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The Winslow mail., 1917-11-09
Seven a Mystic Number.

In the Old Testament seven pos
sessed mystic significance. For seven
days seven priests with seven Grum-
pets invested Jericho, and on the sew
enth day encompassed it seven times.
Elisha sent Naaman to wash in the
Jordan seven times. Ten times seven
Israelites went to Egypt, and the exile
lasted seven years. According to very
ancient teachings, the soul of man and
his body are composed of seven proper
ties, which were under the influence of
seven planets. Fire gave the sense of
feeling. Water gave the sense of
speech. Air gave the sense of taste.
Mist gave the sense of sight. Flowers
gave the sense of hearing. South wind
gave the sense of smelling. Clouds
gave the sense of movement.
The Winslow mail., 1917-11-09
The Immediate Duty.

The plain duty is the near duty. A
very common weakness keeps many
people from finding what is near them
interesting; they see that only on it's
paltry side. The distance, on the con-
trary, draws and fascinates them. In
this way a fabulous amount of good
will is wasted. People burn with ardor
for humanity, for the public good, for
righting distant wrongs; they walk
through life, their eyes fixed on mar
velous sights along the horizon. tread
ing meanwhile on the feet of passers-
by. or jostling them without being
aware of their existence. Strange In
firmity, that keeps us from seeing our
fellows at our very doors Charles
Wagner.
The Winslow mail., 1917-11-09
BRIER HOTTER IN TROPICS
English Physicians Experiments Show
Why Change In Climate Affects
Pipe Smokers So Greatly.

It has long been known that pipe
smokers in the tropics have to aban-
don the brier. They usually wonder why
the change of climate should work
such a great change in the amount of
satisfaction to be derived from a pipe.
This has been answered by an Eng
lish physician, DR.. Gilbert Brooks,
who recently conducted series of ex-
periments in Singapore. These are his
conclusions:
Moist tobacco gives hotter smoke
than dry tobacco.
Fine tobacco gives markedly hotter
smoke than coarSe-cut tobacco.
Smoke from brier is considerably
hotter in the tropics than in cold eli
mates, especially with fne-cut to-
baccOS.
Smoke from brier is always hotter
with coarse tobacco on cold win
ter's day the difference in temperature
would hardly be noticeable.
Variations in air temperature or in
the type of tobacco used have COM
paratively little effect ON the tempera-
ture of calabash smoke-the latter al
ways being cooler than the tempera-
ture of the breath.
Calabash smoke is IA to "a degrees
cooler than brier.
A cOarse-cut tobacco. dry and
smoked in a calabash would seem to
be the acme of cool-pipe smoking
Philadelphia Record.
The Winslow mail., 1917-11-09
WILLING to Take His Word.

An Irish contractor who had taken
on new job was addressing the gang
of men he had employed.
"Look here, boys" he said. "This
job has got to be carried through quick
ly. There has got to be no stacking.
1 am under penalty of five hundred
dollars if I don't get the work finished
in month. And look here! 1 can lick
any man in this gang, and if l have
any trouble, you've got to look out y
"What did you say?" said big
Irishman, who had evidently had a
glass too much. did you say that you
could lick any man in this gang? If
you did, it's lie! You can't lick me !!
You come down here and try"
The contractor answered, "If I can't
lick you, you had better go and get
your money, because l don't mean to
have any man on this ERE job that I
can't lick !"-London Tit-Bits.
The Winslow mail., 1917-11-09
Life in Sicily Odd Mixture.

The cities of Sicily deserve to be
seen and described, each for itself.
Palermo with its beautiful harbor,
Taormina with its ruins and fountains,
little Giardina, each of them is snrOud-
ed in history, radiant with the soft
beauty of ripe age. But the country
life of Sicily is thing apart from all
these. Here In the home of one of the
oldest civilizations there f1ourishes to-
day primitive life, that is a mixture
Of old culture and a rudeness ana sim
plicity still older. Sicily seems at once
to touch the luxurious days of Rome at
her height and the simplicity of the
time of RnmulnS and RemnS
The Winslow mail., 1917-11-09
Hiuh Art.

''This barefoot dancer is said to
have the most expressive feet in the
world"
"Stuff and nonsense! The first
thing you know that press agent OF
hers will be claiming that she inter
prets classic poem every time she
wtggles her toes"
The Winslow mail., 1917-11-09
Sports She Liked.

Polly-"When you were at Vassar
did you care much for college sports?"
Dolly-There were a couple from
Yale and two or three from Princeton
that I rather liked" -
The Washington times., 1917-12-15
Increase in Salary of Government Employees Interests Solons
Notice to Registrants Under
Draft Law

When copy the QUESTIONABLE local
board read carefully and formulate mind
Ihen 90 to the place home office where
member Of the Legal Advisory Board stationed
in answering the questions properly Remember that this ses
ee All questions should be answered accurately specifically
Bear in mind that position in the sece draft will depend
the and precision your replies Also you
are required the and that
viii be guilty Of perjury false statement II
in doubt about question member of Advisory
Board will be glad to aid you.
Return QUESTIONABLE Promptly
fail to your QUESTIONABLE days
the time 1t issued will be placed Class which that
will be the first regstrants called
After QUESTIONABLE has
personally to the exemption board which you received
must be in their hands within from the date It
the duty Of regant consult bulletin local
comply with this provision punishable a imprisonment
and immediate assignment to military service
If there change
onna to the board which might classification
reported the local board within five Failure
change in status is punishable q misdeameanor.
Where You Can Get Advice.
During the day: Municipal building old Central High School
building Washington city posoce High School Tenth
precinct police station and the office
From to 10 week days: Any police
in District
Remember regrants District
OF Columbia and that delay in the preparation QUESTIONABLE
will work hardship only the other regants upon
cooperation earnestly requested great work. be
completed promptly in order provide the War Department
the information assign where
most useful service to your government.
ADoLPH A. HoEHLING, Jr,
JESSE c. ADKINS,
F. SPRIGG PERRY
Legal Advisory Board
The Washington times., 1917-12-15
WANT S6O,OOO,OOO
BETHLEHEM STOCK
PRONOUNCED VOID

NEW YORK. Dec 15.-Suit against
the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, its di-
rectors, and against several trust com.
panies to have 100000 worth OF Beth
lehem stock declared void. has been
fled by the General Investment Com
pany, it developed today.
This came to light when attorneys
for the defendant directors appeared
before Justice Gavigan in supreme
court. and asked for more time in
which to answer. They were given
q week.
The complaint alleges that $780,
100000 worth OF common stock and
$3O.OOOOOO worth of preferred should
be nullihed on the ground that it was
Issued Illegally.
The Washington times., 1917-12-15
CREDIT MEN HOLD
ANNUAL ELECTION

Arthur J. May and Carl c. Mueller.
president and vice president OF the
Washington Association Of Credit
Men, were reelected last evening at
the annual dinner and credit state
ment contest OF the association, held
at the Commercial Club. at which the
Baltimore Association of Credit Men
were guests. New directors also were
chosen
The Baltimore credit team, cham.
pIoning the affirmative side Of a de-
bate that followed the election OF Of
ficers, won over the Washington out
At. The subject OF debate was Of =
technical credit character. Composing
the Baltimore team were John n.
Dinling, Blake Bourne, and Ira l.
Morningstar. On the Washington side
were s. J. Henry, vice president of
the Munsey Trust Company: +. B.
Adams, president OF the f. B. Adams
Company. and John Brewer, man
ager Of r. G. Dun Company. Judges
were DR.. II. Parker Willis, Howard
Mathai, and Carl c. Mueller.
Directors elected were f. w. White,
z. B. Adams, W. ]. Wenbourne, a. F.
Harlan, and F. E. Davis.
The Washington times., 1917-12-15
PRESIDENT TAKES
S1,OOOOF W.S.S.;;
CLERGY WILL AID

President Wilson is a maximum
subscriber to the "jftney bonds of
the latest Government war issue. The
President has taken $1,000 worth OF
war savings stamps. and his contri-
button goes in the Washington quota
Of s7.5O0.oOo.
The Presidents subscription was
among those taken at the Gridiron
dinner, which totaled $I23.SIs.4O.
The Thrift and War Savings Stamp
campaign in Washington was en-
dorsed by a number of Protestant
ciergymen meeting in the board room
Of the District Building yesterday.
The clergymen gathered at the re-
quest OF d. J. Callahan, District di-
rector. They adopted resolutions ia
voring the stamps as Christmas pres
ents and formed a committee to plan
a pulpit campaign and for general
thrift aid by the city's clergy. VIII
liam Knowles Cooper presided at the
meeting and explained its purpose.
The following committee representing
most Of the Protestant faiths was ap-
pointed:
Rev. Charles W. Wood, chairman:
ev. J. J. Muir, u. G. 3. Pierce, John
Wiedley, Charles A. shreve, Earl
Wiley and Messrs. Norton n. Little,
president OF the District Sunday
Schoo Commission; II. B. Otterman,
president OF the Christian Endeavor
Union: Ashley Jump. president of the
Epworth League north OF the District
Df Columbia; Harold E.Ramsey, pres
dent OF the Epworth League south OF
The District OF Columbia; Hans Cam
nerer, of the Luther League: Louis d.
Bliss, OF the mems Bible class, and
I. NJ. Eetchison. OF the Y. NJ. c. A.
Washington's campaign is in full
swing and Director Callahan is con-
ident that the million mark will be
passed before the end OF December.
are now nearing $780,
100, with the campaign Just well un-
Ter way
The Washington times., 1917-12-15

Classifying OF men for service
against Austro-Germany began to-
day with mailing OF draft question
naires from local boards all over the
nation.
These qusstionnalres, mailed 8 per
cent at a time for twenty days, must
be returned fully answered to local
boards in one week. For men who
md difficulty in answering certain of
the queries. volunteer legal talent
will be available.
Provost Marshal General crowdsr
expressed confidence today that the
system will work smoothly and equit-
ably. and that within sixty days all
Of the 100000 or more draftable men
will be properly classified.
The last few days has seen q great
rush to enlist. More than $4,000
applied for the army Wednesday and
Thursday, and in some places men
had to be turned aside. Unrestricted
enlistment ceases at noon today.
Hereafter a registered man may prae-
tically volunteer, however. by. apply
ing to his board 70 be 'inducted" into
service Immediately.
The Washington times., 1917-12-15
VANDERBILTSPAI
S1OO,OOONVAINTO
REFLECT mitchell,

NEW YORK Dec. 15.-More than
$4,000 was contributed By the VAN
derbilt family to the campaign COM
mittse which recently failed to re-
elect John Purroy Mitchell mayor Of
New York, according to Assistant
District Attorney Kilroe.
Mr.. Rilroe's assertion was made IN
r' ,Iort to his superior officer upon
hi. return from Albany. where he In
Spected the financial report Of the
fusion committee on file with the
Secretary of State. Data assembled
by the district attorneys office In
regard to the fusion campaign fund,
which amounted to more than 81
100000. will be placed before the
grand jury here, It was announced,
and the public prosecutors in Kings,
Queens, Bronx and Richmond coun-
ties have been asked to make SINH
lar Inquiries.
All the records on file at Albany
Will be brought here Monday, when
Investigation will be undertaken Of
contributions. said to amount to many
thousands OF dollars, which, accord
ing to the district attorneys office,
were not explained officially as re-
quired by Law.
at Is the worst case Of money
running amuck that ever happened"
Mr.. Kilroe said. 'It was without
parallel There has never been any
thing like 1t in the history OF cam
paign receipts and expenses in this
State"
The Washington times., 1917-12-15
CROZIER HEARING ENDS
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

Major General William Crozier.
chief of ordnance. completed his tes-
timony In the Senate Military Affairs
Committees army investigation this
afternoon with a detailed statement
Of surply OF artillery in hand and
In r-ospect. The hearing was again
othInd closed doors and the commit
tee tec;Ined. for military reasons. to
make public the proceedings.
ave found. in a general way, that
conditions were better than we
thought" said Senator Chamberlain.
chairman OF the committee.
The quartermaster's department
probably will be taken up Monday.
The hearings probably will be thrown
open to the public again. Shortages
OF clothing and blankets I'm the can
tonments will form the principal sub
ject OF inquiry.
The Washington times., 1917-12-15
VATICAN PROPOSES
OWN WIRELESS TO
REACH ALL POWERS

ROME. Dec. 1.-THE Vatican to-
day Is reported to consider favorably
the proposal to establish a wireless
station there. a move that will be nee
essary. It is said, II the Vatican would
receive its messages direct and with
out having them "doctored." The ele-
ment OF time Is also considered. 1t
now requires twenty-four hours to
transmit or receive a message from
England, and q longer time to COM
municate with the United States.
Another advantage OF a private
wireless system is that the Vatican
would have direct connection with
the central powers, Russia, and
Switzerland. Such q system would
make IL unnecessary for the Vatican
to depend on newspaper reports OF
happenings in various European
countries. a system that has been
unsatisfactory IN the past.
The Washington times., 1917-12-15
LABOR ORGANIZER
KILLS SELF WHEN
SETBACKSDEPRESS

MeIancholia, due to loss OF a suit
in Knoxville, Tenn, recently. was
given as the cause today by friends
In Washington for the suicide of ].
H. Gilmore, organizer for the Inter-
national Association OF Machinists,
who shot and killed himself in =
hotel at Atlanta, Ga, in the presence
Of his wife and little girl yesterday.
According to William H. Johnston,
president OF the Machinists' Associa-
ton, Gilmore was injured in a strike
riot in Knoxville two years ago, and
since that time had suffered greatly
from headaches and mental depres-
sion. He brought civil action in
Knoxville as q result OF his injuries,
but lost the case, and when a charge
Of assault he had preferred against a
manufacturer there was decided for
the defendant, he appeared greatly
downcast.
Gilmore was engaged in general or
ganizatiou work throughout the
South. II was stated at union head
quarters here today, anu recently
had organized the workers in the
industry in Newport
News, Va He visited Washington
every few months, and was well
known here. Union officials denied
today that Gilmore was animated by
but patriotic motives in his
work in munitions
plants.
The dead man was a resiGent Of
Boston. and was only thirty-one
years old
The Washington times., 1917-12-15
MERCHANTS WANT
j. S. DICTATOR TO
HANDLE FREIGHT

r. r. Andrews. president Of the Retail
Merchants Association, today advocated
the appointment OF a Government traf-
DC dietatOn with authority to COM
mandeer the necessary equipment and
labor to relieve the freight and carriage
congestion in Washington.
He named a committee to seek some
permanent solution Of the problem and
take up with the Government the ap-
pointment OF a duly authorized agent
with unlimited power to break up con-
gestion and keep freight moving.
Following Is the personnel OF the COM
mittee: President Andrews, chairman
J. Philip Hermann. furniture dealer; T.
w. Bolgiano, Of 7. w. Bolgiano & Co.
seeds and fertilizers; Samuel J. Pres
cott. builder: John L Newbold. Of the
Merchants Transfer Company: Elijah
Alvord. Of Llttleneld Afford & Co.; E.
C. Graham, president OF the National
Electric Supply Company, and w. w.
Griffith. coal dealer.
Authority for the appointment OF
the committee was given at q recent
meeting of the association, and 1t
was suggested that in order to obtain
the quickest results, the president
might go outside the immediate or
ganizatlon- The committee will meet
for the first time next Tuesday, and
definitely outline Its program.
President Andrews, points out that
the solution OF the problem confront
Ing Washington rests with the Gov
ernment in appointing some one with
authority to commander equipment
and labor, and the efforts of the COM
mittee will be in this direction. The
condition will become worse, instead
OF better, according to President
Andrews, unless Federal aid Is fur
nished, as the merchants are without
authority.
The merchants will cooperate with
the railroads in every way possible.
Instances in which merchants permit
shipments to lay over in warehouses
will be eliminated, and every EFFORT
made to limit the shipments to stock
necessary to the conduct
Of business.
The Washington times., 1917-12-15
ADVERTISEMENT
WHERE THE DANGER LIES
How Best to Avoid It,
Facts everybody Ought
to Know

The great danger in colds at this
season Of the year is that they often
lead to pneumonia and other serious
diseases.
The moment you begin TO take pat
ent medicines and so-called "cough
cures." the majority OF which depend
on nerve-deadening drugs for their
effect, you weaken the body.
That takes away the vital force
necessary to ward off disease, and the
grip and pneumonia germs develop
and because the body Is weakened Is
why pneumonia is SO often fatal
Father Johns Medicine is not a pat
ent medicine, and Is guaranteed not
TO contain alcohol or dangerous drugs.
It has had 90 years OF success for
colds, coughs, and as a strength and
lesh builder
The Washington times., 1917-12-15
LA GUARDIA MAY Be
UNSEATED BY PACFISTS

CONGRESSMAN r H. La GuardIa. OF
the Fourteenth district. New York
CITY now In the American Aviation
Corps In France, will probably be un-
sea'ed II The paclfsts in his district
are aDIe TO put over a program they
Not ohiy do the pacifsts plan to
,e la Guardia, but they hope
hst, now that New YorIx yynnnen bsvs
the franchise. "oe"
The Washington times., 1917-12-15
CHAPN-SACKS co. GIVES
ANOTHER CAR OF SUGAR

The Chaplin Sacks Manufacturing Com
many today turned over TO Federal Food
Administrator Clarence r. Wilson an
other carload Of sugar for distribution
IN Washington dealers. This sugar,
which just arrived in Washington will
he distributed Monday.
II is the fourth lot turned over for the
relief OF householdcrs by this firm.
Mr.. Wilson stated today that the sugar
situation in Washington was better now
than It has been any time since his ap-
The Washington times., 1917-12-15
SERBIAN MILITARY
MISSION REACHES U. S.

AN ATLANTIC PORT, Dec. 15.-
Serbia's military mission, comprising
seven officers OF the Serbian army.
has arrived here and will open Offices
In New York within the next few days
from which to direct to the rejuvena-
tion OF Serbian forces with a view to
renewing an offensive on the Mace
donian front.
Baron Fujitaro Otori, new Japanese
minister to Mexico. also arrived with
the party. He is today en- route to
Washington for a brief stay before
going to Mexico City.
The Washington times., 1917-12-15
z CAPITAL GIRLS
BITTEN BY DOGS
WHILE ON Street

Two children OF this city are today
confined to their beds suffering from
lacerations caused by dogs that were
allowed to roam. Despite the activity
OF the police many stray dogs are
found on the streets of the Capital.
One OF the dogs belongs to DR.. Clar-
ence n. Dollman.
DR.. Dollman. owner OF one of the
animals seized by the police, refused
to appear in court and forfeited IS
collateral He denied that his dog.
a collie. which he said was valued at
$3.50. was a vicious dog.
Nine-year-old Virginia Warren,
daughter OF Policeman NJ. W. Warren.
is suffering at her home. 3040 o street
northwest, wit. a wound made by the
dog belonging to DR.. Dollman.
@Petp At Hospital.
The collie was a pet" at the Home
for Incurables, Thirty-second and g
streets northwest.
According to DR.. Dollman, the dog
followed a nurse. who was on an er-
rand. She had been exercising the
animal in the yard. and had removed
It's HuLLle temporarily ne bAlo' eA-
the muzzle in the office OF
the corporation counsel this morning.
stories as to what hap
pened before the dog rushed at the
child were told. One is that a play
mate teased the animal until 1t snap
ped at Virginia Warren.
The dog was examined today for
evidence OF rabies, and will be re-
turned to DR.. Dollman.
This Dog Goes To Pound
Doris Burns, thirteen years old,
playing near her home. Il d street
southeast. the other child, was bitten
on the ankle and taken to Providence
Hospital. Later the child was taken
home. Max Reiks. owner OF the ac-
cused dog, in court today promised to
send It to the pound. He said he was
sorry that he had allowed the dog to
roam about.
II don't think dogs have any busi- |
ness in the city anyhow" said Police |
nan Warren to a Times reporter at
his home today. This is only one OF
numerous such cases that we have had |
n the Seventh precinct. Many dogs |
ire taken up annually and sent to
he pound, consisting largely of
who follow farmers wagons
n from Maryland and Virginia
''This dog had a good reputation, but |
Ill the same he bit my little girl"
The Washington times., 1917-12-15
NOTED SPORTSMAN And
SURGEON DEAD IN N. Y.

NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-Dr. Ramon
Guiteras, surgeon and sportsman Of
international repute, Is dead here of
meningitis, at the age OF hfty-eiEht
years. He had served on many i'm
portant Government advisory boards,
and was secretary OF the Pan
American Medical Congress for sew
eral years. He made q number of
trips to the European battle fronts in
the interest Of surgery.
The Washington times., 1917-12-15
HOLLIS GIVES CHEER
TOD.C. TEACHERS

Senator Hollis OF New Hampshire
expects to get a favorable report on
the teachers retirement bill for the
District OF Columbia teachers at the
hrst meeting Of the Senate District
Committee.
senator Hollis said today that II
would probably be impossible for the
Distrlct committee to meet before the
hoildays' owing to pressure of other
dutles' nut he looked for little oppo-
sitloh, either In committee or in the
eoha'e' ana hopes for early enact
ment OF the measure.