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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-21
Wonder Of Plant Life,

"ohueF OF PItht EIY0. =
A species Of the acacia tree attains
. height Of about eight feet. When
full grown It closes its leaves together
In coils each day 1T sunset. Thus set
tied 1t viii hutter violently If touched.
ana II the branches arc shaken the
tree will emit nauseating odor. The
natives call It the angry tree" |
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-21
ouIsS RlshG Asnslsi

Aunt Nancy listened with horror 70
he Language of fat old gentleman
Who Had hssn forced to climb six
flights Of stairs TO his once because
The elevator wasn't running there"
Gle said. saesly. 'Thsre 10 an exam
pie Of what We may expect from MAN
vhe has had 10 brinSin' up."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-21
Chan,bsrlain's Colo and piarrhesa
Remedy.

Every family should keep this medi-
cine at hand during the hot weather Of
the summer months. II 10 almost sure
to be needed before the summer II over
and when that time comes is worth
many times Its cost. It has no super
for for the purpose for which II L. In
tended. Buy II observation-disclosures
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-21
RAIL ROAD ENGINEERS
OUT WITH STATEMENl3
Men in the Cabs From Many States DedareI
Tanlac Conserves Health Of Railroad Men and
Makes Them Fit for Responsible Duties I'M
Most Nerve acking Service.

10 calling demands clearer BRAIN steadier nerves. more per
safety Of thousands depends guarding his health which Il
important the public the efficiency Of his engine Evs en-
Chances with SO important matter That why Of them
are using Tanac eades the clears the brain corscs
indigestion strengthens the nsures the safety ct the traveller
and keeps him on his Job.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-21
Ferguson Wins From Locals.

The Ferguson ball team defeated .
team from this city Sunday afternoon
by an s-to-2 score. Tho errors on the
part of Marshalltown enabled Fervu-
son to win. The battery for the locals
was Albright and Naushton.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-21
That Was Different.

(, First stenoGrapher--"out Of q Job.
are your DID the boss catch you
alrtingf" Second Ntto-"No. Icsught
the boss. that way. You must come
% eur wedding. dear"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-21
In tho Police Court.

]. Lacey, arrested for speeding, was
fined IS and the costs by Mayor VIII
son Sunday night. rt
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-21
MARION TOWNSHIP
FARM HITS $500
EIGHTY ACRES TWO MILES EAST
OF GREEN MOUNTAIN BRINGS
RECORD PRICE.
hoy sAIProN PAYS
$4,000 FOR LAND

10 First Authenticated Instance Of
Land Selling In County Fer $500 an
Aers-Shipton Buys For Home
Two Good City Properties Sold on
Active Local Market.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1919-09-04

Neutrality-suspicious. old is the ocean?
Standing On the shore and looking out
over the expanse of water, the ocean
seems a fixed and eternal fact. but
lie seas had beginning and will have
an end. Scientists say that when this
time comes the last drop of water will
have been absorbed into the earths
crust. its surface will be a desert and
all life will become extinct.
The age of the oceans have been
estimated by leading authority, Pro-
fessor Frank Clarke of the United
States Geological survey, ut about 90
100000 years. This. of course. is only
an approximation. but is based on
carefully studied scientific data.
All the water was once contained
in the vapor that surrounded the glow
ing. slowly cooling mass which is now
the earth. After the gases combined
TO form water the process of making
the ocean salt began. This was the
work of the rivers. Mineral salts were
extracted from the rocks over which
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1919-09-04
Tell the Age of Oceans

they flow and deposited In the sea.
Each year the action of the streams
is said to make the ocean slightly more
salty. and this is the basis on which
its age is calculated. The amount of
salt carried by the rivers of the world
is computed by the scientists and com
pared with the total quantity in the
ocean. After evaporation and the ve-
'loeity of currents have been eonsid-
eIed, it is possible to calculate how
long it haS taken TO make the sea
water as salty as it is today.
About three and Il half per cent of
mineral salts and 961a per cent fresh
water make up the oceans. Three
fourths of the solid matter is common
salt. other ingredients being chloride.
sulphate and bromide of magnesium :;
sulphate and carbonate of lime and
sulphate of potash, besides traces of
various other minerals and metals, In.
Guiding gold and silver.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1919-09-04

tised His tragic misfortune caused
great sensation In East Yorkshire:
where for years he had been so well
known and liked that in the town OF
Bridlington particularly his photo
graph hung on the walls of every
other house. lie had been erhinentiy a
poor mans lawyer.
His fate is now brought afresh to
public notice by an action against
Herbert Brown, a deputy coroner for
the East Riding Of Yorkshire, who Is
charged, Jointly with Sir Luke, with
having appropriated to the personal
use of Sir Luke In 1907 $1,000 intrust-
ed to them by William Hatfield for in
vestment Sir Luke escapes arraign-
ment owing to his physical and ner-
vous collapse.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1919-09-04
Knight in 1908
Is Now Pauper
PitifuI Ending of Career OF Sir
Luke White, Once Member
of Parliament.
BANKRUPT And A WRECK
Some of His Poor Constituents Lost
Their All by lntrusting II to Him
War Makes Financial
Distress Known.

Iondon-From a position Of afflu-
enee, popularity and public service
which won him a seat in parliament
and a knfshthood, Sir Luke White is
ending his days as the inmate Of 4
workhouse inflrmary in Driffield. Clev-
er enough to rise from poverty to a
noted career, injudiciouS investments
brought him low, aud at the height Of
hts political power he was forced to
confess himself bankrupt. He carried
down with him numerous trusting con-
stituents, and his liabilities of $t35.-
ono included So. 900 in loans from
poor people who had confided their all
to him. The shame of having thus
wrecked the savings of those who be-
lisved in him completely unneryed
him. Now he is dependent on public
charity, his spirit utterly crushed, and
he is one of the most pitiful figures in
the north Of England.
Began as Office Boy
Born in Deighton, near York. in
1916, he vas mn Office boy nj fifteen
for a solicitor. who paid him about 80
cents a week. After eight years in
that service, Of course with increasing
income. he became managing clerk for
another solicitor in Driffield. In an
other six years he was admitted TO
the bar rs solicitor. and in tho same
year he succeeded To the practice of
his employer who had died.
He speedily became known as
local preacher and speaker for large
district, and he was highly popular
and successful. For years he was
chairman of the local board. and then
of the urban district council. Then he
went to the East Riding county eoun-
ell. In 1895 he was appointed one of
the coroners for East Riding. lie act
ed rs election agent for Sir Angus
Holden. Liberal member of parlia-
ment for the Buckrose division. and
when Sir Angus died in 1900 White
was chosen us his successor. In 1908
he was knghted.
Popular For Years.
He continued to divide his time be
tween his attendance at Westminster
and his business in Yorkshire. but as
he gave more time to his parliament
airy duties than To his private affairs,
his practice suffered. The war brought
cut the fact that he was in financial
distress. and last fall he resigned his
seat and filed petition in bankruptcy
1t appeared in the bankruptcy pro.
ceedings that some of his poor con
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1919-09-04
BRIEFS

In Japan individuals own only the
surface of the ground and its products,
all mineral deposits being government
property.
One of the largest and most eumber-
Sc me forms of money is found In CEN
tfai Africa. where the natives use n
cfuclform ingot OF copper ore moro
then 10 inches long.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1919-09-04

A recently Invented textile fer I'm.
dersarments stretches lengthwise. but
not across the weave OF the material.
clergyman Is the inventor of n
light bar to be held against the unper
lips by clamps fastened in the nostrils
to prevent snoring
A Frenchman claims to have ipyent.
ed All electric curling device for WON.
ems hair so effective the hair retain.
lis shape for months.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1919-09-04
Thousands of Cats Are
Homeless by Prohibition

New York.-Another of the
evils of prohibition has been dis
covered.
Seven thousand eats have
been made homeless in New
York by the closing up of the
saloons, it is estimated. There
were well over 1000 saloons in
New York and. outside the fash
ionable bars In tho big hotels,
il is estimated that every bar
room had its eat, some Of them
more than one.
Now that the saloons are
closed the cats are homeless.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1919-09-04
Keep 500 Job
Bureaus Open

soldiers and civilian workers place
menf organization in the field that
with returns from five large states not
yet received, and those from none of
the other states complete, the continu-
ance of 264 employment Offices already
is assured. Because of its limited ap-
preparation the federal employment
service is itself able to finance but
sixty offices. and the outside support
for the other 200 offices viii be con-
tinued until congress acts upon the
Nolan-Kenyon bills for a permanent
national employment service.
Welfare organizations and chambers
of commerce lead among the various
agencies that are keeping federal EN-
pfoyment Offices open, supplying quar-
ters, personnel and fumes, The agen-
cies which have been cooperating
with the employment serTiee since de-
mobilization began also are continuing
their support of the 2,090 emergency
bureaus fer returning soldiers and
sailors.
Keep 500 Open.
John g. Densmore, director general
of the United States employment serv-
ice, predicted that when the returns
from the states are complete it Will be
found that considerably more than
three hundred federal offices viii be
open th.ough voluntary contributions
From the end of March to June 80, he
said, more than four hundred offices
We're kept in operation by outside
funds III expectation that after the
latter date the employment service
would be able to resume their financ-
ing, but because of the reduced APP
preparation for the new fiscal year, he
explained, continued support is being
asked for the next five months, within
which period, it is understood con
gress Will have acted on the measure
for a permanent service.
THE response of the country indi-
Gates general desire of all TO give
practical assistance to the soldier and
civilian war worker seeking to re-
estab. sh himself Mr.. Densmore said
1t also shows that American COM
munitieS having learned the value of
having central public employment
office during the last eighteen months,
want those offices continued"
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1919-09-04
The Mar Idea.

Farmer Smith was painting his barn
gray, ana every so far he
would mark off fake window and
smear black stripes down 1t.
Are you crazy. Jim?" asked a neigh
aar. "what YOU doing that ferf"
"Cammyflage.' WIS the prompt an
wer. "at IL distance of fifty foot
-niaps will think it's tn county jail,
;ieve me, I'm larnin' something new
rom th' war every day"
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1919-09-04
Adopt Married Man.

Harrisburg Pa.-Although he is
twenty-four years old and married.
Lewis SINNERS Walker has secured
foster parents, for the Dauphin county
court has approved the application of
Mr.. and Mrs. Abraham p. SINNERS to
adopt him as their son. Walker has
made his home with the aged couple
for some years, and they made him
their SOP to escape legal teehniealities
when they will give him part of their
estate.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1919-09-04
Change in Japan's Trade.

Japan's exports for the first three
months of 1919 were valued at SbSf.-
SO 900 and her imports at S239sJ9-
coo. showing an adverse balance of
So 227. 900 The adverse trend that
has been maintained since the begin
ming of this year is taken as an indi-
cation that Japan's business is losing
the war impetus and is going to run in
IFS normal groove. states Japan Adyer-
User
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1919-09-04

stttuents had eonffded their money TO
him 10 put into war loans.
Friends provided fer him for
awhile in sanitarium near Scar
borough. When that fund was ex-
hauSted he WAS removed to the work
house infirmary, which almost adioins
the court in which he formerly prac-
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1919-09-04
Six Scrubbed Words
Dispose of Big Estate

New York.SA will of six
words, scribbled hastily on the
margin of a daily market report
four minutes before the testator
died. was filed in surrogate's
court. Tile writer WAS AleXan-
der William Waters, general
agent of the American Fruit ex-
change. With the words, "All |
have belongs to Zulma," he left
his 100000 estate to Zulma
Powell, his housekeeper. Mr.
Waters lad just reached his of
flee on July 3 when he was
seized by heart failure.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1919-09-04

Liberty's song Is mostly chorus
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1919-09-04
Welfare Societies Respond to
Appeal of Federal Employ
ment Service.
FIND WORK FOR SOLDIERS
Two Hundred and Sixty-four Offices
Already Assured, With Replies
From Five States Still
to Be Received.

Washington.-So great has been the
response of the country to the appeal
of the United States employment-sery-
Ice 10 assist in the maintenance of its
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1919-09-04
Must Tell Their Exact Age.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Judge f. Ii. Taft
OF the superior court has ruled that
hereafter when women are asked their
ages in his court they must not say,
''Im over twenty-one.s but will be re-
CURED to give the exact years.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1919-09-04

Mrs. J. NJ. Franklin, twenty-eight
years old. graduate of the Bellevue
Hospital Training School for Nurses,
who won prize of $1,000 by walking
across the continent from Seattle,
Wash, to New York. She was not per
mitted to accept ride unless asked
twice. The trip cost her only SOS.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-04-18
JEWELL RIDGE NOTES.

Jewell Ridge, april 15.--Mrs. Or
rem l.. Sttearnes, of Salem, Va, spent
the week end with Miss Ida Smith
She left Sunday afternoon for her
home, accompanied by Miss Smith as
far as Bluefield
Mr.. j. B. Collins left Sunday after
noon for Lynchburg to attend the Y
M. c. A. conference. He will be gone
until the last of the week.
Miss S. G. Hartman spent the week
end with her parents at Dublin.
Mrs. l.. Jewell was called TO Blue.
field Saturday by the illness of Miss
Mary Warren. Miss Warren will be
remembered as the guest of Mrs
jewell during the winter. Her many
friends will be glad to learn that she
is getting along nicely after an op.
Grafton for appendicitis, which was
performed Saturday at the Bluefielt
Sanitorium.
Mrs. D. L. Hounshill spent the wecl
end at Bluefield. She was accompan
led by Miss Lila Jewell, who went OF
to Kimball to visit friends.
A pie supper will be given at thu
Y. M. C. A. Saturday evening fol-
the benefit of our rSunday school. Phi
and cake and coffee will be served
Everybody come.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-04-18
100000 MEN UNFIT IN FIRST
ARMY DRAFT.

Washington, April 9.-The first re-
port Of the Executive committee Of
the National Physical Education Ser
vice, headed by Major Gen. w. c.
Gorgas, emphasizes the ftct that
more than third of the men in the
first draft were rejected as physical
ly unfit. The committee making the
report consists, besides Major Gen.
Gorgas, of DR.. Charles Mayer, John
Mitchell, DR.. Thomas A. Storey, Will
liam Kent, DR.. Richard C. Cabot,
DR.. j. H. McCurdy, Mrs. Pcrcq V.
Pennypaclser. and Mrs. Mary Roberts
Rinehart.
"Thirty-threc prcr cent of the men
in the first draft" says the report,
were rejected as physically unfit. AL
lowing for underweight and spec
ial censory defects, not less than %
per cent were rejecttde for physical
defects: this means that 100000 be-
twdeen the ages of 81 and 81 were
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-04-18
DARED GERMANS
To SHOW HEADS
Sergeant of Marines Hurled
Pointed Query at Boches
When Fire Was Most Ter
rifle in Belleau Wood.

1t isn't nice to swear In type. Meth.
or liz war nice. This is II war story.
1t was told by Brigadicr General Cat
lin in his book. with tho Help of
God and II Few Marines" Bellcuu
Wood liz the setting.
The General had given his troops
The order to advance. His last words
were, ms they started across tho wheat
fields under Il whitening fire, GIVE 'om
hell, boys"
Some one has reported" the Gen.
eral continues, that they advanced
on those woods crying. 'Remcmbcr
the Lusitania.' II they did failed to
hear H.
Somehow that doesn't sound like
tho sort Of things the Marines say
under the conditions"
Then General Catlin tells what they
did say. When the lines were wavcr.
ing under the terrific German frc, a
sergeant cried out:
Come on you -, do
you want to live fOrcvcr?"
Tell the marines that you are not
going To take your share of the com
Ing Victory Liberty Loan.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-04-18
a MODERN ATLAS.
Baltimore SUM.

However widely people may differ
with regard to the particulars of the
peace treaty or as to the principles of
the league of nations, there can be
no difference of opinion as to Presi-
dent Wilson's paramount Importance
to both. The severe cold which has
confined him to his room for the last
few days has served to bring out with
startling sharpness how absolutely i'll
dispensable he is to successful con-
summation of the work of the con-
ference. There are several other fig
ures of great magnitude there, but
there is no other man whose place
could not be supplied Great Britain
could find Il substitute even for Lloyd
George and France even for Clemen-
ceau, but there is no satisfactory un-
derstudy for Woodrow Wilson. II
the conference were deprived of his
guidance and commandership, great
calamity would have bcfallen man.
kind. He has made himself the es-
scntial keystone of the whole arch of
peace, and without him the whole
structure, that has been SO laborus-
ly developed, would be in danger OF
complete collapse.
THAT is the reason why Rear Adj
miral Grayson, the presidents physi-
clan, bears for the moment the great.
est responsibility on earth. He is tc
be commended for his firmness in
putting the president to bed. He has
difficult patient TO deal with, one
who does not like to mind anybody
and one who Just at this time is more
difficult to control than ever before
But Dr.. Grayson also seems to have
4 will of his own, and we trust he
will exercise it, benevolent despot
Perhaps in promoting him to the
medical COMMUNICATIVE chief of the
presidential commander-in-ch chief, Mr.
Wilson wished to put himself in the
care of man who had the qualities
which he himself possesses, and who
would insist at the proper time on
being obeycd.
Let US hope DR.. Grayson will con-
tinue to keep sharp and imperious
eye on him. And when the president
RECEIVERS, it will be in order to sing a
TIE Deum. He is the only man on
earth who could not be spared to-
day. There are few epochs in which
any one man is essential But we have
reached one Of these rare periods
and the president of the United States
has become the worlds essential man
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-04-18
CHINESE YOUTH
WINS WAR MEDAL
General Pershing Pins Award
on Breast of Sing Kee, Who
Braved German Fire.

Here is Il text book on American.
ism written In Chinese character and
translated for use when Victory Lib.
erty Loan salesman tackles you to do
your duty 1t is an official American
communique:
pvt. Sing Kec, Infantry. Chung
Kee, father. GOA North Fourth street,
San Jose Calf For extraordinary
heroism in action at Mont Notre
Dame. west OF Fishes, France, Au-
gust ID. Is, 1918. Pvt. Zee. although
seriously gassed during Smelling by
high explosive and gas shells. refused
to be evacuated, and continued. prac.
tically single-handcd. by his own mi
tiative to operate the regimcntal mes.
sage center relay station at Mont
Eotre Dame. Throughout the critical
period Pvt. Kee showed extraordi.
nary heroism, high courage, and per.
sistent devotion to duty and totally
disregarded all personal danger. BY
his determination he materially aided
his regimental commander in com.
munication with the front line"
Sing Kee wears the Distinguished
Service Medal OF the United States Of
America.
Sing Kec is for Amortization her
enough to lay down his life. Are you
for America? Are you as good man
as Sing Kee?
Then buy of the Victory Loan to the
limit.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-04-18
LET UNCLE SAM
Be YOUR BANKER
Offers Far Better Opportuni-
ties Than Those Enjoyed by
Thrifty People in France
Who Claim Leadership.

France-has been called the thriftiest
nation in the world.n claims to be. II
We DO not watch out she will prove
it conclusively. America is tho rich.
est country on earth. Our per capita
savings increased approximately 46
per cent in tho last four years-tho
period of the war. Last year, for in.
stance, the per capita savings in tho
South alone was S26.73. That sounds
like we have the money. and we Ger.
tainly have tho will to make moro.
Uncle Sam is out tn show you how.
He wants to be your savings banker
lie offers you not only per cent In.
terest. compounded quarterly. but the
government ms security. There could
not be a better incentive for thrift
than that. Tho French people have
far less. yet they save moro. Thcy
have no way to put their savings into
email government securities, tho popu.
lar denomination being that OF five
hundred francs, OF 500.
II would not be very convenient to
save IL we had to put our pennies into
an old stocking until wo had accumu
lated 500 rs the French do would il =?
And the stocking doesn't pay any in.
terest. So lot Uncle Sam take care
OF your pennies-twenty.tlvo OF them
buy Thrift Stamp and sixteen Thrift
Stnmps converted into War Savings
Stamp begin earning compound inter.
est for you Immediately. Are we going
to lot the French heat US in thrift?
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-04-18
nApFoRD NORMAL NOTES.

Radford, Va, April 15.-The Poca-
hontas Literary Society held its first
regular meeting under it snows Off
GERS Saturday night, Aoril S. The
program was literary and musical.
There was full attendance of the
regular and honorary members. Tho
officers for the present quarters are:
President, Miss jamie Brondwatcr, of
Gate City; Vice President, Miss L.
vonia Widener, of Lodi; Secretary,
Miss Blanche Killinger, of Seven Mile
Ford; Treasurer, Miss Cenu Kirby. of
haywood.
DR.. Chas. A. McMurray, of Pea
body College, has been engaged for
Il series of lectures late in the month
of April. Dr. McMurruy is an cdu-
Gator of international reputation.
DIR. j. l.. McBrien, of the United
States Bureau of Education, will al
so five Il series of lectures before the
faculty and students, beginning April
1S. DR.. McBricn is specialist in
Rura Education in the United States
Bureau of Education. He was for
three terms State Superintendent of
Public instruction in Nebraska.
Prof. j. l.. Avent spent last week
Mt Richmond in cooperation with the
State Educational Commission and
DR.. Haggcrty in studying and con-
Quoting intelligence tests. This insti-
tuition during the present session has
given much attention to the matter of
standards, tests and measurements of
various kinds in determining school
progress and school conditions.