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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-03
rNENCH NOT YET
IN LACK OF CASH

Ge iFGeaaH. Oct Alexandra Ribot.
isrnsaJI encn Minister Of Finance. in.
"a, ~. me Cabinet Of the republic to-
tfeDy "a. me financial situation is en-
aoo.,, satisfactory. Examination the
he RI me Treasury Department and
herr anN OF France showed. he said.
lo,s "as no need for new public
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-03
FIRST THOUGHT WAS OF MOTHER.

We have had another from gallant gcnfaa German il
Paris while everybody either was
church or was going church and succeeded III s "' N
i, tearing the leg little girl When the genaare pNe e
serious Is Our Ambassador
k with Hugh Frazier second secretary OF the embassy passed
,r the Mace where fell just Jew minutes before uc
n Avenue du lrocadero and II
t 70 see how any within radius OF hity yards survived '
and window circle HIT ana SdFcl soh I'm
street were inches into trunks OF trees
may he that these German reluctantly carrying OH
d hut a. daedeyls they rapidly losing caste In comparison
L h tb ban.hooer and spy become heroic hgcre Inc
, Ohio o, Of rifle range and hidden by clouds drops
bombs among people nothing more hostile han II gong
church would be dssecing 1t performance o. r't
~ m ou;,oo onv the same that which eal
small boy to the Empire State Npfc'' wien P@
him miles All hour
' " ~ ' tcopy1-ht u by the s.nlA4t'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-03
STAFF OF HOSPITAL COMPRISES $50.

There are patients The staff OF the hospital numbers
f5G j. composed American doctors Paris
few from Among the volunteer nurses anG 'Neud'
wives bankers girls who have married rc'c
the have lost employment a. teachers
languages stenographcrs and The men are mcmb
OF the Jockey students medical students clerks ana Oo9
varer They arc working together admirable harmony
s under an organization that efficiency that 81
anv other hospital in Later to split tie Mcla1
colony twain. did not work III the American ambulance E
won't belong
Attached hospital squadron OF automobile 'mhrance ell
by purchased lheT
chassis have been khaki hoods and hod to ""
unded men and attendants On their they nrand y
,,onobc with medical supplies. and gaSocnc The anbuan
~ ar the rear OF the line and back those "c the ne
hospitals cannot handla
other day watched orlcrIe "ho accompany '"'
bout iortv English wounded transferring them FROM the
hail. and the snartne ana 'chSeee WIN
which the of each worked toscne was IKE "!' Oh
- The editor OF London paper Paris nyestigat-
m nosh hospital witnessed the performance ana %
nc that in handling the wounded surpassed EMERGENCY anything "
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-03
CHILDREN WERE GREATLY MISSED.

The thing missed perhaps the children hc Avenue
Eyec the public
held sway They belonged them and the
gravel walks drove their spades with the OF oWnel
Deauve they Gig the shore Their hats and bare legs
hea1drcscs blue boy
pink the familiar sght OF Paris Md wnen
they vanished they wilderness Iou could look mile
Arc dc Iomphc and child
stalls they bought hoops and skipping the flying wood
horses Punch booths where with milk they refreshed
bonbonS made themselves ILL., all deserted
l,aded mp February But
children. and baby back Punch and
opcncd and flying horses pursuing each other IN @
hopeless that 5 decided
The closing hc majority the shops and hotel, ,t
due to desire part those employed them avoid the
mans bat to get at shop shop reading
The proprietor with the coo The personnel O.. this
establishment !, moblzcd' hi, clients
he is with his regiment
absence OF the front French women IT al u"e
capable excellent have surpassed themselves In my ho
there are enpovcd I'm another hc ed
the entire staff composed OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-03

i.-l.. d.. .. ....
p'adent Of the Exchange Telegraph
hos sent the following dispatch:
The csrr.- s.t.,t an Tho fort and
49,.
''''s'',1 N'''''s'Nos1N 'oNe u
Ie ne" fo5'- ou tie outer lne) last
,.sh, was rcuuI,cd.
"A yioler, .,-.cs on Tcruoude was
'eDGl.ol "a. o o'cIoc. hi. morninc. the
Fo.glsrs blowing up the bridge over
ae Scheld,.
attack from Antwerp Friday morning
a- the front Of the eas,erly position.
Tbs s.ill continues"
The Germans have suffered heavily
1sryvhero under the weil-directcd
Machine gun Ire Of the Belgians," ac-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-03
False
expansion
ultimately
eXplodes

"a fp'ONo
q Long ago when our
clothing business was
nothing like it is today
we foresaw the one great
danger to be provided
against in the process OF
our expansion.
q We saw that no matter
how we grew we could
never afford to let
GROSS LOT considera-
tons interfere with the
care to be given each
single garment.
q We foresaw that in the
long run quality is better
than quantity, that guam
tity, in fact, is the logical
outcome of quality, and
that the business which
expands on a false basis
will eventually explode.
q That is why every Saks
garment is cut separately
and tailored just as care
fully and painstakingly
as though our bread and
butter depended upon a
single suit of clothes.
Suits $3.50 to $50
Fall OVercoatS
$500 to $500
saks AGumpanu
Broadway at 34th Street
The Washington times., 1914-12-12

lieved TO be imprePnable before the
big German guns began TO hammer at
its forts. is only an incident OF the
war to Won Epimich
The Washington times., 1914-12-12

which has been pronounced b. the
United States Supreme Court the con-
stitution OF the District OF Columbia.
We protest against the destruction
OF the vital principle of the organic
act without the substitution Of some
carefully considered system in its
place.
We protest against the destruction
OF the definite, equitable basis OF ma
tional contribution TO Capital mainte-
nance and tie substitution of one that
is uncertain and fiuctuatinG.
We protest against action based on
theory that more money will be raised
under the half-and-half system than
can be wisely and economically OK
pended in Capital maintenance.
"If the organic act is to be amended,
1t should be after as full corsidera ton
as was given when it was adopted.
We therefore protest against the
adoption Of the amendment"
Mr.. Singleton, in addition TO the
resolutions. issued a statement in which
he contended the prosperity of the Ma
tIonal Capital was due to the foresight
edness of the forefatherS who divided
the burden of support between the
country at large and the citizens of the
District. The protests against q change,
he said. came not alone from the civic
and trade bodies, but from all organiZa-
tions and bodies represented in the
District. and as well from individuals
affiliated with no organization.
The Washington times., 1914-12-12
New Transfer Ruling
Affects Wide Territory

The order of the Public UTILITIES Com
mission providing for free transfers be
tween the Capital Traction Company
ana the Washington and Maryland
Railway Company at Fourteenth and
Kennedy streets northwest will open a
yerv large territory TO tive-cent fare.
This car line goes through several of
the most rapidly developing sections of
the entire city. among them being the
subdivision of Chillum Castle Heights.
which extends from oregon avenue on
the south almost to Rittenhouse street
on the north, and occupies one of the
highest elevations in the city. This car
line with a transfer at Fourteenth street
will give this entire section perfect car
service.
The Washington times., 1914-12-12
ARMY ASKS NURSES
FOR 1,4OO MAN|ACS
Request From General Won
KIuck StartIes Officials of
German War Office.
By WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD.

BERLIN, Oct Is Cby mail to New
hork).-German officers tell me that
the most distressing and at the same
time astonishing message that has come
into their war office was sent from Won
kluck's army near Noyon. France.
Send me nurses to take care OF 40
lunstics," was the gist of the message
which came from an officer OF the
med cal corps
Investigation disclosed that many of
the doctors and some of the nurses OF
the great French asylum for the insane
at Chauny bad deserted their posts as
the Germans advanced. There are no
wallis surrounding the asylum grounds.
as the asylum is built on the most adj
Yanced lines, and the boundaries OF the
grounds are only deep bitches
The asylum buildings were mistaken
by the Germans for D chateau and
the officers who rode UP were aston
ished to discover over a thousand hope
lessly insane patients in the buildings
and grounds.
Some valiant nurses had remained. but
many patients were without attendants
The German medical corps took charge
of the place. and later some OF the
French physicians and nurses. being as
sured by the Germans of their personal
safety. returned to the asylum.
The Washington times., 1914-12-12
CRITICISM OF NAVY
IS CALLED 'CLAPTRAP'
Chairman Padgett, of House
Naval Affairs Committee.
Scores AIarnists.

That tue public is being fed much
''misinformation and c.aptrap" regard
ing the alleged unpreparedness % the
naval forces OF the country. was as
serted today by Chairman Padgett. OF
the House Naval Affairs Committee. in
referring to recent criticisms IN news
papers and elsewhere. Of the naval
policy.
Chairman Padgett said he hoped the
hearings before the Naval Committee on
the pending appropriation bill would
dissipate groundless fears.
Secretary Daniels Is to continue his
testimony before the committee Mon
day morning. He discussed frankly
Yesterday the general naval policy OF
the Administration and insisted that 80
long as there is no international agree
ment to reduce armament the United
States should continue TO build two
battleships a year.
Congressman stephens. in long
series Of questions ~Oughf to draw out
that the Pacific coast is unprotected
and could easily b. attacked Score
tary Daniels declared that while there
is only one battleship on the Pacific, the.
Atlantic fleet could reach that coast
through the Panama canal before an
invading enemy.
Congressman Roberts of Massacht1-
setts quizzed Secretary Daniels regard
ing the military necessity Of keeping
eighteen battleships OF Vera Cruz when
that town was occupied by soldiers.
I'VE did not do so long; we reduced
the ships gradually to four in num-
ber.' replied the Secretary. who
added.
you might ask what vas the neces-
Sity of keeping soldiers there. We
sent the soldiers. marines and battle
ships to Mexico to carry out the policy
of the cenmander-in- chief. and the
question OF what should be sent there
was one for him TO determine"
Having thus put the Responsibilities
for the Mexican policy up to the Pres
idert as chief. minority
members did not press the point
further
The Washington times., 1914-12-12

manning behind To complete the re-
duction OF the position"
General Won Emmich said he did not
know that a Zeppelin had participated
H. the attack LieSe during the first
night until a member of his STAFF told
him of 1t the following day.
Not Blind To Suffering.
This German commander is a warrior.
lie is not blind to the suffering. the
hardships. and the havoc that have
been wrought about him, but now that
Germany is i'm the war il must be con-
Quoted with the utmost vigor, he be-
lieVeS.
The terrible scenes incident tn war
often tug hard at mems heartstrings,
he said. but aside from making the
conflict as humane as possible, there Is
little room for sentimentality."
The attack upon L'ege began August
E. on August General Leman was
taken prisoner by the Germans while
insensibIe In the ruins OF one OF the
forts which the Germans had reduced
and captured. This is probably the
period OF lighting General Won Emmich
refers TO in his interview with Won
Wiegand.
The British reports first admitted that
the Germans had entered Liese III
August 10.
The Washington times., 1914-12-12
LOSSES GREATLY EXAGGERATED.

The losses which foreign newspapers
declared The Germans suffered in the
capture Of the Belgian stronghold
actually exceeded the numerical
strength of the army that attacked
the city. General Won Eumich smiled
as he made this statement. He said
he could not say what the German
losses were. but added:
you know l was reported to have
committed suicide. That. of course
was ridiculous, and tended TO show
how absolutely unreliable are some Of
tho war REPORTS"
General van Emmich has been re
ported dead on more occasions than
any other German general. Hc is ap-
parently in tire best of health and
spirits. however. and good for many
more campaigns.
The capture Of Liege. which was be
The Washington times., 1914-12-12
Eastern Star Chapter
Of Takoma Park Elects

At a meeting of Takoma Chapter. No.
u Order Eastern Star, last night, the
following officers were chosen: Mrs.
Pamela w. Favorite. reelected worthy
m iron. w lliom l.. " hite worthy pa
iron; Miss Edith Burrell. associate
matron; Mrs. Sallie T.. L. White, sec
rotary: Mrs. Mary NJ. jackson, treas
urer; Mrs. Lillian Dickens. conductress:
Mrs. Nettie Refs, associate conductress;
Mrs. Ernestine Terflinger and John W.
Barrett trustees. Mrs. Annie l.. Lang
ley was chosen as delegate to the Ma
sonic and Eastern Star Home board.
The officers will be installed at a spe-
cial meeting which has been called for
December IS.
The Washington times., 1914-12-12
District Taxes High,
Says Macfarland
h REFUGEES ASLEEP IN HALLS OF PARIS CUSTOMS HOUSE
Quotes Figures Compiled by Government to Show
Per Capita Levy Here Is More Than in 149
Out of 1875 Cities
By J. R. HILDEBRAND.

To members of Congress who believe Washington
citizens pay unusually low taxes Henry B. F. Macfarland
Chairman of the executive committee of the committee of
one hundred, calls attention to the following facts:
The per capita of the total assessed valuation of prop
try in Washington in 1912 O5O and this was more
11an the similar per capita in S. out of 1915 cities having
nore than 10000 population. Only trynine cities had
higher similar per capita
The Washington times., 1914-12-12

regard this Capital as the symbol
OF the republic, and want 1t to be
as nearly perfect as possible in all
respects. They are proud of the
progress IL has made under the or
Ganic' act, they do not begrudge
the insignificant per capita amount
they pay for its development and
maintenance, and they want more.
rather than less. spent upon il by
the nation. They would oppose any
measure that would halt the prog
ress Of the Capital. Measures to
abolish the "halI-and-half" plan
were plainly intended to put the
whole burden Cf development and
maintenance of the National Capital
upon the $4,000 people living here,
and to relieve the rest of the e5.-
zoe Amerc cans from the contri-
button they have been making. This
would mean doubling taxation here
and cutting progress IN half.
The Washington times., 1914-12-12
Won En1n1ich Tells
HoWHe TookLiege
Reputed Losses of Germans Greater Than Strength
of Attacking Army Sa US General, Who Laughs
at Story of Own Suicide.
By KARL II. Won WIEGAND.
in United States and Great Britain By United Press


HEADQUARTERS OF GENERAL Won EMMICH
IN FRANCE, Dec. (delayed)-(Va courier to Berlin)
The story of the capture of Lege has just been told to
me by General Won EmmiCh, the German commander,
whose forces took the city and made General Leman the
belgian defender prisoner.
This is the first time General Won EmmichS own
tory of the taking of Lege has been told The city proper
I'll within hirtySx hours after the actual assault of the
German troops began.
The Washington times., 1914-12-12
Forts Taken BY Storm.

When / visited his headquarters and
asked hin TO tell me the story OF the
taking OF the city. he quickly stated
first that the German attacking force
was not nearly as large as reported.
and then explained: We began the
actual attack upon Liege in the even
ing Two forts were taken hy storm.
and We took possession Of the city at
& o'clock on tie morning O. the Sec
end day. We remained in the CITY
only a short time. ana marched or
toward NamuT. Tho commandment Of
the forts about Ii-&e which SIN held
out was left TO the heavy ".til'"rv re
The Washington times., 1914-12-12
CITIZENS ALERT TO
DEFEND TAX PLAN
Committee. of 100 and Board
of Trade Urge Congress to
Defeat Johnson Amendment.

Through vigorous protest and appeal.
citizens OF Washington are today en-
deavoring TO align tha members OF the
House in defense of the "half-and-h hair
financial plan, the basic principle of
the government of the Capital. threat
ened by the johnson amendment, which
viii be debated for an hour today and
probably called TO a vote.
Having conducted a national cam
paign to educate citizens OF this coun-
try as 10 the relationship between their
respective States and the National Cap
ital, the committee of one hundred is
continuing its fight by making per-
sonal appeals to members of Congress
and TO the BODY as a whole, through a
statement ISSUED this morning by Henry
p. F. Macfarltnd. chairman OF the ex-
ecutive committee.
This morning every member OF the
lower branch of Congress also received
a letter from the Board of Trade pro
testing against any change I'm the pro
visions of the organic act. The protest
was adopted at a special meeting OF
the board OF directors YESTERDAY.
Exception To Methods Used.
In both the statement issued by Mr..
mcfarland and the letter OF the Board
of Trade exception is taken TO the fact
that the proposed veto of the system of
financing the Capital is TO be accom-
Tlished through the simple adoption Of
a rider to an appropriat on bill.
Demand is made by both Mr.. Mac
farlsnd and the directors OF the Board
OF Trade. il the provisions and pur-
roses Of the organic act are to be de-
feated. for as much time for considera-
ton of these changes as was given
originally TO the adoption of the act.
Prepared Resolutions.
In executive session the Board of
Trade selected committee composed
OF William II. Singleton, George Trues-
dell, Theodore ". Noyes. John J. Ed
son. and ". J. Galliher. which later
in the evening prepared and offered
the following resoiutIon8:
We protest against q constitutional
amendment by rider TO an appropria-
ton bill. II destroys the fundamental!
principle OF the organic act Of 1878
The Washington times., 1914-12-12
British Contract for
5000 Mules Each Month

NEW ORLEANS. Dec Five thous-
and mules for the use of the British
army will be shipped from New Orleans
each month until the cessation of hos
Titles, according TO Gen. +. W. Benson.
an English officer, who is supervising
the shipment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-24
FAREWELL TO THE FAN
BY THADDEUs s. DAYTON

East the fan had been, almost from the
beginning of history, the symbol of royalty.
The women of the old French Courts, the
Pompadours, the Maintenons, and the Nj
mons, took it up with this end in view. 1t
became the sign of power. In the hands Of
a pretty woman, now hiding her face, now
revealing part of it, displaying her hands to
their best advantage, it was an implement
of coquetry. 1t became a social scepter and
continued as such. 1t made and unmade
thrones, changed ministerial policies. An
unattractive woman was at her best behind
a fan. She might even turn into almost a
beauty with one, if she knew the possible
ties of the art.
Then it was that the fan grew to be as
much part of the costume as gown or Jew
els. The finest artists of all Europe became
fan specialists, giving all their time to
painting fans that were works of art. Wat
teau fans or Makart fans are practically
priceless today. These geniuses had imita-
tors and successors whose work was only
shade less beautiful. Books have been
written on those fans through the centuries.
Picture fans were not resorted to altogether,
however. Fans of these old days were fire.
quently masses of elaborate ivory carving,
and many were also made of costly lace.
But, in this country at least, where cleo
tricity furnishes permanently cooled and
constantly fresh air at all great public gath
erings, the reign of the fan is over. The
modern girl no longer even knows the time
honored code of fan Irritation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-24
the coming into general use of the

WITH the coming into general use of the
w electric fan and elaborate scientific
systems of ventilation in assembly hall,
church, theater, and ballroom, the fan of
history and romance, welded for close to
four centuries by feminine hands, is rapidly
passing. The art of fan making, in which
distinguished painters once joined, has now
adays become a prosaic trade. Machines
turn them out by tens of thousands; Japan
is said to export eleven millions year. But
the real fan of sentiment and fashion is prac-
tically no more.
There is no longer the excuse for it, and
hence it has ceased being part of the femi-
nine costume. As the womans weapon of
coquetry and influence it has been discarded.
Fans are not today the romantic presents
they once were, and in social life they have
come to be less and less seen. The modern
woman does not seem to need them at all,
or to want them. The fan is no longer
personal possession. Any fan will do, the
most Insignificant little affair, if there is any
necessity for it. Once used, it is thrown
down anywhere.
Only a generation ago it was inseparable
from a woman, once she had donned her
"war paint" and was out for social con-
quests. Then no woman was dressed"
without her fan, and every woman needed
at least one beautiful fan, if not several.
Catharine de- Medici introduced the fan
as it was in its prime-the fan that folds
from Italy into France. 1t had previously
come from Japan. Throughout the Far
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-24
Winner of IS Prize
SEEING THINGS AT NIGHT

THE coast of Maine is not all that poet
could desire on bleak day in March.
l was glad to see the lights of the little town
of S. twinkllng in the distance, and not long
afterward to accept the hospitality offered
at its comfortable hotel. After making the
same town half a dozen times each winter, a
man feels pretty well at home in the hotel
where he is accustomed to stay. 1t caused
me no anxiety, therefore, to find that the
door of my room was not provided with
lock, and closed my eyes in slumber with
out the slightest misgiving, even though 1
remembered the collections made during the
day, which were reposing in the pocket of
my jeans.
1t must have been shortly after midnight
when l was awakened by a peculiar con-
sciousness that there was a living presence in
my room. @Pshaw! | must be dreaming!"
was my first thought. But the feeling was
SO strong that l opened my eyes, and saw
first that my door had been pushed open,
and then that it had either swung back or
had been put back again, but not tightly
closed, as there was ray of light from the
lamp that burned in the corridor To my
dismay l made out what was apparently a
man crawling on his hands and knees di-
rectly toward the chair over which l had
carelessly thrown my trousers.
A mans brain works quickly at such
times knew it would be useless for me to
leap out upon the man and struggle with
him unarmed; for had no idea how well he
might be fortified. The chair in question
was at the end of the room directly opposite
the door, and the bed ran along the wall
with the head near the door. determined
to wait until my visitor had passed the bed,
when 1 would leap toward the door, fling
it open wide, and yell for help. But knew
that | could do much better even single
handed with the aid of a good light than to
struggle in what was almost darkness.
After what seemed an age, with my nerves
atingle, and my hands longing to grab that
sneak by the neck and throw him from the
room, saw that the time had come when 1
must leap. So leap did, and boldly threw
open the door, wheeling quickly to confront
"a very large, very black, and very woolly
dog, the pet of the hotel!