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The Washington times., 1917-04-04

comes in excess Of $4,000. not less than
50 per cent. This would apply. Of course.
to Individual earnings.
Several members Of the committee
strongly favor putting the tax on the
excess of incomes above 10000 at a
rate as high as rs per cent, or more On
the other hand, there is some sentiment
in favor Of reducing the exemption to
the 81 COG figure
The Washington times., 1917-04-04
PATRIOTIC LUNCHEON.

A patriotic luncheon will be given
by the Commercial Club in Farragut
Square at 1890 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon, when a set of resolutions
uphoIding the President In his stand
against Germany, will be introduced
during the hour.
The Washington times., 1917-04-04
co.Eps BECOME RECRUITERS.

EVANSTON, ILL.,. April 4.-Northwest-
ern University goods took the field
today to raise an entire company for
the First Illinois Infantry. They hope
to have the whole unit signed up by
night
The Washington times., 1917-04-04
BRITISH PAcIFIST BEATEN
Frederick Lawrence Defeated 10 to
l in Election.

LONDON, April 4-Frederick Pethick
Lawrence, joint editor Of Votes for
Women" and well known as an ardent
supporter Of woman suffrage. standing
for election TO the House Of Commons
on a peace by negotiation" platform,
today poIled only S33 votes. while his
opponent, Sir John Fleming. the coal
ition candidate. received 3,2S3.
The Washington times., 1917-04-04
WOMAN OFFERS HER HOME.

CHICAGO. April l.-Among offers
received at the women's reserve re-
cruiting station was one from Mrs.
Anna GoodnoV. OF Highland Park.
who is willing to make her home into
a resort for convalescent soldiers.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-19
TELEGRAPHIC TIPS

Copenhagen, Nov. ia dispatch
from Berlin says that Prof Jan
Kucharsuvski, a well-known historian,
has been appointed as the first pre-
mier OF the new Polish state.
Houston. Tex, Nov. s1s.-Judge Wal
Ter T. Burns, OF the United States
Court for the Southern district OF
Texas, died this morning at Laredo.
Judge Burns was a Roosevelt appoin-
tee.
Highland Falls, N. Y, Nov. 1S.-Jus-
tice Moses Nelson, OF Highland Falls.
who has oficiated for the sixth couple
within a week, Is becoming famed
among soldiers as the marrying
judge"
Philadelphia. Pa. Nov. 1s-Mr. and
Mrs. George E. Shaw. of Overlook.
have announced the engagement Of
DR.. Raymond A. Tomassene. Of Gin
cinnati, Ohio. DR.. Tomassene has
seen service abroad, having spent all
last winter in France with base hos
pital unit
Willemstad, Nov. 1S-The governor
Of Curacao announced that the Meth
erlands minister of the colonies has
informed him that the government re-
fuses to consider ceding any part Of
Hollands colonial territory.
Lancaster, Pa, Nov. 1S.-Andrew J.
Steinman, one of the oldest members
Of the Lancaster bar. for many years
editor Of the Intelligencer and opera
tor of the Penn Iron Works. died af-
ter having been in failing health for
a long time. He was born in Lancas-
ter eighty-one years ago and was
graduated from Yale with Chauncey
NJ. Depew.
Yonkers, N. Y. Nov. 1S-The Yon-
kers school system, said to be one Of
the best systems in the country. is
being extended considerably. Work
already under way or contemplated
for the immediate future will cost
more than $4,000
New London, Conn, Nov. 1S-For a
quarter of a century this city has
been without a public skating pond,
but, thanks to the energy of the
Park and Playground Association, the
coming winter will find five large
tracts Of land flooded and ready for
congealing
The Washington herald., 1917-11-19
Nes and VelDs of Interest the Readers of The

dance of the Tijians, IN which ne
warriors walk about bsrefootsd on
burning hot stones without injury, was
depicted In convincing detail Trained
FIJI soldiers about 70 depart for tn
war front In France wese also shown.
The interesting points Of Samoan
native history. the recent taking over
Of the former German islands by the
British. the scenes dear 10 the memory
Of Robert Louis Stevenson. and the
gentle graces Of the island types. were
some Of the matters dealt with In this
portion Of the island tour.
Our own Hawaiian group was the
subject OF the last part Of the lecture.
with new pictures Of the burning lava
lake Of Rilauea, Honolulu. as II 10 to-
day. and the famous surf bathing at
Waikiki Beach.
Next Sunday evening Mr.. Holmes
will take his audience on q new tour
of Japan. with many films and slides
taken in little Travelled regions Of the
Island Empire.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-19
Special Dispatch From
e. c. RODGERS.
STAR Writer and Investigator For
The Washington Herald.

ING "ushhuBtou ucHulos
Chicago, Nov. 1S.-Is It better to
kill Baby Paul Hodzima and thus
rid the world of a human being for
whom life holds nothing but physi-
cal pain and mental darkness7
Or Is 1t better to keep that baby's
body and soul together. do all that
surgical skill and medical science can
accomplish in an attempt to lessen
the pain and brighten the mind?
Should the authors Of that child's
btingzfhe father and mother-make
every sacrifice, even to shortening
their own lives. so that Baby Paul
may live until death unassisted over
takes him?
Is 1t murder to slay that tiny. puny
human being?
II it is murder, who should be pun
ished as the slayer. the doctor who
prescribed the death potion" the
mother who administers the drug, or
the father who urges that 1t be done! :!
= Tangled Up In Case.
Is the ending OF Baby Paul's earth
ly existence the beginning of a new
epoch in human annals. when ply
sicians shall hold it their duty to rid
the world of abnormals and preserve
the normals?
All those problems and others
mother love, father love, medical
ethics and legal duties-are tangled
up in the case of Baby Paul Hodzima,
born with misshapen skull and
doomed, IL allowed to live, to be a
/ hopeless imbecile.
But the baby shall not livel
So say the. babys mother and
Ather and doctor.
The death potion" given Baby
Paul by his mother upon the doctors 8
orders and with the fathers consent,
is slowly but surely pushing it 70
the end Of life. and within q few
weeks Baby Paul will be but q mem
cry in the shabby tenement home of
the Hodzima family.
The physician who sentenced Baby
Paul to die. DR.. Harry J. Haiselden,
believes he did right
1T is a physicians right" he says,
Ito help rid the world Of abnormals
and preserve the normals. will
continue to preach the gospel Of saw
ing the world from abnormals. My
stand Is the stand of q God-fearing
man."
His Mothers Words.
II would like to keep my baby, and
1t nearly breaks my heart to think OF
his going; buL I don't want him to
be a burden to himself. always suf-
fering. l have had nothing but
sleepless nights since he was born"
Those are Baby Paurs own moth
er's words.
IT'S question Of saving the
baby's life and sacrificing the
mothers or letting the baby die and
saving the mother" says Stephen
The Washington herald., 1917-11-19
C&@1911s
N%dWHe-
MERCENARY WOMEN.

does realize its great responsibility. /
am trying now as 1 write this to think
the theme Of that play Is not true
that 1t is only one mans idea of
women, and then I see about me so
many sleek, purring, selfish creatures
who call themselves women and yet
take upon themselves none of woman's
responsibilities; who look upon work
as the greatest hardship in the world,
and who. although they may not voice
1t, believe in that unspeakable phil
osophy Of Mrs. Warren that the best
way for a woman to get along in this
world is to pick out some nice man
and let him be good to her,
did not stay through the last act
Of the play but asked Jim to take me
away and I had almost a feeling Of
disgust as looked around over the
assemblage In the restaurant where he
took me as gazed upon the beautiful
women luxuriously clad who were let
ting some man "be good" to them,
OF course, know. little book, that
for the time my point Of view was
warped and that probably most Of the
women that were there were Just out
for a bite to eat and q little dance
with their husbands or sweethearts.
But you see that Ii the effect such
plays as Iris have. They make you
doubt the virtue and the goodness Of
everyone, men and women alike.
(To be continued.)
The Washington herald., 1917-11-19
PULLMAN ADDRESSES
RELIGIOUS WORKERS

Superintendent OF Police Pullman, in
a talk before the Young Peoples So
ciety of the Second Baptist Church,
Fourth street and Virginia avenue
southeast. last evening impressed upon
them the necessity Of practicing in
their daily lives what he termed the
five. "E's"-Earnestness. Endurance
Excellence. Energy and Enthusiasm.
I'VE need the young people in the
church." Mai. Pullman told his audi
ence. ''for without them no church
can succeed. 1t Is upon them that we
must place our dependence. for they
generally prove the dynamos which re-
inspire that older element which has
grown more or less effete."
The Washington herald., 1917-11-19
Stage Wardrobes
J A Sartorial Delight
xsy LUCILLE CAMERON.

Just being q Winter Garden star
don't make one q true Broadwayite.
The Ford Sisters who have been
playing at Keith's for the past week,
are two shining little exemplifcations
Of this proposition. They say 20
themselves.
"of course. we love to Dance"
said Dora, "but we Just dote on get
ting back to our little place at Ben
sonhurst." Mabel chlmed in, "Yes
I'm afraid we must have subur-
banite souls"
The wardrobe Of these interesting
young women IL q sort Of debutante's
dream of misty chiffons shining
satins and silvery laces. Especially
nQtable Is q contradictorily quaint
and extravagant frock Of silver It's
sue with wide ruffles of silver lace
(at SIS a yard, IL you please) punctu-
ated with tiny bouquets Of pink
buds. A bow of narrow. old blue
velvet ribbon with flowing ends y
fastened In front of the quite
decollete corsage with an admirable
pink cameo. Canoes. and coral. by
the way. are the pet hobbies OF the
Ford Sisters. They admit, however,
that dollars and diamonds run a close
second. had the privilege Of see
ing rather a notable collection of the
latter, the most interesting OF which
were a big violet gem and q unique
octagon cut stone.
Gratifyingly martial Is another cos
tune. Its smart little hussar Jacket
of gold praided blue chiffon cloth
has a dazzling cape Of irridescent
sequins. The skirt is of white satin
lined with braided chiffon cloth ex-
actly like that Of the jacket. A
saucy tasseled hat Of gold cloth Is
part of this get-up. which it may
be interesting to know is the one In
which the sisters sold $4,000 worth
of liberty bonds in thirty minutes
in Portland.
But perhaps the most charming
frock Of all was one of white
Georgette with a sequin bodice with
a similar band OF weighing down the
hem OF the skirt. Purely ornamental
pockets aided in giving a distinctive
silhouette which illustrated that
skiht can still be good form though
NONE too straight either as to hem or
drapery. An unusual and very de-
lightful bandeau Of red. white and
blue sequins was worn with this
dress. A voluminous cape wrap OF
white panne was lined with dull blue
chiffon studded with embroidered
silver stars.
The Ford sisters design all their
costumes and while Eva Tanguay is
their sister-in-law. she evidently
doesn't have thing to do with the
plans.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-19
donday, November 10, 10.

According to astrology. the week be-
gins in a very promising way for busi-
ness activities. Early in the morning
Jupiter is in a place strongly benefic.
The Sun rules for good during the
busiest hours of the day and Uranus
is friendly.
Above all things in the planetary
government for the next twenty=four
housr, the seers discern good fortune
for those who seek positions of any
sort, whether high or low. The sway
Is propitious for political preferment
and military promotions.
1t Is time for diplomatic negotia-
tions, for seeking financial support and
for obtaining favors OF every sort.
There is a sign read as promising
immense profits in many lines of busi-
ness, but scandals will be revealed in
connection with contracts and con-
signments. One OF these scandals will
be made upblic in the holidays.
1t is noticeable that Venus at this
time exercises little power and that
the greatest energies Of women are
subject to Jupiter and Mars. Uranus,
however, encourages romance and SEN
timent that Is oftentimes very dan
gerous. the seers declare.
Owing to the power Of the planet
that sways the subconscious mind,
there will probably be an increas of
nervous diseases, delusions and insan-
ity, but these are merely the forerun-
ners Of a new understanding and use
of occult powers, It q prophesied.
Canada continues subject ytosa rule
that makes for progress and prosper
ity. There win be q great increase in
the birthrate. II Is prognosticated.
The Southern States have the most
promising augury for the winter, al
Though there viii be a disaster that
q hses great loss of life.
Again race troubles are foreshadow-
ed and woman Of negro descent will
cause q riot or an uprising.
Persons whose Nlrthdate It is will
succeed IL they do not quarrel or 60
to law. Those who are employed prob
ably win be promoted.
Children born on this day are likely
to beNfond Of Injuries. good managers
and ambitious. These subjects of
Scorpio may meet obstacles, but they
win have the power to overcome diff
culties.
tcopnishs srl Xxi
The Washington herald., 1917-11-19
u. S. Will ORGANIZE
CAVALRY Division
viii Not Be Sent TO France. How
ever. Under Present Conditions.

The United States army 10 TO organ
lie q division of cavalry. This an
nouncement was made yesterday by
Secretary OF War Baker. He said
plans for the organisation had not
yet been completed. beipg now before
the War College.
II was indicated that the cavalry
VIII not be sent to France while the
war continues as at present The only
main front on which cavalry is now
able TO prove effective is the Italian.
In the West, trench warfare has made
mounted troops almost q memory.
In case there IL break through"
at any point, however. cavalry would
at once become valuable for pursuit.
In the-present circumstances the Brit
ish and French have enough cavalry
for any need which might srise SUD
denly.
Secretary Baker admitted that
American cavalry did not seem 70 be
required in France, but said it would
prove most valuable in our own coun-
try.
The plan for the organization OF the
division is said 70 contemplate TWEEN
ty-seven mounted regiments.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-19

When we got out that night on the
way to the theater, little book. the
first thing Jim said was that he want
ed to go somewhere after the play to
dance.
"oh. can we?" said. very much
pleased. Just think Of it, Jim.
have danced only once or twice since
I was ILL"
."'Well. We will dance tonight, my
lady fair. and Dick better stay awake
and be Jealous for I give him fair
warning I'm going to make desperate
love to his wife"
Goodness, little book, how long it
has been since went to the theater.
Out OF difference to me, Jim cast aside
all the musical shows in town and
took me to see Iris. play by that
master playwright Pinero.
I was very sorry that did not 60
to a musical show, however, little
book. for the story Of Iris Is so dis
piriting. so hopeless. that I arrived at
Rector's in hardly the right mood to
enjoy the dancing.
Jim turned TO me and asked, "Are
you sure. Margie, that Dick is strong
enough to take up the worries Of busi-
ness again?"
Il think 1t might be better II he
would rest a while longer" I answer
ed, but you can see how restless he
is. He has determined in his own
mind that II he does not work a little
now he will slide down the path to
the nice little shelf waiting for all in
emc1ent men. This, Of course, is a
wrong way Of looking at 1t, but you
know as well as I. Jim. that 1t is i'm
possible to do anything with Dick once
his mind Is made up"
He has grown so white and thin,
he hardly looks like himself. Poor old
DICK, 1t seems harder for him to be
Ill than 1t Is for most men Life-the
mere physical act Of nving-has al
ways meant so much to him."
Little book, I cannot tell you how
terribly felt to hear Jim talk this
way Of Dick. It was as though he
were already dead and waiting to be
ouried-and then that awful sordid
play about finished me.
II was all about q woman, little
book. who loving one man gave herself
70 another because she could not fore
go the luxury to which she had become
accustomed. She had no moral cour-
are at all. She feared the least cold
wind that might give her satiny skin
q hint Of goosefiesh.
On, little book. I hate 10 think that
tnere are women like that in the
Worid.f ! want 10 feel that my sex
The Washington herald., 1917-11-19
Shall it Be Life or Death
For all Abnormal Beings?
Killing Baby Paul May Bring Answer-Doc-
tor Who Prescribed Poison Would Let
Only Normal Persons Live.
'IET BABYPAUL DIEw
THAT'S VERDICT OF JURY OF PHYSICIANS.

Chicago Nov. removed from his
home to
physicians. y ~ -
Edwin Cross Oldest practitioner Chicago
death sentence" statement:
We the undersigned physicians examin
alton OF Baby
crocephau head
trachaea obstruction
Ing prevent his securing rest We therefore
the Of such
ferns and rest though such
The Forester DR. r. A.
David. Dr. NJ DR.
Theodore Guenthe Clarendon Koeher
Dr. s. J. Berger Dr. Albert schupmann Dr.
Jowdan Dr. W. Schupmann Dr. Edwin
Dr. I. Cunningham Louis ].
The Washington herald., 1917-11-19
The CEnging Vine Type
Of Girl Dies Hard
ny WINoNA wILCo.

"The clinging vine type OF girl
is extinct. War has changed girls
entirely. The world has been so
aroused to action that the luxury
loving butterfly girl who lived with
no particular plan. no definite pur-
pose in life, has disappeared The
idle life is gone. She who continued
the old life would not be much of
a girl"
Surely Miss Laura A. Knott, who
is quoted, is qualified to speak. She
Is considered IAN expert in young
ladies' For seventeen years she
has been principal of Bradford
Academy. one of the old and famous
girls schools Of the United States.
Miss Knott must have seen many
fashions in girls come and go. There
was once the summer girl who never
took life seriously. even In winter.
Then came the athletic girl, who
bought her top coats and hats in
shops for men. The true society type
fiourished next. affecting an utterly
silly Indifference to the useful side
Of life. The reaction TO this appear
ed in the serious social worker.
Then suffrage caught up girls In
search Of adventure. Next dancing
and skating became the sole in
terest of all fair maids.
Throught all the changing styles
in girls. the clinging vine lived on.
Now comes the war. making 4
fashionable for girls to appear very
busy. 1t is perfectly astonishing how
busy some girls can look-and yet
never get anything done.
Since We started to make a skirt
of leaves and then decided an apron
was big enough, woman has had a
cute way Of starting things and never
finishing them. And man. admiring
all the pretty processes. forgets 70
notice there never are any results.
There are homes conducted on this
principle, camoufiaged-most unhappy
and unstable homes.
Now war. the great reality, de-
mands that woman ACHIEVE her
purpose. 1t is not enough for a girl
to sport a gorgeous knitting bag,
nor that she count her stitches in a
street car. How many sponges. how
many socks has she FINISHED!
; Bradford girls knit between the
courses OF their dinner and one girl
there has knit eleven sweaters
1t is not enough that the house
wife TALK about helping Hoover.
Is she ACTUALLY OBSERVING
meatless and wheatiess days? Is
she saving fats and sugar by small
and painful economies?
1t Is not enough TO have "a par
tcular plan" or "a definite purpose" i"
War forces woman to GET RE
SUITS, to arrive. independently. by
her own exertions, and without man 6
notice, applause or approval.
When a woman can work 50, she
has really ceased to be a clinging
vine.
But how the sprouts struggle for
existence! That old root dies hard
The Washington herald., 1917-11-19
Sugar Cards for Mothers
To Be Issued In Hoboken

Hoboken, N. J., Nov. ia card
system whereby mothers with infants
of less than eighteen months will be
guaranteed a pound of sugar weekly
at cost of 10 cents is to be put in
operation in this city next Tuesday.
The plan has the approval of the
city commissioners and the health
authorities. II results meet expecta-
tons, It is said, the age limit may
be raised and the same system used
in the distribution of other foodstuss
in the event of shortages.
Health authorities and the police
viii cooperate in the issuance Of
cards. Dealers have agreed to sen
sugar to card holders at the stipu-
lated price. Mothers with two infants
will be apportioned a pound Of sugar
every three days at this price.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-19

Hodzima, the baby's father. For
more than two years my wife has
been a prisoner. though not an un-
willing one, in her own home. Her
strength and vitality are gone. She
IL giving her life for a baby doomed
to be an idiot. Her days ought to
be used to bring up the other boy.
who is strong. healthy and bright"
Most certainly the grand jury
will act on the case II the baby is
killed by drugs" says Coroner Hoff-
mann. 81 have recommended to
Health Commissioner Robinson that
a committee of physicians be ap-
pointed to investigate the case. DR..
Haiselden is exceeding his author
ity in. pronouncing the death SEN
tence upon the child, even though
the parents consent"
The Illinois criminal statutes for
bid the taking of human life and
provide punishments, Imprisonment
and the gallows. Tor those who do
murder.
And, as a prominent Chicago
preacher points out, there il the
commandment:
Thou shalt not kill"
The Washington herald., 1917-11-19

remedy to all my friends."-Mrs.
Lena Wynn, 2s12 e. o Street. Rich
mond, Va
while Change Of Life is a most
critical period OF q woman's ex-
which, accompany It may be con-
trolled, and normal health restored
by the timely use of Lydia E Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
Such warning symptoms are a
sense Of suffocation, hot flashes,
pending evil. timidity. SOUNDS in the
ears, palpitation OF the heart.
sparks before the eyes, irrsgulari-
ties. constipation, variable appetite,
weakness. and dizzfness.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-19
Burton Holmes on the south Sea
Islands,

Barbarous ceremonial dances Of the
Fiji and Samoan islanders offered the
most striking subjects for the motion
picture camera of Burton Holmes for
the third lecture Of his current course
given last night at the National The
ater. The native life and customs. as
modified by many years Of European
rule and missionary influence, still
have many picturesque and romantic
features, which the lecturer brings
out delightfully."- through the usual
array of films and colored slides, and
his customary clear and eloquent style
Of discourse.
The amazing and inexplicabie fire
The Washington herald., 1917-11-19
Railroad Clerks Decide
To Continue Strike

Norfolk, Va, Nov. 1.-THE 1900
striking railroad clerks will not return
to work unless their demands are fully
met. They held q mass meeting today
and made plans to continue the strike.
All railroad lines here are affected by
the tie-up. ...
NegroI longshoremen have called a
sympathic strike and the loading or
unloading Of freight boats has
stopped.
Alleged unfair treatment Of one
clerk started the trouble.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-19
AS MAIL SWINDLER

Los Angeles, Nov. 1S.-Charles E.
Arnold, treasurer Of the Delta Land
and Water Company, of Utah. was
arrested here on a charge Of fraudu-
lent use Of the mails in the sale Of
land in Beaver County, Utah. The
arrest grew out Of sixty actions be-
gun by purchasers for recovery OF
payments. They won the action.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-19
LOST BABY" NOW SOLDIER.

San francisco, Nov. ia mothers
search for her son, whom she had not
seen since he was q H-months-old
baby in Dublin, Ireland, ended when
Private Alvin Stanley received a let
ter from his mother. The son now is
stationed at Fort Baker and the
mother lives in Kansas City.