The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-28

amazing satisfaction. The pictures showed the tremendous activities Of American industry, a number of the modern plants that were to be turned into winning the war. They also showed the skyscrapers of New York and Chicago and far-away San Fran cisco. to say nothing of the most fetching views of the national capital itself.
 At last came a picture Of the White House, with all its quiet impressive ness. But accompanying the picture was a most frightfM caption. It read:
 ."The White House at Washington burned by the British in 1S1s"
 Whether shis caption was mis- chievons or simply minimizing, I can not say. but 1t created a stir in the British board
 is reported to have said. That sort of thing was all right and all that sort of thing, at the same time. don't you think VIC had better change the caption for propaganda purposes2"
 Tine American exhibitors agreed and the war was won.
 Playing in the newspaper mems golf tournament at the Washington Country club on Friday last, when President Hardeng finished fourth, only two strokes behind the winner. was a picturesque figure of the Spanish American war, Col. James Robert Church, retired from the army and now the editor of the offi- cial magazine of the army surgeons.
 Bob" Church. who In his univer- sity days had been great baseball player. went to Cuba as surgeon of the Rough Riders, first under Leonard Wood and then under Colonel Roose- welt. He served with distinction throughout the campa gn. and when the war was oyer decided to remain in the regular army. During the Cuban campaign he ranked with Black Jack Pershing as a second lieutenant.
 During the World war. in France. Bob Church reported to General Pershing one day. wearing the gold leaf of major. won in the routine flow of promotions in the army medi- cal corps. while Pershing wore the four stars of a full generais Dr. Church went on to lieutenant coionelcy, and then after the war was retired.
 It was particularly fitting that he should play in the newspaper tourna- ment, for apart from the fact that he is now a writer and eligible for all scribe" affairs. the old-time police reporters of Washington never had a better friend or better news scource than Bob Church when he was serving his apprenticeship at the old Emergency hospital on Eff teenth street. He had a news sense that was Invaluable to the craft. There are but, few of those old time reporters left. Tho writer must con fess to being one.
 Senator Zoe" Frelinghuvsen of New Jersey has been found guilty of absenteeism. He had to go back to Raritan for a function and again it was case of Gosh, how he dreaded it," for Senator Joe had to receive a delegation of New Jersey voters who were petttioning him please to run again for the Senate. He had no idea why the home folks wanted to see him at this particular time and, of course, was duly surprised when they told him and presented the long petition bearing thousands of names
 There has been a suspicion in Washington for some time past tnat f'oeHatoi rfelinSnuNSen WoIlu be candidate for renomination the Jerseyl primaries This suspicion was heightened some time ago when President Harding. at Atlantic City, told some of the state political lead CTS that he hoped that Senator Joe would come back to Washington for another term.
 Evidently the folks back in Jersey are not so far-seeing IS the folks here in Washington. They didn't know Senator Joe would stand for renornf- nation or not. And so they went tc