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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-25
DlRIGIBlE EXPLODES ON
ROOF OF NORFOLK HANGAR
nuckiinE Of One of the Mnin Brnces
Responsible for Accident In
Which Ten Are Overcome.
IBy Associated press.1


NORFOLK. VA, July 24.--The buck
ling of one OF the main braces of the
great gas bag of a dirigible balloon,
which probably came in contact with
live wire, caused fire at the naval
base to-day, which not only DESTROYED
the dirigible and the main hangar
building and slightly damaged other
structures at the naval air station but
damaged dozen or more airplanes and
caused a number of minor injuries 10
men fghting the fire. Ten were over
come while fighting the blaze
The dirigible, under the pilotaEo of
Boatswain 'Mulleneux. who was accom-
panied by a student. haa MADE a flight
over Norfolk and returned to the naval
base when the accident occurred. AS
the big gas bag was circling for a
landing, thc'tail end was seen TO buckle
and turn back on itself The dirigible
became unmanagcable and although
the pilot and the student both mad Q
tremendous efforts to land In the clear,
the big bag settled on the roof of the
main hangar
Without warning. the big gas bag.
under pressure Of thousands of cubic
feet of hydrogen gas. exploded and
flames shot up more than 100 feet into
the air.
Although the loss is heavy. Captain
Bellinger stated tonight that the work
of the air station would proceed with
out a hitch. The loss is $4,000.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-25
SHOP MEN OF RAILROADS
TO GET SALARY INCREASE
New Rates VIII Bc Effective ms Of
january I, and Eicht-iiour
Day Is Provided For.

WASHINGTON. July 2+-lrcrcaSe If
wages for all shopmcn and employees
Of the mechanical departments of rail
roads under Federal conti ol was ap-
proved o-day by Dircctor-General Sic
Adoo The new rates OF pay are ef-
fective rs of January this year. An
cisht-hour day. with time and 4 half
for overtime, work on sundays and
seven specified holidays, will become
effective tho first Of the new month.
The full test OF the order making
these changes for the benefit of the
employees has not been completed 4
summary OF the changes, however. is
sued from the Office of Director Gen
eral McAdoo, is as follows:
l. Machinists, boilermakers, black
smiths, sheet-metal workers. molders
cents per hour.
.. Car men and second-class cleo
,rical workers. 5S cents per hour.
f. 8. Helpers, - cents per hour.
L. Foremen paid on hourly basis.
cents per hour more than respective
Graf fits.
5. Foremen paid on monthly basis.
increase Of $40 per month-minimum,
$lo5. and maximum, $3.50.
6. New rates ar" retroactive to jan
uary ]. 1915.
4. beginning August !. 1873. eight
hour day. with time and onehalf for
overtime. Sunda. work ard seven
specified holidays.
s. Payments of back pay will he
made just as soon as they can be
calculated.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-25
Bonra tn Act IN strike.

WASHINGTON, July 24.-Thc Ma
tional War Labor Board Is expected TO
take action tomorrow designed z to
avert the threatened strike Of the en-
ployees OF the Int irrational Paper MIL.
The board was advised OF the situation
TOO late today to consider IT.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-25
WELCOMES JEWISH DOCTORS
Men on Why to Palestine Arc Told That
the Fact They nre Jews nnd
Americans Assures Success.

FARIs. July 24.-Andre Tardieu.
acting on behalf OF the Fren"h gov
ernment, o.day received delegation
OF American Jewish doctors who are
on their way to Palestine.
''The double fact that Nou are Jews
and Americans" said NJ. ra:dlAu. "as-
sures the accomplishment Of your
mission." <I 3D.. .st5, (, ~ & i
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-25
WIN Erect STATUE Of Liberty.

PARIS, July 24.--The city of Bor-
deaux has decided to erect replica
OF the American Statue OF Liberty In
the middle OF the Gironde River. in
honor OF America.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-25
GAIN FOOTHOI.D
In THE EORExr. Or IL

WITH THE AMERICANS AT THE
MARINE. July 24-American troops.
passing beyond the high road running
from Fere-en-Tardenois southwsrd 10
Iaulgonns, on tho Marne bend. To-day
gained a foothold In the forest " s,iz,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-25
ALLIED SHIPPING LOSSES
Report Shows That for Month of June
Total Of 275.O20 Gross Tons
Were Destroyed.
tBy Associated Press.I

LONDON. July 24.-The losses to
British and allied shipping. due TO
enemy action or marine risk. for the
month of June totaled 275,629 gross
tons. this being the lowest record for
any month since September; 1916.
The British losses totaled 161.0 .062 tons
and allied and neutral losses 114,567
The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1918-07-13

Ii It's good coffee with pure cream
andE the best creamery butter you are
looking for. you will find Il q
Frishv's. x-Aus
The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1918-07-13
Be Cured First PAY when Cured

A safe and painless cure for Alsohol
and Drug Additions. Strictly private
and personal attention assured by a phv-
sic.an with years OF experience. Address
Drawer No. 1877.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-07-11
Hot Weather Poisons
Hit The Stomach First
How to Keep Your Stomach
Strong, Cool and Sweet

Hot weather always starts those
quick chemical changes which pro-
duce poisons In meats, fish, fruits,
vegetables, milk and food products.
Such summer poisons In foods not
only make we'll stomachs sick but de-
velop with dangerous rapidity in
sensitive, sick or ailing stomachs and
bowels.
These poisons not only generate
gases and fluids which cause that
bloated, lumpyfeeling, heartburn, sour
stomach, belching, acidity, but endless
other stomach and bowel miseries.
"A sure, safe, quick acting relief has
been found which absorbs and neu-
tralizes these poisons, too much acid
and harmful gases. EATONIC Tab
let's, one or two taken after every meal,
will keep your stomach sweet. You
will have q good appetite to eat Whist
you like, when You want Il and be
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-07-11
LEMON JUICE
TAKES OFF TAN
Girls! Make bleaching lotion
if skin is sunburned,
tanned or freckled

Squeeze the Juice Of two lemons into
bottle containing three ounces OF
Orchard White, shake well, and you
have quarter pint Of the best freckle,
sunburn and tan lotion, and complexion
beautifier, at very. very small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter will supply
three ounces Of Orchard White for q
few cents. Massage this sweetly fra.
grant lotion into the face. neck, arms
and hands each day and see how freck.
les, sunburn, windburn and tan dlsap.
pear and how clear, soft and white the
skin becomes. YesI 1t Is harmless
Adv.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-07-11
ICED DRINKS UNDER BAN
State Food Administration Of Arkan.
sas Rules Out Cooling
Beverages.

Little Rock, Ark.-The girls may
continue to wear 800 gowns, $25 boots
and hose that cost more than pair
of shoes did generation ago, but in
this town they will not fiirt among the
round tables in the soda joints, sip
ping soft drinks at the expense of SOL
der boys or loving SWANS. The state
food administration has knocked these
good times on the head. The girls
must learn that the country Is at war.
No more, according to the order of the
food administration, shall soft drink
stands serve iced tea, sherbet and
water ices. An order has also been
issued denying manufacturers of soft
drinks who have used their 1918 sugar
allotment more sugar for the remain
der of the year.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-07-11
Y. Nj. G.. A. HUT is
THEIR HANGOUT

door you don't run into a lecture hall,
though there Is one upstairs, and the
odor that comes to your nose isn't the
odor Of sanctity. It's the smell of
fried eggs. The cafeteria is the first
thing you meet, and If you are wise
YOU get acquainted with 1t and stay
acquainted while you are in this To-
cality, for it is the best and cheapest
place to eat in town. I know because
1 tried several.
The most impressive thing about 1t
Is the complete absence of an osten-
tatious welcome. You just help your
self and nobody says a word. You
wander in and eat and wipe your
mouth on your sleeve and hike upstairs
to mess around on a piano or write
letter or play billiards, or to do as
you doggone please. You are free.
To be able to make huge number of
men feel perfectly free and unrestraln-
ed and at home Is quite some little ac-
complishment. l haven't had time to
find out how it Is done, but the next
time l have party at my house I'm
going to try it on. It's the real thing
In hospitality.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-07-11
SURPRISE FOR CHURCH FOLKS
Called an Hour Earlier for Prayer
Meeting and Set to Digging
Dandelions.

Denver, Colo.-Every member of
City Park Baptist church was urgently
requested to attend special mid-week
prayer meeting and to be on hand an
hour earlier than usual. When the
"worshipers" arrived the pastor pro-
duced an old case knife for each men,
ber pointed to a church lawn badly
cluttered by dandelions and told men
and women alike to get busy. At the
end of an hour of digging the lawn was
clear of weeds.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-07-11
Her Worries,

A young woman on street car was
discussing the war with man, and
was lamenting the fact that 1t was
necessary to take all of the young
men into the army.
Why" she said, before long we
girls will outnumber the boys, here al
home, ten to one. don't know what
we are going to do"
II don't think 1t will be as bad as
you anticipate replied her friend. al
that is all that is worrying you, you
can have boy scout or a G. A. R.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-07-11

1t after seeing and hearing her. For.
like the rare officer who can inspire his
men to very prodigies of valor, so the
flashing Elsie Is compact of that price
less thing which, for lack of less
pedantic phrase, we must call positive
magnetism. More than one company
has marched off to its first night in the
trenches with brighter eyes, squarer
shoulders and more gallant swing pc
cause, OF the very threshold Of safety,
this lanky and lovely lady from CO.
lumbus, Ohio, waved and sang and
cheered them on their way.
That is why, when the history OF
this great expedition comes to be writ
ten, there should be chapter devot-
ed to the pldy-girl Of the western front,
the star OF the A. e. f., the forerunner
Of those players who are now being
booked in the greatest circuit of them
all, the Y. NJ. G. A. huts of France.
For her, and for her like, there ID
always room. And work aplenty to
do. There are troops to be fired-as
by martial music-on the edge OF the
advance.
Elsie Janis (and mother) are having
the time of their lives, and she meant
every word of 1t when she caDieu
back to all her brothers and sisters OF
the stage to come or they would never
know what they had missed.
Barn. storming With Vengeance.
For Elsie it has been transforming
with q vengeance, tour of tank towns
in more senses than one. 1t has meant
travelling without maid for once IN
way, playing whole season with a
one-dress wardrobe, bivouacklng In
strange and uninviting hotels.
1t has meant warbling as a cabaret
singer among tables of some officers
mess or mounting a bench to sing
through the windows Of come conta-
glon barracks where the Isolated
doughboys had been tearing their In
fected hair with disappointment be-
cause they had heard she was in the
post and knew they could not get out
to see her.
1t has meant lingering for. an extra
performance at some hut because a
whole new audience was coming
through the starlit heavens from the
aviation camp down the lines.
In all her years on the stage she
has known no such tumultuous, heart
warming welcomes as are her nightly
portions In the biggest time booking
Office can offer to player in the year
| 1918.
The boys swarm up on the stage
and slap her on the back and VOW there
never was such a girl since the world
began. They cheer her until they are
hoarse, and she Is dizzy with pride.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-07-11
free from all those bad effects liable to
come after hearty meal In summer.

free from all those bad effects liable to
come after hearty meal In summer.
EAToNIo Tablets are hot weather protec-
tors for the atomach. They guard against the
germs that Turk 10 the things you eat and
drink. They rebuild listiess appetites, pro-
mote digestion by aiding proper action OF the
stomach functions and insure speedy relief
nom indigestion and all stomach distress.
EAToNIC q good TO eatlike candy. People
from all over send grateful testimonials. Tens
of Thousands are obtaining relief with
EAT0NIO every day but the best evidence IL
TO let your own stomach tell You the truth. 60
70 your druggist and get big box OF
EAT0NIC. Tell him you want It for the pre-
yention and sure relief OF stomach and bowel
disorders produced by hot weather poisons.
Then Il EATONIo fails 10 satisfy you're
tufu 10 to your druggist, whom you know and
can trust, He will cheerfully refund your
money. II your denGgist doesnt keep
EATONIO-drop re . postal. II VIII be de-
lvered g your address ana you can then
il1t 9. Wabasb Ave. chicaeo. ".
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-07-11
Yanks Travel Many Miles to
- Spend Evening in the
Club.
SOMEBODY ALWAYS ON JOB
"'Y' Guy" Can Be Depended Upon to
Get Move On In Emergeney-Men
: Made to Feel Perfectly Free
and Unrestrained.
BY CLARENCE BURLINGTON KEEL
LAND,


Paris.-Thirty sailors off an Amerl-
can war vessel hired motor truck and
drove nine miles to get to the Y. nj. G.
A. club in a famous French city. l ask
ed them why.
Because it's regular hangout," one
of them said, and another added, BE
cause you get white bread with butter
on it, and eggs fried on both sides and
coffee with piano accompaniment"
.sAs soon as broke into the place l
found why men would ride nine miles
on a truck to loaf there from eight I'M
til eleven.
=, 1t wasn't the sort Of place folks in
the United States imagine Y. M. Q.
A. to be. 1t was a swelteringly hot
might, and the broad front steps were
lined from end to end with men in
khaki and men in navy blue. They
were gassing and smoking until the
place looked as If the captain had
ordered smoke screen to help him
through the submarine zone.
:, From the street you could hear
piano doing business and lot more
men in uniform bowling, Joan OF
Arc" If the mothers of these boys
Ecould have heard that racket their
hearts would have dropped off pound
of weight and increased their beat by
ten to the second. They sang as If
they were glad to be aliye.
:: Right on the Job.
And then somebody busted up the
game. A sailorman came In and made
the announcement that the driver Of
their truck refused to take them back
TO quarters again, and 1t was walk
of nine miles on q hot night, or a
stretch in the brig for them. Gloom
descended. Then somebody turned
around and beloved, "Where's one Of
them y glysT"
a ~" guy happened to be on the
. spot and In second he was surround
ed, not by q crowd Of men who were
. angry or in a mood to demand some
. !hing, but by fellows who were mighty
courteous in an unpleasant situation.
: That was something worth remarking,
and it made you sort Of glad to be
: around.
They put the thing up to the "Y"
guy and one fellow said sort of bash
ful-like, 1--WE don't want to act like we
! was putin this up to you. 'Talnt
: your fault, but"
! 1t was apparent they had gotten the
! idea somehow that you could depend
on "Y" guy to get move on him, and
the "Y" guy allowed as much.
Sure, it's up to u.s." he said, that's
why we're here"
Inside Of twenty minutes he was
back with big truck with a red tri-
angle on the side Of It. He tucked the
thirty sailormen into it and off they
! went to keep their appointment with
their boss.
That quite likely, is one reason why
they rode nine miles to spend an eve
ming in the Y. NJ. G. A., because they
knew somebody was on the job.
Like You Owned the Place.
Another reason is that you don't have
to knock, show ticket, wiggle your
first finger or roll over and play dead
to get in. You just walk in like yor
were there to foreclose first mort
gage on the place.
When you walk through the from
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The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-07-11
eAeHeHeneAeI SSi . 6eHefeHen,
PLAN BOYCOTT ON
GERMAN MADE GOODS

Seattle, wash.-A nationwide
boycott of German-made goods
for a generation after the war
will be enforced by the women
Of America IL the Huns inflict
cruelty on any American prison
ers or fail to treat them accord
ing to. the recognized usages of
war. This Is the plan originated
by Mrs. q. A. Strout Of this city.
who Is enlisting the aid Of every
woman in the city and state to
help her carry the propaganda
to all American women.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-07-11
soothe ItchInq seaIps,

On retiring gently rub spots Of dan.
druff and itching with Cuticura Oint.
ment. Next morning shampoo with
Cuticura Soap and hot water. For free
samples address, "Cuticura, Dept. x
Boston" At druggists and by mail.
Soap 20, Ointment % and 50.-Adv.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-07-11

A large -four min in Argentina burns
much of its bran for fuel and finds
that 100 tons of 1t has about the same
heating value as 80 tons of coal.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-07-11
ELSIE JANIS-AMERicA'S GREAT.
EST AcTRESS-FoR ONE
NIGHT ONLY.

And at last, with warning toots from
distant whistle and great wave Of
laughter as the order was passed along
to clear the track, locomotive trun-
died in out of the night, In its cab a
pair of proud and grinning engineers,
on its cowcatcher Elsie Janis. mo-
ment later and the engine was near
enough to the stage for her to clear the
space at Il single jump and there she
was, with her black velvet tam pushed
back on her tossing hair, with her
eyes alight and her hands uplifted, her
whole voice thrown into the question
which is the beginning and the end of
morale, which Is the most important
question in the army:
"Are we downhearted"
The Thunderous Response.
You can only family imagine the
thunderous mo" with which the train
shed echoed. And it is the whole point
of Elsie Janis-as well as the whole
point of all the mummers now being
booked to play for the A. e. F.--that
whatever the spirit Of the boys before
her coming, they really meant that
mo" with all there was In them, that
any who might have been just little
downhearted before, felt better about
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-07-11
Not to Her Taste.

He-"Some women are awfully hard
to please" She-"And some men are
too awfully soft to please me-"
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-07-11

Some men are high livers because of
their inability to pay ground-foor
rents.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-07-11

If wishes were horses there would
be no room on earth for automobiles.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-07-11
WonG:: :9fuI Part Played by Elsie
Janis in Keeping Up Morale
of Troops.
sings TO BOYS over There
Many Company Has Marched to
First Night in Trenches With
More Gallant Swing Because
Elsie Cheered Them on Way.
BY ALEXANDER WooLLcoTT.

Paris.-The theater was no theater
at all. 1t was just the great train
shed which serves as the workshop and
headquarters for small army of
American engineers who are lending
the P. II. II. touch to the astonished
landscape of France. Though retreat
had sounded an hour or so before, 1t
was packed to suffocation with Yanks,
for all that day raklsh posters, turned
out in the company painters best
style, had intrigued the eye with the
modest announcement:
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-07-11

Kindness Is necessary in the man
who would make a success with live
stock.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-07-11

Fortune seldom knocks at the door
Of the chronic kicker.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-26
PEACE
WORK MAY BE
DONE IN PARIS

Paris. Nov. 25.-(By the Associated
Press. >-Conferences on the prelim-
inaries of peace probably will be held
in Paris instead of Versailles, owing
to the superior accommodations and
c~onveniences in the capital. Only the
formal sessions at concluding stages
will be held at Versailles.
Active sittings now going on are
those of the Joint armistice commits
sion which holds daily sessions at
Spa, the former German headquar-
tiers. but which now is held by the
French. French. British and German
delegates attend the meetings. Cen
eral Nudant represents Marshal Foch.
with Commandaat Sisteron a. his as
sistant. General Won Winterfelt is
the German military representative
and Matthias Erzberger. who also was
a member Of the German armistice
delegation, participates in most of the
sessions. -,.
Some Of the meetings are described
as having been animated over the
efforts Of the Germans to obtain
modification Of the terms of the
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-26
THE WAR STILL ON

In a way the assumption that the war is over, is
premature, for. officially, at least, the war is still on.
The compact which was signed on the morning Of No
vember II was not in any sense a treaty of peace. 1t
was An agreement for the temporary cessation of hostil-
tiles. and. while on its face this arrangement was merely
the conditions imposed by the stronger party
were such as to make it physically impossible for tho
other party to resume the fighting. Nevertheless tbs
enemy status Of the two groups is unchanged,
In the advances which have been made by the Amer
lean and Allied forces into the territory vacated by the
Germans care has been taken to maintain the advancing
troops on the basis of a fighting force, and so thorough
ly has this been done that almost within a few minutes
any one of the forces Of occupation could have been
throwing shell into the ranks of the retreating Germans
had this been called for.
In the surrender of the several sections of the Ger
man fleet similar precautions have been taken. Very
precise instructions were given to the commanders Of the
German ships as to the manner in which they should
proceed, and the guns of the British fleet, with the sup
porting French and American squadrons, were kept
trained on the enemy vessels in such a manner that at
the first indication Of treachery destructive broadsides
could have been poured upon the German ships.
The other day. when American forces entered the
grand duchy of Luxembourg, General Pershing issued a
proclamation to the residents in which the German force
which had just departed was constantly referred to as
"the enemy
To all intents. Of course, peace has been achieved.
The German authorities would have preferred a different
sort of peace-a peace by arrangement and agreement.
That sort of peace was not considered. The Germans
were given their choice Of reducing themselves to a state
of helplessness by the vacation of territory and the sur
render Of the machinery of war and continuing the fight,
with the certainty Of destruction to follow.