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Evening journal., 1918-08-22
POUND OF CANDY
Is THE N. Y. LIMIT

NEW YORK. Aug 22-The principal
candy factories in New York State have
Joined with the Federal food board in
urigng the public to limit its candy
purchases to one pound at time and
to reduce the consumption to one-half
Of the purchases OF last year, in order
to conserve sugar. This was announced
yesterday by the State Association Of
Manufacturers Of Confectionery ana
Chocolate. The restrictions do not af-
feet purchase Of candy for shipment
to American fighting forces overseas.
The Federal board also is consider
ing further reduction in the sugar al
lowance for individuals here, il was
learned today. Instead OF two pounds
Of sugar a month for each person,
only one and one-half pounds may be
allotted for September. because the
public already has used more sugar
this month than the regulations
specify.
Evening journal., 1918-08-22
SAVE PEACH PITS

NEW YORK Aug. 22.-Thc need OF
conserving peach seeds or pits. hickory
nuts, walnuts and butternuts for use
in making carbon for gas masks is
urged in a statement issued today by
the Gas Defense Division of the United
states Army. Some idea OF the magni-
tude Of these needs is afforded in the
announcement that 300 tons a day OF
this raw material are being used and
that the demand is increasing.
The Gas Defense Division advocates
schools, libraries, department stores
and banks be used for the collection
Of pits. Final instructions will be is
sued TO Red Cross leaders as 10 bag
ging and shipping.
Next TO coeoanut shells. the sup
ply Of which has already been taken
over by the government. pits Of vari-
GUS kinds make the best carbon.
Evening journal., 1918-08-22
With The PaTagrapheFs

The statement that II the Pope should publish some
Of the documents in his possession they might
another war" Is calculated TO arouse curiosity How
the various governments concerned have already given
TO the word?-Philadelpha Ledger
How the Democrats do love their women voters this
year They planning to pin all sorts Of bouquets
them in their platform. I'VE welcome" I'VE believe -
"a time peculiarly appropriate" 1--WE therefore urge
what noble dedication Of faith What lovely flowers
They stand out beautifully against that shade of strict
neutrality which the fashionable tone Of polite
ians only year so back What can have happened
TO change all thatg-New York Tribune
Evening journal., 1918-08-22
BY The United Press.

by Inc United Press.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22- Congress to-
day showed aside all other tasks and
took up the great man power bill.
Leaders in both Houses intend TO speed
passage Of this measure. to provide the
men for Americas program Of smash
ing the German war machine next year.
Standing out. against the views of
Chief of staff March, Secretary of War
Baker and other War Department ex-
perts, Chairman Dent and other mem
bers Of the House Military Committee,
are prepared for the amendment pro-
viding that men Of IS and 10 be left
out Of the service until the last. The
general view in Congress is that Dent
and his hackers have raised a relative
ly unimportant point.
Even il the rs and i9-year-olds are
held until the last, 1t is contended they
will be in service within a year.
One objection to letting Dent and
his friends have their way, as others
in Congress see It, is that it would pre-
vent mixing the older and younger
men and will make the earlier drafts
under the new law men from 81 up,
while in later calls, all the boys will
be together A much desirable condi-
tion would be to mix the older, steadier
men with the ardent, impetuous, it is
pointed out.
Another objection is that IL will in
volve much more work for the draft
authorities in view Of the provision for
classifying the younger men in two
classes.
However, Congress as a whole, feels
that even though the Dent plan Is
adopted, the worst that will happen
will be interference with the program
and not destruction of il.
The other controversial point In the
bill is the anti-strike amendment. so
called which the Senate Committee in
serted. Much doubt exists concerning
Evening journal., 1918-08-22
CONGRESS GETS TO WORK
TODAY ON MAN POWER BILL

just what Secretary Baker thinks OF
this point
Even those Senators who are strong
friends Of labor declare they will vote
for the amendment on the ground
that it will prevent any one class OF
men hampering or holding up the ma
tion's war program while all other
groups and classes are working at top
speed to aid 1t.
Determined TO give the War Depart
ment the authority to make necessary
draft regulations changes, leaders have
put aside the revenue and water
power bills in the House. and the pro-
hibition amendment in the Senate.
Evening journal., 1918-08-22
TROLLEY HTS AI-Tn

Struck by a trolley car in Market
street, between Seventh and Eighth
streets, an electric delivery automo-
bile Of the Huber Baking Company was
slightly damaged yesterday afternoon.
No one was hurt. The car was In
charge Of NJ C.. Pearce, conductor, and
William Jones, motorman.
Evening journal., 1918-08-22
GEMS OF THOUGHT

The superiority Of some men is merely local They
are great because their associates are ltileIohnson
-:-:-.
There never was any heart truly great and generous
that was not also tender and compassonate.-South
--.-.
1t is good TO rub and polish our brain against that
of others-Monaigne
-:-:-.
The first ingredient In conversation is truth; the
next good sense; the third good humor and the fourth
wit Sir w. Temoe.
Evening journal., 1918-08-22
NEAR PROTESTS ABOUT JETTY.

The Board Of Harbor Commissioners
is hearing protests this afternoon
against extending the jetty at the
son Line officials are among the OBJ
jectors, Captain Horace Wilson being
their spokesman. About 90 persons, in
cuding shipping men, attended the
meeting
Evening journal., 1918-08-22
FATHER WINS CHILD's CUSTODY.

In the habeas corpus proceedings of
J. Richard Thomas against Mrs. Carrie
Cornwall Judge Heisel. in Superior
Court, yesterday awarded the plaintiff
The custody Of his little daughter Irma.
The child had been in the care Of Mrs.
Cornwall for some time. Ward, Gray
and Neary represented the father and
David J. Reinhardt appeared for Mrs
Cornwall
Evening journal., 1918-08-22

Advertising rates OF application.
No attention paid TO unsigned communications
The Washington times., 1918-08-02
100000 Time Savers
(Continued from First Column.l

Continued
in cutting down and building up will realize the response
by involved in any serious interference with the automo
bile industry.
It has been said that socaled pleasure riding repre-
sents in the Of the automobile spoke in the wheel
hundred spokes.
And yet the Of the automobile for pleasure which
is in reality its FOR HEALTH for mental stimulation,
of which the value cannot possibly be exaggerated
Valuable to the nation the automobile has been in
multiplying the power Of the worker the produce of the
farm the usefulness of the professional man. it has been
ne valuable to the nation the side of health and
happiness.
For after ALL human beings do not live merely in order
to PRODUCE more or DO more. They live also TO BE
HAPPY know each other to know the beautiful world
which they live The automobile keeps the members Of
the family together in their pleasures makes possible
for the very young and the old to share the pleasures
of the others with them in spite of physical weakness
The automobile enables the father of the family to be
with his family and make them all happy from the feeble
old grandmother enjoying the sunlight for the last few
times, to the young child just beginning life.
Unlimited energy vast fortunes inventive genius have
been devoted to the automobile industry It has built up
great class of skilled workmen. To interfere with its
ganizaion its present prosperity and future growth would
serious oense against the material and spiritual vel
fare of this nation.
This country is rich enough, powerful enough, wen
enough equipped with supplies to solve its problems
without destroying Gripping its most valuable and I'M
portant industry.
editorial suggested extremely interesting and
principles concerning automobile indus
try. HTiten by John N. WHY'S -
The Washington times., 1918-08-02
Two Live Topics
By EARL GOODWIN.
Can We Get Car Crews From Training Campsg No Coal for
Profteers.

Now that the District of Columbia has gone to the
military training camp for police officers it good
time to aate the matter Of getting moormen and conduc
tors from the/same source.
Before Major Pullman thought of asking the War De
parment for In camps to fill his depleted police ranks
this newspaper In this column advocated getting motor
men and conductors from the training camps
There is good reason. This city is the MAIN
tablishment MUST have adequate transportation ia
ciles for the hundreds of thousands of people
gagged in daily work The street railways trying every
high wages reports that it is impossible to have complete
roster of In any military camp in the country
the commanding officer would not countenance the daily
heups the missed the general deplorable ranspora
ton service that the MAIN shop has to endure.
Therefore, suggest that running street Washington
be made military matter and that experienced
ductors and moomen in khaki be sent here to report
for duty at prevailing (or better) street wages
No Coal for Profteers.
There story out that the Coal Administrator win
not allow coal to be delivered next winter to proftee
This is aimed at the overhgh priced landady and the
pratcal food dealer any there be after Clarence Wilson
is through with them.
this story is true all hail to the Coal Administrator
If it is but dream let beg the genial Kentucky gentle
who has coal desnies in hand to consider
such method Of repsal against the who is doing the
worst he to give Washington bad all the
country.
Also let me beg the Coal Administrator to adopt a.
mental attitude whereby his thoughts will rest mainly
the individual consumers coal bin next winter We went
through winter the worst ever, and fully half the
time the Coal Administration seemed to be producing only
statements Had the production of coal been plentiful
the issuance of bulletins would have been cozy and
warm from October to April
The Washington times., 1918-08-02
Political Freedom Nearly Won By Women

than ours, and the condition Is
due to continue long after peace
has been declared.
Women Must FIJI Gap.
What is the answer, then? Why,
simply, that women must step in
and fill the gap. That they are al
ready feeling the call Is evidenced
to me by the letters 1 receive every
day.
As sample, one woman writes
to me: 81 am married and have
two children, but I want a differ
ent kind Of employment l can do
everything about a house-paint,
hang wallpaper, make doll houses
and doll beds with real mattresses
on them, make the children new
clothes from old ones, but / am
tired Of it all. want to get out
in the crowd, right in the middle
Of the very biggest crowd l could
find. l would like to be a letter
carrier in a busy section-any-
thing just so l am out in the
crowd"
Plainly the old restlessness of
the restless sex" Is astir. Woman
Is eyeing her restrictions and con-
straints with a mutinous eye. Does
it mean that the old order is.utterly
to change; that the housewife Is to
go and all our food be served from
central kitchens and our sewing.
mending and cleaning be done by
central agencies; that women will
go out to work or business as
universally as do men? Perhaps.
1t Is idle to try to stem the tides Of
destiny.
But If so, let her play the game.
Let her be restless in her opposi-
ton to injustice, oppression and
wrong. restless in seeking the
highest efficiency. but not restless
merely for the sake of change.
The Washington times., 1918-08-02
HEARD AND SEEN

engineer. And mind you I said
SKIM-not SKIN.
Some one who wants 70 do q thou-
sand soldiers a good turn can lend
five or seven passenger car 70 Y.
n. c. A. camp mother on Sundays -
she can take down to Camp Shelby,
at Accotink, enough talent to give
q real show. Otherwise the boys
there will get no Sunday evening
performance. By SHOW and per
formance" / mean the kind Of di-
version which Y. n. c. A. camp
mother would manage. Anyone
who wants to put an unused antonio
bile to good use on Sunday can get
quick action by addressing q letter
to this column
This came by TELEGRAM On
July 80, the day the street cars were
tied up so long:
Heard and Seen Editor, Tho
Washington Times:
81 heard q man say damn this
railroad. PEDESTRIAN.
"P. S. and N. Bile referred -
the WRECo."
Harold P. Stoddard writes me On
q piece Of birch bark that he has IN
termed for the summer in a suit Of
old clothes at 'his little shack" at
White Birch Point, Antrim, N. h
Cast q Parmaehenee Belle for me,
please.
The Washington times., 1918-08-02
By Mrs. Wilson Wo d W.

now she has been letting him
know that she won't be happy till
she gets it Political equality is
practically won; no one doubts
that within a very few years the
rights Of women to vote and gov
ern will be everywhere recognized
as fully as those Of men.
The economic status Of women,
although steadily advancing, would
probably have been more slowly
realized, had it not been for the
war. That tremendous cataclysm
which has upset all old calcula-
tons and has practically created a
new world of thoughts and ideals.
has altered the whole aspect Of the
question. Woman is no longer be-
ing more or less grudgingly ad-
mitted as an economic factor; she
is being welcomed and entreated.
Take our own country, for in
stance. Statisticians figure that
owing to the cessation of immigra-
ton, and the demands of military
service and work directly connect
ed with the waging Of war, our
normal man-power engaged in
business and industry as been de-
creased by almost one-half, and
that the remainder is needed al
most in toto for the essential and
urgent occupations of agriculture,
the steel and iron industry. and
transportation.
In round numbers, about fifteen
million workers are needed to
carry on the ordinary business Of
the nation. Nor is this a merely
local or temporary shortage. Other
nations are in even worse shape
The Washington times., 1918-08-02

could not cope with wild beasts
and savage tribes; so she cum
ningly sent her mate to do It for
her.
World Conquered for Women.
1t was for woman and in
woman's service that the seas have
been navigated and the lands ex-
plored, that the mines have been
dug and the inventions perfected
and the cities built-that the whole
world has been tanned and civilized
until at last a lady is safe to walk
the streets anywhere except In some
parts of the Solomon Islands and
in "Mittel-Europa."
But when the whole earth was
fixed up for her as a dwelling, with
a veranda and a grass plot in
front. and sanitary plumbing. and
parquet floors. and a vacuum
cleaner, and Louis Quinze furni-
ture in the drawing room, was she
satisfied? She was not
While these improvements were
in progress she had been obliged to
accept a somewhat dependent po-
sition and submit to the rules and
conventions he laid down for her.
But when he expected her to spend
all her time back in the kitchen
and looking after the children,
while he occupied the front porch
and ran the show, he promptly
found out his mistake.
She demanded political and
economic equality and indepen-
dence, and for almost a century
The Washington times., 1918-08-02
7 yHEN Robert Chambers

w THEN Robert Chambers
NV always happy in his
choice Of titles-called
one Of his recent novels "The Rest
less Sex" he not only picked a
name which inspired interest and
piqued curiosity; he voiced an
eternal truth
Woman is the original rebel
The doctrine, whatever is, is
right" has never appealed to her.
She must perforce add a few frills
to whatever is;" she must let it
out at the neck, or overlay it with
the misty gauze of illusion, or turn
it and make it anew.
Man, as the boarding house keep
ers recognize, will stay put" He
will endure discomfort and incon-
yenience rather than change his
settled ways. But woman is al
ways stirring and contriving. al
ways rearranging, ever on the
alert for new sensations. He
would still be dabbling his feet in
the brooks of Eden. lazily musing
distractions, had not her itch
ing inquisitiveness and spirit Of
unrest urged him to take a chance
and so overturn the established
order.
For ages, owing to her physical
handicaps, she had to indulge her
vagrant and uneasy impulses by
proxy. She could not herself go
out and subdue the wilderness, she
could not range the seven seas, she
The Washington times., 1918-08-02

The attitude of the Administration regarding the rights
Of employees to organize unions definitely and efec
tua1y established yesterday
The War Labor Board in decision affecting street car
companies and their employees indicated that
Companies are to TeceiDe committees repre-
seHtiRg DOrkeTs, and
Are not to interfere Uith their right to
organize unions and UeGr union buttons,
Government control or ownership Of the Washington
Railway and Electric Company would have avoided the dis
asous strike that line and would prevent the present
continuance Of that organzations attitude toward union
motormen and conductors
Speed the day when the Government assumes control
Of the District street operations and may it be while
yet little something is left of the rolling stock and tracks
Of the Wreco, for both rapidly falling into decay
P. S-Western Union Telegraph operators will not be
discouraged by this news
The Washington times., 1918-08-02

HOWARD w., PHILLIPS sug-
gested to a group Of business friends
the other day that one way to get at
the profteering matter is TO adver-
tise the names Of places where rea-
sonable prices are charged
/ know that the reverse Of the
matter has reflected on many hotels
before now. Give q place a high
price reputation and the business
falls OF eventually.
/ see by the papers that JAMES
B. NEALE, director Of production,
United States fuel administration.
has appointed q production commit
tee.
Hope the committee produces some
COAL
On the committee Is one JULIAN
B. HUFF, of Greensburg, Pa Can
anyone arise and tell me if this is
4 young fellow who went to CHAS.
B. YOUNGS school about twenty
years ago?
JACK BOND, the Munsey Build
ing tonsorial artist and the ONLY
man / ever knew who wore chamois
skin shoes, has enlisted in the army
and has been assigned to a civil en-
gineering unit.
Any fellow who can skim a face
the way Jack can, is surely q good
The Washington times., 1918-08-02

Suppose you had to carry twenty five million people
hundred miles In day. How would you go about it?
done.
But fiUe million automobiles now in actual use
IN the United States could do the thing easily
What comes to your mind when you hear the word
road going nowhere in particular because they have
nothing else to do? If so you have false idea.
The automobile is first Of all machine Of USE, Of
absolute necessity one for instance without which the
carrying Of the the present basis would be alb
solutely impossible.
Let the automobiles of the country be represented by
the automobing that is DONE is wrongly called for
pleasure The ninety mine other spokes would repre-
sent the Of automobiles for farming forestry industry
OF all the automobiles in the country more than half
are used in farming forestry and the raising Of animals
The modern cattle goes the plains in
automobile and does in day more than twenty odfash-
Toned cowboys would do on horses.
The farmer, far from the village goes back and forth
for him while he works.
You might well question the value of food to the
human discuss the value of the automobile.
The doctor with automobile doubles his work and
his usefulness Think what this with the taking
half Of the available doctors?
The commanding general in his automobile travels at
almost hundred miles hour from command to an
other sleeping goes Instead arriving exhausted by
long ride horse he arrives rested ready for his plan
ming and fighting.
Automobiles in scores of thousands carry the soldiers
their belongings their food their ammunition in passenger
cars and in trucks.
Automobiles carry the milk meat fish, bread and fruit
everything that is perishable We cannot overestmate
the service that the automobile renders in food saving and
in prompt feeding of the people
Few realize how much American citizens travel in
year.
The number of miles travelled multiplied by the number
Of passengers railroads is about thirty five thousand mil
lion miles
In automobiles it is sixty thousand millions
What would you say if asked as to the disposition of
horsepower in the United States? Would you say that it
located chiefly in Niagara Falls the great factories?
It takes only eleven million horsepower all the
industrial plants of the United States.
More than hundred million horsepower is the force
locked in the automobiles of the United States.
Within few years American inventive and industrial
genius has built up gigantic industry and service only
vaguely appreciated by the people.
It necessary that the Importance of that industry to
the nation should be understood in order protect against
experiments ing well meant but disastrous interference
that threaten from every side
Mans problem is to conquer distance and the law of
gravitaton which would hold him glued to one spot
For him the automobile solves this problem today and
its development has only begun To interfere with it, to
destroy the great organizations bankrupt the factories dis
courage ambition and initiative would be crime against
the future welfare Of the United States.
And is to be hoped that Congress and those engaged
(Continued In Last Column1
The Washington times., 1918-08-02
The Administration and Union
Labor

One Thing Government Ownership of the Washington
Railway and Electric Company Would Mean
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-11
SERGEANT BAILEY To
GO AFTER PRISONER

Montague Jay Pike. claiming 70 be
related to blue blood families of the
South. was arrested on charge OF
larceny in Birmingham, Ala, and is
now held by the police. awaiting re-
QUESTION from this place for alleged
stealing OF tewelry several weeks ago
in Richmond. EXtraditiop papers
will be served on the governor OF
Georgia by Detective Sergeant Bailey
as soon as they can be secuxed, He
will probably leave for Georgia to-
morrow, retainer and detaiuer hav-
ing been secured by the local police
department TO have precedent in trial.
It will be remembered that Pike
obtained entrance in the home OF
H NJ Crowder on the pretense OF
wishing TO see Mr.. Crowder. On be-
ing informed that Mr.. Crowder was
not at home, he asked to leave a
note. While writing the note, sev-
eral pieces of jewelry, valued at APP
proximately s126 was misplaced and
later discovered in the pawn shop.
Several other similar attempts by
Pike. It has been said. were not
successful.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-11
SEVER CONNECTIONS
WITH BIG RAIL WAYS
tTatton Signify Faith I'm Govern
Tnent Operation by Resdgning.

Washington, March lO.--Four mem
bers OF the railroad administration
sisnifed their faith IN government
operation of the railroads tonight by
announcing their designations from
the railways with which they were
connected when the government took
over the roads.
They are walker D Hines. assistant
TO Director General McAdoo. who re-
signed as chairman. general counsel
and director of the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Pc.
Carl X. Gray, director of the divi-
sion OF transportation, who has quit
as president. chairman and director
of the Western Maryland Railway
com pauy, and az chairman and dtrec-
tor OF the Wheeling and Lake Erie
company.
Edward Chambers. director OF the
division OF trafic. who has rendered
his resignation as vice president OF
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe.
Robert s. Loyett. director OF the d.
vision OF additions and betterments,
who has resigned from the Union Pa
ciic
Director General McAdoo added
that all the members had not only
severed their connections with the
railroads, but with all other corpora
TORS and private interests and were
devotfnE themselves exclusively to
the services of the United States.