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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-17
LIVE UP TOYOUR
NAME, IS PLEA
Of BILLY SUNDAY

Before a numerically typical Sun
day morning audience, Billy preached
at the tabernacle today from ths
Ninth Chapter Of Isaiah. sixth verse;
His name shall be called wonderful"
Names" the evangelist began,
have always meant something. II you
know the Indians name and the
meaning OF It you will know some
thing about the Indian that possesses
II. Such names as Kildesr. Eagle
Eye, Buffalo Face. Sitting Bull. Sleepy
Eye. Black Hawk. Black Cloud. and
Rain-in-the-Face all tell something OF
the man"
! Jesus, said Sunday. was true TO his
name which was called Wonderful
ChriEt'x Character Wonderful
Continuing. Billy said, In part:
His character was wonderful. II
is wonderful that the greatest char
scter should come from such obscur
ity and be the most famous in all the
world. Wonderful that such a time,
such a country. such a people should
have produced Jesus Christ. Why
! doesn't America produce his equalI
Why doesn't France or England?"
Christ's life, teachings, miracles
death, and resurrection were all won
derful. averred the speaker. which
put him IN a transcendentaI and d.
vine position on earth without any
I possibility OF rivalry.
Talk all you want" said Billy
about the great people OF the earth
Alexander the Great. Caesar the
Great. Frederick the Great, Frederick
the Great. Peter the Great, Napoleon
the Great-there was only one truly
great character In all history and
/ that was Jesus Christ
Miracles are not uncommon today,
according to Billy, who said this
morning that they are taking place
under our noses, through the same
power today as in the times OF Christ.
"a surgeon" he said. who could
save 95 per cent OF all that come 20
him for operations or could cure %
per cent OF all mis- patients would be
a wonderful man, and yet the dis
ciples were. constantly finding cases
that were helpless and hopeless and
bringing them to Jesus Christ, whose
word or look or touch made their
troubles vanish"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-17

Wages of Cranemen.
Blacksmith lever and cranemen.
drop forGers, boilermakers. hand
clippers. and caulkers, coppersmiths,
plumbers frst-class electricians
joiners. and machine men, cantilever
operators. and others over three tons
hand riveters and testers. hrst-ciass
ship and house carpenters, wood
caulkers. lay outs, sheet metal work
ers. 30 cents.
Crane gang and furnace leaders.
~ cents.
Acetylene and electric burners and
welders. frst-class pneumatic chip
pers. and caulkers. second-class cleo
tricians. filters, machine men. and
carpenters, locomotive engineers,
pneumatic riYeters, 6J cents.
Second-class erectors and machinists.
marine rigGers. bending rollers. trSt-
class pressmen, 621l cents.
Erector leaders, fasteners. cranemen.
painters. and polishers, first-class regu-
lators, second-class burners, so.
ManEIe Roller
Stagebuilders, mangle rollers. .5Ii1.
Anglesmiths and blacksmithS helpers.
heavy fires; blacksmith heaters. planners
and scarfers. second class pressmen. on
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-17

Under a bill introduced in the
House. assessments would be collect
ed from POstoffice employees account
able for funds TO make good losses
resulting from the failure of any
officer or employee of the postal
service properly to discharge his Of
fetal duty etc. The result might
he to let no innocent man escape
even if the guilty did.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-17
Married Three Men on
Love Spree; Not Crazy,
But Genius, Is Verdict

OAKLAND. Cal, Feb. T.-Marry
ing three men in the course Of a few
weeks in no way indicates mental
deficiency. Instead It can result from
being bright TO the degree Of
genius"
This was the statement OF the re-
port OF the probation office. filed in
the superior court. in the case OF
siXteen-year-old Edna Metcalf. OF
Oaklapd. who was returned TO her
mother after a remarkable matri-
moniaI spree
The report said tests proved Miss
Metcaf had remarkable mentality.
ana added that too much study and
too little play with too much read
ing. had given her a distorted view
OF life.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-17
Prejudice Against "FIappers.''
DECENTRALIZATION DENIED.

AMSTERDAM. Feb 17.-Reports con-
irminE that the rehabilitation OF the
Russian armies has not begun are pup
lished by the Weser ZeitunG. Tee Nos-
SiSche ZcitunG says Russian demobilizr-
ton has begun in the Caucasus and in
Armenia.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-17
SIX COAL DEALERS ARRESTED

WILMINGTON. Del. Feb. War
rants were issued tonight at the re;
quest OF States Attorney u. !. Rein
hardt for six Of the leading coal dea =
ers Of the city, charging them with
acknowledging consumers from flfty
TO 100 pounds per ton.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-17
FRANCE ALLOTS PLOT
FOR HEROIC U. S. DEAD

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Feb. 1T.-Pursuant TO a
previously announced plan, France has
turned over a plot OF ground to the
United States 70 be used as a burial
ground for American dead
II will be kept up by the French as a
National Cemetery.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-17
FIRST CAPITAL MAN
KILLED IN ACTION
ON WEST FRONT
Continued from First PageJ


large unit OF District men who pass
ed through Washington on their way
TO port OF embarkatiOn. They had
been selected for service at the front
after a short course Of training on
the other side. He left Washington
on December 80 and was probably in
a training camp in France by jan
uary Is.
He was attached TO an infantry or
Eanizstion. and for this reason it was
assumed the action in which he lost
his life was in the first line trenches,
there have been more or less per-
sistent rumoTs at the War Depart
ment for the last few days that the
District men had finally left their
billets and organized a system Of
trenches for defense.
Lived in LanEdon.
Tho young man was educated in the
Hamilton Public School on the Bladens-
burg road, having lived during the
greater part of his life in Langdon. For
TWO years preceding his enlistment he
had been living at Taylorsville,. Pa. Be
sides his parents he is survived by three
brothers. Joseph Sauers, a seaman on
the Tallahassee; Frank Sauers. en-
Iloyed at the navy yard, and George
SAVERS and three sisters. Miss Matilda
Ssuers. OF Washington; Mrs. Rose Jen-
sen, OF LangdOn, and Mrs. Matte Hall
man, OF Taylorsville. Pa
Eleven SammIes Die.
General PershinE also cabled the
War Department the names OF eleven
Americans who died in France OF
natural causes.
Private J. F. Ellis. Knoxville,
Tenn; Private Joseph J. McGoldrick
New York City: SerEt. James A.
Parker, bingham. Mass; Private
Randolph l.. Pearson, Essex. Conn;
Private Nelson G. Maynard. Mortified.
Vt; Civilian Arthur =. Ford, Bruins
wick. Ga; Civilian Arthur Fields
Brunswick, Ga; Private Toma Re
pede. Newark. Ohio; Private Ham
Hartling. Ossian, Ind: Private
Howard C. Swami. Piney Point, Nd;
Private Raymond c. Boyer, West
Reading, Pa.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-17
Too-.. What 1t

Compulsory Food Prices-Demands Of Farmers on Desert
Lands for Prices High Enough to Pay Them Profit Winning
the Cummns and Robinson on Railroads in the Senate
The BiOnDOlar Appropriation Bill in the House Extend
ing Remarks" in the Record Effects Of Cost Plus" Con-
tracts Secretary Lansing on the Enormously Rapid Increase"
Of lnlomatic Activities
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-17
MOST VALUABLE
WOMAN IN NAVY
IS RESIDENT HERE
tContInued dom FIrst PaEe.)

CONTINUED from First PaEe)
rolls as assistant for personnel to
the officer in charge OF the fleet di-
vision. Bureau OF Supplies and Ac-
counts"
Imposing Title.
It's an imposing looking title, but
it's no more imposing looking than
her job. Miss Dorsey is the woman
who assigns every one OF the 1900
pay officers of the navy to the vari-
GUS naval ships du the seven seas.
Now the strangest part OF all this
story is tbs fact that Miss Dorsey Is
altogether uncertain whether she
wants to be the first woman officer m
the navy.
Don't think I'm not sensible OF the
honor" she protested to the inter-
viewer. II know it's a wonderful
thing. even TO contemplate the idea
OF being the first woman officer ever
commissioned in the navy. but there
are other things to consider. I'm
making about $1,000 a year. and IL
accepted the paymaster job, even IL
the Secretary is willing to commits
sion me. it would probably be at
some financial sacrifice.
Might BE Minus Job.
"Then. again. I'd only be a paymas-
ter-or paymistress. whichever you
like-for the period OF the war. I'd
be a member OF the navy reserve. and
when the war Is over I'd come to-
and find myself without any job at
all. I wouldn't even have my civil
service status.
Sue Dorsey is simply another sam
pie OF the type OF woman who sue
ceeds through hard work. 1--WE never
known anything else" she confessed
to the interviewer. my father was an
invalid. and IT was up to my sister.
brother, and myself to get out and
hustle as soon as we got through
school"
PaymaSter General MCGOWAN. the
man who recently went before a Con
gresslOnal committee and told the
members OF Congress that the navy
was ready for war. is the man Miss
Dorsey credits with being her guiding
star.
1t was only a few weeks ago that
Admiral MCGOWAN called Miss Dor
sey over to his desk and mentioned
that in all probability he and the rest
of the officers in the department
would shortly be ssluting her.
She says she didn't hang around !
and ask foolish questions. She knew !
she had been recommended for a |
commission, and she decided to let the !
Admiral do the talking. He did the !
talklng-to Secretary Daniels-and (
it's up to the Secretary to say
whether the navy will have a woman /
paymaster or whether man will reign
solitary and supreme, as OF yore,
in the navy pay corps.
Miss Dorsey, all through her navy
career. which started back in zoos,
has been doing first things" She
is not only the first woman to be
recommended for a navy commission,
but she is the first woman in the
history Of the navy to handle her
present job OF assigning pay officers
TO the fleet.
Prejudice Against "FIappers."
Then, again, she was the first young
woman to break into the Bureau OF
Supplies and Accounts. where for
years had reiGned a prejudice against
"flappers." There We're several wom-
en- employed in the office, but none
Of them had toyed with a powder
puff for years. and most OF them
were old enough 10 have sons in the
pay corps.
Miss Dorsey was about twenty
when she got her first iob-it was in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-17
LoAFERs NOW MUST WORK.

TRENTON. y. J., Feb. 1T.-Loafers
in New Jersey Will be put to work
under provisions OF a bill signed by
Governor Edge.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-17
.SHIPYARD STRIKES
NEAR END AS GOVT.
GRANTS INCREASES
Continued from First PaEe.)

CONTINUED from First Page.)
time. double time for holidays, and
no day over ten hours. The open
shop is permitted.
Yards Affected.
The following yards are affected:
Chester bodybuilding Co. Chester, Pa;
Bethlehem ShipbuildinE Co. WI.
mington. Del: New Jersey Shipbuild-
ing Co. Gloucester. y. J.: New York
Shipbuilding Co. Camden. " j.;
Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Co. Glou-
cester. y. J.: Pussy & Jones Co..
Wilmington. Del: sun ShipbuildinE
Co. Chester, Pa; VIM. Cramp and
Sons. Philadelphia: Traylor Ship
building Corporation, CornweIls. Pa.
American International ShipbuildinE
Corporation, Hog Island. Pa: Mer.
chant ShipbuildinE Co, Bristol. Pa:
Baltimore Dry Dock and Shipbuilding
Co, Baltimore: Bethlehem Shipbuild.
ing Corporation. Sparrows Point, Nd;
Henry Smith & Sons. baltimore. and
other yards having direct contracts
with the Navy Department or Emery.
enCy Fleet Corporation.
Minimum hourly wages follow:
Heavy hammer and machine
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-26

The following letter was received
by Texas publisher:
Dear--; hereby offer my res,
ignashun as subscriber to your
papier, it being pamphlet Of such
small consequence as not to benefit
my family by takin' it. What you
ned in your shete is branes & some
one to russell up news and rite edytor'
ials on live topics. No menshun has
been made in your shete Of me butch.
erin pollen china pig weighing 1853
pounds or the gapes IN the chickens
out this way. 70 ignor the fact that
| bot bran new bob sled and that
traded my bline mule and say nothin
about Hi Simpkins' jersey salt break
in his 2 front legs falling down q
we'll. 2 important chiverees have
been Utterly ignored by your shete & 2
3 column obitchury notice writ by me
on the death of grandpa Henery was
left out your, shete and to say nothing
of the alfabetical poem beginning "A
is for And and also for Ark" writ by
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-26
LET THE "SOUP EVER
REMAIN A MYSTERY

I often think that il is a lucky thing
that soups when served are not ac-
companied with table of contents.
It might take away bit of the ap-
petite to learn precisely what was in
the thing. You see, with beefbone
bearing a smattering Of meat, ana a
few potatoes, big onion, and pinch
of salt, there can be made delecta-
Dle connection; and when one turns
in some rice left from yesterday, SOME
macaroni that failed to be devoured,
some wilted celery (that never was
very good, anyway, some Of the left
over beets, turnips and carrots, the
crumbs out of the Uneeda biscuit boy
the remainder of the shrimp from the
can, few tomatoes, several slices of
bacon that escaped the eagle eye of
the previous diner and a general mis-
cellaneous assortment Of other stuff
that can't be gotten rid Of in any 9th
err way, gee, there's soup that is a
ireal soup. Nobody knows what Is in
iit-nobody can duplicate it-and ev-
erybody enjoys it. Yassum.-Thorn
in Palm Beach Post.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-26
NEW JOBS FOR NEW WOMEN

Before considering some of the
newest opportunities that the war is
opening up to women already trained
or willing to equip themselves for
special work, read these paragraphs:
"The pitifulness of the unprepared
women and the cruelty of casting
them out on the world to earn q liv-
ing at time of life when it is too
late to prepare, and with no fitness for
needed service, is the crime against
the young women of the past and the
weakness of woman's position today
ut is no use to want to shake ones
fist in the face of the past; the thing
to be done is to change the whole at
titude of public opinion in regard to
labor, its dignity and power, and then
open up the world Of service freely
to those who have the will to take it. :"
They are the words of DR.. Anna
Howard Shaw, chairman of the wOm-
ans committee of the Council Of Ma
tional Defense. Doctor Shaw's COM
mittee is not only leading the mobili-
cation of the woman power of Amer
lea, but is the strongest force in
America today for advancing the OPP
portunity and recognition of women.
Now, here are few of the newest
ways in which women are invited to
serve themselves and their country,
too:
Munitions plants are asking ter
qualified women as clerks in positions
formerly open only to men.
Factories are now employing wom-
en- welfare executives instead Of men
exclusively.
Women trained as statisticians are
called for by the United States gov
eminent.
Examinations for positions in Ter
mentation mycology have been offered
to women by the United States civil
service commission.
The War Department has made
women eligible as code clerks if they
have had three months training with
specified tabulating equipment.
The surgeon general of the army
has called for one hundred women
psychologists to take the places OF
men who are now in cantOnment lab
oratories.
The Red Cross is accepting, when
in properly authorized organized and
financed units, women for service N
France as nurses, dietitians, physi-
clans, secretaries and social workers
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-26
WaveIetS
Fro m
The Deep
C.. Gre e n

A married man sometimes has to
axe his wife many times to bury the
Ratchet.
A newspaper mans hand is usually
held tight by the advice
Music is grand thing, but will
some people practice when they are
eating soup.
Sometimes an angel-fish is full o!
the devil.
Because a girl is the apple of your
eye" is no sign she will be true to
the core.
The politicians are usually fond OF
writing their name. It's great to have
an autograft.
-
Good manners are essential in So
ciety but you see many women OF
poor form"
When a feller's trousers get baggy
at the knees, you can't tell whether
he is standing or getting ready to
jump
A stout man with bay window
should keep his curtains drawn
tight.
Those Sammies will never stol
now. Berlin is threatened
Some men do nothing for livins
and get so tired of it they can dc
nothing else.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-26

Miss Ruth Cats is holding down
the job of secretary to the Governor
this week, and we haven't a word to
Isay.-Lakeland Telegram. The Star
has the straight dope that Miss Ruth
is a very smart as we'll as a very
charming young lady. 1t will be a
mighty good play for the Governor if
he keeps her on the job. --Ocala Star
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-26

me darter. This is the reason your
paper is so unpopular here. If you
don't wont EDITORIALS from this place
and amt goin' to put no news in your
shete we don't want said .shete.
p. S. If you print obitchury in your
next / may sine again for yure shete.
C. H. s.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-26
SUMMER CUT!

To be fashionable; till Aug. 5th =,
shall make all photographs at on
third off present price. The s24 d,
SIS, and so on down to postcards
81 per doz. Bruce Photo Co., Brya
Bldg. Phone 1873 Red. n
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-26
TO THE PUBLIC

Mr.. Smith, of Smith Bros, wishes to
state that he has left his uncollected
accounts with Mrs. Rogers, of Rog-
ers' Grocery, and anyone wishing to
make payments or settlement will
please see her at Smith Bros old
stand. tai
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-26

Nice weather-pretty, warm, though
and it'll be cooler next winter.
Have you thought about laying in
some wood or will you wait until a
cold snap comes, and you won't be
able to get any?
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-26

Railroad shop men are rejoiced over
the material raise in pay granted by
the government, the increase amount
ing from 5 to Is cents an hour with
back pay from June, an eight-hour
day and other advantages. There are
large number of this class of work
ers in Lakeland, and this paper con.
lgratulates them on their good for
tune.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-26

Self-interest does much to make
men moral, and the necessity of a
dry zone in order to secure or hold an
army training camp, has made sonio
communities dry that could not have
been reached by the Temperance
movement otherwise. Apropos OF
nothing, Pensacola will be bone dry
II. sixty days, according to an agree
ment among the liquor dealers.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-26

Brer Burke, of the Tax Commission,
still retains within easy reach the
verbal weapons with which politicians
are wont to make the welkin ring.
He refers to one of his critics as
"plutocratic. " Somehow, whenever
We see or hear that word we are re,
minded of another" demagogic"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-26

Men like DR.. W. F. Blackman, who
have Travelled extensively and who
know thing or two, go out of their
way to voice enthusiastic praise of
Folk county's system of "boulevards. "
They are an unfailing source OF pride
to the progressive citizenship of this
county and of all Florida.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-26
MEMBER or THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS

The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled to the use for republication 4
all news dispatches accredited to 1t or
not otherwise credited In this paper and
also the local news published herein.
All rights for republication Of special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-26

The Tribune today has a very sem
sible and truthful article on war mar
riages, which we expect to print in
full, for it is worth careful consider
alton, especially by the young and
romantic. For all parties concerned,
1t is much better to have soldier
sweetheart at the front than soldier
husband, welded, perhaps, in a burst
of hysterical romanticism, without
giving the serious thought that should
precede the solemn obligation Of mat
rimony. Better wait till he comes
marching home to you"-you'll know
him and your own heart better b.
then.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-26

These are the days when walking
delegates" should be made to walk.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-26

After all, as we view it, there is no
work in the State of Florida Of great
er importance than that which has to
do with our State prisons; and per-
haps the appointment Of J. s. Bitch
as superintendent of the State Prison
Farm is the best way to utilize his
undeniable talents and abilities. He
will make good in the position, as he
has done in others.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-26

Noting that paper trousers will soon
come into style, the Fort Pierce Tri-
bune editor declares he has begun to
save up the Congressional Records,
and in neither garments made from
these he hopes to be able to strut
around and make reputation for in
tellectuality He is warned, how
ever, that the logic in those Record
speeches is mighty thin in spots.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-26
PAPER WAS NO GOOD

The following letter was received
by a Texas publisher:
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-25
DOCTORS WILL HURRY
EXAMS OF DRAFTED
1t is Expected That Seventy.
Five Men Will Be Tested
Each Day

Nearly all of the questionnaires are
now in the hands of the local exemp-
ton board and notices are being sent
out for the physical examination. The
local board expects to examine sew
enty-five men each day next week in
the jury rooms at the court house.
The examinations will begin at a. M,
and the board will examine approx
mately one third at 9 a. M,
one-third at 10 a. M, and one-third
at IL a. m. That would mean the ex-
animation of $50 men and would take
care of the deferred quota of the old
draft and probably the next follow
ing draft.
There are 683 men already in class
one in this county and there will be
a number more who have appealed to
the district board or whose claims
are agricultural or Industrial So
there will probably be at least 900
to be examined altogether, but the
balance will have to be examined
after their cases are decided.