WILSON CALLS
OFF TRIP WEST
President Cancels Tour for
Fourth Liberty Loan
Campaign.
President Wilton l?t? tod?y called
off hi? contemplate?-! tour of th?
country In connection with the
Fourth Liberty Loan drive. The ?tre??
of public bu?lnc?? at thi? tiro? I?
(Tiren ?? th? rea?on for the ?bandon
ment of th? trip in a ?uteroent
which he" Issued. It read?:
"1 had hoped and had even begun
to plan a trip to th? Western Coast
and back In connection with the
campai tn' for th? Fourth Liberty
Loan, not becauae I believed that the
country had any need of beine: stim
ulated to ?ubscribe to that loan by
anything iBat I could ?ay. but be
cause I coveted the opportunity to
diacuM with my fellow-citiiena th?
treat undertaking which ha? made
?uch loans necessary, and in which
our whole energy ?nd purpose ar?
enlisted.
"It la the third or fourth time th.it
? have tried to persuade myself that
?uch a trip was poesible for me with
out serious neglect of my duties here,
because I have keenly felt again and
again the privation of being confined
to the Capital and prevented from
having the sort ef direct contact
with the people I am ?ervlng which
would be of ?o much benefit and
atlmulatlon to me.
?To my deep regret. I find that I
mu?t again give the idea up.
Vital lasaea Ari??.
"The question? which come to me
every day, many of them questiona
of the utmost delicacy and Involving
many critical matters, convince me
that It Is not right for me to absent
myself from Washington for more
than a day or two at a time while
the war continues. Questions con
cerning our dealings with other gov
ernments, in particular, it Is Impossi
ble for me to deal with by telegrsph
or at a distance from the many
?ource? of information which exist
only here. 1 should feel myself an
unconscientious public servant if I
yielded to my wish in thi? matter
and took any chance of neglecting
even for a short time things that
must be decided promptly and In the
presence of all the facts.
"WOODROW WILSON."
Ever ?ince it was Intimated that he
might make such a trip, there haa
been a flood of invitation? to the
White House from the largest of
towns to the smallest of crossroads
hamlet?. This is particularly true of
cities along the Pacific Coast where
the President has not been a visitor
since his first term.
There is one ray of hope in his an
nouncement and that is his admission
"that it 1? not right for me to absent
myself from Washington for more
than a day or two at a time while t??.
w?r continues." In the face of this
It is deemed likely that the President
may visit aome nearby city like New
York. Philadelphia or Baltimore, to
make a speech while the loan cam
paign is in progress, as he could go
to any of these three cities and return
to Washington within a day or two.
UNION LABOR OPENS
LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE
Central Labor Body Holds an En
thusiastic Meeting.
.V labor union liberty loan campaign
aas enthusiastically endorsed last
night at the regular rentrai l'nlon
meeting at Fifth and G streets north
west.
John R. Colpoys. formerly member
of the Central body from the Carpet
Mechanics ?'nion and now of the La
bor Departm-^nt. brought the matter
before the meeting.
In Dre.VMms campaigns, according to
Mr. Colpoys. the labor unions re
ceived no credit for their purchases
of liberty bonds. He asked that alt
purchases be recorded with the mem
bers' unions.
The Central bo*ly endorsed a mo
tion that each labor union local ap
point a liberty loan committee to co
operate with the chairman, Mr. Col
poys, and the Central I?abor Union.
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t the ?KaJp ?ad root? of th? hair ?ad
make? kinky nappy hair grow loog,
?oft ?ad silky. It cleans dandniff and
atop? Filling Hit atone?. *>rlae2So
by mail on receipt ot ?ump? or coto.
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Capital and Surplus, $2,000,000.
Y\TANT, worry and ?uffer
*' ing are the followers
of lifelong extravagance?
Contentment, confidence and
comfort, the fruiti ot
THRIFT.
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you shaping for YOURSELF?
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U. S. Troops in Italy?Italians in Albania.
The top photo shows the arrival of the first American troops in Italy?, entcrintf their camp near
the front. All Italy turned out lor a great demonstration in honor ot our boys, bombarding them with
flowers and "Vive l'America.?!"
The lower photo of an Italian patrol on a mountain top in Albania after a pcrilou' ascent gives
an idea of the difficulties our allies encountered in their recent drive apainst the Austrians.
HOLD M. V. RICHARDS'
FUNERAL HERE TODAY
Conduct Service? for Former
.Southern Railway Man.
Funeral .services for Milton V. Kich
r ids, who died Sunday evening? at
Atlantic City, will be held tomorrow
afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment will
| be in Rock Creek Cemetery.
?Mr. Richards had been for the last
? twenty-four years a resident of the
?district, and for some time head of
? the development work of the South
? em Railway. In railway development
1 work, he was probably one of the
be-st-known men in the G? I ted States,
I having been engaged in the work
since 1891.
I Interested in the Industrial advan
I tages of the South. Mr. Richards was
?largely responsible for the great
I amount of New Kngland capital in
! vested In the South in recent years.
I'ntil his retirement he was consulted
bv cotton mill investors in regard to
the location of new mills. His knowl
edge of Southern conditions and re
sources made him a conspicuous fig
ure In the development of that sec
tion.
He was born at Princeton. 111., In
1S3??. and grew up at Victor. Iowa. He
was married In ISSI to Miss Anna
Chase, who died last year. He is sur
vived by three sisters now residing
In the West.
PLANS RECREATION
FOR COLORED MEN
I Plans for the recreation of colored
? oldler? thi? fall, which the Colored
; War Camp Community Servie? has
formulated under the direction of
Krank Wells, secretary, include amu? ?
ment? every Wednesday and Saturday
' night at the Colored War Camp Serv
I ?ce Club, 16?4 Fourteenth ?treet north
? west.
| Musical Instrument? for a perma
, nent band at Howard I niverslty
t camp have been purchased with a
? fund of "BOO, raised by the ?ervice
I organization. The organisation will
1 provide an entertainment once a week
in each of the three campa. Th? In
, itlal entertainment of the season was
! a performance by the Darktown Fol
| lie? theatrical troupe before soldiers
from Camp Huhmphrey? and Camp
Meade.
Joe Didn't Know Gun
Was Loaded, So Mary
Is ?n the Hospital
Joe Brooks, colored. 19 year? of aire.
of S? Callan ?treet northeast, expects
to be In th? army ?oon. H? will
register September 11
And?becau?? of that fact. Joe has
been drillin?; with a .22 caliber rifle
ever sine? the IS to io draft law waa
passed.
Teaterday afternpon Mary Epps,
also 18 years of age, was a visitor
at the house where Joe lived and
Joe started to show her how to pre
sent arm? and do all those little
things that soldiers are taught to do
when they flrat Join the army.
The drat thing that Mary knew
?he wa? shot in the shoulder. Joe
was not aware that his weapon'was
loaded and therefore had been hand
ling it like an empty one. The girl
wa? taken to the Caaualty Hospital.
The doctors there aay her hurt la
not serious and the future may see
Mary waving- good-by to Joe and
wishing that he have much lL.uk in
hitting the Huns with a real rifle a?
h? had wuh her with the pallor '
.?s, -
"HELL, HEAVEN OR HOBOKEN
BY CHRISTMAS," YANKS CRY
Oeorge Warren, writing to hl?
mother here, says that "Hell. Heaven
or Hoboken by Christmas" Is the cry
of the American army In France. He
haa two brothers In service and an
other preparing to don khakl.
In his letter, dated August 14, Fri
vate "Warren said:
"Brother Bill's battery helped to
fire a few of our barrages for us
during the past month. I certainly
was disappointed when I found out
from one of the members of his divi
sion that he was right behind us and
that I didn't get a chance to see him.
"He didn't linger around the bi-^
towns like we did when we flrst ar
rived, but was hustled right into the
bis doings? that's hecau.se he had all
of his training in Camp McCleltan. It
was different with us, as you know
we airlved last Christmas and had
to finish our training here.
"But I have been on the go from
one sector of the line to the other
for the last three months. In a few
days, I hear, we are going way back
from the noise of the big guns for a
complet? rest.
"I am mi one of the snappiest divi
1 slon? over here. We have been pr.iised
?by all the lea-iiu-: French and Ameri -
I can Kenerals for our good work dur
? ing the past month."
? Later in his letter he said: '.The
j ?iermnns fear the Americans worse
than the devil, and they have refused
ito stand and give us a chance to get
a little Uayontt practice on them."'
"PALACE" HOSPITAL
BIGGEST IN WORLD
The Grand Central Palace in New
York is soon to be transformed into
the 1 arcest reconstruction hospital
in the world. It will accommodate
3.000 patients at one time.
The alining of the lease by which
the government takes possession of
the build in e occurred yesterday.
The sum of f.tSj.000 ia to be paid
each year for the use of the build
ing, which the government also
agrees to k*?ep in repair.
The building Is of fire-proof eon
struction throughout. The work of
altering the building for Ita new
use has already been commenced.
HOG ISLANDERS
ESCAPE TAXES
Income Levy Exemptions
Bring Forth Attack from
Representatives.
That the government agreed to pay
the income tax and all other Federal
taxes of the capitalists engaged In
the Hog Island shipyard and similar
enterprise? was charged In the House
yesterday by Representative Ford
ney, of Michigan, in a speech on the
revenue bill.
Mr. Fordney said that copies of the
contract* containing this provision
were shown to the committee. The
contracts, he said, exempt the con
trntore from all taxes which Con
gress may impose during the term
of the contract.
"The man who made such a con
tract ought to be prosecuted," he de
clared.
Extraragaace t. Charg?e?
Mr. Fordney charged that there had
been extravagance at Hog Island, and
called attention to the fact that cost
plus contracts amounting to $187,0CH\
000 awarded to a firm capitalised at
$1,000 would yield ?$11.000,000 profita.
These earnings, under the contract,
cannot be taxed, he said, aa the gov
ernment Is bound by the terms to re
I fund to the corporation any taxes
that may be collected.
Representative Moore, of Penn.?v?
vanla, read to the House the terms
of the contract, which, he said, per
mitted the contractors to charge not
only the highest cost for material and
labor, but to Include all taxes as an
expense before figuring their profit
on the cost plus basis.
Both Mr. Fordney and Mr. Moore
criticised the revenue bill, but an
nounced that they would vote for it.
Mr. Fordney complained because? there
was no provision to collect a larger
sum by raising th? import duties,
and declared there had been extrav
agances with the funds already at
hand.
Mr. Fordney criticised the section
of the bill which falla to include bor
rowed money aa part of the capital.
He said it would operate Inequitably
between corporations which could be
organized entirely with cash and
those which had to borrow In older
to engage in business. The linn
which ?has to borrow money, he ex
plained, will pay more excess profits
or war profits tax than one which
had the money at the outset.
Three OatmUaloas Listed.
Mr. Moore, In referring to certain
omissions In the bill, cited the fol
lowing:
"First and foremost, cotton Is not
taxed. In 1917 the cotton crop con
sisted of ?U.4W.930 bales of 500 pounds
each, which at $3 a bale would jield
a revenue of $34.34.9790.
"Second, consumption taxes ere not
Included In thia bill. On such com
modities aa tea, coffee and sugar they
might be levied at the custom house
without affront to the consumer, but
that suggestion also waa not ap
proved by the committee.
"Third, It was suggested In the
committee that the heavy tax on In
cora? and corporations, which Is a
tax on business and Industry, could
be relieved somewhat by a moderate
tax on gross sales. It waa estimated
that $1,000,000,000 could be raised by
such a tax.
CLARK EXONERATED
OF SHOOTING BOY
Blame of Killing Samuel Dixon Is
Otherwise Placed.
Joseph Raymond Clark, 13, of
2307 Park place southeast, has been
completely exonerated of all blame
connection with the dertth of
Samuel Dixon. 12. who was shot and
fatally wounded Thursday evening,
September 6. as he was swimming
in the Anacostia River.
A coroner's Jury placed the blame
for the shooting on John Kdward
IM vis, 16, and Charles Edward
Swann, IS, the two boys who were
in the boat with Clark. The Claik
boy was simply an onlooker ant!
had nothing to do with the actual
shooting.
FIND PAIR DEAD IN BED.
Colored Couple Found Asphyxiated
in Rooming House.
James Proctor, age ?5. and Mr?ry
Nickens, age, 25. both colored, were
found dead yesterday morning in a
room at 333 Virginia avenue south
west.
The pair had come here either from
Rock Point, Md., or River Ro^d
northwest intending to get martird.
it Is said. They either blew out the
gas or else left It turned on when
they retired. Both were asphyxiated
Coroner Nevitt was notified and wilt
hold an inquest this morning.
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Those Who Have Subscribed to
WAR SA' INGS STAMPS
?During past "drives," and obligated themselves to
buy certain amounts of these "Baby Bonds" are urged
to fulfill their pledges before the next Liberty Loan
Campaign begins.
<lBy doing so now you will help win the great strug
gle to maintain Justice and Liberty throughout the
world.
LIBERTY LOAN DEPARTMENT
1505 Penna. Avenue, next door to our Main Bank Building.
The Riggs National Bank
Of WASHINGTON, D. C.
Capital.$1,000,000
Surplus.<_ . . . $2,000,000
ITALY WANTS
BILL CHANGED
Protests Proposed Imme
diate Ban on Wine
Importation.
The Italian government, through
Ambassador Macchi di Cellere, yes
terday filed protest with the Sut?
Department against one section of
the war-time prohibition MIL Un
less amended. It was pointed out.
the measure will serve to ruin one
of Italy's most profitable Industries.
Tbe bill, as It now stands, ba. ?
Immediately the Importation of
wines, but provides that th? manu
facture of wines may continue to
May 1. 1919. The Ambassador asks
that Italian wine makers be per
mitted to send their product into
this country until May 1 next, for
if such permission is denied them,
he says, they wilj be ruined. No
time, he adds, is given them to re
adjust their business, as th? hill
prescribes against the further im
portation of wine
Will Probably (hang* BUI.
It ia likely that some change will
be made in the bill to cover the
situation. Tn his letter Ambassador
dl Cellere wrote:
"While, in fact. American win?
producers would be allowed a cer
tain period of time for necessary
adjustment.?, before prohibition as to
their production would take place?
that ? until May 1. 1919?Italian
producers would see this market
closed to them immediately upon
approval of the bill In question, so
that no time would be given to them
to dispose of that part of their pro
duetion of the current year, for
which, in most cases, they have al
ready standing arrangements with
wine importers of this country.
"I cannot conceal that In view of
the importance the wine industry has
in economic life in Italy, the pro
vision mentioned might have serious
consequences at a time when it la
most advisable to a\oid them."
Secretary lousing transmitted the
proiest to the Foregn Relaions Com
mittee and called attention to the
justice of the Italian complaint.
?*> ? r ,. r I Favor? Chang*?
Senator Morris Sheppard. the pro
hibition leader, said last night that
ther? was no desire on the part o?
himself or colleagues to make the
law so strict as to work injury to the
forepn wine makers, and especially
those of the allied countries. He said
he did not think there would be any
opposition to the request of the Ital
ian government that wine importa
tion be permitted up to May 1, next
year, when the manufacture of w Ine
in the I'nited States is prohibited
under the act.
BAKER PRAISES SEAMEN.
Secretary of War Lauds Heroism
of Transport Crew.
Secretary Baker In commenting
on the torpedoing of the Mount
Vernon. in a cablegram yesterday to
Secretary Hani el.?, paid a glowing
tribute to the heroism of the trans
port's crew. The cablegram fol
lows:
"I have just visited and viewed;
?the Mt. Vernon. The high spirited
I- morale of its men and the masterful
seamanship of its captain and ofll
i cera make euch a stirring story of
? heroism that I wish all the nations
I might know the splendid way in
'which, that huge transport met and
j foiled the attempt to destroy it at
sea. The traditions of your service
: are enriched by the conduct ln this
[ emergency.'*
Capt. Douglas E Dismukes. tT, S.
. N\. ts commander of th*? Mt. Vernon.
AMERICAN
SPLITS
FOR CONSTIPATION
HEADACHE
BILIOUSNESS ETC
SPARKLING
PLEASANT*TQ TAKE
HOUSING SHORTAGE
MAY HALT ARRIVALS
Lack of Roomi May Delay New
Appointees.
New appoint?*? to rovernment poal
tion? may hev? to be ?iti????? to re
main In their home town? until the
government ? new housing operation?
are complete unies? Waihlntrtonlana
open up their home?, accordine; to a
?government official yesterday.
Twelve thousand more worker? are
needed before the end of the year,
accordine to estimates of the depart
mental. Provision? for 2.500 will be
ready* in the new Union Plata H
of Residence by December. In the
meantime, houaing agende* will be
mor? than ?wamped.
Edwin 6. Hege, manager of the
room-registration office of the Dto
trict Council of "Defense, reports that
250 people every day com? for room?. .
These war worker? are mostly wo-1
men. But 100 new room? are reported
every' day. so that the ?upply will
?peedily be ?xhaueted. Big po'ter?
asking for room? have been put up '
throughout the city with the aid of i
Ma'. Pullmsn.
POSTMASTER PLANS
TO ABSORB AGENCIES
i
More Complete Consolidation De
tired to Release Man Power.
Announcement of a more complete
absorption of the telegraph and tele
phone agencie* into the postal i?> stem
to effect economie? of operation and
release man power into war opera
tion? is expected from the office of the ?
Postmaster General Burleson soon.
Five committees are working out the
P'an. One is considering co^solida
t ion of postal special delivery and
telegraph deliveries; one of postal
substations end branch telegraph
offices; one of the auditing depart
ments of the postofflce and the tele
graph and telephone companies; one
of the purchasing and supply depart
ments of all three and one ta plan
ning operation of the wire companies
by geographical divisions, as the ,
Postoffice now operates.
Consolidation of one postal f.hsta
tion in Washington with a branch ?
telegraph office haa been effected as |
an experiment, and consolidation of
delivery systems Is said to b? next
on the schedule. New Tork will he
one of the points where the consolida
tion? will b* made effective first.
Pacific Shipyards Wia Honors.
One Kantern shipyard won a pen
nant in the July competition between
shipyards under the jurisdiction of
the Emergency Fleet Corporation
Five penanu went to the Pacific
coast
ESSENTIAL INDUSTRY
DISCOVERED BY BOYS
Three Local Youtns Think Helping
.Salvage Worker? Ejtential.
Three small boya have found an
essential industry at which to work
on every Saturday.
The?__ ?.mall boys. Carrol ? t ove,
804 First street northwest, William
Hcany. 805 New Jersey avenue and
Adam Offenbach. SO? First street
northwest, salvaged all last Satur
day.
Tliry intend to k*-ep on helping on
bol Maya at the Sal\ age war*_b_r?uFrt
and store, G)???**?* avenue and C
- northeast, they pay.
Among the odd loads they helped
with Saturday was one Including a
pnndstone, letter prr??., ft!ing cab
inet, baby cair.age. set of furs and
refrigerator.
Newspapers and magazines to th??
weight of l.oaa pounds were taken
out of the \ day.
Mrs. John Allan Dougherty ask?
that Washington tans contribute all
their eatra b?ds, spring?, mattresses
and pillow.*? * [ war work
ing pirla who cannot obtain fur
nished rooms are coming te
Salvage warehouse to buy furnish
ings. All artic]--ji are fumigated at
the fumigation plant s< t up by the
health department.
It will h'lp a srreat deal if ?'?
mattresses and p.]?owe ere covered ?
or preferably m?M into old ?
The?? that have come in so far ha\*s
not been clean enough to use.
Study the iter? ads?snd KNOW
?bout charging prices. for prices do
not alwd vs g^> upw aid
OLD AGE A CRIME!
Pome people are young at *>? red
cheeked, ruddy and vieorou*. Others
are old at ?v?joints becmnlnc t??
stiffen up a bit: step hermn-r* tn U e
and loae its Bptingineas ot
touches of pain in the back frei tn? t
without cao?*, and pos? : -b
of rheumatic pain.
In most cases the?? are the danger
signals to warn you that the kidn*??? s
are not promptly
of throwing off the poisons that a. ?a
alwa.s forming in the body To n? --
lect these natural warning* is a crin.*,
against yourself. If voj hav? th?*- *
symptoms you can fii.d proavi
in GOLD MF.PAl. Haarlem O'l ' ip
sules. For more than )M years th ?
haa been the recognited remedy for1
k.dnev anfl btaAder ailments
GOLD MKPAT. Haarlem Oil Cap-j
sulea are imported direct from the
.???-oratorie? al Haarlem, Holland..
??et them at your druggist's Do no,
take a substitute, to boxes, three
sites ?Adv.
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