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The Washington times., 1914-03-13
AMBASSADORIAL DUTIES

1t is not very apparent why there
should be excitement over Ambassa-
dor Pages speech in London, in
which he jollied his British audience
and made a virtue out of the irevit-
able, by assuring them that it had
added to Americas pleasure in
building the canal, to know that the
British would get most benefits from
il.
What's the harm? The British
will get the largest share of benefit
from the canal; certainly they will
so far as international trade is con-
cerned. We have no merchant ma
rine engaged in foreign trade, and
at the best it will be a very long
time before we have one that can
bring to us benefits from the canal
that can compare with those that the
great maritime powers will reap.
Britain is certain to be The biggest
international trader through the
ditch. 1t is certainly harmless
enough to indulge a diplomatic
pleasantly. in the circumstances,
about the qualification derived from
building the canal for our aggressive
maritime cousins to use. MIR. Pages
observation to that effect caused a
laugh. Of course it did. He didn't
make his remark very seriously, and
nobody took it seriously, except a
few people in Congress.
Mr.. Pages remark would seem
perfectly innocuous; but that re-
mark, coupled with a demand from
Congress for an explanation. might
easily enough cause good deal of
misunderstanding. If foreign min
lister is to be barred from indulging
the felicitous persiflage Of after
dinner converse without heirg called
on to explain his amiability, the
Britishers will presently be wonder
ing whether the United States OBJ
jects to amiability. If Mr.. Pages
very innocent and good-natufed re-
mark is to be made an excuse for
some tail-twisting in Congress, the
effect will be unfortunate in Lon
don; and the fallt will lie, not with
the ambassadors remarks, but with
the tail-twisters.
Mr.. Ambassador Bryce. while he
represented Britain in this Capital,
was especially fortunate in his way
of promoting international amity by
such little displays of good-nature
and generosity in expression. They
cost nothing, and they mean little
more than the declaration Of a
friendly and kindly sentiment. But
cultivation of that sort of sentiment
is one of the chief duties Of an am
bassador nowadays. He doesn't make
treaties and sign them up, under
general instructions from a govern
mert that is weeks CT months away
from him. TIE old-time diplomats
did that kind of thing, as in the case
of Franklin, Adams, and Jay at the
end of the revolution; but the cable
and the fast steamship have made
the ambassador into a combination
of social front and sublimated mes
senger. If he isn't permitted to
jolly his neighbcrs, he might as well
come home.
The Washington times., 1914-03-13
"D0n't Overrate Your
Abilities
By TONY BIDDLE.

layer of tape, then he would sprinkle
it plentifully with talcum powder.
moisten the talcum powder and then
put on another layer Of tape and an
other sprinklins Of powder. When
he got through he had his fist the
center of a black. tarry mass that
was almost as soft as a bick-but
not quite.
Mccoy and Piaacke made a strange
pair in the ring. Mccoy. slender and
delicate and graceful. didn't look half
the size Of the giant Dutchman-
probably he wasn't but he repre-
ficiency.
When the gong rang Plaacke wad-
died solemnlv and ponderously after
Mccoy, uplifting a huge first that
might we'll have Drained an OK. and
hurting it at the Kid with surprising
speed for so hugh a missile. The Kid
stepped away smiling. and as the
Dutchman spun halfway around
with the force of his own blow, glid-
ed lightly in and hooked darting,
cat-like blows into his face.
The first landed high on the Hol-
lander's cheekbone. and the fat flesh
opened at the impact of the iron
hard, bandaged mass in n deep red
cash. Like a horse touched with
spur rOwel. Plaacke responded TO
the sting of the punch. and for
couple of minutes Mccoy ran and
ducked as though his life depended
on his agility. Then the big mans
bellows gave out. and he stood still
in the center OF the ring helpless,
while Mccoy went round him and
coolly and deliberately cut the fat,
soft flesh from his face until the ring
was splattered with blood and beef
like a slaughter house.
For half a round more the mas
sacre continued. Then the referee
stopped the cruel gam. AS Plaacke
went to his corner he 5lubbered like
a hugh child. He knew then that
box-hShtinS was lot u business for
him.
Years later il was said that
Plaackc was not q HOlIander ut all,
but u plain American impOSIer. but
thOs" who Vouch"d .or the human
mountain in the beginning have al
ways maintained that he WIS really
what he said he was. and show let
ters from him III Holland TO prove il.
The Washington times., 1914-03-13
THE OLDEST INHAB SEZ-
sOne swallow
mightn't make a
summer, but it
tastes good this
kind o. weather"

Fifteen hundred pairs Of leggngs were
shipped into Mexico from Texas yester-
day, but there were not any rangers in
side Of them.
Iorlsville magistrate releases chauf-
feur. who drove his machine on the side
walk. Good work. If pedestrians insist
on staying on the sidewalk. how else is
an earnest chauffeur. going to nip them?
Just when the engineers conquer the
Cucaracha slide. the toll rates fall into
the ca hal and the excavating starts all
over again.
Why not this sign at each end Of the
canal: English spoken here?"
Chinese bandits burn warehouse Of one
Of cur biggest tobacco companies. It's
now up to the coupon hoarders to de-
mand intervention.
Bodyguards Of Ex-Governor Sulzer sue
him for their pay. What are they kick
ing about? The eX-Gov. didn't get his.
Railroad company advertises trip to
California without change. but We ad-
wise you never to get on Mt Pleas
ant car without change.
At the rate at which General Villa is
confIscating 1t. there will soon be no
Mexican soil left to invade.
Progressive housekeeper predicts that
future homes will be built without
Kitchens which abolishes the "old
mans" last refuge when starched front
company arrives.
American troops are now on Texas
territory. Now it's up to the rangers
to invade the United States.
By the way, who will be the next
American ambassador to Houston?
Resident of Stony Point boasts about
seeing the first robin Of the year. but
We haven't heard the first robin of the
year boast about seeing the resident of
stony Point.
The Washington times., 1914-03-13

;u.. ,,, anu - Iuund on the surface
of the water. Moreover, the Dead
Sea is 800 feet lower than the Medi-
terranean, and occupies deep
fault" of crevaSse in the earth :
crust. where one side of the crack
has slipped down thousands Of feet
and i'm the process has from time
to time unlooscd the forces pent up
below. Earthquakes have abandoned
in the region. thus recording Ire
sEasmodir movements in the earth
crust which are the cause of earth
quake tremors.
The description o the destruction
of Sudom in the Bible accorGs so per
fectly with that of the explosion of
a reservoir of gas and oil under
high pressure that il bears upon its
,erv face induhitabl mark:. Of being
that of an eyewitness. Abraham
looked down from the heights near
r"',""r r-r' 80 'ho s"~"i, - he
The Washington times., 1914-03-13
By G. FREDERICK WRIGHT LID, F. G. S. A.
North "Man


land went up as the smoke of a
furnace" And in the direct descrip-
ton it is said: Then Jehovah rain
ed upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah
birthstone and fire from Jehovah out
of heaven" These are exact de-
scriptions of what wou take place
in case a slight earthquake had re-
leased and ignited some of the reser-
Nors of gas and oil which we know
have been imprisoned in that region
1t is only In recent years that we
have come To know much about such
reservoirs. AT the present time they
are frequently penetrated in the Rus
sian oil field at i;aku. on til. Cas-
plan sea. Occasionally there res
ervoir is struck in drilling whica
spuuts forth $1,000 barrels OF oil "A
day. Sometimes thr,- such wells
have taken fire and been burning at
once, the ignitcd material rising In a
column hundreds of feet in height
ana the burning spray being carried
to points several miles distant. the
sulphuronS PARTICLES falling down
upon ships and houses five miles
away.
on telling the grea; Gil expert. |.
&. White. these facts on nv return
from Siberia few years ago, he
saiu that hc could ''gu III. one bet
ter" for be had supervised the drill
ing Uf we'll in Mexico that spouted
out 10000 barrels a day. II is almost
incredible that such forces are i'm
rprisoned beneath us. but tie late
Prof. Edward Orton, one Of our most
distinguished scientists. told me that
Ia. bad seen Ihs. pressure. gauge on a
gas wen IN central New York regis
ter go pounds to the square inch,
whereas the pressure Of !ar piston
saNF- al. NN. q
above 80 rounds. The forces Il the
Lords command for the production
of q miracle are limltlsss.
f('or--'- -ht r"rf hv Ho-~r's n ro'"i.N-
The Washington times., 1914-03-13

- NE Of the strangest and
most ludicrous figures in
ring history is Herr Henri
John Joseph Plaacke
Plaacke thought that because he
was enormously big and bulky he
ought to be able to fight. His failure
was a ridiculous, yet almost tragic.
example Of the evil that Is likely to
follow a mistake in ones estimate OF
ones own ability.
Plaacke was a mountain Of a man.
c.. feet tall. weighing much moro
than 300 pounds. He was gigantic
of frame and strong as an OK; his
huge muscles were overlaid with
rolls and rolls Of fat, and his abdo-
men projected in a rotund. alder
manic bay window.
He said he came from Holland and
that he was champion boxer and
wrestler Of that country. and. be-
sides. had been in South Africa,
where he had beaten all the Beers
and English there at boxing. and
wrestling. and feats of strength
He was really sisantically strong.
His favorite pastime was wrestling
with horses and steers. He said he
could knock down a bull with a blow
Of his fist, and arra1ged to give a
demonstration. but either his press
agent got busy to save his face or
the affair legitimately obtained too
much public notice: anyway. the S.
nd stnnna1 the
exhibition.
Herr Plaacke announced that he
had come to this country especially
to annihilate one. James J. Jenries,
then champion pugilist Of the world,
and thereby demonstrate the supe-
riorlty Of the Hollander at the box
ing game Jenries was out on the
Pacific Coast at the time, and de-
clined to come East to be annihi-
lated. so Kid Mccoy volunteered to
act the part of victim instead.
The two were matched to fight in
Philadelphia. AS the Kid put it, Some
body's going to get some money
lauming this big boob on the mush.
and Il might as well be ME.
Plaacke loOked McCoV over anu sdih
Il was a shame to ask him to hurt
such a nice looking little boy. but
sighed and murmured. business is
business" or words to that effect.
Plaacke has peculiar ideas OF
framing He did not run or shadow
box or spar with an opponent. ON.
10. He would go out in the morning
and take a long sedaje walk. Then
he would come back and drink some
beer. In the afternoon he would toy
with Il huge rock weightinE couple
of hundred pounds and iugglc il for
n while then come in and II" down
on a table and get them to pile all
the blankets and rugs and quilts
they could find on top OF him. Thcn
thcv would bring him Il Lbi% pitcE"~
Of beer and couple Of long. black
cigars. and he would sinok" and
drink and sweat and think he was
training his head off.
Mccoy was an eNnert on barda"cs
for the hands. Before his f"ht with
PIaacke nc wrapped his haudS in
layer after layer of stitf. black elec-
t-'~ t-r~. FSrst ne ~or,d mt IN y
The Washington times., 1914-03-13
Best lighted stIect

of the cities mentioned. Detroit is
the only one exclusively lighted by Il
municipal plant. Chicago and Cleveland
operate municipal systems. but also buy
considerable portions Of their lighting
service from private corporations. The
other live. cities have exclusively Ger
poratior- scrvicc
1T mast be more than coincidence
that the thNae cities having municipal
plants enjoy the lowes' costs. All thes@
cities obtain energy from coal except
d portion of the Baltimore and Chicago
supply. Chicago's water generated sup
lily costs. delivered to the city. nearly
the same as a corporation stands ready
to sell current to the city. namely. less
than 0Sc per k. ". H..
obviously. the most pressing feature
Of our lighting problem is a thorough
discussion OF publ" electric li"ht'n"
rates The lease of tire Ph iIdelphia
gas works TO the United Gas Improve
rnert Gonna viii 'rot expire for four
The Washington times., 1914-03-13
Majority of 20 For Repeal
OF Tolls Clause, Shown

Fifty y-cight Senators are said TO be
in favor Cl repeal of the Panama
canal tolls exemption clause. as the
result cr Il recent poll. This is 4
majority Of twenty. aud would as
sure its repeal
At no tim, has there been any real
question as t. the outcome nf the
ires dents request for its repeal 1t
has been plain most of the Demo-
cratic senators WOuld follow tha
President in thus as in other matters.
Senator MARITIME Of New Jersey is
ChC of the strong advocates for tn"
exemption from tolls at american
coastwisc trading vessels and will
not shift his position despite White
The Washington times., 1914-03-13
THE AIR DEATH TOLL.

Every time an aviator is killed
and three have fallen TO their death
m England within week-there are
people who ask, Is it worth whilr":
Are the prospects of general benefit
% great that hundred lives year
hculd be sacrificed in the so-called
conquest of the air?
Many of the men that have per-
. he'd in aviation have been victims
The Washington times., 1914-03-13
What's on The Program, IN
Washington Today

Meetings. evening:
Masonic-St Johns. No. II: Royal Arch,
Eureka. No. 4: Capital. No. H.
Eastern Star-Takoma, No. IL: Cathedral.
No u: ST. Johns Lodge Chapter, No. IS.
National Union-National Capital. Mckinley
and Georgetown Councils.
Odd FeIlows-Central, No. 1: Metropolis. No.
Is; Phoenix. No. Is. Rebekah Lodges
Martha Washington, No 3: Dorcas. No. 4.
knights of Pythias-Syracusians. No. 10;
Rathbone- Superior No. . Pythian Sis-
ters-Rathbone Temple, No. s.
Socialist Party-Thirteenth anniversary, Ea-
val Lodge Hall.
Sons OF Jonadab-Hopc. No. I: Faith. No 4.
Analostan Council, Royal Arcanum, Pythian
Temple, D. IN.
Hearings. Interstate Commerce Commission,
mezZanne floor. New Willard.
Cleveland Park School and Community As
sociation, p. m, IN John Eaton School.
Brookland Citizens Association, 5 y. m. In
Brookland Masonic Temple.
The Washington times., 1914-03-13

tracts with the United Gas Improve
ment Company, and the plan to intro
duCe tungsten eiectriCN lights, we may
only have 1900 gasolebe lamps at the
end of this year So that IL any ma
terial reduction is TO be made in Phila-
delphia's lighting bill. il viii have to be
brought about. first by the lowering
of electric light rates. and. second, by
a more economical distribution of the
lights used"
The Washington times., 1914-03-13
Miles Cost per

In the case of Detroit and Chicago.
and. perhaps. even in Cleveland. owing
to the municipality owned plants. there
are certain charges, such. for instance,
as interest and depreciation. repairs to
street and legal expenses which do not
figure In the total appropriations. But
such items. even if included. could at
best only account for a part of the diff
ference in cost
philadelphia is proved to be the
most extensively operated. judged by
three other tests: % The cost per
capita, (2D the cost per square mile. and
C3t the cost per mile of best-liShted
streets, as is shown by the following
table:
The Washington times., 1914-03-13
One on Father.

Daughter" said the father. your
young man, Rawlings. stays until a
very late hour. Has not your mother
said something TO you about this hab-
il Of his?'
Yes. father" replied the daughter
sweetly. Mother says men haven't
altered a bit"-Ladies' Home Journal.
The Washington times., 1914-03-13

Bitumen. which
results from the
evaporation o (
p tro lcum. is
thrown up in
great sheets by
4 art h q u axes
from the shall
low bottom at
the south end of
this sea. Oil still
oOZes from the
CTeviccS of the
rocks surround
The Washington times., 1914-03-13
Amusements,

National-'AIaids OF Athens" Sis D. IN.
CoIumb!a-''NearIy Married." Sis p. M
Belasco-''1he Pleasure Seekers D. m.
Polls -"Kindlinc." 2:i5 and S:l5 p. m.
Keith 2:l5 and Sis p. m.
Cosrnos,Naudeville continuous.
Casino-tHudcville, afternoon and evening.
Gayety-Burlesque. Els and Sis .. IN.
The Washington times., 1914-03-13
Truths By Women Who
Know A Washington
NllOW Uplift
The Associated Charities

Today article gpes insight the workings of the Associated
Charities organization in Washington.
The author Miss Helen Hey of the socially prom"eM
young of Capital who have gipen of e
time and attention to cipic affairs.
The Washington times., 1914-03-13
The Silver
Lining
Edited By ARTHUR BAER.

Speaking of poison pen" cases, Phila-
delphia has a peach. Seems that the
inhabitants of the city of brotherly love
insist on keeping pOrkers within the city
limits.
Let every nation treat for ITSELF"
says Mr.. Carranza, while Mr.. Huerta
doesn't care who treats, so long as he
shinnies in for a drink once in 4 while.
The Washington times., 1914-03-13
Back to the Bible

There tound of the word either religion
that did highly e1al the public good the BibeSh
Francis Bacon, father of modern philosophy.
THE DESTRUCTION OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH
The Washington times., 1914-03-13
Concert Today
By tie U. S. Soldiers Home Band
Orchestra, Stanley Hall. ct
$50 P. M.

JOHN ). NJ. ZIMMERMAN.
Director.
March. Through Battle to Vic
tory ' On blOu
Overture. THE Crusaders"
Robinson
Entr Acte-
Ca) "gerceuse from Jocelyn."
GODDARD
(bl ''Rarcarolle from Hoffman's
Tales" ..............O .Offenbach
jRepuested)
Selection. THE quaker Girl. .Caryll
Characteristic, .'Guardmcunt.
Eilenberg
Waltz Suite, Danube Waves"
Ivanovici
Finale. only One Vienna"
Schrammel
The Star-Spangled Banner"
The Washington times., 1914-03-13

The southern end of the Dead Sea
Is n q played out gas and oil region.
The Washington times., 1914-03-13

ONNECTCUT Avenues famous Easter parade has nothing
daily procession of beauties shyy penurng The Times
- editorial page
Blondes brunettes blue brown varied enough to
any ase dstnctpey stringent require
ments for feminine puchrhude.
There no limit Times Beauty Boards task long
task because
photographs daily pouring this office woud Ziegeh
beauty back second rate busque SHOW
They pretty they and all of them that eu
size charm no yet feigned attribute that
comes under the head of "What Every Man Can Spot"
The Washington times., 1914-03-13

Fifteen hundred pairs Of leggings were
shipped into Mexico from Texas yester-
day. but there were not any rangers in
side Of them.
The Washington times., 1914-03-13

Just when the engineers conquer the
Cucaracha slide. the toll rates fall into
the ca hal and the excavating starts all
over again.
The Washington times., 1914-03-13

Yorlsville magistrate releases chauf-
feur. who drove his machine on the side
walk. Good work. If pedestrians insist
on staying on the sidewalk how else is
an earnest chauffeur. going to nip them?
The Washington times., 1914-03-13

Why not this sign at each end Of the
canal: English spoken here?"
The Washington times., 1914-03-13

neighborhood clamorinG for books.
One Appreciative Family.
Her particular family. however.
gradually claimed her entire atten-
ton, for the husband didn't sup
Port his wife. who was sick. and all
the children were in need of med
ical treatment. With much tact. she
persuaded the mother to allow the
Children's adenoids to be removed.
after which she was instrumental
in having the husband sent to the
workhouse for non-support and the
woman taken to IL hospital.
Meantime. the only means of sup
port WAS horse. somewhat run
down. but still wage-earning fac
tor. which the worker had shod
and hired out. The horse earned
SI5 week. and managed to keep
the family's head above water until
affairs We're readiusted and the
woman was able to leave the hos
pi,al
That's the kind OF work voIun-
teers do. There are only eight OFF,
cial workers in Washington. but.
thanks to a corps of p bout 800 vOlun-
terrs. the Associated Charities is
able To carry on its work. The vol
Uuteers. lots of them young girls.
supervise households. where the
mothers are busy during the day,
take children to the dispensary for
examination and treatment. even
teach women plain cooking
Sometimes. though. the office force
learns things. too. One morn
ing a tall. rugged French-Cauadian
with an unsuualed faculty for muir
de"iuS English, strolled in. smiled 4
flashing smile, and asked for Z job.
He gave his name as Smith. but
hastened to add that that wasn't
The Washington times., 1914-03-13

Chinese bandits burn warehouse of one
Of cur biggest tobacco companies. It's
now up to the coupon hoarders to de-
mand intervention.
The Washington times., 1914-03-13

Bodyguards Of Ex-Governor Sulzer sue
him for their pay. What are they kick
ing about? The eX-Gov. didn't get his
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-08-18
Sale eff !, Wqrshgpss, tex n.
Turkey, M "a. Bri,lg War, J.
Bet,Uee1 Her and Greece

LONDON August 15 ASSOCIATED Press by Federal wireless
An Exchange Telegraph despatch from cOnSnnob contadcts
the earlier reports that the German battle Gosbsn
cruiser Bresau had been ntened In the Dardasea Tho Rmps
are flying the Turkish flag because Germany has sold
Turkish government, at price said to be $20o0ooe0
later despatch from constannop via Rome says that while
the officers and of the Goeben and tie Bssau
with the apparent object returning home tnE YES
sells to the Turks in reality only the not eaIy requ
for the manning and the lighting the
replaced by Turks The others are 70 rsjon the vessels and aid IN
their workings rAa RI 800 &, - sts. IS IF
s CHANGES SITUATION y Ri ts*rt fh
This opens the way much speculation nap "a Turkey ba.
been credited with being possible active Germany and Aus
ta and the possession these modern dK9 ss win mate
rally assist the Moses holding the Dardanels against
should the latter attempt force passage from the Block Sea with
her feet The possession Of the ooeben and the Bs also
in part for the loss Turkey through the British seng
dradnoughts being completed her in British yards places
the Turkish strength upon the equality with the
equality which had been through the
Greece the American basships Idaho Mississippi
a.t ~ WILL MEAN MORE WAR tss n ~.
"A despatch Athens that should prove true that
Germany has disposed Of the two warhp Che
Turkey and Greece certain TO Greece THU
latest move the part of Germany and Turkey an attempt the
the latter the AEGEAN taken
her in the last Balkan War. 80 g#..5,% .E#