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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-11-12

A device to facilitate the labor of
those who have many stockings to
darn has been designed by a Minneso-
ia man. 1t is q holder in which the
stocking is held so the part in which is
the tear is drawn taut and can be darn
ed much easier than ordinarily. One
part of this holder is a wire ring with
guards rising from it. bent inwardly
neal their bases. Another ring fits into
these curves when sprung in place.
The stocking is drawn over the first
ring until the torn part appears stretch
ed out inside it. Then the second ring
is snapped into place and the stocking
held taut, thus permitting of a much
heater and stronger darn than can be
made over q darning ''egg" or a similar
device. AS will be seen. this apparatus
is primarily intended for making re-
pairs to the leg of the hose, though it
can also be used in darning holes in
the feet. At a pinch it could be used
for fancy work. as it acts on the prin-
ciple of the wooden rings women use
for this purpose.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-11-12
By A kOESTER,

Author of Modern city Planning ana
Maintenance"
In the art and science of city plan
ming the element OF elevation is OF
fundamental Importance. and the aeS-
thctic principles OF elevation are SINH.
lar TO those OF the other elements OF
d~esign-that is to say. in the elevation
OF buildings. the laws Of harmony, va
r1ety, contrast, symmetry, balance and
the like must he observed.
In many cities hard and fast rules
have been laid down as to the heights
Of buildings. and. while in Il general
way such rules are good and accom-
plish many useful purposes, if they are
not applied with judgment and adapt
ed to the circumstances they may pro-
duce Ill effects. In Paris, for example,
the regulations as to the heights of
buildings have had the effect in many
streets Of producing monotony, and the
skyline is usually m%onotonous. Too
much blame should not be placed on
the regulation. however, as in some Pa
risian streets. under the same regula-
ton. monotony has been avoided. In
New York. too. where there is no regu-
lation. endless rows of brownstones of
the same height and identically the
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-11-12
Waldorf Salad.

Take equal parts Of tender inside Gel
Mix thoroughly with a French dress
ing and arrange on lettuce. Serve with
roast pork Or duck or as Il separate
salad course For the latter. the salad
may sometimes be served in a bright
red apple after the core and pulp have
been scooped out. The broad stem end
of the apple should serve as the base.
and with Il little care the blossom end
can be so cut as to nave a handle.
Pecan or walnut meats may be added
if desired.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-11-12
Diaries Recite Hardships.

More interesting statements gather
ed from the diaries of wounded Ger
mans and prisoners have been publish
ed at Bordeaux. An army doctor
writes:
Sept. 9.-Terrible hunger; not a
morsel Of bread in eight days"
An officer of the Brunswick regiment
made this record:
Sept. 17.-In the region of Epernay.
For five days we have fed ourselves
on stolen beet roots and sugar, with
not q morsel Of bread. The losses are
enormous"
A soldier of the Eighteenth corps has
written:
Bread once in eight days. Have
neither washed nor slept. 1t will be q
miracle if we see Germany again."
A reservist wrote:
Sept. 17.-Nothing to eat for three
days. No bread, great losses"
A Hessian soldier inscribed this:
In five weeks we have had bread
three times. This evening we had po-
tatoes, cooked-what a feast!!"
The Germans prepared a trap for
Belgian cavalry by excavating the
highway to a great depth and planting
800 barrels without tops and covered
with brancheS. and earth.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-11-12
WaverIy Ice Cream.

Two and one-half junket tablets.
two eggs, three pints Of milk, Il and
one-half cupfuis of sugar, one-quarter
~teaspoonful of salt. one and one-half
t~easpoonfuls of vanilla extract. The
iunket tablets should be mixed with
two tablespoonfuls Of water and al
lowed to dissolve. Then pour the milk
into Il double boiler and heat it until it
is lukewarm. Remove it from the fire
and add the eggs, sugar, salt and ex-
tract. beaten together. Add the dis
solved tablets and allow the mixture
to stand for half AN hour. Freeze in
-
the usual way.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-11-12
Hominy With Cheese Sauce.

Mix three cupfuls Of boiled hominy
with two eggs. form into croquettes
and fry a golden brown. Serve with
this sauce: Put four tablespoonfuls Of
butter in Il saucepan and when melted
make smooth with three tablespoonfuls
of -four: add Il dash of paprika, salt
and celery salt and cook slowly while
adding half Il cupful Of milk. When
this has boiled for three minutes turn
in a cupful Of grated cheese.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-11-12
Snow Pudding.

Soak one heaping tablespoonful Of
%granulated gelatin in o%ne-fourth cup
full of cold water for ten minutes. Dis
solve in one cupful of boiling water.
add u cupful Of sugar and a quarter
When cool and just ready to set beat
until frothy and add the stiftiy beaten
whites of three eggs and continue to
beat until the mixture will hold it's
shape. Mold in any desired form and
chill thoroughly. Serve with custard
sauce.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-11-12

WORKINGMEN's COLON HOUSES AT KRUPP
r ESSEN.
same sky line i've been erected, verita.
bic triumphs in monotony. 1t is never.
theless impossible to produce the best
effects Of variety when Il procrustean
regulation as to height is in effect.
Instead Of an intlexible ordinance in
regard to the heights OF buildings, a
city should have Il board of civic en-
gineers with authority to pass upon
the design Of every building. and no
building should be erected without its
plans having first had the approval Of
the board. With ample authority the
board could accordingly refuse to issue
building permits for structures not in
conformity with the remainder of the
street and only such buildings permit
ted to be higher than the others as
would improve the appearance OF the
street.
Perhaps the regulations most general.
ly in effect abroad are those which linn
it the heights Of buildings. Such limits
are customarily placed sufficiently low,
SO that the value Of the land will cause
all the buildings to be III up to the
full limit Of the regulations.
The height Of buildings is generally
limited in proportion to the width of
the street. While the proportion differs
somewhat in different cities, the regu
t6fInnS fp Dow ~ ~. -, 4.,.
They are as follows:
in streets less than IL meters wide
$50 feet the height Of the building
must not exceed the width of the
street by more than 6 meters l9H
feet. For every additional width of
a meter in the street a quarter Of a
meter 1918 inches) may be added to the
height of the building until a limit of
20 meters (nearly &C feet to the caves
is reached. which no building may ex-
coed.
Thus a building on a narrow street
may be 50 feet high. while on a wide
street but &c feet. a difference Of only
Z feet. This in reality is insufficient
to afford the necessary variety be-
tween streets. since all the streets of
a city should not be confined to build
ings Of practically the same height
The regulation as to the height being
taken to the caves has the effect OF
modifying the architecture Of the build
ings. producing mansard roofs. which
gain an additional story without vic.
lating the code.
In German cities the height Of build.
ings is somewhat similar to those in
Paris. In Berlin the height varies from
10 to "a meters OF from 80 to 70 feet
The minimum height to which build
ings are limited varies In different cit
les. In Wiesbaden. Bremen and Bar
men it is Is meters (49 feet. in Han
over 14A meters AGh feet). in Dussel
dorf and Breslau. Is meters (42 @:
feet. in Munich 12 meters go 1-3 feet
and in Kiel and Cologne II meters
(36 feet. this being the minimum OF
the narrowest streets. II is greater
however. In wider streets.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-11-12
Heroes Shout "Goodby!"

Thirty gunners of a British field bat
terry, knowing that they were going to
almost certain death, called out, "Goou-
by, fellows" to their comrades in he
reserve line. Two minutes later every
man was out Of action.
Thirty more went to the front, with
the same farewell greeting. The Ger
man shells were falling thickly behind
the battery and killed or wounded
every man serving the guns.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-11-12
Baked Apples With Nuts.

Core the apples and fill the center
with a stiff mixture Of finely chopped
nuts and sugar. These are really very
much better than ordinary baked ap.
pies and possess n much greater food
value.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-11-12
Stuffed Celery.

Work together equal parts Of Rogue
fort and Neufchatel cheese. If too
thick add Il drop or two of olive oil
or sherry and when smooth fill the hol-
low ends Of large. fine celery with the
mixture. Serve with cold meat for
luncheon or as Il dinner appetizer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-11-12
THE BIC WAR; !
WILDLY DEPICTED
Graphic Paragraphs Found In
the News Dispatches From
the Front.

sight which l hope it will never be my
lot to see again. The woods and hills
were literally cut to ribbons all along
the south of Laon. 1t was marvellous
watching hundreds of shells bursting
for miles aud then to see the German
runS reDlyinr."
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-11-12
Air Men Hold Up Ships.

The London Standard gives a unique
incident in warfare reported at Grims-
by by the captain Of the Dutch trawler
Martha, who said seven German n.y.
droplanes stopped the Swedish steam
er Bodel and made the Swedish cap
tain alter his course to Helgoland.
The Dutch captain says the hydro
planes first approached his boat, but
after satisfying themselves rs to his
nationality flew away. Six h%ydroplanes
escorted the Swedish vessel on Its way
to Helgoland. apparently ms n prisoner.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-11-12
THE ELEVATION
OF BULL Dimes
Laws Of Harmony Should Be
Observed.
REGULATIONS ABROAD,

Plan Suggested For a Board of Civic
Engineers Instead of lnflexible Ordi-
nances Which Would Have Author
lty to Pass Upon Structures.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-11-12
Germany's New Artillery Is
1873 Inch CaIiber.
SURPRISE TO ITS INVENTOR
One Shot Easily Demolished Strong
Walls at Liege-No Other Nation
Knew Kaiser Had Such Guns, and
Facts Were So Carefully Guarded
That Germans Were Surprised.

Berlin.-It is still too early to at
tempt to base general predictions con
corning war in the future upon what
the engagements of the present great
war have shown. One prediction. how
ever, does seem fairly justified already.
That is that the day Of ~fortresses has
passed.
The new forty-two centimeter Q6.S
inch) siege gun of the German forces
appears to have demonstrated it's abil-
ity to demolish the strongest fortifica-
tons. Pictures Of the demolition at
Liege bear striking testimony tt the
power of this new arm. A single pro-
jectile demolished utterly walls of re-
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-11-12
Soldier Rescued by a Dog.

Wounded thrice in the battle Of the
Marine. a soldier lay in a faint on a
heap of corpses. when Tom, the regi-
mental pet. revived him by licking his
face.
The animal had been trained to carry
caps, and the soldier, having lost his
cap, tried to persuade the dog to take
his knapsack to the encampment.
b. After awhile Tom seemed to realize
what was wanted. He ran to the
camp, seized the coat Of the nearest
man and tried to drag him to the bat.
tlefield. When a party finally follow
ed the dog they found their wounded
comrade and rescued him.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-11-12
Novel Use of Church Clock.

German officers and soldiers in plain
clothes or in French or British uni
forms have remained in localities evac-
uated by the Germans in order to fur
nish them with intelligence.
One spy of this kind was found hid
den in a church tower. His presence
was only discovered through the er-
ratio movements of the hands of the
church clock. which he vas using to
signal to his friends by leans of an
~improvised scmaphore code. Had this
man not been seized it is probable he
would have s;gnaled to the German
artillery at the time Of their arrival
the exact location of the enemy's head
quarters and staff.
Flower BED Hid Telephone.
Looking out of the windows of a
German military train when it stopped
at Charleroi." says Il correspondent. II
saw a German soldier bending over a
flower bed on the grounds of the rail
way station. He seemed to be atten-
lively examining the flowers. AS he
knelt there he frequently moved his
hands gently among the blossoms as
if he were car@ssing them.
"'See. | said to one of my compan-
ions. there is that beautiful German
love of lowers again. With the ruins
Of whole streets Of this town still
smoking this private soldier finds time
to admire a flower bed that has escap.
ed Instruction.
"We grew quite sentimental about
the matter, Suddenly the man rose
from his knees and with him there
came from the flower bed a telephone
receiver and two or three yards of
telephone wire. Strengthening himself,
he put the receiver to his ear and
spoke rapidly. We could hear some of
the words. They appeared to be a
repetition or v%erification of certain or
ders."
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-11-12

A MONG the most thrilling stories
IA Of the war is one told by Lau-
IA. renee S. Stevens, formerly Of
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-11-12

Author of Modern City Planning ;
Maintenance"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-07-24
Water
Famine?
Never!

During the heavy sprinkling
period on hot days. between 4:30
o'clock and O'Clock. the city of
Tacoma has been using its full
supply of Green river water-64,-
600. 900 gallons of water per "a
hours.
Except in a few instances, ae-
cording to Superintendent OF Wa
ter Mains Short, there has been
no water shortage in the city. and
the sprinkling season Is being
handled easier by the water de-
partment than ever before.
Tacoma's water supply from
Green river is Ga million gallons
per "a hours. Whatever is not
used dumps over into Gallaghers
gluch. According to Short, there
have been a few evenings when
there has been no surplus falling
into the gulch, but even on these
occasions tn big reservoirs have
held their surplus of 1000, 600
gallons, ready for instant use.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-07-24
Wilson Quits
Fight to Keep
Jones on Job

WASHINGTON, July 24.-Ae-
eompanied by correspondence
President Wilson Thursday sent
a message to congress withdraw
ing his nomination of Thomas ID.
Jones of Chicago as a member OF
the federal reserve board. Let
ters that passed between the
President and Jones indicated
that Jones requested his name to
be withdrawn. Senator Reed of
Missouri. democrat, was one of
the principal men who opposed
Jones' recommendation on the
ground that he was too closely al
lied with the International Har-
vester Trust, of which Jones is a
director.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-07-24

ing. I enjoy my meals and unusu-
ally good health. / shall continue
want to make sure that | am thor
oughly cured"
Akoz is a natural tonic Just as
nature prepared it. Mrs. Hdgerton
IS but one of hundreds in Portland
ana vicinity who have checked their
stomach trouble, rheumatism. kid :
ney, liver and bladder trouble, ca
tarrh, eczema, piles, ulcers and 9th :
er otlments with A<oz. The miner
al has rare curative Virtues and
heals whatever il touches. Akoz Is
put up in different forms merely
for convenience of application. 1t
Is sold at LEADING drug stores.
where further Information may be
had regarding this advertisements
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-07-24
lines Lawyer
Aids Victims
of "SharkS''

Continued From Page One.)
tolls OF this concern, according to
good legal authority. II all those
who now are on the cmpany's
books resist payment and plead
usury they may. IL is said, escape
the payment of the ruinous in
tereet they agreed to in order to
get loans.
The case of the confirmed loan
shark borrower Is causing sur.
prise to the investigators. 1t is
hard for the latter to understand
the state of mind of the "cIient"
who. for example, made 80 re-
peated loans. An average amount
is $40 and the average term 10
three months. Such a man would
be in the grip OF the loan sharks
for over seven years, and during
all that time he would be paying
back 81 for every 81 he borrow
. ed.
Financial Problem Interest.
The books show .an interesting
problem in finance for the bor-
rover who secured a loan of $40
for four months. At the end of
that period he would have paid
back $61.20, which means that
he paid interest at the rate of
more than 100 per cent a year:
All collections for the State Sc
curity company were handled, it.
appears. by collectors. One at
tempted collection by this COM
pany has been unearthed in
which a man negotiated a loan
from similar company in Chi
eago and was traced to Portland.
The account was placed with the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-07-24

state Security company and was
turned over toFearey Bros, who
secured a judgment against him
for $3.50. An execution wac
served, and in addition TO the
$3.50 principal. fees amounting
TO s32.45 were added. One item
in the bill of costs was s25 for
attorneys fee."
Company In Sorry Shape.
Two promissory notes were
taken by the State Security com
pany when loans were made. One
was for the exact amount bor-
rowed and the other for the in
terest charged. The affairs Of
the company now are in sorry
shape, for, while the investiga-
ton of it's books is pending, col
lections cannot be made and no
new amounts can be opened.
An effort was made yesterday
by the company's attorneys to Sc
cure the return of it's confiseated
records, a motion being filed in
the district court demanding the
return of the office effects.
The district attorneys office
presented a request TO Judge Me
CHM, asking for an order i'm
pounding the books and records
so that they may be taken before
the grand jury next month. The
order was made at once.
The district attorney is conf
dent he has a clear case against
the State Security company ana
Will be able TO secure a convic-
ton, largely on the evidence pre-
sented by the books of the con-
Germ itself.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-07-24
Mayor
Grants
Raise

Mayor Fawcett yesterday offer
ed a motion that salaries of ma
ehinist and transmission lineman
at the Nisqually power plant be
increased to the amount paid be-
fore The salary cut of last week,
and that the transmission line
man be designated by a distinct
title instead of his previous title
of "patrolman.
The machinist will now get
$110 per month in place of the
500 fixed last week by Fawcett,
and the lineman will get $50 in
stead of $76.
Mayor Fawcett said that he
had Investigated the positions
and found that they required
skilled men of technical educa-
ton. Commissioner Drake and
Superintendent of Electric Works
Collins Immediately started a
fight in council to get other Mis-
qually employees back to the
former payroll. Mayor Fawcett
refused to listen to the argu-
ments.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-07-24
PORTLAND WOMAN WAS NERVOUS,
iANGUID AND UNABLE TO SLEEP
Mrs. Nettie Edgerton Ends Stomach Trouble and
Receivers Health by Using Akoz

Mrs. Nettie Edgerton of 427 Web
ster street Portland, has surprised
her many friends by her rapid re-
coVery from a severe case of stom-
ach trouble with which she was af-
flieted for three years. She gives
the credit for her cure TO Akoz the
new California medicinal mineral.
Il was miserable and could not
eat with any relish" said Mrs.
Edgerton in speaking of her recov-
cry. Il was all run down, nervous
ana unable to sleep. | had a tired,
neayy, languid feeling all the time.
i tried great many drugs and
remedies without relief
AFTER taking the Akoz mineral
tteatmen four weeks 1 feel fine.
steep well and do my Homework
MlLno9I the usual worn out feel
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-07-24
Victims
of Drug
Suffer

ROCHESTER, N. Y, July %
Driven desperate by their in
ability to purchase heroin, go.
.eaine, morphine and other habit
forming drugs since July 1, when
the new state law prohibiting the
sale of those drugs became effec-
tive, eight victims of drugs. az
young men, applied to the police
today to be locked up.
Several of the men declared
that if they were not placed in
confinement they feared they
would either commit murder o.
suicide. Steps have been taken
to open a hospital for the deten-
ton and treatment of these vic
Tins.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-07-24

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-07-24
WOMAN MISSING

MOUNT VERNON, July "a.
Considerable excitement has been
caused I'm Burlington today by
the strange disappearance of Mrs.
V. Tremaine, one of the proprie-
tors OF the Burlington Economy
store, and the wife of Mr.. Ire
maine, travelling representative.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-07-24
WHITE SLAVERY
AS MURDER EVIL

RAYMOND. July 24-White
slavery will be classed in the
san1e category as second degree
s1nufder If an agitation started
here BY the delegaes to the state
Eedare ton of Women's clubs con-
xenifon, can be brought before
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-07-24
W. k.Writer Here

Emerson Hough, well known
magazine and newspaper writer,
arrived in Tacoma last night with
Mrs. Hough TO prepare an article
On Mount Tacoma They left for
the mountain today. Hough IS
writing q series OF magazine arti-
cIes on the national and natural
parks Of the United States.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-07-24

the legislature.
The women have also adopted
resolutions favOring the planting
of shade trees along state high
ways. the preservation of bird
life and endorsing the constrnc-
ton of a woman's building at the
state university.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-07-24
Soft for the Bull

KENT, n. Y July 24.-John
Arfmann brought to La Grange
vile. near Kent. today a prize.
pedigreed bull. purchased for
$50, geo, in a special automobile.
With apadded car and patented
spring bed to lie in. the bull trav-
els de luxe.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-07-24

The 81 5anitors OF Taco !:
mas public schools will. to-
} gether with their families. 1
} enjoy their annual picnic at I
Point Defiance park tomor-
row. 6
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-07
MRS. ]. F. HYLAND
FREED ON CHARGE
OF WEAPON ASSAULT

Mrs. J. F. Hyland, arraigned for
assault with a weapon in that it was
alleged that she fired four shots from
a revolver at several children playing
in an adjoining yard on last Sunday,
stepped from the district court freed
from the charges filed by the prosecu-
ton, following the. decision by Judge
Monsarrat this morning.
The district magistrate ruled that
the prosecution failed to establish a
case under. the existing ordinance. He
pointed out that Mrs. Hyland might
be properly prosecuted for malicious
injury. through the killing of a small
dog belonging to the children.
The court apparently did not take
the testimony of Sam White, a g.
year-old boy, with a marked degree of
seriousness. This lad declared upon
the stand that he saw the bullet leave
the revolver and pass through the air
and further insisted that he recognized
in it a missile of STEEL Judge Mon
sarrat was not inclined to believe that
Mrs. Hyland took deliberate aim at
the children, but was of the opinion
that she did aim at the dog, who was
cited as a disturbing factor in the
peace of the neighborhood previous to
his demise. A charge of malicious in
jury was filed against Mrs. Hyland
this morning, the case being contin-
ued over until Friday for hearing.