The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 129, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 3, 1916 Page: 2 of 4
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THE LAMPASAS DAILY LEADER
MEXICAN 75 MM. GUN READY FOR ACTION
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The Mexican army has a number oi these 75 mm guns, which are of the same type as the famous French field
Cannon.
NEW BATTLESHIP
IS EQUALTO TWO
Pennsylvania Could Demolish
Vera Cruz From 16 Miles
Out at Sea.
HAS PICKED CREW OF 900
Navy Men Say She Could Do More
Damage Than Any Other Two
Ships—Burns Oil and Has
Fourteen-inch Guns.
Norfolk, Ya. — WhiTe the United
States is making active preparations to
get the navy ready for possible service
In Mexico there is unusual activity on
board the battleship Pennsylvania, the
latest and what naval men say is the
most powerful ship In the American
Davy.
This big ship, but recently commis-
sioned, has never seen any service. Her
big guns have never been fired, and her
hull has only once ventured outside the
Virginia capes, and that when she was
on her speed trial runs.
But she is ready for service, and
navy men say she could do more dam-
age than any other two ships in the
navy with her big 14-inch guns. Her
crew, too, is made up almost entirely
of men from other ships in the navy. !
Unlike most of Uncle Sam’s ships, the ;
Pennsylvania has practically no “rook-
ies,” or recruits, among her crew of
800 men. They are all trained seamen,
engineers, electricians, machinists and
various other mechanics. Her gun
crew is composed of gunners of long
experience, most of them coming from
the New Hampshire, the Louisiana and
the Vermont. The latter ship sent 72
trained men to the Pennsylvania.
Vermont, New Hampshire and Lou-
isiana have been added to the reserve
fleet, and their crews sent to the Penn-
sylvania and various other ships whose
complements were not complete.
Burns Oil Exclusively.
The Pennsylvania burns oil exclu-
sively, and in a single day she took on
board 150,000 gallons, just one-third of
the quantity she will need when she
goes on a cruise. She can fill her tanks
in three hours, and only two men are
required in the task. On coaling days
it required nearly half of the crew
to store the fuel in the bunkers. It
also meant a dirty ship after the task
was completed. With the use of oil
there is no dirt to clean up after the
vessel completes taking on a fuel sup-
ply sufficient to last from ten days to
six weeks.
Navy men say the Pennsylvania
MUD HOUSES FOR ENGLISH
would prove of inestimable service In
case of war with any nation. They say
that American ships of deep draft can-
not lay very close to Vera Cruz or
other Mexican ports during a storm.
The Mexican coast, they say, is cursed
with what marine men term “northers”
—a storm with a wind velocity often
reaching 100 miles an hour. When
these storms break warships are forced
to go out to sea to escape danger of
being driven ashore. At Vera Cruz,
when one of these “northers” hits the
coast, all warships go out to sea for
15 miles. Sometimes they are required
to remain there for three or four days.
The Pennsylvania, with her big guns,
would be able to bombard Vera Cruz,
if It became necessary, from 16 miles
at sea. She could remain that far out
and drop shells from her 14-inch guns
right in the heart of Vera Cruz as eas-
ily as she could at a 1,000-yard range.
The battleship Nevada, of the same
type as the Pennsylvania, has been
trying out her big guns off Tangiers
sound, in Chesapeake bay, exploding
big shells against the sunken hulk of
the old battleship San Marcos, former-
ly the Texas, and the ram Katahdin,
both of which were sunk by shell lire
from ships of the Atlantic fleet.
CHILDREN OF WAR SECRETARY
SLEEPS WHILE BRIDE WAITS
Indiana Merchant Secured a License
Then Goes to Sleep and Is
Locked in Office.
Lawrenceburg, Ind. — Edward L.1
Kuhn, aged forty-five, owner of a gen-
eral merchandise store in Clay town-
ship, and Mrs. Anna Moore Davis,
aged forty-five, a dressmaker of the
same neighborhood, were married at
the parsonage of the First Baptist
church by the Rev. Omer W. Bow-
man, the pastor, but not at the time
they planned. Mr. Kuhn came to this
city in an automobile, and the bride-
to-be came on a late train. While
waiting for Mrs. Davis, Mr. Kohn ob-
tained a marriage license, then he sat
down in the private office of the cir-
cuit court clerk and went to sleep.
When the day’s work was done James
G. McKinney, the clerk, and his depu-
ties, not noticing Mr. Kuhn, locked
the office and went home. Mr. Kuhn
awakened several hours later, and
found he was in the dark, locked in
the office. He shouted for help several
times, and finally attracted the atten-
tion of Daniel E. McKennie, the sher-
iff, who released him. Mr. Kuhn found
Mrs. Davis, who was searching the
city for him, and they were married
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BRITISH STILL MOURN NELSON
Bluejackets’ Uniforms Show Tribute
to Great Admiral—Worn Ever
Since His Death.
London.—The black band on the arm
which all officers are wearing in mem-
ory of Lord Kitchener is a reminder
that the navy has not yet gone out of
mourning for Nelson.
Everyone is familiar with the three
rows of white tape around the edging
of the blue collar and the black silk
scarf knotted in front which form part
of the bluejacket’s dress uniform. The
former commemorate Nelson’s three
most famous victories, Copenhagen,
the Nile and Trafalgar, while the scarf
was first adopted by Nelson’s seamen
as a mark of mourning for their dead
hero and has been retained ever since.
Experiments Now Being Made on
Building Material by Lon-
don College.
London.—The possibility of using
mud as a building material, and so
solving the urgent problem of provid-
ing cheap country cottages in the rural
districts and housing accommodation
|in the areas where there has been a
sudden influx of war workers is being
■made the subject of an interesting ex-
■periment by the new household and
social science department of King’s
^College for Women, University of Lon-
don.
I Six mysterious-looking walls have
just been erected in the grounds at
.Camden Hill, each wall being com-
posed of a different mixture of mud,
with a view to testing which proves
:most suitable to the English climate.
Ip each case the earth has been sub-
jected to a different process of prepa-
ration. In one case waterglass has
been added, in another soft soap, and
to the earth and soft soap in another
case lime has been added. A“grout-
Life in Washington for the three
children of Secretary and Mrs. New-
ton D. Baker has been very delightful,
for the Bakers have leased a beautiful
country home in Kensington, Md., ap-
propriately named "In the Woods.”
From left to right in the picture, Eliz-
abeth Baker, eleven years old; Mar-
garget, aged four, and Newton D. Ba-
ker, Jr., aged nine. The unofficial name
of Newton is “Jack,” Elizabeth’s is
“Betty,” and Margaret’s is “Peggy.”
ing” of cement has been poured over
the mud wall in yet another case, and
there is one wall made of earth alone.
City Hall Robbed of Beer Supply.
Vineland, N. J.—While the police
were searching for boy burglars who
had robbed four stores and five resi-
dences and tried to smother an aged
woman, some unknown person entered
the city hall and stole nine cases of
beer. The lock of the vault had been
picked and the liquid refreshment re-
moved. The beer had been confiscated
in raids on speak-easies.
CROW ROOSTS IN A STORE
“Jim” Dropped Into Basement of
Candy Establishment, and Has
Decided to Stay.
Utica, N. Y.—John Laneve, mana-
ger of a confectionery store, has un-
dertaken the task of bringing up a
baby crow. “Jim,” as the bird is
called, was discovered by Mr. Laneve
in his cellar. No one knows how
the-bird found his way to this cover,
but evidently he had made np his
mind to remain even before Mr. Laneve
picked him up and prepared to make
a home for the bird.
On the first day after his capture,
“Jim” was taken from the store and
placed in a tree. He remained on the
perch until he became hungry. Then
he vacated and flew into the store,
where he rested on a perch that bad
been erected for his convenience.
There “Jim” sits for hours at a time
and eyes the customers as they come
Train Ritier No Respecter of IronSr
Birdsbow, Pa.—Rudolph Michelott, a
train rider arrested by an officer of
the Reading railroad, managed to jump
a freight train and escape in spite of
the fact that both his hands were man-
acled in irons.
and go. He tries to say “Hello” when
visitors speak to him, but the attempt
is a weak one, as it is only a “Caw,”
said crow fashion.
Carried 41 Miles by Wind.
Batesville, Ark.—The lid of a buck-
et bearing the inscription “Charles
Oullem, Heber Springs, Ark.,” waa
found in a corn field near Bethesda
the other day. It is believed it waa
blown there in the tornado that struck
Heber Springs recently. The distance
if 41 miles. Pieces of clothing and
other articles believed to have been
blown from Heber Springs have be-
fore been found near Batesville.
Find Missing Man’s Bones.
Grand Rapids, Wis.—The human
skeleton found near Pittsville is
lieved by local authorities to be the
remains of Albert Hind. Hind waa
employed . in a lumber camp there
about twenty years ago and disap-
peared one cold night, saying that he
was going somewhere else to work.
It is said the skull resembles his head
1 in shape.
No mutter what room In your house
or anybody else’s house may need a
mirror, you can find it by a little care-
ful shopping; for the shops are full of
attractive mirrors, made to harmonize
with every sort of house and furni-
ture.
A eheval glass, or any portable, full-
length mirror is especially useful in
giving size and brightness to a room.
And as the portable mirrors can be
moved- to catch shifting lights, they
mve an added attraction. The one in
the sketch is made with a black enam-
eled frame, finished with a narrow,
white molding next the glass.
There are mirrors framed with
Tapanese lacquered frames that have
much to recommend them. They are
usually of irregular shape and hang
flat against the wall, above a console
:able or in some recess where they
catch and reflect light. The design in
the lacquered frame is always slight
but effective.
The mirror with candles on each
side is always pretty. There are some
very old mirrors of this sort, with sil-
ver frames and candlesticks. But
Lheir modern counterparts, with carved
wood baskets of flowers and fruits,
painted in natural colors, decorating
an enameled or carved wood frame,
with small candleholders at each side,
are almost as attractive.
All this talk about mirrors, and yet
not a word about the most obvious
use. They are used to decorate a
plain wall, to brighten a dark corner,
to reflect a pretty view, to add appar-
ent size to a small room. But does
the modern usage of mirrors ignore
their ability to reflect the human face
and figure?
Indeed not. Never before were
hand glasses and the mirrors on toilet
tables, dressers and dressing-room
doors so wonderful. It is a long call
from Eve’s crystal mirror or the Egyp-
tian beauty’s mirror of burnished metal
to the wonderful mirrors which every
woman has on her dressing table to-
day.
Perhaps one of the best things about
these modern mirrors, aside from the
very fact of their perfect surface,
their wonderful reflecting powers, is
and on the angel type. Large buttons;
of leather or braid, with pockets and
belts, form the principal trimming.!
Sports skirts are usually quite simple,
and full, with pockets.
SMART HAT AND COLLAR
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The hat is of tan straw covered with
a brilliant colored Georgette crepe.
The bow of blue blends most taste-
fully and gives the hat a striking
appearance. The collar is of hand-
kerchief linen hand-embroidered
with dots.
WAYS OF FIGHTING FR
ecklesI
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Mirror Decorated With Flowers at the
Bottom and Candles at the Sides.
their variety of shape and size. There
Is ererything, from the tiny circular
mirmr, of magnifying sort, that forms
the base of the individual powder-puff
bag, to the full-length mirror that is
a pa lei in the dressing-room or boudoir
door.
Tie most convenient dressing-table
mirf >r is in three sections, and these
can be adjusted so that one gets a
good view of the coiffure without the
necessity of using a handglass.
Ol course nwe man sometimes
needs a mirror, much as he scoffs at
them at other limes. And for his par-
ticular benefit there is the shaving mir-
ror, with several sections, adjustable
so that he can get kis image from sev-
eral angles. There is also the mirror
to which is attached a tiny electric
bulb to throw a brilliant and glaring
light In his face and so make the task
of shaving easier.
They Can Be Done Away With If Oiqe
Will Only Go About It in {
Right Manner. \
It Is generally known that fieckles
are divided into two classes, those
which are constitutional, fading as
cooling weather approaches and coip-
ing into full glory again in the spring
and those that come in the spring arhi |
disappear entirely in the winter. ).
Both are materially checked when I
preventive and corrective measures are
taken before the action of the sun on [
the skin has full sway.
Simply powdering the skin Is not I
"sufficient when going outdoors. It is
necessary that the exposed parts be
thoroughly massaged with a good cold
cream, then dusted with rice powder,
which serves as a mask and does not|
allow the sun’s rays to penetrate as
freely.
A greaseless cream or a tonic aj
tringent may be substituted iu place
the cream, which should contain or
or more bleaching agents to act o|
general principles.
Going into the sunshine wearing
small hat (many of them are brimlesq
this year) certainly encourages freck-j
Ies. Protect the face by wearing
larger hat and a chiffon veil or by car-J
rying a parasol. All fhese adjunct^
nre usually becoming this season, sc
there is no objection to their employ|
ment.
Light freckles are frequently coni
quered and dark, large ones consider-J
ably bleached by the application o{
lemon juice directly to the skin wher
it does not prove too irritating anc
adding a little alcohol when it does.
Where freckles are thickly distribl
uted use a little camel’s hairbrush tq
apply the juice directly to them/; al|
lowing it to dry on, to be removedy af
ter an hour’s time or longer. )
When the skin will permit it, tak>9
slice of lemon and apply to the sp»t^
ta«king care that none reaches the e|ye|
or hair. - *
A formula that agrees with rr^os
skins contatns rosewater and glyctfTir
with enough lemon juice to rnakl
desirable. A simple remedy for frc
les that tones the skin as well contalj
two parts of lemon juice and one!
jamaica rum. Apply with absorbed
cotton.
FASHION OF SPORTS CLOTHES
Rules Laid Down Are as Hard and
Fast as Those for Any Other
Garments.
Jersey silks In pink, blue and green
stripes, usually combined with plain
white, comprise the most popular type
of sports suit. Skirts are full and
plain, and jackets in sweater models,
Watermelon, blue, green and yellow
are the popular colors. The fabrics
are novelty materials, heavy linens,
bold striped cottons and gabardines.
Velour and worsted checks, bedford
cords, piques, pongees and taffetas, in
plain and patterned effects, are also
among sport materials.
Sports coats, usually in checks and
stripes in bold effects, are knee
length, with cellars so cut that they
may be buttoned up for motor or
travel. Sleevec are full at the cuffs
DESK FROM CABINET 0RGA;
How Worn-Out Musical Instrumer
Was Converted Into Really Useful
Article of Furniture.
We had a worn-out cabinet org®
made of walnut. Aly husband and
decided to make it into somethii
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useful. We took the stops, keys, etj
out and made six pigeonholes, thrj
on each side. In the middle we left!
place for account books. We fasten!
the lid below, which made a nice plaj
to put magazines. We then took oj
the pedals and the sides and mal
two compartments. One side I use f|
linens arid the other for baby’s elothJ
We revarnislied it and it made a lov/j
desk.—Mrs. Bertha West iu Fai
Progress.
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The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 129, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 3, 1916, newspaper, August 3, 1916; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth906121/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lampasas Public Library.