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The Washington times., 1917-04-08
MUST TRAVEL FAST
TO DOWN STANFORD
Royal Bowler in Scrap for Dis
trict League Title Three
Successive Seasons.
LOST OUT TO ED H0WSER
Many Remember Splendid Ef-
fort to Overtake the
Winner.

Winning the Individual champion
ship OF the District Duckpin League
has come to be something which can't
be done without first demonstrating
superiority oN er a fellow by the name
6f Harry Stanford, the same who
lends his efforts toward winning PEN
nants for the Royal team.
For three seasons in a row Stan
ford has mixed in the fight for the
leading average of the District cir
cult, favored by many as the strong
est bowling league in the Capital, and
IT has been by the barest margin
that ne has won or lost.
The season before last, Stanford
lost out to Ed Howser, and It was by
a margin OF a few pins. Many duck
pinners recall the splendid effort
Stanford made to overcome Howser's
advantage at the end of the season.
Plays Safety First.
Howser was leading when the final
games OF the schedule rolled around,
and rather than take a chance on
dropping behind his average, Ed
stayed out OF the last set. Stanford
rolled in his teams final match and
fell q few naples shy of equaling
his rivals record.
Last year Stanford defeated Bernie
Bontz, who starred for the Shermans
when they lost the District pennant
to the Royals on total pins, and this
time, too, few pins decided it.
Now Battling Vaeth.
This season STANFORD is engaging
Johnny Vaeth, the Sensational Grand
Central roller, and it appears that
the latter will win the championship
by close margin. Vaeth now has
an advantage OF about one-half OF a
point, but with two sets to roll Stan
ford has a chance to finish on top.
He is a bowler known to come
through in the pinch, although sell
dom sensational, and his work in the
two remaining sets will be watched
with interest
The Washington times., 1917-04-08
CLAPP WINS TROPHY
Chevy Chase Player Victorious In
PInehurst Tourney.

PINEHURST, N. c., April S.-John
H. Clapp, OF Chevy Chase, won the
Secretary's Trophy here yesterday
from VIII. Thayer, of Crow Point,
defeating him and 4 In the third
sixteen.
Norman n Maxwell, Of Aronomink,
Philadelphia, annexed both the North
and South championships by defeat
ing w. c. Fownes, jr., of oakmont. 2
and 1. In the morning both took ~
to go around the course, but in the
afternoon Maxwell's II was better
than Fownes' 81.
The Washington times., 1917-04-08
NEWS TO HER.

A travelling man one night found
himself obliged to remain in a small
town on account of a washout on the
railroad caused by the heavy rain,
which was still coming down in tor
rents. The travelling man turned to
the waitress with:
This certainly looks like the
food"
"The what?"
The flood. You've read about the
flood and the ark landing on Moupt
Ararat. surely"
Gee! Mistep" she returned, 81
amt seen a paper for three days.
HarpeTs.
The Washington times., 1917-04-08
GOLF DATES STAND
Philadelphia Association VIII Not
Cancel Tournaments.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April Sat
a meeting of the Philadelphia Golf
Association held at the Racquet Club
of Philadelphia it was decided that
the hst of tournaments provided for
the coming season would not be can
celed but that the association would
stand ready to respond to any request
made to it by the War Department.
Robert W. Lesley, donor of the Lesley
cup, was 1ected president of the
meeting, and Francis B. Warner, sec
retary of the Philadelphia association,
was chosen secretary.
Immediately after organization a
set of resolutions dealing with the
present crisis and the stand of golfers
in the Philadelphia district was
adopted and a copy ordered sent to
President Wilson.
The Washington times., 1917-04-08
25o,ooo BOYS TO MOBILIZE
Scouts Activities Being Planned at
New York Conferences.

NEW YORK. April &-ouarter Of Q
n illion boy scouts VIII be mobilized for
home defense. as lookouts. messengers.
signal boys, and to work for In tease
in the nations food supply, under plans
being perfected here.
Officials Of the Navy Department, In
conference with boy Scout leaders nado
pans which will be submitted to the
executive board Of the Boy Scouts Of
America here tomorrow.
Details OF the plans for the boys ere
under the same ban OF censorship that
screens movements Of soldiers and
sailors.
The Washington times., 1917-04-08
SMITH AT CALIFORNIA.

Andy Smith has signed a three-year
contract to continue as football coach
at the University of California. Gus
Ziegler, the line coach, has put his
signature to a document holding him
for another year, and Pat Elliot has
been asked to handle the freshman
eleven next fall. Eddie Mahan will
not return to the coaching staff next
season.
The Washington times., 1917-04-08

must prepare. appealing to the pa
trlotism OF her countrymen.
During an intermission. Commodore
J. Stuart Blackton, who, in collabora-
tioD with Cyrus Townsend Brady.
wrote the story, explained why 1t was
produced.
The Washington times., 1917-04-08
NOT A SQUARE DEAL.

She-But II is. a woman's privilege
to change her mind, you know.
He-Yes, suppose so. But IT Isn't
a square deal, just the same.
She-Why not?
He-Because when a man changes
his mind the woman in the case gets
busy and sues him for breach of
promise.
The Washington times., 1917-04-08
PATRIOTIC PHOTO PLAY
Preparedness Session ForeibIy
Taught by "Womanklnd."

The lesson of preparedness Is fore
ioly taught by the film feature
"Womanhood. the Glory of a Nation"
a patriotic photo play, which was
given its initial presentation In Wash
ington last night in Memorial Conti-
mental Hall, before a large audience,
the guests of Mrs. William Cumming
story, president general of the d.
A. r.
The picture shows how America,
caught unprepared, could be invaded
oy foreign foe and great destruc-
ton wrought. 1t then shows America,
awakened to the realization that she
The Washington times., 1917-04-08
G. U. FAVoRS TRAINING
Faculty VIII Ask Regular Army
Help In FORMING Reserve,

Help In Forming Reserve.
To interest the student body, fac
ulty, and alumni OF Georgetown Uni
versity in a proposed course for
training members OF the Officers Re-
serve Corps, a mass meeting will be
held on the Hilltop next Saturday
evening at o'clock.
Following conference of the fac
ulty, IT was decided TO ask the War
Department for an instructor.
The course as proposed Is elective,
but a student taking 1t will be re-
quired to pass examinations for grad
uation.
The purpose and scope of the oni-
GERS Reserve Corps will be outlined
by Father Donlon as we'll as an offi-
Ger of the regular army at next Sat-
urdays meeting.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-07-01
KEEPING THE CITY ANCIENT
Rothenburo, Germany. Requires That New Buildings Shall Be Built
 In old Style.

There is less sameness, more per sonality, 10 be found among the differ ent cities of the German empire than in any other great modern state. Often you can travel few miles from one city to another and 1t is as If from one city to another and 1t Is as If you had crossed an international boundary and stepped into new land. This fact Is due in large part to the fact that German unity came so late. Many of these same little cities were inde- pendent and autonomous for as many centuries as they have been parts of the German empire for decades. They have built up a tiny natiOnalism pc culiar to themselves, favoring their Germanism with a spice that Is all their own.
 Such city above all others Is Roth enburg, little red Rothenburg, with Its trim walls and towers, its air of an- cient sleepiness carefully preserved, its burgers before all else, says the Ma tional Geographic Magazine. Almost every German cherishes a friendly af- lection for Rothenburg; 1t is such a homely. comfortable place, with a neatness and a miniature tessellated beauty that 1t is dear to the German heart.
 Rothenburg Is a city almost every house of which Is quaint and interest ing. Most of the houses are centuries old, and when one has to he replaced IA shall be replaced with one that Is built in ancient style, and blends harmoni- ously with the whole. The fine disci- pline the burghers of Rothenburg lay upon themselves out of their own artistic sense of the fitness of things, rather than as bait for the tourists, for as a matter of fact, few tourists visit Rothenburg.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-07-01

France technical postal confer with 
  L. G.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-07-01
THE WORLD IN PARAGRAPH
4 DRiEF RECORD OF PAssiNo gvENTs IN THIS AND FOR
 EIGN coUNTRiEa
IN LATE DISPATCHES
oolNes AND HAPPENINGS THAT MARK TIRE PROGRESS
 OF THE AGE.
ABOUT THE WAR

AbOUT THE WAX
 Canadians rout Teutons near Lens.
 British regain ground lost east of Arras.
 Germans gain foothold in Cham pagne region.
 Greece to rid country of German propagandists.
 England has released all prisoners taken in the Irish revolt of 1916.
 Berlin hints that great offensive has begun in France and Belgium
 Reconstruction of the Italian minis try is recommended by the premier.
 Russian Duma in secret session or ders immediate offensive on eastern front
 Germans in Champagne repulsed and French advance line on 600-yard front.
 Admiral Sims, U. S. N, has been named head of the allied fleet in Irish waters.
 Russians repulsed in attempted raids on Teuton positions in volhynia and Galicia.
 The Austrian cabinet has resigned. Poles join slavs in fight on German cruelties.
 Italians and Austrians engaged in big battle from Sugana valley to Asi- ago plateau.
 German sea raider was reported captured Thursday and the crew brought to U. s. port.
 Over l,034 vessels of all nations en- ter French ports and 1915 depart dur. ing week ending June IA.
 The Standard Oil tanker John D. Archibald was sunk by a U-boat and four of the crew are missing.
 French cavalry now has reached fharsala and Domokos. south of La rissa, while Demirli has been occu- pied by the British.
 French in violent counter attack re- gain nearly all ground lost east of vauxaillon. inflicting heavy casual ties on Germans.
 In the Mediterranean the British armed transport Cameronian, former iy a German liner, was sunk by a sub marine. The captain and sixty-two others were killed
 Twenty-seyen British ships of more than 1900 tons have been sunk ac- cording to the weekly British sum- mary given out June goth. Five Brit ish vessles under l.600 tons also were sent to the bottom. No fishing vessels were destroyed
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-07-01
NEWS

A swimming meet will be held at Berkeley Park in Denver, July I, 13 and 20.
 Digby Bell, the comedian, died at a sanitarium in New York after an ill., ness of several months. He was 6S years old.
 K T. Gordon, who as Kitty" Cor don has been widely known in Vest ern intercollegiate conference circles as halfback of the University Of Col orado football team, was enrolled at the Great Lakes naval training station at Chicago as a first-class yeoman
 Officials of the Women's Western Golf Association decided to set apart the week of June 24th for Red Cross play Each of the ninety-nine clubs in the association; with approximately 1000 members, will schedule one eighteen-hole event in which each contestant will be taxed l cent for every stroke taken.
 GENERAL
 Red Cross contributions announced Thursday all over the United States exceed $62.O00. 900.
 Sensational allegations of a wide spread traffic in girls in New York re- suited in Police Commissioner Woods ordering a rigid invec tigation of the charges. His action followed the an nouncement that between 700 and 800 girls have disappeared from their homes since Jan. 1.
 Announcement was made by the police at Hutchinson, Kan, that they had arrested nsck Carter of Spring field, Mo. against whom a warrant charging first degree murder has been issued in connection with the mysterious disappearance and death of Baby Lloyd Rect.
 The Rev. William F. Higby, curate of St. Marks Episcopal church at Berkeley. Cal. resigned that he might marry Mrs. Rose Armsbary, San Francisco artist and divorcee. The laws of the Episcopal church prohi- bit marriage of . divorced person. Hfg- by will move to Coloraco.
 Omaha took first place among re- cruiting offices of the central divi- sion of the United States army for the week ended June 14th. according to figures announced in Chicago. En- listments for the week in Omaha to- tailed 1S4; in Chicago 173; Des Moines, SO. and Kansas City. 174.
 Nearly 300 tons of fish were brought into the Boston port in one day. The bottom fell out of prices.
 Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman, anarchists, indicted by fed erai grand jury in New York for anti draft activities.
 Summonses for two policemen, who are to be examined by the district at torney's office in connection with the murder of Ruth Cruger and the es- cape of Alfredo Cocchi. indicted as the murderer, were issued in New York by Assistant District Attorney Fitzpatrick.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-07-01
FOREIGN

FOREIGN
 Gen. Chang Hsun b dictator of China.
 A Vienna dispatch says the Austrian cabinet has resigned.
 A movement for a radical rebuilding of the whole political edifice in Spain is gaining adherents.
 Argentina intends lifting the neu- trality regulations when an American fleet arrives at Buenos Aires.
 With the approval of the Finnish diet and the provisional government. the Finnish senate has ordered the requisition of ali cereals.
 British forces are clearing the east bank of the Struma. on the Mace donian front. of many hostile troops and occupy several towns.
 Sixteen children. only two of whom were years of age. the victims of the last German air raid on London, were given . public funeral at Lon don.
 President Viera has decided to make declaration that Uruguay will not regard as a belligerent any Amer ican nation at war with nations of another continent.
 NJ. Hoffmann. member of the Swiss federal council, who was concerned in the recent attempt to institute ne- gotiations for a separate peace be- tween Germany and Russia, has re- signed.
 The crew of the Norwegian sailing vessel Perfect. l,0ss tons gross, ar rived at Ymulden, Holland. the ship having been torpedoed and sunk. Two of the crew are Americans. The Per feet had a cargo of wheat from Ba- hia for Copenhagen.
 Two. hundred and seventy yolun- teers left the headquarters of the American field service in Paris for the front during last week, making all together 1,500 men actually serving with the French or American ambu- lance or in training camps within the army zone.
 The city of Yonezawa, one of the most important silk weaving centers in Japan, is scarcely more than a pile of ruins as result of a fire which destroyed more than 5000 buildings and houses. caused fourteen deaths and made thousands homeless. The loss is estimated at $5,o00,000.
 The campaign begun in Mexico City by Fl Universal. advocating the break ing of relations by Mexico with Ger many, was widely discussed and the pro-German papers delivered a count CT attack. The discussions. however, brought forth the fact that many men prominent in public affairs are con vinced of the advisability of such ac- tion.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-07-01
WESTERN

Warrants issued for 102 who failed to register at Los Angeles.
 Complete registration figures show 9.649.s3s enrolled for selective army.
 Veterans of the Spanish war thru out the country are to form division for service with the armies that are to go to France in the next year.
 More than S30,O0o. 900 are involved in a first mortgage filed with County Recorder E. T. Stewart at Globe, AriE., by representatives of the Amer ican Smelling and Refining Company. The instrument comprises 210 pages and 70.750 words.
 State Highway Commissioner Thom- as J. Ehrhart of Colorado, was elected president of the National Rocky Noun tain Military Highway Association formed at Denver. which will have for its purpose the carrying out of plans to build . concrete highway running from Mexico to Canada through the states of New Mexico, Colorado. Wyoming and Montana, to be used mainly for military purposes. WASHINGTON
 President Wilson designates June 23-30 as recruiting week.
 Secretary Daniels has ordered coal and oil producers to supply the enor- nous quantities needed by the navy at prices to be fixed later by the President when the federal trade com mission has determined a fair rate.
 Two attempts were made by sui fragists to fly banners denouncing President Wilson and Elihu Root, head of the United States mission to Russia, and each time the banners were torn down by crowds. in which were many women.
 Red Cross week and its significance in the war was characterized by Pres ident Wilson in message read at . dinner in New York to stimulate the organization work throughout the country. as . rare privilege of the people to prove their unselfishness and the spirit of sacrifice.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-07-01
Appearanees Are peeeIyina.

Wife-Don't you think great, big, tall, married man ought to be taken into the army just the same as any body else?
 Hub-My dear, he only looks tall ; as matter of fart, he is probably short.-Judge.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-07-01
An Armenian Bride.

In . book of travels there Is a de scription of an Armenian bride which ia suggestive of a futurist painting; she had delicate flowers of celestial blue painted all over her neck and breast, her eyebrows dyed black and the tips of her fingers and hes nails . bright orange. She wore on eacn hand valuable rings set with precious stones, and round her neck string Of fine turquoises; her skirt was of n.est-spun silk. her jacket of cash mere of a bright color. Over her face . veil vas hung. and at one point Of the ceremonial the priest crowned both bride and bridegroom with wreaths of aowers ornamented with hanging fringes of gold. changing them from one head to the other three times. say ing: T unite and bind you enc to the other; live in peace.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-07-01
How Money Gets Into Circulation.

Money Is sent from treasury to sub treasuries and from these It Is distrib- uted to banks. It Is drawn out of banks to be used in payment of wages, sal- aries or exchange and thus gets into circulation.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-07-01

The act of registering under the seiectiye draft law does not pre- vent men from enlisting in any of the Lovernment's forces that are now organized. Men between the ages of IS and 40 can volunteer for the regular army, the navy. the marine corps, the national guard or the naval militia. Men are needed at once to fill the ranks of all of these branches of the service.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-07-01

II
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-07-01
Study Your Habits.

Habit accustoms us to doing most of the everyday things in particular wsya, and we consciously turn the mind to them only when they chance to be done differently. The dividing line between eficiency and inemciency is largely right here. Anyone who stops to think about it can easily sec that innumerable little habits make up . very large part of our iveA It is indeed well worth while carefully to study the host of little habits that breed and hide in the most secret cells of braip and muscle. None of them is too small to bs worth attention--Ex- change.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-17
SOUTH VERNON.

y llllam Strange who recently broke
IS ann. IS making a good recovery
Mr.. and Mrs. Neald of Greenfield
were guests Of Miss Mary Scott sun
day.
All people are requested to bear in
mind the new state law requiring lights
on all vehicles after dark.
Willis collier and Robert Allen spent
he weekend in Beckett Mass a.
guests of their uncle, Dr. Combs
Little Ethel Blodgctt is conyalescing
at her home and goes frequently Ia
Greenfield for treatment Of her ear.
Miss Edna ON, who spent the week
nd at Herbert Jillson 5. has gone to
visit relatives in Massachusetts and
Rhode Island.
Irving Bracket has been in town 4
cw days packing his goods for remov.
al to Colebrook n. H.. where he ha,
bought a house.
Chas. Richardson went to New York
Tuesday. having been summoned by
telegram announcing the serious i'll
ness Of Mrs. Richardson
Mr. and Mrs. Merton Fairman enter
tdlIltV - llsti y vi lNleAiNt anu 1IltHt'
on Monday. in honor ef the third birth
day Of their little son, Howard.
state Fish and Game Commissioner
Linus Lcaycns, County Warden +. II
Metcalf aud J. +. IIelyar made visit
Of inspection to the hatchery Friday.
There is some doubt in this vicinity
as to what are reliable signs of spring
4 hail storm Saturday and an eighth o.
an inch of ice on water standing in the
yard Wednesday morning seems to in
dictate a backward spring.
The Beacon Lights class Of the All
vcntist SUNDAY school presented tho
Iplay A Paper Match to large anC
lappreciative audience, in Johnson hall
Tuesday night The east included Mis-
Maud Railway, Miss Olive Maftindalc
Alfred I.aekev and Elmer Schcrlin. Al
J iec cream sale followed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-17
VERNON.

\. l.. Miller is having his tenement
rouse rcmodcled and redecoratei.
George W. johnson is i'll with shin
giles and under the care OF a. physician.
There will be "A regular meeting If
Vernon Grange Saturday evening. May
Miss Lulu Ward of Brattiebora is a
uest of Miss Frances Powers a few
days.
Mrs. Julia Frost has had her house
PAINTED, Oscar Cook of GuiIford Az.
NJ the work.
b. 4. Sreeter is having several
hardwood dools laid in his home. 4
Il. stone doing the work
Mrs Il. X. Maynard eft East Ben
justou. y. H.. Is the guest Of her
laughter, Mrs. \. l.. Miller.
Miss Rose Scrntoa Of Wardsborc
aho spout some time assisting Ms
\. l.. Miller, has returned to her home
Mrs.. II. T.. Aklcy has returned +,
her home after an absence OF thre,
weeks spent iH Worcester, Providence
nd other places
The Ladies circle will meet ut theiI
ooms "Wednesday May .. Work foi
he Red Cfos, viii he in order Thcr,
will be no supper
Rev. d. f. Trout viii preach il
Union church Sunday at 2.l5 J.. m
Sunday school at Las p, m. All wei
ONE at both services.
Air. and Mrs. Wesley Whitney q
iuilford spent Sunday ut b. II. New
ton s. They also visited briefly in tn
Iomc of \. l.. Miller.
Vernon Grange has set Frida,
May -, as the date for their ami
'crsary dance and chicken pie ,appel
An entertainment consisting of a sho4
arce, entitled Who's Who. will Is
given. All are invited.
/ y good sized audience was pfesan
the preparedness meeting held j.
Grange hall Friday evening, at whic
Hon. A. A. punklcc Of Vernon. Hon
/ Oh p. Walker, president of. the Brat
/ leboro board Of trade, County Ageu
/ \. W. Swectou and Supt. II. +. Monit
Of the Union school district rcrc III
speakers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-17
SAYS PENALIZE IDLENESS.
Governor of West Virginia Advocates
Furnishing as Crime Refusal to Work

CHARIESTOWN, w. Va. Nav II
Declaring that idlcncss in the crisis is
unpatriotic GOV. John j Cornwell. in
IA message to a special session OF the
legislature that convened here for the
consideration Of problems arising from
the war with Germany, urged that AZ
propnatc measures be passed dealing
with the problem of idlencSs and that
public sentiment should be invoked to
drive the loafer to the field, the fac
tory or the miae.
The session of the legislature be
ginning today was the seventh TO be
convened within 80 months The phi
mary purposes Of the session as stated
/ in the can Of the governor are to
amend state law So as to lcgalizc the
granting of Il site in Charleston to
/ the federal government fer am armoI
Iplatc and proiectile plant. to legalizc
/ and clOthe with power the recently ap-
pointed state council Of defence, Il
make appropriations to dcfrav ex-
IpeuSes incurred in the rendering Of
assistance to the federal government
in prosecuting the war or IN protee
ton Of the state, and TO pass Il gen
crai appropriation bin which failed al
the recent extraordinary ANA regular
sessions.
In reference to the labor situation
the governor said: I'm times past
there has been serious problem he
cause Of inability of large numbers "a
men to obtain employment. Today il
is seeiou. because of the shortage a
abor and the large number Of able
bodied men who are idle because the,
simply viii not or do not work 1t !,
almost inconteivablc that Just nj thi,
moment when wages are higher anf
working conditions are better than
Yer before. thousands Of young. able
bodied men should bc idle in the citie,
+, and towns Of this industrial state
IdleuesS must be pcualiIed. 80