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The Washington times., 1918-04-17
new MAYOR ATLAUREL
TO Be SWORN In MONDAY

George Patterson McCeney will be
sworn in Monday as the new mayor of
Laurel. Nd. He succeeds George w
Waters. who has held three successive
terms Of two years each.
MayOr-elect McCeney was elected
Monday without opposition. He will
take the oath of office with the new
"r'r1cilmen elected on the ticket with
him.
* new councilmen are John w.
O'Brien. first ward George Alcorn, sec
oHd ward: Edward Pearre. third ward :
Dewilton II. Donaldson and Henery NJ.
Scott. councilmen at large.
The Washington times., 1918-04-17

New York has subscribed almost one
third OF her giant quota OF 5000 .OO0.-
600, and little doubt is expressed that
the city will swing in with a large
oversubscription on the final day OF
the drive.
The Northwestern States of the
Minneapolis district are reporting re-
markable success in the first can
vases made. and the district quota
of S1O5,O0O.O0O is expected to be far
oversubscribed
The Washington times., 1918-04-17
LABOR CONVENTION ASKS
MOREPAY FOR TEACHERS

The convention OF the Nrsryr.rd
ana District Of Columbia Federation
Of Labor. being held in baltimore. i,
on record In favor of higher pay for
school teachers III Washington.
senators France and Smith NJ
Maryland. and the entire MaryIsnd
delegation In the House received
resolutions today calling upon them
10 support legislation for higher pay
in the District
These resolutions were passed at
the session OF the convention in Raj
tlmOre yesterday.
W. j. Wallis. Brennan Inkster
Miss Msude g. Gunther. W. c. Myers
!. V. Lampson, Miss Clara StutZ
Miss VI. f.. Alton, and Miss Pollock
are in Baltimore representing IN.
Washington teachers.
The Washington times., 1918-04-17
NOTHING VITAL YET LOST,
DECLARES LLOYD GEORGE

LONDON. April 1.-THE fluctus
tion between hope and dependency
IUUst continue for some time yet. Bu'
] am still full Of confidence.
General PIumer Tin command at Mes
sires ridGel is quite confident. We
have lost territory, but we have lost
uothing vital"
Thus Premier Lloyd George summed
up the situation on the front in the
House of Commons yesterday
The Washington times., 1918-04-17
H|LL|ARD PREDICTS
EARLY ENACTMENT
OF D. c. WAGE BILL

The subcommittee OF the House
District Committee, headed by Con-
gresham Hilliard. which has charge
OF the minimum wage bill for the
District. will meet soon to take ur
the bill. Mr.. Hillisrd said today
prospects were excellent for a favor
able report. The fact that merchants
and manufacturer were for the bill
would be helpful, he said.
Il wish all OF Congress could have
heard the testimony given before the
subcommittee" said Mr.. Hilliard. Il
believe IL would have converted ev-
cry opponent OF the pending Iegisla-
tion.
Today additional strength was
given the bill BY testimony before a
subcommittee Of the Senate District
Committee. headed BY Senator Hollis.
Bills Adyorates Heard.
Senator TrammelI. sponsor for the
bill in the Senate. spoke briefly be-
fore the subcommittee urging the
proposed legislation.
President Brownlow. Of the Dis
trict Commissioners. told the sub
committee he stood for the principle
involved in the bill. He said he be-
lisved social conditions in the Dis
trict should be made as good as pos
sible in this time OF stress
Charles J. Columbus made his
statements in support OF the bill still
more emphatic than yesterday. He
pointed out that the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association represent
ed about 200 establishments. in the
stores alone. he said. about 5000
women are employed.
Notable Workers speak.
Mrs. Florence Kelley. secretary OF
the National Consumers League, pre-
scented the witnesses and made a brief
argument.
Speakers for the bill inclIded Felix
Frankfurter, secretary Of the Presi-
dents Mediation Commission; Dr. w.
c. Woodward, health officer: Edward
4. Filene. OF Boston. director Of the
Chamber OF Commerce of the United
States; Mrs. Frances Axtell; DIR. Ar
thur W. Holcombe. a member of the
Massachusetts Minimum Wage Com
mission and a member of the United
States Efficiency Commission: II. w.
NcI.arin. president OF the Federal
Employees Union: Miss Mary O'Sulli-
van. a former sslesGirl OF Washing
ton; Miss Julia OConnof. president OF
the Massachusetts Telephone Opera
tors Union, and William II. Baldwin.
head Of the District Council OF De-
fense.
The Washington times., 1918-04-17

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE (night, April 16.-Two
American patrols crossed No Mans
Land. northwest of Toul, this morn
ing and cleared out German machine
gun positions. They found the enemy
gone.
Americans wounded in last weeks
battle are asking their nurses to let
them out for another whack at the
enemy. The weather is damp and
cold, and the ground muddy.
The Washington times., 1918-04-17
TURKS CAPTURE BATUM,
SAYS CONSTANTINOPLE

CONSTANTINOPLE. April 1T.-Ba-
: tu-a was captured Monday, 1t was Of
fIcislly announced today
"Deputations of civilians welcomed
US" the report said.
, East of Lake Van, Sell was oc-
cupied."
Batum is an important Russian
port in trans-Caucasia on the eastern
shore OF the Black sea. just across
. the Turkish frontier.
The Washington times., 1918-04-17
THINKS L|FEBOATS
SEEN At SEA WERE
THOSE Of CYCLOPS

ANNAPOLIS. Md. April lI.-JOseph
Hinton The Nnnspolis boy. who was
,,,o -. r,o,ia b.r
-, -, -.
she was sunA on Mar"h % OFT Liver
a.
,. -,
80 n;o,'ad ma - tir.hns,s b., .
were P'CheH UP IIvH' l'AepoA'S oE
Saw Lifebonts.
Hinton declares that in his opinion
tho bir Ia-oOO-,on collier ,-vrIons
,,..r r., ,i,.. -. -.
since ne WIN "th"rs on board inc
steamer which brought the Grey off
The Washington times., 1918-04-17
PARIS SUFFERS FROM BIG GUN.

PARIS. April 1.-THE lombard
ment of Paris bv the Germans on
Tuesday proved one of the most seri-
Gus that has yet taken place, accord
ing TO the estimate of Casualties made
today. Thirteen persons were killed
and forty-five were Aunded.
The Washington times., 1918-04-17
BR|T|SHGUNS
SWEEP ENEMY
CAUGHT UNDER
FLANKING FIRE

continued from First Page.)
aiding on the Somme and Disc fronts.
Along the right bank OF the Meuse
east of Samogneux (siX miles north
OF NerdunD. an enemy attempt failed.
The sun., 1918-11-03

unsuitable" should be used to de-
scribe a vessel equipped with buoy
ancy boxes or their equivalent, just as
II Is unfortunate that the word "fre-
proof should be used to describe
buildings that are in reality designed
to be fire resisting or slow burning.
These words convey an erroneous I'M
preston to the public. Immediately
after the loss Of the Lucia contemptu-
Gus remarks based on a miscouception
concerning her character were heard.
Admiral SiMs's despatch with regard
to the ship records the death of
four members Of the crew who were
killed by the explosion Of the torpedo
that sank the vessel" The same state
ment says call others ON board were
reported rescued" 1t Is not unlikely
that when all the facts are available
we shall learn that the equipment of
the Lucia was highly useful in saving
life. though 1t could not save hull and
cargo, and It is We'll to remember that
so long rs vessels must have holds for
machinery, cargo and living quarters
1t will pot be practicable to make them
unsuitable"
The sun., 1918-11-03
DR.. COpeland's Advice to Inauenza
Victims.

With the recession Of the epidemic
of influenza here, and the accompany
Ing decrease in pneumonia cases,
Health Commissioner COPELAND has
issued n timely warning to all con-
valescen. individuals to guard their
health carefully in the future and to
consult physicians Immediately on the
appearance of symptoms of weakness
or minor ailments that they would
ordinarily disregard.
1t is a fact DR.. COPELAND does well
to emphasize that influenza is fire.
quently followed by diseases Of the
nervous system and the respiratory
organs, and in every case in which
such diseases develop medical atten-
ton should be sought promptly. But
1t Is not enough to wait for alarming
manifestations of i'll health; the eau
tious person who has suffered from
the disease should submit to physical
examination regardless of his appar-
ent condition. The Health Depart
ment clinics will be prepared to rem
der assistance as 1t may be needed.
DR.. CoPELAED's management of his
department throughout the epidemic
has been marked by good Judgment
and common sense. He has neglected
no precaution which promised to pro-
tect the community, but he has set
himself firmly against the schemes Of
panic breeders who would have used
the well nigh unlimited powers of the
Health Department in such a way as
to produce Unnecessary fear. The &C.
tivities of the authorities headed by
him have been ruled by reason. His
urgent advice to all TO use care In the
conservation of their health and the
upbuilding Of their strength is we'll
timed and we'll delivered, and by OBJ
serving 1t those who have suffered
from the epidemic will be speeding
their recovery and laying the founda-
ton Of complete physical well being
in the future.
The sun., 1918-11-03

pocketbooks not too well filled buying
them for double duty. a sensible and
economical expedient. But under
date Of October II, less than two
months after the appearance Of men,
orandum 08. another was published
resembling memorandum number 90
and prohibiting the wearing Of a
trench coat in this country except as
raincoat, thereby making necessary
the purchase Of an o. d. woollen
overcoat."
The other letter printed by our
contemporary declares, over the sig
nature Major, Infantry" that "an
officer will have to spend quite sum
to satisfy the desires OF a command.
Ing officer with respect to uniform
regulations and Immediately on
changing station will not be permitted
to wear the very things which an
other has practically made him buy"
One curious incident is cited by this
correspondent:
TN another case, at one Of the camps,
officers were urged to buy certain short
coats which were on sale at the camp
exchange store. Almost every oficer
bought one. Hardly had the makers of
this coat made their profits when an
order was issued prohibiting the wear
ing Of this same article. Another coat
had to be bought"
The situation seems to be that
every camp and cantonment COM
mander prescribes certain details Of
the uniforms to be worn by the Off
GERS on duty under him, and thus
their dress becomes 10 n certain and
pretty expensive extent subject to
his caprice, whim or Interpretation
Of. regulations. Hardships are inev-
liable under such system, or lack Of
system. 1t should not be impossible
for the responsible officers Mt Wash
ington to write clear, concise and
simple code to regulate the uniforms
Of officers. and thus to relieve them
of the nuisance and expense now i'm
posed on them. Tho expense is a
matter Of moment to thousands of
officers, who are supporting families
on their pay. and for whom the Gov.
eminent should make things as easy
as may be.
The sun., 1918-11-03
The Iron Count.

When Emperor CHARLES came to
the Hapsburg throne the question
which Austria asked was, Will Count
STEPHEN T,szA remain in power ?
TIszA was the Iron Count" a de-
fender Of the alliance with Germany
and an opponent Of any reforms which
would imperil the domination of the
Germans in Austria or the Magyars
in Hungary.
The young Emperor had his own
views Of the powers of Berlin, he
was far sighted enough TO see that
changes in the Government we're nee.
essary, and he had some visionary
ideas Of reforms. TiszA, uncompro-
missing, unyielding, dropped out Of
the Government.
He was strong man, strong IN
the sense that he was a defender of
the special privileges OF the powerful
and of Hapsburg autocracy. He lived
long enough to see the structure
founded upon these ideas and propped
up for years with all his strength
crumble and fall.
Austria needs an iron man." but
iron men Of TIszA's type are not in
vogue this fall.
The sun., 1918-11-03
Army Osicers. Overcoats.

Our friend the Army 6nd Hdpy
Journal printed last week two letters
on the subject Of army officers over.
coats that are Of general interest
One Of them, over the signature "Sub.
scriber," was written at Camp Han.
cock, Georgia, and tells of two memo
randa concerning uniform regula.
lions issued ut that establishment.
Under date OF August % appeared
memorandum, numbered 90, BY
which "the wearing Of trench over
coats on all occasions when overcoats
were prescribed was authorized"
This memorandum continued:
I'm view OF tho fact that the trench
overcoat and the short o. d. overooa,
are the only two overooats that are au-
thorized for officers OF the A. f. F. In
France, and will answer on all occa-
sicns. the officers OF this command are
advised to limit their selection to these
two overcoats."
Naturally, thousands Of dollars
worth Of trench overcoats were sold
in the camps, many officers with
The sun., 1918-11-03
The Brooklyn Disaster.

The wreck in the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit tunnel on the Brighton Beach
line Friday evening was the most dis
astrous accident in the number of
persons killed that has ever occurred
on the transportation systems of the
city Of New York. The circumstances
preceding it, the character of the de-
stroyed cars and competence Of the
motorman are subjects that must be
vigorously Investigated by the au-
thorities. If any man has been at
fault, his punishment will be de-
manded by the public, not only that
he shall pay for his fatal blunders
or carelessness, but that others may
take warning from his fate.
The only accident comparable with
this was the Park avenue tunnel hor-
ron which resulted in the electrical
ton to the Grand Central Terminal
under compulsion by the State. This
Improvement was brought about pri-
marily in the interest of public safety,
and the sentiment which now possesses
all citizens with regard to the Brook
Ign wreck will express itself in de-
termination that II human ingenuity
can add anything to safeguard hu-
man lives to the machinery now in
stalled. the indicated appliances shall
be adopted at once, regardless Of in
convenience or of cost.
The hardships imposed on the own
ers and managers of transportation
lines by labor shortage, lack Of ma
terial and the high cost of supplies
are generally recognized; the high
standard of safety attained by our
urban transportation companies is
freely acknowledged; but the COM
munity cannot rest until every prac-
ticable expedient to render impossible
such tragedies as that of Friday eve
ming has been exhausted, through
private enterprise by preference, by
official Intervention IL necessary.
The sun., 1918-11-03
The Loss Of tho Lucia.

Details OF the loss of the steamship
Lucia, which was equipped with buoy
ancy boxes and was popularity known
as the "unsinkable ship" will be
awaited with great interest for the
reason that the perils her peculiar
equipment was designed to mini
miDe or eliminate are not exclusively
psrils Of war. In fact. the discussion
concerning so-called "unslnkable'
ships has not been more general since
submarine warfare was begun by the
Germans than IL was in the period
following the destruction Of the steam
chip Titanic.
Before that disaster the possibility
Of increasing ship buoyancy had en-
gaged the thought of marine archi-
tects, and the watertight bulkheads
with which naval and merchant ships
are generally equipped are the fruit
OF engineering efforts TO provide
means by which damaged hull may
he kept afioat, if not permanently, at
least long enough to allow the persons
on board of her to he rescued. The
number OF bulkhends, their placing
and the machinery TO make them eff
;se. lave been matters of debate
and experiment among shipbuilders
for years.
It is unfortunate that the word
The sun., 1918-11-03
The Menace of One Man Power.

rne fuoHc Ledger OF Philadelphia
remarks with truth and force that
she Joint rejoinder of ex-President
RoosEvELr and ex-President TAFT to
President WILSON is symbollcal of
rhe effect Of the Presidents extraor-
Urinary action upon the great body of
Republicans throughout the land.
What has interested THE Sun even
more than this, and what may be re-
garded as even more important and
significant than the effect Of the let
Ter upon the great body of Republl-
cans throughout the land, is the effect
IT. has had and is haying upon the
Accee body Of DEMOCRATS throughout
ahs land. - e.
We Judge this effect not only from
the utterances Of independent and
self-respecting Democratic newspa-
pers like our neighbor the Wefld :
not only from the expressions. heard
on every side, from Democratic lips,
on the streets, in the railroad trains,
atsN AZ othCh
extensive forum of that which the
vivid phrase Of Mr.. WILSON'S de-
scribes as "the opinion of outdoors" !;
but also from the many hundreds of
letters conveying to this journal the
outspoken sentiments Of members of
both parties.
With very few exceptions the tone
IS that Of indignation and disgust at
the debasement Of the dignity Of the
most exalted Office in the world to
the temporary necessities of partisan
politics. There are many Democrats
whose judgment OF President WILL
soy's pronunciamento is much more
severe than that which has been ex,
pressed by Mr.. TAFT and Colonel
ROOSEVELT; or, again, by Judge
HUoHEs in his speech at the Union
League Club last Tuesday night.
Whatever the vote may be day
after tomorrow, the issue of one man
power. Of personal mastery, is per-
lnanently established in the conscious
ness of the American people.
The sun., 1918-11-03
The Fallen Aviators.

lCUranis sings their reouism)
Upon the wind OF dusk II came
A falling nurmur without name.
I gr!eve fo- them--my foster sons.
My beautiful. my daring ones.
WAS alone. no soul had.
Until they came TO make me glad.
They were the sons OF Earth. but they
With her TO longer brooked to stay:
Their airy spirits were pure fire
They must break iooee and heaven aspire
Earth said: II yield them unto thee
And yet, from Fate they are not free
1 watched their provs the rn!sts divide; -
Come UP, come up" TO them I cried.
They rose in swiftest spinning flight.
The sun could not put out their sight;
For they were eagle eyed and keen:
They woke tho eagles Jealous spleen,
That struck at them q taloned blow
They climbed, they left him far belowi
In their wide pinioned ships a store
or eager, missile IRE they bore
Right calamity they battle broke:
And strange, new thunders then awoke
Tha. never in this realm were known:
And glitter.ng. fulmined bolts were thrown
And flaming balls did toss and bound
From underneath and all around
Cloud ambushed foes made sudden Eird-
The wids winged bark sank netherward;
And they that rode therein were hurled,
Down, down. unto the middle worldi
I would have kept them for mine own.
with flower ambrosiai would have s.rowr
In regions of tho vesper Star
Dream raptured, a. Oiympians are;
But StrsiEhtw way Earth a cry upssnt:
MY children we're TO thee but lent.
As they were born OF, me they must
To me yield back their moulded dust.
Naught else of them can call down.
Who are beyond the poor renown
That painted Fame TO them could give;
With thee their spirits still shall live"
So I, Cranis. hold them still,
And when the winds with murmur nj.
Down sweeping from the ancien, sky,
X IL from me--a requiem high,
A pesn for my foster sons
NJ beautiful. my daring ones
EpIrH NJ. THOMAS.
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POEMS WORTH READING.
1907.

1907.
This patched ana modest canvas on the
In the great gallery marks the rise
or wide dominions gathered up by
The fruit e kingdoms bent to wars
alarms;
It lives In memory more than towers
On mighty pillars built to stand alone.
It's but the creature OF painters
mind
OF brush and color, with the man
behind,
Yet echoes glory like q trumpet's peal
So strong Its purpose and It's figures
real.
How fast the plumed, laundering horse
men ride!
How strong the vision Of the nations
pride!
France in apotheosis have we here,
The matchless. deathless work OF
Mcissonier!
Don c. SmTz.
The sun., 1918-11-03

Those letter writer's to the press
who will have none Of ALFRED NoYEs's
rhyming Of war" and "star" in his
poem on THE Avenue Of the Allies"
may yet suggest to the English poets
mind certain advantages of the Free
Verse Brotherhood. The members of
that circle at least are safe from the
shafts of critics meticulOus after as
sonantal perfection. And such critics
abound in numbers and energy. 1t is
only necessary for poet to pen one
Imperfect rhyme and they are at his
throat. No mark is too high for
them, and none too humble. SHAKE
spEARE, with his "Jove" and "loye"
and similar discrepancies, has had to
accept their arrows into his breast.
MILToS's lapse. in the famous sonnet
to his deceased wife, where he under
takes to rhyme save" and "haye."
has cost him many dlsparaglng criti-
cisms. Even the correct" PARNELI-
the only kind Of poet with whom
these critics can spend a civil eve
ning-has not been allowed to pass
with his attempt to rhyme appears"
and airs" PoPE, one would suppose.
with half the world his enemies eager
for attack, would have taken due pre-
cautions; yet he left the gates wide
open on one occasion by rhyming
"abodes" and ''gods"-and the regi-
ments took him.
JOHN MAsEFIELD, a fellow English
man of Mr.. MOVES, is one Of the re-
cent victims Of these criers after per-
lection. In sonnet, admitted to be
excellent otherwise. MAsEFIELp I'M
dertook to rhyme grass" and "was."
He would have been wounded, in any
event; but the fact that the crime &C.
CURED in the final couplet. where It
was most glaring, resulted in his vir-
tual humiliation.
PoPE, PARSHL and the others have
gone where darts cannot follow them.
But MOVES and MAsEFIELp-both of
them slap-dash writer's. not overnice
In any particular-are enduring Il
great deal. The gates of vera libre
must appear inviting to their wounded
spirits. There no rhyme is tested; in
fact, 1t is despised. Neither shall
there he any standard meter-an-
other score on which MAsEFIELD Is
belabored as a defective. Only rhythm
Is required in that happy country. and
every inhabitant is permitted his own
variety and his own definition. The
attacks on the new school are easier
to dodge than those directed at the
regulars. The whole onslaught usu-
ally crystallizes into the charge: "It
is not poetry" AMY LOWELL has Of
fered hint as to means of immunity
by plainly labelling her latest book
polyphonic prose.
It Is not an unconditional surren-
der on either side; It is not even
negotiated peace. But It has resulted
in an armistice that must appear
tempting enough to the regulars still
under fire.
The sun., 1918-11-03
T1ddl0trinEs,

when night unfoids like a purple flower
with rs calyx the great white moon.
The wind that vanders in No Mans Land
on the haroed wire plays a tuns.
Ana crouchirg low in a musty trench knee
deep IN ths m!re and muck.
hear Tho music loved o: yore back
home IN old Kentuck.
The j.gs and the reels and hornpipes
sound out there In the mooniit dusk.
With the rollickng notes OF the Devils
Dream" and the strains of Money
Musk"
Arkansas Trave!.e-." Miss Mcleod" and
Turkey in the Straw"
TIL swear I see Joe Shelby's bow on q
shadowy nadle saw.
II IL not smoke from a bursting shell that
over tho hilltop curls,
But dust that nles from the old barn noor
meath tho feet OF the boys and girls,
Nor yet the moon on a. spi!ntered post
from the clear sky shining down.
But tho snowy fiounces crisp and white of
my Moily's muslin gown.
The clean sweet smells of the cumber-
lands 20 my nos:r!!s rise again,
The scent OF pines in the monday sun,
and OF lau.els wet with rain,
The bergamont. too, that plastered down
the auburn locks OF Joe,
And the rosin powderedS 20 pa!est sold
that dropped from his dancing bow.
Poor Joe Shelby was frst TO fail on ehe
day the Msrne ran red;
Bent aud battered hts tin hat hangs on
the wooden cross at his head.
kAd away back there in his mountain
home IN the hear; OF the Y. e. A.
on tho old brown fiddle he loved so we'll
somebody else must play.
But every night as l watch the Huns by
the light OF the moon or etars.
The strands Of wire In the gloom become
a violin strung By Mars,
Aad Il seems to me that the soul OF Joe
while les waiting for its wings.
Is playing tho dear familiar tuues on a
million ouivOring strings
MINSA IRVING,