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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-05-17

Garfield, Helen Alice. ..... Spokane
Eaton. Marcia Elizabeth Waitsburg
Emerson, Nellie Audrey 3D.. Pullman
Engelson, Grace Margreta Almira
Gleason, Elya Catherine. ......
...... ........P Port Townsend
Heathman, Jessie Ellen. 49,. Almira
Mccormick. Margaret Emma 800.
..... ,... ...... Mt. Vernon
Mari, Mary Helen ........ Spokane
Quarels, Ruth Ellen ....... Pullman
Shook, Mary Elizabeth ..... Spokane
Smith. Charlotte Robinson. ....
,..., 800. 800. Waterloo, Iowa
Weaver, Virginia HOyt. ........
...... .......... LatrObe, Penn.
Weeks, Elizabeth Laura .......
..........,G Great Falls, Mont.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-05-17

girls will compete in two classes,
senior and junior.
Three ribbon prizes will be award
ed in each of the 33 events, the rib
bon having been donated by the EN-
erson Mercantile company. the
Greenawalt-Fol company and the
Penny store. while The Pullman Her
aid will donate the printing. A
large attendance is desired, the par
ents of the contestants being especi-
ally invited. The various divisions,
and the events to be included in each
division, are as follows:
Senior class-100-yard dash, 220-
yard dash. 50-yard dash, shot put,
high jump, broad jump, hurdle race,
baseball throw.
Junior class-1OO-yard dash, So
yard dash, 25-yard dash hurdles,
broad jump, high jump.
mediate-10O-yard dash, so
yard dash, 25-yard dash, broad
jump, high jump, hurdles.
Midget-50-yard dash, 25-yard
DASH 25-yard dash, broad jump.
Girls
Senior-25-yard dash, 50-yard
DASH 100-yard dash, hurdles, broad
jump, high jump. baseball throw.
Junior-25-yard dash 50-yard
dash broad jump.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-05-17

This office prints butter wrappers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-28

dispatch today
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-28
GIRL
BECOMES REGULAR
WELLESLEY SAINT

WELLESLEY, Mass. June 2s.-Miss
Margaret Howe, eighteen years old.
Of Philadelphia, has won distinction
in becoming a member OF the "Welles-
ley College Saints" the most sought
for organization In the school. other
new members are Miss Alma Patton,
Of Paterson, y. j.. and Miss Virgin
Alcock, Of Baltimore.
The requirements are stringent
enough to make most Eiris-even
Wellesley College Eirls-give up in
despair, yet ten seniors met all the
amazing requirements and have been
admitted
First. candidate must look like a
pre- RaphGelite anEei. Then comes
the question. Are you a mission
study leader?
With these two obstacles out OF the
way. according to tn" LeEenda, the
college paper. the applicants are
given this list OF requirements to
measure up TO:
You must be nice to shy little girls:
you must turn in your papers pune
tually and with a Cherubic smile; you
must like everybody: you must treat
everybody as n she were your best
friend. YOU must walk on tiptoe to
preserve quiet: you must have
placid disposition; you must have a
pleasant look; you must go to church;
you must be kind to YOUR roommate
and have a soulful look.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-28

will upset the street railway schedule
of Washington TO a considerable de-
gree. and will require complete revis-
ion OF the program Mr.. Beeler made
for opening and closing Government
departments so that the peak" loads
upon the car lines could be distribut-
ed over longer periods morning and
afternoon. The staggered hour pro-
gram had not become a reality, be
cause Government departments and
bureaus were slow in adopting the
hours proposed for them.
The BorIand scheme is going to
stagger all Government institutions
in such a way as TO put further
strain upon the street railway lines
in adjusting themselves TO the new
hours OF work. In some OF the de-
partments a referendum vote OF en-
ployes is being taken as to whittier
they wish to begin work at $3.50
o'clock in the morning. stopping at 5
o'clock in the afternoon, or to begin
at o o'clock and stop at $50.
Home life. business life, office life
all must be readjusted under the i'm
position OF the proposed additional
hour OF work. Employees OF those
departments now reporting for work
at $50 o'clock have advantages over
those reporting at 0 o'clock in md
ing less crush in street cars when
they start TO work. but IL other de-
partments join this hour the crush
will grow greater. With revision OF
the Government working hours must
come revision in the car schedule and
revision OF the opening and closing
hours in business establishments.
The Washington merchant, under
the eight hour law OF the District
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-28
SON SENDS LETTER
AFTER DATE Of
REPORTED DEATH

PHILADELPHIA. June 2s--war
dispatches report the death OF Private
Edwin A. Gowen. OF l2OS North
Eighteenth street. who was serving
with Pershing's forces IN France. but
Governs mother does not believe the
ispatCheS-quIte.
She is still hoping. against every
thing the Government and newspapers
tell her. that her son still lives. She
clutches eagerly at the fact that in
one report the name was mispelled.
Last Friday the first news came that
Private Gowen had died Of disease
on April ?. The following day let
ter came to the soldiers family from
France. dated April L., in which
Private Woven said he was wen. Mrs
Governs bravcly tells that her son
was very careful to date his letters
correctly, and that there must be
some 41istake. since he was evident
ly living on April I2. nine days after
the War Department had declared
him dead
Private Gowen enlisted in the quar-
termaster's corps on December 4. and
was trained for the service at Camp
MeiFs. Washington lie sailed for
France early in January. and. accord
ing to letter received reccn ~ by
his brother in this city. was assigned
to drive an armored truck in sup
ply train.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-28

something would have TO be done. His
knowledge of the Washington street
car situation is so valuable that the
Government will no doubt wish his
advice and help.
Mr.. Beeler and his assistants have
been at work for weeks upon a plan
Of rearranginE schedules OF the
Washington railways, through re.
routing of cars, that will alleviate the
jammed condition OF cars in the rush
hours of the day. 1t has long been
apparent TO Washington people that
while Mr. Beeler's skip-stop program
went far toward bringing people from
their homes to their offices and work,
shops in quicker time, no plans have
yet been DEVISED OF adding a suf-
hcient number of cars on certain lines
to relieve the inhuman and even
worse jams that people have to sub
nit to every morning and every aft
ernoon. The Capital Traction Com
pany, which has shown a cordial
Willingness to cooperate with Mr..
Beeler in any plan OF beneft to the
public, will exert its energies in car
rying out reroutinR that will trans
fer cars to congested points al the
r%Sht time.
a reroutinE plan for the Washing
Railway and Electric Company. care
fully made UP some weeks ago by the
Beeler staff. has not received the sp-
proval OF that comany. and hangs fire
until the Utilities Commission takes
the problem up. as il will have to do.
BoFIaRd and Staggered Hours.
The Borland eiEht-hour amendment,
II II should become law through the
signing of the bill by the President,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-28

has had great difficulty in opening
and closing his place OF business so
that the Government clerks might
have opportunity to make their pur-
chases. He will again be up against
Il, II Borland wins. Homes. board
ing houses. restaurants, domestic
servants, all elements and all classes.
viii have TO readjust as they did to
the daylight savings law and to many
other conditions that have arisen
since the war started.
Ar. Beeler is today getting a
glimpse OF the possibility that a con-
siderable portion OF the details OF
his street railway work here will
have to be overhauled, thereby keep
ing him in this city much longer
than he had originally planned.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-28
GOVERNMENT
MAY BUILD
! CAR TRACKS
! IN THIS CITY
~ BILL PRICE.

High officials Of the War and Navy
Departments, In conjunction with Of
aeials of the housing bureau Of the
Department Of Labor. are working
cut important plans for additional
street car. trackage that will take
care Of the colonies OF Government
employees in the Potomac Park section
and In the vicinity Of Sixth and B
streets northwest
Il has become clear to the two
aRhting departments Of the Govern
ment that the congestion OF humanity
N the dozens OF big temporary build
iags in Potomac Park and south of
the Avenue, around Sixth, Seventh,
and Four-and -a-half streets, must be
pFovided With better transportation
facilities, GAd to get these the Gov
eminent viii probably have to provide
tha money.
Until the conclusion Of the war,
when all these buildings will be~tern
doEn, this congestion will increase.
Additional buildings for the War and
Navy Departments and independent
Government bureaus are still going
up. Ali that region Of the park west
81 Seventeenth street, as far as
Twentieth, and from c street to and
above New York avenue, makes up q
nRnorama of its own. with the music
ef~hammsr and saw never ceasing.
Total May Ne 16yOoa-
By next fall it is estimated that
5000 Government employees will be
working in these buildings, while in
the Sixth street section there will be
1000 employees, close to so per cent
o. all the employees OF the Govern
Wm2AN
Except for the construction of the
SinetNenth street line OF the Capital
Traction road. planned before the war
Ter the beneft OF visitors to Potomac
Park, no additional transportation
facilities are offered these clerks
They walk by thousands 10 the near
est streets or avenues upon which
rSgulAT lines run. In winter weather
the walking is not pleasing. II is
neeeSsary TO make the clerks as con-
tented as possible il they are to be
kept here.
IT is recognized by Government Of
heiaiS that il is not fair to require
The existing railway lines to build
additional tracks, because OF the tenn
poFAry nature of the work and the
Buildings. The relief needed can
come only through the Government
Plans, the details OF which are only
vaguely known. contemplate Govern
neHt construction OF such additional
OaekGge 81 will be required and the
4aHing of this trackage to existing
car lines under such terms as may be
considered fair. The $4,000, 900 hous-
Ing bill recently passed by Congress
confers ample authority on the Presi-
deaf to provide public utilities in
keeping with the needs of the Gov
SrAaent.
Heeler's Advice Asked.
Officials are understood to have
called John A Beeler. the traffic ex-
pert, into consultation about the new
plans, hut Mr.. Beeler today declared
that he vas not in position to talk
about street ear matters now before
aim He admitted that his study Of
congestion In the sections of the city
mentioned indicated to him that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-28
ASYLUM FUGITIVE CAUGHT.

Escaping early today from 81.
EIizabeths Hospital for the Insane,
where. he was being held for mental
observation, ]. Edward Holt, Of Kim
ball. Neb.. was apprehended at the
Treasury building.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-28
oAMaoscH AND BAND SAIL.

NEW YORK. June est became
known today thtat Walter Damrosch.
conductor OF the New York Symphony
Orchestra. sailed for France on Sat
urday with an orchestra OF nfty men
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-28
LAeoRITEs 10 REMAIN.

LONDON. June 2S.-Labor members
Of the British cabinet have decided
that no action Is necessary as a result
Of their party voting to dissolve the
political truce. II had been thought
the laborite ministers would resign.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-28
FoUa KILLED IN AIR RAID.

AMSTERDAM. June 2s.-Four per-
sons were killed and twelve injured IN
the allied air raid over Saarbrueken
on Tuesday. according 10 a Berlin
dispatch today.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-19
rHE spEclAL sEesI0N

For the same reason that a special session of the legislature was held in 1s1s when troops from this state were on the Mexican border. another spe- eial session of the general assembly, will be held today, This time our soi- diers are in training camps or on the firing line in France.
 For the puFpose of providing the machinery which will be necessary to allow them to vote in the fall election this session is called. It should neces- sarily be short. With this oae matter before them there Is no need of the legislators occupying more than one day to do what is required, and upon that matter there ought to be no great difference of opinion.
 Everyone in the state recognizes the service which the soldiers and sailors of Connecticut are rendering. It isn't necessary to state that it will be i'm possible for them to get to their home towns to east their ballots. That is thoroughly understood, So that it be- comes necessary to provide against a loss of their vote because they are en- gagged in national service. To deprive
 them of the right of suffrage would be an unwaranted hardship and Con- necticut cannot tolerate such an in- justice. It is therefore of the greatest importance that the state should ar range for the taking of this vote and inasmueh as the men are so widely scattered time is going to be required for preparation to meet the situation That the members of the general as. sembly will recognize their duty ant accomplish it speedily is the expecta. tion of their constituents.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-19
THE HIGHWAY TO THE suRMA'
 RlNE BASE.

When 1t comes to standing Loyalty by the government and giving it the as- sistance which 1t needs and which it calls for, Connecticut has never been delinquent It has far exceeded it's quota of enlisted men, it has met all the requirements of the draft law and it has more than done it's part flnan-A cially whenever appeal has been made.
 For some time past the government has been developing it's submarine base on the Thames. There is large body of men stationed at that point and q small army of workmen are enn- ployed there developing the base for the accommodation of far greater numbers. This means that every pos sible facility for getting to that point should be provided.
 Last year in response to the govern ment's appeal a modern highway was built to the base from Groton. It was a long needed improvement and of great help to the motor truck service which is necessary in order to get supplies to the base, but in the utiii- ration thereof it is to be remembered that the inconVeniences of ferry ser vice have to be encountered. Under the existing conditions when the ferry is more likely not to run than it is to run a great amount of traffic along the shore line highway in both iirec- tions, as well as that to the base, is forced to come to this city in order to get over the Thames.
 The one great objection to this is the wretched highway between Norwich and the submarine base. That road is and has for long time been in deplor- able condition. The need of new high way there is apparent for normal travel as one trip over it will disclose but with the increased travel caused by the development of the base 1t is as important that this stretch of the road should be modernized as it was that the section from the base to Gro ton should be rebuilt. When that jot was done it was evident, and it is more so now, that the requirements were only partially met.
 This is a much used highway, but fl would get greater use if the stretch between the. base and this city wa: put lhtO sHdpe. HIS improvement which Is now asked is seriously needed by Uncle Sam as well as southeast srE- Connecticut and having re- sponded to such requirements in tn past 1t is vital that Connection through it's highway departmen should overcome this handicap. Tn quicker 1t can be done the greate will he fhe assistapca ta fhe 7nver,, ment in it's development at the maya station. To permit such an importan thoroughfare to remain in it's presen condition is a disgrace not only t this section but to the entire state.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-19
YOUNG MEN FOR FARMING

When President Wilson appeals to all boys in the country over the age Of l6 who are not permanently employ ed to enroll in the United Boys Work ing Reserve there can be no question but what he is aiming at bringing to the governments aid at this time a large army of young men in the vigor of youth who can be of inestimable value in overcoming the farm labor shortage.
 This week has been set aside for the enfoliment of such a force, by the de- partment of labor, and in his letter en- dorsfng the plan President Wilson sayH: T sincerely hope that the young men 0f the country of IS years of age and over not permanently employed and especially the boys in our high schools. will enter heartily into this Wer8 and join the Boys Working Re- serve fin erder that they may have the privilege, for such 1 believe it to be of Spsndz1g their spare time in a productive enterprise which will cer. 1zinly aid the nation to win the wal by increasing the means of providing for the forces at the front and for tn, maintenance of those whose service. are 60 much needed at home"
 While 1t must be realized that ther, is less probability this year of youn, men of such ages going through tn summer without getting employmen of some kind or other than there migh be under normal conditions. there ar unquestionably hundreds of thousand who would prefer the healthful out door work on the farm to that of tn factories, and it should be remembere, thaa their help in the production 0
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-19
THE BENEFIT FROM RUSSIA.

There appears to be some question as to how great will be the immediate results which Germany will get from the grabbing of Russian territory. It will be able of course to benefit from tho railroad equipment which has been ceized and from other supplies which can be used in the conduct of the war, but the great need of the central pow CTS at the present time is food and much had been expected from the win ming over of the Ukraine to a separate peace. That being one of the most fertile sections of Russia it was an- ticipated that it would provide just what was wanted, that large supplies of grain would be forthcoming at once and that Germany and Austro- Hun gary would get the relief which they have been seeking for so long.
 When, however. the press of Ger many tells the people not to expect too much right away from the Ukraine and that much political unrest pre- vails there still, it would appear to in- dicate that disappointment Is being felt over the immediate benefits whict are going to be obtained.
 The Ukrainians are apparently looking out for themselves first ant are not giving up their food just fol the sake of being good fellows. and such may be taken as one explanation for the pushing on to Odessa and Nj kolayev, the big navy yard of th' Black sea. which will open up the wa. to new wheat fields and rich farm lands from which large supplies ough to be obtained within short time 1 none is found there in storage. It evident therefore that plans are beinI | ent.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-19

such invocation, the kaiser limiting the God of War alone. It has been reserved for a wo- man, none other than Fraulein Elsie von Hindenburg. daughter of Field Marshal von Hindenberg, to link the name and attributes of Jesus Christ with thesGerman cause. According to the authority of the New York Even ing Sun, a member of the society of the "Friends of German Democracy" received as a Christmas card from Fraulein von Hindenburg these origi- nal verses: , Christ Jesus gave His life for me.
 From every debt I am now free;
 He has procured His Fathers favor, He has become my gracious Saviour. He to the hayonet thrust gives vigor, The joy to aim, to pull the trigger.
 My aid is Jesus, that know
 On to the Foe! On to the Foel
 If the perverted sentiment expressed in these atrocious lines are to any ex- tent significant of the general feeling of the women of Germany--if the utter unbecomingness of the lines as 8 Christmas message, and the exeerable taste that could so use them, would be, approved by any number as their author evidently epproves-then, in- deed, has Germany made of herself an outcast among the civilized peoples of the world. What bond of synpa- thy. what community of interest can exist between those who would sub scribe to these savage sentiments and those others who, at least at the Christmas season, attune their hearts
 to thoughts of Peace on Earth-Good Will to Men! Not even LissaueFs Hymn of Hate lets in upon the soul of Germany 50 searching light as do these lines and their employment by woman who would in Germany pre- sumably be considered an exponent oi gentle breeding.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-19
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
How Each Can Help.

MT. Editor: War has been declared. The call to arms is being answered by the youth of the country.
 Conservation is the iivest word of our language at this time of the na- don's crisis. There is great work for us who are left behind to do. The question is. Are wo doing our bit 5 Nearly hundred of our boys have gone from the town of Griswold al- ready, and no one knows how many more are to follow. We are approach ing tho time of the year that recalls to us how our Heavenly Father gave
 His Only Son that we might live Then at this time let us not forget the many mothers who have given their sons that We might live and have our liberty. free from the mailed fist of the Prussiar- monarch. I have asked the question before, are we do- ing our bit? We may have made mis- takes before, But let us stop now. and insist that what we do now will count for something. A few weeks ago the town voted $100 for an honor roll
 board. Stop and consider what that
 will mean. It means just now about ! one dollar man and the more that | goes the less the amount will be that you honored each with.
 | If we are to have an honor roi board let us have one that we will
 be proud of, one that will be a. mem. orial. There is another way in which l you can do your bit. Write to tho boy. once in 8 while There is nothin,
 like letter from home. Send them
 smilege book as an Easter greeting They cost only one dollar and con