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The Washington times., 1917-06-20
HIGH SCHOOL LASS
WINS SCOUT EAGLE
EleanOre Putzki Will Get
White House Honor.
HAS PROVED Her DEVOTION
Presidents Wife Will Give Mark
Of Championship.

In the East Room Of the White
House tomorrow afternoon little
drama will be enacted which will
make Girl Scout history and thrill
the heart of a high school lass with
pride.
The occasion will be the presenta-
tion OF a gold eaglet TO Miss Eleanore
Putzki. Of 1852 California avenue
northwest. by the First Lady Of the
Land"
Mrs. Wilson will feel almost as
much pride in the ceremony as the
recipient of the decoration as this
will mark the frst time a Girl Scout
has ever been retarded with the high
est emblem of distinction in the or
ganization.
Has Been Hard Worker.
Miss Putski is seventeen years old.
senior at Central High School and
the best Girl Scout in America She
is a member OF Troop /, District Girl
Scouts. Since becoming a member
four years ago she has won twenty
Ave merit badges for superiority in
arts. sciences, handicraft. personal
service. general knowledge, and ac'
complishments.
She is a good cook. knows lot
about housekeeping. can differentiate
great number of trees, birds and
flowers and is possessed of a wealth
OF information on a great variety OF
subjects. Each OF her twenty fve
merit badges wa sawarded for pro-
| iciency in a different branch OF Girl
Scout work.
| She has never missed a weekly meet
| ing OF her troop since she Joined. She
has assisted in building up her troOT
to several times its original strength
and recently took charge Of Troop Il
whose membership she doubled In q
short time.
Miss Putzki Is an expert swimmer
and has trained a number OF girls
who wished 10 qualify for entrance
| in the Girl Scout organization
Mrs. Rafter, the head Of Troop l.
under whose training Miss PutzkI
won her merit badges and the conse-
/ quent golden eaglet, said of her to-
| day: she is an almost perfect eX'
ample Of the troop motto, Today We
/ Make Tomorrow"
The golden eaElet corresponds "a
/ the eagle scout emblem awarded by
/ the Boy Scout organization.
Following the presentation OF the
! decoration at the White House to
morrow. Miss Putzki will go to the
/ Zoo Park, where she will take charge
/ OF her troop in the annual rally OF
the Girl Scouts.
The Washington times., 1917-06-20

There are various bulls on the to-
bacco stocks who base their argu-
ment on the expectation that these
United States will be dry, and bone
dry, in the greater part OF the period
OF the war. and perhaps forever af-
ter. They contend that II a man
cannot get Ticker he will take II out
on tobacco. And they assert that in
prohibition States the use OF tobac-
co has increased tremendously with
the cessation of the sale Of intoNi-
cants. therefore concluding that the
day Of the tobacco stocks is at hand.
The Washington times., 1917-06-20

Indications point to the fact that
Wall Street will respond as liberal
ly and unseIfishly in the current week
of the Red Cross drive as it did to
the Liberty loan campaign. Through
the declaration OF corporate diNt-
dends for this specific purpose;
through the donation OF all profits
for the period; through individual
subscription and in dozens OF other
ways the aid will be extended. Wall
Street in this hour of national emer-
Eency certainty is coming across
The Washington times., 1917-06-20
10 USE JAPANEsE SHIPS.

NEGOTIATIONS to bring Japanese
ships into the trans-Atlantic trade
are under way between the govern
mems Of the United States, Japan,
and Great Britain. Japan has 2yO00.-
oOO tons Of ocean ships. and efforts
are 10 be made 10 bring vessels to the
Atlantic to fill the gaps made by sub
marines.
The Washington times., 1917-06-20

NEW YORK, June 2o.-The stock
market opened active and frsctionally
higher today. United states Steel SELL
ing at 12sh, up -. and other steels
slowing an overnight gain Of 4. In
dustrials were strong, as were ship
ping and motor stocks.
TOday'G Quotations.
Quotations today up to 1870 O'Clock
were as follows:
The Washington times., 1917-06-20
LuxEMauRe MINERS STRIKE.

PARIS. June 20. Reports are pub
lished in the newspapers here that
the miners OF the Duchy OF LuNem-
burg have gone on strike because the
Germans have refused to increase
their pay. The Luxembourg govern
ment has interviewed. but in vain.
German troops are now on guard. and
Luxembourg newspapers are not al
lowed TO discuss the strike.
The Washington times., 1917-06-20
SCHOOL YEAR ENDS,
WAR WORK INVITES
Youngsters Will Do Their Bit Dur
ing Summer Months.

School today is officially over for
the year.
But it is a vastly different thre.
months vacation which faces many Of
the students. In former years. after
the last day Of school, one long vista
The Washington times., 1917-06-20
NEWS AT EVANSVILLE
Judge BeaII Takes Dudrow Case
Under Amusement.

Argument in the case OF Neuman
-. Dudrow vs.. the old mayor and
council. in which Dudrow seeks
certificate OF election as councilman
from the Second ward. was concluded
Yesterday afternoon before Judge
Fillmore Beall. Of the cibcuit court
Judge Reall took the case under ad-
visement
The Washington times., 1917-06-20
NEWS AT ROCKVILLE
eeoroe 7. Greenfield, Farmer Of
coIesviIIe District, Dead.

George T. Greenfield. a farmer. OF
ColesviIle district, died YESTERDAY OF
cancer at his home. near Burnt NILS,
ared hfty-one years. He is survived
nv his wife and two children. The
funeral will be held tomorrow at the
residence.
The Washington times., 1917-06-20

ciated at the marriage here yesterday
OF Miss Anna NJ. Robinson and Joseph
p. Cassidy, and Miss Madeline Mary
Cullish and Reuben A Action, all OF
Washington.
The Washington times., 1917-06-20

The Ladies' Guild OF Emmanuel
Church met yesterday afternoon, and
an appropriation was made for the
relief OF the tornado sufferers In Kan
sas. The members OF the guild are
week.
The Washington times., 1917-06-20

Summerfeld D. Hall. clerk Of the
circuit court, announces that John
II. Wilson et al. have dropped their
appeal in the case against the mayor
and city council. in which 1t was
sought to prevent the publication Of
the municipal delinquent tax list in
the HyattsviIIe Independent because
one Of the owners was a member OF
the council
The Washington times., 1917-06-20

Anacostia Council No. 16. Junior Or
der OF United American Mechanics.
will hold an open meeting Tuesday
night in the interest OF immigration.
Several Senators and Representatives
will speak. Invitations have been Is
sued to all other councils In the Dis
trict to attend.
The Washington times., 1917-06-20

The annual commencement exercises
Of the Laurel high school will be held
June 20, with a class Of twelve re-
ceiving diplomas. The alumni ban
nuet will be held Friday evening at
the high school. on sunday evening
the Rev. F ]. Prettyman, chaplain of
the United States Senate, will preach
the baccalaureate sermon. The Sc
niors' night will be June - at the
high school. The graduates are
Misses Edna Estelle Boteler. Nina
Naylor Carr. Marion Virginia Donald
son. Dorothy Lucille Haslup, Edna
Kathleen ScaEgs. Maude Marie
Phelps. Alice Eugene Lieutaud, kath-
crime Louise Schooley. Irene May
smith. and susanna Whitehead, and
Edmund calvin Donaldson and Leon
ard Herman Thawley.
The Washington times., 1917-06-20

Following a long illness. Miss La
manda HeaEy. daughter OF Mr. ana
Mrs. John NJ. Heagy, OF this place.
died Yesterday. The funeral will be
held this afternoon. The services will
he conducted by the Rev. ]. W.
Durrev. pastor Of the Methodist
church. and interment will be in
Rockville Union Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1917-06-20

Mrs. Jarboe. OF La Plata, Nd, Is
visiting her sister. Mrs. Glenn Yates,
in Good Hope road.
The pupils OF 81. Teress's parochial
school with other members Of the
congregation, yesterday enjoyed the
annual outing at the Zoo. The Rev.
Charles NJ. Bart, pastor, and the Rev.
Father Scheenwelss. assistant, were
in charge OF the picnic, assisted by
the teachers of the school
A baby show is to feature the lawn
fete to be given by the young people
Of Emmanuel Church, July 2.
Ralph Frisbie. formerly OF Ana
costa, now OF Pittsburgh, IL visiting
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Frts-
bic, in Thirteenth street.
The Washington times., 1917-06-20

Selling eN-dlNldend-JeWel Tea, pro-
IN: Sloss SchoffieId, pfd, pa: Great
Northern Ore, Il; Continental Can,
IL: Continental Can, pfd, ia; Worth
ington Jump Machine, pfd, Ia /:
WHY'S Overland, pfd, IA; Matheson
AllJ, y: Barrett, /; May Dept stores,
pfd, q.
The Washington times., 1917-06-20
NEWS At ANAc0STIA
Suburb Is Pushing Campaign for
Red Cross Funds.

Anacostia is making a special EFFORT
this week to contribute freely to the
Red Cross fund, and members OF the
Red Cross unit are pushing the cam
paiEn vigorously. The churches also
are taking an active interest In the
movement to raise funds.
The Washington times., 1917-06-20

Miss Helen Virginia Mcfarland.
daughter OF MT. and Mrs. George VI.
Mcfarland. Is visiting Miss Helen B.
Sinkinson. at Atlantic city.
The Washington times., 1917-06-20
WALL ST. MARKET
OPENING IS ACTIVE AND
SLIGHTLY HIGHER

U. S. Steel Sells at 12sLs, Up s..
Other steeIs Show an Overnight
Gain Of Es-IndustriaIs Strong
As Are the Shipping and Motor
Stocks.
The Washington times., 1917-06-20

The Rev. o. c. Barnes pastor ~
the Rockville Christian Church, otfi-
The Washington times., 1917-06-20
MOUNT ALTO INN

One Of the eity's beauty spots. on the ealeen1
81 washinEton. Have you been there Wa
ave and Davis 81. Telephone West lSoo.
The Washington times., 1917-06-20
SWISS DENY GERMANS
PROMPTED PEACE MOVE
Berne Declares Propaganda Nsa-
tral Act to End War.

BERNE. June 2O.-Denisl that
Switzerland, through Councillor Hoff-
mann. was impeIled in her peace moves
by any outside influence was semi
officially announced today.
II was stated Hoffmann's confer
ence to Russia through Swiss diplo-
matte channels and the propaganda
work OF the Swiss Socialist. Robert
Grimm, at Petrograd. both looking
toward a separate peace between Ger
many and Russia, were merely FOR
the purpose of encouraging a general
peace.
Such a general peace. it was assert
ed, was in Switzeriand's interest as
well as that OF the whole world II
was emphatically denied that Hoff-
mann was under any influence from
any quarter in his peace plans.
Hoffman, has resigned as coun-
ciIor and foreign minister to swift
erland, and Grimm has been deported
from Russia The denial above u
plainly against suspicious frequently
voiced in allied countries that Swits-
erland's insistent peace propaganda
W as inspired and directed by Ger
many.
The Washington times., 1917-06-20

4 Fourth of July celebration for
the benefit OF the Red Cross will be
held on the Laurel race track.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-05-09
The Farmers Dilemma.

A we'll known farmer speaking the
other day of the movement to secure
a greater acreage of crops, said: 1T
is all very we'll to tell us farmers
what to do, but how are we going to
do it without help? Those so free
with advise can do us a better SER
vice by telling us where we can get
the help we have been unable to
find. l am farming more than 200
acres of land and am absolutely alone
to do all the farm work and the
chores including the milking of fif-
teen cows twice a day. l have con-
tracted with three different farm
hands to work for me, without de-
mur to their price of $40 per month
and keep of horse, but they have all
disappointed me, after fair prom
ise. and are il town where they can
play pool AID attend the movies. The
farmer is vitality interested in pro-
ducing upon his land the largest
possible crops, but without help his
land must be neglected. l know sew
eral farmers in my neighborhood in
the same fix l am in. We treat our
help we'll, and they have a good
chance TO save money in the country
but it seems the average young man
is possessed with desire to get
where he can spend his money as
fast as he makes it and go in for
what he claims to be good time
Monticello Express.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-05-09
HOW OUR LOANS ARE TO BE
SPENT,

We are assured that the bulk OF
the moneys we are now sending TO
foreign nations in the way OF war
loans will be spent in the United
States for food stuffs and war ma
terials. In other words, the money
will not be taken out of the country
at all. 1t has been called taking 1t
out of one pocket of your Uncle Sam
and placing it in the other. But while
the process does not seem to impov-
Ierish US, it is of the most helpful ma
'ture to our European allies for " re-
ieves them of the necessity OF fore
ing through additional war loans at
home, where the people have alrea-
DIV brought forth their last dollars
and treasures to lay on the altars or
patriotism. It should also be borne
in mind that the profits will be large
on the purchases which foreign ma
tions make in this country with this
borrowed capital. When they pay
us two or more dollars bushel for
wheat they are paying for more than
the wheat cost us to produce. On
the whole our financing of the for
eign allies is not such disastrous
financial proposition for us after all
We are only sorry that the allies
have to pay so much for what they
need to fight the battles for the
cause that is ours now even more
than it is their own, for we realize
now fully that what fighting is done
over there is fighting that we VIII
be spared from over here, sooner OF
later in the future.-Cedar Rapids
Republican.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-05-09
EARLY MORNING IN THE GARDEN
The Air of a Bright Spring Day is
Like Electricity and People
Work With a Will

Gardening enthusiasm in May and
in July constitutes two different
propositions. The air of bright
spring day is like electricity and peo-
pie take ho.d of their first spading
and planting with alarcity. But to
bring the crop to fruition is another
story. When the sun reaches its
zenith and there is mess of weeds
to be rooted out, many of our garden
novices will quit.
The old timers had their own wise
ideas about garden work. They used
to get up at an hour in the morning
when it is a pleasure to work. Even
on the warmest day the air is cool
and pleasant in the morning.
People who work indoors can
really get a lot of physical benefit
out of their garden if they would
do it right. The sedentary toiler
needs some form of active exercise
in the open air. The many men who
get out and play gof and tennis Sc
cure the physical activity that they
lneed. Just the same results can be
had by hoeing potatoes if one can
only think so. The man who usually
spends his days in stuffy mill or
store ought to feel physical stimu-
lus from an hour or two or work
daily in the invigorating ozone.
If the indoor worker takes his
garden stunt at night when he is
dull with nervous strain AID In a
state of lassitude from bad air and a
STOPPING position over desk or ma
chine, the additional exercise won't
do him much good. If he will get
I'D in the morning when it is cool
and pleasant, he will feel the better
for his exertion.
The gardeners must expect some
lame backs and stiff muscles for a
few days. They would have them
Just the same if they took any unac-
customed pleasure like tennis or
baseball. But just as soon as stag
nant tissue has been put to work,
the body will improve from the more
complete use of it's powers. But the
task will require only half the ef-
fort if performed at the coolest time
of day, when the worker is refreshed
| from his nights sleep.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-05-09
Special Agents Make Raid.

Dubuque, May blind pigs,
drug stores, cigar stores, and pool
halls were raided here today by
twenty special agents of the state
attorney generals office assisted by
the sheriff's deputies and local po-
lice. Over a carload of liquors,
nearly a hundred slot machines and
much gambling paraphernalia were
confiscated in this raid, which is said
by the officers to be the largest and
most successful ever attempted in
the state.
The raid was under the direction
of James Risden oil Cedar Rapids,
who had gathered force of trusted
officers from many cities il the state.
Everything was carried out as plan
ned and the officers found contra
band" in practically every one Of the
sixty-two places raided.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-05-09
THE FOE OF ALL-HUNGER.

In the present critical period or
the worlds history, when 1t is ma
tion against nation, man against
man. there looms up one foe of them
ALL a foe against whom they all must
fight or perish.
That foe Is Hunger.
AS an exchange fifty remarks, no
matter how opposed to war we may
be, sincerely we hope that no one
will mislead himself into thinking
that he should not do his part in the
present crisis at least to the extent
of helping out to the best of his abil-
ity in the tilling of the soil. 1t may
be only to the extent of cultivating a
vacant lot. 1t may be only helping
someone to cultivate vacant lot
but wherever you can fit into this
fight against hunger we beseech all
to do their part.
Whether or not peace soon comes
the problem of feeding the world
will be a grave one and America VIII
be called upon for big things along
this line.
In the fight against the common
foe of hunger let us all do our part
and then see to it that the govern
ment makes certain fair distriDu-
ton of food so that the pirates make
no profit, but that every child and
every woman, without regard To
what part of the city. the nation, OF
the world they live in shall have
lenough to eat.-Red Wing Eagle.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-05-09

L. S. HAS ARMY OF 100000
Iowa Under Present Rules Could
Furnish About 163, 900.

The United States has 21,071,0 6
men available for military service.
They constitute the total male popu-
lation of the country between the
ages of Is and 45 years. This is a
tremendous army reserve, surpassed
only by Russia of all the great pow
ers in the world war. But with pres
ent standards of physical fitness de-
manded by the army and navy three
fourths of this vast total would be
rejected for service. Uncle Sam
would be fortunate to get an army OF
100000 men unless he greatly
moderated present physical require
ments.
The corn belt states Of Iowa, Mis-
souri,, Nebraska and Kansas have
the highest physical standards in
the country. Acceptances in the ar
my and navy here average one to ev-
cry three applications. The eastern
seaboard district with its populous
cities turns out the poorest human
specimens. But one man out of ev-
cry eight that apply for enlistment
is accepted.
If every male citizen of Iowa
available for duty could be placed in
an army it would number 4S9,S29
men. Deducting the expected rejec-
ticns the Hawkeye state force dwin-
dies to 1926.
The north with 100000 men
has more than double the number in
the South. The eleven states west OF
Kansas and Nebraska total less tha1
New York, where 2,223,633 male
citizens are liable for service in the
army of the republic.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-05-09
Undesirable Citizens.

What do you think of a wealthy
man who owns a large number or va
cant lots, which have never been cul-
tivated, who refuses to give persons
who want to do gardening and can
get the ground? Unfortunately Du-
buoue has several such citizens. One
of this class has refused to have his
vacant property used on the grouad
that cultivation would lead prospec-
tive buyers to believe the lots were
not in the market for sale.
A citizen of this kind is a detri-
ment to a, city. Greed is his only
ambition. 1t might be added that
the vacant lots referred to are
menace to city. Weeds are allowed
to grow in great quantities on the
vacant property and are dangerous
to heath conditions. They cause
hay fever and other ailments.
Thank goodness We haven't many
of this class in Dubuque. The chan-
ces are he was in his home counting
his money when the patriotic dem
oastration was held Tuesday eve
ning-Dubuque Times-Journal
Well, here is hoping that Decorah
has none such citizens.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-05-09
TOWN IMPROVEMENTS.
Difference Between Personality and
Machinery i'm Town Improve
ment Work.

An illustration of the difference
between personality and machinery
in town improvement work was given
a few years ago in well known
town. A leading citizen devised what
on the face of it was the most per-
Ifectly arranged proposition for civic
betterment. 1t was called the Fed
Grated Societies. Every church fra
ternal organization, etc, was to send
a delegate to a central body.
The central body would discuss all
town improvement matters, and ar
range for action through an execu-
tive committee. Then it was the
function of the delegates to report
progress to their several societies. In
that way it was believed that public
sentiment favorable to improvement
projects would be. created in. every
local organization.
1t was a great scheme and it work
ed beautifully-for about one year.
Some excellent things were accom-
plished. Unfortunately the health
of the man who organized the plan
failed and soon after he died. Then
the whole thing slumped. Dozens
of people had been very much inter-
ested, had attended meetings regu-
arly, and given support and infu-
ence. But it took one powerful
pushing force to make the thing live.
1t does seem a shame that there are
so many leaners, that public work is
thus left to a few while the rest sit
around and approve but do nothing.
In the long run betterment pro-
jects can't succeed unless they have
good number of workers behind
them. The few who do the pushing
will sooner or later die or move
away or fiad other calls on their
time. There must be a more genar-
al spirit of community service. There
must Nbe more people who are will
ing to serve on committees, not mere
ly in an ornamental way. They must
be willing to- assume responsibility
for certain tasks and put them thru
to finish.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-05-09
John Cavanaugh Dies at Ossian.

John w. Cavanaugh died sudden
ly at his home in Ossian Wednesday
morning at one o'clock. He had
been ill for several years with urae-
mia, but was confined to his home
only at intervals and for short per-
iods. Tuesday night he was about
town, as was his custom, and went
to the Milwaukee depot to await the
arrival of passenger train No. s.
Shortly before one o'clock he was
seized with a fainting spell from
which he never rallied, death claim
ing him at one o'clock. His death
is due to uraemic poisoning.
His twin brother, Maurice j., died
suddenly on February 4, 1917, and
the visitation of a second death, in
one home, in less than three months,
brings double grief AID sorrow to
members of the family.
John w. Cavanaugh was born in
Clermont, Iowa December 10, 1879.
He came with his parents to Ossian
in 1885. At an early age he took
up the study of telegraphy and in this
capacity was employed for number
of years by the c. M. & st. P. Rail
way Company, his last position being
that of train dispatcher in illinois,
Ossian Bee.