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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-29
TO TIMES
FROM ITS READERS
Communications on Timely
Topics Of Interest.
SEES SAVING IN COOPERATION
FaVOrs Abolition Of PrO6t-Making
Middlemen in Capital.
70 the Editor Of THE TINES:

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
In an editorial in yesterdays (Sun'
day. Times an effort was made to
excuse the middleman as a factor in
the high cost OF food, clothing. fuel,
etc. and to make It appear that II
is impossible to dispense with him
in the system of exchange. The edi.
torial says: mo one has yet demon.
strated workable way to get along
without the middlemen."
1t is a sslf-evident fact that there
must needs be men employed to
weigh, wrap. and distribute products
OF farm and factory, as machinery
Is not yet adapted to such work.
But The Times ought to be inform
ed that England, Belgium, and other
countries have demonstrated upon a
large scale that II Is possible TO
greatly reduce the number OF middle
men and, more important still. to
change the function OF the middle
man in the system OF distribution.
Reference 10 made to the extensive
system OF cooperative distribution.
The present middleman system OF
distributing food, shoes. fuel. etc.
uoCeSSlldleS an expenditure OF MIL
lions OF dollars monthly for rent and
other expenses connected with stores.
Possibly ten or twenty stores exist
where one would be sufficient. II
we had ten stores where we now have
a hundred, hundreds Of thousands OF
dollars would be saved to the city
of Washington. Some middlemen have
amassed great wealth and all would
IL they could.
What modern society needs Is the
abolition Of the profit-maker as a
middleman and the establishment OF
convenient centers for supplying food
ownsd by the purchasers who pay
the necessary expenses for work.
etc, involved. One such center would
abolish many stores and the waste
full expenses in carrying them on. In
a few years the central store would
be owned by. the community, and the
weekly expenses would be no great
burden. Millions of dollars would be
saved through such a scientific and
economic arrangement and thousands
of children and adults now deprived
OF food, clothing and other condi-
tions OF health and happiness might
be well provided for.
EDWIN EVANS.
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widespread incapacity Of our people
for moral indignation is an alarming
symptom of our time" That such
ideas should be held by serious
minded Americans is q matter for
deep regret and should be recognized
as a danger signal which calls for i'm
mediate attention. Nobody knows,
indeed, what degree of pacifsm, pro-
Germanism. or shiftless cowardice
exists, like groups of cancerous cells,
in various parts of this nations
body.
But-we are going to find out. The
first thing to do in such a case is to
get at me truth, to turn on the light
and see where the various people
stand, The truth is to be known, and
very soon.
what are the bugles BLOWN fort"
Said Files-on-Parade.
ITO turn you out, to turn you out"
The Color Sergeant said.
The bugles of CONSUMPTION are to
blow forthwith, and they will turn US
out, turn US out, from ocean to
ocean, and then we shall see what
men have lost the capacity for pride
in serving their country and what
men have no conception whatever Of
any personal responsibility demand
ed. We shall find where we stand,
and we are bound to be better of.
because, in sooth, We couldn't well be
worse of than we have been, in our
deem inertia
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-29
Don Marquis
Column
RondeI.

ROndeL
Who is more sweet, love, in the JOY
she sends
And what more noble love could /
entreat
Than yours, which, hidden, sraciously
unoeuds.
Who is more sweet?
A deathless faith your searching
glance portends.
1t fathoms things too sacred TO re
peat;
And there's the rub-your searching
never ends.
II on a question mark your love de-
ponds,
Its end is here, RICH: on this very
sheet.
Besides, 1 know another Of my friends
Who IL more sweet.
IERBERT.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-29
A Heavy Fire Bill.

In q single year the eountry's fire
losses have jumped up from s170,-
O33, 200 to S214,530, 1896; according TO
figures presented the other day at
the meeting Of the National Board
Of Fire Underwriters. Accustomed
as we are to rising costs. we must
not overlook the fact that the in
crease of rs per cent in yearly fire
losses is a different matter from a
like increase in commodities. The
amount insured has hardly increased
sufficiently to account for the growth
Of the fire loss. Only the greater fire
danger incident to war can furnish
the explanation.
Some Of the danger comes Of the
natural chances taken in the war
trades. Fires in and about some de-
scriptions Of munition factories are
bound to be frequent. It is a pretty
safe supposition that a great part
Of the extra losses Of $44,500 900
were due to Teuton plotters.
With a prospective further in
crease in the munition industries, it
is likely that high fire losses will
continue in the immediate future.
One element Of loss. that through
plotters, is certainly likely to be di-
minished now that sentries are post
ed and suspicious foreigners kept
under watch. In this particular open
war is safer than neutrality, as well
as less humiliatinE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-29
BY sERGT. HARRY NORTON.

Member Of the American Legion In France.
Never shall l forget the scene when
the news FIRST reached US on the western
front that the good old United States
had entered the war.
The glad tidings transformed a whole
company Of Americans In the Canadian
contingent into madmen. Hoarse yells
burst from their threats. and In a de-
llrium Of Joy. they fastened American
flags to their bayonets.
Then the entire company. with whoops
and yells, went over the top OF the
trench In broad daylight Mind you.
there had been no artillery preparation
Of any kind. and you must not forget
that there Is never a charge by infantry
unless such a charge has been preceded
by a griIling artillery fire against the
enemy.
II was q spontaneous, raid on the
part Of the Americans: they just felt
they had to do something tremen-
dous to celebrate the entrance OF
America into the war. On swept the
valiant little band with leveled bayo-
nets, and little American haRS waving
from said bayonets. So sudden and
furious was the attack that Fritz"
was caught mapping and suffered a
severe mauling at the hands OF these
Yankee warriors.
Lesped Into German Trenehea-
The Americans leaped into the Ger
man trenches. After bombing the
enemies dugouts they returned with
fifty prisoners and valuable informa-
tion. The Americans were dirty and
disheveled and some were very bloody
from slight wounds. but they we're
all happy-very happy to think they
had done something real to welcome
Uncle Sammy into the great war.
And you should have heard their
Canadian friends express their ap-
probation. The head OF Ty Cobb
would have been turned had he re-
ceived such an ovation.
'It's wonderful how suddenly Amer
lea has become the pet OF the allies,
isn't it?"
was sitting in q fashionable res
taurant in a famous Scotch coast re-
sort a few days ago having a bit OF
wartime rations when that remark
made me look up with curious in
terest at the speaker. a pretty, fair
haired girl, scarcely out OF her teens
Her companion, q young Canadian
lieutenant. smiled as he replied:
mot so wonderful. SURELY America
Is the one great nation we expected
to fight for all we have fought for.
She was surely a misjudged country.
Some cruel things were being said OF
her before the Presidents wonderful
speech gripped the Imagination OF the
worlds democracies. We failed to un-
derstand policies. No one can deny
that the real reason America Is being
made a pet of Is due TO the fact that
she Ii proving herself q. real friand
at the right time in the right way
and above all In the right cause. Peo-
pie said America had deteriorated,
that she cared for naught but the &C.
cumulation OF wealth. and now they
see the states as a friend IN need.
She Is white and always has been
white. She was condemned because
she was not understood"
Now "Our Fighting CousIns.-
That /conversation sums up the
change Of sentiment on all sides since
the United States declared war. 1t
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-29
LITERAcY TEST BALKS 173
Immigrants From Cape Verde ISL
ands Fall at New Bedford.

NEW BEDFORD. Mass. May %
Only thirty-two out OF eighty-five pas
sengers who arrived here on the pack
ct boat Bertha d. Nickerson from the
Cape Verde Islands were able to pass
the literacy test for immigrants
The remaining fifty-three will be
sent to Boston to await deportation,
with 40 others who arrived at this
port last week, and who also We're
found ineligible on account Of ,lH ar
acy.
Cranberry growers who have de-
pended largely on Bravo Immigrants
for harvesting their crops. say they
are confronted with a probabls short
age OF help through operation OF :he
law.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-29
tn. P.lIean-rurn.d.PhoenIx.

The PeIIean-Turned-PhOe
To the Unfortunate LocTm TeHsTs Of
TIE Column:
Poor Old Sir: Your correspondents
seem to be flam. bemused and com
pIetely bedeviIed by their opportunity
to write out cusswords and get them
printed. whysuch Wild inaccuracy in
the text of the originally "dearthless
lyric about the Pelican? Here is the
original:
There's = bird in the Zoo called the Pelican:
Whose bill can hold more than his belly can
He can take in his beak
Enough for q week.
can.
In the high name Of t:xtual accu-
racy and preserving the low land
marks left in the world I send this.
M. S. w.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-29
Mad Raid Marks US. WarEntry
Americans, on Hearing News, Attack German
Trenches Victoriously, Without the
Usual Artillery Preparation.

An oecovnt Of the first charge uAder
the stors and Stripes into Geraaa
trenches has been torittsH BY seToeaAt
Hdry Norton, Of Philadelphia, crack
newspaper teIe0rdpher and du-droEHd
soldier Of fortuna. Thts charge, nO.o
described for the fret time, ros not
preceded BY the customary drtHIeTy
Gonlb0rdme1t, and the onslaught Of the
enthusiastic Americans 90 took the Ger
mans BY surprise that many Of them
Uere taken prisoners. Norton enlisted
iH the Americas Legion Of the CdHddidn
forces at the beginning Of the tcor. He
is nop iH EH0ldHd recovering from a
shrGpHel IoouHd aud gun shock.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-29
MAY KEEP GRAZING RIGHT
Stock Growers Who Enlist BENEFIT
BY Forest Service Ruling.

Stock growers having national for
est grazing privileges VIII be permit
ted. II they enlist IN the army or
navy, to retain their privilege with
out use Of the range during the pc
riod OF enlistment. TIE ruling was
made today by the United States For
est Service In an effort to stimulate
recruiting
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-29
PRINTING LOAN CERTIFICATES

Printing OF 100000 interim GER
ti6cates for the Liberty Loan was be-
gun by the Bureau OF Engraving and
Printing today.
The bureau is being rushed as
never before, even during Spanish
war days. Twelve hundred employees
have been added in the past two
months. and the big plant Is running
on a twenty-four-hour-a-d basis.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-29

As IL the new history that students
will have to study wasn't burden
enough, II is now asserted that they
will have to learn Esperanto after the
war. The horrors still pile upl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-29

A dispatch from sivas declares that
DR.. servet KiamiI is working with a
typhus serum obtained from. the goat.
Maybe some day the status of that
abused animal will be changed from
butt to benefactor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-29
471o Davenport street northwest.
Pulpit Efficiency Declared to BE the
Need Of America Today.

Need of America Today.
To TIE Editor Of THE TINES:
Some Of our provident, far-seeing
men are showing Americas need for
trained men in every Held OF business
and endeavor-trainsd business men,
trained chemists, trained civil and
electrical. engineers. trained agricul.
turists, etc.-who will devote their
lives to acquiring q thorough thee.
retical and practical knowledge of
their special lines
One Geld OF effort has been over.
looked, should like to call attention
to II.
what we need most in America 4.
a trained body OF ministers. ] know
we have the colleges and theological
seminarIes. but these do-not suffice.
As the case stands, ministers go 10
their charges book trained, IT is true.
but with no real knowledge OF life,
of human nature, and OF real, every
day conditions. Before preaching.
prospective ministers should go out
into the world, work among working
people, do mems work among men
like Jesus, who was a carpenter in
his early uayAlf Bdlu hHoNleuEt OF
life. and when they have reached the
age OF thirty years or thereabouts,
begin their ministry. II they were to
follow this course. they would better
understand the truths OF Scripture,
and they would reject the false find-
inRs OF higher criticism and other
false knowledge.
Coming to the scholastic training
81
their real studies after they have left
the seminary. Instead OF studying
Harnack, or Renan. or Briggs, they
should study the Bible and the great
church fathers. IranaeuS "ertullian
Clement of Alexandria, Orizen, Aug
Justine. Thomas AQuinas, Luther, Call
ain. and others In other words. In
stead OF studying what this or that
petty theologian has to say about the
Bible, they SHOULD study the Bible it.
self and the great church fathers.
who drew their inspiration directly
from the Bible.
What we need. then. in America
most OF all Is self-sacrificirg men who
will devote their lives to the study of
the Holy Scriptures, and thus be en-
abled to combat successfully woman
suffrage, prohibition, religious inn
deity, divorce. the worship of Man,
mon, and various other false and un.
Scriptural Issues - 40 r''" t. ,
times: men who will labor without
money and without price to establish
the true worship Of God, and the true
knowledge OF the Bible.
The harry, I truly l. great, but the
Iaborers are few"
CHARLES HOOPER.
Seattle,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-29
TRAIN MuTILArEs Foor.

Part OF his foot cut off by Penn
sylvania railroad train early today
Everett Leroy Williams, a brakeman
twenty-five years old, IL in Providence
Hospital. His relatives In Washing
ton live at Eighth and X streets
northeast
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-29

marks left in the world send TINS
M. S. w.
C:o... nm svyfnburne.
~
Every Night Oelore VIC 81 ~
II truth be said.
..-v..
IT,. -.adAr here observes
That ne are ~ those moderns who have
IT,,
Cor,roI nv vorries tossed).
-, ,,..I Tor Instance. we read SuIH-
LAST weeE. TOT ,r.nisa
A-,t1., ,hI, reurasthenia:
Assin ~. ' hn,ors seymon unon Rabe-
-"e lii
I'm, ,n,. w..k. takes the prize. by
49,, odd.
7, 4. : hy1s book ,hod
WIZ ali the sbuf1InK of an English
..hoI.r
"A ,ons,h q. COLLAR
~ 49,. n..t clean .tarched and
hIrh ~ rIoss-
-. nS a,r, u h SU Ednurd c,o..A-
III, clotbed IN neat clean. weIl-pressed
husIness matter:
Iz.-. 81 thsre q natter
~ fooIi,h euIo1y- half mumbled in en-
harra,.sd
snhisc, Ths hook's a Geographic story
m ons ws hold IN rlorv:
N AIr.rnon Charles SUinburne 'tis a
NE
And a. We read. our knife
c. c,rele.s N the edres Of the page
TbTouEb margin. print and aIl-aye.
71,-onrb never andinK
on sJnrIe thing to give Ms that fair
gIoW =
which shook moor svinburne so!
NJ, on. IIIurnInatinx epIsodei
Ina, thi,. he rode.
ISs .I.n ouj,e veil. he had a very fair
He xr e M, wear. this, that or t'other
,oer,
Than Maid n visit home:
YEA nsnv friends, dined. often with
Ro.s,tI
rr,o, SnsShstti.
Wrot. M ..AtaIanta" here, his Bal
I.d," there
Yr,,tI d..nsJr
SettieG upoh us as We 'e1
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put prosg so- ,,S
ongoing tnroush score OF niagara
not even .ea s 49,.
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Mhere taet oosseI Iae
NO httlest yest 70 lauhch anectioh
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-29
Tom0rFOW.

Address Mss Emma Gray. NarsnAl Hav
Thought Center, Washington Loan and
Trust building. D. m.
Meeting. D. A. R.. Knitting olass for vAf
relief work. Y. W. C. A rooms, 70 - N -
1880 p. m
Military mass At ST. Al0ysius' Church At .
a. m and address by former Govsrnsf
Glynn Of New York. II o. m. In front Of
Knights Of Columbus Memorial On plaza IN
front OF Union Station.
Annual Memorial Day exercises. At Airing
ton National Cemstsry, beginning At la:3o
F1ag-raIsing exercises and PATRIOTS ad-
dresses to Pennsylvania railroad employees.
Tth and Maryland avenue southwest. l5.1o
Meeting sewing circle. the College wOnsn's
Club, 1904 y street. 1910 q. m
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-29

Sir Thomas Lipton's welcome TO the
American medical unit is doubtless of
the kind that cheers but not inebri-
ates."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-29

II some OF the charitable InstItu-
tions to which Diamond Jim" Brady
left money can't be found, they ought
to be organized at once.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-29
p r. r. BUYS LIBERTY BONDS.

NEW YORK. May 2e.-rhs Penn.
syIvania railroad has purchased .
million dollars worth OF Liberty Loan
bonds, but not for itself.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-29
Interesting Events Of Importance
Scheduled for Today.

Meeting. SOUTHEAST Waahlngfon 0t4s@1
Association. ronohos'B Hall. NJ PunnaS3-
vaniA avenue southeast. ?. n
Concert. Mount Vsrnon Piaes A.<hodin
Episoopal cAurch. Ninth 40 x szsal
Mssttns, Consr.ss Hashts PuhGis nnprgvs-
meat Association. Losfn1's H0tsi. ~ p
m
Special NESTING. Coorgseown Oti11nE 49,
citation, Potomac Bank Han, p -
Memorial SERVICES for 6ensrh dhnt n 10
tundA Of CApitgl. ~ .. m. sDpioas Q. 9.
Grant Circle, No. 1. LA2ia8 Of ths q. A r.
Meeting nrst aid elaa ToA1hsr9 Ctub, ~
son Houss, t:so and In , n
Nesting Central clti.sn1' AssooAE1nn. NoFiA
Capitol Savings Bank. p N
Annual memorial 6Ay usrrts.s ~ Dtgerioe
Fire Department.. chAsf WAgner n eAAreA
at District eemoteriaa. AL day.
Dance. Potomac Boat Club, ~ p n, ~
nfIh SEMESTER cias8 Of Mckinley Mai
Training School
Nesting student oouEeii. Georgs Wazhsaren
University. mn q strest northwest. p n
Weekly drill. Military Service LNuo1 -
District. National Guard ArnRy, - ;
street northwest. .. m
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-29

HIGH TTDEs. low TIDES
Isl - M: height 10 s;s A. n: Weight Is
an p. m; hsisht 2Ilssoo p m; hsisht -
SIN AND MOON table,
sun rose s.ts q m. Neon rises IN y n
Sun sets 7:s D. N Moon sets 90 A. n.
Light automobns lamps At ~ p N
Observations At United states Wmthg p,
rsau stations. taken at q N. tc1ay. SWAY
nth meridian time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-29
Says Tech Has Won Drill Seven
Times Since 1902.

Times Since 1902.
To the Editor OF THE TINES:
In a very recent edition OF The
Times. in the department devoted to
letters from readers, I noticed a very
excellent letter calling attention to
the fact that Mckinley High School
won the competitive drill in 1911. 1912.
and 1919. The letter was headed by
the paper. Mckinley Has Won Three
Times" This Is. OF course, true. but
Mckinley High School. or Tech" has
won the drill seven times since she put
a company On the field Gin 1902. The
years are 1909, 1907, 1908, 1911. 1912.
1913. and 1917. During this time the
highest number of wins by any other
white Washington high school Is Gen.
trail, with three wins since 1902.
CHARLES COLEMAN.
4710 Davenport street northwest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-29

Bslasoo-'saturdAy To MoedAy." 10 = -.
New National-Aborn Comic op~A Company,
PoIi's-Nsv Poll Player. n 'ThS a0uss q
Glass" SIS p m.
B. =. Keltk's--va0dsvflls, s:l8 ana s.iS p n.
Loew's Colum6ta-PhoeSplayn. 1osso q m -
II .. m.
slrAnd-Photoplaya. I; =. N 10 II ,. n
Garden-Photoplays. II ~ m to II ,. ~
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Local rEMrEKArUnEA
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-08-02
PATRIOTISM OR POLITICS.

The people OF this country are
getting mighty tired of the poll
ties being played, in Washington
during these troublesome times.
Congress is handling the war
business just as they have ham
died everything else they could
to make votes for the, congress-
men. The people who have given
Sc 8 ss ssen, brother, a sweetheart or
q friend to the country did not do
git from political motives and they
do not propose seeing their rela-
tives sacrificed through the petty
Jogging work of few narrow
minded, office seeking politicians.
Wake up, Congress, and be Amer
leans, first, last and all the time.
Protect the men we have already
sent TO France and the ones we
are about to send. All your seats
IN congress are not worth the
sacrifice of one American life if
it comes through your pickering
and back biting. Possibly you do
not agree with the President po-
litically, but he is your president.
and thousands of young men have
Offered their lives at his call, re-
gardless of their political faith.
Can't you be as patriotic as they?
Gentlemen, you are up to bat and
the American people expect and
demand that you hit the ball.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-08-02
WILL MAKE EFFORT TO
LOCATE HIGHWAY IN IOWA

State Senator Nicholas Bal
kema of Sioux Center, la, was
elected president, and Raymond
Cassidy, of Whiting, Ia, secre-
tary and treasurer of the perma-
nently organized Iowa division of
the King OF Trails association at
a meeting OF northwestern Iowa
road boosters yesterday afternoon
at the Commercial club. A con-
stitutiOn and by laws We're adopt
ed and the following eleven dele
gates were appointed to represent
Iowa at the meetings OF the ma
tlonal association:
Pottawattamie county, w. s.
kceline OF Council Bluffs, Harri-
son county, DIR. r. ID. McEvoy,
Missouri Valley: Monona county,
.. l.. O'Neill and Walt Babcock,
Onawa; Woodbury. county, B. NJ.
Stoddard, Sloan; Plymouth coun-
ty, c. l.. Trenary. LeMars: Sioux
county. P. l.. Schoep, Sioux Cen
ter: Lyons county, E. O. Carpen-
ter and w. S. Cooper, Rock Rap
ids. President Balkema and Sc
retary Cassidy were made mem
bers OF this delegation eX officio.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-08-02
A REAL LINCOLN
HIGHWAY LESSON

A gentleman from Kansas with
his family was in Denison last
Thursday. Speaking of the Lin
coin highway and roads generally
he said: I'VE thought we had
pretty fair roads down in Kansas
but nothing like this. The road
from Omaha to Denison is Ger
tainly fine, and for 20 miles, Dun
lap to Denison, it was simply
beautiful. l never saw anything
like it,
We informed him that was our
Lincoln Highway and that a pa
trolman had charge of the drag
ging and keeping of that piece of
road.
THAT accounts for it, he said.
Anybody could we'll afford to go
100 miles further on tour just
to get on this highway"
Thus people from a distance
see and appreciate more than we
do ourselves what we have in this
great transcontinental thorough
fare.-Denison Bulletin.