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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-01
COURT HAS SINCE DECIDED
No DEFENSE: MAN InMNI.r.rI.n

The picketS were convicted op M
Ncmbcr 10. 1917. on a charge of un-
lawful assembly. They were tined s25
each. and in case of default were sen
fenced 20 the Washington asylum and
jail. But by oral direction of the
commissioners. Of the District OF Col
umbia. they We're put in charge of
superintendent Whitaker Of the Oc-
o"quAn workhouSc, in Virginia. While
there. the three who were the appcllccs
in the case applied 10 tho distric;
Judge under hahcas corpus proceedings
Tor release. claiming that the law by
which they were transferred was un-
constitutional. that the directions for
transfer were oral when they should
have been Written. that transfer to
the asylum and jail WAS a prercuuis-
lie 10 transfer TO the workhouSe. aud
that their treatment WAS cruel and
illegal
stnec this appeal was noted. the
Court % Appeals Of the District Of
Columbia has decided that no offcasc
was committed. thus leaving IN. Uuos-
,ion Of the legality Of ,hci, transfer
TO the workhousc largely moot
question. EXCEPT as II affects the claim
for personal damages the White House
pickNiS are bringing against Supcr.a-
tcndcnt Whitaker.
Since the pickets 20 free IN any case.
III" accession yesterday Was largely q
technical one as 10 the legality Of the
procedure OF the district officers in
making the transfer, which procedure
Is upheld on appeal.
TRANSFER TO wORNt,nrSE
YIELD TO DE VALID
Tho district judge granted the re-
case on reco1nizance conditioned 90
ahid" by judgment OF the Circuit Court
OF APPEALS. And from this decision
superintendent Whitaker appealed.
and won his ca SC: the higher cour,
holding that the directions for the
transfer did not have 10 DC written.
and also holding that previous trans.
fer 20 tho asylum and iai! was no,
essential 10 the legality OF the trans
Yer 20 the workhousc, as both insti,u-
lions were arms of the same penal in
stitut!on
The question AS TO the jurisdiction
or the Police Cou7; Of the Distric, o,
Columbia did not arise. a3 the jur!sdic-
tion of that court was not questioned
TN" question OF cruel and illegal
punishment did not receive cousidcra.
ton. as tho attorneys for the appcllcc-
did not mention that they were entitled
10 the effect OF that allegation il sus.
tanned.
Conrad II. Symc and r. Il. stephens
were tn" attorneys for W. II. Whit,ak.
or Mathew T.. O'l:rien was attorney
for the pickc;s.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-01
Home Conservation

After the wear and tear Of the past
winter, every home and out-building
should receive careful overhauling
and painting. Rotting boards and roofs
should have immediate attention and
the repairs should be followed with q
good painting. Painting is no longer
looked upon as an expense, but as an
investment, as it greatly conserves the
property.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-01

chases for this sale long ago, at
time when cotton and cotton fabrics
were still more reasonably priced.
The May Muslinwear Sale opens
to-day. Be on hand promptly and see
what it offers.
MILLER & RHOADS.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-28
sMALLER U-BoAT TOLL.

No surer sign Of official confidence that Ger
lmany's submarine campaign is failing has been
given than the recommendation by the war IN
surance bureau that the rate on lives OF seamen
who pass through the war zone be lowered
from two dollars and fifty cents to one dollar
and fifty cents per thousand dollars. The pro-
posal to reduce the rate follows completion OF a
month s record showing that the risk has been
cut twenty five per cent. According to figures
just made public, more than two hundred and
ten thousand tons of British shipping and more
than eighty-four thousand tons Of neutral ship
ping were sunk last month. Last winter the
monthly average was approximately four hun
dred thousand tons. Naval officers at Washing
ton believe that the next monthly report will
show further reduction. Reasons for their
confidence are found in the increasing number
Of destroyers in the war zone and the growing
efficiency of the British and American navles IN
their work against the submarines. The sltua-
ton has never been more encouraging than 1t
was when the last monthly statement OF sink
ings was prepared.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-28

". people must not be deprived Of
ordinary medical attention from the
family doctor" Any plan evolved
will have to take all these facts into
consideration.
Probably medical map Of the
whole country, showing the distribu-
ton OF doctors at the present time,
will have to be made. Then, at a
glance, the enrolling officer will be
able to tell whether a volunteer
comes from some district already
from city like New York, which for
various reasons is, Comparatively
speaking. oversupplied. No doctor
should be taken if the neighborhood
he has been practicing in needs his
services. Similarly, no professor OF
a medical college should be accepted
unless it can be shown that his par
ticular abilities are indispensable to
the army's welfare. In the same
way rigid inquiry must be made to
discover whether an applicant is not
much more valuable to the commun-
ity in the civilian position he al
ready occupies than he would be as
part OF the military forces. His
special abilities should not be vast
ed by assigning him to duties that
SOuku NC R)cIIOIlueU DIS WcII ny LILO
average physician. And, above all.
the lives OF our great specialists must
not be risked in routine work.
In this matter OF enrolling physic-
ians for the army there has doubt
less been lack Of planning and
forethought similar to that which was
responsible last year for the at
tempt to conscript our medical stu
dents. The fault probably must be
laid at the door OF the medical so
cieties which have not taken up the
subject with sufficient energy. In
dividuals were, meanwhile, drawn to
enlist even when they knew that
their usefulness would be greater at
at home in civilian capacity than
abroad in an American uniform. Now.
however, a real movement seems on
foot to correct the grave mistake
that has been made, and to correct
it before irreparable injury can re-
suit. In the near future the surg
con general will probably call a con-
ference at Washington of prominent
medical men, when the entire sub
ject will be thoroughly threshed out.
Civilian physicians are going to be
consulted in the solution of this prob
lem. just as civilian experts were
called in to help the government in
other fields. And. no doubt, a sat
fsfactory, workable plan covering
our military needs, and at the same
time providing protection for the
civilian population. will be evolved.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-28
The Famine Of Doctors

New York Evening Post: During
the first months Of the war people
used to joke about the idea that mo-
body could any longer afford to be
sick because all the doctors had gone
to France with the army. But this
seeming absurdity threatens now to
become grim fact unless some sort of
sane system for controlling enroll
ment into our medical reserve is
evolved. At least 10000 have been
enrolled by the government; many OF
them have already gone abroad; 9TH
ers are sailing as fast as ship room
can be found for them. These men
volunteered indiscriminately from all
parts of the country. 1t mattered not
whether man was an expert OF
renown, a professor in medical col
lege or an ordinary practitioner,
whether the town he lived in had
been stripped bare already and he
happened to be the last physician in
his countryside. He was eagerly ac-
cepted and sent abroad It is said
that men of the highest value as ex-
perts, men worth whole divisions,
are doing ordinary surgeons work on
the French front, in daily danger of
German bullets. Surely here is no
sensible sort of procedure.
What the country needs is plan
according to which physicians shall
be classified when they offer their
services to the army. There appear
to be enough physicians in the coun-
try to meet both military and civilian
demands Naturally. our fighting
forces come first Were there not
enough doctors to go around, those of
us who stay at home would have to
dispense with medical attendance al
together. But there are enough. 1t
takes about seven to care for every
Geo soldiers. We have approximate
ly 10000 practitioners in the country
under the age of fifty-five. the limit
for active service. In other words,
we have about enough doctors to
meet the needs of an army of TO-
100000. But, with only 5000, GOO
soldiers in sight. less than $4,000 of
the available 1000 will be required
for the present, leaving fully $4,000
to look after civilian needs. These
civilian needs fall into three cat
egories, medical instruction, public
health service and private practice.
AS Surgeon General Blue recently
said, for the protection of future gen.
erations we must provide our col
leges with good teachers, so that
their graduates may be of high stand
ard. Neither can we permit the pub
lie health to be endangered by de-
pletion of the personnel of health de-
2artments and hospitals. And final
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-28
The highest and best culture makes us dis
approve of unfairness on our own side of the
question.-Philip G. Hamerton
EXAMINATIONS FOR POSTMASTER

Representative James William Good, of the
fifth Iowa congressional district, has made dis
coverv in connection with the administration Of
the postoffice department, and one having a
bearing on the possibility of return to the
spoils system in the appointment OF postmas-
tiers. Fourth class postmasters were given the
protection Of the civil service law by Presi-
dents Roosevelt and Taft The scope of
the law was extended by President Viii
son, who on March thirty-frst, 1917, issued
an order requiring a civil service examination
in the appointment of postmasters of other
grades Elimination of the spoiIs system, so
far as this branch of public service was con-
ceIned, seemed to be complete, and civil serv-
ice refoITners were happy
But now comes Mr.. Good with evidence that
the spoilsmen may have nothing to worry
about He finds that, according to a circular
Just issued by the civil service commission the
examination of candidates for the office of post
master relates largely to ''business training and
experience which represents eighty per cent
of the rating. 1t seems, too, that the general
suitability of the candidate is to be considered
in connection with the rating and that one of the
two examiners for the civil service commission
who will pass upon the question of suitability is
to be named by the postofice department. This,
Congressman Good asserts, modifes the presi-
dental order of March thirty-first, 1917
The case which prompted Congressman
Goods investigation was that of Marshalltown
Iowa, where thirteen candidates have applied
for the vacancy in the postoffice. Some of the
candidates are republicans, who, Mr. Good
maintains, will be eliminated when the ''per-
sonal investigator of the postoffce department
makes his investigation He charges that the
postmaster general and the president shave
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-28

lstultified the work Of the commission and
struck a deadly blow at the merit system. :
It may be admitted that nothing that Mr..
Good has discovered makes impossible the en-
tployment Of the merit system in the selection OF
postmasters. 1t is apparent, on the other hand,
that the machinery said to have been approved
by the president and postmaster general may be
made to work smoothly in the interest of a
spoils administration. OF course there can be
no partisanship in straightforward enforce
ment of the presidents order, but no one can
say there is no occasion for Mr. Goods anxiety
so long the postoffce department has any
thing to do with the selection of examiners.
That is the weak point in the system as it has
been described.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-28
TODAY.S BIT OF VERSE
THE ANG Ell

THE ANGEL.
Way over there in France somewhere,
Somewhere beneath Gods sky,
While bullets pour and cannons roar,
And glorious banners fly,
Our brave boys fight there day and night,
And for their country die.
And over there in France somewhere
Where lies the road to fame,
To glory, immortality,
One day an angel came,
With soft words her smiling lips,
And Kindness was her name.
And when our wounded soldiers felt
That angels gentle touch
Their happiness was such
They kissed the very ground she trod.
And wept with Joy and prayed to God.
And asked: Are you an angel from
Another universe?"
Then with sigh she made reply:
mo, I'm Red Cross Nurse"
Jorge Godoy.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-28
eENToNspoRr.


A loops and wife went to Des
Moines for a visit with their son
Charlie.
Mrs. Geo. Walters is visiting with
her son and wife at Ames Iowa
Byron McCallem was visitor at
Bonaparte Saturday.
Memorial day will be observed
here. Senator Mason Of Ill. will ad-
dress the people. This is Billy Mason's
old home place. No doubt but there
win be a large crowd out to hear him.
II weather conditions will permit.
Mrs. Harvey Murphy's sister from
Kcokuk has been spending a few
days at the Murphy home.
Mrs. G. Newland is very low. win
very little hopes for her recovery.
Frank Tomson spent a few days
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-28
Camp podae scandal.

Camp Dodge Scandal.
United Press Leased Wire Service. ]
DES MONIES. Iowa, May 28.-Five
negro soldiers are held in the divi-
sion guard house at Camp Dodge
charged with an assault on seven
teen year old white girl on the can
Torment grounds early Friday even
ing.
All names were withheld by the
military authorities and preparations
are being made for an early trial by
court martial of the negroes.
The announcement of the outrage
by the military authorities marks a
complete investigation of the case,
as result OF which, the division
judge advocate says, there is con-
elusive evidence of the guilt Of the
five men.
The penalty for the crime under
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-28

war substitutes were human beings.
In this war they are food. Does that
prove that the race is becoming ma
terialized, or does 1t prove that lang
uage undergoes subtle changes OF
meaning2
Marshalltown Times-Republican
The proposal to cancel the French
debt has not so far aroused any wild
enthusiasm in this country. The av-
erage man seems to think that there's
time enough to do that If it becomes
necessary later.
Centeryille Independent: People
who neglect to vote at the primaries
should never murmur against admins
trations.
Sioux City Journal: The nations
demand upon young men is to be.
Work or fight" Judging by the deep
seated repugnance to wsrk that some
of the young men exhibit, there ought
to be a great boost in enlistment fig
ures.
Cedar Rapids Republican: The APP
pointment of Charles E. Hughes as
airplane investigator was one of the
best things that President Wilson has
done in matters of administration.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: The ques-
ton now seems to be as to the merits
of the monument Mr.. Borglum has
set out to erect There is hint that
in the judgment of some people it is
going to be a monstrosity. We shall
see later.
Waterloo Times-Tribune: The cap
tured Russian provinces who were to
be independent are told they'll have
TIC help pay Germany's war debt Talk
about giving till It hurts!
Dubuque Tfmes-Journal: The presi-
dent has named Mr.. Charles E.
Gregory in the investigation of the
great aircraft failure. The appoint
ment of Mr.. Hughes is to be commend
ed for several reasons. The biggest
reason for commencing :, IS that DIR.
Hughes is good man for the work
and can be counted upon to make
real investigation and, IL not muzzled
by those in authority, to let the coun-
try know the actual facts.
Waterloo Courier: The new air
plane service between New York.
Philadelphia and Washington an
nounces that passengers will be car
ried and the charge will be on the
basis of weight. There it goes again.
At every turn the fat person gets 1t
in the neck and pocketbook.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-28

last week with his SON Royden at
Kansas City, where he is in camp.
The farmers around here are hav-
ing some trouble about their corn
coming up. the cut worms are bad.
Our service flag will be raised here
Decoration day, some place close to
the post office, all are very anxious
to see it wave.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-28

a great French scientist ".
that by the year 1000 food M ~
made from carbon taken f,ol ~
bonic acid, hydrogen taken f,ns
ter. and nitrogen taken from NV :.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-28

1t will require an actual invasion of this
country TO make some congressman realize that
money raised for the prosecuting of the war
might not be better used for deepening creeks
in their neighborhoods so as to make them
navigable by motorhoats.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-28

was born American live American, l shall die
American and intend to perform the duties incun-
bent upon in that character to the end of career
do this absolute disregard Of personal con-
sequences. No suffer much, and can
If suffer he fall in the defense Of the
liberties Of his country.-Danei Webster
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-28
TUESDAY, MAY o. H..

the ninety-second article !,
der which the soldiers nroh.s,
be tried, is death or lifa NV
ment. aup'
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-28
RUSHING TROOPS ACROSS

The war department permits it to be known
that about two hundred thousand men will
have been taken abroad this month, when it has
closed, and that the hope and expectation IS
that two hundred and fifty thousand will be
sent across the sea in June. The men will be
equipped for trench line service except for ar
tillery which will be bought, not borrowed, so
we are told in France. This is encouraging
news, and if the expectation is falfilled and the
stream of soldiers is maintained in the months
to follow, it seems reasonable to hope that Ger
many may be fought to defeat this year Not
withstanding all the German boasts and hopes
built upon Russian grain, there is less food In
the central empires today than at any other
time since the war began. Deprivation food
shortage, no longer describe the situation.
Actual famine impends; and the people. weak
ened by years of undertaking, are already in
terrible straits If Germany can be held back
a little longer until her people lose faith IN the
ability Of their armies to break through, the
war probably will be near its end. This is clear
Nv the time, therefore, when America should
bear her full part of the work.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-28

The two kaisers-WiIhelm and Karl-have
been holding what the dispatches describe as a
conference We imagine it was like those
conferences which the president sometimes
holds with senator, in which one of the con-
ferees does most of the talking and the other
mods assent
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-28

The Authors Club of America has invited
George Bernard Shaw to lecture in this coun-
try There is small possibility of America seeing
the celebrated philosopher and wit, for he him
self has said that he would lecture in this coun-
try only on one condition, that he can "appear
on the same platform with the kaiser" We
doubt if even the chautauqua circuit will in
vite the kaiser to lecture over here after the
war.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-28
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Burlington Hawk-Eye: In the civil
war substitutes were human beings.
In this war they are food. Does that
prove that the race is becoming ma
terialized, or does 1t prove that lang
uage undergoes subtle changes OF
meaning?
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-28

Several southern congressman are interest
ing themselves in securing enactment enabling
the utilizing of German prisoners IN southern
camps in local improvement work. This is evi
dence of the new thrift which imbues the south.
And it may not be bad move. Not long ago
a number of these prisoners proved that they
have both time and ability to dig. If they
had not been discovered at the last moment a
number of them would have dug themselves to
an escape Apparently there is much leisure in
our detention camps. Reports from Germany
indicate that prisoners in that land are made
to work hard and are given scant comfort in
idle moments. a just amount of labor from
prisoners would not seem to be an unjust re-
quirement
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-28

MarshalItown Times-Republican:
The proposal to cancel the French
debt has not so far aroused any wild
enthusiasm in this country. The av-
erage man seems to think that there's
time enough to do that if it becomes
necessary later.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-06
MIR. BRUINS MAKES STATEMENT

In the Madison Daily Sentinel of
Tuesday. February 5, appears an ar
ticle concerning the stopping of the
meeting of the N~onpartisan league at
Wentworth. In this article 1t is stat
ed that 1T is understood that Mr..
Bruins who allowed the meeting to be
held at his place, did not fully realize
the situation, and now regrets that he
allowed the meeting at his place
after 1t was stopped at Wentworth"
I wish to state that this under
standing" Is entirely wrong. An or
ganization such as / understand the
Nonpartisan league to be. an organic
alton for the purpose OF relieving the
farmer from injustice and oppression,
Is highly commendable, and will have
my heartiest support at all times.
Signed. Geo. Bruns.-Paid Adv.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-06
CARNEGIE LIBRARY
PROCEEDINGS OF MONTHLY
MEETING HELD MONDAY
EVENING.

The regular meeting of the library
board occurred Monday evening, Feb
ruary 4. Those present were- d. ID.
Holdridge, Father Flynn, Mrs. Tolles
and Mrs. MCGEE.
The librarians report showed that
during the month of January 663
persons visited the library reading
rooms, an average of 25 per day.
Number of adult books loaned. 562
Number of children's books loan
ed, 339.
Total number of books loaned, 901.
The following list of magazines
are to be found on the library tables
in the reading rooms America, The
American, American Boy. Atlantic.
Bookman, Century, Golfers, Current
Opinion, Delineator, Everybody's,
Harper's, Illustrated World, indie
pendent, Ladies' Home Journal. Life,
McClure's, Outlook, Public. Public
Libraries, Popular Mechanics. Review
of Reviews, st. Nicholas. Saturday
Evening Post, Scribner's, Worlds
Chronicle. Worlds Work, Youths
Companion, National Geographic Sur
vey, School Education, General Fed
GRAFTON Of Woman's Clubs Magazine
and American City. The two Madi-
son dailies and the Sioux City and
Minneapolis Journals are also to be
found here and mer college pa
pers and the official organ of the ma
tional w. C. It. u, the Union Signal.
A daily official war bulletin gives
to the public that latest war news,
and the food administration bulletins
give many useful recipes for war
breads and meat substitutes. Why
not visit the library?