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The Washington times., 1916-05-01
ONE LEG MISSING, He
IS GREAT ATHLETE
"Peg" 0swalt, Of Alliance, Has
Learned Baseball, Football,
and Basketball.

ALLIANCE, Ohio. March 29.-Fifteen
years ago Peg Oswald, twenty-three'
watched Mt. Union College baseball
men and gr.dders at their daily prac-
tice. Peg often expressed tho wish
that some day he would be the greatest
athlete In Ohio. But Peg. having
only OFT leg, realized his inaolity 10
become Ohio's greatest two-legged atn-
lete. So he set out TO become America :
greatest one-legged athlete. He Is that
Oswalt plays football. baseball, and
basketball ard can roller-skate. His lone
left leg mas stood him In good stead
in many hard-fought athletic contest
when he competed against able-bodieo
two-leRged men. and did not suffer by
Peg" learned to polse himself on
well as the beet two-legged players IN
foot oall. HIS crutches are used only IN
starring the game. AS soon ms the ball
goes sailing through the air he throws
them away and hops with as much
speed - many gridders attain ou two
Last Inii Peg" played right guard
on the strong Alliance Independent
team, which went the whole season
without Il single defeat 1t Is a matter
in a gan, with Canton last November
leaDed through the line and stopped a
walt played in every game and was
terrific tandem plunge when Canton
10 back II over on the last down. Os-
frequently Injured, but refused to quit
"Peg" catches on baseball teams. AND
Is given a runner after he reaches first
base. He has been known to hobDle all
the way around the circuit at times
when runs were needed.
He Is a deadly accurate goal shooter
In basketball. He plays forward on the
McCoombs Bros, team here, which
week ago defeated the strong Hiram
College five.
In addition to those sports, Oswald
is an excellent roller-skater and an ex
pert swimmer.
Zone leg Is enough II you know how
to use it," he has frequently said Il
friends
The Washington times., 1916-05-01
Real Estate Transfers.

1919 street southeast-Charles Schafer et
al. trustees, to John w. Rupert. lot Q.
square south OF 1913. 81. COO
Wisconsin Avenue Parks Higgins Terry
to Annie Lloyd. lot %, square 1885 $40;
stamps. 81.
Trinidad-Crsndal Mackey ct ux, to Ida M
Meyers and Fannie NJ. Consaul, half In.
terest In lot 81. block 8, Trinidad, $40
stamps. 80 cents.
lll3 Nj street northwest and 1924 Eleventh
street northwest-George W. Curtiss ct ux
TO William W. Curtiss. lots no and II
square M4 so: stamps. 80 cents.
ll29 Eighteenth street northwest-Peter j
Bennett to Mary Bennett, part original lot
10 square 40; $40
Addition to Brookiand-John W. Fling q
ux. 10 John A. Massie. lot 3, block 10. $40
John A. Massie conveys same property Il
John w. and Alice l.. Fling. so.
Takoma Park and Connecticut Avenue Ter
race-Maud II. de Barros Pimental to Mcr
tie l.. Howe, lots and 8, block TIA
koma Park, and lot IL, square 1860 (Con'
necticut Avenue Terracel $40; stamps, 50.
Addition 10 Congress Heights-Lottie l.
Burn ct vir. James D.. to Harriet S
Wright lot 6, block l, SO; stamps, 81.
1917 South Carolina avenue southeast-Har
riet s.. Wright ct vir. Richard o., TO Lotti'
l.. Burn, lot ~ square OIL, $40; stamps
so cents.
The Washington times., 1916-05-01
Mt. Rainier Coterie to
Present Melodrama

The Mt. Rainier Dramatic Coterie will
present the Irish melodrama, THE
Road to Tipperarv." at F1remen's Hail.
Brentwood. Md. Tuesday and Wednes-
day evenings.
In addition TO the play, vaudeville
numbers will he given between acts by
Clarence Moore. Bernie Gerhart, and
Master Edward Ivy Lewis.
Members of the cast Tor The Road
TO Tipperary' are VIII Duling, Earl
Mprti PS,i,, RolTnd MGsd Monte Ion BELL
Peggy Maple. Mrs. Stansburry. Mrs.
Bonnie Vance. and Mrs. julius Reiners:
The executive stan II composed Of
Joe Vance. Roscoe G. Mcmahon, Otto
Gerhart. and Mrs. Joseph Vance.
The committee In charge includes VI.
g. Harmon. william Lewis. william
Waple. Ernest Bankman. Otto Gerhart.
Roscoe Mcmahon, and Julius ReinerE.
The Washington times., 1916-05-01
BUSINESS LIGHT
ON LOCAL CHANGE
Few Brokers In Attendance at
Today's Session-FeW Sales
Made.

Few brokers were in attendance at to-
days session ~ the Washington Stock
Hxchnnge. and the volume Of business
transacted WAS proportionately light.
Wnshington Loan and Trust Company
stock was In demand at COS to 2ssit. a
totsl Of So shares cha ging hands. The
last sale CT the stock recorded vas a
single share at ?28. The price OF 225Ik
vas still hid with no stock offered.
Fifty shares OF Union Trust Company
stock SOLD 1T 10. which. Is the same
as the last previous sale. The only
other stock sale WAS lot Of eight
shares OF Lanston Monotype stock OF
76
Potomac Electric Power CONSOLE
dated Mortgage ; rer cent bonds were
the only lNr-ds sold. a total Of SIC. 900
worth Of these changed hands ut from
1904 to 1nnS.
Tho directors o. the Washington
Virginia Railway Company announced
toda" n dividend Ct ~ pcr cent on the
preferred stock of tie company. pay
abl" today TO stockholders of record
kprii IS
The Washington times., 1916-05-01
MUNITIONS SOAR
ON WALL STREET
Tire and Rubber Shares Active
and Strong-Heavy Buying
Movement.

NEW YORK, May slight ad-
vances In general munition stocks
and drops in BALDWIN and Mexican
Petroleum featured the stock market
opening today.
Crucsble opened at so. up u; West
iinghopse: ssh. up Y: International
Nickle so. up United States Steel
1884, up y Bethlehem 400. up n |;
Marine preferred 1914, up TX: Bald
win IS, off /.
Sales were nearly a quarter OF a mil
lion shares in the opening hour and by
noon the total was well above 100000
shares. Crucible made a high of IS dur
ing the morning. up 311 from the bot
tom price. Marine preferred sold up
nearly points TO 94h, and was the
most active stock on the list U. s..
Steel sold at s4h. then dropped back to
1915.
Tire and rubber stocks were active
advanced points Marine preferred
touched 95k shortly after noon
The Washington times., 1916-05-01
Swiss Being Trained
How to Be Soldiers
Correspondent Sends First of Series of Articles on
Swiss Military Traini ng and Its Potentialities
for American Citizens.
BY WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD.

BERNIE, May 1.-The men of Switzer-
land aren't soldiers in peace times.
They are only citizens who know how
to be soldiers II they have to.
Tho United States doesn't need 100000
soldiers. what 1t DOES need Is 100000
men who know how to BE soldiers In
case the nced arises.
II had n boy in college" wrote the
father OF young British soldier. "Ore
day he ran off and enlisted In a London
foot regiment. After three months
training his regiment was sent to Elan
ders He was killed at Ypres. am
telling you this to help you preach the
gospel OF compulsory training. not con-
scription.
81 am grievcd and proud about my
boy. But / feet that his regiment did
not have n sporting chance. They only
feel that the men in England who OPP
pose compulsory military training are
guilty of greater felony than those
who sank the Lusitania."
This Is the sort OF feeling l find. this
feeling expressed by this father, that
brought about compulsory military
training In Switzerland.
Here in Switzerland where, under the
marvellous system of military training.
n fifth OF million of the finest soldiers
in Europe were placed on the frontiers
of their country to guard them before
the first shots at Liege had died down.
you get II driven into your American
, mind that compulsory military training
isn't inte nded to create soldiers. It's
purpose is to create nation of fine.
strong young men and hale. hearty old
men who will know how to BE soldiers
II an enemy forces them to play that
role.
! The Swiss aren't fussy; they don't
love lighting. All these years OF learn =
The Washington times., 1916-05-01
MUSEUM HAS MODEL
OF A CEMENT PLANT
Miniature Exhibit Allows One to
Learn More Than BY Seeing
Real Works.

In connection with Its educational ex-
hibition work, the division of mineral
technology OF the National Museum has
just completed model of Portland
cement plant and placed II on exhibit
ton In the southwest corner Of the
older building.
This model is a miniature OF a real
cement plant and covers eighty square
feet. its design and layout being such
as to enable the visitor to follow sue
cessively the various steps of the proc
ess by walking around the model from
left to right. so that he can learn more
IN q half hour. perhaps. by viewing this
model. than spending a whole day in
At one corner Of the model a cement
rock quarry with drills at work. and
steam shovels loading cars are shown.
Extending along the side adjoining the
quarry are the raw rock crusher build
ing, the rock storage house, and the
dryer building each with portion or
the wall cut away so that the machinery
within may be seen.
A single unit employed in the process
is shown to avoid confusion and enable
the observer to CLEAN an idea OF the
process itself rather than an apprecia-
ton Of the size Of the plant or the I'm
mensity OF its output.
For example In the raw rock crusher
building single gyratory crusher Is
located under the rock hin: an elevator
which carries the crushed product to
the top OF the building. ana Delft
conveyor which delivers the product to
the crushed rock storage house next
door. From the bottom OF the building
In which the rock Is stored another
conveyor carries some OF tho material
TO the next building. where II IN bred.
Around the corner Is the rrw mill,
where the dried rock Is pulverized: then
come the kilns. where the pulverized
rock Is burned. the product being known
as the "clinker." Next In order are the
colers and the clnker storage house.
Turning the corner the gypsum storag e
house Is to be seen. where is kent the
crushed gypsum which is added to the
clinker to retard the setting time OF
the finished cement. Following this
building Is the finish grinding mill
where the clinker and gypsum are pull
verified. forming Portland Gement, and
then one comes to the stock house and
nnallv the packing house.
In the central part of the model plant
the boiler house. engine house, coal
crushing house. machine shops and Of
ices are located. Surrounding the
model. which Is the central theme OF
this exhibit. there will I've ARRANGED
samples OF the raw materials used. and
specimens OF the various products. al
well as numerous examples show ng the
uses OF this almost universal product. il
will even show the lavman the correct
methods for using Portland cement
this wonderful commodity. second In
value only to iron and steal.
The Washington times., 1916-05-01

ing how to be soldiers, II the need
comes. has taught them that fighting
IL no picnic and that II doesn't pay
to start a row just for the sake OF
rowing
The Swiss are not a lighting nation.
like the Serbs, for instance and yet.
man for man, the Swiss army is the
equal of any army In the world. Every
citizen in the ever-hghting Balkans
Is a soldier; a potential killer. That's
one of the troubles with the Balkans.
But every citizen OF Switzerland, be-
cause of his scientific training, IL a
citizen who'll be n soldier only when
some enemy drives him to play that
role.
That's the big reason Switzerland is
at peace today.
1t would cause an upheaval In the
United States to put the swiss mill
tary system into effect there. In fact
we couldn't transplant II in Its en-
tirety.
There are some things about II that
Americans wouldn't like. One of
them Is the little blue hook.
(Articie No. piH deal 10Th the little
blue book aud the uphedudl in American
hfe aud systems Dhtch the Stciss mih-
tdry system might cduse)
The Washington times., 1916-05-01
Three Walking Through
Tunnel Killed, One Hurt

PHILIIPSBURG. N. j.. April So
Two men were instantly killed another
died in the Easton. Pa, Hospital. and
fourth was seriously injured as tie
result of being struck by a train In the
Pattenburg tunnel on the Lehjgh Val
ley railroad. about fourteen miles from
here.
They were members OF a section gang
and had entered tire tunnel without
permission from the foreman, II Is said
They had proceeded but short dis
lance into the bore when the train
came along and struck them.
The dead are Dominick Darrallars
and Patrick Amos. OF Pattenburg, N.
j.. and George Ceramic. OF EAston. Pa.
The Washington times., 1916-05-01
Baby Girl Plays With
Matches, Burns to Death

JACKSON. Miss. April 3o.-A dis
patch from Mt. Olive. Miss. says:
Attracted by the screams of her baby
girl, Jennie. aged three years. Mrs. r..
r. Rascam. wife OF a butcher here,
ran into her home this afternoon to
find the child wrapped In flames.
Before the fire could DO extinguishcd
the child had been so badly burned
that she died few hours later.
During q momentary absence from
the house OF her mother. the little rirl
played with matches. u n believed. and
The Washington times., 1916-05-01
ENGLISH GENERALS
YOUNGEST OF ALLIES
Germans, However, Show High
est Average OF Ranking Of
ficers In Fighting Forces.

LONDON. Nav 1.-The Naval and
Military Record prints this compilations
Questions have been raised regarding
the relative ages OF British, French and
German generals. 1t has been stated
that the average age OF British gencr-
ais Is greater than that of generals of
the other powers. but from information
which, is believed to be authentic, the
contrary would appear to be the case.
Averages have been made of the ages
of twenty British, fifteen French and
twenty-onc German generals. and they
show the following results: British gem
erals, So years: French generals. 800
years: German generals. 63.5 years.
Excluding royal generals. the German
average IL $50 years. According to cur
rent works of reference, the ages OF
the senior British, French and German
genei ais ere az follows:
The Washington times., 1916-05-01
Work Begins on Nave
Of Great N. Y. Cathedral

NEW YORK. May About S3,OoO,ooO
already has been spent getting part of
the great Cathedral OF st. John the
Divine built, and today the church
started work on the nave that will take
s2.Ss 900. Several million more than that
viii be needed to complete the structure
which was started several years ago.
and when finished will rival any of the
old European cathedrals.
The Washington times., 1916-05-01
Wholesale Produce Market.

EGGs-Nearby. fresh, &c per dog: South
ern 2ia23c per dos
CHEEsE-New York, new. isc per h.; fla.
lSQlec.
BuTTER-Elgin print, 3sc per h.: tub. 35c
per h.. process. $50 per ID.
LIVE POULTRY-Hens, ibc per h.: i've
turkeys, 22d26c per h.: chickens. 23ae5c
per ID.
LIVE sTocK-veal calves. test, lie per
ID: heavy. shqi0c per lb.: fat sheep af6i.c
per H.: spring lambs, lSc per ID.
KREY, PRICE & co.
vEGETABLEs-(ouota furnished by
Taylor wade)-Protatoes, t3.i5 per sack
onions, $3.50 per sack: cabba &c, s2Tb per
crate; onions, tl.60 per bushei.
The Washington times., 1916-05-01
TOdaY'S Sales.

Potomac Electric consolidation Is.
81 ;ccoa looas. n.oOcaiccss. $1,000 1904. 5000
n1OOia
Lanston Monotype. sT76. ~
Union Trust Company, 5Uff120
Washington Loan and Trust, 100 IS.
l0N2ssLs icT2e5h. 1og225h. 1oa2251s.
la 225la. 1N226 ..#.. --t .. 49,
After call
Potomac Electric consolidation SIS.
q, com lo0ia, St0G Sif003s 81 O0nd10oik 81, 900
a l0olH 81. 0oodi1O0Ss, 81, oOo1 10oik.
The Washington times., 1916-05-01

This is the first of a series of
five articles on the Swiss sys-
tenn of military training for
citizens. William G. Shepherd
is now in Switzerland making
a first hand study Of the meth
dds of training citizen-soldiers
in their relation to the posi-
bilities of a similar system in
the United States.
The Washington times., 1916-05-01

New York Stocks.

All transactions In stocks are on tn. basis
Of dollars and fractions thereof.
Quotations furnished by W. n. Hibbs
Hibbs BUILDING.
The Washington times., 1916-05-01
Bonds.

AnElo-Fr. Loan SIS. e5k eS rs es
B. & o gen. fs...... sih pih sih ON
c.. B. & Q. Joint Is 90 % %
Inter. Metro.4hs...... 73ps 73x 73M 7s%
South. Pac. cvt. as. s7% s7% STA STA
South. Pac. b's....... io4h io3% io4x iol
Southern Rwy. is. ...ioIk IoIh loiM | loiN
The Washington times., 1916-05-01
Mems Club Meeting.

The Mems Club Of Grace Episcopal
Church, Georgetown, will meet In the
Parish Hall, Wisconsin avenue and
South street, on Wednesday evening.
Monroe City Democrat., 1916-12-05
The Birth OF A Man

Did you'-see the Raven at Gem
with that great actor Wathall?
You will sure enjoy seeing him
Saturday in a new role. The
Birth OF A Man" A picture worthy
of comment. Dec. 9th. 5 and 10c.
Monroe City Democrat., 1916-12-05

unique way. They came to school
in body, each one dressed in dark
clothes, large white collars and
cuffs and the & rls in caps, repre-.
senting Purltans Probably the
faculty, to say nothing of the other
students, would be delighted if the
Seniors would permanently adopt
the Puritan form of dress and de-
meaur, especially the latter.
Tuesday morning in assembly the
members of the Music Glass, under
the direction of Miss Wright enter
tained the rest of the High School
and faculty with several vocal
numbers. The class is a small one
and they have been studying less
than three months but nevertheless
they We're able to carry the
different parts very creditably
Doubleheader At Bevier
On Thanksgiving Day our girls
and boys basket ball teams journey.
ed to Bevler to play big double
header A large crowd greeted
our teams on the Bevier court
The boys team was in good con-
dition while the girls team was
forced to play under a difficulty as
their all-star jumping center, Miss
Vivian Proctor, could not play.
Our Miss Batty took her place. and
did good work, considering it was
her first attempt to play jumping
center The girls game started off
first, with the following lineup for
Monroe:
Forwards Ruth Kern, Alberta
Douglas. Guards Lucia Proctor,
Monroe City Democrat., 1916-12-05
School Notes
Senior Party

The beautiful country home of
Mr. and Mrs. W. II Moss was the
.,,lc Of a lively party Tuesday
r.ght when their daughter, Helen,
.r'trtained the members of the
S.uIor class.
The evening was eBjoyably spent
100 -ames. contests and music. One
e.. the chief amusements was a
Nnakesperean contest, Miss Craw-
i,r. as the successful contestant,
r,.rivine the prize Another very
auuslug diversion was the pig
craving contest. The contestants
we're blind folded, given piece of
paper and a pencil and told to
draw pig. Many were the varieties
p,r'ured and some resembled no
known type but seemed to be a
rambinatiOn of several. Mary
Dupo and Ethel Batty were the
rri2e winners.
Later IN the evening the hostess
served delicious refreshments.
MhIch were duly appreciated by
her guests.
All too soon the chaperones de-
rided it was time to 90 home so
ruey left. all agreeing that they
had had perfectly splendid time
and only hoping that the rest of
the parties prove as successful
as this one.
In Honor of Thanksgiving Day
Wednesday morning the Seniors
celebrated Thanksgiving in rather
Monroe City Democrat., 1916-12-05

Neva Giison. Jumping Center
Ethel Batty, Running Center
Mary Bristow. Sub.-Lucille For.
sythe
The Bevier coach, Miss Winters,
refereed the first half and our Miss
Webb, the second half. The game
was practically conceded to Bevier
alter the first lew minutes play. as
it was then seen that the Bevier
girls Out-classed our team. Miss
Lucille Forsythe took Miss Douglas
place the second half of the game.
Al the end vi the game the score
stood 33 to | in favor Of Bevier
Our girls st Stcmed to lack their usual
pep and wouldn't fight for the ball
Our guarding was very weak, in fact
every time tne Bevier forwards got
the ball Il was almost sure to 60 H.
the basket Our guards seemed to
give up fro n the first A word or
two must 1e said of our dandy little
running center. Mary Bristow. She
played an all.star game, fighting
from the very first, If the whole
team had fought like she did the
score would have been closer
The boys game Immediately
followed the girls. Our lineup
was as follows:
Center-Tilden Delaney. For
wards-Tom Proctor, Robert Hord,
Guards-Russell Longmire, Royal
Young Subs Eldred Thiehoff,
Victor Drescher.
A Mr.. Richards of Bevier refereed
the first half and Mr.. Havenor the
second half. Regardless of the
final score 29-12 in favor of Bevier
the game was very interesting and
fast. Our boys played the best
game they ever have, each and
every player fighting from the
very first. Our team had just as
good if not better team work as
the Bevier team. but was just out
classed on basket putting, Our
boys have greatly improved when
you consider that when Bevier
was in Monroe early in the fall
they beat our boys by a score Of
81 to II. We have the material and
by next year ought to have an all
star team. We must say something
in regard to the nice way we were
entertained by the Bevier boys and
girls in their homes and at a party
that night. They entertained us
highly and did all they could for
our comfort. Bevier certainly has
two nice clean basket ball teams
One featu re of the games that
afternoon was the absence of any
squabbling or disputes whatsoever
Monroe City Democrat., 1916-12-05
Get Away
This Winter

Pack your grip, tell the
folks goodbye, so down to
the depot, buy a ticket to
California-that great Quito
doors land, which rests the
weary and refreshes the weak
via the Burlington Route
(the moving picture way
through scenic Colorado and
Salt Lake in daylight).
Climb aboard, lean back, re-
lax and watch America roll
past your window.
Getting away from the
cold, bad weather, business
re esponsibilities, care and
worry, and out into the slor-
ious sunshine and semi-trop-
ical atmosphere Of California
where you can rest, change
and rejuvenate, will do you
a world of good.
You'll be surprised when
you compare the cost with
the cost of remaining at home.
Think what this will mean to
you, when you remember
that a life which isn't pleas
antly spent isn't we'll spent.
Before completing your plans
let me explain how you may
Join a Burlington Personally
Conducted Excursion (costs
no more-just a part of Bur-
linston service) and send
you a folder telling you all
about the trip-worth read
ing even if you don't 60. S.
B. Thiehoff Ticket Agent,
Burlington Route.
Monroe City Democrat., 1916-12-05

Agnes and Verna Cough of Lake
nan are visiting their grandmother
Mrs. Lucy Robey.
Monroe City Democrat., 1916-12-05

Pearl Crane of Hannibal, who has
been visiting relatives in this city,
returned home Saturday.
Monroe City Democrat., 1916-12-05

John Barley Corn the Great tenn
perance bill will be shown in Opera
House Friday and Saturday. by
Otto johnson Comedian.
Monroe City Democrat., 1916-12-05

Mrs. H. Shulten of Hannibal visit
ed relatives, in this city, the latter
part of last week.
Monroe City Democrat., 1916-12-05

Mrs. Anna Fields is spending
the week with relatives and friends
at Goss.
Miss Bertha Dierks has resigned
her position ds Saleslady in the E
A. Thompson Dry Goods store and
accepted a position in the j. B.
Haean Dry Goods store.
Monroe City Democrat., 1916-12-05

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Fuqua of ST.
Louis came Friday for several
weeks stay al the home of the for
mers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. G.
Fuqua.
Monroe City Democrat., 1916-12-05

Strayed-Oranee colored. striped
kitten. Finder please notify me.
W. C. Havenor.
Monroe City Democrat., 1916-12-05

Mr.. John Reid Of CUIoruuu has
been visiting relatives in this city.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-07

Make bag Of any kind OF material
desired "a pretty lowered cretonne is
sultable,. the length OF the garment
to be covered with the back piece a
little longer than the front, so 1t can
be brought up and fastened to the
front side with buttons and button
holes or Snaps"
Draw up the front to fit around the
hanger. thus entirely inclosing the gar
ment. In the interior OF the bag make
two or three small pockets, fill with
sachet. camphor or some other protec-
ton against moths II garment Is not
In use.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-07
In The Churches
FREE METHODIST
school, 1000 a. m.

Sabbath school, 1000 a. m.
Sermon, 1l:45 a. m.
Song and class service, 600 p. m
Sermon, 1880 p. m.
First Wednesday in each month, W.
F. M. society meeting, 1880 p. m.
Last Tuesday evening each month,
Sabbath school board meeting, 1880
p. m.
Regular prayer meeting, Thursday
evening at 1880.
J. A. Hudnutt, Pastor.