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The Dickinson press., 1917-06-30
OWNERS MUST GET
AUTO LICENSE TAGS

Stark county automobile owners
who have been operating their cars
without license tags will do so at their
peril, or at the peril of getting in
clutch" with the sheriff, from this
time on.
Irving Vivian, special agent of the
state department., was in Dickinson
last week, and enlisted the cooperation
of the sheriff in the fight against I'M
licensed cars in the state. Secretary
Of State Thomas Hall is waging a
strenuous campaign against unlicens-
ed ears in the state, and is seeking
the cooperation of every sheriff and
states attorney in North Dakota. The
result of the work is evidenced by the
fact that already over $4,000 more
cars are registered than were reg
istered in 1916. Last year 844 mo-
tor vehicles, including motorcycles,
were registered in Stark county.
The county secured from the state
$2,27O, which is a small portion of
what will be received this year if
every car in the county is registered.
Sheriff Hartung has been after athe
unlicensed cars all season, but will be
after them harder than eve from now
on and will have the backing of
States Attorney Burgeson.
Cars this year r required to dis
play two license tags, one at each
end of the car. Dealers are also re-
quired to have a special dealers
license, but can secure extra tags for
demonstration cars at so cents a set.
Hundreds of unregistered cars are
lstill operating in the state and the
secretary of state is eager to get
every last one of them. About 100000
cars were registered last year, but
that number was only about IS per
cent of the cars in the state. "Tags
for every car" is the slogan this year,
and it's up to the sheriff to get them
all
The Dickinson press., 1917-06-30
CANDIDATES TAKE
EXAMS FOR ENTRANCE
TO ANNAPOLIS SCHOOL

Two applicants for entrance to An
napolis Naval academy are taking ex-
aminations this week in this city.
Tests extend over three days, begin
ming Wednesday morning and lasting
Through today (Friday.) Robert Nor
ris of Beach and John Aylmer Of
Bowman are the candidates for the
naval school, appointed through Con-
gresham p. ID. Norton. Miss Mar
garet Stewart Of the local ~postoffice
force is in charge Of the examination.
One principal and one alternate is
appointed from each congressional.
district to- Annapolis. Academy ses-
lsions will open about September
The Dickinson press., 1917-06-30
ONE KILLED; DOZEN INJURED

Machine Guns Used Against Sim
Feiners at Cork.
Cork, Ireland.-Machine guns were
used on the Sim Feiners in the dis
turbances here. They were brought
into action after the police with clubs
had failed to restore order. The SOL
diers cordoned various points while
the police chased the rioters to side
streets. After having borne much
more stoning the police ordered
that guns be fired on the disturbers.
One rioter was killed and another
severely wounded, while a dozen we're
treated in hospitals for bayonet and
other wounds.
The Dickinson press., 1917-06-30
Argentina Is Aroused.

Buenos Ayres ,Argentina.-The Ar
gentine steamer Toro, 1,1SO tons, has
been sunk by a German submarine. Ar
gentina is highly aroused. This latest
occurrence is admitted to have
brought Argentina close to severance
of relations with Germany.
The Dickinson press., 1917-06-30
TOTALS S4I,OOO,OOO IN YEAR

Importation of Gems Not Lessened by
the War.
New York.-Figures show neither
the high cost of living nor appeals for
economy apparently have affected the
importation of precious stones into
this country. The value of gem i'm
fiscal year at the port of New York
was officially given as $41,07S,902
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-04-19
SHELTER FOR BOATS
Of GERMANY FOUND

RIO DE JANEIRO, April 19.-After
numberless rumors and unconirmed
reports regarding naval bases said to
have been established by German raid
ers and submarines on the coast of
Brazil, what appears TO be reliable
story of such base has reached this
city. The story is vouched for by Col
onel Jose Maria de Silva, proprietor of
a large plantation on the Ilha de
Maraca, which is said to have been the
rendezvous of several German ships at
various times since the beginning of
the war
The Ilha de NIAGARA is separated
from the northern coast of Brazil by
the Carrapaparis Channel. Three
German warships anchored in this
channel for several days during the
first year of the war, and have used
the hiding place several times since,
the last time being during February
this year.
He declared that fresh meat was
furnished the ships by several cattle
raisers, that the ships took water and
made repairs. Tropical jungle climbs
precipitous slopes of land so that
ships masts or tunnels are completely
obscured when the ship lies in to
shore,
Colonel Silva reported that officers
from the first German ships to use the
hiding place embarked in gasoline
launches and made careful soundings
OF the channel and the entire neighbor-
hood of the island, and that they made
detailed maps from their observations.
With the publishing of Colonel Sill
vas statements the Brazilian cruiser
"Tymbra" was despatched to the
secene to verify the story and protect
Brazilian neutrality.
Reports indicating that the raiders
are still active in the South Atlantic
continue to arrive, the latest being a
telegram from Belem, city near the
mouth of the Amazon, saying that a
naval battle had been fought within
sight of that city. The report stated
that it was believed that the engage
ment was fought between the French
cruiser Croydon" and the German
raider.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-04-19

Record houses every
where is the best evil
|dence that patrons of
Americas have a treat in
store tomorrow when she
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-04-19
TO SUPPLY ACTS OF
MINERAL DEPOSITS IN
ALL BRITISH COMMONS

LONDON, April 19.-One of the top
les to be discussed at the forthcoming
conference of representatives of Great
Britain's colonies is a proposal to
establish a government department of
minerals and metals for the purpose
of developing mineral resources of
the Empire A branch Of the depart
ment will be bureau of mineral in
formation which will supply facts as
to all mineral deposits in the British
Dominions.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-04-19
EXCURSION FARES TO
ATLANTA, ga, AND RETURN

Account of Grand Opera by Metro
rolitan Opera Company of New York
City, April 1928, inc, 1917. Tickets on
sale April % to %, inc. Final limit
May 1, 1917. Ask any Central of
Georgia Railway ticket agent for fol-
der, giving detailed information as to
the dates of operas, casts, etc.
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY
27-1m The Right Way.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-04-19
LIVERPOOL is SUFFERING
FROM SHORTAGE in WATER

LIVERPOOL, April 19.-This city is
suffering from a shortage in its water
supply because of the decentralization
to the water system, caused by the
bursting of pipes in 20,SOO places dur
ing the recent prolonged cold spell.
The engineering department has found
it necessary to shut off the water all
night and occasionally during the day
over large part of the city.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-04-19
MARY PICKFORD OPERA
HOUSE, FRIDAY, APRIL 20TH

49, Greatest cities in the
United States acclaim
Mary Pickford in "a
~ Poor Little Rich Girl. -
Sweetest play ever
scen," says the Chicago Herald Star
does not act, she lives. in her screen
characters" "Bewitching and "a
icy" n Philadelphia. New York Sun
finds star pre-eminently suited in
role. All parents should see it, asserts
the Chicago Tribune. S2,118 patrons
viewed this picture in Birmingham,
breaking all previous records for at
tendance at any moving picture house
in that city. The concensus of opin-
ion everywhere this picture has played
was that Mary Pickford's efforts in
this play far outrival any Of her prev
ious attempts.
- Record houses every
where is the best evil
ldence that patrons Of
~ Americas have treat in
store tomorrow when she
is flashed on the screen at the Opera
House for the first time in Americas.
Remember, Friday, April goth. Opens
at o'clock. Indications point to re-
cord crowd Shows 8. 4:30, 6, 1880
and o'clock. Afternoon &c and 1Oc;
night, sc ,10c and 15c.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-04-19
ALCAZAR THEATRE.
TIr-u.c I0

ALCAZAR THEATRE.
Thursday
Marie Doro in Lost Won.".5 Acts.
Friday
Alice Joyce and Harry Morey in
THE Courage of Silence. Five Acts.
Chapter 10 "The Secret Kingdom"
Saturday
Bessie Love in Nina, the Flower
Girl. Five Acts.
"A Noble Fraud Triangle Comedy.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-04-19
AMER!cUs SHOWS
OPERA HOUSE.
Friday.

Mary Pickford in THE Poor Little
Rich Girl"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-09

ask how much liver is pound, ana
then when they hear it is very expen-
sive they have to get less than they
want. Whereas have to say Meow
and | get what / wish. They don't
bother to weigh it for me. They just
throw me nice juicy piece. And oh,
how the ladies envy me when they see
that, I'm the one customer who needn't
pay. And why, because l am hand
some, pet cat. A great and healthy
cat. Gerken, the envy of the cats and
! ladies'! The pet of the butcher"
"Oh," said Wait, how wonderful
you are. And how lucky to belong tc
the butcher
"Ah, that's because I'm so handsome
he loves me-and to be sure-the rea
son / am so handsome is because o.
the expensive food | get without worr!
or EXPENSE"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-09
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE
By LEE PAPE

This aitnnoon me and Pubs Simkins
was setting on Pudscs flunt steps. Jest
setting there, and Pubs -sed, III bet YOU a
sent.
Wat will YOU bet me a sent: ! sed. and
he sed III bet you a sent enything. and /
sed, All rite, III bet you sent the next
horse that comes down the street Will be
wite
III bet you a sent it will be brown. sed
Pubs
And we kepp ON setting there waiting,
wlch no horse eny cutler came down TOR
long vile, and then Pubs yelled, | win,
win, heer comes one
Nich one was. being brown horse with
big wife serclcs all over him like serki,
horse, and | yelled, win. | win, there's
more wife on him that wat there is brown
Go on, there's twice as mulch brown, sed
Pud~, and sed, Lets ask the man, the
man awt to know. Mcening the man IL
the Vaughn. being fat man with rec
face, and me and Pubs ran out in the
street Jest as the waggin was going pas
pritty fast, yelling. Hay. mister. hay. mis-
| ter, hay, mister
Nlch the man looked scared and trie,
to stop the horse, and the horse diden
act as II II thawt it awt to stop, and tn,
man yelled, Wo, wo, gosh shang ii. wo
And he kcpp pulling on the ranes and tn
horse stopped. and the man leened ava,
out the side OF the Vaughn. saying Wat
the matter, wat do you want, watts tn
matter?
| He wunts to say Your horse is NOR
wife than wat it Is brown, is It? So
Pubs
Waite a minnit, sed the man And Ii
jumped out of the Vaughn waving hi
wipp, his face even reddcr than It wa
before, looking pritty fearse, all rite, an
me and Pubs skinned UP the street 50 fas
it wasent hardly possible WITCH wen "
got up to the corner we looked errounc
and the Vaughn wasent there. and me an
Pubs quick ran down agen, thinking may
be he was riding erround the block afte
MS. Ony he wasent. and we sat down o
Pubs steps agen. Pubs saying well,
dident have sent, enyhow.
Neither did |. | sed:
Wich | dident
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-09
Cleaning Rife Barrels.

The best way TO clean the barrel of
a rife is to get 'pull-through.' This
is a piece of cord which will pass
through the barrel, with a weight at
one end. and two loops at the other.
In the loop nearer the weighted end
place n piece of oily rag. and draw
this through the rifle barrel until it is
clean. This is the method used in
the army. The following are two easy
methods of cleaning guns and rifles
If a muZZle-lOader, stop up the nipple
or communication hole with n little
wax: or, if breach-loader. insert q
cork in the breech rather tightly; next
pour some quicksilver into the bar.
rel. and put another cork in the muZ-
zle: then proceed to roll it up and
down the barrel, shaking il about fol-
a few minutes. The mercury and the
lead will form an amalgam. and leave
the barrel as clean and free from lead
as the first day it came out of the
shop. The same quicksilver can be
used repeatedly by straining i
through wash leather; for the lead
will be left behind in the leather, an(
the quicksilver will be again fit fol
use.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-09

William II. Jeffrey is filing an i'm
portant of1ice-that of state probation
oilicer-in the new board of charities
and probation. The Reformcr has long
believed that the probation system
could be widely extended with no detri-
ment to society and with helpful hand
to the persons who have fallen or made
a mistake, but whose tendencies are not
criminal. From an intimate personal
relation with Mr.. Jeffrey we know that
ihe is prompt in action, and that he
considers cases in a broad and tolerant
way, with a wish to be merciful and
helpful, while at the same time safe
guarding the state, community and
i home interests where questions of lcni
cncy towards offenders are taken under
consideration
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-09

Germany is out for more money
again. She Will get it, too, because
she has devised very remarkable sys-
tenn by which the government pays over
to the people the cost of its war work
and then calls for loans from the peo-
pie by way Of bond issues and pays the
money back again to the people The
same mark goes first to the government
from the people, then back to the peo-
pie. The last loan from the people
reached the great total of $3,2S0,000,
600, after two and a half years of war
Now the government is calling fol
another 750,000,000 loan. The wal
is costing Germany $25,000,000 day
hardly half what Britain is said to be
lexpending every day. The German sys
TEN of financing is sure to come to {
smash sooner or later. as when the
| loans are negotiated now it takes {
large part of the money raised to pa,
interest on loans coated earlier in tn,
war game.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-09

Vacation as always. OF course. The
past wear has been a strenuous one for
most of u.s. Next year is likely to de-
mand even greater sponsibilities and
greater activities. The summer is the
time for the renewal of energy. 1t is
time for all Of lis to plan to get into
the mountains and the woods, by the
pellucid lake or by the ocean 5 side
Perhaps the vacation may be made
simpler or less expensive than in other
wears. The old doctor was right who
pronounced the word recreation 1t is
Il mistake to use up energy to the ex
tent where work rides us. We should
all take time to play little in the out
door so that we may return to WORK
with more enthusiasm and moro capar
ity. In this connection we advise HON,
residents to see Vermont first Mos
people know but little about their owl
state aside from what they have seer
from car windows or visits to few o
the larger towns. Communion with ma
ture and visits to the silent places vii
help. There is a wealth of mountai
and lake scenery and charming resort
almost at our doors. Let 5 go.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-09
DADDSEY[NDNG
ARY TALL H1
~ MARY GRAHAM. BONNER
THE CAT GERkEN.

"My NAME" said the cat. sis 9erken.
I am one of the best looking cats in
the neighborhood. In fact I ain NOT
simply one of the best looking cats-I
am the very best looking. Handsome
should be another name for me.
could have it if | wished
Gerken was seated outside butcher
swished his tail around as he made
these remarks to another cat who lived
down the street.
Its not that you are so good look
ing" said the other cat whose name
was Wait. He had been so named be-
cause he had had so many different
homes-he was little waif cat.
"Whatever do you mean by that?"
asked Gerken. If he had not been so
happy sitting in the sunshine he would
have been very angry, but he simply
could not get his temper up. No, the
felt so nicely on his soft fur, and he
had nothing to worry him.
Il mean" said Wait, that you are
not so good looking, but that one would
almost think you were"
Nonsense" said Gerken. "How can
one think a creature is good looking if
the creature is ugly? That's quite inn
| possible. Anyone can see with eyes
/ that I am handsome. Therefore they
would naturally think'%I was. And
| therefore / am SeeT
That's not what mean" said Wait.
''What do you mcan?" asked Gerken
II mean that you haven't beautiful
fur, that is very long nor any special
coloring that is lovely. You are almost
good looking because you are sc
healthy. Your fur is not wonderful
but 1t always looks as if you were Sc
well fed
81 am, too" said Gerken, contented
ly.
"And you look so big and fat ant
we'll that you seem like a handsome
cat"
ooh WELL" said Gerken. 'if / seen
like q handsome cat it's just about tn,
same as being one. l am satisfied
Il should think you would be-" sait
Waif. you're a great big spoilt cat
and l envy YOU
"Ah," said Gerken, "Tll tell you
secret"
DO" said Wait
"You are not the only creature VIII
! envies me. All no, indeed, you ar
} not"
81 can easily believe" said Wait
that you are the envy of all the cat
in the neighborhood In fact l hay
! often heard them talking of how the
= I envied you and your home in tn
! butcher shop. We see you, when W
h go past the shop, sitting on a stoo
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-09
American Distaste for Privacy.

The great novelist or the great COM
poser can afford q teiephoneless hut
or fiat, and so gain enough peace and
quiet to think. Plain Americans must
have the telephone at their elbow day
and night or go out CT business-sO-
cially as well as commercially. The
joyouSness with which Americans
have welcomed the telephone to their
ears and lips no doubt flows in part at
least from our national distaste for
privacy. We don't pull down our
shades at hight and we hate hedges
and fences. If open plumbing is not
an American invention, it ought to be,
On any future shield of these United
States the tile bathroom and the tele-
phone instrument ought to share the
glory.-EXchange
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-09
Old French Weather Vanes.

In France the original weather vanes
were metal reproductions of knightly
banners or pennOnS bearing their own
ers' heraldic devices and set upon the
towers, and like pennonS, indicated
the direction of danger, or a summons
to victory, fight or Il frolic, a warning
or call, according to whether the day
was to be fair or foul An English
not a French, writer it was who first
compared a vane to "the uncertain
mind of q fantastical woman" The
weather may be shifty, you see, but
not the vane to its own duty. False
hood does not abide with it. Wherever
change in wind is important, it func
tions as a sentinel at the gates or a:
courier spreading tidings, silent
always visible Paul Revere.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-09
Nine, JoHre.

All Parisians are familiar with the
small mansion occupied by Marshal
and Nine Joffre at Passy. Rue Michel
Ange. The couple lived there in per-
feet harmony. Thanks TO the radiat-
ing kindness of Nine. Joffre, her hus-
band always found in their home
regularity, rest, relaxation, joy, says
the BoOkman. Like most French
wives, Nine. Joffre is animated. cheer
full, modest, industrious, possessed of
a sober elegance and an affection for
her home which makes her put it
above everything else. In the midst
of celebrity she has always stunned
notoriety; and she sought refuge from
the tributes won by her excellent
heart and illustrious name in work, in
the peaceful seclusion of the family
1t is said that the dream of the couple
is to buy, after the war is over, mo-
tor hOuseboat, and thus to cruise
anonymously along the rivers of their
beloved France to which the marshal
will have been the first to give the
assurance of victory.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-09
"Oh, How Wonderful You Are!"

just as though you were a customer
and could pay for your meat. You
weren't told to get down. No, you
were treated just exactly as if you
We're giving an order and were saying,
"'Please send it around in time for
luncheon"
"That is all part of the wonderful
secret l am going to tell you," said
Gerken. ''You say the cats in the
neighborhood envy me. But they are
not the only creatures who envy me
Cats. Bah! | am envied by bigger
things-by people. Yes, the great,
grown-up Indies envy me when they do
their marketing"
'Why?' asked Wait. Cant they
get all they want to eat?'
'Ah, there is the wonderful part OF
the secret-the interesting reason why
they envy me so much. Yes, they car
get all they want to eat-if they pay
for 1t. They can't get 1t for absolutely
nothing the way I can. They have tC
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-09
OPEN FIREPLACE is FRAUD
Almost Invariably 1t Won't Draw and
If 1t Does Draw the Chances
Are That 1t Won't Heat.

There is nothing that looks better
in picture than an open fireplace.
The old Dutch masters discovered that.
and willy craftsmen ever since have
used the knowledge. Witness the -four
iShing modern school of commercial
art. It's poor photograph that can't
be seen peeping out of the half light
thrown from fireplace, with its lucky
poSSeSsOr lOlling near by in an atti
tude of ecstatic alteration. It's poor
brand of socks that can't be worn be-
fore the andirOns, or of chocolates that
can't be munched by pretty girls in the
same effective setting. An open fire.
place has come to be one of the stock
properties for producing an effect of
cheeriness, and, indeed. the matinee
idols heart-rending dilemma is never
so heart-rending as when he tells his
bosom friend about it before a stage
fireplace. with the red incandescents
Pickering realistically and the violins
| sobbing soft accompaniment.
But enough of that old hoax. says
| the New Sun. The open fireplace is a
fraud. Almost invariably it won't
| drawback London. who whatever
| grabbed stylists might say of his writ
| ing. at least knew life out of doors
made 1t the summit of achievement for
one who had gone back to the soil tC
make q fireplace that wouldn't smoke
| And when it does draw it won't heat
And if it does both, the chances are {
| 4. Il
i wood in the whole neighbOrhOOd t
| keep it going half day. One of thu
/ many comic sights to be seen in a su
burban bungalow Is pyre of bits o
packing-case. small branches of trees
scraps of timber left by the builde
and such combustible whatnot touches
off solemnly to show a helpless wee
ender what real open fireplace /
like.
Those who must burn wood to kee
warm don't do it so fGolishly. A bo
stove of the old kind. that will hol
chunks two feet long, that has n
CRATE, but holds the embers CLOWN
/ roars in a CHEEKY crescendo as TIL
winds mount outside. is the prOpe
caper.
: Throw open the swinging door Wa
' there ever so brave a glare of livi
3 embers, pulSing with the breath of til
fire? A steak would and does bro
: there in a iiffy. Bread is but passe
before it, and comes out toast. Pot
Il toes bake nesting in its bedded ashe
/ tea water bOils as if by magic.
II thing of comfort that old box stove.
II On the wall behind il is nice. viii
Il blank space that may suitably accor
H modate one of those nice pictures of
Ii fireplace.