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U.S. INDUSTRY
CM? MODEL
Head of French Naval Mission
Says Old World
Must Follow. I
PLEASED AT WELCOME,
(government Bureaus and
Steel Plants Cause Admiral
to Marvel.
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HenM-PuWft Vt*K*r
Srarter, Speelsl C?W* DI?P??eb-> I
Paris. July 11-?Admlial'Charbon-j
nier, chief engineer end Inspectorj.
general of the jractlce and expert- j
mental servlcc oI artillery of the
French nary. ha? Just returned;
from the United States. where he
headed the French naval mission.
ile said in an interview he ttm convinced
the Old Wcild must follow ^
the Industrial and scientific lessor
taught by America. The mission of,
naval expert# made a tour of the
big American industrial establish- j
menu specialising in the production
of naval artillery guests of the
Secretary of the Navy and with a
view to a clortr relationship be- C
tween France and America in the c
science of naval crdntcce. The mis- (
sion visited V.'a>bington. PhUadelphia.
the du Pont p'ants, Norfolk.
Bethlehem. Nias-ara. Schenectady.
New England and New York. i t
1 Bfrrwrd by AwHc*.
Admiral Charfcocnier taid: jo
The trip was sufficient to con- j
vince us of the immense power of
America for scientific and Industrial '
development. The people, young I
and active, who leave nothing un- d
done, make the best of the Inex- c
haustlble riches. Without a doubt.'
the positive, practical intelligence
of Americans leads more to speciall- ?
zation in production than to specu- , c
iative. scientific research, but the i
technical instruction in America is r
moat practical. But the New W orld E
has given us the lesson of fruitful
activity, methodical organisation, r
intelligent courage and marvelous jn
aptitude for ats nr.llatlon.
"We were touched by the welcome , ?
on all sides from Americans. It is *
regrettable that more French mis- ti
sions representing all activities have 11
not been sent to the United States. G
We were given a reception by Ad- b
mlral and Mrs. Sims at the Naval ti
War College, and were charmed s
with the culture of the student J
naval officers who conversed with us *
in French about our art. history and o
Utters. We have most happy mem- r
orles of Philadelphia, where, at *: P
banquet, our hosts airong the elite | a
In Intellectual ana social life sang | P
the Marseillaise with all their hearts v
in French." ^
Admiral Charbonnier declared the d
Bureau of- Standards at Washing- , ti
ton the "best In the world" for con- (a
structlon service. He praised also P
the Aberdeen proving ground which it.
amazed him by its size.
Praises Bureaa. w
"There is nothing comparable to a
it" he said, "on this side of the B,
Atlantic." One can try there all <j
kinds of artillery and test any man- j
ner of performance which is so ti
necessary before deciding on in- r,
stallation on ships. r
"W ealso marveled at the Mid- tl
vale steel plant, which Is character- |
istle of America, where mechanical
development Is such a factor In Its 11
Kreat output that the need of manual
labor Is minimized. Bethlehem
steel plant seems to us the most
perfect and the most formidable Industry
In Amedrica.
"In Washington we were surprised
at the arrangement of the
War and Navy Departments In
acres ofsbuildings. which is quite "
n practical plan. We asked the Secr.
tary of the Navy If there were ;
any secrets we would not expect *
rhem to be revealed, but he replied n<
that the United States had no secret
. losets for the French navy, and so "
the trip was most beneficial in the "1
study of the details of artillery
construction. .... ? ,
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WASHINGTON NAMES !?
K. OF C. DELEGATES ?
a'
Washington will be represented
at the thirty-eighth annual su- fo
preme council of the Knights of fg
Columbus in New York by D. J. w
Callahan, supreme treasurer; Mau- th
rice J. McAulllTe, State deputy; Michael
D. Schaefer, past State .
deputy; Or. A. D. Wilkinson and Dr.
C. I. Griffith. *
The convention will be held In
New York August 3. 4 and 5. with
headquarters at the Commodore *'
Hotel. It is expected that 50,000
knights and their families will be
In New York.
This convention will see the
launching of the enlarged educational
work of the K. of C. The w
convention will also make the offi- rf
clal declaration of the presentation tr
of the K. of C. statue of Lafayette tl,
to France and the baton to Marshal
Foch. At the close of the convention,
the K. of C. pilgrimage will
i sail for France. g(J
i CITY CLUB MEMBERS S
TO HEAR DR. BALLOU E
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Dr. Frank Washington Ballou.
new superintendent of schools of
Washington, will address the weekly
fim luncheon of the City Club "J
inesday. Dr. Ballou will be Inluced
by Dr. William Carl Ruesr.
dean of Teachers' College at th
rge Washington University. w
i he address will be Dr. Ballou's e<1
first public appearance In Washing- *'
ton. Dr. Ballou Is a member of the
Boston City Club, which haa recip- w
rocal relations with the local club.
Dr. Ballou returned to Washing- w
t?n yetserday from the summer ot
,;hool of the University of Pitts- th
b>rg. where he was Instructor.
the forum luncheon on Wednesday
will be the last for the summer
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T jmm\
$602 Pay Check
Goes to Mjner
For June Work
Frostburg, M<r, -July 1L?Joe
Wltoski. a Runlin Pole, employed
by the Atlantic Coal
Company at __BlackfleId, drew
$C01.<7 for a single month's
pay (or digging coal. The pay
for the flrit half of June waa
1329.04, and the laat half.,
$173.S3. almost the equal of the
monthly pay of a Congreaaman.
Wltoski dug during June ?9?.ll
tons of coal, or enough to Bll
eight large steel hoppers.
Pat Plynn, at Meyersdale,
drew $2(4 for two weeks' work
in the mine of the Highland <
Coal Company, operated by Roy
Brothers, a short distance south
of Meyersdale. During that
period, Plynn averaged nine to
ten hours a day. and unassisted
in that time, he dug and loaded
half enough coal to All a steel
hopper car.
iunketsaHs
FORTHEEAST
Congressional Members,
Wives and Families Leave
Golden Gate.
The Congressional "Junket," the
Ireat Northern, steamed out of the
iolden Gate, San Francisco harbor,
Friday, with forty-one members ol
he Congressional party aboard.
The members, who will travel in
he East, are as follows:
D. R. Anthony and sister, family
f Representative D. R. Anthony,
r.; sister of Representative Fred
Jritten. Mrs. E. E. Browne, wife of
tepresentative E. E. Browne, and
aughter; Representative Guy E.
'ampbell. wife and two daughters;
tepresentative J. C. Devera,1 wife
nd two daughters; Representative
C. Dowell; Representative L cl
>yer, wife and two daughters; E.
Erk. secretary to Representative
>yer, wife and daughter; Represenative
James A. Frear; wife of Repesentative
Warren Gard; wife and
iece of Representative L. B. Good11;
Representative Rufus Hardy;
fife and two daughters of Senator
Villiam F. Harris; wife and daugher
of Representative W. W. Hastngs;
wife and two daughters of
reorge W. Hess, director United
tates Botanical Gardens; Represenative
H. S. Herschman; wife and
ister-in-law of Representative
ames H. Mays; Representative J.
i. Morin and two daughters; wife
f Representative L. W. Mott; Repesentative
Frank Murphy and son;
tepresentative E. C. Osborne;
aughter of Senator Carroll S.
'age; Representative M. F. Phelan,
ife, two daughters and son; Repesentative
Stephen G. Porter,
aughter and chaperon; Represenative
C. H. Randall, sister, niece
nd daughter; Representative D. J.
tiordan and family; Representative
'. D. Robinson and son; wife of
tepresentative Everett Sanders;
tepresentative W. M. Shreve and
ife; Representative John U. Small
nd daughter; daughter of Repreentatlve
Henry J. Steele; Senator
homas Sterling and son; three
aughters and sister of RepresentaIve
C. D. Sullivan; son of Representative
John W. Summers; Repesentative
W. S. Vare. wife and
(tree daughters, and Representative
[. C. Woodyard, wife and son.
1AN IN BARRELDIES
IN PLUNGE OVER
FALLSOF NIAGARA
continued kkom page one.
)wn like a cork, swinging from the
iddle of the channel on toward the
iinadian side. With its black and
hite stripes it looked like a giant
>at on a flshline.
Forty-five minutes after the bar 1
began its voyage it plunged over
ic precipice of water at a point
>out one-quarter of the distance
:ross the horseshoe from the Canaan
shore. It took the plunge headrst
and slid down the face of the
Ltaract in plain view of the watch's.
until it was midway between the
est and the foaming water below,
hen it went behind a cloud of spray
id was lost to signt.
For several hours watchers waited
ir the barrel to reappear below the
.lis. William Hill, a riverman.
ent dangerously near the foot of
ie great waterfall In a rowboat in
i effort to find the barrel. The Maid
the Mist, the staunch little steamthat
takes sightseers up to the
ot of the falls, cruised about In
arcb of the barrel. Pieces of it
ere finally picked up and Stephens
a* put down as another victim of
e Niagara. The body has not yet
en recovered.
Vetera Plunger Wltaeaa.
Bobby Leach, of this city, who
ent over the falls In a steel bar1
on July 15, 1911, saw the death
Ip of Stephens. Prom the first
me that he saw Stephens' barrel
each predicted that it could not
icceed in making the trip.
Mrs. Anna Edson Taylor made a
iccessful "trip over the falls in an
ik barrel In October, 1901. Leach's
Ip took thirty-nine minutes. That
Mrs. Taylor took ten minutes
nger because she was caught In.
i eddy below the fall* before rlv- !
men recovered the barrel after j
e plunge.
Stephens was 58 years old. H!s
trrel was six feet high, and made
staunch Russian oak girded with
>avy steel hoops. The Interior of
e barrel was padded, and Stephens
ore a padded suit. The barrel was
tuipped with electric Ughta and
i oxygen tank, the latter with a
is-maak-llke contrivance which
as the invention of T. W. Hill, of
rlstol. a friend of Stephens. It
as partly to prove the efficiency
the^inventlon that Stephens jnade
Acti u Y. W. CA. Hostess.
Hagerstown. Md.. July 11. ? Mr*.
>se Dorsey Habersham, formerly
this city, who has been for some
ne doing war work In France,
ilyand Belgium. Is hostess at the
W. C. A. In Antwerp during the
ternatlonal athletic games this
aimer.
Ouriottesrffle Boy Dwwti
Charlottesville, Va., July n.?
ilma Herring, aged 17. son of Mr.
d Mrs. Matthew Herring, of Barursville.
was drowned Thursday
the Ohio River, near Pittsburg,
e body was not found for two
<rs and then about eight miles
wn the river. It reached his
me at Barbpuraville Sunday and
buried at Rochelle.
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Thirsty Germani
Fortunes for i
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IWukliftra HrnU-Pikllf IWfw
Sfrrl Iffrlll Ciklt DUfttck.)
Berlin, June 25.?France, after
suffering under German military invasion
during four years of war.
is revenging herself by a heavy
commercial invasion o? the German
market. This invasion in 1919 resulted
in millions of francs profit
to French manufacturers and ex- j
pcrters of luxury wares like silks,',
furs, perfumeries, wines and liquors. 1
The uncontrolled influx of these
through the so-called "Hole in the
tho West," contributed largely to I
the collapse of German exchange
since the armistice. German statis- ;
I tics on importation are of littlo 1
value, as great masses of the pro- j
hiblted luxury imports were brought
in without control and even without
payment of duty from the occupied
zone. A summary compiled
by the German semi-ofliclal Journal
of Commerce and Industry from the
French trade statistics shows that
French exports to an impoverished
Germany in 1919 Increased by 48 per
| cent, as compared with the last
reace year, 1913. The approximate
figures reduced to dollars at the normal
rate are for 1919. $25*.775,000,
and for 1913, $173,353,000.
j These figures reflect the increased
CALLS FOR MONEY
MOST NUMEROUS IN
PRESENT CONGRESS
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
vious reason that thnro were so
maty that sucli would have been
almost impossible. Only tf J of the ]
bills introduced In Hie first two'
session* of th-; Sixty-sixth Congress I
became lawj; only fifty-two of the I
public resolution- were adopted. >
and only scvirly-five of the privato
law's and resolution* were passed
upon favorably. '
The majority of the bills acted
cn involved the rairing and spending
of money. The cumber reported
cut of committee calling for money
was 365 in the two sessions of th?
present Congre.'-s The number not
Involving appropriations or tho
raising of money was 1*8. and tho
number of committee reports 00
bills of a private chrxacter was 211.
Of the 858 bills on which committees
reported, enly 470 were acted
on. leaving 388 ttlll pending.
Family of 53 to Hold Reuion.
Lynchburg. Va., July 11.?Mr. and
Mrs. George Coleman and children,
of Lynchburg, have gone to Appomattox
to be present at a family reunion
at the home of Mr. Coleman's
mother, Mrs. Anna Coleman, at
which fifty-three children, grandchildren
and great-grandchildren are
present.
Deacon Objects
To Church Talk
On Moonshining
Lynchburg. Va.. July 11.?A
prohibition meeting at Diamond
Hill Presbyterian Church, eighteen
miles south of Lynchburg,
in Campbell County, ended In a
riot last Sunday when R. E.
Mitchell, deacon of the church,
uterfered when 8. N. Arthur was
leiivartng a fervid oration urging
the congregation to stop
making moonshine whisky.
Mitchell ordered Arthur to
"shut up and leave the church."
X turmoil started at once,
members of the congregation
taking both sides. So far as can
be learned no blQwa were struck.
T.. B. Tweedy, one of the
:hurch supervisors of the Rustburg
district, who had accompanied
Arthur to the church,
iwore out a warrant charging
Mitchell with disturbing public
worship.
The warrant was later withdrawn,
but 8tate Attorney A. H.
Light has stated his intention
of presenting the whole matter
to tbe grand Jury at their next f
sitting.
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BtiW
; Squander ]
^rench Wines
1 into Rhineland
i
prices of all commodities. The statistics
show that Prance is getting
back a part of her losaes in Increased
trade with her vanquished |
enemy. Germany's share of the |
French exports was increased mate- |
rially In many coRuuodities as com- j
pared with her total exports to all i f
countries. 'l
Germany took In 1919 SS per cent tl
of the entire French export of >j
cotton textiles against 1.4 per cent ?
In 1913; 30 per cent of the total p
woolen goods exports as compared ,
with 5.2 per cent in 1913; and 11 (,
per cent of all French silk wares jD
exported In 1919, against 2.5 per'
cent in 1913. i (,
France was further able to make ' \
up In part for the lost or impaired I *
market for French wines, spirits |
and liquors doe to United Statesin
prohibition and Increased import' n
duties In England. Brazil and the
Argentine by dumping these bever- r
ages upon Germany, against the ?
will of the government, but to the
delight of the spending public.
While French total exports of
spirits fell olT owing to the above
causes practically 50 per cent be- n
tween 1913 and 1919, Germany ab- j(
sorbed in 1919, 3.200,254 quarts of, f
spirits and liquors, valued at 25,- a
164.000 france (approximately J5.- b
000,000 nominal), as compared with a
411.851 quarts worth 738,000 francs fi
(1147.600) in 1913. In addition to!
these quantities of benedlctine,! u
chartreuse, vermuth and other u
aperitifs and liquors, over 13.330,- t
000 quarts of French wines came d
In for thirsty German throats,'
mostly through the open customs 11
barrier on the western frontier. j
Of perfumes, soaps and toilet ar-1
tides, mostly luxuries, exported in {
1919, Germany absorbed 30 per cent. I
The German share of these exports
in 1913 was.only 2.4 per cent. Over *
10.000.000 pounds of these commodlties.
valued at 43.S40.000 francs 81
(38.708.090 nominal), with a large
part of which the German govern- Sl
ment would willingly have dis- o1
pensed, were qold Into Germany last >'
year. Payment for them assisted SI
materially in driving down the ex- j
change value of the German mark.'I.
Almost 90 per cent were brought in'ei
through the occupied area. im
During the flrst two months ofjw
the present year the flood of French sc
wares continued to pour in at an m
ever increasing rate through the oc- ! t?
cupled xone In the west. Barely 20 |
per cent came through the customs r
gates over which Germany had con- L
trol.
BEAUTIES OF BEACH
TO COMPETE FOR CUP "
i >t
Washington's own "Beauty Show ,r
of 1920" will be presented at thejfr
Tidal Basin beach Saturiay, whenl|n
two silver cups will be presented by 'co
Manager L. Gordon Leach to the local
damsels endowed and adorned^
with the most pulchritude. sit
At 3:30 o'clock, rosy maidens in
fantastic bathing costumes will pa- p
rade before three judges, who will
pick the prettiest and mbst becomingly
coatumed.
Take It from Untie Eph.
j a
JACKETS ARE going lo bei?
>opular this canon?for potatoes- I eq
What we need ? wind shields to an
irotect us from political speeches, to
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BROKEN HEART I
KILLS WOMAN:
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Rescued from Syrian Misr
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sion, Mrs. Ferris G)mes ;
Home Only to Die.
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Moundsville, W. Va.. July 11.? jt
leseued from an American mission
n Syria last April after her hus- t
and ha<l been massacred by the1 f
'urks. Mrs. John Ferris, an aged:!
roman who had spent the greater. f
art of her life in foreign mission
vork, died here yesterday from a|a
roken heart after the tragic end i I
f her work.. : \
Mrs. Ferris returned to her old j
ome in MoundVville destitute.
Vhen rescued from the mission stie p
van exhausted from starvation. f
Two sons and c large number of r
ephews and nieces in Moundsville 4
lade a home for the aged woman.
ARMERPROPS BALKY J
HORSE UP WITH STICKS
Hyattsvllle, Md.. July 11.?A farler
of Seat Pleasant district. Prince
eorges County, has a horse who re-^
uses to back. In fact, the farmer
vers, so opposed is the horse to
acking. that It lies down whenever
n attempt is made to make It perorm
a rearward motion.' *
So the farmer has hit upon the
nique plan of propping the steed a
p with sticks whenever it gets con-i
rary and takes a motion to lie
own. He reports the plan a success. IP
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Eightieth Division Vets in
To Convene at Richmond!?
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Winchester. Va.. July 11.?World?8
ar veterans who served in the 1 s;
ightieth ("Blue Ridge") division;1
re planning trips to Richmond !"
jring the first reunion, to be held |e
pptember 4-6. A number of posts |n
[ th,e division association have c
pen formed in this section of the j
'.ate. d
Lloyd Williams Post. American s
egion. Berryville, Va.. plans to t)
ect a community building as a emorial
to the marine officer for ~
hom the post is named. The ?
heme is to be laid before a mass t,
eetlng of Clarke County citizens s
*norrow night. cj
a
)eaf Woman Badly Hurt [\
When Trolley Hits Team
Frederick. Md.. July 11.?Mrs. u
arrison M. Kemp was perhaps fally
injured when a trolley car
ruck the team In which she was vl
fling. , oi
Mrs. Kemp sustained a compound l<
acture of the leg and was badly hi
jured about the he&d. Her re- tt
ivery is not expected. The accl- w
nt occurred at a crossing on the sc
pmp farm. Mrs. Kemp, who is a 'r?
ute, is said not to have heard the tt
gnal from the trolley.
ather and Son Drowned
Under Culvert in Storm
Villa Nova, W. Va., July 11.?J. C.
uffield and his son, Elvin DufReld.
ere drowned in a culvert near here
nd the body of the son has not
een recovered.
The body of the elder Duffleld was
>ui)d buried in the mud four feet
?ep Just below the culvert. They
id taken refuge In the culvert from
ie rain, which proved to be a
oudburst, and they were overhelmed
before they knew It.
Girl's Foot Muffed by Macbiae.
Wheeling. W. Va., July 11.?Mary
Iberta. aged 8 years, daughter of
r. and Mrs. William Beck, near
>ort" Creek, was caueht in a mowg
machine, in front of which she
n in play, and it was necessary to
nputate her right foot above the
ikle at North Wheeling Hospital, <
.turday,
jirii Orftaised to Pick Peaches.
Hagerstown, Md., July 11. ? Miss
ie Frlck. in charge of the worn- 1
i's department of farm work for 1
e county, has organized Hagerswn
girls Into a peach picking I
.ttalion. The girls have a fully i
uipped camp between Smlthsburg I
id KdgemAt. A large aumbar of I
lunteers have been secured. _
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iALLOU,SCHOOL!
head, returns
Vepares to Plunge Into Sea
Of Educational Duties **
\ Here. *
Dr. Prank W. Ballou. superlnendent
of schools, returned to
V'ashlpgton yesterday following the
ompletlon of a course of lectures
t the University of Pittsburgh,
nd will today plunge Into a sea of
rorlc made ready for him by acting
uperlntendent Stephen E. Kramer.
Kramer haa prepared data on
eachers' salaries, supplies and
ther school matters for submission
o Dr. Ballou. The new superlntenent
also will face the construction
f a new curriculum for the schools,
urchase of new textbooks and editions
to the school administralon's
clerical force.
Dr. Abram Simon, president of
he Board of Education, left Washr?gton
yesterday tor a vacation.
Dr. Bmon has decided o divide
rork on the theory that other
chool officials can do It Just as
rcll. He already has r?llnquirhe? the
uty of signing the semi-monthly
layrclls In favor of Dr. Henry H.
.earned, vice president of the school
oard. and Intends to divide evenly
cores of clerical tasks performed
y Dr. John Van Schaick. jr., when
e headed the school board.
/eteTanslain
iii pistol duel
ieriously Wounds Opponent
As He Breathes His Last
In the Street.
(<iprrlal lo Wnkliftoi Herald.)
Charlottesvlllev Va.. July 11.?Zeb
Ireedon, aged 27. a veteran of the
yorld war. was shot and almost Initantly
killed about noon today In
Jarboursville, Just across the Oringe
County line. In the course of
in argument with Rufus Watson,
iroprietor of a poolroom.
The trouble between the men was
f old standing. Breedon, who was
mployed at the State convict camp
n Amherst County. c*Ae to BarlOursvMle
on a visit to his parents.
He Wk* refused permission to ener
the poolroom by-ON'atson. He
stepped back, drew his revolver,
ind started firing at Watson
hrough an open window. _
Watson then drew his revolver
ind. reaching through a door, shot
ireedon. Falling to the ground,
he former soldier continued firing.
Watson leaned a trifle too far ouv
he door. Broedon's fourth shot.
Ired as he was drawing his last
ireath. hit Watson In the right
orcarm. Inflicting a serious wound.
Watson, after receiving medical
ittention. surrendered to Sheriff
*ond. of Orange County. He then
ias rushed to Charlottesville and
>laced In the University Hospital.
Breedon war wounded In the Arronne
and was reported dead when
i?> was not heard from in several
nonths. Besides his parents. Breelon
Is survived by five brothers.
Even a Heaping
Teaspoon May Be
Only Half Full
(By Universal Service.)
When Is a teaspoon not a teapoon?
The Department of Agriculture's
nswer is:
"When it is measuring baking
owder or other ingredients making j
p the delicate concoctions of friend ;
ousewife." , , , .
A series of tests just completed by
he Office of Homf Kconomics showed
variation of from 126 to 150 teapoons
of baking powder in the
ame one-pound can. according to
he various types of spoons used as
leasures. Tit* tests further showd
the differences due to individual
lanipulatton ranged ft"01 10 Per
ent to 30 per cent, a wider range
f variation than those due to the
ifferent capacities of different teapoons.
..
To put an end to the diseriminalon
which permits some cooks to
et so many more teaspoons of inredients
out of a pound than
thers. Secretary Meredith appealed
j the Bureau of Standards for asIstance.
The bureau, which derees
the standards of all weights
nd measures, has fixed five cubte
entimeters as the theoretical iuiin*
ty a teaspoon holds. Under *hJ
tandard .the spoon should be filled
level" and not ''heaping.
[ail Stone Barrage Hurts Animal*.
Lynchburg. Va.. July 11. ? *
pry destructive hail storm passed
i-er the Eagle Bock section above
ynchburg several days ago when
lil stones largo onounh to pone
ate a tin roof fell. Heavy damage
as done to crops and Ba^'n8
>me animals not tmdor shelter are
iported to have been injured by
ie big hail stones.
Relatives Seek
Hermit's Wealth
In Lonely House
Luray. Va.. July 11. ??l
|p strange and "nthought of
places 1n the home of Calvin
Blckard. wealthy hermit who
was killed by a bull In his pasture
last week, about $7,000 of
the dead man's money has
f?Helatlvea mre searching the
premises for other hldlng P'aces
A few'hours before. Rickarddied
he called his n^Ph?wRlckard.
to his bpd*^e,.an<*
flded to him some of the places
*here his wealth was hidden, it
is believed he failed to give full
dtrecUons^kard had ,ived alone
nearly eight years. He made h i
will a few hours beforehls
death. Besides bequests to relatives,
Mrs. Walter Vlande, who
lived with the family before his
wife's death, was bequeathed
fifty acres of farm land'valued
it *150 an" acre, it Is said. H*r
husband, relatives claim, was
riven $500. \
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Last $2 Donated
To Church Brings
Job to Pious Man
dKcUl ? WxUutH Herald.)
HyatUvllle, Ifd.. Jufy 11?Out
of work and with no Immediate
prospect of securing employment
i Hyattsville man contributed his
last ft to the $50,000 fund now
being ralaed by St. Jerome's
Catholic Church to build a new
church, school and hall.
Yesterday, this man told the
committee in charge of the drive,
he secured a job in the place
where he had least expected to
find one.
Another striking; circumstance,
related by the drive committee
today, is that a number of those'
who have contributed most heavily
to the church fund, have received
substantial raises in pay.
The fund stood at $29,027 today.
$2,639.60 was raised yesterday.
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j News Item?Billy Sunday says
, that in 265 years the whole world
'.will have gone -crazy.
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By HAL M. COCHRAN.'
Ta, ta. fair sensibility, ,
Yau've beea a Rood aid frleadi
But, even so. 'twill aot be l?an
E'er we will rrack the rid
Of reaaan far yanr being here.
You've brought an heaps af bllaa,
lint llllly Suaday aaya e'er Inaa.
We're train* ta laak
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The warld la baaad far Crasylaad.
We're solas la rroaa the hllla
That lead away from eommaa aeaae
Ta fleida af daffy-dilla.
j "W bo's loony bowf? will- aa mare
be.
When we have aoae amiss.
I "Cause who ran ask the question
? hea
The wbale warld laaka
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Ml <=^
Our hralna will be cvclaalc aad
Our Ihlaker will do trlekai
Our watrk will rua haphazard aad
He fall af luay-tleka.
Our head* will he as empty shells;
Wf woader, will we miss
'l'hn| Muff we used la think with
w hen
The whale world look*
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j*s6&i ~r |f^N>t&
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This verae I* wrlttea rears from
bow.
In futuristic tenses
Perhnpa that I* the rensan why
This thine roatnlas no sense.
*?o crawl beneath your rrasy quilt,
Aad common aea?e ill?mi?s|
Thca you will kaow how It will
seem
W hen we all loak
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Alexandria.
THE HERALD BIREAH.
A. S. Doniphan,
727 King Street.
Alexandria. Va., July 11. ? Th^'
body of Milton It. Evans, a former
resident, who died in Philadelphia, j
was brought here tonight and taken j
to Wheatley's mortuary cliapel. The j
funeral will take place at 4 tomor-!
row afternoon. Members of Alex-1
andria-Washington Lodge of Masons j
will be in charge of the services.
Burial will be in St. Paul's Cemetery.
Funeral services for Mrs. Fannie
J. Marstillar, who died Saturday,
will take place at 2 tomorrow afternoon
from her late residence, the
Virginia apartment. 415 Prince
street. Services will be conducted
by Rev. Dr. E. V. Kfcgester, pastor
of th? M. E. Church South.
Dr. Louis Fouiks, city health officer,
reports that during the month j
of June, there were forty-three
births and twenty-four deatha in
the city.
The July term of the Corporation
Court, Judge Robinson Moncure
presiding, will convene tomorrow
morning. ,
Religious services were held this
afternoon at thp chautauqua tent at
the head of King street. An address
was delivered by Kirk Wallace, local
secreary of the Y. M. C. A.
London Ravaged
By Epidemic of
'Asparagus Eye'
London, July 11. ? The discovery
that London is suffering from a
wave of "asparagus eye," followi
the announcement of the prevalence
of the "asparagus neck."
Patients with widely staring eyes
and a tendency to astigmatism are
coming forward in considerable
numbers for treatment. The complaint
is caused, according to doctors,
by the eaters trying to keep
his eye on tllo asparagus tip, at
the same time watching to see if 1
anybody is looking at him. A visit
to London restaurants showed that 1
all asparagus aatsra do UUa.
TRAIN SLEUTHS
FOR TAX WORK
Commissioner of Internal
Revenue Forced to Teach
*
Men New Methods.
JULY IMPOSTS HEAVY
Operatives Taught Unique
Ways to atch Dealers
Who "Sink" Pennies.
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(Public Ledger Berrlee.)
The Commissioner of InternsJ
Revenue Is having his bad days. As
If the enforcement of the Volstead
act were not enough, William 11.
Williams, who holds the position at
present, has found that he has had
to train an entirely new brand of
sleuth to keep up with the work of
collecting all of the tax due to the
United States government under the
thousand and one forms of war
taxation.
The bureau has just turned loose
upon the country hundreds of men
who were brought here to Washington
and taught the intricacies of
ginning down the Innumerable pen. '
nles that should flow through the
drug stores and soft drink ?taiids
into the coffers of the treasury.
So well have these Investigator*
been schooled that they all can distinguish
the call of the copper cent
that belongs to Uncle Sam, no matter
how many of his fellows he may
have been mixed with. Estimates
which have been prepared by government
statisticians show that
the soft drink tax has been running
hundreds of thousands of dollars
behind, especially in view of the
innumerable recruits that vanilla
sodas and nut sundaes have gained
In the past year.
The law puts the entire burden
upon the vendor, and he is equally
liable If he fails to collect as when
he pockets the tax after collecting.
The government demands also that
Immediate returns be made and a
plea that the money was to be ,
handed over to the government ultimately
will not be accepted as
an excuse. All of these facts and
many more, that are said to be
highly secret but that will assist
In catching violators, are being put
into practice now in all of the
States.
Another factor that serves to
make July the busy month of the
bureau Is that any number of spe- "
clal taxes come due this month. ,,
Brokers, stock and bond, ship and
pawn, all have to pay Uncle Sam '
in July for "The privilege of doing
business another year. Theater*.
curio halls, pool and billiard parlors
and public automobiles are also
called upon for annual assessments,
due in July, and that will make the
collections for the current month
approach In sire those when the
quarterly income tax payments are
due.
JAILORFRLJSTRATES
ESCAPE OF INMATES
Elkins. W. Va.. July 11.?A tip
given Jailor James E. Shreve by a
prisoner is thought to have frustrated
a jail delivery early yesterday
morning. A number of Federal
prisoners had been returned
from Federal Court but had not
been placed in their cells.
The plan was to throw a blanket
over the head of Jailor Shreve when
he came in to lock them up for the
night, bind and gag him. take hi*
keys and escape. Shreve secured
the assistance of other officials who
helped him lock up the prisoners.
Bullets Aimed at Gits
Hit Wife of Neighbor
Hagcrstown. Md., July 11.?The
combination of rat* and an air rifle
owned by neighboring families of
V. G. Wantz and Joseph Valentine,
living on Elisabeth street, broke in
the City Court yesterday when Justice
R. J. Halm imposed a fine of
$10 upon Mrs. Wantz for use of the
rifle.
It was shown that when she flred
at one of the Valentine cats she
missed the animal and several of
the shots struck Mrs. Valentine.
The cats, it was stated, had been
after the Wantz chickens and Wantz
decided upon drastic measures,
which Mrs. Wantz undertook to put
into effect. Justice Halm figured
that when a woman shoots she
never hits what she aims at.
Dual Celebration Planned.
Hagestown. Md.. July 11. ? ThS
Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce
has under consideration a dual
celebration for this city and at Antietam
battlefield on September 17.
the anniversary of the famous battle
fought there in 1862. The plans
are in charge of a committee which
will act In conjunction with residents
of Sharpsburg.
Weston Woman KOls Self.
Weston, W. Va.. July 11. ? Mrs.
Elsie l.eona Graves, aged 81, wife
of Fred C. Graves, of Weston, killed
herself yesterday at the home of hef
sister, Mrs. W. L. Gooding, Jalrmont,
whom she was visiting. She
sent a bullet through her temrle.
Mrs. Graves was in 111 health.
Too Fat?
EASY, HOME SEJ.F TREATMENT
Overstoutness weakens, the liver becomes
sluggish, fat accumulates, heart
action becomes weak,
flFA energy fails, work is fen
T jf effort and the beauty at
the figure is destroyed.
Fat excess is unhealthy,
shortens lives of many.
Doot sllow your health to be rained through
a burden of unhealthy fat- Becom* gUndtr!
Spend not time daily in the open sir:
breathe deeply. Get from say druggist a box
of Korein and follow Korein vSsui ?raws
directions that com* with it
Weigh yourself and take your measurements
every week. Continue reduong .until
you ?re down to normal. Korein ?*stem absolutely
harmless, is pleasant, and even a few
dsrs' treatment is likely to show a KWMM
reduction. Legions o< testimonisla.
Korein system (pronounced fcors??)
has succeeded when other WMdiH .
etc., have failed, it is the
delight of those who wish fjgm
to improve their figure and T
to acquire a young, active N.
appearance. $100.00 r 1
guarantee that you reduce
10 to 60 pounds, (whatever you need to)
or cost you nothing! Boy Korein at
any busy pharmacy; follow directions.
Show stoat friends thin i
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