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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-08
FIRE, ELECTRICITY
AND GAS JOIN IN
CAUSING BLASTS

Fire. electricity, and two kinds OF
gas contributed to EXPLOSIONS at
Thirteenth and Z streets northwest,
which have tossed manhole covers
about like biscuits and rendered mis-
cradle the lives of diners in nearby
restaurants
This is the opinion expressed to-
day by the superintendent OF the
Washington Gas Light Company's
street department, which. has been
IN the job for hours attempting to
discover the supposed leak in their
mains at that point.
II is thought that the slow colIec-
ton OF sewer gas under the manhOle
trap has been set of by illumina ting
gas acting as a pilot" light. Seep-
age Of gas from the leak in the main,
in turn, has been ignited by q
grounded electric conduit. 4 red lam
tern, which firemen placed on top OF
the first manhole cover to blow of.
also may have caused the second e..
plosion last night, which hurled
piece of iron through the big WIN
dow of the Globe Restaurant at 1907
2 street northwest. No. 16 engine
made a run to the spot.
The gas company has had similar
trouble with q msnhole cover at Six
teenth and U streets northwes+.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-08
U. S. WOMAN'S Wit
FOOLS YAQH RAIDERS

TUSCON, Ariz.. Jan. S.-The quick
wit OF ansAraeriesn woman, Mrs. Juan
Rene, wife 6f physician of Mazat-
tan, ARK, saved her life in the re-
tent attack by a band Of Yaqui IN
dams on a Southern Pacific OF Mex
~icO- train, according TO survivors
reaching today.
.As the Indians entered the car in
(which Mrs Rene was travelling they
fired on several passengers. Thirty
seven were killed. Mrs. Rene fell
prone across the dead body OF H. J.
Poe, q Los Angeles travelling sales
man, and feigned death. She escaped.
An old man was slain as he pleaded
d. for the lives OF his two daughters;
the conductor was bsyoneted.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-08
PARROT SOUNDS ALARM,
FOLSNEGRO INTRUDER

TRENTON, Jan s.-There is
parrot in the home of Mrs. A. f.
Williams, q wealthy jeweIer. that is
real hero. A negro intruder forced
his way into the house and attacked
the domestic, Rebecca Girman, as
she was about her duties in the
kitchen. He asked IL there was not
colored girl in the house, and when
told there was not, he threw red
pepper in the girls eyes and threw
Ter to the floor.
The man then pulled q revolver
and threatened to shoot II the girl
screamed The girl didn't, but the
parrot did, and the negro made his
escape.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-08
BRITON WOULD use GULLS
TO SPOT SUBMARINES

q, 20 LONDON, Jan. s.-An Exmouth en-
Eineer wants to train seaEulls as 1
submarine spoilers.
He would have periscopes estab- |
hshed in the minds of the birds as
e Places-whe-e food was obt5 Inable and |
just leave the rest TO them =
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-08
GERMAN GUNS ACTIVE
AGAINST HAIG'S FRONT

LONDON, Jan. &-Active hostile ar
tdlerying at night in the neighborhood
-0f Bunecourt and Passchendaele was re-
ported by Field Marshal HaiE today.
In the neighborhood OF F1esquieres. the
s1smy Faided British post One Brit
ISL soldier is missing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-08

Important
One of the newest ideas in
millinery is the small semi
dress hat Of the military
type that is so popular just
: now. 1t has one Of the he'll
met crowns, and is made Of
4 dark shade of purple 1t
A. is very simply trimmed
= = with flat applique dahlias
that shade from a brilliant
tone of rose to a dark pur-
plish red. The finishing
touch is a quaint little bow
of cerise perched right on
the very top of the helmet
crown. Price, $1,000.
We are showing in our Shoe
= Department, one Of the
novelties of the season
: the new French heel OK
J ford. 1t is an exclusive
! model and is to be obtained
only in our Shoe Depart
ment. 1t has that narrow
z French heel, the long vamp
with re@ding toe, and is 5
made OF patent leather and
wine calfskin. 1t is a shoe :
that is sure to please the E
! woman who likes something :
) different. Very moderately :
priced at 500 and $500. {
8 The young girl that has one :
: of those very smart new :
military frocks is sure to :
want a pair of these new :
: gauntlet gloves we are {
: showing in our Glove De- :
partment. They are of :
: washable kid in the new :
5 sand shade. The cuff is of Z
: black leather, with a mar Z
: row piping in sand shade. {
The price is $2.75 pair. ;
9 Great Britain has sent US a Z
very dainty piece of Eng z
lish wolfe. This is some E
! thing that is very rare and :
very difficult to obtain at :
the present time. 1t is the Z
popular black and white ;
combination, with a dainty :
lattice design. 1t would :
make a very smart waist to :
go with that new suit, and !
would be very inexpensive, :
as it requires practically
no trimming. 1t comes in :
3S-inch width, yard, $l.O0. {
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-08
Y Sales Spell Economy for All
Very Worthy Savings in the White Sale
Extra Pretty
Undermuslins

Envelope Chemises, made of
fine quality nainsook with
yokes lace trimmed. 79c,
CSC, $1.25.
Envelope Chemises. Of sheer
nainsook. Yokes trimmed =
back and front with fine
laces and embroidery in
sertions. $l.50, $I.95 and.
S2.25.
Night Robes, in a large
variety of styles. Chemise
and high or low neck
models. Lace and en-
broidery trimmed yokes.
S1.00 values, at 79c.
Night Robes, of sheer nain-
sock. Empire yokes trim
med with dainty laces or
fine embroidery and fin
ished with ribbon. CSC
and $1.25.
Night Robes, of fine nain-
sock. Yokes prettily
trimmed with dainty laces.
S1.s5, SIPS and $2.s5.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-23
COTTAGE Cheese Salad.

Nutritious salad makes a good dish
for home luncheon. AS they are rich
in protein cheese salads take the place
of cold meat dishes. The following Is
an inexpensive, nutritious cottage
cheese salad:
Mix thoroughly one pound of cheese,
one and one-half tablespoonful of
cream, one tablespoonful of chopped
parsley, and salt to taste First, fill a
rectangular tin mold with cold water
to chill and wet the surface. After
removing the water, line the bottom
of the mold with waxed paper; then
pack the cheese in three layers, put
ting two or three parallel strips Of
pimento, lettuce leaf, or chopped nuts,
betweea layers. Cover with waxed
paper and set in a cool place until
ready to serve; then run a knife
around the sides and invert the mold.
Cut in slices and serve on lettuce
leaves with French dressing and waf.
ers. Minced olives may be used in.
stead of the parsley. and chopped nuts
also may be added.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-23
When Nobel Cut His Finger.

The great war might be traced back
to Nobel's cut finger, e. e. Slosson
writes in the New York Independent.
Alfred Nobel was Swedish chemist
land a pacifist. One day while work
ing In the laboratory he cut hts finger,
as chemists are apt to do, and again
as chemists are apt to do, he dissolved
some guneotton In ether alcohol and
swabbed 1t on the wound. At this
point, however, his conduct DIVORCES
from the ordinary, for instead of stand
ing idle, impatiently waving his hand
In the air to dry the film as most peo-
pie, including chemists, are apt to do,
he put his mind on 1t and II occurred
to him that this sticky stuff, slowly
hardening to an elastic mass, might
be Just the thing he was hunting as
an absorbent and selldifier of nitro
glycerin. So inrtead of throwing away
the extra eollodion that he had made
he mixed ii with nitroglycerin and
found that it set to jelly. The "blast-
ing gelatin" thus discovered proved to
be so insensitive to shock that 1t could
be safely transported or fired from a
cannon. This was the first Of the
high explosives that have been the
chief factor In the great war.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-23
PATRONS ARE THE PATRIOTS
Customers OF Some Hotels Profit Very
Little by New Plan of Conserva-
ton OF Food Supply.

The food administration is pleased
to pieces with the New York hotels for
saving more than thousand barrels
of flour a week and some II tons Of
meat day by these wheatless-meat-
less occasions that are so popular now,
a writer In Golfers observes. Pro-
vision dealers report falling off in
sales, and all is lovely and statistical.
TITS a fair picture to gaze upon, but
honor where honor Is duel That pa
tient hero, the hotel patron, ought to
come In for few kind words, since
he pays the full price and eats the
half portion.
"Save wheat-use corn"-bread Is 10
cents, corn bread Is 10 cents. AS
transient consumer, the other noon, we
paid 80 cents for a slice of beef as
large as postal card, plus one table,
spoonful of creamed potatoes, plus
bit of Yorkshire pudding about the size
of a watch. No doubt it was all that
was good for us, but the price was
more. If the widely known principles
of economies are still working, we
helped make meat and bread cheaper
and paid as much as IL we were max
ing them dearer.
A patriot is a noble thing, but isn't
1t better to be one than to trim one?
The hotel keepers of Manhattan are
playing both sides of the game and the
food administration furnishes jazz
band of statistical admiration for their
efforts. These bonifaces who are
shrinking the meals and swelling the
prices need something all right, but
not governmental encouragement.
Meanwhile the hotel user can feel sure
that the war has not changed his func-
ton at all--he's the paying goat now
just as he used to be-
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-23
War and the "Weather Man"

In this war the weather man." the
meteorological, has come into his own.
No one laughs at him now. His In
formation Is desired by the artillery
officer who has to know the tempera.
ture Of the air and It's moisture con-
tent, the strength Of the wind at diff
ferent levels, and the like, In order
that he may aim his gun, When the
temperature Is lowering about the
freezing point, the staff wish to know
II the improvised roads win be frozen
sufficiently to permit the movement Of
guns or motortrucks. The captains Of
the air squadrons must know the con-
dttion of the atmosphere up to heights
of 10000 feet The Importance Of
the information may be judged from
the fact that we were asked repeatedly
IL there was not some way by which
the American weather reports could
be kept from reaching Germany. Our
reply had to be that, with Mexico
where it was, nothing could be DONE
Joseph s. Ames, in the Atlantic.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-23

| for the something sweet" you like
with your meals.
Now that meat is so ligh-prisqd you
| like to make small amount 60 as far
as possible. A meat stew can be made
very appetizing and with proper care
in the selection of the ingredients to
combine with the meat you may make
another one-dish meal.
Hot Pot of Mutton and Barley.
l pound mutton. potatoes.
VI cupful pearled onions.
barley. Celery tops or etnef
Cut the mutton la small pieces and
brown with the onion in fat cut from
meat. This will help make the meat
tender and improves the flavor. Pour
this into a covered saucepan. Add two
quarts of water and the barley. Sim
mer for one and one-half hours. Then
add the potatoes cut In quarters, sea.
soning herbs, and seasoning, and cook
one-half hour longer.
This is also good served as shep-
herds pie with mashed potatoes lining
the dish and piled on top for a crust.
The stew is better If thickened with a
little flour in this case before adding
to the mashed potato crust.
Or your one-dish meal might be of
dried peas or beans instead of meat or
fish combined with other vegetables.
Here Is hearty dish made from split
peas. Many kinds OF dried peas or
beans could be used In the same way;
Split Peas, Rice and Tomatoes.
III cupfuls rice. v teaspoonful PSF
/ pint split peas. per.
onions. cupfuls OF tomato
tablespoonful salt. fresh or canned).
Soak peas over night in two quarts
of water. Cook until tender in water
in which they soaked. Add rice, on
ions, tomatoes and seasonings, and
cook 20 minutes.
Such meals are help to the busy
housewife on especially busy days, as
they are easy to prepare and make but
few dishes to wash. With bread and
butter and jam, perhaps, or steWed
fruit, any one of them makes a we'll
chosen nutritious meal. IL there are
children in the family give each one
glass of milk besides. Such meal
will satisfy the body's needs as well
as more elaborate one.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-23
Five WAYS to Food Variety.

We must have food to grow, to kee.
warm, and to work. Our food must be
nutritious in that it does all thes.
things. 1t is also important that il
should taste good. 1t viii not only be
better rellshed, but it will be better
utilized by the body If 1t does. Food
will be more healthful, more palatable,
and more nutritious IL 1t is varied.
Variety may be secured by selecting
for the daily diet something from each
of the following five groups of food ;
D Fruits and vegetables; (2) milk,
meat, eggs, cheese, fish, peas, beans,
and nuts; (3) cereals; (4l sweets; t5)
fats.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-23
DINNER QUESTION
never GETS old
Good, Satisfying Meal Whole
Family Enjoys Is Wanted.
COMBINATIONS ARE IN FAVOR
Something Hot, Savory, Easy to Cook
and Serve Is Always in Order
Three Recipes Given to Help
Busy Housewife.

"What shall we have for dinner?"--
the daily question that never grows
old. Well, you want good, satisfying
meal which the whole family will en-
joy. 1t must be cheap and easy to
cook and must supply what your bodies
need to help you grow, and to help you
work or play and keep warm. And, IL
the spirit of war sacrifice abides In
your household, the meal should reflect
your food saving efforts.
People of all nations have used COM
binations of foods cooked together in
one dish. Perhaps you can remember
such dinners in your grandmothers
home. Why not renew the custom and
serve your family with a nutritious
one-dish dinner occasionally, for vari-
ETY. at least? For such dinner you
might serve fish chowder. Here 1t Is,
a dinner in one dish, sure enough. This
one, and the others that follow, makes
enough for five persons:
Fish Chowder.
15h lbs. fresh fish, 2 cupfuls carrots,
(cod, paddock, cut in pieces.
etc) or " lib. salt u lb. salt pork.
or dried fish. cupfuls milk.
3 potatoes peeled Il teaspoonful pep
and cut in small per.
pieces. tablespoonfuls flour.
l onion sliced.
Cut pork in small pieces and fry with
the chopped onion for five minutes. Put
pork, onions, carrots and potatoes in
kettle and cover with boiling water,
Cook until vegetables are tender. Mix
three tablespoonfuls of flour with one
half eupful Of the cold milk and stir
in the liquid in the pot to thicken it.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-23
"c0Id I'm the Head"

IL an acute attack of Nasal Catarrh... Per-
sons who are subject to frequent "colds
In the head" will find that the use OK
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE Will
build up the System. cleanse the BLOOD
and render them less liable to colds
Repeated attacks of Acute Catarrt may
lead to Chronic Catarrh.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE is tak =,
en- internally and acts through the Blood
on the Mucous Surfaces of the system.
All Druggists TIC. Testimonials free:
$1,000 for any case of catarrh that
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE VIII not
cure
r, J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. Ohio.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-23
Car Reolte AlI Of RlhIe hy Heart.

The most wonderful feat on record
has recently been accomplished by
William Frederick, New York sales
man.
He has learned the entire Bible off
by heart, and can repeat any passage
in 1t from Genesis to Revelations and
state where 1t may be found. 1t has
taken him Is years.
A similar task was once undertaken
by an eighteenth-century strolling
player, about whom Sir William Rob
ertson Nlcoll has written. But he
gave in after II years, by which time
he had succeeded in memorizing about
two-thirds Of the Old Testament.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-23
Translated Into EnqIish.

All books of the Old Testament
apocrypha, Ia In number, have been
translated into English, and are includ-
ed as apochryphal books in some edi-
lions of the Bible. They were for.
merly printed under distinctive head
ing between the Old and the New Tes-
taments, and in that form can still be
found in manE old family Bibles. They
are always included in the so-called
Septuagint, version Of the Bible used
by the Greek church.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-23
RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR.

To half pint of water add I OF. Bay
Rum, a small box of Barbo Compound,
and u OF. of glycerine. Any druggist can
put this up or you can mix it at home at
very little cost. Full directions for max
ing and use come in each box of Barbo
Compound. 1t will gradually darken
streaked, faded gray hair, and make it soft
and glossy, 1t will not color the scalp, Ia not
sticky or greasy, and does not rub off Adv.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-23
Ice In a Mine.

Ice that formed In the winters OF
the sixties and seventies, Is being I'M
covered by coal companies at Halle
ton, Pa, In running the culm banks
of the region through the breakers to
meet the demand for anthracite Gre
ated by the war.-Boston Globe.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-23
Win a Feather.

Patlence-How does Polly like her
new khaki uniform?
Patrice--Oh, she's disappointed In 1t.
"Why SOP"
"There's no feather in the cap"
"Let her do something for her coun'
try and she'll get the feather, all
right"
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-23

''Flnicky" tastes in food often pre-
vent the use of many valuable materi
als which might be the means of saw
ing money. Don't stick too closely to
habits and customs In the food you eat
Try new dishes occasionally.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-23
Watch Your Skin Improve.

On rising and retiring gently smear
the face with Cuticura Ointment. Wash
Off Ointment In five minutes with Gu
ticura Soap and hot water. For free
sample address "Cuticura, Dept. x,
Boston At druggists and by mail.
Soap rs, Ointment rs and 50.-Adv.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-23

The Era of Censorship.

"a little knowledge Is a dangerous
thing" exclaimed the man who quotes.
Possibly" replied Senator Sorghum.
"A great deal just now depends-on how
you got your information and what you
intend to do with it."
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-23
saoriHoiaI Confessions.

"Are you wearing the sweater your
best girl knitted for your"
''Yes, but only because ! love her
Oh much as / d."
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-23
Hastens Reform.

Neither fire, nor sword, nor Danish
ment can retard reform, but rather
hasten It.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-23

Colds Cause HeaSiaGhe and Grip
LAXATIVE BRoMO QUINlNB Tablets remove ths
cause. There is only one "Bromo Quinine." H.
GROVES signature on box, 5lc.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-23

DR.. Pierce's Pellets are best for liver,
bowels and stomach. One little Pellet
for laxative, three for a cathartic. Ad.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-23

The effeminate young man and the
mannlsh young woman are both to be
pitied and censored.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-23
Easiest Wav.

What's the best way of getting
some hard cash."
"Work some soft thing"
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-23

Britain is developing a new system
of school hygiene.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-23
True Blue.

Cornelius Vanderbilt at luncheon
at Piping Rock, praised an old New
Yorker.
HE is a true-blue American for
fair" Mr.. Vanderbilt said. Ills an
cestors came over on the Mayfiower
and his descendants are going back on
army transports"
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-23

Gossips and hypocrites are twins.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-23

Mlsdirected energy Is when young
man runs after girl who DOESN'T ap-
preciate him.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-23

Add the rest of the milk and the fish,
which has been removed from bone,
and cut In small pieces. Cook until
the fish is tender--about ten minutes.
II salt fish is used, soak first. Serve
hot.
This one dish makes a satisfying
meal served with crisp crackers or
eoru dodgers With stewed fruit or jam
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-23
~. S. LEAFLETS" NOW
CARRY WAR FOOD HINTS

War food suggestions for
American housewives, prepared !
in four-page Omitted States Food
Leaflets" by food specialists OF
the department of agriculture,
the food administration and state
representatives, are now ready
to distribute. The leaflets carry
the country's expert thought on
food conservation translated into
popular language. Each one has
it's helpful war message for the
housewife. Seven are now avail
able. More will follow. Star
the Day Right With a Good
Breakfast" is food leaflet No. /.
Others now ready are: DO You
Know Corn Meal?" "a Whole
Dinner In One DISH" "Choose
Your Food Wisely" snake a
Little Meat Go a Long Way"
"Do You Know OatmealT Food
for Your Children" These leaf
lets are designed to supplement
rather than replace the depart
ment's publications on food and
other home problems. With the
funds at its disposal the depart
ment of agriculture will be able
, to supply these leaflets directly
only to leaders and active work
. ers in the food conservation
movements.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-10-25
Los YUGO-ESLAVOS D
Sc LES DE ABSOLUTE
I~NDEPENDENCIA

WASHINGTON, Octubre 24.-br
un mitin de los yugo-es:avos que Sc
ceiebr6 rccientemente en- Agram,
Creacia, Sc TONIC una resolution p!-
diendo que &C les diera una ~represen-
tacion en- las conferencias de paz, y
rechazandc por medic de IN mani
fie sto, la. oferta del EmperadoS Car
los de concederle su autonomla. Les
yugo-esIavoS qu!eren ser ab&o.Cta-
mente independents, para organlzar-
Sc en- IN Estado soberano bajo las
base: democraticas y en- cue sc inclEi-
ran todos los pueblos eslavos de! sur,
segun dice IN desPacho que Sc rec!blo
aqui procedente de Suiza.
e. Comitt Central que eXpidio ell
manifesto y~Igo-cslayo. fue e!ecto
Dor los s>rhios. croatia; Y eslovacos
de las provincias meridionalcs de Aus
tria, cuyo5 representatives. Sc reunie-
ron en- Agram, Ccoacia, hGce cinco
dias.