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The Washington times., 1918-01-02
TRAFFIC IN BOOZE
LANDS PORTER AND
BOY IN PRISON

Pullman car and hotel employees Of
fer TO thirsty Westinghouse a
chance to relieve the parched feeling
that has been felt so frequently in the
Capital since the "dry" laws went into
effect last November, It was learned
today in Police Court.
A hotel elevator boy ano a Pullman
porter were sentenced for selling
liquor today. Three others were SEN
fenced for drunkenness.
Reginald ]. Thornton, q lift" boy
at the Raleigh Hotel, was arrested
for selling half pint OF whiskey yes
terday. Il court he denied having
sold the liquor, claiming that he had
given il to Officer Heide. who made
the arrest, and that he had received
a gift OF 50 in return. He will have
four months in Jail to learn that such
gifts cannot be safely made in dry"
Washington.
willis J. Banks. colored, was sen-
fenced TO four months on the same
charge. He Is a Pullman porter. and
found that his occupation offered in
ducements FOR bootlegEing. At the time
OF his arrest he had eleven half pints
Of whiskey which he was selling for %
cents apiece.
Arthur Donnally. a waiter at the
Powhsttan Hotel, was found last night
in swing In yard on Eleventh street,
northwest swinging away while he
calored New Year Joy. and spread an
odor OF Thiskey in the chilly air. As
the law referring to DRINKS refers only
to intox!cation In public places the case
against him was dismissed.
William H. Doyle, Charles Bond, and
John l. Henry were fined SO apiece for
The Washington times., 1918-01-02
HOOVER REPLIES
TO CRITICS BEFORE
SENATE PROBERS

Herbert Hoover today answered
criticisms OF his food administration
when he testified before the Senate
probe committee. High food prices
he attributed partly TO greatly In
creased per capita gold circulation
and sudden conversion of thousands
OF men from producers to consumers
only.
Senator Lodge opened up on high
prices at the outset.
"You stated at that time that there
would be a sugar shortage in Octo-
ber?" asked Lodge.
81 said the available sugar in the
United States would be exhausted by
October. but / said it in executive
session." said Hoover. Had I'M
derstod my testimony would be
made public. I should not have been
able to speak so frankly had no
desire to spread such On alarming
statement"
Hoover said that when he found
that there had been a leak" from
the Senate committee he wrote Sena-
tor Gore. chairman of the committee,
protesting against the making public
Of portions OF the Hoover statement
THE giving out OF the statement
means an immediate increase Of a
cent a pound in the sugar price"
Hoover wrote Gore.
Lodge quoted from interviews with
Hoover and a speech he delivered at
Browns University to prove that
Hoover fostered the country's alarm
over the sugar situation by repeating
The Washington times., 1918-01-02
Wles Of Miss WleS
Are Blamed By Cashier
For $1,000 Bank Theft

DENVER, Col, Jan. Wv. X.
Stitt, ,fifty-one, cashier OF the
Farmers Bank OF Viola, Ill, in
custody here, said today he would
return to the Illinois town with
out formal extradition. where he
Is wanted for the alleged theft
of $1,000 OF the banks money.
The wiles of Miss Lotus wiles.
a Peoria beauty, were responsible
for Stitt's defalcation and the de-
sertion of a wife and three chill
dren, according to his story to
police He gave the woman $4,000
when he left Viola two weeks
ago, he said, on her promise to
meet him in Chicago. He has
not seen her since. Stitt had rs
when arrested.
The Washington times., 1918-01-02
FLORAL TOKENS GREET
HARRISON ON BENCH

. Presiding over a bench decorated
with American Beauty roses and
chrysanthemurs by admiring friends,
Robert Hardison. the new judge of
the Police Court, began today TO mete
out Justice and mercy to the offenders
that are arrested from day to day in
Washington.
There was little ceremony attached
to his first day in office. Judge Hardi-
son entered the court quietly and
took his place on the bench The
court WAS called by Bailin Hughes
and the first case. a drunk" arrested
by Policemen Lippold and Mattox.
was brought forward The offender
was sentenced to a fine OF SO.
The Washington times., 1918-01-02
COL. JOHNSON. TO MEET
DRAFT BOARDS TONIGHT

Col. H. s. johnson. executive of.
fcer OF the provost marshal generals
office, will address members OF the
District local boards tonight at q
special meeting TO be held in the
board room OF the District building.
The District Commissioners called
the meeting TO AFFORD members L
local boards an opportunity TO get
into intimate touch with the selt tive
service and procedure in making Il
effective. from the viewpoint OF the
provost marshal general
Colonel johnson will attend the
meeting prepared. in the words OF the
official announcement, "to Meet all
corners and answer all questions"
The Washington times., 1918-01-02
Close Saturday at 6 P. M.
The HUBS Certifcate of Gudruntee

DEATH from cause WHATSOEVER your account win Be
closed and all future cancelled leaving full
possession and absolute ownership Of the goods bought This
real Home Insurance.
The Washington times., 1918-01-02
y. WIVES CAN ORDER
HOT MEALS BY PHONE

NEW YORK, Jan. New York
|usewives soon will be able to dis
nse with cook stoves, raw foods
ID the expense Of fuel for cooking
Ie latest innovation is to serve
ked, not food IN insulated con-
hers.
a company has been formed for
at purpose and is ready to serve
ch food al any point within .
diUs Of two miles.
The Washington times., 1918-01-02
HUB FURNITURE co.
Close Daily at 6 P. M.
Blu War SAVINGS Stamps

Buy war OuUEHgS Stamps
Buy them here The price is $412 until February l. 1913
With War Savings Stamp at l2 WE GIVE YOU DUE
BILL good for ONE DOLLAR purchase Of Furniture
amounting $40 We sell U. S. Thrift stamps
The Washington times., 1918-01-02

that q world shortage was imminent.
at was proper to tell the people of
the country that a world shortage was
looming up. and that the allies would
have to go sugarless unless we saved, e
said Hoover, warmly.
Didn't your statements concerning
the coming sugar shortage affect the
market and shoot the prices up?" ask
ed Lodge.
"Don't think So" replied Hoover
quoting a trade journal as saying the
sugar market was dull, at about the
same time as Hoover's shortage pre-
dlctions were made.
Senator Reed demanded Hoover
show him the journal. Reed then
read several paragraphs from II,
which he said, proved that instead of
being dull the market was strong.
The Washington times., 1918-01-02
|VAMBERLAINCALM
.TRIAL OPENS IN
DOCHLAND COURT

kOOCIILAND, Va. Jan. 2.--Dr. Asa
Chamberlain, in the custody of
riff Massie and several deputies
wed here at 1880 o'clock this
9rning to face trial on a charge of
hing murdered and mutilated the
v of his brother, Judge Albert P.
mberIain on October %. at the
be OF the latter, nine miles from
place. Since his arrest, follow
the finding of the dismembered
Its of the body on his farm, DR..
mberIain has been in the Henrico
nty fail at Richmond.
The aged defendants twenty-year-
wife came to Goochland yeSter-
and will remain here during the
|. For the last five weeks she
resided in Richmond, and each
was visitor TO her husbands
with Judge T. &. Rutherford pre-
ling, the special term Of the GOoch-
Ia county circuit court convened at
30 o'clock upon the arrival OF DR..
amberlain from Richmond. The
haindar of the day will be con-
led IN organization and tnstruc-
Is by the court
Forty TaIesmen Called.
prty talesmen have been drawn
the lower part Of }Goochland
aky, as far distant as was pos
e from the scene of the crime.
Inn these the court hopes to secure
enel Of twelve men to sit on the
mberlain case.
he same stoIcism that marked the
endant when brought here recent
TO be arraigned before the grand
was noted in his manner today.
be doctor showed little interest
rhat was gorng on in the court
as he entered, although there !
a perceptible stir among the
that packed the little struc- |
that will reverberate the |
Ind time in nearly a century with |
murder trial.
hundreds OF tobacco planters from |
4 sections OF the. county, particU- |
" from the vicinity OF Elk Hill, |
re the crime was committed, have
their work and come to Gooch-
for the trial.
Feeling il Bitter.
be feeling among former neigh
OF the dead Judge IL still bitter.
nmonwealth Attorney A. X Mon
10, victim of & stroke OF paralysis
emily, will not be able to psrtici-l
e in the case further than in an |
Fisory capacity. The prosecution
, be directed by State Senator
his o. Wendenburg, of Richmond.
listed by David II. end Walter
Ike, also of RiChmond who have
n retained by tie Commonwealth.
Ames c. Page, OF Goochland, with
ces in Richmond. will conduct ths
ense without assistance.
The Washington times., 1918-01-02
EISS OFFICER SENT
COTTON TO GERMANY

n. GALL, Switzerland, Jan. a.
hvicted Of smuggling cotton into
Etria and Germany, Major Msursr.
the Swiss army. has been con-
|nned by a court-martial to degra-
ion and imprisonment for eighteen
nths.
fotton yarn, costing 10 to u francs
'SwitZerland, was sold in Austria
Jos to $50 crowns by the major,
d sewing thread, which selIs in
Iitzerlsnd for so TO 90 centimes, he
d in Germany for Is to 16 marks,
to the testimony.
The Washington times., 1918-01-02
BALTIMORE FIRE PLOT.

BALTIMORE, Jan. Police and
Federal agents are today investigat-
ing the fire that damaged the branch
plant OF the American Propeller and
Manufacturing Company, near here,
yesterday. The company Is making
parts Of airplanes for the Government.
Government agents are convinced that
the fire was started by a German sym
pRthiZer.
The Washington times., 1918-01-02
THE USUAL KIND.

Crawford-our minister thinks Of
getting up a special service for tired
business men.
Crabshaw-Is he going to preach q
sermon that will put them to sleep?-
The Peoples Home Journal.
The Washington times., 1918-01-02

BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD
On and after Thursday Jan. 3rd, Ma
tional Special leaving Washington
lilo q m, for Philadelphia and New
York will be withdrawn.-Advt.
The Washington times., 1918-01-02
DIES LAUGHING AT OWN JOKE.

WlLKESI:ARRE, Pa. Jan. q
Thomas Gubutles laughed over one OF
his own Jokes at the supper table and
ehoked to death on a piece OF meat.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-10-21

Breakfast over, I wrote letters for those
who wanted to send CHEEKY word for
Ireassuranco to someone at home.
Everyone here worked at top speed
and sometimes wonder how the nurses
move 50 swiftly and easily among the
men in the surgical ward, whore there
are so many fractures, amputated arms
and wounded legs tina | am constantly
in fear Of humping into some poor man.
"One lad from Maine looked sort Of
lonesome. / learned from the head
nurse it was his 18th birthday. I rushed
Qua to the nearest Y. M. G. A. and
bought him cake of chocolate for a
present. I wish whoever made that
chocolate could have seen the way it
disappeared.
"And then the nurses. They worke
SO hard and were SO tired it seemed as
though something should be done TO
give them hit frelaxation. Ouf
shell of house didn I seem to promise
much, but / heated ketiel of water
and dragged out packing box for a
table.
"Soon had jolly collection of tea,
cheese and nut sandwiches, and cakes.
The girls could run down for only five
or ten minutes but ahey vowed it was
good as two hours off,"
Wherever steady line Of stretchers
pass through the dors Of convent, cha
teau, or portable shed, there one secs a
Y. M. G. A. hut, one of those frail af-
fairs which come in sec .Gons and in an
amazingly short while are transformed
into sturdy shelters enlivened by pic
lures and the homelike cheer Of chinz
curtains and brewing tea.
When Y. M. G. A. secretary ism T.
playing hostess, she is making herself
generally useful. There is always op.
portunity for bringing comfort to
wounded men It is no uncommon
sight to see blue Triangle girls passing
among the beds, distributing flowers or
exchanging a jest.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-10-21
YANKEES ON THE MARINE.
According to T. Atkins.
By Emmerson Hough
Of the Vigilantes.
4 i = X = y x ** x y y

Oh, the English and the Irish, and the
'owIin Scodties, too,
The Canucks and Austryleuns, and the
airy French Pollu--
The only thing that bothered us a
year before we knew
Was 'ow in 'ell the Yanks 'ud look, an
wot in ell they'd do.
They 'adnt 'ad no trynein' ,hey didn t
know the gyme,
They 'adn't never marched it much
their shootin was the syme;
An the only Thing that bothered us
that day in lawst July
Was 'ow in 'ell the Line ,ud 'old if
they should run aw'y
Them leggy, nosey new 'uns, just come
r across tn sea-
We couldn't 'elp but wonder 'ow in ell
their CUTS 'ud be.
An the only thing that boehered us
in all GUS staggerin ranks,
Was wot in ell ed 'appen wen the
'Uns lad lit the 'Yanks.
My word! it 'appened sudden W zen the
drive 'ad first begun;
We seed the Yanks a-runnin '-Gawd
blimyl 'ow they runl
But the only thing that bothered us
that seed jhe chase begin,
Was low in ell to stop 'em fore they
got into Berlin.
They didn't have no tactics but the
bloody manuel,
They 'adn It learned no. ehorders bu;
"Oorayl" an n Give 'em 'ell!''
But the only thing that bothered us
about them leggy lads
Was 'ow in ell to get theschow to feed
their Kameradsln
So we're standin all together in a
stiffish firin' line,
If anyone should awsk you, you can say
we re doin fine.
But the only thing that bothers US
| an that don t bother much
Is 'ow in 'cll to get the dirt to bury
az tlc Du1cH'
Gawd s trew,h! it's rotten fightin
that all our troops 'as seen,
The 'Uns a dirty pl yer, beeos 'e's al
ways been;
Buth the only thing that bothers US in
'andin i'm our thanks
Is 'ow in 'ell we'd done if it weren'.
fer the Yanks.
Oh, the English an the Irish, an the
'owlin Scotties, too,
The Canucks and Austryleyuns, an the
AIRY Pollu.
The only thing that bothered us don u
bother us no more;
It's why in ELL we didn It know the
Yankee boys beforel
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-10-21
WILSON is BETTER

Tom, R. Wilson, federal estate agent
for the district Of Oregon, who aas
been confined to his home in Portland
for some time with an attack of pneu-
monia. is reported to be out of danger
and on the road to convalescence.
Mr.. Wilson is well known thruout
Mnltnomah county and the state, hav-
ing served as bookkeeper at the peni-
tentiary during the administration of
Governor Chamberlain and Governor
West. Soon after the enactment Of the
federal income tax law he resigned to
enter the service of the internal rev.
enue department and for some time
past has had charge of the estate tax
department Of the internal revenue Of
flee.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-10-21
STATE INSTITUTIONS
MAKE Biennial BUDGETS
Over Two And Half Million
|. Dollars VIII Be Requir-
ed, Is Estimate.

Exclusive of permanent improve
ments at the Eas ern Oregon State Hos
pital, and the estimate Of the biennial
expenses FOR the State Training School
for boys, state Institution heads have
prepared budgets showing that they es-
timate their expenses for l919-20 a. $2,.
529, ,l22.30 The other estimates, ex-
pected in the first of the week, will
probably swell the total up 10 approxi-
mately $2,60O,o00. By the time the
Board Of Control gets through pruning
these budgets for submission to ,he Leg.
islature it is expected that several hun
dred thousand of dollars will be pared
off.
As far as submitted the to ais for the
various institutions are as follows:
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-10-21

tenance and salaries, $34,S26; pcrms
nent improvements, $1,000; repairs and
replacements, $2,775. School for Deaf
maintenance and salaries, 1,610; re-
pairs and requirements, 1885. Sol.
diers' Home, maintenance and salaries
$67 ,420j permanent Improvements, $500;
repairs and replaecmens, $3,l95. East.
ern Oregon Hospital at Pendleton, main.
tenance and salaries, $270,700.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-10-21
Bishop All Wool Clothes
Hart Schaffner & Marx

make them Of a-wool fabrics tailored to last and keep
shape We guarantee your satisfaction in them give
your money back These clothes cost less in the long run
because they wear longer.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-10-21
Y. M. G. A. NOTES.

If there be any persons under the de-
lusion that the life of Y. M. c. A.
secretary in France is just one prayer
after another in nice, cool room, here
is letter from Blue Triangle girl at
base hospital somewhere sover there
which should 60 along way toward cor
recting the idea.
"This morning convoy came in,
mostly stretcher cases, and he ambu-
lance worked steadily from until s.
Poor chaps - many Of them couldn 4
feed themselves, and yet, wounded al
they were, they made merry over my
awkward attempts to help them out
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-10-21

improvements Asked.
Figures as to permanent improve
ments submitted for the Eastern Oregon
Sta.e Hospital will probably be with
drawn before they reach the board, or
will be materially altered. The estimate
for the boys school will be submitted
Monday.
The main permanent improvements
asked include 100000 for a cell house
at ,he penitentiary or a contingent ap;
preparation of $4,000 to remodel one
of the present cell houses, if the $780,
900 appropriation is not granted and
$4,000 for three dormitories and $685.
Geo for school building, assembly hall
and gymnasium at the Slate School for
Feeble Minded.
Requests are divided os follows: School
for Feeble Minded, maintenance and
salaries, $241, 900; permanent improve
ments, $140,000 repairs and replace
ments, $4,000; tuberculosis Sanitarium
maintenance and salaries, $11S,300; per-
manent improvements, $18,500; repairs
requirements, $l1,500; School for Girls,
main. cnance and salaries, $62, ,16O; per
manent improvements, $39,925; replace
wents and repairs, $1O,125. Penitenti-
dry, maintenance and salaries, $780,.
45l.30; permanent improvements, $685.
30O;, repairs anr replacements, 10000;
contingency, $4,000.
Permanent improvements Nil.
Z State Hospital az Salem, maintenance
and salaries, $911,00O; permanent i'm
provements, none; repairs anr Replace
ments, $47,500; School for Blind, main
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-10-21
Mobs Are Rioting
In Berlin Again

< Amsterdam, Oct. 21.--A hun
( dred window panes in the i'm
X perial palace in Berlin were
< smashed by a rioting mob dur
K ing a peace demonstration Wed
nesda,y, according to reports
received here. The police were
routed, the advices said. There
upon the crowd rushed to the
palace and did consider BILE dam
+ age before being dispersed. At
the recent election to select
successor to Kaempf, the in
dependent socialists paraded,
carrying placards with the slo-
( gan:
< "If the war lasts another
year the kaiser will make his
exit like the czar did,
( X X X X X X X X X X X X
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-10-21
WOMENS DRESSES MADE in U.S.A.
WOMENS SUITS MADE In U.S.A.

Garments that are tribute to American ski
both designing and making. Strictly America
every stitch from cloth to lining. Priced fro
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-10-21
FEEL MISERABLE
FROM THAT COLD!
Colds and coughs are quickly
relieved by DR.. Kings
New Discovery

Nobody should feel perfectly mis-.
cradle" from cold, cough or bronchial
attack for very long. For it takes only
little while to relieve t and get back
on the road to recovery when DR..
Kings New Discovery Is faithfully
used. It soon loosens the phlegm, re-
heves irritation, soothes the parched,
sore throat. brings comfort.
Halt q century old and more popular
today than ever. 60c and $40.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-10-21
Make Your Bowels Behave

Make them function with gratifying
precision. II regulation Of the diet
does not relieve their torpidity DR..
Kings New Life Pills will. They are
perfect bowel trainers, cleanse the
system surely, comfortably. 2sc.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-10-21
$3.50 to s65.OO
Waists Made In U. 5. A.

Skillfully made of the new
est and prettiest materials,
designed by Americans in
attractive styles worthy to
be worn by American wom-
en-. Priced from Isl to $40
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-10-21
WOMENS COATS MADE IN u. S. A.


Not only they manufactured here but our mills
wove the fabrics from which they were made. The
best and newest of theFa styles are represented in
this assortment. Silks, satins poplins and serges
Priced from Observation-Disclosures $3.50 to $3.50
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-17
NOW IS YOUR CHANCE!
almost every red-blooded American has
BY WILLIAM S. HART

almost every red-blooded American has
dyNg fSa hare the to
in the fourth liberty loan campaign. 1
hope that every patriot will step to the
can. and thereby take the long desired
shot at the Huns. A liberty bond is
gun with the longest range yet conceived
such a manner as to cause cold shivers to
run up and down the spines of the Ger
mans. Let's CO."
And the millions of admirers of William
s. Hart. the Aircraft star, are going to
agree with him in the foregoing remarks.
virile type, "Bill' Hart does not intend
combining his activities on behalf of the
liberty loan - interviews urging all OF
tributed a special liberty loan film, "A
Bullet for Berlin" in which he presents u
typical Hart appeal for the purchase chase Of
his services to the government for speak
ing tour on behalf of the fourth liberty
loan campaign; and his offer has been
ment And. as usual, he will invest heavily
in the bonds of the new denomination.
front and buy a liberty bond, or as many
moro as he can, Berlin will get shock
which will border on mental PARALYSIS,
which can make its influence felt four
thousand miles away in Berlin. and 1t Will
American offensives at St Mihiel and Yer
dun were only little warming up parties
for the big smash that is to carry the
Americans and our allieS into Germany. A
| lot of fellows have been denied chance
to participate in this march to Berlin, but
they now have their chance TO do the
next best thing-take long distance shot
at the Hun with their money. No careful
sighting is necessary; just aim your money
in the direction of a liberty bond booth,
and the concussion will be felt at Potsdam.
Let every fan go to the front in the
! fourth liberty loan drive and do his bit
| for his country. And the earlier 1t is done
| the more quickly will the American steam
! roller get under way for Its march TO
| Berlin.
. ITO those of my friends whom l will be
7 unable to see in person, would like to say
| this: as
BUY liberty bonds and more liberty
| bonds and let's join hands In pulling the
trigger of the worlds biggest gun-the
| fourth liberty loan"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-17
JARDINE INAUGURAL
Formal Exercises at X. S. A. c. With
Governor Capper Presiding, Nov. 6.

Formal Exercises ut X. S. A. c. With
Governor Capper Presiding, Nov. 6.
Manhattan, Kan, Oct. 17.-Dr. Will
liam NJ. Jardine will be formally in
augurated as president of the Kansas
State Agricultural college on Wednes-
day morning. November 6.
On this occasion. Doctor Jardine will
deliver his inaugural address, pointing
out the mission which he expects the
college to fulfill. The principal in
vited speaker will be DIR. L. H. Bailey.
formerly director of the college of
agriculture in Cornell university, and
the best known American writer on
agricultural subjects Arthur Capper,
governor of Kansas and chairman of
tho board of administration, will pre-
side
The inaugural exercises will be held
at 10 o'clock in the morning, and will
be followed by a luncheon. In the
evening. the board OF administration
and the faculty will receive in honor
of Doctor and Mrs. Jardine.
Military features will be conspicuous
in the program of the day. This will
be the first inauguration of q presi-
dent of the agricultural college in
time of war,
Doctor Jardine is the seventh presi-
dent of the Kansas State Agricultural
college His predecessors were: DR.
Joseph Denison, 1853 to 1873; DR.
John A. Anderson. 1873 to 1879: DR..
George T. FairchiId. 1879 to 1897; DIR.
Thomas E. Will, 1897 to 1899: DIR. Err
nest R. Nichols. 1899 to 1909; DR..
Henry Jackson Waters. 1909 to 1918
The last previous inaugural exercises
Doctor Waters was formally installed
as president