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The Washington times., 1917-08-01
HELLMUTH BACK TODAY,
ENUMERATED BY JURY

Policeman George Hellmuth, Of the
First precinct. IL back on duty today,
exonerated by a coroner's jury for
shooting George Ransom. colored, in
q fight near Sixth and G streets
northwest, Monday night.
The jury held that the shooting
was a justihable homicide and in de-
Tense of the officers life"
Hellmuth had arrested another
negro when Ransom. with several
others, demanded release OF their
companion. Ransom had a revolver
and snapped the trigger at the po-
liceman FIVE times. The gun, how
ever, failed to shoot.
The Washington times., 1917-08-01
CHAMPION OF FLAG
Is FALSELY ACCUSED

Paul Wagner. a naturalized Ger
man, is at liberty today after being
discharged in police court yesterday
where he was arraigned on a charge
OF having desecrated the flag, the
complaining witness being Mrs. Rosa
Houline.
Evidence introduced tended to show
that instead OF showing disrespeCt to
the flag, Wagner protested when he
saw a picture pasted in front OF IT,
and in an alteration that followed
the flag was accidently torn.
AS proof OF his loyalty Wagner
showed a small silk flag he has car
ried in his purse for six years
The Washington times., 1917-08-01
SMOKES AS MEN SAVE LIFE.

STAMFORD, Aug. Thomas Han
ly smoked a cigarette and chatted
with railroad men while they uEed a
tourniquet to prevent him bleeding
to death. He lives in New York. He
was boarding a moving Passenger
train here when he slipped beneath
Il and his left foot was crushed
The Washington times., 1917-08-01
By McCARTER, The Printer

If you're Washington merchant, you're probably firm
believer the precep BUY in Washington" But does the
proposition work both waysdo you practice what preach?
To be you order your printed matter from
Washington printer?
There instance of a banking institution Of Washing
ton Their printing done by printers The saving
is less than centheir order is not large at time The
work away less than cent per thousand
the particular form mind And the Washington printer who
bidding against the outoftown firm depoor of the
local bank There mercantile firms in Washington whose
printing orders hundreds of dollars who
tinually patronize print shops of other cities.
Yet the bank does not the funds Of the outofown
fits earnings from Washington capital The money
put into circulation by Washington printers helps their
dividends And the mercantile firms who elsewhere for their
printing sell their Washngtonans residents
other cities, in the majority of
Why should it be so? Washington print shops
vested millions in equippng of the upodat plants
in the United States Their printers paid high wagesbe
hight priced do hgh-grade work Their margin
profit is hgh-not inconsistent with the grade of
turned An investigation will reveal the fact that the
average the price of printing work in this city is lower
class product than the majority of the larger cities
the country.
The Washington times., 1917-08-01
With Fingers!
COrnS Lift Off
Doesn't hurt a bit to lift any
corn or eaIIus right of. Try I'll

For a few cents you car
* get a small bottle OF the
N magic drug freezone re
Gently discovered by a
Cincinnati man.
~ Just ask at any drug
store for a small bottle
of freezone. Apply a few
drops upon a tender, ach
ing corn or callus and in
stantly all soreness dis
appears and shortly you
will find the corn or cal
It's i IL = r lSS'; NJ that 6s. y2s mt
In n Just think Not one BIT
of pain before applying
~ freezone or Afterwards. 1t
"A doesn't even irritate the
N v 0N surrounding skin.
II al Hard corns, soft corns
II All or corns between the toes,
Y 81 also hardened calluses on
N bottom of feet, shrivel up
Oh and fall off without hurt
ing a particle. 1t is al
M; most magical.
fOi LADIES' Keep a tiny bot
tie on the dresser and
never let a corn or callus
ache twice.-Advt.
The Washington times., 1917-08-01

Five days, eighteen and one-half
hours later this same Marmon car reach
ed Third and Market streets, in San
Francisco record-breaking run of
3,476 miles.
ut has demonstrated the possibility
of transcontinental mobilization of
troops independently of railroads"
wired the American Defense Society
when Informed of the completion of this
trip.
S. B. Stevens, chairman of the mo-
tor reserve division of the American De-
Tense Society, planned and conducted
the trip. He established record for
speed and endurance that never had
been equaled In coast to coast motor
test.
The Washington times., 1917-08-01
The MILITARY Meaning of
The MarrOn'S Record

From Coast to Coast in 5 Days, 1871 Hours
In the summer of 1916 when preparedness under wide dis
CUSTOM Mamon "a left New York shortly after midnight
the morning of July 24h In his pocket the driver carried seal
ed dispatch from Major General Leonard Wood of the Depart
ment of the East the Military Commander in California
The Washington times., 1917-08-01

The average speed of this five days
run you'd send the M1mon "a from
end to end of the battle line in France in
less than "a hours.
Just as it rushed up the steep slopes
of the continental divide-as it dashed
through the muddy country roads of
Utah-as it hurried over the sandy,
trackless deserts of Nevada-so is the
Marmon ready for even more difficult
feats in the performance of military
service overseas.
High powered, speedy, easy to han
die, simple to care for, long, low, and
large-the Marmon "a, with its low
center of gravity and full clearance, has
the maximum of ability in the face Of
any travelling conditions and in the per-
Torrance of any duty.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-29

-.t.. .r.. .r eastern Oklahoma
e -- ..r Z -lr-e nations where
--. rs.-aw and Cherokee joins.
.- strange fr-1. ~ nature. The
-... .s .-,. l-H feet h.-h and Is about
.r- hundred ;.et ln diameter. il is
r4g-l something Ike monster hay
stack and .u rho top grows lone
t.ee which ia said 20 be the resting
place ~ the American eagle from
which height he views the surround
Ing landscape.
In the old days Of the territory
when the Indians came to oklahoma
from Alabama, Georgia and Florida.
the little tree was there and II StilI
stands about the samo height as It did
when the Indians first gathered In
oklahoma There are "A lot of strange
hicroBlyphics that no man Of any
nation has l~cn able to understand.
They are supposed to be the work of
the mound builders, but no one knows.
The Indians have believed that
these hicroglyphIcs indicate some
sort OF a secret and perhaps mark
the spots whore buried treasure may
be found or perhaps where oil was
found in the early days Opposite the
standing rock Is tho entrance to
Endless cave" Many have under
taken to explore this cave. but It's
iurthCSt rcccSScS are SUN uncNplOrcu.
one party becoming lost remained
therein As hours before finding the
way out
There is much mystery surround
ing both the cave and the rock as II
stands and altho the river winds deep
aud dark around all sides OF the rock
as 1t stands. no Indian will batho
therein because of a superstition that
large boa constructors make their
home in the cave and the spirits or
the 5A Spaniards who. according to
tradition, lost their lives here. also
haunt this spot
II may be that the monster rattle
snakes found here arc responsible for
this tradition. one OF the most re
liable explorers OF them all. Captain
Dorsey reports to have seen one
which was between II and Is feet
long and as large around the body as
"A 5-gallon kcg.
Right now. the oil men are invnd-
ing this picturesque country and a
well has been started by Eufaula pco-
pie which means that should oil be
found, there will be the usual rush of
people into the loneliest Of all neigh
horhoods In oklahoma.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-29
Loses Tank by lightning

A 5j 00o-barrel tank containing
ABOUT $500 barrels Of crude. owned
ny the SlHcl1ir OH & Gas Co. and
located on the Westhciiner farm In
tI-3S-3w IN hhc Iiealdton pool, was
destroyed by lightning in The storm
of Friday night.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-29

, NJ BROKEN ARROW-S y. NAL
lows No. " on the Wiley farm In the
southeast OF the northwest of 32-1S-
J" IS making % barrels after being
shot.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-29
Oil Stocks

Furnished hv Str,ndhcrr McGrccvy Co.
members Of the New York stock exchange,
922 baltimore avenue. Kansas City Mo.
Standard OIL Subsidiaries
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-07-05
- The -
Scrap Book
TRYING a Joke,

Some years ago in North Carolina
court, Judge Shipp presiding. the trial
of case had been protracted till near
midnight. The jury We're tired and
sleepy and showed tagging attention.
Willie Murchison, who was addressing
the jury, thought to arouse them, so lie
said, Gentlemen, I will tell you all
anecdote.'
Instantly the judge, the jury and the
few spectators pricked up their ears
and were all attention. as Murchison
was admirable in that line, had fund
of anecdotes and no one could tell them
better. But he soon proceeded to tell
one of the dullest, prOsiest and most
pointless jokes possible. Everybody
looked disappointed. The judge, lean
ing over, said IN an unmistakable tone
OF disappointment, "AIr. NIurchison, l
don't see the point Of that joke"
Nor do either" replied the witty
counsel But your honor told 1t to
me on our way down here. and as l
thought the lack Of appreciation must
b. due to my obtuseness l concluded
to give the joke trial by jury"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-07-05
Application to Purchase.

Department of the Interior,
U. S. Land Office at Baton Rouge, La
May 49, 1917
NOTICE is hereby given that Richard
IN S. Written, whose postoffice adj
dress is No. 1045 Dalzell Street, Shreve-
port, La, did, ON the 4th day of January,
1916, file in this Office Sworn Statement
and Application, No. OF, 1866, to purchase
the southwest quarter of section 80,
township 10, north, range IL, west, Lou
isiana Meridian, and the timber thereon,
under the provisions of the act of June 8,
1878, and acts amendatory, known as
the Climber and Stone Law" at such
value as might be fixed by appraisement,
and that, pursuant TO such appraisement,
the land and timber thereon have been
appraised, S425, the timber estimated
1871, 900 board feet at S1.93 (plus) per
thousand, and the land $4,000; that
said applicant will offer final proof in
support of his application and sworn
statement on the nth day of August,
1917, before the Clerk of Court, at Ben
ton, La,
Any person is at liberty to protest this
purchase before entry, or initiate con-
test at any time before patent issues, by
fling corroborated affidavit in this
office, alleging facts that would defeat
the entry.
E. D. CHAMELEON, Register.
June Z, 1917. augs
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-07-05
HUMAN VISION.
Farsisht, Nearsisht and Method IN
Testing the Eyes.

Testing the Eyes.
Farsight or nearsight-which Is bet
ter? We must remember that he who
has unusually acute vision for objects
ut great distance can rarely thread a
needle or read small print without
glasses, while the person whose near
vision is so acute as to serve him al
most like q microscope sees distant OBJ
jects as blurred mass.
The Medical Record comments on
how little is known as to the extent
Of vision Of the farsighted and still less
of the nearsighted." We have two eyes
in order that our vision may be stereO-
SCOPE. and it Is thus that we are able
to judge of the relative distances of OBJ
jects, and 1t brings greater field be-
fore the retina at one time, but the
sight of two eyes is no keener than
that of one Indeed. if there be re-
quired greater intensity in a given
field it is natural tendency to obscure
the vision of one eye" That Is why
most women close one eye when thread
ing a fine needle and why men In firing
rifle ut target shut one eye.
The Medical Record doubts the value
Of uniform tests for eyesight. urging
that tests be made in relation to def
mite occupations. For example. very
nearsighted man would be totally inca
pacitated from work in the field of
transportation. yet admirably fitted for
such work as engraving. very far
sighted man. on the other hand, who
would be utterly useless as proof
reader or gem setter. might be q
prize as field surveyor, forest rang
er or even locomotive engineer
MANY m;sfits." says the Medical
Record. .'can be prevented by deter
mining the kind Of occupation the In
dividual will be best fitted for. In the
last analysis it should be the aim to
educate the vision one has to greater
powers by calling to aid all sources Of
Orientation-to educate and train Wis
ual perception SO that one may per-
ceive more Of the objects within the
field OF ones vision"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-07-05

the bond to be .riven by the owner of
the iitney car shall be made payable
to the President of the Police Jury
of Bossier Parish, Louisiana, and
shall be approved by the Clerk of the
District Court of Bossier Parish,
Louisiana, and certificate issued by
him 1.-THE said Clerk of Court) that
same is good and solvent, which GER
tificate must be presented to the Tax
Collector of Bossier Parish, Louis
lana, before he. the said Tax Collec-
tor, is authorized to issue license
for said iitnev.
Be it further ordained, ETC., That
upon the furnishing of bond rs re-
CURED in this ordinance and the OBJ
tanning of the said license, the Police
Jury Of Bossier Parish, Louisiana
will furnish tags for the said iitney
car with the following words, NO.
Jitney, Bossier Parish, Louisiana,
191.-.
Be it. further ordained, etc. That
any one operating jitney car in the
Parish Of Bcssier. Louisiana. without
first having comrlied with this ordi-
nance, shall be deemed guilty of a
m;sdemeanor. and upon conviction of
same, shall be fined in sum not to
exceed 500, and in default Of pay
ment of the fine and cost shall be
imprisoned for a period not to ex-
coed thirty days.
Thus done, read and passed in open
meeting this, the 9Th day of May. A.
D. 1917, at Benton, Bossier Parish
Louisiana. IL LOGAN.
President Bossier Parish Police Jury
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-07-05
Succession Sale.

Succession of VIM. King, deceased. No. 60 In
Second District Court, Bossier Parish, Lou
isiana.
DY virtue of an order of sale, to me
ID directed from the honorable Dis
trict Court in and for the Parish of Bos-
sier, will, on Saturday, August A, 1917,
at the front door of the Court House, in
the town Of Benton, La, within the legal
hours Of sale, proceed to sell at public
auction, to the last and highest bidder,
the following described property, to-wit:
The southeast quarter of northeast
quarter and 1 acre in the southeast COR
ner OF northeast quarter of northeast
quarter of section Il, township %, range
IL, and west half of northwest quarter of
northwest quarter, north half of south
west quarter and southwest quarter Of
northwest quarter of section I, township
70, range IL, containing 1Sl acres, more
or less, and located in Bossier Parish.
Louisiana.
Terms of Sale-For cash, if the ap-
praisement or two-thirds thereof be bid.
else on credit of twelve months, ac-
cording to law. J. F. EDWARDS.
Sheriff and ex-officio Auctioneer for
Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
Benton, La, June 2S, 1917. aug
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-07-05
An Ordinance

Regulating the speed limit of auto
mobiles within Bossier Parish,
Louisiana, defining the kind and
number of lights each car shall
have, and requiring all automo-
biles to put on DINNERS when meet
ing other cars, and fixing penalty
for the violation of same.
Be it ordained by the Police Jury
CT Bossier Parish, Louisiana, in regu-
lar session convened, That it is hereby
made unlawful for any person to
drive Or operate any automobile
within Bossier Parish, Louisiana, at
a greater rate OF speed, than twenty
five miles per hour, providing how
ever when passing other vehicles tbs
speed of automobiles shall not be
greater than ten miles per hour.
Be it further ordained, etc., That
any person driving or operating an
automobile at night within Bossier
Parish, Louisiana, shall have lighted
on said automobile, two white lights
in front, and one red light behind,
and when meeting any other convey
ance or vehicle shall put on DINNERS
at least 500 feat before passing said
conveyance or vehicle.
Be it further ordained, etc, That
any person or persons violating any
provisions of this ordinance, shall be
deemed guilty Of misdemeanor, and
upon conviction of same shall be
fined not to exceed 500, and in
default of paying said fine and cost
shall be imprisoned not to exceed
thirty days, or both, at the discretion
Of the court.
? Be it further ordained, ETC., That
all laws or parts of laws in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
Thus done, read and passed in
open session this, the 9Th day OF
May, A. D. 1917, at Benton, Bossiel
Parish, Louisiana. JIG. LOGAN.
President Bossier Parish Police Jury
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-07-05

prone upon the ground. Surrounding
him were the sheep, u pitiful. lluddled
mass, bleating plaintively. with con-
siderably more than weeks condi-
ton lost.
What the dickens have you been do
ing to those Sheep" shrieked the al
most frantic manager.
The eX-sailOr managed to gasp out:
'Well. sir, I've done my best. You
told me to keep them OH the run. and
SO I hunted them up and down and
round-and now-l'm just half dead
myself."--St. Louis Republic.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-07-05
HIGHEST DAM IN THE WORLD.
Difficulties Overcome In Building the
Arrowrock, In idaho.

Difficulties Overcome In Building the
Arrowrock, In idaho.
The dam is built in u narrow. precip-
itous canyon, through which the turbu-
lent Boise river races. Its name Is
gained from a gigantic rock in that
canyon. the Arrowrock. which had
won its name from the custom Of the
rowing Indians. who shot arrows into
the face Of it to tell their comrades
which way they had Travelled. By the
angle Of the arrow the late corners
knew whether those in advance had
gone up stream or down or up one Of
the many tributaries.
The construction of the dam com
menced i'll 1911, although much prelim-
mary and preparatory work had been
done before that. the most important
being that of diverting the river from
the site Of the dam while the building
was In progress. This was done by
cutting tunnel through the canyon
walls for 500 feet and turning the
river through that. This tunnel was
large enough to carry the river at its
highest food and was lined with ce-
ment. When the dam was finished the
tunnel was plugged with solid cement
In order to reach solid rock on which
TO anchor the dam foundation it was
necessary to go down ninety -one feet
below the normal bed of the river. No
less than 225.OOO cubic yards Of soil
and gravel were removed to lay bare
this bedrock.
The dam as finished is 34S feet high.
24O feet thick ut the base. tapering to
sixteen feet at the top. where there is
a fine driveway, lighted ut night with
artistic electric lamps. The length Of
the dal.i is LOGO feet. curving grace
fully upstream with radius of G62
feet. In it's construction 10000 cubic
yards of cement were used, sufficient
to make column ten feet square and
twenty seven miles high. +. STRAIT.
ton in st Nicholas
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-07-05
DID AS HE WAS TOLD.
fet Got No Thanks, Though He Work
ed Himself Almost to Death.

fet Got No Thanks, Though He Work.
cd Himself Almost to Death.
The manager of a big Australian
sheep ranch engaged discharged sail
or to do farm work. He was put In
charge of a large flock of sheep.
Now, all you've got to do" explain
ed the manager, lis to keep them on
the run
A run is a large stretch Of bush land
inclosed by fence, and sheep have
many ingenious methods Of escaping
from their own to neighboring runs
and SO getting mixed up with the other
fiOcks.
At the end Of couple of hours the
manager rode up again. The air was
thick with, dust. as though a thousand
head of cattle had passed by.
At last he distinguished the form Of
his new shepherd-a collapsed heap
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-07-05
Military Watches.

The Jews. like the Greeks and Ro-
mans. divided the night into military
watches instead of hours Each watch
represented the period for which senti-
nels or pickets remained on duty
These watches were from sunset to 10
p. m. from 10 p. m. to 2 a. m. and
from a. IN. to sunrise. Under Roman
supremacy fourth watch was added,
the first terminating at p. m, the
second ut midnight. the third at 3 a. m
and tic last at a. IN.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-07-05
Thu Human Proiectils.

Wilson Miner had a friend out west
who was noted, among other things,
for his propensity for getting into per
sonal difficulties by virtue Of u care
less tongue and then by virtue OF an
agile pair OF legs for getting out Of
them again with his skin intact.
This person was recounting to MiZ-
ner the story Of row he had had
with bad man in California mining
camp.
Il told the big stiff what l thought
Of him." he said, ''and with that he
yanked out an automatic and cut down
on me. beat it out Of the door then,
SO only one shot hit me-hit me right
here, 1t did" And he patted one hip.
"What's the reason you aren't lame
then?" asked Miner.
"Well, Wilson," stated his friend, Ito
tell you the truth. l was travelling So
fast that the bullet only went in about
a quarter of an inch. "-Saturiiay Even
ing Post
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-07-05
Stray Sale.

ESTRAYED before P. NJ. Elston.
u Justice Of the Peace, Ward Six,
Bossier Parish, Louisiana, by Tom Le-
noir, who resides three miles east of
Haughton, La, a flea bitten gray MARE,
weighs 800 pounds, is ten years old, and
came to his place six weeks ago.
The owner is requested to come for
ward, prove property and pay costs, or
said animal will be sold according to
law, in Haughton, La, between II and
II o'clock on Saturday, July 81, 1917.
J. w. OEEAL,
Constable, Ward Six,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-07-05
When You Come In.

just
When you come in,
And make 1t wide. not tight and thin
Say "Hello. Bill!' and "Howdy. Jack!
And slap the other fellows back.
Stick out your mitt and crack joke;
Ii no one laughs no bones arc broke
And by and by you'll make our club.
A sort OF happy sunshine hub
That radiates good cheer and vim.
Because you grin
When you come in.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-07-05
FRENcHY AS ANYTHING.

This fascinating three piece was
copied exactly from q recent Paris
model. The colors are navy contrast
ed with tan. much adorned with silk
stitchery. Nobody but French de-
sfgDer would have thought OF placing
buttons In such sly position. Sailors
are all the rage.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-07-05
Notice to Contractors.

Sealed bids are hereby solicited for
the erection of two-room school
building at Koran. Plans and speci-
fications can be sscn at the School
Boards office. Benton, La, or with
w. B. Sapp, Koran, La.
All bids must be in the hands Of
w. 3. Sapp, Chairman of Building
Committee, by July Z, 1917,
w. A. FoRTsoN,
Parish Superintendent of Schools.