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The Washington times., 1919-01-14

! would help the suffering in every
land, but I would first take care Of
my own household. The American
statesman who neglects America, to
scatter charity throughout Europe
when there is suffering and want
here at home is not any better than
the man mentioned in the Scripture
who neglects his own household. Six
months of extra pay to the soldier
will stimulate production, give en-
couragement and hope. 1t will not
be donation or charity, but rather
an acknowledgment of the nations
rratitude, and the best investment
the American people could make
through their Government for the
good of all.
Greater love hath no man for his
country than the man who is willing
to give his life to keep his country's
flag triumphant and stainless in the
air. These men have shown their
love and devotion to the flag, and it
is as little as the country can afford
to do to tax the great substantially
untaxed war-made. fortunes for the
consolation and comfort of the SOL
dier and his family. If in America
permanent peace shall follow this
war, we must provide against the
wolf OF want bowling at the door,
especially of the men who barred
their heroic breasts to the storm Of
war. Bolshevism is not a contagi-
Gus social disease, but, like scurvy and
pellagra, the result of lack Of nu-
triton, or malnutrition.
You cannot stop its growth by
quarantining against it. 1t cannot
be stamped out by proscriptive legis-
lation, punishment, starvation, and
the enactment of penal statutes. You
might as we'll undertake to stop the
spread Of influenza by numbering the
patient as to limit the growth of this
social disease by harsh and criminal
legislation. The panacea for this
disease and all other similar social
disorders will be found in giving the
laboring people of the world an
equal chance in the race Of life with
the capitalists. Give them good
wages, enough of the products Of
their own toll to furnish comfortable
homes, to educate their children,
and otherwise improve their man.
ner of living, and then there will be
ma more Bolshevism or conflicts be-
tween capital and labor.
The Washington times., 1919-01-14

Russia that this picture does not ap.
pear before my mental vision.
But behold fellow mortal fashioned
on another plan;
coarse, deformed, and misbegotten-
more devil than a man
Heir TO sin and want and sorrow
born without a sense of shame
stung by sharp. keen. fierce desires
burning in his blood like flame
weak unbalanced, repulsive-re, ell.
ing in sensual things;
II ne hath soul within him, it's q
- soul that never sings
It's a soul that hath no wings.
ne was born without the power OIL
the impulse to forbear
When the dumb, resistless forces OF
the cycles centered there.
The picture is a little ovedrawn
but 1t serves the purpose of the illus
tration.
Mr.. President it is a matter of fact
that the men and women who labor
in this world have never had a fair
share OF the products of their own
toll.
The people whose labor produces
the vital necessities of life, the
Things that clothe and feed the
world, have not been given a square
deal In the past and are not given a
square deal in the present. When
that fact dawns upon the obfuscated
intellect of the toiler, if he should be
melted, even in a spirit of revenge
to rise in the fullness of his unre-
stricted physical force, it may not
be surprising or unexpected that he
should go to excuses in dealing with
his former oppressors. | do not an
prove or condone any form of in
justice or lawlessness, but am CON
Vlnced that in the court where con-
science sits as judge, when all the
facts are considered, there will he
found for the unfortunate reyoIr-
tlonlsts OF Europe some mitigatins :
circumstances.
The many remedies and solutions
which have been proposed for the
great problems which confront the
world are as varied and as multitu-
dinous as the pebbles of the sea are
many formed. Some are good, some
chimerical, and others utterly i'm
practicable. There is but one solu-
ton Of this problem, | think. one
the universal solvent, and that is
justice. If we try that in America
We will win where other countries
have failed in meeting the great
issues which confront the compIex
civilization of this century.
/ have proposed in the bill have
just introduced that Congress give
to the soldiers six months extra
pay. 1t will be money we'll invested :
it will go to the masses of the
people, where it will be distributed
and in turn soon find it's way back
to the channels of trade and FINALLY
to the Treasury of the United States
These men were taken away from
their homes by force, and now when
thev 90 back they will necessarily
find conditions disorganized and in
some instances discouraging. This
small pittance from the Government
will help to bridge the chasm and
will provide the necessaries of life
while the soldier is taking up the
thread where left off two years ago.
We had better spend money in
this way than distribute it among the
poor Of Europe. If l had my way,
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have often said that the only
light which we have to guide our
uncertain footsteps through the
darkness of the future shines. out
from the experiences and trials OF
the past; but present conditions are
so unlike and dissimilar from condi-
tions that ever existed before in the
worlds history that l am unwilling
iy driven to the conclusion that
what has happened in the immediate
past furnishes no reliable guide or
suggestion as to. what may happen
in the immediate future. The world
is mad, crazed with a blood lust and
greed for gain, a kind of Caesarean
mania seems to have taken posses
sion of the brains of some men am
bilious for world power, and taking
it all in all, the moral viewpoint
seems to have been changed and
national and international sense OF
justice altogether distorted.
Having sown to the wind, the
world is now reaping the horrible
harvest of the whirlwind. The peo-
pie of Russia, after generations OF
oppression, "profaned and disin-
herited," are now drunken with their
suddenly acquired freedom and in
dependence. The ignorance which
the rich few forced upon, the unfor-
tunate many, tainted with the spirit
of hate and revenge, unbridled and
unrestrained, is now exemplifying
the biblical injunction, Whatsoever
ye sow, that shall ye also reap"
The peasants of Russia for gen.
erations have borne the weight of
taxation, toiled without ceasing, and
in silent suffering leaned upon the
hoe and gazed upon the ground, the
emptiness of ages in their faces and on
their backs the burden of the world.
The masters, lords, and rulers of
those lands are now called upon to
reckon with these men, to answer
the "brute question in the hour when
whirlwinds of rebellion shake the
world"
The cruel, grasping greed and the
conscienceless reign of the rich are
responsible for the crimes of the
vicious, ignorant Bolshevists, whose
mistakes excite emotions of COM
uiseration in my breast rather than
feelings of hate. Whatever excesses
they. may have perpetrated-
they are probably many-their con-
duct is in no respect more inhuman,
illegal. reprehensible, or revolution
airy than the conduct of their soul
less, conscienceless, plutocratic
predecessors.
Their predecessors knew better:
they possibly do not. Man is the
creature of heredity and environ
ment. The perfect man is the evo-
luton of the best economic, sanitary.
and social condition. Starvation, ig-
norance, living in an atmosphere sat
urated with crime for many genera
tions never produced a Gladstone or
a Washington. A child born of ir-
norant, vicious parents and reared in
squalor and pinching indigence is not
expected to have the breadth OF men
ta' vision, the delicate sense of right.
moral conscience that one would
ally have born aud reared
anI.dst different, better environ
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The Washington times., 1919-01-14
NEWMAN TO co TO
VA. PRISON TODAY

Seven months ago a sergeant in an
engineer corps stationed at Glen
burnie, Md. Robert L. Newman today
will be taken from the Alexandria
county courthouse to the Virginia
penitentiary at Richmond to serve q
life term for murder.
Deputy Warden Samuel T. Smith, of
the Virginia prison. who went after
Newman, stopped over for few hours
in Washington.
History OF Case.
Newman will join Charles e. Gam
Bile, who aided him in doing to death
on May 0, last, John p. Werres, a
Washington Government Printing OF
fice employe, when Werres took the
two men and a Katherine
Burgess - for an automobile ride
through Alexandria county.
Gamble, convicted last summer. was
sentenced to the electric chair. Later
Newman pleaded guilty and was given
a life sentence, following which the
governor commuted Candles sentence
to life.
Both men were sergeants in the
same engineer unit. Their orEaniza
tions have since gone to France and
won honors. But Newman and Gam
BILE have had their names dropped
from the muster rolls Of their COM
pany.
Woman In Case Dies.
The woman in the case died some
months ago after being acquitted or
completely in the murder of the Wash
ington man.
Just seven months ago in Rich
mond, where they will meet tonight
at the State penitentiary, Newman and
Gamble signed confessions, in which
they admitted responsibility for the
death of Werres. They had been
taken there from Camp Lee, where
they were held as deserters from the
Maryland engineer camp.
The Washington times., 1919-01-14

Coupon transfer tickets. heretofore
sold at four for % cents. arc discon-
tinued by orders of the commission.
These are at Eighteenth street and CO.
lumhia road; Seventh street and Flor
ida avenue; Wisconsin avenue and N
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l cannot think of the situation in
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street, and Fourteenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue.
The companies are directed to post
notices or the issue of free transfers
at all the points named. so that the
public will know that beginning Feb.
ruary i there viii be no charge for
transfers The'commission thinks that
II will take all of this time for the
companies to have transfer tickets
printed and conductors Instructed as
to where they shall give them on de-
mand.
The Washington times., 1919-01-14
SENATOR FRANCE WANTS
YANK TROOPS SENT HOME

The conclusion OF q speedy peace
with the Central Powers, with
drawal of American troops from all
foreign territory as soon as prac-
ticable and postponement OF all
questions not directly involved in
the peace negotiations for consitiera-
ton at two International conferences
to be held after the peace treaty
Is signed, was demanded in reso-
luton presented in the Senate this
afternoon by Senator Joseph l.
France CT MARYLAND
The Washington times., 1919-01-14
Vardaman Asks
Six Months Extra
Pay For Soldiers

In bill introduced in the Senate, Senator Varda-
man of Mississippi proposes six months extra pay for
all enlisted and officers of the army at the time of
their discharge: ..'.
The payment would amount to a bonus for officers
and men of six months pay.
Senator Vardaman spoke in support of the bill as
follows: - -"@
The Washington times., 1919-01-14
STARVING, MAN DIES WITH
SQUARE MEAL IN SIGHT

RENO, New, Jan. I4-without a
square meal for days. shivering in the
cold, Lorenzo Ferretta, seventy. asked
for something tp eat. A Samaritan
took him to q restaurant and ordered
the best.
Taking one long look at the tempt
ing array, Ferretta dropped dead as
he reached forth his hand for the
first bite
The Washington times., 1919-01-14

by Bolsheviks have been burned aiont
with their inmates. according GO is-
formation reaching here today.
In some places armed Bolshsvik
bands turned upon their aggressors
and killed many Of thems.
The Washington times., 1919-01-14
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The Washington times., 1919-01-14
PEASANTS FIGHT solsHsvIkI.

STOCKHOLM, Jan. 14-The peas
ants in the Russian districts of
Vladimir and Nizhni-Novgorod have
revolted and many houses inhabited
The Washington times., 1919-03-08
.8-YEAR-OLD BOY
IS AUTO EXPERT

r. DOnneu Warwick is probably the
youngest chauffeur mechanic in Ihe
District OF Columbia. He is the eight
year-oId son of c. J. Warwick, head OF
the National Automobile College,
Ninth and streets northwest
Youthful as young Warwick is, he is
thoroughly acquainted with all the
parts OF an automobile. and knows
their names and functions in every
particular.
He is capable OF driving nearly
every make Of car, and when anything
is wrong with the works, he is mas
ter of the situation.
The boy obtained his wonderful
knowledge OF the mechanism of auto
mobiles by playing about his father
school during class hours and watch
ing him explain the various functions
to the students. The father. Ifoticing
his young heirs growing knowledge.
took particular pains to foster it, with
the result that today there are few
things happening to machine that
young Warwick cannot explain and
suggest a remedy for.
The Washington times., 1919-03-08
SETS NEW RECORD
FOR MOTOR MILE

BY smashing all automobile records
from one to twenty miles in a territi"
strsiEhtaway dash on the beach at
f; Daytona. Fla. Ralph De Palma driving
a Packard special twin six, Of 900
cubic inches piston displacement. has
strengthened his position as the ace"
IOE automobile speed demons.
Under the officialS auspices OF The
I automobile Association Of Ameri.:a,
De Palma thnndered off the. spsediesr
twenty miles that have ever be sr COW
sFed in an automobile. and brought
J hack the worlds speed honors TO al
American car.
The new. speed marks set up by l.,
Palma are as follows: One mile, 24:12
seconds; two miles, 1854 seconds
/ three miles, 1 minute 1904 seconds
four miles, 1 minute 1917 seconds ;
rive miles, . minutes 1858 seconds; zen
miles, Z minutes 9.03 seconds; fifteen
miles, s minutes 1915 seconds; twenty
miles, minutes $40 seconds.
His time Of 24:O2 seconds for tEe
enc mile is one and one-haIf seconds
faster than the previous worlds rec
ord established on the same beach by
the late Bob Burman, April %, 1911,
W4aO reeled off q mile in 25:4 seconds
at the rate OF 142 miles an hour. DE
3 Pslma's new record IS $50 miles an
hbur.
He clipped / "a seconds from the
tWo-miie record, formerly held by
BuFman; 30 seconds. from Hemery'a
= five-mile mark; ] minute second :
from Bruce-Brown's ten-miIe record:
; minutes 1925 seconds from Lancia' )
fifteen mile mark, and 4 minutes 1G:12
, seconds from the former twenty mile
record theld by Burma,n.
Not content with breaking all the.
flying start speed records from one
to twenty miles, De Palma made an
attempt against the standing start
record for one mile, establishing a
new mark Of 1873 seconds. and clip
ping 1:7S seconds from the former
mark OF 1858 seconds, made by Bar
ney OIdfield in 1910.
To cover a mile in 81 :O2 seconds De
Palma,s tires were revolving at .ke
rate OF 800 times a minute, or tw en-
ty-five times every second This is in
excess OF the rapidity with which the
fastest machine guns were operated
during the war.
The Washington times., 1919-03-08
GIANT TRUCKS ARE
EASILY REPAIRED

Seldom since the early days OF au-
tomotive transportation. has any dis
tributer made such an apparent sue
cess as that shown by Forst Brothers,
Inc, 1915 New York avenue, distrib-
uters of Giant trucks.
Not only has this firm sold an I'M
precedented number of Giant trucks.
but they have otherwise established
themselves through the quality of
the truck and their remarkable serv-
ice methods.
1t is not unusual for the purchaser
of one OF the best trucks made to
meet with an accident that causes
mis- truck to require repairs and serv-
ice. The owner seldom complains of
the cost OF such repairs. provided his
truck is promptly attended TO and
properly turned out. What he is apt
lay in giving his truck the required
attention.
Realizing these facts, F'orst Broth
ers have from the start made it a
point TO leave nothing undone that
would aid in turning out repair work
on Giant trucks in a thorough man
ner and in the shortest possible space
OF time. To this end they are carry
ing an immense stock Of repair parts
here in Washington and have an ef-
ficient corps Of expert mechanics.
Wherever an owner of Giant trucks
is found, words of praise for the
truck and especially for FOrst Broth
ers' service is heard. 1t seems near
ly impossible To hear a word Of COM
plant against either the truck or the
service being rendered by the local
distributors FOrst Brothers are in
receipt almost daily of unsolicited
letters OF praise and appreciation
from owners Of Giant trucks. AS one
prominent firm writes, Long live
Giant trucks and Forst Brothers
service"
The Washington times., 1919-03-08
TAUGHT RED CROSS
WOMEN TO DRIVE

Early last fall when the Red Cross
war activities were at full height, H.
A. Bonnell. automobile dealer at
Newark, y. J., established a class 10
instruct the women Of the local Red
Cross chapter to become efficient
drivers.
The course was thorough one, in
GLIDING not only education in driving
and traffic regulations, but also
Thorough understanding of the parts
of the car and their adjustments
Scores of women enthusiastically
participated in the course. said Mr.
Bonnen. MANY of them not only be-
came expert drivers but competent
mechanics as well. The class model
was a standard Dodge Brothers
chassis. All of them praised the
simplicity of its construction and its
unusual ease of handling.
1.-THE value of this course in emer-
gency work was especially demon
strated in the gray hours last fall
after the terrific explosion Of the am
munition plants on the shores of the
Raritsn. During that dark period
four. Dodge Brothers cars-twO am
balances, one suburban and one tour
ing car-manned by our women grad
yates, did yeomsn service in rescuing
the wounded and transferring them
TO local hospitals
And all of these women have told
me that they do not know how they
could have held up under the strain
of continuous labor had it not been
for the infallible regularity which
their cars stood up under their re-
lentless tasks"
The Washington times., 1919-03-08
COAST CANNERY CAN
CAN 100000 SALMON DAILY

Motorists who drive in the Pacific
Northwest section" advises the Auto
mobile Blue Book in it's Points of
Interest" should not miss the visit to
BeIlingham, Wash, the salmon center
of the universe. A trip to one of the
large FISH canneries is never-to be-
forgotten experience. More than / 900
employees can from 10000 to 100, 600
salmon daily. A boat ride, if the
visitor desires, makes it possible to
see the operation of the great fish
traps in which a single catch of the
glorious salmon often numbers thou
The Washington times., 1919-03-08
OREGON IS BREEDING PLACE
OF BOARDING HOUSE PRUNE

Sherlock Scout, drafting the roads
and sketching Points of Interest" for
the new Automobile Blue Books has
run the boarding house pTune to its
lair. Dallas, Ore, is the breeding
place. The largest Italian prune or
chards in the State are here, and the
local plant of the California Pacific
Corporation handles annually about
five million pounds of this fruit.
The Washington times., 1919-03-08
GOOD ROADS AID SCHOOLS.

A survey made by the Government
of the effects Of good road building
on school attendance in eight counties
shows that before the roads were
improved the average school attend
ance was 90 pupils to each 100 en-
rolled, as compared with 90 after the
roads were improved.
The Washington times., 1919-03-08
INVESTIGATE TRANSPORTATION.

A thorough investigation into the
sources OF transportation as foun-
dation for road construction in the
future, is urged as one of the duties
OF a Federal highway commission TO
take charge OF Federal road expendi-
lures.
The Washington times., 1919-03-08

The National Auto College was
founded in 9O8 and since that date over
5000 pupils have taken the course.
~, Night classes are held on Mondays
Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Day classes every day.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-26
PLAN DE. VALERA RECEPTION
VIII Hold open.Alr Meeting Before
Metropolitan Opera House

So many requests for tickets to hca
President de Valera. of the Irish RC
public" speak when he comes to Philn
delphia on October 1, have been re.
ceived. that n great outdoor meeting
in addition to the one in the Metro
politan Opera House, has already been
arranged for.
The meeting will take place in front
of the opera house shortly after 8
o'clock. When De Valera reaches the
playhouse, he will speak to the outdoor
gathering before going indoors. Then
when he comes out, he may make an
other address to the renewed gathering
on the street. A special stand will be
erected for the speaker on the corner.
De Valera will reach North Phila
delphia about noon on October 1, and
will establish headquarters in the
Bellevue Stratford
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-26
BELGIAN KING TO VISIT HERE
VIII Spend Few Hours In City Dur
Ing Visit to This Country

King Albert and Queen Elizabeth, of
Belgium, will spend few hours in
this city when they visit this country.
Mayor Smith has extended the invita-
tion to the royal couple. The Mayor
has been advised from Washington,
however, that owing to the brief stay
of the visitors in this country, their
stop in this city must be very short,
but that the visit will positively be
made.
1t is planned to have a citizens re-
Ception committee meet the Belgian king
and queen and their suite, if the invita-
ton is accepted. and conduct them to
Independence Hall and other points of
interest in the city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-26
FEARS OF ELECTION
DELAY COAL BUYING
Dealers Say Tenants Hesitate
to Put in Fuel They May
Have to Move

Thousands of families in Philadelphia
have not ordered their winters supply
of coal vet because Of fear they will
be elected by profitccring landlords.
This was made known after can
vass of the retail coal yards of the city.
The coal dealers say that many patrons
are withholding orders now because they
fear If they get the coal they will have
to move it when landlords begin expected
proceedings to collect rent increases.
"Pitilcss publicity is one method
suggested by William / Schaffcr, state
attorney general, to combat the rent
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-26
CAMPAIGN EXPENSES LOW
Accounts Filed by Several candl-
dates Show Small Expenditures

October l is the last day upon
which campaign expense accounts may
be- filed in the office of the clerk of
the Court of Quarter Sessions. Judge
Charles +. bartlett, of the Municipal
Court. candidate for ro-elpction, filed
expenses of S1O5 for advertising. Will
liam S. Wackcr. defeated for the nomi-
nation for the Municipal Court, filed an
account Of Sl0O.1
Accounts showing expenditures of
less than $50 were filed by Robert f.
Lambcrton, Republican nominee for
sheriff; Robert Bircball. nominee for
magistrate. and Edwin r. Cox. Frank
Gray, Clarence s Eldridgc and Edward
Buchholz, candidates for Council.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-26

gouging evil. The publication OF the
name and address of each dealer and
owner who profteers and the extent of
his gouging was n method suggested by
Mr.. Schaffer.
Counsel for the Philadelphia Real
Estate Board and the tenants will meet
today in an effort to work out some
Just form of universal lease.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-26
UPSET LAMP BURNS CHILD

While his mother was away, Johnnie
Bisiel, three years old, upset lamp in
the kitchen of his home at Swanson and
Queen streets, carly today and was
badly burned. The child is a serious
condition at Mt. Sinai Hospital. Neigh
bors heard the little boys cries and
ran into the house. They put out the
flames and took the child to the hos
pital