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The Washington times., 1917-03-29
SCENERY WILL Be
BUTTONED UP BACK
Players Group of Drama
League Has Unique Scheme
for Making Changes.

Button the scenery up Ino DoSN'
quickr"
This emphatic but peculiar order
will be given many times during the
plays to be produced by the Players
Group of the Drama League next
month. They will be loudly whisper
ed to the stage hands during each
change of scenery-just loud enough
not to be heard by the audience "out
front"
In case there is a little mystery
as to why the orders will be given,
here's an explanation:
The Players Group Of the Drama
League has found that change OF
scenery, a complete change OF seem
cry, Is necessary-but very expen-
sive. So they have hit on q lucky
thought; they button the scenery up
the back"
Button Scenery Up Back
To the rear of the stage are 9
number of wooden frames. In a neat
Iy piled stack in the wings of the
theater are the scenes. Each scene
has buttons and buttonholes, and
when the time comes for a change OF
scenery-they button. the scenery ur
the back" and put it on the frames
Dates for the presentation of the
four one-act plays, written by Wash
ington authors, are April IL and ID
at 8 o'clock each night. The plays
will be given in the assembly hall
of the James Ormond Wilson Nor
NAL School.
One of the plays. a pantomime
which has been rehearsed. several
times, has acquired the name of Fee
Fl, Fo, Fun" The name is only ten
tative, however. and the players may
submit the title for q referendum
vote after the first performance.
Members of the Cast.
The four playwrights are Esther
Galhraith, Mary A. Kirkup. BertraH
Bloch and Evelyn Won Emig.
There have been several changes In
the casts of the plays. As they nov
stand, the '1ine-up" Is as follows:
Trains" by Miss Won Emig. Laura
Vessels, Elton B. Taylor, ant
Dorothy Pasch; The Brink Of
Silence" by Miss Galbraith. G. A
Lyon, Frederic B. Wright. Ralph A
Hayes and Edwin F. Ludwig
''Coranda's wooing." by Miss Kirkup
Finley S. Hayes, Maurice Jarvis, MIL
ton Bryan, Charles Shutterly, r. Ma
son wilhelm, Bennett L. Mead, Alfred
Harding, Dorothy Wood, Ada Howell
and Julian Chase; Fee. Fl, Fo. Fun.
by Mr.. Bloch. Frederic B. Wright
Detlow Marthinson, Henry Dolan
John B. Tuttle, Louis NJ. Howe, VIII
liam Kemper, Mapde Howell Smith
Elsie Agnes Lancaster. Mary Minnix
Sue White and Katheryn Hitchcock
The Washington times., 1917-03-29
TELLS RAILROADS NEEDS
kruttsehnltt Explains What Equip
ment Is Necessary to Move Troops.

There Is only one freight car in
the United States capable of carrying
16-inch gun. although building of
such cars would not be expensive. nor
would 1t. take very long to furnish
the number needed.
A 16-inch gun is sixty-seven feet
two inches long and weighs $4,000
pounds. Every Important. railroad
system in the United States has
trackage capable of carrying such a
one-car weight.
The equipment most needed by the
United States for troop transport or
mobilization is passenger equipment.
The railroads of the country have not
sufficient passenger cars to take care
of a large troop movement without
seriously inconvenlencing the public.
Europe uses all railroad equipment
irrespective of public requirements.
These were the chief facts develop
ed from the testimony of Julius
KruttschnItt, chairman OF the South
ern Pacific executive committee, be-
fore the joint Newlands Congressional
Railway Committee yesterday.
The Washington times., 1917-03-29
TELLS OF GAlLIP0ul
Sergeant Major Middlemlss Was
Blinded In Charge on Turks.

NNSe ShsNoS
Blinded during the first hour OF ac-
tion by a hand grenade. while In the
ranks of the Kings Own Scottish
Borderers at Gallipon in 1915. Sergt
Maj. Robert Middlemiss is in America
to lecture in relief benefits, and his
appearance at the Belasco Theater
next Tuesday afternoon will afford
Washingtonians an opportunity to
hear a graphic story of closeup con-
fiict. Sergeant Middiemiss will de-
scribe the charge that resulted In the
loss Of his eyesight.
He has lectured in New York. At
lantic City and Saratoga In the In.
terest Of the Permanent Blind Keller
War Fund.
Nine. Alys Larreyne, Of the Paris
and Hague Grand opera Company. viii
sing selections from operatic pieces.
Nine. Larreyne has undertaken TO DO
her part in raising funds for plinoeo
soldiers and sailors.
Supplementing the songs by Nine.
Larreyne and the lecture by Sergeant
Middlemiss will be motion pictures
showing actual engagements along
the French battle front.
Sergeant Middlemiss will give per-
sonal explanations of many or the
scenes and troop formations.
The Washington times., 1917-03-29
Rub on SprainS,
Pains,SWelling
Don't suffer- Relief comes the
moment you apply "St.
Jacobs OIL"

Don't stay crippled Rub this sooth-
ing, penetrating oil right into the
sprain. ache. or strain, and out comes
pain. soreness. Stiffness. and swelling.
Nothing else penetrates. heals and
strengthens the injured muscles,
nerves, tendons and ligaments so
promptly. 1t doesn't burn or discolor
the skin and can not cause injury.
Don't suffer- Get q small trial bottle
from any drug store now-limber up!
Rub the misery right out. A moment
after "St. Jacobs Oil" is applied you
can not feel the slightest palm or sore
ness, and you can &C about your reg.
ular duties.
'St. Jacobs or conquers pain. It
has been used effectively for sprains,
strains. soreness and stiffness for 60
Ysars-six gold medal awards.-Aayt
The Washington times., 1917-03-29
COUNT LABOR SUPPLY
Organizations Plan With Govern.
ment for Operation of Works.

wi WIN
Detailed plans for securing an
ample supply of skilled labor in Gov
ernment and private munition works
were made at the conference OF rep
resentatives of organized labor. of
the Council OF National Defense, the
Department OF Labor, the Civil Ser
vice Commission and other Govern
mental agencies, in the office Of Sec
rotary Wilson, yesterday.
Organized labor is ready to put
its shoulder to the wheel, and local
unions throughout the United States
will cooperate in sending skilled
mechanics to the Government and
private plants where they are most
needed. This was promised by Pres
ident Gompers OF the American Fed
Grafton. James A. O'Connell. head of
the metal trades section, President
Johnston of the Machinists' Associa.
tion, and others. Postmasters
throughout the United States will
do a similar work.
Men for Government plants are to
be put In touch with the Civil Ser
vice Commission, boards OF examin'
ers, and those for private plants with
the employment office of the De-
partment OF Labor.
As soon as present needs are met,
a roll of those available for emerg.
ency service will be compiled, and
each will be told where to report IN
SASS Of OalL
The Washington times., 1917-03-29
FOOD PR0BERS ACTIVE
One More Months Work Needed to
Complete Local Inquiry.

one more MONTHS work Needed to
Complete Local Inquiry.
Field work lin ths cost of living
probe, among the people of Washing
ton is rapidly beink completed by the
corps of investigators of the Bureau
of Labor Statistics of the Department
OF Labor.
Work is now being done in the
northwest. 1t will take about a
month to finish the schedule.
Approximately one-half OF the 1,60O
reports already turned in by the field
force are OF the detailed sort, cover
ing the kind of food purchased, its
quantity and cost, and expenditures
for amusement and other items down
to charIIies.
In the nationwide investigation of
living cost made in 1901, the average
annual expenditure of an ordinary
man of family for food was set at
$221.T1. It appears from returns al
ready in that this figure will be great
ly exceeded by the present campaign
in Washington.
The Washington times., 1917-03-29
To Make Hairs Vanish
From Face, Neck or Arms

Keep a little powdered delatone
handy and when hairy growths ap-
pear make a paste with some OF the
powder and little water. then
spread over hairy surface. After 2
or 3 minutes rub of, wash the skin
and II will be entirely free from hair
or blemish. This simple treatment is
unfailing, but care should be exer-
cfsed to be sure and get genuine della
tone. otherwise you may be disap-
pointed.-Advt.
The Washington times., 1917-03-29
G. P. o. CHANGES
Public Printer Ford Announces
Forty Alterations In Personnel,

Forty Alterations In Personnel.
Printing Orfice during the week ended
yesterday. and announced today by
Public Printer Cornelius Ford. include:
Observation-Disclosures p. Ferguson.
Walter E Wright. Frank Rowley, Mat
thew F. Dermody. John C. Howard. VIII
liam W. Cook. George A. Fischer,
Charles Kundahl. temporary bookbind-
ers: Frank X. J. Fogarty, Henry w.
Starr. Clarence A Robinson. James w.
H. Allen, Irving L. Primus, Robert ".
Barnes, Sterling Coleman. James r.
Brown, John II. Thiernau, David l..
Printz, Eugene X. DeLawder. temporary
skilled laborers: Samuel Z. Brown.
Frank Slagle, William Janof. temporary
messenger boys; Alonzo b. Thomson
and George L. Mellis. temporary press
men; Miss Alice B. Waddleton. proba-
tionary skilled laborer. Is cents per
hour: Albert W. Smith. probationary
bookbinder. 80 cents per hour: John s.
Greene, bookbInder, reinstated.
parations-Lawrence n. Nops, help
er, resigned: John J. Casey. messenger
boy. resigned; Charles A. Greenleaf. un-
skilled laborer. resigned; Norval K.
Tabler, caster helper. resigned; George
w. Hockney, clerk, resigned Raymond
L. Beard, skilled Iaborer; Stephen j.
Ransom, unskilled laborer; Thomas H.
Thayer, probational skilled laborer. re-
signed.
Transfers, etc.-Harry M Tucker. mes
senger boy, is cents per hour. to mes
seneer boy, $575 per snnum; Joseph N.
Peaman. elevator conductor. 30 cents per
10 hnrfT
The Washington times., 1917-03-29
RUSH ORDER FOR WIFE
Raneher Floods Town With Ads for
Mate,

LIVINGSTON, Mont, March 20
George Mankin wants to get married.
He sold his ranch and came here tQ
seek a mate. but not getting swirl
enough action, he has bombarded the
town with green circulars, headed:
wife Wanted"
Under the caption, I'm Time OF
War, Prepare for Peace" he specifies
applicants must be "hghtweights,
and advises interested ladies to re-
member the early bird and "aVoid
the rush"
The Washington times., 1917-03-29
HAIR COMING 0UT2

Dandruff causes a feverish irrita-
tion of the scalp, the hair roots
shrink, loosen, and then the hair
at once and rid the scalp Of every
particle Of dandruff, get q 25-cent
bottle OF Danderine at any drug store.
pour a little In your hand, and rub
IL into the scalp. After a few appli-
cations the hair stops coming out
Advt.
The Washington times., 1917-03-29
LOAN AVAILABLE At ONCE
Fifty Millions From Federal Reserve
Banks In General Fund.

The $4,000, 900 loan made to the
Government by the twelve Federal re-
serve banks on Treasury certihcates
Of indebtedness will be put into the
general fund and made immediately
available. The loan will leave a
good balance in the fund, even after
the s25 900 900 for the Danish west
Indies is paid by Secretary McAdoo
Saturday.
The loan was oversubscribed by
the Federal reserve banks In twenty
four hours. Another such loan may
be made before the end of the nscai
year, IL demands on the general funo
threaten to lower 1t to too narrow
a margin.
1t is probable that no general oono
issue will be made by the Govern
ment before July /, though there Is
authorization for the issue Of hun
dreds of millions.
The Washington times., 1917-03-29
HOW MUSICAL STAR
WON WAY TO FAME
Charlotte Greenwood, of $50
Long Lefty" Turned LA
biIities Into Assets.
By FLORENCE YoDER.

Capitalize your faults instead Of
knocking yourself and you viii get
ahead in the world.
With that as a motto. Charlotte
Greenwood. a featured player In the
musical piece. so Long Lefty at the
Belasco this week. which has run right
straight through the war times for two
years, changed herself from chorus
girl to a featured star.
After six years Of pounding. when
Charlotte counted up her liabilities ana
assets and found that she was snort
on the assets and long on the liabilities,
size simply stopped calling the Liabilities
liabilities, and dubbed them assets.
Under the first appellation, she was
merely a chorus girl, with no speclal
ability, handicapped by long face rat
cheeks. and arms and legs whicn Al
WAYS broke up the sky line In every
chorus in which she appeared
aHorned Way Into Game"
Under the second appellation, be
ginning with the worst haoiliues
Arst, she was 9 screamingly funny
and different creature, favored by
fortune with arms and legs OF such
length as to distinguish her I'M
mediately from the common hero' ano
a face which, under slightly ADVERSE
conditions, could be made to resemole :
nothing so much as an aoanooneo
cab horse.
with these assets, she has, as she
expressed Il, "horned her way into
the big game" until she has the
distinction Of being at the head oi
one of the most popular companie.
in the United States today. All OF
the way from one coast to the otner
$50 Long Lefty" has charmed auoi
ences. In fact, this Washington en-
gagement, at the Belasco this week
should be looked upon as favor
California wants $50 Long Lefty
hack again, and the company is GO
ing after a short run here In tns
East
Miss Greenwood isn't Miss Green
wood at all, but Mrs. Ring. wife OF
Cyril e. Ring, brother. to Blanche AZ
her hotel the other day, when the IN
teryiewer found out how natural mel
arms and legs could look under nor
NAL conditions, she was asked 10 tan
about herself, but she got started or
the subject Of Mr.. Ring and wouldn't
get on IL.
Bern without = Past.
Miss Greenwood solemnly gave as
surance that she was born without
past With a dignified manner. look
ing very chic in her purple skirt anc
soft silk waist of white. domestic tc
the finger tips-and that is some dis
The Washington times., 1917-03-29
RECOGNIZES NEW RUSSIA.

TOKYO, March 29.-The Japanese
government has formally recognized
the new Russia, according to official
announcement today.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-22
Workers Are
Menaced BY Bomb

NEW YORK, Nov. 21.-The lives
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-22

of hundreds of employees in an elev-
en- story manufacturing building on
West Twenty-Sixth street. were i'm
periled when an attempt was made
to blow it up. A bomb. containing
six sticks of dynamite tied together.
was fastened to an outside doorknob.
Attached to the bomb was lighted
fuse. The high wind blew the fuse
against the cord. igniting 1t. The
cord burned in two, dropping the
bomb and the fuse. When the fuse
hit the ground. the burning end was
extinguished. On one of the floors
was a company manufacturing ar
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-22
GERMAN SINGER
ASKS $4,000

NEW YORK, Nov. 21.-Marguer-
lite ODER, German contralto, who was
dismissed last month from the Met
ropolitan Opera Company ION ac-
count of the existing conditions of
war;" filed suit for $4,000 damag-
es against the opera company for al
legged breach of contract.
She included in her repertoire
nearly all of the Wagner operas
Signor Giulio Gatti Casazza, in
his letter dismissing Madame ODER,
claimed the right to cancel the con-
tract because of the existing state OF
war between the United States and
Germany.
Carl Jorn, tenor at the Metropoli-
tan opera house, who is a German
subject, obtained full citizenship pa
pers.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-22
SOME TIPS ON
BUTCHERING HOGS

There is an article in the Novem-
Der issue of Farm and Fireside in
which the author says:
when we butcher hogs we pre-
fer a clear, cool day, with the wind
from the north. All necessary pre-
parations are made beforehand as
much as possible. If number of
hogs are to be dressed, they are not
at all killed at the same time, as
seems to impair the flaw
or, but to make good time we aim
to have one ready for scalding as
soon as the one before Il is finished.
A small amount of lime added to
the scalding water will not injure
the meat in any way, and it makes
the hair slip much more easily and
the skin Is whittier.
"The carcasses are pulled from
the scalding barrel. and put on n
long platform which is little lower
at the end farthest from the barrel.
This lowering of one end gives the
water a chance to drain off, and the
hair and scurf is more easily clean
ed from the platform. The best pro-
cedure in removing the hair Ii to
begin on the head and feet"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-22
Suffragettes Stick
To Hunger Strike

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.-Sixteen
of the thirty-one suffragettes sent to
the Occoquan workhouse for picket
ing have been without food since
their arrival last Wednesday, accord
ing to a statement by the National
Women's party Mrs. Lawrence
Lewis of Philadelphia, it was said,
was so weakened that she was un-
able to move without assistance.
The prisoners report that w. w.
Whitaker, workhouse superintend-
ent, told the women that he would
not feed them forcibly unless they
gave in writing guarantee releas-
ing him from all responsibility in
the operation. They say that they
refused, and he then told them they
could starve.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-22
UTAH DRAFTED BOYS
BEING SHIPPED EAST

SALT LAKE, Nov. 21.-Word was
received here from Camp Lewis. at
American Lake, Washington. that
5000 Of the draft contingent that
had been stationed there had been
transferred to other camps and may
see service abroad.
This means that a great many
Utah men who went to that camp
will be scattered to different camps.
1t has been known. in fact, that many
from Salt Lake and other parts of
Utah are already in the east. and,
in some instances in France.
The policy of the department has
been to classify the men with re-
spect to their various qualifications
This has meant considerable shift
ing
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-22
Logan Is Amazed
BY Sudden Action

The incredible action of pure La
voptik eye wash is startling. A
school boy had eye strain so badly
he could not read. A weeks use of
Lavoptik surprised his teacher so
much that she used it for her old
mother. ONE WASH showed bene-
fit. A small bottle is guaranteed to
benefit EVERY CASE of weak,
strained or inflamed eyes. The IN
CREDIBLE result is astonishing.
Pure aluminium eye cup FREE. City
Drug Co. Advt.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-22
GOMPER'S WAR
WORK APPROVED
BY A. F. OF L.

BUFFALO, N. Y. Nov. al The
union labor put its stamp Of approx
al on the attitude Of Samuel Comp
.ers, president of the American Fed
GRAFTON Of Labor. in working hand
in hand with President Wilson and
placing the needs of the nation above
other considerations in questions
evolving the workingman's part in
a vigorous prosecution of the war
against Germany.
The vote OF confidence came aft
er more than three hours Of debate,
in which the pacifist element at the
thirty-seventh annual convention of
the federation was given ample op-
portunity to express itself. Out OF a
total Of $50 delegates only Is were
recorded in opposition. The garment
workers of New York comprised the
only organization refusing to go on
record on the roll call.
The test of strength came on a
resolution indorsing 'the patriotic
work" of the alliance for labor and
democracy which Mr.. Gompers took
an active part in organizing as an
offset to the Peoples Council, a pa
cifist organization.
President Gompers closed the de-
bate in speech in defense of the
alliance and his own position
He went into the history Of the
Peoples Council, which he said was
an outgrowth of the Socialists. He
took full responsibility for the call
ing of the Minneapolis meeting of
the alliance.
Il am not neutral in this war"
he concluded "Pacifist as have
been all my life, when I find there
is band of murderers abroad and
/ fail to defend my children, | am
not a pacifist but a coward. Presi-
dent Wilson and the members of
his cabinet were peace-loving men
/ know of no militarist in their
number. But now they are fighting
men. And l publicly declare now
that l am fighting man and will
continue to fight for the country to
which l owe all, the country which
i love and in which Ipy hope and as
pirations are bound up
Il propose to do a mans duty in
helping TO make this war the last
war of this world. All my energies
Dall be laid at the feet of America
and of our allies to do what l can
/ toward the establishment of democ-
racy, even in Germany"
The first vote was taken on an
amendment offered by the opposition
to table the report. 1t was defeated.
The roll was then called on the add
option of the committees recon-
mendation, resulting: Yeas, 21,579;
nays, 400.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-22

y The spectre OF famine appears to
have done more than the force Of
armies to bring about quiet. At many
places the Bolsheviki and Bourge-
Disc, the pacifists, and the military
cadets and the Kerenskyites and the
Leninites have Joined forces against
the common enemy. hunger. in a
concentrated effort to stave off dis
aster. which seems almost inevitable
in view OF the disorganized state OF
transportation and widespread de-
struction of stores and supplies.
The political situation. roughly
speaking. is that the Bolsheviki's
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-22
10 CENT "CASCARETS"
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6IIiousness, Sour Stomach, Bad
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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-22
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Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-22
Hunger Brings Peace
In Russ Revolution

LONDON. Nov. 21.-The food
problem in Russia suddenly has be-
come more pressing than the ques-
ton OF revolution or counter revolu-
ton. not only in Petrograd and in
Moscow. but also at the front. ac-
cording to kilograms from Petrograd,
Moscow and Odessa.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-22

foodstuff collectors. He asked that
when any such demand is made the
police be notified at once and the
thief held. IL possible.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-22
HOUSEWIVES WARNED
AGAINST IMPOSTERS

r WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.-House-
wives are asked by Food Admins
traitor Hoover to aid in the capture
of imposters who are robblng Amer
lean homes by posing as government
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-22

my uniforms. Police believe that the
attempt was the result of a business
feud.