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The Washington times., 1917-12-04
NEWFOUNDLAND MILL
CRINDS FIRST FLOUR

ST. JOHNS Newfoundland, Dec A.
The first -four ever ground in New
foundland has just come from the
mill. Although wheat has been rip
ened occasionally In previous years
under exceptionally favorable con.
dItions, the grain has been fed TO
poultry.
This year. under the impetus OF the
general movement in the Interest Of
home grown foodstuffs, some very
hardy wheat seed was obtained from
the northern sections OF western can
ada and planted in the western sec
ton OF the colony. which has the
most fertile soil on the island. A
sufficiently large quantity vas ma
tured to justify the importing Of 4
secondhand Erist mill from Nova
Scotia. 1t Is expected that the ex-
pertinent will be repeated on larger
scale next year.
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ROADS NEFFICIENGY
. IN HANDLING COAL
DIAMEDFORF FAMINE

Inc hIeIehey In handling coal cars
BY the rallWaysIs responsible Tor the
coal famine In Washington, accord
ing to a stateemnt OF r. n. Moody,
extensive mine operator Of Tennessee
and Kentucky, who IL here to attend
4 conference with the fuel adhinls-
tratiOn today.
If the railroads would handle the
coal cars properly. there would not
be any real shortage OF coat said
Mr.. Moody. the great trouble IL n
getting the cars returned.
4 shall suggest TO the fuel adnihsr'
lstration that all shipments for thAs5
different sections OF the country Be
sent through some central station IN
that Injection OF the country and q
bureau take a record OF the cara
After It's arrival at It's destination ID /,
should be unloaded promptly and re.
turned TO this central poin. As fr5s
as there IL a sufficient humber ofNas
a train should be made Up and a.
cars sent back to the coal sec 8 ~,
The real trouble 10 that no trace
Kept OF the cars and no EFFORT r Ne
By the railroads to eo.ofdinats he
movement Cars more frequt ID
than otherwise are sidetraeKed ssF-
eral days and Idle. waiting fot A
train load Of empties to be MADE up
IL they were centralized / beaevls.
three times as much coal eOalsr se-r
moved" b !
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DR.. ANNA SHAW TOLEAD
CHORUS IN "AMERICA"

The first national community song
day will be held next SUNDAY. ac.
cording to an announcement made to-
day by the Women's Council OF the
Council OF National Defense.
The day will be observed with a
community chorus at the Central
High School Auditorium in the after.
noon, under the direction OF Mrs. A.
NJ Blair. and patriotic speeches by
Secretary of War Baker and other
prominent persons. In addition to
singing by the chorous, the Marine
Band will play.
Mrs. Anna Howard shaw will lead
the singing of America" as the con-
GLIDING number.
A rehearsal OF the community
chorus will be held at Mckinley Man
ual Training School, Thursday night
at S o'clock, under Director Car
bsuh, and the Marine Band.
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The Opening of Congress
By w. " BYARS, of Missouri

When the. Sixty-ffth Congress re-
convened for its second session, its
dignity was represented by q PAM
phlet Of an even thousand pages,
itemiEing the estimated expenditures
for 1919 at thirteen billion dollars, OF
which more than half, or $3.50, 000,-
900, is for the army and S1,014, 000,-
900 for the navy.
Except as these totals stand for
determination to make the world
safe for democracy" no one knows
and no one can know what they do
mean. A billion is a thousand mil
lion, but as no Treasury expert ever
counted a thousand million dollars,
all the figures can mean to any mind
is the sort of dignity the chaplain
Of the House put into his opening
prayer, that in the darkest hour"
of history the work of this session Of
Congress should insure justice, lib
eHty, and human rights for the world.
The Way 0ut-FOrWard.
The country as a whole has made
up its mind that this shall be the re-
sult--that these enormous expendi-
lures OF money shall not be made
in vain. As members Of Congress
returned to their seats after getting
In touch" with constituencies be-
tween Atlantic and Pacific, they came
confirmed In the determination they
had shown during the first session.
Except in mere matters of detail, 1t
is easy to forecast the work OF this
Congress.
Whether 1t Is done from the out
side or the in, the same end Is
reached. The country means that
II the darkest hour" 10 history has
come there 10 only one way out
the front way. Congress means that
and nothing less today in both its
branches. When the Senate had sd-
journed its brief routine session
after agreeing with the House for
the receipt OF the Presidents mes
sage, there was no question left Of
the solidarity OF the most important
session Of the most important legis-
lative body In the world"
The Ceuntry's Mind ~Made Up"
In the House, without the initia-
tive of which no dollar of the bill
lions demanded could be voted, only
the prayer Of the chaplain brought
to the surface the esrnestness which
controlled every one of the 375 MEM
beers who answered the roll call. Un-
der the surface is represented the
solidarity of the people, which, II it
ever were in question at all. is be-
yond question now. AS President
Wilson represents it in going before
Congress, he may lead, but he will
have no need to urge. The mind of
the Government in all its branches
is made up" as the mind Of the
country is also. Action will be auto
matic-almost mechanieal-with SOL
idarity operating back Of 1t and
through it. This has not been so "in
living memory" except for those
whose memory runs back Of the SOS,
when almost any tyro in politics
could forecast results as soon as he
knew the figures Of first roll call
In House and Senate on the FIRST
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important issue. The change now
since the opening Of the nrst SEES
sion, 10 that there il only one issue
This is really the great news" oil
the session. Several hundred thou
sand people out Of a hundred mil
lions, waiting for results, will be
slow TO realize il. Some OF them, for
example, may believe, as WlNiam j.
Bryan may have once done, at pro-
hibition can be made "a p famount
issue" and carried nation ly on the
strength Of the war ST. 1T" They
are mistaken.
Prohibition VersuS Solidarity"
Nothing will be done at this SEES
sion for or against prohibition that
will affect in the least the spirit OF
solidarity which will be shown
throughout the session, as It will be
controlled by the one issue Of max
ing good" for all the United States
have undertaken In deciding results
for "Armageddon."
So, OF what others may regard as
d paramount issue Of preparedness
after the war lie over.
1t may be seen now with as much
certainty as is eyer possible that
what Congress is preparing for is
10 win the war, regardless Of any
sort Of culture" or "kultur." with
everything else thrust below the sur
face or aside. The issue against
Kaiserism, once made, with the mind
Of the country made up, nothing else
counts, or will count, except as
everything must count for it.
This change of the last six months
makes the question of peace depend
wholly on the vindication of the
United States in bringing the war
TO a conclusion which will represent
the nearest possible approach to
Justice, liberty, and equal rights"
The People and the President.
As President Wilson will represent
this determination, no one need ex-
pect or fear that he will be controlled
by extremists Of any kind In Europe.
what will he do about Russia ?"
Before and after answering that
question as far as he finds fitting, in
his own words, he will represent
American determination that no dol
lar of the billions and no drop of the
American blood shed will make the
word worse for the masses in Rus
STA than it was before "the darkest
hour in history"
Peace resolutions will be intro
duced and perhaps debated. They will
not interfere with solidarity. Legis-
latlon may be debated as a result
Of the delusion of possible American
"dlsloyalty" in which Prussian
fankeeism" once found comfort.
There is no such disloyalty as a pos
slble factor in the war. Whatever
their natural sympathy with in
dred in Europe may have been felt
by inhabitants of the United States.
born in Europe and actually making
their homes in America, they now
snare the general solidarity. There
Will be no need at this session Of
Congress for depressing "disloyalty."
Solidarity and Repression.
There is no disloyalty to repress
as factor worth serious thought.
Lhere Is not nearly half as much as
there was in New York and Virginia
between l776 and 1850. II ''idealists"
Sun speak out against war on any
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WATCHING HIS STITCHES
CURED KNITTER'S NERVES

NEW YORK. Dec. I--John C. Ball
lard. OF AsheviIIe, n. c.. was recover
ing from nervous prostration when
knitting came into fashion. He
couldn't read, so he watched his
nurse knit.
Finally. he decided. to have her
teach him how to knit. Mr.. Ballard
IL now In New York. at the Hotel
Majestic. He left all his ailments at
home, but he brought his knitting.
He has knitted fourteen sweaters
since he began. and his NERVOUSNESS
has gone. He declares that in trying
not to drop q stitch he forgot himself
and soon his nervousness began to
disappear. Mr.. Ballard IL 9 retired
lumber dealer and IL anxious for
other nervous men to learn Of his
cure.
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DRAFT BOARDS NOW
MAY RETAIN CLERKS

In the organization Of the new
draft classification system, Provost
Marshal General Crowder has an
nouneed that due regard was had
for the faithful service OF the men
who compose the district ana local
boards OF the country. and their
tasks were made lighter than under
the old system.
at IL not intended to impose eieri-
cal duties on the board members"
said General Crowdsr, land a chief
clerk IL authorized at 500 a month
for every local board having over
200 registrants."
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2,OOO,OOO-ACRE PARK
FORMED BY CANADIANS

II Canada cannot claim national
playground equal in wild beauty 70
the world.famoas Yosemite valley
the great California park OF the
United States, II has. at least. some
thing both beautiful and gigantic n
the territory OF nearly 1000, 900 acres,
termed the Algonquin Park. Far up
IN the highlands OF Ontario, 1000 feet
above sea level. Canadians from all
parts come to camp in the woods Of
pine. balsam and spruce. which stretch
for hundreds Of square mties, and 10
which thousands of holiday seekers
may lead the simple life " comfort
The district Is studded with lakes,
and there are hosts OF windlng
streams to gladden. the heart Of the
lover OF a canoe and the hshlhg line.
Dundee Advertiser.
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Of GOLD
ESSTARTEDFROM
CAPITOL TODAY

The halls OF Americas war Con.
gress hlled up again today with the
greatest body OF incorporating men
the world has ever known.
I Brswster and his millions was .
mere piker compared with any one OF
the Senators. and Congressmen who
are back here to oil up the Govern
menrs river OF gold again. Brewster
had only to spend a million In 4 year.
Uncle Joe Cannon and his colleagues
In the House and Senator J. Hamilton
Lewis and his colleagues In the Senate
promise to strike an average Of S5,O0o,-
200 q month each.
Havin gaiready shoveIed out nearly
nineteen billion dollars for the ma
tlon's irst year war Government, they
started in today to open Uncle Sans
money bags to the extent OF thirteen
and a half billions more.
Each $4,000 sPendeT Daily.
That total OF about thirtT.two bill
lions divided among the 531 makes
each Senator and Congressman the
spender Of between sixty and sixty
two million dollars a year, or more
than $4,000 a -ay apiece.
There's many a man among them
who never saw and probably never
will see all in one bunch the amount
each spends every day.
On the other hand. there are those
among them who could spend that
Hnnrh q HlNfkfHa FraEM -
Senator Gerry of Rhode Island is one
For doing this unprecedented job
OF spending. the Government pays
these 53I men $685. 500 a year. or
$1,000 apiece. And many Of them.
after spending millions q month. will
go back home some day and think
themselves lucky to earn $4,000 q
year. or less.
Those in the galleries who came
today to see and saw not were con-
scious only Of a floor full OF men in
a seating arrangement much after
the manner OF an opera or church
smphitheater. carrying on dull rou-
tine affairs in a Iackadaisical man
ner.
Fantastic Dream OF Gold.
Out THESE same tueu were starting
the preliminaries Of a lavish outlay
such a. never was dreamed Of even
in the Rome that was Caesars or the
Egypt that was Cleopatra's.
CamouflaRed by dull parliamentary
procedure. and buried beneath crust
OF official dignity and endless where
ases and wherefores. there proceeded
on the floor OF Congress today the
greatest romance that the gods of
war and gold have ever known.
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account, they will be no more q fac.
tor against solidarity than were the
idealist" Quakers of Philadelphia
who learned in the eighteenth cen.
fury to stand by their peaeesble
principles. and close their windows
with solid wooden philadelphia"
shutters to prevent the glass from
being broken by public opinion, rep
resented by brickbats and paving
stones.
All that belongs to the conduct OF
the war goes into the one word
solidarity. The rest is trivial COM
pared with this. 1t is detail only.
Part OF this detail with which
every business man in America is
deeply concerned is the question OF
method In raising thirteen thousand
million dollars All an outsider can
see 10 the practical certainty that
this Congress will lean as far as
possible from the original Prussian
system as practiced by Frederick the
Great When he needed money for
war, he took II, regardless Of con-
sequences to everything but war.
Congress will do nothing Of the
kind. There is no probability that
II will extend income taxation to all
Incomes OF $500 a year and over, as
some are now demanding.
The virtual certainty is OF time
payments" Only bonds, more bonds,
and as many billions in bonds az
solidarity demands will now make
time payments" decisive Of the
war Beyond this there will be no
burden OF taxation which can be
avoided without endangerlng sue
cess on the one issue-the war.
Congress and the Future of America.
This is in the air. in the House as
well as in the Senate. When it
comes to politics" as the art Of
management in public life, members
of Congress in both houses are ex-
perts-the worlds greatest experts.
The percentage of gray hairs in the
Senate is higher, but the Senators
are older politicians-not better.
White-haired members of the House,
beginning with Speaker Clark, ham
mering for order with his gavel to
open the session, may be counted on
the fingers. But the percentage of
those who have grown bald in poll.
tics, or will do so soon, is much high
err. As they answered the roll call
for the brief routine of their open
ing. every member of Congress
knows that this session will decide
the election of the next Congress
after which comes what will almost
surely be the most important cleo
ton in history-the election of the
next American President. As it de-
ponds first of all on solidarity at this
session. it will underlie solidarity in
all that is done.
So OF every question of war with
its final result Of peace. LLOYD
George may be respected az perbaps
the most expert politician Of the
British empire His views on any
question which belongs to the war
will be treated with all respect
Paramount below the surface will
be the issues Of war and peace for
The world. and, first OF all, for the
United States in the hereafter. Here
after is a long time. This session of.
Congress, as it differs from ali
others, represents solidarity and the
hereafter.
w. v. BYARS.
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this PATRIOT CLAIMS
OMELET CHAMPIONSHIP

NEW YORK, Dec. 4-Domlnick
Liguori. champion spaghetti inhaler
OF the East Sides Italian colony.
sought new worlds to conquer ct san.
tsniello's restaurant. He staggered
out of that place, full OF eaes as a
cold storage warehouse, and proudly
claiming a new title-champiou ofpe-
let consumer.
Twenty eggs / have just eaten
Dominick proclaimed to = host Of al
mirers, shifting his tomach boastfuiiy,
and then wincing. 81 was hungry.
Presently, maybe, l shall eat twenty
more"
Mildred SantsnieIIo. cashier Of the
restaurant. confirmed the boast OF the
mighty eater.
Two more customers like him."
she sighed, land we could retire"
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SILVER MEN MAY POOL
MINES TO LEVEL PRICE

Final action on the fixing % prices
for silver was postponed at the con-
ference between Ray T. Baker, di-
rector Of the mint and Representatives
OF silver producers this afternoon,
until the adjournment OF the silver
mine operators convention now in
progress at Salt Lake City.
The silver miners may take some
action looking TO pooling CT their in
dustries without the government
having TO take a hand. In all prob
ability the price for silver will be
fixed late this week.
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SENATOR Ia TOILETTE
ALONE DOES NOT RISE
AS WAR IS ADVOCATED

great historic scene ends. Many a
man In future will write about II.
This is written as the PreSfdent
turns round and walks from this
platform.
From the side II looked like the
old-style prince Albert" but It was
not. 1t was "eut away" quI,e too full
in the skirt, so the pocket on the out
side WAS ell right.
King John visited the monastery
and Carlyle growltd because the
writing mind did not tell what the
King wore.
No future Carlyle. shall growl at
US.
The President rode home to thE
white House in Q StoVs pipe hat and
q Pierce Arrow car, with his wife
beside him.
May he live long and prosper. he
certainly can writs . good speech.
A. BRISBANE.
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OFFERS TO AID CHARITY
If HE'S PROVED DIHOYAL

ORANGE. N. j. Dec. 4.@--EiIs Eros
Gerry business damaged BY . report In
the foreign section Of Orange that
he had given q feast 70 celebrate the
Austro-Gernian Victory over the
italians. HymAn BaEhman. Of II cons-
street. orange. offers to give 500
each to the italian Mercy COMMITTEES
and the Red cross II the tale Il
proved.
His wife ds'lnsss that the story
was circulated AFTER her husband had )
refused to sell ave pounds Of sugar Z
to a confeetionsr. because he wished :
to distribute 1t to his own customers :.
with families.
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BRITISH TOOK 2S,S69
MEN, 22l GUNS IN NOV.

LONDON. Dec. 4.--ofhtiaI figures
just made public Of the number Of
captures effected by the British forces
during the month Of November show
on all fronts a totAi Of 2e,s6e prison
ers and 221 guns.
The bulk OF the prisoners were
taken in the Cambria drive; the west
ern front yielding IL. b51 man and I5S
guns. In Palestine 1O.4S4 men and
so guns were taken. In German East
Africa 4,4O3 men and . guns we're
captured.
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tContInued from First PAgeD
worlds peace. And "a partnership OF
peoples will do tt"
Applause here. IT lie the fighting
word that pleases the crowd.
The President is reading from little
square pieces Of cardboard. No gss-
lures, voice low. but every word dis
tinct, chiseled-haI work by q hard
worker has gone INTO this speech.
The President wears an eyeGlaEs,
ne metal around the glass, no string
attached, it stays on-he bought 1t
in Washington.
His coat is tiie old fashioned
black, long. Prince Albert" Eng
lishmen have stopped wearing
them. His trousers are dark gray,
creased, back and front His hair il
very thin, As well IL may be. with
the load he carrisR little left In
front, bald at the back, thick and
only slightly gray below the bald
spot.
A little Of his white handkerchief
sticks out Of the front breast pocket.
Englishmen don't have them on such
coats
12:55-Here comes the great yell,
all rise-except la FoIlette-"I shall
ask Congress TO declare the United
statea in state OF war with Austria
Hungary"
There IL a big. abort sentence. The
Supreme Court rises and every man
appIauds with handclappinE the dec
laration Of war against Austria-Hun.
gary, Bulgaria, and Turkey-for that
il what the Presidents word means.
12:5e-Msn and women, alien enc
mics, II active. will be confined in
penitentiGries, where they can be made
to work" tCheers and yellsl Farmers
complain justly that while Govern.
ment limits the prices they CHARGE.
the prices farmers must PAY are
NOT regulated.
Use the country's water power. the
President says at exactly o'clock.
This ought TO harness the PotomGe
rapids-vithia rifle shot Of the White
House.
Those rapids and falls would light
Washington. run the street cars, and
save naIlliont Of tons of coal
The railroads are newfoundland
Inay neeo mention. we wall Tor a
word on Government ownership, but
II does not come.
Later. says the President. he will
take up the railroads with Congress.
II Ryan 10 wise he is whispering
to his neiGhbor, Remind me to un-
load the rest OF that railroad junk
stocks and bonds."
For this cause we will battle IN
Ill the last gun is hred." (Applause.)
A minute later a beautifully moIdAd
phrase delights John Sharp Williams.
He applauds loudly, all alone You
cannot abash John Sharp Williams.
He is not even afraid OF q lady pro-
hibitioniSt.
At four minutes past came the
last well-chosen words of q great
speech:
JUSTICE AND MERCY"
Bowling slightly the President re.
tires-''the morning session "a now
dissolved" says Champ Clark. The
crowd slowly moves sway and one
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ROUMANIA SEEKS PEACE
CONDITIONS, IS REPORT

AMSTERDAM, Dec. L-Roumania has
sounded Berlin and Vienna regarding
conditions for an armistice and on other
peace prelimInaries. according 70 a re-
port circulated IN the Berlin ReichstAE
and reported today by the Dusseldorf
General Gazette
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JUSTICE AND MERCY"
Bowling slightly the President re.
tires-''the morning session Ia now
dissolved" says Champ Clark. The
crowd slowly moves away and one
Mohave County miner., 1917-12-22
FURTHERING THE USE OF ELECTRICITY

Year by year the of electricity is being extend ed until only very small communities denied its benefits. The Niagara Falls power companies have lines radiating out through Canada, New York and adjoining states; the Montana power companies trol the power distribution of the northwest, and the big power companies of California have distribu ing plants throughout the Sierra mountain region. So great has the Montana Power company become that it now forms the big feature in the electriza tiOn of the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. well as the railroads running westward to Portland.
 With the power that is going to waste every year in the Colorado river every piece of machinery in the state of Arizona could be propelled, we'll as eIectrizing the railroads of the state Great valleys of the state could also be irrigated and whole south west benefited Millions of feet of water nec- essary to the irrigation of vast acreages of land are allowed to go to waste when their product is so much needed in the economy of the country. More than in any other part of the United States is the sty of the conservation of the waters of rivers because of the fact that several crops be grown every year on the same lands. Let the government get busy and erect big dams in the Colorado river for the mpOunding of the waters during the dry periods and to furnish electricity for useful and purposes.
Mohave County miner., 1917-12-22
DUST ALL TRAITORS

A loyal American can conceive of no reason why traitors should crop up in this land of the free but such appears to be the Pacifsts, who will ing to murder any number of people the plea that they trying to keep the country out of war and those who trying to disrupt and dismember the government to aid Germany, in evidence all over the land. America should be made unhealthy spot for this class of gentry, and the sooner the loyal people realzze the need for action against them the better off the whole country will be. Traitors made to be shot, and those responsible for trea sOnabe propaganda should be given consideration.
 In MOhave county we have people who loyal Americans to those they know to be such but to the dslOyal they all that the kaiser could wish them to be. To them the American flag is 'Rag," un- worthy of the worship of any people, and the draft law is infringement of their rights and should be resisted. These people should be depOrted and every right of citizenship taken from them.