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The Washington herald., 1917-03-04
ARMY ORDERS.

Leave for seren days granted Mai Jesse o.
Nichols
First Lieut.. Auris.u. r. W. Macmanu, relieved
from treatment At the General Hospital Fort
Bayard. n. Mex. and will Proceed to Houston
! Tex. and rport 10 the recruiting officer at that
plac- for duty.
FIRST Lieut. Fritz r I.indh detailed for duty as
a student officer in the Orinanca Department for
a p riod Of two years and assigned to station at
Sandy Hook Proving Ground. Fort Hancock y ].
Leave for six days granted Capt. Campbell b.
Hodges
First Lieut. Clinton W. Russell will proceed to
Miueola Long Island. ). Y. and report to com
manding officer Of the Signal Corps Aviation School
at that place for Temporary duty
First Lieut. David r. Wheeler assigned to active
duty and will report to commanding officer Signal
Corrs Aviation School. Mineola Long Island, n Y.
Following ofhceS ordered to active duty and
will repair to this city and report to the com
mandant Army Medical School, for instruction
First Lieut. Chester d. Allen First Lieut. Cornelius
o. Bailey. First Lieut. Elias E. Cooley. First Lieut.
Lemon D. Cruce. First Lieut. Miner F. Felch,
First Lieut. AkIander E. LIstoe. Ffrst Lieut. Max
R Stockton.
First Lieut, Nicholson F. Curtis ordered to snssv,
duty and will report to cummandant Army Medi-
cal School, this city.
Acceptance of resignation Of MAI Dennis p
Quinlan announced.
Mai. Arthur s, Conklin relieved from duty in
the Southern Department and will report for as
signmcnt TO duty to accompany troops to Fort
Warren Mas
Capt. William r. Gown detailed for general re-
cruitnS service and will report to Jefferson Bar
racks
Capt Robert z Firth assigned to active duty
and detailed for grnersl recruiting service and he
will report at Chicago I'll.
First Lieut. Charles w Elliott will report to
Col. Ira A. Haynes for examination to determine
his fitness for promotion
Leave granted Capt Burt W Phillips extended
until the date Of sailing OF the April transport
from San Francisco
Leave for one month granted Capt Samuel T
Mackall
First Lieut. Frank L. Cole ordered to active duty
in the service Of the United States and viii pro-
ceed to this city and report to Army Medical
School,
CAPT. Clarence Deems will return to Indianapo-
lis. Ind. and resume his duties as nspector.in-
structor Of the National Guard
Leave for ten days granted Capt. Georye R Nor
ton
First Lieut. Thomas J. ]. Christian detailed as
professor Of military science and tactics at the
State College Of Colorado, Fort Collin. Colo
The Washington herald., 1917-03-04
MY GIRL,

Ny girl works in a ten-cent store
She Is some dame. believe me. too
There amt many Of them that score
Longside Of her in what they do
You ought to see her selling socks
Proud as queen, to them guys with
rocks;
They get theirs proper II she gets sore
When they josh my girl in the ten-cent
store.
You ought to pipe US when work Is done
Going to lamp a movie show:
She's just as classy as anyone
Showing me how to spend my dough;
Chaplin. and Pickford. and Reid, and
She knows them all in every part;
Speaking OF critics. there amt no roar
On the dope Of my girl from the ten-cent
store,
Helping her folks with half her pay,
Never word at all says she,
Taking IL home each Saturday;
Saves just enough to buy her clothes
Dolling herself in the way she knows
There ANITA dame looks as well on more
Than my girl earns in the ten-cent store
I'm going to marry some time next year,
just as soon as I get my raise,
Living Just now is mighty dear,
Fellow must hustle before he pays.
But am sure We can make il go
She says we can. and 1t must be so;
When we get settled. there'n be no more
Working for her in a ten-cent store.
IL. Cleveland Leader.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-04
War as a Business.

Germany perfected war as a bust.
ness; Great Britain has been forced
to follow her example; the United
States, if she is drawn into the vor-
tex, will be able to show Europe a
few original moves in the great work
of economic organization when the
sword is unsheathed.
Consider the present makeup oi
the British cabinet. Lloyd George
comes from the Welsh mining
classes, a laboring man not born to
the ranks of those whose lives are
consecrated ito the empire" but a
poor worker who by the force OF
sheer business and political genius
has made himself the head of the
British government. Then there is
Bonar Law, an iron merchant, whose
entrance in politics came late in life.
Arthur Henderson Started life as
an iron moulder." David A. Thomas,
now Baron Rhondda, was called in
ante-war times the British Goal
King" Sir Albert Stanley, general
manager of the London tubes" was
educated in American technical
schools and was for years associated
with the Public Service Corporation
of New Jersey. John Hodge is sec
retary of the Steel Smelling Associa-
ton, and Baron Devonport, the new
food controller, was large importer
of tea. Sir Joseph Patton Maclay is
ship magnate, and Sir Alfred M.
Mond is a specialist in gas and pow
er enterprises.
These men are business men. not
politicians. 1t is the same as II
Charles Schwab, Henry Ford, Sam.
uel McRea, Ebert H. Gary and our
other great leaders of industry were
in the Washington Cabinet.
The Worlds Work says:
There is no reason why the Presi-
dent should not now do what has been
done in England and France-dis-
miss all considerations of party and
The Washington herald., 1917-03-04

prejudice and place the preparation of
the defense of the nation in the hands
of men whose demonstrated capacity
in practical fields gives every assur-
ance of success.
"The nation that built the Panama
Canal and the worlds greatest rail-
roads, ought to be able to show an
industrial organization for the pro-
duction of war munitions that would
give weight to its efforts for civilized
peace"
The Wilson administration has al
ready made start in this direction in
the organization of the Advisory
Committee of the National Defense
Council, composed of such men as
Daniel A. Willard, of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad; Julius Rosen-
wald, Howard E. Coffin, and others.
Then the naval civilian committee on
scientific projects, which has already
brought the beginnings of an expert
mental naval laboratory, is signifi-
cant stride in the same direction.
Germany has taught US that war is
a business, and the United States, if
fate wills it, will prove in the name
of civilization that it can better the
instruction"
The Washington herald., 1917-03-04
A Coalition Cabinet.

From various sources throughout
the country there comes a call which
is growing steadily through its in
sistence, that of the coalition Cabinet.
If there was ever a propitious mo-
ment for the consummation of such
condition, 1t is now.
The United States faces a crisi.
which skaters all those which have
preceded it; a crisis which will COM
mand the brains of the country; one
in which every big man will be need
ed. There are big men in America.
We probably have more than our
share, but they are not all aligned
with the Democratic party. That in
visible line which separates our legis-
lative, executive and judicial bodies
should be wiped clean in every meas
ure that affects our country in the
international situation.
Mr.. Wilson would love democracy
none the less should be take the initi-
ative in regard to a coalition Cabinet,
but would only display the fact that
he loves his country more. There is
no denying the fact that he could
pick any man at this time with the
assurance that he would accept and
carry out to the letter the duties as
signed him.
In the current issue of the New Re
public it is suggested that Mr.. Viii
sons second term might accent the
improvement of the machinery which
brought the legislative measures of
his first term into existence" The
article continues: There are seas
to be chartered in international poll
tics; there is a labyrinth at home.
An institutional advance at all COM
mensurate with his legislative accom-
plishment would establish Mr.. Will
sons position as forerunner in pro-
gressive achievement"
The Washington herald., 1917-03-04
GUARDS SEEK JOBS
THROUGH HERALD ADS
Militiamen Take Advantage of News
papers Offer of Assistance.

The Washington Herald's campaign to
aid the returned District Guardsmen in
securing satisfactory positions by pub
fishing their lob wants" free in its COL
umns is well launched, and results have
already been obtained.
Early in the morning the first sergeants
of the troops pasted on their mess hall
bulletin boards notices of The Herald
offer to publish free any advertisements
they might wish to insert in an effort to
secure good position.
AS the boys are more occupied at pres
ent in preparing for the parade tomorrow,
Sergt. Maj. B. H. Rodgers reported later
in the day he would not begin to collect
the ads until Tuesday.
Nevertheless during the afternoon
groups of the Guards found their way to
The Herald Office and left their ads The
first of these was Bugler Stephen F. Till
man, Company B. Third Infantry, who
Is located at Fort Myer, Va Tillman,
who Is a licensed movie operators assist-
ant, would like some employment in his
line. However, IL it comes to a pinch,
he is both willing and anxious to secure
employment of any kind. This same
spirit seems to prevail among them all.
Col. r. D. simms. Col. Clarence Sayer,
and officials of the Employment Bureau
of the Department of Labor, report that
they are greatly encouraged over pros
poets Of finding employment for the mi
litiamen.
I'VE are particularly pleased" Col.
Simms told a representative from The
Herald last night. with the attitude
taken by Washington business men. Prac-
tically every one Of the employees who
were with them when they left for the
border will be reinstated."
The Washington herald., 1917-03-04
The Herald's Open Forum,

lieye; that many are doing Il ana pr.y1ne
upon the people, I do. believe, because NV
ears have heard quite too often and nv
eyes see quite too often sigma Of untsua;
prosperity among certain men enxaeea in
these food-suppIying commodities.
i ask some Of these food purveyors viii
they permit the government or represen-
tauVe citizens to audit their books ior
the past few years and compare oe
pronts they are making? doubt yeAy
much that they will. 7
While condemnIng those miscreant, AZ
The trade j know on the other hand manv
deserving am sure, Of the highest an
probation for their battle to keen pricet
down In these commodities, parficularI,
bread. butter. cheese, potatoes ana milk
believe II should be lawful for the gov.
ernment to examine the books OF mani
Of this class and publicly stigmatize them
and permit the public to ostracIse them
as they deserve. They are the wickedesi
and worst kind Of citizens any city OF
country can have.
ELIJAH f. KNOTT
The Washington herald., 1917-03-04
What Newspapers Are Saying
On the War Situation

Its privilege and pride OF debate, and so,
actually imperiling the enactment of the
Dill. during the afternoon yesterday and
for long hours of the night the Senate
talked. 1t was needless, it was futile,
but In some cases motives were impru-
IDENTIFY disclosed TO a watchful coun.
Isn't There Something In a Name .
New York HersldD
touching upon and appertaining to the
now famous Zimmerman letter a men,
Der of the Congress Of the United States
during a debate on Thursday gave utter.
ance to the following remarkable asser.
ton:
! think the only criticism which car
come In this case Is to the press Of the
country. and do not hesitate to say it.
The crime Of the newspapers thus
excoriated being that in the performance
OF the duty they owe to the American
people they made bold to publish the
text of letter written by an Official OF
another government proposing war upon
the United States. And in defense OF
Herr Zimmerman the same member oi
the Congress Of the United States said
of his letter:
No man can say that at the time that
note was written 1t was written with ar
unfriendly intention.
Written at a time when the govern.
ment Of Germany was protesting friend.
ship for the United States and before
diplomatic relations were broken, thai
letter calmly proposed to Mexico that she
join with Germany in making war upon
the United States. promised Texas and
New Mexico and Arizona to Mexico ir
return for doing her part. and proposed
also that Germany proceed to induce
Japan to make war upon the United
States. And yet in the view OF one mem.
ber Of the Congress of the United States
that letter revealed no unfriendly intcn
tion toward the United States!
When the news came that such utter.
ances had flowed from the mouth of one
whose baptismal name Is Oscar. the nat
ural first impression was to attribute
them to Oscar Galloway. The Congress.
sional Record shows them to have beer
uttered by Senator Oscar Underwood.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-04
Senator Stone.

The Hon. William Joel Stone, of
Missouri. is an old man. The years
have dealt kindly with him, and his
record is worthy. He ought to be
careful not to tarnish it now.
We adjure him to think of the
sheer solitude of his position. He
who has for four years been the Presi-
dents spokesman in the Senate on
foreign affairs, is chairman of the
Committee on Foreign Relations and
is the bitterest antagonist Of the Chief
Executive on the present matter of
vital moment before Congress.
He will be spared the anger and
the failing that would fall to a
younger man. His motives are not
impugned. His monumental blunder
will be forgotten in the future by an
indulgent public and an indulgent
nation, but at the present time it
makes him look a pitiable and soli-
tary figure who requires to be "set
straight"
His long speech yesterday was a
mere drool He spoke of peace and
amity with Germany, and when Zim-
mermann's frank admission that his
dispatch to Eckhardt was authentic,
and to his mind a proper defensive
measure for war, was read to him, he
quibbled over the accuracy of the
story, although it had been passed by
the German censor for the Sayville
wireless. He nearly out-Bryaned
Bryan in holding to his course with
an historical stubbornness, and even
the fact that the Peerless Leader fed
to Florida when the Zimmermann-
Eckhardt note was published failed
to move him.
There is enough peril in pacihsm
without adding pig-headed moonshine
to it. We have thought of it, in its
more conservative aspects, as a grow
ing force in ridding mankind of the
war Moloch. but just now it seems to
be some new and unclassihed form of
mental malady.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-04

ers' sacrifice, tumble to pieces like a fag-
got. Is a sight and a sorrow too dread
full to contemplate and one I pray my
eyes may never behold.
Enemies' Smooth Tongues.
/. The developments of these days have
revealed enemies. guilty of crimes in
dicating the worst In the category of
sins against a land of religious and
political freedom. Enemies with faces
splashed full smiles-hyprocritical. borne
of a soul that counts no cost, regards no
truth, reserves no means to accomplish
our overthrow; enemies with words as
smooth as a dogs tongue: enemies seek
ing the dismemberment of our country
which gives asylum to the world and
makes prosperous and happy peoples
who have fed from the tyranny Of a
monarch, stepped in ruthless militarism
enemies with one hand fondling the
breast Of Columbia and with the other
directing rebellion and alienation.
How such sneaks could commit such
crimes and go on living. and still be
slobbered over by sympathizers. is past
understanding. Our humanity and our
civilization demand that to shelter them
is vice. The sublime faith and courage
of our true American citizens should turn
to crush out this un-American mush-
room sophistry that makes the as
sassination of our country possible.
May the patriotic injunction Of in
auguration day be Having done all
stand
Have Waited Long Enough.
While falsehood, deceit and intrigue
have been hanging over our Nation 4
Capital like a night bird waiting for
prey. we have been patient: while our
property and citizens have been sent to
the bottom of the seas we have waited
while the monster of militarism and the
royal exponent of thirsty Prussianism
has been prowling under cover and into
the pockets Of the countrY's shore lines,
we have withheld; while a royal footpad
has been claiming conquest of the high
ways of the earth, seeking whom he may
hold up, rob and devour. We have been
looking on!
Now let us stand Stand by our Pres
ident, crucifyng every brand Of partisan
ism; stand by the honor and self-respect
OF our country with its splendid past for
humanity. Stand. lest a greater menace
come than war. Stand to the last for all
that is dear to us in the way of free
and growing democracy.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-04
SHOULD MARCH IN PARADE,
Writer Attacks Veterans for Re-,
fusaI to Follow Negroes.

Editor The Washington Herald: Is it
an evidence OF patriotism or iIl-timed
contrariness on the part OF any organi-
zation of men in the District to refuse to
join in the Inaugural ceremonies and
march like men on the 9Th of March
next? have learned with much re-
gret that one of the Confederate camps
OF Washington at its last meeting refus-
ed. by vote OF the camps. to take part
in the Inaugural ceremonies, giving as
their reason they would not march be-
hind the G. A. r. veterans in whose
ranks there would be one or more ne
gro veterans. Is that a reasonable ex-
cuse or is it fool hardness? They could
not expect. as reasonable men. to march
in front Of the G. A. r. veterans, and
from any viewpoint, il they are truly
patriotic, they would march in line
wherever placed.
1t certainly was not intended to hu-
initiate the ex-confederates in placing
them in rear of the G. A. p. veterans.
As the action of the Washington camps
speaks for its own members only, il is
a pleasant thought to know their action
will reflect only on themselves and have
no bearing whatever on the coming en-
campment of Confederate veterans TO
meet in Washington on June 5. all OF
whom would rejoice in having an oppor-
tunity of marching in any position to
which they might be assigned to them
at the coming Inauguration Of President
Wilson.
II any set of men could march in the
rear OF negro veterans and maintain their
dignity. strely it would be the Confed-
crate veteran.
Your viewpoint is too sharply drawn.
brothers. VETERAN.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-04
URGES SMOKE FOR SEA SAFETY.
Only Sure Protection Against Subs,
Writer Thinks.

Editor The Washington Herald: When
In 1865 / used to see the Hundly tn
Charleston harbor. little thought Of the
great change in naval warfare the little
Davids were destined to bring. We now
see the greatest ships Of war no Longer
Dreadnoughts, but. instead, fearsomes
Said Sir Percy Scott in July, 1914. before
the outbreak:
II think our Dreadnoughts had better
be shut up in a harbor. IL we have q
safe one. To exterminate the submarine
is difficult task. Submarines are difi-
cult to destroy. because Il is difficult to
attack what you cannot see. Submarines,
in my opinion. have entirely changed the
problems of attack and defense"
Once in the open sea. the submarines
are virtually immune from assault Pol
icy has cloaked in secrecy British opera
tions against thew but with all her vast
naval resources. Great Britain has been
unable to keep her home waters free
from the little Davids. Whether sheshas
tried suggestion early rnade-thst. as
airmen can discern them beneath the sur
face, bombs can be effectively dropped
on them-it is not known. That may be
feasible.
But would it be possible to interfere
with their gaining the sea? It may be
that naval operations must take a diff.
be directed to preventing the ingress and
egress OF undersea boats from theiI
home ports. Their movement cap bt
, impeded only by undersea obstructions-
by mines, and nets, and, perhaps, even
single wire so buoyed up as to strike
the periscope might work disaster oI
damage. 1t would seem that nava
operations must take some such turn.
As a possible protection from attack by
submarine. IL is said that the British
have at last resorted to smoke-an idea
that must have readily occurred to any
one who remembered that in former days
the smoke of a naval battle often ar.
rested its progress. II on sighting q
submarine a considerable volume oi
smoke were discharged along the sur.
face in her direction. escape would bt
almost assured. 1t is singular that the
British were SO slow in resorting to this
means of escape.
Every American vessel naval as vel
as commercial, should be equipped so as
to discharge a large volume OF smoke
on either side at moments warning
II II is to venture where it might be at.
te cked. The efficiency of the submarine
depends on its sight-impair its sight and
you deprive it OF its power.
READER.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-04
We Must Take Our Place.
(New York Tribune.)

Some time within the next few days
or weeks We are going to war with Ger
many. The time and circumstances of
the declaration are of minor considera-
tion because the action of Congress in
the matter of armed merchantmen joins
the issue and insures this occasion.
And entrance into the great world war
must infallibly change the direction and
character of American history and Amer
ican policy. For two years we have
lived in the mistaken belief that such
war and such a crisis as that which
confronted the world would be without
meaning for US. We have believed that
the isolation which existed in other gen.
erations endured. that the warning OF
Washington could have present applica-
ton.
80 But now we must face the fact.
We must lay aside the Illusions and take
counsel with our ideals. with our cour-
age. not our dreams of our own self
interest. We are entering a new period
of our history. and the duty of every
American to his own country is a duty
which can be met only by brave action
and clear thinking.
We have had enough OF blindness, of
weakness, Of cowardice. We are to face
new crises-is It too much to hope we
shall face them with a new spirit?
The Senate's Way.
New York Times)
The so nearly unanimous vote by which
the armed ship bill passed the House
proved that in the judgment Of the i'm
mediate representatives of the people the
national emergency exists. The Senate
path Of duty was plainly in view. 1t
should have amended the House bill by
restoring the provision authorizing the
President to employ such Instrumental
ties and methods. other than armaments.
as in his judgment were necessary. and
by striking out the limitation the House
inserted in the insurance clause. The
House would undoubtedly have assented
to these changes restoring the measure
to the form demanded by the President.
But no emergency. however serious,
would constrain the Senate to waive