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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-24

Mrs George Dressler. 62S s. CO.
Iumbia ST. entertained the members
of the Twin City Sewing circle Thurs
day afternoon Contests and needle
work were the diversions OF the af-
ternoon. and contests faVors were
awarded 20 Mrs. n. !. Holmes and
Mrs. IS. q. Herzog. Refreshments
we're served Mrs. %. u. ellis. 1o3
= ST Louis ST. will he hostess 20 the
club IN two weeks.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-24

charles g. Terry Dr.. COS ". col
faN az. is er-ertainiuE party Of
friends 40 Weekend house party
AZ the Terry summer cottage at
Hieman park. Michigan The guests
are Miss Mildred Duttcra Miss
Madtlon ShidIer Miss Marjorie
sweet ~ Chicago. Miss Elinor Ste
Dhenson. Miss Katherine NehlIet OF
Chicago. Harold Shafer. BirdseII
Pace Albert Stephenson and VII
liam W Hindshaw OF New York
city.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-02
ST: JOHNS PLANS
FOR CENTENNIAL
Fashionable Church to CeIe-
brate Hundredth Anniver-
sary of Founding.

Celebration of the centennial of the
establishment of st. Johns Episcopal
Church, at Sixteenth and H streets,
will begin Sunday and will include an
entire week of special services. Ad-
dresses will be made by President
Wilson, Bishop Harding, Bishop Leon
ard, of Ohio, and other prominent
clergymen and laymen.
st. Johns is one of the most famous
Episcopal churches in the country. 1t
has had a long list OF distinguished
clergymen as its rectors and its MEM
bership has included several presf-
dents. numerous Cabinet officers,
army and navy officials. members OF
Congress, foreign diplomats and we'll
known leaders in national life. Mrs.
Wilson, the wife Of the President, has
been a member of the church Tor
number of years and II one OF Its reg
ular communicates. .
The rector, the Rev, DR.. Roland
Cotton Smith. and his assistants, the
Rev. Edward S. Dunlap and the Rev.
George w. Smith. have prepared an
elaborate program.
An important feature VIII pc the
programs prepared by Choir
master H. H. Freeman.
The first service win be held next
Sunday morning at IL o'clock when
DR.. Smith will preach a sermon In
which he will tell the story of the
formation and the growth Of the
There will be daily services
in the church during the week. Sat
urday special services will be held
at p. m. when the, principal speaker
will be President Wilson. Rear Ad-
miral Stockton, president of George
University, will also
speak at this service.
Sunday, January IA, Bishop Leon
ard, Of Ohio, a former rector of the
church, will preach at the morning
service and in the evening at vespers
the Rev. DR.. George William Doug
las, Of New York, also a former rec
tor, will occupy the pulpit.
The musical programs to be fur
nished by the choir at the various
services will include special solos by
Milo Atkinson, Richard Allen, Paul
and Arthur c. Gorbach. A
string orchestra, under the direction
IF Prof. Anton Kaspar, will supple
nent the organ.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-02
FINEST CLAIM PALM.
IN HEALTH CONTEST.
Capital Policemen Insist Their
Record Bests That of
Firemen.
''washington's finest" are peeved.

"washington's finest" are peeved.
A recent story In q New York paper
stated that fremen are Considerably
healthier than policemen. Exception
to the statement 10 taken by Wash
fngton police.
The policemen take delight in re-
ferring the skeptical to the report of
the superintendent, recently pub
lished. The report states that a per-
feet health record, with not a single
day lost, Is credited to 232 members
Of the force of q total of 715.
The total amount of time lost by
members Of the police force because
of sickness and injury was SSH days,
which cost the department s27 ,e32 43.
The aggregate amount of salary paid
to policemen was $s97, 750.72, 50 that
81 per cent of the total amount Of
money that salaries cost the depart
ment was expended because OF sick
ness.
During the year, there were 50 men
who exceeded 30 days sick leave.
Sixty-five men lost from Fl to 30 days,
and IA lost from IL to 20 days. From
to 10 days was lost by 219 men.
Firemea Pstronixe Doctors.
Firemen went strong on visiting
physicians and being visited by them.
There were 1875 office visits by the
fremen, and doctors made 627 house
visits. Out OF 100 applicants exam
ined, only 20 were accepted.
A large number Of firemen received
treatment, but were not on sick re-
port. This Is attributed to the fact
that q fireman practically lives at the
engine house and the chances against
his having to- work steadily, as does
the policeman, are minimixed. A IRE
man may be a. I'll a. the policeman
who is excused from duty, and yet be
forced to remain at the engine house.
One man IL always left on duty at
an engine house when the apparatus
is at a fire, and the man who is some
what under the weather usually re-
mains behind. Then, too, the indis-
posed fireman may retire at any time
during the day, but the policeman
must keep on the job" There were
30S fremen under treatment who
were not on the sick report. and only
173 were admitted to sick report.
Kept Wen ny Exercise.
That the outdoor exercise that the
policeman In forced to take IL re-
sponsible for q less number of minor
ailmens than the fireman 10 heir to,
Is the belief of the board OF police
and fire surgeons.
A campaign was begun In the Po-
lice Department to keep the men in
better physical condition, and to this
10 attributed the improved health of
the department members.
Every time q policeman and Q IRE
man meet, there IL certain to be q
discussion Of the health Of the In
dividual member as we'll as the health
of the entire department
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-02
NEWS OF ROCKVILLE
Hugh o'oonneII, Dog Tax Collector,
Breaks District Record.

According to the report OF Hugh
oDonnell, dog tax collector for the
Wheaton district, of this county,
there are 500 dogs OF various kinds
in Wheaton district. The number is
just seventy-two less than there were
before Mr.. O'Donnell began the work
Of collecting the taxes, for he was
required to kill seventy-tvo because
their owners refused to pay the tax.
Collector ODonnell turned over to
the county treasurer S740, which was
the largest amount of dog taxes ever
collected in a district OF the county.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-02
HOW TO!TELL OF
DRESSED POULTRY
Department of Agriculture
Gives Few Simple Tests for
Housekeeper's Safety.

Did you ever order q chicken for
the Sunday dinner, when there was to
be company at the meal. and then,
when the smoking and Drowned fowl
was brought to the table, have it
turn out TO be a tough old rooster,
with hardened sinews like unto cords
of steel?
The Department of Agriculture has
issued q booklet, which tells in simple
language q few easy tests for the
housekeeper who wants to be sure
the bird she will cook is young, or
old. If it is old, more cooking is
needed
In freshly killed bird, the booklet
states, the feet are moist. soft and
timber, and IL dressed with the head
on, the eyes are bright and full AS it
becomes stale the eyes shrink and the
feet dry and harden. The flesh should
b. neither fiabby nor stiff, but should
give evenly and gently when pressed
by the finger. 1t is sometimes very
difficult to tell between a freshly
when the cold storage chicken is put
in storage correctly.
Common Test.
One of the commonest ways of
testing the age of dressed poultry is
to take the end of the breast bone
farthest from the head between the
fingers and attempt to bend 1t to one
side.
If 1t is q very young chicken, or a
green goose, 1t will be easily bent,
like the cartilage in the human ear.
In a bird q year or SO old, II will be
brittle, and In an old bird, tough and
hard to bend or break. Sometimes,
states the bulletin, there are tricky
dealers who will break the breast
bone and thus render the test impos-
sibIe.
II the feet are left on a carcass they
furnish another way of judging the
age Of the fowl. In q young bird
they are soft and smooth, becoming
harder as the bird grows older. The
claws are short and sharp in a young
bird, and become longer, rustier, and
blunt as age advances.
Spurs Guide to Age.
Spurs usually appear on male chick
ems. On male broiIers and tender
roasting chickens they are small: on
older ones, they are prominent but
flexible; in cocks they are long and
to the bones of the legs,
and on capons they seldom develop
until the second year.
Turkeys a year old are said to have
black feet, which grow pink UP to
three years of age, and then gradu-
ally turn gray and dull The age OF
pigeons can sometimes be told by
the color OF the breast, which becomes
more and more purplish as the bird
grows older.
In ducks and geese the f1exibility OF
the windpipe is a mark OF youth. It
can easily be squeezed when the bird
Is young, but later grows rigid and
fixed. If the tips of the quilts at the
end of the wings are sharply pointed,
the bird probably rs young. The
blunter they are, the older the bird.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-02
TO ADDRESS CITIZENS BODY.

Prof Robert L. Haycock. supervising
principal Of the Third public school d.
vision, will deliver an address on Pub
lie Schools and School Facilities" at the
monthly meeting Of the Columbia
Heights Citizens Association in Post
office Hail. Park road, west Of Four
teenth street, tonight. Members will
be given application blanks tonight to
enlist friends in the campaign to In
crease the associations membership to
loo
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-02
TO ANSWER ART QUERIES
Lectures to Be Given This Month
by Society Announced.


why WORRY with art?"
How shall I furnish an artistic
homer"
These are two questions that will
be answered in the months lectures
Of the Washington Society Of Fine
Arts.
II. Granville Barker will talk on
the first named subject January "a,
at S:15 o'clock, at the new National
Museum auditorium.
The How and why OF An Artistic
Home" will, be discussed January IL
by Frank Alvah Parsons at IL o'clock
in the morning, at the auditorium Of
Woodward & Lothrop's.
THE Social Aspect Of Art" will be
the topic OF an evening lecture at the
new National Museum by Mr.. Par
sons on the same day. Mr. Parsons 10
director OF the New York School Of
Fine and Applied Arts.
On January 8, at the Museum, Mich
olas Douty, with Miss Mary e. Mac
Elree as accompanist, will give a lee
ture recital of French songs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-02
TO Demonstrate EARNING
craneh-TyIer Home and School As
ISOLATION to. See Methods.

o. H. Benson, OF the Department of
Agriculture, will lecture on "Educat-
ing Young People for Life" before
a meeting Of the Cranch-Tyler Home
and School Association, Thursday
evening at the Tyler School, Eleventh
and G streets southeast.
Mr.. Benson is in charge of the can
ming clubs throughout the United
States organized under the auspices
OF the Department of Agriculture. He
will explain methods Of canning fruit
election of officers for the coming
term.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-02
REPORT DETAILS
TURK ATROCITIES
Neutral Agent Mortified on
Journey Through Armenian
Encampments.

Further details Of the alleged atroci-
ties being committed by the Turkish
government against Armenian and
Syrian subjects have been communi-
Gated to societies and organizations in
this city interested in relief work in
behalf of these ,unfortunates.
A report submitted by a prominent
neutral agent. whose identity is with
held for obvious reasons. has been for
warded to the local organizations by DIR.
James L. Barton, of New York. chair
man Of the American relief committee.
Impression OF Horror.
ut is impossible to give an account"
says the report, 'of the impression Of
horror which my Journey across the
Armenian encampments scattered all
along the Euphrates has given me.
especially those on. the right bank be-
tween Meskene and Der-i-sor.
The management. which has been en-
trusted to transport these people
through the desert. has no intention Of
feeding them. Even it appears to be
principle to allow them to
die OF hunger.
Counted n Lucky.
Those rare individuals who have sue
ceeded in saving from the food some
cloth for tents and q little money to
procure some flour. II they can find II,
are to be counted as lucky persons"
The report expresses the belief that
45O0 Armenians are kept in vile can
within the narrow strip be-
tween MeskeEe and Euphrates, where
they beg for bread and die Of dysentery
and other Ioathsome diseases.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Inland ABOUT TOWN
Happenings of the Day. in
Various Parts of the
Nations Capital.

Several hundred veterans Of the
spanish-American war enjoyed the big
smoker and campfire staged by John
Jacob Astor Camp, No. 6, at Costello's
Hall, Sixth and G streets northwest.
last night. Peter Knotowskj pre-
sided, assisted by James E. Byrne,
G. CriswOll, and H. NJ. knight.
The veterans enjoyed several pa
triotic addresses, many witty stories,
and the holiday program and repast
provided by the committee on ar
rangements. A number of distin-
guished officers of other camps and the
national organization were enter
tanned
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-02
To Attend Installation.

Gen. H. oden Lake will be present
at the annual installation of officers
Of the Presidents Own Garrison, No.
1o4, Army and Navy Union of the
Union States, tonight at the Grand
Army Hall. General Lake will confer
q special honor on a member of the
organization that will be a surprise
to- the comrades.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-02
MUST MAKE FARMING PAY
VIII Keep Boys on Farm and Cut
Living Cost, Says vrooman.

You can keep them on the farm, and
easily at that, by making farming
profitable.
This is the view OF Carl vrooman,
Assistant Secretary of the Depart.
ment of Agriculture, not original, he
says, but nevertheless true.
"a popular magazine" Mr.. Vroo-
man says, sent letters to the various
Congressman and Senators, asking
what, In their opinion, would help
most to keep the boys on the farm.
One Senator. noted for his terseness,
replied: Make farming profitable,
by -"'
"If the business men of the country
will adopt as their motto Leave the
farmer a margin of profit,' more will
be done to increase production and
reduce the high cost of living, and to
induce the boy or the girl to remain
on the farm, Than by any other way"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-02
Hold P.r,.h Retention.

The annual parish reception Of the
Chapel of the Nativity was held last
night in the parish house at s o'clock.
The Rev. Enoch NJ Thompson, as
sisted by Mrs. Thompson, received
the members Of the parish and their
friends. The Mems Association OF
the Chapel OF the Nativity was in
charge Of the exercises.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-02
Mission Glass Subject.

1.-THE Living Christ for Latin
America" will be the subject for the
study of q mission class at the New
York avenue Presbyterian Church
this evening at T:30. The study will
be under the auspices Of the Chris
tan Endeavor Society. The class
will be conducted by delegates to the
recent normal class OF B, Carter Mil
Ikin, foreign secretary OF the Pres
byterisn Church in America.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-02
Junior LEAGUE Plan. Dance.

The Junior League is making final
arrangements for the dance to be
given George Washington's Birthday,
February %, at old Masonic Temple.
Various committees have been ap-
pointed. Proceeds will go to tuber-
culosis sufferers in Denver, Colo.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-02
Junior RepubIic InaururaI.

Citizens OF the National Junior Re
public have sent out Invitations for
the inauguration. Of the President and
Vice President Thursday, January 4,
at p. m. Judge Walter l. Dawkins,
of the supreme bench, of Baltimore
city, will deliver an address.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-02
To Give Oznter supper.

The Ladies' Auxiliary OF the Army
and Navy Veterans, U. S. A., will give
an oyster, cake, and coffee supper at
Pythfan Temple tonight for the enter
tainment OF George Washington Post,
No. 1. The installation of officers of
the post and auxiliary will be q fea-
ture. The national paymaster of the
veterans Will perform this function.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-02
Reports Auto Theft.

Alvin w. Chaplin has reported to
the police that a fve-passenger Ford
touring car was stolen from in front
Of $50 Pennsylvania avenue.
The car IL black, and has license
d. C. 4523s. 1t has a brass lock about
three inches long on the steering
wheel
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-02
PhotorraphIc soci.tv "a M..t.

The Federal Photographic Society
Of Washington will meet Thursday
evening at 8 o'clock in the New Ma
tional Museum. A lecture on photo
graphic Optics" illustrated with
slides will be made by Carl Oswald
The board of directors will meet at
1880 the same evening.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-02
Suffrage Meeting Saturday.

The regular meeting of the Kate
Gordon Gordon Chapter of the South
ern States Woman's Suffrage Confer
ence will be held Saturday night at
the headquarters of the National
Woman's Suffrage Association, 1926
Rhode Island avenue.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-02
Parent-Teaehers, aIeetinE.

The regular meeting of the John
son-Powen Parent-Teachers' Asso-
citation will be held in the kinder
garten room OF the Powell School at
o'clock this evening. Mrs. ]. P.
Hornaday, the president, has urged.
affulI attendance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-02
Congressman Nolan to Speak.

Congressman Nolan of California
will be the speaker at the regular
meeting Of the Anthony League on
Thursday evening at o'clock, at the
headquarters of the National Wom-
ans Suffrage Association, 1926 Rhode
Island avenue. Friends of the league
are invited.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-02
Kept Wen ny Exercise.
LOCAL MENTION.

Sterling Hotel, 18th and Il SITS. N. w.
Try our delicious Table d'Hote Din
ner, 75c Served every evening.
Music-Dancing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-02

Embroidered Georgette. lace
trimmed 'Georgette; Georgette
crepe waists with satin collar and
cuffs. Crepe de chimes In plain
Tailored, or embroidered effects.
Very beautiful models; in flesh
color end white.
Kann's-2nd Floor.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-11-01
SCHOOL NOTES.

A 'Possum hunt was held by
several students Friday night.
Those who went declare that it
was more hike" than hunt.
Luckily no 'possumns were en-
countered. Ed. Turner and
James Pigg (colored) did the
hunting and held the barb wire
fences while the others par'took
of weiners and other dainty re-
freshments. Those who attend
ed were Misses Dorothy Smith,
Dorothy Cooke, Louise Convey,
Thelma Wells, Clover Gaba and
Messrs. Roy Ford, Herbert Nc
Alloy, Burton Convey, Ralph
Pfremmer, Pascal Popplewell,
Russell Earls, Steward Cole,
John Browne and the chaep-
rones, MI. and Mrs. Harry Jack
son and Miss Swanie Smith. A
thoroughly good time was had
by all.
School is getting steady again
since the new superintendent,
Mr.. Rhine, has come on the job.
A new system of bells has
been installed in the school for
the purpose of dividing the work
periods.
Mr.. Twente's letter to the
school was read at chapel and
several pupils have already
written him.
The ring purchased by the
high school to be presented to
Mr.. Twente was conveyed to
him at Camp Funston by Mrs.
Twente and Miss Rowe, who
visited there Saturday and Sun
day.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-11-01
MINERAL BELT
IS ON THE WAY
Commercial Agent of the Com
pany Says Railroad Will
Be Here Before New
Years

The Miami Mineral Belt Rail-
road company will have its line
completed into Baxter Springs
by the first of the year. This
information The News has OBJ
tanned from the company's COM
mercial agent, Mr.. R. E. Brooke,
who was in the city during the
past week attending to matters
relating to the securing OF a
right of way and a station site:
The road has been graded
from Pitcher this way as far as
Hooker and Ontario. 1t will be
a short job to grade the remain
ing two and a half miles into
town. What has been holding
the company back is the difficulty
they have experienced in getting
reasonable help from Baxter
people in the requirement of a
right of way into the city.
In addition to assuring The
News that his road was coming
into Baxter. Mr.. Brooke went
still further and said that it was
the intention of the company co
make Baxter the central point
from which all his lines into the
mining field would radiate.
The directors of his company, he
said, were well satisfied that
Baxter was the logical center OF
the Kansas-Oklahoma zinc and
lead field and eventually would
become its metropolis and COM
mercial distributing point.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-11-01
COMMERCE ON THE MAP

The citizens of Commerce,
Oklahoma, southwest of us, are
taking steps to have that place
Incorporated into a city. Two
attorneys are working on the
proposition. Petitions have al
ready been printed and as soon
as enough signatures can be OBJ
tanned they will be submitted to
the governor of the state. A
trust fund has been subscribed
to by the people of the town, by
which they aim to meet all nee
essary expenses. Commerce is
will located for a first class city
and the people of the town de-
serve to receive better recogni-
ton.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-11-01
AUTOMOBILE OVER THE
CULVERT

Frank Buck, of Lincolnville,
was driving his Apperson at a
high speed Monday when, in
stead OF making a turn to pass
over a culvert, one mile east of
this city, he sent his machine
straight into the ditch. 1t is
said that the steering gear
broke and it became impossible
for him to control his car. Mr..
Buck escaped unframed, but his
machine was badly damaged.
The front axel was bent clear in,
one wheel broken and other
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-11-01

ments of Springfield, Mo. The
tract consists of the southwest
quarter of the southwest quar-
ter of section II, which is held
in fee by Mr.. Treat. There are
five holes on this place already
drilled out and one of them has
shown a 20 foot face of ore at
the 165 foot level. The plan. of
the new owners of the lease is
to drill out a mill site and put up
a mill.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-11-01
BUYS LAND IN WYAN-
DOTTE.

w. w. Scott of this city left
Baxter Springs Monday for
Wyandotte where he bought a
large acreage of land. All the
land was sold on secret bids and
Mr.. Scott overbid many men
who had submitted prices. At
ter his purchase he left for
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-11-01
CLAY CENTER CAPITAL
lists INVEST HERE

A forty-acre tract was sub
leased for a consideration, which
consists of a 17ls per cent roy
atty and a bonus which is not
made public, to E. D. Reed and
associates of Clay Center Mon
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-11-01
Georgia where he will spend the
winter.
CARD OF THANKS

To our many friends who as
sisted us in so many ways dur
ing our recent bereavement in
the death of our beloved wife
and mother we desire to express
our heatfelt thanks.
c. B. Puterbaugh
And Family.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-11-01

day a success. The pupils of
the government school paraded
the street, music was furnished
by a band of Indian boys and
other attractive features were
sented which made the observ-
ers pronounce the event one Of
the best ever had.