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The Washington herald., 1919-11-26
Following the
Tide of Trains
t
The News Here and
There in Union
Station
BY ARGUS.
Making Travelling Safe,

Please the passing public
This Is the slogan OF the Travellers
Aid Bureau in the Union Station and
IL is conscientiously upheld by Mrs
Elizabeth Miles. supervisor of the Ru-
reau. and every one OF her seven
assistants.
While Mrs. Miles and the new re-
gime in the Travellers Aid Bureau
have been in force only since Sep
tember l. they have already made
an enviable reputation among the
passing public and the employees at
the station. Mrs. Miles has been in
such wOrS for ten luiSs years, and
she says she does not believe she will
ever be contcntcd to give IT up. When
she started there were no salaries
connected with such work.
Many people, Mrs Miles ex-
planned last night, -! 70 not appreciate
what the Travellers Aid all over the
country is doing.
The Travellers Aid here and else
where. VIII alwa%.i help out stranded
girls and women. TlIey will bear
the expense OF II wire to relatives.
or a meal. and they 4en to II that
no woman ever is compelled to go
without 4 bed while she il ir Wash
ington."
Every train that comes into the
Union Station no matter at what
hour is met by one or two of the
Travellers Aid women.
Another feature of their work Is
that the various Travellers Aid bu-
reaus keep in touch with each
others work. When the bureau in
New York has a party going to
Washington which needs assistance
they send the Washington bureau a
telegram and ask them to be on the
lookout for their party.
For this reason." Mrs. Miles said.
sit is perfectly safe for a child of
Z years to travel nowadays"
The Washington herald., 1919-11-26
How Do They Do Its

A rustic looking individual. en-
numbered by slickly trimmed
spinach moustache. blandly made
the foregoing query to F. NJ Acton,
in charge of the information BOOTH
while he stared vacantly at a huge
sign which proclaimed the fact
that he was standing before the
information BOOTH
OF course Mr.. Acton was too
courteous to call down this par
tiCular gentleman but he did admit
later that it sure made his hand
itch"
The Washington herald., 1919-11-26
AnafhHr Xacnflan

NJ. A. Mcdonald. clerk in the Office
of the station master. is away on a
five-day vacation.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-26
On Vacation.

tendant at the station. is on a five
day vacation at Jacksonville, Fla.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-26

police hred upon them. After being
dismissed the negroes were. given the
whisky.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-08
THUG nLACKJACKS MES
SENSER: GETS sos. 900
IN loan BONDS

New York, March THE police
dead lire" was again violated today
when thicr black iacked Milton
syrohm, sixteen. messenger en-
ploye7 by the brokerage firm OF l.. NJ
Price ard company Of twenty Broad
greet, and robbed him Of $66 900
worth OF liberty bonds. New York
Central railroad stock certificates and
In check.
The thief escaped and his victim.
I eufferinR from n probable fracture
Is the skull. was taken to Broad
street hospital No one witnessed the
Assault. which was on the stairway
above the Fifth floor Of slxty-one
proadway and the IN passenger lay IN
conscious on the landing for some
rniNufcs before he was discovered.
The bonds. We're all registered the
police soy, and II win he practically
/ Impossible For the thief to realize on
them Pc. r1ent on me check was
stopped. TIE t4s, 900 worth of liberty
bonds stol n were cf large denoni-
uatfou. Their numbers and those Of
1.-THE stool, certificates have been given
! TO all banks.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-08
WALL STRlE'T COMES TO
AID OF RAILROADS

Nev- York. March IA possible ca
tastrorre growing ous of the failure
~ rch-rFSs t- ,rQv!de for railroad
financing has been averted through an
agreement at n conference held today
with leading Wall street men by Eu-
gene Meyer. chairman OF The war
finance corporation. It was agreed
that the necessary financing for tine
strong railroads VIII he arranged d.
Tectly nv the banks. The war finance
corpora ton which has available some
s23f. 90. 0Go for direct loans. and
which has mower and available means
OF raising needed money In other
why's, wti render necessary assista nee
10 the weaker railroads.
At today's conference were repre-
sentatiVes Of the Morgan banking
house Kuhn, Loeb ard company, the
Guaranty Trust company, the First
Naiions' and the Chase National
banks and the Bankera Trust com
pany.
~ Rnoth r meeting TO he held In
Washington next Tuesday at the call
of WalHcr n Hines. director general
Of railroads. definite action is expected
- be aiken emhodying working de-
tails OF the agreement OF today.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-08
ACT TO ~ToP SPREAD
OF SLEEPING sTC-R NESS

Springfield. III N%Aror THE de-
partmsu' Of public henlth took sum
mary actHp1f rut9ty 10 @t@p. the spread
Of "eieeplnE sirFuess' in Illinois. HI
rector G. 81 Clair Drake, IN an order
telograuhea tp HIS aides throughout
the s}ate. made the rlsgu Il rep"rtahle
disease ara ordered ISOLATION Of all
O. rNs
This action was taken after the de-
part en- was officially notified of the
eNiste~ce Of five cases ana two deaths
TT Isolated points down state rud Of
the reports spread of the disease I'm
Evanston and other North Shore
subj his OF Chicago.
rnoftciatly the denartment has heard
that fifteen cases exist In Evanston and
other Nor. = Shore places.
pr s s Winner. district health Off
Ger Of tho 7enartuent. was ordered 10
proceed 10 Evanston at once and make
a complete investigation II is prob-
able ne yg'Il reach there tomorrow for
a confer euce with physicians.
pr. Drake declares there Is no rea-
son for any general alarm, Even In
had epiee-lic7 the number OF deaths Is
small But because the disease is com =
muricahlc. he had issued the isolation
order ara that Il may be carefully stu
died he has made the disease report
able.
According 80 Dr. Drake the disease
"a troroperly called sleeping sick
ness III is FIRST cousin" of infs ntile
naralysis and like that disease is an
acute due a specific virus which Prob
ahlv finds entrance through the nose
and pharnwx and which, IKE infantile
paralysis. has special affinity for the
nervous system. In each case II Is said
the Wet m has had influenza,
The proper technical name Of the
disease. Or Drake says is. "Letharglc
err ernNl ftt&" 49,.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-08

The soils of France and America
an well as the souls of those two coun-
tries. have been hlended--literally.
The most notable instance of the
Incorporation OF American soil iHlo
the soil or France was the taking TO
France OF several barrels OF American
earth in which to bury the body of La
fayatte, hut French soil has been In
corporated into America soil In III
orally millions OF places. Probably
every county in the United States has
its admlxt OF French dirt. and IL is
scarcely too much to say that some
particles of 1t have found their way TO
practically every farm throughout the
M ~ ~ X 7 IA ;sc"G.rs; 4
- flow IA II cSrSsT~ trn Frplt ~ iexse
The eshoa,AzGround portion of youg fruiE
trees may he pure American, but the
underground portion is very likely 10
be foreign. with the exception or
the apple and peach, most or the reed
Ing Wants on which grating or bud
ding ia done arc imported, and even
with the apple considerable progress
has beer made in producing Ameri-
can gn seedlings. From iu7 ported
French sA@d many nurserymen have
thus far preferred to import apple
seedlings from France and TO pay
more for them Just aow. however.
! ffts4-f Nt.tT' itlitfSp hbtSftEltil IS wi tAfh
tr~arS r solution Of the problem cg
1 livestock production in this country
All OF the peach stocks are now
home" grown from seeds produced
IN th!a coutry.
we are beginning 10 appreciate
more and more" says one Of the plant
patho'ogis's OF the United States de-
partment Of agriculture. that our flu
ture succe ,fuI fruit culture is int
mately associated with the problem OF
stocks With the exception of the
grape no far~rea ching studies have
been made on stocks in this or any
other 1try We have followed Ger
tain e.. uical practices In the past
but as 1petIinu becomes greater
and 1Ae demand for the highest grades
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-08

tThonaS II. Logan. In Leslie's)
The government takes stock OF it's
RESOURCES next year July I, 1919,
Begins the next decennial census of
the population and Industries OF the
United States. IT comes f1ttingly at
an important epoch in the nations
destiny and at n time when we are
launching upon a new era OF expan-
sion and foreign interest. Our states
men and students will be deeply con-
cerned I'm the data accumulated as to
The value of our Industries as we'll as
70 their extent. IT will be a greatly
energized and strengthened America
which the new census taker will find.
He will observe and record the eff
fects of the war upon our Industrial
life He will report also the exact
number of our citizens by races and
ages II will be possible to determine
how far General Crowder's draft reg
lstration fell short of the actual num-
ner of population of draft age The
last census showed 98TS1,324 popu'a-
ton. Guesses as TO the present popu-
lation range from 105 million to as
high as It2 million. Inroads Of the
war. OF influenza, without. compensat-
ing immigration. have abated our rate
of increase. Despite this. the totals
may surprise us.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-08
WHAT LED TO CLOSING
OF ITALIAN FRONTIER

New York. March Two causes
led to the closing of the Italian from
tier, according to information received
today by the Italian bureau of lnfor-
nation. The advices received by the
bureau represented that the Italian
flag was desecrated and defiled by
soldiers of the Serbian army near Lei
bach, and that no action has been
taken by the Serbian authorities re-
spectng the protest promptly lodged
against the outrage to Italys flag.
The flag incident was described az
taking place when q trainload of Ital-
ian refugees, some of whom had been
informed by the Austrians, paused at
small station near Latbach. There,
1t was said. Serbian soldiers and civil
isns tore the italian flags from the
train, soiled the Italian coat of arms,
on the flags, and used insulting lam
RuaRe to express their feeling toward
Italians and italy.
What Is termed the 'Taibach Incl
dent" followed shortly Lalbach, ly-
ing northeast OF Trieste, had been Sc
lected as a food distributing center
Italy. according to advices received by
the Italian bureau OF information, con-
tributed from her own scanty supply
while the food being rushed from
America was being awaited. Notwith-
standing tiIS, IL WIS Grained the mem
hcrs OF the italian allied commission
handling the food distribution were re-
queSted to "leave"--another way of
being expelled, the advices stated. AL
{ though recognized by the local Slo-
vene government the italian officers
protest 10 the Serbian military com
nlander in the saddle at Iaibach fell
upon deaf ears. Not to hinder the
food distribution. the Italian officers
withdrew. The closing OF the frontier
followed
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-08
MnY Attcrnni NristrtaI.

New York, March 6.--Counsel for
jeremiah A. OLeary. on trial here
charged with violating the espionage
act, may attempt to declare "A mistrial
as result of the Introduction of GER
tain correspondence purporting to
have been written by O'Leary to one
Rudolph Cronau. government wit
ness but which 1t is limited was not
written rs it appeared when shown TO
him later.
The trial was held UP for more
than an hour while the court and
opposing counsel held a conference In
chambers after which the defendant
hinred at substitution Of matter in the
letter. The document In question was
not placed on the records.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-08
END Of HEW YORK I
HARB0R STRIKE seen

New York, March THE Tidewater
Boatsmen's union, whose membership
is $500. today accepted the railroad
administrations terms and declared
the harbor strike Off so far as 1t was
concerned. The men will receivc s110
a month, pay increase Of about $40
as against s35 demanded. 1t was re-
ported late today that the six o.her
striking .xgions we're close. 10 an. agree.
-rhent and that SPY monnay' me strikSS
would probably have been settled.
All boats operated by the railroad
administration, the army and navy
and the shipping board will be run
ming by tomorrow, 1t was predicted
as the result of negotiations which
took up practically the entire day.
The private boat owners and their
employees are still at odds over several
points In controversy. The union
strikers were reported to have decided
to content themselves with a wage In
crease. abardoning their demand for
an eight hour day.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-08
VIM JENNINGS BRYAN |
IS OUT OF DANGER

Washington, March T.--William
Jennings Bryan is out of danger and
expects to be out within another week.
1t was stated tonight at the home OF
his friend, Daniel Bride, where ne
has been confined with severe cold
for several days, His condition for
while was such as to cause apprehen-
sion and he was advised by bis phy-
stefan to remain in bed. He has rapid
ly responded to treatment however.
2n3 viii be able n le2ye bis bed with
IA Noe, or rcS Fol3 ~
President Wilson. in wireless mes
sage from the George Washington to-
day. conveyed his sympathy and hope
of early recovery to Mr.. Bryan.
Boston, Mass, March T,-Reginald
Bryan Owen, six, en- route to Balti-
more. to visit his grandparents. Mr..
and Mrs. William Jennings Bryan.
travelling as a parcels post package.
was the Hubs guest today. and i've
~ one. He left this afternoon for New
York. His French nurse. Mile. Mar
guerite Passola. ia the busiest woman
alive.
Reggie. who landed at Portland.
Me. yesterday 'hit" town without his
baggage and had to go to bed with
out his nightie. but he didn't worry.
This morning he made a trip about
town. He boosted OF not being sea
sick and sports legion OF honor
medal given him by a French officers.
He is the son Of Major Owen. of the
British army
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-08
CAM THE UNITED STATES GROW FRUIT srocKsq

OF fruit and plant products Increased,
we must know more OF the actual re-
iltion OF stocks to quality of product to
the length OF life OF the tree or plant.
To adaptability to soil and climate, 10
resistance to disease and insect at
tacks"
one OF the questions to be solved.
according to thte department OF agri-
culture, Is the practicability of produc-
ing In this country the millions of or
binary apple. pear, plum. and cherry
stocks which hitherto have been Sc
cured largely abroad. Another need
is the systematic study of stocks with
y view to their Improvement and bet
Ter ado nfe lily 10 the wide variety OF
e;stSsS tsssss sasN s4axsSe - L., X s.4,> Mo- l.
and that are likely to develop as the
fruit Industry becomes more com
pick. II fruit Industries are to be
maintained. the department thinks 1t
is imperative that there be available
full supplies of the ordinary stocks.
and it is desirable to ind OF develop
stocks that may prevent some of the
LOSSES from insects and diseases.
III stocks are to be produced in
this country to take the place of those
hitherto secured abroad" the state
ment continues, 'It would seem proper
that efforts should be made by the
government TO aid those who are
anxious to know where the work can
best be done and how II may he done
TO the best advantage. The problems
involved are so complex that private
interests can not well handle them.
The chief problems are to find regions
ard soils In this country where stocks
m " be commercially grown and to
demonstrate on commercial scale
that such stocks are equal to or better
than those grown abroad. Correlated
with the problem of commercial stock
production Is that OF securing seeds
for stocks. There is need for devel-
oping our home supplies. This Is
'ong time proposition as there are few
recognized sources of supply here,
such as exist in Europe
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-08

Especial to the Richmond Eirginian.)
Petersburg. Va, March Although
1t was believed yesterday evening at
the conclusion of the coroner's inquest
that arrests In the sensational murder
mystery of Herman Hoffman would
be made shortly, Commemorative At
torney Goode. Of Dinwiddie county. to-
day stated that unless further evil
dence in the case was brought to light.
no arrests would be made.
Although the coroner's jury re-
turned n verdict that the dead brick
mason, whose body was found late
widdie county, near his home. was
murdered. the mystery remains as
dark as when the body was found.
1t was believed that sufficient evil
dence TO warrant an arrest In the case
had been brought out at the coroner =
hearing yesterday. but the statement
OF the Commonwealth attorney to-
day dispelled this belief. That the
officials were not satisfied with the
evidence brought out at the hearing
yesterday Is believed by many. and af-
ter Attorney Goode, who examined
the witnesses. left the city without
making any statement, 1t was thought
that arrests would follow and some
light on the mystery.
Two parties were brought Into the
case yesterday at the inquest A. j.
Mckenney, a neighbor of the Hoff-
mans, testified that young Clark, son
of j. II. Clark. merchant In the
Hoffman vicinity. had remarked that
He had killed six Germans and Hoff-
man had better walk straight" after
the dead man and young Clark had
quarreled over n misunderstanding
arising over the alleged blowing up OF
Hoffman's garden by Clark. Ciark's
father denied his son was at odds with
Hoffman and that no member of his
family had any i'll feeling against
Hoffman. who IA said to have been n
German.
The elder Clark, testifying before
the jury. said that Hoffman had told
him that hts home life was unpleas-
ant and after intimating that Hon.
man was jealous OF another man on
account of his wife. made the state
ment that Hoffman was Jealous of
his wife on account of Mckenney.'
The inquest took up several hours,
and the verdict rendered was that
Hoffman came to his death from a
gunshot wound IN the back. inflicted
by the hands OF party or parties un-
known to the jury.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-08

Kansas City. Mo- March Miss
Adelaide O'Dowd. sixteen years old,
mas slept for hfty-fve days without
waking, Physicians tonight are un-
able to tell when she will regain con-
sciousness. The young woman's heart
beats are normal. her temperature is
usual and there II nothing charming
about her respiration.
Miss O'Dowd was stricken with ty-
pho'd fever eleven weeks ago. At
FIRST the case seemed to take a nor
nal course. On January 10 the girl
lapsed Into Inconsistencies
Physicians have tried every known
means TO awaken Miss O'Dowd, but to
no avail. The case Is one of the most
unusual in the history of medical
science In the Middle West
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-08

kln9 elsA. The situation would he
RI 11aAt - eoon 49, fecd was received
04rMAny. The sailors are afrste OF
and are starving. 'he
.Z&&meh agreed TO lot German crews man
{ sahipp taken by them for hauling
&4ee to France. The American ar
\ X4ftah however, held that we could
ssS18 allow GeruRn crews 10 man the
sy6&naenger ships which we wsnted.
nse ships could only be operated oy
Snneaonal crews and fy the national
s1ngxs
] a r. vas said officially that possibly
- German government would welcome
&n3SurA Of tho vessels by ths aIiies ss
~ sotiAk. This, II was pointed ont' ~ouIu
1reripats tire government OF blame
frUm the sailors for the allies getting
- ahfpe
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-08

~ New York, March Flying at an
average speed exceeding i4b miles an
Fhour, two army aviatcrs today new
from Dayton, Ohio, to New York. sos
antilles in what IN beleievd to be new
E1ecord for such a distance. Thu plane
&yas in the ar four hours and thirty
ssAhree minutes.
m Ma Sor dsaAalaerI Il FLEET and Captain
sygEarl f. White left Dayton az 10 A.
M in heavy snowstorr1. Rising 10
an altitude OF IL, 900 feet TO get above
she snow, they travelled entirely by
sronpas. hut had to detour because
!. sspf the heavy storms. The Official ois-
Nance between the two points IS $40
Isniles. The hirdmen were forced 10
land al New burgh. n. Y. and arrived
a Hazlehurst field, near here, at 4
asrkcinclr In the afternoon.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-08
MISSING GIRL FOUND
WANDERING IN NEXT TOWN

Stanton, Va. March T. Agnes
Kennedy Parsons. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. Parsons. of this city.
who was the principal actor in a
mysterious disappearance Tuesday.
was returned to her home yesterday
morning by Chief OF Police Berlin
Holt
The girl. who is only fourteen years
OF ago, had not been seen since mex
Ing a trip to grocery store near her
homo about IL o'clock Tuesday morn
ing and when she failed to return in
the evening her parents. became
greatly alarmed and instituted a
search for her. securing also the aid
of the police force.
1t was thought that she had pos
sibly been enticed away from the city
by some INSCRIPTIONS person or per-
sons and police OF nearby towns were
requested to keep a lookout for her.
The case was greatly complicated
by note found in the mail box at
her home by her parents during the
afternoon. in which she wrote, in
part, AZ follows:
when you receive this / may be
dear, or many miles away. 1t is a
sin to live In this wicked world and
I thought I would get out OF It,"
About ten o'clock Tuesday night
the girl was wandering about on north
Coalter street when she encountered
Miss Sue Meyers. who questioned her
closely. Miss Meyers later decided to
take her to the Welfare Home on
Kalorama street, where she turned
the girl over to Mrs. o. #. Robertson.
matron in charge.
Mrs. Robertson kept the girl until
morning when she notified Chief
Holt that she had in her possession
girl claiming to be lena
Knowles. OF Waynesboro." Chief Holt
went to the home where she Identified
the missing girl, later returning her
to her parents.
The girl stated during the morning
that she does not remember writing
the note found in the mail box Mt her
home
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-08
ASKED TO TALK
AGAINST THE LEAGUE

Washington, March Limitations
have been extended to the group OF
senators opposing the tentative consu-
tuition OF the league of nations to de-
liver speeches In various parts of the
country under the auspices OF the
league for the preservation OF Ameri-
can independence. This organization
has heen formed by Henry A. Wise
Wood. OF New York. and others for
the purpose Of waging an educational
propaganda against the league of ma
tions as now proposed.
II Is probable that n number of the
senators will accept the invitation, cit
was learned tonight No definite plans
have been made as yet, it was said, and
the details of the organization have
not been worked out.
Mr.. Woods idea in forming the or
ganizing was said to he to create soma
central agency through which liter
ature could be distributed and speak
ers sent out TO meet the propa ganda
now under way in favor OF the league
of nations Funds to defray the ex-
penses of the work will be raised by
voluntary subscription
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-08
Petersburg
NOTICE.

In case of any failure on
the part Of Petersburg sub
scribers to receive the Rich
mond Virginian promptly
and regularly they are re-
quested to. call Russell A.
( ii nlnsoh, Mnsvai>, & i, ss1 2t.
1861, Petersburg, who will
see that all such complaints
are properly attended to.
. Mr.. Parkinson desires to
have on file the names of a
number of reliable boys who
would accept positions as
carriers when the first va
cancy occurs.