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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-09
THE OPEN FORUM.
In Which Readers of The Herald Express Their
Views on Current Topics.

poster. The writera eaicalatioc of q ,G
coonrms the correctness Of the eisht-
minute deduction
Thia method seems fair The paper 10
apparently without bias, ana a. its
purpose Was TO check up the figures OF
Representative Hchson. which were
more than ten times as hish "A the re.
suit here arrived at there was no incen-
tive 10 make the result too large More
over. the medical directors would not
be inclined to exaseers,e the influence
OF alcohol. for the SEVERAL object OF the
NE insurance COMPANIES 10 to secure
business and every rejection means q
loss Of business.
After reachtng his couc,usion which
showed an apparent mortality OF about
"a per cent. Of the total mortality Of the
United states At adult aees In tsoe Mr..
Pheips attempted to check II up by the
results Of Investigations abroad. On.
made In lSc BY the Harveian Society
Of iaooo deaths In the city Of London
showed q mortality Of u per cent. Aer.
Phelps gives reasons why the rate for
the United States should be about q
much lower than that for London At
that time as his figures show. An IN
vestieatton IN Switzerland In iom ndi-
Gated that foa per cent. Of the deathe
among adult males and 10 per cent. q
the deaths among adult females were aus
In whote or IN part to alcohol. TIE
ratio between male and female deaths
10 almost the sanss a. that arrived At
by Mr.. Phelps. and considerins the ar
ferent conditions. the Swiss figures are
conhrmstory.
another interesting confirmation cana
from DR.. Greasy I. Wilbur. Chief Stat.
fsttctan OF the Division Of Vital Ststfs.
tics Of the Census Bureau. who made an
independent estimate OF the percentages
for 1888 based on his long exerience.
which agreed fairly we'll for each. and
gave general result little higher than
the figures Of Mr.. Phelps. but 10 Close
a. TO show very remarkable CORES
pondehce. II 10 evident that in the
absence OF ofsciai figures any
estimate Of the mortality from
alcohol must be made up from
the candid opinions OF those who
are hest informed on the subject.
and who have the hest Judgment about
u. That has been done IN thia case.
The poster does not say that alcohol 10
the only cause. but u the statement that
drink ID one cause OF not less than
@.sC deaths every year In the United
States" 10 true. 10. as the writer says.
"a terrible indictment against the Amer
lean people" The subject il 90 im\pr.
tant that II seems proper to give the
public the best information available In
regard to IL.
II may not be possible to cay that
any one Of the four suninen killed Ro-
senthal at the Navigation OF Becker. for
they all shared In the crime. and all
were executed for Il. II ID not possible
to say just what share alcohol had In
each Of these deaths; but Il was one OF
the g,fnmen which caused them. and a.
such. II seems right to warn people In
regard to II 30 they can avoid IT,
WILLIAM II. BALDWIN
WashinEton, d. c.. May 8, 1918
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LINER N. Y. REPORTED SAFE.
Liverpool Denies Rumor Of Destruc-
tion of L. 8. ship.

Liverpool. Nav s.-The American liner
New York has not been torpedoed, as
rumored in New York today. She was
reported off Liverpool today and will
dock tomorrow. She probably passed
through the waters where the Lusitania
was sunk.
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Tips to P.llna. Pors.r..

Editor OF The Washington Herald:
I have just been reading in this morn.
ing's Herald the testimony Of Robert
T. Lincoln. former president Of ere
Pullman Company and the chairman of
the board OF directors. before the Fed
eral Commission on Industrial RolA-
lions. and we cannot understand FROM
what he says II II II the duty Of the
porters to shine the shoes of the pas
sengers without . tip" for II IL not
every traveller who wants to pay %
cents to have his shoes shined. We
would like to know ~ Mr.. Lincoln
tips the porter when he has his shoes
shined.
I wish to call attention to the fact
that the travelling public Is compelled
to Tip" the porters in self-defense. for
when they do not Tip" them they are
treated in an insulting manner. The
porters are impolite and do not give
respectful attention unless they are
tipped, and are not really satisfied with
a small tip" The general understand
ing Is that IL you do not give them as
much as q quarter. they treat you with
contempt and make you feel like you
are poor white trash" and have no
right to be travelling on q Pullman.
This Is all wrong and should be cor
rected. The company should be COM
PEELED to pay their porters living wages
and forbid them to receive tips" IL
will pay the company In the end, for
more people would use the Pullman
cars. A READER.
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Ready to Give the Best and Most
Complete Service to Owners of Auto
mobiles, Trucks and Electric Vehicles

And Washington has the and equipped south
Aoorsee and half Of floor absolutely 6proof building
lily designed and equipped handle class and that could be
d by the of automobiles eectrcs and trucks.
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Jett so instructed the man on the
horse with Ruddy, II that was his real
name. and he turned around in the
road. and about the hour of o'clock
p. m, on the afternoon Of April -,
1865. rode back toward CARROTS place
where Booth had been left the even
ing before. Jett went home with Jesse
Gouldman, put up at the Gouldman
House. and was that very night about
the hour of - o'clock m. dragged
out of the same bed with Gouldman and
taken away. So il will he seen that
Herold could not have been at the Gar
rett home at the time specified by Mr.
Thompson. or the Rev. DR. Garrett.
either. for that matter. Being twelve
miles away at o'clock p. m. on the
afternoon of April -. 1865 and on he
hind another man on the same horse
they could not have reached the Gar
rett home much. IL any. before dark.
How DO | know these facts about lett
meeting Gouldman in the road his send
Ing Herod back TO where Booth was his
! going on home with Jesse Gouldman. his
! being captured that night while in bed
! with GCuldmdn at the Gouldman House.
that Ru-gles did not go to Bowling Green
with lett and that neither Rusgles nor
Heroi6 was al the Gouldman House at
| the times indicated? I know these facts
simply from the fact that Jesse Could
! man. himself AZ his farm at Shell Field
near Wllklrscr's Landing. In Westmore-
/ land County. a. and N the presence OF
| Mrs Bell. my wife. and Julia Gouldman.
| his mother. Who kept the Gouldma n
! House. on April Is 1855. and either ASors
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tx dividend

The sheep population OF the world -
So ocoooo. or one-third that OF human
beings.
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Liverpool
furnished BY n. L Carpenter q Co.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-07-22
Eniertains Visitors.

Miss Katie Lou Cunningham charmingly entertained the visit ing girls of Carlisle with a 6:0O o'clock dinner one evening re. gently at the beautiful home of Mir. and Mrs. c. O. Moffett. The guest repaired to the dinning room where they found their places with a beautiful hand painted place card. The table was artistically decorated with field daises and ferns, and was lighted with a softly shaded chandelier, carrying out the color schemes.
 A delicious three course din ner was served after which the guest enjoyed several vocal se- lections, rendered by Miss Hnr- ley. Miss Cunningham was ably assisted in caring for her guest by her sister Mrs. c. o. Moffett.
 Those present were: Misses Winnie and Nell Elliott of Bryant, Nave Hurley of Little Rock, Lena Cunningham of Fordyce, Dora Mann of Searcy. and Katie Lou Cunningham.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-07-22

Another of those pleasant af- fairs, which are becoming so numerous because so enjoyable occurred at the home of Grandma Perkins in Carlisle Sunday July 18th. The reunion was in honor of the home coming of MT. G. I. Perkins and daughter Mrs. Van Alstine. The number present were forty-nine including child ren and grand children of Grand ma Perkins. At noon a bountiful dinner was served in the shade of the trees in the yard. It is enough to say that the table was loaded with delicacies, rich and rare, wich disappeared with sur. prising rapidity. After dinner was over the doxology was sung a few appropriate verses the Psalms was said and prayer offered by Rev. J. R. Sanders, and at an earley hour the guest departed all agreeing that it was good to be there.
 One present,
The Carlisle independent., 1915-07-22
Ten Dollar Bugs

The manufacturers of Ross Dead Quick" Spray will pay ten dollars apiece for bedbugs. ants, feas, mites, reaches and certain other insects it will not kill. This Spray also kills and frees the home of misquitos. It is so clean you may use 1t to spray beadspreads and other furnishings. Sold in Carlisle by c. S. Ayres.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-07-22
Receives 5000 Check

Douglas Brass as guardian of Lula Bootae a 13 year. old adopt ed daughter, received check for $10000 Monday from the Modern Woodmen of America in payment of an insurance policy in that order upon the life of the girls father who died recently at Boonville. MT. Boothe was a member of the Morilton lodge.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-07-22

The boy who saves becomes the banker, the Merchant, the professional man. The ooy who never saves cent makes the man who "earns his bread by the sweat of his brow;" who nev- CT owns a home or enjoys the luxuries of life.-Danville Demo crat.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-07-22

The money you save on your purchases is as good to you as any one. Why not trade at Hum- mels and save yourself a nice profit? You can do it,
The Carlisle independent., 1915-07-22
Jury List for August Term.

 convene on Monday, August 6tf The Calendar will not be a leavy as usual, very few cases ( being docketed an lnl's a great deal of work lone by the Grand Jury, th August ter m will be short. Tn following is the list of Grand an Petit Jurors for the term.
 GRAND JURORS c. G. Reed, Caroline. Alex Raborn, Jr.. Carlisle. John w. Flynn, Or. Creek. J. H. Glover, Eagle, H. B. Lively. Scott. Geo. Bardford, Furlow. H. B. Bowers, Gray. Emmett Howell, Goodrum. Willis Wilson, Gumwoods, J. W. Benery, Or. Creek. G. H. Leath. Indian Bayou. Sam Cobb. Lafayette. w. W. McCrary, Lonoke. V. A. Gates, Lonoke. Will Riggs. Oak Grove. Ellis Holt, Richwoods.
 ALTERNATIVES J. R. Mercy, Scott. w. J. Bogard. Cleverland. R. E. Cochran, Butler. J. R. Grant, Ward. A. l.. Alexander. Williams. W. G. Darlington, Goodrum.
 PETIT JURORS J. H. Jackson, Butler. Mark Blackwood, Caroline. L. s. Robertson, Carlisle. Geo. Zimmerman Carlisle. Arthur Hickey, Or, Creek. T. B Smith. Eagle.  w. s. Reid, Fletcher. Frank Smith, Gray, Tom Knight, Gray. E. w, Waddell, Goodrum. w. NJ. Norman, Gumwoods. J. Benson, Hamilton. Dave Wright, Isbell. Jim Lemons, Indian Bayou. w. J. Bryant, Lafayette. Dave H. Sullivan, Lonoke. l.. J. Falls, LonOke. Bob McCollum, Oak Grove. w. J. Corpier, Prairie. w. F. Robinson, Richwoods. D. E. Housley. Scott. M. l.. White, Totten. Walter Johnson, Lonoke. A. L. Bowers, Walls. 
 ALTERNATIVES J. l.. Goforth, York. R. J. Hogan. Magness. Will Boyd, Pettus. s. W. Eason, Pulaski. Liley Priest, Ward. Geo. H. Sellars. Williams.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-07-22
See Hummel for dry goods the best and cheapest in town and at less price.

: Otto Sax" Rensch left this
 week for Udora, Ark, where he goes to accept a position.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-07-22
FOR SALE

Sprayed Alberta peachen and grapes. w. A. Smith , miles Southeast of Carlisle, phone 11O REQ. 2t
The Carlisle independent., 1915-07-22

Everything you want for the table at Tunnels, at prices that are less than others.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-07-22

FOR SALE:- Rice Thresher, write or call on
 w. P. Fletcher & Son, 2t Lonoke, Ark.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-07-22

have . few shirtwaist left; prices from $1.OO to $2.50. Will close them out at 35 cents., Call at Tunnels and see them.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-07-22

Read the Independent ads.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-07-22
Union Services.

Last Sunday evening a large and attentive audience assembl ed at the tent in the Union Ser vice which will be continued thoughout the summer. It was a great meeting in all that goes to make up great service. The at tendance was large. even larger than the week ago, and the sing ing lnspirational, the message earnest and true. The lack of sufficient number of song books has been felt by all, however, this will not bother again, for an order has been placed for 100 books which we expect to have by next Sunday evening. All who will assist with the music are requested to come to the platform without luther invita- tation. The singers will meet for practice Friday evening at 8 o'clock at the Christian church. Next Sunday night you are urR- ed to be present and bring some one with you. May this next service be grater than the pre- ceding ones has been.
 Sunday July 25th is the day for preaching services. Bible school meets at 1000 a. m., It is our earnest desire that every member and all who will enlist with us be present. Special ser vice of the communion and ser mon at HOO a. m.-Subject, What must be believed to be saved" The Christian Endeavor meeting at FOO D. m. All mem bers, friends and the public in general are cordially invited to attend all these services.
 s. w. Brown. Pastor.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-07-22

White shoes and shirt sale al Buechley's Saturday, 24th.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-04-16

10. You get this
unequalled service in
uninterrupted mileage
not adjustment.
Before buying some
other tire at a lower
price analyze the basis
OF adjustment offered
by the other maker
see what you really
do get for less money.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-04-16
Special commioner. on Drains.

Corunna, April 15.-Judge Bush
of the probate court has appointed
commissioners TO determine the nee
essity of two drains petitloned for in
the county.
The first is the Cox drain in An
trim township. 1t was petitioned for
by Fl. l.. Baird and others. Mrs. j.
Q. A. Cook and Joseph X. Linginger,
refused, however, to sign rights of
way for the drain, through their
property and the matter went into
court. The commissioners named to
determine whether or not the drain
is needed are E. A. MacLacklin, Alva
Hutchins and l.. Leetch.
The other drain is the Thompson
drain No. 2. 1t was asked for by S.
H. Thompson and others. The ditch
would go through property owned by
Frances and Martha Day, minors,
and under the law, it Is necessary
for the matter to go through the pro-
bate court.
The commissioners named in this
case are l.. II. Clark, E. d. Colby and
Charles Taphouse.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-04-16
Death Of Mrs. A. n. Douds.

Mrs Amelia H. Douds aged 70 years,
died Saturday evening 8 o'clock AT
her home in Rush township, following
an illness of only four days. Mr.. Douds
passed away Easter morning after few
no urs illness and the day following the
funeral Mrs. Douds was taken i'll with
tonsilitis, which later developed into
heart and kidney trouble.
Amelia Housed was born near Canton,
Ohio, in 1885 and was married to An.
drew Douds when they came to
Rush in 1879. They have resided there
since They were both members of the
First Methodist Episcopal church of
this city. Their only child is Mrs l..
c. Bailey, who with her husband came
here last October from Denver, Colo.
RADIO, to take care of her parents and
who have been erecting fine new home
in order to be near her parents.
The funeral was held Tuesday after
noon at 2 o'clock from the home, Rev.
Hartley Cans6eld officiating. Mrs,
Douds was woman of beautiful Chris
tian character and her daily life was
consistent and full of kindly deeds.
She was held in the highest esteem in
the community where she had lived for
years, and will be greatly missed by
those who were privileged to be among
her friends
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-04-16
New Haven.

The Q w b NJ met with Rev and Mrs
G M Mckay, Friday afternoon
Missionary Society of the Wesleyan
Methodist church met with Mr. and Mrs
Albert Conklin, Thursday. Mrs Ethel
Ovenshire who has been mission airy
to Africa, was present and gave some
very interesting remarks, on women's
life in that Countrywide defeated
side in the recent contest in the Church
of Christ Sunday school will give a
banquet to the winners at the home of
M A Augustine. Friday evening
The third number of the lecture course
was given at the Church of Christ,
Monday evening f X Mohr of New
Buffalo gave very interesting address
The subject being "Ruts"-Rev G NJ
Mckay. Mesdames Aida Splitter. Mar.
ion Little, Misses Mertie Augustine and
Lila Donahue attended the Church of
Christ convention in Saginaw last week.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-04-16
Drops Dead on Street.

Mrs. Mary Fl. Potter. aged fifty
nine years and a resident of Oakley
dropped dead on the streets in this
city at noon Thursday. Heart dis.
ease with which she was afflicted for
the past twenty years, caused death.
Mrs. Potter in company with her hus-
band came to this city on the morn.
ing train Thursday to do some shop
ping and it was while going from one
store to another on West Exchange
street when death occurred.
Mrs. Potter was born in the state
of New York and after her marriage
to James M. Linzey, who died elev.
en- years ago, she lived in New Hav-
en- township. In 1909 she was mar
ried to Adelbert Potter. Besides her
husband and one son, John Alton
Lindzey of Oakley deceased is sur
vived by three brothers, William,
Charles and Benjamin Greenfield, all
of whom reside in Nebraska.
The funeral will be held from the
home in Oakley Sunday afternoon at
100 o'clock and from the Oakley
Methodist church at 1870 o'clock.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-04-16
County Farm Bureau Work.

From an announcement made by
Chss. B. Cook, county agent for Allegsn
county, we take the following extract
showing something as to the work out
lined for the summer:
1.-The plans for farm bureau work for
the coming summer are being formed
at the present time. 1t is intended to
establish number of community CEN
tiers in the county in such manner as
shall place the bureau at the disposal of
the county to the lest advantage 1t
seems best to arrange for an Office day
in Allegan, Saturday, at the court house
from a. m. until $50 p. m. The rest
of the time will be distributed over the
county as seems best. completing tour
of the county in from four to six weeks
as circumstances permit. To meet the
conditions of the county effectively it is
planned to get together in groups in as
accessible points as possible From the
centers the agent will reach as many
individual farms as time will permit.
In this work we must depend quite
largely on the local man to make ar.
rangements and see that his part of the
county gets its share of the farm bureau
work and to make arrangements for
meetings also.
The progress of the work of these
centers will be reported in the county
press as it develops. AS the farmers
attitude to 4 large extent will deter.
mine the amount of work done in each
community, special feature will be
made of demonstration plots.
Any one having good lesson in this
line for the community at large is re-
quested to report the same, and when
possible field meetings will be- held at
such places to give the community the
benefit. Automobile tours will be ar.
ranged for any specific enterprise as
dairying, fruits or alfalfa when oc.
casion arises We offer no excuse for
this programme. Those who regard
farming in any of Its lines as great
business and vocation hard to COM
mand, will find time to get into the
game.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-04-16
Ialngsburg

A silver medal contest under the
auspices of the w. G. L. U. was held
at the Baptist church Friday evening.
The contestants were Sylvia Brendahl,
Bessie Brendahl, Marian Holden, Esther
Case, Loren Bennett. and Orla Clark.
the former of whom received the medal
Rev w T Hinzmann was an Owosso
visitor Monday-Mrs J w Pierce and
little daughter returned to their home
at Fowler, Monday, after spending a
few days at the home of the formers
parents, Mr. and Mrs Geo Galligsn-
Mrs J Harvey of Lansing, is the guest
of her brother J D Haskins and other
relatives-Mrs J r Warren and child
rem were in Lansing, Saturday.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-04-16
Riverside Formers Club.

nix April meeting of the River
zSsa Farmers club was held at the
ysaMJxut home of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
1luszheId.
aEEsx a social hour, John Schaffer
srxAes5 Che meeting to order in the
sa9ss2xrs of our president, Elmer
nsSsrk. The roll call found nearly
asrmy member present as we'll as a
sssn&iay number of invited guests.
Nv and Mrs. Sherman were voted
rnszRassrs of the club. Then our hos
sasss announced dinner, a feature
5say 10 be remembered. The only
aGgIE Fool about it we could not stay
TX Skipper.
,AEter the dinner was over, meet
tngg nss again called to order and
gsxS general program was taken up.
FIRST on the program was a Crap
hc1yaUne solo.
Prison Extension Work and Pris-
sIag Reform" was a topic assigned
~ = Miner. Mr.. Miner gave us a
weSx good illustration of prison re-
Gssor- He said so many times the
qE2s-s' criminal ought to be dealt with
sHseTe2eulIy The crime committed
aaaiE & great many times due to
iE4rr environment.
i&r2 y K. Sutton gave us a hum
asxs1x recitation which every one en-
&yK She responded to an encore.
%Sed Groves topic ".The Farmer
Iss a Plant Breeder" gave us some
Wnsy gOvd thoughts along that line.
liIteH the matter Of county expert
ssgA5 brought up with a very lively
iosSussion. Bert Cook being present
eSsS called on, he said he thought if
q Was good for other counties it
ETwld be good for Shiawassee. He
IzrzT% ne thought they would be a
.ssruat benefit to the farmers provid-
swg we got the right kind of a man.
"a good many passed their opinion.
ss3SSEe thought they would like to see
tzr ytIed out and some didn't know.
Mrs. Sutton very kindly recited
iaxVzher comic selection. We were
;9tE9 dismissed with a graphaphone
d ana.
'EgIe next meeting will be held at
aEs. home of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
'sGSch in Owosso for an afternoon
g1rSssti1g in May. Reporter.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-04-16
Death of Mrs. j. M. Shaft.

Shaftsburg, April 13.-Mrs. John M
Shaft, aged rs, died Sunday morning o,
complication of diseases in the farm
house where she resided for 81 years
Besides her aged husband, she is sur
vived by six children, Mrs. Frank
Lockwood, Williamson; Mrs. B. A
Holcom, Kalamazoo; Raymond Shaft
Lansing; Mrs. E. o. Goodrich, Cass
James and Peter Shaft, of Shaftsburg
Private funeral services were con
Quoted at 2 p. m. Tuesday, from the
late home.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-04-16

House Of TSor-and cr;:- es" in Dark.
mesa ever Roberts.

Terrc Haute laI., Arril 15.-For
the first tine within fifteen months
Democratic headquarters, commonly
known in Tcrre Eaute as The House
CT a Thousand Crimes" is dark and
deserted. Every ni:rt before saw
the entire frcr. Cf tie house brilliant.
~ Illuminated by rows CT large elec.
trio lights, throwing a ruddy glow OF
enlarged photographs CT Donn N.
Roberts, which are posted prominent.
ly in the large windows.
Nov THE House Of a Thousand
Crimes" is in mourning. Not a light
can be seen. The house is the prop.
erty of Crawford Fairbanks, million.
aire brewer, who was mentioned
prominently in the testimony during
the trial in the United States court.
SenteI Named for Bench.
Champaign. H., April 15.-After ITO
ballots George A. Sentel of Sullivan,
Moultrie county, was nominated as
the third candidate for circuit Judge
by the Republican convention of the
sixth judicial district.