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The Washington herald., 1919-04-23
'D.C.LAND ARMY
STARTS WORK
Women Will Begin Tilling
Ten-Acre Blair Road
! Tract Tomorrow.

business before pleasure" Is the
slogan Of the d. C. farmerettes. The
sudden call to hoes and other garden
tools, has upset their plans for a
spring festival and field day exercises.
There will be plenty OF field exercise.
but not in the nature of games and
stunts with the public invited-not
Just at present The play day will
come later. Just now the call Is for
volunteers to lend a hand to get the
seeds in while the ground Is right and
the sun Is bright. It was because
the weather was not just right dur
ing the past two weeks that the plans
OF the farmerettes miscarried.
Planting date OF the ten-acre tract
on Blair road that is being operated
by the d. c. Division, woman's Land
army. as a training field and CONNER
cial garden Is set for Saturday. Now
1t seems that by the latter date the
ground will be too dry. and so the nrst
squad of volunteers will be assigned
to duty tomorrow
Enlistments for field and garden
work may be made at the ONCE OF
the United States Employment Serv-
ice, 1410 Pennsylvania avenue. or AZ
the Girls Friendly Club. l4oS Pennsyl-
vania avenue. also at the Y. NJ. c. A.
and after > p. m. at the office Of
Miss V. B. Smith, secretary. 7O3 Dis
trict National Bank Building.
The training field Is reached by the
green Takoma car via Pennsylvania
avenue and Fourteenth street to
Rays Woods, the historic site OF old
Fort Slocum, a half hours ride from
the center OF the city and a five
minutes trail through the woods and
along the embankment of the former
fort to the Blair road entrance at
No. GOO.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-23

ments to the following strength:
Philippines, 4sa4 Qncluding assign
nents for Chinese posts); Panama.
5.574: Hawaii, l.4sl.
One regiment Of Americans has been
maintained at Tien Tsin. China, since
the Boxer uprising. Small detach-
ments are scattered at other points
also to protect American interests.
All arms OF the service are being
recruited for this Pacific duty on q
three-year enlistment basis.
Recruits Tor the entire army as re-
ported up to Saturday nigh are 1s.ofs.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-23
Brew Your Own Lager
22 Cents a Gallon |!

Finest you ever tasted, easily made at home
Delicious, satisfying invieurating; all the flavor
sparkle and snap" Of best lager beer breved
follow the simple directions. Have better. purer.
wholesomer drink thon you ever bought In sa-
loonA Fine, clear color; rich, creamy foam. Ex-
tract itself contains no alcohol and can be sent
to any ''dry" section. One package makes gal
Ions genuine malt and hops brew, the kind that
Extract only $50 prepaid, or O o. d. $50 and
ehArsfsj sS,TioSaI seSS tIdsyi MALT PRODUCTS On
l3f5 8. Western Ave. CHICAGO I'LL.
Merchants: Write for attractive agents ctier.
aDl3-su ve-tf
The Washington herald., 1919-04-23
Scent carfare Restored

Battle Greek. Mich. April 22.-Five-
cent carfare was restored here be-
ginning today as the result of action
taken by the city commission last
night. voting to rescind the six-cent
fare resolution granted the Michigan
Railway Company nearly ten months
ago.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-23
"Holstein Highballs" Appear.

New York. April 22.-"Holstein high
halle and cows neck, right Off the
hOof. are favorite drinks served to-
day at the "bar" at the National Milk
and Dairy Farm Exposition here. A
$50 pound cheese replaces the usual
free Iunch.'
The Washington herald., 1919-04-23
Responsibilities for War.


The committee on responsibilities for
the war has a long, hard task before
1t. 1t Is a lawyers OBJ. 1t means the
assembling of evidence, the conduct of
trial after the trial, in execution of
punishments, and more important
than all. the catching Of the parties
under Indictment. Most OF them are
in neutral countries; there is a serious
question about the way to get these
persons. If the league of nations is
strong enough to bluff IL out with the
neutrals they will surrender their fu-
gitives, law or no law. But IL the
league of nations fails, II we do not
hold the whip hand over the world
in the next fifteen months, it will be
hard to punish the Germans who did
the dirty work of the war. Probably
before this reaches type the world
will know that America would not
consent to the trial of the Kaiser; in
deed that America will not consent
to the trial OF any heads of states for
Official acts. This probably releases
the most responsible criminals from
justice. But 1t seems to be interna-
tioal law, and something in these days
The Washington herald., 1919-04-23
Find Wedding Certificates
Were Made IN Germany

Canton. Ohio. April 1.-Probate
court ofncials were shocked today TO
learn that the deliberately iowered
marriage certificates they have been
selling to prospective newiy-weds bear
a conspicuous made IN Germany" inn
print. A patriotic bride Indignantly
The Washington herald., 1919-04-23
Get Rid of That
Persistent Couch

Stop that weakening. persistent cough or cold.
threatening throat or lung affections. with Eck.
mans Alternative. the tonic and upbuilder of %
years successful u,e. Soc and sl5o bottles tor
sale at the Peoplts Drug shnres and other
leading druggists. or trom EcA.-an LAbontorJ.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-23
S,sly Of German Banned.

Harrisburg. Pa. April 21-Legisis-
ton taking German out OF the public
schools and normal schools OF Penn
syivania was met with a long and
somewhat bitter debate In the sen
ate today. but passed BY a vote OF
a 70 &
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Member Of the Associated Press
BACK HOME

CoNGREss has been in almost continu-
~ Gus session for two years. Senators
and Representatives have had little time
to get in touch with the sentiment Of the
plain people whom they are supposed TO
have represented since we entered the war
and assumed the burdens of civilization
in the field and at the peace table. 1t has
been apparent from the first that tho voice
of the people wasn't being heard in the
Senate.
One of the Presidents reasons for insist.
ing on an adjournment, it is said. was a
desire to send the members of Congress
back to their home towns for session with
their constituents. Mr. Wilson believes
that these statesmen will be amazed to
find how far they have drifted from the
popular viewpoint
1t will be interesting to see whether the
opposition TO the league of nations will
persist in the Senate after the home folks
have made themselves heard-and felt.
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A SANE BASIS FOR STATE AIDED
CHARITIES

TT is hard to see how any argument not
grounded in zeal for special privilege
can be advanced against the proposed plan
to place state aid for private charities on
a uniform and equitable basis. Governor
Sproul Is already committed to this reform,
to which a bill introduced at Harrisburg
yesterday will, If passed, give legal sane.
tion.
The present appropriation system for
charities is complex and often productive
Of unfairness. Lobbying or the pursuit Of
other campaigning methods on behalf of
undertakings altruistic in spirit Is, Of
course. thoroughly inconsistent procedure.
1t is the intrinsic worth OF the charity and
a fair, independent consideration Of its
needs, balanced with an equity in the dis
bursement of funds, which should regulate
the machinery Of support The bill pro.
vides for a classification of agencies re-
ceiving state funds in order to avoid injus.
tice TO institutions which are greater than
others. The Board of Public Charities
would also be endowed with the right to
fix standards Of service to prevent un-
worthy institutions from being aided.
There can be no question that the prog.
ress Of constructive legislation would be
appreciably advanced by the passage Of
the measure.
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other nations, 1t shall seem that no effec-
tive treaty Of peace can be concluded ex-
cept with league Of nations In substance
like that now proposed, as condition
precedent to the proper operation and ef-
fectiveness of the peace treaty, II will be
the duty of the President and his fellow
delegates in the conference to insert such
a covenant In the treaty as indispensable
to the peace sought" No degree OF invec-
tive could reveal how far the round robin"
few beyond the boundaries of the sena
toral bailiwick than this invocation OF
strictly judicial reasoning.
Other telling points are made with'equal
force. Men unafraid to think little now
and then will find the most nourishing
mental food in Mr.. Tafts unprejudced
logic. while for all classes of the public
there is the substance OF refreshment in
the combined performance of the only two
living men who have held the American
presidential office. The symphonic power
of their combined efforts cannot fail to
impose fearful strain upon the blind
champions Of bedam.
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SURETY FOR SHOPPERS

IT HAS been said of certain Phiadel.
I phia dealer in food products that his
glibness in proclaiming eight eights are
eighty-eight, take it along for sixtyfour."
blazed his path to fortune. His success
seems to have begotten imitators, who ac-
cording to Max Mayer, chief of the Bureau
of Weights and Measures, are not only
shrewu multipliers, but also finished artists
in the manipulation of scales.
Mr.. Mayors campaign for a law to curb
the gouging Of the public by short weights
and other artifices we'll warrants support.
Meanwhile. however, his rules for unwary
housewives should be of profitable peril
nency. Indifferent shopping may be easy,
the phone to the corner grocery may have
allurements, 1t may seem irritatingly fussy
to be constantly on the alert in making
purchases over the counter; but the house.
wife too distracted to make her waiting
watchful is precisely the sort of customer
unscrupulous dealers want. No law has
sufhcient teeth TO bite all the rogues. Ordi.
nary caution is duty of citizenship and
while more stringent legislation on shop.
ping and marketing frauds will be a pro-
lection, cooperation by the purchasers
VIII yfolesomely support the lawmakers.
1T is better" declared a Frenchman
with pretty taste for epigrams TO trust
and be deceived than to suspect and be
mistaken" But maybe he was mentally
excepting the short-weight virtuoso who
seems to have thriven so freely at the ex-
pense of too many Pollyanna patrons.
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WANTED: AN ANTIDOTE

TNHE row between Governor Edge, of New
l. Jersey, and Governor Cox, of Ohio, at
the labor conference in Washington, started
when one Governor irritated the political
sensiblites OF another.
II the Governors did anything in Wash.
ington to help the jobess. to facilitate in
dustrial readjustment or to inspire a gen.
eral conscientious effort for sanely directed
reconstruction, 1t isn't on record.
But everybody talked politics.
Politics has embarrassed the President.
1t made the last session Of the Senate an
occasion that will be remembered with
shame.
Political bigotry Is being felt everywhere
in the country now like an epidemic. 1t
clouds otherwise normal minds. Yet the
man who, in an emergency like the present
one, cannot rise above party prejudice is
not a good citizen.
He Is not even a safe one.
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THE DUET FOR JUSTICE

THE happiest division OF the empire OF
= l. argument was achieved by Mr.. Wilson
and Mr. Taft in the unique Joint meeting
held In New York in support OF the league
of nations.NaxThe Presidents selt-selected
domain was the heart. He touched it with
simple and direct sincerity, reducing his
appeal to fundamentals and presenting the
issue as one Of peace or war In flavor the
address was similar te many Of Mr.. VII
sons recent utterances Il was instinct
with emotional force and lambent conyic-
tion. Its full value can perhaps hest be
grasped by those who heard the speakers s
voice.
The ex-President's contribution incisively
rounded out the case. It was suthorita-
lively intellectual, fortified with taut rea.
soning, f1rm in the armor OF sound legality
The character of this mastery address re-
sembled that of a Supreme Court opinion.
handed down as a result of mature de.
liberation and the searching quest for
truth.
Naturally so lengthy and detailed an
analysis could not exert the maximum of
annuence as 1t was voiced from the ros.
trum. The address is something 10 be
studied. TO be reviewed by all earnest and
thoughtful men seeking a solution for the
peril OF world chaos. The light of keen
judicial logic Is turned on almost every
angle of league proposal. With the mos,
patient intellectual honesty objection after
objection made to the covenant is exhibited
and demolished. Nothing so comprehen.
sively specific as this "opinion" has thus
lar strengthened the position of the
~covenanters."
As a summary Of questions and answers
on the whole subject Mr.. Taft's speech de-
serves publication in some convenient pam.
phlet or book form available to the general
public. In the meantime. the fair-minded
American can do no better than TO clip
out this exhaustive exposition Of facts
from the daily papers and subject it 10
studious scrutiny. 1t will we'll repay the
labor expended.
a typical example of the penetrating
qnality of Mr. Tafts acumen is displayed
in his particularly lucid definition OF
the scope of the Senate's treaty powers
rThe authority under the constitution
which intimates the form which treaties
are to take and which in the outset deter
wines what subject-matter they shall in
cluds." declares Mr.. Taft. 'Is the President
of the United States. Therefore. II to the
frosldsnt Of the United States and those
aof1nx ulfh him with similar authority for
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-06
THE NAVY

CAID the wireless spark TO the atmos-
~ phere: .. - %
II am the navy's listening ear. 80,
I hear the call Of the sinking ship. .''
And the silver horn at the Triton's lip,
And the aerial voices faint and far, .'".-
And the sirens sounding beyond the bar.
And the coming storm with its rush and
roar.
And breakers pounding rocky Shore -
Said the huge dirgible, sailing high: 80
81 am the navys watchful eye
scan the shimmering deep below
For floating menace or stealthy foe.
/ glimpse the wrecks in the crystal tide
And the smoother seas where the reefs
abide
The devi,fish in its Granny dark
And the moving fin of the hungry shark"
Said the long black gun: Behold in me
The power and the pride Of Liberty!
/ am the navy's arm of might.
Woe TO the target when smite.
/ keep the peace on the rolling wave;
/ guard the flag of the free and brave;
l am always ready its foes TO fail;
i never miss and never fail" .
-Minna Irving, in the New York Herald.
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the same as the provisions IN the charter
draft OF the citizens committee. II con.
fines its prohibitions 20 a single depart.
ment, and 1t omits the wholesome provision
permitting taxpayer TO institute suit for
the enforcement OF the law when the head
OF the department winks at violations.
The only question to be considered, 1t
seems to u.s. is what plan will accomplish
the desired result most effectively. There
need be no pride of opinion on either side
when both sides are protesting to seek the
same ends. They are all loyal Phladel.
phians and they all express the same In
terest in good government. There does not
seem to be any good reason why they
should not get together and agree on a
charter plan which will command the sup.
port Of all factions. II they cannot agree
on everything. then let them agree on as
much as they can
We do not suppose that the mind of Sena.
tor Ware, for example. is closed to argu.
ment, nor do we suppose that the members
of the citizens committee will refuse to
listen to reason. The Senator has con.
ceded that there are some merits In the
citizens charter draft and he is willing
TO support part OF It. There are other
parts OF it on which honest men can hon.
esty differ He opposes some OF those and
gives his reasons. Those reasons must be
met by better reasons or the public will
agree with the Senator.
But as matters stand the outlook for
better things Is bright.
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Emil Tranquil, a mer
Another Lie
Nailed

Emil Tranquil. a mem.
Another Lie Der of the Belgian
Nailed cabinet, has sent a
message to Senator
Calder regretting that the Senator has
thought it necessary to call for investigation
Of reports that SOME American food sent to
Belgium and northern France was in such a
condition that 1t poisoned those who ate He
denies that food received was bad and de-
clares his countrymen are filled with sorrow
to think that responsible men should lend
their ears to such "detestablS slander." 1t
is at once humilating and gratifying that an
American libel on American character should
receive such prompt refutatlon from such a
quarter.
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There is significance in the fact that
while the American army will have no chem-
ical warfare service. because it has been
definitely decided not to use gas warfare, de-
fensive equipment. such as gas masks apd q
research section, will be maintained One
never can tel what the other fellow is going.
to do ... .
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Lodge. Knox, Borah,
They Won't Say Reed. Poindexter and
several hundred news
paper editors who have been fighting Mr.
Wilson'S peace plans have not yet outlined
or even suggested an alternative arrange
ment. Are we 10 suppose that they want
military training in the kindergartens?
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THE COWNSMAN
The Carneeie Foundation Plan

GONE dozen or more years ago Mr.. An
~ drew Carnegie. looking about for useful
and helpful means Of bestowing some Of the
abundance OF his wealth where It might do
the most good discovered that the men who
teach In colleges are inadeauateiy paid. how
ever you choose TO look at It but that "
you take into consideration the pecuniary
demands made upon such teachers as class
by reason of their standing and position. they
may be declared almost the most unfortunate
or wage-earners. The teacher Is lucky under
any circumstances IL he makes ends meet
To lay by something for the day Of mis-
fortune, for the years In which he will be
no longer able to teach. is usually feat
beyond him. and he drifts on, fortunate IL
he has been able to carry even an made
quate insurance. 1t was creditable to Mr..
Carnegie's dscernment that he should have
found this out; for the college teacher Is a
simple and uncomplainng man, who has only
been soaded Of late into the formation OF
trades union. He has usually made delib-
crate choice of his profession and knows that
he Is paying high pecunlarily for the intellec-
tual life which he has chosen to lead. He
seldom feels that he has paid too hish--for
there are compensat tions-until the pressure
Of his obligations to wife and children comes
upon him and then he is commonly too old
to change back TO money-getting ways.
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Self.Denial

What are you going TO deny yourself
during Lent? A great many have decided
TO mortify themselves by doing without the
Senate.
And we wonder how many OF the thirty.
seven varieties Of hlibusterers will deny
themselves the pleasure OF reading Mr..
,.s-..,s nnaaswsrsbis address2
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II It is true that the monarchists in Ger
many are planning coup d'etat. It Is a 70.
nection on the intelligence Of It's leaders to
imagine that It will be made before peace
is signed. But. on the other hand, the
leaders to date haven't shown much intel
Sssnee A4
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Beet granulated sugar has dropped from
50 TO $500 hundred in all of the Rocky
Mountain states and the states west of the
Rockies The lot of the consumer is thus
sweetenod ten cents worth.
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Between seventy and eighty agreements
between China and japan are said TO be In
existence. and every one Of them strength
snins Jspaps influence IN ctina. It 10 q
great lesson N Allitsry pss5srsdnssx
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Emulation

Emulation been interviewed. A
Swiss journalist got
the great exile to speak. Solemniy he ap-
preached the general and the general lifting
his hand threateningly roared, go away -
It has always been said that the Germans
were imitators. Ludendorffs interview sup-
ports this theory. Didn't he say to the Swiss
journalist exactly what the Germans said
TO him before he fled the country?
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Italy and the JuEo-Siays are giving
demonstration Of the fact that II there is to
be a league OF nations It will have to be well
supplled with teeth.
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1t is a pity that Marshal Foch didn't in
sist on the Germans turning over Hlndenburg
and Ludendorff with the other big guns.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-06

The grandfathers name is Woodrow
Wilson Sayer, with the accent on the say.
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What Do You KnotU?. .


/. OF what state is tie Rock the capitaif
2. In what year was Edith Cavell executed =.
by the Germans? ...., u
g. Who the commander of the American
feet in European waters during The
war? -
4. When does the verna equinox begin?
s. Who the Nobel peace prize In f91T.
the last year 1t was awarded?
G. Who wrote the short poem. ITO Lucasta' "
on Going to the Wars"? 49,; .s1 2.
T. on what date does Palm Sunday OCCUR !,
this year? ....a.s.s-
g. Where was Benjamin Franklin born?,. /.
0. Who was Maarten Martens? ss.as.
10. How many Presidents of the United
States served more than one term?
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Some hotel some day is going to make
a hit by abolishing the hat-check-tlp
privileges.
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Those who don't have to pay it con-
slider the payment of an income tax Joy.
Gus privilege.
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His appeal is made to our less obvious
capacities: to that part OF our nature
which. because OF the warlike conditions of
existence. is necessarily kept out OF sight
within the more resisting and hard quail
ties--l,ke the vulnerable body within
steel armor His appeal Is less loud. more
profound less distinct, more stirring--and
sooner forgotten Yet It's effect endures
forever. The changing wisdom of success
slye generations discards ideas. questions
facts, demolishes theories. But he ap-
peals to that part Of our being which Is
not dependent on wisdom to that in us
which Is gift and not an acquisition
and therefore. more permanently enduring.
He speaks to our capacity for delight and
wonder, 10 the sense Of mystery surround
ing our lives: to our sense Of pity. and
beauty, and pain: to the latent feeling Of
fellowship with all creation-and to the
subtle but invincible conviction of solidarity
that knits together the loneliness of In.
Vulnerable hearts: to the solidarity in
dreams, In Joy, in sorrow, in aspirations, In
Illusions, In hope In fear, which binds
men to each other, which binds together
all humanity-the dead to the living and
the living to the unborn.
THE sincere endeavor to accomplish that
| creative task. to so as far on that road as
his strength will carry him. to go unde-
tered by fsltering, WEAKNESS or reproach
is the only valid justification for the
worker" .
The above words tcere not torftten about
| Mr.. Wilson and the league Of nations moue
ment. though they miPht JrcN hare been
They toere loritten In 1897 Ly JoSfph Con
rod IN the preface to his tale. "The Ni0ger
| Of the NdrcissuS."