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Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-03-02
DARING FEAT OF CUTTER RECALLED

the senior officer present hailed the
Manning, which was close by, through
the megaphone In the following Ian
guage:
Manning, there!
THAT fellow coming out Of Havana
is probably the German warshlp Geier,
He must be overhauled at all hazards.
You have the only ship present that
can Go 1t. Go in, and good luck to
your
With a flash the Manning's engine
room Indicator was whlrled TO full
speed ahead, the bugles sounded all
hands to quarters and In another In
slant the Manning was tearing through
the water at full speed. Steadily she
crawled up, and as she did so her Of
hcers could see the strangers hull
steadily rise on the horizon. Then the
gun sponsors came in view her flag
was showing, but II was now plain that
the vessel ahead was not only a large
cruiser, but Enthusiastically the Geler. A
headline In the coast ahead compelled
the stranger to haul out more to sea,
and as she did so she slowed down.
then stopped, and slowly there fut-
tered to the gar end the imperial flag
of Germany.
Cutter Circles Around Geler.
The Manning, without stopping her
great speed, tore under the Geier's
stern, put her helm hard-a-port and
made a full round of the German
cruiser, as much as to say, "Well, YOU
didn't get out without being spoken
to-" AS the Manning spun round the
German the officers of the Geier stood
at salute, which was CURLY acknowl-
edged from the Manning, and then as
the Manning headed back a great o a
Of laughter burst from her men. for
there, coming down In the distance ms
fast as they could steam, was every
one of the eight little American guard
vessels, the fastest not able TO make
more than ten knots, and not n carry.
Ing more than a few slx-pound guns.
but they were ALI determined to be ia
that fight II 1t was possible to get
there.
The significance of the Gefer's act
lay In the fact that II she had been
able to break through the American
Gordon without being spoken to she
could, on arrival at Vera Cruz, wher,
she put In a few days later, have cabled
to Berlin that the American preten
siOns to a blockade before Hayans
were unwarranted, and therefore the
alleged blockade was not recognizable
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-03-02
Prnrn Wh,t SYMMETRICAL MN Dol BOD Non
Gosh!

Farmer Corntossel-Got n letter
from one Of these autymObeel fellers,
squire, and I'm all worked up about
1t.
Squlre-What's the matter, Cy?
Farmer COrntossel-Wal, the letter
says, 'The inclosed ear is one Of the
most popular models on the market"
But the blamed fools clean forgot t
inclOse it.-MaXwell AcceleratOr.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-03-02
Half.Watt LAMB PopuIar.

There has been a wide adoption in
England of the half-watt metallic fila
ment lamp for interior lighting, and
1t is said that had II not been for the
lighting restrictions the half-watt
lamp would probably have supplanted
the arc lamp for outside lighting.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-03-02

Send l0c to DR.. Pierce, Invalids' Hotel,
Buffalo, for large trial package of AnuriG
for kidneys-cures backache.-Adv.
The Washington times., 1917-04-16
TO GIVE WoRDLEss PLAYS
PantomIme skIss WIN be Presented
NJ Normal School.

The folk who bedeck magazine Gov.
ers will come to life In all the glory
Of their futuristic costumes at the
Wilson Normal School tomorrow night
when the Drama League Players will
present four one-Act skits written by
local authors. To carry outNth real
ism these poster girls and men viii
speak never q word, but win act In
pantomime. According TO the press
agent, the costumes are such that
lines are supeFfluous.
The plays to be given are "Fe, Fl.
Fo, Fum," pantomime satire on
modern society, written by Betram
Bloch, who IL also director OF the
players: TRAINS" by Evelyn Won
Emig: "The Brink of Silence" by
Esther Galbraith, and "Coronada's
wooingG by Mary "A Kirkup. The
casts include Frederic B. Wright, Det-
low Marthinson, Henry Dolan, John B.
Tuttle, Elsie Agnes Lancaster, Mary
Minnix, Julia Chase, Laura Vessels,
Elton B. Taylor, Dorothy Pasch. @.
A. Lyon, Ralph Hayes. Edwin P. Lud-
wig, Louis Howe, Maurice Jarvis, Ar
thur B. White. Charles Shutterly, Ben
net Mead. Alfred Harding, Dorothy
Wood, and Ada Howell.
The Washington times., 1917-04-16
A Free Prescription You Can
Have Filled and Use at Home

Victims Of eye strain and other eye
Weaknesses and those who wear
glasses, will be glad to know that ac-
cording to DR.. Lewis there Is real
hope and help for them. Many whose
eyes were failing say they have had
their eyes restored by this remark
able prescription and many who once
wore glasses say they have thrown
them away. One man says, after US
ing It.: II was almost blind. Could
not see to read at all. Now / can read
everything without my glasses, and
my eyes do not hurt any more. At
night they would pain dreadfully.
Now they feel fine all the time. It
was like q miracle to me-" A lady
who used II says: THE atmosphere
seemed hazy with or without glasses,
but after using this prescription for
fifteen days everything seems clear.
can read even nne print without
glasses" Another who used # says:
81 was bothered with eye strain
which induced fierce headaches. I
have worn glasses for several years,
both for distance and work, and with
out them / could not read my own
pame on an envelope or the typewrit-
ing on the machine before me. 1 can
do both now and have discarded my
long g-distance glasses altogether. /
can count the huttering leaves on the
trees across the street now, which for
several years have looked like dim
green blur to me. ! cannot express
my Joy at what IL has done for me-.
II IL believed that thousands who
wear glasses can now discard them In
q reasonable time and multitudes
The Washington times., 1917-04-16
Amazing PoDer of Bon Optic
To Make Weak Eyes Strong
Doctor Says 1t Strengthens
Eyesight so per cent In One
Weeks Time in Many Instances

more Will be able to strengthen their
eyes so as to be spared the trouble
and expense OF ever getting glasses
Eye troubles of many descriptions
may be wonderfully benefited by the
use of this prescription at home. Go
bottle OF Bon-Opto tablets. Drop one
Bon-Opto tablet in a fourth of a glass
of water and let II dissolve. With
this liquid battle the eyes two to four
times daily. You should notice your
eyes clear up perceptibly right from
the start, and Inflammation and red
ness will quickly disappear: II your
your duty to take steps to save them
now before IL is too late. Many hope
lessly blind might have saved their
sight II they had cared for their eyes
in time.
Note: Another prominent Physician. to
Yes. the Bon-Opto prescription is truly a
wonderful eye remedy. Its constituent In
gradients are well known to eminent eye
specialists and widely prescribed Wy them.
practice on patients whose eyes were strainec
through .overwork or misit glasses. ] can
highly recommend II IN case Of weak, watery,
aching, smarting, itching. burning eyes, red
IDS, blurred vision or for eyes lnnamed from
exposure to smoke sun, dust or wind. II is
one Of the very few preparations feel should
be kept on hand for regular use IN almost
every family" Bon-Opto, referred to above,
is not patent medicine or q secret remedy.
II In an ethical preparation, the formula
being printed on the package. The manufac-
turers guarantee Il to strengthen eyesiGht %
per cent In one weeks time IN many In
stances or refund the money. II can he Oh
this city BY o'Donn.il's stores. LlsTstt'I
Riker- HsgemAn, Peoples Drug Stores, and
other druggists-Adyt.
The Washington times., 1917-04-16
TEXT BOOKS WRONG
AVER SCIENTISTS
Before Convention Here Dr..
Day Discusses Vol
canoes.

Take out the old geography and call
It liar then hoist it through the
window where the ash man can carry
1t on in the morning.
It taught everybody wrong about
volcanoes, according to notable scien-
lists who met this morning in the
National Museum under the auspices
of the National Academy of Sciences
to hear q lecture by DR.. Arthur l.
Day. director of the, Geophysical Lab
oratory of the Carnegie Institution.
DR.. Day declared this morning q
volcano IL hottest at the surface and
gets cooler as the explorer descends.
The scientists were inclined to
agree with him after DR.. Day ex-
hibited specimens he collected him
self in the hot craters In Hawaii He
is no theorist, Is DR.. Day, because
he went down into the fiery pits, col
lected lava and hot gases out Of
the very mouths OF the bubbling erat-
ers and brought them to his labora-
tory here to observe and study.
DR.. Day observed in the first lee
ture delivered in the convention,
which will continue until Wednesday,
that he found lava and gases much
hotter at the surface than below,
whereas scientists and heorists have
been teaching for centuries that the
farther down an explorer ventured
the hotter the regions became until
he reached a certain depth about
which nobody has any definite infor-
nation.
Here is the official version of how
the volcano theory was upset, as given
by DR.. Day:
The work Of the GeophysicaI Labor
atory at KiIauea, Hawaii, has devel-
oped q somewhat new viewpoint with
respect to volcanic activity. Samples
of gas were obtained from red hot
lava at Kilauea before II reached the
air (probably for the first tIme)- The
laboratory study Of the gases makes
it appear probable that q considerable
portion of the heat required to main
tain IN open lava basin like Rilauea
in fluid condition, is supplied by the
chemical action of 4 be gases. In con-
sequence of this, NJ may very well
happen that our conceptions OF the
temperature within an active vol
cano requife modification.
HTOI. Wllllam AlOeTI NOyeS, OF Ine
University of Illinois read a paper on
''The Functions OF the Minute Elestri-
cal Charges in the Chemical Com
bination of Atoms"
Some recent work in physics was
reviewed by Prof. A. A Nicholson, OF
the University OF Chicago. Prof.
gained prominent recogni-
tion for his measurement Of the veloc-
ity of light in 1882.
DR.. William Morris Davis, of Har-
ward, discussed the coral growth of
the Barrier Reef Of Queensland, Aus
tralia-
A report on the study OF igneous
rocks from the East Indies and the
islands OF the South Pacific, was made
by DIR. ]. p. Iddings OF the Geological
Survey, and DIR. E. w. Morley, OF
Hartford, Conn.
DR.. Charles D. Walcott, secretary
of the Smithsonian Institution, re-
ported on his Identification OF a geo
logical zone in the Canadian Rockies.
DR.. W. B. Cannon. Psychologist of
Harvard University, presented an ar
ticle on the nature Of thirst.
The Washington times., 1917-04-16

essences Of medicinal plants, gather
ed from many parts OF the world and
combined Yith great skill into the
best remedy known for all ailments
of the stomach. liver and kidneys. It
purines the blood, aids digestion.
strengthens weak nerves and revital-
izes the whole body.
Daily signed testimonials are re-
ceived relative to the benefit derived
from this great preparation. One Of
the latest Is thsk OF Mr.. L 7. Raley.
OF No. SIS K street N. E, q we'll
known carpenter and contractor Of
this city. He stated:
.-I have suffered with my kidneys
and rheumatism for the past twenty
years and never got any medicine to
started xS nt to sl~Aye taks your Pant Pant juice. /
had terrible pains all through my
arms and limbs. and was so bad that
II I would bend over. II would be q
few minutes. before I could straighfen
up again. Teould not sleep at night
because Of the pain suffered. and
got verv weak and completely run
down. Nothing gave me relief until
glad to say that II has put me on my
feet again; I sleep well and am feel
ing the best / have I'm years Two
bottles did the work for me. and
can truthfully say that II yas the
best two dollars that ever spent IN
nv life. I am glad to give this In
dorsement for Plant Juice for II was
the only medicine that relieved me.
The Plant Juice man Is at the REQ.
z streets n. W.. where he Is daily
meeting the local public and intro
ducing and explaining the merits OF
this remedy-Adyt-
The Washington times., 1917-04-16
NEW YORK'SPARKS
TGPRODUCE SPUDS
Vegetable Gardens to Demon.
<strate Feasibility Of Plan to
Reduce Living Cost.

New York Is to plow UP its public
parks to make vegetable gardens
not all OF them, but two plots in I'm
ion Square have been plowed up and
other park lots will be plOwed within
q week.
The tilling Of New York's parks
to grow food was decided upon by
Commissioner of Parks' Cabot Ward
to show the people what can be done
on small plots.
In Brooklyn Park Commissioner In
gersoll has announced he will allow
the Boy Scouts to till two acres in
Prospect Park.
Commissioner Wards plan calls for
two demonstration farms in Union
Square Park. One plot will be 20 by
4 feet and the other 20 by 20 feet to
show residents the garden they can
have even in a New York back yard.
Mr.. Ward will deliver daily lectures
on small home gardens.
The home garden movement has
"talsen hold" strongly in New York.
The board of estimates has adopted q
resolution calling for registration OF
all available vacant land within the
city. and IL intends to get permission
OF owners for New YorkerR to culti-
vate the land.
Flowing has begun on the grounds
of Bellevue Hospital, whose manage
ment hopes to raise all the Yeget-
ables needed by the Institution.
William Rockefeller has promised
to grow potatoes himself and to allow
anyone who wants to raise potatoes
to use part OF his estate at Green
wich, Conn. Mr.. RockefeIler's OFFER
was made to the woodcraft League Of
America, which is starting a nation
wide potato patriot" appeal. The
league has promises from several
State governors and many private
citizens.
The Washington times., 1917-04-16
PASTORS URGE GARDENING
Growing Essential to Pre-
paredness for War,


Announcement OF the public mass
meeting to be held in the interest
OF the home garden movement in
this city at Public Library, Seventh
and X streets northwest, at o'clock
tonight, was made in practically every
church In Washington yesterday.
Many Of the pastors of the city de-
livered special lectures on the home
gardening movement and most of the
clergy mentioned back yard vege-
table growing in connection with our
patriotic duty to our country during
the course of their sermons.
At United Brethren Church. North
Capitol and r streets, the Rev. c. T.
Fultz, pastor Of the church, and for
q number Of years a city farmer"
delivered an illustrated lecture last
night to more than 500 members Of
his congregation. Mr. Fultz also
started the organisation Of boys
gardening club and q girls canning
club to care for the food when Il Ii
raised.
The Rev. D. H. Martin, pastor OF
Wesley Chapel. Fifth and = streets
northwest delivered q talk to his
congregation at the services last night
on "our National Preparedness"
The Rev. P. C, Gsvan. pastor of the
Church Of the Sacred Heart, spoke
yesterday morning before his congre-
cation on Our Duty to Our Country"
Among other pastors who spoke Of
the gardening movement or announced
the gardening meeting tonight were
the Rev. James L. Gordon. pastor Of
the First Congregational Church. and
the Rev. N. J. Riordan. pastor of the
Church OF the Immaculate Conception.
The Washington times., 1917-04-16
BLOOD TRANSMISSION TRIED.

Blood TRANSMISSION may save the life
Of Michael Borzakovsky, a Russian
diplomat now in the Church Home and
Infirmary in Baltimore. NJ. Borza.
kovsky was found in his rooms in the
Baltimore Country Club. Roland Park.
two weeks ago, suffering from a sup
posedly self-inflicted revolver wound
TRANSMISSION was resorted to in a
final effort to save his life. He was
on the operating table two hours. He
is under the care of DIR. r. B. Nor
ment and DR.. Don p. Peters.
The Washington times., 1917-04-16
GARDEN MEETINGT
Be CALLED TONIGHT.
Commissioner BrownIow Prin-
cipal Speaker at Gathering
at Library.

Commissioner Brownlow will be
the principal speaker at the mass
meeting at the Public Library to-
night In the interest Of home gar
dening. He will discuss gardening
opportunities in the District and ex-
plain to what extent the District
stands ready to- further the city gar
dening project.
Among the other speakers will be SEN
ator Jones Of Washington. Congressman
Lever Of South Carolina, chairman of
the House Committee on Agriculture I:
Raw. J. L. Gordon. Rev. NJ. J. Riprdan.
DR.. w. S. Washburn. former civil serv-
Ice commissioner; H. NJ. Conolly. local
demonstration agent Of the Department
Of Agriculture, and o. H. Benson, IN
charge Of the extension work Of the
Department Of Agriculture. John Dolph.
chairman Of the Central Garden Com
mittes. will preside.
All Phases Coming Up.
Practically every phase of the gar
den movement in Washington will be
discussed and expert advice on the
proper setting out and care for o
garden will be given. The various
contests for the best gardens In Wash
ington this summer will be thoroughly
explained. An effort will be made to
get the people OF Washington inter
ested in competing for some prize to
stimulate interest
Especial effort win be made to-
night to secure community leaders
who are = willing to start garden
themselves and encourage their
neighbors to start other gardens.
The object of the Central Gardens
Committee, under whose auspices the
meeting Is being held, is to start a
garden on every idle piece of ground
In the city.
Statement Given Out.
The central gardens committee
gave out the following statement to-
day:
Preparedness begins in your own
back yard. II not there in the ne9r-
est vacant lot.
President Wilson has emphasized
gardening In his summary OF the pa
triotic service required OF the Amer,
ican people of this time.
Washington IL peculiarly dependent
Sh AeA away bOuICc8 IOT IOOQ- bdck
yard and vacant lot gardening will help
this city feed itself. Within a few
months residents Of the Capital not only
may face abnormally high prices, but
facilities may be used in
moving men and munitions.
Prepare yourself against this con-
tingency. Help prepare your city
against food famine.
Tonight at the Public Library a
meeting in the interest of community
will be held. and Wash
inBton citizens are earnestly invited
to that meeting to hear the plans and
scope Of community garden work in
this city. JOHN DOLPH.
Chairman Central Garden Com
mittee."
The Park View Citizens Association
today Informed the Central Gardens
The Washington times., 1917-04-16
DRAFTS K. OF c. PROGRAM
Supreme Board Makes Plans for the
Annual Meeting.

Drafting of a program for the an
nual meeting of the Supreme Council
of Knights of Columbus at Point
Comfort, Va, in August was the final
business before the supreme board OF
directors OF the fraternity, in session
at the Willard today.
Officers will be elected at the Au-
gust meeting and plans formulated
for definite war steps.
Resolutions of loyalty OF its 4O0, 900
members throughout the United
States were adopted by the board last
night, and the war clause" for all
present insured members was elimi-
mated.
James A. Flaherty, OF Philadelphia,
head of the board, was toastmaster
at dinner at the willard for members
of the board and dignitaries of the
Catholic Church In the District
The Washington times., 1917-04-16
FARM BEST FOR UNskIiLEp.

Agriculture. poultry raising. dairy
farming. and kindred activities Offer
the best field to unframed labor accord.
ing to DR.. Richard w. Christian. Of the
Census Bureau. who addressed an audi
ence Of colored women at a meeting OF
the Wage Earners' Association. 704 I
street northwest. yesterday afternoon.
He said the congregation Of unskilied
workers in the cities should be discour-
aged. especially when the resources of
the country were to be subject to war
time demands. Brief addresses were
made by Thomas Wallace Swan and
Miss Jeanette Carter. president OF the
association.
The Washington times., 1917-04-16
Wake up with head clear,
stomach sweet. breath
right, cold gone.

and bowel cleansing you ever expert
enced- Wake up feeling grand. your
bead win be clear, your tongue clean.
breath sweet. stomach regulated. and
your liver and thirty feet Of bowels
active. Get box at any drug store
now and get Strengthened up by morn
ing. Stop the headache. biliousness,
bad colds, and bad days. Feel at and
ready for work or play. Cascarets do
not grippe. sicken, or Inconvenience
you the next day like salts. pills. or
calomeI. They're fine
Mothers should give q whole Casca-
ret any time to cross. sick. bilious,
or feverish children because It Will
act thoroughly and cannot inJure-
Advt-
The Washington times., 1917-04-16
BIBLES FOR euARpsMEh.

Bibles will be distributed by the
Bible Class Alliance among District
guardsmen on the Conduit road this
week. More than 10000. 900 were dis
tributed in France by the alliance
Contributions received since the list
was. last published include the ReY.
DR.. Charles Wood. the Rev. DR.. J. J.
Dimon. Admiral Seaton Schroeder.
Charles J. Bell, corcoran Thorn, A r.
Fox, John c. Let's, Benjamin R. John.
son, Avon Nevius. Mrs. Rudolph
Kaufman, Mrs. Isidor Rayner, Mrs.
Reginald Fendall. Mrs. Robert Gun
nell, Mrs. John II. Young, Mrs. Cor
don Cummings. Miss Alice Craighead,
Miss Eliza Lysle. Mrs. Emma J. Ever
EFT, and Miss Helen childs. Cont1ibu.
tions should be sent to the Bible Class
Alliance e26 New York avenue north
west
The Washington times., 1917-04-16
PLANT THESE TO "DO YOUR BIT' FOR
THE COUNTRY In FOOD CRISIS
Space between
Rows Planted.
Vegetable and Date to Sow.

Space Between
and to Sow Rows Planted.
chard April to o20................ "a inches
Parsley April Is to "a inches
Spinach followed July Is inches
SETS April to o20................. II inches.
cabbage to
Early lettuce April 10 II inches
April followed plants June Is inches
Carrots April to 15 inches
Turnp late lettuce July TO-. 15 inches
April carrots July Is inches
Beans followed July 80 inches
followed late August 80 inches
Parsnipsy IL inches
followed unips July 80 inches
Corn, 80 inches
Pepper plants 80 inches
Egg plants 80 inches
Cucumbers June 30 inches
The Washington times., 1917-04-16

Committee through its secretary, r.
Guderion, that organization had desig-
mated W. T. Kenner, 446 Park road
northwest, to represent Il on the CEN
tral committee.
The Washington times., 1917-04-16
is 4 CONTRACTOR
AND A CARPENTER
L. T. Raley, of 61S K Street
N. E., Says Plant Juice
Was the Only Remedy
That Helped Him.

As strengthener and q builder-up
Of the system there Is nothing 70
equal Plant Juice. the new herbal
stomach remedy. This wonderful
remedy which has taken the country
oy storm. IL made from the juices and
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1917-06-07
THURSDAY, JUNE Z. 1917.

Twenty years ago hogs sold on
the local market for five cents a
pound and bacon sold for 10 cents
pound. This allowed a profit
of five cents for all persons from
producer to consumer. Today
hogs sell on the local market for
IA cents per pound and bacon
sells for 25 cents per pound, or a
profit of IL cents per pound for
all persons handling the pork
from the hog on the farm to meat
at the grocery store. This is 10
per cent more profit for the mid.
dIeman alone than there was pro-
fit and pay to the farmer too 20
years ago. 1t costs no more now
to ship and slaughter hogs than
twenty years ago. The question
is why are the people allowed to
be skinned in such merciless
manner. II is just as easy for
the governing powers to say that
middlemen shall handle hogs from
producer to consumer for five
cents pound, the profit they
used to get rich making, as to
say to the railroads., you shall
charge no more than 3 cents per
mile for carrying passengers, or
so much and no more for hauling
freight. The serious question
now arises, why is this not done,
along with thousand more Geo.
n6mic questions of vital interest
to the people-not the specu.
lators?