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The Washington times., 1918-01-03
STORM HAMPERS
WORK OF BREAKING
UP FREIGHT JAM

Thousands OF miles OF storm-swept
tracks today hampered the work Of
smashing the freight jams in the East
Heavy snow tested its strength against
Director General McAdoo's order TO clear
! the tracks for coal shipments.
/ But At most points the Government
! engines were victorious. Long trains
INTO New Jersey terminals today, with
( fuel for New England and for ships
1 lying idle in American ports.
! Floats and barges are being used 10
| expedite shipment into New York, and
passenger traffic is yielding to coal.
"SIacker Cars" Drafted.
Stacker cars" and locomotives-side-
tracked or held indefinitely In yards
awaiting unloading or repairs-are be-
ng drafted into continuous service.
Movement Of motive power from the
South and West into the congested East
ern territory continues.
The railroad wage question was slated
! for attention today, when brotherhood
| .hiefs VIII confer with McAdoo. A
entative schedule OF increases has been
prepared for McAdoo by the United
oNdlGS DOdiN OL AltAldAlOn anu SOAlCAAAsh-
ton
No matter how much some OF the
railroad presidents may be sulking,
! workers in the ranks appear to have
i accepted Government operation with
enthusiasm. Letters and kilograms
are daily reaching Director General
4 McAdoo in great volume, declaring
that he may expect unqualified 10y
atty from the railroad men.
Mr.. McAdoo frankly states that
! success or failure of Government
operation of the railroads depends on
the attitude assumed by the working
men. He intends to dismiss no work
er. II positions are abolished which
are considered unnecessary, new work,
designed to increase the capacity o'I
the national railroad system, Will be
found for the men filling those posi-
tions.
A Typical Letter.
A typical letter received by Direc-
tor General McAdoo follows:
Mr.. McAdoo, Director General
dear sair:
"a Little friend Reading your right
up in the Paper i think it is grand
am working for the rock Hand Rail
road and will say 1 will work harder
to Ia elp win the ware 1 am IL year old
my Helth is so Can't go to school and
will Pray for you and wishing you
good luck and god spead good-by.
Sincerely yours good luck"
This mIssive and many others like |
it have come to the desk OF the new
director general of the railroads, writ !
ten in pencil on fragments of paper. |
sometimes rumpled and soiled. They |
are being answered by Mr.. McAdoo |
with his thanks for the good wishes |
expressed. !
The evening world., 1918-06-15
T h e Jarr Family
By Roy l.. McCardell

& %. The New York Evening WORLDLY
hates down into n nest OF cobras that
she charms and pets. Miss Birdseye.
who told me TO go to see 1t, says It
makes your blood run cold!"
"of course. / don't c~uuntenance such
pictures for young people" remarked
Mrs. Rangle. But l think every
married woman should gu to see them
so they can combat the wiles OF these
luxuriant adventureSses. who would
lure ones husband"
II believe IL Is some women's fault
that they lose their husbands afec-
tons" said Mrs. Jarr. They get so
careless and untidy and let their
looks 20. and then one Of those rea
lures GOMEZ along with diamonds and
Sables''-
I'D like to see Rangle hook at one
Of them" remarked Mrs. Rangle. II
had a cousin who married a man who
kept the fashionable livery stable In
~Sandusky. o. and a blond demon
strator for a hair restorer came along
and tried to lure Ned Bascom-that
was his name-and Nettie-that's my
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the creature,
and II caused a sensation In fashion
able circles at the time-this was
years ago-and a picture OF the affair
was published on the front page OF
the Police Gazette.
Cousin Nettie was pictured hold
ing UP her skirts with one hand and
welding the whip with the other, and
the artist had her wearing striped
stockings, which she never wore at
all; and her husband was shown
standing by ~sneering. wearing a silk
hat and evening dress, and Ned Bas-
com never wore a silk hat except at
funerals, and no man had a dress suit
in Sandusky In those days.
at didn't look like any OF the par
ties, but there were their IN I'M
der the pictures and 1t made Ned
Bascom and my cousin Nettle SC
conceited that they always kept hav-
ing their pictures printed in the
newspapers after that. recommending
patent medicines. and. in Nettie's
case especially, making the most con-
idential statements as to their phys.
ical condition"
Then the two ladies' went in TO SEE
The Woman With the Serpent.
Soul"
The evening world., 1918-06-15
Your Conversation in Public
By Sophie Irene Loeb

2 Co. THE New York Evening workD.
spoken word Is like a bullet. The
minute II Is uttered II goes forth and
you do not know where It may land.
But when you do not say II you can
cause no C to yourself or your
country.
As I look back on II, many times.
In travelling about on street cars and
in public places l have overheard con-
versatlons on war matters. II was
impossible not TO hear them They
were so free and open that all around
could hear.
Some OF them were very interesting.
You. too, have doubtless heard such
talks on the war. It is the one un-
failing subject of speech. That Is all
the more reason why great ARE
should be taken by the individual.
Unnecessary alarm Is also often
sounded by the discussion OF hypo-
thetical q~uestions-if this that or the
other thing should happen.
No greater work can be accom-
plished by people in public places
than to control their conversation.
The wise ones will exclude war talk
az far rs possible. 1t were much bet
ter to wait until you are In. the
privacy OF your own home to mention
any matters OF Importance pertain
Ing 70 the great struggle or m fact
which you may have CLEANED.
II is better to be on the safe side.
Talk Is cheap. but sometimes II
brings heavy costs.
The evening world., 1918-06-15

A MO- the British commanders
n VINO have been waging war
on the empires enemies IN
op,-of-the-way OF the GLOBE
none have been more successful thau
Gen. William Eliot Peyton' VINO
crushed the uprising OF the Arabs
in Western Egypt The Bedouins'
INSPIRED by Turkish and German
agents and provided with arms by
Engtand's enemies. threatened Egypt
for a time, until Peyton led a whirl-
wind campaign through the barren
land and quickly reduced them 10
submission. Gen. Peyton has JUST
passed the h~alf-century mark and
has been On the army for over thir-
ty years.
The greater part OF this has been
spent in Africa and he won high
onors in the Dongola expeditionary
force, the Sudan campaigns and the
south African War. In tho Sudan
conflict OF 1897 he had a narrow es-
cape from death. his horse having
been speared and he himself danger
ously wounded. By his swift. hard
u~nrelentinE campaign against the
The evening world., 1918-06-15
The Conqueror Of the Bedouins

Bedouins he completely broke the
power OF the German and Turkish
agents over the trbesmen. The az
psdition against the Arabs com
pletely successful as it was. brought
many hardshlps to the troops. For
a time they marched through a
country deluged by a cold rain and
transformed into a sea Of mud. only
to emerge upon sandy. sun scorched
deserts. over which they tramped for
days with only scant supplies OF
water.
The evening world., 1918-06-15


for a male heir was desired She
was christened Beatrice after her
aunt the Queen OF Hungary. At the
age OF five, the child was betrothed
to the wealthy and handsome Duke
Of Bari, then aged twenty-nine yeara,
When Beatrice was ten years old nhc
took the title OF Duchess OF Bari
Lodovico Sforza, the Duke OF Barb
was n OF the most magnincent
princes Of the Renaissance, and typi-
cal OF its day with all its vices and
virtues. He was appointed regert OF
Milan, and he did not trouble himseif
about his betrothal, but devoted hip-y
self to a Cecilia GalleranL He oeveF
saw his bride until the wedding day.
but ne was very much pleased with
her. At frst the little bride was
very happy. and then she commenced
u hear rumors OF Cecilia She called
her husband to her. and told him %
make his choice between them. The
result was that Cecilia was loaded
with presents and married on 60 a
count, but In a short time another
favorite, Lucretia Crivelli. sprang up.
One day, Beatrice, then twenty-five
years old. went to church TO pray.
when suddenly she was taken III. ana
a son was born to her dead Then
Beatrice breathed her last
Beatrice Campbell and Beatrice
Forbes Robertson are actresses. and
Beatrice is the heroine OF Much Ado
| About Nothing"
The evening world., 1918-06-15

HDLEASE refrain, when In public
places or before strangers,
from any remarks OF a nature
10 weaken patriotic energy and conf
dence In our leaders and in our Allies.
or from statements regarding the num-
Der of movements OF our troops. the
work OF munjtion plants. etc. lnfor-
nation overheard may b reported
where II can give aid or comfort TO our
enemies"
This is the "on-your- guard card
being sent broadcast by the Fifth Ave-
nue. Association In cooperation with
the washington authorities
At the same time Frank L. Bowling,
President Of Manhattan Borough, Is
posting similar i~njunctions in all public
~buildings, and makes the significant
statement: "Remember the enemy
may not only be at u door but at our
elbow"
A you read the words OF caution
think Il over. Tell your family. Tell
everybody. You can't tell II too often.
Hundreds OF officers are in the city.
Many Of them come from abroad. Do
not urge them 20 give you inside
facts" n they arc your friends.
They may unconsciously and urir-
tentionaliy tell something to you, m
confidence, which you In turn may
thoushuessly repeat. Perhaps you
! viii repeat IL in the subway riding
home with another friend.
An enemy spy may be sitting right
noxt To you. He only needs a little
! due. orr he goes to tell II 10 his
chief. His chief has ways and means
OF piecing hints together and aScer-
tanning important details.
The most harmless conversation has
caused the most direful disasters. II
il said on good authority that the
network of enemy spies Is of vast
proportion. They are Il ere when you
least expect them-in every walk OF
life.
A fsw days ago l was seated with
an oficer and some friends In a small
restaurant Some n began discus
sing the number Of troops and men
leaving our shores.
Immediately the officer cautioned US
70 be stnl. He then told us that al
the tables all around US there might
be spies; also among the employees
and attendants.
Certainly no American employer
wants 20 enEaSe workers who ar,
mies. but they creep in. 1t Is one o.
the bis assets OF the enemy-the SD,
system
They have unlimited energy anC
resources. We cannot conceive OF
their methods. Therefore there is bu
one course.
Keep your counsel in public 4
The evening world., 1918-06-15
Hits Fro m

II boards come back there will be
q new use for vacuum cleaners
Ae4phis Commercial Appeal
A faint heart never wins a fair lady
anything Press.
The man who itches for fame has to
DO a lot OF scratching to get there
Chicago News
That McAdoo patch-iong may II
save a new pair OF pants In the home
Of the brave.-roledo Blade.
Suspension OF baseball would bring
var nearer home and convince the
fAns that the umpire Is not the
worlds greatest enemy. = Toledo
Blade.
The evening world., 1918-06-15


7 IAvING heard from a friend hat
~ the new sensational States
rights seven reel superfeature
THE Soul OF n Serpent" with
Vashti Varvasour. supervampire In
the superleading role. vas -some-
thing grand" Mrs. Jarr informed her
friend Mrs. Rangle, and the two de-
termined "to see something worth
seeing once In awhile, at least and
not be kept indoors till one gets
house nerves."
Whoever invented the phrase
house nerves" certainly vouchsafcd
a boon to womankind DESTROYS OF an
excuse to be abroad 1t Is a phrase
thai warks as hard for a living as
"the psychological moment"
SO 1t was at the psychological mo-
ment that Mrs. Jar and Mrs. Rangle
were avoiding house nerve by start
ing to the moving picture matinee
that they encountered Mortimer. To-
cally known rs Mike, the j~anitor. en-
route to Gus's oasis.
why didn't you cab up this morn
ing for the rubbish" asked Mrs.
Jarr.
-" was too busy this morning: Tn
getting the cellar fixed up In case OF
air raids. as the tenants have been
asking me to- explained the Janitor
as he hurried on 10 Gus's.
NIanlNAEa aEA RaNNin~ uunx1a NA.a
ever. II that were possible" re-
marked Mrs. Rangle. 'Since there's
so much talk OF air raids they think
they belong to the hfe-saving SER
vice and the signal corps both to-
gether."
"Yes, the landlord was talking OF
getting q woman janitor, but all the
women are in munition factories, and
janitors would be too, only they
would have TO really work In num-
ton factories" replied Mrs Jarr.
well. TO change tho subject 1 am
glad we are going to see this moving
picturd" said Mrs. bangle. Really,
In these times when there Is 20 much
60 worry about. n needs some en-
tertainment. some enjoyment to keep
of house nerves."
II am told this Is e grand picture
TO take ones mind on such things"
replied Mrs. Jar. There's a lot Of
murders in II, and they say the way
the little heroine Is prosecuted by the
Woman With the Soul OF a Snake
who comes and lives at the helress's
mansion and awes the women and
lures the men and scorntuly refuses
to leave when asked 10 do SO, Just
breaks ones heart. Tho Siren With
the Serpent Soul strang!es the Duke
her accomplish, and has a trap dool
pat in the millionairs's mansion &c.
eretly. where shs casts those chs
The evening world., 1918-06-15

-rATRIcE Is n name that Is asso-
X ciated with tragedy and nope
l. less love. Think OF Dante! he
frs, met Beatrice Potinari az her
fathers house on a lovely May morn
Inp and although he only saw her
once or twice afterward. his passion
%, her continued until the day OF MS
doo,h. She married another. but MS
love only became stronger ecaus vi
the remoteness OF It's object
There was never a greater ragged
,hon the life OF Beatrice Cenci. II
was the daughter OF a Roman gehue-
man notorious for his wealth. talents
depravlty of character and pounulesS
no.don. He was brutal to his chill
dren. and once when Beatrice was ohiy
fourteen, he shut her up in q room ahd
heat and abused her. When Beatrice
200 a little older a Cardinal Guerra
The handsomest man in Rome. fell IN
,ovo with her and he visited her when
ever her father left the palace Cenci $
treatment OF his family each day grew
oore unbearable, until Beatrice and
her mother secured the aid OF Guerra
10 help murder the father. Guerra Ned
from Rome disguised as a charcoal
burner, but Beatrice. her mother
hro,bers and sisters were sent TO the
scafold. ..
In June, 1875. IN the palace o.
d.Este. a girl was born. but she ro-
oo,ved a cold welcome into the worlc'
The evening world., 1918-06-15
Jar Funnel Made From a
Milk Bottle.

A FUNNEL that has a wide
~ ang OF application about the
household, Inc especially in
f~ood-canning season, may be made
by cutting the body on an ordinary
milk hottie, says Popular Mechanics.
The bottle Is trimmed at the desired
point by tying an alcohol-saturated
cord around it and applying a match
The glass will break evenly at thar
point. After breaking. the edge -
smoothed on on an emery wheel -
the funnel Is ready for use.
The evening world., 1918-06-15
) arp Wits

Keeping everlastingiy at II brings
success. but whether the is
the gardeners or the buRS depends
upon which keeps everlastinEIy al Al.
Milwaukee News.
1t IL my opinion" remarked the
Man on the Car. shat middle-aFed
men who claim they feel as young as
they ever did have forgotten how
young they used to feeL"-Toledo
Blade.
Honeyed words are also useful for
catching human fies.-BinEhamton
Press.
It's unfair TO judge some frames by
NewA
The evening world., 1918-06-15
VANISHING CUSTOM.
going on here7"
are drinking mint ]

wv Two southern ColonelS
are drinking mint juleps
on the veranda OF an ante-bellum
home"
But why the photographer"
That's n moving picture man.
historic record OF n social observ-
ance in the South. that Is doomed
10 extinction" - Birmingham Age
Herald.
The evening world., 1918-06-15
N e W e T g S
In S c

Tiny d~epressions in a recently in
vented frying pan distribute the
grease evenly and prevent contents OF
the utensil from burning.
Paraguay produces about 20 per
cent. of the worlds supply Of petit
grain. an essential oil extracted from
the leaves OF the sour orange.
Two strips OF strap iron and a sheet
iron disk. which can be clamped over
n Gas burner. form a cooking stove
patented by q New Jersey man.
Electric range finding apparatus
has been invented for the United
States Navy that uses microphones 20
tell the distance between ships or tho
height Of a%eroplanes by the sound of
their propellers.
To prevent death by poison tablets
taken in mistake an inventor has
Drought out tablets coated with rub
Ger. which are said TO resist tie stom
ach acids long enough for a tablet
TO pass out Of the system.
The evening world., 1918-06-15
Bv Mary Ethel McAuley
BEATRICE.

-, ',o,s n, n, Pres Publshng %. che New York Evening woldl
The evening world., 1918-06-15

Copyright. leis. b. Tne Prru Pubishin
&C LEASE refrain, when In public
places or before strangers.
r.. m rannrLa "a n nnhnrn
The evening world., 1918-06-15

!, Admits Spying q,
| on Fleet.
Who Is Your Namesake?

ro,,ou, Characters IN History and Fiction Who Hare Borne
the Same Gipen Name as Yours.
The evening world., 1918-06-15

- EATRICE is q name that Is as'o-
x ciated with tragedy n nope
l. less love. Think OF Dante! he
po..,. potinari at her
The evening world., 1918-06-15

Copyright. 1918 By The Prs PubuLhtR O.. .ce Scs York Evening WORLDLY
7 VAvuNG heard from a friend that hates down into a nest OF cobras
II the new sensational States she charms and pets. Miss Bird
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-24
RHEUMATICS
NO LONGER
GLOOMY

They have used "Neutrone Pre-
scription SO" and found it there
with the punch that kills Rheu-
matism.
Only the skepticaI now suffer
The victims of rheumatism all tell
the same story, they have sora, in
famed muscles and stiff joints, they
have. no ambition or strength and
get nervous, cross and irritable
which is not to be wondered at
Thousands of old-time Rheunatics
are now in the best of health after
using 'Neutrone Prescription 90"
Its satisfied users are its best ad.
vertisers, pretty good advertisers
too.
No matter how little or how
much you suffer, go and get a bottl;
of "Neutrone Prescription 99." You
will be surprised at the results. Those
sore, inflamed joints and burning
aching muscles will disappear, and
YOU will feel fine every hour of the
day Mail orders filled on $1.00 size
For sale in Harrisburg by G. A,
Gorgas. 16 North Third street and
Pennsylvania Railroad Station.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-24
GOVERNMENT IS
EARNEST ABOUT
COTTON PRICES
Thomas w. Page Named as
Chairman of Inquiry Into
Conditions of Crops
By Associated Press

Washington. Sept. 24.-First steps
looking TO the fixing of prices for
standard grades of raw cotton were
taken yesterday by the government
in the naming of two committees.
one to investigate the entire cotton
situation, and the other to control
during the period of this inquiry the
distribution of cotton by purchasing
all of the staple needed by the United
States and the Allies at prices ODE
approved by the President.
Thomas w. Page, vice-chairman of
the Tariff Commission, was named
chairman of the committee of in
quiry which is to hold hearings over
the cotton growing states.
Before the War Industries Board
made public the personnel of the
committees, senators and representa-
tives from the southern cotton grow
ing states met with members of the
cotton states marketing board to dis
cuss the proposed price fixing. The
conference adopted a resolution set
ting forth that it opposed price fix
ing. The conference adopted reso-
luton setting forth that it opposed
price-fixing in principle and appoint
ed a committee to represent the facts
to the government committee of III
quiry in an effort to convince them
that price fixing is not necessary.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-24
More Action on Peace
Appeal, Says Burian

Amsterdam, Sept. 24.-In an inter-
view given to Berlin newspaper,
Baron Burian. Austro- Hungarian for
eign minister, said he was not sur
prised at the reception of his peace
note. Naturally he did not suppose
that the entente would straightway
declare readiness to enter into peace
negotiations.
"In a situation like the present"
continued the minister. 'it is some-
times necessary to clarity things by
means of reagents. The note was
such a reagent. 1t has already pro-
duced remarkable phenomena and
will do so still more in the near fu-
ture.
Very extraordinary for instance,
was the remarkable rapidity of Pres
ident Wilson'S reply. Clearly, Presi-
dent Wilson wanted to anticipate the
other entente governments. He al
ways had the ambition to be a world
arbiter and has not abandoned that
ambition"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-24
MIDDLETOWN
DR.. Bagnell to Speak at
Loan Meeting Saturday

The Parish House fund of the ST.
Peters Lutheran Church has almost
reached the amount desired.
E. c. Steiner has returned from
Sunbury. Wilkes-Barre, Shamokin
and Reading.
Preparations for a parade in the
interest of the Fourth Liberty Loan
to be held on Saturday afternoon are
being made. Citizens and secret So
cieties have been asked to join in the
parade. After it, mass meeting will
be held in the Realty theater and
the Rev. DIR. Robert Bagnell, of Har-
risburg. will speak on "A House Di-
vided Against Itself"
Mrs. Theodore Cobaugh, of Phlla-
delphia, is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
T. NJ. Yost, of North Union street.
The Red Cross rooms in the Ram
bier building are closed for the week
because of important improvements
being made. The machines and ma
terials have been moved to the par
ish house of st. Peters Lutheran
Church where. as usual. Tuesday and
Thursday afternoon meetings will
be held.
Fourteen young men from town
left yesterday for Lebanon Valley
College, Annville.
The Red Cross pony contest will
close Saturday evening. All who are
taking part are requested to make
final reports to Rarick and Fenical.
Mrs. Edward Forney, of Harris
burg, is the guest of her mother.
Mrs. Charles Ware, South Catherine
street.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-24

or place.
0. Don't fear the paiicemen. They
will help and protect you.
10. Don't run behind a standing
trolley car; there may be another car
or an auto approaching on the other
side.
You Who Drive
The tips to drivers are as follows:
l. Don't imagine you are within
your rights IL you go at the maxi
mum speed allowed by law. You
must not endanger the safety of 9TH
ers.
2. Your responsibility doesn't end
with the honking Of the horn when
others are in your path.
8. Your automobile maybe under
control, but how about thes her fell
lows? He may be crazy man. You
don't know.
4. Be sure your brakes are right
and your steering gear is true before
you leave your garage.
s. Use tire chains on wet or slip
perry pavements; they will help you
troll.
6. Go slow, passing children or We
hicles, around corners-approach
crossings.
Z. Never leave a motor vehicle un-
attended without shutting off the
power and applying the emergency
brakes.
s. Don't stop more than six inches
from the curb.
8. Don't keep the car moving when
fire apparatus is approaching in
either direction-get close to curb
and stop.
10. Don't stand or move two or
more abreast
II. Don't allow a smoky exhaust.
IL. Don't allow muller cutout
open.
13. Don't allow number tags to be-
come defaced, greasy, dirty or hid
den from view. They should always
be parallel to the axle, and easily
read
IA. Don't allow inexperienced per-
sons or children under sixteen years
of age to drive your car.
is. Don't forget that the traffic Of
ficer regulates traffic. Assist him by
always giving signal with hand.
16. Don't resent the traffic officers
directions-he is doing his best to
prevent accidents.
IT. Don't overlook the rights OF
the pedestrian-his life is just as i'm
portant as yours.
Is. Don't take things for granted