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place in the North sea. off the coast of Scotland. in the wide Atlantic and in Kiel harbor. As a matter of fact, the great submarine was sunk by being rammed in the Mediterranean in June. 1917. The vessel that ram- med the submarine was commanded by Capt Thompson and he not only destroyed the submarine. which had been converted into an armed raider, but effected the capture of her crew. Before this happened Capt. Thomp- son had vessel torpedoed under his feet. and on another occasion he was captured by submarine and was be- ing questioned by the German com mander when a question of veracity came up between them. It culminat- ed in Capt. Thompson knocking the German officer down and the latter running his sword through the Cap tain's hand. The Briton still bears the mark of the encounter.
 Capt. Thompson's third experience with a submarine was that with the Deutschland. He was on voyage through the Mediterranean from Mall ta to Alexandria when he encounter
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FOOD ADMINISTRATION

O--~-t tt----- -O-----O------- -----0----- O----0 To all county food administrators:
 My attention has been called to the endorsement by President Will son to the movement inaugurated in Washington, which has for its object at the noon hour daily, the setting aside of five minutes for brief de vOtional exercises, at which time prayer is offered for the success of our country in this war
 Our force in Little Rock now num- bers forty persons. called them to- gether and explained this movement to them. I told them I would like to see everyone connected with the food administration in Arkansas par ticipate in a service of this nature. I suggested the- noon hour on Mon- day. Wednesday and Friday. The suggestion. am pleased to state, met with immediate and unanimous approval Hereafter, on those days, we intend to be faithful in this fea- ture.
 I am passing the suggestion to you. I hope it will also meet with your appreciation. AS I explained to our staff here, it will mean much to all of us as individuals. The time has come when we must think seriously of the importance of such a service. It is certainly something we owe to God It would please me greatly to know that not only the food adminis- tration in Little Rock, but also every; one connected with this organization over the entire state, is complying with President Wilson's request in this respect. For your information I will state this plan is being followed in all government departments in Washington. Can we do less?
 Will you not write me yodr' ideas regarding this? WAen meeting with your organization would it not be possible to open the proceedings with brief word of prayer? As indi- yiduals, dedicating the best that is in us to the service of our country, Is it not both possible and right that We adopt this custom and at the noon hour invoke Gods blessing on the men in our army and navy and ask His assistance for our country in this great war for humanity?
 Awaiting your reply. with sincerest and best wishes and deepest respect,
 Yours very truly.
 ---sA HAMP WILLIAMS,
 Federal Food Adm. for Ark.
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COTTON PROGRESS
 IS FAIR TO GOOD
GROWTH SOMEWHAT RETARDED BY HOT WEATHER-PlANT IS HEAlTHY-HOT SUN CHECKS BOIL WEEviL.

Memphis, July 22.-Cotton made fair progress during the last week of June and the first two weeks of July, according to the Commercial Appeal correspondents Hot dry weather in many sections retard ed growth but made the best of culti- vation possible, checked boil weevil activity and promoted root growth. A few reported top blooming. The crop in Mississippi seems to have improved in condition, while in Texas the condition has been reduc- ed slightly in excess of the natural deterioration to have been expected after the plant had reached its best. There was little change in the pros pacts of other states.
 Insects have done some damage This was true of boil weevil in central Alabama. Red Spider is giv- ing some trouble in the Carolinas.
 The greater part of the northern and eastern portion of the cotton re- zion received more than an inch of rain during the last week in June, but there were only light rains oyer most of the belt since that time except locally.
 Temperatures generally were above normal, but nights were too cool in the eastern belt. Maximum tempera- lures, of 100 to 11O were reported in Texas. .-..
 Complaint of labor shortage was universal. However the crop has passed that stage which makes the most demand on labor during the period of it's growth. Excellent weather for field work is given credit for the high state of cultivation which everywhere prevails. Fears are expressed that there will not be enough labor to gather the crop.
 The work of laying by is getting under way in all parts of the belt, or has been completed. but many farmers are continuing shallow culti, yation' to preserve moisture and keep down insects. --~is2<ssn
 The plant appears healthy. even where it is too small and is fruiting we'll
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GERMANS ovER-RATED

"One hears much expensive admi- ration of the German genius for organizing" writes Brand Whitlock in Everybody's for July. But It comes for the most part from those who have never had actual experi- ence of German organization. Per- hans it is because there is so much of it; because it is so colossal. It IS in mnay ways efficient. no doubt; they get certain things done: but, then. SC do the French, who seem to have so little organization, but are so clever in Improvisation. But the vast. elephantile -deliberation or Ger man organization would drive an American captain of industry mad m fortnight. It is heavy, cumbersome it's complicated machinery rumbles on and on. remorseless. and once set in motion there is no way or stop ping it. of turning it aside, Of adapt ing it to sudden exigencies. It IS blindly impersonal inhuman, taking no account of persons or of personal eouation. Wherever it touches hu' man beings, it consists of a multitude of regulations. of 'verbotems. In stead of few simple guide posts to point the way through wilderness, the Germans would put up myriad signboards telling the traveller where not to go instead of barking a few trees to blaze the trail, they would hack all the trees in the forest except those along the way they wished to indiyate"
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DEUTSCHLAND CREW
 TAKEN WHEN SHE SANK
MAN WHO OOWNED GIANT SUB IS IN NEW YORk-HIT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN BEEN REPORTED SUNK OFTEN.

New York, July 22.-Capt. John Thompson. who has been called "the man who sank the Deutschland" is in New York. He has been living quietly for few days at the Walcott hotel. He is exceeding reticent about the achievement that won for him the D. S o. ribbon and substantial leash bonus from the British govern ment.
 Many yarns have fould their way over the cables to thls country as to what happened to the U-boat Deutsch land, and the final disposition of the merchant submarine has been variously reported as having taken
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cRusTAceoUs BRETON

The Britisher is just as van hearted and kindly and wriendy ' we are," writes Herbert Corsey Everybody's, but he must be opel ated on with full kit of tools 2 fore one finds it out.
 Not long ago I was riding wlsa young officer on the British fpe' He had just heard that his favosa brother in law was located in som unknown village near by.
 He was quite 'bucked up ao' it-Iam sure he said bucked ". because this was real Drotnes law. He regaled me with stores ' the brother in laws youth. lie n' friends and asked where the DeiO'V brother in law might be founa. and by we ran across the brotnq ! law, standing knee deep in muu z particularly destroyed village. a'' is precisely what they caiiea each other: ...
 Fancy finding you here, oia " "
 Ripping. isn't it? come ~ and have peg ,..
 They spoke to each otnel .', q, ly during lunch and reluctan.s ' !. ted various bits of informalon' !, I when they parted they just '' hands. ., .,
 "The brother in law did pu' .,,' hand on the other fellows sns ..., for a moment, but that was sam he had lived in America TOT .s. sS years and his defenses were 1T what broken down
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FLIES NEVER BOTHER

In the summer flies worry an ami nal Get a bottle of Paris Healing Remedy-casts but 50c-makes pint worth $2 Apply it to the wound. Flies will not bother it. Get it today. You may need it tomorrow. We sell it. M. D. Daggett, Marianne;
 Moro Drug Co.,, Moro. U
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When you feel lazy, out of sorts and in a yawn good deal of the daytime, you can charge it to a tor Did liver which has allowed the sys- tenn to get full of impurities. HER ZINE cures all disorders produced by an inactive liver It strengthens that organ. cleanses the bowels and puts the system in good healthy condition. Price soc. Sold by Harrington Bros. If
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ed the Deutschland lying on the sur face and for an hour jockeyed for position with the German U-boat.
 The Deutschland did not dare sub merge because Capt Thompson kept his bow straight at the submarines beam. Finally the British boat was able to get full speed ahead and struck the huge submarine fairly amidships Her crew was captured. How that was accomplished Capt. Thompson refused to say.
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SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES

We have rented more $1 a year boxes for the safe keeping of Liberty Bonds and other valuable papers than ever before. Where are your bonds and other valuable papers.
 LEE COUNTY NATIONAL, BANK.
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- Water rentals MUST BE PAID BY
 THE 18TH OF EACH MONTH, otherwise the water will be cut off. THIS IS FINAL. Rental Is payable at the Bank of Marianna. s. s. McGill. superintendent. s3o
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Wnr pay the highest marss' for after planting cotton se'u, :, have a man at the gin ~ ~, them every day. Manns u'D'
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 T suffered for 70 yeS,o sorm. .A- Eczema in its worst lol~c aa cRLe fected all over the Ooasi y,,s sl MOLINE left me as iiT 1iss . white silk, and l sleep . Iohn-. blow boy" J. McCrack,eslns,, zen, two son City. Tenn. r1sRsASp years after using
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-03
COMPOSERS HOME
TO BE MONUMENT
TOOLD MELODIES

ion and it did not require much guess
ing to tell what part OF the United
States she came from.
II say. old chap" said the lieuten-
ant to the bandmaster, 'let's have a
dash of mething from the States
not that blasted Yankee Doodle but
-ah-sentimental, doncher known
Then it came: 1.-THE sun shines bright
on my old Kentucky home" the
notes appeared to pronounce the IA
mtliar words on the still night air.
"'Tis summer, the darkies are gay
the American girl tried to swallow
something that rose in her throat.
THE corn tops ripe"-she reached for
her handkerchief-"and the meadows
in the bloOm'-it was no use! She
must weep, and she did-right on the
embarrassed lieutenants red Jacket!
The song was written as a sort OF
musical souvenir of the picturesque
country seat OF Fosters relative,
Judge Rowan, Of Bardstown, Nelson
county. ny. The song was written
while Foster and his sister were visit
ing the Rowan home.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-03
FROM BARBER SHOP
TOMUS|CAL GENIUS,
n. Y. BOYS RECORD

1t is such a trite old saying-the
one which tells US that truth is
stranger than fiction-and yet now
and again we come upon a story
from life which suddenly makes the
time worn platitude become vital and
significant.
Such a story is that of Max Rosen.
the seventeen-year-old American boy
who in five years has risen from the
ohscurity and abject poverty OF his
fathers East Side barber shop to a
position in musical Europe, where
he is reported to challenge COMPARE
son with the greatest of the worlds
violinists. And now this boy is COM
ing back to his own country-to re-
veal his promise fulfilled and to
prove once again that genius is no
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-03
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-03

respecter OF rank or station and that
talent thrives despite obstacles.
Benjamin Rosen. the father of
Max. kept a small barber shop on
the corner of Forsyth and Rivington
streets. in the heart OF New Y5rk's
East Side. He had come to this
country from his native Roumania
when Max was a baby OF eight
months. Though not a man OF edu-
cation, Mr.. Rosen had an Unborn love
for music and had picked up a slight
knowledge of the violin. a knowledge
which he determined to transfer to
his little son at the earliest possible
moment.
enough to go to school Papa Rosen
bought him a little fiddle and tried
to give him the beneft OF his own
meager knowledge. Contrary to all
stories of genius. in embryo. little
Max did not take to this instruction
the way his father wished. For his
part he preferred to play marbles and
get into mischief with the other little
gamins OF the neighborhood.
But 1t was evident nevertheless to
Solomon Diamond. journalist and
music lover and a patron of the
Rosen barber shop. that the boy had
a born violin talent and that his lack
OF desire to study was due simply
to the fact that he mastered things
so quickly that there was no need
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-03
ADVERTISEMENT
DRUG FIENDS DEVELOPED
FROM USING COUGH CURES'
New York Probe Reveals A Danger Which
Threatens The Entire Public;
Doctors Sound Warning

Witnesses trstifyinC before the
Whitney Joint Legislative Committee
n 'City Han New York, have de-
'Iarcd that they first began using
mCrphinc, herOin or some other opiate
derived from the same base, by
taking cough syrup" or cold euro"
which depended for its effect upon
the nerve-deHdeninE drugs which 1T
contained
While the National Law requires
that the narcotic drugs contained in
such nostrums shall be stated plainly
on the label, II Is none the less a
fact that a large number Of them de-
pend for their effect upon opium.
morphine, herOin. cOdeIne. chlOTofOrm
or cher deadly drugs because Of their
power TO give an immediate effect by
deadeninR tho nerves. When this
effect has worn off you are verse
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-03

A Pittsburgh writer recalls that
Stephen c. Foster died fifty years
ago, and that on January 13, 1914,
there passed into the hands OF the
citizens Of Pittsburgh, a deed for the
old Foster homestead-the gift OF
James H. Park to the people OF Pitts
burgh.
At the same time the memory of
the composer of my Old Kentucky
Home" "Massa's in De Cold, Cold
Ground" "Old Black Joe" way
Down Upon the Suwanee Ribber," and
others, was concentrated in Pitts
burgh and elsewhere, the leaders of
this movement being the American
Folklore Society.
Foster died January Is. 1854, in
Bellevue Hospital in New York city.
aged thirty-eight years. A week fol-
lowing his death the funeral took
place from Trinity Episcopal Church
in Sixth avenue, Pittsburgh, and the
burial was in Allegheny Cemetery.
World Would Honor.
For years Fosters memory was re-
vered only in silent admiration. but
now It appears the whole world
wants to do him honor. Mr.. Park is
OF the opinion that the site OF the
Foster home at 1.-The forks OF the
road" in LawrencevilIe, even though
the composer was born there, will
perpetuate his memory more effec-
lively than any other spot and more
so than sculpture or bronze. It was
in this house that Foster wrote most
OF the music that has for years stirred
the hearts OF men and women not
only in America but all quarters OF
the globe, and II is in this house that
many OF the relics of years ago are
being preserved. Mr.. Parks gift en-
braces about three-quarters Of an acre
Of ground on the south side OF Penn
avenue between Denny and Ligonier
streets.
Fosters brother, Morrison, in writ
ing a biographical sketch of the COM
poser, relates some interesting anec-
dotes. One day Foster went to his
brothers office and asked, What is
good name of two syllables for a
Southern river? / want to use it In
this song of old Folks at Home"
The brother asked how Yazoo would
do and then suggested Pedee. The
composer liked neither.
Then Morrison Foster took down
an atlas from his desk. looked II over
and ran his finger over a map until I
1t stopped at ''Suwanee," little river
in Florida emptying into the Gulf of
Mexico. The composer was reJoined. |
That's it! that's it," he exclaimed,
" Way Down Upon the Suwanee Rib
ber.'"
Song kentuckIans Revere.
Perhaps the most popular song that
Foster wrote was MY Old Kentucky |
and most Kentuckians revere
it as much as they could a hymn. Nor
rison Foster tells OF an incident that
occurred when the Southern Atlantic |
squadron OF his majesty's navy drop |
ped anchor in a British colonial port |
in the tropics and the band came
ashore from the flagship to give a |
on the plaza A stately Amer /
lean girl on the arm OF a red-jacketed |
lieutenant walked up near the pavil-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-03

time. while the artists are singing.
chestra is saying underneath, when
1t is telling you all sorts of wonder
full things.
For instance, when in "SieEfried"
Mime, the dwarf. tells Siegrried, you
are a nice boy" the orchestra says,
"Oh. IL only had you. would make
mincemeat OF you" That is what the
orchestra is telling you, and you can
not know all this unless somebody
has pointed it QUITO to you and shown
you how Wagner has taken certain
themes, which have been drawn from
Mines way of expressing himself
and by putting them into the orches-
ira in certain ways, made them tell
you various things.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-03

nOunced another find" in the person
OF Rosa Raiss, a dramatic soprano
whose tremendous triumph in Chicago
this season is second only to that OF
Calli-Curci just one year ago.
Miss Raisa sang the name part in
Mascagni's opera, ''Isabeau," that was
given its American premiere in Chi
cago at that time. She is still in
her twenties, and it is claimed for
her that she now stands at the pin
nacle of the dramatic sopranos art.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-03
KNACK OF LISTENING
PROPERLY TO WAGNER

There j. a way to listen TO the
Wagner operas. If you are bored. it
Is only because you don't know that
she singers are saying. and what the
orchestra is saying. You catch only
a few words of the singers, and even
these words you cannot understand.
unless you have read them before and
know them practically by heart.
You must know that the orchestra
IS telling a wonderful story all the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-03
MCCORMACK SELLS BONDS
WORTH 100000 IN HOUR

giving their assistance to end the con-
flict in Europe. Almost everyone who
can sing or play an instrument has
volunteered TO give concerts at the train
ing camps. and may artists OF reputation
are serving as officers and even in the
rankE
But money is necessary to carry on
war. and John Mccormack sold Liberty
bonds at McGreerys store for three
hours on October p. at the rate of
100000 an hour.
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was the boys first friend and Il wal
through his interest and understand
ing of the child that he was Launched
on his destined career.
Arizona republican., 1918-05-25
U. S. NOW A NATION
 OF BONDHOLDERS

The wave of patriotic enthusiasm which has washed billions of dollars out of peoples pocketbooks, creating 5000, 900 or 10,0O0,000 government bandholders in the United States among people who never before held a bond. has demonstrathed not only the fervor of Americans for their coun- try, for democracy, and for the war, but has vividly exhibited their almost undreamed of financial resources. Prior to the war there were in France some 12,00000 bondholders out of a total population of about 100000 In contrast to this there were among the 100000 900 people of the United States but S70,000 bondholders. Probably not one person in ten had so much as seen a government or corporation interest bearing security, while a still smaller percentage understood the character and purport of such securities. Bond coupons were less familiar objects than tickets to worlds series baseball games. It is one of the indisputable blessings that the war has brought us that one person out of every ten or twelve now owns a government bond Saturday Evening Post
Arizona republican., 1918-05-25
GLENDALE TEAM
 WILL PLAY SOX
 HERE ON SUNDAY

The White Sox of Phoenix and the Glendale team will tangle on the dia- mond at Riverside park next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock and all of fan dom is going to be there.
 Manager Brandon has hung up a good purse for the boys to battle for and the grounds have been put into wonderful shape.
 It will seem more like real baseball to watch q game from the comfort able grandstand and the bleachers, than the old sand lot where they have been holding out, and the boys are going to put up a real classy and snappy brand of ball.
 This is to be an added attraction for Sunday, though the pary, since it got all dressed up in it's new clothes. is attracting the crowds in such numbers that added attractions are seemingly unnecessary
 There is more water flowing into for Sunday, though the park, since Riverside was d park, and the white enamel paint gives it such a cheerful and clean look that you simply can't resist the water.
 The every night dance is another winning feature and with something doing all the time, people are be- ginning to realize that there is enough of recreation and amusement right here at home to keep them over the hot spell without the usual trip to the coast.