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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-20

ALLAN McLANE ALBERT, In an
sver to query as to the oId-tims
rhyming street car conductor gives
me this recollection:
Il remember Pop WOOSTER on
the old Fourteenth street cars, and
have lifted the latch at tie turn
table for him many times. There are
now several men with tho Capital
Traction Company who were on the
old bobtail one-horse cars. LIEUT..
CHARLES BREMERMAN. Of the
Ninth precinct, was on that line then
and drove car No. Of; the JONES
brothers, C'BillyO now dead, and his
two brothers. I have often ridden
with these men and have turned tAs
table at Fifteenth street and Ne1
York avenue.
- -e
The old Fourteenth street car
barn was at Fourteenth and Florida
avenue. The cars turned on -Four.
tenth to the right and through the
barn out on to Florida avenue and
around to Fourteenth street and
down town again.
SMITH GARGUS used to be on
the + street line to Georgetown. ard
then was acting transfer man at
Ninth and + streets. Dir. NOURSE
had a drug store on the corner now
occupied by The W. L. & Trust Go
Smith is now connected with one
the District of Columbia stables.
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BEST Year Ever
By EARL GOODWIN.
That's What the W. B. and A. Proudly Claims; B
DOLLARS-Not to Service

claim that the Washington Baltimore and Annapolis
Railroad is about the poorest for PUBLIC utility
IDENTIFY there those who think better of it. am led to
this remark by reading description of the financial sue
of the road in the Electric Railway Journal of Sep
TENDER the facts presumably having been furnished by
the road itself All through this article you see the
glow Of dollar marks and hear the purng of corporate
Snug dissatisfaction.
Just clip this out and read it next time you are Jam
med, hauled maued pushed, stepped on smothered and
nsulted and sckened by the Baltimore booeggers the
w, b. A. Also remember that the W., B. & A. APP
piled for higher fare rate that it discrmnates AGAINST
Washington in favor of Baltimore the whskey oasis Of
this section and that it prefers mob at this end Of
the line rather than to allow its passengers to enter its
cars decently and safely.
Remember all that, and then read these dollarmarked
extracts from the Electric Railway Journal:
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the generous hat occasionally,
when they we're going out any
where special, so that Martha
would not bewaIl her white ele-
plant quite 90 plaintively.
Il Is Now Called "The Hat
mo one calls it my hat any
longer" Martha continues, every
one now calls it the hat and
says, I'll take it if you haven't
promised to lend it to someone
else
1t looks like a cross between
the plumed hat OF q medieval
knight and that OF the lady ad-
ventures in a melodrama." When
Martha, who is the youngest, was
not buying swaggeringly pic
turesdue hats, and champagne
oolored boys, It SENS she was in
vesting in ice cream sodas, sun
daes, and candy. Life at this
period was spelled in the terms Of
an orgy-and YET the family
patiently waited for her reform.
The war workers we're all salt
ing down Thrift Stamps, which
they turned into War Savings Ger
tificates, and later into Liberty
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-20

But It's Not SERIOUS Feud.
Inst a word regarding the life
ong feud between CLIFF LANHAM
md DAN DONOVAN.
The surgeons grabbed Gill; put
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HEARD AND SEEN

non ,rArrrrrvvo .a,,.+,- ,o
p,iIO $500 ~ = go toA.~
SsnS. 4SoSra ah-n.d pnh ., Snr.
S Sn 49,, $3.50 -
UA' I o ~
A soldier brings IN q furnished
room ad" in which the present
occupant desires to rent three rooms
at q fairly good rate, and charge
$3.50 bonus.
II might suggest" says the SOL
der, that II this patriot is success
full in his Zeppelin raid the $loO
might be used to buy three $50 LIB
erty bonds"
Bet voRr money on the U. S. A.
Letters from JOHN POOLE. chair
man. and ED EYNON, secretary, an
49,. 80 kha-o vv;iI ha q mating
Of the Liberty loan committee Fn-
Gay az low 4sio - - ~
Important be tneF
Fifteenth and G Streets Crowds.
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him under ether and cut q slice OF
him.
Just As he was going into the
land OF sweet dreams he muttered;
Gosh. how I wish this was Dan
Donovan instead Of me-" -
SUNSHINE MARY, who sells pa
pers at Fifteenth and G streets, has
at last favored me with the manu-
script Of her favorite song, when
the Reptile Serpent Bit Ny Heel
Here it Is:
o sister, dear, come here and see
Where a reptyle serpent has bit ne,
misunderstanding tum Daisy. q
Oh sister, dear. I went. You know.
Down in the meadow for to NOV.
Ri-ehing-a-ring-a-ring tum Daisy.
I scarce had moved but half a row
When q reptyle serpent bit my toe.
Ri-ehing-a-ring-a-rfng tum Daisy.
scarce had moved but half a field
When q reptyle serpent bit my heal
misunderstanding tum Daisy.
Oh, brother dear, why did you 20
Down In the meadow for to NOW.
misunderstanding tum Daisy.
Hack driver. when asked for the
regular rate from the Willard 10
Georgetown, says 1.-TWO Dollars"
Policemen standing near at hand
were appealed to, but expressed
ignorance as to whether there were
any legal rates or not.
Not right, by a long shot. There
IS legal rate.
And speaking OF bad service, has
anyone heard of any medals being
given to the Great Falls and Old
Dominion line?
SONGS Oh A DAY LONG DEAD.
0per the garden t1oH,
TAe sVseteSt girl Of all.
There HepeT tceTe yet sEch eyes Of -,
And yoT Hndy bet III HeVsr forget
The night oBr lips IN kisses met,
Deer the garden a1an
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A GIRL has written me a let
~ ter that might be out Of
L = the pages of Little Wo-
men" moderniZed, and with a
world war as a background.
And like Louisa Alcott's de-
lightful story, there are four sis
tiers and a mother, four Of them
are doing war work, and my cor
respondent keeps house for the,
rest.
She goes to market, gets two
meals, darns, mends. and gener-
ally acts as ladies maid for the
others.
A laundress comes in once a week
to wash and iron, and there is a
half days sweeping and heavy
cleaning done by some one else,
apart from this, but everything
else about the little home is done
by the girl who has written to me,
and who feels that in running the
fat we'll, for the war workers,
she is doing her bit the same as
if she occupied a desk in a Gov
eminent office.
The workers are all healthy,
happy, and comfortable; they have
escaped the dreariness Of dining
on a revolving stool and eating
melancholy canned vegetables out
of dishes that suggest canary
birds bath tubs.
Martha Gets Into Trouble.
Ny correspondent. whom am
going to call Martha, because she
looks after the house, has an al
lowance from her war working
family. II consists OF her room.
board, and four a week a piece
from each member of the house
hold. This gives her about $65
a month, as her very own, and is
a handsome allowance for any
girl.
II was this embarrassment Of
riches that got Martha into trou-
Bile, during the first months Of
her experience as housekeePer.
She spent over half a months sal
AIRY or a hat that "dwarfed and
stabbed" everything else in her
wardrobe. The $35 hat made her
good. honest blue serge seem
cheap looking. And, she con-
tiuues: The high champagne
colored boots completed my
tragedy. bought them expecting
to step into happiness, and found
they were a little o1d-fashioned, a
little passe. that 1t was not quite
the thing now to wear boots so
light or so high"
Her family, it appears, from her
account of them. must have been
very sensible people. They did
not laugh or make fun OF Martha
for her foolish extravaganza,
they let her have her own head
and depended on her native com
mon sense to work out her own
salvation. They even borrowed
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-20
SAYS Women Can't Get Rooms.

To the Editor OF The Times:
Girls and women come here TO do
war work and after they get here II
Is next TO impossible to md room
al a reasonable price. Just think OF
it. Out of thlrty-fve ads in the paper
this morning, only nine we're willing
to rent rooms to women. Aost OF the
ads preferred gentlemen" or of
fcers"
Is IT not a fact that women have
to be housed as well as men? And Is
It not SO that a woman must have
comfortable quarters to enable her
To do good work? What are the peo-
pie OF Washington thinking Off And
are they an entirely heaFtless clan?
II would seem so. am q woman and
know the experience I had trying TO
hnd a room when ] hFst came TO
Washington. Why. one woman actu-
ally told me that she would not take
a woman In her house because they
were too much trouble"
Is it not mere patriotic 10 house
the woman was workers than OF.
hcers? A soldier csn live in almost
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From The Public To The Editor

any kind Of quarters. And should they
not be as comfortable as his former
home. he still has the clubs to go to.
while the women have nothing but
their room. and most OF the time not
a comfortable one at that.
Wake up, patriotic people of Wash
ington, and open your hearts and
homes TO the women war workers.
strangers In Washington, and do
not think officers Aave more right to
q comfortable place than the women.
OMA BEwAN.
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But All Workers Do Not Wear
Overalls.
TO the Editor OF The Times:

TO the Editor OF The Times:
Reading in your paper OF this date
about an emblem for the boys who
are fighters over here, suggest that
the Government order blue working
shirts and blue overalls and sell them
at cost to the workmen on this side
Then IL would be khaki in France and
blue over here, and at the same time
save cloth. ! make this suggestion
10 see IL all uniform
A CONSTANT READER
Washington, Sept. :.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-20

Unlike most interurban railways
throughout the country. the waShington.
Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad dur
Ing the calendar year 1si7 showed the
best year In its history. The patronags
between the terminal cities. ~ well a.
between local points, exhibited q de-
cided increase. During the year $500
more passengers were carried between
Baltimore and Washington than during
the preceding year. This was an aver
age increase Of Loo passengers per day.
The company's Ero@ revenues at
g. Ssu.1S represented q gain Of 3S15.sR2
or 60 Per cent over those for 1S1k The
largest preceding increases had been
around Ii per cent in 1Sl1 and 1915. Since
100 the revenues have risen l5Ls per
cent.
Now, with all this success
why the W., B. & A, which
for dollars rather than for th
a station and terminal in w,
AL T0nTn0
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-20

During the year the company added
TO its equipment eight modern. high
speed Westinghouse electric locomotives
and Afty-four moderniy equipped tran
cars. On account OF the increase IN
rolling stock It became necessary to
enlarge the carhouss facilities. and the
board Of directors authorized the cor
struction Of = modern brick and Coz
crete paint and carpenter shop at IN
expenditure Of 1Am
The growth Of the freight busfnesS
kept pace with that Of the passsnssr.
80 that. Ike the passenger terminal in
Baltimore. the freight terminal Il ooa
seriously congested. The directors have
had under consideration the deslrability
Of combining the terminals on one nI6s
OF ground. q portion Of the land for
which has already been purchased"
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1918-06-16
10000 MEN NEEDED IN NAVY
TO MAN YEARS NEW VESSELS
SECRET ARY DANIELS REQUESTS HOUSE
COMMITTEE TO CONCUR WITH SENATE
AUTHORIZING MGR EASED PERSONNEL
nY ASs0cIAIEb PRrSSl

WASHINGTON june l5-Upwsrdf Of 10000 will be-
~ cdod to the lc Of vships which the United States
all turn ou during tho f,,s year the House
tie was advised today by Secretary Daniels
In asking The House o. Tho Senate amendment The
naval appropriations b increasing N, nsvys enlisted personnel
from $4,000 to 3iii men, Mr. Dsnc
Admiral honson chief Of naval operations and Rear Admiral Pal
"sr ohei OF The Bureau Of Navigation hovving detail why hs
Is NECESSARY.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1918-06-16
STEAMER BURNS ~ SEN.
Ali OF PASSENGERS SAtEu

June To- steamer has arrived hero
with the passengers and crew ~ tho
Pacific steamer Ravslli which vas
destroed by fire ncar here today
Spontaneous combustion in the r1aI
cargo caused the fire An tho pla.
sengers and crew landed safely
Unofficial statement. plarrI tho
totai loss A. $3.50. 900
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1918-06-16

Hr" IurirHI rr.f.I H.
approved |..
fNf h.I
outlining Co., ltI
H parfmsuf f0r .IHIf.#.. ...
i." Grow der ra fH. .I.
rate flas. Ono uUI boz
hr fhe end "f frs present
Hud haf nnin .Hs n.f
extended frf .rufHrr
held % uHI he Hs....Hr.
~ rrri wear f1 esI. "rn r f.H..
fF. md probably .HHr thereafter
.r Three
rii figures 1f rIs..iN. ff'nI .'
I.. Drat rncirfrafinn fofaIHns -
t- tiI acre given Tic far sfrsr
hovn fo have been divided
f0 naa
Gloss one. g.fgF
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1918-06-16

WASHINGTON June Three
mfU1n Americana rNI under lrn-
br neat hHEHsf ffr senate NH.
fsrv Committee aa. f.H HfHt boy
Provost Har. hsu General 'r.rf.r
Eaten .i1r nf frs ssr Hmf Dol frr
srmr frar uII boz rsrra.ari ger
craI Cr0@drr said DO fnr present
rsff af draft cells 81. .rnfr Tod IIr
estimated tHaf su fhe meH n tsss
lur snuIf Do exhausted .Hur arrr
retf January
General rrnrfrr .aid
~ fhe o.. sHH r.er lI.e.f In IIaaa
ore Hirrafr 1Hfe been Called Ia fhr
rnlnrs &c. estimated fhu conc
COO Geo additional uer fn. 600 fHf
rias. ani he rrrr~ef ffHm fhe men
aho REGISTERED asf 1une and fflf
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1918-06-16
Ne " DRAFT CALL
IS NOW ISSUED
ufE 90 GRAMMAR SCHOOL
~ ATioN. NJ NREHING
tI.0tn. fAIIIn.

IHr
WARRINGTON. June IA call
It.H frft registrations OF
.mmtr hnol education and
..Nf.f fHr rauer'i military ser
.... ra- made ru rho various states
hy Provost Marshall General
r##F.r
TOO men. MI whom '7si ere 20
'. negroes. Hiil te sent u schools
rf college f1r training
Tho enfrainment date was set Tor
IHIe huf tho uil will be- held
H".r fnr volunteers until June q.
i ron that date enough arc not OBJ
H.n"' boards are authorized 20
.rff fhn remainder needed.
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. against Hn rrrm.
fHu al ralmo. .s.f
t.. houaFr n. officer.
fnHld pe made "u .H
American DESTROYER.
H. aiiur in tHs eHT ...
.. If,.rnafrd commando.
...H e British uN.I t.
Continued IN PAGE .I
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HOin RACK AMERICANS
At ANY COST ;" ORDER


AaH|t afHl Ffesa.
With the American Army In
France. June iS.-Ths Gcrrnan
prisoners report two divisions
With had hc.n IN route to the
rear ~ their lines for several
secks' re-t after taking part In
tho Chateau riderry offensive.
su,licnly wcr. or,ierod hack 60
fhe hatfle line. Their new ord
~ were. Hold hack the amer.
teams "a ans cost"
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1918-06-16
RIOTS IN VIENNA;
GROWING TENSION
WITH HUNGARIANS
nov SERIOUS sITJ NrION ~. ~
Not ObTAINABLE FROM
REPORTS.
GERMAN DRIVE YET HALTS
Parts and London. However, Thtni,
Not Many DAYS win Lapse
Before Attacks Are
Renewed.

Internal conditions IN Austria Hun
gary and the war situation upon the
Western front are summarized by
The Associated Press as follows
Grave events are reported to bo
impending ~ Austria accurdlu, tu
unconfirmod adyices from Spain
and Holland II is said that riolug
has been going on Ia Vienna ana
matters have come 10 critical
stage
How serious the situation has
become Is not as yet known There
have been outbreaks m various parts
~ the country notably iu Bohemia
aud Moravia and tho political ton
sion between Austria and Ilungar,
has been one of the features Of the
news emanaline from the dual mon
arChy for some time
Dn Not Resume Drive.
Checked I'm their plunga against
the French position from MOutdidior
10 the Disc. tho German. have not
resumed their offensive on the vest,
ern front There have been pairof
the allies improying their positions.
notably In the Nillers rotterets 20.
gion. southwest OF Scissors
The inactivity oi the infantry
however. has given place 10 heavy
,bombardments along the front Ina
this work the American forccs have
had part Angerod by gas ate
tack against them by The Germans.
the Americans launched thousands OF
gas shells aIainst the cnom, Tho
Americans on the Marine aud Picardv
fronts have alsu given the Germans
no rest from patrol incursiOus
New Assault Expected
II Is believed IN Paris and London
that not many DAYS will eIapse boz.
fore the Germans bc-in o uoV as
uault Opinion Is divided as tp tho
point against which the blow will bq
struck. Paris believing that the Ger
mans will continue their thrust to.
ward the capital either hy ron
tinuation Of tho fighting west OFF tho
Disc or a new assault further south
Howard the Marine
London however. believe. that
1he German drives along tho Aisuo
pnd east Of Monididler were for the
purpose of drawing tho allied ro.
serves 10 those theator, of thn war
md then hurlius me docIsi,. blow
pither ~ Amieus OF against the rl8u
Hers salient in the hope pf rrschiu.
the channel ports
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Pound Hsmlet

OIesrt 49, nf Weir0 f1. H
the remote hauA u Washington
vhI.f H bout % uHa. north Hf
Portland urn $50 f.iaiI were made
public concerning pho pursuit
Announcement uf hIs capture
marks Another dsu.f. Cpl ode Ir
tCoufinued tsn Page 50
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1918-06-16
IAsT LTAIIAN nEFFNSIVF4

The last greet Auo- offensive, begun October.
1917 rolled back Gcnea Csdorna line from the IonIo front and
along the Venetian plain More million enemy troops par
tcpstcd this operation many weeks that the
Italians able o the advance.
About tho middle Of November the riave battle began along
nncy mile front northern Italy, and French and British troops
we're hurried to reinforce the shaken Italian The -ss
passed about the first Of December has
been heavy fighting which the Italians then
oct many successful counter. attacks
GERMANY DEMANDS ACTION.
There have been nsi,icnl from rmny TO. Austrian
action slonr tho aln front, mate with
fcnsve the ard FOR months an
been preparing for such blow apparently being
struck The Italian oas been rc-cqupped snora Dar
his succeeded General Cadoua commander n-chief
The present battle live c,lc1ds from Assgo to the sea
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1918-06-16
0'LEARY ARRESTED
IN WASHINGTON BY
FEDERAL OFFICERS
NAN INVOLVED ~ AiiIGip -.
DITIOIS WRITINGS ANp rtOI-
TINGS. To tAtI 1ElAi.

sew YORK 1uu. d.. Jeremiah
s. OIfsrr. 90 ltlrr. from justine"
SINCE ffr s.. OFF fhr dafr 500 fuF DIS
trial un charge Uf violating fh' '-
pi1narr aT bt publication uf .edii.
Iuu. matter u mo tHfI British pH
H0di.sI BuU arI later Indicted .n.
con piracy fH commit treason ua.
arrested af Sara WASH ari 600
hi. aat HI.t fu Sew Eur. 'H .H.
custody n. frfrr agent HH fH.
H U d. ...-E4
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1918-06-16

Facing q great map of the battle
lines with over, operation of tho
German offensive .howu ipon it.
General March drew graphic pie
urc of single gigantic rampaign
extending from Rheims tu the sea,
where The allied lines have been bat
tered back In four successive phases
The great wedge Of assault has Va
creased the length Of the allied
times SO miles from Rhelma 20
ipre3
ln condition ~ thiH Kind.
aald General March with "a quick
gesture M tho map where new
line has 10 b, held and who're tho
attacks of M. GcrWaus have been
made with such large torro7 as
they have. the Importance OF got
uur American troop. fo The front
I. moro aud moro pre- eminent
we have passed the 500 600
mark m troop shipped overseas.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1918-06-16

The newly situation Italy, long forecast summsr-
i ed by The Associated Press follows:
awaited Austrian offensive against the Italians has
begun the Italian front, from Lagorinso TO the for
seventy hundred miles, Austrian troops
and heavy artillery cpdong break down the resistance
Of the llesns who aided by French and British forces.
The Italian Premier Vctono Orlando announced in the cham
b OF deputies that the It'lsn troops everywhere were resisting
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1918-06-16
OVER MILLION MEN
TO Be IN FRANCE
EARLY NEXT MONTH
oNIR MASTERING rERIORlrN
~ SOLDIERS n ALLIED
AIN NOM
SHIPS, ONLY, FIX LIMIT
,hicf of staff Tell, oi Extension Of
Hattie linc Distance of 90
MILES llong the Entire
Front.

WASHINGTON. June la-1o
give the allie. mastering superior
uy ot numbers over the German 10
vador American troop are being
w he'd ~ France as rapidly as
transport tonnage viii permit when
tho purpose VIII ho realized oannui
bp iorct0ld. but moro than 100000
men hay, hoeu sent over seas and
tha number viii ho increased 90
nue MILTON early iu July
These facts were announced 10
day hy General reytou g. March.
chief of staff IN iuauguratiug the
poyorumont'a new policy ot giving
newspaper mon weekly summary
OF IHttIp rundit ions
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1918-06-16
PREMIER ORLANDO, IN ANNOUNCING COMMENCEMENT
OF ATTACK DECLARES THAT ITALIAN, FRENCH
AND BRITISH BLOCK PATH "MAGNIFICENTLY."
HEAVY ARTILLERY Of ENEMY BUSY
Hundred Mile Being Covered by Present Operations Fol-
lowing lnss,cnt Cries from Germany for Action Upon This
Line in Coordination With Hun Battling, Now in Its
Fourth Phase in the Western Zone.

ROME June l5he Auslrisns began great offensive at
O'Clock this morning on from the Aisego plateau to the
scp.
This announcement was made IN tho Chamber Of Deputies to-
dow bv Premier Orlando, who added
"Our troops everywhere resisting m"gnihoen,y Nearly
engaged the offensive extends with
violence from Asico the Bren from the Brenta 10 the
Pave and along the Pave vcr involving the Aoo Plateau the
Noun, Crspps sector and the plain"