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CURIOUS FINANCING

Postmaster General Burleson, in a letter urging the
acquisition of all the telegraph and telephone lines by the
government as a permanency, explains that this can be
done without any appropriation of money by congress.
His plan is to sell bonds at 4 1-2 per cent with which 20
pay for the property and to use the difference between
this interest and the I or 8 per cent which the private
companies need to earn with which to retire the bonds.
This. he says. could be accomplished in less than rs years.
One decidedly interesting feature of the letter is the
statement that THE government as owner would no more
expect to charge for interest on the investment than it
would for money invested in postal facilities, navy yards,
or other public property
The financial principle here stated is that on which
the generous housewife proceeds when she assumes that
the pie which she bakes for the church supper costs her
nothing. because she has the stuff on hand, anyway. If
it were not for some experience to the contrary we should
expect the head of a public department, no matter how
small, to proceed on a different theory. We have. how
ever, a multitude Of instances in the history of our pub
lie affairs, municipal, state and national. which show that
Mr.. Burleson's statement of the principle underlying the
subject is in perfect keeping with the generous, motherlv
views of a very large number Of advocates of public own
ership in general.
Occasionally we find a man who believes that because
he owns his own home it is not necessary, in estimating
his living expenses, to allow anything for rent. Usually,
however. the man who has displayed sufficient financial
ability and understanding to attain the ownership of his
own home knows that, desirable though that ownership
is, it does not wipe out his rental expense. He Knows that
if he has S., 1000 invested in a home, his investment is cost
ing him exactly the sum he could realize from that 81. 900
if he had invested it in an income-earning form.
If public service can be performed more economically
or efficiently under public than under private ownership,
it is legitimate to urge that fast as an argument in favor
of public ownership. But an investment, whether by
an individual or the government is subject to an interest
charge.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-18

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By Edgar A. Guest.

BY Edgar A. Guest.
THOUGHTS IN RELIGIONS
I reckon when this life is through
About the first thing God will do
Is call together all the creeds
which men have shaped to serve
their needs
And talk it over, pro and con.
And then make all religions ne.
He'll take the best of each and say:
well throw the minor frills away,
And as I take your creeds apart
You'll find you're all the same at
heart.
So one religion ought to do
For Catholic, Protestant and jew
He'll tell US in that happy land:
"Now here you see and understand.
You've passed across the vale Of
And learned the truth you fought
about.
Your destination was the same
Although by different routes you
came. .t@
Behold the good you labeled bad,
The false among the truth you had.
OF all the creeds which mortals
wrote,
Not one caught true perfection's note.
Nor was there one, howe'er despised
But what had truth, if good 1t
priced"
I neither hate nor love a man
According to religions plan; i.
If he be good of word and deed,
1 never ask about his creed.
I fancy God will later on
Make all religions into one.
Copyright 1915 by Edgar A. Guest.)
Red Cross Roll Call
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PITUITARY POETRY.
The Kind Men Write Who Have a
Real Sense of Rhythm.

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The Kind Men Write who Have a
Real Sense of Rhythm.
According to Cyril Scott, IL a person
yawns during a symphony concert
and twists his program instead Of be-
Ing absorbed in classical music, it may
not be his reprehensible fault. It may
be due to an undeveloped pituitary
body, which 10 located in, the brain
back of the temples. Mr.. Scott says
this pituitary body is highly suscepti-
BILE to musical vibrations, If properly
developed.
Drawing our own conclusions from
the thought offered us here, We may
we'll believe that the ability to write
depends on the same body or
gland; for It must be the seat OF that
sense of rhythm without which true
poetry cannot be created. It is said
that Tennyson's ear was intensely re-
sponstve to the regular ticking OF a
clock. the sound OF wheels revolving,
or any mechanical repetitive, noise
and. that he tnyoluntarily composed
metrtcal combinations Of words in
consonance with the wave sounds
that reached his auricular conscious
ness. That was his pituitary body at
work. Of course.
We readily perceive the difference
between pituitary poetry and the 9TH
er kind. Pe0ple who lack the equip
mont spoken of write cubist, certain
yers. ltbre. ar any old fhing-F. H
Collier inst Louis 0lohe.Democfat
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(From New York Times.)

w. @SAA Y 4Olh xlIu0S.
CONSUMPTION Act Suspends All
Treaties in Conflict Therewith-Ad-
vice to Draft Boards,-The case OF
ex parte Blazekovic, 24S Federal Re-
porter, 327, was one dealing with he
conscription act, and the rules and
regulations of the president thereun-
der, and particularly with reference
10 the rights. duties. and obligations
or a nondeclarant alien under this
legislation. 1t was there held by the
United States district court for the
eastern district of Michigan, under
the provision of the act. that .'all
laws " in conflict with the
provisions of this act are hereby sus-
pended during the period Of this m
ergency;" that any treaty with Aus
lr1a-Hungary entered into before the
subjects in this country from military
service, was thereby suspended. 1t
was also stated tina for one to oh
tain release from the army on the
ground that he was Improperly draft
eq, he must act with reasonable dill.
gence: and that where petitioner, aft
er Eeing transported to the military
camp ! October, petitioned the conn
! ntandlng officer for his release in Mo-
Avenber. and then waited for nearly
ITO months before filing a petition
k1or habeas corpus, in the meantime
.sreceiving military training, food.
4todgtngs and pay, his application
SNgould be denied.
Where an employe lost the lens OF
N but could see by use OF an
Artificial lens. ~ he did not use the
ROOD eye at the sames time, and could
SCntinae his work without los In
sak4Ge6,Fthere Mas mo Toss Of m eve.
NOR loss Of use OF an eye. within
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Novel Gases In the Courts

court Of appeals. it is held that a
traveller bringing into Virginia more
than a quart of liquor from a poinr
outside for his personal use was
convicted under a statute
Ioroldding such transporting, and
that upon his trial his suitcase. taken
from him with liquor therein, could
be retained to be used as evidence
on his trial.
me principle of personal search of
one legally arrested has long been
held, and what is discovered may be
USED as evidence against him. Even
II seizure of his goods is illegal, a
great array OF cases supports the
proposition that this does not make
what is discovered inadmissible as
evidence.
1t is said: The law appoints the
remedy for redress of, the wrong, but
the exclusion Of the evidence tncrim-
mating the defendant is not within
the scope Of the remedy or the meas
ure OF redress"
Where failure to deliver telegraph
messages promptly prevented mother
from seeing sons BODY or arranging
burial, invasion Of intangible rights
as result Of willful wrong in falling
10 deliver message warranted recov-
cry OF damages for mental suffering.
though issue Of punitive damages was
not submitted.-Western Union Tele-
graph company VS.. league, Miss, n
SO. 302.
The inhibition OF KY. st. Sec. 1921.
applies whether the work forbidden
70 be done on Sunday Is for profit
or amusement, but the fact that q
moving picture theater wa run for
pfofit aggravated rather than dimin-
Itshed the offense.-Capitol Theater
60. W. Commonwealth, KY. 1913 s. w.
a gfft to a college for erection Of
z chapel il not void ON the ground
TOR saucatiAnaI purposes cannot own
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MAY STUDY
AMERICAN METHODS
IN JUVENILE COURT

Denver. Colo. Dec. 1s.-England
and France may send special missions
to the United States for the study of
juvenile court practices. under a plan
suggested by Judge Ben b. Lindsey of
the juvenile court Of Denver. Judge
Lindsey proposed the Interchange of
workers while he was in France.
The adoption Of the plan is prac-
tically assured, according to word re-
ceived by the Judge. and Mademoi-
selle Bertillon; daughter Of the noted
French ~criminologist, author Of an
Identification system Of that name, is
expected to come from France. Judge
Lindsey intends to send Miss jose
phine Roche, an officer Of hts court.
to France In return. She will be at
tached to q French court and Made.
moiselle Bertillon will be made an Of.
hcer Of tho juvenile court here.
Mademoiselle Bertillon.s vistt to
Denver il made possible by Countess
Bryas. who raised q fund in Paris to
pay the expenses Of her trtp. 500
1cA 0zoss 19li Dahl
The Germans boasted about their
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AIR RAIDS FEARED.

q London. Dec. 18.-Fear Of air raids
by the Allied forces is believed by the
varia to condemn the German rulers
who brought the empire to disaster.
It. is pointed out that the Bavarians
realized that the aerial invasion might
begin any day or night. The collapse
Of Austria. it is stated, sent cold
shiver of apprehension through the
Bavarian cities whose inhabitants
dreaded the terror and tragedy of the
warfare they had waged and Wanted.
The people Of Munich realized that
their great war factories were doomed
and that perhaps hundreds of work.
ing people would be killed.
RAd Cross Roll Gall u
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common p%oliteness to give every one
the chance to get what he paid his
money for. Public p~oliteness to the
listener, but also respect for the per-
Observation-Disclosures News.
-1sd Cross Roll Csu-
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ana control a building used for DUR
pose OF conducting religious services,
-Llghtfoot VS.. P%oindexter. Tex. 1aa
8. w. 1852. N''
Plaintiffs expectation ~ realizing
premium of S or 10 cents on Colum.
pan half dollar did not justify his re-
telegram, which he could have made
Dy use OF h half dollar.-Dale v,
western Union TELEGRAPH Co. N "
l68 n. Y. S. 1888. -
The writer knows from experiences
on the circuit bench that 1t is some
tinles very difficult for a judge to re-
1rain from making commenS on a
$ during the progress of the trial.
ana especially where an apparent in
Justice seems to have been perpetrat-
ed. but after a reversal or two. &C.
casloned by this practice. he conclud-
ed to go. not to the ant. but to the
meek n lowly oyster, to Consider
its ways and be WISE" and to keep the
Judicial mouth shut.-Justice Mcbride
OF oregon supreme court in Edwards
versus Mount Hood CONSTRUCTION
company. "a
Where insured's financial condition
NC not change. and he met his death
as result Of pistol wound on day
when matters had reached crisis, evil
dence, in action on accident policy ex-
cepting liability for suicide, that in
sured had previously contemplated
suicide, is Observation-Disclosures YER
u Royal Indemnity company, U. 3.
G C. A.. 246 Fed. 637.
Wife's refusal to cook meals, In
form husband OF telephone calls, etc,
asperate husband. held to furnish no
sufficient xcu for his assault on
her:--Johnson versus johnson, Ala,
~ So. 335.
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COAL TRANSFERS 10 sTRYKE.

Chicago. Dec. 18.-Coai teamsters
OF Chicago have voted TO strike on
January j, II waA announced today,
the Merchant1 aMocfation hayinx re.
fiseds4 rafse Of 81 q day.
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The Germans boosted shout thei,
fAst colors, hut We know now that
their colors run fast
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-Gsd Cross 1ou Gail
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and control a building used for mr.
pose of conducting religions services
~aLightfoot VS.. Poindexter, Tex. 199
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a lift to a college for erection Of
chapel is not void on the groundi
that q college, being Incorporated.
fof asAucettAnal purposes cannot own
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-06-20
THEATRE ATTRACTIONS.
At The Colonial Tonigh,

Delightful Enid Bennett, in "a de-
lightful story, THE Biggest Show on
Earth" and the first picture Of "The
Son OF Democracy" will be the ex-
tremely enjoyable attractions at the
Colonial this evening.
Rosie Kemf, seyenteen-year old
daughter of Nat KENT, proprietor OF
circus, works for the show as a lion
tanner under the management of Mile.
La Fieur. AT her fathers request,
RoXie leaves the circus TO attend
school. Before her departure she is
insulted by Shrimp Ross, a hanger-on
of the show, and horsewhips him. Al
the aristocratic Southern school she
is at first snubbed by the pupils. but
having rescued Marjorie Trent,
daughter of Colonel Trent, from an
attack by a vicious dog, she becomes
her chum. Marjorie introduces RoXie
to her brother Owen, and she accepts
an invitation TO visit the Trent home
She has kept the secret of her circus
life 10 herself Later the circus comes
to town. Owen has asked Roxie to be
his wife, but she reserves her answer
Entering the circus grounds Roxie is
recognized by Shrimp Ross, who
makes an insoient remark Kemf
kicks him OFF the grounds. In revenge
Ross works upon the superstitions of
the new lion-tuner, VINO refuses to 60
on The crowd starts q riot when the
big feature is called OH Roxie saves
the day by going TO the dressing
room, donning her old costume ana
putting the lions through the act
Mrs Trent is Mortified, but owen and
his father both defend Rosie Col
onel Trent confessas that he is half
owner of the circus, which is his main
source of income. Thereupon Mrs.
Trent gives in and all ends well for
the lovers
The first picture of The Son OF
Democracy" entitled, My Mother" is
strong in sentiment, showing dra-
maticaily the log-cabin birth of THE
Son OF Democracy" the gentle in
fuence of Lincoln's mother, develop
ing the boy who became the Presi-
dent There are rolicking scenes of
boy life, and homely humor of the
pitiful efforts of Abe's father TO learn
to read and write. This is an extreme
ly enjoyable show. Don't miss it.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-06-20

tacks being quite thrilling Still
again we were pursued by a strange
sea rover having all the earmarks of
raider, but we eluded her. And so
the months passed On every trip
there were one or more occasions
when we were put to the test-one or
more occasions which might have been
our last were not. Our last fateful
voyage, while eastbound, was quite
uneventful, though often we were very
near the scenes of disa
On the return leg of our last trip
the weather was unsettled when we
left Europe and continued freshening
up until not only the escort but some
of the convoy were making pretty
heavy weather of it. Seas often came
over the high decks as the ocean
roughened and the wind rose.
The night before we were sunk
though the sea was rough, was one of
peculiarly mixed conditions-when
clear it was bright, not moonlight,
cold, fairly crisp, with an extraordi-
narily phosphorescent sea. The white
wake and bow waves of the ship shone
as lights in the night. Then through
out the hours of darkness we ran
through occasional rain and passing
fog \ most unsettled night-one
could almost feel the uncertainty of
the morrow. But toward morning a
fresh wind sprang up, combined with
a moderate to rough sea. and the
weather cleared
Just before dawn, October II, was
aroused by the discovery of fire on
board which, though not serious, prov
ed stubborn and required the best part
of an hour to extinguish, situated as
ii was in interior woodwork. Day had
broken before this task was accom-
pished-a gray. clear dawn and one
more day of vigilance under adverse
conditions for us and ideal for Fritz.
Having only come off watch at
o'clock l went to my bunk to lie down.
1 never did lie down, however, but
that is later. The great hulks of our
convoy doubtless doomed up as mag
nificent silhouettes against the morn
ing sky to a submarine lurking in our
path to westward.
At this time we were several days
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-06-20
WANTED HIS MONEYS WORTH
NobIeman Evidently Had Some Idea
That Great Musician Was Giving
Him the Worst Of IL.

Wieniawsk had his humorous expert
ences, this even after he was quite
widely known writes Alexander Bloch
I'm the New York Times. On one occa-
sion he was asked by wealthy Brit
fish nobleman to state his terms for
playing half an hour at his home.
They came to an agreement ?n1 on
the evening of the musicale Wieniaw-
ski opened the program with Beethov-
ems "Romanze in F."
He was playing his best and deeply
engrossed in the music when he sud
denly noticed out of the corner of his
eye the host nervously looking mt his
watch. This happened several times
before the Romance" was finished.
At its close, as he was bowling his ac-
acknowledgements to rapturous applause,
the British peer caught him by the
sleeve and whispered in his ear:
"For heavens sake, man, how much
do you expect to get through in half
an hour at this rate? Why do you
play such slow pieces?"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-06-20
AT The Republic Tonight.

A mother forcing her daughter into
a supposedly advantageous marriage
only to discover that her child has
been sold into slavery worse than
death-this is situation as old as
civilization itself Yet in blue Blood, =
a thrilling Selexart drama, distribut-
ca by Goldwyn, il is depicted with
such relentless realism that specta-
tors forget it is a screen drama, be-
lieving it is life itself unfolding be-
fore them.
With startling fidelity to life, Blue
Blood" proves that ownership of an
old and honored name does not ne
.cessarily imply that its possessors
are either strong in character or in
distinguished ancestry. That it is a
fallacy to suppose that because a
mans immediate forbears are well
known he is himself worthy of re-
spect is graphically brought out in
this play.
Spencer Wellington is shown to be
descended from the scum of London's
slums, yet he is looked upon as true
scion of distinguished ancestry until
The audience is shown what manner
of men are his forefathers. Blue
Blood" comes to the Republic Thea
tire tonight
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-06-20
THE SINKING of
the AN TILES

Lieut.. Ryland D. Tisdale, who con-
tributes a thrilling story of the Incl
dents connected with the sinking OF
the antilles. is a son of Mrs. R D.
Tisdale, 167 Green street, this city. and
is nephew of Hon. George b. Mer-
rick, of Upper Marlboro, who repre-
scented Prince Georges County in the
recent legislature, and a grandson of
the late George C. Merrick, one of the
most fearless jurists who ever sat up
on the bench
Here is the story of Lieut. Tisdale,
who formerly served on the antilles.
told in his own language:
I was ordered TO the Antilles in the
late spring of last year, and since
then, and until her sinking we had
been transporting American troops to
Europe. We took part of the original
Pershing troops over in June, being
attacked en- route by submarines; but
the escort of American war vessels
put them TO rout as the convoy ma
neuvered clear On another voyage
we were attacked by submarines on
several occasions of these at
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-06-20
AT THE COLONIAL
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY

With the number of so-called War
Pictures" on the market-one or two
of them excellent and the others so
palpably faxed and false-it is indeed
refreshing to view one like MY Four
Years in Germany" How anyone, no
race or creed barred could view this
picture and not be thrilled to the very
core, would be beyond conception. 1t
is truly wonderful polarization of
events, historically true, taken from
Ambassador Gerards wonderful book,
and visualized IN a manner intensely
interesting and entertaining. The
whole series of incidents, the plot and
intrigue, the broken promises, the de-
liberate disregard of all rights of a
friendly nation in the insane desire to
rule the world is clearly shown in
MY Four Years in Germany" Here
YOU see unrolled before you the whole
page of history from the Zabern incl
dent to the gathering Of the American
army over there Every American
shoul see this picture so that he can
better understand why America must
stand united against the common foe.
MY Four Years in Germany" is i'll ten
wonderful reels. On account of the
length of the film the first show will
begin promptly at seven o'clock, sec
show at nine
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-06-20
LESS Sid.<a3LE SHIP COMING
Hull Consists of Two Parallel CyIin.
drical Shells Joined Throughout
Length by Diaphragms.

The French government has con-
tracted with the Foundation company,
which is building wooden ships for the
Emergency Fleet corporation, to turn
out for it five cargo ''nonsinkable
ships" of 1920 tons dead weight.
The hull of these ships, says the
New York Sum-. is to consist of two
parallel cylindrical shells Joined
throughout their length by series of
heavily braced diaphragms. Each cyl
indrical shell is divided not only into
watertight compartments by trans
verse bulkheads, but also is isolated
entirely from the adjoining shell and
from the sealed space between the
two. The latter space, which has
watertight bottom and deck, is not
used for cargo, but is provided solely
for reserve buoyancy.
at should not be called an unsink-
able Ship" said Mr.. Boero. 81 would
call it rather one of the less sink
able ships. 1t is seldom that ship
has received more than one torpedo.
1t is extremely improbable that a ship
will be struck by torpedoes on both
sides. We have tested an expert
mental design thoroughly at Paris,
and have found it entirely satisfac-
tory. The space required for the spe-
cial hull construction does not mate
rally lessen the bulk of cargo that
can be carried. We are convinced
that the ship will keep afloat after it
has been torpedoed."
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-06-20
WARNS AGAINST WASTING AIR
Southern Pacific Railway Company
Cites Attention of Employees
to Real Expense.
"Don,t waste the ain"

"Don't waste the air"
This injunction, indicating the pass
ing of the last free commodity known
to man, has been added to the conser-
walton program of the Southern Pacific,
says Financial America. The attention
of thousands of workmen in the rail-
road shops at Los Angeles, Sacra-
mento and Oakland is being directed
to the fact that compressed air, used
to drive many machines and tools, rep
resents a real expense. In fact, the
"high cost of air. is giving the COM
pany economists some concern.
G. w. Rear, general bridge inspec-
tor for the company, estimates that
a half-inch leak in a compressed-air
tank will Offset the work of a 10
horse power engine and the cost of
horse power varies from less than a
cent to 80 cents per hour, depending
upon the size of the plant, amount of
attendance, etc. Usually the loss is
greater than the money cost, due to
decreased output on account of insult
ficient air supply.
The expression Stree as air" has no
relevancy in the Southern Pacific
shops.