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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-07-26
Canning the Kaiser

London.-The newspapers declare
today that the American soldiers and
marines have already found slogan,
which is, "Can the kaiser!" The
British are much puzzled by the
ability of the Americans to invent
new slang, and the papers explain
that the word "can" is used in the
sense of hermetically sealing the
kaiser to prevent his further activity.
(Tune: Marching Through Georgia.
Bring the good old bugle boys, we'll
sing another song,
Sing it with the spirit that will move
the world along,
Sing it as we need to sing it, half
million strong
While we are canning the kaiser.
Chorus
Oh, Bill! Oh, Bill! We are on the
job today!
Oh, Bill! Oh, Bill! Well seal you so
you'll stay
Well put you up with ginger in the
good old Yankee way
While we are canning the kaiser.
Hear the song we've singing on the
shining roads of France;
Hear the Tommies cheering, and see
the Poilus prance;
Africanders and Kanucks and Scots
without their pants
While we are canning the kaiser.
Bring the guns from Bethlehem, by
way of old New York
Bring the beans from Boston, and
don't leave out the pork;
Bring q load of soda pop, and pull
the grape juice cork
While we are canning the kaiser.
Come, you men from Dixieland, you
lumber jacks from Maine;
Come, you Texas cowboys, and you
farmers Of the plain; ~
From Florida to Oregon, we boast
the Yankee strain
While we are canning the kaiser
Now we've started on the job, we
mean to put it through;
Ship the kings and kaisers all, and
make the world anew;
Clear the way for common folk, for
men like me and you
While we are canning the kaiser.
Chorus.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-07-26
WHY WORRY?

The following adaptation of the
French soldiers don't worry" phi
losophy has been intellectually en-
dorsed at the Fort Smelling training
camp. 1t is applicable to every young
man within the draft age limits, and
should be cut out ana preserved:
For me, one or two things is GER
tain: either l will be assigned to duty
with the new army, or l will stay at
home. If stay at home, there is no
need to worry. If l am called for
duty, one Of two things is certain:
either I will go to France to fight or
/ will stay in the United States and
drill.
"If | stay in the United States and
drill, there is no need to worry. If
go to France, one of two things is GER
tain: either l will be sent to the
front, or will stay in safe place in
the rear. If stay in the rear, there
is no need to worry. If I go to the
front, one of two things is certain to
happen: either ! will be wounded or
will not be wounded. If am not
wounded, there is no need to worry.
"If | am wounded, one of two
things is certain: either | will be
seriously wounded or only slightly
wounded. If I am slightly wounded,
there is no need to worry. If / am
seriously wounded, one of two things
is certain either will die or | will
get we'll, If ! get well, there is no
need to worry. If die can't worry
so why worry at all?"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-07-26
SUMMER ADVERTISING.

There are some business men who
get the notion that they won't adver-
tise much in summer because so many
people are out Of town AS a conse-
quence, If business is so dull in their
stores that some one has to go around
and wake up the clerks at stated peri
DDS, 1t is not the newspapers fault.
AS matter of fact, the idea that
there is no chance for business in
summer is myth, AS you look at
the streets there are always just as
many people to be seen. Some are
away, but also some are visiting here,
They read the local papers, and are
Just as likely to be attracted by a
bargain as the old residents.
The large department stores In the
big cities are good guides as to the
practical value Of any kind of adver-
tislng. They keep their notices in.
the papers week after week right
through,the summer, They certainly
wouldn't do it unless there is a lot of
summer trade that can be had. What
pays them will pay the merchants in
o town like ours.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-07-26
Towels marked zoe, now 15c.

This ad, showing what the goods
had cost and what they would COST
was so clear and definite that it sold
the goods at once.
Here is a good illustration of at
tractive advertising from the hard
ware line, showing how an article can
be clearly described and made to
seem like very desirable home con-
venience: o
GOOD STONES.
Keep your knives and scissors al
ways sharp.
Anyone can operate 1t. May be at
tachcd to any table or bench.
Speed 1900 revolutions a min
ute. Just pull the strap. No
water required. Prices: Quartz
stone $3.50, emery stones $500.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-07-26
Marriage used to be lottery; now
it is a game of skill.
THE ART OF AID WRITING. NO. 8.

If an ad is to be successful 1t must
give details enough about the goods
so that the reader becomes interested
in them. This does not necessarily
mean the use of lot of flowery de-
scriptive language. 1t does mean
simply that the ad writer should talk
about his goods as he would talk to
a customer he was trying to sell them
to.
Mr.. Logan, previously quoted as a
former Siegel-Cooper man, gives this
experience as a suggestion of the
value of definiteness. He once adver-
tised as follows:
GREAT REDUCTION SALE OF
WHITE GOODS.
Prices Slaughtered.
Everything Reduced 25 Per Cent.
The results of that ad were not
satisfactory. There wa sa certain in
definiteness about 1t that killed its
effect. Then he produced the follow
ing:
GREAT REDUCTION SALE OF
WHITE GOODS.
Prices Slaughtered.
Sheets marked $2.00, now $3.50.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-07-26
IMAGINE MAN WITHOUT
MACHINERY

Divorced from the intelligence
factor in human labor a man, says
Prof o. B. Goldman, as a source
OF power only, is worth hardly so
much as cent day. He is valu-
able chiefly through engineering and
machinery that was unknown until a
comparatively recent period of hu-
man progress
"To earn a bare living then" says
he, men had to work long hours,
and even at that a given district
could support only a small popula-
tion.
ITO pump water by hand, for ex-
ample, even with modern hand
pump, costs on the average about
dollar and half per thousand gal
Ions of water If we pay the man only
twenty cents an hour, while with an
engine the water costs onlN ten cents
per thousand, or often very much
less.
Emerson states that it would take
an active man 500 years to spade up
a section of land, while with large
tractors and gang plows three men
can turn over $40 acres in as little
as &c hours It is hard to make
broad jump Of 20 feet at a speed Of
ten miles an hour rising feet from
the ground, while an aeroplane can
reach a speed of $50 miles an hour,
and will fly as easily at 5000 feet
elevation as at so. Formerly a man
could carry maximum load of 100
pounds while now his trains drag
5000 tons and his ships carry 10000 |
tons.
Modern machinery has made 1t
possible for man to improve his
living conditions and to shorten his
hours of labor. 1t has made us more
interdependent and knitted us into
larger communities: Our great mod
ern nation would not be possible with
out machinery. It has brought the
light of civilization into the darkest
corners of the earth.
Science grew from nothing to en-
gineering. Then engineering grew,
and growing, branched with divisions
as 1t became too large
for one mind to master 1t all. The
field Of mechanical engineering COW
ers an enormous area. The design
Of heating, refrigerating and power
plants, such as steam, gas engines,
compresscrs, blowing and hosting
engines, conveying and elevating ma
together with innumerable
other classes of machinery, consti-
tute part of its field. Machinery is
interesting to all people, but to those
that have mastered its technique It
Is more than fascinating. To the un-
initiated an engine is only so much
ron, steel and bronze To the mas
Ter engineer it is living, breathing
hing born of his genius and doing
The work of thousand horses or
fifteen thousand men.
For those Of ability, for those
willing to work hard and persistent'
y, mechanical engineering offers an
field, not only in the line
Of first-class engineering but in the
line of originality and inventive work
TO improve the machinery we now
have and to create new machinery
FOR new services Hereafter society
will in times of peace pick its lead
ers from the staff Of engineers as it
must do in times Of war"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-07-26

All the Boy Scouts have to do now
is to take part in all parades, attend
all flag raisings, distribute circulars
of all patriotic meetings, keep the
back yard gardens clear from weeds,
learn the complete signal code, rem
der first aid to all the injured, and
do good turn daily.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-07-26

When people light match to see
II there is leak in the gasoline tank,
the existence of the same is thorough
ly demonstrated to the surviving by
ISLANDERS.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-07-26

Many people are convinced that
while they are away on their vacation
their neighbors will esteem it pleas.
ure to come in three times a day and
feed the dog and cat.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-07-26

II you send off your trunk fort
night in advance over the congested
roads. 1t may get to the summer re-
sort by the time you have been there
a week or two.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-07-26

1t is frequently economical in the
long run for the wife to make the ice
water and keep the men from upset.
ting every article in the refrigerator.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-07-26

Although swatting the fly is al
ways commendable, it is not neces-
sary to pick out the new parlor paper
as field for operations.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-07-26

The high price Of pork isn't both
ering some congressman so much as
the fact that they are not getting
any.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-07-26

Determined not to be accused of
being slackers, many of the girls rush
to the railroad stations to kiss the
soldiers IS they go through.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-07-26

Nobody has succeeded in turning
the flank of the beef trust.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-24
PLATTSBURG MEN Old. C..
FORM AN ORGANIZATION
Also Hear Addresses by Maj. Dorey
and Capt. Miller and Plan
Recruiting Work.

Men who have attended Plattsburg
and other government training camps
organized the District OF Columbia Dr.
vision of the Military Training Camp
Association at meeting last evening
at the Cosmos Club.
Mai Halstead Dorey, aid to Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood. urged that the "rook-
les" do all in their power to advocate
universal military training. and point
ed to their own experiences in the
training camps as evidence of the bene-
fit Of such courses. Motion pictures of
the work at Plattsburg We're shown.
The Washington division members
have undertaken to urge others to take
the summer courses. Most of them
will continue the work themselves. OPP
portunity for rifle practice. camp max
ing and skirmish work has been ex-
tended by officers at Fort Myer of the
Riding and Hunt Club. Lecture courses
also will be given. A special study
course will be arranged for those
wishing to apply for commissions in
the officers Reserve Corps.
officers were elected last evening as
follows: President. Walter Bruce
Howe: secretary. James H. Hopkins;
treasurer. John w. Calvert.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-24
MILITARY TRAINING FOR ALL.
Urged in Address Before Society Of
Colonial Wars.

Immediate universal training for ma
tional defense under federal control
was urged by Frederic L. Huidekoper
at meeting Of the Society of Colonial
Wars at the New Willard Hotel last
evening. Mr.. Huidekoper urged that
this should be in force for men between
eighteen and twenty-three years, and
should be coupled in time of war with
a plan to have all able-bodied men I'D
to forty-flve years of age put into va
rious capacities for service. according
to their training.
That compulsory military training is
not contrary to the principles of a
democracy was contended by Mr.. Huide-
koper. He pointed out that citizens are
under compulsory taxation and educa-
ton laws and that these statutes are
not opposed.
Resolutions were adopted expressing
approval of the course of President
Wilson in the present international
crisis and giving the societys support
to the President in any future steps he
might find it necessary to take.
Senator Joseph E. Ransden OF
louisiana delivered an address on
Jean Bienville. Founder of New Or
leans and Mobile" Charles C. Glover
and Samuel Herrick were elected to
membership.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-24
ROUTS TWO FOOTBALLS
WITH HIS UMBRELLA
Colored Man Hits Robber With Pts
toll and Other Runs Away.
Thefts Reported.

An umbrella used by Hilleary Jack
son, colored, 224 H street southwest,
this morning about o'clock, put to
rout two colored highwaymen who at
tackled him at ~ and H streets south
west. Jackson was on his way to Cen
ter Market, where he is employed, and
when he reached H and Az streets the
two men appeared and demanded his
money. One of the footpads grabbed
Jackson. and the other pointed a pistol
at him in an effort to force him to sur
render his money. Instead of comply
ing with the demand for money Jack
son dealt the armed man a blow with
his umbrella Then the robbers ran
away.
Nissim Miliah. 1912 E street, and G.
r. Brown: 1923 14th street. complained
to the police of the thefts Of suit cases
The former said his suit case contain
ing wearing apparel and razor was
taken from his room, while the latter
said that he was robbed while aboard
ton.
An unidentified man last night about
SIS o'clock broke a show window at
Groce's store, 18th and E streets He
was frightened away before he had an
opportunity to take anything
Other robberies have been reported to
the police by the following: J. w. Pill
ing, 140a l street, gas brackets from
vacant house; Cheechia Pasqualins, 746
18th street. bicycle; William NJ. Kern,
135 Tennessee avenue northeast, coffee
pot valued at So; Morris Verslip, 1907
Q street, pair of shoes valued at SIS.
property of Mrs. Schneider of the Cairo:
John L. Rosser. Mount Rainier, Md,
bundle of sheet iron from 9Th and G
streets; Mrs. Caroline Mason, 1880 9Th
street. jewelry valued at $40; Albert
Hughes. 2215 4th street, three chickens.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-24
WAR AS GREATEST CRIME.
Its Prevention One of Reasons for
Studying Anthropology

I'm the scientific study of humanity
one purpose of anthropology, especially
criminal anthropology, is to lessen and
prevent crime between nations (war),
as we'll as crime within nations. by
knowledge gained through investiga-
ton of causes" declared Arthur Mac
Donald, in addressing the National So
ciety of Keep Wells in the parish hall
of st. Johns Church last night.
Mr.. Macdonald, who is honorary
president of the Third International
Congress of Criminal Anthropology of
Europe, spoke on "Anthropology and
War"
LAS crime is estimated according to
detriment to the community, interna-
tional crime or war is the worst of all
crimes" the speaker declared
Continuing, he said If a citizen has a
right to vote for mayor. governor or
President he certainly has the right to
vote as to whether his body shall be
food for cannon.
Self preservation is an inalienable
right If you were fighting for your
life and the only effective weapon in
reach was forbidden by international
law and humanity, would you let your
enemy kill you rather than use the
weapon? If an Individual is thus justi-
fed. a nation is much more So"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-24
D. C. MILITARY COLLEGE
is TO BEGIN CLASSES
Men Will Be Trained for Reserve Of
fcers in the Army by Reg
ular Instructors.

Glass work will be initiated and pro-
visional companies formed by the Ma
tional Capital Military College at a
meeting to be held tomorrow afternoon.
at 2:30 o'clock, at the Home Club. IA
Jackson place northwest.
During the week the organization.
having attained a membership of more
than 100. which entitled it to designa-
ton by the War Department as a unit
of the reserve officers training corps.
was incorporated under the laws of the
District of Columbia.
A committee composed of Maj. S. E.
Bomar, Edward J. Taylor, Paul V.
Collins, Abner C. Lakenan. Thomas J..
Schwab and Charles A. Price, acting for
the organization, filed with the recorder
of deeds a certificate of incorporation
be known as, the National Capital
Military College" shall be perpetual
and its purposes and objects shall be
the training and education of men in
military arts and sciences and the
quickening of patriotism and interest
i'll the national defense.
Membership in the college is not
limited as to numbers or to any class
of employees in any government depart
ment or private enterprise. it is stated.
except that all members shall be white
citizens of the United States
Applicants for active membership
must not be less than eighteen years
Of age. of good physical condition, have
the equivalent of high school educa-
ton and accompany their applications
with matriculation fee of one dollar
and pay annual dues of fifty cents The
dollar fee includes dues for the current
calendar year.
Regular classes will be held in the
evenings in order to accommodate the
membership, which is composed prn-
cipally of men who are engaged in their
civil pursuits in the daytime. At least
five hours week will be required
Special courses will be prepared for
those who desire to take up any par
ticular branch of the service. 1t will
take at least two years to complete the
prescribed course
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-24
TELLS OF WAR ON FRONTS
IN FRANCE AND IN ITALY
E. Alexander Powell Addresses Of
ficers Of Army War College and
Engineer School.

Warfare along the French and Italian
fronts was described to the officers on
duty at the Army War College and the
Engineer School this morning by L.
Alexander Powell. author of standard
works on military tactics. who has
been in the thick of European fighting
This same lecture, varied with other
war experiences, under the title, "a
Thousand Miles of Battle" is to be de-
livered by Mr.. Powell tomorrow night,
under the auspices of the advisory
commission of the Council Of National
Defense and the Washington Society
Of Engineers. To this address the high
est officials Of the government concern
ed with the duties of national defense
have been invited. as well as the Off
GERS Of the general staff and the Army
War College.
Mr. Powell illustrates his talk with
and Balkan fronts, under the direction
Of the French general staff, and loaned
to Mr.. Powell by the government of
France.
Mr. Powell has been with the allied
armies almost continuously since the
war began. He also accompanied the
German armies during their advance on
Paris His account of the operations
Of the French, British. Italian, German
and Belgian armies will graphically IL
lustrate the intricate mechanism and
infinite detail involved in the conduct
of modern warfare.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-24
HIS FRIENDS ANXIOUS.
Frank L. Biggs Sails for Europe, But
Fails to Report Arrival.

Frank L. Biggs' delayed return from
across the ocean has caused his rela-
tives much uneasiness and prompted
them to start an investigation to learn
If he is prisoner Of war or victim
Of a German submarine. Biggs is
thirty-six years old and resided with
his mother and married sister at 213 D
street. Early in the winter he was
employed in Cumberland. Md. and he
wrote that he would return and spend
the Christmas holiday season at home.
Instead Of returning home he boarded
a vessel of some kind. presumably in
Baltimore. and started across the
ocean. A letter dated December 26,
postmarked Gibraltar. was received by
his relatives January IL. the writer ex-
pressing regret for having failed to re-
turn home for the holiday season and
suggesting the possibility of never
again seeing the country in which he
was born.
In his letter he wrote he had not seen
land for fifteen days and that the ship
had 1900 more miles to travel in or
der to reach it's destination. His rela-
tives are anxious to learn the name of
the ship on which he sailed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-24
SUFFRAGE SUNDAY PLAN
CALLED "UNCHRISTIAN"
Woman's INSTRUMENTATION Union
Asks That Proposed Demonstration
at White House Be Abandoned.

Characterizing the proposed suffrage
demonstration on Sunday, March 4. as
"unchristian," "uncivilized," "unameri-
can and "unwomanly." as American
women are interested in the promotion
of the Sabbath day as a day of rest and
worship" the Woman's Interdenomi-
national Union of the District of Co
lumbia, meeting at the Public Library
yesterday afternoon, adopted resolu-
tions calling upon the Congressional
Union for Woman Suffrage to abandon
their plans.
The plan of the suffrage body to
which the missionary union files obJec-
ton contemplates having a large dele
CATION of voting women, led by Miss
Anne Martin of Nevada, to call at the
White House Immediately after Presi-
dent Wilson takes the oath of office,
and demand his Endorsement of federal
legislation for the enfranchisement of
women Mds O. II. Z. Belmont of New
York, Mrs. Florence Bayard Hilles of
Delaware and Mrs, J. A. H. Hopkins of
New Jersey are to act as spokesman
for the unenfranchised women in the
delegation.
Mrs. w. F. Crafts, vice president of
the Interdenominational Union, and
chairman of it's committee on legisla-
ton, presented the protest. The reso-
luton concludes by saying: The In
terdenominational Missionary Union
further believes that the proposed
demonstration will react against wom-
ans suffrage, alternating Christian
women"
Mrs. John N Culbertson. president,
yesterday presented Mrs. ]. E. Gilbert
as presiding officer for the afternoon.
Mrs. l.. NJ Maus spoke on mission work
in the Philippines. and Mrs. Isaac Pear
son and Mrs. F. E. Edgington talked
of Waldensian mission work in Italy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-24
Reinstated by Presidents Authority

The President has authorized the re-
instatement of Mrs. Nora A. Fennell
as an operative in the bureau of en-
craving and printing without regard
to the length of time she has been
separated from the service. Mrs. Fen
nell served as a printers assistant and
operative in the bureau of engraving
and printing continuously from March
IL, 1900, to April 16, 1908. when she re-
signed to be married. It appears from
the statement of the Secretary of the
Treasury that Mrs. Fennell Is a widow
with three children dependent upon her
for support, and that she is still a
young woman in excellent health and
capable of rendering in the future, as
she rendered in the past. efficient serv-
ice. The register of eligibies for origi-
nal appointment to the position Of
printers assistant is practically ex-
hausted, for which reason and in view
of the other facts above presented the
civil service commission concurred
with the Secretary of the Treasury in
Ia recommendation for an executive
order,