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The Washington times., 1914-06-13
LATEST IN LORlMER.

Four banks in Chicago were closed
y sterday, two of them being the
tryIn institutions dominated by Will
lam Lorimer, former Senator and
oss of the State Of Illinois. 1t has
reen no secret for several years
: nat the Lorimer banks were under
suspicion of being in large part po-
rical institutions. Now it falls out
I rat a scandal involving the State
= Iditor Of Illinois started a run, and
nat the effort of the city of Chicago
10 withdraw the city's money from
he Lorimer observation-disclosures a
nillion dollars of it-compelled the
,anking authorities to close the in
= itutions.
Chicago has had so much of po-
tical banking that it seems truly
charitable that Lorimer could have
srawn to himself suppor! for such
an enterprise as that which is now in
rrouble. John R. Walsh was a poll
ician in banking, and a banker in
0oiitics. In the end both his politics
nd his finance went wrong. Lorimer
mas been through much of that
same experience, and it is hardly to
he presumed that he will be able
hereafter to reinstate himself as an
important figure in the community.
The Washington times., 1914-06-13
The News of Society
Bv lean ELIOT.

of last week in Washington visiting her
sister, Mrs. Starley Lansbursh.
-
DIR. and Mrs. .Abrain Simon sailed
from New York on Thursday for Europe
where they will spend the summer
=
Mr.. and Mrs. E. b. Grandin will close
their New Hampshire avenue home To-
day and go to Pennsylvania until Au-
gust. when they will take a motor ,rIp
to the White Mountain and New Eng
land States
Senator and Mrs. lie Baron Colt will
leave Washington today for their sum-
mer home at Bristol. r. l., where they
will be Joined by Miss Colt who has
been visiting in Maine. Senator colt
will make frequent visits to Washing
ton until Congress adjourns
=
Miss Halle Gatewood has returned
from visit to her brother-in-law and
sister. Lieut.. and Mrs. Earl North. at
West Point. Next week Lieut.. and Mrs
North will come to Washington to
spend some weeks with DIR. and Mrs
Gatewood at their home In Nineteenth
street
=.
The Washington colony at Newport is
being stadily augmented. Mr.. and Mrs.
Elisha Dyer are established at their
villa. 'Wayside;" Senator and Mrs.
George Peabody wetmore and the
Misses Wetmore have arrived for the
season. Col. and Mrs. Charles l.. Me-
Cawley are expected shortly for an ex-
tended stay with Mrs. Henry Winthrop
Gray. Mrs. Caperton and Miss Mar
guerite Caperton. wife and daughter OF
Admiral Caperton, also will spend some
time at Newport. Admiral Caperton,
who is now stationed in PhiIadelphia.
was at one time in command of the
naval training station In Newport, and
before that was stationed in Washing
| ton. Miss Caperton male her debut
here.
Nine. Bakhmeteff entertained infor-
mally at luncheon yesterday at the
summer embassy, and Mrs. George
,pea6ody Eustis was also among the
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward B. Mclean have
gone to Westbury for the international
polo matches.
The Misses Hill. daughters of DR.. and
Mrs. Richard Hill, will entertain large
hcuse party OF Washington young folks
over the weekend at their charming
country place a. Upper Marlboro. for
the races and the dance to he given
tomorrow evening. b. the Marlboro
Cub. Among their guests will be Miss
Ruth Bliss. Kent Roberts Edward Hese
and Ralph Snowdcn HILL Mr.. and Mrs.
Barbour Dainserfaeld. OF Poplar Hill"
VIII also have guests with them for the
occasion.
=
Miss Lota Robinson. who sailed sew
eral weeks ago for Europe with Mrs.
Thomas F. Walsh. is now motoring in
the Chateau district In France. and will
return to America the middle of July,
when she will go to Newport to visit
Mrs. o. III. p. Belmont and Mrs Stuy-
vesant Fish.
Miss Bertha Landon. who has been
visiting Miss Rhea and Miss Blanche
Levy. has returned to her home in New
York.
The Washington times., 1914-06-13
TAXING CARELESS OWN
Err FOR FIRE LOSSES.

New York city is trying in the
courts to make a corporation which
failed to comply with the rules of
the fire prevention bureau pay for
the expense to which the city was
put in extinguishing the fire which
resulted. 1t is a most interesting
legal experiment, and we trust that
every success, both of judicial ap-
proval and moral effect, will attend
il.
The prevention bureau ordered the
Greenwood Cemetery Company to in
stall automatic sprinklers in its
building; the sprinklers were not in
stalled, through what the city de-
scribes as "the culpable negligence"
of the defendant; there was a fire in
the buildings basement, and the city
says it cost $500 to call out the
apparatus and put out the blaze; it
wants that money back.
This explanation is given of the
city's attitude and purpose:
In the event of success in the
suit the fire department intends i'm
future offenSes to bring civil suit
p IN the courts for the manning and
injury to firemen whera they suffer
in tres caused Dy the failure of
property owners 10 heed the orders
Of the prevention bureau. The pro-
posed action of the department is
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based on a provision of the New
York city charter which provides
that any property owner falling to
comply with the ordinance is made
liable to the cost of the fire and in
jury to firemen.
Despite many labored explana-
tions. fire losses in this country are
a national scandal; too many. some
accompanied by destruction of life
as well as of property, are the
product of gross carelessness or de-
lIbcrat+ and ccimiTal purpose.
In this matter the community pos
sesses triple interest. In the first
place, it protests against the dangers
TO which firemen and other innocent
pel sons ore exposed unnece :sarily;
1t objects to the extension Of the
blaze beyond the property Of hose
Immediately at FAULT, and, fin ,liy, il
is taxed, in higher insurance rates,
for the payment of losses that might
nave been prevented.
The Washington times., 1914-06-13
THE AMBROSE INQUIRIES.

When the Mccoy subcommittee
entered upon line of questionings,
incident to the Wright impeachment
inquiry, which was designed to de-
velop the facts about the services of
William E. Ambrose as an officer of
the local courts, there was some dis
position to protest. It was demand
ed 10 know wha: this Ambrose mat
ter had to k5 with the Wright in
curry; and Chairman Mccoy prompt
ly answered, indicating the opinion
that it might have a great deal to
DO.
Whether the Ambrose matters
have any relevancy to the Wright
case is better known by Chairman
Mccoy than by this newspaper; he
knows the detail Of what has trans
pired in the investigation. and good
deal that the investigation has not
yet brought out. But it is very GER
tain that if the Ambrose affair is not
investigated in this connection, it
should be in some other.
For months past the town, espe-
cially bar circles, has been full of
rumors concerning the trusts that
have been committed to Mr.. Ambrose.
More recently there have been
stories about the extraordinary
measures employed to prevent pub
licity concerning some of these mat
ters. The community at large has
a very real concern about the con-
duct of officers whom the courts in
trust with large affairs. 1t should
not be left in the dark as 20 the
facts back of s1'h stories as have
for a long time lnvt lVed the name
and affairs of Mr.. Ambrose. The
Mccoy committee will perform a
very important part of its service if
it goes to The very bottom of this
whole matter. The bench, the bar,
the business community, and the peo-
pie concerned with public affairs are
entitled to know all the facts.
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Cat Trees Peanut
Thief Squirrel

Policemen are reputed TO have a
penchant for fruit-stand peanuts, but
the Judiciary Square squirrels cause
the Greek who conducts the store
opposie City Hall the most anguish.
as they are a thieving lot. Hourly
they cross the street on foraging ex-
petitions. but one nearly came TO
grief today
The squirrels became so bold in
preying on the peanuts that the
Greek recently Installed a large cat
as guardian Of the stand. While the
cat apparently was shocking on the
shady side of the stand this fore
noon an unsuspecting squirrel slipped
up. The feline leaped and so did the
little thief, the latter up a small
tree.
For nearly two hours the terrified
squirrel hung on limb with Thomas
keeping a sharp vigil below. A fox
terrier came along about noon end
drove the puss into the store. The
squirrel darted down the tree.
snatched a peanut. and ran back TO
the park in triumph.
The Washington times., 1914-06-13
Truths By Women Who
YooXy Training the Girl For
Know Earning Livelihood
A Practical Sewing School

Notable practical application OF the theory of vocational
training the brief Illuminating experiment. conducted
socaon of Collegiate Aluiae during April and May which
resumed October harbnge of further efforts bring
employers workers. Mrs Henry Raney wife
Congressman from Illinois, gives account Of the apprentice
sewing gs who left the public shco The school
call of dressmakers Of the city for trained
girl located Neighborhood House The
indicates that such placed sesuppog
By MRS 7 RAINEY.
The Washington times., 1914-06-13
BAHAMAS NEW WOES.

il is no longer to be DOUBTED that
Turkey and Greece ale on the verge
of war. The Turks are deliberately
trying to force the issue, by persecu-
tions of Greek subjects ard assaults
on Greek interests in widely scattA-
ed sections. Neither the self-respect
Tor the substantial concerns of the
Greek people can submit much long
er to the treatment that has been ac-
corded to them.
With these two countries drifting
into war that ought never to be
permitted. the worlds powers sit by
and do nothing to stop it. Yet no.
body doubts that another war be-
tween Turkey and Greece would be
well-nigh a struggle of extermina-
ton. The horrors of the two former
struggles in Balkania would be
worse than repeated. 1t is impossible,
according to recent travellers, to
overstate the fury with which each
party regards the other. There as
all the malevolence that rises from
racial and religious antagonism, as
we'll as from centuries of adverse in
terest and conflicting aspirations.
The world imagined, when the war
Letween Turkey and the Balkan al
lies began, that Turkey would have
rather easy work disposing of the
group of gadfy principalities that
had banded together for the attack.
Instead the allies had everything
their own way. They would doubt
less have finished the work of driv-
ing Turkey out of Europe if they
had been permitted to do so. Had
they done that, they might have
avoided the internecine war among
themselves, and ended Europe's i'm
mediate problem of Turkey. The
jealousies among the great powers
made this outcome impossible, and
did much to precipitate the fearful
struggle between Servia and Greece
on one side and Bulgaria on the 9TH
er. That second war weakened the
allies, and now Turkey sees her
chance to defeat them in detail and
reconouer what she has lost. That
is what she is setting about to do.
With her army reorganized. and her
navy strengthened, and with assur-
ance of financial support from the
holders OF her immense outstanding
Gebt, Turkey will enter on the un-
equal struggle with all the advant-
age. The Greeks would seem to have
just one chance to gai'I something.
If their navy should prove its met
tie as well as in the former war, il
might, with the assistance Of new
ships that are likely to he taken over
from the United States, actually
make a successful attack on Con-
stantirople by water, and compel the
evacuation of that city. This would
lie the real finish of Turkey in
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for the shops, TO teach them n
make blouses. underwear. and SIM
pie tub dresses Neighborhood
House furnished the room. the sew
ing machines. and the superintend-
ence; Friendship House furnished
the girls. while the financial re-
sponsibility. and general direction
belonged 10 the committee
Each pupil was first taught -
make simple tub dress for herself
the material Of which she fur
nished- When she had finished the
dress. il she showed sufficient Ca
pacity to be kept in the school she
was at once put upon orders and
was paid fun price for the making
of the garment She was taught to
use paper patterns in cutting. TO
run sewing machine. and to do
hand sewing. All the girls showed
aptitude for the work and turned
out very creditable garments. unex-
pectedly good work for girls SO
young. The friends of the school
supplied il with orders. and IL was
kept busily at work until. the first
The school opened on the first OF
April with three Indifferent girls, II
closed after two months with five
enthusiastic ones. Strict discipline
was maintained and the eight-hour =
day rigidly enforced. but the girie
who at first thought II hardship I.
stay all day, at the end carefuli- |
watched the clock during the moo
hour to be sure that they did nc
infringe upon working hours.
Experiment a Success.
In view of the fact that all thes
girls had left school, not frop
necessity. but because they were }
getting nothing out of il and couk
not be forced to stay. this is mos
significant. 1t proves the value OF
the vocat.~al school. the school
that trains for a vocation The com
mittee feels that its experiment..
while of necessity small. has been
an unqualified success. 1t has shown
that girls do like to sew. and that
they will go into a worth while
occupation il they have guidance
and encouragement.
II was not possible to put the
school, on a self-supporting basis IN
the short period of two months. and
the committee have Segun TO feel
that it Is not for the best interests
Of the pupils to do so at once. They
plan to open the school next Oc-
tober on a somewhat larger scale.
they hope, and on more perma-
nent basis. and the educational
feature will probably be emphasized
They Will. however, place the girls
in shops as soon as they are COM
petent. thus making room constantly
for new pupils. These graduated
pupils will be looked after by fol-
Iow-up committee until they show
that they are able to stand on their
own feet
The Washington times., 1914-06-13
MAKING A LONGTIME
ISSUE.

Of all the legislation thus far ac-
romplished by the Wilson Admins
rltion, probably the particular item
hat will longest be a subject of
controversy is the canal tolls repeal
lct.
At the moment, it appears vastly
'ess important to many than the
ariff revision or the currency leg
rrlGtion. Yet It is vastly different
rom them. in that it represents a
harp reversal of an almost univer-
ally accepted national policy; while
ne currency and tariff measures
were merely steps in general di-
rection indicated by the tendencies
Of national development. The legis-
lation of the future will modify and
further reorganize the tariff meas
IRE; banking and currency bills will
erect a more finished structure on
he foundation of the present re-
serve bank system.
These things will De done by de-
grces and without commanding much
attention tn the original enactments.
Rut the canal policy will he, when
ever there is Any controversy about
il, a subject of the most acute diff
ferences. The policy adopted his
year must either he maintained Or
,quarely reversed, and there will Un-
Guestionably be a bitter contest. per-
haps series of contests, before the
matter is finally settled.
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Europe; and it is hardly believable
that even Austria or Russia would
again find excuse to interfere.
Such an outcome, however, is
hardly possible. Constantirople Is
strongly defended on the sea side.
Greece is sadly inferior to Turkey in
wealth and numbers: and the prob
able outcome of a war now is a new
horror of the Near East, the further
defamation of the population, and
the restoration of Turkey to about
the status she formerly occupied.
The Washington times., 1914-06-13
Miss Ivy Scott Wins
Applause as Lucia

The choice of Ivy Scott, one of the
Lucias of the Aborn company's produc-
ton of Lucia di Lammermoor' was
amply justified by the manner in which
she sang the part at the National last
night.
Miss Scott's voice rs well adapted TO
the part of the heroine OF Donizetti's
opera. In every number she appeared
to advantage. and was given generous
applause.
with his usual good style. The re-
mainder Of the cast was the same as
on Thursday night. This afternoon
Edith Helena and Orviile Harold re-
turn to the cast and tonight Miss Scott
and Mr.. Wheatley will sing again.
The Washington times., 1914-06-13
Race for Upton Cup.

SAN FRANCISCO. June 1a-The first
annual race for the trophy presented to
the Pacific Interclub Yacht Association
by Sir Thomas Upton occurs today.
All yachts belonging to recognized
yacht clubs and measuring between
thirty-one and thirty-three foot racing
lengths are eligible.
The Washington times., 1914-06-13

Sale Of one Of the Alps causes tour
lists to yodel with chagrin. Afraid they
VIII have to paw for the privilege of
falling of and breaking their crowns.
At twenty cents gallon. three dol
lars worth of gasolene will carry you
three hundred miles. allowing twenty
miles to each gallon. But the kids at
Camp Good Will drink milk. not gaso-
lene, and the same three dollars will
carry one a week on that fuel.
Suffragettes who blew up coronation
chair failed to get King Georges goat.
He hopes 1t will not be used for many,
many a year.
Same ladies who dynamited the ia
nous Scone stone should communicate
with Tarrytown, n. Y. Job for expert
stone dynamiters open there.
The Washington times., 1914-06-13
JUST A MIORilIENT
DAILY STRENGTH AND CHEER.
Compiled by John G. Quinius, the
Sunshine Man.
What each day needs.
That shalt thou ask;
Each day will set
Its proper task.

Its proper task.
Goethe
1T is the evidence of the divine pos
sibilities of life that the defeats of to-
day may be made the forerunners OF
the victories of tomorrow. and that the
consciousness of failure may become in
itself new element of success"
There are hermit souls that live withdrawn
In the place OF their self content.
There are souls like stars that dwell apar:
In a fellowless armament;
There are pioneer souls that blaze their
paths.
Where the highways never ran.
But let me live by the side of the road.
And be friend 10 man
Let me live in a house by the side OF the read
Where the races Of men go by.
The men that are good and the mon that
are bad.
As good and as bad as /:
For why should ! sit in the scorners seat.
Or hurl the cynic's ban?
Let me live in house by the side or the
road.
And be a friend TO man.
know there are brook-sIsddened meadows
ahead.
And mountains of ~earisome neigh;
And the day passes on thrOufh the long
afternoon
Till IL fades at last into night.
But turn not away from its smiles or its
tears,
All part Of an infinite plan.
So I'll live in my house by the side Of the
road.
! And be a friend TO man.
1t il tha creates: Llessing that our pe-
Iitions are so many Of them den ed: IL
Is the redemption Of Gods pledge:
There shall be no evil pefail thee.
Few OF ~, could hear the answer to all
{ ur PRAYERS which represent transient
wishes instead Of deer-feIt needs.-Dr.
Nehemiah Boynton
The Washington times., 1914-06-13
NOW THE CANTALOUPE.

A complete illustration of the diff
ference between combination in
restraint of trade, and another in
promotion of trade, win be given
if the Government will prosecute the
"Cantaloupe trust" 1t is reported
this is going to be done. 1t ought
to he done; but only on the condi-
tion that the detailed facts brought
out at the trial would be given to
the country so it could form its own
Judgment.
There is no doubt about an iron
clad combination in the cantaloupe
business. 1t aims to control produc-
ton, shipping. marketing, prices,
everything about the business. Bad
trust? Perhaps but if it hadn't
been for the combination there would
be no cantaloupes worth mentioning.
This cantaloupe combination, orig
mating in the Rocky Ford, Colo,
district, is one of the finest exam
pies of cooperation among produc-
ers that we have in America. 1t
made the industry possible; it
brought, at prices on the whole mod
crate, a luxury to about all the
homes in the country. 1t gave wealth
to a section of the Colorado desert.
1t did these things by the only
method that could possibly have
done them; and now it is to be prose-
cuted because in doirg them it vio-
lated the antitrust act.
Egregiously violated it, too. 1t is
said that one of the rules of the
Rocky Ford association is that if a
grower brings his melons to the rail-
road station in anything but a cer-
tain sort of spring wagon, the asso-
citation refuses fatty to take them.
He cannot ship them under the brand
and label of the association; and
without that brand and label people
will not believe them real Rocky
Fords; wherefore they are practi-
caily shut out of the market.
That suggests wicked conspiracy
to down the independent doesn't it?
Yet the fact is that cantaloupes
hauled in lumber wagons are bruised; ;
they easily and uniformly decay;
experience has proved that proper
spring wagons prevent this. The
label of the cantaloupe association
has become a guarantee of quality,
accepted everywhere, because the
organization takes all precautions
Necessary to make its guarantee alb
solutely good. IC dare not ship mel
ons that may spoil en- route.
Looked at from this angle, the
Cantaloupe trust isn't so wicked, is
it! The California Fruit Growers
Association is another similarly
wicked combination: it has made a
splendid industry possible, has
cheapened fruits to the consumer,
has turned another section of desert
into an Eden. But it is liable to
prosecution, if the cantaloupe COM
bination is.
Some law that would give the ad-
ministrators the chance to use COM
mon sense would be a great i'm
provement. There is seemingly an
excellent chance of this very sort Of
legislation getting on the books, or
at least a beginning being made in
the right direction, at this session.
II will be most gratifying if some
results can be achieved by the legis-
lature before every cooperative eff
fort in the country is smashed
through the operation of a law that
knows no discretions and no excep-
tions.
The Washington times., 1914-06-13
Queen Approves Tango.

LONDON, June 13.-Queen Mary, most
hostile of the opponents of slit skirts
and riding astride for women, has Civ en-
her enthusiastic approval of the tango,
which she describes as too charming
and-too lovely for words"