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Evening journal., 1918-09-28

the Allied Banks OF Wilmington
formed prior TO the Third Liberty
Loan to handle such subscriptions
is still in force: This plan is known
to practically all local people to-
day. Il is as follows:
per cent. down. and 8 per cent.
monthly for twelve months. viz;
$50 bOnd-s2 down-si a month;
500 bond-si down-SS a month;
$500 bond-S2O down-s4O a month.
4. The banks OF Wilmington are
prepared 10 loan up TO 90 per cent.
Of the face value OF bonds, taking
a 30 per cent. cash payment and ac-
cepting the bonds as collateral on
the note, rate "a per cent. (same
as bonds bear) for three months,
3-4 per cent. for the next three
months, after which the rate will
be the same as prevailing rate on
commercial loans.
Every man should buy all he can
carry. II a man has 500 he can
easily buy 81, 900 worth Of bonds
by borrowing from the bank. The
slogan for this campaign Is Dor
row 10 buy" A man who owes his
bank money will learn to save to
liquidate his debts.
Beginning on Monday and continuing
the campaign, bonds Will b.
sold at headquarters. From 3 TO 4
o'clock noon, the statesmen win be di
rected by George 6. Capelle, Jr.; 4
o'clock TO D. m, in charge OF Waite
;. Brown: from TO ; p. m, In charg
OF James p. Nields and from > 10 ?
m, in charge Of D. c. Aspril. Each cap
tain will assemble a group OF worker
3bOut him, TO care for the business o
heir period.
Four minute men will begin thei
abOrs IN the moving picture and Othei
heatres in this city on Monday. PhiliI
Burnett, President Of the Continental
life Insurance Company, is directing
hese speakers. His corps OF orators
include the Rev. w. A. VroOman. Charles
u. Curtis. Chancellor Of Delaware
-ames A. Fulton, Joseph E. O'ToOle, p
Warren Green. assistant Attorney-Gen-
raj; Henry r. Isaacs. Josiah Marvel!
frs. T. Coleman dupont, James O'Kane
frs. Florence Bayard Hilles, Hamilton
=. Harris and John F. MallOy.
In addition II. L. Harris. Of the du-
'ont Organization, is in charge Of the
singers, who will appear in
he interests Of the campaign,
Evening journal., 1918-09-28
"y.P.Bp ANNIVERSARY PARTY.

w. C. T. U. headquarters "Y. P. B."
will hold an anniversary party on Mon
day evening at the home Of Mrs. John
Wilson. No. ii3 West Thirtieth street,
Evening journal., 1918-09-28
si2,i9i,76O

Here are four ways in which a man
can buy Liberty Loan Bonds:
1. Cash plan, 40 per cent. with
subscription, 90 per cent on Octo- .
Der u. 1913. Subscription blanks
are provided for this plan.
2. The government plan for which
subscription blank is provided is as
Evening journal., 1918-09-28

DOVER HAS ONE VICTIM.
DOVER, Del, Sept. 2s.-The funeral
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28
HUMoRs OF RENT COLLECTING
Seeming Proof That Stern Gatherer of
Landlords Tribute May Be
Human, After All.

A Bostonian, owning houses in
neighboring city, received the follow
ing stately letter from the collector of
rents. We publish it TO show that
collector may be memorable, yet have
a vein of humor in his iron constitu-
ton. The letter was written in Janu-
airy:
THE soil-pipe, water pipes and other
apparatus in the cellar of the old
homestead are in their usual hibernal
state-frozen stiff; so Lemuel reports,
and adds that he offered to contribute
to Bill ton of coal for the furnace to
generate a little warmth and partially
overcome the deadly, gravelike chill of
that subterraneous space; and Bill
tells me that Lemuel is a cheerful liar,
and made no such offer, and so l tell
both what the other says, and leave
them to fight it out, impressing on
them, however, that the rent must be
Forthcoming just the same"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28
KIND TO PRIS0NERS-GUILTY
German Women Warned That They
Will Be Punished for LACK
of Self-Respect."

Women, even the miraculous Ger
man superwomen, are incorrigible,
observes a writer in the Literary Dr.
gest. The German government has
just discovered to it's horror that
Gretchen, In common with all the
daughters of Eve, is not insensible
to the charms of a well favored man,
and, if given the opportunity, even
she is disposed to flirt. The Franken-
furter Zeitung Indignantly writes:
Female inhabitants of houses adj
jacent to camps of officer prisoners
of war have repeatedly attempted to
enter into communication with the
imprisoned officers, and even throw
them things. Thanks, however, to the
sharp lookout kept by the authorities,
the attempts in each case were frus-
trated. The guilty persons, who be-
long to all classes of society and are
of various ages, were discovered.
while the police authorities have
hitherto considered sharp reprimands
as sufficient warnings, in the belief
that such unconsidered acts We're due
to a foolish desire for sensation, In
future such conduct will be visited
by very severe legal penalties and
public exposure. These penalties will
furthermore be imposed without dis
elimination on all who may render
themselves guilty of such lack of self-
respect"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28
EXPOSE EVERY ONE
BY HARRY v. MARTIN
of the Viuilantes.

While we are at 1t, reporting Ger
man spies to the federal government,
why not go a little further and give
your local food administrator the
names of those grocers and butchers
who are charging more for their goods
than they should? BY helping to
force up the cost of living, already
deucedly high, these petit larceny
profiteers, although waving the Amer
lean flag at every opportunity, are
really helping the kaiser. Their safe
ty lies in the fact that they are too
insignificant to come under the notice
of Investigators employed by Uncle
Sam.
Here is your opportunity, Mr.. or
Mrs. or Miss Citizen. A chance to air
that detective instinct that is within
US all. A very good way of "doing
your Bit" and one that is bound to be
appreciated. 1t stands to reason that
the food administrator in your town
and county has his hands full taking
care of the big things. Give him a
lift by appointing yourself, this very
instant, as one of his assistants to fer
ret out the meanest men and women
| in all the world, the criminals who
see in the war a chance to get rich
quick at the expense Of their own
countrymen.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28
WOMEN SUFFERERS MAY
need SWAMP ROOT

Thousands upon thousands of women
have kidney and bladder trouble and
never suspect-it.
Women's complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result of kidney or bladder disease.
If the kidneys are not in a healthy
condition, they may cause the other or
gans to become diseased.
Pain in the back, headache, loss of am
bition, nervousness, are often times symp-
toms of kidney trouble.
Don't delay starting treatment. DR..
Kilmers' Swamp Root, physicians pre-
scription, obtained at any drug store, may
be just the remedy needed to overcome
such conditions.
Get medium or large size bottle i'm
mediately from any drug store.
However. if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28
THE FASHION OF 1918
BY ISoBEL FIELD.
of the Viqilantes.

Her hat was plainly old fashioned,
and the ribbon that adorned it had evil
IDENTIFY been cleaned and pressed with
a hot iron her tailor-made suit, though
well fitting, was faded in color and cut
in the mode of year before last; but
she walked down Fifth avenue among
the best-dressed women in the world
with a swing of the skirts and a noble
condescension of glance that attracted
my attention. I watched her with in
terest, sauntering little ahead and
stopping at shop windows to study her
as she passed.
Was she a great painter, authoress
or poet pulled up with her well-deserv-
ed fame? No, her face was not famil-
lar, as, in these days of newspaper
photography it would be were she Of
the elect. She was neither young nor
strikingly beautiful, yet why the grand
manner as of one above the common
herd7
Suddenly she paused beside me to
cast an Indifferent glance at dazzling
array of diamonds in a shop window
and then discovered the secret of her
proud bearing. What need had she Of
fine clothes or feathers in her hat?
She was dressed in the height of the
fashion of 1918. On the breast of her
shabby jacket she wore little service
bar and on that bar were three blue
stars
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28

Iceland win plant More Potatoes.

Iceland will make new departure
this year in the matter of using pota-
tQ~ flour. Representatives of that gov
eminent are sending out propaganda
looking to the general and extensive
planting of potatoes this year. Since
the summer season is so short in Ice
land and other Arctic countries, the
raising of grain is not possible, but its
climate is adapted to the raising of
potatoes. Plans are being made for
the installation of potato milling ma
chinery. 50 that in measure Iceland
will in the future be little more in
dependent of outsiders for its farina-
ceous foods. Shortages of shipping,
with consequent curtailment of inn
ports has made it impossible to main
tain Iceland's wheat supplies.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28

Another figure has gone, never to
return: the dancing, bowling, frog-eat-
ing Alphonse, the very opposite in
every particular to the real Frenchman
we have come to know, whose very
name is the personification of yalor.
Giuseppe, he of the organ and mon
key, with stiletto in his belt and
plate Of macaroni in the near dis.
lance, is displaced by bold Alpini
fighting In the clouds, or a dashing,
gallant Bersegliere defending his cOun-
try to the last drop of his blood.
There is a parsonage nearer home
that we must be prepared to lose,
Mistah Johnston, the Darktown coon.
He is no more. Gradually there has
appeared in his place stern young
American, trained and alert, musket
In hand. There is no hyphen to his
name. His forefathers were Africans,
but he is loyal United States.
When the colored troops marched
down Fifth avenue for the last time
before going to France, the newspa-
pers reported that they were given
"tumultuous ovation" AS a matter of
fact, there was little cheering. The
dense masses that lined the sidewalks
and filed the windows and overhang-
ing balconies looked on in growing
wonder. Here and there a patter of
gloyed hands OF "bravo" was
drowned in the beat of drums and the
tramp of many feet. The sight of the
long, long line of khaki-clad figures
marching like clock-work; the strange
grim faces that might have been cast
in bronze-eyes straigh, ahead, with
not side glance or a CLAM of white
teeth; company after company led by
smart, soldierly colored officers, al
on their way to the battlefront, was
toe awe-inspiring for noise. The
crowds s.se them the deeper homage
of breathless surprised silence. They
came to applaud Mistah Johnston anC
beheld in his place bold warrior who
commanded their respect and admIra
ton.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28
THE NEW LIFE
BY ZOE ADKINS
of the VigiIantes.

This is an IntermissionS Time stands
still,
And we-as lost as children in haze
To take from rome heritage of other
days
Forgotten faith and unsupported will;
We have gone back like children, to our
knees,
And we have learned the sad and splen-
did pride
OF those whose dearest gloriously died,
Knowing our own face Death across the
seas.
Oh, after this-when joy-bells ring out
peace,
And home our war-tired heroes come
again,
Shall we not vow ourselves, when war
shall cease.
To new life, and prove that not in
vain q
We saw the Prussian sword drawn from
its sheath
And neutral lands-and children-falI be-
meath?
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28
Making Soap From Table Refuse.

To conserve the fats contained in
the table refuse and dishwater of the
soldiers mess, the British military
authorities installed grease traps, ac-
cording to the Popular Science Month
ly. The fat collected in these traps
averages more than one ounce for
each man daily. The traps consists of
a tin-lined wooden box, divided into
two compartments by a partition
which does not reach the bottom by
about four inches. The dishwater and
the table refuse are poured through a
strainer into the vat. AS the water
cools the fat form crust on top and
is skinned off.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28
The Ultimate superIative.

In rural school a teacher was en-
deavoring one day to make clear TO
her class the degrees of comparison
of adjectives-~ To make sure she was
understood, the teacher called on each
pupil in turn TO give comparatives and
superlatlces of adjectives, which she
named. One little chap was asked
to name the comparative degree of
"sick."
"WorSe," said he.
The teacher decided that she could
best show him his error by letting him
go on, and asked, sweetly, "well if
worse is the comparative of sick
what would you give as the superla-
tive?"
Dead" was the instant answer
Harper's Magazine.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28
Saved His comrade.

A few months ago an American sea-
man who was swimming in tropical
waters was attacked by a school of
sharks and his leg was bitten off The
fins of four other sharks We're visible
nearby and it seemed certain that the
unfortunate sailor would soon be torn
to pieces. when Wallace Odell Prater,
a machinist, diyed into the blood
stained water and brought the wound
ed man safely to the ship. In recog-
milton of this rare act of bravery Pra-
ter was awarded a gold life-saving
medal by the secretary Of the treas
ury. He lives in Stafford. Kan.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28
Ree.keeplna in New Zealand.

At the late annual meeting of the
Waikato Beekeepers' association at
Hamilton, an assistant director of the
horticultural division of the depart
ment of agriculture stated that there
were 1891 apiaries registered in New
Zealand, representing 5O,523 colonies
of bees. One beekeeper last year re-
turned 50 tons of honey, which he sold
at S487 per ton, while some was sold
as high as $730 per ton, thus making
it very prosperous industry.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28
PASSING OF Mr.. JOHNSTON
BY ISoBEL FIELD
of the VioiIantes,

The traditional Englishman, he of
the eyeglass and the haw-haw man.
ner, has been thrown into the discard.
The last four years have changed our
views on many things and today when
we think of a BritiSher 1t is not as
we used to see him, in caricature, but
as he is, simple. likable, friendly
chap, and "a first-class fighting man"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28
Not Worried.

'Why don't you mix in?'
''Those people," said the aloOf one,
ARE nobodies."
Maybe so, but when enough nobod-
les get together they manage to have
pretty good time"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28
unlucky Man,

Clerk-Please. sir, can l have n
weeks holiday?
Employer-What's wrong with you
now?
Clerk-T'm going to get married.
Employer-Now, you We're away Il
week with influenza, and ten days with
a sprained ankle. l declare there's
always something going wrong with
you, Jones.-PearSon' Weekly.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28
c,rtinura "a Sore Hands.

Soak hands on retiring in the hot suds
of Cuticura Soap, dry and rub in Gu
ticura Ointment. Remove surplus
Ointment with soft tissue paper. For
free samples address, "Cuticura. Dept.
K, Boston" At druggists and Dy mail.
Soap IS, Ointment IS and 50.-Adv.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28
searchIiohts in War.

Searchlights are playing very inn
portant part in the present warfare. In
one instance the Germans on the
heights of the Italian front were blind
ed by the rays of many lights while
the Italian engineers were building
bridges below, working in the dark.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28
FRECKLES
Now Is the Time 10 Get Rid Of These IIaIu Snot,

There's no longer the slightest need of feeling
ashamed of your freckles, as Othine-double
strengths guaranteed to remove these homely
spots.
Simply get ounce of Othine--double
strength-from your druggist, and apply little
of 1t night and morning and you should soon see
that even the worst freckles have begun to dis
appear, while the lighter ones have vanished
tireiy. 1t is seldom that more than one ounce
is needed to completely clear the skin and gain
a beautiful clear complexion.
Be sure to ask for the double strength othine,
as this is sold under guarantee of money back
IL It fails to remove freckles.-Ady.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28

To photograph broken bones French
surgeons have invented Q stereopic X
ray camera.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28

One of our ambitions is some day
to have fine black soil in our garden.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28

Some men succeed by ability and
some rely on their nerve.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28
Itching Rashes
Soothed -
With CutiCura
Soap zoe. Ointment IS and soc.
A Tiuhtwad.

"My motto is: Never give up"
81 noticed that when the Red Cross
people came around"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28

Women sometimes feel unworthy Of
their husbands-in novels.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28
When Your Eyes Need Care
Try Murine Eye Remedy

Druggists or mall Write for Free Eye Book.
MURINE EYE REMEDY Co., CHICAGO
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28
rmnnrtant TO Mothers

CASTORIA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and see that it
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-15
HOOVER TO FORCE
STORAGE EGG SALES

st. Louis, Mo-. Jan. 14.-Announce-
ment that nationwide campaign
would be made by the food admins
tration to put on the market before
March all eggs now in cold storage.
was made today by Chairman Gep
hart of the st. Louis food commission.
Mr.. Gephart recently returned from
a conference Of food administrators in
Washington.
A price list to govern the sale OF
storage eggs has been prepared and
the effort will be to prevent excess
profits.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-15
INSPECTORS
CREATEPANIC
sAs EXPERTS ATTEMPT INVESTS
CATION AT HOTEL; TAKEN
FOR GERMAN SPIES.

Guests and employees OF the Hotel
ottumwa were thrown into state OF
bxcitement late Saturday night when
TWO men entered the kitchen unher-
alded and proceeded to take the gas
ange apart Rumors of German spies
and the like spread through the hotel
luickly but the men proved to be gas
inspectors, brought to Ottumwa by the
commissioners to determine II the gas
sompany was supplying standard gas.
Fred Handleman. day clerk. was
pummoned and he refused to allow the
men to work. as he had no instruc-
hons from the management The in
ppectors were guests at the hotel and
we're told to inspect the gas by H. A.
Brown, city engineer.
CITY ORDERS INSPECTION.
Tho gas inspection was ordered by
ne city and the men were secured at
Iowa City. G. H. Mitchell. manager
of the hotel was absent from the city
and 1t was for this reason that Mr..
Handleman refused to allow them to
work on the hotel range.
Sunday afternoon an inspection OF
The gas was made at the home OF Com
missioner r. j. Phillips.
WILL MAKE REPORT.
The inspectors left the city this
morning and will make detailed re
port Of the findings to the commission
en- at an early date.
Mr.. Brown did not know definitely
What has been found by the inspec-
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-15
Vienna's Flour
Famine Creates
Wide Suffering

~ URlCH, Jan. 14.-The muni-
cipai council Of Vienna
- threatens to resign and dis
claims any further responsibility
for feeding the city, declaring
that the permanent reduction Of
the flour ration cannot be borne
by the population.
Bitter complaint 10 made BY the
Ueue Freie Presse Of the action
in cutting In half the fiour ration
Of Vienna, which Il says 10 likely
to be permanent bccauee In six
months from the harvest flour
for Vienna 10 lacking. Ole Post
admits that the last harvest was
very unsatisfactory.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-15

SAH LINE I00tN0 "0Nevs stl
Basing his computations on tho
relative consumption of coal and uSe
of equipment, City Engineer H. A.
Brown, in a report to the city council
on the newly increased rates for
electric current and steam heat, do
clares that the Ottumwa Railway ana
Light company's street ccr system u
the activity through which it Is re
alizing q comparative decrease In In
come and indicates in his report that
he regards the increased rates for
electric and steam service as unfair.
WOULD USE SURPLUS.
Mr.. Brown intimates that the com.
pany has over-capitalized its proper
ties somewhat, although he does not
attempt to say how much. The sug-
gestion is found in his report that
money be drawn from the surplus
earnings OF past years to meet the
deficit in the street car systems &C
counts and that no effort be made by
the company to obtain money from
the users of electric current and
steam with which to balance the al.
fairs of the street car system.
TAKE WRONG METHOD.
II the council had postponed its Ap-
proval of the sight-unseen rate In
creases which 1t permitted the COM
pany to inaugurate December l and
had insisted on report by Mr.. Brown
or some other authority, there would
have been reason for denying
permission for the increase. Instead
the coucil accepted the statements OF
the company without question, with
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-15
HURLEY ASKS
BIG SHIP FUND
BUILDING PROGRAM FOR COMING
TWO YEARS is
ENLARGED.

Washington, D. c., Jan. 14-Largeiy
increased expenditures in carrying out
the shipping boards program were an
nounced by Chairman Hurley in es-
timates submitted today to the house.
Beside asking for $4S4,0O0,O00 for
construction of ships next year in ad-
dition to $500,000,000 already approp-
rated for the purpose, and in addition
to a previous estimate Of $IS4,000, 600
Mr.. Hurley asked that appropriations
of $247, 900, 900 for acquisition or
plants for 1919 become available as
soon as appropriations are acted ON
BY congress-.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-15
LABOR LEADERS AGREE,
BRITISH CASUALTIES
24.979 DURING WEEK

Washington, d. c.. Jan. 14.-British
casualties reported during the week
ending today totalled 24.979 officers
and men, divided as follows:
Killed or died of wounds: Officers
III; men 5,149.
Wounded or missing: Officers S04;
men 19,409.
Casualties in the British army re-
ported for the week ending today ex-
coed by almost 5000 the total reported
in the previous week, when the figures
took an upward jump virtually
doubling the casualties Of the preced-
ing weeks A week ago the total was
1898, including 3,S45 officers and mer
killed while the total for the preceding
week was 9,951.]