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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-29
MOST OF STATES READY
FOR EXEMPTION CASES

| With the exception Of Wisconsin,
New York city and a few isolated
places in other parts of the country,
appointments as members of exemp-
| ton boards and boards of appeals I'M
der the selective draft law have been
approved by the President and the
state executives have received not:fca-
ton of such approval.
Nominations for memberships on
these boards for Wisconsin have been
made and are in the hands Of the
President, but approval has not yet
been announced.
Appointment or nomination Of mem
bers to serve on the boards in the city
Of New York have not as yet been made
by the governor. and this is also true
in the few remaining localities where
nominations for board memberships
have not yet received presidential APP
prevail.
It is expected the few remaining de-
tails of this phase of the work of call
ing to the colors the country's first
army under the selective draft law will
be cleaned up within a few days, and
that Immediately thereafter announce
ment will be made of the regulations
that are to govern the selection of the
first half million or so men who are to
be called. 1ntimation was given to-
day that final announcement of the
completion of all work connected with
the naming OF exemption and appeals
boards was all that was delaying the
announcement of the regulations,
which, it was stated. have been COM
pleted and in the hands of the provost
marshal general for several days.
No attempt has been made to fix the
date of the first call to the colors.
though it is expected practically to be
issued simultaneously with the publi-
cation of regulations. 1t was stated to-
day that men who are called will in
any case be given ample time. after the
| call. to arrange their business and
private affairs before going into can
comments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-29
Demand Good and Prices Show Tend
ency to Increase.

Receipts of fresh fish Of all kinds at
the wharf market are reported light and
the demand is good. Prices, as a conse-
quence, show an advance on many varie-
ties since the early part Of the week. and
the dealers say they are unable to tell
when increasing supplies can be looked
for. Dealers were on hand at the wharf
market in the early hours Of the morning
in numbers and prices wholesale ranged
about as follows: Rock, Is to Is cents a
pound; carp. I cents pound; blues. Is
cents a pound Spanish mackerel. 1919
pound; tilef1sh, 9 cents a pound; halibut.
Is cents pound sea bass. 1914 cents
pound; butter fish and croakers, $40 a
barrel: trout. $3.50 to SIS barrel, and
perch, Is to IS cents a bunch. Hard crabs
are somewhat lower priced. selling at
s1.5o to 81 barrel and clans are quoted
at 81 hundred.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-29
Farmer the Real Plutocrat

This much can be said, that the boys
have made friends for themselves wher-
ever they have gone and they have done
their work with such efficiency and
vigor as to surprise the neighborhood.
Doubtless the farmers of the eastern
shore spoke in good faith when they de-
clared that boys could readily earn
from $3.50 to sS day. Perhaps they
not attempt 1t for themselves. and they
don't have to, for two counties raise
4 ,000, 900 barrels Of potatoes and sell
them at 50 a barrel. 1t Is the eastern
shore farmer and not the city dweller
who is the plutocrat today"
Inasmuch as the scouts went to the
eastern shore on the plea of the farmers
that sufficient laborers could not be
secured to harvest their potatoes, it is
feared that the withdrawal Of the
scouts will mean that thousands of bar
rels of potatoes will rot in the ground.
a-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-29
IDENTIFIED BY PINK DRESS.
Mary Bertha Sims, Colored, Admits
Theft of S22, Police Saw.

Attired in a party dress of pink. and
wearing a chain with a silver dollar
attached. Mary Bertha Simms. colored.
fifteen years old. 1245 9Th street, this
morning about 1:45 o'clock returned
home from a social affair. and was mot
at the door by Detective Kelly. Her
bright pink dress made her identifica-
ton an easy matter. and, 1t Is stated,
she admitted having purchased It with
part of s22 that belonked to Mrs. P. B.
Hit. 1915 K street, her employer.
Mary had long wanted a cavalier, she
told the detective. and she thought the
silver dollar was about the most at
tractive neck ornament she could get
The detective recovered a pair Of roll
Ter skates and othAr articles the girl
had purchased on a shopping tour. They
will be offered in evidence when the
case is heard in the Juvenile Court
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-29
ADMITS THAT HE DROPPED
NINE YEARS FROM HIS AGE
Chester A. Snow Cross-Examined by
Wife's Attorney-Tender Love
Messages Read in Court.

Forced to admit that he had dropped
nine years off his age when applying
for his marriage license IN 1918 ana
confronted with a number of ardent let
tiers written to Miss Adds Hubbard. now
his wife, who is suing him for an ap-
solute divorce, Chester a. Snow. mil
lionaire patent attorney. seventy-thres
years old, spent an uncomfortable hour
before Justice Stafford in Equity Di-
vision 2 late yesterday afternoon as At
torney Henry F.. Davis subjected him
to cross-examination. The direct tes-
timony of the husband had appeared
rather to make the wife the wooer and
to have placed him on the defensive.
Spectators who have been in almost
daily attendance at the sessions of the
Snow case were much amused by the
excerpts from the letters as they were
read to the witness by Attorney Davis.
and when Mr.. Snow admitted that he
had SO tenderly written to his sweet
heart filters could be heard. and on
occasion the crier had to call for order.
More letters are expected to be pre-
scented when the cross examination IS
resumed by Attorney Davis Monday.
There was no session Of the case today.
"Oh. how I hate business and long to
kiss you. 1 feel that I was made for
something thrilling and great like
that" wrote Mr.. Snow in one letter.
In another. while Gliding Miss Hubbard
visit. the writer said: The runabout
is empty and there is no one here in
whom I am interested enough to take
out riding
Referring to the apartment where she
resided when he first met her. Mr.. Snow
in another epistle wrote: What vile
shell to have held such pearl
Mr.. Davis sprang surprise when ne
presented to the witness the marriage
license record and asked If he had not
sworn to the truth of tho statements
therein when he applied for license
to marry Miss Hubbard, Receiving an
affirmative response. the lawyer showed
the witness where the record made it
appear that he had given his age as
sixty years. when. according to his
statement as to his present age. he was
then sixty nine years old.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-29
Boys Bitterly Disappointed.

ut has been a bitter disappointment
to number of the boys. who felt that
they were physically able to continue
at their tasks for six or eight weeks,
but the experience of the past week
and the fuller understanding of what
was involved in the situation made it
plain to every one that nothing could
be done but abandon the eastern shore.
AS has been pointed out, the scouts re-
ceived only Is cents per barrel at two
camps. and an investigation seems to
show that 20 and 25 cents per barrel
was being paid by farmers to negro
labor. 1t would be fair to say that the
scouts have not been treated with
liberality. Many of the farmers have
been very courteous and hospitable, and
Scoutmasters Ragland and Poole said
today that they had nothing but the
kindest feeling for the men in their
locality, but courtesy has not paid the
grocery bill. and the scouts have proved
to the satisfaction of all that under the
conditions which they were working ii
was impossible to meet the necessary
expense.
Some Of the scoutmasters were es-
pecially loath to go because they felt
that their boys had borne very heavy
financial burdens and could with better
experience make up their losses. but
it was felt by all the scoutmasters that
as the movement had been undertaken
as a body 1t was not desirable to leave
part of the scouts here and take the
others home. and SO the scouts will re-
turn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-29
being free once mora.

being free once moro.
Two women. who had . lArIO M
scribed banner which they hoped to
display at the Emmett statue unwilling
at the National Museum yesterday att
ernoon were taken to police hsadquar- :,
ters from the museum by PolioewomAn
Farley before they had . chance to un-
roll tho banner or make any disturb
ance. They gave their names as Iria
Calderhead OF Kansas and Elizabeth
Stuyvesant of New York No charge
was placed against them. and they
were allowed to go free.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-29
WOMAN PICKETs OUT OF JAIL.
Complete Term for Obstructing Traf-
70 in Front Of White House.

Tho six woman pickets who were SON
fenced to a three-day term in jail for
obstructing traffic in front Of the
White House last Monday were re-
leased early this morning and escorted
to Cameron House in automobiles by a
score of their woman friends. A break
fast and reception was rendered to
them at $50 O'Clock. the arrangements
for the affair being in the hands Of
Miss Alice Paul and Mrs. Abby Scott
Baker. The six pickets related their
experiences in jail and received tho
congratulations OF their friends on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-29
Old Dominion Rate Hearing Off.

The hearing on the reasonableness
Of the passenger fares on the Wash
incton and Old Dominion railway
scheduled for today by the interstate
commerce commission was postponed
indefinitely.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-29

German tests have shown a scarcity
of good cattle fodder does not decrease
the fat content, but only the quantity
Of milk produced
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-29
BOY SCOUTS WITHDRAW
FROM POTATO FIELDS
Growers Suspended Digging for a
Week and Would Not Pay
Expenses.


RICHMOND. Va: June 2s-Acting on
Bryan. president of the Richmond
council. nearly 400 of the Boy Scouts
who went to the eastern shore to as
sist the truckers in digging their A.
to their homes here. Scouts from
Petersburg. Norfolk and other camps
are also returning and of the nearly
1000 boys who went to the shore only
few will remain and these Of their
own volition and not as scout organi-
cations.
While the scouts met discoura ging
conditions when they reached the shore
last Thursday because Of lack of prep
arations to receive and direct them.
only because Of lack Of work that they
have been ordered to return. They
had been promised Is cents a barrel for
picking up potatoes and had been as
rels a day. They found that the best
they could do was about ten barrels.
while their expenses ran about rs cents
a day.
Then. on Wednesday. the truckers.
who are closely organized, issued an
order that no moro potatoes would be
dug for one week. thus leaving the
scouts with nothing to do. Mr.. Bryan
and other scout officers sought to have
the truckers pay the expenses of the
this was refused. the farmers SAYING
that because Of the blight the yield
already had been light and the harvest
ing Improbable. The order to the boys
to return home followed.
The order to suspend digging potatoes
apparently was caused by the glutted con-
dition Of the New York market and the
congestion on the New York, Philadei-
phia and Norfolk railroad on which
line the shore is dependent
In this connection if was noted nv the
scout officials that the price Of pota toes
has dropped about So a barrel. although it
is not claimed that this was the cause Of
the order to stop harvesting the crop
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1917-10-27

work that woman had been paid TO
do Next she saved dressmaking bills
by making her own clothes, and even
tually those Of her mother and sister.
II Is always the people who are
willing who are allowed to carry the
burdens Of those who are not. There
has been known. however. 10 he such n
thing rs the last straw
But Emily gave no indications Of the
last straw TIL CHEEKY voice hailed
her over the fence some minutes after
her girl friend had passed on. A pair
of merry eyes belonging 10 tanned,
honest face. not especially handsome.
hut inyitingly reliable smiled nj her
under the raised hat. Emily embur-
raised and rather miserable nj the
thought Of her appearance" In the old.
faded working garb, could only STAN
mer out ooh Mr. Hale"
"you'll be there tonight AZ the Ston-
er party. won't youf" he asked
"So. I think not But my sisters
going"
"Why don't you GOT" he persisted.
Emily thought she even noticed a
tinge of disappointment in the tone.
She pushed wet sheet along on the
line 10 better see his face. and said
"well II can't explain Inst now.
but can't 60"
She felt that any plea Of i'll health
would be slightly incongruous with her
vigorous handling of the weeks wash.
She could not tell him the real rca.
son. and with an expression of regret
Hale passed on. The wet towel hung
Imply in her hand. and the wind catch.
Ing an unfastcned sheet II slid 10 the
ground nnnoticed by the girl. Youth
the desire for companlonshIp the call
Of the heart were all having their say
Their demand was insistent. They did
not even ask why they should be de.
MED.
Emily had met Hale only two or
three times. but she had been strongly
attracted to him. When her mother
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1917-10-27
Cinderella
Without the Ball
By George Haskell
Copyright. 1917. BY ". @. ChapmanJ

Copyright. 1917. by ". c. chapman)
ooh, come an En-, It's going to be
n dandy party"
The girl looking over the fence was
urging another whe paused moment
In the business Of hanging clothes on
the line TO answer: Il can't Grace
but Dora Is going"
Yes. Dnra's always going. and
you're staying-sinying home, and do.
ing the work"
"Oh. well. I'm trying to get Il dress
made When it's done. I'll be going ="
Emily laughed checrfully. gave Il
towel vigorous snap and hung il on
the line She was thin and rather color
less. but her hair scintillated In the
shifting sunlight and had copper and
gold slints. The fence Of the back yard
In the village street was not too high
for those who passed to look over. but
Emily was not ashamed Of her homcly
work. they were not able To hire il
done. her mother had never been used
Ia hard labor OF any kind and rs for
HpT younger SISTER. tnfitt II WIS UUttp
out Of the question IL think Of her do
ing the family wash. bora was eight
years younger than Emily. very pretty.
very Self-willcd, and very selfish The
last two traits were probably owing 10
the spelling she had received from
both mother and sister Two children
Emily and Dora Ind died. and Dora
WAS the apple Of her mothers eye. She
had lived in luxury. and when the
crash had come. followed soon by the
death of her husband. she had taken
the little that brought In very slender
income. and had settled down to live
upon II with no idea of trying TO In
crease 1t with any labor of her own.
She was of the helpless. minimizing
kind who viii sometime. somewhere.
have To experience a heavy jolt to
awaken them to the purpose of their
being here on this terrestrial globe.
When Emily was seventeen she had
taken UP the burden of attempting 10
better conditions. and make the little
income GO farther by doing the heavy
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1917-10-27
JUST WHAT CREATES ECHO
Under Proper Conditions Any Kind OF
Sound Wave Will Be Effee.
lively Reproduced.

An echo Is caused when the waves
of mir which you create when you
shout are thrown back again when
They arr stopped by something they en-.
counter and are turned back without
changing their shape Any kind ~
sound wave will make an echo in thi.
way
You see. you can have no sound of
any Kind without sound waves. You
could not make sound II there were
no air Now, when You shout you
start n series OF sound waves that 90
out from you in every direction and
they spread away from you in circles
Just like the rings or ripple thar are
caused when you drop stone into a
pool Of water You can prove this 10
yourself easily by having one two.
three or more Of your friends stand
around you In large circle. You can
place them as far away from YOU ~
your shout can he heard II You wish
When you shout, each Of your friends
will hear the shout AZ the same time
provided. Of course. they are NJ equal
distance from YOU.
Sometimes these sound waves a.
they go away from you in circles strike
objects that turn the waves back IN.
broken just rs they came "a them. The
waves will bounce back just like rub
Der ball from a wall against which II
has been thrown and this Is the echo
However. some things that thu sound
waves strike break up these waves IN
tirely and others partially.
NJ doubt you have sometimes no.
ticcd when you shout YOU hear liz.
tinct echo and that at other times,
standing In the same place. ynu can.
not hear any echo. although you shout
in the same way. This is explained
by the fact that N times conditions Of
the air are such that no echo is pro.
duced while at other times perfect
echo results.-Rook Of Wonders.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1917-10-27

cnlled from the doorway and She saw
the sheet on the ground she had sud.
denly glImmcring realization that he
meant more TO her than She had sup.
posed.
In the cool sitting room Emily drop
ped down on chair.
II wonder II that blue wolfe would
look well enough for me 10 wear 20.
night" she said
Her sister Dora looked w from the
novel she was reading, comfortably
stretched out on couch.
"Oh En-. that old thingi" she cx
claimed in "a distressed tone.
Emily you would disgrace thu
family IN that dress :" chllned In the
mother from her corner by the window
where some stockings were receiving
some desultory darning
This aspect Of the case had NOT be.
fore occurred 20 Emily but she NJ
once saw the force ~ the argument
Il thought might freshen Il up
Bit she answered npologeilrnlly But
n you think II looks so shabby. why
I'll just lei II go
"You must get n your clothes dear
and iiX up something 10 wear. 50 that
You'll b. ready for the next party"
Emily made no answer She knew
that the time for getting nj her own
wardrobe was not likely to come very
soon with all the sewing for her moth.
nj ST. 1.,s. a
for her She arose trlfe YEARLY.
and went into the kitchen to prepare
the meal.
Dora came home from the party
flashed and excited with the dandy
time" She had had Howard Hale had
danced with her more than with any
other girl: and both women saw quite
plainly thnt something like romance
Ind begun under their own roof. To
the elder sister thc knowledge came
with chilling benumhing weight She
tried 10 SET II aside, and be glad Of
the others happiness, hut her own
heart cried ont In revolt She saw be.
fore her battle to be fought 70 gnin
the victory If remuneration
After IIale's first call at which eli.
Queitc required the presence Of the
fum'ly Emily invariably loft the field
clear for her sister who had intimated
that She wished this. Emily was find
ing The battle with herself an unusual
Is hard one The more deeply she
found She lnvcd this man the more
strongly cam" the temptation 10 re-
volt but her mother was 50 pleased
and her sister 50 happy how could she
reveal her feelings Besides Hale evi-
DENLY loved her sister. and Ind not
even thought of her, so she hid all
evidences Of the struggle under quiet
exterior.
One evening Hale came when Dora
was out. ms she had not expected him.
Emily met him with the information.
After n few minutes talk he said
"Will you answer me frankly. truth.
fully one thingf"
In surprise she agreed TO his re.
quest
"why do you always fly from me
as though | were n pestllencef' he
asked
"why-why. you come to see my sis
tsr--'
"No. I don't" he broke in. II come
to see you' Don't you think ! know
you are worth all the Doras In crea
ton. You're courageous. unselflsh 1T
lie woman
Al this Emily quite broke down.
sobhlng out something rather unintel-
llgible. But holding her close against
his heart, he seemed to understand.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1917-10-27

after three dcc..r ii never would
stand up st.aira' ~eir. was u mid
wife for seven yea and recommended
the Vegetable Conpounl TO every wo-
man TO take before birth and after
wards. and they all got along so nicely
that it surely is godsend to suffering
women. If women wish to write to
me will be delighted TO answer them. "
Mrs. JENNIE MoYER, 342 E.North ST.,
Lima. Ohio.
Women who suffer from displace-
ments, weakness, irregularities. ner-
vousness, backache. or bearing down
pains. need the tonic properties of the
roots and herbs contained in Lydia Z.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1917-10-27
Warning to Pot Hunters

My attention has been called to the
fact that parties Of Worcester Count
known as POI hunters are violating the
game lBws of our State ny hunting dur
ing closed season No sportsmen who
il entitled to the name will violate the
law. therefore | term this class of hun
ters - pot hunters.
will give the sum of ten dollars a. a
reward to any person who produces evl-
dence whereby | can secure conviction
of any one violating the game laws.
IL the sportsmen of your county wish
the game protected, and want the laws
enforced and will cooperate with me in
this matter we can remedy the evil
practice. Hoping the sportsmen cf
your county feel enough interest in the
protection Of game TO give their sup
port. if SO will prosecute any one found
violating the game laws TO the fullest
extent of the law.
earnestly request all Justice OF the
Peaceto help in this department and II
anyone il brought before them for vlolat-
ing the game laws. To give the parties
full penalty. The minimum fine IL $50 90
and costs. Very truly yours.
T. LEE LIZ COMPTE
State Game Warden
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For Rent

The lower floor of the Red Men :
Hall at Greenbackville. Va. Possession
given in 30 days This is the stand
which Mr.. H. r. Hancock has had for
the last twenty years. Same being one
of the best stands in GreenbackviIle for
a store of any kind.
Has large new back building can be
used for a store room. glass front, and
store in fine shape Anyone wishing to
engage in the mercantile business will
do well to write or see one of the fol.
lowing.
a. !. MARSHALL
W. j. ROSE.
II. G. ELLIS.
Trustees of Accomac Tribe. No 30.
!. o. X. NJ
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Notice of Appointments.

&. Cleveland Townsend Democrat
has been appointed Judge of Election
in District /, Precinct in the place Of
j. Foster Davis, excused
William Il. S. Powell. Republican. has
been appointed Registration Judge Of
the 3d district precinct !. in the place
of John ". Mumford. deceased
JOHN l. RILEY, Pres
JAMES n. CROCKETT
JOHN II. TRUITT.
Supervisors of Election
". q. SHOCKLEY. Clerk
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No Time for Debate.

Alfred pensc don't put me on any
longer Mary VIII YOU marry me-
Mary Alfred hardly know.
whether love you well enough or not.
Resldes-
Alfred Cooking nj his watch Mary,
the last train Is due In just three min.
utes. Yes or--
Mary-Yes. Alfred.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1917-10-27

lady friends came TO
see me and she adj
vised me to COM
mence taking Lydia
L. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound
md to use Lydia L.
] inkhan e Sanative
Wash. ] began TAX
ia, your remedies
ar.' took IS. 00worth
III two months
.,'a a we'll woman
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1917-10-27
BROKEN DOWN
IN HEALTH
Woman Tells How SIS Worth
of Pinkham's Compound
Made Her Well.

Lima, Ohio. -" was all broken down
in health from n displacement. One of my
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Your Automobile

will likely burn if your barn burns
more than that it may burn itself
your barn will never burn itself.
You have your barn insured. why not
insure your automobile. Costs only 81
on a hundred Let us insure your ear
today. Phone US.