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The Washington times., 1915-09-23
CITIZENS TO AWARD
PRIZES FOR LAWNS
Rhode Island Association viii
Have Special Meeting at
Sherwood Church.

Judges have reached a decision as to
the winners Of the lawns and gardens
contest conducted this season by the
Rhode Island Avenue Suburban Citi-
xens Association. and the prize winners
will be announced early next month
when special meeting will be held In
the Sherwood Presbyterian Church.
The Judges were Commissioner Louis
Brownlow. 8 8. Gil!en. superintendent
of parks in the Department Of Public
Buildings and Grounds. and Peter
Bisset. OF the Department Of Agrlcul-
ture. At a meeting Of the association
last night II was reported by the COM
mittee on lawns and gardens that Com
missioner Brownlow was so enthusiastic
over the horticultural success of the
neighborhood that he brought Mrs
Brownlow out to see It. and the two
were taken around by the committee.
s. 8. symons. president Of the asso.
ciation. told Of attending a meeting OF
the Board Of Education In the interest
Of q new building for the Langdor
School. which Is now badly overcrowd.
ed. He said he believed the board
would recommend a sixteen-room build
ing to be erected at Eighteenth and
Monroe streets northeast.
At the regular October meeting of tht
association It 10 expected that the Ques.
ton of Kidding the neighborhood OF
English aparrows will be discussed
The association has written to the De,
partment Of Agriculture for advice or
this point. but as no reply had beer
received the question was not brought
up last night.
Three now members were received las
night. They were c. NJ. CLANCY, An.
thony Vaienu. and Albert J. Edwards.
The Washington times., 1915-09-23
Photographer Cowling .
Back With Campaign
Films of America First

H. T. Cowling. photographer Of the Re-
clamation Service. who nominated Miss
Ruth Purcell. the national beauty prize
winner for The Times beauty contest.
and who made many of the pictures of
her printed In The Times, has Just re-
turned to Warrington from four
months touring Of picture making In
the national parks OF the country.
Mr.. Cowling in his travels made be-
tween $4,000 and 1000 feet Of moving
picture Aims for use OF the Interior
Department In its See America
First" campaign.
Aside from this Mr.. Cowline took
many ,still pictures Of the parks to
bring before the public the beauties
and grandeur Of American scenery.
and filmed Secretary Of the Interior
Lane in the ceremonies incident to the
opening Of the new Rocky Mountain
National Park. He visited the YeI-
lowstone. the Yosemite, Glacier. Cra-
ter Lake. and Mt. Rainier Parks.
The Washington times., 1915-09-23
RAILROAD LIFE An
EVIL, TRA|NMEN SAY
Report Of Industrial Relations
Body Starts Plans for Fight.
ing Insanitary Camps.

The Brotherhood Of Locomotive En-
gineers and the Brotherhood Of Loco
motive Firemen are demanding an IN
vestigation by the Public Health Ser
vice into alleged insanitary railroad con-
struction camps. They announce also
that. on the strength Of the report OF
the United States Commission on In
dustrial Relations, they will Introduce
several bills in Congress designed to bet
ter the conditions of laborers and other
employees Of railroads.
One part of the Industrial Relations
Commission report contains sharp criti-
cism Of railroad construction camps; OF
railroad benefit associations" some of
which are said to be conducted by the
managers Of the roads; and OF the
"private armies maintained by some of
the railroads.
Among the evils described in the re-
port of the commission are the insani-
tary condition Of the railroad construc-
tion camps. 1t is charged they are
Overcharging at the commissary and
ss sad sy are As
cistions. it is alleged membership 70
have no voice. Criticism is outspoken.
fos rosds Of the e o
ammunition, the recruiting OF gunmen
from detective agencies. the usurpation
by these forces of the functions of the
State, and the encroachment on the
rights Of private citizens.
According to a statement put out by
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers and the Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Firemen. bills embodying the sug-
gestions Of the commission will be In
troduced In Congress when 1t assemblies
IN December, and pressed by labor or
ganizations. This means not merely the
railroad bretherhoods but other forces
Of organized labor.
The bills. 1t is stated at the head
quarters Of the Engineers and Firemen,
are not yet formulated. Some questions
remain to be worked out as to what
evils can be reached by Federal legisla-
tion, and what will have to be left to
the States. The proposal of an investi.
cation by the Public Health Service will
be brought up in the form Of a resolu.
ton.
The entire Industrial Relations Com
mission did not make the report In
question. 1t Is one of the feaures OF
the report Of Chairman Walsh and the
labor members Of the commission.
The Washington times., 1915-09-23
Missionary Campaign
Of u. S. Starts in 1916

A nationwide missionary campaign to
start next October is being planned by
the directors and laymen Of the mission
ary movement in the United States. The
campaign will include conventions to be
held in seventy-five cities Of thirty
seven States and the District of Column
sionary congress here April 26 to 30. 1916
The number Of registered delegates Is
expected to exceed 10000. and 10000
churches are to be invited to send
representatives. In most Of the large
cities convention committees have beer
organized, and plans for campaign OF
education which will last two months
are being made.
The local convention Is scheduled to
come about the middle of the campaign.
1t Is proposed to make no financial ap-
peals during the campaign. but the d.
rectors expect that contributions to mis-
sions and church work will be greatly
increased,
The Washington times., 1915-09-23
Painter Shoots Himself,
Condition Is Critical

With a self-inflicted' bullet wound in
his chest near his heart. George NJ. Mer-
chant. a painter. twenty-three years old.
IL in a critical condition at the Emerg-
ency Hospital today, and the police are
endeavoring to communicate with his
wife and father. who are believed to live
In Ithica, N. Y.
Major Pullman was In the detective
bureau at 80 o'clock yesterday evening
when word was received there that a
man had shot himself In a room at 81
! street northwest. and ne accompanied
Detectives Grant and Armstrong. who
made an investigation. Merchant re-
fused to explain his act and his condi-
ton was SO bad that his auestioners did
not press him closely.
Merchant has been in Washington hut
a short time. and II IL thought he came
to this city from Cleveland.
The Washington times., 1915-09-23
start to work Monday"


start to work Monday
This laconic message. signed simply
"R. M. PURCELL" received In Washing
ton this morning. carries between the
m ,."a. .,a. a.. ~. ,,,,ns
"oros uhe inio.ha'o" ',a. '"e
woman whom beauty art'sts nave ue-
clared to be the most beautiful In Amer
lea. will he displayed in the numerous
no.a. a,a ,ro,, tho yorious arrles n
po'.o any, o' o .s -
motion picture actress ID opserfou "
the millions Of patrons OF the photo-
play in the United States.
Miss Ruth M. Purcell, winner Of The
Times bsantv conte.t ha. become a mo-
s Dau'S oon'e'. ""' ''~0' ''~'
tion picture actress!
The contracts were signed In New York
yesterday. Monday morning Miss Pur-
eel, will .tart IN work for The INN com.
80, 20 - s,s... ,o.t,. or~oni-
pamy, one VI .he oiuesl Aou"e -.
zations IN motlon pictures ana suo-
sidiary organisation of the Universal
Film Manufa ctur,nr Company. The SAL
.r,, ,,,a,,,.r,.n,. $1,000 NJ. p,ro.,I n
'"uuee'hon'S oiieu WISE "
iorsake her nome ana her position mere
In Washington with the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor are not stated In the
dispatch which announces the comple.
tion ~ n.voti.t,on. betveep m. n,otion
H,..., ~ 49,. -. S..,.,s..,
p,e.ure n'asha'os a"u uio ",oo' Deau.Au. !.
glrl In the country. But II 10 unoerstood
the pay will be large. and that Miss
The Washington times., 1915-09-23
Broadway Stares
At the Pantalette
Daring Departure in Women:
Dress Is Shown by Designers
at Fashion Show.

NEW YORK. Sept. 23.-Fifth avenue q
eyes were wide open today.
Rents will be raised. II 10 said, in Of
fices facing the windy Flat Iron biuld-
ing corner.
The pantalette has-or have-arrived
II the grim determination of paris de.
siKners, abetted by the wiles Of Amer.
lean manufacturers have anything to
do with 1t. they are going to be put
across-or around-this time.
You make 'em out Of any colored silk
plaid. You put some fur around the bot.
tom. Then you cut six or seven inches
more off the bottom OF your skirt and
insert 1t In the circumference 90 II Il
more billowy when the wind blows
That's the latest.
Paris desiRners showed the pantaletts
here TODAY at a style show.
The Washington times., 1915-09-23
WILL SELECT CITIES
BY SIZE OF CHECKS
Both Political Parties Are Still
Undecided as to Site
Of Conventions.

The question Of where the national
conventions Of the two leading parties
shall be held will probably be decided
by the size Of the checks put up by
rival cities.
An officer of the Republican national
committee 10 credited with saying the
location Of the Republican convention
would be decided by the certified
checks offered BY the different cities
The possibility of getting as high as
100000 IL suggested by a Republican
official.
Officials of the Democratic commits
tee have likewise indicated they were
looking to the size of the checks offer
ed.
The Washington times., 1915-09-23
Woman Files Suit To
Settle $2O,80O Estate

An estate valued at $20.sOo Isl involved
In a petition filed in the District su.
preme Court by Edith ~. Heiner. who
seeks the probate and letters tesla.
mentary in the estate OF the late Helen
@. Heiner. The property Is detailed In
tho petition to include the premises Al
21la o street northwest. a one seventh
undivided interest In a tract Of sixty.
FIVE acres in Alexandria county. Va
snd the following personal property
Household furniture. &6 600: stocks
be nds. and postal savings certificates
$10.7oo promisory notes. 500: money IN
bank $500.
The Washington times., 1915-09-23
Times Beauty Becomes
Star of the "MOpieS"
pany's Plant on Monday-Forsakes Position
Here With Federation of Labor.

Miss Purcell was during her stay on
the Pacific Coast at the time Of the
beauty contest. has been most anxious
to obtain her services for pictures and
anticipating success In their endeavor
to obtain her. have contracted for a
number of plays In which she u to ap-
pear which have been written especially
for her
The first Of these plays will be made
in New York at the Imp eastern studio.
The titles will be Announced later. With
In month or two Miss Purcell will go
to Universal City. near Los Angeles,
where she will probably make her home
until her present contract expires.
The Washington times., 1915-09-23
Novice Firefghters
On Sightseeing Tour

On the Arst lap OF a sightseeing tour
OF Washington. Baltimore. and Philadel-
phia. sixty members Of the Highland
fire department. . volunteer organiza-
ton OF NewburRh. \. Y. today are
making n round OF the public buildings
and historic places of the city. The
volunteer fremen are accompa MED by
members OF the Walden Fife. Drum and
Bugle Corps OF NewburRh. The visitors
will leave this afternoon for Baltimore.
where they will spend several days
sightseeinR. and then proceed 20 the
Quaker City
The Washington times., 1915-09-23
Relief
Pyramid Pile Treatment Is Used At
Home and Has Saved . Vast
Number from the Horror
of ODerati0r.
of Operation.

Dent permit q dangerous operation
for piles until you have seer w.iat
Pyramid Pile Treatment can do for
you In the privacy of your own home
The Washington times., 1915-09-23
GREAT DRUG STORE
COMBINES TO MERGE
Riker & Hegeman and United
Drug Company Consider
Closing Deal.

NEW YORK. Sept. 23.-Negotiauons.
which Il IL understood have practically
reached the state Of contamination.
looking to q merger Of the Riker q
Hegeman Company and the United
Drug Company Of Massachusetts are
under way between Louis X. Liggevl
and his associates in the latter orsan'-
zation and the New York interests
which control the Riker q Hegeman
Corporation.
II concluded, the plan will consolidate
two of the largest strings OF drug stores
in the United States. Tho Riker q
Hegeman company owns the Jaynes
stores in the leading cities Of the coun-
try. The United Drug Company, while
only operating a comparatively few
stores. has agencies In practically every
city Of the country Of more than 1000
population. which handle the products
the principal United agencies.
Stock control OF the Riker & Hegeman
Corporation was bought about two
years ago by George J. Whelan. of the
associates. and these shares were placed
In an organization known as the Cor
poration Of Riker & Hegeman Stock.
They bought about 81 per cent Of the
20. io4.S .SW H1ker q He8eman Shares out
standing. and it Is for this stock that
Mr.. Lggett 10 negotiating.
H. NJ. Walters. manager OF the Wash
ington store Of the Riker & Hegeman
company at 1905 F street northwest.
when asked concerning the reported
merger Of the company which he repre-
sents and the United Drug Company,
said that he knew that negotiations had
been on for some time. but that he
was not aware that they had ap-
preached contamination. That such a
merger should be made. he added, how
ever. wSs not surprising. as both the
United and the Riker companies are
backed by large tobacco interests, and
George ]. Whelan. who holds controlling
interest OF the Riker company, 10 the
leading factor in the United Cigar
Stores Company
The Washington times., 1915-09-23
Your Nerves TingIs
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Mind With Joy and Help to
Vitalize New Vim and Vigor
Into Your Body
30 CENT BOX FREE.

strong and vigorous. Kelloggs Sanitone
Waters invigorate and vitalize as does
nothing else. II you are nerve-racked,
weary and peevish. and your friends be.
The Washington times., 1915-09-23
Know Ten Commandments

CHICAGO. Sept. pa set Of ten
commandments" for automobilists is to
be prepared by Judge SABBATH and dis
tributed by bailiff to each defen6an
who appears in the speeders court
hereafter. The Judge decided on this
move after spending his first day in
court. In which he has Just been as
signed. Filming. he declares. is not
enough to remedy the speed craze.
The Washington times., 1915-09-23

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The Washington times., 1915-09-23

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The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1915-02-14
THIRTY-FOUR BILLION
DOLLARS To GERMANY
IN CASE ALLIES ARE DEFEATED
AFTER A YEARS WARFARE.
ESTIMATE OF REVUE.

Paris, Feb 10. Jean Fiuot i'm his
Rcvus, arrives at a grand total Of
Si40ooooo.0oo as the final bill the
allies would have to render 10 Ger
many, Austria and Turkey iu case the
latter We're defcat~d after a years
WarIarc
Taking Paul Leroy -Beauieus esti
mate Of ten billion dollars as the di-
rect outlay OF all the belliga rents for
-four months of ohstiities and assunl-
ing thar the war viii last a year Mon
sleur Finot arrives at a sum of over
fourteen billion dollars as the direct
expenditure of the allies alone.
To the sums already expended must
be added the value of property deyas.
tated by the invasion. This he con-
'siders cannot fall below the sum ex-
pended for the maintenance of the
armies, audn thus arrives at total
oi nearly thirty billion dollars
10 This should he added. he con
siders, the value of the lives lost IN
the conflict. Taking the French
tribunals valuation and surprising -
per cent of the fun strength of the
allied armies to be killed. he believes
This item would be over $f,o0o.ooO.000
He said, il the allies were yictod-
ous, they would probably find Aus
iria and Turkey incapable of con
tributng much toward the lquida.
ton and that Germany alone would
have to FOOT the bill He believed she
was fully capable OF doing so since
IN 1913 the German economists esti-
mated the fortune OF the empire at
twenty billion dollars. including land
values, buildings, securities and other
personal property and property Of the
state.
The Germans pay to the govern
ment only $l2 per head while the
French pay over $l9 and the equal.
zatiou Of the public charges would
therefore produce $l00.000,00o a year.
To this he said would be added $3.50
100000 as the result of a reduction Of
ornaments. From such sources might
be obtained the interest ON twenty
billion dollars and the rest Monsieur
Finot believed would be found in the
provisional exploitation Of state mo
nopoies.
The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1915-02-14

author and is played by a company
OF Belgians in French. 1t is Jean
Francois Fonsons Ia Kommanda-
tur.' The play aims to give, from
The Belgian viewpoint, an idea Of
life in Brussels under German occu-
patton. Jadet, the oldest employe Of
The war office, has been persuaded TO
remain at the post Of honor in order
to receive the enemy, although ne
would have preferred to have rejon-
ed his battery at she front
Siegfred Weller, who has worked
himself into Jadot's confidence before
the war and aspires to marry the Bel
gians pretty daughter Catherine, dc
nounces the old man as a spy to the
commanding general ladot is taken
with several hundred others to de-
tention quarters near the command
ers office.
Things look black for old Jador,
bat he is saved through the int6rven-
tiCn OF an invalid German Official
with a big and sympathetic heart.
This scene says one OF the Lon
don critics, IFS not only one of the
most realistic. but perhaps the most
moving seen in years on our stage"
The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1915-02-14
SYMPTOMS
Slight Symptoms Sometimes Prcsage
Serious Results.

Slight Symptoms Sometimes Prcaage
Serious Results.
DO you feel tired, have YOU a salIow
complexion. constipation, headache,
bad breath sleeplessness or circles
around your eyes? If so, you are I'M
doubtedly suffering from some liver
complaint
Perhaps You don't feel very badly
now, but delay is dangerous. To allow
your liver to continue out of order
is to invite serious chronic illness.
Whenever YOU have the slightest
symptoms OF liver trouble, stop it i'm
mediately. You can do it harmlessly
and mildly by taking LiV-Ver-Lax, the
natural vegetable compound that is
replacing calomel everywhere 1t has
all the effectiveness, not the effect of
calomel Insist on getting the origj-
nal LiV-Ver-Lax, bearing the likeness
and signature of J.. K. Grigsby, which
is guaranteed to give satisfaction or
money refunded For sale by r. G
Morris Drug Co and Public Drug Co
The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1915-02-14
NEW STYLE LIFE PREsERvER.

London, Feb 13.-The German sail
ors who were rescued from the sink
ing cruiser Buecher all wore new
style life preseryers with which tae
German navy has been equipped since
the beginning of the war.
The apparatus consists of a corr
belt and an infatable vest fastenc
about the shoulders The vest IS oil
rubber and is about "a inches long by
10 inches wide 1t can be blown up
by the wearer in a moment and Is 80
made that when in use the air feed
pipe comes opposite the mouth Gee
man sailors stated that any man who
lost tnis article was liable to q fine
o. So.
The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1915-02-14
GENERAL ELECTION
IS Due THIS YEAR
THE ONLY CONTROVERSY LIKELY
TO DISTURB ERA OF GOOD
FEELING NOW EXISTING.
Since the Present Government Came
into Power It Has Lost Seventeen
Seats, but Still Holds Rens.

london Feb l3.-The only contro-
Versy likely to disturb the era Of good
feeling now existing between the gov
eminent and The opposition will be
the question OF holding a general
election, which, under the paria-
mentary act OF 1911, is due this year
Under the former act government
which could hold its majority was
entitled to retain office for seven
years. but few survived that long and
~ lasting the five years now permit
ted by the new act the present gov
eminent has come near establishing
a record
Since the present government came
into power in 1910 it has lost seven
teen seats, giving the conservatives
an actual majority over the liberals,
but the coalition of the latter with
the labor party enables them to keep
the reins. With the beginning of the
war the two parties entered into an
agreement whereby any vacancy oc-
curing in the membership of the
house OF commons should be filled
by member of the same party ds
the retiring holder of the seat. Such
q proceeding for general election
would axe the proceeding a farcicdl
and costly formallty.
II is an open secret that the gov
eminent does not desire a general cleo
ton, not that any fear is expressed
1f Iafaat hint basaf., 50 J,a4 mot I,
lieye that anything in the nature Of
domestic controversy should be al
lowed to interfere with the all alb
sorbing task OF defeating the empire
foes Thus far the opposition has
showed patriotism equal to that Of
the governing party and it is not be
lieyed that the responsible leaders Of
the party will permit this reputation
TO be ieojardized by the rasher mem
Ders, who might put the possible
sweets of victory above everything
else
If a formal general election is held
with the present members or men Of
the same party returned unopposed.
10 is likely that it will only be done
under agreement with the opposition
that a real contested election shall
be held Immediately after the war is
over The most likely way out of
the dilemma VIII be provided in all
probability by a short act of parlia-
mcnt extending the life of the exist.
ing body until the war is over. There
is no British constitution besides the
The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1915-02-14

Jadots daughter has meanwh.,a
sent her fiance, Pierre to the army.
Then Segfricd comes as the bearer
OF news that Antwerp has fall N and
Pierre is dead Catherine kills sieg-
fried with knife because he has
seemed TO take pleasure in telling 1
the death of his rival
The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1915-02-14
THE FIRST SERIOUS PLAY
FOUNDED ON THE WAR

london, Feb. II. The first serious
play founded on the war has just been
produced here 1t is by a Belgian
The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1915-02-14
All the War News

The Sentinel-Record prints all the
war news up to $3.50 eacl morning,
two hours later than any other news.
paper reaching Hot Springs. When
you read it in this paper you are
reading the latest.