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The Washington herald., 1917-12-13
WHICH WILL YEP

The room is only softly lighted by ruddy
ing CRATE fire. Even the tick hushed and over al
are the peace and silence of the end of day. 1t the hour
arc wont 10 sum up the effort and results of another brief
life; but this night you yourself such little belnj,.
forgotten speek among the mighty dongs of the big world your
your successes all your affairs much like bubbles
the bosom of the irresistible that moves on and on to-
wards Gods purposel s.
Across the hearth from dear wife, gently
ing with baby bssfu ening on her boson You
sweet little daughter Of only SIX Of in fairy
nghtgown leaves kiss like the leaf of pansy your
back upstairs her Yes you have res,
nod Brand Whocks of Belgium lying your
knees.
The door banged gang of belmeted
soldiers Their faces the faces Of red ewes blaze
with the passion OF loot and Their bulldog SLAYER with
the dreg OF They bind fast chair They
your baby to the mantepece WARNING TO ALL ENE-
MES OF KULTURED GERMANY They strip the struggling
boodspatering infants mother YOUR WIFE, and make
payhng of her would draw pity from the
You it ALL ALL, COD All the awful detai.i
and they throw her. bruised and donored the
the children piled their payngs moan you pray
the blessings of death her They did bind your
SEEING ALL will be warning the enemies of Ger
The there procession
children you pass again. as d.
reced by your little daughter Their aged
Their the fixed of the dead Their utterng rags
prorudng hans show
They tongues
behind their sunken checks they would They with
blast of means such as the lost hopeless souls send forth while
driven ever on and on through awful abyses of the In
Fit it that your little daughter be leader of hos
for she the perfect composite of that starving. freezing homeless
lost army OF ghssty children
They're gone And the mirror fireplace drip,
blood which words Whlocks official
are painted thereon:
"But whether their hands were off whether
they impaed bayonets children shot
down by military order cold blood In the awful crime Of
the Rock OF Bayard. there overlooking the Meuse below D
infants in their mothers shot without
fathers and mothers OF families, even old men,
there that twelve children under the OF six
persisted the fire of the excutoners, OF them they
lay in their mothers
The child Fevet weeks old.
Maurice Bctcmps months old
Nelly Pollet months old
"CSida lemon, IS months old.
"Gida Marcho, Old
Clara Struvay, and months
And see drps and dp from the mirrors frame.
ncrccss hand is writing THE NAMES OF YOUR
BOY GIRL! Executed without shot their mothers
arms as a warning o the enemies of Germany
Awake husband and father 1t is not all dream
Your Belgian brother all ENDURED all that.
A dream? 1T IS A HORRID ACTUALITY. the rush
upon the boys khaki blue and dying
in the CORY mud OF Flanders - -
Awake husbands fathers brothers! WILL YE FIGHT?
WILL PAY? Will We sacrifice:
OR WOULD YE SIT BOUND IN THE ASHES OF YOUR
HOMES, WITH THE AWFUL PANORAMA OF YOUR DEAR
ONES AGONY ALWAYS BEFORE YOUR EYES:
The Washington herald., 1917-12-13
'Democracy's Perils"
Are Pointed Out

The perils Of democracy are the
subject of bitter article i'm the
Deutsche Zeitung by one Houston
Stewart Chamberlain. an Englishman
who sold his birthright for German
gold. He bewails the fact that lib
erals "have brought things to such
pass as TO grasp the whole power
with their dirty hands. The upper
group (referring to the junkers) may
fight and conquer. the lower one
Goes as it likes. and acts solely ac-
cordlng TO its own petty interests.
ANY peril from without Germany
Is able to defy, but how can we
avert this Inner peril that threatens
US with national death?'
The Washington herald., 1917-12-13
COMFORTS NEEDED
BY SOLDIER BOYS

Editor. The Washington Herald:
Approaching your faithfulness in
trying to further right causes. /
am writing you in behalf OF our SOL
dier boys now training at Camp
Meigs patterson tracO and ask
that you either publish this letter
or call attention in your paper to
their crying need. here set forth.
These boys drill daily past my
home. many OF them, this bitter
cold weather, with bare hands. red
The Washington herald., 1917-12-13

as raw meat from the cold. one
officer states his boys are in bitter
need of sleeveless sweaters-sbso-
lutely suffering with the cold. 4
request to the Red Cross has
brought forth no results as yet.
While red tape is being unwound
our boys here are suffering. / am
sure many a person would be glad
TO give their gifts OF comfort
straight to these soldiers II they
only knew their need. SO / ask you
to let them know through your
paper. Do try to hurry comfort &c
these poor. cold boys.
Most sincerely.
n. s 7.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-13
A Danger to Suffrage.

While friends of suffrage disposed to he CRATE
full to the Socialists for the recent victory in New
York State, there is danger that they may yet
pray to be delivered from their friends.
Morris Hllqut and other pro-German Socialists are
now crying: "On to Washington and evidently in
tend to leadership of the suffrage hosts that will
hammer Congress this winter for Federal amend
ment.
Mrs Gait and other real suffrage leaders undoubt-
edIy have the best intentions, but Hillqut and his lk
may see in the campaign for suffrage amendment a
fine opportunity poster Congress and the admins
traton. kick up big rumpus, breed l-feelng and
create factions time when the entire country ought
to be united in prosecution of the war for peace.
If the Hilquits, Bergers, hearings and other pro-
German pacihsts and dturbers enbarrass the gov
ernment in this way. they may avoid the penalties Of
the espionage law by camouflagng their sedition and
near-treason.
This is real danger to the suffrage cause. If the
American Bolshevik is permitted to seize control of the
campaign for suffrage it's easy way for that pestf-
erous camel to get his head inside the house.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-13

That interaled conference didn't ask Japan to
send her millions of soldiers into the fight Yet Japan,
during the past fifty years. has done toward pro-
noting civilization than almost any other country on
earth Why should the allies fail to use all the man.
power available against German barbarism,
The Washington herald., 1917-12-13
A LINE o. CHEER
EACH DAY O. THE YEAR.
by John kcndrick Bangs.
THE POWER OF SEEMING.

My fears I whisper to myself.
My cares l hide upon a shelf
My blessings all l cry aloud,
And share them with the passina
crowd
'Tis thus whatever cares appear
l always seem chock full Of cheer,
And strange TO say by SEEMING 81
Persistently.
I have become in spite of woe
The very thing / SEEM to be,
Copyright, 4G1b
The Washington herald., 1917-12-13

Rattling some nice fresh German marks in his
pants pocket, Lenne Russia that the bourgeois
are sending Gen. Kaledines millions, presumably
bles" Is that Bolsheviki premier going hang all
Russians caught with other than Kaiser money on em ?
The Washington herald., 1917-12-13

A 36o-pound cake is to be shipped from New York
to soldiers in Paris We cake of that size
and don't know how it is constructed, but guess
is that architect drew the plans and structural IRON
workers built it.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-13
Army ComXIssious.

If there are misfits in the army serv-
ice of the country, men who are off,
GERS in high command, Congress may
find out the extent to which the ac-
tivities Of these officers has crippled
our war organization.
Likewise Congress may find out why
some Of the men whom It recon-
mended from time to time for commits
sions in the Army have not been ac-
cepted for service.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-13

la Toilette sat like craven image Wilson's
message read Bully! And since Bob has got
into the craven image business let him study that
Sphinx in Egypt! Nobody has got it TO open its mouth
in centuries
The Washington herald., 1917-12-13
The Railroads Vince.


Railroads of the country have been
more or less automatically put out of
political affairs in most of the States
Of the Union and in the country at
large for several years past. They
have had to battle for whatever they
obtained and most Of their gains have
been accompanied by some rather
sharp losses.
The change to government owner
ship at this time would. therefore, not
be an unlooked-for step. Nor is II
probable that the railroads would fight
it with the utmost aggressiveness.
The fact is they have no weapons with
which to fight. They have been strip
ped of their armament, and they can
only state their case in plain lam
guage and let the people-the final
court in their case-do what they will
with them.
But before the government owner
ship is determined upon the admins.
tration and Congress will give most
careful thought to the matter Both
the President and the people and the
peoples representatives see the unsat-
isfactory operation of the Postoffice
Department-the governments largest
plunge in public ownership-and II II
were thought that government owner
ship of the railroads would bring op-
Grafton similar to this. every effort
would be made to find some other way
out OF the dilemma.
For II the railroads come under the
government wing to the same extent
the Postoffice Department does what,
say the wise lawmakers, is to prevent
them being headed by some such per-
who will arbitrarily take an unheard-
Of number of steps apparently with
out consulting the public's best inter-
ests.
There are a multitude Of questions
to be answered before government
ownership would probably be decided
upon, and there are a few principles
Of preponderant importance which the
officials will take into careful consid-
GRAFTON before they think Of adopting
this course. -
The Washington herald., 1917-12-13

Hoover issues statement saying the prices of milk,
r1eat and will drop about January IS It'll be just
our luck to be out of town that day.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-13

Two facts stand out very clearly
with reference to the Senate investi-
cation Of War Department activities.
The first Is that the inquiry Is not
hostile. but designed to bring the con-
duct Of the war UP to the highest
mark from an efficiency standpoint.
The second is that such an incsIiry
can be made safely and with pro-
priety under our form Of government.
And the fact that 1t can be made re-
fleets luster upon a democracy such
as ours, and is indisputable proof
that only in successfully operated
democracies can such Investigations
be conducted in such a way as to
help the cause.
Such an investigation in Russia
would be Initiated by a revolution,
something which. at the outset, would
be more evil and farther reaching in
its Ill effects than the wrong which
it sought to inquire into.
The additional fact should be under
stood by members of the War De-
partment's stan. that the people them
selves have furnished the incentive
for this investigation. They have
furnished the incentive for the very
apparent reason that they are COM
PEELED to furnish the money and the
men fof the waging of the war. That
gives the people enough interest in 1t
to permit them to direct their repre-
sentatives to go clearly into every
phase of the wars conduct.
The members of the Senate COM
mittee have indicated that they will
move along in such a way as to go
into everything comprehensively.
This will enable the members to
thoroughly weigh every bit of matter
laid before them and to separate the
wheat from the chaff-and there is
always much chaff to be found in in
vestieations. naturally. along with the
lesser amount of wheat,
The Washington herald., 1917-12-13

Rumanian troops, It's reported maintain reserved
and digned attitude and reject determination" Now
doesn't that sound just like La Toilette?
The Washington herald., 1917-12-13

The song "Over There was sold recently by one
music publisher another for $4,000 If anybody says
the high price is due the war; for we'll be-
lieve il.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-13

A British general. clad only in his pajamas beat
off German raid on the Flanders front. Long lull
in the fighting. The Germans maybe took him for
new kind of tank
The Washington herald., 1917-12-13
Finding the Eleventh Part

The ancient Persian had it that the gods handed down
ten parts of SPEECH Of which took nine unto herself
To which we but add that many a MAN has out
his welcome by a long speech.
We seek no controversy with the fair particularly
when they the guests of this city at their convention
But
When those ten parts of speech (of which woman took
nine) were inherited by the omnipotent OF the
press unknown those bad Persans might not
have said what they did about the defenseless (O sex
Came Oa1ton.
And today have newspapers
And in the paper of today. Mr.. Business Man. you find
greater than all of the other nine-a voice that
speaks in language that reaches all manklnd-a voice
that is omnpotentl
The voice that speaks intimately and advsinsy at the
family council the 6resde. the home
The HOMEI
At the mention of that there ares-not IN chat
ense but rather essential. inseparabe part OF II
the name of HOME PAPER!
The HERAIDl
Use this powerful voice in the home by letting sing
and speak of and for you.
ADVERTISE-and in The HERAlDl
Saws some one: Doing business without advertising Is
like winkng at a girl in the dark YOU know what you are
doing, but nobody else does.
If you would market your merchandise to the puI-
chasing power of Washington must reach the hoNr
This you can do a minimum cost. and thoroughly
only in The HERAID-the paper that daily and Sunday
carries the greatest percentage of HOME ClRCULAlON
of any other paper published in this city.
Use the eleventh and sreatest part Of speech-ADVtk-
= Use IN The HERALD.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-13

The National Food Administration has decided
hash is meat. Sure it is. What kind of meat All
kinds.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-13

When Congress convened it was found one Con
gresham had resigned Every little helps.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-13

And now successful revolution in Portugal Th'
folks arc real busy, these times.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-08
NO PLACE FOR WOMEN.
War Department Browns on Appeals
of ANY Wives to Go to France.

Despite urgent requests from wives
and other feminine members of the
families of officers of the army for per-
mission to join them in France, the
authorities of the War Department
Rave laid down a rigid rule against
presence of women with the forces in
any country where war is in actual
progress. 1t is held by the authorities
that France. particularly, under exist
ing conditions, is no place for foreign
women.
No exceptions will be made, it is de-
clared. 1t is realized that the granting
of such a privilege in one case will
make it difficult to enforce the rule
against others The department does
not care to assume the responsibility
for individual safety during the trip
across the ocean or while abroad
The one chance for women to go to
France just now is in the capacity of
nurses for the Red Cross. The War De-
partment does not encourage even such
employment for women in this country
Another rule to be rigidly enforced is
that there Shall be no individual with
the American forces in the field who is
not in uniform.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-08
GERMANS ARE DENIED
POTATOES THIS WEEK
Shortage Grips Many Cities-Un-
able to Get Adequate Supply
of Vegetables

LONDON. July Hamburg. Altoona
and presume bly, most of the other Ger
man cities will again have no potatoes
in the coming week, nor will any be
available until the new potatoes begin
to come in. It is also impossible to OBJ
tain adequate supplies of fresh vege-
tables. according to advices reaching
London today from the continent. A
semi-official statement explains that on
account of the continued drought the
vegetable crop is delayed and that in
some sections prospects for these crops
are poorer on account of the drought.
The kingdom of Bavaria has decided
to reduce the meat ration without
awaiting the promised restoration of a
full bread allowance. and after Mon
day will allot only 375 grams weekly
per capita instead of 500 grams. The
reason assigned officially is that the
slaughter of additional cattle means
curtailment of the milk supply.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-08
NOT A TRACE LEFT
OF CAMP ON RIVER
Scaggs Tells Police That His Sum-
mer Home Has Been Made
Away With.

House and furniture all gone, Just
a river camp. but wiped of the map.
Breeze didn't blow il away: for there
was no great wind to carry OF the
tent. Anyway. any wind would have
difficulty in lifting out of human ken
rifles. an ak. n hunting knife. a Sleep
ing outfit and other paraphernalia Of
heft.
Raymond f. Scaggs kept camp on
the District Of Columbia side of the
Potomac near Chain bridge. not far
from Fletcher's boathouse. but out OF
sight of 1t. When he went to fnd il
yesterday he could not find II. Not q
trace.
He has told the police
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-08

old Tony told them stories of his be-
loved Italy, where every one was al
ways as happy as this, and while Mrs
Flaherty sang strange, weird songs
from the old country, Jerry curled up
at her side. Ethel, she isn't a very
pretty girl. lay quite still, smiling up
at the stars that seemed so extraor-
dinarily near.
That's all there Is to this pointIess
story-all there Is except that the cost
of the little party was considerably
less than would have been spent for
the evening as originally planned. and
that he and she have decided they had
the best time of the six and are going
to do it again next week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-08
STATE DoDGEs LIQUOR DUTY.
West Virginia Cases Under Bone Dry
Ruling Now in Federal Court.

CHARLESTON. W. Va, July Fol-
lowing State Prohibition Commissioner
Hallahan's declaration that federal
agents must be responsible for en-
forcement of the Reed bone dry"
amendment in West Virginia, Ballard
Price and John Preston. negroes. are
being held under $4,000 bond at Null
lens for the federal grand jury.
Hallahan has declared his officers
will look only to enforcement OF the
so-called "auart-a-month" law enacted
by the last legislature.
The arrests of Price and Preston are
believed to be the first made In West
Virginia under the bone dry" ruling.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-08
WEATHER..

District Of Columbia and Maryland
today. Tomorrow IaI
gentle to moderate southeriy Winds De-
coming variable.
morrow probably fair; moderate east to
south winds, becoming variable.
West Virginia - Thundershowers to-
day, followed by fair. Tomorrow fair.
Yesterdays Temperature.
Midnight, II; 2 am. 20: 4 am, 50:
8 am, IS; 8 am. IL; 10 am. ~: IL
noon. 80: 2 pm, 80: 4 pm. 81; PM.
rs; s pm. rs; 10 pm. -.
Highest, 81; lowest, So.
Relative Humidity.
am, 80; 2 pm, As: 8 pm, so.
Hours Of sunshine, 81.
Per cent of possible sunshine, So.
Temperature same date last year
Highest, IS; lowest, 81.
Tide Tables.
Compiled by United States coast and
geodetic survey
Today-Low tide. 1852 am. and 5:24
pm; high tide. 1914 am. and HIS
pm.
Tomorrow tide. $3.50 am. and
6:16 pm; high tide, 1875 am.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose, 4:49 am; sun sets.
1897 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 4:49 am; sun
sets, 1886 pm.
Moon rises. 1908 p.m.; sets. 9:15 am.
Automobile lamps to be lighted
one-half hour after sunset.
Up-River Waters.
HARPERs FERRY. W. Va. July T.
The Potomac and Shenandoah rivers
were both clear this evening.
Weather in Various Cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-08

she should come in to join him: And
it was in this frame Of mind that he
stepped out into the street and met
Jerry. Jerry is twelve years old and
sells papers at the corner Of 18th and
the Avenue. They talked for five
minutes and then he hurried back to
his desk and phoned her
Withsthe dinner on the roof and the
theater party Cancelled, he sailed out
again. whistling: a new light in his
eyes and a new enthusiasm in his step
And when she met him an hour later
with the big machine he was carrying
>large market basket 1t was all ar
ranged, he told her.
They picked up Jerry on the corner.
The boy had disposed of the last of his
papers. She told him where to drive
to take in Ethel. who dispensed rib
bons behind a long mahogany counter
during eight hours of the day. Mrs.
Flaherty. mother of five, who had left
her to seek their own way in the world,
met them as per schedule outside the
little house in the northeast. And old
Tony had been waiting only hve min
utes after housing his street organ Tor
the night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-08
AMERICANS BEGIN WORK
ON FRENCH AERO CAMP

PARIS, July American troops are
beginning work on the first section of
the vast aviation training camp. Even
tually this camp will be able to accom-
modate several thousand pilots.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-08
Asks for Specific Information

Persons seeking commi ssions in the
military service We're urged in a War
department statement yesterday to
facilitate handling Of their applications
by stating specifically the nature of
the appointment desired and In what
branch OF the service
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-08
Trip Over Long, White Road.

Out on a long white road they sped,
and their guests. after the first mo-
ments of embarrassed silence, Joined in
the spirit of the outing. Beside one OF
the countless little streams that run
down to the oPtomac they spread
the rugs from the car, sat them
down and opened the bundles they re-
moved from the big market basket.
They ate and laughed Dusk came
and went, and the stars came out. And
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-08
TWO WHO ARE YOUNG
HAVE TINE OF LIVES
Story in Which Jerry and Ethel,
Mrs. Flaherty and Old
Tony Figure.

Because they are young and we'll
known they do not want their names
made public. Names are of little moment
in the story anyway. The others were
Jerry and Ethel and Mrs. Flaherty and
old Tony. And this is true story
They had planned to go to the theater
last night. these two who are young
and do not want their names known.
He had engaged the tickets over the
phone at his office desk. 1t had been
arranged that they were to dine in
town on a well known roof garden. 1t
was sort of a regular business. these
little Saturday night parties-that. and
the drive out to their country place
after the play. But to get on with the
story.
Goes Out and Meets Jerry.
He closed his desk at o'clock in the
afternoon and yawned at the thought
Of going up to the club for bridge till