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The Washington times., 1918-06-23

.T'n never come baclS3,' Sad ehsriss
ToWson. twenty-six years old, private
In the marine corps, when he told his
mother last March that his regiment
had been ordered TO sail for France.
He expressed his premonition when
bidding gOod-by to the little family
group at 2s14 Eleventh street harths
west. His sisters, laughing Il his
words. said:
"oh. you1l come back, Charlie. but
you've never had . good picture taken,
so why not have a good one for US
to remember you byr"
Charlie went to q photograph studio
and had his picture taken. Yesterday
the casualty list announced that PR
vAte Charles Towson had Adied OF
wounds received An, action" This is
the photograph he had taken to be
remembered by II he never came
back"
The Washington times., 1918-06-23
PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY
TO BOOM ship OUTPUT

A small metal ship badge will be
worn by members OF a new society.
the Ship Society OF Philadelphia,
whose object it will be to stimulate
ship production by popular agitation.
Mrs. Francis Howard Williams, of
Germantown, organized the move
ment A ship badge costs 10 cents
and admits to membership.
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is LOSE LIVES IN BERLIN FIRE.

AMSTERDAM. June Fifteen per-
sons were burned TO death when an ex-
plosion and FIRE destroyed the Bioscope
Film company's plant in Berlin, accord
Ing % adviees from that city today.
The Washington times., 1918-06-23
SPECIFIC WARRANT
NEEDED TO SEARCH
FOR TRAIN BOOZE

Virginia prohibition, forces were
given . severe setback yesterday In q
decision OF Police Judge william C.
Cloth, Of Alexandria county, which
denied the ~dry'' inspectors the right
Of proniscuOus search Of passengers
on trains leaving washington for vir-
ginia The opinion OF the Virginia
magistrate. II upheld BY superior
courts. viii prove a stumbling block
for prohibition agents who have been
searching passengers possessions
after trains crossed the Potomac into
the Old Dominion.
The decision was rendered IN the
cEe Of J. c. Sheihouse. prohibition
Inspector. who charged l. G. Royal,
conductor Of the Southern rail-
way. with having impeded and
hindered him from searching the
baggage Of all passengers on a train
leaving washington. The Arguments
IN the case were heard Friday be-
fore Judge Cloth at the Alexandria
county court house.
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taken new turn. The United States
Department Of Agriculture has heard
from Colorado the ''rumor" which II
spiked on the spot, that the Govern
ment was planning to Ieavy q tax OF
from So to 81 an acre on broom corn
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CAPT. .KANE, TAKEN
BY GERMANS, ONCE
CAPITAL DOCTOR

Capt Howard r Kane. OF Maehids.
Ne. reported captured by the Germans
in the casualty list issued by the
Committee on Public Information lass
Wednesday. was Identified today a, a
former medical student and practicing
physician Of Washington. --rs
Captain Kane formerly had offices at
ISzs street northwest. where he prae-
tioed medicine three years before COM
missioned a second lieutenant In the
medical corps. For the past year he has
been in active service on the French
front At the time OF his capture he
was working among British soldiers In
q beetor held by them. For his efIlcieu.
work, he was recently promoted "a a
captaincy.
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FOOD REGULATIONS TO
Be BETTER ENFORCED

Food administrators In each State
viii be placed at the head Of zones
to bring about greater cooperative
effort in enforcing food regulations.
Each State zone will include con-
tiguous territory so that dealers in
one State may be prevented from
eyading the law bv continuing their
practice In 4 bordering State
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search any person suspected Of snug
Cling liquor into Virginia The con
ductor refused to allow a general
search Of all passengers on pressn-
tation OF a warrant which did rot.
specify any particular suspect.
The testimony offered at the hear
ing showed that shefhouse aid noe
carry out his threat to use force IN
search after The conductor had taksn-
4 resolute stand IN defense OF the.
rights OF travellers In his charge .
Attorneys for Royal argued hat
the prohibition law In effect prior to,
June q required a SPECIFIC warrant.
Every suspect and ali possossiona
were to be taken before the mAgis-
trate issuing the warrant. the Gown
sci for the defense copteRdsd. After
taking the case under advisemeot.
Judge Cloth rendered his decision,
which upheld the conductor. The
verdict has aroused the -drys' %
Alexandria county.
m broader Powers.
Judge Cloths ruling pointed cut
that under the Maps prohibition Law.
Virginia state inspectors could oaly
search suspected Individuals on pre-
sentation OF specific search warrants
What controversy VIII Issue from
this decision depends l-ISoH the atti-
tude OF the superior eourtIs II appeal
Is taken By the State.
The amendmsSr 70 the Maps -dry%
law which became effeStiNe June n
endows the prohibition Inspectors
with broader powers IN search judge
Cloth refers TO this posut in his rul-
ing in the Royal case The new
search of passengers in trains under
suspicion. ~dry" workers stated to-
day
The Washington times., 1918-06-23
HERE'S A NEW GERMAN LIE.

German lies, breathed about to
weaken American war efforts, have
The Washington times., 1918-06-23

Pay your income tax now and our
Aaee to the Kaiser.
The Washington times., 1918-06-23
nroaaer Fowers.

6ude'a Floral Service
lis always supreme. always atisfactGy.
Estimates and suggestions given. r1a p.
The Washington times., 1918-06-23
3-YEAR GUN
PROGRAM IS
OUTLINED BY
WAR EXPERTS
tcontinued from First Paeel

\ worthy rival Of the great German
Krupp works at Essen.
Another new departure OF Significance
in the bill Is that no appropriations are
made for guns or batteries for use along
the coasts OF the United States. The pro
duction Of ordnance for use In France
IL the big aim OF the bill, and every
thing else Is subordinated to this pur-
pose
Congressman Borland OF Missouri.
chairman Of the Fortihcations Commit
tse. gave some interesting facts in re-
g1rd 70 the bill after he had presented
& 70 the House. He said: -
This bin is like no other fertilization
niu ever presented to Congres& It Is
Necessary to understand the theory upon
which Il IL drawn. The paramount need
Of the hour Is to provide for an ample
program Of neld artillery for the use Of
the army in Europe. The other items in
the bin must be subordinated 70 this,
nct because OF lack OF merit, but be-
cause OF relative Importance. The big
Ee1t items IN the bill are the appropria-
uons for mountain. Geld. and siege can
no1 and for ammunition for the same.
A certain number OF field guns are
allotted to each division, corps, and
army, and in addition to this there IS
= program OF heavy ordnance en-
bracing the ten. twelve, and fourteen
inch guns and the sixteen-inch NOR
SArA- Included also. are a number OF
suns that have been transferred from
the navy for the use Of the army.
some OF these are spare guns of tho
most modern type which are a reserve
stock for the fleet, and not actually
needed for the equipment OF any naval
vessel Others constitute obsolete
guns OF short range, which are no
longer used upon American vessels,
but which are very serviceable for
land use.
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ThIrty-two TeaPs OLD.

DR.. Kane was thirty-two years old
and received his degree as doctor of
medicine from the George Washing
ton University in 1912.
Prior to studying at George Wash
ington Medical School, he attended
Bowdoin College and Jefferson Med
Ical School, receiving an A B. de-
gree at Bowdoin.
After being graduated from George
Washington University, he returned
to his home town in Machias, Ne,
where he praetieed medicine and
surgery for q year. About four years
ago he returned to Washington and
served as an inferno at Columbia
and George Washington University
hospitals. Soon he established q
practice here and maintained II until
the time Of his enlistment,
Captain Kane lived in an apart
ment at 5000 Eighth street north
west, while in Washington. Mrs A
NJ Abbott, who VISA his housekeeper,
and who still takes care of his apart
ment, said today that the latest let
ter she had received from DR.. Kane
was dated in France, May 10. In II
he said that he expected to go to
London on = furlough.
Letter Read To Doctors
In a letter from another local ply
stefan received from France by DR..
C. B. Miller. reference was made to
the work that Captain Kane was do
ing before the British lines in North
ern France The letter was read be-
fore the District Association OF Ply
sicians recently, and that was the
last heard from Captain Kane
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speeIae Warrants.

Mr.. Royal based his defense on an
Interpretation OF a Federal Law.
which provided for specific warrants.
He expressed his willingness to per-
nit the prohibition inspector to
The Washington times., 1918-06-23

. Don't cheer the rag while ySHF In
eone tax remains unpaid. "
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cosst Dsfease Cans.

''In addition there are a number OF
coast defense guns running from five
to twelve inches which viii be mounted
on railway carriages and on motorized
trailerB. None OF these are taken
from important fortificatiohs In the
United States. but are principally from
the spare guns OF the reserve stock OF
the coast artillery. The committee
felt willing to encourage the use OF
all the guns which are Immediately
available As between the coast for
tifieations IN this country and the
battle lipe IN France, the important
noed, for guns 4s of course In France.
This program Of gun Construction
is 50 large that II has taxed to
the utmost the production resources
Of this country. The hearings dis
close that General Pershing IL now
purchasing in France field artillery
equipment fer thirty divisions of the
American army, including both guns
and shells. The French are meet
ing these orders, and in fact are de-
livering the supplies faster than our
troops require them For the last
few months the American troops
have been brigaded with the British
and French. which means that they
have been using the ammunition OF
these forces instead OF using our
ammunition and weapcnA For this
reason the surplus Of guns and am
munition has been piling up In
Francs, ready for delivery to the
American forces. 1t Is calculated
that all OF the field artillery and
ammunition needed for the Ameri-
can forces IN France between now
and January. 1919. viii be supplied
from French sources. and in the
meantime we viii attain quantity
production In this country.
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8elentlne AFmament.


"Instead OF being called fortihca-
ton bill. this bin ought to be entitled:
The bin 10 provide scientific arma-
nent for & modern army 1t Is de-
voted 70 the most modern form OF
neld artillery. ammunition. ezplos-
ives, trench mortars. anti-aircraft
defenses. gas bombs. railway mounts,
motori5ed batteries, aviation. and
other items which have scarcely
appeared heretofore IN the fortifica-
lions bill il illustrates the transit
tion stage between the massive nxed
fortihcations OF the pre-War period
and the light. mobile. scientific de-
lenses Of the present day. II puts
Uncle Sam abreast with the most
modern discoveries OF the age and
VIII, when carried out, equip this
army in the way Of field artillery
and auxiliary weapons, both in
variety and extent, as no other army
has been equipped in any war In
history"
Mr.. Boriand said the hearings held
by the committee had convinced him
that the program of field artillery
Indicates that the American forces in
France win not be confined to trench
fighting, or even to open field fight
ing. The heavy guns called for in
General Pershing's estimates would
not be effective against personnel.
but can be intended only for batter
ing down defenscs and Qualifications
Of considerable strength.
While no plans were laid before
the committee" he said, "other than
the plan Of equippinE 5000. 900 men
fer field operations In France, and
therefore any surTnises INDUCED in
are personal only, ! can draw from
this program OF big guns one in
ference, and that Is that the Ameri-
can army will be prepared to cross
the Rhine in fun force and full
strength commemorate with any OBJ
gtacle which II may encounter"
The bill provides for eight aviation
stations along the Atlantic coast TO
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-09-06
RED CROSS WORK IN ITALY
Organization Performs Big Task in
Helping the Unfortunates in
That Country.

WashingtOn.-In the historic Palazzo
Vecchio of Florence, Italy, the Ameri-
can Red Cross distributed clothing to
more than 10000 refugees and pow
erty-stricken Italians in two days. The
contents of each parcel covered
vide variety Of needs, from underwear
to layettes for children yet unborn.
Part of the supply came from this
country, part from stocks in neutral
countries, where industrial Red Cross
agents have been able to satisfy
a portion Of their needs, and part
from the italian market, now nearly
exhausted. In addition, orders for
food were distributed to persons whose
needs were guaranteed, small certifl-
Gates good for five lire worth of rice.
canned meat or condensed milk, when
presented at the city stOrehOuses. To
pay for this draft on the municipal
provisions, the American Red Cross
deposited 10000 lire with the city as
SCISSOR.
The press of the country comment
ed on this relief work of the Ameri-
can people as "the greatest single gift
on record to any Italian city during
the war"
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-09-06
ARE DOOMED FOR WORKHOUSE
Frustrated Suicides in New Jersey
Are Sent Up by Police
Magistrate.

Trenton. N. J.-Despondent saloon
keepers will be committed to the work
house by Magistrate Geraghty if they
fail in attempts to kill themselves. An
example was furnished recently when
Michael Curley, at one time the pro-
prietor Of prominent drinking place
in the city, was sent to the institu-
ton to serve three months because he
tried to drown himself in creek. He
was pulled out in the nick of time by
policeman.
When arraigned in court, clad only
in blanket, Curley delivered brief
speech in which he said: II am so
Der, all right I attended a funeral
few days ago, and then decided
there was nothing more to live for
so I jumped into the creek. No one
| cares for me, and I'm just in the
way"
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-09-06
Woren and Tractors.

Women are everywhere in the fields
Of Long Island this season. A serv-
Ice FLAG IN one farmhouse window
shows four stars and tells why the
women of that house are brushing the
peas. Nearly every house along the
road shows flag with a star or two.
Mother and the girls are also brave.
The tractors are making the earth
turn over on Long Island. The horses
work in the same fields with those
ugly looking engines and show no fear.
The horse with nerves has passed out
like the lady with nerves in the Vic
torlan novel. No women were to be
Seen running the tractors, although 1t
Is an easier job than clod-hopping be-
hlnd ploW.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-09-06
Red Cross Inspector Tells Thrill
ing Story of Desperate
Moments.
NOISE ACCOMPANIES ATTACK
'ank Engineers Go About Unperturbed
Wni'e Rescuing lnjured-Victims
Are Sent to the Sisters
Of the Poor.

misunderstanding of a German
air raid on Paris, one of the American
hed cross inspectors gives a thrilling
account of how American troops and
Rec Cross workers give aid to the civ
IN such desperate moments. He de-
scrlbes an air raid in this fashion:
nowhere is there any sound but the
echoes of footsteps. Not a street light
IS TO De seen, not single ray of light
nothing but the inlliest and most i'm
penetrable darkness. Then all of the
noise in the world seems to break loose.
C'ang- clang-clang booms the tocsin-
Ike gigantic pneumatic riveter work.
Ing on colossal bell. Whooo-o
shrleks the siren, running up and down
the scale in an awful wall.
The streets come to life. Doors
open and slam shut. The sidewalks
are full of ghostly figures hurrying to-
ward the caves, where the inhabit-
ants have fitted up cots and hunks.
Ihey get up now to make sitting
place for the newcomers. The chill
dren go to sleep with their heads on
their mothers shoulders, and a girl
In the uniform of a street car conduc-
tor swaps yarns with Poilu in dingy
blue. In the last raid the front trucks
| OF her car were thrown from the rails
by the displacement Of air caused by
an exploding torpedo. The car and
Its inmates were unhurt. The Poilu
looks a mite incredulous and MUIR
murs: I can we'll believe you, made
mOiselle.'
Arches Barrage Sky.
"OutSide the noise continues for
about three or four minutes and then
subsidies as new noise Starts-the
Arches, or antiaircrft guns, which
commence to bark furiously from half
n dozen different points. Searchlights
rake the sky. The Arches continue
their clamor, but they are not firing
at anything, merely keeping up bar
rage fire to prevent the BOches flying
over the city.
"Suddenly there is an earthrock
ing whOOm. No doubt as to where the
BOches are. Whom. whom, whoom
One involuntarly ducks and tries
turtlewise to cover his head with his
shoulders. A hideous noise resound
up and down the deserted street
falling walls, and the tinkling an(
crash Of showers Of broken glass ant
roofing tiles.
Through the glass and litter Of thu
street an American Red Cross camoi
nette comes blowing its way. One o
the city firemen stands on the runnin!
board
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-09-06
HOW A PARTISAN
AIR RAID FEELS

TO 81? he calls. A half dozen voices
yell out that there is.
Is everybody here from those
NUMBERS? Was there anyone left in
elther OF those buildingsY
There is an anxious calling back
and forth and rapid counting Of
noses. All here is the answer!
Send Victims to Poor Sisters.
Good! Not much left of those two
buildings. Don't enter the ruins I'M
I'll they have been inspected by the
engineering department.. Go to the
Sisters of the Poor if you want food
or place to sleep.
A half-mile away bright red glow
gets larger and larger and lights the
SKY. A fire has broken out in the
raliroad yards and is making great
Roadway. Several cars of oil are burn
ing fiercely and spreading to cars of
merchandise.
1.-Two railroaders have got hold of a
switch engine and are shunting out
whole strings of cars.
"Do you know anything about
these French engines, sir? asks the
lmpromptu engineer I can't find the
D. brake
THE fire is eating it's way toward
pier on which stands a line of
| drums of gasoline.
"'Come on, boys roll these kegs O.
gas outa here yells the corporal, and
the line of drums starts trundline
down the pier. 1t is Internally hot
and the average man knows just how
hot gasoline can get before it begins
to misbehave; but the line never wa
vers
"'Roll 'em along, boys! Keep ZEN
going. Everybody has got to die some
time
Little by little things become quiet
err. The fires die down. The Archie:
stop. Now the tocsin sounds again
this time with slow, stately measured
beats. This is the 'all's clear signal
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-09-06
"13" FIGURES IN SINKING
Fatefu Number Plays Prominent Part
in Connection With Loss Of
Oransa.

Pittsburgh, Pa.-The figure 13 was
very prominent in connection with the
sinking of the steamship Oransa, on
which were the 81 Y. NJ. G. A. war
workers. The following is part of a
letter received at the Metropolitan
Headquarters of the Pittsburgh Y. NJ.
G. A. from one of the secretaries in
London.
"The sailors said they were not su-
perstitious, but
"The passengers went on board on
a Friday.
"The Oransa left America on April
13.
"Thirteen vessels were in the con-
voy.
Thirteen preachers were on board
the Oransa, also thirteen Methodists.
cit was the thirteenth rOund-trip for
the commander of the convoy and the
thirteenth trip for an escOrting war
ship.
"R. C. Bennett, of New York, assign
ed to berth No. -, was the only sea-
sick passenger. He moved out. Thorn
as B. Dawson of Providence, r. l., who
took on No. ID, had the narrowest es
cape.
1.-THE torpedo struck at LOB a. m.
sinking the Oransa in thirteen min
utes.
"Lifeboat No. 10 alone was destroy
ed by the explosion.
upon reaching shore conference
was called in Room No. Is, and one
man received hat check No. IL.
"On the thirteenth day out a blaci
cat on board increased the passengers
NV three black kittens. Aside from
that there was nothing connected VIII
superstition"
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-09-06
HIGH COST OF GOVERNMENT
Operation Expense Has Increased IS
Per Cent in the Last Fiji
teen Years.

Neutrality-suspicious. we have the high
cost of government. 1t has risen 50
per cent in the last Is years, accord
ing to recent department of COM
merce report on financial conditions
of 30 cities in the country.
The report shows that the average
American city is in healthy financial
condition, run on good, business-lile
lines. The total revenues were 81 $685.
537, JAP, or $32.O4 per capita, and total
expenditures 1921 ,491 $50, or $247O per
capita. The total outlay for the 219
cities was $3.50. 500, 800. or 1851 per
capita. From this last returns could
be expected which, on the average,
would still further reduce the expen-
ditureS.
Next to taxes, the largest item of
which was the tax on the liquor traf-
fic. the greatest source of revenue for
the cities was public service enter
prises, the bulk Of which came from
public water systems, which doubled
the amount Of money spent on them.
The net Indebtedness of New York
city alone, $9S7,347,61O. was three
fifths as great as all other cities of
over 10000 inhabitants taken together
The per capita Indebtedness for Chi
cagO was $3.50, and st. Louis $25.O7
both of these cities having an indebt-
edneSs which was smaller than most
of the small cities and far below the
large ones.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-09-06
LEMON JUICE
TAKES OFF TAN
Girls Make bleaching lotion
if skin is sunburned,
tanned or freckled

Squeeze the juice of two lemons into
a bottle containing three ounces Of
Orchard White, shake we'll, and you
have a quarter pint Of the best freckle.
sunburn and tan lotion, and complexion
beautiher at very, very small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter will supply
three ounces of Orchard White for a
few cents. Massage this sweetly fra
grant lotion into the face, neck, arms
and hands each day and see how freck-
les, sunburn, windburn and tan disap-
pear and how clear, soft and white the
skin becomes. Yes! 1t is harmless
Adv
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-09-06
Godmother to Famous Gun,

Olympia. Wash.-Mrs Ernest Lister,
wife of the governor of Washington,
has accepted an invitation from the
battlefields of France to act as god
mother in the christening of the first
gun in French battery that has serv-
ed with distinction at Verdun, on the
Somme and in Flanders, and is still
serving in the present drive. In her
honor, Mrs. Listers name will be in
scribed on the gun.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-09-06
navbe He Did, at That!

uo,y excuses are offered for the
..,or,1 husband, and the wife Of
sa.h husband said that recently he
.,l > u,v one and that she had to
:, hin, lhuk il got over" Husband
Sa1 lust returned from trip to Louis
,a, md had laid out his suit to be
a.ass,d Going through the pockets,
~ virt found slip of paper which
.,.d. ol#Glda X, manicurist." She
i.d # ON he dresser, and husband
soon noticed it.
oVhcra did you get this?" he asked.
ON ya,.r coat pocket" replied wife.
DWho is >hc?"
"oh. ! .rmember now, Matilda K.
and Nlantcrist. Those are the names
If tvo horses | cot good tip on while
Of The races in Louisville. '-lndianap-
oils News.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-09-06
Tales. Indeed.

William Dean HOwells, the author,
al luncheon at his Kittery Point cot
tage' was praiSing fairy tales.
i gave a little boy he said, "Hans
AhderSen'S fairy tales one day, and
snort time after this his nurse found
him in tears.
What is the matter with YOU? she
asked Why are you crying?'
Boo, hoo" blubbered the little boy.
ate all my supper while you were
reading me one of my fairy tales, and
mere | didn't know I'd eaten it y"