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Evening star., 1918-07-12
WILL SALVAGE JUNK
FOR THE RED CROSS
War Work Committee of the
Chamber of Commerce Plan
Collection and Storage.

A plan by which Washington is ex-
for the Red Cross by salvaging junk
and waste material that fills the cell
lars and attics of the city was
launched at a meeting of the war
work committee OF the Chamber of
Commerce, 611 18th street, last night.
The tentative plan is to erect
somewhere in the city a cheap porta-
Bile warehouse in which to store and
assort all the junk collected. Mrs. John
Allan Dougherty. chairman of the
salvage committee of the American
Civic Association who brought the
salvage question to the attention of
the chamber, assured the members
last night that If it win arrange for
the building she Will work out sys-
tenn for collecting the material.
Trucks for Collection Problem.
,. J. Haltigan and other members OF
the committee expressed confidence
that the cellars and back yards of
Washington will be found overloaded
with material to be salvaged. 1t was
brought out that junk dealers and
other private agencies that formerly
collected newspapers, magazines and
similar articles can now rent their
trucks to such advantage that they
no longer collect from house to house.
A plan probably will be worked out
under which a housekeeper who has
anything to get rid of may drop a
post card to the headquarters of the
nnh nf the htR
problems to be solved In connection
with the project Is to get trucks to
collect.
Robert N Harper. chairman Of the
chambers war work committee, was
instructed to appoint three subcom-
problems Of finding a building. get
ting trucks and conferring with the
junk dealers.
Coupon Plan Abandoned.
The original plan put before the
committee was to have the junk deal
ers buy from the banks of the city
books of coupons. If housekeeper
had 81 worth of rags the junk man
would give her So worth Of the cou-
card and put in the window to show
that she had sslvaged that amount
of waste for the Red Cross. The
money collected by the banks from
the sale of coupons would be turned
over to the Red Cross.
After Isadore CHASER. a junk dealer.
had expressed the belief that such a
plan would not be practical in Wash
ington, it was abandoned. Mr.. Glas-
ser told the committee he believed
they could raise large sums for the
Red Cross by establishing the central
warehouse plan and allowing whole
sale. junk dealers to buy In. bulk
quantities of the waste collected.
Old automobile tires, newspapers.
magazines, tooth paste tubes and
similar articles, he said, would bring
a good profit II salvaged.
Evening star., 1918-07-12
CITY ITEMS.
Claain Optical Co. O07 r 81.
See US for Glasses.
Tea. SEC, Wonder Mixed

Gunpowder Tea. SEC, Wonder MIXED
Tea, SOC: Blue Label Coffee. Csc;
Fancy Evap. Peaches. Ito: Large
Prunes. Ito; Seeded Raisins. 10c:
Quaker Matches. 25c: Red Kidney
Beans. 12hc can: Navy Beans, 15c:
Lima Beans, Ice: Pure Pepper, 40c:
Fish Roe, 15c and zoe: Pink Salmon.
zoe: Is OF. Sardines, 15c: Large Her
ring. &c. 926 Pa. ave. and all the
J. T. D. Pyles stores.
Evening star., 1918-07-12
RULES BLOCK RANK
OF D. C. UNIT MAN
Lieut.. Lyle, Now With Depot
Brigade, Made Captain,
Cannot Accept.

CAMP MEADE. July 12.-william
Lyle. who was an attached officer OF
the 312th Machine Gun Battalion. the
District of Columbia unit. and is now
with the depot brigade. has taken OF
his double bars to wear the single
gold bar of second lieutenant.
Lyle has received two commissions.
one as captain and another as a sec
ond lieutenant. He is cheerful fell
low and such a good soldier that he
does not question orders even when
orders seem to be conflicting. His
commission as captain arrived May
Is. 1918. but was dated May II. 1917.
About a year ago he accepted a COM
mission as second lieutenant
The ruling from the. War Depart
ment was to the effect that having
accepted q commission as q second
lieutenant, he could not accept an
other commission making him a cap
tain. especially as the captaincy was
not promotion. but commission of
earlier date than the one Of lower
rank. Lyle has been a captain in
the National Guard and his captaincy
was based on the result Of an exami-
nation before he went to q special
officers training camp in the spring
Of 1917.
Evening star., 1918-07-12

Mems Suits& Uniforns Cleaned. Altered
Norris, TO 9th st. NV. Phi. Franklin 1854
Evening star., 1918-07-12
Typhoid Patient Recovers.

George Bessore of Chambersburg.
the first man Of, the many thousands
sent here, who was stricken with ty-
phoid. has recovered SO completely
that he has been returned from the
base hospital to the 316th Infantry.
Bessore and his relatives had the dis
ease as a result of drinking water
from a contaminated well near their
home. The inoculations for typhoid
were given too late in his case, as he
had the fever in his system before
arriving in camp. So far there has
been only one other suspected case of
the fever. Possibly as many as $4,000
men have been inoculated in this
camp.
Miss Lawler. head of the Johns Hop
kins Hospital Nurses School, and Miss
Taylor. head of the nurses school of
the Phipps- -Psychiatric Clinic, visited
the base hospital today to note the
progress being made in the buildings
for the nurses school to be conducted
in the camp. Women from nearby
cities will probably be enrolled In
this school. which may open in few
weeks. The school is to be an Inn
portant adjunct of the base hospital
and will fill an important need in the
Army as the demand for nurses is
growing greater every day.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-07-06
NO PAY FOR WOODEN LEG
Not Entitled to Compensation for
Loss, Rules Oklahoma State
Official.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Oklahoma. City, Okla.--A man who
breaks his wooden leg is not entitled
to compensation for the loss of leg
or the loss of foot, 1t was held by
the state industrial commission N the
case of A. 81. Stewart against an oil
company.
Thirty years ago Stewart lost q leg
In a railroad wreck. He whitfield out
wooden leg which he used for leg
up until last August when, while in the
oil company's employ, he fell from
motor car and broke the pegleg and
injured his knee.
Stewart took the splinters OF his leg
to A. A. Mcdonald, chairman Of the
industrial commission, and filed
claim for IT'S weeks compensation. as
is provided by state law for the loss
OF leg. The commission decided That
the injured man could not collect 175
weeks compensation fer the loss Of
leg or for the loss of the foot 30 years
ago.
He was entitled to some pay for the
injury to the knee, however, it was de-
cided, so he was given the difference
between the loss Of a leg and the loss
Of a foot, or compensation for 25
weeks. ..G 81 "A IS "A
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-07-06
Method Used to Lengthen Life Of
Vessels.
Turns Seepage Into Brine, Which Acts
as Preservative Of the
Wood.

Seattle, Wash.-C. o. Morrow, press
ident of the Elliottray Shipbuilding
company, suffered something of a
shock the other morning, but at that it
was nothing to the shock suffered by
several prominent citizens who were
taking stroll through the company's
big wooden shipbuilding plant.
The citizens were shocked when they
discovered that 20 tons Of rock salt is
used in building each of the big wood
en- ships now under construction In
Seattle. Mr.. Morrow was shocked be-
cause his callers didn't know that rock
salt is shipbuilding material. Every
body on the water front knows that,
but 1t seems that there are a lot Of
prominent business men who didn't.
There is now suspicion that only a
very few residents east of Railroad
avenue know that a wooden ship has
to be sailed.
In showing the prominent citizens
about his plant Mr.. Morrow came to
the building In which he stores this
rock salt. A railroad car was unload.
ing another shipment.
"This is where we keep the salt for
the ships" said Morrow.
"Haw, hawl" said one caller, who is
something Of humorist. % suppose
you're afraid the ships will get too
fresh?"
'That's the exact TRUTH" said Mr..
Morrow.
But the citizens wouldn't believe him
until they had examined the salt. Some
of them tasted it. The storehouses
contained 120 tons.
Mr.. Morrow explained that the salt
is poured between the frames of a
wooden ship above the water line and
is tamped down solid. Then if any wa
ter seeps into the spaces between the
frames it is turned to brine and does
not damage the wood. Instead, 1t acts
as preservative.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-07-06

Ii any of our readers know Of any
men in the service whose names do
not appear on the above list, The
Leader would be glad to have their
names to be added to this roll of
honor, which will be published from
time to time. The above list makes
an excellent showing for Tarpon
Springs, and will doubtless be ma
terially increased within the next few
months.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-07-06
LAKE VILLA EVENTS.

A lot of fine large blueberries and
huckleberries and big Kelsey plums
have been gathered in this section re-
Gently.
Messrs. Fred and Ed Zimmerman,
of Tarpon Springs, with their fami-
lies, have been planting a fine five
acre war garden on part of Mr.. Do
bey's hammock land this season, and
with the recent rains, everything is up
and looking fine.
Geo. B. Smith, of Tarpon, has been
improving his little three-acre fruit
farm here of late, having set out $50
more Carmen grape roots, making 300
in all. He has also had about an acre
planted to black-eyed peas which are
in bearing.
Messrs. Fred Zimmerman and R.
Mumm and Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. B.
Smith celebrated the Fourth in a
very practical way, by building one
story, one-room tool house and shelter
on the Smith farm. Mrs. Smith hoed
and killed weeds and then prepared an
excellent picnic luncheon, which was
much enjoyed by all. Master Harold
Smith and Miss Dorothy Smith ac-
companied the party.
Mr.. G. E. Noblit is making some
important improvements on his large
farm of over 400 acres between here
and the A. c. L. railroad.
Mr.. S. L. Taylor, the pioneer settle
of Lake Villa, had some fine big
lunches of Carmen grapes on his few
vines week of two ago. They ripen-
ed before July 1.
The county commissioners have
greatly improved the road from Lake
Villa to Tarpon Springs, by strewing
a good supply of pine shavings. pal
metto leaves, ETC., along the entire
three miles.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-07-06
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Regular services next Sunday.


Regular services next Sunday.
Mrs. ]. L. Green is spending some
time with her brother, ]. c. Law, at
Brooksville.
The home demonstration club held
its regular meeting at the spring on
Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. j. d. Evans spent Tuesday in
charge of the Red Cross rooms at
Tarpon.
Henry Logan, of Sutherland, is fish
ing out at Mr.. Dannenmann's nets.
w. Fl. Pool and family and Mrs.
Thomas and two children, of Green
Springs, spent the week end here with
the Lester family.
Charles Talley and family, of Oak
hurst, spent Sunday at the home of
his father, |. M. Talley.
Mrs. A. D.. Pritchard and Miss
Grace spent Tuesday in Clearwater.
]. A. Lester and family left Wednes.
day night for New Orleans, La.
j. E. Wall and family, of Tampa
were at the spring Sunday evening.
Misses Grace and Carol Pritcharc
are spending few days visiting rela-
tives in Port Tampa city. ~
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-07-06
Use Of Gasoline
Rigidly Restricted
Now in Ireland

Dublin, May 31.-(Correspondence
of The Associated Press. Gasoline
is the most strictly rationed article in
Ireland today. The use of automobiles
for private purposes is hedged about
with the most rigid restrictions, and
elderly women are prosecuted if they
go shopping in motor cars.
Under these strict regulations re-
garding the use of gasoline, one of
the perpetual mysteries is how the
Sim Feiners are able to get apparent
ly as much as they like without leave
or license from the netrol commission
ers. In a recent raid for arms on a
castle at Baronscourt, the Sim Fem
ers arrived in twenty motor cars, all
abundantly supplied with gasoline.
The rural police are constantly re-
porting the confscation of gasoline
from cars which are being operated
without proper permits.
According to insiders in Dublin, this
is to be explained by the fact that
considerable quantities of gasoline
have been washed ashore along the
Irish coast from torpedoed ships, us
ually means, barrels, or large drums.
Legally, all such finds are the proper
ty of the state, but the state seldom
gets it, for the rewards paid to hon
est fishermen who turn over such
treasure to the government are insig-
niicant, while the fisherman who
picks up drum or two Of petrol out
of the Atlantic, perhaps at some per-
sonal risk, can always dispose of his
find surreptitiously at large price.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-07-06

one problem by passing it on to an
other place, as the city to which this
family has been sent is more than
half way to their home section, to
which they expect ultimately to re-
turn.
The mother of a family of boys
the father dying before the birth of
the last child-who is nearly worn out
with her efforts to make a living for
her family for the past nine years,
finds her burdens growing heavier
with the growth of her boys. Com
PEELED to work away from home, her
boys were left to "raise themselves"
and they are reaching young manhood
without a sense of responsibility, and
as their street training has given them
no habits of industry or application, it
seems inevitable that they will be-
come, at best, but shiftless men. If,
four years ago, we could have placed
them in that farm school we so badly
need, the two older boys might have
been saved to useful citizenship. A
delinquent boy, left to provide for
himself, claims to be well pleased with
farm home that has been opened to
him, and a sub-normal boy with a
good home, who is causing his parents
concern for his welfare, is also highly
pleased, at least for the present, with
farm life.
1t has been necessary to commit
feeble-minded girl to the state hospit-
al for the insane, as Florida has made
no provision for the care of the feeble
minded, and this girl had to be pro-
tected. The parents of a boy who,
through an injury to his head when
little child, has not developed mental
ly, have for years been searching for
a scheol-within their means-where
such faculties as he has could be de-
veloped by special training, but in
vain. If the general estimate for the
number of feeble-minded (three in
each thousand) is true for Florida, the
number sof such cases runs into the,
thousands, and, to quote from $50
cial Welfare Program for the State
of Florida" issued by the Russell
Sage foundation "The state of Flori-
da: should take immediate steps to
protect these unfortunate children, not
only as matter of humanity coward
this helpless and innocent c'ass, but
also as matter of protection to the
community"
Respectfully submitted.
SARAH COTTON SMITH.
County Probation Officer,
Director County Relief.
July End, 1918.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-07-06
RAISE GARDEN STUFF SALT WOODEN SHIPS
Red Cross Establishes Truck
Farms in France.
Supplies Recreation and Employment
to ConvaIescents and Increases
Food Supply.

Paris.-With a view to supplying
recreation and employment to conval-
escents, and Incl 'entally increasing
the food supply. the American Red
Cross has established ten truck farms
in connection with base hospitals in
France where, under trained supervi-
sion, the convalescents are raising
vegetables for consumption in the hos
pitfalls. The number of farms will be
increased during the year, the Ameri-
can Red Cross supplying seed, imple-
ments and trained supervision, as well
as money for operating expenses.
At one place, where there are three
base hospitals together, farm of 100
acres is now under cultivation, though
the average farm is about eight acres.
Two Of the larger farms are equipped
with tractors. For the most part, how
ever, the work is hand labor, that the
convalescents may profit to the utmost
from the outdoor exercise.
Owing to climate conditions garden
ing is an all-the-year-round occupation
In France and Is carried on In most
intensive way, with every inch OF
ground under cultivation and rows be-
tween rows, as, for instance, cabbages
between rows of potatoes. When
plants are removed in the morning the
ground is worked over during the day
and by night the soil is again at work
on freshly sown seed. No charge is
made the hospitals for the produce,
but accounts are kept and it is expect
ed to show that the farms more than
pay for the cost of operation.
Through these gardens many French
Poilus will have their first taste of the
great American delicacy, "corn on the
cob" A greater use of variety of
vegetables is made in France than in
America and the Red Cross is supply
ing seed for beans, beets, cabbage,
caulifower, brussels sprouts, carrots,
celery, Swiss chard, chicory, corn, GU
cumbers, leeks, lettuce, melons, mache
salad, onions, parsley, peas, potatoes,
parsnips, pumpkins, radishes, spinach,
squash, tomatoes, turnips, cress, fen
mel and sorrel. A large amount of the
last is used both as a boiled vegetable
and in making soup.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-07-06
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+ SUTHERLAND NOTES i

The residents of this section cele-
brated the glorious Fourth of July in
a variety of quiet ways. Some went
to New Port Richey, some to Indian
or Clearwater beachs, some to Odds
mar, others remained at home rest
in gor working in their gardens. We
saw one party of three families pic
nicking under the shade of largo
camphor tree near the baysidc, who
seemed to be having very comforta-
be time of it.
Profs. Evans and Smith have been
doing yoeman's service in behalf of
Southern college and report f1attering
prospects for good list of matricu-
lates on the September opening day.
The young people combined their
forces on Thursday and repaired to
the small bath pavilion at their favo-
rite bathin place on the bayou.
Mr.. c. E. Jackson is having the
towers and tanks of his home water
plant reprinted, Mr.. G. w. Lyons, a
skilled painter, doing the work.
Mr.. E. V. Pope has removed to
Safety Harbor, where he has accepted
a position as foreman on the R. j..
knight Orange grove.
The members of the local chapter
of Eastern Star, We heal, are m 9
ing with the Red. Cross organiza ION
for patriotic work.
The many friends of Mrs. Mary E..
Vernon gladly welcomed her horne af-
ter quite an extended visit to Haw-
thorne and other points up the state.
Mrs. 7. C. Chaires and children, of
Odessa, are visiting in the family of
her father, Mr.. A. E. Patterson.
Mrs. Susie B. Lucas, of Tampa, is
paying much appreciated visit to
friends in Sutherland and Ozona.
Mr.. T. A. Kirkland, an employee on
the Lake grove, had the misfortune to
run a pitchfork through his foot some
lays ago. l'r. Logan treated the
case successfully and rapid recovery
is hoped for.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-07-06
NrEEE,ssYs NOTES FpoN Mrvrco

application has been made to the
department Of communications for
pei mission to establish a new line of
steamers connecting the ports of La
Paz, in Lower California, and Topo-
lobampo, in the state of Sinaloa, Mex
leo. Communication between those
places has hitherto been difficult and
development has in consequence been
retarded. ~ - -.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-07-06

ELplNG will
IA planted
HaWl1 American family plot
WEH become self sustaining making This
NKAl will render national service essenng the burdens
railroads
HA%U munitions seaboad
HfSSD the Allies
w. The Of and
Agricultural Colleges
safueners which will be
IL only
know oennley
he potatoes and other vegetables raised enabled
famine certain
the railroad
planted In failures
raising vegetables and N
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-07-06
REPORT OF COUNTY
PROBATION OFFICER

Continued from page two.)
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-07-06
TARPON SPRINGS MEN
IN WAR SERVICE

In WAX SEkNlCl
G. Booth
Fritz Bradley
Frank E. Bragg
Dayton Cassidy
B. G. Coachman
John T. Cowsert
John Kananis Douglass
Louis E. Drane
David Fleming
Mayhem Fulton
Charlie Cause
Harry Cause
Willard Cause
Thomas Harshaw
Lawrence B. Hood
John Johnson
Walter Meres
Lawrence Mobley
Willie Muikay
Pasco Roberts
James F. Skies
Abe Tarapani
John L. Taylor
w. j. Vinson
Eugene Woodwork
F. Anderson
Clarence G. Lee
Bonnie Lovitz
Richard Ferguson
Nick Saclarides
John Petzold
George Smitzes
Peter Branas
Carl Smith
Roy fulton
George Malls
Fred Knowles
Newton Coler
Author Maloka
Athanasios Nicolis Mullas
George G. Rouse
Cinos Angeles
Constantine P. Pantazis
Clennie Roberts
Demetrios Lacouris
George Nicolos Charafios
Peter Antonion
Andres Audoupolis
Aristocratic Stravoulakis
Phillipas Stavrakis
Willie Thomas
James Reddick
deOfge hanna
Stephen Jeffry
Robert Crompton
John Johnson
Rodell Brown
John Hamilton
Saunders Carter
David Smith
William HI. Taylor
Peter Dorset
Franklin Bridgland
Fred English
lump Roberts
w. F. Chichester
Roy Noblit
Granville Noblit
Paul Northrop
Willie Alderman
Raymond R. circuit
James Hill
Clarence Rollins
Robert Shaw
Frank Rouse
Floyd Goodwin
ua1 r~os
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-07-06
Observation-Disclosures
IF A WATCH is WEARING
APPAREL, THEN He WINS

Wichita, Kan.-Is watch
wearing apparel? That is the
question that John Lewis, a
Wichita furniture dealer, has
asked the courts to decide. Lew
is has the business In his wife's
name. He has been sued sew.
eral times lately.
In one suit his watch and all
the money that he happened to
have with him., 80 cents, were
attached. Lewis, through his at
torney, claims that the watch is
wearing apparel, "adornment,"
and cites the Century dictionary
for proof.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-07-06
A Man of Few Words

is always interesting. So is an al Of
few words. People read The Leader
classified columns. Send US your
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-12
ALEXANDRA AND FOUR
DAUGHTERS MURDERED
London Paper Learns of Red
Guards Act From "Unques-
tionable Source"

LONDON. September 1.-THE Daily
information that the former Empress
Of Russia and her four daughters have
been murdered by bolsheviki.
The paper prints the following:
The Express understands from
source which is beyond doubt that the
Empress of Russia and her four
daughters have been murdered by boil
sheviki. The whole immediate family
of the late car has thus been exter-
minated.
at Is further understood that the
dowager empress, who with her
daughter and son-fn-law, the Duke of
oldenburg. has been staying at Yalta.
was recently attacked by red guards,
who sought to kill all three. Sailors
of the Black sea fleet interviewed and
fought the red guards.
For a full fortnight the fight con-
tinued until the red guards were
beaten. 1t Is now understood that the
dowager empress is SAFE
The four daughters of the former
Emperor and Empress of Russia are:
Grand Duchess Olga. born in 1895:
Grand Duchess Tatiana, born in 1897;
and Grand Duchess Anastasie, born in
1901. The former Empress Alexandra
was born Princess Alix of Hesse, in
1872.
Recent Rome advices reported that
the Pope had taken steps to assist out
of Russia the former empress and her
four daughters. who had made press
ing appeals for their liberation. A
later dispatch from London reported
the assassination of Alexandra and
her daughters, but this runaor was
doubted in Spain, where King Alfonso
had taken steps to obtain their trans
fev to Madrid, where preparations
were being made for their reception.