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Evening star., 1916-04-28

the Gamers soon found that they still
had to do battle with the ancient
prejudice against canned goods. being
placed in the annoying position of haV-
ing to defend a canned commodity that
was cleaner than the original product.
AS result, the National Gamers lab
oratory was established in Washing
ton, which, acting in cooperation with
the bureau of chemistry of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, was to make ex-
periments and tests toward the high
est possible standard of canned goods
Evening star., 1916-04-28
MRS. RHODES TO SPEAK.
Program Planned for Community
Forum Sunday at Public Library.

Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes. new super
visor of Washington Fairgrounds. and
others who have taken prominent part
in the establishment Of community CEN
ters and community forums. will BE-
speakers at the meeting of the Grover
Cleveland community forum in the Pub
lie Library Sunday afternoon at o'clock
This will be Mrs. Rhodes first public
appearance as a speaker Stree her ap-
pointment. Her subject will be Com
munity Recreation" How We Opened
the Schoolhouses in Baltimore will be
told by Miss NJ. S. Hanau of Baltimore.
who has been a leader in the campaign
for the passage of bill opening the
Baltimore schoolhouses for community
use. which has just been signed by
Gov. Harrington.
Harry A. Lipsky. president Of the Ma
tional Community Center Association
and chairman Of the community center
committee of the Chicago board Of ed
ucation, will tell of the recreationa1 de-
velopments in that city.
Rev. Charles Roosa of New York, who
Is in Washington attending the Ma
tional Missionary Congress, will speak
on THE Community Movement"
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moro important to the aborigines than
those of obsidian, the CLASSY volcanic
rock from which the Aztecs made most
of their edged tools and many of their
weapons of war.
'1nnumerable are the stories Of lost
mines which imaginative prospectors
are constantly .rediscovering for the
benefit of credulous investors. About
the searches for some of these Ell
Dorados there could be written his
tories which would rival in pictur
esqueness and thrilling adventure the
most eXtravagant romances of a Rider
Haggard, a James Fennimore Cooper
or a Jules Verne
Evening star., 1916-04-28

ISOLATION to aid in the selection Of
costumes for the presentation Of Dis
raeli" at tho Belasco Theater on the
night Of May 9 for the joint benefit Of
the University Hospital nd the dra-
matte association.
The appeal was made with q view to
obtaining the most accurate possible
setting for the English historical ora.
ma. The embassy has been requested
to furnish specimens of court costumes
worn in the time of Disraeli. the great
Jewish prime minister, or else to act
in an advisory capacity in the matter
Of the designing of these costumes oy
students of the university. Miss kath-
crime Greenwood of Columbian College
at the university has general charge
Of the work of supplying the costumes;
The hole of Disraeh will be played
by Sol. s. Gluck, and the leading femi-
nine part will be taken by Miss Edna
A. Dixon.
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go in for combinations as yet unknown

go in for combinations as yet unknown
to the American trade, such as mixed
corn and tomatoes, combination Of
parsnips, carrots and onions, and mixed
peaches, pears and apricots. Preserved
oranges and canned grape leaves are
also considered great delicacies in
Europe, and in almost every case the
fruits are heavily spiced.
While it is not likely that canned
brilliant success with the American
palate, canned goods in general are be-
coming increasingly popular. The use
of machinery which eliminates all hand
labor, and the national Gamers labora-
, tory, in close affiliation with the gov
ernment, have done much toward dis
pelling the persisting prejudice, and
canned goods on the American daily
menu are here to stay.
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approximated s157,000.000 annually,
supplying one
Canning Industry Has case of two
Wonderful Growth. 49,,

three persons in the country. There
were over 5000 factories. employing
nearly 10000 people in the actual work
Of canning. and annually producing
100000 cases of tomatoes, 100000
cases of corn and about 100000 cases
of peas. These figures do not cover
the canning of meat. which is part Of
the meat-packing industry.
While an embargo has been placed on
most American. canned goods by the
European nations involved in the war,
thereby closing a large and profitable
market to the American Gamers, the
consumption has increased in this
country, and an entirely new market
has opened up in China and Japan.
France and Italy, which are the only
other great Gamers of the world. have
ceased exporting this commodity since
the war. England and Germany have
small canning Industries which. supply
part of the home demand, and which
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quickly than most vegetables. hence it
is rus h e d
Rushed in Canning through the
to Get Best Results. tha ~ 1ra..sst 10,
possible speed, sometimes in ton guam
titles. In order to get the best results,
just twelve hours may elapse between
the gathering Of the corn and the seal
ing of the cans. Seed corn is grown
almost entirely in Connecticut and dis
tributed among the different sections of
the country growing sweet corn for the
packing industry. In the corn season
packing establishments are numerous
all the way from Maine to MARYLAND,
and west to Missouri and thence to
Iowa. Pea packing is carried on from
New York south to Maryland, west to
Indiana and north as far as Minnesota
while some peas are also canned in
California and Colorado. Tomato pack
ing embraces practically the same ter
ritory.
Modern machinery has done much to
facilitate the swift harvesting and
canning of vegetables. Peas, for ex-
ample, are no longer cut by hand; in
stead, the vines are cut with a moving
machine. A special thresher removes
the peas from the pods, and they are
lneh assorted according TO their size.
This is done by a sorting machine, con-
sisting of a series of cylinders having
perforated sides. The first has the
smallest perforations, thereby admit
ting only the smallest peas; the second
has larger perforations, which let
through the next in size, and so on un-
til there are five different sizes of
peas. There is no difference in the
quality of the peas thus graded, since
all are equally fresh from the vines,
hn 70 rie
known as French peas, command the
highest price. while the largest peas.
having the greatest amount of nutri-
ment, are most in demand.
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Different Machinery
for Each Vegetable.

machines, while string beans require
a separate machine for every process,
from the stringing and cutting into
even lengths to the final packing aft
er they are blanched and parboiled
Tomatoes are first placed under a COR
ing machine, which removes the core
neatly without breaking the fruit, after
which they are scalded and the skin
is peeled off by another machine. More
hand labor is used in the preparation
of tomatoes than in any other vege-
table, but experiments are now being
made with new machinery designed to
eliminate much of it as possible.
In the old days when almost the en-
tire canning process was performed by
hand, with no regard for chemical
analyses, people were somewhat JUS
titled in their suspicion Of everything
marked canned. Then came machinery
which gradually eliminated the crudi-
ties OF the old system, SO that canned
corn became fresher than that pur-
chased in the raw form, and canned
milk a great deal cleaner than the av-
erage supply delivered in the city. But
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G. W. o. LAW SCHOOL DINNER.
Prof. Everett Fraser Is Selected to
Preside as Toastmaster.

Tho George Washington University
Law School is to give its annual din
ner at Rauschers Friday night, May 5.
Prof. Everett Fraser. dean Of the
law school. is to be toastmaster. The
speakers will include Representative
Cannon of Illinois. John Garland Pol
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lard. 'es. attorney general Of virginia:
Rear Admiral Charles Herbert Stockton.
U. S. N. retired. president of the uni
versity; Prof. E. Otto Schreiber. 1r..
IL, Of the law school faculty. and Alex
ander H. Robson. '16. OF the student
body.
The singing of George Washington
songs will be under direction of Arthur
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At present experiments are being
made toward perfecting the canned
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n. Deibert '1S. Students. alumni a19
faculty members will attend. Whartea
E Lester, 'ed, and Arlon v. CushmoA.
'es, are the alumni representatives on
the committee in charge of arrange.
ments.
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THE GAMERS MOBILIZE
By Frederic J. Haskin.

The American canning industry is
now mobilizing for the big packing
season, which lasts from May until Au-
gust. Plants are already at work in
California, where asparagus is just at
the heighth of its season. boats are
starting for Alaska with machinery
and equipment for packing salmon. and
large outfits are on their way toward
the big agricultural sections of the
country that yield plentiful supplies of
berries, tomatoes, peas and corn. The
oyster and shrimp packing establish
ments of Baltimore and along the Mis-
sissippi river have just been closed.
Since it is necessary to can product
as soon as possible after it has been
gathered, because of it's rapid deteriora-
tion, the canning industry cannot es-
tablish one central branch in a large
city, where there is an abundant sup
ply of labor, and have the products
shipped to it. Instead. it must trans
port it's employees and equipment to the
section where the product is plentiful
and pack it within twenty-four hours
after it has left the earth. While this
factor is a source of great annoyance
to the Gamers, it is very beneficial to
the consumers. who in buying canned
vegetables secure fresher products
kets.
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wireless communication between
Scandinavia a,ad America, with an In.
termediate station in, southern Green.
land, has been. proposed.
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The canning industry before the wal
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At present experiments are being
made toward perfecting the canned
goods con-
Making Experiments ta'ner' which
to Perfect Containers. imnortant
factor in the preservation of the food
At one time the Gamers lost a good
deal of money by reason of the fact
that certain fruits and vegetables
which they put up, such as cherries,
plums, berries, pumpkins and hominy,
contained acids which had a chemical
effect on tin injurious to the goods and
not precisely wholesome for the con-
sumer Then it was discovered that by
lacouering, baked into the tin from
which it was made or sprayed inside
the finished can. the quality and purity
of the food were preserved. While
these enamel-lined containers and the
can with the plain top crimped on
without the use of solder are great
improvements over the old varieties,
the latest combinations of maximum
efficiency and minimum price still fail
to satisfy the laboratory chemists, who
are now engaged in working out an
even better product.
Besides experimenting with the con-
tainer. the laboratory makes many sci
entific tests of the foodstuffs, Offering
occasional suggestions to the Gamers
as to how they might improve their
output. If a packer finds that a guam
tity of his recently canned tomatoes
is for some reason spelling. he ships
a case to the laboratory, which makes a
chemical analysis of the product.
Within twenty-four hours the Gamer
receives an explanation of the difficulty
and the scientific remedy.
At the San Francisco fair last year
the laboratory chemists who were
there in charge of part of the Gamers
exhibit were amazed at the enormous
individual interest displayed by visit
ors in the canning industry. Women,
who were themselves experts in can
ming spiced fruit and making jelIies,
wanted to know exactly how 1t was
done in the factories, and the men were
interested in how the crops were har-
vested and also the salmon packing.
The canning industry before the war
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-24
NO CONFIRMATION
OF HERRERA REVOLT
Washington is Without Official In
formation that Csrranza Troops
Have Joined Villa.
ADDITIONAL PRECAUT1oN TAKEN

WASHINGTON, March 2S.-Con-
firmation of the report thai the Car
rama garrison of 1000, under Luis
Herrera, at chihuahua, had revolted
and Joined villa, was still lacking
today at the War department, al
though dispatch to that effect was
passed last night by the United states
army censor at Columbus. The War
department insisted that General
Funston's message last night stated
merely that 'it is reported" that the
revolt had occurred, adding that
there was no confirmation.
No new advices had reached the de-
partment. officials said, and it was de-
clared there was no indication in any
message received since the American ex-
pedition started into Mexico that the
troops had fired shot or been fired
upon
General Funston's problem is TO dis
pose the troops at his command in such
fashion as to insure the line OF commu-
nicstion behind the force in Mexico.
Secretary Baker. when asked today II
General Funston has asked for more
| reinforcements since the Fifth cavalry
and Twenty-f fourth infantry were or
dered to join him. said:
Il think 1 will not answer that ques-
ton"
A message from General Funston last
night said the motor truck trains had
satisfactorily solved the problem OF get
ting supplies to the advance column. Gen
eral Funston had been uneasy 1t was
said, over the supply situation, but had
reported no shortage.
The Navy department was without adj
vices from Tampico.. where a disaulet-
| ing situation had been indicated in un-
official reports. A message from Ad-
miral winsow on the west coast said
quiet prevailed at Ensenada, lower Cali
fornia.
Lansing Back on Job.
Secretary Lansing. returning from a
weeks vacation, took personal charge Of
the situation so far as it concerns the
State department. He conferred with
Elesio Arrendondo, General Carranza' $
ambassador, who presented a dispatch
from Consul Garcia at El Paso denying
entirely that General Herrera had re-
volted with the Chihuahua garrison and
Joined villa.
Counsellor Polk and Mr.. Arrendondo dis
cussed with Secretary Lansing the pro-
posed protocol for joint action in the pur-
suit of villa.
Mr.. Arrendondo said he found Mr..
Lansing in accord with the protocol as ii
had been dawn and forwarded to General
/ Carranza and that he expected some word
from the general to go ahead and COM
plete the agreement. probably late today.
General Funston today asked for eight
more aeroplanes. He wants four to go
to Columbus to fly with Brigadier Gen
eral Pershing's column and four others
TO be sent to his headquarters at Fort
Sam Houston to be held for emergency
work
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-24
SOUTHERN CITIES
STRICKEN BY FIRE
Three Thousand Made Homeless at
Augusta, Ca, and Five Thou
sand at Nashville.
PROPERTY LOSS IS ENORMOUS

AUGUSTA, Ca, March 2S.-One oil
a series Of fires which have caused
millions of dollars worth of damage
in the last few days in the south and
southwest swept through ten busi-
ness blocks of Augusta and twenty
adjoining residence blocks last night
and early today, and before being got
under control had caused damage
which was conservatively estimated
at S5,0OO,OO0. No lives were re-
ported lost, although there were
scores of narrow escapes.
The flame-swept area included the
city's largest office and business
buildings on the north side of Broad
street, warehouses on historic Got
ton Row." containing thousands OF
bales of cotton; some 600 homes.
many of them in the city's most ex-
elusive residence section, and st.
Paul's Episcopal church, built 135
years ago.
Today local militia companies were on
duty.
Hotels and homes in the sections Of
- city not reached by the fire were
N Gown open to those whose residences
a sre br-1ed. and steps were being taken
local authorities to give relief TO the
900 persons who had lost their homes.
Nearby Cities Send Aid.
An area of about one and a quarter
square miles was ravaged by the flames.
which were driven by a heavy gale Fire
apparatus from Columbia, Charleston.
Atlanta, Macon. Savannah and wynes-
boro was sent to the aid OF the local fire
ment. The wind subsidized Just after /
o'clock, and It was not until then that
the firemen could gain in their fight.
The fire started yesterday evening at
6:15 o'clock in the Kelly Dry Goods store
in the Dyer building. From there It
spread rapidly to Cotton row and de-
stroyed block after block on Broad street.
The tweive-story building owned by the
Augusta Chronicle was practically de-
stroyed. The Augusta Herald building
also was burned. The Chronicle estab-
= lished an office in a job printing office
and was issued this morning The Herald
will be issued this afternoon from tenn
Cotton interests today estimated that
the fire destroyed about S2.0O0.OOO worth
of cotton stored in the warehouses along
the river front.
Fire Jumps One block.
The 600 block of Broad street proved to
be the miracle block of the fire. The
flames leaped over this block and not one
building was damaged until $3.50 o'clock
this morning, when fire was found in a
small warehouse. This blaze was quickly
extinguished.
w. T. Elrod. an automobile driver
rescued two young girls from the Dyer
building. He made two trips to the fifth
floor and was painfully burned.
Three companies of the National Guard
OF Georgie patrolled the streets during th'
night and a strict watch was kept today
on the devastated district
Fifty Augusta citizens today reorgan
ized themselves into public safety com
mittee to handle the fire situation. Ar
rangements were made to pitch fifty
tents in the court house square.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-24
Won1en'S S ShoeS,!S2

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You have got to be we'll shod IL
you want to carry the impression
you desire when spring comes.
Every shoe that we mention ls
we'll made. BE sure OF this, that
whatever style you desire is here
and at little price that you have
never seen on merchandise like
this. Many bear well known trade
marks. Look at the stitching, the
style, the soles and the 90 m
finish, then at the price SpEsOV
In this lot are also cloth top
shoes, all velvets, In button and
lace styles, with Cuban and Louis
heels. All color velvets, at $500.
Girls Shoes, sizes up to 2. The
stout, durable styles that you are
looking for. Patent leather kid
and russell; all button styles.
Keep the kiddies well Ct co
shod. Pair .... y sOJ
Mems Shoes, all sizes and styles.
stout, serviceable footwear, many
good styles for dress, 90 M
too. Pair ....., VGsOO
Mems Oxfords. there isn't one
style that you wouldn't readily pay
more money for IL you bought these
In the regular way. II is coming to
the time now when you viii want
to wear pair Of oxfords, and
here is your opportuni- GO EO
ty TO get them, at..... VEsOO
Girls Shoes, all or them are in
the $3.50 class. We can take care
of small boys, too. All dull leather,
in good assortment of sizes.
Specially priced for Fri 90
day, pair ..,..s........,. wv
Because II hasn't rained so far is
no reason that II isn't going to
rain. Be prepared and buy a pair
of women's rubbers Fri Or
day, for ................ GON
69c a pair for little child's shoes.
All of them with flexible hand
turned soles. Comfortable CO.
for kiddies. Special. for. OOC
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-24
Fire Losses in
National Forests
Show a Decrease

WASHINGTON. March 2S.-Eires on ma
tional forest land last year. says a re-
port issued today by the forestry serv-
ice were confined to less than 10000
acres, Losses are put at $4,000. which
is far below the average.
seventy-two per cent OF the fire loss
was in Oregon. Virtually all OF IL was
in Oregon. Washington and Idaho. The
loss per fire is estimated at ssO.n. OF
N4-o5 below the five-year average. The
cost OF fighting the fires was more than
SEQ for each fire.
lightning caused S per cent OF the
fires; campers, IS. brush burning. II.
II; locomotives, 3: numbering
operations. 3: unknown, %
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-24
RELIEF WORK AT PARIS. TEN
Large Sum of Money Is Distributed
Among the Needy.

Large Sum of Money IL Distributed
Among the Needy.
PARIS. Tex, March 2S.-Work or re-
lieving the sufferers and the homeless
in Paris after the disastrous fire u
Tuesday night was carried along swiftly
today. Large sums of money. raised in
Paris and In nearby cities were distri-
buted TO the needy by the relief commit
tee. headed by Mayor f. II. McCuistion.
The 5000 homeless spent last night i'm
the homes OF friends and relatives. on
lawns and in such public buildings as
remained. Railroads waiting rooms were
turned into dormitories for the women
and children.
The greatest task today was clearing
the business district Of the debris. o. the
five banks in Paris three were razed.
Officers of these three expected to make
attempts at opening their vaults today
and believed they would find the con-
tents unharmed
The death list remained today at three
with one person missing.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-24
FIVE THOUSAND ARE HOMELESS
six Hundred Residences Burned at
Nashville. Tenn.

NASHVILLE. Tenn, March 2S.-Ciu-
zens. civic and church organizations OF
Nashville today were caring for 5000 per-
sons made homeless by the fire that
swept East Nashville late yesterday. de
stroying 600 residences. causing one death
and a property loss of Si.5OO. 900. National
gusrdsmen patrolled the burned area.
The blaze started from a lighted ball
Of yarn thrown into grassy vacant lot
by boy. A planning mill first was de-
stroyed. The flames quickly spread TO
an extensive negro settlement where. fan
ned by high wind. every house was con-
sumed. The conflagration then broke
into two distinct blazes, one flowing east
on Seventh street and the other down
Fifth avenue. An areS Of thirty blocks
was swept away. which included many OF
the most costly residences of Nashville
several churches and one charitable in
stitution After paralleling each other on
separate streets for many blocks the two
fires again Joined.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-24

Within ten minutes after an appica-
tion Of Danderine you can not find sin.
gle trace OF dandruff or falling hair and
your scalp will not itch. but what will
please you most will be after few
weeks use, when you see new hair. fins
and downy at first-yes-but really new
hair-growing all over the scalp.
little Danderine Immediately doubles
the beauty of your hair. No difference
how dull faded, brittle and scraggy. Just
moisten a cloth with Danderine and care
fully draw II through your hair. taking
one small strand at a time. The effect is
Advantageous hair will be light. fluffy
and wavy. and have an appearance ot
abundance; an Incompatible luster. soft
ness and luXuriance.
Get a 25 cent bottle OF Knowlton's Dan
derine froEI any drug store or toilet
counter. and prove that your hair Is as
pretty and soft as any-that II has been
neglected or injured by careless treat
ment-thats all-you surely can have
beautiful hair and lots OF il II you will
Just try a little Danderine
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-24

paper-a measure Of economy brougn; on
by the war-which reduced the supply OF
print paper and which resulted In the
publishers OF the great deillcs dcr'dins
to cut down the size OF their cdi .j,n Go
about onc-half Of what they were before
March last when the law became 'pcr.
ative.
The public was prepared for the change
through the papers which for we'ki in
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-24

densed form than ever before in history.
Il was never served up TO them In any
thing like the mannee In tho United
states, where tho headlines come pretty
close 20 conveying the story, but an at-
fort at tcrsencss and concisencss has
been made in tho telling Of the story that
Is quite an innovation IN journalism here.
The change was made necessary by tho
regulations governing the importatiir 4
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-24

advance published notices calling upon
their readers to order their paper each
day IN advance OF their news dealer The
readers were told that owins to me
scarcity of paper It would be impossible
In the future fully to provid' FOR q
chance demand for newspapers. IN other
words only enough papers to meet The
known demand would bc run OF presses.
The regulations which wcrc formulated