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The Washington times., 1919-11-13
Now They're Going To
Take the Kick Out Of
Dear Old Hair Tonic

Slowly. but surely the joys of
alcohol are being doomed.
Now hsfrstplic. isgup for purifi-
cation. a{cs 7z
The BQrear5ef internal Revenue
annouaoed feday that.conferences
will be held With uianufacturers-
during early December to- dsvtsef
means: Of taking. the t.htck!g. out'
of hair tonic, patent, rneaicines,
and Other non-potable 1iduids.
The Washington times., 1919-11-13
1000 MORE TROOPS
Are COINCTO MEADE
Permanent Personnel To Be
Increased BY Twelfth
Infantry.

CAMP MEADE, Nov. 13.-The War
Department expectsto increase the per-
manent personnel of Camp Meade by at
least 1000 members of the Twelfth In
fantry, il was learned today. While
definite orders have not been issued,
il is known that tip has been passed
TO certain agencies to prepare for the
reception of the contingent.
Part of the Twelfth Infantry is at
Hoboken and the remainder at New
port News. As part of the Third Di-
vision of regulars the unit made not
able war record and is composed en-
tirely of veterans.
The addition will add at least one
third to the permanent personnel Of
the camp. At present the only perma-
nent units here are the Seventeenth
Infantry. numbering about 1000: the
Tank Corps. with about 500 and the
Overseas Replacement Depot, the
strength of which is variable. The
strength OF this unit was reduced al
most TO nothing yesterday, when a
contingent of $50 enlisted men and
three officers left for Hoboken to en-
bark for France. Major A. B. Chip
man was in command.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-01-30
Wooden Pipes for Water.

In these days of iron and cement it
makes n sit up to read the report
from the New England w~aterworks on
wood pipe for water supply. They
claim it is preserved and not rusted
or corroded by water; it is not cor.
roded by any substance or destroyed
by acids or salts; it's carrying capaci-
ty is 20 per cent greater than castiron
pipe and remains constant, while that
Of metal pipe decreases with age; it
does not faint or affect fluids going
through it; it does not burst if frozen,
the elasticity of the wood preventing
it; it requires less labor and expert.
ence to lay in place than metal pipe;
it can, when service pipes are not
taken off, be laid in shallower bitches
than metal pipe, for it is not easily
affected by frost; while more or less
joints show slight leakage when the
pipe is first filled, they soon swell up
and give less trouble in the end than
castiron pipe.-Los Angeles Times.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-01-30
oldtime Border CONTROVERSY.

There was once a border dispute be.
tween the states of Michigan and Ohio,
but it was peaceably settled and had
no serious results. In 1885 a contro-
versy arose in regard to the boundary
line between the states and the right
to a strip of land to which both laid
claim. A convention held at Detroit
that year framed a constitution by
which Michigan claimed the tract. For
awhile there was danger Of bloodshed,
but it "blew over" In June, 1886, con-
gress passed an act admitting Michi-
gan into the Union on condition that
she relinquish her claim to the dis
puted tract, in consideration of which
another tract, known as "the Upper
Peninsula" was given her. These con
ditions were rejected by one conven-
ton, but accepted by another held in
1886, and in January, 1887, Michigan
was admitted into the Union.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-01-30

and other native Christians and the
Jews all occupy separate sections Of
the city. The exports are mainly tex
tiles, leather and nuts. The nearest
seaport is Alexandretta, 20 miles away
on the Mediterranean coast.
A city so old and held by so many
peoples, with their various religions
may be expected to have its share of
legends and holy places. Aleppo is
rather disappointing in that respect.
There are few shrines of any sort and
all Of any consequence are Mohamme-
dan. One of the mosques, of which
there are many, contains a tomb re-
puted to be that of Zacharias, father
of John the Baptist.
The Turks have long regarded Alep-
pc as one of the s%trongholds of their
faith and the probable capital of their
dominion should they be forced out of
Europe.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-01-30
LONG HOLY PLACES
Shrines That Are Held in Veneer.
alton by MosIems.
All True Followers of Mahomet Eafer
That Their Last Resting Place
Shall Be Near Those Of
Their Great Apostles.

Near to the resting place Of the
first great apostles Of their faith it is
the dearest wish of all pious Moham-
medans to lie after death.
The shrines of Najaf, Kerbela and
Kazimain, the resting places Of Ali,
Hussein, and the seventh and ninth
Imams, lie on the edge of the desert
in the country British troops now oc-
cupy in Mesopotamia.
One often meets a corpse on the
road packed in a long crate or bundle
of palm leaves and slung across the
back of an ass, says Edmund Chand-
Ter, the press representative in the
Mesopotamian forces. The pilgrim be-
hind is taking his relative to swell the
population Of the cities Of the dead
by which these sanctuaries are sur
rounded.
OF the three shrines, Najaf is the
richest, and to some minds the most
sacred. Like Kazimain, it is ap-
preached by a horse car kne. The cars
are not Of the pattern of those that
ply in European cities. I believe the
few British soldiers who have seen
them rank them with the Clock tower
In the mosque Is first among the lions
Of Mesopotamia.
In peace time the dead come from
q wide radius. The donkey with the
bundle like a big carpet bag on it's
back, draped in waffle or rich silk,
according to the means Of the pilgrim,
may have come all the way from Box
hara. A few years ago a corpse ar
rived from the Persian embassy at
Paris.
The rich as a rule are buried in
the shrine itself. The fee for inter-
ment in the mosque is $3.50. For
burial outside the walls Of the city
the pilgrim pays anything from four
to ten rupee 1.-TWO to five d%ollars), &C.
cording to the distance he has come.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-01-30
SEEKING SECRETS OF ARCTIC
Daring Feats That Have Been Under
taken by Both Road Amundsen
and Storker Storkerson.

Two Arctic explorers, Roald Amund-
sen, noted Norwegian, drifting in his
icelocked boat eastward from the At
lantic, md Storker Storkerson, lieu
tenant IF Vilhjalmur S%tefansson, Ca
madam explorer, floating westward
from the Pacific on an ice pack, are
both believed approaching the new ST.
berian Islands, which jut out of the
Arctic ocean off the mouth Of the
Lena river in Siberia. Authorities
credited with knowing the Arctic cur
rents believe the two will reach the is
lands early next year, the Washington
Evening Sar says.
No other explorers are nov in the
Arctic, and it is thought very likely
that neither Amundsen nor Storkerson
knows the other has the same goal In
mind. They probably will not meet,
ahead of Amundsen and probably will
land. far west Of Anundsen's course.
Amundsen, the d%iscoverer Of the
south pole and navigator Of the diff.
cult Northwest passage, Is on the first
lap of a journey to the north pole. he
expects to make the last lap by air.
plane. Storkerson is bound back in the
general direction of civilization after
spending several years in the Arctic.
Both are seeking new lands and study
ing the currents and life of the north
ern ocean.
When Amundsen reaches the Siberi-
an islands the current, it is believed,
will turn and carry him north. He is
expected to remain with the drift until
it lands him on the immovable ice far
up toward the pole. There. according
to his plans, he will establish a base
and attempt to fly the rest Of the dis
lance to the top Of the globe.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-01-30
ENROLLED UNDER RED CROSS
Greek Girls, Trained Here as Nurses,
Will Do Work of Mercy in Their
Own Country.

Greek girls in the uniforms Of
American Red Cross nurses are BOW
serving in the hospitals Of Greece.
These girls are part of a number from
New England who, anxious to help
their fellow countrymen, decided to
become nursing aids, says the public
information bureau, Washington.
They enrolled in training courses in
the Massachusetts General hospital
and other Boston hospitals, where
they soon became proficient in their
work. Recently four Of them, who
had practically completed their
courses, decided that they would like
to go back to Greece with the Ameri-
can mission which was just then about
to leave. Through the Greek legation
they applied for permission to go with
this mission as members Of the Amer
lean Red Cross.
Now they are not only serving their
own people, but are also creating a
feeling in Greece which cements the
long friendship of the Greeks with
America. Although no American
troops have been landed on Greek
soil, the people are nevertheless
pleased with the sight Of an Ameri-
can uniform, no matter what branch
of the service it represents.
Another group Of Greek girls in
Boston is taking up courses at Sim
mons college in dietetics, domestic
science and home aid. These girls
also expect shortly to sail for Greece.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-01-30
Ostrich Eggs
i'm Liquid Form


The report of the British Imperial
institute on a consignment of ostrich
eggs in liquid form gives the following
analytical data: Water, 75.1 per cent;
protein. 1917 per cent; fat, ia per
cent, and ash, Ia per cent. Chinese
liquid eggs contain: Water, 70.7 per
cent; protein, 1871 per cent; fat, 1877
per cent, and ash, 1T per cent: If the
above figures are calculated on a uni
form basis of Is per cent Of water, the
composition works out the same in the
two cases, and it is also seen that
liquid ostrich eggs contain less pro-
tein and more fat than average hens
eggs, though rather less Of these in
gradients than ducks eggs. The re-
port adds that the strong odor of
liquid ostrich eggs may prevent their
use for edible purposes, but that they
might be useful for technical pur-
poses in the forms of egg albumen
and Of preserved egg yolk in the
leather industry. - South African
Journal.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-01-30

-.~ny pl,s1llus Uuy uuuses IN wa
jaf, and thus the place is gradually
becoming a city of the dead. Nine
houses out Of ten have graves in them.
Sometimes the building is nothing else
than a tomb.
Najaf has proved ~impregnable to
Wahhabi and Bedouin. 1t is believed
to be fabulously rich. There are two
stores of treasure. The old treasury
has not been opened since the visit of
Shar Nasir-ud-Din, SO years ago. It is
buried in a vault and built over with
brick and lime, with no door or key or
window by way of entrance. The new
treasure is in the keeping Of the kilid.
dar-gold and silver, and jewels, and
precious stones, silks, and shawls, and
pearled curtains.
One Of the first gifts for the shrines
to reach Bagdad after our troops en-.
tered the city were four curved
swords Of gold, with diamonds on the
sheath and hilt. They had been dis
patched from Constantinople to Bag.
dad when the British menace was re.
garded as a madman's dream, and bore
the inscription, "From the servant of
all pious Moslems, Enver Bey."
No doubt they were intended to
symbolic the might whereby the
Turks would defend the, city against
their hated foes, the Christians. /
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-01-30
Blind Potters.

, The new lighthouse" at Sayres,
where the famous potteries of the
French government are situated, is ex-
pected to prove one Of the most useful
methods of re-educating the blinded
soldiers. Making pottery is n of the
occupations in which the blind may
become adept, and, although the Sevres
lighthouse has been in existence only
a short while, eight blinded men have
already been graduated from the mod
cling class into the government shops.
The French government has appor-
toned some land to the committee on
the grounds Of the Sevres p%otteries,
on which it is about to build a training
school for blind potters, who will be
graduated from there to other fac
tories.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-01-30
Made Truck Driver Smile.

A Yankee truck drivers right for.
ward wheel had just sunk with an air
Of inality into a half-flled shell hole
on the road nea Avocourt, and he was
throwing v a terrific barrage of pro-
family when he suddenly stopped short
and his jaw dropped.
Then it closed in a grin as broad as
the Sacramento, from whose distant
shore he had gone forth to war. He
was contemplating the approach along
the roadside of four stalwart and i'm
posing officers Of the famous Prussian
guard. On their shoulders, as they
marched along in the drizzling rain,
was q stretcher, and on the stretcher
lay u wounded doughboy smoking q
cigarette.-stars and Stripes.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-01-30
.I'd Hate to See You FIGHT"

Sergeant r. F. Eddy, Sixteenth en-
gineers, said in a letter received by
his father, Frank M. Eddy, that a foot
ball game between the engineers and
the medical corps, recently played in
France, was me Of the wickedest he
had ever witnessed. Both sides were
out for blood, and the fact that no one
was injured he attributed to the hard
ened condition of the players, "a
soned by many months Of severe train
ing.
About five thousand French soldiers
witnessed the game, and afterward
one Poilu said to Sergeant Eddy: IF
that is what you Yankees call play,
I'd hate to see you fght."-St. Paul
Pioneer Press.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-01-30

The growing boy who is not at
school by reason of careless parental
control represents a wasted life in the
making. To neglect the schooling Of
the growing child is to traffic with the
enemies, ignorance, poverty, vice and
disease. Now, when the boy or girl
is young, impressionable and quick to-
learn-now is the time to get in their
coal supply of efficiency and character,
because their winter weather of trial
and test is coming. =.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-01-30

People in Bavaria are crying that
they will not be slaves. 1t is a pity
they did not come to that determine.
ton a few years ago, when they we're
the slaves Of q pitiless militarism and
servilely submitted to give up even
their rights as human beings. Had
they asserted themselves soone Ger
many might now be a prosperous and
happy country, instead Of a pariah
among nations and torn by internal
anarchy.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-01-30
A Cheerful Guy.

Grump-I have absolutely nothing to
be thankful for.
Gay-You can be thankful you're not
dead, can't you?
Grump-What! And me carrying 0
big life insurance?
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-12
President Will Not Interfere Further
With Dry Edict, is Paris
Statement.

Paris, June 6-Unless congress
intervenes, war time prohibition will
60 into effect on July 1. iss
The International News Service
was authorized to state officially to-
day that President Wilson will take
no further steps to prevent the Unit
ed States from going dry on that
date. .bs
The president has been inundated
with appeals from America to set
aside the war time prohibition meas
ure because of the belief that con-
gress will fail to act upon his recon-
mendation but he has taken the stand
that he is unable to do anything
further, in view of Attorney General
Palmer's decision.
The president, however, plans to
discuss the effects of the war time
prohibition with the cabinet on his
return to the United States before
the law becomes effective.
President Wilson expressed his
warmest satisfaction at the action Of
the senate in passing the woman suf-
frage measure and said he was con-
vinced enough state legislatures will
ratify the amendment to permit
women to vote in the next presiden-
tial election.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-12
Minutes of Meeting Of Bates County
Highway Board.

A meeting of the Bates, County
Highway Board was held Tuesday
June 9, in the office Of Jos. B. March
in Butler and the following officers
were elected.
DR.. w. A. Williams, Chairman.
Lee Stith, Vice Chairman.
|, JOS. B. March. Secretary.
Secretary instructed to 60 over
road from Butler to Miami county,
Kas.. along with A. H. Culver and
consider advisability of recommend
ing to State Highway Engineer tina.
route of said road be changed.
Secretary instructed to look over
that portion of road from Butler to
Cass county that runs between sec
tion 3. township 40, range 81 and sec
tions 80 and "a, township Al, range 81
with view of recommending to State
Highway Engineer that the route Of
said portion of the road be changed
to run north between sections "a and
IS and west between sections 27 and
-. township II, range 81.
Secretary instructed to write the
township boards asking them to have
the county seat roads graded up so
they will be in proper condition for
dragging.
The question of dragging roads
and other means of maintenance
were discussed and attention was
called to the necessity of dragging
roads when they are in the right
stage OF dampness and to the bene-
fits derived from keeping the side
bitches open and free from all OBJ
structions were emphasized.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-12
Let's Help the Boys.

u In each Church in Butler next Sum
day morning an opportunity to be Of
real service to our boys will be
given.
Il The church should be real and
vital factor in building wholesome
citizenship in the community.
X The boys are a large part of the
material and church organizations
should grasp with avidity every op-
portunity to be of practical service
in converting the raw material into
the finished product.
\ The Boy Scouts of America arc
doing great work in building a bet
ter citizenship and they need the
help of every friend of boys.
Il. Ii you are a friend to the boyhood
of this community, attend the morn
ing service OF the church of your
preference next Sunday morning and
YOU will be told how and then given
an opportunity to become a real con-
stributor to the building OF better
citizenship in this country.
Respectfully,
H. o. Maxey,
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-12
Car Thrown Into Greek.

Geo. Trammell and Miss Carlyle o.
this city suffered injuries by the
overturning of motor car on the
road southeast of the city about {
o'clock Saturday evening. i appears
from the statement of Mr.. Trammell
that the car locked, or at least ne
lost control of the machine just as 4
struck bridge over . small creek
the. car suddenly jumping the guard
rail and toppled over into the creek
below, carrying both the young peo-
pie with it. Trammell suffered Sc
we're body bruises, while his com
panion, Miss Carlyle was not so for
tunate as she suffered painful cuts OF
the body, necessitating the services
OF surgeon, Dr.. c. J. Allen, who
dressed her injuries. 1t is thought
Miss Carlyle was thrown against the
wind shield which was shattered.
The car also was considerably dam
aged. Miss Carlyle's injuries while
painful, are not dangerous.-Ricl'
Hill Review,
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-12
BATES COUNTY TO HAVE A
FARM AGENT !
R. A. Longbaehsr Employed by the
County Farm Bureau At a
Salary Of $4,000 per
Year.

A meeting OF the members of the
Bates county farm bureau was held
at the court house Thursday after
noon for the purpose OF deciding
whether or not to employ a farm
agent for the county. The matter
was thoroughly discussed and it was
finally decided that an agent should
be employed. There were two appli-
cations for the position. {. L. White,
of Clinton. and X. \. Logenbacher.
Mr.. Logenhaciler was strongly rec
commended by X. II. Ross, county
leader for the state. and he was final
ly hired at salary of $4,000 per year,
He is expected to arrive ready for
business July first. The county
court donated room in the base
ment Of the court house ior the use
of the agent where he can be found
after July by those interested IN
farm affairs.
Mr.. Logenbacher is man OF many
years of experience in farm life in
Missouri and in addition to his prac-
tical knowledge he is thoroughly
grounded i'll the technical side Of
farm work. Among other of the
lines with which he is familiar is
that OF the poultry yard and he is
prepared to give expert advice along
that line. He is at present engaged
in special work in connection with
the prevention OF grain diseases in
this state
Frank Hennon. secretary OF the
county farm bureau. is in receipt of
the following letter from K. H. Ross,
county agent leader in the extension
work of the University OF Missouri,
regarding Mr.. Losenbacher:
Il believe we have found man
who will make success OF the work
of county agent in Bates county.
This man has been working in this
state for the past several months and
has marked ability in getting the CO.
operation OF farmers aud getting
things done. He is no, only we'll
grounded in the technical side of ag-
riculture, but has had life ,Me ex-
perience on the farm and has made
a success OF farming himself, He is
above the average in age and would
be regarded as mature by any Of our
farmers. His recommendations are
to the effect tina, he has
made success OF everything he has
undertaken. He has a srea, deal Of
energy. initiative and push, and al
though giving his time just now to
the control OF diseases in grain, he
owns Duroc Jersey hogs and Hol-
stein cattle himself. 81 ,ha, his in
terest in farms. IS by uo means mar
row.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-12
Now They're Drinking Hair Tonic
for Liquor.

San Juan, June Io.-Hair tonic has
leaped in favor as drink in Ponce.
In one week more than 1850 bottles
of kind manufactured by "a local
firm under formula registered with
the Insu1ar Government was sold in
that city.
The tonic, said to contain more
than 60 per cent alcohol, is reported
to have been selling a IS cents a
drink, despite the fact that it con-
tains drugs which, although reported
to be of benefit to hair when exter-
nally applied, are said to be some
what harmful to the system when inn
bibed.
The existence of the tonic was dis
covered by a detective, who, on
sampling a bottle, reported the mat
ter under the impression that. he had
discovered shipment of pure rum.
As the formula was registered with
the Insular Government by the man
ufacturers. no legal action has been
taken against them, but the manufac-
ture has been stopped and the police
have been endeavoring to round up
all the supplies of the hair tonic that
can be found.
It is. reported that about $1,000
bottles have been shipped to Ponce
during the last few weeks Of which
the greater part has been recovered. s
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-12

Philadelphia, June THE cham
-pion Holstein cow, Rolo Mercena de
kol, was sold yesterday for $4,000
at an auction of pedigreed cattle in
connection with the annual conven-
ton OF the Holstein- Freisian Asso-
citation here. The COW is E years old
and weighs 1900 pounds. Her rec
ord is sIo3 pounds of butter and l.
1873 pounds of milk in seven days,
and 2ol.I7 pounds of butter and p
$500 pounds of milk in thirty days.
She was sold by J. B. Harner OF Noi-
wich, Ontario, to the Coldstream
Farms Lexington, Ky. Her daugh-
ter, Gienotter Rolfo de Kol, brought
$7,Ioo.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-12

Whereas Saturday. June Il. 1919.
is designated as Flag Day. and
whereas there is more OF significance
and wider appreciation of the prin-
ciples that the flag stands for than
at any time in our past history.
Therefore l, as Mayor. do hereby
proclaim Saturday. June Il. as Flag
Day in this city and request that the
people of Butler properly observe
the same by fitting ceremonies and
by the universal display of the Ma
tional colors.
James A. DeArmond. Mayor.