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THE WASHINGTON TIMES. THURSDAY, APRIL S, 1915.
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By The Washlncton Times Company,
THE MUNSEV DUILDINO. Pean.. a v.
FRANK A. MUNSEY. President.
R. H. TITHERINGTON, Secretary.
C. H. OPE, Treasurer.
On Tear (Including Sunday), JO.
Six Month. S1.7S. Tlire Month. WV
THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1915.
THE PARKS IN SUMMER
show that Japan is making some- the first century,
thine of nn economic exhibition of
herself in China but that is no sign
that she will not do it.
THE DARDANELLES CAMPAIGN
Washington's genuine harbinger
of spring has arrived the crowds
In the parks. Next Sunday will not
only see the parks and triangles in
the city thronged with those who
take advantage of Washington's
rare opportunities in this respect,.
but Rock Creek Park and the Zoo
will be invaded.
Easter Monday proved the need of
tfje annual warning abdfit scattering
paper and littering up these reser
vations. On that day the landscapes
in Rock Creek Park itself were made
unsightly, and many of the spots
strewn with trash were equipped
with recoptaclcs for waste matter.
Right in line with the "Clean up
Paint up" slogan Is the effort, al
ready made by thoughtful persons,
to keep the parks in and about
Washington free from this unsightly
litter. A little care on the part of
each individual not onlv would en
hance the beauty of these tracts, but
it would save much money now ex
pended in cleaning some of them up.
Others are not cleaned at all, and
the thoughtlessness of early spring
pedestrians mars the beauty of the
outdoors for others throughout the
summer.
THE STRAIT-JACKET
We cannot help thinking that, in
his latest move for the reform of
Sing Sing prison, Warden Thomas
Mott Osborne has gone too far; that,
having attained the true perpendicu
lar of prison reform, his latest at
tempt causes him to lean the wrong
way and to become reactionary.
It appears that the sojourners at
Sing Sing are to wear stiff "boiled"
shirts on a Sunday. On that day
they are to give up the unregen
crate ease of the unstarched gar
ment and incase themselves in mod
ern coats of mail. Also they may, if
they please, indulge themselves in
other sartorial extravagances.
Taste in matters of dress, as in
other things, must not be maclc a
subject of debate. Still why any con
vict, under the old regime or the
new, should elect to give up the
comfortable ease of the unstarched
shirt for the close confines and irri
tating pressure of the "boiled"
habiliment, we are unable to con
jecture. "Stone walls do not a prison
make, nor iron bars a cage" less
now than ever but the stiff,
starched shirt forms a very satis
factory method of solitary confine
ment. For generations men have
been trying to escape from it, and
now they hac pretty well succeeded.
Just as free men have about es
caped fiom the trammels of this
fashion the citizens in the making
at Sing Sing rush Iieadlong into it.
Unless the new era has caused them
to rise superior to the discomforts
of the flesh, it will not be long until
they chant with Patrick Henry,
"Give me liberty or give me death."
CONVINCE JAPAN
It begins to be apparent that the
allies' campaign against Constanti
nople is requiring so much time that
it threatens to be a grave interfer
ence with their general plan of cam
paign in the west. It is not beyond
possibility that the long struggle
for control of the Dardanelles may
so divide the energies of the western
nations that the war may be pro
longed for a considerable time after,
otherwise, it would have been fin
ished. The campaign against Constanti
nople was naturally and logically a
winter campaign. In the south, it
could be carried on without inter
ference by weather. The allies could
have used their ships and likewise
their armies in the most effective
manner at the very time when .cam
paigning on the more northern
fronts would have been well-nigh
impossible, where in fact it is now
realized that almost nothing was
achieved for several months.
If the campaign at Constantinople
could have been started early in the
winter and won before spring, it
would have been possible to bring
back the armies and the fleet en
gaged in it, and use them in the
western operations. But instead, the
Dardanelles campaign has moved
Comforting, surely, to find we arc
not so bad as painted. Very helpful
indeed to find that all the complaints
that modern flesh is heir to, which
Edward Carpenter so gruesomcly
depicts in his "Civilization, Its
Cause nnd Cure," arc not of twen
tieth century vintage.
But oven more surprising is the
indication that perhaps some of the
remedies, too, may be unearthed
from a knowledge of the ancients.
For Dr. Cobcrn sets forth that a
surgeon who performed a successful
operation was paid a fee, and he who
blundered had his right arm cut off
as a guarantee against further mis
haps. With the same blunt and un
tutored justice, under a similar law,
a contractor whose building fell and
killed any workers was put to death.
THE WORLD-STRIKE IDEA
T 1
The people who are trying to or
ganize a world-labor strike in pro
test agaiiist the war and with the
purpose of tying up industry so that
the war will have to stop from star
vation and paralysis, arc getting
things ready for another demonstra
tion of what fools folks can make of
themselves when they set earnestly
about it. Perhaps gentlemen from
the comfortable viewpoint of Cooper
Union may have nn ideft that they
have a chance to cause the fighting
countries to thiow to the winds all
the results of their sacrifices and
sufferings to date; but when they
slowly. The power of the Turk has get on the job, undertaking actually
. , . i , it ml ! . , ! .
astomsneu tne wnoie woriu. ine io organize any sucn sccimon ugainst
ON SECRET MISSION
Fleet Concentrates at Naval
Base at Augusta and Taran
to in Southern Italy.
fortifications of the Hellespont have
won a new fame for that waterway
of ancient legend ami modern lore.
They have held back the assaults of
the allies until it is now apparent
that they must either abandon their
attack in that quarter, or else con
duct two campaigns with a force
that would better be concentrated
in one.
Doubtless the allies have a larger
force on the western front than the
Germans can count there. But if
they are to make their spring and
summer campaign effective, they
will need a very great superiority.
If it takes a half million men to
carry on the operations against
Constantinople, that half million will
require to be subtracted from the
number available for operations
elsewhere. The result may very
cdnceivably be that the allies will be
unable to bring to bear their fullest
force on either front, and that as a
result the war may be decidedly
lengthened. The Turk has proved
himself a more significant factor in
thp situation than anybqdy could
have dreamed when he entered it.
THE EITEL INTERNED
Noting the general air of protest,
Japanese in this country are busily
engaged in writing and talking to
show that Japan has nothing to gain
by attacking the "administrative
entity" and the open door in China.
This argument does not necessar
ily take up much time or space. It
is perfectly plain to any casual stu
dent of the situation that the less
political aggression Japan is guilty
of the better her chances are eco
nomically. Japan is heavily overburdened
with debt. There are taxes and
taxes and taxes of all conceivable
Ehapes and kinds. The average citi
zen pays about one-third of his
income over to the government. The
rich man pays a much higher per
centage. Banks and bankers and big
business houses are taxed within an
inch of their lives.
Now every Japanese soldier that
sets foot on the soil of China adds
to this burden. Through these sol
diers a few rich men may get con
cessions that will swell their for
tunes, but Ilayashi Oto at work on
his hillside farm will have to work
just so much haider and pay just
so much more taxes to square the
bill for the military expedition that
backed up the concessionaire. His
share of the loot is more taxes.
This logic is absolutely flawless,
nnd the Japanese in this country are
vaibting their time convincing us
that thefce things are so. We admit
it. They should go back and con
vert their countrymen their coun
trymen who just voted in a national
election to back up this policy.
It was fairly easy for a high
school student of economics to dem
onstrate that Germany could gain
nothing but debts and financial woe
by drawing the sword against Eu
uue. But (.icrnuirv liev the sword
In these days when everybody is
descrying in this, that, and every
thing a sign that the war is to end
soon or is never to end, doubtless
there will be some sapient folk to
draw significant military conclusions
from the formal interning of the
celebrated Prinz Eitcl Friedrich.
But common sense and simple hu
manity will discover no connection
between that event in the Virginia
waters and the fate of German arms
on the battlefields of Europe.
If the Kaiser's legions at this mo
ment were thundering on irresist
ibly to Paris, as they were eight
months ago, there would have been
no excuse under the wide heavens
for the Eitel to do other than the
very thing she has now done quit
the war within the safety of our
haibors.
The Eitel could not have steamed
out to sea, openly or secretly, with
any chance of escaping the warships
of the allies waiting for her beyond
the capes. She could not have
hoped, perishing herself, to deal at
the same time a fatal blow or even
a telling blow to any of the enemy
ships. She could have counted upon
only blotting herself out in a way
like nothing else so much as de
liberate suicide.
Good ships and gallant men must
still be sacrificed in this desperate
war, but none should travel that
road of doom except to a purpose.
Americans harboring the Eitel,. Eng
lishmen standing watch to fall upon
her beyond the three-mile limit of
our shores, Germans proud of her
within their beleaguered boundary,
must all feel the same sense of re
lief that the German admiralty has
not elected in an utterly fruitless
bravado to make the Eitel junk at
the bottom of the sea and her offi
cers and crew food for shurks.
the various governments, they will
be altogether likely to be locked up
as plain nuisances. That is about
what ought to happen.
American agitators will perform
excellent service to their own coun
try and the world if they will con
fine their efforts in this matter to
platform conversation, and that on
this side of the water. There is no
reason why any American zealots
should be allowed to start trouble by
carrying such a propaganda to Eu
rope, and conspiring against the se
curity of governments there. It is
sheer folly. No government would
permit any such enterprise to inter
fere with the piobecution of the war
for a single day. It might be neces
sary to use a few regiments to stop
rioting; some industries might be
placed under direct government con
trol for a time; and some meddling
people might get locked up or de
ported; but beyond that, there would
be no particular results from such
a performance. It is just the sort of
half-baked sentimentality that
causes American influence to, be sac
rificed. This country may have some
thing worth while to do with bring
ing peace, and insuring its measur
able permanence; but it will only dis
sipate its chance for influence by
such foolish activities as this world
strike propaganda.
There seems to be an epidemic of
sobriety raging in Europe.
They claim that Huerta's heart
still yearns for the Presidency; but
it must be his stomach.
PARIS, April 8.-A dispatch from the
Italian frontier says the warships of the
Italian fleet hac concentrated, at
Augusta, Sicily, and nt Taranto, within
a few hours of the Adriatic
Tho departure of these warship
caused a profound Impression. The fleet
Is headed by several new droadnaughts,
of which tlio most formidable Is the
(""onto dl Cavour, which corresponds In
the Italian navy to Great Britain's
Queen Elizabeth.
Tho future movements of the fleet
are veiled with absolute secrecy.
Diplomats of tho two governments
had been attaining every nerve to se
cure the continuance of .Italy's neu
trality, but events had reached such a
threatening stage, with the obvious fail
ure of the German mission to Rome and
Austria's pessimism as to her power to
noici uacK tne Russians, that me ex
pedient of a Bcwet mission by the
Kaiser had been hit upon.
The Kaiser Is said to have proposed
substantial concessions as the price of
Italy's continued neutrality.
Italy and Serbia ore about to cohcludo
an sir! cement, according to the corres
pondent of ParjB Excelsior, at R5me.
The basis, he states. Is an follows:
Italy will not oppose Serbia's occupa
tion of territory giving her nn outlet
to the Adriatic on condition that this
territory lin not fortified.
The nuestlon of Trlest and Iatrla
have not even been discussed, the al
lies ha Ing iceognlsed the Italian char
acter of these localities. The present
Visit of T. Tittonl, the Italian ambassa
dor In pails, to Home. Is In connection
with these negotiation?.
"If this Italo-Scrblan agreement is
signed this work, as is expected, the
correspondent adds, "the entry of Italy
Into the European conflict may be con
sidered Imm'nent."
Many Events Arranged
For Washington Today
BOW-WOW SPECIAL
DUE HER
E
SUNDAY
Meetings and Entertainments
To Be Held in Every Sec
tion of the City By Various
Societies.
British Newspaper "
Warns United States
To "Keep Hands Off"
Today.
Rehearsal, I'rldty Morning Club, banqJtt
lia.ll. Raleigh, 11 a. in.
Dance, Alpliu Alpha .Sorority, oak room. Ha-
lelKli, 8 pm.
Card iwrtv and tea-dance, hoard of mtnait'.ri
of Ceorgo Washington tnlverlty Hospital,
ball room, Cairo, J to 7 p. m.
Meeting, Chemical Society or Washington.
assembly hall, Cosmos club. 8 p. m.
lecture, "Insects and Their Relation to tl-
eace," VV. D. Hunter, Washington Academy
of Sciences, auditorium, New National Mu
seum, 4,15 p m.
Conference, Methodist Protestant Church.
Rhode Island avenue M i Church. 9 n. m.
Exhibition. Society of Washington Artists,
hemivyile, Corcoran Art Oallerj, 0 a. m,
to 4 V. ni.
Recital, Home Club Chorus, 14 Jackson place
northwest, 8 p. in. Dancing will follow.
Exhibition. Deco-atlve Arts Society, blue
room, New VVIllard, all day.
Bupper-dance .red room. New VVIIIard, 7 p.m.
Masonic The New Jerusalem. No. 9; Naval,
No. 4; waamngton, r.o. I, jioyal Arcn Jla-
sons: William iF. JIunt, No. It, Kastrrn
Htar.
Odd Tellons Columbia. No 10, Salem, No
11; Covenant, No 13.
Knights of Pvthlas Harmonv, No. 21.
Maccabees District Tent. No. 8
National t'nlon Washington Council. Fra
ternal Council.
Socialist Parly r. r. L. entertainment, 811
B street northwest.
Klks nance.
Knights of Columbus. Keane Council
Modern Woodmen of America, Washington
Camp. No. 11,464
Meeting, I'ocahontaa Memorial Association,
lintel nellevue, 4:30 p. in.
Razaar and dance, Columbia and Children'
Alumnae Association Nurses' Club, 1137 K
street northwest, 2pm
Amusements.
New National George Arllss In "Dlsrasll."
t:i p. m
Columbia 'The Rose Maid," 2.13 and S 15
n ni
Toll's Within the Iaw " I 15 and S 15 n m
ifelasco "In the Heart of Marvlaud. ' photo
pis r, 2. 3 30, and S to 11 p m
! B. F. Kelth's-Vaudevl'.te. 2.15 and !:15 p. m
casino Vaudeville, continuous.
Cosmos Vaudellle, continuous.
CJayoty Burlesque. 2:10 and S:16 p. m
( randans I'noiopiays, n a, in. ii it d. m.
Harden Photoplays, 11 a. in. to U P. in.
Strand Photoplays. 11 a. m. to 11 p. m.
Arcade Dancing. 8 to 12 p. ni.
Tomorrow.
Exhibition, Society of Washington Artists,
hemlcycle. Corcoran Art dallcry. 9 a. in. to
4 P. ni. ,
Address, Secretary of 8lte Bryan, annual
reception and buffet supper. South American
Club of oung Women's Christian Asso
ciation, In building, 7 p. m.
RenefU entertainment. Knights of Columbus
Dramatic Club, for Dominican Sisters' Sa
cred Heart Academy. Playhouse. 8 p. ni.
Meeting, West Virginia Society, old Masonic
Temple, 8 p. m
"Prom" dance Interfraternltv Association
of Qeorge Washington University, banquet
hall, Raleigh, 8 pm.
Concert, Friday Morning Club, banquet ball,
Raleigh, 11 a. m, ,
Concert. Phil Sheridan Circle Auxiliary. W
n. , under auspices of Society for
tiroadcr Rducat'on, oak room Raleigh, 8
Reading. "The Soul of Millccnt." MIfs Olive
Russell Chapln, Church of Our Fatlnr. 8
P tn.
Celebration, fiftieth anniversary or General
T nrrn1i nnjirtnint of tllft I'OtO-
mac. O, A. R In Grand Army Hall, 8
Dogdom Aristocrats Will Have
Special Special Train From
New York to Washington.
Aristocrats of Eastern dosdom from
Now York and Philadelphia ore. to
travel to tho "Washington Kennel Club's
big dog show next Monday and Tuesday
In "bow-wow Pullman cars," provided
with padded upper and lower berths,
electric lights, steam heat, and other
conveniences. Arrangements for tht
special train were made, today at a con
ference betwen Dr. Gorge M. Rommel,
of the Buicau of Animal Huabandr.v.
Department of Agriculture; George 8.
Parker, of tho Adams Hxprcss Com
pany, and Superintendent George F.
Foley, of the dog show. In the Evans
building.
The "bow-wow special" will leave
New York Sunday at noon, and will
stop at Broad street station In Phlla-
(lelnhlll tn Tllolf nn turn KBplnoit. rtf
dSpc; Sigma Delta fraternity, red room. Qur C"' Pt"- v i
New Wlllard. 8 p. m. Among the New Workers whose dog's
Open House. Home Club. 14 Jackson p'aco win come on tne "Bow-wow Special'
northwest. 8 D. m.
Masonic-Hope. No CO. Stankburv. No 24.
Takorra. No. 12: Cathedral, No. 14,,fct
John's Lodge, No 18, Eastern Star.
Odd Fellows Central. No. 1; Metropolis, No.
U: Phoenix, No. 28.
Knights of Pythias fvracuslcns. No 10;
HathlMme-Superlor. No 29; Hathbone Tern-
pie. No 8. P)thlan Filters
Woodmen of the World Georgetow n Camp,
No. 10. I
National Union National Capitol Council,
McKlnlev Council Georgetown Council.
Socialist Party I ocal Central, Ell B ureet
northv en
Hamilton flub dinner. Tea Cup Inn. 122
Connecticut avenue northwest. 7 n n'
Lecture, "The Kllng Machine In GcoKrnphlc
Studies." O. P. Austin, before National
Geographic Soclejy. auditorium Now Va
vonlc Temple. 4 30 and 8 15 p. in
Address. "Orcat Moments of I Ifc ' Mrs
Il'njainln K. Smith before Wo nan's Alll
pnee nf All Sou)s' Church, 11 a m
Entertainment, benefit of St Mary's School.
In hall. Fifth and Washington streets
nnrtlmest. 8 n m
Meeting, nrnoklanrl Citizens' Association. I
-Masonic Temple, Hrool.land, 8 p in.
FOUR CHAPTERS OF
Ecn if Mr. Willaril claims the
lighting championship of the world,
he is wise in not insisting on his
European rights.
Having successfully postponed
Easter for a week, the mayor of
Atlantic City would confer a boon
on present office holders by also post
poning 1910.
Folks who are deploring the fact
that America is making shrapnel for
Europe wouldn't be any happier if
America were manufacturing shrap
nel for America.
D. A. R. ORGANIZED
Reports From Fifty District
BodicsNRcccived By District
Organization.
1.0.NUON, April S. "Hands off in this
I'onfllct Is the warning glvtn the
I'nttcd States and President Wilson
b tlio (Jlolie, in an editorial discus
sion of the muilcan note cxpicsslng
tht attitude of the United States Go
ernment on England's order in council
blockading the German coast.
'In default, of any fresh explanation
oi President Wilnun's attitude bclnic
offered," saj s th Globe, "we auKKst
that ihe only otlici which is tioisibie
N that the nierlcan ftxccutlvc de
sires to appear as the arbiter to end
thlh world w.ir. Therofoi e, lie jjic
parmu; himself for the adoption of this
iiile 1 v the iiHsumntlon ot an elaboi
atclv iirtiliiciHl affectation of neu
trally. If tliul Is .t It niav be well
to tiny at once that the allies Intend to
.settle this inttlei in theli own way
and upon t licit own teims. An) onu
vho omcs betveen tl em will have
I'ls alms defeated, for Iip will be po
lltelv nnd i"lt plalnlv requested tf
mind his own b miners. "
Consideration of the Ameiicnn note
on uie ore sn .;ii ie is i.ciiik eu. eu f t, local olan,zauon.
ov. .PR to the n'lscnce of Sir I-.dwardl '-. "'"' - -
Giev, the foreign minister, and It is
Imi osxible to kiiv when af reply will
tie iniidp to Vahlnr;t4nt , V
SENATE SHIP LOBBY
E
INVESTIGATION
Chairman Walsh, at Hearing,
Intimates That Senator Bur
ton Was Unfair.
are August Belmont and his son, lta-
in o lid lieltnont; .Miss Ann Tracy, a
niece of J. P. Morgan, Mrs. Charles C".
Uumsey, a daughter of the later n. II.
Ilarriman, Koy A. Itainey, and Mrs.
Halney: Samuel Wlllets, Kobert Wal
ton Goelct. F. Ambrose Clarh, of the
Piedmont Hunt Club, which will alo
show Its pack of fox hounds; Mrs. A.
Ilunfrerford, of Long Island; Commo
dore Hobert Livingston Gerr. formei
Congressman William Littauer, of
New York.
The Pennsylvania jiets are owned b
tlie following fanciers: Charles P
Bod, with his Imported "Hedgerow
Mallwjd Bobs," Knglish setter cham
ploii, for which he refused $10,001
Isaac Clothier, .1. V. McKay, of Bor
dentown: K. B. Chasp, IJr. J. L. Hadlc.
of Oil Cit. Pa., Thomas P. Hunter.
John W. Kccgan, and B. F. Lewis.
Such aristocratic breeds as the Grif
fon, the Nalj hum tctrler. the German
sheepdog, Doberman, Piuschers, and
othets will Ive seon at the dbg show.
I7xhibits of whole packs fiom tho Vlr
glnla and Long Island Hunt Clubs, with
the M. P. II s In full hunting costu;ui
showing them; the heaviest and the
smallest dog In the world; dachshund
from the imperials kennels of Kalsei
Wllhclm, the triiincd police dog's of
New York and Boston. Ill exhibitions
of their "sagacltj : Belgian dogs from
the IStiropean battlefields, whore the'
aided the Bed Cross corps in their work
of rescue: imported dons from the
Orient; dogs veritably worth their
weight In goid; the ugliest dog and the
handsomest dog, all will hae places in
the bench rows at the old Walkc
Hughes market, on Connecticut aenue
Washington soclet women are promi
nent exhibitors, and more than 500 dos-
wJH be in line when the dog show of
ficials start the work of Judging on
Monday. The proceeds will be turncI
oei to Neighborhood House
The formation of four no chaptcis
of the District Lmuehlcis of the Atnei
ican Revolution was repotted nt the
annual meeting of the local rhaptcis In
Memoilal. Continental Hall esterda.
The mecllns was comparatively free
from politics, and is sa'd to h:'."e been
the most peaceful meeting in .the h.s- i Criui,man Walsh said The nnlv Rood
pui pose the inguirv crvod. lie nsertcd.
Willi the testimonv of Seciclaiv Sjd
ne H Moiee. of the confeience on
trans-Atlantic lines, a New York oi
ganizalion. the Senate hip 1 ibby inves
tigating (.ommillee ended lis woi to-da
Tho v hole tning was "a water-haul,'
It
Patriotic wearers of the shint
mery, gauzy garments evohed by
Dame Fashion this summer, will
probably insist on the shadows being
made in America.
Secretary Daniels announces the
coming launching of the battleship
Arizona. Speaking in strictly land
terms, the sponsor will doubtless
break a bottle of glue over the dash
board of the boat.
THE RUDE ANCIEiNTS
In a few facts brought back by
Prof. Camden M. Cobcrn, an archc
ologist of Pittsburgh, who has been
hcaid in Washington, those who
wrinkle their brows about modorn
"problems" should find much com
fort. In the naive fashion of the late
O. Henry, and withhis curious jux
taposition of ideas, the reporters un
wittingly string out some of his
findings in this fashion:
Nero's palace had tluce elevators
and the Egyptiuns knew about hair
tonics. The hobble skirt was known
in the das of Moses and the Phoe
nccians practiced mental healing.
Romnn aristocrats took then stenog
raphers with them on trips about
Youthful Elopers Spend
Honeymoon in New York
. laudc B. Can and his bride, foimeily
Miss Glndvs Stlnson, who eloped to An
flapolis and were inairied yesterday,
aie spending their honovmoon in New
.oik todaj, according to close friends
of tl.i youthful couple.
The bildegiuom s home Is In Atlanta,
Ua . but lie lias beon living in Washing
ton foi the nasi eai
I Can Is twcntv-thrtc .venrs old, and the
so of mi biiue was given as Mxtccn.
two .wuis in-low tne K-gai lequlrenicnt
of Maryland It was ic.ii'ticd there Was
much opposition on the part of the
biides oaicnts to the wedding, and th.it
even thing posFlble was done to pievent
it The inlcle i a uaugiiier of J I
SUn.son, i' tonti.K t')i of voile. Pa. ami
a meet ol tne laic coi. JtanUolph Dick
ens. I' S M C
r mime in nNiuiiixiqii. J i J t
According to Berlindtspaiches, con
cerning tlio American note to Great
Britain on the order in council, the
onlv comment is that of the Kreus
Zeltung. This paper says'
"If this summarv is correct, the
note means the far-reaching retreat
of America. Inasmuch as it permits
Great Britain to carry out its block
ade' measures against American ships,
even when they carrv goods which
are not contraband, but come or go
to ports of hostile lands. In this
Nmctlca surrenders the principle that
cverj blockade must be effective."
The Cologne Gazette ssys-
"it appears to be a note ac,ainst Ger
many rather than against England, and
it Is so framed that England may leave
it unnoticed without having reason to
feai anv serious steps from the Ameri
can Government
America submits to everv Unllsh
act of violence, while at the same time
she (outiiiues eagerlv to supplv out
enemies with arms and other material,
and even advances them money for
niche supplies."
Miss North Will Sing
In "Spirit of Nations"
Miss Madge North, the English con
tialto, who sang her way into the hearts
of Washington society folk is to be one
of the principal soloists in "The Spirit
of the .Nations, a spectacular musical
production, which Is to be given at the
Bel.isco Theat"! on the afternoon of
April .;, under tlie auspices of the Bel
glum Children s Relief Committee.
As the name implies, the program will
interpret the spirit of the people of the
Kicat nations the Hebrew, the Greek,
the Latin, the Gallic, the Teutonic, tho
Slavic the Scandinavian, and the
hnsllsh
The cast also includes Mnie. Christiana
L.vmael. or the Opera Comlque, Paris;
anu such well-known local musicians as
Mrs H. Clav Browning. Mrs. Shlrcllff.
Mrs. Helen Do Yo, Mtk Julian Brylaw
ski; Mrs. William Reed, Mrs. Danforth,
Miss Vera Humbly, "tlie Canadian
Nightingale: Miss Elizabeth Leckle.
Mrs. Cstclle Wllloughby Ions. In an or
iginal composition, piano; Miss Marguer
ite O'Moole. harp; Miss Klsa Rancr.
violin; Dr. Leopold Glushak, Arthur
Gietn. and Mr. Nolan, tho basso of St.
1 -trick's choir
lickets may be procured at commit
tee headquarters. Jlfi Coi coran building,
or at the Rclasco Theater.
The new chaptci s
Mrs. Ida .1. Kir
Mia. Cjuj'.oh Km l
I he Kr stone.
esertt; ..blgail.
IT W
M
TO BE CELEBRATED
eaenli. Dorothy
faheock. Mtts Do.oi.ij phiaJIw'oo''. c-
gent. and James McCall, MIS. plU M.
Buell, icgenl.
Mrs. I rank Kostet Gicenavvalt state
regent fo- the Disi-iel, presided. Re
ports of progi ess made .n the fiftv
chapters of the District we.e lead by
the various ngent3.
Mis William Cunimlng Fto.y, piesl
dent genet al of the i A R. vvho at
tended the meeting lejterda.', was
greeted with a buist or applause when
she entered the hall. She tesp&nded
with an address in which she praised
tlie work of the District orgam.at on
pas to disprove the charge that the
Admlnlstiatlon was playing thegfiiiie
of German interned ship owners In uush
Jng tins 'purchase bill. Walsh f'anily in
timated his opinion that Senator Bin ton
was unfair In inaki'lg this accusation
'Plir Itivatlcrn t Inti lin nrtilo.t .ittifd in
determine the tiuth on groundlessness
of Bur.on's chiuge and also of tlie al- .
legation that shipowners who hud not
Interned crart to sell weie unduly aeiivi.
aealnst the puithae bill. P.olli accusa
tions, said Walsh, proved baseless.
Morse testified that his organizai'on
took no interest In the purchase bill con
troversy, though it did lonccrn ifelf
somewhat with the La Follcttc seamen's
j hill and sent a delegation to Wdshin
G. A. R. to Hold Patriotic Meet
ing Tomorrow Night, With
Speeches By Veterans.
Want Horse Ambulance.
establishment of a fund with Which
to purchase and maintain a hotse am
bulance is in sod liv the Allium! Rescue
League Uuring Maich the league offi
ce! , called foi 81 cats. 102 kittens, and
31 dogs
Missouri Club Meeting.
Co!iKiesiiiti i I lines T Llov il and
Jii'lRi N leu Itt will spei. nt the
Iiir-i I llli ol i1" Jin "' il H')i ie, at
Rui'xibei 1 1 iIh i ihlit misical
an I liftniv piogium has also bce.i sx
ranged Officers will be elected.
and characterized then, as the hostesses hrwas co islderinir It
of tho I). R of the entire couturj. ' r wnun was considering it
TWa , nn. fa nf th clfltn .eellt MIlllW- I """" " "
ed l.tUj members in "the fif v chnptei s.' SoarkS Fl"Om "L" Road
ir. the tiistrioi "Ihe District chapteis i F"1 J vmii u. ivuou
have cont-lliiitcd to 'lie indebtedness FlTP Wnmnn'c Hflir
r.r ,.!, .,1,1 M-innr.il Hall fund a I rilC WUIIlrtllS 1 Idll
total of j:7.077.C5 J'.V.'3-. of which was
subscribed during the pas: jeai. 'Ihe
total an.ount contributed lo.- the war
sufferers wan Jl.nOO.O:, and for the foot
of land olan, $J0S 25 .
The national congres of tho D. A. R.,
whli h 111 lip attended by ,pp. oTlmate
H l.'.Cvi) delegates from the vaiious
States, will open in Continental Memor
ial Hall Aprd 19
Electrical Expert Is
Wanted for Naval Work
NEW YORK, April S A vhoiver ot
spai Ks dropping from the elevated
ignited the hat and hair ot Mrs. Cathe
rine Kllenbergcr. She was badly
burned.
The, sparks were ciiied hy a vvoik
mart diopping a wiench on 1 3 the thiul
rail.
Funerals
Seeks Divorce From
Bogus U. S. Detective
INDIANAPOLIS. Intl.. April 8. Mrs
Inez Dixon Wick, who on March 21
married Stephen D. K. Wick, wanted
by the Government on the charge of
impersonating Government officials, to
day filed suit to havo their marriage
annulled on the ground of fraud.
It developed today that Wick has
posed as a Secret Service man In
cities all over the I'nltcd States, Includ
ing Buffalo and Washington.
Wick mnrrled Mist. Inez Liles follow
ing u love-at-flrst-slght courtship of a
week here. Then he deserted hot at
lakcview, Ohio, after cashing a bogus
check foi JSCiO. The marriage, was an
elaborate affair, celebrated In the Louis
XIV room of the Clajpool Hotel.
State and Labor to
Have Tennis Teams
The Dop.ii tments of State and Labor
have organized n tennis club In the
Departmental Tennis League and u
hoard of four has been selected o
pick a team from the fifty arpllcants
thiough elimination contots. The
officers of the club me: B 5. Davis,
cli-ef clerk of the State D-p.ii'ttnont,
ho"orarv piPsldei.l. Po'iert W-itson
hief clei k. Labor, tn eiidc-tit Clinton
R W iltnoj vice president. V. J Cun
ningham scretaO "afeunt 'oi I t
bor, L A Beirman, secretary -treasurer
for Stale.
Ihe n.l Service Commission an
nounces a competitive examination on
Ma 1? fo- electrical cxpeit aid to se
cure el gibles for appointment in the
Bureau of Constiuctlon and Rep-t r of
the Navv Derailment, nt $4 a dav
I ho duties of .this position joqune a
theoretical knowledge of al' Kinds of
electrical appaiatus used on 'boaid
naval vessels, capability of preparing
specifications, making of tests of elec
trical auxiliaries, anu oi csi.inaiin- me
time, material, and cost of making re
pairs. Applicants must have had at
least tluee j ears' practical experience
In electrical work.
On May 18 there will be an examina
tion for oil and gas inspectors in the
Interior Department for woik in tne
Oklahoma oil fields
"Victory Supper" Given
By Sunday School
A "victotT Btipper" t tne C.vlvary
Baptist StmAny nchfta 19 ,ast eveu'
Ing marked the ctaSft OT ti membei ship
campaign tbnt resu't'd in the enroll
ment of 157 new members In the Vaughn
In addition, thirty-eight candidates
were Initiated Into the David and Jona
tnah Brotherhood. Members of the
Vaughn class had heen organised In two
groups, the "Davids" and tlio "Jona
thans." tlie foimer securing nlnet-four
new members, tlio lattci MUy-thice
Kdward L Tolson. proMdcnt of tlie
hlim Pluh was toastmaster. first intio-
duclng Prof. Louis D Bliss teachei of
Vaughn class, who spoke on tho sig
nificance of the contest. The Rev A
F. Anderson, the pastoi s assistant. Dr
IT. C. McNeil, B C. Gctbinger. and the,
pastor of the church, the Rev. Di. S. II
Greene, gave slioit addresses.
King of Qreece and
Former Premier in Row
Mrs. Annie E. Bennett.
XThe Lnernl of .Mrs nnie K Ben
nett v III be hold iri'in the lesidcnce,
lijft) Qimi sticet uoi theasl. to St
Anihonv s catholic Chun h tomorrow
mot nine at i o clock Intc-mont will
be in Mt Olivet Cemelct'
James B. Chcalej.
I uncial scivices for Jsmes B Chcs-
lej wl'l be held fiom Grace Kpijcopal
Church. oodside Md . tomonovv nf
teinoon at J o'clock. Interment will be
't "W'oodsido, Md.
William A. Hutchin.
Ihe funeral of William A. Hutcliins
will b.' held from tho residence, 3119 N
street northvvct tomorrow afternoon at
1 o'clock. Intel ment will be In Oak
Hill Cemcterv.
John A. BurKe.
The fii'ieial of John A. Burke will
be held fiom the residence of his
brother, 71" Twelfth street southeast, to
M Aloyslub' Ctthollc Church, where
lfcUiiem mars will be colebialcd at
9 JO o'clock lomoriow morning.
Mrs. MaVf' E. Mahe.v.
The funeral of Mrs. Mnr.v V. Majheu
v ill he hold fiom 'the loMdencc. 107
L'teventh sti cot southeabt. tomoriow af
ternoon at ' o'eloci. Interment will be
in Congresston.il Ccmeteiv.
Mrs. Saralt E. Nichols.
Jin, Mil servlics foi Mrs. Sarah I".
Nichols wore held at tho Motliodtf.
iioino, l,H M stioet uoithweat this
morning Intel ment will he -it lloyds,
Md.
pdtiljth piosiam of addiesse.
som,s. and lecitations will mark "Appo
mattox Dav ' In Washington tomorrow
evening, the Depaitment of the Po-toma-',
G. A R . having ai ranged a com
prehensive celebration ot the fiftieth an
uiveisaiv of the surrender of Gen
Itobcit K Lee to Gcu V. S Grant, at
tlie iiriniu village made famous b
tli.it event
'1 lie iiiecluiK will be held in G. A R.
Hall, 111.! Pciinsvlv.uiU avenue and
anions tlioe who will speak will b
Gen. Cdw.tid Whltakei, the Rev. Di.
James Shcia .Montgomery Lieut Gei .
Nelson A Mibs, Capt. Thomas II. Mc
Ko. and Gavloid M. Saltzgaber, com
mission! 1 of pensions. In addition, tlieie
will be live-mlnuto talks b.v a "few dis
tiumiishcd volunteers."
Lutzg Boys BidSb Band will furnish
music and' the invocation will be de
livered bv the Rev. Dr. Hcnr.v A.
louden. Chaplin of the House. Othcis
vvho will have n. pait 111 the piogram
arc L'nil Lan-r. George II. Llllibrldge,
Hanv Statham, Samuel R. St rattan.
Mis "Isabel Worrell Ball, and Mrs. E.
1 I nence Donahue
On the plat foi m will be snow n tno nag
of time whli li Gencial Whitakcr, as an
aide, curled in aiiatiglng the truce thai
hi ought Generals Giant and Lee to
gcliier, and tho chair in which Gcneisl
1 01 at while arranging tlie term ot
t- surrcndet. M.mv of tho veterans
will be present ti tne their personal
reminiscences of tlie last das of the
will and of the scone when the contend
ing armies laid down their aims and k
turned to the work of icbulldlng the
nation.
New Uniforms of Gray
For Belgian Forces
PARIS. April S-The Belgian Bl'm1
has received new uniforms of a Bra
material with u 'veiy wide Inverness
. . . I .. Itl. ..4J,.I-
capo. A dark coiorcci itupi iui r"i'
able ear laps goes with them.
A soldier belonslng to tlio '1)11 elas
w 1 ilea that tlio enthusiasm which sreei
ed tlie receipt of these unlfotnis Is in
des.'i lhable
"U last." he says, "after four months
training wc left Piancc for an unoccu
pied pait of Belgium. We arrived with
(he band pla.vlng and remained n week
before pro oedlng to the trenches. King
Albert and General JoiTre came and con
gratul.itod us on our nne appearance
and rave each of us five clgais marked
1!H
"W'e pained two trenches nnd a I
vnnTd 500 auls In our first da.' at th
fiont "
ATIILNS. April S.-A controversy
which will have strong political effect
has sprung up between King Constnn
tine and M. Venlzelos. former premier
of Greece
An official statement was issued denj
llig that tho King had ever consented
to tho cession of torrltorv to Bulgarii
as the jrlce of Bulgriiinu nrutralltv
This Is h fl.st contradiction to a state
ment made b M entzelos.
l (.'. Spicsb.
The fiiiioial ' 1'. C Sploii, will h"
held limn tho icsldciico, is.'o Xoith
i"aplt l tlrcet. tumuriow aftciuoon at 1
o'clock.
Mim Mary Ellen Albinsun.
The funeral of Miss Maiv Kllon Al
hinsou was held from the losidcmc, iS
Randolph rti-'Ot 110rthuc.it to th
Chuicn of th Snored Heart th s morn
ing intetment vvun In Mt olivet Ce ino
tei v
Robert 1 arnham Millet.
1 c 1 1 pT'l I 1t"lcrl I auih.tiii Mi
ir v .. held iioni tie roJid'nif li
Tenth Btictt noithvest, this aftcrtio 11
Crew Without Food
Four Days Rescued
M.W ORK piil S -'I lie cap'U'i
and dx men of the cievv of tho schooner
Ll.le L W lllo vvcio hiouslit into ioi I
loda.v bv the ht' nine. Pittrua from Noi
Oilcans which 1 esoued them '.25ft mi.c,s
miiitli of Capo llatteias on pril 6
The vlioonei vvun cairving luinbei
fiom Savannah to Paw tucket and lie
en mo water-logged ier ciov had been
without food for font dav'3 when tne
Proteiih came in night.
Police in Summer Garb.
Sp ing Iih offiolnllv :ii lived in Wash
li gtou tho policemen Imvlng bee 11 o
dried t doff iheii winter overcoats fo'
sirln (1 nnt vclghng 'ie put nn
lea HI' 11 ci .md 1 -ht v ci,lu I'd' "f
will 'at on he ad the ail.iMit of a
mer.