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The Washington herald., 1917-08-27
By JOHN L. BALDERsTON.
Copyright. 1917. by the Mcclure Newspaper


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London, Aug. 5, (By MaiD-"The
fourth year of the war should be the
year of sea power" said Gerard Fien-
mes, the naval writer and critic, who
since the death of the late Fred T.
Jane is probably the foremost lay
expert on sea affairs in England. Mr..
Fiennes, guardedly as is necessary in
dealing with such a topic, broadly
hinted that the entry of the American
fleet into the war means, sooner or
later, the destruction of the German
fiotillas.
"The circumstances in which the
war has been fought" he said, have
prevented the full use of sea power up
to the present, for reasons which 1t
would take too long to state. The
entry of the United States into the
struggle has changed the conditions.
President Wilson has Joined the pow
ers who are fighting for freedom ex-
pressly to vindicate public law at sea-
Effective American help depends on
the root-and-branch suppression OF
the U-boat campaign. And the Ameri-
cans, like ourselves, are an oceanic
people, so far at least as their rela-
tions with Europe are concerned.
Their whole tradition is bound up
with sea power.
Allies War Policy.
"In the forthcoming year the United
States and Great Britain will have the
prepondering voice in shaping the war
policy OF the allies. We shall be true
to our engagements with France. Bel
gium, and Serbia. of course, but we
must not overlook the fact that for
the future peace of the world the
questions involved in the sea affair are
not less vital than those involved in
the land campaigns.
"Bonar Law reminded the pacifists
in the house of commons very aptly
the other night that, in blessing the
Reichstag peace declaration, they had
overlooked the clause demanding the
Freedom of the seas which Is de-
signed to strike our chief weapon from
our hands, and, in effect. to give
Germany a land frontier with every
nation in the world. Land frontiers,
being artificial, make for strife and
rivalry: sea frontiers, being natural
make for peace and friendly inter-
course.
TT is to the interest Of all the al
lies. but especially of Great Britain.
the United States and Japan. to make
sure that, in the coming year. the sea
affair is definitely decided in our IA
vor, and this can only be done by
thrusting the Germans back from the
Belgian coast, by crushing the U boat
campaign at the source, and by fore
ing the high seas fleet to action.
Il have included Japan among the
powers specially interested in bring.
ing the naval war to A successful
issue, but the question of her aid does
not lend itself to open discussion. If
the naval resources of the allies are
now organized for common action
there is an enormous force available
for a radical operation against the
basis of German sea power. The pru-
dent policy which has directed the use
of the grand feet hitherto cannot, OF
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Leaves Millions for
Relief Work Abroad

New York, Aug. 26.-Mrs. Warren c.
Van Slyke, millionairess in her own
right and wife OF a leading attorney
of this city, has sailed for France to
take up once more relief activities she
dropped a year ago.
She will join the hospital unit to
which she belongs and which is now
stationed along the western front.
Her husband Joined the Naval Re-
serves the day after war was declared,
although he is beyond the military
age.
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PROPOSALS.

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS n G
Washington, d. C., August ., lsI7.-Sealed
proposals will be received at this offioe. Room
Ss. District Building. until . O'Clock p. n.
SEPTEMBER z. 1917. for furnishing one 60
horsepower boiler. locomotive type specihca-
tons and form 81 proposal may he obtained
upon application IN the Purchasing Officer,
n. @. Room 80 District BuIdinE OLIVER
P. NEWMAN, LOUIS BROwNDOw, JOHN
6. D. KNIGHT. Commissioners. d. C.
WASHINGTON. d. C. AUGUST 90 i9f7--
Sealed proposals viii he received at the Office
OF the Secretary Of the Board Of Commissioners,
Room So District Building, until 2 O'Clock
2. m, WEDNESDAY, September S. 1911. for
laying cement sidewalks in the District Of
Columbia. Forms Of proposal, specifications.
together with Necessary information, NAV be
obtained from the Chief Clerk Of the Engineer
DEPARTMENT, Room ~. District Building.
OLIVER P. NEWMAN. LOUIS BROwNLOw,
JOHN C. D. KNIGHT. Commissioner u. c.
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LEGAL NOTICE.

SUPREME COURT or TIE DISTRICT oF
Columbia, holding Probate Court. No s9a.
Administration This Is 10 give notice that the
subscriber. Of the District of Columbia has
obtained from the Probate Court Of the Disfrict
Of Columbia. letters estauentary on the esssts
Of S. Walter Woodward late Of the District o.
Columbia. deceased. An parsons having Gains
AGAINST the decensed are hereby warned 10 en-
hihit the sane, with the vouchers thereof le-
Eally authenticated % the suhscTihor, ou or b.
fore the 18th DAY OF AUGUST, A. D. 1915;
otherwiss they may by law he excluded frorn
all benefit Of said estate. Given under my hand
this 10Th day Of August. 1917 DONALD
WOODWARD. 9l5 Wv0ninF avenur Affesff
(SealD WM. c. .4sf1a sa.a1-f Z
Wills for the Ig ef .H frI4 q
the Probate Cor
roHS ABNEn
lE EE
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CITY CONTRIBUTES GOLD.

Rome. Aug. 26.-The city of Milan
has contributed over 100 pounds Of
gold and 800 pounds of silver toward
the Italian national gold collection.
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= VIM. H. SAUNDERS & CO.,
Southern Building, S07 18th ST.
FOR SALE-SUBURBAN.

COLORED-TWo ACRES LAND; 5-RooM
house; near Rockville road; only $50 cash
bslance monthly; wonderful hfrain. PERCY
n. RUSSELL CO., 9Th and n. Y. ave. nv.
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REAL ESTATE.
Careful Investments

or money IN first Deeds of Trust (First Mort
g1ees) on Washington, d. C. Real Estate alvGys
give the fun interest promised and the return of
al the prircTle due. regardless Of the yaryins
incomes and values cf oiher securities. and they
are net subject 10 taxation We have been cue
cessiulb engaged in making these investments
for our clients for more than a quarter a a
century. lnvestmsnts. 81, 500 10 5000. a. q
81, and psr cent nov ready for delivery Largs
invez4uewfa "A
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DIED.

JACOBSON Sunday, August 2s. 1917.
at Alexandra, Va, THOMAS F.,
beloved husband of Mary Frances
Jacobs, in the 6lst year Of his age.
Funeral Wednesday. August ., at
4 p. m. from residence, 500 South
Lee street. Interment at Bethel
Cemetery. Alexandria, Va
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HELP WANTED-FEMALE.
WANTED-WOMAN; MARRIED;

for hcusework, whose husband can help morn
ings and evenings; one in government service
preferred. Two rooms and bath; good pay. In
quire STAG HOTEL. COS 9Th st. nv
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LOST.

LOsTLGoLD WATCH CHAIN, PROB1BLi
On St. Georsetown. s. reward retune,
to Office, stoneleigh Court.
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The Married Life of Helen and Warren


THE Journal of Neglected Wife, The Woman Alone
Helens Reputation Immaculate Housekeeper
Suffers a Serious Blow.
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Over the small shop door was a
crude painting Of a deceased rat, and
the red-lettered sign,
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We WANT JUNK
UNITED JUNK COMPANY,
North G3S. llG " 81 Nv.
WILL CALL AND PAY sc PER HUNDRED
fE new papers; &c for magazines Hiehesf
rrices for all other Junk. AMERICAN JUNK
CO. 652 Pa. ave. re
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MONEY TO LOAN
WANTED-ROOMS.

MOI TF f6S ROOMS HESF 3 M 50gs q
L. Nv NArS s,F ~ "
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AUTOMOBILES.
FOR HIRF

FOR HIRE. SIS. '.s ..,.,Ii sT ,5:s e 5 ssS5;
isars; clean can; day and night servioe Phoas
LINCOLN IS.
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FOR RENT-APARTMENTS

The NORFOLK. % ST. AND MASS. AVE.
ne.-Six-room apartment first hoor. rent 81
beautiful view. overlooking station plaza y. s
SHEA. Manager. Ian. 1921.
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PERSONALS.

NOTICES Artificial teeth and sec
ond-hand Diamonds and Jewelry
bought. louis Abrahams, SIS G,
on. Pat. Office.
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SITUATION WANTED-MALE.

WANTED-P0NTI0N AS SALESMAN on
the road; experienced. For further infoms-
tion apply BOX 80. Herald Office.
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YOUNG LADY TO ASSIST IN OFFICE.
with knoNledse Of stenography. Apply aI9
18th St NV
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-04-28

be equal to that of all other Ameri-
cans: We have lost ground, South
and North, because we have not
fought, and when we have resisted,
have lacked leadership, while other
supposed leaders have played into the
hands of our enemies. AS a race, we
have been burlesqued, abused and hu-
inflated by the thoughtless (some,
members of the race), as well as by
those hostile to our interests, simply
because there was lacking proper re-
sentiment on our part and a determi-
nation to take a stand for our rights
with all the power at our command.
The world loves a MAN, a fighter!
on who thinks as much of himself as
any other like creature on earth. To
such aggressive MEN, unjust restric-
lions will in the end yield and break
down, because they will ever refuse
to recognize them. In cases of lux
uries of life such MEN will not ac-
cept the limitations though they
greatly desire. them and have the price
demanded. In the case of necessities.
they will fight restrictions and limit.
as far as is within their power, the
demand for them.
A MAN CAN BE FREE IN A FREE
COUNTRY ONLY WHEN HE RE-
TAINS THE RESPECT OF HIS FELL
LOW CITIZENS TO THE EXTENT
HE RECEIVES THE SAME TREAT
MENT FROM THEM THEY EXPECT
FROM HIM."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-04-28
THE WAR NOT IN VAIN,

If the revolution in Russia means
that the Jews and other subject races
will be given full citizenship and that
the pale will be abolished, then the
bloody European war has not been in
vain.
The new government has given this
pledge and the Jewish people and the
Poles and other peoples who have felt
the iron heel of Russian tyranny are
rejoicing
Whether the action will be sus.
tanned by the Russian masses is an
open question, but the chances are
that it will be approved as the masses
OF all the various races have been
comparatively friendly in their deal
ings with each other when uninflu.
enced by government coercion.
The great danger is that the pres.
ent government may be overthrow
by the return of the Romanoffs or the
reactionaries to power. The pogroms
or massacres of the Jews. were in.
variably arranged either by the gov.
eminent or the Greek church authori-
ties.
Let us hope that there will never be
a reversion to government by terror.
ism.
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-04-28
PLUTOCRATS DOING HARM

Says the Saturday Evening Post:
1.-The modern plutocratic ideal is to
soar far away from the common lot
and then voloplane gracefully back to
1t. Why take the trouble to soar at
all? Why not distribute the millions
for the common veal before they are
collected in the capacious individual
reservoir"
Many of the men who have made
;reat fortunes by questionable methods
in some cases, and in nearly every
case, by paying employees low wages.
Carnegie made a great fortune and
is now aiding race prejudice by en-.
downing jimcrow libraries in the South
and Rosenwald the Jewish muitimil-
lionaire is using some of his money to
aid the Christians in proving that their
religion is fake by building Jim crow
Y. M. c. AS all over the country.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-04-28
MORAL GRANDEUR.

Would that the cursed colored cow
ards who cringe and cover and grin
and give up their liberties could read
in Caesars Commentaries on the Gaelic
war of the brave "Belgae," and then
come down to modern times and pom
der over the valor and courage of the
Belgian people of today, who, although
their land has been despoiled, many
of their women ravished, and many of
their men reduced to practical slavery,
have not been broken in spirit.
Cardinal MERCER, primate of Bel
GUM, in his Lenten pastoral letter,
although in danger of his life, did not
hesitate to pay a glowing tribute to
the courage and devotion of the Bel
gian people in their fight for liberty.
He did not, as many of the colored
churchmen do, tell his people that lit
is the will of the Lord that we should
be oppressed and a lot of rot like
that, but lauded their loyalty to their
country and praised their retention of
self-respect under oppression.
Under the heading, "The Moral
Grandeur of the Nation," Cardinal
MERCER says
Brethren Of our armies of Liege,
Haelen, Antwerp, the User and Ypres,
the Kameruns and East Africa, it is
you who are our foremost purveyors
Of energy.
"Our good wishes follow in the wake
OF these valiant men; all form a guard
of honor. proud and faithful, for our
magnanimous sovereign, who from a
sandbank, which now is all of his
kingdom, gives to Belgium, and to the
whole world a perfect example of en-
durance and of faith in the future.
1--WE have listened to the mighty
voices of wives and mothers; through
their tears they have prayed God to
sustain their courage and fidelity to
the honor of their husbands and sons
carried off by force to the enemy's
factories. These gallant men have
been heard at the hour of departure
rallying their energy to instill courage
into their comrades, or by a supreme
effort to chant the national hymn. We
have seen some of them on their re.
turn, pale, haggard, human wrecks;
as our fearful eyes sought their dim
eyes we bowed reverently before them
for all unconsciously they were re.
vealing to us new and unexpected
aspect of national heroism. After this
can it be necessary to preach courage
to you?"
OF course money is matter of little
moment to so grand man as Cardinal
MERCER, but it is pleasing to note that
the Academy of Moral and Political
Sciences yesterday awarded to Car
d1nal MERCER, primate of Belgium, it's
grand prize of $4,000 francs (s3.00Oo.
destined to recompense "the finest and
greatest acts of devotion of whatever
kind"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-04-28

almost as much food is wasted as
is eaten in the United States. Neither
housekeepers nor restaurateurs gauge
portions according to the probabilities
of reasonable consumption.
1T has been pointed out that there
would be no real food economy if
persons of means should stop buying
expensive foods or expensive cuts of
beef Instead the food situation would
be seriously disturbed. The demand
for cheap foods would increase their
price, and the reduced demand for
luxuries would injure those engaged
in their production.
What is most desirable is to stop
waste. Those who overeat in these
times of scarcity and increased de-
mand are slackers in an inverted
sense They should consume less food
and money. The hOusekeeper can do
her bit by ordering just enough to
satisfy the wants of the household, by
gauging such wants more carefully
and by seeing to it that nothing is
thrown away.
"Hotel and restaurant proprietors
can assist by serving smaller portions
at lower prices. Instead of raising
their prices to customers, let them
decrease the size of the portions
served when the cost of their raw ma
terials goes up.
Waste is Americas greatest sin.
1t cannot be overcome by legislative
action, nor is cooperative action the
remedy. Individual care, which must
necessarily be without public praise or
attention, but which will be of real
national service nevertheless is what
is needed. Patrons who are served
with more food than a single person
could be expected to consume can per-
form a valuable service by directing
attention to the waste. An occasional
demand for a second order would be
far better than constant waste.
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Mr.. J. @. Adams, Editor THE AP-
PEAL, st. Paul, MINI.
Dear Mr.. Adams: Your contribution
of five dollars ITO defeat any jimcrow
army and navy legislation which may
bob up in Congress" is gratefully &C.
knowledged and will be applied to the
salary of the legislative agent we
have employed to watch for the intro
duction of such legislation in the pres
ent Congress.
1t goes without saying that the N.
A. A. G. P. will oppose any and all
legislation which further restricts or
abridges the civil rights of colored
people in any respect.
hope your initiative may persuade
many others to contribute like
amounts. Very truly yours, -,
(Signed) ROY NASH;
Secretary.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-04-28

The American Jews are looking ont
for the interests of their co-religionists
in Europe. Representatives of the
American Jewish committee Joined in
sending to Foreign Minister Milukoff
at Petrograd cable imploring Russian
Jews to oppose any step which might
lead to a separate peace between Rus
STA and the central powers. Such a
step, the appeal says, would lead to
the restoration of an autocratic gov
eminent and degradation of the Jews
in Russia below even their former con.
dition.,
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RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES.

That valiant defender of the rights
of the colored people, John Mitchell,
Jr., has an editorial in his paper, the
Richmond Planet, which is a gem. We
reproduce it in full:
DR.. H. B. Frissell has issued a pa
|triotic address to the colored people
of the country and from every stand
point save one, it is an admirable
production. We are disposed to take
issue with him, however, when he
says:
"As DR.. Washington and DR.. Motion
have proved by their lives of quiet,
unpretentious service, the colOred man
is going to secure recognition, not by
demanding his rights, but by deserv-
ing them"
A right is thing to be demanded:
privilege, thing to be deserved.
II DR.. Frissell had said that the COL
ored man is going to secure recogni-
ton by demanding his rights and by
deserving them, we would understand
fully that he recognized that the citi-
zen of color is entitled to every right
and every privilege enjoyed by any
other citizen. We pause to remark
that the colored people in this coun-
try will never come unto their own
as long as they believe that they are
inherently inferior and that they are
not manly enough to deserve their
rights, and after deserving their
rights, to demand them.
The badge of servility, better known
by the look of cowardice and the
hating attitude of submission to any
wrong, is what is handicapping us
more than anything else. Colored peo-
pie who could lead a charge at Ell
Caney and San Juan Hill should walk
upright, and, while being respectful
and obliging, should demand their
rights when necessary and "dig deep
in their jeans" to secure the neces.
sary legal rights which will make them
respected by their enemies in the
courts of this country. Manhood is
what is wanted and not servile SUBJ
mission. A blooded white man hates
"a cringing citizen, be he black or
white, and he admires manhood, self
respect and courage in a Negro as
much so as he does in an Englishman,
F'renchman or a German.
The colored man is going to obtain
his rights, DR.. Frissell, by demanding
them and by deserving them. Selah!
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FAILURE TO FIGHT COSTLY.

That strong defender Of true Ameri-
canism, the Cleveland Gazette, edited
by Hon. Harry G. Smith, a man of
whom all Americans may we'll be proud.
printed an editorial in a recent issue
which is so accurate an exposition of
the costly blunder the colored people
have made in failing to fight for their
rights that we reproduce it. We trust.
that every reader will read it care
fully and ponder over the truths ex-
pressed.
1T has not been so very many years
since the adoption of the war amend
ments to the Constitution and the be-
ginning of a systematic effort on the
part of our enemies to nullify the eff
feet they were expected to have and
its subsequent good. Since these ef-
forts at restriction began, they have
grown and multiplied rapidly and
much of it has been due to our refusal
to fight the issues raised with all our
resources, before they became opera
tive. In the South DISTINGUISHING
constitutions have come, separate or
"jim-crow" railroad and street cars,
peanut" galleries in theaters for our
men and women, separate bars in
saloons, "jim-croW" city parks, swim
ming pools, schools, .jim-crowism" in
dental Offices, churches, Y. M. G.. AS,
etc. Indeed, there is apparently a de-
sire for segregation of the races in
Heaven, if some of them ever get
there. These things have all crept
upon us since emancipation and the
elevation toka citizenship supposed to