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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-05-09
PRESIDENT GRANTS
CLEMENCY TO FIFTY

Fifty more men convicted during
the war for violation OF the espionage
act have been granted clemency by
President Wilson on recommendation
OF Attorney General Palmer in pur-
suance OF the recently announced pol
icy of being lenient to those who
have already served a year or more
in prison and whose sentences in the
stress. OF. war times now appear ex-
cessive.
Only one complete pardon was
given, according to the announcement
by the Department of Justice. 1t went
to c. E Menke, sentenced in the Fed
eral district court Of northern Ala
bams to fifteen months Imprisonment.
Perley D. Doe, son of the late Chief
Justice Doe, of the New Hampshire
supreme court. convicted in Colorado,
where he had gone for his health, on
a charge of issuing circulars con-
demnfng the war, was given a COM
mutation OF sentence, to expire at
once.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-05-09
CANADIAN WHEAT
BOUGHT FOR j. S.

NEW YORK, May 9-Julius Barnes,
United States wheat director, has an
nOunced on his return from Chicago,
that he has completed negotiations
to bring 100000 bushels of Canad-
ian wheat into the United States
for distribution 10 the mills.
These negotiations have bSrn in
progress for several days, it is said.
Director Barnes announced further
that this quantity of imported wheat
will be sufficient for those mills
which have not provided their stocks
up TO the new crop. He has reached
this opinion, he says, after a survey
Of the entire mill situation in this
country. Many mills arc stocked with
more than they can possibly grind
before the new crop is harvested, he
said
Reports reaching the grain corpor-
alton today indicated that the ner-
vousness and excitement heretofore
ruling in the flour market in the
United States are being gradually al
layed and that flour prices have
shown a distinct decline in the past
week
Mr.. Barnes reiterated that the
grain corporation will sell from its
current stocks and its current move
ment through the ports. particularly
Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and
Baltimore, its standard grades of
flour at $ll.JO per barrel in carload
lots to bona fIde users, and that the
grain corporation offices at all these
ports have been instructed to continue
to sell on this basis until the do
nestle situation is entirely relieved
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-05-09
FOREIGN STUDENTS
PRESENT PLAYLET
By JEAN KNOTT

Members OF the Foreign Night
School Wednesday night showed, before
large audience in the school build
ing, the actual accomplishments Of
the classes in English by presenting
in that language a one-act play. "The
Bishops Candlesticks," adapted from
the works of Victor Hugo. All but
one of the persons in the cast. Miss
Marie Vaccaro, learned English in
the night school.
The other actors were Romeo Fa-
giolio. Alfred Scagna, Savior Sadottti.
Giovanni Colecchia- Spires Nersis,
and Miss Theoni Versis. The stud
ents were trained in their dramatic
work by Mrs. Margarita s. Gerry, of
the Board of Education. The play
was the first dramatic production by
foreign school students, and it's pre-
sentation proved so successful that
it is planned next time to give a
three-act play.
The international Orchestra" OF
the school played selections before
the performance. and also furnished
music for the dancing which followed.
Miss Hilda Fletcher. State regent
of the District Chapter of the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution, pre-
scented, after the play, a medal,
awarded for the best paper in pa
triotic contest, 10 Werner Jaeggi, of
the upper grade in the school His
grade also received a handsomely en-
graved copy of the Constitution of
the United States. Miss Ada Classic,
chairman of the committee on patri-
otto education, also presented a prize,
on behalf of Colonel Donaldson Chap
ter. to Emilio Adriani, of the second
grade.
The entertainment was supervised
by Miss Rebecca Stanley, superinten-
dent of the school. Assisting her were
Misses NJ. L. Alton, NJ. L. Benson, and
J. j.. Mason, of the faculty.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-05-09
Evangeline Booth
VIII Speak Here

Keep this In nInd md eons -
the Liberty Hut, OpResits UniOA
statiOn. next MOaday evening"
May rs
An enteFtalAmeE4, preliminary -
the openiAs Of the S1SyOOOyooO
American salvHtioa Army Hone
Service Fund campaign May 1925.
will be held.
Miss Evangeline BOoth, com
mandeF Of the American Saliva
ton Army, win be the speaker.
Secretary Of the Interior Lane
will preside. Music will be fur
uIshed By the Marine Band.
Admission free but reserved
seat tickets may be obtained, free
Of charge, By sending . stamped
and seRf-addreESed envelope to the
salvation Array Publicity Head
auarteFs, Chamber Of COmmeFee,
. All Twelfth street northwest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-05-09
'SIAMESE TWINS"
ARE LEFT TO HER

LEXINGTON. Ky. May s.-Mrs.
Myer Rathbaum, of Louisville, known
to theatrical people as Edith Emily
Myers. has received word that by
the will of the late Mrs. Mary Hilton,
of Sydney. New South Wales, she is
TO he the sole possessor Of Daisy and
Violet Hilton, known in theatrical
circles as the Modern Siamese
Twins" Whether they will continue
to be a stage attraction is not known,
but Mrs. Rathbaum will make her
home hereafter in Kentucky.
Mrs. Hilton was an Englishwoman
who went to Australia many years
ago. She adopted the strangely 5otu-
ed twins there, and besifes bequeath-
ing them to her daughter, Mrs. Rath-
baum, leaves her also a comfortable
competency for both herself and the
twins.
The twins are now in this coun-
try, and they will continue their tour
until word is received from Australia
that the will is legal
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-05-09
EAsTERN srAR PRoGRAlI.

An interesting program was given
the APeme Chapter, Eastern Star, at
the conclusion Of the business meet
ing Wednesday evening. Mrs. Hattie
Wagner gave a solo. accompanied by
Elsie p. Claffiin, Mrs. Herbert Sim
mons gave a reading. Solos were
given by W. NJ. Murray, accompanied
by Margaret Boston. and a piano solo
was rendered by Milford Schwartz
Refreshments were served, followed
by dancing. Degrees will be con-
ferred on a class Of candidates. at the
next regular meeting. .
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-05-09
The Surest Remedy for Bolshevism

endure under the pitiless light Of publicity and
common sense. 1t is up to every red-blooded
American to do his share in spreading this educa-
ton as to the real issues the vital facts the actual
conditions that lie behind the worlds unrest and are
making history at pace that is simply amazing
To get these facts stripped of uneSsential details
cean-cut, condensed, and up to the minute, you
have only to turn each week to THE LITERARY
DIGEST. Buy copy today read it yourself and
pass it along to your family and friends.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-05-09

The study of the new social disease, Bolshevism,
whose menace is today overshadowing the greater
part of Europe reveals the outstanding fact that it is
most prevalent where ignorance is most strongly
entrenched This ignorance and its attendants,
povertv and want, create ideal conditions for the
fostering of this dread disease. The SureSt way to
combat these is by education, by charging the view
point, by substituting facts for fancieS, reality for
revolution. No perversion of the truth can long
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-05-09
revolt IN EGYPT /
HAS COLLAPSED

CAIRO. Egypt, Nay o,-Egypt Il
quiet once more, according to . copy
right dispatch to the Philadelphia
Public Ledger. While there Is stili
some excitement among the students
OF FL Azhar University, the teaching
center OF the Mosiem faith, 1t Is note
worthy that since the arrest OF the
leading spirits. the inhammatory tone
OF all speeches has diminished.
The police have found some print.
ing presses where seditious literature
was in course OF being printed. The
owner OF the premises was arrested.
The total British casualties in
Cairo since the beginning OF the dis
turbances have been fifty, chiefly due
to attacks upon isolated and unarmed
soldiers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-05-09
R. II. AGENTS AID VOTE FIGHT.

Votes for Washington will be urged
at the annual meeting of the order of
Railroad Station Agents. which will
be held in the Hotel Continental. be
ginning May Is. according to L. H.
Morton. president Of the order. yester-
LAY. Mr.. Morton said that the rail-
road men who have been in Washing
ton, while the roads were under Fed
eral administration, have become
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-05-09
POSTAL EMPLOYEES
GET S-HOUR DAY

NEW YORK, May 9.-Charles P.
Bruch, general manager OF the Pos
tai Telegraph system. has announced
that effective June 1. the eight-hour
day and time, and a half for over
time had been adopted for all the
systems employees in fifty-one large
and small cities in the United States.
Mr.. Bruch said all the details OF
the change in working conditions,
which, he added, had been approved
by Postmaster General Burleson, had
not been worked out, but that the
preliminary order stated that the
shorter work day would apply to
"all employees in Postal offices work
ing under similar conditions or doing
work corresponding to that Of en-
ployes in the service OF other tele-
graph companies in the fifty-one
cities" r...
Morse operators, he said, were now
employed on day tricks" OF nice
hours and night tricks" OF seven
and a half hours. On June 1, he said,
the day operators would work fewer
hours and the night operators time
would be increased.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-05-09
Why THE NATION WENT DRY.

CHICAGO, May 9.-Marshau Haw-
kins protested Indignantly against
interruption by Patrolman Wise while
carrying scme stun from the house
Il moving" he said. yeah" said
Wise. only this happens to be my
house"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-05-09

The eight-hour day for Postal Tele-
graph Company employees was order
ed by. the Postmaster General in Jan
uary. and held up, it was explained
by postoffice officials yesterday. by
Clarence H. Mackay, president OF the
company. After the recent removal
OF Mr.. Mackay from all business con
nection with the Postal, A. F. Adams,
in charge OF land lines, was directed
by the department to take up the
matter at once with view to put
ting the new scale into effect
Acting on a report from Mr.. Adams,
orders were sent out from the de-
partment Wednesday night to start
the eight-hour scale on June 1.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-05-09

BENJAMIN Franklin SaidI GMOney
can beget money, and it's Offspring can
beget mOre.' Buy w. s. S,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-05-09

ANYHOW. SHE WAS RIGHr.
ST. LOUIS, May s.-Mrs. Sarah
Bressler thought she smelled gas
escaping. She struck . match. She'll
recover.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-11-21
HOME TANNING OF SKINS.

When it is desired to preserve the
skins of wild animals which have been
shot or trapped, these may be tanned
either with the hair on or off, as de-
sired. Hair can be removed from
hides by soaking them in tepid water
made alkaline by lye or lime. The
following recipe for a tanning liquor
is furnished by the Biological Survey
OF the United States Department of
Agriculture: To each gallon of water
add one quart of salt and one-half
ounce of sulphuric acid. This mixture
should not be kept in metal contain
er. Thin skins are tanned by this
liquor in one day; heavy skins must
remain in it longer. They may re-
main in it indefinitely without harm.
When removed from this liquor, the
skins are washed several times in
soapy water, wrung as dry as possible
and rubbed on the flesh side with a
cake of hard soap. They are then
folded in the middle, hung lengthwise
over line, hair side out, and left to
dry. When both surfaces are barely
dry, and the interior is still moist,
they are laid over smooth, rounded
board and scraped on the flesh side
with the edge of worn fiat file, or a
similar blunt-edged tool In this way
an inner layer is removed and the
skins become nearly white in color
They are then stretched, rubbed and
twisted until quite dry. If parts of
a skin are still hard and stiff, the
soaping, drying and stretching pro-
cess is repeated until the entire skin
is soft. Fresh butter, or other animal
fat, worked into skins while they are
warm, and then worked out again in
dry hardwood sawdust, or extracted
by hasty bath in gasoline, increase
their softness.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-11-21
Conquered Desert Sand.

The British adopted giant "snow-
shoe" to conquer the sands of the
Egyptian desert, according to Mai.
John Balm of the British army. who
served In the near East. The scheme,
which was based on the same theory
that caused the Indian to adopt the
snowshoe, was discovered while the
army was marching to Palestine. The
fine sands impeded both the infantry
and horses, so that days march
never resulted in much more than a
two or three mile advance.
FINALLY some inventive genius tried
laying rather close-meshed chicken
wire on the sands" said Major Balm.
"The Tommies were thus given some
thing that didn't yield so readily as the
soft sands, and the horses got better
footing Immediately we found that
much greater progress was made, and
our advances soon amounted to nine
and ten miles day"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-11-21
DISCOVERED VAST DEAD CITY
Photographs Taken by Altman Over
Mesopotamia Reveal Site Of Once
Vast Metropolis.

Lieut.. Col. ]. A. Beazeley gives in
Geographical Journal Uondon) an In
teresting example of how photography
from an airship can extend our knowl-
edge When making an aerial recon-
naissance in Mesopotamia over terri
tory occupied by the Turks he took a
series of photographs near Samarra
which shows distinctly the ruins of an
ancient city extending 20 miles along
the TigrIs river and two miles and a
half wide, large enough to shelter
easily 100000 inhabitants.
This city would never have been
noticed on earth, since 1t is not marked
by anything but scattered hillOcks, al
though pottery and medals had been
discovered on the site. But the photo
graphs show clearly Its whole plan.
with its Notifications, canals for ir-
rigation, and streets.
The fall Of the airplane within the
enemy lines and the capture of its
passengers did not permit Colonel
Beazeley to pursue his researches. but
since the British occupied the territory
an archaeological expedition, guided by
the photographs, has begun to explore
the dead city.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-11-21
VETERANS ARE NOT ENVI0US
eoIdlers Who Took Part In the Civil
War Proud Of the Youngsters
of Today.

Recently one of the current maya
zines contained a picture called, His
Place Usurped." II showed the usual
village crowd of youngsters listening
to returned soldier tell stories of his
life "over there" Sitting at one sid"
Of the picture, entirely deserted h.
every one, was a Civil war veteran.
His face was full of sorrow over his
desertion by his usual audience.
1--WE wondered whether that was
really the way people were dolng-for-
getting the old soldiers-also whether
the old soldiers were feeling as this
old man in the picture seemed to feel, q"
said an Indiana man. $50 we took the
picture and showed it to an old man
who is a very familiar figure In our
streets-on account of his faded army
uniform He looked at the picture and
then he chuckled:
"Why, bless your soul. l don't
feel that way he told US. 4 want to
listen to 'em myself he continued. I
want to know how they fought at
Ypres and see If 1t was like we did at
Antietam. And then, too he smiled
more, It's just this way. I've been
honored for more than so years now,
and during that time one gets just
little hungry for a chance to do little
honorin' himself. So now It's my
chance to honor the young fellers. I'm
glad the tables are turned for a little
while, and bet most Of the other old
comrades are, too"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-11-21

A review of the work of the army
engineer corps in the war, first is
sued by the war department, says that
the corps produced new form OF
searchlight more powerful than any
that had preceded it in any army, with
which the Second field army had been
partially equipped. at weighed" the
report says, "one-eighth as much as
lamps of former design. cost only one
thlrd as much, was about one-fourth
as large in bulk, and threw light 10
per cent stronger than any other port
able protector in existence" Still fur
Their to perfect the searchlight, our en-
gineers were at work on remote con-
troll when hostilities ceased.-Scientific
American,
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-11-21
ADOPT STRONG RESOLUTION.

At a meeting of the Executive Com
mittee of the Employers Association
held at Seattle November IA, the fol
lowing resolution was unanimously
passed and was Immediately wired to
the Washington delegation in Con-
gress:
WHEREAS, the teachings of rad
icalism in this State have resulted in
the deliberate murder of four unarm-
ed returned overseas soldiers cele-
brating Armistice Day at Centralia
and
WHEREAS. these American boys
were shot down from ambush by fol
lowers of the Red Flag; and
WHEREAS, the country is being
flooded with reasonable and seditious
literature advocating the overthrow OF
Government, destruction of property
and armed invasion upon the citizens
of the United States; and
WHEREAS, it is proposed to teal
down the Stars and Stripes and sub
stitute the Red Flag of anarchy; and
WHEREAS, this movement is be-
ing promoted, fostered, and carried or
b the organization known as the I
w. W.,-now therefore
BE 1T RESOLVED, by the Employ
ers' Association of the State of Wash
ington that we demand immediate ac-
ton by Congress to the end that the
I w. w. shall be designated by Fed
eral statute as a reasonable, seditious
and traitorous organization;
AND WE FURTHER DEMAND
that legislation be enacted immedi-
ately to provide the necessary mach
inery of law to stamp out sedition and
treason of every character wherever
found; and
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED,
that such action by Congress is neces-
sary to meet an existing emergency
and the prevent the massacre Of
other American citizens.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-11-21
GAS Stomach st. 'hs

Sour stomach (heartburn), Belching,
Swelling and Full Feeling. so fire.
quently complained Of after meals re-
lieved in Two Minutes. Almost instant
relief from Pains in the Stomach caused
~ food
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-11-21
Honey e2.1 Per Cent of Normal.

The honey crop of the United States
was 92.1 per cent of normal on July
|, according to the estimates. of the
United States department of agricul-
ture. Reports to the bureau of crop
estimates warrant the estimate that
the yield Of surplus honey per colony
was 25.S pounds and that about one
half Of the annual product per colony
was realized by July l. The high con-
dition of 92.1 per cent of normal on
July this year compares with 66.7 in
1918 and 1873 in 1917.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-11-21
No. 1853
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the Superior Court of the State
of Washington, and for the County
of Chelan.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-11-21
EMPLOY AS WOODLAND.

Lumber prices have been rising
with more or less regularity for a
long period. The suggestion in this
for farmers is that in numerous in
stances the rough cut-over tract
which the owner had planned to al
low idle or to clear for cultivation
may be more proftably employed as
woodland, says the United States
Department of Agriculture.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-11-21
Eleot,leaI Undertakings in Japan.

There are 715 electrical undertake
ings In Japan, including 625 power
plants, AZ electric railways, and 4s
companies operating both power plants
and tramways. This is an increase of
10 companies over last year The to-
tai amount Of invested capital in these
enterprises is about 1888, 100000, in
Guiding 193.OO0,0OO for power plants,
500 900, 900 for railways, and $173.OOO.-
600 for those rendering combined
service-an increase Of about SS,OOO.-
600 over last year.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-11-21
Al COMMUNICATION No pa

y.
If the Syndicalist secured and
controlled the machinery of govern
ment and the police power, in CITY.
or county or state, would you care?
If the Bolshevist and radical should
upset the tried and tested forms of
American Democracy, and substituted
the impotent but sinister Soviet
therefor, would you care?
If the Russian reign of bloodshed.
famine, arson and rapine should be
duplicated in the place where your
wife and children live, would YOU
care?
If you foresaw such situation com
ing, or saw the first faint streaks of
the dawn of such a day approaching,
would you prepare?
Don't think it can't happen to us.
1t can and will unless some one stops
it. The present condition the country
over, which we term industrial un-
rest, is nine-tenths due to a careful
ly conducted campaign looking toward
toward the seizure of government, by
the ballot perhaps, or by violence
perhaps. Floods of literature are del
uging our cities and towns, hagrantly
and viciously attacking American
ideals. Isn't it time for some concert
ed action on the part of loyal citi-
zens?
The Loyal Legion of Loggers and
Lumbermen is the first organization
to try to bring employer and employee
together on an equitable basis. It's
membership pledge carries loyalty to
country and belief in the principles of
Democracy, 1t is the first organiza-
ton to demand that applicants for
membership be American citizens, or
be willing to declare legally their in
tention of becoming such.
It stands for the Square Deal, an
equitable wage, working day CON
ceded to be of reasonable length, and
an equal opportunity for ALL In other
words, it is an organization that any
red-blooded American can be proud to
join or support. 1t is growing by
leaps and bounds. There isn't one
discouraging feature to be found in
the daily reports received at Head
quarters even during these trying
times.
Keeping all of the above in mind,
as well as the fact that our field
lumber-represents more than so per
cent of all industries in the states of
Washington, Oregon and Idaho, why
isn't the Loyal Legion of Loggers
and Lumbermen the logical organiza
ton to wrest the Northwest from the
grip of the radical, Bolshevist and
revolutionist?
Is there any other organization that
will have anything like as good a
chance at the AL, with its member
ships in the cities, villages and camps,
to do so? Think this over, employ
ers; think this over, employees. Call
a meeting, form an attack, then call
another meeting and invite every red
blooded American in your community
who stands for the tri-colored flag as
against the red, start the ball a-roll-
ing. Start a campaign of education.
campaign of Americanization,
campaign of elimination. Let the
Al awaken the people to the neces-
sity of meeting the crisis that con-
fronts them.
We abhor an alarmist or calamity
bowler, and have in the past stead
tasty refused to believe that there
was any particular danger, but con-
ditions today in many places in AL
territory make it advisable to recall
to all al members the old adage, "An
ounce of prevention is worth a pound
of cure"
P. L. ABBEY, Secy- Mgr
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-11-21
CARD OF THANKS.

We, the undersigned, wish to thank
our many friends for the beautiful
floral offerings given and sympathy
shown us in our great loss, in the
death of our beloved wife and mother
Mrs. Bertha K. Brien.
NJ. A. Brien.
G. R. Brien.
w. P. Brien.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Tracy.
M. J. Brien.