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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-23
oEEICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS. d.

1915 SEALED PROPOSALS will be re-
ceived at this office. Room 5l1, District
building. until Stoch n; OCEOBEH
tractors four combination chemical and
hose wagons one aerial hook and ladder,
and I, ee fire engines, all motor driven. for
US. in the Fire Department, d. c. Speci-
fcations and form Of proposal may be OBJ
tanned upon application TO the Purchasing
OfHcer D. c. Room 32O. District Building.
LOUIS BROwNLOW, JOHN G. d.
KNIGHT, W. GwYNN GARDINER. Com
missior0rS, ID. C ZO.I,s5
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-23
PROPOSALS

OFFICE OF QUARTERlIAsTER GIN
ERAI4 100 East 18th St, New York city.
Sealed proposals in triplicate will be re-
ceived here until IL a m, October /, 1918,
for manufacturing officers uniforrnh
Specifications and proposal blanks obtain
able at office Of Depot Cuartermaster. or
at 100 East 18th st, New York City.
I-z3a4sT2S
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OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS, DIS
TRICT OF COLUAIBIA, SEPTEMBER
90 1918. SEALED PROPOSALS will be
received at the -fhce Of the Secretary OF
the Board Of Commissioners. Room 5l1,
District Building, until o'clock P. NJ.
October {, 1918, for furnishing and erecting
portable school buildings at the locations
within the District OF Columbia designated
by the Board of Education. Blank forms
OF proposal, plans, specifications and all
necessary information may be obtained
from the Chief Clerk, Engineer Depart
ment Room 427, District Building. wash
ington. ID. c y deposit OF i've dollars will
be required from bidders to insure the re-
turn OF the plans and specifications. LOUIS
RROwNLOw, JOHN G. d. KNIGHT, W.
GWYNN GARDINER. Commissioners, D. C
O.2l.23.24.25,26
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WANTED

WAN 'ED-TWO to 3 room apartment by
army officer and wife. permanent. BON
52T Times Office 20
BY MAS and wife, comfortably furnished
bedroom and kitchenette: best OF ref
erence given BOX 52l, Times office. IS
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CABIN JOHN PARK
ATTRACTIVE SUBURBAN HOMES
Six new houses and bungalows ready for
$500 to $500. Easy terms.
J. s ToMLINSON. aga South Bldg. NJ. 74ts.
9 o d-tf
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COOR-COIorc.Ss light work; 81 per week.
$50 Park place y. W. Phone Columbia
1875 -
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FURS REMODELED

FCRS REMODELED. LINED, STEAMED
AND CLEANED MADE LIKE NEW.
REASONABLE. WILL CALL FOR Or
DERS. $50 18th st N w
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-23

NEW TOP; . quick and better sale.
1908 18th u. n. w. 1-auLn
YOUR engine Troubles a1pIslned: get DykSs
Auto Encyclol PsarlwAn'L s31 @ n nv.
AUTO ACCESSORIES
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FOR RENT-RO0MS
FURNISHED

Mt. PLEASANT ST. sIIO-Comfortnb BILE
room next to bath Married couple or
two gentlemen col sass pa
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GIRL-COIored, for general Homework; no
washing. Ills Shepherd st n. f, one
block north OF the end OF the Brookland
car line Is
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-23
FOR SALE-MlsCELLANEoUS'

For fuel: box wood. s. per load, delivered
10 door. Supply now for winter. Phone
Main 1906. J. II. FITZGERALD, - Jack
son st. N L. ap3O-r
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-11-16
FEAR FRENCH TANKS
Machines Spread Terror In
Ranks of Foe.
Armed Car Helps is Yanks to Cap
ture 700 Huns in Recent
Drive.

With the American Armies.-Greater
laurels daily are being Won by the
French light tanks which are cooper
ating with the American forces In
pushing the Germans back toward the
Rhine.
Among the many individual feats of
the tanks and their drivers which have
come to light, one of the most interest
ing is that of Brigadier Collier, who
has been decorated with the cross of
the Legion of Honor for his work in a
light tank which enabled 10 American
soldiers to capture 700 Germans.
Several hundred Of these tanks led
the counter-offensive from the Villers-
Cotterets forest in July, which marked
what appears to have been the turning
point of the war. They broke through
the enemy's lines, destroying his ma
chine guns, overcoming strong centers
Of resistance and spreading panic and
Generalization in the German ranks.
Where the infantry was preceded
by the "chars ~d'assaut," as the French
call them, the advance was three miles
a day.
1t was these same French light tanks
which preceded the Americans in their
advance upon Juyigny and Terny on
the scissors plateau. One of them,
manned by a lieutenant, killed more
than 200 Germans on the plateau.
Documents that have come into the
hands Of the French staff show that
the Germans are greatly worried by
the light tanks and are s~tudiously
coaching their men in methods Of de-
Tense against them.
The light cars have the advantage
of greater speed and of being more
easily handled than the heavier tanks.
They require a crew of only two men,
a driver and a gunner, and carry one
one-and-a-half-inch gun and a machine
gun.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-11-16
Insects That Help Mankind.

One of the great sources of loss In
wheat growing has been due to the
injurious activities of the wheat-midge,
which feeds on the grain, and, If un
molested by its natural insect enemies,
would Dor reduce u wheat crops to
the vanishing point. But several Of
u friendly insects keep the nudge
in restraint, one being the
twO-winged flies which seize and carry
away the nudge, and suck OFT it's
juices. It's most powerful foe, how
ever, is the parasite that lives on the
midge-a small, black fly, somewhat
resembling the ant. The young of these
four-winged flies live on the larvae
and eggs of the nudge. AS the nudge
increases in number, these parasites
also increase, for they depend for a
living IN the nudge, and the more
midges there are the more parasites
there are on hand to eat them up.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-11-16
THOSE THIN, HARD YANKEES
Typical of a Race of Whom 1t Has
Been Said They Shall Inherit
the Earth.

Recently we sat in a refreshment
room of a railroad station conversing
casually with a foreign officer. Sud-
denly tall men in olive drab began to
come in by groups to wash up. They
were on their way. The officer, though
he tried to go on talking, couldn't keep
his eyes off the men, and his responses
became more and more absent as they
continued to crowd in.
my God !" he exclaimed, "where
do they come from?"
Then we looked at them. Not one
seemed less than six feet tall. They
were a thin, hard, big-fisted, crag-
faced lot of men, the color of new
bronze, each with two deep lines
around the mouth, gentle with each
other, speaking softly, but certainly
the most formidable German killers
you could find in all the world. We
should not have noticed them partic-
ularly but for the officers dazed ap,
probation.
'They are probably from somewhere
in the mountains" we said at last.
The officer gave us a strange look.
Such men as these, and we took them
so much for granted that we couldn't
tell where they came from New
York Tribune.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-11-16
How Negroes Go to Camp.

Twelve hundred colored drafted men
went down one winter night TO Camp
Upton. They arrived In the dark about
eleven o'clock. 1t was raining and
freezing. Many of the men were with
out %overcoats. And they were soft,
having been walters, clerks and In 9th
er indoor occupations. They arrived
in camp soaked to the skin, tired and
hungry. Were they cursing and
grumbling? No. They came in sing
ing:
"Good-by, Lenox Avenue Hello, Ber-
linl" And their melodlous negro
voices rang out in cheerful defiance to
the angry night, to the hard life before
them and to the possible death that
awaited theml That's the stuff that Is
in Americans-and it is war that is
bringing 1t out.-Ameriean Magazine.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-11-16
0UTWITS GERMAN AlRMEN
Yank Escapes After Landing Behind
EnemV Lines

With his airplane riddled by ma
chine-gun bullets and hemmed in by
German machines, Aviator Ted Haight
of New York city pretended that his
plane was out of commission and land
ed within the enemy lines In France.
The Boches apparently believed that
the Americans machine had been dam
aged and left his capture to the men
on the ground.
After hurriedly connecting a severed
battery wire, Haight assembled and got
back to the American lines, success
fully lodging the astonished Germans
on the ground and In the air.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-11-16
KISS MOTHER GOOD
BYE" LAST REQUEST
Farewell of Lieut.. Louis Verdier
of the Lafayette EScadriIle,
Killed by Huns.

Lieut.. Louis Verdier, brother Of Paul
Verdier of San Francisco, and com
mander of the Lafayette Escadrille
last December, during the interim be
tween the relief of Captain Thenauli
and the nomination of Lieut.. william
Thaw, was killed by a fragment from
an aerial torpedo dropped by a Ger
man night-raiding airplane which at
tackled the flying field of the Frencl
air squadron to which he was attached
after the taking over of the Lafayette
unit by the United States army.
kiss mother goodbye for me" wers
the last words of Lieutenant Verdier
before he expired.
The Friedrichshafen machines raid
ed the field of the escadrille of which
Lieutenant Verdier was a member and
which also counted Capt. Charles Nun
gesser and Sergt. Everett Buckley OF
KilbOurne, ILL.,, al members, owing t.
the efIicacious support that the unit
has been giving to General Mangin's
army in its attacks northward and
eastward from scissors.
The Boches missed the airfield and
also missed a certain town contain
ing noncombatants which they trieC
to bomb. Lieutenant Verdier was
walking along a road between the
field and the town when a final bomb
fell within ten feet of him. A piece
of the shell casing pierced his chest
tearing the heart. Several person.
rushed to his assistance, but he dice
within'a few moments.
Lieutenant Verdier was buried with
military honors, a number of Ameri-
can aviators as well as French aces
attending the funeral. The American
Lafayette Escadrille sem a wreath
which was placed on the grave.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-11-16
GERMAN TRAP FAILS
American Flyers Shoot Down Four
Enemy Planes.

-fH%fJ A@AA
The Germans paid dearly for under
estimating the shooting qualities OF
American aviators in France, according
to the account of a recent engagement
near Verdun, on the western front,
where the enemy made an %unsuccess.
full effort to trap some Of Pershing's
flyers.
Three dummy balloons were sent up
by the Germans. and at the same time
a squadron of seven German machines
was planted" in the clouds.
The vigilant Yankees guessed the
plan and three planes were sent to at
tack the dummies. Twenty-fouf addi-
tional machines arrived at the scene
W. minutes later. The German avi-
ators descended upon the three Amer
leans and almost simultaneously "a
Yankee ~battleplanes bounced upon the
enemy's machines. Four German
planes were officially brought down In
flames, and then the Americans shot
down two genuine balloons before re-
turning.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-11-16
HIGHEST PRICES FOR HIDES
AND FURS

We will pay the highest prices for
hides. furs and pelts. NEVADA HIDE
x JUNK CO., Winnemucca, New. ADV.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-11-16
GIVES SKIN TO MAN
Soldiers Wife Sacrifices Herself for
Civil War Veteran.

DIR. J. II. Mccormack of Nation,
Wash, performed an extensive skin
grating operation. l. N. Presson, an
o~ctogenarian and a Civil war veteran,
was injured while experimenting the
erection of a large monument In the
cemetery here. 1t became necessary
to graft skin on the hand and arm.
His daughter-ln-law, Mrs. A. G. Pres
son, who is the mother of two chill
dren, and whose husband is an enlist
ed man in the army, volunteered to
give the necessary c~uticle, and about
ten inches were transferred success
fully.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-11-16
CLEVELAND CITY OF MONEY
From This Little Story 1t Would Seem
There Are Some PlJtocrats in
the Ohio Metropolis.

A New York hotel manager just
back from a Western trip declares that
the high cost of living is not confined
to New York when it comes to dining
out. occasionally we hear a bleat
from some one who has been nicked to
the war tunegin the region of the bright
lights" said the manager, 'but let me
tell you there are many tortured cries
elsewhere. Cleveland has the jump on
most of the high cost of things along
the g%ustatOry route. In looking over
the bill of fare at n of the big no.
tells there l noticed one special dish
was emphasized in black letters. 1t
was Philadelphia capon, for which
$3.50 was asked for a single portion.
l much prefer just plain chicken, but
if this capon thing was the caper,
why l was willing to go the route.
The head waiter was alphabetically
apologize. I'm sorry, sir; but the
last portion has just been served.
We've had a phenomenal run on the
capon. In the present plenitude of
money in Cleveland / do not doubt
that there would be a ravening run on
Philadelphia capon if it were offered
at $40 a portion. 1t is a relentless ap-
petite that will not be denied"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-11-16
GET M0LARS FIXED FREE
Dental Operations for Soldiers and
Sailors Reach $4,000 a
Month.

New York.-Free dental operations
for soldiers and sailors to the num-
Der of $4,000 are being performed In
a months time by members of the
Preparedness League of American
Dentists in every state In the Union,
according to the report just made pub
lie at the leagues headquarters here.
This record is for the month Of Au-
gust. which in normal times is a sea-
son of less effort for the average per-
son than any other month in the year.
This brings the total of operations rem
dered since its inception to $4,000.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-11-16

Marie Joseph Co1tant of the quaint
little village of Louatre, neal scissors,
the daughter of Monsieur Coutant, once
a comfortably situated mechanic of
Louatre, is shown above with her right
arm missing Because of the fact that
the Germans attended the celebration of
her eighth birthday. On Marie's birth
day her mother and herself, along with
several other refugees from the threat
of the Hun at Scissors, were swarming
into cattle ears that were pressed into
use in the emergency, when a German
incendiary bomb fell among them.
killing her mother and making herself,
a noncombatant, go through life a Grip
pie with only one arm. She has been
adopted by Maurice. the dancer of
America, now a Red Cross worker in
France, as his "war baby" and has
been sent by him with her father to
Limoges, France, to complete her con-
~valescence.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-11-16
HAS RECORD CROP
Poor Farm Produces Best Corn and
Lots OF IL.

What is said to be one of the finest
fields of corn w seen In the Palouse
country has been produced this year on
Latah county poor farm. near Moscow,
Idaho, under the direction of e. ].
Meek, superintendent. Five acres of
of the land were devoted to corn,
which is of the yellow Dent variety.
The ears are well developed and uni
form in size. and the corn is mature
and hard. MI. Meek estimates that the
yield will be at least 30 bushels to the
acre. In addition there is a fine lot Of
fodder for stock feed.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-11-16
Never Rode on Street Car.

Israel Dawson, who celebrated his
one hundredth birthday recently at
Harrisville w. Va, has never ridden
in a street car nor an automobile.
When asked to take a ride in an au-
tomobile he declined, saying he had
promised himself never to do SO.
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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-11-16
Mining Stocks

Quotations. street. exchanges ana
elsewhere, of properties of merit"
This part of Nevada-Winnemucca-
will bear fruit, mining for various
minerals. For further information
of additional listing, apply to F. C..
Robins & Co.
WINNEMUCCA DISTRICT
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The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1918-01-04
COTTER MAKES A TALK
 ON WAR LINES

"lt ,}i probably rani'' a German warship Co ,he,l ar Am,ritan city be-. fore the people of the United States awake to the fact that we are in the waI. for blood" This was one of tLc| statements made last night at the Empress by Mayor Cottcr, the four minute speaker. Mir. Cotter stated that according to a letter he had re- ccived from his hrothar, now with the engineering corps, the United States was preparing for , five yar war with the expectaacy of finally being the only natioa piJtrd against the Plussians, the aa,on5 having hccn worn oat in man r'"ar bus giving the, mraition wor'; lo the U. s. The speaker outlined 5e ,e,a important features ol the pi"5rut Jay p?eplrcd- ness llans of tho government which were highly interesting to the large audience. MT. Cotter concluded his address by saying: "You think that vcu have given some already to the Red Cross. You have only donated a drop in the bucket to what you vii! be asked to contribute ana / you
 ron't do it freely, it wlil be taken away rom you."
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1918-01-04
ALAMEDA DUE FIVE O'CLOCK
 FROM SOUTH

Steamer Alameda is due in port at E o'clock this afternoon According to advices this forenoon she was billed to arrive at 1 o'clock but ran into 8 snow storm prevailing on the south ide of the uawows. The Alameda has -9 tons of freight aboard and will be in port for from four to five hours at least. There are 10 days mai and cypress also aboard the steamer.
 The following are the first class passengers who will leave on the Alameda for Seattle, the majority be- inc nom the interior: J. Stenhouse and wife. Mrs. C. w. Foot, Mrs. M. Rice, Tom ONeily, Walter Johnson, Charles Kreftiug and wife, C. Clifford, J. La Range, Mark Fostgate, J. J. Mcacham, W. r. Fraser, T. G. New man and wife, F. Bartholomew, Her bert Gaytes, x. Oslund, Mrs. Martha White, T. Ward, wife and children, !. P. Starr and wife, Mrs. c. Hallett, $. R. Metcalf, F.. and A. G. Becllel, c. E. Kraulter, w. K. Mathison, Andy Loftus,. w. W. Alderman, S, w. Pow CTS. Miss C. Anderson, M. l.. Martin, Otto Darlington, Howard Vardeman, Mary Jones, Harry Jacobs, E. l.. Werner, II. Carpenter, Edna Rowe, Maud Jahnson, Col c. Sapp, Mrs. A. X. Stevens, W. J. Brayton, Bert Schafrcr, J. J. Lanliin and wife, Viv- ian Sherman, Bert Wood and Robert Small. There will be about @5 steer -wn nNssengcrs.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1918-01-04
S.uOUR DAY FOR
 NORTHWEST WILLS

SPOKANE. Jan. 4. - The eight hour Jay will be put into effect in a'I the lumber camps, mills and affiliated plants of members of Western Pine Manufacturers association beginning next week, according to announce ment by A. w. Cooper, secretary of the association. The organization, whose membership includes marufac- turers of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana, represents more than 40 mills, it was declared The l0- hour day is now effective throughout the section
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1918-01-04
CONTENTS OF GRUB BOX OF
 THE MESSING

United States Deputy Marshal Isaac Evans has received a letter from C.. W. Harrington. deputy marshal a5 Scdovia, giving the contents of the grub box found marked "Sweasy ard Revene" and other information. The letter is as follows:
 "Thc grub box marked Sweasy and Rcvelle picked up on Elizabeth Island about the 23rd of October by two aa- tIvcs end turned over to me by MT. Ludy is about 24x18x12 and contain cd about weeks grub, consisting of small slab bacon, little flour, tea, su- gar salt syrup, potatoes, milk onions, leaf tobacco, pepper, case knives and forks, spoons, nearly worn out butcher knife, candles, and 2 Marvel hunting knives. One knife marked "B. F.. S." on the scabbard. There was no authentic report of boat be- ing found. The launch Earl, charter ed by Ml. Bronson of the Port Chath- am Iron Mine made a trip the last of October to Port Dick and while go- ing and coming went near the shore of Elizabeth Island and blew the whistle continuously while passing but did not see any sign of life, either at Elizabeth Island or any portion of the trip. This is the last launch so far as know that has been in that part of the country
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1918-01-04

JUNEAU, Alaska, Jan. 4. - Scores of herring outfits with floating salt cries were working in Seymour N0r- rows. in the Inside Passage re- gently. according to Game Warden Prank A!drich who recently returned from the Seymour section.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1918-01-04
I..GRLS MAKING FLAG

EUGENE. Ore., Jan. 4. - Women of .r University of Oregon are at work ou uru. probably will be one Of the greatest service" flags in the West It vH' carry between 35O and 3Ou stars. elcI representing a former sudden, now in the armed forces of tre United States.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1918-01-04
STEAMERS CHANGE THEIR
 ROUTE-GO BY PANAMA

TOXIC, Jan. 4. - Thirteen freight steamers of the Japan Steamship company hitherto sailing to Londor by the way of Cape Town are to be sent through the Panama Cana. The new route besides hcing safer is one week quicker.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1918-01-04

A. McIver, licensed undertaken.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1918-06-28
ESQ MILLION LOST BY
ROADS In 4 MONTHS
Interstate Commerce Commits
sion compile Figures During
L. S. Control Period

Chicago. H., June 22.-The rail-
ways of the United States, after four
months of federal operation, snow 4
deficit of S25O,OOO, 900. according to
computations announced today ny the
Bureau of Railway News and Stats
tics of Chicago.
These figures, it was asserted, were
compiled from tire monthly returns
of the roads to the Interstate Com
merce Commission and are said 20
reveal that the net operating revenue
for the first third of the year 1915
was less than S5O,OOO,O0O, against
rental due of more than 100000, 900.
The net operating income of the
roads for January, February, March
and April, 1918, after deducting taxes
was given as $157, 075,929, a decrease
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1918-06-28
sen. WHITLEY Will
SPEAK here JULY 4

United States Senator Xenophon
P. Whitley, who succeeded the late w.
]. Stone in the United States Senate,
will be here to address the meeting
in connection with the celebration of
the Home Guards July a. Capt. Al
len Oliver yesterday received infor-
nation that the junior Missouri Sena-
tor would be here to make a speech
on the big patriotic day.
All candidates for Congress were
invited to come to the Cape July a.
Because of the illness of ]. J. Russell
who was expected to make an address
on that day in this city, it is improb-
able that he will be here, and for that
reason the invitation was extended 10
the Candidates for Congress to have
some noted speaker address the
crowd. Gov. Folk, who will tour
Southeast Missouri, will probably De
here on the same day.