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The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-10-06

them with the declaration that CON
gress had done its work in furnishing
the money for the war very effective
ly. Representative Fitzgerald of the
house committee said the war appro-
priations of the next session of con-
gress will depend to Every consider
able extent" upon the number of men
in the military forces of the United
States.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-10-06
LABOR LEADER
IS FOOD BOSS
OF NEW YORK

John Mitchell, labor leader and
chairman Of the state industrial COM
mission, is New York States food
dictator. He was nominated by Gov
ernor Whitman and unanimously con-
firmed by the senate to fill the non
salaried Craftsmanship Of the state
food commission, to which George w
Perkins aspired.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-10-06

ever treaties and agreements can do
to make the peace permanent and
minimize the chances of war in the
future. But avoid folly and hypocrisy
and do not make believe that any pa
per scheme will bring the millennium
or abolish all chances of future war.
After we have done all we can do by
Hagues conferences and arbitration
agreements and treaties, let US profit
by the lessons of the last three and q
quarter years and remember that all
these things taken together will be a.
utterly insufficient safeguard for peace
against alien aggression. There is
but one permanent method of securing
safety for this nation, and that is by
training our strength in time of peace,
by preparedness, and the only effective
preparedness must rest upon system
of universal obligatory military train
I ing for ali our young men; train
inc whica is against war, fcf it will
ren1cr : most unlikely that there eveT
WILL be war; training which will also
UNNECESSARILY increase the self-rc-
spect and patriotism and the moral
and physical fitness OF young men for
the tasks of peace"
Referring to the Bolo Pasha revola-
tions he declared that statements al
ready published disclosed that "the
German ambassador for the last two
years prior to the breaking of diplo-
h1atic relations was engaged in cam
naign in this country to influence pub
lie opinion throug the press, through
pacifist organizations and similar boll-
les. How large the corruption fund
that was spent in America was we d.
OF yet know. But it was certainly
large. 1t should show us that accept
alce CT blibe money from the German
government was one Of the factors
and perhape the most important fac
tor in keeping alive pro-German agi
ltation in this country"
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-10-06

British Front in France and Bel
GUM, Oct. 5.-The sun this morning
was shining down through the crisp
October air on an unwavering line of
victorious British troops along the
new defenses which they reached in
yesterdays great drive.
The night had brought virtually no
change in the situation and the Brit
ish were rapidly consolidating the po-
sltions that were the fruit of one of
the most important conquests of the
war. The night was comparatively
calm SO far as infantry action was
concerned.
The enemy, however, concentrated
(; an intense artillery fire on the entire
battlefront and during yesterday af-
ternoon and evening they massed their
shattered troops at various places for
borne Of desperation and in almost
every case the onrushing waves of
German infantry were caught in a
ASoNy cAsAiSky " AdSilHC gun oliu IliiS
fire and crushed before they reached
their detectives. The German artillery
fire was particularly heavy up to mid
night along the section just north OF
! the Menin road in the vicinity of Pol
derhoek. This afternoon and evening
the enemy launched no less than five
counter attacks in this sector of the
front, but each time were driven back
with heavy loss.
A little further north in the neigh
borhood of Reun, the Germans met
with little more success. Twice they
essayed to press back the British
troops, and twice they were hurled
back.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-10-06

s d y +
Latest photograph Of the beautiful
Mrs. Ava Willing Astor, first wife Of
the late John Jacob Astor, who has
been living In London for several
years.
shAAia nnsr resvsssin her lie 70 war
relief work. She Is one o. the most
Industrious workers among the society
women and nobility In London. She
seems to be interchangeable, for every
moment Of her time is spent advantage
ously.s
Mrs. Aston has won a place high In
London's social sphere, and Is much
sought by nobility. Her daughter,
MurieI, aids In the relief work.
1t Is reported that Mrs. Vincent As
tor paid her mother-in-law visit
while on short stay In London. Mrs.
Vincent Astor is now In France aid
ing In the organization Of hospital
behind the lines.
Every now and then count breaks
into the news with information that he
Is trying to win the hand Of the charm
Ing Mrs. Astor. Many members Of
nobility have been disappointed
sultors.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-05-25

/ and made what sail he could without
| taking all the hands from the guns
This kept the vessels nearly along
side a few minutes. and the fight
was hot as fire. The pirate now for
the first time hOiSted his flag 1t was
| black as ink. His crew yelled as it
rose; the BritOns, instead of quailing
| cbeered with fierce derision, the pi-
J rates wild crew of yellow Malays,
black chinless Papuans, and bronzed
| Portuguese, served their side guns,
| 12-pounders, we'll and with ferocious
cries: the white Britons drunk with
| battle now, naked to the waist,
grirned with powder and spotted like
leopards with blood, their own and
their mates, replied with loud I'M
daunted cheers, and deadly hail Of
grape from the quarterback; while
the master gunner and his mates.
loading with a rapidity the mixed
races opposed could not rival, hulled
the schooner well between wind and
water, and then fired chain shots at
her maSts, as ordered, and began TO
play the mischief with her shrouds
and rigging. Meantime, Fullalove and
Kenealy, aided by Vespian. who
loaded, were quietly butchering the
pirate crew two minute, and hoped
to settle the question they were fight
| ing for; smooth bore versus rifle. but
unluckily neither fred once without
killing, so there was nothing proven.
Nl,Nr 70, hold h.. -s.,lp
of fair fighting first; he hoisted his
mainsail and drew rapidly ahead,
with slight bearing to the windward,
and dismOunted carronade and stove
in the ships quarter-boat, by way of
parting kick.
The men hurled contemptuous
cheer after him; they thought they
had beaten him off. But DOdd knew
better. He was but retiring a little
way to make a more deadly attack
than ever; he would soon wear and
cross the Agra's defenseless bows, to
rake her fore and aft at pistolshot dis
lance. or grapple. and board the en-
feebled ship 200 strong.
DOdd few to the helm, and with his
own hands put it hard weather to
give the deck guns one more chance,
the last, of sinking or disabling the de-
stroyer. AS the ship Obeyed, and
deck gun beloved below him, he saw
vessel running out from Long Island,
and coming swiftly up on his lee quar-
ter.
1t was schooner. Was she coming
to his aid?
Horror! A black flag tloated from
her foremost head.
While Dodd's eyes were staring al
most out of his head at this deathblow
to hope. Monk fired again, and just
then pale face came close to Dodds
and solemn voice whispered in his
ear: "Our ammunition is nearly
done!"
Dodd seized Sharpes hand convul-
sively. and pointed to the pirates con-
sort coming up to finish them, and
said. with the calm of n brave mans
despair: "Cutlasses and die hard !"
AT that moment the master gunner
fired his last gun. 1t sent chain
shot on board the retiring pirate,
took off a Portuguese head and spun
it clean into the sea ever so far to
windward. and cut the schooner's fore
mast so nearly through that it trem-
bled and nodded, and presently
snapped with loud crack, and came
down like a broken tree, with the yard
and sail. the latter overlapping the
deck and burying itself, black flag and
all. in the sea and there in one mo-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-05-25

LIE uOWH lOTWaTu! SHOuteu OOuu,
through his trumpet. "Bayliss, give
him a shot"
The carrOnade was fired with
tremendous report, but no visible eff
feet. The pirate crept nearer, steer
ing in and out like a snake to avoid
the carronades, and firing those two
heavy guns alternately into the devot-
ed ship. He hulled the Agra low
nearly every shot.
The two available carronades replied
noisily, and jumped as usual; thay
sent one 32-pound shot clean through
the schooner's deck and side; but
that was literally all they did worth
speaking of.
Curse them ~ cried Dodd; TOAD
them with grape! They are not to be
trusted with ball. And all my IS
Founders dumb The coward won's
come. alongside and give them
chance"
At the next discharge the pirate
Clipped the mizzen mast. and knocked
a sailor into dead pieces on the fore
castle. Dodd put his helm down ere
the smoke cleared, and got three
carronades to bear, heavily laden with
grape. Several pirates fell, dead or
wounded, on the crowded deck, and
some holes appeared in the foresail;
this one Interchange was quite in favor
of the ship.
But the lessons made the enemy
h.A Int
steered so adroitly, now right astern,
now on the quarter, that the ship
could seldom bring more than one car
rOnade to bear, while he raked her
fore and aft with grape and ball.
In this alarming situation, Dodd
possible; but for all he could do four
were killed and seven wounded.
Fullalove's word came too true; 1t
was the swordfish and the whale.
At last, when the ship was cloyen
with shot, and peppered with grape,
the channel opened: in FIVE minutes
more he could put her dead before the
wind.
No. The pirate. on whose side luck
had been from the first, got half
broadside to bear at long musket shot,
killed a midshpman by Dodd's side,
cut away two of the Agra's mlzzen
shrouds, wounded the GAIT, and cut
the iib away; down fell that powerful
sail into the water and dragged across
the ships forefOot, stopping her way
to the open sea she painted for; the
mates groaned. the crew eheered
stoutly, as British tars do in any great
disaster; the pirates yelled with fero-
cious triumph, like the devils they
looked
But most human events, even calam-
ltieS have two sides. The Agra being
brought almost to q standstill, the
pirate forged ahead against his will,
and the combat took a new and ter
rible form. The elephant gun popped,
and the rifle cracked, in the Agra's
mizzen top and the man at the pirates
helm jumped into the air and fell
dead; both theorists claimed him.
Then the three carronades peppered
him holly, and he hurled an iron
shower back with fatal effect. Then
at last the long 1S-pounders on the
gun deck got a word in. The old Miller
was not the man to miss vessel
alongside in quiet sea he sent two
round shots clean through him. the
third splintered his bulwark and swept
across his deck.
"His masts fire at his masts.'
roared Dodd to Monk. through his
trumpet; he then got the jib clear
The Washington herald., 1917-05-19
THE LAD THAT PLANTS
THE SPUDS-
By LARRY OfGARY.

BY LARRY OGARY.
Ye may talk about thin allied plans
An thin Hands acrost the sea-"
OF the fight feminist the Kaiser's Job,
But yen make no hit wild me-
Sure we've got to tog yer manly form
Be the ouldest kind iv duds.
For the gint that wins the war for ye
Is the lad that plants the spuds.
Ye can shout about the starry nag
An this hero iv the Frinch;
We may help along thin Balfour plans,
But yen ind we've got no einch,
For ye've got to tog yes manly forms
Be the ouldest kind iv duds,
As the gint that wins the war for ye
Is the lad that plants the spuds.
Sure thin soldiers must have belly wood,
Or tbs hawthin' they can fight;
Ye must hx to give the people grub,
Or ye've lost this scrap for right
So come on an tog yer manly forms
Be the ouldest kind OF duds,
For the gint that wins the war for ye
u ths lad that plants the spuds.
-CHICAdO HERALD.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-19
Forward Washington. "

Business in Washington is at the
threshold of the most prosperous era
in history. The position of the Ma
tional Capital is destined to rise
much higher than its accepted sta
ton in the channels of commerce
and that rise is destined to begin i'm
mediately.
Many, however, particularly those
whose incomes are not large, harbor
the disturbing thought that the war
will tend to pauperize them. A great
er fallacy is hard to imagine.
If we but look the problem in the
face with clear vision, this fact stands
out: The $7,ooo,ooo, 900 loan, as it
is called, in reality means that $7,ooo,-
ooo, 900 which was boarded formerly
as savings will be spent in this coun-
try. Wsshingtonians may say that
this sum will not be spent here, but
in the munition factories and ship
yards, class of business which this
city does not possess. This is but
partly true. Until the war hit this
country Washington was particular
ly apart from the great war profits,
but we must remember that the ad-
ministration OF every phase of our
participation in the war will be done
in this city.
Already the Federal pay roll has
increased nearly S5,ooo,ooo a year
through the emergencies of war prep
aration. The bulk of this amount
comes to Washington. This is just
the beginning. New bureaus and
boards covering every phase of cap
ital, business and labor, are being Gre
ated daily and the headquarters of
each will be in Washington. This
means an army of officials, clerks
and mechanics which will be added
to the already swollen rolls of the
civil service in the city. They must
have homes, food, clothing and en-
ltertainment. Because of the nature
The Washington herald., 1917-05-19
WEAR A SMILE.

By NINTON A. HOLBROOk.
Wear a smile. wear a smile.
II Is always right in style,
Wear a smile. dear little girls,
II becomes you more than pearls
Wear a smile my pretty maid,
And your beauty will not fade
Half so quickly-'ti5 the frown
Draws your velvet dimples down.
Wear one be you saint or sage.
Eager youth or trembling age.
Smiles win pass you through the EatI
Where the suTiy stand and wait;
Sorrows do not OveTwhelm
When a smile is at the helm.
Do not wear one made of tin
Let your smile be genuine.
Let Il come straight from the heart,
Love and kindness to imi,art;
Let II stand for brotherhood,
And your faith that God is good.
Wear It as a thing divine.
Keep II glowing, rain or shine
TIL II dissipates the gloom
AS your steps draw near the tomb.
All the world is cheered by II,
And IL doesn't cost a whit
But the effort to keep sweet
In ufe's testing toll and heat,
But the effort to be brave
When your hope lies in the grave,
But the effort to be true
True to what is best in you.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-19
Ex-Soldier's Body Identified.

The body OF the unidentified man found
floating in the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal Thursday afternoon was idenu-
fed yesterday morning at the District
morgue as that OF Patrick Burns, IS years
old, an eX-soldier, an inmate of the
United States Soldiers Home. of this city.
Burns has been missing for the past two
weeks
The body was taken charge Of by the
home. Burns was a native Of Ireland
and came to America when a boy. He
served three enlistments in the regular
army and went 10 the home in 1902 from
Company c, Sixth Infantry. |. 5. \. He
was unmarried and if he has relatives
IN this country they are not known to
the officials Of the home.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-19
PRODUCTION ENGINEER
URGED
Says the Grain Supply Must Be
Increased.

Editor The Washington Herald: We
assume that our American citizens know
the extent to which American resources
wiz be drawn upon during the next few
years for grain, credit and food.
DO the people realize what hundreds
of Inllnons are going over the Falls? Our
tactory workers must be fed hrst.
Ooes any one know Of business men
uymg 70 heip farmers put sod into corn
or wheat into rye or oats? The cry has
Deen 70 pass the blame from packer to
oeaier' This does not increase produc-
tloh. @ our tarm horses are eating up In
gram tloOOo'ooO.O0O every year. Can our
Congress make laws to help this?
1t Is up to the people who are not
per cent awake. The feed that goes to
norses alone will pay the cost Of the war
every year We have over 100000
acres yet to plow. Do our city friends
know that the land produces twenty TO
ntty pushels OF wheat per acre7 Do they
know that sage brush Montana has been
converted into the greatest wheat sec
ton OF the world? Do people realize that
every motor car can be made an efficient
tractor?
What we need now is people who will
work for production Of grain. The nag
- - VII tilt NllloOW II hOI ChOAHhs
Identity yourself as an American. The
time TO plow for next winter will begin
within thirty or sixty days. Taking In
sod not 10 per cent of the land in the
Middle West to the Rocky Mountain
states is under the plow.
Another year Of war and our business
men Will realize that correspondence,
good intentions, and conversation will
not produce much grain food.
With a draft Of at least a billion a
month for our allies and OF at least a bill
lion month for ourselves, the United
states will be strained for resources,
Notwithstanding the good intentions OF
our people and our business men. The
question now is, DO the American peo-
pie realize that they must feed and
armor the civilized world in less than
eighteen months?''
Can they do this without a grain pro-
duction engineer? II We have one, who
is he and what is he doing? Our coun-
try needs q production engineer who Is
not lecturer or theorist.
Will We get one before we have food
riots? There is no lack OF land or pow
er. We would like an efficient manage
ment.
S. DOUGLASS DENNIsON.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-19
To Civ. School coBeert.

G. W. o'connsr win entertain the pres
ident and Washington alumni Of Western
Maryland College AZ concert. on Mon
day evening. in studio Hall; IN which the
following artists viii appear: Miss Meta
Craig. Roy Glider. the American -Haw-
allan trio. Messes Phillips. CovinEton and
Liobey. George Thompson. pianist. Mt.
Harry Waller, violinist, and Miss Al
warda CasselInan. accompanisL
The Washington herald., 1917-05-19

of their work they will not be touch
ed by CONSUMPTION. Their salaries,
aggregating many millions, will be
spent right here and as our position
in the war becomes. more tangible,
this revenue will increase.
The Chamber of Commerce seems
to have sensed the possibilities of the
Capital, and their Forward Wash
ington" campaign is a most timely
example of this realization.
Business of necessity follows
money-Washington will have the
money. Could business in the Cap
ital have a brighter outlooka
The Washington herald., 1917-05-19
A Flank Movement.

Sittin' here on our old sofar.
Me and her discUssin' joiner
Little brothers quite a soorfer:
He persists in sayin' Jorfer
Sister she begins to lon
Lispin' Don't you know its JONI
Mother sort O. hangs aloof.
But admits she thinks it's Joof
Father mumbles: IN be darn:
Call him hero Of the Marne"'
GEO. b. HYNSOS.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-19
On Account Of Mnr-


John Brown cannot pay me the money he
owes.
"on account OF the war
The cook wants ten dollars week. or
she goes.
On account Of the war
The baker reduces the weight of his
bread.
The butcher sends steaks that could mus
ter as lead.
The tailor's wool suits are OF shoddy in
stead,
on account of the war"
The timer can't patch up my roof where
it leaks,
"On. account Of the war"
The car that l bought will not come for
six weeks.
''on account of the war"
The cost of my shoes mounts each time
that / buy,
The prices on drugs are prodigiously
high.
Eut when demur, receive the reply.
'On account Of the war.
And what can / do when they airily say,
"On account Of the war;"
What else can do but obIigingly pay.
''on account Of the war;"
Yes. often I wonder what some folks
will do,
When all Of the world with its warfare
is through.
And they can no longer pass by in re-
view,
''on account OF the war;
-Brattlcboro Rcformer.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-19

Col Roosevelt won't go to France
with the first expeditionary force,
but he will have plenty of chances
to 60 if he wants to. &c Issie" Gard
uer, of Nahant, Mass, has shown him
the way.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-19
Victim of Grave injustice Explains.

Victim of Grave Injustice Explains.
'Will your esteemed paper give me a
little space today, so that l may correct
wrong impression that is doing me a
grave Injustice Judge johnson, OF
Atchison. asks of the Globe. They are
telling about that when ! was in the
civil war I deserted the linton army.
That is untrue. During a big battle /
left the front line OF trenches because
some one shouted that the brewery back
of our lines was on fire. but I did not
desert. I have always felt II TO be my
duty TO save property from destruction" d"
-Atchison Globe
The Washington herald., 1917-05-19

Secretary Lansing is becoming SO
urbane and suave in his demeanor
toward the world that he is open to
the suspicion of having stolen leaf
from Mr.. Balfour's book.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-19
Did You Know That

mosquito can ny 1871 miles without
getting tired?
1t is easier to blow up cent rubber
balloon than an auto tire?
Winter Is trying to stay all sumner?
Everybody but the Kaiser is glad that
he has the toothache?
One hundred years from now high cost
of living will not bother YOU?
Horsehair watch chains have not ad-
vanced in price?
The Washington herald., 1917-05-19

If you're interested, we are glad to
inform you that 10000, 900 feet oi
lumber will be used in building the
houses for the camps of our new con-
script army.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-19

You remember Maxim Gorky. He
solemnly protests in a Russian news
paper against the coming of the Root
mission. 1t is not Bohemian enough
to suit him.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-19

With 10000 engineers, 10000 doc
tors, and $4,000 troops on the French
front, the nation will make an excel
lent start this summer of getting into
the war
The Washington herald., 1917-05-19

The average American will be delv-
ing in his Webster to find out how
to pronounce "cantonment" today.
And it is an even bet he will get it
wrong.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-19

BLACK Jack" Pershing is going to
win new laurels; of that we may be
sure. He is the right man for the
job.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-19

Congress doubtless had its breath
taken away with the manner in which
the President hoped to" its bill last
night
The Washington herald., 1917-05-19

1t may be I shall never 60
To realms where milk and honey flow
It may be shall never md
The Heaven OF the dreamer's mind,
That haven Of content and rest
where dwell the spirits Of the blest-
Yet still shall eontented be
Since Love brings Heaven unto me.
(Copsrizht, lsl7)
The Washington herald., 1917-05-19
Would You Believe Itf

"VuIu HUH HVIIcNC III
We may be at war with Germany and
all that sort OF thing, but the fsh COM
missioner of New York State says that
there is no better war dish than German
carp. They grow faster. and can be sold
cheaper than any other fish. but the pub
lie is so darn tickle that anything with
a German name Is automatically in bad.
And yet they eat frankfurters, sauer
kraut, kartofeI fslad. and schnitzels, just
The Washington herald., 1917-05-19

The man who conceived the brill
liant idea OF adapting this American
khaki uniform to British styles prob
ably was a tailor.