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NE in every twelve members OF
the United States Congress has
done his bit beneath his flag.
The fafal honor rnll of


II the United States Congress- has
IL ~ done his bit beneath his flag.
~ The total honor roll of
forty-two members contained the names
Of thirty-one veterans of the Spanish
American and six of the Union and five
Of the Confederate armies. OF these thir-
teen now are senators and twenty-nine
representatives.
The Senate boasts Of a former mem
ber of the United States Navy. Senator
Weeks of Massachusetts,, who, strange
~ enough, according to the Congress
sional Record. is the only member of
either house who ever had naval train
ing.
*
To top off the list of members who
know the horrors and the uses of war
intimately, the House contains wide
Iy known war correspondent. Medin
Mccormick of Chicago. He has seen
many wars. both of the musical comedy
and slaughter varieties. in his many
years experience at the front
Hence, when war debate starts.
neither house is lacking for first-hand
information as to what war is and
what 1t is likely to be.
These fighters have not drawn the
same lessons from war. Some of them
think it is good thing and that we
should have some more of it. while
others are pacifists. The result of this
situation, however, is good. 1t leads to
broad debate and encourages members
of every view to express their opinions.
If men who have faced cannon cannot
agree. argue members who never have
been on a battlefield, surely we have a
right to our own opinions. And argu-
ing thus, they spring into the debate.
Thereupon the Congressional Record
takes on weight and the country profits
more or less thereby.
No more striking illustration of diff
fering opinions regarding war, particu-
1arly the present war, can be found
than in the speeches of Representative
Sherwood of Ohio and Representative
Stedman of North Carolina, Union and
Confederate soldier and general and
major. respectively. Sherwood has
been a pacifist since the outbreak of
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fe1nbers Congress Who Have Done Their Bit in w

sas troops. which Little was helping to
raise. Little Immediately suggested
Funston, who had been filibustering In
Cuba. for the republican place. The
governor accepted the suggestion and.
seated on bed in Little's room in a
Topeka hotel the following day. the
governor came to an agreement with
Funston. After making Funston a
colonel Leedy made Little a lieutenant
colonel, first offering him a higher
rank. which Little declined.
Little fought in a dozen Philippine
engagements and came out of the war
with a great record. He was the first
man across the bridge at Marilao. and
at the battle Of Guiginto he had the
miraculous experience of seeing the
man on either side of him shot and
escaping unhurt himself.
1t seems perfectly natural to Repre-
sentative Mccormick of Illinois to be
participating in the making of war.
He has seen SO many engagements as
many experiences connected with wars
that he Just has to have hand in them.
II he were not on the floor Of the House,
it is a hundred to one shot that he
Some of the most exciting experiences
Mccormick ever had were in Mexico
three years ago, when Funston went to
Vera Cruz.
Assigned by Chicago news syndicate
Mccormick thought it wise to obtain
credentials from the London Times.
Arriving at Vera Cruz, he had them
vised by the British consul. who gave
him beautifully prepared certificate.
almost duplicate of British pass
port, informing every one that he was
the representative of the Times.
Some time after landing in Vera Cruz
Mccormick. the late Richard Harding Da-
Wis and Frederick Palmer. the world ia
nous war correspondent. got through the
lines and started for Mexico City. and
were picked up by the same band Of Mex.
leans which murdered Private Paris.
Davis and Palmer had everything on them
taken away: Mccormick declined to give
up his certificate and also a letter from
the French consul to Gen. Mas. the Mex
ican. Finally the guerrillas too;a the three
before Mas. The latter received them
with Difference. He was greatly impressed
by McCormicks British credentials. Turn
ing to Davis he asked him where he came
FROM Mccormick promptly said:
''He represents the Toronto Globe.''
And them" Mccormick explains, Mas
looked at Palmer.
Who is that% he asked and before I
could fake foreign assignment for
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CongratuIating an Ally.

A MBASsADoR Jusserand was felict-
~ tated. apropos Of a recent French
victory, by pretty American girl. 1t
was at a reception, and the girl said
with q cuftsey:
''Your excellency. none but the brave
deserve La Ferc."
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many campaigns.
aration for it in the days when Gardner
was shouting down legislative rainbar-
rel, members listen more attentively to
him.
Gardner was soldier and a brave one.
too. He rarely refers to his service, yet
for bravery in the Porto Rican campaign
he was brevetted major He refused
to talk about the circumstances leading
up to his brevetting, but search OF the
Congressional Record showed them.
One hot summer day during the Span
ish-American war. when the sun was
shining down SO brightly that kidney
bean would have stood out In the middle
of desert, Col. Hulings of the 18th
Pennsylvania wanted some one to volun..
teer to ride a white horse in the face OF
Spanish gunfire to an American battal-
ion and advise them to head off certain
Spanish reinforcements. Gardner was
quick to respond and his offer was ac-
cepted.
Now any one who ever has taken girl
buggy riding at night behind a white
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could possibly have been wrought had
been neatly tied up in packages Of dis
comfort and suffering for every one
concerned, save Magdalen herself or
course. the old illumined story is past
reproducing and very likely Mr.. King
had no thought of attempting this i'm
possible task. As a merely modern in
vention of young priest drawn into
the vortex of love, this writer makes
the young fellow give an extraordinar.
lily good account Of himself.
MAG PYE. BY Bettina Won Hutten.
author of Birds Fountain" etc.
New York: d. Appleton & Co.
In quaint and charming atmosphere
of middle age, Bettina Won Hutten
projects the story of the little girl Mag
Pye. Up to the very last lap of the
story all the folks around Mag Pye are
old, old folks-all of them quite forty.
or over. And despite the burden Of
their years they are an engaging group.
around some of whose members faint
odors of romance linger. And the little
girl In their midst is a Joy Of ingeni-
Gus and sturdy girl life. Indeed. upon
the whole. Mag Pye appears to be not
so much the e>heEoine of a modern story
as to be. instefd. the spark that sets to
a recrudescenA flame all the other in
as the mere story purposes of the de-
yelopment arr concerned Mag Pye
comes in to accent all of them-action.
mystery, COmplcdtlOn, climax. But 03D~.
as an individual, prefers to ssSUp her
for the sake of personal companionship
and joy, since Mag Pye is one of the
most human. one of the most adorably
natural girls, that one has had the
chance to meet in long time.
I, MARY MACLANE, A Diary Of Humaz
Life. By Mary MacLane author Of
THE Story of Mary MacI,ane." New
York: Frederick A Stokes CompapE
What an interesting world. what an
exciting world. this would be IL peo-
pie would only talk of the things they
are thinking about instead of talking
so busily of the things that they are
not thinking about" How often have
we said this!> How often have We
heard it said! And now. at hand, We
have a case in point. Mary Mac.
Lane has without doubt-one hopes,
and believes.spoken right out. in free
that have found lodging for the night
in that hospitable mind Of hers. II
there have been reticencies in her dis
closures one does not miss them. What
she thinks and feels upon all manner
of occasion appears here. The food she
eats, the clothes she wears-even to
the color of particular chemise
the texture Of special pair of panties
the quality of her thoughts. the brand
of her feelings-in this or that situa-
tion-aH these come out In this open
it? 1t is not question of liking. Rath.
er is it question of disappointment in
ones original contention that this
would be a heady and delectable world
If all of US would only speak out. Moth.
ing of the kind!
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when are you going to lead this
charger inquired the Observer.
mot for a while yet replied the be-
lever in charges. Il got to straighten
up some things in my grocery store before
/ go over to Europe"
There were others.
Now what the Observer would like to
know is why the War Department is
failing to get these invaluable embryo
Napoleons in it's service. They shouldn't
be ignored. Rather they should be urged
in a definite and forceful manner to go
along.
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Schenectady than they are here" the
stranger youchsafed. '1'll see you over
there"
So Osborne and the stranger went to
Schenectady and sure enough the fu-
ture congressman was accepted. He
was mustered out at the age Of seven
teen years.
The man responsible for the late Gen.
Frederick Funston getting into the
United States Army, Col. Ed c. Little
of the House. Besides getting Funston
into the famous goth Kansas of Span
ish-American war fame he served in
it himself.
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battles ON the floor of the House.
photo by Edmonston.)
the European war, and although he re-
Gently announced his conviction that
the United States should use it's sea
forces in combating Germany. he
never has quite agreed who1e-heartedly
to the war including the use of land
forces in France. Stedman is firm
supporter of the war.
Both men were good fighters. Their
records and their present splendid
physiques, despite their advanced years,
show they were the kind of soldiers
who would follow the flag wherever it
went.
Sherwood enlisted at twentysix years
of age as private in the 14th Ohio In
fantry and was mustered out four years
in forty-three Sul battles sep Under FIRE FIRE Ia 1as
days. was complimented six times in
special orders for gallant conduct in
battle, and, finally, was made a general
for long and faithful service.
That would have been enough fight
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of the little black specks in human
nature as pair of girls can possibly
De made to be. the story races from
one escapade to another without ever
once stopping to catch breath. If it
were not for the dog-yes, there is a
very real and adorable dog-one feels
that now and then there might be a
silghtly thin spot in this to-do. But
Ihe dog covers quickly, filling in dog
1ully-and the haphazard doings are
on again in full force.
ST. PAUL THE HERO. By Rufus NJ.
Jones; author of "The Inner Life,''
etc. Illustrated. New York: The
Macmillan Company.
In this simply told tale the author
depends in great measure on the GUS
toms of Jewish life, generally, for his
development of the most Intellectual
figure of the Bible period which closes
the Old Testament and opens the early
pages of the New. The boy who asks
ms ms rather. Who made the mountains
that reach clear up to the skye" might
have been any other curious child of
Iarsus. 1t is to the jealous piety of
his father-a pharisee who worships
every letter OF the law and Roman
citizen who has done service for the
empire-that the future apostle owes
the training that upbuilds him into
st. Paul the hero" The facts upon
which the volume is based are drawn
from the Scriptures and cotempora-
neous history, and may be considered
authentic. in SO far as possibility will
permit.
THE LIFTED VEIL. By Basil King,
author Of THE Inner Shrine" etc.
Illustrations by James Montgomery
Fiagg. New York: Harper & Bros.
Mr.. Kings new novel is a far and
faint echo of the story of Magdalen at
the feet of Jesus-that is, it is as near
to that old idyllic tale as it could be
brought by the sheer force of an art
lists invention under the modern COM
b1natton of the new Babylon of New
York, an assistant rector of fashion
able metropolitan church and an ex-
quisitely gowned. up-to-date, mys-
terious sinner OF the female persuasion
To be sure. Mr.. King is handicapped
here. Near things are open to captious
and searching scrutiny Old happen
ings are bathed in the violet glamours
of distance. The first Magdalen saves
herself to posterity by virtue of her
having loved much. This new Magda-
len is a feeble modern who only plays
at love with the young priest because
he is good-like God-and it touches
her rag of a heart to turn him away.
screws her alleged mind to the point
of denying-at the very altar-while
she cannily hies herself home to mar
ry Sir Somebody-or-Other, from up
in Canada. The title of this story is
meant to explain the fact that when
this new Magdalen made her confession
to the young cleric the well" was not
lifted" nor did 1t make it's condem-
ming revelation till all the mischief that
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women to aid in perfecting their sys-
tenn of birth registration"
In answer to question. Mrs. Good
win replied:
terest among the woman clubs. ny
sending letters to physicians. nurses
and others in touch with the supJect,
answering questions and disseminating
information on the subject or b,ftn reg
istration generally. State officials every
where express appreciation OF eHorts
made toward improved state laws III
this direction.
"Of course, a good state law is neces-
sary to provide the machinery for reg
istering births. in each community and
forwarding records to the state regis
trar. "A good law is necessary TO give
authority for the fining of physic1ans
and others concerned who habituaily
fail to report the births they attend.
and such fining has proved essential for
securing registration in these commu-
mites. But even with good law ana
officials who honestly try to enforce
it, there will always be some unreg-
istered babies unless parents insist
upon having their children's births re-
corded.
"Interest in birth registration is con-
stantly growing. Many state ana city
health departments are working sys-
tematically for better registration in
their respective districts. Volunteer
committees in go communities III
twenty-seven states have already re-
ported to the children's bureau on local
tests. and over 80 committees are now
at work.
I'VE would like every state to send
parents a certificate of the birth reg
istration of their children, which may
be kept for possible use. Five states,
Maryland, Michigan, New York. Vir-
gtnia and Wisconsin and few city
health officials in other states. send no.
tfces to parents. This record Is often
an attractive document, quite worthy
of framing, an ideal certificate and
bears the state seal.
."The massage of the national child
labor law last year gave new I'M
petus and emphasis to the question or
birth registration, and those who urged
the passage Of the law now urge the
necessity of uniform complete birth reg
istration as the basis of its effective
enforcement A child who is registered
may not be taken from school and set
to work under age. On more than one
occasion, when parents, especlally TOT
eieners, have been guilty of misstat-
ing the ages of their children record
from the town of their birth has saved
those children from untimely toll
"A number of things come to one in
the normal processes Of life for which
there is today a legal minimum age.
Proof Of age may be needed in school.
for working papers, for voting, for
marrying. for life insurance or for Sc
curing a civil service position. Or
again, one may need to establish citi-
zenship or the right of inheritance. Sup
pose a legacy were left you. native
American citizen, by relative in
distant state, or in a foreign country.
Could you establish your parentage and
receive the inheritance? An official
birth certificate. perhaps, would be-
the only valid evidence. Could you fur
nish 1t? Could your child furnish il? In
any one of a dozen ways q birth certln-
cate may be saving of trouble and
expense, and in this time of war it may
even mean the saving Of life"
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Palmer Fred clicked his heels together,
saluted and said. I am an American citi-
zen" Mas grunted. called his men and
ordered them to escort Palmer back to the
lines. on foot, and turn him over to the
Americans. AS for Davis and myself. we
were given safe conduct to Mexico
City"
Davis and Mccormick soon found. how
ever, that safe conduct to Mexico City wes
of little advantage Within a few days
they again were in prison.
Other members of the House who wero
in the Spanish-Anerican war are Hud-
dleston. Alabama; Oldfeld, Arkansas
Freeman and Tilson Connecticut: How
ard and Larsen, Georgia; Helvering.
Kansas; James, Michigan: Anderson and
Lundeen. Minnesota; Humphreys. Missis-
sippi; Dyer, Missouri: Haskell, New
York; Welty, Ohio; Robbins. Pennsyl-
vania: Sells and Hull, Tennessee; Greene.
Vermont; Neely. West Virginia, and Sui
zer, Alaska.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

EIODAY the Secretaries of War and
Navy are inundated with letters
from lads eager to serve their
q country with sword and gun.
Asked to show certificates of age, the
majority are at loss to know what is
meant. By the same token, men of ripper
years have evaded their legitimate call to
arms by claiming a higher toll of years
than is their real due. In the majority
Of such cases there is no absolute record
to prove availability or unavailability for
the country's service, because the United
States has Jagged behind other nations in
the care and completeness with which
births are registered.
Suppose your son had been living
abroad year ago and military laws were
about to force him into the trenches.
Could you have sent him an actual GER
yours. and the place where he was born,
SO as to establish his American citizen
ship without question and save him from
a foreign fighting line? The most prob
able answer is. NO"
4 4
Here is true story bearing on that
question:
An American citizen abroad last year
was arrested because he was suspected
of being an English spy. He declared
himself to be an American citizen and
gave an epitomized biography. ''Send
for a certified copy of your birth regis
tration to prove it, said the captors
The American citizen was confused and
confounded. He had never heard of birth
there was no national or state record of
his birth. Through a series of long and
painful efforts of an able American am
bassador, the man escaped execution as
a spy, but it was only by a happy chance
that for want of complete birth registra-
ton In his country he did not lose his life
unjustly.
Another true story may show the full
other application. This is the case Of
2 young daughter of an immigrant
Swede. He wanted his child, who was
born in the United States, to see his
home, and he took her with him on a
visit to Sweden. He died soon after
reaching his boyhood home. leaving his
daughter an orphan. Her friends were
to return. The courage that took her
TO Ellis Island was severely tested
when she was told there that as an
unprotected minor she could not enter
the country unless she could prove her
claim to American citizenship. Much
time and trouble were spent in looking
for the record Of her birth. but none
continued to search for some witnesses,
and finally they found the doctor who
attended her mother when she was
born. but wh6 had failed to report the
birth. The kindly fate by which it
happened that the doctor was still alive,
and that this young girl had friends
willing and able to search him out.
alone prevented her becoming girl
without a country.
These stories and many others of
equal interest and import emanate from
the children's bureau Of the Depart
naent Of Labor, which, finding the lack
6f universal birth registration a detri-
ment to national progress, has taken
The matter up as part of its child well
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Little was secretary to Gov. Leedy of
Kansas inNS98. when the call came for
volunteers, and Leedy announced that
he intended to appoint democratic re-
publican and populist colonel for KAN
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HE SOUL OF GERMANY. BY ThomaS
A. Smith, late English lecturer in
the University of Erlangen. New
York: George H. Doran Company.
The Washington times., 1917-09-11
GR|FFSARE STILL
ON THEIR WAY TO
GUST THE YANKS

The GriRmen are still on their way
to the Delectable. Mountains. Harry
Harper, the Hackensack Adonis. out
pitched Babe Ruth-who really isn't
any babe, at alI-but Shaw and Du
Mont fell down trying to stop Carl
Mays. So the Griffs are still behind
their enemies. the detestable Yankees.
Gharrity's hit and unbelievable
speed gave the Griffs a tally in the
third OF the first contest, while zeb
Milan sent his brother home in the
fifth with the run that made the score
2 to /.
Harper's effectiveness in the
pinches, usually showing by a strike
out exhibition, OF which he had six,
gave his team the edge over the
champions.
Shaw was good for a while in the
second battle, but he Issued seven free
tickets in four frames and Du Mont
was rushed to the rescue. He came
along in q bad place and the Sox tied
the count. In the eighth Shorten was
hit by q pitched ball. stole, and scored
on Scott's single, winning the con-
test.
The Washington times., 1917-09-11
WORLDS SERIES PRICES
WILL BE CHEAP, SAYSBAN

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 11.-So far As the
American League is concerned. prices
for the 1917 worlds series games will
be cheaper than they have been for
several years past. No more sky-hIgh
charges will be made. Double the
season price will rule, according to
Ban johnson, who is now in this city.
The new scale will be simply this"
said johnson. Seats will be Just
double In price those prevailing dur
ing the playing season. II Chicago
wins the American pennant Comiskey
will have 1000 bleacher seats at so
cents, 5000 pavilion seats at 81, and
the entire grandstand reserved for
$3.50. Box seats will cost IS.
This, 1 think, places the worlds
series games within the reach of all.
"Of course, ] have nothing to say
concerning prices at the National
League park, but when the commits
sion arranges details hope the other
league Will accept these prices.
IF Chicago wins. I think there is
little doubt that the series will begin
Saturday. October 8. as that will en-
able US to get in a Sunday game in
Chicago"
The Washington times., 1917-09-11
ROCKY KANSAS DEFEATS
CHANEY IN SIX ROUNDS

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Sept. IL
Rocky Kansas. Of Buffalo. last night
defeated George CLANCY, the Baltimore
slugger. in a six-round, no-decision
battle before the Olympic Athletic
Association here. Kansas, landing by
far the cleaner punches, had a clear
cut advantage in the last four rounds
of the bill, several times staggering
the lad from the Monumental City
with terrific rights to the head and
body.
The first round was even, while the
second, in which he cut his oppo-
nent's eye with a left hook and had
his mouth bleeding freely, was Cha
ney's only session.
CLANCY was sorry spectacle after
the encounter. One cheek was badly
puffed. his left eye was nearly closed
and his face was covered with blood.
II was a whirlwind. slambang affair,
with neither boy devoting any time
TO science.
The Washington times., 1917-09-11
JOHNSON is ONLY ONE.

Ed Wolfe. baseball expert for the
Philadelphia Inquirer, has selected an
team, an all-American
team, and an All-star team. composed
of the best players in both big
leagues. Walter johnson is the lone
Of the Washington club
The Gli-star team fol-
lows: catchers, Killefer, PhIls, and
schaIk, White sox; pitchers. Cicotte,
Johnson, Ruth, Alexander, and
hrst base Sisler: second base.
Eddie Collins: Bhortstop, Bancroft,
Phils: third base, Frank Baker:
utility infelder. Groh, Reds: autfeId-
ers, Cobb, Speaker, and Burns, of the
Giants, with Rousch, Reds, a. utility.
The Washington times., 1917-09-11
BOB WILEY PLANS GOOD
CARD FOR ARDMORE

Two special siX-round bouts have
been arranged by Matchmaker Bob
Wiley for the opening show OF the
Ardmore Club, booked for next Mon
day night. They will replace the
usual semiwind-up before the big
battle between the two tons OF hard
coal, Sam Langford and Andy John
son, heavyweights.
Mike Uraine, the Fighting Cop"
and Jack Boland have been signed up
for one six-rounder. Patsy Donovan,
the Washington fiyweight, will tackle
Kayo Hanlon, OF Baltimore, in the
other.
Two prelims and a battle royal will
serve to round out WIley's first box
ing show. Kid McCRuley and Doggie
Hamilton are down for one prelim,
with Young Frankie Duvall, of the
Rosedale Club, meeting Young
Ahearn in the other.