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TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1916-09-26

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5arif i'm eigenen 2anbs. Dieter III
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europa in bic Ser. Staaten einsus
orinssn itrebt, neldes bic tauffrGf-
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no olIe Rationen mad benz &riese
eineu f6onunesGoien 3pnturrenstries
nit einanber fiibren tperben, um bief.n
Wartt All erobern.
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1916-09-26

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TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1916-09-26
9ienstaa ocn 26. september 1916.
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TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1916-09-26

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li6 aui Der alliirten Seite itebt. fe'
ri4tet, baben ensliiae uno fran56iiIdc
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unoerantportltder Meni9en tpie 9reb
uno poincare gebor9en.
SIN Stdatsz Department /
lit man bD6it sntriiftet iiber cine Sbrs
feige, bic i6m England auseetbeilt
bat. Seit Monaten bat 2aniins nit
Der englii6en &esierung ipesen Der
poit5enIur unterbanoelt, tonute aber
ni4t bas WlinOsits ausridtsn. Sett
bat eim @ertretsr Der euelii9sn Resiez
runs &onferen5sn nit Nep gorfer
8dntiers unb 9si6Gftsleuten abge9al>
ten, Inn ibren 8eidiperben eegen bic
3eniur ab3ubelfen. Sas lit eins sro6e
YeleiOisung oes Staats Departes
ments, aber bieies bat in Dutlihteit
tslnen Srunb CUR geibperbe, oenn bic
WiiBa6tung, bic inn bic engliide Ree
gterung 3eigt, bat es ii9 islbit bmr1
feline &nieI9mG9e ause5ogsn unb boz
nit 1T es 10 melt getommsn, baf bic
englii9e Resierung bic ameritdnifbe
Hegierung als niht me6r opr6unhen
betradtet. 0as mar ia ldon friiber
bstannt, aber es 1T drgerlif, penn
bas 10 offen DOR aller Delt eeI6iebt.
Ste Ginfubr g TIA tiitit
nit ibren riefigsn 8hanoen tpirb DON
Der probritifben preffe nit 9essifiee
rung seprteien, urt beim @olte ben
Slauben Su erpeden, bab mir au ben
@aiirten baltsn miiHeu, neil iie fold
CUTE 2unben iinb. gauu 1T es 5lr &C.
niise betanut, bab bas Wobl bes Gan.
bes ui4t bon ben. lle6eri9ub ber Muss
The Washington times., 1916-08-31
The Soldiers Letter Box

my rifle. ammunition and other heavy
articles In my bunk and kept the tent
covering everything. Nevertheless.
some of my clothing is somewhere
In Mexico" i suppose, as that was the
direction in which they were travel
ing when I saw them last.
II ever catch a Texan in Washing
ton. am going to chuck some Mary
land mud In his dinner to get even
with him. l have eaten n quantity of
sand with every meal here.
Wind Covers Everything.
Every time We fall in for mess there
Is a wind to cover everything with
sand. No wonder Texans are solidly
built. its the sand walls which hold
them together.
Here in this country the soil you
intend to step on flies into your eyes.
When We are on q skirmish drill Ii Is
a custom for the men to fall on their
knees and roll over instead of drop
ping to the ground as should be done.
i hope the weather changes soon
for I would like to learn how II would
affect the population here. 1t is now
about time for "non-coms school" and
SO Will call halt and give an order
for rest and water.
Thanking you very kindly. Mr.. Edit
or. l am yours respectfully,
CORP. THOMAS ALLEN,
Company L. 18th Maryland Infantry.
Eagle Pass. Tex.
The Washington times., 1916-08-31
JOHNSTON TO HAVE
TEST FROM NILES
lchiya Kumagae Is Defeated by
George Church and Tennis
World Is Stunned.

NEW YORK, Aug. 3l.-William NJ.
Johnston. national champion. receives his
nrst real competition today when he
faces Nathaniel w. Niles. the New Eng
land champion. This match is sure to
attract large throng. though when
Maurice Mclaughlin plays Theodore II.
Pell many will flock to that court.
With the defeat of Ichiya Kumagae,
the smiling Japanese titleholder, and
MACPHERSON, an Englishman, champion
OF Russia. the tourney is narrowing
down to those few who have been ex-
pected TO decide the championship
Clarence Griffin. Maurice McLoughlin.
William M. Johnston, and II. N. Will
Jams. I'd. will probably make UP the final
The victory of George NJ. Church, for
mSr Princeton star over. Kumagae in
nity!tnfee minutes has stunned the ten
mis- world. The American did not lose a
SET. winning SIS. 6-3. 81.
the excellent physical condition of
Cnurch had much to do with his victory
ana he had the little Japanese thor
oughly winded before they stoned NAV
ing. Church forced the fight ali the
way and his superior reach awaited him
much. Kumagae never really started
church rushed the net constantly he
hind an undercut chop that bothered his
opponent considerably. A backhand
cross court stroke Melted him many
points. kumagae, who was generally in
the pack or his court, was frequently
FOOLED by short ball plays and when he
rushed to the net he found Church
ready Tor him. On these occasions the
American's superior bulk and reach
proved valuable.
The Washington times., 1916-08-31
GIRL SCOTS At FEAR
OF LEPERS' COLONY

BALTIMORE, Aug. 81.-Miss Leola
Perry. formerly OF Washington, who
Is now visiting her cousin. Mrs. ]. 8.
Reese here. brings with her from
Ancon. Canal Zone. a most unusual
picture Of life at the lepsr colony on
the island of Paio seco.
While in Panama, Miss Perry spends
most Of her time with her sister, Mrs.
PARROT. the wife of DR.. Joseph Par
rott superintendent Of the colony.
and actually makes many visits to
the settlement with no fear what
ever. According to her, the typical
picture. conjured by the words Ieper
colony" is as true as the average
love scene in a novel.
IT'S fiction, pure and simple" she
said.
II know Just what a depressing and
CHASTITY picture the novelists and the
dramatists have called forth on the
subject, and what heroes and heroines
the doctors and nurses always make
In the tory-books when they sacrifice
their lives by piedging themselves
to the unfortunate. lepers. As a mat
ter of fact. nothing could possibly be
more untrue-at least on the Island
of Palo Seco."
The colony Ia divided from the Par
rott home by a deep ravine. There the
lepers form a little world unto them
selves. into which no one enters but the
doctor, the servants. a laundress, a
seamstresS and such visitors as may
gain access by written permission. The
victims-some $50 in number-come from
throughout Panama.
The colony consists OF three barracks
for the men. three for the women. with
mess hall. laundry. kitchens. and SO on.
All of the houses are large and COM
Portable. Tho country, which 10 excep-
small fenced-in divisions, which the
lepers cultivate and use for farming or
chicken raising.
Men and women meet only at meals
and for recreation purposes. They have
no assigned work. but the women find
employment In sewing and the men fill
their time a. they IKE. ..,...-...
The Washington times., 1916-08-31
GOMPERS WTR|OL|C
IN SHERMAN REPLY
Labor Leader Returns Sena-
tors Words in Kind-Brings
Cheers for Brotherh0ods.

Samuel Gompers replied to his critics
at typographical Hall. made as a pub
lie reply to Senator Sherman. He re-
ferred to Senator sherman's language
as that mot OF a statesman. or a genl
man. but that OF fishwife." He called
the Senator's charges Childish insinua-
tons"
In the course of his address Mr..
Gompers made plain that he was with
the brotherhoods heart and soul In their
demands on the railroads.
II have no defense to make" he said.
II have no explanation to make. That
Is not the reason for my address.
had much rather that I was here to-
night to express our sympathy, our CO.
operation, or loyalty for the railroad
men In their fight for just demands"
Words Are Cheered.
The closely packed hall burst into
prolonged cheers at this. Mr.. Gompers
asserted that It was the first time in
his thirty-two-year incumbency of his
position that he had felt called upon
to make an address on a personal
matter.
He took up Senator sherman's charges
refutations OF each charge. II am for.
tunate in not. being indicted along with
the McNamaras. So ought Senator
Sherman to consider himself fortunate
In not being indicted along with the
crooks. gamblers. and Spectators In
commercial and Industrial lines" hs
asserted.
Pays Respect to Press.
President Gompers also took occa sior
to pay his respects to the press.
Either the press IL owned or con.
trolled or Influenced by the great sources
owned by men of wealth. They ar,
employers of labor-but they do mo-
present the laborer's side of the labor
question.
They may have fairness in news
but in the editorial columns save the
name of fairness from such an inter,
pretation"
Secretary OF Labor Wilson intro
duced Mr.. 9ompers.
The Washington times., 1916-08-31
Uncle Harryand Party
See Yellowstone Park
Explains Wonders of Great Government Pleasure
Ground for Travellers, Telling the Boys How
Geysers Shoot Hot w alter High Into Air.

s(CAY. Uncle Harry. where are
- Uncle Harry threw back hts
head and laughed until he
shook.
II know we're in Yellowstone Park"
continued Jimmy. but I'm writing to
him so he can look in the geography
and find u.s."
No wonder Uncle Harry laughed. for
one.
zled." said Uncle Harry good naturedly.
We've seen. so many wonderful sights
these last two days, and we've come
such a great distance on our Journey
that it's enough to make any one
ask questions. But Just tell Billy to
look at the map of the United States.
and find the little square marked in
the northwest corner Of Wyoming
where Wyoming. Idaho and Montana
touch corners. That's where we are
were in the famous Yellowstone Ma
tional Park. and"
Come on quick. Uncle Harry and
Mary and Jimmy. it's starting!" shout
ed Joe. rushing excitedly into the room
where Mary. Jimmy and Uncle Harry
were sitting.
whats starting?" asked Jimmy.
jumping up from his chair and join
ing Joe.
Uncle Harry and Mary. too. were or
their feet in a fifty and hurrying to-
ward the hotel veranda.
THE old geyser." said Joe.
And sure enough. when they reached
the veranda. they found Old Faithful
the most famous geyser in America
and only = few hundred feet away
shooting up a great stream Of steam
and hot water-right out OF the ground
and rising higher than the topmos,
branches of any tree they had evel
seen. After a few minutes the stream
began to drop down, and presently 4,
had stopped altogether.
How soon can we see II again.
asked Mary.
I'm atou; an hour" said Uncle Harry
and 1t Keeps that up. day are. da,
and week after week. That's why Il Il
called Old Faithful"
I'm go.ag lack to the writing -desl
The Washington times., 1916-08-31
II GUARD FAMILIES
APPLY FOR RELIEF
Approach Of Cool Weather
Adds to Need of Mi|itiamen's
Dependents.

The names Of seventeen families In
need OF funds were placed before a
meeting Of the Citizens Welfare Asso.
citation today by Mrs. Alice Ingersol
Stuart, In charge OF the national guard
relief work OF the association.
The names include some families OF
national guardsmen who have applied
for funds before and several new famili.
lies. who have Just asked the associa.
ton for aid. Mrs. Stuart attributes the
renewed pleas to the fact that rent II
due children need shoes. clothing. and
other necessaries incident to the ap
proach OF cooler weather
The problem which now confronts tn,
association Is where to obtain mors
money to carry on the relief work. Mrs
Stuart stated today that nearly all IN,
money on hand had been exhausted ant
that the treasury would soon b,
emptied.
The Washington times., 1916-08-31
DU POINT PLAN TO
MANUFACTURE DYES
Six Hundred Chemists Toll to Find
Use for Plants.

PHILADELr HIA. Aug. M.-Six hun
dred chemists. toiling quietly among
their test tubes and retorts in the
great research laboratories of the du
Pont powder plants, are ready to give
the United States a dye industry.
The chemists. working anonymous
ly as did the German chemists who
built UP the great dye industry on
the Rhine and made Germany a COM
mercial power. have done their part
1t all now depends on whether the
United States wants its own dyes.
AS a laboratory problem the dye
situation has been solved by the du
Pont chemists. 1t is one of the hun
dreds Of things those chemists are
solving daily In an effort to ind Q
way to make the best use Of the $50.
100000 worth OF buildings and ma
chimes now being used by the du
Points In making munitions for Eu-
rope.
The dye problem is being worked
out as one OF the many possible uses
those buildings and the explosive
making processes can have after the
war contracts are completed,
The Washington times., 1916-08-31
EDDIE PLANK TODAY
IS Al YEARS OLD
Famous Southpaw Finger
May Celebrate BY Opposing
Worlds Champions.

boSION, Aug. 3l.-Eddie Plank. hero
OF many worlds series battle. ia
forty-one years old today, and he NAV
celebrate 1t by climbing the mound for
the Brownies and opposing Bill Carr-
cans Red Sox. The old master has
peen relegated to the scrap bean nv
many. Out he Is having one of his best
Early this month Plank allowed only
every one of them. And 1t was his for,
mer teammateg. the Athletics. who
proke his winning streak August is
In tight pitching battle.
come a pitcher for the Athletics in 1901.
lie helped the Athletics to pennants in
lS02 1905, 1910. 1911, 1913, and 1914.
When Connie Mack began the dis
memberment Of his famous machine
Jack Coombs and Eddie Plank. and
both Of them went by the unconditional
release route.
coombs caught on with Brooklyn
and Is doing good work. Plank
was sent to st. Louis. He did noble
work for the Feds, and this veal
Fielder Jones kept him.
Plank declares he never had a sore
arm, because he has made pitching
When I quit the game" he said. al
will be because I have grown tired
Of II. / think in Ave more years III
be ready to stay at home"
That would make him forty-siz
when he quits.
pitching is a Job" he said. "I,
must be studied by the pitcher. II.
must study the other fellow. the bat
ter. and learn what he cannot hit
] never had any trouble with the
great batters, except Cobb. You CAM
fool Cobb. He will hit most any,
thing"
Plank declares he never curves 6
ball in spring training until at least
a week has passed, and attributes the
long service of his arm to that fact.
The Washington times., 1916-08-31
FOUR TOWNS FINE
ONE SPEEDER $500

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 31.-Trying tol
make an automobile speed record be-
tween Camden and Atlantic City.
Charles f. Shuts, Lancaster. yesterday
was headed Off by inspectors at Buena
Vista, who Immediately proceeded to
have him fined i'm nearly every town
through which his machine passed.
Shuttle had a total of 500 In fines
chalked up against him at quitting time
last night. with a promise that so more
will be slapped on today at Audubon,
issued, but not yet served.
Buena Vista gave Shuttle his first
taste of New Jersey speed laws to the
tune of S25. Haddon Heights added $50
TO the bill. Magnolia went that one bet
ter by charging $50 for driving with
cutout open and SO for violating traffic
rules. Camden charged $50. and Au-
dubon and perhaps some more are still
to be heard from. Shuttle was also
compelled to pay the costs in each in
stance.
The Washington times., 1916-08-31
To the Editor OF Times Letter Boz:
Just q few remains from the hurri

To the Editor Of Times Letter Boz:
Just . few remains from the hurri-
cane Of August 10 and 10.
We guardsmen believe II very I'M
fair for the wind to blow from the
southwest for six months and then
try to concentrate all in one place in
one night.
Say, those Texas hurricanes don't
even respect our regimental command
err. II even blew his tent away and
left him shivering in the rain, clothed
only In his paJamas.
Officers Row looked like Il had
been raked with shrapnel or bomba I'd :
ed. Our companies were scattered
from Eagle Pass to Camp Ord in
gullies. on hills. and stuck on cactus.
1t looked like a villa raid had been
made.
Rain Soon Disappears
No matter how bard 1t rains It only
takes about threO hours to dry out.
BY the time three hours have passed
no one would think It had rained in
trhee months.
The storm left me with everytbinx
In pretty fair condition. as / have
peen through storms something like
this one before. took time to place
The Washington times., 1916-08-31

and tell Billy about Old Faithful and
the other things we've seem" added
Jimmy. And II was a wonderfully in
teresting letter he wrote to his chum.
for 1t had been a wonderfully interest
been filled with wonder for Mary and
the boys and Uncle Harry.
Ihey had Travelled In stage coach
drawn by six horses. and in an auto
Of the solid rock and running along
the side or the mountains. They had
looked down from great heights to where
the Yellowstone river ran silently along
at the bottom OF the canyon. And when
stone Falls, Mary had said:
why, Uncle Harry. these falls are
higher than Niagara. aren't they2"
And Uncle Harry had explained that
the height OF the fall was more than
though the volume of water was not
nearly so great as at Niagara.
And wish you could see all the
other geysers and the hot water pools
wrote Jimmy in his letter to Billy.
people come here from all part Of the
world to see the mountains and the
beautiful lakes. and the great trees. and
the wild animals. Yesterday we saw
walk down to a little lake to get a
drink. and sometimes they come quite
close to the hotel to eat the food thrown
out to them from the kitchen"
But who owns all this Yellowstone
ing and looked up at Uncle Harry.
1.-THE United States Government" said
Uncle Harry. And Yellowstone is only
one of a number Of such wonderful nat
ural parks that are owned by Uncle
pleasure Of his people. But Yellowstone
Is the best known and most popular
Some of the Indians knew II for hun.
dreds of years. probably. but It wasn't
until 1904 that It. was discovered by-s
The Washington times., 1916-08-31
The Apple and the Onion.

During the monster preparedness
parade in New York. Col. Charles H.
Sheriff.. the organizer OF the demon
stration, said on the review stand:
"A nation should be let alone through
feeling Of respect-not through feel
ing of hatred and horror.
America in her preparedness pro-
gram will follow the apple. rather than
the onion ideal.
IAN apple a day said a man. will
keep the doctor away.
"'Why stop therer growled another
man of militarfst views. AN onion a
day VIII keep everybody away. "-Ex-
change.
The Washington times., 1916-08-31
Only in the Making.

Ffve-year-old Freddy often showed
pugilistic tendencies. Ono day he
had been using his lists on three
year-old sister Helen. His visiting
auntie said: Freddy. don't you know
that a gentleman never strikes q
lady?"
Instantly Helen stopped crying and
exclaimed: "They do, too"
why. Helen" said auntie. when
a aiG fadEy Sa ever SEQ a gentleman strike
With an air Of convincing proof
the little maid replied: Why. my
daddy spanks me-" - Pittsburgh
Chronicle.