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The Washington herald., 1919-05-11
BY MONTAGUE GLASS
When Is Secret Treaty a Secret

which he will be, Mawruss, just as
soon as the Peace Conferences has fin
ished drawing up the indictment"
Then them German people will be
paying her temporary alimony perma-
nently for the rest of her life. Abe"
Morris said. because them fellers
which is drawing the indictments
against the Kaiser and the Crown
Prince seems to be taking their own
time about it
Its a big job. Mawruss. because
you take the indictment against the
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treaties or So" Morris agreed. but
at the same time. Abe. I wouldn't
be q bit surprised IL since the dis
coyery of these here secret treaties.
Mr.. Wilson has walked up more than
once somewheres around three a. m.
and asked himself did he or did he
not need a mandatory. y understand.
and also wondered what the folks
a few Senators-like Lodge and John
SON."
"I don't agree with you. Maw-
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Illustrated by ALBERT LEvERNC

.-Stih there's q whole lot Of peo
pie in America which would like q
see Italy get Finme. Abe" Morrt
said "a.
There was a whole lot OF people
Mawruss." Abe said. but this secre
treaty business has killed it. whicl
IL Italy wanted to be fair about 20
why didn't she come right out befogS
the armistice even and say: Ioo,o
a-here. we got q secret treaty an,
we may as well tell you 80 righl
from the start"
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should be open covenants of peace
openly arrived at. Mawruss. and
also something about such terms
being discussed openly. frankly and
In the public view. Mawruss, and
the way Mr.. Wilson has stretched
that point. Mawruss. it'll never look
like the same point again"
Say" Morris interrupted. -As q
keep-it-dark proposition, Abe. Mr..
Wilson amt got nothing on this
here Lloyd George. Clemenceau and
the firm of Orlando G. Sonnino, to
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morning. Then when his wife asked
him where he was putting in his time,
y understand. instead of acting rea-
sonable and telling her a phony story
about being sick and tired of getting
stuck at the Reichskanzlei night aft
er night and that he wished the old
man would get through springinR a
new chancellor on him every week.
understand me, he gives himself dead
away by getting sore. In fact Abe.
his mother~in-law says that the Ho-
henzollern royal colors is black and
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The horrors of war are grimly
depicted BY the grewsome exhibits
at the Army Medical Museum, Sew
enth and B streets southwest
At this time. as the nations of
the earth are settling the aftermath
of the greatest war of history, it is
interesting to visit this place ana
view in the succession of great glass
cases exhibits of the civil war gath
cred from the battlefields of Dixie.
and human relics from the exciting
Indian campaigns and the war with
Spain
These exhibits are skulls. bones
and entire skeletons of soldiers; also
parts of the body preserved in alco-
hol. showing the effects of gunshot
wounds and lacerations or blows
from saber or bayonet.
More than three thousand speci-
mems from the battlefields and hos
pitfalls of the world war have been
received already. but none of them
have yet been placed on public ex-
hibition because of lack of space.
The Army Medical Museum was
evolved from the civil war. Look
ing backward some thirty-five or
forty years. when / was a youthful
reporter on Washington newspapers,
/ recall when the museum occupied
the old Ford Theater on Tenth
street. where President Lincoln was
fatally wounded by the assassin
Booth
Civil War Creations.
Following the ending of the war
between the States from 1861 to
1865. several government institu-
came into existence because of the
exigencies of the times.
Another of these was the United
States Signal Service. which was
evolved from the wartime Army
Signal Corps. They were all born
here and Washington was the cradle
in which they were nursed to heal
thy maturity.
entered the old Signal Service in
1875. and therefore have an intimate
knowledge of some of the interest,"
ing sidelights which marked its
early history.
frst became intimately interest
ed In the Army Medical Museum.
then located In the old Ford Thea
ter. at the time of the trial and ex-
ecution of Charles J. Guiteau. the
fanatic who assassinated President
3arfield.
On my initial visit to this institu-
lion In fs53 / met DR.. D. s. Lamb,
who was In charge Of the exhibit.
several days ago called at the
:. present museun at Seventh and B
streets southwest. Ghd after q lapse
Il thirty-six years found br. Lamb
fth In charge of the civil and Span
= war ispecimens. and as kindly
courteous as ever. Indicating
at his useful life Is still moving
u with q smile"
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them what-art- -you-trying-to-do-
spoil-everything looks, Mr.. Wilson
caught on right away. What
treaty" he asked. and Lloyd George
says: Why. you know what treaty.
i was sitting right here when Glenn
enceau tod you all about it, and
1t appears that all the time M. will
son was kidding himself along that
II he compromised by letting Italy
have Trieste, she would pass up
Fiume. Abe. ii seems she had a Sc
cret agreement with France and
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As on the occasion of my first
visit to the museum many years ago
on Tenth street, / found the institu-
ton again very much overcrowded,
1t has clearly outgrown the struc-
ture 1t now occupies, as 1t did the
old theater.
DR.. Lamb informed me there is
bill before Congress appropriating
large amount for a new building.
Grewsome Exhibits, These.
The bleeached bones of Guiteau,
the assassin of President Garfield,
have been in the possession of the
museum authorities since he was
executed at the District Jail.
The bones have not been articu-
lated and mounted because of the
promise made to Guiteau that his
skeleton would not be placed upon
public exhibition.
There are on public view, how
ever, IN glass jars filled with alco-
hol. the assassin's brain. heart and
spleen Medical men have been
much interested in these specimens.
especially the brain, which is abnoN
mally large.
i was assigned as a reporter on
the Evening Critic to write the story
of the tragic passing Of Gufteau and
spent several days at the Jail pre-
ceding the execution.
Following the hanging the where-
abouts of Guiteau's remains were
shrouded in mystery and Washing
ton newspapers published varying
stories as to their disposition.
The generally accepted story.
given out by Jail guard. was that
the body had been buried at mid
night in the cellar beneath the, jail.
The truth of the matter was that
ABOUT O'Clock on the morning fol-
lowing the execution. while the city
slept. an army ambulance drew nm
at the Jail and carried the cada ver
OF the assassin to the Army Medical
Museum. then in the old Ford Thea :
ter building.
The body. encompassed in a long
canvas bag. was taken to the boiler.
room beneath the museum, where
the flesh was stripped from the
bones and the several specimens re-
moved for preservation.
Assa..In'. Head Exhibited.
One week after the execution I
visited DR.. Shafhirt. then chief chem
ist OF the museum. in his offjcial
laboratory. He said he would let
me in on a secret. provided / would
not publish it until after his death.
DR.. Schafhirt died some years ago.
so / am at-liberty to give out the
secret. Leading me to large glass
tank hlled with alcohol. he drew
from the receptacle the grinnine
mask of Guiteau. The face, head
and hair were intact and startlinEIy
lsfelike. The mask was stuffed with
excelsior.
! Several years later q Snowman
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the scientific subjects We were requir-
ed to study.
Lieut. Grugan had but little patience
with Farrell. who made il a practice
TO commit to memory the answers TO
Questions in meteorology. electricity.
etc.
One day the subject before the class
was atmospheric electricity. Farrell. I
as usual. had committed the lesson to
memory. while in fact he did not
have the slightest conception of cleo
tricity or its application.
Sergeant. what is ball lightnins?'
Lieut. Grugan asked
Following Pope. the author OF the
text book. to the very letter. Farrell
repeated this para graph verbatim from
the book: -
Ball lightning. sir. is a congIomer-
alton Of ponderable substances in
great state of tenuity, highly charged
with electricity"
The hell IL is" Grugan shouted
hotly. You id parrot, Get out
Of here and do not return until you
can intelligently describe the phenom-
enon Of ball lightning. You have dc.
liberately repeated the definition word
for word from your text book. You
know about as much OF atmospheric
electricity as a Fiji islander does OF
the moon.'
Highly Seasoned Electricity.
On another occasion the subject be-
I fore the class was the setting up OF
electric batteries. The question that
| was presented to the sergeant WAS as
/ to the ingredients that should be
I placed in the battery cells
4 OnQ nf fhARa Eiran N the hook
! 3s ''sulphate of zinc. commonly known
! as salt of zinc" Farrell believed he
had committed the answer to mem
/ ory. but when he arrived In the class
room he found il had slipped away
from him.
So when Lieut.. Grugan asked him
how he would set up the battery, the
1 only thing that remained in the SER
4 gesnt's memory was the common
word, salt"
| We'll. sergeant. what INGREDIENTS
would you employ to set up this bat
tery?" Grugan asked
Il would use a little salt. sir. then
salt the lieutenant rosred. What
kind of salt2"
Table salt. I reckon. sir"
i Halt" said the Instructor flercelN,
table salt How about rock salt for
horses and cows"
That might answer the purpose.
| sir
'How about little pepper. SER
geant?''
Pepper would help, sir"
And some vinegar and mustard!
Grugan fairly yelled.
Il would use them. too. sir"
.'Dam'd well seasoned. sergeant
dam'd well seasoned. Get out Of thi,
class quick and don't return untl
your brains begin to isprout"
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commissary derots. In addition there
was a large stable and shed for the
wagons OF the field train.
RossIyn Was bad Town.
All about the fort were civil war
fortications and other grim re.
minders of that great conflict. Down
at the Virginia end Of the Acqueduci
Bridge. now the town of Rosslyn
there were a succession of shacks
known as THE Rocks"
The place was a typical bad town
after the fashion Of those of the wild
and wolly West, and a number OF
the boys in blue on duty at Fort
Myer were held up and robbed there
abouts. Fighting and fiery brands OF
booze were dispensed in the shacks.
On one occasion while ! was cor
poral of the guard. the engineer OF
the post named Mahoney, tarried al
The Rocks" while on his way home,
and imbibed too freely of the viIc
decoctions sold there
He lived with his wife in a small
dwelling near the pumping station. As
he was passing the sentry on the
guardhouse post about a m. the
sentry, acting under orders. chslleng.
ed him with:
Halt. Who goes there?''
Go to h, and don't be yellin' NJ
yer betters," came the response.
Mahoney passed along and few
minutes later there was a great com.
motion in the vicinity of his home.
Cries of Murder We're succeeded b,
several voices yelling Fire."
. The af he a,.ll
fed me and / quickly turned out tn,
guard, and we went at double-time tC
Mahoney's quarters We found thai
he had thrown a lighted lamp at hi,
wife. and the lamp exploding set the
place on fire.
An enlisted teamster living nearby
went to the rescue of Mrs. Mahoney
and the intoxicated and infuriated hus
band was engaged in chasing him Ia
circles about a field when the guar
arrived on the scene. Mahoney wal
subdued and led to the guardhouse 4
prisoner. t.t $50
He was a most valuable man a
post engineer. and Col. Strong, tn,
commanding officer released him from
custody the following morning with 1
reprimand.
Fun In the Class.
The enlisted men Of the first clas
were all required to undergo cours'
of study at Fort Myer in meteorology
electricity. signalling. the school o
the soldier. line construction and tele
| graph operating.
The principal Instructor was Lieut.
| Grugan. then of the old Fourth U.
artillery. He was painstaking an
| rigid as a teacher and enforced stric
! military discipline In the class witt
| me was a sergeant named Farrell
who failed to grasp the intricacies .
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-28
REQ MAN RESENTS INTRUSION
OF SON OF THE FORMER KAISER

why do they all pick on the auto
mobile business" exclaimed r. II.
Akers. sales manager Of the REQ Mo-
tor Car company. when he read the
recent news from Berlin.
''Just when we were getting the
business of making and selling motor
cars elevated 20 the place where 1t
was becoming recognized AS one OF
the legitimate forms Of earning a live
Iihood, In butts the son OF a kaiser
sets US back In the class Of question
able occupations aEainl
why select the automobile bust
ncsse Hasn't Il had troubles enough
of late and most OF them due to the
urholy ambitions OF this young man 8
family at that?
why does the fourth son OF the
kaiser select the automobile business
as his wsv Of making a living. now
that the people Of Germany have de-
ctted he has got 10 earn his own
way In the world Why pick on this
business and thereby 'ndica' that nei-
fher brains nor character nor social
standing are necessary 10 gain recog-
nition7
seriously continued the REQ
sales head. at has always been an
enigma TO ne why the profigate son
Of the rich mar or ex-hushand and
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-28
GOOD INSTRUCTION
IS AID To TIRE LIFE

When tire fas gone wrong II Ia
TOO late 10 give advice on that par
ticuiar tire Instructions concerning
the proper care Of tires must cone
At the time OF purchase to be of value
to the tire user n. when a tire finally
blows out or otherwise goes out OF ser
vice, the owner finds thai his failure
TO observe a few sim pie rules OF tire
care has cost him hair the life OF his
tire. someone has been at fault Either
the motorist failed to heed the advice
given him when he purchased the
tire or the dealer failed to instruct
him in its proper care
This is whore our service plan
helps the tire user" declared W g
VEN proprietor OF the Goodyear ser
~ict station 18th the sale OF each
TIRE we advise the motnrist as % the
proper imitation pressure to be used
call attention to the necessity Of plug
Eing up all tread cuts with tire putty
outline the absolute necessity Of keep
ing the wheels in perfect alignment TO
prevent excessive tread wear, explain
the use of the many tire accessory s
that add TO tire life. and cover the
MANY important points about driving
that every motorist must observe TO
obtain fun mlleaEe from his tires
''Our tires have built in them as
uniformly high mileage as a pneu-
fnatic tire can have. but they do not
deliver the same mileage because thev
do not receive the same attention and
care, When L tire has failed the
user, not realizing that he Ia the per
son at fault uatually expects a re-
placement. and hts dealer to prove
nat he is good fellow. endeavors to
eecure II for N And II he obtains
new tire In the deal at a repla ce-
rnent price, the old tire is discarded
and several thousand miles OF service
has been wasted.
Now II the dealer, IN the first
place. had advised The rnotorist con-
corning proper meth DDS OF tire care.
he would not have been caused IN
convenience OF al early blowout when
Of the opinion the tire w7ts all right,
he you'd not have been bothered with
having 20 apply for an a4tustm ent
srsm the dealer, ard half a God tire
would rot have been wasted and ir
thcee DAYS Of tire scarcity this is nc
nconsidera bile tenn
For many wears wc have studied
Tire service w" have inspected thou
sands Of tires run under various con-
Gftfous, ard subjected 70 many forms
OF abuse We know Why tures faff
and kofrw how these failures can be
prevented. Tfrc usars can all benefit
fro ma drive Yto cur service station,
no ri atte- WHIT kind OF tires are be-
ms laes.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-28

hanGrr-on OF some notorious m oney-
making film star or actreSS--note the
dlstinction-~wnen he essays to pre-
tend 10 earn his own living. blithely
drors into the automobile business.
Having had several years of hard
experience--ab bout the hardest selling
experience OF my careerNand having
been at my wits' ends at times to ee-
cure men Of the necessary mental cal
TIRE and fnesse TO merchandise mo
tor cars, / am inclined 10 believe that
II is about the hardest selling propo-
sitior there is.
Perhaps II - beca IVA n he the
newest OF Industries or because the
automobile represents the highest
priced unit ever sold in quantities,
but anyway 81 Is =. fact that the old
eheap-Jot1 methods Of extravagant
phrases and ridiculous Congregations
DO not get by In this business.
Successful automobile statesmen
are mighty scarce Yet tho rich low
brow, whose fathers funds have up to
/ now enabled him to sit behind, or
whose social inclinations have made
| him the boon companion of. the
chauffeur fondiy iunagines he will be
a star II nc coniescends to enter the
! business world via the automobile
route.
Among others that 7 Fecari who
have been diseased With this idea and
have tried 1t out with disappoint ing
results, were cons OF sev raj Ar1srf-
cnn -TrlG MIN -aires famous more
for their sporting procJ.vitlcs than for
heir brain capa ~ttZ,
They got .heir nAnea IN the paper
once more; hen we heard no more
about Them. end ] assume that they
graduated into we'll deceived oblivion
through the back door OF a garage.
y recall that after his G scouragtng
experience with famous dancing
lady the ex-king OF Portugal also
thro atened to enter trade through
the medium Of tho motor car, hut-
fortunately FOR us4 he reconsidered the
matter and decid ii the role OF ollie
tante was more within his reach.
Now comes The kaiser's fourth son
and announces that he IS going 10
grace the automobile industry by his
august presence.
Now the fourth son Of the kaiser
may be better tnan the fret one he
could not be much worse. from all I
hear--hut TIL wager he Will starve 10
death on Automobile Row II hts eat
ing depends on his own sales ability"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-28

the handsomest medium priced car
he saw and Is In every way deserving
Of the title the car ahead" The car
is equipped with a reetor nlotor, and
the manufacturers report that In ten
years they have never had q complaint
OF this motor. II also has the Muncie
transmission. with double roller bear
ings Borg and Beck clutch. Hess axle
with full floating In rear, cantiIever
springs, Tillotson carburetor and
Deico lighting and starting system.
The Pilot will possibly not get here
IN time for a position in the automo-
bile show. but the cars can be seen
al the show rooms OF The Owens Mo-
tor company. where orders have al
skady been booked for early delivery.
II EAL{fv7@-es /Aas.--Tw cnn.pAfy-1 A.e9i
sN,ake "a speciaA display d0rins
nexv Week of Giant and Collier mo-
tor trucks, and visitors 10 the show
are cordially invited to call and in
spect the new car and the trucks.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-28
worA are used extensively instsaA|

wUFA are used extensively instsaA
castings"
Competent performance. unuat
gasoline and tire mileage. and mar,
ed freedom from repair. are comm(
characteristics of all Dodge Brothel
motor cars. They are the result
strength added to lightness, and ba
ance added to both"
Dodge Brothers roadster difre,
from the touring only in body desig
1t is, an ideal car for two. with re,
erous lounging room. and lugga,
room. Its grace of line and desig
leave nothing to be desired" ,
Dodge Brothers closed cars. buf
completely IN Dodge Brothers work
are but another example of fir
manufacturing practice. As close
caps Of exceptionally, fine coach worI
,tomroN, qSs,i,y ana sG rshnesmxiMa !
The upholstering of the Sedan an
Coupe is in high grade cloth through
out"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-28
PIONEER AUTO BUILDER
HELPS RICHMOND STOW

Mr.. A r, Franklin, treasurer OF the
Automobile Trade association and ex-
tfftcto member Of the show committee
has been OF great assistance In helping
pat over the show in Richmond this
year, He is pioneer automobile
man, having been IN the game for over
eleven yeara Practically all OF THE
time he has been handling the REQ
car. Of which car ne win have SPLEEN
did exhibit ut the show. Mr.. Frank
lin estabishs sd the Franklin Folks
Motor company in 1918. and later the
firm name WEE changed to the Frank
lin Motor ~om pany,. OF which he Is
: l4 Proprietor
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-28
PILOT SIX FOaTY-F|VE
FINDS INSTANT FAVOR
William G. Owens. Local Distributor,
IL JUS Back Prom visit TO Fac
tory and Several West
eSn GHlie4

The f'fi1t Six Forty FIVE, "she car
ahead" "a the new autohobile which
will make a bid for popular favor In
Richt, and. and from reports made by
he Owens Mo.o company. the Pilot
Is destined tc meet with ins tant favor
hr. William q. Owens has Just re-
turned from ne west. where he Wis
ited the fnrt1ry OF the Pilot Mot or
company, at Richmond, Ind, and
closed a contract as distributor for
this car in Vi ail4ia- MIR. owens Wis
''ed several western cities where the
I3lot is sotd, and heard nothing but
the highest communication OF the car
both from users and deaIerN
Mfr. Owens says the Pilot Is By far
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-28
GIVE MANUFACTURE Of
CAR PERSONAL NOTICE

dodge Brothers motor car has de-
monstrated It's goodness to the satis-
faction OF the public" Gays Ashby
Jones, local distributor Of Dodge
Brothers motor cars.
People have arrived at the con-
clusion that Dodge Brothers give the
manufacture of the car an unusual
degree Of personal attention. and that
the car tsgigbty.dawp to the smallest
<sgg4s.l J Z I
IAN vital parts, subject to strain.
are made from the best steel obtain
able. while drop forgings and drawn
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-28
Orcners IRE Better Cuid<s than Specification

Public the
today The eondnee buyers have when Overland the result
This condition of
placing above other This policy which have
adhered for WHY'S Overland
than 40 While factories precedent work
abed deliberate and
marketing We better today that public appreciation,
which Of Overland and WHY'S Knight built
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-05

have railroads In view when she ar
RANGED the land on which the station is
so%as into ,ne ha na, to trains
point "a, Which they discharge their
for it aids the eng ineer in properly
slowing down. On the other hand. at
the point ut which trains depart there
ableS the engineer to start on on his
,rip with 4 minimum OF steam.
The EST station, s,, proner is iirTspsoor: built
ralls are of Indiana limestone. There
is a broad plaza which extends 24o feet
viii be lighted by myrlads Of eleciri t
lights and will present most attrac-
tive appearancc.
TRAINS AT BYRD STREET
The structure. Is "a .eet long. lis
feet wide and three stories. high. The
room towers about 100 feet high In
the rear CT this is a .concoursc nifty BY
200 feet extending along seven tracks,
each. There are complete arrange
mcnts for tho separation of the races
and the waittng-rooma for the negroes
wing arc the restaurant, telegraph and
GEM FOR tie hs ones ana fos
the handling of baggage, mail and eN-
press are elaborate.
n,esnn ~ rc"nimtSS LOT the beginning OF
train No. 20, Of the Richmond, Fred
ericksburg and Potomac Railroad,
leaves at 1o:40 o'clock in the after
noon for Washington. After that time
the station will settle down TO the Dur-
pose which II is expected to serve for
many years to come
After the arrival at 1853 A. NJ. to-
morrow of the Atlantic Coast Line train
from Petersburg the Byrd Street sta
tion VIII pass into history as a pas
Senser station. All trains which arc
using 1T Will arrive AZ and depart from