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WOE FOR THE "WETS."

Victory was turned to defeat fol
the "wets'' late in Saturdays session
!of the senate With the Cummins
amendment to the food control bill de-
feated, the senate read into the Smoot
amendment the provision that the
president shall commander all the
distilled spirits in bonded warehouses
and pay for them at fair price, using
| them in redistilled form for the manu-.
fracture of ammunition.
Senator Smoot obtained adoption of
a resolution earlier in the day which
promised to save the Cummins amend
ment, but parliamentary juggling de-
feated the Iowan's measure and gave
the Utah solon the distinction of bring
ing about actual war time prohibition
as to the hardest" drinks.
Senator Cummins' amendment, pro-
hibiting the withdrawal of liquors
from bonded warehouses during the
war, was defeated because it pro-
missed to embarrass bankers who have
loaned money on these stocks. When
it was beaten there was jubilation
among the opponents of war time pro-
hibition, for the supply of booze in
bond would have gone far to assuage
the thirst of those who were denied
newly manufactured liquor through
the embargo on the use of food stuffs
for distilling.
But when the Smoot amendment
was accepted by the senate, directing
the president to buy and pay for all
these bonded liquors, and when it was
followed by adopting of the remnant
of the Cummins amendment which
prohibits importation of distilled bev-
erages during the war, joy gave way
to gloom among the "wets."
If the prohibition features of the
food bill survive future discussion in
the senate and house. the enactment
of the law will mean that the distilled
liquors now in stock must be taken
over by the government and. trans
formed into explosives: it wilr mean
also that no more listilling can be
done during the war and that no dis
titled beverages can be brought into
America from other countries.
1t will leave beer and light wines
the only intoxicating liquors that can
be purchased for beverages, and it
will compel manufacturers, vendors
and drinkers Of these to contribute
quite heavily to the war fund through
increased excise taxes.
For with this measure of war time
prohibition it will be necessary to re-
wise the war tax bill, emitting the
schedules for distilled beverages and
increasing other levies to make up the
decrease in prospective revenue. Beer
and wines, of course, will get the first
increase, as they should.
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makes compliance with military OF

makes compliance with military or
ders second nature.
Ottumwa's military band will be
come part of cavalry regimen
representing three other states besides
Iowa Always an organization in which
the city has felt much pride, this bant
| ranks among the best military musical
units in the whole country and de
serves the prominence it will enjoy as
the representative of regiment
| drawn from four states.
The signal company which has been
formed by the young men of Ottumwa
and Wapello county is ready for ser
vice even before uniforms and equip
ment are available. Clad in nondescript
old clothing, these volunteers went in
to camp at Eldon yesterday, eager to
! carry their share Of the burden of war
and earnest in their desire to serve.
In little while another unit will
| be ready to leave, comprising both
men and women from Ottumwa and
other southern Iowa points. Through
the Red Cross, this hospital corps will
serve as Ottumwa's closest connecting
link with the front for as long as these
men and women are in service the
loyal citizens who remain at home will
maintain stream of hospital supplies,
going forward from week to week and
carrying assurance that the folks at
home are doing their loyal bit to les
sen the hardships of their brothers at
the front.
Universal and unselfish service must
be the aim of Ottumwa and Ottum-
vans while the war lasts. Within
few months it will be difficult to. find
home or an office. store or factory
which has not given its share of man
power to the fighting forces Of the ma
ton The scope of service at home
must be Just as broad and just as I'M
selfish. The splendid record the COM
munity has made thus far must be the
measure of it's loyal service in the flu
ture and through the months which
will elapse before our soldiers come
marching back to us from the field Of
conflict on which they are to establish
for the world and for all time the prin-
ciple that democracy and human rights
shall prevail over autocratic greed and
the lust for power which employs MUIR
der barbarism and inhuman atrocity
in it's wild struggle for conquest.
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LITTLE BENNY'S
N OTE BOOK
BY LEE PAPE
THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION.

THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION.
A PLAY.
Scene, Russia.
The Zarr of Russia G, heer I BIN
out of bed almost hour, and No
buns has exploded yet I wunder II
enything can be the matter.
Bum under the bed Bang!
The Zarr. It's a good thing rot
up exter er1y this morning.
Prime minister. Your brewfast Ia
reddy, your majesty.
The Zarr Bring It in heer r..
nice and cool in heer on account of
the hole in the ceeling ware the bed
went throo.
Prime minister. Heer it is, your
majesty. Shell 1 crack your egg for
you, your majesty?
The Zarr. Sure. Give it a good
crack, I don't like eggs.
Bum in the egg. Bang!
The Zarr. G., the prime minister
disappeared quick. o we'll, it mite not
of bin a good egg anyway And even
if it was, it mite OF had poison in it.
Bum under the table. Bang!
The zarr. Cooking up) Well, II it
dident go out the same hole that the
bed went out of! That sertenly was q
coincidents!
New Prime Minister. Your majesty,
there has bin Russian reviloodon,
and you are not your majesty eny lon
ger. Nobody amt.
The Zarr. Wat do care?
The end.
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ALBA

VIII Kissick who IL in the Yoenaan
Service In the Navy. arrived ho1n New
port. R. +. Thursday on No. 8 for q
weeks furlough at home.
Miss MSra Edwards has gone to
Cripple Creek, Col. for q couple Of
months visit with her aunt.
Mrs Rose Hastings Of OkAhnms
City is visiting her sister Mrs.J. J. Pas
coe and family.
The Monday Club met this wsek.vtth
Mrs. Earl Moore.
c. N. Bloomfield and daughter Car-
ice spent the Fourth in Ottun1wa with
the Sam Elder family.
DIR. and Mrs. Clyde Sawyers Of Cen.
terville are guests at the ]. c. Mabry
home.
w. S. Falls has gone to Colfax for
ten days at the Springs.
Mis- Beatrice Pabst has returned to
Centerville after a few days visit with
Abba relatives.
Mr. and Mrs James Nicholson are
visiting with her parents Mr. and Mrs.
John Ferry.
Ralph Wallace is visiting Abba reha-
tives. He is a nephew of 8. d. Thomp-
son who was killed Thursday by no. 8.
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REPR1sALs.

Although fewer deaths resulted
from Saturdays airplane raid in Lon
don than in former raids there and II
other sections Of England, the shocH
occasioned by this most recent Ger
man atrocity is greater than usual
probably because Of the deadly de
liberations with which the German
airmen chose a low level over the
very heart of the city's shopping dis.
trict and dropped their bombs almost
with Individual aim, like snipers choos'
ing single victims from among dozens
AS might have been expected, the
demand among the English people Tor
similar raids on German civilians, in
reprisal for the Teuton attacks, Is IN
creasing since Saturdays outrage ana
IL will not be surprising If some OF
the irrepressible critics OF the govern
ment renew their demands in the
house of commons.
Thus far, the British government
has refused steadfastly to countenance
reprisals on the civil population OF
Germany. The officials take the posi-
ton that this is the sort of lawless-
ness which even the greatest OF all
wars does not justify. England, they
say, desires to keep her record clean
80 that historians of the future may
not charge her with acts of gross In
humanity such as those for which
Germany must answer in generations
to come.
Perhaps this position would be ad-
hered to If the task Of raiding Ger.
man territory were an easy one, and
It is due England that we believe 1t
would However, there is ample rea-
son to believe that an attempt at rep
risal would result quite disastrously
for English flyers and might meet
with entire failure.
The Germans lose some machines
and pilots on each raid, although they
ire exposed to the fire Of land batter
les for only a small portion of the
trip from Ostend or Zebrugge to Lon
don and back. Most Of their journey
ls made above the North sea, and it's
length is not more than half the dis
lance English airplanes would be COM
relied to travel should they rise from
behind General Haig's lines in Bel
I xium and strike out for interior Ger
many.
All the way, practically, they would
be compelled to fly within range OF
German guns in Belgium and in Ger
many. To reach Essen, where the
krupp factories are located. they
would be compelled to fly practically
(kwice as far as the Germans must go
IN their trips from Zeebrugge to Lon
Aon
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- - - -
WARS pUNISHMENTS.

There is a note of pathos in the ap
peal which is made to congress by
committee OF foreign born residents o
America for a method Of exchangint
censored family news between thu
I people living within the limits of thu
kaiser's enlarged territory and thei
kselatives and friends in America.
The difficulty of obtaining this sor
ef news which existed before Americ;
entered the war has been multiplied
greatly since this country became III
volved. The necessity for strict rule!
10 prevent dissemination of informa
lion dangerous to the United State!
MAS resulted in an embargo on mall tt
tile nations of the central powers.
But there are hundreds Of thousand:
Df loyal American citizens who are
thus deprived of information regarding
their families in Europe. They have
framed the following appeal, which
ehey and their friends are sending t
senator's and congressman by mail:
h Dear Sir:
The undersigned appeals to you
n to have an exchange of personal
\ family news, duly censored, ar
4 TdnSeu DclWeeu pcopie living III
our country and those within the
territory of Belgium, Poland. Ger
many, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria
and Turkey.
Y Many among US have not heard
from their closest relatives for
nearly three years. Many among
us don't know whether our rela-
tives are living or dead. Shall par
ents or children. wife and husband,
brother and sister be left entirely
without news of one another for
years?
The exchange could be arranged
through a special office to be
established in New York City for
the censoring and rewriting of
family messages, and for forward
ing same in our embassy bags to
our representatives in Switzer-
land, Sweden and Holland for
transmission through neutral
embassy to the embassies of the
Central powers in these countries.
Our state department could easily
arrange for this humanitarian
work. The expenses connected
with 1t could be covered by impos-
ing double or triple postal
charges.
\ Our government communicates
with the Central powers regarding
many subjects through the medi-
UNI of neutral power. Our press
obtains censored news from the
central powers through the medi-
UNI of neutral countries. Why
should not citizens receive censor
ed family news?
Please cooperate in such ways
a. you can in this worthy work
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DINNER STORIES
The landlady hustled UP to her new
ledger as he came down to breakfast
the first morning

The landlady hustled up to her new
the first morning.
Good morning sir" she wheezed.
Good morning." said the ledger.
81 hope you've had good nights
rest said the landlady
NO" said the mild hammered little
man. "Your cat kept me awake"
"Oh," said the landlady tossing her
head, II suppose you're going to ask
me to have the poor thing killed.
"N-no, not exactly" said the gentle
lodger. But would you very much
mind having it tuned?"
Don't you care for any postcards
today?" asked the postal clerk as he
handed the man the stamp he had re-
quested.
mo, not today" said the man,
COR some stamped envelopes? We
have some new ones"
mo, thank you"
would you like money order?'
mo"
COR perhaps you would like to open
postal savings account"
But the man had fed.
"Who was that fellow and why did
you ask him all those questions?" ask
ed fellow clerk.
That said the other clerk, lis my
barber. For years when he has shaw
ed me has bothered me with recon-
mendations Of messages, shampoos,
haircuts and hair tonics. am even
with him now
There's a man planting potatoes"
said Farmer Corntassel, when he
ought to be playin' golf"
"You don't approve of gardening"
Eyes, do. But, If he'd go ahead
and play golf, he wouldn't be spoilin'
good potatoes that somebody could
use"
Mr.. O'Sullivan returned from the
political meeting, which had waxed
long and sultry There's eight ma
lions reprisinted in this ward of ours, y
he said to his wife as he began to
count them off on his fingers. There's
Irish, Frinch, Eyetalians, Poles, Ger
mans, Roosians, Greeks an" he
continued. then stopping for moment
he started again: There's Irish,
F>rinch. Eyetalians, Poles. Germans,
Roosians. Greeks an'-aint it queer l
disremember the other wan? There's
Irish, Frinch-'' Maybe twas Ameri-
cans, wasn't IT." suggested Mrs. 0Sll-
Ivan. "Shrure, an that's tn very
want" cried her husband, exultantly.
"Oi c'uldn't think of it."
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people a pretty penny. It is indeed
time for the senate or some equally
authoritative body to institute an in
yestigation.
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and at least urge the state depart
ment to help relieve thousands of
anxious hearts.
This reflects only one of the many
personal punishments which the wal
inflicts on individual citizens of nations
engaged in conflict Perhaps some ar
rangement can be perfected for the ex
change of the information which is sc
greatly desired, but if the record OF
German censorship thus far is a reli.
able criterion, the letters from Europe
probably will be limited to bare assur-
ances that the writer's are alive and ap-
peals for money to keep them So
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-16
LEGAL NOTICES.
JOHN b. LARNER. Attorne

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT
of Columbia. Holding Equity Court
Charles White, son of Charles White. tr plain
tin. vs. Rosa Il. Williams tnee Chew ct al.
defendants.-Equity No. 34S01.-The object Of
this suit is to obtain q decree declaring good
and complete. in fee simple. by adverse posses
sion, the title Of the plaintiff In and to the fol-
lowing described real estate in the District of
Columbia: Lot numbered eighty five 1857 In
Ann A. Cornsh's subdivision IN square num-
per plat recorded in Liber No. 3d. folio IL, OF
the surveyors Office records of the District of
Columbia. said lot being formerly lots A and b
In Parsons subdivision of original lot
6ered six t6) in said square. numbered seven
hundred and twenty-five t725). On motion of
the plaintiff 1t Is this 31st day Of January, 1917.
ordered that the Defendants Rosa r. Williams
(nee Chew and Jeanette Claggett cause their
appearance to be entered herein on or before
the forteth day, exclusive of Sundays and legal
publication of this ORDER otherwise the cause
Will be proceeded with as in case of default.
Provided copy Of this order be published once
a week for three successive weeks in the
washington Law Reporter and The Evening
Star before said day: and motion Il the
plaintiff it is. this slst day of January, 1917,
ordered that the defendants the unknown heirs
alienees and devisees of Benjamin Dulany
Elizabeth Dulany: James H. Dulany. Bladen
nuiany. Casstus c. Dulany, Bladen 7. Dulany,
tnee Dulany), cause their appearance to be en-
tered herein on or before the first rule day. oc-
curing after the expiration of three months
from this date: otherwise the cause will be pro-
ceeded with as In case Of default. Provided a
copy of this order be published twice month
for three months in the Washington Law Re-
porter and The Evening Star b. fore said day,
WILLIAM H1TZ, Justice. (Seal.l A true
copy; Test J. R. YOUNG, Clerk. By F. E.
CUNNINGHAM Asst. CLERK.
faD1 NH a,H
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HOEHLING, PEELLE & OGMBY,
AttOrncYS.

SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF CO.
iu;:be. Holding Probate Court.-So 1895
Admin istraton This is 70 give notice tina. the
subscriber, of the District 81 Columbia has ob-
talnad frern the Prohat" Court Of the District
Of Columbia J, tiers testall-rtary on the estate
OF Laura Virginia Cowling. late OF she District
of Columbia deceased. All persons having
claims lea'ost ~" deceased are hereby varnrd
10 Hxdiit ~" same. with the yDtcls-rs thereof
legally authenticated. ~ tho s"hSrrihe- on u,
h"f"r" the e+th day of january. IN Ie,s;
"fh-rwis- th"y raay BY law 70. excl "ii from. NIL
benHnt nf said tstata Given und"r my Fhuc
this IN day of FabrBry. lal7. WM Il. TT T.
PIN. tri"n Trust hdinliHg tSaail Test:
WA. G. TAYLOR. neuuty Register of Wills FL,
~" District OF Columbia. Clerk OF the Probate
Court. fna ls "a
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JOHN Il. LARNER. Attorney.

SJ-FRFlil. Court OF TUE DISTRICT OF %.
inmhis. Holding PROBATE Conrt No 22s-s
Admins -ra ton This is 10 gre nnrica thnr ~.
sufscriIer. who uas by Tire Supreme Court of
che District Of Coluni'in i.rantsp ,et:nrs tasta-
u!entarv the est"te o. Ida { wits. deceased
has. with the apnroral Of the Su0reue Court OF
ih. District Of tn'unnsa. holding proha p.
Court. apnn.ntad Thursday. m" lJtll iay OF
M"rch. ro1T. at 10 O'Clock a m as the tira
and snid courtroom tho nlacs for maxim
"a gment and distribution from said .s-ste, IN
der the courts direction and control. Tgh-u md
where all creditors sud persons entitled TO dis
ribntiva shares or lePrclns. or IN. res;aria or
parts thereof. notified 20 attend. In pe, sou
nr hy aeant or attorney duly authorized viii,
,hair claims agalnst fhs esfato pruuariv voncn"d
Giyan uusnr Tny hand this 1fth iay Of t.t.rUgry
raI7 THE " tsrIN''TnN loan AND TRrsT
co Ry ANpRrW PAREFR. Vice President
Seal ttr.st wM e TAYLOR. Deputy Regis
4er of wis for IN" District OF Co'umria Cr"rs
~ no rohnt" Court fc's'os r,,,2
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II. wINsHIr wuEATLEY. Attorney.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT
of Columbia Martha T. Howard. Plaintiff.
gGt. William u HogGs 1T nj. End the Associated
Charities. Il Corpora ton. Defendant.-No 3is03,
sale OF LOT twenty-seven go, in square eight
hundred and seventy-on SID. Of the city Of
Washington, Districr Of Columbia. with im-
proyemeuts thereon and the proceeds derived
tharcfrom to be partitionrd in accordance with
the VIII of John W. Boggs. On motion OF the
pla iatif IL is this 2nd day of FebrCnry. l31T
ordered that the defendants, barbara Il. Bog 5
nRd Albert Melville Boggs cause their appear
ance to be entered herein or befor" the
fortieth day, exclusive of Sundays and legal mol
idays occurring after the day Of the first pub
location of this order. otherwise the rausa will
be proceeded with Us in case of default. Pro
vided copy of this order be published once a
week for three successiv" weeks in the WASH
ington Law Reporter and The Washington Even
ing Star before said day. WILLIAM HITZ, Jus
tee (Sealt 4 true copy-Test: j. r. YOUNG
Clerk. By +. L. CUNNINGHAM. Asst. Clerk.
$50
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JOHN b. LARNER, Attorney.

SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF CO
iunbih, Holding Probate Court.-Fstate OF
Norris X. Young, deceased.-No. .a3o7 Ad-
ministration Docket 5l.-Appication having been
made herein for probate NJ the last will and
tcs lament of said deceased and for letters tesla
mentary said estate by ~" Was
and Trust Company. 1t is ordered this 31st day
Of January. AID. 1917. that Harry !. Young,
otherwise known Harry NJ. Holland. and all
others concerned. appear in said court Tues
day. the 18th day of March, y. 1917. at 10
o'clock am. 10 show why such aprica
lion shonld not be granted. Let notice hereof
be published in the washington Law Re
porter and The Evening Star once in each %
three successive weeks before the return day
herein mentioned, the FIRST publication to be not
loss than thirty days before said return day.
WILLIAM 1ITZ. Justice. Seai.D Attest:
Wh c. TAYLOR. Deputy Register OF wits for
the District Of Columbia tlerk OF tn" re
,'ntirt feo.eIs
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FRANK srFTsuN. Attorney.

SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF CO.
lpmh'a. Hn'diog prnba To- Court No. 2z2i.
Administration This is t. give notice that tht
s"hscrthrr. which wss hy the Supreme Court IL
n" District of Columbia granted letters o. adj
INV strhti"n = a On th" estate Of Florence 4.
swift d"ceas@d has. with the annroval Of the
SunreUs 'nUrt Of the District of Columbia hold.
ing Prnbat" Eourt, sn"ointed Tuesday the
9th day Of FHhrnsrv. iaiT. at 10 o'clock 4 m
n. time. and said courtroom az tho MACE for
making rayment an: distribution from sstd
Hsrata nnFer the courts direction and control
whom and wh"r" ali CREDITORS and ,ersons on
titlnd distrihrtve shares or lagacins or the
r"s'lna. narts Thereof notified TO attend
in ners"u or by aganr attorney duly author
ized. with their claims against the estate nrnn-
erly vorch"H Gi~@n nnder hand this 7th
day OF F"hrnarv. 1917. NATIoNA1 SAVINGS
AND TpTST cC'F"ANY. Py FpaSk STFT-
GOV Attorney 'S"alD Attest: wv TAY-
InR. Denuty Register OF wills for the District
OF Columbia. Clerk OF the peohat. Court
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BERRY & MINOR, Attorneys.

IN THE SUPREME CoTRT OF THE DISTRICT
Of Columhia-Harry L. Rust. executor of the
last will and testament of Redwood Nanhfgrift.
deceased. plaintiff. VS.. Mary s. Fandegrft ct al.
defendants.-Equity No. 34sT4-The object of
this suit is to secure construction of the last
will and testament Of Redwood Vandegrift. de-
ceased. On motion of the plaintiff 1t is this End
day of February. 1917 by the court ordered that
the defendants Hannah Il. Fandegrift. Mary c.
Nogan kathryn V. Schofeld. Rachel n. Ander-
son Sarah E. Foster. Margaret McMuilen Ai-
grsta J. Lowe. Jennie E Herriott. Lizzie NJ.
Stang Mary e. Pfefer. Gertrude II. Cram?,
,G"orge ". VANDERBILT Charles KeeH. Mary Cot
tor. Mary c. Human. Edwin Il. Cooper and Mary
Bowers their appearance to be entered
herein before the forticth day. exclusive
Of SUNDAYS and legal holidays. occurring after
The day of the first publication of this order:
otherwise the Will be proceeded with ns IN
ease OF default Provided. copy Of this order
ne published ono" a week for three successive
weeks III the Washington Law Reporter and The
FE"nug Star before said day. BY the court:
WILLIAM HIrZ. Justice. tSeal.l A tru" copy
Test: J. K. Y0UNG. Clerk. By +. +. ilS-
SINGEAM Asst. Clerk. fac. 9 IL
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w. A. CoOMBE. Attorney.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT
of ColuInbia.-Robert II. Reineck, plaintiff,
agt. Marian A. Reineck ct al, defendants
No. 34132. Equity Doc. =. The object Of this
sui Rin rs TO OBTAIN TOR the plaintiff Robert d.
PENDANT Marian A. Reineck. upon the ground of
adultery committed by her with the code
PENDANT Albert f. Blackie. On motion of the
plaintiff 1t is this sth day of February. 1917.
ordered that the defendants Marian A. Reineck
and Albert L. Rlackie, cause their appearance
to be entered herein before the fortieth
day. exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays.
occurring after the day of the first publication
of this order: otherwise the cause will he pro-
ceeded with as in case of default Provided. a
copy of this order be published once week for
three successive weeks in the Washington Law
Reporter and The Evening Star news" aper
before said day. WILLIAM HITZ. Justice.
(Sea1.) true COPY. Test: J. r. Young. Clerk.
BY F. +. CUNNINGHAM, Asst. Clerk.