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The Washington times., 1917-12-19

first class; sister, Florence Mary Nc
Rae. Blain, Wash.
JOHN r. 4. MESSANG. chief ma
ehtnist's mate; wife. Anna Messang
2263 North Hope street, Phi.adel-
phia, Pa.
GROVER L. METZ. ruachinIst's
mate, second class; wife. 'Hazel Metz,
POI Devisadero street, San Francisco,
Cal.
EDWARD z. HALL. machinist's
mate. first class: wife. Mabel Marie
Hall, $50 Forty-hrst street west,
Seattle, Wash.
RAY ELLSWORTH SCOTT, cleo
trician. first class (generaD; wife,
Mae Edith Scott, 43 Ohio street, VAL
leJo. Cal
ELBERT PESHINE SMITH, ma
chinist's mate, second class; sister,
Florence S. Stebbens, 235 Twenty
arst street. Merced, Cal
GUY RAYMOND STEWART, chief
machinist's mate; father, Grant Stew
art, TO5 West Fiftieth street, Los
Angeles, Cal.
DUDLEY STOUGH, chief gunner's
mate; wife, Marie H Slough, 322 Ohio
street, Vallejo, Cal.
CHARLES FRIDLEY VINCENT,
electrician, second class; father, Phil
lip Sheridan Vincent. Exeter, Cal
THOMAS ALERED WALSH, ma
chinist's mate, first class: mother.
Anna A. o'Briap. $50 Swan avenue.
Hillyard. Wash
WILLIAM CLYDE WYATT, ma
chinist's mate. first class: mother, Nell
lie Martin, So Thornton avenue, Ven
ice. Cal.
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ADVERTISEMENT
CHRISTMASSHOPPING
A Timely Warning on Some of
Its Dangers

During the season of Christmas
shopping. great care should be taken
not to unnecessarily expose yourself
to colds that are likely to result in
grip and pneumonia The excitement
Of the time, the sudden change from
the close and suffocating air OF the
big stores TO the street, are all
dangerous.
Doctors declare that this is one ex-
PLANTATION for the annual increase of
sickness at this season. While This
article is written to again call your
attention to the value of Father
Johns Medicine in treating and pre-
venting colds. grip and pneumonia, Il
VIII be of value TO you and may save
your life II it causes you to be care
full TO avoid the dangers we have
pointed out They are real dangers.
And II we cause you to avoid the
patent medicines, SO many OF which
contain nerve-deadening and poison
Gus drugs, by again warning you
against them, It will be the means
Of saving your health.
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in long. am lucky, even IL II is
gone, for ! might have been killed.
too. II / had been standing in any
other part Of my room I would not
be writing this. There Is not q pane
OF glass in the town, doors are down,
the railway station was simply blown
to smithereens.
In Haste to Leave.
'They took kilograms, but could not
say II they would go, so maybe this
will get there first. Hope none OF
you Worry-if the news reaches there!
/ ap now in a halfway hotel in Bar
rinktOn street, and I have just heard
that trains will leave day after to-
morrow at the other station UP town.
I am going as soon as 1 can. feel
pretty Rchy and am going to rest now,
all day.
THE poor people across the sea, II
! explosions and bombs treat them
this way! II must be awful! Iwon't
sail tomorrow, anyway. Tell Georgia
I that I did more hospital work yester-
! day than l ever believed could. and
the doctors and ministers said / was
just wonderful. was, but I was
pretty shaky and sicSish when I lay
down last night l admit It!
Il held an artery for a doctor. held
shut OF open wounds for them, helped
to undress people whose arms or
shoulders or legs or skin came OF
with the clothes, The ground was
red, And they wouldn't let me 20. I
was needed, as were other ones who
were not hurt! So ] Rritted my teeth
and kept my mouth shut. and that is
why l was asked to do the important
things. Most Of these people are
poor. ignorant, and don't know
things! The poorest kind. which
makes it all the more pitiful. they
have no money to get relief. 4 doc
tor told men that many would die Of
grip. / never knew that such pow
erty-such squalor-eXisted
THE phones are out of order. and
no cars are running. The houses have
been fXed up the best the folks could
do. with boards or paper, or some-
thing. And outdoors the snow Is
driving as hard as can be: you can
hardly see now. Just think OF the
dead bodies out there on the hill
that they haven't carried in yet! Our
house was more in the valley, about
two miles or a mile and a half away
from the ships. 1t shook the whole
country.
81 must stop now-I am nearly all
in"
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INQUIRY ORDERED
into SINKING OF
u. S. SUBMARINE

The Navy Department today insti
gated a rigid inquiry into the ram
ming and sinking OF the submarine
FL In American waters last Monday,
In which nineteen seamen lost their
lives
The F-3 oollided with the FL dur
ing fog on Monday afternoon. while
the undersea boats were navigating
near their base in American waters.
The navy censorship prohibits the
naming OF the port. or any additional
details, except that the F-3 was un-
hurt and that board is to be named
at once to- make the proper inquiry.
The FL is OF the older type OF sub
n1ersihles. q sister. ship of the F-f'
which failed to operate when SUB
merged in Honolulu harbor, three
years ago. Before she could be raised
her crew was suffocated.
Following is|a complete list OF the
survivors and OF those lost in the
sinking OF the u. s. S.F1:
SURVIVORS.
LIEUT.. A. Z. MONTGOMERY;
mother, Mrs. Julia Montgomery Pratt.
Fort II. C. Wright. N. y, ........
J. NJ. SCHAISSACTER. machinist
temporary: father. Charles c.
Schmissauter. 1O7 Sawyer street, Hill
lily
HENRY LLOYD BROWN, gunner's
mate, nrst class; father, II. P. Brown
Macon, Ga
JOSEPH. ]. BURNS, chief gunner's
mate; wife, Ruth Burns, 290 First
street, San Pedro, Cal
p JOHN CALVIN STEWART. ships
cook, third, class; mother, Mrs. Celia
B. Campbell, Huron, s. d.
LOST.
JOHN ROBERT BELT seaman;
mother, Mrs. ]. e. Belt. silsbee, Tex,
FRANK MATTHEW BERNARD,
machinist's mate, second class; sister,
Amelia QuintaI. 1881 Fifty-third ave-
nue., Oakland, Cal
WILLIAM LESTER CARTWRIGHT.
seaman: mother, Amanda Cartwright.
34S7 Money avenue, Fresno, Cal.
HARRY L. CoRSoN, chief cleo
tricIan (general); next Of kin, Ha-
eel Margaret corson, '747 Daisy ave-
nue., Long Beach, Cal.
2 JAMES GOONAN, chief gunner's
mate: mother, Mrs. Minnie McClain,
735 Atlantic avenue. Lima, Ohio.
SIMON GREENBERG, electrician,
first class: mother, Sophia Green
berg, 6e12 Walnut street, Philadel-
phis. Pa
LYMAN F. LOVELY, machInist's
Lovely, 2343 Bryant street, Denver,
Ohio. ...... ......-..
RALPH 2. McCLUER. electrician,
second class; mother. Josephine Nc
cIuer, 47sh Pallister avenue, Detroit,
Mich. .-...
DUNCAN A. McRAE, electrician,
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CAPITAL WOMAN TELLS
OF HALIFAX DISASTER
MRS. WATERBURY
SEES LANDLADY
DIE At HER SIDE

\ new picture of the Halifax hor-
ror, the picture as seen through the
eyes OF Washington woman. is pre-
scented today by The Times.
The picture is one OF words and is
told in a letter written the day after
the explosion by Mrs. Katherine Wa
terbury, artist and writer OF short
stories and motion picture scenarios,
who lives at 1901 wyoming avenue
northwest
Mrs. Waterbury was in Halifax exc
cutting a number OF painting orders
for magazines. She now is a member
Of the forces Of nurses caring for the
injured and suffering.
Mrs. Waterbury wrote the letter to
relatives in Washington, who gave It
to The Times today. Here is the
letter:
Was SNear to Heaven.-
This is for all OF you. I came as
near heaven yesterday as Will for a
long time! was just taking hold
OF the door-knob, all ready to 60 to
my breakfast and to work, about 9;I6.
ed. and rocked again, harder, and
then q binding flash, a crash. amid
awful screams and cries OF people and
animals In pain, or dying. The who'll
of my room. excepting the fraiI part
on which was standing, went down
Electric wires exposed, fire blazed.
and-well, when came to, I was
clinging with all the strength God
gave a woman 70 q big piece OF board,
the end OF which wss burning and
under which the body of Mrs. Nc
Lehman, my lAndlady, was crushed.
with one of her poor babies in her
armsi They were dead I got up
alone. know that there is q God,
and yet hardly God Himself, and GER
tainly no other being, could have help
ed those psor things when the terrible
thing happ. ned. Two ships collided.
French ammunition ship was run
into by a Belgian ship, The ammu-
milton ship exploded! That is all I
knowi II was either unforgivable
carelessness or downright treachery!
Halifax Is not! Every house Is
nearly wrecked, hundreds are dead,
hundreds are dyingl Nearly all the
houses in Halifax are frame; so, of
course, the easier the fall and fire.
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Washington. wIII undopbtsdIy have en-
important Influence on the policy Of
Congress IN authorizing publie build
ings here for some years, to come.
Senator Martin said TO-DAY he did
not expect tilat action VIII be taken
on the report at this session. He ex-
poets that CONGRESS viii wait for nor
NAL times to devels7. and that q WIN
then adopt the report In whole or in
part
Senator Martin says that Il may be
adopted in its entirety later on. In
that event Congress would make bro
visions for public buildings from
time to time In accordance with the
recommendations OF the report
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PROGRAM FOR j. S.
BUILDINGS HERE
MAY Be DELAYED

Senator Martin. chairman OF the
Senate Committee on Appropriations.
said today that the report Of the
Public Building Commission which
has just been made to Congress
would be turned over to the Public
Building Committee OF the two
houses for their guidance.
This report. which indicates that
upwards Of s15.O0O.O0O Is needed for
permanent Government buildings in
The Washington times., 1917-12-19
TuRNIP WEIGHS IS POUNDS.

HISGHANI. Mass, Dec. l9.-Frank
Hoffer, OF bingham. raised a turnip
which measured twenty-nine and one
half inches in circumference and
weighed fifteen pounds.
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WARDEN lyman FINDS
lARGe QUANTITY Of
CHEAP HOG FEED

Warden lyman says that thousands
OF dollars Of good stock food is going
TO waste in this community.
He refers especially to the apples
that were frozen and left hanging on
the trees. Noticing that many apples
!. we're being left on the, trees he went
out and contracted for quantity for
hog feed. The pen truck Is now haul
ing In from i've to ten tons day. He
pays the grower two dollars a ton and
gathers the apples.
Mr. lyman says that every grower
Who has hogs ought TO gather all the
frozen apples he can He also says
that every man who has an acre or
two Of orchard about his home ought
10 have one or two hogs.
A pig can be raised practically on
what. goes to waste about the aver
age home and orchard tract and
sometimes two or three pigs. A grown
pig these days Is worth as much as a
hcrse or COW was few years ago.
One Of the easiest ways to increase
the product of the farm and 10 cut
down the high cost of living would
be for every orchard home to have a
pig or two.
The psnitentiary is also consuming
great quantity OF apple pulp from
the cider mills and canning company.
This apple pulp makes good COW feed
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IF Germany Won

for a free hunting hand in Siam ~or
Malay As German officer ct their
Great Headquarters In northern
France said TO me once 1t the close Of
eiscsisriou as to where the war was
lssiinx the principle bcliigerants-
Great Britain. France. Germany
world power or complete defeat
Germany wants no half way resuit,-'
A German victory would at once put
In jeopardy all the principles FOR
which we ever fought: freedom on
land in 1776: liberty at sea in 1879.
tho right of frontier lines in ls47. the
ire-affirmation of the freedom OF the
white man through giving freedom to
the negro In 1861: and the rights Of
little nations in 1898.
7 A fortnight ago. a German victory
seemed the Widest improbability.
Since then the situation has changed.
The German armies are pouring Into
northern Italy. Italy may not be able
to stop them. Germany may fprce her
to make peace. With Russia and Italy
both out OF the war. Germany and
Austrin would be able to send prac-
tically all their force against the Al
lies on the western front =
The chances are that ENGLAND.
France and Belgium alone could not
hold them. The United States must
leap to their side. the American people
must leap to their side. Not American
soldiers only. not American ships only.
not American guns only. but American
men. women and children from. Maine
to Texas. from Texas to Oregon. must
in one way or another conaidar them
seyes fighters At the side Of Ameri.
cas- Allies od the battle front.
Ifthsy cannot hold ! gun. they must
support those who do. They must
gave food apd.aAve money. They must
talk w@r, They muat think war.
II they don't, Germany viii win.
| And then--
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JAMES II. PEABODY
By Alra A. Strain

James II. Peabody. the officer of the
reported to the Commander in Chief
of Eternity.
Governor Peabody welded the ex-
ecutive power OF the state at a time
when strong men trembled and when
Colorado was suffering even as hu-
manity suffers at birth time, and when
the people Of the country were unde-
cided as to whether We would remain
the Russian government is today Jim
Peabody. the unknown banker from
Canon-City. was the man upon whose
shoulders fell, the responsibility of
those times and Jim Peabody, as
Governor Peabody. did not shirk that
responsibility but accepted it and he
established a government in this
state and established a law and order
in this state which eight other states
going thru similar experiences have
followed.
When Gov. Peabody ordered the
arrest OF Charles Meyer. president of
the Wesern Federation of Miners. and
threw him irD jail at Telluride as q
military necessity and denied to him
the writ of habeas corpus on the
ground that he was menace the
welfare of Colorado's government, the
people not only of Colorado. but also
OF the United States. stood agast. So
bold and forward was the step that
editorial and magazine writers the
Union over condemned him unmerci-
fully. The condemnations that he re-
ceived gave hope to those who would
ruin government with terrorizing Of
ficiais and his very life WAS haunted
with the dynam,ter. the ''arsenist''
and murderer. Only those who know
the inside Of those fearful days realize
how many times Governor Peabody
was in the shadow" but somehow he
always escaped and thru It all he
stood arm as rock for the establish
ment of those governmental principles
wAich have ever afterwards been
ldeaignated N law and order.
None there are who were In the
court room that day the state OF Colo
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RADIO was paced on trial as to its in
tegrity. Meyer being but an incident
in the proceedings. who will ever for.
get it John Waldron. representing
the state and fighting to prove that il
had the right to do what il had done
and E. +. Richardson representing Mr..
Meyer and fighting to prove that the
state had no right to do what it had
done. With Steele, Campbell and Cab
bert. the greatest tribunal that ever
composed q Colorado supreme court.
listening TO the arguments, il was in
deed red letter day in Coiorado's
history. The decision of the court was
that Governor Peabody wusr right.
that the chief executive could by Of
fetal order declare martial law and il
he could do what he pelased to en-
force law and orer and to uphold the
constitution in the state. The decis-
ion was afterward upheld by the
United States supreme court. Thus
by reason of the position taken by
Governor Peabody he forced the de-
velopment and consummation OF the
proposition that the chief executive
is in really the highest power in
Republican form of government and
that the executive power supercedes
that of the legislative or judicial when
the executive deems it necessary to
supercede the other two with his pow.
er
The act itself and the decision
which followed supporting II killed
Governor Peabody politically in Colo
rado and broke him financially but it
made the state.
Were someone to say what ucuu-
ment rests over the grave of James
H. Peabody. those who have lived in
Colorado since 1909 would unanimous
ly answer.
The State OF Colorado rests at tho
head OF his srave ~ his monument -
and across the face OF her mountain
Slopes has been written In letters OF
cd. co,ored from the blood Of his own
veins:
LAW ANOl oRosR.. ,IaUia
If =
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tBy Casper Whitney Of TIE
yfgilantes.t

ilp you realize what would happen
To us in America II Germany defeated
0rrat Britain and France?
You think OF US rs separated from
her By 5000 miles OF water. but oceans
"a these days OF eectricity and air
ships and submarines. are barriers nc
more effective than mountain brooks
You recall the German u boat which
suddenly appeared last summer as our
very door to sink several cargo and
messenger steamers on our New Eng
land coastT
Within six months after victory oi
Germany in Europe. German warships
and German troop ships would be on
their way to our ports to levy the
great tribute upon this sfch country
which is part and parcel of tho Ger
man war plan.
That's what the triumph OF the
Kaiser would mean 10 America and to
10 you--billions OF dollars OF tribute
Of which you would have to pay yonr
share through oppressive taxation. II
IL on the Pan.Germanic program.
Officers. merchants. educators safu
as much to me In Germany. Belgium
Poland. during my year behind the
German lines on relief work. And you
bavc probably read the corrobrative
Evidence OF their purpose In the Kais
cr'e threat to Ambassador Gerard
..Arrrrfca had betfer look out after
this wari"~
In Brazil. Chill. Venezuela, promin
ent German merchants whom met ir
the course Of my travels. frankly con
nded to me the intention Of German,
zone day" to make an "ovcr sea Ger
many Of South America. And an ele
: phant catcher from Harnburg told ms
years ago in the jungles ef Lower 81
am that "ths day was coming whcr
Germans woud not need TO ask cper
mits Of England or France or Siam
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WAR slDELIGHIs
tboston News Bureau,
tDosson News Bureau-)

(f3oston News Bureau-)
Letters received from Ambassador
erard While In Berlin. show that even
German soldiers. who were eye wiz
nesses OF the slaushterirg of Russian
soldiers in the Mazurian lakes and
swamps, prosested against atrocities
and butcheriea in which their com
mandcrs forced them to participate
one soldier. eonscicnce-stricken with
the massacre OF Russian prisoners.
wrote impiortne the ambassador to
protest He said men went mad from
hearing The hearfrendlng cries. and
that the cfricers joked as the unarmed
and helpless Russians shrieked for
mercy while they were being suffocat-
ed in the swamps and shot down A
soldier on the western front wrote:
.Enslishnaen. Who have surrendered
are killed In small groups. With the
French one Is more consIderats. One
hears svsrywhers that few prisoners
are taksn: they ape murdered. The
ofIicers sayti We don't want any un-
necessary mouths to feed .
~ y n
The French ars planting sugar oeets
as fast a. the Gcrmans are pushed
hack add tho f-:Aa cleared Some Of
thssurar tactories were eFelatfvely lit-
tie damaged and required but slight re-
pairs. and tnerefora can soon resume
operations. The soil. moreover. Is gem
orally ut for cultivation and at sev-
erai points tractors and agricultural
machinery are nj work. The homes of
the population. however. have suffered
eerat damage. being largely destroyed
by fre. Frequently doors. v'ndows.
foorings and furniture were lacking
or completely destroyed. Pending the
reconstruction of homes. temporary
shelteV will be required for both the
farming laborors and the industrial
employees.
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MOTHER FORMER CANON.
BOY ARRIVES IN FRANCE

winnemucca. New. Nov. rs. 1877
G. U. Hardy.
Canon City, Colo
Dear Sir:
Please find enclosed check for Rec
ord for next year. 1t may be interest
ing to you and some Of our old friends
to know that Archie, the second boy.
the one who peddled with his burro.
in now "over there" in France. He
went with the railroad company two
years ago and worked up in the round
house here to engine inspector. In
September was offered the position OF
night foreman but refused it and took
his honorable discharge October first
and enr'sed October 5th. fifteen days
before he was twenty-one. He is in the
26th engineers, qualifying as first
class engine man.
He enlisted at San Francisco and
was Immediately transferred to Camp
Dix in New Jersey. and from there
sailed for somewhere in France" and
1 today received cable from him say
ing he was safe and we'll
i naturally am very proud of him
and his success. as he made IT all
without help. He would never accept
any assistance from me but preferred
to make his own way
We of course think of Canon City
as home and enjoy the news from
there and enjoy sharing our Joys with
our old friends.
R. B. THOMPSON.
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MlAISlers esii% essiis, sss;T S;55
( THE DAILY krDs
! RECENT EDlIUn,s-,

We. the members OF the Ministers
Association. In meeting express our
great appreciation Of the editorial ap-
pearing In the issue Of Nov. 2lst of
the Daily Record. under the heading
of .The President by a Stroke Of His
Pen Can Save More Wheat and Sugar
Than Millions OF Families Can Save
II we Would Prohibit brewing OF
Beer" and also for the prominence
given same in The Daily Record.
Signed:
Fw. STARRING. Pres.
D. J. ELsEA. Secretary.
Canon City. Nov. 26. 1917.
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IN HONOR OF
EX-GOVERNOR PEABODY.

The flags over the postoffice. city
hall court house. banks and places of
business generally. were flown at half
mast Monday as tribute of respect to
the memory Of ex Governor Jas H
Peabody. The district court was dis
missed from $3.50 to IL o'clock that
morning and all public Offices and
places OF business closed during the
funeral, which was one of the largest
and most Impressive seen here for
many years. The work of all city en-
p'oyes ceased from $3.50 O'Clock till
noon in honor OF the dead. who was .
former mayor OF the city.