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The Washington herald., 1918-08-02

launched craft of slight draft, IN fact raft. and
from its mainmast floated the Jolly Rover
:. Our regala now became improvised big-top
boots. paper hat bedecked with an ostrich plume
that mother missed too late broad sash-belt into
which, as well as the boot-tops, was thrust pair
of the longest-barrelled pistols from the hut.
With Fourth of July cannon mounted at the
bow we cast off for sea- floated down-creek to the
bay and out beyond Sandy Hook before we sight
ed quarry realized distance from land. Up
loomed ocean greyhound but before we could
bring piece to bear and send shot cross her
bows, a swell from the mighty leviathan capsized
The pilot boat picked up scared and bedraggled
pirate.
But were proud of the experience and
when stern parent drubbed us good and inquired
the why of our adventure blurted out our
newest word-booty! -G
Booty was what pirates stole in gold, bullion,
pieces of eight. ducats. jewels, treasure untold.
After the first gains of the recent allied drive,
some dispatches read Americans take much booty"
Booty is the Boche's plumber. Booty means
sacked cathedrals; the pilage of village and
chateau; gems torn from the fingers of women
and pilfered bodies stark on street battlefield.
Guns, rifles, ammunition, gas equipment and
grenades-which the Yanks eaptured-are the
spoils of war, not booty.
Let's ban this Objectionable noun Of piratcal
import 1t doesn't ring true of what boys do to
say they take much booty"
The Washington herald., 1918-08-02
Expelled from Russia !

!: David R Francis, American Ambassador to
Russia has been forced by Bolshevik pressure to
withdraw from the country and is now on his way
to the Murman coast on the Arctic.
Not that the American envoy has been singled
out for this special distinction Oh, mol All Of
the allied diplomats have been given the same
treatment We have an emphatic hostile gesture
from the precious sitting on the Russian pow
der magazine as recompense for our benign mod
Grafton in dealing with their sinister influence.
This brings US pretty close to the end of the
chapter The withdrawal of Mr.. Francis from Rus
sian soil should end ill-starred benevolence to-
wards Boshevism. 1t ought to clear up the Jog
of doubt and misplaced charity towards Messrs.
Lenine and Trotzky who may not be in the pay
of Potsdam, but ought to be- in consideration Of
their distinguished services for the German cause.
If the Bolsheviki are not doing their best to
deliver Russia into the rapacious nav of Germany,
then it is impossible to read syllable OF the
riddle of the East We are frequently reminded
by various earnest persons of the inability of the
Occidental mind to grasp Slavic psychology. We
are admonshed to let the revolution work out its
destiny, to permit Russia to Find herself as the
mistress of her fate This counsel is not bad, and
might be accepted if Germany were of the same
turn of mind. But Germany is trusting to her hard
practical judgment of human affairs in dealing
with the great Russian complex; she is leaving
nothing to fate destiny, and not letting the
revolution pursue its own course.
If Great Britain, France and the United States
will only deal with Russia to the best of their
judgment of practical human things, instead of
on the basis of a vague and unstable ideasm they
will only be doing their obvious duty to them
selves. When friend is starving, one does not
pray for hm-at least he does not let his duty
end there. He divides his loaf OF bread with him.
Russia as the new Sick Man of Europe demands
of various things. First of ALL she wants to
provide some kind of anti-toxn for the Teutonic
pus that has poisoned her blood In doing this
interpreted antagonstic to the revolution Rus
sia reap the fruits of the revolution above
all else. Any intervention by the allies which
might be regarded reactonary, as in favor
of the classes which have been thrust out of pow
er, will be resented and resisted by the Soviets.
In striking at the German menace in Russia, we
must appear as the friend of the Russian revolu-
ton, rather than its enemy. The Bolshevik lead
must be jockeyed and Unanswered into appear
ing what they really are, pro-German agents,
before attempt to force to oust them
from control
But the day is drawing near when something
will have to be done about Russia Although it is
doubtless true that the Germans having been given
enough rope, will hang themselves, we cannot let
that probability obscure our duty to the sorcly
tried people that struggling with the adjust
ment of their own temperament to liberty
The Washington herald., 1918-08-02
D. c. JESUIT SCHOOL
PERSONNEL STABLE
Faculties of Three Local Colleges
Only Slightly Changed.

washington's three Jesuit schools
will continue next year with practi-
cally the same faculty personnel
At Gonzaga College, which II part
OF st. Aloysius Church, North Capitol
and I streets. northwest. two priests
left and one has arrived.
Rev. John A. Cotter. of St Aloysius.
will become an army chaplin at Camp
Humphreys, Va; Rev. William A.
whaIen goes to Brooklyn. and Rev.
Robert S. Lloyd will come from
Woodstock. Nd. Rev. Paul n.
Conniff will continue as pastor OF the
church and president of the college.
Rev. Thomas Miley, formerly OF
Holy Cross College. Worcester, Mass.
assistant professor of physics. and
Rev. Louis Weber OF Boston, profess
sor OF French, have been added to the
teaching staff at Georgetown Univer-
sity.
There were no changes at Holy
Trinity Church. Georgetown. where
Rev. Eugene Del. Mcdonnell contin-
ues as pastor.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-02
All Americans Now.

Londoner recently wrote to London daily
protesting because Canadian soldiers had been
called Americans" in its pages The editor solemn
ly and patiently wrote reply explaining that
Canada much part of North America as
the United States, and larger part.
The point for regret is not that it was necessary
for a London newspaper to explain this to its
readers in this enlightened day, but that this dis
tnction OF nationality should be made between
Canadian soldiers and those of the United States
OF course for purposes of military organization
the two armies must be distinct, but for purposes
OF winning the war, we're all Americans now.
There is army in the field that so closely
resembles our own in personnel and in fighting
ability as the Canadian. Men of both armies are
stawart, healthy, outstanding Americans of the best
manhood of North America. Their likes and dis
likes, even their army slang are the same. They
smoke the same brand of cigarettes and maybe
they even write to the same girls.
That's one reason why the Canadian soldier
feels drawn toward his brother from below the
Great Lakes.
The most important reason is that the quicker
the allied armies the Western front are welded
into one, in fact well in theory and in COM
mand, the quicker will they win this war;
Benjamin Franklin's famous declaration, "We
must all hang together, or assuredly we will hang
separatelyP holds good today of all the armies
that are fighting terrorism and Hunnishness
We must consider ourselves, at home and at the
front, all British. all French, all Belgians-and
above everything, all Americans.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-02

here fought for was not in vain.
after all.
All. there is the essence of it all.
Visit the old burying grounds here
and you see rising over the graves
where the old patriots are put away
the markers, now weathering and
with epitaphs hardly discernible,
which are the only direct tangible re-
minders of what they left behind. And
yet there is a spirit inculcated in
Americans which had its birth in
these men. and which now comes to
the relief of a griefstricken world to
save the world for itself and for God.
All that is mortal is inferred there,
but with the soul of the men lives the
spirit they gave to the land when
they founded it. and that spirit to-
day finds splendid expression in what
l,250,0O0. Yankees are doing in Europe
and what ZOO, 1000 others are prepar-
ing here to do when they get there.
How grand it would have been IL a
multitude Of these fathers could have
been brought forth here from their
tombs to suddenly learn what is going
on in the world now, and to pass their
opinions upon it. We think there
would not be a dissenting voice. We
think the unanimous verdict of our
forefathers would be: America, you
have done right. You are doing what
We taught you to do; you are doing
what we hope you will teach your
children to do when you have Joined
US and gone on
1t was only a short distance south
OF here where the Pilgrims landed in
$50 and where they were welcomed
by stormy skies and tossing waves
and a stern and rock-bound coast"
And 1t was not so far from here.
either. where a German submarine
made a Sabbath morning attack upon
helpless craft bound down the coast
But there isn't man in the nation.
whose heart beats for America. who
would not have rather been on the
Mayfower. going back nearly 800
years, than commanding officer of the
1918 model submarine with a knowl-
edge Of all the advancement and i'm
provement the 800 years have brought
to the world. The Mayfiower was
crude and weak, and the folks who
came on 1t were as children COM
pared to the present. But those who
rode lit into port that day, were
thousands Of years ahead of the
frenzied, dissolute. degenerate crea-
lures who rode the submarine along
the coast only a few days ago There
honesty and devotion and God-fear
in the hearts Of the Mayfiower crew
the submarine crew had all that is
base and deceitful and despicable in
their hearts when they dashed up
here to further their Demon He'll
Managers cause on sacred ground. =.
We're going to look UP the crews
Of the two boats when we get into
Eternity. We're quite sure We'll
have to take the elevator up to the
topmost floor to find the Mayfower
crew-while the other crew we'll
fnd only after we swipe the ele-
vator boys asbestos suit and let
the car drop downward to the low
est depths Of He'll. And then we'll
only pause long enough to make
sure that Doc Garfield's coal re-
strictions are not effective there.
Then Wen dash upward and onward
until we gain the higher regions
again. For we want to spend the
balance of Eternity with the folks
who came over in that worn-out,
crude old bark they had the heart
to name the Mayfiower. g.
THE OBSERVER.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-02
GOVERNMENT TAKES CANALS
IN EMERGENCY OF THE WAR

Other canals have been taken
over in the same way-automatical
iy with the assumption Of control
over the railroads. OF these. per-
haps the best is the schuylI1in Canal
which leads from the anthracite
coal felds to tidewater at Phila-
delphia, and is controlled by ths
Philadelphia and Reading Railway
under q s9s-year lease also dating
from 1871, under which the stock.
holders are guaranteed a fixed diyi-
dend.
The dimensions OF this canal oo
not enable IL to pass barges 81 more
than 200 tons capacity; and, as
little effort has been made by the
lessee railroad to operate the canal.
only few Of the company's barses
now exist.
II may be doubted whether the
government will ind IL profitable TO
construct many barges for local
service ou this waterway, but il
might be made available for de-
liveries of coal TO tidewater plants
along the Delaware, the great shin
yards included. and also for de-
ltveries to New York by way Of the
Another waterway across New Jer.
sey. taken over under the railroad act
Is the Morris Canal from PhilIipsburs
to Jersey City. which ia controlled by
the Lehigh Valley Railroad under a
ss-year lease dating from 1870.
This waterway Is something OF .
curiosity from an engineering stand
point. for IL consists OF a series Of
canal levels connected by inclined
planes up which the barges are hauled
In wheeled cradles drawn by steel
cables operated from revolving drums
which depend on the fall Of water
from fumes supplied by the canal
level next above.
The dimensions OF the canal limit
IL to the passage OF barges Of sixty
tons capacity-practically the capac-
fly Of a modern railroad freight car,
As the canal is in an advanced stage
OF decay and as its legal abandon-
ment has depended for a number of
years only. on the right OF reversion
which the State Of New Jersey holds
under its charter. e Is not probable
the Federal government will consider
IL of value in the emergency.
This may appear a rather conglorn-
crate and undependable group Of
waterways for any emergency. But
they are supplemented TO the South
with other canals, now under govern
ment control, that present valuabls
waterways systems. effective even
now for relief of existing conditions.
Their usefulness will be shown in an
other article.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-02
A LINE O. CHEER
EACH DAY o. THE YEAR.
By John kendrick Bangs.
CONSOLATION.

CONSOLATION.
For noble spirits sturdy for the Right.
The Nations Youth, and Brawn, and
Brain, and Might,
Who've sailed forth to battle DER the
sea,
The Lord be praisedl
May they be raised
By His own hands to heights of
Victory.
And those who fall, amid the tears
we shed,
For all our glorious and valiant dead
Let bells be rung. and banners far
and wide
Flung to the breeze
On lands and seas
Proclaim the House of Pain the Home
OF Pride,
Copyright. 1871
The Washington herald., 1918-08-02
To Understand.

He saw long lines of khaki form
In quiet order, clan b. clan;
To drive against the blood-red storm
OF flame and steel beyond their span
As one might gather for a game
OF two-base hits or tackle runs
Until the zero hour came
Amid the thunder of the guns.
And some looked out with eager eyes
Beyond the gathering barrage,
Unmindful of the sacrifice
Or service of their final charge;
And some, with faces drawn and gray
Stood ready for their final night,
Still dreaming of vanished day
And one who waited through the night.
He saw them forming, row on row,
A line that raw hell couldn't stop;
Until, against the dawn's white glow
He saw their bodies clsar the top;
And then, across the ,hattered loan
From smashing shell and shrapnel sent.
At last-three thousand miles from home
He knew what Flag and Country meant.
4GRANTLAND RICE
Lisatsnant .1lsth Field ARTILLERY. A z. r.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-02
Man Power for the Farms.

Agriculture has contributed its due share Of
man power to the army-perhaps no more, certainly
no less.
Other industries that have contributed man
power to the army have recruited man power from
the farms.
Despite this disturbance, the farmers this year
increased their production over last year. which
was an increase the year before; they have
worked more days and more hours and have put
their families at work; women have labored in the
fields while their babies slept in the shade of near
by trees; many country children have labored while
many city children have played.
The farmers can not continue to increase pro-
duction in the volume needed and at the same
time send more man power to the army and the
city industries. 1t would not be fair to require it.
if it were possible to accomplish it.
The only source of labor is the useless service
of the cities-ablebodied men employed for luxury
or mere convenience and at tasks which women
perform
The crops not all gathered; next years
crops are to be considered; food production must
not fail.
What going to do about it?
Chambers of commerce, men of affairs, city
leaders are asked to confer with the State Agri-
cultural College write to the United States De-
partment of Agriculture.
Many cities have already done their part. What
is our city doing?
The Washington herald., 1918-08-02
Doubled Rent Alleged
By Girl War Worker
For Hall Bedroom

Almost doubled rent for a hall bed
room was the complaint made yester-
day by a member of the National
Federation Of Federal Employees to
their investigating committee.
The war worker paid, 81 per month
last winter. She paid IS this summer
for the same tiny hall bedroom and
now her landIady has notified her
that unless she pgys SIS after Sep
tember 1 she may b. well aeave,
The Washington herald., 1918-08-02
~. wILFRED II. sCHoFF,
Secretary Of the Atlantic Deeper
Waterways AsseefstienD Sec
retary OF the Commercial
MnaRnn- Efe
tCepyrisht, 1881

All that the United States gov
ernment has thus far decided upon
Is to take over a certain humber
OF the canals for the emergency OF
the war. In some most conspicu-
Gus instances. the government does
not even 60 80 far as that.
Thus in the matter of the New
York Barge Canal. the Federal gov
eminent secures what It requires
and interferes but little. II at all.
with State authority. New York
State has never. except in q very
general way. tried to regulate canal
traffic; II has never gone into the
business of building boats or of
transportation, which are the
functions taken over by the federal
government. There il no change
in ownership, construction, mainte-
nance or operation OF the barge
canal. The State will maintain and
operate its canal just as 1t would
have done in any event
The Federal government is In q
position somewhat analogous TO
that OF a transportation company
which builds and operates boats on
a State-owned canal; but, being
more than a mere transportation
company, IL has assumed controS OF
all shipping on the canal and IL
can, IL the need arise, commander
all boats.
Cape Cod Canal
In the case of the Cape Cod Canal.
SO prominently in the public eye by
reason OF the recent submarine ao-
tivity off Cape Cod, the government
does not acquire from the canal COM
pany title to the property; IL merely
assumes control Of operations to meet
the emergency of the war. as in the
case OF the New York Barge Canal.
In neither instance are the rights OF
individuals or corporate shippers In
terfered with.
The old Delaware and Baritsn
Canal, which affords a water connec-
ton between New York and Philadel-
phia. was taken over automatically
under the decree by which the gov
ernment assumed control of the rail-
roads. for the canal is controlled by
the Pennsylvania Railroad under a
sss-year lease dating from ISL under
which the railroad guarantees a
stated dividend to the canal stock
holders.
That obligation the government has
AS6UmeO. lnlb CdDdl IL one Oh lnc OiOs
privately constructed waterways
which has not been enlarged to meet
the growing demands Of commerce
and over which the railroad lessees
had made little effort to maintain
traffic
These old canals were organized
under charters similar to those of toll
roads and did not, as a rule, operate
their own barges. They merely kept
the waterway open for such craft as
might wish to pass through. The
Delaware and Raritan Canal. by its
dimensions, is limited to barges OF
from 500 to 60 tons capacity. which.
under ordinary conditions OF trafilc,
are not now considered economical
Other Canals.
Under stress OF war. however. the
rail lines between Philadelphia and
New York have become extremely
congested. SO much so that great
fleets OF motor trucks are now de-
pended on for quick delivery Of
freight between the two cities. The
establishment OF a regular water
service, with definite schedules and
terminals. may be expected to result
in a very considerable movement Of
freight with corresponding relief to
current congestion.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-02
BOY, PAGE MR.. BURBANK.

Atlanta, Ga.-A cornstalk In the war
garden of NJ J. Yarbrough has just
produced five ears of corn and a head
of wheat growing out of one of the
corn ears. Both corn and wheat kerr
nels are fully developed. The ,sam-
pies. were sent to Herbert Hoover
with pertinent comment.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-02
MRS. NEWTON BAKER
GIRLS CAMP GUEST

Mrs. Newton D. Baker will be the
honored guest at Camp Columbia. the
camp for girls in war service in
Washington. tomorrow evening at
O'Clock. Miss Rose Strumsky will
give an informal talk on Russia. All
girls in government service are cor
daily invited by the Camp to attend.
Another reduction in paper sup
ply to German newspapers has been
made, says Berlin Reischsanzeiger.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-02

But then you can't really blame Hindenburg for
feeling bit under the weather Probably Kaiser
Bill isn't feeling very we'll himself
The Washington herald., 1918-08-02

Even the Turks have noticed that the war wind
has shifted.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-02

Closed All Day Saturdays
July and August
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-09-19
Observation-Disclosures
CHOICE DECIDED.
LA N =.
FOR SALE!
We offer subject to prior
sale and approval Of the
owners, the following de.
scribed tracts, near railroad,
market and school:

market and school:
NE Quarter, Sec. 80, Twp. 1872,
RING. so. This is fine farm with
about $4,000 worth of improve
ments, located on the Cannonball
road about eight miles north Of
Fort Yates and about fifteen miles
from Cannonball on the N. P. Rail-
road. About Is acres under cul.
tivation. Price $500 per acre.
Also the SW Quarter Of Sec. 80,
Twp. 1872, ring. 80. This is fine
tract Of land without improvements
and adjoins the above. Price $15
per acre.
The sW Quarter, Sec. 80, Twp. %
RING. "a, Corson county, s. D., on
the Yellowstone Trail, the best
transcontinental highway in Amer
lea. This tract is within a few
miles Of Walker, on the main line
Of the G. M. & St. P. Railroad and
10 miles from Mcintosh, the county
seat. Can be bought now for
81, 200 on easy terms.
X X x
West Half and Sc Quarter and w
Half of NE Quarter, Sec. "a, Twp.
1872, ring. 81, comprising $50 acres
on Porcupine creek with running
water the year around. An ideal
ranch proposition. The land can
be bought for IS per acre. Will
take $2880.0O cash to handle. If
looking for a bargain, don't miss
this chance.
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The NE Quarter Of Sec: %, Twp.
1872, RING. 81, Sioux County, N. d.,
sis offered for sale by owner who
holds clear title, free Of all incum-
brance. This is all good farm land
located about 8 miles from Solen.
The best railroad town in Sioux
county. Price $1,000 on easy
terms.
x x x
SW Quarter, Sec. 3, Twp. %, Rng.
26, Corson County, S. d. This
tract is located on Oak creek, about
4 miles from Mclaughlin, between
the Standing Rock Branch and
main line Of the c.. NJ. & St. p.
Railroad. Practically all this land
is tilleable. $2,100 on Easy Terms.
All Of Sec. 10, Twp. 1871, ring. "a,
Grant County, N. D. This is a fine
section and can be bought for $40 90
per acre. $500 per acre. down,
balance on payments to suit at 6
per cent interest. This is the big
gest snap in the whole list and if
interested get busy at once.
+ 4 +
Sc Quarter and NV Quarter, Sec.
10, Twp. 131, Ring. 81. 800 acres.
Mostly good level land. Can be
bought for 100000, less $4,000
mortgage due in three years and on
which interest is paid to maturity.
$14O0. 90 cash will handle this snap.
4 + +
NE Quarter, Sec. %, Twp. 1923,
RING. 50, about eight miles from
SelfridRe, can be bought for $500.
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