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The Washington times., 1918-03-11
From the Public to the Editor

II will establish his fame, in his day,
a. the "leader OF civilization"
In my humble opinion the three
greatest men in history are Alexander
the Great. Julius Caesar. and Napoleon
Bonaparts. Egypt or Alexandra.
Rome. France, are their monumental
but when the Book of Time Is closed
IL VIII be found that Woodrow Wilson,
like Abou Ben Adhem, led all the rest.
When this unholy war is ended by
and through the undyinH courage OF
the American army and navy, under
the command OF Woodrow Wilson the
Great. and the HohenzolleFn despot
with his imbecile progeny, and all
other satraps and satellites and muir
derous parasites are consigned to OBJ
livion by way OF the gibbet or gull
lotine. with one acclaim humanity win
erat or democrat, and thank God that
man OF his character II in the
White House"
And we will also thank God for ths
Federal Reserve banking system, the
Federal farm loan act. the child labor
law, the act placing railroads under
Government control. and a hundred
other beneficent acts for the benefit
Of the American people. given US un-
der the Wilson Administration II we
can further succeed In squelchlng and
eliminating the nondescript opponents
In Congress-just sprinEing up-Ot
the effort to place our local utilities
under Government control. and par
ticulsrly in enacting legislation to ef-
fectuate Postmaster General Burle-
sons planlto take over the rotten
telephone system OF this District to
better the service and prevent fur
ther contemplated robbery OF suffer-
ing mankind. we will have still great
er reason to thank God for the good
done. More power to- your great edi-
torial right arm.
Yours very truly,
ROBT. E. MATTINGLT.
The Washington times., 1918-03-11
Wants a Subway Built.

Editor The Times.
have noticed your great interest
in the welfare Of the people OF Wash
Instop through your great paper. I
have one suggestion to make to you,
and I hope you will give the matter
some attention
For some time. now and then, It has
been suggested that q subway be
built to relieve the traffic congestion.
This was in the past when the situa-
tion was not half 50 bad Is II 10 now.
Why not revive the discussion Of
building q subway NOW. not at some
far-oH timer Look at the conges-
ton which would be relieved at Fiji
teenth street and New York avenue II
we had a subway here, How would
New York citizens get to work II they
had only the surface cars?
Why not let Congress do something
toward this? They could appropriate
money to build one.
Well, II you think anything OF this
suggestion, write us one OF your sdi-
toriaIs. as I know that will help
some.
Wishing you continued success
with your newspaper, I am
Yours truly, r 0. s.
The Washington times., 1918-03-11
Destructive Air Waves Do
Much Damage
By Garrett P. Serviss.

says that 'the area over which
this action occurs is so circum-
scribed that no great damage is
likely to result at distances be-
yond a few hundred feet"
Cause of Damage.
Yet, in another way, serious
damage is often done by such ex-
plosions at distances Of several
miles. In these cases the damage
is produced by the sound waves
set IN motion by the explosive en-
ergy and radiating from the re-
giOn Of immediate impact. And
here a curious difference mani
tests itself. Close by the place Of
explosion the velocity Of the par
ticles Of gas and air is very great,
though rapidly diminishing, while,
on the other hand, the sound
waves generated by the shock
upon the air fall into q steady
gait of between 1,100 and 1000
feet per second, and all keep up
that rate Of travel practically
without any variation until their
energy has become so reduced
that they die out.
A photograph Of a destructive
sound wave about to impinge upon
the front of a building would
show a series Of darker and light
er spaces, in the form of arcs OF
circles, a dark space leading, fol-
lowed by a lighter space, then an
other dark one, etc. The dark
spaces are the regions of COM
preston and the light spaces
those Of rarefaction, and each pair
Of these constitutes a complete
wave of alternate condensation
and rarefaction. II the photo
graph were a cinematograph pic
ture beginning at the instant that
the front of the first wave reached
the building, you would see that
the effect produced by the i'm
pingement was rather a push
than a blow.
Like q Push.
1t would be an extremely rapid
push, to be sure, yet the full force
would not be developed at the in
slant that the front Of the COM
preston wave touched, but would
rise to a maximum at the point
where the curve Of amplitude
eliminated. and then would di-
minish. The effect, as is proved
by many observed cases, would be
that windows, for instance. would
be bent OF swelled inward. and
then, the pressure ceaSing as the
wave swept on and being immedi-
ately followed by the region Of
rarefaction. the air inside the
building would expand and force
the windows outward, probably
causing them to fall outside
The Washington times., 1918-03-11
President Wilson Will Educate
Mexico When the Time Comes
Educating Is His Specially, And He Will Do 1t With
Justice, Patience, and EFFICIENCY.

~. S. troops kill twelve in Mexico You read that in
the current news
On this occasion the Mexicans opened fire on an Amer
cavalry patrol which minding its business on
American soil Thereupon American troops crossed into
Mexico and disposed Of twelve Mexican bandits with neat
and dispatch This will help the Mexcans of that
contempt for the United States which German agents
have industriously spread in Mexico
When the time the President of the United States
will always, prove himself excellent educator-teach
ing the Mecans that this country good friend and an
undesirable enemy.
A hundred armored fighting automobiles, with few
flying machines above for scouts would easily do for the
Mexican government what unable do for tsecean
up the bandits dispose of the gentle Villa make it unneces
say for send food and money Mexico by making
Mexico self supporting Mr.. Wilson in his time and
way viii persuade the Mexcans to raise and less
hell
The Washington times., 1918-03-11
A Starving Husband Fools
His Wife
By EIizabe eth Jordan

G He came to the tea very late.
y She wore an absent express
sion and carried a notebook.
Her eyes were dull. until the ques-
tion of food economy came up
among her fellow guests. Then
they frightened.
I've cut my household bills in
half" she cried enthusiastically.
my friends say they don't see
how / do it, but ! do"
"How?" some one wanted to
know.
How They Do It
Well" admitted the Student Of
Thrift, Johnny husband-says
/ do it by not giving the family
anything to eat. But, OF course,
that isn't true"
She sighed.
1T was hard to get them down
to a war MENU" she admitted. 81
have a husband and two growing
girls, and they're all eaters! Why,
John simply demanded steaks and
chops and roasts every night of
his life. II he didn't get them, he
thought he was starved. But he
has had TO get used to other things,
for I've eliminated them entirelym
Half a dozen women crowded
about her.
What do you give him in their
placer" they demanded.
"Macaroni."
"Ohw
And spaghetti"
"Ohw
"And rice"
"Oh!! !"
There was a brief but eloquent
silence.
Don't you give Tim anything hut
mscaroni and spaghetti and rice?"
asked another member OF the
group.
The New Diet.
"Oh, l give him vegetables. OF
course, they're canned, because
fresh vegetables Just now are out
Of the question. And ! can't give
him fresh fruit, because that's ter
ribly high. But we usually have
nuts and raisins for desert"
Does he like them?"
Moo, he doesn't really. Johns
SO funny about his food. But the
children do. / must say, though,
the raisins don't seem TO agree
with them well. Little Janey has
had two dreadful attacks OF indi-
gestion."
One OF the women drew forward
q big. comfortable chair.
sit down here" she invited.
And give us the details. Tell US
your actual menu from day to day.
Xeg'ES 70 much braver and more
The Washington times., 1918-03-11

Between one and two thousand millions will be spent
by Government the railroads THIS year buying locomo
ves cars rails and other things necessary put the
tons wrecked plundered mismanaged, brokendown rail
road system in shape to do the nations work
the lasts three years-there apparent
why it shouldn't last fve ten orethe Govern
ment management viii have invested several thousand mil
lions Of dollars in reconstruction, reequpment and per-
mansnt rebuilding Of railroads
What is to happen then? Will the Congressman that
railroads carry out their plan and return the railroads
nicely rebuilt to the private owners?
While the people take over the railroads reconstruct
them and operate them they pay to the private
watered stocks huge dividends based the best years
profits that the roads have known These profits cacu
lated time when with the country war the Govern
ent spending Of transportation Of freight and of
soldiers the railroads did business entirely abnormal
These profits based also upon period during which
the private allowed their roads to go run did not
paid nothing out.
is bad enough for the Government to pay to private
owners annual premium of hundreds of millions ncOm
potency and neglec-in instances paying railroads
more than 20 per cent in dividends !
would be little much to make the people pay this
extorOnate price for the of the railroads while spending
thousands Of millions rebuilding and reequpping the rail
roads and then turn the system rebuilt back to private
ownership and control for public exploitation.
But that is exactly what will happen unless the public
finds way of expressing its will in the matter.
Of ten and women that read the daily newspapers
throughout the country perhaps three could their
Congressman and Senators.
Railroads and other big corporations can name and
describe every in Congress They have them labeled
ticketed, cardindexed.
''This have SAFE He will do what he is told
That such friend of deliver when needed
That other running wild But he is being rapid
y disCredted by newspapers that control need to-
worry about him"
The President has rendered great public service in
the emergency taking control of the railroads He
has taken the first step toward Government ownership Say
ing 1.-THE public service part Of the national equipment
he has described the railroads natural Government prop
erty.
In W. g. McAdoo he has selected strong experienced
man railroad director.
President Wilson has done for public ownership of pub
lie properties, by EXECUTIVE ACTION, than could
have been done by years of theorizing
1t is for the people to that the railroads actually
become and remain the property of the people that create
railroad values.
Every Congressman elected this fall should be pledged
to Government ownership. congressman owned by rail
roads, and easily identified, should be thrown out
The Washington times., 1918-03-11

radical than the rest OF us that
your experience ought to help us
ALL"
The Student Of Thrift smiled
contentedly.
'I've put my whole mind on the
food question" she conceded.
"And ] really am getting results
but it hasn't been easy"
She settled back in the chair.
"WeTl begin with breakfast"
she said. I'VE used to have fruit,
eggs and bacon, coffee, and hot
rolls or toast. Now we have a
cereal. / let the family put a lit
tie sugar on it and milk-not
cream. OF course, We have cof-
fee, too"
as that all?"
That's ALL"
"Oh!"
"For lunch," resumed the
speaker, "only the children and
are home. So we have fried hon.
my or rice croquettes with jelly
and some stewed fruit-peaches
or apricots. Sometimes we have
chocolate to drink; sometimes tea.
It's all very nourishing."
"Of course. But do they eat
it?" asked a listener.
"The children do. But the trou-
bleSome meal is dinner. You see,
John is home then"
The other women drew their
chairs closer.
Exactly what do you give
him 2" they asked.
We'll, first a thick cream soup.
He likes that OF course, it takes
milk-and milk is fifteen cents a
quart! But even that is cheaper
than most things. Then the rice
or macaroni or spaghetti, with
sor3e stewed tomatoes or sweet po-
tatoes.
Johns Remedy.
It's all very nourishing, you see,
John is actually getting fat on it.
And for DESSERT" she added, COM
fortably, 81 give him a wholesome
rice or bread pudding" She
glanced at her watch. why, it's
five now! ! n t go home and
get his dinner"
She hurried away. A short si-
lence followed her departure.
Some OF the women had taken
notes. One had not. 1t was this
woman who finally spoke.
There's one thing she hasn't
found out yet" she said softly
Her husband spends S75 a month
on restaurant meals"
The others gasped.
How do you know" they cried1
He told my husband so last
week. They were eating at thq
same restaurant"
The Washington times., 1918-03-11
TAKE YOUR CHOICE

The Telephone Company de-
eiares It can no longer give a.
much service as II has been Civ
ing, and that no longer can it
exist on the present rates, for
which It solicited business The
Government offers to conduct
the telephone business in wash
ington, AT A REDUCED RATE
and at the same time promises
TO EXTEND THE SERVICE
Under private ownership you
viii get LESS FOR MORE
MONEY. Under Government
ownership you win get MORE
FOR LESS Money.
The Washington times., 1918-03-11
OICOC OOCI = CamOuflage
LIonE some line you arc a faker.

Along line you q faker
In something profess . eamoheuE.
boased courage the crucial moment vsniSheS-
this hits and the that people
know it also, than have dreamed.
good principles but far from realizing
wish others apparent aims
You endeayoring
open take Of study make
this up?
patriot; then turning
education and talents account help
sliding all efforts avoid service? There
benefit edua
ton a in giving life in the trenches.
friends watching and recognize Waterloo
fail will be able to lift your head with pride
after the
The Washington times., 1918-03-11
Approves the President.
March 5, 1918.
Editor THE TINES:

Editor THE TINES:
Ny Dear Sir: Woodrow Wilson.
President OF the United States Five
Years Today" what Do the People
Owe to Hlm?' what Is His Share
In the Preservation OF Human LIB
erty?'
Thank God for that masterfuI edi-
torial OF yours in The Times OF March
4, 1918. It answers the questions you
PROFOUND at the top. But history will
give Woodrow Wilson his proper
place among the leaders of all time.
The Washington times., 1918-03-11
HEARD AND Sc EN-

EMERGENCY HOSPITAL Is doing
for human life and limb exactly
what the IRE department is doing in
its line. Therefore help Emergency
raise the modest sum OF $4,000 By
Wednesday night
The Washington times., 1918-03-11

please say, so that II Will ap-
pear plain, in what manner the
power is eNerted which does
damage in an explosion. When
WELD a sledgehammer the result
ing damage Is obvious to my un-
dsrstanding, but the air, which
cannot see, on the instant OF an
explosion makes these injuries In
equally effective but more gro
tesQue fashion. What shape does
the air assume, what does that
portion of it look like that does
the damage?-J. NJ. w, Bound
Brook.
~ HEN a high explosive de-
w tonates, the gases form
ed by the practically in
stantaneous decomposition of the
explosive substance expand with
enormous velocity and hurl the
surrounding air before them. This
suddenly cOmpacted and projected
air, il you could photograph it,
would appear like a solid body. or
q cloud of solid bodies, shooting
through space, away from the
center of the explosive force, and
whatever it encountered would re-
ceive from it a terrific shock. only
the force of the shock would be
distributed over large space in
stead Of being concentrated at q
point.
Describes Effect.
It would strike the side Of a
house, for instance, all over, and
not simply drive a small hole
through it. OF course, the inten-
sity of the blow, at any one point,
would be smaller in proportion as
the surface on which the whole
force was expended was larger.
Still, close to the point of explo-
sion the impact of the driven air
would be great enough to cause
much destruction.
1t would be something like what
happens when a bullet is fired
against a surface of water; the
inertia preventing the liquid par
ticles from getting instantaneous
" out of the way, they take up
the shock of the bullets impact
very much as if they formed part
of a solid body, and while the bull
let is quickly arrested, yet its
force, transferred to the water,
for the moment virtually solidi-
fed water, may stun a fish lying
beyond the direct reach Of the pro-
jectile.
But the distance to which these
atmospheric impact effects of an
explosion extend is not very
great; much smaller probably
than most persons imagine. Mr..
Hudson Maxim, than whom no one
knows more about explosives,
The Washington times., 1918-03-11
Out Before Nine This A. N.

Had It not been for LIEUT.. RICH
ARD WOOD. who picked me up In
large green automobile, ! never
would have reached my office in time
to write this.
The Washington times., 1918-03-11
POlicemen's Salaries

SuperaTs Men Are Needed for ard Their Salaries
Should Be Made Responsibilities Imposed
The Washington times., 1918-03-11

On the way in he nearly arm into
CARTER KEBNE, although Carter
seemed oblivious Of the near-catas-
trophe.
The Washington times., 1918-03-11

CONGRESSMAN JAMES FREAR
was wearing q fur-lined coat, Just
like he does in northern Wisconsin.
The Washington times., 1918-03-11

R NJ. BOECKEL, who is starting
q war garden at Thirty-fifth and
Newark streets, came back from New
York this morning He says there
are some awful high buildings over
in New York and lots Of people on
the streets.
The Washington times., 1918-03-11

CHARLES NJ. SELDEN seemed to
shlver in his spring coat as he look
ed about him on Connecticut avenue,
looking for transportation II he
was waiting for a Mt Pleasant car,
he's there yet
The Washington times., 1918-03-11
Billions in Taxes to Rebuild
Railroads

After That, WHAT Will They Be Returned to the
Private Owners? Let Us Hope Not.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-29
IMPROVED SPIRIT
 AMONG JAPANESE
Press Friendly Concerning War
 Control Of Commerce

The action Of the United States re- garding license control of exports and imports is now recognized by the Jap anese press as strictly a war meas ure, Comment is general, but varies in tone. The Tol1io Herald of Asia, in a leading article, says: The United States governments action. in placing all imports and exports an der the license of the War Trade Board, has excited keen interest in this country. There is little room for doubt that this measure will affef our trade with America in a very serious manner. It has been official lY declared in America that every ef- fort will be made to avoid all un- necessary restrictions of trade, and we have no doubt whatever as to the sincerity of the authors of that statement. It is at the same time hard for us to see how the new sys- tenn of trade regulation can be put in force without seriously interfering with the natural course of business and materially reducing the volume of tran nsactions. It is, therefore, only natural that uneasiness is widely felt in business circles here, and informal tion coming from America in this connection is certainly not of a na- ttlre to lessen that uneasiness.
 We cannot agree with those hap pjly few and far between, who pro- fess to detect in the new American trade regulation an anti-Japanese spirit on the part of the Washington government. We should fully rccog- nize Americas extreme solicitude to procure bottoms for transporting her troops and provisions to Europe, and obviously it was to meet this urgeW need of the moment that she decided to sacrifice part of her foreign trade. Whatever harm thereby done to our trade and industry Is, therefore only incidental and unintended While fully recognizing all this, it has to be observed that the injury which the new American system of trade regulation is bound to inflict upon this country will be severe and wide- spread The industry particularly threatened Is seri-culture which looks to America as it's principal market As this is a domestic industry. car ried on by a large number of fam flies in all parts of the country, the closure of it's chief foreign market will be immediately felt in every ham let. Another industry that will prob- able be hard hit will be cotton spin ming. which chiefly relics upon Amer ica for the supply of the raw mate rial. Even partial failure of the source will be g. serious blow to our
New Britain herald., 1918-03-29
FACTS ABOUT THE AMERICAN NAVY
 BY LIEUT. F1rzuUG11 GREEN IT. sN
Seagoing g Dudes

, medals and decorations most of which I as an older officer was per4 mltted, nay compelled, to wear, Deeply irritating indeed was the fact that each had it's set and proper pos sition on my bosom.
 But this was a bare foundation to my misery. In the concentrated mel- ancholy brought on acutely by the in4 sufferable expense of procuring sd large an outfit I became frantic while seeking to understand it's use. To mN horror l found there were 54 separ1 ate and distinct phases of social in1 terCourse for which 1 must know ths appropriate garb. The first was state occasions at home and abroad; the last Ordinary social occasions in the evening" In beS twoen-oh Jehovah!
 'I wore epaulettes when I should have worn shoulder marks. I put on medals and tails when dungerees would have been more fitting. I pa4 raded In sword and gloves at mess and took my six-shooter to a funerall
 But why waste time to speak with me now? :. War. you say. has uniforms, nothing but plain servics blouse and--and-you say so long as the war lasts?'
 He swooned, foaming and muttef% ing in his rage and disappointme For he had th@S very day resigned his commission.
 Which is as true 8 tale as Adams and infinitely more pathetic.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-29

Adam was unlucky even in his blessings. Such divine joy must there Lave been in that single fg-leaf. Y ct how could the poor devil fully ap p1eciate his freedom? What did he know of boiled shirts, cornfed shoes, and Woolen under-ticklers?
 Such is apt to be the substance of conversation in the F'iagship's ward range, when ear-drums and eyes have been tortured by vast explosions of great guns, and patiences worn raw in remorseless pursuit of the elusive bullseye. Oft comes there the tale of One who weakened.
 He was found by the police. He was nude almost He was shivering and discouraged and fretful. Also he was mad as natter. Yet his ex- planation of such disgraceful conduct was lucid beyond possi bility of doubt
 Said he, in effect: II was an off, cer in the Navy. I clung with ten- acity to the tasks set me by author ity. l 1abored with zeal and industry to achieve that which was obviously my duty. But Ctwo sobs and sniffle) I didn't have the time.
 Tt was the uniforms. There are 37 of them you know. Actually 37 complete and different ways in which an officer can, and is at various times supposed to apparel himself accord ing to official specifi fications set forth in the service rule-books.
 These 37 different methods of adornment are complicated by 26