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The Washington times., 1917-04-25

Prohibition for the duration Of the
war is being strongly urged.
And, II the vast Quantities of grain
now used in the manufacture of beer
and whisky are needed for food
stuffs. as they may we'll be, we are
in favor OF stopping the beer and
whisky and using the grain for food
But the manufacture OF beer and
whisky could be stopped without
having absolute prohibition. There is
our old friend the grape. II all the
people who drink beer and whisky
were switched to drinking vino the
grain for the foodstuffs would be
saved, the insides of the drinkers
would be in better condition, the dis
tillers and brewers might change over
TO handling the new tipple without n
total loss and the grape industry
would get a boom.
Perhaps II the part OF the popula-
tion addicted TO drinking was put on
wine for couple OF years II would
never want to go back to whisky
again.
Also, there are millions of helpless
apples raised in this country and
butchered to make German Apple
Cake every year, which, both for patri-
otic and gastronomic reasons, had a
great deal better be made into cider
The German Apple Cake industry
might suffer-but let IT suffer! Let
the German Apple Cake makers de
Prussianize themselves. The German
Apple Cake can readily be American
lied into pie, anyhow. by adding a few
more apples and a top crust.
AS for the distillers and brewers,
we haven't any great sympathy for
them. II they can turn to making
wine and cider, well enough. II they
can't. they should all be rich enough
to retire, by this time anyhow. They
have got all the money that several
people we know were ever able to
earn or borrow. and II they have been
thrifty at all they must have saved
some OF It.
DON MARQUIS,
The Washington times., 1917-04-25
LETTERS TO TIMES
FROM ITS READERS
Says Campaign for Increased
Food Production May De-
feat Its Own Ends.
TO TIMES READERS

The Times Is receiuin0 great ntnn-
oers Of letters from its readers.
No communication rhich does not,
carry the name and address Of the
contributor 't0H be used, but both
toiH be considered confidential u re-
guest Is made.
Publication toiH not be made OF
letters on untimelt subjects or re-
h0tous questions. 1t piH not pub
hsh dbTsiue personal attacks nor
criticism t0hich The Times deems
uH'oGrTdnted BY tKe facts as 1t knotos
them.
No record Is kept Of unpublished
letters and none tcH be returned uH-
less postage Is incIosed.
The Washington times., 1917-04-25
SOLE FIRE VICTIM BLAMED
Believed He Accidentally Set Big
Jersey Plant AbIaze.

KEARNEY, n. J.. April 25-Two
great torches, OF a size to make ap-
propriate candlesticks for the Pyra-
mids, have been burning for thirty
six hours at the partially razed plant
OF the Seaboard Bi-Products Company
near here. They were huge tanks.
each with nearly 100000 gallons OF
oil inside. until the vast supply of
oil is consumed the tongues OF flame
will continue to shoot skyward
The tank-torches were lighted by
the explosions and fire which wrecked
half of the plant Sunday night
Strong evidence developed yesterday
tending to show that the only man
killed probably started the fire accI-
dentally. There is nothing to indi-
cate that the explosions and flames
were of incendiary origin.
The Washington times., 1917-04-25
A statue Breaks silence.

The bronze lips speak OF Lafayette:
France gave you freedom. fought
your fight:
That you to France should pay your
debt
(What else be wrong)-is wholly
right.
What you to seargirt England owe
Let others say; my lips declare
That France, now smitten by her foe
With sword erst answered freedoms 8
prayer.
Great Joffre. marshal OF fair France,
And Viviani must you give
Heartwelcomc, and within your
glance
OF love my country's soul shall
Hvei
GEORGE WILLIS PATTERSON.
The Washington times., 1917-04-25
FREED MANIAC KILLS MAN.

CLEAFIELD, Pa. April 25.-Fear,
ing he would commit murder. Bar
.telIo Aveni a few weeks ago re-
auested the police to put him In Jail.
They did so. and physicians pro
nounced him mentally unsound. He
was taken to the county home, and
yesterday noon a friend obtained his
release. Today Aven!. while at Sam
Cardelu's house. killed Cardellk
The Washington times., 1917-04-25
Prejudice and Experience

The Times published yesterday
two interviews on the question
whether the United States should try
to raise an army by the volunteer
system or by employing the selective
draft. Speaker Clark was in favo,
Of the first and Gen. B. NJ. T
Bridges, of the British army, favored
the second method.
Speaker Clark spoke with the voice
Of tradition and prejudice. His ar.
gument is picturesque, but not con.
vincing:
The War Department IS trying
to bulldoze the country into ap-
proving conscription system.
The best armies we ever had were
volunteer armies. ] do not want
TO see my son conscripted. favor
letting the flower aud youth of
the country volunteer before
fastening the disgrace of con-
scription upon them.
General Bridges spoke from actual
and recent experience at the front.
Twice wounded, decorated for cour-
age on the field of battle, he cannot
but think of the thousands of his
comrades that were sacrificed while
England was "muddling through"
He says:
The loss Of so many men at the
front who would have been of far
greater value at home did more
perhaps than anything else to
bring about the adoption of Sc
lective conscription. We realized
after a years laundering that
highly trained men should not be
sent to the trenches TO die and
that the government should have
the right to select the fighting
men and those to be kept at home
for industrial service, which is
Just as vital and necessary as
maintaining an army in the field.
We sent a great many men who
would have made good officers into
the trenches with guns on their
shoulders.
Of the two men interviewed, one is
no less concerned that America
shall make 30 mistake in raising an
army that may decide the issue of
the war, than is the other. But
Speaker Clark is where the British
people were in 1914. "The best
armies they had ever had" were vol
unteer armies, because they had
never had any other kind. Many an
English father "did not want to see
his son conscripted." The English
were also in favor of Letting the
youth and flower of the country vol
unteer before fastening the disgrace
cf conscription upon them" That
all sounded fine in England three
years ago. The English know bet
ter now and are anxious that their
American ally shall avoid their mis-
take.
AS for Speaker Clark's son, it
should be'impossible for the Speaker
of the House of Representatives to
settle a question involving the des-
tiny of nations by a purely personal
consideration. The Speakers son
right relieve the situation by volun-
teering now either in the regular
crmvsor the national guard.
In former issues between the Pres
The Washington times., 1917-04-25
Suggests Cultivation of Land Around
site for New Eastern High school.

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
You are waging a splendid campaign
in the interest OF city gardens. I wish
to call your attention to a tract of fall
low meadow land OF about 80 acres lying
from the Jail west to perhaps Fifteont h
street southeast and northeast and north
to Benning road. Included in that tract
Is the recently purchased site for the
new Eastern High School.
know nothing about farming but Il
seems to me that such a vast tract
could be plowed up and planted In oats
or corn or wheat or some kind OF fodder
for the many District-owned horses IL
for nothing else. c. b. LOWDER.
The Washington times., 1917-04-25
Denial of Burial in Arlington for
Major Burke Causes Protest
ARnInst IniustIce

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
l notice in reading one of the daily
papers that a site for the burial OF
the remains OF the late Major Burke
In Arlington was refused. because
he had never served his country as
an enlisted man.
Certainly there must be some mis-
take, for no one person could have
done more for his country than he.
But IL this is true, something should
be done to correct a great wrong
and have proper honor paid to one
that is entitled to all that his
countrymen might pay him.
Can you not lend your aid?
CONSTANT READER.
The Washington times., 1917-04-25
200 STUDENTS DRILLING.

More than 200 students OF the Cath
Ollie University are at work drilling
for admittance into the training
camps OF the Officers Reserve Corps
IL May. They have. been under the
direction OF Sergt. Major Henry
MalInka. OF the Washington Bar
racks. The men are drilling Tues
days, Thursdays and Fridays from 5
to 6 o'clock p. m.
NJ. Y. Wi!berding and NJ. p. Doran.
two Instructors, are assisting Ser
Raant AalinkA
The Washington times., 1917-04-25
U. S. TO HAVE. GREAT RADIO
Three-qyarters Of Globe To Be
spanned by PHILADELPHIA Wireless.

PHILADELPHIA, April 25-Prelim-
mary work Of construction Of one OF
the most powerful wireless stations in
the world has begun at the Philadelphia
navy yard, according to an official an
nouncement today. The construction Of
a huge hangar. which will house eight
battle hydroaeroplanes is also under
way.
The new wireless station win have a
sending radius Of approximately three
fourths OF the distance around the
globe. making possible direct communi-
cation with the Philippines and other
insular possessions Of the United States.
The aerial structure will be more than
700 feet high.
The Washington times., 1917-04-25
Correct Way to Hang American Flag,
when Stan II Not Used, Set Forth
by COrrespon

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
Please call attention to the correct
way to hang our flag on building
fronts. where nosstaff is used. as fol-
lows: When draped across the front,
the blue field should always be on the
left, as seen from the street: when
hung down from a window, or bal
cony. II should be on the right. Num-
erous flags are incorrectly hung
throughout the city. II any one doubts
the above advice. consult the War De-
partment or army regulations.
HENRY +. KING.
The Washington times., 1917-04-25

"If we must have censorship"
pleads a movie producer, "give us
censorship with brains" When they
get that maybe the managers will be
radical enough to admit more brains
into the scenario department.
The Washington times., 1917-04-25
She Brands Confederate Reunion Post
marks ms Pro-German Intrigue.

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
Now that America has so plainly
declared against disloyalty of any
kind, IL is i'll timed. to use no harsher
term, for the Government to cancel
postage stamps with Confederate no.
tices. It looks like pro-German in
trigus to create division among the
people. I protest against II. and wish
my postage cancelled in some other
way. MRS. II. V. BOYNTON.
The Washington times., 1917-04-25

American War Hero Back From
France-Sweeny Bears Two Wounds
and Legion OF Honor Ribbon.-Head-
line.
Bears his blushing honors thick
upon him." 90
The Washington times., 1917-04-25

The Germans. know twenty-eight
ways OF sinking ships and employed
twenty seven OF them in sinking the
Liebenfels in Charleston harbor. The
twenty eighth could not be employed,
as there were no U-boats available.
The Washington times., 1917-04-25
D. X. UNSICRER, Wright, Iowa.
WE NOMINATE HIM FOR PRESI.
DENT OF THE APTRoNYMIC
CIITR

Sir: His name alone ought to en-
title him to admission, so I beg to
nominate Hosea Waterer. That will
get him the first degree. His claims
for advancement to the second degree
rest upon the added fact that he is a
dealer in Plants, Bulbs. and Garden
Seeds. His store in Philadelphia is
located between Chestnut and Wal
nut streets on Seventh. which rounds
out an association of ideas that ought
to land him safely in the Third De-
gree OF the Order OF Aptronymics.
The Washington times., 1917-04-25

Never mind about the canceling OF
the Army and Navy baseball game.
This is the year OF a real world cham
pionship contest.
The Washington times., 1917-04-25

Effect of war on English women.
They will soon have the vote, but are
no longer interested in it~Headline,
How remarkably human human be-
ings are.
The Washington times., 1917-04-25

Why do our amigos, the Mexicans,
put up their oil tax 10 per cent and
their gas tax only 8? Are they trying
to encourage talk?
The Washington times., 1917-04-25

The war menu" fad has broken
out violently on Broadway, and at
some OF the more patriotic lobster
palaces 1t is now possible to obtain a
ham sandwich and a glass of milk
Tor only S2.S.-Boston Transcript.
That is. not counting the necessary
gratuities to waiter, hat check boy,
etc, etc.
The Washington times., 1917-04-25

II you find hoofs and horns in the
roast. don't be too hard on the
butcher these days he is
ony trying to make both ends meat.
The Washington times., 1917-04-25
CHANCE FOR AMBITIOUS YOUNG
MORMON.

Want advertisement in the Oskaloosa
Herald.
Married man to work on farm. No
booze fighter nor fisherman wanted.
The more children the higher the
wages.
The Washington times., 1917-04-25
Who They Are.

Sir: I'm that pleasing. plump male
who wears a belted overcoAt with a
front buckle. C. A.
The Washington times., 1917-04-25
Don Marquis
Column

Add gardening hints: Wild oats
may be sown on roof gardens.
The Washington times., 1917-04-25

CreeI Plans Smooth-workIng Censor
ship.-Heddline.
"Invents" would he n better word.
There never was such a thing before.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-09-27

l red cow 9years old
l red cow 7 years old
| red COW 5 years old
l red COW 4 years old
l red COW 3 years old
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-09-27

Jersey cow, 7 yrs. old, calf by side
Jersey cows, 8 yrs. old, calf by side
1red cow, 7 yrs. old, calf by side ;
4red cows coming 3 yrs. calf by side
cow, II yrs. old, calf by side
2red cows, 3 yrs. old
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-13
PEEvED AT WILSON; QUITS
to Devote Time to Cause OF
Suffrage.

WasAington.-Dudley Field Malone,
customs collector at New York, ten
dered his resignation to President
Wilson in protest against the failure
OF the president to advocate passage
of the federal suffrage amendment and
because he permitted the imprison-
ment of women who have been picket
ing the White House.
Mr.. Malone, who as counsel defend
ed the first of the militants arraigned
in police court here, told the president
in his letter of resignation that mas
much as he had promised the women
of the suffrage states that he would
exert all his energy to have the ma
tional Democratic administration in
dorse suffrage by constitutional
amendment, he felt obliged to resign
and devote himself to redeeming that
promise.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-13
DEMANDS
RETURN OF ALSACE
WILL NOT EVEN SUBMIT SUB
JEcT OF COMPROMISE TO DIP
LoMATlc DISCUSSION.
EXPECTS FULL PREPARATION

Paris.-France will not compromise
on the question of recovery Of Alsace
and Lorraine, Premier Ribot declared,
in an address delivered in connection
with the celebration of the anniver-
sary of the battle of the Marine. He
said France would not consent to
diplomatic discussion as to whether
the provinces should be restored.
The premier paid tribute to the
soldiers who fell on the Marine and to
the general who led Frances armies
to victory.
France makes pretensions only for
the recovery of its own-to regain pos
session of it's provinces, wrenched
from it by the odious abuse of force"
he said LET no one ask France to
compromise upon that question. The
nation could not do it without betray-
ing the cause of justice. What a
preface would be given to the peace
which it is sought to found upon the
rights of peoples if the injustice con-
summated half century ago should
be consecrated anew.
France does not ask that the agrees
sor be fined" he said, "but only that
the aggressor be obliged to repair the
damage he has DONE
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-13
HOUSE NAMES PROBE BOARD
Will Investigate Shipment of Defec-
tive Ammunition To Troops
In France.

Washington-The house OF repre-.
sentatives went into high gear on its
way to a thorough and final probing
OF the defective ordnance scandal at
Frankfort arsenal Speaker Clark
put climax on It's action by appoint
ing a committee Of nine representa-
tiyes to conduct the investigation. The
committee includes: Dent of Alabama,
chairman; Fields of Kentucky, Quinn
of Mississippi; Gordon of Ohio and
Shallenberger of Nebraska, the five
ranking Democrats, and Anthony OF
Kansas, Mckenzie of Illinois, Green
of Vermont and NORM of Pennsylva-
mia, four of the ranking republicans,
all from the house committee on mil
itary affairs Representative Kahn of
California was slated for a place on
the committee, being the ranking re-
publican on the military affairs COM
mittee, but begged to be excused, as
he is leaving Washington for a
months rest.
The committee was named after the
house committee on rules had favor
ably reported on the resolution de-
manding probe.
That the house probe will be much
more thorough than that conducted
by the senate committee on military
affairs was the declaration of house
leaders.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-13
|. w. W. LEADER CONFESSES
Attempts To Gain Immunity BY 81
vuIgng Secrets to Federal
Agents.

Chicago.-Inner secrets of the l. w.
w. fund for promoting strikes, de-
stroying crops and combating the gov
eminent were told in the first confess
sion received by federal agents since
they opened war on antiwar radicals.
Carl Rothfisher, an associate editor
of Solidarity, the official weekly of the
l. w. W., divulged the secrets in a
vain effort to effect his own release.
Names of prominent pro-German
Chicagoans are said to have been in
cluded in the long statement that
Rothfisher dictated to senographer
in the offices of Walter L. Furbeshaw,
assistant chief of federal investigators
here
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-13
RELIEF IS WORTH
THOUSANDS TO HIM
Daniel Felt Like He Was No More
Use in This World He
Declares.
GAINS ELEVEN POUNDS
Recains His Health Taking Tanlae and
Can Now Do as Much Work as
He Ever Could In His Life.
He Says.

'Tt's worth thousands Of dollars to
feel like l do now, since Tanlac has
taken away the trouble that kept me
in misery for the last twenty years"
said M. B. Daniel, well-known farmer
living on Route 2 out of Abbeville,
Georgia, a few days ago.
whenever a man suffers as long az
did, he gets to the place where he
feels like he's no more good in this
world" he continued, land that's just
the way l had begun to feel. Long
ago / got so weak / couldn't carry on
my work, for spells of stomach trouble
and nervousness just made 1t torture
for me to eat and the trouble had
wouldn't let me sleep at all. My heart
would flutter and act queer until l
was afraid it would stop and | got so
blue and discouraged that l felt like
/ didn't much care If it did.
I'D been well-enough satisfied just
to have my sufferings relieved, bat
that's not all Tanlac has done for
me-I have gained eleven pounds in
weight-since l started taking it. /
can eat as hearty meal as If l had
never had stomach trouble at all and
my strength has come back so l can
do as much work in day as I ever
could. / just feel like a new man all
over and will be glad to tell anybody
just what this wonderful medicine has
done for me-"
There is a Tanlac dealer in your
tOWn-AdV.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-13
OUTLINES US. PEACE TERMS
ment Is Cleared Up In ExpIana-
tory Note.

Washington,-Ful suffrage for a
Germany rid of Hohenzollernism, right
of disputed territories to speak for
their own futures, and restitution and
reparatiOn for those countries trod-
den under foot during the war, means
peace. Nothing short of this can ter
inmate the war.
To clear up the confusion created
by the state departments recent an
nouncement, in apparent conflict with
President Wilson's reply to the pope,
semi-official Interpretation of the adj
ministration's actual attitude, an in
deportation vouched for by the high
est authorities, has been issued.
The allies can not talk peace with
the Hohenzollerns, in the opinion of
administration officials. The German
people should act promptly to elimi-
nate entirely this dynasty and aban-
don all militaristic rule, if the war is
not to go on Indefinitely
Bluff reform, such as merely max
ing the chancellor subject to the will
of the reicstag, is not sufficient. There
must be a clear knowledge among the
allies of full responsibility of the Ger
manic powers to their people.
Acceptability of Germany's internal
reforms will not depend upon the de-
cision of the United States or Eng
land or France, but must be such as
"the other peoples of the world would
be justified in accepting"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-13
sweden Pebbles
j. 5. INFORMATION
TRANSMITS INFORMATION TO
BERLIN THROUGH SWEDISH
LEGATIONS.
TELLS OF TROOP SAILINGs
Secretary Lansing Warns Argentine
Of German Influence In That Coun-
try-State Department Holds
Documentary Proof.

Washington.-Swed as an aid to
German intrigue, was exposed by the
state department.
Documents in possession of the
United States government show that
the Scandinavian country has violated
American neutrality and has had
transactions with Germans that Off
cial Washington expects to lead to a
declaration OF war against Germany
by the Argentine republic. The lat
ter has been almost on the verge Of
such a step for some time, but has
been placated by Teutonic promises.
Messages were made public by the
state department to show that the
Swedish government permitted Count
Luxburg, the German charge daft
flares in Buenos Aires, to send COM
munications to Germany through the
foreign office at Stockholm. These
were passed as official Swedish mes
sages. They were in code. While this
form of communication is not ques-
toned in time of peace, it is consid-
cred remarkable that Sweden allowed
them to go through with assurance
that they were harmless.
Three of these messages were given
out. In two cases they advised Ger
many to pursue ruthless submarine
warfare. against the shipping of Argen-
tina, neutral nation to which Count
Luxburg was accredited. He urged
that Argentine ships be sunk without
O trace being left" In other words,
he urged the destruction of the crews
as well as of the vessels themselves.
Sweden, through her breach Of faith
and all international usage, herself is
brought to the brink of war. Diplo-
mats consider her offense inexcusa-
BILE. More important still, it is limited
in certain quarters that it is most
probable that this attitude of Sweden
was not confined to the legation at
Buenos Aires and that in it explana-
ton might be found for numerous
"leaks" from the United States of mil
itary information to Germany. The
"leak" Of the sailing dates and routes
of American transports bearing troops
to France, which enabled German sub
marines to lie in wait and waylay
them, was instantly recalled.
The state departments document
airy proof, In copy, was handed to the
Swedish legation and Argentine en-
bassy here by a state department Of
fetal
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-13

London.-Bombs hurled from fleet
OF German aeroplanes snuffed out the
life OF one American officer and
wounded more or less seriously eight
Americans in what Is described as a
deliberate raid on the British-Aner-
lean hospitals in French coast city.
The hospitals attacked are occupied
by st. Louis and Harvard contingents,
which were among the first to arrive
in France after Americas entrance
into the war. The Harvad unit was
the most severely hit by the raid.
Five of the wounded at the Harvard
units hospital were members of the
American field staff Ten were pa
tients. So far as is known one bomb
each fell into the hospitals.
The Daily Express, In an editorial
on the raid, says:
There is something essentially re-
voting about Germany's latest form
of organized frightfulness. The kali
ser has left few enormities unperpe-
trated. His evil genius has decreed
that he should in a score of ways
throw eternal dishonor On German
arms, but the systematic bombing of
hospitals at the front has reached the
point which may well be regarded as
the limit of iniquity"