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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-18
JAPANESE ARE GAINING
SOUTH AMERICAN. TRADE

NEW YORK. Oct. 1s,-That the
Japanese are Nprofiting by the mis-.
takes made in American export Cir
cIes and are catering to- merchants in
Latin America ma manner which
promises permsnercy OF trade is the
opinion OF officials in New York ex-
port houses. They warn American
manufacturers, to toe the. business
line in ali dealings with Latin-Amer
lean merchants.
Fault Is found with the manner
in which many American manufac-
turers have executed orders. from
merchants in South America. Pack
ing has been done contrary to orders
and goods have not been up to stand
ing in many instances.
Substitution is said to. have been
resorted to-. and as q result, many
South American buyers have turned
from American manufacturers and
placed business elsewhere, Japan
particularly has come in for this
business, and efforts exercised by the
Japanes manufacturers to please
their new patrons have, 1t Is said,
made many exporters here sit up
and take notice"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-18
TREEBOWS HEAD
/. AT SUNSET WHEN
ITSLEAVES FOLD

! One OF the most interesting old
trees in the United States is giant
sassafras near Keswiek. Va The
tree has a circumference OF 2015 feet
six inches from the ground. and at
ave feet its girth Is IS feet inches.
Some years ago the tree was a hollow
trunk. with II stop broken on, and II
seemed about to die Somebody
built a fire In the interior. This fire
was stopped with difficulty. and II
was thought that the tree was killed
On the contrary, tn efire killed only
the insects with which the trunk was
affected, and gave the tree itself a
new start. says the American For
estry Magazine. = As a result the old
trunk branched out. like a dressy old
woman in a new Easter bonnet, and Is
now crowned with strong, healthy
boughs.
From Simla. India. comes this story
to the American Forestry Association
OF Washington: The educated public
in Bengal is excited over the discov-
cry OF a palm tree which is exhibit
ing certain remarkable phenomenon.
This tree IS on a plot of land owned
by an inhabitant OF Faridpur. In the
morning It stands erect. with its
leaves outspread, but after sunset IL
bows It's head. the leaves touching the
ground, as IL protesting. This is wit
messed every day. Ignorant people
have come to regard 1t as an abode
OF some god.
Hundreds Of men. women and chill
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-18
DELIVERY DELAY MADE
DC. COAL BILL HIGHER

Failure OF the contractors to de-
liver within the time specified, added
.s5,Ooo to the Districts coal bill last
year, according to the annual report
OF NJ. C. Hargrove. purchasing officer.
made public today.
The contractor. he says. attributed
his difficulties to the mines. and it
was necessary for the District to
purchase coal at excess cost over the
contract price. Steps are being
taken by the Commissioners to re-
cover the amount under the contrac-
tors bond.
The District, the report states, be-
cause OF the rush OF Federal Gov
ernmental orders. experienced con-
siderable difficulty in securing sup
piles.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-18
FRATERNITY PLEDGES AT
G. ". U. PLAN TUGOF-WR

George washington University
students who recently have been
pledged to membership IN Sigma Chi
fraternity have challenged any other
group of. "pledgesr at the university
to tug-of-war on the evening OF
the freshman-sophomere class scrap
Several groups Of pledges" are pre-
pairing to accept the challenge
The class scrap win be held at 5
o'clock on the evening of eetooer 70
on the bride path at Twenty-seeond
and B streets northwest, in Potomac
Park. twenty-five students VIII De
at each end of a stout rope ana :
stream of icy water playing from
a fire department hose aimed mid
day between the contending forces
will serve as referee, the less pow
erful students being pulled into the
water and drenehed.
The Sigma Chi tug-of-war VIII
serve as a preliminary" or eur
tain raiser"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-18
Liberty Loan Hits
Stride Expected To
Produce Success

The second Liberty loan is at
last hitting a stride that brings
success in sight. About half the
$4,000. 100000 minimum quota is
subscribed today. Though Treas
ury Department officials renewed
hopes of achieving the $4,000
100000 mark. they. again warned
that the eight remaining working
days must show Rn-average sub
scription of S435. 900. 900 each.
The rise in the daily average
from 100000 TO the $4,000. 900
mark in the last few, days has
been due to the great. number OF
small subscriptions. The Liberty
Loan has struck home to the man
OF small means. Workingmen,
farmers, soldiers, and small wage
earners are buying bonds, at
tracted by partial-payment. plans
OF banks.
A mighty squirt was reported
from the New York district, which
expects to soar above the half
billion mark today. .. r.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-18
'Tethein,' New Cure
And Pain Killer
Discovered in West

BERKELEY, Cal, Oct. ia
pew substance which may play
Jan important part in healing
wounds and aIfeViating the suffer
ing OF American and allied SOL
dlers in France. has been discov-
cred by DIR. T. Brailsford Robert
son, Of the University Of Cali
fornia. He has donated to the
university all his patent rights
to the, substance which he calls
"Tethelin."
All profits resulting from the
discovery will be used as an en-
dowment, the income to Sc APP
piled to medical research
"Tethelln" marks another step
forward in the treatment Of the
wounded. Some time ago "am-
brine" was used because OF its
powers in alleviating pain. No
curative powers were claimed for
it. In testing the new substance
It has been been found to cure
many cases that did not respond
TO other treatment
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-18
ARRIVAL of 5OCARS.
Of COAL SHOULDEND
TROUBLE HERE, VIEW

washington now has a plentiful supply
OF coal to meet all needs IL it is eauita-
bly, distributed. rs the belief Of officials
Of the fuel administration ,-,. -.
Fifty cars of coal ordered to Washing
ton by the fuel administration during
the recentScold snap and shortness have
arrived in Washington and are being de-
liyered TO the yards OF dealers here. II
Is all anthracite for household use. =
According TO thsAsures; of the fuel ad;
ministratlons Washington has. received
2si 900 tons Of anthracite coal Sp to: date
for the present year! Is compared WITH
10000 tons for the sa ne, period last year.
These figures are TO be presented 20
John L Weaver. local fuel admlnlstra-
tor. whotoday took over THE. task OF
overseeing equitable distribution of-esil
in The District. = =
There have beehh frequent. reports Of
coal boarding by old customers OF Wash
ihgton .coaf dealers who have filled their
cellars to and beyond their winter re-
quirements at the expense OF others who
have been unable TO ret coal r =, :
The anthracite coal operators of the
country. representing a major part Of
the country's hard coal output at . con
ference with DR.. Garfield pledged their
full support to the government IN Us Ell
forts to solve the coal problem
1T was brought out at the conference
that this year the mines have produced
100000 tons more Of hard coal than had
been mined at the same time last year.
The operators Eilltoday appoint mem
Der of their committee to act in an ad-
visory capacity to RIA Snead, head of
the divIsio nof fuel supply. p
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-18
SHIP BOARD TO CONTROL .
MISSISSIPPI COAL FLEET

NEW YORK. Oct. 1s.-The United
States Shipping Board will supervise
the operation of feet of barges on
the Mississippi river to transport coal
and iron ore to places in the Missis-
sippi valley.
Secretary of Commerce Redheld an
nounced this in an interview just
before he departed for st. Louis
where he is en- route today to be pres
emit when the first cargo OF ore ar
rives. from st. Paul He declined to
speak OF the project Of building the
Lake Erie and Ohio river canal con-
Meeting these two waterways. except
to say that the first duty OF the Gov
eminent will be to make use Of ex'
listing waterways.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-18
WEATHER BAD FOR
FLIGHT TO new YORK

HAMPTON ROADS. Va. Oct. 49,
with unfavorable weather conditions
It was doubtful early today whether
or not Lieutenants Resenati, Balle-
rinni and BaIdioli. members of the
Italian flying corps, stationed at
Langley field, would attempt their
flight to New, York with passengers,
They were scheduled to start at 10
o'clock.
Italian embassy members were ex.
pected to receive the flyers al
MineoIa. L. l. 1t is>probsble several
high army and Government officials
will make the hight, although censor
ship has withheld all definite informa
ton.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-18
MINERS TOSTR|KE
TODAY IF DEMANDS
ARENOT GRANTED

More bitumlnous coal miners are
going on strike today unless their
wage demands are granted by Fuel
Administrator Harry Garfield. offi-
Gals OF the United Mine Workers
here declared. Admitting they are
helpless to restrain their men, the
labor leaders said Garheld's threats
to compel production OF coal to meet
war needs will not restrain the strik-
ers. , . -
Labor, - conscrIption is running
through the minds OF Garfield and his
aides, but they have formulated no
definite plans and are doubtful of
their legal premises in the matter.
Government operation of the mines Is
authorized by the Pomerene amend
ment to the food control law. but
the}miners say they will not work
unless given a raise in wages.
Relations straIned
Garfeld's statement that he is CIV
ing immediate and close attention to
an early decision has resulted in
strained relations between him and
the Federal Trade Commission. Gar
field to date has not asked the COM
mission to figure out the cost OF the
wage raise to the consumer.
Rumors that the commission was
delaying its report to Garfield out of
pique for his having been given the
coal control were bitterly denied at
the commissions office The commits
sion's experts wrote Garfield's mine
price and retail price orders and they
are at a loss TO understand why the
wage increase and its bearing on
higher coal prices is not submitted to
them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-18
DISTRICT APPEAL BOARD
NEARS END OF WORK

with only seventeen OF the ZOOS ap.
peals entered BY. the provost marshal
general granted. the District board
of appeals. composed OF John Joy Ed
son, Morris Hacker. .Elournoy C. Rob-
erts. Julius Garfnkle. and Joseph w,
Cox has practically completed its
work on the first draft. Appeals were
entered by the provost marshal gen
.eral in every exemption granted by
the eleven local exemption boards on
the ground of dependency.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-18

washington is gathering. expert
encs with the newly installed "pre-
payment" phones.
All OF these phones are. installed
in the Franklin downtown district.
The Union Station and the corridor
OF the War Department were among
the first places where the pay-in-
advance phones were installed. In
the Union Station, both the outside
connection, represented by the newly
installed phone and an inside con-
nectIon system. which connects with
the private switchboard operators.
will be used.
The new phones are similar in ap-
pearance to the ones going out of
use. The manner OF operation is es-
| sentiany different. A coin must be
/ deposited before Central is slgnaled.
Warning Card Posted
A card Of warning is posted above
each of the latest style phones tell
ling the user that a coin must be
dropped in the slot before Central
answers. A. Where the toll is more
than five cents, additional coins will
be dropped in after the party has
been reached.
When the number asked for is not
obtained, through an ingenious little
control. device. operated by central
| operator the coin deposited is
dropped into a little receptacle at the
lower left hand corner of the coin
box. where the user may get it back.
Phones on this model with few es-
sential differences. were installed in
New York, Philadelphia and Chicago
4 during the past few years. In Chi
caEo, objections from the public util-
tiles authorities caused the discontin'
uSuce of these phones.
No Objections Yet.
Public Utilities officials OF Wash
ington received notice OF the instslla-
ton of these phones during the past
month. No objection has yet been
made and no complaints against the
installation OF the phones has yet
been received by them
Division Manager Porter; who is in
charge of the telephone service If
washington, today told Times re-
] porter that the occasion for the in
| stalIation of The new telephones was
the numerous complaints received
about the other style.
"Our company appreciates how So
| rlously the quality and speed OF its
service is affected by the present coin.
box equipment, which provides that
coins shall be deposited after the
called person has answered" said Mr.
Porter. "As a result of this, many
persons answering a telephone from G
paw station receive the word that tho
party calling has left. Many time.
after. the number is called, the caller
finds that he has not the proper
Il change at hand, and promptly! hang
up the receiver. All this time the on,
on the other end is losing time, anl
our operators are performing useles!
tasks.
VIII Better Service.
at is the telephone company's de
sire to relieve the public OF all pos
sibIe annoyance and delay OF service
to obvIate such difficulties as thu
ldeyelopment and perfecting of tele
phone equipment may warrant II. And
accordingly. we have adopted a dil
ferent type of coin box.
"a thorough trial of the new devict
in the franklin. central office distrlc
will probably lead to the universe
adoption OF the telephones. We fee
sure that the Washington public will
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-18
Strange Trench.
VIII File d For
Probate In London

LONDON, Oct. ia strange
trench" will was offered in the
courts for probate today. Before
going into action at YPres, Lieut..
Joseph Child wrote his will on
the. back OF a photograph OF his.
sweetheart. The viii consisted,
Of one sentence 'Tn the event Of
my death. I leave. all my effects
and money to this young lady"
The photograph was found on
his body. Interrogation finally
established 1t was the likeness of
his sweetheart Miss Mary Pickles.
OF Yorkshire.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-18
Won BUELOW IN BERLIN,
MAY GUST MICHAELIS

AMSTERDAM. Oct 1S-Prince Won
Buelow. former chancellor and late Ger
man ambassador to Italy, has arrived
in Berlin. dispatches declared today.
His visit there caused revival OF the
report that he is to succeed DIR. George
MIchaelis as chancellor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-18
EGG SQUADS PREVENT
FREE SPEECH MEETINGS

NEW YORK. Oct. 1s--Streets in
the vicinity OF Columbia University
were spIattered here and there with
mysterious egg stains today. the re-
suit of two attempts to stage free
speech meetings. A rain OF eggs hurl-
ed by volunteer bombing squads dis
persed both gatherings
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-18
PAY-M-ADVANCE
:TELEPHONES.NOW
BEING TRIED HERE

unanimously indorse its adoption and
further extension of Its use as fast a.
conditions make this extension prac
ticable."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-18

At the cost Of a small Jar OF ordi-
nary cold cream one can prepare a
full quarter pint Of the most wonder
full lemon skin softener and complex
Ton beautifier, by squeezing the juice
OF two fresh lemons into bottle con-
tanning three ounces OF orchard
white Care should be taken to strain
= the juice through a fine cloth so no
lemon pulp gets in, then this lotion
will keep fresh for months. Every
woman knows that lemon Juice Is
used to bleach and remove such blem-
ishes as freclSles, sallowness, and tan,
and 10 the ideal skin sOftaner,
snoothener and beautiher.
Just try il, Get three ounces Of
orchard white at any pharmacy and
two lemons from the grocer and make
ND q quarter pint of this sweetiy
fragrant lemon lotion and massage
1T daily into the face, neck, arms, and
hands II should naturally help to
, whiten. soften, freshen, and bring out
the roses and beauty of any skin. II
IS truly marvellous TO smoother
rough. red hands.-Advt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-18

dren visit it daily and offer ,pujahs
near II. It Is even stated tha4 many
persons have been cured by offering
pujah-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-18

Lioyd's Register does not contain
either ship. although IT lists 1.4S3
ton Norwegian steamer named Bar
bro. which was last reported as hav-
ing sailed from Rio Janeiro for Liv-
erpool.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-18
U-BOATS TORPEDO TWO
NORWEGIAN STEAMERS

CHRISTIANIA. Oct. 1s.-The Nor
weSian STEAMERS Bargrog and Hoode
have been sunk by German ,subma-
rines with the Ioss- OF three lives,
It was announced today All the vic
Tins were on the BarGrog, which was
sent down in the AtahtIc. The Hoode
was attacked in the Bay of Biscay,
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-03-27
PROTEST AT WAR EVENTS
Emergency Peace Federation Charges
Misreprese ntation

New York.-Resolutions declaring
that covert acts" however brutal. do
not afford adequate cause for war to
a republic whose essential relation to
international affairs is summed in the
words Cancellation. arbitration and
democracy" where adopted at mass
meeting here by the Emergency Peace
Federation in Madison Square Garden,
as a protest against war"
This massmeeting," the resolution
said in part, protests against the
proclamation by the metropolitan
press that a state of war exists be-
tween the United States and Ger
many; protests against the campaign
of misrepresentation prompted by
those who would profit from plunging
this country into the abyss of war;
protests against the systematic in
Elimination of tn epublic mind by hys-
terical preparations for war"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-03-27
NOW WESTERN ROADS ASK
FREIGHT RATE RAISE
Many Companies Plead Higher Cost
of Labor, Supplies and Equip
ment, Same as East.

neutrality-suspicious. of west
ern railroads for an increase in
freight rates because of the higher
cost of labor under the Adamson law
and of supplies and equipment, has
been made by officials of more than
20 roads, asking for a conference to
consider steps necessary to meet "a
financial situation requiring immedi-
ate relief"
While the western roads did not
state specifically that a general ad-
vance in freight rates would be re-
quested. such a request is expected
to follow. The roads declared re-
Gently that a general advance appear
ed to offer the only solution to prob
lens confronting them.
Application of the western roads for
a conference is in line with the action
of eastern roads in filing a formal pc
tition later requesting the commits
sion to suspend its rules so as to per-
nit without delay a general advance
in rates.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-03-27
SPORTING ITEMS

Fred Fulton is hot on the trail of
Jess Wizards elusive title.
Mary X. Browne defeated Molla
Bjurstedt in the women's singles fl
nails at Los Angeles Saturday, Ga,
81.
Final consummation of a working
agreement between the Oakland club
of the Coast league and the Butte
baseball club has been announced by
the Butte magnates.
Les Canadiens of Montreal have
protested to President Frank Pat
rick of the Pacific Coast Hockey as
sociation against award of the last
nights contest in Seattle to the Butte
team. The Canadians managed to
take one out of three games played.
Two Kalispell scattergun men are
making the pace for the individuals
in the Inland Empire championship
trap shooting tournament L. Destaff-
ney is the nominal leader with an av-
erage of 245 per match. Harry Gay
hart, who was leading last week is
the real leader with 122 breaks out
of 1875, having participated in all the
matches. His average is 24.4 per
match and his percentage 976.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-03-27
WE WILL NOT EXEMPT
GERMAN SHIPS IN PORT
Nor Will Old Prussian-American Trea-
ties Be Extended Otherwise
Will Watch Germans.

Washington.-The United States has
formally refused Germany's request
to modernize and extend the old
Prussian-American treaties of 1899
and 1928 The state department has
replied through DR.. Paul Ritter, the
Swiss minister here, in charge of
German interests, refusing to accept
the protocol sent thdough him to this
government on February 10.
The reply states that the United
States, considering the treaties in
force in their original form, is en-
tirely unwilling to accept Germany's
Interpretation of them as provided in
the protocol, which extended the ex.
emption from seizure of merchants
and their effects" in case of war be-
tween the two countries into general
exemption, including enemy ships in
port at the outbreak of war, which
must either be left free or given safe
conduct for their home ports, even
through hostile blockade
Moreover, all enemy nationals will
be free from internment and able to
go about their business without the
slightest hindrance during the whole
course of the war and not in the re-
stricted way mentioned in the orig
inal treaties. The question left UNI
answered by the negotiations is the
status of 3,250,0O0 German citizens in
this country.
The government will undoubtedly
in case of war cause Germans to
register and possibly restrict their
travel without special permit to GER
tain limits. General internment is
not being considered as yet.
The old Prussian treaties have been
the cause of much confusion through
out the whole war.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-03-27
INDIANA TORNADO
FATAL TO OVER "a
OF 100 INJURED rs BADLY HURT
AND A FEW IN SERIOUS
CONDITION.
PR0PERTYlL OSS OVER MILLION
New Albany Issues an Appeal for Aid
300 Residences and Plants DAM
aged.-House Carried Into Air
and Smashed to Earth.

New Albany, Ind-Six additional
deaths reported Saturday made a total
of 81 persons who lost their lives be-
cause of the recent storm here.
OF the 100 or more who were in
jured it was said probably rs were
badly hurt, but that less than a dozen
were in a serious condition
The institution of relief measures
was prompt. Citizens of Louisville
subscribed $4,000 and sent motor
trucks loaded with food and clothing.
Later in the day the chamber of com
fierce here issued an appeal to the
country for aid, estimating that $780,
900 was needed. State troops are SUI
pering the work of clearing away the
wreckage and searching the ruins for
bodies.
The first organized effort to esti-
mate the property loss by a committee
appointed by the chamber of COM
merce, the New Albany real estate
board and Red Cross representatives
after an examination of the loss, in
Guiding the damaged or destroyed
homes and contents, at $l,133.000.
Approximately 800 residences, indus
trial plants and other buildings were
dafaged or destroyed. In some in
stances houses had been so torn to
pieces and the wreckage intermingled
with that from other structures that
those who had lived in them were I'M
able definitely to locate the sites upon
which they had stood.
Houses had been picked up bodily
and then thrown to the earth with ter
rifle force, smashing them into kind
ling wood. Other houses appeared to
have been flattened out as if some tire
mendous weight had been laid upon
them. Small outbuildings and sections
of roofs were carried for blocks, and
trees were torn bodily from the earth