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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-05-14

Some advances in real estate in
Charles Town and the advantage OF
building situation on small payments;
When boy of fourteen, | purchased
in the suberbs of Charles Town a lot
for 500. Finding rents extremely
high, $3.50, the only property that
would suit my business, built on this
lot a house and stable, paying $l.33
a week into the Building Association.
| paid for my house in eight years,
and today the lot is worth $500, or
moro c. f. Wall.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-05-14
/ will be in Charles Town on

Saturday. Nav 18th,
Call to see us in regard to nice bug
gy or surrey for spring at our Repos-
tory in Charles Town. We pay trans
portation charges on wheels for new
rubber tires, and we do the work
cheaper than any firm in the country
Write or call to see US. Through the
week Mr.. Adam Brown, of the Palm
Hotel is our representative and will
at all times be glad to show you our
various vehicles.
milford Slough,
For Thrush & Slough.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-05-14
The Vice President and Governer To
Hold Retention In Charles Town.

Vice President Marshall and Cover
nor Cornwell will hold reception at
the residence of Mr.. r. w. Alexander,
on South Samuel street, on next Tues
day morning from 80 to IL o'clock.
Everybody invited to call and meet
these distinguished fellow citizens.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-05-14

FOR SALE:-Two adjoining gar
den lots, each so by $50 feet, already
fenced, on Bates Boom.
Lewis B. Walker,
Charles Town, w. Va.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-05-14

Eczema spreads rapidly; itching al
most drives you mad. For quick re-
lief, Doan's Ointment is well recon-
mended. Coo at all stores.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-05-14

We will sell ice at store during sea-
son at Coo per hundred. Sunday morn
ing will open at 9 o'clock for one hour.
If you pay cash for books, a discount
of 10 per cent will be allowed. No ice
delivered. John c. Burns < Co.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-05-14

The day of harsh physics is gone.
People want mild, easy laxatives.
Doan's Regulets have satisfied thous-
ands. soc at all drug stores.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-05-14
'Rosettes"

Rosettes-Made by Miss Lillian
Dinkle for Baby's Caps-will be found
for sale at the following stores: Mr.
Theodore Shugart, Palmbaum Broth
ers, and Mr.. S. H. Lands.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-05-14
my Experiences in the Great War as
an American Soldier of Fortune"

On Friday evening, May 18th, at
eight O'Clock, Gen. Melville Boynton,
of the Musketeers will tell of his ex-
periences in the war on the Western
Front and in German East Africa,
with Lieut.. General SHUTS.
The price of admission will be ten
cents and war tax, and it is hoped that
the people of Jefferson will all be at
the Opera House, Charles Town, to
hear what Gen. Boynton has to tell
them, and to see the many slides ano
pictures that he will show. These
Special War pictures are loaned Gen
Boynton by the British Pictorial Ser
vice. Under the direction of the JET
ferson County Red Cross Chapter.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-05-14
For Sale.

Hand-picked and graded in size, Ac-
climated California Beans For Seed.
Plant in May.
LEWIS B. WALKER,
Charles Town, w. Va.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-05-14

What is nicer than a home in a
country town, with its country markets
and fresh vegetables, and only couple
hours ride to our principal cities OF
the East, good schools, etc. Charles
Town and Ransom presents all these
advantages to you. Z. +. wall.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-05-14
Mother Gray's Sweet
Powders for Children

Powders for Children.
For Feverishness, Bad Stomach,
Teething Disorders, move and regu-
late the Bowels and are pleasant
remedy for Worms. Used by Mothers
for 80 years. They never fail. At all
druggists, 25c. Sample FREE. Ad-
dress, Mother Gray Co., Leroy, N. Y.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-05-14
p,.e Ball Schedule Iei

/ Base 4 paw High School Base
Eharais Res a arranged the following
|for t tbs avis is, Charles Town
Esnes, Nd, Nd, ,e Berryville, at
kdsy, NAY
/ Town. 80. these games as
Oa L.o Tl'G needs your support
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-05-14

- H., Az
/ Of the sales mace ny ~
/ Town Garage since "A F,. a9I,
chevrolet roadSt0ef, 10 "a I pn an
|SEepherdstoWn; Qa 5l1I.uoi va" ~
FIRED Wall; used ' Tle' T Cg,e1 "
Eemlng ne tin ~ : s,aonSlar Har-
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-05-14
'r,r,,p County Men Left fd
VA r,rp Yesterday.

r..on county men n.y. 49,
B jefferson aSe Draft Board for Fort
d BY t the Wv Yesterday morn nc, n
,,I ks4sa'1}} J. Y francis 5s.93 A Waitt
E sa1son; Carroll clay R SaI-
!, .B Bollyp and Ira J. MeNa nara
enagndR3 Herbert 5. Blessing went
ana e,,nta as volunteers
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-05-14

FINER .+;o, 10 NV lot sale.
! your Az !Sea to have a home in
h y 0 afte lr' retiring, or the boys
|9 ma, az We offer some build
/ farm az easy terms, in fact your
+ on s sffer the war is over and
|ns' ,g ann normal, with a lot to
pr t ag@', easy it IS to get your
p 10" There her is no more prof.
| Fay, than 10 buy a lot in
vs u town and forget it.
Ing WV { /. Wall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05

rent unimportant. That very increase
in wages of which he is the beneficiary
increases the cost of repairs to build
ihgs and compels the landlord to raise
his rent or lose his property. The oc-
cupant of a certain house on Wisconsin
avenue pays today $3.50 per month.
Four years sago, when material and
abor were at normal prices, the same
house rented for S20.50. Yet, because
the rent was $3.50 on October l. 1917.
under a two-year-old lease. the land
lord could not under the proposed en-
actment collect the present rent The
tenant is a carpenter making $500 a
day, with a SO per cent increase for
overtime and Sunday. The landlord
has to employ the labor for necessary
repairs at the new wage scale. In this
case the tenant himself recognized the
gross injustice of renewing his lease
at the old rate and himself suggested
the increase.
The outstanding and most serious evil
Of the proposed measure. because of
the permanence of it's results. is that
no existing mortgage maturing dur
ing the life of the Pomerene bill can
be replaced nor can the equities in the
mortgaged properties be sold.
The evils of existing conditions are
greatly exaggerated. Many landlords
have reduced rents on tenements occu-
pied by unskilled laborers. That "a wild
ow with her only son at the front"
rent was increased is unfortunate. But
the burden of her support should fall
upon the government or the community.
not upon an individual who. in all prob
ability is already doing his bit.
Many dependents of members of our
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05
SHIP TO BE CHRISTENED TODAY
BUILT IN LESS THAN MONTH
Launching of Tuckahoe, $3.50 Tons, Rep.
resents One of the Most Remarkable
Industrial Achievements in History.

What is declared to be a new world
record for shipbuilding will be estab-
lished this morning in the launching of
the 5.550-ton steel collier Tuckahoe. at
the plant of the New York Shipbuild-
ing Company. Camden. N. j.. in less
than one month from the time the keel
was laid.
If the ship goes into the water at
1880 am. as planned. it will mean that
in p days. 2 hours and SO minutes a
vessel has been added to the American
merchant marine, practically complete
in every detail. with only finishing
touches needed before she can proceed
to sea.
Completion of the vessel in so short
time is regarded by shipping board
officials as one of the most remarkabl
industrial achievements in history.
They said nothing like such a record
ever before has been known for so
large a vessel. The Tuckahoe was to
have been delivered June Is, but will
take her place under the flag forty-one
days ahead of time.
Miss Helen Hurley. daughter of
board. will celebrate her twelfth birth
day by christening the Tuckahoe. Mr..
Hurley and Director General Schwah
of the Emergency Fleet Corporation
will make speeches and a letter from
President Wilson will be read.
The Tuckahoe is $50 feet long, so feet
broad and will have speed of ten and
rone-half knots. This is the way she
grew to completion:
Keel laid April s.
Four days later double bottom COM
pleted.
April IA, frames and bulkheads erected
and portion of shell plating furnished.
On fourteenth day boilers installed.
Three weeks and one day after work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05
mr.. BAKER SUGGESTS INSTITUTION
FOR MILITARY ENGINEER COURSE
Secretary of War Favors Future Sister to
West Point" at Site of Camp
Humphreys, Va.

thought. and scattered around the
country now there are these camps
built in an incrediblyshort space Of
time. Men are being rapidly trained
and are rapidly leaving this country to
perform task OF the greatest magni.
which Is the highest calling to which
men can address Themselves. In France
have looked into the faces OF many
similar companies. American soldiers
bers. ana they are looking across the
ocean over which they have come with
the greatest anticipation OF the time
when you will Join them. These men win
welcome you. and when you get to
France. you may take my word. there
make every man feel a new kind OF en-
thusiasm for his country and a new
kind Of qualification in the great UNI
dertakinS."
Need Of Engineering.
An army must always have a strong
engineering corps. the Secretary said.
ut is the means whereby the army
will have placed at it's disposal the
highest and most useful Innovations
and will be able with the most safety
to itself successfully to maintain its
F, continued course" he explained
| West Point has always been a school
noted for its engineering faculty and
yet the modern art of war teaches us
| must reveal you a great secret by telling
you that one Of the dreams have after
this war is over and these grounds are
| converted Is to see built at this place
| a permanent postgraduate engineer
educational institution of the Army"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05
DRAFT OF MARINERS
AROUSES SEAMEN

Provost Marshal General Crowder yes
terday ordered an investigation of COM
plants Of seamen's unions that many
seamen and deep-sea fishermen have
been drafted through the ignorance of
draft boards as to what constitutes a
mariner.
The problem of obtaining the release
of such men already drafted has been
left to q committee appointed by the
shipping labor conference which con-
cluded its work yesterday. Shipping
men hope that the investigation or
dered by Gen. Crowder will prevent any
further drafting of men needed to han
die new ships.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05
APPROPRIATION BILL
CONFEREES MEET MONDAY

The conferees on the legislative, ex-
ecutive and judicial appropriation bill.
which carries the provision for the
$12O annual increase in salaries of gov
eminent employees up to and including
those receiving $1,000 a year. are
scheduled to meet for the first time
tomorrow morning.
The conferees also must pass upon
which the employees of the government
would be compelled to work a mini
mum of eight hours each day, without
extra compensation for amy overtime
work they may be called upon to per-
form. TIE house put this amendment
in the bill land the Senate struck it
out. 1t is believed that it will remain
out of the bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05

This week in the House will De
utilized to give the members oppor-
tunity for consideration of many minor
bills that have been elbowed out of the
way from time to time by the pressure
Of war measures and appropriation
bills. For it falls out that the House
has been so Industrious as to- feed
up" the Senate on appropriations and
war bills until it has temporarily run
out of raw material for the moment.
except for the pension appropriation
bill. which can be passed speedily.
The big sundry civil bill will not be
ready for fortnight and there is moth
ing else on the ways in the House end
Of the Capitol TOMORROW will be
unanimous consent day in the House,
when bills on that calendar will be
called up in their order and considered
II unobjected to by any member.
Wednesday will be devoted to the cal
endar for that day and in addition
Leader Kitchin will try to get one day
for bills on the private calendar.
measures dear to the heart of the pro-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05
Committee of, Experts
Sail on Concrete Ship
Faiths Maiden Voyage

AS result Of favorable preliminary
reports from the comp1nkee of experts
sent west to study the Faith. the first
concrete ship built in the United States.
another contract for 7.50O-ton concrete
vessel was awarded by the shipping board
yesterday to the San Francisco Shipbuild-
ing Company.
Chairman F. r. McMillin and other
members Of the committee of experts will
sail today on the Faiths maiden voyage
from San Francisco to Vancouver with a
cargo of salt. If the vessel proves a sue
cess she will be sent later on a long ocean
voyage
The concrete division of the shipping
board has just completed designs for
twenty barges of 400 tons each for use on
the New York state canal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05
REQUIRES OATH
OF FEALTY TO US.

A ne.0 idea in Gre
dentials to conventions,
Which may become .0ide-
ly used before the .Um Is
ouer, .uas sprung yester-
day by the gathering of
state committees of the
medical section; Council
of National Defense,
meeting at the NelD
Willard Hotel.
All the delegates and
uisitors, including the
newspaper men t0ho
.uere there to "cover"
the proceedings, 0ere
required to take an oath
of loyalty to the United
States before they .Oere
admitted to the sessions.
There ,Das nothing
particularly secret about
the program, yet there
.Oere parts of it upon
Which the enemy might
like to be informed. The
problem, of keeping out
any one not thoroughly
loyal .Oas met by this an.
rangement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05
D. C.. MAN COMMANDERS
PIANO, USING PERSUASION

to get a piano for his hut He was
walking through the streets of the
city near where he was located when
he saw a moving van piled high with
furniture, and piano. He stopped the
truck driver. found that the owner was
moving his household goods. got in
touch with the owner, and the French
man gladly sold the piano for the use
of the association.
Before coming to Washington Mr.
Dadmun was secretary of the 23d street
Y, NJ, C. A. in New York. He obtained
the new building at Newport for the
association through a donation from
Alfred Vanderbilt. He compiled the
first hymn book of Y. M. C. A. songs.
Mr.. Dadmun arrived in France early
in January. George H. Markward also
went as Y. NJ. c. A. worker from
Washington in addition to Clarence A.
Aspfnwall and Rev. George w. Atkin-
son, jr., who left within the past week
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05

was begun the masts were stepped ana
engine installation begun.
On 26th day, machinery was all In. and
from then on the time was occupied In
finishing touches.
The best record Of British shipyards for
such a vessel has been about two and one
half months. Prior to the war, American
yards had not outstripped that per-
Torrance. but with the beginning OF war
production was speeded up. Until the
Tuckahoe is put overheard the PACING
coast records for building both wood and
steel ships will remain unchallenged. OF
which the best was the launching of the
Caponka at Portland, Ore. in fifty days
Pacific coast yards are expected to lend
all efforts to regain the record for speed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05
$4,000 TO DREDGE CANAL.
President Acts to Aid Traffic In
Illinois.

President Wilson today notified Rep
resentative Rainey Of Illinois that he
has allotted s15o.ooo out of his $780,.
100000 emergency fund for dredging tho
old Illinois and Michigan canal from
Rockport. ILL.,. to the Illinois river. in
order to relieve railway congestion in
the middle west.
Mr.. Rainey said the dredging Of the
canal would make it possible for ship
pers to utilize not only the Illinois
river. but the Chicago ship canal. the
Hennepin canal and the upper Missis-
sippt river to greater extent than
now is possible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05

The story of how a Washington man,
now az. NJ. C. A. war worker in
France. Communicated by persuasion
q piano in the streets of French city
has just come to Washington. Arthur
H. Dadmun. who for seven years was
the secretary of the Navy League. with
headquarters here, is the hero of the
story.
If there is any one sort Of diversion
war-fagged fighting men want more
than another. it is music. Yet pianos
have been extremely hard to get. for
they are not imported, and. of course, are
not being made now in France, so that
Y. M. c. A. secretaries have had to ex-
ercise all sorts of ingenuity in obtain
ing musical instruments of any kind.
Secretary Dadmun had not been able
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05
STOPS LIQUOR SALES IN GUAM.
Secretary Daniels Acts on Reports Of
"Intolerable Conditions"

Secretary Daniels has advised RepfU.
sentative Randall of California that he
had issued an order prohibiting the
sale or distribution of intoxicating
liquor on the Island of Guam. in the
Pacific ocean. after next Judy /.
Mr.. Daniels order resulted from rep.
reservations made to him by Mr.. Ran.
dali that intolerable conditions OBJ.
tanned on the island as the result of the
liquor traffic. Guam is entirely under
naval control.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05

terhouse steak because the butcher has
advanced his price. There has been no
suggestion that he be compelled to sup
ply his customers at price from which
all profit has been eliminated.
To conclude. tany legislation that will
discourage building in the District will
augment the evil against which this bill
Is ostensibly directed. If renting houses
is unduly profitable capital will imme-
diately enter such an attractive field
Meanwhile a general power given to the
courts to decline to issue writs of eject
ment where the landlord is guilty Of OPP
pression-the method at present en-
ployed in Paris to meet war housing
conditfons-will meet any temporary
evil which unchecked prof1teering might
otherwise cause.
HOWARD P. OKIE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05
MESSAGES BY RED CROSS.
Only Way to Reach Persons il
Enemy or Occupied Territory.

Personal welfare inquiries and mes
sages between persons in the United
States and persons in enemy countries
and territory occupied by the enemy
can be sent only through the American
Red Cross. Postmaster General Burle-
son yesterday announced. Red Cross
chapters anywhere will furnish details.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05
SOLDIERS IN DERA1LED CAR.

Three cars Of the Atlanta section Of
Southern railroad train No. 81. south
bound. were derailed yesterday near
Fair Forest. 8. c.. the station for Camp
Wadsworth, and four soldiers were
Jared so they were sent to the camp
hospital.
The cars did not turn over
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05
USE METAL TO SAVE CLOTH.
All Non Commissioned Officers i,
Army to Wear Buttons.

Substitution of metal buttons for the
arm chevrons of cloth now worn by every
non commissioned officer in the Army
practically has been decided upon by the
War Department to conserve cloth. OFF,
GERS said yesterday the change would
save enough cloth to make 100000 uni
forms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05

An institution, which shall be sister
to West Point" and shall offer a post
graduate course in military engineer
ting is the plan Secretary Of War
Baker has in mind for Camp A. A.
Humphreys Va. he told men in train
ing there yesterday afternoon in an
the camp.
This place Is admirably suited and
| adapted to such \ use.'' the Secretary
said. "and Ike to think that some day
we will visit the site either coming
down the Potomac or by rail. over
looking the Potomac as West Point
loverlooks the Hudson, q source of
pride and Of confident strength to the
This war has taught us that W.
wars. SO long as we have them. the
latest developments in science and
Engineering. and that country IL most
likely to succeed with a minimum cost
which has at its command the finest
array of scientific knowledge" the
Secretary continued.
Field Of Actual Practice.
To be effective, the Secretary added
1
veyed from the realm Of pure science
into the field Of actual practice.
Secretary Baker went with Mai. Gen
NJ. Black, chief of engineers. and Brig
Gen. Frederick v. Abbot for a tour OF
inspection Of the camp.
| The Secretary was accompanied by
other women, members of officers fami.
lies. in the party that motored from
Washington and was met at the cen.
ter of the camp by a little train on 9
sixty-centimeter guaEe railway. thu
cars being drawn by Baldwin Rasolin.
locomotives.
The party was taken on a tour of in
spection of the camp on this railway
built after the type Of which there arr
about $4,000 miles in use in France. Tn,
with view from the southern end o.
the camp overlooking Camp Belvoir ant
a long stretch Of the Potomac.
Platform Built on Trucks.
When the inspection tour was finished
and the party came to the speakers
platform. they found it had been bull
trucks. Seated on the platform, in ad
dition to the Secretary and his guests
were Col. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Col
Earle and Col. Richard Park, com
manQln8 omcef OF the camp.
Col. Park introduced the Secretary Of
War. The Secretary said that the worl
done at the camp was most creditabl,
to Col. Park and his associates.
Tho fact that some barracks are al
ready turned over at this time. long IL
advance of the time called for and an
lticipated," he said, lis very gratifying
evidence of the zeal of these officer,
and Of the zest and energy with which
you men. soldiers and laborers. have
pursued the task set for you here
Trend Of Country Changed.
| The Secretary pointed out that within
a little more than year the whole
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05

Pittsburgh man telephoning to
cents? Why, in Pittsburgh we can
telephone to Hades for a nickel.
Central-But this is a long distance
call,-Purple Cow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05

1t takes the state legislature to
change a mans name, but any justice
of the peace can change a woman's.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05
Platform Built on Trucks.
Trend Of Country Changed.

The Secretary pointed out that within
a little more than a year the whole
"the occupations and interests of our
people concentrated upon a single
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05

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