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The Washington times., 1919-11-21
COLORED CITIZENS
TO HONOR HEROES

Reprsssntativees from practically
all colored patriotic societies in the
city attended q meeting of the Ma
tional Memorial Association. called to
discuss the erection Of . suitable
memorial In honor effnegro soldiers
and sailors. at the ywar Camp Com
munity Service Club. 2011 Georgia
last night
The fpHowing societies were rep
resented st the meeting:
HoIcomb POST Grand Army OF
Americanss Capt. A. r.. Newman.
James z. walker Post. American
Legion; Lieut.. James II. waring, jr,
Fairfax Post. American Legion: Mrs.
Katie JJenkins, Red Gross, No. 116:
Mrs. Ida Tolson. Red Cross. No: %:
Mrs. Eva Rleedsee.-- -Asmys and Navy.
pus At,ucks Assoefatfon. and W. R
c.. Charles sumner: Miss Julia Nc
Herry, auxiliary; Mrs. Courtney
Henry. Patriotic War Workers; Miss
Ellen T. J. Scott. Palestine House
hold. 1712, G. u o. OF o.; Independ-
ent Order of st. Luke; Queen of the
East Court Of Colanthe; w. H Brant,
Crispus Attucks' Mems Association:
Eugene Brooks, Oldest Inhabitants;
DR.. G. w. Cabaniss. Chirurgical So
ciety; Julius Paul and Joseph Tay-
lor, James Reese Europe Post, Ameri-
can Legion; e. w. Bundy, JColumbi
Lodge of Elks; Stephen Butler.
Young Mems Protective IelSue; ].
S. Johnson. grand chancelIefr K. of
p: Rev. James Marshall, Alexandria;
Capt. West Hamilton. Grand Army of
Americans: Mrs Mildred Coleman. Pa
triotic War Workers; Rev. Daniel
Wiseman, Howard Park Citizens As
sociation: Prof Allen w. Whaley.
Boston, Mass, -Equsl Rights League;
Sergt. John R. Anderson, Camp
Meigs. o.
Invitations wers ext ended to all the
g. A n posts of the city and the
Women's Relief Corps. Letters Of ac-
ceptance to speak at the Liberty Hut
meeting were read from Secretary of
War Baker and Secretary of the
navy Oahieis- ~ -
The Washington times., 1919-11-21
U. S. BLIhIP TO BE
BUILT LIKE 'ZEP'

Following the Navy Department
order for the purchase of a 1000. 900
cubic foot rigid dirigible from the
English government, the United States
Air Service has issued the following
data on the present status and pros-
poets for dirigibles in the United
States and England:
English dirigibles are patterned
after the approximate plan of the Ger
man Zeppelins and have been con-
atrpcted to a size of 2,7Q0,00 cubic
feet The speed of ships of this size
Is about seventy-flve miles per hour
and their endurance about IT'S hours.
This gives cruising range Of over
13,5O0 miles, or more than half tho
distance around the earth.
Dirigibles Of still greater size and
capacity are now under construction
In England. Keels have been laid for
ships Of 5000. 900 cubic feet, and all
new hangers in England are being
constructed to house ships of this
size.
The lift Of the, 1000. 900 o-cubic-soot
ship is over sixty tons. while that Of
the 5000, ,0oo-foot ship is about 152
tons.
Airships of even greater size are
contemplated. and plans for a 10000
00o-cubic-foot dirigible have been
completed in England. The dimen-
sions of this gigantic ship are {:
Length, 1,100, slightly less than one
fourth of a mile: total lift Of gas,
over 800 tons: useful lift, more than
200 tons. The useful lift could be
used for transportation of troops and
equipment or for a cruising radius
Of over 10000 miles.
The Washington times., 1919-11-21
ROCKVILLE NEWS
Circuit Court Opens Session
With 80 Cases Docketed
For Trial.

ROCKVILLE, Nd, Nov. 21.-The
trial Of criminal cases began in the
circuit court here today with Judges
Peter and Worthington on the bench
and q jury in attendance. Thirty-eight
cases are docketed for trial, Including
three for Staying, two for assault
with intent to kill, four for forgery,
one for bigamy, one for perjury, two
for arson, four for statutory offenses,
two for violation of local option law.
one for disorderly conduct, one for
battery. one for burglary, and fifteen
for larceny. The session will, it Is
thought. continue through the greater
part of next week.
Edward Washington, a seventeen
year-old negro, was FOUND guilty by
a jury in the circuit court here yester-
day afternoon on an indictment charg-
ing him with setting fire to and caus-
ing the destruction of a large barn
on the farm of Charles Veirs, three
miles from Rockville. the afternoon
OF August Z, 1918.
Washington had been in the employ
of Veirs for a number OF years and a
few days after the fire he found
other employment. Several witnesses
testified that Washington admitted In
their presence that he had set fire to
the building. The sentence of Wash
ington was deferred. The penaity 10
from two to twenty years inetfe peni-
tentiary. EF
,sss.4---..s) EsS
State Came warden Ell. ieCompte
has appointed Williams ,. Masgrove
John T. Thompson.N afoen p. Darby
and William Roberts deputy game
wardens for this oodnty:. 80
The Washington times., 1919-11-21
CASH FOR CAPTOR
OF VILLA CHIEF

MEXICO CITY. Nov. 21. - Gabino
'Sandoval and the rurales. who cap
tured Frlipe Angeles, chief lieutenant
of Francisco Villa, have been reward
ed with 10000 pesos on order by
President Carranza-
Angeles is expected to arrive at
Chihuahua City today, and will i'm
mediatcly be placed on trial before a
court-martial. Angeles was surround
ed by the rurales after they had en-
gagged in a skirmish with his follow
ers.
The Washington times., 1919-11-21
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The Washington times., 1919-11-21
LOO Worth Of Leather WIN
Haif-sole 3 Pairs of Shoes

Leather, ~c
ID. Best grade,
$1-25. Rubber
heels, the best,
3oc- All shoe
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-18
Training Disabled Soldiers.

The number of disabled soldiers discharged
from the army who avaiIing themselves OF
the facilities offered by the federal board for
vocational education is decidedly smaller than
It should be. The trouble is that they are too
anxious to return to their home surroundings,
q rule. and in order to do SO they taking
unBkiiled. stnecure Jobs which offer little pres
emit pay and usually are of a temporary nature.
When normal labor conditions return these
men, being untitled to compete with skilled
and able-bodied workers, will be thrown out OF
jobs and forced to depend upon their pensions.
Since the pensions probably will fail to pro-
vide adequate support the prospects there
will be a great number OF peddlers of pencils
and other merchandise that can be disposed
or by itinerants, while the poor houses and
soldiers homes Will be filled.
There is urgent need for impressing these
men with the importance of fitting themselves
now to DC some special thing that their dis
abilities will not prevent them from doing as
we'll as those who are able bodied. The board
for vocational education, is not only equipped
TO do this, but it will advise disabled soldiers
as to the cal1ings which they are best fitted to
follow. The opportunity is one which if over
looked now, may not be offered later.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-18
! Brad's Bit O. Verse
Not Much the Matter.

I've been often up against it; but
[ take no shares of stock in the loud
aIarmist EXPLANATIONS hurled; for
I've come TO the conclusion that It
doesn't pay to knock, and there's
nothing much the matter with the
world. When / Saunter past the
wailing place, grim sounds assaiI
my ears; chants of woe and want
and sin and grief and war, dismal
dirges of dependency, forebod-
ings, phantoms, fears, deleful doc
trines of dark pessimistic lore. But
/ get my hopeful optics on the good
old shining sun, trimming over,
leaking light and JOY and mirth, and
say: Seems like the whole big
boundless universe is run just to
hand out smiles and blessings to
the earth" l have had my ups and
downs, and I've heard some dreary
forecasts for the race; but I've
never had the time to as yet seek
for fears and frowns, nor to join
the weary walters at their place;
but I've looked upon the noun
tains and the prairies and the hills,
and I've seen the flag of righteous
ness unfurled, and I've come to the
conclusion that we're not bowed
down with ills, and there isn't
much the matter with the world.
GLEN BRADSHAW
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-18
PINCHOT SEES DANGER IN BILL ON
CONSERVATION NOW BEFORE CONGRESS

, largest naval bill in the worlds
history. Why should congress
jeopardize the coal and oil foI
which the navy asks, and on which
its strength may finally depend?
For the sake of farmer and con-
sumner alike, it was President
Roosevelt who saved great sources
of fertility in our phosphate lands
for the common good. This bill
undoes his work.
again it was President Roose-
welt who set aside the Grand Can
yon of the Colorado, the greatest
scenic wonder of the world, for the
free enjoyment of the people. This
bill opens its lands to private APP
preparations and overthrows his
purpose.
This bill endangers the national
forests, of which President Roose-
welt set aside for public use more
acres than all other presidents
combined.
Are the government depart
ments affected asking for this
measure? Is the secretary OF the
navy for it? Or the attorney gen
eral? Or the secretary OF the in
terror? Or the secretary of agricul-
ture?
Neither the people of the west
nor any others Will find the cost Of
coal or gasoline or fertilizer re-
duCed by allowing the title to these
public resources to pass to private
interests.
we have waited long for this
bill. If necessary let US wait the
few additional days required to get
it right. There is no need to jam
it through.
This is not the bill whose leas-
ing provisions, as introduced in the
house, had so much to recommend
them. 1t is the house bill dena-
tured by many of the worst pro
visions from the senate bill.
This bill is a direct attack on
the Roosevelt conservation policies,
policies which were of all the most
peculiarly his own, and it comes
at a time when congress, the ma
ton, and the world have paid him
such a tribute of recognition and
respect as was never known be-
fore
In Col. Roosevelt's last mes
sage TO our people, he said: We
have room but for one loyalty, and
that is loyalty to the American
people II he was loyal to the
interest of the American people,
then this bill is not. If Roosevelt
was right, this bill is wrong"
VIII you throw the weight of
your influence against this iniquity
by making the facts known? Wig
orous efforts will be made to jam
this bill through before its char
acter is generally ascertained.
There is no question on which side
public opinion will stand once the
people know the facts. That is
why l ask you to give them TO your
readers. Sincerely yours,
CLIFFORD PINCHOT.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-18

Philadelphia, Feb. Is. Editor The
Argus: In the matter of the con-
servation OF coal, oil, and phosphate
publicly owned in Alaska and the
west, we are at the end of the lane.
Within the next few days congress
will decide either TO use them for
the public benefit under public con-
troll, or TO lay them open to private
exploitation. As to these vital re-
sources, the Roosevelt conservation
policies are about to be reversed or
sustained.
The danger that they will be re
yersed is SO critical that there was
no time to communicate with you
before issuing a wire statement re-
gardiGg the recent conference re-
port to the house and senate, in
which I said:
This measure is Of more lasting
Importance to the people of this
congress. The American people
are in danger of losing ownership
and control of most of the natural
resources that still remain in their
hands. This bill is called a con-
servatiOn bill. 1t is not. 1t is call
ed a leasing bill. In fact it is a
camouflaged attempt not to lease
but to sell these resources out of
public use and control.
Ten years ago President Roose-
welt, reused by the looting of our
public lands, began the long fight
10 secure the benefits of their re-
sources for the American people.
In a message to the second ses-
sion of the 59th congress, he said:
1t is not wise that the nation
should ALLEVIATE its remaining coal
lands and he held them for the
people. This bill opens them 10
alienation. 1t also repeats the
hard-won law which now permits
the coal lands of Alaska to be de-
veloped under lease but protects
them from being sold into private
hands.
president Roosevelt remade the
navy of the United States, and
held its welfare as the apple of his
eye This bill is so vaguely drawn
as apparently to deprive the navy
of its reserves of Alaskan coal.
which may be so vital to its power
in the Pacific. He also denounced
the effort of the enemies of conser-
walton to turn the naval oil re-
serves over to prompt exhaustion
through private ownership. What
he denounced this bill puts through.
THE house has just passed the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-18
Teaching the IIliterate.

Eight and q half million persons in the
United states over 10 years of age cannot read
q newspaper. billboard, car card, sign, booklet
or letter In the American language. Five and
a half millions Of them cannot read anything
In any language.
These astounding facts demand the fmmed-
late consideration of the nation. The war has
demonstrated some OF the dangers from large
numbers Of foreign-born persons who have not
been assinnflated or America nized. It has also
brought to light thousands upon thousands of
native-born Americans who cannot read or
write.
These n1fterates and aliens outnumber all
the people in Nevada, Wyoming, Delaware Ari-
IONA, Idaho. Mississippi, Vermont, Rhode
Island, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oregon.
Maine. Florida, Connecticut and Washington
combined. They exceed the total population of
the Dominion of Canada. AS voters, their bal
lots will outweigh the influence Of greater New
York, Philadelphia and Chicago in national
affafrs
Such people must be educated at least suffi-
GENTLY to read the constitution of the United
Estates and American newspapers and to know
something OF what it means to be an American.
This problem is national. The south leads
bin illiterates. The north leads in non-English
speaking. Seventeen and one-fourth per cent
,Of the people of the east south central states
are i1literate. but 1873 per cent of the people in
IPassaic, n. J., cannot read, speak or write
English. Sixteen per cent of the people OF the
south Atlantic states are tlliterate and so are
i1s.2 per cent of the people of Lawrence and
Fall River, Mass.
II These civic and economic seconds" are be-
Fyond all help from printed warnings or advice
n the English language. Their ignorance and
lnaccessibility to essential public information
re constant drags upon progress.
The secretary of the interior has graph
Jcally painted the situation by the nationally
lccusatory questions he has asked in his recent
i stter to the president:
f. What should be said of world-leading de-
nocracy wherein 10 per cent of the adult
population cannot read the laws which they are
presumed to know?
II What should be said of a democracy which
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-18
Heart GoHOm0
: 7,1DpObTO111cC
V 4 MRC. ELIZABETH THOMPSON

The girl precedes the boy on en-
tering a public place, such as a pic
ture show or a theatre of any kind.
1t is provincial to go linked arms
down the street At street cross
ings, however, the young man
takes the girls arm to assist her
across.
Dear Mrs Thompson: am mar
Red and have two lovely children
Just few months after our mar
rage my husband began staying out
nights, but l trusted him until he
confessed to me himself. was
aeartbroken, | loved him so much,
[ couldn't think of leaving him
We got along fine until about
three years ago and | began think
ing OF what my husband had told
Ele soon after our marriage. There
was a married man living IN the
same town and he began speaking
TO me and every time he had half
q chance he would try to get me TO
talk to him. OF course he asked
me for d date and accepted. Now
1 am ashamed Of myself because
for years and the way things are
row / don't think I should be.
| think now that | did il all To
get even. Then man told me he
loved me and I guess he thinks
love him, but ] don't 1 love my
husband and babies. Please don't
misunderstood me and think It was
all my fault. l am trying my best
to do what is the right thing now.
What shall I do? Tell his wife Of
cur friendship or let her go on
treating me as her best friend?
| don't think my husband is Just
true blue now, but ne makes me
good home. l am 26 years old and
have been married eight years.
How can | find out II he is true 70
ne. l expect you will tell me two
wrongs never made a right, /
haven't seen this man for over a
year, as he has been away, but he
told me If l went back on him he
would make our friendship public>
What shall l do? l don't want to
be his friend anymore?
A. B. c.
Do not tell your friend that her
husband is not true to her. The
truth would hurt her terribly, and I
cannot see that IL would help the
situation any. Her husband will
not betray you even II you refuse
to have anything more to do with
him. His own reputation would be
at stake and he would be too much
Of a coward 10 face trouble with
his wife who trusts him.
Your husband is to blame for
what you have done. 10 a great ex-
tent, because he neglected you and
did not give you the love you need
ed to make you happy.
Do not try to find out whether
your husband is faithful or not. II
he makes a good home for you AMI
seems contented in your society.
you may be sure he has learned to
care for you.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-18
THE AGREEABLE STORM.
Rv Mildred White.

Virginia looked hopelessly from
lie window, then drew on her rub
srs. The continued threatening
loom of the December sky added
lie last straw 10 her desOLatiOn.
Life was a strange thing, she re-
iacted as she walked the busy
reet-one's sorrows and ones
Iys seemed forever quivering on
ie brink of chance. For surely ii
Id been mere chance without
JASON. which had separated her
ON Billy, and ended in an even
g their long planned future hap
ness.
Billy should have known that
lie loved him to distraction, and
at no other man could possibly
in her favor. And she should
i've known that Billy's jealousy
one was responsible for his
.aFry speech upon that occasion.
!, They had been attending a con-
TT. and had started out blissful
each others compaaionship.
hen chance had led Barris. the
l,od looking tenor, to a seat be-
ind Virginia's own. And when.
vera1 times, her fur wrap had
gpped from her shoulders. Bar
J, in his caressing way had re-
aced it, being rewarded by Vir-
nia's bewitching smile.
Wasn't it a delightful concert p
| rginia innocently questioned.
ssDelightful to you and Barris,
rhaps," Billy had CURLY replied
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-18
THE AIRPLANE IN AGRICUL-
TCRE,

In connection with scouting and
other survey work in Texas, the
United States department of agri-
culture is putting the airplane to
it's first practical application in ag-
riculture. A try-out of this method
of survey was made last year along
the Trinity river and resulted in
the discovery of several outlaw
cotton fields in heavy timber, which
had previously escaped detection.
This year the airplane is to be
used more extensively. 1t has been
found a valuable aid in pink boil
worm work, as it makes possible
the easy mapping, by means of pho
tographs, of the quarantined terri
tory, and facilitates the inspection
work in forested areas, especially
in such long stretches of country as
the valley of the Rio Grande and its
tributaries.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-18
with Other Editors
Germany's First President.

Just why Friedrich Ebert should have been
chosen first president OF the German republic
does not appear plain, unless there is a paucity
Of men OF presidential caliber in Germany.
That the new president has arisen from saddle
maker to the presidency argues some ability,
but except for his own self-elevation he has as
yet shown no qualifications that will add to the
worlds respect for Germany.
Like Scheidemann, who was his leader for
four years, Ebert readily and gladly dropped
his mask of Socialism and decentralization
during the war and entered as heartily
as any junker into the carnival of
lust and loot directed by the bloody
handed miltarists. Like Scheidemann he
staunchly supported the kaiser while the
kaiser was winning and like Scheidemann he
willingly turned against the emperor when
Wilhelm was losing The loyalty of both was
to the strongest side at all times. Socialism
they used as a mask in deluding Russia and in
attempting to delude France, Belgium, Eng
land America and Italy. Yet the single vote
cast at the presidential election for Philip
Scheidemann excited derision while Ebert was
elected to the accompaniment of the cheers of
the multitude and the changing of church bells
However, obeisance to the Prussian military
machine is of the past. It does not inspire
confidence in Herr Ebert, yet it could be for
given If his record since Nov. II were favor
able. But his hearty welcome to the return
ing German troops as conquering heroes his
weakness and indecision in the face of the
reign Of terror staged by Lebknecht and
handful of followers and his opening speech
at the German assembly a week ago in which
he threatened to punish the whole world if
Germany were not treated as the petted child
of the universe do not inspire the belief that
President Ebert has the slightest conception
that Germany has committed any wrong thac
Germany cannot continue the role of world
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Telegram. -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-18
Germs and Germans Much Alike.

There are some harmless germs,
as the Tactic acid bacilIi which pro-
duce the natural souring OF milk.
There are germs that fight an hon
est fight, as the typhoid germs
which invade the whole system, in
Guiding the patients blood And
finally there are germs that can't
fight an honest fight, and these
generally resort to poisons, just as
the Huns did at Ypres.
The germ of tetanus Qockjaw) is
such a germ. This bacillus, which
is constantly present in the drop
pings from most domestic and many
wild animals, Will live for months
or years in the soil. If favorable
opportunity presents. as a puncture
0r scratch or trifling abrasion or
bruiSe of the victims skin occur
ring in an accident in the street,
garden, barn, the tetanus baciIIus
fnds its way into the injured part.
Ii the tissues have been crushed or
torn or otherwise injured sufficient
II to undergo local death. the te-
tanuS bacillus can maintain itself.
But if there is no dead or diving It's
sue in the wound, no foreign SUBJ
stance, and no other infection, the
lockjaw germ can scarcely survive
even after it has gained entrance.
But while the lockjaw germ is a
poor fighting germ, it vies with the
Huns themselves in producing poi
son. Indeed, the poison or toxin
produced by the germ quickly
spreads through the body and some
times kills the patient some time
after all the lockjaw germs have
disappeared.
Another germ much like the
Prussians is the bacillus of diDh-
iberia. This germ seldom invades
the blood or the general sysgm,
but merely gains a footing in the
throat or the nose and from that
base manufactures and pours into
the blood stream its poison, the
diphtheria toxin. which is the fatal
element of diphtheria, and not the
damage done to the throat.
Fortunately, medical science has
antidOtes for both the Iockjaw and
the diphtheria poisons. In no in
stances, so far as the records show.