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The Washington herald., 1918-07-10

The limited possibilities Of the con-
crete ship. brought to their attention
by pioneer work on the Pacifc Coast
in the construction of the concrete
ship Faith" have now become
limitless in the opinion OF the ex-
perts of the United States Shipping
Board.
A few months ago the concrete
ship was an experiment The Ship
ping Board took up the experiment
the moment it was brought to their
attention.
Discover Coating.
The Shipping Board announced
yesterday the discovery of a novel
protective coating for the new Feet
OF concrete ships that the Emer-
gency Fleet Corporation is building.
1t gave official sanction to the state
ment that this discovery will make
the new concrete ships as durable
as the big steel vessels now crowd
ing the ways Of the shipyards of the
country. r. J. wig. chief enr1neei
OF the concrete ship division Of the
Emergency Fleet Corporation is the
man who gives the expert opinion.
He says:
From our comprehensive tests OF
concrete structures at seawater we
are assured that concrete ships will
last q maximum of several years
without any protection whatever. BY
the application of protective coat
ings which are well known to us we
are certain of an extended life of
several years additional And with
the further development Of protec-
tive means upon which we are now
working. believe the concrete ship
can be made as permanent as steel.
IL not more so.
AT meeting OF the American Con-
crete Institute. held recently at At
lantic City. ! was unfortunately mis-
quoted as saying that the concrete
ship would last only one year. OF
course this is not so, nor did I say
it, and am anxious to have this err
roneous statement corrected as soon
Nas possible because It puts the con-
crete ship in an utterly false position.
Few people realize that the con-
crete ship is actually 20 per cent
lighter than the wood ship. IL built OF
a new concrete mixture developed by
The Washington herald., 1918-07-10
FAIRGROUNDS PLAN
WEEKS ADJUSTMENTS
Jcecial Features Announced for
Various Points in District.

Special features on various play
grounds throughout the city for the
week of July s to IS, were an
nounced yesterday by the Play
ground Department.
Tuesday, July 9-Bloomingdale Play
ground. First and Bryant streets
northwest: Band concert, Marine
Band-7:30 to $50; Dancing-s:3O to
10; dancing on open air pavalion
every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.)
Directors. Miss Nina White. Mr.. A. H.
Zimmerman.
Wednesday. July10.-Happy Hollow
Playground, Eighteenth and Kalorama
road: Lawn fete. Director. Miss Vic
oria Smith. Dancing-Rosedale Play
round, Seventeenth and Kramer
treets. Director. Mrs. 8. A. Graffam.
Friday, July 12-Dancing: New York
avenue Playground. First street and
New York avenue.
A social dancing club VIII be organ
lied on the Mackin Playground. Fiji
teenth and " streets northwest, Mon
day, July Is, at 8 o'clock, for adults.
This club Is being organized especially
for the benefit of war workers and
men in uniform.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-10
M"Good Morning, Judge"
i NN Human Interest Stories Of puno, By sy
w Police Court Happenings. PERKINS
RUDOLPH
PERKINS

contemplating how he should punish
Charlie for talking to this woman.
Walking up to the man, Jim drew
his knife. The result was that the
doctors took forty-six stitches in his
victim.
Garlic had a six-inch slash on his
forehead and a bad cut on his hand.
the latter happening when he tried
to word OF the knife on its second
thrust.
Jim begged for mercy. But he had
shown his victim none and conse-
quently the court couldn't see where
he was entitled to any,
Judge Mcmahon administered a
punishment to fit the crime, to wit.
one year and 500 fine.
Tit for Tat.
A little crap game going on In
the bathroom of the house where
Isaac Mearns lived.
He and several other boys were
rolling the bones. The door was
licked.
Is:ac was losing heavily. 1t wasn't
lorg before he was dead troke.
In the excitement of the game he
picked the pocket of Henry Frazer,
one Of the players.
Henry didn't know 1t until the game
was finished. Then he accused Isaac
outright Of robbing him.
Isaac denied 1t. but he was thrown
on the floor and searched.
The money was found on him. He
refused to apologize and a warrant
was issued for his arrest Eleven
dollars was to much to steal. thought
Henry.
Them boys robbed me In re game" :"
pleaded Isaac. zen All thought All
would git back at 'em."
IF You played with loaded dice. :"
said the court, 'it Is your own fault.
Besides you had no business to shoot
craps, much less to pick another
mans pockets. You can do down for
thirty days"
The Washington herald., 1918-07-10
PURELY PERSONAL.

Clifford Hughes, of the Southern
Railroad. Is spending the summer at
River Springs, Nd.
Mrs. c. A. F. Flager. Mendoza Apart
ments, is visiting her niece at Vir-
sinia Beach. Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Morrison and
son, Nesbitt, of 1216 Decatur street
northwest. have returned to the city
from their trip West.
Mrs. Blair Riggles is spending her
vacation at Seabrooke, Nd
Alvin @. Belt is spending the week
ends this summer with his family at
River Springs, Md.
Mrs. Alfred Bates has closed her
apartment and gone to her summer
home at Nonquitt, Mass.
Charles Henry Butler will return
to the city this week after having
spent a month at his summer home,
Wiscassett, Me.
Mr.. and Mrs, Hugh s. Legare have
left for their summer home at Suf-
field, Conn.
John Barrett, director general of
the Pan-American Bureau, has re-
turned from a short trip to East
Aurora, N. Y.
Miss Lota Robinson is visiting
friends in Annapolis, Md.
Mrs. Randolph ,Coyle has left to
spend the summer at Barnstable.
Mass.
Mrs. NJ. d. McQuade is visiting her
daughter in Lenox Falls. 8. Oak.
M. Elmer Taswell, of the Govern
ment Printing Once, has returned
from a vacation spent at Liverpool,
Pa.
Harvey h Stone, of Spray, N. c.,
is visiting Charles NJ. Ewell. of the
Treasury Department.
Michael w. Landgren. Of the Coast
and Geodetic Survey. has received a
promotion.
Ferris NJ. johnson has received an
appointment as messenger in the De-
partment Of Labor.
Clyde B. Lewis, Of the navy yard,
Is on sick leave.
Colbert owen. of the Bureau Of En-
craving and Printing. left last night
for a fishing trip on the lower Po-
tomac.
Capt. Henry II. Armstead is visit
ing his sister Mrs. Armstead Davis.
Martin r. Hines, of Rockville.
Nd. has enlisted in the United
States navy.
Lieut.. Robert H Dalgleish and
family spent last week end at River
Springs. Md.
DR.. Nelson and wife are spending
a few days at River Springs.
Hugh 9. Wallace OF washington is
taking part in the golf tournament
at White Sulphur Springs. W. Va.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-10
M'ADOOORDERS
INVESTIGATION
OF ACCIDENT
Director General Believes
Federal Control Should
Decrease Danger.

The railroads of the country must
be made safe for the travelling pub
lie while they are under Federal
control. Director General McAdoo
believes that his highest duty as
head of the Railroad Administra-
ton Is to provide the proper safe
guards for the protection OF pas
sengers. and employees.
Orders Investigation.
As soon as reports were received
of the disastrous collision between
two passenger trains on the Nash
willie, Chattanooga and st. Louis
Railway yesterday they were for
warded to Director General Nc
Adoo. He Immediately directed
that a searching investigation be
put under way by the Railroad
Administration. and that all facts
and findings be reported directly to
him as head of the Railroad Ad-
ministration.
Regional Director winchell. In
whose territory the accident oc-
CURED, was instructed to make an
investigation and sent his chief as
sistant personally to the scene with
unlimited authority to gather evil
dence and examine employees charg-
ed with the safety of the two trains
and other witnesses, and to make
a report that will ix the blame
for the fatal wreck.
The investigation by the Railroad
Administration will be apart from
that of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission and will be made with
special view to the information and
guidance of the Director General In
formulating a policy of railway op-
Grafton that will hold all employees
to strict accountability in the safe
guarding of lives and property.
Second serious Collision.
The collision of the two passenger
trains on the Nashville. Chattanooga
and st. Louis Railway yesterday
morning was the second collision with
sickening toll of death and injury
since the railroads were. brought
under Federal control. The first was
the wrecking in Indiana of the Ha-
genbeck-Wallace circus train
Yesterday two passenger trains run
ming on regular schedule collided and
many passengers were killed and Ia
jured.
The Director General has the power
to order and pay for all necessary
improvements.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-10
GENERAL FORECAST

Low pressure still persists over the St. Law
renee VALLEY. New YORK and New England. and
showers were quite general over this area ex-
cept in Southern New England There were
also local showers in Western Pennsylvania.
Indiana. Illinois and Southern Wisconsin and
quite general showers in the South Atlantic
states. Northwestern Nebraska. Western South
liakota, the Central Rocky Mountain and the
Plateau REGIONS and the North Pacific States.
III ewhere the weather was fair
IL Is somewhat cooler in the South and con-
derably cooler in the Northwest and the
North Pacific States, and low Temperatures for
the season continue in the Central Valleys. the
Middle Atlantic States and New England.
With the exception Of showers Wednesday in
tbe Florida peninsula fair weather will prevail
Wednesday and Thursday east Of the Mississippi
River without temperature changes Of conse-
quenceL
The Washington herald., 1918-07-10
PROHIBITION BLOCKED
In SENATE ONCE MORE
Amendment, Declared to Be Cen
eral Legislation. Held Up.

Consideration Of prohibition was
blocked once more in the Senate yes
terday. Penrose. of Pennsylvania.
made the point Of order that the pro-
hibition amendment to the Food
Stimulation bill were general legis-
lation. Senator Salisbury who oc-
cupied the chair announced that he
did not wish to make a ruling at
the time without further considera-
tlon. The matter was allowed to
lapse for the time being and the
Senate went ahead with other fea-
lures of the bill
Senator salisbury who is the
president pro tempore will probably
render his decision today. II he
rules against the drys they will ap-
peal and this will force a vote. A
majority vote can upset the ruling
of the chair.
The prohibitionists are trying hard
to get their measure up to a ballot
They realize that the telegraph-and-
telephone bill will take precedence,
and they have made some charges
that that bill was sent to the floor
quickly so that prohibition might be
pigeon-holed.
Food will win the war-profteers
The Washington herald., 1918-07-10
Cleveland Men Join to
Club" Huns Yellow Dog

The Cleveland Advertising Club of
Cleveland. Ohio. has formed a club
among its members for the purpose
of stamping out German propaganda.
The club has been named "The Yellow
Dog Clubbers Club" and each of its
members wear a small button with a
picture of a yellow dog on II.
Letters have been sent to the vari-
Gus trade bodies in this city asking
them to take up the movement.
The club has a constitution of ten
"demandments." with the main issue
to club" the yellow dog who spreads
the malicious German propaganda.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-10
TEMPERATURES IN OTHER CITIES.
LOCAL MENTION.

mixed tea, soc; A. ]. pancake or
buckwheat flour. 11hc;- 13-oz. sar-
dimes, 15c; large herring. SC; 4 Bah
betts soap. 25cl pink salmon, zoe;
nsh roe. 15c and 20c: Star cocoa, 25c;
fancy evap. peaches. lie: seeded
raisins. 1oc; large prunes. 17c: Log
Cabin syrup. &c: spaghetti, .12c: u
IDS white meal 55c: 20-oz. baking
powder. 15c. sEss m 81 II w and
All The ,. 7. 2. fPyles Stores.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-10
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

District Of Columbia. Maryland and Virginia
Fair Wednesday and Thursday. little change in
temperature; gentle westerly winds.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-10
CONCRETE SHIP BELIEVED y
NOW TO HAVE BIG FUTURE

the Emergency Fleet Corporation The
aggregate from which this ceecrete
is made is 30 light that il hosts on
water and yet IL makes q kind of CON
crete possessing twice the strength
OF that used in ordinary building con-
struction- With this development the
concrete ship win come into more
direct competition with the steel
ship"
Schwab Drives Rivet.
Director General schwsb Of the
Emergency Fleet Corporation. ana
Vice President Piez. who are making
a tour Of inspection OF the shipbuild-
ing plants on the Pacific coast. are
sending back enthusiastic reports over
the speed that is being made in ship
building. Mr.. Piez reports that Mr..
Schwab drove the first rivet on tho
keel Of a tanker in the Moor plant.
and adds, Il am told that the rivet
is a good one"
Two punk 'P's-Prussianism and
profteering. ,
Midsummer weddfaEs.
Consult GUIDE about the flowers
and floral decorations. 1914 F St
The Washington herald., 1918-07-10
LOCAL TEMPERATURES

Midnight, 81; Q q. m. &C.; a. m. 50; a. m.
So; 8 q. m. 81; 10 a. m, es; II noon, 70; 2
D. m. Is; D, m, 70; p. m, 80; D. m.
n; 10 D. m, =. Highest. 90; lowest, 81.
Relative humidity-s n. N, "a; .. m. y;
p. m, n; rainfall 70 p. M to 8 D. MI. o:
hours Of sunshine. 60; per cent Of possible sun
shine q
The Washington herald., 1918-07-10
DEPARTURES.

Accumulated excess Of Temperature since Jan
uary =, 1918 rs; deficiency Of temperature since
July ]. 1913. -; accumulated deficiency of pre-
eipitation since January ], 1913 LIS; deficiency
of precipitation since July /. 1913. -08.
Temperature same date last year-Highest. 70;
lowest, "a.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-10
Wear Old Shoes Longer,
New Plea of Patriotism

Have your old shoes half-soled and
keep on wearing them. That's to be
the next appeal of the War Indus
tries Board to the country. 1t has
had a committee of shoe and boot
makers in consultation regarding
standardized shoes. less frills and less
long leather tops for the ladies. But
In addition to this, it wants the
country to wear its old shoes longer.
and to resole them as long as the
leather on the uppers is good. The
country needs the leather.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-10

Next to the Ksiser--fhe profteer
Is freedoms xoEst enemy.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-10

Two punk "P's' Prussianism and
pronteerInE. =
The Washington herald., 1918-07-10

Food will win the war-profiteers
will lengthen il.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-10

Birds Of a feather-profteers and
traitors.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-10

Midsummer weddiags-
Consult GUIDE about the flowers
The Washington herald., 1918-07-10

Two punk ''P's'-Prussisnism and
profiteering. +,
The Washington herald., 1918-07-10

Profiteering and profiteers must
go.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-10

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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-08-09

makes conservation of grain a neces.
sity, and grain can be sayed by feed.
ing silage.
These questions are before every
farmer who keeps cattle: Have you u
silo? If you have not your herd is
not most economically fell. Why not
build a silO and fill it before frost
comes? If you have one, is it big
enough to supply all tn" silage your
cattle can eat before TIE next crop
is harvested? If not, build another!
You can buy one ready TO erect or you
can build one yourself.
Call on the extension department Of
your state agricultural college for
assistance you may need, or write to
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture, Washington, D. c., for bills
Of material with full specifications for
silos of different dimensions. This
government help costs farmers moth
ing.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-08-09

the fire step, trembling little, be
cause 1t Is nervous work, especially
when new at 1t, lights the fuse on his
striker. The fuse begins to "sizz" and
sputter and spiral of smoke, like
that from "A smoldering fag, rises from
It. The platoon splits in two and
ducks around the traverse nearest to
them. They don't like the looks and
sound Of the burning fuse. When that
fuse begins TO smoke and "sizz" you
want to say good-by to 1t as soon as
possible, so Tommy with all his might
chucks 1t over the top and crouches
against the parapet. waiting for the
explosion.
Lots of times in bombing the liam
tin" would be picked up by the Ger
mans, before 1t exploded. and thrown
back Mt Tommy with dire results.
After lot of men went West in this
manner an order was issued, reading
something like this:
"To all ranks in the British army:
After igniting the fuse and before
throwing the tam-tin bomb, count
slowly one two! threen'
This in order to give the fuse time
enough to burn down, so that the bomb
would explode before the Germans
could throw 1t back.
Tommy read the order-he reads
them all, but after he ignited the fuse
and it began to smolie-orders were
forgotten, and away she went in record
time and back she came to the further
discomfort of the thrower.
Then another order was issued to
count, zone hundred! two hundred
three hundred" But Tommy didn't
care If the order read to count up to
thousand by quarters, he was going
to get rid Of that liam tin," because
from experience he had learned not
to trust it.
When the powers that be realized
that they could not change Tommy
they decided to change the type Of
bomb and did sO-Substituting the
"hair brush" the "cricket ball" and
later the Mills bomb.
The standard bomb used in the Brit |
ish army is the mills" 1t is about the |
shape and size of large lemon. AL
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-08-09

COOKS asking these
all right
except in his
house he Of
put the deed in my do stitch
now wouldn't know what a n
And you do all the work that
All hddled up this
Thursday I always Jim
after Office And
have to be rgged
And you had been walking behind cheap
Judging pork chop a
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-08-09
CANNED CORN IS
FAVORED BY COW
SuCCuIent Feed Provided for Live
Stock When Pasture Is Not
Available.
SILAGE REDUCES FEED BILL
No Other Food VIII Combine So Well
With Dry Hay and Little Grain
to Produce the Maximum
Economical Results.
Can for the GOWN n siIo!

Can for the GOWN SilO!
Fruits and green vegetables are
canned to supply succulent and pala-
table foods for the family during the
winter. Succulence is just as essen
tlal to the COW as to a human being.
The abundant milk flow obtained from
June pasture to large extent is due
to the succulence of the grass. Silage
provides succulent feed during winter
when pasture is not available. Silage
is palatable, and no other feed will
combine so well with dry hay and
a little grain to produce maximum
economical results.
Use Of SIo Growing.
Dairy farmers especially have appre-
Ciated the value of silage as a milk
producer. But silage is a good and
cheap feed for beef cattle, and also
for sheep and horses. It's value for
beef cattle is illustrated by the fact
that the bureau of animal industry Of
the United States department of ag-
riculture, in cooperation with state
authorities and county agents, at pres
ent Is conducting a campaign to in
crease the number of silOs on beef cat
tie farms. With more silos more beef
cattle can be produced economically
and fed during the winter. The cam
paign Is being given special attention
In the Southern states, particularly in
territory recently freed from cattle
tick quarantine, where the production
of beef cattle is on the increase.
Saving Corn Crops.
Silage is regarded as an excellent |
way Of preserving a. mature corn crop
or Of saving one which for any reason
must be harvested before maturity.
About 40 per cent Of the total food
in the corn plant is in the
stalks and leaves. When the farmer
larvests only the ears he loses nearly
,ne-half Of the crop. On the other
hand, when the crop is put into the
;ilo the loss is very small. When
lrought, frost or insects attack a field
# corn before it is ripe, the entire
'rop may be lost unless the farmer
las silo ready in which to preserve
{.
No feed crops can be so successfully
harvested under widely varying condi-
Ions as those that go into the sllo.
)nly in case Of drought or frost is it {
ecessary to rush the filling of the
llo. Rain or dew on forage does not
ljure the silage.
Now Is Time for SiIos. Y
The silo at all times, and partlcu- 6
lrly now, offers to the farmer one of '
le best means of reducing his feed 4
Ills. The present great emergency t
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-08-09
The joys of the bath are de-
picted by Empey in the next in
stalIment.
(TO BE CONTINUED
IIO BE CONTlNUEDl
GENIUS INSPIRED BY WAR
John MasefieId, English Poet and Nov
eIist, Sees Feast of Spiritual
Conceptions in Future.

John Masefield, the poet and novel
ist, thinks that the devastating war in
Europe by way Of compensation will
inspire great intellects such as flour
ished after the Napoleonic struggle:
eve shall have new Darwins, Spen-
GERS and Carlyles with new messages
that will reach the whole world. We
shall have new Shelleys in poetry. Peo-
pie will feast upon new spiritual con-
ceptions as remote as possible from
the great tragedy. They will turn to
the romantic and fantastic, the beauti-
full, just as they did after the Napo-
leonlc wars"
That is consummation devoutly to
be wished. Certainly in the present
dearth of genius 1t is gratifying to be-
lieve that the world has a new Shelley
and new Byron in the cradle, born at
the outbreak Of the war as they were
born at the outbreak of the French
revolution. Perhaps there are other
Darwins and Spencers and Carlyles to
come. But considering that the "First
Principles" was published in 1852, $50
ctology' in 1872 and the Descent of
Man" in 1871, did the Crimean war and
our own Civil war have any part in in
spiration? Shall we infer that the war
between the states stimulated mld-Vic-
torian literature while doing little to
inspire American letters Exchange.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-08-09
Treating Heated Horses.

Do not bleed horses that have fallen
from sunstroke or heat exhaustion.
Apply ice or very cold water to the
head and spine. Give half an ounce of
carbonate Of ammonia in one pint Of
water as soon as the animal is able
to swallow freely. Repeat the dose
in one hour If the pulse has not be-
come slower. Showering the horse
with cold water from a hose is good
treatment and should be repeated until
the body temperature is reduced to
103 degrees Fahrenheit. It helps in
Some cases to rub the legs briskly with
wisps of hay or straw.
After the horse has again become
able to eat readily, specialists Of the
United States department Of agricul-
ture advise that the following dose
of tonic be given in his feed for a
few days each morning and evening:
Sulphate of iron, one dram; gentlan,
three drains; red cinchona bark, two
drains, mixed in the feed.