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The Washington times., 1918-10-19

~ NEE the son OF a family
that l knew went OF
~ TO seek an "eddica-
tion," and after a
lapse Of years returned as q
full-1edged college profess
sor.
He was typical, even archie
typical, good enough to serve
as a cartoon. He had culti-
waited a scraggly beard and a
case Of chronic dyspepsia,
wore owl-like, horn-rimmed
spectaeles and walked with
slow aloofness, absorbed in
mighty musings.
Those who remembered him
as a snub-nosed. freckle-
faced boy, generally regarded
as mot quite all there"
stared amazed Gt, his evolu-
tion. Some Of the more ribald
Knocked, it is true, at his pre-
tentious mannerisms, but for
the most part he was accepted
as a superior being, an ex-
ponent and apostle OF the
great god Culture.
The Woman's Club fawned
upon him. The superintendent
Of schools, clergyman or so,
and one or two bookiSh law
yers formed themselves into
a sort Of pretorian guard
about his person TO protect
him from contact with the
rude and vulgar.
Family's Attitude.
The efforts Of his family to
rise to the exalted and rarefied
plane where he existed were
almost pitiful. Their attitude
was very much that Of a flock
Of barnyard fowls who have
found an eaglet hatched out
among them and who can only
gaze at its soaring flights in
stunned admiration. Never
theless they tried TO be
worthy Of him.
/ remember on one occasion
he was discoursing patroniZ-
ingly TO me on some artistic
question and made a reference
to Bastien lie Page. His
cousin, an estimable girl
worth ten of him any day in
the week - was listening
raptly to him, but at this point
she so forgot herself as to in
terrupt.
Who was Bastien lie
Pager" she asked.
He turned to her with a look
of almost uneomprehending
wonder. To him it seemed in
credible, little short of a
crime, that any one should be
ignorant of Bastien le Page.
Then gazing at her in stern
rebuke, he niurmured wither-
ingly:
"Bawstein le Pawge was q
heaven-born genius"
How faraway and different
seem those times when people
regarded it as vitally impor-
tant TO be familiar with this
or that phase of literature
and art, when long, hair
splitting discussions upon
such subjects were the order
Of the day, and the high-brow
sat in the seat of authorityl
The war has changed all
that. 1t has brought us back
to old standards and to sim
The Washington times., 1918-10-19
A YOUNG Washington Wom-
. an who signs herself "Puz-

A YOUNG Washington Wom-
~ an who signs herself "Puz-
4 = zled" has written me let
ter. She loves her husband and he
is devoted to her. No tragedy
there. They are well-to-do. So
there are no sordid problems.
But there is something wrong
nevertheless. This husband never
proposes taking his wife to the
theater. And if she herself pro-
poses it, she does not gain her
point until after "an hours teas
ing and coaxing." Even then, her
enjoyment is of brief duration"
The young wife is sincerely mysti-
fed by all this. What can be his
motive" she asks me, when he is
so attentive otherwise%
The answer is of course very
simple. This girls husband, or
any other Tired Business Man,
could explain it to her in a few
words. He has been away from
home all day, and at night he
wishes to rest in an enclosed, do
mestic atmosphere. He wants his
lamp and his paper, his pipe and
his radiator, his armchair and his
loose coat-and his wife some
where within reach if he should
happen to feel like talking.
What Is Home Fort
Anyway, most shows are unsat-
isfactory, two subway trips a day
are enough for anybody, and what
is home for?
/ truly don't believe that one
Tired Business Man in thousand
for Puzzled" ought to know that
she has countless suffering sisters
with precisely the same problem
as hers-ever realizes how these
domestic evenings, with their over
heated, overlighted silence, must
affect his wife, after a multitude
Of duties have kept her indoors
perhaps all day.
His imagination becomes
fatigued with the rest Of him. At
least, he doesn't use it as a spot
light to make clear the wife's side
of the case.
Or it may be that he so very
greatly prefers a warm, comfort
able stupor to any recreation de-
manding energy, that he isn't for
the time being quite unselfsh
enough to care what it is that
she prefers.
But this isn't the whole story.
There is ever so much more to
be said about it. If husbands won't
discuss the matter, other people
must. For l, for one, don't feel
that this young wife's complaint
is at all a frivolous one. It's quite
time the Tired Business Mans
Wife had a hearing.
FriVolity At Home.
For it isn't the frivolous woman
who feels most strongly about
this. She has her own ways of
amusing herself in the daytime.
And at night if her husband won't
90 out, she is pretty sure to see
that the house is rictously invaded
The Washington times., 1918-10-19

Remember one thing IN all your arguing.
WHATEVER MAN CAN IMAGINE HE CAN DO.
Men used to fly in their imagination, in their writings
They now fly IN THE AIR.
Men used to imagine the Magic Carpet that took them
through the air They fly through the air magic
wings They talk through the air wires and they talk
without wires.
Jules Verne, the Frenchman imagined ship going
down under the sea-
And many centuries before he born writers Of
imagination showed Alexander the Great down under the
water in a submarine Of glass defying whale.
Because could imagine it, they have done it. They
can cross the ocean now, hiding below the water.
Z What we call vice is human energy misdirected.
What we call legal today will be a crime tomorrow.
Piny the younger ordered to suppress Christianity
writes the Emperor Tan that he thinks it unwise to
punish the Christians if it can be avoided
But he said quite matter Of course, that in order
make Just what the Christians did he took female
slaves and put them to the torture to make them tell the
doings Of their Christian masters
That the statement Of an enlightened man, writing
to his Emperor nineteen hundred years ago.
We should be Mortified if learned that even the
Continued in Last COlumn) :
The Washington times., 1918-10-19

Your foolish man says "There will always be war be-
cause there always has been war"
this monkey could talk he would say, "The superior
race in which included viii always live in the trees
because it always has lived in the trees
If you tell the foolish that a day is coming in
which will try to how much they do for their
fellows instead Of seeing how thoroughly they "Do
their fellows you told that you a dreamer, a
visionary. Men have always tried to get all they could
from other men; therefore, they always viii try to get all
they can
If the monkey could talk he would say to you "Cer
tainly, that is right another monkey with
cOcoanut get it away from him can even if don't
need it,
There many forms of ignorance. The most fool
sh is that which leads to deny the possibility which
he cannot understand.
this little monkey with his big jaws sharp teeth long
arms and tiny forehead could skyscrapers wireless
telegraph stations flying machines heavier than air.
lighter he would sweep the whole thing aside and say
in his monkey language Dont bother me; they are not
real There is nothing to all that"
So it is with those whose limited imagination leads
them to set limits to human possibilities.
may not be in thousand years. it may not be in ten
Thousand.
But this earth day will be really civilized, really
cultivated, drained, irrigated.
The day is coming when a vii, more want a
hundred million dollars than he wants hundred wives now
The day is coming when selfish accumulation will be
replaced with unsefsh emulation
If q boy Of nineteen can, a matter Of course and
without hope Of reward risk his neck and strain every
muscle win his game and honor his college, the full grown
of the future also without hope Of selfish reward will
risk everything and strain every effort to do honor to the
human race the earth which is the Alma Mater of all
mankind.
The Washington times., 1918-10-19
Frivolity At Home.

For it isn't the frivolous woman
who feels most strongly about
this. She has her own ways of
amusing herself in the daytime.
And at night if her husband won't
90 out, she is pretty sure to see
that the house is rictously invaded
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-03-25
RECEIVE GIFTS
FOR BELCIANS

A late shipment received Monday
morning from Economy added to the
supply of clothing received at Rich
mond for the French and Belgian re-
lief.
The garments were packed and pre-.
pared for shipment Monday. About
10000 garments were contributed to
the committee on relief here by resi-.
dents of Richmond and adjoining
towns.
In one box which was shipped to the
headquarters for the Belgian relief
from Richmond there were 2S6 pairs
of shoes, and in another were $40
women's coats.
A number of garments we're collect
ed over the city Saturday by the Boy
Scouts. Members of the Elk's lodge
contributed automobiles in order to
aid in the collection of the clothing.
The relief work here was in charge
of Mrs. w. l.. Morgan, who was as
sisted by Mrs. Rush Miller, Mrs. Har-
ry Personett and Miss Helen Beatty
The room at IA North Ninth street.
which was used as headquarters, was
contributed by Robert Study, and the
telephone company donated the use of
telephone for the week The com.
mittee in charge of the work express.
ed appreciation of the generosity of
the people of Richmond in contribut.
ing to the relief work. and praised the
excellent condition Of the garments
which were sent in.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-03-25
Socialists Vote Against
Prussian Peace Treaty

AMSTERDAM. Saturday. March %
The Independent Socialists we're the
only members of the German reichstas
to vote Friday against the approval ol
the peace treaties with Russia and
Finland. The majority Socialists ab-
stained from voting. while all the other
parties voted unanimously for the
treaties. After passing the treaties,
the reichstag adjourned until April 16
During the debate on the treaties
reference was made to the Armenian
question. The government reporter
said the Turkish government had as
sured the German government that the
Armenians would ge treated consider.
ately. that Turkish troops would be
under the most strict discipline and
that Turkey would not make the Ar
menian population responsible for the
excuses Of individuals.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-03-25
COAL DEALERS
AWAIT PRICES

The new government price list for
coal. which becomes. effective the
first of April will be received this
week, Richmond coal dealers stated
Monday.
It is thought that there will be little
change from the winter prices. and
the hard coal price may be 80 cents
less. Dealers said Monday that per.
sons who consider laying in a supply
of hard coal for next winter might
find it advisable to wait until after
the first Of April, when the market
had become settled.
A number OF inquiries have been re-
ceived by the coal dealers concerning
the probable price of coal, and more
orders than is usual for this time OF
year have been received.
Difficulty in obtaining some grades
OF coal has been reported, but there
will be no difficulty in supplying the
orders that may be received this sum.
mer. No Pocahontas coal will be re.
ceived here, but West Virginia and In.
diana coal may be obtained. Most OF
the dealers state that they have a fair
sized stock of coal on hand at the
present time.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-03-25
SERVANT OF GOVERNOR
IS CLAIMED BY DEATH

Benjamin Rowe, 60 years old, wide
ly known colored man of Richmond,
died Sunday at his home, 1l30 Hunt
street. He had been a resident of
Richmond for seventeen years. Prev.
ious to his coming to Richmond he
lived in Kentucky serving as personal
porter under several governors of that
state.
At the time that Senator Goebel was
murdered in the yard Of the state
house at Frankfort, Rowe was serving
in the office of Governor Taylor and
while not a witness to the tragedy, he
was sought to testify in behalf Of the
accused officials. His deposition was
taken ut Richmond.
The survivors Of the family are
James Rowe Letha Anderson. Garrison
Rowe, Hamlet Rowe and Helena Rowe
all Of Richmond and Mrs. Hullsee Nc
Machen Of Minneapolis.
Funeral services will be held Tues.
day afternoon at o'clock at his home.
Burial will be in Earlham cemetery.
Friends may call at any time after 6
o'clock Monday afternoon.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-03-25
Prussian Upper House
to Gust Lichnowsk, !,

AMSTERDAM. Sunday. March "a
A number Of members of the Prussian
upper house, according to the Lokal
Anzeiger, have decided to propose the
exclusion of Prince Lichnowsky, Ger
man ambassador In London at the be-
ginning of the war, in accordance
with the rule by which "any member
who has shown himself unworthy can
be excluded by a vote OF his fellow
members" The newspaper adds that
the proposal Is sure to have an over
whelming majority.
A secret memorandum prepared by
Prince Lichnowsky. in which he ad.
verseiy criticised the German for
eign policy, was published by Stock
holm newspaper recently. In 1t the
prince blamed the German govern.
ment starting the war. During a de-
bate on the memorandum in the Reich.
stag last week, It was said that the
prince had apologized and had re.
signed his honors. The prince de-
clared the memorandum was written
for the family archives and not for
publication.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-03-25
800 Books are Sent
to Soldiers at Camp

About 800 books Of fiction have
been sent to the American Library
Association at Camp Zachary Taylor,
by the Morrisson-Reeves library, and
another shipment Of 100 books will be
sent this week
These books are donated to the as
sociation for the purpose of providing
entertaining reading matter for the
soldiers in camp.
Richmond people have responded
generously to the call for books. and
are doing their share in the work.
Anyone having fiction books, or in
fact books of any kind which might
be of interest to the men in camp, are
asked to donate them for the camp
libraries. The Reeves IL
brary is handling the work in Rich
mond.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-03-25
PLANS RUSHED
FOR LOAN MEET
HERE APRIL 6
Bookwalter Will Be the Prin-
cipal Speaker at the Meet
ing.

The executive committee Of the
Wayne county Liberty Loan committee
has named Joseph H. Mills, chairman
of the reception committee in connect
ion with the mass meeting to be held
at the Coliseum on the night Of Satur-
day, April 6.
Charles A. Bookwalter. former may.
or of Indianapolis and other speakers
sent by the state organization will be
here and Mr.. Mills committee will look
after the comfort OF the visitors.
The committee that will be In charge
OF the program for the mass meeting
is composed of Elmer E. Eggemeyer.
chairman; Will w. Keller, Lee B. Nus.
baum, Frank I. Braffett. Prof. r. G..
Sloane and Will NJ. Bailey. Special
musical features are to be arranged
by this committee In addition to look
ing after all details Of the meeting.
Societies are Asked.
Fraternal societies in Richmond and
throughout Wayne county are to be
asked to set aside some part OF their
treasury funds for the purchase OF
bonds CT the Third Liberty Loan. Dur
Ing the previous campaigns several
Richmond lodges purchased bonds and
the National and State organizations
are making an urgent appeal that all
fraternal- bodies shall recognise the
necessity OF doing their bit" In the
orthcoming campaign.
The Wayne county executive COM
mittee met this afternoon to arrange
details for the meeting to be held on
Thursday afternoon Of next week at
which time Governor Bamberger Of
Utah and other speakers sent out by
the National committee will speak.
This meeting is to be held at $3.50 ip
the afternoon in the high school audi
torium and will be open to the general
public.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-03-25
-
RedCross Notes

A drive in the surgical dressings de
partment was announced for this
week at Red Cross headquarters Mon
day. An adequate supply of gauze has
been received, and all women who
have worked in gauze are asked to
come to the workshop and help IN
making up the shortage in the output
which was caused by the recent short
age in the gauze supply. The shop
will be open Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings, and instructors will be at
the rooms on those evenings to teach
any women who wish to help in the
gauze department. A special call is
sent out to all women in the city to
give their services to the gauze de-
partment this week.
Miss Lillian Baker, who has been in
charge of the desk work at Red Cross
headquarters has resigned and return
ed to her home in Dublin. Miss Bak'
er is expecting to prepare for foreign
service with the Red Cross. Her sue
cessor here has not yet been named.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-03-25
City Statistics
Deaths and Funerals


carbohydrates Quigley, infant
son Of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Quigley,
35 South Ninth street, died Sunday
night. Funeral service was held Mon
day afternoon at o'clock at the home.
Burial was In St Mary's cemetehy
SITTLOH-Charles Sittloh, IS years
old. died Sunday at the Reid Memorial
hospital. He Is survived by his widow
Mary, four sons. Elmer Sittloh OF
Greensboro, Ind: Aaron A. Sfttloh and
Charles c. Sittloh OF Arlington, Ind.
and Clarence SittIon Of Richmond; ;
three daughters, Mrs. Ben Eisenhour,
Of Richmond, Mrs. Anthony Toschlob
OF Center township. and Mrs. vesper
Richardson, Of Cambridge City: two
brothers, John and David 6ittloh Of
Richmond. and two sisters, Mrs. Henry
Weber and Mrs. Henry Ometz OF Rich.
mond. Funeral arrangements will be
announced later.
ALLEN-Richard Allen, infant son
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-03-25
GIANT AIRPLANE
OF GERMANS IS
DECLARED MYTH
Multi-Engined Air Fighter Is
Still an Engineers Prob
lem.

LONDON, March 26 Correspond
ence of the Associated Press )-There
have been many reports recently about
mysterious multiple-engined German
airplanes Of gigantic size. In the past
few days the German newspapers have
been mentioning them guardedly un-
der the title "Riesenfugzug" or giant.
airplanes-type.
two types OF these machines have thus
far appeared on the western front, ont
a four-engined biplane and the other
a six-engined triplane Both machines
appear to be still in the experimental
stage. Some time ago Hans volmol-
Ter. one Of the pioneTs of German avia-
tion, was killed while testing one Of
these machines
In the big biplanes, the engines are
placed between the wings much In the
way that the engines Of the 0otha
are placed, but tandum fashion, so
that one engine on each side drives
a pusher propeller behind the wings
as in the Gotha. and the other engine
on each side is placed Immediately
in front of it and drives a tractor pro-
pellor as in the Caprcni and Handley-
Page machines.
The triplane type is similarly arrang-
ed, but with six engines instead Of
four. The chief reason for the exist
ence of these giant machines is to
carry enormous bombs, probably two
or three Of about 1000 pounds weight
and several Of 200 pounds each. or
possibly one bomb Of 1000 or $500
pounds. which the Germans hope may
wipe out whole section Of q town At
one stroke.
The general belief among English
experts is that these giant airplanes
will prove more vulnerable to attack
than smaller machines. being easier
to hit either from the ground or from
pursuing craft. Moreover. It 10 pointed
out, they are too large to be handled.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-03-25

, At another part Of the line--nAmely
south Of st. Quentin-no fewer than
six German divisions were dune
against one single British division,
and absolutely beaten of. Here again
our line fell back during the night re-
luctantly, because after the expert.
, ence Of the day-the tremendous
slaughter OF the enemy--our men felt
equal to holding their positions in
| fehnitely against the whole German
army.
Even where our front lines were ut
terly wiped out by the bombardment
or overwhelmed by the subsequent at.
tack. the spirit Of our men was the
same. When ordered to fall back,
small parties did SO. lighting evry yard
Of the way Much of the line saw
/! fighting as heroic and as costly to the
enemy as the famous Aghting last
year at Bouborn wood.
Nine Divisions to 1900 Yards.
On the left Of the attack from near
Cherisy to Noreuil the Germans threw
nine divisions on a front of less than
$4,000 yards.
They made an advance here averag-
ing roundly 5000 yards, but they suf-
fered enormously. On the left part OF
this sector when the attack began,
| the Germans came swarming from
their trenches out into No Mans Land
and were simply wiped out More
than once they tried end each time No
Mans Land was swept clear of them.
When finally our troops here fell back
with the troops on their right they
went on lighting and holding the ad-
vancing German waves in check.
Our men fell back to the reserve
line or third line OF the front system
and the enemy masses continued to
come on. During the afternoon spec.
tally heavy attacks were delivered
from the direction Of Fontaine wood
and along Sensea valley before Cher
isy. Some Of our reserves were
brought In to strengthen our defen.
sive lines and the enemy advance was
completely checked with great loss.
On the sector next below here the
Germans had eight divisions on a
front Of about 10000 yards. Our men
were outnumbered at least four to one
and our divisions had been holding
the lines here for some time, while the
German divisions were all brought in
fresh for the attack.
The Germans had boasted that the
weight OF their initial attack would
carry them through this zone into open
warfare beyond. AS matter of fact
we have taken from prisoners today
maps showing objectives of the var
ious divisions and compared them with
what these divisions have actually
done. These detectives are ludicrous.
New Uniforms for Paris Parade?
saw some punches of prisoners who
said that the whole German attacking
force had been equipped with new uni
forms for attack so they would need no
refitting until they got to Paris or Lon
don or somewhere, but you would
never have supposed that these pris-
oners' uniforms to have been new a
few days ago. and one spoke in bitter
detection OF the prospect that had been
held out to him Of the easy break
through in the rear Of gas attacks be-
fore which the British divisions were
to have melted away.
Below here the whole line along
Cambria front was held, but below that
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-03-25

| in the Epsey neighborhood. the enemy
again succeeded in overruntng the
front lines. Here we have fallen back
as on the north, but on the same terms
and after inflicting heavy punishment
on the enemy. The whole battle, OF
course, Is yet hardly begun. even
though the Germans have already used
such enormous number OF troops, and
we know they intend to go on using
them.
Urges Calm Judgment.
OF such operations fraught with
such grave issues as depend in battle
like this, 1t is necessary to be very sane
and temperate in attempting and judg-
ment on the progress. Even though
the Germans have attacked in tremen-
dous strength, as we knew they were
oging to. and have gained ground and
taken prisoners and some field guns,
the ground is certainly no more than
what has been assumed they must take
in the first rush, and of prisoners and
uns. l hope and believe. the same is
true.
We on our part have taken prison
ers also. and over the whole front
of the attack our line, even II with
drawn. holds firm -------- any break
through into open warfare. There is
not the smallest sign as yet of the
Germans realizing their loudly pro-
claimed expectation of forcing open
warfare on the first day.
British are Unshaken.
The morale OF our men Is mag
nificetn. The forces which the enemy
has so far encountered have been CON-
paratively light and the enemy's losses
have been vastly In exces Of ours.
The Germans of course will trumpet
the news Of a gigantic victory abroad.
but l can assure you that today we
are just as good as before the attack
began. The enemy shelling has been
and is terrific. and in the first stages
he certainly did succeed in pushing up
his light mobile guns quickly behind
his infantry. He has left absolutely
nothing undone which could help him
prepare his way to victory. We have
met 1t and are completely mistaken.