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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-04-06
1scatvod Wtns P1opA

Many mine props arc being received
By Tho mtne at Elm Grove which ere
being piled up for future use Mine
props and tfea are very difficult to &C.
euro and tho government Is. buying up
az much humber as It can lay hands on
Several thousand arc piled up along tho
entrance Of the mine near the Baltimore
and Ohio 1ackA
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-17

leautifuI Hoae-GESwa Flewer-
sesaapaA oUDE. i1it , n--AaVt-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-17
UNMUZzLED AND
TAGLESS DOGS TO
Resent TOPOUND

Dogs must now be tagged and
muEzled, else they 30 to the Pound.
Since July / the District Officials
have been waiting for the metal tags
for the present fiscal year. Delay
had been caused BY the non-delivery
of the tags by the manufacturers.
Now they are here, and they will
have to be placed on the CANNES at
once. The intention Of the district
officials is to enforce the laws with
out fear or favor.
Reports have been received OF
numbers OF dogs running at, large
without muzzles. Apparently, many
persons do not yet know that they
are violating the Law when they per-
nit their dogs to roam the streets
without muzzles to prevent them
from biting the people. EE
The impounding OF such uhmuz-
zied animals. however, win remind
their owners OF what the law re-
quires, AMI such reminder IL TO be
given for II is understood that the
dog catchers are expected TO take ev-
cry unmuzzled and untagged dog
they find.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-17
ADVISES FOREGOING
VACATIONS FOR W.SS

II Neutrality-suspicious. generally com
ply with the advice Of william q. Nc
Adoo, director general Of railroads.
and forego their vacation trips and
invest the money saved in War Saw
ings Stamps, IL Il expected that many
thousands OF dollars will be applied to
the District OF Columbia quota In
eidentally, they win DO much TO les
sen the Govsrnmsnes problems Of
transportation.
Substantial impetus was given to
the drive to complete the enrolment
OF 1000 members In The 81 900 Club
BY the addition Of the following
names yesterday: W. B. Mcknight. DR..
W. B. Mason, Theodore W. Noyes.
ArmisteAd Peter. Sd; DR.. Loren b. 7.
johnson. @. W. ForsberE. A. Blumen-
thai. p. T. Moran, BIra Elizabeth Mas
ter Croker, George A Croker, r.:
william 3. Courtney, Whitman o.
good, Mrs. Lizzie Med. CrameF, Ed
ward Ryerson, Fred n. Dudley, Mrs
Mary Kloczewsl<i, Mrs. Emily 7. Nay
field, ]. ElVans Mayfield, John y.
Burns. Mrs. Alice z. Burns, Martin
wisgsnd. william =. walter.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-17
FAIRFLOUR PRICES
FOR CROP OF 1878
SOON TOBE FIXED

The Food Administration shortly is
to announce maximum flair prices at
which flour made from the 1918 crop
may be sold throughout the country.
Officials say this will safeguard the
public against excess profits and a.
the same time restore competition
among the larger mills.
The prices are to be determined
from the basic prices OF wheat in each
locality. TheyG will include a reason
able allowance for handling. milling
and marketing expense, freight
charges and profit
The plan OF allowing n profit Of IS
cents a barrel net. under which the
1917 crop was handled, Is to be aban-
doued- It was the operation OF this
plan which led TO charges OF profit
eering by the Federal Trade Commits
sion.
The shortage Of flour provided an
market for all produced.
and big mills with = low cost Of opera
tion, had no difficulty In disposinE
Of their products a. good profits. a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-17
CAMP HUMPHREYS
WILL Be ENLARGED
|, TO RECEIVE 100000

CAMP HUMPHREYS, Va, July IL
Plans having been completed for the
enlargement OF this cantonment from
10000 to 10000 engineer troops. an
army Of carpenters and laborers are
already Beginning to arrive from
points nortb-snd south.
The new units VIII consist Of four
groups Of two regiments each and
will be located Between the present
camp and the Alexandria highway.
forming a CONTINUATION of the present
lines OF barracks. and mess halls. The
parade grounds will extend from the
Alexandra highway on the north to
the road which bounds the southern
extension Of the camp.
Seventeen miles Of 60-centimeter
light railway lines over which sup
plies are drawn by gasoline engines
CT the same type as used behind the
lines in France are already in opera
ton.
Camp officers who have been ap-
pointed TO important posts at Hum
phreys recently include the follow
ing: Major Wilson Potter, OF Phila-
delphia. ordnance officer; Major I. W.
Brewer, of New York, camp surgeon;
Major Charles E. Doer, OF Cincinnati.
commandant of the base hospital
Major W. H Allen, Of Chicago, range
officer: Major George T. Weitzel. Of
Frankfort, KY. formerly Of the Judge
Advocate Generals office. Washing
ton. Judge advocate OF CamB Hum
phreys; Capt. o. Z. Roberts. OF New
York. commandant of the army gas
school; Capt. Fred B. Dawes. camp
signal officer; Capt. S. J. Gummere, OF
Washington. d. C., personnel officer.
Next Sunday morning a big field
masg will be held for the new drafted
men in the quarantine section under
the auspices OF the Knights OF Column
bus. It is expected that 1000 soldiers
will be in attendance. Father Chand-
Ter and Father Donovan. of the
Dominican Convent, Washington. d.
c. will ofhelate.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-17
LEGATEES ANSWER
BLACKBURK'S SUIT
FOR WIFE'SHOUSE

Fannie G. Kltch, James Barbour
Kitch. and Frances Buell. Kitoh have
eled their answer 70 the suit recently
brought against them By J. C. 8
Blackburn. former Senator from Kan
lucky, to restrain them from assert
ing any Interest or title 70 premises.
100 Nineteenth street northwest m
der the terms Of the viii OF his wife
Mrs. Mary Z. Blackburn. who. thsy
sllege. left the property 70 them.
Former Senator Blackburn asserted
in his suit that he Is entitIed to fun
owBership Of the property. He claim
cd that when he bought Il he entered
the title TO the property IN his WifSs
name with the understanding that
she make a VIII devising Il haok 4
him as the sole owner.
The defendants IN their answer
deny that Senator Blackburn -pur-
chased premises, 100 Nlnstoenth
street, and say that the sane wa
purchased By his wife. Nary
+ Blackburn"
The history Of the transaetIon. 4,
their language, 10 a. follows: Not
withstanding the age OF the planting
ana tnat ne n8d Tor many years bcen
In receipt OF large sums Of money
from his profession a. q lawyer and
from his salary as q Senator Of the
United States, he had at the tine of
their marriage little or no money.
and no property % any kind what
soeyer. save household eHectn q
small value.
"Soms time before said propertv
was purchased by Mrs. Blackburn ths
Senator made gift to his wife 81
the sum Of $4,000. With which amount
she, because OF the aforesaid hnan-
cial eopdition and age Of the plalntlR
and the consequent tmportanca % So
curing = home for herself. a. well a.
her husband, for their declinlnr
years, determined 70 and did pur-
chase the property IN her own mama
and as her separate estate. and nsed
the Aforesaid 5000 10 make cash
payment thereon"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-17
DANCE MUSIC FEATURE
OF new COLUMBIA LIST

Dance music is featured among
the latest Columbia talking machine
records. the August list OF which Is
announced today.
For the vacationers or the stay-at-
homes snsppy dance music is the or
der. One OF the merriest is AT the
Cotton Pickers' Ball." Marimbaphone
Band. other include where the
Cotton Blossoms Grow" a one-step
medley, and Rose Room q fox-trot,
by Princes Band. In the way OF
ballads. particularly the tender, sym
pathetic type of song. is "Cheer-Up
Mother" is a duet of wonderful
charm, sung by Donovan and Reed.
On the reverse is a splendid war
song by the Peerless Quartet. In
the group one Of the best 10 "a Fran
gesa"-a brilliant. vivid bit of Nea-
politan music, played by Princes
Band. with a novel harmony by q
vocal chorus. On the reverse 10 The
French Defile."
Al Jolson's hit OF the Winter Gar
den. "Rock-a-bye Your Baby With a
Dixie Melody" is reproduced.
"The Daughter of Rosie OGFAdy"
fs among the newest arrivals in
home orchestration.
Columbia offers many August rec
ords OF note, and a perusal of the list
will show a really remarkable ar
ray OF excellent records.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-17
AMERICAN GAMERS
WILL WORRY WILHELM

Five quarts Of home canned fruits
and vegetables per month for all win
ter for every American isn't a bad
wartime prospect, IL Il?
That's the program the Department
OF Agriculture Is fostering In its can
the-food" propaganda Three thou
sand demonstrators are in the field.
all over the producing districts, show
ing men, women, and children how
to can and dry the surplus summer
food. TO the end that 1,50o, 900, 900
quarts may be put up at home this
summer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-17
EXAMINING PRISONER TREATY.

LONDON, July 1T.-Andrew Bonar
Law, chancellor OF the excheduer, In
In the House OF Commons
that = provisional agreement for the
exchange Of British and German
prisoners had been reached, said the
terms would have TO be examined
carefully by the British government
befora Tatihcation. Fer that reason
he could not make q more detailed
at present
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-17
500 JAPANESE LOSE
LIVES AS WARSHIP
BLOWS UP IN BAY

TOKYO, July 1.-THE japanese
battIeship Kawachi, Of 21.42O tons
blew up and sank in
Tokoyama Bay, $50 miles northeast
of Nagasaki. on July IL. Five hun
dred members Of the crew lost their
lives.
The battleship Kawachi was built
at Kure in 1919. She carried q COM
plement of $50 officers and men. The
warship was 500. feet long. 81 feet
beam, and 'ew IS feet Of water. She
carried twelve 12-inch guns as her
principal armament
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-17
100000 JEWEL THEFT
LEADS TO FOUR ARRESTS

CHICAGO. July H.-Three men and
= woman are held by the police In
connection with a S9ooOm Jewel robbery.
All details are refused by the police,
except that a confession has been obtain
Cd from one OF the suspects, and part
q the loot recovered. The arrest Of
several members Of a band OF jewel
thieves and the recovery Of more
stolen Jewels Is expected.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-17
EARNS SECOND cITATIoN.

PARIS, July I7.-Second Lieuten-
ant George de Castellane. son of the
Marquis Boni de Castellane and Anna
Gould (now the Duchess OF Talley--
rand and of Sagsn.) earned his sec
ond citation in the French attack on
June IL for making a perilious re-
connoissance and bringing back exact
Information of the enemy's position"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-17
10 OFFER iReD CROSS PRIZE.

Through the United States Golf As
sociation the American Red Gross has
arranged to provide an American Red
Cross prize medal to be offered in
competition by golf clubs which con-
tribute entry fees to the Red Cross
Instead Of using them for purchasing
substantial prlESG
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-17
PLAN PLAY WEEK.

The Children's Bureau announced
today a Children's Play Week for
October, designed to increase physi-
cal Yigor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-17

Eat potatoes instead Of bread. 20
tatOes are cheaper than bread and
Just n nOurShlnE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-17
LoPEz ATTAcks STATION.

JUAREz. Mexico. July 17.-vlua
followers, under Martin Lopez a.
tackled the railroad station at Hor-
casitas, twenty miles south Of Chi
huAhua City, last Wednesday. mur.
dared the Iieutsnant colonel con-
handing there. killed seventy Of ths
federal troops eneamped there. hang
I'd the station master. and burned TIE
station, according 70 passengers VIE
have arrived here.
The courier-index., 1918-07-19
EXAMINATION FOR
 POSTMASTER HERE
WILL BE CONDUCTED AT FOR REST CITY ON AUGUST 14. UNDER CIVIL SERVICE RULES POSITION PAYS s2,2oo.

An announcement has been sent out by John A. McIllhenny, president of the United States Civil Service Commission, to the effect that an examination will be held in Forrest City on Wednesday. August IA, for the position of postmaster at Marian na to succeed E. H. McMurray who has resigned the position, effective, on September 1. The place pays $2,20O a year, and under the recent ruling placing postmasters under the civil service regulations the success. full applicant will have the position for life or during good behavior
 The formal notice sent out by the civil service commission is as fol lows:
 "At the request of the Postmaster General the United Statas Civil Scry- ice Commission has announced an examination to be held at Forrest City, Ark, on August IA, 1918. for the position of postmaster at Mari anna. This office has an annual compensation of $2,200.
 "To be eligible for this examina- tion an applicant must be citizen of the United States, must actually reside within the delivery of the office and have so resided at the time the present vacancy occurred
 Applicants must have reached their twenty-first but not their sixty fifth birthday on the date of the ex- animation.
 Application form 304 and full in- formation concerning the require ments of the examination may be secured from the postmaster at the place of vacancy or from the civil service commission, Washington, D. c. Applications should be properly executed and filed with the commis- sion at Washington, D. C., in time to arrange for the examination of the applicants
The courier-index., 1918-07-19
REV. BOONE. RESIGNS
 BAPTIST PASTORATE
POPULAR YOUNG MINISTER Ac- cEPTS CALL AS PASTOR OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AT oWENseoRo, KY.

On last Sunday morning the Rev. w. c. Boone, pastor of the First Baptist church of this city, rendered his resignation to the congregation effective on August 12 Mir. Boone made statement to the congrega- tiOn in which he said he had given serious and prayerful consideration to a call he had received from the congregation of the First Baptist Church at Owensboro, Ky, and that he had decided to accept the call While he did not contend his work here had been entirely finished, he believed the opportunities for great CT service in the Owensboro field justified his action in severing his connection with the church here and accepting the call to the Owensboro church. It is stated Owensboro is a city of 10000 inhabitants. with three Baptist churches. The First church, to which MT Boone will go, has a membership of 1,200. Immediately following the time his resignation be- comes effective here, Mir Boone will go to Winona. Ind, and spend two weeks attending a big bible con- ference that is held annually at that place Mrs Boone and baby will go to Shaw, Miss. and will later join Mir Boone at Owensboro.
 MT. Boone came to Marianna eigh- teen months ago from Memphis where he had been assistant to his father, Dr. A. U. Boone. Prior to his work in Memphis he was pastor at the Baptist church at Hernando, Miss. During his residence of IS months in Marianna Mir. Boone has been a big factor in building up the Baptist congregation. His sermons are deeply spiritual and thoughtful and have attracted large congrega- tions. Approximately one hundred and fifty new members have been re- ceived into the church during MT. Boone's pastorate.
 At the regular service Sunday morning when MT. Boone rendered his resignation, members of the con gregation expressed ceep regret over his decision. A committee was ap- pointed to draft suitable resolutions attesting the high esteem and love in which the pastor is held and ex- pressing the sorrow of the congre- gation over losing his services.
 The Rev C. L. Hammock, pastor of the First Baptist Church at Null berry, Florida, has accepted an in vitation to preach at the church here next Sunday morning and evening. MT. Boone. wife and baby, leave to- day for Memphis to be gone until Tuesday.
The courier-index., 1918-07-19
MRS. CHARLES M'KEE
 DIED LAST SUNDAY
ONE OF MARiANNA'S BEST KNOWN MATRONS SUCcUM5ED AFTER PAINFUL ILLNESS OF SEVEN MONTHS.

On last Sunday morning at nine o'clock Mrs. Levitte Mckee, wife of Chas. Mckee, president of the Lee County National Bank, died at he family residence on Pearl street Mrs Mckee had been i'll more than seven months with Bright's disease, complicated with rheumatism. From the beginning her condition was seri- ous. She was placed under the care Springs. but no human agency was able to provide any permanent relief She was brought back to Marianna from Hot Springs several weeks ago. since which time she has gradually become weaker until her disease-torn body found rest in death last Sunday.
 Mrs Mckee was a native of Ark ansas and for many years resided in Little Rock. Her first husband was named McSwine and from that union two fine sons survive-Tom McSwine with the 20th engineers in France, and Griffeth. now in an aviation school at Austin. Texas. In addition to the two sons Mrs. Mckee is survived by her husband, Chas. Mckee, one daughter, Miss Martha Mckee, and one sister. Mrs. T. M. Phillips of Altheimer. At the time of her death her husband. daughter and sister were present. Griffeth Me Swine was here ten days ago, but returned to Austin before his moth CTS death. It was expected he would be given a furlough to attend the interment at Cynthiana.
 Mrs. Mckee was prominent in club and church circles, where she will be greatly missed. She was diligent worker in the Guild of St. Andrews Episcopal Church and act i've in the Woman's Self Culture Club, as we'll as the Civic Improve ment League and the Suffrage Club. Perhaps no where will she be more missed than in her position as vice
 
 where her efforts and charities were unlimited. no call being too low or too remote to receive her personal attention She was woman of deep sympathies and rare culture, bril- liant acquisition to any circle in which she moved The preliminary funeral services were conducted at St. Andrews Church Monday after noon, the Rev c. c. Burke officiat- ing, in the presence of a large circle of friends who sincerely mourned the passing of this good woman. The body was carried to Cynthiana, Ken lucky for burial. The casket and altar were covered with beautiful flowers, the tokens of friendship.
The courier-index., 1918-07-19
JARRATT WRITES ON
 WESTERN PATRIOTISM
SAYS PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES ARE DEMoNSTRATVE-SEN0 UP PRAYERS AT NOON HOUR EACH DAY.

The following extract from letter by R. D. Jarratt of this city to II. R. McVeigh will, we are sure, prove of interest to our readers. MT. Jar ratt is spending the summer near Los Angeles:
 'The whole city of Los Angeles, it seems to me. is most loyal and patriotic. Tn fact. there is more dem onstration over the pictures of our troops and President Wilson in the picture shows than you could pos sibly imagine. and there is not a day that passes you do not see a band and a crowd of men working for war savings and thrift stamps. There is another thing that strikes me very forcibly, very likely you have read or heard about it. One
The courier-index., 1918-07-19
SHOT SELF IN HAND
 TO AVOID THE DRAFT
LOCAL BOARD PASSED NEGRO FOR SERVICE AND LATER HE WAS TURNED DOWN BECAUSE OF BAD HEART.

Had Robt. Dawson, negro employ ed on John Mann's farm, known his heart was bad he probably would not have taken the trouble to send a bullet through his right hand in order to dodge military service. But Roberts knowledge of his physical defects was confined to the exterior of his anatomy. In fact, Roberts chief knowledge was that Uncle Sam was drafting a powerful lot of ne- groes and this information was sec. ondary only to Roberts aversion to facing the Huns. If there existed the slightest probability that his caracass was to be massaged with bullets, he preferred to perform the operation himsclr so he could select sections of his physiogomy that would be least damaged
 When it became evident that he was going to be inducted into mili- tary service, Robert innocently ask ed friend how in the Sam Hill a fellow was going to get by Uncle Sam. He was jokingly told one way was to shoot himself through the hand. Within a few days Robert had done this very thing When he was called for examination he had concocted blood-curdling story of how two men held him up on the L'Anguille Lake bridge and had fir ed several shots at him, one ball passing through his hand. Local physicians who examined the negro declined to believe his story, and certified him as fit for service He was sent to Camp Pike and upon final examination was turned down because of a bad heart
The courier-index., 1918-07-19
GLAD HE GAVE SERVICE

Oyster Bay. N. Y. July "Quen- tins mother and I are very glad that he got to the front and had the chance to render some service to his country and to show the stuff there was in him before his fate befell him.
 This was the statement issued by Col. Roosevelt today after press dis patches had furnished confirmation of earlier reports that his son, Lieut.. Quentin Roosevent. had been killed in an aerial battle in France.
The courier-index., 1918-07-19
ROOSEVELT'S SON IS
 KILLED IN AIR FIGHT
QUENTIN LOST LIFE IN FIGHT WITH TWO GERMAN PLANES LOST CONTROL AND FELL lN- TO ENEMY LINES.

Paris, July 17-Lieut Quentin Roosevelt, youngest son of the form CT president, has been killed in an airplane fight, the semi-official Havas News Agency announces. His ma chine fell into the enemy lines.
 Lieut. Roosevelt was last seen in combat on Sunday morning with two enemy airplanes about ten miles inside the German lines in the Cha teau Thierry sector. He started out with a patrol of 13 American ma chimes. They encountered seven Ger mans and were chasing them back when two of them turned on Lieut.. Roosevelt
 It was seen that Roosevelt sudden ly lost control of his machine, having probably receiving a mortal wound.
 Philip Roosevelt, Quentin's cousin, witnessed the air battle in which Quentin was engaged and saw the machine fall. but did not know until later that the airplane was that of his cousin.
 Reports of the fight state that the Germans appeared to be shooting at the lieutenant from the rear. the three machines being close together.
 Then one of the machines was seen tumbling through the clouds and patrol which went in search of Lieut. Roosevelt failed to find any trace of him. He appeared to be fighting up to the last moment.
 One account states that the ma chine caught fire before it began to fall.
The courier-index., 1918-07-19
PREFER HOME DIAMONDS

The Coffeyville Journal notes with joy the home spirit which clings to the American soldier and becomes more evident the longer they play the game on foreign diamonds. A soldier writing home tells of an ar tiIlery observer who, in reporting to his superior the enemy fire was fall ing short, said: "The Huns seem to be popping up in the infield."
The courier-index., 1918-07-19

On next Tuesday afternoon, July 23 Geo. R. Wyman of Little Rock representing the state organization that has charge the sale of War Savings Stamps will ad dress mass meeting of the business men and their em ploves of Marianna the Elks Home. The meeting will open at three o'clock and will close at four o'clock. Every business house in the city will be asked to close for this hour every business and professional man al all employees are requested to attend the conference and hear the address that will be delivered by Mir Wy man. The matter of disposng of Lee counys allotment of War Savings Stamps is of very serious MT Wyman has been devotng his entire time to this great and he has plan to present that will enable Fee county to come up with the allotment assigned her. HL Lgh Nixon the chairman for this county. and W. J. Shorten has appointed vice chairman to assist Mr. Nixon in the work.
The courier-index., 1918-07-19
A eEmARkAeuE CONSTITUTION

Dr. De Witte-I shall never forget my first patient, He had me on tne anxious seat, must confess.
 Rivers-Did you come out all right?
 Dr. De Witte-Oh. yes. Fortunate Iy. his strong constitution pulled us both through.