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The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-01-17

The Administration forces organized
both branches of the General Assem-
bly, with so much ease that it can
hardly be called victory. There
were no issues involved in the fight,
although the outcome was of impor-
lance to the people of the state. The
opposition was simply playing politics
and this is bad season for the game,
it appears. The Stanley administra-
ton now has free hand. The reso-
luton for National Prohibition was
promptly adopted. The administra-
ton forces will see to it that, whether
we shall have state prohibition, is1sub-
mitted to a vote at the earliest legal
moment. A law will be enacted, pro-
hibiting the bringing intoxicating
liquor from wet to dry territory for
the purpose Of sale, and with these
measures out of the way the admin
istration shall have the opportunity to
give US all the good legislation We
need.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-01-17
The ORIGIN OF KHAKI.

What is the origin Of khaki? To
whom is the army indebted for it?
Khaki is said first to have been adopt
ed in British India, in 1913, by Sir
Henry Burnett Lumsden, who had been
asked to equip corps of guides to col
lect intelligence and to conduct an En-
gish force on the northwestern 'front.'
Ter of India. The cloth used was a
light cotton drill, as suited the climate
of Hindustan, and took its name from a
native term, Khaki. which means in
the Urdu language dusty, being de-
rived from "khak" or dust. Thus the
term applied to the color of the cloth
rather than TO the material. Accord
ing TO the dictionary. il is pronounced
kaYkee by the natives. but the English
pronounce il as kharkee. and this is the
correct pronunciation.
Having been approved. the use OF
the cloth spread from the guides to
others in the Indian army, and it was
worn in the Sepoy mutiny Of 1857 by
the English troops In the Boer war,
1899 1902. khaki was adopted in the
British service for an active service
uniform, and so worn by all English
and colonial troops in Africa. But as
cotton was not warm enough for the
African highlanders. uniforms of the
same kind were made Of serge. and the
term khaki thus included wooden as
well as cotton fabrics. Because il was
we'll fitted for the climate Of Cuba and
the Philippines. the United States chose
khaki for the soldiers uniforms during
the Spanish American war
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-01-17

: Tankage, the best feed for grow
ing hogs, Hudson, Hughes 4 Far
nau.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-03-11
IIRERTY BONDS AT
 PAR THE WORLD OVER
ueaus Savings of a Hundred e n1 Million to America Annually nwen Proposed Amendment to Finance Corporation Bill.

Washington, March 1O.- Little
 a,ordments inserted before bill
 ..os sometimes go unnoticed. Just f.foro the finance corporation bill
 .+ tbroneh the senate there was nronosed by Senator Owen, chairman # inc senate committee on banking and currency, which, it is estimated, r;l, save the American public at least stOOOOO,OOO annually. Senator Owen in support of the amendment, pointed out that the secretary of the treasury ,ontemplates selling Liberty Bonds issued in the terms of foreign money in the near futre, and that, in this way corporation bonds might also be taken and transferred to foreign country as a basis for credit there, and in that way our importers and those concerned in transacting busi- ness can avoid the present high pre- mium on foreign money. The Owen amendment reads as follows:
 "Such bonds shall be issued in terms of foreign money and sold to American importers at par to the ex- tent necessary to cover their impor- tatOns from and credit transfers to countries whose currency is at a premium"
 On behalf of the Senate committee on finance, which was in charge of the war finance corporation bill, Sen ator Simmons, the chairman, accept ed the amendment practically with out debate and it was incorporated into the measure by a viva voce vote.
 At present the American dollar is selling at a discount of 25 per cent in all neutral European countries and also at very heavy discount in South American countries. The importers, therefore, are obliged to take an initial loss of 25 per cent, and in some cases even more, when changing the good American dollar into the money Q these foreign neutral countries. The purport of this amendment is to provide these importers with bonds that will be payable in the money of the foreign countries, of short matur- ny, three or five years, and the im- porterS can use these bonds as pay- ment for the commodities they import Tor American consumption.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-03-11
OHIO TORNADO LOSS
 MAY REACH MILLION
Only Two Are Known Dead, Third Reported KiIIey-Cen- tered in Van Vert County, Travelling Northeast.

Van West, O., March 10.-Two per sons are known to be dead, another is reported gilled, four persons are in a local hospital more or less seriously injured, between 25 and 50 farm houses are completely or partly de- molished and scores of barns and out buildings were blown down, the re- suit of tornado which swept this county last evening.
 The financial loss in the county is estimated at from $5OO,OOO to S1,OOO,- 900. The tornado first struck at Mi| dleburg, travelling northeast across Harrison, Pleasant and Union town ships. The twister would sweep down, wreck farm house or possibly two or three, and then jump over four or five miles before doing more damage.
 Reports received here today say that Continental and Holgate, O., suffered much property damage from the tornado. No lives were reported lost at either place.
 Hundreds of farmers from North western Ohio and Eastern Indiana today motored to Van Vert county to aid farmers who suffered loss. They organized searching parties, which rounded up live stock.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-03-11
WORKING IN INTEREST
 OF HIGHWAY ASSOCIATION

Little Rock, March 11.-J. R. Roun- tree, of Birmingham, secretary of the United States Good Roads As sociation, which meets here in April, is in the city after an absence of sev- eral weeks. He has been doing great deal of travelling in the interest Of the association, and of the Bank head Highway Association, of which he is also secretary. He reports that the is very great and widespread in erest in these organizations, and predicts that the Little Rock conven- ti0n will be one of the largest ever held.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-03-11
SECRETARY OF WAR
 BAKER NOW IN FRANCE
Will Inspect Front and Confer With Army Leaders-DiplO- matic Questions Not Involved i'll Visit Abroad.

Washington, March 10.-Secretarv of War Newton D. Baker has ar rived at French port.
 Upon hearing of his arrival through the Associated Press dispatch from Paris, the War Department tonight announced that the secretary's visit Is purely military and not diplomatic. and is for purposes of inspection and personal conferences with military officials. Mir. Baker is accompanied by Maj. Gen. William M. Black, chief of engineers; Lieut.. Col. M. L. Brett and Ralph Hayes, his private secre- tary.
 Secretary Baker plans to spend brief time in France, inspecting re- suits already accomplished by his de- partment in its efforts to place in the field this year an army that will be factor in the campaign. On the eve of his departure Mir. Baker told mem bers of the press that he did not ex- pect to be away long.
 The secretary and his party left Washington without any other at tempt at concealment of their move ments than request that the press refrain from reporting his departure. The newspapers again worked in hearty cooperation to make the jour ney as safe as possible from German submarines. No hint of the trip has been printed.
 For several months the secretary has been eager to see conditions at the front and to talk over with Gen. eral Pershing, upon whom responsi- bility for the entire American war program in France rests, the many problems that have arisen to impede the departments plans. It was i'm possible for General Pershing to come home for such a conference. Mir. Baker therefore determined, after many conferences with President Will son, to go on an inspection tour which will, he believes, better fit him for his great responsibility in meeting General Pershing's requirements in fighting men and materials and in maintaining a supply line more than 5000 miles long.
 It is regarded as probable that the secretary viii inform the American commander in the field as to all the hopes and aims of the government which are at stake in the war.
 MT. Baker is the first cabinet mem Der to go to the battle zone. Out of his conference not only with General Pershing, but with the leaders of the French and British governments as well, will come direct information for the president as to what is occurring in the allies countries to aid him in shaping his future course.
 The war secretary is in Europe as the presidents official representative, and the fact that it is his war secre- tary and not a diplomatic representa- tive is regarded as evidence of the de- termination of the president to press the war aggressively to victory.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-03-11
PLANS COMPLETED FOR
 N. ARKANSAS HIGHWAY

Little Rock, March 11.-Plans have been completed for the North Arkan- sas highway, which is to run from Little Rock through Searcy, Newport, Batesville, Melbourne and Salem to Mammoth Spring. The survey has been completed from Little Rock to aBtesville. The federal government has given S67,5OO as it's part of the cost for the road through Independ- ence, Jackson and White counties. The counties through which the road will run are:
 Pulaski county, IF miles, cost $117,- 472; Jackson county, 2S miles, cost S45.1O4.67; White county, 53 miles, cost S1O0,045.64; Lonoke county, 12 miles, cost S27,246.26; Independence county, 34 miles, cost s51 ,3S745.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-03-11
NEWEST NOTES OF SCIENCE

A microscope using X-rays has been invented by French scientist.
 An adding machine that can handle 40 columns of figures has been con- structed.
 Builders in Holland have launched an electrically propelled tug boat for use in India.
 An electric vauum cleaner that can be mounted on any carpet sweeper has been invented.
 Porto Rico has a species of orchid that seems to prefer to grow on tele- phone or telegraph wires.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-03-11
SEEK ID
 SHIFT WAR CENTER
But War Departments Weekly Review Says the Collapse of Russian Will Not Affect the Outcome.

Washington, March 10.-Germany in sweeping Russia, is described by the War Departments weekly mili- tary review tonight as another futile attmpet on the part of the Germans to shift the center of the gravity of the war, which still remains on the wset front, where the Teutons face the French, British, Italian and Bel gian armies, and the growing American forces. There, the review says, lie the key positions of the war
 The American troops onw occupy trenches at four separate points and, as was recently disclosed, in the prin- cipal sector their front is four and a half miles long. They have been constantly engaged, the department says, and the scope of their activities is being constantly extended.
 The department finds nothing in the situation to indicate that the Ger mans have abandoned their plans for a great offensive in the west, and it says teh allies, while assuming an alert defensive, are content to let the enemy break himself against their impregnable lines.
 Intense air activities during the week are noted, with the statement that PA enemy aircraft were brought down on the western front alone while the allies lost only so machines on all fronts during the same period. The enemy loss on all fronts is placed at 273.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-03-11
SAMM|ES ENGAGED IN
 SN|P|NC THE SN|PER
They Repulse German Patrol Near Chemin Des Danes Sammies Exact Toll of Enemy Patrol in TOul Region.

With the American Army in France March 9.-Some of the Americans in a listening post in front of their line northwest of Toul early this morning discovered an enemy patrol fixing their own wire, and promptly opened fire. The Germans retreated. leav- ing two of their number hanging on the barbs.
 Some hours after daylight a party of five Germans, two infantrymen and three Red Cross workers. emerged from the enemy lines and started for their comrades entangled in the wire. The Americans saw the Red Cross brassards and did not fire on the party, which removed the bodies.
 There has been increased sniping activity along the whole of the American front during the last 24 hours. One enemy post gave the Americans special trouble during the night, placing well aimed bullets on certain points of the line. After day light the post continued working from shell holes, with periscopes. American snipers tried to silence the enemy from their lines, but were un- successful.
 A sniping patrol was then organ ized by the Americans and went out in broad daylight. The result of this expedition has not been reported. The game of sniping the sniper is continuing. Reports from various points show that enemy rifemen are endeavoring to pick off American troops.
 Today was the warmest in many weeks. The weather was fine and with just enough ground haze to make sniping conditions ideal. All the Americans who were not on duty took advantage of the hot sun to thaw out and to dry their clothes.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-03-11

A holder for ice cream cones has been invented that enables them to be filled without danger of breaking.
 Spain is building the fourth largest concrete dam in the world to supply hydroelectric power to Barcelona.
 Attached to measuring spoons pat ented by New York inventor is a pivoted scraper to level off their con- tents.
 Folding sleeping berths for auto- mobiles. both upper and lower, have been patented by Denver man.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-03-11

when you are in the city come in ana let us have that amount due on your subscription.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-03-11

An English golf enthusiast has patented a club in the head of which is device to measure the force of strokes.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-03-11

Thoroughly clean ivory can be bril- liantly polished with magnet.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-25
MouRNEp As DEAD; RETURNS.
Dos Moines Boy Survives Wreck Of

pes Moines Boy Survives Wreck Of
Transport Abraham lincoln.
Des Moines. June 25.-Mrs. M. ].
cloueh, 522 East Thlrtieth street be-
lieved that her son Harry was drowned
when the American transport Abraham
Lincoln. to whose crew he belonged,
was sunk by German submarine on
May 81. Later it was reported to her
that he had been captured by the
Huns
She hear nothing further from him
and had given up all hopes Of ever
seeing her son again, when yesterday
he walked into her home on the east
side Of Des Moines.
This morning the employees OF the
board of supervisors office, who had
believed their fellow employee lost, re-
ceiyed the same shock on seeing him
come into the office.
Harry C1ough was a water tender on
the Abraham Lincoln, having enlisted
in the navy at the recruiting station
here In January, 1918. He saw the
torpedo approaching which sunk his
ship twenty seven minutes after 1t
struck.
Clough, after floating in the water
for fourteen hours, was picked up by a
destroyer and brought safely to land
He will be in Des Moines on leave
until July 8.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-25
IOWA AVIATOR KILLED.
Dana Traxfer, Of ExIine, Hit BY Pro-
peilor Of Machine.

peIIor Of Machine.
Centerville, June 25.-Appanoo
county was called upon Saturday to
give her first aviator since the begin
ming OF the war, when Dana Traxler.
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Traxler, of
south Of Exline, was killed by an aero
plane at the Wilbur Wright field, Day.
ton, o. His body is expected to arrive
In Exline today.
A telegram announcing his death
came to E.xline Saturday, stating that
he had been killed that morning by a
blow from an aeroplane propeller wire
No further details were given.
Mr.. Traxler enlisted in Centerville
on December 10, 1917 for the aviation
service. He had progressed with his
work until he had been admitted to the
flying fields. Just how the accident
occurred IL not known at this time. He
was q young man with many friends,
not only in the vicinity Of his home,
but In Centerville, where he had at
tended high school and was well
known. He was "a years old ana is
survived by his parents and four
brothers and four sisters all Of whom
reside in the county. He was also a
member Of the I. o. o. F. lodge and
took an active part in the activities
Of young people of the community be-
fore entering the service.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-25
CONTRACT FOR COMMUNITY IN
srITuTioN LET AND OTHER
WILL BE SOON.
CONTRACT PRICE ABOUT
$4,000 FOR BUILDINGS
Community Hospital to Have Separate
Buildings For Contagious Diseases
aand For Tuberculos Patients-Bids
TO Be Received For Sisters Hospital
Some Time In July.

Grinnell, June 25.-The Grinnell
Community Hospital Association let
the contract for the building of the new
general hospital and isolation ward on
their fine site at the corner Of Fourth
avenue and Reed street to c. w. Ennis,
contractor, of Toledo. Iowa. The con-
tract price is about $4,000, exclusive
of heating, plumbing and lighting and
exclusive of the building contemplated
for the care of patients suffering from
tuberculosis.
The contract includes the building
of the general hospital and the isoa-
ton ward Of eight beds, which will
be separate from the main building.
This contract does not include the cost
of excavation, but does include the cost
of terrazzo floors thruout.
The main building will face Fourth
avenue with frontage of eighty eight
feet and the building is to be thirty
eight feet north and south, consisting
of a basement and three stories. Twin
City brick will be used in its construc-
ton and the trimmings are to be OF
stone.
The detention hospital, or isolation
ward. will be built west of the main
building and if the tuberculosis hos
pital plan is carried thru that building
will probably be placed on the south
end of the lot. The contractor expects
to begin work some time in July.
DR.. E. E. Harris reports that the
campaign for funds for the building
for the care OF tuperculous patients is
going forward very satisfactorily. The
present plans of this committee con-
template the care Of twenty patients
at a time and there is no question of
all the beds being occupied from the
very start.
The Red Cross nurse. who is making
a survey of the county, reports that
the proportion of the number Of cases
of tuberculosis in other towns Of the
county and in the rural districts Is
fully up to the proportion found here
In GrinneI.
Sisters Go Ahead With Plans.
Damon & O'Meara, architects Of Fort
Dodge, write that plans for the sisters
hospital In Grinnell are now complete
and that bids will be taken either on
July IL or 10. Soon after the contract
is let excavattng and other building
operations win begin, say the archi-
tActs.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-25

some other children Esther IAncoln.
the i0-year- doushter Of Ernest
Lincoln, fell on Sunday and broke the
bone OF her left arm.
Miss Alice Davidson has gone to
Detroit, Mich, to take a position in
the ordinance plant Of Dodge Bros.
The news has come to Grinnell
friends Of the marriage Of Miss Helen
Trip, formerly Of this CITY, to Paul
c. c. Wagner, at Camp Elysian, Lake
Francis, MINI. The bride was teach
err Of science in the Grlnnell nigh
school for some years. The groom
enters government service July / and
the bride will then return to her home
at Kingsley.
Miss Marie Horak has given UP her
position with Bartling & Nuckolls and
Miss Mary McCosh has resigned her
place in the Leader to fill the vacancy.
Joe Berry, living near this city, has
received word that one Of his brothers
Is in German prison. A year ago
another brother was killed.
Karl Cessna has returned from An
napolis, where he had his physical ex-
aminations for entrance to the naval
academy but was rejected on account
of color blindness. HIS other tests
were passed with flying colors, He
may be sent lack to the aviation field
at Houston, Tex. but there he will be
kept out Of the pilots position by this
defect of eyesight.
Chester Varderveer has been here
on a short visit to his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Clinton Vanderveer. He left
for Camp Dodge yesterday. He has
tried to enlist hut was not accepted
hut will now see what the draft Will
do with him.
Jim ASKING has just been, trans
ferred to Camp Custer, Mich. He has
been stationed at the medical officers
training camp at Fort Riley, Kan.
Miss Violet Steaks, daughter Of Mrs
Jennie Steaks, of this city, was mar
ried on Saturday evening to Lieut..
Lester l.. Jones, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. L. Jones, of Brooklyn. The bride
is a graduate of Grinnell high school
and a teacher of this county. The
groom is stationed at Camp Dodge, in
the 337th field artillery.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-25
Says Iowa Gets Hard Coal.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, June 25.-Federal Fuel
Administrator Charles Webster, who
has returned from Washington, D. c.,
confirms the Washington dispatches to
the effect that points along the illinois
Central and north are to receive some
hard coal. He also confirms the report
that dealers can not increase the
price of coal now on hand by adding
to it the increased cost of freight
which takes effect today, June Is.
Administrator Webster, however,
is making further effort to have the
slender allotment Of hard coal made to
northern Iowa points placed under his
jurisdiction with authority to send 1t
anywhere in the state.
iowa will get $4,000 tons Of hard
COAL Commissioner Webster declared
cts distribution, however, should not
be confined to any particular part OF
the state.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-25
GrjnnelI and Vicinity.
al to Times-Republican.

Special to Ttmes-Repuollcan.
Grinnen, June 25.-County Agent
Ewes will he the principal speaker at
the open meeting of Chester Grange on
Friday evening. June IS, at the Rob
bins school house one mile west and
three miles north Of Grinnell.
Mrs. Eugene Heneley and Mrs. G. P
wyckoff started yesterday for week
OF team work at West Union and indie
pendence in connection with the uni
versity extension workers holding in
stitutes In home service work in vari-
GUS towns.
w. B. Wilson, chairman Of the Pow
eshiek county chapter Of the Red
Cross, has been busy with his plan to
establish branch in each township.
Last week one was formed in Chester.
Tomorrow evening one is to be formed
In Union township. Madison has an
application IN. IA IL. ~: .e a
While playing on q hay wagon with
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-25
CHARLES HOWSAN, OF DEWITT,
HEAVILY FINED FOR VIOLA
TON OF FIFTY.FIFTY RULE.
RED CROSS TREASURY
BENEFITS FINANCIALLY
Licenses Suspended but Suspension
Withheld Pending Future Conduct
Heaviest Penalty So Far Exaeted by
Food Administration In lowa-Deems
Hears Case.
special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Burlington, June 25.-Charles How
san, Of Dewitt, Iowa, a wholesale ana
retail flour dealer, was summoned 10
Burlington yesterday by Food Admin
istrator Deems and contributed SLOW
to the Red Cross on account of having
violated the ffty-fifty wheat flour rule
His license was suspended, but the
suspension was withheld pending his
future conduct. This is the heaviest
penalty so far exacted by the federal
food administration in Iowa.