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The Washington herald., 1917-03-25
A SINNERS HEAVEN.

had a pleasant dream last night about
A place so nice,
better I shall never hope to see;
And tho that land may not have been
the Bible Paradise,
It was plenty good enough a Heav'n
for me.
For, instead Of lodging fivvers at the
risk OF my young life,
owned a big gas-wagon-something
finei
And ran across a lot of friends and also
crossed the wife
In that powerful big gas-wagon of
mine.
I docked her at an ONCE and 1 dashed
into the door.
The ONCE boy found was my old boss;
made him kowtow over till his fore
head touched the floor
And informed him that his brain was
full of moss;
I stayed ten minutes by the clock and
then dashed out to lunch
But told the boy 20 stick around till six
While I went to a ball game with a loud
and lively bunch.
And I left him forty tangles to unmix.
borrowed from a Hebrew, talked a bar
Der clean to death
And presented a fat plumber with some
bills;
7 called a politician names till got out
of breath
And gave a slick NJ. D. nine hundred
pills:
Preached sermon to A preacher. prayed
one prayer for half an hour.
To a church choir sang some hymns all
out OF tune.
To a lawyer smart I lied with all an
Annanias' power
And stole two fat roosters from a coon,
I shot the Kaiser full of holes just like a
good Swiss cheese
And Critic Shawl slurred him to his
face:
I put the Car of Russia in a big front
trench to freeze
And gave the Belgian King the Teuton
race
I made all Jingos go to war: I gave a
juicy slice
or graft to all, while food and clothes
were free.
Yes, though that land may not have been
the Bible Paradise
Twas heap much heaven to a dub like
mel
BY T. Swami Harding.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-25
SCORES W. &. & E. HEADS.
Position "UnJust, Unfair and Un-
American" Writer DecIares

Editor Of The Washington Herald. The
patriotic action OF the railway managers
in the matter Of the threatened strik.
cannot be brought too often or too en-
platically to tho attention OF the respon-
sole officials OF the Washington Rail
way and Electric Company. II is un-
tlinkable that the present conditions in
tie capital should be allowed TO continue
II view OF actual and possible results at
THIS time Of grave national crisis
The contrast between these gentlemen
AID the railroad men is all the more
ST king because the railroads had a care
INT is not true OF the traction interests.
whSe arrogant and repeated refUsals o.
anytype Of mediation are in themselves
an omission Of the weakness.
Sore Of the employees demands (the
closet shop, for instance) may be un-
reasohble, but the strikers have an
nounct their willingness TO submit all
polntst issue TO an impartial board and
10 foreo the closed shop demand: Ger
tainly b board of the caliber proposed
by the MON would uphold any manifest
~ unfai proposal The company on the
other had declines 10 arbitrate the mat
ter andwhile insisting that Il cannot
anord topay the wages asked BY the
union IS the same time wasting thous-
anos OF ddars by the payment to strike
breakers q wages higher than those Il
says II canpt AFFORD TO pay its employees;
by expendiL large sums for their main
tenance aneprotection. and by submit
ting 10 the ,evitable pilfering Cf its al
ready greatl.reduced revenues by these
gentry.
All this mety 10 break the union,
Strlpped OF non-essentials the com
panys lorrefusal under any cir
cumstahces Great with the union-is
clearly untenaL before the b.- q, D,,h-
lie opinion. ando the man On IN. .t,oc,
| appears iuhoanAtally unjust, unfair and
uh-Amerlcah- tconstitutes the denial
TO a body OF Aerican citizen, ~ tLe
! right to organizsfor 8 nurno.. ,-boII,,
consistent with AFRICAN ideals. Tbs o.
tainment OF sociakustice tbrorrb Isuf,,,
cooperative action
HENRY RATTAN DOYLE.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-25
URGES DEPORTATION.
Mother" Thinks Thpse Levins
Germany shosId q There.


Editor The WASHINGTON HIr.ld: Il is .
good thing this school anal has become
public. i, for one. approvepf IT, What
right has a picture Of anyforeigner IN
our schools. unless Il 10 som great man
and the students have to earn about
him. / hope there IL no one } our coun-
try that thinks this OF the Ksser. II the
teachers who are paid to teaS our chill
dren feel that he IL they shout 70 TO his
assistance. They are needed thre badly.
There is no place here for tn Kaiser's
picture. We need all the spas We can
spare for the picture OF our Presdent ana
the flag; a great, good man. andh flag TO
love and respect.
The Bible and flag should stanl sioe By
side always and everywhere inchurch
and school. We don't want our boy, TO
be taught their lessons with the picture
of the Kaiser before them. SoAc one
wrote a song. II Didn't Raise y Boy
to Be a Soldier" How ridicUlous Not
one mother in America. / am sure. kinks
that. raised my boy TO be a soldir for
the just cause. All the German-Aner,-
cans should be sent to their bsDved
Kaiser TO help him
One man ] know has a baker star in
a market in this city. He said. "Ys, I
am a German-American." Why shuld
the Americans deal with him? He shnId
be deported. One doctor know said II
love Germany. My father and moter
were born there. The United States In
doing things against it."
This doctor makes a living out OF -
American people. Germany needs all de
doctors she can get. Send them that Io,e
the Kaiser there.
I believe you will ind a few mo.
teachers with the same sentiments. oil
no, It wasn't a childish prank II wa
patriotism. Remember, our boys ar,
American boys. A MOTHER.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-25
TAKES STRIKERS PART.
Urges Public Not to Ride on Car.
Manned by strikebreakers.


Editor Washington Herald: Your paper
has stood for that which II thought to
be best for Washington and Washing
ton people. 1t was especially loyal to
the government workers during their
campaign for an increase in salary. For
this good work your paper deserves, and
believe has, the thanks and best wishes
of all government employees.
There is a condition existing now
among a large number Of citizens Of
Washington just as deserving Of consid-
GRAFTON, to my mind, as that Of increases
1 for government employes-and / can say
| that because I am one OF them. II is the
street car strike that refer to, and look
ed at even impartially, / don't under
stand how the people Of this great city
can or will allow present conditions to
continue.
The striking employees have offered to
leave their differences to any impartial
! mediators. or. in case Of failure OF media
ton. they are willing to submit to arbi-
/ tration; they have offered all that honor
able men could offer. They can not be
blamed for not delivering themselves
over. body and soul to the railway COM
pany. This might or might not have
been done with the interest OF the public
| at heart; the public would have bene-
| fitted by such action, as was the case
with the Capital Traction Company. On
the other hand the president Of the
Washington Railway and Electric has
shown no inclination to relieve the situ-
| alton. except to import men ~ and main
tain a partial schedule during the day
| But the incompetence of these imported
crews is demonstrated so plainly that II
must be with fear and trembling to one
who values his life to ride on one OF the
cars. While no serious accidents have
yet occurred. will we wait until one does
haAI nN
then say what could have been done?
! Leave our sympathies aside for
moment, and think OF the matter as ex-
pressed by the Columbia Heights Clti-
zens' Association What about the moral
effect upon the community? These strike
breakers boasting in the presence OF men,
women and children OF their dishonesty!
What easy money IL is! ! have feeling
| of resentment every time I see anyone
board one Of the cars. 1t just means
another nickel for the New York Bowery.
Will we tolerate such conditions?
| At present I can see no way to remedy
the condition, except to boycott the cars.
! and IL all the good citizens OF Washing
ton will do this in time the company
/ will be forced either to deport these ad-
mittedly dishonest strikebreakers and re-
employ the citizens OF our city or else
! they will have TO quit business. ! don't
! believe in lawlessness. destroying prop
\ erty. etc. but ! do believe in fairness,
and l believe these men deserve the sup
port OF the public For my own part l
can say that l have not been on one OF
j the cars since last Sunday, the day be-
fore the strike, and I don't intend to
until this strike is settled; and / live
! in Brookland, too, and work down town,
so il can be seen that II would be to my
interest to ride the cars Won't you join
me in support of the strikers? Thou
sands have done so already.
A CITIZEN.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-25

The forum assembly in the public
schools Of the District seems settled
at last, as the Board OF Education
has authorized the assembly of citi'
zens in the Central High School this
afternoon. The president OF the board
is to act as chairman OF the meeting
The position OF the educational au-
thorities in yielding to those who fur
thered the forum idea is laid to pa
triotism. and now that the friction be-
tween the two factions has passed ii
is probable that the next session OF
Congress will pass a community
forum bill.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-25
OPPOSES DrREMIsrs,
Writer Doesn't IL. Kaiser. Meth
DDS. hut WouId,e Tempor.I

Editor of the wbInpton u.r.lb
/ was glad to read 1.-The HERALD tbs
announcement OF theDistrIrt ~ c.
lumola German kns by Mr.. F.
W. Helbig particularlShiS.
Personally / thinl IN. German
people ought to do witshe Kaiser as
the Russians did with . Car"
1t is hopeful that at la.t German
Americans take this poitof view A.
to this: IF the people N ruled Ger
many. Russia and Englal two wears
ago there would probsL not have
been any war" fear MlH.Ih,r has
not read his history right docs NO,
know what way Great Brin Is gov
erned. Britain is the motr Of CON
stitutional and representatk govern
ment: the Magma Charta in twelfth
century confirms this. tt weeks
argument I'm the British vouse Of
Commons in August, 1914. bore III.
CONTINUED on PAGE LEvS
The Washington herald., 1917-03-25

The French make an "art OF vic
tory" says Frederick Palmer, and the
Germans a dcbauch out OF it. lnct-
dentally, there will be few de
bauchcs" in the remaining period OF
the war.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-25

checkmated even here. as the same
experts insist on food variety.
But the pie habit is too strong to
be destroyed by mere scientific rea-
soning, and unless pie prohibition
should be agitated and the United
States become pieless, we shall 60 on
eating it. Should we feel the pangs
of indigestion as we toss in bed, we
will blame it on something else.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-25
DIVING SUIT VS.. ALIMONY.

Chicago. March 24-William Deneau is
$500 behind in payments of alimony to
his former wife, because he Is paying
$50 for a suit
He explained to the astounded Judge
that the suit is diving suit and that
when he owns it he will earn $50 a day
instead Of the SIS he now receives. The
judge gave him two weeks to catch up
on the alimony,
The Washington herald., 1917-03-25

The Shipping Board needs seasoned
lumber for its new wooden ships, and
the army needs seasoned spruce for
its new aeroplancs. Lack of Season
ing" is a common American defect,
but we will get it in time if we stick
TO it long enough.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-25

Now that George Sylvester Niercck
has linked Herb Swope. Carl Acker-
man, and Thomas Curtin together as
traitors to journalism, we arc wait
ing to see which one OF the trio has
the strongest comeback.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-25

Josephus Daniels ought to be so
internally busy these days as not to
worry much about what Bradley
Fiske says or may say about HIM.
."Muzzling' is pretty petty business
now.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-25

Those members of the German
Arion Club, of New York, who were
'insultcd' when asked to take a
pledge of loyalty to the United States
are doubtless due for many further
insults" in the next few months.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-25
The Herald's Open Forum

/ Electric Company on II ground that sc
has forfeited its chartr privileges by
failure TO comply with Bection 4 Of the
pany. T. 4 MONAHAN.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-25

Former Gar Nicholas will soon be
in a position to invite the Kaiser
over to Tsarskoc-Selo.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-25

Senator Lodge, and not Senator
Stone, is visiting the State Depart
ment these days. 'Tis we'll.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-25


ACTION.
Dreaming things,
ScheIning things,
Setting things a-going;
Planning things,
Spanning thirgs.
PlOughinE things and sowing.
Brewing things,
Doing things,
Taking things and giving
That's the way
To make the day
Truly worth the living.
Copyright. l9l7.j
The Washington herald., 1917-03-25
A LINE O. CHEER
EACH DAY O. THE YEAR.

mt rrintinE # original poem. written shJ
fer The Washington Herald.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-25

by John kendrIck Bangs.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-25

CONTINUED on PAGE ELEvS
Evening star., 1917-04-13
u. S. ENTRY INTO WAR
NOT TREATED LIGHTLY
German Writer Says It Would Be
Fatal to Minimize Amer
ica's Strength.


BY the Associated Press
AMSTERDAM, via London. April 13-
capt. Persius, writing in the Berlin
Tageblatt, criticises those who treat
Americas entry into the war lightly
1t would be fatal mistak ke," he said
ito regard Americas economic strength
as the only important factor for an
enemy The military strength of the
United States is not to be met with a
shrug of the shoulders, otherwise we
shall make the same mistake as we did
about the military strength of Britain"
otto HoetSch, a prominent political
writer, reviewing the German-Ameri-
can clash in the Kreuz Zeitung, con-
tends that Germany has perfect right
to make her own international law as
far as submarines are concerned and
also in regard to neutrals, for whose
future interests. he says. Germany is
fighting. Herr Hoetsch charges that
America was never neutral from the
beginning of the war, which he says
would have been over long ago if
America had not abetted the entente.
He continues:
Germany in always trying to avoid A
German American conflict played into
the hands Of our opponents. The Ger
man embassy in Washington should be
blamed for this. 1t was the weakest
spot In the whole diplomatic service.
Apart from it's glarng mistakes the
embassy lacked an understanding of
American psychology, the best proof OF
this being the failure Of the whole Ger
man propaganda. 1t is the
kaiser's lasting merit that he made
every effort to hold Americas friend
ship. We cannot blame him because
America is gainst us, but we do blame
the German-A Americans. who must realize
that the fatherland is deeply disap-
pointed in them
Evening star., 1917-04-13
Opposition Less Pronounced.

The talk in opposition to the Presi-
dents army plan in the cloakrooms of
the Senate, which a few days ago in
dcated very strong opposition, is
dropping off daily and more and more
senators are inclined to support the
bill.
There is every Indication that should
a call for volunteers he made. and it
should be clearly Indicated that the
system will not work in raising any
army of the size required. every SEN
ator will vote for cunsCription. In
fact, senators believe that a call for
volunteers should extend over only a
few days. and if the response was not
satisfactory in that time. Conscription
should be resorted to Without further
delay.
There are no party lines on this
measure Many Of the republican
senators are heartily behind the Iresi-
dent in his plan for raising an adequate
army.
That the bill will be debated in the
Senate is undoubtedly true. But the
desire to get action among the sena-
tors is growing daily especially as the
country has now been at war with
Germany for upwards of week, and
practically nothing has been done to-
ward raising an army for the war.
This desire, it is expected, Will limit
debate.
Evening star., 1917-04-13
Other Amendments.

Other amendments submitted were:
Authorizing the President to draft
into federal service the Philippine
militia ana other armed forces on a
footing similar to the National Guard
Authorizing the President to waive
the maximum age limit for second lieu
tenants of the regular army for those
taking examinations before but after
ward attaining the maximum age.
Authorizing the President, in time of
actual o. threatened hostilities, to
double the number of War Department
and army headquarters clerks.
Authorizing the Secretary of war 10
close navieable waters TO commerce Tor
target or ordnance purposes.
Evening star., 1917-04-13

Noble of the staff The new conscrip-
tjon nlea sure was not discussed.
The principal change in the hay
C,banbarlain act proposed was the in
crease of the general staff to ninety
two members, already approved by the
senate in the pending army appropria-
ton measure.
Another change proposed would
greatly increase the number of ma
chine gun companies with each army
division The staff proposes their in
crease from thirteen to twenty-three
companies.
Uniformity in the number OF prl-
Yates in each company Of the service.
with other changes toward tieXibility
ana elasticity of organization. also
were proposed. Increase of the num-
be,. OF non commissioned officers, la
borers. cavalry horse shoerS, packers,
etc was recommended.
Evening star., 1917-04-13
Bureau to Be Closed to Visitors.

beginning tomorrow. the bureau of
engraving and printing viii be closed
to visitors and sightsee ers, admission
being by Identification card only, owing
to the wartime emergency. This step is
taken, Director Ralph stated today,
owing to the necessity for guarding the
millions Of dollars worth of bonds, etc,
printed at the big plant. Next week
two shifts OF men VIII be put to work,
and the bureau viii he in operation
twenty-four hours a day
Evening star., 1917-04-13
Would Improve Army.

To increase the efficiency of the army.
amendments to the ay-Chamberlaln
army reorganization law We're submit
ted today by the general staff to the
Senate military affairs committee. The
changes, relating almost entirely to or
ganization of the regular forces were
explained by Lieut.. Col Nolan and Maj.
Evening star., 1917-04-13
Of Madras, Pique and Cheviot, 25c
Sl.W NeckWedr
That's Different

Scarfs of distinction-large
generous sizes of extra heavy
quality silk: beautifully made,
too-of course, you expect that.
They are unquestionably the
best line of ties at S1.00 we've
ever assembled. New patterns
are arriving daily.
Evening star., 1917-04-13
Nav Wheat Sells at 1925.

CHICAGO, April 12.-May wheat sold
at 50 - today. July, which closed yes
terday at $3.50. sold to $1944. Corn
advanced ~ TO &%3 over the previous
close.
Evening star., 1917-04-13
ARMY PLAN MAKES
P[ACESFOR 517,86S
''for Period of
War" Toward Inducing
Men to Join.
AWAIT ACT OF CONGRESS

The declared policy of the War De-
partment of limiting enlistments in the
regular army and in the National
Guard ito the period of the war"
makes available a total of 517,86S
places in the enlisted grades of the two
services to men who wish to serve for
the war only.
In effect it puts on a wartime volun-
teer basis all the men enlisted since
war was declared
Following is a tabulation by the
department of the forces proposed to
be organized in the bill so arranged as
to show the exact number of yolUn-
teers, to serve for the duration of the
war only. for which provision is made
in both the regular army and the Ma
tional Guard:
Regular army, exclusive of Phil
ippine Scouts
At strength. with all iucre-
ments added ......-...........2 DOB 900
Present strength .................13l 5Sl
Volunteers required .................1 16i, 80
National Guard, including only
units now organized
At war strength ...............,..2 800 qt4
present strength .l23. .6n3
NoiuntferS required 6,3i9
Additional
To replace 10000 officers and men
withdrawn from above force as
training persOnn" fer first JOO-
900 Selectivc cOnScripts ...............fJO.G 600
Total number of volunteers for war
eTEltr only .....-..-.. .'lI .S'iS
In addition to these figures the dis
charge from the regular army and Ma
lonal Guard of men with dependent
relatives and for other causes will Gre
ate additional vacancies which win be
filled by volunteers.
Evening star., 1917-04-13
Others at 35c and SOC
Tub Silk Shirts
Are Here at S3.95

Nothing like a smart tub silk
shirt to tone up your entire
spring outfit. We've gone some
length to assemble this lot of
shirts to sell at s395-and you
can see for yourself how well
we've succeeded in obtaining
such quality line.
Evening star., 1917-04-13

The secretaries of the municipal Z
board and the subsecretaries in the
government departments at Manila, all
Filipinos. have pledged their loyalty TO
and their support of the governments
during the war.
Evening star., 1917-04-13
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Evening star., 1917-04-13
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T
who demand
Evening star., 1917-04-13
Two New Silk Blouses at S3.45,

One model of pussy willow taffeta
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Another model of crepe de chine,
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flesh.
Evening star., 1917-04-13
Diversity
in BlOuSeS

The fascinating variety of the
Hecht & Co. stock OF blouses is
not the least important factor in
the spring display. Quality plays
big and important part and fine
workmanship, also.
Evening star., 1917-04-13
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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-05-31

AIR RAID KILLS rs
German Attack Took Toll of Dead
and 174 Injured in
England.

London, May 26.-Death dealing
German attacks by sixteen enemy
| aircraft, resulting in the killing and
| injuring of scores of. women and
children and followed by battles in
the clouds between British and en-
envy airplanes, yesterday marked the
bloodiest Teutonic aerial attack on
England since the wars opening.
Details were revealed today in ad
miralty and home defense statements.
The casualty list was officially
fixed at seventy-six killed and ia in
jured, twenty-seven women and
twenty-three children among the
dead and forty-three women and
nineteen children among the injured.
Royal naval air service planes at
Dunkirk, called into action immed-
lately, swung into battle array above
the channel. Here a series of thrill
ing encounters occurred. One Brit
ish machine gave battle with three of
the enemy craft-and shot one of
them down. The two sped on with
the other raiders to encounter more
naval planes over the Belgian coast.
Far aloft the two forces sailed and
Unanswered and fought. Before the
enemy forces could escape two twin
engine machines were shot down to
the ground. OF the sixteen aircraft
participating in the raid, six were
therefore accounted for.
The total casualties reported by
the police from all districts are:
KILLED, Is; injured, I74.
"Of the killed, ~ were women and
were children, while IS women and
I child were injured. -,
"Airplanes of the Royal Flying
Corps went in pursuit and the raid
ing aircraft were engaged by fight
ing squadrons of the Naval Air Ser.
vice from Dunl<irk on their return
journey. The admiralty reports that
three enemy airplanes were shot
down later by the latter"