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The Washington times., 1917-04-20
What's $1,000, 100000?
oh, Quite a Quantity
Those Billions of Iron Soldiers Joining In War
of Our Allies Against Kaiserism translated
Into Terms of Comprehension, Maybe

might revert to the friend with the
ten dollar bill all changed up into
ones, and get your seven billion In
new one dollar greenbacks- These
wouldn't make such a tall monument,
maybe, but what q lot Of territory
they would covert BY pastfng them
together edge to edge, you could
spread ,em out over 1,151.475.6e4 and
Ia square feet. That would mean
some 26,6S8& acres
And yet they say money doesn't
go so far these days.
Here are few additional, and more
serious statistics about the bond
issue.
The issue Is 40 times the amount
placed at the disposal Of President
Mckinley at the outbreak Of the war
with Spain in 1925.
It Is slightly more than seven times
the amount Of the bonded debt Of the
United States.
It Is three times tie amount OF the
States when 1t emerged from the four
years of the civil war.
Contrastel with Expenses.
1t is approximately four and half
timss the amount, Of the total Tap
propriations for all governmental Il
fairs for the current fiscal year and
about seven times the amour. Of the
average annual appropriations during
the past decade.
The interest on the bonds author
lied will amount to $245, 900, 900 an
nually. This interest bill Is almost
as much as the government was ap-
lpropriating for all Of its expenses
forty years ago.
Despite the enormous total Of the
bond issue Authorities on finance and
economics do not expect II to strain
the United States. In comparison the
burden Is nothing like that which
confronted the country at the close
of the civil war.
As figured by Congressman sher.
ley, one OF the, big seven" of the
Appropriations Committee group
which win prepare the appropriation
bills of the war session, the estimated
wealth of the. United States at the
end of the civil war was 1000, ,O00.-
900. and the bonded debt s2,3s1s000.
600.
The estimated. wealth Of the eoun-
try today Is around $3.50. .O00, ,000. 900,
or about forty times the amount of
the DOno issue now proposed, the out
standing bonded Indebtedness OF near
ly billion more and the supplement-
al national defense bonds authorized
at the last session of Congress-
Task for . Cashier.
Carlton Houston, cashier in the Of
fee of the sergeantat-arms Of the
House. who. pays out hundreds OF
thousands of dollars annually for sal
J aries and mileage OF House members,
working at a steady pace could count
100 one-dollar bills per minute 80.
At that rate II would take the teller
1855 hours and four minutes to cash
check for the full amount
In comparison with the loans to our
allies, which caused lots Of comment
when they were made. the seven bill
lion dollar issue Is more than six times
as great as the first war loan issued to
France. and fourteen times as great as
figured today that a paying teller,
the loan noated q couple Of years back
for England.
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To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
Allow an old civil war veteran and ex-
member Of Congress to suggest suitable
toasts at all patriotic assemblies.
L The President-His name a rampant
and bulwark against mean and secret
enemies against his country's honor and
and peace.
2 The People and the Government
one and lndivisable.
3. The United States-Free sovereign.
independent but justly favors all peoples
stricing for democracy as against
ahtocracy.
4 The Officers. Soldiers. and Sailors
May glory be their theme. victory their
companion. and the gratitude and love Of
the people their reward.
5. May the infant efforts Of our navy.
like those Of Hercules. presage Its future
greatness.
6. The Militia-May they combine the
valor Of soldiers and virtues Of citizens.
Z. The Gallant Youth Of America-May
they disdain to enjoy the blessing Of our
free country, inheritance from their ant
crisis.
& The Heroes Who Fell in All Our
Wars-May this generation never dis
honor their memories and blood. sacri-
feed. by refusing our aid now.
o. Billions for defense and honor, but
not one cent for tribute.
1e The Stars and Stripes-Emblem Of
Freedom-Msy It despise the Prussian
eagie-emblem Of Hohenzollern. double
dealing. tyranny.
II. The Cultured Honest People Of Ger
many-May.they follow the example of
Russia. and declare their freedom from
Kaiserism.
F. 2. YoDER-
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Suggests Specializing Tours Fer
Wilson. Roosevelt, and Taft to End
Opp0sition to Conscription.

Wilson, Roosevelt, and Taft to End
Opposition to Conscription.
To the Editor of THE TINES:
have just received n letter from q
young relative in which he says:
What do the army men in Washing
ton mean by proposing to draft Ameri-
can boys as IL they were towards? /
mean to volunteer II l get the chance
to go intoi bona fde volunteer or
ganization, but l don't want to be a
conscript. You could raise a COM
pany In this. little town overnight II
the appeal Is made on the right basis,
but we can't stomach this German
program"
This boy is exceptionally we'll edu-
Gated and exceptionally well informed.
and baA the military impulse.
An hour ago a Minnesota gentle
man, also well educated, well In
formed, and for many years a public
figure In that. State, was in my office.
He said: This selective draft pro-
posal Is a stupendous blunder. If a
general call for recruits to a definite
ly volunteer army had been made two
weeks ago, our State would have had
It's quota by this time, with thousands
OF young fellows blubbering because
they couldn't get In. They were in
a fighting humor, but they do not en-
thuse over what they think is an un-
American system"
believe in the universal service
system. 1t puts no compulsion on q
real American. for compulsion implies
resistance, and there Is no resistance
to be met among young Americans. II
is fair. IL is democratic. II Is absolute
ly necessary II we are not to lose six
months in reaching the ultimate OF
military efficiency and II our indus
tries and agriculture are not to be
greatly disturbed. What Is more. II
closes the door to politics and back.
slapping in the organization OF our
army.
But in some parts of the country
they do. not realize this eYen in the
slightest degree. These sections are
rich with superb nghting material
They are not hold-backs. They feel
that their courage and patriotism are
being impugned.
I believe 1t necessary that the Presi
dent himself swing around the circle
to acquaint the people with the broad
simple facts underlying the situation
The assistance of Mr.. Taft and of Mr.
Roosevelt would insure a wonderful
spirit. No man in America is more
popular in the South than Mr.. Taft;
none more popular than Mr.. Roosevelt
in the West; none more popular than
Mr.. Wilson anywhere. II the people
are told. all opposition will disappear
at once. and we will add the volunteer
spirit to the conscription machinery
\ DEETS PICKETT.
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The Finger Prints of the German
Spy

The. breaking open Of the doors of
the Naval Committee room in the
Capitol must have been the work Of
a German spy. Nobody else would
have imagined that important naval
secrets would be kept in the Office of
the Naval Affairs Committee of the
Senate. As only German stupidity
could have conceived the idea and
German futility have accomplished
il, the would-be thief left his unmis-
taxable finger prints behind him.
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LETTERS TO TIMES
FROM ITS READERS
A Civil War Veteran Gives
Some Patriotic
. Toasts.
TO TIMES READERS

The Times Is receiving great "Hn'-
bers Of letters from its readers.
No communication tohich does not
carry the name and address OF the
contributor toM be used, but both
toiH be considered confidential " re-
guest Is made.
Publication tciH not be made OF
letters on Entirsely subjects or re-
HOtoIs questions. IL toal not pub
Hsh abrs've personal attacks nor
criticism tohich The Times deems
untOorro~ted BY the facts as It kHotos
them.
No record Is kept Of unpublished
letters and none toiH be returned Nm
less postage Is inclosed.
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WHAT'S ON PROGRAM
interesting Events Of lmportanes
Scheduled Today.

Informal talk by George Creel. chairman OF
Governmental War Publicity Bureau, before
National Press Club, p. m
Meeting OF Federal Council Of Churches Com
mission for the relief Of war sufferers,
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church.
D. m.
Mine. Pie Minstrel SHOW" by Young Peo-
pies Union, Of Second Baptist Church, Odd
Reception to the new pastor. the Rev. Daniel
IL Martin and his family, Wesley Chapel
Methodist Episcopal Church. i:1o p. m:
Farm ana Garden Association, National
intercollegiate debate between teams of La
fayette and Georgetown Colleges. CASTOR
craSon avon ia tax, Squash Center and Little
Bear" by clifford X Bergman, for pupils
Of John Eaton School. at John Eaton School.
April meeting Of Social Service Conference,
ST. Johns Parish Hall, Sixteenth and H
streets northwest, p. m.
Baseball Washington vs.. Philadelphia,
American League Park. 3-p. m.
First open meeting, Woman's Federated
Council on Employment. assembly hall,
Dance by Takoma Chapter. No Il. Order of
the Eastern Star, Tea Cup Inn, Sll Twelfth
street northwest .. m.
Instruction. Royal Arch: Columbia Com
mandery, Knights Templar.
Odd Fellows-Central Lodge, No. 1: Metropo-
lis, No. ls. and Phoenix. No. Is; Magenenu
Encampmept, No. l..
Knights Of Pythias-Syracusians Lodge, No.
1Q. and Rathbone- Superior, No. -.
W6odmen Of the World-Meeting OF National
Camp in Anacostia-
Concert by United States Soldiers Home
Band, band stand. 4 p. m.
Meeting OF Federated Watchmen's Union,
Moose Hall. Seventh and streets north
west. p. m.
Meeting Of Chemical Society of washington,
Cosmos Club, Sis p. m.
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Tomorrow.

Annual election Of officers Of Trestleboard
club old Masonic Temple, p. m.
Discussion Of relations Of art to philosophy by
Edward <. Richardson, before Society for
Philosophical Inquiry, Public Library, 4;4S
d. m.
Meeting Of Canton Washington. No. l, Patri-
archs Militant Odd Fellows
Meeting OF Biological Society Of Washington,
Cosmos Club, p. m
Meeting Of Federation Of Citizens Associa-
tIons board room. District building. y. m
Scholarship luncheon OF Pan-Hellenic Associa-
tion OF George Washington University, Ra-
leigh.
Meeting Of North Carolina Society Of Wash
InEton, Powhatan Hotel. s p. m.
Reading by Edwin Markham, new Masonic
Temple auditorium, 4:30 p. m.
Vaudeville show, by members Of boys depart
ment Y. NJ. G. A, gymnasium, s: 10 p. m.
Address by Raymond +, Crisp. Deputy Com
missioner OF Naturalization, Teachers Club,
s:i5 d. m.
Get-together meeting OF chalrmen and vice
chaIrmen Of Chamber OF Commerce commit
tees New Willard. noon
Meeting Of Carberry Alumni Association.
Eastern High School. D. m.
Meeting OF Mt. Pleasant Citizens Association,
Brown Betty Inn, Sixteenth street and PARK
road, p. m.
Tea BY College Equal suffrage League. suf-
fraEe headquarters, ls2s Rhods Island ave
nue. northwest, aftornoon. MSS
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DISCUSS FREIGHT RATES.

The proposed general freight In
crease was discussed by members OF
the committee on transportation OF
the Washington Chamber Of Com
merce at a meeting yesterday after
noon. The suggestion was advanced
that instead Of granting the roads a
fat increase OF is per cent an In
crease of one cent a hundred pounds
be made on all the various rate
schedules. A. NJ. Fisher, chairman
Of the committee, presided.
The Washington times., 1917-04-20

Speaking of the stuff that dreams
are made of. consider, IL you please,
those $1,000, ,OOO. 900 with which Uncle
Sam is entering the war.
1t doesn't mean much. No, certain
ly not. In gold it's. a mere trifle OF
IL, 500 tons of the pure stuff. Or,
II you prefer silver, you may have
zoe, ,220 tons Of big round iron SOL
diers"
II some one made you a present Of
the amount, you'd need to hire several
thousand two-ton auto-trucRs to carry
II home-and you'd'need to live In the
kind OF spacious homestead profes-
sionaI Southerners are wont TO de-
scribe to their Northern friends, in
order to house it.
Money Never Spent.
Nobody knows just what $1,000
100000 will do, for the very good
reason that there is no recofd of
any man ever having had that much.
Mr.. Croesus may have, but the mat
ter is problematical. There weren't
any income tax men in those days.
A statistical shark has figured out,
however, the variousN things that
900, considering them merely in the
light Of toys.
II you changed that sum into $40
gold pieces, you would have 35O.0o0,-
900 coins. With these you might
take your choice of stacking them
Pup, one on the other, into a nice little
pile. That pile would be 566 nz4es
high. To put the last coin on top
OF the pile you'd have to get a ster-
ladder more than 5,340 times as high
as the Washington Monument.
II the climbing proved difficult,
and you preferred to lay them oul
flat, edge to edge, you could make
yourself a golden path. 7,45s miles
long.
Dross In Golden Pile.
Perhaps. you like $40 gold pieces,
instead, on the same theory followed
by the man who changes a $10-bill
Into ones, in order to make 1t -seern
like more"
Very well, then!
With your single eagles. you can
build yourself q golden monument
ss4 miles high, or put Old Man Midas,
and all the other magnates. including
the asphalt kings, in the discard, by
laying yourself a CinderialIa slipper
path, measuring ,727 miles-all real
money. Wouldn't II make you reel:
II you change the seven billion into
five dollar gold pieces, you'll seem
90 have still more. For instance,
you'll have 1,4O0. .00o, 900 coins, and
with them, II you have patience
enough and a steady enough hand.
and can grow enough, you can build
yourself a monument with a height
of approximately 1,455 miles, or a
path measuring 1s,737h miles.
Such a thing as a mere half dollar,
when. one Is talking In terms Of seven
billions, somehow seems plebian. But
half dollars. after all, aren't so bad
especially IL you could have the four
teen billion of them that the bond
issue is worth
Using them as toys, your monu-
ment would be 1s,11Sh miles high,
and your pathway so lonNit would
take you a lifetime to walk it-and
you'd have 20 be a Weston at that.
For IL would measure 286,255h miles.
Finally, merely for experiment, you
The Washington times., 1917-04-20
FUNERAL oF MRS. GODDARD.

-Fuperal services for Mrs Marie
Goldsborough GODDARD, aged eighty
six, for many years a resident OF this
city, who. died at her home in the
Madrid apartments, Wednesday, were
held at St Matthews Catholic Church
today. Interment was in Congress
sional Cemetery. She Is survived ~
a son. Goldsborough Goddard, and .
daughter>Dfiss Mary Lee Goddard
The Washington times., 1917-04-20
school.


TEACHER.
Some children love the teacher,
And bring her every day
An apple pr an orange,
Or maybe a bouquet:
And other. children hate her
Especially the boys)
And wriggle and make faces
And tease her with their noise.
They both are very silly,
For any one could see
A teacher Is a teacher
Because she has to be.
MAGIC.
AT school we study magic,
One kind is my delight;
It's truly very wonderful
To learn the way to write!
You take a piece of paper
And mark on 1t with signs
or course you must be careful
To keep upon the lines
And II you send the paper
To some one far away.
The magic marks will tell MIN
What they were told to say.
And when there is another kind
ThatS called aTltnmellC'
1t really isn't magic.
. But just a, guessing trick.
How many pears and peaches
Belong to Tom and Joe,
And seven in eleven
How many times will go:
You guess by teachers buttons,
Or scratches on the wall.
Or flies upon the ceiling
Or anything at all.
SATURDAY.
went to school on Saturday
To ask the janitor
II he had found the locket
! lost upon the floor.
The schoolrooms all were empty,
With only desks and walls,
And every little sound | made
Ran shouting through the halls.
didn't stay to find him,
For / was terrified;
The place was like the body
or something that had died.
MARY.
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Travel.

Travel
ANTE-BELLUM.
/ went to Europe, said my friend,
Expecting wonders rare
To open vistas without end,
And lay the future bare.
Paris, of course. would be in style;
And Berlin, London. Rome
Would show me something more worth
while
Than anything at home.
And then to hear them cheer q crown.
Or praise some rusty thing
That the dark ages handed down,
was-was astonishing.
WILLIAM GRIFFITH.
The Washington times., 1917-04-20

New York's shortstop,". says the
maker of baseball metaphors, 'is no
fee wagon" He evidently sought to
imply that-an ice wagon had no speed
possibilities. The man never. saw one
disappearing round the corner on a
hot day, just after the despairing
housewife has discovered that the re-
frIeerator Il almost empty.
The Washington times., 1917-04-20

Mary MacIane has broken loose
again. "Of all living creatures that I
know / most hate cockroaches," she
says. Archy is not a revengeful per
son, but 1t is too much to be expected
that he could overlook that. "Of all
living creatures that ] hate" said
Archy when 1t was shown to him. 'the
majority are Human BeingsT
DON MARQUIS.
The Washington times., 1917-04-20
Old Glory.

Old Glory. the pride OF our nation,
Thou beautiful flag OF the free.
We cherish the light of thy station
That gladdens the land and the sea.
InvincibIe banner OF freedom,
Thou signal OF true liberty,
IlIumine our souls with thy glory
oh, beautiful flag of the free,
The Washington times., 1917-04-20
The Call.

The Hindenburg line is being re-
christened Haig and Nivelle.
Or, as the fans would put 1t. Hin
denburg out, Haig to Nivelle.
The Washington times., 1917-04-20

When the call for wire for subma-
rine nets goes forth, nearly all of us
will be willing to- 'contributesat least
one neighbor's piano.
The Washington times., 1917-04-20

II a bone dry city after / a. m. is
the worst war self-denial they have
to endure New Workers will be lucky.
The Washington times., 1917-04-20
Amusement.

Beiasco-DavId warneld, In THE Music
Master" $40 p m.
New National-"Have 4 Heart" $40 p. m.
Pou's-New Poll Players II. Hit the Trail
Holiday" AIS and Sis m
B. ~ keith's-Vaudeville, 2:l5 and Sis .. m.
Gayety-Burlesque els and Sis p. m
Loew's Columbia-Photoplays, 1880 a. m. TO
IL p. m.
Sfrand-Photoplays. II a. m to II p. m.
Garden-Photoplays, II .. m. TO II .. m.
The Washington times., 1917-04-20

The aviation corps is the place for
a rising young man,
The Washington times., 1917-04-20

Cape Cod was all at. sea on its spe'
ciaIIy staged navaF battle.
The Washington times., 1917-04-20

IT WALKS SPANISH" ANYHow.
Sir. I've often wondered what vers
Hbre meant Today / read headline In
the paper which referred to Cuba
libre'" Now / know it's something
spanish. That.is why could not un-
derst.nd ID. H.
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CHORUS.


Thou beautiful flag OF the free,
Thou beautiful flag OF the free,
Old Glory, the pride of our nations-
Oh, beautiful flag of the free!
We wercomesthe sweet inspiration.
That comes from thy peaceable folds,
And reckon in mute admiration,
The glories thy future shall hold.
The nations are dipping their banners
And pressing thy spirit OF grace,
To fetter the hand OF the tyrant
And hasten the blessings of peace.
Our land is SECURE in thy shadow,
For justice abideth with thee;
Thy goodness spreads over the nation
As waters encompass the sea-
We honor the names of our heroes
And treasure the blessings they gave
And vow In sincerest devotion
Old Glory forever shall wayei
JOHN RICHARD WEATHER.
The Washington times., 1917-04-20
Don Marquis
Column

F. Ia N. wants to know: when
you see a red-headed girl on Broad
way will a white taxi, in this horse
less age, answer the requirements OF
the old superstition" 1t will. 1t VIII
even take the place OF the old-fashion-
ed buggy at times, we are told.
To Poe.
You lived in a land horror-haunted,
And wrote with a pen half divine;
You drank bitter sorrow, undaunted'
And cast precious pearls before
swine.
E. C. RANCH.
The Call.
From the mountain peaks to the rest,
less sea
Comes a call that makes us thrill,
It sounds for all in this land OF the
free,
riII-America-Drill.
None of us now dare stand apart,
None of us dare be still,
We must heed the cry of the Nations
heart,
DrilI-America-D
We night that the land we so dearly
love
May ne'er bend to a Tyrant's VIII.
And our Captains the Lord of Hosts
Above,
So DriIl-America-Drin.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-07-23
CITATION TO HEIRS AND ALL INTERESTED PARTIES

In the Probate Court for the Kenai Precinct, Third Division, Territory of Alaska.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-07-23

It appearing to this Court by the petition for Order of Sale of real property, filed herein on the 17th day of May, 1917, by Leon c. Booker, ad- ministrator of the Estate of Anna Nimmo, deceased, that it is necessary to sell all of the real estate of said decedant in order to pay her debts and the expenses and charges of admins tration; therefore,
 IT IS ORDERED that all persons interested in the said estate appear before this Court on Wednesday, the 25th day of July, 1917, at the hour of two o'clock, P. M., on the aforesaid day in the court room of this court, in the town of Seward, Alaska, and show cause, if any cause there be, why an order should not be granted said administrator, authorizing him to sell said real estate for the purposes afore- said; and it is further ORDERED that copy of this Or der be published once a week for a period of four successive weeks in the Seward Gateway, newspaper of gen. eral circulation, published at Seward, Alaska, and the one most likely to give notice to all parties interested in this cause; and it is further
 ORDERED, that copy of this Ci- tation shall be posted at three public places within Kenai Precinct, one of which three places shall be the U. s. postoffice in the town of Seward, Alaska.
 WITNESS MY HAND and official seal this 18th day of June, 1917.
 (SEAL) FRANK G. ENNIS, U. s. Commissioner and Ex-officio
 Judge of Probate.
 Jun-19-26-Ju.-3-10-17l24.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-07-23

cilable, and yet everyone believes wit all of the sincerity of which he is cap- able that his own particular beliefs arJ true. It must be conceded that, i' the main, all people are equally hon est and equally sincere in their relig. ous beliefs. The only reason why tn 5 are grouped together in Gi~-re@t forms of religions is because they hon eStly believe that through their own particular form of religion they vii find the good which they so earnestly desire.
 "AS one considers the subject of re- igion from this broad viewpoint it be- comes entirely plain that most of th' people in the world are believing a2 their religion many things that are not true.
 "True religion consists of spiritual truth, and not of erroneous beliefs hence it follows that ones religion is limited to the amount of spiritual truth he knows, and that erroneous religious beliefs are only so many de- lusionS that serve no other purpose than to obstruct spiritual growth.
 Christian Science aims to destroy erroneous religious beliefs by substi- tuting a knowledge of truth in place thereof, and to destroy out of the hu- man mind all evil qualities by plant ing good qualities in their stead. It wages relentless warfare against all wrong mental qualities. It seeks to substitute love in place of hate, unSelf- iShneSS in place of SelfShneSs, honesty in place of dishonesty, and truth in place of error. It lays tremendous em- phaSis upon the necessity for bring ing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ" OI Cor. X, 3 as the Bible commands. It shows that the cause of all disease and sin is mental, and not physical, and that both sickness and sin are destroyed by the evangelization of the human men, tality with truth and love. It teaches without any reservation whatever that the truth taught and practiced by