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The Washington herald., 1917-04-10
Comfort for the Enemy.

Should sclective conscription be
turned down by Congress, Germany
will take new heart, for she will know
then the United States is refusing to
learn one Of the obvious lessons of
the war.
There is no reason to believe the
voluntary system will prove more
satisfactory in this country than in
Great Britain. We are more than
5000 miles removed from the war,
but it is right at England's threshold.
Despite this, Britain was forced to
abandon voluntary enlistment after
more than eighteen months trial.
There need be no Disgusting the
fact--we also will have our slackcrs,
our hangers-back. Volunteering en-
courages the spirit of LET George
do it," particularly when the nation
is free from fear of invasion, as ours
is. The habits of peace cannot be
conquered in the first flush of war
enthusiasm; but when the principle
of universal obligation is recognized
by law, when it is brought home to
every young man that he must "do
his bit," new situation will prevail.
There is nothing harsh, nothing
oppressive, in the conscription that
is proposed. Undoubtedly certain
features of the army bill will have
to be amended, particularly that Civ
ing entire control to the War Depart
nent of the matter of exemptions.
The people will have something to
say about that. But the bill itself is
sound in principle. as is shown in the
fact that the President accepted it.
If Congress emasculates the army
measure it will clearly reveal itself
as only half awake. We cannot be-
lieve that it truly represents the tem-
per of the nation in this attitude. A
great war is ahead of us, perhaps Of
years duration; there is no telling.
The raising of splendid army based
firmly on the principle of universal
obligation to military service is call
cd for.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-10
Army and Navy News
Best Service Column In City,

Many of the big corporations In New
York City will pay salaries OF employees
enlisting in the army or navy. Others
will give employees families the difference
between their salaries and what they
get from the government. This provi-
sion for dependents OF soldiers and sailors
follows the line Of action pursued at the
time Of the recent border mobilization.
The American Telephone and Tele-
graph Co paid out in salaries to men
serving on the border S2S4.ls4; the Inter
borough Rapid Transit Co.. s61. 800: the
New York Railways Co., Bale. and the
Consolidated Gas Co, $4,000 a month.
Army insignia for noncombatants to
show they are not "slackers" will prob
ably soon make their appearance. The
government will have some designation
a button probably-which will be given
to those exempted from actual military
or naval service and otherwise serving
the country This is the scheme adopted
In Great Britain.
Under the name Of the Lincoln
Sharpshooters,' a regiment OF Southern
mountaineers is being raised at Cumber-
land Gap, Tenn. The leadership in the
ley Hill, chancellor Of the Lincoln Me-
mortal University.
Recorder Carsten, of Hoboken. y. J.,
who discharged two men after they had
accepted his suggestion to apply for ad-
mittance to the army and navy. has been
called on to explain to the United states
government.
Lieutenant william Moses, U. s. NJ
chief naval recruiting officer of Newark,
n. j., on instructions from Washington.
sought the recorder, but found him out
Of town. He called on Mayor Griffin and
four Of the city council.
The lieutenant said the navy had lost
twenty recruits because of the recorders S
action. One mother was about to per-
init her son to Join when she read OF the
incident and refused. She did not want
her son IN the company of drunkards and
crooks. she said.
Mayor Griffin said Recorder Carsten
meant no harm; like others, he had the
impression the army and navy were
good places for wayward boys
Il will not be satisfied unless re-
ceiye a frank communication from Re
corder Carsten to the effect that he un-
derstands the United States navy Is not
a reformatory, and we do not want any
men In 1t who are not clean all the way
through" said Lieut.. Moses as he left.
Col. William II. Chatfield, L. S. A.
stationed in Hoboken, wrote to the re-
The Washington herald., 1917-04-10
OUR FLAG.

Loose that banner!
Loose 1t slowly.
For 'tis grand, It's great, It's holy!
Mem'ries Of heroic dead
Culver, in its glowing red;
Visions Of their gallantry
Sparkle, midst the stars, we see!
Hold It FIRMLY
Clasp II closely!
Spirits Of the past, now ghostly
Waved it once, with bravery
For our glorious country. free!
Lived! but sleep now with the dead
Meath her blue, and white, and red!
Guard her greatness.
Keep her brightness,
Pure as snowfakes. in their whlteness
For she waves for me. for you!
For our sons. our grandsons. too,
Growing fast. and soon to be
Defenders OF our land and sea!
Kiss her warmly!
Love her dearly!
For she speaks to each so clearly
Truths. though past again begun
That live for each, for everyonei
She's our glory. and our crown,
Let US never see her down!
Though she's tattered,
Torn. and CORY.
See her wave, still in her glory!
Bright hope shining from her stars;
Hope to guide through peace. through
wars:
Faith and love. most loyal. true,
symbols In her red and blue!
Hoist our banner,
List, her story
Told so oft in song and story!
May she live forevermore.
Wave In folds. that shore from shore
Flare IN patriotic hue.
Americas red. white and bluei
ANAIs orc. PUGH.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-10
Austria.

The little diplomatic game that has
been proceeding in Vienna since
Count Won Bernstorff was handed his
passports is now ended
Succumbing before German pres
sure, Austria has broken with the
United States and recalled her AM
bassador-designate, Count Adam
Tarnowski, who was sent here to
repair the damage done to Austro-
Hungarian prestige in this country
by the intrigues of her former envoy,
DIR. Constantin Dumba.
There is no particular significance
in the news except that the American
effort to divide the central powers
has failed temporarily. For time it
seemed promising. Vienna is now in
the doldtums, in the slough of de-
spond, so far as the war is concern
ed; it would go to almost any length
to slip its neck out of the moose that
Berlin has fashioned for it, Austria
has been leaning, holding on the arm
Of Germany for more than a year.
German contempt for her armies and
for her aid is thinly. veiled. The Aus
trian indifference reached its
height in the Russian offensive along
the Volhynia and Galicia line last
spring.
Palsied and narcotized by this same
streak of indifference, Vienna has
failed to assert itself against Berlin
at this critical moment, with the Rus
sian revolution and the American en-
trance into the war coming together.
The legend OF the Prussian mailed
fist is still vital. But the prophecy
can be made that genuine cleft be-
tween the central powers will be one
of tho forcrunners and harbingcrs of
the close of the war. 1t may come
within six months; it may be delayed
for more than a year.
When Ambassador Pcn6cld arrives
in Washington we will have new
light on the Austrian situation. 1t
would be a miracle of diplomacy if
the HapSburgs should emerge from
the war with their throne intact, and
the Hohenzollerns thrown into the
discard: And a constitutional mon
archy in Prussia is equivalent to the
end of Hohenzollernism.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-10
Red Blood
and Courage
(By DR. W. C. LUCAS.)

lby DIX w. u ASSAo''
What drives the men right up to the
trenches in this war is courage, and
it's red blood that puts the heart IN
the men. Did any one ever see a
puny, thin-blooded man ever rush INTO
the fight with any chance OF winning
out? With rich, pure blood you can
face any hardship, reach any goal.
But YOU are handicapped in the race
of life without it. Every tissue, bone,
muscle, should take from the blood
certain materials and return to 1t GER
tain others. This process insures per-
feet health. When the poisons accu-
mulate in the blood, perhaps the tace
breaks out in pimples. or bolls appear
on the neck, and we feel languid, tired'
our vitality is at low e6b, and we
easily catch cold.
It's time to take an Alternative extract
and blood-purifer taken from Nature $
forests. Such. a one is made up OF
Golden Seal, Blood and Stone root,
Oregon Grape and Queens root-ex-
tracted with glycerin and made into
sugar-coated tablets or liquid, and this
has been sold by druggists for the past
fifty years as DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. It's always effica-
cious in the spring when the blood is
run down and you need a wholesome
tonic. Try this old-fashioned but re-
liable remedy, without alcohol!
If you are occasionally troubled with
rheumatic pains or lumbago, pain in
the back, toes or muscles of the body.
this is due to uric acid stored in the
system. The liver and kidneys do not
act properly. For such a person, l
advise taking Anuric double strength)
three times daily for a week or two
This Anuric throws out the, uric acid
which accumulates, and if taken occa-
sionaily will prevent or cure rheuma-
tism end gout. There is no difficulty
in obtaining Anuric at any drug store.
ADV.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-10
Use the Soldiers.

The police force of the District is
entirely insufficient to cope with the
present international crisis. Major
Pullman admits that the department.
needs men, due to the fact that in
increasing the guards around public
buildings patrolmen must be taken
away from their regular beats, thereby
crippling the protection of the city.
According to a statement from po-
lice headquarters, the Fourth pre-
cinct, which includes the southwest
section and the water front, had but
seven men on roundsmen's duty from
midnight until daylight In the out
lying sections of the city policemen
are covering double territory. Be-
tween pacifsts, street car strike and
the war scare Major Pullman has
had his hands full and his problem
is far too large a one to be handled
with the present force.
There is one simple means of elm
mating, or at least alleviating, tho
evil that exists at present. There ere
enough troops modified in the Dis
trict to sufficiently guard every public
building, including the White House
and the Capitol. Why should the
police department perform such du-
ties at the expense of the rest of the
city?
The police force at the White
House alone is sufficient to handle
one section of the city, yet they arc
kept there. while thousands of regu-
lars and militiamen remain encamp-
The Washington herald., 1917-04-10
ARMY ORDERS.

Following odicers of the General Stah will re
pm in person to the Chief Of stah for duty: Maj
George A. NuEcnt, Maj. BIiant II. Wells Cspt.
William h. Raymond. Cspt. Daniel +. C1ig, Capt
Alexander B. Ooxe.
CAgt. Robert z Firth. relieved, Win proceed &c
Omaha, Nehr.. and report to the recruiting odiceE
at that place for duty as assistant
Leave for fifteen days granted Col. Samuel (
Smiley.
Col. Alexander L. Dads. cavalry. will proceed 70
San Diego. Gal, and rvpSrt IN person to the com
manding officer. Signal Corps Aviation School. fog
duty.
Mai. Alfred A starbrd viii proceed to Boston.
Mass, and report to commanding general. North
eastern Departmeut for duty Gs department In
spector
Maj. Jacob c. johnson will proceed to Charles-
The Washington herald., 1917-04-10
FUNERAL OF MRS. E, M, REID.

Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth
Moore Reid will be held from her late
residence. 3122 N street northwest, this
afternoon at 3 o'clock, with Rev. Henry
Anstadt, Rev. Charles H Butler and
Rev. N. J. Gould Mickey oficiating. In
terment win be in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Reid was the widow of Eslf D.
Reid. She had been Ill but short time
and was 81 years old Mrs. Reid was one
Of Georg clowns oldest residents, having
resided there for seventy years.
Mrs. w. J, Wire, daughter. and Miss
NJ. Isabella Wire, a granddaughter, sur
vive Mrs. Reid. together with q num-
Der of nieces and nephewG
The Washington herald., 1917-04-10

Congrcsswoman Rankin will soon
take her place with the man of a
few words" Eight days in Congress
and only thirteen words in the Con-
gressional Record. Still, they say a
woman will have the last word, so
that the later issues of the Record
may be bulky.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-10

ed, most of them with nothing to do
but await war orders.
Surely they would be doing far
more good on guard duty than wait
ing in tents and armories. 1t seems
as though the War Department has
slipped up on the present arrange
mcnt and that the people of Wash
ington are the sufferers.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-10

The returned spirit of Hopewell
Hollingsworth speaking to William
H. (Psyche) Smith. OF Boston,
says that death means floating down
a river OF gold, with the most beau
tiful women at the end OF the jour
ney, and everlasting peace. Why do
not more men commit suicide and,
o, death, where is thy sting?
The Washington herald., 1917-04-10


recorder replied that one young man had
been brought before him by his parents
and the other was merely drunk. He did
not consider either a bad citizen in the
accepted meaning.
Although the use of modern artillery
has worked a revolution in battle prac-
tice, preparing the way for an infantry
charge entails a staggering cost FOR
that reason inventors have tried, and
indeed still are trying, to substitute
some agency which will replace the big
guns and do their work cheaper but no
less efficiently.
The torpedo car vividly pictured in the
April Popular Science Monthly Is said
to be such an agency. II consists OF
torpedo carrying several hundred
pounds Of high explosive mounted on a
chassis. II may be propelled either by
gas, steam. compressed air or a storage
battery and electric motor, all depending
on its contemplated use and the esti-
mated range Of action.
The car is guided and fired by means
of cables and wires in the hands OF the
attacking party. The control cable is
connecting the cylinders Of the engine
the car. The charge is fired by means OF
a wire attached to the trigger.
II It is found that the torpedo cannot
reach the enemy because OF rough
ground, the control cable may be used 70
close the valve and to draw the machine
back to the trench. for aiming it in a
new direction. A windlsss is provided for
this purpose. Spiked wheels insure trac-
ton.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-10

Palm Sunday we saw a straw hat
and Easter Sunday we saw earmuffs,
Which bears out the old adage that
Washington weather is little sam
pie Of everything.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-10

A pretty good way for those who
are old and fat to do their bit is to
send the largest contribution they
can possibly spare to the District
chapter of the American Red Cross.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-10

Tomorrow, the crack of the bat.
Next week, perhaps, the roar of the
cannon. Nevertheless, true Ameri-
cans. while they like sport, will re-
spond to the sound OF battle, if the
country calls.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-10

Now we look for George NJ. Cohan
TO raise one Of the best armies to
follow the flag. The Yankee Doodle
Dandies" Ought to make a swell ad-
dition to the National Guard.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-10

Southeastern Dvpartnent for duty ss dep.rtn-nt
inspector.
Following o1ioss ordered 70 active duty and VII
report TO the Commanding officer Of the suenhI
specified: FirE Lieut. ZOtiQ1e R0uzssau. wGter-
Vlict Arsenal. n. Y; First- Lieut. wslt1 Whit
Dey. Augusta ArssnAl. Ga
CSpt Wallace L. Clay will make one vtAt I
Carneys Point. n. J.. odidl b1anaL
Following Officers detailed in the Aviation B.
ton Of the SiEnAl Oops: Frst. Lieut. CiBtsa v
Howard. Ffrst Lieut. Earl l.. Maiden. First Lieu
Thomas J. Hsnley. jr.; First Lieut.. BeutHnin v 4
Milk. Fins Lieut GeorEe PulsfsI. jr. Frst Neu :
Harry b. Andeson. Frst Lieut. wslte W. wyups.
First Lieut. james p. Byron. Frst Lieut. Josh
T. McNsmey.
Maj. Charles c. wallace viii proossd % Nv
YORK n. Y. co Official buslnes psrtAininG % the
prchase Of equipment for the Signal OorpA
Maj. Elisha s. Benton assigned 70 sctiue duty
and oetAilcd for geoeral recruiting service He VII
proceed to HarisburE Pa
Lieut.. Ool. Fredeick p Reynolds viii prpossd
10 Chariesbon, s. c. and repurt u oommandiu<
ensrsl, Southeastern Depsrtmeot. for duty 10 SzrN
gson Of that dspezTtment
CoL Beaumont B. Buck will report 70 commanding
Ene1l. NoSthessten Depsrtnsent for duty a. o.
hcsr in chArEs q militia sfsir
The Washington herald., 1917-04-10

Little Austria follows her big
brother in declaring war against the
United States. When the United
States is through with the major Of
fender she will take up minor indict-
ments.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-10
Jottings from Jokers

She (after the automobile accident)-
I don't have a whole bone in my body.
He (disgusted)-That's nothing. I don't
even have a whole one in my pocket
Penn State Froth.
Recently we heard a man boast that
mo one could fool his wife" Then the
thought came to use was. how did he
get her?-Mongan County UndD DEM
oCrat.
Farmer-What 1 want you to do first
of all is to clean them pig sites. Think
you can manage It? Lady Land Worker
Certainly. At home 1 always attended
to the bird cage.-Philadelphia Evening
Ledger.
Arduppe-My love for you. dear Miss
Roxley, is like a consuming fire that
burns everything in its path.
Miss Roxley-Then I fear it would be
unwise to choose such a husband to
handle my money.-Boston Transcript.
opportunity knocks at every mans
door" '"Too often. however. it is the
opportunity to open a peanut stand.
whereas we would rather start a bank I"
Louisville Courier-Journal
The Washington herald., 1917-04-10

The pacifsts minus Bryan are like
a Shakcspcarean company playing
Hamlet without the melancholy
Dane.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-10

Col. Kroll, of the marriage license
bureau, had quite a busy day yestcr-
day. Hope the young bridegrooms
are not afflicted with "slackeritis."
The Washington herald., 1917-04-10

For twcnty-four hours the public
will forget the war and turn to the
harbinger of spring, the opening OF
the baseball season.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-10
L Novel BOmbardment.
ATLANTA Constitutiou.)


British and French aviators are re-
ported to have flown over the Teu-
tonic lines of trenches and lombard
ed the enemy troops, not with bombs,
as has been the practice during the
war. but with copies OF President Will
sons war message. printed in Ger
man.
humane. we should say. and one to
which even the most ardent pacifist
could not well take exception.
Copies of such a speech as that
dropped among the ranks of battle
worn fighting men who do not know
what they are fighting for doubtless
would do immeasurable more good for the
cause of liberty and democratic free
dom than could ever be accomplished
by dropping bombs and explosive shells
which MAIN and kill. while not en-
tightening.
The Presidents address is notable to
subjects of a monarchy in that II Is
an unanswerable appeal for democracy
and the rights Of man against auto
cracy: and for that reason the British
and French authorities believed that
the Hohenzollern throne would prevent
it's publication in full in Germany, and
its reaching the hands of the men at
the front.
1Hese lalter, II Is OeileNeu, are nenI-
ing in ignorance OF the real issue in
the war and simply in blind obedience
and servility to the only system of
government of which they know, or
have been allowed to learn.
In all probabilities. therefore, II some
means could be found whereby to
break through their lines and let the
light of democracy In from the out
side, 1t is pretty certain that the ef-
feet would be anything but pleasing to
the war lord" because the German
soldier Is a pretty intelligent fellow
and a human being with a fundamen-
tally human love for liberty, his rights
and fair play.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-10

The difference between ST and
ST 900 in war time is the differ
cnce between pacifsm and prepared
ness.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-10

Whaddya mean, beautiful spring,
with frost warnings sent out and
small-time blizzards?
The Washington herald., 1917-04-10
APRIL,s GIFT.

1 love young April with her pouting ways
Despite the tickle promise Of her days
Not only for the flowers she doth bring
And bfrd-notes heralding the birth Of
Spring,
The soft and silky air. the sunny sheen
OF earth's resplendent gown Of golden
green,
, But that from out the winters care
and pain
She grants the boon of Youth renewed
again.
Copyright. Isi7J
The Washington herald., 1917-04-10

Wonder if the Oscar II has been
armed yet?
The Washington herald., 1917-04-10
How the Editors Are Viewing
America and the World War

printed in the white Book. Mr.. Lam
sing replies that II Ii impossible to
print all the material In the possession
OF the State Department relating to the
war and this order was made public
by the department.
1t turns out that It was the estima-
Die Bryan who failed to publish the or
der. But the publication would have
been q severe indictment Of the Ger
mans, as 1t would have shown that the
English had set up their zone Noyem-
Der 2. 1914. because the Germans had
indiscriminately sown mines in the area,
compelling the British to make 1t q
military zone. They accordingly issued
warning of the fact, while the Germans
acted with their contemplate methods
OF ambush for the unwary and innocent.
Never have the British issued a warn
Ing that they would sink ships even
OF belliserents travelling the prescribeo
area. 1t might seem to have been ten
derness for Germany's feelings that
caused the omission Of this drastic ar
raignment by a contrast with the Ger
man methods from the White Book.
MegaIomania.
louisville CouriefJournal)
While the German logic that holds
America is entering the war for hnan-
cial gain seems a little far-fetched
way of compliment that Germans who
have chosen America as their home
are thrifty, as a rule. Although q
great many well-known German-Ameri-
can citizens who came to this coun-
try with perhaps several hundred dol
lars each have been robbed Of all their
belongings except a few millions each
by greedy Americans, yet few Of the
Neidringhauses. Buschs. Riders and
myriads of other prosperous German
American citizens in our cities and on
our farms have shown any disposi-
ton to return to the Fatherland. And
1t must be gratifying to Germany to
know that the great fortunes and
fertile lands of citizens of German des-
cent in America are safe under the
protection of the Stars and Strips
While German newspapers may re-
vile this government and sneer at
Americans as "megalomaniacs'' they
cannot fool the German-Americans
who have learned the advantages OF
a free government, and have enjoyed
the pursuits that, combined with thrift
have always brought prosperity in
America, however much they may mis-
lead the people of Germany. already
approaching a state of peonage as a
result of a dynastic government.
Many of the German newspapers turn
to Carranza as the model ruler on this
side OF the Atlantic and Mexicans as
a people congenial to Germans and ap-
pealing to German ideals.
A Novel Romba I'd meuf
The Washington herald., 1917-04-10
Today's Events

Social meeting. Indiana Society. New Ebbitt s
p m.
Meeting Of National Agriculture Society. New
willard.
Musicale for the blind. Pavilion 7. Library ot
Congress. Sis p m.
Meeting Of local branch Of Association Of Collie
gate Alumni. New willard.
Monthly meeting Of Washington Chamber Of
Commerce, Twelfth and F streets northwest, n m
Patriotic evening by Home Club Of Department
Of Interior. p m
Bridge Whist Players nesting. Home Club.
Meeting Of Park View OtzenS Association. as
sembly hall. Park View School Building. 7:o .. m.
Annual Davis prize speaking contest, assembly
hall. administration building. George Washington
University. ms street northwest, p. m.
MASONIC Illustrated talk before Acacia Lodge No
IS: DeAIolay Commandery. No. 4. knights Temp
lar; Evangelist Chapter, Rose Crodx. Ancient and
Accepted Scottish Rite; Bethlehem Chapter. No. I.
Order Of the Eastern Star.
Odd Felows-Amity Lodge. No. z; Washington.
No. 6. and Golden Rule. No. 81 Fred D. Stuart
Encampment. No. Z.
Rebckahs-Ladiss' Auxiliary Of Canton Washing
ton. No. l.
knights Of Pythies-Excelsior Lodge. No. Il; Cap
itaI, No. a. Webster. No. I. and Myrtle. No. 25.