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The Washington times., 1920-08-10

Here Is something new in concerts
They make you pay IS cents for a
chair. where you can hear in comfort
Then when you go away you find
that you still have the IS cents.
The concert will be given on the
south steps of the State, War and
Navy building at $50 o'clock tomor-
row evening.
The participants will be the United
States Marine Band, under direction
of Walter +. Smith, second leader,
and the National Community Chorus.
composed of thrift and savings or
ganizations in the Governments and
the District. under the leadership OF
G. S. Wengerd.
The affair is being arranged by the
Thrift Stamp savings department. OF
the Treasury. The idea Of the con-
cert comes from Mrs. Charlotte b.
Eldridge, chairman. 1t will be free
to the public. However, section
The Washington times., 1920-08-10
KIWANIS CLUB PLANS
FOR REPUBLICAN DAY

Republican Day" will be celebrat-
ed by the jovial members of the
Kiwanis Club Thursday afternoon
atop the Hotel Washington roof when
Clarence A Miller, secretary Of tbs
Republican national committee, will
tell why Senator Harding should be
elected President.
The midsummer luncheons Of the
Kiwanis Club are becoming very
popular and Thursdays, beginning at
1880 o'clock. promises to be thc
most successful OF the season.
Harry l.. Gessford. major and su-
perintendent of the police has been
proposed for honary membership in
the club.
The Washington times., 1920-08-10
Joy for Motorists in Report
"Gos" Can Be Made From StraU
U. S. Announces Experiments
With Wheat Waste Are Solv-
ing Fuel Problems.

The motorists have . new Aong;
"In this wheat, bye and bye"
There's gasoline In sight. There's
forty gallons OF IL. or the equivalent
power value. In every ton OF wheat
straw.
Just as the Department of the In
terror reaches It's "fourthly" In Its
Jeiemiad on the lessening oil supply.
which will put Henry Ford out OF
business IN 900 years, along comes the
Department OF Agriculture and says
there 10 gas enough In every wheat
tield to drive the family LiEsie from
Hicks Corners to Oskaloosa; and that
II the pent-up benxine In unused
cornstalks can be liberated, John ID.
will put on his wig and go into re-
tirement.
II almost looks like the good old
days Dick Mansfield pictures. when
gasoline was IL cents a gallon.
SAME As ILLUMINATING GAS.
The plain. matter-of-fact truth is
this:
Gas has been made out of wheat
straw by the same process that ex-
tracts gas from soft coal.
The product analyses practically
the same as Illuminating gas. An
dutOuOUbS aStuohy hSS wv" -" "'N'a
IL.
There 10 said to be In every ton OF
wheat straw the equivalent OF forty
gallons OF gasoline. As by products.
there are 900 pounds OF the finest
Iampblack, worth at least 8 cents a
pound, and a quantity OF ammoniacal
liquor. which has a market value for
disinfecting and cleaning.
Wheat straw is now worse than
worthless west OF the Mississippi
river, and there Is enough in the
country on the basis given to be
equivalent to one-sixth Of the gaso-
line now produced.
The Department of Agriculture Is
making experiments at the Arlington
farms to further test the wheat-straw
gas product and determine its avail
ability for power The experts also
ere seeking means to liauify the gas
SO IL can be carried in an automobile
tank.
EXPERIMENTS WITH RETORTs.
The Department Is experimenting
with various kinds OF gas retorts in
the effort to devise one which will be
within the means of every wheat
farmer.
The possibilities go farther. II gas
can be obtained from wheat, II is
thought likely that 1t can be obtained
from cornstalks, sugar cane, and cot
ton plant refuse. Cornstalks are
looked to hopefully. because of their
large carbon content. If Ii Is found
they can be used, the supply. now
The Washington times., 1920-08-10
WEATHER
Capital Has Ideal Kind
for Vacations, Take
II From Brownlow.
BUT FOR HOT SPELLS.
Great Summer Resort.
Stays Hero Himself,
SO He Knows,
Is washington an ideal sunni

Is Washington an ideal summer
resort
Commissioner Louis Brownlow.
who 10 spending his vacation In the
National Capital. emphaticsiiy
answers yes" .
Save for q hot spell now and
then, Washington has ideal wealth
err" says Mr.. Brownlow. 1T Is one
of the most beautiful cities In the
world.
"The public buildings here are
known all over the universe and
tourists come hundreds OF miles
just to get a glimpse OF the home OF
the Federal Government.
Thousands of people come here
every summer to spend their waco
tion. They find many recreation
facilities. Accommodations at the
hotels and in private homes do
credit to the city.
There may be some disadvantages
to this city as q modern summer
resort, but the advantages are
enough to outweigh any objections.
II have spent the summer SO far
in the Capital and / do not regret
it."
The Washington times., 1920-08-10

wasted, is estimated to be more than
equivalent to all the gasoline now
produced in the country.
WheAt-straw. gas has gone beyond
the mere visionary stage. II has been
manufactured In British Columbia.
and to a small extent in the retort
which has been built at Arlington.
The Department of Agriculture has
placed experiments in the hands OF
David J. Price, engineer In charge OF
grain dust explosion, the man who
three years ago diagnosed ana
checked the appalling series OF grain
dust explosions In mills ana thresn :
ers In the northwest.
Mr.. Price is conservative. for fear
that he will be considered unduly op-
timistic. There also is q shortage or
funds for experimental work. due to
the attitude of Congress on appro-
priations.
STRAW PACKED IN CHAMBER
The retort Is on the same plan As
a gas works retort. The straw 10
packed into an air-tight chamber ana
a high degree of heat applied from
without. This breaks down the struc-
ture of the wheat straw without COM
bustion. Gas is formed, which IL
carried out through pipes. IL Is
passed through water In what Is
known as the scrubbing process, and
there freed from ammontacal and
other base ingredients.
The lamp black residue remains In
the retort. 1t is the finest lamp
black known and has a market in
the paint industry.
Under present experiments. 1t Is
necessary to have a gas container,
or gasometer for the gas. This 10 the
most serious obstacle to the construc-
ton of an apparatus cheap enough
The Washington times., 1920-08-10
us. W0RKERSL00K
FOR HOT SESSION
Local No. 2 Meets Friday Night
to Instruct Delegates to Fed
GRAFTON Convention.

Prediction is made that one OF the
warmest meetings in the history OF
Local No. 2, National Federation OF
Federal Employees, will take place
Friday night, when the board OF rep
resentstives gathers to instruct the
delegates to the annual convention of
the federation in st. Louis. Septem-
Der 8.
The delegates will be asked to vote
solidly for the constitutional amend
ment cutting down the executive
council of the federation, as proposed
by Local No. 2. II Is expected Wig.
orous night will develop In convention
on this issue.
Local No. . recently took the stand
that the National Federation OF Fed
eral Employees needs considerable re-
organizing II It is to be in a position
to successfully press the big measure
which has come before II. The dele
gates will be warmed up to this posi-
tion Friday night and instructed to
stand to the last in order to bring
about many proposed reforms.
The Washington times., 1920-08-10
v. B. A. STARTS
NEW STATION
Workmen Begin Razing Build
ings on Site of Proposed
Modern Terminal.

Work on the new temporary ter
minal OF the Washington. Baltimore
and Annapolis Electric Railroad Com
psny at New York avenue and
Eleventh and Twelfth streets north
west, has been started.
A corps of workmen in charge OF
Henry Owens. general foreman for
the railway company. today are raz-
ing a number OF the buildings on the
site. 1t is expected that the COM
pany will have material to build three
tracks through the property by the
latter part of this month.
WILL SPEND $4,000.
The cost of building the tracks will
Approximate $150,000, while nearly
100000 will be expended in remodels
ing several OF the houses into a tenn
porary ticket office and waiting room
for the patrons OF the company.
The company plans to have three
trains in readiness at the new ter
minal for it's business, taking their
trains OF the streets at the present
terminal at New York avenue and
Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets.
Officials of the company stated this
morning that they are attempting
to finance a big modern terminal sta
ton and hotel, providing 700 rooms.
However, IL was stated. the money is
not at hand at present and this i'm
provement would probably not be
made for another year.
1.-The project has not been aban-
doned," declared the railroad official
this morning. But for the present We
will have to be contented with the
temporary structure.
PLAN HOTEL AND STATION.
The razing Of the present buildings
on the company's site is being done
by their own labor. No contract has
been given for the laying OF the
tracks and the erection of the tenn
porary station. this work also being
handled by the company's forces.
"Our first plans" said an official
today, "were to erect a fine, modern
station building and hotel. The tracks
were to run under the hotel. The COM
pany is highly pleased with the To-
ca tion at New York avenue, Eleventh
and Twelfth streets. and believe It to
be ideal for our terminal and for q
hotel
1--WE hope to start on the hotel
within a year. Our plans would be an
outlay OF nearly 81, 900 900 for the new
station and hotel"
The Washington times., 1920-08-10
URGES new SEWERAGE
SYSTEM IN CLARENDON

Installation OF a sewerage and gas
system for Clarendon was urged by
Col. Robert N. Harper, president OF
the Washington Chamber OF Com
mercc, in an address before the
Clarendon citizens Association, last
night.
Colonel Harper also advocated the
extension OF Virginia avenue to Key
bridge to provide an extra avenue for
trafnc from virginia. Frank Lyon.
president OF the Arlington County
Chamber OF Commerce, spoke briefly.
The Washington times., 1920-08-10
ELMER
Upholds Honor of Mar
shall Family, Limerick
Experts.
HE COPS 16 BUCKS
Times Prizewinner Takes
Capper's Weekly
Contest.

The Marshall family. OF 1919
Park road northwest. winners de
luxe in limerick contests and like
brain-wrackers. are at II again
Elmer w. Marshall is the latest.
He has just gotten s16 from Cap
per's Weekly for the longest list
OF correctly spelled words from the
letters contained In the word
storage"
-Four members of the Marshall
family were winners of 800 cash
prizes in the limerick contest re-
Gently conducted by The Washing
ton Times.
Elmer w. Marshall was also win
ner in a similar contest conducted
by the New York American and in a
contest held by The Washington
Times about ten years ago.
The family Is in on all contests
of this kind, and II is the boast of
neighboff that they can scent such
a contest clear across the country.
The Washington times., 1920-08-10
AUG. COMMUTAT|ON
WILL Be ACCEPTED
Return Tickets at Old Rates
Good Up to August rs,
Roads Propose.

Special arrangements to care for
commuters who purchase tickets prior
to August 26. when the railroad pas
senger fare increases become effec-
tive, have been suggested to the In
terstate Commerce Commission by
the Association OF Railway Execu.
tives. The commission has indicated
II will authorize the recon- mmendations
made by the carriers, and is expected
to formally announce its decision at
an early date.
The proposals submitted are:
"One way tickets sold prior, to
August rs, 1920, held by passengers
er route August 26. 1920. will be hon
ored to destination in accordance
with tariff under which sold.
NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE.
Passengers actually en- route at
midnight August %, 1920, will be
carried to destination of sleeping or
parlor car ticket without additional
charge. Surcharge will apply in con-
nection with all one way and round
trip tickets of every kind Of sleeping
or parlor car space. IL purchased for
use on or after August 20, 1920.
Outstanding sleeping or parlor car
tickets covering space to be used on
or after August 26, 1920, will be hon
ored only upon payment Of the sur
charge.
"Commutation or other multiple
forms of tickets sold prior to Au-
gust I. 1920. will be honored within
their limits.
"Commutation and other multiple
III. 10. r,vxo al 40
month limit or limit not exceeding
thirty-fve days from date OF sale,
sold after August I, 1920. and prior
TO August 26, 1920, will be honored
within their limits.
WILL REDEEM TICKETS.
Communication or other multiple
ferns of tickets bearing longer linn
,ts than calendar months or exceed
ing thirty-hve days from date of
saie, sold on or after August 1. 1920,
and prior to August %. 1920, will not
be honored on or after August 90.
1920: but such tickets, IL wholly un-
ued. will be redeemed at fare paid.
and II partially used, will be re-
deemed at proportionate fare.
Tickets OF any class sold prior to
August 1, 1920. must not be dated
ahead for use on or after August 28.
1920, unless the increased fares are
collected. Surcharge must also be
collected where sleeping or parlor
space IL used.
MIX and cream tickets purchased
prior to August 26 1920. will not be
honored on or after that date, but
will be redeemed at face value on
presentation to General Passenger
Department"
The Washington times., 1920-08-10
Ten Infants, One Year
Old and Less, Die Here
In Single 24-Hour Period

Ten infants, one year old and less.
died yesterday, according to reports
psrtment.
The total number OF deaths re-
twenty-five.
This Is the largest number of
deaths Of babies In several weeks.
The Washington times., 1920-08-10
WINS Y. w. c. A. HONOR.

Miss Alice Haines. a student Of
Central High School, has been elected
president OF the High School Clubs
OF the Y. w. c. A. of this division
The election took place at the con-
ference OF the high school clubs at
Camp Mepahwin, Pa, and was an
nounced yesterday by the secretary Of
the local Y. w. c. A.
The Washington times., 1920-08-10
CHAUFFEURS TO MEET.

Public Vehicle Chauffeurs' Union
No. e25, will meet Thursday night In
Musicians Hail. 1905 II street north
west, at 3 o'clock. George r. King.
,Sesident OF the union, announces that
important business will be transacted.
The Washington times., 1920-08-10
TO GIVE zONING REPORT.

A. J. May, chairman OF the zonIng
committee OF the Washington Cham
Der OF Commerce, will present q re-
port to the chamber at a meeting to
be held at the willard Hotel this
evening. The recommendations OF the
chamber will be brought to the at
tention OF the zoning commission on
Friday morning, at 11:15 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1920-08-10
NEW SCHOOL APP0INTEE.

Mrs. Angie Maupin has been ap-
pointed a stenogrspher In the ofrice
OF Frank w. Bsllou, superintendent
OF public schools. She Is now acting
secretary to Fhe superintendent In the
absence OF Miss Carrrll.
The Washington times., 1920-08-10

The Times goes into all the
worthwhile homes in Washington.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-03-20
SEWARD METHODIST CHURCH

Open Forum Class ll:30 4. VI. Sunday School l2. Noon.
 Evening Service 7:30
 Topic for discussion in Open Forum Glass; "The Need of the Conception O Heaven in Social Service"
 Subject of Evening Sermon: = Studies in the ParabieS of Jesus: Tie Lost Boy"
 Choir Special Hymn Anthem:- "'There'S a Wilderness in Gods Mercy We invite the public to these Serv. ices.
 DUANE EARL CARTER, Pastor.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-03-20
ABANDONED ON HIGH SEA

NEW YORK, March 20 The Am erican schooner Jeremiah Smith, en- route to Cuba, has been abandoned in Bank Sea. Seven members of the crew drifted four days in an open boat be fore being rescued.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-03-20
SPRING STARTS TOMORROW

Tomorrow is the first day of spring according to the Rexall almanac and other statistical books. Everybody vii; say letter spring, Seward and the re- mainder of Alaska Is ready.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-03-20
"
 WHAT'S THE NAME?

Gabriel SantO, we'll known Sew
 ard chef, and Tom Rally are gO- ing to open a new restaurant in Seward, location being On Broad way near the Northern. The twD partners want a suitable name
 for the new cafe and the person
 presenting a name which is ac-
 cepted. will receive SlO meal
 ticket.
 - -srss
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-03-20

FOR SALE Water front proper " for Industrial purposes. in lots ,o suit. Apply J. $. Hoffman. owner. A l9
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1920-01-28
REORGANIZATION.

Following the articles that ap-
peared in the Elizabethtown
News, written by its editor, Har-
ry Summers, and reproduced in
the Adair County News, the en-
tire reorganization of the Demo
cratic party.in the State is in
process of completion.
Eleven leading Democrats are
to be named, one from each Con-
gressionaI District, with entire
control of the party rehibilita,
tion:until the party Convention
takes place some time during the
spring.
The purpose of this plan is to
get allielements of the party in
perfect accord. to more or less
suggest Legislative policies at
Frankfort subject to the approx.
al of Democratic Senators and
Representative, complete public,
ity in all parts of the State,
through several news bureaus.
and a perfect organization be
fore the Presidential Convention
is held at San Francisco. Har-
mony is being manifested in
these plans, which will be work
ed out in a few days and it pre-
sages the redemption of Ken,
lucky in the November election.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1920-01-28
THE BEST FOR ADAIR COUNTY.

The road proposition is the all
absorbing question in the hill
country of Kentucky, and many
counties have taken steps to bet
ter their condition. No enter
prise will build up a county fast
er than the move for good roads.
Good highways not only gladden.
the hearts of the travelling pub
lie. but they are of untold Bone
fit to the farming class. If we
had good pixies running through
this county, the farmer would
have no trouble in getting his
products to market. They would
also save the wear and tear of
wagons, and would also prolong
the lives of horses and mules
that would draw them. The
condition that the roads are now
In, a team can only pull a few
hundred pounds, but if they
were piked the same team could
draw easily twenty-five hundred
pounds. Hence bad roads make
it very expensive to the farmers,
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1920-01-28

Besides, good highways makes
all kinds of busine IS better.
More people would come to the
county seat, and as result more
general trading would be done.
Good roads will be an incentive
for handsomer residences. Peo-
pie who would live along the
pixies would want dwellings in
keeping with the highways,
hence many old buildings would
be RACED and new and modern
homes would take their places,
and farms THAT can now be
bought for two or three thou
sand dollars would sell for dou-
BILE that money.
Good roads are inviting. Pike
Adair county and in a very few
years the growth in population
would be marvellous. Every ma
tive wants to see his county
grow and the volume of business
increased. & The way to do this
is to organize a system for bet
ter highways.
1t is the enterprising counties
that are coming to the front,
and the good road spirit is the
stimulant. We would be glad
to see the Fiscal Court and all
men who want to see Adair rise
and shine go to work to bring
about better road conditions.
To do this there will have to
be an outlay of quite a sum of
money, but it would be expend-
ed in a cause that would help ev-
cry man, woman and child in
Adair county. The money that
is expended in patching old
roads is thrown away. Macada-
mize the highways and you will
have something substantial
1t is nonsensical to say the
county does not want to build
roads for automobiles. The ma
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1920-01-28
Taken Up as Siray.

The affiiant, George Coffey, state
that on the 23rd of Nov. 1919, a black
heifer, about years old, weight about
700 lbs, No marks CT any kind Said
Coffey says he has not defaced any
marks on this heifer He states that
he has taken up said heifer as a stray.
Said affiant states that his place of
residence is Columbia KY.
George Coffey.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this Dec "A, 1919
W. S. Sinclair, j. A. @. G.
The affiant, R. A. Waggener. states
that he has seen a heifer taken up as
stray by Geo. Coffey. He says this
heifer is a black. about 2 years old,
weight about 700 lbs. Worth about
$4,000, and there are no disting uishing
marks about her.
R. A. Waggener.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
this Dec "a, 1919
W. S. Sinclair, J. A. G. G.
13-4t
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1920-01-28

A dispatch from Washington,
D. c., dated January %, says
five prohibition Inspectors were
appointed for Kentucky today.
They are former Governor Jas.
D. Black. former State Fire
Marshal Thos. B. Papnell. W.
B. Stanfield, Elijah HogGe. G..
Talbett Berry, Henry Maher.
Gov. Blacks salary is $4,000, the
others So, 500 each.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1920-01-28

There is a law against making
a garbage pen out of the public
square, hence persons who are
throwing out rubbish should be
notified to desist; When we had
a Town Marshall he kept the
square clean. If it requires 3
M arshall to keep the streets and
so uare in a good sanitary condi-
ton, the Board should elect one
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1920-01-28

Mr.. Ed D. Shinnick, who was
a widely known newspaper man,
the editor of the Shelby Record,
died at his home near Shelby
vile, last week. He was a for
mer President of the Kentucky
Press Association, and was a
prominent Democrat.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1920-01-28
To Contractors.

AT my office, at l: 90 P. NJ. on Feb.
2, 1920. The Adair county Board oil
Education will let to the lowest re-
sponsible bidders, reserving the right
to reject any and all bids, the follow.
ing:
Pollard's chapel, Dist, IL, Div, l.
Elroy Colored School, Dist, G
Div, 2.
Rainfall, Dist, So, Div, 3. 80 49,,
Mount russell, Dist, 70, Div, 4. :.
Spout Springs, ga, Div, 4.
For plans and specifications call al
my Office.
Noah Ley Supt,
Adair county Schools.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1920-01-28

Former Attorney General Jas.
Garrett, who is a mighty good
Democrat, has been dreaming
about Hoover. and thinks he
would make an acceptable Dem
ocratic candidate for the Pres.
ident. The News will "chaw
on"
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1920-01-28

them. We will have to wait I'M
til the last days of the session
to tell. A Louisville Democrat
ic Senator has introduced a bill
doing away with party devices.
1t has its friends. but will prob
ably be killed.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1920-01-28

chimes are here and more will be
purchased. Many of the thrifty
farmers of the county own auto
mobiles, and we learn that quite
a number will be ordered this
coming spring.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1920-01-28

The Kentucky Legislature is
moving along with but little sc-
compIished up to the present. A
great many bills have been in
troduced, bat there is no telling
what will become of the most OF
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1920-01-28

II you should contract cold, take
care of yourself. While there is no
flu in this part of the country, it is
raging in Chicago, Ill
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1920-01-28
Lost.

Between the residence of Mrs. Ham
lett and that of W A. Coffey, on last
Thursday evening, gentleman's Onyx
Scarf Pin, square setting. Finder re-
turn to this Office and receive reward.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1920-01-28
For Sale.

White Burley Tobacco Seed. The
brightest Of any known variety Price
Sl.OO per o., by mail.
T. 1. Smith, Cane Valley, KY,