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The Washington herald., 1916-05-07

z TT there he Light" is one Of
the oldest guiding phrases
L II that the race possesses. From
the most ancient of biblical
Times it has come down through the
years and the ages and through ciyili-
zation after civilization standing as
the motto for all those who havG be
Iievcd in advance and progress.
And now the American business man
has taken up this agcd but still vital
quartet of words and given it such a
modern significance and stimulating
application that it is bound to bring
a flush of joy to the faces of con-
servative and futurist alike.
"Let there be Light" says the
modern American business man and
he Immediately sets to work to realize
the phrase by building on the highest
point of his shop, factory or mill the
biggest American electric light flag
that can be erected.
The idea of using gigantic Amer
lean flags on factory buildings that
are to wave nightly as automatic
switches rapidly turn on and off the
rows of incandescent lights of which
they will be made is one that embraces
the whole country.
From the Atlantic coast to the Pa
cifc, from the Great Lakes to the Gulf
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lean business man, the flag should be
flown by night. But instead Of using
q flag of bunting which would hang
coIorlessIy from the staff in the night
they are using one of the most modern
of all modern inventions to make the
flag visible from even a greater dis
tance than what the flag of cloth
would be.
In most of these electric light flags
thousands of colored incandesccrt
bulbs are used. Hundreds of red bulbs
alternate with hundreds of white ones
to form the stripes while extremely
powerful white incandescent lights
shine out as stars on a field of mass
blue lights.
The automatic flashing switches
give these flags a waving motion that
is as realistic as the motion that is to
be found in those which wave by day
It costs a great deal of money to erect
one of these monsters and also a great
deal to keep them supplied with cur
rent seven nights a week. But the
American business man has figured
out that it is worth it to them-nOt
The Washington herald., 1916-05-07

for any monetary return they win
bring to a company or to firm but
in the way they will stimulate pa
triotism.
Foreigners who come to the United
States to begin their lives anew under
better economic and governmental
conditions often times still remain for
eigners in heart and spirit for many
years after they have come to this
land. 1t is not their fault, say stu
dents of immigration. so much as il is
the fault of the Americans who sur
round them. These immigrants come
to the United States primarily because
they have been attracted to it by the
freedom of thought, speech, action
and effort it offers.
They come to America in ninety
nine ont of every hundred cases to be
American. but when they get here il is
often the case that the Americans al
ready here offer them no encourage
mont or sympathy in this direction
Manufacturers who employ foreign
help know this. and it is one of the
main and specific causes that has led
them to fly the electric flag at night
Their aim is not only to encourage
greater patriotism among those citi-
zens who are already Americans but
also to electrocute the hyphen that
those who are about to become Amer.
lean citizens may still permit to exist
in their thoughts and feelings.
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of Mexico, the movement has spread
like WiIdfrc. Patriotism of the most
enthusiastic but Sincerest sort is be-
hind it. just as silk and linen flags
waving III the brcczes during the day
serve as a stimulation to patriotism, to
love Of the Unified States and to the
principles Of liberty and equality for
which the United States stands, 50 are
these great electric flags to afford the
same stimulation by night.
Long ago attention was called to the
fact that there are thousands of per-
sons Of foreign birth or extraction
working in the shops and factories of
the land every night who have but lit
tie to arouse their enthusiasm for the
flag and the country for which it
stands. Night after night they plod
to their work seeing nothing of those
flags that meet the eye of the day
worker on all sides.
A flag is something more than col
orcd bunting plus sentiment. A flag
is the emblem of the nation which
adopts it. 1t is the symbol of all that
nation stands for in the congress Of
nations. 1t is the symbol which re-
ceives the salutes and the pledges of
love, allegiance and patriotism of the
citizen on a nation. 1t is likewise the
emblem which every nation insists
shall be kept free from any stain, in
suit or slight by the citizens of its
own or by the residents of any other
land.
For many years psychologists have
The Washington herald., 1916-05-07

pointed out that one of the greatest
incentives to patriotism and to love
of ones country is the emblem of that
nation floating in the breeze. The
more often the flag is used in digni-
fed manner, they have claimed, the
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-06-01

BILE carries a word of the significance
of his Fittings hither and yon. He
turns home, and no newspaper is able
to say an authentic word as to what
he has been up to; not able even to
make wild guess; able only to say
that House went away and that
House has returned.
That thing has continued from the
Gay that Woodrow Wilson was inaug-
urated until this day. Could it be
mere personal friendship? That would
not explain the trips. Could it be a
power behind the throne and greater
than the throne? That would not
comport with the character of the
must be an important factor in the
administration. 1t is just possible
that he, more than the cabinet itself,
is the official adviser of the Presi-
dent
And this man House is-just Col.
House. His biographical sketch in
reference books recites that he was
born, that he went to school, that he
married that he has never been
candidate for any Office, that he is a
mOmbor of one club. That is all.
Always, he has been something the
same man OF silence and of mystery,
What he knows and what he does are
are not for the hungry herd-at least,
not to be by him administered to the
hungry herd.
Official affairs at Washington have
never before known such q man
they will probably never know such
another Tennessean.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-06-01
THE KEATING-OWEN BILL.

The end justifies the means is
saying utterly repudiated by SOUND
ethics; but it furnishes the only ex,
cuse for the existence of bill
which was introduced in the present
Congress proposing to control the
child labor question in the several
states by an application of inter
state commerce compulsiOn. 1t is an
attempt to do indirectly what cannot
be done directly, to legislate on
purely state matters and is a blow
at our American system of local self
government.
OF course we wish the children
protected. We favor proper child
labor laws both for our own state
and for our sister states. But who
is to decide what is a proper law on
the subject for a given state, its own
legislature fresh from it's own peo-
pie and cognizant of it's own needs,
or congressman from other states
whose knowledge of its conditions is
necessarily limited and often tinged
with prejudice? We have an idea
that the citizenship of Tennessee, or
of Georgia, or of the Carolinas, is in
telligent enough and humane enough
to legislate on local conditions with
out interference from Colorado. Cali
fornia, Maine or elsewhere.
The argument seems to be that be-
cause of local influences certain
states will not pass the desired leg
or at least not in a way ac-
ceptible to the critics, and that there
fore Congress should do it for them.
This is a rather unique attitude to
take toward sovereign, enlightened
states at time when our extreme
regard for the sovereignty of semi
barbarous Mexico holds us hands off
in the face of all that we have suf
fered at the hands of her lawless
bands.
Alexander Hamilton the apostle of
Capitalization, would rub his hands
with glee if he could be among us
and see how many powers have been
conjured out of the little Interstate
commerce clause of the constitution.
1t was very we'll when the Federal
Government invaded the twilight
zone" and got after the bats who
were playing bird by night and beast
by day; but there should be limit
if local self government
is to mean anything any longer.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-06-01
"ON BEING HUMAN"

According to what President Will
son defines as being human" it
may be questioned If Col. Roosevelt
altogether fits the description. The
President. in the midst of his multi
tudinous labOrs, finds time to write
an occasional new book. One such
recently published that probably
might better be called a brochure
has the title con Being Human" In
a publishers prospectus this SEN
tence occurs: Humanity the au-
thor seems to say, is the golden
mean between careless idleness and
fussy, incorporate ZEAL"
OF course Col. Roosevelt doesn't
fill that golden mean" and his zeal
that is always fussy and frequently
Incorporate, is very much in evil
dence. 1t follows then that the Col
onel is not being human" and it is
doubtful that he is really capable of
such behavior-not in thought and
speech anyway, however much cir
may restrain his action
Banner.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-06-01
MEDITATIONS FOR TODAY.

Great principles are of no accoun
unless they are embodied in deeds
/ 1t is so easy to proclaim great prin
ciples, but just as easy to ignore
them when it comes to real expert
ence. And it often happens that the
man who is loudest in proclaiming
great principles is the person most
likely to forget them when the time
comes to utilize them.
Great principles are shown only in
acts. They amount to nothing in
words.
The braggadocio spirit is one of
the most disagreeable features of hui
man experience, and yet it is so COM
mon. 1t is human frailty that evo-
luton has not yet rid the heart of.
The question of right or wrong does
not enter into the braggadocio logic
Self assertion is its only argument.
The heroic spirit is out of it alto
gether.
There is a discount put upon brag-
gadocio whenever it appears. 1t is
easily discernible and forthwith ex-
cites the contempt of real people.
Whenever there is talk of war brag-
gadocio comes to the front, and I'M
less enc knew it's frailty, he might
think it would do all the suffering
and fighting, and yet it will leave all
of it to the people who don't brag.
Some people seem to think that un-
bridled gusto is ruling virtue. They
pose Gs the embodiment of chivalry.
We have heard the biggest jay
hawkers in the land proclaim their
principles in tones of thun
der, but what does it all amount to
unless one has something to show
for it? One can say what he wants,
but what he does is what counts. All
one wants to know is how he lives
or what he does,
The strong man doesn't have to tell
what he Believes.
Many man thinks he knows how
TO settle the worlds war who can
not keep his own children quiet at
the breakfast table.-The Nashville.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-06-01
CONSERVATIVE PREPARATION.

The preparedness demonstrations
constantly taking place over the
country plainly show the attl-
tude of the people on this subject.
The great masses of our people are
republican in principle, peace-oylng
and opposed to unnecessary dabbllng
in international politics. AT the same
time they are patriotic to the core,
proud of their traditions and jealous
for their national honor.
They realize that the time has
passed when nation of hundred
million people can live to itself and
vet retain it's place in the progress
of the world: that as in the past oc-
casions will arise in the future when
disagreementS with foreign powers
will be unavoidable. however just our
intentions. They desire to see pur-
sued at such times course of dig
nifty and drmness; and they well
know that the respect and consider
alton we will then receive will in
great measure depend upon our
ability to make good our representa-
tions.
Our people are opposed to every
thing that smacks Of jingolsm and
militarism, but they utterly detest
peace-at-any-price vagaries. Their
prototype is neither the over armed
bully nor the cringing coward, but
rather the stern frontiersman whose
rifle hangs over the door while he
tills the soil.
They desire an army and a navy in
keeping both in size and efficiency
with the Importance and RESPONSE
bilities of the nation; a citizenship
devoted to the ways of peace but
nevertheless trained in the arts of
war; a condition of preparation that
will constrain respect for our flag
wherever it floats, and will melt into
smiles, even though hypocritical, the
gibes and sneers with which Ameri-
cans are now so often greeted.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-06-01
THE NATIONS MAN OF MYSTERY

There is one man who sustains
some sort of relationship to the gov
eminent of the United States, and
only one other man knows what that
relationship is. The man who sus-
tains that relationship is Col. E. NJ
House. The man to whom the rela-
tionship is known is President Wood
row Wilson.
House is man of silence and OF
mystery. More than any other man
in history perhaps, he realizes in
practice the truth of the saying that
when a man talks at all he talks too
much" House does not talk. He is
immune from conversational indiscre-
tons He is impervious TO the unin.
territorial word. He is steel-proof to
the pry of the newspaper reporter.
No newspaper man ever yet got a
scrap of news from Col. House.
Whenever House goes to Washing
ton, he is closeted with the Presi-
dent. Whenever the President goes
to New York, he is closeted with
House. Those two alone know what
passes. Maybe it comes out later in
the actions of the President, but, if
so. it bears no brand.
House quietly packs his grip, and
goes TO Europe. The statement is
made that he has gone as the per-
sonal and confidential representative
of the President, but no man knows
on what mission. He fits from CAPT.
tal to capital across the continent.
His own censorship is stricter than
those of the warning powers. No ca
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-06-01

W. NJ. Perry was in Kingsport to-
day.
Mr.. N. NJ. Dickson was in town
Monday.
A. F. Hoss of Rotherwood was here
yesterday.
George McAfee, of Greeneville, is
here today.
Mr.. s P. Dickson motored to Ar
cadia Sunday.
Miss Jessye Pyle spent Sunday in
Bloomingdale.
R. C. Rogers of Abingdon, Va, was
here Monday.
Miss Pet Ladry is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. Stone
81 y i
W. w. Braswell, of Johnson City,
was here Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Dobyrs spent
Monday in Bristol,
x
Carl Johnson of Knoxville is visit
ing relatives here.
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Misses Louise and Margaret Oliver
were in town Monday.
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Miss Kathryn Brior of Knoxville
is visiting here.
Jim Crum made a business trip to
Bristol Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Carter are Wis
iting Mrs. John Vickers.
$50
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Sandidge were
at Cameron Sunday.
Mrs. Hill has returned from a
pleasant visit with home folks,
Dr. Upton is moving in his new
residence on Sullivan Boulevard.
+ + = =
Miss Bonnie Eastabrook of Jen-
kins, KY, is visiting relatives here.
II i
FOR SALE-Complete new we'll
drill outfit. Kingsport Furniture Co.
Miss Akers from Wytheville is Wis
ting her sister, Mrs. Walker helms.
+ +
Miss Anna Lee Mitchell was the
guest Of the Misses Steadman Tues
lay.
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Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. helms motored
over from Fall Branch Sunday even
ng.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Crum made a
business trip to Johnson City We'd
lesday.
#& Il y
Miss Mary Flynn has returned
iome after visiting relatives in North
Mr.. A. o. Ford of Yorktown was in
own this week and gave us some
Ob work.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-06-01

The Clinchfield Drug Co. is the
I busy and popular place. now on Main
street. DR.. Hanly, at the head of
this popular firm, with his genteel
and courteous demeanor, makes it
the drawing firm of the town, indi-
Gated by the constant influx of the
people. We predict for this com
pany an increased amount of business
at this, their new quarters.
R. D. Kinkead, our associate ed
! itor, who has been in st. Luke's hos
| pital for two weeks, came here yes
terday and returned to his home in
the evening. He has sufficiently re-
covered from a recent and dangerous
surgical operation as to be at his
| office part of the time. Mr.. Kin
kead's many friends are delighted to
see him out again and congratulate
him in coming again in his editorial
sanctum.
In "The Warning" which is COM
ing to the Strand Theatre on Thurs
day, June LIST, the Equitable Motion
Pictures Corporation has given Mr.
Henry Kilker, the star of the piece,
an opportunity to display his histri-
onic talents through a new medium
and that the will known actor has
taken full advantage of his opportu-
mites is evident. The story of
man who falls to the uttermost
depths through the weakness which
makes him his own worst enemy is
told in an allegorical form and in
convincing manner. There is a re-
markable series of photographs il
Illustrative of Dante's visions in pur-
gatory, and another of New York's
Great White Way" at night. in
which the lights of Broadway furn-
ished the illumination for the came
IA, all blending in a vision which, in
it's entirety, is without parallel on
the screen. The presentation makes
a new high mark on the Equitable
program, and is one which, in it's re-
markable and unexpected climax,
will thrill every one who is fortunate
enough to see it.
The Hon. Harry Nj. Smythe of
Virginia spent Tuesday here. Mr..
Smythe has held four presidential
appointments. Being of French des-
cent, a linguist and highly educated,
he was eminently fitted for any po-
sition. Under the Cleveland admin
istration he was appointed Consul |
General to China and later resigned. |
He was later appointed U. S. Consul |
to Alexandria, Egypt; subsequently |
minister to Hayti and Santo Domin |
go, and was in the house where
Christopher Columbus son lived. Mr..
Smythe had four appointments from
the administration in four years. He
has been school superintendent. ed
ltor, lawyer, and is now a cores
Dondent for a number of leading
journals and magazines, and is a
first cousin of John Allison of Nash
Vile and an uncle of J. D. Huddle,
now building the S. NJ. Church of
his town. Mr.. Smythe took in the
,ity and the river driveway and will
invest some money in real estate,
aging as he took his departure that
<ingsport would be city.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-06-01
VICTORY PREDICTED FOR
GOV. RYE AND M'KEILAR

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 29.-W
A. Owens, of LaFollette, is in Wash
ington Ell route home from New
York. Congressman Mcclellan will
De elected senator by majority of
25,000 to 10000" said Mr.. owens,
land Gov. Rye will be reelected by
10000 to 25,0OO The democracy of
Tennessee is unit for President
Wilson and praises his Americanism
in handling domestic and interna-
tional problems
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-06-01

Every young man who can posi-
bly, do so should attend the Fort Og-
lethorpe training camp. The summer
vacation could not be better spent.
Uncle Sam merely smokes on, not
withstanding Carranza's virtual ultl'
matum.
The Washington times., 1916-12-14

Christmas examinations at George
town University Law School started
this week and will continue till next
Wednesday, when the. holiday recess
begins. Sessions will be resumed
January ..
The Washington times., 1916-12-14
COMMERCE STAFF CHANGES
Transfers and Appointments An.
nouneed by Department.

The Department OF Commerce an
nounced today the following changes
In it's PERSONNEL:
Joseph Marcus. Jacob 7. BELOW aud
Barney Saul Ravln were probationaIIy
appointed as Clerks in the Census
Bureau at $500 each.
John IL. Barrett was transferred
from the Navy Department To the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce as "A clerk at $1,000, and Ed
ward T.. McGrath, clerk ut $500. has
resigned.
Thomas NJ. Cockrill was temporarily
appointed AS an aid In the Bureau OF
Standards at $500; Edward j, Berger
"A laboratory assistant. has resigned
Howard ), Rappleye was probation :
ally appointed as a craftsman In the
Coast and Geodetic Survey at S9OO.Z
The Washington times., 1916-12-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST
IN AND ABOUT TOWN
Happenings Of the Day In
Various Parts Of the Ma
tion's Capital.

Remove that look of anxiety, chill
dren.
The Christmas holidays are to be as
long as ever, despite the delayed OPEN
ing of school, Superintendent Thurs
ton stated today.
II was thought that shortening Of
both the Christmas and Easter holi.
days might be necessary because OF
the two weeks postponement of the
opening of school this fall, but the
work has advanced ri rapidly that 1t
Is now considered unnecessary.
For considerable time there was
much uncertainty among the young.
sters about the length of holidays
they were to receive. Probably this
helped In the rapid progress in
studies.
The Washington times., 1916-12-14
FRESHMEN UP IN ARMS.

NEW YORK, Dec. 4.-Freshmen!
Everywhere! Arise! Strike on the
shackles of the despot sophomores.
Preston w. Slosson, "A post graduate
student at Columbia, will lead you,
In an article In the Spectator, the
university daily, Slosson says the day
Of freedom and self-government In the
American college Will not dawn until
n freshman class resolves that IL will
not submit to upper class rules, He
admits college would become a bear
garden for "A WHILE" but Coincidence
10 tyrants is. cardinal sin"
The Washington times., 1916-12-14
LIEUT.. zINkHAN TO RTURN
To Be Relieved From Active Service
After Months FurIouqh.

First Lieut.. Paul zinkhan, of the
Medical Reserve Corps, now stationed
at Brownsville. Tex, will be relieved
from duty in the Southern depart
ment January o. According to spe-
ciai orders OF the War Department In.
sued yesterday, he will proceed TO his
home, In this city, for n months fur.
Tough, and at the expiration of that
time vii be relieved from further ac-
tive service.
Lieutenant Zinkhan is n son OF l..
+. Zinkhan, superintendent of the Dis.
trict Jail He returned from Russia
about a year ago, after spending n
year as n surgeon in the Red Cross
service on the Eastern front.
The Washington times., 1916-12-14
MONEY REQUESTS IN WILL.

In the will OF Rachel A. Moreland,
Just filed for probate, $25 Is left to
the Rev. Father Bischoff, pastor OF
Brightwood Park Catholic Church.
The other requests are $500 to VIII.
lam l.. Felka, 500 each to Iona
Ricketts,, Lillian Robertson, Ethel
Carr Albert Felka, Mary Poso. Lena
Meme, aud Mollic Gasklns, and 5000
each to Ella Moreland and Ethel
Esputa. The will names Albert w.
Feika as executor.
The Washington times., 1916-12-14
5000, 900 LOVE SUIT DROPPED.

CHICAGO, Dec, 14.-Following a
conference of lawyers and detectives
the 5000, 900 alienation suit of Roger
II. Cornell against Col. John Lambert
wealthy steel man OF Joliet, ILL.,, has
been dropped. Ii was reported here
today. Cornell, who is said to have
confessed the charge that Colonel
Lambert alienated the affections OF
Mrs. Cornell was without foundation
was promised immunity.
The Washington times., 1916-12-14
VIII Describe Relief Work.

Mrs. william II. Hill, OF Paris. a
member OF the French-American com.
mittoe for the protection OF frontier
children, will show by illustrated lee.
ture the relief work OF the committee,
at the home OF Mrs. William A. Slater,
this afternoon. Mrs. Hin will show
100 slides OF photographs she took
during her recent visit to the French
frontier.
The Washington times., 1916-12-14
Machinists % Meet.

Washington Lodge, No. 1913, Inter.
national Association of Machinists,
and National Capital Lodge, No. %,
its ladies' auxiliary, will meet tonight
In Engineers Hall, Twelfth street
and Pennsylvania avenue southeast,
mt 1880 o'clock
The Washington times., 1916-12-14

officers will be elected tomorrow
evening at the annual meeting of the
Nebraska state Association at the
Washington Club. Seventeenth and X
streets northwest, Claude N Bennett,
president of the Southern Society,
will give an illustrated lecture