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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-01-19
Christian Church

DR.. Edwin Hall, noted lecturer, well
known throughout Florida, has been
secured to deliver one of his famous
addresses at the Christian church to.
morrow morning at II o'clock. While
DIR. Halls headquarters have been
for years in New York city he is a
southerner, native of Murfreesboro,
Tenn, and devoted to the South. DIR.
Hall is just from Virginia, where he
has been lecturing for the Y. NJ. C. A.
and Red Cross. All are urged to
come. DR.. Halls subject will be "The
American Christ versus the German
Cod
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-01-19
It's democracy against dsmoneraey.

The government is getting ready to
call for a third liberty loan.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-01-19

A carload of cotton seed direct from
Edisto Island, S. c., assures you free
dom from boil weevil. Get yours now,
and @do your bit" to help your gov
ernment- Saith Grocery Company. 81
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-01-19

just to think --the castor OIL you so
hate 20 take is to be used in fighting
the kaiser.
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St. Phillips Catholic Church

Mass at st. Phillips Catholic church
will be said on Sunday at 10 o'clock,
and on week days at z o'clock. Sun.
day school tomorrow will be at nine.
Christian Science Society of Ocala
(Yonge's Hall)
10 a. m.-Sunday school.
IL a. m.-Sunday service.
Free reading room and library open
on Tuesdays and Fridays from 8 to 5.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-01-19

No matter how scarce salt becomes,
you can always find enough of it to
take rumors with.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-01-19

Shortening women's skirts aids
Cloth conservation, whether IL is
raeant that way or not.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-01-19
NOTICE
OcaIa Iron Works Stockholders Meet
ing

The annual meeting OF the stock
holders of the Oeala Iron Works viii
be held in the company Office, Ocala,
Fla. on Monday, the 4th day of Feb
ruary, IA. ID. 1918, at 10 o'clock a. M,
for the purpose of electing officers
and such other business as may be
required to come before the meeting.
Dated in Ocala, Fla, this the Tia
day of January, A. d. 1918.
lSigned): George MacKay,
Chas. e. Simmons, President
Secretary. 1-16-tues~aAt
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-01-19

A full assortment OF the famous
PAKRO Seedtape. Just the thing for
the small fall garden, 0cala Seed
S~nra -
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The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled for the use for republication Of
not otherwise credited In this paper
and also the local news published
herein. All rights OF republication of
served
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Grace Episcopal

(Rev. Gilbert A. ottmann, Rector)
7:30 a. m.-Holy communion, every
Sunday.
IL a. m-Holy communion and
sermon, first Sunday.
IL a. m.-Morning prayer and ser
mon, except first Sunday.
z p. m-Evening prayer and
sermon every Sunday.
9:45 a. m.-Sunday school.
All seats free. Every one welcome
at all services.
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First Presbyterian

GAoI ACSDSlCItdA
$50 a. m.-Sunday school.
IL a. m.-Preaching service.
2:30 p. m.-Junior Society.
2 p. m.-Preaching service.
Midweek prayer meeting Wednes-
day, 7:30 p. m.
If the weather continues cold there
will be no service tomorrow evening.
Should the bell ring there will be ser
vice. We can get no coal and it is
difficult to warm the church with wood
in coal stoves.
John r. Herndon, Pastor.
Methodist
$3.50 a. m.-Sunday school.
II a. m.-Preaching.
Subject, 1 Cor. 2:2.
8 p. m.-Junior League.
6 p. m.-Senior League.
p. M Preaching.
Mid-week prayer meeting Wednes-
day at 1880 p. m.
Everybody welcome.
Smith Hardin, Pastor.
The Washington times., 1918-02-24

Early Spring Weddings
Are made more attractive by Guides hPme-
grown Spring Flowers INA + st.-AdkS
The Washington times., 1918-02-24
NEGRO SNATCHES
GIRLS PURSE, Then
OUTRUNS PURSUERS

Her handbag containing S12
snatched from her by a negro thief.
Miss Lucy Gardner, 319 c street
northwest, had a thrilling experience
shortly after 7 o'clock last night
when she attempted to fight of the
highwayman.
Hearing the cries OF Miss Gardner.
a number Of men chased the thief. but
he made his escape through a dark
alley.
The attack on Miss Gardner oc-
CURED on VI street. between Twenty
eighth and Twenty-ninth street. just
after she had left her place OF en-
pIoyment There were few persons
in the vicinity. As Miss Gardner
passed the negro. he brushed against
her and seized the handbag. Miss
Gardner attempted to hold on to It,
but the negro Jerked 1t from her
arm and ran.
Although momentarIly shocked from
her experience, Miss Gardner quickly
recovered and screamed for help. Sne
reported her experience to the Third
precinct police, giving a description
of the purse snatcher. She believes
she would be able to identify him
should he be arrested.
The Washington times., 1918-02-24
Thought Hoover Rules
Decreed Inferior Pies;
So Baker Closed Shop

Baker C. A. Bartlett, OF Can
ton. Ohio, thought there were pie
less months ahead. So he planned
to close his pie shop and sell his
equipment. Bartlett thought that
wheat flour was prohibited IN pie
making by the Food Administra-
ton.
II am willing to go out OF bust
ness or do whatever this Govern
ment says, to help out" he wrote
to Hoover. PIE crust made OF
wheat substitutes entirely is no
good" Bartlett wrote, apd rather
than sell poor pies he preferred to
quit.
But piemakers may use 40 per
cent OF the amount OF wheat
-four used last year. one-third OF
some substitute with wheat flour"
the Food Administration informed
Bartlett. Pieless days are not in
prospect now.
The Washington times., 1918-02-24
R. R. WORK AND.
LAW ARE NOW.
OPENFIELDS TO.
THE FAIR SEX:

with the departure Of an ever-in-
creasinE number Of men from the
business and professional life OF the
nation, Americas women are rapidly
preparing themselves to take the
places thus vacated.
Countless stories have already been
published, showing how the fair sex
has come to the rescue OF Uncle Sam
in his time Of need. but ever and
anon more and more professions are
being opened to the capable women.
Woman Attorney.
District Attorney Henry Lewis, Of
Brooklyn, yesterday o. KID Miss
Helen P. McCorInIck's services to the
city as assistant district attorney.
The Iarge-eyed, rosy young appointee
was going over & case with two de-
teetfvss in her neat, square office
with its huge window and its flat
topped desk. The huge red blotter on
the desk furnished the only bit OF
glowing color save herself, yet she
is so vital that the office seemed
aKloW.
The district attorney and 1 with
drew to the next office. Over the
partition floated tones Of her soft.
well-modulated voice as it rose and
fell in her discussion of a case with
the detectives.
She Is Efficient.
TITS a mighty important case, Miss
McCormiclI"-in the detectives heav-
fer tones. a great deal depends upon
the girls testimony. We think you
can get a great deal more from her
than any OF US can"
"I1l see her today"
District Attorney Lewis said:
That's her way of working. No
waste of words-no waste of time.
The experiment OF woman's help in
the district attorneys office has been
= success.
81 like her working way as soon
as she came to see me. She was the
last OF the lawyers who called on
saw that she had the requisite traits
OF men lawyers and none OF the
weaknesses OF women attorneys. The
me in regard TO the appointment. 1
habit OF the succinct statement il
very rare"
"And behind It is the forceful,
clear cut idea" I agreed. You re-
member that Richard Grant White
said. We think in words, and when
we lack fit words, we lack fit
thoughts
"She has the habit Of thinking
straight" he said "She has agility
81 mind. 7 like the assistance OF
those who think quickly, and act in
the same way. You notice how she
Zoos in and out OF q room. She
comes and goes"
Nor Pauses?"
Not unless necessary. She is no
thief Of time. She has charge ofSthe
complaint department That is IA !
department IN which she can be use
ful, and in which she will develop"
The detectives were leaving. There
was a quick, firm closing Of the next
door. a swift entry into the little |
office
Ready" said Miss Mccormick. !
The district attorney lifted his hat I
The Washington times., 1918-02-24
ST. ANTHONY TAKEN
|. FROM STETTINIUS
HOME AND BROKEN

Fact strangely parallels fiction. and
II you are the owner OF a statue Of
St Anthony, then be careful-guard
It safely.
The fertile brain of Sir A. Conan
Doyle was responsible for the story
OF the six NapoIeonS. Six busts OF
Napoleon, one OF them containing 8
valuable jewel. the other five almost
valueless, were in different sections
OF London When bust after bust
was shattered. the police gave little
attention to the fact The theory ad-
vanced was that someone was giving
vent to an intense hatred toward the
great Frenchman. Then came q MUIR
der. And finally Sherlock Holmes.
the greatest OF detective characters.
made the discovery Of the hidden
Jewel.
Here in Washington lives Edward
R. Stettinius. at 25O1 Massachusetts,
avenue northwest, known as the
connected with the War Department.
where It is estimated he is spending
a million dollars a day for Uncle
Sam
statue In Garden.
In the rear of the Ststtinius home
Is q little garden. In the center of
the garden was, until yesterday
afternoon, a plaster statue OF ST. An
thony. the patron saint of swineherds.
The statue was about twenty inches
high.
About 1880 o'clock yesterday after.
noon the cook and the butler looked
out OF the back window and for a
second were almost speechless.
Good Lord" said the cook, est.
Anthony Is gone"
The houseman, the cook, and the
butler began an immediate investiga-
ton. Mr.. Stettinius was at the War
Department.
ST Anthony was gone all right.
There was not a trace OF the statue.
But from the back fence TO where the
statue OF the saint had peacefully
stood for more than a year, were foot
prints in the snow.
Fred Payne. the houseman, said
the tracks were those OF men. The
tracks were soon lost In the slush,
however. and chase was impossible.
Could there possibly have been
something OF value hidden in the
plaster paris cast OF St. Anthony?
II so, was that something OF enough
Importance to cause two men to steal
the statue?
The servants quickly dismissed the
idea that playful boys stole the sanity
plaster or. that It was taken OF by
The Washington times., 1918-02-24
FORMER MARINE HELD
ON ASSAULT CHARGE

Edward william Brown, twenty
eight years old, former member OF
the Marine Corps. 513 Third street
northwest, was locked up at the Sixth
precinct police station last night on
charges OF assaulting Hiram Blum, a
tailor, o2S G street northwest, and
Patrolman Montgomery, who placed
him under arrest.
Blum is nursing a severe cash from
a knife in his left shoulder. which
was sewed up at the Casualty Hos
pital.
According to Rlum. Brown refused
to pay for clothing he had repaired
and the argument resulted in his be
ing stabbed. Patrolman Montgomery
was summoned and he claims Brown
struck him when he placed him under
arrest.
The Washington times., 1918-02-24
Men In Service.

With the scores Of the railroads
-Iained men in the United States Sig
nal Corps and other branches OF the
Federal service, this school hns Offer
ed TO women the opportunity of a
The Washington times., 1918-02-24

and two steps took him to the ele-
vator.
Tells of Own Efforts.
At a tea room the only woman as
slstant district attorney Greater New
York has ever had, ate an omelette
yes. ate it, not toyed with it-and
talked OF what she had learned in
the district attorneys office.
Il have learned how much easier
1t is for a woman to tell har intimate
stories to a woman than to a man.
The invitation, Now, sit down and
tell me about it, and I viii see what
can be done to help you brings the
whole story. Yesterday a little girl
told me a dreadful story OF wrong.
She told il freely and without appar-
ent reserve. She went before the
grand jury, and came back in tears.
4 could have told IT better II you'd
been there she said.
Many AbandOnments.
I've learned what an astounding
number OF abandonments there are.
Poverty comes, and a man leaves
his wife and children TO shift for
themselves. He gets out from un-
der. as il were. Two-hfths Of the
complaints that come to me are cases
of wife abandonment.
81 was able TO reunIte one couple.
discovered that the man was a
Catholic. Have you been to the
priest:' He said NO. and 1 sug-
gested. Go, and we'll see what can
be done ! knew the priest would
not absOlve him, and he didn't
The man was made TO see the enor-
nifty of his fault and repented. The
couple are living together, at least
more happily than they did. OF
course the matrimonial sIackers are
not at all on one side. The men may
be lazy, hut sometimes the women are
slovenly housekecpers
Il do not wonder that Of late plays
have been made around courtroom
scenes. The district attorneys Of
fee teens with drama. But over the
The Washington times., 1918-02-24
GIRL DIES OF BURNS
FROEI BLAZING CLOTHES

Lillian Finley. the twelve-year-old
daughter OF Mr. and Mrs. Maurice p.
Finley. g FoVhall road northwest,
died at g o'clock last night ut the
Georgetown University Hospital from
burns she received in the afternoon
when her dress became ignited from
an Overhcated stove in the kitchen
Of her home.
developed in flames. the girl rush
ed screaming into the street. where
she was met by Sergeant Easley and
Patrolman Donovan. who beat out
the blazing garments with their
hands. The face and body of the
girl were badly scared by the flames.
She was rushed to the hospital In
the Eighth precinct ambulance.
The Washington times., 1918-02-24

some one with hatred in his heart for
the saint.
How could the footprints in the snow
be accounted for?
So disturbed was Payne, the house.
man, that he started out to notify
the police. One block in the rear OF
the garden he found the st. Anthony
statue smashed into bits. This evil
IDENTIFY proved that the vandaIs were
looking for something inside Of the
statue. Upon gathering up the pieces
Of the shattered saint, it was discov-
cred that the head was still missing.
Here the clues ended. Neither the
police nor the Stettinius household
could go further. Will some young
Sherlock Holmes solve the mystery
of the smashed ST. Anthony?
The Washington times., 1918-02-24
KAISER CONFERS WITH
GERMAN ARMY HEADS

AMSTERDAM. Feb. 2i-Emperor
william. Emperor Charles Field
Marshal Won Hindcnburg. and Cen
cral Won LudeudOrff conferred Friday
at army headquarters. according to
dispatches reaching here.
The Washington times., 1918-02-24
TENRULES ON HOW
BOSS, SHOULD TREAT
/. HIS STENOGRAPHER

Rules for the bossI \ member of
the army OF stenographers." signed
"Just One OF Many" today sent in
to The Times rules which every girls
boss must follow II he wants his
pretty stenographer to love him-the
way a Nubian loves his master. ST.
lently and dumbly-the only proper
way in an office. OF course.
Just One of Many" declares that
after seven years experience as a
stenocrapher. she has found men. es-
peciaIly Washington men. the most
trying ordeals, the most inconsider-
eGotistical lot"
SerVe-RnckInE Click.
They never stop to think Of the
nerve-racking each click Of the type
writer means to the stenographer."
she said.
Boss, here are your ten rules:
l. Don't keep your cigarette or
cigar in your mouth while talking;
you cannot articulate distinctly when
you do.
.. Don't hold your hand doubled up
about your mouth as though you were
chewing your nails, thus making your
words mufiled.
8. Don't turn your head away from
the stenographer and gaze out Of the
window and still expect her to catch
your words.
4. Don't begin giving a dlctation
the minute she steps into your room.
and before she has a chance to sit
down: that is impolitenes5 and In
consideration pcrsonified.
8. Don't expect to be respected IN
less you use politeness at all times:
thin veneer wears off in a short while.
The old saying: "Give, and you shall
receive"
O. Don't come to the office IN the
morning with the after effect II an
all night party in Baltimore" mood.
II you do your work will show it,
Why: because you will have wrought
your disposition upon the Etenog-
rapher. who will he so upset for the
rest Or tho day she won't be able to
do good work.
For Heavens Sake, Don't NaEi
Z. Don't. above all, nag your stenog-
rapher. BE businesslike, but don't be
a pest. The majority Of stenograph-
ars, after their training. have brains
enough to do their work without
being naEGed and repeatedly told to |
10 their work Give MS a little credit |
for having some brains.
s. Repeat, IL necessary, for Il
might be the stenographer has mis- |
you and wishes only to |
save time by not making a mistake.
o. Give your Gictation in plenty of
time, so she need not be crowded and I
pverruShod at the last moment
10. Let her leave on time after her
days work is done: that IL. don't
spend the best part of the day visit
ing around with the others and then
suddenly rush in and give your days
iictatiun in an hour.
The Washington times., 1918-02-24
Many Professions Being Opened Women Men Answer the
MISS HELEN P. MCCORMICK.

Miss Mccormick, thoroughly at
tractive woman, is an efficient aide
to District Attorney Henry Lewis, Of
Brooklyn, N. Y. She is assistant
district attorney, which, in New
York city, is some job.
Her fitness for the work has been
demonstrated in more than one diff
cult case. And-this is important
she just loves her job.
Miss Mccormick is of especial
value in cases where women are in
volved. A woman finds it much
easier to talk freely to another
woman than to a man.
She has reunited more than one
quarrel-parted husband and wife.
She also has an idea that law is
needed to provide seats for women
street car conductors.
The Washington times., 1918-02-24

shoulder OF the narrative, unsuspect-
ed by the narrator, leers the face OF
comedy.
For instance, tears rolled down
! the cheeks OF a negress who wanted
her husband back because, 4 paid
! the weddin' 'spenses and dat man
cost me nine dollars and a half, he
! did
"'Go home and stop crying, Mary
1 said. III do all can for you.
! over i'm his chamber Judge HOyle
! and | discussed the case. The West In
dian spouse. eyes rolling rapidly, made
a fair alibi He would have "sported
/ de lady, 1 marriad, only I had no job.
your Honor Judge Hoyle got him a
/ job. Another reunion.
I Serious Cases.
with a class Of serious cases against
girls and women # Is difficult to deal
| because OF the need OF confederation as
7 the law stands I wish the clrcum-
stances and the character Of the COM
/ plainant could be given more weight"
What have you deduced from the
several hundreds complaints you have
siftcd?"
Il am against the passage OF the
Brown bill. It provides for child labor
under some conditions. And I am for
furnishing seats in The street cars for
women conductors. Ten hours a day in
a standing posture are too many"
do you still favor legislation enabling
an American woman who has married
a European to maintain her citizenship
A twinkle in the gray eyes and the re-
tort: Il think We can spare the Aneri-
can girls who marry for a title. / don't
think they would be valuable citizens"
Next week Miss Mccormick goes TO
Richmond, Va. TO spend WIshingtUn's
Birthday. She has been invited to speak
upon The Law and the Woman Law
YER" and to be a guest Of honor at a
reception.
Girls at. u. IL. Work
On miniature. electrically oper-
ated railroad. built in the form OF
phone and telegraph block offices are
located at intervals, with complicated
switches and terminals at each end,
hundreds of girls are today prepar-
ing themselves to become train dis
patchers.
The Pennsylvania railroad, respon.
sible for this new line Of endeavor
for women, has opened building on
Filbert street, in Philadelphia, and
provided competent teachers to give
the necessary instruction ;aat viii
esulJ in turning out many women
operators.
Experience has shown that the
length Of time required to graduate |
s from six to eight months, accord |
ing to the ability Of the student
Men In Service.
With the scores Of the railroads !
-1ained men in the United States Sig
nal Corps and other branches OF the
Federal service, this school has Offer
ed to women the opportunity of a
The Washington times., 1918-02-24

training for a profession that has
heretofore been performed only by
men, and which also enables women
, the country over to perform a pRtri-
otto service for their country by re-
leasing a man for the service.
The school has three large class
rooms-one for telegraphy, one a
classroom with black boards where the
problems are worked out, and a rest.
room for the girls. Down the two
sidewalks OF the telegraph room are
tables wired in such a manner that
the student may enter any speed
class, or she may operate merely her
own key ard sounder when first
starting.
Fascinating Room.
The train room is particularly fas-
cinating. It resembles a toy section
OF q department store on a large
scale. for here are toy tracks. with
sidings. switches. cross-oveTs. and
signals. and standing in the yards or
on the track are toy engines. pas
senger trains and brightly painted
freight cars. As soon as the students
enter. however, the toy trains take
on a very business-like change. and
lnc Toy cars become trains mONeu
with a purpose.
The girl operators sit at their tow
ers with telephone receivers fasten-
ed to their ears. when the trains are
being dispatched. or listening intent
ly to transmitted code messages. 1t
is n very serious sort OF work for
positions on the payroll of the com
pany.
yO ChIId's Play.
It Is no child's play. for they are
operating trains according to sched
uIe. and the orders of the train dis
patcher must be obeyed here just as
surely as in regular railroad opera
ton on the road. The trains are op-
Grated along the lines in different
directions, making It necessary for
the students TO understand switching
trains from track 70 track
Gf tho telegraph operator Of
quarter OF a century ago. as he sat
In his isolated tower in some lonely
part OF the world. could have looked
ahead at the progress developed to-
day in his particular line Of business
he would doubtless have imagined
the millennium had arrived II he
could see the array Of pretty young
women eagerly taking up the study
OF work that has seemed to be mans
special sort OF effort since railroads
have been invented.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-04-03
ELEVEN OFFENSES PUNISHABLE BY
DEATH IN UNITED STATES ARMY
Sentence of Sleepy SenS With the Army in France Calls Attention
to 0fenses Which May Be Punished by Hanging Shoot
ng-Death Sentence Is Mandatory Only in Case
of Spy-Many Touching Stories.

WashingtOn.-FOur American sol
diers, sentenced TO death for sleeping
on sentry duty in the front-line trench
es in France. may be saved from the
laws extreme penalty by General Per
shing's action in sending the records
of their cases to Washington for re-
view. General pershing has authority
to carry out the sentence of the court
martial, but it is only on foreign soil
that such power lies in the command
ing generals hands, for by an order OF
December 20 the war department. at
the suggestion of the president. ruled
that no death sentence in the army
forces in this country could be exc
cuted before review of the case by the
department. So far as is known here,
the only execution of an American sol
der in France up TO the present time
has been that of Private f. Cadue,
hanged in November for asso ult and
murder of a French girl.
Punishable by Death.
Under the laws of the American mill
ltary organization. II offenses are pun
ishable by death, although these are
variously subdivided. Spies must suf-
fer the death penalty, and theirs is the
only offense for which the death SEN
tence is mandatory. For murder and
rape, punishment must. according to
the ruling, be either death or life i'm
prisonment; If the death sentence is
imposed 1t is by hanging. Spies are
usually hanged. also, because, to quote