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Evening star., 1919-02-24
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Evening star., 1919-02-24
TO SHOW GRAVES IN FRANCE.
Red Cross Will Furnish Relatives
Photographs of Identified Sites.

The next of kin OF every soldier
buried in France, whose grave can
be identified, is to receive photogra ph
of that resting place taken by the Red
Cross. according to announcement
made yesterday by national headquar-
ters here.
Several hundred photographs al
ready have been taken and forwarded
to relatives, and, at the resquest of
the War Department, the Red Cross
has taken over the task of photograph
ing all graves Each photograph will
be mounted on a cardboard folding
frame. on one side of which Will be in
gcribed the record of the soldier
Evening star., 1919-02-24

HEART OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY MARYIANDThe Sandy
and abou in Of
a
The outbudngs
from Wash
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT COMPANY
H President
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French Tribute to First Americans to Fall
Eosy Spoken During Ceremony d Burial by French Officer

The following euogy spoken during the ceremony
French officer the French tribute soldiers who
fell in battle:
I'm the of the DIVISION in the the French and
in the of France bid farewell to Private Eng
and Private Hay OF the American OF their free will
left and happy country here They
continuing Europe they knew that the fighting
honor love Of justice and civilization still checked the
forces serving the powers oppression
bararity They knew that efforts still necessary They wished
give heir hearts, and they have not forgotten old historical
memories while others forgot They ignored nothing
OF the circumstances and nothing has been concealed tem-neter
the length and harhps of the violence Of battle the
uness Of the pefdy the foe Nothing stopped them
They accepted the hard
great peril they took their places the front side they
fallen facing the foe hard and desperate handoand fight Honor
to them Their families friends and fellow citizens will be
they learn of their deaths Men, These graves the first be dug
national soil and but short distance the
Of the mighty land and allies firmly cling
confirming the will of the people and the of the United States
the final victory for the noble of that of the liberty
the weak we'll the mighty Thus the deaths of these humble SOL
ers with extraordinary grandeur We will therefore ask
that the mortal remains Of these be left here left with
forever We nscrbe the omb Here lie the first soldiers Of the
republic Of the United fall the soil of for liberty and
justice The paser by will stop and his head Travellers and
of heart will Of their here their respective
tributes Private Enrig Private Gresham Private Hay! In the
of France thank You. God receive souls. FAREWELL
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Polar Star and Some of
the Wonders of This Great
Beacon of the Far North

Most people, if they know nothing
else Of astronomy. at any rate know
the pole star. the one star which seems
to keep it's place in the heavens with
out movement of any kind. There are
great many, however, says the
Rehoboth Sunday Herald. who do not
know what a wonderful thing it is. in
the first place, it can be seen when
looked ut through a good telescope to
be two stars and not one. There is
one fairly bright one. of what is known
as the second magnitude. and another
of the ninth magnitude close to it.
But that is not all. The brighter Of
the two is really three stars revolving
round one another, or, rather, round
their common center of gravity. like
three children playing ring a ring of
roses"
This secret is revealed to us by what
is perhaps the most astonishing of all
scientific instruments, the spectroscope.
It not only tells us what the stars are
made of, but whether they are moving
toward us or away from us.
When you stand facing the star you
are always facing north. The reason
that it does not appear to move as the
others do is that it is nearly in line
with the axis of the earth. It's dis
lance from lis is enormous. This can
be judged from the fact that although
the earth in its journey around the sun
is today about 19OOOO.OOO miles from
where it was six months ago. that
makes no appreciate difference to it's
distance from the pole star. II must
therefore be many times 190,OoOOOO
miles away.
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and worked his will with him. One
classic method of the old time crimp
was to tap the drunken sailor over
the head with a blackjack, tumble him
into boat, row him alongside the
ship on which he was slated to make
long voyage and have him hoisted
over the side.
Doom Of the System.
The crimp knows where the worst
kind of men are, to certainty. He
makes it his business to 60 aboard
ships as they come in-sometimes get
ting aboard in the guise Of dock
laborer-to solicit trade for his board.
ing house, offering inducements that
would not appeal to the newer type
of American sailor. who in these times
lodges ashore under the protecting
roof of some friendly society.
One stroke of business brings an
other, with the crimp. He promises
Jack job if he will stay on awhile
ut the boarding house. When Jacks
money is gone, and the crimp's finan-
cial stake in the sailor must be made
good, Jack is sold to the captain OF
operator in need Of men who is will.
ing to pay the board bill as we'll as
a fee. This practice received hard
blow few years ago, when the law
forbade assignments Of wages by sail.
ors, but 1t has been staggering along
since. 1t is expected to die when the
Shinnino hOar1'S faalpSS shining
agency gets into full play.
The sea service bureau has met
with the hearty approval Of the mer.
chant sailors, who flock to it's offices
and lose no opportunity to inform
their mates arriving from voyages that
there is now central government
agency for signing on men.
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Luxury Tax Law
Affects Refreshments a. We'll as
Wearing Apparel

The so-called luxury taxes provided
IN the new internal revenue law affects
ice cream. sodas, sundaes, and all soft
drinks, all bottled beverages made of
cereals or substitutes and containing
less than one.half Of l per cent of al
cchol, unfermented grape juice, root
beer. snrsaparilla, pop, artificial miner
al waters.
While not classed particularly as lux
uries, carpets, rugs. picture frames,
trunks, portable lighting fixtures, UNI
brellas, fans, women's and misses hats,
bcnnets and hoods and mems and boys
hats. shoes, neckties, shirts and pa
jamas also are taxed.
The tax on ice cream and soft drinks
is cent for each 10 cents or fraction
thereof of the amount paid by the con-
sumner. OF bottled beverages the tax
Is Is per cent. while on grape juice,
ginger ale, root beer, sarsaparilla. pop
and mineral waters the tax is 10 per
cent.
The tax on carpets, rugs, etc. is 10
per cent of the price paid in excess of
a certain amount fixed, which. in the
case Of wOmen's hats is $15. and in the
case of mems and boys hats, neck
wear, shirts, etc, is s..
Before June 50 owners Of pleasure
boats will be taxed S1.25. and on July
tax Of 81 to $40 based on the
length and power of such craft, will
be due.
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PUTS THE CRIMP
OUT OF BUSINESS

Its last legs. With that gone, the
props Of the old system for debauch-
Ing Jack and plucking him will have
been sent to Davy Jones' locker. Few
will mourn the event, for a new style
of sailor is coming into the merchant
marine-a sailor to whom old-time ex-
cesses ashore would not appeal and
on whom the ''land shark" would not
get fat.
The crimp will not go out of bust.
ness willingly. He has too recent
memory of days when to be a crimp
was to conduct business of profit.
There are many crimps in business
today who recall with professional
pride the days Of strong arm methods
in the merchant marine.
In those times the captain, whose
dignity and ethics did not prevent
him from accepting a crew that had
been shipped by deception or force,
turned to the crimp as to a specialist
to be engaged for difficult cases. The
crimp responded with the alacrity Of
ohC WIZ VApCStS 6OOu lee. IL WIN
In such cases that he shone, and his
methods We're those Of an artist in
guile. The fact that he was an out
law and that severe penalties We're
provided for any one aiding or abet.
ting him. as well as for himself, did
not battle him.
Liquor. drugged or otherwise. was
his chief ally. He befuddled Jack
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Land Shark Who Preyed on
Sailors Is Given His
Death Blow.
UNCLE SAM TAKES A HAND
shipping Board Establishes Govern.
ment Agency to Find eerths for
Seamen-Evils Of Old System
Are Swept Away.

New York-The crimp, one of the
sgliest figures in the predatory forces,
collectively known as Gland sharks"
that once preyed unchecked on the
merchant sailor ashore, must give up
bis grip on Jack when he is in Ameri.
can ports.
Recent establishment by the United
States shipping board of government
shipping agency Of national scope to
place seamen in positions afloat will
put the crimp out of business.
The shipping board agency, known
as the sea service bureau, aims not
Only to protect seaman and ship owner
against extortion. but to stabilize the
supply of mariners at various ports
by shipping men to ports where most
needed. preparing their fares, and look
Ing after their subsistence in transit.
This service will be performed at
cost. and a nominal fee of so much a
man will be charged the ship operator
calling for men.
The passing of the crimp is the most
recent In a number Of changes in con.
ditions affecting American sailors
when ashore that taken together con-
stitute a complete departure from old
time standards of what was consid-
cred good enough for Jack.
Into the discard which now receives
the crimp went some years ago the
sailors dance hall. and its attendant
sisterhOod, who welcomed Jack ashore.
entertained him until his money was
gone, and turned him over to the
crimp. who in nine cases out of ten
was a boarding house keeper.
Passing Of Boarding House.
The sailors boarding house itself, as
1t was known in earlier days, has sui.
fered eclipse by the welfare center,
why're in Il great clean building a
sailor may get Il neat bed for 80 cents
night, and meals at proportionate
cost. and where he can play games.
attend lectures and movie shows and
inins!e socially With sober and self
respecting companions.
Next on the list To so Will he the
sailors grog shop, which HOW is on
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with probably another good season in
his composition. But, besides add
ing southpaw to the club, the
Reds remove from the New York team
Il man who was arsenic and prussic
acid to the Cincinnati clfb-a pitcher
who could always beat Cincinnati and
was sure to take at least five or six
games away from the Reds each sum-
mer.
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War is Resumed.

MilWaukee.-ls the war over? George
q Neiil said not. Frank Nickel didn't
agree. Bing! War resumed. Casual.
ties: one fractured jaw and one bat.
tered face.
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Frank Alice Again.

They mustered out Jack Anderson
on April 3; and he became again Frank
w. Alice, deserter from the United
States navy.
He paid visit to his father and
mother in Springfield, Mo-, and then,
with his discharge papers. that told
where he had been since he deserted,
he Went to Great Lakes and surren-
dered to Provost Marshal Lieut.. Il. G.
MacDufiie.
Lieutenant MacDuffie explained that
the army and navy veteran is Il prison
er at large, waiting tor the navy de
partment at Washington to- decide his
case.
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Cincinnati Reds Get Two
in One When Slim SaIlee
Is Taken From New York

Sometimes when ball club signs
some particular player it really gets
the equivalent Of two athletes by Il
simple mathematical process, adding
one man to it's own roster and re-
moving one from some other club
Il fellow who has been special poison
to the team. For instance, the
signing by the Cincinnati Reds Of
Slim Sallee. In acquiring Sal the
Reds get a good left-hander-One of
the best of them all in his day. aud
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seasonabIe Food for the Family.

A dainty breakfast or any other
meal well served with few well-pre.
pared dishes is of far more value to
the family than the mere food as
nutrition; good meal has moral
influence which we often fail to ap-
preciate.
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Youth Surrenders With a Record
Of Hottest Fighting in
the War.
NO ACTION FOR HIM IN navy
Quits His Ship and Enlists in the Six
Hundred and Second Engineers
Fought at st. Mikiel, Chateau
Thierry and Argonne Woods.

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saa W.rsh;ns ,h.t ,,aa NOR .,,,, f.,,ghr
rar, ,r.it;n. .,,.s h,roa far .nathar
con,h.t s,,hn,ar;nas .,,naa r,arenant
mon and sp.fft cr,,;sars sve,t yotars
sfrav, With ,ofnas F,ch dav hr,,gh4
its taja of xafar md its toll az aaaa
And ont IN the ozarzs Franl. "
M. som af = Missouri laais1afFg.
herd IN. can and volunteered no
,.aS o,,3,s sf>4aon md co,,i,, not cot
into no army hnt viii his fafnar.s
rersel5 he enlisted In fha navy s4brn.
3ry #.0. 1at7
ne was ASSIGNED "a tha hattIa~nfn
Son45 rsrt,1jna MS . hrelsr-aod
Araar.f.a ,ya1 ~ wa. Il trf.,g.. aetf5n
80 w. 49,, ~ tj..f,
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Mothers Cook Book.

The art Of cooking cannot be learned
out of a book any more than the art
of swimming or the art of painting
The best teacher is practice; the best
guide sentiment.
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Fiilet Of Beef With Vegetables.

Wipe a three-pound tillet of beet
and brown in hot frying pan in hot
drippings; when the entire surface
is scared over, turn occasionally. cook
ing for thirty minutes. Remove the
meat to a serving dish and garnish
with cupful each of cooked peas
and carrots, the carrots cut in fancy
shapes and well seasoned; add one.
half pound Of mushrooms Sauted in Il
little butter for five minutes and
serve with
Mushroom Sauce.
Take one-fourth Of cupful Of fat,
add five tablespoonfuls of flour and
stir until well Drowned; add a cupful
of soup stock, Il third of a cupful of
mushroom liquor and half pound OF
mushrooms cut in pieces and cooked
in butter five minutes. Season with
salt pepper, and Just before serving
add Il little more of the fat left from
the frying pan. To obtain mushroom
liquor cook the stems Of the mush-
rooms in cold water to cover and re
duce to Il third of a cup.
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DESERTER
is ARMY HERO

armistice, and into Coblenz. He had
been in the thickest of the fighting.
And he was satisfied.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17

worth, on a stock basis, the sum Of
$1,000. 600
There were SO many delays on.
rai'roals In those days from burned
or broken wooden BRIDGES that / felt
the day Of wooden br'dr must
end soon, Just a tie dag os wood
burning locomotives was ended.
Cast iron bridges. thought. ought
to replace them, so l orranizea a
company, prime iranv from "a road
men ! knew, t. make tae~e iron
bridges. and We called IT ~the Key
stone Badge WORKS TIE Develop
ment of this new company required
my time. so ! r-s gned from the
railroad service in ls57. bad risen
from telegraph operator 70 tc super
intendent Of the western division. 1
ID longer drew a salary; from hat
time on VS. nay own ma er.
II 1873 | returned to ENGLAND.
and there noticed that the railroads
were discarding iron rails and sub
stituting steel. The necessity for
this had long been Impressed on me
and on railroad men in general In
fac, the Pennss .vania Company had
at my suggestion spent S20o00 m a
process for hardening iron rails by
carbon, precisely the modern Har-
vey process, and very good rails they
were, too. But on my return from
England 7 built az Pittsburgh a
plant for the Bessemer process Of
steel making, which had not until
then been operated IT TINS country,
and started in TO make steel rails
for American railroads I bough.
the Homestead works SOME tlme
later. and By 1883 owned, with nv
associates. seven steel works in and
about Pittsburgh, which constituted
the plant Of the Carnegie Steel Com
pany.
Concentration is my motto. First
honesty, then industry. then concen-
tration.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17

my right to come in under the head
Of working boys, as 1 was now a
telegraph operator. That made me
indignant. So sat down and wrote
my first contribution to print in
letter to "The Pittsburgh Dispatch"
l insisted that any young man or boy
who worked, whether with his head
or his hands, was entitled to be
known by the honorable designation
of working boy" as | had signed
myself After that | had no trouble.
And l found that Colonel Anderson
permitted US to take his books home
with us. / saw how much good he
was doing, and I determined then
and there that if I were ever able to
do it l would provide free libraries
for people who worked. That has
been one of my hobbies that l have
carried out.
From Mr.. SCOTS private tele-
graph operator I became his pri-
vate secretary. / worked with him
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17

in dingy cellar or in a noisy fac
tory! The tick of the telegraph in
struments fascinated me. I tried to
understand it by listening, by going
to the office early and playing with
the key. Mr.. Reid finally agreed to
help ne to learn, and I was soon
able to receive any message by ear
alone, and at that time there were
possibly only two other people in
the country who could do this. I had
become an operator, but I was still
getting messengers pay.
One morning, when I was in the
office early, heard a death message
come over the wires from Philadel-
phia. | knew that sort of message
required prompt handling, so
wrote it out and delivered it at the
proper address. From that time the
operators began to use me to "sub"
for them. Then Mr. Reid made me
an operator, and l had a great rise
in the world, for now I got S25 a
month, $500 a year, and I felt that
our home rested secure on my in
come, for my father, who had been
naturalized as an American citizen
in 1853, had died soon afterward.
His naturalization while I was Z
minor made me an American citi-
zen. At the age of sixteen l was the
family mainstay.
About this time came my first in
dependent financial operation.
don't consider that salaried man,
no matter what his work or his
wages, is in business, for he works
for somebody else, not for himself.
There were six newspapers in Pitts
burgh, and so there had to be six
copies made Of the press dispatches
received in our office. The man who
had the job Of making these copies
got Sc week for it. When he Of
fered me dollar to do his work I
gladly agreed. l was working for
myself now on an independent con-
tract, doing something beyond my
task. That dollar a week I con-
sidered my own. 1t did not go to
the family support. 1t was my first
capital.
February 2, 1854, the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad was completed to
Pittsburgh. In the telegraph Office
we knew all about this long before
the road got on, and began to see
in our Office Thomas A. Scott, su-
perintendent Of that end of the road.
| became acquainted with him, be-
cause | was the operator through
whom he sent many of his messages.
He asked one of the young men in
his employ if he thought | would
like to leave the telegraph company
and come and work for him as his
private operator. The young man
said he didn't think so, but when this
same young man told me what had
occurred | asked him to 20 and tell
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17
Luck in Oil

When I heard Of the oil strike on
the Storey farm, on Oil Creek, re-
solved to invest in oil lands. | Wis
tied that famous well, from which
quantities of oil were running waste
into the creek. The capacity of the
we'll was several hundred barrels
day, but when my associates and
bought the farm for $4,000 we had
no confidence that this flow would
continue, and built a pond big enough
to hold 100000 barrels. We ran our
oil into this pond until We had run in
several hundred thousand barrels.
part Of which leaked and some Of
which evaporate,!. Yet this invest
nent Of $4,000 paid US in one year
Sl,ooo,ooO in cash and dividends, and
the farm itself eventually became
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17

ployer, which took him through the
Civil War He was in charge Of rail
way communication at the battle of
Bull Run, and was the last official
to leave for Alexandra. His first
Investment was made. His second
followed shortly afterward.p
/ was examining the railroad track
one day after my return to the SER
vice of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, when a tall man with
green bag III his hand came up and
asked me if l was connected with
the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany. When | SAID yes. he drew out
a model of sleeping berth and
showed it to me- He did not need
to explain it at great length.
seemed to see its value at flash
Railroad cars IN which people could
sleep on long journeys course
there were no railroads across the
continent as yet-struck me as
being the very thing for this land
of magnificent distances. | told him
| would speak about his model TO
Mr.. Scott, and | did so enthusiasts
tically. He did not share my enthu-
siasm, but said | might bring the
inventor to see him. SO | intro
duced I. T. Woodruff, the inventor
# the sleeping car. And the result
was not only the building Of two
trial cars, which were run over the
Pennsylvania Railroad, but the for
nation OF sleeping car company,
IN which l was offered an interest.
promptly accepted, although
didn't quite know where my share
Of the capital was coming from.
But this, my third business venture.
found me confident in my ability to
overcome difficulties. l had secured
the money to buy the Adams FIX
press stock. | would get the money
20 Duy the sleeping car stock.
But how? At last l went to the
bank, and, telling the president the
exact facts, offered him nay note for
S217.50, my share of the first pay
ment on the stock, if he would ad-
vance me the money and let me pay
him back out of my salary al the
rate of SIS month. To my delight
he patted NE on the back, said you
are ali right, Andy" and discounted
my note. My subsequent payments
for the stock in the Woodruff Sleep
ing Car Company I was enabled to
meet, without giving any more notes,
from the receipts of the cars them
selves 1t was thus I made my first
substantial capital.