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The Washington times., 1917-05-26
SAY FAREWELL TO PASTOR
Mt Pleasant consresatIonaIIsts At
tend Reception.

The people of the Mt. Pleasant Con-
Eregational Church gathered In the
church psrlors last night for a fare
well reception to their departing pas
tor. the Rev. Clarence A. Vincent.
Among those who spoke were Z. d.
Mansfield. A. @. Shoemaker, Andrew
Wilson. and the Rev. J. @. Kelly, pas
tor OF the Fourth Presbyterian
Church. DR.. z. B. Pratt, OF Harvard
University, made the farewell ad-
dress and presented DR.. Vincent with
9 purse. the gift OF the congregation.
DR.. Vincent's last service at the
church will be communion tomorrow
night, after which he will leave for
New England, where he will spend
the summer. During the next ive
months he will preach in Boston
churches.
The Washington times., 1917-05-26
PRISONS YAWNING
FOR FOOD PIRATES
BITTER CONTROVERSY RACES
Proposal to Empower h. c. Hoover
to Act Sirs Opposition.

Prison sentences will be meted out
to persons and officials OF concerns
guilty Of speculation in foodstuffs OF
the boarding OF foodstuffs with a
view to boosting prices, II an amend
ment by Senator Walsh Of Montana
to the first Of the food bills now be-
fore the Senate becomes law.
The amendment makes no provis-
ion for imposing nnes.
A provision Of this kind has been
considered favorably in the Senate
Judiciary Committee.
Senate Dispute Continues.
The controversy over the frst OF
the food bills, reported by Senator
Gore from the Committee on Agri.
culture. continued In the Senate to
day.
Much discussion was directed to
questions outside the pending bill and
related to food regulation a. proposed
In the second Of the food measures.
The second measure proposes to have
Hervert C. Hoover handle the food
problem.
The pending bill relates to matters
coming unoer lne department Ot
and covers stimulation of
production. Bitter, intense and pro-
longed opposition to the food regu-
lation bill Is forecast.
Prohibitionists will try to add q
prohibition amendment.
HO1se Members Aroused.
Continued opposition to the Lever
food survey bill In the House today
forecasts a protracted fight over .
virtual food Dictatorship. Former
Speaker Common and Congressman
Moore Of Pennsylvania are leading
the opposition.
Mr. Cannon told the House the De-
partment of Agriculture possesses
authority and means TO investigate
special appropriation
Late yesterday Congressman Mann.
the minority leader. criticised q state
ment alleged to have been made by
Secretary Vrooman. speak
ing in Omaha, that II Russia should
from the war or collapse,
the United States would be forced to
throw 100000 men into European
trenches. and the country might soon
be reduced ''to making -four out of
corn and potatoes" Mr.. Mann said
this was = very foolish statement"
and later referred to Mr.. Vrooman as
''this foolish Assistant Secretary"
The Washington times., 1917-05-26
PATRIOTIC SERVICES.

Patriotic services, in memory Of
those who have given their lives for
America, will be held at the Peace
Cross, Mt. st. Adams, tomorrow after
noon at o'clock. The Rev. DR.. W. R
Breed. OF ST. PauPs Church. Cleveland,
Ohio. will give the principal address.
Veterans, soldiers, sailors, and all Pc
triotic organizations. as well as the
public, have been invited to attend.
The Washington times., 1917-05-26

last summer he was one Of the hrst
to answer the call to the colors, and
for some time was detailed at the
headquarters OF Brig. Gen. William
z. Harvey. Later he returned to his
company. His knowledge Of military
drill regulations was thoroughly
established when he coached the
Fourth police precinct drill team
and caused the bluecoats to win the
prize nag three times in succession
and thus get permanent possession
OF the trophy.
The Washington times., 1917-05-26
Is new OFFICER,
BUT OLD One, TOO
Lieut.. RathbOne Has More
Titles Than Oriental Ruler.
ONCE BOSSED REGIMENT
That Command Was Of Washing
ton High School Pupils.

He Is Q former colonel and an erst-
while provost sergeant in the District
National Guard. He Is q cadet in the
training camp at Fort Myer, and he
holds q commission as a second lieu
tenant In the officers reserve corps.
He is thoroughly military, and
whichever way the cat jumps" he is
bound to land something out OF the
ordinary with the fighting forces Of
the United States.
He is walter c. Rathbone, of ITO
Seventh street northeast
Colonel, Sergeant, Cadet, Lieutenant
Rathbone also has the distinction of
having been chosen as q sergeant In
the training camp company to which
he was assigned at the beginning Of
the camp at Fort Myer. Likewise he
Is q member Of the committee Of ca
diets there arranging for a big BAN
quet at the willard on the night OF
June Is.
Commanded Cadet Regiment.
He is the only man who ever COM
manded q regiment Of Washington
high school cadets for two years. All
the other colonies served only one
year. After serving several years as
a sergeant in Company L, Third Resi-
ment, District National Guard. Rath-
bone was made provost sergeant and
assigned to the headquarters COM
pany OF the Third Regiment While
serving in this capacity he was desig-
mated by Col. Glendie B. Young to
take the course of training at Fort
Myer.
In the meantime, however, he had
applied to the War Department for
a commission in the officers Reserve
Corps, setting forth on paper his
military record and Endorsement by
officers Of the Third Regiment who
knew him.
After returning from q hike with
his company yesterday he received q
long document rolled up like a cal
endar and upon opening It discovered
IL was a commission from the War
making him q second
in the infantry.
Was District Ofhee EmpIoye.
Rathbone Is q graduate OF the
University Law School,
and is employed in the office Of the
auditor at the District building. When
the Third Regiment was ordered out
The Washington times., 1917-05-26
Wa. DI.trict ofnee EmpIoye.

Rathbone Is q graduate OF the
Georgetown University Law School,
and is employed in the office of the
auditor at the District building. When
the Third Regiment was ordered out
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-12-21
The Christmas Rose.

TT was in Ireland I heard the beau
tiful legend of the Christmas rose,
says a writer in the Philadelphia
Ledger. When the great night came
and the dark skies were suddenly IL
Illuminated with the lights of heaven
the shepherds, gathering together their
offering, went with haste to find him
who had come to be the Light of the
world. Great rough men, full OF sim
pie faith, they were, and each carried
a little lamb in his arms to lay at the
feet of the Good Shepherd. But among
them was one wee lad who had no
gift.
All his life long he had heard of the
Messiah who was to come. The earth
was full of rumors that the time was
near at hand, and lying out on the
hillside under the deep blue sky he had
dreamed dreams of that day. picturlng
himself close to him in many roles
And now that the moment was come
he raced along, his tiny legs finding II
hard work to keep up with the sWlIt'
strong stride of the men.
So full of.excitement was he that no
thought of self entered into, his mind.
But as he came to the cave, saw the
bright star shining above and heard
the songs of the angels he noticed his
empty hands.
How could he go into the presence
of the newborn King when he had
nothing to lay at his feet, he who
would so willingly lay down his very
life for him! He crept close to the
opening, and, kneeling down in the
cold white snow, he wept as. though
his little heart would break.
And, 10, the warm tears melted away
the hard snow, and from beneath there
sprang up the first Christmas rose, the
fruit of a little boys love for the
Christ Child!
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-12-21
The Good Old Customs.

BY all means, so long as they Will
endure, let us cling to the old GUS
toms. Up with the holly, the box and
the bay, set the plum pudding ablaze,
light the Christmas tree, scatter greet
ings broadcast through the land, ring
out wild bells to the wide sky and give
encouragement to the carol singers.
Christmas comes but once year, ana
when it comes it makes us all kin and
more or less kind. 1t is truly happy
festival, the time when we best under
stand what home means, the children's
feast, when the old grow young again.
A happy Christmas, then, to all.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-12-21
christmas Carols at Nantucket.

The custom of singing Christmas
carols in the streets still obtains at
Nantucket. Every Christmas eve the
school children march through the old
cobbled streets of the town and sing
their songs.
All the ancient houses are illuminat-
ed with candles in the windows, and
the children always stop and serenad
their favorites. 1t is very pretty to
hear them, and they never forget to
sing for what they cali the shut ms
the folks who are III and unable 10
get out and join the festivities
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-12-21
Christmas Gifts

" HE joy that's born of Christmas
! gifts is not a0ithin themselves
or you or could pick our joys
from any merchants Shelves
And you could bug more costly things
than eVer could giVe,
And though no friend should come
your ,DGy contented you could
iUe.
Yet some poor trinket rich becomes
and treasure to the end
Because it is the symbol OF true dna
loyal friend.
The thing Is nothing as it lies upon
merchants shelf,
And scarce a thought yon'd gaUe to u
for 11hdt 1t is itself.
There mag be thousands like it round
about you everywhere,
But let friend bring 1t to you and
StraightaOay it is rare.
For something of that friend into his
simple gift is aorought
And it becomes precious thing-d
COE6W VI u tUOWyUt.
We are sentimental clan, zoe fight
and striVe for gold,
Yet treasures Which zoe closest guard
are never bought or sold;
The things zee game most are not the
gems oar money bugs.
But all those Saoeet and lovely things
that memory bids as prize.
The faded slippers of a babe not m
themselves are dear,
But in the thoughts they bring to as
of one no longer here.
And so it is aUitb Christmas gifts, 'taS
friends aOho make them rare,
The trife that a0ith loUe is rich has
north beyond compare;
The moment that 1T passes from some
friendly hand to you
1t has assumed a Udzne that before 1t
71eUer kne11.
And 1Uhat qUdS common IN itself Is n0ao
beyond all price
Because it represents to you some COCA
friends sacrifice.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-12-21
Multiply Your Money in our Care

Are yon preparing for future
prosperity and comfort by saving
regularly part of your earnings?
Will you be able to take advantage
of opportunity for profitable invest
ment when it comes? Could you
weather sick spell without going
heavily in debt?
BE able to say yes to these ques-
tions a few months hence by start
ing savings account with us with
part of your pay this week.
Watching that account grow will
stimulate your energies.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-12-21

Wanted-Rclablc woman who
can cook and do general h. usework
for small family in Il good modern
home. Address G. Fred Thomas
Chattanooga, Tenn.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-12-21
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The Washington herald., 1917-12-25
Facts About Sugar.

To gain any clear idea of just what the sugar
situation is, and just why it is, it is necessary to go
back into prewar history and compare with the situa
In 1917 the United States exported I,254ssI go
pounds of sugar, eighteen times much as it
averaged in the three years before the In 1916
these exports I65oS563o pounds nineteen times
the average for the three prewar years.
Out of our total exports our Western allies, who
in 1914, received but 5Io5o pounds, in 1916 received
I328242SS3 pounds and in 1917 total of 766oo7 I28
pounds
England before the war, had the largest per capita
consumption of sugar of any naono3 I-3 pounds per
person per year. This has been reduced to 26
pounds per year, about ounce per day per person
The United States consumption of sugar averages
about ninety pounds per year per person. The Food
Administration has asked the saving of seven ounces
per week per person, which would still leave per
capita consumption of sixty-seven pounds per annum
compared with the twenty-six pounds in England
eighteen pounds in France and twelve pounds in Italy
At the end of September our Food Administration
issued statement explaining the sugar situation and
outlining its policy in dealing with the conditions Do
mestic sugar. it explained whether cane or beet fol-
lows the trend of prices in the New York market and
the New York price is based upon the Cuban price for
the Since about 50 per cent of the sugar
sumed in the country is imported from Cuba, Cuban
sugar is therefore the dominating factor in the market
and actually controls the price in the United States
Thus the administration in attempting to control sugar
prices had go the OF the price fixing and
make effort to reach sort OF agreement with
the Cuban planters to the prices to be paid for the
Cuban crop.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-25
Partisanship?

The most discouraging sign that we have SEEN
anent the Congressional Investigations, is to find the
administration organ the New York World Diminishing
them contemptuously as "partisanship."
Is this an inspired view, refectng administration
opinion or is it the Worlds private slant on the stua
ton-a bilious dogma characteristic of the World when
ever things are not going 1t would wish them 60?
The narrow position the World has taken makes
pertinent the query as to whether President Wilson
crying a plague on the critics who have torn things
loose in his war household and uncovered alarm
ing conditions than the pessimist believed could
exist.
The nation is not concerned with the motives and
the anmus of the probes but it is concerned with the
facts that have been revealed and the of
doing better which again put forth to ul it into
sleep of security and which many expert observers
in Washington doubt can be made good.
For instance the Shipping Board is talking gliby
about the end of 1918 the time when its present
program will be completed-a program comprising
roughly about 100000 tons of new shipping. Many
experts who have studied the subject believe that in
another four months the Shipping Board will begin
talking about the spring summer of 1910 with
reference to the thing They say the present
of progress and the work done since the nation en-
barked on war make impossible completion of the
program in the coming twelve months.
Then there is the machine gun controversy, with
the War Department stalking its whole program a
new gun which admittedly is experiment, so far
quantity production is concerned and with manufac-
turers disagreed the time when it will be possible
to equip our new army with them. Next April is the
earliest set by any of Them but deliveries in quantity
may be put off to a much later date.
Frankly, the World is guilty of servile buncombe
out of all keeping with its traditions in smearng the
work of the investigating committees with the of
"partisanshp" 1t is quite likely that enemies of the
President will attempt make ppoltical capital of the
revelations If finds in that any for suppress
ing or dscreditng them then it is apparent that its
own "partsanship" is of kind that any rock-ribbed
"Old Guarder" must envy.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-25
TOO EASY.

If only the shoes that arc sensible
Were dainty and pretty as we'll
IF only there not spell
OF pleasure in things reprehensible;
If only the girls most exemplary
Were always the prettiest kind;
II only the men who are pure and refined
Weren't frequently SNUG and Good Templary';
If only the foods that are best for Us
Weren't mostly the sort we find flat;
If sins tIat ought to combat
Had only no fun and no zest for US;
If only the books educational
Weren't certain to put us to sleep,
-. II only the clothes that are pleasngly cheap
Weren't made with crudeness sensational;
If goodness were always fecility
And badness were sad-eyed and dun,
Existence would gain in simplicity
But lose about half of its funl
-BERTON BRALEY.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-25
An Appreciation.

WYE are sure if Mr.. Branard, the editor and pub
w Usher of this newspaper, had been consulted
in regard to giving publicity to the expression of good
will on the part of the employees of The Washington
Herald he would be adverse to its publication, but the
season and the occasion offer excuse for sharing this
kindly fectation with our loyal readers. This tele-
gram from The Herald employees is self-explanatory
ITO c. T. Branard, Publisher of The Washington
Herald:
The employees of The Washington Herald
acknowledging with sincere appreciation the receipt
of an insurance policy, covering the life of every en-
ploye paid for by you and without obligation to Them
send you Christmas greetings with hearts full of 10y
atty and gratitude for your surprising and practical
gift"
The Washington herald., 1917-12-25
Fixing the Boundary Line.

Reference in the lobby of Washington hotel
made to the difficulty that is sometimes experienced in
fixing boundary lines, says the Philadelphia Telegraph
when Representative John H. Stephens of Texas
trbuted the following anecdote
Some time ago Mrs Smith and Mrs. Jones met
at knitting festival and after several other topics had
been discussed, the conversation drifted to domestic
affairs.
81 hear" remarked Mrs. JONES' that all your hus-
yes" answered Mrs. Smith "He hasn't single
hair left and the doctor says it will be quite long
time before it comes in again"
Just think of itp sympathzed Mrs Jones. Flies
in summer and freely weather in winter! Isn't it
awful?"
"Yes" responded Mrs. Smith, "but that isn't what
bothers him the most Every time he washes his face
he has to keep his hat he couldn't tell where
to stop"
The Washington herald., 1917-12-25
"Peae. on Earth. Good viii Toward Men,"

From the beginning it has been thus and it will
be to the end Where it has been but Christmas SEN
timent before today it takes meaning with
US. 1t is Americas sincere and honest sentiment,
sentiment for which are fighting despicable war
lord gone mad with the lust of conquest
Unpleasant as the sounds, we of America are
at heart paci6sts We love peace and would see 1t the
real force that sways humanity For peace are will
ing to sacrifice suffer bleed and die that the small
er peoples of the earth shall have permanency OF
liberty happiness and contentment Pacihsts yes, but
militant pachsts when the rights Of those who have
gathered nearer the light through the inspiration OF
the Prince of Peace trampled under the iron
heel of an autocratic war lord.
The only difference between the tribulations which
we face today and those which have been faced in
the past is that then they individual; today they
are collective Then there single martyrs, who
died for peace and good Wills sake, who from their
piles of blazing faggos beds of torturng machines
blessed those who, knowing not what they did, tor
tred and slaughtered them Today those martyrs are
whole nations.
"Peae. on earth Good will toward men," 1t was
the ideal of Christ and it is the ideal of America
And Il will not be lowered before the mighty power
whose policy is war, tyranny and the man-debasing
sayagery Of autocracy.
Neither greed nor hatred sways us as plunge
into the conflict to perpetuate that ideal Would that
could take the peoples of Germany and Austria by
the hand and welcome them among those who
ready to die that justice might live! We will suf
fer even as we arm and fight, but we will know that
One has gone before who lived, taught and died
that all men might become brothers.
And there is suffering in Heaven as the Lord looks
down on His earthly kingdom that is being ravished
by mad beast He people tearing at each Others
throats his temples in ashes sacrlege and greed hrot
Ting faith, charity and spirituality; all His mighty
works trodden beneath Satanic hoofs and mighty
hordes of sehshness, tyranny wrong and materalsm.
Yet, as He gazes, he sees America about to
raise from the choking dust the standard which is
written in the blood from His side: Peace earth.
Good will toward men,"
In the past we have greeted His birthday anniver-
sary with good dinners for ourselves harty wasteful
ness and considerable portion of spiritual Indifference
Today we lay the feet of the Prince of Peace far
greater gifts than those brought by the wise men
from the East-our sons fathers, brothers. husbands,
homes, hopes and all we have
We do it with brave. cheerful hearts and glad
hands We do 1t that Thy, Peace on earth. Good
will toward men," shall not perish from the earth.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-25
Furloughs for Workers on the Farms.

The farmer boys in the national army draft may
be granted furloughs during the spring and fall aid
in the sowing and harvesting of crops
To feed the world at war with Germany is just as
necessary as to fight for it. and the American wheat
and meat supply may be worth to the than
all the toluol and nitroglycern could transport to
French soil in decade. The crops of 1918 in the
United States should be record crops and they will be-
unless lerhaps the labor shortage grows such
ing proportions that we cannot reach our potential
maximum production.
Sec etary of War Baker has rightly decided that it
is impossible for him grant exemption ali skilled
farm hands called under the selectve draft law. No
class exemptions of any kind to be allowed But he
is framing plan which will permit these farm hands
in army service their work for the sowing
and harvest if there is urgent need for them
and the country has reason to believe there will be-
There may be patriotic call for farm labor next
year. The labor market assuredy will not yield its
normal / ia of harvest hands. The shortage of farm
workers may become national peril and CONSUMPTION
may be necessary. Men on the farms today are not
only being called to the national army, but being
lured to manufacturing plants by wages which could
not possibly be duplicated by the farmers The situa-
ton might we'll be faced now as later.
The preparation for meeting it should include not
merely such Of alienation as is proposed by
Secretary Baker, but should become part of the huge
campaign of the Food Administration. call for
volunteers for the farm might be bad idea par
ticulary it offers the opportunity for patriotic serv-
ice to of thousands who are denied service in the
army.
The problem already has been attacked in anoth
waythe apPeal to Commuters and suburbanites to keep
their own garden this coming year. no matter how
small, to lessen the domestic demand on our
rational fo9d production. But in the long it will