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The Washington times., 1914-07-07
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The Washington times., 1914-07-07
Convict Ship to Sail
From Capital This Week

The old British convict ship Success
will go to Philadelphia at the end
of this week to provision and make
ready for her voyage to San Fran
cisco, through the Panama Canal.
The ship has been here for several
weeks. A large percentage of Wash
ington's visitors to the vessel includ-
ed educators. librarians. legislators
and prison officials. The Success was
built in 1890 in India. and was used
~ the British government in trans
porting convicts from England to the
penal colonies.
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REDUCTIONS HAVE BEEN ANTICIPATED.

dren's bureau. and for taking UP the
work of physical valuation of rail-
roads-all positions requiring technical
knowledge.
What operates further to prevent
many of the discharged employees from
finding new positions is the advanced
age OF the greater number of those
who suffered in the recent shake-ups.
At the Postoffice Department. 1t is
frankly admitted that the majority of
the fifty-three recently ''furloughed"
are from sixty to eighty years of age.
The City Postoffice employees discharged
were old men and women. seven Of
them veterans of the civil war.
And while they are now out looking
for vacant places. they have found that
many present members of the postoffice
and Pension Bureau forces have made
applications for transfers TO other de-
partments, where they have learned
there are present vacancies.
Advises Transfer Applications.
Commissioner Saltzgaber, in a COM
munication to the employees. has ad-
vised them ito make such arrangements
in the Government service or elsewhere
as will best promote your own well
fare as the force of the Pension Bu-
reau must soon be still further largely
reduced" He declares that transfers
to other branches OF the public service
will be encouraged"
Commissioner Saltzgaber, Fourth As
sistant Postmaster General Blakslee,
and Postmaster Otto Praeger. the men
who gave orders for the recent dis
charges OF Government clerks. all de-
clare themselves in favor of retire
ment laws and civil service pensions,
but such legislation they point out Is
wholly within the province of and to
be determined bv Congress. Aid from
number of these officials in obtaining
such legislation from Congress is eX-
pected when the movement ID taken up
In earnest
The Washington times., 1914-07-07
u. S. Clerks Worry
As Ak Is Swune
Discharges Continue, While "Furlough
ed" Employees Are Unable to Fill New Places
Created, as They Require Technical Knowl-
edge-Many Too Old to Work Else
where-Pensions Discussed

Wholesale reductions in the force of clerks in the
Posofice Department, City Postofce, Treasury Depart
men and Pension Bureau have brought about condition
of unrest among Government employees. That other de-
partments being given increased forces of employees
while these being reduced does not improve the stu
aon because most of the positions opened up of
la technical nature for which the bulk of Government
clerks are not qualified.
The recent shake-ups in the force of Government
clerks include the fftyone discharged by the Pension
Bureau ty-three 'uroughed" by the Postoice Depart
men fifty transferred to other cities by the Postofce De-
partment twentyour discharged in the and
than 100 discharged at the nvay yard These the
more important changes But there has been constant
stream of changes in all the departments since the
Administration went into office which has added to the
annrehensiOn of Government emnlOVeS
The Washington times., 1914-07-07
200 Cadetships for
West Point Next Year

More than 800 cadetships will be filled
az West Point Military Academy In 1915.
In response to numerous inquiries. the
War Department announced today the
list from which candidates are to be ap-
pointed on the nomination of Senators
and Congressman for the entrance ex-
aminations TO be held beginning the last
Tuesday in March. 1915.
Under the law, persons nominated
for Appointment have to be actual res
idents of the Congressional district or
territory from which appointed, or
those from a State at large. an actual
resident of that State. Appointments
are to be made by Senators from twen-
ty-seven Stsees and by Congressman
from thirty-one States.
The Washington times., 1914-07-07
A HOMEMADE RAILROAD

Out in the prairie sections of east
ern Colorado AMI western Kansas
prosperity has struck the country
with loud report. There is TO bet
ter soil in the world than in this
section; if it could be assured of
timely rains it's riches would equal
those of the Nile. This year the rain
came right, and the country fairly
groans under its crops.
Railroads are few and far apart.
So in one section, between the Bur-
lington ard Rock Island lines, the
farmers have cluhbed together and
applied to the Burlington officers to
loan them thirty miles of old rails
and ties. The farmers propose to
lay prairie road of their own, right
on the surface of the fiat prairie, to
haul off their crops. If they don't
do this, they will have to haul, from
q big area, as much as thirty miles
by wagons to get TO the nearest rail-
road point. They calculate that there
will be such vast tonnage that they
can better afford to build the tenn
porary railroad than to do this
wagon hauling.
This kind of neighborhood railroad
building strikes the present genera
ton as curious. Yet it is the exact
method by which most of the early
railroads were built in this country.
The Middle West got most of its
lines in this fashion. The enterpris-
ing people of progressive town
would incorporate a company to
build to another town; taxes would
be voted by towns, counties, and
townships; the road would DE graded
and perhaps the ties furnished by the
people along the line; right-of-waY
would generally be donated. Even
VIXEN the county was now, money
scarce, and the people poor. it was
possible for local enterprise and in
dividual initiative to build thousands
of miles of railroads in this way. The
beginnings of many of the greatest
systems were made in this way.
Commodore Vanderbilt made the
New York Central system by splicing
together a long list of such little
local companies, which had originated
in this way.
Today the country is so rich that
it doesn't know how to invest it's
money half the time. The villages
that were able to tax themselves and
build railroads q generation ago are
rich cities. Yet nobody thinks of
building a local railroad, with local
money, for local benefit AMI develop
ment.
Why is that?
Why should the enterprise Of a few
hundred Colorado farmers be a
unique and rather amusing perform
ance today, when it represents the
very procedure by which this coun-
try got its railroads?
There are a good many reasons
why consideration will have to be
given to these questions in the next
decade.
The Washington times., 1914-07-07
Y. M. c. A. Boys Return
From a Summer Camp

After an encampment on South Riv-
er, Md. of fifteen days. nearly a hun
dred members Of the boys department
of the Y. NJ. c. a, will arrive at the
White House station, Fifteenth and II
streets northeast. this afternoon at
o'clock. Albert NJ Chesley, secretary
of the boys department OF the Y. NJ.
c. A.. was in charge Of activities.
The Washington times., 1914-07-07

The only institution in Wash
ington where infants under one
year of age are cared for, is the
Washington Home for Foundlings.
There babies who have been dis
cdrded or whose parents are not
able to provide for them are given
a real home until some one adopts
them. Mrs. Richard Sylvester, who
mas pice president Of the board for
sixteen years, explains thai, under
the care of competent, interested
nurses, these children are moth
cred as though in their OWN homes.
She tells here that this institution
endedpors to aid mothers who are
employed by caring for their chill
dren and hon they strive to train
women to become intelligent
nurses.
Mrs. Sylvester mas also chair
man of the house committee of this
institution for a long period, has
served as president of the Aid As
sociation for the Blind, and has
aided the work of the Georgetown
Hospital, the Starmont Aid, and
several other philanthrophic en-
dedpofs.
By MRS. RICHARD SYLVESTER.
1t would add very much to the
distress and sorrow Of afflicted
and dependent humanity, IL their
care and relief came only through
channels provided by the State,
and on the other hand. II would
be lamentable II the charitable,
sympathetic and generous public
did not organize and associate to
extend aid, comfort, and consola-
tion to these classes. In other
words, all conditions. of depend
ency are not relieved by Govern
ment agencies. and the deficiencies
must be cared for by the individ-
uals of our communities.
Thus IL came to pass that an In
dividual. philanthropic foundation
laid many years ago to sustain
and maintain the lives of little
creature-waifs. made such through
hatred, fear, or necessity, was
builded upon by an association of
avn1nafhafic Chrfafton MI
have for long period Of years
given their time. labor and love
and financial support to sustain
the colony of foundlings. They
have medical attention. nursing.
and feeding at the hands of COM
petent and kindly spirits in the
Washington Home for Foundlinga.
These little sparks OF life are
= there nurtured and strengthened
and developed to eventually become
useful men and women to do in
turn for others.
Purpose Of Home.
The purpose OF the home Is to care
for infants and small children who
have been abandoned by their
parents, or whose parents are un-
able to care for them. 1t is the only
institution in Washington where in
faPss e tho or are
home spirit is highly developed IN
these children. due largely to the
loving care given them by the
nurses, who watch over. mother
them. and help to develop fine.
healthy little bodies.
We feel our children are not like
institution children. but like dear
home babies, who have been moth
cred in their own homes.
Our earnest endeavor Is to make
this Institution a real home for the
dear little unfortunate, who for no
The Washington times., 1914-07-07

Lady cops are all right. but the sweet
things refuse to do duty as plain
clothes" women. Got to have the frills
and furbelows.
Only redeeming feature of the hot
weather Is that the old man can afford
to grin every time he looks at the
empty coal bin.
Late returns from outlying counties
indicate the safe and sane Fourth idea
failed to apply to amateur canoeists and
professional chauffeurs.
Boastful Kansans claim that deer get
lost in the tall wheat. Only way Min
nesotans can top this is to import few
giraffes.
AS yet, none of Kelley's army has
complained of forcible feeding.
The Washington times., 1914-07-07

In addition to this the pending legisla-
tive bill provides for the discontinuance
Of forty-two more Jobs in the Postoffice
Department and about thirty-fve in the
Treasury Department There will be
TO actual dismissals In either case. 1t
IL stated, however, because officials OF
the departments have been leaving
places untitled in anticipation of the re-
duction.
And there has been a constant shift
ing between departments In the last
year due to transfers OF employees from
bureaus where reductions were to be
made to other bureaus which needed
larger forces. This has operated as a
bar against the employees let out In re-
cent shake-ups. who retain their civil
service eligibility. but have found no
positions open.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
RlaksIee tod the fifty-three fur
lour he'd employees OF the Postoffice De-
partment that they would be held on
the rolls for ninety days 80 that they
might retain their eligibility and find
other positions. At the same time he
found temporary places for twenty
five. though the tenure Of their positions
sions SaltZgaber advised the nifty zone
hc dropped for want OF appropriation
without openly discharging them that
they were still eligible for appointment
elsewhere.
Only Technical Jobs Open.
But the ousted clerks found that their
chances of being transferred had been
practically wiped out by the prelimi-
nary transfers made in advance OF the
shake-ups. The positions they now
find open, are new places provided by
congress in the Departments of Com
merce and Labor. and the Interstate
commerce Commission. These are in
connection with the plans for foreign
trade extension. for enlarging the chill
The Washington times., 1914-07-07
What's on the Program, IN
Washington
TODAY.

Meetings. evening:
Masonic-National. No. l.; Myron N. Parker,
No. %: King David. No. 2s; Washington
Naval. No g. Royal Arch Chapter; Mithras
Lodge Of Perfection, No. 1. Scottish Rite:
Mispah, No. s. Eastern Star.
Odd Observation-Disclosures. No. 8: Golden
Rule, No Il; Amity. No. IL: Fidelity. No.
Z. Rebekah Lodge.
Maccabees-Brightwood Tent. No. 5: Metro
politan Tent. No. IL
Knights OF Pythias-webster. No. Z: Her
mione. No. II: Excelsior. No. IA: Myrtle.
No. Is.
Baseball-washington VS.. 81. Louis. $50 p. m.
The Washington times., 1914-07-07
TOMORROW.
Meetings. evening:

Meetings, evening:
Masonic-Harmony, No. IL; King Solomon,
No. II: Mount Pleasant. No. u. Royal
Arch Chapter: Washington. No l. Knights
Templar: ST. Johns Mite Association -
Odd Fellows-Eastern. No Z: Harmony. No.
O. Friendship. No. Il: Federal City. No. 20;
Columbia. No. l. encampment.
knights of Pythias-Mount Vernon. No. 5:
Union. No. -; Columbia. No. IS: Friend
ship Temple. No. D. Pythian Sisters.
Maccabees-Golden Rule. No. J.
National Union-Postofnce Department Coun-
ell: Interior Council.
Baseball. Washington vs. 81. Louis. $50 D. m.
The Washington times., 1914-07-07

Omaha, Neb.. who have been making
an extended trip to Eastern cities. are
visiting friends in Washington. During
their stay they are at Hotel Powhatan.
r
Mrs. W. w. Smith, accompanied by
Miss Alice NJ. Harrison, Of Ashland.
Va. are spending a few days in Wash
ington.
The Washington times., 1914-07-07
DAILY STRENGTH AND CHEER.
Compiled by John G. Quinius,
(The Sunshine MANI.

God has declared that He will not
hold such persons guiltless: that He
will be a swift witness against them;
that He will send His Curse upon them
here, and execute distinguished pun
ishment upon them hereafter.-Ibid.
The Washington times., 1914-07-07
AmusementS.

CoIumbia-"The Light Eternal" Sis p. m.
Polrs-"The Man on the Box" 215 and Sis
m.
Cosmos-Vaudeville. afternoon and evening.
Glen Echo-An amusements.
Chevy Chase Lake-concert by section Of
Marina Band.
The Washington times., 1914-07-07

Columbia-'The Light Eternal" Sis D. m
Polrs-''The Man on the Box" AIS and SIS
p. m
Cosmos-vaudeville. afternoon and evening
Glen Echo-An amusements.
Chevy Chase Lake-concert by sect.oa -
Marine Band.
The Washington times., 1914-07-07
JUST M]OINl[ENI.
AaEra8

higher degree for his profit r.
Boyle.
Joshua's prayer at the battle Of
GlbeOn.
Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon;
And thou, Moon.- In tho valley OF
Aijalon.-Josh. K. L.
Prayer when the ark set forward
Rise up, o Jehovah,
And let Thine enemies be scattered;
And let them that hate Thee nee be-
fore Thee.-Num. K. IS.
Prayer when the ark rested
Return. o Jehovah.
Unto the ten thousands OF the thou
sands OF Israel-Num- Z 5s.
The Washington times., 1914-07-07
THE oLDesT INAAB sEz

Every c! u d
has a silver lining.
More storms, tn
cleaner tn car
winders.'
The Washington times., 1914-07-07

here, and execute distinguished pun
ishment upon them hereafter.-Ibid.
Let those who have accustomed them
selves to sin consider the guilt they are
bringing on their own souls, and the
irreparable mischief they are doing to
the souls of others.
When Ravaillac stabbed Henri Nv
the Jesuits were ready to applaud and
defend him by the example OF Ehud;
and the so-called Popish plot was
not unnatural Nemesis on the sanction
which from time to time had been &C
corded in the name Of Scripture to an
Anthony Babington, a Jacques Gle
ment. and an Everard Digby.-1bid.
With what jealousy must that same
Son of God behold thee as He gazes
into thy desecrated heart; as He be-
holds that polluted temple; as He sees
His great foe enthroned. as II were
upon the artar and worshiped day by
day.-Aitken.
He that makes no conscience OF
swearing vainly will soon make but
little of swearing falsely: for he that
in a lower degree so voluntarily breaks
Gods commandment for nothing. may
soon be drawn to break II In little
The Washington times., 1914-07-07
The Silver
Lining
ESx,H h., ADTuTTD QAED
Edited by ARTHUR BAER.
Just where We left of.

F street merchant advertises week
end" trunks. Honesty Is the best
policy after all.
The Washington times., 1914-07-07

See the Mexico City voters went solid
for Huerta. The solid" referring.
doubtless, to the Mexico City voters
heads.
University Of Penn scientist discovers
an almost naked tribe Of Indians in
South America, demonstrating that 1t
doesn't take long for the latest styles
to encircle the globe.
The Washington herald., 1914-08-31
Navy League Enun1erateS
Hague Pact Violations
Twelve Articles Signed by Representatives OF
Powers Now Inpolped in European War Haze
Been RuthlessEy Disregarded by Ger
mans in Belgium Campaign.

A list Of twelve articles OF The Hague
convention. signed by most world powers.
and which are alleged to have been dis
regarded in the present European confiag-
ration. was promulgated yesterday by the
Navy League OF the United States.
Two Of them relate to the alleged at
tack by Zeppelins upon Antwerp and the
alleged dropping of explosives upon nom
combatants and buildings containing art
and other treasures.
Leaders of the Navy Lea que appreciate
that these articles have not the force OF
International law. They believe they ulti-
mately will have that force, because TIE
Hague conventions represent the judg-
ment and confidence of the representative
officials from forty leading nations" The
same leaders contend that a satisfactory
international court, like the proposed
Hague Court of Arbitral Justice, together
with an international navy. would ne'p
make effective all international treaties
and conventions and eventually establish
world peace The list is as follows:
The contracting powers agree to use
their best efforts to insure the pacific
settlement of international differences.
The contracting powers agree to have
recourse, as far as circumstances allow,
10 the goOd o1nceS or medlallon Oh one OF
more friendly powers.
The right Of belligerents to adopt
means of injuring the enemy is not un-
limited. IL
The attack or bombardment. by what
ever means, Of towns, villages, dwell
ings, or buildings which are undefended
is prohibited.
In sieges and bombardments all neces-
sary steps must be taken to spare, as far
as possible, buildings dedicated to re-
llgion, art, science, or charitable pur-
poses, historic monuments hospitals, and
places where the sick and wounded are
collected: provided they are not being
used at the time for military purposes.
An army Of occupation can only take
possession of cash, funds, and reaIizable
securities which are strictly the property
Of the state, depots of arms. means of
transport, stores and supplies, and, gen.
orally, all movable property belonging
The Washington herald., 1914-08-31
FRENCH DEFENsEs HOLDING
WELL ALONG RIVER S0MME,
Is EMBASSY REPORT HERE

The days grist OF dispatches at the
French Embassy was exceedingly slim.
There was a single dispatch, which fol-
lows but in which is contained not a
word of intelligence not heretofore made
public through unofficial channels except
the statement contained in the first para
graph relative to the French position in
territory contiguous to Alsace-Lorraine:
'tAlong our line from the River Somme
tn the Vosges Mountain range the de-
fense is holding well and the position and
disposition Of our forces was the same
on August 2S as last reported on the day
preceding, Thursday, August a. The
testimony Of German prisoners captured
indicates that the actions in the Vosges
region have been notable for the great
number Of casualties. The 1l2th and 142d
German regiments Of infantry were so
depleted after three days of fighting that
the two were combined in a single or
Eanization of less than full regimental
strength. A German regiment OF infan-
try numbers 1900 men.
THE Russians have captured Allen
stein and invested the fortified city OF
Koenigsberg. great battle is In prog
ress in Galicia along an immense bat
tie front extending from the Vistula Riv-
er to Lemburg.
Tremendous perturbation is exhibited
in Berlin bv reasons Of the inhowinR
tide OF countless thousands Of refugees
from East Prussia fleeing before the
crushing advance OF the great Russian
army"
The Washington herald., 1914-08-31
|RENCH DEFEAT
! MULCT GERMANS
Assert Triumph by Kaisel
roy Value Of Secun6es
4 Teutonic Caritah,ts.

Becsnss of French thrift Germany viii
oe che. loser financially. whether 1t wtnl
pr loses In the present war. said Irving
ID Cooper, assistant general secretary
VI the American section of the Theo-
Iophical Society. yesterday.
! NJ. Cooper said that the society II
opposed to war. but that he thought
the present war necessary. II could not
be avoided, he added. and would serve
20 point out ''the utter uselessness OF
var"
Germany will lose more money than
France, said Mr.. Cooper, even II she
wins the war. German capitalists have
invested heaYily-as have the capitalists
of other countries, for that matter
in French securities. II Germany wins,
France will be a crushed nation. Her
securities will be valueless. But many
Germans will be bankrupted-
War, anyway, is preventable by q
proper balance OF international credit
Commerce is the great angel OF peace. "
Mr.. Cooper said he believed that Nor
man Angsll should be given the Nobel
peace prize for his book, The Great
Illusion" which has caused comment
In government circles abroad by its
peace arguments based on international
credit
The Washington herald., 1914-08-31
INVITES RUSSIAN JEWS In
U.S.TOHGHT FOR FRANCE
Patriot Says $4,000 Refugees from
Consumption Would Enlist if They
Could Repatriate After War.


Lopdon, Aug. aa-The following dis
patch dated St Petersburg, August 30.
was received by the London bureau Of
The Washington Herald this afternoon:
Il am a mechanical engineer and have
been in Moscow since 1855. I sojourned
in the United States three years and am
very well aware Of the feelings of the
Russian refugees in the United States.
The American government refuses vol
unteers permission to join the French
forces. II the Russian refugees could
hone that Russia would forgive old sins,
such as fight from military service, and
allow those who would undertake to fight
with the French and English troops to
return with their families TO Russia after
the war was over, l feel sure that there
would be no less than 5000 men who
would Immediately agree to start for
France.
II ask your assistance in publishing
in the papers of the United States this
letter from me written as a Russian
patriot and inviting Russian Jews to
come to the help of our friends in France
to vanquish the terrible enemy who de-
sires to destroy France and Russia and
put every where. in place of freedom.
the Prussian corporal
England, I hope. will help transport
the volunteers 10 French shores. am
speaking on my own behalf as I have
Jewish people. Ny address until We'd
nesday will be st. Petersburg. zacharie-
wskay A Is. Later on Moscow, Nash
dom.
(signed).
ALEXANDER RosEBLooM."