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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-19
ROADS TO FILE NEW
SCHEDULESAT ONCE
Will Lose No Time Taking Ad-
vantage of Permission to
Raise Freight Rates.

The sixty-nine Eastern railroads
granted ) per cent increase in freight
rates will lose no time filing their
new tariffs" IL was stated at the In
~rstatc Commerce Commission today.
As soon as the traffic experts of the
roads can prepare the schedules the
commission expects them TO be filed
here.
When tho commission some months
ago denied the application Of the roads
for permission TO generally increase
their rates, the railroads were ordered
TO cancel the tariffs then in effect
Now Il will be necessary for the COM
panies to prepare entirely new schcd-
ules.
Estimates Of the amount Of money
the new tariffs Will yield the railroads
vary from s25, 000OJ0 to Si00 600 900 reve-
nue. annually. Those who believe the
European war Is affecting the internal
business OF the United States make the
lower estimate, while others, who see
boom" in business in the country.
make great predictions. an official who
has been In close touch with the case
stated tod2y. He added that the
amount. Of money this decision would
yield the railroads depends entirely
upon the movement OF freight which.
he said. because OF uncertain interns-
tional business conditions, no one could
estimate with degree OF certainty.
Members of the Interstate Commerce
Commission would not comment upon
the decision today. They feel that they
have given careful and painstaking con-
sideraton to every phase Of the ques-
ton. and that they have arrived at q
conclusion shat Is reasonable and Just
to both the railroads and the shippers
While the railroads have been advised
I'm the orders OF the commission that
they must give ton DAYS notice before
the new rates are TO become effective
IA Mi
commission any time within six months,
L was stated today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-19
NOW NATIVE SEEDS

Northern and Western farmers,
held up as models before the South
erners because they supply fodder
and dairy products for local con-
sumption instead of depending upon
dealers, must themselves cultivate a
new independence of dealers and for
eign dealers at that. Instead of
learning that American soil and eli
mate have been harnessed so as to
grow seeds frequently better than
can be found abroad, they have con-
tinued to import. Instead of learning
that one man with a machine can
extract as many seeds as ten women
working by hand at % cents a day,
they still follow the delusion of
cheaper European seeds.
Now that most of the $500, 900
which we annually send abroad for
seeds will have to be spent at home
1t behooves farmers to save their
own seed and thus contribute their
quota to keeping down advancing
prices. Garden vegetables, clover,
and other heterogeneous plants grown
largely to enrich the soil can by this
means be replenished; but sugar
beets require two years for a seed
crop and for the present will cause
the farmer more embarrassment.
Beet sugar seed will be particu
larly hard to import because many
fields in France have been trampled
by soldiers and because Germany is
Tightening her grasp upon all food
stores that will permit protracted
war, while England may enter the
market as a competing buyer so as
to promote her own government sup
ported industry.
In this emergency it is particu-
larly desirable that the American
farmer should be able to get from.
the Department of Agriculture trust
worthy beet sugar seed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-19
A "CHRISTMASY" FLAVOR.
Here is a notice that comes to'The
Times with request for publication:

The Young Women's Christian Asso-
citation invites any girl or woman. and
especially any who are strangers or
alone this Christmas, to share its Christ
mas party at g35 i street northwest,
December %. from TO 8 p. m.
1t will be an old-fashioned party. with
music, games, and q good time for eV-
crybody.
Please DO not dress up" Send name
10 the association before December 3.
The Christmasy flavor of that invi-
tation deserves recognition. It's an
invitation that goes out, hoping to
be accepted; hoping that it will bring
some pleasure to recipients; intended
and attempting to.pay no social debt
and TO create none; just seeking to
carry the Christmas spirit of kind
illness and cheer.
The Times Christmas wish for the
Young Women's Christian Associa-
ton is that by another Christmas it
may have a new home as big as its
heart and as full of just what it
needs as its heart is of the kindling
sentiments of this Christmas season.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-19
ADUAL EMPIRE DUEL.

The rapid development of strained
sentiments between the Austro-
German allies has been indicated by
numerous evidences of late. German
official and semi-official announce
ments and press comments have
made no effort to conceal something
very like contempt for the ineffi-
cheney of Austrian military efforts.
There have repeatedly been reports
from Berlin referring to Austrian
official announcements as hardly
trustworthy, and in some cases as
not entitled to consideration at all.
Now the Hungarian half of
Austria-Hungary is resenting the al
legged disposition of the German gen.
eral staff, dominating the military
operations of the allied empires, to
use Austrian forces to protect Ger
many while leaving Hungary COM
paratively open to Russian invasion.
Without much question the Hungar-
fans do entertain this feeling. The
disposition of troops and manage
ment of the campaign from the be-
ginning have suggested such Ger
man policy to people a good deal
farther away than Hungary.
Count Tisza, it is now reported, as
premier of Hungary, was called on
in parliament for statement. He
replied with vigor that unless Vienna
saw fit TO make better provision for
the protection of Hungary, Hungary
would take independent measures,
recalling its troops serving else
where to protect their homes.
Such a declaration, of course, could
he regarded at Vienna as little short
Of treason; and being called to &C
count for it to Vienna, the Hungar-
ian premier submitted his resigna-
ton, declining to make explanations.
The story goes that Vienna did not
dare accept it.
The dual empire was not built to
stand pressure. Too many kinds of
human materials, Of race, language,
tradition, religion, civilization, GUS
tom, have been pieced into its struc-
ture. For a generation the world
has expected it to crumble with the
death of Franz Josef. That the war
may hasten the end seems well-nigh
certain.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-19

arming and terrifying against the
Bear of the North, in fear that she
might be overrun in order TO provide
a farther western outpost and an
outlet to the Atlantic, for the Rus
SLAMS. 1t will require all the diplo-
macy that France and Britain-es-
pecially Britain-can bring TO bear,
to keep the Scandinavians from sid
ing with Germany, if she comes into
the struggle at all. Great Britain,
however, has great influence at
Copenhagen, as indeed she seems to
have at almost all the minor CAPT
tails. 1t is based on conviction that
Britain's supreme interest is to main
tain the status quo; she wants no
territory, no vassals, on the Cont
nent; she merely wants to be let
alone wherever her outposts have
been planted around the world.
France is in like attitude; she has
built up, under the republic, a great
colonial empire; an empire whose ex-
tent and Importance is yet little real
lied by the world at large. She has
been more successful in colonizing
than Germany has been, and holds
some vast and potentially very rich
areas in and around Africa, as we'll
as in the southeast of Asia.
The little countries understand
that Germany and Russia, still seek
ing territorial expansion in Europe,
are their great menaces; and as Ger
many and Russia are now on oppo-
site sides, the minors must balance
the advantages and the dangers care
fully, and seek for guarantees of the
future from Russia's allies. Thus it
becomes at last a question of the
confidence they entertain in England
and France.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-19
Close Car Doors Too Hastily.

To the Editor OF the Mail Bag
Almost every day l see the conductor
of a center door pay-as-you-enter car
close his door in the face OF an entering
passenger / think that the conductors
on those cars should be instructed to
iook around carefully before closing the
doors. on several occasions a pasSCn-
ger has started to enter. has gotten
one foot on the first step. when the
door was closed. causing him to jump
back hurTtedly TO escape injury. Only
a second would be consumed by a last
look backward. so ] hope that some
Of tho conductors and railway officials
Will read this in the columns or The
Washington Times and give the matter
Consideration. | have overheard many
comments on this subject on the cars.
g. q. g.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-19
Opposes Married Women Teachers.

To the Editor Of the Mail Rag
As to the ACCESSIBILITY of married
women continuing teaching. should
like to give my views ! most heartily
say, give the Normal School graduate
the preference. All have TO be trained
to teach, and do actually teach for one
year before they can graduate. Then,
again, they may be preparing TO teach
TO help their parents or keep their little
brothers and sisters in school. In the
case of a woman teacher marrying. VIII
she put up with the trials al married
life If she continues TO teach Mo- II
will simply enlarge the number Of sep
arations and cause more divorces.
When a woman marries, the man is
supposed to be able TO maintain a wife
and a home and her work is her home
No woman can attend To- her home
and teach school. without ueslecting one
or the other.
| am a sympathZer with woman suf-
fragc. but ! do not approve Of married
women with husbands earning salaries
as teachers. Tine very lev now tech
ing. I understand. are doing special
work in their lines. II Is almost the
garrs priucipIe % a nan and wife ~
slhCs. FAIR iiAS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-19
Colored Race Against
Social Equality. He Says

Declaring leaders Of the colored race
do rot wish for social equality With the
white, but that they do insist on civil
and political equality, the Rev. Simon p.
W. Drew. pastor Of the Cosmopolitan
Baptist Church, last night addressed a
mass meeting in celebration Of the forty
ninth anniversary Of the adoption Of the
thirteenth amendment and the eighty
eighth anniversary OF the birth nf John
Il. Henderson, It's author.
Tho meeting was under the ausl.~as
90 the Henderson National Memorial
Civil Rights League, OF America, and
the National Baptist Evangelisuc Nlli-
ance Of America.
Govcrnor-elect Frank y. Willis. Of
Ohio. and Congressman J. A Falconer,
OF Washington, were among the speak
ers. Mr.. Willis pointed out the progress
made by the colored people, and de-
clared the race was destined TO become
4 powerful factor in the development Of
this country.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-19
THE PATRONAGE QUAR-
REL.

Patronage in the time of Platt and
Conkling, was a vastly more inter-
esting subject to the public at large
than it is now. In those olden days,
the political game was very much
more a game than now; game for
points; and the jobs were both the
counters and, in large measure, the
stakes. At least the mass of the
people viewed them in that light,
and the interests that were con-
cerned about the vastly bigger things
behind the veil were more than will
ing to have the peoples eyes riveted
on the jobs while the bigger swag
was quietly removed.
Bot nowadays the public has more
concern about the really important
performances of legislation; less
about whether Jones or Brown holds
the postoffice.
Nevertheless, the signs of a pa
tronage feud between the President
and Senate that seems disposed to
act as a unit against the Presidential
assumptions, is of the gravest sig
nificance. The President needs the
support of his party, and when he
quairels with it about what the pub
lie regards as minor things, the
breach necessarily will extend to
greater. The party in power has
been so often and with so much JUS
LITIGATION accused Of incapacity TO
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-19
Thomas Circle Needs Traffic Policeman.

To the Editor OF the Mail Bag:
May voice through your valuable
column the opinion OF many Washing
tonians. besides myself, that n traffic
policeman is badly needed at some point
on the west side of Thomas Circle. at
least during the rush hours OF the morn
ing. 1t has been demonstrated to me
many times that this is one OF the most
dangerous crossings In the city. Hun
dreds OF pedestrians pass there on their
way to work. II Is sometimes neCes-
sary for them to wait several minutes
before il is safe 10 att-mpt To cross the
street and even then il is a very danger
Gus undertaking in the face OF the con-
slant string of cars, automobiles and
other swiftly-moving vehicles that domi-
nate the thoroughfare. have seen many
narrow escapes at this intersection and
on one occasion saw a man knocked
down by an automobile. Several cross
ings in the city. lass dangerous than this
one. have traffic directors. Why not
this ONE
ONE WHO TAKES \ CHANCE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-19
Thomas w. S. Lake to
Be Buried at LeeSburg

Funeral services for Thomas ". :.
rake. who died at the residence Of a
son, Fred o. Lake IS Rhode Island
avenue northwest. are TO be conducted
in Ieesburs this afternoon. He will be
buried there. Resolutions of regret
yer. adopted by officers of the Army
and Navy Union at a meeting in the
o,Yice OF col. ohm McElroy.
Mr. Lake. who was siXty-nine years
old. was a native OF FauQuicr county.
No. At the time OF his death ne Vas
deputy treasurer and deputy sheriff OF
Loudoun county.
Surviving Mr.. Lake are his widow.
four sons. +. Howard Lake. l. ;. n;
Frederick -. Lake, II. Oden Laks.
national commander OF the Army ans
Tayv Tniou. and Fulton T. Lake. and .
daughter. Miss Nellie Q. Lake; and n
brother Luther +. Lake. Of Hunting
ton, Arkansas.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-19

continued from FIST PaEe.)
the most frightful injustice II the boss
won't let you OF for Christmas az
home.
A Christmas Prospect.
Now that you know how IL feels.
listen to this story.
There are four little children in this
town who want their mother, They
want her not only at Christmas. but
they need her every day in the year.
The eldest is eleven. and the youngest
six months. II Si44e0 insn't forthcom-
ing before Christmas. that day in their
home will be something Ike this:
The room is cold and the mother is
not strong. The children will get OUT
Of bed at an unearthly hour. Just like
any other children on Christmas day.
and will look for presents. As long as
the Associated Charities have the case
In hand there will, at least, be some
sort OF a Christmas. so We won't need
TO dwell on that The children are WILD
about their new clothes and playthings
3ut mother doesn't smile. She cant
laugh. And by and by the Oldest girl
says. Whats the matter. mother?"
What is that mother going to say
How, in heavens name. can she tell her
little brood that they must all go diff
ferent ways. that the sweet intimacy OF
home and mother is to be denied them.
and that they are to grow up. each in a
separate place, and become stranger TO
one another?
You Can Avert Tragedy.
What a Christmas day! Homegoer.
doesn't it make your heart ache?
But YOU can prevent il. This woman
is listed in the Christmas opportunities.
and with YOUR help a far different
scene can be staged
YOU, citizens Of Washington. consti-
tute jury. Upon your generosity or
close fistedness will rest the message
that this mother will tell her children
on Christmas day.
OBEY THAT IMPULSE. Contribute
to life, and home, and love. and send
that green crinkly messenger OF hope to
either this office or the Associated
Charities, 923 II street northwest
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-19
GREECE COMING NEXT.

That Greece will be the next of the
Balkan states to be drawn into the
war has been strong probability
for some time. Its advent has likely
been FASTENED by the incident at
Constantinople, of a court-martial
sentencing to death a Greek naval
officer serving as attache of the
Greek legation in that capital,
charged with espionage. But even
this incident must be regarded as
occasion rather than as cause. If
Constantinople shall decide to heed
the protest from Athens, it will not
remove the underlying causes of
trouble. Those causes seem all but
certain to bring war in the end.
The appearance of Greece would
only add to the assurance that more
of the Balkan countries would ulti-
mately figure in the great conflict.
The victory that Germany seems to
have won in Poland likewise adds to
the probability of the Balkan coun-
tries taking up arms; for at the last
they know that a victory for Ger
many, Austria, and Turkey would
almost certainly mean their extinc-
ton. German diplomacy has devoted
itself to tanning the embers of jeal-
ousy between these minor states,
thus far with considerable effect. But
Germany's attitude toward the
smaller countries has not been such
as to give them much reinsurance.
Austria's disposition toward these
lesser nationalities has been yet
more alarming. Turkey is making
its last stand on European soil; and
taken altogether, it is impossible to
believe that this powder-house of
Bahama can avoid explosion.
The indications that the war will
be long are more and more impress
sive as the weeks pass. Germany is
not going to be downed easily; the
allies are just as determined as ever
that she must be downed before
there can be an end to the contest.
Every month that the contest is pro-
longed adds its share of probability
that the war will be extended in
area. Portugal is ready to get into
the fracas, and Italy is being held
out of IT only because a conservative
government is determined TO en-
brace every possible chance for pre-
serving the country's peace without
sacrificing its interests. A confer
ence of the Kings of Denmark,
Sweden, and Norway has been re-
ported, and it is one of the most sig
nificant diplomatic signs of recent
weeks. Denmark has in Schelswig-
Holstein a grievanve against Ger
many closely paralleling that of
France in connection with Alsace-
Lorraine. But Denmark, though
hating Germany, is so close a neigh
Dor, so certain of extinction if Ger
many should win, so absolutely de-
pendent on the guarantee of the al
lies if she shall side with them, that
il cannot engage in the war without
risk of being made another Belgium.
On the other hand Sweden's great
est fears have for years been di-
rcctcd against Russia. She has been
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-19
RISE IN SHOE PRICES
IS NOT FEARED HERE
Joseph Berberich Declares
Larger Retailers Placed Ad-
vance Orders.

Fears held in other sections OF the
United States that a marked advance
in the retail and wholesale prices OF
shoes is soon to follow the great de-
mand now being made on the American
leather market by foreign governments,
are not entertained extensively IN Wash
ington.
There should be but little. II any. ad-
vance during the next few months in
the price OF shoes. according to a num-
Der OF Washington dealers. Shoe men
elsewhere anticipate a sharp rise
Anticipating the demand from Europe
for leather goods, the larger American
shoe manufacturers bought heavily or
leather at the normal prices prevailing
Immediately after the outbreak OF the
war; it is stated, and today they have
several months supply on hand.
While the larger manufacturers were
cornering the leather market. IL Is eN-
planned. a number OF the larger retalI-
ers had the foresight to place advance
orders for shoes. and now have from
three to six months stock in storage
These merchants, IL is stated. can anorl
to maintain their regular prices on all
lines of shoes until this reserve stock
is exhausted.
Joseph Berberich. Of the firm OF Robert
Berberich's Sons. retail shoe dealers
declared today that. while the small
manufactures who did not hate the
capital to buy extensively when the
market was down may be forced 10
raise their prices, the larger ones Will
not.
MANY of the smaller factories viii b
forced to close, temporarily. at least,
he continued But the larger dealers,
including ourselves, will not be affected
b. the present shortage. For several
months, at least, OF as long as our pres
emf stock lasts we shall stick 10 for
mer prices. The National Shoe Retail
ers' Association will meet in New YORK
NEXT month and an effort will then b
made to induce the retailers OF tn
country TO raise the prices Of Their
products so cents a pair. But we shah
refuse to do this. Other ErSer retailers
do liyavyiEa -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-19
Come Here a Poor Boy,
Died Worth S5,560.573

NEW YORK. Dec. l9.-Herman
rrasch. who came to this country as a
Door boy. died worth s5.55O.57S- An ap-
nraisaI of his estate has just been filed
in the Hall OF Records.
F'rasch became chief chemist OF the
standard oil Company and originated
many Of its methods for treating
petroleum products and other mineral
Substances lie was in Paris when he
died OF May l. last.
Mrs Elizabeth L. FrsSch. widow.
receives a onc-h3lt interest for life
IN his estate and his daughter. Fr>da
Frasch Within. is given the other half
outright. she also Is TO have the prtn-
Cipai OF her mothers share II she sur
Wives hST mother.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-19

Gather round US. girls. How about
a little moratorium over Christmas?
Although the stock exchanges are
open, the sock exchanges will not start
in until after Christmas.
Only way to avoid crisis is to build
two Democratic battleships asId TO
tilla OF Republican cruisers.
High-powered shells plow UP fields.
Many a lazy farmer would welcome a
war.
Only ave moro shopping days to
Christmas.
Unless you happen to be in the Gov
eminent employment
Then there doesn't seem TO be any.
Still, do II as early as you can.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-19
Actress Asks $4,000;
Saws Clubman Tilted Her

NEW YORK. Dec. 19.-Nliss Florencs
+. Clark, an actress, asks $4,000 dam
ages in a breach OF promise suit hled
secretly in the supreme court, against
Horace S. Dc Camp. the young cluo-
man. who only a year ago married
Mrs. Deniel V. Marvin, widow or the
Young moving picture maSnate. VINO
lost his life on the Titanic she was
on the ship with him and was saved.
The Young actress alleged she met
n, Camp while she was studying dram
attic arr in a school in 1913 He per-
suadcd her. she says. TO abandon her
studies and prepare to become his wife.
The fling of De Camps demand for a
bill Of particulars in the supreme court
TODAY BROUGHT the suit to light. In that
papcr he denies h" ever promised to
NARY the young actress. and that she
WIS well aware Of the fact that he was
betrothed to Mrs. Marvin.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-19
What's on the Program in
Washington
Today.

LUUdJ'
Tea dance by Mrs. HawkcsNorth and Mrs
Gronrr New Willard.
Ma sonir- Washington Centennial. No Il
odd Fellows Canton Washington. No I.
Patrlsrchs Militant.
Rational I-rion-Joseph Henry Council; Cen
Els council.
Socialist Party Social and luncheon. SIl L
street northwest 8 to p. IA.
Annual ball. Alumni Association Of Business
High School I'm honor Of February gradu-
ating class, business High School. D m
Meeting Mt Pleasant Citizens' Association
sixteenth street and Park road northwest
n. IN.
exhibition. Corcoran Art Gallery. 9 a. IN. TO
80 y.
Meeting. Federation OF Women's Clubs
public Library. IL a. m.
Musicale. Home club. II Jackson place
northwest. . IN.
club night, honor Congressman Winfield s.
Hammond. University club. S q. IN.