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Evening star., 1919-02-24
FOR HOME AND SCHOOL PLAN.
Parents and Teachers Unite to Co.
Operate in Education Work.

To bring about cooperation between
the home and the school in education
al work the mothers and teachers of
Ivy City met last week in the Alexan-
der Crummell School and organized
the Parent-Teacher Association of Ivy
City.
Officers were elected as follows
Chauncey l. Withrow- president: Mrs.
Elizabeth Crusoe, first vice president;
Mrs Emma Gray, second vice presi-
dent; Mrs. irene Plummer, third vice
president; Miss NJ. NJ Lewis and Ed
ward Lloyd, secretaries, and Mrs. Mary
Eskridge, treasurer.
To prevent the children from play
ing truant will be one of the first
works TO be taken up, The association
also will ask the school board If it
ca n require children of Ivy City to
attend the schools in that vicinity.
Evening star., 1919-02-24
Whisky So a Pint.

CHARLESTON. w Va. February "a,
Since the recent decision Of the su-
preme Court of the United States for
bidding the transportation OF intoxica-
ting liquor into West Virginia the price
OF bootleg whisky" has beer from SIS 10
SO a pint in Charleston. says chief OF
Police William A. Sparks.
Evening star., 1919-02-24
Holdings by Shipping Board.

OF the predicted 10000, 900. the
Louisiana senator estimated 14,52o,ooo
tons would be owned by the shipping
board. AS the authority of the board
TO operate vessels expires by lmita-
ton six months after the formal proc
lamation of peace, he said. II was
essential that legislation be PROVIDED
whereby the operation may be con-
tinued.
Stating his opposition to a govern
ment subsidy, Senator RansdeI out
lined three possible solutions OF the
merchant marine problem as follows:
First, complete government owner
snip and operation of all ships. COCKS
wharves and terminals, on the same
principle under which Rumanla ana
Belgium operated their shipping be-
fore the war:
Second, ownership and operation
through a. public corporation con-
trolled by the government, under the
same method by which the War De
partment operates the Panama Raii-
road and Steamship Company;
Third, government ownership of the
vessels and the employment of prI-
vate agencies for their operation.
Where Strength Lies.
The strength of the merchant ma
rine however he emphasized, lies in
the number of trained, alert, re-
sourcefuI shipping men whom it can
call to its service, on whose watch
full, persevering and competent work
the success of a shipping venture de-
pends.
Evening star., 1919-02-24
Valuable Aid Possible.

Tin our encouragement of research in
this particular field the War Depart
Ynept could aid greatly with instruments
used especially in investigational ex-
periments.
Just short time ago Congress pass
ed the Smith Hughes bill. which gives
to land grant colleges hundreds of thou
sands of dollars to develop trades and
industry education. The fun develop
rnent of the results of that bill could
be better attained IL the War Depart
,nent could give aid to the institutions
in the way authorized in Representa-
tive CaldweRs bill
Evening star., 1919-02-24

ia, 364.S6 pounds. This total repre-
sents S1.5 per cent of the holdings
reported for the same date year
ago. Wholesale dealers had on hand
S.S61.371 pounds, while the remaining
supply was ar oil mills and cleaning
and Smelling plants.
Shelied peanuts on hand aggre gated
50. .7S&, ,3a5 pounds. or 1866 per cent
of the holdings reported for January
/. 1915.
Virginia held 16.234T12 pounds Of
unshelIed peanuts and 4.-l1,3T1 pounds
of shelled peanuts.
Evening star., 1919-02-24
Mr.. DIES SAYS AMERICAN
BASIC LAW CURBS REDS
by Speakers Who Arouse
Anti -BoIshevik Meeting Addressed
Enthusiasm.

The great Constitution of the United
States is large enough and elastic
enough to handle the question of
bolshevism in America, Representa-
tive Martin Dies Of Texas told the
anti bolshevik mass meeting held at
Evening star., 1919-02-24

Roger E. Simmons of the Department
of Commerce told of the methods of
the reds Mr. simmons was held in
prison by the boIshevists.
DR.. William c. Huntington. former
aTIache of the American embassy at
Petrograd. answered questions asked
by those in the audience,
Evening star., 1919-02-24
SEESVAST TONNAGE
UNDER U.S.FLAG
Senator RansdelI Urges Leg
islation to Continue Opera
I tion of Shipping Board.

Discussing the American merchant
marine problem in the Senate today,
Senator Ransdell of Louisiana pre-
dicted that within a few months the
shipping board would own one-half
the ocean-going merchant vessels in
the United States of more than 500 gross
tons, and that by 1920 ship construc-
ton in this country would have in
creased the total tonnage under the
American flag to approximately 49,
600 900 tons.
''These figures" the senator said
lead TO the conclusion that from the
quantitive point of view, looking only
at the objective of securing an ag-
gregate amount of tonnage under our
flag commensurate with the maritime
interests of the United States, the
problem of the American merchant
marine is solved
Evening star., 1919-02-24
REPORTS HUGE OUTPUT
OF PEANUTS IN THE u. S.
Crop Ample to Supply Base Ball
and Circus Patrons, Depart
ment of Agriculture Says.

Circus and base ball magnates can
rest assured the world is safe for
democracy, since the Department Of
Agriculture has announced that COM
merciul stocks Of unshelied peanuts
in the country last January ! totaIed
Evening star., 1919-02-24
Says Washington Had League Idea

LONDON, February 22.--George Wash
ington employed the idea OF a league of
nations in the American constitutional
convention, declared John w. Davis,
the American ambassador, in speech
at the Washington day dinner OF the
English speaking union. He likened
the American colonies with their new
found freedom Immediately after the
revolution to the nations of the world
Evening star., 1919-02-24
To Build Port for Saghalin Coal.

W1ADIvosToK, January 81 Core
kpondence OF the Associated PrsAsl-
Hpr IL pUxposa of azt1ltxtnE the 4ach
ScaE 61aA6 of Saxnalin Island 4 ~ pro-
nose6- "a -hutlfe a port at AlexandroYsk,
Evening star., 1919-02-24
How Loans Would Help.

Explaining just how such loans of
Aeuuipment would help the Maryland
State College specifically, DR.. Woods
i.said:
The war proved conclusively that
there were certain types of trades IN
, which the nation was not nearly as
ven, supplied as it should be. One of
these was in oxo-acetylene welding.
We intend to give that in one of the
trades departments of our engineering
school We also are developing an
! outline for course in radio engineer
ing, and in connection with the latter
will encourage considerable research.
1T is needless almost for me TO point
out how much benefit we would derive
from the loan of certain kinds OF tools
and materials developed by the War
Department especially for that work 1t
would also be a great convenience to
tho institution financially. We operate
on q, budget system, and TO obtain the
soufpment we need for carrying out our
p|ogram we shall have to buy i greater
amount than we really can afford. In
fact, IL il were not that we have on
hand some of the equipment used in
the radio engineering school conduct
cd here by the War Department during
the war we could not develop the course
at all
Evening star., 1919-02-24

Opposition TO the prohibition amend.
ment was voiced at Philadelphia Sat
urdav by James NJ. Beck, IN an address
II 4 Washington's birthday celebr8
tion.
Evening star., 1919-02-24
LOANS
PROMISE RESULTS
Maryland State College Is
Among Those Approving
Bill in Congress.

Approval of Representative CaId-
wells bill before Congress which
would loan TO colleges throughout the
country between two and three hun
dred million dollars worth of indus
trial equipment now in the possession
of the government was voiced today
by DR.. Albert F. Woods, president of
the Maryland State College.
No doubt exists in my mind that
the passage of the bill would aid many
institutions to develop new lines of
work, would give impetus to lines al
ready esta ablished and make all tech
nical institutions more proficient in
certain branches of industrial educa-
-tion," Dr. Woods said.
Evening star., 1919-02-24
THIS TELLS THE
STORY


Club will award $4,000 in prizes the people residing
in the field in which it crculates.
Prizes to be awarded according to the subscrip
ton obtained by the candidates. These votes
given subscriptions to The Washington Herald.
ANY man woman married or single young old,
may ion the craftsmanship Club Those who wish to
enter the Club may nominate themselves.
The entry blank is good for 1000 votes starter.
Candidates may procure subscription votes anywhere
matter what district they may live in. They work
in district outside of the territory mentioned
A list of the candidates and the standing of each
will appear in The Washington Herald from time to
time, that the friends interested may note the
progress of those competing.
The Craftsmanship Club" will be long -drawn-out
affair You not going TO be compelled to wade
through wearisome campaign or kept in suspense.
The campaign starts and closes April 10Th.
Now don't hesitate another minute. On entering
your in the iso candidates. the entry blank will
give YOU 600 start with
The Salesmanshp Club Department is located on the
second floor of The Washington Herald Building. Call
or phone Main $500 for receipt book.
Evening star., 1919-02-24
ARMY S|MPL|F|ES
WORK ON RECORDS
Regulations and Orders of
Department Are Made by
Improved System.

Great reduction of paper work and
various improvements in methods of
promulgating regulations, orders and
instructions in the Army have been
reported to the Secretary of War by
Gen. Peter c. Harris, adjutant gen
eral.
1t is shown that records required by
the War Department, that consumed
days in preparation when the National
Guard was called into the federal
service, in 1916. were completed in
as many hours, when the guard was
drafted in 1917. The clerical work of
companies was reduced 50 per cent
at a time when that work had grown
to such magnitude as seriously TO in
terfere with the training and instruc-
tion of troops
Results of Revision.
Gen. Harris says that the revision
condensation and simpIification of
some forms have made it possible to
abolish other forms altogether, thus
materially reducing the number of
records required to be kept by or
ganizations. The reduction of the
number of company records of an en-
listed man from nine to two result
ed in the elimination in the case of a
regiment of infantry of some 20, 900
records.
Companies are now paid promptly
the first part of the month he SAYS
whereas under the former system
payments as rule were made after
the middle of the month DELAYS in
payment of soldiers who are detached
or who are transferred TO another or
ganization, he says. have been re-
duced.
The occasional separation of the
pay card from the soldier and the
consequent delay in paying him."
says Gen. Harris, cannot be at
tributed to failure of the new sys-
tenn, but TO the failure of those con-
cerned to carry out instructions"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-23
x X X j. * X x <
WITH THE FARMERS.

* X x
Good luck WITH chickens is acofn9
pound Of good. Matching eggs good
quarters and good feed. The sitting
hen should be- sprinkled with insect
powder. Equal parts of blue ONT
ment and vaseline- may sbe applied to
the sitting hen below the vent and
under the wings. The ointment ap-
piled pure will burn SO do not use It
that way, Mites in the, henhouse can
be destroyed by spraying with creo-
sote or some coal tar preserVat1~e.
Prof. c. D. Ga1pin, extension depart
ment, University of Wisconsin, made
a plea for more beauty in rural dist
riots, protesting against the toil-bent
pictures of men and women as true
artistic types for farm life, and sug-
gested that the more vulgar aspects
of farm life, such as the pigpens and
cattle yards, be screene.. from the
view by means OF hedges, shrubs and
vines.
The university has discovered some
causes of "leaky" butter. Under
working, high sailing, working in
water, churning too much at a time
and using cold wash water all serve
3.3 per cent from filling jars and
small packages and Is lost in one
pound bricks are compared to small
losses, in filling go pound tubs.
The : following destructive birds
have been tabooed by the conserVa-
ton. commission: GoshaWk, Cooper
hawk,assharp ! Skinned hawk, crow,
kingfshers English sparrow. The
weasel is ALSO :. condemned. Prizes
have been offered for their 5destruc-
tion.. Winchesterr and !, Remington
shotgups, fishing poles, and other
sportsnaenis. apparatus are offered for
the highest number of destructive an
imals killed jim one, vYear. 49,.
1t iss.said that at least 10 per cent
of the farm machinery is exposed to
the. elements when not in use. The
loss to WISCONSIN each years is zone
n1illioRs della rs. e Some slfagmers are
prodigal in the way they leave ma
chimes outdoors.
= Experiments have been on putting
electricity inaethe .henhouses to in
crease the egg yield. One farmer
found a. material increase when he
turnela on the lights ats a. M, and =
the evening until 8 O'CLOCK. * =.
1.000a1 COWS have been PLACED on
test in Washington county One
farmer that. offered three COWS for
$500 found, after testing that they
We're very profitable. He received
$500 for the cows
iu To c.institute boys, and, girls Z pig
clubs, Wankesha breeders are, selling
pigs for SIS and under. These are
from ancestors valued at $780,
Geo. Wilson of Neillsyille. bought
old, at an auction. paying s755 for
her. This is a record price. -
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-23
THE HOPE OF THE MORBID

The world is full of jealousy and
bitterness where all men sheuld> be
bFother fsy..as and ID, creed divide
where God is one father. Age-old
prejudice exists but the. best hops
is that time will silently wash it away
and that mankind may in the end say
that each may go his way as his con-
science dictates but that in many
things human interests are identical
and that out in the great sunlight of
the world is place ror common COM
munion and rejoicing. Some day, per-
haps at even-tide, the clouds will
break, the stars of heaven will shine
through and the brotherhood of man
will assert itself as our ultimate and
true destiny.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-23

knew how is entitled to the same cred
it if not the same marks of distinc-
ton as the other man. The fact that
the overseas shlen went over the ton
and HAT a II 'hel l~acouldn't stop them
is in itself proof that the boys left on
this side would have done the same
thing had they but had the same OPP
portunity
This little poem by Jean Rushmore
Patterson, first published in Out
look" expresses admirably what, it
seems to me, should be the attitude
of the general public toward the sol
der who was left on this side while
the attitude of the overseas man
should be one of generous sympathy
for the boys who never had a chance:
The Hard Luck Stripes.
He bears no wounds to make you
stop and look
And wonder how his family must
grieve,
He has no CORY deeds to mention in
q book,
No welcome home, because he did
not leave;
No gunner's nest or Hun patrol he
took.
He wears two silver bars upon
= his sleeve,
He stopped at home in camps for
just a. year
Day times he did his job-at night
he prayed c .
That God and Mr.. Baker'd lend. an
ear; ~ .s.rl.r3a
But others daily left and yet he
stayed, 60. t.a@, 3.
Until at last was realized his fear
That all his battles ~::had been
fought right. here.s. yg - Ia
And when the silver stripes they
made him don, ss
He brayely forced "a smile and
carried on Outlook.
JAMES H. FOWLER,
= W Capt m. iC., CtB. S. Army.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-23
THE INSTRUMENTATION MIRACLE.

For we know in this, our immoF-
tality, that nothing dies within
our hearts but something new IS
born
That the anniversary of the Lords
arising from the tomb should come DIT
a time when the world of nature is
springing forth to new life bears Ia
peculiar significance. When in early
winter we witness the death Of plant
life we might we'll conclude that there
can be no resurrection. But in the
spring we see nature re-incarnate
beautiful and respondent. The les
son this bears is that with the infinite
all things are possible. No man know
eth exactly how or when he shall live
again. But it is no greater miracle
that he live again than that life CAME
to him in the first place
We pass into the door of death with
our thirst for life unslaked This
thirst for life is an instinct as deep as
life itself.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-23
Public Forum
The Editor, Giant County Herald,

The. Editor, Grant County Herald. I.
DEAR tSif: So 4
In your issue. of. March 10th YOU
published an article by w. c. Kuen-
ster, now at Luxembourg with the
Army of Occupation, entitled THE
Gold Service Stripes" which is so mis-
leading in its statements and so I'M
fair in its general tone as to demand
an answer which will set things right
in the minds of your readers, or at
least give them the other side Of the
story and thus enable them to draw
their own conclusions as to the mer
its of the case.
Mr. Kuenster starts out by calling
the million and a half men who were
ready and anxious to go across but
who never got the chance, Stay at
homes" Honor men" and Chair
warmers" and then goes on to say
that, after demanding some sort of
service badge and getting the silver
stripes, they protested against giving
the overseas men the gold stripe on
the ground thai it constituted discrim-
nation. -o~-~
Nothing could be more misleading
than these statements and nothing
more unfair than the terms used. The
men who remained on this side never
demanded the silver stripe or any 9TH
er badge of service, and the only pro-
test I have eyer heard from any of
the forty of fifty thousand of "Stay
at homes" in the numerous camps
about San Antonio is. that the silver
stripe calls, attention UNNECESSARILY to
the fact, that the wearer is one of
those nnfortu1ates who never had a
AS to gruidgding the overseas man
his gold stripes, nothing could be
farther, from the. minds of these men.
They envy him, Of course, but they
feel that he has earned them and in
fnitely more and their one profound
regret is that they were denied the
chance to earn, them. -, So
have been, for the greater part of
a year, stationed at camps where rs
per cent of the enlisted men and more
than half of the officers wear three
silver stripes, indicating that they
volunteer ed. and entered the service
at the earliest. possible date while
more than half the men who now wear
the overseas, stripe waited /. for the
draft, and yet they are still here.
This is training school for flying
instructors and the flying officers
who came here for Instruction were
the pick of the graduates Of all the
primary flying. schools in the coun-
try. If "a man, made. good here it was
almost a. certainty that he would new
err be sent across because his services
would be more valuable on this side
as a teacher than on the other side
as a fighter; is it fair to call these
men. and officers. Stay. at. homes
Honor men" and Chair. warmers"
simply because their government
considered them more. useful at home
than on the, other side? Is : it any
more fair to apply these terms to the
men of the second training camps
simply because fate placed them in
the second drawing and they had no
choice but. to stay at home until
called?
Every man who entered the army,
whether as volunteer or, conscript
and actually did what he was called
upon to do in the best manner he
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-23
A LOCAL CHAUTAUOUA.

We see by our exchanges that other
towns are even now beginning Chau-
EtaaqH ostiag1foF thissseasonS This
all brings to mind ooh Where! Oh
'Wf6tes1r IS our 'Ea1icast ter ghaatau-
qua?"
b Without any. winded9aFgumentk
fthe NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Chautauqua
tis a>-gobd summer, Entertainment and
a good wholesome thing for 2 town
That our last two or threeafell down
was due to combination of circumt
stancesspver WHICH no one particulars
| ly was to,'bla9e( Part of it was the
Chautauqua company's fault and part
Of 4t ttss2 our own fault. But thu
main fault was that we didn't pull to-
gether. /
The Herald would like to see q
Chautauqua here this season. To in
sure it we will go in with any fivt
or ten men but preferably the small
Ter number to guarantee and put i
over. What do you folks think of it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-23
EDITORIAL.
s.AF.sFEEE E.sGs RAVE OLA FRIENn.r.

Z, 2
eA4asF1E EasG RAVE OLA ERIEND.
When we stand at the grave Of a
dead friend and watch the clods drop
slowly, covering. forever the clay Of
him we held dear-whep we see his
family and friends pay that tribute
of grief So sacred and sosYAntoHcheds
with wOrldliness-when we see the
ordinary and petty things of life melt
away in divine moment of sympathy
and grief-When we feel, one and all,
the magic touch of sorrow and know
in that moment that Gods hand is
lightly touching all of us-then the
thought comes that after all the main
objects of our lives are hardly worth
the while.
/ Time is so short to live life. We
struggle most of us for wealth be-
cause we are haunted by the fear of
poverty in old age. Old age that in
most cases never comes. Driven by
that fear we do not lie or cheat but
we do take the easy and circumspect
way. Things should be said but we
do not say them. They would hurt
our business. We should be boldly
courageous for principle but instead
I'VE remain silent and afraid. w Sc
lcretly applaud and admire one of us
who is bold and courageous, and down
an our hearts we hail him as our
Savior from ourselves. In the open
I'VE stone and cruelty him.
Time is so short for the good
.things. Death comes so quickly
death comes and it is too late to do
these big things. And at the last
Bmoment the keenest regret must be
THAT we did not live up to the part of
sdivinity within each OF us. To those
1--WE love so dearly we are often unkind.
ITO those who need help and sympathy
we are often so cold and unsympa-
Ethetic. To those who are down-trod-
den doEwe always lend the helping
bhand &? Fine is so short.
/. We Struggle and we hope and we Of
tens do good and right but we do not
make these things our. highest aim.
E Poor blind brothers cast unwillingly
/ on world that goes on and on. We
" too as other greater ones have done
4 could leave a little impress of help
and wealth of soul upon the world
\ We too might truly bear the epitah
HE did his best Why don't we do
1t-time Is so short.
We know men of great giftS.z,Men
who. Seouh. have directed their dom
high[.8ing. .1MkpS WA kodld 1sve
helped smother petty spites and zeal
ousies. Who could-in a word-have
I greatly increased the feeling of broth
erhood. We ha@ &seen Chose able
men far moress abba thanxy6p or 9he
writer, prostitute their gifts Nor
selfish ends.
Then we have seen noble souls
without such gifts rsAh, We have seen
them too" we have seen them de-
scend to the gutter to lift some poor
soul. We have seen them stand out
and Eight bravel$ for their ecnYic-
tions and seen them black-guarded
4hE4RaeEet " means can We have seen them
in poverty and sorrow. But how
gloTfously their faces ~shownl .=~ ,.-
Time is short, SO short! But a
little while perhaps in the twinkling
of an eye and we are gone! Why
aren't we all big, brave, noble and
brotherly? Why can't we love our
neighbors as ourselves? Why can't
we approach the infinite with a clean
heart and hands? The sadness of the
grave lies in that we have not done
this--why don't we do it?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-23

The will Of the late Attorney
Humphrey Pierce, Appleton, ex-may-
Or and zex-assemblynsal, was admit
ted TO probate No effort was made to
put valuation on the estate. 1t was
divided equally among his five chill
dren with the. provision, drawn in his
own writing, that if any tried to con-.
test. it their share was to go to the
grandchildren. One of his small
holdings was the park which citizens
at the last election refused to pur-
chase. for $4,000. Ea-is@ s1~ge