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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-25

Grace AenorieI--A' II ~.
preaching by the pastor, Rev Or.
] p Care A. ? NJ preao h nS
nv the pa4-1cr Rev Dr ]. Carey.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-17
REVISION is NEEDED

The United States senate has come to the conclusion
that the American cotrt-martial system is worth invest
isatlns' SO hearings have been inaugurated in an effort
to find out what it is all about. Those who saw that thew
kno" "hereof they speak, claim that the court-martial
methods used in this country are the most antionated
IN the world, and some of the reports oozing ont from,
tne mass OF official documents accumulated in Washing
ton do seem to indicate that there is need for q revision
of existing laws governing the procedure in military iur-
isprudence.
An extreme case was related before the senate COM
mlttee last week: Told to stop smoking in the con,nanv
= d private had invited his sergeant to betake
ate result that the private was brought before a court
martial and sentenced to forty years in the federal peni-
Tertiary. This sentence was pronounced on the Young
mar despite the alleged fact that he had been in the
service only a few days and had not yet been taught all
Inc oetalis o discipline. 1t was said at the hearing that
while this case was exceptional, there were thousands
Of others almost as bad.
The purpose of the present invcs1ieatio,
a reform which will make it mandatory to have all court
marian cases reviewed by the judge-aavocate. AS it is
now. there is no review except in cases of canita, MN
shn1ent where an appeal may be presented to tho presi.
dent Of the country sitting as the chief commander . e tho
army.
~ stands to reason that observation-disclosures d;sci.
piine-is essential in army life. Any attempt to hreak
the rigid rules may have very serious conseouonooa -.
son4y FOR the morale Of the unit, but for the very work
OF the army.
On the other hand it does seem that there 49, .,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-17
1900 MEN ON
LABOR STRIKE
Porto Rican American To-
bacco Company Declare
Strike of Workers..

San Juan, p. r.. Jan. 2S.-By Mail)
With the Porto Rican American
Tobac company declaring there is a
strike of labor in their factories, and
h workers contending. that the
company has declared a lockout
against them, there are $4,000 tobac-
co workers at present unemployed in
the island.
The position is an anomalous one,
for both the company and workers
assert they did not begin the con-
flict and about the only definite fact
available is that the factories are not
working.
Before the holidays the workers
were offered a bonus Of is per cent to
be paid from the profits. of the COM
pany in lieu of a flat wage increase,
This was rejected on, the ground that
q bonus at the end of the year would
not meet the existing cost Of living.
The factories have been closed since
December "a. when the working.
agreement which had been in force
for a year expired.
Rivera Martinez. president Of the
committee, a he looks for
the longest STRIKE in the history of
the industry in Porto Rico. and that
ne does not expect to see the factor
les opened for a year.
OF the idle workers approximately
5000 are cigarmakers and there are
an equal number Of shippers and
other employees, many OF them
women
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-17
AMERICAN SHOES AND BRITISH
EMBARGOES.

New York World: The Weeks
resolution concerning the British en-
barge was inspired, it now develops,
by the shoe manufacturers Of New
England. Finding that their free
market in England for American
made shoes was imperiled. they app
pealed to the Massachusetts, senator
for relief. If the American shoe is
not safe from British aggression,
what other product Of free American
industry is safe? The response of the
senate to the danger was instant and
additionally patriotic, and the spirit
Of rs" is again invoked in the capital
to thwart the attempt Of British
%selfishness to cut down the profits Of
New England shoe factories.
Is n American public likely to
become greatly excited over the mat
ter? The American shoe is a lively
issue as respects its present ex-
orbitant cost, but it can hardly be
magntfed into a cause for %disrupting
friendly relations with a war ally.
Consumers may even welcome the
prospect Of again obtaining shoes at
a fair price. If shoe manufacturers
are denied their English market the
home market remains. That was
nee proftable; why cannot it BIO
made profitable again? y
/: The sight Of a little dumping in
this country Of the manufactured
stocks Of New England shoe factories
will be not d~isagreeable to a public
which has long been mulcted. to help
on the exploitation Of foreign markets
for the glory and profit Of American
shoe manufacturers. .
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-17

ways attending circumstances which might make 1t pos
sible to compel discipline without having to resort to
medieval methods. and that a system might. be devised
by which that end could be attained. The present
methods allow individual officers who are not legally
trained. too much latitude In disposins Of cases coming
before them. and the hope Of a review or an appeal cut
off beforehand. the delinquent is very literally at the
mercies Of the military court.
The procedure is in many instances exactly opposite
that of Jurisprudence in civil life where an accused in
dividual has certain rights of which he is deprived at
the moment when he. at the call Of his country, dons its
uniform. Trivial ofenses are too easily magnined into
criminal cases Of the first magnitude, and altogether too
much seems to be left to the Individual discretion Of the
members Of the court-martial.
There iS something peculiar, also. in considering the
fact that while a soldier may be sent to prison for forty
years merely because he 'sasses" his superior, certain
civilian individuals who harangued against CONSUMPTION
and against all those issues for which the country
fought, were permitted Ito either go scot free or, at the
most, to serve a sentence which, when compared with
some Of those melted out by the military courts. seems
altogether ridiculously inadequate.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-17
THE ELEMENT OF EFFICIENCY

A distinguished foreigner who arrived at New York
last week expressed his amazement at the successful war
enterprises Of the United States, and when searching for
the reason, came to the conclusion that it was all due
to the feeling of national unity. In that he was right,
OF course. but there could be added another element
without which unity would have gone for naught.
i 1t is the element Of efficiency, In a general and in an
intimate sense. In no country has it reached a higher
stage than in this and in no country has it been organ
lied and systematized as in the United States.
That practical and simple invention of the card in
dex system has really been typical of the advance made
In the direction OF constantly increasing efficiency, for it
Is now possible-and it is done-to make almost perfect
records of the worth of an institutions or an individuals
work. The card index system originated in this country
and has since invaded all other modern countries with
corresponding results. The system of checking I'D. OF
comparing, and Of demanding the extreme in every
effort has been drilled into the minds of the present
American generation, 90 that it is now possible to make
a chart Of the value and the waste of every persons
work. :
The spirit of efficiency early invaded the armv and
the navy, and in all the auxiliary war organizations it
reached heights undreamed of before this country
entered the war. 1t is not merely a dry-as-dust system
winch mas been incorporated in certain set formulas
1t is the will and energy of a nation that became vital
lied, and in seeking to accomplish things with q max
imum of success it naturally found support in the stand
ard of personal efficiency which represents the collective
efforts Of a whole country.
1t has become the habit to speak so much of eHc-
iency that .t sometimes tires one just a little bit. Just
the same. 1t is a tangible factor and one that contributed
very materially to the speedy and victorious end of the
war. 1t is not overlooked, but seldom thought Of in
connection with Americas participation in the interna-
tlonal conflicts, and it will be seen that its Importance
during the period Of belligerency will be overshadowed
only by that Of the readjustment period,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-17
A SPIRIT EXEMPLlFlED

One of the results of the collapse Of German militar-
ism is the almost certain return to Denmark of slesvig-
Holster Git is no longer fashionable to write "schleswig,
Holstein') ceded to Prussia in consequence of that coun.
t1y's and Austrias combined victory over Denmark in
1864. The new powers in Germany have indicated their
willingness to restore the province to it's rightful mother
land, and President Wilson has expressed his personal
desire for having the problem brought before the peace
congress.
When this return is effected, it will afford a solid
illustration of what consistent and tenacious patriotism,
can accomplish. The population of the northern part
of slesvig-Holsten has always been pure Danish, and no
matter what methods Of suppression and deportation the
Prusslan government applied, the people remained Dan
ish, and never once lost entirely their hope that some
day the reunion with Denmark was to come.
Since the signing Of the armistice it has become
possible to speak Danish publicly in slesvig, and the
authorities do not seem particularly displeased with the
work of Danish newspapers and societies; nor is it re-
ported that any official opposition has been expressed to
the movement for making thousands of Danish flags to
be unfurled on the day when the restoration is congum-
ated.
The government of Denmark has done nothing in
regard to the matter, taking the correct and dignifed
view that its settlemens was up to Germany. but. that the
return of the lost provinces will he hailed with Joy,
official and unofficial, is clearly indicated in the advices
reaching, this country.
A hope is expressed that the return of slesvig-Hol
stem may take place some time during the coming sum-
mer, for on June Is, Danes will celebrate the seven
hundrdth anniversary Of their hag-the oldest of all flags
i'll Europe. According to tradition, 1t descended from
King Valdemar the Victorious attacked 1.-The heather
Prussians" on the plains of Esthonia, and. has remained
the national emblem Of Denmark ever since.
The seventh centennial of the flag, and the frestora-
ton of slesvig-Holsten would be impressively and ap-
propriately combined in a series of festivities this year,
and the message which such a celebration will carry to
the rest of the world is that the spirit of nationalism
and of intensa>love of country proves triumphant wher-
ever it is vigorously and patiently asserted.
Because of the existence of such a spirit. Belgium,
is today a free nation; Alsace-Lorraine is French: Poland
has had her resurrection, and Italia irredenta is no more.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-17
JUST FOLKS
THE HAPPY DAYS OF LONG AGO.

The happy days Of fpns ago, .
That once were mine to live and
Come back on m.mory's wing. and
seem
The canvas Of a glorious dream.
I never knew, when they were mine
How fragrant war the smell OF nine
How beautiful the apple trees
That lured the honey-seekinR baa..
Az every careless boy, I heard
The music Of the humming bird .
And never understood, back then.
I'd yearn to know those Joys agar.
A carefree boy I trudsed the lanes
And faced the summer suns and
rains
And never knew my riches then.
For I was envytng arown-up men.
I lived as n supremacy blessed.
But as a boy I v guessed
The treasures that were mine to oun
But now that all those joys have
flown,
It seems to me I never see
The blossoms on the apple tree
So pink and white as those that grew
And decked the orchards that I knew.
Back then I heard the robins sinr
WILL CNSAy SAou AAA SQI4uE,
But paid no heed. They came and
went;
AS carelessly my days were spent.
But now I know my soul was thrilled
With every note they gayly trilled.
For not q robin sings today
To me.in such a glorious way. '
Life lavished splendors on me then.
And with her magic brush and pen
Drew pictures on the earth and sky.
But heedlessly I passed them by,
Now as I sit and yearn to know
The happy days Of long ago,
I wonder if the girls and boys
OF now appreciate their joys,
or do they live the same as I
And let their pleasures hurry by,
And will they. too. when they are
Recall the charms that they have
known?
Their happiest hours they now pos
But this, I fear, they'll never guess
Until, as !, they yearn to know
The glorious days of long ago.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-17

lndo-China, Korea and South Man
cnuria; wool in Australia, silk in
Japan and China. flax in the Afnur
district and in Siberia, hemp in the
5Amur regions. Merino has a future
IN n T~ransbaikal region; rough
Mool Is to be IA from Mongolia and
Raw material and it's delivery are
cheap, especially with the help Of the
RUSSIAN commercial feet. Fuel is
near at hand; immense coal fields are
near = coasts. Suchan awaits ex-
ploilafion Labor is insured by the
trained cheap labor OF Chinese and
Japanese.
The Far East and Manchuria used
- Aoo-0o0 rnhles worth Of textile
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-17

goods from Moscow-at the price
current before the war-per year.
Siberia offers an immense market, not
to consider Russia, when it is cheaper
to transport manufactured goods BY
sea than to bring cotton from
Turkestan to Moscow. V~ladiyostok
and the surrounding districts must be
declared a free port with free access
for raw material. The government
must cooperate to firmly establish
foreign capital in textile industries,
We must hurry before Great Brftain.
America and Germany get to work at
full speed, for then It will he too
late"
Haraf6 yvants u.xn~ w>-,A.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-17

II you want a Roomer for that va,
cant room, get n by using . Herald.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-17

Hsr.id Wants Brans Results.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-05
XIPL1NG URGES REVERENCE
FOR SOLDIER DEAD OVERSEAS

lation and to walk through it with
reverence.
1T IS said there is tendency on the
part of some visitors to forget this OBJ
legation. Nothing would be Gained by
giving specific instances of what, after
all, is in the nature of unthinking care
lCSsness than intentional disrespect. but
the imperial war graves commission has
asked me to express our earnest hope
that all who visit the battle areas will
bear in mind that at every step they
are in the presence of those dead
through the merit of whose sacrifice
they enjoy their present life and what
ever measure of freedom is theirs to-
GaY."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-05
ASSERTS SCHOOLS NEED
MORE DENTAL CLINICS
DR.. Camalier, Inspector, Tells Dent
Mothers Club of Value of and
Demand for Work.

Need for more free dental clinics
in the local public schools was empha-
sized by DR.. c. Willard Camalier,
school dental inspector. addressing
-" Dent Mothers ClUh at the Dent
School, I'd and South Carolina avenue
southeast l.st-iu.y a.,,,. ~ j
-Four clinics now are in operation
IN various parts of the city" said DR..
cavalier. and to Judge of the eS-
TEEN in which the service is held one
need but investigate the figures of
attendance and work performed dur
ing October and November. Pupils
are Clamoring for admittance, but
necessarily. on account of the limited
capacity of the clinics, only a small
per cent of the work can be done.
The needy cases are taken tIrSt aud
the others advised to visit dentist
as promptly as possible.
Il am sur" the board of education,
the Commissioners. the health depart
ment and the public in general realize
the value of this work. and it is my
suggestion that all should work for
the enlargement of this service"
DR. Camalier closed his address
with a warning to the parents to
watch their children's teeth, telling
them that the health of the little
ones depends largely upon their abil-
ity to masticate their food.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-05

LONDON, December 5.-Rudyard Kip
ling, ON behalf OF the imperial war
graves commission, has written an
earnest appeal to those visiting or in
tending to visit the French and Flanders
fronts TO observe reverence for the dead.
In part he writes:
at should be remembered this is holy
ErounG-CoUsecTated in every part by
x,ae lives Of men, ANA for that reason
not to be run over with leyity. 1t is inc
vitable that the handling OF such multi
tudes OF s5ghtsrNTs as are expected next
Xear must be managed along ordinary
tourist lines. 50 Il rests with the in
GiYidual tourist TO have respect for the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-05
NEW ALL-RUSS MINISTRY
! DECLARES ITS POLICY
Principle Based on Opposition to
Reds-personnel of Pc
reliaveV Cabinet.

1RKUTSE. Siberia. Monday. Deem
Der l Huss.an Telcgraphic Agency.
The newly constituted aIl-l,ussian
ministry. under the I. al Of Premier
Pepeliayov has issued the following
declaration of policy:
!. The supreme authority is rep
resented hy the cabinet of ministers
invited ~ Prime Minister Y Pene-
liaycv and appointed by Admiral Tol-
Chalk.
! >. The emancipation of the civil
administration from political influ-
once OF the military leaders.
). StrugGle against excuses and
Injustice no matter what party or
faction commits them.
4. The extension OF competency of
the future congress Of zemStyos and
municipalities.
Close Relation With People.
.. Close relation between the gov
ernment and the people operation
with all healthy elements of the op-
position.
{. Close and friendly relations with
the Czcchosloyaks.
:. Strong support of the volunteer
movement.
S. Radical measures against tho
shortage of supplies for the army.
isterfal STATS.
inc entire program. says the an
nouncement. is based on the prinrinla,
OF a decisive struggle against boI4
SheVism for the regeneration Of FREQ
Russia.
Personnel of New Cabinet.
The composition of the new cabinet
lows 90 -0i-
Prime minister and minister of tbe
INTERIOR. Y. Pepeliayev; vice prime
minister and acting minister. of for
eign affairs, s n. Tretiakov; minister
or finance. P. BoUrishkin: minister of
trade and commerce, N. OIzorak ov:
minister of agriculture y. Petrov:
minister of labor. L. Shumilovsky:
minister of ways of communication
~. Custrougov; minister of war, Cen
Hhangin; minister of public instruc-
ton. '. Prebrajensky: acting minister
OF justice, NJ. MoroZoff; state. controll-
er. NJ krasnov; manager of the af-
fairs of the cabinet, Prof X. Gins.
The management of the minister
OF the interior is, in fact, intrusted to
NJ. Cherven-Vodaly. well known
leader in the municipal work of Pc
trograd, Tver and Moscow, a member
of the central committee of the all
Russian union municipalities and one
of the founders of the national CEN
ter, delegated to Siberia by Gen. Dene-
.kine's administrator to organize rela-
tons with the all-Russian govern
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-05

Where they go in weak and wan and
fretful and come out strong and
1aughing-the Children's Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-05

The sick chld's friend-his mothers
Comfort-Children's Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-05

A THOR will end forever the
household cleaning drudgery
and worry. For what you
would spend on brooms and
triAes you can give her a truly
useful gift-one that will yield
wears of service
The evening world., 1919-02-17
Willie Jackson Is on Way
to Frisco for 4 Bouts

winner there or at Seattle, wh'ca
city wants a Leonard-Jackson bout
March :.
There was u farewell dinner given
20 Willie before he boarded the train
at 6 o'clock and by the time the rat
tier pulled out OF the Pennsylvania
station there were several hundred
well-wishers on hand to say au re-
votr.
II Willie meets Benny Leonard be-
fore he returns to this city ne thinks
that he will capture the champion
ship. Willie points TO their compare
tive records to indicate that he ought
30 make things interesting for the
titleholdcr.
Jackson has knocked out four men
who had never been knocked out be-
fore-four men that Champion Leon
ard hasn't even been able to drop.
They are Johnny Dundee, whom
Leonard has battled i've times:
Chick Simler. Young Erne and Jack
BrazzO, whom Jackson knocked out
in three rounds at the National Club
Of Philadelphia Saturday night.
Bra2zo has fought Leonard twice.
but the champion couldn't stop him.
The evening world., 1919-02-17
RALPH De PALMA
LOWERS MORE
AUTO RECORDS
Old Marks From Two to
Twenty Miles Wiped Out
at DaytOna Beach.

DAYTONA, Fla. Feb. Il. Ralph
do Palma continues his record break
ing way. Every long distance record
on DRytona Beach save one went to
smash before his unrush. driving his
aviation motOrcd special twin six.
Most of the MARKS against which he
rode were held by foreign cars, and
many Of them were of long standing.
SO the intrepid Italian took particular
JOY in supplantng them with PAGES
made by car thoroughly Americas
in design and construction.
De Palma began adding 10 the
laurcls he won on Wednesday last,
when no set a new mark for the mile,
with a record for the two-mile, which
he travelled In 1854 seconds, as
against the established mark of 5l.S
seconds set by wild Bob" thurman
in German Bitten Benz eight years
ago.
A fresh thrce-milc record was es-
tabllshed in In. lJ.Ois., and that was
followed by fOur-mllo achievement
Of I'm. 39.77s. Then the Darracu rec
ord for Ave miles, I'm. jis, made by
Hemery thirteen years ago, wcnt by
the DUifu as inc Stfclinllne luChdTu
covered the course In I'm. 4.5Ss. near
ly half a minute faster than the
French cars time.
As DE Palma heightened his course
TO longer and longer distances tho
superiority of his aviation motored
beauty became more and more owl
dent. The ten miles was covered In
I minutes . 30-l00 seconds, more than
a whole minute faster than the record
OF minutes i4-i0 seconds set nine
years ago by Bruce Brown, driving a
German Bitten Benz. The twenty
mile was the greatest victory OF all.
De Palma made IL in . minutes 2l
i0-100 seconds, as against Burman's
Buick bug mark Of IL minutes II 92-l0O
seconds made AT jacksonville, Fla.
eight years ago.
In getting the new twonty-m-le record.
De Palma had to swing out a. yards
behind tho finish line ot the 'cu-mle
straightsNay in doubling back on his
course.
All tho t-.a's wore observed. auI all
the figures certified by Richard korner-
deli. Chairman OF the Contest Board u
the \. \. ~ Fred Wagner. the Veteran
starter. tagged the runs. and capt. Il.
A Leavel Of the United States Army
Motor Transpor, Corps. operated the
electrical timing device.
The evening world., 1919-02-17
Wait and See
Who's Champion
Says willard

CHICAGO, Feb. l7.--Jess Willard,
Champion heavyweight, who -
matched to fight Jack Dempsey for
The Title on July next, Was here
to-day TO meet Tex Richard promoter
OF the contest, who is expected TO ar
rive from New York during the day.
While il was said the conferenc"
between The promoter ana tho
champion was to be for the purpose
OF discussing affairs connected with
the proposed fight, Willard declined
10 give any Information as to the
object OF the meeting.
Willard said he had no idea whore
the fight would take place, hut that
ne would even be willing 20 go 10
South America II necessary to find a
suitable battle-ground.
There is certain element mimi
cal to my interests which is trying
to hclittlc me In various ways. Al.
| ask that they walt til the battle
day to see who is really heavyweight
cnam pion," Willard said.