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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-16
Pair of Socks an Hour.

In order to meet the incessant demand
for knitted socks for our own men. the
Red Cross Helpers Auxiliary, .176l NJ
street, of which Mrs. A. Garrison Me-
chased knitting machine which makes
a pair of socks an hour. Miss Rebecca
Gray has charge Of the machine. which
has enabled her to add greatly to the
every Wednesday morning from 1920 to
IL for the distribution of wool and hos
pital garments. which are returned the
following week. Mrs. William Collins
Heron is In charge OF the knitting: Mrs;
Erasmus Morgan Weaver 10 inspector Of
garments; Miss Charlotte Campbell is
the secretary and Mrs. George f.
Becker Is the treasurer.
These workers were the first to Or
ganize after the outbreak of the war In
lies. Since our entrance into the war
last April they have worked with added
zest for our men, and never allow re-
quest go by unanswered. They have
would have otherwise gone without. As
the work II increasing day by day much
more assistance is needed. such as knit
tiers, garment makers and funds for the
purchase Of materials Contributions can
be sent to Mrs. AcClinfoek or to Mrs
Becker. the president and treasurer.
Among those who have been Of great as
sistance to this organization are the IN
mates Of ST. EliSaAsth.s Insane Asylum.
who have made many hathrcbes and
other hospital garments.
Mrs. McClintock is planning to add to
the cheer of our own men stationed at
Camp Meade Christmas day. and hopes
to have by Thursday. December 20. $50
comfort or cheer baAs to be distributed
among those in need Of them. They are
to contain wristlets, socks, trench mir
rors. playing cards. writing pads. In
delible pencils and collapsibie drinking
cups. Contributions OF any OF the above
articles or funds for purchase OF the
same can b sent to 1854 n street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-16
Danes Make Dressings.

The Club of Colonial pames' auxiliary
for surgical dressings has just been orr
ganized and 10 already accomplishing
splendid results.
Miss Sophie p. Casey. one of the gov
ernors Of the club. is chairman OF the
auxiliary and has classes twice a week
at the clubhouse in K street. to instr uct
dressings
Miss Casey Is very ably assisted by
Mrs. Gustavus T. Kirby and Mrs.
Thomas n. Taliaferro.
The clubrooms ara open every day
for the members to come and make
dressings and the workers are the
members Of the club.
The completed work IL sent to tho
surgical dressings workroom OF the
District Chapter OF the Red Cross,
which is under the management Of Mrs.
Montgomery Blair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-16

War Activities Of Historic Church.
The New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church has suggested the idea OF uti-
hxing the mission chapeis OF the city
as temporary hostels FOR soldiers. It
has installed additional plumbing,
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-04-09

you with his unclean knife, and the wound he will infllct will prove beyond the power of any physician to heal.
 As we said at the beginning, our theory is that man Is presumed to be innocent until he is proven guilty. Technically that IS the practice of the courts. But it is never the practise of public opinion, and few are the juries who can withstand public opin- ion, when it is once thoroughly aroused.
 It IS seldom that an innocent man is sent to his death or even to prison on unfounded charges.
 But many is the time that a jury, disagreeing as 10 a verdict, leaves In the minds of alt who see or read of the trial firm be.ief of the guilt of the man who has been arranged before them.
 In very recent years men with more cleverness than scruple have used Organized Scandal to accomplish busi- ness and political ends
 There has been one recent public instant of an attack on a high public officer who was dohng his best for the people. for the whole country-an attack made indirectly, but which was nevertheless calculated to do him and his policies incalculable injury.
 It happened that this particular at tack failed, but it Is quite possible for others to be set on foot that will not fail. The weed seed of suspicion finds far more fertile soil in the human mind than the grain seed of good re- port.
 scandal monSers there will always be. and their possibility for harm will al- ways be great. There is but one way l to render them less dangerous, and | that is to pay no attention to them.
 Without publicity evil will flourish. Whenever there is cause for suspicion, It is a public duty to clear it up. The method of investigation employed | when public men happen to be suspec ted is good as far as it goes. It is seldom thorough enough.
 But to credit every evil story of a ! mans public or private derelictions, : without shadow of foundation, is merely to keep in the hands of the | most wretched of all human beings ! the weapons with which they can de- stroy their betters, and against which l honest men and women have no de- fense
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-04-09

l: is easy to suspec.. In our law courts We proceed on the theory that a man should be believed innocent till he is proved guilty. As a mat Ter of fact, the majority of people believe him guilty till he proves him self innocent.
 The voice of scandal never lacks fol an audience. stand on the street corner and praise a man or woman, and you will have no hearers. Stand on the same corner and assail some- body, make charges, inslnuations, in- nuendoes. and people vii! crowd 70 hear you.
 Ceasar's wife, we are told, was above suspicion. But Ceasar's wife had a despot for a husband, and 1t was extremely dangerous for anybody to suspect her publicly.
 To-day nobody is above suspicion. Nobody is beyond the reach of scandal.
 Nothing is easier than to put scandalous stories into circulation. Nothing is harder than to stop them, once they have been started on thelr devastating course.
 Something In the human mind, some mysterious survival of the old days when greed and evil were dominant human traits, prompts men-and women-to credi: every scandal that comes to their ears.
 It makes little difference who is the subject of such a story. The man who has sought al3 h1s life to live cor rectly and honestly has no armor against scandal.
 His right living is interpreted as hypocrisy. Ills honesty is looked upon as cover for secretly practised vil- lanies.
 It IS easy to counsel young men and women to avoid the appearance of evil. It is easy to say that he who cultivates character need have no fear for his reputation.
 But even preachers of these plati- tudes know tha: they are not true. As long as scandalmongers exist regulations can be shattered over night, no matter how honestly and how toilfully they have been acquired
 Many are the ways of s.arting evil reports, and many are the sorts of people who engage m this scoundrel- ly business.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-04-09


 One of the penalties of real aehive- meat is the breeding of envy in the unsuccessful. It is a curious fact that a successful man. no matter how he has accomplished his success, finds himself hated by many people who never saw him, and of whom he has never heard.
 Why this Is no one can say. Great achievement is always of beaefi. to the race. The man who paints a great picture, who writes great novel, who makes a great invention con- tributes to the happiness or to the prosperity of all human kind.
 Yet these are the very men singled out by scandal for Its work of de struetion.
 John Keats, one of the greatest of poets, and the kindest, gentlest soul who ever held a pen, became a sub ject for villainous attack by the un- successful scribblers of his time Every schoolboy knows that Chris topher Columbus. after the most pro digious exploit ia the history of the world, became the victim of malicious enemies. He was imprisoned on trumped- up charges, and robbed of all honors he had won.
 And the Powers who had trusted him, and who had vastly profited by his discoveries, were the first to be- lieve the lies that were told about him.
 Sir Walter Raleigh, one of the most daring and courageous, as well as the most intelligent Enghshmen, was ex- ccu.ed because baseless charges had been brought against him-charges which those in office were quick to credit.
 These are instances of the opera ton of scandal many years ago, but they are nttle different from cases thae occur today.
 Whoever becomes prominent be- comes a targe.. Suspicion like death, loves a shining mark.
 There is a percentage of rascality 1 in every collection of human beings | and it's power is ont of all proportion 1 10 its magnitude.
 No man can lay a straight course ] without interfering with others. And | those whom he iaterferes with are us- uany those who are laying crooked | cources. They know that 1t is useless to fight honestly in the open. so they fight 1t in the dark.
 It is hard 70 answer the tongue of envy. It IS almost impossible to free the public mind of suspicion once lodged there. however lacking in any that suspicion may be.
 Scandal is an unclean weapon. Yet ! there are many who never scruple to | use it if it happens to suit their pur- pose. You may build your House of Repu- tation as carefully as you choose; you may avoid sedulously all appearance l of wrong; you may mean to do righ. i but somewhere and somehow you are i likely to find an enemy ready to stab |
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-04-09

D. $. Weather Bureau.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-04-09
FOR SALE CHEAP.

? 4 H. p. BOILERS. 1 12 Ii. p. BOILER. 16 II p. BOILER. 2 6 H. p. BOILERS. ALL UPRIGHT BOILERS.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-04-09

All kinds of sleigh and ski wood on sals at Ross mill and shop. Also building and mining timber.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-04-09
COMPARATIVE
 TEMPERATURES

Following are the lowest recorded temperatures for this year and last on the days designated. The minus sign before number means below zero.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-04-09

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The Nome daily nugget., 1917-04-09
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The Nome daily nugget., 1917-04-09
PHONE MAIN 46.

NOME, ALASKA, APRIL g, 1917.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-07
FRATERNITTES HAMPER
STUDIES AT G. ". U.
Women and NonFrat Members Make
Best Scholara

Women are better students than rner,
and non-frternity students make hixher
grades than DO fraternity students, ac-
cording 70 statistics complied by Or.
Howard Lincoln Hodgifna. dean Of the
Conere Of Engineering Of George Wash
ington University. The statistics are
based on the work Of students Of the De-
partr ent of Arts and Sciences for the
year As1S-1e1s
The report shows that the reDeral
scholastic average of the LoS students
tn the three undergraduate colleges n
the department was s64 while that OF
The women students was sSs and that
OF the male students, s.
The average OF non-fraternity male
students was &.6 and that OF fraternity
male students. Sal The average Of nom
fraternity women students was SO and
that of frsternity women stuoentx. 81.
1T is very clear" said Dean Hodgtins
last night. that non-fraternity students
rank higher in scholarship than the
fraternity students
Tt may be fraternities lay too much
stress on social qualities, and personal
popularity. and that fraternity duties
and pleasUes make too greet a call or
the students energy and time.
Il know that the thinking men who
are the leaders in the fraternities are
giving consideration TO Improvement OF
scholarship. A number Of the frxternities
have committees on scholarship. II Is
believed that this Will result IN raising
the scholarship average in q number OF
cases-
The Washington herald., 1917-01-07
REALTY MARKET Dull
FIRST Week OF YEAR
Leading Sale Made When Cub. BUYS
Site for Legation.

During 1916 ss,,Sso.ooo was invested in
the purchase Of and loans on Washing
ton real estate, which is the best show
ing IN the local realty market since 1slz
There were TOT sales during the pa 1t
year In which IL n parcels Of real es-
tate were Involved.
The opening Of trading this year v-af
disappointing. Only 81 transaction, IN
volvins the transfer Of is parcels of real
estate, were reported the past week The
holiday season is given by brokers as an
explanation for the slump.
The most noteworthy sale Of cos week
was made TO the Republic Of Cuba, and IL
expected to furnish the site for the home
Of the Cuban Minister. Nrs John b
Henderson sold a tract Of hand fronting
about 20 feet IN Sixteenth. between Eocsid
and Fuller streets The property runs
through TO Mozart Place. on which n has
a frontage OF % feet The consideration
for the land is reported at about sso.m
Tns Club OF Colonial Danes invested
$4,000 IN the purchase of premises III
to I72s K street The property was owped
by Edward G. Gale and others
A fair showing was made by rns So&n
market for the week, the total iosnx b.
ing s>S- So which was borrowed On los
lots at an average interest rate Of 81 per
cent
Straight loans took the lesd, Vim |.
showing OF s1B, ,1r.0. Building sssoc3s-
lions advanced to members 81 800 me
sum OF all the notes gfven for oer~zr~e
purchase money was 50 .so-a
The Washington herald., 1917-01-07
REFERENDUM MEETING TODAY

The District Of Columbia Referendum
Association. an organization brought into
being pledged to work for legislation pro
viding a referendum vote OF the people
on all matters affecting the general vel
fare OF the citizens OF the District. has
completed arrangements for the refer
endum mass meeting to be held at Poli's
Theater this afternoon. beginning at
O'Clock
Chairman William r. Gude and Secre-
tary Charles ]. Columbus announced last
night that q distinguished list Of xpeak-
ers has been srrxnSed
The Washington herald., 1917-01-07
COMMITTEE APPROVES
EXHIBIT INVITATION

The Committee On IDdu<trtxa Exposi-
uons- headed by Senator MARITIME. yes-
tercay reported fxvor1bly on the s.uls-
bury tofnt resolution inviting the people
OF the Omitted States 20 visit washinrton
the week before Inaugural ceremonies 20
inspect the different government buorns,
and the proposed go~~roens szn6bst
The resolution follows;
Congress approves the eocrescinn OF
the Federation Of Citf.sne As-ocis cuns
representing q majority Of the citizens
Associations OF the District Of Columbia
that n extend on behalf Of the RESIDENTS
Of the District q Columbia an Invitation
70 the people Of the Unfted States 20 visit
Washington during the week Of reb-
ruary - to March L 1871. In o-1er That
they may become better acquainted with
the capital Of the nation and the oprN~
tons of the Federal roveurDeu1 and
authority is hereby granted TO the erscu-
tive departments and vs-1oes rc~srnment
establishments TO EXHIBIT such activities
and methods Of transacttnE buxtness as
can be done without detr1nent to the
public service, WITH the object Of pre-
sentins an educational symposium that
will be Of practical bepent % tns peopls
Of the country
The Washington herald., 1917-01-07
APPROACHES TO GRADE
CROSSINGS FLAGGED

Attantx. c. Jan tn sh6frsou 10 o.
familiar Stop, Look and Ltseez1- s1xns
erected at crossing Of fits lines and pub
lie highways the Southern Railway plsrs
TO install approach warning signs on the
highways 800 feet away from the tracks
Permission will be asked OF county .u-
thorftes as such signs vfI Be ptso~d
beyond the railway right Of vxy.
1t Is planned to place the sfsrp On r$,~
right Of the highway, approaching cross
ings, In the hope that they VIII att-,ct
the attention Of automobile drrvers while
they still have ample distance tn which
to stop. Experience has shown rnaf auto
mobiles are driven 50 swiftly on the pub
nc highways that frequently their drfrerT
fail to bring them under control .rsr
they see the customary Gen on the r.l-
ways right Of way.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-07

A fine, soft quality of s6-inch
White Percale, with a perfect Irish
Linen finish. Just the material for
making Blouses, Nurses Uniforms,
Etc, This price is for one day only.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-07
61,os4 PUPILS ENROLLED.
Gain of 1,2<I Over Last Year.
Record Re~calA

The largest number Of puprs sver en-
rolled in the public schools Of this city
was registered last November, when the
record showed 6-0S< on the roIlx These
figures exceed the enrolment Of last
year by 1.2A-
There were 0.oR white ohndren and
II s,l4 ooiored chHdren
In the high schools there was a total
Of esz7, Of this number SIS being white
pupils and ]. zoo colored,
The Washington herald., 1917-01-07
Benefit for War Sufferer,

Definite plans nov are On foot for the
masquerade bali for the oenant Of the
Jewish val SxffsrerN which vfr take
place at Convention Hall on Tuesday
February y. The RELIEF committee hss
succeeded In procuring the cooperation
OF al local Jewish orsaninations.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-03-07
POLICE RAID BIG
CAME OF POKER
Catch Pair of Alleged Crooks
and Save Real Estate Mans
$4,000 Check

While they were playing poker
with others for a $1,000 pot" Dan
Cummings and Arthur GosselIn were
arrested as confidence men" Tues
day afternoon. In the pot" at the
time OF the arrest was check
signed by Charles Noel. OF the real
estate nrm Of Noel q Copus, for
$4,000.
The two Confidence men" have
been in Detroit for several days, and
according 10 the police. had already
begun TO lay plans for "tieecing
several wealthy men In the city A
week ago. Gosselin. who. like his pal
has an alias, wrote Cummings. in
New York. that the "pickings" here
we're ine. Their success Was based
on the greed OF the suckers
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-03-07
BUTTER AND EGG
MEN HOLD THEIR
ANNUAL MEET

The Michigan Butter. Egg A Poul-
try Shippers association met In
Hotel Statler. Tuesday afternoon. In
It's annual session. Experts gave
educational talks on various fea-
lures of the business. and the mem
beers will be expected to pass along
the information TO farmers with
whom they come in contact.
The purpose OF the program was
to instruct those interested in the
best method OF marketing and ship.
ping the products OF the farm, so
that they could be delivered TO the
consumer in the best possible shape
ard al the lowest cost The bill
now before the state legislature linn
ting the holding OF eggs TO Ave
months was criticized II was de-
clared this would free the eggs in
the summer, when they were plen-
tiful, rather than In the winter.
when they are scarce.
j. W. Lyons. Jackson, was elect.
ed president; p NJ. Hurley, Detroit
vice-president. and d. A. Bentley,
Saginaw. secretary and treasurer
The executive committee Is made
up OF Frank Johnson and G. j.
Chandler. Detroit, and II. L. VIII
liFms. Howell
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-03-07
GERMANS BAG
Is AER0PLANES
Lively Artillery Activity Fea-
lures Engagements On
West Front

BERLIN, via sayviIle Wireless
March Fifteen hostile aero
planes were shot down by German
forces on the western front. today 4
oficial statement declared.
"on the scarpe, both sides OF the
Ancre. on the somme. on the east
bank OF the Mouse and In Cham.
payne" the statement said. there
was lively artillery activity yester-
day. There were repeated engage
ments OF accommodating detach-
ments with trench garrisons."
In the evening the French at
tackled northeast of Verdun against
our new positions in the Caurieres
Wood. but were repulsed with Are.
Bright weather favored the flyers
and In numerous air combats Is nos
tile machines were shot down. We
lost one aeroplane.
Eastern war theater--B Between
the Baltic and the Black Sea the
cold weather "a lessening In some
sectors the fire was livelier but In
fantry activity remained small"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-03-07
SUIT FOR WAGES
RECALLS FORMER
BABY FARMS"
Tuesday,

Justice Marschner. Tuesday,
awarded Mrs. Margaret Ann Leslie
a Judgment OF $500 in a suit against
her niece. Mrs Anna NJ Burr, for
wages that were claimed to have
been due her for work In the Mercy
hospital In Windsor The Windsor
institution was a branch OF the De
troit Mercy hospital. which sought
infants without homes and destitute
girls. and which was closed in 1918
after its license had been revoked
by the Detroit board OF health.
Mrs. Leslie. who Is rs years old.
claimed that wages were due her
from June 20. 1911. TO July 8. 1912.
Mrs. Burr on the stand denied that
she conducted the hospital. insist.
ing that her mother. Mrs Jennie NJ.
Sterling. So years old, was the real
owner.
Shortly after the license OF the
Detroit Mercy hospital was revoked
In 1913. Judge Arthur ]. futile
fined Mrs. Sterling $3.50 and Mrs.
Burr 800 for having brought into
the United States an alien woman
Pauline Benthon, rs years old, Of
Toronto.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-03-07

searching out possible German ma,
ohinations here. II has bssu
charged that . number u Americas
agents were aiding and that proof
had bssn found Of the existence u
an orsanisation called The Iron
Cross"
Dsfsotioa by voluntary surrsndss
Of Psdra Del Portal. wen knovr
leader m the revolutionary move
msnt. gave the insurrectionary
movement a body blow. In the opfn
Ion OF government ofhciais today
Portal was expected here tods,
uodsr guard
The general situation could no
DO more satisfactory" declared I
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-03-07
CUBA BARES
FINE HAND
OF BERLIN
Revolutionary Papers
Indicate German
Backing
"ORDER OF IRON
CROSS" FOUND
Other E vid ences Of
Vaccinations Are
Unearthed

HAVANA. Msrcn Direct svt
dence Of oermsny's aid 70 the Cub
an rebel eanse was declared 10 havs
been found today In examination OF
papers found after the arrest OF Dr.,
luis octavio Divine. a wen known
Liberal leader. and two members
OF me Cuban congress. Accordins
to police q proclamation signed by
volutionary leaders. q copy OF
which was unearthed In Dfvino's
home. contained the statement tina,
Germany has promised 10 aid"
Since publication In the United
States Of the Zimmerman letter
and circumstantial stories carried
in American newspapers OF the &C,
tivities OF various German propa,
gsnda organizations, Cuban govern,
ment oficials have been active IN
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-03-07
BEEBE FUNERAL
TO BE THURSDAY

Funeral services for ]. Alberf
Deebe. for 2i years a clerk in IN,
Wayne county justice courts. Will
be held Thursday morning from his
residence At No. 364 Elizabeth 81
west. and In Most Holy Trinity
church. lnterment win be in Mt
Elliott cemetery.
Mr.. Beebe died Tuesday In Har
per hospital He was born In syria
cuse, n. ". coming 10 Detroit when
he was Eve years old Previous 10
his appointment rs clerk in the jus
tice courts. he was employed by
the board OF education
He Ia survived by a widow. w
brothers and a sister Two children
are dead.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-03-07

Capt. c. c. Balfour, OF Detroit.
who commands the steamer f. II.
Utley. was honored by hts mates
Tuesday night, when the grand
lodge OF the Shipmasters' associa-
ton presented him with q beauti-
fully enrossed and bound resolu-
ton praising him for his heroism.
Capt. Balfour. on May 8, last year.
picked up the barge @. z. Hartnell
and two members OF the crew OF
the steamer s. r. Kirby when that
vessel foundered In Lake Superior
with the loss OF 20 OF her crew.
The work OF rescue was accom-
plished at great risk. The presen.
tation took place at the card party
and luncheon given TO the shippers
by the ladies' auxiliary in the lodge
rooms. No. 236 Jefferson-ave. De.
troit lodge. OF which he is a mem.
Der. presented Grand President Cros-
by with a handsome jewel, the en-.
sigma OF his once