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The Washington times., 1915-08-30
B0zEN IN THE ALPS
IS BUSTL|NG CITY
Its Value Lies in Strategic and
Commercial Point to Ger.
many and Italy.

The bustling little city OF Bozen. nes-
tlng In the heart Of the Tyrolean Alps.
probably will be brought into the lime
light in military way. Commanding
the Brenner "oute between Germa ny
and Italy and communication with
Switzerland by the Upper Adige valle%,
its value as a "trateElc and commercial
point is unquestionably great.
This Teutonic-speakings wn. with its
italian setting, surrounded by mountain
scenery of rare picturesqueness. singu-
lar as 1t may seem. has never exploited
the two most wonderful of Its resources,
climate and scenery, but goes on about
It's business, stolid and unperturbed
While Bozen Is the center of many fine
automobile routes, and has some inter-
csting history. 1t Is somewhat of the
trodden trail of the tango tourist.
The town belonged at one time tc
the dynasty Of Bavarian counts. and IN
1927 was turned over to the Bishop OF
Trent. When the Tyrol went into the
hands of the Hapsburgers. Bozen even
tua!ly became a part Of it.
The fertile soil Is especially adapted
to vineyards and truck farming, anG
the market place Is an imposing sight
Here the thrifty housewives come tc
diCker with the buNom peasant WOmef
and the landlord to select the mos
tempting things for dinner.
There are the ubiquitous arcade lined
with well-kept shops and the innumer,
able streets running hither and thither
nagrantly defying the compass.
There will probably be beer garden
on the plaza just outside your hotel
window where the gayly-dressed villag.
ers throng TO sip their beer and to
listen to music by the band.
The town has an interesting old
schloss situated on a circular cliff which
rises abruptly from the river. Its mas
sive towers are gray and gloomy. but
their formidable aspect Is somewhat les
sened BY birds nesting in their port
holes.
The old castle. with It's moat and draw.
bridge, its background Of wild scenery
aglow and colorful in the quiet somno.
lence of approaching evening. would
from the most unpoetic soul, compel the
fleeting tribute of n sigh. That chival-
re age. SO redolent OF romance, so rich
in the reality OF adventure. is gone. The
gods are dead,
The Washington times., 1915-08-30
NOW IS THE TIME
TO BUY PEACHES
Eat What You Can, Can What
You Can't Advises Sher.
man.

Now Is the time to buy peaches.
Eat what you can and can what you
can't"
This advice. offered to householders
by John II. Sherman. Superintendent OF
Weights. Measures. and Markets, ap-
plies also to vegetables OF every vari-
ETY.. Prices. he says. are lower than
they have been since 1904.
This is the week" declares Superin-
tendent Sherman, in a bulletin issued
today" Next week. too. but this week
is the best. Bottom prices and top
qualities are here this week.
Buy in quantities SeventT-fiye cents
is good price for a standard crate
Of peaches. A dollar will buy the best
In other words. peaches are low enough
to Offset the price of sugar.
ITO those who drive an automobile to
work or for pleasure. this is a good
opportunity to combine economy with
luxury. Carry your own crate home
and one for your neighbor.
"The cost Of living Is low in Wash
ington for all who desire It,"
Watermelons, Mr.. Sherman says. are
plentiful and may be bought at small
cost.
The Washington times., 1915-08-30
BEGGED DAY BEFORE
. DYING, HAD $4,000

TOLEDO. Ore. Aug. 3O.-Face down
ward in a heap between pieces OF his
crude homemade furniture, the body
of Torgcp. o. Svendsen. aged seN enty-
four, a Norwegian miser, was found in
his lonely house on hlalll Slough by
JunGcr Olson. neiEhbor.
DR. r. -. Burgess, county physician,
and Sheriff Geer found the house locked
and barred and the windows nailed
with heavy spikes, making It necessary
70 break in n door.
In tn" bottom of Svendsen's trunk
were two tobacco sacks containing
$LoD IN gold, on his person was a SO
gold piece and some small change He
rad ordered 81 worth OF cough medi-
cine charged at Toledo drug
store last Saturday, saving he had no
money with which TO pay for il.
His estate includes property worth
rNore than 81 ,QeO and he has been known
20 have lent some money. 1t is said
+" also has property in Oregon city and
- salem. IA friends estimate his
y "Flth At Sl5roL
ltttl" g Fnovn Of Svcndser here Cy-
, ~ tEHt h" cams from CudaraUgraIC7
Nr"nN: thnt ha lived for a long tlmr
- Bnring, ore. n that he has 2 SIS
''r Mrs. Walk"", whose husband ls
:'rif % own a lumhor vari at clear
avg, S. D, Efforts are being made TO
reach his relatives.
The Washington times., 1915-08-30
TRENCHES STRETCH
FOR $500 MILES
More Earth Turned in Digging
Them Than in Constructing
Panama Canal.

Every day Of every week for many
months the papers have been talking
about trenches. Trench Is. at present.
the commonest word In the English Ian
graphs every one Is as familiar with
the look OF trenches as he Is with the
sound Of the word.
For all that. 1t is not likely that the
Of the gigantic amount Of digging which
has been done up to date.
The front along which the Germans
and allies face one another. from tho
North Sea to Switzerland. is. roughly.
Russians and the Austro. Germans are
fully 500 miles In length.
Along these 300 miles Of front. each
army has dug itself in.
But this does not mean that there are
It must be remembered. has at least
three lines of trenches. one behind the
other. so that II the first is taken It
has others to fall back upon.
One must. therefore. multiply 1900 by
three: which coenes to $500 miles. or a
trench Ion genough to reach from Liver
pool right across the Atlantic ocean and
the whole Of the American continent.
ending uo at San Francisco.
This Is without mentioning communi.
eating trenches. through which forces
are brought forward in safety to the
fire trenches. The length OF these IL
not easy to estimate, but If you add
another two miles for each mile OF
front, you will certainly be we'll on the
safa side.
This brings the estimate up to 7.2Ot
miles. but this is not yet near the
total. In Belgium the Teutons have
constructed at least another 600 milei
Of trenches ready to oppose the advance
or the allies, and no doubt another 2O
more on the Rhine.
The allies have dug about 300 miles OF
trenches in East Anglia to check a DOS
sible raid, and another 100 miles or sc
along the Suez Canal.
Around Cracow. Przemysl, and othe1
great fortnesses IN the east the grounc
is honeycombed for miles. Allow an
other 100 miles for these fortiflcations
and the total reaches $500 miles a dis
tance about equal to the full breadth
of Europe and Asia together.
The average trench Is six feet deep
and five feet wide at the top. Including
traverses and dugouts. you may put 4
that two cubic yards of earth hav,
been removed for every yard Of trench
dug.
To cut the Panama Canal took thir
teen years. The water Is thirty-one fee
deep and the length Of the canal abou
ninety miles. Yet the total bulk of sol
moved was only about one-half al
much again as that shifted by the arm
les that have dug themselves in sine,
last August.
The Washington times., 1915-08-30
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.

Arrived-Paul Jones, Perry, Preble. and
Stewart, at Sitka; Foote, at Wash
ington. n. c.: Oneida. Iamson, Reid,
at Charleston; Kearsarge. at Boston
Dolphin, at Bath; Montana, at New
port; Cleveland, at San Francisco
Chester. at Gambia Island: Cyclops.
San Francisco. Baltimore. Dubuque,
and Wyoming, at Hampton Roads;
Arkansas, at Cape Charles City;
Texas, at Cape Charles City; Yank-
ton, at Norfolk; Uncas, at Norfolk;
Culgoa, at Hampton Roads; Anna
polls, at San Francisco; Marietta. at
Guantanamo; Orion, at Newport
News; Raleigh. at MaEatlan: Ken
lucky, at New Haven.
Sailed--Hector, from Crstobal for Nor
folk; Tonopah, from New London
for Newport: submarine D-l. from
New London for Newport; Paducah
from San Juan for Guantanamo;
Gloucester, from Brooklyn for prac-
tice cruise; Osceola. from Port au
Prince for Jeremie; Standish, from
Norfolk for Annapolis; Chattanooga
from Acapulco for Manzanillo; Dol
phin, from North Haven for Bar
Harbor.
The Washington times., 1915-08-30
TOWN QUIET AFTER
LYNCH1NG OF PAIR
Negro Killed, Brother Hurt, in
Battle, and Both Burned
At Stake.

SULPHUR SPRINGS. Tex. Aus. so
Following the burning of two negroes
at the stake here Yesterday. the town
Is quiet today. and there Is no talk Of
punishment for the lynchers. The. VIC
Tins. King and Joe Richmond. were
charged with killing Deputy Sheriff
Nathan Flippin and wounding Sheriff
Butler.
The officers attempted to arrest the
negroes in a settlement nine miles
south Of here on a minor charge. The
negroes shot Fllppin through the head
and struck Butler with a revolver. His
skull was fractured.
The Richmonds were surrounded In n
wood. In the battle that followed one
Of them was killed and the other
wounded.
Fifteen hundred men dragged the
wounded negro and his brothers body
to this city. where they were burned at
the stake.
The Washington times., 1915-08-30
YES, |NDEED-:PUMPS
ARE MIGHTY USEFUL
Cyclists and Motorists Need
.'Em-and Others Use EN-
Down in Fauquier.

Fauquier county, va.-home of fair
Tomen, blooded horses and colonels of
amitless capacity--has given red liquor
q nervous shock from which it will
never recover. A member Of the
originator of an innovation which has
completely upset the traditions Of a
State where he julep was old before the
nation was an infant.
Fauquier county, as everybody knows.
has voted dry. Furthermore, she Is
dry-dry as a debate on the metal
schedule of the tariff.
During the Warrenton horse show q
number of Washingtonians were guests
of the Fauquier Club. Half a dozen of
them sat arounc a huge table and
sighed dismally. Conversation Ian
guished. One sprightly member, in a
moment of misguided sociability, began
the description of a New Orleans gin
tzg. He caught the eyes of four of
the guests fixed upon him with stare
Of implacable hatred. He turned red
and became silent
Finally the host lifted his voice.
you gentlemen" he said gently,
seem in need of little refreshment."
a chorus of means affirmed his guess
With dignity he arose and beckoned
waiter.
Bring me-" said he, "a bicycle
pump
Now look here" snapped short,
nervous man, savagely, If you think
you can KID us
"A Virginia gentleman" replied the
host, in tones OF mild rebuke. never
finds humor in the plight of his guests.
Henry, where is that bicycle pump?
The host ordered glasses placed be-
fore his guests and departed In his
own calm way.
1t was not long before he returned
. tendcrly nursing the pump. the pluNg.
Ing rod OF which, his guests noticed
was drawn to the uttermost limit
Leaning over the first guests glass. the
host plunged slight push.
Say when,' he urged. And the open
mouthed guest beheld a stream of dark
red rye gpsh forth from the nozzle Of
the pump!
The pump went around the table ant
joy eclipsed dull gloom as the sun dim.
the feeble light of the stars.
But. my dear SIR said one of the
guests. after tho pump had been passed
around the second time why all thl.
forTaity' Why the bicycle pump"
"NNell." replied the host. Ito be frank
We have found that in this region o.
drought it is necessary to purchase oui
refroshment in ten-gallon demijohhs.
He paused.
"And." he concluded. next to leadin
q balkY mule there Is nothing on this
green earth quite as difficult as pourin
liquor from ten-galon receptacle"
The Washington times., 1915-08-30
Penny-a-Day Collection
To Be Continued Week

The "Penny-a- Day" collection to
raise funds to defray the deficit at
Friendship House. Virginia avenue
and Third streets southeast. will be
continued for another week.
This announcement was made today
by Mrs. Milo Atckinson. in charge OF
the collection, who explained that
business men had advised her to con-
duct the collection over the Govern
mont pay day week.
No boxes have beer opened except
that at ODonnell's drug store. where
It was found that $3.50 had been
collected in six days.
BY the end of this week it Is ex
pected that the $1,000 deficit Will be
medc I'D
The Washington times., 1915-08-30
TWO SALES NOTED
.. ON LOCAL MARKET
New York Activity in GRAPHIC
phone Common Sends That
Stock Up to SO.

Two sales constituted the business
developed in the ustless market that
prevailed at today's session Of the
Washington Stock Exchange. The few
changes in quotation prices which were
established were at fractionally lower
levels than those which prevailed at
the close OF the past week.
Activity In American Graphophone
common stock In New York, where
more than 200 shares were traded In
during the first hour. sent that stock
up a point over recent prices. fifteen
shares selling at SO.
The only other sale Of the day con-
sisted OF a $1,000 Washington Railway
and Electric 4 per cent bond at 81 :.
Bid quotations on Washington Rail-
way and Electric preferred and common
stocks were from Y to n a point below
copper, however. sent the bid up l
point on Greene Canenea to 10.
The Washington times., 1915-08-30
Army and Navy
ARMY.

ARMY.
Orders relating to Captain WILLIAM
LAY PATTERSON, aviation officer'
Signal Corps, are revoked.
Leave for two months and fourteen
days with permission, to visit China
and Japan is granted Captain w
TON BRINE, jr., Second Field Ar
tillery.
Leave for one month and twenty days
with permission to visit China and
Japan Is granted Second Lieutenant
+. FRANCIS RIGGS. Second Field
Artillery.
Leave for one month and twenty days
with permission to visit China and
Japana Is granted First Lieutenant
CORLANDT PARKER. Second Field
Artillery.
The Washington times., 1915-08-30
Berlin Papers Again
Ridicule Riga "Victory'

BERLIN (via wireless to Sayville).
Aug. 3o.-The recent Russian naval
victory" in the gulf Of Riga probably
was Of the same kind celebrated by the
Gar during the Balkan war Of 1873, ac-
cording to a writer in the Vossische
Zeitung.
The Car on that occasion ordered a
famous artist to paint picture of a
great Russian victory for tie navy mu-
scum. Before the work was done IL
was learned that the Russians had suf-
f~red q crushing defeat
The Washington times., 1915-08-30
Wholesale Produce Market

e EGGs-Nearby. fresh. 23a25c per doz
Southern. 2lu22c per doz.
CHEEsE-New York. new. 13h per ib.: rat.
iSc per lb
BCTTER-Elgin print ssRc per lb: tub.
e7tpc per lb.; process 24llc per 10.
LIVE POCLTRY-Hens, lSc per h. roost-
ers. lie per ib.: live turkeys. I5Il6c per ib :
spring chickens lS1 20c per ID.
LIVE sTOcK--Veal calves best Ioc
per lb.: heavy. oasitc per lb.; fat sheep.
%0+ltc per h.. spring lambs. nc per ID.
kREl. PRICE 4 CO.
VEGETABLES tQuota ations furnished by
Taylor Wnde,-Fotatoes. $l.75 per barrel
onions. ,sc per bu.: N.26 per sack: cabba &C.
'oc per barrel: beets. $3.50 per 100 punches.
The Washington times., 1915-08-30
Marriage Licenses.

Edgar A: Rowzee and Catherine o. Graves
OF Washington.
John y. Pappas and Agnes e Lewis. OF
Winchester. Va.
George II. Novel;. of Washington. and Eva
J. sutts. OF Leesburg, Va.
Ist-or J Nau and Lillian G. Franklin. Of
Washington.
George e. Johnson and Bertha Beal OF
Washington.
wade Normley, of BROOKLYN. y. Y. and
Edith II. wiggons. Of Red Bank, N. J..
The Washington times., 1915-08-30
Italians Go Insane
On Way to Join Arm,

NAPLES. Aug. 3O-Nineteen Italian
reservists. recalled to the colors from
America. went insane on the trip to this
port aboard the White Star liner Cano-
pic. which arrived today.
Wary over their possible fate at the
firing line is supposed to have been the
cause. They were interned In an asy-
lum here.
The Washington times., 1915-08-30
Realt Transfers

congress Heights Northumberland T
WomaCk ct uA. to Harry q. Bowling lot
a. square 1924 s4CO.
Park road northwest. between Thirteenth
md Fourteenth Edward A New
man to q. Elton James lots l6 and L.
block a., HolEead Manor, SO stamp. slI.
Congress Heights ENtcasiCn-EdwaTd w
W"maci 81 - TO Charlie h. Payne lot "a
square Lssi S;0I
81 to 327 Virginia avenue south.ast-Mari-
anna stanton 10 Louise s. kolb. lots u TO
Co. square 1s7. 40
The Washington times., 1915-08-30
Chicago Cattle Market

FURNISHED by W. r. Hibhs & Co. memre-,
Of Chicago Board OF Trade. Hibhs Building
BeeNss-ts.l5dl0 cows and heIters $500
The Washington times., 1915-08-30
Bonds.
Today's Sales.

Graphophone, com, l5Gs3.
After call: Washington Railway As
81 ,000Q SlIa.
The Washington times., 1915-08-30
GREAT A|RSH|P CITY
At SHEEPSHEAD BAY
Aviation Plant and School Could
Defend Coast When Danger
Threatened.

NEW YORK. Aug. 30.-An aeronaut-
ical center that would develop into a
military camp whenever danger threat
ems this part Of the Atlantic seaboard
Is being planned at Sheepshead Bay.
The civil engineer who helped to
build the Yale Punchbowl and the
sheepshead Bay Speedway-Evcrett
Thompson-has taken up the project.
and has outlined an aero city, in which
will be one Of the largest plane manu-
featuring plants In the country and a
double row Of concrete buildings. hous-
Ing students and instructors In the fly
ing game. military and civilian ex-
perts and many sportsmen and enthu-
slasts.
The military Importance Of this pro-
posed city Is emphasized by the Aero
Club. which is campaigning for a
strong squadron or volunteer and reg
ular army aviators. Sheepshead Bay
10 to attract many aeronautical enthu-
month Hso Or e'svs sc the tr: sns
will take place on the grounds Of the
sheepshead Bay Speedway Company.
1t will be spring. however. before the
Ct vS weekly na RACES, ,nSydns
mail-carrying contests and other aero
features. will be put into effect.
New Mechanical Devices.
The hrst details Of the proposed aero
colony in Sheepshead Bay were sup
piled by an official Of the Aero Club Of
America. Concrete buildings ,re-enforced
with steel beams and containing many
acres Of foor space. are being planned.
When the long street Is completed II
| will remind the spectator Of the new
| factories In Long Island City. The
hangers will be topped with skylights
and will have many windows. so that
| every corner will be flooded with light.
Besides living quarters for the avia-
tors and their students there will be
tho latest mechanical devices for hand
| ling the machines. Turntables. for in
stance, will be Installed. 80 that planes
may be run head first after their flight
| into the building and wheeled out later
| for instant use without the delay that
generally Is caused by turning them
around In the field.
Plattsburg Camp Disappointing.
| Each OF these buildings. the numpei
Of which has not been determined as
yet. will have room enough for the cen
struction and assembling OF two aero
planes at a time. The hangers are ex
pected to be sixty feet by sixty.
The P!attsburg instruction camp ha.
proved disappointing. not to the arm,
officers and students. who are interested
mostly In infantry. cavalry. and en-
gineerinR tactics, but to the supporter.
and advocates OF aeronautics.
| Two machines were sent up 20 the
camp on Champlain. and competent mer
were told of to them. but the Brounc
| which had been allotted to them haI
not met their needs. Space Is limited
and the avIators have feared to expert
ment The army officers OF the Platts
burg camp. In fact. have advised tn,
flying men to discontinue their expert
ments. Sheepshead Pay. 1t 10 hoped
Will afford aviators the training which
Is necessary before New York city car
be defended adequately In the air
The Washington times., 1915-08-30
New York Stocks.

Quotations furnished by W. B. Hibbs
Co. members Of New York Stock Exchange.
Hibbs Builc!ns
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-27
I. CITY NEWS.
II. Mary,s supper tomorrow.

st. Mary's supper tomorrow.
Charles Renaud Moore was re-
moved to st. Joseph's hospital suf-
fering a severe attack Of pneumonia.
He is the infant son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
H. B. Moore, 413 High.
The Coleridge Taylor Music club
held it's regular monthly meeting at
the home Of Mrs. Anna Holmes, 312
North Twelfth street last night
There was goodly number of the
membership present and plans were
laid for carrying out the winter pro-
gram. The club will give a recital IN
March and musical contest in April.
The program for last night consisted
OF readings by Mrs. D. w. Anderson
and Mrs. Henry shininghouse and an
instrumental selection by the presi-
dent, Mrs. Anna Holmes. At the con-
clusion of the program, light refresh
ments were served.
Frank M. Ballinger, attorney for
Emil Strohmaier, charged in the SUI
perior court with assault with intent
to kill Albert Crowell, this afternoon
waived preliminary examination.
Strohmaier will be held to await the
action of the next term Of grand jury.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-27

Warsaw has just been called upon
to part with another Of the estimable
wives and mothers in the person of
Mrs. Mena Hartmann wife of Peter
Hartmann, who passed away at II a.
M Tuesday, January 26, after short
illness of pneumonia. Miss Mena
Prince was born in Warsaw, January
Is, 1S49, the daughter of John NJ.
and Regula Prince. In early girl
hood she united with the Church Of
the Sacred Heart in Warsaw and has
lived an exemplary christian life
ever since, always full Of good works.
On December 81, 1866, she was united
in marriage to Peter Hartmann OF
Warsaw. This union was blessed
with eight children, three OF whom
preceded her in death. Those surviv-
ing are Mrs. Annie Schmidt, Stuff
gardt, Ark, and Mrs. Clara Eymanli,
Charles, Lulu and Minnie M. Hart
mann of Warsaw. She leaves beside
these to mourn her loss, her hus-
band, a brother, Albert Prince OF
Rock Island, a sister, Mrs. Louise
Schenebricker of Wichita, Kans., eight
grand children and one great grand
child. Mrs. Hartmann was one of
the mothers" of this world, In al.
that the name implies, loving wife,
a kind friend, good neighbor. She
was of a sunny disposition and scat
tered her smiles 1avishly and many
Is the heart that will miss her. "She
hath done what she could" and she
has gone to her blessed reward,
mourned by her many Borrowing
friends. Funeral services will be held
at the Church of the Sacred Hearr,
at a. m. Friday, January 20, Rev.
Father Shauer officiating; burial in
the Catholic cemetery.
Will Reiman and wife of Louisiana.
Mo-, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. John
Spinanger Will is a former Warsaw
boy and like all the rest, has made
good.
Fred Schildman, J. A. White, Guy
E. Bell and A. J. Buckert went down
to the Schildman farm yesterday aft.
ernoon in Fred's auto, expecting TO
hunt cottontails, and afterwards take
supper at the farm. they had a
jolly trip and outing.
Walter Dross is in Chicago at
tending the automobile show.
Mrs. Thomas McDougal is reported
as improving, but not out Of danger.
The Woodmen and Royal Neigh
Dor joint installation will be an In
teresting affair, and a good crowd is
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-27
HOLD EXAMINATION
FOR RURAL CARRIER
February ~ Is Date Set for Exams 70
Be Held at Keokuk for Mont
rose Vacancies

A U. S. civil service examination
for rural carrier will be held at keo-
kuk on February 81. There are three
vacancies at Montrose which are TO
be filed from the eligible list.
An eligible register for the position
of rural carrier for each county is
maintained. A rural carrier after one
years satisfactory service may be
transferred to the position of clerk or
carrier in a first Or second class post
office railway mail clerk, Or other
position in the classified service, sub
feet to such examination as may be
reouired by the civil service rules:
Only male citizens OF the United
states who have their actual domiciie
in the territory supplied by an office
in the county for which the examlna-
tion il held will be admitted to the
examination.
ADnlication for this examination
must no made on application form NO.
1341 which, together with Information
IN regard to the examination, may be
secured from the secretary OF tne
!. :, examining board. Lillian M. FER
l1na