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The Washington herald., 1917-11-10
WAR TONNAGE
0FU.S.INHANDS
Of 3 EXPERTS
George Dearborn. L. H,
Shoarman and Daniel Ba-
con to Handle Traffic.

Three prominent New York shipping
men. rated among the country's fore
most overseas traffic experts, have
been selected to operate American
war tonnage to its utmost efficiency.
Chairman Edward N. Hurley, Of the
United States Shipping Board. an
pounced the formation of this COM
mittee last night
1t includes George Dearborn, for
merly president of the American
Hawaiian Steamship Company, chair
man. representing the War Depart
ment; l.. II. Shoarman, of William r.
Grace & Co., representing the Ship
ping Board. and Daniel Bacon, now
member of the Shipping Boards char
tering committee, representing the
Navy Department.
Use All Tonnages.
While the Emergency Fleet Corpora
ton is straining every effort to pro-
duce new tonnage speedily, these men
will make 1t their business to get the
most results out of tonnage now avail
able. They will have charge OF the
movements of all vessels taken over
by the War and Navy departments.
Under the old system. by which
edCn pTdnCn IequlSlIoneo Snlps anu
operated them without consultation
with the others, there was a serious
loss of shipping days and waste of
cargo space.
With this weak spot covered, mem
bers OF the Shipping Board last night
felt their work is progressing on an
even keel. The labor situation is bet
ter than IL has been in months. At
lantic coast shipyards report practi-
cally no strikes at present, and the
Wage Adjustment Board. returning
yesterday from the Pacific Coast, re-
ported the situation from Seattle 10
San Diego very satisfactory. The
board will remain in Washington a
few days before taking up the adjust
ment of some few remaining prob
lens on the East coast.
Complaints of charter parties that
they are not receiving their share of
money from sums paid by the gov
ernment for reQuistioned ships were
rapidly nearing adjustment last night
under supervision Of Commissioner
Page. Mr.. Page also took up the work
OF procuring additional seamen TO
man the new mercantile feet.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-10
CHILD'S tongue
BECOMES Coated
IF CONSTPATED
When Cross. Feverish and Sick
Civ. California Syrup
of Figs"

Children love this fruit laxative"
end nothing e,5e cIeanses the tender
stomach, liver and bowels so nicely
A child simply will not stop playing
to empty the bowels, and the result
Is. they become tightly clogged with
waste, hvei gets sluggish. stomach
sours. Ihen your little one becomes
cross. half-sick. feverish, don't eat,
sleep or act naturally. breath is bad,
system full Of cold. has sore throat,
stomachache or diarrhoea. Listen,
Mother, See il tongue is coated then
give a teaspoonful of California
Syrup Of Figs" and in a few hours
all the eonstipated waste, sour bile,
and undigested food passes out ef
the system anC you have a well, play
ful child sgain
AEiloHs % mothers give California
syrup of Figs" because it Is perfectly
harmless; children love 1t, and It
never fails to act on the stomach.
liver and bowels
Ask your druggist for a bottle
OF California Syrup Of Figs" which
has full directions, for babies. chill
dren Of all ages. and. for grown
UPS plainly .Iuted on the bottle. Be-
ware OF conIterfeits sold here. Ger
the genuine. made by California Fig
syrup Company" Refuse any other
kind vita 1ntsmpt-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-10
LOWER MILK BILLS
AIM OF CIVIC BODY

Plans to reduce the high cost of
milk were discussed by the members
OF the eGrant-Toner-Wi Wightman Parent
Teachers Association at a meeting of
the association in the Toner School,
Twenty-fourth and F streets north
west.
The members plan to buy milk from
one dealer and have it delivered to
their homes, and by ordering 1t in
quantities would reduce the cost.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-10
ASK COURT FOR DISSOLUTION.

Nicholas Z. Besson and Augusta NJ.
Vessels. trading as n. E. Besson, In
corporated. dyers and cleaners, for
merly OF Eighteenth street and Penn
sylvania avenue northwest, filed a
petition yesterday in the District Su-
preme Court for a dissolution of the
corporation.
For the past two years, the petition
states, the concern has been losing
money, partly because OF the change
of its former location. 1t has no To-
cation at present at which to again
conduct business When incorporated
in 1905 the concern had a capital stock
OF 5000, which was later increased to
$4,000. Attorney Irving Williamson
represents the petitioners.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-10
MILLION EACH YEAR.
DINING CARS COST

The traveller who is being flashed
along at fifty miles an hour in din
ing car has not the slightest concep-
ton of what 1t costs TO operate that
flying restaurant on wheels measuring
only 27x9 feet. according to the South
ern Pacific Railroad.
The average check that the traveller
receives is 7O1 IL cents, but the super
intendent OF the railroads commits
sary says that moving the diners and
keeping them up as restaurants costs
something like $5S0,Oo0 each year,
which does not include the pay Of the
service STATS, which runs TO more
than S500O00 yearly.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-10
S. S. S. Is Sold by Every Druggist
in the Land.

When n medicine has been on the
market for more than half a century.
and is more popular today than ever
you may be sure it has genuine merit.
For over fifty years S. s. S. has been
sold in drug stores. It is free from
any dangerous drugs or chemicals,
and is made from roots and herbs of
the forest, from a formula handed
down by the Indians. Its reputation
as a blood purifier has become so
widespread that today there is hardly
a druggist anywhere who has not sold
S. S. S. ever since he has been in
business.
S. S. s. has won its popularity strict
The Washington herald., 1917-11-10
WAR INDUSTRIAL
EXPERTS CHOSEN
FOR new JOBS
Committees Are to Be Dis
solved as Result of
Criticism.

The war industries committees Of
the Council of National Defense in
the councils War Industries Board
are to be dissolved. Orders carry
ing instructions for the dissolution
were sent to the various committees
yesterday. In their place will be
formed q committee OF Industrial ex-
perts, to be employed by the gov
ernment. and the general work Of
the committees will be taken over
by trade representatives selected by
the respective industries themselves
instead of by the government. These
will act in an unofficial advisory ca
pacity.
This change In the supervision Of
war industries Is the result of crit
icism Of the emergency method that
placed the industries at the disposal
Of the government through leaders
Of the various industries chosen by
the council, placing the members OF
the committees In the Questionable
position Of representing both the gov
ernment and their own trade, IL not
their own immediate interests. The
emergency appointments were open
to criticism, also. because the smaller
interests in the various industries
had no Voice In the selection Of the
men who exercised influence IL not
control.
New System Efficient.
The new system is designed to be
not only more equitable but more
efficient. Each industry is being urged
to select through its existent Or
ganizations a central representative
committee to treat with the govern
ment for its own interests for the
preservation OF its prosperity in the
necessary curtailment of non-essential
production and to cooperate with the
government in war needs.
The activity of these war service
committees will be unofficial; they
will call on the government when
they see fit. or will be called on by
the government when the council
requires. The permanent advisory
body. instead of the many war in
dustries committees to be dissolved,
will be the unified exports board,
free from any dual interests or Ques-
tion as to their proper representa-
ton. Some of them will be retained
from the outgoing committees. others
still are to be selected. The per
sonnel of the experts boardshas not
been announced.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-10

According to Les Nouvelles, of
Maestricht, tie Germans have ordered
all men between the ages of Is and
so in certain communes In Belgium,
under q penalty OF two years i'm
prisonment. to present themselves to
the Kommandantur of the district in
order to be given work.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-10
"CASCARETS" FOR
HEADACHES, COLDS,
LIVER, BOWELS
Enjoy Life! Don't Stay Bilious,
Sick. Hesdachy and
Constipated.
Get Rid of Bad Breath. Sour Stom-
ach. Coated Tongue.
Indigestion.
Get a 10-cent box now.

Get a 10-cent box now.
They're fine. Cascarets liven your
liver, clean your thirty feet of bow
els and sweeten your stomach. You
eat one or two. like candy. before
going to bed, and in the morning
omach sweet, breath right and
old gone. Get a box from your
druggist and enjoy the incest, gen.
tl~st liver and bowel cleansing you
eve" experienced. Cascarets stop
sick headache. biliousness. indiges-
tion. bad breath and constipation.
Mothers should give a whole Cas-
caret to cross, bilious. sick, feverish
children any time. They are harm
less and never grippe or sicken.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-10

A telegram from Cairo states that
the Alexandria Sporting Club has
given 5000 from racing profits to mil
itary charities. In pre-war days rae
ing did not realize more than a few
hundred pounds profit annually.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-10

Under the governments policy Of
avoiding labor troubles by recourse
to arbitration, where possible, the
New York harbor boatmen have
agreed to adopt that means Of ad-
justing their differences.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-10
GRANTS TELEPHONE
NUMBER WAS "H0T"

Secretary Grant of the Chamber of
Commerce, has a new one.
When was living in Ninnesp-
oils, where I was born. lived in .
teleThone district which was neith,~
considered fully within the St Paul
or the Minneapolis district So they
called IL Midway.
They gave me the phone numbe-
Of 2-L.
"One day / was surpriced when a
caller in my Office told me that
lived I'm a rather hot section. / was
beginning 10 get offended. when he
asked me my home phone number.
In my heated condition, / blurted
out "Midway-2-L.' With a heavy
breath on the l.. And as the door
closed the caller gave me the laugh. -
The Washington herald., 1917-11-10

The operation upon eN-King Con-.
stantinc is reported to have been sue
cossful and his condition TO be satis-
factory.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-05
Couldn't Get at 1t
The Saturday Jou'na~

An Irishman in town in the South
was careless enough to let his priest
catch him emerging from a saloon
with a demijohn under his arm. The
priest waited for him TO come by and
said
Mike, what is it you have in that
demijohn?"
Whisky, sir"
TO whom does 1t belong?"
ITO me and me brother Pat, SIR"
We'll, Mike, pour yours out, anu
be a good man"
81 can't, Father" said Mike, mines
on tho bottom"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-05
Pain Shortener

A blacksmith had smashed his
hand, and the surgeon, after examin.
ing 1t, said to his aid:
Go fetch me two or three phials
Of
Files! No, you don't, doc!' said
tho blacksmith. mo files in mine.
If this hands got TO come off, you'll
use an ax or saw"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-05

ITS an extended corridor that has
no ultimate termination" mused the
abseatm!ndod professor, as he
patiently plodded around the revolv-
ing doorway.-Jack oLantern.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-05
And They Lived Unhappily Ever After

Shc-We must have waited tor
mother fifteen minutes. Let's go TO
my house.
Hc-Hours, you mean
She-Our house? Oh, you dear
Brunonian.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-05

We asked the young lady across tho
way If she didn't think there was get
ting to be altogether too much class
feeling in this country, and she said in
deed she did. and for her part she could
never see why sophomore shouldn't
be nice to freshman.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-05
That's So. Too

Customer-say. there's only eleven
to this dozen oysters. ana small ones
at that
Water-Ysssir
customer-An' they don't smell fresh.
either
Water--Perhaps It's Just As Wsn
they're small oAs= AID one short 81.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-05
APARTMENTS WANTED
Furnished

APARTMENT. housekeeping, four chambcrs
Kitchen. dining room, good ueighburhoud give
particulars. price furnished and unfurnsGed.
20 S. l2th st.
WANTED furnished apartment IN good locality
by refined cOuplei address, giving full par
ticulars as 10 location and rental. 24O,
l4edger Central.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-05
HEATING

HEATERS. boilers ranges new md rebuilt.
removed for the Maxim Kelsey health heot.
VIII install cheap 1927 Fibert At
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-05

--Cornel Widow
Superior Onc-You know, ! have al
ways been rather curious
Inferior Personal---very. that, Ted
Let's just say unusual
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-05
HOUSEKEEPING APARTMENTS

Continued from Preceding Column
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-05
.... .-.-.ni.h rfnns wANTEp-MA1E

f0UNG ~ ~ ibere Is chance for advangGmSqt'
frm N,gorerce. years experience S4''
s.arer Central.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-05
REAL ESTATE WANTED
REAL ESTATE FOR RENT

1925 DE IANCEY PLACE--l2 rooms and
baths, rental per unuum $1,000.
EDGAR G.. CROSS l4ll walnut st.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-05
UPHOLSTFRING
WANTED

JPiTOLSTEETR wants ,vorl, M YOUR rome: Gul
season; price reasonable. IL y. st. Bernard
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-05
TyPEwR1rERs AND SUPPLIES

RENT from tho mnkcrs O" -
=, y ~! !l!l,s gutee EoCs with ever .nt1l
So for one mo, ST6O FOR
fhrov mos.
REMINGTON TYPEWRITER Co. INC,
no S. o.h st.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-05
BOARDING
SUBIR RBAH

GERAiA NTOWN co T. Price st.--Can accom-
mndrt" few moro runsto, com, rms cyorL
tuLlr. refined surroundings; refs, Gfn. 22O.
OVTRRROOR-Ia"ge. warm, sunny. wolf fu,-
nisncd room nloctric li-hf and gHs next To-
bath. with board for rentlrm"n' small halt
family. $40 pr' week. II liu, !."dgrr central
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-05
MACHINERY AND TOOLS

THE SPLENpIp ability Of YOCON ANTI.
ELECTION NETAl. for lining machine boar.
inEs TO satisfy the criticism Of machine igsrs
Is dHo to, uniformity IN unusual endurance.
IRON and BRASS FOtNDRES lIj Sortb
Second. JAMES YOCDN q sttS W.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-05

BEAUTIFUL LOChT!ON3 apecl1l scientific care
nervous elderly. every comfort. nUraae: book
let. pr Eandll. Citv Line. Chestnut Inn
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-05

tsa ACRES convenient 10 good market town
substantlaI stone buildings $50 per acre
j, Is. THOMPSON. West cheater. Pa.
FARMS, TO 500 ACRES,
NEW CATALOo ON REQUEST
C. p PETERS son, Cos CHESTNUT ST.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-24

boats, muleback, and afoot, Cherrie and
his native guides reached their head
quarters near the Paraguay river, III
the marsh regions of the state of Mat
to Crosse, Brazil.
From this point we worked back
and forth for a distance of 100 miles,
sair Mr. Cherrie. CONTRARY to popu
lar impression of the bird life of this
part OF the tropics, we found that most
Of the birds were ineonspicuous in col
orings. although there were few ex
ceptions of brilliant plumage. Most Of
them were birds of dull-gray color.
Some of the specimens obtained in
clude birds, eggs, and nests not known
TO science One of the photographs
shows a Brazilian ostrich, which is less
than one half the size of the African
specimens. This picture was taken
when the male ostrich was sitting on
nest a ward square, containing thirty
seven eggs. The naturalist spent many
| hours and many days in approaching
| birds and animals for these pictures.
Snakes didnst bother us much IN
daylight, but at night they moved
| about in such numbers that we had TO
| keep close to the campfire, said he.
We found the greatest paradise OF
deer that | had ever come across any
where, and I have had large experience
with that game. One day we came
across a gronp of forty deer. They in
habited the marsh regions, where We
| had TO hunt them on horseback. An
American ranchman supplied US with
the hunting mounts. There are no
deer in the United States like the small
Brazilian type. The Brazilian marsh
deer are relocated, with black tails.
The naturalist made the notable dis
coverv that the giant anteaters of Bra
I'll climb trees. He obtained gooG
specimens of the jahiru, or giant stork
and the woodhewers. bird somewhat
resembling the American woodpeeker
The woodhewers build the most re
{ mar kahlc nests he said, which have
r entrance tunnels like the miniature sub
ways. The nests average two to three
; Yards in length, divided BY numerou
, apartments, all opening to the tunne
entrance Nests of parrots, not pre-
. viously described or gathered for tn
, museum, We're found TO be twelve fee
more birds dwelled
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-24
CHILDREN READ NON-FICTIoN.
Springfield Library Proud Of It's Last
Years Record

SPRINGFIELD, Feb. PA pecu-
liar feature in connection with the cir
culation of the books from the Spring
field public library has just been made
public The circulation of children 5
books IN the last year has been S,539
non fiction and 6,67l fiction. 1t is
thought that no other town in the
state can equal this comparative rec
ord of non-fetion aud fiction.
The usual rule has been greater cir
culation of the latter class and this
condition was not confined to chill
dron s books
James s. Hartness has followed hi:
usual annual custom of giving the i
hrary $4,000.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-24
FIELD STAFF CONTEMPLATED.
Eastern States Exposition Plans to

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Feb. o4.-Def-
mite action looking to the putting of
q field force at work has been taken
by the Eastern States Exposition of
this city. This follows several confer
enees since the adoption short time
ago by the directors of the operating
program which grew out Of the great
Farm and Business conference last
September.
Designed to do for all New England
and the eastern states what the coun-
ty league does for its county, the ex-
position has made survey and inquir-
les, now nearly completed. The def
mite result has been the appointment
of special committee a few days ago
which will within a short time report
detailed plan for the organization
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-24
RETURNS FROM
SOUTH AMERICA
Prof. G.. K. Cherrie of New
fame Arrives Safely in
New York
RIO ROOSEVELT
PLACED ON MAP

Discovery CT River Of Doubt Recognized
Ey Brazilian Government and Named
in Honor Of Brings Homo
Thousands of Specimens.
The River Of Doubt is to get on the
map, and if the Brazilian government
can make it possible this jungle stream
in Brazil viii perpetuate for all time
the exploration trip of Colonel Roose-
welt, which will leave only one ques
tion open for continued discussion by
explorers and geographers-the ques-
tion OF whether or not the waters at
certain points of the river flow uphill
or down This information was brought
20 New York by George X. Cherrie of
Newfanc, naturalist and collector for
the American Museum of Natural His
tory, who returned from an exploring
trip of ten months on TUESDAY, via the
steamship Rio de Janeiro, from Para.
He was a member of the Roosevelt ex-
petition aud was forced TO return on
that previous trip with his work in
complete because of the serious illness
| of Colonel Roosevelt from Jungle fever
An official map is being prepared
by the Brazilian government to mark
The river as the Rio Roosevelt, said
Mr.. Cherrie yesterday. Records con
corning the river and its adjacent ter
sitory and other sections traversed by
the Roosevelt expedition are being pre-
pared from copies of the data obtained
by Colonel Roosevelt. It may be re
called that Colonel Rondon. chief OF
the Brazil Telegraph Communications
discovered the source Of this stream
but the main part of the river, then un
explored, he named the River OF
Doubt. He says Colonel Roosevelt ha,
removed the doubt.
Mr.. Cherrie brought back some 5000
bird ana animal skins and specimens
and Loo photographs of wild ANNA
life for the museum. This was hi
twenty eighth tropical exploration trip
lie had only native guides for com
panions throughout his long stay in tn
jungle. After weeks of travel on small
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-24

THE PERSON who was seen pick
ing up a lady's gold watch will please
return to Mrs Peter Dillback, 8 Har-
ris Place. 304-309
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-24

and operation of d field staff and Office
force.
The projects adopted for promotion
include marketing, farm management,
boys and girls club work, home eco
Monies and closer cooperation between
farmers and other business men. 1t Is
understood that the marketing prob
lem will be first attacked and then the
others as rapidly as circumstances will
permit.
The exposition 5 efforts to bring the
country and the city closer together
have already met with so much success
that it is going ahead with its plans
in full confidence it will have the
hearty cooperation of every farmer
and business man in this section, and
it invites letters of inquiry.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-24
WANTED

Oak sawed Is inch, maple, beech and
birch sawed rs and 15s-inch, also
spruce or poplar sawed 34-inch, planed
on one side to 11-16-inch, all to be air
dried. We are also ready to contract
for the above mentioned kinds of lum-
Der to be sawed to our order, to be de-
livered when air dried Please quote
best prices delivered in Brattleboro.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-24

WANTED-Girl for general house
work. Mrs l.. 5. Edwards, IS Prospect
street. 500 3l3
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-24

LONDON. lsto
articles which The
today. The following specifications:
Agricultural Raw and tons
Boots of Leaf thereof
fruits. and
oranges hosiery
Cotton lace and ARTICLES +beroof
Leather
Diatomne earth.
cla.a .o,,e. 49, Embroidery.
oi'os Needle
yarns Fancy goods known as paris
ereof. goods.
Canned Holsters Ornamental feathers
Manufactured silk and kens Fire extlnguishers.
Furs Flowers, artificial fresh
Fo contain
condensed milk. ncandescen
Tomatoes
tiers.
Wine o. all Painters colors pigments.
Wood limb Perfumely.
Aerated, table Photographic apparatus
ters.
Anthony Prints
Apparel waterprooed Engravlngs
orks of art. Photographs maps
Baske and mi Plated
Books. Live quais
other periodicals exceeding 10
in length. Rum
Materials for the manufacture of Soya beans
Brandy envelopes
Clocks parts thereof plating
sonnew wares
dry dressed and undessed
The prohibitions goods
imported given by the Board of Trade.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-24
Wanted

WANTED-Liye poultry. Beef and
horse hides. w. +. Richardson Co. 295-tt
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-24

FOR SA14E-FARM, Southern Ner.
mont, miles from Erattlcboro, on
state road; 200 acres, keeps II COWS
and team, 10 room house, slated large
barn, silo, running water 10 house and
barn, sugar lot, 1900 buckets, fruit,
smooth land, few stone, growing wood
aud timber, on mail route, telephone,
minutes from church and school, etc,
long in family, must be sold to close es-
tate, $500 Personal property II
wanted. John T. Gale, executor, Gull
ford. VT. 304 .6-2 4-3t
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-24

Pupil NURSES, male and female.
wanted at the Taunton State Hospital
Training School for Nurses. For par
ticulars address DIR. Arthur V, Goss,
Supt., Taunton State Hospital, Taun.
ton, Mass. 33-tf