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Surprised at Mr.. Kitchin.

Considerable surprise was expressed
today that Representative Kitchin was
not inclined to present the resolution
to the House 1t could have come up
under unanimous consent. the same
course having been pursued in the SEN
ate yesterday. Both democratic and
republican members of the House were
eagerly awaiting an opportunity today
to vote on the resolution.
Secretary Columbus OF the prepared
ness parade committee was assured by
a number of members that the matter
would be brought up Monday and that
there was no question in their minds
that the resolution would pass with
the same alacrity with which it was
carried through the Senate.
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon, chair
man of the Senate military affairs COM
mittee, today arose in his place on the
floor Of the Senate and on behalf of the
citizens committee in charge of the
parade, invited the members of the
Senate to participate. Senator Cham
berlain himself has already indicated
his willingness and desire to march.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-03
Harris Merton Lewis Dead.

NEW YORK, June 3.-Harris Merton
Lewis. a short story writer and maga-
zine editor, is dead at his home here.
He was born in Santa -Fe. N. M. in
1888, and was a graduate Of the Uni
versity Of Missouri.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-03
Suffrage for D. c. to Be Discussed.

The question of suffrage for the Dis
trict is expected to come up for discus
sion at a meeting of the. North Wash
ington Citizens Association Monday
evening at o'clock at Gage School, I'd
street near U street northwest.
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More Water Front Land.

The bill also proposes that the gov
ernment shall acquire additional ground
on the water front to be used for the
construction of government buildings,
lying between B and E streets; on both
sides of the United States Naval Mu-
scum of Hygiene. from 18th street to
eth street, consisting of twenty-siX
squares and fractions of squares.
Senator Works is the author of bill
already introduced providing that the
government acquire the property along
Pennsylvania avenue, on both sides,
from the Capitol to the Treasury. upon
which to erect buildings for the execu-
tive departments of the government.
He believes that if that measure and
the bill he introduced today shall be
enacted into law the National Capital
will be made the most beautiful in the
world.
When Senator Works offered his bill
today in the Senate he made a brief ex-
planation of the plan, saying:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-03
Actor Dies at Age of 1O2 Years.

VIENNA. June 3.-Detti vanini. a
prominent figure on the Austrian stage
a number of years ago,'is dead at the
age of 102 years. i.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-03

1t has not appeared from any of the
accounts that the British main battle
ship fleet was actually engaged. Four
battleships. however. were in the fleet
that supported the battle cruiser
squadron. This speedy collection Of
warships is supposed to have attempt
ed to cut off the retreat of the German
fleet.
Zeppelin airships played an. impor-
tant part in the engagement, accord
ing to various accounts, their superior
ity as scouts apparently giving the
Germans a marked advantage in dis
posing their forces to meet the British
movements. Dispatches today report
that two Zeppelins. supposedly among
those engaged in this important work,
were destroyed.
Most of Crew of 132 Lost.
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch
from Copenhagen says the German tor
nedo boat V-2S was sunk during tho
engagement. Three survivors. who
were rescued from raft from Swed-
ish steamship, reported. the dispatch
saws. that all the rest of the crew of
1872 were lost.
A
,,iyors of the y-2s said they believed
twenty German torpedo boats were de-
stroyed and that the German losses as
a whole were colossal"
The details Of the sinking OF the
German cruiser Elbing were learned at
Ymuiden, Netherlands. today from
Dutch crews, German sailors ana the
Dutch military commander of Ymul>n,
who spoke to three of the German
cruisers officers: Co..
"The Elbing was new and fast
cruiser of about 1000 or 5000 tons and
carried a crew of 450. The British
gunfire caused such destruction on the
shin that Capt. Mailing, who was
among the three officers saved, decided
TO have the valves opened and to allow
the vessel to sink
Men Taken on Torpedo Boat.
Before the Elbing went down the
bulk of the crew was taken over by
a German torpedo boat. but doubts may
be expressed as to whether the sailors
arrived safely at Wilhelmshaven. Twen-
ty-one men remained on board until
the vessel foundered. when they LETT In
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DISTRICT IN CONGRESS.
Senator

Senate;
Senator Works of California in
troduced a bill providing for the
purchase by the government Of
ground along New York avenue,
massachusetts avenue and New
Jersey avenue, from 18th street
TO the Union station plaza, the
ground TO be used as sites for
public buildings, TO be erected by
the states and by the federal gov
ernmeDt.
Senator Lane Of Oregon offered
an amendment to the District ap-
preparation bill, providing $500
for the Columbia Polytechnic In
stitute for the Blind in the Dis
trict Of Columbia.
House,
The Senate joint resolution,
making June IA. 1916, legal
holiday In the District was re-
ceived. Action is expected Mon
day.
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Explanation of the Plan.

1T may be remembered that l have
heretofore urged upon the Senate the
wisdom and propriety of acquiring the
property along Pennsylvania avenue
upon which to construct all govern
ment buildings. I believe that sooner
| or later this will be done. The bill that
l am now offering is intended to au-
thorize the acquisition of certain
property in the city of Washington to
be used by the states in the construc-
tion of state buildings to be used as
exposition buildings, in which to ex-
hibit their products and resources. and
to be made the headquarters of each
and all of the states in the National
Capital.
''-7he property to be acquired as pro-
vided by the bill commences on New
York avenue at 18th street and ex-
tends along New York avenue On both
sides east to Massachusetts avenue.
thence along that avenue to New Jer
sey avenue to the Capitol grounds and
the new Capitol Park, consisting of
thirty-fve squares and parts Of squares.
Thus. IL Pennsylvania avenue shall be
acquired and government buildings
constructed thereon, and the plan 1 am
now offering is carried out, we shall
have an almost continuous circle of
government and state buildings and
parks from the Treasury building to
the Capitol and return to 18th street.
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WEATHER

Thunderrhowers this afternoon: fair
tonight and tomorrow: cooler tonight
fresh and strong south. shifting to
west winds
Temperature for twenty four hours
ending . pm: Highest, 10. at pm.
yesterday, lowest. sc. at am. today.
Full report on page IL
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Permanent q. S. Exhibit.

'In addition to this the bill pro-
vides for the acquisition of additional
ground near the -~ater front to be
used for the construction of govern
ment buildings in which to make ex-
hibits of the products and industries
of the national government and for
such general purposes as Congress may
provide. This covers the ground be-
tween and f streets, on both sides
of the United States naval museum of
hygiene, from 18th street to 27th
street. consisting of twenty-six squares
and fractions of squares.
4 submit. to accompany the bill, two
maps on which are delineated in red
the several squares intended to be ac-
CURED. For the most part the prop
erty proposed to be taken Is compare
lively inexpensive and cheaply i'm
proved.
Il am not offering the bill with any
expectation or desire that il shall be
considered at this session of Congress
10 make II effective and to accomplish
the purpose intended, the hearty CO.
operation Of the states must be had
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Estimates as to Value.

Estimates have been made by the
assessors office that the value of the
land proposed to be taken between
New York avenue and 18th street and
the Capitol Park is s11.000.0O and
that the value of the land on the
water front. which it is proposed to ac-
qure, is s2.00O,000.
Senator Works bill provides for the
issue of fifty-year an per cent bonds
by the government in order to pay for
the land that may be taken over
The President is authorized to ap-
point a commission, consisting of the
chairmen of the following committees
of the Senate: Industrial expositions,
library, manufactures, mines and min
ing. public building and grounds, and
the chairmen of the following commit
tees of the House: Industrial arts and
expositions, library, mines and mining.
public buildings and grounds. to carry
out the provisions of the proposed law.
This commission Is to act by and with
the advice of the commission of fine
arts. The commission is to apportion
the land for that purpose among the
various states. The commission is to
serve without pay, but may employ
expert assistance of architects, sculp-
tors and landscape gardeners. to for
mulate plans. - go
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Hopes States Will Act.

THE chief object of the bill is to
create and perpetually maintain in the
National Capital an exposition where
the products, resources and Industries
or every state in the Union and of the
national government may be exhibit
ed. and where all who come to Wash
lngton may see gathered in one place
the magnificent and varied resources of
the country. and at the same time i'm
prove and beautify the capital / sin
cerely hope that the matter NAV be
taken up earnestly by the states and
the government. and that some time
this or some better plan NAV he
adopted to bring about this much de-
sired object"
The bill introduced by Senator Works
carries $4,000 to be used in making
the preliminary plans for carrying
the project into effect, and 81 900. 900 to
be made available for the purchase of
land when ten states have made the
necessary appropriations for the pub
lie buildings to be erected thereon and
the designs for these buildings have
been approved by the commission of
fine arts
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DAY IN CONGRESS.
Senator

Met at noon.
Speeches on Jefferson Davis day
delivered by Representatives AS
well, Louisiana, and Kincheloe,
Kentucky.
Adjourned at 1858 until noon
Monday
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Continued on Fifth Page.)
The Rice belt journal., 1916-04-21
Our Native Humorists.

John KendriCk Bangs takes no STOCK
In the opinion that American humor
Is degenerating. In his new book OF
"reminiscences, From Pillar to Post"
he even asserts that we are so sur
feited with first-rate humor that we
can't see the wood for the trees.
"a period that has produced a Doc
ley and an AIDE and an Irving Cobb and
a Bert Lesion Taylor" says Mr.. Bangs,
"is surely not poor in humorous pos
sessions of a scintilIating character,
whether we demand that our humor
shall be product Of pure fun or OF
profoundly serious thinking.
"In the humor that is designed to in
terpret life itself / find an endless
store Of it in the works Of Wallace lr.
win, of Montague Glass, Of Miss Edna
Ferber and of Mrs. Alice Hogan Rice,
the last two, by the way, forming a
complete refutation Of the preposter'
Gus notion that women are devoid OF
the sentiment that cheers but does not
inebriate.
"And as for the wits, If Oliver Her.
ford were as lonely among wits as he
is unique, should still find that we
were rich beyond measure in that form
of humor which is for the most part in.
tellectual, of the mind, rather than of
the emotions"
The Rice belt journal., 1916-04-21
ESTIMATED Acreage OF
The TEXAS ONION CROP
There Are tO,057 Acres Planted to
Onions This Year Compared
With 8,943 Acres In 1915.

The Texas onion crop Of 1916 Is es'
timated by Leon NJ. Eastabr0Ok, chief
of the bureau Of crop estimates OF the
U. S. department of agriculture at
Washington, D. c., to cover 1O,O57
acres, as compared with S,943 acres in
1915, an increase Of about y per cent
The condition of the crop on April ! is
estimated as So per cent OF normal
which forecasts a yield Of about 1928
busheI per acre, or a total production
Of 1,9&5,972 bushels. the equivalent OF
4,2OO cars OF $50 bushels each. In
1915 the shipments amounted to about
4,G07 cars.
This revision is based on replies to
a large number Of kilograms sent into
all sections Of the Texas onion district
and upon returns received by sched-
ules.
Estimated Acreage Of Onions In Texas,
1915 and 1916, and Condition April l.
1916, by Districts.
The Rice belt journal., 1916-04-21
SALTS IF BACKlCHY Or
KIDNEYS TROUBLE YOU
Cat Less Meat II Your Kidneys Aren't
Acting Right or If Back Hurts or
Bladder Bothers You.

When you wake up with backache
and dull misery in the kidney region
II generally means you have been eat
fng too much meat, says a welIknown
authority. Meat forms uric acid which
Oyerworks the kidneys in their effort
20 filter it from the blood and they be.
come sort Of paralyZed and loggy.
When your kidneys get sluggish and
clog you must relieve them like you
zeievs your bowels; removing all the
body's urinous waste, else you have
backache. sick headache, dizzy spells;
your stomach sours. tongue is coated,
and when the weather is bad you have
rheumatic twinges. The urine is
cloudy full Of sediment, channels oft
en- get sore, water scalds and you are
obliged to seek relief two or three
Gimes during the night.
Either consult a good, reliable physi-
clan at once or get from your pharma-
cist about four ounces Of Jad Salts;
take a tablespoonful In a glass OF
water before breakfast for a few days
aDd your kidneys will then act fine,
This famous salts is made from the
acid Of grapes and lemon juice, COM
bined with lithia, and has been used
for generations to clean and stimulate
sluggish kidneys, also to neutralize
acids in the urine so it no longer irri.
Gates, thus ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts Is a life saver for regular
meat eaters It is inexpensive, cannot
guiure and makes a delightful, effer.
gesCent Hthia-wateF drink.-AdV.
The Rice belt journal., 1916-04-21
PUPILS OF RURAL DISTRICTS TO
COMPETE FOR PRIZES FOR
BEST ESSAYS.
COOPERATION IS URGED
Every Teacher in the Country
Schools Being Supplied With Data
Concerning Work-AIl Will Be in
Position to Conduct Discussion.
ShreYeDOrt.

Shreveport
April 20 has been designated in a
proclamation by Governor Hall as
Tick Eradication Day" in the pubic
schools throughout the state The ru
raj school authorities of Caddo par,
ish, in cooperation with the federal
agents in charge of the work at
Shreveport, and NJ. L. Wilson, farm
demonstration agent in this parish
are preparing to carry out the idea
in every rural school in the parish
in the hope that Caddo will be taken
out Of the quarantine area and freed
of the tick by September l.
The pupils of the rural schools are
to compete for prizes offered by +
W. Jones, assistant superintendent IN
charge Of the rural schools, to be
awarded to the authors Of the three
best essays on tick eradication. The
pupils of each school Will submit es
says from which the three best OF
each school will be chosen and the
winners will be selected from these.
IN those sections Of the parish
where there has been some Opposr
tiOn to the police jury's cattle dip
ping ordinance, special efforts tc
convert the opponents will be made
by Professor Wilson and DR.. r. +
Noyes, who is in charge OF the gov
ernment's eradication work.
Every teacher in the country
schools of the parish is being sup
piled with data concerning the work
so that all will be in position to con
duct an hours discussion Of the sub
jeCt on the day chosen and litera
ture pertaining to the work and its
importance to their interests has been
sent to every farmer and cattle owner
In the parish.
The parents Of rural school chill
dren VIII be invited to attend the dis
cussions in the schools on Tick Erad
iCauon Day" and every effort is beng
made to form the farmers and cattle
raisers Of CaddO into a unit for the
elimination Of the pest.
The Rice belt journal., 1916-04-21
It's Red Dive Now,

So the red dye is all gone, and we
cannot put any more red stripes on
the flag nor wear red neckties. What
about beet Juice as a coloring fluid?
But just think. The war has been in
progress year and half. We have
known about this dye shortage all the
time. Are American chemists so poor
and American capital so short and
American enterprise 80 lacking that
somebody has not by this time begun
to see red in some plant st. Louis
Star.
The Rice belt journal., 1916-04-21
Record Load of LOGS.

The largest load Of logs ever drawn
by a team of horses hitched to sleigh
was recently hauled fifteen miles from
lumber camp in Beltrami county,
Minnesota, to the town Of Pine Island,
where it was shipped on nine freight
cars to the nearest saw mill. Six
horses were required to haul the mon
ster load, which consisted Of 200
twelve-foot logs, weighing approxi-
mately $50 tons. When sawed up
these logs produced over $4,000 feet
of lumber. The fifteen-mile trip was
made in little more than eight hours,
with occasional breat ling spells for
the horses. In winter logs are always
hauled on sleighs, which Is much
easier method of transportation than
by wagon, inasmuch as the runners Of
the sleighs do not sink into the
ground.
The Rice belt journal., 1916-04-21

An ordinonce nronosed for adop-
+ion NV tho no,ica iuries or the va.
r,ous narishes for free fairs in all
soo+iors of Louisiana was indorsed
~ Sbroro,or+ ~ corforonca NJ
,.o+o ava oori,,, foir oeioiols roore.
.ont,t,no. - t,,o noI,oo i,rios ~ q
,,,,,Ean 90 nom,h Tan;n;ono roriebos
A.. ..., e,I.,, ,,,r,o,,r
The Rice belt journal., 1916-04-21
WHY HE FELL FROM GRACE
Indians Excuse for tntoxlcatioa Not
Altogether Complimentary to
EX-Presdent Taft.

John Cottonwood had not been q
guccess as a total abstainer, though
he had given the Indian agent III
charge many promises Of better lie
Finally iail sentence Of ten days at
hard labor had wholesome eHect'
The effect was not permanent COT
tonwood was brought in to the agent
II not red.handed at least very red
eved. 81 am ashamed Of you, John.
How did it happen?' asked the agent.
Have l your permission to explain?
courteously inquired the prisoner at
the bar in a musical voice. go ahead.
"It happened tC me that my wife sent
me to town with IS cents she had
earned washing that might buy some
groceries," "Wel?' 81 was walking
down the street thinking how now
was able to pass the bad place where
Iiuuor is sold by the one-eyed Japanese
at the back of the poolroom to In
dams" yes" "When l arrived at
the busy part Of town | saw great
crowds. I hurried to find why the
whole city had come out upon the
streets. | came to the steps or the
First National bank which were
crowded. saw a friend there stand
ing. ! asked Of him why SO many
were collected. He explained that TINS
was a feast day for the reason that the
Great Father from Washington, Presl'
dent William H. Taft, was to pass that
way this day. Many had been assem-
bled since early morning. | was a
happy man. All my life had wished
to see the Great Father. Joined the
throng and waited. All the day we
waited. It was very hot. Many auto
mobiles passed. The dust was like
thick smoke. In the middle OF the day
came great shouting. The music or
the bands was loud. My heart stopped.
Ny eyes were to see the Great Father.
An automobile came up, then another.
In the second one was an awful bulk.
I trembled. No | said to myself, that
shape cannot be Great Father from
Washington But it was. | could not
endure the pain felt. The next thing
I knew was nothing. am here. l
have no more to say" sorrowfully con-
eluded the culprit.-Kansas City Star.
The Rice belt journal., 1916-04-21
Bob BuTman Killed,

Corona, Cal,-Bob Burman of De.
troit, noted automobile racer; his me,
chaniCian, Eric Schroeder of Chicago,
and a track guard were killed as a
result of the overrurGing of Burman's s
car in the Corona road race Saturday.
Five spectators were injured, several
seriously. The race was won by Ed.
die O'Donnell, who covered the 3O1
miles in hours 29 minutes SO sec
onds.
The Rice belt journal., 1916-04-21
CarrancistaG Seize Grain.

Fl PasO. Textile Carranza gov.
ernment is seiZing corn tn Chihuahua
City held by commission men who
have been selling the corn to the
American troops for gold. The hold
ers of corn were required to deposit
their stocks in the government ware.
house
The Rice belt journal., 1916-04-21
carranza Buys Lots of Bullets

Laredo, Tex-A shipment of 33S 900
rounds Of .3O-30 cartridges and $4,000
pounds Of dynamite for the Carranza
army was among the expectations
through Laredo Wednesday. In addi-
tion to this there were several ship
ments of small quantities of dynamite
for mining concerns in Mexico.
The Rice belt journal., 1916-04-21

Talisheek staged one OF the most
spectacular, unusual and fortunate Of
automobile accidents, when a seven
passenger automobile, carrying six
persons, dived almost headlong into q
water-filled hole in the road, turned
three somersaults, scattering the oC
cupants on every side, and piled up
on the side Of the road badly broken
and battered-and not a serious in
jury was suffered by any one Of the
six persons. One passenger suffered
minor fracture Of the skull and a
wound on the knee, and most Of the
others we're bruised considerably, but
escaped without a scratch,
The Rice belt journal., 1916-04-21
Hardware Convention Over.

Austin, Textile Texas Hardware
Jobbers' Association concluded its con-
ventiOn Friday. The present officers
of the association were reelected
They are: A c. GOeth. Austin, presi-
dent; F. A. Heitmann of Houston, first
vice president; G. X. McLendon of
Waco, second vice president; A. D..
Hodgson of Fort Worth, secretary
treasurer.
The Rice belt journal., 1916-04-21
Novel Weevjl Remedy.

A droll report comes from Birming.
ham, Ala, of the success of a certain
planter in producing a cotton plant
that smells SO strongly Of asafetida
that all insects avoid it. The result
was obtained by sprinkling several
generations Of the plant with nux
vomica. 1t is hoped that the new plant
has solved the boll-weevil problem by
depriving the weevil of it's food.
The Rice belt journal., 1916-04-21

Now Ia the Time to Get Rid of These
III.

There's no longer the slightest need Of
feeling ashamed Of your freCkes, IS the
prescription othine-dOuble strengths
guaranteed TO remove these hOmeiy spots.
Simply get an ounce of othine-dOuble
atrcngth-from your druggist, and apply a
little Of II night and morning and you
ghOuId soon See that even the worst frcckles
haVe begun to disappear, while the lighter
ones have vanished entirely. 1t Is seldom
that more than one ounce Is needed to com
Petely clear the skin and gain a beautiful
tlear complexion.
BE sure TO ask for the double strength
shine, as this Is sold under guarantee OF
money back II 1t fails to remove freckles.--
adv.
The Rice belt journal., 1916-04-21
Censorinu the Censor,

Mother" said Kittie, who had been
OF school with her big sister, "is
Miss Morton tongue-tied?"
mot that know Of" said the moth.
or. why do you ask?"
"She said beg pawdon,' and
thought maybe her tongue was tied
90 she could not say 1t right"
The Rice belt journal., 1916-04-21
RECEIPT FOR DARKENING
YOUR GRAY HAIR

DO this-Apply IKE a sfTHmpoo Q,Ban
Hair Color Restorer to your hair and
scalp. After a few applications you
win be delighted tQlsee all your gray,
faded, prematurely or gray streaked
hair turn to an even beautiful dark
shade. Q-Ban is harmless no dye,
hut makes scalp and hair healthy so
all your hair whether gray or not is
made soft, lustrous. waVy, thick, even.
ly@dark and handsome. Insist-oReh hav-
ing Q-Ban. 1t is ready to use and
sold on q money back guarantee. soc
fgr big bottle sent prepaid or at drug
stores. Address Q.Ban, Front St.,
Memphis, Tenn. ADV. ,.