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The Washington herald., 1918-02-01
Baker VS.. Gaedke.

pompous Prussian has risen TO destroy the
morale of the American nation and to give the lie
to much that exceedingly persuasive Secretary
of War said before the Senate Military Affairs
Committee the other day.
& He has way with him. this mustachioed Ber-
lin sword brandisher and scrvener; he has gauche
Teutonic way of brushing splendid new army,
OF which we are so proud, out of existence by a
bold sweep OF his pen. According this Berliner
Col Gaedke by name, writing military dope" for
a Socialist journal, Secretary Baker simply sewed
epaulets on hundred thousand men and de-
clared them, by of that decorative shoulder
effect, officers of our army, fit and ready to
go up against the European war machine.
Gaedke has quite cavalier a way of treating
the enlisted personnel in our army as the officer
class. His formula OF mon est" is interesting.
German science, German wisdom says such an
army as Mr.. Baker has described cannot be- is not,
aud, therefore, by rrefragible logic, it isn't no
matter what the American Secretary of War says,
or anybody else. In the usual stage magician per-
Torrance, had seen any number OF rabbits
jump out of black silk hat; but we have never
seen any sleight-of-hand performer wave an army
out OF existence with his wand and we are inter
ested in seeing how it is done.
Germans grateful' to anyone these DAYS who
can put two and two together and make anything
else than four; and the entertaining hctionist
Gaedke seems to be adept at that sort of
thing. 1t is the simple and elemental fact that
two and two make four, against which all Ger
many is fighting today She is ready to drug to
dope" herself into believing that it makes some
thing ese the militarists today fear none of their
enemies that which has risen to deal the final
blow-the Truth. All the intellectual resources OF
Germany has been marshalled in the final, des-
perate attempt to get away from simple arithmetic
That is why Col Gaedke, knowing his public
wipes the American army off the slate with the
same formula of logic that which evolved the
synogisms that declared that India and ireland
must revolt and sunder the British Empire that
the ruthless submarine campaign starving out
Great Britain in. nine weeks campaign, that
thought liberal subsidization of the pro-German
propaganda and paeihst movement in the United
States would psralyze the arm of the American
government if it dared to think of going to war.
From the American point of view, it is a mat
ter Of indifference whether the German people are
aware OF the fun extent and significance of Ameri-
can military preparations. We, are, however, trying
to educate them into knowledge of its meaning.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-01
The Leviathan Et AL.

The tardy announcement that the Leviathan
(slias Vaterland) and seventeen other army trans
ports have reached France, laden with troops, is
news affording Americans the kind OF assurance
and satisfaction that has come rarely very rarely
indeed, of late.
Perhaps the censor is permitted to pass the
news at this time to give added flourish and a
true dramatic climax to Secretary Bakers test-
money before the Senate committtee-to give a
confrmatory touch to his prediction and promise
that half million American soldiers would be on
French soil early in 1918" If this be done. the
trick is exceedingly we'll turned If the news was
held up only TO await the arrival of the last of
the eighteen Transports so as to avoid all danger
OF the news percolating to lurking submarines,
there can be no legitimate objection to this kind
of censorship. o.
mental calculation may be made as to the
big addition to our forces abroad that this mighty
troop movement 1t will be easy to ex-
aggeratc the actual number, of course; neverthe-
less, it represents very substantial, very hand
some increase-one which goes far toward bridg-
ing the gulf between the present strength OF the
Pcrshing force and the number that Mr.. Baker has
promised by spring. The safe arrival OF this
mighty transport armada lends added confidence
that the American navy has mastered the subma-
rine menace, although that does mean that
vigilance can be relaxed in the slightest degree.
So far the American transport service has not lost
a single life in getting troops to France-the
Antilles" disaster, it will be remembered, COM
ing the homeward journey.
The true value of the extra tonnage afforded
by the interned Hun ships-which the German
crews tried in vain to put out OF commissions
becoming apparent; and in a short time the eighty
Dutch ships released for American purposes
through agreement with the Netherlands govern
ment will show a decided effect the shipping
situation. The "speeding-up" program already is
visible. 1t is no longer matter of conjecture
The Washington herald., 1918-02-01
A Very Precious Disease.

Chicago has young girl who is 90 inches long
and still growing, being afflicted with what they
call ano-meglia, disease that less than a
hundred cases OF it are reported in all medical
history.
Do the Chicago surgeons declare that she s
hopeless and should be chloroformed permitted
to starve? They do not. She's a OF un-
limited joy to them. They've operated on her twice,
and as she still continues to grow, she's the most
precious thing that Chicago surgery ever got its
hands on. Just think Of a patient that grows a
brand new operation every month or so!
The Washington herald., 1918-02-01
The Number of Workers.

The conversation OF social session turned to
the beauty of having government job when this
little story was related by Meredith Nicholson,
the author:
Some time since certain esteemed citizen
his home on a visit and passed around among his
envious friends
"You are looking fine, Jim," remarked a
friend as they stopped to light cigar at Jim's
expense Your new line seems to agree with you"
"Yes" cheerfully assented the other. "lt
might be whole lot worse"
"By the way Jim" asked the friend a few
minutes later. How many people work in your
department."
81. don't know exactly" was the smiling reply
of Jim; "but roughly guessing, l should say about
one-third of them"
The Washington herald., 1918-02-01
LAWMAKERS To HEAR !
wage INCREASE PLEA
Keatins Bill Before House Ssboom.
mittee in Ten Days.

Hearings upon the Ksating bin esss
rying increases in salaries for sovs
eminent employees Of from 10 \
per cent will start befsA the L.gis-
lative Subcommittee o. the Houss 40
preparation Committee in about tef
days Representative Byrns, OF pen
nessee, is chairman OF this conuzA,
tee
This measure is the union one dpst.
ed for the National Federation of
Federal Employees.
Efficiency experts are now snszkf
in preparing statistics showing thf
salary for various grades OF vyrt
paid in the government service and
corresponding figures for similar serr.
ice in outside employment. These sta
tistice will be presented to Chairman
Byrns and his committee at the hear
ing
Speaker Clark evidenced yesterdaf
that he would give his earnest co-sp-
Grafton to some general measure
which might speedily solve the prob
lem Of equsliziRg the distribution OF
the salary increases. Delicacy win
be exercised in the pursuance OF this
plan, however. in order not 20 pro-
woke the displessure of any Of the
appropriations committees working on
this question.
After the general measure has been
drafted opportunity will be given TO
members Of the House 10 exercise
their individual judgment IL is pro-
posed that after due consideration.
following hearing, this measure will b
drafted in committee and recommen-
dation made in a report TO the House.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-01
The Aim Of Aims.

Says Philip Scheidemann, famous leader OF the
majority Socialists in the Reichstag:
There will always be wars and the only ques-
ton is whether men to conduct them like
beasts or like civilized human beings"
1t is the hope OF humanity, and one of the
highest aims of America that this war viii kill
war; 1t will, if the decision as to peace or war is
left, not to the rulers but to the people who sac
rifce, suffer and die in wars Without such loca-
ton of the decision the peoples OF this earth might
as we'll pack up their visions Of democracy and
try to move to another planet.
Whatever the cause, whoever holds the power
of decision war is simply turning upon and
rendng themselves like mad beasts, and Socialists
are the last folks on earth who can consistently
take any other view of it.
But, if we do have more wars, will wage
them like beasts. The beastly inventions produced
in this war will not be discarded any quicker than
gunpowder was abandoned when it was discovered
that it would blow men, Notifications and cities to
pieces Future wars will have their poison gases,
bombing aeroplanes and submarines and doubtless,
many other devices for slaughter not yet de-
veloped but upon which the biggest brains of the
scientific world are hard at work. Given the same
war education policy and war aims as Ger
many, and there will be nations that will outdo all
the beastliness with which Germany is charged
There will be more of the beast in future wars not
that this war will reduce millions of men closer to
the level of beasts through both mental and phys-
cal hardship
There is no compromise with the spirit of war.
1t always demands more blood, more starvation,
more beastliness. Man is now making the supreme
sacrifice, and he must kill war, this time. If. he
does not get out of this awful struggle closer
common brotherhood and international agreement,
backed by international force, he isn't going to be
more civilized but less, surely slaughter and
greed are the passions of beasts.
The rulers of the European peoples failed to
ward off this world calamity. Genuine socialism
and genuine democracy include the right OF the
people who bleed and starve to say when and for
what they shall bleed and starvc. Heaven grant
that this war establish that right beyond dispute
reversal. If it does, there will not always be wars.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-01

Total cssualIties reported eact
month since August are: August. 81
s7S; September, 1o6. 40: October. a.
Bs; November, 11o,sD: December, ~
osai January. 74oss.
Metal Identification tags given AZ
troops going on service abroad are be-
ing Distributed among the drafted mes
At Camp Meade, Admiral. Nd. The
work OF distributing two aluminium
taes 70 each soldier was begun yrs-
terday under the direction Of a special
corps Of experts from the War De
partment
gether with the name. rank and reEi-
ment Of the wearer. These facts. ane
each mans next Of kin viii be iistet
in a card index system under preps-
ration. Both tags viii be vorr
around the neck.
Should a man fan in battle one tas
VIII be removed and sent TO the ofscs
where the card index system "a kept
i'm order that relatives may be noti-
fed promptly. The duplicate ta,T vii
remain on the body until fnsk dis.
position is made of IT, Should he be
wounded and recover both tag, vii
be given him again
ITO get 100 per cent fighting en-
cheney out of John Parsons you've\goi
TO give him his old carpet slippers VI.
ter a hard days work in the trenchks Q
A good cigar and a piece of appts
pie to round Il out and you've gd
a satisfied man that VIII DO anythina
you tell him I've lived with him
ten years and / know" This note, cd
dressed TO Marine Corps headquarters
by Mrs. ]. Parsons. also contained an
inquiry as to whether there was ans
embacgo on carpet slippers, Betsey
Lees and apple pie going to fightinI
marines in France Its a big cues.
ton" a Marine Corps note adds. ''anc
while the Marine CORPS maintains ns
time study or welfare department. Il
Is felt that IL his old carpet slipper
will enhance John Parsons nehtins
qualities he'll just have TO have them
that's all"
The Washington herald., 1918-02-01

~ ouIAcsOu at lne ned0.
You have heard of the Declara-
tion of Independence, Of course. But
have you heard of members of Con-
gress showing independence at
times?
Perhaps you have. It is shown
there sometimes. by some OF the
strong men. And upon some of the
occasions-and We want it under
stood there is a vast difference be-
tween independence and downright
Missouri stubbornness-it has been
most beneficial for the country at
large and that men have had cour-
age in Congress to follow their
own judgment and their own con-
victions.
But it isn't about this we want
to speak at this moment. We want
to speak of the men who follow
blindly whatsoever the leader says,
who never think for themselves
SO it appears-and who will not
express themselves upon any vital
measure until some power, to whom
they make obeisance, has told them
what to do.
There are many such men in Com
gress now. They work no harm up
on the country, OF course. but on
the other band, they do little good
They furnish the rubber stamp"
majority for passage of some bills,
and for the defeat of others. They
respond to gentle touches of strings
and sometimes the pull does not
have to be at all sturdy. They jump
at the crack of the political whip,
they run when "Giddap" is shouted
into their ears. they stop cold in
their tracks when the driver pulls
on the lines and jerks them up on
their launches.
Such men satisfy the men who
do not like to have their will
thwarted, but from what we have
observed of constituents who visit
here they do not please the folks
who send them down. There is such
a thing as a Representative hav-
ing a mind of his own. and a Sena-
tor being able to think for himself.
Where there are such men there are
times when they should be encour-
aged-and the public has the only
means of encouragement at its dis
posal and appears to be ready to use
it. This is, of course. the elective
power, the power to send men to
House and Senate who do not be-
come mere rubber stamps. linked
and used and then rubbed Off and
put away for later use.
THE OBSERVER.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-01
Ouch! RUB OUT
RHEUMATIC PAIN
Rub Pain, Soreness, Stiffness, Sci
atiea Right Out With "St
Jacobs Lininent."
7ount fifty, Pain zone

Count fifty, Pain gone.
Rheumatism is pain only" Not one
case in fifty requires internal treat
ment Stop drugging! Rub the mis-
cry right away! Apply soothing. pene-
trating st. Jacobs Liniment" direct
ly upon the tender spot" and relief
comes instantly. st. JAcobs Lani-
ment' is a harmless rheumatism lini-
ment which never disappoints and can
not burn 'or discolor the skin.
Timber up! Stop complaining Get
small trial bottle OF st Jacobs
Liniment'' at any drug store, and In
just a moment you'll be free from
pain. soreness, stiffness and swelling.
Don't suffer, Relief awaits you. st
Jacobs Lniment" has relieved mill
lions OF rheumatism sufferers In the
last half century, and is just as good
for scistica. neuralgia, lumbago, back
ache, sprains and swellings.-AoN'
The Washington herald., 1918-02-01
A LINE O. CHEER
EACH DAY o. THE YEAR.
by John Kendrick BanSs.
FEBRUARY,
The way d. NTH With q n.i1

FEBRUARY.
While taste in months doth greatly
vary
Few mortals love old February.
July and June. and crisp Novem-
Der.
April and May. and chill December,
Have many lover: round them hik-
ing,
But few for Feb. have any liking.
For me despite her weather slushy.
Despite her backbone limp and
mushy,
I find her with her ways confusing
Both irritating and amusing;
And while her faults are far too
many
like her days as well as any
Because I know II right 1 take 'em
They'll be for me just what I make
'em:
And now and then a song bird
singing
Foretells the Springtide onward
swinging.
Copyright. islsl
The Washington herald., 1918-02-01
So Let Il Be.

Is Gen. Allenby really winning the war, way
down there in Palestine? Certain it is that, if
Turkey cracks" away from the central alliance,
Bulgaria is a goner and those Austro-German
armies in Italy must for their Teutonic holes.
Then too, there would be decided change in the
Russian front-or rear, as you want to call it.
Wouldn't it match in fine with the eternal fit
ness of things, if the recovery of the Holy Land
should mean the preservation of civilization? He
moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to per-
FORM"
The Washington herald., 1918-02-01

believing that thereby their morale may be i'm
paired and that thereby their sullen and shoulder
ing resentment against the constant decehtion OF
their military, class may break out into flame.
We are glad to hear from Col. Gaedke.s Per-
haps the Senate Committee on Military Affairs will
subpoena him.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-01
Jap Y m. c. A. Workers
Guests at D. E. Club

Maj. Gen. N Hibiki and X. Yam
amoto. secretary of the Y. NJ. C. A.
at Tokyo. Japan. who are on their
way to inspect the Y. NJ. c. A. work
being done in the United States,
British. French and Italian armies,
will be the honor guests at a lunch
con at noon today at the Cosmos
Club.
DR.. Howard A. Kelly. of Balti-
more, noted surgeon, also will
speak, and H. B. F. MacfarIand will
preside. About IS business men of
Washington have been invited to
meet Gen. Hibiki and Mr.. Yamam-
oto.
The two visitors yesterday called
at the White House to pay their re-
spects to President Wilson. Mr..
Yamamoto stated that the Y. NJ. c.
A. now has about. 10000 members in
his country.
The luncheon is being given un-
der the auspices of the Twenty-four-
hour-a day Club, the branch of the
Y. M. c. A, which conducts the in
ternational work.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-01

Trifiing with newspaper reporters is
dangerous. An amusement resort in
New York has gone into bankruptcy.
There was a scandal in the place and
the manager tried to keep the re-
porters running around in circles on
false trails while he camouflaged the
incident. He made the reporters more
determined and they got on the trail
right and dug up a flock of scandals.
The manager realizes now that il he
had been decent to them at first and
put his cards on the table instead of
trying to mislead them, nothing seri-
Gus would have happened and the
scandal would have soon been a mere
memory. 1t is playing with fire to
try to deceive a trained news hound.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-01

Kaiser asked that especial demonstrations
OF Joy be made on his birthday Sunday. 1t was
one request of Wilhelm's that the vast majority
OF the world complied with, with encore
The Washington herald., 1918-02-01

indianapolis. Ind, Jan. a1.-An-
nouncement of the call for the con-
vention of the National Congress of
Mothers and Parent Teachers AS
sociations, to be held in Atlantic
City. February rs to March 8, in
connection with the meeting of the
Department of superintendent of
the National Educational Associa-
tion, has been made here,
The Washington herald., 1918-02-01

Hobart, Ind, paper reports the birth OF q
son to Mr.. and Mrs. David Vinegar. Mother
doing well.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-01

Where's Cen Wood? has been answered. He's
in France getting wounded.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-01

thing at all about our postal opera
tions here they are well Contented
to have Mr.. Burleson at the head.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-01

CTOOh ana Uellknllully hdlNc dCbItSS
one who is always chaperoned by her
mother-have been linked in a scandal
OF the first pages in New York for
week past. The girl was the in
nocent victim of the mans polished
ways and worldly nonchalance.
She denies she was going to marry
him, but he did interest her. They
were to be seen nightly in the Broad
way cafes and he was on speaking
terms with the prominent folk of the
town.
The polished crook is not always the
invention Of the magazine pages. He
does glide in and out the most ex-
elusive drawing rooms OF New York
and may be seen in the box at the
opera.
Only . few months ago there ap-
peared in New York, a man who had
baffled the police of Paris, Berlin.
at one of these quietly expensive hO-
tells in Fifth avenue.
He fell in love with a debutante
and she was also in love with him.
Those who believe in the criminal
heritage could account for his abnor-
mQlities by a tRint. At any rate they
were at a house party on Long Is
land where he was the life of the
party.
One night she stepped out on the
lawn. The beautiful countryside was
bathed in mounshine. She walked to
a hedge and a short piece away she
saw her fiance killing an innocent
little kitten.
She was Mortified. but-he explained
it as a sudden fit of temper and
seemed repentent. Later she saw him
deliberately run over a dog in the
road with his car. Soon she began
to miss some of her jewels and de-
tectives traced the thefts to the Don
Juan. He was arrested.
One Of his accomplishments was to
twang the ukalele. In his cell at
the Tombs to the twanging OF the H8-
waiian contraption he sang nightly:
Sing a song of Mafia
A bucket full Of blood
Four and twenty coppers
Swimming in flood.
And investigation was made of his
record. He is credited with two MUIR
ders-and yet he had a polish that
opened the most exclusive doors to
him readily.
Seen around the town-A big man
sion in Fifth avenue lighted with can
dies to set a coal conservation eX-
ample. Rubber flowers for women
bathers on sale in a shop. A burlesque
actress wearing an ankle watch. A
girl driving a taNicab, she had hired.
A sign in front of a Broadway cafe:
Jazz bands barred here" A lonely
night-watchman skipping a rope to
keep warm. A former frenzied finan-
cier clerking in a music shop. A well
known female impersonater buying a
plug of chewing tobacco. A Sicilian
art peddlar reading the Bible in a
street car. A lady conductor on a
surface car, complete as to knickers.
puttees and cap. showing below her
much friZzed coiffure a monster pair
of jet hoop earrings. A city official
hunting in vain for seat in the sub
way.
Trifiing with newspaper reporters is
n N A.. =.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-01

Mai. EIbert F. Norton, OF the En-
gineer Reserve Corps. has been as
signed TO active duty and ordered
to Fort MyeV, Va, for duty with
the Thirty-seventh Engineers.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-01

Mai. William d. Chler, Quartermas-
er Corps. National Army. has been
ordered here for assignment TO duty
in the effice of the acting quarternas-
ter general
The daily Panhandle. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1918-12-31

demands which mas be- classed as
aside from the purposes OF the peace
congress
sCHLEsWIG Return TO Den
mark is sought HAS been part OF
the German empire since 1864.
with ioleein % was annexed by
force. after years of strife between
Danes and Toutons
KOREA Established as @ nation
century before Christ. later a
Chionsc dependency. then udepen-
dent again. 30 finally came under
Japanese control in 1870 Now %
VIII ask fhc peace ruugrps, to grant
30 autonomy though % has ldyanc-
oI greatly udar Japueso rul,
SPAIN VIII appeal tor cession
of Gibrllter by Great Britain u rc-
turn Tor Duia. across the straight bon
Spa.n's African territory
CATALONIA Asking Spain for
autonomy may carry its appeal to
the peace congress under the prn-
c.p.a of seIf-del.rmirauun Has long
been hntatI of rebellion iu Spain.
IRELAND Demand Tor self Eoy-
eminent by Irish may bo taken to
meet hy Slim ieIuar-. who would
make Ireland O free country
IINEMDlNG Annexation to
H.'eium may he proposed and APP
nr0NI ot nations asked l people of
luNam.urr and Belgium both de-.
sire Do Damages from Germany like
iy 'o Doe considered hy pelr. dele.
gates
LlMBlBG Proposal ha been