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The Washington times., 1919-08-27
WOMEN SUFFER MOST
IN HOT WEATHER
hIen Do Not Know What
Constipation Means
As a Rule.

Women are bothered more than men
with inactive bowels and liver They
suffer especially in hot weather when
lazy weather makes lazy livers and
particularly at certain periods. and at
such a time or any other time Il is
dangerous TO be tcking huge doses
OF blasting aCd UTsettinE cathartics
and purgatives.
Instead OF a big dose take tiny
dose at intervals Of an hour or so and
taus gauge tn dose and accomplish
results withC7t Blasting" Ask the
druggist fog = 2Jc bottle OF I5-Z Tab
lets. JOG Tablets. Take one any hour
~ the day and watch the tiny little
chocolate covered E-Z Tablet bring
relief. Take another little later
end perhaps another at bedtime and
ou viii never realize you have taken
them. They work 50 gently, thor
oughly, satisfactorily. Best of all you
need not wait until night to get relief
from raging headache, dizzy, weak
spells or kindred troubles. E-Z Tab
lets, 25c. Purse or pocket size, lOc,
st Peoples Drug Stores and all good
druggists.
The Washington times., 1919-08-27
3,375GANTALOUPES
SENT HEREBY md.

Here'sa a chance for every family in
Washington 70 buy some OF the, best
-eanealoupes grown-fresh from the
EsF1bAand at s to 10 cents less than
the market price. (
These luscious melons. 1915 Of
them. arrived in the city at moon
yesterday, having left the farm OF
W. z. Herloek, in CaroIfne county,
No, on the Eastern Shore, ak hours
earlier.
This sale Is q starter for truck
service to be inaugurated between
farms and the city. At two commu-
nifty centers this afternoon and night
and-tomorrow the melons will be sold
at 8 and g cents each.
Arrangements for the sale were
made by Wilson 7. Kenners OF Park
View Center.
The 7cantaloupes will be on sale at
the Petworth School, Eighth and
Shepard street northwest until !
D. m, and the Tyler School, Eleventh
and G streets southeast, z to 10
o'clock this evening.
The Washington times., 1919-08-27
Just Tired Out
Not a Bit Sick
Common Experience Of All
People at the End Of
Summer.

Do you. Ike thousands OF others,
feel all-in after the ho- weather we
have had? Do you want TO rest. feel
tired all the time. ache a little and
hate to work? or course you think
you are not sick, but here is what Is
happening. Your stomach is not fully
digesting your food. Along with the
nourishment you are getting the. prod
ucts OF the fermentation. In your
blood they act as a poison. The other
organs are affected-the liver and
kidneys. The nerves begin to annoy
you, and your muscles get stiff and
ache. Let this condition alone and
you will soon be sick. Take a good
tonic-a concentrated stimulus that
viii tone Up your whole system and
eliminate the poisOns. soon YOU will
be well again, because your stomach
Will be working properly M Vim,
cially adapted TO drive out the toX-
ins OF fatigue. TO renew the energy
and enrich the blood II has aided
thousands OF people wonderfully IN
their effort to regain 1OOS5 health.
Here Is a typical case: j. A. Fees. p
Southern Ave, Pittsburgh. didn't get
well right after an attack Of Flu. He
says: The not weather simply wore
me out AS a railroad sWitchman. ]
J could not keep at my work. I was
lucky enough TO get a bottle Of Nu
Vim II proved a revelation TO me,
for I had never believed there was
50 much In medicine. That enc bottle
made me feel like / had enjoyed a
weeks vacation" Many others have
told the same kind Of story OF quick
recovery from weakness. M Vim Is
on sale at all the Peoples Drug Stores.
The Washington times., 1919-08-27
US. Generals Are Jokes
To Everyone But SelVes," /"
Senate Told by AnseI

A general attack on the abil-
ity Of generals in the United
States army was made by Sam
uel T. Ansell,, formerly acting
judge, advocate general yester-
day before the Senate Military
Affairs. subcommittee.
Many American generals are
Jokes to everyone but them
selves" Ansell said, referring to
their defense of the-present court
martial system.
General PershIng's experience
prior to the recent war was
''bushwacking guerrilla warfare"
and few general offieers have any
legal knowledge that thts them to
pass on court-martiaf cases, An
sell declared.
They are bound by red tape, and
military justice is not assured
under the existing system. he
added.
The Washington times., 1919-08-27
CONVICT ESCAPES
FROMMOVING train

NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-one Of three
convicts succeeded in escaping yes
terday by jumping through the win
dows Of a train en- route from Sing
Sing to Dannempra. Two were re-
captured. The third. Albert john
son, escaped.
The prisoners. who were part OF a
draft Of forty-four being transferred,
were guarded by five officers and
were under the care OF Keeper Thom-
as Wheeler. of Sing Sing prison.
AS the train passed through the
outskirts OF Albany, Albert J.. Ger
guilO and Frank Parrentino jumped
through a window. Guards pulled the
emergency cord and the train came
to sudden stop. Gerguilo and Par
fentino were recaptured.
While the chase was on johnson
disappeared. He had been committed
to Sing Sing for nineteen years
August 20, 1917, for robbery.
The Washington times., 1919-08-27
GERMAN RAILWAYS
NAY ALL SUSPEND

PARIS, Aug. 2T.-Upou the results
effected BY the interallied coal com
mission noW on its way to Upper
Silisia, hinges, 70 q large extent, the
continuation OF central Europe's rail-
way service. Service will have 20 be
abandoned within ten days, it was
declared today, unless coal produc-
ton in that section shows q mark
&c increase.
A dispatch from Berlin today states
that both express and passenger
service probably VIII have TO be sus-
pended throughout all Germany be-
cause Of lack Of coal.
The Washington times., 1919-08-27
WIFE SAYS HUBBY BROUGHT
"oTHER WOMAN" TO HOME

Alleging that her husband brought
to their home a woman whom he in
troduced as his sister. but who, as
matter Of fact, was nothing OF the
sort, Mrs. Margaret Harrison Free
man yesterday filed suit in the Dis
trict Supreme Court against James
Edward Freeman for a limited di-
vOrce. The wife, represented by At
torney Leonard Block, alleges mis-
conduct. She declares she cooked
for the interloper. nursed her when
she was sick, and did many other
fsvors for her while under the i'm
preston the woman was her sister
in-laW. -r
The Washington times., 1919-08-27
BURGLARS GET CLOTHING in
TWO APARTMENT, HOUSES

Two apartments in the dwelling at
1909 Rhode Island avenue were rob-
bed last night by thieves who gained
entrance to the house by forieng the
front door. Clothing valued at $15s
was carried of by the thieves.
An overcoat valued at $50 was
stolen from the room OF II. Z. Perry,
while r. E. Dillon reported the theft
Of clothing valued at 500 and a pair
of shoes valued at So. ..,a
The Washington times., 1919-08-27
w. o. W. BOOSTERS CLUB
IH CHESAPEAKE OUTING

The Boosters Club OF the woodmen
Of the World is holding its annual ex-
eursion today at Chesapeake Beach.
Nearly 1000 persons are on the out
ing. Members of the eight local
camps Of the Woodmen OF the World
and their friends constitute the ex-
cursiOn party
Officers OF the Boosters Club are:
A. H Woody, president; Capt. c. A.
Cole. vice president d. w. Thayer,
treasurer, and G. H. Easter. secretary.
The Washington times., 1919-08-27
DRYS PLAN TAX TO
BAR RRUMNPEACE
Would Bridge Period Between
End Of War and Begin
ming of Prohibition.

The knti-Saloon League has a
tentative plan to prohibit the manu-
factUre and sale OF ali intox. eating
liquors between the time the Presi.
dent issues a proclamation Of peace
and the rehabilitation OF the army
and the day the Federal amendment
becomes effective by levying pro-
hibitive taxes. says a copyright Wash
ingtOn despatch TO the New York
World, which says:
1t is proposed to put a tax OF $40
or $50 gallon on whiskey and a
similar sum on a barrel of beer.
Wayne B. Wheeler. legal represen-
tative OF the league, refused to give
figures but admitted the tax plan is
TO be pressed IL II looks Ike an early
proclamation from the White House.
I'VE can bridge the space between
a proclamation which would elimi-
nate wartime prohibition and the
time Of the operation of the constitu-
tional amendment by laying heavy
taxes on intoxicating beverages" he
said. THAT is to be the program
Of the Prohibitionists."
Opposition in CongfesE.
Mr.. Wheeler is reckoning without
his leading supporters in Congress.
He may be able to send through the
enforcement bill that is now in the
Senate for war time prohibition and
get that on the statute books, but a
poll OF Congress shows q strong SEN
timent against any proposition to
prohibit the manufacture and sale
of Intoxicating liquors after the peace
proclamation is issued.
Any movement on the part Of. the
Anti-SalOon. League TO prevent the
sale OF liquors in the event peace is
declared and wartime prohibition
nBllihed Will meet with such stout
resistance in the House and Senate
that the proposed legislation would be
so long under consideration that 1t
could not be Of any service were II
ultimately passed. The time is not
sufficient for tax legislation to pro-
hibit the handling OF liquor.
Congressman Fordney. chairman OF
the Ways and Means Committee, and
Congressman Kitchin, ranking Demo-
crat- on that committee, would resist
any bill to place a prohibitive tax on
whiskey or beer.
DryE May bring Reaction.
:. coHgressmen Webb of North Caro-
lima and Barkeiey of Kentucky, two
Of the most active Prohibitionists in
the House, said any proposition to
tax intoxicating liquors for the in
'terim would fail in the House. There
Is much dissatisfaction among Pro-
hibitionists in Congress over the per-
sistent nagging Of the Anti-Saloon
League. Many sincere Prohibition ad-
vocates think that the league is GO
ing so far that a reaction may set In.
The Washington times., 1919-08-27

hibition to make this issue in the
coming election They wilt learn
again that the liquor traffic is dead.
We are not worried by this new at
tack. 1t furnished. another reason for,
increased activity BY the prohibition
forces"
The Anti-saloon League will hold a
meeting OF executive officers in Chi
cago September IL and rs.
The Washington times., 1919-08-27
THREATEN oFFIcE ECLIPsE.

NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-The strike
outlook in New York becomes darker
and darker. With the traction strike
settled, the window cleaners now
threaten a walk-out unless their de-
mands for increased wages and
shorter hours arc met by employers.
The Washington times., 1919-08-27
ann sTEEL NIEN LAID OFF.

BUFFALO, n. Y, Aug. 2L-Six hun
dred worlSmen at the Lackawanna
Steel Company's plant were laid osf to-
day. President Mccullough said the
lay-off was due TO recent slsckening
of steel orders.
The Washington times., 1919-08-27
VETERAN DRUGGIsT DIES.

OAKLAND. Nd, Aug. PA. G.
sturgiss, druggist. known to hundreds
Of summer visitors, is dead at his
home here. He was a veteran OF the
civil war.
The Washington times., 1919-08-27

Squeeze the Juice OF two lemons
into a bottle containing three ounces
you have a quarter pint of the best
|fFeckle, sunburn and tan lotion, and
complexion whitener, at very, very
small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and
any drug store or toilet counter will
supply three ounces OF Orchard
White for q few cents. Massage
this sweetly fragrant lotion into the
face. neck. arms and hands and see
how quickly the freckles, sunburn,
windburn and tan disappear and
how clear, soft and white the skin
becomes. Yesi It Is harmless
The Washington times., 1919-08-27
BUPEESON'S COOK
MAIL CLERK HERE

That Postmaster General Burle-
sons Chinese cook and colored coach
man work at the city postoffiee was
the story. told yesterday to the House
Committee on Expenditures in the
Postoffice Department.
Thomas +. Flaherty. secretary
treasurer OF the National Federation
Of Postal Employees, furnished this
information in his testimony before
the committee, which began yester-
day an, investigation OF the Postoffice
Department.
Mr.. Flaherty declared that "it is
absolutely true that the Postmaster
General has always been opposed to
any increases for postal employees. In
the six years he has been Postmaster
General not a constructive act has he
done for postal employees.
he even urged Congress to repeal
that law giving postal employees the
right to appeal directly to Congress" Z"
Flaherty said.
The Washington times., 1919-08-27
PICKS HOUsTON's AIDE.

President Wilson yesterday sent 10
the Senate the nomination OF James
r. Riggs. Of Sullivan, Ind, to be As
sistant Secretary Of Agriculture.
The Washington times., 1919-08-27
Asks fer Details.

Congressman Byrne. Democrat, Of
South Carolina asked Mr.. Flaherty
for. more information as to two en-
ployes Of the Burleson household
working at the city postoffiee at the
close OF their days work.
Because Of insufficient auxiliary
help in the city postoffice. Postmas-
ter Chance told the Postmaster Cen
eral that he was short-handed, Mr..
Flaherty told the committee.
To help relieve this situation.rs ne
continued, 'Mr. Burleson has beeh
sending his cook and coaehman to
the Postonice every night. They vi n
be there tonight, reporting fcr duty
between and o'clock.
The Washington times., 1919-08-27


II am told that after his days work
as cook in Mr.. Burleson's household
this Chiuaman goes down to..the CITY
Postohice, goes through the motion Of
distributing mail and spends & lot OF
time going to the wash-room. In
fact, he has a pretty easy time OF its'
Mr.. Byrne asked If il was anything
unusual for the cook and coachmau
to work in the postoffice in their on
hours. r.
IF you will investigate don't
think you will find another China
man doing this sort OF work among
10000 Postal employees in the c0un-
try,P Mr.. FIaherty replied. sia
Mr.. Flaherty discussed the subject
OF overtime, declaring that thosands
Of Postal employees are forced 70 work
nine, ten and eleven hours g day. Hs
urged the committee TO report q bill
that would grant the Postal employees
time and a half for Overtimeds Under
the present system he said, the whole
home schedule Of the employees Is
disarranged and when a Postal en-
ploye goes to work in the morning he
is not able 70 tell his wife. az what
hour he will return in the evening"
The Washington times., 1919-08-27

Assistant Postmaster Kerlin stated
today that IL Postmaster General Bur
leson's coachman had been employed
at the city postoffice he had kept his
identity carefully concealed. Z I'VE
find no trace OF such a man. "she said.
Mr. Burleson's cook, he said, had
been employed, as well as >severa4
other Chinese, for extra work hands
ling the late afternoon mail.
Mr.. Burleson had nothing TO do
with this mans employment here 2
said NJ, Kerlin, "he Is employed with
great many others, to- work e few
hours IN the evening, to expedite
the heavy Afternoon mails
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-07-24
sHERIFF's SALE.

THE STATE OF TEXAS.
County Of Lubbock
Witness my hand. this the sth day
Of July. A. ID. 1919.
Whereas. by virtue Of an execution
and Order Of Sale issued out Of the
District Court of Lubbock County,
Texas. on a judgment rendered in said
Court on the l4th day Of June, A. ID.
1919. in favor Of Matte J. Sanders,
and against W r. Thaxton and b.
Gordon. No. 1922 on the Docket Of
said Court, and to me, as Sheriff, dl-
rected and delivered, | did. on the Sth
day Of July, A. ID. 1919, at 10 o'clock
A. NJ, levy upon the following de-
scribed tracts and parcels Of land sit
uated in Lubbock County, Texas, and
belonging to b. Gordon and Lou Cor
don, to-wit; The South Half Of Sur
vey No. Ten (lO) in Block A. Certif-
icate No. 39s TT. Ry. Co., and located
about four miles North and One mile
East Of the town Of Lubbock. being
500 acres. on the 5th day Of August
A. ID. 1919. being the first Tuesday Of
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-07-24
WEEDS MUST co DOWN
FORT WORTH WAY

Down in Fort Worth weeds grow
too, but they seem to be a little more
in danger Of being cut down and
burned than they are in Lubbock ae-
cording to the following news item IN
a Fort Worth paper
Agents for property the owners of
which cannot be reached by service,
will be held accountable for property
conditions, Police Judge Gossett rul-
ed recently The ruling came as the
result Of warrant issued against a
real estate agent, charging that weeds
weeds were permitted to grow on a
lot in violation Of the city nuisance
ordinance.
II am only one Of several agents
who have the property listed and !
don't own it," protested the real es-
tate man.
I'm that case III hold all agents re-
sponsible," Gossett said Weeds
must 20 and il we can't find the own
ers Of the property. the agents viii
have TO see that weeds are cut"
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-07-24
ITEMS OF CROSBY COUNTY
NEWS-RALLS BANNER

Another step along the line Of pro
gress is being contemplated for our
splendid little city, and one which
will, no doubt, meet the unanimous
approval Of our people. The school
board is making preparations to sub
nit proposition to the citizenship OF
the Rails Independent School District
to authorize the issuance Of $4,000
in bonds, the money TO be used in bet
terng the school facilities Of the dis
trict.
Since the first OF July we have
been having some pretty warm wealth
err, and not much rain, and as con
sequence. feed stuff and corn were
rapidly approaching point when
moisture would be necessary 20 pre-
vent deterioration, but the weather
has been just what cotton needed,
and il has been doing It's best Not
ing the anxiety Of our people, the
weather man began TO shape things
up for a rain. and about I o'clock
Thursday afternoon everything
got in proper condition. and the mois-
ture poured down in sluices, being
ample to give us a good season, and
almost assure US bumper feed and
corn crop.
Marvin Mclaughlin. who has been
with the A. +. f., in France, during
the past eighteen months, returned
home Tuesday Of this week. He came
around by way Of Canyon, whore his
sister. Miss Clara, was attending
school. and she came home with him.
Crosby county soldier boys are now
returning e. a -2pid re, ..aa bo-,.e
very long all those who have pot
found resting places in foreign soil.
viii again be in our midst.
Carl Foster was seriously Injured
one day this week when horse he
was riding bucked and hurled him 20
the ground with such force as to De
prive him Of consciousness Tor about
four hours. he was considerably
bruised. but we understand rs getting
along an right
The Banner is sorry 20 learn OF
serious loss suffered by W. H. MI
Ter. He mas about 400 acres Of land
in the vicinity Of Tuha, which had
been planted TO wheat, and up to the
time Of harvest il was looking we'll
and apparently promised good yield
and Mr. Miller was counting on this
as means Of adding a biz roll 70 his
bank account, but the imp Of disap-
pointment Is now lurking IN his bos-
ON. for when the harvesting was
about to commence, il was discovered
that black rust had ruined the entire
crop. and not a stalk Of II was cut.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-07-24

said month";. between the hours Of 10
o'clock A. NJ. and o'clock p NJ. on
said day, at the Courthouse door Of
Lubbock County, Texas, in the town
Of Lubbock, will offer for sale and
sell at public auction, for cash, all the
right. title and interest Of the said w
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-07-24
OIL. AND GAS LEASES ON
LUBBOCK COUNTY LAND

r II. Haney. BERTHE Haney 60 John
Crawford: s W IA Section 10 Blk \
T J Potts. Nancy c. Potts 20 John
Crawford: SW IA Section 80, blk c.
W. c. Vaughn. Emma Vaughn "a
John Crawford. all Of section blk \
and an Of section L. blk X.
Lillian Newton. VI d. Newton, 20
John Crawford; East 100 acres in NE
l-2 section go. Blk A
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-07-24

Grady Pate, Of Blackwell, Texas is
here this week visiting with his un-
cles. / + and r. A. Holland. Mr.
Pate is intending 10 make this place
his home in the future, We under
stand.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-07-24

7. Thaxton, b. Gordon. Lou Gordon.
Mollie ID. Alternately. NJ. G.. Aber-
nathy, J. E.Vickers, Jno. r Robinson,
b. c. Campbell and Mrs. b. c. Camp
bell in and 10 said property.
Sheriff Of Lubbock County. Texas.
Pa c. A. HOLCOMB.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-07-24

Eb Ivy. of Lovington, n. NJ, ac-
companied by his family were here
the latter part fast week visiting
with friends and attending to business
matters
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-07-24

Rain won't make crops grow unless
seed is in the ground Interest can't
make War Savings Stamps grow un-
less your money is in them. Put your
money in W. 5. S
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-07-24

Weeds and thrftless habits take
the same treatment Thrift Stamps
are the tools which viii NOV down
the latter
The Washington herald., 1919-08-17
Mystery of Store, Closed
Nine Years, J xplained

Detroit, Mich. Aug. -. - For nine
years on one OF the busiest streets in
Detroit a locked building has shell
tered the moldering stock Of merchan-
disc OF a little store that was closed
because a son refused to allow an
other to handle what had been his
mothers Those who have wondered
for years at the mystery of the
locked door discovered the reason re-
Gently upon the death of George f.
Park, Il years old.
Park nursed his mother through six
years illness and when she died his
grief was so great that for time
he was seriously III. After his recov-
cry he refused to allow the store they
owned to be opened. He lived alone
IN the apartment they had occupied
together. refusing TO allow his tenants
to help him with his domestic work.
The curtains Of the little apartment
were never raised.
Every day he visited the Iittle store
often several times day. aIwav-
closing and locking the door behind
him. His secret was never revealed
until his death.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-17
Man Slain In Hotel
Is Identified Twice

New York Aug. I6.-It Is believed
that the man slain in the Hotel Mo
AlpIn is either Cecil Z. Landou. Of
Portland. Oregon. or Darby \ Dent
New York policeman attached to
the District Attorneys Office
Friends Of both men made what
they allcge To be positive Identified
tons Of the body yesterday.
Dent has been absent from hr-
hym" since Monday night His faith
or Identified the body as that OF his
son. according to Carey. captain Of
Jhr Homicide Bureau. The elder
Ue1r could not be located last night.
~ tn" Hotel NcAIpin. whore the
body was found. tho vr-Iru"- ~hreS
u-r. rh, name Of the store m which
jhS clerk who identified tho body
as rh.r of T-Jndon works.
After this seeming positive idan-
-rara:rrr Mai Albert Vos. who re-
turned with I.andor from France.
August s. raIIrd al tho mnrgue. and
after viewing tho body said that it
was that of his friends
An autopsy established that death
resulted from a fractured skull in
The Washington herald., 1919-08-17
Aviator Learns Machine
Killed Three, From Paper

Lieut.. David R Stinson. of the
EiEhty-eighth Air Squadron. whose
alrplane crashed into a crowd OF
spectators at Patterson Park. Balti-
more. killing three children. Thurs
day afternoon, was ignorant of the
disaster his machine had wrought
until he was discharged from the
Fort MCHenry Hospital yesterday
and read the newspaper accounts of
the tragedy.
Although not physically injured
Lieut.. Stinson broke down from the
nervous strain and was removed to
the hospital. where the news of the
three deaths was concealed from
him.
Air service officials. in a recent
statement. said that Stinson was not
to blame for the accident. but that
a board of four air officers is max
ing thorough investigation in the
matter
Lieut.. Stinson's wrecked machine
is at Boiling Field.