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The Washington herald., 1918-08-17
'1fs Uncle's."
BY EDMUND VANCE COOKE.

I came to mill by the riverside;
1t was longer than ever and twice as wide,
And wanted to purchase pound of nails,
But the sign on the office said No sales
The Trust has succumbed to the Higher Powers;
We own this mill, but it ism. ours;
It's Uncles."
went to the train and the engineer
Wore high, white hat and he did look queer!
But he also wore swallow-taied coat,
With striped pantaloons that would get your goat
And he .winked as he whistled his little "Toot!
Tootr
And said "The railroad goes with the suit;
It's Uncle's."
I went to Central to put In a call
And hardly knew where / was at ALL
For the old operator taking nap
And the new one had Miss Columbias cap,
And she pushed in a plug and ratified key;
If there's any live wire on the land" said she,
It's Uncle's."
l went to the Yard, where the pro6teers
Were raking in shekels on stocks and steers
And ! said You're little bit out of STYLE"
But they answered, Leave us alone a while;
For at any hour we may have to say,
It's Unce's."
! went to heaven. The jasper walls -,
And one Of them said, with her brow a-swcat,
(And she looked lot like farmerette)' .
The new man said that it wouldn't do,
So we're fixing the old place up like new;
It's Uncle's." rf -.... -
! went to the only place left "I know -.
One place Uncle Sammy will never eop
So / sought said place, but the way was barred
By the kaisers as nephew, standing guard,
And he said, GO away from herel macht schnelI!
When you bead Us on erd, Why We got HE'LL
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The Washington herald., 1918-08-17
'This Must Be the Beginning
OF New Life for the Nation"
ny the REV. CHARLES srELzLE.

~hIAr cA6LLLESs
own househoid-untn the boys be-
gan to go.
Community life has at last founs
itself Neighborliness had almoSt
died out
But now--women working Al th.
Red Cross. men uniting for liberty
loan drives. boys and giris getting
together for the sale Of war snvinrs
stamps. Scout work, campfire drills
and everybody busy in war gardens
these have put patriotic and civic
life into the town And it will not
die when the war ends.
II this war is being fought ito
make the world safe for democracy"
and II fathers have given their
sons for this cause. can you marine
these fathers being careless with
the thing for which their sons gave
their liyes7
They must become not only bet
ter citizens In this democracy, but
better fathers, better husbands.
better workmen. better churchmen,
better neighbors.
And II the death OF the boy, az
the front should result in a pro
founder belief in a life after death
If the common people should be-
come Inspired with the hope OF
resurrection in which all wroprs
shall be righted and all sorrow heal
ed, this alone would atone for
much Of the sacrifice and suffering
Of the boys in the trenches
The Washington herald., 1918-08-17

Announcement is made by the Ord
nance Department Of the designation
Of Col. John T. Thompson. L. $. A.
retired, as supervisor Of manufactur-
ing arsenals, vice Col. S. Z. Blunt, L.
s. A., retired. Along with his new
duties Col. Thompson will continue TO
serve as advisory engineer TO me
Chief OF Ordnance. Col. Thompson
was in charge of the development OF
the L. S. model 1917 rifle and saw this
model through to quantity production.
Up to July %, 1915, a total OF ], 10y 80
rifles Of this type had been produced
inspected and accepted.
Court-martial order No. y relates 10
the trial of Lieut.. 0unior grade) I'D
Donald Mcdonald. L. S. Navy. OF the
L. S. S. New Jersey, on the charge
of drunkenness. The court acquitted
him of the charge which was ap-
proved by the convening authoflty'
subject to certain remarks concerning
Irregularities in the record, wnlcn ola
not invalidate the proceedings
No. IS relates to Ensign Charles A.
Nelson L, S. \. r. F., tried on May
~
ton, The court found the specifica-
ton proved in part and the accused
guilty in a lesser degree, guilty CT
absence from station and duty with
out leave" He was sentenced to dis
missal and Imprisonment for one year,
which sentence was approved on June
IL and confirmed by the President on
June 13.
Enlisted men and officers Of the
division OF military aeronautics sho
the bureau OF aircraft producCor
hereafter will be referred to as NOM
bers OF the air service.
|, John II. Ryan will be titled dTeIt to
OF aircraft production and MAJ. w. l.
Kenly will be director of nit al,
aeronautics.
The health department Of the Do
minican Republic, which has been re-
organized, and which is now under the
control of the Navy Department IL
the immediate charge OF a medica
ofiicer Of the u. s. Navy, issues q
weekly bulletin for the purpose Of dis
The Washington herald., 1918-08-17
MONUMENT PROGRAM
FOR COMING WEEK

The program OF entertainment
conducted by the District OF Colum-
bia War Camp Community Service
on the east slope OF the Washing
ton Monument for the week, fol-
lows:
Monday. 1880 p. m.-Concert by
the Fort Myer Band; p. m. Com
munity sing led by Prof. Peter
Dykema, of the War Camp Service:
$40 p. m.-Motion pictures, Doug
las Fairbanks in THE Mann from
Painted Post"
Wednesday. 1880 p. m.-Concert
by the Navy Yard Band. p. m.-
Community sing led by Prof. Dyke
ma. $40 p. m.-Motion pictures,
Marguerite Clark in 'Bab's Diary"
Friday, 1880 p. m.-Concert by the
Engineers Band from Washington
Barracks. s p. m.-Community sing
led by Prof. Dykema. $40 p. m.-
Motion pictures. Mary Pickford in
THE Little American"
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! Army and Nay yNysss% Neysss%s:
.1Zn-...@.-.AA
Best Service Column in tie Civ

seminating information with regard
to the incidence of disease in the re-
public, the causes of death. new laws
and regulations pertaining TO the pub
lie health, and other matters Of local
or general interest The bulletin is
issued principally to health officers
and other officials, but in only a very
limited sense is 1t adapted to general
distribution for educational purposes
among the laity.
Five colonies Of engineers have b'sn
transferred from Their present duties
t. rex ,nents at Camp Forest, Ga. as
follows: Col. Spencer Cosby. to the
2O9th Engineers; Col. Robert S.
Thomas. to the 2I3th Engineers, and
Col. Glen r. Edgerton. to the 2l4th
Engineers.
Other engineer officers assigned 10
the same regiments are: Majs. Paul
S. Reinecke and Dabney o. Elliot, 10
the 2o9th Engineers: Mai. Harrison
Erand, jr.. to the 2IOth Engineers: Maj.
George J. Richards. to the 2l2th In
gineers: Maj. A. p. Cronkite, 70 the
2lSth Engineers; Mai. Paul A. HOds-
son. 10 the Nth Engineers. and Maj.
Richard U. Nicholas. TO the 2lith En-
gineers.
Service stripes have been sug-
gested for the navy. There should
be no distinction made contend on
cials between the man who
serves time on the land front and
on the sea front The French navy
allows service stripes for active
service. one stripe for the first year
and one stripe for each successive
six months. The oficers and sailors
I feel that the American navy should
adopt the same plan.
The new colonels who have been
/ promoted from Northumberland
| in the judge advocates generals
office of the War Department sc-
cording to an announcement OF the
War Department are as follows:
Henry NJ Morrow, Blsnton Win
ship. Lewis W. Call. Edwin C. Davis,
| Eugene wambaugh, Charles 4
Warren, John II. wigmore, Edward
s. Bailey, Guy d. Con and James q
Easby-smith
The Washington herald., 1918-08-17
BRITISH URGE
PRESIDENT TO
VISIT EUROPE
Want Wilson to Send Per.
manent Representative
at Least.

London, Aug. l6.-Hope is expressed
in many British quarters that Pres
ident Wilson will fnd II advisable
TO visit Europe soon, and even more
widespread is the hope that he will
send to Europe a permanent person
al representative.
This hope was given expression a
few days ago in q series of articles
in the Manchester Guardian.
The Guardian first complained in
an article on The Road to Peace. :"
that there 10 the initial difficulty
that no spokesman of one allied ma
tion can speak equally for all"
Then a former member of Par
Lament. signing himself 'EX-M P
wrote to the editor asking: But is
this difficulty insuperable? You say
President Wilson is a long way off.
The cable annihilates distance, and
he has his representative in London
There is one very cogent reason why
he should be accepted as the spokes-
man OF the allies-that not one OF
them can do without himf"
To this the editor OF the Guard
ian made the following signed an
swer:
Nothing is more desirable than
that President Wilson should take
a more active part in the direction
OF policy. but for that il would be
essential that some representative
in intimate personal association
with him and enjoying in the fullest
degree his confidence should be
present in this coutry and should
take part in all the most intimate
counsels of the allies. So far Presi-
dent Wilson has sent no such repre-
sentative, though Col. House for
a short time pretty much fulfilled
this office. 1t is Of urgent impor-
tance that he should do So
The Washington herald., 1918-08-17
A Famous General.

Among recent called to the front by
Hndenburg and Ludendorff famous old war
rior who has served many people in many climes.
And though he has been working overtime for the
German general staff since Marshal Foch started
the Huns on the run for the Aisne, still we must
hand it to this handy old servant Of frail human
ty for the great service he has rendered to all of
us in the past, and which we may safely predict
he will continue to render in the future
Probably person in all history has served
leaders of men, without regard to race color,
creed or nationality. at the very time when none
else could successfully in his peculiar way.
And not only in time of actual warfare be-
nations but in those little riffs in the
lutte which to prevent the course of true
love from running smooth.
So universal is his service that cannot COM
plain now that Hindenburg, Ludendorff and the
Kaiser have called this general to the front to help
satisfy the German people with the i'll fortune of
their arms above the Marine.
We refer to that doughty old warrior, Gen.
Alibi
The Washington herald., 1918-08-17
Sd BATTALION ENTERTAINS.
Men Stationed in Lower Potomss
Park Hold Open House.

Members of the Third Bsttsl tn.
Fiftieth Infantry. stationed in er
Potomac Park. held open house, or
their friends at the camp last night
With the cooperation Of the Y. N.
c. A. secretaries attached TO the
camp. the men gave an entertain
ment for their friends Miss Ruby
Raymond led in singing patriotic
songs and sang several Of her own
selections. Music was furnished by
the Fort Myer Bsnd. Tonight the
affair will be duplicated Music will
he furnished by the Camp Meigs
Band. and Miss SelinEer will sing.
Dancing in the open air will follow
the entertainment program
The Washington herald., 1918-08-17
A LINE O. CHEER
EACH DAY O. THE YEAR
ny John Kendrick Bangs.
AN ANSWER.

AN ANSWER.
How can I sing of Cheer in days like
these
With all the world afiame. and lands
and seas
The scene Of wicked murder ana
rapine
Beneath the frown of Thor OF hate
full mien?
sing TO Cheer because IL thrills
my soul
To see the Righteous on to battle roll
That Wrong shall not prevail. that
out of Pain
A stricken world may rise TO Love
again.
I sing Of Cheer because amid the
strife
A wandering world has found the
way to life.
And every song that glorifes the
day
But serves to drive a mead Of tears
away.
Copyright, ls.sI
The Washington herald., 1918-08-17
CASUALTIES IN NAVY.
Four Men Reported Killed in Var.
Gus Ways.

The Navy Department reports the
following casualties:
James Lawrence Goggins. landsmaa
for quartermaster. OF New Haven.
Conn. L. S. y; killed in airplane
accident in Italy.
Allen Shea, electrician third class.
L. S. n. r. F. of Berlin. y H;
killed by train at Aver. Mass.
Harold Husband. quartermastcI
first class L. S. y. r. F.. of Cleve-
land; lost overheard from submarine
chaser.
Walter Gerard Wilhelm, seaman
first class. L. s. n. r. F. of New
York; found dead on subway extern
sion. Bronx. New York. apparently
electrocuted by third rail while at
tempting to cross tracks.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-17
COMMUTE TO NORTH BEACH.
Eighty War Workers Enjoy Re
sort While Working Here.

Nearly eighty government war work.
ers now are members OF the summer
colony at North Beach. adjoining
Chesapeake Beach. Nd. and are COM
mUtating daily between the baysid.
resort and Washington. Trains leave
the beach every morning at $50
O'Clock. enabling the commuters to
arrive in the heart OF the downtown
section here before $50 o'clock.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-17

cient" like II; every fendish conception Of the
crazed dupes and demons Of kultur will be met BY
a duplicate more helhsh-
Till the Teuton screams for peace and cries for
quarter or is blotted from the face Of the earthl
The Washington herald., 1918-08-17
Brave Words.

81 would not have had him anywhere else
If he had been at home with the great need that
exists for real men .'over there / should have
been ashamed Of him l know he died bravely."-
From the lips of War Mother of America when
she first heard that her boy dead in France.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-17
King Cuts Soldiers Shirts.

London. Aug. 16.-on a recent visit
to factories in London engaged In war
work. King George accepted an in
vitation to try his hand as cutter Of
soldiers shirts. He used an electric
machine, severing. true to pattern.
shirt lengths fifty thicknesses deep.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-17

Sterling thus allowing the Democratic
Nonpartisan League to get the bene-
fit of the rebuff would he unusual.
Our guess is that there will be
nothing done by the administration
in South Dakota, other than perhaps
a very general statement calling on
the voters to mark the Democratic
ticket. And this. We are told, is
precisely the end toward which the
Sterlingites have been playing all
along. No one of course. ever sug-
gested that they got the Nonpar-
tisan League to take this step. Such
thing would be preposterous. Of
course. OF course.
Political lineups are STANCE things
which some philosopher before us
spoke of, we believe. In Nebraska.
for instance, Senator Norris. running
for the Republican nomination. finds
his support coming from these ele-
ments: German Republicans. strong
Progressives who are thoroughly 10y
al. out-and-out Prohibitionists. ardent
advocates OF equal suffrage. anti-ad-
ministrationists and Nonpartisan
League members, which include va
rious and divers kinds OF groups. 1t
Is a motley crowd-one that certain
ly could not get together in a vast
auditorium and agree on any PROPOSE
tion that any one Of the audience
cared to bring up. But they are all
for Norris. And they are a force to
be reckoned with. They will nomi-
nate Norris. They may elect him.
THE OBSERVER.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-17
German Engines Need Fixing.

Amsterdam, Aug. 16.-Writing In the
Berlin Tageblatt, Herr Gothein. a
Reichstag deputy. says that Of his
many railway journeys during the last
two years one in every five was inter-
rupted BY delays due to engine break
eownI
The Washington herald., 1918-08-17

No German peace treaty will be more than a
SCRAP of paper" unless the Hun war lords dsarm
and agree to arbitrate hereafter.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-17

draft delinquent member of one prominent
profteering meat packer family has been arrested
and inducted into Uncle Sans "gunpacker" family.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-17

Among the questions to put to your Congress
man: How do you stand taxing profits?
The Washington herald., 1918-08-17

Girls now buy less cloth for irocks and more
yarn for socks.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-17

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The sun., 1918-08-18
KITCHIN DROPS HIS
BOAST ON TAXES
AbandOns Claim That Treas
ury Department Will Ac-
cept Committee View.
LONG DELAY Is EXPECTED
Revenue Bill May Not Get on
Statute Books Until After
Election.
Special Despa,cA to rur Sun.

WASHINGTON, Aug. II. - Chairman
Kitchin of the Ways and Means Com
mittee to-day indicated that he had
abandoned his boast. that the Treasury
Department would have to come around
to the way the committee thinks in writ
ing the excess prof,ts tax.
One compromise has been suggested by
the committee, and unlees the Treasury
approves Of this the Ways and Means
Committee will go still further in re-
ducing the suggested excess profts rates
to meet the demands of the situation.
The compromise suggested already.
and submitted to the Secretary OF the
Treasury for his approval. provides for
the imposition of an excess profits tax
of 20 per cent. on the amount between
the Exemptions and 20 per cent. OF the
invested capital and a tax of 80 per
cent. on the portion of the net income
above 20 per cert. Of the invested capt.
tai.
To begin with. Mr.. Kitchin reversed
a former statement Of his by declaring
to-day that the war profts tax suggested
by the Treasury Department would
reach 90 per cent. OF the corporations
and only the other 10 per cent. of the
corporations would have to pay an ex-
cess profits tax instead of the war profits
tax.
Even at the lower excess profits tax
members of the committee pointed out
to-day that they are the highest taxa
ton Of the kind in the world. and there
Is an almost unanimous opinion among
members OF the committee that the
Treasury Department will reject the
scale and insist on a still lower one.
The committee. at the instance OF Mr..
Kitchin. originally adopted scale OF
excess profits taxes ranging up from 80
per cent. to so per cent, the latter rate
to apply to all net income over Is per
cent OF the invested capital. This rate
Mr.. Kitchin stood out for stouily until
the Secretary of the Treasury appeared
before the committee.
Mr.. Kitchin had II all figured out then
that scores OF very wealthy corporations
would escape all but a nominal tax on
war profits under the Urea sury plan and
declared that the committee would write
the bill and not the Treasury Depart
ment. This tune las been changed. how
ever, and Mr.. Kitchin went SO far to-
day as to admit that the system OF i'm
posing the war profits tax. to alternate
with the revised excess profits tax where
IL would raise more money. will raise
no. less than $4,000 ,000. 900. This amount
Mr.. Kitchin said. is s3eo. 900. 900 more
than the war profits tax combined with
the committee rates on excess prof1ts,
even though higher, would raise.
Not more taan one in a hundred cor
The sun., 1918-08-18
BORAH IS FOR so
PER CENT. WAR TAX
Profiteer Must Be Eliminated,
He Asserts.
Special DespateA TO TIE SUI.

WASHINGTON. Aug 1.-THE new
revenue law must eliminate the prol-
iteer, according to Senator Borah
(Idaho). one Of the proponents OF the
larger conscription OF wealth for tire
war needs Of the nation. He Is certain
that the trainers OF the revenue bill
must carry out this theory in the for
mutation Of the measure.
Senator Borah believes that the ten
dency in both houses will be to advance
the rates OF taxation and increase the
income OF the Federal Government
through adequate war profits leries. In
this he finds himself in agreement with
Secretary McAdoo and the Administra-
ton to a greater extent than with the
theories Of the House Committee on
Ways and Means. Senator Borah said
today:
"The several reports OF the Federal
Trade Commission and the Treasury
make IL apparent that Congress must
snare the responsibility with others for
having failed TO do its duty In framing
the last revenue bill.
There were a few men, perhaps
dozen, who insisted upon levying a war
profits tax TO the extent OF at least so
per cent. This would have given the
business OF the country its peace prohts
plus 20 per cent. OF war profits which
ought to have been. and in my judg-
ment would have been satisfactory TO
the great body OF business men through
out the country.
But the plan was defeated and In
my opinion Congress stupendousiy erred
to the vast disadvantage OF the Ameri-
can people. Fortunately We have finally
arrived in belated fashion. as we have
with some other things with regard to
the war. at correct and courageous
policy OF taxation.
Il think we will pass revenue Dill
with at least an so per cent. war pronts
tax and that will be one Of the most
effective methods OF dealing with ex-
brilliant profits.
One OF the striking features OF those
reports is that the very largest pronts
are made by those dealing in foodstuhs.
and another striking feature Is that
these foodstuffs are generally unoer con-
troll Of the Food Administration. ex-
meet 10 see the Food Administration
adopt a wholly different policy than what
IL has followed in the past, in view OF
these revelations