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Evening star., 1917-11-25

ago. in The Star file of 1872. the Rambler
came upon the following under the date
of July l:
Gen. R. c. weightman. one Of our Oldest and
most estimable citizens. is lying at the point Of
death at his residence on 10th street between 9
the Navy. believes that he cannot long survive
Gen. Weightman was born in Alexandria in
January, 1855, and IL therefore in his eighty
eighth year. He came to Washington in 1901
printer. Some years later he was elected public
printer. and accumulated some money and erect
ed row of buildings what is now the site
of the National Hotel. He was elected mayor
became cashier OF the Bank Of Washington. and
in 1881 was appointed chief clerk Of the patent
office by Commissioner Ewbank. Under q change
Of administration he was reduced to second
library of that Office. He was removed by Com
missioner Fisher in 1870.
In 1851 he commissioned brevet major
general Of the militia Of the District Of Columbia
He became poor through his generosity. and
Alexander r. Shepherd. then vice president of
the board of public works. gave him position
In that office, which he filed up to the time Of
deEsburg. He married the youngest daughter Of
Col Samuel Hanson of Washington, who died in
the Cos.
1t was probably the Washington City
Gazette on which Gen. Weightman OBJ
tanned his first employment in Wash
ington. That paper was published by
william and Jonathan Elliot, and
George Watterston was the editor. Later
it was bought by Daniel Rapine. who
was the first mayor of Washington un-
Evening star., 1917-11-25
The Rambler Writes Of Old Avenue Shops al

0N carrying along the story of Penn
sylvania avenue from the incorpc-
ration Of Washington city in 1901
q up to about 1920 the Rambler in
last Sundays narrative mentioned
number of names and places which
must have been familiar to the older
generation of washingtonians. That
was not because the memory of any
Washington man of today reaches a.
far back as 1920. but because many Of
the men who were identified with the
Avenue as early as 1920 lived for a
good many years after that date
Reference to the snuff. tobacco and
fancy goods store at the northwest cor
ner of the Avenue and 18th street.
which was kept by ?. L. Duport and
Lewis Johnson. certainly recalled MEM
cries of a man who became rich and
distinguished. was tdentihed win q
large number of local enterprises ana
who lived until August %. 1SI2 That
was Lewis johnson. He was born IN
ST. Mary's county. Md. in 1890. ana
came to Washington in 1910. obtaining
a position as clerk in the old Union
Hotel in Georgetown. There lies be-
fore the bier an account of the
career of Mr.. johnson published by
The star the day after his death, ana
the following is extracted from that
account:
Some time after securing situation as clerk
in the Union Hotel he obtained position with
t;srrott McEeuney & Woodward. Georgetown
merchants. and in 1872 he established himself
in business as the proprietor OF variety store
AZ the corner of Pennsylvania avenue and 18th
street About 1880 he moved his store to
house on the north side Of the Avenue near the
corner of 1lth street. He retired from business
in 1889 but a few years later, becoming weary
OF an inactive life. he entered into partnership
With Nicholas Callen in the agency business and
in 1876 Mr.. Johnson. with Stanislaus Murray.
Edward Sirnms and John Purdy. established the
Washington Savings Bank. In 1855 that house
was merged with the firm of Lewis Johnson &
Co.. the company being David Walker and Lewis
johnson Davis Lewis johnson soldier in
the Of 1872. member Of the Washington
city councils for many years, a director In the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, for thirty
years a director in the Bank Of the Metropolis.
one of the original directors of the Fireman's
Insurance Company of Washington and of
the early members of the Oldest Inhabitants
Association.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-10
BOY SCOUTS TO
ATTACK GARDEN
Armed With Rakes and Hoes
Two Troops Will Start
to Produce Potatoes

Armed with rakes and hoes and
with flags flying, two hundred boys,
comprising Companies b and C
of the Stevens Memorial Guards.
will march Saturday afternoon
through East Harrisburg to the
front"
1t will be a novel sight that the
residents of that section of the city
will witness. The boys have been
drilled to perfection and have been
under strict discipline, and it is eX-
pected they will make a striking ap-
pearance as they swing along to the
martial beat of drums. ....
Arriving at the front" which is
Somewhere in the neIghborhood of
Seventeenth and Berryhill Streets
the guards will halt and present
arms. They will then be divided into
squads and march a short distance
to a large plot of ground which will
be the scene of their battle" The
work of digging trenches will be
started Immediately.
Let it be undel stood that this
brave little army is going into real
ght;-just that. However, it is not
bent on destruction. This army is
going to produce. 1t is going to pro-
duce potatoes.
The battlefield and the seed po-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-10
Many Years
of Doctoring
Failed" He Says
Was in Badly Run Down Condition
and Needed Help Quick
TANLAC FIXED HIM UP

II had stomach trouble" says
Harry Hornberger, of Mohnton, near
Reading, Pa, "and after | had doc
tored and dosed for years without
getting any better, along comes Tan
lac and fixed me up in a jiffy. 1t was
the biggest and pleasantest surprise
| ever had in my life"
MY stomach was all shot to
pieces; | had no appetite to speak
of, | was eternally filled up with gas
and my nerves were so ragged that
l couldn't get a good nights rest. !
was tired, headachy. bowels were
bad and | felt generally miserable" "
But no sooner did I start taking
Tanlac than I could feel myself pick
ing up. And now l feel as fine
and new as if | had just cleaned
house. My appetite is good. / can
eat what | please, my headaches
have gone'and l get a good. refresh
ing sleep every night"
Tanlac, the famous reconstructive
tonic, is now being introduced here
at Gorgas' Drug Store, where the
Tanlac man is meeting the people
and explaining the merits of this
master medicine.
Tanlac is also sold in Carlisle at
w. G.. stephens Pharmacy; Eliza
bethtown, Albert W.. Cain; Greencas-
tie, Chas. b. Carl; Middletown, Colin
S. Fews Pharmacy; Waynesboro,
Clarence Croft's Pharmacy.-Adv.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-10
"SILVER THREADS"
AND GREY IN HAIR i?
Let Q-Ban, a Simple, Safe
Sure Preparation, Bring
Natural Color and Hair
Health. Not a Dye.

Here is the one safe, cleanly, health
ful and certain way to restore the ma
tural color to gray or fadded. lifeless
hair-thc one method in perfect good
taste and accepted by Americas $ fore
NEST people.
Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer will
bring all your hair back to it's origi-
nal even shade, and it will be rich.
glossy, lustrous and soft. For women
Q-Ban means hair of real beauty. For
men and women, Q-Ban means the
look of vitality, health and youth.
Simply wet your hair with O-Ban
Restorer. Your hair will graduaiiv
and evenly return to it's natural. uni
form shade. Beware of limitations.
Beware. too, of dangerous dyes and
chemicals.
MOney-Back Guarantee
Q-Ban Is all ready to use. 1t is
guaranteed to be as harmless as the
pure air. 1t is sold under guarantee
of satisfaction or money back" II
is the only guaranteed preparation for
the purpose. 1t costs only soc for a
large bottle, at Geo. A. Gorgas' and
all good drug stores, or write Hessig-
Ellis Drug Co. Memphis. Tenn.
Liquid Shampoo, Q-Ban Toilet Soap;
also Q-Ban Depilatory (odorless) for
removing smperfiuous hair. Send FOR
Culture" This tells how to take
free illustrated book of lectures, Hair
proper care of your hair. Write to-
Observation-Disclosures.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-10
DRESS WARM AND
KEEP FEET DRY
Tells Rheumatism Sufferers to
Take Salts and Get Rid
of Uric Acid

rheumatism is no respecter of
age, sex, color or rank. If not the
most dangerous of human Affections
it is one of the most painful. Those
subject to rheumatism should eat
less meat, dress as warmly as pos
sible, avoid any undue exposure and,
above all, drink lots of pure water.
rheumatism is caused by uric acid
which is generated in the bowels and
absorbed into the blood 1t is the
function of the kidneys to filter this
acid from the blood and cast it out
in the urine; the pores of the skin
are also Il means of freeing the blood
of this impurity. In damp and chilly,
cold weather the skin pores are
closed thus forcing the kidneys to do
double work, they become weak and
sluggish and fail to eliminate this uric
acid which keeps accommodating and
circulating through the system,
eventually settling in the joints and
muscles causing stiffness, soreness
and pain called rheumatism.
At the first twinge of rheumatism
get from any pharmacy about four
ounces of Jad Salt; put a table
spoonful in glass of water and
drink before breakfast each morning
for a week. This is said to eliminate
uric acid by stimulating the kidneys
to normal action, thus ridding the
blood of these impurities.
Jad Salts is inexpensive, harmless
and is made from the acid of grapes
and lemon juice, combined with
lithia and is used with excellent re-
suits by thousands of folks who are
subject to rheumatism. Here you
have a pleasant effervescent lithia-
water drink which overcomes uric
acid and is beneficial to your kidneys
as well-AdV.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-10
New Corn Remover in Big
Demand Say Druggists

Since the virtues of ice mint as 10. d
corn remover became known IN ins, IrrS
country druggists have been navitnis tt,is
an extraordinary demand .tot. thiS
product and it is predicted tn tnaI end IND
summer women will wear smalier any
prettier shoes than ever. ,,,art,
The fact that this new ulscoNslS
which is made from a japanese PIo
duct will actually remove cornsEro1osss
and all-and without the sligntes1t
pain or soreness, is of course, many
RESPONSIBLE for it's large and increas
ing sale. .o,aar
You apply just a little. on ten1er. oEa
aching corn and instantly the sorJ
ness is relieved, and soon the corn
so shriveled that it may be nlteo o'ie
with the fingers-root ana all. t
Ice-mint is a clean, creamy, shonE
white non-poisonous substance anu anu
will never inflame or irritate the most
tender skin. 80
Cutting or pairing corns often pro-
duces blood poison and people arc
warned to stop 1T. 49, xa,,
Just ask in any drug store LOT q
small Jar of ice-mint which VIII costs
little yet is sufficient to rid ones Ines Iilee
of every corn or callous. 9ouH hhe
it ly.-Advertisement'
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-10
OPEN N0STRILS! END
A COLD OR CATARRH
How To Get Relief When Head
and Nose are Stuffed Up.

Count fifty. Your cold in head or
Catarrah disappears. Your clogged
nostrils will open, the air passages
of your head will clear ana you can
breathe freely. No more snufing.
hawking, mucous discharge. dryness
or headache; no struggling for
breath at night.
Get a small bottle of Elys Cream
Balm from your druggist and apply
a little of this fragrant antiseptic
cream in your nostrils. 1t penetrates
through every air passage of the
head, soothing and healing the
swollen or. infiamed mucous mem
brane, giving you instant relief. Head
colds and catarrh yield like magic.
Don't stay stuffed-up and miserable.
Relief is sure.-vAdv.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-10
TO MAKE CHANGES
AT DIVES STORE.
Interior Alterations Started
Plan to Remodel and Make
Front Uniform

Extensive interior alterations have
been started in the main building of
Dives, Pomeroy and Stewart depart
ment store. Pomraining, the con-
tractor. who will have charge of the
remodelng.
Much of the work will include sub
stituting heavier steel columns and
girders from the basement to the
roof of the main building, prepara-
tory to extensive remodeling on the
upper stories.
This will include changing the en-
tire store front to make it uniform.
The first step in this operation is
the one which has just been started
and which will cost approximately
100000.
No definite plans have been made
for the remodeling and changing of
the store front as this will not be
started until the present alterations
are completed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-10
American Ship Drives
Off U-Boat With Guns

New York, May 10. - An armed
American Line steamship which ar
rived here last night from a Eu-
ropean port reported that her gun
crew fired six shots at a German sub
marine off the coast of Ireland on
May 2. The undersea boat inn
mediately submerged and it was inn
possible to determine whether any
of the shots took effect.
The periscope of the submarine
was sighted about p. m. and the
American vessel imm ediately swung
around to afford the gunners an op-
portunity for accurate aim. The
undersea craft disappeared stimuli
taneously with the firing of the first
shot, it was said. and did not re
appear. The American ship then put
on full speed and proceeded on her
course.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-10
Retiring Secretary Young
Given Dinner by Friends

General Robert X. Young, retiring
State Secretary. was given formal
dinner last night by a number of his
friends. The dinner was held in the
Harrisburg Club and was attended by
twenty mine persons. Spencer c. Gill
bert was toastmaster. The following
guests were present:
John 7. .Dohoney, Thomas +. Mont
gomery, John It. Brady, Spencer c.
Gilbert, David Il. Tracy, William NJ.
Donaldson, Jesse Il. Il. Cunningham,
Charles IL. Bergner William c. Sproul,
Cyrus Il. Woods, Lewis c. Beitler,
Bromley Wharton, Norman d. Gray.
Samuel w. McCulloch, Nathan r. But
Ter. Henry A. Kelker, Jr., Robert c.
kelker. Jr., Frank NJ. Eastman. DR..
Galen Hahn, John l.. Fox, william NJ.
largest, Philip II. Meredith, David L.
Diehl, Walter II. Gather, Samuel c.
Todd, Thomas A, Crichton, Chauncey
p. Rogers and Roy G. Cox.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-10
$5,828 PLEDGED
SCOUT CAMPAIGN
CONTINUED From First Pagc1


ganizer. who is directing the four
day campaign to raise a fund of
$4,000 to nance Boy Scout activi-
ties in Harrisburg for the next three
years, was greatly cheered to-day by
the receipt of several kilograms con-
veying best wishes for success from
Scout officials in various cities, where
Mr.. Buddy has conducted similar
campaigns.
Here are a few of the messages:
From nr. NJ. Gulick. Scout EXecu-
tive, Scranton, Pa: Scranton sends
you hopes for great campaign"
Ransom I. Lewis, president Ell
mira. y. Y. Council, b. S. of A., sent
this one: "Elmira Council Boy
Scouts of America Incorporated eN-
tends greetings to all brothers of
Harrisburg engaged in this great
with success. You are making a
wonderful investment"
Il. r. Williams, secretary, Scran-
ton Council, wired: Best wishes for
successful campaign. You did 1t
for us, go to it in Harrisburg"
This message came from Richard
Knowles. president, New Bedford,
Mass, Council, B. S. of A.: Can
wish you no more than the same
success you nad III New BeuIoru.
TO overrun $4,000 is good, but to or
ganize a new troop every week since
is better. You gave us new start.
James T.. West, chief schout exec
utive, New York City, sent the fol-
lowing: Delighted to know tinan-
cial campaign launched. Scouting is
greatest supplemental medium for
character development of boyhood
and is splendid civic asset. Team
workers deserve support and graft
tude of entire city. Devotion and
activity of team workers will deter
mine results. Harrisburg as pros
porous city cannot afford to fail to
recognize obligations to it's boys, es-
pecially since scores of other cities
have financed scouting for their
boys. National Council sends hearty
wishes for success. Every Scout to
feed Il soldier.
John Yates. general secretary of
the Associated Aid Charities, who is
attending a convention of antituber-
culosis workers at Cincinnati, sent
this telegram to Howard Fry: Re
gret not being in it all. Success to
campaign. Harrisburg boys are
worth every last ounce of every
body's energy
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-10

PED Noul Goes N Dandages to look like
bundles. who have used salves that
turned your toes raw and sore, and
used plasters that would shift from
their place and never get" the corn
and who have dug and picked at your
Corns with knives and scissors and
perhaps made them bleed-just quit
these old and painful ways and try
"Gets-It" just once. You put or 3
drops on, and it dries at once. There's
nothing to stick. You can put your
shoe and stocking right on again. The
pain is all gone. Then the corn dies
a painless. shriveling death, it loosenes
from your toe, and off it comes. Gets
1t" is the biggest selling corn remedy
in, the world to-day. There's none
other as good.
"Gets-It" is sold by druggists every
where, 25c u bottle, or sent on receipt
of price by Il. Lawrence & Co, Chi
Cago. Ill.
Sold in Harrisburg and recommend
cd as the worlds best corn remedy by
Clark's Medicine Store, w. II. Ken
nedy and Golden Seal Drug Company
and Frank *. KitZmiller.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-10

tatoes have been donated to these
militant gardeners, and the fruits of
their victory will, in turn, be do
mated to the needy families of Har-
risburg.
Major w. l.. Nanaman will be the
commander at the engagement. He
will have several aids, one each be-
ing in charge of a squad. The
squads will be assigned to their own
sections, and it is planned to award
prizes for the greatest yield per sec
ton.
march in the Memorial Day parade,
appearing in full Uniform. Company
A will hold q drill tomorrow
evening, preceded by n business
meeting at which plans will be dis
cussed for participating in the pa
rade.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-10
This Years Crops Poorer
Than Last Year in Italy

Rome, May 10. - With last years
world food crops poor and those Of
this year poorer. it is necessary even
if the war ends this summer or fall
for the United States to apply rigid
food war measures, according to
David Lubin, of California, founder
of the International Institute of
Agriculture here and American rep
resentative to it. Mr.. Lubin has al
ready submitted to President Wilson
and other officials plans for the
regulation of food distribution.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-10
Agricultural Outlook
Bad in Great Britain

London, May 10. - Reports on
the agricultural outlook in Great
Britain are almost uniformly dis
couraging. Not even the oldest far
mer recalls more trying time than
that through which he has just been
passing. A late sowing, a poor yield,
a wet autumn and a severe winter
have been followed by a spring with
all the marked characteristics. of
lDeCember.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-10
ISSUE BUILDING PERMITS

Permits We're Issued to-day at the
city building inspectors office for re-
modelling and alterations to two
structures in the city. One of these
was for alterations to the Philadel-
phia and Reading Railway freight
building at Ninth and Market streets.
The improvements will cost $2,5O0.
The other was for remodeling wor
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-10
POULTRY IN STORAGE

Washington, May 10. = The feu-
eral officers of markets to-day re-
ported an increase of 260 per cent In
poultry held in storage May as
compared with stocks on the same
date a year ago, buy marked oe-
crease in all classes of meats except
cured beef. Storage turkeys showeu
the greatest increase. TAG per cent
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-10
Two Reserve Aero Squads
For u. S. Army Authorized

Washington, May 10. - Organiza-
tion of two reserve aero squadrons
for the army was authorized to-day
by Major General Scott, chief of
staff. The first reserve squadron to
he located near New York City and
the second near Philadelphia will be
composed of officers and enlisted
men of the aviation section, signal
reserve corps, either now in the east
ern department or soon to be or
dered there.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-10
Use "Gets-lt," Lift
Corn Right Off

ShriveIs, Loosens-and It's Gone!
Just like taking the lid off-that's s
toe after it has been treated with the
wonderful discovery, 'Gets-It.'" Hunt
the wide world over and youl find
nothing so magic. simple and easy as
"GetS-lt. You. folks who have wrap
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-10

to be done at the Hoffer and Gar
man feed and grain warehouse in
Eighteenth near Holly street. This
will cost $500.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-10
POISONED BY FOOD

Michael Goffus, 1886 South Ninth
street and William Marks, 1914
South Ninth street, are in the Har-
risburg Hospital suffering with
ptomaine poisoning. Both are in a
dangerous condition.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-01
WARREN S. STONE.

One of the most powerful of the
"Big Four" leaders of the railroad
'brotherhoods who have been so much
in the imelight in the past year is
Warren S. Stone, grand chief Of the
International Brotherhood Of Loco
motive Engineers. Born fifty-seven
years ago today, Feb. 1, 1850, at
Ainsworth, Ia, and in that commun-
ity he was reared to height Of six
feet Of 1.-THE manhood. HeSreceived
an unusually good education for a
youth of that period and place. at
tending Washington Academy and
Western College. At nineteen he
was working. on a farm near. Aims
worth. A railway line ran through
the farm, and it was this, perhaps,
that fired the youngster with the am
bition to become a locomotive en-
gineer. At any rate, one day he
came to a sudden decision that that
was to be his future occupation, and,
hurryjng to Ainsworth, he took a
train to the division headquarters
town. That night he was firing a
locomotive on the Rock Island line.
For five years he shoveled coal into
the greedy maws of locomotives, and
in 1884 he became an engineer. He
occupied the throne on the right side
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-01
SAVE DADS LIFE
Get IT FOR HIN
Says it is suicide to cut corns
and tells how they lift
right out.

You simply say to the drug store
man, "Give me a quarter Of an ounce
Of freezone." This will cost very lit
tie but is sufficient to remove every
hard or soft corn from ones feet.
A few drops applied directly upon
a tender, aching corn should relieve
the soreness, aching corn should re-
lieve the soreness instantly, and soon
the entire corn, root and all, can be
lifted out with the fingers without
pain.
This new way to rid ones feet of
corns was introduced by a Cincinnati
man, who says that while freezone is
sticky it dries in a moment. and
seems to simply shrivel up the corn
without inflaming or even irritating
the surrounding tissue or skin.
Don't let father die of infection or
1ockjaw from whiting at his corns,
but cut this out and make him try
it.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-01
Conditional Pardon
Offered Mrs. Byrne

New York, Feb. 1.-The committee
of 100 which has been supporting Mrs.
Margaret Sanger and her sister, Mrs.
Ethel Byrne, in their fight to amend
the laws concerning the disscmina-
ton of birth control information, an
nounced today that it would urge Mrs.
Byrne to accept Gov. Whitman's con-
ditional pardon if she was unable ia
obtain her freedom by appeal to the
courts. The governor has promised
to pardon Mrs. Byrne, who has served
10 days of a 30 day sentence for Civ
ing out birth control information, ii
she, would agree to stop her activities
along this line.
The birth control crusaders said they
were satisfied with their progress sc
far They hope to bring about the
rpeai of the birth control laws through
study of the question, by commission
which they say the governor has
promised to appoint.