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The Washington times., 1919-12-22
PRESIDENT SAVES THREE
OFFICERS DOOMED TO DIE

Conviction of three officers Of the
2ssth Infantry on charges growing
out of the failure of that regiment to
hold it's place in line near Binarville.
France. September 2s, 1913. have been
set aside by President Wilson. Army
orders published recorded executive
action In the cases of Lieuts- Horace
r. Crawford, Judge Cross, and Rob-
ert w. Cheers, each. Of whom had been
sentenced to death on charges of hav-
ing violated the 18th article of war.
The specification in each case charg-
ed the officer with having shame
fully" retreated from the enemy.
The Washington times., 1919-12-22
RAIL CONFEREES
MEET TOMORROW
Senate and House Members
Will Seek to Reconcile
Differences.

Senate and House conferees on the
railroad bill will begin consideration
Of the differences between the House
and Senate measures this week. The
nrst working meeting Of the confer
ence committee is scheduled for to-
morrow morning.
With nine days remaining before
the first Of the year, when the Presi-
dent planned to return the roads to
their owners, according to his origi-
nal intention. the railroad situation
remains unsettled. with no definite
program in view.
Members of both the House and
Senate conference representatives
wish the return postponed until Feb>
ruary 1,Cthat legislation providing
for the return OF the roads might be
passed to insure their proper regula-
ton.
The representatives Of labor will
bring all pressure to bear possible to
prevent the return on January 1.
They are opposed to the return 1T any
time. advocating the continuance Of
Government control for at least two
years. Several Of the leaders close to
the Administration favor the tenn
porary holding until legislation Is
passed.
The Washington times., 1919-12-22
ACQUITTED OF CHARGE
OF FORGING OF NOTE

Justice Stafford, presiding in Crimi-
nal Court No. 2. has directed a
verdict in favor OF Benjamin r. Full
er. former manager Of the Columbia
Hotel Supply Company. charged with
forging the name Of Philip D. Ar
mour. Of Chicago, to q note for 5000,
which was deposited by Fuller as .
collateral with the Franklin National
Bank.
The Jury was instructed to bring
in a verdict Of not guilty because Of
variance between the note set forth
in tho indictment and the note
proved.
David N. Carvalho. q New York
handwriting expert testified that in
his opinion the signature to the note
was genuine. Mr.. Armour denied
having attached his signature to the
note. Harvey Given. a local hand
writing expert. testifying for the
Government declared the signature
to be q forgery.
The Washington times., 1919-12-22
BIRTH OF WAR BABY
ENDS STORM AT SEA
Angry Waters Calm n Sailors Clan
Hands Over "Surest Sign
Of Good Luck"

NEW YORK. Dec. 22.-Passengers
arriving here yesterday on the Cunard
liner 'Saxonia told how, after a roar
Ing gale had bufeted the ship about
increasingly for forty-eight hours. and
half the passengers had slept with
their clothes on, ready to take to the
lifeboats. the birth Of a baby girl
an incident which the sailors de-
scrfbed as "the surest sign of luck
IN the world"-occurred, and, Incl
dentally. the heavy sea calmed and
the vessel weathered the storm.
The additional passenger was Miss
Eleanor Claire Thurber, born Friday,
December IL. Her father, Edmund j.
Thurber. Of Providence, r. J., went
across with the Fourteenth Canadian
machine gun company in 1914-one
OF the first. Her mother was a driver
for the army service corps in London
The war romance began when Mr.
Thurber, badly wounded at vimy
Ridge, Joined the purchasing depart
ment OF the Young Mems Christian
Association, with headquarters in
London.
Tho ship brought 156 British girls
who will be Christmas brides of Ca
madam and American soldiers who
postponed their weddings until the
bridegrooms-to-be were established in
business.
The Washington times., 1919-12-22
Main Difference Between Senate
and House Rail Bills

The three main points of difference between the Sen
ate and House railroad bills are:
Senate bill prohibits strikes and lockouts on rail
roads and sets up wage tribunal whose decisions shall
be binding House bill provides machinery for concilia
ton, but relies force of public opinion to compel
acceptance.
Senate bill provides for compulsory consolidation of
the railroads into twenty thirty systems under Fed
era transportation board The House bill would permit
consolidation but does not fix any number of systems
and places the roads under the Interstate Commerce
Commission
Senate bill divides country into seven ratemaking
regions and provides that the rates in each group shall
yield return of 51a per cent the value of all rail
roads in each group. House bill leaves the law as it
is vestng in the Interstate Commerce Commission
power to fix rates.
The Washington times., 1919-12-22
ITALIAN CABINET IS
SUSTA|NEDBYVOTE
Chamber Of Deputies Expresses
Conference In Government
~ BY Ballot.

ROME. Dee fan order Of the
ny expressing confidence in the gov
eenment has been adopted BY the
enambef of deputies by q vote OF 243
- III.
The Italian foreign minister, Signor
ecfaloia outlining the policy Of the
govern nment in the chamber of dep
utfes discussed the Adriatic question
and referred to the British-French-
American memorandum presented to
Italy on that subject
He said that when he was in London
Premier Lloyd George explained that
tAe memorandum was not q regular
note nor a collective proposal, but =
document which was only to be re-
garded as . starting point for dis
0onsiona
Ngnor Scialoia intended to reply in
writing to the memorandum, but de-
st3red that the decision to be en-
The Washington times., 1919-12-22

bodied in his reply ought to be he
result of a full oral discussion
1T Is evident" he went on, that
our allies are disposed to discuss .
solution Of the question which does
not coincide entirely with the last
American proposalA I am confident
that confronted By an agreement of
the great allied powers based on the
common advantage Of Europe, Presi-
dent Wilson will consent to some
modification Of his scheme"
The foreign minister confirmed
Premier NittPs declaration that 1t was
Italy's intention to remain firmly
united to her allies, and added: I'VE
have no aggressive intentions and we
shall Re glad IL we can establish
amicable relations with our Adriatic
neiRhbors."
The Washington times., 1919-12-22
1000 WORDS IN ONE QUERY

COLUMBUS, Ind, Dec. 22.-Would
you know what to answer IL you were
asked question 1000 words in
length? This task faced several wit
nesses in q will case here recently.
The query was hypothetical
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-09
As to Political Prisoners

Recently the radicals in this
country had the im2udence to pre-
sent, in a roundabout way, de-
mand upon the American Govern
ment for the release of the "po-
litical prisoners" Emma Gold
man and Alexander Berkman. The
tons have passed many resolutions
demanding that these two motor
ious anarchists be discharged from
custody.
The answer the Government is
making is the proper one. 1t
was right in it's stand to get rid
of these Objectionable characters.
They are not wanted here. They
are firebrands and their mere
presence in the United States acted
as an incentive to the radicals to
commit crimes.
There is no reason for showing
clemency toward these notorious
agitators. There is every reason
why they should be dealt with
sternly and aggressively.
A show of firmness with regard
to them will have the effect of de-
ferring other agitators who are
becoming far too bold. This is a
time when the iron hand must not
even contain the silken glove. The
more Goldmans and Berkmans we
have in our midst the more out
RACES will be com mitted similar
to those which recently plunged
the State of Washington in mourn
ing
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-09
The Red Regime
By BRIGGS

Bol, Boil, Bolshevik,-
| tweak
The nose of all-that-is;l and seek,
! Deep sinking dirty fang and pois-
oned beak,
To pry apart
And low to lay
All that "A world hath wrought OF
wealth and love and art
! Since Adams day,
Down, down.
Not only rank and privilege and
crown
And all abuse
Festered by centuried use
(All such small things
L equal rubbish count with thrones
and kings,)-
/ shall bring low
stature show.
Sink par with me in dung or dust
And bow
To my rude clutch fair head or
lordly brow.
I cannot ken
Natures or breedings mark IL men
Let pedigreed
Be beasts of field; but as for human
seed,
They must sink swift
Beneath these sweaty, bloody fists
L lift!
Brain, genius, training, letters-fig
for that!
Way for the proletariat,-
If any kind of mine shows bright,
I'll brain the brat!
Marx, Engels and the rest
(Who spewed the Teuton gospel Of
unres)
! get from them
Anathema on collar white or dress
with hem.
If anywhere or any time
A Shakespeare, Newton, Morgan
starts to climb,
I'll rude repress
Them all to swineherd's lot-or less
Mills, factories,
Not only shall l seize,
But run
Only at workers whim and for their
fun,
Sans science. books or boss,
With profit wholly turned to loss
And, quite as wise,
The other sex shall socialize
And down decree
The family!
Whose dissents in any wise
I'll terroriZe,-
Let blood be shed
In torrents to baptize my era Red!
Conception dim
OF rectifying wrong, in fashion
grim,-
About as plain
AS mists that eddy in gorilla's
brain,-
| feel white-hot;
But I have not
Aught else to wreak but ruin, lust
and loot,
The dark enforcement of the brute
And so | seek
To crush the wise, the wealthy and
the weak
Bol, Bol, Bolshevik!
Boston News Bureau Poet (B. f
Gfiffin)
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-09
GERMANY 4 "ROTTEN APPLE"
There Contamination Other Fruit Shelf
+. Saturday Evening

the possibilities-it will not only
mean anarchy in Germany, bat the
kindling of flame that may sweep
England and the continent.
The brotherhood of anarchy knows
no geography. Its symbol is just as
red in Italy and France as in Ger
many and Russia. One touch OF
scarlet makes all the radicals kin.
A red Germany might mean an alli-
ance with red Russia. All Europe is
on razor edge, and the advent of
winter with a worldwide shortage
of fuel and food-and cold and hun
ger are the first aids to revolt-will
not help to dull it. once the terrible
tides are loosed, the hordes of hate
will only know one cause, a I'd that
cause, destruction. AS Germany
goes these next few months. so will
a considerably part of Europe go,
politically and economically.
To put it concretely = Germany
to-day is like rotten apple. Isolated
on the shelf, she would decompose
and cause no damage. But this pro-
cedure, unhappily. is impossible. Eco
nomically she is in a basket of ap-
pies, and her taint, unless remedied
at once, is likely to contaminate the
whole lot.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-09
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Owen J. Roberts, the new mem
Der of the Board of City Trusts in
Philadelphia, is an attorney and has
appeared here in number of cases.
j. ID. A. Morrow. formerly of
Pittsburgh, is now vice president of
the National Coal Association, hav-
ing headquarters in Washington.
DR.. j. T. Rothrock, State Forest
Commissioner, is over so, but runs
his own automobile, {, And daily, too.
Congressman II. w. Temple,
who is attracting attention by criti-
cisms of National policy, is a Wash
ington, Pa, college professor.
&C. ]. Stonebach has been elected
president of the Lehigh County.
School Directors Association.
Col. John r. Virgins, Philadel-
phia builder, will take trip to South
America during the winter.
III. j. Gideon, of the Philadel-
phia educational system, has been
selected as head of the National as
sociation studying attendance prob
lens.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-09
FIRST, AS USUAL

HAT the Republican National
Committee is TO meet i'm ad-
vance of the Democrats to Sc
lect the date and place for the next
National convention indicates that
the. party management is in the
hands of aggressive leaders who care
nothing for precedent and intend to
be first in the field with convention,
candidates and platform.
Ordinarily the party in power in
the White House is accorded the
lead in these matt ers. 1t has been
more or less customary for the
winners of the previous presidential
election to arrange for their national
convention first and generally to
take the lead in arrangements for
the ensuing campaign. That the
Republicans have decided to go
ahead regardless of precedent or
the plans of the common enemy in
dicates that they mean to stand or
fall on their own principles.
They will nominate their candi-
dates and adopt their platform ac-
cording to the opinions of majority
of the delegates assembled, with lit
tie or no thought as to what the
Democrats may do. On the other
hand, the Democrats will be forced
by this policy to put themselves on
the defensive and few. if any bat
ties. either in war or politics. have
ever been won on those tactics.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-09
Neglected POtUer Resources

From the Public Ledger
Secretary Lane does well to dwell
with especial emphasis in the an
nual report II the Department of
the Interior upon the vital need
for the adoption of some definite ma
tional policies affecting the pro-
duction and distribution of power,
This is one aspect of our progressive
development that has been almost
wholly without any directing intlu-
ence either for conservation
or for the application of modern
methods that make for economy and
efficiency. With the facts of the
enormous increase, year by year,
in the drain upon our natural re-
sources OF fuel-coal and oil-star-
ing the Nation in the face. little or
nothing has been done looking to a
survey of the situation or a study of
what ought to be done to prevent
waste to-day and To guard against
the inevitable shortage in the not
distant future. We have "mpddled
along" thus far. but at an 'appal-
ling cost, of which the coal short
ages during the war. owing to trans
portation difficulties, and to-day,
as a result of a mine-wage dis
pute, have been formidable items
in the account.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-09
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES

High Benton: by William Hey
Tiger, author of Fighting for Fair
view" etc, $1.50, d. Appleton &
Co., New York.
This is something new in juvenile
literature-the most notable piece
of work Mr.. Heyliger has done.
For it is more than a story for
boys-it is a novel for boys, painted
on a broad canvas, and bringing in
all those incidents, emotions,
thoughts and adventures that go to
mold n boy and shape him into the
pattern of a man. High Benton"
is the story of a boys growth, men
tai and moral, and his development
from a goodnatured, Indifferent
boy, whose horizon is bounded by
the narrow cofines of his own little
town, into manly youth, strong
and wide-visioned
High Benton" is one of those
lively, intensely human boys who
always manages to be in the midst
of things. From the time he finds
written on his sidewalk the mes
sage, "Gregor Helseng licked Ben
ton yesterday" his days are filled
with picturesque adventures. He
has his itch to become a moving
picture actor; he organizes a secret
society and strikes to compel the
reinstatement of an expelled high
school STUDENT he meets with his
gang in the Hiding House and is
overwhelmed with thoughts of
ghosts: and his greatest blow comes
on the occasion that his fathers
friend refuses to employ him when
he quits school without finishing his
course.
This manuscript has been read in
advance and highly endorsed by a
number of well-known educators
and leaders of boys.
The Crimson Tide, by Robert w.
Chambers. Pictures by A. l.. Keller,
S1.75 net; ID. Appleton & Co, New
York. THE Reds--the Terror
ists-the country crawls with them.
They work like moles, but already, if
you look about you can see the earth
stirring above their tunnels. They
are here. everywhere, active, schem-
ing, plotting, whispering treason,
stirring discomfort. melting envy,
teaching treason"
Mr.. Chambers newest romance is
the story of the attractive Palla Du-
mont, and now, in her attempt to
solve the problem of the Law of Love,
she comes dangerously near being on
quilted in the crimson tide of an
archy sweeping across the land.
Palla has come through a frightful
experience in Russia. She has lost
her faith in God and the accepted
order of things. Returning to New
York she determines to follow only
the religion of Love and Service"
Her activities carry her through
many an unusual experience, and
finally in tremendous climax. she
barely escapes with her life. This is
one Of the most dramatic and wholly
entertaining novels Mr.. Chambers
has ever written.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-09
ENLARGING THE HOTEL

A ENCOURAGEMENT at the din
~ ner of the Chamber. of Com
merce last evening that the
Penn Harris Hotel is to be enlarged
and the certainty of substantial
dividend for both the operating
company and the owners OF the
: hotel property are proofs conclu-
sive of the need for the big hotel
in Harrisburg.
The hotel requirements here have
2 grown enormously with the erection
of the Penn-Harris. commercial
/. men taking advantage of it's fame
to stop here instead of going on to
some other city. conventions tum-
bling over each other to take ad-
vantage of the facilities Harrisburg
offers, automobile and tourist traf-
\ fic increasing by leaps and bounds,
until now we are face to face with
another great shortage of accom-
modations. The Penn-Harris is big
enough except for rooms. and rooms
can be added at less cost than a
Z general remodeling of the hotel had
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-09
The Country School

[From the Pittsburgh Dispatch
In asking County Superinten-
dent of Schools Samuel Hamilton
to contribute his views on the
needs of rural schools, the Dis
patch felt that the service would
be OF service not alone to the l.
$50 teachers and 700 school dlrec-
tors of the county, but to the en-
tire rural population dependent
upon the country school for educa-
t;onal opportunities. Many of the
points he makes will compel in
slant acceptance. as for instance,
the impractical hility of expecting
the pupils in the rural school TO
assimilate, under unframed teach-
ers, in $50 days, the same course
that city children with good teach
ers have 200 days to encompass.
Also, considering the tendency to
quit school at IA or 15, that the
curriculum should have reference
to that fact and aim to secure the
best possible results within that
time. The point that rural teach
ers should be trained with view
to specialize on rural educational
needs is also we'll taken.
1t is we'll enough to argue that
the country child should have the
same educational opportunity as
the city child. No one denies that.
But he or she cannot get it in the
shorter time and with less expert
enced teachers. The practical ques-
ton raised by Superintendent
Hamilton is what is the next best
thing to be done? He inclines to
the opinion that the purely aca-
demic may he overempnasiZed
and that vocational education
would be more welcome. while at
the same time holding open for
those who desire it the avenue to
high school He meets the issue
of cultural education practically
when he asks: Does culture come
from studying certain types of aoa-
demic facts or is it the result of
doing anything we'll which the
public really enjoys and which ought
to be done?" This is question
that needs to be considered by all
school authorities. not alone in the
rural districts. The aim should be
the best development of the indi-
vidual. whether the bent be aca-
demic or manual. The greatest
error in modern pedagogy is stick
ing to the theory that education
is formula when as a matter of
'Tact it is life. Next to that is the
mistake of acting as if children
were all alike, mere molds for
education" to be ladled into. Su-
perintendent Hamilton's sugges-
tons look to getting away from
that idea in the rural schools and
deserve careful study.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-09
FrightfuinesS in United State.

From the Weekly Herald, Beaver
Springs, Pa.
Words fail to express our con-
tempt for Government officials who
permit such vermin as the |. w. w.
the Reds" the United Order of
Russia, the violent Socialists. An
archists, and others a haven in this
country. This may reflect upon the
whole Congress of the United States.
and If it does, won't it, for the sake
of our fallen heroes of the World
War, and those of us who still sur
vive, won't you, we say, enact legis-
lation Immediately that will permit
the officers of the law to cone with
the skunks and perpetrators of these
dastardly actions and deeds. It's a
hard and heart-rending trial for the
children of men to go through and
the news coming from Oentralia,
Washington state, where at least
four World War veterans were killed
and a number injured by those inns
of satan, will make the blood in anv
Americans veins boil to overflow
ing.
If the Government can't take care
of men of this devil type. the mem
bers of the American Legion and
Veterans of the World. War would
like to, and are just itching for the
chance.
Don't waste time deporting them
line 'em up as fast as you can and
give 'em hell with the compliments
of a firing squad.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-09
THE CONVENTION

E CALMLY confident of the per-
manency of our constitutional
- form of government, represent
atives of the people of Pennsylvania
are gathered to-day TO recommend
e such revision of the fundamental
document of the Commonwealth as
/. progress in thought and changed
conditions may indicate as wise. IN
swerved by the little group of noisy
radicals who would upset our insu-
tutions and relegate to the ash heap
the form of government that has
made us great people, these men
have come together not TO cast aside
any of those things which nave
proved good, but to add to them
other provisions, the need for whlch
could not have been foreseen Wheh
the constitution as it now stands
was framed. No better demonstra-
ton of the sound Americanism of
the people of this State is needed
than this-that they are going
serenely about their business while
their duly chosen delegates come to-
gether for the purpose of tearing
apart and putting together again,
with such additions as will make 1t
more responsive to the will and the
needs of modern society, the consu-
tuition upon which the very founda-
tions of the Commonwealth rests
They have faith in their Governor
and they know that the men to
whom he has entrusted this great
task will do it with thought solely
TO the best interests of all.
Every truly democratic govern
ment is progressive. Time, with its
never-ending changes, the growth
and development of society, the edu-
cation of the masses-these and
many other factors combine to make
it desirable that even the best OF
State constitutions shall be revised
occasionally. But these changes
should not be made in haste or in
the heat of debate. Discussion, give
and-take, compromise - all have
their places in such a gathering as
convenes to-day, if the result of its
labors is to be- truly indicative of
public thought This is the attitude
of the men who have met here, and
1t is fine thing for them to know
that the trust of the people in them
is so great that the convention is
. permitted to get under way without
effort to inject into its deliberations
3 any of the cure-all nostrums now be-
ing offered to governments elsewhere
as certain remedies for all the ills
states and nations are heir to. Our
constitution is to he revised, but it
is to be done as Americans always
do such things, in an orderly and
lawful manner and in full accord
with those principles of right and
justice on which the United States
of America is founded