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The Washington times., 1917-10-23

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story TIE Washington Times tOiH pub
Isk " dolly instdllmeHtS. Of t0hich the
!oIlotcin0 Is the thiTty-ei0hth. No docit-
Rent Of diplomacy t1Gs eUer more vital
or more Interesting.
Undoubtedly the worst prison
camp which l visited in Germany
was that of Wittenberg. Wittenberg
is the ancient town where Luther
lived and nailed his thesis to the
church door. The camp was situated
Just outside the city in a very unat-
tractive spot next to the railway.
An outbreak of typhus fever prevented
us from visiting the camp, although
Mr.. Jackson conversed with some OF
the prisoners from outside the bar
rier Of barbed wire.
When the typhus was finally driven
out, Mr.. Lithgow Osborne visited the
camp and his report of conditions
there was such that 1 visited 1t my
self, in the meantime holding up his
report until 1 had verified It
With Charles H Russell, jr., visit
ed the camp. Typhus fever seems to
be continually present in Russia 1t
is carried by the body louse, and is
transmitted from one person to an
other. Russian soldiers seem to
carry this disease with them without
apparently suffering much from 1t
themselves. The Russian soldiers
arriving at wittenberg we're not
properly disinfected, and in conse-
Quence typhus fever broke out in
camp.
Kept All Together.
Several British medical officers
were there with their prisoners, be-
cause, by the provisions Of The
Hague conventions, captured medical
officers may be kent with the troops
OF their nation. IL prisoners have
need of their services. These medi
cal officers protested with the
camp commander against the herding
together of the French and British
prisoners with the. Russians, who
as ! have said, were suffering from
typhus fever. But the camp COM
mander said, you will have to know
your allies" And he kept all of his
prisoners together, and thus as sure
" condemned to death a number oi
French and British prisoners OF wal
as though he had stood them against
the wall and ordered them shot by
q firing squad.
Conditions in the camp during the
period OF this epidemic were fright
full. The camp wac virtually desert
ed by the Germans, and / understand
that the German doctor did not make
as many visits to the camp as the
situation required.
At the time I visited the camp
The Washington times., 1917-10-23
TREES
TORN DOWN FOR
WAR PURPOSES

"wsr's robbery Of Washington
beautiful trees and destruction of the
beauty of its parks will be temporary.
The temporary buildings now Hnder
construction to care for war work
will be torn down as soon as the need
for them ceases to exist and the beau
tifuI old trees that have been cut
down to make way for war construc-
tIon here will be replaced by new
trees"
This statement was made to The
Times today by Col. Clarence S. Rid
ley. in charge Of public buildings and
grounds, in replying to protests OF
citizens OF the National Capital.
The area between Sixth and Sew
enth streets clear across the Mall TO
the Medical Museum has been swept
clean Of its present growth of trees.
Several large trees were also felled
to make way for the aviation shed on
southwest r street, between Ninth
and Tenth streets.
The Washington times., 1917-10-23
Use Tennis Courts.

The tennis courts courts at Henry
Park, which were fTequented by
thousands OF players during the past
two years, form the site OF the new
office building. Colonel Ridley says
The Washington times., 1917-10-23
Tear Down Old Trees.

"Some OF those trees, where the
aviation shed was erected. were over
fifty years old" says George 5. Fraser,
an old resident OF the neighborhood
and a former officer OF the Southwest
citizens Association. "I have seen
them grow since boyhood and II hurts
TO see them felled."
Fraser Is OF the opinion that IT
would have been possible to have
picked a site where such a ruthless
waste OF trees would not have been
necessary. He points to vacant
ground back Of the War Department.
on the El'ipse and down toward the
tidal basin.
The site at Sixth and = streets was
designated by Congress In the act
providing for the building.
Colonel Ridley says that II would
have been necessary to destroy many
OF the trees eventually to make room
for the Washington MemOria', which
is to be erected on a part of the site
that the temporary office building
will occupy, after the latter is dis
mantled. Further, that 1t would have
been hard to have located such an
immense building in any other place
as convenient to the army of 10000
OF more clerks who will occupy it.
The Washington times., 1917-10-23
By JAMES W. GERARD.

American Ambassador to Germany. July q.
1873, TO February 4, 1871.
(CopyriEht, United States. Canada. and In
ternAtional. 1911. by the Public Ledger Col
Ambassador Gerard, t0hO, during the
four years preceding the declaration Of
toGr, t0ds In Berlin and In constant
touch 4cith German affairs, has tcTitten
q vivid story Of his experiences. This
story TIE Washington Times toiH pub
IIsk " dolly iHstdllmeHtS. Of tohich the
!oIIotcin1 Is the thiTty-ei0hth. No docit-
ment Of diplomacy i1Gs eUer more vital
or more interesting.
The Washington times., 1917-10-23
Colonel Friedrieh's ReprisaIs.

For instance, when some OF the
Germans who had been take prisoners
by the English, and who were in Eng
land, were sent by the English to
work in the harbor OF Havre, the Ger
mans retaliated by sending about four
times the number OF English prison
ers to work at Libau in the part of
Russia then occupied by the Germans
But while the English permitted our
Arizona republican., 1917-07-18
I. w. WIS MUST
 STAY OUT OF
 WARREN DISTRICT

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Arizona republican., 1917-07-18

tested to the strike leaders against office July II, he was told by one of he L w. w. leaders that he would not De responsible for the acts of his men my longer, as he could not control hem if the authorities continued to infringe on what they considered their rights
 My reply to this was that if he could not control his men I could.
 Three hours beIore our first move was made and while we were here planning for the roundup, they called me from Union hall and said they had heard we were going to send gun men to Union hall and if they did they would meet with serious resistance. Three hours later the men were there and met with no resistance. We had a machine gun trained on the door be- cause of the message they sent us and that was the only one we had in use
 We are anxious to have those of the deported men who were caught in the roundup by mistake to return. We tried to segregate them at the baseball park but the I. w w. leaders pre- vented this. We will welcome those who have homes and families here and are not agltators, but we will not lei the agitators and 'wobblies' come back
 We have 4,500 organized men ir the two citizens leagues here and ir Douglas and expect to increase this tC 5000 soon. We are pledged to come tC the assistance of each other and we intend to make this an American camp where American workingmer may enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness unmolested by any alien enemies of whatever breed"
Arizona republican., 1917-07-18

when Mrs. Mooney was put in the bath room but he said conditions in the city prison made it necessary to con- fine her there. He said she was in the bathroom only "A hours and that he saw she was removed to more com modious quarters.
 Mrs Mooney complained to me of the treatment accorded her by Assit- ant District Attorneys Cunha and Brennan, said Matheson. She said she was ill and 1 told her she could have a doctor"
 Under a grilling cross examination Mrs. Mooney reiterated statements made on the stand yesterday by which she hopes to prove an alibi on the day of the explosion.
 John LaWler, one of the witnesses called by the state in rebuttal, said he had first seen Mrs. Mooney on the roof of the building in which she lived at D. m. on the day of the explosion The explosion occurred at 2:06 p. m.
 Lawler admitted that he testified a, the Warren K. Billings trial that he first saw Mrs. Mooney at, 1:45 or :50 D. m.
 The state contended that Mrs Mooney arrived on the roof at D. m after she had accompanied the other defendants in the bomb case to the scene of the explosion, where Billings was alleged to have deposited the suit case containing the bomb. Billings was convicted and senteced to If, imprisonment.
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 pany, July 12 by Superintendent H. H. Stout and Robert Rae, officials of the Copper Queen company.
 Several of the small business pla ces owned by men deported here are be- ing operated by their employees. The Quick Service" restaurant in Lowell these. Investigation here showed that the message sent to Vukovich at the Columbus deportation camp, saying his brother Sam had been killed here was sent by Sam himself as a way of get ting his brother out of the camp. A root beer stand owned by one of the men ordered to leave town has been closed while other small places owned by the deported men continue to run. Officers here deny that any number of the deported men were engaged in any kind of business and that none were in competition in any way with the Phelps Dodge Mercantile company which has a big company store here. Reports received by the citizens relief committee which is caring for the families of the deported men. show that there is no suffering and all des- titutes are being cared for by the com mittee.
 A movement was started here today to erect a monument over the grave of o. r. McRae, the deputy sheriff who was killed during the roundup.
 Walter Douglas, president of the
Arizona republican., 1917-07-18
MOONEY JURY |S
 TAKEN ID VIEW
 PRISONERS HOME
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 17.-Under guard of deputy sheriffs, the jury try ing Mrs Rena Mooney for murder growing out of the bomb explosion here last July made trip of lnspec- tion today to the scenes involved in the trial. Accompanying the jury were Mrs. Mooney, Superior Judge Emmet Seawell and attorneys representing the state and defense.
 After a lapse of nearly year, Mrs. Mooney again saw the apartment in which she and her husband, Thomas J. Mooney, resided at the time Of the explosion.
 Mooney is under sentence If death for one of the bomb murde:a. Mrs. Mooney sobbed when the jurors were inspecting her library and other parts of the apartment
 The scene of the explosion also was visited.
 At the conclusion of the cross -ex- animation of Mrs. Mooney early in the afternoon the defense rested it's case. The state called a number of witnesses in rebuttal and Assistant District At torney Louis Ferrari announced that the states rebuttal would be concluded tomorrow morning when it was eX- D
 The demand of Juror Charles L. Beal that Captain of Detectives Duncan Matheson explain so called third de- gree methods alleged to have been used by the police in obtaining a state ment from Israel Weinberg, one of the defendants in the bomb cases, created a sensation.
 After the state had recalled Vein berg to the stand and he had testified that he had been rudely awakened from a sound sleep. not allowed to put on his clothes and compelled to make a statement with a searchlight trained on his face" Matheson was called to give his version of the affair.
 Matheson exhibited small desk lamp which he said was the search light" that played on Weinberg's face. Weinberg said he could not identify the lamp as the one used by the officers.
 T would like to have the whole story" said Juror Beal. T would like to know why a man is awakened at o'clock at night, as 1t seems to me there is enough time in daylight for the police to get statements. Some consideration should be given a person. If the court will permit, l went an explanation"
 The state declared it had no objec- ton to permitting Matheson to tell the story.
 At the time we had Weinberg in jail We were workin 24 hours a day" said Matheson. We had to take interviews when we had the time There was nothing to show that he was asleep when I ordered him brought before me I told him he did not have to make statement unless he wanted to and he said he had nothing to conceal"
 If you wanted to be fair why did the police keep Mrs. Mooney in a bath room for two days and nights after her arrest?" asked Attorney Thomas O'Connor.
 Matheson said he was not present
Arizona republican., 1917-07-18
SEL ECTIVE DRAFT DRAWING COMING
 AT END OF WEEK

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only of the serial number placed on his
 card by the local exemption board bu- also or the exact number of registrants
 Ill his district. Given his own numbe] and the total number of registrants il
 ms district, any registrant can figure out quickly what place he occupies ir the line as soon as the results of tht lottery are announced. If there are l :. 5O0 registered men, every serial numbe above that will represent a blank il
 that district when it is drawn, and tn, rotation numbers of the drawing vii pass them over. Thus if No. 1,428 should be drawn first, No. 1,569 second ant No. I247 third, the order of liability m a 1,5OO district would be No. 1.42, first and No. 1.247 second.
 While officials of the provost mar. shafs office refused today to discus cnarSes on unfalrnesS in allotment o quotas made yesterday in the senate It was pointed out again that the re. Vised population estimates of the cen.
 sus bureau were based who'll on thc actual showing at the registration Un.
 der the law the bureau had to conside the fluctuatlon of population since tho last census, and the war departmen ii"u eo SOuht III dllellS, III lHdklnS allOt' ments, even though they are eXemp from service
 Two plans have been suggested fo changing the law-re appointment O quotas with the alien registrants lief out of consideration, or amendment o the draft act so that aliens will not b exempt Both suggestions have man. supporters in congress and it is no l unlikely that one of them will he give, 1 administration approval.
 l At the war department there ha 1 been no indication whether either o
 these proposals will have the backin,
 of the administration
 Department officials feel the discus ] sion in congress, If 1t develops into ac | tfon. may indefinitely postpone tn raising of the national army.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-18
IXTY DAYS IS
 SENTENCE GIVEN
 TO SUFFRAGISTS
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(Continued from Page One) Himself would neither deny nor af- firm.
 Today's sentences were the first of more than three days duration inn posed on any of the suffragists since the police began interfering with their White House picketing. Address ing the defendants, Judge Mullowny declared his duty was exceptionally difficult as they were women of posi- tion, refinement and intelligence. He sald their acquittal, on the other hand, would be dangerous precedent of ju- dicial sanction to infractions of the law. During the trial the court re- peatedly had promised suspension of judgment if the women would promise to discontinue the White House pick eting.
 ! The progress of the trial was tur- bulent and the judge finally was com pelled to threaten spectators with election for applouding. The women : frequently reiterated, however, that l they were arrested at the instance of some one in the administration" and the judge finally gave voice to his i'm - patience and said any further decla- rations of that kind would be con sidered contempt of court.
 The women, on their conviction were taken to the jail and then were put aboard train for the ride to Cccoquan, about 25 miles distant. Their names follow:
 Miss Julia Hurlbut of Morristown N. J.; Mrs. J. A. H. Hopkins, Mor- ristown, N. J.; Miss Minnie Abbott Atlantic City; Mrs. Beatrice Kinkead Mount View. Calf; Mrs Paul Key neau, Detroit Miss Anne Martin Reno, Vev. Mrs. Florence Bayart Hilles. Wilmington, Del; Mrs. Rober Walker. Baltimore; Miss Janet Froth. ingham, Buffalo; Mrs. Gilson Gardner Washington, D. C.; Miss Doris Stev- ems. Omaha; Miss Mary H. Ingham Philadelphia; Mrs. John Rogers. New
 York; Miss Eleanor Calnan, Methuen
 Mass; Mrs. Louis P. Mayo. Framing
 ham. Mass, and Mrs. John Winter
 Brannan, New York.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-18
SHERIFF WHEELER
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GALLUP MINERS REPORTING
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GALLUP. N. M., July 17-More miners reported for work today at the coal mines of the Gallup American FueI company, where a strike called by the United Mine Workers of America ha. been in effect for two weeks. Strikin, miners are receiving weekly strike benefits from the union They amoun- t" four and a half dollars a week foi single men, with an additional two collars for married men and fish cents more for each dependent child Many strikers are leaving town ft1 othel coal camps.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-18
BUTTE MINERS WORKING
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 BUTTE, Mont, July 17.-With elec- tricians and metal workers back on the jobs, mining company officials today reported also the largest number oi miners at work since the local labol troubles started in the Butte copper district more than month ago. All the striking employees of the Montana Pow CT company are at work today. The Metal Mine Workers union at Butte the organization formed by alleged l w. W. leaders here, has failed in its efforts, it is said, to prevent a large part of its membership from returning to work
Arizona republican., 1917-07-18
John B. Foster.

John B. Foster, secretary of the New York Giants, declares that base ball is taking a firm hold in France and England and that the day is not far of when the worlds series games will really be international contests. The Canadian troops have been play ing the game for two years in France and their French and Eng IlisE comrades have taken to it with enthusiasm. Someday New York or Chicago may play Paris or London for the worlds championship.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-18

Phelps Dodge company and a director of the old Dominion Copper company at Globe. is here and said tonight that so men of the mechanical and railroad departments employed by the Old Do- minion company had returned to work. He had just returned from Clifton where he said everything was quiet but
Arizona republican., 1917-07-18

nal routine and there is little interest in the labor situation here as it is thought the trouble is over However. business continues to feel the effect Of the strike and roundup and compara- lively few attend the moving picture theaters at night and all business firms complain of dull trade.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-18

that the Mexican laborers were afraid to return to work. It was denied here today that any of the departed strikers owned Liberty bonds. A, number had subscribed for bonds but had made no payments on them, it was stated by bankers here,
 Bisbee has settled down to the nor
Arizona republican., 1917-07-18
Miss Yansci Dolly.

Miss Yansci Dolly, pretty dancer of international fame, is proving that she has the true artistic tempera- men. by asking for divorce. She charges that her husband, Harry Fcx. a vaudeville actor, has been un- true to her and names other women. The action was brought in New Ne
Arizona republican., 1917-07-18

notified and guarded the plant through out the night.
 "The day preceding the deportation American women were told their houses would be blown up, and Finnish women sympathiZers with the strikers at l tackled the miners going to work. When Mayor Jacob Erickson pro
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-05-28
False Economy.

Some people begrudge the expendi-
ture Of money to beautify the home or
to bring the comforting message OF
friendship in time of trouble. To them
flowers are of no use. pictures and
music waste OF money. But life
restricted to things that 60 into the
pot or are worn on the back results in
starving the spirit. 1T I had two
loaves Of bread I would sell one Of
them to buy white hyacinths to feed
my soul" That was the terse and
poetic statement Of truth Oft neg
lected.
Even the poor need other things
more than they need money. The
money will be gone next month, but
the memory Of a great bunch Of wild
flowers remain. Flower missions fur
nish beautiful ministry that almost
any Sunday school class can exercise.
Send your posies to the hospitals or to
the children of the slums.-The Chris
tian Herald.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-05-28
APPEASING A HINDU DEMON
soIuteIy Necessary In Some
Parts of India.

They arrived at the place Of worship.
in a rough shrine built Of mud and
stones. People were coming from all
sides. Presently the tom-toms were
heard, and a turbulent throng appeared
bringing buffalos. goats. sheep and
chickens, writes w. T. Gilmore, In
World Outlook.
Get as near to the image as you
can," said Sadhu.
Fred obeyed. A buffalo with a gar
land around its neck was being pushed
to the front. The crowd packed in be-
hind, and Fred found himself uncom-
fortably near the buffalo. A tall, gaunt
man, all but naked. stepped forward
formed ceremonies over 1t. The crowd
was getting excited. Men were pulling
the terrified buffalo before and behind.
Suddenly the headSman swung the
sword, and brought it down on the
neck Of the animal. A grOan went up
from the crowd. The head had not
been severed and the sacrifice might
uOL Dc dCScpldUIc. A8dIA uc SW Jug II.
Fred shut his eyes, but frenzied yells
made him open them. The head had
fallen. Immediately 1t was placed be-
fore the image. The front legs were
cut off at the knees and placed cross
wise In the mouth. The body Of the
buffalo was opened and some Of its
fat spread over it's eyes and light
on the head was fed with the fat from
the body.
The great sacrifice made, votive Of
ferings were brought. Poor, care-worn
villagers brought sheep Or goat, or
even q chicken. A whole village would
offer buffalo. Blood flowed in
streams. The men were drenched. The
tom-toms were deafening. Fred re-
covered his nerve and studied the peo-
pie. Those handling the offerings
seemed frenzied, but many Of the 9th
ers, how poor and ignorant they
looked! And the priests, surely they
knew better than this Was this India.
the land of swamis and high philoso'
plies?
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-05-28
Building Wooden Ships Again.

The present unusual shipping cOndi-
tons have resulted in the return OF
the wooden ship to prominence In the
merchant marine. Wooden ships can
be built in a small fraction Of the
time required for building a steel or
iron ship. They are not so expensive,
and not so much skilled labor is re-
CURED In the construction. As q re.
suit Of the demand for ships In a
hurry more wooden ships have been
contracted for and are under construc-
ton In America tsday than for
the last 80 years. Sixty-sight wooden
ships are being built new on the Pa.
cif1c coast Of the United States. Fifty.
six are under construction in Can
ada and the Canadian government has
guaranteed q return Of Is per cent
on the investment fer ~ years to
builders Of wooden sAiDs In the as-
minton.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-05-28

AN I really the ~ nAa yes ever
lovAAT
"Of osurss you are. Why are you
80 persistent In asking nsl None Of
the others ever did It"