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The Washington herald., 1919-05-05
HURLEY DENIES
BEING UNJUST

Edward y. Hurley, chairman of the
Shipping Board. declared yesterday
that the attitude of the Emergency
Fleet Corporation with respect to the
cancellation of ship contracts had been
misunderstood. He said the policy oi
the board was not one of ruthless
cancellation.
I'm revising the. construction pro-
gram to take care of 30 per cent of
our foreign commerce, a figure rec
ogrized by shipping men as the prop
er proportion of trade which we
should transport in our ships. we are
working on a plan to show type, size
and speed of ships required to meet
the need of the different trade routes. "
he said.
During tha first few months after
the signing of the armistice we can
celled contracts calling approximately
for 100000 tons of steel ships and
.JOoHOO tons of wood ships.
THE Emergency Fleet Corpora ton
cancelled these contracts because il
was felt that we should not continue
building ships at high war costs. under
peace conditions. with money appro-
priated for war emergency purposes.
especially where such ships were not
to be delivered until 1920. Many of
the ships so cancelled were of size
and type not commercially and eco
nomicalIy advantageous in time of
peace"
The Shipping Board. ~-~n the
next ten days, according to MIR.
Hurley. will have a report showinS
the ships required in the different
trade routes throughout the world.
The substitution of larger and
faster vessels will give the United
states a better balanced. more ef-
ncient and useful fleet said Mr..
Hurley.
In the adjustment of the claims
of shipbuilders there has been
some delay, but the matter is now
being taken up and prompt settle
ment will be made. There SHOULD
be no question Of the good faith OF
the governme
Congress will convene shortly
and it will be the purpose of the
Shipping Board to consult with the
proper committees of the Senate
and House with respect to the re-
vision of the shipbuilding pro-
gram
The Washington herald., 1919-05-05

daily. You had to soak it in soup to
bite II. -' '..
Imprisonment was a joke. Eacr
DAY we got passport permitting us
TO go anywhere we liked in Moscow.
out we had to return by p. M"
Were Well Treated.
The Bolshies treated US fine. We
never got rough word. because we
We're Americans-in fact. the Reds
tried their best to make us comfort
able. We hod as much as anybody
TO eat and they paid us y rubles when
we worked.
often we would go to the houses
OF wealthy people to carry out furni-
ture which the government had con-
fiscated
Once we dug graves for people that
had starved to death We blasted the
ground four feet down. 1t was a nasty
Job. Rows of starved men, women
and children were laid out on the
ground. They We're frozen. on top
of being starved. waiting for groves.
Sunday is a scream in Bolshy-
land. Every Sunday all the prison
ers would be taken to church
really some officials house. where
they lectured us on Bolshevism. We
would sleep during these lectures.
but afterwards we'd get a big feed
That feed, we understood, all right
all right.
on Christmas there was a big
pow-wOw in Petrograd. They said
they'd take us along If We promised
to tell the convention how we loved
Bolshevism. Great stuff, There we
were for a week. visiting in the Win
ter Palace, eating horse steak: which
is a delicacy. Everybody has a big
time"
Put Hull In BuIIshcyism.
Sure. We addressed the conven-
tion-we all gave 'em a great line
of bunk, putting the Dull in Bull
shevism' as it were. as to say. old
topper Yes. we told EN- how We
loved the Bolsheviki. Ike Spiegel
mann. a New York Jew. translated
our speeches as we went along.
'Petrograd is not as bad as peo-
pie here believe. though hundreds
are starving. They don't get as
much food there as they do in Mos.
COW. In fact. Petrograd is almost
without food.
The thing that is feared most in
Russia. especially in the big cities. is
a massacre of Jews. Many of the
latter hold important Offices"
In answer to questions. the refugees
were unanimous in declaring there
was no hostility against America in
Russia. but the Russians were deter
mined to drive out all allies and gov
ern themselves in their own way. The
threatened counter revolution. they
say. il it comes. will be mainly
against Jews, not against the Bolshe-
Wiki.
The Bolshevists, according to the re-
turned prisoners. have moved much
heavy artillery to the northern front
during the winter and are confident
of driving the allies into the sea.
The release of the prisoners was due
TO the efforts in Moscow of Louis
Penningroth, r ''Y" secretary. who
accompanied them as far as Stock
holm.
The Washington herald., 1919-05-05
WIREMEN FAVOR
U. S. OWNERSHIP
Telegraphers' Union Will
Start Propaganda to
Accomplish 1t.

A great majority of teIegrapher
favor absolute government ownership
of the teleEraphs. declared S. ]
Small. former international president
OF the Commercial Telegraphers
Union at a meeting OF the local branch
yesterday.
Steps have already been taken he
added, to institute an insistent cam
paign throughout the country in favor
of government ownership of the wires
state organizations will be formed
and speakers will be put into the field
The fight will he carried up and into
the 1891 Presidential campaign.
Much criticism he continued.
against the Postoffice Departments
administration is justifable and much
OF il is not
Tn considering the proposition oi
government ownership of the teIe.
phone and telegraph systems OF this
country it is important that the ques.
ton be divided.
The Washington herald., 1919-05-05
GILES WINS HERALD
. HOME; HURLEY GETS
FIRST AUTO PRIZE
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE

earned the splendid prize that nc has
won is largely due to the loyalty of
his army of friensis who stood by him
to the end.
Second in the big list of winners is
Joseph ii. Hurley. head OF the District
Employees Association. Mr. Hurley is
one OF the best-known men in the list
or candidates. As soon as his nH me
appeared as a contestant scores of his
friends placed their influence and as
sistance at his disposal That he fin
ished second In such an exciting race
Is eidence of his splendid standing i'm
This community.
c. J. Fernald finished IN third
place. Although Mr. FeTnald has
not lived in Washington very long.
his friendly way. together with his
untirtnE work. has won him high
esteem among those with whom he
has become acquainted Many
friends called at the club hcadquar-
ters during the campaign anxious TO
give their aid in his favor.
Nirginian Gets Prize.
out of the Tenth district comes
the fourth grand prize winner and
this man is Laurence H"-Tell. of
Marshall. Va. Mr.. HerreIl has per
haps the widest Acquaintance" Of any
The Washington herald., 1919-05-05

of the candidates in the outside field
In Marshall. Va. and in the nearby
towns almost to a man they rallied
to his support and stood by him un-
til the finish. At a recent visit to
the club headquarters Mr.. Herrell
said, Il may not win one of THE big
prizes. but I will always feel CRATE
full to those who helped me during
the campaign"
Fifth in the list OF winners is II.
Mortimer Niswanner, 316 Taylor
street northwest. and at the present
time Mr.. Niswanner holds a high po-
sition with the American Red Cross.
For a number of years he was as
sistant superintendent of the Metro
politan Life Insurance Company and
his large acquaintance. coupled with
energetic efforts. made IL possible
for him to build up such a splendid
vote record
Space does not permit US TO 20 into
detail today and elaborate further
on the splendid work done by all other
candidates who assisted i'm making this
campaign an unparalleled success
among campaigns of its nature. There
is not a contestant in the entire list
who is not to oe congratulated on the
showing made, for il was a most
spirited race and all who took part
necessarily put forth an unusual ef-
fort.
To say that The Washington Herald
will always feel grateful to those who
assisted in building up its circulation
at this time is putting il mildly. II is
the desire Of The Washington Herald
to work in friendly cooperation with
each and every candidate in the fu-
ture.
The prizes are ready and orders
will be issued to the winners upon
calling at the business Office of The
Washington Herald. The cash prize
winners will receive their checks by
mail
The Washington herald., 1919-05-05
JEFF SMITH MEETS
CHIP AT ALBAUGH'S

Baltimore. Md, May 4.-Jeff Smith
middleweight champion of Europe.
and George Chip. former middle
weight champion of this country
undoubtedly two of the greatest
men of their weight in the world
have been matched for the next
show of the American Athletic As
sociation. Matchmaker Harris an
nouncement last night brought a
big hand from the fans. Smith and
Chip have signed TO step twelve
rounds to a referees decision. with
the bout taking place a week from
tonight at Albaugh's Theater.
The Washington herald., 1919-05-05
GENERAL WOOD
BOOM GROWING
Senator Moses Scores vii.
son in Advocating Mill
tary Candidacy.

Maj Gen. Leonard Wood is loom
ing more distinctly each day As
the logical man for the Republican
party to nominate for the Presidency
according to a statement issued yes
teIday by Senator George II. Moses.
Of New Hampshire.
New Hampshire delegates az the Re-
publican convention are preparing now
, to- present his name. Gen. Wood
was born in that State Senator Moses
also attacked President Wilson in his
statements.
There is more sentiment of the
kind that elects Presidents surround
ing Gen. Wood than ony other who
has been mentioned as a possible Re-
publica nominee in 1890" said Senator
Moses.
The question is whether this kind
Of, sentiment which elects Presidents
can be transmitted. in Gen. Wood 4
case, into the kind of sentiment that
produces delegates and .nominates
Presidents. g..
Turn From Wilson.
The people, he said. "are turning
away from Wilson. who will return
home sadly diminished-in spite of the
league of nations and its initial ses-
sion to be held in Washington.
A most significant feature OF many
public meetings which / have recently
attended in New Hampshire was the
readiness with which the audiences
rose to any gibe at Wilson.
This would have been impossible
prior to the Presidents trip to Paris;
and now it signifies the shift in pub
dc opinion as Wilson emerges from
the glamor of the war cloud and is
seen as an incurabIe eGotist whose
colossal vanity enables crafty foreign
statesmen to use him as a catspaw.
In turning from such a figure. the
inevitable tendency of the public mind
Is to seek its anithesis. Col.
Roosevelt embodied this ideal to the
last degree and had he lived | think
he would have been our candidate.
named. perhaps. by acclamation. with
him gone, there is demand for an
inheritor of the Roosevelt legend. To
many minds. Leonard Wood seems
the rightful heir.
He will go to the convention. like
Grant. from Appomattox. and its fa-
NOUS apple tree, supported by a ma
tion-wide circle of friends. and. if
nominated, will be elected
The Washington herald., 1919-05-05
Arg ments offered.

The several telephone systems
should be returned to their owners or
taken over by the several States.
The Western Union and Postal Tele-
graph plants should be taken over by
the Federal government permanently
and other organizations doing a tele-
graph business should be. stopped
from continuing in competition with
the government telegraphs in handling
commercial messages"
The telephone. according to Small.
is local institution, but the teIe-
graph lines are not. and much would
he saved the public. he said. IL dupli-
cation were avoided and inefiiciency
of management eliminated
Under government ownership we
would eliminate duplication Of central
telegraph offices in about 1000 cities
close branch telegraph Offices and re-
establish branch ost-tclcCraph offices
for the convenience Of the public. and
not for purposes OF competition as at
present.
"A competitive system OF tele-
graphs is detrimental to the business
interests of the nation i'm that il adds
a burden of taxation on the people in
the form of contributing revenue in
excess tolls in order to maintain a
dual plant, two sets of officials and
heavy excess operating costs
The Washington herald., 1919-05-05
EXTRA SESSION
ABOUT June /.
FACING TASKS
Congress Must Work Fast
Or Departments Will
| Be Crippled.
MANY BIC PROBLEMS
Appropriation Bills Are Ex-
pected to Develop Friction
Between Branches.

Congress is expected to begin its
special session about June 1.
In well-informed circles here 1t Is
believed unless there is some unfore-
seen Developments at the Paris Peace
Conference President Wilson will be
back in Washington about June I.
He will call a special session of Con-
gress, It Is believed, before his return
and will arrive here perhaps a few
days before Congress convenes.
Leftover Bills.
It Is believed improbable under re-
cent circumstances that Congress
could reconveen before June /. 1t
will take the whole month OF June, II
is thought. for Congress TO pass the
many bills left over from last session
which must be passed before the new
fiscal year begins. July l.
Many departments of the govern
ment would be left without funds.
even to pay salaries, unless Congress
Iappropriates the money before the
fiscal year begins.
Congressional appropriation com.
mittee leaders expressed grave doubl
that the six appropriation bills left
over from the last session can bt
passed by June 30. the end of the
fiscal year. il Congress is not called
before June l.
They pointed out that in less than
month of actual working time. the
two houses will face the task OF
passing the army, navy. agricultural
District of Columbia. sundry civil
and general deficiency bills. which
total billions of dollars.
Economy watchword.
All must be considered by COM
mittees. With Republicans crying
ECONOMY" IT is expected long grill
ings are in store for depa rtment
heads before their estimates win APP
proval. In addition. House and SEN
ate views are likely to be radically
different on important provisions OF
the army and navy measures. thre at
ening long delay in getting these
through.
Representative Mondeu. who is TO
be Republican leader in the House,
opposes passage of resolutions con-
tinuing last years appropriations
for thirty days or until Congress
can pass new ones.
In this opposition many other
members concur. on the ground that
IL is unwise to continue, in peace
time. appropriations based on war
needs. The situation. however
threatens to become SO acute. If
Congress has but a month to act.
that such resolutions may have 10
be resorted to to keep some depart
ments running.
Members of the House Appropria-
tions Committee are at work on the
sundry civil bill, hoping to have II
fairly well in shape by the time
Congress meets. Republican eau
cuses in House and Senate will
consider a program for handling the
appropriation bills.
The Washington herald., 1919-05-05

II. Lunt, Edgar Warfield. Sr.. T. :.
Leadbeater, Lycurgus Uhler and Rob-
inson Moncure.
Mrs. Mary d. Hunt. 10 yeIrs old.
wife of w. J. Hunt. died today at the
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. John w
Kerns. 105 Pendleton street, after a
long Illness. Her husband and one
child survive.
Mrs. Elizabeth Posey's furneral
took place today from Wheatley's
chapel. Services were conducted
by the Rev. John Lee Allison. pas
tor of the Second Presbyterian
Church. Burial was in Bethel
Cemetery.
The Washington herald., 1919-05-05
ALEXANDRIA
THE rERALD BUREAU.
A. $. Doniphan.
z King Street


Alexandria. Va. May 4-Txo
persons were injured. three others
badly shaken up and an automobiIe
badly damaged this afternoon
when a bee stung Mr.. Benton in
the eye while driving a machine
near Camp Humphreys. Va, result
ing in the driver losing control Of
the auto and it going down a steep
cmbankment
The injured are Mrs William +
Webster. 5l9 South Leet street, and
her son, James Webster. Q wears
old. Mrs. Webster sustained n
broken collar bone. She was
treated at the Alexandria Hospital
by DIR. T. NJ. Jones. Her son was
badly cut about the face by flying
glass from tho Windshield. Mrs
Cora Kelly. Sister of Mrs, Webster
Miss Cora Pullman and the driver
escaped with slight bruises. The
party was returning from Camp
Humphreys at the time of the ac-
cidtnt.
y houS" to house canvass was ma de
this afternoon by more than sOC
solicitors in the interest of the sale
of Victory Bonds and when reports
were tabulated early tonight il was
announced by r. S. Jones, chairman
of the local committee. that subscrip-
tions totalinG 1880 had been received
1t is believed that the total for the
day will reach $1S090. as several OF
the canvassers have not completed
their work.
Alexandria's allotment is 1854, 200.
About one-half of this has already
been subscribed.
The Circuit Court for this city, Judge
S. G. Brent presiding. will convene
at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, when
the docket will be called and cases
set for trial.
The funeral of Mrs. Robert w. Bal
lenger took place this afternoon from
her late residence in Fairfax county.
Services We're conducted by Rev. p.
P. Phillips. ID. d.. rector OF ST. Paul's
+, f. Church. Eurial was in st.
faul's cemetery.
:Pallbearers were p. r. German, s.
The Washington herald., 1919-05-05
BY ROBERT wELLEs RITCHIE.

(C0pSright. 1919 10y Universal Servicc.)
London. May Alive soldiers of the
goth Infantry-Detroit's own-the first
American prisoners from Russia, just
arrived here by way Of Stockholm to-
day, gave Universal Service wonder
tale of adventures in the black heart
OF mad Russia.
They are: Walter Houston, Nuske-
Gon, Mich: George AIbers. Muskegon
Mich: Antoine Wants, Chicago. III. ::
Haurilak Mike (naturalized Russian).
Detroit. Mich; William Schultz. Ma
nistee. Mich.
They were six weeks en- route from
Moscow. where they had been impris-
oned. via Finland and Sweden.
Others Left Behind.
They left behind John Tripler. a
Kentucky mountaineer. who was lost
in the crowd just as they were en-
training in Moscow; NJ. J. Arnold. of
Nebraska, a Y. NJ. g. A. worker, who
was released with them, and John
RyeIl. of Ohio. another "Y'' worker.
Three other Americans remain pris-
onerS in Moscow together with sixty
six French and English soldiers.
when interviewed at the Eagle
Hut here, the refugees wore Boil
sheVist caps and nondescript
clothes. The latter were supplied
by the British consul at Helsing-
rors. Their faces were gaunt and
lined with deep burrows from
months of semi-starvation. But
they unanimously gave this cheer
fuI pledge:
Were going back to get those
Bolshies as soon as we get rested
and have had a big feed"
"Our Boys Doing Fine"
Before giving their narrative 7
must convey a typical heart appeal
very earnestly put to me BY young
Schultz:
Tell everybody's mother back
home not to worry. Our boys in
Russia are doing fine. There;
nothing the matter with them. ex-
cept' inconsistencies"
Seated in a circle in an inner
room of Eagle Hut, their outland-
ish boots hanging on the rungs of
chairs. the boys spun breathless
yarns about their experiences.
ranging from digging graves at -
rubles a day for people that had
starved to death. to addressing a
Socialist congress in Petrograd and
visiting the Winter Palace.
Their narratives were kaleido-
scopic of weary marches in the bit
terest cold. their comic opera i'm
prisonment at Moscow. and wild
Junkets through the Bo5shevist
capital.
Muskegon Lad Talks.
BY mutual consent. AIbers, a raw
boned lad who mixed Russian words
with his Yankee speech. was appoint
ed spokesman. Said he:
II was captured on November 3;
The Washington herald., 1919-05-05
Muskegon Lad Talks.

BY mutual consent. AIbers. a raw
ooned lad who mixed Russian words
with his Yankee speech. was appoint
ed spokesman. Said he:
II was captured on November 8:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-12-24
A Buffalo Story

oont mean to discredit the K
d. SAID Capt. Harry B. Austin of tho
adJutant generals department "hut
rather question the accuracy NJ ~
report when it says in a dis
patch from Port Pierre. s. D., that
the most important buffalo hunt in
more than 40 years has been com :
pieted west of the Missouri river
because. was out in Montana in
1881 and i recall that 81 and 's2 werc
GAYS OF somewhat strenuous buffalo
hunting, ,'''o
i remember one days hunting
"nen. after a good days SHOOTING
my guide and myself were about 70
start for camp, and, seeing a herd of
ouHaioes perhaps 1000 yards away on
an elevation, outlined sharply against
the sky line, the guide said: son.
iets try shot at that bunch and go
nome. We did. from the saddle and
away went the herd. with the excep-
ton OF two lone dark spots on the
ground. We rode over and there
were two fine bulls, the best we'd
snot The guide said we'd better
take the hides for souvenirs and pro-
ceeded to skin one, a job he made
quick work of. He then cut out the
bullet. to determine which of us shot
the BEAST and 1t proved to be mine, as
we carried rifles Of different calibre.
we then started for the other car
cass, about IS or 100 yards away, to
skin that, but. to our, astoni<hment.
no carcass was there. We hunted
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SOLON
Mrs. Charles Ssvsry

Mrs. Charles Severy died Friday. Dec
10, and funeral services were held al
the family home Sunday afternoon con.
Quoted by Rev. T. B. HIATT. Mrs. Sew.
cry was born in East Dixfield Oct. q
1888. She leaves her husband, two sons
and daughter. All the children live In
New York City. The daughter, Mrs
Thomas Fallon, had been with hel
mother since last spring. The younger
son. c. NJ. Severy, and his wife and
Thos. Fallon and a sister, Mrs. Charles
Eustis of Somerville. Mass. came tc
the funeral. The body was placed in
the tomb in Madison.
Mrs. Mildred Manson and Miss Esther
Manson, teachers in North Arson, are
home for the Christmas vacation. Miss
Esther French is home from Massa chu-
sets for the holidays.
The Scion Creamery Co. are cutting
ice on Fall brook.
Mrs. Carl Hunnewell and son Billy
were weekend guests at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. L. French.
The pulp mill is shut down for re.
pairs.
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CANAAN

Carleton Tuttle has moved his fam
lily into the Alfred Holt house at
Moore's Mills.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Foster were
! in Bangor Saturday on business.
Minnie and Arland Williams visit
ed their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Williams Sunday. They were ac-
companied by Mr.. and Mrs. Harris of
the Harris Bakery, Waterville.
I Mrs. Mile Foster and daughter
Beryl and a lady friend Of Water
willie passed the week. end in their
home at Moore's Mills.
Clyde Decker who is representing
the American Radiator Company in
Providence, r.. L.. lis passing the
Christmas holidays with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Decker. Miss
Respa Irving of Clinton is a visitor in
the Decker home for Christmas week.
School at Moore's Mills closed FRI
day for two weeks; vacation. There
was an entertainments in the after
noon to which the parents were in
vited. A treat was served by the
teacher. Mrs. Max Foster.
+ Mrs. Mildred Rowell and little son of
Auburn is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Sumner Bean.
Mrs. Mabel Gardner and son Willie
left Monday By auto for Boston, where
they will pass the winter.
Mrs. Mabel Foster left Saturday for
WATERFOWL. Mass. She win return soi.
Wednesday accompanied by Mr.. Foster.
who will remain for q few days.
Fire was discovered lin the Round