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ON USE OF TUB liibby Says Wife's Male Friend Used It, She Says Spouse Seldom Did. !S>W Tort. June :?.-aaLh.i entered largely mto the marital difficulties ot Banry Slrut. wealthy wool man, and kta beautiful young wife. Birdie U In hia aiuwtr to her suit lor atlon. it was learned yesterday. *? aaserta that on one occasion he re turned to their luxurious apartment and found "lo his amazement and astonishment" that a college youth tamed Fredericks, who lived in a dormitory across the street, was t&k ing a bath on the premises." Supreme Court Justice Hendrick yeaterday awarded Mrs. Slrut R00 a ??nth alimony for her support and that of her young son and 14M coun sel fees, pending trial of her suit. Mrs. Sirut sets forth in the affldavit accompanying her suit that although ?he begged and entreated her hus band, he would not take a bath for ***** at a time. He refused to have CUt' "onMn.t shave, wore trousers, and would walk around the apartment barefooted. DISTRICT CITIZENS PROMISE AID IN SALE OF ARMYFOOD HERE CONTINUED FBOM PAGE O.VE. axes imposed on nearly everything ?ught this food. \. 7VV community store vert started In Washington and of. in my jmion. the cost of living would be ?duced to a great extent, for a hort time. JZSTS? "5?"'d b* put UP 'Of the >orchase of the good- and allow rm ,rr. K ?r s,l*ri? 'o nun who rill take charge of the selling Ac ual cost should be all that the 6r nrntu? ZH ,*klne charge of such a natter impose on the ptople. Salatlaa of Sales. The solution of how to get rid ?f the food after it is procured is 0 secure a place m the business dis xlet. mark the prices on the va rious articles and let the people |ome and get it." Robert N. Harper, president of the Vashington Chamber of Commerce, aid that although no definite ac |ion is contemplated by the cham ber he believes any assistance asked rill be given. [ The matter of selling this vast Imount of food, according to Mr. ?arper, is putting the government ? mi. Position of dealing directly ?itn the consumer, consequently ?d for the profits of local mer pants. Paid far by Peoplr. iTJberty Bonds. Victory Honds hd many taxes that have been im paed on many necessary commodl j??* said John G. McUrath, "paid ?e bill for this surplus amount of jkod and in turn the people bought P* bonds and paid the taxes. f"The question of whom the food be ??g* to is foolish; it should go to *e people who paid for it in the Jet place. ?"I do not mean that the people "ould get the food free. But I think they should be given the portunity to buy food at a great duction instead of being held up pr an exorbitant price by large Balers. I "I will do all in my power to help ?is plan along and intend to take b much time as is necessary from ?y place of employment to see the Jork well under way." Sale Sites Offered. 1 suggestion was made yesterday by 1 District firemen that the fire be used as points of distribu tor the reason that now. under two-platoon system, manv men I be free to undertake the distribu -i of the foodstuffs in their home ally. 'or the District to take over an ?unt of the surplus food being held the War Department" said WIU n J Hendricks, of the Federal Em loyes' L'nion. "requires money. I do |t believe any one organization will ?pply the amount needed, and in my nion. if some oody of citizens would together and offer as security for ? food liberty bonds, with the un ^standlng thnt actual payment ~'d be msdt upon the sale of the the question that now confronts aould be solved. |As for letting the food go back to ^ large moneyed interests, the mat ^should not even be considered, ""he government Is looking around ways to reduce the cost of living. turn this large amount of food j to the cold storage plants ot packers would only tend to a*- ( ite an already aggravated con-' _j. For once let the people get the ?nt of a reduction in a small; unt of food and partially relieve present high cost of living, that.) I ?y opinion, la due to a great deal I |f?od being held for speculation '?*d storage plants are called a ?ing. but in recent years have ap Mitly become a curse. .They give kers an opportunity to buy in -J* quantities when prices are low. Jreby creating a demand, and in a of plenty, get famine prices for ' commodity _Jfww la the chance for the people ? ?et a Uttle ahead of the big deal _and secure food, for a time, at that la about reasonable." ? SOLDIER LAND NOT EFFECTIVE Warren O. Harding, in aj at isaued last night, came out j against the soldier settlement i by Representative ?U. Republican leader of the e, and Secretary of the Interior 'believes that the administration entire soldier settlement pro should be vested in a commis appointed by Congress. In his Pement he says: ?The country must not fail In its Tat opportunity of throwing open ^potential wealth of its idle lands ? energy and enterprise of Its 1 manhood through the adoption ? sound, practical soldiers' settle program that will mean an union of roan and soiL over. It must not fail to af . -??"unity for land settlement L? returning fighters that In all "lllena may be considered Just re fJ for their sacrifice i am forced to the conviction that j settlement bills, now pending in Senate and House, the Smoot: JiT-,."*. .Mond?" bi"- wh*h are -nUally alike In their embodiment ! *"> Interior Department s program. I I commit the country to failure' ?ispecU." j Aged Doctor Who. Took His Own Life After Conviction This is th2 latest picture of Dr. Wal ter K. Wilkins. of Mineola. N. Y., who | was convicted of the murder of his| wife and who hanged himself in jail j yesterday. The beautiful Audrey Munson, who. lived in a house belonging to the doc- ! tor's wife, was one of the principal witnesses in the case. AMERICANS IN PERU WOULD KEEP ENVOY Lima. Peru. June 2S.?The Ameri can Society of Peru has initiated a movement to have Benton McMillan, i the American Minister. retained 1 here as ambassador. Minister McMillan recently was i nominated by President Wilson to be minister to Guatemala. I - ? It Is Possible to Misinterpret Liberty, Says Rev. Charles A. Shreve. _ i Liberty, a word, and a condition,) that has so deeply engrossed th^ at-j tention of the world for the past Ave years can, in the opinion of the Hev. Charles A. ? Shreve, pastor of McKen dree M. E. Church, be overdone to the detriment of those securing it. The pastor drew his lesson from the Old Testament, using as an example the ancient law regarding the term of service of Hebrew slaves. "At the end of six years," the pastor said, "the Hebrew slave had a choice to make. He could either choose to re main with his master, or strike out into the world for himself." In this case. Rev. Dr. Shreve inti mated, the slave could choose to leave a humane master, or leave a home whese he was well provided for apd go out and become a wastrel or a rogue, thereby leaving in the lurch a master that had always considered his welfare. The pastor brosdly stated that lib erty could mean license to some peo ple, as well as the privilege of think ing aqd doing for themselves. He cited the case of a number of Hun garian strikers in Pennsylvania who were about to strike for no particular reason, save that others were doing | it. When the men were told that the place to which they contemplated go- < | ins was unsafe to work in and that their new employers only regarded1 labor as a form of slavery with a j small pay envelope attached, they! changed their minds and remained | loyal to their present employer. These men. the pastor stated, would I have left their comfortable homes, i their families and their churches and | gone to a place that was noted for i the discontent of its inhabitants, a ' population that frequently indulged in ! riots and orgies. "Too much liberty is not good for our ! souls." remarked Rev. Dr. Shreve. "??e | who desire to be relieved of our re i ligioas duties becsuse of their restric tions are only stepping forward into a shallow worthless life." MANY D. C. FOLKS USE COPS TO SOLVE THEIR TROUBLES Varied and Queer Are the Problems Which Washington Policemen Are Called Upon To Prove Their Solomon Qualities. Washington^ policemen are often called upon to do things far out of their line of duty. Nominally a po liceman's duty is to protect life and property and arrest violators of tke law and prevent violations if possi ble. But?the women of Washington? and some of the men?seem to think that a policeman is a general handy man and capable and obliged to oo most anything. Here are some o* the qUa^r things the policemen of the National Capital have been called upon to do. A woman living in the Northeast section called to a policeman early one morning and asked him to button her dress in the back. The policeman, being a married man and not want ing to create a possible scandal, re-; fused, much to the woman's chagrin. Another woman in the same neigh borhood asked a policeman to follow her husband, who. she said, was pos ing as a single man and was. she de clared. with a young girl at a dance. The policeman advised her to h?re a detective. A man living in the Southeast sec tion asked a policeman one clay to watch his son, who, it is said, had a passion for playing pool. The man was afraid that his son would gam ble and wanted the cop to stand by and see that he did not. A woman, living in Georgetown, demanded that a policemen chase and capture a canary bird that had left for parts; unknown. Anothet woman, who lived near this one, called upon a cop to prescribe foi a sick parrot. An aped white man walked up to a cop on K street southwest, one day and demanded that he be awakened every morning at 6 o'clock as his alarm clock was out of order. The same locality, a woman asked a cop to sit on her ashcan because stray cats and dog? had a habit of pushing the lid off and scattering the contents all over the alley. Another woman, from whom some jewelry had been stolen, demanded that a cop. who had looked and failed to find it. go to a fortune-teller to locate the missing articles. Not ong ago. a woman poked her head out of a window and pleaded with a policeman to tell her where she could buy whisky for sickness. Another cop was boldly asked to stand between two women the next time they fought to keep one of them from getting hit with a brick. The co'p was told on this occasion, that he could stand the blow better. Policemen are very frequently called upon to adjust and referee delicate domestic problems, which of course, most of them decline to do. They have been asked to ref eree a fight between neighborhood children to see that they used noth ing but their fists. LEAP FROM PLANE TO PLANE EASY, SAYS LT. LOCKLEAR ' New York. ?Lieut. Omar I?ck i lear. who has thrilled thousands I of spectators by leaping from one air ! plane speeding through the air at j eighty miles an hour to another travel ' in# at similar speed, and by doing I stunts while hanging from the plane's axle by his knees, thinks no more dan ! gc.* attends nis performances than , would be encountered sipping tea at a summer resort hotel. Lieut. Locklear is now seeking back ing by Secretary' of the Navy Josephus J Daniels for a proposal he has made -that he attempt a cross-Atlantic flight , in an airplane carrying only one other man. 1 His theory that a plane could be manipulated by the pilot while a man stood on the wing was scouted by ex- - perts?but he proved his theory by I actually climbing out on the wing | His demonstration was of value not because of its success as an acrobatic stunt, but through the Introduction of a new means of fighting an enemy, as a man on a plane's wing would have a much wider range of vision and fir ing" direction. Lieut. Locklear is 27 years old. was born in Fort Worth. Texas, and stu died mechanical engineering in the University of Texas before aviation claimed his attention. He is consider ed one of the best pilots in the world. a Daredevil. "Most people say I'm a daredevil,** said Lieut. Locklear. "I'm not I'm the most conservative pilot I know. "I conceived the idea of mount ing guns on the wings of planes and having an airman fire them in actual fighting from studying the methods of air fighting. Aerial combat is a succession of man euvers. in which the more adept pilot shoots down his less skillful rival. With a gun mounted for ward the pilot is handicapped be cause of his limited power of de flection. With guns on the wings however, one could sweep the entire circumference of a circle and do fnflnitely more damage to an enemy than under the present methods of fighting. 1 have demonstrated the fact that it ia possible for the pilot to man euver the plane wJiile I am out there. With planes specially con structed, it would be quite possible to have a man work the gun while 'the plane maneuvered for position. There is another thing that cannot be overestimated, and that is the possibility of extinguishing fire on the wings. Many climb out and! fight the fire. Depends en Meters. "Leaping from one plane to another is easy enough if the motors of the planes function proparly. As a mat ter of fact, it Is easier to drop from one plane to another than to swing onto a rope ladder, aa I am doing now. The reason 1 changed the method of ^shifting from one plana to another was because in dropping I very fre quently broke through the wing of the plane to which I dropped. In army experiments this was all risht, but it was expensive. "My one worry is the motor.*. 1 know that if they stand up I will ac complish all that I start out to do. The air resistance is pretty severe, but one overcomes that by balancing on the wing. It may seem dangerous to step out on the extreme edge of. the wing when you are away up in the air, but it is safer there than if I stood in the center of the wing. If anything should happen I have plenty of room to get down and clutch the frame of the wings with both hands." "Suppose that you encountered an air pocket while you were out on the wing?" was suggested to him. Can Sease Air Pocket. "You can always sense an air pocket before you encounter it." he replied. "An air pocket is nothing more than a descending air column. At Atlantic City I met one, and had to get down flat on the wing, but it didn't bother me. The controls of the machine are so sensitive that you can always ad just the machine for air pockets before you actually get into them. "The stunt of clinging to the axle of the plane is not nearly as dangerous as standing on the wings or shinning back along the fuselage. There you simply hang on by your legs, and nothing can happen to you. It looks bad. to be sure, but it is easy. "I'll admit that the stunt of chang planes bothers me a little. It takes a bit of steady nerve to watch that big plane whirl along right above you. I could reach up anM touch the propeller, [dose piloting is necessary to perfect that feat, but my associates perfected It" BRITISH CONDEMN "SANKEY TYPE" MUSIC i ' London.?America's popular re vival hymns, called the "Sankey type." do not meet the approval ot the Congregational Union of Eng land and Wales. "The time ts coming." said the chairman of the assembly in a speech wnich was vigorously ap plauded. "when a congregation will be ashamed to offer to God such pitiable doggerel as 'Fight the Good | Fight With All Thy Might/ or to I offer the evening hymn of thanks giving to such a waits tune as 'Jes sie, the Flower of Dunblane!' " ? 0 Considerable, We Sboald Say. The war cost to this country is" figured At $30,000,000,000, but if some decency has not been hammered into those Huns some of tbe money has been wasted. Sermons Heard in Washington Churches Yesterday Rev. Dr. E. B. Bagby De clares Lawlessness Must Be Curbed. I "We are about to celebrate the^an niversary of the date on which we threw off the yoke of England." said the Rev. L'. B. Bagby, pastor of Co lumbia Haflghts' Christian Church, yes terday, "and give vent to our feelings in regard to our attainment of lib erty." "Some of uh. 4t seems," said the pastor, "are about to throw Off the yoke of law and order on the same day. This is Inconsistent. These anarchists, Bolshevists, who seem un able to endure the restraint which law and order naturaily impose, arc the very people who are badly in need of a yoke of restraint. "When we threw, off the English yoke, we took on the yoke of a netf Constitution. We took on our shoulders, the yoke Of a new free dom. This yoke means obedience to the law; respect . for the rights of others and a demand that we uphold the government. "The condition * of affairs in the world today demonstrates that if we | are not to have one sort of a yoke on our shoulders we need to have some other soi l of yoke. There is too much disorder and hlotfOshed and lawless ness in general. It is not to the credit of any Christian nation to have these ! things within its borders. I "We do not seem to be able to get along with no restraints whatever to deal with. There must be some. If 'humanity is given free rein that por ] tion of us who abhor restraint of any sort would soon be Riving sufficient trouble to keep all the rest of us i>usy. "When Christ freed the world of its yoke of sin by His death He im ! posed upon it a yoke to take its place. It was the yoke of Christianity. This (yoke calls for restraint In many ways. | It means that we must curb our sin ful desires and ambitions. It means [ that we must be ready to sacrifice whatever is necessary for us to sacri fice to enter the kingdom of heaven. What is worth obtaining is worth sacrificing for. Law and order were never obtained without sacrifice and without restraints and yokes placed 'upon some. It will always be so. "However, the yoke of Christianity lis the yoke of law and order. U is not too hard for us to bear if we are ! of the determined sort, the sort that I made our great country. The yoke of .Christian fellowship, kindliness, truth ?and faith Is obligatory on all of us." Police News Harry RufTell. 212 a street north j east, an employe of the PostofTice 1 Department, was rendered uncou | scious last night as the result of strik | ing his head against a post when he wa8 thrown from the automobile he was operating at First and <5 streets. Rushed to the Emergency Hospital in 1 a passing automobile his condition was said to be serious and his rela-, tives were notified of the accident. RufTell was operating a mail deliv ery truck and it is thought that in rounding the corner he turned too sharply, overturning the automobile. ' He is injured on his head and chest I and is believed to be suffering from a ! fractured skull. Victim of Kaifr Dying. Suffering from a serious intes-l tinal wound, Charles Tolson, colored. 26 years old. 4 33 N street, was taken from a house in Holledge court yes-j terday afternoon and removed toi I the Emergency Hospital where but little hope is held out for his re covery. The wound was inflicted. the po lice say, during a fight with a col ! ored man by the name of John Gen try, whose address is not known to j the police. j Gentry made his escape and has not since been seen. A general look out has been sent out for him. I>}inc After AnNnalf. In a serious condition suffering from a probable "fracture of the skull and internal injuries. Victoria Brown, colored. 4 5 years old. 497 Cullinane court southwest, was re moved to the Casualty Hospital in i a dying condition. The police say that the woman was assaulted by Anderson Jones, colored. 40 years old. living at the same address, and he was locked up at the Fourth precinct station house. Woman t'*ea l'lstol. Lizzie Templeton, colored. 241 Third street southwest, used a gun to subdue Charles Jordan, colored, of the same address, when the two came to blows last night. Jordan was shot through the hip and is not seriously hurt. The woman is locked up charged with the assault. First JsIt 4 Fire. Boys playing with fireworks are blamed for a fire yesterday in a shed at 500 Seventh street south west. The shtd, which is owned by Ervin Sondheimer. was damaged only slightly. Previous to the fire some boys were playing in the shed and were shooting off firecrackers. It is thought that smoldering stumps of the crackers started the fire. Automobile Accident. Dodie Baldovia, 38 years old. 1406 B street northeast, was thrown from an automobile at Seventeenth and Penn sylvania avenue yesterday afternoon when the auto struck the curb and was seriously hurt. She was taken ? to the Emergency Hospital suffering from bruises and cuts about her , ;head. j The machine, driven by J. H. Lovett, Thirty-third and Potomac avenue, was going east on the Ave nue when it suddenly swerved to the side and struck the curb, throwing ] the young lady to the street. The autoNwas not damaged. Falls Down Cafe Stairs. As a result of failing down the stairs of a cafe at 517 Ninth street last night, Mrs. Nellie Melcher, 3H | years old, 1315 Emerson street north east, lies at the Emergency Hospital in a serious condition. DAMNS GOVERNMENT OPPOSING RADICALS London, June 29.?Tom Mann, labor leader, in a speech at a session of the independent labor party this after noon, said: "I stand as a Bolshevist, Spartacist, Syndicalist, Industrial Unionist and Socialist. I am preimred to defend them all. "The Russian Soviets have obtained what the British workers desired, while the latter talked. "Damn |he government opposing them!" The meeting adopted a resolution urging withdrawal of all allied forces from Rusqgf. U S. Must Do More for Re turned Soldiers, Says the Rev. H. T. Stevenson. "Christianity never been tried," said the Rev. H. T. Stevenson, pastor of the Bethany Baptist Church, yes- ! terday in commenting on the signing ; of the peace treaty Saturday. j "If it had," the pastor stated, ''there I would today be no profiteering land I lords ot merchant*, no Bolsheviki or! 11. W. W.; the dollar would not have j shrunk beyond recognition and the disorders of today would not be present. | "The signing of the treaty opens up I an entirely new era not only for j Christianity, but for civilization a.s I well. It creates a test of the loyaltv | of the people to democracy. I quote I as an example of loyalty induced by j fair and square treatment?that of hCsrada toward her returning soldiers. "Canada gave each discharged sol- : | dier $400 and his train fare home.] | When the Bolsheviki and the I. W. j j W.'s attempted unlawful acts at Win nipeg, the soldiers were on the job and i put a stop to disorders. They did tins because they were loyal?and their | loyalty was due to the square deal by j the government. j | "What have we done for our sol i diers?" the pastor asked. "We gave f?them $<J0? the price of a suit of clothes ?and left them high and dry. That 1 sort of thing does not breed loyalty | or contentment. It breeds discontent j It W un-Chrlstianlike. | "The conduct of this government, | now that peace is here, will be a ba I rometer for. the affairs of this coun-I try. If government and Christianity 1 I go hand in hand, as true democracies j must go?inasmuch a.s democracy is | but the outcome of the teachings of I Christ?then we will see an end of j dancer and disorder, bomb plots, strikes, profiteers and other undesir able people and conditions, j "We cannot ro on as we have been j going and reach the goal that is the I object of every Christian nation. The j sign'ng of the peace treaty gives us the greatest opportunity we ever had I -namely, the practice "of the Golden j Rule. j "Peace is here; the opportunity to j put into practice the great doctrines or Christ is hero; relief from rhe op I pre* sing rule of autocrats and kinj;s j Is here. Can we succeed in bringing j about conditions in this country such ! as has been the desire of right-think I ing citizens ever s?nce the founding of this sreat Republic?" Christianity and Saints Dwell in Unlikely Places, Says Rev. J. P. Hand. "We need not look for faithful ad herents of the Christian faith In rich households, in palaces, or on the seats of those in power." said the Rev. J. Phelps Hand, pastor of Trin ity Methodist Kpiscopal Church yes terday, "but let us look in the unlike ly places and there we will find not only Christians, but saints a* well." "In the hovels." the pastor con tinued. "in the homes of the poor. <n the alleys; in places where it would seem that Christ never walked; in the haunts of the devil and among the very infidels, we will find true Christians. "The power of Christianity does its greatest work in the seeming unlikely places. The power of the truth- is greater than environment. The Chris tian faith within Is more powerful than the devil without. Environment will never affect a man or a woman who has once embraced the faith of the true God. "Christianity carries with it the strength to overcome temptations that arise in daik places. Christ him self preferred to go to the homeg and hovels of the meek and lowly for followers. "health, power, pomp, paint and ceremony are no longer indications of Godliness. We have learned this truth in the great war. God is on the side of the unpretending masses. With them, the true faith carries with it an ahhorrenr* of things too earthly. "We must learn to look for the good in the worst of us. Xo one is ail bad or all good. If we look deep enough we will find something worth while and something worth saving even in the lowliest and most sinful. "Right here is where Christianity I should be applied and it .should be J applied as Christ would do if He were among us. He scorned not thot?e whose outward appearance indicated I a hard shell. I "We should never hold the lowly in I scorn. Out from these hovels, these J dark places have come some of the brightest lights in our civilization. Christ Himself was born in a stable*. And just because He was j>o born, is it any indication that He could not fellow the work that God laid out for I Him "Listen not to those whose boast is that they were well born. Jtist tell them to compare their life and birth place with that of Christ.!! WILL WILSON GIVE REBUKE TO SENATOR REED'S CHOICE? Backs Candidate for Judge Who Is Expected to Be Given Cold Shoulder. J Once more a big patronage row ( (between Senator James A. Reed, of ? Kansas City, and the Whit*. House 11 j* looming up. It hasn't got to the; "row" Mage yet. for President Wil-, son and Attorney General Palmer (haven't turned down Retd's candi j date for the Federal judgeship in | St. Louis to succeed Judge Dan I Dyer, who has retired. They may | not do so, although tbe dope among the Missouri delegation *s that Reed will be given the cold shoulder from I the. White House. [ Senator Reed is backing Attorney General Frank McAllister for the ! vacant judgeship. McAllister al ' ways has been a consistent follower ! of the Kansas City Senator, and j Reed ts not merely making a show J of supporting him?he is out to ? land him the Job. Although the , House members from Missouri had I several candidates of their own. Reed has got their indorsement for I McAllister as well, they reserving '' second choice support for other men j in the event McAllister is not j named. That little incident of get iting the House Democrats lined up j behind him shows how interested ! Reed is in putting McAllister over land it in turn makes it more difficult J for the White House to turn Reed j down. j It would take almost a legal direc I tory of St. Louis and Eastern Mis ' souri to cover all the candidates, ac \ tive and passive, for the judgeship. I Rut the fight at present appears j deadlocked between Frank Thompson, ! a former law partner of Breckinridge i Long, the Third Assistant Secretary of State, and a St. Louisan himself. I and McAllister. Secretary Long is In l "right" with the administration as i much as Reed is in "bad." It is j probable he mieht have got Thomp : Fon named, but ex-Governor Folk ! dropped the candidates he was be | hind, indorsed Thompson and opened j war on McAllister. And that got the ' old Missouri Democratic feud going | again with the bitterness that was j so apparent in the November elec I tion. j There isn't any secret in Washing ! ton about what the White House thinks of Reed. There isn't the cam ouflage used on that now there used to be. Close friends of the adminis tration say he has gone clear outvide the "pale" and that there will never be forgiveness or an olive branch ex tended now. Reed had been off the administration reservation before nu merous times, but he always got what he wanted regardless, and In the exigencies of the 1916 campaign was taken back into the fold again and completely forgiven. But the more recent breach, when he waged war T>n the league of nations and Rupture Kills 7,000 Annually Seven thousand persons each year jre laid away?the burial certificate being marked "Rupture." Why? Be cause the unfortunate ones had neg lected themselves or had been mere ly taking care of the sign (swelling) ?f the affliction and paying no atten tion to the cause. What are you do ing? Are you neglecting yourself by wearing a truss, appliance, or what ever name you choose to call it? At best, the truss is only a make shift?a false prop against a col lapsing wall?and cannot be expect ed to act as more than a mere me chanical support. The binding pres sure retards blood circulation, thus robbing the weakened muscles of that which they need most?nour ishment. But science has found a way, and ?very truss sufferer in the land is Invited to make a FREE test right in the privacy of their own home. The PLAPAO method is unquestion ably the most scientific, logical and successful self-treatment for rup ture the world has ever known. The PLAPAO PAD when adhering closely to the body cannot possibly slip or shift out of place, therefore, cannot chafe or pinch. Soft^s vel vet?easy to apply?inexpensive. To be used whilst you work and whilst you sleep. No straps, buckles or springs attached. Learn how to close the hernial opening as nature intended, ao the rupture CAN'T come down. Send your name today to PLAPAO CO.. Block 248. St, Louis. Mo., for FREE trial Plapao and the information necessary-?Adr, criticised some of the stupidities and breakdowns of the War Department and Secretary Baker, has created the widest breach that ever has existed between the Missouri Senator and the White House. All of the above feeling is no secret to the Kansas City Senator and ap parently worries him not the least. The administration might desire to punish hiin aijui ^turn him down, but he is ready for the scrap. It is un derstood that Senator Spencer, while noncommittal :n the judgeship, would not be adverse to McAllister being named. Mayor Kiel, the Republican mayor of St. l?uis, is extreraftiy friendly to McAllister. The Missouri delegation in Con gress. beseeched by wire and by let ter and by personal call to support this man or that, wishes Judge Dyer had chosen a more opportune time in which to leave the bench. The num j ber of candidates is growing daily and the tension is getting higher PREFERS DEATH TO SEEING AMERICA'DRY' i | I>os Angeles. June 29.?"I would rather die than see the country go ; dry July 1/* I This statement was made to police j detectives and surgeons at the re ceiving hospital the other day by E. i H. Perry, aged 26. after he attempted ; to end his life. 1 Perry swallowed poison and was 'found by his father. William Peiry, 1 seemingly in a dying condition. De fectives Jack Finlayson and Chester | Smith took the yottng man to the hos i pital. where antidotes m ere admtn : istered. J "1 want to pass out along the milkv ! way and leave this sphere, which is {destined to become arid. I can't bear jthe thought of seeing the country go i dry," the young man pleaded. i ? ? ? ? SPURNED, SHE ASKS FOR *250,900 BALM 8h< is suing Gustav Schirmer. mil lionaire music publisher, for S2Ti0.000. a limine breach of promise Schirmer charges that Miss fisher accepted no^ from him to "purchase his i?eace una prevent annoyance and scandal." He lurtner alleges that she told him she was engaged to a Clevelander. and he also says lhat she has lived in New York under the protection of wealthy men. Now Mtss Fisher demands that Schiimer tell rlgnt out In court who the>e men are and who he thought she was going to marry. 58 DEPUTIES NAMED TO EXAMINE TREATY Paris. June 25.?The chamber of deputies has selected fifty-eight members of the committee charged with the examination of the peace treaty. The selections of various political groups were approved, with the ex ception of those of the Socialists. J?*an Longuet and M. Maycras. Ex treme Socialists, failed to receive a majority, necessitating another election for the two remaining members of the committee. lowering the cost of food. The government also promised better political conditions to the railroad workers. It I# believed the improved food situation will avert an internal crisis. There were no evidences of ex cHMNBl in Berlin over new* that the peace treaty had been signed. Robber Potet as Store Owner. Discovered by a night watchman in ! a store at 601 E street early Sunday j morning, a white man about 25 years old tokl the watchman he was the owner of the store and successfully I made his getaway, a small quantity t of tobacco and $5 in change was 1 stolen. Alfonso's Congratulation. Madrid. June 29.?On the occasion of the signing of the treaty of peace. King Alfonso has sent a telegram of congratulation to the head* of the allied and associated countries. Memories of 1912. | It is evident that somebody must j again have begun the reprehensible j practice "of kickin* Oiamp Clark's I daw~ aroun'.?Philadelphia Inquirer. ALEXANDRI Alexandria, Va*. June ?. ? schools will clow tomorrow. Wi fti j the first time In man y years that tbm schools of Almsdrlt have Ml thsAr cloving at such s late date. TM?. however, was done owing to the Ums lost early In the session during the flu epidemic. Cards of distinction will be awarded In the various schools tomorrow morning and at I o'clock at night the Alexandria High school will fccftf ** finals. *" t Representative TL Walton Mow 0 will address the graduates and W. F. H. Finite, president of the city school board, will awsrd the diplottma.^* Newly elected officers of the dif ferent lodges of Odd Follows In this city and nearby points will bo la stalled during the coming month by W. Clifton Cunningham, district dop> uty grand master, as foliowa: Mlf t. Sarepta Lodge, this city; Jaly M.TalS Church Lodge at Falls Church; Jaly 11. Potomac Lodge, this city; July 14 Accotink Lodge at Aoootlak. Fltagersld Council No. Ci. Knights of Columbu*. today conferred the first and second degrees of the order OB % large class of candfcdatea The degree work took place st fit- Mary * HaH George W. Pallant. 71 /oam old. who was employed ju a night watchman. dropped irad shortly beflare S o'clock this morning in the yard of his resi dence. 508 South Alfred street. A short time afterward the body wa* found by his son. George Q. Pallant Mr. Pallant. besides his wife, is survived by the following children: Mrs. Silas Rumler, Lib* . erty. 8. C.; Miss Nannis Pal { lant. George O. and Hanmel I* Pallant. this city. Hi* funeral will take place at 4 o'clock Wednesday afteraooa from his late residence and serv ices will be conducted by the Rev. Edgar Carpenter, rector of Grace P. E. Church. Apperson H. Johnson. ?9 years old. died this morning at his residence at Virginia Kit ir.flR j Alexandria County. The dtnaaed j was a retired stationary ???! \ neer. His wife and several chfl ; dren arc living. The body will j be sent Wednesday to Richmond. Vs., for buriaL The funeral of Mrs. { Hoy. who died in Washington. ! will take place at 10 o'clock to 1 morrow morning from St. Mary's i Catholic Church. BERL^OVERNMENT AVERTS STRIKE CRISIS Berlin. June 29.?The strike ? in Berlin passed today railroad men returned to the promise of the governn j devote a billion and a half ! in the next three months t< Cuticura the Foot-Sore Soldier's Friend After loot hoars mt hiking or guard ing. when ha fed ?rr aBollen. hot, itching or bliMcred. the aoidier will find wonderfal rehef in a Caheara Soap bath followed br a genu? anointing with '"?nun "fnniihi Coal Should Be Bought and Stored Now Unbiased Authorities Forecast a Shortage and a Higher Price ? f "The Black Diamond" one of the most reliable of all of the coal trade paper?, ii the issue of June 7. 1919, state* in part a? follow?: The nation faces an inevitable scarcity of coal and higher prices this fall. Very likely the coal shortage will develop into the seriousness of an old-fashioned famine. No less an authority than Dr. Harry A. Garfield, the l\ S. Fuel Administrator, stands sponsor for statement. Other Government bureau chiefs agree with him. The theological Survey?I aclc Sam'* atatlatlclan?predict? ? arrlou* abnrtagf be eauae. it aaya. the nation already la ahnrt 4N.OOO.OOO tana la compartaoa with the pro ceeding calendar year. The Departnent af l abor, through Secretary Wllaon and Dlreetar llahaon af the lafarmatlon and Kducatlaa Service, aaya coal la Rtlnc ta he scarce kecaaac labor will he sesree. The AdaslalMtratlan af Itallroada. through Director (.eaeral Hlaeo. area an Im pend laic danger becaaae cam In which ta haul coal will not he available. The statements made by the above officials are unquestionably true and correct. # The public must realize that they must take advantage of the present supplies of coal and store their winter supply prior to the demand that will be made upon the mine*, mine labor and transportation facilities In the fall. I.Ast year because of war necessities, coal was~~given a preference, but today a dif ferent situation exists. Embargoes have been lifted and many industries which have been denied coal for the past two years are preparing on a huge scale to fill a long unsatisfied want of the public. The starting up of these industries means transporta tion, and with coal not having any preference, it means that coal must take ita chance. Coal can be hauled now. in the summer months, but coal will have no pref erence when the rails are crowtied with other produce. The above Is snbmltted to the Washington public as a protective and preeaatftoa ary advice by the undersigned. COAL MERCHANTS' BOARD OF TRADE, INC, of the District of Columbia