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Evening star., 1918-02-01
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Samuel Abramson has flleA suit In the
District Supreme Court to recover
$4,000 damages from the washington
Railway and Electric Company. for al
legged injury to his person and his au-
tomobile. Through Attorney Samuel v.
Gusack. the plaintiff says a car Of the
company collided with his machine No
vember last. near 9Th street and
Rhode Island avenue northeast. throw
ing him from his automobile and dam
aging his machine. Abramson says he
suffered a conclusion of the brain and
other injuries.
The women's Relief Corps euchre
party that was announced for last
night was postponed, on account OF the
bad weather to Saturday night. The
party will be held in Grand Army Hall,
1412 Pennsylvania avenue northwest.
Murton William McQuade and Thomas
Greenberg. Baltimoreans, who were ar
rested at Pennsylvania avenue and 7th
street last Saturday night and charged
with having attempted to pick Detec-
tive Baur's pockets of jewelry and
money, were given a preliminary hear
ing in Police Court yesterday. They
were committed to Jail to await the ac-
tion of the grand jury. bond being fixed
at $500.
Young women interested In marriage
are invited to hear lecture on ..Matri-
mony." by Mrs. Van Anderson Gordon.
tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock at the
Eagles Wings, 500 11th street north
west. This lecture will be given under
the auspices of the International New
Thought Alliance. A special invitation
various government departments here.
with the opening Of the schools next
week the swimming classes at the Dun
bar Community Center will be re-
opened. The classes are for men Tues
day evening. for women and girls
Thursday evenings. from 1880 to 10
o'clock.
Important business is scheduled to
come up for discussion at a meeting of
the Legion of Loyal Women Monday
evening at o'clock in the lodgeroom
Hot ashes thrown in a shed ON the
premises of James Tracy, 1929 sth
street. caused fire last night shortly
to an alarm sent in from a nearby box
ana quickly extinguished the fire. Dam
age TO the shed and contents amounted
to SIS.
A motor truck operated by Robert
Magruder. 93s N street collided with a
street car on 9Th street between d and
streets yesterday afternoon. Both
vehicles were damaged and there was
slight interruption to traffic.
Announcement WINS made today OF the
marriage last August of Neils w. How
son. formerly of this city, and Miss
Dorothea Wild. The ceremony was
performed in Baltimore by Rev. Eu-
gene Connolly. They are now living in
Princeton. Ind. Before going there Mr..
Howson was in Washington with the
frafhc department Of the Pennsylvania
railroad.
= Nike In to be taken by the wander
iusters Sunday afternoon from Cabin
Jonn bridge to Stubblefeld's falls. on
the Potomac, possibly crossing the river
on the Ice. The return will be made
aionE the river on the Virginia side,
va the Oic Dominion railway. G. A
Gambs will lead the walk, which will
start at z:3o o'clock from the bridge
e scTibbiers' Club IL to meet Mt The
eonlc Library tonight at 8 o'clock
several readings are to be given nv
members. ee" Ny
Evening star., 1918-02-01
Bill to Check High D. c. Rents.

A bill to prohibit profiteering in rent
charged soldiers. sailors or any person
in the employ Of the government. or
any person making supplies for the
government. was introduced in the Sem
ate yesterday by Senator Poindexter of
Washington. Under the bill no one is
allowed to be charged more than the
rent on December l. 1917. for any house
or hotel rooms or boarding house ac-
commodations. A fine of $500 for vio-
lation of the proposed law is provided.
Evening star., 1918-02-01
Bill Seeks D. G. Land for Parkway.

Senator Smoot introduced a bill yes
terday providing for the acquisition of
certain lands west Of Goth street north
west and between Goth street and Rock
creek, as part of the connecting park
way between Potomac Park, the Zoo
Park and Rock Creek Park.
Evening star., 1918-02-01
City Table Refuse to Feed Stock.

Senator France Of Maryland intro
duced a bill yesterday permitting any
persons or corporations to transport
in closed metal containers, any table
refuse not decayed from the places
whero it originates in the District of
the refuse to pigs. poultry, etc.
Evening star., 1918-02-01
4 Babbitt Soap, 25c; Gunpowder Tes

Babbitt Soap, Csc; Gunpowder Tea
44c and 5sc; Star Cocoa. Csc; White Po-
tatoes, &c lb.; lbs. Onions, Csc: karo
Syrup, 13c, 3sc and 75c; Black,eyed
Peas, lie; Navy Beans, TIC: Lima
Beans, tic; Macaroni or Spaghetti, 12c;
Large Herring, Be; Fat Mackerel. 15c;
13 OF. Sardines, 15c: Red Kidney Beans,
15c: 81 OF. Van Camp Beans. 17c: 2S OF.
Hominy Grits, 1211c: Seeded Raisins'
9hc; Cluster Raisins, Csc: Argo Starcn'
&c; Cocoanut, 4c and Sc: Knox Gelatine.
15c; Cheese, 3Oc; White Meal. SC; can
Pineapple, Csc; Whiskbrooms, 19c;
Bluejacket Sardines, 10c: 20 OF. Baking
Powder, 15c; Safety Matches, TIC;
Quaker Matches, Csc: Sugar Corn, 121sc;
Silver Brand Peas, 12hc; Pure Pepper.
40c. 412 4th Sc. and all the j. 7. D.
Pyles Stores.
Omccrs' Uniforms Cleaned & Pressed.
81. Norris. 10 9Th NV. Franklin 3254.
Evening star., 1918-02-01
District Couple WEEDS at Rockville.

ROCKVILLE. Md, February WAL
ter Allison Keefer and Mrs Christine
B. McCabe both Of Washington, were
married in Rockville last evening, re-
turning to the city Immediately after
ward
Evening star., 1918-02-01

Omccrs' Uniforms Cleaned & Pressed,
81. Norris, 10 9Th NV. Franklin 1854.
Evening star., 1918-02-01

Talking Machines Repaired (AH Makes)'
The Sport Mart, Inc. 905 st. NV.
Evening star., 1918-02-01

EGGS. Today's Laid, 81 Doe. EgSs'
IL Pine ave-, Takoma PIX, Md.
Evening star., 1918-02-01
CAT TALES.
CITY IT1Ms.

Clafiin Optical Co., 0O7 F st.
Constant stock of Artificial Eyes.
Evening star., 1918-02-01

Omcers' Engraved Calling Cards.
Brewood. 519 18th st-Advertisement
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guns were taken completely apart.
some 20 pieces appeared scattered ou
the ground. a twist here. "a snail
therc. and i'm less time thaA il takes
To tell II. the gun was repsscmblcd
and back at work.
The demonstration was ordered To-
make il clear 10 members of congress
why the ordnance hurcpu put aside
all other makes of machine guns as
the standard weapon for the Amcri-
can army although no Browniug gums
had been built except the model wea-
pom when order was given Ordnance
ohlcials were satisfied tonight that
no members or congress who witness.
ed the firing now doubts the wisdom
OF that decision.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-03-02
ATLANTA BLACKMAIIER SEN
TENCED.
Man Who Tried Game on Mayor Can
dlcr Goes To Gang.

Atlanta. Feb. 2S.--J. w. Cook. a
real estate salesman who was con-
victed yesterday was sentenced to one
year on the chaingang and fine Of
one thousand dollars for conspiracy
TO biackmail Asa G.. Gambler, the mil
honaire mayor of Atlanta. He is still
I'm Jail today in default OF bond The
nearing on appeal is set for March
10th. Conferences are being held to-
day to decide whether Mrs. Fl. IT
Hirsch. indicted Jointly with Cook
snail go to trial tomorrow. as plan
ned.
solicitor General Boykin announc
ed later that he would not try the
Hirsch case this week. No date has
been set for the trial.
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NAVAL TUG WRECKED.
Cherokee FOundered OFF Fcnwic,. Is.
land Light.

Washington, Feb. 27.-The naval
tug Cherokee, formerly belonging to
the Luckenbach Company, foundered
Yesterday off Fenwick Island light
ship. The survivors are being taken
TO Philadelphia. Normally the Chero-
zee carried a crew of forty men. One
report to the navy SAYS that ten
survivors have already been landed at
some point on the coast.
Later the navy department was ad-
vlsed that incoming ships are carry
ng four bodies to Philadelphia and
that the ten survivors previously re-
ierred to were the only known ones
put or the Cherokee's complement Of
hVc officers and thirty-five men.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-03-02
NEW YORK DEBATES WH|SKEY.
FEDERAL PROHIBITION AMEND
MENTS UP IN LEGISLA-
TURE.
Bryan Speaking for Drys With Comp.
ers for Wet Forces.

Albany, N Y, Feb. 26.-For more
than five hours today q crowded au
dience in the assembly chamber Of
the State capitol heard men of inter-
national reputation argue for and
against the ratification by the New
York legislature of the federal pro-
hibition amendment. William Jen-
nings Bryan led the prohibition forces.
His principal opponent was Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, who was second
ed by Former Senator Bailey of Texas
There were many other speakers less
widely known. The hea ring was held
before joint legislative committee to
which the resolution was referred up
on it's introduction early in January.
At the close of the hearing no indica-
tion was given as to when the COM
mitteemen would make g. report.
Prohibition and it's relation to the
war was one of the principal argu-
ments made by both sides. Mr.. Bryan
declared it was vital to the success of
the United States and it's allies that
this country send men clean in mind
and body to the battle front. Mr..
Gompers asserted that in the present
crisis the people of the country had
enough to do in the fighting line by
opposing the central powers, and that
their attention from this most i'm
portant subject should not be divert
ed by any measure less VITAL.
Opponents of the ratification assert
ed that the federal amendment was
unconstitutional in that it would give
both federal and States concurrent
Jurisdiction in enforcing the prohibi
tory clause. The resolution sponsors
were equally as emphatic in theil
declaration that the enforcement pro
provisions were legal and valid.
Mr. Gompers said that while he ais
considered the amendment unconsti
tutional, he would speak of the NOR
human side Of the opposition a
viewed by organized labor. Tha
body of men, he said, considered tn
attempt to regulate their habits as
violation of personal liberty. Organ
ized labor, he asserted, has done nor
than any other agency to maka me-
temperate, but they resented the ef
forts to deprive them of their rights.
Cheers from vets and laughs fror
the drys greeted Mr.. Gcmpers' asser
ton of his belief, that conditions i
Russia today are primarily due to en-
forced prohibition
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ton as a whole. organized in the form
Of a State, the highest members, with
whom the final decision lies But. see
ing that they also, as the supreme
organs. belong to the whole. the de
cision is OF such nature that only
the welfare of the whole is the guild
ing line for n decision TO la taken.
1t may be useful expressly TO point
This out 10 President Wilson's coun-
trymcn.
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HARRY ELLERBE, NINE-YEAR-
OLD NEGRO THE VICTIM.
Case Which Developed Sunday Was
Diagnosed Tuesday Night as Typi-
cal Case OF Ccrebro-Spinal Mcningi-
tis ana Quarantine of Weathcrs
Lane Ordered by Board of Health.

The first case of meningitis to de-
velop in Sumter was discovered in
Weathers Lane Sunday afternoon
when DR.. c. w. Birnie was called to
see Harry Ellerbe, a nine year-old ne
gro boy. When first seen the symp-
toms were not sufficiently pronounced
to make positive diagnosis possible,
but the case was classed as suspicious
and kept under close observation. BY
Tuesday the typical symptoms of GER
rebro-spinal meningitis had develop
ed and DR.. II. A. Mood, who was call
ed in consultation by DR.. Birnie, dag
nosed the case meningitis The serum
was administered within an hour and
the boy is receiving best possible at
tention and the most approved treat
ment.
DR.. w. Berman, Of the United
States Public Health Service, station
ed at Camp Jackson, came here this
morning at the request of the City
Board of Health. and made an exam
ination of the boy and confirmed the
diagnosis of the local physicians. He
also took cultures from the throats
of all persons who have come in con.
tact with the sick boy for the purpose
o. asertaining by meteorological ex-
animation whether any of them are
infected.
The Board of Health has put in
force a rigid quarantine in Weathers
Lane with guards on duty day and
night, and no one who may be in
fected with the disease will be per-
mitted to leave the quarantined area.
Dr. Berman says that there is no
ground for alarm and the people of
Sumter should not become uneasy or
excited.
The City Board of Health held q
special meeting this morning, which
was attended by DR.. Berman, and the
entire situation was carefully consid-
ereu' III was decided to maintain q
strict quarantine of Weathers Lane,
to order all the negro schools and
churches to be closed and to forbid
public gatherings OF any kind by ne
groes until further notice. IF case
OF meningitis develops among the
whites. similar order Will be issued
public gatherings.
/ As preventive DR.. Perman ad-
vises the use twice a day of Dobell's
solution as a spray for throat and
nose. He advises the addition of one
teaspoonful OF soda to a pint Of Dob
ellis solution. This solution can be
obtained from any of the drug stores
with directions how to use.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-03-02
HUNS SINK HOSPITAL SHIP.
Uicnart Castle Sent to Bot tom i'm Brit
iSh Channel

London, Feb. 27.-The British hos
pltal ship Glenart Castle sixty-eight
hundred tons, was sunk yesterday in
Brlstol Channel it is announced Off
caiiy. There were no patients aboard.
Some of the survivors have been
landed by an American torpedo boat,
but eight boats are still adrift.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-03-02
GLENART CASTLE SURVIVORS.
Part OF Crew of Hospital Snip Landed
at Swansea.

Swansea. Wales Feb. 27.-Thirty-
four survivors of the Glenart Castle
have been landed here. The number
Of persons aboard is said to have been
two hundred.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-03-02
SPANISH SHIP TORPEDOFD.


Madrid, Feb 2S.--The Spanish press
announces today, without official con
firmation, the torpedoing of the SDon
ish steamer Sarnicro. Efforts to OBJ
tain official confirmation of the re-
port elected this statement: "The IL
boats have obtained better results
ataInst Spanish shipping than against
ycpls "
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Officials ReappOintcd.

washington. Feb. 2S.-Presidcnt
TO-DAY nominated Francis II. Weston,
OF Columbia to be United States dis
trict attorney and James l.. Sims, o.
Charieston' to be United States mar
shal' for the eastern district of South
Carolina.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-03-02
One French Ship Sunk.

Paris, Feb. 2S.--Only one vessel un-
der sixteen hundred tons was lost hv
enemy submarines or mines last week.
No fishing boats were sunk.
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No Italian Ships Sunk.

Rome, Feb. 2S.--Italian SHIPPING
was immune from German submarines
ana mines during the week ended
February 2&rd.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-25
FIVE PETITIONS
FOR SEPARATION
FILED IN COURT

Divorce suits are piling up in the
Superior court, several new petitions
have been filed today.
Charles NJ. Downs. of Danbury,
seeks a decree from Bessie Downs of
the same place, desertion since Feb
ruary 10, 1914, being alleged. They
were married March "a, 1899. There
are four children of whom the petit
toner asks thee ussody.
Emma Spicer Smith of Newtown
asks divorce from Mortimer F. Smith
OF the same place, alleging cruelty
since January 1916. They were mar
ried IN March, 1912. There are three
children. Divorce, alimony, and
custody of the children is claimed.
Married in June, 1908, and deserted
in the following September is the
complaint of Rose Sarbo CavaIlaro of
this city, against Joseph Cavallaro,
now of parts unknown. Divorce is
claimed,
Cruelty and desertion are alleged
in the petition of Elvira Francescone
Capitone, Of Bridgeport, for divorce
from Giuseppe Capitone now of parts
unknown. They were married in June
1914 In Easton, Pa, and the acts of
cruelty commenced in January of the
following year, and desertion Janu-
airy 30, 1915. There is one child.
Mary Sheehan Reiling of this city
asks for divorce from Constant H.
Reiling, now of New York, alleging
assertion September. 1910. They were
married in New York July 10, 1903.
There are three children. Custody of
the children and alimony are also
claimed.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-25
AMERICANS WORK TRANSFORMATION
OF French PORT FOR The CARING
OF SUPPLIES FOR AMERICAN ARMY
Have More Than Doubled It's Capacity Since Last June
Constructed New Railroads, and Immense Storage
Sheds-Personnel in Charge of the Work Has Grown
Wonderfully Lessons Taken From British Manner
of Handling Supplies.

A Port in France, Feb. 25.-(Corre-
spondence of The Associated Press.)-
A little more than six months have
wrought mighty change in the base
of American troops landed to go into
training for their fight with the Ger
mans.
The docks have been and are being
enlarged, storage warehouses have
been are being built, the harbor has
been dredged out to accommodate
none and larger ships, and the rail-
road facilities have been nearly dou-
bled an dare being increased day by
day.
The enlargement of the port has
created somewhat anomalous situa-
ton. For whereas up to about the
end of last year troops landed more
regularly and quickly than supplies,
so that it was sometimes feared 1t
would he necessary to draw tempo
raTily on the French for their sup
port, the base is now in the position
of being able to handle more tonnage
than is at present coming to it, either
in the form of supply or troop ships.
The capacity of the port would,
however, be almost reached with the
completion of the docks and store
houses now under construction If 1t
were not for far reaching engineering
plans that are under way.
The American authorities early fore
saw that even comprehensive dock en-
Ilargements would inevitably result in
congestion and confusion if some out
let were not arranged for the lncreaS-
ing supplies expected to arrive when
they are needed, and which even IN
creased storage space could not be
expected to accommodate. The prob
Hem resolved itself into one of trans
portation.
| Therefore, while the railroad tracks
at the port itself are vastly more n1-
merous than they were SIX months
ago, the American engineers have
conceived a plan whereby vast tract
of land three or four miles back OF
| the port has been taken over, and is
being developed coincidently with the
port itself.
! On either side Of a huge basin into
which ships can if necessary be lowed
and unloaded, dozens of parallel spur
| tracks are being laid. They will serve
a. dual purpose, for cars either can be
/ filed from barges and vessels brought
| into the basins, OF cars loaded at the
port itself can quickly and easily be
/ hauled to the spurs and there made
up into trains.
The Americans already have taken
over on lease from the French certain
lines of railroad which will be fed
from the yards of the port and of it's
complementary station in the rear.
They are increasing constantly the
efficiency and capacity of the port it
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-25

self by helping the French to ecoro-
rnlze in dock and transportation space.
The American plan which envsages
caring Tor vastly more volume than
rne port would normally aocommo-
oaIe' even with the enlargement of
COCKS and store houses, is not original
with them but is more or less a CODY
OF what the English have done at an
other port, where they have increased
the daily output of merchandise from
ABOUT 200 cars or less to more than
700. This they have been able to do
by laying out huge yards to the rear
OF the actual port to avoid congestion
and to facilitate making up trains.
The steady development of the
American port has made it necessary
to rearrange the manner in which the
work is done. Last July compare
lively small branch of the quarter
masters department was amply able
to superinhend and manage the I'm
loading and distribution of supplies.
Today the work has grown so that it
has had to be entrusted to a railway
transportation department that is
growing in size every week and which
now merely turns over to the quar-
termaster, as it does to the engineer
ing, the aviation and all the other
departments, such material as belongs
to each.
To keep pace with the increasing
volume of supplies that arrive, a huge
force of workmen has been found
necessary. Two regiments of colored
soldiers, numbering 5000 men and
most of them husky stevedores and
longshoremen from New York and
Southern ports in times of peace, now
do the bulk Of the unloading from the
ships and the reloading of the trains.
A not inconsiderable force of Ger
man prisoners, with whom the ne
groes especially seem to enjoy fra
ternizing, are at work about the docks
from early morning until evening.
Every able male citizen of the port,
and many not so ab1e-bodied, in addi-
ton to all the women who care to
work, have found employment and of
course at wages that were hitherto
unknown. The city may be said to be
in the heyday of its prosperity.
The somewhat chaotic conditions
that naturally prevailed when thou
sands upon thousands of newcomers
flooded into the city from the boats in
late June have suibsided. Those sta
toned permanently in the port have
gradually settled down, in the few
hotels and in many private families
The officers have established messes
for themselves at which they can
avail themselves of American food,
and the men who are not quartered
in the town, itself, live at the original
camp where General SIbert and his
first division stayed until it was time
to go to the training camp behind the
| front.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-25
AUGUST GRAVESON.

Funeral services for Angus ave
son were largely attended rday
afternoon at his home, 24Ga Main
street, where the Rev. Stockh I'm of
the Danish Lutheran church, officiat-
ed. Delegations from st. Johns
lodge, F. and A. NJ, the Eagles, and
the Danish Brotherhood attended. At
Mountain Grove cemetery delega-
ton of the Home Guard met the fu-
neral cortege and marched with it to
the grave. Masonic cormittal SER
vices were read by st. johns lodge
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-25
THOMAS III. W1GGLEsWoRTH.

Following an illness of two years,
Thomas H Wigglesworth, aged 81
years, died this morning at the family
residence, 1902 Madison avenue. Mr..
Wigglesworth was employed as loom
ffxer at the Salts Textile Co. for many
years. He was a ne-lber of Pion-
eer lodge, No. 70, Sons of St. George.
Besides his wife he is survived by
two daughters, Mrs. James Mccarthy
and Mrs. Edwin M. Hughes, a son,
Albert, a brother, Francis and one
sister, Mrs. Frederick Tiffany. Funeral
services will be held Thursday after
noon.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-25
Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Gases, or
Upset Stomach-Pape's Diapepsin
can digest properly harmless pleasant, antacid.

Sour, gassy, upset stomach, 'indiges-
ton, heartburn, dyspepsia; when the
food you eat ferments into gases and
upsets you; your head aches and you
feel sick and miserable, that's when
YOU realize the wonderful acid neu-
tralizing power in Pape's Dieapepsin
1t makes all such stomach misery,
due to acidity, vanish in five minutes
If your stomach is in a continuous
revolt-if you can't get it regulated,
please, for your sake. try Pape's Dia-
Depsin. It's so needless to have an
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-25
ASKS FORECLOSURE.

Action in foreclosure proceedings
has been FLED in the Common Pleas
court by Josephine Dodge of Westport,
against En- -na L. Bowman of SIAM
ford, to recover on a note for $500,
secured by mortgage, dated August 2,
1915. Possession of the premises is
claimed