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The Washington herald., 1917-05-18
Business as Usual. ="

Frank A. Vanderlip, president of
the National City Bank, this morning
sounds a warning against the fallacy
of business as usual" but says big
ger business and better business" is
the proper slogan.
He issues a warning. The war will
cause certain readjustment of busi-
ness in the country. Some lines of
industry are developed by it tremen-
dously, others are injured. The lat
ter, of course, are the manufacture of
luxuries and nonessentials. These
doubtless will be hit severely, and
those engaged in them should have
the courage to face the new condi-
tions.
Mr., VanderliP suggests that hun
dreds of thousands of workers tenn
porarily will be forced to change
their employment. He says there
should be. no resistance to this pro-
cess, no voluntary unemployment
merely because the production of lux
uries- is curtailed.. If tailor'S cut
ter, for example, is out of work in
his own trade, he should not permit
himself to remain idle when an ex-
cellent job in a munitions factory
awaits him. The community should
see that he does not remain idle.
The same process has been going
on in every nation involved in the
war. In the United States it should
be less marked than in Europe. There
is every prospect that the country
is facing a great wave of so-called
war prosperity" provided the in
dustrial readjustment is accomplished
painlessly. If Congress does not deal
too harshly in its coming war taxa
ton bill, the war will be a period Of
economic expansion, rather than one
Of retrenchment. 1t will have a
strengthening. revitalizing effect upon
the nations business
The Washington herald., 1917-05-18
The Retirement Bill.

1t is gratifying to note that in the
stress of business incident to the
preparations for war Congress should
find time to give little attention to
a matter vitality concerning the people
in the District.
The government clerks retirement
bill, which had been shelved through
virtue of its being included in meas
ures under the jurisdiction of the
Committee on Civil Service Reform,
was given promise of early action
yesterday when Representative Hull,
of Iowa, introduced a resolution to
take from the Reform Committee the
bill which provides for pensioning
the aged clerks.
1t is understood that the action of
Representative Hull followed sugges-
tions from Republican members OF
the House thus giving the bill a non
partisan support which, together with
the parliamentary advantage gained
through being taken from the Civil
Service Reform Committee, will tend
to insure favorable action in the
present session.
The terms of the retirement meas
ure are we'll known, it having been
introduced on April 3. The bill is
supported almost unanimously by the
government employees, and should it
become a law will not only prove
a great victory for those clerks and
organizations that have been support
ing the measure, but will tend to ma
terially increase the efficiency OF the
different departments.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-18

portance to Slavic and Teutonic policies
TO have a free way to the open waters
by which ships might 60 to the Orient?
We solved the question, freed from i'm
mediate pTsctfcslities, by assuming that
Il was a question OF democracy, and thrs
solution. Knocked itself with the Iash-held
people Of Russia responding to the call
which the people Of the Atlantic hesrt.
Then Russia. whose qua rel with the
Teutonic people made the war. which
dragged France and Great Britain into
people into war. is at the point OF
quitting because It has realized de-
mOcracy and cannot manage it.
The burden which a competent
autoCracy might have kept OF our
shoulders is laid upon them by an in
competent democracy and the war is for
democracy. Russia no sooner succeeds in
being a consistent ally than it succeeds
in being an incompetent ally. Russia
has attained what We think all are fight
ing for, and, having attained this, Rus
sia is about to make difficult the cause
In which We think we are engaged.
The breaks have been all wrong in this
war. all wrong for the forces against
Germany. We must consider for our
own practical purposes that Russia may
be eliminated as an opponent Of our
enemy and that the whole strength Of the
enemy may be thrown upon the line
which ii is now our duty to hold sno
preserve.
1t would have been a miracle II the
Russian revolution had progressed in the
hands of the intelIectuals in whose
custody it started. They. might have or
ganIZed the nation and have conserved
and used its strength. The only reason
-
upon is the theory that we are losing an
important ally and shall be obliged for
that reason to make greater efforts.
II Russia be not found in detection all
is good: IL Russia is found in detection
the war must be won anyway.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-18
Congress and the President.

Congress has not yet found ITSELF
in this war. 1t is hopelessly adrift,
shouting defiance at bureaucracy, in
sistent upon its constitutional prerog-
atiyes, acting more or less like bull
in china shop.
1t has certain justification. This
administration has never been ten
der or appreciative of the sensibili-
ties of Capitol Hill. 1t is less so now
than ever. There has never been so
keen a party lash applied by any
President as that which Woodrow
Wilson has used.
But there has never been time
when Congress needed the lash more
than at present. The nation is at
war, and yet both the House and the
Senate are mulling over vital legis-
lation in the same "tweedledum and
tweedledee" spirit that they fight over
a "pork" appropriation for a post
Office at Moose Jaw, Idaho, or a
raise in the wages of the charwomen
in the Interior Department. To the
outsider there is an abiding mystery
in the mental operations of these leg
islators in whose hands rest the
future of the nation.
Yesterday, six weeks after the Pres
ident declared state of war existed
with Germany, the CONSUMPTION bill
was passed. Days and weeks we're
wasted in petty debate, and more than
one Congressman insisted upon air
ing his grievances against the War
Department for not giving certain
constituents of his employed in its
bureaus promotions and salary in
creases when he thought they ought
to have them, or some other grudge
equally important. In fact, the whole
debate was hardly nothing less than
a national disgrace. If it had center
cd itself upon the big issues-if the
larger phases of conscription had been
coolly and dispassionately debated
the case would have been different
But even the Anti-Saloon League had
to contribute its bit Of obstruction by
trying to drag the prohibition ques-
ton into it.
How can the nation be expected to
grasp this war, or rise" to it, when
Congress is sinking to new depths
of the picayune?
The Washington herald., 1917-05-18
THE SONG OF THE SUBMARINE.

By JAMES CLARENCE HARVEY.
Oh, I am the treachery OF the sea.
The silent submarine.
lurk, in the dark. where the man-eating
shark
Knows well what my missives mean.
Your Dreadnoughts ride. in their power
and pride,
Where the moon and the sun can shine.
But their day is past, for We get them at
last,
Below the water line.
Oh, We are the sirens of the seq,
The deadly submarines.
We creep and grope with our eriscope
And we see no battle scenes.
In the oceans track, but we ST b in the
back.
Let the women and babes beN asei
Though Of evil intent they are lnocent,
For that we do not care.
The spirits that hold control thin
The bulk OF our iron sides
Are pity blind. and their joy they find
Where the grim torpedo giides.
What matter a thousand anguis led souls.
Or a mothers bitter tears,
II bloody name shall be known to fame.
On the record OF crimson years!
Oh We are the murderers Of the sea,
The treacherous submarines,
And a future age. from History's page,
Shall learn what slaughter means.
We play the game with a deadly aim.
Then fly to the hidden lair.
And the trembling wires feed our desires,
When we come to the surface there.
Then hol For the silent submarine!
Let the earth, with bated breath.
Know the pangs OF hell. as we proudly
ten
Our record OF doom and death.
We have ceased to feel, for our hearts
are steel
As We creep through the oo1e and
slime.
And the laurels we win and the shame
and the sin
Shall be writ on the scrolls Of Time.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-18
Banquets and Trenches.

William Howard Taft was twitted
about his fondness for banquets. dur
ing recent dinner at the University
Club in Washington.
Yes" said Taft, I'm strong for
banquets. I'll tell you a story:
"A man was asking Senator Penrose,
OF pennsylvania, about the mayoralty
campaign in Philadelphia.
who's going to be elected, Sena-
tor? the man asked.
Smith. said Penrose. bluntly, by
$4,000 majority
But isn't this man Porter a strong
candidate, tooT
Yes said Penrose, Porter's max
ing speeches every night at a dinner
at a dinner, mind you-but I want TO
tell you something: You can't dig
war trenches with menu cards."
The Washington herald., 1917-05-18
NEW YORK HOTEL RRRIVALS.
special 10 nc Washington Herald.

Special to The Washington Herald.
New York, May 1.-THE following
Washingtonians are registered at hotels
here:
Cumberland, r. c. Donglas Algon-
quin. w. Z. Gerses. Continental. c. R.
Hancock; Navarro. F. Harvese. Mrs T..
Harvese, +. T. Brooke, n. T. Channey,
J. ]. Ennis. J. D. Miller, Mrs. J. D.
Miller; Monticello, e. c. Kalbfus; Col
lingwood. Miss ]. c. Mcdonald: Fland-
ers. F. r.. Record. Mrs. NJ. Hurke: Van
Cortland o. w. Stone; Great Northern,
$. Strakosch; Latham. G. NJ. Carlson;
Park Avenue, H. T Davis: Grand. \. X
Hin, DR.. P. zinkhaus; Hermitage T.. J.
Parker.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-18

Secretary Baker has told the army
officers to consider only vital changes.
Such things as changes in uniforms
are barred by the War Department
head. 1t is a mighty good stand, Mr..
Secretary. The consideration of
minor details is causing more delay
IN our war preparation than anything
Else.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-18

A fair sample of the bonehead CEN
sorship of the departments is seen
in the announcement of the arrival
Of the torpedo flotilla on the other
side. At the request of the govern
ment, American newspapers had re-
Trained from printing the news only
to have it published from London.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-18
Remits Patriots Dues.

Members OF the Columbia Country
Club. who enter the military or naval
service OF the United States will be eN-
empt from the payment OF dues or assess
ments during such service. This was de-
Cided at at a recent meeting OF the board
OF governors Of the club
The Washington herald., 1917-05-18
MADISON HALL GRADUATION.

The commencement exercises of the
Madison Hall School for Young Ladies
held last night was featured by recital
by Miss Mary Helen Howe, and re-
ception by the graduates and students to
their friends. Many friends and patrons
of the school attended the exercises.
There were three graduates: Miss
Elizabeth Sattes, Miss Gertrude Cole. and
Miss Blanche Whaley This is the
twelfth year Of the school under the ad-
mintstration OF Prof. and Mrs. George F..
Winston
The Washington herald., 1917-05-18
FRECkLES
Now L. the Time to Get Rid Of These
Ugly Spots.

URIy SpotH.
There's no longer the slightest need
of feeling ashamed of your freckles,
as the prescription othine-double
strengths guaranteed TO remove
homely spots.
Simply get an ounce of othine-
double strength-from any druggist
and apply little of it night and morn
ing and you should soon see that even
the worst freckles have begun to dis
appear, while the lighter ones have
vanished entirely. 1t is seldom that
more than an ounce is needed to COM
pletely clear the skin and gain beau
tiful clear complexion.
Be sure to ask for the double
strength othine as this is sold under
guarantee of money back If it fails to
-emove freckles.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-18

DON'T WORRY.
Don't worry. Friend. because you are
not great.
The Roads more human in the wales
below
Joy elate.
More freedom in lifes eeaseless ebb
and flow.
and eye,
Nor vex your soul because you may
not mount,
And Ger your smallness neither weep
nor sigh.
For after all it's little things that
count!
Copyright. lsIJ
The Washington herald., 1917-05-18

II Congress wants the newspapers
to refrain from printing what hap
pens in executive sessions, it might
stop the members from giving out
statements of what occurs.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-18

Those of US who can't get to the
seashore and mountains this summer
will have distinguished company as
the President has announced his in
tention Cf remaining in the Capital
during the hot months.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-18

Evrl though their membership
camp; ign has averaged more than
1000 a day since it started, the
Chamber of Commerce is not salts
fed, but will put on extra steam
this morning in an effort to reach all
of the 5000 prospects before night
fall
The Washington herald., 1917-05-18
VETERANS TO BUY BOND.

The Richard ]. Harding Camp of Span
ish War Veterans held a meeting last
night and after routine matters had been
finished the organization voted to invest
IN liberty bond to the extent of $500,
fund
The Washington herald., 1917-05-18

London is still supplying the Amer
ican public with excellent human in
terest stuff about the American de-
stroyers abroad, but Josephus Dan
iels, newspaperman that he is, is still
mum"
The Washington herald., 1917-05-18

There hasn't been peep out Of
Mexico for a week or more. What
deep and dark plot is brewing in the
silence2
The Washington herald., 1917-05-18

One Of these days the Senate will
decide to go into secret session only
when it desires to achieve the fullest
publicity for its proceedings.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-18

We hope that the printing of gas
bills on white paper will tend to lower
the figures somewhat.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-18

After several weeks delay, spring
at last has arrived.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-18
A LINE o. CHEER
EACH DAY o. The YEAR

fissi nriutlns q Hn sriginsl poem. written aalg
Ter M Washington Hsrah-
The Washington herald., 1917-05-18

By John Kendriek bangs
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-20
ST. PATRICK SCHOOL
GIVES ENTERTAINMENT

A Christmas entertainment will be
given by the pupils of st. Patrick S
school in the school auditorium Fri
day afternoon at ? o'clock. Parents
and friends of the children are in
vited to be present.
GovOtte, Catherine Zeigler and
Mary Rose Butler; Christmas Greet
ing, Serge Rivard; When Old Santa
Comes, third and fourth grade girls;
piano, Anna Marie McInerney; What
a Boy Thinks. Edward Crockett;
Christmas DOllies, Minim girls; Take
Us Back to the Old Fashioned
Christmas. Walter Calnon and Serge
Rivard; piano. Francis ROos; reci-
tation, Outside" John Piers; Jolly
Jack Frost" Minim boys; piano,
Louis Woodka; Regarding Santa
Claus, Paul Butler; chorus, Peace
Good WILL" fifth and sixth grade
girls; piano. Lille Dietz; The Dying
Soldiers. Wilton LAUDER; A Visit
From Santa Claus and Uncle Sam,
Joseph BOgnar and Edward Lepet-
ska and third and fourth grade
boys: instrumental Trio, Hoist, Lou
reen and Alma Rivard and Helen
Harden; Military Discipline, fifth and
sixth grade boys; The New Born
King, L'Elcpair, senior chorus class;
piano. Dorothy McInerny, Fred S
Christmas shopping, Harris Hurst
The Christmas Light, third and
fourth grade boys; Silent Night, Holy
Night, violins, b. KOchanowski r.
l
Haher, A. FOrtier, II. Miller, y
Smith, NJ. Eble. X. Dempsey and NJ
MacGregOr; piano, Louis WOOdka;
Christmas Beyond the Trenches
eighth grade boys: Sons of America
! Pierson, seventh and eighth grade
bows.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-20
MRS. F. S. FISH SPEAKS
TO KIWANIS CLUB IN
APPEAL FOR RED CROSS

Mrs r. 5. Fish appeared before
the Kiwanis club at its regular lun-
cheon Thursday noon in an appeal
for the cooperation of the club to-
ward Red Cross work. Twenty
thousand surgical dressings are
needed by sprinE," she said. and the
men must help finance the work.
During the month of November, a.
472 dressings were made by South
Bend women and in the past two
weeks 1926 dressings were made.
This number could be doubled with
the proper financial support from
the mem
A committee. consisting Of Ralph
Hutchinson. Louis Hammerschmidt,
and Herman Refs. was named 10
help in q campaign for funds. and
others were selected TO work for
Red Cross rem berships during the
next two days.
Rev. Ray Bird Of the city rescue
mission. made a plea for other char
tiles. and received a liberal response
from the club.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-20

DEATHS
Nms. vICToRIA HOsTNsK.

Mrs. Victoria Hosinski. 65 years
old. wife Of John Hosinski. died at
her home. POI n Birdsell st. at $50
o'clock Wednesday afternoon. The
cause OF death was dropsy. from
which ailment she has been a suf-
ferer for a number Of years. She
has been I'm critical condition for
the past eight weeks.
Besides her husband, seven chill
dren and % grand children survive
her The children are: Frank, An
thony. Valentine. Casimir, Mrs.
Katherine Deranek. Mrs. Helen Co
ambowski and Mrs. Mary Gorka.
Mrs. Hosinski was born in Posen,
Dec. %, 1851. and her maiden name
was Victoria Hajduk. She was mar
ried 20 John HOsinski in Europe on
May 90. 1876. She has been a res
ldent OF South Bend and vicinity
for 80 years.
The funeral will be held Saturday
morning at $3.50 o'clock at St STAN
islaus church. Burial in St. Joseph's
cemetery.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-20
Turks Loot Holy Sepulchre;
Send Great Treasures to Berlin

rose from the dead. In the year
614 the buildings comprising the
church we're destroyed by the Per
slams. The original building was in
the form OF a rotunda, the shape Of
which survives in the existing com
pleX constructive, which assumed
various forms in the course Of re-
building during the middle ages. The
edifice was badly damaged by fire in
1903. The Greeks contrived 10 Sc
cure TO themselves the principal
right to the buildings and with the
Armenians contributed most Of the
money for the erection of the new
church. The dilapidated dome, be-
meath which the sepulchre is situat-
ed, was restored by architects OF va
rious nationalities in 1868 as the
result Of an agreement made with
Turkey by France and Russia.
The chief entrance 10 the church
IS from a court on the south side
The court is paved with yellowish
slabs OF stone and is infested always
with traders and beggars
in the interior is the sepuIchre
proper. enclosed in a 16-sided chap
Ell resting on Is piers and contain
ing a great number of chapels ap-
propriated 10 different creeds or ma
tionalities or marking various spots
additionally connected with the Sa-
yior
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-20

friendship with Sec'y of War Baker,
for obvious reasons 1 have discuss
ed the subject matter of this com
municGtion with no one. l alone am
responsible, and in all this 1 have
been actuated only by a sincere
desire to do something which in my
opinion may help TO shorten the
struggle upon which we have en-
tered, and thus lessen the sacrifice
we must make.
AS a member of the war depart
ment commission on training camp
activities my observations have long
since brought me to the conclusion
that there are ways of defeating the
enemy highly auxiliary to bayonet
and shrapnel National unity in my
opinion is one of our strongest
weapons.
The cooperation of the American
people in every phase of their ma
tional life. in one common task,
with a determination never 10 give
up until the war is won, will be OF
tremendous Importance in winning
the war as well as handing down
traditions Of unselfishness, patriot
ism, devotion and a new spirit of
nationality for future generations of
our composite race.
On Memorial day, next year. and
on subsequent Memorial days for
centuries to come, on the hillsides
and in the valleys of battle-scared
France, citizens Of this nation will
gather TO paw tribute to the memory
Of those sons or brothers or fathers
who made the supreme sacrifice that
liberty and justice and democracy
might live.
The inspiration Of this movement
springs from the graves of our first
dead in France, and the spirit in
which this letter is written comes
from a contemplation of those days
in the future when we will be en-
abled to look back and realize with
heart-rending clarity the terrible
price we paid to UNFOLD our national
ideals. Then will we ask of our
selves, Did we do all we could TO
make the sacrifice on the altar of
humanity less costly?"
In the name of the God Of hu-
mainly, and for the purpose OF
strengthening the heart and hand
OF that man of destiny, Woodrow
Wilson. let us give to ourselves the
solemn everlasting joy-whatever
the personal cost TO us now-Of
knowing that we did all we could
TO effect a colossal awakening of
our nation to the necessity of united
political action as a smashing ma
ional force TO defeat Prussian saw
lgery. I'm words which the president
recently used before congress, God
helping us we can do no other"
THOMAS J. HOWELLS.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-20
FILES CROSS COMPLAINT
IN DIVORCE ACTION

Hazel Mossey caused a cross-com-
plant for divorce TO be filed in the
superior court Thursday morning
against Alexis Mossey, who brought
suit for divorce from her Dec 4. In
Mrs M0ssey's complaint she alleges
that her husband induced her TO go
20 Chicago early this month and that
after arriving In that city deserted
her without cause. leaving her pen
niless and without access to any
funds whatever with which TO re-
turn home. and that she was COM
PEELED TO go 10 work 20 earn money
for her support. She also alleges
that Mossey has repeatedly against
her wishes given sums of money
ranging from 500 TO $500 to ms pa
rents. while he would not give her
any money with which 10 buy neces-
sites. She claims that he would not
accede TO her wishes in matters re-
garding their domestic affairs, but
would counsel with his parents and
do as they instructed i'm such mat
tiers She asks for absolute divorce
and $500 alimony.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-20
PHILIP T. MORRIS.

Philip T. Morris. So years old.
died after 10 weeks illness of COM
plicatiOns at the residence, SIT y.
Adams ST. Besides his wife. Mrs.
Jennie Morris, he is survived by the
following children: Schuyler Morris
of Niles. Mich, Marie Morris and
ElnOra Morris. both Of South Bend;
two brothers. Samuel Morris of Pin
canning, Mich, and William Morris
OF Canada and one sister. Mrs.
Johnson. who also lives in Michigan.
Mr. Morris was born in New Mar
ket, Can, and has lived in South
Bend for a number of years, coming
here from Hartford, Mich. The fu-
neral will be held Saturday after
noon at 2:3O o'clock from the resi-
dence. Rev. George +. Enterline
officiating and burial will be in High
land cemetery.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-20
TO BEGIN SHIPPING
PROBE ON FRIDAY
international News Service:
WASHINGTON. Dec. 30. - The

international News Service
WASHINGTON, Dec 20. - The
senate commerce committee decided
today to begin hearings from the
shipping question tomorrow after
noon at o'clock. Chairman Hurley
Of the shipping board, Will be the
first witness. As a guide for the in
vestigation, the committee adopted
a resolution calling upon the ship
ping board for the following:
(1)-An itemiZed statement Of all
contracts let for the construction Of
ships, both steel and wood, since the
creation of the shipping boards. in
Guiding the full name of each per
son. firm or corporation, with whom
contracts have been made. when or
ganized, and how long in operation;
and the place where the shipbuild-
ing under each contract is being
carried on.
(2)-The number of ships that
have been constructed, if any, and
the place where and by whom built.
(3)-The number Of ships now
under construction and where and
by whom they are being built as well
as the proportion Of work done on
each vessel up to the present time.
(G-Copies of all shipbuilding
contracts entered into in order that
the committee can ascertain the
terms of such contracts.
(5D-What ships are being built
in private yards fer other than gov
eminent account and by whom.