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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-10
DANGER TO
PUBLIC HEALTH
Special Warning of Vital I'M
portance at This Time
How Lives May Be
Saved

Public warning is given to avoid the
danger from poisonous drugs and
nerve-destroying stimulants contained
In SO many so-called Cough Cures. .
Look on the label of these prepare
'tions and you will see that they con-
tain morphine, heroin, codeine, chloro-
form and other dangerous narcotics
which should only be taken under a
DOCTORS orders. You are safe when
you take Father Johns Medicine be-
cause it is pure and wholesome. free
from dangerous drugs and alcohol and
has more than sixty years success
in the treatment of colds and throat
troubles.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-10

Miss Eleanor Smith proved charm
ing hostess Tuesday evening when she
entertained members of the Verreucht-
Verein club at the home OF Mrs.
Charles Smith, North Fifteenth street.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-12-07
Il rIIE r-noAT HI VITA ?

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The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-12-07

the movement ~ the r-hoats. There
l. not. u be sure. quite the same moo
tire as when the scope % General
Sarrnirs operations at salcnica was in
doubt. yet submarines might play a
part in the campaign against italy It's
shortag, ~ supplies ~ an kinds IL well
knowu. and must be met, Hut In the
main it mus, be met BY the diversion
~ shipping. and every ship sunk
while carrying supplies to meet an
counts double
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-12-07


The noblcsi mind the best content
ment hss-spenser
O
No mar can be prudent % his time
who IL not prudent ia the choice OF his
company.-Jeremy TAYLOR.
@
The man whose mind IL not made
up should no more air his opinions
han his bed in public.-Selected.
O
The wor!d's ambitions. the worlds
cheap pleasures. are al under our
feet, while the soul rests ln the d.
vine poise Of the Spirits might. con-
scious of Victory-O L. Mallory.
O
No final or worthy success ever
comes to the man or woman who doss
good things always with an eye 20
public recognition. The great and
the good are those who do much. say
little. and lay no dams 20 get APP
pia use. -Asturias.
@
The Righteousness Of the Gospel Is
MOI simply the doing and saying 20
right things; an this might be done
from low sordid motives; but II Is the
doing right from the love or right.
God looks not at the outward maa.
but requires truth In the inward
parts--Jacob Todd.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-12-07

tT0uUTUl WIN -T1"Us ann loo ! a
different woman. | cannot praise
lydia T.. ~pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound too highly and ! am recommend
ing II 20 my friends who suffer as ! Dbl -
Mrs. GEORGE j.. NAYLoR, Box -,
Mhrysviile, Pa
Young " aru who are troubled with
painful or irregular periods, hack"chc,
h~eadache. dragG ug down sensations
faiuting spells .r Indigestion should
take Lydia T.. ~pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Thousands have been re-
stored 10 health by this root and herb
remedy.
Write for free and helpful advice 10
! LYDIA r.. Piukuam Medicine Go. lcon.
fdrntiah, lynn Mass ONLY womer
A., open and read such letters.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-12-07

would have 10 stay
in bed several days
every month. |
tried all kinds Of
remedies and was
treated by doctors,
but my trouble ron-
tinucd until our day
/ read about lydia
T.. Pinkham 81 \ eye
table Compound and
what it had done for
others. ! tried IL
and now am never
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-12-07
ISTERNEp suiPS SAVED.

-
The shipping board has been ccr-
stirred from time o. time because peo-
ple Thought the work ~ building ships
was not coins forward cxpcditiousi,
enough. While the board may have
Jagged on the lob-which, of course.
Is a debatcnhle question the mem
hers nave not teen idle
When war was declared io3 Aus
trian and German ships were lyine Dos
the harbors Of the United states or its
insular possession Thcs" wcrc inn
mediately seized hy federal officials
Some or these ships were anchored 81
Philippine aud Hawaiian Island port
Except for 70 few % the smaller boats
in Philippine ports. which were full,
Repaired there. temporary repairs
were made where they were or the,
were brought to F1ncisco FOR nrsf
aid and then To New York 90 be COM
plcted The chipping board bought 81
new steel steamer iu San Francisco
ana rushed her and % number of tugs
10 Honolulu 90 bring over the ships ~
the Hawaiian Islands
-Four weeks after war was declared
the first ship was pat INTO commission
and after that ,hcy TOOK Co sea at III.
rate ~ two or three % week auG
| finally a such o rate that by the end
~ October no, uuiy were repair
| completed bur au tho passenger hoa y
I had been converted into transports
AZ this writing every informed ship
is la commission.
The co>t ~ making the repairs v'
$50 ooo. ooo.
II should De remembered hat lr'
the ships were more or less damaged
when they were seized d., federal o.-
ncia,s. The n,orit, plan 90 the Ge-
mans wa tu dumag" the engines cyl
iuders Naturally. the G-rm'n-
thought D. would .ak" th, Americans
Il Ions time 20 build pew cylinders ~
so many different sizes and types Hu-
the Germans failed Co reckon with
American i~nreuuity Many OF the ey'-
iuders were badly damaged and hn Q
| tp bc replaced with new zones, but I1
lots % clsc- were patched boo such %
| masterly manner 'hat the, are prac-
=, tica.ly AZ good as wien they we're
first cast
The to,ai gross "a uf The ye--
| sells - 100000. equivalent Co about
Iitoo.Ooo dead weight. which ls in" -
GOO moro than the entire merchau'
/ tonnage built lu the United States loo
. lsic. about elual fo the entire occau-
going mcrchan. marine uf Japan h"-
fore IA, war and almost ono-third of
the American auuag o. ~ june
: last
Germany and Austria supplemented
by the efforts ~ the shipping board.
| provided tho United States with tram
/ pur, Tor $1,000 soldiers and % m,llI""
, tons OF freight a "trip. or. roughly
500. 900 soldiers and 600 600 tons N
freight % year allowing l- much r.
y.y,u weeks FOR a round "trip ucr"-
tu, A'.auu,
\ urIt, national sport just now
thai .f jumping onto the -hlppiu.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-12-07
OFT OF THEIR Own MOUTHS.

r "The German Empire has be-
E come q world empire Every
r where In distant quarters II the
+ earth thousands 81 our country
+ men are living German guard
r ianS German science, German
Industry. are going across The
= sea. The value of what Germany
+ has upon the sea- amounts 10
= thousands ~ millions. IL j. your
= earnest duty. gentlemen. To help
r bind this greater German Em-
+ pirc nrmIy IA our ancestral b0fns.
= The vow which ! made YOU today
= can become truth unly II you are
r animated by q united. patriotic
y spirit and grant me your fullest
= support. u l. my wish TINT,
= standing in clo-ct upiOn. yOu help
r mc do my duty not OIL, tU my
= tDuntryrnen IN a -'n-c'
- Int ai-n to the many uiuu~iind-
= Of country men Ia foreign iand~.
= Ihis mean- that I may bc able to
= proteT them II { must. u b.
= with this wish. and deeply run-
- scious ~ the Injunction which I-
= issued 10 ~ al-Nirt YOU have
= inherited from your gamers c"n-
quer 30 m order that you mH'
=. pos-esH b. thai Q raise uly glass
- ~ our beloved German Father
- land and can out Long Use fhe
- German Empifcr Kaisors
= speech Berlin june lf 1895
r
a. H.M#H. q .n.H.H. HnH.H -H.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-12-07

.u',lc VAST hp row and thcn
o.. read Dog every class uf men aud
u.urH TOGO TRY one
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-12-07
THOSE AWFUL
CRAMPS
Suggestions that may save
Much Suffering

M~arysville, Pa. For tweiy" years
I suffered with terrible cramps, ]
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27
ORGANIZES TO GIVE
h. c. OIL. "SWIFT Dig"
Charles Frederick Bishop Has a Plan
for Taking Kinks Out of Wallet.

Old II. c. Of L. has received another
kick. Charles Frederick Bishop. Of this
city. with ofiices In the Evans Building.
ls head of the Cooperative and Com
munity-Interest Endeavors. q newly-or-
ganized company to send the H c. Of l.
back where 1t came from.
With half q million agents scattered ell
over this broad country. the company
promises to take the kinks out OF our
wallet and restore a great portion Of our
daily fare at prices we ought to be pay
ing for same.
Claiming that the public pays sl3 900 900
for food products for which the farmer
gets only s6.0oo.o0o. It is the object OF
the company to find that other 1900 =
600, which disappeared into the pockets
OF the railroads, eaten up by the ex-
pense and waste of selling and by the
wholesalers and retailers profit
After II is once established. Uncle Sam
will be urged to take a hand and super
wise. 1t will keep tab on all produc-
tons and distribution of eatables. SO that
there will be Q supply where there isn't
one now, and 80 that the places that are
usually overloaded will get only their
shares. Ask Mr.. Bishop in the Evans
Building. ''he knows"
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27
COOKS give ULTIMATUM
To Hotel PROPRIETORS
Shorter Hours and More Pay or Strike
Is the Def.

First expression Of the demands OF
local cooks and kitchen employees, who
have declared for shorter hours and
more pay. were made last night when
delegates Cesare Lesino and A. Muzx
visited the Hotel Raleigh and formally
presented there list Of tentative de-
mands.
An answer is expected this morning
II the demands are refused, Il was an.
nounced at the Federation last night, the
entire force will Immediately walk
out"
Colored cooks met with a committee
Hall, Twelfth and U streets northwest
last night for the giving Of final in.
structions."
Hotel owners. questioned whether they
would consider the demands Of the
cooks. or would offer to compromise
, answered In grun and worried voices
that they did not care to express them.
selves.
Gus" Bucholz. the proprietor of Ho
tel Occidental, thinks there will be nc
strike among the cooks .Gus' SAVE:
why should cooks strike when they
can get everything reasonable from their
arrangements without striking Our
cooks are too Intelligent to be Influenced
by few unreliable walters from New
York who are out of work and come to
Washington on special occasions such as
the inauguration, and try to create dis.
satisfaction among the cooks here?
THE result of the strike four years a1c
was that the people of Washington were
greatly discommoded the walters an6
cooks lost their positions and gained
nothing.
IT look upon the Occidental cooks az
members of my household"
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27
DELAY DRY BILL VOTE
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
referendum. as a substitute for the shep-
pard bill.
Under the special rule such a proce.
dure will be in order and the test will
come on the vote on this; or the "wets'
may decide to offer the .GAllivan PROPOSE
tion as separate amendment.
Referendum PrOvisions,
The Gallivan referendum amendment /.
the same as that introduced by Senator
Underwood in the Senate and defeated
| by a tie vote.
1t provides that upon the application
Of Is per cent Of taxpayers over N years
of age, who are residents Of the District
to the District Commissioners the ques-
tioh OF prohibition for the District be
submitted to the voters.
Residents of the District entitled tc
vote, without distinction as to sex. are
defined as those who have been domiclled
here for one year previous to the date
OF holding an election. Appointment OF
election officers, division of the District
into voting precincts and other details
are provided.
Gompers Protests
In the event of an Affirmative vote
the existing excise laws and regula-
tions are continued. If prohibition
prevails. 1t Is provided that it be put
in effect within ninety days.
Samuel Gompers. president Of the
American Federation OF Labor, wrots
Chairman Ben Johnson. of the District
Committee. yesterday. protesting that
no representatives of the American
Federation of Labor had been heard
against the Sheppard bill. Mr.. Com
pers' letter was a vigorous protest
against the summary legislation" pro-
posed.
Prohibition for the District appears
to be marching toward enactment, and
the only probable step that will defeat
it Is an executive veto.
Favor Referendum.
Prominent Washington bankers. real es'
tate and business men are almost q unit
In favoring a referendum. Among those
who have expressed themselves a. heard.
ly in favor OF a vote by residents Of the
District are:
Wade II. Copper, president Union Saw,
ings Bank; A. G. Clapham. president
Commercial National Bank; Cuno H
Rudolph. president Second Nationa
Bank; Maurice D. Rosenberg. president
Bank Of Commerce and Savings; Frank
F. Finley, president the Exchange
Bank; William King. president Farmers
| and Mechanics Bank; John B. Cochran
president Franklin National Bank: Floyd
] E. Davis president Lincoln National
Bank; H. H. Mckee, president Nationa-
| Capital Bank; Julius I. Peyser, president
Security Savings and Commercial Bank
w. B. Hibbs, Clarence F. Donohoe, Jesse
| L Heiskell, Charles 8. Shreve, G. B
| Chapman, Herman E. Gasch, J. Edward
Lewis, Morton ]. Luchs. H. Clay Stewart
P. T. Moran, Frank Hogan, H. Randall
Webb. Samuel Gompers. Frank Morri
son. Stone Fairfax and Gardiner 6
Dent.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27
Text Of Special Rule
To Make District Dry

Following Is the text Of the spe-
cial rule that will make the Shep-
pard bill privileged and block at
tempts to retard its passage by
dilatory tactics:
Resolved, That upon the adoption
Of this resolution the House shall
thereupon proceed to the consid-
GRAFTON Of 8. 1852; that the clerk
Shall first read the bill through
without interruption, at the con-
clusion Of which Amendments may
be offered and read and be pending
until and at the conclusion Of the
general debate herinafter provided;
that 1t shall be in order to offer
the provisions Of II. r. 21022 as a
substitute; that the general debate
shall continue on the bill for not
longer than three hours, one-half
Of which shall be controlled by
those favoring the bill and one
half by those opposing the bill: that
at the conclusion of the general
debate the previous question shall
be considered as ordered on the
bill and all amendments to its
final passage: and the House shall
Immediately proceed to vote on
amendments, third reading. and
final passage Of the bill without
Intervening motion, except one mo-
ton to recommit.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27
HOME CLUB PLAYERS
In BETTER THAN GOLD

Better Than Gold" q drama IN thres
acts by George N. Baker. was presented
by the Home Club Players last evenins
in their private theater at II Jackson
place northwest.
The play. q romantic melodrama, waa
given under the direction Of George II.
Palmer and John McMechan. Miss Dorif
Noetzel was the pianist. Those in the
cast were: Margaret Hopkins worrel.
Abbie Katherine Kurtz. Charlotte n
Crawford. o. W. Goodwin. Charles
Shaver. J. II. PeIlen. Margaret c. Lam
caster. Albert II. Winter and Fred Nest
Ter.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27
NOQUININE IN
ISCOLD CURE
"Pape's Cold Compound" Ends Colds
and Grippe in a Few
Hours.

Take ''Pape's Cold Compound everJ
two hours until you have taken thres
doses. then all grippe misery goes ano
your oold will be broken. II promptly
opens your clogged-up nostrils and ths
air passages of the head: stops nasty
discharge or nose running; relieves the
headache, dullness, feverishness. sor
throat. sneezing. soreness and sunness.
Don't stay stuffed-up! Quit blowtnt
and snufning. Ease your throbbing heac
nothing else in the world gives such
prompt relief as "Pape's Cold Com
pound" which costs only Is cents at any
drug store. II acts without assistance,
tastes nice, and causes no Inconvenience
Accept no substitute.-Ady.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27
YOU'RE BILIOUS!
CLEANLIVER and
BOWELS TONIGHT
Don't Stay Headachy. Sick. or Have
Bad Breath and Sour
Stomach.
Wake Up Feeling Fine9 Best Laxa-
tive for Men, Women and
Children.

Enjoy life! Remove the liver and bowel
poison which is keeping your head dizzy.
your tongue coated. breath offensive and
stomach sour. Don't stay bilious. sick,
hsadachy, constipated and full of cold.
Why don't you get a box Of Cascarets
from the drug store and eat one or two
tonight and enjoy the incest, gentlest
liver and bowel cleansing you ever ex-
perienced. You will wake up feeling fit
and fine. Cascarets never grippe or sicken
like salts. pills and calomel They act so
gently that you hardly realize you have
taken a cathartic Mothers should give
cross. sick. bilious or fever1sh children
a whole Cascaret any time-they act
thoroughly and are harmless--Adv.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27
MAY APPEAL UNTIL MARCH 12

The board of personal tax appeals
announced yesterday that owners OF
personal property have until March Il
to enter an appeal from personal tar
assessments. The board has been con-
vened since February and has heard
from 125 to $50 appeals a day. Ap-
proximately $4,000 notices of personal
tax assessments were sent out this
year, exceeding those OF last year by
1,7oo.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27
LEAVES 202 DESCENDANTS

Philadelphia. Feb. 8.-Mrs. Ruth Car
ter. mother of twenty-three children. ten
of whom are living. and who Is survived
by 13 grandchildren and sixty-seven
great-grandchildren died Saturday night
in her sSth year at the home of her
daughter. Mrs. Ruth Fowler. 3s2S Ger
mantown avenue. She had been i'll three
months.
Mrs. Carter was a native of England.
the daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. William
Powite.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27
FLOOD CONTROL BILL
UP TO PRESIDENT NOW

The Senate last night by a vote Of 10 to
Is passed the flood control bill carrying
an appropriation Of $50, 900, 900 for the con-
troll OF floods in the Lower Mississippi
and the Sacramento rivers. Tho bill al
ready has passed the House.
OF the amount appropriated, $4,000 oOo
Is for the Mississippi protection with the
restriction that only 100000 can be
spent in any one fiscal year. The Sacra-
mento River appropriation is allotted with
similar proviso restricting the annual ex-
penditures to H,000000
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27
GYPSY ENDS CRUSADE;
LEAVES $1,000 RICHER
Thirty Days Work Nets ga Converts
and Many Prospects.

Gypsy Smith, Jr., wound up MS evan
Eelistic campaign last night and LETT on
\ midnight train for his home In Con-
necticut. ooo
He took back with him about $500
free-will offerings taken up at the ser
vices Sunday and yesterday In apprecia-
ton Of his four weeks OF preaching
here.
The exact amount of these offerings
viii not be made public, at the evangsl-
lists request. But 1850 was collected
sunday and about 1900 last night
few contributions coming in by mall may
swell the total to 5000.
In previous meetings the collections
amounted to more than enough TO pay
all expenses of building the. tabernacle
which cost about $500. SO that, at the
yind-up last night, the campaign stood
as a success not only from the angle OF
religious endeavor and accomplishment
but In a financial way.
The tangible result Of the meetings was
S4 converts, mostly church members
But the most active supporters OF the
evangelist believe that the good accom-
plished by the meetings is immeasurable.
I'VE are delighted with the success OF
the campaign" said DIR. Palmer. chair
man of the Gypsy Smith committee. 'and
we believe the seeds sown here will grow
into good a hundred-fold. We have
reached many persons whom we never
reached through our churches and we
have famed the FIRE OF faith in the hearts
If many.
I'VE think Mr. Smith has reached 100,
100 persons in Washington. He has
preached 30 sermons. to audiences aver
aging 1900 persons, and at least 10,Ooo
persons have heard him IN churches and
other meetings outside the tabernacle. II
is impossible to measure the good that
will spring from the seed sown in 10O,-
900 souls"
At the meeting last night the evangel-
ist Soid the story OF the conversion OF
his grandfather ~and father, both pure
'-Gypsies." and how he himself was led to
take up preaching.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27
WORCESTER "PoLYs" MEET,

The annual meeting OF the worces-
ter Polytechnic Institute Alumni As
sociation was held at the Cosmos Club
last night Prof. Nelson. of the Bu-
reau of Standards. was the speaker
The following officers were elected
President, Victor Cobb: vice president,
L. r. Copeland: secretary. r W. Dav-
enport-
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27

ever. has live poultry been % lied up -
at the present time.
The outlook is blue for Shipper Poul-
try purchased last week was returned q
seIlers' Dressed poultry II unsetfied
Killing Of live poultry 70 relieve eonges-
ton has smashed the market
Potatoes arc at a standstin. Oferec
at reduced prices they remain unsold. a.
retailers fear that price reduction would
not break the boycott"
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27
FUNERALS.

Funeral services for Charles Fallans-
bee, 65 years old and a lifelong resident
OF Washington, who is dead at his late
residence. SIS H street northeast, will be
held at the residence today at 2 o'clock
The Rev. Cornelius S. Abbott will off,
ciate- Interment will be in Glenwood
Cemetery.
Funeral services for Capt. Joseph w.
Turner. 50 years old, who commanded the
tugboat John Miller. owned by the WASH
ington Brick and Terra Gotta Company,
by which company he had been employed
for twenty-six years, will be held at the
residence, 466 street southwest, at 2
o'clock. The Rev. John E. Briggs, pas
tor of the Fifth Baptist Church, will Off
ciate. Interment will be in Congressional
Cemetery.
Funeral services for William Helmus,
a resident of Washington for the last Sc
years, who died Sunday, will be held
under Masonic auspices this afternoon at
o'clock. Burial will be in Glenwood
Cemetery.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27
NEW YORK HOTEL ARRIVALS

Special to .he Washington Herald
New York, Feb. 26.-The followine
Washingtonians registered here today:
Rev. Anderson. Grand: Mrs. Anderson,
Grand; B. Case, New Victoria; E. Clark,
Martha Washington; A. C. Devering.
Murray Hill; H. 8. Eastman, Flanders:
J. P. Henry, Ansona; G. M. Mann, Bret
ton Hall: NJ. L. Perkins, Martha Wash
ington; r. e. Spalding, Breslin; c. ],
stockman, BrozteIl; c. A. williams,
Grand; L Phillips. Grand; L. E. Tim
norman, Longarce.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27
MADMAN KILLS OFFICER.

Chester. Pa. Feb. 2s. Anthony Metro.
a Russian. went suddenly insane today
and when a squad of police attempted to
arrest him following an attack made upon
his brother Joseph. Patrolman Jarrett
was shot and killed and several other
policemen narrowly escaped serious in
Jury.
The madman was captured after being
shot in the neck and body and his condi-
ton IL serious
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27

Sea Island cotton growers in Flor
ida, Georgia and South Carolina will
convene to discuss the best methods
of fighting the boil weevil pest. The
meetings will be held under the su-
pervision of the Georgia state board
of entomology.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27

The RIttman process Of transform
Ing petroleum waste into gasoline,
benZine and toluene may act as a
check on any movement to increase
he prices of these products. Gaso-
'ents a gallon