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The Washington herald., 1918-02-09

In Cora Mearns house there is a
bed that works three shifts a day.
Three men rent this one room,
each working an S-hour trick.
For three months or more they
have been getting along very
nicely.
Not a one has been drunk or
started a fight. Each one would
cheerfully turn over the bed to the
other as needed
Last Wednesday. Rufus Sebas-
tian, one of the trio. was feeling a
little punk and didn't go to work.
He insisted on piling in the bed
with Peter Cox. But Peter told
him to shiny on his own side.
In two shakes of a lambs tail
the two were having it out with
chairs. razors, anything they could
| get heir hands on.
Cora hollered upstairs and order
ed the fuss stopped.
Peter threw a pitcher downstairs
and hit Cora on the head.
Then Cora ran upstairs (she
wasn't hurt) and lit into Peter.
Rufus helped her to whip him.
Between the two they managed to
do a very good job.
Peter had them arrested. But the
court said they acted in self-defense
Heavy stun.
Catherine Gross is always getting
in the way of the police department
If you ever saw her get on the
scales, you wouldn't wonder a bit
at it. She's close to 800.
She has as much use for a police
man as German has for an Eng
lishman.
Every time she sees one she
makes a face at him.
And occasionally she uses some
terrible language, especially when
she sees any one arrested.
Tuesday night Catherine was
chewing the rag with another woman.
A cop told her to nave on and
hush up. This cop was almost as
big as she was and Catherine hesi-
tated somewhat in sassing him.
Suddenly she hauled of and by
mistake knocked Johanna Jacobs to
the ground Johanna was the other
party to the rag chewing.
She was aiming for the cop. And
it's a good thing that she couldn't
hit straight.
Johanna got an awful lick. But
the court appeased her feelings.
Catherine goes down for 80 days.
She's quit bulling people now.
Can You Blame Herf
"Jedge. nah wife got sore cause
All brushed her dogs hair wild her
hair bresh. All had jes' glib dat
dog a bath"
well. what did you use the hair
brush on your wife's head after
wards for?" the court asked Jake
Whitney.
Jake was charged with pounding
his wife, Isabel, with the back of
the brush.
she made me mad. Jedge,"
answered Jake. sr> i
The Whitney's own little white
are often referred to as canine para
sites. t..-
Jake, under protest, gave the dog
a bath. He refused at first be-
cause he thought the thing might
catch cold.
Just for spite, Isabel said. he
used her new hair brush to take
the kinks out of its hair.
When she got after him about It
he used the brush on her, pound
ing her with the back of 1t.
He is q good husband otherwise,
she said.
Jake said that he knew darn
well that the dog would be the cause
of trouble when he bought #.
He was right. 1t caused trouble
for him in the shape of a SO fine.
TIA |. Cr.nl yUa.Ia
Some peoples lives are just one
disappointment after another.
Margaret Freeman. an old coIored
The Washington herald., 1918-02-09
LOCAL MENTION.
Gunpewder tea. 44e and sse, viii

potatoes, Sc h.: lbs. onions. Csc;
Raro syrup, 13c, Ssc and 75c; black
eyed peas, lie; navy beans, ffc;
lima beans, 17c; 81 ozs. Van Camps
beans. lie; red kidney beans. l5e;
macaroni or spaghetti, l2c: large
herring, &c; 13 ozs. sardines, 1Sc:
Blue Jacket sardines. 1Oc: fat
mackerel. 15c; IS ozs. hominy grits.
l2kc: seeded raisins, SIC; seedless
raisins, 15c; cluster raisins. Csc:
Argo starch. &C; cocoanuts. &c and
Sc: cheese, 30c: white meal, &c; can
pineapple, Csc; whiskbrooms, 1sc;
Bab6dtt's soap. 25c- l12 Fourth
St s. E. and all the J. T. D. Pyles
stores.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-09
LOCAL TEMPERATURES

DUOAI TEMPERATUHES,
Midnight, 3e: A. m. g: 4 a. M, &; ga. m.
81; a. m. 2: 10 a. m. IS: Il noon. %:
p m, q; .. m, 10; 6 p. m, 3s; D, m. S
10 D: m, s.. Highest. e. lowest, q.
Relative humidity-s a m, 70; 2 D. m, Sc: s
p. m, IS. Rainfall % D. m to 8 D. MI. O.
Hours OF sunshine. s!0; per cent Of possible
sunshine, IT.
Departures deficiency OF tenper
ature since January 1. ls1sS s4; deficiency Of
temperature since February /, 1913, A.. Gccu,
mulated excess Of precipitation since January 1.
lsls, oe; deficiency Of precipitation since Feb
ruary !, 1918, 0A.
lowest 81 -
The Washington herald., 1918-02-09
UNIVERSITY CLUB TO ELECT.

Of1cers Of the University Club
will be elected at a meeting this
evening in the clubhouse, Fifteenth
and 1 streets northwest.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-09
OTHER TEMPERATURES.

TIDE TABLES.
COMPILED By the United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
Today-Low tide, l2:8, a, m. and l23s u. m, +:
high tide. sos a. m. and 6:s2 p m.
Automobile lamps must be hshted BY s1 D. m.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-09
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

District Of Columbia and Maryland-Lieht rain
TO-DAY with rising temperature. Tomorrow partly
cloudy; light southerly winds
Enthusiastically fair today, except rain m
north portion; warmer. Sunday partly cloudy
light southerly winds
The Washington herald., 1918-02-09

as per schedule. II IL a question. how
ever, IL the schools. once opened. vii
be able to continue the work until
spring heat will suppIant coal for pro-
ducing comfort.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-09

The man who regards marriage
as a necessity" says the Cynical
Bachelor, would regard bigamy as
a luxury."-PhiIadelp Record.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-09

Electric Irons and Tossters.
Electric Webster. 71s 9Th 81. n. W
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-04
At The Republic Monday.

A dance on glsss-topped table is
performed by Emily Stevens, the star
in Alias Mrs. Jessop, q Metro won.
derplay, which will be the attraction
ct the Republic Theatre, on Monday.
In this picture Miss Stevens plays 8
dual role one proper and demure
girl and the other wilful and uncon-
trolled. Ii is as Lillian Ford, the
frivolous girl, that the star dances.
While her husband is awsy, Lillian
takes advantage of the opportunity to
give 8 magnificent dinner party, invit-
ing all her gaiety-loving friends. She
makes elaborate preparations, engag-
ing a large orchestra and cabaret ar
lists TO entertain her guests. The
wine flows freely at the dinner and
Lillian becomes excited with what she
considers her success as q hostess.
After the performance of girl
dancer, while sll the guests are eager
Is npplauding, Lillian jumps up on the
top of the gless-topped table. Gath.
ering her lacy draperies about her
feet, she initiates the motion Of the
dancer who has preceded her. A dra-
matic scene take place at critical
moment when Sir Anthony Jessop re-
turns Unexpectedly.
Also Psthe News.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-04
New Boomerang Bullet.

The discussion of the war is heard
everywhere. Even negro janitors find
time while shoyeling on the coal to
talk about it, says a New York news
letter. Two of them were discussing
the wonderful inventions brought about
by the war; THE man Edison is some
boy" said one Of the negroes. "How's
that?" inquired the other "Why he's
done gone and invented a magnetized
bullet dat can't miss German, II II
sees his steel helmet" That's what I
calls some invention" exclaimed the
other "But dat amt all what that
bullet can do, continued the first
speaker. Whenever that bullet don't
hit nothin' it comes straight back TO
the American lines. 'Dat so?" asked
the second janitor, with some doubt.
''How do they manage TO keep them
there comm back bullets from hittin'
our own men?" well, nah frien',
didn't 'splain that" answered the first
one, 'but you can betcher life that
man Edison has got dem bullets
trained. You doan 'spect he'd let 'em
kill any Americans, DO you? No sir.
He's just got them fixed so dey will
come back and fall around our gun
ners' feet"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-04
MOVING PICTURE ATTRACTIONS.
At The Colonial Theatre Tonight.

George Beban in an appealing and
humorous story Jules CT the Strong
Heart will be the enjoyable attra.-
ton at the Colonial this evening.
Jules Lemaire, happy -go-Iucky
French Canadian, comes singing
through the woods into the camp of
the Memo Lumber Company in the
heart of the Canadian woods. To all
inquiries about himself and the charm
ing year-old baby he carries, Jules
gives laughing, evasiye reply. He
is engaged, however. as they are very
short Of help. Tom Farnsworth is
boss of the camp and just at this time
unpopular with his men because of
fancied grievances as to salaries.
His daughter, Joy. on the contrary, is
the favorite Of everyone, most espe-
cially with big Jim Burgess, burly log
ger, who aspires to her favor in rough
cavemsn fashion; Kendall, the time
keeper; and later with Jules himself.
The three clash over the girl with
Jules and Kendall arranged against
Burgess. when the logger becomes of
fensive in forcing his company upon
her. Inundated for the moment,
Burgess waits his opportunity for re-
venge. This comes sooner than he
had expeced. For the following pay
day the money fails to arrive on time
and the men, already dissatisfied, be.
come extremely FESTIVE. Kendall as
sures them that the money is waiting
at the railroad junction but cannot be
brought over because of the storm
which is 30 roughing the river that it
would De almost impossible Cor a boat
to attempt the crossing. The men tell
Farnsworth that they do not believe
the money is there. He dares any OF
them 10 cross the camel in salboat
and get It with an order he offers to
write. Jules volunteers to go.
Burgiss is urged by the loggers 20 &C.
company him to make certain that the
money will get back to them. 30 in
the raging storm Jules and Burgess set
, out suspicious of each other and fight
ing every inch Of their way against
the terrific gale Jules hides the or
der Bhis mouth until they reach the
express Office where the money Is de-
livered 70 him in canvas sack. On
the return trip Burgess strikes jules
down with a revolver and seeks the
money but cannot find It. He beaches
the ssilboat and pinions Jules on the
sand at the waters edge, torturing
him for twenty-four hours III an effort
to make him disclose what he did with
the money. Jules of the Strong
Heart" withstsnds the agony and re-
fuses to tell.
From this point of the story to the
end many thrilling incidents take
place. To see George Beban IN
Jules of the Strong Heart" is to en-
JOY q picture we'll worth seeing. No
movies tomorrow.
Wednesday. Elsie Ferguson. in
1.-The Rose of the World"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-04
BOOK LORE.
what The January Magazines Con-
tain of Interest to Readers.

What The January Magazines Con-
tain of Interest TO Readers.
Harold Bell Wright, who mss sold
over seven million copies of his bucks.
mas written his first magazine article
for the February AMERICAN MAGA-
ZINE Il Is called THE Sword Of
Jesus and asks what Jesus would do
in this great world war. Every man,
woman an6 cailj in America should
read 1t.
In addition there are me articles
about the Mayo Brothers, the great
doctors of Rochester, MINI Thomas
Edison and Abraham Lincoln. The
Edison article presents a new view OF
the famous genius, oiscussing not his
inventions but the personal wisdom or
the man. Whist l Learned from
Abe Lincoln tells the pictures and
the life OF Lincoln mas inspired one
man, and Walter Prichard Eaten tells
Of the plays worth seeing this winter.
The fiction contains good stories by
Holworthy Hall, William Dudley Fel-
ley. Samuel Derieux and other we'll
known writers. The Interesting Peo-
pie Department is fine this month.
Bruce Barton continues his serial,
1.-The Making Of George Groton.
Sid Saws: III you aren't lighting are
you worth lighting for2" and Family
Money contains many helpful hints or
how TO save.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-04
DECLARES THIS WAR WILL
BE WON BY SENTIMENT
Commodore Wadham Addresses Army
Y NJ, c. A. Secretaries In
Washington.

This war viii be won by senti-
ment," declared Commodore II. v.
Wadhams, U. S. N, retired, in an adj
dress to the Army Y. NJ. c. A. secretar-
les, in conference at the Washington
y NJ. c. A.
There now are more than forty
secretaries engaged in Y. M. c. A. war
work in the immediate vicinity of
Washington, some of them at Camp
Meade, near Annapolis.
Commodore Wadhams is a Civil
war veteran. has served many years
as chaplain in the Navy and just now
is active in Red Cross work. He was
a former resident of Annapolis. His
wife was Miss Carrie Henderson,
daughter of the Rev DR.. Isaac Hen
derson, years ago pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church, this city.
1T is sentiment in regard to our
children and our grandchildren which
will spur us on to victory" he said.
Il want you to hear what little
French girl writes from abroad
There is a small river in France
so narrow that you can talk across it;
birds can fly across it with one sweep
of their wings. There are great
armies on either bank They are as
far apart as the stars in the sky-as
right from wrong There is a great
ocean; it is so wide that the seagulls
cannot fly across it without resting
Upon either shore there are great ma
tons They are so close, however,
that their hearts touch
THAT is the expression of senti-
ment, and that is the sentiment we
should keep before us in this war
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-04
WOMAN PLEADED FOR CAND0R
faatron Announcing Nearness of Birth
day Found Truth Not So Aktrzc-
tive After She Got Il.

A woman with 6 birthday in sight
spoke earnestly TO three men who were
her friends. writes Ella Randall
Pearce. in life.
Tomorrow viii be another birth
day for me- she said. Il know the
freshness of my youth has departed,
but l should like TO know Just how
old appear in the eyes Of the world.
Tell me. my dear friends, II yea were
looking on me fer the FIRST time what
would be your impressiensT
Said the first man q iy: II have
known you for several years. and you
appear the same as when / first saw
you. Your beauty is undimmed; your
charm is undiminished. If I did not
know otherwise, / should say tomor-
row would be your twentieth birth
day"
Said the second man more slowly
Il, too. have known you for several
years, but it seems to NE you have
been favored by time. Your beauty
has ripened and deepened until now
you. who were once a lovely bud, are
q lovelier rose in bloom. I should
count tomorrow as the beginning OF
your twenty-fifth year.
"And you," queried the woman OF
the third man, who had been regard
ing her with clear-eyed frankness.
Between friends there should al
ways be truth" he replied gravely.
"I acknowledge your beauty and your
charm and both have been wonder
fully preserved in semblance Of youth.
But you ask for candor and you shall
have it. Looking at you closely, I
should not expect you to see thirty
after tomorrow"
The woman faced the three men
who were her friends, aud her eyes
We're cleaning while her cheeks pink
turned crimson. She pointed an &C
eusing finger.
''You have He'd she said tremulous-
", "and you also. But I win forgive
you both because you lied TO please
me. But she whirled toward
the last speaker-'you are a barbarOus
egotlst You have wounded me in or
der to maintain your own reputation
for yeraeity. Truth, indeed Your
honesty offends me- we are no longer
friends. Go-and quicklyw
''Whewr y exclaimed the third man
as he strobe through the outer dark
ness. 81 wonder what would have
happened to me If I had really told
her the truth?'
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-04
Personnel Of President Of
American Federation of Labor

Samuel Gompers, president OF the
American Federation of Labor, was
born in London on January 81, 1850
His father, Saul Gompers, was a cigar
maker The future labor leader had
but four years schooling when he was
apprenticed to cobbler Repairing
shoes did not suit his taste, and he
learned the trade of his father. mean
while attending night school. When
Samuel was thirteen the Gompers
family emigrated to the land of prom
Use, settling in New ork At fourteen
the youngster was member of the
first cigarmakers' union. Ten years
later he became secretary of his local
union He organized the first national
union OF cigarmakers, and was one of
the founders of the American Fedora
ton of Labor. which was formed at a
protest against the old knights of
Labor
Mr.. Gompers looks like a scholarly,
well-fed college professor. He is short
and stocly and you can see his deter
mination in the manner in which he
grips his union-made cigar between
his teeth. Mr. Gompers is a natural
lied American citizen. and. il further
proof is need of his Amerieanism, he
is an enthusiastic baseball fan.
When he goes TO q ball game he takes
of his coat, makes himself comfort
able and proceeds to forget about
strikes and boycotts. At BAH games.
and all other open air events where a
hat is not permissible or desirable,
the Gompers head is covered with
skull cap Of black silk, union-made.
for he has horror of draughts. As
an orator. Mr. Gompers is ponderous.
precise, and enuneiates his words
carefully and clearly He gives the
auditor the impression Of man who
knows what he IS talking about His
brand OF oratory is not provocative
of wild demonstrations, but it is the
kind that gets across.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-04
H0Rs THIs7

We one one hundred dollars re-
ward for any case OF Catarrh that can
not he cured by Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine
Halls Catarrh Medicine has been
taken by catarrh sufferers for the
past thirty-five years. and has become
own as the most reliable remedy
for Catarrh Halls Catarrh Medicine
acts through the blood on the mucus
surfaces, expeIling the poison from
the blood and healing the diseased
portions.
After yen have taken Halls CataFrh
Medicine for & short time you wiz see
z great improvement in your general
health. Start taking Halls Catarrn
Medicine at once and get rid Of
catarrh Send for testimonials. free
r j. CHENEY& co. Toledo. Ohio.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-04
GROUND MoIes Are Bic Eaters.

A Scotchwoman has just announced
the results Of an interesting series of
observations on the common mole. The
most striking point to the layinan is
the inordinate appetite Of this tiny
creature. A mole win eat its own
weight in earthworms in "a hours. An
ordinary man eating ia the same ra-
ito would require $50 pounds Of food
day. IL the human race were con-
stituted like the moles, comments an
exchange, Mr.. Hoover's task would be
hopeless from the outset One Of the
moles which was a subject for study
weighed four ounces and devoured 100
ounces Of food in single month.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-04
Electric Shin Haa Euture-

The electric ship is no longer q
dream but a reality and / should not
be surprised to find. within a few
years Of the close Of the war, every
new vessel Of any Size driven, steered,
stopped, reversed Of turned, merely by
the pressing Of series Of buttons on
the bridge says q writer in the Elec-
trical Times, London. The application
Of this principle win enable ships to
be run with the highest efficiency at
an even speed, permit marine engi-
neers more liberty of design and yield
proportionately greater cargo space
than the present cumberous form Of
machinery allows.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-04
Has Plans for Bio Time.

Allen, fifty-one. known as the "AfiI.
ionaire Kid" declared in a San Fran
cisco police court he was "going to
buy all the mountain dew in the world'
as soon as he got the fortune of Ss,000,-
000 left to him BY his father.
Alien was arrested with other va
grants. He was asked if he was go.
ing to take his tramp friends with him
on the SOY party"
Some Of them, perhaps" he replied.
I'VE sure are going to have some time,
but III never be buried in the potter's
field. As soon as I get that SS,O00,0 coo
I'm going to set aside $50 for a decent
burial
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-04
NAVIGATION SCHOOL
Aids Enlisted Men To Enter The Naval
Academy.

special arrangements TO aid the en-
listed men of the United States Navy
to prepare for examinations to enter
the Naval Academy have been made
by the Navigation School of the Sea-
mems Church Institute of No. % South
street, New York City, according to the
announcement made by the Superin-
tendent of the Institute, the Rev. DR..
Archibald r. Mansfield The naval
regulations provide that youths who
are less than twenty years OF age and
have been year in the Z. S. Navy
may ask permission to take the ex-
animation for entrance to the Naval
Academy. OF those who pass, the first
one hundred are eligible for appoint
ment.
Applicants must have in general at
tainments the equivalent of what
would be required for the beginning
Of the second year in the average high
school course. The navigation school
of the institute prepares students
along technical lines for the taking
of the examinations. 1t offers to give
information concerning textbooks, to
furnish the books at a merely nominal
profit, and to form classes in view
of the next examination, April 10, OF
this year. The school is also organic
ing special courses of two weeks
each for advanced candidates and ar
ranging for correspondence class.
z The institute since the first CT last
December, in cooperation with the
u. S. Shipping Board, has been in
structing sailors in navigation, so that
they may take examination for Off
GERS certificates The great mer-
chant feet which is being built will
require many captains and other Off
GERS OF the eighty-seven who entered
this couse, eighteen have already pass
ed their examinations and received Ii
censes as second and third mates By
special arrangement with the govern
ment, instruction in this course is
free. Capt. Robert Huntington, an ex-
perienced navigator, is the principal
of the school, and he is assisted by
four instructors. The school is open
on week days and on Monday, Wednes-
day and Thursday evenings On GER
tain days practical instruction is also
given on the steamship J. Hooker
Hamersley.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-04
On TIE Sick List

Prof Edward Ritchings. organist
and choirmaster Of st. Anne's, Is con.
lined 70 his home By illness Sir slif-
chings IS suffering from q severe cold
and an attack Of grippe.
st the services IN St Anne's yester-
day Mrs. Campbell acted as organist
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-04
An Old Habit

The recruit at bayonet practice had
just given the dummy vicious jab,
when the drill sergeant noticed that he
was grimaclng in rather unusual
manner.
Number Fouri" cried the sergeant I;
whats the idea OF all that muggingf"
''Why," said the recruit, a former
movie actor you want me to register
hate or fury or something don't your"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-04
Rank.Handed Comfort

"They say men of brains live longer
than others"
"Don't worry about that, dear boy;
ron may be one Of the exceptions to
the rule"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-04
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s1g esJ dT.zJ. LT.59, e.29, so.
4 n 1920. 10, 20, d..
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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-04
Abstract Statement Showing the Condi-
ton of the City Treasury
From July Isl, 1917, to December slst, 1917.
Counsoo Aderen CEens Cly o. Annap0lls.
ANNAPOLIS. MD. January Il. 1915

In
the seannu financial statement Of The conditions 81 the c anu
sinking City
certified the Cashiers Of the Farmers National Bank Annapolis Banking
and the Annapolis savings Institution
dollars
levied of the shortage
which
S241084)
1917 OF trteght
be
Taking the financial condition Of
the
provided date
Respectfully submitted
STRANGE, Mayor
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-04

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