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The Washington herald., 1919-01-07

Mr. Uhier for a number of years
| was engaged in the lumber business
both here and in Washington. He
was an accountant and recently had
been employed in that capacity in the
| office of the clerk of the gas.
The deceased was prominently con-
nected with the Masonic fraternity.
being secretary of Alexandria Wash
| ington Lodge of Masons. secretary of
| Mount Vernon Chapter, No. IA. Royal
Arch Masons, and recorder of Old Do
minion Commandery, No. IL, knights
F, Templar. He also was an elder In
| the Second Presbyterian Church and
| clerk of the session,
| Besides his wife, Mrs. Lucy Brown
/ Uhlqr. the following children are liv-
| ing: William NJ. Uhler. Washington;
Mrs. ]. T. Ashton, this city; Capt. A.
Lennox Uhler, Admission, Ala; Alfred
Griffith Uhler, now overseas with the
Signal Corps: Miss Lucy, Brown Uhlor
and Bedford Brown Uhler. Two bl 9TH
ers also are living, Lycurgus f. and
George Uhler.
His funeral will take place at s
o'clock Wednesday afternoon from Inc
: Second Presbyterian Church. Services
Allison, d. D., pastor. and members
of the different Masonic bodies will
/ attend.
At st. Mary's Academy today the
monthly awards for merits made dur
| ing the past month were given The
pupils in the higher departments re-
ceiving them follow: Fourth academic,
Christine Nichols. 80: third. Lucy
| Triplett 81; second. Rosella Burke. SO:
| first, Frances Fuller. IS; one, COM
mercial, Camilla Hughes. 81; first year
commercial. Agnes Murphy, SO: second
year commercial, Edna McCauley and
Catherine Brock. 90.
Mrs Matte Grooms. wife OF Charles
Grooms. died last night at the Alex
andria Hospital of influenza. The de-
| ceased lived at 1908 Queen street. Be
| sides her husband, she is survived by
two children. Mrs. Grooms' body was
| taken to Demaine's mortuary chapel
| and will be shipped to her late home
in Waynesboro. Va. for burial.
The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth
Horseman. who died Saturday at Ar
lington, Va. will take place at 2:3O
O'Clock Tuesday afternoon from
Wheatley's mortuary chapel and SER
vices will be conducted by Rev +. V.
] REGISTER. D. D., pastor OF the NJ. E.
/ Church South.
Rev Edgar Carpenter. rector OF
| Grace p. f. Church. this city, today
officiated at the funeral of John l..
| Osborn, which was held at Congress
sional cemetery chapel, Washington.
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CAPT. VIM. POTTER.
CIVIL WAR VET, DEAD

Capt william NJ Potter, n years
old, veteran OF the civil war. died at
his home 1872 Potomac avenue south
east. yesterday,
Capt Potter enlisted in the United
states army at the age Of ls and
rose to the rank Of company COM
mander through his bravery on IN,
field. During his life in Wasbfnytor
he had been active in Grand Arn,y
affairs and various civic associations
After leaving the army he studied
law and had practiced for some
years in this city.
Burial Will be in Arlington Gene
tery tomorrow afternoon. Services
will be conducted by former con-
rades Of Garfield Post, No. Z, Division
of the Potomac
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1t May Mean Eczema, Scrofula-
The First Sign of Inherited
Blood Disease.

Pimples, scaly itching skin, rash
es. burning sensations and Scrof-
ula denote with unfailing Ger
tainty- a debilitated, weakened and
impure state OF the blood. The
trouble may have been in your
blood from birth, but no matter
how you were infected, you must
treat it through the blood. 1t is
a blood disease. You must use
S. S. s., the standard blood tonic
for 50 years, if you expect certain
relief. For purifying the system,
nothing is equal to it. The action
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away at this crisis in the affairs OF
government and mankind"
Representative Dickinson. Of Mis-
souri, Democrats "A great Ameri-
can citizen has gone"
Representative Hull, of Iowa, Re-
publicans There was never a man
Of whom it could be more truly said,
He was an American"
Representative J. Hampton Moore
OF Pennsyivnnia, Republican,, His
death may tend to relieve the fierce
political strain under which the Re-
publican party has labored since 1912,
although his personal following was
so strong that 1t will take time to de-
termine whether the elements will go
together or disintegrate. No matter
how We regard the political effect of
Col. Roosevelts departure, we must
all recognize that an American of he
roic stature has passed from the field
Of mundane activity"
Representative Walsh, of Massa-
chasetts, Republican, I'm his death
the Republic has lost one of its most
distinguished citizens. The Nation,
and indeed the world at large, will
miss him as a true exemplar of the
American spirit"
Representative O'Shaunessy, OF
Rhode Island, Democrnti His ac-
tivities stamped him as one of the
pioneers in the progressive movement
of thought and action"
Representative Green, of Iowa
Republicans TT is doubtful If any
OF the worlds great men, either past
or present, ever displayed such ex'
traordinary versatility. Few men ever
had so great a following and fewer
still deserved it."
Representative Greene, of Yer
mont, Republican, He has left q
name and a record to which genera
tions will appeal as typical of much
that is truly American in it's best con-
ception. endeavor and accomplish
ment"
Representative Rodenberg, of IL
linois; II regard Theodore Roose-
velt as one of the greatest Americans
Of this day. He had the most force
full personality of any American"
Representative MedIlI Mccormick,
of Illinois, Republican, THE great
est American of our time is dead"
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Pimples and Skin Eruptions
Danger Signs of Bad Blood

OF s. S. S. is to cleanse the blood.
1t soaks through the system di-
rect to the seat of the trouble
acting as an antidote to neutralize
the blood poisons. 1t revitalizes
the red blood corpuscles, increases
the flow so that the blood can
properly perform its physical
work. The dull, sluggish feeling
leaves you-the complexion clears
up. Even long standing cases re-
spond promptly. But you must
take S. s. S. Drugs and substi-
tutes won't do. Get S. S. S. from
your druggist. If yours is a spe-
cial case and you need expert ad-
vice, write to Medical Adviser,
444 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta,
Ga.-Adv.
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TEACHERS AND PUPILS
+: RETURN TO SCHOOL
Reports to Superintendent Indicate
influenza Epidemic Is On Wane.

Marked improvement in the attend
sace of the children in the public
schools was shown yesterday over the
sahation on Friday. which showed
one third OF the pupils and 20 per cent
OF the teachers out of school. This
situation was regarded with grave
concern by Ernest L. Thurston, super
intendent of schools. The figures sent
to the superintendent Office yester-
day afternoon indicated that the at
tendance had returned 10 normal.
Influenza was largely responsible for
the absence of teachers last week, but
IL was thought that too much holiday,
combined with colds and bad weather,
was the main cause fer the prolonged
vacation Of many OF the pupils
Influenza among the school children
iS-on the decrease, according TO a
statement from the Health Depart
ment
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THE SENATE.

Senator Hiram W. johnson, of
California, running mate with
Roosevelt on the Progressive party
ticket in the 1914 campaign: The
greatest American of our genera
tion has passed away. He had a
truer vision, a higher courage. a
wiser craftsmanship that any man
Of our time. I cannot speak of him
in ordinary terms. To ME he had
no parallel-none approached him in
virility or force or profound knowl-
edge Of varied subjects: he stood
alone in greatness of perception, in
courage for the right as he saw it."
Senator Boies PenrOSe. of Penn
sylyanis. one of the group of party
leaders who forced the nomination
of Taft at the Chicago convention
in 1914 and brought the Progress
sive party into existence: He was
one of the great men of his gene
ration, not only at home but abroad.
His personality has been deeply i'm
pressed upon the age in which he
lived and he will stand as a para
mount and permanent figure in his
tory. 1t would ordinarily have been
expected that he would have years
of usefulness ahead of him, and his
untimely taking off is national
loss and a source of national grief"
Senator Lewis. of Illinois. DEM
ocratic whip in the Senate: "Roose-
velt's death is the loss Of one of the
greatest men produced in America.
His absence will be felt by all Doc
trines he taught while President will
still remain as lessons for the repub-
lie. Whatever difference the leaders
had with Roosevelt he was regarded
by Democrats universally as a man Of
forward ideas, sincere nature, cour-
ageous and always patriotic
Senator Townsend. of Michigan,
"One OF the great men of the country
has gone. Few men have been in pub
lie life so long and done as much to
arouse the public conscience He has
been one of the great potential forces
since the war was declared The
country has suffered a great loss"
Senator Chamberlain. "T am
panied to hear of Col. Roosevelt's
death. I never have had difficulty in
finding out what was in his heart
about anything that affected the well
fare of the American people He was
courageous in all things and typically
American. All admired him, regard
less of political views"
Senator Poindexter, of washing
tons 'I am deeply grieved and
shocked to learn of the death of The
odore Roosevelt. There are millions
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Loses Control Of Auto;
Crashes Into Street Car

II. Dodd, of Forty-seventh and Mead
streets northeast, lost control Of an
auto near the Benning bridge yester-
DAY. ran across the tracks of the w.
r. & E. Co. and collided with street
cark
He narrowly escaped death.
The auto was demolished. Dodd sus-
tained few cuts and bruises,
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STARS UNAUTHORIZED,
SAYS GENERAL STAFF
But Scarlet Chevron, Meaning Hon
orable Discharge, NAV Be Worn.

Gold and silver stars, worn on uni
forms. have not been authorized by
the War Department. according to
CS. Robert Wyllie. chief of the
Equipment Branch of the Operation
Division of the General STAFF.
They are not authorized" Col
Wyllie wrote George f. Hebberd.
chairman OF the merchants tailor
section of the Merchants and Manu-
facturers' Association.
Regarding the scarlet chevrons for
discharged men," the colonel wrote
II will say that they are authorized
by the War Department. There should
be one chevron only. worn on the left
sleeve. midway between the elbow
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ALEXANDRIA
THE HERALD BUREAU.
A. 8. Doniphan.
g King Strss.

Alexandria, Va, Jan. 6.-Thomas
Bedford Elicit. "a years old, locomo-
tive engineer. who lived at st. Elmo,
Alexandria County. was stricken with
apoplexy while at his throttle on a
yard engine at the Potomac yards,
this afternoon. and died in his cab.
Just before being stricken the en-
gineer called to his firemen that he
was feeling unweli and his firemen
realizing the situation grabbed the
throttle. and his engineer died as
soon as he took the throttle.
Engineer Elicit had been in fail
ing health for some time past. Dr.
r. J. Yates was summoned and he
gave a certificate OF death from
apoplexy.
/ The deceased was a native of Ash
land, Va, and had lived in Alex
andria County for the past ten
years. Besides his wife he is sur
vived by one daughter, Alvin G.
Pennybacker.
His funeral will take place at 1890
o'clock Wednesday morning from
his late residence, and services will
be conducted by Rev. E. V. REGISTER,
d. D.. pastor OF the NJ. E. Church
South. The body will be shipped 10
Ashland. Va, for burial.
The cases of ten persons charged
with violating the provisions of the
Reed bone dry law. some of whom were
charged with bringing liquor on a
government reservation, were called
today before the January term of the
United States court for the eastern
district of Virginia, Judge Edmund
Waddill presiding. In some instances
fines. ranging from SO to SIS. were
imposed. and in other cases the ac-
cused parties forfeited collateral.
There was only a petit jury at this
term of court
1t is expected that the court tomor-
row will confirm the award of a jury,
made some time ago, in the tract of
land belonging to John S. West, now
the site of Camp Humphreys. Va,
which contains 9d.9 acres which a
jury awarded Mr.. West 1886. 40 for.
Alfred G. Uh1er. 70 years old. was
found dead in bed at his residence.
e02 North Washington street, at 8
o'clock this morning. Heart trouble
is thought 10 have been the eause of
his death.
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and shoulder point up. II is worn on
Doth coat and overcoat and Is the
mark of the honorably discharged
men,"
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DEPARTURES

Accumulated deficiency of temperature since
January l, 1873, 60; accumulated excess Of pre-
cipitstion since January l. 1919, LA
Temperature same date last yeAr-Highest, =;
lowest, Il.
OTHER TEMPERATURES
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WEATHER CONDITIONS.
LOCAL FORECAST,

District Of Columbia, Eastern Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland. Overcast
and warmer Tuesday; Wednesday unsettled with
probably rain or snow; moderate southeriy winds.
virginia: Fair and warmer TUESDAY; WedDes-
day probably fair: moderate south winds.
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GENERAL FORECAST.


The air ptessure is relatively low over the re-
g1on Of the Great Lakes and the Upper Miss
issippa Valley and high in all other parts Of the
country, This pressure distribution has been
attended by local SHOWS in the Ohio Valley, the
Ieglon Of the Great Lakes Minnesota. North
Dakota and On the Atlantic Coast from the Vir'
nnia Capes TO Cape Cod. Fair weather was
general in all other parts OF the United States.
The temperatures has risen in nearly all parts OF
the country east Of the Rocky Mountains but
readings remain much below the normal through
out the Eastern and Southern States.
The indications are that the disturbance that
Is now over the Upper Mississippi Valley will
move eastward and be attended By local snows
Tuesday and Wednesday in the resion Of the
Great Lakes and the Upper Ohio Valley and un'
settled weather with probably rain or snow Wed
nesday in the Atlantic States north Of Virginia.
In the Lower Ohio Valley. Tennessee and the
South Atlantic and East Gulf States the wealth
er will be generally fair Tuesday and wednes'
day except that rain is probable "Wednesday tn
Mississippi and Alabama
The temperature will rise Tuesday throughout
the Atlantic and East Gulf States, the Upper
Ohio Valley and the Lower Lake REGION and
it will fall Wednesday in the region Of the Great
Lakes and the Ohio VALLEY.
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DTHER TEMPERATURES
Lowest

TlDS ".DLES.
Compiled BY United States Coast and Geodetie
Survey.
TodAy-Low tide. SIS an and 81 pm.
high tide, u "a an and II 55 pm
THE sun AND MOON
Today-Sun rises II am; sets, 50l pm.
Moon rises, s:52 am; SETS s5e pm.
Automobile lamps TO be lighted al 55l pm.
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LOCAL TEMPERATURES.

Midnight, %; a. m, %; a m. 10; a.
! m. Is: a. m. II; 10 a m, %; l2 noon, p;
p. m, q; p. m. q: ?. m, Is; p. m,
8; 10 p. m. Is. Highest. %; lowest. II.
| Relative humidity-s a. m. s.: 2 p. N. S; 9
! p. m. 65; rainfall (s p. TO .. M, o;
hours Of sunshine, e.5; per cent Of possible sun
shine, 100
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; Av|AT0RS
KILLED., 0NE:
DY|NGFROM
RACE CRASH
Mineola Fliers Get Be
yond Cleveland, Frisco
Men at Salt Lake.
PACIFIC COAST PLANES
HAMPERED BY HIGH FOG

Tragedy marked the great
coast-to-coast air derby, which
started simultaneously at San
Francisco and Mineola, Long
Island, yesterday. Eight acci-
dents were reported, with three
deaths.
At Salt Lake City, two Of the
entrants were killed by a crash
in attempting to land their air.
plane, No. Sc. They were Major
D. H. Chrissey and Sergeant
Virgil Thomas, observer.
Assistant Secretary of War
Benedict CroWell shared a 15O-
foot fall at Mineola with Lieut..
Maurice Cleary. Both were bad
ly shaken up, but apparently
unhurt otherwise, though their
machine landed upside down.
At Deposit, near Binghamton,
N. Y.,Colonel Gerald Brandt
was injured and his passenger,
Sergeant w. II. Nevitt, SO badly
hurt that he died shortly after
ward, when airplane No. 4
crashed to the ground.
One Reaches Chicago.
Forty-seven airplanes piloted,
with one exception, by American
military aviators, started from
Mineola, n. Y, to blaze an aerial
trail 5,400 miles across the con-
Stinent and return in the great
1est speed, endurance and relia-
bility contest in history, while
from San Francisco Is planes
took the air for the east. Five
more planes will leave Mineola
today.
At sundown last night Lieu
tenant Belvin W. Maynard, a
Baptist minister. and winner Of
the recent trip contest between
New York and Toronto, had
flown $40 miles from Mineola
to Chicago. while several
other westbound contestants
were resting overnight at Bing-
hamton, Rochester, Buffalo,
Bryan, Ohio, and Cleveland, con-
troll stations along the way.
Five Forced to Land.
A fine start was made from
Mineola, but at San Francisco
the entrants had to rise through
a high fog. Last night sew
eral of the western fliers had
reached Salt Lake City and land
ed. Two planes landed four
miles west Of Reno, Nevada.
Continued on Page TwoO
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FIRST SUNRISE TO SUNSET AIR FLIGHT
FROM N. Y. TO CHICAGO, $40 MILES, in
DERBY; II MAKE SALT LAKE, 755 MILES

Chicago, Oct. s-Flying in the re-
markable time of approximately . miles
a minute, first Lieutenant B. w. May
nard. today. led the west bound trans
continental fliers much of the way from
Mineola, l.. l., to Chicago. and was the
only one to reach here. It was the first
New York Chicago aerial journey made
between sunrise and sunset.
Driving a DeHaviland four machine
with passenger and German police
dog aboard, the lieutenant, who recently
won the Toronto-New York race, COW
cred the distance of $40 miles in approx
imately six hours and 40 minutes Of ac-
tual flying time, or about 8 hours aud %
minutes of elapsed time. He remained
at AshbYrn field tonight.
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Believe Mysterious
Flier Is the Missing
Dutchrnan Bergdoll

Mineola, y. Y, Oct. S.-An element
Of mystery was injected into the race,
when a plane. bearing the number "BS''.
descended from the sky and flew toward
the starting line. Colonel Archie Miller,
commanding all aviation fields on Long
Island, thinking shat the plane had
The plane continued without stopping.
Official time keepers marked the start
ing time at 11:56;36. but when they
came to check up. they found that the
plane was not on the official list.
1t is believed that Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll, the Philadelphia Flying
Dutchman." who disappeared during the
war, is back and at his old tricks of
aerial mystification.
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Negro in Crookston
Jail in Murder of
Girl Escaped, Rumor

Grand Forks, n. D.. Oct. S.-Jim
Smith, alias Sam Adams, negro, was
arrested here. tonight. in connection
with the murder of Edna Werner, II
years old, Of East Grand Forks, Mimi,
who was shot twice and then thrown
from bridge onto the river bank.
Police here late, today. were informed
by laundry that clothing with blood
stains and burrs attached had been left
there for cleaning.
The garments were traced to Smith,
through receipts for money orders
which were found in the pockets.
A report late tonight stated that he
had made his escape.
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TORNADO KILLS 8
INJURIES SCORE,
100000 IS RUIN

Great Bend, Kan. Oct. S.-Three
persons killed, between fifteen and
twenty injured, some seriously, and
property damage estimated at between
100000 and 100000 was the toll
taken by tornado which. late today,
struck the little town of Hosington,
north of here and vicinity.
The dead are Mrs. George Craven
and her two children.
Hoslngton was cut off from wire com
mnnication, tonight, and the town was
without light.
A path of destruction three blocks
wide was left in the wake Of the storm
The tornado. proceed by roaring
noise, struck the town about 4 O'clock.
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San Francisco. Oct. S.-Eleven of the
fifteen airplanes which left here. this
morning. in the 5400-nlile race across
the continent and return, reached Salt
Lake City, 755 miles east of here, before
sunset tonight
The lone Fokker plane in the east
bound flight, piloted by Cadet Donald III.
Cardiff, was stalled. tonight, at Salduro,
Utah. Two other planes had not been
at 9:1o this morning. The fifteenth
plane, which left San Francisco at 1:O4
2. m. today, stopped for the night at
Sacramento.
lowell l.. Smith, with Lieutenant f..
". Ruggles as observer, flying De-
Haviland. were the first to reach Salt
Lake City.
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DIVE INTO POND ENDS LIVES OF TWO
CROSS-CONTINENT AIR DERBY RACERS

greeting to his brother aviators who
had preceded him. Then he started to
circle the field preparatory to landing.
AS he was completing the circle Ser
geant Thomas was seen to stand up in
the observers cockpit and he, too, waved
to those on the field. With the engine
shut off, the machine had started to turn
into the straight away before descend
ing, when it suddenly turned and diyed,
nose down, $50 feet into the pond of mud
and water.
The aviators were unconscious when
taken from the pond and both were dead
when they arrived at the hospital
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Salt Lake City, Oct S.-Major d. II.
Crissey, pilot, and Sergeant Vern
Thomas, observer. of Mather field, Sac
ramento. were almost instantly killed
late today when the DeHaviland four
airplane in which they were riding dived
into small pond near the Buena Vista
landing Of the field, near here
The aviators were just completing
their first lap of the international air.
a.,lane derby and were the ninth to reach
this city.
AS the huge machine approached the
] field Major. Crissey was seen to signal
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Copenhagen. Oct S.-Nikolai Lenine.
Russian bolsheviki premier, has been
placed under arrest in Moscow according
to the Exchange Telegraph correspond
ent.
Lenine is said to have ordered the
arrest of Leon Trotzky. soviet minister
Of war but failed to secure TINS "nG.
instead, was himself taken into custody.
A Reval message, forwarded by the
same correspondent. reports reign Of
terror against the bolsheyiki in Moscow
has been begun by a revolutionary party.
In this movement, the bolshevik leader
Jacob Peters, is reported to have been
killed.
Special dispatches from Stockholm
September %, carried a report that
Premier Lenine was being kept prisoner
in the Kremlin at Moscow and that the
peoples commissary, Dershnskl, was in