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The Washington times., 1914-11-10
BAD FOR PESSIMISM.

Pessimists must surely feel pes.
simistic about the prospect of main
tanning a successful attitude of
pessimism toward the business sit
uation of the country. Here comes
the painfully literal, matter-o fact
report of the Census Bureau, an
noUncing that the cotton ginning
record for the last two weeks of
October was barely below that of
1911, which was the record year to
date. 1t means that the cotton grow
ers are not doing SO much worrying
about the prospects for their busi-
ness, as has been supposed by some
other people. They are getting
ready to market it, with some evil
dent confidence that the market will
get around to taking it.
Their confidence is sustained by
the increasing movement of cotton,
which has improved rapidly since
the arrangement which insures its
free shipment even into belligerent
countries. The manufacturers are
dealers in cotton, and the fiscal au-
thorities not only Of this but of other
countries, have co-operated in a
manner perhaps without precedent in
The Washington times., 1914-11-10
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1914.
MRS. CROSBY S. MOVES.

Almost sixty years, and every
year of it after she had attained
well-rounded womanhood, Mrs.
Crosby S. Noyes was a resident of
Washington. Her long and we'll
employed lifetime covered near
eighty-seven years. She came to
Washington in 1856 as the bride of a
man destined to long life of lead
ership and success in this commun-
lty. Few women in all the history
Of Washington have lived more in
Innate a part, or useful, in the life
of this community. Her husband
was one of the makers of the city's
beauty and greatness, and her chill
dren in their day have succeeded to
that eminence; surely, a crown of
glory to the life work of a noble
woman. Her death will be mourned
5y a great circle of friends who
have known her good works and
owed her as their unselfish author.
The Washington times., 1914-11-10
THE CATTLE PLAGUE.

A fourth of the States of tn,
Union have been placed under quar-
antlne on account of the spread o.
the foot-and-mouth disease amone
their livestock. 1t is well-nigh i'm
possible to overstate the menace tt
one of the very greatest industrie:
of the nation, at time when that
industry is of peculiar Importance tc
this country and to the world.
Only the most absolute co-opera.
ton between the State and Fedora,
authorities, together with relentless
rlgor In stamping out the plague
can save the stock business from q
blow that might mark it's ruin fo,
many years, perhaps for a genera
ton. Coming at a time when the
whole world is seeking new supplies
OF meat and of leather; when our
own country finds itself beginning to
import meats in important quanti-
ties; when every effort of our agri-
cultural authorities is aimed at en-
couraging more production of meat,
IN new sections and by new meth
ods; it must be confessed that this
disaster is of the most impressive
kind.
We have seen what disaster war
can inf1ict on one branch of our
agricultural establishment-the cot
ton growing business. If now cpl
demic is to infict like ruin upon
the stock growers, it will presently
be realized that nothing is secure.
The boasted independence and secur-
ity of the people who till the soil
will be turned into the most precari-
Gus of conditions.
No means or energy must be
spared, to bring this epidemic under
control. If the States fail to con-
tribute their full share of intelli-
gence and money, they will deserve
once more to have their jurisdiction
restricted because of another DEM
onstration Of governmental incapac-
ity.
The Washington times., 1914-11-10
THE COURT AUDITOR.

1t is difficult to follow the rea.
oning of the overwhelming major.
y Of the members who, in the
3oard of Trade meeting, voted for
etention of the fee system in the
rffice Of the auditor of the Supreme
Court of the District. The fee sys-
en- was for many years one of the
ruitful sources of bad administra-
Ion in city, county, and State gov
crnment throughout the country. In
recent time it has been rapidly dis
ppearing, because of the realization
nat it was not desirable system.
, was always a temptation to
milking" the offices in which fees
s'ere paid in lieu of salaries. The
cry vagueness of the method of
improvisation caused distrust as to
he character of the administration.
1t involves no criticism of the
lanagement of this office under the
ocal government, to say that the
ame general reasons that have die
tied abolition of the fee system in
' her Offices and other communities,
re quite as applicable here. Auditor
ent has been an excellent Official:
1t there is no sound reason why
N Office such as he had held should
made an especially soft thing for
IS occupant, when equally good
ervice is to be had for a reasonable
alary, and when like offices are now
lays very commonly on the
alary basis. Congress has legisla-
ion under consideration, to place
his position on a salary; and the
pposition of representative Wash
gtcn organizations, presumed to
effect local opinion, can only have
he effect of weakening Congress
ional confidence in the Judgment
hich Washington people from time
time pass on matters of local ad-
.inistration.
The Washington times., 1914-11-10
THE REFLEX IN CHINA.

General Hwang Hsing, who was
one Of the military leaders Of the
last revolt in China, and has been
exiled from the country under Yuan
Shih-Kai, is in America, and de-
clares that another revolt, this time
against the tyranny of Yuan, is or
ganizing. The statement is corrobor-
ated by other Chinese liberals in this
country, who say that Yuan has not
made any effort to conciliate the ad-
vanced element in the country. To
the contrary, they charge that the
press has been either suppressed or
put under absolute control of the
Yuan regime, and that there is a
financial crisis ahead Of the govern
ment.
Out of the five-power loan that
would have been a six-power affair
if the United States had not with
drawn from it, China got $125,OOO,.
600, which Yuan has managed pref.
ty completely to dissipate withou,
doing any good for the country. Now
he is without money to pay the sol.
diery on which he is compelled to re-
ly to sustain his government. He
wants more money, and of course is
not able to get it in Europe, which
has other use for its cash. There
fore he is turning to America, and a
fiscal embassy has come here to
present his case in the effort to in
'erest President Wilson, and later
American financiers.
The revolutionary element is de-
termined to make the Washington
Government understand the truth
about conditions in China; an effort
which is not likely to involve great
difficulty, inasmuch as Yuan has
ever commanded much confidence
on this side. The revolutionary ele-
ment believes the preoccupation of
he European nations makes the
present an auspicious time for
launching their enterprise.
The Washington times., 1914-11-10
churchgoer Defends Sunday Baseball.

10 the Editor Of the Mail Bag:
FOR the last couple Of years I have
spent the afternoon of Sundays In
spring and summer at baseball and
IN tho fan to football at Andrews Field.
which is but few blocks from my
nome In the northeast section of WASH
ington,
l think my average for church at
tendance Is as good and I think con-
siderably better than that of many OF
my closest friends. Still I have never
seen anything wrong in enjoying the
afternoon OF the day of rest watching
clean sport In the open, often in COM
pany with. my young son. Now comes
the courts decision depriving US of that
innocent amusement, and we have MOTH
ing TO do on Sunday unless after our
religious duties are attended to we 60
to a moving picture show, often seeing
pictures that are anything but as in
nocent as a baseball game between two
We'll matched teams
Perhaps 1t would be a mistake to all
low the Washington league team to
play, still why regulation should not
De enacted allowing the amateurs and
semi-pro teams to meet before a nom
tnal gate and afford us pleasure. is
beyond my comprehension. am sure
| speak for hundreds of citizens OF
the northeast when I voice these opin-
lons- 7. b.
The Washington times., 1914-11-10
DEO NOLENTE.

A number of the agricultural pa,
2ers over the country are calling up
IN the farmers 70 make every eff
ort to break every grain crop record
N 1915. They point out that the
tupendous struggle now engaging
al Europe will continue for some
months at least, and that next year
III Europe will rely upon this toun-
~ to feed it, even to a greater ex-
ent than it does today.
The papers point with pride to the
new records made in the wheat and
we crops this year and predict that
t will be possible to hang up new
racords for all of the staple grains
It year. These records as they
ow s. md, according to Govern
:lent statistics, are:
Wheat. 902973,00 bushels. 1914 crop.
Corn, 3,l25, 600 bushels, 1910 CROP
Oats, l.4lS, ,337. 900 bushels. 1912 croo.
Barley. 22S.S24.000 bushels. 1872 crop.
Eve. $4,000 bushels. 1914 crop.
There is no doubt that such a
Propaganda at this time among the
rain raisers of the country is good
md wholesome, but might it not be
well to remember that record crop
raising is not solely a matter of
acreage, but that the warmth of the
sun and the gentle rains from heaven
Gave each their part, so that it is
veil to write after each determine
l lon, as was the custom among those
"ho drew up our legal papers of
.ong ago, "the Lord willing?"
The Washington times., 1914-11-10
The Silver
Lining
Edited By ARTHUR BAER.

Water will freeze at 30 degrees Fab
renheit, which still leaves the rest of
the milk in fairly good condition.
Thomas Edison says that 5-cent grand
opera Is near. War is boosting tho
price of everything.
Ihirteen-year-old girl gets a divorce
In Minnesota. Dispatch fails to state
who gets the custody of the grandchil-
dren.
Secret Service officials say that the
new s. bill, which has a scene on the
back showing Bill Taft shaking hands
with Teddy Roosevelt, is rank count
erfeit.
Even If Congress refused to deenen
any of our rivers, we should be thank
full that none of our rivers are located
in Europe.
The Washington times., 1914-11-10
END OF THE EMDEN,

thought, in the story of the cruise
and, as announced today, the de-
3truction, of the German cruiser
Emden. For one thing, the name of
he Emden and of the Sydney-the
British cruiser that sank her-in
themselves tell something of what a
war this is in which all the con-
tinents and all the seas are in
volved.
Emden is one of the "pew" cities
IF modern Germany. It's greatness
vas brought to it by the construc-
Ion of the canal paralleling the
Rhine, by which Germany sought to
provide herself with an artificial
outiet for her vast Rhine commerce,
within German territory. The Ems
Dortmund canal connects the Rhine
With the Ems river. Shipping from
he upper Rhine, destined to the sea,
formerly had to pass through the
erritory of Holland. Germany was
unwilling always to have this traffic
dependent on the good will of an
1ther country; so the cutoff canal
vas built, entirely within German
erritory, which made an artificial
mouth for the Rhine Emden is the
'ity nearest the maritime end of this
anal; and the canal has in the last
generation made it a far more i'm
>ortant city than it ever was before.
The very name Emden, therefore,
'uggests the grandeur, the substan-
tial accomplishments, the new wealth
nd commercial empire, of modern
Germany.
Turn now to the vessel which de-
troyed the Emden-the Sydney, of
he Australian navy. The Australian
2avy is in itself the sign that a new
empire has risen in the south seas;
or Australia, like the other self
governing British dominions, has
cen fit to establish it's own means
# defense against possible exploi-
alton, and the new Australian navy
wins its first increment of glory in
he exploit of the Sydney. 1t need
not be observed that the Sydney gets
its name from the Australian city
TO which all the seafaring world
pays the tribute of admitting that it
possesses the most magnificent har-
Dor on all the seas.
Thus the new German empire and
the new Australian empire met, and
The new Australia won; won, where
the famous old British navy of the
centuries had pathetically failed to
round up and destroy this newest
and most romantic terror of the mer-
chant seas. -
The Emden's cruise will be known
in naval history and lore as one Of
the most remarkable in all the an
nails of the sea. Probably somebody
will produce a book about it within
4 few hours; for now is the time
when the world wants the book right
hot off the press; perhaps not so ac-
,urate as the daily newspaper
news, but at any rate carrying that
of authority that board
covers seem to involve. No matter
it's accurate; get it on the
stands. and if it's interesting and
sufficiently bespeaks the authors
possession of real imagination, it
will do the rest!
Commerce the world over will be
safer and freer for the destruction
If the Emden. The Alabama was to
American trade during the civil war
what the Emden has been to British
;rade during this. For her victory
n destroying the Alabama, the
The Washington times., 1914-11-10

and Is at the Shoreham for a few
days
Mrs. J. Borden Hartman, who has
been at the Hotel Powhatan for the
past week, has opened her home ut
1909 III street northwest.
-
DR.. Sidney Chappell. U. S. A, who
has been stationed on the Mexican
border for some time. and his wife are
visiting his parents. DR.. and Mrs. j.
w. Campbell. at their home on Grant
road.
-
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Berthrong
have returned from their wedding trip
and are at the Sorrento apartments,
in Eighteenth street.
=
King Stone, of Berryville. Va. for
merly of this city, is visiting his
mother, Mrs. L. Richie Stone.
The Washington times., 1914-11-10
Steamer Carrying 800
Horses Afife at Sea

NEW YORK. Nov. 10.-A wireless
call for help from the British steam
snip Rembrandt, carrying 800 horses
for the French army, was picked IN
at Sayville, l.. l.
The ship was reported burning be-
low decks and in urgent need of ala.
Her location was given as 200 miles
off Cape Henry, and it was said she
was steam1ng at full speed for the
coast.
Later in the afternoon the operator
Of the Rembrandt sent word the crew
had succeeded in getting the fire I'M
der control and the vessel was no
longer in danger. She carried a crew
Of fifty men.
The Washington times., 1914-11-10
RuSSiQ,S Victories
Marvel of Europe
After One Hundreds Days of Conflict Cars Empire
Emerges From Supreme Test Unshaken, With
Full Strength in Field

Reckoning from the declaration of war made by Ger
many upon Russia, hundred days of war have now
passed In this time Napoleon his from Elba tt,
Waterloo In half of it Prussia crushed Austria in 1866
France in 1870 Yet for several days now east and west
the dispatches from all sides have recouned German
treats, repuses.
is On Russia, too that the attention of the world is
now xed-upon Russia sweeping forward toward Berlin
with odgment at last German SOIL not in remote East
Prussia but in Posen, at last squarey upon the road to
Berlin while in Gacia her victorious armies are agai
across the San crowdng toward the foothills of the Car
pathians, once more closing in upon Przemysl.
NEW RUSSIA SEEN IN PRESENT WAR.
The Washington times., 1914-11-10

Jofre. But after three months there
Is no mistaking the fact that France
too. is in different posture than ir
1870 Two months have passed since the
great battle Of the Marine, and in tina
time German advance In France ha
been nil. Indeed, at many points ther
nave been more or less considerable re
treats
German victory was assured, since
German efficiency, preparedness, deter
mlnatfon We're unmistakable, If France
and Russia. both, or one of them, dir
ly to be expected. But France in Sep
tember. Russia in October, gave clear
and unmistakable evidences of beln.
fully determined. relatively prepared
| unexpectedly ready.
phn Since that that time. too. in France and
still more thoroughly. Today Franco
has largely bridged the gap between
her army and Germany's in all that is
essential in war. In her yistula cam
paign Russia has displayed a thorous h
ness OF preparation which must amaze
the whole world.
Russia Emerges Unshaken.
Bernhardi said:
IF Germany Is involved in war she
need not recoil before the numerical
superiority Of her enemies. But so ia.
as human nature Is able to tell, she
can only rely on being successful II she
is absolutely determined 20 break the
superiority Of her enemies by a victory
over one or the other Of them before
their total strength can come into ac-
tion."
Germany has been absolutely deter
mined. But the real value of the Wis.,
tula campaign to the neutral observer
must lie in the fact that 1t reveals a
failure to crush Russia, quite analogous
to that to dispose of France Russia
like France. emerges from a supreme
test unshaken, her full strength in ac-
ton
After a hundred days of war. then,
Russia's achievement is hardly to be
exagserated-its meaning not easily to
be misunderstood.
The Washington times., 1914-11-10
HOUSE OF GOVERNORS,

Subjects Of practical value will be
iscussed and acted on at the sew
nth annual conference of the House
Governors, which is meeting
ais week in Madison, Wis.
he program includes State control
natural resources, rural credit,
tradition, uniformity of State laws
ating to safety and sanitation in
aces of employment, submission of
Dvernors' recommendations in the
rape of legislative bills, and unifor-
I:ty of State laws in establishing
ne conditions to be met by corpora
- of one State before they may
0 s;ness in another.
Thk subjects are of serious i'm
The Washington times., 1914-11-10
Too Much Water On Sidewalks.

o the Editor of the Mail Bag:
Z Washington householders have a curl
GUS and very annoying habit of wash
n;s their front door steps and pavements
n the mornings around the hour of 9
o'clock, and again in the late afternoons
IS people are going back and forth to
their work. This nuisance is not so no
ticeable now as in the summer, but this
morning / was forced to wade through
slush for half block due to the free
md generous use of a hose. In New
York there is an ordinance forbidding
The use Of hose after 8 o'clock in the
morning and some such ruling is need
ID here.
MARY c. DONALDSON
The Washington times., 1914-11-10
What's on the Program, in
Washington
Today.

Meetings. evening:
Masonic-Federal. No. L: Acacia, No IS.
Takoma. No. %: Mt. Horeb. No. Z. and
Potomac. No. g.. Royal Arch Masons: De
Molay. No. 4. Knights Templar: E Eange-
list Chapter Rose Croix. Scottish Rite:
Electa. No. 2: Bethlehem. No. :; Friend
ship. No. n. and Fidelity. No. 19 Eastern
Star
Odd Fellows-Washington. No. s: Golden
Rule No II: Amity. No. "a: Fred ID
Stuart, No :. Encampment.
Knights of Pythias-Webster. No. Z: Excel
sior. No. "A: Capital No. "a: Myrtle. No Is
Socialist Partv-Central Committee
Woman's Democratic League. lecture by Mrs
Lydia Adams Williams. Cairo Apartment
D. m.
Franklin Thompson Home and School .tsso-
citation Thompson School. D. m
Kallipois Grotto. oyster roast. Eagles Hall.
s p. m.
The Washington times., 1914-11-10
Tomorrow.

Meetings. evening:
Masonic-Harmony. No. II: King solomon.
No al; Grand Lodge school Of instruction; ;
MI Pleasant No 13 ROYAL Arch Masons:
Washington No. l. knights Templar:
monthly meeting St. Johns Mite Associa-
tion: Naomi. No. ;: Brookland. No. II.
Eastern Star.
Odd Fellows-Eastern. No. Z; Federal City,
No 20: Harmony. No. 9: Friendship No
u; Columbia. No. l. encampment
3. p. o. Elks-Washington Lodge. No 10.
knights of Pythias-MoUnt Vernon. No 8:
Union No %: Columbia. No. %: F~leuc-
ship Temple. No 9. Pythian Sisters: WASH
ington Company. No l. Uniform Rank. en-
tertainment and darce.
National Union-Pcstof toffice Council: Interior
Council.
Socialist Party-Italiau branch.
The Washington times., 1914-11-10
Sanctions Acts Of Courtesy.

% the Editor OF the Mall Bag:
There ID nothing compulsory in mans
ernoving his hat when women enter an
elevator. any more than man is cb-
iged to offer his seat In a street car to
woman standing: Il is purely volun-
tary and an act of courtesy. AS far as
am concerned. and although / am
over sixty and rot IN my dotage. 1 al
ways do give UP my seat. and 1t gives
ne pleasure to do so. In the elevator.
it is q courtesy which I have acknowl-
edged for years, and i feel more at
home with myself in removing my hat
than In Keeping 1t or. If / an in my
office smoking and a woman &c Ges IN,
consider it an act OF polite sss to
at once stop. and place my IT out
of sight. None of these acts e OBJ
ligatory, but simply a recognition OF
the sex. and 1 am sure those who con-
cede 1t are more respected than those
who do not. I have been conceding too
many years to even wish to do away
with a polite habit F. s.
The Washington times., 1914-11-10
Col. Wilson, Mafeking
Hero, Slain in Battle

LONDON. Nov. 10.-News has reached
London Of the death in action Of Col.
Gordon Chesney Wilson.
Colonel Wilson belonged to the Royal
Horse Guards and was born in 1866 He
served in South Africa and did staff
duty during the defense of Mafeking.
His wife. Lady Sarah, who was born
Isabella Churchill. sixth daughter Of
the Duke of Marlborough. is socially
prominent in England.
The Washington times., 1914-11-10
Favors Car Lines To Rock Creek Park.

To the Editor of the Mail Bag:
The suggestion of the Citizens North
west Suburban Association that the
street car service be extended into and
through Rock Creek Park IS one that
should receive. earnest consideration at
the hands of Congress.
Here is one of Natures beauty spots,
a magnificent garden, accessible only
to a small part of our population. The
man with an automobile or carriage is
fortunate In being able to reach the
park in little time and with no effort.
while thousands who would visit the
reservation IL adequate facilities were
provided never see its beauties. Rock
Greek Park should be made the peoples
reservation. Let other citizens asso-
cations and civic organizations JON in
the movement. Perhaps the day is moi
far distant when their efforts will be
rewarded. b. s. K.