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The Washington herald., 1919-03-06
$17.10 from Conductor
In Street Car Holdup

New Orleans. La. March 5.-Two
masked bandits early today held up
street car and took s17.l0 from the
conductors pockets.i
Sylvester Barnard, brother of a
New Orleans policeman, was seized
while attempting to escape after the
robbery, and lodged in Jail charged
with the crime. His companion. whom
Barnard described as George Tansey.
a discharged soldier. got away. Police
are searching the city for him.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-06
No Redress for Cattle Killed.

New Orleans. March 6.-Fifteen
thousand head of cattle were killed
by railroads in Louisiana during 1913,
and owners received no compensation
under the rules governing Federal
operation, according to claim agents
Of the Southern and Southeastern
regions, United States Railroad Ad-
ministration, who held a meeting here
today.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-06
ORDERS FOR STICKERS
CONTINUE TO ARRIVE
Chairman Kaufman. of Get the
Vote" Committee Encouraged.

Joseph Kaufman. chairman of the
committee on the Advertising Club of
Washington. which is handling the
Votes for Washington" campaign,
said last night he was greatly en-
couraged by the orders for the dis
tinctipe stickers advertising the Dis
trict which he is receiving.
Stickers are also being mailed to
persons living in the city who cannot
come personally to Mr.. Kaufman's
place OF business to procure them.
More than 10000 of these stickers
bearing the appeal of the District of
Columbia for suffrage have been dis
posed Of.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-06
$1,553,s ,ss2 in Supplies ,
Red Gross Gift to Syrians

The American Red Cross yesterday
announced a donation cf supplies
valued at 1,55a, ,sS2 to the American
Committee for Relief in the Near
East. These supplies are to be dis
tributed by commission which the
latter organization Is sending to Ar
menia and Syria to supervise relief
work in those countries.
Previous cash contributions to the
committee by the Red Cross totalled
$,5OC, ,O0Q
The Washington herald., 1919-03-06
FAVOR COMMERCIAL
ACTIVITY IN BELGIUM
State Department Against Tourist
Travel to Europe.

Announcement that commercial
trips to Belgium have the en-
couragement of the Department of
Commerce and the State Depart
ment was made by Secretary Red
field yesterday. His statement
followed a cablegram from Minis
ter Whitlock- at Brussels, who
urged visits to Belgium by Amer
lean business men.
At the same time the State De-
partment made plain its attitude
which effectually bans tourists
travel to Europe. It's decision, made
public by Redfeld, says that the
State Department cannot grant
passports for tourists, because OF
the shortage of food and lack ot
means of transportation
The Washington herald., 1919-03-06
PURELY PERSONAL.

William Macfarland, of the War
Department, has returned from a
trip through the South.
Alfred Bryant, of the Treasury
Department, has resigned his posi-
tion to return to his home in Chi
cago.
Miss Mary Bennett, of Brookland,
is entertaining her cousin, Miss
Alice Bennett, of Baltimore.
Mrs. Arthur Mayo, of Chicago, is
visiting her mother in the Kennebec
Apaf tments.
Baxter Hill has been transferred
from the Fuel Administration to the
War Risk Bureau.
Cloyd C. Stogner, of Charleston, S.
c., arrived in this city yesterday for
weeks visit with friends.
r. S. Davis, of Douglas. Ga. was a
visitor to the family of his mother-in-
law, Mrs. A. ]. Sachs, of this city.
during last week.
A. r. Michaels, of the Department
of Agriculture. resigned his position
last week.
]. c. Edwards. of this city, is in
. New York for a weeks visit.
r. C. Thompson. an employe of the
Postoffice Department. has been pro-
NOTED.
Lieut.. Walter Doxon, 1872 New
Hampshire avenue northwest, has re-
turned from France.
Lewis =. Marmion, son of the late
| Rear Admiral Marmion, has just re-
| ceived his discharge from the navy
and is visiting his mother at the Naval
Ammunition Depot at Dover. New
Jersey.
H. 1. CHAIR has returned to the
city from a twoo weeks vacation in
Atlantic City.
Grace Lipscombe, 1886 Q street
northwest. is i'll with pneumonia.
Miss Elizabeth Bradford is visiting
relatives in Boston, Mass.
Mrs. Richard Bennett has returned
from a months trip through the
| South.
Joseph Boyd has fully recovered
I from the effects of his automobile
accident last month.
Benjamin F. Kopfer celebrated his
| Forty-third anniversary as a night
watchman yesterday. He was former
| ly a District policeman.
Mr.. James Stevens, a veteran OF
the civil war. and also a great grand
father. is again looking hale and
| hearty after a recent illness.
| Edward Beale was elected presi-
dent of the senior class at Central
| High School yesterday. Miss Louise
Espey was elected vice president.
Miss Sara Coulter Head, formerly
connected with the fuel administra-
ton, is enroute overseas.
Mrs. Alice Nevin Gilbert a2O4 KlingIe
road. has left for service in France.
Miss Flora Levy, buyer in the mil
linery department at Kafka's, is in
New York on short shopping trip.
| Mayor D. w. Carmichael of Sacra-
mento, California, is in Washington
attending the Presidential conference
of governors and mayors.
| Mayor James Rolph. jr., of San
Francisco. has been in Washington
for several days.
John ]. Hurley. of Lawrence, Mass,
Is a Washington guest.
Miss Ida L. Johnson, of the Treas
ury Department, is entertaining
friends from Cambridge, Mass, her
home.
George V. Barnes. of Green Bay,
Wis. is in the city for a brief stay.
William H. Leffert, of the AgricuI-
!
The Washington herald., 1919-03-06
Old Paintings Found in Bolivia

Four paintings. thought to be
the work of Rubens, have been
found in the vaults of the Metro
politan Church. at La Paz, Bolivia,
according to Latin American ad-
vices yesterday.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-06
Monsisnor Cercke Returns.

San Francisco, March 5.-After
fifteen years work in the Philip
pines. the Right Rev. Monsignor
Daniel J. Gercke, of Philadelphia,
returned here.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-06
Who Benefits by High Prices?

You feel that retail meat prices are too
high
Your retailer says he has to pay higher
N prices to the packers.
4 Swift & Company prove that out of
# every dollar the retailer pays to the
# packers for meat, cents is for packers
" profit, IS cents is for operating expenses,
III and IS cents goes to the stock raiser; and
NJ that the prices of live stock and meat
NJ move up and down together
VI The livestock raiser points to rising
VI costs of raising live stock.
MI Labor reminds us that higher wages
VI must 60 hand in hand with the new cost
of living.
MI No one, apparently, is responsible. No
M one apparently, is benefited by higher
NJ prices and higher income
NJ We are all living on high-priced scale
One trouble is, that the number of dollars
has multiplied faster than the quantity of
H goods, so that each dollar buys less than
a formerly.
\ Swift & Company, u. S. A.
Washington Local Branch. lo-l4 Center Market
D. T. Durow, Manager
NJ MGM
The Washington herald., 1919-03-06
For Piles

Send Today for Free Trial of Pyra-
mid Pile Treatment and Find :
Real Happiness.
If you suffer so badly you can't wait
for the free trial get a so cent box
OF Pyramid Pile Treatment at the
The Washington herald., 1919-03-06

William H. Leffert, of the Agricul
The Washington herald., 1919-03-06

Miss Henrietta NJ Kearns, of the
Bureau of War Risk Insurance, has
returned from a trip to Fort Dear
born, Mich.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-06

ture Department, Is In Portland, Me.
on departmental business.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-06

Clyde 8. Fillmore. has received an
appointment as accountant in the
Treasury Department. He comes from
Canton, Ohio.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-06

William Macfarland. Of the War
Department, has returned from a
trip through the South.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-06

But Mr.. Wilson himself cannot
do everything. He has to dele
gate power to others, but, in
choosing those to represent him,
he makes sure to find men and
women of character and heart
and ability and engaging person
siity.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-11

tablishing aerial lines which will be
economically practical besides cutting
down the time of transportation of
mail and express to one quarter of
the time now required by land and
water.
Practically all of the French,
British and Italian manufacturers
have produced airplanes fitted with
cabins which permit travel with COM
fort. Large dirigibles will be en-
ployed on an extensive scale"
The prizes, according to de Saint
Blancard, are headed by the British
government with $4,000 for COM
petitions to develop safer planes.
The Aero Club of France has $400,-
900 in prizes donated by Henri Deutsc
de la Meurthe.
The French newspaper, echo de
Paris" has given 100000 for a g.
500 miles circuit race.
The French newspaper, "L'Aveniz"
has given $4,000 for cross country
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-11
Pershing Won't
Quit Army Life

NEW YORK, Sept. 1O.-General
Pershing today set at rest reports that
he will give up his military career.
Asked concerning rumors that he was
going to engage in business, he re-
piled:
mo, no! There is nothing to that. y
General Pershing refuses to have
anything do with politics. Because
he has been mentioned several times
as possible candidate for the Pres
idency, he was asked:
care you candidate for the nomi-
nation for the presidency"
"Please do not embarrass me with
such question" he replied.
"Are you republican or demo-
craft" the questioner persisted.
"Please do not embarrass me with
any political questions" he said rails
ing both hands depreciatingly.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-11
LEMON JUICE
TAKES OFF TAN
Girls! Make bleaching lotion
if skin is sunburned,
tanned or freckIed

Squeeze the juice of two lemons
into bottle containing three ounces
of Orchard White, shake well, and
you have a quarter pint of the best
freckle, sunburn and tan lotion and
complexion beautifer, at very, very
small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and
any drug store or toilet counter will
supply three ounces of Orchard White
for few cents. Massage this sweet
ly fragrant lotion into the face, neck,
arms and hands each day and see
how freckles, sunburn, windbun and
tan disappear and how clear, soft and
white the skin becomes. Yes! 1t is
harmless.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-11

contests.
Fifty thousand dollars has been
offered to the first Australian pilot
who flies from Great Britain to Aus
tralia.
The London Daily Express" has
offered $4,000 for aeroplane dem.
onstrations establishing aerial com.
munications on a commercial basis
with India and South Africa, the ma.
chimes entered being required to carry
at least one ton of cargo.
A prize of $4,000 has been offered
for the first Portuguese or Brazilian
aviator who flies from Portugal to
Brazil.
A $4,000 prize has been offered by
Thomas H. Ince for trans-Pacific
flight.
A $4,000 prize has been offered
by Raymond Orteig fos the first flight
from New York to Paris.
A $4,000 trophy has been offered
by Capt. Charles ]. Glidden for the
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-11
Offer Prizes to
Help Aircraft

NEW YORK, Sept. 10.-CUnited
Press. More than million dollars
in prizes is being offered to stimulate
aeronautic development in Europe, ac-
cording to Victor de Saint Blancard,
Secretary of the Aero Club of France,
who has arrived in New York.
De Saint Blancard is considered
one of the highest authorities on
aeronautics in the world. He said
France, England, Italy, Belgium and
Spain are planning extensive aerial
routes, both for mail and transporta-
ton, to their colonies in Africa.
Successful flights nave been made
from France and Italy TO Africa, and
from England to India and Africa"
said de Saint Blancard. "They have
demonstrated the practicability Of es-
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-11

Caesar was declaiming from the
stage.
"You, Cassius hath lean and hun
CRY look"
Hes right" commented a stage
hand. "They get that way playing
tragedy"
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-11

Glidden Airplane Efficiency Tours, to
be competed for under rules similar
to the Glidden Automobile Tours,
which did so much to bring about the
use of automobiles for pleasure and
transportation.
A $4,000 prize ana other prizes
have been offered for the international
marine flying trophy race, for the best
speed over a distance of 200 miles,
to be held in England in September.
De Saint Blancard stated that a
number of long distance airplane and
dirigible flights were being planned
in Europe, including a flight of TO-
900 miles by the famous Italian poet,
Gabrielle d'Annunzio who plans to
fly from Rome to Tokyo and back.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-11
And Another

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where other women have been helped
by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, so tried it and it helped
me very much so that now can do
everything in the house. have told
my friends about Vegetable Compound
and you have my permission to use this
letter." ~ Mrs. |. OVENSTEIN, 902
S. Marsh6eld Avenue. Chicago, III.
Thousands of such Letters
Prove the Curative
Value of
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-03-19
NATIONS LEAGUE
WILL not DELAY
TREATY SIGNING

PARIS, Mar. 19.-Lord Robert
Cecil, a prominent British diplomat,
in an interview accorded American
and British newspaper correspond
ents today, said that the inclusion
of the League of Nations in to the
final peace treaty will not delay
the signing of it, and that it was
hoped that the actual signing Of
Of the peace treaty will be accom-
plished in about two weeks time
He said that if the Monroe Doc
trine means what he thinks it 20
be, the League of Nations strength
ems, rather than weakens it, and de-
clared that, despite the League Of
Nations, no other country has right
to infringe upon the powers Of the
Monroe Doctrine.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-03-19
TO HAVE
CEMENT VESSELS

PARASITIC Comafran l, which
has been launched on the Seine, is
the first of what is expected to be
a large fleet of cement ships to be
in France this spring, mainly to
carry coal from England. These
ships are of a standard type of
about 1000 tons displacement and
the French are proud of the fact
that all the material used in the
construction of this first unit of
their new cement fleet was produced
in France. The Comafran is
French built throughout, down %
the smallest detail. The steel used
in the construction framework was
scrap metal from the battlefields.
The vessel was launched stem first,
said to be the first time this has
been accomplished with a cement
ship of this tonnage. Many French
shipbuilding experts had expressed
fears of mishaps, but nothing un-
toward occurred
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-03-19
YANKEE OFFICER HAS
HISTORICAL BILLET

COBLENZ.-Major General Jo-
seph Dickson, commander of the
Third American army, IS 'billeter"
within stones throw of the spot
where King Wilhelm Of Prussia
was standing July IA, 1870, when
he heard of the declaration of war
by France against Prussia The
spot, now overgrown by a clump
Of, shrubbery and marked by a
suitably carved granite tablet, is
in the Kaiserin Augusta promenade
in Coblenz, on the west bank of
the Rhine where the king had just
landed after crossing the river from
Ems.
General Dickman's billet" is a
three-sto-y house-one of the finest
residences in Rhenish Prussia The
home is the property of Wilhelm
Won Oswald, an extensive mine
owner, who has gone away for
the winter"
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-03-19
COURSE Of TRUE
LOVE NEVER DID
RUN VERY SMOOTH

SEATTLE, Mar 19.-Miss Ruth
Garrison, pretty eighteen-year-o
girl, was placed under arrest today,
in connection with the death yester-
day, by poisoning, of Mrs Grace
Storrs, an attractive young married
woman, % years of age.
Mrs Storrs died at an emergency
hospital attached to one of the big
department stores of the city, to
which place she was taken on be-
coming suddenly and violently ILL.,
The physicians who attended her
diagnosed the case as one of poison
ing.
Inquiries made by the police, dis
closed the fact that Miss Ruth
Garrison. who admits her love for
Storrs, asked Mrs Storrs to lunch
with her, at which the matter of a
divorce for Storrs by his wife was
to be discussed.
Miss Garrison ordered the lunch
before Mrs Storrs arrived at the
appointed place. The coroner who
held an enquiry, says that the poison
which caused the death of Mrs.
Stcrrs, was probably IN the salad
which Miss Garrison had ordered
to the table prior to the arrival there
Of her victim.
Miss Ruth Garrison is a niece OF
W. D. Esary, president of the Island
transportation company. Storrs,
with whom she is in love, is
mechanic of Okanogan county.
Ii has been suggested that Mrs.
StorrS committed suicide, an event
which is thought to be quite possible
under the circumstances. 4 search
ing inquiry is now under way to
determine the guilt or innocence of
Miss Garrison.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-03-19
FORTS GUARDING
FRENCH CAPITAL
WILL Be RAZEO

PARIS, Mar. l9.-The Chamber
of Deputies has authorized the re-
moval of all the special fortifica-
tons which were erected at great
expense around Paris. shortly after
the commencement of hostilities.
These fortifications include p
miles of solid masonry walls. inter
spersed with powerful batteries,
guarding the water system Of the
town: seventeen detached forts at
intervals of two miles beyond this
wall, and a third outer girdle of
fortresses. rs miles in length, built
on the heights commanding the
greater portion Of the valley of the
Seine.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-03-19
TUESDAY BRIDGE CLUB
HOLDS ENJOYABLE SESSION

The Tuesday Bridge club held one
of their regular meetings at the
home Of Mrs. Robert E. Burns last
night The full quota of members
was present and a most enjoyable
time at their favorite game was
spent
The meeting, which commenced
at eight o'clock, came to an end
shortly after midnight, with Mrs.
R. G. Southworth holding high
score. Dainty refreshments were
served by the hostess during the
course of the games.
The next meeting of the Tuesday
brige club will be held at the home
of Mrs. R. W. Calderhead.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-03-19
CUBA SENDS MINISTER
TO MEXICAN CAPITAL

MEXICO CITY.-The Cuban
charge here, Luis Santemariay Calvo
is quoted as saying that DR.. Eze-
quiel Garcia Ensenat, soon will
leave Havana for Mexico City. DR..
Ensenat was appointed minister to
Mexico nearly a year ago but has
never assumed his duties.
General Heriberto lara, who Ion :
ago was appointed Mexican minister
to Cuba, is said to be ready to sail
from Vera Cruz for Havana, but
no official confirmation of this re-
port has been given by the Mexi-
can government.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-03-19
SWTzERS TO GET
ACCESS 10 OCEAN

PARIS, Mar. 19.-The Commits
sion on International Waterways,
appointed by the Inter-Allied Peace
conference, have turned in a favor
able report on the request made
by the government of Switzerland
for navigation facilities on the
Rhine.
The city of Basel or Basic, a
large manufacturing center and one
Of the principal cities of Switzer-
land, is situated on both sides Of
the river Rhine, short distance
below the point where the river
becomes navigable.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-03-19
BR|T|SHERS WILL
POPUlARRE BARS

LONDON, Mar ia bill has
been introduced IN the House of
Lords proriding for the conversion
% public bars, throughout the king
5om. into social halls, where re-
freshments, both liquid and solid
viii be served, and where music and
dancing will be permitted.
Children, accompanied by their
parents or guardians, are to be per-
mitted to frequent these public bars.
The brewers of Great Britain are
reported to be strongly supporting
the measure.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-03-19
RUBY D|STll[R
TO Do TINE IN
FAIRBANKS JAIL

According TO word received in
Fairbanks from Ruby, Eli Obrun, an
Englishman, who was recently az
rested for running an illicit still.
was found guilty of a violation Of
the liquor law and fine of 800
was imposed on him.
He is unable to pay the fine and,
as a consequence, will be brought
TO Fairbanks to serve out his
sentence.
Deputy Wood, who went down to
Tanana 10 bring up an insane man
reported by wire today that he
leaves Tanana today for Fairbanks
with the insane man and Eli Obrun.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-03-19
FIRE DESTROYS
STEPOyICH HOME

At half past four O'Clock this
morning the Fairbanks fire siren
called out the fighters to the blazing
home Of Mike Stepovich Wise Mike,
on West Fourth street
The fire, which was caused by an
overheated stove pipe, had got too
much Roadway and the firemen
were unable TO do anything toward
saving it. The house and all its
contents were total loss. Mike.
who was alone at his home at the
time, was unable to save any Of its
contents.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-03-19
FAMOUS Battle
UNITS SLATED
FOR DISCHARGE

WASHINGTON, Mar. 19.-The
war department made announcement
today that practically all of the
units of the Ninety-first division,
which includes Alaskans. have now
been assigned for early convoy
home.
General Pershing reports that the
Forty-second division, also known
as the Rainbow division, will leave
Brest for New York between March
2Sth and April 10th.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-03-19
ENGl|SHMAN To
Be PRESIDENT Of
NATIONS LEAGUE

LONDON, Mar 19.-The Daily
Mirror, commenting on the League
Of Nations, says that there is a
strong feeling in diplomatic and
political circles in favor Of inviting
Herbert Asquith to become the first
president of the League Of Nations.
The Right Honorable Herbert
Henry Asquith was prime minister
and first lord of the treasury of
Great Britain from 1908, being sue
ceeded as premier by David Lloyd
George. the present incumbent IF
that office
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-03-19
ASOUTTH MAY BE, LEAGUE PRESIDENT
CLEVELAND CLOTHING WORKERS OUT ON STRIKE
AMERICAN PLANE TO TRY TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT

use the material in them for the
manufacture of children's under
wear. 4 call has been issued to the
public TO donate unnecessary flags
for the same purpose. 1t is pre-
sumed that the colors will be ex-
tracted from the flags before they
are manufactured into clothing.
The manufacture of flags of any
size is forbidden.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-03-19
PLANE WILL MAKE
FLIGHT ACROSS
ATLANTIC OCEAN

WA SHINGTON. Mar. l9.-Lieut-
enant Commander Bellinger, of the
United States navy, has received
orders to prepare one Of the aava'
seaplanes for a flight across the
Atlantic ocean. The flight is to
take. place sometime in May.
The plans made for conducting
the transatlantic flight include the
placing of destroyers along the
route. to be use in case of emery
ency.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-03-19
STRIKERS QUIET
IN LAWRANCE NOW

LAWRENCE, Mass, Mar. 19-
Although the striking workmen con-
tinue picketing. there have been no
attempts of any disorderly conduct
on their part today.
There are several soldiers, who
have but recently been discharged
from the army. in the ranks of the
strikers.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-03-19
ODESSA OUTLOOK
VERY CRITICAL

LONDON, Mar. 19.-0ficial re-
ports received in this city today state
that the situation at Odessa is very
critical.
The rumors which were current
here, to the effect that the Allied
forces were evacuating the city OF
Odessa, although not officially con-
firmed, are not denied.