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The Washington times., 1916-08-20
TRAVELLERS LEAVING
GERMANY STRIPPED
Every Portion Of Clothes and
Body Is Searched for Maps
and information.

COPENHAGEN, Aug. N.-Everyone
who leaves Germany today via warne-
muende for Denmark Ii stripped to the
skin. Ears. nose. teeth and toes are
examined to see that no information or
plans for the enemy are being carried
out.
Reichstag members. wives OF officials.
correspondents. and laborers are treated
the same.
When travellers leave the train their
passports are taken away and exam
ined. When the passport Of q traveller
IL finished he II called to another room.
where he 10 Questioned about the object
Of his journey. From here the wayfarer
goes to a large room when the baggage
ID examined while detectives stand In
front and In back to see that nothing is
slipped by.
Every scrap Of paper or cardboard ia
taken away, even wrappings and paper
lining to boxes. Cotton IL removed from
medicine bottles. Cigars are examined
some are cut open. chocolate In sealed
packages Ia opened. the wrapping de.
stroyed and half the chocolate broken
UP Into bits to see that nothing 10 hid
den. Shoes with q new half-sole are
opened. Travellers are taken into
rooms and stripped OF clothing. Women
are examined by women. men by men.
The searcher goes through every piece
Of ones clothes.
The Washington times., 1916-08-20
WOUNDED TRUSTEE
IS SHORT $4,000
Frederick SohIens, Near Death
In Baltimore, Confesses De-
faIoation.

BALTIMORE. Aug zD--Whils lying at
the point Of death in the University Hos
pital a. the result Of a seif-infiicted bull
let wound. Frederick schlens. co-trustee
for two valuable estates and q WELL
known business man Of this city, II al
legged to have confessed recently to hy-
pothecating bonds valued at $4,000. the
property OF the estates.
The admission was made to his uncle,
Gustav Schlens. president Of the william
Wiikens Company. a large manufacture
Ing concern. The elder Schlens IL also
trustee for the estates involved.
An investigation. 10 now under way.
and It's outcome Is In doubt. according to
However. In a statement issued by the
elder schlens, he admits that the estates
were involved to z considerable extent.
nephew. said Mr.. schlens.
II Is true. ! and my associates have
made made every effort to keep the matter a
'e Tbs s ISt see ss,, we hays failed
OF the shortage In the estates. this
names Of which were withheld, said
that nearly $4,000 in bonds had beer
taken in the last Ave years and had
Younger schiens. it l. alleged. appro.
priated the funds for his own use.
As co-trustee for the estates Schlens
was bonded BY n local bonding corr
pany for $4,000. and the shortage In
the estates. according to the uncle
VIII have to be made good by the Of.
hcIaIs OF the bonding company.
The entire matter was kept a secre,
FOR two weeks. since the younger
Schlens IL alleged to have shot himse
In the right temple at his countr,
home at Athol Heights, Catonsville.
| At present Schlens Is In a critical
condition. In the event he RECEIVERS. ga,
the surgeons. Schlens will be blind fol
life.
The Washington times., 1916-08-20
CONV|cTS WILL BUILD
JOL|ET'S NEW PRISON
Structure, Unique In Penal
Housing, to Be Proof Against
Escapes.

CHICAGO. Aug. D.-work has been
begun on the new 900 Illinois peni-
Tertiary near Joliet
In the last few days the foundations
Of one dollhouse have been laid. The
work is being done entirely by convict
labor The new prison IL expected to ts
completed in five years. II the full APP
preparation Ia made by the legislature It
, could be completed In two.
On account Of the crowded condition
and the insanitary situation Of the pres
ent penitentiary at Joliet. the Legislature
decided In 1900 to purchase tract OF
1900 acres and erect a new prhon. A
commission was appointed by former
Governor Densen. and consisted Of John
Lambert, Joliet; James A. Pattsn, OF
| Evanston, and Ira c. Copiey. OF An
| rora.
The commission bought the present site
Of 2,1ss acres, four miles from the pres
&ent penitentiary and northwest OF Joliet
This was four years ago. Since then the
| tract has been farmed and the produce
has supplied the present prison with
food.
The plan contemplatcs eight circu-
lar ceiihouses around . central din
ing hall. with which each will be
| connected by q corridor. Each cell
house IL to be $50 feet In diameter
and TO accommodate $50 prisoner:
Every cell will be an outside" cell.
and it's window will open on the
walled In prison yard. Its inner front
will be siasssd In. making each cell
In the center Of the dollhouse will
be an observation tower. In this q
| guard constantly will be on watch,
From his position near the. center OF
the tower he will be able to command
a view OF every cell In the circular
| building. He will keep watch through
Sits from q darkened interior. and
| the prisoners will not know which
ones are under observation.
The roof OF the dollhouse will be OF
| glass. An elaborate ventilattng sys'
tenn will be installed. The air, will b.
washed and heated; sunshine VII
have steel bars on the inside Of n.
glass easement and on the outside
also. Escape will be impossible. Tt
break out a convict would have &c
saw through both sets Of bars while
| under constant observation.
| Ali the cellhouses will be connected
with the administration building a.
tho entrance by underground tunnelI
which can be Instantly closed In cas-
| OF an outbreak.
on one az: Of Of the he group Of Z, cell II,
other the hospital. Not far away will
be the shops and between the shop
and the walls the pumping plant. Thu
dwellings of the warden and assistan
warden will be outside the wall neaI
the admin stration building.
The Washington times., 1916-08-20
ROUGED GIRL OFFICER
AIDS IN VICE ARREST
Causes Seizure Of Waiter, A.
legged to Have Been PreyIno
on Women.

NEW YORK. Aug. OJwssrins q
blonde wig to hide her brunette locho
and with her cheeks heavily roussd.
Miss Ida Lippmann. probation ofhcsr ~
the Magdaien Home for Maynard 0irls.
aided District Attorney Swami IN maxi
ing an important arrest In the invests
CATION OF the New York vice trust.
John Larido. alias John Makis. Q
waiter. was the man arrested. Aceord-
ing to Swami. his arrest revealed that
more than 100 walters in downtown
hotels and restaurants were preyinS
upon women Of the streets to whom
they sent patrons. later forcing . divi-
sion Of the pronts.
Larido was arrested, Swami said, aftss
he had threatened Annie schwarts, an
inmate OF the Magdalen Home. unless
she returned to him.
The schwartz girl told Miss Lippmann.
who accompanied her to the meeting
place. Miss Lippmann was introduced
to Larido as q girl who wanted work. +"
The waiter thereupon promised to
send her to q friend who would take
care OF her. Detectives trailed Larido
to a restaurant with the two girls and
made the arrest.
The Washington times., 1916-08-20
Hoped Thief Would
Fall and Break Leg
Philadelphia Woman Believed to
Have Ended Life Through
Fear Of Burglars.

PHILADELPHIA. Aug. M-"Mister
Thief. II you como in hope you will
break your leg II you rob . poor
woman"
This note was found by policemen
when they discovered the body Of Miss
Amelia Laufcrsweiles. nifty years old.
She IL supposed to have committed sui
eide through fear of being robbed. Her
body was on the dining room floor. and
the gas was turned on. She had been
dead several days.
According to neiGhbors. Miss Lanfers-
weiies. who had been living alone for
more than fifteen years. was continually
night she would bar each door and
window. She often told the policeman
on the beat to keep his eyes peeled
for thieves
The Washington times., 1916-08-20
"COrpse" Was Alive.

BIG SANDY. KY. Aug. o.-L. d.
Bosgs and his family. Of Potter. in
some way received a report that Eli
phus Boggs had died near Blaine. Rela-
tives procured an automobile and drove
over there. expecting to attend the
funeral Coming in sight Of the house
his porch enjoying life as much as
usual. He Is eighty-four years old and
was delighted to have the. family visit
him! He was especially glad to know
the report of his death was q false
alarm and treated the matter a. a Joke.
The Washington times., 1916-08-20

within the next few months unless
heroic treatment Is applied. It behooves
the managers Of the railways and the
large shippers Of the country to take
steps at once toward the adoption OF
some plan Of cooperation which will
result in the car supply OF the country
being utilised in the most efficient man
ner possible. There are enough cars TO
handle the country's business n only
they shall be handled with care and
efficiency"
The Washington times., 1916-08-20
Railroad Crisis Keeps
Market in Uncertainty
Renewed Confidence of Early Stages of Negotia-
tons Gives Way to Grave Doubt as to Outcome,
With Consequent Depression of Stock Issues

hind the Democrats. Such an impress
sion appears to prevail among some OF
the railroad executives. They feel that
they are being brow-beaten.
More Executives Summoned.
Finding that he could not induce the
group of railroad executives assembled
here to accept his plan. President Wilson
has sent another batch Of kilograms.
summoning heads Of other roads.
Saturday there we're leading officials
Of thirty-threc roads in the conference.
before the middle Of the week 1t Is ex-
pected that nearly 200 lines will be rep
resented by their executives.
The brotherhoods are having their
hands upheld In their demands by the
excellent earnings now being shown by
the railroads Of the country. When this
point Is raised. however. the railroads
reply that there Ii no assurance Of a
continuance OF the present heavy traffic
and recall that the two previous years
were extremely lean, and add that, with
the exception Of 1913 and the present
year. the railroads passed through six
years of depression. That the present
traffic is heavy 10 indicated by the de-
mand for cars.
Car Shortage Impends.
Warning that one Of the worst freight
car buOTtdBcb III TIC HhstOfy VI
railroads impends In given In the current
issue of the Railway Age Gazette. sta
tistics regarding the freight car situa-
ton on August are the most ominous
that we ever compiled for the first week
in August" says the Gazette.
They indicate clearly that unless there
is some unexpected and radical change In
commercial. Industrial and Transports
ton conditions the railways and the
shipping public will have to deal THU
fall and winter with one of the wors,
shortages Of freight cars In the histor,
Of the United States. The gross cal
shortage reported on August /. 1915, 4,
the largest. the gross surplus 10 the
smallest and the net surplus Is til,
smallest ever reported on that date sine,
statistics regarding these matters hav,
been kept.
There were only three years from
1907 to 1915. inclusive. when the net sur
plus on August I was less than 1000
These were 1907. 1912. and 1913, and In
every one OF them there was car short.
age in the late fall and early winter
The figures regarding car shortages and
surpluses and net surpluses on August
for the last ten years are:
The Washington times., 1916-08-20
Frogs Forecast Weather.

BRUNSWICK. Ga. Aug. .2o.-Brnns-
wick now has q weather forecastinR
station. although II has no connection
with the Governments weather dapart-
ment. The forecastinK station u To-
Gated In the fountain In front OF the
Oglethorpe Hotel. and consists Of q
number Of frogs. It is said that when
they sing one might A. we'll look out
for rain. The frogs give nightly con-
certs when the weather outlook In right.
The Washington times., 1916-08-20
Cat Adopts Rabbit.

MARIETTA. Pa. Aug. 0.-Abram B.
Lutz, who tenants farm near town.
has an old cat that Is rearing q rabbit.
tosether with q litter Of kittens. While
going to the barn early one morning he
noticed the rabbit and thinking 1t would
die he decided to place II with the little
kittens. The cat has adopted II. and
II n a curious sight to see the rabbit
with the kittens.
The Washington times., 1916-08-20

More than a week has now elapsed
since the brotherhoods and railroads OF
the country deadlocked over demands
made upon the transportation lines by
the employees. and. In the minds OF
many, the situation at the close of con-
ferences yesterday was more grave than
at any time since President Wilson sum-
moned the opposing factions to WASH
ington for parleys.
When the President first offered his
good offices to untangle the snarls that
threatened q tie-up Of traffic through
out the country. the investing and
speculative public appeared to f1nd suf-
ficient assurance Of q satisfactory out
come again to turn to the buying side
of the stock market. United States
Steel common stock began to soar. and
other issues followed its lead. A gem
orally strong market prevailed.
Last Monday morning. In response to
the invitation of the President. COM
mittees representing the brotherhoods
and the railroads came to this city for
conferences. Later the President sent
a hurry call for the executives Of the
railroads. Since then daily conferences
have been held. and the President
drafted a plan looking to an amicable
adjustment Of the dinerences between
The brotherhoods have Endorsed this
plan. but the executives Of the roads
show a disposition to stand firmly by
their demand for an arbitration of all
items embraced In the demands Of the
brotherhoods.
Ultimatum to Roads.
Yesterday President Wilson delivered
70 the presidents Of the railroads al
ready represented here what amounted
practically to an ultimatum. He told
them that they must concede the eight
hour Gay. and told them that the public
expected them to accede to this demand
The railroad heads. however. are deter
minediy bucking this demand of IN,
President.
"Mr. Wilson IL asking US to grant off
hand what, In our opinion, Is the mos
serious burden which the brotherhood
are asking" said one railroad presl
dent. land tells us that We must Taxa 4
up for investigation later one. We sa,
that the whole list Of demands Of tn,
brotherhoods must be Investigated first
and then settled"
Outside factors are interfering to com
plicate the situation. Had this situation
arisen at any other time than In TIL
heat of a Presidential campaign. Presi
dent Wilson would undoubtedly hav
found 1t easier to force his plan through
Inducements, at present. however. ar
working to convey to the public tn
idea that the Presidents part In the con
troversy 10 laden with political signifi
canoe.
A successful adjustment, II Is hinted
will align organized labor solidiy be
The Washington times., 1916-08-20
Last Weeks Winners

Brookiand, D. q.
ciasslned Advertising Manager. The wash
ington Times.
Dear sir-I saw your classified ad. on wal
put In and bought an "Oid Town canoe. II
sided % soft across the water than when
once got In j hated TO get out. And now
the water In some Of walford's canoes. You're
truly, LOUISE RODDY.
Ssio Mh ct. n.
The Washington times., 1916-08-20

July ~ 1915,
Classined Advertising Manager. The wash
ington Times.
Dear Sir-1 am an interested reader OF your
paper. and on reading II today. / noticed the
advertisement Of the ladies' Capital Hat
Shop. This shop cleaned and blocked my sirl
friend's panama hat, making II look like new.
can highly recommend thar work. and ]
intend to take my own hat to them. I had
not thought Of wearing II any more, but II II
10 improved as wonderfully as my friends
will be greatly pleased. Respectfully,
z. NJ, MELIcK,
asls LIST NJ. N, W.
The Washington times., 1916-08-20
FUNERAL RITES FOR
CAPITAL RESIDENTS
Places and Time OF Services Ar
ranged by Bereaved Families.
John w, Lowell.

The funeral OF John w. Lowell will
take place on Tuesday morning from
his late residence. $40 f street north
east; thence to st. Patrick's Church.
where requiem mass will be said at
Q o'clock. Interment will be In Rock
Creek Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1916-08-20
The New York Times remarks. regard
ing general conditions:

From the primary markets of the
manufacturers and producers down
through the succession Of dealers to
business continues brisk. The pur-
chasing power Of the general public.
due to increased employment at
higher rates Of pay. seems to be con-
stantly growing, and the buying de-
sire keeps pace with II. This Ia
really the great source Of the activ-
ity all along the line. and II inspires
confidence In the continuance Of the
present prosperous conditions.
The Washington times., 1916-08-20
Mrs. Mary c. Mulhall.

The funeral OF Mrs. Mary c. Mulhall
will take place tomorrow morning
from her late residence, l4l6 Newton
street northwest thence to the
Church OF the Sacred Heart, where
requiem mass will be celebrated at 0
o'clock
The Washington times., 1916-08-20
Mrs. Thomasin J. Stone.

The funeral OF Mrs. Thomasin j.
Stone will be held from her late resi-
dence. 1878 Rhode Island avenue. to-
morrow at s p. m. Interment viii be
made at Lincoln. Va, on Tuesday, at
IL q. m.
The Washington times., 1916-08-20
Eugene Watson.

The funeral Of Eugene Watson will
take place from his late residence, 2lS
Tenth street northwest. tomorrow at
2 o'clock,
The Washington times., 1916-08-20

Washington, D. c., July n, 1915.
CLASSIFIED Advertising Manager. The wash
ington Times.
Dear sir-I sent my carpets and rugs to
Danhakl q Davis, 81 L Ut. N. W.. and they
were returned promptly very thoroughly
cleaned. To any one wishing good work,
prompt service. and reasonable prices.
cheerfully recommend Danhaki q Davis
MARY N. FRANCIS
| 1893 Srd st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1916-08-20

August Is. 1915.
CLASSIFIED Adv. Manager Washington Times.
Dear Sir-I notice the name OF walford sp-
pears very often In your classified list OF ad-
vertisers. I always read the letters and
would gladly endorse every letter than recon-
you will always md the best goods and hon
est prices, and clerks that are always polite
and very willing to serve you.
The skating season 10 At hand. and strong
ly urge all parents or skaters TO 70 to wal
ford's for skates a. you will ind the best
grade at the lowest prices in this store.
MRS. r. z. SHEPPARD.
11fs N ct. N. W., Washington. d. c.
The Washington times., 1916-08-20
The New. York World says:

Conflicting currents have served to
confuse the Immediate outlook for the
investment markets during the week.
but It has nevertheless preserved a.
strong understone. and It's disposition
has been to respond to favorable de-
yelopments rather than to yield to
the influence Of depressing factors.
The Washington times., 1916-08-20
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The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1916-10-20
Mt. Zion
We are having some very nice colo

We are having some very nice cold
weather now.
Rev. j. G. Livingston will fill his
appointment here on next Sunday
and Sunday night
The infant baby of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jim Benge died last Friday and was
buried at Mt. Zion Saturday. The
parents have the sympathy of the en-
tire community in their loss.
Mrs. Ethel White, Mrs. Ida
Thompson we're the guests of their
father, Bryant Brown last Friday.
Mrs. Daisy Simpson was the guest
of Mrs. Ida Thompson Thursday.
Mrs. Armenia Smith is about the
same.
Mrs. John Rogers continues about
the same.
Uncle Jim Clark is drilling a well
for Charlie Adams.
Mrs. Belle Adams mother, Mrs
Sis Farris has returned to her home
in Missouri.
Mr.. Edd Graham's brother and
wife are here on visit.
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Just In Time
Some Stanford People May Wait Till
It's Too Late.

Don't wait until too late.
Be sure to be in time.
Just in time with kidney ills
Means curing the backache, the dir
illness, the urinary disorders
That so often come with kidney
troubles.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for this
very purpose.
Here is testimony to prove their
merit.
T. D. Martin, painter, Rowland, Ky.
says: 81 had more or less kidney
trouble and my back ached SO much
at times that could hardly stralghten
after STOPPING. l became weak and
had dizzy spells. was also very Ian
guild and at times / was troubled
greatly with having to arise many
times at night to pass the kidney Sc
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and often very painful. Doan's Kid
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gave me any relief and highly rec
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Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
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Bee Lick

Sowing wheat is the order of the
day through this part.
Mr.. S. o. Proctor and family visit
ed his brother, ]. A. Proctor near
Buck Creek Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. Charlie Todd and wife, of Es-
tesburg, spent Saturday night with
w. E. Taylor and family.
w. E. Elder and wife spent Sat
urday night with ]. A. Mullins.
Born to the wife of J. H. Cordial,
big girl.
Mr.. Omer Cordial is able to be out
again.
M. M. Taylor and G. NJ. Taylor
are building a large stock barn fol
C. G. Herrin at Willailla.
J. M. Reynolds IS doing a nice
business at this place.
Mr.. G. w. Taylor, of Ottawa. wa:
through this part looking for a farm
Mr.. A. L. Scott is attending meet
ing at Broughtontown
w. R. Brown, of Louisville, was t.
see his brothers-in-law, W. E. Taylor
and E. NJ. Elder.