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The Washington herald., 1915-08-04
Request That Conscience Money Be
Returned Was Badly Bungled Hoax

to me. No sound mind would do the
thing he did"
The letter was signed with the name
of a woman and mailed in a railroad
train between Sterling and Peoria in
the State of Illinois. The letter ask
ed that the money be mailed to the
postmaster at Rochester. y. Y. The
investigation pursued by the secret
service men disclosed that the post
ma ster at Rochester had received a
note directing him to forward any
mail that might come to the address
given by the writer to the postmaster
at Van Patten. III. That officer said
that he had directions to forward the
package of money when received to
the brakeman at Nelson, ILL.,"
The Secret Service admits that the
government was hoaXed.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-04
LOVES HER DOG MOST.
So Hungry Hubby Throws Wife
Down Stairs and Beats Her.

Philadelphia. Aug. 3-Until a Pomera-
nian dog entered his home, his was a
happy married life, William Wenard, a
motorman. IS years old, told Magistrate
Harris this morning.
It's all account of that dog" declared
the motorman. who was charged with
throwing his wife down stairs and beat
ing her.
I'VE had been married five years" he
continued. Until two years ago we never
had a quarrel. Then some one gave my
wife a Pomeranian. She thought that
fussy little beast would make fine
pet. ! didn't like the animal from the
start but I made no objection until l
found that she was devoting more time
to 1t than to me.
why. Judge she let me go with no
supper or breakfast or with half-cooked
or badly-prepared meals while she would
be devoting her time to that dog. She
didn't seem to care whether / went hun
CRY, but the dog must be fed. When
started this morning to go to work I
found no breakfast awaiting me. The
Pomeranian had had its. That was more
than I could stand
The Washington herald., 1915-08-04

Seeming an attempt to impose on
the tabled good heart of Uncle Sam.
officers of the Secret Service came to
the end of a long and involved chase
yesterday that ended in discovering a
hoax.
was received at the office of Secretary
McAdoo anent the $4,000 conscience
contribution from a New Yorker. ask
ing the Secretary to return the dona-
ton to the wife of the man who had
donated il, on the ground that the
donor was laboring under a delusion
about owing the government con-
science money The writer said:
My crazy husband. nearly dead. sent
you, a short time ago, $4,000. He is
now dying Please return the money
The Washington herald., 1915-08-04

q calm mind and pleasant anticipation. You
use 1t with your own hand. apply it as need
I'd. ana at o.>e frci 4 sense Of relics.
MotbeIs who have learned eli this rom
eIperieace tell Of the blessed relief from
inoTnins sickness, .be absence Of stra:n and
Tie undou5ted heahhfri influence impaired to
the cor1'as baby.
i;et 4 bottle OF This sp!ead,d kelp today.
T,r NJ ypur nearest druggist or send for il.
Then write Bradheld Regulator Co., Iot La
msr Bldg. Atlanta, Ga. for a valuable book
at instruction for expectart mothers.
Mothers Friend" iS recommended every
where by women who bave used II. Aas you
can read some very interesting letters IL YOU
write for thl3 bspol.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-04
WATER CONSUMPTION DROPS.

Citizen Uses Six Gallons . Day
Less Than Last Year.
washingtonians drink less than they
did formerly-water. OF course.
During the past fiscal year they con-
sumed an average Of 54.54o.0oo gallons a
day. according to the annual report of
Col. H. C. Newcomer. just relieved by
Lieut. Col. C. A. F. Flagler. Corps Of
ENGINEERS, from duty in charge of tho
District water supply system. This Is
considerably less than was consumed
during preceding years.
The average daily per capita consump-
ton of the past fscal year was 1A
gallons, six gallons less than for the
preceding year. This II lower than for
any year of which there Is any record.
In 1903 the daily per capita consumption
ives 193 gallons
The Washington herald., 1915-08-04
RABID DOG KILLS ITSELF.
Patro1man's Plan Results in Canine
StrnngIinx to Death.

Philadelphia, Pa. Aug. 3.A heat
crazed bulldog which had terrified a
score of young women on their way
to work at $50 o'clock yesterday morning
was lured to its death in a clever man.
ner by Patrolman Whartonby, of
Eleventh and Winter streets police
station.
Whartonby was standing at Eleventh
and Cherry streets when he heard
screams and a few seconds later saw
about twenty terrified young women
fleeing from a spotted bulldog that was
The Washington herald., 1915-08-04
Save The Baby
Use the reliable
II o RLICk'S
ORIGINAL
Matted Milk

Upbuilds every part ofths body efficiently
Endorsed BY thousands of Physicians
Mothers and Nurses the world over TO-
more than . quarter Of century.
conveniept, no cooking nor additional
milkrsquifed. Simply dissolvein water.
Agrees when other foods often fail
Sample free, HORLICKS. Reeias. VIZ.
Ne Subs ituto ls''Just % oood''
= HoRlck'S, the 0dEloal
The Washington herald., 1915-08-04
WILL APPEAL STEEL CASE.
Attorney General Makes Broad In
timation to Wall Street.

timation to Wall Street.
The interest of Wall Street in the Steel
Trust case was evidenced again yester-
day by flood of inquiries at the De-
partment of Justice to learn whether
the government had forfeited its right
to an appeal by the expiration today Of
the limit OF time allowed in which to
appeal
These inquiries were answered by the
Attorney General who directed attention
to the fact that the limitation Of time
against the appeal does not begin to run
until after the decree of the court below
has been formally entered and that has
not yet happened.
At the same time he intimated very
broadly that the government had not
abandoned its oft-announced purpose to
appeal the Steel Trust case and to ask
the Supreme Court to advance 1t this
fall to an early hearing.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-04

and Jet during the Pc
riod Of expectancy,
much depends upon
the physical comfort Of
the mother. One of the
best aids Is q remedy
known rs Mothers
Friend" Applied over
the muscles, II pene-
trltes to the net work
OF nerves, relieves the
pains In ci lent to
stretching Of cords and
lisanaeuts makes them
plant induces daily
comfort. rest.ul nights,
The Washington herald., 1915-08-04

Miss Leggctt is one of the mCst popu-
lar American girls In society abroad.
Her progress in London society has
been directed by the Duchess of Rut-
land, whose daughter. Lady Diana
Manners. is Miss LeEgetts closest
chum. Another intimate is Miss Nancy
Cunard, Lady Cunard's daughter. The
three are known as the Three Graces."
Miss Leggett's sister. Alberta, who is
now Mrs. George Montagu. will even
tually be the Countess of Sandwich.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-04
DOG MUZZLNG ORDERED.
CANNES Suffering Rabies Are at
Large, Says Health Omcer.

Large, Says Health Omcer.
The order requiring the muzzling Of
all dogs in the District. which would
have expired August 3. was re-enacted
yesterday by the Commissioners upon
recommendation Of DIR. William C.
Woodward, District health officer.
Dr. Woodward says that during the
past fiscal year twenty-one dogs were
reported TO the Health Department as
having shown clinical symptoms of ra-
bies. In eight instances the diagnosis
was confirmed by post-mortem exami-
nation at the Bureau Of Animal Indus
try. DR.. Woodward believes there are
now one or two dogs with rabies run
ming at large in the city.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-04

Miss Frances Leggett. daughter Of
Mrs. Francis Leggett, of New York.
will be one of Miss Katharine Pages
attendants at her marriage to c. J.
Loring. which will take place today. in
the Chapel Royal. St James Palace.
Miss Pages other attendant will he
Miss Katharine Seton, of Auburn.
y. Y. whose engagement to Mr.. Frank
c. Page, a brother of tOdays bride.
has just been announced.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-04
ARSENAL EXPLOSION KILLS ONE
Three Men Also Seriously Injured
in Accident at Frnnkford.

Philadelphia, Aug 5.-One man was
killed and three seriously injured today
in an explosion in the bomb-proof build
ing of the Frankford Arsenal. The dead
man Is James Harken. The three in
jured men are in a serious condition in
the Frankford Hospital.
The explosion occurred while the work.
men were disassembling old fuses.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-04
Queen or Dairy Maid
Ambition the Same

In the cxPcctant mothers mind there
Is no limit 10 what the future has N store,
The Washington herald., 1915-08-04
WANTED BELGIUM CRUSHED.
Belgian Grey Book Says Proposal
Wa. Made Moaths Before War.

Havre, France. Aug. 3.-Ths charge
that Germany proposed to France that
Belgium be crushed four months BE-.
fore the war broke out 10 contained
in grey book issued BY the Belgian
government today.
According to this document, DR..
Won Jagow, the German foreign min
lister. proposed to the French govern
ment In the spring of 1914 that the
Congo Free State be partitioned and
Belgium suppressed a. ap Independent
nation,
The Washington herald., 1915-08-04
Morning Smiles.

Mothsr-I'm afraid ven are overeating.
Tommy excepting on)-I amt afraid.
Women get scared at things fore men
Go.-Boston Transcript
The Washington herald., 1915-08-04

Has the backward season arrested the
cotton CROP" was asked the Southern
planter
IL he's" lie replied, but we think
that We will be able to bale il out
News
The Washington herald., 1915-08-04

There will DC g special meeting Of the
common council At $50 o'clock Wednes-
day afternoon to take action on the death
of City Councilman Charles B. Marshall
and also to attend :he funeral In = body.
which will be held at o'clock.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-04

knicker-lIow do you suppose men live
iE submarine?
Dockcr-pidn't yoa ever have a roou
in seaside otei7-New York Sun.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-04

Rev. r. II. Bartlett, Of Ellerslie. Nd.
Is visiting relatives In this city.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-04

No trace has yet been found of the
m.scrcant who placed railroad tie
across the tracks Of the Washington-
Virginia Railway Company nsar Luna
Park last night.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-04

The square on st. Asaph street be-
tween Duke and Wolfe streets is being
resurfaced, and after this work shall
have been completed similar treatment
will be given the square in ST. Asaph
street between Cameron and Queen
streets. and then Duke street from Fair
fax to the river.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-04

Edmund had just begun to attend the
public school, and had found a new
friend, child OF whcE Edmund's moth
er rad never heard.
Who Is this. Walter" she asked. rs
he d nice little hoy?"
Yes. ma'am. he :s.' replied Edmund
enthusiastically.
Does he say any naughty words?"
pursued his mother.
No replied Edmund. with crnpha sis,
'and I'm not going to teach him any
Youths Companion.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-04

Announcement is made that the Alex
andria Autompbile Club is making plans
for a short club run to be held in the
near future to some nearby point, where
an open-air meeting and smoker will be
held. Jack" Risdon is chairman of the
reception committee having the matter In
charge.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-04

4 number of lawyers from this city
have arranged to attend the annual
meeting OF the Virginia Bar Association.
which will meet Wednesday at White
Sulphur Springs.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-04

Philip Nelson Meade. 80. died today at
Si5ley Hospital. Washington, after a long
illness. He was unmarried. Mr.. Meade
was son of the late Rev. Everard
Meade. former rector Of old Pohick
Church. His funeral will take place at
10 o'clock Wednesday morning from Po-
hiCk Church
The Washington herald., 1915-08-04

DR.. and Mrs. George T. K!ipstein have
returned from a trip through the West
to the PananaPacific Exposition, where
they spent their honeymoon.
Routine business was disposed Of to-
night by the Woman's Auxiliary Of r. z.
Lee Camp, Confederate Veterans.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-10-09
THE COVERED MANURE SHED

The most popular method of caring
for manure in Ohio Is the covered
manure shed. To obtain the best re-
suits the shed should be provided with
cement floor inclined at each end
to allow a spreader to be run in at
ono end and out at the other; the sides
should be sufficiently high to contain
Ill the manure to be stored. The ma
nure should be placed evenly over the
floor. and that from horses, cattle.
sheep and hogs mixed to prevent, as
far as possible, aerobic fermentation,
and consequent loss Of nitrogen. The
cattle in the yard should be allowed to
trample over 1t and 1t may be worked
over by the hogs without much danger
Of loss. In addition to being q store
house for manure, the shed furnishes
4 shelter for farm animals which will
compact the manure SO that the aeor-
bic fermentation responsible for the
loss of nitrogen will be largely pre-.
vented.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-10-09
Romance of the Trees

Everyone ought to cultivate a
friendship for trees. and along with
his an ma! friends have few tree
friends, says a writer in Farm and
Home. He could do no better to COM
memorate an event in his family life
than to set out tree and name It
with the name of what he would re-
member-have' arbor days Of his own.
Where a family has been sentiment
tai enough to do this you will find
trees about the house named John.
Henry, Susie, Clara, etc, In memory Of
the birth of the children. You will
see tree somewhere near the gate
called the telephone tree. because it
was planted the year the telephone
was put in the house.
There will be another tree some
where near that one called the free
delivery tree, concentrating the
year the mail was first brought to the
door. There will also be some small
trees, among them the auto tree, in
memory Of the first automobile owned
by the farmer, and the air tree. to re-
member the thrill experienced upon
seeing the first aeroplane.
What romance and interest this adds
to rural or suburban life!
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-10-09
Farm Machinery
Investment I

A difficult problem on the American
farm is to decide how much and what
kind Of machinery should be purchas-
ed. Some farms are so overstocked
with machinery that the depreciation,
interest and repairs eat up much Of
the profits. 4.
Assuming the average depreciation
on machinery at 10 per cent, and the
interest on the money invested at 9
per cent, we have an average yearly
expense of approximately $13 on each
500 invested In machinery. A man
who has $500 worth of machinery
would have $195 expense on this alone
in interest and depreciation. II his
work could be done with half this
amount, he could save $3.50. This
would be equivalent to the interest on
5 ,625 at per cent.
A farm Of 80 acres cannot proflta-
bly, use 4-horse machinery because ;
horses should do the work on farm
Of this size. In buying machinery too
large in proportion to the size of the
farm unnecessary expense Is added
This comes not only in the increased
cost of machinery but also in the
maintenance Of any extra horses re-
quired.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-10-09
Care Of the Calf

The first year Of = Calls life Is the
most important with respect to its
growth Unless animals are kept
growing during this period their final
development will be much retarded,
and the chances are they never will
reach the scale which their inheritance
would give them.
On the best regulated dairy farms
calves are born in the autumn and
early winter, and they should receive
skim milk In moderate quantities
through much, or all, Of the summer
following birth. On farms having
hand st,parators there Is no difficulty
in providing the sweet milk for calves,
morning and evening, but farmers
who patronize whole-milk creamer1es
or who still skim by hand should re-
member that after the first few weeks
milk for calves should either be thor
oughly sweet or fully sour, that the
most dangerous condition Is the half
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-10-09
A Pleasant Kitchen

The kitchen in most farm houses
is generally very unattractive place.
and yet it should not be. This room
Is the one place in the house that
should be the lightest, brightest, and
most attractive, as 1t Is here that
the housewife spends the greatest
part Of her busy hours.
In too many cases, the kitchen Is
not we'll lighted, and the colors chosen
for paper and paint are anything but
bright and cheerful. The effect can
not be anything but depressing to
one who spends much time in a room
of this sort day after day; nor are the
surroundings conductive to cheerful
ness to the other members Of the
family. So often, we hear girls and
their mothers express themselves
about kitchen work as though 1t were
the most despicable drudgery. Beau
tiful surroundings will naturally
beautify the task.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-10-09

fresh and dried fruits be thought a
luxury, since they supply the needed
nutritive material as an integral part
of the diet, besides adding to the at
Effectiveness of the daily fare. If they
are to be eaten raw, brands made and
marketed in clearly way should be
obtained.
The amount of dried fruit produced
in the United States increased SIS
per cent in ten years. California pro-
duces more than four fifths of the
yearly output. According to a very
rough estimate. each person in this
country consumes on an average 5 or
pounds of dried fruit a year.
The value of the product rose from
between four and five millions to over
twenty-one millions in 10 years. The
average wholesale price, however has
not advanced with the increased de-
mand: on the contrary, 1t has dropped
cents per pound.
Dried fruits are especially useful
when the supply of fresh fruits is
limited or where storage space for
fresh fruits is lacking. Besides being
used alone, they may be mixed into
cakes, buildings, confectionery, and
other dishes. They afford nutritious
and economical way of securing a
variety of diet, which Is often over
looked by the housewife.
That portion of the apple crop too
low in grade to market in the ordi-
nary way can often be made to pay
4 largo mart at least of fho oYnonse
Of maintaining tho orchard II con-
vcrted into some other form.
In some of tho apple-growing dis
tricts the evaporation industry has
kept pace with tho planting Of the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-10-09

roots Of weeds, as wen as some gar.
den vegetables. Clean cultivation.
especially of fence corners and bits
Of waste land is Of the utmost inn
portance in the control Of these in
sects In many cases fungus diseases
find suitable places for the growth Of
their spores in the holes made In the
leaves by these insects.
1t Is important that those having
to deal with the fungus diseases.
should understand the cause of sucg
disease in order that they may apply
intelligently remedies for their con-
troll.
Fungus diseases are caused by .
low group of minute plants known
as Fungi. These plants have no green
coloring matter and are entirely un-
able to manufacture their own food.
All their nourishment, therefore,
must be obtained from decay4ng ami
NAL or vegetable cemains or from
living animals or plants. Those fungi
which derive their nourishment from
living plants in so doing inJure them
in various ways, and thus give rise
to what are known a. fungus diseases.
Generally speaking, in combating
fungus diseases, methods Of proven
ton only are practicable. as once .
fungus is within a plant nothing can
be done to destroy 1t. Care should
be taken to keep tho crops IN
healthy, growing condition and free
from injury by insects. Unthrifty
plants and those attacked by insects
are more liable to fungus diseases
than healthy ones. Rotation Of crops
should be practiced so that the winter
spores left in the soil may not infest
next seasons crop. Weeds should be
destroyed, as they frequently harbor
fungi. Diseased crop refuse should
be burnt and not thrown on the ma
nure heap. Fresh manure should bS
avoided as 1t frequently contains liv-l
ing spores of parasitic fungi. Intelli-
gent and thorough spraying with bor-
deaux or other fungicides will do
much to prevent the spread Of fungus
diseases.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-10-09
Showing Effect of Reinforcement.

Concrete and steel render valuable
port of heavy burdens. On a solid
foundation, loaded from above and
thus under direct pressure, a concrete
column will Withstand the strain Of
an enormous load. A much smaller
load 80 placed as to cause stretching
or bending toward one side of the
same column may cause it to snap
or, for concrete is strong, but brittle.
On the other hand, steel Is tough and
elastic. In the form of rods or wire,
steel withstands massive loads that
tend to stretch it, and thus displays
a kind Of strength directly opposite
to that Of the plain concrete column.
In modern construction these two
valuable properties of concrete and
steel are utilized by combining them
in what Is called reinforced concrete.
With steel properly buried In the
concrete, the column withstands not
only the load which might otherwise
snap 1t, but one many times larger
and even though it is applied at any
place along it's length.
Reinforcement, there Is steel in the
form of bars, rods or wires, buried
In concrete to take up and withstand
the strains which tend to stretch or to
bend the concrete. A concrete fence
post IS merely a small concrete col
umn. Reinforced, 1t easily stands
the strain from usage in a fence line
Since the load which causes bend
ing or stretching may come from any
direction, concrete posts are rein
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-10-09
DRIED FRUITS AN ECONOMICAL AND VALUABLE DIET
Variety Alone
Farmer May Add His
by Iow-grade Fruit

orchard and become an important
factor in the utilization of fruit
which would prove Improbable for
market In the fresh state.
In preparing fruit for evaporation
every blemish, as we'll as the skin
should be carefully removed.
The fumes of burning sulphur are
employed, not only to make the fruit
white where the surfaces have become
discolored by contact with the air,
after 1t Is sliced.
The simplest form of construction
consists of q box placed horizontally
to admit the boxes or crates with the
fruit. Rollers are placed in the bot
tom to permit the crates to be moved
along easily.
The crates are entered at one end
of the bleacher, those previously put
In being pushed along to make room
for the following ones.
The sulphur is burned Immediately
below the point where the fruit is put
into the bleacher. A short piece Of
stovepipe is placed at the opposite
end for the escape Of the fumes.
When the apples are dried without
slicing or pairing they require less
bleaching than If they are sliced, in
asmuch as the interior Of the fruit
does not come In contact with the air.
Fruit should be put into the
bleacher Immediately after the fruit
is pared, to prevent discoloration.
After the fruit is bleached it should
be sliced, cutting straight through the
apple. The slices should be about
a inch thick.
Other things being equal. fruit that
is sliced to contain the greatest num-
Der of rings, that is. holes made by
cutting out the cores when pairing,
is considered best.
The fruit should be turned two or
three hours after the. drying is be-
gun and then every two hours or
such a matter afterward.
One must use his own Judgment as
to when the fruit is thoroughly dry.
When finished, 1t should feel soft,
velvety and leathery.