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The Washington herald., 1917-11-11
Time Waits for Nobody.

According to official advices, the Federal au-
horities responsible for preparations the indus
res are about to adopt methods in dealing with
industrial unrest" The policy of charging all
against 1 w. w. agitators is to be wrong, and
here is to be recognition of the fact that the real un-
ieryng of the the failure of wages to
Ieep pace with the rising cost of living.
As this paper ntimated some weeks ago. especially
regard to the copper and lumber unrest" of the
Southwest and Northwest respectively the Federal au-
horities have been trying to pull the wrong tooth
Raiding the Infamous l. W. W. leaders hasn't relieved
he industrial ache, ustifabe though may have been
police measure and the authorities have struck the
light policy, if they succeed in their plan to readust
wages to conform with changes in the cost of
tiles
The plan under consideration is to fix standard of
wages in given occupations less or more than which
tandard the employer shall pay under govern
nen permission. This is the basis of Great Britains
Ian of dealing with industrial unrest but its efficacy
must depend wholly upon control of profits To control
rohts is most intricate undertaking and one requir-
ng much time, and if there is one thing especially
aluable to our government just it is time We
ray have the time to perfect and install plan to quiet
llustrial unrest in respect of labor generally but Italy,
sussia our war cause in entirety shrek for our mme-
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11
SERVICE DICTIONARY
MEETS ARMY NEEDS
Pocket Volume Edited by Dr.. Frank
H. Viztelly Wins Approval.

The Soldiers Service Dictionary, ed
tied by Frank E. Vizetelly. Lift. D..
LII. D.. managing editor of the IA
nous Funk & Wagnalls Standard
Dictionary. and published with the
sole object OF presenting a neat, dUra-
bic. pocket-siZed volume Of War
French" is meeting with the sue
cess it deserved here in the National
Capital.
The book sets forth its well-chosen
material so simply. easily and af-
fectively as to make it possible for
anyone TO get along" exceedingly
well in France. Not only does it
embrace lo,O0O military. naval, aero
nautical and conversational words
and phrases used by the Belgian,
british and French armies. but also
includes vitality important topograph-
iCal maps.
Mai. Gen. J. T. Dickman. Mai. Gen,
Henry T. Allen, Brig. Gen. William
r. Smith, Col. A. J. Ryan. Col. J.
n. W. Wilcox. and Lieut.. Col. A. C
Read have expressed their approval
of the little dictionary and advocated
its purchase by every member of the
national army.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11
Newsie Notes

Harper & Brothers have just
heard from their London house that
their office lin Albermarle street
was injured in one of the recent
Zeppelin raids. THE nose of a
shrapnel shell, weighing three and
half pounds. came through the
roof in the bac k of our house here"
wrote their London representative,
but did comparatively little dam
age"
DIR. Henry Van Dyke, who re-
signed his position as Minister to
Holland last winter in order that
he might be free to write what he
thought this country ought to be
told concerning the German con-
duct of the war. has completed his
book. Fighting for Peace" and 1t
will be ready for issue by the Scrib-
ner's in the latter part of October.
The whole book is said to be not
only an indictment of Germany, but
an appeal to the American people
to stand fast.
Franklin P. Adams, better known
as IF. p. A, who will have a new
book, to be called weights and
Measures" published this month by
Doubleday, Page & Company, has
come to this city to engage in work
for the war.
Inez Haynes Irwin, whose new
novel, THE Lady of Kingdoms" has
just been published by the Dorans,
say that the idea of the story came
to her when she was only IT, that
for many years 1t grew and took
shape in her mind. but that she did
not really begin to write 1t until
the autumn of 1907.
She has carried 1t about with her
and worked on 1t In New York,
Massachusetts, and California, in
Italy, France and England. She had
the manuscript with her in Lon
don when air raids were frequent
and she distributed 1t in three diff
ferent places so that some of 1t
would be likely to survive dropped
bombs.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11
Army and Navy News
Best Service Column in the City

A new saddle for mounted troops
has just been approved by the War
Department. and will shortly be Is
sued to the enlisted men.
The new saddle is a modification OF
the old Mcclellan, having a lower
porneI and wider openings on the
sides, thus relieving the weight on
the horses withers. The saddle was
tried out by enlisted men on the MeXi-
can border under the direction OF
Brig. Gen. W. J. Nicholson, at that
time a colonel OF cavalry.
The Ouartcrmaster Corps has begun
already to make preparations FOR the
holiday feasts of the overseas forces.
Purchase of turkeys already arranged
total $4,000 pounds. which give each
man CdeIeted out Of respect for cen
sor) pounds.
Lieut.. Baldion, of the Italian army.
established a worlds record on No
vember 3. by flying from Mineola,
n. Y. to Hampton, Va, in two hours
end thirty-two minutes. He covered
the distance OF So miles in the
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11
Giving Comfort to the Enemy.

The Herald doubts if there is any better way of
aiding and abettng the enemy" than for unpatriotc
citizens pay high prices to and hear the artists
of enemy countries appearing in this country.
Could the enemy ask more? From its firing line,
where possibly his last shot may have killed your
or mine an undoubted artist to us and
entertain
In other words not only invite the despoiler of
our homes into home, but pay him handsomely for
coming. When his furlough is ended he will re-
turn to kill possibly another of yours mine.
Can you conceive of American artist playing to
applauding audiences in Germany Austria? OF
course, you cannot. 1t is intoerable situation and
everybody knows it.
And stop and think of it. Albert Spalding, one of
the greatest of vioniss is in Italy serving under
the Stars and Stripes. While Spading, whose patriot
ism cost him $4,000 in Cancelled contracts is fight
ing for you, you paying good money to hear
an artist who was recently shooting at you.
This is a great country. We are doing things in a
tremendously big way-but the limit is reached when
we permit such outrages are being committed by
those in charge of these artists of enemy countries
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11
Travail.

He who TODAY contemptuously thrusts Russia
ont of the reckoning thinks of her lost and
damned, misses much of what history may teach
him, for the most elusive, the most tickle, the most
evanescent of all elements involved in human
progress is democracy the aspiration for which is
as old as the race ITSELF
We count the American Revolution as Of
the great milestones of human progres; and yet
who does not know that the fruits of the Rcvolu-
ton were nearly lost in the bitter wrangng, bick-
ering and jealousics among the Colonies that
were to compose the coming nation. 1t was
nearly decade after CORVALLIS surrendered at
Yorktown before the Constitution was adopted
In the meantime the Articles of Confederation had
proved unworkabe, and the nation, which had
won its freedom so dearly, almost wrecked by
sheer force of local jealousies and reluctance to
concede 1.-THE of local rights and local authority
to the commonweaL
We know now that Thomas Jefferson and
Alexander Hamilton were wide apart as the
poles in their ideals of democracy; and we know
that many of their followers only too anx-
ious to take to the sword rather than to the
ballot, as means of settling who should rule the
land. And for generation after the Revolution
was ended Royalists were busy-just German
agents today-trying to undermine the govern
ment and restore it to the British crown; and
there also groups of ultraradicals, to be
Russia, who were determined to do away with
property rights and the ordinary safeguards of
human society.
Luckily we escaped the clutch of these ex-
tremists We were more lucky than France after
she overthrew the Bourbons; more lucky than
Russia when she toppled over the Romanofs.
But it took ten years and more for these United
States actually to become nation. The authority
of the Federal government was weak at times
that it was unable to collect the taxes it had
placed in force. It's laws and mandates were de-
fed with impunity. But hard-headed Anglo Saxon
common finally to the rescue of the
quarreling Colonies.
We do not think there is the slightest danger
of the Czardom being restored in Russia, any
than that the Bolshevki will stay in the sad
die in Petrograd for any length OF time. These
featherheads will fall to fighting among them
selves like sparrows in the streets fighting over
provender. There is not the slightest instinct or
aptitude for administration among them. The
Lcnnites-who they but group of cart-tal
anarchists and spouters of empty pabulum, acting
under German control. In Petrograd, it is true
they have succeeded in overturnng the responsible
government. But have the word of Kercnsky
himself that he anticipated and discounted this
coup detat.
"Assuredy this is not the voice of authentic
Russia" says the London Times of the counter
revolution. Assuredly it is not.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11
Safe and Sane THANKSGIVING.

And maybe war will give safe and sane Thanks
giving.
There has been much extraordinary stuffing of our
selves mixed up with our thanking of Cod on Thanks
giving Day We will have, on the coming national day
more than to be genuinely thankful to God for
and more than will it be sinful and senseess to
stuff ourselves If we continue usual gastronomc
policy, likely to waste in day than all
the campaigning for food conservation can save in
week.
President Wilson in his proclamation, appeals for
unity Of spirit and purpose of service the world The
world as whole is going to be almighty hungry on
Thanksgiving Day, with frighfu shortage of food in
very parts There better way of arriving at
such unity and performing such service to hungry hu-
manity than by negecting our usual Thanksgiving
gorgng.
Thank God and treat your stomach as if it were a
sane part of you Thanksgiving Day!
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11
The Light of His Face
By FRANK L. STANTON
In Atlanta Constitution.
In Atlanta Constitution.

(The boys going to war, with the light in their faces
She bade him good-by, and DER valley and hill
She sees him, a-waving good-by to her STILL
Out there, in the ranks, yet spirit apart,
For the seas cannot sweep him away from her heart!
The lonesome long night round the regiments drawn
But one place is light as the shadows march on,
Undmmed by the tears of the farewell embrace
The light of his face.
Her morning, uHshadowed, though shadows may fall
It was all to mother-but mothers give all
From the sweet paths of peace the storm of the
They answer their country-their sons are its sons
Each throb of the home-hearts gives answer supreme
With loves dream the echo of liberty's dream
Loves dream in brave beauty, and wonder and grace
In the light of his face.
In the light of his face, he fares to the strife
The far tight of freedom for libertys life
And love to fare with him DER landway and foam
And light the sweet stars in the heaven of home
The, welcoming stars, when the battle is done,
And the thrill of the joy of the victory won,
And home, and mother to claim the loved place
In the light of his face
Frank L. Stanton in Atlanta Constitution.
And now 1t is your privilege to begin saving for
the third liberty loan
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11

diate dealing with all those industries directly engaged
in turning out war material, especially ships.
Our government and should concern itself with
the normal labor problem. but it only conserve
precious time by dealing with war industry unrest in
heroic fashion The Federal authorities, having de-
cided that industrial unrest is due to wage conditions,
would be wise and justified in communicating any in
stitution producing essentials Particularly is this
in respect of pbuildng plants and their closely
allied concerns. Ships are finally, our problem. In
April, when we declared rar, the Kaiser said, TOO
Iatep He was betting his U-boats, insignificant
merchant marine and conservatism. But we can
fool him.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11
Not for Little Jimmy,

Speaking at a dinner, Senator William S Ken
yon. OF Iowa. referred to the proper administration
OF justice, and smngly recalled this little story:
One afternoon Mrs. Brown the mother of little
Willie Brown, something that looked like a
mix-up in the middle of the street. and fastened to
investigate. Her worst fears were realized, for
her dear boy next the asphalt, with
Jimmy Jones sitting on his head and punching his
ribs.
what do you by doing that" exclaimed
the angry mother she separated the combat
ants. What did you hit my little Willie for?"
Your little Willie flammed me with brickl'
dcfcnsvely declared Jimmy
"Wcll don't you ever strike him again." ex-
claimed the irate mother. 'If Willie hits you, you
and tell me-"
Yes" was the scornful rejonder of Jimmy.
"an' what would you dor"
why | would whip him for it, of course -
declared Willies mother.
What" loudly exclaimed Jimmy. Him flam
him fer. it? Well, l guess not!"-Philadelphia
Telegraph.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11
WAR TIME DETECTIVES.
Correspondent Takes Fling at De-
partment of Justice Men.

Editor The Washington Herald: II
seems that tf-re Is now some ANA
teur detective work being done by
unscrupulous individuals who. in a
vindictive mood and because Of per-
sonal prejudice. endeavor to fasten
the stigma Of pro-Germanism on GER
tain of their neighbors. and. further,
that no good purpose can be served
by any self-appointed detectives who.
boasting Of their Americanism, go
among persons OF different religious
and political turns Of mind and chal-
lenge the loyalty of law-sbiding and
Woodworking citizens.
II SO much detective work is nee
essary, II could be done by persons
of character, who are above gossip
ing and mixing their personal preJu-
dices in their work. Detective work
is looked upon with a feeling akin to
that we have for the confidence man.
and when 1t Ii not employed to en-
force the law, or when IL is employed
for personal reasons by gossips and
persons in maliciou moods. It would
seem to be ineXcusable.
! One of the local newspapers recent
ly stated that many citizens were CO.
OBtl dNAilb "lAh AAAt A@tBoA VA = Ne
tice in detecting people who are Civ
ing aid and comfort to the enemy.
II such cooperation gives gossips the
opportunity to scrutinize the records
of their neighbors, and TO satisfy
their latent jealousies and prejudices
by eXaggerating the dark chapters of
their neighbors' lives, much aid and
comfort will be given the enemy by
these gossips.
When unprincipled persons, for per-
sonal reasons. can, under the guise OF
cooperating with the Department OF
Justice, assassinate the character Of
persons who are by nature pacifists,
but are in favor OF the present war
because 1t was unavoidable. great care
should be taken as TO who is allowed
TO cooperate with the Department OF
Justice.
A READER OF THE HERALD.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11
QUOTES EULOGY ON DOG.
Court Room Speech Of Late Senator
Vest Recalled by Subscriber.

Editor The Washington Herald-In
Saturdays Herald there h q news
story concerning a letter addresse,h
TO the District Commissioners in pro-
test against the anti-dog crusade.
The remark" attributed 20 the late
Senator Vest on the fsithfulness OF
dogs is actually a quotation from a
remarkable court room address de-
livered by the Senator IN a civil suit.
| in which he represented the plain
tin. whose dog was alleged TO have
been poisoned by the defendant The
Introductory 10 the sumrning-up sd-
dress 10 the jury is worthy OF re-
production.
II follows:
Gentlemen OF the jury-The best
friend a man has in this world may
turn against him and become his
enemy. His son or his daughter that
he has reared with loving care may
prove ungratefuL Those who are
nearest and dearest 70 Us. those whom
We trust with our happiness and our
good name may become traitors to
their faith. The money that a man
has he may lose II flies away from
him when he needs II most. A mans
reputation may be sacrificed in
moment OF ill-considered action. The
people who are prone 10 fall on their
knees TO do us honor when success
is with us may be the first 10 throw
the stone OF malice when failure sets
its cloud upon our heads.
The one absolutely Unselfsh friend
that man can have in this selfish
world. the one tina. never proves un-
grateful or treacheroUs. is his doE
A mans dog stands by him in pros
perity and in poverty. in health and
in sickness. lie will sleep on the
cold ground, where the wintry winds
blow and the snow drives iercely.
IL only he can be near his masters
side. He Will kiss the hand that has
no food 10 oner, he Will lick the
wounds and sores that come In en-
counter with the roughness OF the
world. He guards the sleep OF his
pauper master as ~ he were a prince.
When all other friends desert. he
remains. When riches take wings
and regulations falls TO pieces. he il
as constant in his love as the sun
in its journey through the heavens.
'Tf fortune drives the master forth
an outcast in the world. frlendIess
and homeless. the faithful dog asks
no higher privilege than that Of a.
| companying him. TO guard against
danger, TO fight against his enemies
| And when the last scene Of all comes
and death takes the master in it,
embrace, and his body Is lad away
in the cold ground, no matter II all
| the other friends pursue their Wav
! there by the graveside Will the noble
dog be found. HIS head between his
paws, his ewes sad hut omen Ia
alert watchfulness, faithful and urul
/ even in death
FRANCIS DE SALES RYAN. d"
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11
THE OPEN FORUM

zen to do his duty. regardless Of his
personal opinion or belief. and obey
the orders Of the captain There will
be time enough after the storm for
him TO criticise and fnd fault after
We have won liberty for all nations
and reeds.
II We should lose out IN this war.
there will be a greater intolerance 20
fight than the world has ever known.
Let the Bigelows and the pacihsts
curb their grievance against tmag-
mary wrongs till the United States
can give them real liberty and free
dom. J. L. HOLLAND.
Il0e North Capitol street.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11
SOLDIERS DEMAND WAGES.

FL Paso. Texas, Nov. 1O.-Four hun
dred Carranza soldiers sent from
Juarez to pursue Villa bandits. who
massacred more than one hundred
and twenty-five persons south Of
Chihuahua City Sunday, when they at
tackled a passenger train. left the
cars at Villa Ahumada and demanded
their wages, which are three months
overdue. When the money was not
paid to them the Carranza troops re-
fused to pursue the Villistas.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11
The Hunger Strike.

In war time the hunger strike" and "forcible
feeding" have lost their thrill. When Emmeline
Pankhurst forcibly rescued from starving to
death, she caught the public imagination, every
original genius does. When war engulfed Europe
Mrs. Pankhurst and her cohorts had the good
to realize that the advertising value of hun
ger striking had evaporated.
Miss Alice Paul is one of her disciples, and she
is trying to repeat the adventure OF Holloway gaol
in our own prosaic, unromantic District JAIL with
what results-from the strict publicity view-he
who runs may read A more i-timed performance
could hardly be imagined. 1t comes in the wake
of glorious suffrage victory in New York State,
at time when the seems to be entering
upon a era of progress. Therefore the aver
age citizen will regard this "forcible feeding" busi-
deliberate, self-imposed martyrdom that
is grotcsquely useless and inept Some such
thought must have already percoatcd into CAM
eron House, unless self-absorption there has in
sulated the National Woman's Party from all con-
tact with popular psychology.
There is nothing in the blind alley in which
the pickets persist in rushing back and forth.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11

was enough to indicate the incon-
stancy of the masculine heart, was
but the rising of the curtain on a
drama that searched the very souls
of it's characters.
This is a robust and vigorous
story, throughout with the leaven
of a deep. practical Catholicity.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11

Pomilio car at an altitude of about
e,ccO feet
The Secretary OF War has directed
that all organization commanders of
Units designated for service overseas.
and who are dispatched abroad oa
commercial liners. provide at Ieast
FIVE days rations for the use OF iHD.-
ORGANIZATIONS en- route through Ems
land
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11
A LINE o. CHEER
EACH DAY o. THE YEAR.
By John kendrick BanE,.

THE BETTER PLAN.
To be an Angel here
is very wei. I guess,
And many folks, tits clea-.
To that achievement pr
But as for ma deem
II far a better Dlan,
4 more important scheme.
To try 10 be a MAN.
II 7 can he the kind
OF MAN / really might
I've not doubt III find
My ANGELHOOD'S all rf-ht
tCopyright. lsl7l
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11
The Young Man and His Vocation
by franklin Stewart Harris, Phi. ID

r. G. Badger. Price, Sl.25.
Every normal person is eager to
succeed in life. Many fail because
they are not doing the kind of work
for which they are suited, or be-
cause they are not properly train
ed for their work. This volume
will help the young man to find his
place in the world and will show
him how to make the most of HIM
self.
The industrial demands of modern
life are explained and the reader
is shown how he can meet these de-
mands. The opportunities and re-
quirements in each kind Of work
are discussed in such a way that
the young man is aided materially
in selecting his life's work and in
preparing himself for it.
In Happy Valley, by John Fox,
jr. New York: Charles Scribner's
Sons.
1t was we'll worth while to col
lect Mr.. FoX's previously published
dozen or more short stories, for
many of the characters. especially
Pleasant Trouble and Jeb Mullins,
the moonshiner. run through them
all. and. law-breakers as they are
one cannot help liking them.
1t is a drab life that Mr.. Fox
portrays, yet one with many re-
deeming features and amusing sit
uations. The best of the stories
are: "Courtship of Allaphair," The
Pope of Big Sandy" Marquis OF
Queensberry," and Goddess OF
Happy Valley" The St. Hilda
Mission and it's workers play an inn
portant part in them all.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11

With turkey at 10 cents pound its patriotic elimi-
nation from the festa board is duty unusually
pleasant.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11

The New York woman who scorns ainony in her
divorce petition ought to have trouble in remarry-
ing.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11

The story Americans like best in our evenings
paper contains but three words-Haig hammers
Huns.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11

There's only one correct answer to the question
why shouldn't vote?" That is They should r.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11

Patriotism is the only known to science whic
will make Goldfish balls taste as good as beefsteak
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11

War experts agree that Gen. Cadorna never mean
to make real stand along the Tagiamento
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11

In Gotham It's better TO be called John by tn
common people than Jack by Vanderbilt
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11

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