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The Washington times., 1914-09-26
THE NEW HORRORS.

The tremendous siege guns which
the Germans first used with sucr
fearful effectiveness at Liege con-
stituted the iirst revelation of the
new machinery of war under strictly
modern conditions. Their employ
mcnt was, however, presaged hy the
effective usa Of great naval guns bv
the British on the fields of South
Africa. and Of nuge siege ordnance
hy the japanese in Manchuria. There
had been reports that the krurp:
had turned out something new and
startling in siege guns, but the de-
tails concerning their caliber and
character had been carefully con-
cealed from the outside world until
war brought hem into action.
Now comes the story that the
French have gun that on explosion
releases a great voiunc Of deaE"y
gas that srrcads death C all living
things within is immediate neigh
hurhcod. the tales conccr'-inC thus
gen arc 50 fantastic that they arc
rather beyond belief. The possibility
Of using such weapon in aerial
lcmbardment Of cities need not be
suggested.
The drcr3ing Of bombs on OStend
end Bculognc. from German all.
snips. is tn" latest moe in tho HSc
IF aircraft and ordnance. according
TO reports. Antwerp had previously
seen the possibilities of this kline OF
warfare. its extension over a
radius wide enough to make possible
German assault on London by this
methcd has been one of the night
mares of Britain from. the beginning
of the war. Likewise, the menace to
the British North Sea feet by reason
cf POSSIBLE attack from the air has
been accounted one of the very real
if rather Indefinite possibilities Of
the war.
There is no longer room to doubt
the efficacy of the submarine equip
red with torpedoes; IN at least one
case a single submarine is credited
with the destruction Of three large
cruisers; in another case, it is nov
claimed, a British cuiser, supposed
10 have been sunk by striking q
The Washington times., 1914-09-26

is, people will debate and speculate
about for sore tinc to come.
1t is fair 20 take the President at
his own word, and to believe that
he does not want his own State, his
closest personal and political asso-
ciates, to take the lead in the in
Gorsement Of the Administration. 1t
is not necessary to assume that any
thing ulterior lies back OF this eX-
preston. The letter of Secretary
Tumulty suggests that an indorse-
ment from New Jersey at this juno
tUre might be construed as lndicat-
ing Willingness to take advantage
Of g present situation to begin lining
up political support. There is no
dc ubt that that is true, and no doubt.
moreover. that a delicate sense Of
The fitness If things is reflected III
the Presidents wish that the express
sion be omitted.
There is NJ need for Endorsements
Of the President, az this time, Ivy his
own State or mis- OWL party; that is,
formal Endorsements. Il is as clear
.as anything can nossibly be that the
President will be renom:cated ;wo
years hence If he wants tie non1ina-
ton. AS Speaker Clark put 1t
long time ago, Mr.. Wilson will haye
to be the candidate if his Admins
tration is not successful, because no
body else will want the nomination;
and if his administration is success
full, nobody Will have a chance to
take the nomination away from him.
But it is altogether good thing not
to force the opening of the 1916
campaign thus early.
The Washington times., 1914-09-26

embassy, Count de San Esteban, with
the countess and their three children,
sailed for Europe today aboard the
Cretic.
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Mrs. Richard Hunter Dulany has re-
turned from a visit to her son-in- law
and daughter, DIR. and Mrs. Randolph.
at Charlottesville. Va. and has Joined
Mr.. Dulany at the Grafton.
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Capt. and Mrs. A. F. FechteIer will
entertain at an informal dance this
evening in honor of their son. Mi%-
shipman William Morrow Fechteler
The guests will include classmates Of
Midshipman Fechteler. now in Wash
ington. as well as a few friends Of
his sister. Miss Margaret Fechteler.
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Mrs Champ Clark. wife of the
Speaker. will return to Washington to-
day from New York and the upper Hud-
son river. where she attended the In
land Waterways Convention. Mrs.
Clark stopped. while in New York, with
her cousin, Miss Frances Stockwell.
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Mrs. Thomas F. Bayard has returned
to Washington for the season and re-
opened her house in II street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Randolph
Beach, Of Mt. Vernon. n. Y. are in
Washington for an extended visit,
stopping at the Hotel Powhatan. Mrs.
Beach was formerly Miss Anna Yeat-
man. OF this city.
Madame vandervelde. wife Of the
Belgian secretary Of state. who re-
Gently visited Washington with her
husband. is spending a few days in
New York.
Mrs. Roger Welles entertained at
bridge yesterday afternoon at the
Naval Training Station, Newport, r. /.
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PercivaI Gessett. American consul at
Malaga. Spain. Is in Washington for an
indefinite stay.
The Young Eomen's Hebrew Asso-
citation has issued Invitations for a
Halloween dance. on the evening of Oc-
tober 81.
The marriage of Miss Bessie Reba
Harreli, daughter of Mrs. Fannie
Brooke Iarrel and Charles H. Burton
was solemnIzed on Wednesday evening
at the home of the Rev f, ". Johnson,
pastor of Grace Baptist Church. Tie
bride, who was attended ny Miss Eliza
beth Monroe and Mrs. Charles j. Ney,
wore a dark blue coat suit with hat b
match
A reception was given at the homo
of the brides brother-in-law sid siste!,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Rohroack. 429 Me-
Jersey aTrnue. from 9 10 10. when re-
freshments were served. The bride re-
silk crepe de chine. Miss Monroe's
gown was of wistaria crepe de chine.
The rooms were decorated with white
plants.
The Washington times., 1914-09-26
FOREIGNERS SAVINGS.

When the postal savings 3ank
system was under discussion one Of
the arguments in its favor was thai
It would release into circulation hun
Greds of thousands of .lollars-per-
haps it was millions, although the
amount is not Of consc1ucnce--sup-
posed to be haarded By foreign i'm
migrants, too lately arrived in this
country to feel confidence in the or
dirary hank, but certain 20 yield up
their shekels &c the Establishments of
the Government. If the experience
Ct one State-Maryland is to be
taken as typical and characteristic,
that argument cannot be said to
have been proved valid.
That Stat, has an enormous for
eign population. many Units of which
cannot read ard can scarcely speaf:
the English language. For the most
part they are careful and thrifty
folk, who save their cash. What do
they do with it?
Evidently they DO not place it in
the postal savings banks. for Mary
land. with s95,426, is forty-frst
gmcng the ffty-onc States and Ter
ritories in the amour: Of postal saw
ings deposits. On the other hand.
statistics for 1913 show that 278.495
persons, or one-fourth of the States
population, maintain savings ac-
counts totaling s106, ,S99. l57 in banks
other than those conducted al the
pcstofice. These deposltors must
include large proportion of persons
cf foreign birth and of comparatively
recent residence in this country.
The Washington times., 1914-09-26
The Silver
Lining
Edited by ARTHUR BAER.

In spite of old Doc Suns best pro-
fessioral efforts, the mercury Is sink:ns
rapidly.
II Columbus had lived nowadays. he
could neNe' have afforded to discover
America. That trick with the egg
would have hecn TOO costly.
Haven't heard anv of The emhat:led
kings Offering his Kingdom tor horse.
Not as long as the gasolene holds out.
Tipplers hope that Virginia isn't the
Mother of Precedents.
When wifey asks hubby where he has
been until midnight. YOU can het he
doesn't come through with that name
uf-rldce-deleted hy-censor stuff
A European health resort isn't at all.
Man who stole four apes and got
forty-fve days Tor each a?2!a. should
he thankful that f. wasn't i bunch VI
GraOes
The Washington times., 1914-09-26
Banker Protests Ban on
Interlocking Directorates

George NJ Reynolds. president Of the
Continental and Commercial National
Bank OF chicago. sent {. :e.cSrIm 20
the Senate todaN. protesting against
the action of the coufererS on the clay
ton bill. in prohibiting mtCrlo"king di-
-eCtuTates of national banks ard trust
COMPANIES. The telegram Was laid Dc
tore the Senate by Vice President Mar
shall.
Mr.. Reynolds says ;he prohibition Is
unjust to the banks Of t"entH-ciSEt
cities having 2H3.GJ0 or more population.
sirc. it applies only to such cities. lie
SAWS il is not necessary 10 prohibit in.
ucrlockins directorates of banks an!
trust companies. as they do not COM
retc. and il is often 10 the interest Of
tanks 10 have mtcTloCkinS dh ect0rats>.
IN, present state OF business. ne
thought. made ii especially UnwiSe.
The Washington times., 1914-09-26

r1ine, was in fact torpcIoed b.
Submarine
New ter"o" is added to naval war
fare in View Of the announcement
that the Brush admiralty will not
hereafter permit uninjureI vessels to
go to the relief Of chose that arc
struck by torpedoes; the risk of the
rescuers being attacked, as they
were in the case of the Hogue, the
Cressy and the Aboukir, makes the
new rule necessary.
Of very different kind are the
sufferings which war is causing III
regions far remote from the battle
lines. The people of the island OF
Jamaica are declared on the verge
o. starvation, by reason of the
economic crisis which the war mas
rrecipitated. From Ecuador and
some others of the minor Latin
American countries come reports of
the utter dislocaticn of all produc-
tive industry because markets and
financial resources have been shut
off. From the American cotton
Iaiser to the aborigical gathercrs Of
rubber in the Brazilian Jungle; from
I.assa to Timbuctoo; from London
to lambesi, there is no country or
people that by this time mas not be-
pun to feel some form of the suffer-
ing and privation that world-war in
this twentieth century world i'm
poses on all the children Of men.
The Washington times., 1914-09-26
THE RED CROSS APPEAL.

There is wonderful opport nifty for
American liberallty ard American
sympathy for TIE wounded, suffering
and dying TO express tIemeelves in
contributors to the fund now being
raised by the Red Gross 70" the dis
patch Of ambulance corps and The es-
tablishment Of field and other hos
itals along the European battle
line. The need is described by Ernest
?. Bicknell, national director of the
:ociety, as beyond estimate"
Mr.. Bicknell was a member Of the
tattleshi3 Tennessee relief expedi-
tion. and has just returned to New
York. Descr ,binC conditions as he
Found them, Mr.. Bicknell said
Tnousards Ii" in the trenches and or
-. bleak battl"relds. or crawl into tho
Wages ir such numb"rE hat n",hrns
''r he done for ;h".E. ami to thcs.. IN.
'"d come" from thirs'. exposure. and
,..' arCd for wounis.
LET no man imagine TIM, Tho .p7er,
ran Red Cross can do too much or
'uouCh. Nurses and surgeons arc need
sG moro and mOr". AMI alvays nrorr Of
ih'r. Ami medical ami hospital sup
'ries in such quantities ar, needed ag
8" 'ar nov.r hope n cNre,d.
Miss Mabel Boardman. chairman
cf the relief board of the Red Cross.
has mad" d ypccial appeal to the
nJblic TO respond with generous
contributions tc this exi"ent reeti
TO support with money the
gallant service of the American
7Jrgeons and nurses who are risk;ng
health and even life to lessen the
!orrors cf war. 1t is not Washing
;"n's custom to permit such an ap-
Csal, so soundly based and of such
vital conseque nee to the cause Of
humanity, to go unanswered.
The Washington times., 1914-09-26
The News of Society
By JEAN ELIOT.

THE marriage of Miss Katherine
Weeks daughter of Senator and
Mrs. John w. Weeks. of Massa-
ckusetts. and John Washington
Davidge was celebrated at noon
today at the home of the bride s
parents In West Newton. Mass.
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. William G. Joynes. pastor
of the West Newton Unitarian Church,
only relatives and few close friends
eng present The house was decorated
with Southern smilax and white lilies.
The bride was given in marriage by her
father and wore a bridal gown of white
satin and rare lace. There were no
attendants.
The marriage was followed by a large
reception. and later Mr.. and Mrs.
Davidse left for wedding trip. They
will make their home in Washington
al the Woodward apartments.
General and Mrs. George Barnett. Miss
Marjorie Alesh're and Miss Margaret
Niche were among the Washington
folk who attended the wedding.
Mrs. Orlando w. Bradt, of this city.
announces the engagement of her
daughter. Katherine. to William \.
Hanna. jr., of Mississippi. The wedding
O'Clock. at st. Adams Church, in the
Cathedral close. The Rev. DR.. Brate-
rahl will officiatc. assisted by the Rev.
DR.. c. 7. Warner, pastor OF the church.
The former minister from Greece. MI
Vouros. who left Washington recently.
sailed today from New York on the
Olympic, and will 90 to Athens.
Other prominent folk on the liner.
which, ii is announced, will dock at
Glasgow. We're DR.. and Mrs. Richard
Derby. the latter formerly Mrs. Ethel
Roosevelt and Mr.. and Mrs Kermit
RoOsevI>; Charles Humbert. secretary
of the French senate: Mrs. j. Ridgcly
Carter. wife of the secretary OF the
American embassy in London; Vice Ad-
miral Basil Cochrane, British navy. re-
tired. with Mrs: Cochrane and Miss
Cochrane. and Alexandra de Stalewski,
Russian minister to Mexico.
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Midshipman Wotherspoon. son of
Major General and Mrs. Wotherspoon.
ming at the Chevy Chase Club. in honor
OF his classmates of the Naval Academy.
who are spending their furlouGh in
Washington.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Theodore
Jewell have returned from a summer
spent at jamestown and are at the
Grafton pending the opening of their
house in Il street
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The Counselor of the French En-
bassy and Madame Clause, who have
weeks. sliled today for their home in
France.
The second secretary of the Spanish
The Washington times., 1914-09-26
INITIAL GAS BURNER
MADE FROM TH|MBLE
Useful Invention Discovered
More Than Hundred Years
Ago, When Gaspipe Leaked.

LONDON. Sept o6-It was a we'll
worn and needle -punctured thimble used
in substitution for piece Of clay to
stop the flow of gas that gave TO the
world the first gas burner. The thimble
suggested the idea to William Murdock.
whose little cottage in Redruth. Corn
wall. England. where he lived in l1S2.
has become known as the cradle CT gas
lighting" His first attempt to make
gas was in an iron teapot. Later he
distilled coal in a kettle and led the gas
through pipes.
English chemist and authority on mat
.ers pertaining to the manufacture and
use of gas, thus describes Murdock' s
thimble:
making gas in his backyard and burning
It i'm his office to the wonderment of the
rustics of the neighborhood who could
not understand thcr" being the posi-
bilitv OF a flame without wiCk-tney
had been brought up from their child
hood to the tallow dip and the oil lamp
-Murdock first burned his gas simply
as fame from the end of n gas pipe.
and when he wanted to cut of the gas
his method was extremely simple.
Used Clay Plug.
Taking a small plug of clap, Muir
dock rammed it into the end of the pipe.
You must remember that he had only
inst begun to Experiment. and ne was
net at all sure what would happen if
lh. small holder in tn" backyard was TO
ground and the pressTr" of tn" holder
do: but. smelling the gas. IuTdUrk
had some sort ~ dim fear that there
might he trouble. and at one OF his
exhibitions he suddenly saw his flame
beginning to grow gradually small. and
he realized that his holder in the yard
was getting low.
'IIe looked around for his plug OF
clay to cut off the light. but unfor-
tunately that plug of clay had got
knocked on to the floor and had rolled
under the table. Unable to find the
plug, MurdoCk hurriedlv looked around
for something else. and found his wife's
thmble.
Discovery Accident.
''Scizing the thimblc. MurdUck rammed
il over the end Of the pipe n thought
loss sort Of thug a brutal man w"u,d
do. hut, smelling tho gas. Murouck
,,rIicI "A light and saw that the thji'-
lIc was in tn condition that cvcrv good
housevife's thimlL" should h". 1t was
fuIl of small holes drilled 10y the IN
sympathctic heads of darnnG needles.
and the gas escaping through lh"S''
small holes iGnitcd, and to ms astonlsh-
mcnt Murdock say that those two or
three small jets or gas gave greater
Illumination than hefor" had been given
from tho great flare ont Of th" pp".
WORKING on that idea. Mnrdock ir-
.rndured the CoCksDur burner Muir
dock thought that three Jets. which +
his mind rather represented IN" 'r'N'"
of Wales feather. and which WPr''
called the Fleur-Ge-lis burner. WnUl
ne m improvement. and 50 h" weld"'t
t,..tber the end of his gas pip" and
drilled out small holes, and got what
was known as the toXcomh burner.
.rba Ratswing burner followed. but 1t
dung out the gas too far on each SIDE
arJ nreyau;.d the use Of globe
The Washington times., 1914-09-26
A European health resort isn't at a
the QDfST INAAB sEz

ANYWAY, Baron MInCnauSHn vas for
iInate to have lived before III" news
,ensOrs got on ,ne Job.
" tho refuse TO appropriate moHev u
dig the rivers .it-HcT. maybe .hsy will
kick in with enough coin tc make the
hanks higher.
Mems fall hats J. Oh to be about three
stories high.
Man naturally gets embarrassed when
he reaches down into his newly ex-
humed ovcrcoat and abSently mindedly
tries 10 pay the conductor off in cam-
lhor balls
The Washington times., 1914-09-26
Head Hurt in Fall.

As the result of fall frcIn laddc
IN A Pennsylvania avcru" G"p&rtm.'.
store where lie is employer. Charles =
ua-cr. hiTty-five leo Gales stree
northeast. surcred injuries - his hsat
touay He vas taken I" Emers enc
Hospital where he was said to hc II
rerinE from conclusion Of the brain.
The Washington times., 1914-09-26
H. s. Sends Protest on
Censorship to England

Protests Of the Nev York board OF
Trade aud transl l.Ortati"n that tho Erit
rsL censor is suirr"e -slnE hu$i1'Ss 'ah'c-
AWE hetween ~" Irtt"d states ?nd
pa,,,,rI, and the Netherlands haV"
brcm romrrunic"trI by tn Stntc Do
,,.,,t,ncut tnronGh Ambassador I'aSC. &"
ir,o Pritish foreign Office.
Cables 20 neutral countries. "iI'" ah-
~.IutcIv harmless IL nttur". nav. n'cn
~ ~, ,nJ no notifications Of tN"i.
eu.,rrossior uir,.n s"nl"rS counsellor
,ncin" said toiav Vat .ah'c .'"nsnr-
si,;,, az BUSINESS r,cs%ac = had h"Cn re-
,:,v-h through Gip'ori2''c exchanges.
Lu1 that the matte had not as set been
entirely adjusted.
The Washington times., 1914-09-26

Frerch army, and 100000 blankets,
the first installment OF huge order
fer the army, have already beer
shipped. The extraordinary business
that war produces seems fairly I"
have set its tide in this iiI ection.
The Washington times., 1914-09-26

of it's most effective work has been
cone in conjunction with other or
gaDizations that make I'D the Fed
Grafton OF Women's Clubs in WASH
irSton.
A Remarkable Gathering.
1t Helped at the federation lunch
con in the Old Masonic Temple in
January, IL assisted On the day be-
fore the last inauguration in proyid-
ing luncheon for the woman suffrage
marchers. IL helped in the enter
tainment Of the biennial council Of
the national federation in April. 1914
The bindery union was responsible.
in 1919. for one Of the most remark
able gatherings of working women
the city ever saw As representatives
of the Welfare Department OF the
Women's National Civic Federation.
Miss Ann Morgan and Miss Marbury,
of New York city, had visited the
Government Printing Office to look
into conditions there. They became
so impressed with the work beinE
done by the bindery union tina. they
offered to address a meeting of that
body. Such n meeting was arranged
for the Public Library, and all
outgrowth of this meeting a union
was formed at the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing.
Among the organizers of the wash
1nStOn union We're Miss Kate V.
Smout. Miss Mamie T Daniels. and
Mrs. Ida Dodge, all of whom still are
active in its service Miss Laura j.
Graddick now is president. Mrs.
Dodge, vice president; Mrs. Flora G..
Plumb recording secretary: Miss
Mary Flaherty. financial secretary:
Miss Kate V. Smoot. trea surer, and
Mrs. Kerchner, chaplain
''0ur Best Accomplishment"
Il believe one of our best accom-
p!ishments in the federation" said
Miss Graddick. Has been the first
hand word we have brought to these
women, many of them prominent
socially, about conditions among
working women. They are eager to
learn, and have responded in a
gratifying manner to our appeal that
they patronize shops using the label.
because this label is a guarantee that
work is being done under conditions
which are not hurtful to employees.
Miss Graddick also paid tribute
to Miss Flaherty. the financial Sec
retary, who. for ten years, has filed
the eXacting office of financial secre-
tary.
one of the features of the union In
later years is its death fund, paid
by tie international body This fund
has been Of material assistance in
cases of workingwomen whose FAM
lilies had been dependent upon them
for support
Besides its work for Washington.
the Bindery Union has answered
many appeals from organized labor
ing women elsewhere. IL recently
sent $50 to Nashville to help men
and women there il their fight for
letter conditions. 1t helped the
button strikers in Des Moines, Iowa.
and it sent financial aid to the col
lar and cuff laundry workers IN
Trey. y. Y. when they made their
stand for a living wage.
The Washington times., 1914-09-26
Approaching Danger.

Professors in Massachusetts college
are planning ways and means for paci-
fying their German colleague upon his
return from Dresden. ''Wnateve3 will
the village do with German contact
mine floating roGrd on its usually =lossy
surface" tn" professors arc asking
I've don't want him exploding on the
sideW alk. Exchange.
The Washington times., 1914-09-26
THE PRESIDENT.

President Wilson's letter. through
lis secretary, asking the New Jer-
: -. Democrats not at this time to
I IKE formal action indorsidg him for
= second term, is a political incident
e possibly a good deal of signifi-
cInce. Just what that significance
The Washington times., 1914-09-26
Have a Laugh
No Time to Lose.

Author Don't You think Id Iett"r
wait uutiI the war is over before | get
cut this book about il:
PuhIiSh"r Wait | should say not
Why. If We wait until thea AL the Of
fic ial fats may b" known. life
The Washington times., 1914-09-26
What's on the Program in
Washington
Today.

Meetings evening:
National I'nion- Federal Council
Odd Fellows social Session canton Wash
ington. No. l. Patriarchs Militant
Amusements.
ReIasrn-''rhe Money Makers" 70 and s.oo
%sii"naI-'Thc Better Way" e:I5 and 81,
pIIi.s -..The Sauaw Man" 2:IS and 81. m
Columbia -''\spt une 3 Daughter 20 ana
SO y.
hslIh's s-Nauieville. la and S:I5 D m
Gsyety- Rur.esIrs. 2.iG and s:l5 o. m
cosmos -NaUd"l IIl-. continuous.
CASING "a u.ir, lie. afternoon and evening
CrandalI's Motion rictursE. continuous
Rvio-.Dtanaond palaeA" Al and S;N a. u
The Washington times., 1914-09-26
Amateurs Perform for
Knights of Columbus

Before Ncane Council. knights of
Columbus. last night. Lecturer JOHN J.
,[ccuan presented to 10 members aud
yisitcrs from the Other four councils
= program Of vaudeville numbers par!iCi-
;ateG IN by the best amateur talent o.
thr city.
The council - Drepar.ii9 Il rcrr:t;nl
10 Bishop-eiect Shahaa Cpor his e.aca-
tion to the b.Shopric q
The Washington times., 1914-09-26
HardShipS of War.

l.ady-Y"s. the> ar" very nice goose
berries. hrt aren't they dirty.
street NCndOr-Dirty, Think can
wash EN- and part their air dahn the
center for tuppence pound in these
ere way times"-LoudOn opinion
The Washington times., 1914-09-26
Self-COntrOl.

Apphe Woman at Street Cornerstone
penpl. ave laid in 'uulreds o: pounds
worth Of stores. We'll. Mrs. Green, I
don't stick mrseif up as perfect. but m
a bit too patriotic to so buying things
like that.--The Taller.