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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-02
OUR BOYS IN FRANCE
APPRECIATE TOBACCO
Quiet Smoke OF HOMEGROWN Weed
Works Wonders, Say Those
ut Front,


Contributions to Our Boys in Franco
Tobacco Fund" are still coming In, and
collections yesterday amounted to SIS.
which brings the total TO s2,c71.4a.
One contributor sent alonE letter, in
which shc stated that she had an adopt
cd son in the army who was fond Of
smoking and hoped that he might get
enc OF the packages.
A quiet smoke in the tent works
wonders with a soldier after hard
days work, and tho tobacco Will be
greatly appreciated. The fund viii con-
tihue indefinitely. and every person is
at liberty to contribute. Contributions
will be acknowledged through this
column.
The following contributions were re-
ceircd yesterday:
Miss Matte Nance, RoXbury.
Va. ................... ...s l 90
II. q. Brunson 70i South Fifth
Street. liopcwell. Na........ 90
Albert Knabc, Pilkinton. Va. 90
+. a. Knabc, Pilkinton. Va. 90
l.. Gillespie, Il. l.. d. No. ..
Louisa. Va. VO
Nora S;cohcckei,, care j. i.
Jones. r. +. D.. Black
stone, Va. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 90
Mrs. T.. c. Huidekoper, esq
Grove Avenue. ............ 90
A, }. STROBE, I'll? Floyd
Avenue ............... 90
Miss *. T. Evans. Richmond. 90
Mrs. w. w. Haynes. Rich
mona ................. 90
Mrs. l.. +. Fisher. 2l2 South
Harrison Street. 90
Mrs. II. &. Glazier, FL South
Harrison Street. ........... %
CHI. keEscr. Washington. Va. 90
Mrs. {. ii. keyScr, Washing
ION, va. ......... 90
Received yesterday. ......S 16 90
Previously acknowledged. .s..25S 40
Total received. ...........S2.27 40
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-03-14

Eighty-two years old, hale and
hearty, with good sight and hearing,
Mrs. Elizabeth Burris, mother Of For
mer Levy Court Commissioner Samuel
l.. Burris, and FIVE other children. all
well-known reRidents Of this county,
observed her birthday anniversary
yesterday. Following a custom Of
years Mrs. Burris spent the day with
her son and daughter-i n-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles II. Burris, of Tenth and
Spruce streets. Mrs. Burris is a
member OF the Christian and Mis-
sionary Alliance. and Is a Bible stu
dent. Mrs. Burris, who was left an
orphan In early life, received little,
il any education. and she was unable
10 read until about ten years ago,
when by persistent effort she man
aged to learn to read her Bible. Since
then the Bible has been her steady
companion and the aged woman reads
nothing but II. She has never read
newspaper.
Mrs. Burris, who was a daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Voshell, of near
kenton, Del, was raised in Smyrna,
where she married Samuel L. Burris,
when she was % years old. Mr.. and
Mrs. Burris moved 20 this city forty
years ago. Ho died twenty-eight years
ago
Nnes. Burris said she had never
visited a theatre or a motion pictur,
house and never would. She is fon,
OF automoblling and one day last sum
'N-ner she rode los miles.
Despite her advanced years. Mrs
Burris uses glasses only while read
ing and is able 70 visit her friends
without assistance, getting Off and ON
trolley cars with ease.
Mrs. Burr.s is opposed TO equal
suffrage "Woman's place is in the
home and II would be a mistake for
her 10 dabble in politics. They would
be worse politicians than men," she
iaid
Mrs. Burris was the mother Of
eleven children, six OF whom are liv-
Ing They are: Mrs. Elizabeth Hill of
Lobdells Lane. Charles II. Burris.
milk dealer; Samuel L. Burris, former
Levy Court commissioner; George w.
Burris OF Rose Hill, Mrs. Anna Bente
ley Of Prices Corner, and Walter Bur
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-03-14
MAKING IT PLAIN

The Pure Food and Drug Laws aim
70 protect the public by preventing
mis-statements on the labels Of prepa-
rations but some people continue to
accept EXTRACTS" of cod liners think
ing they will get the benefits of an
emulsion of cod liver oil.
The difference is very great. An
"emulsion" contains real cod hgey oil,
which has had the hearty endorse.
ment of the medical profession for
many years, while an "extract" is a
product which contains no oil and is
highly alcoholic.
Scott Emulsion guarantees the high
eN grade Of real Norwegian cod HER oil,
skiliully blended with glycerine and
nyPoPnoaphttes. Scottish tree from the
nllse stimulation of alcohol and Is en-
ooISea ny good physicians everywhere.
9''1 sovns, Bloomfield, ~. lea
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-03-14
URIC ACID
An Enemy in Ambush
BY DIR. NJ. c. LuCAsl


IL was not until the discovery by
Sir Arthur Garrod. in 1S4s, that tho
blood Of equity patients contained uric
acid in an excessively large amount
that much attention was paid to this
subject Later scientific men learned
that in govt (also true I'm rheuma-
tism,) the kidneys do not work prop
erly to throw off the uric acid poison;
consequently uric acid crystals are
deposited in and about the joints,
where an Inflammation is set up in
the nearby tissues When for any
reason the circulation is sluggish. as
in the joints OF the toes crystals
formed from uric acid are deposited
there. and one suffers from govt; or,
when deposited in the tissues. ono
suffers from muscular rheumatism.
or articular rheumatism. My only
medicine to counterfeit the uric acid
and to throw it out OF the sys-
tenn Is tablets of Anuric double
strength. three times a day.
The pain In the back. lumbagO. pain
in the neck. creaky joints, stiffness in
muscles. have all been proven to be
caused by uric acid poison in the
blood and tissues. The kidneys soon
become diseased. then there often
follows disease in the muscles of the
heart.
Kidney disease carries away a
large percentage OF our people. What
Is to be done? What can the ordinary
person do to properly balance bodily
health? The answer is easy. Eat less
meat eat coarse. plain food with
plenty of vegetables. drink plenty Of
water between meals and take an uric
acid solvent before meals for awhile
such as Anuric double strength. OBJ
tanned at almost any drug store It
was first discovered by DR. Pierce, Of
the Surgical Institute in Buffalo, n.
y. Most every one troubled with
uric acid finds that Anuric dissolves
the uric acid as hot water will dis
solve sugar.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-03-14

organsc iron-Nuxstsd Iron This particu.
lar form Of iron Is easily assimilated does
not blacken nor iniure the teeth nor upset
the stomach. II will increase the strength
and endurance Of weak, nervous irritable
cent in two weeks time In many instances.
I have used Il IN my own practice with most
surprising results .--F erdinsnd King, NJ ID.
NOTE: NUXATED IRON recommended
above by DR.. King, can be obtained from any
good druggist, with or without physicians
prescription, on an absolute guarantee Of
fucoess or monev refunded.
II IS dispensed in this city Boy all good
druggists.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-03-14
DOES RHEUMATISM
BOTHER YOU ?
Many Doctors Use Musterole

So many sufferers have found relief
IN Musterole that you ought to buy a
small jar and try it.
Just spread it on with the fingers. Rub
1t in: First you feel a gentle glow, then
delicious, cooling comfort. Musterole
routs the. twinges, loosens up stiffened
Joints and muscles.
Musterole is clean, white ointment
made with oil of mustard. 1t penetrates
to the seat of pain and drives it away.
but does not blister the tenderest skin.
It takes the place of the mussy, old
fashioned mustard plaster.
Musterole is recommended for bron-
chitis, Group, asthma, pleurisy, lumbapo.
neuralgia, sprains, bruises, stiff neck
headache and colds of the chest (it often
prevents pneumonial.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-03-14
Sees advantage IN
SAFETY FIRST" idea

Safety first" regulations have
brought the employer and the en-
ploye nearer together, according to
Lewis A. deBlois. safety engineer of
the DUPONT Company and a director OF
the National Safety Council in his
talk before the Mems Club Of I'm
manuel Episcopal Church last night.
Mr.. deBlos spoke of the campaign be-
ing conducted in large industrial
plants to secure greater safety for
workmen.
Accidents throughout the country
claim annually $4,000 victims, Mr.
deBlois said. To prevent this corpor-
atoms have set about instructing
workmen in hab Is of carefulness.
The talk was illustrated with Ian
tern slides. showing pictures tracing
the course of the applicant for en-
ployment with n large corporation,
through his instruction In safety
first train ng in the results Of care
fulness and how through the tireless
efforts of the employer the inherently
careless American or the uninstruct-
ed foreigner could be made "a safe
man"
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-03-14

the cartoon was this verse:
TO lengthen life hint we get,
Direct from the United States:
It's said that even Natures debt
America repudiates.'
The first American cartoon of I'm
Gle Sam was Bellows. published in
the New York Lantern, Of March 10,
1862. 1t showed Uncle Sam without
the whiskers. but with striped
trousers.
Thomas Mast. in Harper's Weekly,
1t is believed was the first cartoonist
to draw Uncle Sam with whiskers
and starred vest, besides striped
trousers and high collar. Since then
Uncle Sam has changed very little in
caricature.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-03-14

70 make return, under oath, to the
State Treasurer, setting forth the gross
income, exemptions and the net income
Tax bills shall be sent TO toxables by
June ] and taxes shall be paid by June
Is. In event of false or fraudulent
return, or failure 10 make return by a
taxable the State Treasurer is empow-
cred 20 make return for the taxable.
Five per cent. penalty shall be added
upon delinquents after June Is or 2j
and one per cent. a month thereafter
that the tax is unpaid.
The State Treasurer is empowered to
engage an income tax clerk at $500
year TO assist him. The State Treasurer
and his assistant and the State Revenue
Collector are empowered TO investigate
all returns if they deem them neces-
sary. Failure of a person or corporation
to permit inspection Of books or records
can be punished by fine up
to $500 or Imprisonment up TO
six months or both. The Governor Is
empowered TO appoint special collector
of State revenue at $1,000 year. TO
make Investigations and collect income
tax Taxables ignoring summons or
failing 10 make return or pay tax are
liable to a fine up to $500 or imprison-
ment up TO six months, OF both. With
the approval Of the Attorney General,
cases may be compromised.
Any official. agent or clerk of the
State who divulges information about
the return or tax Of taxable shall bo
fined up 20 $1,000 or be imprisoned mp
TO one year, OF both. and shall he removed
from Office. the olIense being classified
as misdemeanor.
The following income is exempt
from tax: The proceeds OF life in
surance policies paid to individual
benehciaries upon the death OF the
insured the amount received hv the
insured, as a return Of premium OF
premiums paid by him under life in
/. surance. endowment or annuity con-
tracts. either during the term or al
the maturity Of the term mentioned in
the contract or upon the surrender
Of the contract; the value OF property
| acquired by gift, beouest, devise OF
| descent; interest unon the OBLIGATION.
OF state or any political subdivision
, thereof or upon the obligations oil
the United States or its possessions,
the salary OF the present Governor
during the term for which he ha.
been elected and the compensation o
other publ!c officers OF this State. now
in Office. during their present term
OF Office. respectively; rentals of rea
estate and gains or profits derive,
from agricultural operations. and tn
sum Of $1,000 out OF the income OF eacl
taxable.
Deductions are allowed on accoun
OF actual business expenses. interes
on Indebtedness. Federal taxes, bust
ness losses, worthless debts owed tn
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-03-14
Or. Ferdinand King says
EVERY WOMAN
EVERY MOTHER
EVERY DAUGHTER
NEEDS IRON
AT TIMES
AT TIMES
To put strength in her nerves
and color ia her cheeks.
There can b
- - E.m..aHHH

There can b
n o beautiful.
healthy. rosy.
checked women
without iron. The
trouble in the
past has been
that when wo.
men needed iron
/ h ey generally
COX ordinary
metallic iron,
which often cor.
roded the stom
aeh and did far
more harm than
60 o d. To-day
doctors prescribe
amaaM. -
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-03-14

no matter what ails your child %
gentle, thorough laxative sho,,,a q
ways be the first treatment rivon ~
N your little one is out-of,so~,.
half-sick, isn't resting, eating and ~,
ing naturally-look. Mother see q,
tongue is coated This is a sure sigr =,
that the little stomach, liver ana
bowels are clogged with waste. WbeT
cross, irritable, feverish, stomach
sour. breath bad or has stomcah-ache
diarrhoea. sore throat, full Of cold
give q teaspoonful of "Californii
Syrup of Figs" and in a few hour
Rll the constipated poison, undigeste
food and sour bile gently moves gu
Of the little bowels without gripins
and you have a well, playful chill
again.
Mothers can rest easy after givin
this harmless fruit laxative becaus
It never fails to cleanse the little one
liver and bowels and sweeten tn
stomach and they dearly love il
pleasant taste. Fun directions fol
fables. children OF all ages and FOL
srown-ups printed Oh each bottle.
Beware OF counterfeit fig syrups
ASK your druggist for a J0-cen. bottle
pf California Syrup OF Figs" then
zee thai II is made By The California
zig eyrup Comp
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-03-14

barrels were addressed, and who was
called Uncle Sam"
The nickname was taken up by the
newspapers and the people took to
il Immediately. BY 1917 its popularity
was well established
The first recorded cartoon OF I'm
Gle Sam. and perhaps the earliest
came out in Punch, the London hu-
morous weekly, in 1874 The Eng
fish called him Brother Jonathan"
then. although they recognized the
American name later
The cartoon was entitled Yankee
Doc and showed his high hat and
coat tails, although the familiar whis-
kers, striped trousers and starred
vest had not yet appeared. Beneath
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-03-14
EyENING JOURNALS Noted Cartooni 81

Uncle Sam, today, is the most
widely talked Of and carlcatured in
dividual in the world.
Uncle Sans navy" is mentioned
more than the navy Of the United
States through constant usuage Of
the popular national nickname for the
last century.
The first time the United states was
nicknamed Uncle Sam" was in 1912,
during the war with England.
The story connected with its ORR
gin is that some one asked what the
letters ~. S." marked in an address
on casks and barrels, meant. A by
standers jocular answer was. Uncle
Sam" referring to Samuel Wilson, a
resident OF Troy, n. y, to whom the
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-03-14

ris Of near New Castle She has
twenty-four grandchildren and seven
great grandchildren
Mrs. Burris makes her home with
her son, Samuel l.. Burris, of No. 0lS
New Castle avenue.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-03-14
Accuses Two OF HAVING
TOO MUCH LIQUOR

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, Del, March 1.-THE first
arrest for violation of Delawares anti
shipping search and seizure law,
passed by the present Legislature,
occurred here yesterday when Detec-
tive Murphey, with the assistance of
Chief Of Police Hurd and Assistant
Chief Baker. arrested George Hoving-
ton, colored. charged with having in
his possession or on his premises six
quarts OF whiskey. He was taken be-
fore Magistrate f. r. Wood and held
in $500 bail for court.
Detective Murphey also having sus-
picions that Samuel Scott, a white man
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-03-14
Between $50 and
500 stud en- t S
since September
!, W t h l n
months.
Reasons

The excellent reputation OF
the school-the personal work
OF the President-the work OF
the faculty-the courses and
the methods OF instruction
well lighted schoolrooms, prop
erly eQuipped-the most desir-
able location in Wilmington for
a business school--the demand
for our graduates, and their
business success.
In some departments OF the
schOol there are less than ten
acant seats. II would there
ore, be well for you TO REGIS
TER NOW. il you plan to begin
your course during the next few
months.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-03-14

taxable. allowance for wear and tear
on property.
Il thus will be seen that any man
whose average pay is $50 a week will
be liable to The State income tax. This
will affect thousands OF Wilmington
fans who receive $1,000 a year or
more in the shops as well as in Of
fees and professions.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-03-14

Of Dover. had a quantity Of liquor in
his home, secured a warrant to search
the Scott house and found one gallon
of whiskey. He, too, was taken before
Magistrate Wood and held in $500 bail
for court.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-02
THE PUBLIC FORUM,
COPING THE NICKELS.-There

u OLlC vel III pO1 JdLlC 4LCl4 VI A4CnCA
grabbing prevalent in Chicago with
which every telephone user is ia
miliar, but which seems to have been
overlooked or no fuss made about it.
If you received every day the num-
Der Of nickels dropped into telephone
boxes when you cannot get your
number or your nickel back there
would be no occasion of your being
in the publishing business. You can
hOller your head off; you are required
to deposit another nickel or slug; are
told to consult the manager; the OPP
orator connects you with the sweet
voiced girl next to her; you have
wasted several minutes of your time,
lose your patience and hang up in
disgust, but remember that the tele-
phone company as a result has eth
er one or two of your Itneys.
Be that bad as it may, there is. an
other nickeI-getting scheme perpe-
trated by the telephone company
that everybody is familiar with, but
which everybody seems to submit to,
and that is the cOmpany's standing
rule to its operators to ring a number
for five or ten minutes when they
know nobody has answered, not be-
cause they want to raise the party
you are calling, but to tire you out so
that you will not wait for your nickel
to be returned. For instance, you
deposit a nickel in the box. No one
answers the call. You will not be
informed that the party does not an
swer. Oh, no! That is where the
graft comes in. The average man is
busy. His time is valuable. The Op-
orator will keep ringing that number
for five or ten minutes; you know
the party does not answer and you
Try to signal central, but no answer.
That cussed thing will buzz until
you are worn out and the average
man will hang I'D in disgust and, as
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-02

to keep calling for an unreasonable
length of time to tire out the party
telephoning. 1t is the common prac-
tice of the telephone company and
everybody knows about it, yet no one
seems to hOller. Barney" Sunny
and his crew get the coin.
There ought to be an ordinance
passed that the public should not be
required to deposit their money I'M
til they get a connection. An Ordi-
nance like that was passed once, but
whether it is alive today l do not
know. The public should not be re-
quired to pay before they get the
number they want. As it is, they pay
first and then sweat either to get the
right connection or to get their mo-
ney back if the line is busy or the
party does not answer.
When you take into consideration
the thousands of persons who are
using the ''nickel-ip-the-slOt" phones
every second Of the day you can get
some idea of the magnitude of this
graft and why the company wants
your money first before getting the
service. When that nickel is dropped
in the box they want to keep it and
resort to every subterfuge to that
end.
Ask any of your reporters. They
know about this, but perhaps they do
not realize that it is a studied form
of nickel-grabbing on the part of the
telephone cQmpany.-M. A. c.
URGES FIGHT ON H. C. OF IL
notice the women of the east are
taking hold of the high-cost-of-living
problem. Good for them! I say go
to it until you force prices down.
They ought to go to the commission
-A0 Il &c
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-01

FOR SALE - Good, sound working horre.
gray. weight 1850 MS apply at Beckley
street phone 37e-M. l6xtss
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-01
great number to train for government

great number to train for government
work
"Stenographcr and typewriters' exam
nations for the departmental service at
Washington, d. c., are held in 400 OF the
principal cities of the United States
every Tuesday. Entrance salaries for
stenographers and typewriters in the de-
partments at Washington range from
$1,000 to $1,000 per year. Promotion is
reasonably rapid for those whose serv.
ices prove satisfactory. A person who
qualities in the commissions examination
is assured of certification for appoint.
ment.
"The United States civil service com
mission will mail to each member of the
general federation civil service reform
committee and to each state chairman
member of the committee advance no.
tices of examinations to be held for civil
service employees"
BY direction of Mrs. Gilbert F. Davis.
president of the Vermont State Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs.
Miss Ellen M. M. Hoar,
Chairman
Barre, Vt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-01
RED CROSS REPORTS
Are to Be Submitted by 1900 Chapters
Each Month.

The American Red Cross has complet
ed plans for securing frequent standard
lied reports from all Of its 1900 chap
tiers rs to their financial transactions and
membership.
Under the new system of decentralized
administration recently adopted, under
the direction of Harvey d. Gibson, gen.
eral manager of the Red Cross, the chap
tiers will report in detail each month to
the IL division managers, who in turn
will summarize the records of their re.
spective divisions and report to national
headquarters. All of the work formerly
handled by the bureau of membership
at Washington will now be divided be-
tween these 10 division headquarters, at
each of which prominent business man,
volunteering his service, is in charge.
A uniform system of chapter account
ing has been devised by the bureau of
standards, headed by Frederick p Small,
assistant to the president of the Ameri-
can Express company. While chapters
which have already in operation a sat
isfactory system of accounting will not
be required to adopt the new method,
which is simplified form of double en-
try book keeping especially adapted to
Red Cross activities, all financial reports
will hereafter be made on standardized
forms which will be furnished to the
chapters.
All chapter accounts are audited by !
the chapters own auditing committee,
and ultimately all Red Cross accounts |
are audited by the war department.
Money received in payment of war fund
pledges will be sent directly to national
headquarters as heretofore, where staff
of experts loaned to the Red Cross by the
Central Trust company of New York, is /
constantly at work on war fund collec
tons.
A considerable saving in bookkeeping
will be effected by the decision to localize
lists at chapter offices. Only
summarized reports will be kept at divi-
sion and national headquarters, and pro-
vision has been made for prompt correc-
tion of the mailing lists of the Red Cross
which is sent to members