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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-05
Washington, D. c., April 1, 1918.
Editor The Times,
Washington, D. c.

Washington, D. c., April 1, 1918.
Editor The Times,
Washington, d. c.
Dear SIR
On this day more than 5000 per
sons, 90 per cent Of whom were men,
attended the opening Of the Eastern
racing season at Bowie. On the same
day It is fair to. presume that the at
tendance at the Hot Springs, Ark,
track was up to 1000, so on this the
first business daylight saving day
10000 Of the active men of this coun-
try wasted so, 700 hours of daylight,
for it is estimated that six hours
are spent in attending a race meet
ing. Added to the loss of time $16,-
500 was expended in admissions, not
less than $1,000 in railroad fares,
$4,000 to the bookmakers and nu-
fuels, and not less than $4,000 for
incidentals. Figuring the average
wage at so cents per hour it is plain
to be seen that Mondays sport cost
in lost money alone more than $780,
900. Then there is the wasted en-
ergy, fuel and grain which makes the
racing question a rnomenteus one at
this time.
But the biggest loss is one that is
now playing a prominent part in de-
stroying the business acumen Of the
rising generation who first get a
touch Of the gaming spirit at the
race track, and who permit it to be
the ruling passion in after years.
The loss in question is that sus-
tanned in the race horse handbook
game. In the United States today
it is estimated that there are more
than $4,000 hand-bookmakers and
runners who devote all their time to
the racing game.
Then there are the 1000, 900 or
more victims" who waste at least
one hour each day in doping" out the
winners or losers, which means an ad-
ditional 100000 hours lost by the
booimakers and players.
One Of the leading racing men
who retired from the turf two weeks
ago stated that in his opinion more
than 1000, 600 hours was wasted
every day by people interested in or
victims Of racing, and that it was
costing the American people more
than 100000 per day to support
the racing game.
To the man who thinks he can beat
the game let one who has made a
study of it for thirty years and who
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-05
No; 1 Have No Extra Tickets.

Tonight the Press Club will have
a show better than the one it had
when the Kings brother, the Duke
Of Connaught, appeared. The guests
of honor will be Charlie Chaplin,
Marie Dressler. Mary Pickford, and
Douglas Fairbanks.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-05

The Times receives the following letter containing the
address (omtted here) of the alleged clearing house fol
bookmakers in Washington
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-05

With this letter comes the following enclosure which
ought to be read with by fools that waste their money
and time in gambling.
ought also be read carefully by all of those whose
business is to prevent crime whether that crime be pick
ing pockets the street. robbng the public through
race track gambling institution
How Race Track Gambling Works
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-05

If rents are regulated as we'll as
coal, street cars, and some other
things we may expect an immedi-
ate rise in the prices when the regu-
lation commences
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-05
An Editorial for Mr.. Hoover

What Do You Know About Wasting Food At Race
Tracks9 What Can You Do To Stop Gamblingi
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-05

You know that pump at the Zoo,
half way up the lion house hill
Well, the handle is broken.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-05

trust that saving on daylight will
not lead the PEPCO to increase its
rates on artificial light.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-05
DAN CALLAHAN saws he's much

DAN CALLAHAN says he's much
obliged to me for calling attention
to the fact that the number has fall
en- off the door of stateroom 81 on
the Southland CHATS his boat, you
know, but that the only number he
has his eye on is the number Of
Thrift Stamps MY postman is SELL
ing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-05

How do they expect to tell the
landlord what to charge a clerk when
the Government itself is being
gouged by the high-rent artists?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-05

out Of a job in forty-eight hours. In
Washington alone there are thirty
two principal hand-bookmakers.
eighty-four runners (there are run
ners in all Government departments)
and in $50 stores clerks and en-
ployers receive a commission Of five
per cent for accepting bets. The
game is fourishing to such an extent
in Washington q number of the book
ing syndicates are taking over the
plants here and the city is being
flooded with fake information which
comes from the syndicates which con-
troll not only the books, but the
horses. The clearing house for the
bookmakers is northwest, and
is backed by Chicago and New York
gamblers.
JOHN A. RYAN.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-05

The local coal dealers association
wants to hold the consumer respon-
sible for coal left on the street over
night. Why not include a red Ian
tern with each ton of coali
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-05

Instead of trying to regulate rents
the Government might find it more
feasible to build dormitories.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-02-16

This week should steer many Of us
into the thrift habit.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-02-16
MOTHER! YOUR Child
is CROSS, FEVERISH,
FROM CONSTIPATION
IF TONGUE is COATED, BREATH
BAD, STOMACH SOUR, CLEAN
LIVER AND BOWELS.

Give California Syrup of Figs az
once-a teaspoonful today oIteh
saves n sick child tomorrow.
If your little one is out Of sorts
half-sick. isn't resting, eating and act
ing naturally--look, Mother! see II
tongue is coated. This is a sure sign
that it's little stomach, liver and bow
els are clogged with waste. When
cross irritable, feverish, stomach sour
breath bad or has stomach ache, di-
arrhoea sore throat. fun Of cold, give
n teaspoonful of california syrup Of
Figs" and in a few hours all the con-
stipated poison, undigested food and
sour bile gently moves out of its little
bowels without gripping. and you have
a we'll playful child again.
Mothers can rest easy after GYMS
this harmless fruit laxative, be-
cause it never fails to cleanse the lit
tie ones liver and bowels and sweet
en- the stomach and they dearly love
its pleasant taste. Fun directions for
babies, children Of all ages and for
grown-ups printed on each bottle
Beware of counterfeit fig syrups.
Ask your druggist for a bottle of cal
ifornia syrup of Figs" then see that
it is made by the California Fig
syrup Company
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-02-16
CORN MEAL FACTS,


a question that Is frequently asked
a the Federal Food Administration
offices is why, in the face of a
bumper crop of corn. the price of
corn meal should be so high
1t Is true that the 1917 corn yield
was heavy one" said Assistant Fed
cral Food Administrator w. X New
ell in explanation. plans had been
made for plentiful supply of corn
meal for the entire nation to use as
q wheat substitute, and the corn grow
crs had responded "splendidly to the
request of the food administration by
planting every possible acre to corn.
The almost unprecedented corn crop
that resulted has been commented
upon far and wide, but it is not so
generally known that unfavorable
weather conditions, including several
carly. warm rains, rendered most of
this crop unfit for filling
Only the first class, dry corn can
. 90 millcd. The least moisture means
mildew and rot. The moist soft
corn cannot be made into corn meal,
although some of the better grades
can be converted into meal after u
/ slow process of kiln drying. Such of
the corn as can be milled, including
all the prime grain and some of the
second grade soft corn, is now being
/ ground into corn meal. One of the
first elements in the high price is the
greatly increased demand for the
meal. Every corn mill in the coun-
I try is working night and day at ca
/ pacity, to supply this demand. Every
mill has sold its full output for weeks
ahead
! Another element contributing to
the price is the added cost of the
kiln drying process for the moist
I corn. which is being used this year to
/ supplement the first grade dry corn.
Traffic congestion which was the
/ cause of great delay in moving the
| crop from field to mills, contributed
further to the high price. This is the
corn situation throughout the whole
! country, and here in the northwest,
I because of our great distance from
the corn belt and the greater difficult
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-02-16

In this way the she'll became cham
bered.
An interesting feature of the am
munoids is the complete record of the
race which is preserved in the she'll
A careful study of this and other
groups has shown that animals in
their individual development go
through the various stages that repre-
sent the development of their race,
even back to their remote ancestors.
In the more highly organized animals
with which we are familiar. such as
the cat. the series OF changes that
thus recapitulate ancestral conditions
and lines of descent takes place in
miniature in the embryo and leaves
no permanent record that can be cas-
il recognized in the animal after birth.
III the ammonoids Il series of change
ia recorded in the shell which can
he studied through all ages from
the adult back to the embryo by care
fully cutting away the outer whOrls,
The ammonoids reached the climax
OF their development in the TTassiC
period though the group was wei
represented throughout JurassiC ant
Cretaceous time.
Professional Paper SO, by Jane.
Perrin Smith, published by the Unit
Ell States Geological Survey, depart
ment of the interior. contains detailed
descriptions of the species of ammon
oids and other marine invertebratei
that were living in North Americ;
! California and Nevada) during Mid
; die Triassic time The book. whicl
is Il professional and technical publ
! cation, contains 25i pages and is il
! lustrated by SO plates showing speci
mems of the fauna Of that time. !
/ copy will be sent free on application
/ to tho Director, United States GeolOg
ical Survey, Washington, d. c.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-02-16

Help yourself to an apple.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-02-16
Ancient Relative of
Chambered Nautilus
GROUP OF EXTINCT NOLLUSKS
THAT COMPRISED OVER
1000 SPECIES,

Everyone has seen CLAIMS and snails
and many have seen the shells of the
pearly or chambered nautilus. These
three kinds of shellfish represent the
three main classes of the Mollusca,
one of the great divisions of the ami
NAL kingdom, which has existed since
the advent of life upon the globe,
many millions of years before the age
OF man. The cephalopods. the class
which includes the chambered nautil-
us. are the most highly organized OF
the mollusks. They breathe by gills
and live in the sea. Very few speci-
mems of cephalopods are living to-
day, But the remains of more than =
600 species have been found embed
ded in rocks. one group of ccphalo-
pods the ammonoids, is now extinct
yet tho fossil remains of no less than
5000 species of amonoids have been
found and described. These interest
ing animals were once very abundant
and in an ancient geologic period may
for a long time have been the masters
OF the sea.
To the scientist these fossil cephalo-
pod, are of special value as markers
of the geologic age of the beds in
which they are found; they are eX-
cellent stop watches of geologic
time. They were SO highly organized
that they were very sensitive to
I changes in the conditions of the seas
SO that they were continually vary
ing in form from one geologic epoch
to another.
Each ammonoid lived in a shell
that il made from is own seCretions,
and as it grew moved forward from
time to time in its growing shell and
built shelly partition behind itself
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-02-16
Help yourself to the potatoes!
OREGON Apples for Dcsscrt.


Save the sugar and the wheat that
would go into your dessert by finish
ing yeur meal with a rosy checked
Oregon apple. This is the suggestion
of Federal Food Administrator W. b.
Aver who calls attention to the fact
that by so doing you will not only be
aiding Mr. Hoover in his conservation
work, but you will be benefitting your
health and at the same time giving
your support 10 an important oregon
industry
In the high class eastern hotels and
restaurants the oregon apple is re-
earded as great luxury, and is list
ed on the menus at figures proper
tionately Eish.
"A prophet in his own country is
without honor Is this also true OF
the Oregon apple?
Helm Yourself to an apple,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-02-16
AFTER The WAR
CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE THE
SAME.

II will be necessary for us to ad-
just ourselves 10 the new order Of
things.
We viii find that we have trans
portation developed to the highest
efficiency The motor car and the
motor truck Will come into their own.
We will need roads-real roads
that we can haul a load over any day
Of the year Road builders i'm all
rarts Of the country are turning to
the Duplex 4-Whcel Drive Truck To-
hasten construction. and to cut down
the expense Of same. 1t haul5 the
load of material and pulls the
Grader at the same time. You can
haul "a load Of wheat. and pun d drag
over your road at the same time, keep
ing il in better shape. filling up the
ruts. at no additional expense Of time
or money.
order now for delivery before har-
vest.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-02-16

ARCH ROOsEVELT CAPTAIN.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 15.-Arcli-
hald Il. Roosevelt WAS made an i'll
fantry captain today in the national
army. Tie jumped from second
lieutenant.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-02-16

You can't always judge n man by
the cigars he gives his fricnds-they
may be the ones his wife gave him for
Christmas.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-08-16
HAVE DARK HAIR
AND,LOOK YOUNG
Nobody canVTell when you
.Darken Gray, Faded Hair
with Sage Tea.

Grandmother kept her hair beauti-
fully darkened. glossy and attractive
with a brew OF Sage Tea and Sulphur.
whenever her hair took on that dull,
faded or streal1Ad appearance. this sim
ple mixture was applied with wonder
ful effect. BY asking at any drug
store for 'Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur
Compound" you will get large bot
tie OF this old-time recipe, improved
by the addition OF other ingredient1. All
ready 70 use. at very little cost. This
simple mixture can be depended upon
TO restore natural color and beauty 70
the hair.
q A well-known downtown druggist
says everybody uses Wyeth's Sage and
Sulphur Compound now because Il
darkens 30 naturally and evenly that
nobody can tell II has been applied
it's so easy to use. too. You simply
dampen q comb or soft brush ana
draw Il through your hair. taking one
strand at q time. BY morning the
gray hair disappears; after another
application or two, Il II restored 20 Its
natural color and looks glossy, soft
and beautiful. This preparation IL q
delightful toilet requisite. cit II not in
tended for the cure. mitigation or pre-
vention Of disease.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-08-16
Everyone Should
Drink Hot Water
in the Morning
Wash away all the stomach, liver.
and bowel polsonS before
breakfast.

To feel your best day in and day out
to feel clean inside; no sour bile to
coat your tongue and sicken your
breath or dull your head; no constipa'
ton, bilious attacks, sick headache
colds, rheumatism or gassy, acid stom.
ach, you must bathe on the inside like
you bathe outside. This Is vastly more
important, because the skin pores do
not absorb impurities into the blood,
while the bowel pores do. says q we'll
known physician.
To keep these poisons and toxins
we'll flushed from the stomach, liver,
Kidneys and bowels, drink before break
fast each day, glass Of hot water
with q teaspOonful Of limestone phos'
phate in II. This will cleanse, purify
and freshen the entire allmentary tract,
before putting more food into the
stomach.
GGet a unarter pound Of limestone
phosphate from your pharmacist. II
Ia inexpensive and almost tasteless,
except q sourish twinge which Is not
unpleasant. Drink Ophosphated hot
water every morning TO rid your sys-
tenn of these vile polsons and toxins;
also to prevent their formation.
To feel like young folks feel; IKE
you felt before your blood. nerves and
muscles became saturated with an &C
cumulation Of body polsons. begin this
treatment and above all. keep Il up!
Al soap and hot water oct on the skin,
cleansing, sWeetening ahd purifying, 90
limestone phosphate and hot water b.
fore. breakfast oaet on tha stnmaoh.
liver. kidnsya and boWolA-N
Baxter Springs news., 1918-08-16
SALTS FINE FOR
Aching KIDNEYS
We eat too much meat which clOSI
KidasyB then Back hurts and
Bladder botherS you.

Most folks forget that the Kidneys.
like the bowels, get sluggish and ciogged
and need flushing occasionally, else We
have backache and dull misery In the
kidney region, severe headaches, rheu'
matic twinRes, torpid liver, acid stomach,
aIeeplessness and all sorts of bladder dis
orderh
You simply must keep your kidneys
active and clean, and the moment you
feel an ache or pain in the kidney
region, get about four ounces OF Jad
Salts from any good drug store here,
take q tablespoonful in . glass OF water
before breakfast for . few days and
your kidneys will then act hne. This
famous salts IL made from the acid OF
grapes and lemon juice, combined Wtn
fithia, and IL harmless TO flush elogged
Kidneys and stimulate them to normal
activity. Il also neutraliEes the acids
IN the urine 90 It no longer rritates'
khus ending bladder disorders.
Jad ealts is harmless inexpensives
makos q delightful ehervescent hthia-
water drink which everybody should take
nov ana than 10 keep their hdneys clean,
thus avoiding ssFious eomplleationA
A vsIl-In0Wn local druggist eays be
III lots Of Jad ealts - folks who belisyS
a oEsrooming kidnSy trouble Whna aA-b
~ tsrF7s - ---F--~al~s,-,- -
Baxter Springs news., 1918-08-16
First published in Baxter Springs
News, Aug. 8, l9lS)
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

NOIlCE III CONlhASuOno
! Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids will be received by the Mayor
and City Council Of the City Of Bax-
ter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan
sas, up to IL o'clock noon on the 9th
day Of August, 1918, for the constIuc-
ton of rs blocks more or less Of first
class concrete sidewalks as specified
by ordinances numbers 90 and 191, the
walks being located on streets and
blocks as follows, to-wit:
MIAMI ST., (18th) Soloman's Add.
Block 20, west half; 46 east half; -
center third; ~, II, 16, 10, 25, 20, ~,
2S.
BROADWAY, (22nd) Warwick
Add. Block 35, west half; SO, center
quarter; 81, east three-quarters; 80,
80, 40, 27, 20, 20.
MILITARY ST. ]. M. Dougherty
Add. Block 8, north half; 2, south
three-quarters.
MILITARY ST. Nora 0pperman
Add. Block 1; s, center rs feet; 4, 10.
CHOUTEAU ST. Soloman's Add,
Block 20, north half; 81, north half;
ID, south half.
CHOUTEAU ST. Brewster Add.
Block 8, 8, "a, 25, south half; 10, IL,
8 north half.
EAST AVE. Brewster Add. Block
3, north half; 10, IL, 2, south half.
EAST AVE. Soloman's Add. Block
4, 2, north half; 8, south half; Z,
south half; 6, 20, north half, Il, north
T EAST AVE. Warwick Add. Block
46, as, south three-quarters; 10, H.
so. =,
MAIN ST. (Park) Omaha Add.
Block a, 3, s, north Y; 2, south half.
SOUTH ST. (12th) Between Main
park and Second (Seneca) o. p. OF
city; block %, west half; 30, a, Barnes
Add, 5, Barnes Add. Is #. in front
of Murdoch Hardware Co. (No blk.
N NORTH ST. (5th) Between Jeffer-
son (Grant Ave) and End (Seneca)
North st. Dunbar End Add. Block
North st. Brewster Add. Block a, 8,
SECOND AVE. (Seneca) From
North (5th) to Frisco tracks.
SECOND AVE. Dunbar End Add
Block 5, 6, south part. =,
NEOSHO ST. (11th) From Council
(8th) to East, o. P. Of city, Block D.
SPRING ST. (14th) From Grant
East) to Fairview. a.,
SPRING ST. OATH Brewster Add
, lQloclr 10 IN IL
EAST & GRANT (East) Block II
12, S, 6, 8, 4, %, 25, "a, 2S, "a, 49, 81
u BROADWAY iS5 (22nd) Block SO, 80
% WASHINGTON (west Avel Block
lis. II, 8, 10, 4, s, 3, 6, north half; q
south half; /, north half. m
LINCOLN (Cherokee) Block 2O
''1Il VINE E ST. Il. (15th) Block II, 12, g.
VINE ST. (15th) higgins Add
Block 5, (Horner'sl: ., =,
OAK ST. (21st) Block IL, S2, 81 L.
30, is, 29, 16, %, II, 81, 1S.
Bids may be made to include all OF
Iany part Of the walk to be built. All
bids must be accompanied by certi-
lied check for so of the gross amount
of the bid as an evidence of good faith
on the part of the bidder The Mayor
land Council reserve the right to re,
iect any and all bids. All bids should
he addressed to the City Clerk, Baxter
Springs, and endorsed on the envelope
"Proposal for Building Sidewalk" :,
By Order of the Council
August Z, 1918.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-08-16

Advertise in he NswI foE rsIultA
Baxter Springs news., 1918-08-16

Solomon b. Hunley, Galena.
Arthur o. Thayer. Columbus.
Chas. Malery Wyatt, Galena.
Thomas j. Goodwin, Baxter.
James Bailey, Crestline.
Samuel Ray Morris, Mineral.
Orille VIM. Lawrence, Galena.
Fred Robert Anderson, Galena.
Merrell J. Winters, Baxter.
Hobart Vance Trim, Galena.
Herman Nichols Kounter, Sherman
VIM. Wright Shaw, Scammon.
Earl Benjamin Beezely, Lawton.
Gale Doss Marsh, Baxter.
Arleigh Raymond Rowden, Treece.
Ivan Freddy Fry, Galena.
True Melvin Chubb, Baxter.
Ansel Wiley Llllard, Galena.
Frank Killen Buxton, Fayetteville
Ark.
Oscar Robert Morrison, Galena.
Leo Keelin, Galena.
Sylvester Marshall, colored, Ga
lena.
Earl Windlo Carson, colored, Weir
Jim Moore, colored, Baxter.
The following list Of names are
those who were called by the local
board Wednesday and Thursday fol
reclassifcation into class one. They
will be examined August 12:
Ollie Brown, Crestline.
Virgil Leroy Sellers, Weir.
VIM. Edgar Meredith, Columbus.
Fred Spencer, Galena.
Chas. Eldon Whitten, Fulton, Mo.
VIM. Cox, Galena.
Raymond Solomon, Weir.
Arthur Evans, Scammon.
Arthur Edgar Burns, Baxter.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-08-16

fhsro Il more cataFrh IN this l6ll|on
OF the country than en otn.r @-,-..
nosed 10 b incurable. Doctors prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing
40 cure with local treatment. pronounced
N IncurablO. catarrh Il q local dl1oAl1|
greatly Influenced by constitutional Con
dItIons and therefore requires conglitn-
tIonaI treatment. Halls Catarrh Meol-
cine. manufactured BY +. J. Cheney q
Co. Toledo, Ohio. 10 4 conntitutional
remedy. Il taken internally ana actl
thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
~ the system. one Hundred Dollars -.
yard n ofiered for any case that HAIRS
csfsrrh Medicine falls 20 cure. Send tor
Circulars and testimOnisls; o.,
IL. j. CHENEY 4 CO.. Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by Druggista, 7tc. ...
Halls Family Pills FOR conStipauoh
Baxter Springs news., 1918-08-16
GAVE MONEY TO RED CROSS
BOys Found Binder Twine and Own
er Could Not Be FOund-Twine
Sold and Money Given 10 r. c.

Henry Horton has eight dollars he
wants to give to TIE Red Cross. Some
weeks ago some boys found a bunch
Of binder twine west Of the Frisco
tracks. The twine had evidently been
stolen from an express car but Mr..
Horton has never been able TO find the
owner. He sold the twine for $40.
gave the boys 81 for honesty and has
eight dollars he wants to turn over to
the local Red Cross.