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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-19

And I do further proclaim and give
notice to all persons subject to regis
tration in the several States and In
the District OF Columbia, in accord
ance with the above law. that the
time and place OF such registration
shall be between I q. m. and o .. m.
on the 9th day OF June, 1917, at the
registration place in the precinct
wherein they have their permanent
homes.
Those who shall have attained their
twenty nrst birthday and who shall
not have attained their thirty-frst
birthday on or before the day here
named are required to register. ex-
cepting only officers and enlisted
men OF the regular army, the navy.
the marine corps. and the national
guard and naval militia while In the
service OF the United States, and Of
fcers in the officers reserve corps
and enlisted men In the enlisted re-
serve corps while in active service. In
the Territories OF Alaska, Hawaii, and
Porto Rico a day for registration
will be named in a later proclamation.
And l do charge those who through
sickness shall be unable to present
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-02
Peoples Forum
What Would "Scrlpfor. Have no.

What Would "scrDptor" Have Dome
Editor virgtnian:
Sir,-Your correspondent. scr4ptor
thinks entirely too much fuss WA n
MADE over the disloyal speech nv
professor Whipple which caused that
lhdN1dual to be promptly ousted
from ms position in the faculty of
The University Of Virginia.
what would Scrintor have donA If
ne had been president IF the univer-
slty or a member O: the board or
visitors? Would he have sunportad
a motion to GUST the disloyal instrnc-
TOT. or would he have suggested n
mild reprimand or would he have
passed over the incident altoretherY
III scriptor doesn't like what hap
Pehed 10 the ex-professor. let him
say so plainly and the rest Of VIZ
gtnia VIII understand the animus he.
mind his whining criticism. II scrtn-
tor does approve the disrnissa, OF
Whippie, he has taken entirely to-.
many words To conceal that fact.
6criptor seems to believe that the
Whipple speech was "a purely and
merely academic discussion of peace
and war" That W'hipple didn't re.
gard his address in that light Is clear
~ shown by his furnishing abstracts
10 the press. widespread An aca-
demic discussion OF anything bv nm
unknown professor" wouldn't no
news ordinarily. But the near-se-
d4uouS utteranee of q member of the
faculty OF the University OF Virginia
In time of national peril was bound
TO attract attention not at all AGA
demic. Whipple knew that He de-
llherateiy prostituted his position fer
anti-American political aims, lust as
he gave money to help elect a So
cia list mayor OF New York in prefer
ence TO buying liberty bonds. Whtp-
pie knew exactly what he was about
Scrfptor ought TO know
Now let Scriptora IL he dares. say
just what he would have done If ne.
had hed TO deal directly with such
an ofrense TO decency9
AMERLC.ANUS vIRGINIENSIS
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-02

can Coal Journal. explaining in detail
the pooling plan agreed upon by more
than three hundred operators and
shippers OF Ohio. Kentucky, West Wiz
ginia and Western Pennsylvania. Mt
a meeting in Cleveland two weeks ago.
The purpose of the Coal shippers
Terminal Pool association is to re-
lieEe the coal shortage and TO help
the railroads in facilitating deliveries
In the matter Of production the coal
men show that they turned out near
~ thirty-seven million tons of soft coal
in the first eight months Of tho year
In excess Of the production for the
same period in 1915. The consurnp-
tion, on the other hand. has increased
at much greater rate. The navy is
taking four times as much coal as
ever before. War industries are need
ing vastly more than they have ever
required. The Bethlehem Steel COM
pany. for instance. viii need 100000
tons more In january than IT ala last
January.
The proposal for the establishments
Of termiha. pools has received of
fetal sanction and the plan now is
to extend 1t throughout the nation.
so that every vital industry depending
upon coal as fuel may be served
promptly and fully.
The operators insist that the step
they have taken was not in sef-de-
Tense but for the sake Of national de-
Tense In view Of their acceptance of
the governments price~axlng program.
they are entitled 10 credit tor good
intentions.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-02
FsgllyyEEz S y:


santa Fe is one of the two cities OF
North America which have already
celebrated their 3o0th birthday.
Boston and New York are proud OF
their age and OF the amount Of action
that has been crowded into their en-
reers. but little Santa Fe, which had
$500 people twenty five years ago and
mas been growing rapidly backward
ever since. has had a livelier time
Than either, and is old enoughsto be
the parents OF both. In it's $40 years
II has been under five governments
mas had Spanish. Indian, Mexican.
confederate and United States gov
ernments~-snd has been capitals of
half dozen varieties of states, ter
r!tories and nations
santa Fe was founded by the Span
lafds in 1905, and is now capitaI of
the state of New Mexico. 1t is To-
Gated almost 1000 feet above the sea
in the mountains and the transcontt-
mental traveller has to climb of his
IRAN ana travel eighteen miles to and
H. IT'S old section, with its narrow.
crooked streets and dried Taud houses.
Whlch last longer than stone Is as
picturesque as anything In America.
us new section Is as up~to~date 1t
mas the Capitol, the historic library.
two Spanish papers. an interesting
plaza, monument to Kit Carson and
many relics Of American history which
we're old before the Mayflowsr furn!-
ture landed
santa Fe has citizens who can trace
their ancestry back TO the founding
of me town. They would be lust az
proud OF 1t as the Boston people n
they knew how to read.
santa Fe was captured and ruled
by Indians for twelve years from 1000
on. 1t vas captured again In 1854
ana the governor was killed. 4 Gen-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-02

eral Lew Wallace lived in It's quaint
Soo-year-old adobe governors palace
and finished Ben Hur" there. 1t was
the western terminus of the Santa Fe
trail, which began at Kaskaskia, Ill.,.
and in the first half of the last CEN
fury saw more miscellaneous excite
ment and lodged more outlets from
bad indians and worse white men than
any other American town.
Those of US who cannot go to Spain
VIII do we'll to stop off at Santa Fee,
where we can see the ruins OF many
Hidalgo and can learn more of the
early struggles OF the wonderful
Southwest than we ever suspected be-
fore
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-02

The nations hest wishes are with
congress. which Is to take up It's tast;
tomorrow II we were hand -pickins
body we would leave ont some NJ
the present members and put In some
men now private citizens; but. taken
Htf through, congress fs Just what II
processes to be. representative BODY
Of Americans authorized by the people
to make it's laws,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-02

& - Of tR>p ~ax a~4nE,,- t'!5as- tsys4ze !
a large part of Long Island IN various
conveyances. Walking past a railway
station, one Of the soldiers embraced
the woman and In the slight struggle
that followed both fell to the ground.
A girl tn tie station screamed--the
complainant Of the -aftN thought aft
aae vi Aid act he soldiers were duly
arrested. without any automobile
chase. were arra.gned and turned over
TO maior aud lieutenant summoned
from tina camp. who promised the
court that the men would be dealt
with according to military law.
That was all--not peasant recital
but wholly lacking in the kind of hor-
ror which Mrs. Humiston has tried
to bring into public notice wholly at
variance with the mrid stories with
which she first began her campaign
for notoriety. The soldiers who had
disgraced themselves were not hanged
but were disciplined as they deserved,
And Mrs Humiston's first expose"
fell nat
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-02

Something to worry about: The fe-
male scandal-spreader who failad -
make good her accusations against ,ho
morality OF army camps threataos
that she will no longer "co-onsr,,a.
with the government
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-02

VIII tie ladies who ars going to
present golden diadem to the SUI
fragist leader in New York also be
SLOW leather meals upon the indus
tr-ous ptcketers7
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-02

directed were found in the employ Of
the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Raiiroa
company. Oscar CARRIER, who IL held
in the city jail. was the head OF the
draughting room of the electrical on :
cheering department OF the Tennes-
see company, In which department.
were employed the other men being
detained. John Haban, Carl Seefs and
Martin Backus
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-02

When the so-to-speak editor gets
back from that Thanksgiving festival
up In the hills, we are going TO ask
him pointediy whether he brought
back any rersimmona.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-02

1t. does seem queer that feminine
frotaEonists Of democracy should he-
stow crown upon one they with 70
honor.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-02

Happily for all concerned, the an
swer to the hypothetical question ia
not the same length.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-02

and in many Instances this has been
tione with telling effect.
Due 70 the exodus to the training
earaps Of SO many Of Richmond's eligi-
bles and the fact that 80 many Of the
ether citizens are so engrossed in the
great war that they have oblterated
municipal affairs from their thoughts.
he electorate at the next election
would have been greatly decreased.
say those who are familiar with the
situation And if the Civic association
succeeds in holding the number at
what IT was In normal times II will
aave added several thousand which
would have otherwise been lost.
The members OF the association re
port that everywhere they find sym
nathstic feeling with their work or
the part of the people. and that In
most cases Il. quiet determination TO
assist IN improving the municipal gov
eminent has been expressed In add
ton To the numerous citizens various
organizations have aligned themselves
with the work 81 the civic association
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-02

let the public understand precisely
what they are about. TO the daily
newspapers Of the United States a
bulletin has been sent by the Ameri-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-02
New Nest of Piooers Found.
DECEMBER 2

New Nest of Plotters Found.
Birmingham, Dec. IA nest OF
suspected conspirators against the
government has seemingly been I'M
earthed by the efforts of the federal
special investigators in Birmingha m,
four men now being held la Jail
awaiting the outcome of inves iga-
tions.
The men against whom the efforts
of the investigating authorities are
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-02

Separate bargaining with Germany
doesn't necessarily mean separate
peace.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-02

Something to cheer the editor. r,
D''a"i'es sob squad has had It's las,
inning.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-02

Difficulties us transferring the reg
iatration # mary men who have
lately como to the city have been
eliminated the cav}e association taE-
ing that action for all who ask fer 1t.
70 Increase the interest among the
s'aany employees Of the larger business
Embellishments Of the city. the associ.
attnn has asked the employers to bring
the n etter to the attention Of the man
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-02

honor
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-02

Many $35 Coats Reduced to SIS
All season offered the best $500 Coats in Rich
mond They made of the most desirable naterials
Pom, Pom and Velour We have them in the best coiors
-Pekin Blue, Tanpe and Burgundy. Many of tl1e are
reduced for this sale to $25C0a clear saving 1000
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-29
Farmers Union Man Wants Government to Guarantee Price for Products Raised

Fort Worth, Tex, April 2S.-(Special) ) In a telegram to Thomas F. Gore, chair man of the Senate committee on agricul- ture, Henry N. Pope, president of the Association of State Farmers Union Presidents, suggests that the govern ment guarantee profitable price on all staple farm products as the most feasible method of encouraging increased produc- tion.
 MT. Pope's telegram follows: The best way for the government to encourage production is to follow the example of Great Britain and guarantee profitable price for all staples. This would take out the fear of a stagnated market. which experience has taught the farmers to dread far more than crop shortage. The greatest stimulant to agricultural growth is a satisfactory market.
 The next best thing the government can do to encourage an increase in pro- duction is to see that the farmer can secure an abundant supply of fertilizer at a reasonable price By the intelligent use of fertilizers production can be in- creased almost one-third without ma terial increase in labor.
 Rest assured that the American farm CTS will do their bit in this hour of na- tional peril, both behind the blow and the Iifle.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-29
Negroes Pledge Loyalty

To the Editor of The Herald
 We the employees at vanns Quarry
 held meeting Friday night to express our loyalty to our country.
 Whereas it has been circulated that
 the imperial German government has through its agents here sought to induce the negro to insurrection, and whereas s
 the belief IS prevalent among some that
 they have succeeded to some extent,
 therefore, we the laborers for the Ten
 nessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company
 have assembled and in order to expell every doubt and to inspire confidence. give vent to our expressions of loyalty First-We feel that your (our) Presi- dent has done all he could honorablv do to ward off the blow that has been thrust upon us and we have implicit confidence in his foresight and judgment, and we pledge to him and our country our most loyal support and that we hold our flag as sacred.
 Second-We further feel that the in- terest of the company for which we work lis our interest and we pledged our faith ful support in promoting their interest and safeguarding their property. Third-We also request that you pub fish this in your daily paper Respect fully submitted, Lewis S. Buckner.
 George Jackson, David Hill, Felix Per
 kins, Thomas Moore, Henry Hamby, Thomas Rix, Discue I<illian. Granville
 Gurley, James Hale, John D. Jackson.
 Lee Hammons' Lewis Kelly. Granville Gurley, secretary
 Vann's Quarry April 27. 1917
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-29

fine national spirit has Just reached me In letter from Julian Street, the author of a series of delightfully."- zen tertaining magazine articles on south ern and western communities. It is an incident illustrative of the steady progress of intersection understanding and fellowship.
 New York Globe objecting to the con stant playing of Marching Through Georgia" As Street had recently wis ited Georgia. he had it brought home to him very forcibly how unpopular that tune Is to those who know first hand of the particularly destructive work of the Fifteenth corps" A gen. erouS-minded American wornan Miss Caroline Harding. was attracted by Streets appeal She promptly took up his suggestion in practical way and, prior to the big parade in New York, she went up Fifth avenue requesting each bandmaster not to play tune so naturally offensive to many of her fellow Americans. Nor has Miss Hard ing stopped here. Street writes that she has "also gone after Sousa and the theatre orchestra leaders"
 This is a fine spirit The south is ever generous in its apprecia ton. The suggestion of Julian Street and the work of Miss Harding will be grate- fully remembered throughout Dixie land" wherever the story is made known.
 MATTHEW PAGE ANDREWS.
 Baltimore, April 26, 1917, S49 Park avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-29
FINE PROGRAMME.
 TODAY AT THE EBl6U.
Big Feature Pictures and Concert by Orchestra at
 Loew's Bijou Today

For a genuine treat of feature pictures. go with the crowds today to Loew's Bi- jou, the city's latest, most up-to-date and most commodious theatre. The programme will include q concert by the Bijou or chestra under the direction of Prof Frank Harms, consisting of popular and classical selections.
 There Is no more cool and comfortable playhouse in the south than Loew's Bijou. while in the beauty of it's decorations and appointments It is not surpassed in the country The management has spent money with a lavish hand to provide for the comfort and convenience of the pa- irons of this popular playhouse and in bespeaklng the patronage of the public feel sure they will be more than pleased with the cozy pla yhouse. Visit the theatre today and you will be delighted with the elegant surroundings and tho excellence of the programme.
 The big feature will be Bluebird pho toplay The Man Who Took a Chance" featuring the well-known stars, Frank lyn Farnum and Agnes Vernon. It is a stirring play of speedy action and in the story depicts love, adventure and sur prise, and is very inspiring as an incen- tive to manly heroisn.
 F Mr. Farnum irnpersonates 8 man who ventured into unknown peril, without hes itation, to rescue the girl he loved from a band of lSidnapers who held her for ransom. This episode, however, is not the only interesting and exciting feature of the photoplay. The events that led up to the acquaintance between Farnum as the hero and Agnes Vernon. who im- personates the heroine in the story, pro- vide a fascinating series of screen inci- dents that make The Man Who Took a Chance" one of the very best of Blue birds,
 The other pictures on the programme are equally attractive and will prove the best and most enjoyable entertainment ever shown In the city. Again We re- mind you, There is nothing cheap about Loew's Bijou except the price"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-29
The Men Against War

To the Editor of The Age Herald:
 have a protest against the way in which those senators and congressman who voted against war with Germany have been flayed and abused for their action. They have been called unfathful and disloyal cries of traitor and Urea names have been linked by some with those of Aaron Burr, Benedict Arnold and even Judas Iscariot-all because they differed with the majority upon what may have been the most momentous question that this nation has ever in it's history been called upon to face.
 Mir. Kitchin said in opposing war that passion runs high at this time in the nation. That vile epithets were applied | to him, to Mr. Vardaman, and to others who differed with the majority, both on the floors of Congress and by the press, proves the correctness of that statement. The senators and congressman who op- | posed war had a perfect, an inalienable 1 right to do so They were sworn to do l their duty as they saw it and, if they were honest in the convictions which they
 have expressed, they would have become | perjurers had they voted for war. They were not sworn to blindly follow the rec 1 OlHiiltnQdliOHS Ol tue IItSlQSlll Of lO ufl- questioningly vote according to the senti-
 ment of the majority in Congress. We were not at war with Germany when these men opposed this measure, and it was their duty to try to keep us out of war if they believed such a course was
 for the best interest of the United States. 1 The situation changed only when the war resolution was passed by Congress
 and signed by the President. Then-but
 not until then-we were at war, and it I was the duty of these men to do all in
 their power to carry the war to a vic 1 torious conclusion. We cannot doubt l that they will answer the call of that
 duty. Some of them have said that they will. The others, no doubt. have felt l it beneath their dignity-and rightly so
 Ito recognize any questioning of their l loyalty by replying to these insnuations. l These men are Americans; they have I fulfilled their duty to the people whom 1 they represent. as they have conceived l that duty to be, and it i'll becomes any
 man to, censure them for it.
 | FRANK l.. BUTTS. 1 University. April A 1917.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-29

1 economic value as a very important mem
 Der of the bird family.
 | The sparrow's many friends and well
 wishers deeply regret that, like other weak creatures, this bird should have
 enemies who wage a cruel and ignorant war upon it from time to time The idea I that English sparrows are the means of | lessening the number of our native birds | is gradually going by. The English spar row, like the cat, has formidable ene-
 mics who have influence enough to spread their opinions all over the land, but ob- servant people are getting their observa- tions before the public, and it has been
 shown that these much maligned spar
 rows are eating injurious insects and weed seeds summer and winter. Also in report based on facts through observa- tions during 1911-1912 it is estimated that
 a brood of young sparrows can destroy : at least 2000 alfalfa weavels in one day, and doing the same kind of work on the brown tail moth which hover around the
 electric lights, the pavements being lit- tered with their wings their bodies eaten by the English sparrow. Some years ago Hungary, moved by ignorance and preju dice, succeeded in getting the sparrow doomed to destruction. Within five years the country was overrun with insects, and
 these same men were crying for the spar
 
 row was brought back and in driving out the hordes of devastating insects proved the salvation of the country.
 It is thought to be dangerous business to try to exterimnate the English spar row by the wholesale as the city of Bir mingham is trying to do if for two req sons only: They are said to destroy the periodical cicada or 17-year locust, and in fruit growing districts consume about
 thousand insects and other inverte- brate injurious species Among the in sects identified are aphid (greenflyl, weevi1s, and other beetles, caterpillars, various butterflies, and moths and grubs of crane flies, saw flies, and other in furious flies. with few wasps Tn 1905 in Statesboro, Ga. about 1000 sparrows at tackled a field of German millet which
 had been invaded by millions of the army worm caterpillars and in 4S hours the millet patch was cleaned from worms to
 the relief of the owners
 The second reason is the dangerous use of firearms. air guns, slingshots and trans and poisons The use of such in
 struments of death dealing device edu
 cates a boy in cruelty. That the cruel
 boy becomes the brutal man is a matter
 of statistics. To kill for the mere sake of killing Cor a few pennies) to find pleas ure in frightening, wounding or destroy ing and living creature. is a certain way
 to cultivate the brutality and the indif- ference to suffering which often leads to
 crime Parents should consider very earnestly their duty in this matter.
 The greatest need of America is more education of the heart, How can the
 humane societies teach kindness when by our laws we encourage cruelty as in the present needless destruction of birds.
 Respectfully MRS. w. N. WOOD.
 Pres. Birmingham Humane Society
 Birmingham. April 24, 1917. m