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The Washington herald., 1918-10-13
LOOKING BACKWARD

By CAPT. J. WALTER MITCHELL

Washington given the nickname Museum City,"
1t about interesting the city having previously
nknamd the Cy Magnificent Distances and Forest City,
wealth shade London banker who had
New York spend day only the Capital fell into
hands of guide who evidently impressed by the
and considered them important from sightseeing
standpoint than the Capitol and the other notable
fcre The voh guide escorted the Londone the
Fish Commission Museum in the old wartime Armoy Building
Sixth the Army Medical Museum the National Museum the
Smithsonian Institution with collections oil BIRDS
mails and reptiles the Department of Agriculture Museum the
Service Museum the Treasury Department Building the
of models designs of the Patent Office then
Washington to the little of relics the yard
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Nnlfor Nonplussed-
Great heavens. man; have you any
museums left?' the visitor said as he
glanced at the setting sun. Here
I've been all day long in your city
and have seen nothing but museums.
You should call this the Museum
City"
IF you can stay in Washington
overnight" the guide came back, II
would Ike to take you to our live
stock museum out at the Zoo" On
his way back to his hotel. and while
passing along Pennsylvania avenue
between Eleventh and Twelfth streets
the London banker read an illumI-
mated sign on the south side OF the
thoroughfare-Dime Museum-which
caused him to exclaim: Good Lord.
there's one the fellow missed and it
is open nights"
Outstanding among the many his
toric show places OF the Capital are
its splendid museums, and they are
-veritable encyclopedias OF information
besides being OF thrilling interest TO
visitors Of all ages and conditions.
Ancient records show that the first
museum in this city was established
in 1870 by c. Boyle, an artist from
Baltimore. II was located in the stu
do formerly occupied by the famous
painter, Gilbert Stewart, on Pennsyl-
vania avenue near Sixth street north
west. Stewards marvellous work with
brush and palette was executed there
from 1903 to 1895. Not much is known
OF the character OF Washington's first
museum. but 1t is supposed to have
been devoted largely 10 historic paint
ings with perhaps a few relics of the
Revolutionary war.
The Columbian Institute was estab-
nshed in 1918 and was undoubtedly
the first national museum and the
forerunner OF the present magnificent
National Museum and the Smithson-
ian Institution. The National Insti-
tate was opened to the public in lsll
and following the bequest TO the
United States Of Mr.. Smithson. OF
England. the Smithsonian Institution
came into existence and was formally
opened August 10. 1876.
A BIJou Var Maseam.
A little museum OF war in which 1 as
boy was much interested was OPEN
ed Immediately after the civil war in
the old Winde- Building on Seven
teenth street Immediately opposite rhe
State. War and Nary Building. Il
was known tn but few people ana wSs
designated the Ordnance Museum"
being in charge OF the ordnance bu-
reau OF the War Department. 1 wa=
h-st introduced to this remarkable col
lection OF civil war relics by Capt.
McNalley. recently deceased, who was
an official Of the bureau when I first
visited it in 1851. The museum was To-
Gated In a hall in the rear of the VEN
-eraole building, and was valuable
object lesson to the soldiers of the
great war just ended.
The horrors of war were brought
The Washington herald., 1918-10-13
Knights Of Columbus.

Complying with the request of the
local authorities all meetings and
special events scheduled for the past
week were called off. The annUal
celebration of Discovery Day, which
was to have taken place at Carroll
Hall last night. was also called off.
The annual vesper service OF the or
der. which was to have been held to-
night at the Immaculate Conception
Church, has been postponed indeii-
nitely.
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velvety and free from annoying
weeds as Il appears from across the
street, and that his own business
lawn can be DEVELOPED 10 as h.rh or
higher velvet by hard. careful work.
And by velvet ] mean the elusive
dollar We are all striving for-koeJh-
cr, The Quieterion."
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English to Clothe
100000 Yank:

London-Contracts for the refitting
and clothing of 100000 American
troops in France for the next year
have been accepted by English firms
This is in return for Hoover's guar
antee to feed the allies.
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yividly TO mind by several of the ex-
hibits. One of these was the trunk OF
an oak tree which stood Immediately
in the bloody angle" at the battle OF
the Wilderness. So intense was the
battling for possession of the angle
that 1t was charged and captured a
number of times successfully by
Grants men in blue and Lees men in
. gray. and the tree was literally cut
down by musket balls. Some Of the
most vicious hand-to-hand fighting of
the war occurred about the oak tree.
This tree trunk Is now at the National
Museum surrounded by the historic
collection Of Gen. Grant.
| Old Ordnance Museum.
! In the old Ordnance Museum there
was great display of captured flags.
Some were Confederate battle flags
thot had fallen into the hands OF the
Union troops. Others were Union bat
tie flags that had been captured by
the ConfederateS and recaptured by
Northern troops in the capital of the
!Confederacy at Richmond, Va, when
that city was evacuated in 1855. With
most of the flags displayed in the mu-
scum was their history. l recall a
white flag with crossed cannons in red
which had fiuttered in the fire and
smoke of battle over a Union battery.
1t was shot down at the battle OF
New Market when the battery was
captured at the point of the bayonet
by the cadets of the Virginia Military
Institute. The commander OF the bat
tie tore the flag from its staff and
concealed it beneath his coat. He was
mortally wounded a few seconds later,
and the white flag dyed red with his
! lifeblood was found by the Confed-
crates and sent to their capital at
Richmond. where it was later recov-
cred by Union forces.
ominous Black Flag.
Another flag of unusual interest
/ in the collection was one of black
cloth. 1t was about five feet square
| and mounted on a hickory sapling.
The inscription stated that "this
black flag meaning no quarter. was
used by the Confederates in their
assault upon Fort Pillow" Several
influential Southerners who saw this
black flag declared It was not used
by the men of Gen. Forrest whose
| soldiers captured Fort Pillow, but
was "adroitly gotten up by Repub-
lican politicians to aRgravate the
ill-feeling in the North against the
people of the South for political rea-
sons"
Pathetic indeed was the appear-
ance Of the battlehag of the Pal
metto Regiment. First South Caro-
lina) of the Confederate army. On
blue field was the palmetto tree
in red. while the emblem was bat
tle-scarred, shot-rent and bespat-
tered with blood. A card pinned to
the flag conveyed the information
that the regiment having been
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Veterans Prove NaIor.

I'VE uns were not whipped" de-
cIared the former fighter in gray. but
we wore ourselves out whipping you
Uns."
This remark started the fight, and it
was necessary to summon several-at-
tendants to separate the belligerents
and eject them from the building. and
.it is said they continued the scrap on
the street and fell into the hands of
the police. The story of the battle
between the Johnnie Reb and Yank
was published and came under the eye
OF President Cleveland, and soon
thereafter the flags disappeared from
the museum.
During my rounds as a reporter for
Washington newspaper about thir-
ty-five years ago, my assignment
being the War. State and Navy Build
ing. l came across an age-yellowed
ledger Of ancient vintage that had
teen converted into a rare historical
scrapbook by the Confederate govern
ment and fell into the hands OF the
Union troops that captured Richmond
and took possession OF the records
and archives of the Confederacy. The
book was in charge OF one OF the
bureaus Of the War Department. On
Its pages were pasted the one thou
sand and one designs submitted to the
first Confederate Congress for a ma
tional flag for the newly formed Con-
federacy. A prize of several hundreds
OF dollars in gold had been offered by
the government for the successful
competitor, aud the designs extended
from the sublime TO the ridiculous and
fantastic,
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in the defense of Tien Tsien by a
4! Chinese outfit. 1t has a nipple but
no lock, and is eight feet long. The
services OF three Chinese artillerists
were required to discharge this won
derful gun-one man to place the
cap. another TO load the piece. and
the third to strike the cap with 2
big hammer. At each discharge OF
this gun the recoil knocked down
all three OF the Chinamen. A Wis
itor when told of this rare piece OF
ordnance. remarked: The allies
would not make much progress
against the Hindenburg and other
German defenses with such contrap-
| tions"
servitude Whips shown.
A relic of valor is a silver-mount.
| ed whip employed by the officers tO
lash their men into action. should
they hesitate in the face Of the
enemy. The foregoing and many
other exhibits OF ighting methods
| of the past will be odd companions
with the ame-throwers. hand Eren-
AIDES and what not. that will be
| brought to Washington for museum
' purposes when the present war is
ended for display in the really great
museum of war that IS now in con.
temptation.
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ordered to hold an advanced posi-
tion at, the battle OF Malvern Hill,
obeyed orders until II was relieved,
although more than half its number
had been killed or wounded, and the
remaining men in gray had erected
a barricade of their dead comrades.
and with their nag supported by
this grim defense held on against
great odds until reinforcements
came.
Historical Flags stored.
In the collection of flags were
many that had been carried through
the carnage of war by crack regi-
ments on both sides, and their his
tories were both interesting and
thrilling. After Grover Cleveland
became President 1t was deemed
best to remove the flags from pub
lie view and they were packed in
boxes and stored in the vaults of
the War Department, where they are
now. no doubt, going through the
processes of decay with the assist
ance of time and the festive moth.
There have been two museums of
war in Washington, the first being in
a quaint little building In the Wash
ington Navy Yard uad the second the
Ordnance Museum, and now 1t Is pro-
posed by a patriotic orga anization to
have established here in the near fu-
ture the greatest war museum of all
the world. in connection with a splen-
did memorial building in honor of all
American soldiers, sailors and Ma
rines, and especially as tribute to
our gallant boys in khaki who are
helping to win the greatest OF all
wars
In the navy yard museum on public
view We're relics of the war with Mex
leo in 1Si7. including ancient cannon
made in the sixteenth century In
Spain: guns and other paraphernalia
of war captured from the Tripolitan
pirates by our naval forces, and the
first rapid-hre gun. nicknamed the
coffee MILL" and used with uncertain
effect in the civil war.
A story was current about the time
President Cleveland ordered the cap
tured flags to be stored. that his ac-
tion was largely influenced by flst-
fight in the Ordnance Museum be-
tween a one-armed former, Confed-
crate and a one-legged former Yank.
The two veterans engaged in an
angry discussion over one OF the bat
tie flags and its history as given on a
placard.-
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Flag Designs Bizarre.

Some that recall were a red rattle
snake, colled to strike. on a white
field, with the legend of revolutionary
war fame. Don't tread on me-" a
white cross on a red field, typify ing
the southern cross; a triangular flag
resembling in shape that Of China
with a palmetto tree at its widest end
and the words, Liberty or DEATH"
several designs that very nearly re-
sembled the Stars and Stripes of the
Union. and many with palmetto trees
as the central figure. One aged won-
an in Georgia sent a design in deep
est black with the words in white,
Death to all Yankees" Another
grewsome exhibit in black had as its
centerpiece a skull and crossbones in
yellow.
There were two interesting museums
IN the Treasury Department Building
about thirty-five years ago. One of
these was connected with the Bureau
or the United States Secret Service.
and the exhibits consisted principally
OF photographs of notorious counter
feiters and specimens of their handI-
work. In nearby corridor was the
museum of the Life-Saving Service,
now incorporated in the Revenue Cut
Ter service. Among its displays was
the first mortar and ball used by the
government to save life from wrecked
vessels. 1t was employed at the time
or the wreck Of the English ship
AYRSHIRE off the coast of New Jersey.
In January. 1850, during the prevalence
or a furious storm. and by its aid 2Oi
lives were saved. 1t was at the scene
or this wreck that the original cor
rugated iron lifeboat was used with
good effect.
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Homemade Artillery.

lieutenant.
Homemade Artillery.
In the exhibits from the Philip
pines is a fine collection OF bolos,
and it may be stated that every
Filipino has his bolo. 1t enters into
his home life and marks his social
and professional rank. In war the
warriors of the contending factions
carried the talibong. sort OF heads
mans sword or ak. from four to five
feet long and weighing as much a,
eight pounds.
One of its uses is to decapitate
the wounded enemy on the battle
field. Unique is a collection OF
home made cannon which the insur-
rectos employed against the Ameri-
cans. One of these primitive look
ing cannon is made of wood. banded
with iron rings. The bore is a sec
ton of one-inch galvanized iron gas
pipe. There are also several native
shields which formed but scant pro-
lection against the Krag-Jorgenso'
rife balls OF the Americans. while
poisoned arrows and spears form
another group.
From the China campaign came
an odd gun used against the allies
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~ J. n. GROVE

sheet. and It was hoisted to the
masthead with the desired effect, the
newspaper men being released to the
lieutenant
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THE ORIGIN OF SACRIFICE
Coeval with the Race.

f..
or the Council of the Twelve
Ike IItah
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War Relics Educational.


In view Of the present titanic
batting in Europe, the war relics
no" in possession of the govern
ment, many of them being at the
national Museum, form a most in
teresting study of the wars of the
past and give an opportunity for val
uaDle comparisons. Just a few of the
clVll war exhibits of more than usual
interest are the original model of the
United States ram Monitor, armed
with two n-inch Dahlgren cannon,
which fought the famous battle with
the Merrimac in Hampton Roads, and
was known to the Confederates as
the Yankee Cheese-Box;" a CODY of
the Vicksburg NIiss) Daily Citizen
of July 2, 1868, printed on the reverse
side of a roll of gaudy green. red and
yellow wall paper owing to the short
age OF print paper; the double-bar-
relied shotgun with which Col. Els
worth was killed by James F. Jack
son at the Marshall House, Alexan-
dria. Va. May "a. 1861; the great key
OF the old War Department building
which was located on Seventeenth
street. the key weighing five pounds;
the military coat worn by Col. John
:. Mosby, the Confederate partisan
ranger; decorated china punch bowl
captured at the White House of the
Confederacy at Richmond, besides the
collections of many famous COM
manders Of the Union forces.
Relics of Cervera's Fleet.
None the less interesting are the
relics of the war with Spain and the
campaigns in the Philippines: also
others from the Boxers campaign in
China. The latter include an i'm
mense iron lock which Temporarily
barred the way Of the gallant Ameri-
can Marines when they sought to
force the main gate of the city of
Pekin. The destruction of Cervera's s
Spanish fleet off the coast of San
tiago, Cuba, in 1898, supplied a num-
ber of relics.
Two newspaper men who fell Into
the hands of the Spaniards at Ha-
vana owe their release to a soiled bed
sheet, which is now a Spanich war
exhibit at the museum. 1t appears
that when 1t became necessary to
hoist flag of truce on the United
States scout ship Uncas, to negotiate
with the Spanish authorities for the
release of the two correspondents,
Lieut.. f. r. Brainard, commanding
the Uncas, was at his wits ends to
procure a white flag, as he explained
american ships were not in the habit
of carrying such things in stock. A
sailor finally took from one of the
nunks in the Officers quarters .
Arizona republican., 1918-04-25

lief that the board now entertains against this picture. It is a big moral lesson and has many wonderful en- dorsements and is in no way inn moral
 Rev. Paul Smith saw fit to con- demn this picture and cause it's own CTS much annoyance for the reason that it is @ direct answer to his picture "The Finger of Justice" which is the picture produced by Rev. Paul Smith and which has been proven was produced for it's monetary value. Fur ther than this Who's Your Neigh bOr?" is truthful and powerful in it's influence.
 Agreement With Committee
 MT. Barncord reached an agree ment with the censor board whereby the board is to review this picture at a private showing Friday evening and if it meets with the approval of the board, they will consent to the picture going on, and if not, it will be suppressed, NIr. Barncord stated plainly that there is nothing objec- tiOnable in the film and that he well comes action on the part of the cen sor board, not only insofar as Who s Your Neighbour" is concerned but all pictures of a questionable character. The city manager, members of the city commission, chief of police and others will inspect the picture Friday evening.
Arizona republican., 1918-04-25
CENSOR BOARD WILL
 PASS ON FILM PLAY

The film portraying supposedly the life of the underworld, under the title Who's Your NeighbOr?" which is scheduled to play a four days engage ment at the Empress theater, start ing next Sunday, would be stopped if it did not meet the approval of the board, was the announcement made yesterday by Avery Thompson, city manager.
 The censor boards attention was called to this picture by a number of people who had recalled the bitter fight Waged in Sacramento, Los All geles, San Francisco and Denver re gently by the Reverend Paul Smith and other social workers, who after a hard fight failed in each incident to have the picture suppressed.
 The censor board does not believe in permitting pictures to be shown that may in any way tend to corrupt the morals of the young people of Phoenix.
 Barncord Sees Thompson
 Manager John Barncord of the Elm press theater when he heard that the board was after the scalp of the pie ture, visited the city manager in the city hall. AIr. Barncord made it plain to MT. Thompson that Who's Your Neighbour has been played in it's entirety in almost every city of the United States. and that quite to the contrary of the information and be-
Arizona republican., 1918-04-25
VON KOENITz .> INVESTIGATED

Paul vou koenitz employed by the Eagle Drug COmlany as an efficiency expert. and arrested for forgery of his employers name is facing charges Of an even more serious nature as the re- suit of a search of his rooms by the or- ticCrs. Certain papers tine exact na- ture of which could not be learned and d German gun were among his posses ion. There were also number of nhO- t0graphs of a youn~ woman said to have only recently left the hotel where Non KOcnitz lived and who is now on the coast. In this connection the fed ral authorities are Investigating with view of hringing white. slavery action hould their investigations warrant such a course. \ grand larceny charge will also be brought against the young Gcrmau for in his room a. quantity of drugs, a kodak, manicure se. and other goods said to belong Co the Eagle Drug company were found.
 When brought before Justice Wheel rr on the forgery charge, Vou koenitZ admitted his guilt. He rather won the sympathy of those who materially lost np his act and they were about to in- tei"ene in his behalf wren it was de- 'ided to hold him in jail a few days pending a further investiga tion 1t was lutU that search was made at his quarters which revealed damaging ev- idence. NOn Kocnitz was making good as an efficiency expert when he passed check of $50 drawn on the National Bank of Arizona to Arthur Luhrs signed i'm the name of F.. C. StultZ The bank accepted the check
 When. the check reached Stultz he remarked that he did not remember writing it and passing it to his clerks asked it it were his signature They agreed that it was but he still did not believe hr had drawn the check It de- Velopcd that the new efficiency man had been trying out his cleVeincss in forging the name of r. C. Stultz by paving bills owed bv the Drug company WitR forgcd checks Satisfied after trying himself ont he. became more CouT-oous and attempted to pass the S50 bll
 When first brought into court he pleaded with the judge 10 let him go. declaring that he was better than -he rest in the city jail and could not sleep in 30 lousy cell
Arizona republican., 1918-04-25
Peqqy HyIand at Empress

The dainty, clever, Peggy Hyland, now William Fox star, will soon be seen here in a brand new spy photo play called The Debt of Honor" It will be shown at the Empress theater today
 The William Fox organization is to be complimented on gathering this be- loved English girl into its fold. MT. Fox has given to her a story that brings out the beauty of screen art for which this girl has become so well known. Honor" as she is known in the play, pays her debt by refusing to tell on the wife of the senator who has adopted her. She knows the sen ator loves his wife dearly and to save him the misery of the knowledge that his wife has been untrue she allows the circumstances to point to her as the guilty one. Driven from the house this orphan girl learns that the sena- tors wife is stealing the United States transportation plans from her husband and is giving them to her lover, a Ger man spy.
 Honor has a good sweetheart of her own. He helps her uncover the spy and saves the senator from dis grace as well as aids the country.
 ne frtnceSS Fat
 One of the most enjoyable things about the Henry Blossom Victor Her bert musical play. "The Princess Pat,'' which comes to the Columbia theater for. special engagement of three nights, commencing on Monday. April 29. is the total absence of the usual unwieldy lot of chorus girls common to musical productions nor is it weigh ted down with collection of vaude- vile players. Of course. there is a chorus. both male and female and the promise is made that it is comprised only of those who not alone are slightly but are also singers. The nearest ap- proach to vaudeville is the introduction of a pair of dancers. of international repute. Of this latest work of the Messrs. Herbert and Blossom, it is said that it is real musical comedy offer ing with an abundance of humor and a score that is truly 8 delight.
 Seat sale opens today at Columbia [