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The Washington herald., 1918-03-25

There Is an animal by no means
popular that Herbert Hoover thinks
ought to be more respected and more
cultivated. II is the humble pig.
IF every suburbanIte." says Hoo
yer, took to his care a pig and fed
il on the house garbage. he would n
crease our tat supply without any d.
minution in our general feeding
stuffs. In Germany 10000 hogs are
supported by these means. We need
a Keep q pig movement in this coun-
try, and properly cared for pig IL
no more unsanitary than a dog
There IL q certain prejudice against
pigs and the keeping Of pigs in q
great many communities. In fact,
some communities have made pigs the
subject OF restrictive laws. 1t would
unQuestionably be a mistake for pa
triotic citizens living in closely pack
ed cities to keep pigs in their homes.
The advantages would be ouweighed
by other considerations. And yet, the
fact remains, that pigs are misuader-
stood. They are not nearly SO low in
their tastes as they have been de-
scribed to be. They can be quite hap
py and healthy and they can even
grow fat without wallowing IN the
mire. There are pig breeders that
treat pigs like well-bred horses.
There is no reason why communl-
ties should not cultivate pigs on a
large scale in the outlying districts.
The work, besides being patriotic.
would be profitable They say il is
almost impossible not to make money
on pigs. In the matter of eating they
are almost as accommodating as
goats. They can get away with the
most extraordinary things, eating
with gusto what the average animal
would sniff at and turn away from
in disgust or Weariiess or would per-
haps not regard as food at all.
Another animal whose social posi-
ton has gone up enormously since
the beginning of the war is the sheep.
While growing scarcer, he has be-
come more eagerly sought and eco
nomically more valuable. In fact,
thanks to the war, he has never been
so important as he is today.
So much wool has never before been
used in the history of mankind. And
IL is used mainly for the making of
cloth that goes into millions of uni
forms.
At this moment. Hoover says, there
is practically a wool famine on. So
the sheep raisers are rejoicing.
II the sheep raisers of a quarter OF
a century ago could have anticipated
the war there would be many hun
dreds of thousands more sheep graz
ing on hillsides. And many Of the
great sheep ranges that have been
cut into farms might have been pre-
served.
Hoover would like to persuade ev-
cry farmer with a good-siZed farm
in the Middle, Southern and Eastern
States to take at least three sheer
and possibly as many as twenty or
even more. not merely for the sake
of the underfed people Of the allied
countries, but for the sake of this
country, too, and for their own profit
A little movement of that kind. he
maintains. would make the United
States the greatest sheep raising
country in the world. and he points
out significantly, that the sheep would
feed on material that would other
The Washington herald., 1918-03-25
The Battle.

The Germans returned to the attack yesterday
morning, the fourth day of their offensive; showing
that the fate of the great truggle IS to be decided
in a much shorter time than was at first deemed
probable
In the absence OF any really definite reports
OF the battle conjecture is futile; it can be stated,
however, that the progress made by the enemy
is not regarded with alarm dismay by members
of the American General Staff, other mill
tary experts in Washington. Even the fall Of
Bapaume and Peronne little, far the
objective OF breaking through" is concerned.
Berlin resounds with proclamations of victory;
Hindenburg felicitates the Kaiser and the Kaiser
felcitates the Empress; and the official state
ments say that a considerable portion of the
British army has been defeated. Field Marshal
Haig's statements all show that the British re-
tirement from the hrst-line positions has been
conducted according to program, and without
rout confusion. The Germans have brought
no unexpected unanticipated elements to bear
upon the situation, unless it be the prodgality of
their expenditure OF life. Hindenburg has made
all his infantry assaults in close formation. Against
machine guns, it does not take vivid imagination
realize what the wsstage of human material
must be.
All the news that came from the front yes
tcrday increased the confidence OF the world that
the line will hold The German is making a
miracle OF effort, but it will fall far Short just
every great offensive of the has fallen
short, far the Western front is concerned.
The initial stage of the contest has passed. and
the Boche is confronted with the task Of
consolidating himself in his positions, and in
addition OF continuing his attack without the tre-
mendous artillery preparation that heralded his
first assaults. Although it is conceded that the
German artillery has been brought up behind the
infantry attacks with amazing rapidity,- it can
bard he tn do eff
in sustaining the advance as it did at first
So far the German is sustaining the attack
without Iet-up. The next twenty-four hours should
bring a definite turn of events.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-25

believe. and so the man laughed and haw-hawed
till his sides aciled Then he put down his bundle,
climbed the fence and seized the bulls horns.
As the ambulance from the nearby town
were loading him in, they asked:
What in blazes were you doing in there"
Pm knowin' nothing about thot," weakly re-
piled the man. "oniy twas dom fine thing ! had
me laugh furst"
It's somewhat worn story and Bill Hohen-
zollern may have heard it, but darned if he's heard
the moral, of which. free to announce, the
late Robert Fitzsimmons was the recognized au-
thor. to wit: n
The bigger they are the harder they fall.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-25
ak.
By EDMUND VANCE COOKE.

By EDMUND VANCE COOKE.
Here's lesson, little children, for all pupil,
three,
Including dad and mother. Uncle Ichabod and me,
For although you think you manage so you neither
slip balk,
Yet the fact is very palpable-youve never learned
to talk!
For ! find that all authorities. including Bud and
Sis.
Agree, that very frequently,
this!
like
shrieks
voice
your
Great Ganders little children that is not the way
to speak.
Your voice is not rusty hinge, you shouldn't let
it squeak.
For remember, ! am listening, and the way you
and squawk
Will very likely be the way that 1 shall learn to
talk.
And also let your voice beware that bleak and dark
abyss,
For have heard that sometimes
you
have
growled
il
down -
this.
A voice is not submarine to hurt and terrorize.
No, it's much more like auto as it skins along
the ground,
And you can tell it's working WELL by hearkening
to its sound
So keep it timed and tuned and let it neither knock
And-itwill burblc gently on-its even way like this
tCopyright 1880
The Washington herald., 1918-03-25

away. 1t is a handy thing for some
of Mr. Borahs friends to have on
their persons, too, for when the Re-
publican party is seeking candi-
date two years hence, il Will be
available for use in the event any
recalcitrant delegate to the national
convention might be hesitating at
support OF the Idaho man on the
ground that he didn't know his
ability at enunciation of interna-
tional principles. Mr.. Borah really
has laid down some eternal truths
in his talk. They will be quite as
good in 1920 as nOw-and quite as
good a hundred years or two hun
dred years hence. we hope. as they
are this morning when you are per-
using this, gentle reader.
Postmaster Burleson seems to be
in a fair way to score against some
of his most persistent critics in that
the postal rates to become effective
July 1 will likely be allowed to run
on until the next session of Con-
Gress in December. BY that time
the department will have arguments
why they should be continued and
the newspapers and magazines af-
fected will have abundant data
verifying their insistence that they
should be discontinued. Then the
matter will be fought out on figures
with the department in its usual
position to jockey the figures and
make them tell anything.
Mr.. Hoover's traffic bureau which
was recently established now is hav-
ing some trouble with the farmers OF
the West. Our opinion. is that young
Mr.. Spens, himself a Western man OF
some dimensions. will hold his own IN
| the fray and that before long a vic
tory Of considerable size will De re-
| corded in his favor.
The complaint against him is that
the rule requiring permits to shiI
grain is holding back much of it and
is causing an unnatural fixing OF
prices and that this is working to
the detriment of the farmers. Mr.
Spens contends that this is not the
| case. He says there will be cars
ready to take grain away from the
shipping towns when and where the
East is ready for it for food. But
he does not intend that grain opera
| tors shall take advantage of this time
to stock up. and thus put themselves
| in way toward making great re-
| turns from so doing
Mr. Speas holds that in the main
| the complainants are led by these
grain operators to believe that .hey
are being wronged. when as a matter
of fact they are not.
All of which discussion is OF some
moment to US here in the East, as
| most of our daily bread comes from
the section of the country affected
| by the dispute.
We hope that someday a book will
come out showing some Of the internal
troubles of the German empire dur
ing the present war. We would like
to know the truth Of some OF them.
And knowing the truth I'VE would like
! to compare them with some of the
| trou bles which we are having on the
side of the life-and-death struggle.
THE OBSERVER.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-25
Story About a Bull.

According to Amsterdam correspondence, being
King Emperor isn't enough for VIM Hohen-
zoern and he's cunning for more titles He
Cousin Nicholas Romanof and, he eats up the
eastern states, create entirely new titles for him
self. Thus he will become Grand Duke of Cour-
land, Grand Duke of Lithuania and Prince of
Esthonia and Livonia, leaving Cousin Nick as bare
as a plucked turkey at Thanksgiving time, and
later on. he'll pose Great Protector of Finland
Grand Restorer of Ukrania, and so on. He may
syen be secretly aspiring "Kultur Dictator of
SfSsrica." for all we know.
ButS4(re, Amsterdam correspondent naively adds
that formal announcement of Bills new titles will
be withheld until quiet is restored in the East and
we warn Bill that this is a mistake. II we loved
titles as he does, we'd do the announcing without
waiting day for quiet anywhere. 1t surely re-
minds us of that story about bull
One time, there arrived in this country via
the Baltimore and Cork Steamship Line, an i'm
migrant who is one of our wellknown police
men This man had over his shoulder stick
upon which was bundle containing all his worldly
goods, and as he trudged down OF our country
roads hall dreaming of his future honorable career
on the police force, he BULL in a lot
who was angrily tossing his horns and paving up
the dirt 1t looked funny to the man and he
thought what great sport it would be to get over
into the lot and rub the bulls nose in the dirt
IL a4s real bright, iuUny notion. yez may well
The Washington herald., 1918-03-25
Sly Shots at the Solons,
BY THE OBSERVER.

Many members OF the House and
Senate who resent criticism Of Sec
retary Baker because he ij a member
Of the Presidents Cabinet are quick
to criticise Postmaster General Burle-
son. Yet he is just as much mem
Der of the Executives Cabinet-and
looked upon as the better politician
Of the two.
Ralph Kitchin is ION the traH- Of
the ofbcers who have come here to
escape hard work and possible dan
ger. Oficers here by orders and really
anxious to get to the front have TO be
classed with some of the slackers,
but eventually the public will learn TO
distinguish between them.
A welI-educated Russian from the
West writes this department that he
learns from secret sources In Bolshe-
vik-Iand that the Germans are study
ing spanish with might and main so
as to make a commercial invasion OF
South America after the war is over.
Since we last noted the matter OF
ratification Of the Federal prohibltlon
amendment Delaware and South Da-
kota have been added to the list
This makes ten States which have
ratified. Only twenty-six more States
must be won.
california is about to Try out the
plan of aiding its citizens on land SET
aside for their use and in the cultl-
yation of which the State becomes
partner of the tenant. The expert
ment will not only be OF interest 10
the various states but TO the Feoeral
government as well.
Church fights are creeping into poll
tics in several places and beginning
To undermine, to some extent, the
fighting spirit of those communities
This is unfortunate. All churches on
/ this side of the ocean are doing SO
well for the cause Of right that none
should be made a target for the rest
The principal difficulty, however, ap-
GEARS to be that men outside any
church are raising the row about
! members OF one particular church.
PopuIar sentiment. according TO let
ters received by members Of Congress
appears to be very SVrOnBiy loE I0SOe
milton of osteopaths by the army Medi-
cal Corps. The statement Of the Sur
geon General that this step would not
only do no good now but actually
might work some harm seems not 10
be generally accepted by the people.
Like farmers in q State legislature
who grew restive when the session
wears into the planting season, mem
bers Of Congress are becoming restiVe
when they see that the season for
earnering in votes is wearing along
with them miles and miles away from
their constituents.
Mr.. Bryan said at his home town
| meeting the other night: senators
who stand against the prohibition
amendment will have to produce evil
dence of their patriotism in order to
! avoid being called alien enemies.
Some hit at Ollie James. eh-snd some
other patriotic members who refused
to follow Mr.. Bryan on the liquor
| issue? And could he have been hit
ting at Mr.. Brisbane? We put 1t up
\ to the latter to answer.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-25
u. S. Admiral Buys
Russian Shipping

London, March "A dispatch to
the Daily Mail from Toxic. dated
March Is, says:
The newspaper Kokumin Shimbun
announces Admiral Austin N.
knight, commander Of the United
States Asiatic Fleet, has purchased
all the shipping on the Russian
coast. This totals $4,000 tons. Ad-
miraI knight is now at Nladivo-
stok."
The Washington herald., 1918-03-25
ALINE o. CHEER
EACH DAY O. THE YEAR
BY John kendrIck Bangs.
THE ZEST OF LIFE.

THE ZEST OF LIFE.
I'm glad I'm not like Sc old Kings
Who sighed TO think they had al
things,
For I have found the zest of life
Hath come from struggle and from
strife
In winning goals that lay beyond
Some barrier of dark despond;
And hope that day, IN never see
When | have not ahead of me
Some prizes that must yet be won
Through deeds not easy to be done.
Copyright. lqlsl
The Washington herald., 1918-03-25

"The higher you climb" announces Karl Lem
norman, of the National Refining Company, the
people will you" We're not so certain
about that The higher you climb the more people
will try to you. but the oftener the office boy
tells 'em you can't be seen.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-25

81 did considerable Dragging last be-
cause l could raise radshes and onions in my
back yard after buying $50 worth of topsol and
S. worth of fertilizer" writes C. S. But my vanity
has gone since I found the Italian who spaded
my garden raise both asphalt pave
ment"
The Washington herald., 1918-03-25

Men who are close to the admin
istration say the President is taking
a keen interest in all phases of the
conduct of the war and that he
knows more OF what is going on
than when he relied merely on two
or three photographic reports of 1t.
This extends particularly to the
War Department and some of the
related activities where trouble
was brewing a long time before the
President knew anything about it.
The natural result of the investi-
cation of Congress, particularly the
Senate Military Committee. was to
bring this about. The investiga-
tion was thoroughly in line with
the Presidents policies and was
more nearly an eXemplificatiOn of
the wishes of the people than some
OF the things that were hidden up
to the time Congress took a hand.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-25

Senator Sherman observes that pigpens might
be installed throughout Washington to stimulate
food conservation. Yes indeed. and then, too it
would do the Senate good TO take look at honest
pork occasionally
The Washington herald., 1918-03-25

New York arrested for hugging a street
conductor given his choice of apologzing
to her going to jail. That the height of
gallantry-refusing to say he sorry.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-25

German shell burst within forty yards of
Secretary Bakers automobile, doing him harm.
Newt probably in Ford limousine.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-25

couple of fellows with hat check concessions
in New York hotels have been making $4,000 a
year. And yet there folk who wonder why it
is so difficult to find men to build ships.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-25

A Cleveland man has been arrested on a charge
of stealing two carloads OF coal Stealing two
carloads OF coal is quite a feat But finding two
carloads OF coal is greater one.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-25
BAND CONCERT PROGRAM

The United States Marine Band 0rches-
trs, William II. Santelmann, leader, VIII
give a concert in the Marine Barracks to-
day at $50 p. m. Program:
March, Clear for Action ..... .Blankenburs
Overture, Martha" F1otow
"A Memory" y"........e..... .Stebbins- Branson
Requiem for three .,eellos Top. eS.......: --
.'.........s--s.-s.s- .EOppcL- hueA
First cello. Fritz Mueller; second cello,
Frank wibhtzhouseE; third cello, sieg-
fried Scharbau.
Prayer and Second Intermezzo from The
Jewels OF the Madonna" ... .Wslf-Fernri
Prelude and finale to the third act from
Parsifal' Wagner
The Star spansled Banner"
The Washington herald., 1918-03-25

Go back to the simple Rfe, be eOHteHtsd irith
simple food, simple pleasures, simple clothes Work
hard. pray hard, play hard Work. eat, rsereate
and sleep Do Il oil cowGgeoEsly.
We haze q vietory 10 ain.
HOOVER
The Washington herald., 1918-03-25

Conductorettes and women munition
makers. step forward please and make
room for another sister who is doing
her bit. Meet the girl gas collector
of Flushing. Long Island. She braves
the dark cellars and fears the mouse
not.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-25

The up-to-dateS furniture collector
will appreciate the candor OF a Bow
cry shopkeeper. whose sign proclaims
to an oft-hoaxed world: Unique
Modern Antiques
The Washington herald., 1918-03-25

California is about TO Try out the
plan of aiding its citizens on land sci
aside for their use and in the cult
vation Of which the State becomes a
partner of the tenant. The expert
ment will not only be Of interest 10
the various states but to the Federal
government as well.
The Washington times., 1918-03-11

They did not happen to have
it, but the salesman was po-
lite-and on the job-show-
ed some other gloves that
Seemed to be most in de-
mand," or some other thread
bare sales argument, and he
accepted the substitute, only
to run up against a friend a
few blocks further on wear
ing just the kind of glove
originally wanted and still pre-
ferred. The usual question
brought forth the answer that
Friend p had bought the
gloves at -; had seen them
advertised that same after
noon in the very newspaper
that yours truly was right then
toting around in his pocket.
How many times have you
bought something to fill
need or meet a desire, only
to find out to your sorrow,
after the purchase had been
made. how much better you
could have done had you been
supplied with a little more in,
formation before the pur-
chase? Go to "A friends
The Washington times., 1918-03-11

the advertising columns OF
The TIMES each day reflect
the best buying opportunities
in the entire town.
Shopping through the ad-
vertising columns of The
TIMES in the comfortable
confines of your own home is
the time-saving, effort-saving
way of acquainting yourself
with what is going on in the
various stores. The fact that
the stores always put forward
their best offerings in their ad-
vertisementS inSureS your be-
ing informed as to any money
saving opportunities as soon
as they are offered by any of
the stores.
Everybody reads the ad-
vertisements," it is true, but
some of us do not give them
the daily consideration that
we should, and, consequently,
suffer a loss in money or sat-
iSfaction, or both.
The Washington times., 1918-03-11
AMERICAN MINISTER
TO SWEDEN HEARS FROM
AMBASSADoR FRANCIS

The State Department today receIv-
ed from American Minister Ira Nelson
Morris. at Stockholm. cable saying
he received on March a telegram
from Ambassador David X. Francis at
vologda. No details we're given and
II is assumed that the message was
purely routine, thereby giving weight
to the conviction the department holds
that Mr.. Francis is not being detained
by the Bolsheviki
Important exchanges are in prog
ress today between Tokyo, London,
Paris and Rome, diplomatic officials
here state, and Il Is understood that
they have to do with the proposed
Japanese-Chinese military expedition
into Siberia.
While admitting that the japanese
army is being mobilized. and a con-
scriptIon and mobilization bill are
pending. the Japanese foreign min
lister, will not give details OF how far
his government will go.
The Siberian situation was discuss
ed between Roland s. Morris, Ameri-
can ambassador to Japan. and Wis
count Motopo. Japanese foreign min
lister. Saturday. but no comment viii
be made on the confs[ence by officials
In Washington.
Reports from PekinS are that the
Chinese cabinet has voted $4,000. 900
for the expenses OF an sxpedltionary
force into Siberia. About 10000
Chinese soldiers are armed and equip
ped, ready for intervention IL 1t is
finally ordered.
This Government, taking the posi-
tion that there Is no immediate dan
The Washington times., 1918-03-11
BoLSHEWK GOVERNMENT
MOVES TO MOSCOW AS
FIRST STEP IN DEFENSE

PETRoGRAD, March 1.-THE gov
ernment Is moving to Moscow a. .
hrst step in resistance on all fronts
according to an Official press an
nouneement today. II Is believed the
Bolshevik government may hGhi
both Germany and Japan.
The BolsheVIk congress has dis
carded the name social democratisS
and adopted the title Of "the Com
munIstic party" as IL does not visa
to have any similarity to the party
OF which Philip Scheidemann Is the
leader in the Reichstag.
A treaty Of alliance with the Fin
nish Red Guards has been signed ~
the Bolshevik government, offsetting
the German treaty with the Whita
Guards In Finland.
Details OF German treatment OF the
Inhabitants OF lands which they
have overrun continue to come In. IN
Finland the German police and mill
'tary system Is invoked against the
people. The newspapers have been
suppressed. workingmen's organiza-
tions have been dispersed and hun
dreds arrested. Many are reported
executed in Esthonia where even the
Boufgeoisie have been strongly
curbed by the Germans. The Bour-
geoisie were suspended by the Boil
shevilSi OF favorlng the German In
vasion.
Most violent prosecutions were re-
ported from Riga.
Smolensk reported heavy German
forces moving from HomeI toward
Novozibikof. which city the Russians
are preparing to defend. The Ger
mans concentrated On the orsha front
have. retreated