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The Twin City star., 1918-10-19
FLASHLIGHTS
A man has to tell only one lie to be
branded as first-class liar.

A man has to tell only one lie to be
branded as first-class liar.
The Hun is finally waking up to the
fact that it is the last victories which
count.
A true friend knows that a slander
about you isn't true, and If 1t is true
he knows there N4Sa good reason for
It.
One mans opinion is just as good
as another's, but that doesn't keep
both men from thinking theirs is bet.
ter.
Some men are hustlers, and 9TH
ers rush through a job to find out
how fast they can do 1t, not how
well.
The reason there are so many fail.
ures is because there are so many men
who think they can succeed without
doing any Of the hard work re-
Quired.
It takes some men long time to
discover that their rights and the
rights of others frequently clash,
and when that happens courtesy not
justice has to rule.
Parents who leave their children
to BE- taught by strangers shouldn't
complain afterwards If they discov.
er that they've learned things they
didn't want them to know.
The Twin City star., 1918-10-19
MILITARY TRAINING ss.oo, oa-.s

Meharry Medical and Dental Col.
lege, at Nashville, Tenn, one Of the
military training schools, opened last
week. The commanding officers are
1st Lieut.. Joseph H. Cooper, u. s.
Inf, and End Lieut.. Lawrence e. Boyd,
U. s. Inf. (Adjutant). Lieut.. Cooper
administered the oath to the students.
The Twin City star., 1918-10-19
POPULAR SCIENCE

The telephone operator in Egypt
Is required to speak five languages:
English, French, Italian, Greek and
Arabic.
Tailors in some sections Of the coun.
try are making q speciality Of turning
mems suits inside out, as war econ
omy measure. .
The newest type Of tank assigned
for use In warfare Is steam-driven and
weighs tons. 1t IS Of American de-
sign and manufacture.
President Faunce of Brown univer.
sity says that the cruelties of Babylon
were nothing compared with the scien-
tific synthetic hellishness' Of German
warfare.
The principal sugar substitutes rec
commended by government chemists are
corn sirup, maltose (sirup made from
potatoes), honey and high-grade re-
finers' sirup. '....
All washable tablecloths and nap
kins remaining unsold in shops
throughout Germany have been COM
mandeered by the imperial clothing Of
ficer for army use.
Kettles Of paper are carried by the
Japanese soldiers When hot water is
wanted the kettle is filed and the out.
side doused with water when 1t Is
hung over the fire and in ten minutes
the water is boiling. -a
The Twin City star., 1918-10-19
AROUND THE WORLD

japan is now printing text
books for California schools and
making bats for American base
ball teams.
A cargo Of peanuts saved a
ship from sinking recently when
summarized off the Atlantic
coast. The peanuts swelled.
An appeal to ''lend a fishing
rod for a soldiers holiday" has
been sent out by the Y. M. G. A.
at Camp Dix, Wrightstown, N. ].
To prevent heavy emigration
after the war, -, Germany has
passed a law taxing all those
leaving Germany 20 per cent OF
their capital or property hold
ings.
The Twin City star., 1918-10-19
NOTICE TO EXCHANGES.

The War Industries Board requests
that we discontinue sending FREE
copies in exchange for other publica-
tions." In order to comply with their
reQuest-we will send check for
yearly subscription to any weekly pub
lication sending a check for yearly
subscription to The Twin City Star
(Editor)
The Twin City star., 1918-10-19
JUST THOUGHTS

One Of the privileges Of man Is to
live and learn.
People who blame others are likely
to praise themselves.
A fussy person quickly sours the
milk Of human kindness.
Sometimes the proof Of the pudding
Is In the unkertaker's bill.
It isn't always safe to tell a girl
that you admire her blooming cheek.
If a woman admits that she snores
you can safely believe anything ne
Gays.
The Twin City star., 1918-10-19
PROPOSED AMENDMENT.

Chapter SIS Of the Session Laws Of
an amendment Of Article Is of the Con-
stitution of said State by adding there.
to a new section to read as follows:
Section 6. The manufacture,
sale, barter, gift, disposition, or the
furnishing, or transportation, or
keeping or having in possession for
sale, barter, gift, disposition, or the
furnishing, or transportation OF in
toxicating liquor of any kind, in any
quantity whatever, except for sac
ramental, mechanical. scientific, or
medicinal purposes, shall be forever
prohibited within this state from
and after the first day of July, 1920,
and this amendment shall be self
executing. The legislature shall
enact laws for the enforcement of
this section and shall provide suit
able penalties for the violation
thereof"
THE PURPOSE Of the proposed
amendment Is to forever prohibit with
I'm the State Of Minnesota after July 4,
1920, the manufacture, sale, barter, gift,
disposition or the furnishing or trans
pOrtatiOn. or the keeping or having in
possession for any Of such purposes,
of intoxicating liquor of any kind In
any quantity whatever, except for sac
ramental, mechanical, scientific or me-
dicinal purposes.
THE EFFECT Of the proposed amend
ment. If adopted, will be to make un-
lawful and forever prohibit the manu-
faeture, sale, barter, gift. disposition OF
the furnishing or transportation or the
keeping or having I'm possession for Hny
of such purposes, OF Intoxicating liquor
of any kind I'm any quantity whatever,
except for sacramental, mechanical,
scientific or medicinal purposes. within
this state after July 4, 1890, and to
place 1t beyond the power Of any legis-
lative authority to permit the doing Of
any such acts. II adopted, the doing
of any Of the prohibited acts automati.
calIy becomes Unlawful after July 4,
1920, without any action ON the part OF
the legislature or other legislative body.
The amendment n made self-executing.
A duty II, however. Imposed upon the
legislature to enact laws for the en-
forcement OF this section, II adopted.
and to provide penalties for the vioia-
tion thereof.
Yours respectfully,
CLIFFORD L. HILTON,
Attorney General.
The Twin City star., 1918-10-19
EPIcTETUs, JR.

In war It is never too early to
mend.
Politics do not make as strange bed
fellows as war. .
Tho race is always to the swift
providing the swift are sure.
This years midsummer madness is
centered in Germany's war Office.
And now the whirr Of the Liberty
motor Is mingled with the scream Of
the American Eagle over in France
Lewis Allen In the August Forum.
The Twin City star., 1918-10-19
PHILOSOPHICAL

The stay at home must work or
fight. The boys "over there" have to
do both. sL
We've never known man to get
very far up the ladder Of success by
being lady-killer.
Now and then you run across a fat
woman who would rather eat all she
wants Of all she likes than be thin.
The Twin City star., 1918-10-19

II you wish to add to your income,
sou can do so by accepting an agency
for The Twin City Star. Good com.
mission to competent agents. Use
your spare time in soliciting ads and
subscriptions. Only honest and intel.
Hsent agents wanted. Call Hyland
1905.
The Twin City star., 1918-10-19

Let us not draw the color line.
Reciprocity between the races will
be the salvation of the Negro.
The Twin City star., 1918-10-19

Our Red Cross workers here are
mot doing very much" according to
reports. Now is the time for actual
service and sacrifice. Let us do our
part for comfort for the boys.
The Twin City star., 1918-10-19
FOUR EXPLANATIONS

Her best friends explanation: "She
never was asked-that's the reason"
Aunt Fanny's explanation: young
men are not. what they were in my
days." 81,
Her fathers explanation: "She
could not find q man her intellectual
equal"
Her mothers explanation why Bet
ty never married: "She was always
hard to suit"
The Twin City star., 1918-10-19
EVERGREEN QUOTATIONS

A very charming book Of its kind is
Sayings That Never Grow DID," by
Marshall Brown. Here are some lit
tie samples Of the work:
Laugh and grow fat.
laugh and be fat, sir.-Ben Jonson
Laughter, holding both his sides
Milton.
A penny's worth of uirth is worth
pound Of sorrow.
And unextinguished laughter shakes
the skies.-Alexander Pope. +
And If I laugh at q mortal thing.
'Tis that I may not weep. ~
-Byrox.
Every time a man laughs he takes
kink out of the chain Of llfe.-Josh
Billings.
live in the crowd of jollity, not SO
much to enjoy company as to shun my.
self.-Samuel Johnson.
Earth Is here so kind, that Just
tickle her with hoe and she laughs
with a harvest.-Douglas Jerrold.
Laughter Is the magic lens through
which We ever see the brightest and
best side of nfe.-Detroit Free Press.
The riotous tumult Of laugh is the
mob-law of the features, and propri-
ETY. the magistrate who reads the riot
act.-HOlmes.
Here is motto just your flt,
Laugh little, laugh q bit,
When you think you've trouble hit
Laugh little bit, f..r
, Look misfortune In the face,
Brave the bedlam's rude grimace;
Ten to one twill yield It's place
If you have the wit and grit
Just to laugh little bit.
The Twin City star., 1918-10-19

The Twin City Star stands Tor
equal rights for d! American citizsna.
The Twin City star., 1918-10-19
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL,
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.
April 20, 1918.

HON. JULIUS A. SCHMAHLs
Secretary of State.
SIR:
AS required by Section 46, Genera!
Statutes of the State of Minnesota for
the year 1913, I have the honor to fur
nish you herewith statement Of the
purpose and effect of the amendment
proposed to tho Constitution of the
State Of Minnesota by the Legislature
Of 1917, and which is to be submitted
to the electors of said State at the
General Election in 1918.
The Twin City star., 1918-10-19
MONTAIGNE'S REFLECTIONS

MONTAIGNE'S REFLECTIONS
Men are most apt to believe what
they least understand-Of Cripples.
Let us little permit nature to take
her own way; she better understands
her own affairs than we.-Of Expert
ence.
I am further Of opinion that it
would be better for us to have. (no
laws) at all than to have them in SO
,prodigious numbers as we have.-Of
Experience.
The Twin City star., 1918-10-19
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tion1
The Twin City star., 1918-10-19

As ignorant as a war news editor
back home. Us
The Twin City star., 1918-10-19
A. E. F. SMILES

AS noisy as a barracks on payday
night.
The Twin City star., 1918-10-19

As lonesome as a guardhouse Will
out q rat.
The Twin City star., 1918-10-19

Chapter 515 of the Session Laws Of
Minnesota for the year 1917. proposes
an amendment Of Article Is of the Con-
stitution Of said State by adding there.
to new section to read as follows:
The Twin City star., 1918-10-19

SMOKE THE RELIABLE
SIGHT DRAFT CIGAR
THAT'S AlIl
The Twin City star., 1918-10-19

AS futile as the majors attempts to
speak French.
The Twin City star., 1918-10-19

Earth Is here so kind, that just
tickle her with hoe and she laughs
with q harvest.-Douglas Jerrold.
The Twin City star., 1918-10-19

AS cheerful as q wounded captain
going home to instruct"
Evening star., 1918-07-17
NUMBER IS NO HOOD00
Airplanes s13 and aes Collide
1900 Feet Up, But Both Air
men Land Safely.

Although the sky around the amer
ican expeditionary forces training
centers in France is almost as badly
congested with airplanes as Wash
tngton's streets are with automobiles,
trafao rules Of the air are so we'll
defined that collisions are rare. ac-
cording to tho Stars and Stripes, the
official publication of the troops In
France. A story in q recent publica-
ton of the paper says that at the
biggest American training camp in
France there have been only two
collisions.
omen was fatal to both aviators.
The other harmed neither airman. The
latter accident was explained in the
following manner:
Machines Nos. 313 and 323 crashed
head-on at an altitude Of 1900 feet.
Together they fell several hundred
feet. Then they separated and both
airmen made a safe landing several
hundred yards apart. Both machines
were SO badly damaged that they
were classed as total loss.
After the landing the two aviatore
shook hands and congratulated each
other.
ct guess thirteen isn't such a hoo
doc number after all! said the first.
Nor twenty-three. either! sug-
gested the second
Evening star., 1918-07-17
DEFENDANTS ANSWER
BLACKBURN'S SUIT
Former Wife's Relatives Deny His
Right to Property on Nine
teenth Street.

Answer has been filed by Fannie
G.. Kitch. James B. Kitch and Frances
B. Kitch to the Injunction suit recently
instituted against them in the District
SUPREME Court by ]. c. s. Blackburn
former United States senator from
Kentucky. Former Senator Blackburn
seeks to prevent the defendants. who
are tho sister and other near rela-
tives Of his deceased wife, Mary e
Blackburn. from asserting any claim
under her will to the property al
1702 18th street northwest. where the
Blackburns lived. The will gave the
former senator q life interest, while
devising the fee title to the wife's
relatives.
The defendants deny that Senator
Blackburn bought the property and
assert that at the time Of his last
marriage he had little money. Later
he made q present Of $4,000 to Mrs
Blackburn, It is stated. and with thi:
first payment the house was pur'
chased. The defendants claim that thu
house was the sole property of Mrs
Blackburn, of which she could make
such disposition by her will as she
saw At.
Evening star., 1918-07-17
TAXES DOUBLED IN BILL
NOW BEING WORKED OUT
Where Money Is to Come From,
Committee Loath to Touch
Staples.

Actual drafting OF revenue bill to
be . complete substitute for all rev.
enue laws now In force. and at least
started by the ways and means COM
mittee today. This bill is to carry
$4,000 ,000, 900, or one-third Of the esti-
mated expenditures of the govern
ment for the present fiscal year.
1t is aimed. Chairman Kitchin has
stated. to have the bill in form for
presentation to the House when Con-
gress reconvenes late in August after
the series of three-day recesses.
Experts Working on Draft.
Chairman Kitchin and a stan Of ex-
perts have been working for some
time on q tentative draft Of the
measure which will serve as basis
for the committees initial dehbera-
tions As a result OF hearings con-
Quoted by the committee and sugses-
tions presented by tho Treasury De-
partment a large amount Of data has
been made available.
Statistics in regard to income and
excess profits taxes. indicating 10
what extent those sources can oe re-
lied upon to furnish revenue. are not
, expected to be completed by the
\ Treasury Department, however. until
some time in August.
4 Suggestions which have been laid
before the committee include pro-
posals for consumption taxes. Mem
bers of the committee, however, are
said to be loath to fix taxes directly
upon the consumers Of such staple
articles as sugar, tea. coffee and salt.
~ has been suggested.
Where New Taxes VIII Fall
Possible sources Of revenue as sug-
rested by the Treasury Department
recently fall into two classes nat
tax on retail sales of a long list OF
articles along the lines adopted by
France and England and series of
specific taxes upon q moro restricted
list Of articles to be paid by the pro-
ducer or dealer, method used by
Canada and embodied in all general
revenue laws of the United States.
Evening star., 1918-07-17
NJ. DUVAL |SSHOT.
ASFRENCH TRAITOR
Second Bonnet Rouge Man to
Pay Death Penalty
In Paris.

PARIS. July II (Havas Agency).-
M. DuvaL director Of the Germano-
phile newspaper Bonnet Rouge. was
put to death early today for treason
able actions against the government.
The execution was carried out
promptly at o'clock in the forest Of
yincennes. The condemned man died
almost instantaneously with the COM
mand to fire.
The execution of the death sentence
upon M. Duval Is the second growing
out OF the German propaganda Of
"Boloism" or "defeatism" in France
The first to face the firing squad was
Bolo Pasha. Soon after his death the
trial Of Duval and six other defend
ants began on April 28 and concluded
May Is with the death sentence being
imposed upon Duval, and the six
others being given prison terms rang
Ing from two to ten years. Among
the others convicted were NJ Marion.
assistant manager of the Bonnet
Rouge, and, Jean Leymario. former
director of the ministry Of the in
terror.
Early in 1914 the newspaper Bon
net Rouge was established with
Miguel Almereyda as it's editor. After
the outbreak of the war the news
paper published attacks on the French
government and otherwise aided Ger
man propaganda. The newspaper was
suppressed last summer and its sup
preston brought about the resigna-
tion of Louis ]. Malvy, minister OF
the interior. On the resulting wave
Of political turmoil Georges Clemenceau
came back into power.
Almereyda was arrested and died
mysteriously in prison under circum-
stances pointing to suicide. Duval
was accused of taking money from
German bankers. obtaining 1t in
Switzerland. where he went with
passports given him by the ministry
OF the interior.
In addition to Malvy. another
prominent French politician, Joseph
Cailleaux. was mentioned in connec-
tion with the Bonnet Rouge case.
Malvy on Tuesday was brought before
the French senate, sitting as a high
court, to answer a charge of treason.
Cailleaux is in prison awaiting trial.
Evening star., 1918-07-17
NITRATE PLANT AND RAILWAY
UNDER WAY AT INDIAN HEAD
Former Will Cost About SO, ,2O0, 600 and the
Latter Will Give Long-Needed Connec-
ton by Land With City for First Time.

railroad. but no engineering dimcul-
tics.
Rear Admiral Earl, chief Of naval
ordnance. who has charge Of the In
dian Head station. and other officials
Of the Navy Department are special
ly Interested in the early compile
tion OF the railroad connection az
1t is desired that the new fine shall
be in operation before the river is
closed to navigation in the winter
months.
For that reason. q contract Just
made with the New Jersey Cement
Construction Construction Of Newark
standard gauge railroad provides
that It shall be completed within 120
days from date of signing the con-
tract. The work will be performed by
the company under unit prices esti-
mated to aggregate $6s2,407.
Evening star., 1918-07-17
YALE GETS $2O,OO0,m0
BY BACHELORS WILL
John W. Sterling, Late New York
| Lawyer, Remembers Skull
and Bones, Too.

NEW YORK, July 17.-Yale Univer-
sity is bequeathed nearly $2o.0o0,00o
by the will of the late John F. Sterl-
ing. a New York lawyer, who gradu-
ated from the institution in 1854 and
died bachelor on July 5.
The value of tho estate. while not
named in the will. was made public
by a representative Of the executors.
placing it in excess Of $40, o,o00. 900.
Yale gets the residue after bequests
to relatives. friends. employees and
benevolent institutions which total
not much in excess Of $1,000,000.
The Skull and Bones Society OF Yale,
Of which Mr.. Sterling was q member.
in left $4,000
Evening star., 1918-07-17
500 DIE AS BLAST SINKS
JAPANESE BATTLESHIP
Kawachi, 21,4 40 Tons Built in
1919, in Disaster at Toxic
yama Bay.

TOXIC. July 16.-The Japanese bat
tleship Kawachi, Of 21.420 tons dis
placement. blew up and sank in To-
koyama bay. $50 miles northeast Of
Nagasaki. on July H.. Five hundred
members OF the crew lost their lives.
The battleship Kawachi was built
at Kure in 1912. She carried q COM
plement of $50 officers and men. The
warship was 500 feet long. 81 feet
beam and drew "a feet of water. She
carried twelve 12-inch guns as her
principal armament.
Evening star., 1918-07-17
Mai. Mitcheps Will Filed.

NEW YORK, July 1.-THE widow
and mother of Maj. John Purroy
Mitchell, former mayor of New York.
who was killed July s in an airplane
accident at Gerstner Field. La, are
the sole beneficiaries named in his
will, which has been filed for probate
here. Maj. Mitchell left $4,000 to his
mother. Mrs. James Mitchell, and the
remainder OF the estate to his widow.
Aside from several large insurance
policies Maj. Mitchell owned property
Of an estimated valuation of $25, 900.
Evening star., 1918-07-17

Building operations on . large scale
are under way At and in tho vicinity
Of tho naval proving grounds at In
dian Head. Nd. on the Potomac river
about twenty-five miles below thit
city. Congress has provided for ar
extensive enlargement of the station
for the construction Of many new
buildings, including powder plants
barracks, etc, and also for tho con
struction of short railroad line
These works will give employment tc
thousands of civilian laborers and
mechanics and involve the expendi.
ture of several million dollars
The biggest Of the new undertaking.
is the construction Of an immense
nitrate plant. with capacity Of 15e.-
900 pounds a day. It is designed to
make the United States Navy inde-
pendent Of supplies Of nitrate from
ttcal1y cut OF on account OF the war
and the lack of shipping facilities.
The new plant will cost about So
100000. of which amount $1,000.000
has been appropriated for immediate
use. In addition to the manufacture
VI SIHOhclcSS pO"uCI LILO VI OouSS u
the plant In times OF peace may be
utilized extensively for fertilizing
purposes.
Lack Of Railway Long Drawback
Heretofore the lack Of railroad
connection with Indian Head has been
the greatest drawback to the devel-
opment and full utilization Of the
station. The only connection with
the plant was by water. from this
present session of Congress an ap-
preparation of $550.000 was made "for
building railroad to connect tho
naval proving grounds and naval
supply powder factory at Indian
Head. Nd, with existing or contem-
conditions satisfactory to the Secre-
tary Of the Navy, authority being
given for the immediate condemna-
tion of the necessary right of way
Originally 1t had been intended by
the naval authorities to exercise the
make connections with the proposed
short line between Newport News and
Washington city, which railroad was
planned to cross the Potomac river
several miles below Indian Head and
follow the Maryland bank of the
southernmost point of the District.
opposite Alexandria. At that point
it was to connect with the spur of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad follow
ing the Anacostia river to its juno
tion with the main stem near Hyatts-
vile. Financial backing for the pro-
posed railroad was lacking. however.
and the plan was abandoned.
Arrangements then were made with
the Pennsylvania company for rail-
road connection with Indian Head
from White Plains, Charles county.
Md, a station on the Pope Creek
branch of that road from Bowie, Md,
White Plains is just north of La
Plata and about fourteen miles from
Indian Head
Evening star., 1918-07-17
Where New Taxes VIII Fall.
II MEN SURRENDER IN
TEXAS DRAFT TROUBLE

LUFKIN. Tex, July 17.-Three al
legged draft resisters and eight men
who are accused of harboring them
in q remote section Of San Augustine
county for a week after State Ranger
Dudley White had been shot and
killed in attempting the arrest of
one of them surrendered last night
to C. B. Collins Of Lufkin and have
been turned over to a force of state
rangers.
Evening star., 1918-07-17
Contract for Railway Let.

Acting under instructions from Sec
retary Daniels. right OF way for the
short line between the two points
was acquired by purchase and con-
demnation and steps taken by the
chief of the bureau of yards and
mediate construction by the govern
ment' of the railroad. Surveys show
ed that considerable grading and
trestle work were necessary for tho