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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-04-27
a TOWN MEETING.

"A town meeting will be held at the
Firemen's Building, MONDAY, April
Both, at s p. m, for the purpose OF
making nominations for the office OF
three members of the City Council to
serve for a period of two years. The
persons nominated will BE- voted upon
at the coming election to be held MON
DAY, May.
HOWARD p. KOONTZ, Mayor
Samuel j. Stone, Clerk. apr 20
The Washington times., 1917-11-23
$4,000 CAPITALS PART
OF JEWISH FUND ASSURED

although $4,000 is rather an am.
bilious goal and we will have to work
hard, from present indications there
is no doubt in my mind but that we
will make It."
So says N. D. Rosenberg, treasurer
Of the local committee of the Jewish
Relief Fund, who today reports many
contributions, some of them large.
The executive committee met at lun-
.cheon today at the EbbItt Hotel and
discussed the progress of the cam
paign-
The principal speaker was Prof. ST.
mon Miller, of Philadelphia, who pre-
dicted that the Jewish people of the
nation would oversubscribe the S1O,-
The Washington times., 1917-11-23
flute WASHINGTON
ONCE OWNED GONE
FROMCOLLECT|ON

Someone today may be slyIy skip
ping to the tune OF George washing
tons flute far away from the place
OF business Of Ellie Sheets, 507
Twelfth street northwest, where It
was a treasured piece in q little or
chestra set OF five.
The instrument was hand made OF
mahogany and ivory and presented to
A. RAmmage by George Washington
in 1775. It was purchased by Sheetz
over thirty years ago and had been In
a collection IN the rear Of his place
Of business.
Was I'm Glasu Case.
/ Until the beginning of the war It
had been in a glass case and quite
safe. Last August it played for the
first time in over a quarter Of a CEN
tury tunes of &c, THE Girl Left
Behind Me-" and some of the spirit
of II, "Over There" and "Where Do
We Go From Here, Boysr The tone
had mellowed with age and musicians
offered fabulous prices for It
Sheetz refused over $1,000 for 1t
quite recently. He played it himself,
the leader OF q little orchestra i'm
provised among his employees, one
playing a pipe made from . drum
stick that was At Valley Forge, an
other beating q drum that was at
Bull Run, one the old violin Of "Fid-
ding Bob" Taylor, OF Tennessee, and
another the harp that belonged to the
celebrated Swiss Bell Ringers OF
thirty years ago.
Flute Disappears.
When not in use the flute was
placed on the top Of an old organ in
the music room. It was there Thurs
day at noon. Some time in the after
noon Mr.. Sheetz returned and It was
missing. He has notified the police
and offered a large reward
He Is quite certain Of recovering 1t
II the thief ever plays Il In public, as
its rare tone would at once draw at
tention, he says.
The Washington times., 1917-11-23
ApvERrlsEMENT
Try This II You
Have Dandruf

There is one sure way that never
fails to remove dandruff completely
and that 10 to dissolve II This de
strcys Il entirely. To do this just get
about four ounces OF plain, ordinary
liquid arVon; apply II at night when
retiring; use enough to moisten the
scalp and rub II IN gently with the
finger tips.
BY morning. most II not ali. Of your
dandruff will be gone. and three or
four more applications will completely
dissolve and entirely destroy every
single sign and trace Of Il, no matter
how much daudruff you may have.
You Will md, too,. that all ltchlng
and digginG Of the scalp will stop
instantly, and your hair viii be fluffy,
lustrous, glossy, silky, and soft. and
look apd feel q hundred times better.
You can get liquid arvon at any
drug store. It ls inexpensivs, and
four ounces Il all you will need, This
simple remedy has never been known
to fail
The Washington times., 1917-11-23
SINGING FESTIVAL
WILL Be FEATURE
AT MASONIC RALLY

Community singing will feature the
big Masonic rally to be held at Con-
vention Hall tomorrow night In honor
Of Uncle Sans soldiers and sailors.
Souvenir song books will be dis
tributed to all and J. walter Humph-
rey will lead the singing, assisted BY
the Camp Meade and the Kallipolis
Grotto glee clubs. e.
The song books will contain all the
songs that the soldiers sing at the
various camps, including topical IA
The Washington times., 1917-11-23
'MAL EARLY TALKS
IMPRESS STUDENTS

Mail early" talks to the pupils Of
the high schools were completed to-
day. Lectures urging early mailing
Of Christmas parcels were delivered
yesterday and today in the high
schools by W. II. Haycoek. sunsrfn-
tendsnt Of the city postoffice and
Carter B. Keene. director Of postal
savings.
The @mail early campaign is 20
continue with the distribution Of
printed circulars among the pupiIs
OF the graded schools Il was an
nounced at Postmaster Chances Of.
nee today. These circulars are 70
call attention TO the necessity for
mailing as soon a. possible all Christ
mas packages. and viii give dIfeo-
tions for the proper packing and t.
ing OF the parcels.
The talks will not be made in the
graded schools. Eli the high schools
were visited BY the speakers in the
last two days.
The Washington times., 1917-11-23

vorites as well as the old-time melo-
dies.
Champ Clark, Speaker OF the House
OF representatives. has been added
to the list of speakers, announced in
The Times yesterday. The list In
cludes the Secretaries OF the War
and Navy Departments, representa-
tives Of the allied nations, and others.
Two bands will swell the musical
chorus: their concerts to begin at tao
o'clock. The rally is open to Masons
and their friends. with all men in
uniform as the honor guests.
The Washington times., 1917-11-23
U. OF v. WILL SHOW UP,
HONOR CODE VIOLATORS

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Nov. %.
in publicity the student body OF the
University OF Virginia believe they
have a weapon that will make vio-
lators of the honor code more circum-
spect. By vote OF 1872 to 90 they
moved to publish in the future. be-
fore faculty. student body, and alumni,
all convictions by the honor COM
mittee.
The Washington times., 1917-11-23
PRISONERS BRANDED
BY GERMAN AUTHORITIES

NEW YORK. Nov. 23.-Gsrmans
have branded" some OF their war
prisoners by tattooing their hands.
according to Elias LAihoen, Q Finnish
sailor here today. Laihoen was cap
tured in 1914, and when applying for
q passport to return to Russia ex.
hibited a tattooed square on the back
Of his hand in which the letters
aRr gef 1914" appeared. He declared
this an ebbreviGtion OF ''krieg &c.
fangen" or "war prisoner"
The Washington times., 1917-11-23
200 U. S. AMBULANCE
DRIVERS MUST FIGHT

PARIS, Nov. 2s.-More than 200
American ambulance drivers. recently
rounded up In France by American
military authorities. are today pre-
pairing to obey instructions and enlist
In some of the military units now in
service here. They have been d.
rected to Join some branch of the ac-
tive service or to return to America.
The Washington times., 1917-11-23

600 900 mark they are aiming at. II
this mark is reached, Julius Rosen-
wald, OF Chicago, now temporarily in
washington serving the Government
for 81 a year, will make a personal
donation. OF 10 per cent, or $1,000,
900. ..--... r. - $685.
The Washington times., 1917-11-23
TRoTskY, PLANS EXPOSE.

PETRooRAD, Nov. 23.-Foreign
Minister Trotsl1y, Of the Bolsheviki
cabinet. announced today he possesses
secret diplomatic correspondents"
which he proposes to publish at once.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-08-02
LAST REFUGE or PAcIFIsM.

Deseret News, Salt Lake city,
The most foolish of all attitudes as
sumed by people who cannot yet real
ize that the United States is actually
at war. is to declaim about their read
mess to fight for their country here
at home. but not to go abroad to do So
They seem to think war is only de-
fensive when fought on their own SOIL
and only in such a case justifiable
OF consistency and patriotism they
thus show themselves bereft, no mat
ter how loud their protestations; they
would show more honesty to come out
in their true colors and announce
themselves as ultra 'pacifsts" who do
not intend to fight at all.
American participation in the pre-
sent war on the French or Russian
battle front is just as defensive as If
Hindenburgs legions were at our own
doors. We are fighting him there in
order to prevent his bringing them
here. A nation is in poor way if it
waits for invasion before taking meas
ures for defense, If there is such a
thing as kindly fortune in war; it con-
sists in the opportunity of engaging
the enemy on his soil, not on ours.
No sane person will deny that Ger
many's greatest advantage during the
three horrid years past has been and
still is today, in the fact that her own
territory has been kept uninvaded-
that all the dreadful devastation and
the most lasting injury have taken
place in enemy country. To talk,
therefore, about waiting to take up
arms until the menace to our own ter
ritory is more imminent reveals an
utter Interpretation of the country's
interests and our own safety To par
AIDE such views as a superior kind of
patriotism implies a blindness and
stupidity against which all history and
experience have written a thousand
warnings.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-08-02

but only for defeat in the last two
elections.
1T would seem that the opportune
time to give the north a chance to
show what IL can do would be at the
next election. This would especially
be true II the north can offer candi-
date with exceptionally strong points
In his favor. Under all the circum-
stances the Leader Herald believes
Charles Hoffman could poll more votes
than any man who could be named.
He Is thoroughly known over the state
and no man can truthfully say word
against him. He is a man Of culti-
waited mind, the strictest integrity,
business ability and a strong person.
atty His record on the prohibition
question dates back to a time when
prohibition was not so popular as 1t Is
now His bitterest opponent would
not attack him on that point. He has
always been a republican, but not OF
the narrow type. He comedies the
respects the opinions of all He has
never been an office seeker nor held
office of importance. He has stood for
good clean government and given
largely of his time and means to that
end without seeking either emolu-
ments or honors for himself. He has
been satisfied to work for the public
good. In this era Of pretense and
demagoguery in the public service, of
which even the most gullible are
wearying, the people would welcome
opportunity to support a man of the
broad, calm, answering integrity and
common sense of Mr.. Hoffman.
1.-THE Leader Herald has not con-
suited Mr.. Hoffman in making this
suggestion. 1t fears he would hardly
desire to consider the matter 1t is
certain he would not If it meant a
mad scramble for the nomination. ac-
companied by the expenditure of a
large sum of money. He is man who
delights in service to the people. If a
nomination were rendered him by the
people, in the belief that he could best
serve them, he would undoubtedly
give it serious consideration. And if
after consideration 1t appeared to him
that majority of the republicans
really believed that he should be the
standard bearer, the Leader Herald
believes he would regard it as his duty
to accept nomination for governor
That he would be elected is certain If
a majority of the people really and
truly want a man of ability and un-
Improbable character as their gov
ernor,"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-08-02
SENATOR BORAH DISPOSED TO
STAND FOR REELECTION.

1t has been the belief of The Miner
for some time that when Senator
Borah fully realized the sentiment of
the people of Idaho with reference to
his announcement that he would re-
tire from the senate upon the compile
ton Of his term, that he would recall
his announced decision and enter the
race for reelection. Recent news from
Washington indicates that this belief
was we'll founded. The senator has
heard from Idaho and he Is not a man
to disregard call from those who
have so greatly honored him in the
past 1t is not likely that Senator
Borah will make any further an
nouncement of his plans until after
the adjournment Of congress and his
return to Idaho, which will probably
not be until the last of September
i'ot nv ioS pSch uccpIy iHlpTeSSeu
with the overtures that have been
made to him in the senate is evident,
and the feeling now prevails that he
will respond to the call to remain in
the service Of his state and country.
Upon the announcement by Senator
Borah a few months ago that he
would not seek reelection, several as
pirants to be his successor immedi-
ately tossed their hats into the ring.
Should the senator recall his words
and stand for reelection, these hats
would be as quickly tossed out of the
ring. There is not man in the state
who would have a ghost, of chance
for the nomination against Senator
Borah. and as for the opposing demo-
cratic. candidate in the generaf cleo
ton, the race would be in name only.
for the overwhelming election of
Borah would be foregone conclu-
sion.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-08-02
COLONEL WATTERSoN AND THE
"sUFFRAGE MARTYRS"

Without regard to their attitude to-
ward the question Of votes for
women, sane and patriotic people are
thoroughly indignant that American
women have adopted system of pick
citing the White House at time when
the president is bearing weight of
responsibility such as has come to no
man in our country's history since the
Civil war. Even in England. where
militant suffrage agitation reached the
most extreme state the women had
the patriotic decency to desist when
their country became involved In the
great war. But in America the radi-
cal suffrage faction have taken ad-
vantage of the war to force their de-
mands upon the president and con-
gress at time when loyal people
generally are doing all they can to
help, not hinder. the government in
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-08-02
THEN AND NOW.
portland oregonian.)

When Oliver Hazard Perry won the
brillian naval battle of Lake Erie in
the war Of 1s12-15, he sent to Gen
eral Harrison, In command of the
American land forces, the laconic and
expressive message. I'VE have met the
enemy, and they are ours"
General Harrison was without ex-
perience as a re-write editor, and he
had no bureau of exploitation and
publicity, and he had besides no Or
Biographical expert at his elbow to tell
him that form was more important
than substance, and that while Perry
may have been all right as a fighter,
his grammar was rotten, or words to
General gave out the announcement
just as received. 1t sufficed rhe AM
erican people knew what had hap
pened.
General Sherman making "a Christ
mas present to the American people"
in the capture of Savannah, and there
ID still extant dispatch from Admiral
Sampson, giving glorious Fourth of
July news in the victory over Cervera's
fleet.
No hack writer or literary cabinet
officer in those days even thought of
reading or writing into those historic
messages anything he did not find
there.
Later, 1t is of record that Admiral
Dewey cut the cables when he went
into Manila harbor, But the art of
grapevine substitution was then un-
known in the navy department, and
the public waited until it heard from
Dewey and the correspondents. you
may fire when you are ready, Grid
ley" is immortal.
Now when the American fleet avoids
or repulses the submarines and gets
safely across the Atlantic, the report
of Admiral Gleaves is suppressed and
the voluble Secretary Daniels makes
bid for personal fame by making
a Fourth of July present to the AM
erican nation in his own flamboyant
account of someone elses achieve
ment.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-08-02
Washington London

Congressman Madden concluded by
saying that many things appear on the
London menu card which are not on
the Washington card, but that it is
possible to procure a meal at one Of
the best hotels in London for $3.50
that would cost at least SO in America.
He then launched forth against the
practice of hotelkeepers in Washing
ton and other American cities of
charging outrageous sums for food
The system would not work unless the
American public possessed character
istics contributory to its success. The
average travelling American often
takes as much delight in getting rid of
money as the average Briton does in
writing letters to the Times to let II
De known that he will not submit to
imposition.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-08-02
CONGRESS AND COTTON.

Engineering and Mining Journal)
Why is it that congress is so eager
to throw monkey wrenches into the
gears of the copper. steel and other
industries, but becomes furious when
there is proposal to extend the same
Legislation to cotton?
Why is 1t that Mr.. Daniels and Mr.
Baker spend so much time in negotiat-
ing with the Gin their eyes) nefarious
coal producers and give no thought to
the cotton planters?
Is It a fact that cotton has OK
perienced no enhancement in price
commensurate with the rise in other
commodities?
Is 1t a fact that cotton is in no way
war material? That copper is used
for making cartridge cases, but that
cotton is not used in making the ,ex-
plosives that go in those cases?
Has the federal trade commission
been instructed to look into the cost
of producing cotton?
Has Mr.. Daniels talked to the cot
ton planters about cost plus a reas-
enable profit?
Is 1t true that 1t makes great diff
ference whether one hundred million
pounds Of commodity is produced
by 10000 stockholders or 10000 plant
ers?
Is there not lot of piffle in.poltcs?
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-08-02

the conduct Of the war. The only two
notable exceptions to this display OF
loyalty are these suffragists who
haunt the White House gate and the
l. w. WIS who are trying to destroy
the industries of the west. Colonel
Henry Watterson, in the Louisville
Courier Journal, gives these women a
oastigation which will generally be
regarded as fully merited:
Behold the spectacle!
"At time when the world b rack
ed In life struggle between the pow
ers of light and darkness; when our
nation, whose center Of action IL Its
capital city and whose power OF ac-
ton 1t has imposed upon the chief 1t
has placed in the White House. these
one-idead and small idead women,
their foolish heads lost to all else in
the rattle OF that idea. essay the tre-
mendous achievement of revolutioniz-
ing the franchise Of the country by
making monkeys Of themselves, pick
citing the White House grounds and
nagging and insulting the president
with studied connections of treason
able banner Haunted impudence and
insolence, becoming so shameless at
the time Of the Russian commission
ers' visit to the White House that the
spectators in the Streets aggravated
by this braZen and unchecked lawless-
ness, themselves resorted to the law
lessness of tearing the offending ban
But nothing abated the nuisance Of
these petticoated 'pickets.' The local
authorities were long suffering and
permitted these poor creatures to con-
tinue~ their rattle -pated stunts though
IL they had been of the other sex they
would have been calaboosed before
breakfast
And finally. when, patience ceasing
to pose as virtue, the law moved to
abate lawlessness and gang Of these
pickets were arrested, tried and SEN
fenced to pay fines or serve two
months in the workhouse, there was
sudden upheaval that disclosed pa
thetic and pathetic things. 1t was
queer conglomeration Of women that,
declining to pay .fines, were swallowed
up in the workhouse. Old and young,
married and maids. husbands bobbing
up with pleas for the return of wives
to deserted homes and children, men
of standing, who had endured In silent
resignation the crazy vagaries of va
grant wives, rushing around exerting
themselves for the pardon and return
of imprisoned mothers to unmothered
babies, and the president himself so
shocked by, the situation that he seized
the shortest way out of 1t by summar-
lily pardoning the whole squad with
out stopping to consult rhyme or rea-
son beyond, no doubt. realizing that
not the workhouse, but the house for
the feeble minded, is the proper asy-
lum for such unfortunates
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-08-02
THE kAlsER's PRAYER.

Gott, viii you be mine partner?
You don't know who l am?
! am the German kaiser
Der Emperor Will-I-Yam.
You know I whipped der Belgians,
Und shoot dem Russians full;
I'll whip me France and Italy,
Und blow up Johnny Bull.
Now for dem odder nations,
] do not give a damn.
II you just be mine partner
Uhd whip dot Uncle Sam.
You know ! got dem submarines
All Europe knows dot well;
But Edison he got a ding
Voc blows dem all to hell.
Now, Gott, II you will DO me dis,
Den you / always love;
Und I'll be emperor on earth,
While you stay up above.
But. Colt, II you refuse me dis.
Tomorrow night at 'leven,
I'll call my Zeppelins all out
Und make some war on Heaven.
wouldn't ask me dis Of you, ,
But It Is plainly seen,
Ven Edison der button push
got no submarine.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-08-02
A CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR
FROM NORTH idaho.

| 1t isNrather early in the game to be-
gin the discussion of candidates for
governor, particularly in view of the
fact that the people are absorbed in
the progress of the great war which
until it Is won must relegate politics
to position of secondary Importance.
But our friends in the south have so
long monopolized the privilege of
plucking the plums from the political
tree that they find it difficult to sep
arate themselves from the political
game even under the stress Of war.
Apparently disheartened by two sue
cessive defeats, the republicans of the
south, with a magnanimity not alto
gether free from suspicion, are show
Ing a disposition to turn to north Ida
no for a candidate for governor There
was disposition to do this two years
ago in the early stages of the primary
campaign, and certain candidates from
the north took the south seriously UNI
til, the votes We're counted.
So far as this paper Is concerned it
would be delighted to see the repub-
leans of Idaho nominate and elect a
candidate for governor from the nor
thern part of the state; not because
he resides in the north, but because he
possesses the high qualifications ne
eessary to fill the position with dig,
nifty and honor to the state. The north
has such men, but they are not dis
Posed to enter the race foredoomed to
defeat through the operation of the
southern double cross. AS matter
of fairness there should be a reason
able distribution of political honors
on geographical lines, provided the
in the sections to be fav-
ored have the requisite qualifications.
these, geographical location
should receive no consideration. That
north Idaho has such available can
iidates for governor does not admit
Of doubt. and for that reason a spirit |
IF fairness among south Idaho re-
oublicans should next year concede
he candidate for governor to the
lorth.
That the trend of political thought /
n south Idaho is toward the selection
# republican candidate for govern
# In north Idaho is indicated by the
GLOWING editorial from the Nampa
.eader- Herald.
For years north Idaho has argued
hat 1t should have turn at the gov
rnorship. The right has been con-
eded by the south, but southern men
ave come out for the nomination and
he larger population of the south has |
aused a southern man to be named, 4