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Bisbee daily review., 1919-03-25
COURT MARTIAL OF
 TEXAS YOUTH HELD
 AS FAKIR IS BEGUN
Captain Chamberlain Alleged to Have Falsified Re
 ports of His Daring
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 LONDON March 24.-The court martial in the case of Captain Edmund G.. Chamberlain of San Antonio, Tex, of the United States marine corps, the story of whose exploit in bringing down a number of German machines ;n an air battle while he was on a visit to the British front last July has been under investigation for some time. was begun at American army headquarters here this morning. Capt. Chamberlain was formally charged with 'scandalous conduct tending to the destruction of good morals" and with "falsehood." He pleaded not guilty
 The day was spent largely in jock eying on the admission of reports of Chamberlain's alleged exploits, and recommendations for distinctions. Donald Harper. counsel for the de fence, objected to the manner in which the jucge advocate planned to get them into the record.
 Lieutenant Commander W. A. Ed wards. Vice Admiral Sims aide. for aviation, told of receiving alleged of ficial reports of the exploits, as they were widely published, and of prepar- ing a letter for Admiral Sims, recom- mending Chamberlain for the medal
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MANY RETURN FROM
 PORT OF MISSING MEN
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WASHINGTON, March 24.-From out of thet Port of Missing Men, 9 hundreds of fighters believed lost by their families are coming back to make the home circle complete once again.
 In 32 newspapers published at de- barkatiOn and reconstruction hospitals for the benefit of returning soldiers, there is printed in every issue a col umn of inquiries from relatives, which is known as the Port of Missing Men," because it deals with those whom the currents of war carried be- yond the reach of family and friends. More than 10000 such inquiries have been received. The column is scanned daily by thousands of readers, eager to give the latest knowledge of missing comrades.
Bisbee daily review., 1919-03-25
TERM DIVISION IN
 GERMAN ARMY NOW WITHOUT IMPORTANCE
No Set Standard to Measure Strength of Unit Exists
 Since War

COBLENZ. March. 1 Correspond ence of the Associated Press)-There is no longer any set standard for the strength of a division in the German army. say American experts. This is regarded as important in view of the fact that delegates at the peace con ference not long ago suggested that the German army be limited to six divisions.
 At the beginning of the war a Ger man division comprised about 16,0O0 men. In the latter part of the war the divisions consisted of three infantry and one artillery regiments. with pio- neers, signalmen and various other technical trops numbering apprOxi- mately 5000 men. At present, it is declared, no division in the German army has 5000 men and there are probably divisions with less than one thousand men.
 In demObilizatiOn it has obviously been the policy to make the regiment the prime unit but to retain in exist ence all divisional staffs of divisions which existed in July 1914.
 r. is probable. accOring to the ex- perts with the American army of oc- cupation. that there still exists in the German army one hundred or more divisional staffs in more or less skel- eton foIus. These divisions are de mobilizeJ but not dissolved. Appar- ently it has been the purpose to re tain a considerable number of staffs in skeleton form until the. future of the German army is definitely decid- ed by the National Assembly in Wei mar
 Taking these facts into considera- tiOn, the American officers who have made a careful daily study of the de- mobilization, of the German army as well as all other activities of the en- emy troops, say that the term division in connection with the present Ger man army has no standard meaning. h connection with the future army of Germany, the Americans assert that the term division requires a de lining clause such as a division on pre-war establishment" or division on establishment basis existing No vember Il, 19IS''
Bisbee daily review., 1919-03-25
MOTHERS ENDOWMENT
 PLANNED IN LONDON
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LONDON, March 24.-"Financial endowmen of motherhood" has been definitely proposed by the Family En- dowment committee to the National Birth-rate commission. This calls for the provision, by the state, of reg ular weekly income to families with children under 15 years of age. Every mother would receive the equivalent of $312 weekly until her youngest child reaches the age of 15 years.
 In addition SIPS a week would be paid for the support of the first child and S312 for subsequent children, un- til such children attain 'schoolIeaying age"
 The total cost of the scheme is esti- mated at 24O,OOO,OOO pounds yearly.
Bisbee daily review., 1919-03-25
COUNCILS OF CHURCH
 WILL ADMIT WOMEN

LONDON, March 24.-''Women are to be admitted to the councils Of the church bat not to the Great Assembly of the Cl -rch of England" said the Dean of Westminster in presenting the Grand committees report to the meet ing of the Representative Council Of the Church, presided over by the Arch bishop of Canterbury. It was stated that divisions on the question of ad- hitting women to the Great Assembly were extremely close but many mem bers thought they ought not to take action in advance of the action of Parliament
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Officers and Trustees are SubStan. tiai Business Men of Texas
 and Arizona

GEO. D. ELLIOTT, President
 Also president of the EotGarrett Company, Ltd, and the successful and bes-known cattle men in Southwest
 L. E.. LOcKHART, First VcesPresdent General Mgr president and general of the Rio Grande Oil pany the largest independent wholesale compa in the Southwest. (This company is erecting ls refinery Paso) thoroughly experen operations The Ranger-Burk Consolids will be his supervision. RALPH DIMMITT, Second VieePresicsnt
 Is travelling salesman, representing large shoe manufacturers. F. J. GARRETT Secretary-TreasUrer
 Also vcepresdent and general of the ElottGar Company Ltd, successful automobile distributors. organization The Ranger-Burk Consolidated oil follows the lines of organization of the Magnolia Perole Company the third largest oil company world.
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It is understood several members of the 20Sth Royal Air squadron will return to London Thursday and the defense expects to call some of them in an attempt to prove Captain Cham berlain was attached to that squad ron during the time mentioned by MT. Harper today
 The only other witness was Captain F. T. Evans, in command of the Po- liac air station. who gave Chamber lain high praise as an aviator
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of honor and promotion in rank. The letter was forwarded to Washington. He said the British air ministry be- gan to doubt the truth of the exploits and investigated the matter last fall.
 MT. Harper tried to prove by Com mander Edwards that a letter had been received at naval headquarters here saying Chamberlain flew with the British squadron from June 20 to July 13 Of last year. But Edwards did not remember such a letter.
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BIG BODY OF RADIUM
 ORE IS DISCOVERED
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LONDON, March 24-The discov- cry of a considerable body of pitch blende-the ore of Tadium-is report ed from the village of Hampstead on the borders of DartmOOr. Samples were submitted to the Mineral Re solurces Development Department of the Ministry of Munitions whose ex- perts said it was pitchblenbe with an oxide content of 26 per cent some what richer than the ore imported from America. The extent of the de- posit has not yet been ascertained.
The Washington herald., 1919-05-25

and dizzy ones imagination. 1t is no longer fan
tastcal picture cities-in-air! Surely it is now
but another step to countcracting gravitation!
"stabilizer' will make nontaxable homes in the
air certain that future Home in the skies
visualized by the dcvout among us.
People flouted Jules Verne when he conceived
the possibility of going around the world in eighty
days of sailing in undersea boats. They might
better have expended the energy used in ridcule
to bring to pass that which they pooh -poohed!
1t wasn't so many centuries ago that blubber
the sole of artificial light. In those days
the wiseacres declared Stygian backness would en-
shroud the world when whales became extinct and
the cooled.
1t is difficult thing to contemplate a time
some thousands of years hence, when the popula-
tion will overcrowd the earth Certainly, hu-
mans multiply in number, increasing of soil
must be freed for crop production.
Furthermore it is likely that in that age we will
all be vegetarians from necessity Animal life will
disappear. Already the horse, once considered in
dispensabe, has been relegated to the past-essen-
tals. Pasturage will be impossible. -
The more people there occupy the land
the more land must be devoted to feeding the pco-
pie. Sefpreservation will dictate the discord of
four-footed friends.
Jules Verne solved the soil problem by the con-
ception OF monstrous floating islands-mcchanical
continents. He that the period of plaques and
wars would end and the question of popu-
lation must some day confront mankind. He turned
to the for the answer
Such solution could however. be but tenn
porary. There is limit to the water surface Lands
The Washington herald., 1919-05-25

under cultivation would grow sterile and inroads
populated spots for fresh, fertile farmage be-
come gradually greater. As the millions multiplied
more and more would be compelled to take floating
residence"
Then too, science says the water will gradually
disappear. So this would to imply that the
ocean must day shrink to the point where
man dare use it only to quench thirst
When that day comes, small boys and girls
will not experience the terrors of having their
washed. We will no longer need to water for
bathing purposes. Science in its mysterious, mar
velous and almost magic ways, will by then have
discovered new cleansing methods.
Slowly the water-surface will diminish and the
cultivated land area grow TO meet the needs of
population. Perhaps places uninhabitable be-
cause of intense cold, will by ingenious stroke
be made suitable for thriving life.
A LREADY WE HAVE DEMONSTRATED
n that climate can be artihcally affected in
1 very small area Is it far-fetched to assume
that control of climate will be another achievement
of future generations?
Science may make it possible to honeycomb
the earth with abodes deep beneath its crust.
Underground light, farms and cities
other potential heritage of the future. Even
so, the size of the earth is known. There is
maximum to its diametrical as well as its
circumferential capacity. Only just so many
billions live in and it.
1t is reasonable to believe vegetable life will fol-
low animal life into oblivion. Food will be conjured
from the air, and with it a substitute for water
when that commodity is gone New OF
forms of energy will replace those in use.
Then, with the dim memory and every
The Washington herald., 1919-05-25
WAT FOR WHICH MILLIONS OF EYES

i ARE EACH DAY EXPECTANTLY TURN
ING TO THE NEWS HEADLINES IS
COMING TO PASS. Father Neptune may
Enash his ehoppy teeth and heave with rage his
briny bosom bun more VII II strike terror to
hmorous hearts. Spiders VIII weave webs from
~avr to wave and the will be a sandless waste
OF water the Sahara is waterless waste of
sand
The first transatlantic zir fight Is a vision
erystalzsd, dream truea Man has flown
and shown that Neptunes tol and OIL and coal is
superseded by those wundrous things, CANVAS wings
and gasoline
In what light does the world regard the achieve
ment? For the most part, thnsr interested vote II
remarkable, and when transatlantic flights ont
grow the spectacular stage that same majority of
as viii accept the new mode of passage as a mat
fer of course
But few viii ponder II bit not merely at
thc feat but speculate upon its SIGNIFICANCE
First VIII be recognized MS more less obvious
commercial aspects The Development of ocean
air-lanes viii place door to the principal
trade marts of the world
Those countries which have heretofore been
slow to progress VIII modernize with amazing
rapidity- 1t remains only for the trade stimulus
and close touch of an nations brought near,
to develop natural resources hitherto inaccessible
or Improbable to development
Our better understanding of the NEEDS of
other peoples-today, distant and remote; tomor-
row. om neighbors-will create countless new in
Gustrics
As the furthcst advanccmcnts and utmost
achievements have been made by the English
speaking races, it seems likely that airways the
other hemisphere will prove a fatcor which must
ultimately Anglicize the world.
The peoples of all countries will attain
permanent peace, prosperity, harmony and happi-
ness until they speak ONE language.
Those nations most divided with dialects are
most split with dissenson and conflict-consider
Russia, China and the Balkans. Confusion of
tongues, since the very beginning, has meant dis
astcr Air-flght across wide waters and broad con-
tincnts is the agent of deliverance from the bond
age OF language.
Even before that great change, as an earlier
result OF mans tendency to wing, universal SINH
larity OF habits. customs and practices will be
Totlycablc. Life will be standardized, in far as
STANDARDIZATION aids efficiency.
w TITH OCEAN FLIGHT AN ESTAB-
w hshcd fact, we pass into a 1t is
reasonable to prophcsy that since man has
made hcavicr-than-air machines fly high and far
successfully inventive wonders may be ex-
pCctcd
The tremendous possibilities cast a spell upon
The Washington herald., 1919-05-25
EAT WHALE FLESH,
u. S. BUREAU URGES

The flesh of the whale as food is
advocated in a pamphlet issued by
the Bureau OF Fisheries. Recipes
for making succulent dishes from
whale meat are included in the
pamphlet, which advises retail deal
ers to make the flesh of the whale
a part of their regular stock.
This action Is in furtherance of
the efforts to popularize fresh.
frozen and canned whale meat as
food. The bureau is advised that
the whaling companies in position
to furnish fresh and frozen whale
meat have not been able tosuppiy
the demand.
The Washington herald., 1919-05-25
ASK LIST OF PLACES
OPEN TO SERVICE MEN

At a meeting of the board of man.
agement. Bureau of Returning Sol
diers. Sailors and Marines. cooper
ating with the local Office, L. S. EN-
ployment Service. it was decided to
ask local employers. who have pa
triotically listed their jobs for SOL
diers with the L. S. Employment
Service. to continue to do so, as with
in the next few days a large number
Of District of Columbia boys are ex-
pected back home.
Up to the present, more than 5000
former service men have been regis
tered and referred to employment by
the local office. L. s. Employment
Service. and by return cards and
phone advices more than 80 per cent
of that number have received employ
ment.
John Joy Edison, of the local Cham
Der of Commerce, as well as a men,
Der of the board of directors of the
National Chamber of Commerce, is
chairman Of the board of manage
ment, Bureau of Returning Soldiers,
Sailors and Marines.
The Washington herald., 1919-05-25

inch of ground occupied to the earth's center
where alone look?
TO THE AIR!
Communication may be brought about also with
other planets 1t is more than likely that they will
either be already populated incapable of sustain
ing human life upon them.
THE AIR is the sole recourse. The trend of de-
velopment seems all toward conquest of the air
Land, water and planets have bounds. but SPACE
is L1MITLESS.
7 ZAP ACROSS THE CENTURIES and
glimpse some of the changes when cities-in-
- air are realities
That long, narrow, remarkably tall building Is
the Sun Powerhouse of International Rayroad Com
pany. In it hundreds of towering square shaft
like metal objects They giganticaly resemble the
dry batteries OF that primitive period when men
used strange machines that smoked and snorted
about on rubber-rimmed wheels.
These high, old-looking things with levers and
tubes all over and entwining them store the energy
of the sun for mans disposal a means of transit
They are connected with mysterious machines,
all exactly alike but of varying size in the terminals
and stations of the International Rayroad.
The passenger OF the year 6ooo seats himself and
company in individual An attendant adjusts
the machinc-indcator to correspond with the Ray
road ticket lever is touched and at the speed of
light say $4,000 feet second, the gar shot to its
destination on a RAY! The machine generates the
ray the indicator fixes its length, ab of transit
is regulated make clear passage ceeain along the
International Rayroad rght-of-way through the air
to the city designated by the patrons ticket
Imagine, if you can, a transuniyersal system
with jumps from New York to Chicago, Des Moncs
The Washington herald., 1919-05-25
D. S. Sent First Steamer Across Atlantic 100 Years Ago

the year before as a sailing
vessel, but was equipped with
steam and was placed under
the command of Moses Rog-
ers, who commanded Fulton's
Clermont on her first trip up
the Hudson.
The Savannah remained at
Liverpool 25 days, then
cruised to Petrograd, stopped
at Sweden. where the royal
family went abroad the little
35o-ton vessel and marveled
at her power plant and her
accommodations.
In October she returned to
Liverpool and started the
voyage back to America, ar
irving one month later.
Less than a month later,
the Savannah was lost in a
storm off the Long Island
coast.
A transatlantic voyage wa.
not again attempted by steam
until 1883.
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The Savannah

upon the whole matter. The Bolshev-
lists and the revolutionary socialists
would vastly rather have the con-
ditions which prevail now continue,
than to improve under the plan of
the labor commission of the league
of nations. For the improvement cuts
under the communist program. And
the whole middle class labor move
ment as exemplified by the commits
sion of the league of nations, which
by taking charge of commerce dur
ing the long period of reconstruction
in Europe. has virtually pledged Eu-
ropean civilization to the present
capitalstic organization of society.
Socialists Arc Opposed.
Your advanced socialist to be en-
tirely candid. has as little use for
labor commissions bolstering up the
present system of production and dis
tribution to perpetuate it. or for rep
arations commissions that try to sta
bilize commerce in order to protect
commerce from demolition through
its injustices, as these same socialists
have for the boundaries commissions
of the league of nations which would
try to work out some semblance of
JuStlCt III
league of nations in order to foster
nationalism. The advocates of the
doctrine of internationalism, commu-
nism and the everlasting denial of
human differences by a leveling down
process. loathe the league OF ma
tions and all its works. During the
few last weeks of the conference of
peace these elements in various gov
ernments all over the world-particu-
larly in the Slavic countries-were
laughing at the statesmen at the
peace conference. The statesmen did
not seem to be getting anywhere with
their discussions over boundaries and
reparations and the status of labor
But latterly the thing called orderly
civilization seems to be growing in
favor. The league stands for a bet
ter order growing out of the old or
der. The revolutionary forces iSand
for the abolition OF the old order
abolition root and branch.
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and the use of white phosphorus in
the manufacture of matches; the en-
ployment of women and children In
unhealthy work and the. prohibition
of employment of women for Il month
before and after childbirth. including
maternity benefit; and finally the
discussion Of the minimum age to
establish in considering the prohi-
bition OF all child labor That is MOI
socialistic. 1t is not revolutionary. II
Is the sort of program which med
ical societies and college economists
have been urging for twenty years.
And 1t is the sort of thing which
most civilized countries have adopted
either in whole or in part. 1t is eyo-
lutionary. not revolutionary.
Labor Has Inherent Rights.
Dividends in life". is an English
phrase. During the war English labor
leaders declared that they were in
terested in dividends on capital only
as those dividends brought also div
idends in life for labor. That pri-
marily is the object of the interna-
tional commission on labor legisla-
tion. 1t has laid down certain broad.
but only temporary principles as the
automatic rights of labor. These
principles are: First, labor shall not
be considered as merchandise or an
article of commerce. That was Sam
uel Gompers' chief contention.
Second. employees and employers
have right to organize for all law
ful purposes-the recognition of the
union.
Third. fourteen years as the mimi
mum age limit for a child in industry.
while young persons-that is youth
between fourteen and eighten-must
be employed only during such hours
as they are not in school.
Fourth. the principle of the mini
mum wage for all workers. wage
upon which any worker may maintain
a family in decency and self respect.
Fifth. equal pay for equal work.
as between men and women.
sixth, weekly rest day, for ALI
workers,
Seventh. an eight-hour day.
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Especial to The Washington Herald.)

Especial to The Washington Herald.D
Savannah, Ga. May a.
America sent the first steam
boat across the Atlantic, Just
short of 100 years before
America started the first
transatlantic air flight.
June 22 will be celebrated
as the anniversary of the ar
rival of the Savannah at Liv-
erpool, all sails furled, but
her oo-horsepowcr steam en-
gine carrying her triumphant
ly into harbor.
In Savannah a tablet will
be unveiled with fitting ccrc-
monies in honor of the event.
One month was required
for the first steamship 10
cross from Savannah, where
she cleared May "a, 1910, 10
Liverpool.
The ship had been built
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BY WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE.
tcopyrisht. 1919. by the Wheeler Syndicate.

Vcpyrsht, lSi9. by the Wheeler Syndicate.)
Paris. May IS. 191s-The league
of nations at heart will consist of
a series of international soviets.
The soviet principle in government
as distinguished from the demo-
cratic principle is this:
Democracy gives one citizen one
vote. The soviet gives one job one
vote.
And in the league of nations a
number of councils. conferences, and
committees are organized not to
represent states. not even to repre-
sent peoples; they are frankly or
EaniZed upon the soviet principle,
to represent jobs. The bankers have
their soviet in the reparations COM
mittee with its tremendous power.
Hse- ilapthropists have their So
Wet in the Red Cross. The farm
ers have their soviet in the bureau
of agriculture organized under the
league of nations. which deals ex-
clusively with farmers interna-
tional interests. The merchants
have their soviet in the economic
council. made up of business men,
and whose work is to consider pri-
marily the buying and selling.
So. the commission on international
legislation is really an ideal soviet-a
workingmen's and bosses soviet. 1t
will function as a legislature to con-
slider special legislation for the work.
man and his employer.
Recognition of Labor Unions.
Two things are established with the
league of nations under the commits
sion on international labor legislation.
First, an annual labor conference
the first session of which will meet
in Washington in October; and Sec
ond, an international labor bureau.
There the legislative and admins
trative government are established.
The conference or legislative branch
of the government is composed of four
members from each state in the
league of nations-two from the gov
ernment. one from the employers and
one from the employed. As the fun
damentsl principle of the commission
il recognition of the unions, it may
be assumed that only labor unions
or its friends will be accredited to
representation In the conference.
and similarly only accredited rep
ecsantatives of employers unions or
associations will be admitted. II is
the soviet principle Of one job. one