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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-05-15

When you receive a letter from
your boy from an army camp, and he
writes that he expects to leave fol
|"over there" within the month, ant
closes the letter by saying, "pray
that we may be permitted to meet
again" the war is getting close, very
close, to your own fireside, father
mother Many "child" is leading his
parents out into the light and pointing
out their duty. This war is making
matured men out of mere boys, and il
would be we'll for some who are older
to emulate the example set by the
boys. These boys, who are fighting
our battles for us would not for the
world admit evey ever become home
sick. They send back news that they
are glad they are in the service and
could, until they have finished the job
they have staked their lives to do
But down deep in their hearts they
are carrying burden and their par
ents understand. The boys realized
that fighting had to be done and they
arose to the full heights Of manhood
to save our country. our homes, and
our families. That fact places deep
obligation on the rest Of us who re-
main, to see that these boys are taken
care of in every way that is possible;
to see that they are we'll clothed and
well fed, and have all the comforts
possible. There is no side-stepping
the proposition for those who would
desire it. 1t is time when every man
must do his part, the boy 'over there"
is doing his and I pray he may come
safely home.
The American Swineh erd truthfully
says: "The farmer usually makes the
mistake in the economical management
of his business in selecting all young
sows each year to raise his pigs. 1t
takes more of the young sows to pro.
duce HIM 100 pigs, because the litters
are less in number, as we'll as deficient
in size and bone and nervousness, be-
cause of their immature dams. The
old sow that will bring eight to twelve
pigs and raise them twice year Is
a profitable animal, and the farmer can
we'll afford to retain her and maintain
her year after year while she proves
such an excellent investment"
a Dow City 1nformer: Fred Buss and
Frank McHenry have purchased silos.
They were received the past week and
will be set up some time before fall
rady for the fodder THE silo is slow
ly coming into its own in this section
of the country and will prove a very
necessary and convenient addition to
any farm.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-05-15

in the world. Uncle Sam is taking
them green and turning them into SOL
diers and it might be added that the
farm boy is just as green and clumsy
| as his city cousin and neither Of
them are worth a boot for soldering
until they get little training. Then
both Of them deliver the goods. Farm
boys come to town green and make
good and city boys can go to the farm
and make good. Try them and be con-
WINGED. Give the boys a chance.
c. NJ. O'Donnell is located in Jack
son township, section seventeen. He
has two car loads of steers which he
bought in March. He expects to feed
them about 100 days more and then
it is off to the market for them. He
has been a feeder of cattle for num-
Der OF years and likes the game. There
are now some 400 young chicks on the
farm and just recently twelve dozen
Rhode Island Red eggs were placed
under hens. Here is another lady who
is doing her bit toward raising meat.
You know that Uncle Sam sent out an
S. o. S. call this spring for an increase
|of 100,OO0,000 pounds of poultry. He
wound up his appeal by saying: 1.-THE
nation smeat supply is shcM. Chicken
are the quickest meat crop that can be
produced. Poultry raisers require no
large cash outlay. We must raise
poultry for the home folks, then can
send red meats to the soldier boys"
These words would seem to sum up a
part of our patriotic duty as soldiers
of the commissary here at home-sol-
diers who are backing up the boys
with guns in the trenches. The win
ming of the war is not alone up to
those boys who have left our homes
or who are this week leaving our couIl-
ty. 1t is your job and my job and ev-
erybody's job here at home. Never be.
fore has the duty of American citizen
ship rested so heavily on our shoul.
ders.
Ogden Reporter: Rasmus Jensen
and G. X. Williams who live southwest
Of town are there when it comes to
hogging things. That is they brought
to town one day last week the high.
est priced hog in the history of the
Ogden market. One hog brought the
gentlemen the neat sum of $1O1.56.
Mr.. Porker weighed 696 pounds. This
is believed to be record breaker in
amount of money to be paid for one
hog. The breed is Duroc Jersey.
The kaiser persists that he must
have frontage on the English channel
so that never again shall little Belgium
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-05-15

The kaiser persists that he must
have frontage on the English channel
so that never again shall little Belgium
attack him.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-05-15

The recent rains have worked won.
did not come bit too soon either,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-05-15

The only sure method of knowing
whether innoculation is advisable is
to observe the alfalfa growing on the
land. II nodules are present on the
roots. it would probably not pay to
add further incubation.
Evening star., 1918-11-16
FEDERAL. EMPLOYEES ASK
UNIVERSAL TRANSFERS
Local Branch of National Fedora
ton Has Officers Installed for
e Current Year.

Universal transfers, to be good at all
points of intersection of both lines OF
street railways, will be requested of the
Public Utilities Commission by the local
branch of the National Federation OF
Federal Employees.
At meeting of the local. of that or
ganization held last night at the Amer
ican Federation of Labor building, 9Th
street and Massachusetts avenue, Dr:
w. W. Foster introduced resolution to
that effect and it was unanimously
adopted.
8. Tyson Kinsell. sixth vice president
of the national organization, installed
these officers for the current year:
President, DR.. W. Carson Ryan, Jr.;
first vice president, John W. Glnder;
second vice president Miss ar1sy 1sssie fopst6 ne
vice president. J. w. Starr; correspond
ing secretary, Miss Florence r Smith;
recording secretary. James H. kesecker'
treasurer, Van A. Zahn; guardian, IL. j..
MCGOWAN.
Evening star., 1918-11-16
ROBBED OF HIS POCKETBOOK.
F. L. Crilly Suffers Loss at Draft
Board Station-Other Thefts.

Francis L. Criily, 1011 Goth street.
last night appeared before the draft
medical board at No 5 engine house.
adjoining the sixth precinct. police
station. for examination. and while
there he was robbed of his pocket
book containing s13 in cash, a govern
ment check for 1853. passes to the
bureau of war risk insurance and a.
travelling card of the Knights of
Columbus a number of reports of
similar. thefts have been made to the
police.
Sneak thieves visited the apartment
of John J. Nolan. 1893 T street, early
last evening, gaining entrance through
a side window, and stole two watches
worth SIS and articles of jewelry
valued at SIS.
Miss Katie Graham. 1445 Clifton
street, reported the theft of $45 from
her pocketbook. She was shopping
when the money was taken.
Theft of an overcoat valued at $25
was reported by Alexander Kaufman.
sos 5th street. The garment was
taken from a store three days ago.
Evening star., 1918-11-16
DEATH RATE DECREASES
AS EPIDEMIC SUBSIDIES
D. G. Health Office Reports 161 Fa-
talities Past Week, Eorty-one
Chargeable to influenza.

Since the subsistence Of the infiu-
enza epidemic there has been sub
stantial decrease in the death rate
as shown by the weekly report of the
health department issued yesterday
for the period ending November 8.
There were registered during that
period 161 deaths, a decrease Of 141
as compared with the previous week.
OF these, 106 were whites and 55
colored. a general death rate Of 21.1.
The death rate for the same period
last year was 14.S. OF the total
deaths recorded, only Al were charge
able to the influenza, a slump from
last week of 1o4. the Number Of
deaths reported the previous week
having been 145 from that cause. &
Recorded cases of communicable dis
eases under treatment at the. close of
the week were as follows: Diphtheria,
se; scarlet fever. -; smallpox. L;
whooping cough, 669; typhoid fever,
S5: measles, 167; chickenpox. 80: epi-
demic cerebro spinal meningitis, 1;
tuberculosis. 2,667; pellagra, 9, and
poliomyelitis. l.
There were six suicides. one homi-
ClQe, anQ elSNteen OedtnS uuer " az
cidents during the week.
There were 1876 births for the week,
of which 96 were white and 80 col
oI'ed.
The inspection services of the health
department are being pushed with as
much vigor as the lack of manpower
will permit Public nuisances are
being abated. Under the eight-hour
law inspections were made as fol-
lows: Seven laundries, express COM
panies, 12 hotels, % manufacturing
companies. % mechanical making
places. lat mercantile houses. 1873
restaurants and 19 telephone employ
ment places.
The following inspections were
made of places where food is pre-
pared for sale And sold: Six bakeries.
273 commission houses, % confec-
tioneries, dairies, Z drug stores, 90
groceries,, I hotel, 400 hucksters, 2O4
lunch rooms, 80 markets, / market
stand. milk dep6ts. 700 milk cans.
s soda and soft drinks stands, 2 bot
Ting establishments, 35 ica boxes, IL
sausage manufactures and S3 fish
houses.
In the work of dairy inspection
Is farms were inspected in Maryland
and At in Virginia, and 962 mich cows
were inspected.
Evening star., 1918-11-16
TWO DIERs AT MEADE
GET LONG PRISON TERMS
Private Wheeler Refused to Shovel
Coal; Private Livingston De-
clined to Don Uniform.

CAMP MEADE, Nd, November 10
Private Charles Wheeler of the medl-
cal department took it into his head
that he was not the lad to handle
coal When ordered to shovel up fuel
he registered objections and finally
disobeyed the order as repeated to
him by Lieut. Wood. Wheeler Is from
Pittsburgh. He was sentenced to
twenty-five years at hard labor by
court-martial, but this was reduced
to fifteen years.
Private James Livingston Of Spring.
field, Mass, member Of the wagon
company Of the remount depot, re-
fused to put on uniform Wneh
ordered to do SO by Lieut.. Frederick
r. Whippler. his superior ofhcer. he
was sentenced to twenty-five years,
but this was reduced to fifteen years,
at hard labor.
The announcement from Secretary
of War Baker that the development
battalions will be the first organlza-
tions to be demobilized was hailed
with delight here by the men in those
units. The division includes many
men who would like to march home,
too. but it has few men who do not
realize the inability of the War De-
partment to demobilize real fighting
force such as has required months to
train and develop. The division rep
resents the result of process OF Sc
lection Of good material and elimina-
ton Of that below the standard for
fighting in France.
Evening star., 1918-11-16
The First Plow

Old Tubal Cain was badly
bored by all the wrangles of ;his
day; he made a plowshare of a
sword, and thought that war was
done away. Gee whiz," he
said, when people see how mucl.
"a plowshare beats sword
they'll get a forge and try, like
me, to sanely earn their bed and
board. The tools of war l laugh
to scorn, no worthy triumphs
have they won; a man can't cul-
tivate his corn with any sort Of
patent gun. War makes the
weary nations weep, and agri-
culture makes them grin; no
Eusbandnan can'shear his sheep
with catapult or culverin." Alas
for good old Tubal Cain, with all
the lessons that he taught! His
bright example was in vain, for
ever since we've scrapped and
fought. The steel that should
have made a spade, if we had fol-
lowed up his plan, was used to
iorm flashing blade, with which
to carve our fellowman. The
metal that would form a plow
became sword of weight and
size, to slice a fellow from his
brow clear down to where his
wishbone lies. I wonder if we're
wiser now, since war has bled
the nations white? Shall we pro-
ceed to make a plow, and say
to sword and guns, Good
night? Or will we rest nine
years or ten, and then get hun
cry for a scrap, and say, "Give
me the sword again-we want to
disarrange the map?
WALT MASON.
Evening star., 1918-11-16
D. C.. FILLSITS QUOTA
FOR 100 NURSES AIDS
Red Cross Center Needs No More
for Overseas Service-Home
Glasses toS Continue.

Washington has filed its quota OF 100
nurses aids for overseas service. No
further applications can be received.
This announcement comes from Miss
Anna L. Greenlees, head Of the Red
Cross teaching center at 1913 G street,
placed in charge Of raising the capitals
allotment in connection with nation
wide drive for 1900 Of these aids in re-
sponse to request from tho surgeon
general Of the Army
Although the quota is filed. the
classes in home care Of the sick, the
completion Of which course was re-
ouirement for service abroad. will be
continued for the benefit of those desir-
ing to avail themselves thereof for their
own Improvement
Evening star., 1918-11-16

A meeting will be held at st. Pat
rick's Parish Hall. 10th and G streets,
tomorrow for the purpose of raising
Washingotn's quota of the $10,000,000
to supply comforts and necessaries
for Polish soldiers.
The third dance of the American
University Association, which is the
chemical warfare service, research
division, is to be held Monday evening
in Pythian Temple, 1912 9Th street
A meeting of the British and Cana
dian Patriotic Fund of the District Of
Columbia will be held at 8 o'clock
9Th street. Refreshments will be
served and a musical program is
promised. Admission is free, and a
cordial invitation is extended to all
in sympathy with the work.
given for the Interior Department
Convalescent Home at the knicker-
booker Theater on Tuesday afternoon.
November 10. at o'clock. La Fay
cite, We Come" is the title given the
film, and the spectacle presented is
as any OF the other great war films
shown.
A piece Of cloth hanging near a gas
jet in the house of Ammon Tate. 1894
18th street northeast, caught fire
yesterday afternoon. Firemen re-
sponded to an alarm sounded from
box 6112 and extinguished the blaze,
after 500 damage had resulted.
Children playing with matches
caused s25 fire in a shed on the
premises of H. F. Ivers. 722 Park
road, yesterday. Firemen prevented
the flames from reaching the dwelling.
More than 100 Oklahomans met last
evening in the offices of Senator Gore
and formed a state society. Senator
Gore was elected chairman and Ed
ward s. Robinson, secretary. Ad-
dresses were made by Senator Gore,
Maj. Herbert NJ. Peck and Maj. r. A.
Billups. All Oklahomans in the city
are invited to become members OF the
society.
A walk Of the Washington wander
lusters under the direction of Walter
W. Paige. cooperating with the Wa.
Camp Community Service, will be held
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock from
14th street and Colorado avenue to
Chevy Chase Circle.
Evening star., 1918-11-16
WILL PLEDGE TO RAISE FUND.
Committee Plans Christmas Gifts
for Polanders in u, S. Army.

To supply Christmas comforts and
presents to Polish soldiers who have
been fighting in France in the serv-
ice of the United States the Polish
citizens committee, of which every
Pole in the District is a member, will
meet tomorrow afternoon at o'clock
in St. Patrick's hall. 10th and G
streets. to pledge themselves to the
task of raising the necessary fund.
Polish musicians will be present
and a musical program will be given.
Wounded soldiers now at Walter Reed
Hospital will speak
Nine Ignace Paderewski is direct
ing a similar work over the continent.
and Mrs. C. B. Sniegoski, IT'S Maryland
avenue northeast, is local chairman.
Evening star., 1918-11-16
Artillery Is ''Impersonal."
RUBBER DRIVE NOV. 1928.
Red Cross Plans Canvass Under
Mrs. Dougherty's Direction.

The Red Cross is planning local
..rubber drive" for November IS to %,
inclusive, under the direction of Mrs.
Allen Dougherty. chairman of the sal
wage committee. Old tires and all
other idisused rubber goods will be
gathered in the greatest possible
quantities.
Three convenient locations have
been chosen for depositing rubber
the north driveway in front of the
District building. the north end of
Thomas Circle and 4 vacant lot at
18th street and New York avenue
northwest At each point will be To-
Gated large red crosses with the word
Salvage" printed on them.
The rubber will be sold to the high
est bidder and the proceeds devoted
to the local chapter of the Red Cross.
Evening star., 1918-11-16
CHURCH TO RAISE FUND.
Petworth Methodists Will Obtain
Money for Building. /

A $4,000 drive for the building fund OF
Petworth Methodist Episcopal Church
which is to be put under way tomorrow
will continue for eight days. G. Ellis
Williams is the campaign manager.
The other officers in charge of the
tary; Max Winkler, treasurer, and cap
tains, John D. Cox, Lester E. Palmer
Capt. Edgar A. Brehm, DR.. w. M. Beat
ty, Oscar J. Randall. Walter L. Hibble
Charles E. Wire, Dwight S. Church. Gill
bert I. Jackson, John M. Sylvester. Max
Perry and Mrs. G. Ellis Williams.
Evening star., 1918-11-16
Ns1GN1As ARE BESTOWED.
Awards Made to Members Of Wom-
ems Land Army,

insignia denoting their term OF
service in the Woman's Land Army OF
America last night was pinned on the
arms Of twenty-four young women
who worked on farfSs in Maryland
and Virginia at the Wilson Normal
School.
Mrs. F. L. Ransome. local repre-
sentative of the Woman's Land Army,
persided, assisted by Bertha T. Wor-
horst Talks were made on Recon
struction" by Russell T. Edwards and
DR.. Albert T. Zimmerman.
Evening star., 1918-11-16
R|D|CULES STROLLS
IN HAIL OF SHELLS
Lieut.. 7. H. Tweedy of D. C.
Says, ut Can't Be
Done."
ARTILLERY "lMPERsoNAL'v y

That genuine, hrst-class shelling
is almost impossible to live through.
let alone to walk around in uncon-
cernedly. is testified to by Lieut.. T.
II. Tweedy. 3416 18th street, this city.
in a letter written to his mother from
France under date of October 20.
Lieut.. Tweedy, who is in the 304th
Field Artillery. was first reported
missing in action. Later he was list
ed as wounded severely, but he him
self says wounded slightly is the
proper term. At the writing of his
latest letter he said he was doing
we'll and was out Of hospital
Moral Effect Terrible.
"The moral effect of shelling is
terrible" wrote the young officer.
You simply cannot get accustomed
10 it. for it makes the strongest take
cover or lie fiat. There are many
ck-and-bulI stories about men
walking hack and forth in hail of
shells.
We'll. if the shelIiny be real one.
1t simply can't be done. There are
barrases and barrages. of course:
light one can be crossed by men. but
a really heavy barrage will get 80
per cent of the men trying to pass it.
TT was only an accident that |
came through as luckily as did.
Chances for similar escape would
be about one in 100000. A shell burst
in the same gun pit with me. blew
the gun out of the pit, and left me
as the sole survivor of four. 1t was
simply an accident.
Artillery Is "Impersonal."
'"The artillery is SO different from
infantry; it is so blamed impersonaL
You seldom see the enemy. and rarely
meet him face to face. We were so
gradually trained that the final hur-
ricane We went through came as a
matter of course
The Washington soldier writes that
Just before the armistice German
prisoners said that if peace shoulT
fail the men would surrender them
selves literally by thousands. The
Huns, he claims this s~indicated, could
not fight a losing battle such as the
allies fought so well.
Evening star., 1918-11-16
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Washington Lodge Of the Theo-
sophical Society will give an enter
tainment and social for soldiers.
sailors and war workers tonight at
Theosophical Hall, 1916 H street.
Evening star., 1918-11-16
October Circulation
1O6,33O
THE EVENING STAR does not

THE EVENING STAR does not
print a forenoon edition.
Its paid circulation in Washing
TON and suburbs is believed to be
hetween two and one-half and three
times that of the corresponding
edition of its afternoon cotemporary
in the same territory.
Evening star., 1918-11-16
CITY ITEMS.
Best Gunpowder Ten, zee;

Beet GunpOWder Ten, 50cS
Cocoanut, 10c can; Black-eyed Peas.
1Oc; 2 lbs. Navy Beans, 25c;, Lima
Beans. tic: cans Red Kidney Beans.
25c; Fish Roe. 15c and zoe; Washing
ton Crisps, SC: lbs. Pure Pepper.
$1.00; Graham Flour, sd Winesap Ap-
pies, $3.50 bu. basket; Large Prunes,
tic; Safety Matches, 10c. 926 Pa. ave.
and all the ]. T. D. Pyles Stores.
Evening star., 1918-11-16

The members of the Red Triangle
Club of the Y. NJ. C. A. will meet at
the Chain Bridge station on the Cabin
John car line tomorrow afternoon at
3 o'clock and will hike along the
canal bank to Glen Echo, a distance
of about four miles.
Evening star., 1918-11-16

Flowers for Coming Thanlksgiving
entertainments. Shaffer. 900 14th st.
-Adver Asement
Evening star., 1918-11-16

The first meeting Of the Business
Girls Forum of the Y. w. c. A. will
be held Wednesday evening at Wes-
ley Chapel, 5th and F streets, at
o'clock.
Evening star., 1918-11-16

district Of Columbia. S.:
EIEMISG NEwBoLD. business manager Of
,-uE EVESING and SUNDAY STAR. does SOL
emnly swear that the actual number OF copies
~. paner named sold and distributed dur
on, the month Of October. A.D. 1918. was as
follows:
Evening star., 1918-11-16

delivered by Arshag X. Schmavonian.
formerly legal adviser to the Ameri-
can embassy to Turkey. at the Ma
tional University Law School Wednes-
day night.
Evening star., 1918-11-16

DrnssBeds Relacquered. Sntln or Bright
,John A. Gottsmann & Co. F. 5431.
Evening star., 1918-11-16
Il. DANCING.
Wash. Dancing Academy

Modern ballroom dancing taught. also stage.
The largest staff Of lady and gentleman teach
era N Washington. The Soft-Shoe, Fancy and
clog Dancing a specially. 637 st. NV. Pri-
yate lessons Reasonable price. II you can
walk, We guarantee you to dance before leav-
ing studio. Every night you get practice danc-
ING free Main 946s.
Evening star., 1918-11-16
ADJUSTMENTS.
|rlm Features
BY POP

r9PrI r 2lO5 Pm. Ave. Phi. W a53.
: SeAN6 Special Comedy Bill-OPEN
800 P.M.-BILLY WEST. In THE
MESSENGER" Mack Seunett Comedy.
: FRIEND HUSBAND" o. Henry Story,
TOB1N'S PALM" with AGNES AN
ERS and EDWARD EARLE. Hearst
Pathe News.
Evening star., 1918-11-16

H0ME 1880 c street Northeast
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-08
ASKS MEXICO TO RECONSIDER.
Decree Affecting Oil Tax and Leases
Obstacle to Allies.

Mexico has been requested by the
United States government to recon-
slider its decree of February % i'm
posing heavier taxes on oil producers
and canceliug oil leases made since
April 80. 1917. Both American and Eng
lish operators in the Mexican fields
have protested that the new tax viz
tually is ConfisCatory.
AS large part of the oil supply for
the British naval forces comes from
Mexico, any interruption Of the output
would be a serious obstacle in the con
duct of the war against the central
powers. Consequently both the United
States and Great Britain regard the
new decree as q subject for diplomatic
representation, particularly in view of
report that Mexican officials are deter
mined to enforce it Immediately
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-08
MAY MEAN ICE APLENTY,r
Saving of Ammonia by New York
Company Lessons Danger.

Danger of an ice shortage next sum
rner is lessened, the food administration
announces as the result of ammonia-saV-
ing experiments conducted by the knick-
crbocker Ice Company of New York. In
December. January ard February it cur
tailed its consumption more than 30 per
cent. saving a total of -. sci pounds
If the experience OF the kn!ckerbccker
company is typical of the industry, says
a food administration statement. inc
actual needs of the country may be met
without undue curtaiIment of ice con-
sumption or of refrigeration.
The administration recently announced
that there must be sharp curtaliment
in the use of ammonia III commercial
manufacture to meet the demand for the
commodity in the making OF munitions OF
Nar.