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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-05-22
LES DARCY'S DAYS
OF FIGHTING GONE

Memphis. Tenn. May 21.-Les
Darcy. the Australian middleweight
pugilist. is seriously Ill with pneumonia
and several complications. according
to his physician. Fred Gilmore. his
manager is authority for the statement
that Darcy's prize ring days are end
ed.
Darcy recently joined the aviation
reserve corps here after officials OF
several states refused to permit him to
fight on the grounds that he was a
Stacker"
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Primary Movement.
Chicago Asy Market.

Chicago, May 2l.-Hay--Receipts. L.
03a tons: shipments. 2l2 tons Scarce
and firm. Demand good. Choice timothy
hay ouotAble at $2l @ee: No. I at $3.50
n2o.so; No. 2 at $1s.5om1s.So; No. 8
at sl7R1s. Illinois. Indiana and Wis
consin feeding prairie hay. $13616.
Packing hay, $7As.
Sales were; On track. No. timothy,
cars Ave wire at $1s. Not graded tim
othy 1 car. at $40. State hay, l car at
$3.50.
Straw-Rye straw quotable at $11@
11.bo. Dat straw at $10d1o.So. Wheat
straw at 80. 50 a 1850.
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kan,as City Live Stock.

JansAs City. No. May 21.-The I've
stock market follows:
Hegs-Market steady &c lower; re-
ceipts, 5000: bulk. $15.75G16.30: heavy.
316.2sM16.4o; packers and butchers,
s15.s061s.30; light. 315.4oG 1910; pigs,
$1S.5om15.
receipts, 10000. including 1900 south
erns: prime fed steers. 3l2.586 1925;
dressed beef steers, $s1i2: western
steers. $s6l3; cows. &T@11.e5; heifers,
$9612.2s: stockers and feeders, $sM
1875: bulls. $s@105O;. calves. $sm14.
Sheep Market steady: receipts. g.
900: lambs. 3l56e0.10: yearlinRs. si4M
II: wethers. S13@15.5o: ewes. S126 Is. +
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Latest Market Reports
PORKERS VARY;
CORN ADVANCES

The local hog market shows decline
OF five cents in all grades today except
$50 to 200 pound class. and it shows a
gain Of fifteen cents. Corn also has 4
mark Of s1.s5 per bushel. The other
lists are unchanged. Quotations are:
Hoss-(Furnisl,ed daily BY Jno Nor
rell & Co)-120@15O, 1870; 150@1s0,
$500: 100000, $15.45; 200 and over,
$3.50; packers, good $i5.25: fail, $40.
Sheep - Best lambs, 31l.50612.5o;
choice ewes. $7@s; fair to good awes. s.
@6.
oats-ss@7se; corn. $1,000 1.s6
Hay-$ls62o: straw, per ton. $6@s.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Butter fat quotations-First grade,
ssc; second grade, 35c.
Poultry-(Prices paid to farmer)-
Hens. 16c: ROSTERS. 10c: spring chick
ems, 1917 hatch. 24c: ducks, &c: geese,
SC; No. ! turkeys. 1sc; No. 2 turkeys,
&c: old toms, l3c.
Butter and Eggs.
Eggs-31c: butter. packing stotk).
27c; creamery. 38639c
Wool and Hides.
Wool-Bright. medium clear. 45c:
chafy and slightly bury. 35c:
semi-bnEht. 4oc; bright, medium
bury, 25@3oc: light, fine clear. 2sT 3sc;
heavy fine, clear. 1s~2sc: Angora goat,
long luster. 2s@Ac: hard bury. .0c.
Hides-No. fully cured, 1sc: No.
green 15c; horse hides. No. l. $3.50: No
2. $3.50: pony, 81: colt, $f@2.5o.
Bees Wax-2oc; No. tallow. &c; No.
THE RETAIL PRICES.
Flour and feed Graham flour. per
sack. s5c: corn chops. per cwt, s4.ss;
shorts, per cwt. $2.S5: bran, per cwt..
1886: corn. per bu.. S2.25: hay par cwt..
$1.s5; straw, cwt.. 7o@75c; meal per
sack, 55c: cor nand oat chop, per cwt..
s4.s5; corn chop, 20 lbs, CSC: hen feed.
s4.75; chicken feed. IS: wheat flour,
sack old wheat $3:7o64.5o; rs ID. rye
rye flour, $3.50.
Butter. Esss and Poultry.
Creamery butter. 45@47c: country
butter. 35645c.
Fggs-Fresh country, 3sc.
Poultry-Geese. dressed. 1s@25c:
turkeys, dressed. 80 a 40c: dressed hens
35c.
Fresh and Salt Fish.
Fresh fsh--Catfish. CSC: trout, &c:
haIibut., 2lc: perch: l2he: smelts, zoe.
fish pail, soc; salt mackerel, 10 to
&c lb.; Holland herring. keg, sl.156
1.25: pail anchovites. $1.e6: smoked
salmon. 25c.
Spiced sardines. 3 for 1oc: box cod,
1874 620c: fancy smoked hloaters. for
Csc. smoked homeless herring. CSC ID:
smoked herring. csc h.; Kippefed her
ring, 3 for 45c.
Fruits.
Fruits-Bananas, 6kc 10: lemons,
30 cents: oranges, 10000 per dozen:
apples peck. 81: ktimquats. S5@4oe:
grape fruit. 81 615c: Strawberries. pt..
1oc: qt., 15117kc: pineApples. 20630c.
Vegetables.
Observation-Disclosures cabbage, ID. 10c:
tomatoes. ripe. 1562oc; parsley 56l0c;
s5c h.: green beans. 12hc:
horse radish. 15c; beets. bunch. Toe:
lettuce, 35c h.: egg plant, 2o@25e;
cauliflower. 10635c; potatoes. per beck.
CSC: bu.. 1878: red onions. 1sc: white
onions. s,-S: garlic. 25c:. head lettuce,
1om17kc: sweet potatoes. Zoe; Brus-
sells sprouts. box. S5c: green peas, 1bc;
radishes, 3 for l0c: green onions for
&c; new potatoes ID. sc: new as
paragus. &C: lunches rhubarb, SC;
green mangoes, safe each.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-05-22
IOWA STATE MEET
IS WON BY AMES

Des Moiaes, May 21.-Iowa State col
lege finished Arst in the annual track
meet at the Iowa college and universal
ties Saturday. scoring Az points.
Grinnell college was second with IS.
and University Of Iowa. third with II.
Ames scored every event except the
100 yard dash. Hoyt Of Grinnell broke
the state college low hurdle record in
PAS, and now holds six Iowa records,
three college and three high school
Erwin, Drake. broke the state college
pole vault with a height Of II feet 3
inches.
In the high school events North Des-
MONIES won with IS points. West Des
Moines was second. and Hampton.
third. The state high school shotput
record was broken BY Muir Of Hamp-
ton. with IS feet 10 inches. Evans. also
Of Hampton, tied the high school low
hurdles record.
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Chicago Cash Grain.

Chicago. May .1.-The cash grain
market follows:
wheat--No. 2 red. nominal: No. 3
red. nominal No. hard. $3.os; No. 8
hard. nominal.
Corn-No. yellow. $17oG1.7e: No.
3 yellow. s1.s9k n1.70; No. yellow.
nominal.
oats--No. 8 white, 7ea73Ac; stand
ard. 73674c.
Rye Nominal.
Barley-$l.aoMl.so
Ttmothy-$5.766S.
Clover--312nli.
Pork--S3S25
Lard--$2a45d2 2.S5.
Ribs--s2o.20G 1880.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-05-22
AGENCY.

The junior class Of the Agency high
school delightfully."- entertained the SEN
Tor class and two members of the fac
ulty at reception Tuesday evening
May Is at the home Of Helen and Ar
thur Sands. The evening was enjoy
ably spent with music after which 4
dainty two course supper was served.
The Agency band gave their first
concert Of the season Wednesday even
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. Bane and Misses Juna-
tia and Ethel Warner Of Fremont at
tended the commencement exercises
here Thursday evening.
Miss FAra Groves left Friday for
St Louis for visit with relatives. She
will later appear on the chautauqua
platform with the Jones Chaut1uqua
System as a corne0st.
Clyde Jones OF Iowa City came home
Thursday to attend the commencement
exercises.
Mrs. w n. Euyart. Mrs. ]. D. Newell,
Mrs. C. n. Shearer. Mrs. VIII johnson,
Mrs. o. c. Shadford and Mr.. J. NJ.
Sirle attended a dinner party Thurs
day at the home Of Mrs.. Jessie JoAD-
ston of Ottumwa-
The thirty fourth annual meeting Of
the alumni association was held NJ
day evening at the high school buildlnG
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ovah.Liv. Stock.

Omaha. Nebr.. May el.-fhA lvie
stock market follows:
Hogs-Market Sc lower: receipts. S.
400: heavy. $l5.7s@l6.10: mixed. $3.50
n16.90: light. 315.50@16: pigs, $l2N
1875: bulk. $15.S0616.
Cattle-Market steady TO 10c lower:
receipts. $500: native steers. s1e1s6
1925: cows and heifers, sS5o01i.50:
western steers. $9.25M11.25: Gamers. 81
@s.50: stockers and feeders $711075:
calves. $9.50nl3.50: bulls, $76l2.50.
Sheep-Market steady receipts. H.
300: yearlings, $1361s: wethers. 3126
IS: ewes, $1l.50d13.5o: lambs, $1s@
e01o,
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Car Lot Rses;pts.

Wheat-36 cars. with ) OF contract
grade.
Corn-4l cars, with - Of contract
grade.
Oats-145 cars, with SO Of contract
grade.
Total receipts of wheat at Minneapo-
lis. Duluth and Winnipeg today were
l.214 cars, compared with 442 cars last
week and LII cars the corresponding
day year ago.
Estimated cars tomorrow. Chicago.
Wheat. rs: corn. III: oats, 27S.
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Kansas City Cash Grain.

Kansas City. Mo-. May 21.-The cash
grain market follows:
Wheat--Unchanged. No. hard,
S297n3.os: No. red. $2.9sM3.06.
Corn--Unchanged to 1c higher; No.
2 mixed $1.65n 1864: No. white $1.69
@1.70: No. yellow. $1.6sd1,s7.
Oats-Market isc higher; No. white
72h arse. No. mixed, ia 72c.
Rye-S2.O5h2.10
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Peoria cssh Grain.

market follows:
Corn-Market to INC higher: No
(. white, $40; No. yellow. $3.50
1871: No. yellow, $1.6s: No s yell
low, $1.61: No. 2 mixed 3l.6s: No. 4
mixed. 31.6I: sample, SISSY 61.S7.
Oats-Market We higher; standard,
72hc: No. ) white. TN 672e; No. 4
white, 70hc
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Chicago Produce.

Chicago. May --Butter-Market
steady: creamery, $36 CSC.
Eggs-Hieher: receipts. 24.'7s cases:
firsts, 34A d35Ac: ordinary hrsts, $40
3enc at mark. cases included, SEQ
35c.
Potatoes-Higher: receipts. Is cars:
Idaho. Colorado. Oregon and Washing
ton, $32563.35 Wisconsin and Mich
igan, $3@3.20
Poultry--Alive. higher: fowls, &c.
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Chicago Give Stock; Closing.

Chicago. May 21.-The closing live
stock market follows:
Hogs-Market SLOW. steady. SC lower
than Saturdays average: receipts, a.
900: estimated tomorrow, 10000; bulk,
S15.s5616.35; light, $15.1o@16.25: heavy
$16.e661s.45; mixed, $15,eS6ls.5o;
rouSh, $l5.85@ 1880.
Cattle-Market steady. 10c lower: re-
ceipts. $1,000: top, 1855.
Sheep Market steady: receipts. TO-
900; top, 1925: lambs. 5000.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-05-22
TRAP SHOOTERS CONTEST.

Streator. ILL.,. May q. Three hun
dred crack shots of the country are
here today for the opening of the forty
first annual Illinois state trap shooters
tourney. which will continue four days.
C. G. Spencer of st. Louis, winner Of
the Hazard trophy for doubles at Kan
sas City last winter, will defend his
title. Forty.two events are scheduled.
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Minneapolis Closing q,

Minneapolis Closing 0vain.
Minneapolis. Mimi, May 2l.-Closing
grain:
Wheat-May. 1912: July. 32.sl: Sept.
50. Cash: No. ] hard, 33.16@3.21: No.
northern. s3.osds.11; No. northern,
$2ss63.0S,
Corn-No. 3 yellow, $l.s1< a l.esA.
Oats-No. 3 white, 6S11 @Ssrc.
Fiax-$s3TM3.
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chjeaeo Live Stock; openina

ChIeaS0 Live STOCK; opening.
Chicago, May c1.-The opening live
stock market follows:
Hoss-Market slow. unchanged to
l5c under Saturdays averages; re-
ceipts, 1890 estimated tomorrow. 49,
600: bulk, $15.s5@16.35: light $16.25:
mixed. $15.S5616.40: heavy. $l5.65R
1915 rough, $15.s5@15.so; pigs. Sl0.50
@14.5O.
Cattle-Market weak: receipts. 2l,-
900: estimated tonorrpw. 1000: native
beef cattle. s9.50@13.S5: stockers and
feeders. $7606D10.35: cows and heifers,
Ss.61@11.50; calves. $1061475.
Sheep--Market steady; receipts. 1O.-
900; estimated tomorrow. 5000: weth-
ers, $l2.75615.75: lambs, 315.75@20.40.
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BIG HOG SHIPMENTS
DROP CHICAGO PRICE

Chicago, May 21.-More plentiful ar
rivals than had been looked for tended
today to weaken the hog market.
Wet weather proved a handicap to
holders of cattle.
Sheep were scarce. a .,-t (,
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N.w Work Mooev: c,osino.

New York. May e1.--Mercantile pa
per--4A d5T.
Bar, silver-74Ec.
Mexican dollars-5s&c.
Cali money-High IN q: low, *;
closing bid, 2N.
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Kansas City Produce.

Kansas City. Mo-. May 21.--ButteY--
Creamery. 40c: nrsts. 3se: seconds
SIC packing. 31c.
EEgs-Firsts. 34c.
Poultry-Ro BOOSTERS. 15hc: hens lshc;
turkeys. csc; broilers. 34c.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-05-22
White Sox Defeated.

White Sox Defeated.
Chicago. May 81. Carl Mays. with
his bean BAH and his horseshoe defeat
ed the White Sox Sunday. 2 to l. The
score:
RI. E.
Chicago 80. OOlOOOOOO-1 7 3
Boston ...... 100000 5 1
Batteries - Scott. Benz and Schalk;
Mays and Agnew.
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RI Lou;a Pveduee,

ST. Louis, Mo-. May 21.-Poultry-
Hens. 1shc: springs. S. to So dozen:
turkeys, eo@.lc: ducks, 12G15c; geese
lie.
Buttey-Cseafnery 3sc.
Eags-32Hc.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-05-22

ILLINOIS BANK IS ROBBED.
Chicago, May 81 Safeblowers rob
bed the state bank OF Area, Ill.,, OF
81, 200 last night
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s.. Loujs hor.es and Mu,ss.

East st. Louis, H.. May 2l.-Horses
Heavy draft. 3ls56275: eastern
chunks, $3.50 200: good southern, $135
a $50.
Mules-ls to lsh hands. 31so@175.
Is TO 1sa hands, sl<oh2a5; IA to 14h
hands. $65G 105.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-05-22

Lance Barden. formerly Ottumwa
high school track man took first place
in the 440 yard dash and was mem
Der Of the half mile and mile relay
team which won both events. He is a
student at Grinnnell.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-05-22
GUN clUe MEETjNG.

All members of the sOttumwa Gun
club are asked to meet Tuesday even
ing at 1870 At the once Of the M. P. r.
l.. Cigar Co. (up stairs), corner Com
mercial and Market streets. to arrange
for the tournament to be held Friday.
May Is. All members should be pres
ent.
William Potter. Jr,, Secretary.
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Browns Vletors.

Browns vietors.
St. Louis, May q. Groom held
Washington to six hits and won, to
8. The score:
r. H. E.
St. Louis -. ooo22OOOs-4 10 0
Washington ;. 0o2o01000-3 6 2
Batteries - Groom and SEVERED:
Gallia and Henry.
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Omaha Cash Grain.

Omaha. Nebr.. May 2l.-The cash
grain market follows:
wheat--No. 2 hard $2.95T2.s7.
Corn--No. white. $3.50 1856: No.
yellow. $1.62% G1.s3: No. 2 $1.e2Am
162&
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81. Louis Cash Grain.

st. Louis No May 2l.--The cash
grain market follows:
Wheat-Steady. track. No. red.
nominal No. 2 hard. s3.1oI3l4.
Corn-Higher: track. No. 2, $l.7oh a
Ill: No . white. $1.71n17o.
Oats-Steady. track, No. nominal:
No. white. nominal
Rye-Steady: No. nominal.
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New York SUGAR

New York, May 21.-Raw sugar
Steady; centrifugal s.o2e; molasses,
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St. Louis Grain Futures.

81. LOUIS 0fAtN FueOFeS.
st. Louis, Mo-. May 2l.--The closing
grain futures follow:
Wheat-Steady: July, $2.29: Sept.
$o11h.
Corn-steady: July, sl.57h; Sept.
3l.4s.
Oats--Steady: July S11sc.
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Indians Win Two.

Indians Win Two.
Cleveland, May II. The locals won
both games of double header here
Sunday 3 to and to 2. Gould held
Philadelphia to one hit in the opening
game. The scores:
R. H. E.
Cleveland -. GOo2o001"-3 9 0
Philadelphia Il 00000-1 l l
Batteries Gould and ONeill;
Schauer and Schang.
Cleveland -. 00110030"-5 10 l
Philadelphia o000oO02-2 2
Batteries BaEby and Billings;
Bush, Myers and Haley.
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The Sports Corner
|BOLANDOF DETROIT
WINS FROM YANKEES
DRIVES IN WINNING TALLY; IN
DAMS TAKE TWO; BROWNS
AND RED SOx WIN.

Detroit. May 81. Detroit defeated
New York 1 to scoring the winning
run in the eighth when Spencer was
hit by a pitched ball and Boland
doubled. The contest was pitchers
battle between Boland and Russell.
The score:
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William Potter, Jr., Secretary.
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National League.
American Leaaue.
Contra, Association.

tcailed darkness, II innings.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-21
LOCATION OF FIRE BOXES

IL Main and Kentucky
10 Pine and Kentucky
IA Main and Tennessee
IS Main and Missouri
Fl Bay and Iowa
% Oak and Kentucky
"a Magnolia and Iowa
rs Plum and kentucy
81 Say and Florida
30 Peachtree and Florida
"a Magnolia and Dakota
50 Parker and Florida
~ Main and Dakota
~ Lemon and Ohio
43 Orange and New York
IS Lime and Florida
81 Palmetto and Florida
% Mcdonald and Florida
% Lime and Indiana
% Orange and Massachusetts
10 Lemon and Florida
20 North st. and N. Vermont Ave.
SO North st. and Florida Ave.
81 North st. and Lincoln Ave.
20 Lemon and Lincoln
81 w. Prospect st. and A. C. L. Shop
~ Lake Morton and s. Kentucky
81 New school house, Lake Morton
62 Palmetto and Ingram
o3 East Morton and r. r. CROSSING
o. New Light and Water Plant
q Mcdonald and Mississippi
IL Patterson and South Florida
FIRE OUT SIGNAL No. %
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-12-01
MIR. MELVIN URGED FOR
SCHOOL BOARD VACANCY


Considerable interest centers about
who will be named to the vacancy on
the County Board of Education. ere
ated by the recent death of Mr.. Will
lam s. Crisp, of the Fifth District. and
it is expected that Governor Harring-
ton will make the appointment in the
near future
Probably the strongest candidate in
the field is Mr.. George T. Melvin.
President of the Annapolis Banking
and Trust Company. and editor of the
Advertiser Republican. Mr. Melvin
has the Endorsement OF many of the
leading citizens OF the city and coun-
~ Although he is not soliciting the
office, his friends regard him as the
logical man for the place. owing TO
his familiarity with the duties Incl
dent thereto. Mr. Melvin served in
the Office for several years, having
been appointed during the administra-
ton of the late Governor Crothers,
and he made very capable officials,
having the interests of the school at
heart and devoting great energy TO
the work.
The only other person whose name
has been mentioned for the Office is
Mr. Wade II. Linthicum, who is a
member of the House OF Delegates.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-12-01
SEE MARY'S ANKLE. I"
Next Attraction al the Colonial Thea
ire Monday Night.

one of the gayest entertainments OF
the season is promised in A. II.
Woods forthcoming production of
"Mary's Ankle" which comes TO the
Colonial Theatre on Monday night,
December 3, direct from the Bijou
Theatre, New York, with the original
New York cast and production.
"Marys Ankle is the clever and
original farce by May Tully, which
the New York Globe compared favor
ably with Turn To The Right" and
'.The Boomerang" The story of the
piece may be best described as a
complicated honeymoon. The COM
plications result from the sending of
q fake wedding invitation by one OF
three penniless young men, in order
to extract much needed wedding pres
ents from close-fisted relatives. The
young lady who has been made an un-
conscious partner in the design, event
ually appears in the person of be-
witching young woman named Mary
Jane Smith. From this sketchy out
line, which, according to Miss Tully,
is founded on real facts. the author
has evolved as sprightly and enter
ta.niIg a farce as New York has seen
in many months The action of the
piece is rapid, the situations are sur
prising and original. and there is lit
orally a laugh in every line OF the
dialogue
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-12-01
Y. M. c. A. NEEDS MEN
Helm Is Urgent For Work In France
Three Steamers Bring No Relief

a letter addressed TO Robert Gar
rett. Of the irm of Robert Garrett 4
Sons. of Baltimore. tells of the diih-
Guilty the War Work Council of the
Y. M. c. A. is having in getting men
to handle the business end OF the or
ganization in France. The letter
comes from Charles r. Towson. di-
rector of the department OF person
mel. in New York. quoting a cable dis
patch from France. and states that
"our shortage of workers continues
to menace the whole force of our
work. In spite OF the arrivals by
three recent steamers we are more
seriously undermined than we were
two months ago. Drastic measures
are necessary"
The kind OF help wanted is stenog-
raphers, bookkeepers. travelling audi
tors. shipping clerks and secretaries.
Ii men and women can be found who
are willing to serve without salary
they will be accepted; otherwise q
salary will be paid.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-12-01
Campaign Begun To Substitute
Wood For Coal

To help meet the shortage of 5O,-
100000 tons in the country's coal
supply, the Fuel Administration in
cooperation with the Department of
Agriculture, has inaugurated an in
tensive campaign for the substitution
of wood for coal
"One cord OF hard wook is equal to
ton of COAL" said an announcement
by the Fuel Administration zone
ton of coal is released for use in war
w,Ik for every cord of wood substi-
tuted. Statistics show that there is
vast amount of dead wood in many
sections of the country and that the
supply of wood in many communities
is sufficient for domestic purposes in
those parts"
Much Of the wood in communities is
destroyed as waste, it was pointed out
and its conservation not only would
conserve COAL but would prove a
measure of economy to the users.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-12-01
National Waste.

Five years of drumming into the
public the tremendous wastes of fire
carelessness has apparently had little
effect. 1t probably will take a war
such as the one into which the country
is now plunged, with its measures of
national economy, to correct wasteful.
ness which has cost millions in money
and countless lives. The extent of this
waste is presented graphically by the
actuarial bureau of the National Board
of Fire Underwriters, which has just
completed an investigation Of 100000
fires in the United States. The report
lays ola per cent of the blazes to
strictly preventable causes, $40 per
cent to partially preventable causes
and 40.7 per cent to unknown causes.
largely preventable. 1t is another il.
lustration of the notorious fact that
America saves at the spigot and
wastes at the bung. Fire prevention
and food economy in these days Of ma.
tional saving should go hand in hand.
Exchange.