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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-08

IT HE good that any citizens asso-
citation is able to accomplish is
not measured by the noise it
makes. Quiet work is always effective
work Takoma usually knows what she
wants and goes about getting II in a
business-like way. Our citizens dc not
expect TO teach Congress or the District
Commissioners how all the affairs of
the community shall be carried on. We
have our local needs. we know what
they are, and when we ask for help in
the proper way we usually get it. Much
has been accomplished during the past
year in the matter OF making Takona
what she will always be-namely, one
of the most desirable suburban places
about Washington.
The association has been active for a
number Of years on school matters, and
through its efforts has at last secured
a building commensurate with the grow
ing needs OF the community. There has
just been completed a beautiful two
story structure. costing something over
$4,000 The school is provided with a
corps OF thoroughly efficient teachers
and the people OF the Park are eratified
that the prospect for good work In edu-
cational matters IS so promising. II ia
not too much to say that the Citizens
Association has been largely responsible
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similarly situated. and has also secured
an extension of the Pennsylvania Rail
road Gao service
Work Still to Do.
For the coming year it plans add
tionai street paving which IL insists Its
section Is entitled to; also an increase In
the police force and better pay for the
policemen; increased mail facilities and
prompter service for its locality: the
placing OF additional cars on the North
Capitol and ths City and Suburban
street car lines, so that the patrons OF
those lines may be reasonably accom-
modatcd and be relieved to some extent
OF the discomfort and loss OF time now
experienced; the more frequent sweep
ing OF the streets; the extension of
streets so that citizens desiring to build
can get to and from their property, and
the revenues from taxes increased by
the ADDED volume of taxable property
and that these street extensions shall
be paid for by the property directly
benefited 10 the extent of the benent
conferred. and the balance by the Fed
erai Government and the District, share
and share alike, as the Government ac-
quires the title and IL and the District
at large equally enjoy the benefits.
WILLIAI c. HENDERSON,
President
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| for bringing about these very desirable
results
Valuable Street improvements.
From time to time the association has
called to the attention of the District
commissioners and the council of Ia
koma. Md. the special needs in the mat
ter OF the Improvement of streets.
walks, sewers. and lights. Through the
active work Of the association the town
Is now thoroughly provided with practi-
caIly complete sewerage system. Wa
ter is also available. so that from a
sanitary point of view the community
has many advantages over others even
nearer 20 Washington proper.
Within the last year the District has
graded and macadamfzed Carroll Ava
hue from the entrance to the Park TO
the District line. Good, substantial
granolithic pavements have been mt
down. and trees planted also along this
avenue On the Maryland eide. through
the active interests of the council. many
improvements have been made and are
being contemplated. There Is soon to
be put down about four miles Of gran
oilthic sidewalks on the Maryland side.
The citizens association has been
active in securing a better lighting
system. and now not only the Park.
but the approaches thereto are well
provided with lights.
Transportation facilities have also re-
ceived attention from the hands Of the
association. We have endeayored 70 Co
operate with others along Brizhfvood
avenue 70 the end OF securing better
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ASSOCIATION THRIVES
IN CITY AND OUT OF 1T
North Capitol and lexington District Overlaps Municipal
interchangeable Lines No Bar to Interest

IT. HE North Capitol and lexington
Citizens Association was organ
Z lied January 10. 1896. and ever
since then has exerted a forcible influ-
ence in presenting TO the Commissioners
and to Congress the neecs OF its locality.
While it has Siven attention in particu-
lar TO public improvements affecting
more directly its own locality, especially
to incres sed school facilities. and street
paving. and untiring even II unsuccess-
full efforts to get better street car SER
vice. yet it has taken an active interest
in matters affecting the general good
of the entire District.
It Is somewhat unique in that its ter
ritory lies partially in the northwest
on both sides of North Capitol Street.
and being both urban and suburban. be-
cause a part Of its territory lies to the
north of Florida Avenue and portion
to the south of it. This may account
for the non-sectional character OF its
policy IN public improvements, and for
the IiberaIity of Views and principles
which it has manifested and advocated
ever since its Organization.
In numerical strength 1t possibly ex-
ceeds that Of any other citizens asso-
citation in the city. its present active
membership being $50 members.
Many Streets Opened.
During the past year it has beea active
in advocating the opening of various
streets which the rapid growth OF that
portion Of the District has made neces-
sary. II has been careful, however, to
urge the opening Of only such streets
as the public necessities OF that sec
ton make imperative. Among the streets
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facilities. so far as car service is con-
cerned.
Policy for the Present Year.
SThe policy of the association for the
present year was recently set forth in
statement by the president. as fol-
| lows:
In looking over the field OF work that
this association should consider during
the coming year IT seems to me needful
to particularly emphasize several
things ! would particularly emphasize
the desirabiiity of aiding and encourage
ing in every way the upbuilding and
advancement Of our schools. We ere
just completing an excellent school
building. with all modern facilities for
instruction. and we should see 10 IL
that every encouragement is Offered to
the teachers.
Next to the school we may consider
the important questions which have 10
do with our own natural surroundings.
Takoma has many natural advantages
but our conditions could be materially
improved by very little systematic ef-
fort along certain directions. The COM
mittee on parks and parking will un-
doubleday give these matters careful
thought. and. 1 trust. will be able 10
bring about during the year much need
ed improvements which will add 10 the
beauty and comfort OF our homes
aside from those questions which
have to do with the Improvement OF
more or less public places. we think each
citizen should endeavor to beauty his
own home, so far as he is able It is
remarkab BILE how much can be accom-
plished in this direction by comparative
ly little effort. after the work is once
started
1T has always seemed to me that
one of the functions of associations such
as ours should be 10 bring the people
more closely together. and TO this end
think the work OF our efficient enter
tainment committee has been, and viii
be, OF great service.
Not Running the District.
1T will be the policy of the assocla-
ton. so far as your president IS con-
cerned. to give due consideration To ell
important matters which may be
brought before it, looking not only 10
the betterment OF our own surroundings,
but those in the District and adjacent
territory as we'll wish, however. 10
emphasize the fact that the association
NO~~
OF attempting to dictate or say how the
general affairs Of the District shall be
conducted Personally, 1 believe that
we could not have a more efficient corps
OF officers than our present District
Commissioners. and that they are work
ing with might and main to advance in
every way the best interests Of the Dis
trict OF Columbia.
when Questions arise. az they will
arise. having to do with matters out
side Of local affairs. think we cannot
be too cautious as to the way IN which
they are handled. We wish as an as
ISOLATION 70 do everything In our pow
er to build I'D the entire community.
through our schools. through the i'm
provenents in our parks and streets
and other affairs generally. Whatever
efforts are undertaken In this direction.
however. should be along the lines of
cooperation with the authorities who
are responsible for the work, rather
than in the direction Of criticising them.
'B. T. GALLOWAY,
President"
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Hoo the Japanese Haze Made 7heiz NQVp

navy was as follows: Officers, 1924;
warrant officers, 1857; petty officers and
seamen, etc, IS, s21; officers and men in
the reserve-oficers of naval reserve
10: warrant officers, 1Os. and retty off,
GERS and men, e,34s.
The marine infantry and artillery were
organized at first. but were abolished in
1876.
The officers Of the imperial navy are
divided into two classes-first, naval off,
GERS Cexecutive). and second, officers
holding relative ranks with naval off,
GERS.
The list OF naval officers includes: Ad-
mirals. vice admirals. rear admiraIs,
captains. commanders. lieutenants. sub
lieutenants. midshipmen. naval cadets,
gunners, and boatswains. The grades
OF officers holding relative ranks are
engineers. surgeons. paymasters. ord
nance engineers, naval constructors, hy-
biographical engineers. carpenters. and
bandmasters.
The Naval Officers.
Naval cadets are appointed through
competitive examinations which are open
70 the sons OF all Japanese subjects
The entrance examination is at present
held in the nineteen principal towns of
Japan, under supervision OF the super
intendent of the Naval College The
number OF cadets required for the year
is previously gazetted by the minister
Of marine, and the requisition for pros
pective vacancies are made on the SUI
perintendent of the Naval College
through the local authorities within q
specified limit of time.
The age of a candidate must not be
under sixteen nor over twenty years.
and they are divided into two groups
Candidates who have passed the course
OF the middle schools are examined in
mathematics. Japanese composition.
English and Chinese, but a candidate
who has not passed the middle school
curriculum is examined in the follow
ing subjects; Japanese composition.
mathematics. English, Chinese, geogra-
ply, history. physics, chemistry. and
drawing, and II candidates desire they
may also be examined IN French Ger
man. or Russian.
All candidates have TO pass a medi-
cal examination before they may 20
up for the competitive examination.
Successful candidates become naval ca
diets, and are ordered TO join the Naval
College at Yetajima, on the Inland Sea,
near the Kure naval station. Travelling
expenses to the Naval College are paid.
and everything is provided at tire coli
lege by the government.
Three Years Course.
the cadets remain in the Naval Col
lege for three years, and are instruct
ed In seamanship. navigation. the higher
mathematics. English. physics. chemis-
try. gunnery. and torpedoes. steam en-
cheering, etc. They are then appoint
ed TO a sea-going training ship as mid
shipmen. provided they have passed the
final examination successfully.
After eight months sea cruising the
midshipmen are examined in what thew
have learned on board and transferred
to commissioned ships. generally among
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Citizens associations of the Distzict Pachcal Poyer y

Bridge. It regards the laying OF the
tracks upon the bridge as an important
step toward the contamination OF the
greatly needed enterprise and an as
surance that in The not distant future
this connecting link between the Capt.
tai City and its beautiful overlooking
suburb VIII be an accomplished fact,
making the latter practically a part OK
the city. This committee has been vigi-
liant In looking after the repairs of the
streets. and views with satisfaction the
success OF the association in securing
electric alarm bells at the Pennsylvania
Avenue crossing of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, and the planking of the
Carroll Street crossing of that road in
Twining City, the relaying of the side
walk along Avalon Terrace, Anacostia,
the Improvement of Smith Lane, con-
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, may be mentioned W Street to the west
Of North Capitol Street, for which pur-
rose it drafted a bill and had It intro
Congress.
It has also had introduced bills for
connecting S and T Streets, between
Second Street, on the east, and Lincoln
Avenue on the west. with the portions
OF those streets already opened. which
has become a public necessity because
OF the streets closed to the east Of
lexington by the steam railroad ter
minaI act. 1t has also actively urged
the extension of Rhode Island Avenue
from North Capitol Street eastward to
Brentwood Road as this is main ar
terry leading from the city in a north
easterly direction. so as to afford access
to and from the city in that section of
the District
II has also by its representatives ap-
peared before the committees of Con-
gress to urge appropriations for the
paving of s. Quincy. Randolph. and 7
y,
and for the paving OF Lincoln Aver re
from Q Street to a point beyond the
Emery twelve-room public school build
ing, located on Lincoln Avenue, north
of r Street.
An Eye to Larger Needs.
This association has also been insist
ent in advocacy OF the principle thar
extraordinary improvements should be
paid for by an advance from the United
States Treasury. believing that such
improvements should be completed at
the earliest DAY possible and paid for
by the people of today and those to fol-
low them so as-to be enjoyed by all and
paid for by all, and in order that neces-
sary current improvements and ex-
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Especially They Have
Profited by the Expert
ence of Others.
LOW have they done Il?

7 7 OW have they done It?
r. This is the question which all
L L students OF naval warfare ask
after learning of the superior personnel
or the japanese navy.
Tboroughness is the motto OF the
Japanese naval officers. and thirty
years strict adherence TO this motto
has developed officers who showed in
the war between China and Japan and
in the recent engagements at Port Ar
thur and Chemulpo that they are
eqUaled by the personnel OF few navles
an deserve to be ranked with British
and American officers. who have the
advantage of generations of sea fight
ing forefathers and traditions which arc
sadly lacking in the case OF the little
Japs.
In thirty years Japan has learned
practically everything the other great
navies OF the world know about sea
fighting In addition TO appropriatinE
all that is best In other navies. 1t has
become a pioneer in the torpedo boat
field and showed that IT can create as
well as initiate. To intelligence the
japanese officers have added patriotism,
self-sacrihce. and contempt of death.
These high principles have been i'm
parted to the picked sons of japanese
subjects OF all classes and the wisdom
or the founders of the Japanese navy is
shown by the record It has made
against Russia. which was supposed to
be a formidable sea power.
The First Step.
The first important step taken by the
imperial navy was the establishment of
the Naval College at Tokyo in 1873 and
the employment until 1892. by permits
sion OF the British government, of a
number OF instructors drawn from the
executive and engineering branches of
the British feet.
At the same time a few selected stu
dents were sent abroad, and during a
period Of nearly twenty years Japan
had. at intervals, cadets training at our
Annapolis Naval Academy. The high
japanese official who supplies the sub
stance Of this article declares that THE
system Of education was thorough and
substantial and has formed the back
bone OF the present imperial navy"
Since 1888 the japanese have conducted
their own war schools of instruction
and have trained a personnel that is
surely remarkable. The number Of off,
GERS and men voted for the peace es-
adjustment of the imperial Japanese
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the ships Of the squadron, and after four
months. If favorably recommended ty
the captains of their ships. are commits
stoned as sub-lieutenants.
Promotions of naval officers are made
entirely by selection and the list of can
didates is decided by the board Of nd
mirals. which meets once a year. The
proper members of the bosrd number
eight or nine. but when they sit 10 de-
eide the list Of promotions the minister
of marine presides and the commanders
in chief OF all naval stations, and of the
squadron. with the senior officers of
different branches, such as engineers
and medical corps, etc. are added. OFF,
GERS that have been on duty for the
number OF years corresponding to the
respective ranks set down are eligible
for nomination: Sub-lieutenants. one
year; heutenants 0unior grade), two
years; lieutenants, five years; comman-
ders. two years; captains Cjunior grade).
two years; captains, two years; rear
admirals. three years.
Engineer Officers.
The appointments of engineer stu
dents are made in the same manner as
those Of the naval cadets, but the age
OF candidates must not be under six
teen nor over twenty-one years. A stu
dent joins the Naval Engineers Col
lege at Yokosuka and remains there
three years and four months. The stu
dents go through d course of advanced
mathematics, physics. chemistry, theory
Of steam engine, etc, and receive prac-
teal training In the engineering work
shops Of the YokOsuka dock yard, and
in in trnr 0f,f
engines and boilers, the use OF the in
struments employed in the engine room,
and in the construction and working
Of electric lights and of the torpedo ma
chinery.
Students passing successfully the final
examination become probationary assist
mt engineers in the navy and are APP
pointed TO a seagoing training ship. on
board Of which they receive practical
training After eight months of this
training they are examined and commits
stoned as assistant engineers. The sue
ceeding steps of promotion are by selec-
ton, as in the case of the executive Of
hcers, to the grade of engineer, chief
and fleet engineer, inspector of ma
chinery. and, last. inspector general of
machinery.
Professional Examination Required.
Candidates for the medical branch OF
the navy are required 10 pass 4 profess
sional examination before they go up
for theiAcOmpetitive examinations The
latter include medicine. surgery, science.
and modern languages. Successful can
didates become probationary assistant
surgeons In the navy and then Join the
Medical
They remain there not less than one
year, and, after passing at the college
successfully, they are first appointed TO
the hospitals Of different naval sta
tions. and after certain periods of time,
when favorably recommended by the
superintendent Of hospitals, they are
commissioned as assistant surgeons
The succeeding steps of promotion are
by selection and the grades are surgeons.
staff and feet surgeons. surgeon inspec-
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ing was called of the East
~ Washington Heights Associa-
ton for the purpose of securing much
needed improvements for this part OF
the District
The urgent need OF better school ac-
commodation was the impelling motive
that induced the organization. and the
first motive made and adopted was TO
appoint a committee TO prepare and send
the District Commissioners a communi-
cation setting forth the school need and
urging that immediate efforts be made
to secure an appropriation for the pur-
chase of a school site and erection Of a
suitable building.
This communication was promptly sub
mitted to the Commissioners who incor-
porated in their annual estimates TO
Congress an item for the purpose desig-
mated.
In due time an appropriation of Sc. 900
was made by Congress. a site was pur-
chased. and a four-room house erected
which is claimed by the school authori-
ties to be one of the best in the District
OF Columbia
Were this the only achievement OF the
association il would abundantly justify
the organization OF the association and
richly repay the efforts exertcd to OBJ
tain IL.
More Water and Light.
Other matters. however. have received
attention. At the meeting held Decem-
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Meeting Harrison Street with Hamilton
Road, and quite generous and satisfac-
tory repairs on Pennsylvania Avenue
and Branch Avenue, Harrison Street,
and Naylor. Walker, Bowen, and Suit
land roads.
The efforts Of the association to Sc
cure the introduction of the school gar
dening has met with cordial approval, as
also the efforts to secure an advanced
salary for the low-grade policeman pro-
Ifded for in the appropriation bill for
the current fiscal year.
With this record of success TO look
upon the association may well be en-
couraged TO continue unremittingly its
efforts 10 advance the interest of this
part of the District of Columbia.
II. A. BUSCHER,
President.
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Enthusiastic L1Uentor
a Voluntary Prisoner

n ACRIFICING liberty to inventive
genius. Frank Thomas occupies
~ a cell at police headquarters In
Wichita. Kan. where he is perfecting
an apparatus for recording telephone
conversation in the absence of the own
er Of the 'phcne. says one of the Wash
ington detectives who recently went on
a trip TO the Kansas town.
The one desire of Thomas life is to
perfect the instrument on which he is
working. Thought OF 1T never leaves
his mind. HIS days are spent with the
prisoners who are relnishing the in
terror OF the city building. When night
coI>-s be hastens TO his cell and his
work
Frank Thomas is a painter. Soon af-
ter his arrival he was at the police
station Drunk" was written opposite
his name.
= Board and Lodging.
Imprisonment worried Thomas but
little. When his time was up he went
TO Chief Of Police Burt and made him a
proposition. He said he would stay at
the station and work for his board and
a place 20 sleep. Permission 10 do that
would give him an opportunity to work
on hts invention Thomas is a good
painter and his service was thought 70
be worth what he asked. He was told
that he might stay at the station as
long as he would work.
Several nights ago Thomas sat at
rudely constructed little table in one OF
the detention cells, where a visitor
called 10 see him. Prisoners lay on
cots around him, but he seemed un-
aware OF their presence. He was at
work steadily. just as ne has been
every night since he came TO Wichita
An incandescent light high above the
inventors head made the room little
less than semi-dark. Thomas sat with
stopped shoulders and bowed head
heavy black cap coated with drops of
paint was tipped forward on his head
and his eyes
HIS Invention.
IT am trying 70 invent something that
viii attend 10 a telephone while the
owner is absent" said the inventor,
while his long. bony fingers worked
among numberless pieces OF wood and
metal.
If anyone calls while you are gone
fl Will tell you when you come back. II
the man who called said anything 10
you it win be there waiting 10 say it
selffto YOU All you will have TO do is
70 take out your key and unlock a lit
tie box.
1T VIII be done by the power of
vibration. That is a wonderful force
] have studied vibration. and l am 90
ing TO control IT, I will focus II as Won
can focus light with a lens"
Thomas is a wanderer. He is at home
where his head Is uncovered. When he
leaves one town for another he de-
stroys or throws away the pieces Of the
wood and metal he has been working
with and starts anew when he lands
again.