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The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-27

twice in January, it was decided in oi'ii' the regular bi-weekly party on January 29, and to hold the next club Sociai on February 5 at Bungalow hall.
 The basket social given at Runpa,ow nall last evening by the Woman's Guild of the Episcopal church. was n success in every way, about sixty peo. Die pelng present. The baskets were anctloned by Prof. Hegg, bringing in aoout $40. The Guild expects to give affairs of this kind from time to time uuring the winter, the proceeds from which will go towards the support of the Red Dragon club house.
 At meeting held by the ladies of the Catholic Church on Thursday af ternoon the Altar Society was formed, and the following officers elected: Mrs. Charles Rosswog, president; Mrs James MacCormac, vice-presdent; Mrs. F. E. Jones, secretary-treasurer Ihe society is to meet on the third Thursday of each month. At the close Of Thursdays meeting light refresh ments were served.
 The band boys had planned to give a dance on Washington's birthday, but on learning that this date had been selected by the Elks, they postponed their dance until March 3. While the plans are not definite, it is rumored that this will be something new, un- usual and unique. Watch for fur ther announcements.
 Preparations are being made by the Elks to give large ball on February 22. From the plans that are whis- pered, this will be one of the big so- cial events of the season. The hall will be beautifully decorated the best music available will be secured and buffet supper served during the evening.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-27

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The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-27

'"lce Tn January, it was decided to o'''i' 'he regular bi-weekly party on January 29, and to hold the next club sociai on February at Bungalow hall.
The Washington times., 1917-01-01
LINDSAY FAIRFAX DEAp
WeII-Known Society and cIubman
Died at OakhiII, Va.

LINDSAY Fairfax. of Lenox. Mass.
and prominently known in club and
social circles here, died at the home Of
his brother. the late Henry Fairfax.
at Oakhill, Loudoun county. Va, yes
terday. according to word received by
friends here today.
Mr.. Fairfax was in his sixty-fifirst
year. and had spent much Of his life
in Washington and New York. His
family is identified with country life
throughout Virginia. Henry Fairfax,
his brother, was for many years presi-
dent Of the Hackney Society. Since the
death of his brother several months ago
LINDSAY Fairfax had spent consider
able time with the latter's family al
the Oakhill home. the former estate OF
President Monroe.
Mr.. Fairfax was a distant relative Of
Charles w. Fairfax. of the real estate
firm o. Stone q Fairfax, of this city.
Funeral services for the deceased will
be held next Wednesday from st.
James Episcopal Church at Leesburg,
Va.
The Washington times., 1917-01-01
CONDUCTORS HAPPY
Granted Privilege of Seat in Cars
They Direct.

Happy New Year? Well, I guess
yes, for u.s.
Thus quoth one conductor, as he
rung up fares and luxuriously seated
himself in a corner seat of a car bound
down town.
This was not a sudden attack of
ennui on the part of this fare col
lectOr. Everybody, in the conductor
line, was doing it today. One expect
ed them to pull out their morning
papers and begin reading, but that
is expressly forbidden, in the vol
luminous rules.
Motormen have had sitting privil-
eyes for some time. The railway COM
pany decided that it. would be an APP
propriate Christmas present to extend
it to conductors, too.
The times. and the places where the
conductors may sit, is vigorously pre-
scribed. They may sit only in GER
tain zones, outside the business and
downtown residential sections, and
they sit in certain places prescribed
variously according to the different
types of cars.
Not only are they not to read. but
they are not to talk to passengers
while seated. The zones prescribed
for sitting down of conductors, now
are applicable to motOrmen.
The Washington times., 1917-01-01
NARROWING SCENES
MARX FATAL FIRE
Trapped in Flaming Asylum, 45
Insane Women and One
Sister Perish.N

MONTREAL, Jan. 1.-FragmentaTy
reports of the disastrous fire which
destroyed the insane asylum at st.
Ferdinand de Halifax, in which forty
sixAwomen persisted. reaching here to-
day. brought word of narrowing
scenes enacted while the flames swept
the structure.
Situated far away from any town
equipped with fire fighting apparatus
the asylum was a roaring furnace soon
after the blaze was first discovered.
There were nearly 200 insane wom-
en- and girls in the home. Some are
said to have refused to leave the build
ing. others rushed directly into the
flames in their, wild frenzy. ana 9TH
ers Jumped from windows ON the up
per floors.
Women who escaped ran wildly
through the village. Many were over,
taken by residents of the village ana
carried 10 the homes OF the latter.
where they were cared for.
The temperature being far below
zero here, those who escaped the
flames suffered severely from eS-
posture. The fire broke out SATURDAY
night while the inmates of the asy-
lum we're asleep. and all who fled. es
capped only in their night clothing.
One sister is reported to have pei
ished while endeavoring to save
some the inmates. Thirty young WON
en- in a convent adjoining the asylum
also narrowly escaped death. Ihe
convent was destroyed.
The Washington times., 1917-01-01
MILITTAMEN SEND
HOLIDAY GREETINGS
Soldiers on Border Wish Friends
at Home Happy New
Year.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Jan. THE
Washington, d. c. militiamen in Camp
Wilson extend through The Times
happy. new year to their friends and
relatives at home, who by .greettings
and gifts have made the holiday sea
son in the military. camp happy one.
A group OF militiamen representing
officers and enlisted men of the infan-
try regiment and the Washington cav
airy called at newspaper headquarters
in camp this morning and requested
that The Times convey their greet
ings to home folks.
Col. Glendie 3. Young, COMMANDER
of the Third Infantry. received of1i-
GERS of the regiment in front OF MS
tent this morning and made a talk 10
them after each had extended the sea
sons greetings. He touched on what
the new year holds for the militiamen.
I'VE will give 1917 to our coantry,
too. IL we are needed" he said.
The Thirds band and then the
Thirds bugIe corps paraded through
the camp playing. Colonel Young ad-
dressed the first ~sergeants of the
Third in front Of regimental head
quarters following the officers recep-
tion. Today and tomorrow are Holt
days in camp.
The Washington times., 1917-01-01
ANSWERS. DIRECTOR RALPH
Editor of Plate Printer Renews
DeViny Controversy.

z, J. Ryan. editor of the Plate
Printer, today made another state
ment, in answer to Director Joseph E.
Ralph, OF the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing, in regard to the refusal
of further leave of absence to John J.
Deviny, president of the Plate Print
ers' Union.
In part, Mr.. Ryan says:
Mr.. Ralph also makes the state
ment that the business OF the Plate
Printers Union at the Capitol should
be attended to by the editor of the
Plate Printer.
ut appears to us that the plate
printers themselves are the best
judges as to whom to select to appear
before the committee OF Congress to
attend to their business. and out OF
abundant caution. they had always
selected the president or chairman of
their executive committee, for the
very reason that the director has
commentd many times upon outside
representatives"
The Washington times., 1917-01-01

James Martin, a young man eight
cen years old, who resides on the
''city road" a short distance from
Alexandria, yesterday attempted sui
eide, il is alleged, by shooting him
self in the left breast with a re-
voIver. He succeeded in putting a .3S-
caliber bullet entirely through his
body, about two inches above his
heart, and the physicians say it is
surprising that he is alive. The only
reason they can give for his escape
from death is that the bullet may
have been detected by rib. The
shooting occurred about o'clock in
the afternoon. He was taken to the
Alexandria City Hospital shortly
after. where DIR. George T. Klipstein
attended him. The reason for the
shooting is not known, but it is init
mated that it may have been the re
suit OF love affair.
The Washington times., 1917-01-01

real investigation, not a jack-bunk
farce
Renews Claim of Peace Note Leak.
Mr.. Lawson renews his claims thai
the leak on the Presidents peace note
was but one of "A series of advances
tips that have reached Wall Street
from time to time in the past.
The Lawson letter hints at some
one who is alleged to have told Ger
many that he could end the war by
making it impossible for the allies to
finance themselves For this service
according to the Lawson hint, this
person was to receive fifty millions
of margins"
The Lawson letter suggests that
Congress start an investigation al
once in New York before books,
papers, and other records can be de-
stroyed," ard that the Investigator
be men of the type of Jud4e BrandeiS
Comptroller Williams, Senator Owen
or Congressman Henry.
Might Reduce Living Cost.
The result, Mr.. Lawson says, might
be a sudden drop in the cost of liy
ing and 1.-The complete exposure Of
the man who said to Germany, Give
me $50, 100000 OF margins and I'll enc
the war by making it impossible fol
the allies to finance themselves Of
his trip to the Emperor for the per
fecting of his scheme; of the return
in an undersea boat of S40,OOO,OOO nj
American securities: of the smashing
of the market and the dividing a.
the profits of over 100000 and thu
beginning of a new smashing leaf
campaign"
Continuing, Mr.. Lawson says n
does not affirm that an investigation
will show all these things, but tina
it will show the truth or untruth'
of these stories which are beneath to
days surface" and will at the sam'
time show the working of a gigantic
publicity opinion-making affair
working overtime to lay the blam'
of the leak disaster at the door o.
the associates OF the greatest Presi
dent since Lincoln, although thes'
men were absolutely free from AM
enhancement with the affair.""
The Washington times., 1917-01-01
OYSTER PRICES MAY SOAR
Long Period Of Bad Weather Re-
sponsibIe, Dealers SAY.

Oysters are likely to join the other
foods in the high cost of living list
The dealers are paying more for the
bivalves than at any time last year.
and selling to the retailer at last
years prices. Last year the best
oysters could be had as cheap as So %
a barrel This year shey are $500,
and the price is steadily climbing.
Shocked oysters show the same rate
of increase, costing as high as $3.50
gallon.
Saturday night there was not an
oyster on the boats tied up at the
oyster wharfs.. A few came in yes
terday, but barely enough to fill the
demand.
a long period of bad weather, the
oyster dealers assert, undoubtedly
will force them to raise prices, as the
margin of profit Is small at present.
The Washington times., 1917-01-01
SUFFRAGSTS SEEK
EAR OF PRESIDENT
Want Audience With Chief Ex-
ecutiye to Present Boisse-
vain Memorial Resolutions.

A deputatIon from the Congress
sional Union for Woman Suffrage
will call on Assistant Secretary Bra
haney at the White House this after
noon for the purpose of arranging,
IL possible, an interview with Presi-
dent Wilson for some day during the
latter part of the week. when resolu-
tiOns on the oath of Mrs. Inez Mil
holland Boissevain will be presented
to the Chief Executive.
Resolutions Are Similar.
The resolutions are those adopted
at memorial services for the suffrage
leader in the Capital, San Francisco
and New York. They are similar in
tone, calling attention to the useless
waste of women's lives in a just
cause, and asking the President 10
use his influence with Congress for
the passage OF the proposed Susan b
Anthony amendment.
Those To Make Presentation.
Mrs. John Winters Brannan. pem
Der, Of the national executive com
mittee of the union, and Mrs. Clar
ence Smith, of the New York city
committee. will offer resolutions
adopted in New York. Those which
were adopted at the national me
mortal service at the Capitol Christ
mas Day, will be carried by Miss
Maud Younger, principal speaker on
that occasion.
The San Francisco resolutions will
be brought to Washington by Sara
Bard Field, prominent suffrage work
er on the Coast.
The Washington times., 1917-01-01
ATTACKS L0UoR TRAFFIC
incidentally criticises Member Of
CONGRESS for Stand.

"The Road to Misery and Ruin
Through Sin. immortality, and the Sa'
LOOM" was the subject of an illus
trated sermon delivered by the Rev
DIR. Charles z Mclean, pastor of the
Douglas Memorial NJ. f.. Church, At
the church last night.
DIR. Mclean depicted the misery
sometimes resulting in homes where
the head of the family INDUCED m
alcoholic drinks The speaker laid
the blame for such ills at the door 81
the country's Legislators.
He declared that those members oil
the House of Representatives and the
Senate who were allying themselves
with the liquor interests were "oppos
ing the happiness of homes. true
motherhood and hopeful childhood
The Washington times., 1917-01-01
ALEXANDRIA GUARD
IS ORDERED HOME
Hearty Welcome Awaits Ar.
rival of Militia From
Border.

ALEXANDRIA. Jan. l. 4 telegram
was received here this morning from
Capt. Conrad Johnson, of the Alex
andria Light Infantry, stationed at
Brownsville, Tex, stating that the
regiment would leave tha:. place to-
morrsw and would probably arrive in
Richmond, Va. on Sunday next. Pre-
parations are already in hard Ia give
the boys a hearty welcome when they
reach Alexandria, Just when mat
date will be is not known NJ present.
1t is intimated that it may require
some time to muster out the entire
regiment and pay off the men so that
their arrival here may be delayed for
possibly a couple of weeks, or may
be more.
Judge Cation has collected a total OF
So ~ in fines from cases that nave
ONE before him in police court during
the past calendar year.
Neville S. Greenaway. clerk of the
corporation court, recorded htty-sN
deeds and issued sixty-four marriage
licenses in December. Fortye-ight of
the licenses were granted to white
The night school will resume its
sessions on Wednesday evening under
the direction of the Parent-Teacher
Association. following the holiday re-
cess. Sessions will be held regularly
on Monday, Wednesday. and Friday
evenings thereafter. The regular
high school course will be augmented
by the addition of a stenographiC
course, to be taught by Prof. Bandy
The week of prayer services viii
begin this evening. in which the
various denominations will unite. The
service for tonight will be held in
Christ Church, the Rev. l.. NJ. Fergu'
son, pastor of Trinity Methodist
Church, being the leader. Tomorrow
night the meeting will be held in the
Second Baptist Church, with DR.. John
Lee Allison, of the Second Presby-
terrain Church in charge; Wednesday
evening, the Rev, DIR. J. w. Duffey,
pastor of the Methodist Church, South
will lead the service which will be
held in st. .PauTs Episcopal Church;
Thursday night. the Rev. Edgar Car
penter. of Grace Episcopal Church.
will have charge OF the service in
Trinity Methodist Church, and on Fri
day evening the last meeting will be
held in the Methodist Protestant
Church. with the Rev. DIR. f. Il. Jack
son as leader.
The Washington times., 1917-01-01
THE WEATHER REPORT.

District of Columbia-Light rain or
snow this afternoon; overcast and
warmer tonight. Tuesday fair; fresh,
southwest winds.
MaryIand-Llght snow or rain this
afternoon and tonight: warmer to.
night. Tuesday fair; fresh to strong
southwest winds.
Virginia-Light snow or rain this
afternoon; overcast and warmer to.
night. Tuesday fair; fresh southwest
winds.
The Washington times., 1917-01-01
Wants Full Inquiry.

Mr.. Lawson AYERS that he will have
nothing to do with a limited investi-
cation such as the Wood resolution
proposed. Mr.. Wood, he says, wants
to investigate only those things
which point TO certain officials who
might have had something to do with
the leak. The Boston financier de
mands a committee with full power
10 investigate everything and every
bloody (which will tend to show that
last weeks leak and the previous
ones and all stock gambling since
the war began are part OF a fraud to
rob american people. You Know what
/ mean, something that will produce a
The Washington times., 1917-01-01

Judge Cation has collected total OF
So ~ in fines from cases that have
ONE before him in police court during
the past calendar year.
The Washington times., 1917-01-01
LOGICAL PROGRESSION.

Knicker-After the war the rich
will be richer and the poor poorer.
Bocker-And those who are neither
will be neitherer.-New York SUM-
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-08-22

siders that three years in the White
House were injected into the middle
of her college course. Since then she
has been studying in the graduate de-
partment of history in Yale university
and has completed all the formal work
for the degree OF doctor Of philosophy
there. r"
Miss Taft is regarded as one Of the
ablest Of the younger graduates OF
Bryn Mawr college and as admirably
fitted for executive and scholarly
work. She is forceful speaker and
was prominent during the discussions
in regard to the faculty "cut' rule dur
ing her senior year at Bryn Mawr, In
which she led the student body in their
successful effort to have the regulation
Of Cutting" put in their hands.
Miss Taft succeeds Miss Marion
Reilly of Philadelphia, who was dean
OF the college for eight years aud was
elected member of the board Of direc.
tors on her resignation. The office has
been held during the present year by
Associate Professor Eunice Morgan
Schenck of the French department,
who prefers teaching to executive
work and will continue her work in
French. The announcement Of the
new dean has been enthusiastically re-
ceived at the college. Miss Taft Is
twenty-six years old.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-08-22
SOLDIER ITEMS
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y Mr.. and Mrs. Gene Owens autOed up
from their home near Denison Monday
for couple of days visit in the Nc
Grath home. They were accompanied
by Mrs. Murphy and Jas. McGrath,
who were returning from the Houlihan
funeral.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. York went to
Sioux City Saturday FOR an over Sun.
day visit with relatives, returning on
Monday.
Miss Ellen Murphy went to .Denison
Saturday to be present at the funeral
of Mrs. John Flahive, ST., which took
place Sunday. On her return Monday
she was accompanied by her sister,
Miss Henrietta, who had spent the
past week with relatives near Deni.
son and Buck Grove. 81, -.
\ The Misses Ellen and Mae Collins
and Irene O'Brien, OF Denison, came
Monday for a weeks visit In the Jas.
McGrath home.
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Ely Swattina.


There were two maiden ladies. both sour
and old.
Who caused the hotel men to totter
When. seeing fly. they would sputter
and scold
And wildly rush round withSs ewatter.
They sauashed all the flies ~ their rant m.
N = ing spdtrage, SS e..
The Wallpaper stained up with Bleed
They'd sxst. = ny on the very same page
I or letter. you CHANGED to be reading.
They swatted fly on = gentlemans nose
Who, hunting button, was knee!ing.
He rose and asked sharply. Now. do you
This maksa for community fssling?"
They stained all the tablecloths. dresses
and books:
They squashsd them on chairs and on
tables
TIL the men folks all beggeA them. with
piteous looks,
To confine their attentions to stables.
Now. swattinE u obsolete. Hail to the
5t4,.s trap! tttF &E 81
Goodby to this smashing and riot,
The blood and the stains; We can now
take our maps
In summer in peace and In quiet. ..
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Miss Lena Fish visited with friends
at Buck Grove this week.
Rev. and Mrs. George Mitchell and
daughter, Dorothy, returned Friday
evening from a visit with relatives at
Parker, S. d.
j. F.. Carnahan was an Omaha visit
or last Sunday.
I Nell Hirl left Tuesday morning for
lOnawa,, where sshe will visit at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Reeves
before returning to her place in the
jennie Edmondson hospital staff in
Council Bluffs.
Miss Edna Smith, who has been Wis
iting at the home of Miss Betty
Breckenridge, left Saturday noon for
her home in Dunlap. Miss Betty and
Mrs. J. B. Smith accompanied her as
far as Arion.
Miss Maggie Slagg has recently un.
dergOue an operation at Rochester. She
is recovering nicely.
Mrs. Thos. Mcmahon, of Sioux City,
spent the week with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. AL Mcmahon.
Mrs. James Hinshaw is visiting with
rela tives at Platte, S. D.
MT. anu MIS-. JdulCS 1IdulCy ICtuiA-
ed to their home at Pipestone, Mimi,
after q visit here with relatives.
Miss Norma Deter, of this city, and
Herman Hessling, of Manning, were
married last Tuesday at Ida Grove.
The brides mother, Mrs. Geo. Deter,
and the groom's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hessling, accompanied them. After a
short outing at the lakes in northern
Iowa they will make their home at
Manning.
H. Shipman. of Lincoln, Neb., came
Sunday evening for visit at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Shipman.
Electric light posts have been IN
stalled at the two principal cross
streets the past week in order to
keep all drivers of vehicles on the
proper side Of the street and thereby
avoid unnecessary accidents.
The Manila chautauqua season OF
1917 was brought to close last Sun.
day evening. The Handel choir show
ed to the biggest crowd Of the season
and gave a we'll received entertain
ment, consisting Of readings and music
and finishing with the Bohemian Girl.
The local men in charge have con-
tracted with the Trayers-Wick Chau-
tauqua company to return next season.
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(Too late for last week. .,
Mrs. Fred Wiese and children LETT
Friday for visit with relatives at
{ BOnesteel, s, d. 90.
Il Mrs. VIM. Walters and children left
Tuesday for visit with friends at
Maqnoketa.
Patterson & Campbell received
load Of FOrds Tuesday
h M and Mrs. Herman Buck are Wis.
,ttmr relatiyes at Carroll, Neb.
Earl Ollie is the new barber at A.
w starcek's shop. He is taking the
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Your Dainties.

Lay your organdie collars dat on the
cardboard that comes from the laun.
dry In mems shirt bosoms; snap ON
halls dozen rubber bands to bold them
in place. .ss E,r Il, IA. 80 81 !, X s
The most Delicate collars can be car
RED for weeks In the coverof suit
case or trunk this way, taking up al
most no room and remaining absolutely
fresh.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-08-22
THE YOUNG DEAN
Daughter of Ex-President TAFT
Elected at Bryn Mawr.
HAS WON HIGH HoNoRs.

Mise Taft Skipped Three, Years at Col.
Isss In ordst to Help Her Mother
Entertain at the White House and
Then Graduated With Praiss.s
Announcement was made recently at
Bryn Mawr college that Miss Helen
Heron Taft, the only daughter of ex-
President Taft, had been unanimously
elected dean of the college by the d.
rectors. Miss Taft Is graduate OF
Bryn Mawr college, having won the
first matriculation scholarship for
Pennsylvania and the southern states.
awarLNl purely on grade, when she en-
tered Bryn Mawr in 1908. While she
was in college her father was elected
president Of the United States, and
after studying two years she returned
to Washington to help her mother en-
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-08-22
A cuttina Comment.

Mrs. Wilmerding - Mrs. Armstrong
aays her little boy becomes more like
his father every day.
Mr.. Wilmerding las yells and clap
stick sounds commence to emanate from
Armstrong; house)--No wonder she's
licking the kid.-Lamb.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-08-22

Now that. the food bill is passed, the
spectators will soon he made to real
ize that the war is not being run for
their SPECIAL benefit.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-08-22

1t looks as if the people who set out
to corner the tomato crop would be
in the tomato soup