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r ,ju iLnTsK"'t Today The Irish Bird. Europe's Dangerous Con dition. A Voice From the Sky. "Punch in the Jaw" Rule. By ARTHUR BRISBANE. (Copyright. 1919 ) Bonar Law, speaking for the British government, says that Mr. Lloyd George intended to receive the Irish delegates from this coun try to make them realize how nicely things were arranged in Ire land, "and thus open their eyes." England, of late years, has tried to make the Irish asking for in dependence accept something else "as good." You see a bird in a cage with plenty of birdseed, comfortable swing, cuttlefish bone on which to run his beak, sand on the floor, gilding on the wires. Still the bird would like to get out That is how it is with the Irish, and how it has been for seven hundred years and more. They do not want the cage fixed up; they want the DOOR OPEN. England has good reasons for doing all she can to pacify her peo ple, shutting out importations 10 give her people work, grabbing whatever she can to bring wealth to her islands. An extremely In telligent American observer, a business man of large interests, just returned from England, says: "England is hanging on the edge of a labor revolution, and the big men know it They are afraid to refuse labor anything. They would not dare, in England, to jail a labor leader or other radical leader, as we jail Debs and others. It would give them civil war in twenty-four hours." Other countries are in positions as bad, according to this clear eyed Western observer. "In Amsterdam," said he, "there are eighty-five thousand men out of work. Conditions there are close to anarchy. Policemen stand on streets in groups, never singly, as alone their lives would not be safe. All of Europe, conquerors and con quered, is in a condition of danger ous unrest. Conditions are made more difficult by the fact that workers, exhausted by the war, de .mand their full share of govern ment, highest wages, and at the same time the right to do less and less work." A man in a flying machine, three thousand feet up, delivered a lecture by wireless telephcttft to the Institute of Electrical JSngi neers gathered in a hall in London. There is indeed a voice from the sky, the last word of scientific achievement. How long will it be before voices actually come from other planets and philologists are put to work deciphering strange speech from other worlds. The woman's international con ference for permanent peace at Zurich, including able women from the United States, says that the peace terms with Germany "con demn one hundred million people in Central Europe to poverty, dis ease, and despair." If that is so, the world will soon know it. A hundred million peoDle will not long endure poverty, dis ease, and despair without making all the other people in the world uncomfortable. You may have millions dying of famine in China or India. Those regions do not read, and they stopped thinking a thousand years ago. The people of Europe are different. A well-meaning, prosperous young author says the I. W. W. mox-ement should be met "with the firing squad." His suggestion is that members of the I. V. W. should be stood up in rows and shot down and respect for law and order thus increased. This is doubtless a patriotic suggestion. Another patriotic suggestion comes from a newspaper said to be published in the interest of soldiers. The editor, a very brave man, tells his readers that if they hear a man make a speech and don t like- what he says, not to trouble a policeman, but "give the speaker a good Yankee punch in the jaw " This also Is based on patriotism. But the country must be run ac cording to dull law, or it must be run on the romantic firing squad and "punch on the jaw" basis. Where j'ou allow the hastily or ganized firing squad, and the punch to take the place of judge, jury, constitution, etc., you make a radical change. So far human beings have in clined to the idea that law, im partially, strictly, and justly en forced, is the only permanent remedy for social troubles. This has been the prevailing opinion er since the days of thoughtful Hamurabi. The old system should be dis carded for the punch, only after reasonable deliberation, extending over a period of several weeks, at least WEATHER: Shower thin after noon. Fair tonight nnd tomorrow. Tempera ture nt 8 a. nj., CO de crees. Xormal tempera ture for May 17 for the Iaat thirty rearm, C5 degree. NUMBER 11,167. FIVE YEAH PARIS, May 17. The United States has definitely agreed to keep troops on the Rhine rnd to keep the United States flag flying over Ger man 'territory for ct least five years, it was learned in American official circles here today. One American delegate said the American force would be limited to a small number of troops, probably volunteers. The fashion in which Germany carries out the terms of the treaty will determine is troops shall be maintained on the Rhine for a longer period. ARER ARMISTICE. NEW YORK, May 17. German ar tillery fired upon batteries of the 332nd Field Artilcry. an Ohio organ ization, at 11:30 o'clock on the morn ing: of November 11, 1918, half an hour after the armistice was effec tive, declared Lieut. Col. Samuel R. Hopkins, who has returned with Ins regiment. Eight of his men were killed and twenty-five wounded.vhe safd. Amer ican headquarters then grave permis sion for the 332nd to respond, Hop kins said, and they returned a vigor ous fire for four minutes until the Germans ceased firing-. ED VIENNA. May 17. Foreign Minis ter Tchltcherin. of Russia, today sent a wireless message to Foreign Minis ter Bela Kun. at Budapest, declaring the Ukrainian red army has crossed the Dneister river, and that the Ru manians are fleeing FRENCH ASK NOV. 10 E rARIP. May 17 Deputies Bergeon and Kamel have announced that they will support the proposal in the Chamber of Deputies that Novem ber 10 be recognized as a day of mourning for those killed in the war. SUBURBAN PROPERTY FOIt SAI.K A BEAUTIFUL TAKOMA PARK HOME, Owner Living City. No Vnhf S-room house, ami. oprn fire PIhcch. house almost new. all up lo date, two quar? from car lin. IX.OeO cash Prlcr- only J4.S50 Monthly pa j merits arranged COLUMBIA I.A'D COUPA.NT. Phone Franlihn 7S92. AIbo a 4-room house in Takoma. 3 nice lota, will take $500. price only J2.150. Term can be arranged coi.UMniA i.Axn com pant. Phone Franklin 7S92 W E. ROGERS. Mcr Ph Roalyn 33 "1 from sold two houses this ad in The Times. A great num ber people answered the ad. "W. E. ROGERS." For Real Estate Bar gains Read the Ads in Today's Paper. NC-1 U. S. 10 KEEP B a M X& IBS vV OULU LIAO II m GERMANYFOR 1 FOE KILLED YANKS RUM AN BY OS IS CAM ASM MORAL DAY aaabta - vlntta a . mT Published every evening (Including Sunday) Entered as second-class matter, at to poitofflce at Washington. D. C NEAR. Route of Fliers, "Admiral" pbhktf F F F r bsuf i The third leg of the flight darkness, the liiers being guided t I'ARr.0. Md 17 The- former K.usor. and his Pi-!-tur I. ft Uie astlc .a AmcionRen. Holland. ;i month ago, i and are now living in tli.- Orniail I province of Raden. undi-r the names of' Hers-.ofj and on Hild., the Garnet dt La Semaine declared today. The Carnet de Uu. Semaine is a pop- ' ular weekly publication. Some mem bers of i:s staff mjjy the ooniUhu. f I of prominent l'rench official, and it , frequently carries in its column of, gossip reliable information on in side" happenings in Trem-h politx.il affairs. T PARIS. May 17 Frank Walih. IM ward Dunne, and Michael Ran. tins, afternoon asked Secretary Iansintr on the behalf of organized Irish Amer icans, to request the British govern ment to grant Edward DeValera, Ar thur Griffiths, and Count Plunkett safe conduct to Paris to present Ire land's case to the peace conference. r """7" 7 ml&&mjjmI ------- -. J0ttsBSSliHBk. ' BBBBBBBBBPBBBBBBBBsSk ,:mWmmmmm bbbbbbbsbHbsbbbbbbbHbS, jLmW W&JtfWM MmmWmmmWSmWmW3LmmW ' f QBKSBSBBBBBBBBBBBHBn-'''' '"WIKS JBSBBBSSBBBBBBBBBBSBBVaBBBaSSpSBBBBBBBBBBV JHsV ''" ' sHbBBBBBBBbHHP -arVSRfl .IsBBBBBBBBBsHBBaSBBBBBSSBSsSSiBBBBBBBBBBBFsfVVfc. ' -: JBsfsRv-,,::,- -' -JX : ' tPBr!, tflSSI vL sstsiHiiVisiiiiiHIsiHI aHSrS ' '9slKBllllllllKSScli'1WslS4islH . OK. 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March Announces Vmenca'si actual war expendi tures totaled $-j::.::C'J.O0O.()OO. Gen eral Marrh, eluef of staff, an nounced toda Of tins ?.0Cn.O0O.00O repre sented normal government ex penditure and ?'J1 2!) 1.000.000 represented etra war costs Of this SI 1.000.000.000 was .spent hi the armv 1 DENOUNCE TREATY tt-.i-.. .... -., ,. ,. , RERUN May 1, To the ringing of church bells 100.000 persons to - day made a demonstration against the peace trcat A cou ter demon Mtrution in favor of the treaty was made by the Independent Socialists in the Tiergarden. There were five different crowds marching through the streets, but the main demonstration took place in front of the Reichstag building. Speeches were delivered. President Frederick Ebert and Premier Philip Schcidcmann received deputations representing the frontier population. 00. ON N SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 17, 1919. AT THE and His Wife BE The teat her- unions of Washing ton will offer tin ir o-operation with the proposed Congressional Committee for lonductlng an Investi gation of the school system of Wash ington, according to Aiue Deal, president of the High .M-hool Teach- I er.s' I'nion. today. "Senator .lones" statement yoter da m which lie declared his inten tion of presenting a resolution at 1 the coming session of Congress to I h.ie the Senate District committee conduit a school investigation has ! been received with considerable sat isfaction by the teachers." said Miss Deal. Such an inquiry will surely disclose the defects winch exist in the present methods if governing the schools and i will result m the correction of these , ,,,.feclKw hlch ,rt tll( prlmary pllr. 1 poso of t,P teachers' f ight. j "We are confident we have the 'sympathy and support of the people J of Washington, and we feel sure that the undesir.ihle controversy into which the teachers were forced, will aoon end Willi the institution of n .ed reforms " Plans for the compilation of data by the teachers' unions to be offered to the proposed Congressional inves tigation committee, will be discussed at a meeting of the executive com mittee of the High School Teachers' Union on Wednesday. IN SCHOOL RO RADIOGRAMS SHOW PROGRESS OF FLIERS Bar Hnrbor station sent these acMocn to the navy early today t "At 12110 a. m. heard the NC-4, sending on 4SO meter, aayt 'Pass ed -il-i. Slsrnaln very week." "At 12:20 heard the NC-4 tell Cape Race: 'Am receiving inter ference.. Go ahead again.'" "At 12:27 heard tio. 9 and say: AnsWer.' the NC-1 call Shortly after 3 a, received thin radio i m. the navy "NC-4 paased station ship 'So. 14 0706 GMT (Greenwich mean time.) . NC-4 passed station ship No. IS at B45 a. m 'Washington time a radio from the Azores to the Nary atated today. Station ship No. 18 la about 050 miles from Trepasxry bay. The XC-3 passed Motion 13 nt 2:23 n. m., Washlnfrton time, the dispatch stated. The NC-1 passed station ship So. 18 at 0x14 a. m. Washington time. The XC-I, "Jinx boat" of the Xavy flylnc fleet, -rrmjt leadins the race for the Azores nt 8il0 o'clock this mornins, the Navy Depart ment iTas advised by radio. At that hour the TVC4 passed station ship So. 22, which Is only fifty miles from Horto. JfC-4 jasied Station 2int 1AUP G.3I.T. (SllO a. m. "Washington time)," a Sn-y message at 0:40 reported. At 10:50 the Xary Department received from the U. S. S. Co lumbia, stationed nt llorta, the following;: "lVf-l arrived at Horta." Ponta Dcltrada, at 11:11 a. m.i 'Last information received from SC-3 at 0015 (5:15 a. m. Wajihlni; ton time): We arc ofT our course somewhere between 18 and 17.' " LE Champ Clark, retiring- Speaker of i tho Houso. was unanimously chosen ! minorit floor leader by the House Democratic caucus today. Anti (.'lark men. however, won a I partial victory when the caucus treed to appoint a committtee to in Chtigratc as to the advisability of ap pointing: a steering committee to de- House. Party leaders declared that the entire caucus was harmonious, the fight on Clark failing to develop bo cause ot a compromise reached early today between the Clark and anti Clark factions. Representatives Saunders, Virginia, was elected caucus chairman, and Ashbrook of Ohio, secretary. Representative Rucker. Missouri, ! nominated Clark, and Sullivan. Massa 'husetts. seconded it. both getting a big ovation. Representative Sanders. Iouisiana, leader of the anti-Clark faction, sub mitted 'he steering committee reso lution The election of Clark means that he will get the vote of the entiro Democratic membership of the House lor the Speakership on Monday Senate Democrats met nlso. todav and elected Senator Martin. Virginia, minority leader, and chosen Senator Pittman. Xevada. as their candidate for president pro tern Seveial hours' discussion it democratic policj n legi.-lation then followed LT So convinced is Congressman James R. Mann, of Illinois, reported to be that no successful effort can be made by Congressman Nicholas I.ongworth. of Ohio, to overthrow Mann's control of the Republican organization in the limbo that he will not even partici pate in tonight's Republican confer ence, Mann's friends stated today. In- stead. Mann will remain at Chicago and come here Monday in time for the convening of Congress. TAKE BELI.-ANS BEFOKE MEALS and k how fine cood digestion makes you feel Advt. CLARK CHOSEN ivl I N 0 R I T V 0 INN OS AT LONGWORTK REVO rz dosing WaD Street Prices AZORES 'JINX BOAT' LEADS aEET IN U IP, MAKING ,PUNTA DELGADA, Azores, May 17. The seaplane NC4, "Jinx Boat" of the navy's trans-Atlantic fleet, broke all records in ocean flight and landed at Horta, western most tip of the Azores group at 11 o'clock today. The NC-1 is reported nearing land at a speed esti mated by destroyers at more than seventy miles an hour. The NC-3, flagship of the squadron, in command of Commander Towers, was reported by observers to be. off her course somewhere between the destroyers Stockton and Craven, stations seventeen and eighteen respectively. Horta is about 160 miles from the naval air station here. It is not known whether the NC-4 will await 'there for her sister ships. The NC-4 travel edat an .average; speed qfninety miles 'an hotn-frbm Trepassbay foHoTtar "v"" NC-4 Leaves "Jinx" Far Behind In Record Flight An American seaplane, the NC-4. :"jinx boat" of Commander Towers trans-ocean fling fleet, established a world's record in overseas flying to day. When the word reached the Navy Department here that this now-famous plane had reached Horta in the Azores group, she had officially cov ered 2,200 miles of the flight from Rockaway to Kngland. The leg cov ered since last night when she "hoisted anchor" at Trepassey, is J. 200 miles, and she made a record of 80 miles an hour. Navy Officers Thrilled All Washington was thrilled at the NC 4's feat. It surpassed the most radiant expectation of navy officials. She is now only 150 miles from Punta del Gada, and has travelled the long est leg of the navy attempt to blaze an air trail to Europe. v-. i aa o, erf,. n onrnvi llivr uuiiuivu u.i.v. i"ij ......o ...j ... 1 I..Kn U- rlof nntinAntfi rrr.n'X iO iJ.1UUll 11.1 A.Ak W..W. .... v. w.... She made an average speed of near I . I ly eighty miles an hour, as against an ' e,S"V ,m,C!J -"" V;""l'-.u" an hour. I Tl. The accomplishment passed even th most optimistic expectations. 1,200 miles in fifteen hours and eight- According to navy messages the j een minutes, figurine his arrival at XC-1 arrived at Horta at 9-20. 9:25 a. m. today. A fog is reported around the Azore. This was as against a scheduled making landing difficult, and officials time of approximately twenty hours. All Three Planes Start Together On Sea Flight TREPASSnr. V r. May 17 The mighty seaplanes got away almost simultaneously last night while the crowd on the beaches and the sailors on the United States war craft in the harbor cheered and flung their hats into the air The N'C-r. was the first to go aloft, leaving the water at sK minutes after C o'clock (Xew York time). One minute lajer the NC-4 arose, her gigantic motors roaring,under full speed pressure. At nine minutes after G o'clock the NC-t soared upward, maneuvering in graceful circles for position. The three mighty planes sailed over th harbor several times then took a triangle formation and the epoch making flight was on. As the airmen passed out of sight of land the wireless began to sputter and the American relay ships began picking up messages. They were also picked up by the Marconi sta tion at Cape Race. The weather was ideal for the starting of the flight. There was a gentle breeze and the sun was shin ing "This is fine." remarked Com mander Towers, the "admiral of America's air fleet " His order for the beginning of the flight consisted of two words: "Let's go." At 11:14 the United States ship Prairie flashed back the message: "All planes have passed Station No. 6." INAL EDITION PRTCE TWO CENTS. were of the belief that this condition, may have forced Commander Read to land at the first port instead of goinfc on to Ponta Delgada. The XC-i first reported sighting land at 7:35 a. m. probably tha island of Corva. AC-3 Off iitr Coane. Latest information from NC-3 was that she was off her course, soms where between stations 17 and 18. This caused some uneasiness in Mew of reports of foggy conditions. The NC-1 passed station 19 at 6:14 a.m. Previously naval officials had ex pected the NC-4 to bo on to Ponta Delgada. 150 miles farther, in view of the progress already made. The first news of the arrival of the seaplane reached the Navy Depart ment through the. United Press. Tha official message was received by the department a few moments later. -"""""' "" cin. wis a.p- I nlnilllArt hv oil nowu- nfflnlal. ... ". -' " ""'J ""' 'IC of the difficulties he had at the out set of the flight, which threw him b- hind the other two flyers. " Ahead of Schedule. Commander Read made the flight of From then on messages came through at regular intervals either from the seaplanes themselves or from United States navy ships lining the long path across the Atlantic to the Azores. Swift destroyers were held In readi ness at both ends of the Journey and along the line of flight ready to dash off to the rescue If any of the ma chines got Into trouble. 500 Miles From Azores at Dawn PONTA DELGADA. Azores. May 17 (5:10 a. m. New York time). Five hundred miles from the Azores, the seaplanes NC-1 and NC-4 were leading- the American trans-Atlantic voyagers at daybreak today. The NC-1. reports to the, American base here declared, had passed de stroyer station No. 10 (U. s. S. Hope well). The NC-1 Is reported flying at about the same rate of speed. Last reports from the NC-3. the flagship of the stjuadron. Mere received after she had passed station No. 9, the U. S S. Thatcher If they maintain their presont rat of speed the leading planes should reach the Azores by noon. New York time. Navy officials here are jtfnaxed &t 1 t A - ?r