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The Washington herald., 1918-10-27
Draft Deferment for Postmen.

City letter carriers whom post
masters consider necessary en-
ployes will be entitled to consid-
Grafton for deferred classification
in the selective service. A ruling of
the War Department to this effect
was made public yesterday by J. c.
Keens. First Assistant Postmaster
General. at the request of the Post
Office Department.
% Where any postmaster considers
the retention of a city letter carrier
necessary to the efficient conduct of
his office, he is directed to file with
the carriers local board an affidavit
requesting deferred classification. II
the local board declines to honor the
postmasters request. he is directed
to appeal to the district board.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-27

convalescent camp at Bordeaux,
which was conducted by a French
noblewoman for American officers.
At the end of the convalescent
period Cant. Hunt rejoind his regi-
ment at the front on September 8.
He was under continuous fire from
that time until September is, ac-
cordins to his letters TO his wife,
Mrs. Hazel Hunt of the Leland
apartments, 201O o street north
west. On September % he was back
in the trenches again in time to
'have a share in tie st. Mihiel en-
counter.
Capt. Hunt has been recommend
ed for the distinguished service
cross given by the United States
for valor, and the Croix de guerre.
the French medal.
Lieut.. Col. Thomas HoIcomb.
Lieut.. Col. Thomas Holcomb who
was in command during a portion of
the encounter, has been in the Marine
Corps for nineteen years. He has been
awarded the croiX de Guerre for val
liant service.
Lieut. Col. Holcomb's wife, formerly
Miss Beatrice Glover. is the daughter
of Rear Admiral and Mrs Richard
son Glover. With her young son,
, Franklin, Mrs. Hocomb is living at
The Washington herald., 1918-10-27

Sumner n Harvard Man.
Almost all the men mentioned in
the letter are local men or men who
have affiliations in Washington.
Among them is Capt. Allen NJ. sum-
ner, who at the time of his death in
battle, was attached to the machine
gun company that protected the
Fourth and Fifth Regiments of the
Second Division of Marines. Capt.
Summer served with many of the men
who fought together at Chateau
Thierry at various stations during his
eleven years of service with the Ma
rines.
Capt. Sumner was born October 1,
1882. in Boston, Mass, and was d.
rect descendant of Increase Sumner,
an early governor OF Massachusetts.
as well as of Charles Sumner. the
statesman abolitionist.
Four years after his graduation
from Harvard University in 1904, he
was appointed second lieutenant in
the Marine Corps. He was promoted
to first lieutenant, and resigned jan
uary !. 1914.
In 1917 Capt Sumner. hearing the
call to arms, sought active service.
He was commissioned a first lieuten-
ant in the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve
March II, 1918. and was transferred
March %, 1913, to the Marine Corps
Reserve with the rank of captain.
Wrote Just Before He Died.
This was the last letter to be re-
ceived from Capt. Sumner. 1t was
written four days before his death
and described the makeshifts of his
trench life and the country where he
fell.
We'll. I am still well-a little back
of the front lines for rest. but we
are all still sleeping on the ground
and it looks as If we would for some
time.
II have had a little dugout, just
The Washington herald., 1918-10-27
NEW PLAN TO SELECT
CIVILIAN OFFICERS

Commissioned officers from civ
ilian life will hereafter be selected
by the personnel division of tho
General STAFF according to an an
nouncement made by the Chief of
Stan last night. Heretofore the
custom has been for each division
to select its personnel from appli-
cants for those branches Under
the new system, going into effect
NOVEMBER l, the personnel diyl-
sion will decide to what branch OF
the service the accepted applicant
should belong.
officers and enlisted men for the
Balloon Corps are needed at once,
the War Department states. Re
cruiting offices of the Balloon
Corps are located at Sixth street
and Missouri avenue.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-27
Two Real Dogs Of War
Missing from Kennels

Two dogs of war" and real honest
to-goodness dogs at that, are missing
from their kennels at n and Water
streets southwest Both are of the
AyredaIe breed and are months of
age. Capt. Robert w. Claiborne,
D. S. NJ. c.. notified the police last
night that the dogs went astray some
time yesterday afternoon and have
not been seen since. Both animals
have been trained to carry messages
under fire and to find wounded in OBJ
secure places. Capt. Claiborne has
been stationed at Quantico. Va. and
had brought the dogs to this city on
boat.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-27
BOY AND POLICEMAN
HIT BY AUTOMOBILE

Mounted Policeman T. ]. Cullinan.
Of No. 10 Precinct. was severely in
tured yesterday afternoon when an
automobile. driven by Sergt. Sherry
Evans, of the Air Production Service,
ran into him on Georgia avenue
northwest near Park road. Police
man Cullinan was removed to Gar
field Hospital suffering from a dislo-
Gated hip and minor injuries. His
horse threw him when the automobile
struck IL.
Kemper Sullivan, 6 years Of age. of
704 e street northeast was Slightly
injured about the left foot yesterday
while roller skating in II street north
east The youngster collided with an
automobile driven by II. L. Bosley
4o2 Fifth street northwest The boy
was taken home in Mr.. Bosley's ma
chine.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-27
EVERYONE LIKES
this COLD CURE
"Papes Cold Compound" ends a
cold or grippe In
g4 few hours.

Your cold will break and all grippe
misery end after taking a dose Of
'Pape's Cold Compound every two
hours until three doses are taken.
It promptly opens clogged-up nos
trils and air passages in the head
stops nasty discharges or nose running.
relieves sick headache. dulIness
feverishness. sore throat. sneezinE
soreness and stiffness
Don't stay stufred-upi Quit blowing
and snuffling! Ease your throbbing
head-nothing else in the world gives
such prompt relief as "Pspe's Cold
Compound which costs only a few
cents at any drug store. II acts with
out assistance. tastes nice. and causes
no Inconvenience. Accept no substi-
tute.-Ady.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-27
RAISE IN EXPRESS
RATES Is APPROVED

The Interstate Commerce Com
mission yesterday ruled that the
proposed increase in express rates
was justinable- The additional in
come thus derived will be shared on
approximate equal terms by the
government and the companies.
II is held that the increased in
come to be derived by the Railroad
Administration will be in line with
recent necessary increases in
freight and passenger fares. and
that the increase will prevent a
growing congestion in the express
business by creating a greater mar
gin between freight and express
rates. The express companies will
use the entire amount OF the in
crease to raise the wages of their
employees.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-27
ORDERS LESS WIRE TRAFFIC.
McAdoo Instructs Railmen to Use
Mails More.

Six rules issued by Director Gen
kral McAdoo insist that railroad
Employees Immediately reduce their
hse OF the telephone and telegraph.
30 great is the burden placed by
[he war upon the wire facilities of
|he country that the government
blans to use the mails in every case
Fhere 1t is possible.
The new rules urge that messages
lent late in the day or on Sundays
Ind holidays to nearby points be
lent by mail and that telegraph
hessages be made brief and limited
II railroad business. A censoTing
fystem will be established to re-
)uce the number and length Of tele-
kraphic communications.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-27
Fills Stomach
With New Energy
Weak, Worn Out, Classy, Sour
Stomach Revived and Made to
Enjoy Food With Stuarts
Dyspepsia Tablets.

Most of US eat three times a day
and often forget that each meal
should be disposed of in the stom-
ach to make room for the next.
The failure of the stomach to do
this is called indigestion or dys-
pepsia, with its sour risings, gas.
rumbfings, pain, depression and the
feeling of STIFFNESS when breath
ing is difficult.
The most effective remedy and
the most reliable one, because you
can get it at any drug store in the
United States or Canada, is Stu
arts Dyspepsia Tablets, at so cents
a box. Instead of depriving your
self of food or going on starva-
tion diet simply keep on as you
have and let these tablets
straighten out your stomach, di-
gest the food and keep you in the
fight.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-27
DUMARU CAPTAIN PICKED UP.
Other Men from Wrecked Steamer
Rescued Near Guam.

The Navy Department yesterday re-
ceived a dispatch from the Naval sta
ton at Guam stating that an Ameri-
can vessel reports that on October %
it picked up the master, second officer,
one water tender. seaman and the
second cook of the steamship Dumaru,
which was wrecked in the Pacific
about October 16. Two other life boats,
with w. Holmes and other survivors,
left the ship safely. the rescued men
of the crew reported, but their where
ahOuts is unknown.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-27
Aviation Field Named Goldman.

According to an announcement
made by Maj. Gen. william l. Kenly
yesterday. the aviation field at the
artillery brigade firing center, To-
Gated at Camp Knox, Stithton. KY,
has been named Goldman Field. The
field is named in honor of First
Lieut.. Louis X. Goldman, an army
corps pilot of the air service. who
was killed in an airplane accident
at Camp Jackson. Columbia, S. c..
September 2S.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-27
rWO DROWNED; ONE MISSING
Navy Department Makes Report on
Sea Casualties.

The Navy Department announced
yesterday that the following named
Unlisted men attached to the L. S. S.
Brant fell overheard and were
)rowned on October 2:
Wilsie Mckinley Rush, ships cook,
|econd class. Of Ottumwa, Iowa.
John Edgar Harwood, seaman, sec
nd CLASS, of Berea, KY.
Joseph Lee Hogan, Quartermaster
|econd class (ayiationD, of Mechanics
lille, ". Y. who was a member OF the
karty which went to the rescue OF the
british steamship Leinster. tOrpedoed
Rctober 10. is reported missing
The Washington herald., 1918-10-27
GENERAL FoREcAsT.

The cyClOnic depression central over Southern
New Mexico Enday evening has moved to
Louisiana and ipcreased considerably in in
tensty. A second depressiOa Is moving south
eastward over British Columbia and pressure is
high from the Lake Region eastward to the
New England Coast General rains have fallen
in the South Atlantic and East Gulf States,
Tennessee. the Ohio Valley and portions Of the
Middle Atlantic States and New England 1t is
much colder in the Southwest and generally
throughout the Rocky Mountain and Plateau
Region with snow in Western Kansas and the
Texas Panhandle
There will be rain during the next forty eight
hours in the East Gulf States. Tennessee. the
Ohio Valley the Lake Region and the west
portion Of the Middle Atlantic and South At
lantic States.
1t will be cooler in the Lower Ohio and Low
er Mississippi Valleys, the Cuff States and
Tennessee.
Storm warnings displayed on the Gulf
Coast and on Lakes Michigan, Huron and Ire.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-27
SOME WASHINGTON MEN WHO
FOUGHT AT CHATEAU TEIIERRY
Capt Allen NJ Sumner, Marine Officer Who
Gave His Life, Wrote Vividly of Scenes
on the Battle Front.

Washington took big in the history making battle
Therry which the American Marines
spring. .-
How vaiany the Marines fought and the that local
related in letter Maj Robert Denig
of the Fifth Regiment of the Second Division
his wife, who lives street
nhia :. -
The Washington herald., 1918-10-27
OTHER TEMPERATURES.

TIDE TABLES.
Compiled By United States Coast and Geodetic
Suryey.)
Today-Low tide. $50 a. m. and sG p. m
high tide. l:ts a N. and rs p. m.
THE sun AND MOON.
Today-Sun rises. 629 a N; sun sets, SIS
Pm.
Moon sets 2 D. m.
Automobile lamps TO be lighted SIS D. m.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-27
Solving the Situation.

Gnu "hile the world is passing
yuosment on the diplomatic situation.
snlhgs men are pushing their in
yestigations to the very heart m the
peace question.-New York Sun
The Washington herald., 1918-10-27
DEPARTURES

Accumulated excess Of temperature since Jan
uary l. 1913. Is; excess Of temperature since
October 1. 1913. So; accumulated deficiency Of
precipitation since January l. 1913. TO-; def
cheney Of precipitation since October l, 1918.
2N
Temperature same date last yesr-Highest, s.;
Lowest, -
The Washington herald., 1918-10-27
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
LOCAL FnRECASr

District Of Columbia: Partly cloudy Sunday;
Monday rain and cooler; light souther,y winds.
Mar land and Virginia Rain in east. rain in
west portions Sunday; Monday rain. cooler in
west portions; moderate southeast winds.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-27
LOCAL TEMPERATURES.

Midnight, g.: 2 a. M. &C.; "a m~64: s a. m,
q; a m. 81; 10 a. m, "a; II noon. 70; p.
m. 2; p NJ. 70; p. m. %; D.. m, 73;
10 p m. 70 Highest. Is; lowest. 90.
Relative humiditv-S 4. m. 50; p. m, 81
p m. 81; rainfall ts p m. to 8 p. mD. 0g
hours Of sunshine. l.6; per cent Of possible sun
shine. Is.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-27
wheat with Red Poppics.

This is a beautiful farming coun-
try and some of the wheat fields
were the finest l have ever seen,
beautiful wheat all dotted with red
poppies. The little villages were
beautiful, too, and I saw the trans
formation of one from pretty lit
tie, peaceful village to a wrecked
mass of broken stone by German
artillery. In fact. ] have seen sew
eral villages demolished. 1t is one
of the things that makes it so nee
essary to end this war the only way
it can be ended. so such things will
not occur again in the immediate
future. by complete and final victory
over the Hun. 1t was a sad thing
to see the refugees streaming back
when we first came up here and
then see their homes and fields torn
and blasted afterwards"
Mrs Sumner, who resides at 1915
S street northwest. has given five
members of her immediate family
for oversee service: her brother. her
uncle, Brig. Gen. J. r. Kean; her
uncle, Brig. Gen. L. W. T. Waller,
and her cousin. Maj. L. w. T. Wal
Ter. jr. A daughter. Margaret. aged
ten. is with Mrs. Sumner.
Capt. Leroy p. Hunt.
Capt. Leroy P. Hunt, who was
mentioned as wounded in Maj. Denig's
letter. went over as aid to Mai.
Denig.
Capt Hunt is a University of Cali
fornia man whose home address is
14l5 Arch street, Berkeley, Cal He
entered the Marine Corps six months
before the United States broke with
Germany. He was assigned for
foreign service with the Seventeenth
Company OF the Fifth Regiment of
the Second Division of the Marines
Upon his arrival in France, Mai.
Denig, then a captain, and Capt.
Hunt, who went over as first lieuten-
ant, were sent to a six weeks officers
training camp. Capt Hunt was then
given charge of the Seventeenth Com
pany, while Mai. Denig had command
of the Fifth Regiment.
Capt. Hunt was wounded the
first day. July Is, at the battle of
the Merne, when the allied armies
broke and pushed back the German
lines 10 miles. He was first wound
ed in the shoulder but after first
aid treatment he went back to lead
his men. Finally he fell exhausted
and was carried to the back-line
trenches.
The ambulance driver who drove
him to the hospital in Paris was a
college friend, Fred Duhring. of
the 1914 class of the University
of California. From Paris Capt.
Hunt was sent for six weeks to a
The Washington herald., 1918-10-27

Beautiful HOMEGROWN Flowers.
Guides flowers are always spprDTriate-alwayi "
expressive. Prompt service. l2l4 F.-Ady.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-27

square hole in the ground under the
trees with a roof of split logs and
sandbags, but 1t keeps me nice and
dry, even in a hard rain. The men
are fixed up in about the same way
with every variety of shelter from
boughs and shelter tents to logs
covered with dirt.
1T is remarkable how quickly men
learn the value of picks and shovels
once they have been on active duty.
Before that no one wanted to carry
intrenching tools, and they had to be
made to do so, but now every one
keeps one as close as possible. and
we have a lot of little German shovels
they took from dead boche and they
are a very handy little tool with a
leather case to carry them.
Il got a German helmet. rifle. bayo-
net, etc, and could have gotten any
number l wanted if I could have car
ried them away, as they were scat
tered all over the place where we
were, as there were many Germans
dead and the prisoners usually throw
off their helmets, throw down their
rifles and then put both hands fiat
on top of their head when they start
yelling 'kameTad.'
The Washington herald., 1918-10-27

~ M..,s sso-e-ofneial weather
DDDFt-Cloudy.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-09-06
BREAKFAST BACON.

Up to March, 1914, we took fatal
lists view of hog cholera. The annual
loss was staggering, but we didn't
think of preventing it.
Then the agricultural department
went after it.
The loss in 1914 was estimated at
about 100000 animals. In March,
1918, it was around 100000. The
latter figure represented the total con-
sumption throughout the country for
81 days; the latter for 16 days.
In two or three years at this rate
the loss will be negligible, if not
zero.
Carry this kind of crusade against
all the microbes, grubs, bugs and bac-
ill that rob US of foodstuffs, and old
man H. c. L. will be looking for
place to hide.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-09-06

Good King Arthur" was one of the
original conservers, but in those days
he would not be put to the necessity
of Stealing three pecks of barley meal
TO make a bag pudding" He would
only have to take barley meal as his
flour substitute, and in a short time he
would have enough for innumerable
bag buildings.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-09-06

At time ike this it is 8 pity to
burden the mails or exhaust energy
in canvassing for subscription /. lew
as. Even newspaper deserves lit
tie sympathy from its supporting eli
entele, and We are sure that our read
ers viii give US all the assistance in
their power now that we have brought
our difficulty to their notice.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-09-06

Uncle Sam has built several thous-
and miles of railroads and miles of
docks and wharves in France for the
uses of his army. In one city he has
established a bakery that turns out
a million loaves of bread day; in
another the largest refrigerating plant
in the world. There is nothing toe
good for Uncle Sans boys.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-09-06
JAM.


Certain diseases are the peculiar
privileges of armies They attack the
digestive organs. Civilians are less
vulnerable because it is easy for them
to get fresh vegetables. They de-
pend less on canned foodstuffs.
The antidote is jam.
You might as well deprive a soldier
of his rifle as to cut out his preserves.
Read a doughboy's daily ration, and
listed with his one and a half ounces
of this and two ounces of that you
will find his steady standby-jam.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-09-06

Mr.. Hover has come back to this
country to tell US how many hundred
million bushels of wheat and pounds
of beef we must supply for the use Of
the allies next year. All right, Mr..
Hoover, what we have done once, we
can do again. And it has been an in
teresting bit of work, too.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-09-06

The presidency of the United States
has many advantages and some dis
advantages. One of the advantages is
that the president can only take his
summer vacation under the protection
of a guard of soldiers.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-09-06
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6. 1918
noMMUNICATIONS-The States
Graphic will print communication,

of interest if they are intelligently
and legibly written and are not too
long. In every case the real name Of
the writer must accompany the COM
munincation, not necessarily for pub
LEGATION, but as evidence of good faith
Manuscripts will never be returned
unless they are accompanied with
stamps.
OBITUARIES, Resolutions, Cards
of Thanks, Resolutions of Respect,
ETC., are charged for in the States
Graphic at five cents per line each in
sert.on. There are no exceptions to
this rule and when matter of this char
acter is sent to The States-G Graphic,
the person sending it will be held res
ponsible for the payment.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-09-06

The Germans fear falling into the
hands of Americans because they
think they will get some of their own
medicine. A sneaking scoundrel is
always afraid of an honest man.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-09-06
IN THE SWIM.

IN LIE DIV I'M.
There are many Americans whose
loyalty has stood every test, and who
yet feel unable to reconcile themselves
to our participation in the European
conflict.
They recognize that assaults have
ben made upon our prestige. They feel
that the honor of the republic has suf-
fered insults against which merely
lsaIbal protest would be only con-
fsssion Of weakness. They are spend
ing their utmost effort and resource
in this gigantic encounter, and yet
they feel an abiding regret as they
see us drawing farther and farther
away from that tranquil isolation in
which we viewed with the security of
spectators the moves and counter
moves on Europe's chessboard for
over forty years.
This aloofness can never come
again." is their complaint. They do
not realize that it could not have been
preserved under any conditions.
We have not always been rich. The
spectacle of latter day prosperity mis-
leads US. We forget that it is the
latest thing in modernity. A few
years ago this was the pioneer nation,
and pioneers are poor.
So short time has it taken us to
become familiar with surplus that we
overlook its novelty. When we had
barely enough for ourselves we ex-
ported nothing, and our intercourse
with other nations remained about
zero.
Then came the overlooking cornuco-
pia, and export trade. We lost our
political detachment, and we are un-
likely ever to regain it.
Of course, it is possible for US to
make export trade illegal after the
war. In comic opera nation it could
be done. With us it would mean the
ratification of a tyrannous principle
more onerous than any enactment of
rre-revolutionary Russia. Such sur.
renders of our bodies and our goods
would mean serfdom.
Since, then, we cannot refuse to
rub shoulders with other nations we
may as well make their acquaintance.
The founders Of the church were com
manded to fraternize with the gen.
tiles, and here we find a sane prece-
dent. We may like our neighbor3
better than we think, and they will
not like US the less if we show our
selves able to-protect ourselves from
my aggression to which such inter-
curse might make us liable.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-09-06

1t is said that German officers ia
ken prisoner on the battlefield. ex-
press the opinion that Germany cannot
win the war but at the same time she
canont be beaten" Uncle Sam is full
~ prepared to see about that.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-09-06
FOR LOCAL SUPPORT.

Among nonessential citizens we
would like to see listed the collector
and the subscription renewal solicitor.
they are not, unfortunately, nonossen-
tial, but they ought to be made SO.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-09-06

Between the desire to satisfy the
war department and the desire not to
incommode the public too seriously,
congress is skating on pretty thin ice
nowadays.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-09-06

Wartimes are wonderfully develop
ing. Which of us now has the same
mental attitude he had year and a
half ago2 And which of Us would will
lingly go back to the former one?
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-09-06

Senator Lodge says, Germany must
be beaten to her knees" He is right
the attitude of prayer would be most
appropriate one for Germany-pray-
er, not for victory, but for forgiveness
of sins.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-09-06

It looks as if the world would be
made safe for democracy. But autoc-
racy had better be looking for a good
safe cave to hide in.