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The Washington herald., 1918-07-14
The Allies IN Russia.

IL mas been suggested that a huge allied army
be sent into Russia to restore order and line up
the Russian people against their natural enemies,
the Teuton and Turk. Along with this goes the
plan to put Japanese army on the East front with
Russian troops to attack the Germans that side.
All during the time when Russia was in the war
up to her neck Japanese soldiers kept out of
Russian trenches. Whether this was due to Rus
sian objection or Japanese reluctance, time alone
will tell.
Now, however conditions are different. Rus
sia is no longer fighting the Hun and is showing
rapidly increasing disposition to start family
fights The Russians who tired of the with
Germany seem willing to do considerable fighting
at home between themselves. And the Russians
are good fighters when they want to fight and are
properly armed and fed
The question then arises who will the Russians
fight if allied troops enter their country! VIII
they be like the quarreling family, pleasantly oc-
cuped in fighting each other until some outsider
undertakes to smooth out their family quarrel?
You remember how industriously the family pitch
onto the peacemaker?
There other questions which come to mind:
Does Germany hope to draw American troops
to Russia instead of France in 1919?
Does the Kaiser hope to split the allied fight
ing strength on the West front and make it posi-
bic for him to break through in years drives
to Paris and the Channel ports?
Will the Russians forget their differences
and see in allied intervention dream OF Japanese
conquest? . 10
To what extent will the Kaiser benefit if several
hundred thousand American, British and French
soldiers used in bringing order out OF Rus
sian chaos?
If allied intervention does unite the Russian
people, will it unite them against the allies and
for Germany?
Can German diplomacy and propagandists per-
suade the Russian people that the allies come for
conquest and that for their country's protection
Russians should join forces with Germans in the
great war?
Will it help to win the war by going into Rus
sia?
Will it help to achieve final victory by letting
Russia riot and revolt to her hearts content and
going on ahead with job of beating the ever
lasting daylghts out of the Hun in France and
Belgium?
These and similar questions which have come
up in the mind of Woodrow Wilson doubtless
have been we'll weighed and because they have
been so thoroughly studied any decision made will
be nearly right mortal man arrive at.
Our ultimate destination is Berlin. The
quickest way to get there is the way want to
take be that via Russia the Rhine.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-14
Increasing a Mothers Burden.

alrs. Mary c. Siller, OF 3II E street northeast,
rs been informed in letter from France that her
has been killed in action. The letter was re-
ceiycd by friend of Mrs Siller, who has no Off
ciDl confirmation of the death of her boy.
Mrs. Siller is hoping and praying that she will
receive news that her boy is still alive. She
advances this and that hope, flimsy it may be,
that the news must all be mistake.
Just like brave American mother not to ad-
NIT defeat and during her sleepless nights make
herself believe that her will return to her
day.
We hope that he will.
Mrs. Siller's raises this question. Why
should censors permit nonoicial letters to tell OF
the death, perhaps generally rumored, especially
when these letters not written directly to the
family.
Why should the lot Of mother, who has given
her son or sons to the common cause, be made
harder by indefinite reports?
The War Department will officially notify fami-
lies OF casualties as soon possible.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-14
There's Good IN Every Man"
BUT ITS NOT FouND FOR HIS EEMES) =
Are Searching for The EvirS =
Bx ne REy. cHARLEs sfELxxE

The story Of Pilgrims Progress. BY
John Bunyan. may be out OF date In
some respecfs-it was written about
five hundred years ago-but it hits
on old human nature. just about as
effectively as n IL were one Of this
seasons best sellers.
There's one character In Bunyan's
allegory who u the original muck
raker." Indeed. he fs the man who
got all the later ones started-he was
so taken up with his filthy occupation
OF stirring up the mud and the muck
that he couldn't see Just above him
some Of the most beautiful things In
the world.
Modern rnuck-rakers do not all write
for magazines. Some of them don't
write at ali-they just talk. And some
Of them don't even talk-they think
the "muckiest' things about others.
Now, actually. there's good In every
man.
|. In most cases there is more good
than even his best friends suspect
But his enemies are searching for
the evil. ana a man usually finds
what he looks for. II is not surprfs-
ing. therefore. that the best intentions
sometimes meet with contempt and
opposition.
This has its compensations, for
opposition puts man to a test.
which not only brings out the best
that Is in him. but IL develops the
finer virtues. The fellow who handles
The Washington herald., 1918-07-14

Julia had learned to call mother, there followed a
war Of mothers for the affection Of Julia. Mrs.
berkman began a series of gifts. and the foster
motha. to meet the advances Of the real mother,
countefedl with music lessons, drawing lessons.
pretty clothes and everything else she could think
of and which Julias little heart craved Any gift
from Julia's mother was followed by gift
from her foster mother. Julia lived upon the sum
init of childhood happiness.
Also Julia becoming Spoiled" And SO
her foster parents took the problem to Chicago
judge. He decided that Julia's foster mother
should keep her and for Julias welfare he ordered
her own mother never to speak to the child, write
to her, or approach her.
1t may be better for Julia not to have two
mothers strainng for her affection. for that seems
to have Spoiled" her. but it is going to be mighty
hard on Julia's mother, the mother who too late
came to know that the dearest thing in mothers
life is her child.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-14
Police Hero's Fund.

Contributions to the Police Memorial Fund are
increasing daily.
No one is being urged to contribute to this
fund, as it is the desire of Maj. Pullman and the
committee that it be free-will Offering from the
citizens of Washington to the memory Of those
policemen who have been or may be killed in the
line of duty.
No one should be urged to contribute to such
a worthy movement.
Wsshingtonians will still remember the recent
killing of Lieut. DUNCAN and Policeman Conrad by
the hands of a criminal negro
Both of these men died in the line of duty.
They gave their lives to protect the public They
were killed in going "over the top"
They were heroes of the home line trenches as
much heroes boys in the front line trenches.
Make the Police Memorial Fund hero's fund
Give all you can. hero should never be for
gotten.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-14
Won Hertlins.

A new accent crept into the speech of the Ger
chancellor before the Reichstag--a signiican,
change of tone. Bluster was couspicuousy absent
from it, although the same cheap veneer for pam
German chicanery there in good measure.
The chancellor cast aside the swashbucker at
ttude and talked wistfufly of peace. assuring the
Reichstag, according to the stale formula that the
enemies of Germany were pursuing an obstruction
ist policy, and were guilty of criminal and futile
continuance of the slaughter
Belgium? Belgium is to be restored, of course
as "sef-dependent state, not to be subject any
body and to live with in good, friendly rela-
tions."
There could be no more characteristic express
sion of the Cermanic point of view than the chan
cellor's statement that "the present possession OF
Belgium only means that we have a pawn for fl.
ture negotiations" The old stressng of negota-
tions, negotiations, negotiations-Germany's idea
that, at the peace table, she can hold Belgium as
hostage for the return of her colonies, for the
guarantee of free hand in the East, for the guar
antee of materials from entente nations. with
out which her industries doomed.
Here the Germans themselves have painted in
letters of FIRE the deadly of the negotiated
peace" upon which few misguided leaders in the
allied nations are still dilating. A negotiated
peace" means German peace There is no escape
from that fact-a negotiated peace" means almost
a death blow to civilization. 1t will plant the
germ Of future wars, make impossible the fraternity
of peoples and the proposed league Of nations to
maintain the peace of the world.
The Teutonc notion of negotiated peace" is
one in which Germany, holding most of the cards,
can dictate her terms and make Russia a con-
quered province 1t is not essentially changed now
from what it in December, 1916. when Presi-
dent Wilson called upon the Junkers to announce
the peace terms which they would accept and the
war aims they pursung-and received no re-
sponse.
Nevertheless the chancellor did not indulge in
any cheap sabcr-rattlng victory rhodomontade.
The fact that Germany is apparently beginning a
peace offensive is significant in itself Before her
drive in the West opens. she offers the olive
branch to her enemies in the suavest tone she can
muster. Is not this proof in itself that the German
high command is aware of its failure in France and
Flanders-that it knows the cannot be ended
this year? 1t is the first step in forcing fifth win
ter OF war down the throats Of the German people
the bitterest winter of all tine bitter they
have known
1t is their final effort to break down the morale
of The allies. Undoubtedly their more sophisticated
lsaGc~s are aware OF its futty. Nevertheless, the
peace drive is on and every nation defending cvili-
zstion should take heart from the fact that the
savage junta at Berlin is willing and anxious for
Negotiated peace which shall avert the inevitable
DOOM OF their
The Washington herald., 1918-07-14
;crmau M.n-ary Commands En-
forced by Dog whips.
A LINE O. CHEER
EACH DAY o. THE YEAR.
By John kendrick Bangs.

s. o. :.
IL on the Sea there came call
OF S o S you'd 90 your all
To hasten forth thro' wind and wave
Your Brother in distress to save.
Well, Life's a Sea. and frequently
Comes IS o s." to YOU and me
To tell of Brothers close at hand
In woe too deep to understand.
AND as no Mariner Of heart
Could ever fail to do his part
So must we from our courses swerve
Our fellows in their need to serve.
tCopynsht. 1881
The Washington herald., 1918-07-14
Ye Friends of France.
ny EDMCND VANCE COOhE.
"a song for July a. Bastile Day in France Tune
La Marseillaisel
by EDMUND VANCE Coz


song for July "a, Bastile Day in France. Tun
LA Marseillaise.)
Ye friends of France, allied in battle,
Now sound again your clarion call;
Men shall not be as kaiser's cattle,
But freedom shall be shared by ALL
Yea, freedom shall be shared by all
And all shall realize its glory.
We do not share the bloody fight
For any mean or narrow right,
But all for all shall be our story!
For all! for all! ye brave,
Whose eyes and swords are wet!
March oni march on! march on to save!
For right shall triumph yet
Ye friends of France now joined together,
Whose hands are linked across the sea,
Who stand the stress Of wars wild weather
And proudly hold your banners freel
Yea, proudly hold your banners free
On every field and tower and steeplc
Their flame shall brighten all the sky
And earth remain, where they shall fly,
A heritage for all the people!
For ALL for ALL ye brave!
Ye high of heart and mind!
March on! march on! march on to sayei
For France and all our kind!
copyright. 1881
The Washington herald., 1918-07-14

the muck-rake. he who sllnes mud
WI md that he has soIIed his ovr
banda And IN most cases IL win i.
discovered that the NTH failed I.
reach his msrk-so the nn6-slinee
gets the worst Of II.
IL 10 unfortunste that the rank au<
ple among workinemen are. often Ia.
ready TO believe q lie Concerning IN,
men who for years have been fehtin'
their battles. sometimes duriu,
periods when. to be known A. a,
''asitator" meant only hardship. Tn,
thousand and one victories vanish 4,
the thought OF the single error
granted that the story Of the enem,
10 true.
There is need in the labor nove.
ment-as In other movements-of ,
breadth Of spirit which will seek 4,
know the best things about men. ans
not the worst.
This was the spirit OF Jesus n
Peter. who knew only too well NJ
own nckleness. Jesus said: a-rhu
shalt become q rock"-sturdy. St'5nr
firm.
So he dealt with men, alway.. New,
excusing meanness, for He had onl,
words Of contempt for the hypocritIc,l
Pharisees. but seeing and loving M
good that was I'm men. He made eve,
the sinner realize that In Him ht
found q friend and brother, who w.,
tempted In all points like as he vas
and yet without sim"
The Washington herald., 1918-07-14

Red" just published by Doran Com
peny.
Falling into the enemy. hama.
Captain Dugmore escapes, or rathe,
is let so, and then the famous cam.
era hunter Of African lions gets per,
mission to 20 at once into the thIcl
Of the fray at Alost and take Die.
lures OF the German army in action
His camera is spotted and he /,
greeted with a shower Of 'Germsr
hail" He had almost made his -.
cape when he was wounded In m.
leg by a shrapnei splinter.
As an eyewitness Captain Du-.
more lays great stress on the wonder.
fui marksmanship OF the Belgian sol.
diers.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-14
Newsie Notes.
The Indian Corps In France.

4 thrilling record of the deeds Of
fighting men and an important source
book for the future historian, The
Indian Corps in France" gives a de-
tailed account Of the heroisms and
achievements in Flanders OF the
army from India from its disembark-
alton at Marseilles in September. 1910,
until its remnants were sent to Meso-
potamia fifteen months later. The
book, which E. p. Dutton & Co. will
publish this week. has been written
by Lieut.. Col. J. W. h. Merewether
and the Right Hon. Sir Frederick
Smith. II has an introduction by
Earl Curzon of Kedleston and is copi-
ously illustrated with scenes from
photographs. portraits, maps : nd dia-
grams. The authors believe that the
Indian Army Corps. swung into the
breach just in time to bridge the gap
between the losses of The First Bri-
tish Expeditionary Force and the
coming of the Territorial Divisions,
saved the British Empire and the
cause OF civilization.
German M....ary Commands En-
forced by Dog whips.
That the German officers carried
small whips with which TO accentuste
their commands-given in a snsT1ing
and bullying tone-to the soldiers. Is
one OF the many intimate points noted
by Captain 4. Radcliffe DucmoTe in
his book, when the Somme Ran
The Washington herald., 1918-07-14
Julia's Mother.

Twelve years ago Mrs Mary Borkman abandon.
ed her 3-months-old daughter Julia The State
gave julia to ehildess couple who wanted little
baby to love and work for. Two years later Julias
mother came TO realization that life without her
baby wasn't worth living and so she set out to find
Julia.
For four years Julias real mother hunted for
the baby she had cast off. and when she found her,
happy and eontented in the arms Of the woman
The Washington herald., 1918-07-14
BoOKDOM
By EoDiac

leading editorial in number of Medicine and Surgery
contends that greater authority preventive medicine lived
than Walt Whitman Contrary to the medical mans opinion
says the writer neither Pasteur Lister but Walt Whitman the
american poet whose fame today what will be after the Great
the efomer medicine the nineteenth century
There need BE wansns to whether he laboratory
cncan by CHOICE whether his knowledge Of medicine
sufficient weg opinion for when his be. poem. he
beahed common and vy and ceany thought into American
HE, scientific medicine undiscovered country.
) -. Ihe editorial nuns:
The Washington herald., 1918-07-14

J. B. Lippincott Company. 1T Is bad.
very bad" they said. Perhaps the
greatest hardship the prisoners Of war
have to endure Is the perpetual tor
ment Of being asked to go TO work
in munition factories TO help their
enemy. For refusing they are per-
secuted and punished. i was told by
some soldiers that in one instance.
three hundred men thus persisted In
their refusal and, infuriated by their
firmness. the German officer shouted
at them: Let him who has the cour-
age to die for his convictions, step
forward Forty men did so. They
were led away and their comrades
considered them as good as dead"
ChurehIIrs New Book.
Winston Churchilrs "A Traveller in
War Time" is to come from the press
within the next few weeks. This Is
the narrative Of Mr.. Churchilrs ex-
periences in France and England dur
ing the latter half Of 1871
Many privileges were extended to the
distinguished American novelist on his
trip abroad with the result that he
has an interesting story to tell as to
conditions in the warning countries in
NDr year lDt COnDlCl.
He writes of famous battlefields
which he visited: of distinguished
people at the front of the war work
with whom he conversed, and OF the
spirit and temper OF the times. Not
the least compelling section OF the
volume is the final one. entitled the
American Contribution and the Dem
ocratizing Idea"
View Books.
The J. B. lppinoott Company an
neunces the publication of The
Roehler Method OF Physical Drill. I"
bS Capt. W. II. Wilbur. assistant
to Maj. Koehler at West Point: the
system which has produced wonderful
results for the cadets there; Real
Russians by Sonia E. Howe who
saw Russians OF every degree and
held intimate converse with them. just
before the revolution; the second ell
ton of Ola Powelrs Successful Can
ming and Preserving" containing add
cd material OF value: The Life and
Times of Stephen Girard." By John
Bach McMaster. one OF the most
notable biographies OF the times.
Terry's .GeaeraI POST
J. Z. Harold Terry's vivacious and
diverting play, General Post" which
has had an unusually long run at the
Haymarket Theater in London and
was seen last winter in New York. In
about to be brought out in book form
by Z. P. Dutton and Company. The
theme OF the play, treated in a genial
spirit ana with much humor apd
charm, is the leveling and democratic
ing OF English society by the war.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-14

Birmingham has placed a replica of an old
fashioned pllory where pro-Gcrmans can it,
They should build ducking stool over municipal
pig-style-and use it.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-14

Shoes have been classcd as essentials by tn
War Industries Board at the foot of the list.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-14

Hunger, the chauffeur, has stripped tn
gears on the Austrian military machine.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-14
When to Retire.

The war has reached the stage where it is
altering the program OF business. Business is not
"as usual"
Tire manufacturers unable today to fill their
orders for pneumatic tires.
Every thought and effort must be centered on
one point-win the
Uncle Sam must have rubber for automobile,
airplane and truck tires Gas masks and other lines
must be considered more important than automobile
tires for pleasure riding.
Tire conservation is patriotic duty
No tire should be "junked' until it has delivered
all the mileage built into it. Many users discard
tires that could be repaired and give many hundred
miles more service.
Every automobile should conserve and
preserve tires in the same patriotic manner he
buy liberty bonds, war savings stamps follows
the suggestions for food conservation as outlined
by Hoover.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-14

Music houses throughout the country report no
demand for Die Wacht Am Rhine!
The Washington herald., 1918-07-14

Prof. Emery of Boston is reported safe in Bcr-
| lin y
The Washington herald., 1918-07-14

Some Russian Experiences.

What happens when you are
caught?" asked Sonia f. Howe, of
Russian soldiers escaped from Ger
man prison camps. (Real Russians.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-14

The appointment OF Willis d. ia
lard as major in the Ordinances z
serve Corps. to rank from June
1915. Is announced. He h. placed
active duty and viii proceed TO Was
ington. d. G. and report IN pciS1
TO the Chief OF Ordnance. iz1
street northwest for assignment
duty.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-14

Mai. Norval II. Pierce. Medical Re
serve Corps. 10 relieved from duty a
Camp Grant. Rockford. H.. and vii
proceed TO Cape May. y. J. and -,
port in person 10 the commando NJ,
oficer, United States Army Genera
Hospital No. II. that place for dutl
with Base Hospital Ne. lI5.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-14

The following-named officers "a IN,
Medical Corps are relieved from duiy|
in the Hawaiian Department and wiIt
proceed to San Francisco. Cal. anl
report by telegraph to the sdjulan
general Of the army for instructions
Lieut. Col. Herbert c. Gibner and
Mai. Charles N. Watson.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-14

The Navy Department is inform
that Guy Casey. fireman. FIRST clas
United States Navy. died July s fro
fractured skull caused by a "a
down a hatch aboard the L. 8.
Pittsburgh. On enlisting on DeceTnh
Q. 1914. at st. Louis. Casey gave as b
next Of kin his mother. Mrs. Menei'
Menke, s25 North Sixteenth street. 5
Louis.
Sharp County record., 1918-03-08
Edwards
Nero. 60.

place as member of the Committee
on Interior Department ExEcndi-
lures which he declared, like two.
thirds Of the other House commit
tees, has no excuse for existing"
War horrors touched Mrs. Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, of New Yorb
recently, when Director General
McAdoo refused to permit her to use
a private railroad car from New
York to Spartanbure, S. G., where
her husband, COL Vanderbilt Is sta
toned. She offered to pay forty
fares to have the car alone, but
McAdoo ruled that this would be o
waste Of fuel and motive power.
j. A. Mallory, Of Topeka, Kan,
has sued his wife for divorce chare.
ine cruelty and alleging that she
hung his daughter to clothesline
When he married the present Mrs
Mallory he had four children, the
man asserts His second wife took
a dislike to Adabel, three years old,
and often pinned the tot to the
clothesline with a clothespiD
through her frock, sometimes leav.
ING her on the line an hour,
Miss Jane Gregory, daughter Of
the attorney general In President
Wilson's cabinet, applied to the
food administration In Washington
for an $50 month job, In re.
spopse to a question from the en-.
ployment clerk she said she had
three dependents. Three depend
ents'" easped the clerk, Yes" re-
piled Miss Gregory, u have adopteo
and am supporting three orphal
Belgian children" She got the job
Sharp County record., 1918-03-08

can see all the big steamers and
transports as they come in. We see
lots of submarine chasers, and you
can put it down that they are swift
boats. We have a balloon field just
below our camp, and large num-
ber of ascensions have been made
there since we came to this place.
Also there are three aviation fields
near here. The air is full Of those
monstrous birds all the time. They
also have the anti-aircraft machine,
which is an interesting sight.
The old jsil where Jefferson Davis
was imprisoned is still standing here,
and the tree under which Davis
was tried and convicted still stands
near the outer edge of our parade
grounds.
Best wishes to all my Sharp coun-
ty friends, whom | hope to see again
some time.
Ernest Justus.
Ft. Monroe, Va.