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The Washington times., 1918-03-15

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Government less denoersesS.
The Washington times., 1918-03-15
MEADE EHEALTHIEST
CAMP IN AMERICA,
REPORT REVEALS

The boys at Camp Meade are train
ing in the healthIest cantonment in
the United States. Surgeon General
Gorgas' health report on troops for
the week ending March s proves.
with 533 men Ill, Camp Meade
shows a sick rate per thousand of
but 1I.6, its closest competitor being
Camp Custer, at Battle Creek, Mich,
where the rate is 1919. There were
eight cases of pneumonia at Meade,
nineteen of measles, one OF menin-
Eitis, and thirteen of scarlet fever.
There were 156 deaths in the regu-
lar and national armies and federal
ized national guard camps, an In
crease OF three over the preceding
week Increases in cases Of measles
were shown In the regular army and
in several national army camps nota-
bly, Sherman, Dodge, and Lewis
Meningitis Is declining rapidly in all
camps.
The Washington times., 1918-03-15
GIRLS
Are You Knitting for
KNITTED SWEATERS
ARE HONOR BADGES
FOR SERB SOLDIERS

Girls, would you like TO have the
modest sweater you knit decorating .
soldier at the front as q badge Of
honor-like the war cross Of France7
Then send the one you make after
the first one for our soldiers to the
Serbian soldier on the Macedonian.
front
This is the appeal today to the
American army OF knitters by Nine.
Salvko Grouitch. wife OF the Serbian
Minister to Switzerland, and here
with the Serbian mission
Mime. Grouitch told the woman's
Naval Service at q meeting at 16o6
Twentieth street northwest that q kit
comfort bag and a sweater are lux
uries to the Serbian soldiersswho wear
uniforms without underwear.
$50 scarce are these things that
whenever one arrives the officer IN
charge calls the heroic soldier to the
front and rewards him with It - q
badge OF honor" she explained.
A smoke Is a pipe dream to the poor
Serbian soldier. whose condition. was
contrasted with the American and
other allied soldiers condition
please help the most helpless Of
all allied countries" is Nine. Grouitch's
appeal.
From The Times, Monday, March II.
1918.
The Washington times., 1918-03-15
CIV. U. ASKED TO SEND
PORTO RICO TEACHERS

George Washington University has
been appealed to by P. G. Miller, COM
missioner of education OF Porto Rico.
to supply teachers for the schools of
Porto Rico
DR.. William Carl Ruediger, dean of
Teachers College and director OF the
summer school, is now trying TO get
in touch with students and gradu-
ates who care to avail themselves of
the offer. He has announced that ap-
plication blanks may be obtained
from Gen. Frank Mcintyre, Bureau
of Insular Affairs, this city.
The Washington times., 1918-03-15
Y. W. c. A-When
Bears Let Annapolis
Force Liquor Prices
To New Low Levels

ANNAPOLIS, Nd, March 1b-
The bear movement which started
yesterday in the liquor market
here has developed into a panic,
and today the lowest prices on
record for "wet goods" are being
quoted.
Forty cents q quart for Cali
fornia port and sherry is asked
by one dealer in West street.
This enterprising dealer has his
window plastered with bulletins"
offering liquor at cost and below,
with a picture Of Secretary
Daniels culled from q local paper,
with the words "Here he is"
above It
Many old stagers are holding on
until Saturday, expecting to pur-
chase wet goods from dealers who
are caught In the jam" for .
song. Forty or nifty cents a quart
for the best grades OF whiskey In
some quarters is the prediction
freely made on the streets and In
barber shops
The Washington times., 1918-03-15

the House reached q favorable con-
clusion yesterday on bills for "tak,
ing over" Washington street rail-
roads as well as telephones. Only
the johnson telephone bill was re-
ported to the House. As the cost
Of single telephone messages now
averages nearly 4 cents" the re-
port shows that in Winnipeg gov
ernment ownership reduces the cost
to less than cents. It promises
2 cents for Washington at once and
1 cent finally under the auto
matte sysetm," which, unfortunately,
threatens many "hello girls" with
loss of employment.
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MUST BREAK WEST FRONT
DECLARES CONG. Dill

Today is not a time for internal
strife. America must fight together
II the enemy is to be crushed.
This was the gist of the message
delivered to the members OF the West
ern Club OF the Y. W. c. A by Con
Eressman Dill of Washington, in an
address at the association building
Fourteenth and G streets northwest
last night
CONGRESSMAN Dill declared that the
survival OF America as a democracy
depends upon the breaking of the re,
doubtable western front Not until
this has been done. he said, will
the German will power be broken
CONGRESSMAN Dill displayed a number
Of war relics found on the French
bRttlefie1ds.
The Washington times., 1918-03-15
VASSAR GIRLS WILL
STUDY PLANT DISEASES

P0C0HKEEPsIE. March 15.-If ne
plans suggested to the trustees OF
vsssar College By the Duchess county
dsfsnss council are carried out there
vii bs iBeip. IN tbs college cur
rfsgisa . course In plant pathology.
The ssGEssti0n that this be dons
VS. mas 20 the defense council By
Miss Enanssilns Moore. acting head OF
rs department. Of botany At VassAr.
fEs Ssfssss eoanei1 Immediately In
Sogsed Hlse h0DFs's plan.
GHBS5sssmEnt has been made Of
tAs SEsT ~ Mrs.. Francis Burke Roche,
who eVpss = sss sstats south Of this
eftys 81 gsfrtg sSTes Of her land for
IeoatfvssSos bz Vassar girls next sum-
HAsg
The Washington times., 1918-03-15
AREAL HAIR SAVER
AND BEAUTIFIER
Found at Last-Shows Results at
Once or Nothing to Pay.

n your hair is thinning out, prema-
turely gray, brittle, HfeIess. full OF
dandrufr, and your head itches like
mad, quick action must be taken to
save your hair.
Don't walt until the hair root is
dead. for then nothing can prevent
Badness.
Get from your druggist today a
package Of Partisan Sage-it doesn't
cost much and there's nothing else
you could use that's so simple, safe,
and effective
You viii surely be delighted with
the first application Your hair will
seem much more abundant and radi-
ant with life and beauty-all itching
ceases and your scalp feels cool and
comfortable. Partisan Sage is In
great demand by discriminating wom-
en- because II IS delicately perfumed
does not color or streak the hair, and
keeps 1t lustrous, soft and funny.
Be sure you get the genuine Paris
ian sage (Giroux'sl for this is guar
anteed to give perfect Satisfaction oil
nothing to pay O'Donnell's Drug
Stores will supply you.
The Washington times., 1918-03-15
T.-~rooo What It

The Question Of What to Eat and How Get Still Paramount
Food Oil, and the Know How" Before Senate Committees
The BOrIand AnGek Amendment Attacked in the Senate.
Living Salaries and PrO6eering Prices Debated the House.
Collapse Of the System Of "Gctang" in Evidence at the Capt.
tO Taking Over Washington Street Railways and Telephones.
A Billion and Third for the Navy.
Ru
The Washington times., 1918-03-15
HOOVERIzED SUPPERS
FOR D. c. HARVARD MEN

Informal Hooveried suppers at
moderate cost will be strong attrac-
tions for members OF the Harvard
The Washington times., 1918-03-15
ADVERTISEMENT
DON'T FUSS WITH
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There's no sense in mixing q mess
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can easily relieve pain, soreness or stiff.
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Musterole Is made of pure oil of
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Musterole usually gives prompt relief
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bruises, chilblains, frosted feet colds Of
the chest (it often prevents pneumonia).
SOC and 60c jars; hospital size $3.50
The Washington times., 1918-03-15

The House Naval Affairs Commit
tee is ready to report its appropria-
ton bill, with a total Of 81 ,325. .000,-
900. OF this amount $100, ,0OO, 900 is
set apart to be used at the discre-
tion Of the President,
Before the Senate Committee on
Commerce Mr.. Walter Goodenough,
general manager at Hog Island, eu-
logized two Of his high-priced ex-
perts, one Of them drawing fifteen
thousand year. He was obviously
encouraged by the committee up to
the point when Senator Nelson in.
tervened. Nelson had a series of
letters from the "home town" of
those experts. He read them aloud.
Mr.. Goodenough listened to what
their neighbors said of their records
Of efficiency" at home. No answer
was possible. It was cruel but it
was politics.
The Washington times., 1918-03-15

As the House debated the railway
conference report against Chairman
Sims, every tne disagreed with him.
The "unkindest cut Of all" came
when Democratic Floor Leader
Kitchen also disagreed with him.
Then, Of course, the House agreed to
the report. That is, 1t passed the
railroad control bill finally by q vote
Of 303 to 25. That is the way we did
things in Congress yesterday. And
It was as usual.
The Washington times., 1918-03-15

Not to do things by halves, the
District of Columbia Committee of
The Washington times., 1918-03-15

Before the Senate Committee on
Naval Affairs, Mr. A. c. Mclaughlin,
OF San Francisco. testified in the mat
ter OF oil products on the Pacific
Coast, I'VE have been hanging by a
thread out there for more than a
year" He explained the situation In
which California is involved as the
producer of about one-third Of the oil
supply OF the country. In short, Il
is situation of demand increasing
beyond all precedents, with prices
rising as production fails to answer
demand.
AS this situation differs from that
in food and some other "necessaries
OF life," 1t illustrates a point of
great importance for everything on
general averages. 1t is that experts,
who can see six months In advance,
may organize results"-if they
The Washington times., 1918-03-15

AS the salary amendment was
adopted, the $40 a month it adds to
salaries of $4,000 and under, is prob
ably the limit of relief to be expect
ed during the session. Compare this
sort OF relief for a family Of six on
a hundred dollars a month with "a
loss of 40 per cent in the buying
power Of the dollar and 63 per cent
increase In average prices, 1907
1917" And compare It with the sort
Of relief voted to railroad bondhold-
era.
The Washington times., 1918-03-15

please, by holding back" on produc-
ton. 1t Is easy to bull the market"
while war conditions and currency
imitation are sure to send prices up.
If they have not done SO, in any
given case, 1t is to be decided on the
evidence In that case that they have
not And II is on the evidence in
open discussion, with speech free as
1t can possibly be. that these things
must be decided by the country
itself. There Is no Superman on
earth, in office or out, who knows
or can know, enough to decide them.
What men In office with the Know
How" can do, is to prevent the use
Of Government in "bulling the mar
ket-"
The Washington times., 1918-03-15

Beyond this, the answer given BY
the accumulating evidence depends
on considering these main points,
The Washington times., 1918-03-15

/. Powerful combinations Of ex-
perts with the Know How" last year
TO control the prices of all necessar-
les Of life, and all that is most neces-
sary for war. 2. The coincident in
crease In the supply Of paper money
beyond all precedents OF this genera
ton in America as 1t involves prof
iteering." first by those who under
stand its opportunities and then by
"all concerned" Where only experts
can "profiteer" at first. everybody
can finally.
The Washington times., 1918-03-15

As it proposed increasing the rou-
tine Of regular employees IN tie De-
partment from seven to eight hours,
Senator Reed, also Of Kansas City,
insisted that Mr.. Borland, as the
Congressman from his district, was
not properly representing him. He
opposed the amendment, first, be-
cause the clerks, working a seven
hour day, were called on to work
overtime as often as necessary; Sec
ond, because many Of them were
women, working for less wages than
men and subjected to nerve strain,
which seven hours made more severe
on them than much longer hours
might on manual workers" organ
lied to secure fair wages; and, final
", because the Government had paid
them in cheaper money, while the
war was forcing up the price Of all
necessaries Of life on them. AS the
Senate postponed action, the same
issue had been fought all day in the
House on the amendment to the
executive, legislative, and judicial
appropriation bill, giving Govern
ment employees in Washington the
wholly Inadequate increase" OF
$120 year. A thousand dollars now
will not buy what $3.50 would when
their rate Of pay was decided. The
High Finance" system, as taught
by dollar-a-year volunteers who
"Know How" il "skinning them
alive"
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-09-05

Magazine. Her husband was o. the
front for two years and half, but
is now running some kind Of fac
tory for the Government. Tney took
US into their old garden. where we
sat and talked quite a while--suT-
rounded by old trees and walls and
everything old-world looking They
have invited me to have dinner With
them before | leave, which ] surely
will do, II possible.
General Pershing made trip here
to sec the newly-arrived troops, rec
ognizcd and remembered brother,
asking him about the troops he had
On the border with him, and coripli-
menting him on the appearance and
condition Of his battalion"
The officer brother referred to
above is Major l.. S. Davidson Of Dali
las, now attached TO the i33rd Ma
chine Gun Battalion.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-09-05
FROM A MEMBER OF
THIRTY.sfxTH DIVISION

In n letter TO his mother, Mrs
Idle G. Davidson Of Dallas, Ser
geant Major Adam II. Davidson writes
from somewhere in France" about
the Thirty-Sixth Division, OF which
he Is a member. From his letter It
Is shown that General John J Per-
shing has visited the Camp Bowie
soldiers. Some Of the officers Of the
Thirty-Sixth Division were with Cen
eral Pershing on the border before
he was assigned to overseas service.
The letter follows in part:
1--WE have landed and all Of US are
glad TO be once more where earth
and home ties are. We had fine
trip. The weather could not have
been more perfect, and we were new
err bothered over dangers Of any kind
at sea.
u wish you could see this old place
where we are located 1t Is very
picturesque and quaint. A number
OF thatched-roof houses and streets
and buildings, very much like the
French quarters Of New Orleans, for
we are in rest camp at a French
port
each day we are taken for walk
and bath outside Of the camp, and
in this way get to see something Of
the country, and Il is very interesting
to me. There are some very nice
homes, called chalet around here A
middle-aged couple nearby had two
Of US in to take sandwiches and milk.
enjoy seeing their flower garden,
bird dogs, chickens and turkeys.
Yesterday ! made the acquaint-
ance Of a delightful young couple
and their little boy (they were ref.
ugees from Paris. They live in a
little estate, which took TO be a
'beauvette.' or inn. Madam was
very much amused at my mistake
She il the Maggie Salzedo. who draws
the designs for the covers for Vogue
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-09-05
CARRANZA STATES MEXICO
HOPES TO STAY NEUTRAL

Mexico City, Sept 2 President
Carranza in his address to congress
last night on the occasion Of the con.
vening Of the 2sth session Of the leg.
islative body. dwelt at length on in
ternal and foreign questions.
He said II was the determination
Of Mexico TO maintain the strctesi
neutrality in the world war and that
this neutrality had been rigidly OBJ
served in the past. He said the adj
ministration had upheld Mexico's
right to sovereignty in the situations
brought by the presence Of Ameri-
can war ships in Mexican waters and
the enlistment in the United States
Of citizens Of Mexican origin.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-09-05

~ final argument against OYER
optimism lies In the possibility Of re-
cruiting n diminished German man
power from the ineshaustible sup
plies Of Russia. We know well the
mystic Russians susceptibility TO Ger
man intrigue and propaganda. His
superstitious nature has made him
gullible-the Germans know II, and
may here find resource capable Of
infinite possibilities The allies must
use tact and Judgment, they must
handle Russia with slow and deliber-
ate caution--else German black.
guardism will yet record liz great
est victory
Then let as not talk peace; let
US prepare to fight long, hard hght
An early peace IL mirage, which
only turns us away from the one road
leading to true peace the road
through victory. Our country's life
Is one with that Of liberty. II we
love her. let us stand behind her to
man in this hour Of her greatest
need II she calls, let US die for her
for in such death lies the reward
Of life well lived. the consciousness
Of having given our all for that which
IS gest in us---our ideal and our soul"
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-09-05
SOUNDS WARNING AGAINST
TOO MUCH TALK OF PEACE

In communication 20 The News
Earl Bryan schwulst Of Dallas sounds
warning against so much talk Of
peace and overconfdence and optim-
ism as concerning the war and recent
allied successes He says in part AZ
follows.
"The recent allied successes have
imbued US with feeling that the war
is nearly won. On all sides we read
Of disintegrating German morale, Of
smolderinv rcvolts in Austria, Of crit
hausted enemy man power. War crit
les vie with one another in the
shrewdness and penetration with
which they interpret the moves Of
General Foch. The common belief
IL that we have the Hun on the run
and that he will give up ~ soon as
we drive him on TO his own territory
The basis OF this argument lies in
two suppositions; first that II Bel
GUM and France are cleared Of the
enemy, he will realize he IL powerless
before his foe; second, that II the
German Is forced upon his own soil
he will surrender before allowing his
native land to suffer the devastation
which he has visited upon his Bel
GUM and French neighbors
let us be conservative rather
than optimistic, because the German,
like the American, or the English
man, or the Frcnchman, loves his
fatheriand with devotion that, IL
need be, will suffer martyrdom.
When the battle is carried to his own
soil he will fight different, strong
err, a more determined fight; he will
fight by the desire for conquest and
destruction, but as the invaded spur
red on by the cry Of his homeland
for salvation. Progress against this
nsw spirit ssast be both sllsr== siss esu-
tious.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-09-05
X. c. MARKET STEADY
ON KILLERS AND STEERS

Kansas City Stock Yards. Sept. 2
Cattle receipts today were 10000
head, market steady on killing steers,
nothing prime offered, 10 to rs high
or on stockers and feeders. Hog sup
ply was 1000, market 10 to 10 high
err. top $2O.25. Sheep and lamb re-
cepits were 1000 market TO 10 lower,
best western lanmb sl7.65.
Beef Cattle-Packers took their
time in getting into the yards this
morning because killing gangs were
celebrating Labor Day and there was
no rush TO get stuff to the packing
houses. A a rule. killing gangs work
only in the afternoon on Mondays
so that the fact that today was a
holiday had no adverse bearing on
the market prices, merely giving buy
ers more time in which to get sup
ply Of stock to packing houses ready
for Tuesdays killing. Outside order
buyers were in the saddle early and
packers buyers came out rather
promptly on that account. No prime
cattle were offered but they are
quotable up to $3.50, which price
was realized here last week Weighty
grass steers sell up TO $500, or
little better, middle weights $3.50
TO $3.50, light steers so to S12,
good southerns 81 to $3.50, grass
cows sell at IS to $3.50, heifcrs up
to Sl45O, Gamers $3.50 10 1926,
veal calves SO to $3.50. Local
slaughter last week was 10000 cattle,
and the steer market closed rs high
er for the week, cows steady. Gamers
strong, calves 80 lower Bulk Of re-
ceipts today was from Kansas and
Oklahoma with liberal shipments from
Texas, Arizona and Oregon.
Stockers and Feeders Plain stock
steers closed last week lower, other
grades steady, feeders firm. Recent
rains have helped the situation, and
sales today are 10 to % higher, feed
ers at $1,000 to SIC, stockcrs 81 so
to $12.75, stock cows and heifers
1925 to 5000, stock calves So to
Sf2.25.
Hogs-Order buyers purchased
more than 10000 hogs here last week
and were the chief cause Of the ad-
vance Of so TO IS cents in the mar
kot during the week They bought
so many hogs today at 10 to 10 high
er prices, paying up to S2O25 that
packers had to abandon their early
stand for steady prices and get IN
line with the order buyers paying
up 20 S2015. Bulk Of sales ranged
from sf0.25 to 500 10 Pigs sold
to so higher today, following hte big
gest stock pig business in the history
Of the market, last week about 5000
pigs going out Sales today we're at
$40 % to $500
Sheep and Lambs-Good Western
lambs sold at sl765 today, choice
ones worth 10 10 10 cents more, plain
native lambs S1G.75. various lots Of
choice Western feeding lambs recent
" around s1775, big shipment Of
a. n Texas feeding lambs today at
$l725. Fat wethers sold today up
to Si3.25, fat ewes worth $40 TO
S12.25, breeders $l4 TO $500. cx-
ceptions higher, feeding ewes 81 to
SO 90
J. a RICKHART, Market Cores
pondent
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-09-05

Stockholm, Sept. Regulations
governing distribution Of potato rat
IONS in Sweden went into effect Sept.
l. The daily allowance will be one
pound Of potatoes.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-09-05
GERMAN CROPS BETTER
THAN IN YEAR JUST PAST

Copenhagen, Sept. 2.--The Official
Germcn crop estimates place the
yield for this year at from ten to
fifteen per cent above that Of 1917.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-09-05

In the meantime the British keep
on fighting and not saying much
about H.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-09-05

Come to Lubbock.