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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-05-07
By Mrs. Wilson Woodrow.

way to apply the principle and q
foolish and suicidal way. And
right here we come back to the
old question: "Am l my brothers
keeper" | am not; no one is. A
higher, greater, more omniscient
power is his keeper and mine. l
am here to aid and encourage him
in assisting himself; that is all.
This wOman's husband needed
no assistance. He needed a hard
jolt. He needed to be awakened
to the fact that he was a cur to
ask a woman to marry him I'd
then allow her to work to support
him while he loafed.
And she, meaning to be kind and
helpful, was merely encouraging
him in his worthless, shiftless
habits and his determination to
benefit by the labor OF some one
else.
Suppose a mother was so RnN-
ious to save her baby suffering
that she would carry 1t contin-
ually in her arms instead Of let
ting It stand alone and have many
a tumble learning to walk and
many loud walls because It fell
and bumped It's nose? Would the
child thank her when II come to
years Of discretion? Does this
man thank his wife for her sac
rifces? Far from It
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-05-07
THIs is the story she writes

THIS is the story she writes
| me:
Dear Mrs. Woodrow:
/ was married when / was TWEEN
ty and have never known one
happy day since. l am twenty
seven now. When ! first met my
husband, he seldom worked. |
tried to help him in every way,
and when we were married / fur
nished our home. l also kept on
working, while he did nothing,
knowing that would support him.
When | was a girl / was very
philanthropic, and being brought
up that way thought it my duty
to him."
l will break off my correspond
ent's narrative here to say that
the bother with most of US and
the fruitful source of many Of our
troubles is that we think with our
hearts and not with or heads
Good judgment arises from a COM
bination of the two. No faculty
was given us to remain unused.
Having minds, we were intended
to think with them, and to think
to some purpose in the direction Of
our affairs.
This girl, naturally kind-heart-
ed and sympathetic, was trained
in the belief that she must always
be helping others, which is right
in principle. But there's a sane
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-05-07

What is the nature Of the spirit that directs humble
animal brothers and sisters? They the earth as long
let them give place to the human increases
and without any thought Of organized resistance die that
may live.
HAVE THESE ANIMALS SOULS?
You have the bird greVng the destruction Of
its nest
You have studied the pathetic eyes Of the lost dog and
the sad submission of the tired, beaten horse.
Is there not soul in those stricken creatures and spiritual
feeling deeper than that displayed by many men?
First came all ANIMAL life, as we know it, and then
came MAN.
Science and religion agree this point, at least.
All owe their being to the same eternal FORCE On
this point again religion and science agree.
Is the life in animals merely passing dream, does
express in its humble way the promise Of life etena7
In Italy a scientific villain experimental dog to
ascertain the power of maternal affection.
The dog most cruelty tortured Its newborn puppy
was beside it. Its racked its spine injured
BUT WHENEVER PERMITTED TO DO so, THE POOR
TORTURED ANIMAL MOTHER TURNED ITS HEAD
TOWARD ITS WHINING CHILD AND LICKED 1T AZ
FECTIoNATELY.
Until it died there nothing that could overcome
maternal love in the heart Of that poor umb mother.
Is there not soul in such love as that?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-05-07

This Is Uncle Joe CGnnoab
birthday, and I want to ask thu
boys II any one Of them rsmem-
Der the many things that hap
pened at the party celebrating
Uncle JOe's seventeen birth
day?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-05-07

You can do MORE for your
country by eating POTATOES
instead of bread than I could ex-
plain If had the Whole edition
of this paper at my command
For every potato you eat you
place a half a loaf Of bread in the
haversack of n soldier In the
trenches.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-05-07

The CENTURY WHEELAIEN were
rampant and glorious.
PAUL Won BECKlIAN wa the
mainstay or the main guy n the
QUEER WHEELMEN. He had a tar
rinc chest expansion.
The ORIENT A. c. had q hang-out
over the old Capitol Hill postonee
at Fourth and East Capitol streets.
There vas . football team, the fore
runner Of the present VIgilants,
imagine. and that team used to prae-
tce next door to No. Engine Com
pany. JOHNNY EVANS and GEORGE
EVANS were on the team; also GENE
GARGES and PERCY ROWE. II you
remember any more names, shoot EN-
In.
The LEVANT WHEELMEN had
headquarters over PEARE'S PAINT
STORE at Sixth and PennsyIvania
avenue, near SIMPSONS COAL
YARD.
And the EASTERN A. c. haA a
place over the BIEBER-KAUFhLAN
STORE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-05-07

message of your support and approval that he take
back with him, and then, when you have done that,
turn back with increased devotion to your duty of
saving food, of buying War Savings Stamps, of sup
porting the Red Cross, of doing everything that in
you lies to win the war Whoever you are, wherever
you be- fight as he fights TO THE FINISH, and let the
casualty lists be an inspiration to do your utmost
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-05-07

II the WRECO dIscards all the cars
that are unfit for service, the fifty
new cars will leave them still in the
hole as to hauling capacity.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-05-07
HEARD AND SEEN

went to the Church Of the Cove
nant Saturday night to attend q party
for soldiers, and the first thing they
sang was that combination Of doleful
words and lively music known to the
late civil war as Tramp, Tramp,
Tramp, the Boys Are Marching"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-05-07
HAVE THE ANIMALS SOULS?
Continued from First Column.)
ach contentedly and says to himself:

All is well For have a soul and THEY have
They have died to feed me. am happy and they
should be satisfied
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-05-07

In the first and third stanEas this
produced weird results, and l quots
you the last verse as revised for the
occasion:
$50 within the COVENANT
We are waiting for the day
That shall come to open wide the
iron door,
And the hollow eyes grow bright
And the poor heart almost gay
As we think Of seeing home and
friends once more"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-05-07

The management Of the party want
ed to make the song q little more
cheerful, so It substituted the word
COVENANT" for the dismal words
PRISON CELL" wherever they Oc-
Cured In the song.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-05-07
This lime Twenty Years Age

The CENTURY wHEELMEN were
rampant and glorious.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-05-07

you live in the suburbs you devote perhaps two hours
zach day travel Two hours per day means practically
Dne-ffth of your active life.
How many readers make any of those two hours
and feel each day that they have been well spent?
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-08-30
VIOLATE CONTRACT
Protest BY Mine Workers Filed
Against Methods.

Moberly, Mo.-0fficers of District
No. 25, United Mine Workers of
America, protest against the profiteer-
ing methods and violation of contracts
by southwestern coal operators who
are charged with not being satisfied
with making fabulous fortunes at this
time and who seek to destroy condi-
tions secured by the United Mine
Workers.
'It seems to US" say these union
lists, "that the operators are desirous
of taking advantage of the mine
workers on account of our loyalty and
devotion to our country. They know
that it would place us in an embar-
RAISING position to do anything at this
time that would disturb or hamper in
the least the production of~coal, and
it is our opinion that the operators are
seeking to take advantage of this sit
uation."
The miners announce that they will
not call strike, but they make the
significant statement that 'some day
in the future they (the operators) will
be compelled to respect the contract
that they now seek to ignore.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-08-30
Ia "a q
EyADE FULL-CREw LAW.

Harrisburg, Pa.-The state public
service commission has found the
Pennsylvania railroad guilty Of vio-
lating the state full-crew law. The
commission states that mo admins
trative discretion is lodged with this
commission in enforcing the full-crew
law" The company has been ordered
to operate trains with the required
number of men over its Sewickley and
Boyer Run branches.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-08-30
- M
RE-TRIAL IS URGED
For Thomas J. Mooney. Under Sen
tence of Death.

San Francisco-In one of the larg-
est mass meetings ever held in this
city, trade unionists urged that a new
trial be given Thomas J. Mooney, now
in San Quentin penitentiary. under
sentence of death. President Murphy,
of the California state federation of
labor, said that the workers did not
require the Oxman letters to prove
Oxman a liar
Eve knew instinctively the moment
we read his evidence that he was a
rank perjurer," he said. "The glaring
contradictions in the evidence in the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-08-30

posed"
The association believes that this
will result in legislation that will
stand judicial scrutiny.
Trade unionists ask how this plan
would work in the case of the Keat-
ing child-labor law, which was ap-
proved by congress and its many law
yer members. When the law reached
the United States supreme court it
was declared void by the closest pos
sible votes to a.
n ~ "a
Washington.-The war department
has Cancelled all contracts with the
firms and individuals connected with
fraud, bribery and corruption in the
selling of raincoats to the govern
ment. All supplies and raw material
will be seized and new contracts will
be let to parties not involved in the
frauds.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-08-30
Va Va Va
LEAD POISONING
Causing Default in Liberty Bond
Payments.

Washington In investigating condi-
tions at the lead smelter plant of the
st. Joseph Lead company, in Hercu-
laneus, Md, the national war labor
board found that low wages and sick
ness through lead poisoning caused
many of these workers to default in
their liberty bond payments.
The efficiency of the plant had like
wise suffered from an enormous labor
turnover, some times as high as 200
per cent annually, partly because of
low wages.
Joint Chairmen Taft and Walsh
acted as arbitrators in this case. They
found that wages were SO low that
savings were impossible and that the
union supported victims of lead poi
soning, who ''had suffered an alarm
ing number of workless days through
sickness" In ordering minimum
wage of 81 a day, the arbitrators We're
guided by the war labor boards prin-
ciple that minimum rates of pay shall
be established which will insure the
subsistence of the worker and his
family in health and reasonable com
fort" The award is retroactive and
dates back to April 21.
The arbitrators also ordered col
lective bargaining, and so per cent ad-
ditional pay for the first two hours
in excess of eight hours and double
pay for additional hours, as well as
for Sundays and holidays.
AS in all other awards by the board
it is here provided that rates may be
readjusted every six months to con-
form with living costs.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-08-30
TRADE UNIONS SUED.

Tacoma, Wash.-The Carmen Manu-
featuring company has asked the su-
perior court to order the Upholster-
ers' union and the Timber Workers
union to pay it $4,000.
These unions are charged with TAX
ing advantage of war time conditions
to secure the employment of union Ia
Dor. The company is aggrieved at this
attempt to standardize working con-
ditions.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-08-30
NNN Observation-Disclosures ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Billings and Mooney cases imposed a
moral obligation upon us both as citi-
zens of California and as trade union
lists to see that both these defendants
got new and impartial trials. The
president has been attacked and in
suited for his action in demanding a
new trial
"The fair, square American way of
settling the Mooney case is a new
trial, and labor is determined that
Mooney shall have that and the whole
infamous frame-up exposed in open
court.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-08-30

Many Of the manufacturers have re-
ported that they have material to op-
crate for several months, but the board
indicates that the farsightedness of
these employers in stocking up will
avail them little, and that their stocks
will be taken from them, or al least
they will be greatly reduced.
Pa @ va
WILL EXPERTS" SAVE US?
Bismarck, N. D.-The North Dakota
Bar association is willing to take over
the legislative functions of this state
and suggests that all proposed laws
be submitted to its committee for in
spection and criticism. The commit
tee will Oppose" or aid in the pass
age of such laws so submitted or pro-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-08-30
CAN'T MAKE AUTOMOBILES.

Washington. Manufacturers OF
passenger automobiles are given an
inkling of what a nation can do when
at war by an order from the war in
dustries board that they must put
their plants on a 100 per cent war
work basis not later than January /,
1919, The manufacturers recently de
clared in favor of so per cent out
put of passenger automobiles, but the
war industries board says this is
merely "a step in the right direc-
ton"
The board tells the manufacturers
that the material they now use in the
construction of cars, excepting steel,
will be of little use for war work.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-08-30

The plant produces one ninth of all
the lead mined in this country, and it
has been operated on a seven-day ba-
sis since the war
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-08-30
Mr.. Fnielnen---Mr. 0ler

you member of the international Brotherhood of
Stationary Firemen?
not why in? Local No. SO bids you hearty
welcome.
When the little Red White and Blue Button emelem-
attic membership organization stop the wearing
and ask him to tell 1.-THE benefits he derives from
his membership.
Every will tell you his wages have increased while
of the Brotherhood
Financially excellent shape holders OF Lib
ery Bonds membership 100 purchasers of
Thrift Stamps Our initiation fee is small Our dues mod
crate application become of and share in
the benefits organization brings
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-08-30
Labor Day, 1918
BY FRANK MORRISON
Secretary, American Federation of Labor

When comparatively
araaea on LABOR Day twenty-five their motives
publ
This when the labor numbering 900
members,
those who formerly denied
changed pubic
o education and organization but has been qkned
against democratic ideals "e
Organized labor has not depended
Its support of the Government the
sufficient this subject
that
that
dlvidua American of the
of
the people - :" NNN ~
Labor
thought behind
but incidentbu
- NO -
industrial concord when disputes between
rendering the right strike against
this
calls for unity of
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-25

Fred A. Godcharles, Deputy Sec
retary of the Commonwealth. who
spoke at the Harrisburg Rotary Club
luncheon to-day on Congress and the
War, expects to leave the service of
the state within the next ten days
to become a captain in the Aviation
Corps of the United States Army.
This announcement, up to this time
secret, was made by Captain
George T. Lump, VINO int oduced
him, and was confirmed by Mr. God
charles himself. Mr.. Godcharles has
had thirteen years experience in
military affairs and is one of the best
shots in the country. having won
trophies in many national and in
ternational matches. He took the eX-
aminations Saturday and will be
called within a short time.
Mr.. Godcharles gave the club some
inside pointers on what he had
learned of the progress America is
making in the war and said that in
his opinion Congress and the Pres-
dent have done splendidly and that
it is for us at home to stand back of
both. 1T is easy to knock a building
to pieces" he said. "All you need is
Il workman ana a. hammer, Dul 10
build a great structure requires skill
and knowledge, careful planning
and much hard work. 1t is so with
our war program and its critics"
Mr.. Godcharles was followed on
the program by e. l.. Mclaughlin.
of Flu Chow, China. formerly Of
Scranton, one of the foremost Y. NJ.
c. A. figures in international work
who spoke of the great opportunity
for the United States in the Orient
and the necessity of maintaining our
present position in China during the
war. Mr.. Mclaughlin paid a splen-
did tribute to the wisdom of the late
Secretary of State, John Hay, who
laid the foundation for the conf
dence and admiration the Chinese
hold for Americans. Over $500
Chinese students are enrolled in
American universities, he said.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-25
Senate Commerce Body
Begins Hog Island Inquiry
Bv Assoeiated Press

Philadelphia, Feb, 25. - Five
members of the Senate Commerce
arrived here from Washington to-
day and began an inspection OF the
new government shipbuilding plant
at Hog Island on the Delaware river.
More witnesses were expected to
testify here in addition to those sum-
moned before the committee during
the investigation at the Capitol
Senator Ransdell serves as chair
man of the committee, which also in
cludes Senators Nardaman, Reed,
fernald and calder. Senator John
son, who was one of the principal
inquisitors during the hearing at
Washington did not come to Phila-
delphia with the party.
Rear Admiral Francis y. Bowles,
of the Emergency Fleet Corporation,
who is in charge of speeding up
work at the Hog Island yard where
many ships have been contracted for,
met the Senators and accompanied
them on their inspection tour.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-25
Russia Will Be in Bondage
to Germany, Says Martof
BY associated Press

Petrograd, Sunday, Feb. 25.-
Their knees are on our chest and
our position is hopeless" declared
Nikolai Lenine, the Bolsheviki Pre-
mier, in the course of his long
speech to the Central Executive
Committee of the All-Russian Coun-
Gil of Workmen's and Soldiers Del
egates in which he insistently urged
the acceptance of the Austro- Ger
man peace conditions, however, op-
pressive and unfortunate they might
appear.
This peace must be accepted as
a respite" he continued, enabling
us to prepare a decisive resistance
to the Bourgeoise and Imperialism.
The proletariat of the whole world
will come to our aid. Then we shall
renew the fighting"
NJ. Marriott contended the pro-
posed peace meant the end of Rus
sia so far as her political independ-
ence was concerned and that the
day after the signing of the peace
the Soldiers and Worlmen's gov
ernment would be in bondage to
Germany.
M. Zinovieff, supporting Lenine,
insisted the Soviet authority was too
firmly established throughout the
country to perish.
The BolsheVki announce that
their troops have entered Rostov-on-
the-Don and that fighting is pro-
ceeding in the streets.
lsuEBSB dBopuBQ u 10 lJos Sc loB
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-25

Grover G. Bower, United States Ma
rines, writes a letter to his brother,
G. IL. Bower, 1917 Derry street, pro-
prietor of the Palace Barber Shop, on
his experiences in France Bower was
one of the first Harrisburg boys to
reach France, having landed there
last June. He has served in the
trenches all winter.
Bower has been in the marines four
years, and seen active service in Haiti
and Cuba. In writing of his expert
ences, Bower says:
II am sending this letter to the
state with one of my friends and he is
mailing IT in the states. | am sending
YOU few pictures and send one to
the other boys, and so you see we do
lures taken. This was taken just
after / came from the trenches. |
raised a beard in the trenches.
we have been in good many bat
ties since we have been here, and also
got ourselves some Huns. | have come
out of them well and strong.
Il tell you this is some war; it is
not like lighting on Haiti Island
Brother, | will be lucky if come out
of this war alive.
Tell Donald if I live to get home
VIII have some story to tell him
about the big war. If you don't hear
as soon as l can. btt we don't get
much chance to write.
GILES, we leave for Italy soon, as
they, need good fighting men there.
pers you send me, and all the boys
look for 'JiEgs.'
81 received your box of candy o. *.
Thank you very much, and hope you
VIII send more. We cannot buy it
here. We can get cigarets and tobac
co at the Y. NJ. c. A.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-25
One American Killed,
Three Are Wounded,
by Mexican Bandits
By .Associatcd PrcSS

Washington, Feb. 25.-One Ameri-
can was killed and three We're
wounded in an attack by Mexican
bandits on an oil boat at Tampico,
last Wednesday.
Officials regarded the incident as
case of robbery rather than an out
burst of anti-American feeling. The
boat attacked was carrying money.
SO far as known the bandits were
not connected with any of the mill
tary forces. The government has
called the incident to the attention
of the Mexican government.
Edgar House, a paYmaster for the
Texas Oil Company, was killed. The
wounded were ]. p. S. Mennett, DR..
Brisbane, an employe of the Island
Oil and Transport Company, and a
third man named Prather. Mennett's
wound is serious.
Efforts to retake the oil fields
about Tampico, from Manuel Palaez,
have been resumed by the Carranza
troops with some success. General
Dieguez, commanding the govern
ment forces, has driven the Palaez
forces from the country about the
Cerro Azul, one of the largest oil
wells of the Huasteca Company.
Saladera, a small town on the edge
of the oil region has been captured.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-25
Acceptance of German
Peace Terms Followed
Stormy Russ Meeting

Petrograd, Sunday, Feb. 24.-Ac-
ceptance by the Bolshevik govern
ment of the German peace terms
followed stormy argumentative
night meeting at the Smolny Insti-
tute. Leon Trotzlly, the Bolsheviki
foreign minister, did not attend but
Premier Lenine urged acceptance of
the terms and the Bolshveiki dele
gates voting virtually as a unit swung
the tide with him. A Bolshevik
party conference had previously
voted 72 for peace and 26 against,
with IL abstaining.
The Social Revolutionary members
fought against acceptance of the
terms and insisted upon the as
sembling Immediately of new con-
stituent assembly to pass upon them
in their final form.
The Bolshevik newspaper Pravda
says the peace terms are unfortunate
but unavoidable 1t says the struggle
is more imperialistic than domestic
and that the Russian proletariat is
not responsible for the harsh terms.
The bourgeosie newspapers do not
comment on the situation.