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The Washington times., 1918-04-10
GOVERNMENT TO |
OBTAIN COAL FOR !
RAILROADS USE

covsrnmsnt machinery wss put In
motion today which wili mean the
purchass Of about 17s.ooo.ooo tons %
coal-ths ensuing ysArs supply fss
the railroadsL
The Railroad Administrator an
nounces that in co-opsrAtion with the
Fuel Administration and the War m
dustriss Board. Il win purchase coal
for all railroads, and the moven4at
win begin at once to forestail . coal
shortage next fail.
The Washington times., 1918-04-10
GAYETH.

James E. Cooper's aggregation OF
entertainers, "The Best Show In
Town" company, comes to the Cay
ETY. Theater next week for their nrst
appearance Of the season. Two acts
and twelve scenes comprise the pro,
gram. The first act Is a musical
revue In six scenes. while the latter
portion OF the entertainment ls
scenic burletta entitled, "Some
Town~ During the action several
excellent vaudeville numbers VIII be
presented. They include the Daven-
ports, showing living reproductions
OF great masterpieces in marble;
Billy X. Wells. the vaudeville com,
edian, is the author OF the book ano
lyrics. The stars Of the company are
Frank Hunter, Frank Wesson, Ber'
Lehr. Lynn Cantor. Matte De Lece
and Virginia Ware
The Washington times., 1918-04-10
STRAND.

The remainder OF the week al
Noore's Strand Theater Will oe oe-
voted to Cecil b. De Miles produc-
ton OF "The Whispering Chorus, .
photoplay by Jeanie MACPHERSON The
startling story OF a man VINO was
convicted of his own murder is enact
ed upon the screen by an ah-star
Aircraft cast led by kathlyn WI
liams, Elliott Dexter, Raymond HAT
ton, Edythe Chapman and Tully mar
shaII The film play possesses all OF
tho exciting qualities OF melodrama
and the tremendously powerful les
SON OF a morality play. Next week
AT the Strand "The Guilty Man.
film version of the A II. WOODS
drama of the same name. Will pt
shown.
The Washington times., 1918-04-10

Flowers fer ne SICK.
Nothing more cheering than cude,s
beautiful homegrown flowers. 12141.
-Advt.
The Washington times., 1918-04-10
Seventh and
Eye Streets
Seventh and Fy0ETCE q uEDOMAMN
Eye Streets A1OODL " A1LlAAANAAANN

OF Liberty Bondbut don't let that
H War Stamps Keep Uncle Sans war
chest 6IIed-and peace will quickly and completely
The Washington times., 1918-04-10

ERVcE SasfactonThas your here Whatever
will have it Whatever choose will be right
~ In design and value and price.
The Washington times., 1918-04-10
oyvnerxhlp Of Canal.

The Baltimore and Ohio road con-
trolls the canal. the next largest In
terest being that OF the Consolidated
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very infiammaDle, hence 1t should be
kept away from the fire.
Fowls may also be freed from lice
by dipping them in five per cent solu-
ton of creolin, or zenoIeum. Care
should be exercised to protect the fowl
from taking cold after dipping. Dip
ping is not useG very extensively. Blue
ointment is frequently recommended
as a remedy for lice. A piece the size
of a garden pea should be thoroughly
rubbed into the bird, around and under
the vent.
Several Applications Needed.
Several applications of any remedy
are necessary to kill the young lice as
Matched. Birds should be busted two
or three times during the summer at
intervals of week.
Not only should the hens be well
treated, but the hen house-the home
of the hen-should have thorough
housekeeping, Droppings should be
removed at least once a week. The
nests and roosts should be sprayed
often with such coal tar disinfectants
as carbolenium or zenoleum to insure
cleanliness.
Do not allow little chicks to occupy
disinfected coops for at least "a hours.
The fumes arising from the applica-
ton of these coal tar products will
kill the young chicks, but will not be
sufficiently strong to injure the old
hens.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-01-03
WHY FAMILY MOVED TO TOWN
Compelled to Make Change Because Of
Poor Schools and Bad Roads
Remedy for Poverty.

"Why don't they go on to a farm"
Is the question with which many men
dismiss from their minds the story Of
some poverty-stricken family. The
chances are five to one that that same
family was induced to move to town
because of poor schools and poor roads
In the country. The remedy for much
Of the poverty now in our towns is
good roads and good schools in the
country. Why should not country
schools be given the same attention
given city and town schools? Why
should not the children be permitted to
go to them over good roads with dry
feet, instead of wading through mud
and water? Good roads will make the
country better place in which to live.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-01-03
LEST WE FORGET!
Why America Is at War After
Making Every Effort to Keep
Out Of Europe's Death Grip
By MARY ROBERTS RINEIIARr
Author Of The Circular Staircase "Ihe Man Lower

permission, although he would prob
ably give it. When the interview was
written for publication we were still
neutral people. He respected our
neutrality, although he was hopeful
that some day he could lay the case
of Belgium before the world. 1t is
enough to say that he confirmed the
atrocities out of his intimate knowl-
edge, and that not the loss Of a king
dom but the inhuman methods of the
invaders was the thing that had struck
to his very heart. Here Is that inter-
view, brought now to the attention Of
the American people, lest we forget, in
the tangle of international law and the
cutlery of Germany that we are fight
ing the allies war, the real cause of
our entrance into the world conflict.
To the American people today this
is war not merely of democracy
against military autocracy, not mere
ly of the breaking of treaties, not at
all Of diplomatic juggling and disputed
points of law.
1t is war against brutality and
war against ruthlessness and barbar-
ism and incredible savagery; war
against the German conviction that
might Is right.
KING ALBERT'S CHARGES.
The first time King Albert of Bel
GUM gave to the world at large his
statement as to the conduct of the
German army in Belgium was on that
January afternoon in 1915 when, in his
own villa at La Panne, he gave me
the following interview. Later he re-
read 1t carefully.
Later on, when his equerry brought
me the interview, officially approved,
he said, ''This will make history,
madame" so sure was he that the
kings statement would carry with it
not only conviction but the outraged
sympathy of the American people.
Fearful things have been done, par
ticularly during the INVASION" the
king said, weighing his words care
fully, although it would be unfair to
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ENEMIES OF POULTRY FLOCK
Guard Against Attacks of Rats,
WcaseIs and Minks.

Since the removal of timber from
most of the, country, hawks are no
longer bad about the poultry yards. 1t
is against rats, weasels and m1nks that
great care must still be taken. If
there is possibility of chance, by
poor walls ard bad foundations, these
enemies of fowls will dig under or
gnaw into the houses and coops.
If the houses or outside coops are
made Of good lumber, and set on con-
crete foundations and floors, and the
doors made to shut tight, the poultry
housed in them is quite secure. 1t is
an easy matter and not expensive, to
employ concrete for all foundations
and floors.
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slig}JpaJts
MQQag !|il!
NATIONAL SYSTEM OF ROADS
Expert at National Capital illustrates
How Scheme Is to Be Brought
to Successful End.

The establishment of a national sys-
tenn of highways is greatly facilitated
by the federal aid road law, which
compels all the states that would share
In its benefits-and that means all of
the states-to equip themselves with
state highway departments. With these
state highway departments devoting
their attention to the building of state
systems of main, through-line high
ways every condition is favorable for
the next and browning act-the estab-
lishment of a national system of high
ways.
BY way of illustrating how na-
ticnal system of highways is about to
be evolved by easy and logical stages,
an expert at the national capital made
the following statement:
Gradually the state has made itself
a compelling factor in the handling of
local road problems and, as a logical
sequence, the federal government, first
through educational activity and later
by the financial aid provided by the
federal aid law, has made itself
powerful factor in the working out Of
the state highway problems. The next
logical step follows the same course
which has been pursued by the state
governments, namely, the broadening
of federal participation to provide for
the establishment of a system of ma
tional highways.
"This policy can be put into effect
without disturbance of existing organ
izations, without providing new means
of finance and with but little change
In existing laws. The process would
logically take course somewhat as
follows:
II. The state highway departments
and the federal office of public roads
would make an initial selection from
existing state highway systems Of
those highways which are of interstate
Importance.
''2. A system thus selected would be
approved by congress, with the re-
quirement that federal FUNDS be ap-
piled only to such system on and after
a specified date.
"3. The federal aid should be ex-
tended to maintenance as well as con-
struction, as the national system of
highways should have for all time a
close relationship with the federal gov
eminent.
"Some of the states already have
made plans for utilizing the aid grant
ed by the federal aid road act on roads
which could not properly be included
In a national system. But this need
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condemn the whole German army.
Some regiments have been most hu-
name, but others behaved very badly.
Have you seen the government re-
portT"
/ said had not seen 1t, though
had heard that careful investigation
had been made.
'The government was very eau
tious," his majesty said. "The inves-
tigadon was absolutely impartial and
as accurate as 1t could be made
Doubts were cast on all sts- lents-
even those of the most De- ,ble wit
nesses-until they could -1ied."
''They were verified?"
Eyes; again and again."
"By the victims themselves?"
"Not always. The victims of ex-
IRENE cruelty do not live to tell Of it.,
but German soldiers themselves have
told the story. We have had here at
taken from dead or imprisoned Ger
mans furnishing elaborate details of
most atrocious acts. The government
is keeping these journals. They fur
nish the most elaborate details Of
testimony Of what happened In Bel
GUM when it was swept over by a
brutal army. That was, of course,
during the invasion; such things are
not happening now. so far as we
know"
He was trying hard to be fair. We
were still neutral. / was to publish
the interview In a neutral country.
He did not wish to involve us, to
rouse US. He had sent a delegation
to Us to tell us the truth, but we had
not realized then what was happening,
and we had not heard their story.
Slowly and gravely he went on. He
sat very still, looking ahead, weighing
every word.
thousands of civilians have been
killed without reason. The. execution
of noncombatants is not war, and no
excuse can be made for 1t. Such
deeds cannot be called war;"
HID BEHIND WOMEN.
"But If the townspeople fred on the
GermansT I asked.
"All weapons had been deposited IN
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sential to success, and grains which
are in poor condition should not be
fed. Old grains which are hard are
better than new soft grains, especially
for pigeons with squads. Good wheat
screenings are often fed with success.
Clear drinking water, grit, broken
oyster shell and charcoal should be
kept before the pigeons all the time.
Salt is fed in various forms, and a
supply of this material is generally
considered essential. Salt may be fed
in a lump form, such as rock salt or
fine salt moistened and laked into a
hard lump, without danger of the
pigeons eating too much.
Pans of water should be provided
daily except during the winter. They
should be used only about twice a
week during the winter.
Age for Marketing.
Squads are fed by their parents
until they are marketed, which is usu.
ally at from three and a half to four
and half weeks of age. They must
be sold about this age, as the period
during which they are ready for mar
ket rarely exceeds one week. Squads
are in good market condition when full
ly feathered under the wings, which is
usually about the time they begin to
leave their nests, and If not killed at
this time they soon lose their baby fat
and their flesh begins to get hard.
Catch the squads to be marketed
in the morning before they are fed by
their parents, so that their crops will
be empty. Squads are usually killed
in the same manner as poultry by cut
ting the arteries in the back part of
the roof of the mouth and piercing the
brain, but If sent to market without
plucking they are usually killed by
wringing or breaking the neck. The
latter is done by pressing the thumb
against the place where the bones af
the neck join the head, until the head
is dislocated. IN sticking, the squads
are hung by their legs on nails or
hooks, with their wings double-locked.
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LICE ARE HARMFUL
Cause Hens to Appear. Drawsy
and Unthrifty-Stop Eggs.
REGULAR BUSTING IS URGED
Powder Composed of Gasoline, Crude
carbolic Acid and Plaster Paris
Is misunderstanding Is
Also Favored.
By H. c. KNANDEL, Pennsylvania
State CpIlaoaN

By H. c. KNANDEL, Pennsylvania
State College.)
Most fowls are afflicted with lice
While few may not injure the bird,
a great number may cause constant ir-
ritation and possible death. This con-
slant irritation causes the bird to APP
pear drowsy and unthrifty, and later
to stop producing.
Lice may be readily found where
bodily temperature is warmest. under
the wings and near the vent On
young chicks the lice may appear first
on the head, causing it to become
bold. Prompt treatment of such cases
with vaseline and lard prevent spread
ing of the lice
Fowls should be busted regularly to
prevent lice from obtaining a foot
hold. Holding the bird in the left
hand, by the legs, head downward,
opens the feathers more or less, so
that the powder Sits through them
easily.
Dust Thoroughly.
Dust the bird thoroughly and work
the powder well into the feathers by
rubbing, especially under the wings
and around the neck of the vent. If
cloth is placed under the bird to be
busted, one can easily collect ard use
second time powder that would 9TH
erwise be lost.
A good lice powder is composed of
three pints of gasoline to one pint
crude carbolic acid, to which is added
about eight parts plaster parts. The
plaster paris should be poured in
slowly and thoroughly mixed until
enough plaster has been added to form
dry brownish powder. Gasoline Is
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(By A. r. LEE, United States Department
of Agriculture)
The hen pigeon usually lays two
eggs in three days before sac starts
to sit. If more than two eggs are laid
1t Is advisable to remove the extra
ones, as pair of pigeons can raise
only two good squads at one time. The
period of incubation of pigeon eggs is
about seventeen days. Both the male
and female pigeon sit on the eggs. the
male usually relieving the female dur
Ing part or most of the day. Pigeon
eggs are usually fertile if the pigeons
are healthy and properly fed. espe-
cially when they have free range. One
squad CASUALLY the male) frequently
matches first, and where there are sew
eral cases where one squad outgrpws
Its nest mate, it may be advisable to
sort the squads in the nests, making
the pairs as uniform as possible in
size and age. They should usually be
changed in the nest, however, before
they are ten days old, at which time
their parents stop feeding them on
pigeon milk.
Fed by Parents.
SQUADS are reared and fed by both
Of the parent birds on thick, creamy
mixture called pigeon milk, produced
in the crop Of the pigeons. 1t is very
essential that the pigeons have plen-
tiful supply of grain while they are
rearing squads if rapid growth of the
young is to be secured. Pigeons usu-
ally feed the squads shortly after they
themselves are fed and should not be
disturbed at that time, thus making
it advisable to water them before they
are fed. Care should always be taken
not to frighten or disturb pigeons or
squads any more than is absolutely
necessary. If the parent birds die the
squads may sometimes be removed to
a nest where there is only one squad,
or they may be fed artifcialIy, al
though this process takes considerable
time.
A variety Of good. hard grains is es-
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not cause extreme conflict, as the fed
eral funds for the first three or four
years operation of the present act
could continue to be applied as now
planned. The appropriations for the
first two years are already available,
and considerable time necessary must
elapse before the national system
could be- laid out and made ready for
the application of federal funds.
''In all probability the new scheme
would come into effect as an extension
of the present federal aid road act.'
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Gull GROWING Flock.

Gull the growing flock of chicks as
much as possible, market all that are
in any way inferior but in good health.
and kill and bury all which seem weak
or sickly. 1t will not pay to keep any
but the strongest and best chicks.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-01-03

To prevent tuberculosis, all milk
and milk products should be cooked
before being fed to hogs. To CONTROL
hog cholera use sanitary precautionsl
and anti-hog cholera serum treatment,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-11
Put it III Your Note Book That
U.s.. is Going to be Able to Shoot

practice in the years before the val.
Less than 81 per man per year was
spent on ammunition for small arms
practice in the German army. Pro-
~portionately small. sums were spent
by France and England.
The average citizen Of these Eu-
ropean countries has little opportu-
my to develop skill in the use of fire
arms. Only the favored few are able
Ito practice Workmanship, either at
target ranges or in hunting. IT,
IS In the United States. however, a
very large part of u young men are
familiar with firearms and a high
percentage of them are good shots.
IAs boys they practiced with air rifles
: perfect their skill in rabbit and quail
shooting and inahunting larger game:
They develop a Sense of aim and
range largely lacking with Europeans.
This sense" is now being perfected
ION the rifle ranges at the training
camps where the billion rounds Of re-
serve ammunition is being used in
target practice.
The result is expected to be that
the American forces in France will
be able to do more effective work
with the rifle than any body of sol-
diers now in Europe, with the possl-
BILE exception ofs.the Canadians. 1t
was the Canadians Workmanship,
incidentally. that made possible their
successful stand at the second battle
LOT Ypres, against overwhelming odds.
General Pershing himself has insist
fed that this ability to use the rifle
be Developed to the utmost in all
american troops sent abroad. He ex-
poets his soldiers to shoot n to
shoot straight. Instead of pausing
to hurl a hand grenade at an enemy
In sight, he expects his men to be able
to put a bullet through him at twice
could be hurled. AS superior Ameri-
can Workmanship has given us the
advantage in every war in which we
have engaged. it is expected to dc
the same in this. u greatest war;
In addition to superior native
marksmanship, our men will have the
advantage Of superior ammunition
and-as is generally conceded-su,
perior guns. The American type.'o1
cartridge is much more powerful thar
that of British. French or German
1t is rimless. reducing :iamming to q
minimum. and the gun from which l
is fired is considered the most de
pendable Of any army rifle, being tn
only army gun that has been modi'
fled to meet conditions that v de
veloped in the present war.
Whereas Germany spent about s.
per man on ammunition for starge
practice before the war. Uncle San
spent about $13. The same ratio will
not be maintained between our am
munition supply and that Of German.
in war, but 1t is safe to say that o
marksmen at the front are to be sup
piled with everything they will neet
to make their craftsmanship effective
land in quantities sufficient to prove
to the Boche that Uncle Sam mean:
business!
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the German front and second line and
communication trenches.

n German front anu second ilHo anu
communication trenches.
Owing to the return Of better
weather conditions there was increas-
ed aerial activity. both friendly and
hostile aircraft flying ver the Ameri-
can line. One or two aerial encount-
ers were reported. but they had no
definite results. The American anti
aircraft guns fired On numerous
enemy planes. but they were we'll out
of range. American army observers
today flew over the lines in planes of
the French squadron. All these ma
chimes returned safely. 4s
With the American Army in France.
March 11.-(By h Associated Press
A small American patrol, early Friday
morning, met an enemy patrol in NO
Mans land near Chemin Des Danes
and fired on the enemy A sharp
skirmish resulted, the accurate firing
of the Americans causing one enemy
casualty, and undoubtedly three 9TH
ers. The Americans returned to their
lines without a man being scratched.
Tho troops on the Lorraine front at
the same time suffered an extremely
heavy concentrated bombardment.
| Northwest of Toul the enemy fired
; nearly a hundred. gas shells int one
of the American battery positions in
a short space of time, but not a sin
gle man so far has been sent 70 a hos
, pital because of the rapidly with
which the gas masks were adjusted.
American artillery blew up an enc
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PAGE ELEVEN

shells dropped there resulted In dashs
followed by flames and great clpnds
Of smoke. The American artiilerygalso
shelled heavily the enemy's first ana
second lines.
American snipers have been gespe-
cially active, one sh~arpshooterl killing
a German who was walking onga par
apet, while other sharpshooters were
who showed themselves. Enemy auto
matte rifles were especially active. but
did little damage. There is normal
artillery activity today.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-11
Invasion OF Persia
By The Red Guards Is
!. Indicated In Message

Washington. March 11.-1nvasion of
Persia by small detachments Of the
Russian Red Guard was indicated to
the state department today in a tele-
gram from Teheran. According to the
report there. the force which is not
more than 400 strong, is said to be
planning an advance on Teheran.
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advantage Of the hot sun to thaw out
and to dry their clothes.
The Germans dropped phosgene
shells on several of the American bat
terry positions and mustard shells in
the rear Of the line. Three gas alarms
were given On the front within a few
hours. Owing to the quickness of the
Americans in adjusting their gas
masks. h shells did no damage. The
mustard sticks for many hours to the
spot where a shell falls. and soldiers
nearby experience a singing sensation
in their eyes.
On M end of the American line
the enemy laid down a barrage, after
having concentrated a rather heavy
bombardment. The American artil-
lery put up a counter-barrage as a
precaution against a raid, but no raid
developed. While this was going OF
the enemy dropped a score Of gas
shells on "a town directly in the rear
but the noxious gas did no damage
On the other end of the line the
American gunners laid down a bar.
rage on the enemy line. All along the
front the American artillerists shelled