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The Washington times., 1917-10-21
K. OF c. POSTPONE
$4,000 DRIVE TO
AID SALE Of BONDS
ouNpEsSzoop Z UnDssrooO'

Buy Liberty bonds first; then SUBJ
scribe to the Knights OF Columbus
war amusement fund.
This is the advice given to Wash
ingtun Catholics by Wiliam P. Nor
moyle, general chairman OF the war
fund committee, who announced that
the fraternity had temporarily aban-
doned its campaign for $4,000 to
enable all knights to subscribe for
and aid in the advocacy OF the sec
ond Liberty loan
The war fund campaign will be
resumed November 10, and continue
for two weeks. In the meantime,
prominent knights will devote their
attention to advocating the purchase
Of Liberty bonds.
The necessity for the success Of
the Liberty, loan campaign will be
referred to tonight in the sermon OF
the Rev. Lewis J. O'Hern, c. S. p.
Washington Chapter, Knights of CO.
lumbus, in st. Joseph's Church, Sec
ond and streets northeast. Par
ticipating in the solemn devotions
will be the Rev. c. o. Rosensteel,
chaplain of Potomac Council, the
Rev. P. J. o'Connell, state chaplain
and pastor OF st. Joseph's, and
Fathers Peter Gilday and William
Cahill. Fourth degree knights will
attend in uniform.
An invitation is extended to SOL
diers and sailors to attend. Michael
d. Schaefer is chairman. of the COM
mittee in charge. The services will
begin at 7:30 o'clock
The Washington times., 1917-10-21
WAR MAIL KEEPS
CITY POSTOFFICE
EMPLOYEES RUSHED

Officials at the city postoffice to-
day are resting up after sending out
during the past twenty-four hours
the largest days nail in the history
OF the local department.
More than 12,5O0 sacks OF mail
were handled between IL o'clock yes
terdsy and last midnight. An ordi-
naryA day,s-01s OF mail is usually
1000 sae5ss. a half million letters
were-also asentsout of the city. Let.
ters ;Eenersllycome about 00,0O6
per day to thevlOcSl postoffice.
seyenty-fIVe. EItra Workers.
Seventy-five extra workers in the
mail division have been set to work
during the heavy hours of 5 and 10
o'clock at night. Superintendent Of
the Mails w. HInter Haycock ac-
counts for the large amount of mail
by the Immense. war work being
done at -the present time in the de-
partmenu
Thousands Of sacks Of Liberty loan
propaganda are being sped out of
the city on the mail trains. The
food commission, in blazing the way
for a new campaign, also is mailing
thousands and thousands of sealed
letters TO De HdhOltu ny 6"GdlllS
postoffice employees.
.. As much mail is going through the
District postoffice at the present time
as is usually handled in the Christ
mas rush. The force employed for the
present ordinary days run OF mail to-
day is practically as large as the
Christmas force of last year.
Uniforms By Mail.
The distribution Of uniforms at
Camp Meade was one OF the causes OF
an INCREASE in the parcel post matter.
Hundreds of suit cases containing dis
carded civilian attire were dispatched
last night.
Owing to the congestion of the ex.
press companies lines, the parcel post
are devising schemes for
the large number of pack
ages given to the postoffice after
being refused by the express com
panies. From empty milk cans to
evil smelling chicken crates are Of
fered to the parcel post for transpor-
tation.
The Washington times., 1917-10-21
WASHINGTON WOMEN
REACH FRANCE SAFELY

Two Washington women. Mrs. Ran
dolph Dickens and Miss Catherine r
Porter, have safely btayed the perils
OF the submarines, according to dis
patches received by the national head
quarters OF the American Red Cross
announcing the arrival in France OF a
workers.
The detachment is to be stationed
along the railroads leading to the
front American canteens for the
French troops were opened last month
and an average of 1000 poilus travel
ing on leave have been fed at out
posts.
The Washington times., 1917-10-21

makers, and others using large guam
titles OF sugar for so-caiied Iuxnriss,
have been ordered stopped. -
Beet sugar will start overspFeading
the Eastern territory early in-'ths
week II expectations are met Ss
Washington candy makers have not
yet been nit by ths shortage and NJ
the order cutting on supplies. Sew
eral local candy mem reported that
they were running to normal capae-
ity and expected TO continue to DO So
The Washington times., 1917-10-21
ARREST SOLDIERS ON
CHARGE OF DESERTION

Nabbed by Headquarters Detective
Kelly from a freight car in Union
Station yards, two soldiers from
Camp Mcclellan, Admission, Ala, are
held at Ninth precinct station
charged with desertiOn.
They gave their names as Vincent
Parr, twenty-one years old. and John
F. Anderson. twenty-three. Accord
ing to Kelly. the pair admitted they
are absent from camp without leave.
They did not give their home ad-
dresses
Acting Inspector Weldon is in
communication with the commandant
at Camp Mcclellan and awaits word
as to the disposition of the alleged
deserteTs.
The Washington times., 1917-10-21
OYSTER RoAsTs FOR ELKs.

Arrangements are complete for the
Elks' oyster roast, which is to be held
Thursday night at the clubhouse on II
street. The roast is the first of the
season, and Charles Herman, who has
charge OF the affair. has, arranged a
program that is to eclipse anything
in past roasts. Local artists are to
assist with the entertainment.
The Washington times., 1917-10-21
PASTRY BAKERS SUGAR
SUPPLIES TO BE CUT

Early relief from the sugar short
age threatening Washington house
wives is expected by the food admin
lstration through orders just issued
cutting of the supply which Is going
into candy and other luxuries.
Sales to confectioners. syrup
The Washington times., 1917-10-21

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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-07-06
GEL EXPLOSIVE FROM FLOWER
British Scientists Discover That Bios
som of Mahua Tree in India Is
Rich in Acetone

Tn" muuitipn output of India has in
Two year. been Increased thousand
Did. mainly through the discovery that
one OF iudia'> communpSt blossoms. the
flower OF the mahua or mhowra tree.
contains acrtonc in quantity. This tree
i widely known to all travellers in
Br.taiu's ASiatic empire, but its use a.
" base for explosives is at least one
hing new under the sun. says the
scientific American.
When the war broke out. acetone.
which forms The chief Ingredient of
c"rdilc. was extracted mainly from
wood. maize. and starch; and the Brit
i-h admiralty erected great factory
for the process Of acetonc recovery
rom starch. But fortunately two Eng
fish scientists in Ilydcrabad discovered
that the mahua flowers contained ace
"n" in larger proportions than it is
found in any other vegetable substance
that This inolienNivc bloom was ten
time richer ia the material in ques-
tiun than any known wood. In fact,
INV 'I'''"i -ciicih vi oi"idl'e loi
India reports that the mahua is by
all odds the best source for acetOne
known.
Manufacture Oh large scale is now
under way and it is whispered that the
of munitions with which
he British forces in MeSopotamia APP
pear Ia be blessed is to be attributed
To the new discovery.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-07-06
ALL YEAR COLLEGE TERMS
American Universities Are Seriously
Considering the Plan as a War
Expedient.

New YOrk.-Many American univer-
stiles, ii is learned here, are seriously
considering making the college year
consist of four terms of IL weeks each.
with only four weeks vacation year.
II is also proposed. by certain changes
in the curricula, to teach as much in
two of the new terms as was formerly
taught in three terms, or the whole col
lege year.
These measures are suggested as n
war eXpcdicnt. 1t is admitted the new
arrangement will not be quite as effec-
tive as the old method; but the advo-
Gates argue better results will be OBJ
tanned from the plan than by trying to
continue with the old system when
young men have little time for educa-
ton and are in more of q hurry than
formerly To get into the army of some
other active life.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-07-06
Novelists and SCHOOLGIRLS.

Scott never mentions schoolgirl.
Imagine Thomas Hardy fashioning Il
schoolgirl out of Wessex clay, or
George Meredith venturing to describe
Diana of the Crossways in those early
years. Arnold Bennett would have
created little miniature old wife, as
Van Eyck and Memling paint babies
like miniature old men. III. G. Wells
would depict her as incipient tempta-
ton to lead Mr.. Drifting, for instance,
into one of a dozen romantic adven-
lures. Galsworthy would try to fit her
into an ethical system, into niche
of social justice or matrimonial VEN
lures. Mr.. Howells. one may imagine,
might have essayed the task; but he
would have tried to meet the difficulty
of getting the right values-as paint
er dabs blues on yellows to make n
green-by adding to primness, remi-
niScent of the Vicar of Wakefield, a
few delicate hoydenish touches. AS
there is no such thing as schoolgirl
on the continent, French and Italian
nOveliSts do not mention her. Indeed
the schoolgirl, as we see her, is IN
American product and modern.-H. II.
Sedgwick. in the Atlantic Magazine.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-07-06

At the cost of a small jar of ordi-
nary cold cream one can prepare a full
quarter pint of the most wonderful
lemon skin softener and complexion
beautifier, by squeezing the juice of
two fresh lemons into bottle contain
ing three ounces of orchard white.
Care should be taken to strain the
juice through fine cloth so no lemon
pulp gets in, then this lotion will keep
fresh for months. Every woman knows
that lemon juice is used to bleach and
remove such blemishes as freckles. sal
lowness and tan, and Is the ideal skin
softener, smoothener and beautifier.
Just try it! Get three ounces of
orchard white at any pharmacy and
two lemons from the grocer and make
up a quarter pint of this sweetly fra
grant lemon lotion and massage If
daily into the face, neck, arms and
hands. 1t should naturally help to
whiten, soften, freshen and bring out
the roses and beauty of any skin. 1t
Is truly marvellous to smoother rough,
red hands. Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-07-06
GERMANS INVENT DEADLY PENCIL

of Narvik and Finland. A tremendous
tide of merchandise flows into Russia
along this road by horse transports.
Between two thousand and three thou
sand horses are used for freighting
goods, and barns have been construct
ed along the road for their accOmmo-
dation. The scheme attributed to
Baron Won ROsen was to put the poi
sOned sugar in the feed boxes in those
barns and start an epizootic among
the horses which would cripple the
whole transportation system.
The revelations in regard to what
the baron described as his scientific
expedition" have aroused great indig-
nation here and the authorities are Sc
verely blamed for releasing the baron.
There have been some cases of infec-
tiOus diseases among horses at places
where Baron Won Rosen stayed, but his
responsibility has not been proved.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-07-06
AERIAL BATTLES FULL Of THRILLS
IMPETUS TO SHARK HUNTING
Shoe Manufacturers Discover That
Leather From Hides of "Man-
Eaters" Is Useful.

New York.-Sharll hunting promises
Ia become II general and profitable in
duStry along the coast of the Eastern
states, since shoe manufacturers have
discovered. by exhaustive experiments.
that leather tanned from the hides of
''man-eaterS" is highly applicable for
the purposes of ordinary footwear.
New York fishermen are preparing
tn carry on the hunt on a gigantic
scale if the "Sea tigers" come north
this spring. While the industry in its
infancy does not promise to be over
highly remunerative. boat owners are
confident with specialized methods
catches of sufficient size to warrant
exclusive attention to it will be their
reward. In addition to the leather
properties of the shark it produces an
oil that is said To be the slowest dry
ing lubricant known. 1t also is used
in the manufacture of certain brands
of waterproof paint.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-07-06
CAL0MEL MAKES YOU SICK, UGH!
IT'S MERCURY AND SAL|VATES
Sraghten Up Don't Lose Days Work! Clean Your Sluggish
Liver and Bowels With "Oodsons Liver Tone"

straighten you right up and make you
feel fine and vigorous by morning
want you to go back to the store and
get your money. Dodson's Liver Tone
is destroying the sale of calomel be-
cause it is real liver medicine; entire
ly vegetable, therefore it cannot sali-
vate or make you sick.
l guarantee that one spoonful of
Dodsons Liver Tone will put your slug.
gish liver to work and clean your bow.
els Of that sour bile and constipated
waste which is clogging your system
and making you feel miserable. / guar.
antee that a bottle of Dodson's Liver
Tone will keep your entire family feel.
ing fine for months. Give it to your
children. It is harmless; doesn't grippe
and they like it's pleasant taste-Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-07-06
+++++++++++++++++++++++++i
FIND NO BUG IN THROAT
Widow Loses Accident Insurance
When Autopsy Fails to Prove
Her Assertion.

Kansas City.-The fact that an au-
topsy failed to find bug which ]. NJ.
Freeman told his wife had lodged in
his throat. resulted in the Kansas City
court of appeals reversing Il $1,000 YER
dict the widow had gained against the
Loyal Protective Insurance company
of Boston.
Freeman. a Howard county patent
medicine vendor, had an accident pol
icy. He died of pneumonia. The court
held that since no foreign body was
found in his throat he could not be
said to have contracted the disease. as
claimed. by accidental or violent"
means.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-07-06
Then Silence.

They were dancing merrily, this
young man and the young woman, and
were talking of nothing at all, when
suddenly the girl asked:
Have you enlisted?"
NO" answered the youth.
Haven't you Joined the Officers Re
serve CORPSE"
mo, not yet. I haven't thought
much about that sort of thing"
Haven't you done anything about
the war;"
NO." the youth replied.
Whereupon the girl stopped dane
ing.
Il wish you would take me to seat
| don't think l want to dance with
you."-Washington Star.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-07-06

Ugh! Calomel makes you sick. Take
dose of the vile, dangerous drug to-
night and tomorrow you may lose
days work
Cal0mel is mercury or quicksilver
which causes necrosis of the bones.
Calomel, when it comes into contact
with sour bile crashes into it, break
ing it up. This is when you feel that
awful nausea and cramping. If you
feel sluggish and "all knocked out" il
your liver is torpid and bowels consti-
pated or you have headache, dizziness.
coated tongue, If breath is bad or
stomach sour. just try spoonful Of
harmless Dodson's Liver Tone.
Here's my guarantee-Go to any
drug store or dealer and get 5o-cent
bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone. Take
a spoonful tonight and IL it doesn't
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-07-06

Color bearer of the American Junior
Naval and Marine Scout which escort
ed by battalion of naval scouts and
company of marine scouts, has been
recruiting its ranks among the Chinese
boys of New YOrk's Chinatown. A
number of enlistments have been
procured and it is expected that
shortly the organization will have
formed battalion composed ex-
cluSively of Juvenile Orientals, but
withal staunch Americans. The Amer
lean Junior Naval and Marine
Scouts aim to train the boys in the
work of the United States navy and
the marine corps. If on becoming of
age they desire TO serve their country,
little further training is necessary.
More than 10000 boys are members of
the organization, scattered through SO
states.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-07-06
Travels 90 Miles
FOR MORE TANlAC
J. D. Hawkins Says His Vile
Gained Fifteen Pounds
on Three Bottles.
SUFFERED 20 YEARS
Wife's Improvement Has Been Won
derfui-Aii Her Neighbors Talk
ing About How Much Bet
ter She Looks.

I'm taking forty-mile trip 10 get
more Tanlac," was the remarkable
statement made by J. u. Hawkins n
well-known and prosperous farmer. in
Jacobs Pharmacy, Memphis, Tenn,
recently.
Yes, sir" he continued. 81 live mt
Bartlett, Tenn, and drove eight miles
TO Raleigh this morning TO catch the
trolley TO Memphis. which is twelve
miles more, so when | get home that
viii make forty miles I've Travelled TO
get this Tan!ac, and that's proof
enough Of what | think about il.
81 declare | never saw or heard of
medicine doing as much good as this
Tanlac has done my wife. She has ac-
tually gained fifteen pounds on three
bottles of ii and besides it has re-
lieved her of troubles that have been
weakening her down for nearly twenty
years. She suffered with indigestion
and everything she would eat made
gas and gave her severe pains in the
stomach. She had no appetite ut all
and suffered with nervous headaches
until she couldn't sleep at night. She
was so tired all the time that she
couldn't do any of her homework at
all. / was just about to give up i'm
despair, for we had tried everything
We could get hold of, when | read
about Tanlac and got bottle for her.
"Well, sir, she has taken three bot
ties so far and her improvement has
just been wonderful and that's the rea-
son ! am making this trip. because |
don't want her To be without Tanlac.
She can do all her own hOuSework now
and is relieved of the indigestion and
has good appetite. Her nerves are
quiet and the headaches are all gone
and she can sleep well at night. She
Is ginning in health and strength all
the time and the neighbOrs are all
talking about how much better she
looks.
81 certainly do indorSe Tanlac. for
after what Ii has done for my wife, |
believe it is the best medicine in the
world"
There is a Tanlac dealer in your
tOwn.-Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-07-06
ENLISTS DESPITE GLASS EYE
Man Rejected at First Finally Wins
Place in Marine Corps on Re-
cruiting Duty.

New lork.-ESkild Bagger has at
tanned his ambition. Three weeks ago
he took the examination for the Ma
rine corps, passed and thought he was
in, but as he stopped to pick up his
clothing glass eye dropped on the
floor.
CndiScOuraged, he had been going
almost daily seeking enlistment. Cap
tain Evans has informed him that he
has received orders TO reward his pa
triotic fervor. He was enlisted in the
Marine corps reserve. class 4. and as
signed TO duty in the recruiting sta
ton.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-07-06
Wears Shoes to BED.
10 Punish Parents

Chicago.-Judge Stelk of the court
of domestic relations believes he has
solved the problem of the Maynard
child.
Hereafter 1 am going to send the
parents to Jail instead of furnishing
the children" he said. In an address
to members of the FIRST Lutheran
church.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-07-06
Mantell's Ghost Story.

Robert Mantell tells of barnstorm-
ing company in the West in the old
days that made a try ut Shakespeare.
Considerable complaint was heard rela-
tive to the efforts of the man who es-
Sayed to do the ghost in Hamlet"
One day a dramatic man on local
paper said TO the leading man:
THAT fellow who plays the ghost
does not suggest the supernatural"
Il should say not" assented the
leading man with alacrity, but he does
suggest the natural super."-Every-
body's Magazine.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-07-06
Sharpen 1t and 1t ExpIodes,
Manning or Killing the
Sharpener.
TAKEN FROM SWEDISH noble
Baggage Contains an Amazing Collec-
ton of Bombs, Posons, BacilIi of
Deadly Diseases and Other
Tools of Death and
Destruction.

ChriStiania.-An amazing collection
of bombs, poisons, bacilli of deadly dis
eases and other means of death and
destruction has been seized by the au-
thorities here as part of the baggage
of Baron Won ROsen, a Swedish noble
man and alleged to be a German agent
The baron fled to Norway after his ac-
tivities had aroused the Swedish au-
thOrities. He was arrested, but, as he
could not be convicted of violating any
Norwegian law, he was released with
Il warning To leave the country.
Baron Won Rosen's field of opera
tons was along the Swedsh-Finnish
border. His purpose is supposed to
have been the destruction of Russian
food and munitiOn stOrehOuses, but
what success he had is not known.
When he fled from Sweden last Janu-
AIRY part of his baggage was seized by
the Swedish authorities and found to
contain large quantity of high explO-
SiveS, packed in tin cans marked
"corned beef" 1t remained, however.
for the Norwegian police to uncover
the real extent of his equipment.
liable Salt" Was Explosive.
After the baron had been ordered
out of Norway those parts of his bag
gage which had not been seized in Swe-
den arrived mt Christiania and were
turned over TO the police. Among the
articles found We're cans of explosives
marked table salt" bottles marked
mouth wash" containing cultures of
dangerous bacilli. identified by the
state health laboratory; boxes of lump
sugar. each lump cOncealing a small
glass vial filed with bacilli of anthrax
of CHAMBERS. and several explosive pen
ellis.
The latter article is an ingenious in
fernal machine and departure in
frightfulnesS. so far as the authorities
here are aware. 1t has the appearance
of an ordinary pencil, but if sharpened
Il drop of acid concealed in a thin glass
tube is released and, acting on other
concealed chemicals, causes an explO-
sion sufficient to MAIN or perhaps Eli
the sharpener.
Sought to Infect Animals.
One scheme of Baron Won Rosen in
which the poisoned sugar Jumps were
to figure is believed to have been di-
rected against the great traffic stream
which the war has called into being
between the northern Norwegian town
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-07-06
Boy, Aged Nine. Kills Couaar.

Lynn Obye, only nine. of Portland,
Ore. qualified as Il hunter when he
shot and killed a cougar that meas
ured eight feet seven inches from tip
to tip. The prowling animal was killed
in the foothills of Yamhill county in
the Coast Range mountains. The cou-
gar had been killing stock of the farm
erS and his death was welcomed by
those who had suffered from the raids
upon their cattle.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-07-06
Both Appropriate.

LOngmurc-Thc former clients of
Smith, the divorce lawyer, who died
last week. are going to do Il nice thing.
Short-What?
Longmorc-Show their appreciation
by erecting a monument TO his mem
DRY.
Short-lIave they chosen the design?
Longmore-Not yet. \ number of
them want something along the lines
of the Statue of Liberty. and the 9th
ers favor II colossal granite cleaver-
The Lamb
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-07-06

deavOring TO produce more native"
food and subsist on less States stuff"
so importations may be less.
William T. Lopp, chief of the Alaska
division Of the service, with head
quarters here. attempts to impress
upon the Eskimo mind that every
ton of reindeer meat, seal meat, wal
rus meat, whole meat and dried sal
mon produced helps relieve the food
and freight shortage of the nation"
"The war is as important to the
Eskimo as to u.s." says Lopp. "and he
is being taught to do his share"