov-
ing pictures depicting the life of the
Chinese women. After that I will
show both pictures and let my coun-
trymen draw their own conclusion.
Maybe they will stop considering a
son a blessing and a daughter a
curse, as they do now"
The Mount Holly news., 1918-08-06
FROM PALACE OF PHARAOH
University Of Pennsylvania to Have
Pillar That Once Adorned
Rulers Throneroom.

The first word In long time from
the Eckley B. Coke expedition to Egypt
has been received at the University
Of Pennsylvania museum from DIR.
Clarence s. Fisher, its leader. Doctor
Fisher reported excellent success dur
ing the winter explorations at Den
dereh, the ancient capital of Egypt, up
the Nile.
In April he returned to Memphis and
continued his work of uncovering the
palace Of Merenpthah, who is identi-
fed by many Biblical scholars as the
Pharaoh of the Oppression, whose
stubbornness brought on the plaques.
If this Is correct, the great hall and
throneroom of the palace. which has
now been completely uncovered, was
the scene of the appearance of Moses
and Aaron before Pharaoh, and where
the signs and wonders were performed.
The throne is said to be In good con-
dition, but Egypt will not permit 1t to
come to this country.
Fortunately, Doctor Fisher has
worked over the pieces of the II colos-
sal pillars which upheld the roof and
has recovered enough to make one
complete pillar. which will be brought
to the university museum and set up,
It win be the most notable specimen
of Egyptian architecture In this coun-
try. The pillars were six feet in diam
eter, 80 feet high. covered with In
scriptions and pictures inlaid with
gold. Much of the paneling of the
room and the lintels Of the doors also
were inIaid with gold, and these will
be brought here.
The natives Of Egypt, 1t Is sshd, call
the palace "The Temple of Noses" as
they have an idea that is where he was
reared.
The Mount Holly news., 1918-08-06
DEEM PICTURE OUT OF PLACE
British Authorities Request Removal
OF kalser's Portrait From
Tonga king's Palace

Germany's interesting relations with
the little kingdom Of Tonga In the
South Pacific are recalled by recent
incidents there. A few years back a
life-size portrait Of the kaiser mounted
within a massive gilt frame was pre-
sented by the German government to
King George Tuboa II, the present
ruler of the archipelago. Forthwith
this picture adorned the walls Of the
wooden palace at Nukualofa, the cap
ital of the kingdom. Germans-who,
shortly before the war, were rather
conspicuous in Tonga-were wont to
admire the painting when they came
to pay their respects to King George.
Moreover, close at hand were busts Of
Emperor Frederick of Germany and
Prince Won Bismarck. So delightfully."-
informal In many ways is the Tongan
court that the busts did excellent serv-
ice as hat racks on festive occasions.
But not SO with the present from the
"An Highest" But alack for the big
picture Of the kaiser In little Tonga
After the war had been in progress for
some time the fact Of Its existence and
whereabouts came within the purview
Of the British government and that
government requested the Tongan gov
ernment to remove 1t from the palace
The pith of this request was that Ton
ga Is a British protectorate. But not
withstanding Tonga is British pro
tectorate 1t Is the last independer
kingdom In the Pacific and 1t pride
itself on having not only monarcl
but a cabinet and parliament.-Ne'
York World.
The Mount Holly news., 1918-08-06
Wrist Watches Afsoat.

Wrist watches at sea, with their
luminous dials, are at once convent
ence, safeguard and peril. You can
cell the time without tearing your
clothes to pieces or going to a light.
When you walk along the deck at night
you can hold your forearm so that the
Hal glows In the sight Of all who are
passing along the deck and thus pre-
rent collisions. If you don't play up
your wrist watch, you are supposed to
whistle "sweet and low" In the dark as
you pass along. But If you are not
passing along the deck, only lingering
along the deck rail, and are fortunate
in having one of the few women who
are crossing as your companion in that
lingering. your luminous dial at rest
on the deck rail is apt to wreck the
wonderful sense of seclusion that dark
ened decks give these war times. One
heartless patrol trip or two ago step
ped to the rail and asked a dismayed
subaltern not to have his wrist watch
quite SO far around" whatever that
meant. because 1t might be detected by
a submarlne.-Nelson Collins In the
Century Magazine.
The Mount Holly news., 1918-08-06
COULD HEED CALL or WILD
Being Ais Own Boss, This Lucky Man
Listened TO Appeal and HIed Him
TO Happiness.

A fieok Of geese, northward bound
honked wildly In their fight. His feet
on his desk. his window open to the
breezes Of the morning, he heard the
can. For an hour he sat amid the con-
fiictine sounds OF great city hurrylne
about Its work. But his thoughts were
miles away. His eyes were dreamy.
The spell Of the wild was upon him.
he wandered m fertile fields awak-
Ing to renewed fife. he beheld the
meadows lush with grass. He sat be-
side wide flowing rivers and tiny
brooks whose waters rushed in foamy
spiendor from hiny heights above. He
wandered TO wooded slopes, with trees
a-bud and wild flowers peeping from
beneath dead leaves. A peace was his
which seldom came In his workaday
existence In the land Of pavement and
beehive dwellings,. He Dreamed On.
Brook trout In specified splendor rose
TO his captivating hook. Camp fires lit
the darkness Of his dream night. The
odor OF burning pine wood and Of siz-
zling trout ana bacon filed his nos
trils. He ate food such as his city
chefs had never learned to cook, with
an appetite his city stomach had long
since lost. In a single hour he dreamed
more happiness than had been his for
a decade.
He closed his desk. Another hour
found him grubbing in the recesses Of
the attic. By noon, clad in beautifully
ancient garments. with satchel In his
hand and fishing rod carefully in-
cased in waterproof cover under his
arm, he was at the railroad station. A
half hour later ne was on his way to
the wilds. And a smile such as he had
not smiled In months graced his fea-
lures.
Lucky man! He was his own boss
Milwaukee Journal.
The Mount Holly news., 1918-08-06
ITALY HAD FIRST PAWNsHor
From That Country the System oradu-
ally Spread Over tho Rest Of the
Civilized World.

The French call them monts-de-piete,
but no satisfactory explanation for this
nomenclature is forthcoming. The es-
tablishment of municipal pawnshops In
France was attended with more diff
Guilty than was the case In other coun-
tries.
It is from Italy that the idea Of mu-
nidpal pawnshobs spread over the rest
Of Europe. A municipal pawnshop was
set up in Madrid in the year 17O5.
when priest with very little capital
opened up as an uncle The system
was tried at Avignon In 1877, but 1t
was not until the year 1777 that Paris
itself was provided with a mont-de-
piete. The national assembly upset the
monopoly and the business passed into
private hands. The extortions Of the
pawnbrokers In time led, however, to
demand for the re-establishment of
The governmental institutions. In 1906
Napoleon re-established the monopoly,
regulating 1t by laws that are still in
force. The interest charged amounts
to about Z per cent.
In Paris the mont-de-piete Is In effect
department of the administration,
)ut In the provinces 1t is municipal
monopoly.