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The Washington herald., 1918-06-05
best man was Lieut.. Mills Kitchin

best man was Lieut.. Mills Kitchin,
U. S. r.
Lieut. Mcdowell is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Archibald Mcdowell, OF
Scotland Neck, n. c., and is a nephew
OF Congressman Claude Kitchin, of
North Carolina. He is stationed here
in Washington with the Ordnance
Department. and after a ten days
trip he and his bride win make their
home in Washington at the Marl-
borough.
Among the out-of-town guests at
the wedding were Mrs E. D. Morgan.
of New York; Miss Katharine Nc
Chail. who is visiting in Washing
ton; Mrs. Chrlie Bull. OF New York:
and Miss Ruth Miller Won Hummer,
of New York.
In the absence of her father. who
is in France. Miss Johnson has been
staying with her sister. who is the
wife of Mai Charles A. bravo, u.
S. A.
The marriage is announced of Miss
Mildred Newcomb Wilson to Capt
Daniel NOce. Engineer Corps. U. s.
A, formerly of Denver, Col. The
ceremony was quietly performed
Monday at IL o'clock at st. Mat
thew's Church, the Rev. Z. L. Muckey
officiating. There were no attendants
and only the members of the immedi-
ate families were present.
Tn bride is the daughter OF Mrs.
Wilson, of Pelham Manor, n. Y.
and for the past winter has been
making her home with her grand
mother. Mrs Simon Newcomb, at 1920
street. Mrs. Newcomb is the wife
of the late Commodore Simon New
comb. U. S. N, of Washington, a
well-known astronomer.
Capt. Noce Is a graduate OF the
1917 Glass of West Point. and at pres
ent is stationed at Camp Devens,
Ayers. Mass, where he and his bride
will live until he is sent to France
The bride wore a becoming gown
of flesh-colored Georgette crepe. elab-
orately beaded with a leghorn hat
trimmed in pink roses.
Mrs. Margaret J. Field announces
the marriage of her daughter, Miss
Martha Eliza beth Field, to Lieut..
Milton T. Noyes. field artillery, U. S.
n. c., stationed at Admission, Ala.
~ N'Oh Ou odluI
day. June l, Miss Field being ac-
companied to Admission by Mrs.
VOgt. wife of the captain of the
company to which Lieut.. Noyes is
attached. Lieut.. Noyes is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Milton E. Noyes.
of Washington. and a brother Of
Mrs. Roger Whiteford.
st. Johns Church. Lafayette
square. was the scene of an interest
ing wedding Monday at noon, when
Miss Katherine Elise Richards,
daughter of Lieut.. Col. franklin B.
Richards, aid to the Secretary of
War, and Mrs. Richards, became the
bride of Lieut.. John c. CALHOUN,
United States Field Artillery, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick Calhoun, of
South Carolina. The Rev. Roland
Cotton Smith performed the mar
riage ceremony.
The bride. who was given in mar
riage by her father. wore a hand
some gown of white satin trimmed
with rose point lace, a long tulle
veil and carried a shower of white
orchids.
Miss Dorothy Richards, who was
The Washington herald., 1918-06-05
Wednesday, June 5. 1918.

"tuHttuHy, JuHe ., IWIS.
This is read as an uncommonIy lucky
day. Uranus, Venus and Mercury rule
for good during the busiest hours.
Neptune is adverse.
Under this planetary government
conditions are held to be favorable to
political activity. Initiative should be
lucky.
1t is time when appeals to the
mind are most potent and when it is
The Washington herald., 1918-06-05

Lady Randolph Churchill. mother
of Winston Spencer Churchill. min
lister OF munitions in the English
cabinet. is soon to be welded for
the third time; on this occasion to
Montague Porch, an official of the
Nigerian government. In 1874 when
she was Miss Jennie Jerome of New
York. she married Lord Randolph
Churchill. The latter died in 1895.
and hve years later she married
George Cornwallis-West. She OBJ
tained a divorce from him in 1918.
resuming the name of her first hus-
band.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-05

Miss Dorothea Z. Cove, popular
among the younger social set at Ma
hant. Mass, is visiting her sister.
Miss Mildred e. Cove. at the Turin
apartments. Misc, Cove has been en-
The Washington herald., 1918-06-05

Mrs. William r. Wheeler. who ha :
been at her home in California for
nearly a year, has Joined Mr..
Wheeler at the willard.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-05
HOROSCOPE.

The stars incline, but do not compel
The Washington herald., 1918-06-05

The Coats have slot
seam back. several styles
OF fancy pockets and some
have overlay collars Of fine
white piQue. Pocketed
and belted skirts.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-12
A Remarkable Demonstration

There has not been more impressive
demonstration of Americas complete unity
and willing patriotism than that afforded by
the manner in which the fuel administrators
appeal to give up pleasure riding was re-
spected last Sunday. 1t is doubtful If law
of such a nature, carrying with it severe
punishment for violation, could have been
so effective on short notice as this request
which was published during the week before
along with the more dramatic news of the
war.
There were so few exceptions to the rule
that it seems safe to say that practically all
the pleasure cars out had good reason tor
leaving their garages. 1t is also safe to say
that no one got pleasure out OF an auto
mobile in this part of the country on Sunday.
Those who ignored the spirit as we'll as the
letter of the appeal had occasion to regret
IT, for it was decidedly uncomfortable to be
found riding about.
The appeal, as we'll as the response to IT,,
was remarkable, and strs reflections upon the
whole question of democracy and the pos
sibilities of ,self-government. To foreigners
it must have been amazing that the govern
ment could stop pleasure riding in automo-
bies merely by suggestion and without any
attempt at compulsion. The only explana-.
ton is that the American people understand
the reasons behind the request and were
willing to show by their action that they
will make any sacrifice to aid in the prose-
cution of the war.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-12

Two pilots may begin training at the same
time. One may develop into better fler,
but the other MAY, by natural inclination,
take hankering after the shooting end OF
the game. He will probably spend every
available minute in aerial gunnery practice.
In some cases airmen have been known to
do everything but sleep with their gun. 1t has
often been said that next to his plane, the
chase aviator loves his gun, for while it is
true that his life depends on his plane when
he is flying, just so does his life depend on
the working of the gun and his ability to
use it when the enemy is combated.
When both fliers have been sent to the
front, it is founds that the one who is the
better shot is the one who piles up the sue
cesses. Indeed, he is the one most apt to
survive and be of real service to his country.
How Uncle Sam is training his aviators
to shoot is long story involving considerable
technical detail. Hours and hours OF gunnery
study is required of every pilot, who before
he ever touches the trigger is schooled in de-
Fiction, synchronization, celebration, the
study of the bullet, and numerous other things
on which his success as a gunner depends.
OF all, perhaps the most interesting part is
the work done with the camera gun.
The camera gun is a device that in ap-
pearance, resembles the regular type Lewis
machine gun. Instead of its muzzle letting
loose volleys of bullets lens is ntted and
the inside so constructed that when the tiier
has his adversary in correct sight and range
and the trigger is pulled, picture is made,
which, when developed, shows just where
his shot was at fault. Constant practice in
the art and the study Of his mistakes through
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-12
Case Of the Conscientious obiector.r

In Iowa the case OF the conscientious objec-
tor" has reached an acute stage. 1t was ordered
that these should be employed on farms and in
other productive labor from which war activities
might derive a benefit Some of the farmers
whose sons have been taken in the draft do not
look with favor on the plans, and Governor Hard
ing finds himself confronted with delicate ques
ton. Most people have difficulty in appreciating
the attitude of the conscientious obector, yet his
kind is not a novelty. Several of the religious
sects teach as a cardinal principle that war is
wrong, and their members profess an aversion to
shedding blood, even in self-defense. That their
views are entitled to consideration, if not to re-
spect, is clear, and our government as did that
of England earlier, has sought to make use of
them in such way that they could give service
without going onto the firing line. Indignation
of those who fail to understand the mental quirks
of the "conobs" has frequently been expressed in
varying ways, but to the man who is willing to
die for conscience sake, whose meekness rests on
sincere conviction, the censure OF his fellow cti-
zens amounts to little. We may be sure that
Governor Harding will avert any violence on part
OF the Iowa farmers, but we feel equally certain
he will not make the directors any more popular
among the Hawkeyes.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-12
Bring Home the Gun.

The pen with which the peace treaty is signed
will be carefully preserved among our archives
az one Of our most precious possessions. But we
will also keep the gun that fred the first shot for
America against the Germans on the field in
France As asmemorial equally honorable. The
genius Of the American people still is for peace,
As il always has been, but the virility of strong
nation has not been lost in the pursuits of peace
We were slow to lay aside our placid way of life,
to give over the tranquility Of our domestic ex-
istence, and take up the stern duties of war, yet
when such ! condition arose that we had to
choose between relincuishing our liberty and
fighting for it, the decision came easy enough
The gun fired first by an American soldier in
France carried our answer across No Mans Land
to the waiting German. 1t spoke for freemen and
for liberty. and so it deserves place where it
can always be shown as proof that we hold our
privileges so dear that any sacrifice is small
enough to make to preserve them.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-12
Aerial Cumming With the Camera
Effective Practice for Pilots at the Fighting Front
Plane News, Published in France.

these pictures, which are developed inlme
diately after he lands, teaches the aviator
in very short tine. Certainly the camera
himself could with the naked eye if he were
firing at some object in practice.
From the photographs record an Ameri-
can fier is taught how to judge distance
in the air, the way to figure DETECTION, and at
what point to shoot ahead of him on his line
of flight. If the object plane of his fire is
moving in the SAME direction ahead of him,
he learns that DETECTION is not necessary to
figure and that all he has to do is get within
range which would be two hundred yards
or less, estimate the enemy's ligne de vol,
and then he can score hit. On the other
hand should his target be plane climbing up
and off to one side of him detection, range
and line of flight all have to be considered.
Approximately ten bullets are fired to every
burst or volley in actual aerial gunfire. This,
for the reason that 10 bullets, if fired
within proper range, will hit on approximately
every object within radius of thirty feet
at that distance So if the spot is properly
directed the enemy plane will pass through
his fire and thus be put cut of control set
fire to, or perhaps the pilot will be killed,
thereby causing the ship to be destroyed.
Unlike the real machine gum the camera
gun only takes one picture t. every burst as
when the picture has been finally developed
it will show just what portions of the target
machine would have come under the guns
fire. And through continuous study of the
pictorial record of his shooting" the hier
quickly learns to correct his misses and effect
accurate hits
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-12
Another Victory for the Troopship.

Another laden army transport has felt the
shock of Hun torpedo and all hands on board
survive This Is the real victory of the troop
ship 1t was we'll understood when we entered
the war that these army transports would be
especially sought by the U-boats, and that our
soldiers would so to France menaced by all the
danger the willy and INSCRIPTIONS foe could bring
against them Literally thousands ofthese voy-
ages have been made, and with so little loss of
life that the efforts of the Hun seem pitful
Landsmen know very little of the means adopted
for protection, but it can be taken for granted
that part of the safety rests on the vigilance of
the sailors into whose keeping the army is given
for the voyage. The seadfast fidelity with which
this trust has been discharged is one of the
brightest stars in the navys flag. Some day the
veil of secrecy may be lifted and Americans will
thrill with pride as they read of what Our sailors
are doing. but for the present. we must be content
in the thought that they and their British and
French brothers are achieving wonders on the
water that victory may come on the land.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-12
The Old World and the NeW
A VISIT to an American Rest Camp an England
London Times Correspondence.

It's precise situation does not matter. 1t
is in England; that is the important, the won
derfui fact. Take map and select some
high, windy spot whence you can get view
over miles OF English country, hill and dale
and woodland, and it will do for the Amer
lean camp. One other thing is needed before
the Imagination can fully comprehend this
portent The high, windy spot must be with
in walking distance OF an old English town,
which has an intimate place in our early his.
tory and owns as many legends as would
make book OF romance and enchantment
Many Americans visited the town in the
old days. They were then in a hurry and
did not mind what they paid to get in and out
again quickly. They used to do the town;
and the townspeople, perceiving their lavish
ness and being simple folk, perhaps, fell into
a habit OF doing" them. But neither party
to the transaction seems to have complained.
The town grew accustomed to being polished
off in the course of half day or so, while
the Americans were delighted at lacking an
other name in their guide books.
Their successors actually occupy rest
camp. 1t is true that they do not sit down
for very long, for they are on business, and
rather pressing business. But every pro-
vision is made for their comfort, which they
have made themselves. So it comes about
that, stumbling OH the camp by chance, a man
who has known the higlf windy spot in the
days of peace is at first little dazed by the
transformation wrought by war; The streets
OF huts remind him of the towns that grow
up in night in colony. There is a shock
between them and hallowed history and ira
dition; as though some Smithville or Browns
City had nested in the ruins of Pompeii and
were raising its crest in defiance of the heavy
hand of Time. Then, his eye lighting on
open spaces and certain mysterious nets, he
recognizes the indefeasible signs of the race.
The squatters have brought their sports with
them as we'll as their provisions. Here they
box, and over there they chase ball. With
the nets they fish for physical health and fit
ness.
Apparently, the haul is great. OF the
thousands of men in the prime of their youth
who march along the memoried roads, not
one seems burdened with nerves or an ache,
Most of them are tall, and all have the kind
Of chest that throws out tunc. Nor do
they need the Biblical injunction to rejoice
in the days of their youth. They exult in the
nlaY OF every muscle and SineM But behind
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-12
Over There and Here

About 5000 600 Germans remain
in the invaded territory, frueufylng
the earth they could not wholly destroy
or take away.
Twelve hundred mill hands IN
Connecticut war plant stayed on the
Job on Labor day and sent cable OF
congratulation TO Marshal Foch, WORK
backed the words.
Dumping the statues of Germanys
bygone great ones into the melting
pots of war has been stopped. There
wasn't enough bronze in the heroic
figures" to make them worth while.
Just a thin veneer over base metal.
A good imitation of the kasier's gold
yachting cup, which proved to be
gold washed pewter
A new system for prompt payment
of the American forces in France goes
into effect October /. Each man is
provided with a bank book in which
payments are entered. Soldiers other
than those on the firing line, may thus
obtain what Is coming T. them at the
close of each month, and the latter
on their return to their billets.
Six essential articles, cigarets, to-
bacco, cigars, soap, chocolates ana
towels, constitute the present stock
in trade of the knights of Columbus
divisional distributing trucks in
France. These are carried up to the
danger line and distributed free. Back
of the danger line the trucks are
equipped for entertainment, from
movies to vaudeville.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-12
British War Spirit

A writer for an agricultural journal tells
of visiting a great farm in England where
900 acres of potatoes were produced. He
saw corps of women Kidding potatoes,
land those women walked 10 miles to their
work every day, going and coming"
Why quarters were not provided for the
women nearer their work, if there was a
reason, is not touched upon. Possibly the
employees preferred not to move their domi-
Giles. Possibly there are no motor vehicles
for hauling laborers to farms in England in
the present circumstances, but even when
allowance is made for these probabilities it
will strike Americans as an evidence of ex-
ceptional war spirit that English women will
perform hard agricultural labor and walk 10
miles day to and from the performance
A majority of bread-winning Americans
have not up to the present time considered
bearing extra burdens, in the form of harder
tasks, because of the war. The rule is to
look upon the situation as one in which the
employe can demand more from the en-
ployer than he could formerly both in money
and in comfort and convenience.
The British have not been free from labor
troubles, but seemingly the British people,
closer to the scene OF the fighting, and older
in experience of the war; are working for
victory in spirit of seriousness and self
sacrifice which should give Americans some
thing about which to charlottesville
Courier Journal
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-12

the lean, brown faces turks notable serious
ness. The British soldier smiles when he
| is most in earnest, but these men, on the con-
| trary, carry the gravity of war in their keen
eyes and set lips. They are the most solemn
of the allies
So much for an impression OF them on the
march. At play they let loose the wild hu-
NOR OF Mark Twain, compared with which
all British fun, save the East-ender's when he
lis really out for the day, is prim and even
grim. The same man who talks to you OF
common things with the decorum OF hnish-
ing school for young women is changed INTO
la yelling, gestcuating wild man the moment
The sets foot on the base ball ground.
Set down here on this most English soil
and. staying but little while, they study the
country. Mention the local legends, and you,
discover that they have formed opinions on
them. They possess quite nice sense OF
where history ends and romance begins. One
of them, discussing the subject with me, ex-
pressed definite views on the burial place OF
renowned hero. This man was chauffeur.
The whirlwind pace he drove at may nave
given him leisure for speculation. All | could
do was listen and hold on so the theory can
not get into print. 1t was not SO fascinating
in any case, as the spectacle of the man him
self, taken from a remote American state,
convened over few thousand miles OF land
and sea and planted on this sacred ground to
teach an Englishman his own antiquities. Not
arrogantly, by any means, but with winning
air of suggestion.
Arrogance, boasting, "side" or "swank'
are all alien to the average American soldier.
If there are more modest or more shy men
on the face of the globe than these campers
out they must live in some as yet undiscov-
cred spot in the heart of Africa or at the
Poles.
1t is, however, notorious that America can
claim larger variety of humanity than most
countries. One casual acquaintance in this
camp came from Georgia, and another, who
claimed New England as his home, told how
a small census had been taken of dozen
soldiers selected at random, by whom eight
states were represented. 1t was the man
from New England who let me into the Sc
cret of what shocks the American soldier in
England. Unless he happens to be familiar
with the haunts of the idle rich" in big
towns he is struck either dumb or into Ian
guage" by the sight of women smoking
cioarets
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-12
State Press Comment

Edgar Post: Talk about conserva-
ton of paper. 1t looks as though in
the schools ordinary cheap print paper
would be good enough to use instead
of making the pupils buy history pa
per at 80 cents per 500 sheets.
Charity, they say, begins at home so
why not the conservation of paper?
Alliance Herald: When it comes to
making practical use of their surplus
funds and of their supply of this
worlds goods, the wealthy men of
western Nebraska would do we'll to
follow the example set by K, L. Pierce
of Hemingford, who has offered to
donate a carload of Box Butte county
potatoes to be distributed among the
poor Of Omaha this fall.
Norfolk Press: One day last week
there were six divorce cases filed in
the district court in Douglas county
and every one of the six plaintiffs were
women. Down there many of the
women ask the court for a transfer
from one man to another with the
car conductor for a transfer from one
line to another. p. Sang froid is
Latin for don't Nv a damn.
Wayne Herald: Hundreds of bushels
of apples grown In Wayne county this
year will go to waste unless they are
distributed by sale by sSle veescs
distributed by sale or Eft. People
who have apples on the ground and
would give them to people who would
gather them, should let the fact be
known. People should not allow
apples to rot or, freeze on the ground
through lack of attention. Many
would be glad to get them for use.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-12
SCHOOL.

His seat was by window; so he dreamed
How he could study when the sunlight
cleaned
In small, sweet shapes like wild things
tame enough
To dart to him and touch his hands for
love?
While there were profiles carved in every
cloud,
To mark grim or ludicrous or proud.
And agile shadoWings to Writhe and crawl
Like ghosty spiders up and down the
wall.
He could not help but turn their way to
look,
His eyes, that would not follow down his
book
The muddy trudgings of deliberate words
Reflected blue and silver flights of birds
You would not think that just window
space
Could hold so much loneliness and grace
But ONCE, when a frail scrap of paper
moon
Enchanted him from 10 o'clock till noon,
They moved him to the middle of the room.
He learned his lesson then for very gloom
UNTIL came glowing to a nearby chair,
little girl with sunset in her hair
His soul rekindled, and the pale dreams
came
To warm themselves once more at this new
flame.
He pushed aside the dusty Greek, he had
A different way to read the Had
While through could ashes others CROPPED
He lit the towers Of Troy and saw them
burn.
-winifred welles in North American Re-
view.