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The Washington times., 1917-04-24
FORTIFIED BY PROSPERITY
United States Chamber Of Commerce
Ready to Meet Needs.

Flotation OF the $1,000, ,OOO, 900 bond
issue in several sections and in
creased taxes have been recommend
ed TO Secretary OF the Treasury Nc
Adoo by the war finance committee
of the United States Chamber of
Commerce. The chamber in it's re-
port declares that the nations indus
tries, fortified by recent prosperity,
are ready to meet a war-taxing pro-
gram.
The Washington times., 1917-04-24
NEWS AT ANAc0STIA
Red Cross Unit of Emmanuel Church
Soon to Begin Work.

The Red Cross unit to be organized
among the ladies of Emmanuel
Church will be perfected this week
and will begin Immediately to per
form the work assigned to it. The
rector's plan to organize the unit to
make garments and bandages will be
carried out, but as a number desire
20 take up first aid work, an effort
is being made TO form a class OF
twenty-five members.
The Washington times., 1917-04-24
TAILOR Is RANkRuPT.

a voluntary petition in bankruptcy
was filed In the District Supreme
Court today by William F. Yonkee,
tailor, 2450 Eighteenth street north
west. His liabilities are placed at
S3.O2l.oI and no assests above legal
exemptions are shown.
The Washington times., 1917-04-24
Marriage Licenses.

william n. Vest. IS, Midlothian, va: Nellie
2 Anaa a Richmond Va The Rev G.
w. Van Fossen.
James Edmund Brown, n; Josephine b.
Burke. 20. The Rev. Oscar L Mitchell.
Lynwood q. stutz, q. Richmond, Va; Lottie
B. Payne. a. Richmond. Va The Rev. z.
Hez SVEN.
Henry z. Patterson, ls; Elizabeth V. Lowe
.. The Rev. John c. Ball.
Hugh A. GriEzby, "a: Margie SkIllman, L.
The Rev. Daniel H. Martin.
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Vital Records.
Birtha.

Birtha.
Travis @. and Viola L. Yestal, girl.
Henry W. anu Elizabeth G. Taylor, boy.
William L. and Mary p. Torney, girl.
Thurman and Edith StotIer. boy.
Orlee o. and Anna Stone. girl.
Albert II. and Mary Z. Mckenzie, boy.
Paul and Minnie Moore, boy.
Edward o. and Mary L. Lehman, girl.
Jacob and Sadie Levin, girl.
Dietrich and Katherine Harman. boy.
Thomas and Annie Fanning, girl.
Morris y. and Reba Folstein, boy.
William and Mary Dsbracy, boy.
william b. and Eugenia Christian. Riri.
q. Wilson and Sadie A Cooper, girl.
John and Bertha Coumbs, boy.
Thomas 8. and Florence A. Brock, boy.
William L. and Bessie Z. Boswell. boy.
Robert K and Amy T. Bresnaban. girl
Charles II. and Agnes p. Bowers, boy. .
George W. and Alice A Morgan, girl
Virgil o. and Mabel p. Blue. girl.
William i. and Julia f. Brown, girl.
Patrick II. and Annie Boose. boy.
The Washington times., 1917-04-24
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REUNITED TO YOUR LOVED ONES. Ad-
vice on business. speculation. real estate,
loans, courtship. marriage. divorce. SEES
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The Rev. d. r. Covell, rector of
Christ Church, in G street southeast,
and Mrs. Covell took all the little
ones of the Episcopal Home for Chill
dren to the Wild West show yester-
day afternoon. Two automobiles were
used to carry the children to the
grounds.
The Washington times., 1917-04-24

The Rev. J. W. Duffey. pastor OF
the Methodist church. oIiciated at
the marriage here Saturday afternoon
OF Miss Theresa Evelyn Eddy and
Leonard Morris Davis, both of Wash
ington.
The Washington times., 1917-04-24

On pleading guilty in police court
here to a charge Of disoTderIy con-
duct on a Washington and Rockville
electric car Saturday night, Charles
Hutchinson, cOlOred, Of Rockville,
was fined S15 and costs by Judge ].
Abby Henderson.
The Washington times., 1917-04-24

The condition of Charles r. Burr,
president of the Anacostia Citizens
Association, is reported to be. steadily
improving. Mr.. Burr has been in the
hospital for several weeks, following
an operation.
The Washington times., 1917-04-24

The Highland Athletic Club soon
will give a banquet to its members
who belong to the national guard, be-
fore they are sent away.
The Washington times., 1917-04-24

Theodore Miller, Of Grifton. WAS ar
rested by Deputy Sheriff william f..
Groomes on charge Of stealing two
bushels Of potatoes. a sack Of corn.
and some mill feed from Frederick
CrRmer, Of the vicinity of Haviland's
Mill. Howard county.
The Washington times., 1917-04-24
BUSINESS ANNOUNCEMENTS

wORKINGMEN--Irs no use knocking of
work and trusting 10 live at ease on the
savings made at sales" u can't be done:
no doubt you know IL. pays to see us for
good new suit. we sell At IS up: tailnrS
charged more. JUSTH'S OLD STAND
The Washington times., 1917-04-24
For Rent
Wanted

NEAR cars. Clarendon. s or room house
a. m. l.: closets. henhouse large garden
reasonable. BOX 917. Times office.
The Washington times., 1917-04-24
DEATHS

SOhRoUGH-on Monday. April q, 1871. at !
a. m, al her residence, 7oS East Capitol
street. ELIZABETH JANE. beloved wife of
Eaweru Ewalt Burrough. and daughter OF
the late Samuel and Mary G. Emery IN her
seventy-sixth year
Funeral from her late residence on We'd
hesday' April 3, At II n m.
pkEW-on Monday. April q, 1871, at 4:4O a.
~. AZ the residence OF his daughter, Mrs.
lara l. Goodwin, Col. WILLIAM o..
DhEW, beloved husband of the late Mary
u; Drew. aged eighty-eight years.
FUNERAL from his late residence, 323S Pros
Pect avenue northwest, "Wednesday, April
=, at z p. m. Relatives and friends respect
fully invited to attend
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FISHING TACKLE, ETC.

FISHING TACKLE. baseball aud tennis
goods; bicycles q supplies. MAXwELL'A
So< 7th .. ". lOpp. Ith st r. r. stA,I
The Washington times., 1917-04-24

A company of home guards will be or
ganized by the citizens OF Alexandria
county at the Mt Vernon Avenue School
building. in Del Ray on Friday night at
9 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1917-04-24
Mattresses and Box Springs.

MATTRESSES RENOVATED and re-mada
q 70; prompt attention to suburban ordsrn.
Capitol RsuovatinE Co. al q st. M, ~. IVA
The Washington times., 1917-04-24
REFRIGERAT0RS & ICE BOXES

McCray Refrigerator Co.,
Reirigerators That Are UnequaIsd.
6f< F ST. N. w.
We Build I'D Repair RsfriEsratora
The Washington times., 1917-04-24

william H. Conklin died at his home.
H3 South St Asaph street. yesterday.
aged eIghty-four. The funeral will be
held this afternoon. and interment will
be In Arlington National Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1917-04-24

The funeral OF Sonora Davis. wife
of Milton d. Davis, who died in New
York on Sunday, will be held here
tomorrow afternoon at $3.50, at the
home of Mrs. William Davis, 716
Wolfe street.
The Washington times., 1917-04-24

Judge Louis c. Barley went to Har-
risonburg. Va, yesterday to assist the
Rev. Gypsy Smith in the evangelistic
meetings which he is holding there.
The Washington times., 1917-04-24
PROPOSALS

siI street northwest. Washington. D. 9.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-08
A Glimpse of the Russian Peasant.

Russians are very methodical peo-
pie even IN their crimes. They do not
get excited when anticipating I'm act
against the law; they just make up
their minds quietly and freely, as the
following story will show:
A man arrived one day at village
where he commenced to lecture that
all men were equal and that no gov
eminent had the rigat TO exercise any
authority. Thinking TO add more pow
er to his views, he decided 10 begin
by disproving the existence of Sod,
Taking holy ikon, or sacred picture.
he said: There is no God. | will
prove it Immediately. | will spit upon
this ikon and break IT, II there is
God he will send fire from heaven and
slay me; If there is not. nothing will
happen" whereupon he took the pic
ture and carried out his threat, saying
when he had done So You see, God
has not killed me-"
His audience talked quietly among
themselves for few minutes, and then
one Of them got up and said, mo. God
has not killed you, but we willr And
they did without the slightest com
junction London Standard
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-08
He Knew Him.

In bis book, "Wmnowed Memories
Sir Evelyn Wood relates how he once
met quiet American gentleman in
England, and they began to talk of
American poetry. Sir Evelyn mention
ed the well known poem, Jim Bud
so" which he highly eulogized.
my enthusiastic praise of the poem
excited, thought, an appreciative purr
in my companion, but he remarked
quietly:
"'Jim was a fine fellow
Il said, Or the author made him soT
"'Oh, but he wasr
why, was he realT
Eyes. / knew him we'll
But don't you think that the poet
embellished Jims act|
mo, | am sure be did not
"'Well. but how can you be sureP
And he replied quickly, I wrote it,
The gentleman to whom Sir Evelyn
was speaking proved to be Colonel
John Hay, author Of the Pike County
Ballads" who was then the United
States ambassador in London.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-08
SUCCESS AGAINST THE U-BoAT.

The u. S. navy department timed the
announcement of the destruction of a
German submarine by an American de-
stroyer Just right to counterfeit the de-
preston that might have come through
the loss of destroyer, which foundered
from some cause at present unknown.
Or was it just coincidence that the two
events should have occurred almost ST.
multaneously? At any rate the coincident
announcement had the effect on the pub
lie mind which might have been hoped
for, because the destruction of the Amer
lean cruiser was somewhat clouded in the
exultation over the success of the other
destroyer in battle with a submarine
and particularly because that success
was attained through the use of a meth
cd put into operation by the American
navy. At the same time the gloom over
the loss of the other destroyer was light
ened by the assurance that the men
aboard the ship were saved. Had the
men, or any considerable portion of them,
been lost the occurrence would have been
hailed as calamity.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-08
A MATTRESS ON A WARSHIP.
II Is Both a Comfortable Bed and q
Fine Life Preserver

1t must afford considerable consola-
ton to the navy recruit to realize that
the mattress on which he sleeps so
comfortably at night will stand him in
good stead in case Of an accident TO the
ship. In fact. the very buoyancy which
makes 1t such comfortable bed is also
the quality which makes it possible for
it to be converted at moments no
tice into life preserver, says the Pop
ular Science Monthly.
The mattresses are stuffed with ka-
pok, lighter than cork material which
is imported from the West Indies In
bales similar to bales of cotton. 1t is
made from the seeds and silk of tree
not unlike the cotton wood tree, but in
stead of being in puffy balls the kapok
IS In slender threads, which when COM
pressed make mass that is six times
more buoyant than cork.
Thin layers of the kapok are inclosed
in strong ticking for the mattresses.
Each mattress is provided with tapes
long enough to tie around the body and
over the shoulders. 1t requires only
minute to adjust them.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-08
The Circus Business,

The people who are In the circus
game are there because OF the print
tive, wandering call OF their blood, a
call that dates back for generations
Anybody who's ever been with the big
tops will ten you that he hates the
business. It's dirty, it's rotten, it's
nerve w,acking, and II he can ever
get to the place whore he can have
little farm and few chickens and
couple Of hogs roofing around no mud
colored circus big top Is ever going TO
see him again. But. when the bluebird
sings in the spring and the menagerie
dens are bright with the paint that viii
remain gloriously shining until the trst
bad day in the mud, there he is, his
eyes bullying, his whole being a-fret
to get with it at any kind of job
from razorback to pony punk. And
from the laboring class on up to the
highest position that call Of the blood
is all the same.-Courtney Ryley Coop.
er in Every body's Magazine
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-08
Traatinn EIaotrio Shock.

How to treat a person who has re-
ceived a severe electric shock is best
described by quoting from the Scien-
tiflc American the account of how one
man did it to workman who had
touched wire carrying current Of
$500 volts and was apparently killed.
"a lineman Immediately took told OF
the ankles of the limp body. lifting 1t
until the whole weight rested on the
neck and letting 1t fan. He then took
a pair of connectors and hammered the
soles of the injured mans feet without
removing his shoes. Another lineman
opened the mans mouth, pulled for
ward the swallowed tongue (Which &C.
ours in electric shock and was about
TO begin the Schaefer prone method of
resuscitation when the man returned
20 life. He was removed 10 the hos
pital and is now well. though suffering
very severely from his burns"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-08
She Knew What to Take.

Five-year-old Mary, who is always
anxious to be in everything that goes
on, lives In a small town where the
long suffering minister still endures
donation parties to make his back sal
airy. Just before the last one she beg
ged eagerly;
Cant | take somethin'. too, muv-
verY
mo. If your father and take some
thing, that will be plenty"
But the child could not bear TO give
up the idea. So she ransacked the
whole house for something suitable.
Finally she appeared before her mother
with a worn and faded dress of her
own.
Please, muvver, can't take this?
See, it's not a speck of good for any.
thing" she urged.-Christian Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-08
pisproves a Japanese Proverp.

IF you sit idly you will lose money
every minute" is liberal paraphrase
serves as protest against idleness.
But we cite the case of the great
Buddha at Nara, which despite inaction
is reaping a fortune. During the past
year the Buddha received 351 900 Wis
itors, who paid admission fees aggre-
eating $9,350 The exaction of a fee
to visit the big Buddha began in 1911.--
Tokyo Journal.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-08

There are indications that the people
of Vermont are beginning to awaken to
the campaign for the second Liberty
loan, but there are also indications that
the movement must be greatly accelerat-
ed if Vermont is to do her share in the
floating of the loan. To come down to
local conditions, Barre must awaken to
the urgent need of subscription if this
municipality is to subscribe its minimum
quota of $350000 All of us must take
this matter home to ourselves We must
not let Barre's fine record in connection
with the first Liberty loan be dimmed
by failure in the present instance. Go
to your bank at once and secure informa-
ton about the manner of purchasing the
bonds.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-08
The Editor.

Editors, like actresses-beg pardon,
like actors-are hidden from the vulgar
gaze when off stage. 1t is not meet
that the curtain should be lifted upon
personalities, for this might lead to
personalities; hence the editor is in a
flock all to himself, save when attend
ing conventions.
The editor, be it known, however,
has no sorrows. He is gay lot upon
the universe. shifting shiftily from one
white page to another, blithering
blithely as occasion fits, regretting
nothing, daring everything.
The editor fattens upon anonymity.
Yet he is human. for when by chance
his name appears there is no living
with his conceit. And when it is mis-
spelled-ye gods, the masses have their
revengel
Here's to the editor. May he live
long and write shortl Richmond
Times Dispatch.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-08

In some places the sale of the second
Liberty loan is being stimulated by the
display of specimens of the first Liberty
loan. The sale would have been tremen-
dously accelerated all over the country if
the government had placed the first
bonds in the hands of the purchasers be-
fore the second issue was thrown on the
market. AS we have said before, there
is no suspicion anywhere that the gov
eminent will not turn over the bonds,
pay interest and then repay the whole
amount subscribed; but at the same time
there is something in the mere act of
possession of the first bonds which would
have stirred the public to wish for more
of the second issue. In that respect the
floating of the second issue was not well
timed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-08

The German press declares that Secre-
tary of State Lansing is lying when he
reveals German trickery, duplicity and
about everything else that is mean in
diplomacy. Time will tell whether Lam
sing is lying; for the present the Amer
lean people believe what he says and,
moreover, they believe that the verdict
of time will show that he was telling the
truth The government of the United
States is not founded on trickery or
falsehoods; in fact, it could not live on
such a foundation
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-08
THE LA TOILETTE INVESTIGATION

4 he LA fOl4llI Il l4N Ed IVA iC4N
Vermont and Senator Dillingham; are
honored by the appointment of the SEN
ior senator from Vermont to the sub
committee TO investigate Senator La Fol-
lette's recent speech delivered at st. Paul
which has caused such tide of hostile
public sentiment Senator Dillingham;
has had an extended experience in the
line of Investigations and should be able
to bring that experience to advantage OF
the Senate in the present situation. The
work Of the committee will be made
somewhat easier by the fact that the
speech to which Americans of every
party take exception was received by
stenographer and transmitted to long
hand. That stenographic report has not
been denied by Senator La Toilette at
any time since the speech was delivered
and, therefore, it forms the basis for the
so called investigation which the Senate
subcommittee viii make. La Follette's
self defense before the Senate on Satur-
day afternoon WAS notable in that it did
not make denial of the printed report of
the st. Paul speech and that the senator
did not make any excuses for the utter
ances therein contained La Toilette APP
parently stands on the platform which
he made at st. Paul
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-08
No Recommendation.

Slgnor Marconi, in an interview in
Washington, praised American democ-
racy
over here, he said, you respect a
man for what he is himself-not for
what his family Island thus you re-
mind me Of the gardener in Bologna
who helped me with my first wireless
apparatus.
"As my mothers gardener and were
working on my apparatus together
young count Joined us one day. and
while be watched us work the count
boosted Of his lineage
The gardener, after listening a long
while. smiled and said
II YOU come from an ancient fam
fly it's so much the worse for you. sir,
for, as we gardeners say, the older the
seed the worse the CROP"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-08

y Headaches may be a symptom ).
y OF indigestion. grippe, typhoid fe- I.
Y yer, malaria. hysteria, nephritis
y inflammation OF the Kidneys, J.
y rheumatism, diabetes, anaemia y
y Impoverished blood, neuraghe- y
y mia nerve exhanstion) and neu u
y ralgia. There are various kinds y
" OF headaches differently local y
" ICED A sharp ache, coming in y
- paroxysms and affecting the y
" eyeballs, indicates neuralgia; y
70 sharp and continual pain, hys- y:
" terra a dull and diffused frontal q:
" and temporal ache is due usual y
~ ly to digestive disturbances, to y
q anaemia or to nephritis; pain at y
y the top OF the head Cvertex) may y
- come from excessive nervous Y
y ness" or from bladder trouble, y
u while sharp aching in the occipi- y
y tai or lower back part of the y
u head may mean a beginning of y
" meningitis. adenoids or merely y
Y decayed teeth To avoid head y
q aches keep the blood pure and y
y the circulation active by proper y
Y diet and regular exercise in the y
" open air. Keep the nostrils clear ~
y of all distractions tending TO in u
~ terfere with nose breathing y
" Have any refractive errors of "
u the eyes promptly corrected and y
- see that the teeth are attended to u
" regularly TO prevent dental cav y
y tiles or softening. "
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-08

The tendency Of modern newspaper
making has been toward a concentration
OF efforts; that is, the tendency has been
to merge the efforts in the more restrict
ed fields into a single newspaper and to
consolidate some Of the papers in the
larger cities. The result has been that
a better newspaper is produced, as a rule,
and a lot of waste has been prevented.
Along that tendency Is the present
change in the Boston newspaper field
whereby The Herald sbsorbs The Jour
nal. taking over all the properties of the
latter and as much of its good will as
can be transferred. The Journal has had
a creditable existence Of three-quarters
Of century. during which time IT has
retained a remarkable hold IN some Of
the old New England families a long dis
lance outside Of Boston as well as in the
home city. but in the most resent years
the position Of the staid old publication
has been more or less uncertain. due to-
political manipulation, SO that the cus-
tomary readers were somewhat shaken
IN their allegiance. Now they are faced
with another situation. in the acquire
nent Of The Journal property BY The
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-08

Herald, but those who transfer their sup
port along with the sale of the old paper
will find that they have newspaper
much to their liking in The Herald, a
paper which has been coming rapidly to
the front of Boston newspaperdom in the
last three or four years. The Herald is
of somewhat wider purposes than the
old Journal, but it possesses some of
the qualities, like reliability, which orig
inally went with the older publication.
The change ought to~enable the publish
ers of The Herald to do even better by
their readers
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-08

Congress, barring a few members, ha.
earned the appreciation of the American
people Most of the members have
worked diligently and periodically
(again with few exceptions) to the
end that the sinews of war might be Sc
cured and the honor of the United States
might be upheld Once the machinery of
the legislation got into working order it
worked well and fairly rapidly, The
members (most of them will return to
their homes for brief vacation, con-
WINGED that the nation approves of their
course of action. The sinews Of war have
been voted, at least for the outset of
active participation in battle by the
United States. The next session of Con-
r-ess may be expected to continue the
good work of Kidding the world of an
actual peril, of a world bully.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-08

The conservation of munitions by the
Germans raises doubt in the minds OF
the entente allies as to whether the out
put is being reduced because of the short
age of labor or because the Germans arc
piling up reserve in order to prepare
for great offensive drive. A long.
distance guess is that the former is the
reason.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-08
Mo EalsA Pride.

I'm afraid" her father replied, you
would not be able to support my daugh-
ter in the style to which she has be-
come accustomed"
WELL" the young man said, after he
had thought the matter over briefly
I'm not proud III gladly let you
p."--Chicago Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-08

1t won't do any good to buy up stock
of penny postal cards in anticipation of
the 100 per cent raise on Nov. 2, because
the government DEGREES that a one-cent
stamp must be affixed to the imprinted
postage.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-08
Wise DAUGHTER.

Father-If you paid more attention
to cooking and less TO dress, my dear,
you would make much better wife.
Daughter-Yes, father. But who would
marry me?