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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-29
Had Origin in Vengeance.

A hanging is grotesque, and this ele-
ment produces added Humiliation.
Neither is consonant with the dignity
of organized authority or necessary to
sound economy. 1t had it's origin in
vengeance, and while that element play
ed a prominent part in ancient times in
the process of legal punishment, the
modern idea is purely economical
Physical pain and humiliation nave
been written off the books or so infre-
auently enforced as to render them prac-
tically obsolete. If the punishment is
not capital the objects have been re-
duced to the reformation of the indl-
vidual and the prophylactic effort upon
others. In capital cases they are the
permanent elimination of an aggravated
source of danger and, Of course, the de-
terrent effect. The latter object finds
it's principle in the fact of forfeiture OF
life rather than in the method; partieu-
larly is this true because the execution
is no longer an affair open to the pubic,
and those who are chosen as legal wit
nesses are naturally not of the class to
which the example must be made.
So the matter is reduced to the most
expeditions and painless method, and if
we are to be governed, as we'll we may
be. by the opinions rendered by boards
of experts that the electric chair meets
this standard, the question is not an
omen one. Up to 1915 the following
states had adopted the chair upon the
recommendations of these boards:
Arkansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts,
New York, New Jersey. Pennsylvania.
Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina
and Virginia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-29

-.
LISTEN, FOLKS!
Far be it from me to
knock,any make Of car
on the market when
talking to you about
the greatSAXON-SIX.
But to the contrary,
nothing, would please
me. more than have
you visit every blessed
showroom in Wash
ington, examine. the
various models to the
minutest detail. listen
to, the extrayagant
"bull" OF The different
statesmen, and, when
you're all through,
have>you,drop into the
HENDERSON, MO-
TOR CAR COMPANY,
932 18th Street NV,
and take one squint at
the simple mechanism
Of the truly remarka-
bic SAXON SIX. and
then, Il Won cau- Ink
me straight in the eye
andhuthhllly say that
you don't think the
SAXON-SlX is not the
most wonderful six
cylinder car in the
world for the price
well, I won't say it
here, but we'll still re-
main friends!
There amt no six
ways about It, folksI
H'S The ONE CAR
THE POWERFUL
CAR-THE CAR
THAT NEVER
BREAKS DOWN.
$1,1e5E.oRD etreit
Fran showroom
to your home In 50
minutes. "
We viii keep open
Sunday just for you.
That's us!
HENDERSON MOTOR
CAR COMPANY,
93z 18th St. NV.
Phaae Frank. 5sll
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-29
DELEGATES TO CONVENTION.

Nine delegates from the Washington
Chamber of Commerce to represent
the chamber at the waterways con-
vention to be. held in Pittsburgh,
January &, have been appointed. by
President A. Leftwich Sinclair as fol-
lows: Ross r. Andrews, William II.
Baldwin, John G. Capers, Edward B.
Dean, NJ. A. Leese. P. T. Moran, Ed
ward A. Newman, Col Arthur E. Ran
die and George Y. Worthington.
The convention will deal with: recon-
struction problems and provisions fer
adequate and cheap transportation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-29
PHOTOGRAPHS TO ASSIST
PROOF OF lTALY US CLAIM
Portfolio Sent President Wilson
Pictures Many Examples
Of Architecture.

NEW FORK, December 2s.-A port
folio Of photographs-large pictures
of Italian, architecture Of ancient and
medieval claims at the peace conference
Italy's claim at the peace conference
that Trieste, Istria and the central
part of Dalmatia are still cultural
" Italian" despite Austrian efforts to
destroy their nationalisn. has been
forwarded to President Wilson at
Paris by special messenger. it was
announced here today by Col UgQ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-29
TONS OF MATERIAL
AWAITING SALVAGE
Long Trains Are Bringing in
Vast Harvest of the Bat
tIefieIds.
STRANGE QUIET OVER; ALL

BEHIND THE LINES IN. FRANCE.
December 5 Correspondence of the
Associated Press).-This land of re-
cent battles is queer land. now. Over
the shell-torn villages and blasted
woods, the pitted fields and the ruin
of all that once was. is a strange
quiet. The winter sky is lacking in
airplanes and great f1ocks of crows
have taken their place.
A few villagers have crept back to
see what remains of their homes and
holdings, but they are few and prob
ably the winter will have passed be-
fore reclamation and reconstruction
are undertaken on a large scale.
Along the roads repaired and re-
bridged for the allies advance into
German territory, long cannon trains
move slowly and always southwark.
They travel leisurely now. for the
need Of hurry is gone. They bring
back the salvage of battlefie1ds, all
the things that go to make war,
bandoned or captured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-29
France to Release Commerce.

PARIS, December % tHavas).-
Victor Boret. the food minister, de-
Glazed today in, an interview that the
government had decided to relinquish
its war time control Of commerce
with the exception of such restric-
tions as it considered necessary to the
said. had been studied with qualified
Representatives, of the entente in the
course of an effort to bring about a
resumption of normal conditions in
all commerce and industry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-29

Pizzarello, head of an Italian mis-.
sion to the United States
According 70 Col. Pizzarslo. these
q right to the disputed territories.
The photographs show ancient
churches. stairways. pprtale gardens.
mansions of the nobility. towers and
garden walls in the Adriatic littorals.
The photographs are handsomely
bound in leather, decorated with red
morocco and fooled with gold.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-29

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-29
URGES ABOLITION
Of HANGING HERE
H. C. Lewis Would Substitute
EIectrocution as Means for
Capital Punishment.
CITES ITS ADVANTAGES

To the Editor of The Star:
1t is quite time for Congress 10 turn
it's attention to the need of the DIS
trict for a change in it's metnod OF
capital punishment. In using the
present method it probably does not
intend anything in the nature OF tor
ture. vet the content Of that system
includes some features of that char
acter.
They add to the element of horror
Their elimination would not subtract
from the economy of the result.
Physical distortions. as revolving
as they are well known, invariably at
tend a hanging, and the attempt
which is customarily made to conceai
them only excites the curiosity ana
emphasizes the truth. Far worse are
those untoward results which cannon
be foreseen and which depend upon
elements which cannot be measured
even if known. Chief among these
are partial and even total decaplta-
ton. Other accidents, which result IN
horrible and prolonged agony, and
which, it is needless to say, are not
intended by the sentence, as ire
Quently occur.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-29
Troops Most Interesting.

But it is the troops on the way back
that are most interesting, returning
to rest areas or to their ports of en-
barkation for home: French. or Amer
lean, their behavior is the same. AL
ways they are laughing or smiling.
always they greet every one cheerily
or boisterously and always the
French officers salute with a, smile
when they meet an American car.
while the men wave and shout La
guerre est finie!' or a similar greet
ing. Even the children cry "Finis,
finis!'' to the passing car.
Strangest of all are the lights at
night in the hamlets and villages or
shining friendly from the isolated
farmhouse in regions farther back.
For SO long France seemed a DESERT
ed land to the traveller by night. Hour
after hour the Associated Press cor
respondent has. travelled at night
without a glimn1er to be seen in the
countryside, and now from every. hill
and vale the CHEEKY windows shine
and the villages are abiaze.
The papers devote columns to the
illumination of Paris, but it is here,
in the remote part of France where
war has been, that lights at night
seem most wonderful, even if they
are but candle Or but little lamp.
Where once camions. or staff cars
doomed ligh tless in the roads tor the
imminent threat of collision, and Oft
en- it's accomplishments, the brilliant
headlights stab the night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-29
Food Easily Obtainable.

There is no Village now but where
the travelling stranger can obtain
food, not in variety, perhaps, but
enough and very Hospitality. The dep
recatory polite and necessary re-
fusal to requests for refreshments
that usually were received in little
kamlets OF single farms has given
way to a cheerful offering of what
there is, for the farmers know now
that the specter of a winter of short
rations has disappeared. The ration
ing of certain foodstuffs is still in
effect. Bread tickets are necessary
in public eating places. no matter
how unpretentfous: butter and milk
are seldom to be had and cheese is
scarce. but of plain vegetables and
certain meats, there is plenty, and
the carefully boarded stores of the
light red and white wines OF the
country are forthcoming when asked
for.
At this season there is game in the
small town markets, hares and rab-
bits, venison, red-Iegged cartridges
and the large French quail and wild
boar. 1t is high, but not 50 high as
it always is at home.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-06
GENTLE SPRING WEATHER.

The weather so far this week HIS
been all that could have been de-
sired. During most of the time the
wind has come in soft zephyrs from
the south, while the temperature has
been that of May instead Of bolster
Gus March. Should present metero,o-
gical conditions continue few days
longer the trees will begin to show
life.
The weather has been suspicious for
the fishing season, and shad and mes
ring are finding their way into The
Potomac. These specimens OF tue
finny tribe, however, are selling at
high prices, so much so that they
keep beyond the reach OF people OF
ordinary means. A good shad costs
over a dollar at present. Black bass
are becoming more plentiful, as are
other specimens of fresh water fish.
March, is an uncertain month. ;
few years ago the weather during
the entire month was mild, sugges-
tive Of April, In the middle OF the
month Of 1888, however, there was 4
veritable blizzard. 1t was during this
storm that Roscoe, Conkling met MS
death.
Way back in the early forties St.
Patrick's Day. was accompanied by =
blizzard of great severity. Snow and
high northwest winds prevailed that
day and on several succeeding days.
Present mild conditions may prove
to be weather breeders, and people
should be careful not to discard much
of their winter clothing yet.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-06
RETURN TO PAGANIsM.

German manifestoes, particularly
the War Lords bombastic announce
ments lauding the proves OF Ills
arms, imply an intimate relationship
with the Diety, to understand when
it is necessary to remember the
Kaiser is not speaking of the Goa
of the Christians, but referring u
the tribal divinity of his heather an
cestors.
Tie Philadelphia Record says IS
long ago as 1868 Heinrich Heine'
exiled from Germany for having pc
litical opinions of his own, asserted
that the Prussians were neither Ger
mans nor Christians, and predicted
that they would revert eventually u
the worship of their old tribal god.
1t is matter of history that the
Borussi, as the Prussians were known
originally, refused to accept even .
veneer of Christianity until the mid
die of the thirteenth century, finc-
ing the massacre of Christian mis-
sionaries and the worship OF their
tribal god Thor more to their liking.
Thor was rather stupid, but strong
enough to do considerable michiet. He
attempted to wrestle with Death, to
devour more food than Fire could
consume, and to detach from its moor
ings the Midgard serpent, whose
function, by encircling the world watn
Its coil, was to hold the globe %
gether. Naturally, he failed in these
undertakings, but he came so near
success that he caused considerable
perturbation to those interested N
maintaining the natural order OF
things.
The Christian veneer with which
the Prussians were ornamented IN the
thirteenth century seems badly chip
ped at present, and Heine's prophecy
in regard to their return to the wor-
ship of Thor has been fulfilled. 1t IS
for us to dash their ancient idol from
its new pedestal.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-06
RITES FOR ARCHBISHOP.

Philadelphia, March with al
the traditional honors called for by
Catholic rubrics, the funeral Of the
Most Rev. DR.. Edmund F. Prender-
CAST, archbishop of Philadelphia, was
held yesterday in the Cathedral OF
SIS Peter and Paul. Cardinals Glib
bons and Farley, Archbishop Bon
zano, papal representative; more than
a score of bishops, archbishops and
monsignori from many parts Of the
country; hundreds of priests and
members of the other religious orders
together with thousands of lay church
members, assembled to pay their last
tribute to the memory of the late dis
tinguished leader of one Of the largest
archdioceses in the country
The large cathedral where the arcil,
bishop was laid to rest in crypt be-
meath the altar was far too small to
accommodate the crowds of mourners.
Thousands thronged Logan square,
many standing bare-headed through
out the exercises. In accordance with
the wishes Of the archbishop, there
was note Of simplicity at the funer-
al which contrasted with the elaborate
service of the solemn pontifical re.
QUEEN mass and the brilliant robes
of the visiting church dignitaries.
Bishop John J. McCourt, the arch
bishops auxiliary, was the celebrani
of the pontifcal mass. Bishop Cane
van, of Pittsburgh, preached the
funeral sermon.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-06
NEW PROHIBITION LAW.

AS will be seen by the proceedings
of the Virginia Senate yesterday al
ternoon, the new prohibition law IS
substantially the old, save that the
salary of Commissioner Peters has
been increased $500 a year and the
appropriation for enforcing the law
has also been considerably augment
ed. The privilege of purchasing q
quart of liquor a month is retained
in the new bill, and, after all, the
statute is as it was originally, a law
regulating the use of spirituous o.
malt LIQUORS. II was supposed that
the present Legislature would make
the state bone dry, but this was not
done
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-06
THE CITY'S TRAFFIC LAW.

The police are still kept busy in
attempts to enforce the traffic law II
Alexandria. A special session of tie
Police Court was held last night 1cr
the purpose of investigating case
against new conner who was charge!
with running an auto, truck oyer Two
squares of . street running east an>i
west in nineteen seconds. According
to the law, he should have consumed
eighteen seconds in passing each
block. and twenty-four seconds IL
passjiag blesk On sthoroughfares ran
ning north and south: 1t was necessary
to impose the usual fine, the amount
paid occasionally by our own people
for such oifenses.
Two white men were brought BE-
fore the court this morning on the
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-06

WANTED-Salesmen, two young
men over 20, for travelling. in Vir-
ginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania
Must be clever and clean cut. =
proposition for you if you would
like to earn $50 or more per week
See Mr.. Singer between Z and
a. m, Wednesday, Thursday OF
Friday evening at 919 Duke street
55-2t.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-06

charge of operating vehicles on the
wrong side of the street. They, too
were fined.
We endeavored yesterday to press
upon all concerned the Importance OF
observing the traffic laws, especially
at this time, when the number of au-
tomobiles and trucks are increasing
so rapidly. 1t is hoped that all in
terested will keep within the law IN
future.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-06

WANTED-Two young men from -
to 81. Good opportunity for adj
vancement.i Apply at Adams hE-
press Co., LOG North Fairfax street,
Civ 55-3t.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-06

GIRLS WANTED-Sixteen years OF
age or over, also women, for ma
chimes and table work. Good pay
while learning. Paff Shoe Co.,
Washington and Gibbon street.
Alexandria, 5O-oV.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-06

W ANTED--Experieced or inexperi-
enced help at the Banner Steam
Laundry. Apply at 900 Oronoco
street. 54-tt.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-06
OLD FALSE TEETH WANTED

Old FALSE TEETH WANTED
Don't matter if broken. l pay y;
70 SIS per set. Also cash for Old
sold, silver, and broken JeWelrJ'
Send by parcel post and receive
check by return mail. Will hoiG
goods 10 days for senders approval
of my offer. L. Mazer-2OO7 south
9Th street, Phila.. Pa.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-06

FOR SALE-One Ford Automobile,
1914 model, price S275. Address y.
Mendelson, 400 south Lee street,
Alexandria. 56-2t.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-06

WANTED-Young lady clerk. Apply
between one and two o'clock. Con-
tinental Life Insurance Co.. 22S
south Alfred street, city. 54-tf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-06

WANTED-Laly and young man as
walters, board and good pay. APP
ply to Alexandria Quick Lunch, 31S
King street. 50-6t.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-06

FOR SALE-One Buckeye incubator,
used three times; G0-egg. Prize So.
Address Box No. ,, care Gazette
office. 50-3t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-06

WANTED-Fiveo or six good board
ers at once. Apply at 633 south
Fairfax street, city. 5o-ot.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-06

YOUNG MEN WANTED-You can
not acquire a better trade than
shoemaking. Good pay. Paff Shoe
Co., Washington and Gibbon street,
Alexandria. 50-6t.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-06

FOR SALE-A 1915 Chevrolet auto
mobile, in first class condition.
Good bargain to quick purchaser.
Inquire of Mt. Vernon Auto Co.,
Alexandria, Va. Soft.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-06

WANTED-Girlt to clerk in store.
Address special. care Gazette.
5l-3t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-06

Metal Garage for Rent-S3 per month
Apply at 527 north Columbus
street, Alexandria. oo-3t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-06

Rooms and Table Board at 224 North
Fairfax street, city. 55-3t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-06
Classified Advertising
funeral sermon.

ROOMS to rent at Is Cedar street,
Rosemont. 52-6t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-06

55-2t.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-23

The territory black the Bres
LNovsk conferences the Inside the solid black and white
line that territory naturally Poland The by
land France and the United States call establishment indie
Poland
HERE has been such Hungary the
the strikes the dual a
Associated dispatches yesterday strike
100000 working Vienna demanding immediate virtually has been
settled The control OF the perhaps developed through the
the Austrian cabinet and its promised along lines agreeable
public expressed in
possible that pucsls
the enlargement
a
the becomes well established
her hicanR burdens the oc will ponder long before quitting
paIy that holds the hope of developing the Austrian iormd
able factor capable OF forcing Gcrmauy' hand
think chasing wlo %
the breaking of the Ictou coalition. to
abandoned thought dividing the Central Powers
state OF with Austria but the
Austria Hungary throwing down the kaiser 1918 there
Russia break from the allied circle in January lyH
if Austria to lay down hm, spite OF the club the German
which dis
than the detection %
After Austria Turkey and Bulgaria would disappear quickly
Germany truth would become hccgl camp Bulgaria
long lend ail Ferdinand
wants IN the Balkans The German Of the Turkish all
keeps the sick his
1t would be that the the
chaotic but the small patches subject which compose quilt
is Austria Hungary of
the largest thing kind eavcn
working Food and supply conditions Austria perhaps
other OF Europe
junkcr government and ta, power alone which
his people canong loudly and loudly kaiser
There that plainly domination a heritage Of
Puan today This adding
tacrcd Iegons which are the heritage Of the IIapbmgW NJ H.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-23

Cution they would select the electric
chair because they wouldn't have to
stand up to die
Our idea OF gct-rich-quick scheme
right now would be to have 10000 hens
and have each hen laying an egg a day
4 thousand dollar, will make a gu!
an hcircSs in a small town But it
takes ten thousand dollar, to make a
girl an hciress IN 4 big town
Why is 1t that when the average man
feels good he feel, like going out and
doing something foolish.
Some folks acquire all their polish on
their shoes But that is a heap better
than acquiring it on their coat sleeves
and the seats Of their pants.
When a woman is sitting in a box at
thcater she knows that not person
IN the audience is looking at the per
Torrance
Many a bride who was a June angel
has developed into a January ash sllt-
cr.
Every girl is entitled 10 good looks
Just To- rccomNcnsc her for having been
born woman But nature goc, CON-,
and bats now and zen and arc'cssh
taStcus a mans face ON a girl This
is tough luck, and It isn't the glrIs
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-23
REAL FARM HANDS WANTED.

DECENTIY in an editorial ON the farm labor situation
IN The Times coutcndcd there is real scarcity Of farm
hands, despite the statement Of W Walden superintendent
OF the state free employment bureau that there were plenty
Of men available for farm work, and that the uaon would
be relieved if farmers would pay adequate wage. In the
published interview which prompted the comment in The
Times Mr. Walden mentioned Of Kansas farmers com
ing to Oklahoma for farm help and gathered from such
instances that they indicated farm hand famine in Kansas
and that quite likely similar condition obtained here and
elsewhere.
Now comes Mr. Walden again in letter praisng that
editorial but still insisting there plenty OF men ready to
meet the agricultural demands Of labor He explains 1t
not unusual for farmers OF adjacent states TO come to Okla
homa for their assistants because OF the superior ability OF
the Oklahoma farm hand in all forms OF farming However
there are farmers who disagree with the state employment
agent and we also remain unconynccd From many coun-
try papers in this state and others nearby VIC gather that
farmers are having trouble securing the needed men for
the work ahead is within the range OF possibility that
they do not avail hcm,chc, as they should Of the machinery
Of the state bureau for supplying labor but farmers complain
that not all labor qualify
To he worth his hire as steady help is essential that
e farm hand know something OF all the phases OF farming
lie must also be decent chap and in all respects man
the farmer willing take into his family as social equal
for that the status OF the average workman holding
steady farm Job During the stress OF harvest cotton pick
ING almost any labor be utilized but for the general work
Of the farm man is needed who is competent, willing and
generally worth while and such men scarce the farmers
saw and they should know what they talking about
Real farm hands wanted and for such the farmers are
willing to pay wage which, considering all pcrqui,itcs
compares ilyoraby with average pay in other lines.