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The Washington herald., 1917-01-26
PRESIDENT RAPS
ARMY ADVOCATES
Opposes Compulsory Training,
He Tells Delegates from Ma
tional Defense League.

President Wilson yesterday came out
against universal military training.
He said he favored professional army
with professional soldiers" as against
compulsory service, in addressing q dele
CATION from the Maryland League for Ma
tional Defense.
He nared up with indignation when q
memorial presented to him spoke OF the
outrage" in calling away National
Guardsmen from their homes and work
for patrol duty on the Mexican border.
IL was this that provoked him to criticise
the advocates of universal training.
While the President did not directly
state he was antagonistic to compulsory
training, he indicated that his mind was
not running in that direction.
NO service except a standing army
prevents occa slonal and frequent with
orawal of men from civil pursuits" said
the President. That may be inevita BILE,
but what you are proposing does not
meet the difficulty which you condemn %
In its smemorial the Defense League
said: The injustice of our present sys-
tenn is receiving striking illustration on
our Mexican border. There we have men
doing police duty in time of peace who
ought never to be called upon for mill
tary service away from their homes, ex-
cept as a last resort. 1t is a scandalous
waste Of public money to have this police
work done by citizen soldiers" II fol-
lowed with plea for universal service.
The President replied:
Il will frankly say to you I would
have been more impressed by this me-
mortal If 1t had been expressed in more
restrained language. From some of the
unqualified statements in this PAPER
must frankly dissent. / think II due
to my colleagues on the Hill to say that
at this off-hand' condemnation of the
system which they adopted after long
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-26
WANTS SHORTER COPS

Baltimore, Jan. 25.-The police for,.
may be shortened bit and also made a
oit younger II Isaac Frank, president
of the Board of Police Examiners ba =
his way about 1t.
Today, in discussing the decrease In
the number of applicants for positions
on the force, Mr.. Frank said that man
of the best fitted men who applied were
turned down because they were a half
inch too short, a year too young or
year too old. So Mr.. Frank would change
the rules as to the requirements the meo
shall meet.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-26
WOMAN DISAPPEARS AT SEA,

New York, Jan. 25.-Report of the dis
appearance and apparent suicide at sea
of Mrs. Chester Lyman, of Philadelphia
was made yesterday when the steamship
jefferson, of the Old Dominion Line. ar
rived at her pier from Norfolk. Va. Mrs.
Lyman was returning from Asheyille, N .
C., and was last seen alive on the deck
of the Jefferson at 10 o'clock Tuesday
night. When her stateroom was enter
ed today IL was found to be unoccupied
and the berth had not been disturbed.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-26
QUITS HOSPITAL TOO SOON.

Baltimore, Jan. 25.-After being con-
fined to hospital for several weeks
with fracture of the right leg, George
Brandt, Al years old. refused to stay
any longer and went out to see If he
could walk again.
Now he is back in the hospital
Brandt was walking along Gay
street, near Fayette, leaning heavily
on a cane. Under his weight the walk
ing-stick gave way and snapped in
two. The leg was also refractu ed
Brandt was taken to Mercy Hospital
in the police ambulance
The Washington herald., 1917-01-26
CODY ESTATE $e5 900.

Cody. wyo.. Jan. 25.-The Will of the
late william F. Cody Buffalo Biln has
been brought here for fling In the Pro-
bate Court. probably today.
The estate Is valued at s65.ooo and tie
bulk of il viii go TO the widow. This
does not include valuable collecticu
oe trophies which also wfn % . ~.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-26
DEAD FISH sTREw SHORES.

Frenchtcwn. n. J., Jan. 25.-Hundreds
of thousands OF fish are dying In the
Upper Delaware River. strewins the
shores at many points. and nkherrnen
charge that the great loss is due 10
poisonous chemicals emptied by certain
manufacturing plants into the Lehigh
Easton.
Tie trouble. apparently. docs not sxkt
above The ennAaaana e ~ 49,
The Washington herald., 1917-01-26
MOTHER INSANE AT FIRE.

olean, n. Y, Jan. 25.-Three small chill
dren were burned to death today and
their mother driven to insanity and seri-
ously burned by her frantic efforts to
save their lives, when fire destroyed the
home of Andrew Lowe here. Roger
oDonnell. neighbor, received serious
burns trying to rescue the children.
Mrs. Lowe left her three little tots
Esther. 2; Lawrence, 4, and Harold, 6. in
the house while she went out for milk.
Returning she saw her home in flames.
Frustrated in her efforts to rush into the
house she became violently insane and
was removed to a hospital
The Washington herald., 1917-01-26
GIRL DEAD IN HOTEL,

Los Angeles, Cal, Jan. 2-Miss Nell
Harvey, of Exeter. Cal. was found dead
early today at the Leonide Hotel, on
South Main street, in bed covered with
blood.
short time later Herlau j. Winter,
motion picture actor, was detained as
suspect, but he insists the woman's
death was due to a hermorrhage.
Winter says he is a son of former
District Attorney Winter, of New York.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-26
HERE'S A REAL HELPMEET.

Baltimore, Jan. 25.-Nursing, house
keeping, working in sewing factory,
loading manure. narrowing, riding the
binder, scrubbing, working in canning
factories and doing other odd jobs are
some of the few things that occupied
the waking hours of Mrs. Alverta Ans
packer for 1S years, according to her
testimony In her divorce suit against
her husband, from whom she was
granted an absolute divorce by Judge
Stump.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-26
BIG FUND FOR "sUFFs. >,

New York, Jan. S.-Executors of the
estate OF Mrs; Frank Leslie, known as
to pay to Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait ssno :
600 of the fund bequeathed by Mrs, les
lie to be used for the cause of woman's
suffrage. Surrogate Cohalan signed the
order.
The estate totals s1,700,p0 and wben
various disputed claims are settled Mrs
Gait will probably get another half mill
lion for the suffrage cause
The Washington herald., 1917-01-26
Weakened Dams Menace
Entire Kentucky Town

Richmond, KY Jan. 25.-with one
dam already broken and others greatly
weakened by heavy floods, Richmond
is today seriously threatened by seri-
Gus water damage.
Reservoirs above the city are flled
to the spillways and the water COM
pany is using every effort to strengthen
the dams and hold back the water.
The threatened portion of the town is
thickly populated.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-26
FIFTY DEAD IN QUAKE.

Amsterdam, Jan. 2s.-According to dis
patches received here today fifty persons
have been killed and 200 injured In an
earthquake on the island of BAH, in the
Malay archipelago.
Thousands of houses and factories were
destroyed, the dispatches said
The Washington herald., 1917-01-26
BALTIMORE SUN RAISES PRICE,

Baltimore Jan. 3.-Announcement is
made by the Baltimore Sun that owing
to the increased cost of paper and other
materials the combination of Sans-six
morning. six evening and the Sunday
Sun. at the rate OF thirteen issues for 10
cents week win. after February / be
y cents q week
The Washington herald., 1917-01-26
PRELATE HOPES FOR
Veto BY President
Cardinal Gibbons Would Have Immi-
grafton Bill AnnulIed.
OBy the International New. Service,

tBy the international News Servfeel
Baltimore, Nd, Jan. Sin a state
ment given out today Cardinal Gibbons
expressed the hope that President Wilson
will veto the immigration bill. The state
ment follows:
1T is disappointing TO many thoughtful
citizens that the immigration bill has
passed both Houses of Congress. Sx-Do
measure, illiterstes will, in tho
be excluded from entrance into 10
try. 1t is to be hoped that Iis n
will act with the ss-m- Sod Jscs.Sent a.
he has done on former like occss sion.
and veto the bill Similar bills have been
vetoed by preceding Presidents, who have
been coguizant OF the harmful effect this
test of literscy would have upon desirs-
BILE immigration.
"IIliteracy should not be confcunded
with ignorance. There is an old axiom
which reads that Intellectual attainments
are not the test OF virtue Many of the
most dangerous members Of the com
munity are men of ken and trained intel.
lect, but of deprsved morals"
The Washington herald., 1917-01-26
LOCAL SLEEPING CAR
TO PHILADELPHIA
BALTIMORE a OHIO N n

business and social convenience
car ready for occupancy at Union Sta
tion at 10 p. m; leaves 1925 a. m. Pas
sengers may remain in sleeper at Phila-
1>lnhia until s q m-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-26

Quickest Service to BaItfmore.
Every hour on the hour, Baltimore and
Ohio. s1.75 round trip. Saturdays and
Sundays $1.Ee.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-26
Telegraph Tips

Boston, Mass, Jan. 25.-Mr. Joseph A.
Iasigi, formerly Turkish Consul In Boston,
died in Brookline.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-26

Hartford. Conn, Jan. ga bill has
been introduced in the legislature pro-
viding for the examination and licensing
of journalists by a commission of five to
be appointed by the governor.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-26

Richmond, Va, Jan. 25.-Mrs. Hessiar
Holm, believed to have been the oldes
woman in the State, has been buried il
Pulaski County. She was In her It'll
year.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-26

CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-02-24
PAY DEBTS IF
YOU HAVE MONEY

IF you have IS or more or less.
for which you have no pressing need,
go and pay a debt with It, That is
the best use you can make of money,
unless you are naked or starving. Now
is the time to obey the Bible injunc-
tion, "owe no man anything" That
is In the Bible, but from the way
some debtors spend money they do
not seem to know it or care for it.
If they have 81 extra, it goes for a
pleasure or a convenience. The duty
to pay someone they owe never oc-
ours to them. Nor does it occur to
them that every unsettled debt is a
drag on a community Everybody has
to pay interest on it. People have TO
pay more for their sugar and coffee
because other people owe the grocer
and won't pay. 1t is l of the items
in the high cost of living. And then
there is a wholesome public policy in
scattering the money around. 1t will
help some other debtor pay his debt.
So pay up now.-Ohio State Journal.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-02-24
COMMUNITY WAS
VERY AMBITIOUS

Along about 1895 to 1900 Bismarck,
North Dakota, had more citizens ann
bilious TO hold something in the way
Of public office, position, or 'Job at
the capitol" or guard at the pen,'
in proportion to the number OF quah-
fled voters (and in those days they
were not all qualified), than any oth-
er spot where Roosevelt ever lived,
remarked the old time Bismarck at
torney. 1T was anything TO be i'm the
limelight anything to be recognized
however unimportant the position.
That feeling even permeatcd into the
Jury room. l was states attorney DUR
ing the period, and 1 day was engag-
ed in the prosecution of rough RI
der who had forgotten that the brand
arrow double r. wasn't his own, but
belonged to his neiGhbor. The defense
broke down completely and it ap-
peared there was nothing for the
jury to do but walk right out and
walk right i'm again with verdict
of guilty. After the jury retired,
Francis II. Register, 30, attorney
for the defendant, who is still Lead
er at the Bismarck bar, remarked,
Its all up, of course; but, as | have
5 minutes to waste, III wait and view
Che remains Altho the call for the
day was completed, the Judge ling
cred on the bench. apparently wait
ing for the return of the jury. 10
minutes passed---ia hour-an hour
No appearance Of the jury Every
one except the Judge, Mr.. Register
and myself, and as we prepared to 20
the Judge remarked to us that he was
compelled to presume that Mr.. Reg
ister's summing up had been all the
defendant had; and Of course Mr.
Register smiled. That jury was out
hours and then brought in ver-
dict OF guilty. The next day / met !
of the Jurors and asked him what de.
layed them so, and how many ballots
they took. why he said we took
only ! ballot as to the guilt or in
nocense of the fellow; but we took q
ballots and fought 4 hours as to who
should be the foreman Edward 5
Allen.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-02-24
FROM A JANITOR b
TO CHANCELLOR

DR.. Frederick A. Hall, newly ap-
pointed chancellor of Washington uni
versity, rose to the academic head of
the institution after the manner
which has marked many successful
careers in this country. Chancellor
Hall tells OF his career In this way:
Because of the reverses in my faith
ers business, 1 concluded when 1 was
12 years old. to relieve him of any
burden connected with me, started
out to make my own way After that
time / never called on my father or
any one else for any help of any sort.
For years worked at every kind of
a Job boy can taSe-in a brickyard,
as clerk in q store, and as errand boy
I'm a postoffice. When 1 was Is an
other boy went from New Jersay to
northern Illinois, where 1 worked as
a farm hand for 2 years. The other
boy afterwards became United States
minister to Siam for 10 years. At IT
l decided to get an education, having
been in school but months since
was II years old. l went to the
academy connected with Olvet col
lege, in Olivet, Mich. l paid my way
doing odd jobs, including saving wood
at Csc n cord. My summers were
spent on the farm. In 1875 I went
to Drury college at Springfield, Mo,
entering in mid-year the first class to
take the regular college course In the
then newly established institution. The
1st year / was there l was janltor OF
the building my duties being to build
Z fires at o'clock every morning in
winter, to keep the wood boxes sup
piled with wood enuf for the stoves
to sweep the rooms and to keep them
in perfect order. Beginning with my
junior year, / was put in charge of a
class beginning Greek in the academy
and from then on the manual labor
was dropped, since my teaching gave
me ample funds to continue my stud
les. Being graduated in 1878, 1 al
| once was put in charge of Drury
academy, then n very small affair with
about so students. l remained as
head of the academy / 8 years l re-
| signed the principalship of the aca-
| denny to accept the Goodell profes-
sorship Of Greek in Drury college
which position / held until coming tc
| Washington university in the fall OF
! 1901. In closing 1 repeat that my
| only reason for referring to my early
experience is to show any Struggling
young fellow that there is nothing
/ phenomenal In 1t. / am convinced
/ that a young man Of average ability
good health and n willingness tC
work hard and persistently may sue
ceed in almost any line of work tC
which he may devote himself
never have seen success which wa
not based on work. st. Louis Globe
| Democrat.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-02-24
TWO SIDES TO THE
NEICHBORHOOD ROW

Here are sides of neighborhood
row. How would you like to be the
Judge to decide the case7 The state
insists It can prove that Mrs, Rhods,
husky washwoman, slipped up on
Mrs, Miller while she was busily en-
gagged In picking flowers in her back
yard, and tapped her on the back Of
the head with hammer, Then to
make her conquest complete. she SAIL
ed in and gave her n good mauling
with her fists. This is the way the
defense explains It: Mrs. Rhods was
up to her elbows in the washtub in
the back end of the restaurant, when
Mrs, Miller breezed in. Heard you
have been making sighting remarks
about friend of mine," was Mrs.
Mlller's way of opening the CONVERSE
tion, II did not" retorted the wash
woman as she rubbed some more soap
on a dirty shirt well, you did, and
I'm going to make you apologize
was the next remark. The apology
came in the shape of washpan full
of soapsuds on Mrs. Miller's head.
Then things began to happen. Some
how the visitor got in the road of q
well-directed kick, which was meant
to accelerate her progress toward the
door. This aroused her ire, and she
turned around and clinched. The
suds was spilled and the women,
madly tearing at each others hair,
rolled off the porch into the back
yard, with the washwoman on top.
And that's all there is to II. There
was no hammer used in the rumpus
and IL Mrs. Miller got beat up, we'll
It was her own fault, the defense de-
clares.-TopelSa Capital.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-02-24
BUSINESS MEN TO
SEE FACTORY PLANTS

There are more than 200 factories
in St. Joseph that few Of our citizens
know about. An effort will he made
TO have business men visit them so
that they may know what the Old
Town is doing in n manufacturing
way Not q bad idea. An uptown
man, calling at The Journal office,
stated that he had no idea that The
journal was as well equipped. Not
many know that The Journal employs
40 persons, has a pay roll Of 500
day, occupies 1000 feet Of floor space,
prints 1900 newspapers each day,
does 500 worth of job printing each
day, publishes weekly newspapers,
pays union wages to all employees, has
attached motors for every l of its 20
machines and presses and has the best
safety guards about every machine.
The state inspector Of safety appli-
Ances says The Journals plant is the
best guarded plant against accidents
in the state.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-02-24
LAW BREAKING
A VESTED RIGHT

The dignity of the Supreme Court
of the United States and regard for
the imposing array of learned counsel
in the recent case of St. Louis, Iron
Mountain & Southern Railway COM
pany v. State of Arkansas, 36 Su-
preme Court Reporter. 443, forbid
our characterizing as we. might like
to the contention that state law
forbidding certain switching of cars
under penalty of fine was invalid, be-
cause the penalty was so great as to
prevent contesting the laws validity.
This contention is not new, and has
in some cases been upheld by the
courts. The state of Minnesota threat
ems to re-enact a law for capital pun
ishment. Now we protest that to do
so would deprive us of equal protec-
tion, day in court, due process, and
other things too numerous to mem
ton, because forsooth we cannot go
forth and kill a man in order to test
the validity of this law without the
danger of being hanged.-Wests IS
Docket
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-02-24
THE SMALL TOWN
GOT REVENGE

WHITING, Ia.-Whiting waited a
long time to "get even" with the
Sioux City police department, which
has a habit, 1t is charged. of arrest
ing innocent farmers and filming them
for some infraction of the citys mo-
tor ordinance. alleged motor car
thieves were caught here. The may
or wired Sioux City detectives to come
for them. Detectives Britton and
Danielson came by motor. The whole
town turned out to meet them. TOO
fast, young fellows" said Mayor Glib
son, who also is town marshal, and
who held a watch in his hand. The
men were given q quick trial before
the mayor and marshal, who is also
magistrate, and were fined $50.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-02-24
MANY REASONS WHY
WHEAT WAS KILLED

HIAWATHA, Kan.-This has been
a busy season for the wheat killers.
Early in the fall it was the fly. Then
a little later the crop was ruined be-
cause of dry weather. Failure Of a
big winter snow storm to appear pro-
longed the killing. A few weeks ago
there was a sudden freeze after a
heavy rain. The wheat was killed
again, this time by having been lift
ed when the ground around the roots
froze. Sunday morning there was a
real old-fashioned dust storm. Now
the wheat has gone for sure, for the
killers say the wheat has been blown
away with the dust.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-02-24
MORE WOMEN ARE NOW
SMOKING CIGARETS

More women, it seems. are smoking,
and Cigarcts, at that Few of them
as yet smoke real tobacco" as the
male smokers put it, but the consump-
tion of cigarots in 1915 reached the
highest mark ever recorded. The
tremendous increase, more than 40
per cent over 1915, is attributed to 2
main causes. Increased prosperity Of
the country and growth of the cigaret
habit among women. Many millions
OF cigarets made for feminine users
were produced and imported during
the year. The number Of clgarets on
which the government levied q tax
during the year reached the grand
total of 25,232 ,9G0,a-s, as compared
with l7,9S9,234,2OS I'm 19l5.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-02-24
WOULD CHARGE.
DOLLAR FOR GAS

KANSAS CITY. Kan.-s1 for the
1st 900 feet Of gas and 80 cents for
each additional 1000 is a reasonable
rate to charge consumers, according
TO Henry I. Lea, Chicago utilities eX-
pert, placed on the witness stand in
the injunction hearing in federal
court here by T. f. Doran attorney
for the receiver of the Consumers
Light Heat and Power company, of
Topeka The distributing companies
began their fight against low rates
and the present scale Of division of
profits with the pipe line company.
They maintain the whole Of the 2Sc
rate. without deductlng the pipe line
companys chare would pay little in
excess CT expenses, The pipe line
companies contend 2-3 Of the rate
paid by consumers is adequate.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-02-24
A WALNUT TREE
I52 YEARS OLD

SHELBYVILLE. Nov. J. Nor
ris, q dealer i'm walnut lumber from
Northeast Missouri, is completing a
remarkable harvest near Shelbyville.
The timber is being taken from a
l6O-acre tract of land belonging to
G. w. Hope and will make approx
mately $4,000 feet of lumber. 1t is
unusual to find so many trees OF such
superior quality on so small an acre
age. AS determined by the number of
annual rings, the average age Of the
trees was 40 years. / large tree
showed 1862 annual rings, measured AZ
feet to the 1st limb and cut out 16-
foot logs 80 inches in diameter. The
2 large logs and the bases are to be
used making veneering, while the 9TH
er logs will be used for airplane lum-
ber,
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-02-24
STATE INSTITUTIONS
NEVER CHANGE METHOD

Private business concerns change
their methods Of doing business as
occasion demands it. Experience is O
great teacher and the big business
men, and the little ones too, are con-
stantly learning how to improve their
institutions. The improvements bet
ter conditions Of the employees, the
patrons and all concerned. But big
public institution like the state never
changes it's methods. It-is a Bourbon
right. Uncle Sam is the same kind of
a Bourbon. That's / of the things
that is the matter with us.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-02-24
AMERICANS THINK
THEY ARE LIKE ABE

Every American believes that if he
is not like George Washington, he
very much resembles Abe Lincoln, in
his rugged honesty and his ability
to tell a good Joke. The fact that
Americans take Lincoln as their ideal
results in too many lawyers, too many
politicians, and too many Jokes. The
ideal American prints no joke book,
and does not run for office. Don't
make ideals of traditional heroes;
model your conduct after the life Of
the best men In your community,
whose history you know, and may
depend upon as true. There are men
in every neighborhood worthy Of em-
ulation. How have they earned the
esteem of their fellow citizens2 You
can earn it in the same way.-E. w.
Howe.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-02-24
THOMAS A. EDISON
PUNCHES TIME CLOCK
ON HIS BIRTHDAY

WEST ORANGE, N. Ut leaked
out on Thomas A. Edison's 10th
birthday that the veteran punches a
time clock when he arrives ct his
factory and when he quits. On his
birthday the chief arrived at $3.50 a.
M, and departed at 6:52 p. m. Dur
ing those hours and 30 minutes, Mr..
Edison worked hard at 4 important
inventions. Mr.. Edison did not in
dulge in the weakness OF birthday
party. On March 4, accompanied by
Mrs. Edison. he will leave for a rest
in Florida.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-02-24
IA OF AMERICANS ARE
NOW GOING TO SCHOOL

23h million persons, or about "a
per cent of the countrys population
are going to school in the United
States, according to the bureau Of ed
ucation report made public recently.
The percentage of the population in
schools In Great Britain, according 10
the bureaus figures, is only 10; in
France only IT; in Germany 20; and
In Russia, only about 4.