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THE" WASHINGTON TIDIES, MOftDAY.' MARCH Al3, ,1010.
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A LOCAL QRIDIRON BVENT
Not for many months' have lovers
bf good sport in Washington been
treated to such cheering news as
that which comes from the ootbail
camps of Georgetown and , George
Washington Universities, that theso
two arc to meet on tho gridiron
again on Thanksgiving Day.
No football gnmo played here, not
even the thrilling struggles between
Georgetown and Virginia,- has the
local interest as that which attached
to tho annual match between the
two Capital varsities. They havo not
mot since 1010, and even if they aro
not so well matched, the game on tho
Hilltop riext Thanksgiving will bring
out a crowd of rooters the like of
which has not been seen since tho
two last met.
Highest credit for arranging this
event belongs to Graduate Managers
Cox, of Georgetown, and Bacr, of
Georgo Washington. Tho game not
only will be a center of interest on
Thanksgiving Day, but it will bo a
financial aid .to athletics at both in
stitutions, and will make for a
greater .degree of college spirit and
wholesome rivalry.
LESSON OP MEXICO
factories into old residential districts!
lowered values, a boom in another
section, and then tho same story
over again, with homes always just
ono jumpjihead of tho factories.
City experts abroad provided 'for
that by assigning factories to cer
tain zones, and domes to others. In
only few cities in this country has
any such restriction been attempted.
New York has other problems to
face from which Washington was
happily freed by an unusual fore
sight. Tho skyscraper menace wo
havo avoided. But New York blocks
havo suffered from tho incursion of
one high building, then others so
built that tho early ones had light
and air cut off, and their presence re
sulted in the bottom dropping out of
values in the rest of tho block.
Fortunately limited height and
courtyard provisions already have a
place in the building laws of most
cities.. The ono feature in the New
York commission's report, that
should appeal to most American
citicB is tho establishment of zones
for industries and other zones for
homes.
NEED OP A BIQQER ARMY NOW
Between this country and Mexico
there is no war; with Carranza in
his senses and wishing like us to ex
terminate the Villa bandits, there
will be no war. It will be a wolf
hunt.
In any event we shall not sec the
conflict of men and hear the crash
of arms in colossal collision as the
Old World sees and hears them. In
Mexico there will never be, by the
standards of Europe, a battle. And
yet this running to earth of an out
law calling himself a chieftain of
revolutionists may bring to the
American people a deep and a last
ing realization of what the nation
might have to face in its supreme
obligation to itself and to civilizatJn.
If it takes virtually all the mill
tary power which we possess to run
down, corner, and capture a poor
Mexican horse thief without numer
ous followers, destitute of resources,
virtually naked of weapons, deserted
by his own people, hunted by his
own government, an almost solitary
fugitive on the face of tltt earth,
whatjmust we do to prepare our
selves against the day when a great
military power, perhaps the magnifi
cent, conqueror of principalities,
kingdoms, and empires, might come
thundering at our gates to sack our
national wealth and to make of our
people vassals?
A LOST OPPORTUNITY
Before, even, the movement of
troops into Mexico was determined
upon, it was plain as a pikestaff that
this country needed quickly and ex
tensively to increaso its army. There
was menace in so many directions
that it seemed foolhardy to go along
without perfection of arrangements
for putting something like an ade
quate force into servico at short no
tice.
Now the Mexican situation has
taken a turn that recalls the' nation
The war is not nca'ring its end.
The commonest estimate is that it
is not yet over half-way through its
course. But. it 'is plain that the al
lies aire still gaining in strength,
whilo Germany is - forced to
desperato shifts, of which Verdun
is one, In order to make quick uso of
whatever advantago still lies on her
side. ' Shi can sco tho handwriting
on the wall. She realizes, as the rest
of tho1 world is coming to realize,
that tho bulldog spirit of Britain has
been thoroughly aroused and that
there is going to be in it 'inspiration
for the wholo entente causo to carry
the struggle .to an end that shall not
fall short of complete victory.
WHAT GOVERNMENT WORKERS
ACTUALLY DO
To Joseph J. O'Brien, editor of
"Invention," Tho Times 1b indebted
for a statement of the case in behalf
of tho Government's employes that is
worth while. It is a different sort of
statement; one that rioeds to be im
pressed oftcner than it is.
Tho Government executive force
in Washington, underpaid and un
recognized, is ono of tho most re
markable bodies 6t men and women
in any employment in the world.
Read these lines from Mr. O'Brien's
letter and bo reminded of some of
the bigger thingB just a few of
them for which tho country and tho
world aro indebted to the Govern
ment workers
110 FIGURES IK
WEEK'S PHOTOPLAYS
Two Productions at Local Film
Theaters Deal With the
Southern Country.
EPISCOPAL LENTEN
MISSION IS OPENED
Overflow Gatherings Attend
Services Iru Thirteen Par
ishes' iri the District. '
i
How docs it happen that no mem
ber of Congress, in his infatuation
with peace at any price, seized the
opportunity to introduce n resolution
warninc American citizenB out of
Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona?
Our citizens have a right to remain
on American soil to manage their
own ranches and other properties
within American, jurisdiction and to
cat, sleep, and live, unmolested by
anybody. But what have rights to do
with peace at any price? Americanciti
zens, under tho laws of nations and
tho rules of war, have jifst the same
, right to the use of the high seas.
There are statesmen, however, who
believe that notwithstanding their
rights on the high seas, American
citizens should be warned off ships
of belligerent countries because their i
traveling in such ships Is provocative
of sura trouble and possible war for
tho' United States Government in
case they should be torpedoed and
murdered by a submarine.
Just as clearly the presence of
American citizens along our southern
boundary, even on their own farms
and in their own homes, is as provo
cative of sure trouble and possible
war for the United States Govern
ment when they are raided and mur
dered. So how i'b it, we repeat, that
the legislative and other apostles of
peace at any price have not de
manded that t American citizens,
whatever their rights, be warned out
of all our territory adjoining the
Mexican boundary ?
NEW CITY PLANNINQ 'iDEAS
ment. Mexico can be, in time,
starved into submission, because it
cannot get arms and war material
save from this country. It has con
siderable stores of these now, but
practically all sources of supplies
will be closed if this country again
embargoes shipments of these neces
saries. The immediate military problem,
then, is not the real one. Mexico is
a difficult country in which to oper
ate. Its area is wide, its people in
clude a great number who are vet
eran soldiers, by no means to be
despised. Our real problem will be
to take possession of the country, to
garriBon it, to hold it firmly while
order and institutions arc restored.
Military, authorities declare that
300,000 soldiers will be needed to do
this. Where arc they to be had?
Congress ought, when the Euro
pean war broke out, to have set about
preparing for eventualities. If it had
done so, wo should now have had as
big an army as we need. But no
move was made; we are ncaring the
end of the second year of the world
war, and still nothing is done. Is
there another country in tho enlight
ened world that has been quite so
Utterly neglectful?
With the catastrophe of Europe
bidding us prepare, we have done
nothing; and now we confront a real
problem in the disgusting Mexican
imbroglio; a real problem, simply be
cause we have done nothing to get
ready for coping with it
Between the condition in Mexico
and the danger in Europe, surely Ad
ministration, and Congress will be
willing now to realize that something
must be done; done in a big way,
done instantly, .and done effectively.
There should be immediate passage
of legislation to provide for increas
ing the army to 300,000 whenever it
is needed, to lodge ample discretion
in the Executive, and to insure that
financial provision shall be ample to
meet every requirement. Delays are
now worse than dangerous; thijy are
criminal.
It.. .rn.j.r. nt ttln Wt knOW that
the sugar bcot Industry was established
through the Initiative of tho Depart
ment of Agriculture. At present they
look to this department to relievo the
present fertilizer problem. .,,,
After Important Congressional commit
tees had failed to work out a P"el
.... .valnm allltflhlft in tllfl STCSt dlS-
'"" "'.Ti'i .:..-.. . .fln florV
from speculation to cold facts. The invented the zone system, whereby tho
United Statc.8 army would easily .J"1 p" w" mBU0 ' -"-enough
defeat the united forces of The Increasing efficiency of the
Xfa;nn : v.i nnn..t i,i Weather Bureau Service depends to a
Mexico, if one big engagement could fre mcaBUr0 on tho Inventions of
be forced. It iB perfectly certain that Government employes, and as especially
., ... r. , i the Inventions of tho present chief,
there will never be such an engatre- i"r0f. Charles F. Marvin. , ,
But recently long distance wirciean
(nlnnlinnv wna tnniln nosslblo through
tho high Interest and initiative of em
ployes of the Navy Department.
(in nr me most vaiunuio cemcn. mu-
cess Inventions was mauo oy waiter
Page, director of tho omco or pumic
roads, which was donated to the pumic.
Practically all of tho wonderful
achievements of the Department of Ag
riculture originate In the unhonored and
unrecognized efforts of Government em
ployes and yet the prosperity of
America's greatest Industry, that of
farming, depends on or is largely ar
fected by th, work of these men and
women.
Today tho whole automobile world Is
turning toward the wonderful oil dis
tillation process of Dr. Itlttman. where
by gasolene may be moro cheaply pro
duced and the basis for the 'elaborate
I coal tar dyes easily and economically
produced. This process was the product
or an inventor aiaea, not iiscouragca
and dishonored by tho Government.
Trace out the details of the work of
any bureau and you cannot separate
the really great achievements from tho
originations or tne men and women
Working In the bureau. Take the Coast
and Qeodetlc Survey, the Geological
Survey, tho Weather Bureau, the Cen
sus .Bureau, or any Federal bureau
which really afreets the common people.
In every bureau of tho Federal Gov
ernment "workers are auietlv striving to
promote the general good by Improving
ino implements anu metnous, ana en
larging tho concepts and knowledge of
the bureau, is this kind or heart-born
work to bo now discouraged?
For years the Tntcnt On ce strurcleri
to retain the members of Its examining
corps, and onlv this year has the Com
missioner of Patents been able to lav
the basis for a really stable system of
employment. In one year the former
Commissioner of Patents made a re
markable appeal to Congress to do
something to prevent patent experts
from leaving the Patent Office and en
tering the employ of large Industrial
corporations.
If now, after all the years of natlcnt.
WAR'S WIDER DEVELOPMENTS
hard work an act. conceived wlthottt
regard to the public effects resulting
from Its application, shall be passed
which will add 14 per cent to the hours
of labor and maka no compensation
therefor, what prospect Is there Tor
holding the skilled men and technical
experts?
I predict thattnarge numbers of val
uable technical men will leave the Fed
eral service If the Borland amend.
ment Is pasaed. They will keenly eel
the Injustice of an act which dishonors
uieir pumic spirit, wiiicii would estab
lish the Ideals of profit-made Industry
fgr their guidance.
It is worth whilo to have such a re
minder of the real character and
quality of the Government's civil
army. It performs more real, big,
worth-while service with less thought
ot mere money-pay, than any other
like organization in the country.
Let's gol
Th'eda Barn's last appearance In, film
fT a year Is the way the Fox Company
I advertising "Gold and the Woman,"
in which the erotic star is to be seen
nt the Knipress today and tomorrow.
Miss liars, has1 worked continuously for
fourteen months In pictures, and will
bo given it six months' vacation, It Is
stated.
"Gojd and the Woman" has special
Interest at the present tlme'becauso the
sctno of tho drama. Is laid In Mexico.
and tho Mexican border. The play con
sists of & prologue which takes place In
tne time or. mo cany npamsn actucra,
end tho play proper, which Is modern.
Tho modern portion of the play Intro
duces a youni girl as the heiress of the
tract and a young Indian graduate of
Harvard, a descendant of the Indian
chief who originally owned the tract. A
Mexican politician determines to marry
tho girl, and an adventuress Inter
venes. Miss Uara has the part of tho
adventuress.
Friday and Saturday the motion pic
ture adaptation of Kugenn Brloux'a
"Damaged Goods," produced for the
American Film by Richard Bennett and
hi co-workora, will be tho attraction at
the Empress.
This play has attracted great atten
tion In Its film form by 'reason of tho
fact that It goes Into more detail with
It propaganda In film than was possi
ble on the .stage. Mr. Bennett and
many, of the players who produced the
Ticce on mo mane are to o 10111
the film.
Crandall's.
Mia May Chester's first appearance
as n featured player in a World Film
production waa one of the chief fea
tures of Interest In the presentation of
llolbrook Bllnn In "Tho Unpardonable
Bin." at Crandall'a today. Miss Cheater
made many friends In Washington
wlilln she was playing second roles with
the Thanhouser Company. Her work In
the World Film feature is almost aa In
teresting as that of tho star.
llolbrook Bllnn has the strong role of
a wealthy young man who loses his
friend and his wealth tlfFough his love
of last living, and whose regeneration
comes about through love of a remark
ably pretty young woman, played by
MUa Chester. "The Unpardonable Sin
will be repeated tomorrow.
The last of the Terrence O'Kourke
stories. "The Pool of Flame." a com
plete feature picture In Itself, will bring
.1. Vrren Kerrlaan to Crandall's
vt ednesdny and Thursday. Thp end of
the adventures of O'ltoUrke Is staged In
Oriental splendor, and gives a satisfac
tory finish to the series In which the
slur has been shown.
Jane Grey will be the star Friday and
Saturday In the Kqultable production of
"Mftn and "Is Angel." The production
Is said to be particularly excellent In
the matter of fine photography.
Crandall's Apollo.
Two Washlngtonlana head the pro
gram of film features at Crandall's
Apollo this week whero Richard
Buhler and Rosetta Brlce have tho
leads In "A Man's Making." a Lubtn
feature, today.
Mr. Buhler has recently quit the
motion picture Held to return to the
stage and this picture Is particularly
Interesting In view of the fact that
it Is one of the most Important pro
ductions In which he figured while
with the Lubln company.
Tomorrow Frances Nelson will be
seen In the World Film production.
"Love's Crucible." Wednesday will
be Triangle day. with a feature of
particular Interest at this time, "The
Martyrs of the Alamo," detailing the
story of the historic attack on the
Alamo, San Antonio, Tex., by Santa
Anna and his Mexicans. Bowie, the
originator of the Bowie knife, and
Davy Crockett are characters In the
Clay. The supplementary feature will
e a. Keystone comedy, "Her Painted
Hero."
Thursday Maclyn Arbuckle and Myr
tle Stedman appear In "The Reform
Candidate," a Pallas production. Fri
day Carlisle Blackwell will be seen
In Samuel Hopkins Adams' newspaper
story, "Tho Clarion" and Saturday
will be the second of the week's Tri
angle days with William S. Hart In
"The Disciple" and the Keystone
comedy, "Saved by Wireless" as the
supplementary feature.
Holy Name Society ;
Out After Members
REM
OF
nr
Tho clty.wlde Xenten preaching .mill
alon conducted In tho, Episcopal
churches ot the District, opened last
night with every qno or itirt thirteen
parishes, whoro services wor,e, conduct
ed, reporting overflow gatherings.
In mahy of thcr congregations aug
mented choirs huvo been formed, and
the music will be a feature ot the two
wreks' special services.
Prominent ministers 'from Now York,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Portland, Me.,
and other parts of tho United .States
and Canada are occupying pulpits of
the Episcopal churches of tho city.
Many af tho churches aro holding ser
vices afternoon and evening, while a,
number will havo evening rervlces only.
Special services for school girls and
boys aro to bo held at 3 o'clock every
afternoon. ,
At the Church of the Epiphany n spe
cial servico is helnit conducted every
nfternoon at I'.SO o'clock for tho women.
Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett will lead
theso services throughout the mission.
This mission is in keening with the
national movement of tho Kplscopal
chUrch to bring Into tho fold tho
"rarrlMui mid unchurched."
Similar mlrslons have been conducted
mostly during the Advent season. In
Philadelphia, New York. Baltimore, and
many of the laiccr iltlts of the coun
try. It wm decided that tho Lenten aea-
son noma ue an appropriate time to
conduct tho mission In this city u tho
date wan selected op from March 1? to
March 16, with srnnn of the churches
continuing until April 2.
Elaborate Lenten Services
At St. Patricks Church
During the Lenten season' elaborate
services are being conducted at Ht Pat
rick's Church, whero three courses of
sermons aro being given, nt the hleh
masses on Sunday, at 7 :30 Sunday even
ings, and at the services Wednesday
evenings nt 7:X0 o'clock.
The Rev. James A. Hmyth, who will
preach the Wednesday evening sermons,
delivered the Initial Sunday sermon at
the high mass yesterday, taking for his
subject "Ono Church. Ono Faith." Mcr.
Russell will preach the Sunday evening
sermens taking for his theme "Mar
riage and the Home."
Stations of tho cross will be recited
every Friday at 3 p. m. and 7:30 p.' in.,
the latter closing with benediction.
COMING EVENTS ON
CAPITAL'S PROGRAM
St. Paul's Brantih Wants a List ,
'. . . ... -
01 six, rjunarea dv
Easter.
"8lx hundred members by Easter"
la the slogan1 of the Holy Namo So
cloty of Kt., Paul's' Church. Fifteenth
nnd V streets northwest, whero II) new
members wcro .enrolled at 'the recep
tion services. last night. 1
At tne smtiker In the chur.ch hall,
following the rtceptton, tho report of
the Rev. rather J. tines E. Kruir. inlr-
ltual director of thdjioclety, that tho
momburship now was 47C, Was gr.iv.ed
with cheer by the 300 men nresent.
Mgr. Jnmcs V. Mackln, pastor V St.
Paul b. utiflrcsscd the meeting on "Pre
paredness." uiiUrK'the Holy Namo
men to he read) In soul as well 111
In body, for any emergency thatmlbht
coir .j to tho l.'r.ltfa States.
Tho object ci ike Holy Name Union
of the (.rchdloccsn of Baltimore wero
explained ty Michael' D. Schafer, Its
president, and John . IUUley D'.yle,
;ie.1d of the 'UlntUct branches, told ot
members during tho past two. years In
creasing from 3.358 to 11,728.
Tho Rev. Father W. J. Carroll, Col.
Wllllsm H. Johnson, U. B., A., and P.
J. Haltlgan, made brief addresses on
the necessity for members wearing the
Holy Namo Insignia.
Retreat Announced For
St. Jerome's Parish
The Rt. Rev. Blhop Currier., of Catho
lic University, will conduct a retieat
for ono week beginning March '. for
members of Ht. Jerome's parish, Hyatts
vlllc. Members of tho various socie
ties connected with tho church aw ac
tively emrnged In urging their friend
to attend this event. Wednesday morn
ing at 8 o'clock a rc'iulcrrt high ina.1.1
will be sung for the parents of tho pas
tor, tho Rev. I), c. Kecnan.
War Pictures Are
Shown At Belasco
MflKIA
DISCUSSION
Many Believe Ambassador
Should Remain At Post
During Crisis.
Today's
Amusements Schedule
for Tomorrow.
The marked advance in. thought
about city planning is indicated by
tho reception accorded the report of
tho New York commission on build
ing districts and restrictions. Ten
years ago the suggestions made in
that report would have been regard
, cd as highly revolutionary and head
ing straight for Socialism,
For one thing the report recom
mends the establishment of a "zone
system," a method long ago adopted
in Germany, and n plan long needed
in American cities. The economic
waste, the upsetting of realty values,
, the disturbance of the city's fiscal
system, involved in the growth of
every thriving American city has
Three weeks now the battle for
Verdun has raged, and Verdun has
not fallen. That its conquest, at the
fearful cost it would involve, would
be at least a dubious gain; is now
recognized by the world. It would
merely straighten out the French
line, leaving the grind of trench war
fare to go on as iin other sections,
where there are no fortresses to be
protected. Verdun has seen an all-
FrencH force pitted against tho Ger
mans in a supreme struggle,and thus
far the advantage is with"the French.
While Verdun has trembled under
the shock of'mighty battle, the war
has been developing new phases else
where. Germany has come nearer
than over, before to a break with tho
United States. Portugal has entered
the war on the allies' side. The ap
proaching collapse of Turkey's pow
er to resist has been made more ob
vious than ever. Bulgaria as an
ajly of the central empires has been
affrighted at the prospect of being
deserted by Turkey, while Roumania
edges closer and closer to the brink
of conflict, with friendly eye on tho
allies' camp. Russia has been gain
ing splendid nnd significant advant
ages in the Caucasus, and demon
strating in Europe a capacity for re
habilitation, a disposition to resume
You may fire' when you're ready,
Mr. Funston.
Now Carranza wants U. S. to let
him hang Villa. Aren't we to get
even a little bit of pleasure out of
this, Gen. C?
Of course, the pen may be mightier
than the Gatling, but there are a lot
of Mexicans that can't read.
Mr. Brumbaugh is in the "hands
of his frierfus." This leaves forty-
two governors yet to be heard from.
Yes. Mr. Ryan, a nrenosition is a
bad thing to end a sentence with.
It might not be a bad idea, at that.
to elect Lillian Russell mayor of-
Pittsburgh. She probably would cold
cream tne town r. u. y.
There aro some who aro giving up
castor oil during Lent.
Secular League Hears
Talk on Conservation
"Vital Conservation" was.lho toplo
of an address by Dr. austavun WYrber
before tho Washington Secular league
ut Pythian Temple yesterday.
lie declared the only effective rem
edies for Intemperance and other soclnl
evils aro not prohibitory legislation, but
vital conservation. Ho said theso forms
01 Indulgence were merely symptoms
of a devitalized nervous condition.
Following his talk there was a gen
eral discussion. Next Sunday after
noon tho Rev. Henry F, I.utc will talk
on "From Infidelity Back to Christi
anity."
Leader.
The atmosphero of the Rret Harte
story has been produced with extraor
dinary fidelity to detail In "Tennessee's
Pardner," in which Fanny Ward Is
presented by the Lasky companv at tho
Leader theater today and tomorrow.
Miss Ward has the aprt of the ornlmii.
who Is adopted by "Tennessee" and who
ligures as nis paraner in ills mining op
orations. The opening scenes ot the
piece which show the. rush to the cold
nelds by tho "forty-niners" Is particu
larly Interesting for Its long perspect
ives and Its Views of the California
hills.
Wednesday and Thursday Constance
Collier will be presented by the Pallas
company In the first picture play In
which she has ever appeared. "The
Tongues of Men." Miss Collier has tho
part of a grand opera singer, who has
been attacked by a young and Inex
perienced minister in a sermon preached
nt a fashionable church. She silences
the attack In an original way.
Anna new win De snown in her nrst
appearance as a photo player In "Mad
ame T-a Prcsldente" Friday and Sat
urday. This Is the play which Fanny
Ward presented in Washington on the
strtge, ad Is a French farce In every
detail. The story concerns an actress
who resents the treatment accorded her
In a small French town, and takes an
odd way of evening her score with the
authorities.
Mnrv Plckfnrd will be reen In "!)
bind the Scenes." n nlav deallmr with a
musical comedy star and a country boy. !
Lpext Sunday. .
BABY CONGRESSMEN
TO BE AT PRESS CLUB
Today.
Mtettnr. OMral Labor Union, Typographical
Temple. S p. m.
Mlln. Xorlhrut Wuhlncton Cltluna' As
voclatlon, Nortlirait Tempi, .Twelfth and II
streets northeast. I p. m. t
Iteneflt performing, "t'rlnceee Tra-La-!.."
for Maaonlc Howllnr Club. National Thea
ter. :1& p. m.
Adilrete, the ltev. Janies 8. Montsoiv-ry,
memorial servkee, Lambskin Club or Milter
Maeone, Maionlc Temple. 8 p. m.
Meeting. I'lney Hranch Cltlten' Auoclatlon.
Iowa Aenue M. E. Church. 8 P. m.
Meeting, board ot governors. Itctall Mer
chant' Aetoclatlon, headquarter, i . m.
Addrea. Congremnan Frank U. 'Ureene, be
fore annual meeting. Vermont Htole Alio
rlatlon. Waihlnaton Club. I d. hi.
Addrea. "Hanking Problema,". l'rof. J'arltr
II. Wlllla, before American luttlt'ite of
Hanking. UI4 F atreet northweet. p. m.
Addreta, "Peace and I'reparedncna." Uacar T.
Crtaby, before Ohio Society, itauacher'a. S
p. m.
Itecepllon, tea room committee. 1:13 to p.
m , leap ear reception by bachelors of club,
:U p. m.. Home Club.
Meeting. Hoclallat I'artv. Italian Branch. Sll
i: atreet norlhneit, 8.11 p. 111.; Tailors'
l'nlon. F. . W. A . No. 11. . p. m.
Aldrei, "Following the Sun." Ir. Charles
11. Abboll. before New llampfhtre Aim
elation, til Hlxth atreet norlhneat, 8 p. in.
Meeting. Inelgnla committee, Military 8erlce
legion. Chamber ot CommeKe llooma, S p.
m.
Reception, Mrn. Karl F. Kellerman, College
Wouten'a Club Itoom. Raleigh, afternoon.
Recital. Monday Morning Mutle Club, New
Wlllard. 11 a m.
Ilhutraterl lectuie, "American Illustrators,"
Thornton Oakley, baforo Washington So-
. clety ot Fine Arts, New National Museum,
X p. ni.
Concert. Marine rand Orchestra. Marine liar
racks. :0 p. m.
Open meeting, advertising men's section. Re
tail Merchanta' Association, headquarters, II
p. m. , ,
Annual banquet. Second Corps AasoiUtlon,
Army of the Tolomac, Ebbltt. 7;jo o. in.
Aiidreas. 'The Mexican Crisis and Other Vital
Issues." Miss Janet Richards, auditorium at
Woodward & lxtnrop-, io:s a. m.
Masonic Dan son. No. 16. social, ladles
night- Stansbury, No. 14, social and lecture.
Temple, No. 13. business; Columbia. No.
IS. anniversary celebration. Eastern Ktar,
Odd Fellows Union. No, 11. business: Bea
con. No. 15: I-angdon. No. X, degree. Esther
Rebekah, No. t, social and box party. Re-
Knights of PVthlaa-Decatur, No. ; Calanthe.
No. II. business.
Knlghta of Columbus-rotomae Council
National Union rressmen's Council. Essie
Red Men-Osase Tribe,
"First Termers" Will Entertain At
Thursday "Nursery." '
Twelve flrst-teTmera will contribute
the program for wl)at Is to he known
as "uauy congressman nignv- at me
National Tross Club Thursday. Speak
er Champ Clark will havtv. charge of
the "nursery."
The "wallers" will be Congressmen
Jeff McLemore of Texas, Joseph
Walsh of Massachusetts, W. W. Ven
nhle of Mississippi, Jacob 10, Meeker
of Missouri, Harry U. Candy of South
Dakota, C. C. DM of Washington, Ro
land Banford of New York, John A.
Klston of California, Clifton H. Mo
Arthur of Oregon, James J. Brltt of
North Carolina, Frank D. Scott of
Michigan, and George Huddleston of
Alabama.
Of this number Mesais. McLemore,
Meeker, Gandy, and Dill have been
newspaper man.
Hall.
Improved Order ot
Patriotic Order of Americans-Washington
Camp, No. I. Initiation.
Amusements.
Natlonat-"Prlncess Tra-t-a-Ia," S:15 p. m.
Poll's "On Trial." 8:1S p, m.
Keith's Vaudeville, ::! and S'.U p. m
Helaaco "Oermany at War," motion futures,
2:30 and 8 p. ni,
Gayety Hurleaque, I:1S and 8:1J p. m.
Loew'a Columbia Photoplays. 11 a. m. to 11
p. m.
Tomorrow.
Recital. Colin Clark Whit. ' Washington
Chapter ot the Paughtera of the American
Revolution, Washington Club, 3 p. in.
Meeting, Washington Cat Club, home of Mrs,
F. M. Tompkins 188J Third street north
west. 8 p. m.
Addresses, V.. J. Ward and Ur Joseph II,
Wall, before Washington Section of the
Council of Jewish Women, Rlxhlli Street
Temple, 3:30 p. m. .....
Lecture, "Yellowstone National Park." f N
Hunt, auditorium of WoodwarJ !th-
win' 3 n.f m.
Illustrated lecture. "The South Today,"
Claude N. uennett, iiome 1 tuu. s.1,1 11. in.
Lecture, Miss Marlon .Weston Cottle, Wash-'
Ington College of Law, C p. 111,
Masonic Federal. No. I; Acai'ta. So. 18,
special 6 p. m.; Talioma, No. M: Friend
ship. No. 17, Eastern Star: ENangellst
Chapter. Scottish Rile.
Odd Fellows Washington. J.o. t; Holden
Rule. NP. 21 i Amity. No. 37; Fred D.
Stuart. No. 7. encampment.
Knlghta of Pythlaa-Webster. No. 7i lixeel-
lor No. Hi Capital. No. 31 1 Myrtle. No.
35.
Daughters of ficotla I.ady Marl.enmn lwe.
Instituting. Masonic Hall, Eighth nnd 1'
streets northeast.
Royal Arcaiium-Orlenlal Council, rrgent s
class nigni. , ,
Knights of Columbus Washington Council,
National- UnionHeadquarters ipen.
Entertainment. Central Jewish Relief Com
mittee of Washington, Itausrher's, after
noon and evening. ....
Banquet, Pernnd Corps Association. Army of
the rotomac. New Ebbltt, 7:10 p. m.
Meeting, board of governors. Retail Mer
chants Association, In headquarters, 3
Address, "Ilualness Ethics," Isdhp Clans, 'he
fore graduating class of Western Hlh
Hi'liool, at sihool, 10 a. 111, ,
Illustrated lecture, "The Klate of Washing
ton." Senator w L Jones, before llrook
land llrolherhood, I-nrd Memorial I tall. 8
Entertainment for the blind, Mbmr 'f 'Vn.
grejs. 8:1S p. m,
Meeting. Chamber or Commerce, nendqiwr-
Activities of German Army Seen
in Official Views of the
War Office.
War pictures of Germany gathered
from many sources, but especially from
the pictures made by the !crmiii gen
eral stuff, are being prcoented this week
under the auspices of the Fatherland
magazine at the Uelasco Theater.
Theso pictures are of unusual Inter
est as many of them were made under
me direction 01 tne wermun government
for use as historical records. They In
clude-, therefore, practically all the ac
tivities of the German troops on all tho
battle fronts and In the training and
Instruction camps in Interior Germany
as well. .
Tho operations of every branch of the
Herman military service ure snown in
detail, from tho Infantry to the flying
corps, which haa been developed to such
perfection In the present war. The man
ner In which Zeppelins and oreoplanes
are prepared for attack us well as their
attacks are shown.
By means of high power lenses, battle
roiiH have been obtained which show
actual field operations. Moat of these,
scenes were muae irom me ugramn
military headquarters, nnd in addition
to the work of tho army In Belgium
on,i Vrnnm ih-v show nlio the troops
In Poland and Russia a.nd some of tho
fighting at the Dardanelles.
The films will be shown twice dall,
at 2 and at 8 p. m. throusltout the week.
hoUesIn tin cans
WILL HELP SAVE LIFE
Public Health Service' Urges Use
of Punch On "Empties."
Punch a hole In the oottpm of the
next tin can you throw on the dump, or
In' the trash barrel, und you may save
n.Ma?arla experts of the Public Health
Service havo found that discarded tin
cans containing; rain water are breeding
place.-) for tho mosquito, which is tho
sole agent hi spreodlng malaria.
Tho Health Service says:
"A hole In the bottom of an empty
mn mnv result In tho saving of a hu-
tnn tiro. Kmntv tin cans have no bust
ness about tho pfemlscs anyway, but If
we must so decorate our back yards let
u.i see to It that the can has a hole In
the bottom."
Overcome By Gas;
Now in Hospital
William McXutt, fifty, a mechanic,
was found In an unconscious condition,
overcome by Illuminating gas In his
room at 511 E street northwest last
He had accidentally left an uhllghted
gas Jet turned on when ho went to bed.
Physicians at the Emergency Hospital,
to which he was removed, say he will
recover.
Rock Creek Improvement
Before Northeast Body
Resolutions favoring the Improvement
of the Rock creok gorgo between Rock
Creek and Potomac Parks, and opnos
Ing tho uppolntmcnt by tho Board of
Kducatlon of non-rcsldonts to positions
under the school system ot the District
will be discussed at tho meeting of the
Northeast Citizens' Association at
Northeast Tcmplo this evening.
Secretary of State Lansing has cabled
permission to Ambassador Gerard to
leave Ms post at Berlin, and has urged
him to come to tho United States for
n change of sccno and rest.
Tho Secretary. Insists that no signifi
cance Is to bo attached to tho Incident.
Nevertheless, thcro was apprehension
nxnressed at both enda ot tho Capitol
that tho return of the 'ambassador nt
this time might seriously affect tne re
lations between .the united states anu
Germany, which havo occn airainea
Binco tlio jusuania u"
months ago. ,
Ambassador Gerard haa hot had a. va
cation since he went to nls pot at Ber
lin. A few weeks ago ho took a brief
rest, nnd sustained an accident whilo
skiing at a continental winter resort.
(jrriclals declare that Mr. Gerard s
health Is In a poor way. owing to his
Injuries and to his run-down condition
after a prolonged strain in Berlin.
It Is submitted by thoso who bellevo
Ambassador aernrd should remain at
his post whilo Oorman-Amcrlcan rela
tions aro .strained that ho might nnd
rest and recuperation ill a, German
health resort, instead of returning to
tho United Slates nt this lime of crisis.
Follows Up Policy.
Htato Department offlcluls Insist the
vacation given Ambassador Gerard Is
In' lino with iho department's policy to
afford a rest to nil tho diplomats who
huvo been nt belligerent capital's con
tinuously since tho wur began.
It Is pointed out that Brand Whltlock,
minister to Belgium, Henry Van Dyke,
minister to tho Netherlands, and Con
sul General Skinner, at lAjndon, already
have visited the United States, and that
Henry Morgcnthati, ambassador to
Tuikcy, Is now In the United States.
On tho other hand critics of tho Atl-
tnlntstratlon'a action In Inviting Gerard
to leave his post point out that Whlt
lock. Van Dyke, und Skinner wcro
needed In Washington to glvo the Ad
ministration conlldcntlal Information re
lating to diplomatic mutters. It Is also
strongly rumored In Washington that
Ambassador Morgenthau returned to
Washington, not ror u vacaiion, oui
for the purnoso of resigning to take an
,.!.. .... . In Ylftl-nn'a Mnnmlnntlnti
active part In Wilson's rcnomlnatlon
campaign. . , ,
Ambassador Gcrord, It Is realized,
holds tho most Important dplomatla
post In Europe Ju-it now. , Tho Ocrman
Amcrican situation has been charged
with dynamite for months. It Is prob
able that an explanation will be matin
by tho Administration to allay fears In
Germany that thcro Is any political mti
tlvo In the return of the American am
bassador at this time.
TEACHERS' COTTAGES
IN COUNTRY URGED
U. S. Bureau of Education Has
Plan to Solve Problem.
Teachers' cottages as a means of set
tling the rural problem of whore teach
era arc to live arc miggestcd by It. R.
Kclllogg hy a balletln just' distributed
by ttib United States Bureau, of- Educa
tion. Lack of suitable boarding accommo
dations Is one of the most serious diffi
culties in the way of securing suitable
-teachers for country schools, the bulle
tin statos. There ure more than J0O.O0O
rural school districts in tho United
States, and IG.000,000 children of school
age who live In the country or In towns
of less than 2.500 population.
It Is because of these conditions that
the teachers' cottage inovcment hHs
grown, the bulletin states, and them
arc two or moro colleges In practically
every State, and m tho State of Wash
ington thcro arc 108.
"IRISH BABY WEEK"
IS BEING OBSERVED
Movement in U. S. Fostered
Lord and Lady Aberdeen,
by
Thieves Enter Ruckert
Home and Get Jewelry
William F. Ituckert. of 317 Fifth
street southeast, reported to the police
today that thieves entered his homo
last night by forcing a rear window and
stole Jewelry and other property valued
at H5. ....
Th rnhbera ransacked the house from
top to bottom, 'taking advantngp of tho
absence of tho members of tho family,
who wcro visiting friends.
Musicale to Be Given
For Blind at Library
A muslctlc for tho blind will" lie given
In pavllllon 7, at the Miliary or Con
gress tomorrow nh:nt nt S;15 o'clock.
Tho procrnm will bo rendered by .Miss
KrHiires Hrhergcr, soprnno; Mrs. Mil
ton ('. White, eontl-nltn; I'aul Hlnes.
tenor; Milton C White, buxs.
Thev will be asslHted by Mrs. Sue B.
Jcnnlnts, plnnlst, nnd William tlo l.uca.
flutlit
Women Aboad Destroyed
Zeppelin, French Reports
PAUIS. March 13,-Tlie Petit Pailslan
prints a clicunistantlal stoiy, Indicating
that women wore nboaid the Hcppelln
destroyed by tho French recently at
rtrvlnnv.
In the burning, wreckage- weir dls-
covered two slender reel, ciau 111 nign
tanned, raslilonn
I paper asserted.
ter. 8 p. III. I lr.nrw.rl fnalitnnullln kill bouts, the nOWS-
Meetinr. I'enlral Northwest Cltlnns' Also- 'D'JL. Asserted
Clauon. urui owwi, y,
This Is "Irish baby week" throughout
tho United States.
Bad as Is the waste of child life In
this country, aa shown by statistic
gathered by the Children's Bureau, the
situation is far worse In Ireland, ac
cording to Lord and LadyAberdeen, who
rire fostering tho "Irish bay week"
movement.
Tho suggestion for an observance ot
the peiiod near St. Patrick' Day as
"Irish baby week" was made to thfi
Marquis of Aberdeen and Lady Aber
deen hy Charles 11. McCarthy, a young
Irish-American In tho office ot the As
sistant Secretary of the Navy.
ARMY AND NAVY x
ORDERS OF TODAY
List of Changes Announced by
Departments.
Army.
Leave for twenty days, to take effect
on or nbout April 1, 1916, granted First
Lieut. Gordon It. Toting, Corps of En
gineers. Lcavo for two months, to tako
effect upon his relief .from his present
duties, granted First Lieut. William II.
Garrison. Jr., cavalry. Tho retirement
of Col. Walter H. Chatfleld. Second In
fantry, bn March 11. 1916. is announced.
Capt. Andrew C. Wright, Twenty-seventh
Infantry, relloved from treatment
nt the Letterman General Hospital, San
Francisco, Cal.
Navy.
Lieut. C. R. Clatk. to charge of navy
radio station, Sayvllle. S. V.
movements of Vessels.
Aniod Arethtisn, at Port Arthur.
Tex.: Alwln, ISIi'mlnghnm. Fanning, and
Cnssln. nt tltianttinnnio; Kliissor, at Key
West; Olncler, ut Snn Francisco: Hec
tor, it Boston; .liicnb Jones, at Delawaro
BtetiUwateri Jarvls, at Guantnnamo;
Mayllower, at Washington; Monnghan,
at Mobile; Morils. nt Newport; Nichol
son, nt Gimntannmo; Patterson, nt
Ouitntanaino: Pcnliickot, ut Now York
yard; Potoinyc. at Crlitoll' Proble, at
San Pedio; Held, nt ChurloHton Harbor
Hoc. at Key Wfst; Terry, 11 1 Pcnsacola,
Wiilke. nt Kiy west; winsiow, at uuan-
annmo; women, ni i-cuxacoia; rxcio,
t Snn I'erlro.
8uliid Submarine K-b. from ley went
for I'cnHucoln; Kiuinwlm, from Poit Ar
thur, Tex., for Ifnmpton HoiiiIh; Peoria,
from Ky WphI for Pcnsacola; Preston,
from 'ImrlestPii vard for Key West,
Tenneisef, fioin Port nti Pilnco fur
Trlnldiiil.
Note 1 he N'cvnilu. was placed In com
mission at the navy yard, Boston, on
March U.