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The Washington herald., 1917-03-23
Plan TO RUSH WORK
ON 1000 AIRCRAFT
Advisory Committee Confers with Man
ufacturers to Speed Construction.

uIdcturers 10 Speed Ionstructlon.
To perfect plans that will give the
United States 1000 new aeroplanes and
provide 1000 aviators. the National Ad-
visory Committee for Aeronautics, yes
terday held q joint meeting with the
manufacturers Of aeroplanes. Fifty man
ufacturers were present and ways and
means were discussed to speed up aerial
preparedness.
The committee estimates that an army
Of one million men viii need 1000 aero
planes; that the feet will require 200 and
the coast defenses so0 Every type Of
machine will be built. but each factory
will specialize on a particular type. Man
ufacturers claim there is q scarcity Of
spruce, linen and steel necessary to be
used in the construction of air craft.
Captain Clarence C. Culver, Of the u. 3.
Signal Corps. a wireless expert. has been
ordered to Washington from Fort Sam
Houston to experiment with q new aero
radio device. The tests will be held at
Hampton,'va.
In summarizing the present situation in
the American aeronautic industry and the
necessity for its immediate development.
DR.. Charles D. Walcott, chairman of the
executive committee of the Advisory
Committee. said:
tions do not open up the years that have
passed and enable US to carefully lay the
foundations Of a great industry and a
great aerial arm through the education
Of engineers, manufacturers, teachers and
all Of the wide variety Of personnel re-
quired.
"The government has not given the in
dustry sufficient support in the past to
enable 1t to meet the enormous demands
suddenly made upon It. "
Whatever the industry may produce
during 1917 Is bound to fall far short of
the country's needs and our meeting to-
day is for the purpose Of ascertaining
how the situation might be helped.
"one of the really serious problems Is
the matter of obtaining enough competent
instructor aviators to teach the very
large number Of young men who are
applying for commissions in the Oficer
Reserve Corps. Aviation Section. 1t is
apparently going to be Just as serious a
matter to build up an adequate force of
Of the advanced science OF mill
tary flying as now practiced abroad as
1t is going to be to produce the machines
that are to be hown.''
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23
.GOMPERS MADE Chief
OF WELFARE Committee
Council Of National Defense Names
Labor Leader Chairman.

The Council Of National Defense In d.
viding Its work among the seven MEM
bers Of Its advisory commission made
Samuel Gompers chairman of the COM
mittee on labor for the conservation and
welfare Of workers. the work of the
COMMITTEES to be furthered whether in
peace or war.
Mr.. Gompers yesterday issued an in
vitation to large number of men and
women, asking their cooperation in car
rying out the work of the committee.
Workmen. employers. doctors and scien-
lists who have given conservation and
welfare work their attention have been
invited to membership on the committee
The services Of all will be without COM
pensation.
The first meeting of those accepting
membership on the committee will take
place Monday morning, April 2.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23
HE NIPS NECKTIE PINS
WHILE SEEKING AIMS

Washington has a new crook who Is
said to be a wonder.
Just as blind he assumes the role
of a panhandler, and then while whin-
ing for a few jitneys. nlps necktie pins
and makes a general search of the lis
teners person.
First operations of the dip were
brought to the attention of the local
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23

sleuths yesterday when Charles E. Har-
mon. S years old. Of Fayette street,
Baltimore. reported that he had been
robbed Of his bow-knot, diamond-studded
stick pin.
Mr.. Harmon stated that he was in the
vicinity of Thirteenth and Z streets,
northwest. yesterday afternoon when he
was accosted by a white man. IS years
old. six feet tall. The man stopped Mr.
Harmon and asked him for some change.
When the stranger made of. Mr.. Harmon
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23
CADET DRILL DATES SET.

The competitive drill Of the washing-
ton High School Cadets will be held on
the following dates, it has been announc-
ed by Assistant Superintendent Of
Schools Kramer: White schools, May q
and -; colored schools, May a The
drills will be held as usual at the Amer
lean League Baseball Park
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23
READY TO ERECT CHURCH

Ground will be broken Monday at 4:3o
o'clock for the building of the 1890, 900
structure to replace the Mt. Vernon Place
Methodist Episcopal Church South, at
Ninth and K streets. Funds have been
raised for the past ten years with the aid
Of the entire Southern Methodist Church.
The ceremonies will be under direction
Of w. W. MILAN, chairman Of the local
committee. The ground will be broken
by Mrs. W. v. Tudor, widow Of the pas
tor who founded the church
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23
REGIMENT SHIFTED.
Twenty-seeend Ordered TO Gover-
nor's Island as Mobili.ation step.

Twenty-seeond Ordered 10 Gover-
nor's Island As Mobili.ation step.
The Twenty-second Infantry. now at
Nogales. Ariz-. yesterday was ordered 10
proceed to Governors Island, N. Y, to
replace the Twenty-ninth Infantry, which
was sent from there some two years ago
to the Panama Canal Zone. This move
nient is in line with the plans of the War
Department to place regiments In regi-
mental posts, where they will be ayaila-
bic a. mobilization units should q gem
erai mooilization be ordered at any time
In the near future.
The Twenty-second win have charge of
mihtary training camps I'm the Eastern
Department. 1t was stated AT the War
ID Department. Similarly q regiment of reg
ulars will soon be sent to the Central
Department to take barge of such camps
in the Middle West.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23
INSTALLING NEW SIGNALS.
Baltimore and Ohio Put. Automatic
Safety Devices Into Operation.

The Bor.--rore and Ohio Railroad q.
making considerable progress in the in
s'allation OF automatic signals along its
lines for public safety. Last year the
line between Harper's Ferry, W. Va, and
Cumberland. Nd, distance Of e6s mites
was equipped with automatic signals,
pro iucing betterS fa:r'itIes Tor handling
trains over this division of the .oai
Extension of the automatic signals was
also made on the line between South Chi
cago and the Graad Central Terminal.
Ch:cago, comprising 159 miles making a
continuous automatic block installation
Of J2.7 miles. the distance between Mil
ford Junction, Ind and the Baltimore
and Ohio ChI:a-o Terminal station in
Chicago. The completion of this divi-
sion of the work brought tre tota. OF
the mileage II the road that Is so
equipped up TO HS.15 miles.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23
o. s. EXPORTS DECIIrE

Further evidence Of the manner In
which the German Unrestricted sub
marine campaign is interfering with
American exports Is shown in the re-
port on the exports of foodstuffs for
February. which were s115, ,54s, ,s7l, a de-
crease Of s70.24.31I over January. Part
Of this. Of course. Is attributable to the
fact that February was q short month. 81
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23
HAS Your AUTo 4GAssEDs Yous
warnins Issued By Health oaici.ls
AEainst BreathinE Exhaust Air.

Against Breathing Exhaust AIR.
: II yeu must tinker with your automo-
bile In the garage, be sure that the en-
gine Is not running and that you. are
not near another car with its engine
turning over. The exhaust gases from
the engine Of the car pollute the atmos-
phere, get into your lungs, and are like
ly to prove fatal
Health Department officials have issued
warning against this sort Of careless
ness Not long ago colored man met
his death In this city by inhaling the
monoxide gas coming out Of the ex-
haust manifold of the car he was repair
ing.
Health officials say that work on q
car should be done in the open when
ever possible. It will take only q few
minutes for the air in a small garage to
become unit to breathe.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-23

discovered the loss Of his pin. which is
valued at SIS.
The midland journal., 1917-03-30
VIOLETS
BY LIMA r. ROSE.

Violets are the flowers that seem
most in vogue always. Unfortunately
their season is short in comparison
with the numerous hothouse flowers
Notwithstanding the vast strides this
industry has made in the past ten
years, violet culture is little under
stood. Raising them to perfection in
wolves endless care and continual bat
tie against insect life at the leaf and
stem, while rot may attack the root
Then comes constant cultivation every
day in the year.
In the spring all plants are thrown
away and the houses restocked and all
the earth taken out and replenished
from new supply. During the win
ter months various stimulating fertiliZ-
ers must be used on the soil and all
vegetable growth cleared away. If al
lowed to accumulate it would sap the
strength of the plants and absorb the
nutriment given by this top dressing.
Then the withered leaves, dead or poor
blooms, must be removed, and water
given in the right quantities.
The principal revenue in the violet
business is reaped from November to
May. In this respect it differs from
regular greenhouses where all varie
ties of flowers are grown. After May
the violets grow smaller as the heat
Increases. Then the plants are thrown
out and the houses thoroughly renovat-
ed and emptied preparatory to the
planting of the new stock. The prop
agating houses are then emptied also,
the young plants being transplanted,
as far as desired, in the regular
houses, or set in the open ground for
a few weeks, after which the planting
of the houses is completed and the
surplus stock sold. By autumn these
cuttings have grown into full-fiedged
plants and commenced to bloom.
These boomers are small at first, but
gradually increase in size as the cold
The midland journal., 1917-03-30
TAKES OFF DANDRUFF
HAIR STOPS FALLING
Girls! Try Thisl Makes Hair Thick,
Glossy, Fluffy, Beautiful-No
More Itching Scalp.

Within ten minutes after an appli-
cation of Danderine you cannot find a
single trace of dandruff or falling hair
and your scalp will not itch, but what
will please you most will be after a
few weeks use, when you see new
hair, fine and downy at first-yes-but
really new hair--growing all over the
scalp.
A little Danderine Immediately dou-
bIes the beauty of your hair. No diff
ference how dull, faded, brittle and
scraggy, just moisten a cloth with
Danderine. and carefully draw it
through your hair, taking one small
strand at a time. The effect is amaz-
ing-your hair will be light, fluffy and
wavy, and have an appearance Of
abundance; an Incompatible luster,
softness and luxuriance.
Get 25 cent bottle of Knowlton's
Danderine from any store, and prove
that your hair is as pretty and soft
as any-that it has been neglected or
injured by careless treatment-thats
all-you surely can have beautiful hair
and lots of it If you will just try lit
tie Danderine. Adv
The midland journal., 1917-03-30
THE ROSE CITY

They call Portland, Ore, the Rose
city. With it's yearly festival where
100000 rose plants are on view it
seems to rightly deserve the title.
A visit to Peninsula park, in the
heart of the Oregon city, during fes-
tival week, which is usually the first
week in June, one can see 100000
rose flowers, covering more than 700
varieties all in bloom at one time.
Last year Portland people planted
more than 100 miles of new rose
bushes. If placed in a row this display
alone would reach from Portland to
the Pacific ocean 100 miles along the
shore line of the Willamette and Co.
lumbia rivers.
The midland journal., 1917-03-30
IS CHILD CROSS,
FEVER|SH, SICK
Look, Mother! If tongue is
coated, give california
Syrup Of FiqS."

Children love this ''fruit laxative"
and nothing else cleanses the tender
stomach, liver and bowels so nicely.
A child simply will not stop playing
to empty the bowels, and the result is
they become tightly clogged with
waste, liver gets sluggish, stomach
sours, then your little one becomes
cross, half-sick, feverish, don't eat,
sleep or act naturally, breath is bad,
system full Of cold, has sore throat,
stomach-ache or diarrhea. Listen,
MotherI See if tongue is coated, then
give a teaspoonful Of California
Syrup of Figs" and in few hours all
the constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out Of the sys-
tenn, and you have a well child again.
Millions of mothers give California
Syrup of Figs" because it is perfectly
harmless; children love it, and it nev-
er fails to act on the stomach, liver
and bowels.
Ask at the store for 50-cent bottle
Of california Syrup of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
Of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Adv.
The midland journal., 1917-03-30
BITS OF THINGS

The punches of cobwebs pn the
trees come before you know it. They
are the work of the fall web worm,
and the torch is the remedy.
Mosquitoes bad? Take look
around and see if there is not a pool
of stagnant water or a rain barrel
near the house. The pests breed in
such places.
Go over the vines and pinch off the
weak and spindling fruit branches,
and then give the strong ones chance
to grow.
Weeds going to seed right along
now? Get very busy with the scythe,
the mower, the hoe and everything
else that will put them out of busi-
ness. Kill that detestable weed, bur-
dock. 1t flowers once every two
years, and if the plant is cut off below
the ground after the Towering stalk
appears, it will trouble you no more.
Get rid of your old barbed-wire
fences just as soon as possible. They
are too dangerous.
The midland journal., 1917-03-30

washing, when tender drain, if there is
any liquor save it as this is valuable
in iron salts. Chop the spinach fine
and season with salt, pepper and but
ter. Then three or four small beets,
cut in dice and heated in q saucepan,
with little butter; season we'll and
add pint of peas, heated and sea-
soned in the same way. Arrange the
spinach around, platter, inside the
ring place the beets and in the middle
the peas, keeping the line as straight
as possible between the colors. Sprin-
kle the whole with finely minced par
Sley and send hot to the table.
Spinach SaIad.-Wash and cook
half peck of spinach, if young and ten
der it will cook in it's own juices and
the water that clings to the leaves.
Heat it very gradually and watch it to
prevent burning. When tender, drain
and chop it with six hard-cooked eggs.
Add a cupful of toasted, buttered
crumbs and half cupful of minced
cooked ham. Pack in small molds and
chill on ice. Serve with olives and
any desired salad dressing.
Radsh Salad.-Slice as many rad
ishes as are needed, lay them in over
tapping slices around bed of lettuce.
Place on the lettuce a mixture of
green vegetables mixed with salad
dressing that are at hand.
Cucumber Jelly Salad.-Peel and cut
two cucumbers in slices, add one slice
of onion, half teaspoonful of salt
and dash of pepper. Simmer until
the cucumbers are tender in pint of
water, cold at first. Add tablespoon
full of gelatin, soften in water. Line
mold with fresh slices of cucumber,
cut very thin and pour in the jelly slow
ly. Set in the ice chest to chill. Turn
out on lettuce and serve with iced
French dressing. Garnish with red
peppers.
The midland journal., 1917-03-30
GREAT DEMAND
FOR CANADIAN LAND
Americans Are Buyers and Be-
coming SettIerS-AnxiouS to
Get Cheap and Produc-
tive Land.

Reports are to hand that there win
be large influx of settlers from the
United States into the Canadian West
during the coming Spring. For time
there has been falling off, on account
of the fear of conscription, which of
course was not possible, and which the
Canadian Government gave every as
surance would not be put into opera
ton. In any case it would not affect
the American settler, and more than
that the man who was working on the
farm, helping to produce the grain
that goes to feed those who are at war,
would not be affected.
The excellent yields Of the Western
Canada crops, and the high prices Sc
cured is having its influence on those
looking for homes. The authenticated
reports that have been sent out from
time to time that this farmer and that
farmer had paid for their entire farm
holdings out Of one crop has reached
the ears of the man looking for farm.
When he hears that G.. III. Beatty Of
Nanton, Alberta had $40 bushels Of
561a bushels to the acre, he becomes
interested. When he learns that Sid
ney E. Phillips of Beddeford, Alberta,
threshed ten hundred and fifty-three
bushels Of wheat, the average being
521s bushels per acre, his interest is
further aroused. Thos. Long Of Leth-
bridge had 12O bushels Of oats to the
acre from a field of 25 acres, w.
Quinn of Milk River had 6,094 bushels
of wheat from 100 acres, an average
Of go bushels per acre, and Robert
Tackaberry of Nobleford makes affida-
Wit that he had an average Of seventy
six bushels of wheat per acre from
field of 1858 acres. Thos. Boulton of the
same place makes affidavit that from
fifty acres he had yield Of fifty-three
bushels of wheat per acre. Newell j.
Mobiles affidavit of getting 81 bushels
per acre from 1000 acres stands out
most strongly as evidence of what the
wheat grower can do. This affidavit is
strengthened by paragraph stating
that he had 122 bushels and 80 lbs. per
acre from 394.69 acres. Mrs. Nancy
Coe makes affidavit that on her farm
at Nobleford she threshed six thou
sand one hundred and ten bushels Of
wheat from one hundred and fifteen
acres, or fifty-three bushels and eight
lbs. per acre, and from a fax field
(stubble field) she got 20 bushels and
3S pounds per acre.
It cannot be said that these were
freak yields because SO many had such
great success. When these reports are
read, the man looking for farm be-
comes convinced.
These are only few Of the reasons
that will cause large influx Of Amer
lean farmers into the Canadian West
during the coming Spring.
The farmers now resident in Mani
toba, Saskatchewan and Alberta are
purchasing additional lands. Prices
are low and Free homestead land can
be had in many districts and the home
steader is welcome.-Advertise
The midland journal., 1917-03-30
OLD PRESCRIPTION
FOR WEAK KIDNEYS

"A medicinal preparation like DR.. Kill
mer's Swamp-Root, that has real curative
value almost sells itself Like an endless
chain system the remedy is recommended
by those who have been benefited to those
who are in need of it.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root is a physi-
clans prescription. 1t has been tested
for years and has brought results to count
less numbers who have suffered
The success of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Roo
is due to the fact that it fulills almost ev-
cry wish in overcoming kidney, liver and
bladder diseases, corrects urinary troubles
and neutralizes the uric acid which causes
rheumatism.
Do not suffer. Get bottle of Swamp
Root from any druggist now. Start treat
ment today.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation. send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, n Y, for
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper-Adv.
The midland journal., 1917-03-30
"CAsCARETS' FOR
SLUGGISH BOWELS
No sick headache, sour stomach,
biIiousness or constipation
by morning.
Get a 1O-cent box now.


Turn the rascals out-the headache,
biliousness, indigestion, the sick, sour
stomach and foul gases-turn them
out tonight and keep them out with
Cascarets.
Millions of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never
know the misery caused by a lazy
liver, clogged bowels or an upset stom-
ach.
Don't put in another day of distress.
Let Cascarets cleanse your stomach |;
remove the sour fermenting food !;
take the excess bile from your liver
and carry out all the constipated
waste matter and poison in the
bowels. Then you will feel great.
A Cascaret tonight straightens you
out by morning. They work while
you sleep. A 10-cent box from
any drug store means q clear head,
sweet stomach and clean, healthy liver
and bowel action for months. Chill
dren love Cascarets because they
never grippe or sicken. Adv.
The midland journal., 1917-03-30
TAKE CARE OF YOUR FERNS

If your Boston fern becomes yellow
and droopy-looking and refuses to re-
spond to your most loving efforts to
cheer and rouse, 1t, here is fertilizer
that is said to give the most wonder
full results. Use one tablespoonful of
dibasic ammonium phosphate and one
of potassium nitrate, dissolved in one
gallon of water. Pour one pint of the
solution on the roots of the fern once
a week for three weeks. In the mean
time give the plant a little pl'tn water
every other day. This will prove a
valuable tonic and invariably produce
new growth.
The midland journal., 1917-03-30
PLANTS FOR SANDY SOIL

Good plants for sandy soil are YER
benas, asters and phlox. These are
all ANIMALS and do particularly well in
this soil.
Latrix, blazing star or gay feather
is a capital plant for sandy soil, al
though it does well in any good soil.
1t is a hardy perennial, with long
spikes of purple and rosy purple flow
ers, blooming from July to September,
and growing from three to four feet
high.
The midland journal., 1917-03-30
BoscHEE's GERMAN SYRUP

Why take ordinary cough remedies
when Boschee's German Syrup has
been used for f1fty-one years in all
towns in the United States, Canada,
Australia, and other countries, for
coughs, bronchitis, colds settled in the
throat, especially lung trouble. 1t
gives the patient a good nights rest,
free from coughing, with easy expec-
toration in the morning, giving nature
q chance to soothe the infamed parts,
throw off the disease, helping the pa
tient to regain his health, assisted by
pure air and sunshine when possible.
Trial size 25c, and 75c family size.
Sold in all towns in the United States,
Canada, Australia, and other coun-
tries.-Adv.
The midland journal., 1917-03-30

Soak three cupfulS of kidney beans
over night; in the morning parboil
with four large onions. Put into the
bean pot with pint of stewed toma-
toes, third of teasponful of pepper,
a tablespoonful each of sugar and salt
and half pound of salt pork. Bury
the beans in the pork and add just
enough water to cover the beans. Bake
about five hours in a moderate oven.
If the onions are not liked, they may
be omitted and teaspoonful of mus
tard added to the sugar and salt to
season. For those who do not care
for the salt pork use a cupful or less
of olive oil, baking them as above.
Club Salad.-Take one and a half
cupfuls of chicken (cold roasted), 12
slices of cooked bacon, three tomatoes
and lettuce. Arrange the lettuce on
individual plates, place on this slice
of peeled tomato, then little of the
diced bacon, and spoonful of mayon-
1aise dressing; top with some of the
chicken, more mayonnaise and sprig
of parsley. Around each, spoke-fash-
'Vh, phuSC AOuh Va SAA thy tOuoI pOlulS
for garniSh.
Oatmeal Bread.-Pour a pint of boil
ing water over a cupful of rolled oats
and set aside until the mixture Is luke
warm add half cupful Of molasses,
a half yeast cake, dissolved in little
lukewarm water, and cupful and a
half of bread flour. When this is light,
add teaspoonful of salt and enough
flour to make dough stiff enough to
handle. Let it rise until double it's
bulk, cut down and turn into creased
tins. Let rise again and bake three
quarters of an hour. This makes two
lOaveS.
Another Thousand Island Dressing.
Take cupful of thick mayonnaise,
six tablespoonfuls of chilli sauce, two
chopped red peppers, half tablespoon
full of chopped chives. Use on pea and
waXbean salad.
Oyster Curry.-Cut two small onions
and stew in an ounce of butter, add
three teaspoonfuls of curry powder,
then add oysters fresh from the shell
with their own juice, stir over the fire
for two minutes or until the oysters
are curled and covered with sauce.
The midland journal., 1917-03-30

winter days set in and the tempera.
ture can be reduced to the desired
point.
AS long as the violet sheds its
glorious perfume will it be the flower
of the hour and worthy of cultivation
to the lover of flowers or as finan.
cial proposition. There is money anc
joy in it. n
The midland journal., 1917-03-30

How many homes one goes into that
have perfectly useless, homely things
In conspicuous places! What gain
for repose and beauty, to say nothing
of space, If these objects could be elm
mated.