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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25
go 1T. REDDY! TEACH HIM TO
STAY WHERE HE BELONGS"
SCREAMED BLACKY THE CROW.

out of breath, Reddy became aware
for the first time of Blacky the Crow
and Sammy Jay and the others who
were watching. All were screaming
and shouting and Reddy could hardly
believe his own ears at what he heard.
go 1t, Reddy! Teach him to stay
where he belongs" screamed Blacky
the Crow. with whom: Reddy had so
often quarreled.
Don't let him whip you. Fight.
Reddy! Fight" shrieked Sammy Jay,
on whom Reddy always had looked
as one who delighted to see him in
trouble.
1t was just the same way with all
the others-all were urging. him on.
Even Old Jed rhumpsr. the big gray
rabbit that Reddy so often had tried
to catch. was jumping up and down
in the most excited way and begging
him to fgbt harder. 1t was very
strange. Reddy couldn't understand 1t.
You see. he didn't realise that though
these neighbons, of hia often auarreled
with him, and usually seemed glad 10
see him in trouble, and called him bad
names, they still regarded him as one
Of themselves and were loyal to him
and were ready and glad to take his
part against an outsider. = stranger
who had mo- business there. Loyalty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25
Maryland and the Virginias
Walter W. Trout and manager, Harry
n RuthArfnrd

Walter "; Trout and manager Harry
Cumberland. MA-Awakened from a
sound sleep about O'Clock by the
cracking Of timber, John Paul. the
florist, leaped from his bed to hnd a
fire raging within the Louis Stein un-
dertaking establishment. North Center
street which for q time threatened to
destroy the building and nearby bust
ness blocks. The fire. when discovered,
had been burning for at least half an
hour and before it was gotten under
nre station. it had gutted the entire
interior OF the StAln chapel, doing
damage estimated At $500.
strasburE, va-Theodore M. Fisher,
son of Capt and MIRA James Fisher.
has been appointed United States vice
consul at Cairo. Egypt Mr.. Fisher
Is Ii,as former t1,s StrasburE boy. having re-
until a few years ago The young
man has been assistant librarian in
the United States Agricultural Depart
ment for the past three or four years.
Cumberland. Md-That the lower end
OF Somerset county. Pa. 10 in the hands
OF q cunning and desperate gang Of
criminals Is the belief OF local authori-
ties. Several days ago there was re-
several stores were robbed Of various
sums. amounting in all to approximate
ly $1,000. Although the Msyersdale
authorities have been diligently work
ing on the case and have employed sew
erai OF the best bioodhounds in the
state, no arrests have been made. Mon
day night lockwood experienced q
similar visitation.
Seven of the lockwood merchants,
on going to their stores Monday morn
ing, found the rear windows broken
and their cash registers literally torn
apart. In several cases the safes were
blown open.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25
HEARD AND SEEN HERE AND THERE.
By Earl Goodwin.

Office she was waiting at the door:
81 want one of those places you were
talking about last night"
Whereupon the commissioner leaped
through the door and locked it four times.
A newspaper correspondent stopped
at the door of the Speakers lobby In
the House of Representatives.
will you find out for me what Texas
members are here. want to see some
of them?" he asked a page.
The lad disappeared for few min
utes and then came back with this
news:
"They are. nearly all here. Shall I
wake them up?"
1t is probable that the height Of indif-
ference is reached in the veteran actor.
1 saw one at the Press Club one night
last week who confirms this suspicion
thoroughly.
He is in a good show, but has a small
part, appearing only in the first act.
How Is the shown" I asked him.
Pretty fair, I'm told" he answered.
whats 1t about?"
Cant say"
'How does 1t end?"
Don't know"
For goodness sake l asked, haven't
you ever seen the play. You are in it
yourself?" ..e.
NO." he answered with look of being
bored. Several times l have thought Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25

Who knows he battles for the right
Within his heart has won the fight.
And whoever in his own heart has
already won the fight is almost sure to
win the real fight. You know right
makes might. 1t was just so with
Reddy Fox in his great fight with the
stranger. For a while it looked very
much as If the stranger would win,
as if he must win. He knew every
little trick of fighting, and for while
Reddy certainly did get the worst Of
it. But Reddy's wits are sharp. as
If the stranger worked trick once
Reddy never gave him chance to do
1t over again. He learned that trick
and watched out for 1t. By and by he
tried some of these newly learned
tricks himself.
All the time. even when 1t looked
very much az II he would be beaten,
Reddy kept saying over and over
again to himself. I'm right. and I'm
going to win. I'm right. and I'm going
to wip." He said it SO many times that
at last he just knew it was so. He
didn't have the least bit OF doubt about
1t. He was fighting for the right. for
his rights, and the rights of beautiful
Miss Swiftfoot, and because of this he
couldn't lose. 1t was right then that he
began to hold his own.
The stranger had the advantage of
having fought many battles and know
ing how. to make the most of every op-
portunity, but Reddy had an advantage
which he didn't realize at first, but
which after a while began to show. He
was younger, than the stranger, and so
when they paused for breath, as they
had to every little while, he regained
his strength faster than the other And
then, too, Reddy's heart was in that
battle more than was the heart of the
Little by little the stranger grew
weaker. Reddy knew this by the fact
that he was more often on top than
was the stranger. The latter was grow :
ing very tired, while Reddy was grow
ing stronger. At least that Is the way
he felt. And then as they paused quite
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25
Heavier War Tax on Bachelors.

LONDON, February 24.-Dr. August
Won Lentze. Prussian minister of finance,
has announced a new heavy tax on
bachelors. according to a Berlin tele-
gram transmitted by the Exchange
Telesraph's Copenhagen correspondent.
Families with children. on the other
hand, the announcement states, will be
relieved of part of the burden of or
binary taxation, according to the num-
Der of their children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25
GUARD QUAKER CITY WATER.
Officials Bar Visitors From Every
Important Point.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, February a.
Every important point of the city's water
system was placed under guard today.
visitors being barred from all places Of
sightseeing interest. 80
According to Carleton =. Davis. chief of
the water bureau. no suspicion attached
to any person or group of persons
1.-The authorities" he said. ARE conf
Americans. but We cannot close our eyes
to the fact that enemies Of order exist in
every community. These steps are being
takan to guard against their efeortA.s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25
Thirty-Two Hurt in Car Accident,

TOLEDO, Ohio, February 24.-Thir-
ty-two persons were injured, none
fatally. when a street car tipped over
al a switch in the West End early to-
day. There were eighty-three men and
two women in the car. All were trap
ped and became panic-stricken. The
injuries consisted of cuts and bruises.
The car was running at high speed
passengers say. Twenty-six of the in
jured are In a hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25
LIVING COST PROBE
MADE HERE IN 1903
Bureau of Labor Then Included
Capital in Its Investigation
of Industrial Cities.
ITS SCOPE WAS LIMITED

Investigation into the cost of living,
now being conducted in the District OF
Columbia by the bureau of labor sta
tistics of the Department of Labor, is
not new work for the bureau. In 1908
the bureau of labor, then part of the
Department of Commerce and Labor,
made an elaborate inquiry into the
cost of living in the United States and
of the retail prices of food.
The report was based on the items
of expenditure for one year of 2o,44o
workingmen's families, including 124,-
Jos persons, located in the principal in
dustrial centers of the United States.
Data were obtained from 100 families
in the District of Columbia. The heads
of ninety-three of these families were
classified as United States" and the
heads of seven as foreign
The scope of the investigation of 1908
in the National Capital was limited. as
contrasted with the extent of the pres
emit inquiry. The probe of 1917. pursu-
ant to a resolution of Congress, is now
in its second month. More than 500
families already have been visited and
plans made for the collection of statfs-
tics from between 1000 and $500 more
local families.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25

Manassas, ya.-With Representative
Charles C. Carlin of Virginia as their
spokesman, veterans of the civil war
from the north and south have again
the battlefie lds of Bull Run, whore the
first pitched battle of the greatest war
in the nations history occurred. and
where, half a century later, the "boys'
in the Blue and the Gray shook hands in
friendship. Action by Congress- on the
bill presented by Mr.. Carlin can hardly
be expected ut this session. because
OF tho press OF business
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25

Every one living along the Chesa-
peake and Ohio canal in the vicinity
of Squash Center became greatly ex-
cited several days ago when some one
stuck up a bulletin saying Germany
had declared war on the United States
and that a fleet of submarines was
on its way up the canal. Lock Tender
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25

Col. Arthur d. Foster, son-in-law of
Senator John Walter Smith and son. OF
the late Reuben Foster Of Baltimore. IL
seriously i'll with pneumonia at Nor
folk, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25

HI dUOUE, Uut my UeUf O1oi Sft0Pf = H1e* =
never seemed to get around to It,"
"
During the days Of the campaign Bob
Woolley was running the democratic pub
licity and as a part Of his nefarious plans
he had arranged a list of all the publica-
tions in the United States SO as to show
their political leanings. The work OF
compiling this list was placed In the
hands of a young woman who was entire
~ conscientious about her job. She evil
IDENTIFY had considerable discernment. too
for on looking over the list one day Bob
saw this entry:
Congressional Record. published at
Washington. D. c.; politics-strongly
democratic"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25
Then and Now.

Comparison of the figures on the cost
of living then and now" in the Dis
trict. as revealed in the report of 1903.
and as being gathered now. OF course
will not be possible until the compiet-
ed report on the present inquiry is pre-
scented to Congress.
The 1908 figures. however. in so far as
they relate to the cost OF living In the
District of Columbia, are interesting g.
The investigation in this city. as stat
ed. was limited, and, therefore, may or
may not be regarded as representative
of conditions existing in the National
SON so few families were investigated
in Washington was that the Capital
city perhaps was not regarded as an
Industrial city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25
Nearly Half Idle.

OF the families investigated here
Afty-one of the heads were not idle
during the year. and ferty-nine house
hold heads were idle during some time
of the year. In the state of Washing
ton the largest proportion of heads of
families not idle was found, it being
1881 per cent.
Ninety per cent of the families in
vestigated here in 1908 occupied rented
houses. but ten families owning their
homes Forty per cent of the owned
homes were not ineumbered. Forty
one families reported surplus at the
end of the year. twenty-nine deficit,
while thirty just made both ends
meet"
Three families in the District re-
ported an expenditure for Intoxicating
Hquors-one expended II. another
$125O and the third expended $3.50. The
expenditure of the third family was
questioned by the agent. but the wife.
who gave the data, insisted that the
statement was correct.
This was very exceptional fam
iy," the report states, adding that
the expenditure for liquor in the Dis
trict therefore, while fundamentally
correct. was undoubtedly not repre-
sentative.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25
Prairie State Hovers

These hovers were the first breeders of
the hover type offered to the poultryman.
meeting instant success because they were
being such as to care best for small
hocks reared with a view to development
Of highest vitality and greatest vigor.
They were, in addition to being efficient,
safe, reliable, economical and moderate
in price.
The universal type, for outdoor or in
door brooding, was the earliest model. and
sTANTLY FURNISHING PURE OUT
SIDE AIR TO THE HOVER SPACE. For
brooding focks to be used as foundatio
stock, either for eggs or fine feathers. it
field. The indoor type is $500; outdoor,
800, with regulator. $1.00 extra. This
style Of hover is a part of regular equip
Breeders. priced from $500 to 5000.
See the big Prairie State Catalogue, which
We offer for the asking.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25
Consumption of Food.

That all husbands consume a like
amount of food was assumed by the
report, and that the wife consumes 80
per cent as much food as her husband,
that children from eleven to fourteen
years consume 30 per cent as much as
the father, that a chile, from seven to
ten years consumes rs per cent as
much food as the man, child between
four and six years. 40 per cent as much
per cent as much food as the father.
The District families Investigated
showed a perfect score on husbands
and wives, 100 per cent; 90.32 per cent
SIS per cent at other work, and ninety
two families had 26S children.
Forty-two local families gave de-
tailed expenditures-at least, SO far as
of the household. One of the princi-
pll facts revealed today by the in
vAatiEation of the cost Of living now
IN progress here is that, whereas in
~ Intelligent idea of where their
money went, today every Washington
housewife, seemingly. is running her
household on a carefully kept budget
system. and knows to penny where
the family incomes go.
Income and Expenditures.
vestigated in 1908, was $757.27, for
which average expenditures were as
follows: Rent, s125.2s: fuel, ss3.2s;
lighting. $500; clothing. s99.1o; sum
dries. s144.5s; food, 1912; total. s72o.
Thus nearly SO per cent of the in
come was spent for food.
One family received an income under
$500. four under $500, eleven under
$500. six under 500, six under $500.
three under $500, five under $1,000. two
under 1920 and four 1900 or slightly
over.
The investigation of 5000 District
families now under way by the bureau
of labor statistics extends to families
OF 81 500 per year or less, and this
extension of the range from wages OF
$1,000 to $500 is somewhat indicative
of the increased cost of living, it is
believed.
In the 1908 statistics the family with
wages of less than $500 per annum paid
out s2l6 of its total earnings for food
whereas the average of the four fam
ilies with incomes of $1,000 or more
for food was but S445.14.
Can a family in the District today
with an annual income of less than
$500 get by on $216 worth of food
Does the average family with yearly
income of 1920 pay out only abou,
$345 for food today?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25
nI1IILESoRlEs
%BEDTImE
BIZ THORNTON w. BURGESS.
Copyright, 1917. by T. ". Bursess.l
Beautiful Miss SWiftfoot Is
Glad.

Who knows he battles for the right
Within his heart has won the fight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25

ne FOTt6UlS Il0VCf
The Portable Hover Is a later develop
ment of the Universal type, all-steei con
struction, in two models. All Prairie State
Hovers designed for fiocks Of 100 chicks.
to be cared for through the first 8 weeks.
Will brood $50 day-0ld chicks nicely.
Made with lamp cases on floor level. SO
attached as to make one unit, portable in
the stFictest sense with minimum labor.
Can be carried instantly from one house
to another as successive focks pass the
brooding stage.
Furnished complete with regulator,
lamp, chimney, curtain and thermometer,
from above, with downward discharge
over backs of chicks as in nature. No
hot centefs, No foul air. The Portable
Hover has fully inclosed separate lamp
case, removable. If desired. by loosening
clamp. The Junior Portable has semi
incIosed lamp case. Roth economical In
oil consumption. Adaptable to any type
A.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-07-26
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union N.ws Service.
COMING EVENTS.

Aug. 1-National Convention OF Atfi.
can Race at Denver.
Aug. IN. w. A. Log Rolling at for'
Collins
Aug. e.-I6.-State Federation Of Labor
meeting at Boulder.
Aug. 2s30.-Annuai Convention n =
Grand Lodge, including Uniform
Rank. Pythian Sisters and hnlshts
OF khorassan. at Colorado Springs
Sept f-7.-Frontier Days celebration
at Fort Morgan.
Sept. s-s.-f -flrvmen's State Convention
at Colorado Springs.
eept. ii--.-Ioivrauo state FAR ~ Fu
eblo.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-07-26
RUN AUTOS WITH COAL GAS
London Motorists Find II Cheaper
Than Gasoline at Present High
Price OF Latter.

Great interest has been aroused by
the reference made In the London
Telegraph recently to the economic ad-
vantags of the utilization of coal gas
as a substitute for petrol (gasoline),
says that newspaper. 1t has been es-
tablished by actual practice that go
cubic feet Of coal gas-the ordinary
gas that Is used for household illumina-
tion purposes-equals one gallon of Pc
troll when applied to the work Of drlv-
Ing motor vehicle. II gas costs 72
cents 1000 cubic feet It is equivalent
to petrol at 1S cents n gallon, and at
96 cents 1000 cubic feet Is equivalent
TO Its competitor at "a cents gallon.
As petrol cannot be bought today
for commercial purposes at under 4S
to 5S cents gallon. II will be seen
how great Is the economy effected. So
far as the alterations rendered neces-
sary to the engine of a motor vehicle
are concerned the only additional ex-
penditure is about $500, and the gas
bag contalner for the storing Of the
vapor costs s75. Thus, for the ex-
pendtiure of S7S.G0, an ordinary petrol
using motor vehicle Of any description
can be converted into gas driven one,
and the driving expenses reduced enor-
mously.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-07-26

belligerently. Il don't make mistakes
when l go graye-robbin'. Don Ricardo
was shot by your men. He had FIVE
thousand dollars on him, or he should
have had, and he was an American ciu.
zen. Your Colonel Blanco covered the
body, but he'll have u hi of a job
coverin' the facts. It's time we came
to showdown with your murderin'
outfit, and l aim to see If you've got a
government In your country
Heaven guided my hand" devoutly
breathed the general. 1T is regret
table that YOU used this means when a
word to NE would have served the
purpose, for-it Is no trivial matter to
desecrate a Mexican graveyard. My
country, it has a government. An
officer of the state of Texas, under
arms, has crossed the Rio Grande.
What does that mean?'
Captain Evans had sense of hui
NOR; Longorio's ominous words amused
him. "Say, general, 1t amt the first
time" he chortled. "And you're an efli-
Ger, too, amt you? You're In Texas
at this minute, and I'll bet II l frisked
you I'd find that you was under arms"
The Mexican understood English suffi-
eiently well to grasp the significance
Of these words. After moments con-
slderation, therefore. he modified his
threatening tone.
"But my mission was friendly. had
no criminal purpose" he said mildly.
''However-perhaps one offense con-
dones the other. At any rate, We must
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-07-26

sYNoPSSMrs Aaire Austin Is the handsome mistress
OF Las amas ranch in Texas and La F ranch Mexico She dis
likes her husband brutal pogae lecherous dunard but
she feels sympathy for David Law state when she
discovers accidentally that he loves her hopeessy There trouble
Aexns and Americans along border Law discovers
that Austin agued with American horse thieves and Mexican rebels
among Tad Lewis who is under suspicion. kills horse
thief When Laws friend Ricardo Guzman the Mexican side
him. he murdered by the Lewis because
he discriminating testimony against them Law and Blaze
Jones to the Mexican side Guzmans body secretly Mrs
Paoma Jones' Bazes daughter preparing them
aid their 10 the American side when Gen Luis Longoo
oious admre Mrs Austin call Ed Austin and Longorio
the Jonesaw expedition Tad Lewis his
Longoros the kill the
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-07-26

have an eight pound baby girl. ] know
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound saved me from an operation
which every woman breads. - Mira
NELLIE FIsHBAcK, 1921 Christy Ave-,
Louisville, Ky.
Everyone naturally breads the sur
geon's knife. Sometimes nothing else
will do, but many times Lydia E. Pink:
hams Vegetable Compound has saved
the patient and made an operation un-
necessary.
Ifyou have any symptom about which
you would like to know, write to the
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn,
Mas. for helpful advice given free.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-07-26
Not Guilty.

In mighty wrath the sergeant came
INTO the midst of the new batch of re-
fruits and fixed his eagle eye on one
who evidently was so horribly self
conscious that he simply hated to
wash.
"Hl. you" roared the fierce person.
Have you taken bathf'
Mild Indignation was In the raw'un's
voice as he answered:
"No: Is there one mlssing?'-Lon-
Ion Tit-Bits.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-07-26

have no international complications
There is a more practical side to the
matter: II Don Ricardo Guzman met
his death In Mexico, there will be .
rigid investigation, ! assure you"
Evans agreed. That's fairl And
I'll make a bargain with you: you
keep still and soil We. We never
aimed for this affair to get out. any
how. I reckon these men"-he indi-
Gated Lewis and his followers-"ain't
liable to talk much"
The two Guzman boys. greatly
moved. returned to announce that
they had Identified their fathers body.
and Longorio could not well refuse to
accept their evidence.
"very WE'LL" said he. Il am indebted
to you. Since there Is nothing more
to be said. apparently, l will return
TO Romero With bow 10 Mrs. Aus
tin. who had sill ntly watched the play
Of these opposing motives. he turned
away. and Tad Lewis followed him.
But Dave Law had recognized Adolfo
Urbina In the crowd. ana, stepping for
ward. disarmed him, saying:
"Adofp, there's warrant for you.
so I'll just take you in."
For moment Adolfo was inclined
TO resist, but, thinking better of 1t, he
yielded with bad grace, bitterly re-
grettlng the curiosity which had
prompted him to remain to the end OF
this Interesting affair.
Tad Lewis gave him some comfort
"Ncyer mind, Adolfo," he said. ''rhey
can't prove anything on you, and I'll
90 your bail. Ed Austin knows where
you was the day that stock was stole"
He and his two remaining men moved
toward their automobile. and moment
later the vehicle went gathering away
up tlt thIeket road.
So ended the attempt to foil the re-
turn Of Ricardo Gnzman's body TO
Texas soil.
When Alaire came TO look for heI
husband, he was gone.