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The Washington times., 1917-04-19

mark at Eleventh street and Penn
sylvania avenue, will be sold at auc-
tion today at o'clock.
The property was first auctioned On
June 81, 1921, shortly after: practical
ly the entire building except the
walls had been destroyed by fire. On
May OF that year. P. Mauro. an auc-
tioneer, advertised that the "Old
Theater with the ground on which
the walls stand and some adjacent
ground" would be offered for sale.
At that time the property was pur.
chased by Lewis Carusi, and after re-
building 1t he reopened II on Novem-
bers21, 1922, with a grand ball. There
was present "a full orchestra of ex-
cellent performers as a prelude to
the ball for the purpose OF playing
several good pieces of music"
The Washington times., 1917-04-19
HONOR MRS, STERNBERG
Daughters Unanimously Elect Her
Vice President General for Life.

While a bitter battle of ballots
waged in the kitchen OF Memorial
Continental Hall, Daughters OF the
American Revolution paid Mrs.
George NJ. Sternburg, widow of the
army's late surgeon general, the rare
compliment of unanimously electing
her to office by rising vote.
Mrs. Sternberg, on motion of Miss
Janet Richards, chairman of the reso-
lutions committee, was acclaimed
honorary vice president general for
life.
Similar honor was paid another
Washington woman. Mrs. Mary S.
Lockwood, who was elected honor
ary chaplain general for life.
Mrs. Sternberg has been placed in
the honorary class because she has
served IN all Offices except that of
president general Her friends irdi-
Gated today that she might be nomi-
mated for that office at the next elcc-
ton.
The honorary vice president gen
eral enjoys the distinction of having
held office under four administra-
tions as a vice president general. She
has just completed eight years ser
vice as librarian general, and. being
Ineligible for reelection to that
office, accepted the honorary office
unanimously bestowed.
The Washington times., 1917-04-19
vERDUN A SCRAP HEAP
Armies Said to Have Hurled so,
100000 Shells Into the Area.

In connection with the recent anni-
versary of the beginning of the drive
at Vurdun, the German newspapers
printed the results of a calculation
made by a Swedish statistician as TO
the amount OF metal buried in the
battlenelds around the French strong
hold.
On the assumption that no fewer
than 1000. 900 shells a week were fired
during thirty fighting weeks, II Is
estimated that ! $4,000 tons Of steel
was hurled across the plains around
Verdun, and Is now imbedded there.
1t is estimated that $4,000 freight
cars were required for the transport
of shells alone. Fifty tons of steel
is said to have been dropped on the
average into every acre OF the YER
dun battle area.
Some German papers are quoted by
the London press as saying that II Is
worth while considering the question
whether this colossal quantity of steel
cannot some day be reclaimed and
made to serve industrial purposes.
The Washington times., 1917-04-19
NAVY BILL REPORTED
VIII Increase Navy's Enlisted Per,
sonneI to 10000 Men,.

A favorable report was ordered by
the Senate Naval Committee today on
the bill authorizing an increase in the
enlisted personnel OF the navy 10
i5O'oOO men and an increase in' the
Marine Corps to 10000 men. Such
legislation was recsntly recommended
by Secretary Daniels. The bill will
be called up In the Senate at an early
date and IL Is believed will be put
through with little delay and without
serious opposition.
The Washington times., 1917-04-19
BRITISH VISITORS
WELL KNOWN HERE
Admiral de Chair, of War Coun-
Gil, Was Formerly Embassy
Attache.

Among those in the distinguished
British party arriving in Washington
for the war council are a number who
are we'll known here, one being Real
Admiral Sir Dudley r. S. de Chair, X
c. B., N. V. G., who was naval at
tache OF the British embassy in 1902
The official list given out at the
State Department today follows:
The Right Hon. Arthur James Bal
four, NJ. P, o. NJ.
The Hon. Sir Eric Drummond, X. c.
NJ G., c. B.
Ian Malcolm, NJ. p.
c. F. Dormer and G. Butler, per.
,sonal staff.
Rear Admiral Sir Dudley r. s. de
Chair, K. C. B.. NJ. v. G.
Fleet Paymaster Vincent Lawford,
D. S. o.
Maj. Gen. George Tom MoIesworth
Bridges, C. NJ. G., D. s. o.
Capt H. H. Spender-Clay, NJ. P.
Lord Cunliffe, governor OF the Bank
Of England.
Sir Eric Drummond 10 a half-broth-
er and heir presumptive of the Earl
OF Perth. At one time he was secre-
tary to Under Secretary AsQuith, and
has much diplomatic experience.
Mr.. Malcolm q Diplomat.
Mr.. Malcolm also has had much ex-
perience in British diplomacy, having
1t different times been an attache of
the British embassies in Berlin, Paris,
and Petrograd. During the war he
has been the British Red Cross officer
in France, Switzerland, and Russia
He ts the author OF an interesting
book on war Pictures Behind the
Lines" He Is fond Of cricket. racquet
and shooting. He is now a member of
Parliament.
Admiral de Chair has been one of
the naval advisers to the British for
eign office for more than a year, and
from 1912 to 1914 was naval secretary
to the first lord OF the admiralty, and
for more than a year was commander
OF the tenth cruiser squadron.
Paymaster Lawford has seen sery-
The Washington times., 1917-04-19
PRESIDENT DONATES
$500 TO RED CROSS
Is First Washingtonian to OBJ
serve Patriots Day" by
Sending Check.

President Wilson, president ex-of-
fIcio OF the American Red Cross, was
the first washingtonian to obserce
patriotic Day" today and contribute
to the Red Cross. His personal
check for $500 was received at Red
Cross Headquarters to-day.
Presidents example is being fol-
lowed by thousands of Washington
ians today. Although the President,
because of his national office, sent
his check to the American Red Cross,
Washingtonians are sending their
contributions to the offices of the
District Chapted of the Red Cross.
In every school, in the Government
departments, at the District Building
in banks, stores, and private offices,
the announcement was made today of
the observance of the one hundred
and forty-second anniversary OF the
celebrated ride of Paul Revere, Of
Massachusetts,. And the announce
ment was accompanied by the plea Of
the Washington Chapter OF the Amer
lean Red Cross for funds.
District Ambulance Unit.
Chairman MacfarIand announced that
$4,000 OF the fund. which is being in
creased today. has been appropriated
for the immediate objects of the Dis
trict Chapter in preparing and equipping
an ambulance unit. the personnel being
taken from colleges and schools in the
District and for the relief of the de-
pendents OF the guardsmen who are on
duty in and around Washington.
simultaneously with the celebration Of
Patriots Day." by the District Chap
ter. the American Red Cross has adopt
ed the slogan OF.
"one Million Members by Next
Year"
List of New Contributions.
The receipts from Patriots Day"
will not be known until tomorrow.
New contributions. made yesterday
and received today. follow:
Bishop Alfred Harding, $25; Mrs.
Stewart. $1,000; Elk Lodge,
No. Is, $500; A lady, through the
Continental Trust Company, 800;
Thomas Harrison, SO; John H. Small
& Sons, $50; Joseph Z. Ralph, $40:
Barnett Cohen, IS: Margaret J.
thompson. S25; Nv. b." 800; Luther
N. Cornwall. $5; Otto T. Simon. $50;
Cash, 50; John Dalzell, $50; James
d. Voltz. S1.OO; william Lewis,
$500; Ellen NJ. Rugg, 800; DR..
and Mrs. Richard Rathbur, 500;
w. B. Hibbs, $3.50: Henry Adams. 500;
A Friend, 500; Miss Helen Muroe,
$40; Miss H; 'riet w. Pierson, IS; L. |
$25; H. T. Wheeler, S25;
E. ]. Murphy Company. $50 per pear;
B. Rich's Sons, $50 per pear: A. Geary !
J Johnson. $25; Agnes E. Kennedy, $5: |
Miss Elizabeth r. Schenck. $25: Miss |
Sally S .Schenck, S25; Mrs. James c. |
$50; Miss Emma S. Jacobs, IS; |
Annie S. Roberts, 81, and Nathan
WE'LL, $40.
The Washington times., 1917-04-19
EXAMINATIONS FoR TYPIsTs.

An examination for male typists
and stenographers will be held on
the night of April 81 at the offices
Of the civil service commission. as
a result Of an emergency demand for
such employees.
The salaries OF stenographers range
from $40 to 1920 per annum, but
the commission announced today that
there are many $1,000 places in the
War and Navy Departments, which
are vacant.
The Washington times., 1917-04-19
ALIENs MUSE APPLY.

Hereafter inspectors Of the Bureau
Of Immigration, in the Department.
Of Labor. will require all subjects Of
Germany OF any other power at war
with the United States. who desire
either to enter or leave this country.
first to file application for specific
permission Orders to this effect were
sent out today by Commissioner Gem
eral Anthony Caminetu to all immi-
grafton officers.
The Washington times., 1917-04-19

relatives OF national guardsmen, needs
recruits, and the Associated Charities
has offered otrain them.
The training will be under super
vision OF expert field workers. II a
sufficient number enlist, there will be
a course OF lectures given at the home
OF Mrs. Archibald Hopkins, 1925 Mas
sachusetts avenue northwest.
The Washington times., 1917-04-19
GOVERNOR TO HOE
conneetIeut Executive VIII Plant an
Acre Of Potatoes.

WATERBURY, April 1o.-Gov.
Marcus Hofcomb, now in his seventy
third year, has planned for an acre
OF potatoes on his own land. and In
a speech insisted he would plant and
do all the work himself He already
has plowed the plot and bought the
seed.
81 do not believe In asking other
people to do things / am not willing
to do myself" said the governor. II
want every citizen Of this State 10
raise some food crops this summer,
and / am going to try my hand at
hoeing potatoes. / believe there is
health in the hoe"
The Washington times., 1917-04-19
WEATHER REPORT.

Forecast for the District of Colum-
bia and Maryiand-Probably show
ers tonight and Friday: not much
change in temperature; moderate,
variable winds.
For Virginia-Generally fair to-
night and Friday. except probably
showers in extreme north and ex-
treme west portions; moderate vari-
able winds.
The Washington times., 1917-04-19
RED CROSS SEEKS RECRUITS
Associated Charities Experts VIII
Train New Relief Workers.

The committee on civilian relief Of
the District Chapter of the American
Red Cross has received an offer of
cooperation from the Associated
Charities o fthe District, and the two
bodies will begin working together
Immediately.
The committee on civilian relief.
whose work is to care for dependent
The Washington times., 1917-04-19
LYcEuM THEATER TO BE SOIL

For the second time within ita
history, covering a period OF ia
years. the Lyceum Theater, land
The Washington times., 1917-04-19
Sun and Moon Table.

Light automobile lamps 7:1s p. m.
The Washington times., 1917-04-19
TAKE GERMANS AT SEA.

NEW YORK, April 19.-Seven Ger.
man members of the crew of the Nor
wegian schooner Alfonso were re.
moved by a British warship while at
sea on March 8, it was reported today
by arrivals from South America
The Washington times., 1917-04-19
Temperatures.
Tide Tabl,

Average temperature for this date
for the last 80 years-54
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-08-31

Remember the M. E. church pastry
sale in the Worthington building, Sat-
urday September l.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Gross have re-
turned home from an extended outing
at Bingham Springs.
The Eastern Star Chapter will re-
sumo its meetings, beginning on next
Wednesday evening.
Mrs. D. H. Mansfield spent Sunday
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Wright. near Umapine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Willaby and
children are here from Condor for a
short visit with relatives.
Mrs. Lillian Fredericks, of Weston,
was dinner ssguest yesterday at the
Johns home on Adams street.
Mrs. W. S. Ferguson will entertain
the Star Club at her home next Tues
day evening from7 to 10 o'clock.
Mrs. c. P. Myers and children. of
Caldwell, Idaho. are visiting at the S.
S. Paris home, northwest of town.
Mrs. S. S. Piersol, has returned to
her homs in Athena. after an absencs
of several weeks visiting relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. O. Russell spent the
week end at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. E. Mcdaniel on Weston Mountain.
The lot north of the Baptist church
has been purchased with the object
in view of building parsonage there
on.
Mrs. T. P. Allen of Seattle, who is
returning to her home from Denver.
will be the guest of Mrs. D. Scott
Fisher.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-08-31
Paragraphs

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Pny' august a. i'i' a son.
Mrs H H Hill has returnsd fron,
camping trip at McDougals.
Mr. and Mrs. M L, Watts snent
Sunday lat Bingham Springs
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-08-31
Peoples Theatre.

Saturday September LIST. Liberty,
10th Episode. An Avenging Angel. A
two reel Drama, My Lady's Millions.
One reel comedy. Baseball Bill. Shor
ty Trails the MoonshiBers. Seven
reels zoe and 10c.
Sunday Sept. End. Mutual presents
Marjorie Rambeau in Mary Morland.
Also Cub Comedy. Jerry's Double
Header. zoe and lOc.
Monday Sept. yrd. World Film
Corporation presents Sarah Bernhardt
in Mothers of France. zoe and 10c
Friday Sept. 9TH. The Eyes of the
World by Harold Bell Wright. 75c
and SOC.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-08-31
Women Of United States Ought To
See Mother Film

t"Zit" in N. Y. Evening Journal,
March lSth.) Probably no greater
lesson has been shown since the war
began than the heart rending five reel
feature film Mothers Of France. :"
1t will give to American mothers an
opportunity to see what is happening
to their sisters abroad. "Mothers of
France" is work of art.
See Sarah Bernhard in Mothers of
France" at Peoples Theatre Athena
Labor Day, Monday Sept. srd. Adm,s-
d zoe and l0c. Picture starts at Z
p. ~. sharp. Three shows.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-08-31
FoTey's Honey and Tar
for cl1ildreH.safe. sure. No 0Diafes.

70 Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic f0c or
u q G. g. fall 70 cure. druggists yefpub nBc..,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-09-06
Good Things Overlooked.

After profound elaboration the COVER
nor and his official family circle on
Wednesday passed this order:
That the auditor is authorized to set
up special appropriation for 5000 to de-
fray the expenses of extra clerical services
in connection with the issuing and ad-
ministration of eel and sucker permits.
under the direction of the commissioners
of inland fisheries and game"
Nothing was done toward a proper
enumeration of the angleworms of Maine,
which work would provide good Jobs for
not fewer than thousand capable clerks
and several commissioners. Nor was
anything said about an appropriation for
the cultivation of bullfrogs' voices or for
the compilation of the historic legends
and fragments of personal history of
Maine pioneers carved upon the callous
backs of meandering mudturtles This
administration is getting slack about
necessary details of intensive govern
ment,-Bangor Daily News.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-09-06
TRANSFERS IN REAL ESTATE.

The following transfers of real estate
were recorded in Waldo County Registry
of Deeds for the week ending Sept. 2,
1917:
William j. Hustus, Frankfort, to Evie
B. Hustus, do; land and buildings in
Frankfort
Edwin L.. Stickney, Stockton Springs,
to the New England Tel. and Tel. Co.,
New York; land in Stockton Springs.
E. c. Marden and Wallace Gray, Swan
vile, to Edison o. and Ada E. Bailey,
Searsport; land in Searsport.
Kate A. Lane, Brooks, to A. E. Chase
Co., do; land in Brooks.
Guy L. Peavey, Belfast, to Sarah E.
Peavey, Chelmsford, Mass. land in Bel
fast
Gardner O. Clark, Prospect, ct ais, to
Percy N. Clark, do; land and buildings
in Prospect.
Sarah H. Jones, Brooks, to Carrie E.
and Alta M. Jones, do; land and build
ings in Brooks.
Jennie S. Dodge, Unity, to Frank M.
Fairbanks, do; land in Unity.
George F. Mayhem Belfast, to Herbert
5. Mayhem, do. land in Belfast.
Minnie E. Halves, Vassalboro, to How
ard c. Morse, Waterville; land in Burn
ham.
Augusta Paige, Waterville, to Grover
b. Reed, do. land in Freedom.
Grover B. Reed, Waterville, to William
H. Morgan, Readfield; land in Albion.
Wilmot L. Gray, Troy, to E. Everett
Davis, Durham; land in Durham.
Clarence A. Clark, Augusta, to Anna
A. Clark, Freedom; land in Freedom.
Anna A. Clark, Freedom, to Virginia
A. Clark, do. land and buildings in Free
dom.
Charles B. Pendleton, Cambridge,
Mass, ct ais, to Martha M. Pendleton,
lslesboro; land and buildings in North
port.
Alberta w. Farnham, Belfast, to O. B.
Woodbury., Knox; land in Knox.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-09-06
Portland Wins.

The Portland Ship Ceiling Co. of Port
land has the honor of having had the
first keel laid for ships of the war emery
ency fleet which the government is build
ing The Portland concern has the con-
tract for four hulls and last Wednesday
the keel for the first one was laid.
Recently Mr.. Burwell, the local in
spector, received letter from William
H. Hand, Jr., the district officer for this
district, stating that the keel laid by the
local company was the first in his dis
trict. Later, Mr.. SWEET of the Ship
Ceiling Co. had occasion to talk with Mr..
Hand over the telephone and the latter
informed him that so far as he knew the
keel in Portland was the first east of the
Mississippi and therefore the first under
the new schedule. The Portland men
were considerably surprised when they
learned how successful they had been.
The second keel will be laid in week
or 10 days and the third in about three
weeks
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-09-06
A BIT O. CHEER.

For the comfort of those who NAV
have friends or relatives in the drafted
army which will later go to Europe unless
the war ends this year, the following sta
tistics prepared from study of European
army reports will be of interest: About
90 out of each thousand soldiers are kill
ed; about $50 out of each thousand are
wounded, but such are the modern life
saving methods that most of the wound
ed are cured and returned to the army.
The normal death rate for men of army
age is per thousand. The great loss of
previous wars has been from disease,
which on the western front in France has
been largely eliminated. The death rate
now is less than at the beginning of the
war as the hospital organizations have
been perfected. -Fairfield journal,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-09-06
TRACTORS ON THE FARM.



+ One of the expedients adopted in Brit
ain and France to exc out farm labor
shortened by taking workers from the
food fields to the fighting trenches was
that of placing thousands of tractors and
other machines on the farms. It is re-
ported that now many men manned in
battle and unable to do other work are
becoming adopts in running these ma
chimes in blowing, narrowing, seeding,
hauling loads and the like.
In both Britain and France there came
a time when the farm labor problem
could no longer be ignored OF CLOSED over
with appeals to overburdened farmers to
double the quantity of their work.
Something had to be done in practical
way. Hence the resort to the tractors,
the reports say, have been generally sue
cessful except in remote districts in the
Scottish Highlands, where many farms
practically stand on edge or are approach
able only by Highlanders or mountain
goats or shelties
\ Before the war, shortage of farm labor
IN the United States was giving thought
full observers alarm. The outbreak of
hostilities in Europe, taking away many
aliens and drawing more men from farms
~ hoS 'ec, hiouo Iuo situdlloH WoISe.
Now America is in the conflict and is
taking farmers for service in the
trenches. Soon the condition will men
ace the stability of the nation. Without
laborers food cannot be raised. Without
plenty of food war cannot successfully be
prosecuted.
1t is well to glance briefly at these
factors in the situation. They must be
met. We must have cannon; men must
operate them. But for every battery
there ought to be tractor operated by
the volunteer farm army in the fields of
the United States to economically en-
ploy every unit of labor obtainable.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-09-06
Corn Saved the Pilgrims.

Had it not been for corn our Pilgrim
Fathers of Plymouth and our cavalier
forebears of Jamestown would have per-
ished from famine They were saved
from "The Starving Time" by the Indian
corn which the redskins had stored for
the winter. Indeed, the settlers wanted
that corn so much that they introduced
the hitherto unknown vice of theft
among the Indians. They stole from the
caches and cribs, practice of which, to
quote Capt. John Smith, ''the Indians
grievously complained" Civilization
came to it's own on this continent through
corn not only in the East, but in the
West, for the journal of the Lewis and
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-09-06
YOU CATCH COLD
QUICKER IF YOUR
STOMACH IS UPSET

You will develop any illness more cas-
lily when your food is not properly diges-
fed, and when the natural functions are
disturbed. A cold in the earliest stages
should never be neglected, as serious
illness may result. tits wellto get early
to bed, to have the body we'll warmed,
and very important to have the bowels
move freely. There is no better or safer
remedy to use at the beginning of a cold
than0the true 81. F." Atwood's
Medicine.-Twoto four teaspoonfulsina
cup of hot water will quickly relieve con-
gestion, carry off the imperfectlydigested
food, and help ward off further trouble.
IS cents at any dealers. If you have
never used this medicine, ask us for .
free sample. "L. F." MEDICINE Co.,
Portland, Maine.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-09-06

At Probate Court held at Belfast, within and
for the County of Waldo, on the 14th day of
August, A. D. 1917.
ROSE M. DAVIS of Belfast, in the County
of Waldo. guardian of Lena May Weaver, of
Belfast. in said County of Waldo, having
presented petition praying that she may be
licensed to sell at private sale in accordance
with an advantageous offer therefor, certain
real estate belonging to her said ward, situated
In Warren, in the County of Knox, and de-
scribed in said petition
Ordered, that the said petitioner give notice
to all persons interested by causing copy of
this order to be published three weeks success
sively in the Republican journal, newspaper
published at Belfast in said County, that they
may appear at Probate Court. to be held at
Belfast, within AND for said County, on the 1lth
day OF September, A. d, 1917, at ten of the
CLOCK before noon, and show cause if any they
nave, why the prayer of said petitioner should
not be granted.
HARRY E. BANGS, Judge
A true copy. Attest:
CHAs. E. JOHNSON. Register.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-09-06

At Probate Court held at Belfast, within and
fer the County of Waldo, on the 14th day of
August, A. D., 1917.
EDGAR W. DYER of Thorndke. in the
County of Waldo, wldower of Anna d. Dyer,
late of Thorndike, In said County of Waldo,
deceased, having presented a petition praying
that an allowance may be made to him from
the personal estate of said deceased.
Ordered. That the said petitioner give notice
to all persons interested by causing copy.sf
this order to be published three weeks success
sively in The Republican Journal, newspaper
published at Belfast, in said county, that they
may appear at a Probate Court. to be held at
Belfast. within andfor said County. on the 18th
day of Septem er. A. D., 1917, at ten of the
clock before noon, and show cause. if any they
have, why the prayer of said petitioner should
not be granted.
HARRY E. BANGS, Judge
true copy. Attest:
CHAs. E. JOHNSON, Register.