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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-13
u. S. STEEL HELMET
FLATTENS BULLET
AT 10-FOOT RANGE

CAMP MEADE, Nd, Jan. IA
test made of the q. S. helmets, the
bit OF millinery the sammies will
wear when they stroll across "No
Mans Land" shows that they are
well made for such a stormy trip
Colonel Darrah. Of the 3I4th Regi-
ment, who got one OF the helmets
from a Arm that Is making them for
the Government fred his army re-
volver at the helmet several times
at ten feet The bullets were Hat
tened out. the helmet undamaged. The
soldier head. which was assumed to
be under the Helmet was unscathed.
This means that IL win be useless for
a German to try to stop q charging
Sammte who happens to have his head
bowed low for the charge
In the bayOnet charge the rush
will be too sudden for the foes TO
have much chance to get the rife
IL action after the forces have lock
ed arms. II will be victory for the
man who knows how to put the steel
where it will do its work
The progress being made in this
bayonet work Is something that every
observer marvels at when he Is for
tunate enough to get a chance to
see II.
No helmets are being worn by the
men In drilling. for there 10 no need
for the headgear until near the front
At some of the French camps in the
grenade sham battles the helmets
are worn az a precaution against a
crack on the head by a heavy stone
or by an Iron dummy grenade"
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T.. ANDREWS.

mIssIuncIS Committee
[ and DTayage. and
L the Retail Merchants
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80, 454 GIRLS AND
BOYS LISTED IN
WORK ACTIVEL Y

When more than 10000 men OF the
District of Columbia registered for
service with Uncle Sans lighting
forces and later many of them left
their homes to enter active service.
patriotic fervor reached a high pitch
in the National Capital
Purer than any other is the pa
triotism in the public schools, for
there PATRIOTISM is noe cOnfounded
by isms, by doubts, by pacifist prOpa-
ganda, or by the ranting of the
Stacker.
What can VIC do for Uncle SAM
the school children wanted to know.
In the Junior Red Cross and in the
manual training and domestic science
departments. they found their an
swer. President Wilson issued a
proclamation calling for volunteers
for the Junior Red Cross.
33,454 Have Enrolled.
Today 3.454 school children OF the
District of Columbia are enrolled and
doing war work. Most of the Red
Cross workers are girls. but the boys
are doing their part. In addition TO
the Red Cross, more than 1000 boys
and young men in the schools in day
VI SAdSsNa ait preparing ~
serve Uncle Sam as radio operators,
engineers, pattern makers, drafts
men, forgers, and fighting men.
For every man registered for war
service In the District, there is a
school girl or boy at work doing his
or her BIT.
Erom five to ten hours every week
these, 33,454 girls and boys work at
making sweaters, comfort pillows.
hospital books, helmets, wristlets.
handkerchiefs. napkins, bandages,
surgical dressings, and supplies for
the Red Cross, and FIR the soldiers at
the training camps in America and in
Europe
The number Of articles already
made and delivered will run into the
thousands. and the movement is but
two months under way. Some OF the
schools did not organize their aux
iliartes until four weeks ago, but
they have made creditable showing.
Ninety AuxiIIarieN.
There ar in the District ninety
au1ilisries, each school being desig-
mated an auxiliary after il has COM
piled with the conditions.
To date nearly 81, 900 has been spent
on wool yarn and flannel for sweat
ers and comfort articles for the SOL
diers- The boys have done valiant
work In raising the funds for mate
rails.
All work is done voluntarily. None
OF IT is compulsory. The Willingness
or the pupils to do their bit and the
enthusiasm with which they go about
1t has caused their teachers to mar
web
lhese boys and girls start their
orh AND Stick TO it as II they
'hought theY were moving the world
and they are" declared Miss Anne
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NJ. Cooling, of Wilson Normal School,
chairman of. the Junior Red Cross
for the District of Columbia.
children Are Sobered.
No mOvaqent in years has had a
more sooefing influence on the chill
dren, the teachers say. Daily contact
with a serious situation; discussion
of its various phases among them
selves, and the fact that they are
an important factor in Americas &C
tivities has had a tendency to make
them serious minded.
Since beginning their war work,
the dihcipline and department in
nearly all of the schools has been
excellent. the principals say. II
their work did no more than that
it would be of inestimable value. is
their opinion.
Be4ore a school is admitted as an
auxiliary, a fund equal p % cents per
pupil must be raised. This has given
the inventive mind OF many a child
an opportunity for play.
One little patriot, a boy, was hard
put to IL to raise his quarter. He fl
nally nit upon n scheme. He had
often been reproved by his sister from
planting himself in the parloI when
her beau called. He agreed to alb
sent himself from the presence OF
the caller for a consideration OF
cent an evening. The beau called
twenty-five nights, and the lad col
lected. 1t is not related who paid
the debt
Some of the boys and girls earned
their quarter by washing dishes:
others by running errands for their
Families nd he
by delivering coal. Some OF the chill
dren stayed away fom the movies
until they had saved a quarter.
Amazing Results.
While all of the schools have reg
ular hours on specified days of the
week to be devoted to knitting and
sewing. many OF them take home
materials TO be worked on during
their leisure hours. The good results
have been amazing. since they
aroused interest at home and in some
cases the whole family has Joined
in the work.
In one OF the schools a group OF
boys and girls were working away,
some knitting, others sewing on COM
fort pillows, others shipping filler
cloth for the pillows, and others pre-
pairing Red CrosSsupplies. They were
ask ed:
IF you were not engaged in this
work, what would you be doing this
4 girl replied: well, We would be
out walking around, or at the movies,
or just hanging around
home"
\ boy replied: al usually spent my
time with other boys, playing games
or wondering what I cSAtId do to kill
time
Asked il they were losing interest
in their war work. a chorus Of voices
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cried. mo. we wish we had started it
long ago"
The teachers, with the aid OF the
Red Cross have connected the patrt
otto work OF the school girl and boy
in Washington with the need Of a
soldier boy in camp in America and
with the fighting forces in France.
Labor For the Absent.
These thousands OF boys and girls
are giving their labor for those they
will possibly never see, but it is a
common cause, and it is safe to say
that these Joung patriots know as
much of the true meaning Of the
phrase, "Save the world for .democ-
racy" as any of the grown-ups.
As they watched the boys execute
their military drills on the campus
and in the street. the girls OF Western
High wanted to know what they
could do to help along the war. In
the Junior Red Cross Auxiliary they
found the answer.
More than 200 Western High girls
registered in the auxiliary when II
was formed four weeks ago. Their
first shipment OF ten completed
sweaters. fifteen mufflers. big bum
dies OF wristlets. two-score OF hos
pltal comfort pillows. and dozens of
handkerchiefs. napkins, tray cloths,
and general Red Cross supplies was
turned in to headquarters last FRI
day.
Thirty other sweaters are being
knitted. and some OF them will be
completed this week.
During the holidays they made and
presented to the soldiers in nearby
training camps 5l4 Christmas gift
stockings.
Forty hospital books TO lend a bit
OF comfort and cheer to wounded sol
diers have been compiled. and others
will go forward shortly from West
e-n High Auxiliary.
For two hours each Thursday after
noon the girls remain to knit, to sew.
and TO snip. Scores OF the boys have
given of their time to aid in the
shipping of rags for stuffing the pill
lows.
Western Highs Officers.
The officers of the Western High
Auxiliary are: Miss Margaret Bell
Merrill. chairman: Miss Dean Rob
erts. treasurer: Miss Marion kutz.
secretary. Miss Mamie J. Mcknight
is in charge OF the knitters; Misses
Margaret ". Brewer and DorOthea
Sherman direct the making OF com
fort pillows and Miss Thomson di-
reefs the compiling OF the hospital
books. The sewing activities are UNI
der the direction OF Mrs. Theodore
Pupil. and Miss Bertha Guillaume is
in charge OF miscellaneous work.
Tech" High already has sent
full quota Of men to the colors. They
are to pc found in Industries engaged
ment in nearly every State of the ma
ton. and +. c. Daniel. the principal,
says he has requests daily for scores
of Tech" High boys from industrial
plants, from the navy yard. and from
other Government departments.
More than 700 boys are taking the
manual training at Tech" High.
Their first years course consists for
the most part of pattern making: the
second year Is devoted to forging. and
the third to work in the machine
shop.
This work equips them for manu-
featuring anything. made OF cast
metals that are used In the conduct
OF the war.
Two score of boys from Central and |
Tech shops are now at work at the ,
navy yard here on war work as ap- /
prentices, and credit has been given |
Tor the work done at school
Tech" High Is operated on the !
principle that an educational insti-
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BALTIMORE & OHIO R. R.
IMPORTANT SCHEDULE CHANGES
EFFECTIVE SUNDAY, jan. isR

No change in departures Of
through trains from Washington
west.
For Philadelphia and New York
Leave Washington: 1928 night,
sleeping cars; 80 a; NJ: $50 \.
N. loo P. n. 500 p NJ. and 5
dining cars; 5:15 p. NJ. for Phila-
delphia-
Local Trains for Baltimore
No. IO-LeavinK Washington
I:I5 \. M-DISCONTINUED
No. I46-Leaves Washington
So \ NJ instead OF $50 A NJ.
No. TS-Leaves Washington 1880
\. VI. instead Of 10 \. NJ
No. s5s-' saturday only leaving
Washington l:20 p. M.-DISCoN-
30. 6G-Leaying Washington
500 p. M-DISCONTINUED INo.
cat 500 T. NJ will stop at
Laurel and Savage.
No. l5S-LeSves Washington
$50 p. NJ instead 5:15 T. VI
No. I6+-Leayes Washington
$50 p. VI. instead 500 T. VI.
metropolitan Branch
No. 5I-CFormerly No. 35) leaves
Washington 2:2O p NJ. instead
1898 I. NJ. Runs through to Stras-
burg Jet. instead OF to Frederick
Connection for Frederick at Wash
ington Junction.
No. 1T--I.eaVes Washington $40
p. NJ. instead $500 p. NJ
No. 6;-Leaves Washington 5:i2
=. VI. instead sos T. NJ
No. G0-I.eaVes Washington I:2O
y. NJ instead T:OJ p NJ
W. +. GALLOWAY.
Passenger Traffic Manager.
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WE ARE IN WAR
TOEND,' LANSING
TELLSLAWYERS

NEW YORK. Jan. 1j.-Secretary
Lansinss speaking before the New
York State Bar Association last
light. with Ambassador Jusserand OF
france among the guests. said:
I'VE are in this war as a republic
20 the very end l bring you a mes
-iage OF good cheer from the National
'apital In Washington there is
;heerfulness and confidence" he was
enthusiastically allauded.
Ambassador Jusserand. speaking in
the same spirit OF confidence, re-
ceived an ovation when he finished
his masterlN address. He spoke OF
peace, predicting. however, '-the days
work Is not finished, though the dawn
OF the morrow is not now far on" He
warned that this nation. now speak
ing much OF conditions of peace.
should not pay so much attention to
the word peace as to the word con-
ditions.'"
Must Win Conditions.
1--WE have to win these" he said.
They will not be offered US as
gift by the Gestroyers OF Rheims and
Louvain, the invaders OF Serbia, the
slaughterers of Armenians. From
Belfort to the sea the watch is kept;
the Belgian, the British, the French,
the American armies are not only -un-
defeated, but on the move.s1- a.,
while the enemy fiatters himself.
in his lust of destruction, that he may
have bIed white one or the other
OF us, il turns out thai We have
extra divisions 10 sDara that we
can onferJ helping hand to a dear
friend south OF US, undergoing tenn
porary troubles
Must Finish Work.
"But we have to finish our work,
and to finish il well. so that il need
never To be done again"
President Wilson's statement anent
pleased Jusserand.
who likened II to a declaration of
Washington (which will be engraved
till the end OF time in every French
heart"
He was laudatory OF Americas re-
Spouse to the war call. praising, the
sacrifices made and tie help in men
and materials already given.
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FREIGHT MOVING
WEEK TO GETFULL
SUPPORT IN D. c.

Freight-moving week. set aside by
Director General of Railroads McAdoo
in an effort to clean up the freight
congestion in al! parts of the country.
is called to the attention OF Washing
ton by 4. T. Andrews, chairman Of
Commissioner Brownlow's committee
on freight and Jrayage in a proclama-
ton issued today.
The proclamation follows:
As chairman of Commissioner
Brownlow's committee on freight and
drayage, and as president OF the Re
tail Merchants Association, / would
call the attention Of all shippers and
receivers of freight in the District OF
Columbia. that tomorrow, Monday. Jan
uary II, 1918. starts the beginning Of
Freight Moving Week.
Paramount Importance.
1t is OF paramount Importance that
we OF the National Capital should
take the lead in cleaning up ter
minals of every character and kind.
The situation is such that our fellow
citizens will find themselves wanting
for very many things IL we. the ship
fIS anu NOuSA httss W. li'N PfA A'l III
our whole duty in moving freight
promptly on arrival
Steps are now under. way tn faCili-
tate the movement Of freight. and IL
is of special Importance that con-
signces should realize their personal
responsibility in the matter. Freight
terminals will be open between the
hours OF . u. IN. and p. M. for the
receiving of freight, and between the
hours OF : a. m. and , p. IN. for the
delivery OF freight. Pursuant to the
recommendations already adopted by
your committee. cousiGnees must hold
themselves in readiness to receive
freight between the hours Of a. IN.
and . p. M.
Now up To COnSIEnecS.
The world no longer has patience
to contemplate the passing OF the
buck" II matters not whose fault il
Is II we blame the railroads we are
now blaming our own Government.
We cannot do that. Director General
william q. McAdoO Will do his full
duty. II is now up to the consignees
TO do theirs by moving the freight I'M
mediateIy on arrival.
To this end IL is Of the utmost i'm
POrtance that the heads-the very
heads, not the subalteTns-sh should
make a personal trip to the railroad
terminals aud see that their freight
Is being moved ON arrival
We of the National Capital must set
the example for freight moving
week" that starts tomorrow morning.
Yours very truly,
-. II. T.. ANDREWS.
Chairman rntssi"ners' COMMITTEE
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tuition, like an Industrial plant. is the
loser when it closes down overnight.
Therefore. Tech" High is operating
on practically a twenty four-hour
schedule. With the close Of day ses-
sions. evening classes begin.
The radio classes. held i've nights
of each week. have already enrolled
more than 100 young men of Wash
ington who are being trained for
wireless operators for Uncle Sam.
The radio operators are either en-
listed men now assigned to duty in
the various war departments of the
Capital or registered men who are
preparing for radio service when
drafted. L. VI. Hero=. of Tech. is
Instructor.
Another night class that has at
tracted 100 students is the machine
shop course. 4 large percentage OF
the young men taking this instruc-
ton are employed at the navy yard.
They are now seeking to broaden
their industrial education and better
equip themselves for serving Uncle
sam by attending the night school
Tor machinists and pattern makers.
rev people in Washington, par
ticularly those who have moved here
during recent months. appreciate the
great opportunities afforded by our
free night schools" Mr. Daniel told
The Times representative
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-24
IMPROVE WATERWAYS

In the city of New York, people have
been found frozen to death in their homes,
and the death-rate from pneumonia has
mounted higher than ever before. In Phil
adelphia, the city health officer says there
was illness in ten thousand homes because
of lack of coal. In Boston, when it was re.
ported that barges containing coal were to
arrive, long lines of people stood on the
streets all night in the bitter cold, hoping
to share in the distribution But in
trouble was not lack of coal but lack OF
transportation facilities, and all of this suf-
fering might have been avoided, if The
waterways of the United States had zen
utilized, as they should have been.
In the bill TO provide for government
operation of the transportation system of
the country, section 6 provides for the
establishment of what is called ''revolv-
ing fund.- of five hundred million .'ptlars,
the last paragraph of that section reading
as follows:
From said revolving fund the president
may expend such amount as he may deem
necessary or desirable for the purchase,
construction, utilization or operation Of
boats, barges, tugs and other transporta-
ton facilities on the inland and coastWi5e
waterways and may in the acquis;t'~n
operation and use of such facilities c.,e'e
or employ such agencies and enter into
such contracts and agreements as he shall
deem in the public interest
This section is very important in the in
terest of river Improvement and in rem
forcing the transportation system 1t will
provide means for utilizing the rivers so
far as they have been improved, and an OBJ
ject lesson will be given that will create
new interest in river improvement
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of even this commodity is becoming
perilously short. Austria is admitted
ly in greater danger of starvation.
With the operation of the Ameri-
can embargo on food shipments to neu-
trail countries the scandinavian peo-
pies are in such straits that Denmark
is killing off its cattle to supply inn
mediate needs, disresardiug the future
Denmark relies almost entirely on its
Dairy products for sustenanCe, and
such action ranks with killing the
goose that laid the golden egg.
Without aid from America It is
authoritatively stated THAT Holland
will be forced TO enter the war on the
German side merely as a matter of
self-preservatiou. Finland is living
mainly on bark bread
On top of all this the labor strikes
IN Argentina threaten to cut off the
grain supply of England and France.
leaving the support OF those countries
entirely to the United States and Can
ada.
knowledge is power, and a reali
zation of our perilous situation should
not weaken our effort, but help us to
overcome 1t. Forewarned IS fore
armed. Save food, while there is some
to save
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-24
~ &
LABOR AND WAR

The committee on Public Information
has made public the report of the Presi-
dents Mediation Commission, of which
Secretary of Labor William B. Wilson is
chairman, appointed to inquire into dis
turbed industrial conditions in the copper
region of Arizona, the timber district OF
the Pacific Northwest, the oil fields of
Southern California, the packing industry
centres OF Chicago and various other
scenes of labor unrest which has given the
government anxiety lest the dimunition of
the supply of basic materials hamper the
war program.
Emphasis is given the statement that
there has been too little publicity OF in
educative sort in regard to labor's relation
to the war. and plea is made for fuller
understanding. Labor has most at stake
in this war, and it will eagerly devote its
all If only treated with confidence and un-
derstanding, subject neither to indulgence
nor to neglect, but dealt with as part of
the citizenship of the State" the report
saws.
The overwhelming mass of the laborinp
population is in no sense disloval. Before
the war labor was. of course. filled with
pacific hopes shared by the entire country.
But, like other portions of citizenship. la
Dor has adjusted itself to the new facts re-
vealed by the European war Its suffering
and its faith are the suffering and the faith
or the nation. With the exception OF the
sacrifices of the men in armed service the
greatest sacrifices have come from those at
the lower rung of the industrial ladder.
Wage increases respond last to the needs
Of this class of labor, and their meagre re-
turn are hardly adequate. in view of the in
creased cost of living, to maintain er>G their
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-24
FACE THE FACTS.

Hvsteria Is not calculated TO de-
velop a Country's greatest strength.
hut this does not mean that we should
ca iole ourselves into a false compla-
cency that everything is alright
Whether Il be long or short this
war Is going to demand our supremes:
effort. If ii be short the victory will
be the greater. for It will have cost
less. If il is protracted we shall doubt
less pass through times Of darkness
and uncertainty, wnen every ounce OF
courage will he needed to keep our
purpose cteadfast
IF it is long. other than purely mil
itarv elements will enter into the sit
nation. ard The greatest Of these will
undoubtedly be our food supply. Pre-
cautions are being taken by the gov
eminent to conserve food. but the reg
ulations are mostly voluntary, and we
do not know what war rations are.
Unless we cooperate WE shall know.
soon enough, for the need IS there and
a law may ba enforced where a simple
request failed Recently compiled sta
ttstics show that the corn crop was
cver-estimated and that much of II IS
rotttng either through lack of cars, or
speculation by owners, Only one
fourth the normal yield of beef Is IN
sight for this year. and only one half
m pork products and vegetable oils,
Abroad. the situation IS graver still
Hindenburg's id.e assertion that Ger
many would need no food on April
1st, because they would be IN Paris
is probably Kultur's idea of an April
Fools Test, but nation cannot live
On promises and the German supply
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The Spectator
SPLENDID COOPERATION.

A fine public spirit is manifest in
the voluntary assistance given by the
Engineers Society of Escanbia county
TO tie Board of County commissioners
in planning the paved road to the
station.
To insure the judicious expenditure
of tho money available for the pur-
rose it is imperative that expert ad-
vice be q the disposal of the Commits
sioners. for building a concrete roSd
and obtaining full value for the money
spent involves technical problems
with which no layman can be ex-
pected to cope. The society knew
this and offered the assistance of its
individual members in drawing the
plans and specifications. In doing 50
it rendered a distinct service to the
county and deserves the thanks OF
every citizen who has the public in
terost at heart.
The Engineering Society Of Fscam-
tia county Is a new organization, but
It's value is not measured in years. and
its public spirit is worthy of emulation