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The Washington times., 1917-02-08
NAVY DEPARTMENT
INCREASES ITSFORCE
Additional Clerical Help Is Made
Necessary by Strained Re-
lations With Germany.

Additional clerical force has been
made necessary at the Navy Depart
ment because Of the increased work
incident to the strained international
relations with Germany. Thirteen
new appointments were announced
today by Secretary OF the Navy Dan
iels.
The appointments. promotions,
transfers, and designations effective
today in the Navy Department follow:
Appointments.
Secretary's office, John ]. McCune,
clerk at $1,000 per annum: Bureau of
Supplies and Accounts, Jesse H. Haw-
kins, clerk at 5000 per annum; Miss
c. d. Fishburne, clerk at 5000 per an
mum; Edward d. Buckley, clerk at
$500 per snnum; Frank D. Tippett,
messenger boy at $500 per annum;
Naval Intelligence, Frederick L. Fee
ley, clerk at 81 900 per annum; hydro
graphic office, David X. Shubin, nau-
tical expert at $1,000 per annum;
William E. Share, copyist at $720 per
annum; chief OF naval operations.
James F. Wilson. temporary assistant
messenger at S72o per annum; Bureau
The Washington times., 1917-02-08
Food Souring in
Stomach Causes
Indigestion, Gas
"Pape's Diapepsin" ends all
stomach distress in five
minutes.

/ Wonder what upset your stomach
which portion Of the food did the dam
age-do you? Well, don't bother. II
your stomach Is In q revolt: IL sour,
gassy and upset. and what you Just
ate has fermented into stubborn humps !:
head dizzy and aches belch gases and
acids and eructate undigested food !:
breath foul. tongue coated-just take
a little Pape's Diapepsin and in nvs
minutes you wonder what became OF
the indigestion and distress.
Millions of men and women today
know that IL II needless to have a bad
stomach A little Diapepsin OCCASION
ally keeps this delicate organ regulated
and they eat their tavorite foods without
fear.
II your stomach doesn't take care of
your liberal limit without rebellion; IL
your food Is a damage instead Of q
help, remember the quickest. surest,
most harmless relief Is Pape's Dfapsp-
sin which costs only fifty cents for a
large case at drug stores. It's, truly
wonderful-it digests food and sets
things straight, SO gently and easily
that Il Is really astonishing. Please.
for your sake, don't go on and on with
a weak. disordered stomach; it's 30 un-
necessary.-Advt.
The Washington times., 1917-02-08
CHEVY CHASE SEEKS
TOPROTECT BIRDS
Citizens Body Favors More
Stringent LaWs-WiII Pro-
vide Nesting Places.

Birds around Chevy Chase will not
find feeding such a hard proposition
for the remainder of the winter il
plans being considered by the Chevy
Chase Citizens Association are car
ried out. Last night the members de-
cided to extend greater hospitality to
the winged visitors to induce them to
build their homes in the Chevy Chase
neighborhood.
A statement by d. F. Hewett, newly
elected president of the association,
that Chevy Chase section has more
Pairs of nesting birds than any other
similar area in the United States
started discussion in favor of the
feathered inhabitants. The result was
that the association went on record
as favoring more stringent laws to
protect birds, and will use its efforts
to provide nesting places for them
this spring. President Hewett prom
ised he would have a naturalist visit
the association at a future meeting
and tell them of the bird kingdom.
Birds Prefer Section.
'Tf we want to beautify this section
we must bring birds here to build"
said President Hewett
statistics show that more birds
build nests in this section of the Dis
trict than in any similar area in the
The Washington times., 1917-02-08
SENATE ITO CONSIDER
MILITARY TRAINING
Committee Will Soon Make
Favorable Report, After Which
Bill Will Passed.

The Senate is likely to have the
question OF universal military train
ing brought sharply bef0fe it in
short time.
The subcommittee of the Senate
Military Committee, which has been
working on the universal training
bill of Senator Chamberlain will soon
make, a favorable report to the main
committee, and it is expected the bill
soon will be reported to the Senate.
A majority of the military commit
tee favors it.
Once the bill is reported, it will go
on the calendar of the Senate. II
times were normal, it would prob
ably get little consideration this ses-
sion. But with the German crisis seri'
GUS, hackers of the measure are dis.
posed to press 1t.
They take the position that II war
comes the volunteer system will have
to be discarded and a system OF uni.
versal training and service must be
put into force. Feeling of that kind
is strong in Congress, and while there
would be intense opposition there
would also be powerful support.
The Washington times., 1917-02-08

of Ordnance, Thomas w. Casey. copy
ist at $40 per annum; Harold r Bill
ups, messenger boy at $500 per an
mum: solicitors office, Miss Mabel MIL
liren, clerk at 5000 per annum, and
Bureau OF Construction and Repair.
Frank Y. Haszard, copyist at 5000 per
annum.
Promotions.
Bureau OF Construction and Repair,
Archibald A. Machines. from copyist
at 5000 to clerk at 1900 per annum;
Bureau Of steam Engineering, Taylor
Beck. from laborer at $500 to laborer
at $3.50 per annum; Bureau Of Supplies
and Accounts. Robert B. Barnes, mes
senger boy at $500 to messenger boy
at $3.50.
Transfers and Promotions.
P. F. Brousseau from clerk at $40
to clerk at $500 per annum. Office OF
Judge Advocate General; Miss Helen
E. Walmsley from telephone switch
board operator at $40 to clerk at
$40. secretary's Office; Walter s.
Cook, from messenger boy at $3.50,
Bureau OF Supplies and Accounts to
messenger boy at $3.50 per annum,
United States Navy Disbursing Office.
ResIgnations.
Bureau of Construction and Repair.
Herman C. .Kornegay, clerk at $1,000
per annum; Photographic Office. Les
lie w. ,Retchum. craftsman at $1,000
per annum. F. Melville Heory, drafts
man at $500 per annum, Charles Marx,
jr- apprentice photographer at s700
per annum; Bureau of Ordnance,
Frank S. Hudson. messenger at $500
per annum; Office OF Chief of Naval
Operations. Charles W. Ballard, clerk
at $1,000 per annum; Bureau of Sup
plies and Accounts. Joseph L. Brid-
well, messenger boy at $500 per an
mum; Bureau Of Navigation, Joseph
J. Streella. copyist at $500 per an
mum.
The Washington times., 1917-02-08
ChastiSement of Two Boys in
Alexandria County Starts
Storm of Protest.
MASS MEETING TO BE HELD
seatings Said to Have Been
Administered at Direc-
ton of Trial Justice.

Aroused to indignation over the
public flogging by court order of two
boys for misdemeanor offenses, citi-
zens of Alexandria county, Va, are
uniting in protest against this form
Of Official punishment to prevent a
possible repetition of the spectacle.
Because they removed worthless
sail cloth from an abandoned house on
the river, George Deeters, thirteen,
white, and Sam Brooks, sixteen, col
ored, were strapped over a barrel and
given fifteen lashes each at the court
house at Fort Myer Heights on Janu-
airy 25. The beatings were admin
istered by Special Officer Smoot by
the direction of Trial Justice Cloth,
who resurrected a statute hidden un-
der legal dust for thirty years.
Stirred by the spectacle-the first
of its kind in this vicinity since the
civil war-citizens of CherTydale will
meet tonight at o'clock at Patter-
sons Hall to protest against what has
been termed by public expression "a
shame and outrage to Virginia"
Circulars Issued.
Ten thousand circulars have been
struck off, announcing the meeting
They read:
Whipping Post
Shame to Virginia.
The Washington times., 1917-02-08
TO FORM SCOUT TROOP.

Thirty-two boys OF Italian sparent-
age, born on American soil, are ex-
pected to organize themselves into a
Boy Scout troop at a meeting tonight
at PA a street northwest. These
boys will witness a special demon
stration by picket scouts under the
leadership of Commissioner J. Wood
bridge Patton and Scoutmaster
Bevans. Following the demonstration,
there will be an illustrated lecture
on "The Boy Scout Ideals" by Com
missioner Patton.
The Washington times., 1917-02-08

Mother! Your child isn't Naturally
cross and peeyish. See II tongue IS
coated this is a sure sign the little
stomach, liver and bowels need a cleans
ing at once.
When hstless, pale. feverish. full of
cold. breath bad, throat sore. doesn't
eat. sleep or act naturally. has stomach
acne. d darrhpea, remember. a gentle
liver and bowel cleansing should ALWAYS
be the first treatment given.
Nothing equals California Syrup Of
Figs" for children's ills: give a tea
spoonful. and in a few hours all the
foul waste. sour bile and fermenting
food which is clOgEed in the boweIs
passes out OF the system, and you have
well and playful child again. All chill
dren love this harmless. delicious 'fruir
laxative" and it never fails to effect a
good inside" cleansing. Directions for
babies. children Of all ages, and grown
ups are plainly on the bottle.
Keep il handy in your home. A IIttIs
given today saves a sick child tomorroyv
but get the genuine. Ask your drugr,Si
for a O-cent bottle Of "Californis Sy1un
OF Figs" then look and see that in Is
made by the california Fig Svrnn
Cumpany."-Advt
The Washington times., 1917-02-08
TWO VETERANS BURIED.

Funeral services were held yester-
day afternoon at the Soldiers Home
for Michael Shukk, eighty-two years
old, and James Melville, seventy-one
years old, both veterans OF the civil
war. Mr.. Shukk died on Sunday and
Mr.. Melville died Tuesday. Interment
was in the Soldiers Home Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1917-02-08
Simple Home Treatment
to Remove Hairy Growths
Beauty Culture)

Two or three minutes use Of a della
tone paste Will Danish every bit Of
hair from your face, neck or arms.
This paste il made by mixing some
ater with powered delatone. After
the paste is removed, the skin should
be washed TO free il from the remain
ing deIatone and IL will be clear and
spotless. You will not be disappOint-
ed with this treatment il you are sure
to obtain real delatone from your
druRgist-AdYt
The Washington times., 1917-02-08
SENATE TO TAKE UP D.C.BILL
Measure Is Expected to Follow
Agriculture Bill.

The Senate may reach the District
appropriation bill late this afternoon.
The agricultural appropriation bill,
. il is expected, will be disposed of to-
day. 1t has been pending before the
Senate for some time.
After il is out of the way. unless
some matter other than appropria-
tions IL forced to the front, the Dis
trict bill will be called up by Senator
Smith of Maryland.
Interest centers on action on the
proposed increase Of pay for District
employees.
The Washington times., 1917-02-08
NEW FIRE CORPS MEETS
Park View and Petworth OraanIza
.tion Names Coffee Committee.

The fire fighting auxiliary corps
organized by residents of Park View
and Petworth held its first meeting
last night. A coffee committee has
been appointed, the members of which
will be prepared to respond to night
alarms and serve coffee and sand
wiches to the men of No. "a Engine
Company on their, return from a hard
run.
John G. McGrath, president of the
Park View Citizens Association, is
chief of the corps. and Frank Shaw
deputy chief. Meetings will be held
on the first Wednesday of every
month. The organization has received
the approval of the Commissioners.
The Washington times., 1917-02-08
WHY HAIR FALLS OUT

Dandruff causes a feverish irrita-
tion OF the scalp. the hair roots shrink,
loosen and then the hair comes out
fast. To stop falling hair at once and
rid the scalp OF every particle OF dam
druff, get a 25-cent bottle of Dam
derine at any drug store, pour a little
in your hand and rub well into the
scalp. After a few applications all
dSndruff disappears and the hair
stops coming out-Adyt
The Washington times., 1917-02-08
Children'S Apparel

Little Tots White Corduroy Coats,
belted models; warmly interlined.
Regular $500 and $3.50 eO 40
ValueS 49, -
ChIIdren's Winter Coats, OF heavy
corduroy. in various colors and
styles; odd lots and GO 60
Sizes NS~
Small lot of Little Tots White
Pique Dresses, high waist models.
with deep hens; slightly soil- Q0O
ed; odd sizes. Regularly Soc. OON
Lot of Misses and Children's Mid
dy BlOuses. all white and trimmed
models; odd sizes and slightly zoo
soiled. Regularly 79c ...... COO
Girls Plain WOrxted Dresses,
plated skirts: odd lots and
sizes Sold regularly at Ct co
S2-49 ..-.-...---. OAsoN
Little Girls FIanneIette and Knit
ted Petticoats, odd lots and OSo
sizes 6ON
Third Floor.
The Washington times., 1917-02-08
WOmen'S Underwear

women's FIeeeed Cotton Union
Suits, heavy weight: high neck and
long sleeves, Dutch neck and ell
bow sleeves. ankle length pants;
bleached only; sizes 4 to .. Reg
ular $1.00 and $1.25 TO-
NdlucS
Odd lot Of women,s Cotton Cor
set Covers. medium weight; high
neck and long sleeves. high neck
and short sleeves. low neck and
short sleeves, low neck and sleeve
lot OF boys fieeced pants, small
sizes only. Values worth up 1Cl,c
to 39c each. ch..............1 16TsN
ChIldren's Fleece Lined Cotton
Underwear, bleached only; ahfrts
with high neck and long sleeves.
ankle length pants; sizes 16 O0N
to 80. Regular 3sc values -. HOC
Underwear Dept-First Floor.
The Washington times., 1917-02-08

For SINGERS and SPEAKERS
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RROWN'S ssoneaM THO cHES
JOHN L BROWN q SON. Boston. Mass.
The Washington times., 1917-02-08
INDIGNATION MEETING.

At Patterson's Hall.
Thursday, February s,
At s P. NJ.
@'Coms and hear the fact in the
whipping of two boys at the court
house last week"
Resolutions were passed at an in
lignation meeting at Follansbee's
Tall, Clarendon, a weak ago, declar'
ing the citizens are opposed to the
whipping post in any form in the Old
. Dominion State.
The Washington times., 1917-02-08
Speakers Protest.

Spirited addresses, protesting
against the humiliation OF a public
logging for children was made by
Crandal Mackey. Frank Lyons. r c.
l.. Moncure, and citizens of Alexan'
dria county.
The law, it was pointed out by
speakers. was clearly violated If Sam
Brooks, the colored boy flogged, was,
as he and his mother claimed, not
over sixteen years old. The law as
amended on January IA, 1914, pro-
vides that no child shall be publicly
logged for larceny or other misde-
meanor unless an effort shall have at
first been made to place the offender
in a correctional institution.
witnesses have testified, il was
charged by the speakers, that the au-
thorities made no effort to place the
youthful offenders with society or
in a reform school before ordering
them whipped in public.
The Washington times., 1917-02-08
Parent Present.

Parent Present.
The father of George Deeters. a
helper in the Washington Navy Yard
was present at the whipping of his
son. The mother of Sam Brooks was
also there. Both protested, witnesses
said, to the humiliation of their sons,
but upon being told they would be
aiven the choice of having their chill
dIen fogged or sent to a penal school
until twenty-one years of age they
made no further objection.
The boys were whipped with
lunches of switches.
George Deeters confided to a friend
IN the day following the whipping
that welts had been raised on his
back and side where the blows landed.
The colored offender, it is said, was
given the same punishment.
Stole Sail Cloth.
The boys removed a quantity of sail
cloth and canoe pillows, worth %
cents when new, and were arrested
upon complaint by a passerby, who
saw them carry the stuff from the
abandoned house on the river. The
owner Of the property, when com
municated with by the authorities.
said he had no objection to the goods
being taken away, as they were
worthless.
The offenders were arraigned before
Special Justice Cloth, on January IS,
sentenced to be whipped, and were
fcGged the same day. The trial jus
tice, It was said by one who saw, the
whipping did not attend.
sheriff n Witness
Sheriff Field is said to have told
one of the members of the indigna-
ton gathering that he was told by
Justice Cloth to attend the whip
ping, and see that the boys were not
badly hurt.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-10
Church street. 495.

Church street. ABS.
1023-John Burney Maddox, Americas
Ca, 32S Patterson street. 439.
1774-George Reddick, Sumter, Ga. AL
424--Allen S. Johnson, DeSoto, Ga
1947-Gabe Corbin, DeSoto, Ga. 444
1511-Albert Jones, Cobb, Ga. 445.
657-A. T. Salter, Americas, Ga. 44S
175-Charles Thos. Underwood, Ga.
AIS w Church street $50.
2147-Algie DowdeIl, Leslie, Ga, R. F.
ID. /, 451.
278-Erwin James Eldridge, Ameri-
Gus, Ga 453.
2177-Richard Williams, Anderson.
vile, Ga. asa.
524-Edward Winifred Dupree Ameri-
Gus, Ca, Route c. Asst.
911-Richard Benjamin Kemph
Americas, Ca, Route 4, 459.
1S51-Lee Sheffield, Americas, Ca 469
1924 Clifford Battle, Plains, Ga. AGA
336-Tom French Mabry, Americas
Ca, 131 Brannen ave. ACT.
Gilbert Hardy Plains, Ga. 46S.
212-Sam Hawkins Gatewood, Amer
icus, Ga, Lee street. 469.
I$s7-Robert Johnson, Cobb, Ga. 47O.
S-Carl Ebert Ansley, Americas
Ca. 472.
I1192-Joe Monchief, Americas, Ga
Route 1. 476.
I1C60-Dorsey Wimbush, Americas, Ga.
Route B. Az.
1t43-Elijah Lewis Driver, Americas
Ca, Peppermint alley 479.
557-Leon Roy Justice, Andersonyille
Ga. $50.
2143-Johnnie Breedlove, Americas
Ca, R. F. D. A. 4S3.
2191-Ulysses S, Virgins, Anderson
Vile, Ga. 4SS.
2O71-Ed Waters, Americas, Ga. Route
A 4S9.
I1257-Jesse Jackson, Americas, Ga
491.
1077-Mathis Folks, Americas, Ga. 49i
1961-Emmett Jackson, Plains, Ga 49S
Warren Clark, Leslie, Ga. Route
H. 495.
Warren Ingram, Leslies Ga.
Route 2. 49S.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-10
HEALTH ZONE OF SIX MILES
TO SURROUND CAMP GORDON

ATLANTA, Ca, August 1O.-Not on
ly will the United States government
exercise the most scientific and care
full precautions to safeguard the health
O. the $4,000 men who will train for
the firing line in Camp Gordon, near
Atlanta, but a health zone extending
six miles around the camp in all oil
rections will be established as soon
as the camp is opened, and will be
rapidly extended to take in all of Full
ton and DeKalb counties.
The object of establishing this zone
is to exterminate mosquitoes, bring
drainage up-to-date to minimize the
danger Of typhoid fever, and generally
clean UP all sanitary conditions to
ward off diseases which have their ORR
gin in unhealthful surroundings.
An officed of the United States pub
lie health survey is now in Atlanta
making preparations for the estab-
lishment of the zone, and is receiving
the cooperation of the county author
tiles.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-10
ARMY OFFICERS quitting
III OVER" ON FRIEND WIFE

ATLANTA, Ga, August 10.-If you
see an officer of the United States ar
my striding along the street with his
arms in the military swing, while his
slender wife walks with his, loaded
down with bundles, don't misjudge the
officer by thinking him ungallant or
lacking in chivalry.
He is simply obeying the orders OF
the war department which forbid him
t. carry bundles or anything else In
his hands while in uniform, and since
he must wear his uniform seven days
in the week while the nation is at
war, this means that he goes empty
handed all the time.
An officer is allowed to carry short
walking stick which is called "sWag-
ger stick" and which is too short to
touch the ground, but he is not al
lowed to load himself down with an
armful or bundles or papers or any
thing else that a normal American us
usually totes" and is not ashamed Of
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-10

filed sponge with a cooling drink
and fixed it to the head of his sold.
ier's spear and held it UP to the parch-
ed lips of Jesus. That was the first
deed done under the sign of the Red
Cross That deed of mercy to the dy-
ing Christ has been multiplied uncount-
ed times by the influence of the living
Christ.
Today on battlefelds and in camps
and hospitals the Red Cross brings re-
lief from suffering and new hope of
life 1t staunches the flowing of blood
and bushes the groans of the wound
ed. There are only two things in all
this agony which make it bearable. One
is the heroism with which men go
forth to die, under the flag of their
country; the other is the service of
men and women, who, forgetting dan
ger, go forth to do deeds of mercy
under the sign of the Red Cross
A soldier falls wounded upon the
field. The tide of assault passes on
and he is left alone and suffering. After
the hours pass he hears voices and
sees those who wear the Red Cross.
It bears to him the MESSAGE that the
Red eros on the door of his house
bore to the Hebrew bondmen in Egypt
"a message of deliveranee. 1t bears
to him the message that speaks for all
mankind from the cross Of Christine
assurance of release from suffering
and death.
The. Cross Of Stars-There is a con-
stellation blazing in the heavens over
the tropic seas, called the Southern
Cross. There, written in the shining
letters Of the stars, is the message of
the glory and splendor of the cross
that it is the source of all strength
and goodness and mercy. AS the
Southern Cross blazes in the darkness
of the night, so the good deed OF the
sacrifice of Christ and the lesser good
deeds which that sacrifice has inspired
men to do, shines out in the darkness
and suffering of humanity. How many
good deeds the sacrifice of Christ has
Inspired, and how great is the reward
Of them.
Then shall He say to those on His
right hand, Il was thirsty and ye gave
me drink, hungry and we fed me, sick
and in prison, and We ministered unto
me. For as much as We did it unto one
Of these, my brethren, yet did it unto
me-"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-10

Of Georgia now provides that no coun-
ty shall levy local school tax until
two-thirds of those voting in special
election approve the same. This pro
vision, like other constitutional pro-
visions, was written in the days OF
the carpet Dagger regime in Georgia.
States which have chung to the old
system of direct appropriations from
the state treasury for common schools
are the lowest in literacy, notable
among these being Georgia and Ala
bama.
Forty-nine counties in Georgia have
voted in favor of the local school tax
ir spite of the difficult requirements of
the constitution, but there are 152 coun-
ties in the state, and the extension of
the local school tax by the election
method is very slow. The small, back
ward, unprogressive counties cling to
the old system because their common
schools are supported at the expense
of the larger and more progressive
counties which pay the bulk of the
money into the state treasury.
There is a constitutional amendment
pending in the legislature to require
all counties to levy a local school tax
but it has no chance to pass, either
al this session or for several years to
come.
Other items in the general appro-
priations bill disposed of yesterday af
ternoon by the house of representa-
tives were as follows:
For the maintenance of the State
College of Agriculture at Athens, $780,
600, passed without a change. and for
TIE veterinary course at the college,
$4,000, stricken out of the bill; and
fer the college to meet the require
ments of the Smith-Lever act of con-
gress, $6I129, passed without a
change; and for field meetings held by
the college, $1,000 passed without a
change.
For the South Georgia Normal Col
lege, at yaldosta, $4,000, passed with
out change; for the summer school at
Athens, $500, passed without change;
for the Georgia Tech, 100000 passed
without change; for the Georgia Nor
NAL & Industrial College, at Milledge-
Vile, $67.500, passed without change
for the North Georgia Agricultural
College, at Dahlonega, 26,50O, passed
without change; for the State Normal
College at Athens, $57,5O0, passed
without change; for the school for col
cred people at Savannah, $4,000, rails
ed to $4,000; for the State Medical
College at Augusta, 100000, passed
without change.