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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-04-27

will pass, not later than Saturday,
virtually as approved by the presi-
dent, and will become law within 10
days. They announce that a poll of
the house discloses a favorable ma
jority of from so to 20. Its passage
in the senate by larger majority is
assured.
Saturday April Fl.
Rome reports that revolution is
imminent in Hungary and that as a
result of various disturbances Buda
Pest and 25 other cities and towns
have been proclaimed in state OF
siegs.
Amsterdam reports that 10000
munitions workers in Berlin and
Spandau are out on a general strike
in protest against reduction of the
bread ration. Even the big .Krupp
plant is reported involved.
Holland declares strict neutrality
in war between United States and
Germany.
Resignation of Portuguese cabinet
follows closely upon resignation Of
Spanish ministry. New Spanish cab
met re-affirms its neutrality.
Department of agriculture asks
congress to grant authority which
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-04-27
WAITING lIST. OF
FARMERS FOR SEED
BANK HAS 90 APPLICATIONS TO
BE FILLED OUT OF NEW
SUPPLY.

Eleven more Thurston county
farmers obtained seed corn from the
Olympia National bank before its
original supply of 500 pounds ran
out the latter part of last week,
while 81 others have left their ap-
plications with Assistant Cashier H.
e. Van Arsdale, to be supplied out
of the additional 300-pound ship
ment of Minnesota No. 13 ordered
by the bank last week.
Eighty-nine farmers of the coun-
ty now have SUFFICIENT seed corn to
give the cultivation OF, 1t in Thurs
ton county a thorough test this year
while when the additional supply ar
rives at least 151 farmers living in
all sections of the county, whose
farms show wide variety of soils,
will each have an experimental plot
|of about half an acre. Further ap-
plications are received daily. and II
is expected that nearly 200 farmers
will be carrying on the tests before
the new supply is exhausted.
The new shipment is expected
daily and will be distributed imme-
diately upon receipt. The IL farm
ers who obtained seed before the
first supply was exhausted, in addi.
ton to those whose names were pub.
lished last week, are:
Walter Longmire, J. w. Dain
Thomas Ballard, Fred Goldsby, H
|C. Bergh. J. w. Hobson. Harry Rus.
sell, ]. p. Johnson. Marie Jensen
Mrs. John Blass. X. Wigger.
Those who have applied for corr
and will receive 1t out Of the ex
pected shipment are:
H. N. Sticklin, George Elder, R
In. Goddard, John Chamberlain
Alex Graham, c. P. White, w. j
Berno, Dell Kagy. E. T. Palmer
w. H. Butts. Orland Tremain, Mrs
George Bell, Hutson Bros. r. E
Neese, Mary E. Cheadle. M. 2. c
Ellis, w. H. Propes. Frank Medlay
]. B. Parry, Albert Gehrke. E. Neat
Mrs. c. F. Rehklav. j. B. Behr, Mrs
Thomas Highwood, Frank Miller. D
s. Baker, e. A. Buck, f. H. Honey
Joseph Comstock, William Bushell
T. ]. Thompson, J. M. Schmidt
Howard Cause, Lewis Osborne. A
A. Patterson, ]. A. Palms. Charlie
]. Whitman, F. ]. johnson, Mrs. Q
B. Fall, J. M. Cooper. John Gilman
Martin Kramer. James Southwick
Thomas McConkey, Charles O'Neill
Gaspard Koetz, Mrs. G. M. Bushnell
Gates Avery, George Kelley. Mrs
Joseph Wickie. F. e. Baker, e. W
Mcmillan. ]. e. Pitman. d. M. Godat
~. w. Norrie. w. D. Cook. Bruc
Gerth. NJ. Utterbach. T. L. Strange
NV. J. Cook. c. NJ. Munson. D. G
Pickett.
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Suit for $2s9.05 he alleges is due
him for wages and for feed furnished
horses belonging to the defendants
vas filed in the local superior court
this week by Henry Teeter against
Wilson 4 Curr3e.
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CITY TO HAVE many
GARDENS THIS YEAR
RESIDENTS GENERALLY TAKING
ADVANTAGE OF VACANT
=, LOT OFFER.

RcSiuculo VI OlympId are UcCoA-
ing very generally interested in the
vacant lot garden campaign. nearly
everyone increasing the garden plots
In their own backyards and many
taking advantage of the offers of free
vacant lots. according to Secretary
B. F. Hume, of the Chamber Of
Commerce, and the campaion was
stimulated this week by the offer Of
financial aid toward obtaining seed
and plowing land.
All sections of the city are repre-
sented in the campaign, Secretary
Hume says, and large percentage
of the free lots listed with the Cham
Der of Commerce have been taken
up, either through the Chamber or
by arrangements directly with the
owners. The Chamber is now en-
gagged in listing additional vacant
property to be able to meet the de-
mand for it.
Financial assistance for those who
want to cultivate vacant lot gardens
was made possible through the rails
ing by private subscription of re-
volving fund out of which money
will be advanced for plowing and
seeding the tracts. To obtain such
help, the gardener signs an agree
ment with the central committee
binding himself to cultivate the gar
den properly and when the crop is
harvested. to return to the commit
tee either the cash or its equivalent
in produce or seed.
This feature of the campaign is
being directed by special commit
tee consisting of George Mills. c. ].
Lord, George Diehlman and Robert
Clark and the agreements may be
signed at the Chamber OF Commerce.
Supervising this work and the activ-
tiles of all the different city agen-
cies, including the volunteer compa-
nies as well as the garden campaign,
is a general committee representing
the numerous organizations that had
previously been working independ-
emily. This central committee is
composed of C.'J. Lord. chairman;
H. L. whiting. Frank g. Blakeslee,
F. r. Klumb. George Draham and
Secretary B. F. Hume of the Cham
ber Of Commerce.
Under It the following special
committees are directing the work
of the different departments:
Intensified farming on vacant city
property: c. e. Beach. chairman;
Frank G. Blakeslee. Frank M. Ken
ney and Secretary Hume.
Conservation of present resources.
Including thrift and economy In the
home: N. J. Aiken, chairman; Mrs.
J. w. NOVEL; and Mrs. George H.
Funk.
Guard forces: w. B. Marsh. G. w.
Draham, w. K. Burntrager. Ralph
Benjamin and Captain c. s. Rein
hart.
The Chamber Of Commerce re-
ceived during the past week an
urgent letter from Secretary of Com
merce william c. Redfield, in which.
sitter declaring that "the war we are
now engaged In is war OF economic
resources" he said: ut is abso-
1utely essential to the successful
prosecution of the war that everyone
make his or her contribution to the
economic welfare of the country
The production of food Is vital and
present duty resting on every man
and woman who can help it along
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Lister Leaves for War Conference.

Lister Leaves for War Conferences.
Governor Lister left via the
Northern Pacific Thursday afternoon
for Washington, D. c., to attend the
war conference of Western govern
ors called by Secretary Of War Bak-
er. Most of the executives Of the
II states comprising the Western
Governors Conference, of which
Governor Lister Is president, are ex-
pected to attend the war council.
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Ask Bids on War Supplies.

Calls for bids on about 100000
worth of clothing. shoes. camp equip
ment and army supplies which exist
ing Seattle plants are capable Of
turning out in large quantities have
been. received by manufacturers OF
the Pacific Northwest.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-04-27

onstrations with different crops In
various localities, and the informa-
ton obtained this year will be valu-
able next year and we will have
more data concerning crops which
may be grown probably In this
county"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-04-27
BOTH LOCAL YARDS
URGED TO EXPAND
FEDERAL SHIPPING BOARD
WANTS THEM no BUILD
GOVERNMENT VESSELS.

Instructions have beeh received by
both of the local shipyards from the
federal shipping board to increase
their plants to capacity to permit Of
the construction of as many govern
ment ships as possible.
Secretary ]. o. Pierce. of the
Sloan Shipyards Corporation, stated
Wednesday that he had received .
telegram from the shipping board
urging his company to expand its
plant as far as possible. Decision ON
this point has been reserved, how
ever, until President Philip D.
Sloan, Of the corporation, returns
from the East next week.
A telegram OF similar import was
also received by Manager Eugene r.
Ward. of the Olympia Shipbuilding
company. Both of the kilograms
urged the companies to have the
ways ready to build ships when the
board was ready to award contracts.
EIM0Iuu8 ElEDG mt
The Sloan Corporation is just COM
pleting the construction Of the yards
and ways for six vessels and could
not undertake new construction pf
this character until this work is an
ished. It is probable that the COM
pany will put In at least two. par
haps four. more slips to handle IL
private contracts. Its site will ac-
commodate 10 slips II the company
finds 1t advisable to put in that num-
Der. and could be extended consider
ably further by the acquisition Of
additional tidefiats on the north.
Three more slips can be added to
the Olympia shipbuilding company's
plant between its present yard and
the Sloan yard, Manager Ward said
Wednesday, and these win be built
If government contracts are avail
able. The company had planned the
construction Of two additional ways
to handle private contracts. but has
delayed construction Of any kind
until more definite instructions ara
received from the federal shipping
board.
Many Men ON Payroll.
Expansion Of these plants, II Il
becomes necessary to meet the gov-
ernment'S demands, would mean the
employment OF $50 to 400 men In
the Ward yard and Of ct least 500 or
900 by the Sloan Corporation. and
hence q big industrial payroll for
Olympia. The. Ward yard now has
some 160 men working on the three
boats It has under construction.
while the Sloan plant. which Is just
getting under way, has about $50
men on the Job now and expects to
have at least 800 before another
month passes. on the six boats II
will have under construction by that
time.
Keels for two more boats were
laid at the Sloan yards Thursday.
making three now under way. and
much of the work preliminary to
laying two more has been done.
The keels laid yesterday had been
delayed week because the big tim
bers had been held up by . wreck
ON the Tacoma Eastern.
All of the piling for the company's
big dock to accommodate the nrst
six vessels was completed this week
and the planking Of the sixth slip n
nearly finished. Additional keels
will be laid az rapidly as the big
timbers arrive.
The corporation, which some time
ago let contracts for 100000 feet
of lumber for It's first four boats. IL
completing contracts for fou- more
vessels, to have the material at hand
when needed.
Lister Leaves for War Conference.
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Continued on Page Five.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-10

Maryland's credit yesterday stood a
test successfully, when its issue of
$5OO,000 stock at per cent was sold
at par.
Like everything else the price OF
money has gone up. as reflected in
higher rates of interst. Enormous
funds are required by industrial cor
porations, railroad companies and
shipbuilding concens with which to
carry on enterprises which have ex
panded beyond all precedents since
the war with Germany began.
The Union Trust Company of Bal
timore. made the only bid at par and
was awarded the whole issue. The
bid called for the entire issue or any
part of it at par, and the surrender
of its bid if there was another at or
above par. John NJ Dennis, President
of the Union Trust Company. and also
Treasurer. threw no obstacles to the
bids of others if they appeared.
Through his bid the States credit
stood the test. The Union Trust Com
pany represented a syndicate of bank
ers. There were dozen or more bids
under par.
The issue fioated yesterday is part
of the million dollar loan authorized
BY the Legislature for war prepara-
tions.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-10
oilers MUST GO TO
WORK BY AUGUST 20
Governors Proclamation Puts New
Regulations in Effect Then
LOAFERS MUST REGISTER
Rules Require Every Able-Bodied Male
Person Between IL and so
To Work.

Governor Harrington yesterday ap-
proved the rules and regulations
which had been prepared by Attorney
General Richie and approved also
by the Council of Defense, for putting
into effect the law passed by the Gen.
eral Assembly compelling all idlers
and loafers between IS and so years
of age. with certain exemptions, to go
to work Copies of the rules will be
sent to the States Attorneys, police
justices and sheriffs of all the counties
of the State and of Baltimore city.
The Governors proclamation, al
ready issued, puts the law into effect
on August 20 The rules and regula-
tions were prepared in compliance
with the law. which imposed that duty
on the Governor for the purpose of
assuring that "all persons similarly
circumstanced shall, as far as it is
possible TO do so, be treated alike.
The rules explain that every able
bodied male persons between is and
so years of age, inclusive, who is not,
on August 20, 1917, or any time there
after. regularly or continuously en-
ployed in some lawful and useful
business, occupation, trade or profes-
sion, with three classes of exceptions,
register for work under the law.
Those exempted by the terms of the
law are: (a) Students and persons
fitting themselves to engage in trade
or industrial pursuits; (b) persons
temporarily unemployed by reason of
differences with their employers, and
(c) persons engaged or employed in
any seasonal business, trade or occu-
patton carried on in Baltimore city or
I'm Allegany county. The law con-
tains a provision making it expressly
apply to those able I'd support them
selves by reason of the ownership OF
property or income, and to those sup
ported by others and not regularly or
continuously employed. All such per-
sons must register.
Sheriffs and police officers are
charged with the duty of compelling
registration and the rules point out
to them grave importance and re-
sponsibility of properly carrying out
the matters left in their charge
1.-The law is a war measure" it is
stated. "and in this crises the needs
of our people and of our army abso-
lutely require that it be rigidly and
impartially enforced"
The details of operating the law
are to be carried out under the SUI
pervision of the Compulsory Work
Bureau, the offices of which will be at
703 Union Trust Building, Baltimore.
The Governor will shortly appoint
director at the head of the bureau.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-10
Curtis Bay Company To
Build Government Ships

The Mann Shipbuilding Company.
newly Incorporated with capital of
$3.50. 600, has bought 80 acres of land
in the Curtis Boy section, this county,
from the Soulh Baltimore Harbor and
Improvement Company through Turn
bull & Morgan, real estate brokers.
The tract is located between the coun-
ty bridge and Furness Branch and
fronts 5000 feet on Curtis creek.
II is on the proposed Marley Neck
extension of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad.
The company will take over the
business of the Mann Yacht Building
Company and soon sign a Government
contract for 20 ships. all to be of the
wooden cosstwise type, and submarine
chssers.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-10
CAMP MEADE SPECIAL
Mr. Loose Claims Labor Recruiting
Record

The labor recruiting record for any
city is claimed by Mr.. ]. Albert
Loose for this week as just 777 new
men were signed up Monday and near
ly 500 on Tuesday. making more than
1900 men in two days secured for
work at Camp Meade. F. j. Porter is
in charge of the recruiting office at
220 East Pratt street, Baltimore. and
has now secured about 5000 men.
But he is still calling for hundreds
more, as the Government is urging the
contractors to finish the canotnment
at the earliest possible moment.
Perhaps the greatest labor COM
muting movement ever known in Bal
timore is now in progress between
Baltimore and Camp Meade, at Ad-
miral, where over 900 n en- are busy
erecting the Government csntonment.
About / 200 of these are taken from
Westport to Admiral and back every
day by the Washington, Baltimore and
Annapolis Electric Line. The Camp
Meade Special leaves Westport at
6.l0 o'clock each morning, returning
about o'clock.
This line has just received an order
for l00,0 tickets from j. Albert
Loose, chief of the department of la.
Dor for Smith, Hauser & Macisaac,
Incorporated, contractors for Camp
Meade land they viii not last so very
long, MS the contractors pay the com.
muters' fare.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-10
MORE ANNAPOLIS MEN
FOR TRAINING CAMP
Nine More Designated To Go To
Fort Myer
NEARLY 800 In STATE
W,;or Lanham Gives Out The Names
Lucky Ones Many Of Them
Prominent

about 270 Maryland men, nine OF
,bem residents OF Annapolis, were in
armed this morning that they are go
,ng 10 Fort Myer. Va, on August 27
~ begiu three-month struggle for
commissions in the National Army
n viii be a struggle, sure enough.
The first officers Training Camp, just
ending. has proved that men are not
being made Iieutenants and captains
because of their compilations or
dgures
And about 500 more Maryland men
are disappointed this morning. They
are the big majority OF applicants for
the camp who did not satisfy Major
Charles L. Lanham, examining officer
for the district, that they were OF the
stun of which officers are made
Letters of notification were sent to
the lucky men last night. They re-
ceived them this morning.
Major Lanham, In giving out the list
last night. said Don't throw things
at the umpire!" His has been a diff
cult task. and he has handled it en-
lircly from the angle of a student Of
men. bent on getting results. He has
been given plenty of opportunity
nay. encouragement from anxious ad-
mirers of more than a few of the ap-
plcants TO handle his job from other
angles and he has had to pass all
such opportunities by and refuse all
such Encouragement.
House Leader In List.
I'm the list of Marylanders he an
nounced last night are some we'll
known men. There is oliver Metz
croft 40 years old, of Hyattsville, Md,
who may be described more familiar
to some people as the Republican
floor leader at the last regular session
of the House of Delegates and at the
special war session, and who is an an
nounced candidate for State Senator
from Prince Georges county for the
next Legislature.
Among those designated for the
next camp are the following from An
nap0lis:
william B. Ennis. Jr., 121 Charles
street; Milton W. Hartman, 15s
Gloucester street; Calvert Magruder,
state Circle; Lester L. Smith, Mary
land Hotel; John s Strahorn. Conduit
street: William A. Strohm, Green
street: John B. Wells. Gloucester
street: Frank II, Gauss (alternate).
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-10

I rounding the tragedy, the more per-
picking it becomes. That the woman
was dealt death blow in the fore
head with an instrument about the
size of hammer, appears to be GER
tain, but careful search about the
house. and in the vicinity has failed
to reveal the weapon that was used
by the murderer in his dastardly act
Nor are there any blood stains or any
other indications of the crime about
the kitchen floor. although the woman
must have put up a hard fight with
her assailant, judging by the bruises
and abrasions about her body. This,
therefore, leads to the general belief
that the fiendish brute dragged the
woman to the bed and there complet-
ed his murderous act by choking her
into Inconsistencies and dealing the
blow in the head that caused brain
hemorrhage
Brandon, the husband of the muir
dered woman, was about the city to-
day attending to certain business af-
fairs. He was in company of his
brother. He appears to be greatly
depressed over the horrible tragedy
Asked whether he intended to remain
in Annapolis and continue his work
at the Naval Experiment Station, he
replied in the negative, stating that
he expects to seek position in one
of the government departments in
Washington.
All Annapolis is discussing the
tragedy and theorizing as to the prob
able murderer, but it is a knotty
problem that presents nothing more
than theorizing.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-10
WEAKLINCS WARN OF
DANGERS IN future
Must Build Up Bodies or Our Youth
Says Adj.-Gen. WarfieId
HAVE NEGLECTED HEALTH
Recent Examination Of Men Drafted
Conveys Striking Lesson

"Regrettable as are the large num-
Der of weaklings encounterd in the
physical examinations under the
draft" said Adjutant General Henry
NJ. Warfield, they convey to us a
lesson which we must promptly
grasp, and after grasping it, we must
proceed to profit by it. That lesson is
that we must by physical training,
begun at once, prepare our boys who,
if not trained, will develop into weak
lings, to be strong, hardy men, not
for military service alone, but in or
der that they can successfully cope
with the strains of modern existence
and competition in all activities of
life
THE military branch of the gov
ernment has been most previously
disappointed in the physical failures.
Experts had calculated that about so
per cent of the men drafted would be
physically fit. Instead the number is
under 40 per cent. The sad lesson is
brought home to us in most strik-
Ai6 bAohhCl lndl VIC nave AC6lCClGu
the health of our boys. We have COM
mitted a national crime We have
been recreant to our duties as
parents.
I'VE must at once reform our whole
system with a view to building up
the bodies of our youth. The begin
ming must be made in our schools,
public and private, and the process
kept up through all the courses un-
til the youth, when a grown man, will
be turned out as a finished product,
physically as well as mentally. We
could, if we would, and we must learn
many things from Germany, and one
of them is physical training by which
its national efficiency has been. de-
veloped. We must start with the
child in the schools. If he has any
physical defects they must be elimi-
mated at once to prevent the wrecks
sure to come later. There are many
ailments, simple at first, which can
be cured with proper treatment in
their early stages. While we have
visiting nurses in our public schools,
they have no power to compel parents
! to have defects in their children
promptly eliminated. From IA to IS
there should be rigid physical courses
in our schools. Our teachers should
be as thoroughly trained in these as
in the mental courses.
After his eighteenth year each boy
should be compelled to undergo a
military training because it carries
discipline as we'll as physical inn
provement. | trust that ! shall see
the day when at Camp Meade will be
trained 10000 young men every year,
with other similar camps all over the
country in operation. In view of the
large expenditure by the State gov
ernment in clearing the site and in
view of the far larger expenditure by
the Federal government. we Mary
landers should leave no stone un-
turned in order that we may save
this camp after the war for the train
ing of our boys, that the weaklings.
instead of being far in the majority,
may be reduced to a minimum, and
generations for all time developed to
meet the onslaughts of the daily
struggle in all occupations for exist
ence. a struggle which will become
more acute and harder with the COM
ing years"