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The Washington times., 1917-10-07
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER
HURT IN MOTOR CRASH

Mrs. Charles II. Fensahrens ani
daughter. Elsie, fourteen years old,
were thrown out OF an automobile
driven by Fensahrens, of 317 Eighth
street northeast, and painfully in
Jured when the car went into a ditch
on the Washington-Baltim bouIe-
ward near Beltsville, Md, last night.
The family were returning from a
visit to a son at Camp Meade, and
their car is said to have been crowded
into the ditch by a passing automo-
bile.
Robert E. Gates, 2OOI I street north
west, driver of an automobile of
Chaplin Sacks, was overturned on
Pennsylvania avenue between Twen-
ty-ffth and Twenty sixth streets
northwest. Gates. though caught un-
der the car, escaped serious injury.
He was taken to Casually Hospital.
The cars overturning was due TO a
blowout and Gates eEorts to avoid
a collision.
The Washington times., 1917-10-07
u. S. FISHING BOATS
ARRIVE OFF EUROPE

The Navy Department has reported
the safe arrival I'm European waters
of a number OF Coast Guard cutters,
accompanied by a number of vessels
formerly used in the coastal fishing
trade.
The Coast Guard boats were de-
tached from patrol duty in home wa
ters when the work Of recommission-
ing naval vessels which were in re-
serve had proceeded to q point where
the cutters were no longer needed.
These vessels have been assigned to
work in cooperation with the de-
stroyer flotilla under Vice Admiral
Sims. The censorship rules prohibit
any statement OF the number Of boats
sent. but II can be stated that their
duties will be largely confined to mine
sweeping.
The fishing craft, almost entirely a
steam trhwler type, Will also be used
in this work. Because OF their unique
construction they are held to be
splendidly adapted for this purpose.
The Washington times., 1917-10-07
WARRANT |SSWORN
TO ARREST PASTOR
NDOCTOR'S DEATH

RUssELLvILLE. Ala. Oct. "a
new sensation was added to the mys-
terious Hughes-Terry shooting case
here today. The swearing out OF a
warrant for the arrest OF the Rev. ].
T. Terry, following a statement made
by Terry to his legal advisers, con-
cerning the killing Of DR.. Tom
Hughes and the wounding OF him
self while the two were driving to-
gether near here on Wednesday aft
ernoon.
It Is said that Terry claims DR..
Hughes shot him, and that he in turn
shot the doctor. but the complete
statement OF how the shooting came
about has not been given out by the
ministers family or lawyers. Off
GERS say the preacher will be arrested
and charged with murder as soon as
his condition improves.
The body OF DR.. Hughes was found
in the road. near the place where Mr..
Terry. desperately wounded. had fall
en-. 1t was believed at first that the
minister could not recover, but doc
tors now say he will live.
The Washington times., 1917-10-07
POLICEMAN CHENEY
NOW OUT OF DANGER

Policeman Howard A. Cheney. Of the
First precinct. who was shot a week ago
by Calvin Ezra Sterner. eighteen-year,
old alleged joy rider. today was pro,
nounced out Of danger by his physicians.
With Sterner's bullet still lodged in
the muscles OF his back. Cheney took a
short walk about the ward at Emergen-
cy Hospital today. and the doctors say
he will be able TO leave for him home
by Wednesday.
The bullet was lodged so deeply in
the muscles OF Cheeney's back that the
physicians decided not to operate. 1t
may remain there for years, physicians
said. without Cheney ever feeling II.
Sterner, the boy who did ten shooting.
probably will be arraigned within a few
days. charged with assault with a dan.
gerous weapon. He has already been
charged with two cases OF housebreak.
ing
The Washington times., 1917-10-07
WALLS TO Be
COLLAPS|BLE
TO PERMIT
QUICK EXIT

Contracts will be let tomorrow for
the material and fixtures for the
great Billy Sunday tabernacle to be
erected near the Union Station
plaza, where the baseball evangelist
will open his soul-saving campaign
early in January.
Blue prints for the structure,
which will be practically identical
with the Baltimore tabernacle, with
the exception of increased size, have
been received by A. Coulton Wells,
chairman Of the building and sites
committee.
To Be Here Soon.
Mr. Wells also received a letter from
J. H. Speice stating that he would be
in Washington to start construction
on the tabernacle as soon as the ma
terial is assembled. probably in a
week or ten days.
Besides the thirty-two entrances,
parts of the walls are constructed
so that they will automatically fall
outward in case of an emergency.
making sufficient exits to clear the
building in a few moments. This has
been feature OF Mr.. Sundays taber-
nacles for several years, although it
has never been necessary to make use
of it.
Facing the Union Station plaza and
Massachusetts, avenue, the location is
an ideal one, with both street car lines
running directly past the main en-
trance, which will be at the corner
OF Massachusetts, avenue and First
street northeast. There is space for
the parking OF approximately 2,OO1
automobiles within a radius of four
squares.
S03x 2Is Feet In Size.
The building will be 3O3 feet long
by 21s feet wide and will occupy the
major portion of the space between
Massachusetts, avenue and D streets
and First and Second streets. 1t will
contain an emergency hospital, pri-
Vate rooms for Mr.. Sunday, ushers and
secretaries headquarters, ministers
rooms, postoffice and personal work
ers' rooms. On the same grounds will
be built q restaurant 80 by 12S feet
and an up-to-dats comfort station.
The Washington building will be of
the turtle back" type and will be
well heated and ventilated. 1t will
seat approximately 10000 people with
standing room for 5000.
Offices Of the executive committee
have opeaed in the Washington
Loan and Trust Company building at
Ninth and F streets. There will be
four rooms on the fifth floor, and ali
the business OF the campaign from
now until the closing day will be
conducted here. The executive secre-
tary. William Knowles Cooper. secre-
tary OF the. Y. NJ. c. A, has detailed
L. W. DeGast, one OF his assistants
at the Y. NJ. c. 4. to take charge.
Byron-S--Adam is chairman OF the
finance and business committee: John
c. Let's is treasurer. and Postmaster
Merritt o. Chance is general chair
man.
The campaign opens January G. At
the close of the revival the Govern
ment will possibly take the building
and convert IL into a hospital or other
temporary war structure.
The Washington times., 1917-10-07
WOMAN SAID BIBLE
TOLD HOW TO END WAR

Word from relatives Of Miss Alice c.
Bower. twenty-seven years old. OF CAL
vert. Pa, is expected by District police
today following her committel to Wash
ington Asylum Hospital last night after
she Is alleged to have exhibited marked
passages in a Bible at the Union Station
as means for ending the war.
According to Central Ofrice De1 stives
Embrey and Stringfellov. the woman
was acting queerly at the depot. and
they think she came to Washington to
present President Wilson a religious
theory for ending the war.
John and Emma Bowers. parents Of
Miss Bower. were notified OF her deten-
tlon at the hospital.
The Washington times., 1917-10-07
SPECIAL NOTICES
THE CORCORAN
GALLERY OF ART

The SUNDAY EXHIBITIONS of
The Corcoran Gallery of Art will be
resumed on Sunday, October 7th,
1917. Hours from 80 to 4:30 p. NJ.
On week days the Gallery is open
as follows: Mondays, from IL NJ. to
P. NJ; and other week days, from
9 A. NJ. to P. NJ.
On Mondays, Wednesdays, and
Fridays, an admission fee of 25 cents
is charged. On other week days and
Sundays ADMISSION IS FREE.
C. POWELL MINNIGERODE,
Director.
The Washington times., 1917-10-07
SCOTTISH RITE MASONS
DRINK TOAST TO Is


Here's to the United States, for its
success on land, sea, and in the air,
and that it be a potent factor In
bringing worldwide, permanent
peace. based on equality, justice and
truth" ----
This was one OF the many tossts
made at the annual banquet OF 400
members Of the Scottish Bite Masons
OF the District, assembled-at the Eb-
bit Hotel last night.
Men in uniform were asked to stand
while Tosstmaster Judge Arthar B.
Hayes paid them a 'tffbute- The sing
ing of rThs Star-SpangIed Banner
concluded the evening.
Addresses were made by the Rev.
]. ]. DimOn. Allan Walker, and Lem
Towers.
The Washington times., 1917-10-07
GERMAN BREAD RATION
TO Be CUT lOPER CENT

COPENHAGEN, Oct. IA semi-of-
ficiaJ announcement in Berlin states
that on account of the low estimate OF
the August grain crop, a reduction of
10 per cent in the bread ration from
November 1 will b. necessary II the
grain supply Is to last out the year.
Potatoes will be furnished in place of
bread.
Assurance also is given that better
-four, containing less bran than the
present "a per cent grinding, will be
furnished IL the grain statistics now
being collected show a larger harvest
THAI was indicated by the August fg-
ures.
The price of bread has been in
creased 10 per cent.
The Washington times., 1917-10-07
Great y Sunday Tabernacle Will Be Under Way Ten Days

Here is Billy in a character
istic pose during one Of his
strenuous attacks on the devil
There's no one like Billy for ham
mering home an argument.
The Washington times., 1917-10-07
CARNIVAL FOR DANCERS.

"Merrymakers' Carnival" at the Ar
cade dancing auditorium next Wednes-
day night will provide many features
for dance lovers, the management an
nounced today. Tomorrow, Tuesday
and Thursday are ladies' nights. while
Friday will be Riddles" night.
The Washington times., 1917-10-07
CHURCH NOTICES

Bradbury Church < bet, s, iis6 lisn a In, ,,sn
renee. pastor. Subject. The UnruIy Tongue, !"
7:i5. Good Music.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-09-01
CALL BRITISH TARS "L.IMEYS"
American ueJackets In European
Waters Have Nickname for
Everything They See.

LondOn.-American bluejackets on
duty in European waters have nick
name of their own for England's sail
ors and soldiers. They call them
"limeys;' the individual being known
as q Zine" The American sailor men
apply the designation to shll English
fighters just as the British refer to
their soldiers as "TOmmies."
The sailor from the United States
has his nickname for nearly every
thing he sees. Bluejackets who had
served in the near and far East first
started calling British sailors and SOL
diers Zine ULCERS" because of their
fOndness for fruit juice and charged
water.
Now the designation has been short
ened down and everything British Is
"limey." British soldiers and sailors
clubs are known as "limey clubs" and
British-brewed lager beer is commonly
spoken of as ''limey beer"
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-09-01
GUIDES FOR IT'S SOLDIERS
the Men Home on Leave
From the Front.

LOndOn.-SOldiers on leave from the
front in the early days of the war had
the greatest difficulty in finding their
way about London and across it to
main line centers leading to their pro-
vincial homes, but this has all been
altered, and what was once chaos ut
Victoria station now works like any
part of the military machine.
This has been made possible by the
help of the volunteers Of the National
Guard and by members Of the WOm-
ans Reserve Ambulance company, who
take charge of the men on arrival,
change their French money into Eng
lish, grant them loans and personally
conduct them to the various stations
they may require to travel from. The
same thing is done when, leave Is up.
The soldier, used to discipline, likes
being handed on from one to another
rather than being left in a strange
place to his own devices.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-09-01

producing power. 1t inevitably follows
that the short-hour workers are the
best paid workers. With every reduc-
ton in hours there is always CORE
spending increase in wages. Wherever
demands for the shorter wOrkday and
higher wages have been presented and
urged by organized workers during the
last year they have met with success.
Shortening the period of work
lengthens the period of development,
and for all Of the other activities that
belong to the normal individual. In
creases in wages give the workers the
means for taking advantage Of the in
creased opportunities of the shorter
workday. The workers of short hours
and better wages become very differ
ent citizens from those who are so ex-
hausted by the daily grind that they
have neither the time nor the energy
for thought or aspiration. These gains
mean better homes, better food, better
clothing; time and opportunity for
the cultivation of the best and the
highest that IL possible to man.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-09-01
TO AID FAMILIES OF u. S. FIGHTERS

that there is not the faintest shadow
OF charity in its usual meaning, at
tached to this work we are undertake
Ing. If there is want among the fami-
lies Of our soldiers and sailors, it is
not because they have been idle or
wasteful, or improvident, or that they
have been In anywise to blame. Rather
1t is because they have done the finest
and the noblest thing possible, and
have given to their country those to
whom they have looked for support
and protection.
1--WE 60 to them, not as doing them a
charity, but as expressing our gatitude
to them for what they have done-as
a duty we owe to those whom they
have given to fight our battles. Look
ing at 1t in this light, we can see how
little we can afford to permit any one
Of these to suffer because of the noble
thing they have DONE"
Task q Big One.
The officers Of the Red Cross have
shown a large grasp Of the situation.
They realize the task that will be
theirs. This Is shown in a part Of Mr..
Lies Pittsburgh talk, in which he said
that very soon there will be 100000
National Guardsmen in the field, and
that "by January next it is altogether
possible that there will be under arms
about 100000 men in all branches of
the service.
1--WE must prepare for large task,
to be executed through the civilian re-
lief committee of the various Red
Cross chapters. These committees
should have carefully chosen members,
some, at least, of whom have expert
ence in social work.
1t is not merely as feeding and
clothing agency that the Red Cross
proposes to act toward these depend
ents, as Mr.. Lies points out, but as a
sort Of next friend" in all troubles
such as wages, insurance, difficulties
with landlords, illness, accident and
the moral welfare of children.
I'VE would show ourselves unfit to
enjoy the blessings Of democracy" says
Mr.. Lies, IF, while sending our SOL
diers to the front to fight the enemy,
we permitted their families at home to
fight want, disease. and moral dangers
alone. 1t would look like willful pun
ishment for the sacrifices made by
them.
"Only by getting close to them
through friendly visitation, sympa-
thetic inquiry, neighbOrliness and intel
ligent Interpretation Of home cOndi-
tons, can untoward factors be discov-
cred. The Red Cross is in the field to
do just this kind Of service in addition
to supplementary relief work, and it
wants to do 1t as thoroughly as pos
sible."
1t Is in this spirit, then. that the Red
Cross Is approaching the task of pro-
tecting the dependents left behind by
the fighting men. Backed by the Amer
lean people, there Is no room for doubt
as to how 1t will perform this task.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-09-01
SCULPTOR TO DO HIS BIT
Will Turn Talents From Modelling in
Clay to Remaking Faces Of the
Wounded.

Cleveland, O.-Max Kalish, Cleve-
land sculptor, is going to do his bit
and it's strange bit, too. Kalish Is
turning his talents from creating faces
in clay to remaking those Of human
beings. Kalish is one Of small army
Of American sculptors who are going
to the battle front to help battle
SCARED veterans. They propose to re-
make the mangled features of the SOL
diers injured in battle.
They call these fellows plastic
sculptOrs. They replace the missing
parts of the face with copper or
papier mache and then graft skin over
1t. Little is known Of the science in
America and the sculptOrs are going
to France shortly to learn the fine
points Of the art.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-09-01

liable to demand better conditions.
These employers oppose restriction of
immigration because restriction will
defeat their policy Of having two or
more men for every job.
Another tendency is the growing op.
position to labor injunctiOns, which
class labor power as property. The
congress Of the United States has
voiced this opposition in amendments
to the antitrust laws. Judicial inter-
pretations Of the term property" in
the fourteenth amendment to the fed
eral constitution are losing their force.
What was originally intended to end
slavery has been used to thwart the
enactment Of social legislation. but
courts have failed to check the swell.
ing tide of democracy.
The trade union movement ~ cor.
scious Of the part 1t has played in the
tendencies above referred to aud this
consciousness will be an inspiration to
greater effort during the coming year.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-09-01
ACCLAIMED BRITAIN'S HERO
London Sehoolteacher, Wounded In
Battle In France, Attains
High Fame.

LOndOn.-A London schOolmaster
named Wiman, who enlisted and lost
an arm and a leg in France, returned
to teaching after his recovery and be-
came the idol of his students.
The discipline among members Of his
class was perfect, the boys enforcing
it among themselves. Finally, after the
authorities discovered him to be bet.
ter teacher than ever, the school ar.
ranged for an exhibition hearing Of one
Of his history lessons. At this exhibit.
ton Wiman asked:
"Now, boys, who is the greatest out.
standing British military hero Of all
time?"'
The boys instantly stood, cheered
thrice and shouted in chorus "Mr. WI.
MANI! --,--- %~~-~N ~
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-09-01
Trade Union Success
y. In Effort to Shorten
the Hours of Labor
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Nv cAM1IE1 HnMDERl


BY SAMUEL eoMPERs.
President American Federation Of
Labor.
r ABOR Day brings to the workers
Of America the right to cheer
and confidence in the trade
union movement. There have
been tests and crises that have proved
it's fundamental principles; there have
been opportunities that have tested its
practical efficiency. Through them all
the trade union movement has made
sure progress and gained in confident
vision for the future.
Every national and international,
every local union affiliated to the
American Federation Of Labor has
made definite progress in securing for
Its members greater advantages in
those things which are fundamental
Of betterment in all relations Of life.
There has been great progress in Sc
curing the eight-hour day or the short
er workday: The meaning Of the VIC
tories can be interpreted only in the
light of full understanding of the
meaning of the eight-hour day. The
shorter workday is something more
than an economic demand. 1t is de-
mand for opportunity for rest, recu-
peration and development; things
which make life more than mechanical
dr9dgery. 80,
The workers whose whole periods
are short are essentially different from
those who are so worn by toll that they
have neither energy nor mind for
other things in life. They become
more energetic, more resourceful work
ers with keener mentality and greater
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-09-01

Universal labor is the lever Of de-
mocracy.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-09-01
United States Has
Well Been Designated
''S' 49, Nation of Workers

n N EN- Of labor came to America
III in the Mayf1ower. A printer
IVY and. carpenter signed the
Declaration of Independence.
George Washington was surveyor at
one time in his life. Lincoln worked
as day laborer. Andrew Johnson
was a tailor. William Howard Taft,
after leaving college, was newspaper
reporter at Sc week. The United
States is a nation Of workers. Labor
day, consequently, is not for any class
but for Americans in mass.
Frank A. Vanderlip, president of the
National City bank, is by trade ma
chinist. His father was an Illinois
farmer-"a specialist in cows" the son
explained. On the death Of the father
the family moved into town.
II found employment" Mr.. Wander
lip said, "in a shop where wood work
ing machinery was manufactured. I
was sixteen and my wages were 70
cents day. BY and by got lathe
Of my own. would be foreman some
day, was told, and earn $21 a week.
I thought I could do better. So I
learned stenography and later took up
the study Of bonds"
William II. Canniff, president Of the
New York, Chicago & st. Louis rail-
road, was a telegraph operator in
Michigan when he was seventeen. The
attorney general in President Taft's
cabinet, George w. Wickersham, also
was telegraph operator, as was Theo-
dore N. Vail, head Of the Bell telephone
interests.
A section. hand in 1869, shoveling
and tamping on the tracks, William c.
Brown, then sixteen years old, fought
his way upward until he became presi-
dent Of the New York Central lines.
my daily wages at the timer" he
repeated. 'Figure them out for your
self. My envelope contained $3.50 at
the end of the month when the pay
car came down the line" His sue
cessor, Albert n. Smith, was a rail-
road laborer as young man.
Judge Robert 8. Lavett, president Of
the Union Pacific, dug stumps and cut
brush on the right Of way on a little
line in Texas and drove a team of
mules when the grading began. Ben
jamin F. Yoakum operated scraper
in the Southwest on road In its build
>ing, and became brakeman when the
road was put into operation.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-09-01
HAS NINE GRANDSONS
IN BRITISH ARMY

Denver, COlO.-The Victoria
Cross might be the reward of
Mrs. S. Harris, aged seventy,
were her contributions to the
allied cause brought to the at
tentiOn Of King George. Mrs.
Harris has nine grandsOns now
fighting in the British armies,
and an only son Is about to en-
list in Uncle Sans army Of lib
erty.
All nine grandsOns are broth
ers. children Of Mrs. Harris
daughter, who Is now dead. The
boys were living in Saskatche-
wan, in western Canada, when
the Dominion government first
called for volunteers. Seven Of
them enlisted in the famous
Princess Pat regiment and, de-
spite the heavy casualties in
that crack organization, they
are all alive. Two others en-
tered the British navy. The
boys are Thomas, George, Will
liam, James, J. b., Justus, Lar
ry, w. B. and Dennis Pollard,
and range in age from nineteen
to thirty-three years.
Mrs. Harris husband was
q Confederate soldier.