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The Washington times., 1914-05-04
VILLA THE NEXTDANCER.

Carranza has at last made a def
mite reply to the mediators, telling
them that he is willing to mediate
the differences between himself and
the Washington Government, but
cannot accept mediation of the af-
fairs between himself and Huerta.
In other words, he is willing to medi-
ate the differences that don't exist.
to compose hostilities that are not
going on, but he wants no interfer-
ence as to the fight in which he is
actually engaged. He thinks media
ton and its delays would inure to
the advantage of nobody except
Huerta.
Accordingly the arms of Villa will
press southwark. Tampico, Saltillo,
Aguascalientes, then Mexico-that
is the route mapped out for them.
This is about what was to be ex-
pected from the beginning. 1t makes
all the more necessary that our
forces in and about Vera Cruz be
maintained at the point of unques-
tionable adequacy to perform any
service that may be needed. Huerta
will be driven out by Villa if he
does not escape before Villa gets to
him. But that will merely substi-
tute Villa and Carranza for Huerta.
Villa and Carranza may prove vast
improvement, and again they may
not. There will be no enthusiasm
about another reign of terror in
Mexico City. such as the Huerta up
rising initiated. IF Villa undertakes
the extensive reprisals against Me%i-
cans whom he suspects of disloyalty
to Madero and to the present con-
stitutional movement, there will be
plenty of excuse for drenching Mexi-
co City in blood. That should not
!:c permitted, ami it is very possible
that American force will be needed
to prevent Just such crisis.
Therefore the absolute, the daily
increasing, necessity that our forces
be of such strength and equipment,
and so advantageously postured. that
they may perform whatever service
the eyigencies Of the next few weeks
or months may impose. There is
occasion for some disquietude in the
reports that orders for commissary
and other supplies for the forces at
Vera Cruz have been greatly reduced
after they were first issued, appar-
entity on the theory that there would
be no use for a large expeditionary
equipment. There is very likely to
be need for a much larger force
than is row held on the gulf coast,
and for that larger force to be pre-
pared for instant and decisive opera
tions.
The Washington times., 1914-05-04
SUFFRAGE IN GERMANY.

The shricks of the English mill
ants have so filled American ears
hat they have heard little of the
Suffrage movement in other parts of
Europe. The Berlin dispatch which
Did of the growth of that cause in
Germany and of the part to be taken
~ the wives and daughters of the
kaiser's subjects in the coming in
,ernational council in Rome proves
that the German hausfrau is begin
ming to look beyond the confines of
the four walls of her home.
Over here ore thinks usually of
German women as quiet, simple folk,
rearing large families to serve in the
army and pouring out the full meas
ure of their energies upon the pre-
pairing of four meals day and the
mending, darning, washing, and
ironing of their lords and masters
wardrobes.
And now we learn, to quote the
dispatch, that the suffrage organiza-
tion "has become a power before
which the government and parlia-
ment have frequently had to bow.
Petitions and demonstra-
ions have been launched repeatedly
lgainst measures affecting the eco
nomic status of women" 1t is a not
Tnpleasing revelation.
But worthy of notice is the little
paragraph which tells that DR.. Ger
rude 6aeumer, the president of the
ieague, will deliver an address upon
The Value of the Work of the
Housewife"
The Washington times., 1914-05-04

It is to send him to hospital IL
he needs medical treatment.
But many come to US too weak,
physically, to work, but are not i'll
enough for a hospital Those cases
could only stay a limited time at
any lodging houses.
Men Put On Their Feet.
AT sometime they would be asked
to work, or would be asked to get
out before they were able. We be-
lieve a man should workk, but htere
are times when a man needs to be
put on his feet again before he can
find job"
For these reasons Mr.. Mcguire be-
lieves the home occupies a unique
field in Washington philanthropic ef-
forts. 1t Is supported entirely by
voluntary subscriptions. other ciar-
ity organizations, realizing its special
work, themselves have contributed
small sums toward its maintenance.
In connection with the home there
The Washington times., 1914-05-04
ALASKA AND PANAMA.

President Wilson has named two
engineers of the commission that is
to handle the business of locating
and building the Federal railroads in
Alaska. One of these is Lieuten-
ant Mears, who has been chief
engineer of the Panama Railway
during the period of the canals con-
struction. The appointment suggests
the cheering probability that the
magnificent canal-building organiZa-
tion will to a considerable extent be
transferred to Alaska to carry on
the railroad development there. No
better plan could be devised.
Doubtless 1t will be found easier
in many ways to carry on the great
work In Alaska than it was to build
the canal. There are no new and
dubious engineering problems to be
met in Alaska. Neither is there the
tremendous task of making the coun-
try habitable for white men. Alaska
is one of the healthiest countries in
the world. and the conditions to be
met are just such as have been en-
countered in construction of the
prairie and mountain railroads in
this country.
For the present, the railroad
project in Alaska is a very small one
compared to the building of the
canal. The canal will have cost
about s4o0,OO0,0oo by the time it is
completed; the present appropria-
ton for the Alaska railroads is only
S35, 100000, and it provides for a
maximum of 1000 miles of road.
Not unlikely we will ultimately build
railroads enough in the imperial ter
ritory to represent as much invest
ment as has been put into the canal;
but that will only be done in a long
period. The Alaska railroads will
lie constructed where and when they
are needed and when it is reasonably
apparent that they will be justified
by traffic conditions and the needs of
the country. Before their builders
will be the opportunity to give
striking demonstration of the effici-
ency of Government conduct Of such
operations. II the Government
proves that it can build and equip
railroads cheaper and more satisfac-
torily than they have commonly been
laid down by private enterprise, it
will be one more great achievement
for the army engineers, and one
more nail in the coffin of the theory
that Government can't possibly do
any business SO well as private
enterpriSe
The Washington times., 1914-05-04
GO 1T, M'CUMBERl

Senator McCumber has for eight
n ten years been fighting to get a
Federal system of grain inspection
adopted. He has won a number of
furnishes and some of the battles;
tYt the war is still on. He will win
The war, too. At present. however,
the opponent he is fighting is that
Fabian master of the arts of post
Ponement, General Inactivity.
The last resort of opposition to
such a measure is to bottle it up and
prevent any consideration of it.
There is no good reason for killing
this legislation, but there are some
interests that want it killed, or
amended into the worst possible
shape. The very opposition of these
interests constitutes the best reason
why good measure should pass.
Senator McCumber has announced
that he will turn the Senate into a
kindergarten on this subject, and will
have compulsory attendance, too, un-
less he gets his hearing. He is going
10 filibuster, to demand the quorum
At all times, to permit no unanimous
consents. Il will not take long to
force consideration of the bill if he
sticks TO that program, for the legis-
lation has merits and there is big
company of Senators who will be
compelled to take NJ. McCunrber's
side in the showdown.
The laxity and inefficiency of
American methods of grading and
Inspecting grain have injured our
cereals in all the worlds markets,
have opened the way to huge frauds
against the farmer, have made the
way of the speculator easier. For
years the Government has been
moving toward the perfection, and
hen the application on a nation
vide scale in interstate commerce Of
u proper system of handling these
yroblems. The time IS come when
he legislation ought 20 he passed,
and it must be no gold-brick legisla-
liOn, either.
The Washington times., 1914-05-04

as that soul was whose progeny
they are; nay, they do preserve as
in vial the purest efficacy and ex-
traction of that living intellect that
bred them. A good book is tho pre-
cious Iife-blood of a master-sptYtf.
embalmed and treasured up on pur-
pose to a life beyond life"
These true and strong words 1rs
especially applicable to tho Bfhle.
which, by pre-eminence Is called
THE Book" Every student Of LIE
and literature. whatever his re-
ligious opinions may be. ought to
be deeply interested In the Bible.
1t is a book of greater Antiquity
than any other; It IL more widely
read than any other: and It exsr-
cises a more potent influence on
thought and life than any other
book. 1t commands the love and
evokes the hostility of more people
than any other volume In the world.
II comes to US with the loftiest pre-
tensions and 1t demands for its mes
sage our absolute acceptance. Il IN
the only unexhausted and inexhaust-
ible book in the world. As the in
telligence Of its readers enlarges 50
does its significance enlarge and Its
beauty increase. In itself and In it's
history II Is the mightiest force in
literature.
Copyright. 1914. by Joseph 3. EowlesO
The Washington times., 1914-05-04
PHILIP F. MCGUIRE.

are no salaries. Mr.. Mcclure gives
his services free
1T affords me more qualification
to work here, and to see these men
turning again to the paths Of good
citizenship. than any paid position
might hold.
"No, 1 am not wealthy" he smiled.
quantity. But have a typewriter
and an axe and q saw. With these
can make enough money for myself.
An exact accounting of all contrtbu-
tions to the home can be had by
anyone interested in finding out
whether all the subscriptions are de-
voted to that purpose"
The Home of the Good Samaritan
was founded by the late william I.
Downey, February 9. 1895. and on
the anniversary of that founding Mr..
Downey died in 1913 While living.
Mr.. Downey retained charge Of the
finances of the institution. and con-
tributed largely to its maintenance
Since his death. Mrs Downey has
been the nominal head of the institu-
ton, but finding she has not the
time for the work. she has turned It
over entirely to Mr.. Mcclure.
The Washington times., 1914-05-04
THE RAILROAD FREIGHT
RATE CASE.

The country will soon know
whether the Eastern railroads are
10 be granted the average advance
Of ; per cent in freight rates they
have asked, or whether they are to
continue to carry the burden which
has brought some of them TO the
brink of disaster, and which threat
ems the efficient operation of prac-
tically all.
The question Of higher freight
rates has been before the Interstate
Commission in orc form or another
for severa! years and every phase Of
it has been threShed out. Whatever
may have been the reasons of the
commission for refusing the rail-
roads higher rates three years ago,
they no longer exist. Poth gross
and net revenues have reached point
where further shrintagc may entail
serious consequence not cnly to the
railroads but to business interests
generally, for the railroads cannot
bc made to suffer without the pinch
peing felt in other quarters.
In the last decade wage increases
approxima;ing $50, 100000 have been
forced upon the carriers, and in the
same period rates for transportation
have actually decreased. Supplies
Of ell kinds have steadily increa sed
il cost, in some instances as much
The Washington times., 1914-05-04
What's on the Program in
Washington Today

Meetings, evening:
Masonic-Potomac Lodge. No. ,: BENJAMIN
y French No Is: Anacostia. No. Il. and
Mt. Pleasant. No. IS; orient Commardery.
No s. knights Templar; Ruth Chapter
No. 1, Order OF the Eastern star
knights of Pythiss-Equal Lodge. No: Il;
Amaranth No. 5. and Century. No. 20.
Odd FeIlows-Union Lodge. No. II; LanSdon.
No Y; Covenant. No. Is and Beacon No
10: Naomi, No. !, and Ruth, NO = keoekah
Lodges.
Interstate Commerce Commission hearings.
mezzanine floor. New Willard:
Recep;ion with dancing and buffet supper
large ballroom New willard. p m.
Dance by Phi Alpha Delta fraternity, RED
room. New Willard.
Meeting at National Library for the Blind. at
lI.9 II street northwest. at p. m.
The Washington times., 1914-05-04

tured the amusement lovers of all
the continents. 1t gets bigger and
better every year, even though the
glamour may wear off it after folks
get to middle life and begin to yearn
for the fanciful "good old days"
which weren't good at all, either in
the circus business or any other,
compared to the better new days
that are coming and going right
r.Oyv
The Washington times., 1914-05-04

friends and playmates. In other
words they are encouraged to be on
the lookout for all kind and friendly
acts of their neighbors, and any tell
ing of tales of an unkind nature
about a fellow member is promptly
discouraged. One rule Of the club IS
that members are to have clean
the meetings. We try to have as
few rules as possible. for we do not
want them to feel that II is just
a continuation of school.
Program Is Varied.
After the opening exercises of the
club. the program is varied at every
meeting. Sometimes curios Of for
eign lands are shown or perhaps
there will be little juggling per-
formance with box of tricks.
Once a month We have what the
cEmdren call our movie show,
when the club adjourns to the as
sembly hall. where are shown
through a raidioptican, pictures both
entertaining and instructive or THIS
and other lands. At other meetings
the children choose the games they
prefer to play. and then some days
they are clamorous for stories. Late
ly we have been playing some OF
the Simple ldlcS, IihC hC
Three Bears" "Cinderella' etc.
and the acting by the children is
entirely impromptu.
We have found that there is moth
ing like story to reach the heart
Of a child. The older members of
the clubs prefer stories Of animals.
and Of knights who perform brave
deeds AMI we have been much i'm
pressed with the polite and chival-
ruus manner of the boys at the close
OF some OF the meetings. as though
they were still under the spell
of the story. And even after the
club has been dismissed they will
linger to shake the hand Of tho d.
rector who has toll the story, trying
to express in some little haltins
phrase their pleasure I'm il. or to dis
cuss some Of the points of the story
that had appealed to them the most.
We who are the directors Of the
club find our greatest source Of
pleasure in the fact that the chill
drcn feel that We are one of them
and are interested in all their eX-
periences. and that they can share
their little troubles and joys with
US. fo- they show that they realize
that we do understand.
The Washington times., 1914-05-04
Says Purpose of Man on
Earth Is to Seek God

. review of the ideas of men OF all
time was given by II. Clay Rockwell.
before the Washington Temple CCngre-
gation in New Masonic Temple, yes
terday afternoon, in answering the
question. What Are We Here Forr'
10 seek God. is the purpose of mans
beinr on earth,'' he said, arguing that
the real answer Is not, We're Here
because We're Here" or II Don't
Know where I'm Going. But I'm on
NV Way" as is the popular conception.
The Washington times., 1914-05-04
Truths By Women Who
Combats Effect of
NllOW the Streets
School Is Social Center

The Grover Cepeland School the only public school the Dis
tct of Columbia which social CENTER although there is
available for social and cipc
poses for both children and grown ups.
Besides the teachers this school, there number of polun
norke among nhom May Libbey She is of the
the children for the
purpose entertaining and the time to Offset the
Hocof} }boc c}roo
The Washington times., 1914-05-04

In a few days the only way that Mex
lean war news will get in the paper Will
be at regular advertising rates.
As an item Of civic pride, do not forget
that we confidently expect to have the
best heated summer cars in the world
this summer.
We already have the coolest and best
ventilated cars in the wintcrtimc.
The Washington times., 1914-05-04
AmuSementS-

Earnum & Bailey Circus. Fifteenth and II
streets northeast. . and p.
r,eIa sro-Mask and Wig Club, $40 p. m.
SatIonal-"What'S Wrong. S:l1 .. M.
CoIumbia-"Bunty Pulls the String" -
PaIf.s-..Bousht and Paid For" els and ssS
D. M.
I'osmos-Vaudeville, continuous.
afternoon and evening.
Gayety-Burlesque. c:l5 and Sis p. m
The Washington times., 1914-05-04
Hotel Men Go to Dresden,

BERLIN, May after a few hours
visit here. the members Of the Ameri-
can Hotel Mems Mutual BENEFIT AS
soCiation, who are touring F.urope. to-
day are en- route to Dresden, where they
CAIect TO arrive Thursday.
The Washington times., 1914-05-04
Back to the Bible

"The influence the Bible be traced through the whole
course of English literature and English civilization and more than
ANYTHING else give unity and perpeuy to bohAlbe
Cook P d. Professor of English Language and Literature Yale
University. ....--..
THE BOOKS THAT LIVE
By ROBERT STUART MACARTHUR, D. D, IL. D.
(president Raptst Wol
The Washington times., 1914-05-04

Northern society folks will give an
opera in aid Of Italian immigrants.
Didn't know that Enri"o had met With
financial reverscs.
Receipts for the year at Monte Carlo
were over nine million dollars. Tn"
Prince of Monaco has not asked FOR
mediation.
The only English word YOU can spell
with A. b. G. is cab. Home, James.
away from this duh conference.
That Mexican force which tried to
capture "A water plant could not pos
sibIy have been any of IIuerta's troops
And now they say Villa is self
made man. And then Hucrta must be
a self-unmade one.
Only real war news so far is the poor
condition OF Walter Johnson wing.
Indigna nt-TypographiCal error. Still
il is not our fault II tho linOtypcr Omits
the apostrophe from our abbrcviation of
he will.
Birmingham Is in favor of "spooning'.
IN the city's parks, and police are ad-
The Washington times., 1914-05-04
THE SILVER LINING
EDITED BY ARTHUR BAER.

viscd b. Park Commissioner Weatherly
not 10 interfere with hugs and Kisses.
The police will not. They never did.
The Washington times., 1914-05-04

By the U. S. Soldiers Home Band
at 4 p. IN.
JOHN 5. NJ. ZIMMERA1ANN.
Director.
March. The Jolly General" .Morct
Overture. "Fcstival' .........Lassen
Paraphrase. "Melodie IN f.
Rubinstcin
Selection. Simon Bocanncgro''
Verdi
Popular Song. "Rebccca Of Sunny
brook Farm" .............. Gumble
Excerpts from The Chocolate
Soldier .......... Strauss
lRcquestcH
Waltz Suite. Nights of Gladness"
AncliHe
Finale. "Tioncyland'' Van .tlstyne
The Star-Spamglcd Eanncr."
By the U. S. Marine Band, Marine
Barracks, AIS m.
WILLIAM II. SANTELMANN.
Leader.
March. The Star of the Guard
Stieberts
Overture. "WiIliam Tell".... Rossini
Nocturnc, Dream of Love'...Liszt
Suite. atlantis ........... Safranck
(a) Nocturne and Morning Hymn
of Praise.
,bD 4 Court Function.
(cp II Love Thee
Id The Destruction OF Atlantis
Waltz, The Debutantc"
Santemann
scenes from The Walkurc"
Wagner
Hunsarian Rhapsody mo. c'..I.lszt
The Star-Spansled Banner"
The Washington times., 1914-05-04

Only real war news so far is the Door
condition OF Walter Johnson wing
The Washington times., 1914-05-04

Birmingham Is in favor of "spooninE'
In the city's parks, and police are ad-
The Washington times., 1914-05-04

And now they say Villa is self
made man. And then Huerta must be
a self-urmade one.
The Washington times., 1914-05-04
THE OLDEST INHAB SEZ

"W h ever |
wantta meet a feller
who owes me money,
I take a stroll on
Connecticut avenue
on Sunday after
Moons"
The Washington times., 1914-05-04
Unpretentious Refuge for the
Submerged Tenth Holds
Unique Place in Washing
toms Charities.
With Ak and Saw Philip Nc
Guire Earns Own Living and
Donates His Services to
Helping Homeless.

Here is the story Of a modern
Good Samaritan who, NTH a type
writer, an az and a sam, earns
enough at odd moments to sup
port himself, while he gives most
of his time to the Home Of the
Good Samaritan.
The work of the home is as full
of human interest as any story OF
the submerged tenth ever penned
1t fills unique field in Washing
toms humanitarian efforts.
The work of Philip F. Mcclure,
and of the home over which he pre-
sides, is described in detail in this
article.
Evening star., 1914-04-28

TRUSTEES SALE OF ABOUT 80 50 ACRES
OF LAND FRONTING on THE BOWEN
ROAD, SOUTHEAST. NEAR PElNNSIL
NANIA AVENUE EXTENDED.
By virtue of a certain deed of trust, duly re.
corded in Liber No. 2s42. folio S9s ct SEQ, of
and at the request OF the party secured thereby
the undersigned trustees will sell at public auc-
tion. in front Of the premises. on FRIDAY.
THE EIGHTH DAY OF MAY. AID. 1914. AT
ing-described land and premises, being all that
part of lot numbered situate and lying in the
District of Columbia in the subdivision of the
tract of land known as Nonesuch. as per plat
filed in equity cause No. 1Iss Of the Supreme
in Liber County No 8. folio 34 OF the records
of the office of the surveyor OF said District.
excepting the - acres of said tract reserved In
deed from Charlotte J. Belt to George b. stark
wether. dated July IS; 1887: and recorded In
of the District OF Columbia. This property is
beautifully situated for subd vision purposes and
forms portion OF tract Of 40 acres. the bal
ance of which lies in Prince Georges county.
under the said deed of trust above mentioned.
Terms of sale: one-thrd OF the purchase
money to he paid in cash. balance In two equal
instalments. payable in one and two years.
with interest at six per centum per annum. pay
able semi annually from day Of sale. secured by
deed of trust upon the property sold. all cash.
at the option Of the purchaser. deposit of
$3.50 will be required at time of sale All con-
veyancing. recording etc. at cost OF purchaser.
Terms OF sale to be complied with within IS
reserve the right to resell the property at the
risk and cost Of defaultiug pur ,haser after Eve
days advertisement Of such resale in some news
paper published In Washington, u. G.
FRANK T. RAWLINGS.
RICHARD @. RAWLINGS.
apo1 dS ds eS,l Trustees
Evening star., 1914-04-28
P. AND C. STEAMER COMING.
Boat Recently Purchased for Serv-
ice on River Route,

The steamer Frederick de Bary. which
the Potomac and Chesapeake Steamboat
Company of this city recently purchased
from New York parties, is due at this
city this afternoon from Jacksonville,
Fla. where she was in service when the
negotiations for her purchase We're COM
pleted. The vessel left the Florida port
about ten days ago, and il was expected
she would arrive here about the end "f
last week. stormy weather on the coast
forced her to seek harbor at Savannah.
Georgetown. S. c.. and Wilmington and
Beaufort. n. c., and she left the last
named port Sunday morning
A telegram late yesterday afternoon, re
ceived by c.. H. st. Johns, general man
aged Of the Potomac and Chesapeake line,
announced the safe arrival of the steamer
at Hampton roads. She left there this
morning, and is now on her way up the
Potomac to this city. The de Barry will
at once be made ready for service on the
Nomini route to relieve the steamer
Wakefield for general overhauling
Later both the de Bary and Wakeheld
will run upon Potomac river routes pf the
Potomac and Chesapeake company.