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The Washington herald., 1916-07-12
NEW YORK
DAY BY DAY
By o. o. MCINTYRE

SPECIAL Correspondent q rhs vsshlnrnp Hsr.lS
NeN York, July n-Another Park Ro,
city editor has succumbed TO the lure a
the cinema. Robert Emmett MacAlarnes
has quit city editing the Tribune 70 be
come scenario chief Tor Jesse L Lasks
He is quitting the Newspaper field II
cause the movie IL a game that appeal
to him-and incidentally Il 10 said he vii
receive the highest salary ever paid {
scenario editor.
The movie game is fast sobbliing u
the reportorisl and editorial stars o
newspaperdom. Most scenario editors re
eeiVe contracts. and that is much Q
their liking. We once served under Nj
AacAlsrney on a New York newspsp per
He represents the new.type Of city edito
In contrast 70 the old type familiar q
readers Of Newspaper stories-the kin.
that tear their hair and COW buddinl
young clubs In our several years as
sociauon with him, we had the unusuz
experience OF not once hearing him cal
member Of the star down openly.
He did Il behind closed doors. ana
was always Just as effective and elm,
mated the humiliating sting Of enabarrsss
ment. In quitting the Newspaper gs-ne
Mr.. AacAlarney was forced 20 resign a
president Of the New York City News AS
sociation. He continues, however. as as
sociate in Journalism al the Puut1s
School at Columbia.
There Is still some prejudice II uouN
appear, against the strolling player. al
though most people thought Il was ex
tlnct. In the Evening Telegram the land
lady OF boarding house sdvertises fol
Lady or Actress"
The strike OF the Fifth avenue bu
drivers made life q hard struggle 10!
dwellers on Riverside Drive last week
Unless one owns a car. one must wall
to ones nearest elevated, subway, q
surface car. and sometimes It ts a lonI
hike Jean Knott the car1oonist, has
just come over from St Louis and rente,
an apartment on the Drive for the sum
mer.
he was induced 70 rent II largely be
cause the former inhabitsnt left a ven
handsome poker table. He was TO re
port TO his once next morning at {
clock The bus strike started the nigh
before and after waiting two hours ht
walked to his Office and arrived ther,
at the bewitching hour Of L.
Did your boss believe your story 8
friend asked
oh certainly" he replied with a ting,
OF sarcasm. Il had just as much cha nee
Of convicing him as the chance a motor.
lists word has against a policeman"
The Bearded Lady al Coney Islsne
came from q small town In Ohio She
is very sad now, for one Of her besf
friends has listened 20 the call TO srmi
and has Joined his colors on the border
He is the Tattoed Man and Joined a New
York regiment They have been friendI
for many years. travelling about the coun,
try together with circuses. The Bearded
Lady is much older and II sort OF g
mother to the Human Art Gallery. He
is married to the Circsssisn Beauty born
near the Black Sea.
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A Lean Larder,

Germany's establishment of = food Dictator
ship to control prices and also to determine the
amount as regards certain staples which any one
can buy has been helpful in curbing speculation
stores more efficient. There is no artificial means
however, tor replenishng lean larder. If the
tortheomlng harvest in the central empires. is
it will not be solved so long as the gates to the
outer world are shut and locked by allied steel
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ACE-PROOF.

What need, tho years shall pass away,
For any soul to yield to age,
When coming with each brand-new day
Lies story shows brand-new page,
With brand-new things upon it writ,
Revealing brand-new veins Of truth
To stir the mind and edge the wit,
And fill the heart with zest OF youth5
Copyright Igl6)
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Still Moblizinx.

!, Strategy consists in getting there FIRST with
me most men,, is quotation famous in military
circles: kapdity Of mobilization is one test Of
process of rushing troops to the border must
make gay readings in London, Paris Berlin,
Petrograd and Tokio-Waterbury Democrat
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The Jersey sharks, it seemed, showed a strong
tendency to climb boardwalks Of various coast
resorts about the time the Deutschland appeared.
Were they British admiralty sharks, does one
suppose?
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Germany having conquered the submarine
depths, now plans to inaugurate aerial trans
port service, but the Kaiser still refuses to play
on the level, as it were
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The German-American element has hurled a
challenge at Col. Roosevelt 1t looks like a
hard summer on the adjectives.
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The attitude Of the Commissioners toward in
fantie paralysis has not yet reached the stage OF
armed intervention but they have written a note.
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If the Russians keep on capturing prisoners
in lots OF tens Of thousands, there won't be many
persons lett in Austria to starve from the allies
blockade.
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WEDNESDAY. JULY II. 1915.
A Line o Cheer Each Day o the Year.
By JOHN KENDRIcK BANGS.

First printing Of original poem, written daily
for The Washington Herald.
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Folk seem to imagine the Deutschland put
one over on the British feet waiting for her of
the Capes but the facts disclose that she put
one under, as the saying goes.
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A bother who has sued another bother, filed
samples of his pop in the court archives Why
not encourage the jury by uncorking some OF
the evidence?
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Now that Baltimore has got the Deutschland
some people over there are beginning to believe
the story that the Monumental City will get
Washington's baseball franchise.
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Forty Massachusetts, troopers were poisoned
with bad salmon at El Paso To arms, to arms,
the Mex is at our canneresl
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Even though Maj Pullman should catch that
murderer there is little likelihood OF President
Wilson commissioning him to get Villa
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Be cheerful There's no ice famine yet.
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AFTER DINNER POLITICS
By DR. E. j. EDWARDS.
Author of New News of Yesterday Etc.
SOME POLITICAL INCONSISTENCIES
by the MccIur News aper
By DR.. E. J. EDWARDS.
Author Of New News of Yesterday"

Copyright 1916 by the Mcclure Newspaper syndicate
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There is still some prejudice, Il vouN
appear, against the strolling player. al
though most people thought Il was ex
tinct. In the Evening Telegram the land
LADY OF boarding house sdvertises 70
Lady or Actress"
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-02

cording to directions, can be applied
with spray pump or sprinkling can.
or else rubbed on every part OF the
hog by means OF n brush or n swab
OF cotton waste. Care should be taken
not to apply the dip stronger than
directed.
Another method OF controlling lice
is to tie gunny sacks or similar coarse
cloths around post and saturate the
sacks frequently with crude oil. The
sacks should be tied at a proper height
SO that the hogs may rub against
them.
Change Pastures Frequently.
Swine can be raised when they are
confined in limited quarters II the
quarters are kept clean. but they will
do much better and stay in better
health II they have plenty of pasture.
Divide the pasture into convenient
areas. so that the hogs can be shifted
from one pasture to another. This not
only provides fresh pasture, but af-
fords an opportunity to disinfect the
pastures by plowing and reseeding or
exposing to the sun and weather.
intestinal worms, which are rather
common in swine. are contracted from
feed, water. and ground which have
been contaminated by the droppings
from infected hogs. Frequent change
of pasture Is one OF the best means of
reducing worm infestation to a mini
mum. Hogs, however, should not be
allowed to run at large on open range.
as this favors the spread OF hog
cholera.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-02

the bedroom down TO the beach. snd
It seemed certain that the murderer
had carried or dragged the body of his
victim there. and thrown It into the
water. In those days men were hanged
for stealing spoons. and the only thing
to do was to hang John Thomas, even
II his victim could not be found.
II happened that a new executioner
had just been inaugnrated In that dis
trict. and John was his first patient.
He probably was overcome by stage
fright, for he bungled the Job. He
gave John too much rope. so that his
toes rested on the ground, and when
he was cut down 1t was found that he
still lived Friends and sympathizers
smuggled the body away and revived
him. Kept in close concealment. he
soon recovered from the shock, and
was as good man as ever.
Then, under an assumed name, he
went down to Portsmouth, where he
secured Job on a warship that was
about to sail for the West Indies.
There he remained for three years.
and distinguished himself for dill
gence, valor and sundry other admi-
rable qualities. 30 that he was promot-
ed to the position of masters mate,
and was generally liked and respected
aboard ship as well as on land.
At the end of the three years he re-
turned home and drew his pay. Then,
after visiting his aeSd mother. and
leaving her little roll of real money.
he at once embarked upon another
ship that was about to sail for foreign
parts. AS he lounged about the deck,
waiting for the vessel to get a move on
her. he saw an old mariner whose face
was strangely familiar. He knew he
had seen that ancient, wind-bitten
countenance somewhere. but where7
He puzzled over 1t a long time, and
suddenly illumination came. Laying
an agitated hand on the ancient mar.
iner's shoulder. he cried:
Didn't you sleep at the Boar's Head
inn at Deal on the night before Christ.
mas. four years ago?"
"Ay, marry" quoth the ancient mari
ner "Shiver my timbers and bust my
binnacle toplights, or words to that
effect. il ever forget that night"
The ancient mariner was glad to tell
his story. He had been trying to tell
1t for years, and nobody would listen
to him, and here was young man who
really seemed impatient to hear the
facts.
Before going to the inn that evening.
the boatswain had been to a surgeon,
who extracted quantity of blood from
him. He was weak and sick when he
went to bed, and fell into a troubled
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-02
. THE BLOOD OF THE soATswAlN
~syr.eMp
0@nenraA 1~<-nHHgl

The story of John Thomas has been
favorite In the forecastles OF British
ships for hundred and fifty years, so
It naturally has developed numerous
versions, and no man can say which
is the correct one. A few facts touch
ing the strange adventures of John are
of official record, showing that the
story has a foundation OF truth; but
most Of the details are tradition. One
weak point Is common to all the YER
sions. The hero OF the story was
hanged for numbering the boatswain,
although the body of the boatswain
was not found. which is in conflict with
British law; yet this weak point is the
one part of the story that has the
strongest backing of official record.
It was the day before Christmas, in
one Of the latter years OF the eight
eenth century, when John Thomas, a
sailmaker, set forth to visit his moth
er. who lived near Deal. Reaching
that town in the evening, he was too
tired to finish his journey that night.
so he put up at an inn presided over
by businesslike landlady, who in
formed him that the house was crowd
ed by reason of the Yuletide festivi-
ties, and he couldn't be accommodated
unless he was willing to share room
and bed with her uncle, who was the
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-02
SELF-FEEDERS GOOD
FOR ALL LIVE STOCK
Interesting Test Being Made With
Dairy Cow at California
University Farm.

II the self+feeder for pigs. because It
lets them follow naturally bodily de-
mands of eating Just what food their
system required. is such a great sue
cess. the self-feeder might prove equal
ly good for other kinds OF stock also.
At the California university farm, Just
as feeler, not as an experiment that
would certainly prove anything, dairy
COW has been fed since iactation with
selffeeder. In one place is alfalfa
hay which she can get to at all times.
another dried beet pulp mixed with
rolled barley, which II is figured will
give with alfalfa hay an approximately
balanced ration. One trouble has been
that she has been too interested In the
barley to take enough interest in the
other feeds, and that is expensive, but
by increasing the proportion OF beet
pulp she has been made to rhow better
judgment
The test may prove nothing for prac-
tical purposes on account of expe uso
OF grain and concentrates. However.
one noticeable fact is that her bodily
weight remains without any change.
indicating that the system is physical
success. also the effect on milk flow 10
excellent
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DISPOSE OF PESTS
THAT EAT UP PROFIT
Everyone With Sound Sense
Knows That 1t Doesn't Pay
to Feed Ticks and Lice.

tBy D. A. SPENCER. Department of
Animal Husbandry. Oklahoma A. q Al
College. Stillwater)
Does 1t pay to dip sheep? This
question is asked during the spring by
many beginners In sheep husbandry.
Perhaps an answer may be suggested
by the following question. Does it pay
to feed ticks and lice? Everyone with
sound sense knows that 1t does not.
II the flock owner is anxious to rea-
lize all possible profit from his flock he
should attempt to dispose OF pests that
eat up the profit.
The flock may appear to have no
ticks, but few stray ones may be
lurking here and there. ready to bring
forth an army OF ticks II conditions re-
main favorable. This is often the case
and the final result Is usually about as
bad as II you could see ticks when the
sheep are sheared.
If the ticks are thick 1t may be wise
to dip as soon as the sheep are shorn.
Otherwise wait three or four weeks
after shearing 30 that there may be
sufficient growth OF fleece to hold
some of the dip. Dip again in about
ten days in order to kill the young
ticks that may have been in the egg
stage at the time of the first dipping.
Any OF the coal tar dips. such as kreso,
Zenoleum, etc, used according to d.
rections, will give very satisfactory re-
suits
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Orders Reversed.

The English soldier on furlough from
the front was pressed for reminis-
cences of France.
We'll. sir. the biggest shock l got
over there was going to the firing line
first time. Who should l see but
Rooney-d'ye mind old dot-an-carry-
one, who used to be on this beat?
There he was. as large as life, In the
military police. Jim. me lad. sez ha
I've pinched you few times at home
for scrapping. but, Lord save US, I'll
have to shoot you her, If you don't
scrap, so keep up you -aputationI
It's rummy world"
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sleep, which accounted for his thrash
ing around SO much. lie mad a faint
recollection Of a stranger climbing
into bed with him, and also vaguely
remembered the departure of the
stranger during the night. Then he
awoke to find that the wound made
by the surgeon had broken open, and
he was bleeding profusely. Fearing
that he would bleed to death, he has
tily donned his clothes, and set forth
from the inn. hoping to fird the sur
geon, but no sooner had he set foot
in the street than he was seized by a
press gang and carried away to the
beach, where a man-of-war's boat was
waiting. In this he was conveyed to
the ship. and sailed away to the East
Indies. where he had been ever since,
little dreaming that his abrupt depart
ure had imperiled human life.
Here the chronicle ends. The sail
maker and the boatswai1 step out of
history as abruptly as they stepped in.
and even the fate of the buxom land.
lady is shrouded in mystery.
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boatswain of large ship Just arrived
from India
John agreed to this arrangement
away good supper and quaffing few
fiagons of brown October ale, he was
shown to the room. where he found
tie elderly boatswain already in bed
The sailmaker disrobed. blew out the
candle. and climbed into the downy
couch. He found the boatswain a
wretched bedfellow. The old man
groaned and ground his teeth as
though troubled with an ingrcwing
conscience. and the way he kicked
with his feet and clawed with his
hands was sin and a shame
After standing it for a while, the
sailmaker concluded to take a walk,
thinking that the old man might be
quieted down by the time he returned.
1t was late at night, and the inmates
of the tavern were in bed, SO John tip
toed quietly to the back door. only to
find that he couldn't open 1t with his
fingers. He remembered that he had
seen tho boatswain's knife on the win
dow ledge in the room, 80 he stole
back and secured 1t. With this he was
able to lift the latch of the door. He
stepped forth into the cool. refreshing
night and enjoyed good walk.
Returning quietly to his room. he
found to his astonishment that the
boatswain was not there. But the bed
clothing was stained with his blood,
and there was blood on the floor, on
the door. almost everywhere. He was
scared stiff. and followed his first i'm
pulse, which was to fly. Securing his
bundle, he left the inn. and walked to
his r.othor'a bone.
There he was arrested the day after
Christmas. The boatswain's knife was
in his pocket, and his story sounded
improbable. Save for the absence Of
the victiE.'s body. there never was a
stronger case of circumstantial evil
dence against man. It was so strong
i. that John was promptly tried and con-
victed CT murder. 1t was shown that
the bloodstains had been traced from
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-02
BRITAIN'S HEAD NURSE

Before the war the staff of mill
tary nurses III Great Britain numbered
298. Today tr, number of those under
the control Oh the war office-every
one OF whom possesses a certificate
Of training of at least three years
numbers 6.395. And. taking into ac-
count those supplied by the Red Cross
and the auxiliary agencies. 80 900 wom-
en- today are devoting their lives and
energies to the care of the soldiers of
Great Britain.
Miss e. II. Pecher, r. R. c., whose
official title is that of matron In chief.
is responsible for the army OF nearly
1000 military nurses. From her room
in the war office she controls the en-
tire organization and supplies the calls
for nurses that come to her from the
varied regions where British forces
are operating. But one sees no signs
of nervous haste or fuss;ness about
her. Apart from her gray uniform
with its scarlet braid and row Of
service decorations she is the type o
mixht he the head of "a vast induatrfa
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-02
in >TnLl[Ir1ELIdn1
C. R. CRANE AND HIS MONEY

Charles r. Crane of Chicago is
one Of the oldest millionaires America
owns He finds more funny ways of
spending his money than anyone else
can think of. A young man with am
billions TO be poet once went to
Crane with sad story of how he was
obliged to devote himself to mere COM
mercial pursuits. when II he only had
an assured income he would write a
really great poem and hand it down
to posterity. Crane was telling q
friend about the incident
And did you stake himY" the
friend inquired.
Certainly" replied Crane; "he
didn't want much-only $50 or $50 a
month and l was afraid to turn him
down for fear he really might have a
saod poem IN him"
ace Mr.. Crane was travelling In
Russia md happened to stay over
night in a town where there was being
built an elaborate monument to some
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-02
HE FLIES FOR FRANCE

According to recent advices from
Paris. Sergt. Elliot C. Cowdin OF New
York has been transferred from the
reserves to the battleplane squadron
at Verdun. When he received his
orders he exclaimed:
Thank heaven! am going
where there's something doing What's
the use OF being a French army avia.
tor If you cant be in the biggest scrap
the war has produced?"
Cowdin is wei. k-Own in New
York society. A graduate of Harvard,
he is polo player and an all around
sportsman. He has distinguished him.
self in tho French army flying corps.
having won promotion and the war
cross. When Cowdin. Second Lieu.
tenant William Thaw and Sergt.
Norman Prince returned to New York
on leave to spend last Christmas,
German sympathizers told Secretary
OF State Lansing he would violate
American neutrality IL he did not hold
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-02
BUYS FOR UNCLE SAM

By an act of congress a commit
tee was established in 1910 to prepare
specifications, receive the proposals
of bidders and to award contracts for
government supplies. This committee
is known as the general supply com
mittee and consists of representatives
from the executive departments and
federal CONN issions. DR.. o. III. Briggs
was made superintendent of the COM
mittee. His duties are detailed and
manifold. He was formerly superin-
tendent of supplies at the post office
& rtmcnt.
BY means of the committee a
wider range OF business is done than
is handled by any other corporation
in any country In the world. One of
the first rules is efficiency, and eff
cheney in their particular line means
economy. Economy for tho United
States government means close buy
Ing of all its supplies.
During the last five years the gen
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-02
Worse Still.

"T saw you stepping around the city
last night, Jagsby."
"Er-yes. l was out little while.
Did my-er-feet interfere?"
mo. indeed. In fact, you seemed
determined not to let your right foot
know what your left foot was doing"
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-02


artistic in
distressed
charge and told them he would for all the interior work memorial
kindly
artistic lines He afraid that he had home thought
all would
recollection
mind
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-02

ERA Supply has materially assisted Uncle Sam in saving s25o
OO0 It possible
than those market
frop pickles automobiles
articles
number quantity In
Hems
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his
they this vton
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might be the head of vast employing With
pected and unprecedented whose
he war.
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Other Methods.

In many cases a farmer Is not finan-
cially able to build a concrete hog
wallow or a dipping vat. II this be
tho case. the dip. properly diluted ac-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-05
M'CLENNEN GR|L[ED
 FOR THREE HOURS
Senate Subcommittee In- quiring Into Brandeis' Con-
 necti0n With LennOx Case

Washington, March 4.-L-ouis D. Brandeis law partner. E. F. McClennen, was cross examined for three hours today before the Senate subcommittee Investigating Mr. Brandies fitness, to be supreme court justice. Counsel for those opposing confirmation asked particularly about the LennoX bankruptcy case, and at the end of the cross-examination the subcommit- the principal in that litigation, and re- quested McClennen to produce steno- graphic note books in which reports of conversations on the subject in the Bran deis law office were made.
 Opponents to Brandeis' confirmation charge that he was guilty of unprofes- sional conduct in filing an involuntary bankruptcy petition against Lenox based partly on an assignment he is alleged to have previously advised Lennox to make. McClennens cross-eXamination went into many details of the case, but failed to develop any material additions to the story he told on direct examination, and in which he said he saw nothing reflect ing on Brandeis' principal conduct.
 Austen G. Fox, who conducted the cross examination, tried to develop where Frapdeis had been in conference prior to assignment proceedings in 1907, with Moses J. Stroock, of New rorK, repre- senting Abe Stein & Co.,, one of the as- signees, regarding the case. McClennen