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The Washington times., 1914-02-20

Chafng under the burden Of blame
for Balkan atrocities which Bull
garian sympathizers have endeav-
ored to shoulder upon Greece. At
lantis, one of the leading Greek
publications in this country. has is
sued a scourging refutation Of the
European kingdom.
This comprehensive answer to pub
lished criticisms of the rules Of war
which governed the Greek armies
that took the field In the Balkans Is
embraced in an article entitled
Greece Asks for Justice" which
occupies four full pages Of the
publication. ...
To reach the American public and
secure the justification sought. At
lantis has distributed its article
throughout the English-speakinS
countries. J
Aroused by the statements made IN
pamphlets circulated under the sane
ton. Of the Bulgarian government
and embraced in the newspaper
items connected with the Bulgarian
appeal for financial aid. the Greek
defender has not confined itself to
denial of the enemyS allegations,
but has included an extensive re-
view of the action Of the Bulgarian
army and supported it's Statements.
relative to unjustifiable violation OF
the rules Of war by affidayits.
Let the appeals for assistance Tor
Bulgaria, or any Of the other Balkan
nations, be made, the article de-
clares, but either place the blame
where it belongs, or else pass 81.
lently over the whole tragic subject.
Greece Demands Nothing
More Than Fair Hearing.
The fact is pointed out that Greece
has not asked help from other na-
tions for the thousands Of destl-
tute in her land. Instead. it is said.
by strenuous self-sacrifice it has
succeeded in meeting its present
needs, and now demands nothing
more than common justice and a fair
hearing
Greece, it is contended, is the out
post Of the civilization of which 1t
The Washington times., 1914-02-20
MELODIES AND RAGS.

The semi-centennial of Stephen
Fosters death is a reminder of the
difference between such melodies as
"Ny Old Kentucky Home" and
"Massa's In de Cold, Cold Ground
and the ragtime of the day.
Nearly all of the current popular
music is purely ephemeral. There
was in Fosters work a strong ma
tionai touch which appealed to the
popular imagination at once and has
never given up its hold. Perhaps
the present age with its economic
turn of thought, is lacking in To-
mantle inspiration.
The Washington times., 1914-02-20
Women Plan Investigation
Of City's Food Problem

.Nm investigation or the food question
- pi%nned by thr lIousellccpers' Ali
ancr. which Hct nj the ho..e Of Mrs
Herbert 4, Saith Us + street north
west, yesterday. A joint meeting of
tho Uousckccpcr's Alliance. the civil
Scrvic" Council and the Home Econo-
i"ics Association viii h." hcld Don TO 10
intO the subject more fully. \ series
"f lectures will he given in Lent by
Government experts.
WfOl"-graiu porTid@e WAS commented
in an article BY Itr. Iiare ey ". Wiley.
read 1T tic meeting. In. Wiley y so
gave a list ui foods which had been
found not beneficial.
The Washington times., 1914-02-20

w HAT beauty? Who struck Billy Patterson The
w is the Sc o both. No really knops.
One correspondent wrtes that he is ashamed of
idea enclose of his IDEAL Another letter
admiration the selections made by the committee
of fpe Still another writes that believes that Allyn Williams the
noted English miniature painter no selected group of exclusive
Capital society handomest of nord
hat all fourth declares 81 glad that beside
myself has discovered that Washington full of pretty g that
beauty almost make a homey girl beHe"
Neither unduly upted commentator depressed
the dappobation The Times will continue publish pictures that
committee has decided to be those of beautiful and girls
The mail today heavy NTH photographs fen from
originals of hare been by the young
vns Whoeper the doad ho said that blind he
toolh-dt least Washington blind there
honely girls the Capital The proof this lies the
that all of pictures eligible for gallery
Send the photographs along.
The Washington times., 1914-02-20
Greece Asks for Justice and Fair
Play in Bulgarian Controversy

Is the mother. Never have its peo-
pie, the writer declayes, shown a
tendency to brutality. but have ever
cherished a respect for law from
time imraemorial. and has condrcted
warfare under the rules laid down
by the nations Of Europe.
Three hundred thousand Greeks
In America" the article continues.
appeal to millions Of Americans:
Give the Bulgarians your money;
We ask only your Justice
The attention Of the world Is in
vited to the fact that:
Greece II silently bearing her
burdens and intelligently repairing
her losses with a unanan1ous effort
that unites prince and PEASANT, Co
ionial Immigrant and the worker at
home.''
At the close Of the Balkan war.
II Is said that 12S.0o0 refugees. OF
four nationalities. and representing
three religions, poured into Greece.
For these, it IL asserted, the nation
provided "cities of refuge" and is
now caring for z3000 people. not
counting the widows and orphans Of
the men who sacrificed their lives
for their country. While Bulgaria
was issuing appeals to the world for
assistance, Greece, it is 6aid was
playing the rolHof 'the protector OF
the poor.
Urges Forcing Bulgaria
To Disgorge Its Plunder.
II the Bulgarian government would.
or could. compel its soldiery to dis
gorge the plunder taken in the terri
tory over which the wars ragged. it
is declared. the nation would have
sufficient funds with which to amply
provide, not only for its destitute,
but to rehabilitate its country.
Accusing the Bulgarian armies Of
atrocities which, II Is asserted, may
be compared only to those committed
in medieval times by their ancestors
the Tartars and Huns, the Greeks
cite statements and sworn affidavits
furnished by neutrals who went from
France and England to investigate
conditions, in substantiation OF their
charges
Many specific instances are set
forth in which non-combatants are
alleged to have been put to the
sword, or burned alive in their homes
to which the invading armies at
tached the firebrand.
The Washington times., 1914-02-20
Send Last Calls to
Join Bank System

The last call has been sent out by
the Treasury Department to 10 national
banks that have failed to Apply for
membership in the new Federal reserve
system. Secretary McAdoo, chairman
of the organization committee, has al
So sent teIcGTains TO The attorney gen-
ci al OF each state to aSrertnn If there
Al" State laws TO prevent stat" banks
from enCrimE the system.
All national banks must. under the
law. ioin the system by February -. uT
20 into voluntary liGuidatipu not later
than December q. llIk
The Washington times., 1914-02-20
SENSIBLE REGULATIONS.

"A loIlS ilSt OIL railroads nave dp-
piled to the Interstate Commerce
Commission for permission to hold
interests in water-carrying concerns.
The commission has authority, un-
der the present law, to consider the
facts in each case and determine
whether the railroad ought to be al
lowed, and can with due regard to
the public interest be licensed, to
hold interest or control in steam
snip line.
This seems a peculiarly sensible
way of going at regulation. The
Eastern railroads nearly all got into
the water transportation business
before it occurred to legislators that
they ought to be kept out of it.
The consequence is that the coast
wise tonnage, aggregating q huge
marine establishment, is pretty gen
orally under domination of the rail
reads.
The opening Of the Panama Cara,
was looked upon as a proper occa
sion for resto-;rg competition ard
Independence, if those conditions
we're desirable, between thc rail-
roads and the coastwise shipping
lines. Accordingly Congress wrote
into the Panama Canal act that rail-
roads would have to dispose of their
interests in water lines by July l..
1914. and that railroad-owned ships
would ret be permitted to use the
canal.
But the requirement that railroads
dispose of their water lines was
qualified, as it should have heen.
There might be cases in which every
body concerned would be better serv-
ed by a railroads retention of this
control.
So the provision was written into
the measure that the Interstate Com
merce Commission, after hearing,
right give authorization to retain
srch interest.
This seems like the very acme Of
common sense in Legislative methods
i being the BELIEF of Congress that
general regime of independence is
desirable, that is established as the
rule; but in order that sane and rea-
sorable consideration may be given
TO particular cases, provision is made
for repository of administrative
discretion in the commission. to de-
termine each case on its particular
merits.
The complexities Of twentieth
century business are such that the
prescription of fiat and unyielding
rules is dangerous business. Laying
down general principles, and making
a proper lodgment of discretion as
10 the method Of enforcement, seems
Z good deal more practical. That is
Just what the development OF the
interstate commerce law has been
Doihting as the right method of han
ding these things. Congress doesn't
TX rates. It lays down the rule that
thcy'must he just, fair, and compen-
satory. It turns that rule over to
the commission for its guidance in
rnaking the actual rates.
So AZ TO a vast number Of COM
The Washington times., 1914-02-20
THE COMMITTEE SYSTEM

| Senator Root has raised seriously
the question whether the system of
doing business through committees,
Is breaking down in American par
liamentary experience. The distin-
guisted and duly conservative Sena-
tor from New York will perchance
have noted that for a good many
years-dating back to a period long
anterior to Mr.. Roots appearance in
the Senate-this newspaper has been
insisting on that question, and on
getting answer to it.
Now that Mr.. Root propounds the
question, it will presently Deccme re-
spectacle in conservative circles to
indulge possible uncertainty on
this point. Heretofore, toryism has
declined to consider even the posi-
bility that there could be any
change for the better in the rules of
parliamentary procedure, especially
in the Senate. Cannonism went to
the rocks and was wrecked and put
out of business, along with the Re
publican party, largely because Can
nonism would not even consider the
very question that Mr.. Root now
seriously asks.
1t is time that the question be
asked, and the answer insisted upon.
In truth, the answer which Senator
Root himself suggests in the mere
incident of asking his question, is
the correct one. Every student of
parliamentary methods and of daily
procedure in our Congress knows it.
There is hardly a State legislature
in the Orion with rules so archaic
as these under which Congress, par
ticularly the upper branch, still car
ries On its business.
But Senator Roots question was
particularly about the committee
system. He questions if it is eff
cient; capable of handling the. in-
creasing business of the Government.
Now, the difficulty with the Sena-
tors inquiry is that he does not seem
to recognize that the deficiency
sought in the employment of the
parliamentary committee system has
been too long efficiency in the kill
ing, rather than the passage, of leg
islation.
For the last generation, as every
veteran of public life in Washington
well knows, the first function of
committees has been to smother. not
to consider and report measures.
Look back to the Committee on Ju-
dietary as it was in the days when
: John j. Jenkins, of Wisconsin, was
its chairman, ard when Cannon used
: it as the graveyard of nearly every
thing he wanted quietly and grace
fully removed In that same epoch,
the Senate Committee on Judiciary
was just about as well-equipped a
chamber of horrors; it had all the
facilities for quick and painless dis
patch of whatever legislative in
fants might be marked by the boss
es for disposal
The committee system would not be
so bad as it is, or as Senator Root has
found it, if a few very simple changes
were made. There ought to be few
er members on committees, and SEN
. ators ought not to be assigned to so
many committees. Then it would be
easier to get meetings. Next, there
ought to be no such thing as an ex-
ecutive session of a committee. All
the business ought to be done in the
| open, save perchance some aspects
Of it that deal with foreign affairs.
Just open the committee room doors,
and keep them open, and it will pres
emily be discovered that the ventila-
ton will vastly improve conditions.
TACTU DDHDT TAI
The Washington times., 1914-02-20
Greece Demands Nothing
More Than Fair Hearing.

First lesson in geography-The United
States is bounded on the east by the
New Haven and John DIS income tax.
on the north by Canadian homestead
literature, on the west by japanese war
rumors, and on the south by Mexican
bandits and ex-South American cabinets.
The huge waves which are sweeping
the decks of the ocean. liners seem to
sweep all the decks save the cold ones
in the first class cabin poker games.
The Washington times., 1914-02-20
LEST We Forget"

This is the brief closing article of series which
made show hopelessiy United
States failure supply adequate equipment
army for purpose.
fault hare not when the of apes
Every other power armed aerial
of them the without dgibles
for awhile mill be like striving off
other NTH the number of limbs.
The Washington times., 1914-02-20

The only thing which does not so
down in the vortex OF sinking steamer
Is the blame.
One way to get rid OF the snow would
be to flush the streets with water. They
have the snow problem figured oct cor
rectly III Venice. 1t would be certainly
picturesque to have our CroSs,ns cops
dashins around in gondolas and struhl-
ming guitars.
We fail is see any advantage IN the
wireless phone over the other kind with
wires. Delinquent subscribers VIII con-
tinue to have phones taken away by the
company, whether Il has wires or not.
Now that they have invented the
wireless phone, why not the tirclesS
phone?
or the hairless phone" TO bc used by
wall Street wolves.
Mayhap. the firelcss phone. when
hawlinE out your boss.
But SO long as central continues to
sersnbls, mssltiply. juSSls and other.
The Washington times., 1914-02-20

cote, dccid ed some
time ago. And now
the cote is ad-
journed. so far as
the judge is con-
cerned. I've been
" n II ting four
weeks to set out
pertater slips and
I'll not let this
rain go for moth
ing Just because
of this here case
Ten minutes lat
cr. according to
The Washington times., 1914-02-20
Capitol Spotlights
By THEODORE TILbER.

" But. your honor protested the slick
city attorney this involves an import
ant principle. and / want to cite a num-
ber Of authorities 1 have here. 1 shall
be put to serious inconvenience IL the
case is not concluded this afternoon
You lawyers can argufy all you
please said the old justice. When
you have finished, you can turn over
to the back of this code book and
you'll find the decision of the cote
already written out on a piece of
paper. That's the Judgement of this
The Washington times., 1914-02-20

Equipped with a
s h a b by. thumb
marked COW of the
State code and an
inside knowledge OF
all eig hborhood
controversies, tn e
justice of the peace
manages 10 dis
pcnsc justice in the
m ajority Of in
stances. The city
lawyer" has 4 hard
job ahead when he
seeks to sway with
eloquence and su-
The Washington times., 1914-02-20

DrOWn.
Many a boxer
has won fame be-
cause of unusual
physical advan-
tages; Brown be-
came a successful
fighting man be-
cause of a physi.
cal defect amount
ing to a deform-
ity. From his
birth his eyes
were badly Cross
ed. Treatment.
glasses, the most
The Washington times., 1914-02-20

The average rural justice of the peace
has little patience with the long-winded
arguments of city lawyers" who os-
casionally are imported to convert 4
hard-headed, common-sense old squire
presiding in some neighborhood dispute.
The Washington times., 1914-02-20

But the cost in the meantime, At least
500. .000.0 900 in cash. a billion in wrecked
business, and billion in valuable lives
lost. II the perfect organization of the
enemy had not in a brief time oyerrun
the country and dictated terms from the
city canyon of Wall Street or within
the pillared porticoes of the National
Treasury at Washington.
Suggested Budget.
Let us add to our budget each year
for the next four, as insurance pre-
MUM, the cost of dreadnaught, sle.-
100000. to be divided between air. craft.
guns, ammunition and maintenance
The four years would give US the fol-
lowing: Twenty-Five dirgibles. loo aero
planes, 200 field batteries of four guns.
with ammunition, equipment, and up
keep.
This premium Of o.00o. 600. paid sv-
cry year for our average number Of
years of peace, IS. would amount to
$3.50. .0o0, 900 spent for insurance. II
would practically prevent war. for we
would hardly be attacked il the world
knew how we were armed. II this course
prevented war, there would be saving
TO the land Of the difference between
the premium paid and the cost Of the
war, at least $4,000. 100000.
Is It Worth It?
Is it worth II?
Take a look at this years budget fos
The Washington times., 1914-02-20
TheNeWSin in
Tabloid
GENERAL.
FOR BUSY READERS

Col. George W. Goethals, Panama en-
gin Ger, arrived in New York and was
met by an emissary Of Mayor Mitchell
with a letter. Colonel Goe.hals was nom
ccmmittal as to the possibility of his
accepting the New York police commits
sionership.
New York Republicans considered the
names of Senator Root for reelection
and Of District Attorney Whitman for
governor in an informal way.
Maximo Castillo. the bandit, was
lodged safely in the military prison at
Fort Bliss, Tex. He still maintained
that he was innocent of the Cumbre
tunnel murders.
District Attorney Whitman subpoe-
nacd twelve witnesses in the New York
grand jury investigation, seeking to
know why the city had to pay s2,0UO~
in fees for the condemnation of $500
c5 of property for the Catskill aque-
duct.
Senator Oliver, speaking in Boston.
declared for reasonable proGrcssivisIn as
AGAINST reckless radicalism, and pre-
dicted tho granting of votes to women.
Replying to allegations that govern
ment by commission was a burden to
Wisconsin taxpayers, Prof. T. 5. Adams
OF the State tax commission showed in
detail how the peoples money was
81 cnt economically.
The Moffat Tunnel Commission Of
Denver began preparations for the con-
struction of a 6I-mile tunnel through
the Continental Divide, which would
shorten the distance from Denver to
Salt Lake by nincty-two miles.
Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson. widow
of the novelist. died at her home i'll
Santa Barbara. Cal.
Southern California was bloodhound
as a result of 4 thirty-two-hour rain,
V hich caused great damage.
The Boston Chamber of Commerce
committee. appointed for the purpose.
reported that the CITY would DO we'll to
adopt New York citys method of pre-
pairing its annual budget.
Mrs. Clarence II. Nlackay admitted in
Paris that divorce had hern granted
fer. but she declined TO discuss the re-
port that she was about to ma rry her
2 tforneV Arthur Train
The Washington times., 1914-02-20
Look Your
Maninthe
Eye

TN the early winter of 1911 all the
sporting world was talking OF a
L little blond German boy who twice
beat Lightweight Champion Ad VOL
CAST in limited round bouts, largely
through the virtue of a pair of badly
crossed.eyes. His name was Knockout
The Washington times., 1914-02-20
THE OLDEST INHAB SCI

"Now if we WIZ
goin' t have a
a suffrage or a
Inaugural parade
there'd be some
reason for lettin'
tn snow lay
The Washington times., 1914-02-20

congressman Bartlett the Justice of
| the peace was bending over putting
potato slips into the moist ground.
1t is not related how the canned"
dccision went. but it's good bet it
was not in favor of the wind -jamminS
city lawyer"
Congressman Bartlett has been both
a city lawyer" and 4 judge. but his
u u obiogra ply shows he has never
been justice Of the peace For a
! time. however. he was judge OF the
superior court of the Macon circuit
and good one. lie is now rounding
out his tenth term In the House of
Representatives. He has TWO hobbies
constitutional law and putting Dem
ocrats in office.i Judge Bartlett be-
lieves that when Il Democratic Admin
istration comes in. there should be
CELEBRITY in bouncing Republican office
holders Upon several occasions he
has inveiShed against hold-over Re
publiCans who are invoking the civil
service or something else to hold on
to fat jobs
Judge Bartlett, a wirN. noFyOus-
looking little man who is all energy
is the only man in Congress whose
office boasts a phonograph. After the
days Legislative battles are over, Mr.
Bartlett sometimes rctircs to his Of
flee. winds UP the phonoSraph, slips
uu a record and sits charmed in an
oasy chair. His list of records in
cIuGes anything from Here Comes
My Daddy Now TO the overture from
civilian Tell or q few Chopin Sc.
IsoktSRA
The Washington times., 1914-02-20

Or the hairless phone" 10 bc used by
wall Street wolves.
The Washington times., 1914-02-20

Mdyhap. the nr"lcss phone. when
hawlnE out your boss.
The Washington times., 1914-02-20

But SO long as central continues to
Seesmhis, u1ltiply. juSEle and other.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-08
JACKETS WIN
FROM MEDICAL
COLLEGE, GA
Heisman's Squad Takes Uphill
Battle by Scoring Five Runs
in Eighth Inning,
By J. w. Heisman.

HOR the second time this spring
Tech won from the Atlanta
Medical College team, 6 to 4, at
Grant Field yesterday afternoon,
1t was a nip-and tuck affair, with
neither side having any edge to brag
of, especially for the first six innings.
Tech scored one in their half of the
first, but that was all the arithmetic
that anybody noticed until the sew
enth, when the Medicals made four
runs off Pitcher Burdick, aided to a
large extent by Tech errors
This promised the game for the
Medicals. and they were in high
feather for a while, but in the last
runs over the pan, while the NEEDS
were unable to do any further dam
age. thus giving the game to the yell
low Jackets by the score of 6 to 4.
For the MediCals Golden pitched a
splendid game of ball, and he proved
a puzzle 10 the Tech men for a long
time.
Jackson. in center field. also put
up 3 splendid game and hit the ball
on the nose as well Dewberrv, IN
right, Clipped in with a couple ~
nice catches OF difficult flies. while
Smith, at third, came through with a
grand fielding game. As a whole, he
team was greatly improved and
showed that they have been working.
The game was used by Tech Largely
as a try-out game for pitchers. Gar
lington, the first man sent in got
way nicely for four innings, without
allowing any runs. and Eubank, who
followed him for two innings. did
equally well. He was then taken out
to rest up for Illinois. and Burdick
was showed in, He lacked control
and general effectiveness, and had TO
he taken out after the NEEDS had run
four scores across. Fetner followed
him and succeeded in banking the
enemy.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-08
BASEBALEQ3S{E6!5;ExfESs

Jennings for permission to treat Pug"
Cavet who. he claims, is afflicted with
the disease.
Frank Chance, the Peerless Leader
OF the Higllanders, says that he would
rather have Walter Johnson, the great
pitcher of the Senators. on his team
than Ty Cobb. Chance says a good
pitcher is siXtenths of ball team.
Bobby Byrne has already made good.
as a second baseman with the Phillies
and Manager Doom says he will make
Philadelphia fans forget all about Otto
Knabe.
Sammy Strang Nicklin. after spend
ing several years in Paris cutivating
his voice. has returned to America not
to take role in grand opera. but to
coach the West Point Military Academy
baseball squad.
Clyde Milan's new contract with
Washington is for one year only. This
was at the suggestion OF Manager Grif-
fifth, who told Milan that he wanted to
be free to give the outhelder a raise
next year il he did work OF deserve it.
James c. McGill. owner OF the Indian
apolis and Denver clubs has delegated
Jack Coffey, his Denver manager, to
scout through the major league training
camps and sight young players who
may be of use to the McGill forces. both
in the American Association and the
Western League.