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The Washington herald., 1915-08-20
A Quaint Guest at the McAlpin.

Forced at the age of 16 to take
postgraduate course of study in
his chosen profession is the rather
unusual experience of Darwin De
Wolf. piano tuner, who is at the Ho-
tel McAlpin. De Wolf. who has been
an itinerant piano tuner for forty
two years. lately realized that if ne
was to continue in his work and make
success of it he must learn to ad-
just the player-pianos which he ran
across so frequently in his travels
and was expected by their owners to
quickly fix any part of the intricate
action as well to tune the instru-
ment. So Darwin De Wolf saved up
$500. which he carefully pinned in
the pockets of his white duck trou-
sers. for he had been warned of the
pitfalls which the unsophisticateo
might encounter in the big. wickeo
city. and he journeyed to New York
from Valparaiso. Ind. with his be-
longinGs in great bandanna sus-
pended from Il stout cane.
When seen yesterday at the Nc
Alpn Hotel. De Wolf chatted enter
tainingly regarding his past and told
of his plans for going to Mobile or
Gulport. Miss. to begin anew after
acquiring necessary knowledge. He
also exhibited a song which he wrors
away DaCK In 1913 emitted In tns
Parlor with Her Beau" which when
played on the piano in the green room
of the hotel by one of Nahan Franko's
musicians. proved to be very pretty
waltz number, even If the chorus is
a trifle Inadequate as description
of a present-day courtship.
De Wolf is remarkably lively for
his years. has every faculty unim-
paired, has perfect teeth and diges-
tion. attributing this to never hav-
fng used alcohol. coffee. or tea, ana
to his love of walking. He never
married. reasoning that such course
promised nothing but trouble for on,
named De Wolf. though he has done
a deal of harmless sparkling. The girls
always took this seriously. however.
whereas De Wolf was only in fun.
and SO even that harmless and mild
diversion was discontinued.
Some folks always run to a fight
or to a fire." said De Wolf but
run the other way. and to that I at
tribute my present health and con-
tentment."
The Washington herald., 1915-08-20
BALTIMORE PRODUCE.

Baltimore. Nd. Aug. p.-MILL FEED lin GO
II. sacks.-srring bran. 8ooa8.sc; -four to
white middlings. 8.oczI.co; Western middings.
.. .oaag5e: city mills middlings 9ooa2s0: do.
white middlnss. q snaIoo; do. winter bran.
g a0aerG
HAY-In absence Of old hay on the market and
hay not Icing in condition a. yet to grade all
quotations are temporarily omitted
LIVE PoULTRY-Chckens. old hens. Lbs.
and over. h.. Is: do. old hens. smaller, b.. N:
rocstefs, H.. &c: do. spring. ~ to h.. -:
do. s;ring. large. H.. Is; do. small POUND n:
do. white leghorn h.. n: ducks. Musccsy. ibs.
an dover, II: Pekins. lbs and under. h.. u:
puddle. lbs. and over h.. II do. smaller lcsll
Indian runners, H.. lcall: spring dueks lbs. and
oser H.. isaH; do. smaller. HAS: pigeons. pef
pair. Is: guinea fo~l. each. as0.
BuTTER-Creamery. fancy. PR h.. ~; do.
choice. sssss; do. good. zss,: DO. prints Ea3:
do. blocks. 1s2: ladles. Fan; Maryland and
Penns,hania rolls. is'sa3; dairy Ixints. nis:
yxoce,s butter 2aa3.
H:Gs- -Msyiand. Pennyivania sna Western
hrs,s. y; wsst viisinia. 70
The Washington herald., 1915-08-20
ASKS AID FOR BELGIANS.
La Rochelle school Principal Ap.
pea7s to District Com m isaiOners

The District Commissioners have re-
ceived a letter from NJ. c. Balduck-
Loncke. of La Rochelle. France, prin-
cipal of the common school of Noord-
schote on the User. appealing for aid for
n family of Belgian refugees.
"Our poor commune no longer exists, 81
he says. I'VE were compelled to aban-
don our house containing all our posses
sicns. We have. therefore. lost every
thing excepting our courage and our
name, Belgium
The Washington herald., 1915-08-20
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900 of his firms money. had been a vic
tim to the tune of $3.50 by the Badger
game shortly before he skipped out.
Several years ago a coura geous wealthy
man from the West was lured to one of
these apartments and the lady to test his
nerve said: What would you do if my
husband Gamer
I'D cut out his heart and drink a pint
or so of his blood was the snappy re-
joinder. Friend husband never showed
up.
New York is the one gay capital of a
War-ridden world. The opening last week
of the new theatrical season a fortnight
ahead of time emphasizes the fact Five
new PLAYS were given first nights.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-20
ECONOMY IS M'ADOO'S AIM.
Will Visit Large Cities Where Pub.
lie buildings Are to Re Erected,

Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo has
announced a new policy regarding the
erected of Federal buildings by his de-
partment. His plan is to visit all large
cities where public buildings are to he
erected and make a personal investiga-
tion into the circumstances of the erec-
tion.
1t is hoped large savings in the pur-
chase of real estate for the buildings and
in the erection of the buildings them
selves will result from the Secretary s
investigation. as he is a practical builder
himself. The department has ordered
that its buildings hereafter shall be
erected according to less extravagant
architectural plans and with only the
barest ornamentation.
Accompanying the Secretary on his
tours will be Assistant Secretary Byron
r. Newton. in charge OF public buildings,
and staff from the supervising archf-
tect's office.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-20
F. c. Roberts Gets Appointment.

Announcement WAS mad" Yesterday of
the appointment of r. &. Roberts former
president OF the Columbia TlpoCra phiCaI
Union. as commissioner OF labor of Porto
Rico. Mr.. Roberts is prominent in or
Sanized labor movements in WASHINGTON.
and has gained some recognition IN ma
iOpal movements heCauSc oi his Connec-
lion with the American Federation of
Labor. He was 4 delegate to the con-
vcntion OF the International Tyro-
graphical Union in Los Angeles which
has just closed. and where he was in
tormCd of his appointment
The Washington herald., 1915-08-20
Corset Strike Settled.

The strike of 5000 women and girls
at the Warner Bros. Corset Co. in
Bridgeport, Conn, has been settled,
President William Johnston, of the In
ternational Association of Machinists,
announced here yesterday. The wom
en- and girls struck when fifty ma
chinists at the plant walked out in
demanding an eight-hour day. The
company agreed to a fifty-hour week
and the machinists returned to work.
The women and girls held out until
yesterday, when the forty-eight- hour
week was granted them.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-20
M'HENRY PLEADS GUILTY.
Waiter VIII Turn states Evidence
In FOrney Case.

Pittsburgh, Aug. 19.-Charged with con-
spiracy in connection with the attempt
here more than month ago to kill T.
Franklin Schneider. wealthy candy mer-
chant of the National Capital. George
McHenry, Washington waiter. today
pleaded guilty and was remanded to Jail
to await sentence.
He will turn States evidence and ap-
pear against Thomas G. Forney, former
Washington attorney and son-in-law of
the millionaire merchant, who admits
that he engineered the plot for the mur-
der of Schneider.
William Bowers and Harry c. Carlisle.
also Washingtonians. who are being held
as fellow conspirators. will be arraigned
along with Forney. None of the three
was in court today when McHenry was
brought to the bar.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-20
Milk Analyses Misleading.

Present methods of making hactcrio-
logical analyses of milk need revision.
The Public Health Service yesterday an
nounCed these methods are not certain
and reports of various chemists vary 100
much. No remedy is suggested by the
service.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-20
BODY OF coLORED BOY FOUND.
Lad = Years Old Drowned While
Swimming I'm Rock Creek.

The body OF Charles Dorsey. colored.
years old. of go Twenty-fourth street
northwest, whose clothes were found on
bank of Rock Creek Wednesday, was
recovered yesterday from the creek. Dor
sey was swimming alone. He drowned In
about six feet of water.
The body was recovered by William I,
Reynold. proprietor of a boathouse al
Thirty-fourth and X streets. below the
Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-12-23
Damon and Pythias
How Two Old Buns Worked
a Crowd.
BY NJ. QUAD
Copyright. 1915. by Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.

just after breakfast the other morn
ing an old bum made his way from the
street to an empty bench in one of the
city parks. He wasn't tramp. He
wasn't a vag. He wasn't a hobo.
There was no name to fit him except
bum
Soon a younger bum came sneaking
across the park and sat down on the
other end OF the bench He also gaZed
into vacancy. He also heaved deep
sigh. They had not even looked at
each other when the old bum mum
bled:
Did you git anything!
Not IA red. | was giving the old gent
fine song and dance about my dying
wife when cop appeared and shook
ME till my teeth ratified"
There's an old geilt coming this
way" said the big bum. He looks like
an Uncle Rube walking out TO see the
sights of the city Let's work the cd
gag on him.
Whereupon the big bum whirled half
around SO us to stretch ont on his back
and lay his head in the lap of the
younger one and close his eyes.
Yes. Uncle RUDE had come to town
the day before. He had put un at "a
hotel near the park and was out al an
early hour TO see if the town had G own
any since his last visit of twenty years
ago. As his walk brought him near the
buns his curiosity was excited Here
was case that demanded inveStiga-
ton. and Uncle Rube advanced and
called out:
Say. now, but what's the matter
here?"
sick" was the answer.
sick. eh: What kind of sickness? o.
Weak heart 1t allus goes back on
him when he's been without food for
three or four days
Good Lord. But you don't tell me
that's the case now
Damon. how long is it since you
had meal?" tenderly asked the little
bum as be bent over the head on his
knees
''Mebbe week" was the faint reply.
Il can't believe it," said Uncle Rube.
NoliiHs 10 eat LOT u week Ff@tH ieFe
in this big town. where they brow
away enough every day TO feed ii hum
dred hogs. What's his nauue:''
His name is Damon aud mine is
Pythias We are comrades You've
read about Damon and Pythias of old.
haven't you:.'
Il guess | have" replied Uncle Ituhe.
with "a doubtful look. but I've forgot
ten. But. what are We going 10 do
about this Case
You are Il good MAN," said Pythias.
but you have come too late. Damon.
he has come too Iafe. hasn't be-"
Il think he has Pythias. but mebbe
there is just one chance yet. If could
sit down TO full meal once more |
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-12-23
Digging a Ditch In a Flash

Things move quickly nowadays The
village Of yesterday is tomorrow's
metropolis. Speed is a requisite. and
newer methods that smack of rapid
ty and labor and money saving are in
demand.
bitches that once consumed many
days of hand or machine labor are now
being blasted out In almost the twin
Killing Of an eye. By degrees man Is
learning to adopt some of natures sim
pie, but mighty forces. And the gull
lies and valleys that old Mother Earth
has created by her natural upheayals
and eruptions are being duplicated in
a smaller way by some of the more
progressive and up to date farmers.
Digging bitches with dynamite is
simply newer and more improved
method of trench building The meth
cd employed in wet work is simply to
punch holes from eighteen to twenty
four inches deep along the line desired
to ditch and then load each hole with
charge of so per cent straight dyna-
mite
Long stretches of ditch can be loaded
and fired at one time. One cap placed
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-12-23
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in cartridge of dynamite in the mid
die hole of the line of charged holes ana
fired will do the work
A single row of holes can usually be
depended upon to excavate ditch from
seven TO nine feet wide and about thir-
ty to forty inches deep. Where larger
bitches are required the holes can be
made deeper and loaded heavier. or
two or more lines of holes, spaced from
three to four feet apart, can be used.
incidentally the holes can be made In
the toughest kind OF swamp or in food
muck beds. where Other methods Of
ditching are practically Impossible.
When the soil is dry or the weather
is too cold to use the propagated meth
cd Of blasting described above low
freezing farm or stumping powder is
used in holes spread farther apart,
often in large bitches as far as four
or five feet In this case each hole
must be primed with an electric cap,
as the explosive shock will not propa-
gate in dry ground.
The cheapest lineal foot of small
ditch is obtained by using the electric
firing method and farm or srumping
powder.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-12-23

think my life could be saved: otner-
wise there is no hope for me-"
Does he think that food will save
him?" anxiousIy asked Uncle RUDE.
AT this moment half dozen men
crossing the park stopped TO inquire
what had happened. and Pythias an.
swered their questions by saying:
Poor Damon's heart has given out
on him ut last
'.Neighbors. the case is this added
Uncle RUDE. with Il flourish of his arm
This here dying man has been with
out food in your midst for hull week
while you have been trotting around
with loaded stOmachS."
More men came up until the crowd
numbered thirty or forty. Most OF
them took a look at Damon. whose
hands were clinched and eyeballs turn.
ed up. and then smiled at each other
1t was an old gag and many of them
had seen it worked before
Uncle RUDE took dollar bill from
his pocket and dropped it in his hat
AMI passed the hat around among the
crowd. saying:
IL PfoE IUei Will a NOFluf CduSG.
this IS the one of all. should be
ashamed to 30 home and face Hannah
If that man died ON the bench with me
looking on You look like men with
hearts Come down
There wasn't man in that crowd of
fifty who didn't believe he WAS being
gulled but they were a good natured
lot and almost every one contributed
from a dime to quarter. The change
was wrapped in the bill and the whole
handed oTer to Iythias. who said:
..tientlemen. you have done a merci-
full act. and thank you. and Damon
thanks you. And you thank these gen
tlemen. don't you. Damon
Il do
And you will never forget this no.
BILE hearted old man who has spoken
so we'll of u.s.
Never. pythias. neverr'
And you have resolved to live on.
Damon?
Il havei"
do you hear that. gentlemen?' said
Uncle Rube as smile came TO his
face and the moisture to his eyes.
They are both going 10 live on and
lead nobler and purer lives. | feel like
giving three cheers
But before he could give them Pyth
las stood up and interrupted with:
And it only remains. gentlemen-it
only remains To-
Police. police yelled small boy
IN rear of the crowd
IL only remained for Damon to roll
off the bench and scramble TO his feet.
and in FIVE minutes the pair were half
mile away The crowd laughed and
cheered good naturally. although it
had been worked" and Uncle Rube
took off his bat and scratched his head
and exclaimed:
by George. when ! tell Hannah she
won't believe it, guess I've been
kinder made fool off,
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-12-23
No Chance for aim.

Bank Teller-*This check is all
right, but you must be introduced.
Can you bring your husband?" Wcm
an-"Who. Jack? Why. if Jack
thought you wanted All introduction
TO me he'd knock your block off,.
Cleveland Plan Dealer.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-12-23
Foes and Friends.

When two men are extremely po-
lite to each other 1t is a sign that
they don't like each other But when
they say, Hello. you onery old pup"
and "How's yourself, you porch
climbing old horsethief?" they are
good frfends.-Circinnati Enquirer.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-12-23

On Saturday and Monday, Is
pounds CT sugar for 81, with one dol
ars worth of other groceries, for
cash. Smith Grocery 20. Phone 434. If
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-12-23

Butter Nut Bread has the right taste;
None of it ever goes to waste.
IT is so pure, wholesome and good;
For health it's the very best food
If Carriers Bakery.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-12-23

On Saturday and Monday, 16
pounds of sugar for 81. with one dol
ar's worth of other groceries. for
ash Smith Grocery Co Phone 434. If
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-12-23

One of those electrical vacuum
cleaners would make a splendiu
Christmas present for her and one
that would be appreciated every dag
of the year. Come and look them over.
H. W. Tucker, North Main street. ct
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-12-23
MAKE 1T AN ELECTRIC XMAS

Why not maine this an electcical
Christmas by giving presents that are
useful and lasting-a Percolator,
GriIlo or Toasto for the kitchen. FL.
w. Tucker. 1856
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-12-23

Don't SILVER in the cold. Buy =
stove from the Marion Hardware Co.
and keep warm. l1-16
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-12-23
ORANGE PACKERS TICKETS

This Office viii make close prices
On sets of tickets for orange packers
fer the coming season. Write US for
samples and prices.
d&w If The ocala Star.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-12-23

K. of P. meet Monday night.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-08
NARY A NICKEL
GETS AWAY FROM
COLLECTOR BRADY

Uncle Sans tax collectors seldom
let a nickel get away from them.
Even James ]. Brady, collector OF
internal revenue, who In private
life is friendly and not disposed 10
pinch dimes and quarters, Is ever.
lastingly shopping around for stray
coins. especially under the income
lax law.
Every nonresident alien working
in the United States Is liable TO the
tax OF one per cent on his or her
earnings. without any deductions ex-
cept expense OF doing business and
taxes paid In this country. In De-
t-oit, for instance, there are many
thousand Canadians who come I'M
der the income tax law.
Even a girl employed in a store or
factory at the munirlcent salary OF
Ave dollars a week is not exempt
from the tax. Her employer Is re-
quired by the collector TO withhold
five cents a week from the girls sal
airy. This small contribution goes
into the treasury departments cof-
fers. Maybe the factory girls mite
will be used for national defense;
maybe 1t will help to make up the
senate payroll.
Reports OF TAX money withheld on
aliens during 1915 will
be due from employers on OF before
March 1, the same as the reports
from individual taxpayers, and en-
ployers who fail to withhold the tax
and make reports as required by the
government are subject TO the same
penalties as the individual delin-
quent. Uncle Sam has no jurisdic-
ton in Windsor or elsewhere In Can
ada, so he delegates 10 the Amer
lean employer power to collect the
tax. II is then up to the employer
to hold out" on his alien employees,
or make good tho amount Of the
tax out OF HIS own pocket. Cash,
and not excuses, go over the coun-
ter In the internal revenue office.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-08
Charlie Chaplin Doll Marks
Advent of AmeriCdn-Made
Toys; Teddy Bear Is Muzzled

pasteboard boxes awaiting the call
TO the front.
Most OF the dolls this year are
exceedingly youthful. Baby dolls
predominate. and such touches OF
realism as one nnds In the mulatto
babies are worthy Of Belasco. The
little colored child no longer has
10 stretch her imagination.
Genial, fonfidential Santa clauses
muffied In whiskers. but with ears
wide open. have their order books
out, and In case youngsters should
arrive not fully nrimed many OF the
toy manufacturers have demonstra-
tors out u stimulate their wishing.
All sorts OF construction toys are
being offered. The moro expensive
run to SIS and arc made OF rolled
steel. There are electric motors
and everything from a replica OF
the Oscar ii to set or cranes.
Wooden substitutes make only
slightly less wonderful results pos
sible, and are within the reach OF
more pocketbooks.
Electrically run railroad systems
have been with us other years but
never such elaborate systems. Faith
ers pause along ut these displays,
and what will become OF the family
income IL the fascination holds after
Christmas day is problematic.
What toys have lost In number
by the preoccupation OF Germany.
America has substituted In prac-
teal interest. and Il looks as though
father might be spending his even
ings. after Christmas, "braking'' on
sons railroad.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-08
FINANCES
.ARESTABLE
---MCAD00
Demand For Steel Here
Heavier Than Abroad
Says Secretary
PARK MEASURE
is ASSAILED
Report Urges Necessity
For More Health
Officers

WASHINGTON. Dec. s.-A sweep
ing declaration Of American imam
cial stability was made by Secre-
tary OF the Treasury McAdoo in his
annual report to congress today.
"Our financial resources are the
greatest In our history and our bank
ing system. through the operation
Of the federal reserve system. Is the
strongest In the world" he said.
Commenting on business condi-
lions, the secretary declared one Of
the most encouraging features was
that the demand for iron and steel
products II heavier from domestic
than from foreign sources.
Among recommendations made IL
one that persons having . gross In
como OF $4,000 or more year shall
pay an income tax. The law at pres
emit provides for net incomes OF that
smount, leaving II to the individual
to determine whether his net In
come is $4,000 or more. The report
does not mention other income tax
law changes suggested ty the Sec
rotary in . recent statement.
Indicating the tight to be made ON
the so-called pork measure, the ON
nibus public buildings bill. the sec
rotary advances arguments for Its
discontinuance He cites bad public
building conditions in many cities.
He supports the idea Of govern
ment treatment of drug addicts by
the public health service or other
government agency. and suggests
that the Harrison anti-narcotic act
be made more stringent
Concerning the public health ser
vice, the secretary urges upon con
gress the necessity for more com
missioned medical officers and lag
ger public health field investigation.
He points out that the United States
ID the only country which does ma
provide for the isolation and care
Of lepers. There are approximately
l46 lepers In the United States. he
states, and congress 10 urged to pass
a bill introduced at the last con-
gress for national leprosarium.
Plans are being worked out BY
the coast guard and navy, the sec
retaIy says, to make the former or
SANITATION q valuable auxiliary to
the navy In time OF war.
The secretary also calls attention
to the saving effected by the trea
sury's innovation Of shipping none,
BY parcel post rather than express.
He recommends increasing the sal
aries OF assistant secretaries from
$1,000 to $500. The present sal
cry, the secretary points out, makes
II necessary for men of the calibef
desired to sacrifice themselves
financially to hold the position.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-08
TO SAVE WOMAN
FROM ROPE
BY UNITED PRESS.

MACLEOD, Alberta, Dec. S.
Thirty thousand women OF Alberta
today had signed their names to a
retItion 10 save Mrs. Jennie Hawkes.
from death by the moose. Every
woman's organization In this region
is backing the fight to have the
death sentence committed. The
han ging is Get for Dec. 20.
Mrs. Hawkes. lived happily for six
years with her husband, In q lonely
prairie cabin above Wetaskawin.
Then she learned OF the other wo-
man, Mrs. Rossiia Stoly. Later, II
was brought out at the trial. her
husband brought the other woman
to live at the prairie cabin. There
was evidence that the husband and
the other woman often tainted the
wife. Mrs. Hawkes. told the court
she time and again saw the two In
each others arms. She said the
crisis came when she heard them
plotting to send her to an asylum.
She admitted she killed Mrs. Ros.
sila stoly in q blind rage. The Ca
madam law provides only hanging
for such q crime.