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The Washington herald., 1915-09-18
MERCHANTS MAY Plan
SECOND BOOSTER TRIP
Retailers Talk of Another Auto
Trade Tour Next
Spring.

The wisdom of the boosters trip
through Maryland. Virginia. and West
Virginia by the Retail! Merchants As
sociation is just becoming apparent as
orders for merchandise continue to pour
in from that territory.
Philip T. Hall. who conducts a mems
furnishing shop at AL F street north
west, sold enough goods on the trip TO
pay his expenses and has since received
many mail orders. He has assigned a
man to cover the territory visited by the
boosters in order to strike while the
iron Is hot.
Other local merchants have received
mail orders which they are filling by
parcel post. and already plans for SIM
liar trip in the spring of the year are
being talked over.
1t has been pointed out that for the
money expended the advertising is re-
markably cheap.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-18
PRIZES AWARDED BY
ST. JOHNS COLLEGE
Students in Collegiate. Business,
Academic. Intermediate. and Pri-
mary Departments Honored.


!! Prizes for success in last years school
work were awarded at st. Johns College
yesterday, when most of the students
had returned from vacation. The five
departments of the college were repre-
sented by the following honor students:
Collegiate department = Herbert Harvey. Michael
Lyons Bernard Shehan Maurice Wcschler. William
Ahcrn, John Ardcescr. Bernard Began. William
Mack. Dennis ODonncn. James Folk. Thomas
Riordan. James Walsh. John Crilly. William De
Lacy. John Dolan. John Murphy. Cornelius Naugh-
ton. Thomas Reidy. Richard Walsh. Carl Rosinski.
Arthur Blakeslcc. John Brosnan. Victor Frank
Michael lsoe, James Manogue. Jerome Rupert,
Harold Seyferth. Louis Mccarthy, William Sin
cllr. John d. Fitzgerald.
Business Observation-Disclosures Emmons, Joseph
Johnson. GeocSc OBrcn Harold Mattimore, Ray
mcnd Peak. E. Mccarthy. John Horrigan.
Academic derartmcnt-Willlam Adamson. Bernard
Benson. John Cissei William Clark. Paul Cough-
Ian. David Cox. John Daniel. John Dunworth. &.
Hill. William KinseIla J. Mctiinness. Daniel Muir
ply E. Oliver. J. Shechan. d. Shea. +. Smith.
". Tghe. +. Walsh. John Began, William Corco-
ran. ]. Esher. Ioserh Fitzgerald. J. Fitzgerald. J.
Harrington. g. Hurley. W. Jourenal. 7. Keaue. T.
Kelly. F. Malos Mct;nress T. Mcirath. b. Ost-
man. D. Folk. G. Reidy L. REM. 4. Rupert. F.
Rupert. John Smoot Louis Allen. Anthony Byrne.
John Callahan. Ambrose Cannon. Charles Clark.
Earl Finnan. John Costello Abner Drury. John
Dugan William Downey, Sterhen Gatti Nelson
Graves, William darcy Masce. Dcrmot Nee r.
O'Bren. Joseph Roberts, Bernard Clareloux. r.
Fitzgerald. George Bernard, Daniel Callahan Philip
Cunningham. Samuel Emmcls. Edward Glasgow.
William Glasgow John Hester, John Keane John
Lyons. Joseph McEnesny, John Mctinness Paul
o Connell Edward Quinn. H. Quinn. Le Roy Raj
tery. Frederick Ronaync George Schulz, Francis
Shea
intermediate depsrtment-Frarcis D,Iuworth, Jo.
arh Ffazzsno. Carroll Flynn. George FInnan An
drew Gentry. .cmes Mcconnell William McGinness.
Daniel Mnlcahy. John O'Brien. William Kershaw,
John Sullivan Bernard Vincent, Isnstius Tartaslia
John Taylor.
Primary department-Timothy Dunworth, Bernard
McGinness. James O'Connel. Gerard Richie, James
Trent. Efren Arredondo.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-18

Of a mile above the ground was the
hostile visitor. soaring in lazy sweeps.
Apparently. all the lights on board
had been put out to help the air sailors
in dropping their missiles. but in the
rays Of the searchlights l could see black
objects falling and knew they were
Shells
Some Of the bombs dropped from the
zeppelin exploded before they reached
the earth. scattering flashes Of light in
the sky and throwing weird flares OF
red and yellow over the town. The frag-
ments Of the shells rained upon the
town.
Gasoline Tanks Target.
so high was the airship that We could
not see the men on board. but its out
line was distinctly visible. The shots
from the land guns fell harmlessly away
from it or passed 1t without doing any
harm. All the lights in the town had
been put out but the flashes from the
machine guns showed plainly enough
where they were planted. The objective
of the single Zeppelin that attacked Had
leigh and Enfield was evidently num-
Der Of tanks filled with millions Of gal
Ions of gasoline. II they had been struck
all would have exploded and II We had
not been blown up We would have been
wiped out by fire. But luckily these
tanks escaped, and after twenty min
utes' shelling the big Zeppelin sailed
away toward the east coast. The Ger
mans always kept the nose Of their big
ship headed toward the east so that they
could take flight the moment any aero
planes scared aloft to attack them.
Some Of the bombs fell in the field
and did no more damage than to rip
a hole in the ground. but others shat
tered buildings. bringing death and
wounds in their wake"
The Washington herald., 1915-09-18
ALEXANDRIA'S TAX
PROBLEM SOLVED
State Approves Action of Loal Board
in Passing by lmposts on
Merchants.

| Alexandria. Va. Sept. 1.-THE State
advisory board of taxation has written
a letter to Robinson Moncure, chairman
of the local board of review of State
taxation. approving the course of the
local board. The course being pursued
by the local board is to pass by omitted
merchants license taxes and take up only
the tax for the current year. This.
therefore. finally settles the payment of
omitted merchants license taxes. which
threatened to be tested in court by both
wholesale and retail merchants.
Potomac Lodge of Odd Fellows is max
| ing plans for participating in the laying
| of the corner stone of Accotink Lodge,
No. 10. at Accotink, Fairfax County. Sun
day afternoon, September 26. The laying
Of the corner stone will be under the
auspices of Canton No. !, Alexandria
Miss Mamie Norton died this after
noon at Catonsville. Md. The body was
brought here tonight and taken to her
home, 6l6 Prince street. Miss Norton
was a daughter of the late Rev. DR..
George H. Norton, who for years was
rector Of st. Paul's p. E. Church. this
city She Is survived by a brother. j.
TX NJ Norton, and three sisters. Miss
Gault Norton. this city: Mrs. Claudia
Mason. widow of the Rev. John X. Ma
son. Louisville, Ky. and Mrs. A. Ii.
Sands, Richmond.
John W. Travers, 66 years old. died
suddenly this morning shortly after
| O clock at his home, 622 North Columbus
street. following an attack of acute in
! digestion. The deceased was connected
with the Potomac Fish Company. and
| for years was employed by the South
ern Railway Company. He is survived
/ l.r Ii. oh H..
funeral will take place at 5 o'clock Sun
day afternoon from the home.
A guard from the State convict road
force yesterday afternoon escorted the
following prisoners to the force now
working in Fauquier County: James
Lucas. John Davis, Abe Banks, and
Andrew jackson.
James R. Mansfield. secretary of
Alexandria Council, No. ;. Order of Fra
ternal Americans. has been presented
with silver loving cup for having
tary-
The Teachers Institute of Alexan-
dria County, which held sessions yes
terday and today at Ballston School
that county concluded its work this
afternoon.
Richard Dopan, colored, 15. a plas-
terer. died today at his home. 4O6 South
Fairfax street.
Rabbi Wise. of Cincinnati. this even
ing conducted services in the syna
gogue in observance of Yom Eippur.
Charles r. Sullivan. X. f. Knight. jr.
and John Wenzel left today for the
University of Virginia, where they will
study during the present school year.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-18
BIG GUNS SPEAK IN WEST.
Artillery Duel on French Front Vfo-
lent ut Several Points.

. Paris. Sept. 17.-Today's communiGue
from the Frerch war office reports
that the artillery duel between the
French and German forces continued at
several points on the front during the
night.
The text of the communique follows:
In Artois. between Angres and
Souchez and to the south of Arras. our
batteries, replying to the enemy's fire.
violently shelled his works ard re-
victualling establishments.
Between the Somme and the Aisne
rifle firing from trench to trench was
reported. as we'll as some activity by
heavy German artillery. to which we
replied cncrgetically.
I'm the region of Sapigneul and be-
tween the Aisne and the Argonne the
conflict with artillery and bombs con-
tinued during part of the night.
There is nothing to report on the
rest of the front"
The Washington herald., 1915-09-18
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SPANISH xander's
SHERRIES 9o9 7th ST.
FOG BELL STOLEN FROM TUG.
Electric Wires Taken from Vacant
House by Thieves.

William Lipscomb. AS o street north
west. reported to police yesterday the
theft Of clothing and jewelry valued at
s3S.T5 from his rooms.
Jewelry and money valued at so6 were
stolen from the home of Morris Leven-
thai. gG1 Third street southeast.
Mrs. Bernard Donnelly, 223 e street
southeast. told police of the theft Of sew
eral window awnings from a shed at -
L. street 50 uthea st.
Walter Duckett. of Friendship Heights.
Md. reported the theft Of electric bells
and wiring !rotn a vacant house at 3o6 H
street southeast.
Joseph Ottonburg. 124s Seventh street
northwest. was robbed Of an automobile
pump. valued at $3.50.
James I.ansfleld. Sl4 New Hampshire
a-enue northwest. reparted the theft Of
a bicycle.
| D. Fulton Harris. 1855 Church street
northwest. was robbed of bicycle.
The A. ]. Taylor Company reported the
theft Of a fog bel! from q tugboat.
In the French army are LOT Germans,
1853 Austrians and Hungarians and sa2
Turks.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-18
Ishams Deny Divorce Report.

New York. Sept IA newspaper
report that Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Hey
ward Isham had separated, ard that
a divorce was contemplated. was indig-
nantly denied today. Mrs. Isham. be-
before her marriage last year, when
she was IS years old. was Miss Marion
Gaynor, daughter Of the late Mayor
GaynOr
The Washington herald., 1915-09-18
LEE TOOK PRINCE, GEORGE.
Carried County by Twelve, Accord
ing to Ohicial Figures.

Special to The Washington Herald.
Upper Marlboro, Md. Sept. 17.-Ohcial
returns show that while Blair Lee car
ried Prince George County by twelve
Harrington's running mate. Mcmillan,
for controller of the treasury. and
Ritchie, for attorney general. carried the
county 169 and 2s9. respectively. AL
though Lee carried the county. four of
the five Harrington delegates were sue
cessful and will be called upon to cast
their ballots for Lee in the State con-
vention.
Clarence NJ. Roberts. present State at
torney. the organization candidate, was
defeated by W. Marvin Peach. the anti
organization candidate, by eleven ma
jority.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-18
China to Have West Point.

Pekin, Sept. ia technical school.
modelled on the lines of the American n
West Point. will be established near
Han Yang to train Chinese youths
for military service. As further step
toward military preparedness the gov
ernment arsenal at Han Yang will be
improved.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-18
LONDON STIRRED BY LOSSES.
A Feeling on Increase.
Berlin Dispatch Says.

Berlin (by wireless telegraphy to
Tuckerton. n. J). Sept. 1.-THE re-
cent great successes by the Germans
on the eastern and western fronts
and the last Zeppelin raid on London
have caused another outbreak OF anti
German feeling in that city," says
the Overseas News Agency. There
have been numerous arrests, mostly
Of Germans who have been natural
lied in England. young men and
women who previously had been ar
rested and released, and there has
been a revival of the panic over
espionage"
The Washington herald., 1915-09-18
Queen Receives Mrs. Morgenthau.

Sofia (via London). Sept. T.-Mrs
Henry Morsenthau. wife of the United
States Ambassador to Turkey. has ar
rived here from Constantinople on her
way to America. She was received in
audience by Queen Eleanora, who later
sent the diplomats wife her photograph
and a gift Of flowers.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-18
Adriatic Safe Through Zone" "

New York. Sept 1.-THE White star
liner Adriatic arrived safely At Liverpool
today after an uneventfui voyage from
New York. according to caolegram to
the international Mercantile Marine
Steamship Company.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-18
Boiler Safety Code Tearing Set.

The Interstate Commerce Commission
Yesterday set September 2S-29 for hear
ing here to receive suggestions relative
to a safety code for inspection and opcr-
alton of locomotive boilers.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-18
Son of Former Dahomey King in War

Parish. Sept. 17.-Ouanelo Behanzin.
son of King Behanzin. former ruler OF
Dahomey. has started to the front to fight
for France. He is a member Of the Paris
bar. having been educated here after his
father was deposed by France.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-18
CADETS MAY JOIN PARADE.
Mid-City Body Wants Student. in
Seventh Street Fete,

Request was made yesterday of Assist
ant Superintendent of Schools Kramer
for permission to allow the High School
Cadets to appear In the parade Of the
Aid-City Citizens Association on October
I. when the celebration Of completion of
the paving Of Seve1th street will be
held.
Mr.. Kramer win lay the request before
eupt Thurston. He stated yesterday
that the request probably would Be
granted.
A meeting Of the Mid-City Citizens A.
ISOLATION will be held at 100 Seventh
street on the evening Of September q.
when anal plans for the carnival. auto
ana Industrial parade Win D. msdA ;, !.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-18
Girl Student Tries to Flee; Dies.

New York, Sept. 17.-While trying to
escape from the Masdalen Home in
Wood on the Hudson by climbing out Of
a third STORY window early this morn
ing. Helen Miller. %, fell to her death In
the yard below.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-18
Hulear, Reply to Entente.

Soda (via London), sept H-Omcial
announcement ives made today that Bull.
gaYia's reply to the proposals OF the
entente powers was made on Tuesday.
The nature Of the answer wss not a.
vulgea
The Washington herald., 1915-09-18
Spy Dies in Tower of London.

London. Sep1. 17.-Another German spy
was executed in the Tower of London to-
day. The official announcement of the
prisoners death did not give his name.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-18

Cars have been designed for an electric
railroad in Ireland to be run by gasoline
electric generators.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-18

Rabbi Wise. OF Cincinnati. this even
ing conducted services in the syna-
yopue in observance of Yom Eippur.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-18

Richard DoEan, colored, IS, a plas-
terer. died today at his home. 4O6 South
Fairfax street.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-18

Charles r. Sullivan. X. f. Knight. jr.,
and John Wenzel left today for the
University of Virginia, where they will
study during the present school year.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-18

The Teachers Institute of Alexan-
dria County, which held sessions yes
terday and today at Ballston School
I that county, concluded its work this
afternoon.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-18

James r. Mansfield. secretary of
Alexandria Council, No. :. Order of Fra
ternal Americans. has been presented
with a silver loving cup for having
served twenty-five years as its secre-
tary.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-18

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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24
Where Soap is of No Use.

Lapland folk never speak of them
selves as Laplanders, or Laps; they
are the Samelatsh, they say, the I'M
known people, the people of whom no
one knows anything, not even whence
they came.
II any mention is made in their
presence of Norwegian, Swedish, Fin
nish or Russian Lapland, their feelings
are sorely wounded, for there is only
one Lapland, they hold, and it is their
land, the land of the Samelatsch,
These folk, as other folk, have their
whims and fancies, their little peculi-
~arities, too.
They regard soap, for instance, with
profound mistrust, and have no great
faith in washing; no faith at all, in
deed, in washing in warm water.
AS soon as a baby is born they battle
it in cold water; and they battle it
again, always in cold water, every day
until, should it live SO long, it is two
years old. Then the end comes.
The child is pronounced clean for
life and has never another bath.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24

Whether to be worn to gather vege-
tables or flowers from the garden or
to go a-marketing in the morning or
for the drive about the country every
woman wants becoming headwear.
And it seems she is destined to be
gratifed, for the garden hats and sun
bonnets Of today are as carefully
planned as the dress hats with which
fair women fortify themselves to meet
the critical eyes Of their peers.
Cretonnes, ginghams, chambrays, and
new fancy cotton weaves have been
brought into unfamiliar service and
used in new ways to evolve the home
made headwear that is illustrated in
the picture given here. Even the
plain little s%unbonnet manages to be
becoming and prettily frivolous, while
it fulhlls its mission of shading the
eyes and protecting the neck.
Some Of the new cotton fabrics, such
as cotton gabardine or cotton poplin,
r Of Just the right weight and body
for these pretty bonnets. Plain white
tape or binding braid makes an at
tractive finish and adds to the firmness
Of edges and shapeliness Of the capes
and brims. There Is quite q variety
In paper patterns for making them and
they are designed to be easily laun-
dered. There are the time-honored
ginghams and chambrays, more beau
tifully colored than ever, to be used.
and combinations of plain and figured
fabrics where q fanciful bonnet for the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24
Japanese Monument.

The people and the business bodies
of the state of Washington have al
ways shown themselves friendly to
Japan, and it is a common remark
among Japanese officials and travellers
who come to the United States that
they find in Washington a greater in
terest in Jananese development than
in any other section of our country,
Not long ago, in commemoration Of
the mutual friendship existing be-
tween his people and the citizens of
Seattle, Kojiro Masukata, a wealthy
resident of Kobe, presented the city
Of Seattle with a handsome memorial
tablet, designed by a leading Japa.
nese architect. The monument has
been installed in one Of the city's
numerous natural parks, and, being of
stone, will stand to tell future gen.
erations of the struggles and sue
cesses made by the first Japanese i'm.
migrants to the northwest.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

Cats hate water, probably because
their fur has nothing oily about 1t,
and consequently take a long time to
dry.
Peru is making its own Portland ce-
ment. Heretofore it has been depend
ent on the United States, Belgium and
England.
The average length of life, it is
stated, rose from twenty-one and one
fourth years in the sixteenth century
to forty and one-half years in the nine
teenth century.
The rotary drilling system that has
been successfully employed in Ameri-
can oil fields has been introduced into
the Caucasus.
The Ottoman navy in 1900 was en-
tirely reorganized by a British ad-
miral with a staff of navigating, torpe-
do and gunnery officers.
The Turkish empire Is composed of
many mixed races. 1t includes Greeks,
Slavs, Albanians, Jews and Circas.
slams.
1t has been computed that at the
time of the arrival of Columbus there
were 5000, 600 Indians in North and
South America.
The lakes of oil in the western Oil
fields prove death traps to the ducks
which alight on them under the i'm
preston that it Is water. The birds
rarely escape.
The FISH of America, north of the
lsthmus Of Panama, embrace three
classes, 80 orders, 1874 families, 1,112
genera, 1876 subgenera, 3,263 species
and 1873 subspecies.
The menace of a film famine
which, because of the European war,
threatened to hurt the American NOV
ing picture industry, has been ban
ished. Moving picture film is being
made out Of skim milk.
Figures compiled by the Austro-Hun-
garian and German c~onsulates in New
York show that $4,000 ~reservists of
their countries who registered them
selves for services are unable to OBJ
tain transportation.
Emile Combes, former premier OF
France and still a powerful figure in
French politics, in spite of his seventy
nine years, has undertaken the direc
ton of the military hospital at Pons
his birthplace.
Having no money to pay his fare
George Spencer, a paroled prisoner
walked from Gardner, Ore, to Port
land, Ore, covering the distance of 25C
miles in six days, in order to give his
testimony in a larceny case.
The total number of emigrants from
the whole of Sweden to the United
States was 12,6SS in 1912, and 1920.
in 1918; from the three Scandinavian
countries, 31,601 in 1912 and 38,737 il
1913; and from Finland, 6,641 in 1911.
and 1876 in 1918.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24
MOST ABLE MEN NOT LARGE
Worlds Genluses as a Rule Have Been
Only Medium or Even Less
In Size.

We are inclined to look up to the
physically big man, not only literally
but there is always a certain presump-
ton in his favor that he must be cor
~respondingly strong mentally. says a
writer in Popular Mechanics. People
make room for him; they attach more
importance usually to what he says
than to the same words uttered by an
understood man. We unconsciously
picture in our minds the bayonet
charge and storming of the trenches as
the work Of large men. The boy
dreams of having a football physique
and little sister worships her big
brother.
Other abilities being equal, the large
man has a positive advantage over the
small man. And yet many, if not the
majority Of the great men of the world
have been only of medium build and
not a few were even understood.
A certain large city in this country
had for years made it a rule not to
employ in its fire department any
but large men. The result was a
small army of athletes which never
failed to cause a positive thrill when
ever they went on parade. They dis
tinctly represented the day Of physi-
cal might.
For some years past the inventive
mind has been busy, and very sue
cessfully, to produce apparatus which
never tires, and calculated to trans
fer to a great extent the hard work
from muscle to machine. The evil
dences of this evolution may be seen
in ever small towns everywhere, and
now the fire engine drawn by volun-
teers and worked with hand brakes
must be looked for in museums of
strange mechanics of the past. In it's
place is the ~self-propelled gas-engined
machine, carrying its own hose and
capable of highly effective work with
only two men; and ladder trucks by
means of which one small man ma
nipulating some short levers can in
a few seconds raise great ladders to
dizzy heights, or pour a deluge of
water into tenth-story windows while
standing in the street below. Hence
it has come about that the man small
of stature, but nimble of body and
alert Of mind is not only the peer, but
often the superior of the giant in
build. There yet remains some work
for the big athletes, but it is growing
less each year, and the mar whom
nature has not endowed with great
physical strength is coming into his
own,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24

To be practical for all the demands
OF a journey, long or short, to be com
Portable, are the ends sought for in
this suit of good wear-resisting serge.
1t Is one Of the plainest and quietest
Of models and is presented for the con
s~ideration of those who are preparing
for a summer outing which may take
them over land and sea, in cities or
to the wilderness.
An easy adjustment to the figure, a
certain masculine severity and sim
plicity of line in this suit, have re-
suited in meeting that demand for a
combination of the smart and practi.
cal.
The skirt is plated with a straight
panel down the front and back hay.
ing two wide plaits at each side. It is
cut ankle length and finished with a
three-inch hem. There are small peck
cts at each side and the waist extends
three inches above the normal waist
line. The short skirt is the only one