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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-03-16


not receive this week as she will be
out of town. Mrs. Prentiss will be
at home On the afternoons of March
% and March 30, from to 6 o'clock.
-
The officers and trustees of the
Southern Industrial Educational As
ISOLATION have cards out for the
eleventh annual meeting of the as
ISOLATION in the small ballroom of the
Willard. on March 81.
A report of the work of the as
ISOLATION will be made by the presi-
dent, Justice Seth Shepard, and the
Rev. Jonathan c. Day will make an
address. All who are interested in
the work OF the association are in
vited to attend this meeting.
The Rev. Mr.. Day is in himself a
striking illustration of the wonder
full possibilities which lie hidden away
in the mountains.
Born and raised under typical
mountain conditions, the fifth in q
family OF eight boys. he realized that
there was no chance for him without
an education, so at the age of seven
teen he made the beginning of his
education in a little local country
school in Letcher county, Ky.
He worked his way until he gradu-
ated from the Mccormick Theological
Seminary in Chicago. He is now su-
perintendent of the Labor Temple in
New York.
London Embassy Secretary Here.
w. S. Van Rensselaer,, third secre-
London, is in Washington for a short
stay and is stopping at the Lafay-
cite Hotel.
Mrs. Ten Eyck Wendell was host
ess at luncheon today, entertaining
eighteen guests at her residence,
1899 Connecticut avenue. Mrs. Wen
dell will no longer receive on Sat.
urday afternoons as has been her
custom during the season.
=
Mrs. Augustin Derby. who is visit
ing her mother, Mrs. George A. Con-
verse, will return to her home in
Rye, N. Y, within a few days.
Mrs. Derby's sister. Mrs. Hunting
ton Jackson, who came to Washing
ton with Mr.. Jackson for the mar
riage yesterday OF Miss Dorcas Nc
Laurin Surth and Lieut.. Commander
John p. Jackson, U. S. N, will re-
main until Monday. Mr.. and Mrs.
Jackson are staying with Mrs. John
P. Jackson.
Edwin V. Morgan, ambassador to
Brazil, entertained a luncheon party
at the Willard yesterday.
=
An interesting feature OF the Suf-
frage Bazaar now being held at the
headquarters of the National Ameri-
can Women's Suffrage Association,
1926 Rhode Island avenue, Is the ex-
hibition and sale of work by Wash
ington artists. Mrs. F. Carl Smith IS
in charge of this department, and
many prominent Washington painters
have donated examples of their work.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-03-16
Sunshine Package CAKES

We carry large assortment of these dainty prod
uctS and urge your inspection of cake rack on
your next visit to store.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-03-16

Mrs. Daniel Webster Prentiss will
not receive this week as she will be
out of town. Mrs. Prentiss will be
at home On the afternoons of March
% and March 80, from 4 to 6 o'clock.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-03-16

Edwin V. Morgan, ambassador to
Brazil, entertained a luncheon party
at the Willard yesterday.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21
SYRUP OF figs FOR
A CH|LD'S BOWELS
It is cruel to force nauseating,
harsh physic into a
sick child.

Look back at your childhood days.
Remember the dose" mother insisted
on--castor oil, calomel. cathartics.
How you hated them, how you fought
against taking them.
With our children It's different.
Mothers who cling to the old form of
physic simply don't realize what they
do. The children's revolt is wellfound-
ed. Their tender little "insides'' are
injured by them.
II your child's stomach, river and
bowels need cleansing. give only deli
cious California Syrup OF Figs" Its
action is positive, but gentle. Millions
Of mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative" handy; they know children
love to take IL; that 1t never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet
en- the stomach, and that a teaspoonfuI
given today saves sick child tomor-
row.
Ask at the store for a 5D-cent bottle
Of California Syrup Of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
Of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
on each bottle. Adv.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21
TENNESSEE BRIEFS

l.. D. Spragle of Philadelphia has
been made general manager OF the
Citizens gas company at Jackson.
The farmers union store at Hunt
ingdon bought $4,000 pounds of poul-
try and 1,400 dozen eggs during a four
days sale.
Claude Bolts, a stockman of Rives,
was bitten by mad dog. The dog, a
favorite collie, was riding in Bolts
automobile at the time.
A troop train carrying 800 recruits
from Fort Thomas to Douglas, Ariz.,
and northbound L. & N. freight train
met in a head-on collision a few hun
bred yards southwest Of the depot at
Gallatin. Fourteen soldiers we're in
jured, none seriously.
w. Z. Harrison, a farmer and mer,
chant OF Greenfield, with store and
warehouse at Limbs, has filed Volun.
tary petition in bankruptcy.
DR.. Howard Everett McCalla OF
Jackson, one of the prominent veterf-
nary surgeons OF the state, died FROM
the effects of kick by q horse
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21

which brought me but Of is4s1stk
I am now well and do allmy hotisework,
besides working in my garden. Several
Of my neighbors have got well by tax
ing Lydia Z. Pinkham' v egetable Com
pound" - Mrs. VIOLA FINuCAL, Wagon
er, Okla.
Such warning symptoms az sense Of
suffocation, hotfiashes, headaches, back
aches, dread of impending evil, timidity,
sounds in the ears, palpitation of the
heart, sparks before the eyes, irregu-
larities, constipation, variable appetites
weakness and dizziness should be needed
by middle-aged women. Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has carried
many women safely through the crisis
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21

much attention to
the new birth OF
late, and some
think 1t has been
taken out of the
realm of the mys-
t ri Gus an d
brought into the
realm Of the nat
ural. But while
the science just
mentioned h a S
made valuable OBJ
servations on the
psychic stat e q
connected with
conversion, the
new birth re-
mains as mys-
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21
To Leaalize Cigarettes.

Much to the surprise of every one,
the senate passed by barely consti-
tutional majority the bill to again le-
galize the selling of cigarettes to all
persons except minors. The vote was
II to 4. 1t was amended to provide
that tax Of $40 to $35 shall be levied
upon retailers and jobbers. Sale of
cigarettes to minors is made punish
able by a fine of $50. Grand juries
are given inquisitorial powers to in
vestigate offenses.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21
New Tax Law In Force.

The rightly of the law repeating
back assessments was softened lit.
tie by the passage of the bill giving a
right to go after property inadequate
ly assessed. Under the repeating act
of 1915 property can be back assessed
only unless il escaped taxation by
fraud.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21

Well. anyhow. If there's no money in
the movie business, as some Of the
movie men declare, it's not the plain
peoples fault. They have been putting
all the nicEels and dimes they could
get into it.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21

Probably as good definition as any
of the sense Of humor is that it CON
sists in not thinking you're much more
important than you really are, or
would consist in that If there were any
such cases.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21
CRISIS OF
WOMAN'S LIFE
Change Safely Passed by
Taking Lydia E. Pinkharn's
Vegetable Compound.
Wagner, Okla never get tired
of praising Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vege-

table Compound
because during
Change Of Life /
was in bed two
years and had two
operations, but all
the doctors and op-
erations did me no
good, and I would
have been in my
grave today had Il
not been for Lydia
E. Pinkhan's Veg
okuh1a f-s.yxex.sss,sasY
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21
Recruiting To War Strength.

Capt, N. E. Callen of Company l,
Third Tennessee infantry regiment
and Mai. James r. MAXWELL, of the
hospital corps of the Third regiment
acting, upon orders from Col. c. F.
Spence, are recruiting the Athens
companies up to war strength.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21

A Rouman,an scientist says that old
age is due solely TO decrease In the
amount Of water in the human sys-
TEN. That sounds reasonable. Where
you ever acquainted with a fish who
died of old age?
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21
Attorneys Get More Salary.

The house has passed the attorneys
general salary increase bill and the
drug store" bill, which is an amend
ment to the bone-dry law. The meas
ure providing for bond issue of
$625,000 for the three state normals,
the Polytechnic institute and the Ne
gro normal passed third reading
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21

The department Of agriculture sent
out 39098,23 free bulletins and
pamphlets in 1915, and the returns
from agricultural states indicate that
they were judiciously distributed.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21
Married In Legislative. Hall.
Governor Signs Militia eiIi.

The new military bill for the state
of Tennessee was signed by the gov
ernor, and is in immediate effect. OF
ficials say that the effect of the law
is simply to make the state military
law conform to that of the federal
government, but that when the mem.
bers of the national guard are called
into the service of the United States
again it will mean the virtual end OF
the national guard plan of the state.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21

Dairymen explain that the recent
lowering of the percentage Of butter
fat in milk is due to the exactions Of
farmers. thus generating the noble
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21

According to mortality records an
infantryman at the front has a better
chance to live than baby at home in
London. That's some consolation for
The soldiers, but how about the babies?
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21
Mysterious
Men
By REV. L. w. GOSNELL
Superintendent Of Men. Moody Bible
Institute, Chicago

I TEXT-The wind bloweth where It list
eth, and thou nearest the sound thereof.
but canst not tell whence 1t cometh. and
whittier 1t goeth: So is everyone that is
born Of the gpirit.-John 3:S.
The text sets forth the mystery of
the new birth. Psychology has given
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21

People who think an army can be
coniured up in the same way sleight
of hand performer produces rabbits
out of a plug hat have several more
thinks coming to them.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21

An advertiser says 5G miles of a
certain brand of cigarettes are made
every working day. Trying to smoke
all the cigarettes is Just as foolish as
trying TO drink all the whisky.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21

London children are said to be wear
ing wooden clogs to school Still.
there's a silver lining to every cloud.
The shortage of leather may make
teachers, guardians and parents chary
of wearing out STRAPS in corporal pun.
ishmeIft.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21

The English workingman who is
making two and three times as much
money as he ever made before in all
his life, doesn't care particularly how
long the war lasts.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21

According TO the dimensions given,
there will be no room on board one
man submarine for monograph and
a set of Shakespeare's works.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21

THE forehead in the case of an in
sTefaV 5aaf iGdTl, ana studious man es-
pecially, is likely to heighten after
thirty" Now isn't that graceful
way of putting It'll
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21

There Is no difficulty in deciding
where the young man should spend his
vacation this year. The call of the
military training camps is loud and in
sistent.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21

Back to the backyard truck patch
may prove to be measurably amusing
and profitable, but it lacks the divinely
poetic flavor of black TO the farm"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21

one of the things man does not
have 10 worry about is where his
waist is to be worn this year. If he
even has a waist, he thinks himself
lucky,
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21

A patriotic sutfragette suggests that
If there are not enough shoes avail
able for the American army boots
might be substituted.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21

Now the price of pop is to be raised.
Once in while there comes along
boost In price that we can view with
ahSOlute uncOncern.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21

How many of us started out by saw
ing all the new coins that came our
way and then were financially en-
barrassed and had to give them up.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21

If the international crisis has done
nothing else, 1t has taught audiences
In theaterS to stand up when 1.-The
Star-Spangled Banner" is played.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21

The surgeon who first operated for
appendicitis is dead, but a lot Of people
are carrying cute little scars as SOU
venirs to remember him by.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21

CFoss-eyed men should never be re-
-tected by the navy on account of phys
feat infirmity, as they can see peri.
scope in any direction.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21

'peellng a potato used to be hum"
bile employment" says the Washington
StaY "N0w it Is an art" Yes, but
why peel it?
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21

4 scientist figures that the sun will
7e cold In 100000 years, but that
wiz prompt few TO throw away their
old Palm Beach suits.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21
To the omnNorous reader there is
sort Of vegetarian flavor TO most OF the
current literature.

A small boys idea of food dictator
is mother calling a halt at the thir-
teenlh buckwheat cake.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21

An extrayagant man is always talk
ing to his wife about the necessity OF
economy.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21

People who have laughed at Chlnas
pigtafs should remember that our own
venerated George Washington wore
one
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21

One should not forget that besides
high prices and the war there are golf
and baseball to talk about.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21
L|BERAL|TY OF SOLONs
JuNkETiNG COMMITTEES DURING
LATE RECESS COST STATE
MORE THAN $40, 600.
Dying Hours Of State Legislature Wit
ness Passage Of Many Bills That
Verge Mighty Close TO Extraya.
ganee and Uselessness.

Nashyiile.-The senate, in approx
ing the miscellaneous appropriation
bill, voted an increase in legislative
expense of approximately $4,000 over
the expense OF two years ago. One of
the reasons is that there was an enor-
nous junketing committee expense
this year. This item alone amounts
to more than $4,000.
Before the recess joint resolution
was adopted that the expense should
not be more than $3.50 day--that Is,
the per diem OF 81 and $3.50 for ex-
penses. However, the senate voted to
allow SO day. This meant an in
crease of more than 100000.
The per diem and mileage OF the 80
representatives amounts to $4,000.
and of the senators $4,000. Each
speaker is given an extra $780, The
senate spent $500 for engrossing
clerks and the house about the same
total of more than $4,000 for this
item. For clerks and doorkeepers ana
sergeant-at-arms the expense is 49,
900, since the chief clerks are allowed
$4,000 extra for handing the journal
over to the printer, as Gov. Rye says.
An interesting item is that the house
pays out $4,000 for porters, while the
senate pays $500, There are about
% engrossing clerks In each house.
Each of the junketing committees
sat Is days, and there were IL of the
committees. Some of them did yalu-
able work for the state. For instance,
Senator Rocks education committee
and the finance committee.
Married In Legislative. Hall.
Gov. Rye, both branches Of the gen
eral assembly and large company OF
men and women crowded into the hail
of the house of representatives and
the galleries Friday evening to wilt
ness the marriage of Senator Oliver
Underhill of DeKalb county and Miss
Myrtle Redmond, one of the senate
engrossing clerks. Speaker Crabtree
of the senate officiated, reading from
the Methodist Episcopal ritual. The
bride and groom were announced at
the door of the house by the sergeant
alarms.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21
preferred Fare

what is the favorite >fare of Wall
street bulls and bearsg'
Supposed to be lamb chops"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21
Many a back yard this summer will
substitute for the fragrance OF the
rose the odor of the onion.

A Bcooklyn woman advises all Wom-
en- to pray for their husbands. Good-
ness Knows, most of them need it.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-19
BUILD WAR ROADS
| O'NEIL'S PURPOSE
State Highway Commissioner
Tells What State Is Doing
to Aid United States

j. Denny O'Neil State Highway
Commissioner, speaking before the
Rotary Club at luncheon in the Y. NJ.
c. A. building to-day, said that in
view of the urgent need of what he
termed war emergency highways"
in certain parts of the state and in
ability to procure laborers in unlim-.
tied umbers, the State Highway De-
partment will limit road construction
in the next year largely to such roads
as will aid materially IN the prosecu-
ton of the war Already this has
been started in the building of road
designed to supply the city of AL
toona with coal this winter without
relying upon the railroads. Good
roads for the transportation of thou
sands of government trucks and au-
tomobileS from west to east through
the state also call for the immediate
|attention of the Department and Com
missioner O'Neil will visit ten coun-
ties this week with the prosecution
of enterprises of this kind as his
object.
Commissioner O'Neil spoke also
of the need of new laws regulating
fraternal insurance in Pennsylvania,
and bespoke the interest OF the Ro-
tary Club in TINS matter on behalf
of the new commissioner of insur-
ance.
The club will meet tomorrow
evening as the guests OF John Heath
coate, head of the Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company in tnis district,
/; in his offices in the Telegraph build
ing.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-19
Justice Mestrezat Heads
Council to Aid Draftees

Philadelphia, Nov. 19.-Justice S.
Leslie Mestrezat, of the Supreme
Court of Pennsylvania, is to head the
newly legal council of Penn
sylvania, according to the announce
ment of appointment of the board $
personnel yesterday. The other men,
bers of the board appointed by
Provost Marshal General Crowder
are: Secretary, Edwin NJ. Abbott,
of this city; Henry c. Niles, of York;
Charles p. Searle, Honesdale, and
Joseph T. Taylor, of Philadelphia.
Similar councils have been ap-
pointed for every state and the mem
bers named on the recommendation
of the American Bar Association. The
organization of these boards is in ac-
cord with President Wilson's plan to
line up the legal talent of the country
to assist the 100000 registered men
make out properly the QUESTIONABLE
which is soon to be distributed as the
preliminary step for the new draft
classifications.
AS the document is such an abor-
ate affair and liable to confuse many
it is believed that with board of
lawyers to decide perplexing ques-
tions. the work of registering the ca
pabilities of every potential draftee
will proceed without a hitch.
The board held its first meeting i'm
the Aldine Hotel yesterday morning
and outlined it's future activities.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-19
Medill McC Cormick,
Back From Trenches,
Sees War Till 1919

Washington, Nov. 19.-The United
States must win the war with in
creased effort in all directions. and
greater coordination of activities
Otherwise it will continue indefinite
ly. This is the conclusion reached
by Congressman Medill Mccormick
of Illinois, who has just returned
from Europe, where he spent ten
weeks studying the war.
The war is to be won in Washing
ton and I'M the factories of this coun-
try. Mr. Mccormick declares.
lie has no criticism of the gov
eminent, but he points out clearly
that there is the greatest need for a
real war council in Washington. a
council that will control and plan
and unity the eXertion of the nations
strength.
The Germans are not winning the
war said Mr.. Mccormick, "but
neither are we.
The war to-day presents a stale
mate from which we are unable to
eXtricate ourselves because of the
collapse of Russia and the unread
ness of the United States.
Nowhere in Europe did find an
informed soldier or public man who
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-19
Five of Ten Cases Listed
Dropped or Continued

Eve of the ten cases listed for
trial to-day at the November session
of Common Pleas court were con-
tinued for cause, one case was mark
ed settled and in another verdict
in favor of the defendant was agreed
upon.
In courtroom No. 2, before Judge
S. j. NJ. McCarrell, this afternoon the
suit brought by John ID. e. Buser
against Anthony Bonitz was start
ed. In courtroom No. l before Pres
ident Judge George Kunkel the case
of G. Vernon Rettew, administrator,
against Christian l.. Long, opened.
Jurors not appearing, excused, or
removed from the county follow:
Adam Etzweiler, Jackson township,
David II. Frederick, city; William Il.
Hess, Halifax; David II. Hoover,
East Hanover township; Samuel G..
Ludlow, city; Harry Mcclure, city;
Merkel l.. Morgan, city; Cahrles r.
Webb, Susquehanna township. Two
jurors who were listed are dead.
They are Abraham X. Brecken-
maker and Alexandria {. Lands,
both of this city.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-19
Must Get License to Handle
Explosives During the War;
Safety Measure by u. 5.

Prothonotary Henry F. Holler to-
day received notification from the
Government Bureau of Mines that
he had been appointed Federal IL
censor for this district to issue licen-
ses to persons or firms manufacture
ing, distributing, storing or using any
powder. explosives, or blasting sup
plies.
Licenses will be issued as follows
according to instructions received
from the Bureau of Mines:
Manufacturers license, authoriz-
ing the manufacture, possession and
sale of explosives and ingredients.
Vendors license, authorizing the
purchase, possession and sale of en-
plosives and ingredients.
Purchasers license, authorizing
the purchase and possession of eN-
plosives and ingredients.
Foreman's license, authorizing the
purchase and possession of eXplo-
sives and ingredients and the sale
and issuance of them to workmen as
provided in the act.
Analysts, educators, inventors
and Investigators license. authoriZ-
ing the purchase, manufacture, pos
session, testing and disposal of eX-