German “Army Stores” Proved to be Cocaine

Berlin—The gn'at Increase In the drug bablt in Germany bma niay developed an extensive secret trade cocaine which ‘s so akilindly carri^P on that the police are having much

diff'culty In obiainlng clues.

Sometimes, however, the police make unexpected discoveries as in the recent case of a Hamburg detective who happened to overbear snatches of conversation between a man and a woman he paaaed on he street He formed the opinion that they were talking about a deal In cocaine and followed them to a station cloak room where they claimed a large package marked "Anry Stores." The detective arrested the pair on suspicion and when the package was* opened it was fcund to contain IbkO small bottles of

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When Hypnotist Meets Hypnotist—Good Night Washington—Are the police of Washington resorting to hypnotism to Bnd hidden store* of liquor? That Is what an audience in Police Court was naked after the trial of James Dorset on charges of 11 legal I v transport sing and possesr'ng Uqnor.

was ovei

The eric-eoi- she wed that when he was first arrested Dorsey carried a quart of rare old whisky in his tilp pocke The policeman took a good look at the bottle, Dorsey said, amt ’' then began to atari- exceedingly hard

ntliim.

After a few moments of this the accused said, the policeman made a couple oi paases ■cross his face and dMnanded to know if he had any more Hke it at home. Unable to reelat the magnetic stare of the policeman, the prisoner said, he then admitted that he had eight more quarts—the remainder of a ease —in the cellar. The Uqnor, together with the first quart, was confiscated. Dorsey paid a fine of ISC on the two charges. Mere Man Doesn’t Understand Them Much has been written by notable authors of yesterday and today on the weaker sex. be restless sex. Each writer has vied with the oth"r 'n writ■ng the most forceful and effective portraysl Of women and their ways. Many have sneceeded in causing >*011 existing storms of disapproval from the fair sex themselves Bet the writer; who achlevSKstessrV ne original was O, Henry, wlio .... led the fickle sex. He once wrote a story about a prise fighter who visited every store and ea,e in New v ork and finally led a police raid—all 1c order to secure his bride a certain peach that she craved. When at laid ho had It in his possession. she blandly remarked that it was an apple she wanted!

Iblting the motion picture, perhaps at that ti .i« Fairbanks possessed

superficial knowledge of motion pic- j Advantages of "colloidal fuel.' tures. So enthralled did "Doug" be- I which Is a blend of oil and coal dort. come over the enormous possibllltl'-s | were enumerated by Dr. C. A. Sh *pof the screen s a medium of the pro- pard before a "fuel symposium" of t;u> pagatinn of entertainment and educa-J Amrican Chemical Society. Amocc lion that he left the theatre that night ! thsc advantages are the following: ten in serious thought. Here was an i. Colloid fuels are liquid and ar. •pportnnlty of reaching the vast aud- 1 handled and atomised for combnstlo . iences of the world through the mo- |fto fuel oils. iton^ficture*—an impossibility through They contain more heat units plage. Also one could put his i gallon thsn fuel oils Energy Into the creation ol a 3 They contain very little mo'.stnr. motlnajplcturr with natural scenery an( j thni eventually would pent*-ate In 4. The temperature at which they every town, vollace and hamlet— tak. fire (flash point) Is above S'T S« somethin* nev-r accomplished hr a f^t** Fahrenheit They are In..—-ae theatrical company That night Fair- from spontaneous combustionhanks talked the matter over with n 5. Kot only are they vaporises up few of his Intimate friends and casu- , 0 j,tgh temperature, thus avoiding exally remarked hat if he could secure plosive mixtures with air. but they D. W Griffith to •upn-rise his efforts m »y be fireproofed by r "water seal" ebfore the camera, he would forsake of an iIlrh or moIV of stuc-. owing to the stage and enter Motion pictures. fact that thy are heavier than Subsequently It transpired that Grif- water, flth did personally control the uper- ' g Hence also they will sink If vision of "Doug's" pictures for his sp |]|ed blazing on the surface of first two years ui>on the screen. Thus 1 wat-r. 1. e hep are self-quenching, it came about that Douglas Fairbanks Thrir fire nsk is as low as anthracite has successfully striven to become a eoal a nd far less than bituminous coal popular screen star. or ordinary fuel oil.

7. They are the most compact fuels known, requiring least storage space. Colloidal fuels being of a distinct class of ht< aded fuels ranging from

Bogus

“Whistler" Stirs Parisian Art Circles

Paria—French artists are diverting themselves with discussion- «f a bogus Whistler painting for which a Paris dealer in picture* refused a bid of 120,t.no franca. It always amuses th artists when a dealerls embarrassed Until within a week the painting, which is a still life of fruit, wine and flowers, was on view in the Fi iquet gallery In Avenue Malakoff. tagged a* a Whistler and bearing a butterfly signature, such as Whistler used. Friquefs price was 1SO.OOO francs. M. Sassy. Paris painter visited the gallery- He recognized the supposed ft Whistler as a production of his own. palntvd by hhn in 1905. when ho sold la a dewier in the Batin Quarter for eighty-five francs ~ T»c police have discovered that the picture was sold in Ixmdon in 1911 for 500 francs to a man. upon learn ing that It-was not a Whistler, sold It to Fnquet for the same sum. Friquet sold It before the war to a German dewier who disposed of it to a collector for 15,000 francs. Recently the collector returned it to iViguet to be eold

on commission

The WTilstlM's date Is 1*59. almost at the beginning of the career of that artist. It seems that **«neath the supposed Whistler brushwork is a pinting by Coro done la 1870. Artist Sassy has brought court proceedings to recover poss«*sion of the painting. There roust have been a good deal of rinkertng with It as it passed through

various banu*.

Plain Tragedy "My bnd memory has caused me a terrible loss today" “Too had. How so?" "Why, some one promised to loud me a tan spot today, and I've forgotten

who it was!"

Why Doug. Left the

Drama Fiat

Chinese Famine Worst Calamity of History

It has beer, ujon many oc«.irion« ’ New York—The famine that countless requests from editors ! northern provinces of China threatens of almost every periodical in the world | to surpass, in the number of its vichare at wm<- time or other written Urns. »11 prevlons calamities ti^ the Dougins Fairbanks, asking hhn—for ' history of the world, according to a the basis of articles—what caused him j statement given out by the American to forsake stardom upon the legitimate Committee for China Famine Fund.

stage and enter the realm of motion picture*, where success at that time was more or Ires problematical. It all happend one night when Fairbanks In a moment of Idleness decided to see W. D. Griffith's masterpiece, "The rtlrth of a Nation.'' that was on exhibition in a New York theatre. This picture, which is a stupendous project, had been viewed by millions and had also been declsred by critics to t* 1 the most spectacular undertaking that had. up to that period, evur

been attempted.

It was ostensibly its wide publicity that canted Fairbanks to stroll non-

There ar- 45,000,000 Chinese directly affected and 15.000.000, the statement says, are In danger of starving unlees they get mmediate help. The famine urea In the northern provinces cor era 90.000 square miles. Preeldent Wilson has appointed Thomas W. Hamont chairman of the committee to raise funds and a national organization has been built up to send supplies and money to the stricken districts. The Red Cross has appropriated *500.000

for famine relief.

Colloidal Fuel is the Fuel for the Futun

|A Slight Error

Blinded By Ultra-

Violet Ray

Out of thirty men attending a demonstration of a new welding apparatus only two were not affected in some way by the experience. More than half of those present reported some very severe eye trouble within two hours after the demonstration. The two referred to as immune too*, the precaution to wear orange colored j -lasses with very thick lens.«.4 Orii- ] or* whoso eyes were protected with thinner lenses were not so severely effected as the others, but even they j noticed some disagreeable manifeetation. but some of those who wore no glasses bad rather painful experlencee and many of them were compelled to place thmselves i nthe care of physicians. All suffered from some lonn of ronjunctlvitire caused by the ultraviolet rays of the Intense light of the

welding flames.

It is suggested that every plant where electric arc welding outfits are used there should or an adequate supply of glasses with lenses made of { alternate layers of rod and blue glass 1 or orange glass of sufficient thickness to protect the eyre from the effects of ultra-violet rays. There should also be on hand a aupplr of boric add. rlMliited wa'er. ordinary talsalt and silver preparation for Immediate use. iron' some form of conjunctivitis caused by exposure to bring light or ultra-viol.-t rays should he treated under the direction of a physician. The Waterfalls of Japan U !* well known that Japan has a great number of waterfalls which would be of material value 1 nthe development of the country. But the reason these valuable sources of power art- not being developed is because of the dancers of earthquakes which are constantly confronting the people of that country. More thsn once within recent years have steps been taken with the view of constructing dams in order that these fall* might be utilized when some demonstration of the earth has given warning to the danger of such a step .arl the promoters hav.modify the proposed improvement.

——i—■■■ 1 mi. Him IrTthe Kitchen

A pretty young lady of seven had memorird several of the stories of her

liquid to semi-liquid. They are developd in this country during and subse-

ftlrr-book uid «»« rona or i.rot.odii. K qn „ t t0 tb , lwo OI „„ — J lhem ; Thy nrv compoMr-t In -hM- finely Ooo nlfifil .He »■» ofion W" 1 j a,.,,,,* nufioueMn. ,„iid» .™l-

lap of a visitor, affecting u> read one

solids—various kinds of coal—are so

of her favorite tales about : ^.pended In :md blended with liquid ooden dolls. , 0 jj b ^ ^ f orm a stable and readShe was proceeding with great en | 1]y atan>lRed ^ haT( , bern thusiaam for several moments, wbea , deTt . loi>wl tor burn i nK wlth the ^ the guest Interruptd her by saying: ^ typeii of atomirinf: tmrner* using But. my dear child, I don t see any-1 on j inarj . fup j 0 u F> but have also posslng about doll* on that page." bllitias for use In internal-combustion

■1 knew it." she smld. promptly and

■I wag reeding on the

sheepishl) wrong paf

Then, turning over several pages, she concluded: "It's over here!"

engines of Diesel and seani-Diesel type. The machinery for compounding I these f" ts Is simple. It consists of a suitable mill for pulverizing coal, coke.

etc., storage end blending tanks for the joll bases and mixing kettle* for com-

I’m Sorry I Made Yon Crv ; “• compo.ru, rod. utu.

; niidifle&tlon in existing types of msNow. JM.M Smith . mo.l pm I «“»■■» ^ c” 1

rim,. .U lorin, mu. N..or did h,, 1 ' ~>“> r conUooou.. TJ' ■»“

_ . . ... fof manufacture may be rckoned at apgive offense *0 nnyon-—let alone his . . , , . ,

proximately *1.50 per ton, Inclusive

*' _ « ... of the "flxateur"—a substance us-d In She was a fine woman—maalerij .. ... _ . ... small quantity to stabalize the mix-

strong. and her home was her Idol. Ezekiel Smith always opene»l the j ,UTT - oor with his handkerchief, leet his flngeis should leave their mark on the

ll’.iant brass dooricnob.

’■Zekey," she said one evnlng. as he nk guiltily into a chair. "I can read you like a book. "oYu're been doing something wrong’ Did you scrape

jour boot* before entering the hail?" trically driven overhead wharf cranes. "Yes. my dear!" Juf 1 one-fourth the time formerly "Then what have you doner' :«ken to load or unload a canal boat Ezekiel blushed to the roots of his lying at an East River pier in New hair and clasped his shaking knees Vork Is required The fonnr methods Martha." he stammered. "I hung of handling the cargo was by hand hat up carelessly, and a raindrop with the aid of a whip boom, bloc?: and foil from It onto the umbrella stand!" tackle and a horse. With one crane and two men in the hold of a barge, , .... j. <i* Is nov possible to unolad lc one How About the Winar K5 tons o. miscellaneous freight. At this pier two barges may be loaded Floss.e is a little girl whose ideas of or unloaded at once bj the use of two creation are jet crude, but she U very cranes, or by using on crane at the curious. forward and another at the afie; hatch Is :.U ef usmade out of dust, mam- one boat can be unloaded in double

Palace White House Model The W»-'te House at Washington, which after March 4 next will have a new tenant, received it* name from the fact that it was built of white free stone The site for the building was chosen by Prer lent George Washington and Major Peter L/Enfam, when they laid out Washington In 1791. The architect wrs James Hoban. of Dublin, who modeled the structure after the palace of the Duke of l-ein*-ter. The corner .•■••one of the building wns laid October !S. 1792. and Pa first occupants were President Mr- John Adams, who moved in during Novem-

ber. 1800.

After It was burned by the British In 1814 the original architect returned and supervised its restoration. The original cost was defrayed by the sale of lan ddonated by Maryland nn d VI.

Style Tendencies

Muffin*

2 mixing spoon* sugar. 1 henping mixing spoon shortening. 2 well beaten eggs. 1 1-2 cups water or water and milk flour to mix 'to cake batter consistency with 3 even teaspoons baking powder and pinch of aalt. Steamed Bread Pudding 1 pint bread crumbs. 1 cup flour. 1 cup sweet milk. 1 cup raisins. 1 egg. 1 tablespoonfi'l shortening, 1 teaspoonful soda. Steam 2 hour* and serve with cream or any pudding lance.

Drop Cake*

1 cup sugar. Ipcup molasses. 1 cup shortening, 1 cup boiling water 1 cup chopped raisins. 1 teaspoon o fginger. 1 of cinnamon. 1 teaapoon of ginger. 1 of cinnamon. 1 of salt. 1 1-2 soda in the hot water. E cups of flour. Drop from spoon and bake in a shallow pan In moderate oven.

Salad Dressing

1 can condensed milk. 1 teaspoon of salt, 1 tables poo., of mustard. 1 egg beaten. 1-4 cup of melted butter. 1 cup of vonegar. 1-4 cup of cold water. Mix 1 norder named, and let stand over night, then dilute with either water or vinegar to desired thickness and taste Kentucky Spoon Bread We are very fond of Kentucky spoon | bread with meat or fowl. 1 1-2 caps boiled rice. 1 cup corn meal, scalded In 1 cup hot daler. 1 heaping tablespoon butter 2 beaten egga. salt. 1 hroping teaspoon baking powder. Thin to consistency of muffin dough with milk or j mi’k and water. Bake In moderate , oven 3-4 hour. I-eft over can be reheated or fried as mush. 4 cups buttermilk, 2 cups molasses. , 2 cup* cum meal. 5 cups graham flour, unsifted. 1 teaspoon salt. Steaspoona soda, stirred Jry Into part of the flour. 1 1 or 2 cups of rah Ins or currants. ! This brown bread is good baked or 1 steamed. It makes four loaves in ; bread tins or nine in oue pound baking powder tins. It should be baked I one hour or steamed three hours. (Some people use this recipe for a steamed pudding, nerving‘it with hot.

sweet sauce).

A coat of shellac once In a while makes the linoleum look like new and saves the pattern. It's good economy tc use up lefljuver., but l»'s still better to plan so there won't be any leftovers! •Short of du«t cloths? Nothing better to mak them of than old lisle or ••ilk stockings. e*i ‘-clally if several are padded together A little hint dropped now and then as to the desirability of a water system in the farm home, like the little seed will grow and produce fruit. Rural school teachers who have planned to supplement the cold lunch carried from home with some hot soup or cocoa prepai -d at school, testify that pupils are healthier and make better progress in their school work. The simplest way to make sure your body is getting the foode it needs is to use plenty of milk.

A dish drainer not only aavro time and labor tut dots away with the too ofien Insanitary dish towel. At butchering time you may like to have a copy of "The Outing of Moat Products" The Colioge of Agriculture of Ithica will sen*! you a copy if you ask for FI 19. A paper sack is a bandy receptacle f or *8X shells and trimmings from vegetables while one Is preparing a meal or baking. It wfti savo many trip# to the garbage pall and washing of extra utensils. A garment will retain it* freshness much longer if If 1* protected from dust and strong light by a cover bag. practical tests have shown. These cover bags make attractive gift*. Any material which Is dust proof and will stand laundering without becoming sl-axy. may he used for making cover bags, say the home economics workers at the State College at ithica. Sateen, cambric. Cretonne or silkalene have been found satisfactory material* for this purpose. Lighter weight material* such as mull or lawn map b* used but because of their softn.as Ui-y do not furnish s gftod protection against dust. The bag may be sewed np at the side* ami an envelope opening left at the bottom so that the ha gmay be slipped over the garment. A hound button hole at the top of the bag is made Just large enough for the hook on the hanger to be slipped through If the button hole 1* larger than necessary | t win allow dust to sift through on to the garment. The envelope-like flap is folded over tad may N- tied with tapes t< the body of th» hag or may be fastened with button’ r.nd loops. Few are the homes, especially In the village and country, rhich do nrtt have a good supply of apples In the cellar this year. In some cases three are not keeping very well, nr doubt because the apple* are bruised before storing. Those bruised apples and. In facl, any apples which are not needed for other purposes may well be converted into apple butter, a delicacy whir’ ; good the year 'round. Thorough!. wash the apples and remove and decayed or discolored spots. Core and slice the fruit and to each gallon of aliced apples add three quarts of sweet cider. Place the apples and cider In a large preserving kettle and cock until tender. Pan* them through a sieve and to each gallon of apples add one pound of brown sugar rrd one t<‘sspoonf.il each of ground cloves, allspice and cinnamon. Q>ok until very thick. Making good aplM butter depends on long slow cooking and frequent a -ring. The finished apple butter should be put Into sterilized glass or stone Jars and either sealed or covered with paraffin. Apple butter is wholesome spread for the children's luncheon sandwiches and is equally relished by grown-ups. either as a spread, a cake filling or a relish.

for Spring Humor and Wit

Electricity Speeds Up Cana! Boat Landing Since the recent installation of lec-

When silence reigns it is necessary

to carry an umbrella?

An escaping prisoner seldom begs 1 pardon for »he Ubedty he takes.

a?" she asked the other day. “Yea. Ftossie." TJtUa babies, too "

“Yea."

Flossie was silent for a moment. "Mamma." she said, “heaven must be a dreadful dusty place."

Now Wo Know Two children w-re playing on the idewatk. and a lady pa«sr.l them. "She's a grass widow, raid one. “What's a gras* widow ?" asked I fa-

il her

"Gracious! I»on't yog know that? jjaid the other *con.fully. "Why. her mnabaad di< d of the bey fever."

Well. Willie, did you master your ssm* today?" “No'm: 1 missed It*

Pokier nev” Y

everything else, but fan to sneeze gracefully.

qulc ktime

It Appears Resonaole Scene, barber's shop Ouster.er (to barber): "I* this >-our

establishment'"

“No: only half of it is mine." "So you have a partner?” • The ma nat the next chair owns

the other half."

"Why don’t jou own his share?" "Thai’s ray brslnere." "Well, if you own one ball and the other half* your busmens, why don't j-ou own the shop?" “How many stories ha* this building?" a-"ked the wronger. • Several thousand." was the reply. “What—where am I?" "in the fiction department of the

public library."

Spring styles in dresse# show tend-enci,-f toward (he circular skirt and Spanish sillioustte. The new Spanish

silhouette does noi Include the dls- The more a man becomes wrapped tended hips of the court costumes up in himself the chillier he gets,

made famous by Vekosqu-x's pain rings but rather the full flaring skirl* and long, loose bodices and slim hips

which are worn by Spanish dancers Efnel'i- mamma had made her anThis style has been noted in cloth nual fight on the moths, and had iound drresre of twill where to- bodice fit* several garments more or less moththe figure snugly and a circular over- ! eaten. Ethel had been deeply Interestskirt l# st on at a low waistline. ,>d. A day or two later the little girl In some Instances the overskirt Is looked at her father's heed carefully silt .forming loose panels, and a drop ;in <i observed: skirt o Batin is worn under !t. This j "Mamma, the moths have got into stj'le ha* already found such favor jiapa's hair, too" among the American manufactu -er* j that D is likely to become too popuiar | -i made two dollars this morning,

to gain much favor among the -xdu- 1 pa.”

*ive designers. “Th;;l's right, my son. I'm glad to Citcular skirts have been used in : see tht you recognize the advisability spring suits as well as dresses. Here i 0 f being independent of parental a* the Spanish influence Is further em- ! distance. How did yo umake It. my

phastzed by wide sashes, lin-d with | hoj-’ brilliant color In contrast with the

suit and tied In a loose knot at the — left Mde and low over the hip. Such ; The figure-head of a < -liege is usual nov.-l Idea* are very effective, espeel ; jy the professor of mathematics ally when worn with short box coats. | The color of the sash lining is re- 1 uuie Girl—“1 am afraid this Isn'i pealed In the cost lining and often In j lbp fcjnd 0 f tea mamma wants." embroidery on the coat. Separate Grocer—''Why?" skirts have also followed circular line* , nitUe Girl—"Well *he said she al and among the newest models are W!l j S paid wo prices here, and I've

"Borrowed it from n

Triggers Operation Reversed With all the i<np.ovements that the modern array ridel represents, no change has been made in the genera! form and operation of the trigger since firearms were first used. There U no wander test in certain U. S. arsenals. however, a new type of trigger action that, while similar in appearance to the usual form, actually reverses the familiar firing opar&tign says Popular Mechanics Magazine. To Are. the n.-w trigger, which has considerable fore-and-aft movement is polled clear back, and the nallow, 1 to move forward again. At about the halfway point of it* forward travel the rifle is discharged.

heavy satins, cut flaring at the h j and snug at th- hips. Mary plcai.-d ; skirts simulate yoke effects by stitch- | Ing pleats to the hip line. Others actually use yokes, while still others ! accomplish the effect with wide sashes ‘worn In Spanish -tyK 5 w ove, the ] hips and drawn tight to the figure.

only paid one for this."

Husband—"Why do you wear such a haughty expressibn when Mrs Yen welt passes? What has she done to Wife—“Offend! Why, the ot her uay. j when calling with her little girl. sh< j pulled fldo away from the child’s foot

It ought to be an easy matter for 1 jn a m0!!l rou^h manner, although the is to hear the lark of n hollow tree. , !twepl pet was only biting in fun.

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