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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-23
JUST so.

"Your cobra is quite a card"
eyes, sir"
"But where are you going to get
another cobra in this country in case
that one dies?"
sWell, I expect this one to last a
long time," responded the performer.
GAS you see, he leads a charmed
life."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-23
NAMING THEM.

Church-That young man acts
queer about the house, doesn't hep
Gotham-Well, you see his father
was a rich Englishman and the boy
was brought up in an old English
manor.
'Then / suppose, those queer ac-
tions are English manorisms.-
Yonkers Statesman.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-23

eE3y VA OON ca IL LII 2 II GA.
50 perts have esti-
mated that over 100000 extra
acres of potatoes were planted
last year. The United States
Food Administration is endeavor-
ing to push the nations big po-
tato stocks into channels of
trade and has placed potatoes
on the list Of substitutes that
may be bought along with wheat
flour.
Potato soup has become war
dish. Here is a recipe that has
been tested by United States
Food Administration experts. In
gradients needed are three pota-
toes, one quart Of milk, two
slices onion, three tablespoons
butter substitute, two table
spoons flour, one and one-half
tablespoons salt, one-quarter
teaspoon celery salt, one-eighth
teaspoon pepper, few grains cay
enne anI one teaspoon chopped
parsley.
Cook potatoes in boiled sailed
water When soft run through
a strainer. Scald milk with on
ion. remove onion and add milk
slowly to potatoes. Melt the fat,
add dry ingredients, stir until
well mixed, then stir into boiling
soup. Cook one minute, strain
and sprinkle with barley.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-23
AN IMPRESSION.

"Do you know what has been done
in Russia ?"
cit doesn't seem to me-" replied
the slow man, "that much of any,
thing has been going on. What Rus
STA does is to experience the effects
of what goes on in Berlin"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-23
COM BlNATION.

"Noah was lucky to land on Ara
rat"
'What difference did that make %
"He was able to please the men,
bers of his family who wanted to go
to the mountains as well as those
who wanted to 60 to the seashore."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-23
IN CONFIDENCE.

"Do you understand the Russian
situation?"
"No," replied Senator Sorghum,
"but that doesn't matter. Nobody
else understands it sufficiently to
prevent my assuming all kinds of SUI
perior knowledge, if I choose"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-23

We may go to what lengths we will
In coats of taffeta-there is plenty of
silk within reach and, so far, no ban
on using it. A handsome long coat of
gracious cut and graceful lines is
shown in the picture, embellished with
a rich embroidery which is put on in
bands across the wide collar and about
the sides and back above the hem. In
the back 1t conceals its fullness by deep
inverted plait, but in the front scorns
to dissemble and is frankly full.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-23
IN THE CAFE.

'Do you charge for bread and but
teri"
ssNo, sir" answered the waiter.
eve charge for bread, but butter is
something money can't buy"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-23
GOOD USE FOR BATS.

Redd-I see they have just sent
over $4,000 baseball bats to the boys
in the trenches.
Greene-Going to make the
Boches make some home runs, prob
ably.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-23
JoNEsY MEETS THE ENEMY.

Corporal of the Guard-Remem-
Der, without the password you can
not get back in camp.
Rookie Jones-What is it?
Corporal of the Guard-Idiosyn-
Grassy.
Rookie Jones-I think Til stay in
camp.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-23
SCIENTIFIC.

owe must not hate our enemies"
"Perhaps that's right. Possibly
we can whip 'em quicker and more
thoroughly by not losing our tom
pers."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-23

Meat-Beef (fresh, saited, tn
ned and hashed); mutton,
lamb and veal (mutton by
preference) ............... 2h lbs.
Butter IA Id.
Cooking Fats margarine, lard,
lard substitutes, vegetable
0llS) .............,..... 70 10.
Wheat Flour (for use in cook
ing gravies, etc., where
corn starch, cracker dust
or bread crumbs cannot be
substituted) .............. 1a Id.
Victory Bread containing at
least 20 per cent. Of q sub
stitute for wheat flour).... TX lbs.
Sugar Qncluding all sugar
used on the table and in
cooking and all sweatmeats
and candies, but not that
used for canning and pre-
SeTVlnS) ....'.''. "A lD
The items listed above are the only
ones which are definitely limited. In
the case of milk and cream, as much
may be used as necessary, and chill
dren, of course, must have their full
allowance of whole milk. Fish and
poultry, any cereal other than wheat.
vegetables and fruits and cheese m "
be used as freely as is desired.
The above ration is in no wise in.
tended to supplant the Home Card,
but rather to supplement 1t. 1t has
been published with the idea that 1t
will be a very real aid to the Ameri~
can woman In her splendid effort to
carry out the great food conservation
program.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-23
SMALL FRY.

cts Bliggins a profteer?"
"No. He doesn't get into the big
figures far enough to be in the three
syllable class. He's only CRATER"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-23
DOUBTS.

"Do you think German should be
taught in the public schools?"
ct don't know. The custom will
give many small boy good excuse
for not learning his lessons"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-23

Whether He's Fighting ON Sea
OF Land Send him a pouch OF
Real GRAVELY Chewing Plug
If he doesn't chew yet, he'll slice it up
and mix it with his pipe tobacco to give
it flavor and improve his smoke.
Youwill send your friend more tobacco
comfort and satisfaction in one pouch OF
Real Gravely Plug than in half a dozen
plugs of ordinary tobacco.
Give any man a chew of Real Gravely Plug, and
he will tell you that's the kind to send Send the
best!
Ordinary plug is false economy. II costs les:
per week to chew Real Gravely. because small
chew of it lasts long while.
SEND YOUR FRIEND I'M THE u. s. SERVICE
APOUCH OF GRAVELY
Dealers all around here carry it in 10c. pouches.
Sc. stamp will put it into his hands in any Train
ing Camp or Seaport of the u. S. A. Even "over
there a Sc. stamp will take it to him. Your dealer
will supply envelope and give YOU official directions
how to address it.
p. b. GRAVELY TOBACCO CO., Danville, Va.
The Patent Pouch keeps IL Fresh and Clean and Good
III Real GraUsiy Without this Protection Seal
Established 1891 IN
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-23
THE REASON WHY.

"There is a great deal of art in
the management of boat"
'I suppose that is the reason why
they keep a painter on board"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-23
UNKiND.

"Phew! They have captured the
cleverest Hun robber in London"
"Great Scott Which hotel did he
keep"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-23

Cholly-Could you swim over to
that buoy and back to me?
Marguerite-If there were any
other boy here I'd never swim back
to you.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-23

This bread made under sanitary conditions and
from the and wholesome materials Every loaf wrapped
sanitary paper which prevents dust impurities from
getting right from the bakery table
without being touched by human hands,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-23
WOMEN ASK FOR
RAT|0N|NC PLAN
American Women Volunteer to
Buy Fixed Amounts of Meat,
Bread Flour, Sugar
and Butter.
PLAN STARTED IN NEW YORK.
Idea Supplements U. S. Food Admins.
tration's New Home Gard Now
in 100000 Homes.

The women of America, who are
anxious to do their great part in the
winning Of the war, are now, as a
whole, familiar with the most impor-
tant aspects of food conservation. The
Home Card, both in its original form
and in the revised edition for 1918,
which provides for two wheatless days,
one meatless day week, in addition
to wheatless meal every day, has been
placed by the Food Administration aft
er a vigorous campaign in 100000
American homes. An intelligent and
conscientious observance of the Home
Card'a requirements Is all the Food
Administration asks of the housewives
of the country.
The Food Administration has had a
great many requests, however, particu-
larry from the homes Of the well-to-do,
that 1t should issue worked out plan
for voluntary system of rationing.
This desire for a voluntary ration
springs from two causes-frst, be-
cause It is far simpler for the house.
wife to save food when she has a con-
crete working plan by which to pro-
coed, and, second, because the loyal
women of America desire, unseIflshIy,
to put themselves on the same basis
as the women Of the Allied countries.
The ration proposed by the Food Ad-
ministration is almost the same as
that adopted in England for voluntary
observance. All over the United King
dom, In hundreds Of houses there
hangs In the front window card with
the stirring pledge, AIN HONOR
BOUND WE ADOPT THE NATION
AL SCALE OF VOLUNTARY RAJ
TIONS."
The ration recommended by the
Food Administration, and adopted first
in New York city, whence the idea has
spread through the entire country, is
the following:
Weekly
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-23
USE MORE POTATOES.

ELP consume the
1917 record break
ing potato crop.
Govern m ent eX-
perts have eSti-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-23

Weekly
Allowance
Per Person.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-09-01
TEMPE NORMAL

The school year of the Tempe Nor nal school will be gin Monday, Sep tember g, with every prospect Of a very large attendance The school is equipped not only for regular and spe- cial teacher training. but for courses in all lines of vocational training and high school work
 There has never been a time in the history of our nation when the neces- sity for general and special education was so manifest as at present. It is urged by our President, the national congress. and all departments of ad- ministration as of vital importance in the present emergency and in the re- adjustment of national affairs during and after the war, and parents of young women. and of young men not subject to draft. are asking themselves the question. what shall we do to educate our children and prepare themselves for the important affairs of life with which they will be confront ed?"
 The state of Arizona has always taken an advanced stand on all mat ters pertaining to education, and though her public school system and state educational institutions is thor oughly prepared to meet the special demands of the present emergency.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-09-01

enlisted the The government needs MEN, $N expert mechanics especially. %N Will MR. AUTO OWNER, help to release them? the Economy Board of the Council M Defense and with resolution adopted by the May $ the following wartime policy will be enforced by local garages M purpose releasing work effective Septem $N Der 1918 $ hop sokom and gasoline and oil station will $NI m remain will be the Owner this easne conaTv
 
 utusLss ssjg:ndn and linn pleasure ecSa %I impossible this eliminate the Let's all jump and win this war hurry and get back normal Will part? Brophy Garage & Supply Co., BBbee Auto Co., SN Cochse Motor Co Western Vulcanzing Co., %N Hood Bedsoe Long Trail $M Borderand Garage Slag Dump Garage %N Hyde Shack-Low MotorC Co., ohman&W :N We Will Close on LABOR DAY at 100 F. M
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-05
William Halfpenny Dies
After Long Service

William Halfpenny, 63 years old,
one of the oldest conductors on the
Philadelphia and Erie division 1f The
Pennsylvania Railroad, died sudden
ly at his home, sc North Nineteenth
street, shortly after noon to-day
Mr.. Halfpenny returned from work
this morning in his usual health and
was stricken quite suddenly. Ply
sicians say his death was due to ure-
mic poisoning.
An employe of the PENNSYLVANIA
Railroad for forty-three years and
d resident of Harrisburg practically
his entire life, Mr.. Halfpenny was
well known in Harrisburg. He was
member of Keystone division, No.
143. Order of Railway Conductors,
OF Baird Lodge, Knights of Pythias,
anc OF st. Andrews Protestant Epis-
copal Church.
He is survived by three children,
all of Harrisburg. They are Harry
b. William g. Halfpenny
and Miss Amy K. Halfpenny. One
brother, Harry Halfpenny, of Los
Angeles. Cal, and two sisters, Mrs.
Ida Ruh!, of Boise City, Idaho, and
Mrs. Celestia Kennedy, of Tamaqua,
survive. No funeral arrangeme ents
have been made.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-05
Thousand Cut Off Before
High Waters of Vesle River
and Are Moved Down by
Allied Fire or Taken Pris-
OnerS
GREAT CAPTIVE BAG
TAKEN BY AMERICANS
Crown Princes Forces Proba-
bly, Will Have to Retreat to
the Aisne; Enemy Retires
Before British in Northern
Flanders

Weakened by the defeat suffered
on the Soissons- Rheims front, the
Germans apparently are preparing
to assume the defensive on the front
Tyres to Rheims.
While continuing their retirement
northward toward the Aisne, the
Germans have given up good dsfen-
sIVe positions in Picardy, east of
Amiens The movements north and
south of the Somme have been only
local in character, but they are an
indication that the German COM
pland is aware of the danger of an
Gllied attack north of the present
battlefield
Between Scissors and Rheims the
Vesle virtually has been cleared OF
enemy troops and Fismes, the inl-
portant base in the center, is in the
hands of the Americans, having been
carried by storm. West of Rheims
the French have made important
gains and in the region of Scissors
the French are north of the Aisne.
Enemy Is Cut OF
Enemy resistance apparently has
been growing stronger from Fislnes
east to Rheims. However, the Vesle
Is in Hood and as large swamps line
lts course west of Rheims, it is pos
sible the resistance may be due TO
the inability of the Germans 10 move
to the north bank. The high water
cut off many German units elsewhere
and these fought until they were
killed or hopelessly surrounded.
Allied troops. having fiattened out
the Marne pocket, have not advanced
50 rapidly during the past forty
eight hours as in the previous forty
eight. The leading units keep in
close touch with the Germans, but il
is probable that heavy artillery will
have to be brought up if the Ger
mans persist in trying to hold the
allies off at various points along
the Vesle.
May Retreat to the Aisne
There is little doubt in allied capt
tails that the German crown prince
will retire to the north of the Alsne.
His resistance to French pressure in
the Rheims region not unlikely is
CONTINUED on Page 81
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-05
Eligible List For City
Patrolman Is Announced

Six of the fifteen men who took
examinations for appointment as
city patrolman passed, r. Ross Sea-
man, secretary of the civil service
board. said to-day in announcing the
eligible list. OF the six, four are
within the age limit which had been
set by the board while the other
two are above the limit and have the
best rating.
The list follows in the order of
rating: Joseph B. Pollock, 1906 Hun
ter street, (Polleck has the highest
percentage of anyone taking the civil
service examinations for patrolman)
Joseph II. Snyder, 1885 Green;
Augustus II. Haines, 24I North; Le-
roy Darbrow, 21S South River;
Harry Leonard Johnson, colored,
1916 Monroe; Frank Benjamin Stur-
geon, 63S Boas. Two others who were
on the list were Charles Z. Foreman
and Frank Oliver Jackson, colored.
The additions to the eligible list
for appointment as police matron,
may be announced tomorrow at the
of Council
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-05
Public Service Commission
Refuses Certificates Per-
mitting Men With Automo-
biles to Compete With Har-
risburg Railways Company
LITIGATION HAS
BEEN PROLONGED
Operators Run Risk of Arrest
if Ruling of State Utility
Board Is Not Obeyed; Mat
ter Hanging Since Trolley
Car Strike Two Years Ago

Orders were issued to-day by the
Public Service Commission refusing
applications of about sixty jitney-
men in Harrisburg for certificates of
public convenience and ordering a
similar number, including some of
those who had asked for certificates,
to stop operating. A year ago :om-
plants were filed against a number
of jitney operators blythe Harrisb arg
Railways Company and certain OF
the men made respondents asked for
certificates from the commission 70
permit them to run. The commits
sion after Il study of the local situa-
ton directed that all applications be
amended to specify routes. This was
not done. The effect of the order is
10 cause the jitneymen to run the
risk of arrest if they operate. Ac-
ton is pending on about eighteen
complaints filed recently.
This action of the commission is
the most wholesale movement aiken
ir regard to any jitney complaints
with the exception of Wilkes Barre
and results from the failure of the
men named in the orders to comply
with the directions of the commits
sion, according to men at the Capi-
tol. 1t is believed that a number OF
them will enter applications, but in
any event the jitney situation in
Harrisburg is brought to a crux.
Prolongated Litigation
The jitney matter has been attract
ing attention at the Capitol for more
than year. Right after the strike
on the Harrisburg Railway lines tit
Leys multiplied on the city's streets
and some established regular routes
IN competition with the trolley lines.
As the commission had required jlt-
neys in other cities and in many
parts of the state where auto pusses
ran between towns to take out GER
tihcates and no move was made here
hy the operators to secure state per
mits. the Harrisburg Railways Com
pany filed a long series of COM
plants.
After n hearing the commission
issued a statement in which it de-
clared the residential section Of he
city west of the railroads be furnish
eG with trolley service and directed
that owners of iitneys confne them
selves to the Hill section by way of
Herr street tnd that they file new ap-
niications or amendments specifying
routes in accord with the commits
sion's ruling as to territory. The lit
ney operators failed to do So This
spring and summer they increased in
number and as no applications were
filed for state certificates, as was
done in other cities, the railways
company filed fresh complaints and
pressed for a decision on pending
cases.
The Action Taken
1t had refused these applications for
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-05
Magazines Sent Soldiers
Brings Her a Husband

Thoughtfulness for the welfare of
the wearers of khaki has gained Miss
Amelia *. Swartz, of Linglestown, a
husband.
Ever since Uncle Sam entered the
war against Germany. Miss Swartz
has been gathering magazines. books
and interesting clippings to be sent
to United States soldiers and sailors.
over a year ago some of the material
gathered by her found its way to San
Antonio and into the hands of Bur-
ton +. Vaughn.
spirited correspondence ensued
followed by intermittent visits The
conclusion of the affair now comes
with the marriage on Saturday, fol-
lowing the issuing of marriage Ii
cense here.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-05
GERMANY CAN
NEVER WIN NOW.
LLOYD GEORGE.
TELLS WORLD
Hold Fast" Is Message of
English Premier on Ami
versary of Britain's Entry
Into War; Huns to Blame
For Fighting
BY .4ssocidtcd Press

London, Aug. 5.-"Hold fast" was
the keynote of a message to the
British empire issued by Premier
David Lloyd George and promulgat-
ed in a dramatic way throughout the
kingdom tonight. The message was
read to the audiences in all theaters,
concert rooms and other places
where people were assembled, in
Guiding moving-picture houses.
Sealed copies of the message had
been distributed to the managers of
all these places, with the request
that they open and read it at 8
o'clock. The message follows:
The message which l send to
the people of the British empire en-
the fourth anniversary of their entry
into the war is: Hold fast!
No Selfish Ends
We are insthis war for no selfish
ends. We are in it to recover free
dom for the nations which have
been brutally attacked and de-
spoiled, and to prove that no people,
however powerful. can surrender It
self to the lawless ambitions of mill
tarism without meeting retribution,
swift, certain and disastrous, at the
hands of the free nations of the
WI AN oiOP ollOlI VI NlClOly 1OI
this cause would be to compromise
tho future of mankind.
'I say Hold FAST because orr
prospects of victory have never been
SO bright as they are to-day. Six
months ago the rulers of Germany
deliberately rejected the just and
reasonable settlement proposed by
the allies. Throwing aside the last
mask of moderation, they parti-
toned Russia. enslaved Rumania,
and attempted to seize supreme
power by overthrowing the allies in
a final and desperate attack, Thanks
TO the invincible bravery of all the
allied armies, it now is evident to all
that this dream of universarl con-
quest, for the sake of which they
wantonly prolonged the war, never
can be fulfilled.
Battle Not Over
But the battle is not yet won.
The great autocracy of Prussia still
will endeavor, by violence or guile,
to avoid defeat and so give mill
tarism a new lease on life. We
cannot seek to escape the horrors Of
war for ourselves by laying them UP
for our children. Having set our
hands to the task, we must see 1t
through till a just and lasting set
tlement is achieved.
In no other way can we endure
a world set free from war.
Hold fast!"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-05
so PER CENT.
FULLYRECOVER
Only One in Twenty
Die in Hospitals,
Allie s. Data
NOW PrODeS
Bv .4ssociatcd Press

Washington, Aug. Sol the
American soldiers wounded in
the Marne-Aisne offensive prob
ably less than one in twenty will
die from their wounds, more
than four-hfths will be returned
to service and only II per sent.
will be discharged for disability,
according to a statement OF the
chief of staff to-day, based upon
the officially attested experience
of the allies during the four
years of war.
Paris, Aug. 5.-French detach-
ments which crossed the Vesle are
meeting with resistance from the
Germans, says the official statement
from the war office to-day. 1t is
declared there is nothing of i'm
portance TO report from the battle
front.
London, Aug. 5.-Raiding opera
tions were carried out last night by
the British south of Arras, near
Neuvllle-Nittasse, in which prisoners
were taken. the war office announced
to-day.
on the northern front, opposite
La Bassee, the German guns have
been very active. They also have
shown some activity north of
Bethune and between Hazebrouck
and Ypres.
Paris, Aug. 5.-Each day adds to
the booty captured by the allies. 1t
Will be impossible to take full stock
for some time, but the booty includes
considerable number of II mill-
meter guns. many of which were
found in the depths of the woods of
Arcy and Tournelle and the forest
OF Fere. The number of n milli-
meter shells salvaged up to the pres
ent totals 100000.
With the French Army in France,
Aug. 5.-German resistance along
the banks of the Aisne and Vesle
rivers is growing more stubborn. AL
lied patrols which have crossed these
rivers have met with the sternest re-
sistence.
In the neighborhood of Muizon, on
the south side of the Vesle the Ger
mans fought fiercely last evening be-
fore they were forced back. The bat
tie was especially severe around the
Vautes farm and the adjacent woods.
On the end of the line nearest
Rheims a heavy artillery duel is 60
ing on.