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The Washington herald., 1919-01-03
G. P. 0. NEWS NOTES

Some time ago this column con-
tained the statement that T. Frank
Morgan, now superintendent OF
| work. was chairman of the old
Botany Bay section for fourteen
consecutive terms. This evoked a
reply from W. II. Gilliland. who de-
| cIares that he is now serving his
twentieth term as chairman of a
downtown chapel. 1t looks as II
we'll have to hand Mr.. Gilliland the
| cup. Are there any more entries
| for this contest?
The regular monthly meeting of
the Bookbinders' Union. local No. 4,
will be held Tuesday, January I, ut
| Typographical Temple on G street.
President Patterson states that bus
mess OF Importance will be con-
sidered.
Charles Deming. former delegate
and auditor or Columbia Typo
graphical Union, has been ill at his
home since the day before Christ
mas.
Miss Blanche Harrison. who has
been confined to her home with in
fiuenza for the past three weeks,
has returned to her old place in
| the blank section of the bindery.
Mrs. Robert a. wayman, of
Salem. N Y. is visiting her par
| ents, Mr.. and Mrs. John o. Cole.
at 1928 North Capitol street, during
the holidays.
No. iFNcs
machine feeder extraordinary, who
resides at Cherrydale, Va, says the
car service is improving, but there
is still room for betterment.
w. A. Pratt. foreman of the night
proofroom, handed around some real
cigars Tuesday night just to show
that he was not camoutlaging about
his New Year wishes.
Albert w. Smith. paper cutter on
the fifth floor, has returned to work
after being laid up for three weeks
with influenza.
Mrs. May f. Demar, of the night
linotype division. is back at work.
after a weeks visit to her home in
Brooklyn.
George Fischer, who has been SOL
diering at Camp Humphreys, is back
at his old place on the fifth floor.
Henry Presley, OF the day mono
type keyboard room, has seventeen
brand new pigs at his home out in
East Riverdale, Md.
uanrv n NicboI has baep trapsfar
red from the day monotype to the
night monotype section.
Alfred Thompson, of the day hand
section, is reported on the sick list.
Mrs. Lillian A. webb has been REIN
stated as pressfeeder in the press
work Division.
Oscar Bellinger. who recently suf-
fered a crushed finger while operat-
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s2,O00,000 TRIUMPHAL ARCH /.
: ENDORSED ALL OVER NATION
Structure Will Be Permanent Memorial t
Enlisted Men Who Fell in the Worlds
Greatest Conflict

The plan for the erection OF a great
Arch Of Triumph at the National
Capital, which will probably involve
the expenditure Of 100000. is en-
Enthusiastically endorsed in letters re-
ceived from the governors Of the
various States by Col Robert n.
Harper. chairman of Che local arch
committee. appointed by the Wash
ington Chamber of Commerce
Some of the chief executives Of the
different States are away from their
State capitals at present, It is stated
by their private secretaries. who
acknowledged receipt of the resolu-
tions adopted by the local chamber
urging the erection Of this national
memorial for the soldiers Of all the
States.
When all replies are received both
from the State executives and the
fifty chambers OF commerce and
boards OF trade TO whom the resolu-
tions were sent for approval, Col.
Harper stated last night he expects
to call a meeting Of the arch COM
mittees which have been appointed
by all civic and commercial bodies
of the District to draft an appeal
to Congress for the necessary ap-
preparation.
Permanent Memorial.
As permanent memorial "a
the heroic American soldiers who
fought and died for the freedom OF
The Washington herald., 1919-01-03
Two-Cent Postage and Jobs for Soldiers.

Before the there talk of reducing letter postage
lent
For the first time in history postal department only
howed no deficit but revealed a slight profit
The 3-cent followed a OF war revenue The
Gent chance is again
But we can back 1t longer question
IAN 1t becomes of "how afford
Business must expand There countless enterprises which
onduct their affairs through the mails
There products OF wide salcabity margin
oht will permit the travelling salary
Dad.
But such businesses would flourish the postal
rohibitive.
That means mail which in handle
What better could do than employ returned soldiers
lively not only postal positions but throughout the civil
Make it postage businesses business more
orkersand sufficient while honoraby discharged soldiers
lone eligible for civil service vacancies!
The Washington herald., 1919-01-03
TURKS INHUMAN TREATMENT
DISCLOSED IN WHITE PAPER
Thousands of British Prisoners of War Met
Death in Their Five-Hundred-Mile
March Over Desert.

by illness, 10 the Turkish commander
in-chief at Bagdad. a British medical
stan was permitted to 80 10 SamarS-
This group Of physicians gathered
the hundreds OF Britishers who fell
by the wayside in the FIRST stage OF
the march. No attempt was made by
their Turkish escort TO aid them. but
they were left where they fell. prey
10 dysentery and whatever other IN
befeIl
Following the trail Of the msrcher,,
every village and hating place re-
dead. scores were dying. Their cloth
ing, even their boots. had been dis
posed OF 20 buy a little milk.
Arabs Rob Bodies Left Unburied.
Only now and then an attendant
was left 10 look after the sufferers
Arab villagers robbed them. Their
dead lay unbUried, the bodies stripped
Of the last vestige Of clothing.
Three days journey from Aleppo.
six British soldiers and a group o:
Indians had lain for three months on
bare ground. living on scraps Of food
throw to them as 70 the dogs by
Arabs or passing carsyans- or the
six Englishmen, but one was able to
crawl the two or three hundred yards
TO a watering place.
Survivors OF this forced march. put
10 work on the Bagdad railway tun-
mel in the Taurus Mountains, proved
utterly unequal TO the work They
were scattered throughout the Turk
ish empire. some Of them being sent
70 the Anon interment camp. where
terrible floggings were the punishment
for trivial offenses.
The Turkish officer in command OF
this camp was removed in 1917 by the
Turkish government because OF ve-
hement protests against his cruelty.
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the world, he said a great campaign
to secure an appropriation Of from
s1.5oo.oo 20 100000 for a struc-
ture worthy Of what they did would
be made.
Two millions Of dollars seems a
vast sum-" said Col Harper. but IL
Is not when you consider IL should be
worthy of our heroes and OF this
great nation
''Of the two great memorial strue-
tures we have in washington--the
Washington Monument and the Lin
coin Memorial. the latter cost over
$4,000. 900. The drive TO secure the
appropriation will be launched the
latter part OF this month"
Col. Harper has had printed a
number OF letter-hesds with en-
cravings of the Washington Monu-
ment and the Lincoln Memorial.
Under the Washington Monument
engraving are these words: Erect
ed at Washington by Congress In
commemoration OF the Freedom Of a
Nation" Under the Lincoln Memo
rial is the following: Erected at
Washington by Congress in COM
memoration OF the Freedom OF a
Race" While the caption for the
proposed arch Of triumph is: TO. be
erected at Washington by Congress
in commemoration Of the Freedom
Of the World"
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BUREAU OF ENGRAVING
AND PRINTING NOTES

Mrs. Laura Robinson, of the
bindery division, spent the holidays
with her daughter, Miss Edna Rob-
inson. and sister. Mrs. Louise Bailey,
both of Nokesville, Va.
Miss Martha Abraham, of the
lower surface division, has returned
to work, after enjoying several
days leave.
Charles Irwin, a bookbinder in the
bindery division, spent the Christ
mas holidays at his home in New
York City.
Miss Viola Cade RESIGNED her posi-
ton in the bindery to accept a DO
sition in the Postoffice department
Grace Dixon. of the printing di-
vision, has resigned her position as
plate printers assistant
Miss Mary L. Lydon has returned
to work in section No. 3, after sew
eral days illness.
John Howard. a foreman of the
bindery division. visited his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Marguerite Munhall, dur
ing the holidays. Mrs. Munhalrs
home is in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mrs. Anna Haute. of the bindery,
is taking a few days of her annual
leave.
Miss Emily M. johnson, of section
No. 2, printing division, was mar
ried to Walter Hardester, on Decem-
ber 23, in Baltimore. Md. Mr.. Hard
ester is employed in the Navy Yard,
and the couple will make their home
in Washington.
Robert H. Hudson, of the bindery,
spent the Christmas holidays at his
home in Acorn. Va.
William hampton. plate printer.
returned to work yesterday after
several days absence, due to sick
ness in his family.
Miss Elsie Boyce returned to her
work in the bindery after several
weeks absence on account Of illness.
Miss Angela McGinley and Miss
Bertha Hackett, of the lower sur
face diyision. spent New Years Day
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Stcddard. president Of the autnmo-
bile company, Cook & Stoddsrd Com
pany who died on New Year Day.
will be held today at 2 O'Clock from
his home. 1872 r street northwest.
The interment will take place at
Rutland, VT, in the State where Mr..
Stoddard was born forty-three years
ago.
Ar. Stoddard d.eI as the result OF
a nervous breakdown which began
several weeks ago. A trip to French
Lick, Ind. and a yachting trlp TO
Florida failed TO restore his health.
Mr.. Stoddard came TO Washington
at the age OF Il and worked in the
automobile business from the begin
ming OF that industry.
He WAS an active worker in the
liberty loan campaigns and was also
deeply interested in the Red Cross
and Y. NJ. c. A. organizations He
was a member Of the Temple-Noye-
lodge OF Masons. the Commercial
Club and the Columbia Country Club.
His wife. a daughter, Miss Ruth
Stoddard. and 4 son. Joseph NJ. StOd-
dapd. survive him.
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ing proof press in the night limo
type section. is now holding copy in
the proofroom.
Doc Osborne, who operates a drilling
machine in the ruling and sewing
section. is reported down with in
hdenza. Doc is rather unfortunate
Just now. having four children laid un
with the same disease.
Andrew Campbell. Of the night
proofroom. is confined home with
sickness.
William W. Taylor. one of the night
rulers just returned to day work, has
resigned.
Organized electrotypers in South
Bend. Ind. have secured an increase
of 81 a week.
l. W. CornwelI. makerup in. the
night monotype section. is on the
sick list.
Raymond Babcock, operator in the
night linotype section. is excused dur
ing the holidays.
Jack Breene. of double-decker fame
In the ruling room, has returned from
his home in Pennsylvania, where he
spent the holidays.
Charlie Cooke reader in the night
proofroom, has been off several DAYS
with sickness.
w. A. Ward. compositor in the
might monotype section, is detailed at
nome with sickness.
George o. Atkinson, OF the night
hand section, is on the sick list
In order to thoroughly enjov the
festivities, William Rowen has been
excused from duty in the night limo
type section.
George H. Sehorn, of the night hand
section. has designed n flag to he
used as a symbol of the league Of
nations. His flag is made with a
blue field containing a red globe in
the center, representing the earth
Around this center will be grouped
white stars. one for each nation COM
posing tho league.
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in Baltimore. where they were ex-
tensively entertained by Miss Nc
Ginley's fnancee and some OF
fellow heroes. who have just re-
turned from over there"
Armstead T. Thompson. after an
absence Of nearly two years, has re-
turned to the Bureau and has been
assigned to the carpenter shop. Mr..
Thompson has been doing construc-
tion work in Wilmington. Del.
Mrs. Ida King, of the bindery, has
been confined to her home for some
time on account of illness.
Miss Lucille Steger has returned
to her work in section No. l6, after
enjoying a week Of her annual
leave.
Miss Carrie Austin. section No. ;,
is absent on account OF a death in
her family.
Alfred Baker, plate printer, is
back on the job again in section No.
10, after ten days vacation.
According to Maurice Calker. who
knows all about the band and whose
untiring efforts have made its won
derful success possible, the band
will be uniformed in the near fu-
ture, measurements having been
taken for the uniforms a few DAYS
ago.
1t is reported that an unfinished
ten dollar bill, probably one OF the
bills stolen from the Bureau several
weeks ago. was passed at the store
OF John DOOnis. 1914 Fourteenth
street, by a colored man, and an un-
successful attempt was made to pass
similar one at 1924 Fourteenth
street a few minutes later.
EDWARD Mckinley. plate printer,
has been absent several days on &C
count of the death Of his wife. Be-
sides her husband, four daughters
survive her.
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Rites for DR.. M. M. Mofitt
Set for This Afternoon

Funeral services for DR.. M. M.
Mofitt, who died at his home, 1885
Howard street northwest, Sunday
night. will be held at the home this
afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Decision regarding the place of
interment was postponed until the
arrival of DR.. Months son, Lieut..
II. Watson Moffltt, of the Medical
Corps. who was expected to reach
here from San Francisco at midnight
last night.
DR.. Moffitt came to, Washington
from New London, Ohio, twenty
eight years ago and had practiced
medicine here since then. He is
survived by his wife and one son.
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DIED..

Funeral services for Lieut. Albert
s. Odeu will be held this morning at
Il o'clock at the Speare Temple, l2H>
H street northwest. The burial Will
take place at Arlington.
Lieut. Odell died at Los Angeles.
Cal. in his forty-eiEhth year. He
was a veteran OF the Spanish War.
He is survived by his mother ard
father. Mr.. and Mrs. William 5.
Odeu, OF 5 S street northwest; sis
ter, Mrs. W. Kesley SchOepf, Of Gin
cinnati. Ohio. who is here for the
funeral, and his widow and daugh-
ter. Marie Odell.
Funeral service for Charles Yard
lev Turner. the famous mural paint
er, who died New Year Eve at the
Presbyterian Hospital in New York
will be held this afternoon in Balt-
more at his late home, l23o St Paul
street.
Services in the great artists honor
were held yesterday morning at the
Academy of Fine Arts, in New York,
and the body then sent 10 Baltimore
for burial.
Funeral services for Joseph NJ.
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London. England.-Flogging, killing
desert marches. starvation,
These are some Of the inhumanities
that British soldiers captured by the
Turks were made to undergo.
The treatment Of British prisoners
by Turks is revealed in a White
Paper just issued by the government
1t is a story Of neglect, incompe-
tence and torture inconceivable.
The policy Of the Turks, the paper
says, has always been that il the
great were treated with some con-
sideration. It mattered not what hap
pened to the masses. The result has
been in many cases that officers have
been given consideration while the
common soldiers have been most
cruelty used.
Yet not always have the officers
escaped the fate of men in the ranks.
British naval officers captured at
Kut, the White Paper says. have
been cornfed for weeks underground
in solitude and priyation by way Of
alleged "reprisals."
From the beginning OF the war the
Turks are estimated to have taken
1858 prisoners. Reports have been
received OF the death of $3.50 Of these
men and 2222 are reported as un-
traced. Many Of these undoubtedly
have persisted.
Thousands Die on Desert March.
The story Of the JOo-mile march
from SamRra north OF Bagdad. across
the SYRIAN resert in one Of the hottest
summers ever known-the summer Of
1sl6-will never be told in all its hor-
rors, says the government document
for the men who experienced its
greatest suffering died by the way.
Through a message from one OF a
group of officers delayed in starting
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"GiVE HIM LEATHER MEDAL. y
Civil War Veteran Objects to
Newspapermans Story


George Rothwell Brown should
have awarded to him a medal
large leather one-for his sensation
al article in the Post OF January
Our boys at Brest are not a LOT
OF mollycoddles; they have probably
ere this learned the lessons thar III
real American soldiers learn, and
are prepared to endure all kinds On
hardshlps, knowing as they must
the conditions and difficulties nv
which the officials are handicapped
In preparing to demobilize and trans
port an army of millions of men.
call Browns screed crime
when he conveys to mothers. sis
ters, and sweethearts the impression
that the boys are being fed from
hlthy ash and swill containers in
the camp at Brest. The use of new
ASH and garbage cans in serving
food in emergencies is nothing new
to US of the old regular army. Cnew
ones were most probably used at
BresD, and on more than one oc-
casion we were mighty glad to get
good, wholesome food dished up
from new galvanized iron ash or
garbage can, and we were not 5000
miles away from home either. He
is poor shiftless soldier who does
not quickly learn to keep his per-
sonal mess kit clean without look
ing around for a pail of clean hot
water for his own special use.
1 cannot understand why Brown
was not better looked after at mess
it was outrageous that he should
be served with bread without butter,
and think of hungry man having
to satisfy hunger with fat. corned
beef.
The Brown wall would appear
more natural had it appeared in
Hearst's New York Journal.
WILLIAM ]. SAINTER.
The Soldiers Home, d. C.
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A LINE O. CHEER
EACH DAY O. THE YEAR.
By John kendrick Bangs.
CONFIDENCE.

CONFIDENCE.
The greatest of the treasures that !
hold,
Far richer than all gems, or cleaning
gold,
Is that fair gift of perfect Hope
find
In my sure Faith in all the human
kind.
Mean souls there are, souls lacking
in all grace
And hearts that cling to feelings
small and base,
But taken all in all down all the Ages
through
Mans trend is ever upward to the
true.
tOePgnsht rN0
The Washington herald., 1919-01-03
Editor Tead Will Address
Labor Meeting Tonight

Members Cf the Department z
Labor branch OF the Federal En-
plOyes' Union will meet tonight IN
the auditorium OF the Interior De-
partment.
The speakers will be Ordway Tead,
Of the New Republic. and Matthew
VOL. assistant to Samuel Gompers
on the advisory committee OF the
Council OF National Defense Dr.
William NJ LeisersOn, president OF
the Department Of Labor branch,
Will preside.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-03
That Confounded Umbrella!

Consider the umbrella You can't away from (Yet
ways gets from somehow, doesn't it)
Man hates the umbrella Woman does it. Why? Well,
Umbrella worries 1t always getting lost Or mad
orgosn. Or loaned Or pokng him in rib
pan tries through without a rainy day. his
h him back and makes him take conounded thing alongo
worry about all day That's side Of the case
Woman loves the umbrella. (O silk with gold handle). 1t
FeeP the rain off her hat Cou know what rain will do
|ns ha-l make look like crows keeps
face 1t handy mashers That's woman side of
rgument.
Who invented the umbrella? Where? When? How? Why?
raThe umbrella made somewhere Asia, and it
idea
THAT umbrella a canopy-a without sides.
they calling sitting things like
arried by slaves
kings queens and people like them, lazy
strengthen their weak legs by walking, all had
arried them by slaves
society started the walking fad Thus
arne the one-person canopy-the first umbrella.
crude aara of silk stretched light
icks and a pole in the
queens they busy and made
They dccrecd that umbrellas should only be carried
py nice society people "set" So for long time
brcllas a mark OF distinction.
ow you umbrella anywhere from s. high
Is YOU want Sec your dealer about this
The fall umbrella exclusiveness
lay upwards-upwards democracy: 1t good thing
. everybody and
why preach regular umbrellas couldn't
nil only they didn't make you swear often!
The Washington herald., 1919-01-03
Snow Fools Weather Man.

birmingham. Ala, Jan. 2-The FIRST
snowfan Of the season here excited
street crowds shortly before noon to-
day. The snow was mingled with
rain and sleet. but gradually forced
the other two elements out OF reckon
ing. until shortly after noon only
snow was falling. The weather man
declares he did not predict It and will
not stand responsible.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-03
4 MORE TRANSPORTS
BRINGING BOYS HOME
ToIoa, Ulua, Abangaez and Min
nesotan All En- Route from France.

ncSOldn All In INOulC lIOHl duSCs
Transport movements were an
nounced by the War Department yes
tcrday as follows:
Toloa- from Brest. December 80, for
New York. due about January 10
with Fifth Battalion trench artillery,
495th Aero Construction Squadron,
casual company 81.
Clua, Brest, December 30. for New
York. due about January 10. with the
Sixth and Twelfth Anti-AirCraft sec
tiOns, a trench mortar battery and
casual company go.
Abangarez. from Bordeaux, De-
cember 2S. for New York, due about
January l3. with casual company No.
l and about 100 casuals.
Minnesotan, from France, Decem-
Der IS. due New York about January
6. with five casuals.
The EiChty-siXth Division, cadre.
not the Eighth Division. cadre, as
originally announced, is on the trans
port Siboney, due in New York Jan
uary 3
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Illustrated Lecture on Paris.

Sergt. Henry F. Million, U. S. A,
will give lecture tonight at the Y.
NJ. c. p. assembly hall on his native
city. Paris. He will show some new
views of the French Capital, said to
be remarkable. taken from aero
planes. Sergt Million was instructor
in aerial photography at Cornell Uni
versity The public is invited.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-03
Waiting.
By EDMUND VANCE COOKE.

Youth.
The buds waiting in the tree,
The sap waits in its roots;
Yet shall it green again for
And blossom forth fruit.
So IL sing and wait
The coming of my mate,
When life and love shall rhyme the reed and lutte
II-Maturity.
The sun is waiting in the night
The tide waits in the sea, .
Yet shall. the dawn be no less bright,
Nor the tide less strong and free
So IL work and wait,
Secure from wrath and hate
And take what tide and morning bring to me-
III-Age
NY knfolk wait just ahead,
In sea- tree, sod
Mayhap they sleep forever dead,
Mayhap they do but nod
| peer beyond the gate;
/ smile the while wait
Till too try the hills of hope the sunrise side of CO.
Copyright 1919 q
The Washington herald., 1919-01-03
Foch and Jonnart Epyoy,

London. Jan. s.-The Exchange Tele-
graph Company stated today that Il
is practically certain Marshal Foch
and Gen. Jonnart will be mem bers
OF the French peace delegation.
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French Mission TO Rumania.

A French industrial mission Is OF,
its way to Rumania, diplomatic ad-
vices yesterday announced. The
mission will offer reconstruction ad-
vice and trads assistance
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old? Try a heated argument.

von Hndy anchor drifting" He evidently still
IS his drag"
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-11-04
Paris Lacks Coal:
Poor Suffering

PARIS, Nov. 3.-Govermental and
municipal authorities and coal mer.
chants virtually admit the impossible
ty of finding a remedy for the situa.
ton which has arisen here because of
the coal shortage. Although cold
weather has not really begun, Paris
is already feeling the pinch and there
is some suffering in the poorer quar-
tiers Of the city.
At secret session, the municipal
council discussed the situation and
reached the conclusion that within q
few weeks coal would be available
not only for private houses, but also
for public utility services. Restric-
tons on gas and electric service az
well as travel over the metropolitan
railway probably will be ordered.
Coal stocks in Paris amount to ap-
proximately 10000 tons with only
5000 tons arriving daily. The city
needs 10000 tons per day in cold
weather.