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The Washington times., 1917-07-16
BABY DAUGHTER
AIDS MRS. LEVER
IN FOOD SAVING

Even the babies of the country are
following Herbert Hoover in food
conservation.
In a statement telling OF the inter-
est OF Mrs. Asbury F. Lever. wife OF
the author OF the food bill, in food
saving. the food administration gave
out the following interview with Mrs.
Lever:
Saving Means Sacrifice.
Food conservation means some
little personal sacrifice to me-" said
Mrs, Lever. when food. though
high priced, seems plentiful, it is a
hard thing for housewives to realize
the coming shortage and the stringent
necessity to prepare for It by cutting
down and saving wherever possible.
Il try to have a meatless dinner
every two or three days" she said,
but tell my husband that IL he will
demand the vegetables cooked with
pork-in the Southern fashion, as we
are accustomed to do in South Caro-
lina--then he is not eating a meat
less meal and keeping his promise to
the food administration.
"Our baby daughter. Mary Kath-
crime, is real follower OF Mr..
Hoover" she continued. THE dear
child seems to sense the necessity
for food saving and prefers her
toast unbuttered and her cereal with
out cream and a very small amount
of sugar. though, of course. she
drinks milk and eats goodly supplies
OF other foods that round out her
diet.
Pledge to Conservation.
Il believe the food conservation
plan is a magnificent work for the
women OF America to perform and
will practice in the summer camp
what l pledged TO DO. as far as am
able and continue when l resume
this fall.
THE uniform OF the food conserva-
tion section OF the food administra-
tion is an ideal garment" Mrs.
Lever said. 81 intend to wear II and
l think every homemaker in the
would consider it an honor
to wear one"
The Washington times., 1917-07-16
Parlez Vous Talk
To Be Ladled Out
By Corporal Taft

Corporal Charlie Taft. field ar
tillery. son OF former President
William Howard Taft. is to teach
French to soldiers of the army In
the little public school house at
Hume, near Alexandria, Va
Corporal Taft has obtained
from George w. Zachary, secre-
tary of the school board OF Alex
andria county, a permit to use
the school house to ''parlez vous"
with the soldier boys.
The corporal is lot only to
teach French, but also will teach
q number of Indian soldiers how
to talk English.
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POOR Of EAST SIDE
VOICE HUNGER CRY
FORFOOD CONTROL

The hunger cry OF New York's
ghetto will be heard in the halls Of
Congress, in the offices of the food ad-
ministration, and perhaps in the
White House itself.
Senator Gore today arranged a hear
ing before the Agricultural Commit
tee for seven women of the East Side;
Herbert c. Hoover planned to receive
them personally and Miss Jeanette
Rankin sought an audience for them
with President Wilson.
The women will be brought to
Washington by MISS Helen Todd, an
East Side Social worker, as soon as
the audience with the President is ar
ranged. They are uneducated, with
out culture-typical women OF New
York's congested foreign districts.
Some were leaders in the Brownsville
bread riots and received their only
training as speakers in those demon
strations. They will tell to official
Washington the suffering high food
prices have brought upon them and
will plead for immediate relief.
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Purpose Ia ThreefoId.

The purpose in bringing these
women to Washington is threefold.
Miss Todd explained today. First to
humsnize the Government in it's
dealings with the people during the
war: second, to convince Mr.. Hoover
that the East Side women must have
food before they can save 1t, and
third, to urge speedy passage Of the
food control bill, by showing that
serious disturbances in the poorer
districts may result from further
delay
ITO the Agricultural Committee
they will appeal for the immediate
passage OF the food control BILL" Miss
Todd explained. They will tell the
urgent need. and will give solemn
warning that the measure must give
real control II must be designed
not only TO help our allies, but to
help our people at home as well.
They will seek, too, while in Wash
ington to have one OF their number
given membership on the woman's
committee OF the Council OF Defense.
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Women LoaInE Faith.

THE women are growing bitter
Hoover seems to them to have been
only another mirage. saw Mr. Hoov-
er and ! told him these things
told him the women were losing faith,
and were coming to feel that he was
like the rest and didn't care
Don't let them-don't let them
lose faith Mr.. Hoover said to me.
Bring them TO me. Let me talk to
them. They are the people nearest
my heart II ] were not convinced
that / can beat down the price Of tiour
TO 80 a barrel and bread t. cents
loaf I'd but he didn't finish the
sentence. Nobody knows what l am
up against here. Nobody knows the
forces ! have to fight. hav. done
everything in my power. but still .he
bill is held up. II # is not passed
soon l shall go to the country-and
tell the people the truth. The people
shall know the men who are holding
me back-and when the people know,
heaven help those men
The faith OF the East Side is not
misplaced in Hoover OF Belgium" Miss
Todd concluded.
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ST. SW|NTHIN'SDAY
4O-DAY RAINFAL
LEGEND D|SPROVED

A little rain yesterday-it being st.
Swithin's Day-led many Washington
ians to wonder how much truth IS In
the ancient legend:
''St. swithin's Day, II thou dost rain,
For forty days It will remain.
ST. swithin's Day. II thou be fair.
For forty days twill rain nae rha.r."
According to the records OF The
Weather Bureau here, the legend Is
all bunk" and can be classed with
the one about the grounding. For
the last forty-hve years the bureau
has records for the District and In
all that time the legend has never
held true.
It's All Wrong. All wrong.
Records for the last seven years
show that the legend is all wrong.
st. swithIn's Day. but during the sue-
ceeding forty days It rained Just eight
cen days. with four downpours and q
total rainfall OF 4.23. In 1914 the leg
end again forecast a long dry spell.
but twelve showers marked the record
and the total rainfall for the forty
"dry" days was 2.62.
In 1912 people thought the supersti-
tion was to be justified. It rained on
st. Swithin's Day and rained on three
consecutive days, but July 10 was
clear and ninteen dry days followed.
1919. scheduled for forty days rain.
had seventeen dry days to break the
spell; 1914. scheduled for dry weather.
had twelve wet days: 1915. according TO
the legend. should have been rainy. but
had thirteen dry days. and last year
twenty-one dry days broke the charm.
First Buried In s62.
Bishop Swithin was buried In the
Of his church at Winchester.
England. July 2. ss2 On July Is. 81. the
coffin IT Is said. was dug up and buried
inside the church. According to one
story, the gravedigger had to wait be-
cause Of a storm. and later II was re-
ported that the bishop had prophesied
forty days Of rain II his body ever was
removed from the cemetery. Evidently
he body was never removed. or the
bishop was q very inaccurate weather
'orecaster.
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TRAPPED GIRL LEAPS
FROM ATTIC WINDOW

Discovering Lena Brown, her for
mer servant, In her home at zoos
Belmont road northwest today. Mrs.
Albert W. willett chased the colored
girl into the attic, locked the door
and sent for the police
As Policeman J. T. LeaVell, OF the
Tenth precinct, approached the house
In response to Mrs. Willett's call, the
girl jumped from the attic window
to the yard, twenty feet below.
At Freedman's Hospital, 1t was
found she was nnt seriously injured.
She was locked up charged with
The Washington times., 1917-07-16

Can be detached and worn pin or neck chain.
Permanently guaranteed gold cases: finest Amer
lean movements; fully guaranteed and kept in
perfect repair for year free.
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the men. after being seen only q quar-
ter OF a mile from the house. while
pursuers penetrated the woods on
hands and knees trying to find it
The $3.50 reward for the lions cap
ture, dead or alive. is still unclaimed.
The beast Is said to have escaped
from a circus.
The Washington times., 1917-07-16
INFANTS SECRET RIDE.

WARSAW, Ind. July Is-Unknown
to her parents, Helen. three-year-
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe
Keplinger. Of Silver Lake, boarded q
Big Four train at Silve Lake and
rode to North Manchester. Five hours
later the little girl arrived in War
saw on another Big Four train. hav-
ing been sent here by railroad men
a. North Manchester,
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LIGHTER LINERS CARGO.

ST. JOHNS, n. F.. July I6.-while
a number OF tugs and other vessels
stood by ready to render aid, the crew
OF the 10000 ton Norwegian American
liner KristianiafJord today began
lightering the cargo in an effort to
float the steamer, which went on the
rocks near Cape Rose yesterday. All
the 900 passengers have been taken
OF without accident
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ESCAPED CIRCUS LION
ELUDES 300 HUNTERS

DECATUR. Ill. July 16.-Three
hundred men armed with rifles and
shotguns formed a skirmish line half
a mile long and systematically combed
the Robert Allerton place for lion
that jumped on the butler, Thomas
Outlet. and escaped after inJuring
him slightly.
Once again the wily fugitive lodged
The Washington times., 1917-07-16

Swift & company's sales OF Beef In
Washington, D. c., for the week end
Follows: Domestic Beef. 1888 cents
Advt.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-07-27
SYNOPSIS.

Capt: Ralph Payne. u. S: A.. is given Sc
cret plans of defense to deliver to Pana-
ma. He attends ball at the Granada en-
bassy with Colonel Dare's daughter
Pearl. AS climax to a series OF mys-
terious incidents he is arrested for trea-
son. The ambassador of Granada is found
coat. Major Brent, Payne's rival, .enters
into suspicious negotiations with Bertha
Bonn. Payne is sentenced to life impris-
onment. A train carrying Pearl, Bertha
Bonn and Payne on his way to prison Is
wrecked and Pearl sees Payne's lifeless
body at her feet. She meets Adams,
mysterious stranger, who offers her his
s-syices to trace the traitors. She learns
that he has the plans. Pearl finds Adams
in Washington and learns OF his peculiar
actions. Adams warns Senator Warheld
While they talk the senator's office is
attacked by conspirators. Bertha Bonn
asks Pearl to hand Adams package
which to be the plans TSsV ar rs
ordered South. The Granadians capture
Pearl and Adams TO get the plans Pear
begs Adams to let herrake his belt which
contains the defense plans They escape
and Adams steals the belt from her.
Pearl is captured again by the Grana-
dams, She. is rescued by Adams Dis
him into the camp Of the conspirators
and poses as a chemist They are rec
ognized; in the fight Adams saves Pearl
from harm. Colonel Dare arrives with
American troops The black scarf appears.
Pearl and Toxic follow Adams on his way
for appointment at the Chemical build
Ing. All three fail into the hands OF the
alliance" Adams Is arrested by coun-
terfeit soldiers who also take Pearl with
them. They carry her aboard ship and
she Is again saved by Adams from the
foreign alliance" The ship is blown up.
They escape. Adams surprises Brent In
Dare's home stealing the plans: They In
turn are confronted by Toxic. Adams finds
a note which calls the Silent Army to
arms at the Chemical building. Colonel
Dare with a regiment, appears at the
spot. They find the building wrecked and
rifled. Pearl is carried away by the ST.
lent Flyer. She descends in a parachute
and meets Adams who has destroyed the
Flyer. During the progress OF the defense
board meeting at Dare's house Brent re-
ceives the locket from Bertha Bonn. The
Silent Menace traps Adams and Toxic and
gets the war secretary's portfolio Adams
appears in Brents room and demands the
locket
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-07-27

tation of troops, and even food Is
messieurs, though unawake, Is not
lacking. This is our only fear, for IL
the slumbering young giant is aroused
all Europe In an avalanche could not
stop her. We must make haste"
He looked at wall calendar.
"Messieurs," he concluded, "subma-
rine Z-3 awaits you at Bar Stable In
let. Go there at once and proceed to
Colon. l will follow In the manner you
well know. Eight days from now,
with our complete knowledge Of the
weakness In the canal defense, we will
bottle up the American feet blow IT to
che bottom of the ocean and the world
gateway will be ours to barter as we
wish, on behalf of the home thronesp'
Waving farewell, he dismissed the
Foreign Alliance, who Immediately
left the vessel.
Pearl had no time to lose She
found sheet of paper and rapidly
scrawled a note of warning to Colonel
Dare, offering huge sum for it's de-
livery. Rummaging about the state
room she discovered an empty though
corkless bottle. Into this she stuffed
the note and clamped handy tallow
candle into the neck, thus sealing
Ii snugly. She was about to toss the
bottle through portfolio into the riv-
er when, with an added thought, she
tore piece from her petticoat and tied
1t around the bottles neck. Then, with
an inward prayer that someone would
see the thing when daylight came, she
threw it into the stream.
Some time after that the door
Of PEARLS stateroom opened and
Adams stealthily entered.
He was pale and tense and at sight
of Pearl few to her side.
THANK heavens !" he murmured,
trembling like a leaf. You are safe
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-07-27
TWELFTH EPISODE
The Foreign Alliance.

If those personages in Washington
knowing of the loss Of the war secre-
tary's portfolio containing the army
mobilization data expected the morn
ing metropolitan newspapers to pub
lish any statement other than the one
given to the reporters the night before
by Colonel Dare at his residence, they
were sadly mistaken.
The newspapers contained the au-
thorized statement and nothing more
on the subject.
This proved beyond any peradven-
ture that the newspaper men were not
guilty of the theft of the army mobili-
cation data 1t left but one other con-.
clusion. The Silent Menace and the
Foreign Alliance were responsible for
the mysterious disappearance.
On the night Of the theft Of the army
mobilization data, Adams went to see
Major Brent in his quarters the mo-
ment ne recovered from the wound on
his head sufficiently to walk. The lock-
ct containing the miniature was now In
Brent's possession. Adams demanded
that Brent give ii to him.
In an abandonment of fury Brent
threw the locket, from the bed on the
edge of which he was sitting, at Adams
standing In the middle of the floor, who
caught 1t In his hand.
Adams bade him go back to bed In
gruff though not unkind way. Brent
aid so, as much for his own comfort
as otherwise. Adams coolly seated
himself near the footboard, lighted
pipe and began to talk.
You're twisted up all wrong, amt
you, major? You've gotten lin mighty
deep and nasty, amt y-youT
Brent looked him calmly in the eye.
Yes, thanks to you, largely" replied
Brent with curling lips.
you've had 1t in flor me from the
nrst, amt your
From the very first time laid eyes
on YOU" Brent acknowledged. without
hesitation.
Back at the r-railrOad wreck
placer? Adams thoughts seemed to
drift.
Brent corroborated with nod. THE
wreck In which Payne was killed."
he said grimly.
You had lit in for Captain Payne,
toof'
That's a mistake, Adams" an
swered Brent, showing little irrita-
ton. HE was my rival that's all. IL
wouldn't have been human for me to
have cried my eyes out when he was
removed out of the way. AS matter
Of fact, was plagued sorry that
Payne never got a chance, in the light
Of after events, to try to prove that he
was not the traitor we court-martialed
him for being. That was once l ad-
init, as do all other army men, that q
little delay might have developed lot
Of things We would now like to know"
I.g-guess you're right about that"
refkted Adams, soberly, putting his
pipe hard. you might have got t-tip
on that there Silent Menace, anyhow"
Brent laughed at that. "Since am
SO frank ~ith you, Adams, why not be
so with me? You know that / know
who the Silent Menace Is. You are the
Silent Menace" and his eyes cleaned
Ironically.
But t-thats not why you've got 1t
In for m-me," Adams quickly infected,
striking match. for his pipe refused
to draw. He shifted his position. You
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-07-27

An Impulse Came to Pearl to Shout.
Did you see them-the Foreign ALI
ance and the Silent MenaceT
She flushed with fright and resent
ment. Eyes, l saw the Foreign ALI
ance and-you. Silent Menace, In
deedl" Tears filed her eyes. adams,
oh, how could you so wound and dis
appoint me? How you have tricked
us all !"
He seemed not to comprehend her
entirely. "You don't mean, g-girl. that
you still doubt me? Great Lucifer"
he groaned. Beads of perspiraton
stood on his forehead, so intense was
his emotion.
II must doubt you, Adams" she fall
tered, choking back the sobs. "How
can do else2"
He raised his head and listened In
tently. Suddenly he drew her TO the
crack I'm the wall. He peeped first.
Then he stepped back, his face
wreathed in smiles, and forced her to
look.
There's that there Silent Menacep
he exclaimed, triumphantly.
Pearl, very greatly confused, saw
that he spoke truly The tug-boat cap
tain and the Silent Menace were stand
ing together in the adjoining room, the
former receiving orders to get under
way at once.
An impulse came to Pearl to shout.
Instead, she smiled curiously and
whispered: "Who Is hep
Adams did not reply. He kissed the
astonished Pearl.
Early In the morning, but long after
the tugboat and the barges left the
wharf, two fishermen found the bottle
interested in obtaining the reward
than In the startling nature of her In
telligence, delivered II to the officers
of q revenue cutter at anchor In the
Washington harbor. Now followed q
thrilling dash TO Bar Stable inlet,
rough, desolate and reedy spot in the
lower Potomac marshes. The Foreign
Alliance had just gone aboard a sub
marine, the coming tower had just
been closed and the craft was begin
ming to immense when, through a peri
scope, the submarine lookout espied
the cutter. Immersion was fastened;
but too late As the tail Of the under
sea craft dashed and disappeared I'M
der the surface the cutter torpedoed
her. She sank to the bottom. Her crew
persisted. The Foreign Alliance was
exterminated.
In the midst of these exciting and
never-to-be-forgotten movements the
tugboat and its barges steamed peace
fully down the river and headed to-
ward the ocean, disappearing In lit
tie while around a bend In the stream
where they lay. But neither Pearl nor
Adams knew how close they were to
means of rescue; or IL Adams knew,
he did not tell Pearl.
"Colon in eight daysr' muttered
Adams to himself. Then he smiled.
Eight more days-alone with Pearliv
(END OF TWELFTH EPISODE.l. =
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-14
THE BIRMINGHAM AGEHERALD, SUNDAY, JANUARY A. 1917

having recovered its fuii confidence in the
 holding power of cotton prices. Buyers show strong disposition to test out the merits of current high prices in pri- mary circles before making further com
 mitments, and as this is a seasonably
 quiet period for trade, agents are quite content not to press for further sales.
 Manufacturers coming to the markets
 still report upon the abnormally high costs of productions and sporadic labor troubles appear to be growing more fre- quent in mill centers Yarns hold quite steady, with more inquiry reported. and
 the knit goods trade is in a strong posi- tion, recent staple hosiery prices showing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-14
New York Futures
New Orleans Cotton

New Orleans, January 13.-Extreme weakness developed in the last half hour of trading in the cotton market here to- day. and prices were depressed 26 to 41 points below the level of yesterday S last quotations. The official tone on the close was weak and last prices were at the lowest levels of the session. Heavy short selling, combined with liquidation put the market lower.
 In the early trading the market was nervous and rather narrow. First prices were at a small advance, the market standing to points up around the open Ing call.
 Realizing by recent buyers set in almost immediately and the market commenced to soften under it, which was soon taken advantage of by bear traders. For while the market held fairly steady at a loss of about 15 points on the old crops, but later 1t broke badly.
 Reports of higher freight rates caused some bear comment as did the compara- lively small mill takings this week, but most brokers seemed to consider that the small movement of the, crop into sight, the loss In stocks on this side of the water. and the pronounced shrinkage in the visible supply offset bearish features.
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ary on trade reports which confirm the view that further price concessions for the metal are probable
 Stocks popularly classed among the equipments and munitions moved nar- rowly but mainly in the direction of lower levels. Their course. however was no more uncertain than that of the stocks comprising the so-ealled peace division.
 Direct reflection of the situation abroad was seen in the strength of sterling and francs, heaviness of Teutonic rates and extreme weakness of rubles, the latter coin suffering a sharp break in Russian government S5A on the curb or the outside market
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levels approximatng their intrinsic val ues.
 The railway division was subject to ir- regular pressure, representative or stand ard shares yielding rather more easily than minor issues. Rumors suggesting a renewal of last years foreign liquida- ton of hlgh-grade stocks were not cred tied in authoritative quarters.
 Wall streets detached, or cautious at- titude at this juncture was strikingly H. lustrated by it's indifference to the De- cember tonnage statement of the United States Steel corporation, which far ex- ceeds all previous records as to thrilled orders.
 Coppers were also moderately reaction
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IN WAR OR PEACE THE SOIL MUST BE FILLED

of the French Government Fifty FonD
 
 dhnd short in the to esoII - So in buy n floor basis price builder ike mone of in all has been eclared. -. We honestly belle FORD ACTOR conrpAN
  
 
 which will nndSubtediy take to visit us m our offices in the do be glad scrutiny and
  xatea will certainly M Fl '~-s--
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characteristic feature of the week in the stock market. This attitude was again plainly traeeable to European affairs, even the more venturesome speculative element refraining from any extensive operations. The answer of the allies to the Washington government hardly served to remove existing doubts.
 According to general opinion, the tech- nical positions of the market is distinctly stronger than at any time since the De- cember setback. Weak accounts have been largely eliminated; bank loans have underwent substantial reductions. and unstable issue among special stocks are making further downward progress to