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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-10
COAL PYRITE IN EXPLOSIVES
Iowa Biologists Investigate Coal Fields
for Needed Mineral, With
Excellent Results.

An investigation of pyrite, an essen
tial material in the manufacture Of
high explosives. is being made in the
coal fields of Iowa under the direction
Of Dean George F. Kay of the Uni
versity of Iowa. who is director of the
Iowa geological survey. High explo-
sives are made with the aid of sui
phuric acid, which in turn is made
chiefly by roasting pyrite, popularity
known as fools gold" Hence the
mineral is in great demand.
For many years pyrite for acid pro-
duction has been imported from Spain,
states Doctor Kay. But in order to save
the ships for more urgent uses, the
shipping board has sharply reduced the
import of pyrite. The domestic produc-
ton of the mineral must then be un-
usually large, he declares.
New York, Virginia, Georgia, South
Carolina and Alabama have pyrite
mines, and Illinois and several other
states are producing a small tonnage
from coal mines. Many hundred thou
sand tons are quickly available from
coal mines, says the state geologist, If
the governments explosive program re-
Quires it.
The method of preparing coal pyrite
for shipment to acid plants is simple
and cheap. The sulphur balls" must
be separated from adhering COAL and
be crushed, washed and screened into
lump and fine sizes. Coal miners are
willing to load pyrite. and the opera
tors to hoist and ship it, If war indus
tries demand it.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-10
ANTHRACITE OFFERS
WAYS TO AID NATION
Anthracite Industry 0fiers Nays To
Aid Nation With 10 Fuel
Saving Plans

Economy is the basis OF wealth.
Fuel saving is a material aid to the
Nation winning the war II every
citizen would try and initiate the
usages and customs of our fcrefath-
ers. who were not accustomed 10 mod
ern luxuries of all kinds. including
heating by coal, there would be less
complaining. fewer self-imposed so
called "hardships" and happy dis
position would result that, in itself,
would husband untold commodities
and loosen the sinews of war to a
greater degree in beating the Hun.
We sohuld both study and practice
economics.
IL is suggested TO householders that
at least 100000 tons of anthracite
could be saved in this city if the fol-
lowing economy rules were rigidly
followed and lived up TO.
1. Start furnace and kitchen-range
fires as late as possible. Forget the
first few cool fall days. Put up with
little discomfort and remember
what the boys "over there" daily
face and weather with smiling faces.
g Raise window curtains during
the day to admit sunlight; for that is
free heat. Dispense with awnings,
as they shut out the sun.
g. Membership all doors and win
dows and put asbestos around all fur
naces, boilers and cellar pipes used
for heating purposes.
A. Reduce the homo temperature to
GO degrees. DO not vain until the
mercury shows "a degrees before
closing drafts. BY this time that ex-
ira amount of coal will have been
consumed and wIsted according to all
economic rules.
g. Bedrooms, where windows are
opened for the night or otherwise,
should be shut of from heat. Use
blankets and feel better in the morn
ing.
G. Wear heavier clothing. This ma
terially saves body heat.
T. Thoroughly clean SCOT from
pipes and boilers and do not mind do
ing a little work in the cellar seeing
that window panes are tight and
weather-stripped like the other parts
of the house
; 8. Burn oil, wood, coke and bitumi
nous. when possible. Use gas for
cooking and heating. Gas lighting at
night aids in heating the home. stores
and buildings where used.
g. Use heavy draperies on doors
and windows for interior home dec
Grafton. This aids in outstanding in
terror heat supply.
10. Remember you are not fighting
in trench exposed to all kinds of
weather Your men are and have be-
coined hardened by contact with the
healthier and more robust.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-10
SAW SOME GOOD IN GERMANS
Mark Twain Would Not Admit That
All Manhood in the Land Of the
Hun Was Dead.

Probably no other foreigner has
ever been so popular in Germany as
the American philosopher. Mark
Twain: yet Mark understood his Ger
many, just as he understood Russia,
although of the cars dominions he
had only the tripper's knowledge he
picked up with the shipload of pre-
Cooks tourists that he immortalized
In "Innocents Abroad"
In his Connecticut Yankee in
King Arthur's Court" Twain wrote:
"There it was, you see. A man is
a man. at bottom. Whole ages Of
abuse and oppression cannot crush
the manhood clear out of him. Who
ever thinks ii a mistake is himself
mistaken. Yes, there is plenty of
good enough material for republic
in the most degraded people that ever
existed-even the Russians; plenty of
manhood in them-even the Germans
If one could but force 1t out of its
timid and suspicious privacy; to over
throw and trample In the mud any
throne that ever was set up and any
nobility that ever supported it. We
should see certain things yet. let us
hope and believe. First, modified
monarchy, till Arthur's days were
done. then the destruction of the
throne, nobility abolished, every men,
Der of 1t bound out to some useful
trade, universal suffrage instituted,
and the whole government placed in
the hands of men and women of the
nation, there to remain. Yes, there
was no occasion to give up my dream
yet a while"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-10
THEATRE ATTRACTIONS

most fearless and intrepid star of the
screen. Her work is always power
full and convincing. and her subjects
deal with the strong. virile side of
life This picture gives her every OPP
portunity to demonstrate unwavering
courage and ability of outdoor life in
which she excells.
Some of Miss Storey's best motion
picture work has been done in the
Metro productions. Treasure of the
Sea-" The Claim" Revenge THE
Legion of Death, and The Eyes of
Mystery In the Legion of Death, /"
a gripping story Of the heroic women
of new Russia. Miss Storey reaches
the heights of dramatic power.
Before Miss Storey became a
screen star she was an actress of note
on the stage. beginning her career at
the age of ten when she made her
debut with Eleanor Robson in '.Au-
drey." Her evident talent was such
that she was Immediately engaged TO
play the child role in "The Little
Princess" After dat she Joined the
company of Mrs. Wigs of the Cab
bage Patch" She remained with this
production for two years. playing
each successive child part as she
grew older. In "Rebecca of Sunny
brook Farm" she enacted the part of
a girl of sixteen.
Miss Storey was born and educated
in New York and her stage expert
ence was gained in the leading thea
tres OF that city. She is noted ath-
lete, excelling in all branches of sport
shooting, swimming, riding. motor
ing and now, aviation, being along
her fayorite pastimes.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-10
Just one More Question.

''Do you happen to be going far, sir?"
said the inquisitive traveller to the man
In the corner, after having reduced ev-
eryone else in the compartment to ST.
lent frenzy.
ooh. no, only to Scotland" replied
the other, sarcastically. II am a CON-
mercial traveller. My age is forty-six.
I am married. My name is Thomas
Brown. / have son of nineteen. He
Is In the Blankshire Bluffs. My father
died last July. He was on the stock
exchange. My mother is still living.
have a niece with red hair. Our char
lady's name is Jane Briggs. Is there
anything else"
The inquisitive man hesitated.
"What oil do you use for your
tongue?" he inquired slowly.-London
Times.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-10

There is more Catarrh in this sec
ton of the country than all other dis
eases put together, and for years it was
supposed to be incurable Doctors pre-
scribed local remedies, and by con-
stantly falling to cure with local treat
ment, pronounced it incurable. Ca
tarrh is local disease, greatly in
fiuenced by constitutional conditions
and therefore requires constitutional
treatment Halls Catarrh Medicine,
manufactured by r. J. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, Ohio, is constitutional rem
edy, is taken internally and acts
through the Blood on the Mucous Sur
faces Of the System One Hundred
Dollars reward is offered for any case
that Halls Catarrh Medicine fails to
cure. Send for circulars and testimon
ials.
FL. CHENEY G CO.. Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-10
TEUTON TREACHERY
TOLD BY HOSPITAL MEN

Grim-faced, begrimed and stained
after several days of desperate, con-
tinuous battle, platoon of Marines
was firing rapidly but calmly and ac-
curately at the Hun ranks.
The foes numbers were in the ma
jority but the Sea Soldiers fire was
proving speedily evening.
Suddenly the Huns dropped their
rifles and cried "Kamerad."
The Marines waited for the sur
rendering enemy to approach. When
the foe came within 200 yards their
first lines they dropped They had
been dragging machine guns by ropes
attached to their belts.
About 30 Marines fell before their
comrades with a yell of rage and re-
venge surged forward The bayonet
let not a Hun survive.
This is another example Of Teuton
treachery 1t is told by an officer and
two members 0 fthe platoon now in
hospital.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-10
COOKING KINKS

Squash, turnip. carrot or potatoes
will be much better If cooked in the
oven. Add just little water and
cover tight in an earthen dish.
Mix salt and pepper ten to one in a
large bottle for kitchen use.
Slice the fat from a ham thin and
crisp, like bacon; it is almost as good.
Dehydrated eggs are handy to have
on hand to use where less than one
egg can be used, as three teaspoon
fuls equals one egg.
When using barley -four, siff sew
eral times, as that bakes it lighter.
If the ice water. watering pot or
any cold water dish has holes, stop
them with tar or chewing gum.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-10
An Awful Disease.

A friend of mine in one of the camps
Is corporal. The occupants of the
barracks across the road had been in
quarantine for measles. Occasionally
one of the men was moved to the hos
pital. My friend was stricken with a
severe case of tonsilitis and one morn
ing the ambulance stopped to take him
to the base hospital.
As he entered the ambulance one
soldier said, "Has he got the
measles?"
A second one, mo, he's a corporal"
The first one answered with a groan,
@Good Lord, that just as badr-Chi-
cago Tribune.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-10
Get Rid of That
Persistent Cough

II yau are subject to weak hings. heed the
cough as a warning. ECKMAN'S ALTER
ALIVE may aid Won in stopping the
cough. In addition, il is a valuable tonic
aud health-builder in such cases. No al
cohol, narcotic or hahit.forming drugs.
Twenty years successful use.
soc and Sl.so Bottles at all druggists or
from manufacturer. postpaid.
ECkMAN LABORATORY. Philadelphia.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-10
GEO. w. JONES
Circulating Library

The following books were added to the
Library week ending Apri Q, 1918:
sThe Dwelling Place OF Light" by Win
ston Churchill.
SThe Inevitable Balance Sheet" by Ka-
trina Trash.
"a Circuit Riders Wife," by Cora Har-
ris.
erts Rinehart.
over The Top" by Arthur Guy Empey.
"Extricating Obadiah by Joseph Z.
Lincoln.
Kenny" by Leonora Dalryimple.
NY -Four Years In Germany" by J. w.
Gerard.
where Your Treasurer Is" by Holman
'SFhe Crue In The Air." by Isabel os-
trander.
TERMS:-New Books, &c. per day.
Old Books, 1c. per day.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-10
AT THE REPUBLIC TOMORROW

Edith Storey, star of the Metro pro-
duction, 1.-The Demon" an exciting
story of life among the bandits of
Corsica and Algiers. in which she por-
trays young American girl raised
in these wild surroundings, is the
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-10
Verbal.

at was quiet Fourth"
Decidedly"
81 don't think heard single explo-
sion all day."
81 heard one"
Cannon cracker7"
mo. passed motorist who had
just had a breakdown. He was adj
dressing few remarks to his carr
Birmingham Age-Herald.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-10
LEAVE WASHINGTON

, M es5 sos. s0OJ, 1905, 11.05, A. NJ, 12.O5,
oVV't N Dos. 3.OJ, $3.50, s4.0J 4.3O BOO,
605. 7.0j, 9.05, 11.O5, L. M l2.Oo A. ID.
rpaiy except Sunday.
~ Gnnapolis Junction with the Il. & o.
sCnoneyts at Odenton with +. Il. X.
oI,ocal Annapolis to Baltimore.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-10
WHO MUST REGISTER

Under the new Draft Law any
young man who reaches his eigh-
teenth birthday on or before Sep
TENDER IL must register.
Any man who becomes As years
old on or before September IL
does not have to register.
Every man who is As years old
and does not reach his 18th
birthday until after September
- must register.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-10
LEAVE BALTIMORE

ass r7s5 $50 9aS' :, 1922 3o5 li. ass A Hse n.
- AZ. 7.35, 9.35. 11.35, r. NJ, 1885
h'.ina receive or discharge passengers
81 y, tocal points between Annapolis and
Naval Academy Junction and at Linth-
leum on signal.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-10

For tickets and information apply at
opr elty ticket Oflles: West Street Station,
state House Station, College Avenue ana
Risden Streets; Caryel Hail. Maryland
a@,ei Office u. s. n. A., for officers, mid
sblomen, etc, connected with the Naval
Academy.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-10
LEAVE ANNAPOLIS
me.t street station

-ee9o 40. d7. 20. x7.50. $50, go,
$40 n II A. ~, 1920. l.20, 30, d3.20,
W. yI50. d520, 500, 100, SO, l0.z0,
ITO s. NJ
naval Academy Gate 10 minutes
Leave e.. state House Station, Bladen
~ and College Ave-, seven 90 minutes
earlier
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-10

THE EVENING CAPITAL is THE
BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM In
ANNAPOLIS. at PAYS TO ADVER-
rISE." A TRIAL WILL CONVINCE.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-10
SKIP. STOP FUEL ADMINISTRATION

DIR. Garfield, the United States Fuel
is still, apparently,
welded to the belief that there is a
way of solving the coal supply prob
lem other than that of mining and DIS
tributing the commodity. His latest
proposal is that the nation adopt the
skip-stop system on street railways, a
change in traction operation which,
the dispatches say he thinks would
mean a saving of 100000 tons of coal
annually. The possible saving would
depend altogether, of course, on the
number of stops street cars might
skip. The power for starting a car to
let passenger on or off is three times
as great as that required to keep it
in motion. Therefore, every time a
car stops the draft upon the electric
current is accordingly increased, and
this means proportionate increase
in coal consumption. If the cab should
not stop from one end of the line to
the other, it goes without saying that
considerable saving would be made.
If the street car line should suspend
business altogether, the saving of
electric energy and coal would be still
greater.
Or, to put it in another way, that DIR.
Garfield's method may be the better IL
Illustrated, suppose that, instead of pa
tronizing the street cars, all persons
unprovided with vehicles of other
types should walk to and from their
places of business; ten traction lines
would be unnecessary and, as a ma
tural consequence, there would he a
very large saving of coal. On Sun
days, when, in order TO conserve gaso-
line, automobiles are no longer to be
run, people who formerly motored
would have several alternatives. They
could stay at home, or perhaps hitch
up Dobbin, or they could charter a
hack. or, happiest of thoughts, go up
in the garnet, or up in the barn loft,
and drag out the long-neglected BIZ
cycle, clean and lubricate it, and ride
out on it, daring to look anybody and
everybody in the face.
Strange that DR. Garfield has not
thought of the bicycle. Here is a We
hicle that consumes neither gasoline
nor coal. No doubt the statisticians Of
the Fuel Administration would be able
to show that, If everybody who now
uses the street cars would hence
forth, or for the duration of the war,
use the bicycle, the saving of coal
would be enormous. Christian
Science Monitor.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-10
w p. & A. Electric
Railroad.
vrp.CITY TERMINALS

f, service Morning and Evening
HafHel-' tnnauolis, Baltimore and
Bet" ,f-n and Camp Meade
Waalsy-s6iagton aud Camp Meade
f-s1engers change al NaVal
Academy Junetion.D
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-10
SERVICE CALLS ON
WOMEN TO FILL NEEDS

To meet an acute and growing
shortage of stenographers and typists
for war work the United States En-
ployment Service of the Department
of Labor is preparing a nationwide
campaign TO recruit women qualified
for trained clerical service. The OBJ
ject is TO secure workers, particularly
in Government offices at Washington
which are outside the classified civil
service. an dto assist the United States
Civil Service Commission in recruit
ing for positions classed under the
civil-service law.
AT the present time there are I'M
filed requests for upward of 1000
stenographers filed with the women's
service OF the United States Employ
ment Service by Government offices
alone One bureau states that 600
qualified women can be placed at work
Immediately. An idea of the demand
for war workers at the National Capt.
tai is seen in the statement of the
United States Civil Service Commits
sion that approximately $4,000 stem
ographers have secured posts in
Washington in the past is months.
The number placed in the is months
preceding was about 1000
While the need is most acute in
Washington, the growth of war in
dustries and the steady influx of
women war workers to the Capital
from all parts of the country has Gre
ated demand which is serious in
many sections. Branch offices of the
Employment Service all over the
country have therefore been instruct
ed to pay special attention TO the re-
cruitment of women qualified for this
form of war work. Applicants who
can be placed in positions in Wash
ington which are outside the CLASH
fed civil service, or in essential in
dustries, will receive immediate APP
pointment. The minimum beginning
salary paid by the Government for
stenographers is usually S1,100 a
year, and a similar scale is generally
observed by private. employers en-
gagged on war work.
The Employment Service emphas-
ICES the fact that no applicants will
be considered unless made on special
registration forms provided applicants
by local Offices of the Employment
Service These forms are now in
preparation and will be distributed to
the 600 branch offices early in Sep
TENDER. At the same time posters,
advertisements, and newspaper no
tees will inform intending applicants
where and when to apply Qualified
women who wish to be of direct ami
vital assistance to their country are
urged to prepare to answer this call
for service promptly.
Every application will be consiG-
Aered on its merits by officials of the
Employment Service. Applicants
whose qualifications and experience
as given on their registration blanks
do not for any reason warrant the
Employment Service. in recommend
ing them for immediate appointment
without examination will be advised 70
communicate with the nearest Office
of the United States Civil Service.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-10

Get Your Copy Of
Battle Songs of Liberty"
Before the supply is ex-
hausted You can have a
copy delivered by your
carrier boy upon request
either of him or by phone
Call so And Leave
Your Order
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-13
RESIDENT OF
CROTON BURIED
Mrs. Lorring Starr Dies at Age Of
II Years-Came to Iowa
First In 1s56-Was
Adventist.

CROTON, Iowa, Aug. 13.-Funeral
services for Mrs. Loring Starr were
held in the Methodist Episcopal
church in Croton, Iowa, August 10
at p. m. Elder James McKiernan
of Pennington was in charge. Inter
ment was in the Croton cemetery.
Mrs. Starr died at her home near
Croton, Iowa, August s, at the age of
II years and 16 days. Her final Ill
ness came on the summer of 1913 and
from that time her mind began to
fail.
The deceased was born in Piqua
county, Ohio, July %, 1S47. With her
parents she came to Iowa in March,
1856. She became member of the
Baptist church in 1868, but in 1884
united by letter with the Methodist
Episcopal church of Croton, Iowa.
Her marriage to Loring Starr OF
Lee county. took place August 20.
1866, and since that time they have
lived in this same part of Iowa.
May IA, 1887, she united with the
Croton Seventh Day Adventist chruch
and was one of the charter members
of the organization.
Mrs. Starr is survived by her hus-
band, two foster sons and number
of nephews and neices.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-13
STRING PRAIRIE.
.~>e >~>% >>>~ I

Mr.. and Mrs. John Young are the
proud parents of a daughter.
Miss Maud Skinner of Montrose,
visited a few days last week with
Miss Stella Kinkeade.
Mr.. Albert Haffner and son Ralph
and Miss Nellie Felt were Argyle
callers Saturday of last week.
Clarence Felt, Andy Sheppard and
Henry Horsey have purchased a
threshing machine.
Miss Loretta Morrisey spent few
days last week at the James Hayes
home.
Henry Felt, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Felt, Andy Sheppard, Mr.. and Mrs.
George RUDE and daughter Bessie and
son Herman, and Miss Margaret
Burke We're Argyle business callers.
Mr.. Carl Haffner of near Sharon,
visited his brother Albert Haffner,
and family Tuesday and Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Ref motored
to Burlington Sunday of last week.
Mrs. Louis Felt visited Thursday
afternoon with Mrs. Fred Felt.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Rube, daugh-
Monday evening at the Albert Half
ner home.
A large crowd from this vicinity
attended the chautauqua at Farming
ton Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Felt and Mrs.
V. ]. Burk, daughters Mary and Mar
garet, were Donnellson callers Satur-
day evening.
Miss Stella Kinkeade and Miss
Maud Skinner of Montrose, visited
Tuesday afternoon at the Louis Felt
home
The rain that fell here Friday was
greatly appreciated as everything was
In need of good rain and it also
cooled the air off considerably.
Misses Hazel and Nellie Felt spent
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-13
MADE SERGEANT
IN PSYCHOLOGY
keokuk Non-com at Camp Dodge Re-
ports Men from City Well
Above Average In
Mentality.

C. r. Rasmussen, formerly sales
manager for the K. K. X. Medicine
Co, of this city, has just received an
appointment from the war depart
ment at Washington as sergeant in
the division of psychology. At the
present time, Mr.. Rasmussen is sta
toned at Camp Dodge, Iowa. and is
conducting the psychological exami-
nation which all new men receive
during their first week in camp.
The psychological examination is
written, mental test given to the new
men in groups of about $50 and dur
ing every minute of the one hour
time which the test requires, the men
must be up on their mental tip-toes
with every faculty alert.
The purpose of the test is to meas
ure each mans general intelligence
SO that he can be assigned to the
character of work in the army where
he will be best fitted and where he
will be of the greatest value in win
ming the war.
Keokuk boys are measuring up well
above the average in the general in
talliRanca test