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Evening star., 1917-03-16
Mediation Declined.

1t Is stated. further, that the COM
pany not only has declined the offer OF
the Commissioners to act as mediators,
but also has declined the request of the
Commissioners that the controversy be
submitted to mediation through some
other disinterested body. The letter
is q complete review Of developments
leading UP to the strike.
In view Of the fact that the public
has been seriously Inconvenience
the stockholders of the company have
been suffering loss of revenue: the
District has shared in this loss ito
the extent that 1t is entitled to per
cent OF the gross receipts Of the COM
pany"; the police department has been
placed under terrific strain" and "the
peace and order Of the city Of Wash
ington have been disturbed" the Com
nissioners request the directors to
meet them in a cooperative endeavor
to settle the controversy.
Mrs. Jessie Hardy MacKaye. suf-
fragist and pacifist. who yesterday
joined the woman pickets. today was
at union headquarters seeking to ar
range for a meeting Of wives of the
strikers at home on Connecticut avenue
to get residents of the northwest to join
the walk to work. movement, out of
sympathy for the strikers
Mrs. Mackaye wore an walk
placard, and asked for supply OF the
cards to give to her friends.
Evening star., 1917-03-16
ACTION MAY BE TAKEN
AFTER THE CABINET
Meeting is OVER
CONTINUED from First Paxe.)

portation. This committee 10 scheduled
to resume its hearings Monday. Senator
Newlands said that 50 far no plan M had
been made to take up for consideration
the labor question as Il affects railroads.
The subject under discussion at the time
the hearings were discontinued last No
of railroads and the issue of their securi-
ties, etc.
Evening star., 1917-03-16
DIRECTORS ASKED
BY D. c. HEADS TO
CONFER TOMORROW
CONTINUED from First Paee.)

t,onn with the company or be COM
pelied to pay large sums to get into the
Amalgamated-
Evening star., 1917-03-16
Resolution Under Consideration.

Senator Jones Of Washington today
had under consideration the introduce
ton In the Senate OF q resolution call.
ing for tho appointment Of q committee
Of senator's to Investigate the street
railroad strike in the District.
A draft of the resolution was submit
ted to him today by District Commits
sioner Newman.
Senator Jones said that while he IA
vored such a resolution and investiga-
tion, he had been informed that the
democratic senators in charge OF the
committee on labor and the committee
on the District Of Columbia had deter
mined not to offer a resolution Of this
kind. He said that he aid not know
Just how much good 1t would do il he
offered such a resolution, II the major
ity members of the Senate were op-
posed to it. ,si q.
Evening star., 1917-03-16

8 u ! Us, N nbDDy
striped and checked
light and dark pat
terms. New de
tachable belt STYLE
with pinch backs.
6 to II years.
Evening star., 1917-03-16
HEADS OF THE BROTHERHOODS
AND RAILROADS STATE CASES

Presidents proposition. when the Pres
fdent recommended to Congress the
enactment of law similar to his prop
ositfon. This Congress did. when the
railroads again refused to accept the
decision of Congress and have not yet
observed the law in single instance
Evening star., 1917-03-16

the auspices of the Central Labor
Union. The tentative arrangement is to
form the parade at i04 6th street north
west, and to have the striking car men
head the line.
Evening star., 1917-03-16

Conductor Fined $40 for Assault.
William H. O'Gara. conductor on the
Evening star., 1917-03-16

Fast Color Striped
Waists. for boys 4 TO
Is years. New point
ed collar style. with
double cuffs and elias
tic belts.
Evening star., 1917-03-16
Hats for Children

7 ( { r a Pa n
Heavy. Per- IL x~
feet QualityaDa9I
Pure Thread
silk Hose. Reinforced
heels and toes. Lisle
boot, black and white.
All sizes.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-01-19
SYRUP Of figs FOR
A CH|LD'S BOWELS
Il Is cruel to force nauseating,
harsh physio into a
sick child.

Look back at your childhood days.
Remember the dose" mother insisted
on-castor oil. calomel. cathartics.
How you hated them, how you fought
against taking them.
With our children it's different.
Mothers who cling to the old form OF
physic simply don't realize what they
do. The children's revolt II well-found-
ed. Their tender little "insides" are
injured by them.
II your child's stomach. liver and
bowels need cleansing, give only deli
cious California Syrup of Figs" It's
action Is positive, but gentle. Milliona
Of mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative" handy; they know children
love to take It; that It never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet
en- the stomach, and that q teaspoonful
given today saves a sick child tomor-
row.
Ask at the store for 50-cent bottle
OF California Syrup Of Figs which
has full directions for babies, children
Of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
on each bottle. Adv.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-01-19
HELP SWAYING YOUNG TREES
Much Injury Can Be Prevented by
Employing Stakes as Shown In H.
Iustration Herewith.

Many young trees, through the &C
ton of the wind, weave about and
wear On opening in the soil at their
base, thus admitting water and air to
their detriment. One can keep a close
watch and straighten up these loos-
ened, swaying trees, filling In around
them as necessary, especially after
strong winds, which usually accom-
pany q rain that has made the ground
soft and yielding, but sometimes this
is not done till incalculable damage
has been done the trees. The prevent
ives illustrated are preferable to the
"cure," writes M. Coverdell of Iowa
in Farm and Home.
In Fig. l four stakes are driven
firmly In the ground and soft strings,
a, run from stakes to tree trunk, al
lowing only slight movement of trees.
In Fig. 2 one stake is driven on the
north side of tree and one on west
side. Stiff sticks, a a, are securely
tied to stakes and trunk of tree.
Sticks must be wrapped with cloth
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-01-19
MANURE NEEDS FOR ORCHARD
Where Soil Was Originally Thin Dress
ing May Be Required to Keep
Trees Growing.

After fruit trees bear few years,
II the soil was originally thin, dress
Ing of barnyard manure may be need
ed to keep the trees In growing condi-
ton and to insure the formation Of
fruit buds. 1t will be required that
the trees grow every year In order
that they may form fruit buds. Since
growth Is necessary, nitrogen In the
soil will be necessary also. Warm soil
may lack available nitrogen, hence the
need of barnyard manure or CONNER
cial nitrogen.
Old orchard soils may need organic
matter. This the barnyard manure
will also supply. There is no other
fertility that will stimulate growth on
trees better than barnyard manure,
for it affords both organic matter and
nitrogen.
In applying manure to large trees
do not make the mistake of applying
the manure close to the tree, around
the trunk. The young roots where the
plant food is to be obtained for old
trees may be considerable distance
from the trunk of the tree. 1t is
good practice to spread the manure
as far away from the trunk as the
branches extend possibly farther. This
will provide that the manure Is above
many of the roots that are to absorb
plant food.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-01-19
Woman Soldier Lived to Be 1903

Woman Soldier Lived to Be 1903.
There Is tombstone In st. Nicho-
las churchyard, Brighton, to a woman
soldier. 1t is erected to the memory
Of Phoebe Hessel, who was born In
Stepney In the year 1713, and states !:
"She served for many years as a
private soldier in the Fifth Regiment
Of Foot In different parts Of Europe,
and In the year 1854 fought under the
command of the duke Of Cumberland
at the battle of Fontenoy, where she
received bayonet wound In the arm.
Her long life, which commenced in the
time Of Queen Anne, extended to the
reign Of George Nv, by whose NUM-
ficence she received comfort and sup
port in her last years. She died at
Brighton, where she had long resided,
December II, 1921, aged one hundred
and eight years."
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-01-19

The estate OF Col. William II. Cody,
which had been estimated at over ST.
100000 was estimated by Judge w. l..
Wall at Denver, for years Colonel
Cody's attorney, at not to exceed $685.
600.
Breckenridge Long of st. Louis was
nominated by President Wilson at
Washington to be third assistant sec
rotary of state, succeeding William
Phillips, who was nominated first as
sistant.
A dispatch received at Washington
says Lieut.. ]. X. Bolton was killed and
Lieut. j. r. Henley was wounded re-
Gently by shots fired at landing party
of United States marines by native
boy at Macoris. Saanto Domingo.
Stranged with n stocking which was
knotted about her throat in the man
ner adopted by the slayer of Grace
Roberts, Mrs. Dora Zimmerman was
found dead in her apartment in Phila-
delphia.
A fish net hauled TO the surface Of
McCullom's lake. In Illinois, revealed
a tragedy. Entangled in Its meshes
were the bodies of three men, two of
them from Chicago and the third from
Woodstock, Ill. They were: Albert
Mac Chicago; Julius Split, Chicago !;
Hollerbush, Woodstock.
Threats of railroad strike were
condemned as untrue in the meeting
at Chicago of the $40 grievance chair
men representing 100000 members of
the four railroad brotherhoods.
Four men In an automobile made
daylight raid on the First National
bank at Harrah, Okla, held up the
officers Of the bank, and escaped with
$1,000 In currency.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-01-19
Substantial Tea Cake.

One pound of flour, half a pound Of
beef suet, quarter of pound of but
ter, half a pound of currants, quarter
Of a'pound of peel, six ounces of sugar,
two teaspoonfuls of baking powder,
half teaspoonful Of salt and small
quantity Of milk. Mix the flour, bak-
ing powder. salt, sugar, butter, cur
rants and peel; then add the shredded
suet. Add sufficient milk to make 1t
to stiff paste; turn on to slightly
Toured board or slab, roll out to a
thickness Of about half an inch. Bake
In a quick oven and serve hot; cut in
to diamonds.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-01-19
Chicken Short Cake.

Did you fancy shortcake gone with
the strawberry season.
Try this chicken shortcake.
Make biscuit shortcake and when
baked, slit and butter 1t the same as
for a berry shortcake. Have ready
finely sliced cold boiled chicken, dip
the Slices into well-seasoned mayon-
naise and fill the cake. then put on
the top. The dark part Of the chicken
must be freed from skin and bone,
finely minced and seasoned with
onion Juice, pepper, salt, a teaspoon
full Of chopped chives and enough
mayonnaise to make a spreading
paste. Spread the top Of the short.
cake, thickly garnlshing with olives
stuffed with anchovies, and serve at
once.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-01-19
MADE WITH APPLES
DELICIOUS DESSERTS THAT ARE
EASY TO PREPARE.
Charlotte an inexpensive and Greatly
Appreciated DIsh-Apple Fritters
Will Be Liked by All Men,
bers Of tho Family.

Apples are cheap this year. and
housewives who are trying to keep
down expenses would do well to use
them freely on the table. There are
many delicious desserts to be made OF
them, and desserts are among the diff
cult problems for the housekeeper dur
Ing the winter.
An apple charlotte Is an inexpensive
dish, and easily prepared. Gut bread
into slices q quarter Of an inch thick
then into strips one and a half inches
wide and as long as the height of the
mold to be used. Cut one piece to fit
the top Of the mold and then divide 1t
into five or six pieces. Butter the
mold, dip the slices of bread into melt
ed butter and arrange them around the
mold. overlapping the edges. Fill the
center of the mold entirely with apple
sauce made Of tart apples stewed un-
til tender. then broken into coarse
ter and sugar. Cover the top with
bread and bake In hot oven for
about thirty minutes. The bread
should be Of an amber color. Serve
with hard sauce.
Flaming Apples-Pare and core sew
eral apples. Stew them in sugar and
water until tender. but still firm
enough to hold their shape. Remove
them to a serving dish and fill the cen
ters with any sort Of jam. Boil down
the liquor to q thick strip and pour
over the apples. Just before serving
pour several spoonfuls of brandy over
the apples, and when they are on the
table light the brandy with a candle.
These flaming apples make very pref
ty dish.
Snow Apple Pudding-Fill baking
dish half full of apple sauce, well sea-
soned with butter, sugar and cinna-
mon. Pour over 1t batter made Of
one and one-half cupfuls Of flour
mixed with two heaping tablespoon
fuls Of baking powder, one-half tea
spoonful Of salt, and a tablespoonful
of lard. Moisten 1t with three-Quarters
cupful of milk. The batter should be
thick. but not stiff. Cook in a steam
er for about three-quarters of an hour
and serve with hard sauce.
Apple Fritters-Peel and core some
apples. cut them into thick slices, and
rub In white sugar and powdered elm
namon. Make pancake batter, dip in
the slices Of apples and fry In deep
fat. Drop In the batter-covered
slices one or two at q time. When
the fritters are golden brown, lift
them out with frying spoon and
drain on soft paper. Serve very hot
with extra powdered sugar II desired.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-01-19
WINTER WORK IN ORCHARDS
Cut Away Dead Limbs and Use foi
FueI-Remove Dying Treeo and
Destroy insecte.

Any time during the winter when we
have time we can cut away all the dead
limbs in the orchard and cut them up
into fuel for the cook stove. The
chances are we will be getting rid OF a
number of bugs and worms that are
lying dormant, waiting for spring to
begin destroying tree or fruit.
Dead or dying trees can be removed
and the ground made into fine condi-
ton to receive a young tree.
Dynamite out the old tree and leave
the hole exposed during the winter and
the insects around there will be de-
stroyed.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-01-19
Dreaded Lamb Kidney.

Skin II very fresh lamb kidneys,
then cut them into slices crosswise.
Cut the same number Of thin slices
Of lean bacon, half-inch square and
evenly arrange them alternately on
six skewers. Season all over with
half teaspoonful each Of salt and pep
per. Roll them In a tablespoonful of
oil, then In bread crumbs, arrange on
a double boiler and broil on brisk
fire for four or FIVE minutes on each
side. Remove, dress on hot dish,
pour a little melted butter over them
and serve.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-01-19
No Preeautlon Neglected.

The little son of clergyman recent
ly appeared at breakfast with distinct
evidences Of hastily made toilet.
"Why, Edmund" his mother remon-
strated, II believe you forgot to brush
your hair"
81 was in such a hurry to get to
school," he explained.
II hope you didn't forget to say
your prayersT she asked anxiously.
mo, street" was the emphatic as
surance; "that's one thing never for
get. Safety first p'-Harper's Maya
zine.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-01-19

and the family haven't cared at all, but
have sat quite still and paid absolutely
no attention.
"'And why should we weep our eyes
out if one Of us should get shotT
"'Why notT shrieked Mrs. Beautiful
Bird. Haven't you any heartsT
az presume we have for breathing
not for behaving foolishly. Well,
we've always been the same and I sup
pose we always will be. So. why should
we trouble ourselves about anythingT
"'They're a hopeless lot said Mrs.
Beautiful Bird as she flew away, but
they're so queer they're really inter-
esting.'"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-01-19

lived near by"
ooh, weren't they nice birds?" asked
Nick.
'They seem to be growing more in
teresting every minute" said Nancy.
"Alr. Hoatzin was sitting on the limb
of a tree" continued Daddy, "when
along walked Mrs. Beautiful Bird, who
had been so named because of her
great beauty.
"'Good morning. said Mrs. Beauti-
full Bird politely.
"'Good morning. said Mr.. Hoatzin
calmly.
"Just then Mrs. Hoatzin and the
Children joined Mr.. Hoatzin on the
branch of the tree and sat looking at
Mrs. Beautiful Bird. They looked far
from intelligent and they didn't seem
to notice how beautiful bird she was.
"'Wont you tell me something of
your life's history?' said Mrs. Beauti-
full Bird.
"'What do you want to known asked
Mr.. Hoatzin.
"'Well,' continued Mrs. Beautiful
Bird, I've heard it said that you
couldn't sing
"'Quite true said Mr.. Hoatzin, we
can't SO much as warble.'
Indeed, isn't that sad,' said Mrs.
Beautiful Bird very sympathetically.
81 don't see why 1t is sad. We
don't care whether we know how to
sing or not. 1t makes not particle Of
difference
"'And I've also heard 1t said that
you could hardly fly at ALL
"'We can't. We're really hardly
Birds at all, but somehow they called
us. Birds years and years ago because
they couldn't think Of anything else to
call u.s.
"Just then Mr.. Hoatzin climbed to
another limb and he used his claws,
neck and wings to get along.
"How queerly you do mover said
Mrs. Beautiful Bird. You really creep
like Snake. Did they never think Of
calling you Shaker
"'Yes, they thought Of it I believe,
but then we're not like the Snakes for
we cannot really crawl at all. Now
some Of the People who were naming
our family thought we should be called
Monkeys. We have good many of the
habits Of the Monkey family. But then
we have no sense of humor, and they
said Monkeys were funny. cannot see
the sense Of being funny
"'Neither can L. said Mrs. Hoatzin
who looked more stupid than her hus-
band.
"And the little Hoatzins sitting on
the limb said, What is the point in be-
ing funnyr
".And why do you live in those hor-
rid pimpler trees with thorns?' asked
Mrs. Beautiful Bird. They look so
very uncomfortable
"'Oh no. said Mr.. Hoatzin, they
aren't so uncomfortable as you might
think. We build our nest in one of
these trees over some water and we
live quite happily
"'But,' said Mrs. Beautiful Bird
again. Still she was not satisfied in
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-01-19

where they come In contact with tree.
This also is fine method Of straight
ening up tree with a crooked trunk,
one of the stiff sticks being bound to
the trunk at point considerably high
err than the other, and third stick at
tached to the stake, lower down on the
trunk. The length of these sticks will
be determined by the crook Of the
tree, they being arranged 80 as to
pull 1t straight. Sticks should be
forked, to facilitate fastening to trunk
of tree.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-01-19

asking questions
for the Hoatzin
family Sc e m e d
even queerer than
she had thought.
60 Y es, w h a t
were you going to
say?' sal d Mr..
Hoatzin.
al have heard
that your family
were very hard
hearted. S o m e.
times one of your
kind has been sit
ting a o n & side,
and has been shot
d o w n to tn g
ground with a
great cruel gun,
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-01-19
Few Now Care to Walk.

1t is hardly too much to say that
the automobile as she Is at present
driven has made walking for pleasure
or walking for health-walking OF
every sort, in fact, except mere pave
ment strolling or hurried, rabbitlike-
dashes for the shelter of the nearst
trolley car-practically impossible, a
source. Of annoyance and perpetual
discomfort instead of pleasure.-Ex-
change.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-01-19
CUTICURA COMPILATIONS
Are Usually Remarkably Soft and
Clear-Triai Free.

Make Cuticura Soap your everyday
toilet Soap, and assist 1t now and then
as needed by touches of Cuticura ONT
ment to soften, soothe and heal. Moth
ing better to make the complexion
clear, scalp free from dandruff and
hands soft and white.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura. Dept. L.
Boston. Sold everywhere-Adv.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-01-19
Foreign

The Westphalian Politische Mach
richten accuses the American embassy
In Berlin of ''hindering In every pos
sible way the work of American news
paper correspondents who are too pro-
German or insufficiently anti-German
for the embassy's taste.
The Overseas News agency Of Berlin
gives out the following: THE Prelate
Knight Won Gerlach Mgr. Gerlach},
first acting private chamberlain to h,s
holiness, has been forced TO leave
Rome and has arrived at Lugapo,
Switzerland. He was the only Ger.
man prelate in the pope's retinue. The
entente, through the intermediary OF
the Italian government, urgently In
sisted upon his departure"
"We offered peace and meant what
we said. The offer was spurned. We
shall fight on until that peace which
might have been gained by diplomacy
is won by our sword" In substance,
that Is what Germany, speaking for her
allies-Austria-H Bulgaria and
Turkey-told the neutral world. The
note is, In effect, a reply to the en-
tente's rejection of that offer.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-01-19
Corn With Chicken.

Put one can of corn, half-cupful
flour, one tablespoonful butter, one
beaten egg, Tablespoonful salt and
half as much pepper in double boil
er and cook, adding little sweet milk
II II seems too thick. Lastly, add two
cupfuls chicken meat. When cold cut
in slices and fry In hot butter or hot
chicken fat, II you have 1t. Serve
while hot.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-01-19

Ill Y OF Is r q =
KIN O w n as t h e
Hoatzin family"
"Oh! What a
horrible n a IN e."
said Nancy.
do tell us about
Them" said Nick.
"They are about
as peculiar as
they can be-" said
Daddy, "a n d l
must tell you Of
the talk they had
one time with u
nice Bird W h o
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-01-19
Personal

Wayne MacVeagh, attorney general
In the cabinet of President Garfield
and brother Of Franklin MacVeagh Of
Chicago, former secretary of the treas
ury, is deaf at Washington.
Col. William Frederick Cody (Buf-
falo Bib died at Denver, Colo. Colo
mel Cody, hunter, soldier, scout and
Snowman, was for many years known
to nearly every man, woman, boy aid
cir lin America through his Wild West
show with which he toured this coun-
try and Europe. He was born In Scott
county, Iowa, February 20, 1916.
Within two hours after he had coll
lopsed when making q speech ct q
harmony dinner of Democrats, William
F. Wolfe, United States district attor-
ney for the western district Of Wis
consin, died at Madison, Wis.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-01-19
SardIne Toast.

This old recipe has much to recon-
mend II. Take six sardlnes, two eggs
and sufficient cayenne. Scale and
bone the sardines boil the eggs hard
and chop them. Lay first the chopped
egg or some hot buttered toast, then
the sardines seasoned with cayenne,
and put In the Or
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-01-19
TIME TO PRUNE GRAPEvI"Es
In Cold Climates II is Well to Wait
Until Severe Cold Weather Is
Practically Over.

In mild climates November Is the
time to prune grapevines; but In very
cold localities 1t is safer to delay the
pruning until severe cold is practically
over-say the latter part of February.
Cut back new wood so as to leave
only two or three buds on each cane.