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The Washington times., 1917-08-07
The Power of Public Opinion
Will Give the Vote to
Washington
A Voteless City Is Like Man Chloroformed.

This picture tells the story of Washington today.
Justice is coming in and neither little little
mice will be able to keep the door closed
One little person who architect says that HE does
not want the vote.
BE belongs in the class of antisuffrage ladies'
The City of Washington wants the vote and will
HAVE it.
The right vote does for city and its inhabitants what
sunlight does to a dark cellar.
First of ALL the voting right like the sunlight in the
cellar disturbs things that like the dark and silence
The corporations that have been ruling Washington
because Washington people could not rule themselves
not want to see the citizens vote.
But they will have to accept it and get used to it.
Money according to Speaker Clark objects to the vote
IN Washington believes that control by MONEY is better
than control by MEN.
But selfish money will also accept the vote for
Washington s people and get used to it.
That which is good for the rest of the United States is
good for Washington.
And that which is JUST for all the rest of the United
States is just for Washington.
1t is preposterous to say that man can live in the
Capital of the United States only condition that he
shall cease to be a citizen of the United States
The man UhO does not Uote is not really citizen.
preposterous and shameful that the visitor Wash
ingon should look hundreds of thousands Of citizens
of thousands in the Government service all helping to
build up the Nations Capital and say himself "Queer
people, how they live where man woman can
Washington is not going to remain like orphan
asylum in which the inhabitants have certain amount OF
benevolent care, and self government
the Capital of the United States like the palace
of Turkish ruler you would understand the Turkish
system in which eunuchs are employed as servants.
But this National Capital requires for the Government
workers Of ability thoughtful competent citizens It is an
nay to gather together tens of thousands of such citizens
and then say them Because you work and live the
head of the Government and for the Government YOU
SHALL BE CITIZENS NO LONGER"
But the doors are Open JUSTICE IS COMING IN, and
the little men that don't want to vote and the mice and
cOcroaches that hate the sunlight will not keep the doors
shut.
The Washington times., 1917-08-07
You Can Breathe in the Baltimore
and Ohio Tunnel
Continued from First COlumn.)

Continued First Column)
Association writes calling attention to the fact that the tun
mel of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad is TUNNEL FIT
FOR HUMAN BEINGS, inasmuch the Baltimore and Ohio
tunnel is electrically lighted and trains hauled through
them by electric traction.
We realize that this cost the Baltimore and Ohio money
and gladly give them an advertisement that is conspicuous
Now if the Baltimore and Ohio would only arrange with
the McAdoo tunnel the Pennsylvania tunnel land its
passengers in New York city the Pennsylvania does-the
public would be greatly obliged.
We do not like to inrude sad subjects But call the
attention of the railroad gentlemen the fact that if THE
GOVERNMENT OWNED THE RAILROADS AS IT
OUGHT TO DO all passengers would be landed in New York
city, there would be dog in the manger policy and peo
pie coming from Washington and other places would not
be left stranded along the New Jersey marshes.
P.S-Government ownership of railroads IS COMING.
And the railroads that wisely meet half way take fair
that going follow the war; will be glad that they took
advice from this newspaper.
The Washington times., 1917-08-07
The Presidents Wise Statement
on "German=AmeriCans."

1t Is Typical of His Attitude All Questions Affecting
the War.
The Washington times., 1917-08-07
Once OUers
Listen to What the
Boss Says


advance beyond position hold
full will improve unless 1t Is brought
The desire a
for bit Of knowledge through which your
lacking.
Every merd something toward education
helps to fit you for bigger things spirit
Here tie point. e6ort
authority do realize oil ~
There Of this but comparison 70 the
just though strict OF
yourself under Of such small cabre al
He do little "
But would II hadw orksd
Whe inase1 UPON nothing Of perfect . standard
The Washington times., 1917-08-07
LAST WORD TO BUYERS

To shoppers and all buyers in Wash
ington. The Sunday Times says THE
LAST WORD.
The last thing read on Sunday even
ing, the first thing remembered Monday
morning by the careful hou Us W the
t sNgbAY T RTEs5 TAH5E1GS
Merchants and other advertisers find
the LAST chance and the BEST chance to
impress the public buying mind on Sun
day, in The Sunday Evening Times-th
home paper.
The Washington times., 1917-08-07

for the moment anyway" in
terrupted hastily. "Not that con-
slider it unimportant, but what l
would like to know is how you, o.
all persons, can reconcile such
teaching with your own work? l
should think such skepticism on
your part would make all your
portraits caricatures and satires."
He looked at me a moment with
eyes that seemed to vision the in
visible, and then turned to me
with a smile.
When l paint a portrait" he
said, eve got to ignore the
speech and the posing of the sit
ter, and get at the character that
lies beneath. The reason so many
people in the world are weak and
The Washington times., 1917-08-07

take a walk up Fifth avenue or
any other crowded thoroughfare
and watch and study the faces you
see. Recall the faces Of your null
titude of acquaintance. Do you
ever see any two that are identi-
cal? Are you ever at loss to dis
tinguish one from another? Twins
sometimes, yes. But they prove
nothing but the rule.
Think Of what this infinite va
riety in physiognomy means. OF
all the hundreds Of millions Of
people In the world, of all the
billions that have been. each one
of them has and has had facial
distinctions that have made It pos
sible to recognize and identify one
from the other. All with the same
The Washington times., 1917-08-07

"Well, he was
remarkable, be-
cause he recog-
nized the truth
of the point l
am trying to
make, and did all
he could to edu-
cate me to meet
it."
al ow ?" l
asked.
"Why, he in
stru c ted me
never to believe
anything any
body told me
to take every
thing / was
taught in a ten
tative sort of a
way, never as a
final statement. ="
"And did he
warn you against
himself, too ?"
certainly ne
did" was the
unruffed reply.
81 know the bare
statement of II
sounds crude"
"Never mind
the crudity Of IL,
The Washington times., 1917-08-07

Ineffective is be-
cause I h e y
haven't the cour-
age and the mi
tiative to voice
their own indi-
vidual vi e W s.
You have no
idea how charac-
ter and real per-
s on ality are
obscured a n d
clouded by opin-
ions absolutely
foreign to their
possessor, b u t
which neverthe-
less he h a S
adopted as his
own on the rec
ommendation, so
to speak, of an
other person.
"Don't you real
ize," he went on,
earnestly, "that
there ought to be
as many points
of view in the
world as there
are people in it?
If you need any
proof of this,
The Washington times., 1917-08-07

structure, general and in detail,
yet each supremacy different.
What makes the difference?"
he asked. "The individual char
acter, the personal identity, an alb
solutely new and original essence
that never was before and never
will be again. Or, if you choose
to put it so, an essence that al
ways has been and always will be.
The Washington times., 1917-08-07

THE question Of personality
came up in the course Of a
conversation l had a few
days ago with a famous portrait
painter.
ado you realize" he said, "the
extent to which people are en-
shaved by opinion? / don't mean
in the conventional sense of pub
lie opinion'-that is an old story,
Of course. To revolt against the
bondage of public opinion is quite
smart now, especially among those
who talk a great deal about Indi-
vidualism and Self-Expression. 1t
satisfies the human longing for
martyrdom, and outside the war
zone the only martyrdom the
twentieth century affords is no.
toriety, which is easily achieved
by defiance of public opinion.
why" he went on, almost any
insignificant person under the sun
becomes an oracle if by hook or
crook he can be invested with the
show of authority when he speaks.
That's one of the many things the
war has done for US. It's only nee
essary for somebody to say that
he has heard so-and-so from some
one who has unusual means for
getting special information, and
the widest kind Of a yarn is ac-
cepted and passed along with adj
ditional confirmstory details.
Evolving Ones Own Beliefs
the Essential Factor
In q Personality.
"Of course, such extravaRances
would not be possible II people did
not allow themselves always to be
overwhelmed by personality-the
personality Of other individuals.
1t confronts all Of US whichever
way we turn. II eolors our life,
It impairs our judgment and pre-
vents US from having any opinions
that are really and honestly our
own.
"And we all go about the world
blissfully ignorant Of the fact that
about IS per cent of the views
that we express are second or
third or fourth hand. It's to be
expected Of young people. As
Emerson remarks. in youth we
are mad for persons But the I'M
happy fact is that we retain this
stupidity. Ny father was the only
person | have ever met who had
an adequate understanding of it as
a destroyer Of originality and
spOntaneity In the individual.
81 found his remarks both inter
esting and puzzling, coming from
painter Of portraits; for one Of
his profession must necessarily be
a student of character and psyche
logy."
"Tell me about your father" l
probed.
The Washington times., 1917-08-07
You Can Breathe in the BaIti-
more and Ohio Tunnel
IodJv Mal,a his he Road
We Gladly Make This Statement. The R

We wrote imploring the Government to conserve hu-
lungs We said that of the money saved by cut
ting down coal might be used to let air into the rail
road tunnel running through Baltimore paying for fans
identification, etc.
Our friend, A. w. Thompson, of the American Railway
IContIHued In Last CeumnI
The Washington times., 1917-08-07
From First Appearance
in Baby's Life.

1.-THE unique power of person
atty is systematically under
mined from its very first appear
ance in human life. The child is
taught at the beginning the in
fallibility of the opinions Of his
elders, for that is the practical re-
suit of education, and the surren-
der of his own. The habit he
forms urder his compulsion in
childhood warps and distorts his
whole life and lays his mind open
to the poison of other peoples
opinions"
Thank you very much for your
dissertation" I said. 81 find your
views sufficiently interesting and
original to embody in an article,
which | shall speedily do. But all
the same, if you will forgive the
outspoken compliment, think you
are a fanatic. The world is tur-
bulent and unruly enough as it is.
And ready-made opinions like
ready-made garments are not only
a great convenience but often fit
far better than the homemade
variety.
'If your theory were put into
effect" l went on, leach Of US
would be a little group Of willful
men all by himself-there's a nice
Irish bull for you. Remember, my
friend, that too much diversity of
tongues was what toppled down
the Towel Of Babel, and so man.
kind has never yet succeeded in
reaching the skies.
To-day when so many earnest
souls are cracking the tympanum
of my ear with views | some
times agree with the twist that a
stone-cutter in my home town
gave to a Tennysonian epitaph.
A German doctor, a pronounced
atheist, had died, and the line from
in Memoriam' was selected for his
tombstone, There is more faith In
honest doubt, believe me, than in
half the creeds.' But either by de-
sign or accident the way it ap-
peared was, There is more faith
in half the creeds, believe me,
than in honest doubt Still, jest
ing apart, / do think there is q
great deal in what YOU say"
The Washington times., 1917-08-07
RS. Wilson Woodrow's Article on personal
and How That Unique Power Is Destroyed"

Is
hoedb Himself
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-07
THREE DIE IN EXPLOSION
ON BIRMINGHAM SPECIAL
Police Relieve One Of Dead Men Set
on Nitroglyccrin With
Suicidal Intent.
THREE OTHERS BADLY INJURED
Blast, Occurring in Rear Day Coach
of Southern Railway Train, Felt
Over Woodlawn, Suburb, Through
Which Train Is Passing at Time.
IRy Nssocinicd rrcss-l

BIRMINGHAM. ALA. January G.
Two men were instantly killed, a third
died later as result Of a fractured skull.
and three others badly injured early
Tonight by an explosion in the smok-
ing compartment Of tho rear day coach
OF the Southchn Railways "Birmingham
Special from New York. The explosion
occurred while the train was passing
through Woodlawn, a birmingham
suburb.
The dead arc: w. j. oliver and Lewis
d. Walton. both of Birmingham. and
-. shelby shelton, of Atlanta,
The police are working on the theory
that the explosion was due to II uuan-
tity OF niiroglyccrin being set OFF by
Walton with suicidal intent Walton
had been in tho lavatory about thirty
minutes when the explosion occurred.
The blast blew tho steel partition be-
tween the lavatury and smoking COM
partmcnt entirely away.
Just outside the door was IA table. on
which was written. See my suit ease
for Important papers.
'I.I;WIS u. WALToN"
His suit case was found in the front
seat Of the coach, but ii contained
nothing but some letters. and cxaIrna
tion Of them has so far yielded no cx-
planation.
Walton was formerly a grocer in
BIRMINGHAM. and was charged with
killing his partner. " .. Earton. on
Apri .. 1915. Ills trial on the charge
resulted IL y mistrial several months
ago. and he WAS still under bond 1t
was charged that Barton carried large
life Insurance policies In Walton's
favor for the protection Of their bust
ness.
Congressman Elect William H. Bank
head. OF Jasper, Ala. viii" was in the
/ observation car with Mrs. Bankhead.
said tho explosion could bc felt all
over Wo"dlawn. The trai" waS hur-
RE. I" birmingham w''' alliances
| carried the injured I" The
passenger coach wa .aagcd.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-07
ASK COURT TO DECLARE
P|zz|N| A BANKRUPT.
Three Unsecured Creditors File Pc
tition With United States
District Judge.
OTHERS PREFER STATE COURTS
Police and Pinllertons Keep Up Tn
relcnting Search for Fugitive.
Are Greatly handicapped by Lack
OF Recent Photograph.

Invoking the machinery OF the Fed
cral law TO bring to account William
t. Pizzini. three unsecured creditors OF
the absconding real estate dealer and
broker filed in tho United States Dis
trict Court Yesterday a petition askin 6
bankrupt. The papers are made re-
turnable within ten days.
The petitioners. Mrs t. NJ Tierney,
Mrs. Ellen Bolton. and the II. W. Roun-
tree Trunk and BAG Company. 10 whom
'izzini owes in the aggregate more
than $4,000. ailese that the missing
broker conveyed. transferred. cor
cealed and removed his property with
intent to hinder. delay and dcfraud
his creditors" 4. NJ. Chichester and
Emmett Seaton arc attorneys for the
petitioners.
The filing OF the involuntary bank
ruptcy petition marks the first effort
at Federal action against piZzini
Should the court declare him a bank
rnpt, it will have the effect of making
all debt adjustments matter of Fed
cral procedure. Cases Of this nature
pending against him in the state
courts would he removed automatically IS
to the United States District Court
BELi5NE PIZZINI HAD COURSE
OF ESCAPE; MAPPED OUT
In the meantime. tho police and the
Pinkerton National Detective Agency
are using every means al their com
mand to apprehci' the missing man
Both organizations believe that. know
ing for some time that lie would event
tally have TO leave Richmond in a
hurry, PizZini had his course mapped
out. They do not believe that he would
pick out a plain open trip. such as a
| straight journey to New York and then
attempt to leave the country from
that great port. Rather they believe
that he bought tickets in each in
stance farther than he intended 10 20
in that direction and made zigzaG
course to his destination. They be-
| lieve Costa Rica to be the place he is
! going to or has reached
| Efforts to find Il recent picture OF
lNizzini are proving about as hard rs
ihs search for the absconding real
| estate operator himself. The Pinker-
tons and the police would be glad to
Lave n good likeness Of Pizzini. and
believe that II wouldIaid in his ultimate
| capture.
| In searching for picture yesterday
| Detective. Sergeant Wiltshire was told
that Pizzini had been seen TO board a
tMan Street car at the Union Station.
/ Wiltshire merely laughted at tho sug-
| gestion. He said he did not think
| Pizzini Is within a thousand miles OF
Richmond.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-07
NO IMPOUTANT EVENTS
ON MACEDONIAN FRONT
EBy Associated Press


PARlS. January 6.--Thc following
of'tcial report from the .iacedonian
front was given out here TO-DAY:
since December 30 there have been
no important events on the from, of
the army Of the east. bad weather hav-
i:.E impcded operations at almost every
point. Especially spirited artillery
lighting continues in the regions OF
Gatevgeli. Lumnica. Monastir. Madyag
and IN the Gerna area. near Eapesh.
Reports have been received Of the
checking Of Bulgarian attack on
Leskovo and of u well-conceived action
of British troops against Keupr near
the railroad between Seres and Demir-
Hissar. The British fee, hombarded
Akar. Nika aud Semuntolos north OF
Orfani"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-07
FIRST REGIMENT
WILL REACH HERE
ABOUT 1OO'CLOCK
Great Demonstration Ex-
pected This Morning at
Byrd Street Station.
WILL BE ESCORTED TO
ARMORIES BY COMMITTEE
Governor Stuart and Mayor
Ainslie to Participate in
Welcome.
FIRE BELLS WILL GIVE NOTICE
Military Call to Be Sounded Three
Hours Before First Train
Is Expected.
FIRE BELLS WILL GIVE NOTICE
Military Call to Be Sounded Three
Hours Before First Train
Is Expected.
Perry Says Regiment
Will Arrive by 10 A. M.

FLORENCE. $. c.. January e.
First Virginia Infantry, moving I'm
three scctions, ts scheduled to reach
Richmond Sunday morning Mt 10
o'clock. First section In now com-
posed of reEimentnI headquarters
and First and Third Battalions.
Seven hours ,vns lost crossing the
Mississippi River MT Baton Rouge,
md four hours ut New Orleans.
Good time has been made since then.
While waiting for trims to he iced
and Hntered. street pnrades, for
purpose of exercising men. were
given by the First and Third Bat
talions with the band mt Houston,
Baton Rouge. Montgomery and Au-.
susta. and by the Second Battalion
mt New Orleans. nil creating consia-
cradle favorable comment.
tSigncd) w. j. PERRY,
Colonel.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-07
NAVY DEPARTMENT PLEA
BRINGS 10 PER CENT CUT
Bethlehem Steel Company Offers Re-
duction i'm All Material for
New Battle Cruisers.
INTER EST OF PATRIOTISM
Bids for Ships Beyond Maximum
Limit, and Possibility OF .Authori-
Zation for Construction Leads TO
Request for Better Prices.

NEW YORK. January 6.--The Navy
Department faces tho possibility OF re-
peal by Congress Of tho authoriZat ion
Of the construction of four new battle
cruisers unless tho expense. as csti-
mated by shipbuilderS for constructions
can in some way hc reduced, accord
ing to telegram from Franklin ID.
Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary Of tho
Navy, made public here to-day by the
Bethlehem Steel Company. The ship
builders bids were Sl.00o.000 in excess
Of the sl6.5Oo,oo0 limit fixed by Con-
gross on each cruiser. says Mr.. Roose
vclts telegram.
The Bethlehem 60. sent Il reply. il
was said, Offering 10 cut 10 per cent
from the cost Of all material it might
contract TO supply toward tho build
ing of the cruisers. II was stated that
this was done in the interest Of
patriotism" Tnc company Informed
Mr.. Roosevelt that it estimated that
III other interests meet YOU in the same
spirit, the desired SiOn0000 saving on
each cruiser can he Effected.
SIIIPBUILDERS' BIDS
BEYOND MAXIMUM EIMIr
Secretary Ro"scvclt's telegram. after
alludinG To the shiphuildcrs bids being
beyond the maximum limit fixed by
Congress. read
In order To avoid rcccssity Of ask
ing Congress for increased appropria-
ton. thus involving delay and even
possibility Of not securing tho Increase.
or OF repeal of authorization for con
struction department is cndeavoring to
find ways o: reducing the cost of con-
Struction.
Some Of the shipbu;ldcrs the message
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-07
FRENCH AERIAL SQIiADRONs
START INCENDIAItY FIRES
fBy Associatcd Press

.I'AiilS. January 6.--"Thcrc were no
events Of Importance during the night. =
says to-day's official statement "Dn
Thursday night French aerial squad
rons showered projcctilcs on tho av!
alton field at Grisolles and on the rail
way station and barracks at Guiscard,
where il was observed that four in
cendiary fires and several explosions
occurred.
on Friday night enemy cncamp-
mcnts south of Spincourt munitiom de-
pot22sst Longeau farm and the railway
stat.8S4s& Msenil-St. Nicaise also were
bomba rded"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-07
SEVERE FIGHTING TAKES
PLACE AROUND RIGA

Severe lighting has taken place
around Riga. at the northern end of the
long eastern front. German forces.
Berlin says were successful in en-
gagements south of Riga and near the
River AA. capturing 500 prisoners and
several machine guns. Russian attacks
farther south along the Dvina River
failed. Russian troops. Petrograd
states. were successful in combats west
of Riga. taking 90 prisoner and one
battery. There has been little activity
along the rest OF the eastern front,
except in the Carpathians. where a
Russian attack in the region of Eirli-
baba was repulsed.
North OF the River Ancree in North
ern France. British troops. in a night
attack. entered a German advanced
trench. Northeast Of Ncrdun. a Ger
man raid was made into the French
lines. Artillery engagements are taxi
ing place at other points on the front
An attack by a strong British fc-cc
against Turkish positions near Imam
Muhamcd OH the Tigris front was re-
pulsed with heavy losses. CONSTANT
nople reports, and the British retired
to their trenches. East or Hamadan.
in Persia. the Turks repulscd Rus
sian attack with severe casualties.
Near Sakkiz n Russian attack also was
checked BY the Turks.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-07
FIVE MORE ROUMANIAN
TOWNS TAKEN BY TEUpONs


BERLIN. January (via Sayville).-
Bavarian and Austro- Hungarian troops
yesterday stormed Russian defcnses on
an extended front south of the Trotus
Valley, near the Moldavian frontier, the
War Office announces.
In addition TO Brailn. five more towns
in Roumania have been taken by the
Teutonic troops. which have reached
the Sereth River at two points.
New operations have been inaugu-
rated in Dobrudja. following the eS-
.pulsion Of the last of the Russians and
Roumanians, W
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-07
TAUssIG ACCEPTS
Harvard Professor probnbiy VIII Uc
Nude Chairman of Tariff
GOmmisSiou
1lGcl.
my Associated Press. /

WASIliNGTON. January 6.-profcs-
sor Frank w. Taussig. of Harvard. to-
day accepted a place on the Tariff
Commission. and probably will be
made chairman. The other four mem
bcrs will be announced later.
"ofessor Taussig is 4 teacher OF
cal economy. aud has written cx-
tensirely on the tariff. II is under
stood the administration had diHicuity
Iin pcrsuading him to accept.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-07
BRITISH TROOPS PENETRATE
GER MAN TRENCH IN WEST
NV Associated Press.

BERllN. January (via Sayville).--
In an attack north of the .Ancre last
night. British troops penetrated a Ger
man trench, the War Onicc announces
There was vigorous artillery fighting
in the Ypres bend. along the Somme
in the Champagne and on the verdun
front.