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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-06

chairman of the committee of arrange
ments. is assisted by a number of sub
committees. The affair is to be called
The Second Annual Trip to Cardland
i Later. a benefit at Polls will be given
! Ms. Charles Mathews was welcomed
into the club as a new member. The
members were delightfully."- entertained
J by the hostess.
WHEEL CLUB.
| The members of the Crittenton Wheel
| Club were the guests Thursday after
| noon of Mrs. Shipley Brashears. sr..
was followed by reading by the clubs
president. Mrs. NJ. W. Story. from THE
Story of Pioneer" A diversion and
the serving Of refFeshments followed,
whose birthdays come in February
Mrs. Wesler. Mrs. Wickham and Mrs.
Herfurth. will be joint hostesses Feb
ruary II at sos ! street.
W. c. T. L.
The January meeting of Emma S.
Shelton Union was held at the home of
Mrs. Norwood Pattie. 4124 eth street
northwest. the president. Mrs. Norman
Hill. presiding. Mrs. Criswell led de-
rendered BY Miss Lewis before befo the
business session. Mrs. Hitler, flower
mission superintendent. reported blan-
kets and stockings sent to Rruen
ship of Mrs. Higgins. assisted by Mrs.
Pattie. will hold it's meetings the sec
ond and fourth Mondays in the Pet
worth Methodist Church. Delegates to
the quarterly convention were elected,
as follows: Mrs. Lapelle. Mrs. Pattie,
Mrs. Hitler and Mrs. Hanson. Alter
and Mrs Buckingham. One sew mem
Der. Mrs. J. Lapelle. was eleeted to
membership. Mrs. Bradley, som
Northwest Union. gave some of her e>-
periences in temperance work ever
since the civil war. The hostess Serv-
ed refreshments.
PETWORTH WOMAN'S CLUB.
The Petworth Woman's Club will
meet tomorrow night at the Petworth
Methodist Church. The special feature
of the evening will be stunts" by the
art committee.
L. D. C.
Miss Nell Rose Baggett, president of
Winnie Davis Chapter. United Daugh-
tiers of the Confederacy. called a spe-
cial meeting Of the chapter Wednesday
afternoon at the Rochambeau.
Stonewall Jackson Chapter, United
Daughters of the Confederacy, will
meet tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock.
Robert E. Lee Chapter. United DauSh-
tiers of the Confederacy, has completed
arrangements for a dance to be given
later in the month at Confederate
Memorial Hall.
HAPPY HELPING HAND.
"A special meeting of the Happy Help
ing Hand Club was held recently at its
clubrooms. eos It'll street northwest.
Plans were made for a dance which
wi he beI in pear fnture The
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16

with deceptive appearing material and sunken into the ground like the accom- panying gun pit, is to be found the bomb proof in which the gun crew lives eats and sleeps. Sometimes these shel- tered earth caves are ten feet beneath the surface of the ground.
 Brush and shrubbery piled about ane over the guns are common expedients in a wooded country, and often ingen- ious devices are used to give the shields a natural appearance.
 When operating near towns that have been under shellfire boards, stones and other building debris are piled about the guns, so that it looks like pile of wreckage at a distance.
 The accommodating aeroplanes have adopted the habit of suspecting every thing except body of water, ana wherever a protuberance exists within the enemy lines upon location Of it by an air craft a hail of high explosive shell is apt to land immediately.
 In the protection, whenever an aero- plane is flying above a position, 1t has become the rule for the gun crews to take shelter at once. unless the forward line is engaged in either direct attack or defense. And when an artillery po- sition is once suspected of having been located by the enemy the gun is shift | ed under cover of darkness.
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The F'okker monOplane is almost a copy of the French Morane monoplane and is very similar to the little fast racing machines flown by the late Gus tav Hamel at various places in Eng land and by Messrs. Brock, Carr, Noel and other we'll known pilots at Hendon before the war It is also fitted with a German copy of the Gnome engine.
 A machine gun is fitted along the top of the engine cowl, and it fires straight through the propeller. Occasionally the machine gun is operated by a pas senger, but as often as not the pilot flies alone and aims the machine gun by steering the machine to suit.
 The favorite method of attack adopt ed by the Fokker pilots Is to let one of the allies machines pass them and then to attack from behind, flying straight at the tail of the enemy ma chine so as to get the pilot, passenger engine, tanks and everything else in line.
 The attack is made either from above or below according to how the height of the machines happens to be when the pursuer gets close to his victim. The pilot on a machine which is very quick on answering it's controls can escape by doing a sharp turn and com polling the Fokker to shoot past him. And of course if, in some machines, the passenger sits behind the pilot he may be able to bring his machine gun to bear on the pursuer just as soon as the pursuer gets within a range which is dangerous to the pursued machine. But where the pursued machine is big and heavy on it's controls the Folk ker always has the advantage in being able to fly quite close up underneath the tail of his victim, so that the gun ner on the bigger machine cannot fire at him without firing through his own tail and proba bly, blowing his own con- trols to pieces.
 However French and British manu- facturers do not allow their designers to remain idle, and there are already aeroplanes in existence in both coun- tries which will give even the best Ger man pilots on the fastest Fokker mono planes quite a nasty jar when they meet.
 But probably the Germans also will retailiate in due course with something better than they have now got, so it is up to British and French constructors to work their brains and for the em- ployees to work their hands at full pressure if the allies are to make a good showing in the air.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16
HEMP EATERS,

The drug hashish, or Indian hemp, for which Egyptians will pay such a high price, has given us our word "as- sassin." These desperadoes formed orig finally a secret society in Persia, in the eleventh century. members of which were under VOW of blind obedience to their chief. They were called upon to perpetrate the most atrocious deeds, and before these ruffians were sent out to perform their greWsome tasks they were given hashish, by which they were thrown into kind of ecstasy or intoxication. Hence they were called ''hashishin" mean the hemp eat CTS. The word became part of western language, but was changed into "assas- sins.'
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16
ss.- DAVID FRANKLIN HOUSTON

EW on men in pubic IIe. AnC - there may as we'll be tolc
 a little story about Davit Franklin Houston, who has come to bs one of the biggest men in President Wilson's cabinet. MT. Houston very very seldom, if ever, writes a persona letter to a friend. His best friene sometimes goes without hearing from him for ten years Yet when one meets him he is cordially welcomed and fur nished with the ever present black ci- gar which is one of pr. Houstons fail ings.
 He has the reputation of being a wide reader A good novel, it is said, is in tensely interesting to him. However his favorite reading of late is Gilbert Chesterton's essays One of his favor ite characters in history is Napoleon and stories go the rounds that Dr. Houston can discuss in detail every campaign and attack that the famous general ever made and that he has been caught time after time sticking pegs in maps to indicate the positions of the Austrians and French.
 In appearance pr. Houston Is very distinguished. His massive head calls for a seven and three -eighths hat. In weight he exceeds 200 pounds although in good physical condition. Perhaps the most striking thing in his attire pertains to his neckwear. The color of his ties is uniformly red. A friend who has known Dr. Houston intimately for twenty years says that upon no visit has he failed to see a red tie clinging to Houston's shirt front.
 Born In North Carolina.
 
 David Franklin Houston was born in North Carolina forty-nine years ago. AS a child he moved to South Carolina, where he obtained a public school edu- cation in every sense of the word. A stay on the farm was followed by fur ther public school education, finished by graduation from the University of South Carolina. He was then superin- tendent of schools at Spartanburg for several years. At the end of three years at Harvard he received the de- gree of M. A. and went to the Univer- sity of Texas as associate professor of economics in 1894. He advanced to the position of adjunct professor and full professor of economics. He was the first dean of the academic department as well as dean of the university in 1900, which position he retained for two years. He resigned in 1902 to accept the presidency of the Agricultural and Mechanical college. Three years later he returned to head the University of Texas, being inaugurated in the year 1905. Three years later he left Texas to become chancellor of Washington university, St. Louis.
 Dr. Houston married Miss Helen Beale of Austin in 1895, who was a daughter of the late Judge Turner, predecessor to Federal Judge T. S. Maxey. Mrs. Houston, by the way, was deemed the best loved woman who ever
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16
Photo by American Press
 

lin, where he constructed, weird and wonderful uncapsizable aeroplanes which certainly flew uncommonly well long before the scientists in other coun- tries had produced uncapsizable ma chimes, or stable" aeroplanes, as they are properly called.
 There was at one time some ques- ton of Fokker machines being import ed to England by one Of the services, but, despite their flying qualities, they were so. badly made that the officers who examined them were unwilling to take the risk of recommending them.
 The latest Fokker machines are, how
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16

presided over a professors home on the campus at the Agricultural and Me- chanical college. There are three chil- dren, Franklin, the eldest, being thir- teen.
 pr. Houston has had an unusually successful career as an administrative officer, Facts seem to prove that his progress has been one of steady ad- vancement. Besides the success in Texas colleges, it may be said that his renown is recognized in larger cities than in the places of his immediate as sociation. It is well known that -Dr. Houston was seriously considered at one time as successor to President Eliot of Harvard. Those who knew of the month or more of study which
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16

ever, built very strongly. They are, in fact, entirely under the control of the pilot, and it is this same controlla- bility, coupled with the fact that they are fitted with enormously powerful engines, which makes them as success full as they are.
 The power of the engines enables them to outclimb and outpace almost anything else in the air. while their extreme controllability makes it possi- ble for them to outmaneuver the ene- my's machines, which are, by req son of their stability. less quick in an- swering their controls.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16

the Italians were operating. Gun and gunners had unusual protection in this way from the opposing shell fire,
 Afeld, behind the battle lines, the ar tillery chain is concealed by various
 expedients designed to give as casual and natural an appearance of innocence as possible-especially from aloft.
 What might present the indsputable appearance from an aeroplane of a field of grain freshly moved, with the cuttings being stacked, is probably a
 line of guns, above each of which a shock of grain is coned on a skeleton frame. Beside it. carefully covered
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16

the board of trustees devoted to ehoe~- ing an executive to head Harvard state that pr. Houstons name was one con- sidered among the highest three out of fifty possibilities. There was no secret concerning President Eliot's desire to have Dr. Houston take up the reins of administration, for Harvard needed broad man that could attract western and southern patronage.
 As secretary of agriculture he has made an excellent record and has greatly improved this department of the government. He is generally rec ognized as one of the big men in the presidents official family and will con- tinue to do good work for this admin. istration.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16
zH1yzz HOSE who have seen a good

pmg@ HOSE who have seen a good deal of the fighting in the .-rA A. air lately assert that the
 A greater part of the damage done by German air craft is not being done by the big German battle aero nlanes, but by the Fokker monoplanes.
 The designer and builder of these machines, Mynheer F'okker, is a Dutch man, who has, however, lived for many years in Germany and quite nat urally is entirely German in his sym pathles.
 Ia learned to Fy several years ago at the Johannisthal aerodroEse, at Der
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16

rection of aim, is at once communicat- ed to each gun employed in the attack. As the guns, owing to their rearward position, are therefore secure from ground reconnaissance, the aeroplane has taken over the former duties of the cavalry and patrols, which were sup
 plemented by the magnification of field glasses. Today an aeroplane scars aloft, a mere speck in the blue, and the
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16
RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION FALLS
 

Last year, for the first time in more than half a century, new railway con- struction in the United States fell to less than 1000 miles. In 1914 the total of new mileage built was 1532 and in 1913 3,071.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16

terrain of the enemy's position unfolds like wonderful relief map beneath. Equipped with high power glasses each gun and ammunition supply station would be clearly discernible were they
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16

Photos by American Press Assocfat ton. Ss-French battery we'll concealed in
 She forests of the Argonne. D.
 Heavy Italian artillery, completely
 hidden, in operation against the Aus
 krians. 3.-Russian rapid firing gun
 invisible on account of the trees. 4.-
 Austrian siege gun which is elevated
 to high angle to shoot over the hills
 which conceal it. 5.-French quns
 well hidden. 6-BeIsian cannon cov-
 cred with bushes to conceal it. 7- Russian decoy gun, used to deceive
 enemy aviators. 8.-French qunners
 that escape the eye of the German
 aviators. s.-Heavy French gun cov-
 cred entirely by brush to escape at-
 tention of foes.
 p~ HE war has deve1oped hat
 N tie of wits between artillery
 men and @@saviators over the
 "A cencealment of the biz guns which are playing such an important part in the conflict, and the gunners have found 1t difficult to hide their cannon so that the high power glasses or the air men cannot find them.
 Along the long line of the western battle front, from Switzerland to the North sea, thousands of cannon are in use by the opposing armies, and most of them are in concealed positions The artillery almost invariably is to be found we'll in rear of the line of trenches, scattered in definite arrange nsent by units and groups. These artillery units are all connect ed with one central station through a ramif1cation of lesser points of concen- tration, and the fire of a given sector can be controlled and directed upon any desired point. A complex system of wire communication is established, usually with two or more lines in case of damage occurring to one of them. 1 Each battery has it's field telephones, and from the observation stations range and direction are given, with the ob- jective, and the result of fire, for cor i
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16

not concealed in some way from view.
 Many expedients have been utilized for this necessary concealment In mountainous regions emplacements for the guns are sometimes blasted from
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-12

he paused at the edge and bent down.
yet before found voice or determin-
alton to stop him. he had disappeared.
My courage returned. spurred by cur
iosity. Why should he take so round
about way TO reach the shore? What
was that black, shapeless thing he had
paused to examine? | could see some
thing there. dark and motionless,
though to my eyes no more than a
shadow.
| ventured toward 1t, creeping be-
hind the bushes bordering the path.
conscious OF an odd fear as drew
closer. Yet it was not until emerged
from the fringe OF shrubbery that even
the faintest conception of what the
object was saw occurred to me.
Then stopped, frozen by horror. for
! confronted a dead body.
For an instant l could not utter
sound or move muscle of my body.
My hands chung convulsively to u
nearby branch, thus supporting me
erect in spite of trembling limbs and
l stared at the gruesome object.
black and almost shapeless In the
moonlight. Only part of the trunk
was revealed. the lower portion con-
cealed by bushes, yet could no longer
doubt ii was mans body--a large,
heavily built man, his hat still crushed
on his head, but with face turned
away.
What courage overcame my horror
and urged me forward l cannot tell:
! seemed impelled by some power not
my own, vague fear of recognition
Juggling at my heart. crept nearer,
almost inch by inch, trembling at
every noise. dreading to discover the
truth, AT last ! could perceive the
CHASTITY features-the dead man was
Hugo Chevet
! neryed myself to the effort. and
turned the body sufficiently 10 enable
me to discover the wound--he had
been pierced by knife from behind:
had fallen, no doubt, without uttering
cry. dead ere he struck the ground.
Then 1t was murder, foul murder. a
blow in the back Why had the deed
been done? What, spirit of revenge.
of hatred. OF fear, could have led to
such an act? | got again TO my feet
staring about through the weird moon
light, every nerve throbbing. as I
thought to grip the fact and find its
cause. Slowly | drew back. shrinking
in growing terror from the corpse,
until was safely In the priests gar
den. There paused irresolute. my
dazed. benumbed brain beginning to
grasp the situation and assert itself.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-12
III Health Often
Caused by the Kidneys

OF all the Ills mankind suffers from,
nothing is more to be feared than
those caused by kidney poisoning, be-
cause such ailments usually come on
so stealthily that you are seldom aware
of their presence until they have actu-
ally spread dangerous diseases
throughout the body. There are, how
ever, certain signs by which you, can
tell whether your kidneys are properly
cleansing the blood
If YOU arise in the morning with
dull, aching pains In the back and
feel as If your nights rest had not re-
freshed you; If you are weak, de-
pressed, nervous or irritable: If your
head aches. spots appear before your
eyes; if your appetite is poor, your
complexion sallow; If you have indi-
gestion, biliousness, rheumatic pains
and have lost flesh rapidly, you may be
sure kidney poisons exist in your
blood. and You cannot possibly get
well until they are removed. Warmers
Safe Kidney and Liver Remedy has a
steady, beneficial action on the kid
neys that usually brings relief in
short time. 1t is recognized by many
physicians as one of the most depend
able medicines in the treatment of
kidney and liver diseases. 1t contains
no harmful ingredients. Try it. At
all druggists in soc and S1.O0 sizes.
Free sample If you write Warmers
Safe Remedies Co.. Rochester. N. Y
Adv
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-12
Mcudon in Wartime.

Meudon, the gay Meudon of trysts
and moonlight promenades, has been
transformed into military camp. The
station platform Is crowded with uni
formed soldiers of all branches; men
on furlough In their suits of faded
blue like dirty water, showing with
pride holes torn in their coats by rifle
balls, convalescents wearing the old
red pantaloons, used only by those be-
hind the fighting line, often with one
leg folded up; Zouaves, whose baggy
trousers, formerly blood-red, have now
changed to an earthly color; Belgians
in long brown coats, who never smile,
and British Tommies spick and span
as If they had just stepped from a
Sandbox.
The women, in passing, glance at
the war crosses and smile.--Mme Ber-
nardinl-Sjoestedt in Cartoons Maya.
zine.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-12
FLAT FEET AND PATRIOTISM
Many Americans for Service
in the Army.

Ii is not lack of patriotism that
makes Uncle Sans task of recruiting
a big army a difficult task. 1t Is Hat
feet and weak hearts. says the New
York Globe. Despite prosperity there
are thousands of young men who, I'M
der the stimulus of preparedness cam
paigns, have been and are offering
their services to the country, but few
are accepted.
The preparedness parade Is having
its effect. Thousands of inquiries have
come into the recruiting stations by
mail, telephone and by applicants In
person. II only flat-footedness and
weak hearts could be eliminated there
would he no difficulty in getting all the
men necessary. The Indebtedness Is
due in large respect to the careless
ness Of most men in selecting proper
shoes. The poor heart showing is due
in u large measure. the recruiting Off
GERS say, to the increased number of
cigarette smokers.
As an instance of the severity of the
physical examination. the report of
Capt. Frank +. Evans, recruiting Off
Ger for the marine corps. may be cited.
Captain Evans has six recruiting sta
tions--five In New York and one in
Newark. During the first eleven days
of May there were 149 applicants for
enlistment, and of this number there
was not single man who qualified.
The majority Of these men were re-
jected for poor hearts. Among the
others were many suffering from flat
f0otedness.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-12
In Many nstanees-Persons Have
Suffered Untold Agony for Years
Doctoring for Nervous Weak.
ness, Stomach, Liver or Kid.
ney Disease or Some Other
y. AiIment When Their Real
Trouble Was Lack OF
Iron In the Blood
How to Tell.

NEW YORK, N. YIN q recent dis
course DIR. E. Sauer, Specialist, Of this
city said: II you were to make an ac-
tual blood test on all people who are
Ill you would probably be greatly as
tonished at the exceedingly large num-
Der who lack iron and who are iii for
no other reason than the lack of iron.
The moment iron is supplied all their
multitude of dangerous symptoms dis
appear Without iron tho blood at once
loses the power to change food into liv-
Ing tissue and therefore nothing you
eat does you any good; you don't get
the strength out of 1t. Your food
merely passes through your system
like corn through mill with the
rollers so wide apart that the mill can't
grind. As a result of this continuous
blood and nerve starvation, people be-
come generally weakened, nervous and
all run down and frequently develop
all sorts of conditions. One is too
thin; another Is burdened with un-
healthy fat; some are so weak they
can hardly walk; some think they have
dyspepsia, kidney or liver trouble;
some can't sleep at night, others are
sleepy and tired all day: some fussy
and irritable; some skinny and blood
less. but all lack physical power and
endurance. In such cases, 1t is worse
than foolishness to take stimulating
medicines or narcotic drags. which only
whip up your tagging vital powers for
the moment, maybe at the expense of
your life later en-. No matter what
asyo nc tells you II YOU are not strong
and wei. you o'sc II TO yourself to