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B|| THE WASHINGTON HERALD PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING BY The Washington Herald Company, 435-437-429 Eleventh Street Phone Main J300 CLINTON T. BRAINARD President and Publisher FORKIJiV RKPHK*K\TATIVESt THE BECKWITH SPECIAL AGENCY. New York Tribune Rulldlnic: Chicago. Tribune Bulldln?r: St. Loul*. FMrtJ National Bank Building: Detroit, Ford Building. SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY CARRIER: Daily and Sunday. 40 centa per roonth: $4.J0^j>er^year^^^^^^ St'BSCniPTION RATES BY MAIL: r-v Dally and Swnrfav. SO cent* per month: J6.00 per year. Dally only, cent* per month; $4:50 per year. Entered at the poatofflce at Waahlngton. D. C., aa aecond-claaa mall matter. SUNDAY, DFXEMBF.R 15, 1918. The Empty-Stocking Children. Every child believes the Gift-Giver comes to all good children. To be forgotten at Christmas time is a blinding calamity. tQ the mind of the child. yc~'- The troubles of a child seem very great to childish minds and S&yes. And so they are. For often they warp spirits and lives. Kr Suppose you were a little child. And you believed with all your ind and all your soul in Santa Claus. And you were a good child. ** And your soldier father was "over there."?perhaps never to come s~ hack any more. Or your papa was poor. And you hung up your stocking on Christmas eve. And there were holes in it. And you 2^"tied them up with bits of string. And you knelt down and prayed jj for Santa Claus to come. And you went to bed. And you woke fcup with the first streaks of light. And you jumped out of bed. And you ran with eyes alight to the nail in the door. And you found? . An empty stocking! ;??? What would you do? Would you see only a gray, cold world peering at you through the window pane? Think it over. Put yourself in imagination in the place of that little child. Remember there are many, too many such children. Children of the empty stocking! Let no empty stocking mar the swift-flying joys of any child. Remember the charitable organizations which provide for the poor. Some Reasons Why Wage-Cutting Isn't Going to Be Popular. Here's food for confidence to feed on! Three hundred millions of dollars waiting to be spent! That's the bill of costs for public construction work held up * t# the United States by the war. 53 _ The War Libor Policies Board in this city is authority for the ^Statement. It has collectcd the facts and figures. All these projects will and can be resumed just as fast as work fctrs and materials are available. Meat Packer Thomas E. Wilson, of Chicago, says this: Sj.- "The problem facing the packers is not to get orders, but to ; fill them!" \\ illiam C. Redfield, Secretary of Commerce, speaking in At :'lantic City the other day, said: "There is urgent need to develop our resources of minerals, to [ ^establish firmly our new industries, to reclaim lands, to develop roads I f and waterwavs." . ^ . r'. Jobs? Lots of them! vj^abor will be in demand. More tractors, more trucks, more autos, more stoves, more build steel, more tall buildings, more dwellings, more roads, more . pavements, more books, more paper?there's call for more of pretty ; Nearly everything, and it's getting louder every day. No let-down once the readjustment from war to peace is com peted. j?*' Wage-cutting won't be popular! r Mrs. Shopper, Won't You Please Listen to This Song? The "tired business man," the "poor working girl," and the ?>v*treet car conductors are swelling the chorus?"Do your shopping Mfly!"' Do it early in tbe day?dear tnadame, and go on home. Go home early so that when the tired workers leave office and store and factory they can get on the cars and ride or strap-hang in as much peace as they usually have. P From every city big enough to boast car lines rises the wail: The women shoppers ?Christmas shoppers and otherwise?"are ?? hogging the rush-hour cars and the workers have to stand all the way home!" g* . It is regarded as unfair that women who have time to shop jjj. earlier in the day should extend their buying time until just before r the stores close and then expect to ride home on cars already jam mrd to the doors. Sei-eral remedies are suggested. One is that some shops and g factories arrange to open and close earlier than others so that all ? hoimbound workers will not be let out at the same time. . ^0,her is the organization of public opinion against the prac-| Ji. lice of late-hour shopping. One street c&r conductor suggests that r all women boarding rush-hour cars be required to show a card in dicating they are bonafidc workers and have a right to ride! I Woman is supposed to be a humane, intuitively wise and consid - erate being. Let the home-woman and the woman of leisure too proxe right to that-reputation by shopping early?early in the day. V ^ Bernstorff, recommending that Germany get control of several c. New York newspapers, seems to have taken the Manhattan press at ? its own exaggerated, self-assessed value as a controller of American g opinion. Nobody seems to be shivering much, despite the chilly relations between Chile and Peru. "Republicans won't hold up tax bill." Mr. Average Cit wishes somebody would hold up his tax bill. Win- Bayard Hale, John J. Archibald and Edward Lyell Fox 5. seem to have made a pretty penny out of German propaganda funds, JUif the Department of Justice revelations may be trusted. But, for all ^ their past incomes, who'd like to be in their shoes today? W. Hohenzollern's Favorite Saint. My EDMUND VANCE COOKE. "I lofe der goot old Grissmus dime, v en nopobdy can kick Dhat I should braise in brose und rhyme Mein favorite saint?Olt Nick' ? "He always was a friendt py me; He showed me many a drick; He didt his best to help, py chee! My goot olt pal?Olt Nick! I SL # ?< "It ain'd hiss fauldt I'm down and oudt He tried to make me stick; ? I'd share my only parrel of kraut Mit mein old friendt?Olt Nicfc. "Dere's odder saints for such as you Dhat vant to dake deir pick, But me?mein heardt iss alvays drue To my good friendt?Olt Nick. * "Vot's dhat? I make a mistake? Py cheel I dink you make me sick. How should vou know aS much as me Apoudt my friendt?Olt Nick? "I've liffed mit him by night und day; You pedt he always stick! Und ven I die, I go to stay Forever mit?Olt Nick!" Copyright. 1911). ? ? St CLERKS TO URGE S1-A-DAY RAISE Union of Federal Employes Favors Minimum Salary of $3 a Day. Federal Employee' Union, No. 2. of Washington. will meet next Tuesday evening at Typographical Temple. 423 0 street northwest, for the purpose of discussing reconstruction. The principal topics will be the Johnson-Nolan bill, which provides a minimum basic salary of 13 a day for j all Federal employes. This measure | having already passed the House by a large majority soon will be brought *p in the Senate; the necessity for an increase in government salaries foi the next fiscal year of $1 a day, to take the place of the present $120 a year increase which ceases June 30 next, and the desirability of estab lishing. u representative board to ad Just safari en and working conditions in the Federal service. Such a board, according to the plan proposed by the National Federation of Federal Employes would include in its membership representatives of the employes, of the administrative offi cials and of the public at lar^c. The speakers Tuesday evening will b*? Representative Edward Keating, ot Colorado; Miss Julia O'Connor, presi dent of the Telephone Operators' De partment of the International Broth erhood of Electrical Workers, and I,u ther C- Steward, chief of the Control Division of the United States Employ ment Service and president of the National Federation of Federal Em ployee, of which the Federal Em ployes' Union of Washington la the largest affiliated body. W. Carson Ryan, newly elected president of the local union, will pre side.* STUDENTS TEAR DOWN RED FLAG OVER SCHOOL Spirit of Rowdyism Reaches Its Climax in Asheville. Asheville, N. C.. Dec. 14.?A spirit of rowdyism that has been prevail ing in the Asheville High School for the past week reached Its climax to 1 day when students raised a red flag over the school entrance and cheercd j it until driven away by numbers of other students who organized in a ! body and tore It down. An investigation doubtless will | result in the explusion of these stu dents. Alditional Equipment For Black Warrior River Further development of the Black Warrior River transportation pro ject by the Railroad Administration was announced yesterday. Addi tional .equipment costing $1,600,000 has been decided by Director Gen eral McAdoo. This will include twenty-four barges and three steel tow boats. Included In the barges are four of a new steel, self-propelled type cost ing $250,000 each. They will be i placed in service between Cordova, near Birmingham. Ala., and New Or-, leans. It is estimated that, under ordi nary conditions, the four barges will add 175,000 tons annually to the present equipment between Cordova and New Orleans. Communists Urge "Red" Court, Soviet Congress Amsterdam. Dec. 14.?Dismissal oi'| the Ebert-Scheidemann government, l giving the Soviets legislative pow?r, I is advocated In resolutions adopted I at a Communist meeting held at I Munich by the anti-Eisner factions, j according to dispatches from that' citv today. The resolution also asked that a revolutionary tribunal be establish-j ed. DISAGREES WITH DANIELS. Poindexter Says United States Is Entitled to Indemnity. Senator Poindexter. of Washington, yesterday declared that Secretary of the Navy Daniels, "does not represent the sentiment of the American people I when he says we want no war in aemnlty." Poindexter declared the United I States has Just as much right to col lect the cost of the war from Germany as a litigant who has won a suit has to collect the costs of the trial. EQUAL RIGHTS FOR JEWS. Congress in Philadelphia Will Dis cuss Polish Conditions. Philadelphia. Dec. 14.?Demands for equal rights for th# oppressed Jews of Europe will be formulated at the first Jewish congress to be held since their exile, when more than 400 delegates convene here tomorrow. The opening session will be occupied by the election of a national chair man, vested with authority to present the aims of the Jews at the Peace Conference. The conditions of Jews in Poland. Galtcta and Rumania will be discussed by the congress. Includ ing Henry Morgenthau and Oscar Straus, former United States Ambas sadors to Turkey. OPHELIA'S SLATE. rat1 BOOKDOM By Lonjac The American Library Association, through George F. Bower man, librarian of the Public Library here, is again asking for gifts of good recent works of fiction to supply the reading needs of our men in hospitals and demobilization camps. Every public library in the United States has been designated as a receiving station for such gifts. The classes of books most in demand by the soldiers and sailors are fiction of the adventurous-romantic school. Recent requests from hospital and camp librarians emphasize the call for books of this sort. Zane Grey is perhaps the most popular of all writers with the enlisted men, and of'his books, from "Heritage of the Desert" to "The U. P. Trail," there is never a sufficient supply. The "Tarzan" stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs are fairly de voured, and Rex Beach, John Fox, jr., and B. M. Bower are prime favorites. O. Henry's books are in constant demand with scant supply. There are never enough copies of "Tom Sawyer" to meet the calls for Mark Twain's great classic of boyhood, though hundreds of copies have been bought in addition to those given by the public. More Favorite*. j oVor;rrT.rt^^K,'..orlP? ^ Mary Roberts Rlnehart. too^ -vch w, ? The Man in I??er Ten " and Circular Staircase, as well as '^^rYuon-Porter-. .lories ? th. limberlost are ^_P"Ukrl!?t the novels of Harold Bell 'Wrlglt Indeed it may almost h<- said any book that Is popular with the Ken eral reading public l? popular with: the soldiers. Plana New Novel. Rex Beach, whoa. Just-published novel. "The Winds of Chance.- has alreadv been passed through "?ve Sskj^.T.'Ss1 jrsruswrs. ?-???; captions when "com^nylnR pictures, require explaining. But Mr baa decided .hat he prefers to stick to novel writing and is aire*.dy P nlng another .ton' on which he soon hopes to begin work. M?,rf>duces ??The Winds of Chance reintroduces ?Poleon Doret. the (ray-hearted, laug* Ins French Canadian. Though Heach had nominated Rnot*'+ for the hero, he told Harper & Broth ers that his love for 'Poleon mad I him weave the greater part of th? plot around his kindly personality. Favors French Kiddie*. Clarence Budlngton Kelland. author I of the Mark Tldd series, has Just re turned from France full of enthus-1 la?m over the attractive personalities of French children. In discussing a future book with the Harpers, his publishers, he mentioned the fact that | he would probably bring one. if not two French children into the story. Tn "Mark Tldd. Manufacturer," Just published, he has dealt solely with American boys In the most American !of settings. Here Mark Tldd. fat ana pood natured. turns manufacturer. He and hia friends take over a dilap idated mill from a man who owes Mr. Tldd money. With much grit and perseverance they make the ven ture a success. Article Find* Lout Son. Richard O. Atkinson's article. "Christmas in a Y. M. C. A. Hut on the Russian Front." which appears in the December number of Harper's Magazine, has been the means of dis covering to his family the where abouts of a long-lost son. l?pon look in* at one of the illustrations of Ru sian soldiers whom Mr. Atkinson de- , scribes, a reader wan astounded at. recognizing in one of the groups the j features of his brother who left New i York several years ago. "Clear I he Deck*.** A half dozen works of Action have been published this season by the J. B. I L.ippincott Company, covering a wide range of interest, from Nina Wilcox Putnam and Norman Jacobsen's gay I war novel, "Esmeralda." to "Clear the ! Decks," by "Commander** (a well i known officer in the navy), with its thrilling sea-air and adventure. Mrs. "The stars incline, but do not compel." HOROSCOPE. SUNDAY* IJECKMBKR 15. 1*18, (Copyright, 1918. bj th. McClure Nempa|*f ] Sjrrdieatc ) This is rather an uncertain day. ac j cording to astrology. While Mars rules strongly for good, Saturn is adverse. All that pertains to the war appears to be slibject to the best possible di rection. but delays in certain quarters may retard peace readjustments. There Is a sign Indicating many missions sent from this country to Europe, for the United States ia sub ject to a sway making for recofnl tion as a world counselor. The seers declare lhat trained diplo mats will appear as if by ma*lc In the United States within a few years, j and among them women will attain a place. Saturn is in an aspeot read as en couraging to faultfinding and criti cism, which will be voiced by publlfc men. one of whom will be disap pointed in high ambitions, for tn the ne?r era there will be no chanco for I those who belong to the past. Today should be favorable for phy sicians and surgeons, among whom [many will be honored for extraor dinary achievements. A great medi cal discovery is forecast. Among the prophecies relating to the future Is one to the effect that obesity or even slight Inclination to 1 overweight will be held as dliwrace ful since sclentflc feedng Is to be come part of the new education. I One of the prophecies Is that inter i marriage between American soldiers and foreign women wlll not b??o numerous as has been predicted, since the American girl is subject to a planetary direction tHat enables her to maintain her dominion over the men of her country. There is a sign read as indicating ! that women in this country will never adhere to occupations that physical or muscular exertion. Their work will be chiefly in vocations that conform to national Ideals. h.,.? Persons whose blrthdste it Is have the augury of an active year in busi ness affairs. They should not travel or make changes. ' Children born on this day are likely to be energetic and enterprising. These subjects of Sagittarius usually rneet^ with obstacles which they can | overcome. A LINE 0' CHEER EACH DAY 0' THE YEAR. I I By John Keadflek Dan*.. THE MISER. I In trouble I'm a miser, and I hoard l Th< Detty woes ai.d trials untoward That come my way. To neither foe I nor friend From out my stock can I be got to lend. ? I I keep them one and all unto myseli, , For Care is such a sorry sort of pelf I deem it wiser To act the Miser, And hide it in a box upon some shelf. And when the box is full to turn the And cast the whole kaboodle in the j sea. - I (Copjrifbt, 1mU 1 Authors Who Stand Highest in the Eyes Of Onr Fighting Men 1. Zane Grey. 2. Edgar Rlee nrroBghK. S. Rex Bench. 4. Jofcn Fox. Jr. ft. B. M. Bower. II. O. H/nry. 7. Mark Twain. 8. George Bnrr MeCateheon. 9. Anna Katherlne Green. 10. Mary Roberta Rlnehnrt. 11. Geno fttratton-l'orter. 12. Harold Bell Hrlght. Lull's "The Enchanted Barn" 1b cer tain to make a welcome sift, with its I tender romance; "The Apple-Tree j Oirl," by George Weaton. is one of ! the Itiost original and adventurous | heroines; "Vicky Van" is Carolyn j Wells' most intriguing mystery, and | Rafael Babatlni is represented by a I rarely effective mingling of tlie ro j mantle narrative and veritable fact' from history. Marrying for Lerr. In his charming book of travel in Japan, "Samurai Trails" (Doran). I,u cian Swift Kirtlfcnd describes a con versation^ on marriage between an Oriental inn-keepers daughter and I himself apd nis Japanese friend. " 'I have been told,' she said, 'that foreigners marry for love, ('an that! be true?' We assured her that that custom existed. " 'But if you married for love how can you be happy to travel so far away from your wives?' Took liana* Nam her. "When the Lusftanla was sunk a vote immediately was passed in one of the most prominent clubs fre quented by foreigners in the federal capital of Rio de Janeiro, asking 1 the resignations of all Germans and I Austrian*." Clayton Sedgwick Cooper I tells us in his remarkable new book, . "Understanding South America." Just issued by George If. Doran Company. Will Yob Step Into My Grave, Sir? Will you step into my grave, sir? said the digger to the dead: You will And it quite as restful, sir. as any human bed: There'll be lilacs at the head of you and violets at your feet. In June the grass will cover you; and the snow will be your sheet. The rain will thrill a sons: for you, the wind will tell a tale. The willow roots will wrap your heart and hold and never fail. And time will soon forget you, and yourself, forgetting time, j Will climb to sun and flash with I leaves and fall again and climb. II will stretch your bone?* out stralght ly, and lay you softly down. And crown the fever of your days with slumber for a crown. I And none shall co^.ie to trouble you. and none shall call your name? You shall not start at sound of love, nor stir at sound of blame. Will you step into my grave, sir? said the digger to the dead? It is more soft and quiet, far, t#in any human bed. There'll be oak trees at the head of you. and willows at -the feet. The blackbirds will sing for you, the snow will be your sheet. ?Conrad Aiken in the current Dial CANADIAN EXECUTORS OUT. Montreal Committee Quits After Squabble Over Police. Montreal. Dec. 14.?The Adminis | tration Commission will quit after [moving the budget. It was an i nounced today. This is the result of the reproof administered by t> a strikers in demanding and se j curing the dismissal of the director 1 and assistant director of public safety and the chief of police. The commission considers that as It appointed the chiefs it should have the right to retain or dismiss them at pleasure. WOULD GIVE MEN UNIFORMS. i Chairman Dent, of the House Mill ] tary Committee, yesterday reported j favorably to the House a bill approved , by Secretary of War Baker, to allow soldiers to keep their uniforms and , wear them whenever they want to J The War Department will give the | soldier a special insignia, so that a ; soldier in active service can be dis I tingushed from a discharged m.".n. "MADE IN GERMANY" STAMP IMBEDDED IN HEARST POLICY OOXTINDED FROM PAGE ONB. J.r|*r.wnf wh!l? ?he paya her own ??n?for ^ Cent *nd demandi 6 per | ItnK- iT money ?he lend* France, tr?l? Ru"""1 *?*? Canada and Au.- ! The Italian commission la here with " ?r'q"e,t for money. Serbia la beg King for money. So la Roumanla. So are P.n.m, and Cuba. We auppoae and Argentina, and Braall, r, Co|ombla will goon prefer their modtst requests." I All the world seems to be headed M?. ?ur National Treasury. Mr. McAdoo ardently believea In the J,t,Ur*- wh,ch *ver? that the .!?. love' a cheerful giver. ?i i he German Empire went Into *'th lea. lhan half the I wealth of England and France. Ger many had managed to get along without help. France la now beg K'n? us for millions. We do not understand* why England. with more wealth and income than _ itlier Germany or France, must be nanded a scoop-shovel and told to ? herself to our money." An article and editorial appear ing in the American. July S. 1917,1 were read and characterized an un questionable attempt to create sua-1 piclon and dlatruat of England. nerlare* r. ?. too L*?,. An editorial of April 24, 1J17, In the New York American, declarea | ihat the war is about over and that | the United States would find It lm-' possible to give any substantial aid! before the end came. "It la too lata. j "Within ninety days, one side or' the other will be ao definitely on the road to victory that nobody! will any longer doubt the outcome And It aeema to ua that we ought to be looking ahead and settling upon what our demands and our policies will be. "We know, of course, that looking ahead, and preparing for future emer gencies, la not usual In Washington; ! that It la a coincidence and not a habit when preparedness and emergen cies happen to meet; that the utorv of our statecraft I, to wait until some thing happens and then look around to aee what can be done In a hurry? and badly and expensively done, of courae." . Explalaa the Ok|?rt. Captain Lester then explained the object of the editorials. "The message the edltorlala carry If accepted and believed by the persons who read it." he aald. "is for the pur pose of obtaining results of action or refusal to act." The idea is indentical In all form? of propaganda." Capt. Lester declared the effect of certain cartoons published in the Hearst publications during our first liberty loan cnmpitlgna might have been to convince a man about to in vest his saving In bonds that it would be an unwise thing to do. Three Examples latsdttei. Three cartoons submitted are brief ly described as follows: New York American. July 2. 1917: A picture of an American Beauty rose, in the center ? number of money bags, and hovering over the money, a tee. with .hi names of the allied nations on its wings ''"I1- Lester Stated that the effect of this cartoon was to warn people to watch out that we did not lose our necMr. and that the allies did not fly away with it." Deutsches Journal. June IK. 1917 Sam- Columbia and the Geld-teufel" and the Brit ish Lion. Columbia, standing at a he had T """? "War loans to be had here." is pouring her sav Brttl h"'?, iVnC'.e Sam " hat wh"? the rJl'\ " is gathering Into the English crown the gold that is slip-. throu(?h the holes m Uncle it.Tv I ?T,h' ha" ot ?ance.i lmm Belgium h*ve already been niled and the Russian Rear and Japan are coming up to get theira w l^V'^ that ""oon ?as intended to convey the idea thit ?e were being robbed by the a'i.es. fomented Raee War. N'ew York American. April is. 1S17 j A cartoon of John Bull, the United Rifl ea army n"d army ofi.-er. John aays. Are you trainlnjr your! the V<S * ?.Ver h'r* 'or ait?" ""0 the officer replies. "They are 'o be naatlondon? "f the American nation only. ? Capt. Lester state 1 that this cartoon wa to convey the thoueh* w?h.nU,K a^mV "hou,d he us*> solely n, ? United States for defensive v an,d ,hat the shipment of ps abroau should be discouraged sample cabl-s from William Bayard th "pon *'hich the witness stated ?r"" P0Mc,e" of Hearst publications were built, were reai into the record by Capt Lester ^ noted." Capt. Lester said that many of these cablegrams *ere S-MatlUn breaking of diplomatic relations and were subject to not only the censorship, but the scrutiny of tr.e Oerman foreign office Fo? nded Rare War. Captain Lester also submitted evi dence on the activities of German r-nUeS Su7eshe C?l?red peopte of th? He said there had been a separate department of the Albert propaganda to handltT race troubles among the negroes. This buieau kept records of all lynchings eoMrlH0' r,0,,, ,0r u'* Inciting "he colored race against the T'nited States ?rnt' "nd conv'ncing them that Germany was their friend. Colored men were told . German victory would mean a portion of the United St.... would be set a.lde for them ?* ?he' LZr,rMJC?^ thenr"nJ P^;er8amC Ca'm the Sf f^ PV LMter "aid l.?) cases veatigit^ C'ereymen had heen in BORDEAUX TO ODESSA That's New Trans-Europe Railroad Plan, Beats Berlin to Bagdad. ! Paris.?Berlin to Bagdad isn't the I only way to link east and west through Europe. .Nor are Berlin's high-handed methods I of exploitation necessary to such an i undertaking. Bordeaux to Odessa is the newest transcontinental railroad project. It is to be Aindertaken in a spirit of co-operation, instead of being planned as a monopoly. With the huge docking facilitie3 cre ated during the war. France will have the greatest ports of call in Europe. Through her ports, then, will go the commerce of many nations. The proposed railroad would pass through Lyons, from Bordeaux, cross Italy, through Turin. Milan. -Verona and Venice, touch Trieste the port on the Adriatic now claimed by both Italy and the Jugo-Slavs, pass through AgTam to Belgrade' in Servia. and thence to Bucharest, in Rumania. Thence to Odessa, it would find a ter minal on the Black Sea. in Russia. From Bucharest to Constantinople, another line would give connection With Arabia and the Orient G. P. O. NEWS NOTES Print* John P. Noon*. Twenty ninth Division. 104th Field Signal Bat talion. is the son of Patrick R Noon* Ml Thirteenth street northeast, an employe of the electrical section. who haa been working In the Oorernment Printing Office for about thirty yesrs Private Noone waa mustered Into the military service In April. 1*18. an<l la one of a squad of seven men com mended by Brig Qen. L. 8. Upton for conspicuous activity In making r? Jf)H\ P. >oo\K. paira and maintaining telephone com munication In the fighting north of Verdun. In the first real flght of Noone's division, the boys seasoned German troops, routed ine | Huns, captured t.100 prisoners. 7 can- , non. about W) machine runs, and a large quantity of miscellaneous mili tary property. Captured prisoners stated thst the attack of the " can troops ?ss so rapid *na Are so effectlv. .that the Germans were overwhelmed and had nothing to d<5 but retire or surrender. i Privste Noone is well known In ?h Northeast section of the city, having played baseball on the Rosedale cham pion team for several years. His brother. Daniel F. Noone. employed In the Job composing sec-, tlon, Is now In the United States na%y ^ and transport servica. Friday noon in the main corridor | on the sixth floor the Government, Printing Office Liberty Chorus con ducted a sing which was attended b> | an unusually large gathering of ap- i preclative workers who like mu?ic with their meals. The chorus tickled the ear* of the audience with oaa?> renditions of ? Goott Morning, Mr. Zip. Zip, Zip." "Crl Llaa Jane." ' Round, i ? Sweet Adeline," "Smiles." "Old Black. Joe." The music was enjoyed very i much and an early repetition Is an- ; ticipated. The night force also possesses musicians of merit, which perform al most even* night In the main cor t idor. Johnny Koeblltx at the piano ?,d Joe Dreis with his violin furnish entertainment for the tW nW1 workers which helps to speed the all- , too-short lunch hour. Joe Is anxious to enlist the services of a cornet, nuie or clarinet performer, or one of each, so If you can blow enough air into one of these Instruments Joe wants to hear from you. Don t all sp?ak at ^ once. Kdward J. Wood Is detailed from the < hand section to the presswork division , as a press reviser. James 8otomon~Wall.ee. Vjiotype j machinist. Is absent from work with a case of Influenxa. Jack Weltxel. of the keyboard room returned to work Thursday night looking perfectly lovely after a few days' leave. Arbitration methods have newspaper wage Increases In St Paul dating back to last May. with an In- | crease and ?1 a week *s a war bor.us. i to continue until next May. Michael N. Serrano, of the night | proofroom, has been absent for the ?tPt week with his entire family down with influenxa. Cornelius K. Ftribl.ng of the hand j secUon. Is confined to his home with sickness William E. How"srd hss ?~n J for some time from the hand section with sickness. Charles H. Williams. of the hand, section. Is absent from the hand sec tion on account of slckru-ss. You must not be"whful | ing to furnish news for the readers^of this column. Little happening^.of the kind you are reading can be left The Herald at Courtney's More across the Street at No. ? G Mreet. Show us what you can do. n*vid S. McConnell. William M Camp and John P. Beo* | from the hsnd soction to the proof room ** reader?. Joseph C. of the hand section, is still conflne.i to his home with sickness. r W Townsend is back in the night 1 proofroom after a two weeks tussle | with influenza. fcdward T Atkinson is absent from, the l^nd section with sickness. Jefferson D. Newlon. of the proof room. report,, that Mrs Nc?A?n' ^ haa been Kick some time with influ enxa. is now improving. Theodore P C. Willis, an operator. In the linotype section Is on leave j nursing five children through tnflu- ? enw Mr V tills insists that the old est child brought the malady home from school and the other children | French Advance in Gcrmsav Perls. I>ec 14 ?"W. hare occu pled K reusnach and entered Mav ence (Mains)." the French war offii-e announced today. 1 I -T^T^t * dl""?* from th* older an th. ,h*' "1?en *" ?>? children are down with inftu ha? ZrX1- ^ C'?^ P c???T,?c;?-? night In aS^TS Chairman Roche. He acted U ">?n. but did he act like a chalrma-j? Howard J. Oarlor hu returned to work In the night proof room after an of ? ???*. having been called mother***' " *" b' ?"? ?-* <* ?u * S,,,T ?*! wh"her O P O. work, era will jet two days rhnatmaa and one day New Year s or . daTanS . half for each holiday Thl? i. thin* the Public Printer wll, ^ ?? In* us before very lone ,n<j lt la not j rtZtT??Tu. co,umn - ?'"?/ r2?' vW. E .C*Tt" ?f th* proof room, haa returned to her duuea after an Illness of a few dsys. Oh. for the *ood old dsyt of the Sunrlae Club" and the harmony of the famoua quartet of Dor Bauer*, joe Tanner i."1" Tompkln. and Bill aaHhT' W" of '-one. of the proofroom. Mrmtvil " Qu>- ? former wh?l ,?Ifr*t<)r ,n 'he Record room, which etatea that he la now wl-n menf,Utror" C?m"*nly. 4Sth Retf I ? at Camp Gordon. Gn ty^U?,lrr*> 'h* prWU ?f th' '!"?> t>p?- ?ection. enjoyed huntln* with hi* new do* Friday. Nice, rainy Z"y Daniel Taylor Boyer rontemnUi.. J^endm* the Chrl.tmea holiday, m his home town Philadelphia, where he willI renew old friendship. with Ma actor frlenda Mr. Iloyer V?7. V *ct"r of prominence and was sssoclsted at one time with nnir Car RUE.- ,rP*1 ""r,val ?f ' Muldoon's Sydney Howell f. sbsent from th? bindery on account of sickness. John 8. Jacque. i, back at work In th? proofroom after be,ng i.,d up a'ckness since Thank.*, vin* The telling of other people-, become* *f,rnet'm*"F ha. a" t^y"^ Dfcom* monotonoup. no ?r- nrti.i tu ,0rZins "? -S&E e^?? W"lkCT- of the night lino, ?ection. received a nnir faturd.w ^remn* announcing that hi. brother, "eorge, In Huntington. W y. P?^d through an operation on "* lu"? ?nd la doln* nicely George J. Walker I. an elecfriei. in the standard Printing " sssrsr1;- xt-h.^ formed r S&T^nf ^^ lunga relieve eonge.uon of ,h9 J Thank you. HOUSE HEARS FIRST GUN JN BATTLE FOR U. S. WIRE CONTROL, Onxnxt KD i K"j| race nM '"??Th PWPl' 'n 0,"""lng Intelligence * government merely haa been oleratlng the ownerahip of the wire <?c7a?. PHV,tf :-"????? MrC r^"*? ,H* referred to the law or ,Ulowed ,h* government. arter five year., to taki over the linea a bo^r^lTT1 VaJU* ,0 "* fiXH> bT I ' ??Id Take Oyer real Mt.ra. "The telegraph companies then rec-, ognlsed that they were aeeklng to ln-4 on fh.th? ?f r<^orml luriadlctloB I I S o?Til?ed that fact. Therefore, wh. a ,h,"' :,r;;5 W"* conferred upon nrTv... P companiea, giving to Mwer * Mr' of the A . sovereign po.sesae., it I reserved what? ,h-V- ,!2 ,h' ,h,r'1 section (of tiie m.^.T' * r'owc'r conferred to take oxer telegraph line, aa an ad Cm th? th<l Postomce Department - ' " d^?renVrl 8ubJect of govern jnent owner.h p of utllitle.. Mr ?? H1,''d ,he government ha. fu|| ^natltutlonal authority to own the coal mine, which produce the fuel , . 'h*' opcra,l?" of train.. } tIwi!? . ?r*T frurn whlt-h wood is I tak^n to build the cars. '7?U ?*" unquestionably own the 2SS.*JfCh you do own ln ??*"? 'n"Unc7' hy w hich the malla are car ?"<! delivered. You can lea., or own the steamboats or the ahlpe for the e.Iiyrp<!r*^>'ou c*n '??"* ?r own unrt * a<J* for that purr>ose. though non an"'h,?r Power of the Constitu tion controlling commerce the rail roads may also be owned '? Mr. Black ?aid he favored the ?>r;n * " Individual Initiative under proper government aupervl.ion and 1 regulation, rather than an experiment In state socialism *^"he real objection to assuming gov? ernment control of aU public uultues lies in the fact that It is dangerous to ? 'nstitutlons." said Mr Steenerson. i 1??1.d*n?'r of the government own ing the telegraph, telephone and rail road systems consists of the InataJI ment of an army of milliona of men whose ten ir. or office and whose com pensation are dependent upon thw Party in power." DRIVE OFF WITH CHICKENS. Thieve* T.ke Twenty of 'Efn and Laugh at Owner. I *Tes sir. They took the coop of | chickens from In front of my store. loaded 'em on a wagon without sny top. and laughed at me when ther rode away." Thi* la the report of L 8u*ar. cer. of Third and C streets aouth we*t. made to the police yeaterdur evening. "There was thre? colored men. and about twenty chickana in the coop - he concluded. HIGH-GRADE G0L1) FILLED WATCH, S9.00 QUAUH JEWELRY CO., 43? !Hh St. N. W.