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The Washington times., 1914-08-13

inston making a brief visit to friends.
While here they are guests at Hotel
Powhatan.
Miss Florence Fl. Bacon, of 1910 N
street, will leave Washington tomor-
row for Ocean Grove n. ]. to spend
the remainder OF the summer.
Mrs. Emily Frech Barnes will go 70
Easlesmere. Pa, shortly. She. will
return about the middle Of September.
Congressman A. ]. Barchfield has
gone to Atlantic City, where he will be
Joined today by Mrs. BarchfieId. who
has been at their Pennsylvania home
since the early summer. Mr.. Barch-
field will return to Washington on sun
day.
The Minister of Peru and Nine. de
Pezet expect to leave shortly for South
Yarmouth. where they have a summer
home. and where their son. Washington
Pezet. is already established.
Mrs. lockwood Hoar and the Misses
Hoar have closed their house in Con-
necticut avenue and have left Wash
ington for their summer place at Bar
Harbor.
DIR. and Mrs. P. j. Lennox have left
Washington for the North Shore, where
they will spend the remainder of tho
summer. -.-.
The Washington times., 1914-08-13
WAR QUESTION BOX

lister of education and in 1894 minis
ter Of finance. holding the latter
portfolio for five years. after his re-
tirement he kept aluof from active
politics till the Dreyfus scandal had
blown over. AMI then he was elected
TO the Senate. Later he again be-
came minister of finance for a short
time, but resigned and returned TO
his law practice.
In 1872. after tho fall Of the Call
laux cabinet, President FalIiercs Of
fered NJ. Folncare the premiership.
and he accepted. forming IL good
cabinet under extremely difficult
conditions. NJ. T'oincare was elected
President 10 succeed his chief in
1913
NJ. Poincarc is a man OF exception
al ability, brilliant rs a writer, ora
tor. statesman, and lawyer. He Is
pronounced . man of nieh ideals,
his integrity has never been 1ucs-
toned. and no sSan1al has ever be-
sInirChed his public "r private repu-
tation. lie was made a member of
the French Academy in 1agi. in rec
cgnition OF his literary and public
nchievementa- =
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the commercial world. Yes. it pays.
stances Of where it has directly
made large returns to the people Of
Washington?
Some ten or twelve years ago a
man who, as he himself testifies, had
committed nearly. every sin on tbs
calendar, and was then a bar
tender. met God through the in-
strumentality Of the mission.
Becomes Self-supporting.
He was a husband and father.
Through all these years he has
been q sober. industrious. Chris
tian man. supporting his family. and
dispensing aid to many in need.
Through his efforts numbers have
been converted, and families that
were sponges on the community
have become self-supporting. Can
You tell how much the conversion Of
this one man has paid to the peo-
It cost the charitable people of this
city to take care of one family for
one year. five years, or ten years?
So quickly. too, IL begins to pay.
A man, intent on suicide as the only
solution of his failure In life. drifts
into the mission. There he hears q
message of hope. for others who
were quite as bad as he testify that
they have been saved and kept. He,
too. Is saved. His wife and five chill
dren are without food or nre, with
rent unpaid. and largely dependent
on kindly disposed people to keep
them from starvation
Mission Work Pays.
But the work of reclamation has
begun, and this man hunts work.
Although a good mechanic, his repu-
tatlon Is so well known that for
days he tramps the streets. meet
ing only rebuffs. Footsore and
weary, his body weakened by his
previously debauched life, he Is
steadfast and persistent At last
there Is an opening. a very humble
one but IL Is a chance. At the end
of the year this man has a business
OF his own. employing other men,
has an enviable reputation in a COM
nunity that once knew him at his
worst. His home Is comfortable, his
family well supported. and he has
helped many others.
Has IL paid to reunite families, to
send out preachers OF the Gospel
and mission workers. to send rum
away boys home. and to give conso-
lation and hope to those who are
far away, because We could touch
the lives OF their loved ones?
The Central Union Mission Is val-
ued in dollars and cents at 800. ooo.
II is a gift OF the Christian people
TO the city, but its work is seriously
by debt of $4,000. Its
civic value Is beyond words. What
will you do to remove the debt?
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PACIFYING THE BELGIAN.

That the German army advancing
through Belgium is giving indication
of the German decision to annex
rsrts. at least, Of that country IN
case the Kaiser's forces are victor
i0us is the contention of James r.
J. Archibald, the war correspondent.
Mr.. Archibald attaches great sig
nficance to g brief mention In dis
IL tches from Brussels of the fact
trat the Germans, after taking
Iiege. did not forcibly take what
they needed, but generously paid
cash to the people CT that city for
all supplies and services. This, he
points out. was the British method in
South Africa for pacifying the
Poers.
Extensich of the German frontier
westward toward the North Sea and
complete absorption by the German
Empire of both the Netherlands and
Belgium long have been described as
rardinal principles in Germany's
policy. 1t was fear that its indie
Icndence was threatened, fear that
r7e Germans this time would swal-
low up their whole country, which
] used the Belgians to fury and
Grove them to frantic resistance
: yainst the invading hosts. Perhaps
the Belgian Interpretation of Ger
nan designs was correct. Time will
Ill
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THE SILVER LINING
EDITED BY ARTHUR BAER.

invest that moncy in an automobile.
There's another pedestrian gone over
TO the enemy.
While Sir Tommy Upton doesn't be-
lieve in Seeing America First" he has
Teen compelled to do so on numerous
occasions.
Lieutenant Portc Is a very firm ad-
yocate Of Seeing America First"
Now that Michigan University has
issued its call for football candidates.
Detroit trolley lines will haye to Is
sue o call for new conductors
Next to unscrarubling eggs, the most
difficult thing in the world il to SYM
pathiz3 with q barber who tries to de-
capitate himself With his own razor.
The Washington times., 1914-08-13

Who is the President Of France
RAYMOND Polncare. who succeeded
Armand Fallieres as President Of the
French Republic. on February Is.
1T3 NJ. Poincare was born In Bar
Ie-Duc, in the northeastern part OF
France. on August 90. 1860. The de-
mocracy of France is shown by the
fact that his father was a civil en-
rineer. Young Poincare attended the
Ror-le-Duc Lycee, and then was
sont to complete his classical educa-
t,on at the Louis-le-Grand Lyces. in
Paris. At the age of eighteen he
won his II. a. and began to read
Law.
Ar twenty NJ. Poincare was admit
ted IN the bar. and was compelled
to clerk for an attorne' and write
court news for paper 10 make
living. He lat"! beam" secretary
to nIlcs prvcr". minister OF agricul-
ture and In 1857 was elected to the
chamber of dopu Sics, being reelected
four imss. In sss be became min
The Washington times., 1914-08-13
Truths by Women Who
Cooperative Committee
NIlOW Aids Welfare Work
Central Union Mission

Reclaiing derects the daily of large band
of forming womdns cooperative committee of the Cen
ra Union Mission Their services abilities and incomes given
to maintain this Saving station Mrs. Francis Lukens apty
calls the following article She tells hon hope and inspiration
countries creed professions trades
and walks of life who meet this ground NTH
need
Mrs. Lukens the wife of the superintendent of the Central
Union Mission Washington chairman OF
nomaus cooperative committee Through her husband she A.
tated Monday Epeng Club and Mothers
Congress- member the executive board of the Fedens-
of Clubs superintendent of important eha
ter of District circle of TIE w. C. T. H..
By MRS FRANCIS J. LuKENS.
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Suffragists to Rally
Atop Brighton Roof

An opportunity to contribute to the
melting pot" and thus help swell the
fund the suffragists are raising for the
fall campaign work. will be given those
VINO attend the Lucy Stone memorial
meeting to be held tonight on the roof
o: the Brighton. under auspices OF the
Lacy stone League. of which Mrs, +.
s Tenney Is president. Mrs. Antoinette
Funk, vice chairman of the national
committee of the National American
Woman Suffrage Association. Is to bs
tho principal speaker.
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WORLD TENNIS TODAY.

Europe is all aflame with the war
fever. Here, those of US VINO have
rot forgotten, in the excitement of
Continental events, that an interna-
,ional match is on today, are atingle
with eagerness for the battle of
racauets.
Comparison of the individual rec
orGs does not make oar outlook rosy.
But the clement of gameness may
'ounterbalance the shade in favor of
The Australasians. In turn the
challengers have beaten Germany,
Canada, and England with an ease
The Washington times., 1914-08-13

At the present price of beCf. no Of
ficer is justified IN arrestins hilarious
citizen who insists that he perceives a
cows head sticking out of the Monu-
ntent window.
They have succeeded in t:-iI:inS the
right wing of the love of peace.
Moratorium ereopaSus-etc. This
years best sells: should Ne the old
Noah Webster's.
The Washington times., 1914-08-13

equal numbers of each side, along a
line stretching from New York to
Baltimore, and one will have a gen.
eral conception of what is shaking
the continent of Europe today.
The Washington times., 1914-08-13

II. the Editor of THE TIMES:
The intense love which I feel for
this blessed country. Of which I am
nroud to be a citizen. protests with
All its strength against the stand
taken by the plurality OF the American
press in the European war conflicts
The Washington times., 1914-08-13
Restoring Marred Men.

Nearly thirty years ago a few con-
secrated men, with the vision of
phophet, saw the possibilities Of re-
storing to men who were SCARED
and marred, and who had run the
gamut OF sin, the image in which
they were made-snd so, the Cen
trail Union Mission was organized
All through these years the mis-
sion has been a veritable life-saving
station, an institution that has held
out hope and inspiration to thou
sands. Washington may well feel
proud of this mission as one OF her
time-honored institutions that has
spelled success as 1t went along and
have Invested in 1t. And its fame
is not simply local. for. go where
You will. you will find some testi-
mony to the saving power of a
Christ who was found In the Central
Union Mission of Washington. Men
of all countries and all creeds. repre-
sentinz all professions. trades, and
ucated. gentlemen's sons and hobos.
all meet here on common ground
and with a common need.
Represent Fifty Churches.
Women are not only gifted with
intuition. but with a strong spiritual
insight that can see fathers. broth
ers, husbands, and sons in these
despised and degraded "down-and-
cutters" So, from the beginning,
women have given largely of serv-
ices. talents, and income to the
work of the mission. They are now
banded together. over two hundred
of them. representing over fifty diff
ferent churches and six denomina-
tions, and are known as the wom-
ans cooperative committee OF the
Central Union Mission.
Does IL pay? This Is a question
that is often asked, the question of
The Washington times., 1914-08-13
IN THE TIMES MAIL BAG

Of The
n be
in
may enootou question
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Tomorrow.

Meetings. evening:
Odd Fellows-Central, No. /. MetropoIis M
is: Phoenix No. q: Martha Washinrtoo
No. ,. and porcas, No. 4. Rebekah lodges
knights OF Pythias-syracus usians, No IN.
Rathbone-superior. No %: Rathbone ~.n'
pie. No s. Pythian Sisters
National Union-Nstional Capital Council. .
Georgetown Council
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Amusements

Columbia The Butterflies" Sis n ~
PcIis-"The Woman in the Case o.I5 and
Sis ..
Cosmus-N audeN iie.
Glen EchC-All amusements
Chevy Chase Lake-Marine Band concert and
dancing.
The Washington times., 1914-08-13
TIE olDesT I'M

while a cat
may look at a
king, he shouldn't
relax his vigilance
for a minute.
Safety First
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Amusements.

ColumbIa-"The Butterflies" zl5 and s15
p. IN.
Poii's-''The Woman in tn. Case" 2:l5 and
SIS D. m. anu
Cosmos-Vaudeville.
Glen Echo-All amusements
Chevy Chase Lake-Marine Band conc,r,
dancing. ~
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What's on the Program In
Washington
Today.

Meetings. evening:
Odd Fellows-Columbia No 10: E,c.I.,or
No. II; Salem. No. %
knights OF Pythias-Harmony. No. p
National Union-Washington Council rra
ternal Council.
The Washington times., 1914-08-13

Woman mistakes her hubby for a
burglar and blacks mis- eyes, Unfortu-
nate mistake. II she had known it was
her worse half at first, he would have
only lost a little hair or an ear at this
most
The Washington times., 1914-08-13

Dealers say that man Who would
have taken continental tour, Will now
The Washington times., 1914-08-13
By MRS. FRANCIS ]. LUKENS.

In an old tin coffee pot, on an
ash dump In the southern part of
Philadelphia, they found 1t. Batter
cd and creased and SCARED. 1t bore
little resemblance to what 1t once
was. or did 1t seem that 1t ever again
could convey to the eye of the be-
stood. that of a clean, bright boy.
But with painstaking care the pic
ture was smoothed out and SOME
ONE saw the possibilities Mended
re-touched and framed. 1t now
adorns the wall of beautiful church,
built on that self-same dump, and un-
derneath the picture is the signifi-
cant word Redeemed" But it took
more than an ordinary eye to see
any possibilities in that old battered
picture.
lifetime as 1t were. that people in
general have wakened up and broad
ened out so that they cannot be con-
nned by geographical limits nor in
huenced by the reception Of time.
Cry of Conservation.
The time was when our world was
the neighborhood In which we lived,
our time the allotted length of a life
time. Now we know differently; so
we hear the cry Of conservation.
Our forests, our mines, all our nat
ural riches and resources must be
conserved. There is q conservation
Of thought, of energy. and Of life.
Now we know that the future Of our
nation depends largely on our ability
TO conserve life and rightdoing. Now
We know that whatever We can do
to arrest infant mortality, give
strong bodies to our children. and
strengthen their moral backbone Is
work well worth the doing, and I
am glad there is 50 much Of 1t be-
ing done.
There Is another word, not so often
heard now, but one that has meant
much to US as a nation in the past,
and that Ia Reclamation" Some
of us can well remember the wide
strip of land west Of the Mississippi.
marked on our atlas as THE Great
American Desert" Where Ia our
desert today? An army of devoted,
intelligent engineers and surveyors,
hacked with the capital of multi
millionaires, has verify fulfilled the
prophecy that "the desert shall bloom
as a rose" But it took more than
an ordinary eye to see any possi-
bilities in that sand-driven. death
producing desert
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12
DEFENDS ACCURACY OF
FOOD PRICE BULLETINS
Commissioner Meeker. Answering Re
cent Criticism, Tells How lnforma-
ton Is Gathered.

In statement issued yesterday. ROYAL
Meeker. Commissioner Cf Labor status
tics. of the Department of Labor. de-
fends the accuracy of the bureaus re-
cent bulletins on retail prices oi tne
main articles of food. The bulletin IN
question showed that there was STEADY
increase in the price of the fifteen articles
OF food chosen. In letter addressed 10
the department. ]. w. Sullivan. OF
Madison avenue. New York. criticized tne
bulletin. Among other things MI SuIii-
van said:
An examination Of the statistics Oh
the bureau bulletins shows that they are
inadequate as basis for percentages rep,
resenting the general cost Of living anu
hence inaccurate sources OF general IN
formation. in a word, they lack the cle-
ments OF adequacy. lucidity, and correct
ness
Answering Mr.. Sullivan Mr.. Mcoker
says in part:
Probably the best way to answer TINS
criticism is TO explain briefly how tne
Bureau of Labor Statistics gathers ana
retail price statistics. Retain
prices are sscured from so stores scat
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12
BRIGHTWOOD TEAM ORGANIZES.

The Star Social Club, of Brightwood. is
planning to make a great showing in in
dependent baseball circles during the
coming season. This club will be repre-
sented by a fast nine. and Manager
Lynch is at present arranging an extern
sivc schedule.
At a recent meeting OF the club the fol-
lowing officers were elected: President.
William McKimmie; vice president, Ed
ward Lynch: secretary, Arthur Vannan,
and treasurer. John Kelly Edward
Lynch and George Rupert were named
manager and captain, respectively.
Manager Lynch would like to arrange
games with teams averaging sixteen
years. Address Edward Lynch. SO
Illinois avenue northwest.
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tered throughout forty representative cit
les OF the United States. These stores
are selected carefully by the agents of
the bureau. No 'cut-rate' or fancy
stores are .aken. Stores that trade
largely with wcrkingmen's families are
chosen. These stores send into the bu-
reau the actual sales prices on the 18th
of each month of the fifteen food COM
mOdities carried by the bureau. Agents
visit the reporting stores annually TO
make sure that the reports sent in are
correct. The fifteen food commodities
have been carefully selected after years
of experimenting.
With all their imperfections. the bu-
reau's statistics of retail prices are truly
representative Cf food prices in the
larger cities situated in the different
economic sections of the country. They
are certainly immeasurably more deserv-
ing of credence than the gossip about in
dividual experience with prices which is
cited to refute them"
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12
TROOPS At FORT THOMAS
READY FOR BORDER SERVICE

Cincinnati. Ohio. March ii.-Al Of the
troops or the Ninth Regiment stationed
ct Fort Thomas are ready to start for
the Mexican border. There are CAS- en-
listed men and thirty-five officers of the
Ninth here. and the balance at Fort
Logan. Ark. 1t is stated that the OBJ
iective point is either Fort Bliss or FL
Paso, Tex. Four recruits from the
Columbus. Ohio. and ten from Jefferson
barracks were received at Fort Thomas
today, bringing the total up to the full
peace strength.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12
HUERTA old WHISKY BOTTLE"
SAYS RETURNED MISSIONARY

Admission. Ala. March 1l.-That Huerta
is an old whisky bottle" employed by
the moneyed classes ard foreign interests
in Mexico and that the present revolu-
tion in its final analysis, is a bread war.
is the statement Of Rev. ]. II. Ben
son. for ten years a missionary in
Mexico.
Il feel sorry for the family of Ben
ten. the Englishman who was killed."
said Mr.. Benson. but he was only one
of type in Mexico that think they and
their six-shooters an take chances and
get away with it. His death docs not
justify Intervention which would be
great mistake"
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12
TEXAS CATTLEMEN INDORSE
COLQUITT'S MEXICO POLICY

Fort Worth. March 1I.-Gov. Colquitt's
Mexican policy was indorsed enthusiasts
tically today by the Texas Cattle
Raisers' Association convention. A reso-
luton indorsing the policy of the Fed
eral government was rejected.
The resolution indorsing the Colquitt
policy was carried without a dissenting
voice. 1t urged better protection Of lives
and property. The governor was flooded
today with messages of conSratulation
from all over the United States
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12
AMERICAN NEGRO SLAIN BY
YAQUI INDIANS IN MEXICO

Douglas. Ariz., March ll.-Charles How
ard. colored. an American citizen. was
killed on the Anthony ranch in Gaqui
Valley, Sonora. yesterday by Naqui In
dians. who raidcd the ranch. Howard
has been employed as caretaker by An
thony, who was away with his family.
He put up a desperate fight and killed
three Yaqui's before his ammunition ran
out.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12

glance to the flag on the Fourth of July.
Eligibility, the lecturer suggested.
should be based upon personal qualifica-
ti,n. THE mere fact II race should be
neither a qualification nor disqualifi'
cation" he added. Prof. Gulick said, in
part:
The awakening of Asia has created
a new world situation. The social dis
cipline of the Asiatics, based upon their
necessity of being contented with con-
ditions which Americans would never
bear, or be able to bear, has made them
most efficient workmen.
"Antipathy against the white race
has turned into profound admiration.
America holds China in the hollow of
her hand. Our diplomacy with that
country has been excellent. But we
must see to II that this state of af-
fairs continues.
Losing Hold on Jnps.
We are losing the friendship of the
Japanese. but Americans must not eX-
aggerate the excitement of the Japan
csc in this matter. Ninety per cent OF
the reports purported to come from
Japan are exaggerated. The only yell
low peril today is the yellow press.
Prof. \. w. Spanhoofd, head of the
modern language department of the Dis
trict high schools, made brief speech
in which he told of Japanese he had
known who had studied German law at
the University of Tokyo. Japan. and who
learned to speak German fiuently.
Among those present were Prof. Span
hoofd, Z. T. Williams, for twenty-eight
years in charge of the American Lega-
ton In China: II. X. Brown. Prof.
Clarke, of the United States Geological
Survey: Grosvenor Dawes, Prof.. Farqu-
har of the Census Bureau; W. b. WOOD.
and DIR. H. X. Carroll, of the Fedora!
CounciI of the Churches OF Christ.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12
STOvALL AFTER GOODE.

Tampa. Fla, March 1l.-So far as is
known today no1e of the Chicago Cubs S
players training here were approached by
George Stovall, manager of the Kansas
City Federals, pit Wilbur Goode, an
outielder. Stovall talked with Goode for
half an hour on the street but at the end
of the conversation Goode refused to tell
what Stovall had said to him. Stovall
left here for st. Petersburg. Fla. to call
upon the ST. Louis Browns in the train
ing camp.