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The Washington times., 1915-05-05
Playground Benefit to
Be Given at Crandall'S

series of special Fairgrounds bene-
Ats for the children Of the public
schools has been arranged by Manager
Harry Crandall. Of Crandalrs Theater.
The first Of these is to be given Friday
morning for the benefit Of the pupils Of
the Gales School. New Jersey avenue
and G street northwest
The benefit performance will begin at
30 in the morning and continue for
an hour and a half. when a special
program of photoplays will be produced.
These will include the historical feature
films of THE Boston Tea Party" The
Midnight Ride of Paul Revere THE
Life OF Abraham Lincoln" THE Birth
of the star-Spangied Banner" and other
pictures.
The pupils OF the Gales School will
march to the theater from the school.
and will return to the school at the con-
clusion OF the showing of the program
The entire receipts OF the entertainment
are to go to the Gales School play
ground fund.
Next Friday, May IA. a similar pro-
gram will be given with new pictures
| for the pupils of the Arthur school by
Manager Crandall. and 1t Is hoped tc
| arrange programs for other schools Fri
| day mornings following.
The Washington times., 1915-05-05
Sixteen Epentsto Open
Capital Horse Show
Manager Hazen Announces Complete Program-The
Championship Classes on Last Day Will Be for
Best Sadders, Harness Horses, and Hunters.

of the Horse Show, and in which the
worlds famous high jumping horses will
compete for the first time south of New
York.
Already The Wasp, the noted high
Jumper, which was recently purchased
from Sir Clifford Sifton, Of Ottawa,
canada, by Louis Leith, OF Warrenton,
Is quartered at the show grounds. This
horse has jumped seven feet consistent
~, and promises to be a strong favorite
In the contest. ,.'.n
Pitted against the Wasp. proba bly,
will be Skyscraper, also a former star
Of the stable of Sir Clifford who was
sold at the Durlands sale at the same
time that his owner parted with the
animal purchased by Mr.. Leith. Sky
scraper has a mark Of seven feet six
inches, and will probably be here with
In a few days.
Masterpiece. famous jumping horse,
will be ridden by Ralph Coffin, first
whip of the Washington Riding and
Hunt Club. in the contest. Mr.. Coffin
has been schooling Masterpiece for sew
eral weeks for the high jump and while
he refuses to comment on the conss o.
tency with which the jumper has been
taking the barriers. declares that the
horse will give a good account of him
self.
The Washington times., 1915-05-05
TODAY's BEST FILMS
BY GARDNER MACK.

Hazel Dawn In zone Of Our
Girls" (Famous PIayers. the In
fayettc, r. street. between Thir-
teenth and Fourteenth streets.
Thedn Bara In "1ke Cicmenceau
Case" from the story and play
by Alexander Dumas (FoX Film
Coz, CrandnIPs, Ninth and Il
streets.
"Cabiria.- ny Gabriel d'AnnunEio
(ItaIa FiIn,s|. the strand. Ninth
and ID streets.
In "The Destroyer" ikalem), tho
Lender, Ninth street. between f.
and r streets. and the Masonic
Auditorium, Thirteenth street ana
New York avenue.
Herbert Rnwiinson. Anna Little.
and Frank WnFth!rgtOn In "lhe
Black Box." by r. Phillips oPpen-
yersnD, the AihRmbrn. $40 Sew
enth street.
Sidney Drew in "The Timid Mr..
Tootles" (VitagraphD, the Revere,
Georgia avenue and Park road.
Mabel Taliafcrro In "The Three
of Us." the Casino, + near
seventh street
Catherine COuntisa In THE Mod
ern MaHdaIen." from the play by
c. HsddOn Chambers, the Garden,
423 Ninth street.
Marc McDermOtt and Miriam
Nesbitt in "a Thief In the Dark"
(EdtsonI, the Olympic. 1881 You
street
vivian Martin in "The Arrival OF
Perpetua" NorId FiIm Corp.l. the
Apollo, 62I III street northeast.
Orrin johnson In "SHtRu sander
SON" the savoy, Fourteenth near
Irving street.
Dustin Fnrnum In "Thc SquRw
Man" lF0mou P'ayersl. the Elite,
Fourteenth street near Rhode
Island avenue.
William Elliott In "Nine and
Women" the Empress, 416 Ninth
street.
Marguerite Clark In "The Goose
Girl" lFamous PlayersI, the Circle,
2I05 PennsN lNaniR avenue.
Lottie Pickf0rd In THE Diamond
In the Skl" AmrricanI, Roy L..
McArdeIrs $4,000 prize picture.
first iBstaIlment the Penn Gar
dens, PennsyiVaRia avenue near
Twentieth street.
The Washington times., 1915-05-05
GEN. WOOD PRAISES, :
MARYLAND COMPANY
F, of First Regiment, Commend
ed for Its Efficiency-Honor
Unprecedented in State.

ANNAPOLIS. May 5.--A letter has
been received at the office of the Ad-
jutant General OF aMryland from
Gen. Leonard Wood, cmmanding the
Department OF the East, United
States Army, in which the efficiency
Of Company r. First Regiment, sta
toned at Hyattsville. and command
ed by Capt Oswald A. Greager, as
shown by the recent Government in
spoction. is highly commended ....,
This is an Runor unprec edented In
the history OF the national guard OF
Maryland. The letter Is based on the
report OF the inspecting officer, who
has had large experience with COM
panies of the militia in different
states. in which he affirmed thst
Company was one Of the finest mill
tia companies that he had ever SEEN
Company + will celebrate the third
anniversary of it's organization next
Wednesday evening. During its en-
tire existence 1t has maintained the
maximum quota of sixty-three en-
listed men and three officers and It
now has a waiting list. During the
year just past it won both the ma
tional defense trophy for the largest
number Of qualified riflemen, and thu
national trophy for the percentage Of
excellence with small arms.
The Washington times., 1915-05-05

Only those who have used s. s. g.
for the LloOd know that catarrh is
simply a blood trouble.
Most people, un.7st~uctei in this
membraneous disease. t. aat their nose
and throat as II catE rrh was a local
trouble. It Is not SO. To treat ca
tarrh 1t is necessary to go into the
stomach, the liver. the lungs. the kid
neys and all the vital organs OF the
body. And 1t Is S. g. q. that at once
enters the entire blood circulat tion,
all the organs OF the body. all the mu-
cous surfaces and becomes a domi-
nant factor for renewed health. 1t is
a simple method when you figure 1t
out. Catarrh IS plainly an infamma-
tlCn Of the nu""Ls Ter.b br1Ccs.
And there is IN s. 8. S. certain In
gradients which cause these mucous
surfaces to change - convert their
secretions into substance for easy
elimination. A spcclsl book on this
subject will be mallGi 10 all who
write to The Swift Specific Co. 10
Swift Bldg, Atlanta, Ga.
Caearrh is very often the result OF
some other blood trouble, some germ
that gets into the blood and multiPlies
beyond the control of nature.
s. s s is TIE remedy. DO MT aCcapt
a substitute for this mstchless rem
edy. Read the circular wrapped around
the bottle. IT Is important
The Washington times., 1915-05-05
Asks Lunacy Commission
For H. Townsend Martin

= NEW YORK. May 5.-Mrs. Howard
Townsend Martin. of Westbury. n. Y.
has made application with her nephew.
Bradley Martin. to tho supreme court
for the appointment Of a lunacy COM
mission to examine her husband, who
she fears viii grieve himself to death
over tho loss OF his two brothers. Fred
crick Townsend Martin and Bradley
Martin
Frederick Townsend Martin died In
Narch. 1914, Of grief. the applica ton
asserts. over the death OF Bradley Mar
tin. who died abroad two years ago.
Howard Martin. the surviving brother.
has been in sanitarium since April
). He is siXtY-two years old.
The Washington times., 1915-05-05
MR.. AND MRS. JONES"
SOUGHT BY POLICE
Baby, Left in Boarding House,
Rests in Hospital, Couple
Having Vanished.

While a nameless boy baby, not more
than six weeks old. waves his chubby
arms and gurgles contentedly at the
nurses in Children's Hospital, the police
today are looking for "Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Jones'" who left the infant at
the Sherman house, 40 street north
west.
The couple went to the Sherman
House, OF which +. r. Grant Is pro-
prletor. Monday and registered as Mr..
and Mrs. Jones, OF Front Royal. Va.
The man carried a brown suit case, and
the woman carried the rosy-faced baby.
There was nothing to indicate that they
ried couples that visit the capital every
season.
At 10 o'clock yesterday morning the
man paid the bill, took the suit case and
the room which had been paid for the
full day. At 4 o'clock she asked another
woman In the house II she would keep
an eye on the baby" for n few minutes.
indicating she was going to neighbor-
ing store. Neither man nor woman have
been seen since.
After waiting four hours Grant no.
| titled the police, and the baby was taken
to the Children's Hospital, the Found
ling Hospital being closed on account OF
| whooping cough Not a single article be-
| longing to the missing man or woman
| was left in the hotel. and nothing on
the baby's clothes gives a clue to its
| identity.
Mrs Jones' Is described as twenty.
| one or twenty-five years old. feet
! inches high. 125 to 1870 pounds. light
complexion, and light hair. The mar
| appea red to be about Ave years older Te
| was six feet tall and weighed 1875 OF
| 90 pounds. He was neatly dressed In
| II gray suit and light slouch hat, but
! needed n shave when last seen.
The Washington times., 1915-05-05

Manager Hazcn today announced the
complete program for the National
Capital Horse Show, which opens Satur-
day for a five-day meet.
Sixteen events are carded for the first
day, seventeen each for Monday and
Tuesday. and fifteen each for Wednes-
day and Thursday. The championship
events will be run off on the last day,
end will be for the best saddlers, har-
ness horses. and hunters.
The Program.
The following program gives the class
and number Of entries:
day-Thoroughbred stations. /;
chargers, lightweight, 8: novice harness
horses. pairs, 6; pairs roadsters. 8;
novice park horses, g. green hunters,
lightweight. 16; gig horses. 10; polo
horses. IL: runabout horses. 8; pairs
hunters, II; pair harness horses. 8;
Corinthian. %; lady's phaeton. 3: mill
tary hunting class, 13: hunters. medium
and heavyweight. a.
MISUNDERSTANDING bred stations: 2;
ladys road saddle horse. II: novice har
ness horses. 10; roadsters docaD. !:
park saddle horses. "a: heavy draft
teams. 3: hunters. McMurray Cup. IS;
harness horses. pairs. 8; ponies In
II: harness horses. II: open to all hun-
ters). 43: model chargers. %: polo ponies.
heavyweight, 10: green hunters, medium
and heavyweight. II; ladies. pair thun-
ters) 3: army teams. 5.
Tuesday-Stallions suitable to sire
army horses or hunters. ]: harness
horses. 10: horses suitable for hunters.
II: ladies' phaeton pairs. 8: combination
ponies. I: local harness horses. I: deliv-
cry horse and wagon. L. hunters, Eustis
Cup. II: tandems. park and road, g.;
rider and driver cups. saddle horses, B.;
ters, 81: handicap jump, 80; chargers.
heavyweight, s: single harness ponies.
II: hunt teams. 6: local saddle horses,
Wednesday-Stallion ponies. 2: saddle
ponies. g. roadstcrs. Z; tandem ponies
hunters. l.. W.. 20; three-year-ol
jumper. II; ponies in harness. 4; ladies'
park saddle horses. ~: sporting tandem.
4. horses for enlisted men, H. local
hunters, 30; phaeton pairs, s; chargers.
Il; combination horses. Q; fours-in-
hand. 4.
Thursday-Heavy draft brood mares.
ters, 8: pair harness ponies /: police Of
fcers' mount. s; ponies combination. /:
novice harness horses. Z: la dies hunters.
81: saddle ponies, :: novice road saddle
horses. II: hunters. Evans Cup. 8: sin
gle harness championship saddle cham
pionship, hunters, championship; har-
ness pair championship. high Jump, post
entry. /.
Intense interest is being manifested
among horsemen in the high jumping
contest which will be the real thriller"
The Washington times., 1915-05-05
Kissed Wife Enough"
Says Pastor, Separated

ST LOUIS. May 5-"I never left the
house without kissing my wife good-by
up to month ago. when she seemed
to shrink from ne for some reason
could not then understand" the Rev.
A. r. Anderson, pastor of the Christian
Church In Granite City. Ill. declared to-
dav in replying to the charges made
by Mrs. Anderson. who left him last
week She said he would not kiss her.
Il do not Censure my Wife, Mr..
Anderson said. but | pity her. I am
satisfied the separation was deliberately
planned by her mother Ny wife Is
wrong when she says oppose kissing.
kissed her enough I thought"
The Washington times., 1915-05-05
Chestnut Bark Disease
Menaces Many States
By GARDNER MACK.

A Federal quarantine to cover New
England, New York. New jersey. Penn
sylvania. Delaware Maryland, Virginia,
West Virginia. Ohio, North Carolina,
Iowa. and Nebraska. W being consid-
cred by the Department OF Agriculture
to check the spread OF chestnut bark
disease, which has become serious
menace.
A public hearing on the question OF
quarantine will be held AT the Depart
ment of Agriculture at 10 o'clock. May
IS. such quarantine would restrict the
movement from the territory outlined
of chestnut nursery stock and chest
nut timber with the bark on
Origin Of the bark disease IS not
known but II is believed to have been
brought from China.
The Washington times., 1915-05-05
Becrv Rivals HOudini.

Wallace Beerv says he knows just
how it feels to be drowned and buried
alive. In the Essanay comedy, Done
In Wax" he Is nailed in n box and
hurled into the lake A rope was at
tached u the box for the purpose OF
pulling Beery out after the scene had
been taken, but the rope slipped of
and Beery sank to the bottom nailed
tight IN his box.
The box was finally fshed out before
he had gone TO the happy hunting
grounds. but he declares he experienced
a combination Of feelings Of being
buried alive and drowned.
The Washington times., 1915-05-05
Wife Drinks Iodine;
Policeman Saves Her

NEW YORK, May 5.-Her husband out
of work and her four children starving
Mrs Walter Law yesterday drank
iodine.
I can't bear to hear baby cry for
food" she told Mrs. Tessie Schmidt
Policeman Lang forced milk down the
womans throat and saved her life.
The Washington times., 1915-05-05
Wins Popularity Contest

Miss Avice Anderson. the pretty
young daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar
Anderson. of 1905 Twenty-fourth street.
has been announced as the winner of
the grafonola which the management
OF the Penn Gardens offered to the
young lady in the neighborhood receiv-
ing the greatest number Of votes in a
popularity contest that has just been
closed.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-23
1.-THE FINEST I'VE
EVER TAKEN' SAYS
C. {. B0GGESS
Sufferer on Route One PAYS
Thankful Tribute to
Nerv-Worth.

"Burke's Drug Store: / had inward
nervousness. Didn't sleep very good.
Stomach would bloat and 1t was full Of
gas. Pains in side. Had to get up
during the night quite often, / felt
tired and hadn't much ambition. Would
get dizzy spells. Spots before my
eyes.
After taking only one bottle Of
Nerv-Worth feel much better and
the troubles mentioned above are ,leay!.
ing me gradually, and I'm having good
appetite. Sleep fine. / recommend
Nerv-Worth and think it's the finest
medicine for my troubles l, have ever
taken.
(Signed) &c. E. BoGGESs." +,
II the reader has had nervous ills
let him read what Mr.. Borgess. says
about those he had. Pretty serious,
were they not? And Just one bottle
Of Nerv-Worth banished them from his
system!
1t will Danish such ills from the
readers system II he'll buy a bottle
Of the tonic at the Burke drug store
and give 1t a chance. Or, II It fails,
he'll hand your dollar back.-Adver-
tisement.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-23
TinpIate'
Industry in Wales Never so
Prosperous as It is at the
Present Time.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press
LONDON, Dec. 25.-The Wales tim
plate industry was never so prosper
GUS as now. Large orders have come
from France, where the plate is used
in making bombs for trench warfare,
and the demand for tin in England is
above normal, as cans have taken the
place Of glass jars and bottles to a
large extent in the drug and grocery
trades.
An entirely new line Of work has
also been built up in the manufac-
ture Of tin boxes, a branch Of the in
dustry that had been captured by Ger
many prior to the war. Germany
bought Welsh plate and returned the
manufactured boxes to England, duty
free, as well as to the British colonies.
England has now built up plants for
tin box and can making and intends
to keep up the present work in the
days Of peace. Some difficulty Is en-
countered now in supplying the enor-
nous demand against the handicaps
Of high priced steel and the scarcity
Of acid. on which tho government mu-
milton works naturally have first de-
mand.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-23

people were reared in comfort and
some Of them In luxury. In day, in
few hours, war deprived them af all
their possessions. Home. clothing,
means of-income, were all swept away
from them.
AT this distance IT requires strong
Imagination to picture the misery OF
these people. But the facts are incon-
trovertible. Every individual who is
able to enjoy good meal on Christmas
day should feel 1t solemn duty to en-
close dollar bill in the dinner table
envelope which will be passed about on
Christmas day through the efforts Of
the Commission for Relief in Belgium.
Good, reliable, honest men compose
the community and tehre Is no reason
to fear that the money donated will
not reach Its proper destination.
Give what you can, but give some
thing. You will never be the poorer,
and some little child or some poor
mother will receive the comfort Of a
pair OF shoes or a warm garment
through your contribution.
Our souls should be vessels receiving
The waters Of love for relieving
The sorrows of men.
For here lie the pleasures Of living:
In taking Gods bounties, and giving
The gifts back again.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-23

. IS COUNTRY
NEAR BASRA
Where the British and Turks
Have Carried on Varying
Campaign for Months.
ts.1el.. 70 ~. 1slsesAs,

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2s-.The
country between England and Basra
on the Tlgris, in which stretch OF
Mesopotamia the British expedition
aries and the Turks have carried on a
varying campaign for months. Is as
cheerless as any that could be i'm
agined. dreary. fiat, sun-glazed plains
and vast. desolate swamps," accord
Ing to statement on war geography
just given out by the National Geo
graphic Society. 1.-THE Tigris pursues
a lazy course through these tedious
lowlands. To the right and left
stretches barren plains OF baked clay
as far as the eye can reach, Offering
no advantages for defense. The reed.
choked swamps lie in between, whila
the dull brown Arab villages strag-
gle through plain and swamp alike,
with Indifferent impartiality as to the
disadvantages Of both.
"World-wearied fiocks and OCCASION
al Arabs constitute the sole life of
the lower Tlgris plain. The SHIN
mering heat frets the clay soil with
deep cracks in every direction, and
makes the thick yellow river appear
like stream of molten metal. This Is
the southern end of Mesopotania,
down to the junction Of the Tigris
and the Euphrates at Shat-al-Arab,
whench mile after mile OF dreary
marsh takes the place OF the dreary
plains. Throughout the marsh
country. communication between vii
lagos Is carried on by means Of rush
boats. In the springtime of Meso-
potania's history, 1t was all a garden
land. a country compelling the
strangers admiration for its fruitful-
ness and beauty.
'Kut-el-Amara, well down the
river, was. at least for this region,
a thriving port before the war, and
large shipments Of grain were sent
from here. This surplus grain was
grown in abundance somewhere on
the apparently arid plains, which, II
irrigated, once more as In ancient
times. might be an agricultural sup
ply spot for the leading markets Of
the world. The old canals, which
carried water to the plains, have
fallen into decay. and, in most
cases. their markings have been
leveled by time beyond all recogni-
tion. Basra lies about five hours by
boat below the junction Of the two
rivers. and 1t has been the principal
port Of lower Mespotamia for centu-
ries. Today. this city forms the base
Of the British expedition, the Calais
or Salonik Of fighting in the South"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-23
Ends Dry, Hoarsc or
Painful Coughs
A Staple, Home.Made Remedy.
Inexpensive but Unequaled

*F*ES*Ssti.s ss.*$***+%+%$A
The prompt and positive results given
by this pleasant tasting, homemade
cough syrup has caused It to be used in
more homes than any other remedy. Il
gives almost instant relief and will usual
overcome the average cough In "a
Get eh ounces Pinex 600 cents worth,
bottle and fill the bottle with plain grani.
lated sugar syrup. This makes q full
pint-a family supply-of the most ef.
fective cough remedy at a cost of only 81
cents or less. You couldn't buy as much
ready.made cough medicine for 81. so.
Easily prepared and never spoils. Full
objections with Pinex.
The .promptness, certainty and ease
with which this Pinex Syrup overcomes
a bad cough, chest OF throat cold Is truly
remarkable. It quickly loosens q dry,
hoarse or tight cough and heals and
soothes painful cough in hurry. With
persistent loose cough It stops the for.
nation Of phlegm In the throat and bron-
ehtai tubes, thus ending the annoying
hacking.
Pinex is highly concentrated COM
pound Of genuine Norway pine extract,
over for its splendid eject in bronchitis,
whooping cough, bronchial asthma and
winter coughs.
To avoid diaappointment in making
this; ask your druggist for @23k ounces
OF Pinex," and don't accept anything
else. A guarantee Of absolute satisfac.
ton, Or money promptly refunded, goes
with this preparation. The Pinex Co.,
1T, Wavr> Ind.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-23
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
APPEALS FOR THE
BELG|ANS
Noted Writer Tells Of the
Christmas Dinner Table
Envelope of &C. r. B."
(By Ella Wheeler Wilcox.)

(By Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
God. what a world, II men in street
and mart,
Felt that same kinship Of the human
heart,
Which makes them. in the face. OF IRE
and food,
Rise to the meaning Of True Brother
hood.
The Commission for Relief In Bel
GUM has been reinforced by o commit
tee appointed by President Wilson.
This committee is making a nation
wide Christmas appeal for the desti.
stutc women and children In Belgium
and northern France. There are three
million women and children who are
suffering from cold and hunger. des-
stituts. var Eefugees, Many Of these
Z
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-23

The maximum speed acquired by
the average person In swimming COM
fortably thirty inches q. second,
while oarsmen in an eight-oared
boat ACQUIRE speed Of 1917 inches In
q second. \
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-23

Pears are ripe when the pips are
black.