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The Washington herald., 1918-12-13
Girl Scouts Combat Flu"
By Hot Soup to Kidd;es

NThe Girl Scout Influenza Diet
Kitchen, now established at 1lOI NJ
street northwest, in the domestic
science room OF the Y. w. c. A.
Boarding Home is working energetic
ally to meet the daily increasing de-
mand for nourishment for invaIids
which the recrudescence of the in
huenZa has created.
1t has just increased its equipment
to supply the children Of the play
grounds with hot soup daily, at the
request Of the supervisor of play
grounds, Mrs Susie Root Rhodes, who
'eels that regular noUrishment of this
type will render many OF the little
children much less susceptible to the
spiCemic. Resedale and Rose Park are
now daily receiving five gallons which
Is distributed to the children hot.
Moreover. the meat is finely chopped
and left in with the vegetables and
rice giving the maximum amount of
nutrition.
The War Camp Community Service
tenders the use of one Of its trucks
for some of the deliveries in the after
noon and the balance is distributed
through the services of friends of the
Eirl Scouts.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-13
HELD UP BY NEGROES.
LOSES AUTO AND 500

Held up by three colored men. w. d.
Hamilton, of 81 Seventh street north
west. was robbed last night of 500
and his automobile. The automobile
which was later recovered, belongs
to Henry Montgomery, 100 Virginia
avenue southwest, the police say.
Hamilton was held up on the road
leading to the Washington Boulevard
to Ellicot City.
He believes that the men who held
him up are from this city and is of
the opinion that they drove off in an
automobile ahead of him and awaited
his arrival at lonely spot along the
roadside.
One of the colored men wore SOL
dier's overcoat. The scene of the
hold-up was about five miles from
Ellicot City.
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SHOT WITH HIS OWN GUN.
Negro Accidentally Wounded While
Trying to Sell Weapon.

William Thompson. colored, aged y,
living at SOOla Bryant street northwest.
was shot yesterday in the auction
house of Marcus Notes, s35 louisiana
avenue northwest, with one Of his own
revolvers.
He had taken two guns TO the auc-
ton house to be sold. AS they lay on
the table. NJ. A Fox. OF e02 Four-and-
a-Half street southwest, picked up one
OF the guns and while examining it
accidentally discharged it. the bullet
striking Thompson in the right arm
He was removed TO Emergency Hos
pital where his wound was declared
not serious.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-13
Friedlander Bros. Agree
To Hire Union Help Only

The haberdashery and clothing es-
tablishment of Friedlander Bros. 42S
Ninth street northwest. has signed an
agreement with Retail Clerks Union.
No. 262, to employ only union clerks
hereafter, union officials stated yes
terday.
the efforts of a committee of the Cen
trail Labor Union. composed OF Henry
Miller. of the Yeast Workers; T. H.
Jones of the Engineers, No. 90: y. A.
James of the Firemen; Ed Toone, of
the Bakery Statesmen; and c. c. Coul-
ter of the Retail Clerks Union.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-13
DR.. SoLF QUITS
EBERT REGIME
Desperate Struggle to Re-
tain Foreign Ministry,
Fails at Last.

Amsterdam, Dec. 12-Dr. w. 8.
Solf has bowed to the nationwide
demand for his resignation as for
ieign minister in the Ebert govern
ment
With him goes one of the last
holdovers of the imperial regime.
His Struggle fos- retention of Office
was desperate, but threats from the
radicals to reveal incrimating docu-
mentary evidence showing his part
in annexationist plotting under the
old order finally forced him OUT
Had Solfs resignation come two
weeks ago. it would have been a
signal victory for the radicals. In
the meantime, however. the situa-
tion has materially steadied itself.
Philip Scheidemann, the majority
Socialist leader, is suggested as
Soils successor. but against him,
TOO, the radicals claim to have
evidence which they say will force
him out of the government sooner
or later.
Linked with Old Regime.
There is one other man whose name
is inevitably linked with the old re-
gime and who is a member of the
Ebert government and whom the
Spartacans are pledged to force out.
He is DIR. Matthias Erzberger, the Cen
trist leader. His position as member
Of the cabinet without portfolio has
been precarious for weeks, since the
radicals have held him uP to the peo-
pie as one who had much to do with
the imperlalist propaganda abroad
during the early stages of the war.
Despite Solf's retirement, the Ebert
government is generally described in
Berlin dispatches as having gained
considerably in strength and stability.
In some quarters It is even asserted
lhat the foreign minister's elimination
IS sign OF the governments strength.
since II is a concession it could not
pave afforded to make hitherto.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-13
SOME HERO'S PHOTO FOUND.
Police Waiting for Claimant to
Call for Property

An oval black jet locket inlaid with
golden sheaf of wheat with small
pearls and containing pictures of an
army OFFICER and two children has been
found and turned over to the police.
II probably belongs to some woman
whose husband is now in France the
ponce officials said yesterday. 1t was
found about November A, 1915.
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THOMAS RIGGS 8
GIVEN ESTATE
Receives Income from
Trust Fund In Addition to
S Street House.

Seven wills were fled for probst.
yesterday.
Catharine @. Riggs. in her Will
made four years ago, leaves her home
at 21n S street northwest. 10 her
husband, Thomas Riggs, who also
receives the income Of her estate.
left in trust for him with the Amer
ican Security and Trust Company. e,-
cept for 1900 a year income TO be
paid to their daughter. Katharine
Gilbert Riggs Elmore.
Francis Rotch. son OF Mrs. Riggs
by her first husband, il 10 receive
all books and pictures which for
merly belonged 70 his father.
Left In Trust.
Upon the death Of Mr.. Riggs tire
income is left in trust for Mrs. Riggs
three children. Francis Rotch, Thomas
Riggs. jr., and Mrs. Elmore. In case
Mrs Elmore's third should not equal
81 900 a year. she is 70 be paid SIC"
and the remainder OF the yearly In
come divided between the two sons
The trust ends with Mrs. Riggs
grandchildren.
In her will. made last July. Miss
Mary Z. Thaw. OF the Wyoming
apartments, left the income OF her
estate to her first cousin. Mary Iva
Littell, daughter Of Columbia IitteH.
in trust during her life. After Miss
Littell's death the principal Of Miss
Thaw's estate is to go to St Joseph's
Male Orphan Asylum, s24 II street
northwest
Miss Thaw made beouests Of jew
elry, silver and household effects TO
the following friends and relatives:
Helen Moss, OF Markham. Va: Cossie
Janney. Of Hughesville, Va = Ella
Hutchins. Of Baltimore. Nd: Mary
Wilcox, Clementine Farr Dun. Mary
Farr Perry. Mary B. Young. Nan p.
Young. Julia B. Young and Mrs. Jessie
Riggs Grimes, Of Gibson Postofice.
Sweet Grass County. Mont
RemarriaEe will cut OF Mrs. Will
lam George wich from the income OF
her husbands estate. which is left
to her until her death or remarriaEe.
In that case IL is provided that the
property be divided among Mr.. wich's
legal heirs. Mr.. Wich left pieces Of
jewelry TO his nephew. William Wich:
his step-son. Charles EiEenbrot, and
his step-daughter's son, william Carl
Knechle.
Sister Gets 5000.
After leaving a total OF 5000 ia
cash to his sister, Sarah Z. Jones,
the Rev. John J.. Horstcamp. pas
tor OF Congress Heights Catholic
Church, and the parOchial school.
Bryantown. Charles County. Nd. and
providing that the proceeds from the
sale Of a lot at Congress Heights
be used for his mothers grave, CIar-
ence X. Goldsmith left the remainder
Of his estate 10 his brothers and
his sister. Mr.. Goldsmith's brothers
are r. d. Goldsmith. b. A. Cold
smith and T. J. Goldsmith. His
sister is Mrs. J. r. Farrall.
Anna Browne Higgins was named
sole heir to the estate OF her hus-
band. John de Bree Higgins. in his
will. made over thirty years ago
Mr., Higgins is a native Of Nor
folk. Va.
Robert c. Willis left his entire es-
tate 10 his wife, Emine b. Willis.
Mary A. johnson left her estate
consisting at the date OF making
her wiIl-October u. I9oj-of money IN
the Riggs National Bank. TO william
H. GaslEins and Isabella Gaslcins
Rev. Walter II. Brooks is named
as executor.
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Brissey, treasurer. The newly elected
officers will be installed January 10 by
w. Clifton Cunningham, district dep
uty grand master.
Two small fires early last night
brought out the fire department. The
fires, however, were eXtinguisned be-
fore the arrival of the department.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
nine fleet submarines. two destroyer
tenders and one fleet submarine tender
have not yet been commenced. and
that the General Board approved their
completion.
The 1890 building program" con-
tinued the admiral adds sixteen bat
tie cruisers to the six already author
lied. making a total by 1926 Of twenty
two. Great Britain now has thirteen
OF these vessels built or building. and
1t is estimated that if she continues
building on the annual average in the
last twenty years. she will have nine
teen or twenty battle cruisers in 1895.
Feared German Cruisers.
One of the greatest anXieties of the
United States after the war. said Ad-
miral Badger, was that German battle
cruisers r6ftht get on thsT transport
route and sink one or more of the
crowded troop carriers.
I'VE had nothing OF sufficient speed
and power to overtake or even chase
away such a vessel" he continued.
The damage possible by submarines
under the conditions obtaining was
small compared with the possibilities
for havoc should a battle cruiser have
appeared on the TRANSATLANTIC route.
The six battleships soon to be laid
down are designed for a displacement
of 1900 tons, of twenty-three knots
speed a main battery of twelve l6-
inch guns and are heavily armored.
They will be the most powerful ves-
sells now building, or. so far as is
known. projected in the world.
"Our fleet has always been lament
ably short in scouting and screening
vessels. 1t is hardly too much to say
that except for the ten scouts just
begun, we have none. Our program
provides for thirty additional scouts.
THE 1920 program provides for los
destroyers. There are now built or
building and to be ordered 342. The
total in 1875 would be $50. Great Brit
ain has in destroyers and destroyer
leaders approximately SIG. The gen
eral board believes 40 will be sufi-
cient for us.
Plan Fl Fleet Subs.
The submarine program calls for
twenty-one fleet submarines, l46 of
the s. type, twenty-four anti-sub-
marine and forty-two mine-layers.
There are now built, building or au-
thorized a total of 169 coast subma-
rines and twelve fleet submarines.
The General Board estimates that a
total OF 294 s. type boats are re-
quired for the navy.
THE British navy has now built
or building 222 submarines. of which
about seventy-five are of the large
or fleet type"
Rear Admiral Badger emphasized
the need for additional mine-sweep-
ers and patrol vessels.
Aircraft will in future play an
The Washington herald., 1918-12-13
In the "Flu" Hospital.

First Patient: Why do the nurses
all wear masks?
: Second Patient (pertly GONZALES
cent?: Gause!-Cartoons MAGAZINE
The Washington herald., 1918-12-13
Of Coursel

That politician -
Should be fought
Who dares to boast he
Can't be bought.
Cartoons Magazine.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-13

some women want to be taken seri-
ously, but-all women want to be
taken--Cartoons Magazine.
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I5S Subs Sunk During War.

According to a report from Admiral
Sims. read to the comittee. Germany
and built u pto August !. 1915. a total
of S3l submarines OF this number,
l5S had been sunk. the number avail
able was 173 and the number operating
was 147. These were divided. 1lS in the
Atlantic and twenty-eight in the Med
iterranean.
Austria has built thirty-five subma-
rines. Ten OF these were obsolete,
seven had been sunk and eighteen
were available. All of the latter were
in the Mediterranean.
The allies combined had a total OF
$3.50 anti-submarine vessels in all wat
ers.
Admiral Badger stated that expert
ments have shown that 1S-inch guns
are not practical for battIeships.
The gun used by the Germans in
bombardinE Paris, he said, was Of Is
inch caliber reduced to nine
Members OF the committee stated
that they had been informed OF the
discovery of a nOn-infiammable gas,
Admiral badger confirmed this.
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important part In all scouting op-
'rations Of the fleet" he continued.
The General Board is convinced
that fleet engagements will be pre-
ceded in the future by operations In
the air. Therefore, 1t is necessary
that facilities be provided our feet
TO carry on such operations.
Need Aircraft stations.
The General Board has recon-
mended the inclusion of six seaplane
carriers in the 1890 program. This
number may be modified, but we
should have at least two. The de-
velopment of aircraft patrols Is very
important. The General Board has
recommended that aircraft stations
be built and equipped to cover the At
lantic and Pacific coasts and our
island possessions coasts
1T is understood that the British
decided before the close of the war to
keep sixteen rigid airships in COM
mission. Germany is reported to have
had a fleet of fifty rigid dirigibles, with
the necessary manufacturing facili-
ties to turn out an airship every two
or three weeks"
The total enlisted personnel needed
for the navy by July /, 1890 was given
as Seo,0H. Admiral Badger said:
The navy personnel needs for
March 1, 1919. as outlined by the
office of the Chief of Naval OPERA
tions, are as follows:
Enlisted men. including
aviation, training and
instruction schools. etc 1s2.435
The same for July /. 1920 21S,4S3
For overseas transporta-
tion and cargo (re-
serVes) ........--...... 133,s14
Hospital Corps ........ 7,647
Grant total .......... 36O,O44
December 1, 1918, there were in
the navy the following officers:
Regular. permanent, COM
mission, line ...... ASA
Regular. permanent, COM
mission. staff ....... 1904
"On the basis of 137,4S5 enlisted
men in the regular establishment.
there should be 5.499 commissioned
line officers. or a shortage of 2,945
line officers. There is a correspond
ing shortage in the staff corps.
December /, 1918. there were in
the navy:
Temporary commissioned
officers of the line. 3,247
Temporary commissioned
officers of the staff . es4
December /, 1918. there were in
the navy reserves. commissioned.
line and staff. 20,53o. or a grand
total of regular, temporary and re-
serve commissioned officers, line and
STAFF. of 2S.929."
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with enlarged powers for the Inter
state Commerce Commission in the
matter Of rate-fixing and pooling of
traffic.
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BADGER DECLARES
SHIPS OF AMERICA
MUST RULE OCEANS

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-13

sarepta Lodge, No. 4s. Odd Fellows,
has elected the following officers to
serve for the year: T. Frank Jefferson.
noble grand; Albert T. Young. vice
grand; L. E. Butts, secretary; w. N.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-11-13
HOME INSTITUTION
IS SUCCESSFUL IN
FINANCIAL WORLD

Another institution that is maxi
ing a big success and showing that
Albuquerque is the financial center OF
the state of New Mexico. and one of
the best towns in the great south
west. is the New Mexico Loan and
Mortgage company. AT the annual
meeting of the stockholders of the
company held in its offices last night
in the Woolworth building. Officers
were elected for the coming year.
At the meeting last night the direc-
tors ordered that a vote Of thanks he
extended to Ralph MelbourI for the
success he has made during the past
wear for the company in its many ac-
tivities. 1t was also decided that the
earnings of the company should not
be paid out in dividends, but left in
the surplus fund of the company on
which to operate and invest during the
coming year,
The company has among its stock
holders some of the best known men
in the city and state, and never was
in better shape from a financial
standpoint than now.
The new officers elected last night
We're y. f. Harrington, president:
Col. W. S. Hopewell, vice president;
Ralph Melbourne, secretary: o. A.
Matson, treasurer: L. H. Norris. p r.
Beeman and X. j. Porter of Las CRU
ces directors
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-11-13
GRANDMOTHER Of
RUSSIAN REVOLT
ENR0UTE To j. s.

New York, Nov. 12.--Madame Cath
crime Breshkovskaya, known as the
grandmother OF. the Russian revolu-
ton" who was reported executed by
the Bolsheviki on October 81, is alive
and on her way tosthe United States,
according to statement issued to-
night by A j. Sack, director of the
Russian information bureau in this
country.
This information was contained in a
cable received by the Russian embaS-
sy at Washington from the All Rus
sian provisional government, sitting
at Omsk, he said.
Madame Bfeshkovskaya. who is 70
years old has spent forty-four years
in.Russian and siberian prisons as a
POLITICAL offender, Freed at lrkutsk
by the great revolution OF March,
1871, her journey westward was like
a triumphal progress from city to city,
reaching its climax at Petrograd,
where she was welcomed by an i'm
mense crowd, Virtually her first words
were an appeal to the people to re-
main loyal to the allies.
The daughter of a nobleman who
had held hundreds of serfs, she
passed from a luxurious life to the
hardships of prison cells when, at 49,,
she began to speak and write against
the inquities of carbon.
Adventures in which she participant
cd surpass fiction. Many times she
was imprisoned and almost as many
she escaped. In 1905 she came to tn S
country and collected $4,000 for the
Russian revolution. ynf Het4
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-11-13
DENTAL OFFICES ARE
VISITED BY THIEVES
AS PEOPLE CELEBRATE

Taking advantage of the patriotic
demonstrations carried on in the city
MONDAY night. the dental office rob-
ber' made his appearance and from
reports reaching the police depart
ment yesterday morning. he was a
wholesaler in his line, as there were
several reports of his nighttime visit
DIR. II. j. Davis, 2t0 1-2 West Gem
tral avenue, reported that thieves had
entered his office, taking $13 in war
savings stamps and SIS in gold leaf
Or. Davis office was entered ~ the
thief using a skeleton key.
Dr. Edmund j, Ayers office was
entered by breaking the glass in the
door He secured about $25 in gold.
He failed to enter the offices of Doc
tors Eller and Petit in the same build
ing
The robber also visited the office
of DR.. b. f. Copp, in the Melini build
ing, and secured about S. worth of
gold leaf. While on visit TO the lat
ter office he lost some of the loot
taken from the other offices
Police are of the opinion that the
burglar or burglars are not new at the
game, Judging from the methods en-
ployed and the different tools that
were used in the game. 1t is expected
that some arrests will be made soon
from evidence found in one or two of
the looted offices
The robberies were not discovered
and reported to the police until the
offices opened for business yesterday
morning.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-11-13
STENAY IS LAST
VILLAGE TAKEN
BY YANk TROOPS

IsY soRNrHe JOURNAL shs7iAL Leased WEE
Wi h the American Forces on the
Sedan Front Monday, Nov. l1ff1;3o
p. M, by the Associated Press, )-Ste-
nay, on the right bank of the river
Meuse, was included in the territory
held by the American troops in the
last hour of the offensive
knowing that 100 civilians were in
the place. no serious efforts had been
made to take the town earlier as that
would have required a hombardment.
When the operations began early in
the day, the American line skrted
a little wood at one corner of the town
and was within 500 yards of it at an
other. In those places advanced pa
trolls had been stationed.
II was not solid line and while
shells of all Caliber shrieked their
way from the American batteries over
the town into German lines and fianks
and on the positions in the rear. it was
not known whether the district had
been evacuated.
Two correspondents of the Associa'-
cd Press rode beyond the fixed posi-
items on the front line along an eX-
cellent road, passed the patrol and
reached the city.
The Germans had gone. The civil
ians were yet in hiding The streets
were wholly deserted. The CORE
spondents were the first Americans to
enter the place since it had been oc-
cupied by the Germans. a few
minutes later patrols moved IN from
other positions and shortly before II
o'clock American sentries were posted
at the entrances to the town on the
opposite side.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-11-13
SPIRIT AND AIM
OF Y OUTLINED
BY DR.. PHILLIPS
Overseas Secretary Explains
What Has Been Done and
What Organization Expects
to Do in Future for Fighters

THE spirit and the aim Of the Y.
NJ c. A. is service" This is the state
ment of G.. II. Phillips, an overseas
secretary who has been in Albuquer-
cue for the last four DAYS helping the
local committee with the united war
work campaign
Over there, of course, the service is
solely for the soldier, more than two
million of him. And so far as posi-
Bile this same service Is free to the
men in khaki
From the time the soldiers land in
England on their way TO the front, and
more than two-thirds of them 20 by
way OF England, they are assisted in
many ways by tire organization. Such
thin.6 as looking out for men who are
not acquainted with the big city of
London perhaps finding homes for
men who for one reason or another
have been stranded there, furnishing
them with food and clothing when
necessary, free of charge, and caring
for them in the Eagle hut of London,
if need be. until they are sent to
France, are daily and nightly occur
rences,
The men in the front lines are es-
pecially served, according to Mr. Phil
lips, and it is there that the canteens
of the "Y'' are giving the men who
are under shell fire the comforting
cigarette or cup of coffee or chocolate.
TIL Y. NJ. C. A has planned and is
beginning system of education which
shall continue the interrupted school
or college work of the men in serv-
ice, and will follow the same general
plan that is being carried out in Can
ada, where some of the larger institu-
tons, such IS Magill of Toronto, will
confer degrees upon men completing
the course in the Y. NJ. c. A. schools.
This schooling, whether elementary
or college work, is to be absolutely
free to our soldiers and is designed
especially for the convalescent men.
In Russia the "Y' secretaries have
been doing their part in the work of
reconstruction, even instructing the
peasantry in better farming methods,
work which we consider here the spe-
cialty Of the county agriculturst
A year ago England had only 49,
900 Y. NJ. c. A. members and thirty
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-11-13
NEW GERMAN REGIME
HAS PRESS SUPPORT

Amsterdam, Nov. IL (Monday.)- -
An agreement has been reached be-
tween the socialists and independent
socialist parties in Germany and the
new regime seems to >have secured
ample support from the press In ad-
dition to the Wolff bureau, the So
cialists are now represented by three
newspapers the Vorwaerts, the Lokal
Anzeiger, formerly the emperor's ia
vorite newspaper, and now rechrist-
ened the RED Flag" and the former
semi Official organ, the German Ga
zette, which has taken the new title
of The International"
The revolutionary movement is con-
tinually spreading. Koenigsberg,
FRA nkfort-cn- Main and Strassburg are
now controlled by the soviets. It is
officially reported that there are no
disorders. = l4sitkS