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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-30
TAN BOARD WILL.
MEET AGAIN SATt RDAE

The Tax Board will meet again Satur-
day, at which time il will probably fill
the vacancy in tho Fifth Circuit caused
by the resignation OF : l.. Ferguson.
j. H. Rhudy. examiner OF records Of
the Twenty first Circuit. is At present
i'll in n hospital. and Che Tax Board
has deferred appointing for this cir
cult until ii can confer with the incum-
bent.
In an opinion submitted to the Tax
Board by oscar l.. ShCwmakc. its legal
adviser, L, was held that under the
new law il was necessary for tho pres
ent TO divide all examiners to be now
appointed. into two classes. tho first
class TO consist Of examiners who We're
in office when the new law went into
effect. and who arc now declared ac-
ceptable for rcapp"'ntment. The act.
he held. clearly intended tina; these
shall be continued for now four-year
terms. In tho second class Mi. Shew
make held. fall all the others
while the act NOW under discus
sion is not as clear III its phraScoloCE
as could he desired. and j. married by
at least one unfortunate omission" held
Mr.. Shewmakc. 'it is manifest that
the intent OF the General Assembly was
to provide thereby that the regular
term OF Office Of examiners oi records
shall be two years. with the exception
that the terms Of office nf examiners
of records in office when tho act became
effective and declared acceptable by
you. should end on May !. 1870 ON
that day tho exception ceases - b'
effective. and all examiners OF records
in the State will ,bc on tho same foot
ing AS To the length OF tho terms for
which they viii lac appointed. All
examiners % records arc subject IL re-
n,oval by tho state Tan Board at
pleasure"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-30

the Took OF Inc, and the smoke of me-
The finest, whitest, cleanest home YOU
ever saw. Only the purest, sweetest, rich
est Virginia and Carolina tobacco enters
there. And when come out wrapped
in the daintiest of white imported paper
don't you know I am proud to be a
SOVEREIGN?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-10-12

FAstif>e ToN. uct Iu American
Hed Gross workers n the little slap g
Heisiun still f.ld frm German clutches
are constantly uu.er shel-fra Thcv
"et thinking s. winning medals
.-t aa good ther can da said Baron
Won der Moot de 2ioorsel ST. : SPECIAL
mission from Beleiun during u plsIl 10
Red Cross headalarters herc
have seen personally mans acts Ell
aeroism of thc American Red cross that
have never came q public knowledge Z
said Baron MoorseL Tley arc cons
srantly under sheli-are and iu some sec-
h'on of the NpreS sector vjhin ranee
Of the NJ ire guns riley are ,.orz-
ing FOR humanity not for personal
honor"
frsns tho American woman q ain
de Ked Cross 80 hlorrseI sad ~It
IS the sacred duty - avr American
W ainan to si overs haur She cau Spare
ta ne Rcd Gross maene haudases and
other such labor thc feca cha9te-
Directs
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-10-12

badly bruised when he was run Gown
By an autoist at tile corner or Logan
and Calumet avenue yesterday. Dr.
Chidlaw offended
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-10-12
L-EANS
Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. Onepackage
provesit 25cat all druggists.


n - road q ~ q % staio as il
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-26
What America Needs.

[From Charleston News and Courier ]
What is there that America needs
more than those very things that uni
Yersal service has done for England? ?
1t would do them for us Just as it has
done them for, England. 1t would help
to root out evils that are the most dam
gerous of all, those that threaten us
from within.
More than any other one thing we
can do it would help to make our de-
mocracy real; to put our democratic
theories into actual operation; to wipe
out class feeling, class distinctions. and
class strife; to obliterate false stan
dards and set up instead those that are
real and worth while; to abolish the
lines drawn by divided allegiances; to
fan the fires of patriotism; to revive
in our citizenship the sense of national
obligation; to unity as to thought and
purpose the widely separated sections
of this vast country. and to improve
the physical well-being of the average
American.
And as for the dangers that threatens
us from without. it would sweep them
from the horizon. The fear of war
would scarcely exist any longer, for
there, is no nation in the world that
would attack an America rendered ef-
| ficient and ready by universal service
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-26
Our Amateur MARTYRS

From the New York World1
Should Congress enact q military SER
vice law requiring all American youth
in good health to undergo military
training for six months or more before
reach ing their majority there will prob
ably be adolescent martyrs" in every
part OF the country, more particularly
New York, who will uphold pacifist
principle by refusing to their country
n service and to themselves a benefit
With such a frightful object lesson
rs the present war before men's eyes,
the service is likely to be mainly pre-
cautionary; the benefit will be practical
actual, almost invariably obtained. For
military training during a period not
too prolonged will immeasurably bene-
fit young men in health, in
spirit and in their life pros
poets. The physical benefit, in
erect posture, increased lung capacity
and the ability to take care of ones
self out of doors, will be manifest, as
II has been in the recent memora BILE
example of drill and camp on the MeXi-
can border. The mental and moral
benefit of discipline should prove as
great. and no one needs it more than
the prospective young martyrs them
selves.
Self-centered. impatient of restraint,
too often intolerant of home and school
authority, the type of American young
man who proclaims his intent of per-
sonal rebellion would be vastly improv-
ed hy learning that there is such a word
as must" He does not know it; but
much that he does not know he would
better learn before he is too old to
profit by it fully.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-26
IN NO DANGER

n DISPATCH from Washington
"A says that taking leaf from the
Old Testament as their guide,
the suffrage pickets will endeavor this
week to crumple the final walls OF
prejudice that are obstructing the pas
sage of the Federal suffrage amend
ment by dramatizing the sixth chapter
of Joshua.
Once day, for six days, the suffrage
hosts, even like those of Joshua, will
march around the White House
grounds. Then, on the seventh day
next Sunday, to be eXact-with their
numbers swelled by thousands of wom-
en- from all parts of the country, they
shall compass the city of .watchful
waiting seven times, and seven priest
'esses bearing tho suffrage ark shall
blow with trumpets."
And it shall come to pass" accord
Ding to the official announcement issued
from the national headquarters of the
Congressional Union yesterday, "that
when they make long blast with the
rams horn, and when ye hear the
sound OF the trumpet, All the people
shall shout with a great shout, and the
walls of the city shall fall down fiat, :
We suspect that In this case history
will respectfully decline to repeat
itself, The suffragists appear to be in
mo great danger of arrest for destrue-
fIon of government property, The
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-26
The Chamberlain Bill
[From the Cleveland Leader. ]

lrrom the Cleveland Leader.
Universal military training in the
United States is brought one important
step nearer realization by the action of
the Senate military affairs committee
in recommending the passage of the
chamberlain bill This measure has
been in course of preparation for
months. In a large sense it represent $
the best Judgment of men who have
given most thought to the question of
national defense. BY the terms of the
Chamberlain measure every young man
IN the United States of proper physical
htness Will receive six months of in
tensiVe military training during the
year of his nineteenth birthday. Com
pletlng this period of preparation, these
young men will become members of the
reserve, remaining on call to the colors
till they are 2S.
Specific provision is made that the
reserve army shall not be used to quell
strike riots or to settle industrial dis
putes, thus relieving it of q kind OF
duty to which the National Guard is
liable and which members of the Guard
in general detest. Another provision cal
culated to recommend the measure is
that prohibitingyany one from purchas-
ing exemption from the prescribed
The measure is thus thoroughly
democratic. 1t puts all young men up
on the same footing. It exacts of all
payment on the debt which every
American owes to the flag that protects
hlm hnginnss IN the enjoyment of life home and
In the preparation of the bill the
military affairs committee consulted
every phase of public opinion. Even
the ultra pacifsts have had every. op-
portunity to be heard. The terms Of
the bill have not been dictated by the
army staff or by the War Department
The effort at every point has been tC
give the country the kind of defensive
measure that will best represent its
vast potential strength and best serve
It's purpose both as a peace measure
and war measure
Unless every indication is at fault
the American public has been revisIne
its opinion relative to universal mill.
tary training in recent months. lneX.
orable events abroad, touching the vita
interests of the United States, have
broken down prejudices and wdened in.
dividual conceptions. There has grown
up new realization that mere poten.
| tial strength never won battle, mucl
| less a war; and that mere potentia
| strength possessed by one nation will
not keep other nations, which have
! been wise enough to organize theil
| strength, from making war upon her.
The Chamberlain bill is peace
measure. 1t proposes to put the youne
manhood of America upon such a plant
of fitness that no nation unless mac
Will think of attacking us. The bill
should be made a law without unneces.
sary delay.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-26
RICHARD HARDING DAVIS LIVES
AGAIN
His Letters, Edited by Brother, c. B. Davis Reveal
Davis as Friends Knew and Loved Him

Yes, l remember" said the man
in the white hat, but l fancy Fides"
Then another chap said to him,
Fides is all good enough on a dust
track on sunny, pleasant day, but
she can't run in tie mud. She hasn't
got the staying powers. She's q pretty
one to look at. but she's just grand
stand ladies' choice. She amt in it
with Raceland or Erica. The horse
you want is not pretty, dainty flyer,
but slayer, that is sure and that
brings in good money, not big odds,
but good money. Why, 1 can name
you dozen better'n Fides."
Still, somehow, L like Fides best
said the obstinate, man in the white
hat.
But Fides will take the bit in her
mouth and run away, or throw the
jock or break into the fence She isn't
steady. She's all right to have little
bet on just enough for flyer, but
she's not the horse to plunge on. If
throw away, why, you might put
some of 1t up on her, but, as it is,
you want to put your money where
it will be sure of a place. anyway.
Now, let me mark your card for you?"
NO" said the man, what you all
say is reasonable, l see that; but.
somehow, / rather fancy Fides best"
l. VIC LOI BOIlSil ilOW Wn6IIeT
won or not, and whether she landed
the man who just fancied her with
out knowing why a winner or sent
him home broke. But, in any event,
that is quite immaterial, the story
simply shows how obstinate some
men are as regards horses and-other
uncertain critters. / have no doubt
but that the Methodist minister's
daughter would have made Hiram
happy if he had loved her, but he
didn't. No doubt Anne, Nan
-, Katy - and Maude
would have made me happy if they
would have consented to have me and
| had happened to love them, but l
fancied Fides.
But now since I have scared YOU
sufficiently. let me add for your
peace of mind that I've not enough
money to back any horses just at
present, and before I put any money
up on any one of them for the Matri-
monial stakes, l will ask you first to
look over the card and give me a few
pointers. I mayn't follow them, you
know, but I'll give you a fair wash
ing. at any rate
You're my sweetheart. I'm your
beau" DICK
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-26
THEY say a man is known by the

THEY say man is known by the
company he keeps. He is also
known to posterity, not only by
letters he left. Especially a man like
the late Richard Harding Davis to
whom writing was veritably gift of
the gods In his letters to his mother,
especially, Davis has left us an un-
forgettable impression of his great
ness of heart. Not many men leave
behind them such letters as this, for
example:
New York Evening Sum-" 1890.
Dear Mother CLate MAJ:
L am well and with lots to do. /
went up to see Hopper the other night
which was the first time in three
months that / have been back of a
theater, and it was like going home.
There is a smell about the panty and
gassy and dusty place that l love as
much as fresh earth and newly cut
hay, and the girls look so pretty and
bold lying around in the sets, and the
men so out of focus and with such
startling cheeks and lips. They were
very glad to see me and made a great
fuss. Then I've been to see Car
mencita dance, which I enjoyed re-
markably, and I have been reading
Rudyard Kipling's short stories, and
think 1T is disgusting that boy like
that should write such stories. He
Lasn't left himself anything to do
when he gets old. He reminds me of
Bret Harte and not a bit of Stevenson,
to whom some of them compare him.
am very glad you liked the lady
in mid-air story so much, but it was
not bit necessary to add the Moral
from Mother. i saw it coming up
before | had read two lines; and a
very good moral it is, too, with which
/ agree heartily But, Of course, you
know it is not a new idea to me.
Anything as good and true as that
moral cannot be new at this late date.
L went to the Brooklyn Handicap
race yesterday. 1t is one of the three
biggest races Of the year, and a man
stood in front of me in the paddock
in a white hat. Another man asked
him what he was playing
Well" he said, II fancy Fides
myself"
"Fides!" said his friend, why, she
amt in it. She won't see home. Race
lands the horse for your money;
she's favorite, and there isn't any
second choice. But Fides! Why, she's
simply impossible. Raceland beat her
last Suburban"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-26
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Captain j. Franklin McFadden,
who is about to retire as commander
of the First Troop, Philadelphia City
cavalry, has been connected with the
troop for 80 years
George A. Levy, Pittsburgh's off,
cial efficiency man, is being sought by
the city of Denver.
DR. r. II. Martin, the new presi-
dent of Geneva College, was installed
with many prominent educators in at
tendance at the ceremonies.
&C. l.. Huston, the Coatesville man.
ufacturer, took prominent part in
the State Y. M. c. A. convention at
Butler.
DIR. ]. C. CARRIER, superintendent
of Philadelphia city schools, will
speak at Denver this week at the Ma
tional Educational meeting.
Mayor E. Filbert, of Reading, re-
fused to give a guard to a Reading
trucker who was afraid someone
would steal the potatoes he has been
piling up.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-26
Fish Have Sense of Smell
TFrom the Chicago Herald 7

GFrom the Chicago Herald
fish hasn't a nose, but it can smell.
Recent experiments have proved this.
What Is more, these experiments have
proved that-odor travels through water,
just as IL does through air. Anglers
have laid 30 much stress on the need of
exciting a fish's interest by the look of
food that the effect OF scent has been
overlooked, A shark WIN bite at a hook
containing a piece of fat pork, al
though the pork does not look like any
kind of fish that swfms the sea-
1t may be heresy In angling to sug-
gest that Ely" should smell like a
ilY. These scientific experiments show
how large a part smell plays IN the
food pursuit OF fish Bait such as
small crabs was found and eaten by
the fishes two or three times as rapidly
when the shells were broken Bait
placed inside gauze bag was smelled
within three minutes of being lowered
in the waten and almost at the same
time all the fishes began nfbblfng at
the bag, When cotton was stuffed into
its so-oafied "nostrifs" the dogfish
would seldom observe the food that
came near them,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-26
foNDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY %
TWO SIDES TO TT
WYE have been so busily
wv ing" trusts in the past few

MA TE nave been SO DuSlly 'DuSt-
wv ing" trusts in the past few years
that we have at times almost
lost sight of the importance of aggre-
gate capital in the prosperity of the
country. The trusts" themselves are
largely responsible for this state of af-
fairs. Drunk with the possibilities of
unrestrained power, they set out to
grab everything in sight and, as hap
pens with individuals in such cases,
they have been mauled into a SEM
blance of good behavior. Neverthe-
less they have had, do have and will
have their beneficent uses. Their pos
sibilities for good are greater even
than their possibilities for evil
AS pointed out by the current week.
ly trade statement of the Philadelphia
Bourse, benevolent and sympathetic
policy toward combination of Amer
ican manufacturers in EXPORT trade
must be had by the Government if
tthe commercial preparedness plans of
this country for the coming postwar
international trade rivalry are to be
put on the firm and permanent basis
iperity.
"The legalization of cooperative
selling agencies in export trade, such
Rs proposed by the Webb BILL" says the
IBourse statement, furnishes the rock
bed for successful competition with
iGermany, Great Britain and the other
lcommercial nations after the war is
snfA ,N-t,.
ltion process completed. The United
Estates Government should recognize
the principle of cooperative effort in
foreign selling and assist in its practi-
zeal application, with, of course, proper
restrictions. 1t required the war and
nhe resultant chance for this country
and Great Britain to take stock of
their commercial activities and meth
ods, to show the true value of the
combination of manufacturers in for
eign business and to recognize that the
German commercial success has been
largely due to such combination"
1t is highly significant that Great
Britain, the worlds leader in export
=, ing, is now demanding, through its
tice the institution of such combina-
tions, sanctioned and supported by the
Government, and elimination of use
less and weakening competition be-
tween the individual British manufac-
turers for export.
= Some of the leading trade authori-
ties of the United Kingdom call for
the organization of selling combina-
tions by trades, each trade with its
representatives and show rooms
throughout the world and all under
the command of a member of the Cab
met. TO meet all this, the industries
of the United States must combine
forces. The small manufacturer is a
factor of great mportance-nobody
questions that-but he is of small
moment in international trade. These
great combinations of capital are re-
qufred for successful operation. And
since we depend largely upon exports
for our prosperity, we must also rec
ognize the possibilities for good as
well as those for evil in great indus
trial combinations. There is really
such a thing as a good trust"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-26
Food Investigation Welcomed
[ From the PHILADELPHIA Ledger.

LFTUW ING FhIIaueIphla JedgerI
The increase of agricultural pro-
ducts has not kept pace with the pop
ulation: we have been indifferent
about matters of intensive cultivation,
careless about the conservation of re-
sources and the prevention of waste.
And repeated warning about imper-
feet transportation facilities, unjust
discrimination against and between
localities, illegal manipulation OF
transportation charges and of prices
have fallen on deaf ears. The propos
ed Investigation, therefore, is to be
welcomed, for the first step toward
effective reform is to uncover the
facts, Congress should facilitate the
inquiry by every means in fits power.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-26
AN OLD STORY REPEATED
-H"' N0H1HI EIH NIHNN HNH3H LII IT'D
PHILADELPHIA newspapers yes
terday published this pitifu

SlOIy.
Policemen who heard the sound of
revolver shots at Third and Mont
Emelia Bove, an orphan, kneeling
beside the unconscious figure OF
Thomas Mongoose, 20 years old, of
volver was lying on the pavement,
and there were two bullet wounds
in the young mans body.
trusted him." the girl sobbed to
Policeman Lafferty, of the Second
and Christian streets station. HE
iiaaughted at me and said he was
Mongoose is in the Mt. Sinai Hos
pital. One bullet entered his back
and the other his right arm. He
The girl admitted the shooting,
and her recital of the events that
led up to it. moved policemen to
trate Baker. She was held under
$500 bail to await the outcome of
Mongoose's injuries.
Tt is very old and a very sordld
tale. In it are summed up the ancient
wrong of man toward woman. It is the
tragedy of the ages. There is moth.
ing novel in it. City editors saw il
the 'story" so little of the dramatic
that they took no particular pains tC
play it up" in the news.
But two points worthy of note are
included by the reporter who "cover.
ed' the shooting, They are-"Mon.
goose is in the hospltal-he win re.
covers" and, the "girl was held under
$500 ball."
Whose was the greater crime-the
despoiler of trusting and innocent
mafdenhood or she who defended hei
honor at the point of the pistol? Yet
Il downy couch, with no hint of blame
for him and a prison cell for her,
Fortunately for the girl in the cas-,
there are yet Fedblooded men OF
American court {uries who may b,
trusted to see to IT that Justice does
net miscarry in her case, Instead O