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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-02
NO More Flour Paste.

Hutchinson, Kan. = No more will
Hutchinson, or for that matter, Kan
sas, paper hangers use wheat flour in
making their paste. Strict orders
have been issued by State Food Ad-
ministrator Walter p. Innis against
using wheat flour in making paste. He
recommends the use OF commercial
paste instead.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-02
PLANS FOR BETTER BATTING
Suggestion Made That More Resilient
Ball BE used-Risky to Move
Pitchers box.

The question of how to increase the
amount of batting in league baseball
gamees, to add interest to the contests,
may have been solved. The suggestion
has been made that more resilient
ball be used, one with cork center
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-02

From the speed at which earthquake
waves travel through the earth an
English scientist has evolved theory
that the world has a dense central
core, which may be measured in time.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-02

place for military aviators, training at
Park field. Eight landing places were
secured in the immediate vicinity of
Memphis.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-02
A Good Way.

GLOW are you going to round out
the year?"
II am going to begin by squaring my
accounts"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-02

FrOCTs
$50 you think art can improve or
nature?' Certainly. Ii not, why the
Easter egg?"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-02
That Depends.

dearest, do you believe in love In
cottage? "Oh. yes, If 1t is one OF
the high-class suburbs"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-02

places TO French ana
will be told
the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-02

United States when boy
ten 1908 he New York as wear OF
The follow
rector and upon the death OF eY Dr.
MORGAN he Trinity
The evening world., 1918-06-15
u. S. ENCOURAGES PRIVATE
OPERATION OF CANALS
] omlinson, Denying Statement,
Says II Sublet Some Barges to
individuals.

@. A.. Tomlinson. General Manager
or the New York Canal Section OF
the United States Railroad Admins
trstion. denied yesterday a published
statement that the Federal authori-
ties were opposed to private opera
ton on the canals of New York State.
The Federal Government is in
sympathy with and desires TO en-
courage private operation. said Mr..
Tomlinson. Several fleets other than
the one operated by the Federal Gov
eminent are conducting business on
the canal. The Federal Government
on two occasions has sublet some of
It's vessels to assist private operators
and has also furnished motive power for
numerous barges navigating the state
highways
"Iu reply to some inquiries. the
Government has asked that. so far as
possible, the railroad rates be main
taincd. The whole question 81 canal
rates Is now under consideration by
the authorities in Washington. and
II ~ expected that within a few days
public announcement will be made
Of the conclusions reached"
The evening world., 1918-06-15
EXECUTED MURDERER
BLAMED FALSE WOMEN"
OstranSky Left Statement Declar-
ing Woman He Killed
Ruined His Life.

Lyman ostransky, third OF the
murderers To be executed at Sing
Sing Thursday night, lcft a state
mcnt with Chaplain katz with the
request that it be given TO the news
papers. ostransky, who was convict
ed OF killing porah Cohen on East
Broadway last November. died at
lt.a6 T.. NJ, His statement was dated,
"peath House, $50 Z, NJ" II read:
MY last statement;
"tD No man In my circumstance
would have acted otherwise. was
craLed.
"C) Let all men beware of false
women whose only purpose lis TO ruin
the lives Of men and their families,
"(3) l am not a murderer have
been "A business mau and always
made an honest living, make this
statement 20 az may know that my
children did not have a murderer as
their father.
100 | am sorry for my faithful
wife. She has always been good &c
me-
The evening world., 1918-06-15
Volume NO. Xxx.
STORIES AND POEMS
the ENCHANTED ROSE BUSH.


-HERE was once a beautiful rose
bush that grew in the WOODS IL
L was much like the other flowers
but II was very modest 1t grew be-
hind an old oak tree, where 1t was al
most hidden from all other things In
the forest.
one day in spring the kings son rode
into the woods. Seeing the Flower ne
sprang from his steed to pluck IL
Fearing it would die he dug up the
earth around it and plucked not niy
the rose but the entire bush. upon
reaching his fathers palace he COM
manded a servant to plant 1t In the
royal palace garden. He himself tend
ed n zach day. one day as he ouche
n blossom it became a maiden AFTER
relating to him her story they were
married with the old kings consent
and they lived happily e AFTER
From JULENNE WARsHAW'
aged ten.
The evening world., 1918-06-15
69TH ARMORy TURNED
INTO SERVICE lODGINGS
$50 Beds al Nominal Cost Add To
Efforts 10 House Fighting Men
Visiting CITY.

Rowland Haynes, Director OF the
War Camp Community Service In
New York. completed arrangements
,cstorday for placing $50 beds In the
6gth Regiment Armory, Lexington
Avenue and @5th Street. Al nominal
cost these beds will be available for
soldiers, sailors and marines spending
wcek-cnds Ia the city and liable TO
such discomfort as that experienced a
week ago, when thousands OF men in
uniform were unable to get places to
sleep.
Pending the allotment Of cots and
blankets by the Quartermaster's and
Medical supply Experimentation
has been held up by press Of business
In Neutrality-suspicious. has been
supplied by the Red Cposs. The
armory was obtained through the
Armory Board and Col. John j. Phe-
Ian. Commanding the 6sth. Before
another week has passed the w. c.
&. $. will have leased a centrally To-
Gated loft building in which 1000
beds will be maintained until the
present need il at an end"
The evening world., 1918-06-15
LANDLORDS STAND ON LAWS OF
SUPPLY AND DEMAND.

Directors ~ the Real Estate Board
and the Advisory Council declared
that they would rejoice TO tabulato
or to place on record statistics re-
gard.ng assessed valuations. taxes.
operating costs and net profits OF any
number of properties anywhere in the
Greater City in response To requests
from interested parties, as voiced re-
Gently in The Evening World
These facts could be put in the form
NJ legal evidence, and the ~organiza-
tion would submit them to any au-
thorizcd body Of investigators or at
a legitimate public hearing. To col
lect the statistics, however. would
take much time n labor. Each
owner has the personal right to pub
lish such details OF his private in
yestment business or to refuse to
make public. just as has any other
business man. The permission of each
would have TO be obtained individual
Is, and these organizations will not
undertake the work until they can
be assured that the results would be
published in full and in the proper
manner They are ready to cooper
ate with committees OF city or State
The evening world., 1918-06-15
SAY GARBAGE PLANT DOORS
AFFECT SCHOOL CHILDREN
Citizens of Linoleumville Join in
Fight for Removal of Staten
Island Alleged Nuisance.

Residents OF Lineoleumville have
Joined in the ngAt for the removal Of
the garbage disposal plant In Staten
Island. Petitions will he sent to the
Board Of Education In Manhattan
asking that the board give the resi-
dents another school unless the nui-
sance is abated.
II Is pointed out that children at
tending the school are affected by the
odors and that teachers have been
compelled TO close the windows and
doors TO prevent the odors %permeating
the school house. Complaints also
have been made TO District Attorney
Each OF Richmond County.
Members Of the State Board OF
Health to-day VIII visit the plant
and will begin hearings on the move
ment TO abate the nuisance Monday.
f-he Grand Jury VIII osumo It's IN
auiry Monday.
The evening world., 1918-06-15
1uE ADVENTURE OF A PENNY

| came from the copper mihe' shHA'Hs
like gold,
I VAS put in tho melting pot and into
a mould. 49,
with Lincoln on n side. the date
on the other.
I Glanced into the hands OF a rich
boys mother
She took me to a store and ex-
changed me there,
For i've years I've been travelling
everywhere,
From one hand TO another passed
along,
song.
He lost me in a load OF hay,
7 wished that | could roll away.
When | got out, that is, when they
found mo
had a green mold all around me.
Again | was dropped into the mould,
| came out a penny shining like gold.
From IRVING SEGALI. aged ten,
| No. 2OlS SD Street, Brooklyn.
The evening world., 1918-06-15
soldier. Bride ny Wire Tells of
Attempt 20 Bsnle Wedding.

EMPORIA, Kan, June l5.-Miss
Lydia Pearce of Oliyet, Kan, was
married 10y telegraph here last night
10 Leo Strohtagcl OF the 34lst Artll-
lcry. at Camp Mills, n. Y. The bride,
who had failed at first to keep her
appoIntment, said a woman with
whom she lived here sent her to OIL
vet, Kan. on a preteNt OF making her
believe she was not able TO get a
marriage license without her parents
consent, hoping 10 avert the wedding.
The bride, when reached by telephone
al her home. agreed TO return to Em-
poria at once for the ceremony.
The evening world., 1918-06-15
OBITUARY NOTES.

Or. Ernest v. Scribner, widely know1
AZ an alienist and Tor six years supe--
intendent OF the Worcester state Hos
pital. died In Worcester. Mass. yes
terday, aged siNty-three.
Major Gen. George NJ. Randall. T..
&. A.. retired. known as the father "
the Fllipinos,' is dead In Denver, aged
seventy-scNeu.
ormonde NJ. Reid. editor OF the glove
department OF Dry Goods, "A trade jour
nal died at his home. No, 26S West
18th Street. yesterday. aged seventy
one
Daniel Zenas Martin. for forty years
a United States Customs inspector here,
died at his home, No. iO6 East 18th
Street, F1atbush, yesterday, aged sew
enty-four.
Capt. Joseph II. Yauch. formerly com
n'sndcr OF Company II. 18th Regiment.
~. r. S. N. Y, and President OF the
Veterans Association. IL dead at his
home. No. 1857 Fulton Street. Brooklyn.
Charles Edward Bsteson. head OF the
hrm OF Bateson a. Dowd. commission
merchants. is dead at his home. No. 49,
West 5Sth Street. aged slNty-six,
BENJAMIN H.. Newell, a lawyer. OF No
2 Rector Street, is dead In Mountain.
side Hospital, Glen Ridge, aged forty.
nine.
The evening world., 1918-06-15
BRITISH TITLE REFUSED
BY VETERAN BOSTOMlN
9. A. P. H. Duncan Also Decfnes
Big Estate, So Title Is Extinct,
Properly Scattered.

LONDON. June i5.-George Aiexx.-
der Philips Haldane-Duncan of Boston.
Mass, has refused to accept the heirxhip
or 10 benent In any way from the eststs,
Of the late Earl OF Camperdovn. m
only brother. It Is disclosed In the pub
lication ot the latter's will hero to-day.
In consequence the title becomes ex-
tlnct n the estate goes to more dfs-
tant relatives. so
The estate embraces $4,000 acres q
land in Forfarshire and P~erthshire.
Scotland. and Wa~rwickshire. England.
besides a town house at No. 80 Charles
Street. London
George A. p. Haldane-Duncan, sew
enty-threo years old, has long lived In
Boston. where in February, 1855, no
married as his second wife the wfdor
John Dove OF Andover. Mass. He has
no children. 80
The evening world., 1918-06-15
PATRIOTIC POEMS AND PROSE e
YANk EE LAND.

FNNNO
o country, great United States,
The M Republic grand.
In all the world there are no mates
To equal your good land.
You've always stood for Freedoms
cause.
Would fight for this TIM death.
Above the cloud your eagle scars
With victory in his breath.
-FOUR country is so vast and big,
Its population great,
The minerals hat miners dig
Are found in every State.
Your armies now are very strong,
Your men are rue and brave.
They night for right and not for
wrong.
America to save.
Your navy bold will never run,
The hard foe 1t dehes,
Better than every feet save one,
More numerous in size.
When your sons arrive in war-torn
France
The Kaiser's men TO beat,
Though not experienced perchance,
They never will retreat.
The Germans soon will realize
Defeated by your might
That you could beat two realms their
size,
And aren't too proud TO tight.
From JACK DAMIEN, aged th'r-
teen, Nc. l2G Hancock Street. Brook
lyn-
The evening world., 1918-06-15
oncer, or with any responsible or

officers or with any responsible or
gani1ation OF tenants or taxpayers
Members of the United Real Estate
Owners Association, Taxpayers Al
lance OF the Bronx and other big
holders OF home properties, mainly
mats and apartments. declare that no
unified effort to raise rents has been
attempted or will be considered. They
say they were satisfied to at indie
pendently whatever may happen. and
allow rents to be regulated by the
laws OF supply and demand.
How TO regulate rents by public
authority, without confiscation Of the
property. has been found to be much
than a mere matter OF figures
or argument" said Secretary Leo
Day Woodwork Of the Advisory
Council. Problems OF rent increases
and p~rofiteerlng may have been more
serious and more easily brought home
TO public officials in Washington than
in any other part OF the country. The
Congressional frame of mind on the
subject is shown by the remedies pro-
posed.
The House OF Representatives
passed a bill to levy a tax OF 100 per
cent. on rentals which exceeded the
rate charged on Sept. 20. 1916, plus 10
per cent. Realty interests demon
strated that rents had been unproit-
ably low on that date, and that the
increased cost of upkeep and opera.
~ allowed.
The evening world., 1918-06-15
MUCH REALTY
IN CITY IS OFFERED
At TAX VALUATIONS
Landlords Glad to Get Their
Money Out of Property,
Realty Interests Declare.

The Real Estate Board and Ad-
visory Council OF Real Estate Inter-
ests claim that moro than s~2.oOo,OOo'-
900 OF holdings in Greater New YORK
can be bought at tax valuation. many
for less. Thousands of landlords they
say would be delighted TO get their
money put OF their properties and
most OF them would accept In ex-
change any guaranteed security pay
ing from 5 10 7 per cent a year.
81 own twelve apartment houses on
Washington Heights" said Chair
man John p. Lee OF the Board OF
Standards and Appeals. to-day-he
has built scores OF such big struc-
lures in the last two decades-"and
any man who will take them off my
hands will forever have my gratitude.
My income from these houses does
not begin to meet the expenses OF
maintenance. Taxes are the least OF
our troubles. The cost OF everything
into the upkecp to-day is higher by
several hundred per cent. than II was
a few years ago. Help is hard to get
and We must pay the highest wages.
I have a friend who owns a house
with twelve families in 1t and last
year he had a deficit OF 5000. ]
raised the rents in my houses last fall
and 1 expect to raise them again
next fall-not TO increase my profit,
but TO keep down the deficit"
The evening world., 1918-06-15
SOLDIER FINDS
BRIDE BY WIRE
AFTER M|SHAPS
Camp Mills Private at Last
Locates Fiancee in Kansas
and Is Married.

Private Lee S~trohtagel. at Camp
Mills, and Miss Lydia Pearce OF
Lyndon. Kan. were married by tele-
graph last night after all.
The marriage OF the private. at
tached to Battery II. 341st Field Ar
tillery at the Long Island camp, and
his sweetheart 1000 miles away,
seemed indefinitely postponed y%ester-
day afternoon. when the bridegroom.
a minister and the requisite witnesses
waited in the Camp Mills telegraph
office. and out in Emporia, Kansas,
another minister and witnesses gath
cred, but without being able to find
the bride. She had not been seen.
word came, since she got her marriage
license.
After much waiting and much wir-
Ing back and forth the wedding was
postponed. Gloom at the camp was
only llghtened by hope that the cere-
mony might be performed late to-day.
But last evening n message came
from Kansas. from Miss Pearce. II
said she was ready I be married at .
i. NJ. At $50 the ceremony over the
long distance wire was actually per
formed. 1t took fifteen minutes and
cost ,7.17 In telegraph tolls.
With Private ~Strohtagel In the
Camp Mills telegraph office were the
Rev. Tracy l.. Huffstuttler, Chaplain
Of the 34Sd Field Artillery. md wit
nesses too many to enumerate. VITA
Miss Pearce in Emporia. Kan, were
Judge Walter A. Jones. and, as wit
nesses. Misses Anna Foster and Ruth
Williams.
Why Miss PearCe was not ready ear
Tier In the day was not explained last
night. Private St%rohtagel kept his
wedding date in the Camp Mills tele-
graph office. Chaplain Grifiths OF
tho S+lst "A testify TO that and so
can Manager Iitkin OF the office and
Operator Lawner and "a score or so OF
Hampstead women and interested sol
diers.
But messages from Emporia, where
Miss Pearce was visiting, said nat
while the Chief OF Police. a few
Judges and any number Of promi-
nent residents were ready and wait
ing. Miss Pearce was not among
those present. The messages s;id
Miss Pearce had got her marriage
license all right. but had not Vcen
seen since.
Strohtagel grew nervous. Chaplain
Grthths iidgeted with his PRAYER
book. Tho women from Hemps'e1d
looked sympathetic. The white roses
enc Of them had brought for the
2.0O0-mile bridegroom began to wilt
despondently.
"The Chief and some OF the others
have gone out to look for the BRIDE"
the telegraph wire said finally. And
everybody took q deep breath-and
waited.
Cant find bride. Mr.. and Mrs. f.
Lathe. with whom she has been visit
ing, have not seen her since she got
license said the wire after two or
three hours.
And that seemed to end Private
StrohtaEel's wedding plans-so far as
Yesterday was concerned. He kept
right on working the wires, however,
and then II was announced at Camp
Mills that the long distance wedding
would take plncc at 7.3O u. NJ. to-day.
Then came the Joy restoring mesa 70
from Miss Pearce.
Strohtagel's home Is In Beaver
Crossing, Neb. lie met Miss Pearce
nj Camp Funston several months
ago. The wedding was arranged by
letter and telegraph. ~Jtrohtagel is
twcnty-cight
The evening world., 1918-06-15
TWOPOUNDL|M|
FOR SUGAR BUYERS,
BEGINNING TODAY.
Food Board Issues New Order
Restricting Purchases to
Conserve Supplies.

Purchases OF sugar Tor ordinary
household purposes in this city are
limited 70 two pounds beginning to-
day, under an order just issued
by the Federal Food Board An er-
ceptien is made in the casc Of sugar
for canning. but this must b. obtained
by the use OF canning certificates is
sued 10 dealers by the board
Rural consumers may get hve
pounds in one purchase.
The new regulations were drawn up
altar receipt OF a message from Food
Administrator Hoover. Housewives
have been asked to adopt voluntarily
q sugar allowance OF three pounds \
person a month. Proprietors of cat
ing places have been asked TO est-
mate the number OF persons they
serve In q month and hx their sugar
consumption upon the same basis
II is said there Is 10 real danger OF
q famine unless Housewives begin TO
take alarm and To hoard. In some
quarters there was talk that the oper-
atoms OF German submarines alonS
the Atlantic Coast might Interfere
somewhat with shipments from Cuba
The board announced to-day
that Jacob Nathanson Of No. 80
Throop Avenue. Brooklyn. bad been
permitted to contribute $1,000 to h
Red Cross and thereby avoid the re-
vocation OF his license for the period
OF the war. Nathanson. II was said
had sold wheat and rye -four at a
prnt exceeding rs cents a barrel Ma
thanson explained that he had suf-
fered a loss Of $500 In the autumn OF
1917 and was trying to make this up,
but investigation showed his book
keeper was keeping two records OF
the profts obtained In connection
with the sale OF nour.
The evening world., 1918-06-15
JOAN II. DE FRANCE.

In France there lived a little girl
by the name OF Joan d'ore. She lost
her mother in a German air raid n
her father was at the front.
As joan had no one to care for her
she was put in a home where she
sewed, helped cut bandages and did
many useful things TO help her coun-
try and its fighters. One a she was
helping a nurse carry some handsges
To a hospital nearby, and when she
heard some wounded soldiers had Just
arrived she asked permission TO see
them. As she passed along the cots
who should she see smiling at her but
her fatherf
Mons. d'ore told her he had some
important papers that were to be de-
llvered before midnight to a Major
st. Morie. Joan knew Major 81
Morie. and as IL was only to the heNt
town she volunteered to deliver them,
| Although a hard task. Joan succeeded
in finding the Major, and the day was
saved.
NJ. d'ore got well and Germany wa
badly defeated. Joan, II you please,
is known now as Joan III. Her storc
is well known and she is idoliLed by
every French heart,
From LOUISE MORAN, aged ten
No. go Springfield Avenue. Newark
n. J.
The evening world., 1918-06-15
PUPILS EDGED TEACHERS.
High school Athletes Under sus-
pension Must Apologize.

Seven students OF Emerson High
school, West Hobohcn. y. j.. we're FOUND
guilty last night by the board OF 5duca.
ton Of having thrown eggs at i've teach
ers Thursday afternoon and we're told
that unless they publicly apologlzed IN
the auditorium Of the school they woulI
forfeit their diplomas.
The boys are mrWbcrs OF the achool
basketball team that Was scheduled To
meet the team OF - Peters Prep. Jcr-
soy city When they failed 10 hold the
game they were suspended from ath-
lttIvs FOR the season
The students W.4c the first attack on
,hr.. tcn'hFrs fr"np ar a~,,'-rv~N'. 49,
then went to tine school house, Who're
thsy "sEEsd' the other two.
The evening world., 1918-06-15
Unusually Large Number Of
Marriages and Subsequent
Receptions Are Scheduled.

\ wedding OF interest In Greek
circles to-day will be hat OF Miss
Fin ID. Stephhnidis. daughter OF Mrs.
A~nastasia D.. Stephanidis Of No. $50
Riverside Drive. TO DR.. Antonios y.
Vrahnos OF Boston. The ceremony will
lake place at 800 o'clock this after
noon In Holy Trinity church. the Rev.
Father C~ourkouiis officiating, assisted
by the Rev. Mr.. BaZarls and the
Rev. DR.. Douropoulos. Tho brides
attendants will DO Miss Corinna ID.
Stephanldis and Miss Flora II. Benas.
John ID. Stephanidis will be Dr. vrnh-
moss best maj and the ushers will be
the brides three brothers. George,
Sotirios and Stephen ID. Stephanidis:
John NJ. Benhs. Talks Maluukos,
George MaloukOs and George Kyria-
kids.
The bride will wenr n gown Of pearl
embroidered white crepe meteor and
the attendants gowns will be blue
and pink G%eorgette crepe with hats
TO match. Following the ceremony "a
reception will be held at the Hotel
Savoy.
Miss Helene Whitmore. daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Webster Whit
more. will be married TO Eugeae Van
valkenburgh Haynes this evening It
$50 o'clock at her parents home In
Mount Vernon. N. Y. The Rev. Dr.
.. i. Batholow will perform thu core
mony. which will be followed by u
small reception. The bride will be
given In marriage by her father and
attended by Mrs. II. W.. Mhitmore
Jr. as matron of honor n the Misses
Marguerite Miles, Blanche Esbury,
Ruth Gates and Edith Tuthiii as
bridesmaids. Thomas J. Lyon viii be
Mr.. Haynes's best man and the usnors
will be John Lusk. Cassels Young.
-. Webster Whilmor, Jr. and Lieut..
Commander George Whitmora, T.. =.
~. Mr.. Haynes. who is from ATLANTA,
Ca, belongs TO the Atlanta Athl,tis
ana Piedmont Riding Clubs.
In the Church OF st. Mary the Vir-
gin at noon to-day will take place the
wedding Of Miss Dorothy Louise SUIT
ton. daughter OF Mrs. NJ. T.. Sutton OF
Detroit, Mich, 10 Ensign Eliot Lee
Ward, u. s.. n. Miss Virginia Center
Ward will be- the brides only atten-
dant, ana Lieut.. chester Lee Ward
will be his brothers best man. A
small reception will be held at the
Hotel Gotham.
A military wedding taking place in
OsCawuna, N, v, to-day viii be that
OF Miss Augusta schmidt, daughter
OF DR.. and Mrs. August j.. Schmidt ~
Montreal. Canada, TO Capt. George
Edgerton Ogilvie of Camp Upton. The
ceremony will take place on the lawn
OF Airlie Manor. the country home of
Capt. Ogilvie's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. T.. Ogtlvie. A number OF officers
from Camp Upton will attend Capt.
ogilvie as best man and ushcrs.
Miss Isadora Biiss, daugter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Chester W, Bliss OF Boston,
In to he married Ia Amory Sibley
Carhart. u. S. n. r.. OF this city, to
day in Pequot Chapel, New London.
Conn. After the ceremony a recep-
ton will be held at MIR. and Mrs.
Bliss's home In New London.