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The Washington herald., 1919-03-16
City Employees Union
Initiates rs Members

Twenty-Five new members were ini
tiated last night by the City En-.
ployees Union at a meeting in Per
petual Hall.
]. H. Hurley. secretary OF the asso-
citation. told of his interview last
Tuesday with Gen. Charles w. Kutz
District Engineer Commissioner. OF
the proposed wage cut
New members were: Thomas Quinn
j. Branson, Henry Gales. P. NJ
Selby, Norman o. Curry. A. Buch.
man. Chas. w. Maxwell, Fred Kah-
Ter. Elmer Swires, J. Mackessy, T. c.
Kohle, Dan G. Sullivan, E. P. Carlin,
II. A. Williams, J. A. Webster, G. r,
Herbert, Chas. E. Brood, Dan Scan
Ion. J. MUIR. R c. Bradburne, f.
Bishop. V. NJ. C1aggett, w. Carlton
and Thos. p. Magee
The Washington herald., 1919-03-16
COMMITTEES WERE
NAMED BY EMPLOYEES
Passage of McKellar-Keatins Bill
to Be Urged on Congress.

Announcement has been made OF
the appointment of the following
committees by r. II. Alcorn, chair
man of the Joint Conference on Civil
Service Retirement:
Committee on the Misunderstanding
bill, John S. Beach, chairman; Ed
ward ]. Ryan, DR.. c. Elder Reed,
William D. Clark. DR.. Llewellyn Jor-
dan.
Committee on organization and
finance. Henry Sterling. legislative
representative. American Federation
of Labor; Edw. J. Gainor, president,
National Association of Letter Car
riers; NJ. A. Bodenhamer, president,
typographical Union No. 101; n. p.
Alifas, president. District a. Inter
national Association Of Machinists;
John ]. Deviny. secretary, National
Association of Civil Service Employees.
There will be the regular monthly
meeting of the Joint Retirement Com
mittee of the naval gun factory at
Naval Lodge Building, Fourth street
and Pennsylvania avenue southeast
Fourth floor Friday, March "A, 1913,
at s D. m.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-16
Thrift Talks to Soldiers
Arranged by Y. M. c. A

To demonstrate to American troops
at home and abroad the value of SEN
sible thrift, not only to themselves,
but to the nation as well. a series of
three lectures on wise buying, sane
saving and secure investment, will
be delivered to more than 1.5oo, 900 SOL
diers by Young Mems Christian As
sociation secretaries, acting in COOP
Grafton with the Savings Division
United States Treasury.
The lectures are being prepared by
William Mather Lewis, associate d.
rector of the section on cooperation of
the Savings Division.
Y. NJ. c. A. officials and army OH
GERS heartily endorse the project.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-16
FIGURES SHOW NAVY
WAS AID TO HEALTH
Lieut.. Ridg.r Gives Out Improve,
ment Data on 500 Men.

How men who served in the navy
gained in health, chest measurement.
expansion and taken in" waist
lines is explained in a bulletin is
sued by the local navy recruiting
station. 306 Ninth street.
According to figures compiled by
Lieut. T. L. Ridger. Medical Corps.
after examining 500 men. a general
increase of 3-4 inches was noted
in chest measurement, while expan-
sion increased by 7-S of an inch. BIZ
ceps were larger by 3-4 OF an inch.
and the waist-line in the 500 men
was reduced by 3-4 of an inch.
Out of 500 men It was found on the
average the individual had gained
SO pounds.
The greatest individual increase
brought to the attention of the local
station was that of a landsman ma
chinist's mate. aviation, who picked
up fifty-two pounds in the service.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-16
WILL HELP SOLDIERS
TO CHOOSE CAREERS
Rotary Club Announces Vocational
Guidance Talks at Y. M. c. A.

A series of vocational guidance talks
conducted by the Rotary Club of
Washington, cooperating with the
central branch Of the Y. NJ. C. A., will
be conducted every Wednesday even
ing in the assembly hall of the central
Y. NJ. c. A. 17aS G street northwest.
DR.. w. T. Bawden. specialist in indus
trial education of the Bureau Of Edu-
cation. will give the first of the series
next Wednesday evening at o'clock
Special music will also be on the pro-
gram.
The object in inaugurating the series
OF lectures is to help the returning
soldiers choose a trade or profession
The entire series is as follows:
March 19, Introductory lecture; March
26. advantages open to a man through
banking and accountancy as a career; !;
April 2, half-hour talks on the advan-
tages open to young men in the field
Of jaw, journalism, architecture and
medicine; April 9. salesmanship and
advertising; April 1s. skilled labor,
April q, Christian service.
The lectures are free,
The Washington herald., 1919-03-16
Industrial Tide Turned,
Business Activity Near,
Richard Spillane Says
Lower Price of Commodities and Large In.
crease in Building Contracts Guaran-
tees Period of Good Times.

Washington they are nearly twice
the normal amount.
The Northwest has not begun to
feel tho impulse.
The president Of q great university
estimates that this country is IS, 900,
100000 behind requirements In building
and engineering operations. His esti-
mate may be high, but there Is no
doubt we are in need of more con-
struction than ever before. In our his-
tory.
Now that q beginning has been
made the sentimental and material
effect will spread through every branch
Of industry.
Railroads and trolley lines are in
need OF 5000, 900 tons Of steel this year.
Their financial condition has been
improved greatly by the mildness OF
the winter. Hundreds Of trolley COM
panies that faced bankruptcy a few
months ago now see daylight ahead.
Snow costs the railroads and trolley
companies many millions of dollars
ordinarily. The comparative lack OF
snow and Ice not only saved them
from tremendous expenditures this
winter but traffic was unprecedentedly
large owing to the good weather.
General trade is reported far bet
ter than merchants expected. A
banner winter wheat crop is pre-
dicted and never. in fifty years,
were food animals in such good
condition after q winter.
All this does not mean that ac-
tive, prosperous times are coming
with a rush. There are many
works of readjustment to be COM
pleted. The dislocation of labor still
presents some difficulties. Prices
Of goods, wages of men and other
questions remain to be settled in
many lines Of industry.
But the turn has come. The tide
no longer ebbs. 1t has begun to
rise. That is as certain as any
thing can be from the evidence be-
fore us.
shock OF peace" has been marvel
lously rapid. Few students of world
affairs expected definite signs of
is here, more than a month ahead
of the most optimistic expectations.
The man who said Always Be a
Incompatible.
America never had more work to
do than 1t must do in the period
now dawning. 1t must feed, clothe,
furnish and finance a goodly por-
tion OF the world. II II does this
honestly and well it will win for
itself a world trade that will make
its prosperity greater and more en-
during and of more benefit to man
kind than that of any nation in all
the march of time.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-16
HUSBAND FILES SUIT,
ALLEGING DESERTION
Robert Hudson Claims Wife Left
Him, Taking Child.

Declaring that his wife deserted
him and took their only child with
her, Robert G. Hudson fled suit for
limited divorce yesterday in the Dis
trict Supreme Court against Sarah L.
Hudson.
The couple were married in Alexan-
dria, Va. in February. 1910. Shortly
afterward. the husband states. they
took UP their abode at the Palisades
on the Conduit road.
On January IS last, Hudson declares,
his wife left him without cause and
took their daughter. Later, he AYERS
she came back, took the household
furnishings and even removed the
coal from the shed. Attorney Hayden
Johnson represents the husband.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-16
Outing Club Will Walk
To Chevy Chase Today

The walk Of the Red Triangle Out
ing Club for this afternoon will take
place in the Chevy Chase section
The mixers will meet at Connecticut
avenue and Pierce Mill road at 2:45
o'clock and walk to Chevy Chase
via Pierce Mill road. Reno road and
Belt road. The return will be via
the Chevy Chase car line. Men and
women are invited
At a recent meeting of the club
the following officers were elected
J. c. johnson. jr.. president: w. NJ.
Koontz. first vice president; H. L.
Mason, second vice president; Miss
B. Booy. secretary; Miss B Etter.
treasurer, and r. L. Brown, trail
leader.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-16
VILLA BANDITS
SEIZE RANCHER
American Cavalry on Look.
out for Further Out
breaks at Border.

FL Paso, Tex, March 15.-American
cayslrymen today closely watched
movements of Villistas Just across
the border from Hachita, N. Mex,
who captured Huck Spencer, Choctaw
Indian, foreman of an American
ranch in Mexico.
Superintendent r. W. Moorehead
of the Warren estate. Three Oaks
Mich, owner of the cattle ranch
is reported to be ready to pay the
5000 demanded by the bandits for
release of Spencer and ten Mexican
employees also held captive. Twice
before Spencer has been liberated by
payment of ransom.
The cavalry patrol is also on the
lookout to prevent smuggling of am
munition to tho Villistas while they
are near the border.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-16
Radicalism VIII Spread
If Debs Goes to Jail,
New York Pastor Saws

Detroit. March 15.-Jailing of Eu-
gene V. Debs. leading Socialist in
the United States, will further
radicalism in this country rather
than retard it. said the Rev. Frank
Oliver Hall. New York. who is at
lending the Religious Education
Society meeting today.
Hall said he regretted the harsh
ten-year sentence imposed on Debs.
He characterized Debs as "a gentle
idealist who lacks tact and dipIo-
macy"
Return Of free speech and other
eefore-the-war freedoms repressed
by wartime legislation was de-
Handed.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-16
Funeral Of Kilian Delabar.

Fneral services for Kilian Delabar.
veteran employe OF the Government
Printing Office, who died at his home
1221 Crittenden street northwest on
Friday. were held yesterday after
noon. 1nterment was in Wheelers-
burg. Ohio, the family home
Mr.. Delabar was a veteran of the
Civil War and a member OF Phil
Sheridan Post, G. A. r. At the time
years of age.
Misses Virginia. Caroline and Kath-
crime Delabar Mrs. G. c. Philips, OF
this city, Mrs. D. W. Frampton and
Mrs. F. S. Chapman, OF Huntington
w. Va, and Mrs. c. D. williams, OF
Woodside, Nd.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-16
.c0TT|N TO Die
WITHIN Is DAYS,
Assailant Of Clemenceau
Says He Would Have
Tried Murder Again.

Paris. March 1bs-Emile Coffin, under
sentence of death for shooting Pre-
mier Clemenceau. probably viii be
executed within fifteen days, IT wa.
announced today.
I The young anarchist was convicted
and sentenced late yesterday after a
trial lasting but few hours. He de-
ciared during his examination that had
he escaped ne might have made an
other attempt on the premier's life
He admitted he was "filled with erIo-
ton" the day of the shooting. saying
that "only a lunatic would have failed
10 show emotion at such a time. espe-
c!ally as I reaiized what was coming
TO me sfterward."
A great crowd attended the thai
Coffin was in the charge of four re.
publican guards.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-16

Hensw Men and Women, You Don't
Haye to Be Cut Up, and You
Don't Have to Be Tor
tured by Trukses.o
Captain Ceilings made q study of
himself, of his condition-and at
last he was rewarded by the finding
ot the method that so quickly made
Aim a well. strong, vigorous and
happy man.
Anyone can use the same method;
US simple, easy. safe and mex
pensive. Every ruptured person in
he world should have the Captain
Ceilings book, telling all about how
10 cured himself, and how any one
may follow the same treatment in
their own home without any trou-
Bile. The book and medicine are
FREE They will be sent prepaid
70 any rupture sufferer who will
IN out the below coupon But send
u right away-now-befors you put
town this paper.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-16

Here they are: .RlcNAkp SIllLANs
1. In the months of January
and February the building and
engineering contracts signed In
that portion Of America east Of
the Missoari River and north Of
the Ohio exceeded in amount
those Of the corresponding
months for the last ten years,
except 1917 and 1918, when we
spent Extraordinary sums on
manition plants and war struc-
turcs. They arc nearly forty
nve per cent greater than the
Jananry-Febraary average for
the sev/l years 1SO0-19Oe inclu-
stve. What II more signiAcant
IL that. while January of this
year showed well, the swell did
not begin to show fully lntil
February. March gives rromise
of still greater increase.
2. Commodity prices continue
to decline.
}. Trade reports show . pre-
nounced demand for overalIs
and workinEnen's shirts.
4. Wall street. which always
is able to forecast prosperity
or depression. has given cvi-
dence through the stock market
of q pronounced revival.
There is not an even distribution o
he contracts. In Ohio. western
and West Virginia the.
re below par.
In Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Wiscon
In, Michigan. Missouri and easter
Kansas they are bigger than eve
ecorded In corresponding months.
In New England they are below
he average.
In New York they are fair.
In Philadelphia. Baltimore, an,
The Washington herald., 1919-03-16
Virginia Troops Arrive
From Service Overseas

Newport News. Va, March 15-The
battleship New Jersey arrived here
today with the 412th telegraph bat
talon complete; casual companies OF
Virginia. Illinois. Mississippi. Texas.
Oklahoma and Nebraska; Eve casual
officers, one field clerk and one
civilian.
The total aboard was I,074
The Washington herald., 1919-03-16
HURLEY DENIES
CABLE CANARD
Denies Story Big Payments
By u. S. for Use of
German Ships.

Chairman Hurley. Of the Shipping
Board. last night spiked a rumor
which officials were inclined to be-
lieve was aimed at creating dissen-
sion at the Peace Conference.
A cable received late yesterday from
London said that the question had
been asked in parliament whether the
United States was arranging to pay
the German government an "equita-
Bile rate Of hire for German mer-
chant ships." Hurley declared there
was no basis for such I7umors.
The Shipping Board. Hurley said,
was conducting its arrangements
through the allied maritime transport
council at Paris and any settlement
made would be through that body.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-16
Cure Your
8 Rupture Like
| Cured Nine
Oh Sea Captain Cured His Own
Rupture After Doctors Said
Operate or Death"

His Remedy and Book Sent Free.
Captain Ceilings sailed the seas
for many years; then he sustained
= bad double rupture that soon
forced him TO not only remain
tshore, but kept him bedridden for
years. He tried doctor after doctor
aad truss after truss. No resultsi
Finally he was assured that he must
etther submit to a dangerous and
ahhorrent operation or die. He did
setther! He cured himself instead.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-16
Postal Employees Back
From War Are Entitled
To Their Annual Leave

Employees at the city postofice were
notified yesterday that annual leave
Of those who have returned from mill
tary service will be considered on the
same basis as il they had performed
duty in the Postal Service.
Under the prevailing regulations
they will be entitled to fifteen days for
the current fiscal year or the portion
thereof they are entitled to receive.
However. leave not taken prior to
July 1. 1918, lapses, and no compensa-
ton can be granted for that period.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-16
SHOW FEARED LEADER
WOULD HIDE SCORE
Gives Injunction to Prevent Him
from Departing with Music.

The Girl in statsroom B." which
played al last week at the Shubert-
Garrick Theatsr. II it, complaint to
the District supreme Court 10 true,
narrowly escaped going ION the
rocks"
The managers OF the show appealed
to the court at noon yesterday and
stated that they were very much
afraid that Hal r. Dyson. leader OF
the orchestra, would depart and take
with him the musical score Of the
play. only one of which is in exis-
tence. and thereby queer the show.
Justice Hitz issued a temporary in
junction and last night the deputy
marshal served the papers on Dyson.
The show departed last night with
the coveted score. bound for Broad
way.
The injunction expires on March IL
and II the company is still afraid of
losing its score, 1t will have to ap-
peal to the New York courts.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-16
Lawyers Aid Is Sought
To Curb Stock Swindle,

Attorneys throughout the United
States are to be asked to volunteer
their efforts in the government cam
paign to protect liberty bond holders
from fake stock investment schemes.
They viii be asked to send at once
to the Federal Trade Commission
names, addresses and Literature" Of
stock peddlers seeking to induce lib
erty bond holders to exchange" bonds
for Questionable securities.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-16
Thieves Hold Carnival
In Vladivostok, Report

Big robberies have been of fire.
quent occurrence in Vladivostok
during the last week, according to
State Department advices.
Securities valued at nearly $780,
000.000 roubles, were taken from
the offices of the leading coop
erative associations there and a
gang of armed robbers obtained
100000 roubles and other securities
by blowing up a safe in daylight.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-16
G. ". UNIVERSITY
GETS VETERANS.
Membership Roster Swelled
by Return Of Soldiers
After Overseas Duty.

Between 500 and 800 George Wash
inston University students and be-
tween 500 and 600 of the university's s
asornnia were in the military service
during the war, according to statistics
implied by The Hatchet, weekly
Student publication at the institution.
Scores Of these students are return
6g to the university to resume their
Students army training corps unit
service; and as a result the registra-
lion has mounted to an unprecedented
level.
An but 1s2 OF the members Of the
seudents' army training corps unit
have returned to their classes. Since
February II. "a new students have
registered, so that the university now
has 80 more students than 1t had last
year.
The gross registration for the past
year was ESQ. and the s. A. T. c.
registration brought the grand total
up to $50 The freshman law class
10 the largest in the history Of the
university. OF the universlty's various
departments, Columbian College has
the largest enrolment
Made Supreme Sacrifice.
There are some George Washing
ton student-soldiers who will not
peturn-they have laid down their
Hives for their country.
First Lieut.. c. A. Knudtson, U. s.
Field Artillery. a graduate student,
died Of wounds received in France.
Lieut. George Bell. Aviation
Corps, was killed at Kelly Field.
Texas. while in officers training
school
sLieut. Roy Oin Carver. Aviation
Corps, was killed in an aeroplane
accident in France. February 2. 1918.
Lieut.. Wilmarth Brown. u. S. In
fantry, who was graduated from the
law school in the class Of 1917, was
Killed in action last summer.
Ensign DeloZier Davidson. Naval
Aviation. was drowned in the Eng
hsht Channel He fell from his
plane while flying across the Chan
mel.
One of the last Of the law school
students TO fall in action was Lieut..
Harris Earle Petree. OF the 139th
Aero Squadron. He has been listed
as missing in action" since Septem-
ber 2, 1918. In October the Red
Cross reported. that he was killed
IN action. No details have yet been
received.
Lieut.. Perry Taylor narrowly es-
capped death when the boat Of which
hs was in command ran into a sub
marine in the English Channel.
- Prepare Honor List.
Lieut.. Dan Waters. OF the Law
School. who WAS an aviator with the
English forces. was one of the first
flyers to reach the front lines. In
one OF his flights across the English
Channel he fell from his plane and
hoated about in the Channel for FIVE
or six hours before being picked up
He saw fifteen months of active serv-
Ice before he was granted a fur
Tough.
Lieut.. J. E. Rowyer. an architect
ursl student and 4 member Of the
aviation Corps, was killed in action
last summer.
A chronicle OF the daring exploits
OF the University's heroes is being
prepared by The Hatchet.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-16
Two Alive Honored a. Dead.

Buffalo, n. Y. March 1s.-On the
bronze tablet, the city placed in
Lafayette Square last fall. to COM
memorate Buffalo men who gave
their lives to make the world safe for
democracy" appear the names Of two
now reported living.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-16

try is going to
have depression,
u n e m . ! oyment.
hard times.
A period of
great activity is
NEAR The prob
lem soon will be
to nnd men for
Jobs rather than
jobs for men.
No one capable
OF reading the bar
ometer of busi-
ness can mistake
the signs.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-16
Rites for George Hodges
To Be Held IN Balti2 0H

Funeral services for Geors.
Hodges. who died Friday night A.
Gsrneid Hospitsl. wfll be he'd ~
Bsltimore. EIT
Mr.. Hodges was assistant to ~
general Chairman of the American
Railway Association. and during
the war had charge of all troop
movements by rail throughout the
country He 10 survived by his
wife. a daughter and son in school
in Chicago.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-16
LIFE SENTENCE GIVEN
SLAYER OF. OFFICER
Speedy Conviction Follows Comics
sion of Colored Bootlesser in Va.

Benjamin F. johnson, self-confessed
slayer of William B. Payne, Virginia
prohibition oficer, will pay for his
crime by serving life sentence in the
State prison at Richmond.
johnson killed Payne on February 2
while resisting arrest for bootlegging
He was placed on trial on Thursday
and the following day was sentenced
to life Imprisonment after the jury
mad deliberated one hour.
Among the witnesses examined Were
Detectives Kelly and Baur, OF Wash.
ington. to whom Johnson confessed
shortly after his arrest.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-16
Burns Stepfather's Thsatsr

New Orleans. La, March l5.-
Miss Flavia Collins, 1s. pretty, con-
tossed she set IRE to heA' step
fathers theater because she was
angry at his treatment of her moth
er. Hundreds were endangered.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-16
To Retire Gen. O'Ryan.

Maj. Gen. John F. Organ, COM
manding the Twenty-Seventh Divi-
sion will be honorabIy DISCHARGED
from the army on March 81, War De-
partment orders yesterday revealed.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-16
Marine Band viii Not PLAY.

There will be no concert by the
Marine Band at the Marine barracks,
as scheduled for Monday. the concert
hall having been taken over for other
purposes on that day.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-16
BY RICHARD sPILLANE.
Leading American Authority on
business and Finance, and spe-
cial Economic Contributor
to The Herald.

The tide has turned.
Dismiss all notions that this coun-