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i-Hvrv - -ij THE WASHINGTON TIMES, THURSfcAX DECEMBER 2?; 1915; By We WaeliinJpnTrnmpany, .rtfa MONfiny p"J)t rennm. ave. FRANK. aJMUNSBV President. ft. It T1THEMN0TON, Secretory. C. H. POPE, Treasurer. On. Tear "neluilng Sundays). XM. But Month, il.li. Threw Months. c. iajjensUst of a country' men atmUifJdecImated its to bo compelled to tary ago is equivalent to a guaran , draw a great .aupply'tfrom hero foy tee that an army of that force, can inauBinai purposes, as she is now be turned out "between sunrise and I drawing1 them for military. That Is sunset," as Mr. Bryan would have the ono bright 'spdt In the horsey ub .imagine It takes, with the very . mturo. . no is ov,on no,w selling at IRE BIO JUMPS THURSDAY, DEqEMBER 23, 1915. UTTLE ROOM FOR EVASION The brief andvery pointed note at the State Department to Austria, wade public yesterday, bringB the Ancona discussion to a stage from which it would seem the next movo must be either a break of relations or a definite yielding by Austria. The American note gives no atten tion to the seeming disposition of the Vienna authorities to poke fun at the bad form of the former com munication. It comes back to the muttons of the affair and declines to be led a,way into by-paths. Repeatedly the word "demands" is employed in referring to the meas ures rehired by the Washington dovcrnment; and it is vigorously in sisted . that the admissions of the Austrian admiralty concerning the manner of destroying the Ancona4 constitute all the evidence on that point that is needed by the Ameri can foreign office. It would be u'se- vless to present testimony in support of that which the Austrian naval au thorities have admitted, and which they seem determined to sustain. There arc no diplomats more ex pert jn the ways of circumlocution and hedging than those of Austria. They may find a way to avoid the direct isBue that now appears to be clearly indicated. But they will find it only if Washington is wilting to let them, and even to help them find it. Our own Government occu pies the position of being able to force the issue if it wants to do so. . How it can do less and maintain its self-respect is not apparent. THE ROAD TO VICTORY British Tri manifesto of the bankers calls upon the nation to save and to give; to sacrifice its wealth in order that national vic tory may come. It holds forth, too, the promise that if Britain will but pay the price, the victory is certain. Perhaps; but money alone is not going to win this war for cither Bide; nor even the things that money can buy. Superiority in "numbers, provision or.any other direction Will not give the allies the victory un less they can match the German system of organization. There is recent testimony that the allies hve established something like a central intelligence, and that this is going to direct the war oper ations, as a whole, from the present forward. It is time that such a move were made. The allies are vastly superior to their enemy in wealth and in availability of their wealth. But they have sacrificed al ready something like one-third their possible wealth available for carry ing on a war, in rather fruitless en deavor. They have, indeed, saved themselves frofn lying overcome by Hie first onset; and that was much. But they have failed to establish any military and economic systom that, thus far at least, demon strates capacity to cope with the 'Vjrman system. Their question is whether they can go on paying for flukes, and longer than Germany, with less wealth, but better manage ment, can go on winning the points in the game. The allies must, indeed, have the money; and they probably have it. But they must have more than money. They need at least a Pitt and a Wellington; and they have not given any evidence of a dispo sition to develop either. AIAKINO ARMY OFFICERS It has been computed that the British army, at the strength to which it has been recruited under Lord Derby's plan, will need no fewer than 200,000 commissioned of ficers, and rather a larger number of non-commissioned officers. That makes a total of 400,000 men, of whom one-half must be trained to the higher official duties such as ac tually commanding bodies of troops and caring for them in the field, while the other half must be of Buch experience as to make competent drill masters and minor executives. The body of commissioned officers would thus be twice the present total membership of the United States army; officers and non-commissioned officers, together, more than four times the total strength of our army. For Great Britain, the greatest prob lem is not to find men, but officers to handle the mon. Yet Great Brit ain has been provided with far more opportunity to train men for such positions, than has been afforded in the United Slates. There is a great body of men in England who served in the ffocr war.; the empire con tains many thousands who have seen real service in the various little wars of which Britain commonly has one or more in progress. Preparedness means preparedness t alLpoints. It docs not mean that bcBt material, .months, tq make a use ful soldier; years to make an offlcer capable ,of training or handling sol diers. x I ,It Is apparent that the West Point mothod of producing" officers is not capable of such expansion as could ntfssiblv turn out the numbers this country rnight need in a great war. While it 1b not to be presumed that we shall require the millions that Britain has now recruited, yet wo must be equipped to provide vastly greater numbers of officers than the. West Point system could turn out; and this alono dictates that there must be some sharp modifications of our whole plan. TARIFF ISSUES AFTER THE WAR A Berlin socialist newspaper, the Vorwaerts, calls upon the CJeirr.un government to explain how it is. go ing to raise revenue to pay interest on the huge debt the empire is pil ing up, and what tho country's eco nomic policy will be after the war's end. The observations of tniB very able paper suggest that other coun tries than tho United States will have a new tariff problem after the war. Tho Vorwaerts points out that a large share of German imperial rovenues have been raireu nereio fore from taxes on imports: the protective tariff system, which is quite as highly prized and more scientifically administered in Ger many than here. In fact, the Ger man federal government, like that of the -United States, is distinctly restricted in regard to he sources of revenue from which it may draw. The Vorwaerts points ont that after the war it will be impossible to go on increasing the revenue from cus toms duties, because provisions, raw materials, and many necessaries will have to be imported in great quanti ties after the war, and to enhance their prices by heavy tariff dues would lead to artinciai increases m prices all along the line and under mine German capacity to compete in world markets. Thus" we see Germany" beginning to discuss the possibility that it will be a dumping ground; the difference between German and American at titude being that Germany needs and wants the things that will be dumped, and wants to give the out side world the best possible chance to dump upon her the things that will most be required; while the United States is fearful lest its in dustries may be injured and ita home market, invaded by the cheap products of rehabilitated industry in Europe. The Vorwaerts' presentation of Germany's problem is an illuminat ing one. It carries the suggestion that perhaps the time is come when Germany will be ready to move to ward joining the ranks of the free trade countries. If that shall be the outcome, there will be the more need for the United States to place its own tariff system in charge of competent, scientific authorities capable of adjusting it to rapidly shifting conditions in the commerci al world, and with power to do what is necessary. Thcie is, too, the sinister suggestion that Ger many may give new inducements to get the United States to export raw materials, while putting up the bnrs against our more highly fabricated products. . The United States is going to need, after the war, the best tariff experience and intelligence that can be brought to bear. Now is the time for the realization of thut fact, and for beginning the study of the huge problem in which this country will be involved, along with all the rest of the world. low prices, despite the European de mand, and with every prospect that they will bo lower still. Other power is pushing the horse out; and in the process of going he may be come so cheap that for a brief period there will be considerable L consumption of his meat as a regu lar article of food. But it will never 'be permanent, save for the con sumption of old horses, which Will be canned, and probably in the past have been without the public being notified as to tho exact contents of tho package: BIQ WAR IMPORTS NOW IN GASOLEN E SEEN Bayonrie Refiners, After a Rise in Cost of Petroleum, Pre- diet Higher Prides. HORSE FLESH AS FOOD The usual lot of slush will now go the rounds, apropos the fact that New York is to permit the expos ure and sale 6f horse meat for fopcl. Some people with less sense than the horse will debate the effect on the cost of living problem, and others will inquire with all solemnity whether horse meat is a proper food. The answers will come all the way from Leviticus to, the London Lan cet, i There never has been substantial reason why horse flesh should not be eaten; the fact that English-speaking people haven't eaten it is based more on sentiment than any other consideration. They like their horses as perhaps no other western people do. Then, it has been impracticable to make food of anything so valu able as horse meat. The use of horse meat will never have an important effect on tho prices of food, because horses will never be raised for food. It is vast ly cheaper to raise a dozen other kinds of meat, and better, too. The thousand pounds of horse flesh, on the hoof, is worth even now more money than a like weight of steer; tand the steer is incomparably bet ter eating, The time may come, nevertheless, when a considerable amount of horse meat will be consumed in this country, as it is in Europe. Horses are going down in price, and they will probably continue to do so, un- Our dumfounding war .exports have, been the cause of much Ameri can misconcoption as to the volume of our imports. More than once this newspaper has reminded de fenders of Mr. Wilson's tariff that they did not Exactly know what they were talking about when they thought that our diminished cus toms revenues were entirely or even in large measure due to obliterated imports. , Except for a brief period follow ing the outbreak of the war, our im ports have done very well, indeed. In recent months they have been rising almost sensationally. The October figures, for example, at $149,172,720, were some $11,000,000 more than for the corresponding month last year and some $16,000, 000 more than for the corresponding month in 1913. Tho full November reports have not yet been made public, and De cember, of course, still has several days to run; but the weekly returns in 'November were very largo, and December has been promising to make a record. For the ten months ending with October imports were some $93,000,- 000 lower than for the correspond ing period of the year before; but the latter period, it must be remem bered, covered the melancholy days when our tariff floodgates had been thrown wide open under the newj economic policy of Mr. Wilson and his party, and American industries were being swept away by the tidal wave of foreign products rushing into our markets as they never had done before in the history of the country. Compared with the ton months of 1918, the imports for the corre sponding period this year were down only $9,000,000; and probably by now that difference has been more than wiped out by the swelling im ports of November and December. ' Some idea of how really big our imports have been in the last year may be gathered from the fact that in the whole fiscal year of 1913 ending with June of that year our imports were only $1,813,008,234. If the. twelve months of this calendar year do not equal the twelve months of that fiscal year they will come so near it that the shortage will not be worth arguing about one way or the other. It has been only in very recent years that this country ever im ported in a full twelve months as high a value of foreign produces as we imported in only ten months of this calendar year of 19,15. From the fiscal years of 1905 to 1909, inclusive, there -was no year when the imports for twelve months were as big as they were in the ten months of this year. In the whole of 1910 the imports were only $1,557,819,988, in 1911 only $1,527, 226,105, and as late as 1912 they were no higher than $1,653,264,934. But between the imports of the present and the imports of the old tariff there is this big difference, b6th from the point of view of the American Treasury needing reve nue's and of American industries needing in normal times home sup port: Many articles which paid some duties under the old tariff now come in free of any duty, and articles which paid higher duties under the old tariff are now paying lower duties. We have the imports practically just as much as ever we had them. We haven't the duties. If we had more imports than we actually have they would not, under the existing tariff, yield the revenue that the Government requires. If we had the old duties, even a much smaller vol ume of imports than we now ac tually have and there is no reason to suppose that it would be smaller would produce more revenues by a huge amount than the Government now gets through the custom house. Fourteen xmas opportunities NEW TOniC. Dc. 22.-011 refiners and gasolene producers In Bayonne, one of tho biggest centers ot that Industry In tho world, predict that tho supply of gasolene for 1916. will be far behind the demand, and that prices will soar to still greater heights. Thirty million barrels will be needed, The demand In 1899 was 6,610 barrels. Tho supply of petroleum has faltqn oft sharply lately and tho nrlec has gone 'up by leaps and bounds. Pennsylvania petroleum on Saturday advanced o cents a barrel. In common with nil other commodi ties. It Is sulci, the nrlrn nt CAnnlrnn has advanced In oboillcnrn to tho law of supply and demand. Production has not Kopt up wun mo extraordinary nmn rato or -consumption'. Tho stupendous expansion of.the auto mobile Industry Is chiefly responsible for the Increased and Increasing de mand. In 1MM the total consumption had Jumped to 6,811.000 barrels, and by 1909, another Jlvc-ycar period. It reached 10. 006.000 barrels. In 1914 It was approxi mately 18,000.000 barrels. It Is estimated that the demand In 191S will reach 30,000.000 barrels, and tho bulk of this will be used by motor cars of all classes. Including gasoleno tractors on farms. Increase In Motor Production. The number of gasolene motorcars built In this country In 1913 was ap proximately 3I2.CO0. For the year end ing Juno 30. 1013. tho number of cum built was 120,000, and in 1914 the rec ord had risen to 515,000, Fort the year ondod June 30, 1913. tho builders turned out "10.000 gaao lcno driven cars, which, added to those already In use, made a grand total of S.'&o.ooo. , . Kxpcrls In the automobile business nHmnn that Mm number of cars in opcrutlon in 1916, outside of .farm tractors, will be about three million, and that tho quantity of gasolene need ed to keep them going will be nearly twenty million barrels for the year. To this must be added the Increased consumption on the farm, and by gas engines, rhotorboals nnd in tho trades. The aggregate, outside of motorcars, will not be less than ten million bar rels. so that the total demand for the venr promises to bo -In excess of thirty million barrels. . The- total production of crude petro leum in the United States, is nov. nearly three hundred million barrels a year. About one-third of this ld, notably certain types of California and Texas ...i. -Anrr v.rv nttli. cosoiene. Further, the production of "rude oil is not on the increase. t , A situation soraewmi ?,'".",.. ,1Z that which confronts the oil industry at this time existed two years ago. The price advanced for the same rea son as now, Increased demand wltn .!.... r nt ullnnlv. but the situation then was relieved by two factors. Ono was the invention of a new process of distilling by Dr. Bu-ton. a Standard Oil chemist, and the other the. su.ldcn addition to tho crude oil supply by the great Cushlng pool In Oklahoma, which at its height produced at the rate of 300,000 barrels a day. Dr, Burton's Invention, known as the ''pressure still process," greatly Increased the amount of gasolene from any crude petroleum wnicn opportunity: no. i. Blind grandmother, mother with threo children Under twelve years, ilusoand In ponltenltary. Amount needed, $520, Previously acknowledged ,...,.$173.40 3. S. S. (through Times). 2.00 Clerks In poaengcr department a. II. R. (through Times) 40 No name 6.00 Ruth ...(.,....,....,., , 2.oo Q. A. V... , 5.00, a. d. mcl....;. ,,..,... 4.oo M. S. T ,...,.., 1.00 A. R.. Br....' '. 3.00 Miss Alice T. Jenkins 1.00 II. MoC (through Times) 2.00 Mr. and Airs, simon t,yon .i.w M. phtllpsborn & Co...., T. M v- M. R. 8 '. Miss H R. C K. Y. C C F. C M. A. H Mrs. E. G. K.., TV. K 4a ! 6.00 2.00 3.00. 3.00 1.00 3.00 2.00 2.00 6.00 -.50 Total ..,...... Still needed. $386.20. 233.80 I CHANGES ANNOUNCED BY PUBLIC PRINTER OPPORTUNITY NO. 2 Deserted wire nnd four children. Tvo children were In Institution, but mother now Is endeavoring to keep all at home. Amount needed, $260. Previously acknowledged JH3.S0 Clerks' passenger department, 8. It. R. (through Times) .40 B. 8. A 10.00 M. B. C 1 3-00 A Frlond -'O0 Miss Alice T. Jenkins 1.00 M. Phlllpsborn & Co. (through Times) f-K Mrs. K. L, iW Any ") "W. M. S 1 2.22 Cash JO-52 Mrs M. B.H..J 10.00 R. C J.OO R. S. E '-JO B M. H - J. H. w I0-00 Mrs 8. 41. W ;.00 Mrs. W. C. B 2.50 R. T. B Where most needed l.w From the Balfour. WO A. M. and S. B. 8 -. Miss M " 10 Total U-K Still needed. $145.95. OPPORTUNITY NO. 3. Mother and two children. After brutal treatment husband left her penniless. Amount needed, $312. Previously acknowledged 93.00 Clerks passenger dept. S. R. R, (through Times) V) J. M. H 00 O.nnd M. L. R A. 3. II 2.00 Dlri RnlHInr 1.50 , I. iv 2.00 6.00 1.00 1.00 10.00 1.00 2.00 2.50 OPPORTUNITY NO. 8. , Breadwinner dead Qf tuberculosis, widow and six children, Tho eldest, boy Of fourteen, working hard to learn trade of electrician. Amount needed, $260. Previously acknowledged ....... . . $03.25 Clerks passenger department Southern Railway (through The Times) , w Mrs. W. M 2,00 Miss- Alice T, Jenkins.., im W. D. Kite. ,.. l.oo Q. A,-"W. 0. ......,. 6.00 MrJ. J. C. H 3.00 M. Phllllpsborn & Co..... 10.00 T. M , . ,.... 2.00 W. E. F 10.00 R- C 1.00 Mrs. M". B. U 1.00 D. B. P. 1 G.00 Total .....jl.. ios.er Still needed. $164.35. OPPORTUNITY NO. 10. Widow and three children. Discour aged, worn Out mother, paying penalty of tuberculosis, with which children had been Infected, now improved in health and trying to maintain homo. Amount needed $312. Previously acknowledged $74.23 Jl. E. C 2.00 Mrs. J, J. G , 3.00 Clerks passenger department Southern Railway (through rho Times) ' .40 Miss lice T. Jenkins l.o W. B. Kite '..., l.oo Mr. and Mrs. Simon Iyon 3.00 G. A. V. D 5.00 M. Phllllpsborn Co., Inc 6.00 ' V "; "' r 25.00 ,w. e; f lo.oo " i.oo . B 5,tO Total 139.63 Still needed, $172.23. ' OPPORTUNITY NO. Hi Frail widow and two children. Mother has arretedr case of tuberculosis . and is unablb to attend to more than her household duties. Amount needed $261 Previously acknowledged $5h73 Clerks passenger dept. 8. R. R. (through The Times) , .10 Miss Alice T. Jenkins 1.00 M. Phlllpsborn & Co 5.00 W. E. F 10.00 I- C loo Appointments, Separations, and Transfers Are Made in the G. P. 0. 4- yiclded It. The enormous new supply of crude petroleum, plus Dr. Burton s process for refining1, brought the prlco down and kept It Jown so long as the production and- consumption wore nearly equal, but with the almost doubling in tho number of gasolene motors and the falling off of tho Gushing fleld from 300,000 barrels to less thaji 100,000 barrels a day. the demand is again getting ahead of the supply. Crude Oil Soars In Price. Practically all refiners, oven tne very largest, purchase most of tholr crude oil.' as tjfie majority of oil wells In all fields are owned by Inllvldual nrnducers. The uinnrccedonted de mand for crude has caused the prices to soar. ... Tn Aucrunt. 1914. Oklahoma crude was quoted at 40 cents. On December IS It was $1.20. Pennsylvania crude in August. 1914, was $1.35. Now It Is $2.15, and tho refiners say they nxpect to pay more. It Is customary at tills time of the year and all through Ihc winter months for the big refineries to ac cumulate stocks of gasolene- in prep aration for the increased summer de mand. Thus far this season no stocks have been laid In. as the companies have been seoklng to supply present neds. The experts of the various concerns arc a unit in estimating that the sup ply In sight will not meet thp demand Inl910. This is based upon the estimate of 30,000.000 barrels being needed. Unless relief can be had either through the discovery of new oil fields or still other processes to In crease the gasolene yield of petroleum, or through some other development that cannot be foreseen now, the Indi cations are that the price of gasolene will go mtich higher during the coming yar. No rellef can be obtained from Europe, as the Russian and Roumanian fields are closed to the outside world. Miss .Alice T. Jenkins. C&sh ... M. Phlllpsborn JX , W V . 0. . Mr. W. E. F R. C Ij. A. R Mrs. W. C. B Total 12C90 Still needed, $185.10. OPPORTUNITY NO. 4. A deserted wife and four small chil dren. Alone this deserted wife failed to earn enough' money to provide a home fbr her four beautiful children. Amount needed 1364. Previously acknowledged $152.50 Mrs. J. J. 0 5.00 Clerks passenger dept. 3- H. it (through Times) ... Mrs. W. P. G Mrx. W. M Miss Alice T. Jenkins ,. Mrs. J. C. H .. M. Phlllpsborn & Co Mrs. C. J. K... II. At. C ..... ........ . ...a. .... v . i F... ............. ........ R. C Old Veteran.., E. C K. . O. O. II. E. I. 8 Mrs. A. K. P J. H. P E. A. W E. A F. A. H Total 69.16 Stilt needed, $190.85. OPPORTUNITY NO. 12. Widow with four children under four teen. Another case where mother, after long struggle, has been overtaken by the white plague. Amount needed $320. Previously acknowledged $68.25 -f,rvD iMusacuKcr ucpt, a. it. k. .. .40 .. 6.00 .. 1.00 ., 1.00 .. 3.00 .. 5.00 .. 1.00 .. 10.00 .. 1.00 (throueh The Titnpn. E. S. A Miss K. F. D Miss Alice T. Jenkins Mr. and Mrs. Simon Lyon. M. Phlllpsborn & Co T. E. E W. E. F R. C r .11 10.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 5.00 1.00 1.00. io.oo 1.00 1.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 1.00 .50 2.00 2.00 3.00 Attractions Coming To Washington RECEIVES $40,000 FOR BELGIAN RELIEF Treasurer Hemphill Explains Chief Need Is for Shoes and Clothing. Alexander J. Hemphill, treasurer of the American Commission for Relief in Belgium, his announced tho receipt of $40,000 as the first installment of tho Dollar Christmas Fund for Destitute Belslans. Already IV-.OOO pairs of shoes have been purchased nnd shipped and it is understood that ahoul $X.000 more has been pledsed for the Dollar Fupd. Treasurer Ifcmphill states that Bel plans are In want of warm rlothlug and shoes. The children, especially, need clothes. Henry Clws. 15 Broad street. I New Yotk, is tne treasurer or tn jjoi less, after the war, Europe is so ' ir Fund, and will receive contributions. "The Cinderella Man." comedy by Edward Chllds Carpenter, is to have Its premiere at the Bolasco Theater this evonlng under the management of Oliver Morosco. who has produced "Tho Bird of Paradise." "Peg o" My Heart." and other successes of recent years. Tne cast includes I'hoeoe roster, oncuoy Hull. Frank Bacon, and Charles Lane. " Washington is to have its first op portunity to sco ono of the tnree blg ecst hits of tho New York season of last year when tho Poll Players present "Under Cover" next week. "Under Cover" ran for twelve months at the Cort Theater. New York, and Is now being presented on tour at the $2 scale of prices. The story concerns the activities of the. United States Secret Service In tracing smuggled goods. Taylor Is 1ft charge of one of tho Inspection offlc.es in New York city, and ho recslves news of on attempt which will bo modo by one Denby to smuggle Into the country a jaw.ow nccKiacc. now uenny uu ceeds in his endeavors to elude the cus lorn officials only to be pursued after ho has entered tho country, and how Taylor Is suddenly confronted with a unique situation. Is told In spirited dialogue and in a series of thrilling fi liations. At the very epd of tho play thnre Is a- startling surprise. ., A. H. Van Burn will bo seen In the role of Denby. the part created In the New York production by William Court enay. and " Florence RlttenhOuse will play the Violet Uemlng role. TotaJ 207.40 Still needed, $16.60 OPPORTUNITY NO. 5. Father incurably ill. Wife and four children. With her husband In a hos pital this mother is working night and day to keep her children with hei7 Amount needed. S260. Previously acknowledged $145.75 Clerks' passenger dept S. R. R. (through Times) 4" J. M. II 2.M B. 8. A S.0) Mrs. W M 1.00 STlas Alice T. Jenkins 1, Mr. nn.1 Mrs. Simon Lyon 5.00 M Phlllpsborn & Co 5. T. M 2.of' Mrs. R. B. B l.O) W. K. F 10.00 R. C , I.1 W. D. A 1.00 M. E. W. 6.00 Total V3.15 Still needed. $75.$5. OPPORTUNITY NO. 6. Widow wltli five children. Friends, church, and the Associated Charities have kept this home together until now. Amount needed, $416. Clerks passenger dept. S. It. R. (through Times) 40 Previously acknowledged $74.75 Mrs. W. M s 1.01 Miss Alice T. Jenkins 1.0" Mrs. J. C 2-00 M. Phlllpsborn Co 5.00 T. M 2.0) Mrs. R. B. B 1.00 W. E. F 10.00 R. C 1- J. O. T... 2. F. A. G 50.00 Total '. lio.lB Still meded. 2!r..'.. OPPORTUNITY NO. 7. Blind father and. four children. One itlrl after a. year's course at free voca tional school will be able to help support her blind father and little sisters. $156 a year Is needed. Previously acknowledged $5S.7S A Friend 75 J. 8. S 2.00 Clerks Pass. Dept. 8. R. R 40 No name i.W J. . C. .' 1.00 A. R., sr 3,00 Cash 2-00 Miss Alice T. Jenkins 1,00 Catharine McKalg .- l.uo E. W. Harrison i.'1" Total , 96.65 Still needed, $424.35. OPPORTUNITY NO. 13. Blind mother, partially blind father, nix children, all under fourteen. Against great odds mother ontt father, despite their physical handicap, are trying to keep home together. Amount needed, $5. Previously acknowledged $96.50 JflS- S 2.00 Ulcrks. nassenEer tirinrtmi-ni S. It. R. (through The Times). .40 F. L. G g.oo M. T. E. ..,,., 6.W G. R 3.00' G. H. P. a.00 A. R.. sr s.mi Miss K. F. D 1.00 Miss Alice T. Jenkins l.oo Mr. and Mrs. Simon Lyon .1.00 M. Phlllpsborn & Co 6.00 T. i? E l.oo Mrs. R. B. D 1.00 II. M. C 1.00 R. C 1.00 t l.W B. B T 2.00 S. E. H l.O) G. B 50 Mrs. L 50 A. -M. J. 3.00 Total .S 143.90 Still needed. $376.10. OPPORTUNITY NO. 14. Widow, four small children. After years of struggle this woman had to ask aid. Amount needed. $312.' Previously acknowledged $10S.j) Clerks In passenger department of Southern Railway (through ' The Times! W B. S. A r..0'i Mrs. a. W. P Miss Alice T. Jenkins 1,0" Mrs J. C. H ... .Lim M. Phlllpsborn & Co 5.00 . E. F lO.frt It. C. F 1.00 M. Phlllpsborn P. 8. IS T. M Mrs. R. B. B. W. K. F R. C Old Veteran .. Cash D. B. P & Co.. lltlMMII r Total i 95.30 Still needed. OT.10. OPPORTUNITY NO. 8. Old grandmother, two grandchildren, twelve arid seven years. . Grandmother Is doing her best to make a real home for tho children. $260 a vear is needed. lreviously acknowledged $260.25 M. E. C 2.0 Clerks Pass. Dept. S. R. R 40 II. E. C 1.00 Total ., Oversubscribed, $3.65. Cloatd 2C3.G5 Total 135.W UNDESIGNATED. Previously acknowledged $5J.CO J. C WO L. M. S -1"0 Cash "' Miss Eberly ? r..0 Miss Wilson -'. A. B. M 1..0 ..Every little helps 1.00 Cash v M Cash .'.....:...., 51 23 anonymous coin cards t.Sl J. H. P 25.W C. P.. W .'p.W Total H7M A.mount subscribed to date $2,171.40 Amount needed 2,.V)70 ' Tolal required TrTfoo New Christmas Stories In All-Story Weekly Furnish Holiday Thrills A story of America. Vor Americans such Is "The Trail of a Traitor," by C. C. Hotchklss. which appears In tho current number of the All-Story Week ly, complete In ono issue. It Ib essen tially a Christmas story, and brings up a vivid picture of this country In the trying days of tho Revolutionary war, uhout which Mr. Hotchklss 1ms on other occasions written so Interestingly. "Sheriff Flournoy," the creation of E. K. Means, comes back this week in a story with tho title. "Getting Ready to D," the tale dealing with a prac tical Joke he played on the TIckfall colored population. "Broncho Ben" gels Into trouble this week by building a firo In the city streets and Frank Condon tells all about It lit "A 'Jlmpilny' Christmas." It ts a rare story, different from the average run of holiday fiction. "The Substitute Shopper." Edna Col lamore. Is another Christmas tale that Is sure to givo tho reader several smiles and possibly a new viewpoint. Its "Moral" Is that trutlng to another's Judgment to select your Christmas pres ents Is a haraidous thing." Public Printer Ford today announced a long list of changes, including a num ber of promotions, In the Government Printing Office. They arc: . Appointments Charles S. Moss and Georgo 11. Mires, emergency linotype operators: Orzcllo R. Gilbert nnd Charles H. Van Hook, probation:! lino type operators; Frank 15. Lanman, Otto W. Herrmann, Alfred O". P. Grunt, tem porary bookbinder:); Eugeno A. Pfclftcr, Charles Kcrshenbaum. Max H. Ellison, John J. Dolan, Jr., probutlonal messen ger boys; Mrs. Ida B. Turner, probn tlpnal skilled laborer (female) i Miss Clara K Thbrnc. skilled luborer (fe male), transferred from the Bureau of Ktigravmg nnd I'rlntllig; jameH Uoylv. watchman, reinstated ; Mrs. Katharine M.ulumlile, pronatlonal press fender: John H. Greene, nrobatlonal bookbinder. Separations John C. Hugnn, tempur B..mef",cnBCf i,(J' resigned; Frank A. Vtlllliinis. emergency bollerntukor; Wil liam F. Everett, hkillcd laborer resign ed; William P. Prlgg, proballoiial iim cnger boy, rcHlgncd; John F. Mnyhngh, temporary mescciiRcr boy. resigned; Mary E. Mangan, dork, resigned. Transfers. -ti-. William A Mur phy. IMnnr N. May, skilled laborers, 2(. tents por - hour, to helpers at 35 cents an hour, linotypo section; Forrest o. Orimcs, skilled laborer, 23 cents per hour, to helper, 40 cents per hour, linotype section; Ed ward F. Kclley, oiler, 30 cents per hour. -o---v.. nvi.wwii, &. j nmiiuu iH-uuier, 2.i cents per hour, prcsswork division: Lyell 1 Anderson, skilled laborer. Jtf:a per annum, office or superintendent of documents, to skilled laborer. 25 rents per lour, monotype section, night; Charles, B. Austin, messenger boy, $500 per annum, oftlce of superintendent of documents, to skilled laborer, 25 cents per hour, monotype section, night; Herman Altnian, messenger bov, 15 centH per hour, to skilled laborer, a ccrjts per hour, monotype section; Paul A, Sebastian, messenger boy, 15 centa per hour, to skilled laborer. 23 centa per hour, pamphlet binding section; Thomas F. Sillk, messenger bo, 15 cents per hour, to skilled laborer. 25 centa per hour, stores dlvlslbn: William Doolan, skilled laborer, 23 cents per hour, hnnd section, to elevator conduc tor. 3ii cents per hour, electrical sec tion; Frederick Brown, temporarv lino type operator. fiO cents per hour, to piobational linotype operator, 0 cents per hour, linotype section; Patrick O'Connor, skilled laborer. 23 cents per hour, to helper. 35 cents per hour, stores division; Guy A. Long, tem porary linotype operator, flO cents per nour, 10 prooationai linotype operator. 0") cents per hour, linotype section: Frank P. Platx, helper. 35 cents per hour, to helper, 40 cents per hour, lino type section; William H. Scott, mes senger boy, 1300 per annum, to skilled labor, $62(5 per annum, office ot the superintendent of documents: William K. Houser, messenger boy, $4M per annum, to 'messenger boy $300 per annum, office of superintendent of documents; Kllllan Delabar, watchman, $720 per annum, watch force section, to skilled laborer, 23 cents ocr hour, pamphlet binding section: Charles I. Rcckert. messenger boy,' $120 Per annum, to messenger boy $600 per annum, offlco of superintendent of documents; James J. Spauldlng, messenger boy. $375 per annum, to messenger boy $420 per an num, office of superintendent of docu ments; Thomas A. Bligh.' messenger boy, $375 per annum, to -messenger boy $420 Ter annum, office superintendent of documents; Lewis M. Shipley, skilled laborer, 25 cents per hour, to oiler at 30 cents per hour, engineer's section; Miss Maud V. Murphy, clerk. $500 per annum, to clerk, $1,000 per annum, of fice Of the accountant; Elmer B. Bram mell, skilled laborer, 23 cents per hour. to neipcr, 35 cents per hour, linotype section; Mark D. Smith, temporary lino type operator, 60 cents per hour, to pro batlonal linotype, operator. 60 cents Per hour, linotype section; Lee J. Runyon. proofreader. CO cents per hour, proof section, night, to deskman. 63 cents per hour, proof section, night; Miss Maudo II. Bundy, skilled laborer, female. 25 cents per hour, pamphlet binding sec tion, to clerk. $720 per annum, offloe of superintendent of documents: Charles W. Irey. compositor, sn cents per hour, monotype section, to proofreader, f,0 cents per hour, proof sectlonday: Pres ton L George, skilled laborer, 25 cents per hour, linotype section, night, to messenger. 25 cents por hour, office of superintendent of work: Knicsl T. Trn slsr, messenger boy. $420 per annum, of fice of the purchasing agent, to skilled laborer. 23 cents per hour, office of tho foreman of binding: Sumner K. Healy. temporary messenger boy, 15 cent.1 per hour, linotype section, night, to proba tions! messenger boys 15 cents pr hour, linotype section, night. Asquith Very Shy. LONDON, Dec. 23. Premier Asiuith reads novels of tho old-fashioned type. Is erv shy. loathes publicity, and loves to pjay with children WHAT'S ON PROGRAM IN CAPITAL TODAY lifeline. lUKInley Manual Training School Alumni Association. In school, 3 p. m. Annua) Chrlatmas celebration, Sunday school of Foundry M. E. Church. In church S p. m. Masonic The New Jerusalem, No. 8; Hiram No. 10, noyal Arch Chapter; William K. Hunt, No. It. Kailcrn Star. Odd Kellows-ExceUlor, No. 17; Covenant. No 13; Salem, No. T2; Columbia, No. 10. Knight of Pythias Harmony, No. 21. KnlKliti of Cqlumhus Ktana Council. N tic-da I Union Bancroft. Council. Dahlgren Council. Socialist party-Y. P. S. I... business meet ing. Addresn. "ThWay to Overcome Adversity," Mrs, Florence Wlllard Day, at W. V. T. b. Hall, 8 p. m. Apt Illustration. Little Willie Pa. what's a redundancy of expression? Pa Using more words than are neces sary to express one's meaning, such as "wealthy plumber," "poor poet," etc. New York American. Amusements. Relasco-"The. Cinderella Man." S.S0 p m. Poll's "Mani'vellc." J:la and 8:15 p. m Keith's Vaudeville. 2:li and 8:1R p. m. Casino War pictures, "Tho nattlea or a Na tion," 1 p. m, to 11 p. m., continuous. Gayety Uurlcsque, 2:U and 8. IS p. m. Tomorrow. Community Christmas tree celebration, undsr auspices of the I'etworth Citizens' Asso I'latlon, playground of I'etworth School. 7 to 8 n. m. Midnight masses, St. Vincent de Paul's, hi. Mary's. Sacrod Heart, Ht. Patricks. St. Joseph's, St. Ann's, St. Dominic's, Ht. Martin's, Immaculate Conception, St. Peter s. fit. Augustine s. !t. Mattneiv s. Church or the Nativity, Pt Theresas out Idy of Victory. St. Stephen's Holv Trin ity, St. Aloyslus churches and the, Coir iit of Perpetual Adoration. Midnight Christmas services, with nihon Harding, offti-latlng. at llethlehem Chapel. Christmas festival, with mldresses bv rtev S. Totnsend W'raver and Mine. Moun'fo.il. auditorium of Woodward & l.othron's, . 1 Odd Fellows Central. No. 1. Metropolis. No. It; Phoenix. No, 20. Martha! Washington. No. 3. nehekshs. Knights of Pythlas-nsthlmne Temple. No x. Pythian Sisters. National I nlon-Kast Washington louivll, MrKlnley Council. ,., Socialist Party Local Central WaWftNU