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The Washington times., 1918-08-29
Delays By The W., B. & A.
ByEARL GOODWIN.
Complicated Equipment and Lack Of Skilled Workers
the reason

Valuable time is lost in this cityost to the Govern
ment Offices engaged in the prosecution of the warbecanse
OF street delays, and the Public Utilities Commission
has before it the complete proof that the w. B. A is 10
sponsible for much more than its share.
This line, occasions, fails to operate In
big nerurban properly and ties up traffic both the
Capital Traction line and the W. r. & E. Co. lines
The big of the w. B. A not properly equipped
for city travel There is great difference between the type
of electrical control nterurban like the W. b
A. and the light street cars which the W. R. &
uses and yet the Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis at
tempts to its big this city line electrica
equipped for an entirely different type of car.
In the city of Baltimore the local operating conditions
call for 600vot and 1200vot trolley operation On
the road between here and Baltimore the line is all 100
volt single trolley From the District line to fifteenth and
streets northeast there is 600vol single trolley; from
Fifteenth and streets northeast to the Treasury building
6OOvot double conduit plows used; hence the equip
ment is complicated, breakable, and delay-makng
It is not surprising" says the Beeler report which
oug to be studied carefully by everyone in Washington
that this equipment with its complications is
subject to frequent breakdowns under the present condition
Of shortage of skilled operators and mechanics that nov
exists'
The W., B. A has station of its own IN Baltimore
1t should have here and quit using the free street space
That station should be east of Fourteenth street northwest
Until the w. B. A line is made to respect the rights Of
Washington suggest the most rigid treatment possible
under police authority and the powers of the Public
Utilities Commission.
The Washington times., 1918-08-29

sition, when Green Spring Wa n
great slaughterhOuse and you got a
bladder for holding a lamp for thu
butcher to finish his work after
dark?
Who remembers Yank Sullivan, n.
boy hero Of the fire department;
Stffy Krause, Buck Duvall, and the
cheerful walks to TenaIlytOwn?
Who recalls Clark Farr with
Maud S. and Hancock, the Sunday
school pienics ND the canal on the
speed-breaking packet, and HIG-
HAMS, THE BICYCLE CHAM
PIoN, when he rode the famous
high wheel?
Who remembers the drowning Of
Herbert Collins, Lum Fearson's
shore, and the straw that the WASH
ington and Georgetown Railway
Company used to put in their horse
cars to keep the passengers WARMf
Who remembers the shooting Of
General Anger, when Cookies Park
was in the country, and the trouble
it was to get through Herring Hi
If you wanted to spend q daY at
Pierce's Mill without an aI-day
fight?
Yes, and beloved Swampoodle and
the "roost" and the boat rides you
could enjoy on Pennsylvania avenue
in flood time?
W. F. SMITH,
The Original JUSTA KIDD.
Songs Of a Day Long Gone.
DotVn tCeHt MeGinty to the bottom Of
the sea,
And he must be very tcet
For they haven't found him yet,
Dressed IN his best suit of clothes.
The Washington times., 1918-08-29
Problems
Especially for Washington Women

have been opened to the signi1e-
ance Of this new calling.
Many Of the reclaimed soldiers
will doubtless be +oiling at some
thing that will make the world
more beautiful, some old handi-
craft that we had all but forgot
ten in our senseless rush and
hurry. And he will put into the
long hours Of patient carving or
modelling some Of the thoughts that
came to him under the stars on the
battle fields-waiting.
The War Department, with COM
mendable foresight, is sending out
this band of picked workers to
train to first to suffer wreckage,
it does not wait till the war is
over, it begins its WORK Of recon-
struction as soon as the soldier
is out of the hospital 1t is the
ambition of this country that all
soldiers who survive may be sal
vaged, that no one who has borne
arms in this glorious cause may
become a public charge.
WHAT'S q MANS BRAIN WOrInI
A well-known banker Of Min
nesota is a wreck, physically speak
ing. He had part Of one hand
and l believe a stump Of a leg.
He coolly remarked the other day
that a man from his neck down
was worth a dollar and a half
day, but from his neck up he migrt
be worth a hundred THOUSAND a
year.
And this mans brain did hap
pen to be worth that sum. 1t is
impossible to beat that brand Of
courage. 1t is the thing that the
poor Hun whose soul has been
crushed from birth by the weight
of militarism cannot understand.
He cannot grasp the leaping enthu-
siasm of the man whose soul has
not been trained" out OF him.
The Washington times., 1918-08-29
How to Write Editorials
First Catch Your Reader.

r. young sends samples Of his writings. He
writes editorials but nobody will print them He wants
to know why
'You will admit, think" says friend, THAT my
editorials very much like your own, and in in
stances better because they earnest. think
deeply, but editors will not buy my editorials Will you
aged to get your editorials printed at frst?"
With pleasure.
J. is well in the first place. to have newspaper Of your
that has GOT to print the editorials when you write
them That helps But there other suggestions to be
offered Remember that the editorial writer PREACH
and that of all resome things earth preacher is
ally counted the worst
The preacher in pulpit has a certain advantage
he is telling how NOT to go to perdition. They don't
want to CO. they listen to him. They would hear
dull preacher rather than accept the alternative and
the bad place.
lContnued Colunnl Il
The Washington times., 1918-08-29
HEARD AND SEEN

Ellis Stuart has a scheme whereby
the motor car driver can contribute
handfly to the Red Cross. It Is a
sign. reading:
"Going Ny wayT Pay the value
Of the ride to the Red Cross"
The sign goes on the windshield.
The owner Of the car carries an Of
fetal. sealed and locked Red Cross
contribution box, marked with the
mans name and license number.
This ought to solve the problem
Of how to pick up pedestrians, and at
the same time help the Red Cross.
D. R BURHANS exhorts me TO
who remembers" when club sand
witches were Is cents and 25 cents
apiece?
And my old friend. wBD, says:
who remembers that fine model
Of a Pullman Parlor car that had
been exhibited at the Centennial in
1876 and was later In the Seventh
street window Of Moses store when
1t occupied the Saks corner. II
Moses still has II, why not ask the
firm to let the present generation
have a look at the old model"
Seen TOM GRANT In his 1776
speedster?
I would like to know how many
of your readers remember the Can
non family and the old ice house on
Analostan Island, the ferry between
Georgetown and that island while
the old Aqueduct was being rebuilt,
the three and four masted ships that
unloaded coal on the Georgetown
side, and the old Smith ice house?
Who remembers Lincoln School
and Mrs. Good, with cardinal gros-
beak for the regular Friday compo-
The Washington times., 1918-08-29

IT HE other day I saw a young
friend of mine in a uni
form that was new to me.
1t had a long, serviceable
cape of blue, a soft, comfortable
hat with a maroon cockade at one
side, and there was a blue tailored
coat and skirt. 1t was comfort
able, durable-and not too swag-
geringly picturesque.
My young friend, who has had
q thorough training in art, then
went on to explain to me the mis-
sion Of this particular unit to
which she was attached. It had
been recruited entirely from wom-
en- artists and those who had
gained proficiency in the study of
arts and crafts.
And in addition to the thorough
training in art that had been a
necessary qualification of joining,
they had been submitted to an in
tensive hospital training for a
number of months.
Their Glorious Work IN France.
And the glorious work they
were about to engage in over in
France was the salvaging of SOL
diers whose infirmities necessi-
tated their learning a new manner
of bread winning.
The blind would be taught
weaving and basketry. Men who
had lost legs and would have to
have a sedentary occupation were
to be taught modelling, stenciling,
china decoration, jewelry making,
woodcarving, and when they
showed the necessary ability
they would be given lessons in
painting.
Those who had lost arms would
tend looms, manipulated by foot
power, and so 1t went. This won
derful salvaging unit had taken
The Washington times., 1918-08-29
TODAY'S TOPIC
WOMAN'S GREATEST WAR WORK

account of all the human wreck
age Of battle, and it would take
a disabled man and teach him n
new way to make his living and
enable him to keep his self
respect.
After long weeks, and sometimes
months In hospital, when a soldier
realizes he has got 10 begin life
all over again, and learn a new
occupation besides. lie is apt to
feel discouraged. He must face
the future from an angie entirely
different from the one he looked
at life from before the war--then
comes the time he needs help.
No useless, enervating pitY--but
a lift from a strong helpful hand.
is the tonic that soldier requires.
And here it is tha- the soldiers
mothers, sweethearts, and wives
can do the biggest war work
woman is capable of doing. when
the boy comes home to them.
Do Not Depress With Your Pity.
Do not depress them with your
pity, but hearten them with your
courage-if they should return
manned.
Never in the history of the world
has there been so just 4 cause as
the one for which they are now
fighting. Their sacrifices have
given the world a mighty shove in
the right direction for Justice.
They are fighting for human liber-
ties against a medieval depotisIn
and the men who have done that
are entitled to love, admiration,
and respect-not to pity.
The Washington times., 1918-08-29

After the war is over and we
begin to travel in Europe again, 1t
is likely that We shall look on some
OF the wrecked monuments Of the
world with a greater reverence
than we gave them when were
whole and beautiful.
Those battle SCARED Belgium
towns will make US realize more
thoroughly than could all the tell
ing, how that brave little country,
crouching in the path of the in
vader, and suffering all things,
gave the rest of the wo=lG a chance
to awaken and rush to defend
itself.
Something OF the same feeling,
only infinitely deeper, we must
keep in our hears for these young
heroes when they return. They
may come back wraiths OF their
former splendid manhood. but VIC
must never forget that they have
given to the world something IN
finitely greater than the glory of
youth and splendid young bodies.
And it is up to every woman
to make some soldier-beginninS
life over again on account of his
infirmities-feel the tremendous
admiration we have for this second
great battle that must be fought
out alone and with none of the i'll
spring drama of war.
Different From q 'Man's job"
At first this new business of
toiling patiently at loom or lathe
may seem insignificant as compared
to the mans job" that claimed
him before the war. But we shall
not feel that way after our eyes
The Washington times., 1918-08-29
HOW TO WRITE EDITORIALS.
COMPELLED to I
Continued from First Column.l

But nobody is COMPELLED to read the preaching
editor. If you don't listen to him at all you can still 50
heaven He is at disadvantage. Think how many prea
ers might lack audiences if they did not do the import
work of taking care of the hereafter! &
The Washington times., 1918-08-29

That is the substance of an advertisement inserted by
well known firm in the newspapers of Sioux City The
advertisement reads:
'Wanted-A red-haired stenogrspher; who does
not use perfume"
We print this advertisement conspcuously because it
is interesting and will be discussed by our readers
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-21
CHRISTMAS ON THE RHINE
W lille II Sounds PpcticnI, American.
would Ear Prefer to lie
Buck Home.
BY DAMON RINYON

MiIt TUE, AMERICAN ARMY OF
ctCul,ATIpN. COHLENZ. December 20
IN me lee of some ruined castles
a.ohE the other side Of the Rhine.
American soldiers were forming then.
mess lines FOR suppcr Tonight and
whi!e the great old moon played up
h ,t down me river they messed for
hll!oS h"Noud tho stream.
Patches OF military policemen are
Already commencing TO show in the
queer lttio towns nesting in ,hc deem
valleys between the hills where ono
!n"kS 'nStinctlNely for snomes to ap-
pear suddenly.
Mile after mile our armies arc
ipFyadin" over the sector which they
VIII occupy beyond the river for
Nno knows how long?
G,hFi I'LL on the Rhime sounds poet
OF occupation would much rather spend
IL back home.
Most Of The soldiers of the Third
Army haven't had any pay for some
time.
Christmas anywhere In the world
without ones pay checks ia bound Ia
be most UNI hrstmnssy.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-21
OVER $16,OOO,OOO,OOO
SAVED TO GOVERNMENT
THAT sum Of Cash Appropriations md
War Authorizations VIII
Nc UncSpcndcJ.
Try Nssoclatcd Prcss.I

WASHINGTON. December 2o.-More
thor Si6.ooc,o00.oo0 Of cash anpropria-
tons and contract authorization voted
by Congress Tor war purposes will 10
uhcNrcndcd. Representative Shcrlcy. of
N-niutky. chairman If She IIoisc APP
u'"nriit:ouS Committee. announced to-
GaN.
Wcn over 2oc 600 soldiers have lecr
ulSrNh' 2td from the army and returned.
20 'iNiiian status Secretary Baker said
'"-"aN III" rate Of demObilization had
TOW reached 100000 Il week. and the
war department WAS pressing its eff
'Hf'S TO make the average daily dis
Charge Loco per camp
senator Lodge. OF Massachusetts, the
Republican leader. in an address to the
senate to-day. advocated pos; ponement
OF me formation OF n league of nations
UNI! taitcr the peace conference. He
S"in iht Question should be considered
separately and later
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-21

however She started back with ashcn
checks. the tears streaming down her
face. the reason for which and the i'm
potcncc OF her dismay we discover IN
tho last TWO stanzas OF the poem:
'But Nainl% wcpt The maiden fair.
So tender. chastc and kind.
Oh, Naiuly went the maiden fair:
For tho form that there rcclincd
Was only cllN-thc chill cold clay
That soul had left behind.
For the man himself vas far away
From the hcld where the charge is
blown;
Whore mo song OF war is = song un.
wNere tho dirsc is forcisn tone.
AND the thrice cursed roar of the nve-
inch guns
is symphony all unknown"
THIS. however, is not 10y any means
honor Of q nursing sister. y short
time ago. FOR instance. a corporal OF
the Il. ~ NJ G. at Shornciin produced
4 number of verses for which at the
lime there WAS quite Il demand
throughout the barracks.
ON" Stanza was:
IVY hen the puGlcs Of war arc heard no
more:
The guns and tho night alarms.
ana instead of the hawk, we sec the
Instead of the nass. the palms.
Let MS not forget the women who died
in the wax" Of our cOnQucring arms
ttop!richt. 1879
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-21
REAL RECEPTION PROMISED
Any Member or Iinttcr. {, Three Hum
dTed mud Fifteenth i'tcId ARTILLERY,
" III Ger IkONnl .irlcnnlr

II there : . soldier in this city who
Tas ceanccted w!th Battery {. Three
h.uhred and Fifteenth Field ARTILLERY.
III France he VIII do w.l 10 20. in
touch WIKI g. II W!ufrcy r, once AZ
.Ae Army and Navy club Seventh and
ffANh..n streets. lie may hc sure OF
warm receD.ou and The finest Kind
9, holiday 'reatu.ut
Inc request 70 nrd such man earn o
10 -'lT. WlnfreE. several days ago from
rro'Hincnt man here who has "A son
EHo j. -. ei'ccr IN Battery g. Of the
"rec iuEdreu and Fifteenth Fisli Ar
,.--.E This ElChMouder is anxious
- Ac=- from " fighter an account 81
re a&A.inG !n which Battery q toof:
}ar' in '17 Ar.onre forest and other
N-aSeS ~ seems UNLIKELY that there
= no" member % b" batter, in the
city. lUt tharo Will lr5hab.y be more
man eve g. tH The n-N- .pr- iguWent a..
"oNNsrt -s- the hcslita. ~ Nest
hampton.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-21
DISPOSITION OF WEAPONS
CAUSE OF SPECULATION
Believed Pence Conference VIII Adopt
Dcfnitc Rules Relative To
t-Boat> nnd Airpiancs.
my Associated rrcss !

WASHINGTON. December 2O-Army
and navy officials here believe that tile
uses TO which two weapons which
h2urcd 50 largely in tho world on
Nict-SuhUa, ines and ai'c-aft-Iuay be
put IN future wars viii Ne sharply
limited 10y international agreement
evolved at Tho peace conference.
These questions have been under dis
cuSsiou in military circles since the
end % host!litics, but there Is no
definite Information as TO what sug-
'2stions tho American peace commits
SioncrS VIII present TO the conference.
There appears to hr substantial agree
mcut among officers. however. that
iHturo operations OF submarines will
I've confined strictly against warships
Ns TO aircraft. officer sSay that in
seeking to make certain that civil
ropuiations are never again subjected
TO such uutr0Ccs as have been commit
,"d by German airiuen it may Well he
'hat this nyiug army hereafter will he
restricted exclusively TO observation
WORK ana 10 such attacks upon troops
'13chinc gun OF similar armament
would rcrnii
Tho submarine problem apparently
attracts the greatest attention There
reason to believe that the navy gen
"a! board woU,u not favor propo stis
mat use ot submarines in any form
p" &rdT GONyi Cutirclv
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-21
sEM|PR0s. EXPECT BOOM |
FEDERATION WILL MEET
IN CLEVELAND JANUARY 13
Sandiot Baseball Leaders Announce
tSuni illumination series for
Next Fail.
10y Assoclatcd rrcss.l

PIrTSBURGii, December @o.--Sand-
lot baseball in the East Middle West
ana south viii he played on a much
Dr@ade" scale next season than ever
before and activities of the National
haSepatl Fedcraiion, the Sandlot gov
erninE body OF the country. Will be
extended to additional cities In 1919.
These let's developed here to-day when
members OF the ScmiprofcSs ional divi-
sion of the National Federation ihet
ana discussed plans for mcN, season
1t was announced that the annual
meeting of tho federation VIII bc held
IN Cleveland January Is.
The outlook FOR scmiprotessionai and
amateur baseball uurin. 1919 is very
promising and, with the return OF SOL
hicrS. inc game viii enjoy Il great
'hoom. said members of the fedora
ton to-day who announced that the
annual sandlol elimination series for
iho championship Of the country will
he staged next IAN as usunl
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-21
VARIETY OF SUBJECTS
DISCUSSED BY CHEMISTS
CAMPAIGN Proposed 10 CumucI RcnIiza-
ZION that American Dyes Arc
NrftCr Ihnn Grrninn.

Discussion. of attempts TO interest
.NnefiShns in The metric system OF
',eaSuremcntS, ana Of the need FOR
nnGFi'Sn neople = realize that vc-c-
gus tino ON in place Of German lu.ge
.H!eS. along with q discussion of -Nc
botut!on or the oyster. consumed rib,
i!m" OF the meeting last night of ts,
IiEin'a section Of the American Chru-
Club H'f
IL. a Gish. who read !, br;cf r,,.r
IN ahn.3E and Dye WOOD luiust-y.'
proposed That campaign be started 10
make pe21ie realize That American
esSiN! Tor 2olo"ing purposes rs tire
German dyes ana 10 on-uurIEp the
ncme product OF these substitutes
inS need OF the metric system in all
ON l1fNei systems ~ mea Surcuient now
was discussed hy pr. W. T. Rudi Dr.
r. .. l. Miller ". y Burrows ana
~ 1.'S INC nnS'tion was taken that
tHc metric system could not bc lauucnei
nu the American people without an
NHEe Etonal campaign in preparation
~. y. stewart who has been irvas'i-
Eui .nE ;hr pollution 90 the oyster ra-
contl%. lsrlared that he found ,tt,'e
\ nomtnet!ne committee. COMPOSED
Or i'FN = + Loving and =. " E-tI-
.nry ana II: Y. stewart, was appointed
section for the ensuing year Th,s
committee VIII make It's repor, n III,
J2nuary meeting
y, e ne%t meeting Captain Aiher.
80 ~" or ms c.,y. Who has he.,
D ;I. VI nienl Warfare Service r.,.
PEE ..s"At and VIII have ON est ..-
ion nrles III all The gases used u
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-21
GAME LAW RULING
birds Killed in Ono County Mny II,
Removed 10 Another, Rnles the
Attorney General

hunters residing In one county and
killing game in another have the riyht
to carry the game out of the coun; y
IN which the game was killed accord
ing TO an opinion rendered Yesterday
by Attorney General Saunders
The Board OF Supervisors of Bedford
county, II has been decided by Mr.,
saunders. exceeded it's rights in re-
ilSin- w. y. Lockwood, OF buchanan,
County, permission to carry home ramc
T." mad killed in Bedford County. The
opinion is the result o: n complaint
tled by Az. Lockwood
The Bedford authorities NAV test the
matter III the courts
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-21
DUFFY LEWIS SATISFIED
wen Content ia he Transformed From
Rcd SOS to
luElScS.

NEW YORK. December 2o.-Dufty
Lewis who is in the navy. has wired
ihat he Il well satisfied with the truuc
which takes him from the pay roll
of the Red SoX and makes Il Yankee
OF him next season.
Ernie Shore. who is also In the navy,
has not been heard from. but Is be-
iicvcd that he will he we'll satisfied
According To word from Cleveland.
Dutch Leonard. the third Red Son
PLAYER To figure in the trade. wants
some OF the cash that the Yankees
had 10 put up 10 make the deal.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-21
.rcnninr. Won't Go 10 France

NEW YORK, December 2O-lfuEh
Jennings. pepp"ry manager Of the Do
tioit club VIII not go overseas as "A
knights Of Columbus secretary. l'av-
orahle action had already been taken
ou his application for service. but with
peace her" ~ is not believed at the
nat'onni hendquarteTs OF the organiZo-
tiun, that he Will acccpt>a pos, in
France. II is generally accepted that
he viii again be leading the Iigcrs at
the OPENING Of the season.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-21
Charges Arc Withdrawn.

Charges preferred against Miss NJ
~ Durham. superintendent of Pine
camp Hospital, by Ernest knight a
patient. We're withdrawn yestcrda Y
while their hearing was in progress
before tn" Administrative Board 1T
was shown that the superintendent
was merely enforcing discipline. She
was Complimcntcd 10y the board ana
offered apologies
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-21
TONNES PAY TRIBUTE
IN VERSE TO NURSES
Wounded Pour Out Thci. Gratitude
TO Aiinistcring Angels OF
Hospital Wards.
MANY GAVE THEIR LIVES
Womanhood Followed III Wake of
Allies ConGucrins arms, Facing
Mortal Dangers To Care for Those
Whose Budics We're Broken in War.

LONDON. December 2o.-That the
war has produced an abundant crop of
poets is evident on every hand, We
have the poetic Waac. the poetic NUM-
toner and the poetic route marchcr.
iikewiise Ice poetic ''Tomm!cs' in the
hospital wards is hardly surprising.
considering the amount OF time some
Of these luckless heroes have on their
hands
In the Northern lnfrmary. Invcr-
ness, there was patient some time
praises of tho nursing staff. Sister,
I've gone and turned YOU into "A poem"
he would quietly observe. handing n
who happened 10 I've on duty at the
time he was visited bv the mnse, and
wonderfully clever were some OF this
fellows di;rcs, as Judge from the fol-
lowing
Q io1s s s5n q afa Fsv. i 2SS y g:
Your graceful head.
Your tippet rcd
Proclaim there's none above you, @.
When lying dead to action. o.
To action ., to action, q.
Your looks 50 iish,
They witch inc TO distraction, o.
Another man who had been with
par: OF the world. repeatedly produced
qnatraini : II praise praise Of csrt2a!n v ~
up. while lying in dock at Net!cy
Here. for instance, are couple OF
them:
Sister, sister, kind ana good
From the lone couch on which lie
J. see thee pass on aerial feet;
An angel from the sky.
An angel with a heart. Of gold
magic touch-a, mighty skill,
y molly niche 20 I'LL"