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The Washington times., 1914-01-30
Eastern Star Matrons
Elect New Executives

New officers Of the Matrons and Pat
rons' Organization of 1911, order of
the Eastern Star. began their duties to-
day following the annual dinner and
election at the New Ebbitt House last
night.
Wallace Streeter and Ethel Baker con-
tributcd the principal speeches. Jason
Waterman was POSTMASTER. The cleo
ton resulted as follows: President,
Mrs. Clara Hughes; vice president Ed
gar whitman: secretary, Walter Hagen:
treasurer, Mrs. Bena Barnhart: execu-
tive committee. Simon Bube, Mrs. Eff
fie Briggs, and Mrs. Claude TrOgner.
Among those present were Mrs. Clara
Hughes, Mr.. and Mrs. Simon Bube, Mr.
and Mrs. J. S. Briggs, Mr.. and Mrs
Robert Harvey, Mr.. and Mrs. D. J.
Roberts, Mr.. and Mrs. T. Frank Nor
gan, Mrs. Lillian CARL, Mr.. and Mrs
Edgar whitman, Miss Sarah Brown
Mr.. and Mrs. John Crawford, Mr. and
Mrs. II. S Knight. Mrs. Claudia Trog-
ner, Mr. and Mrs. Jason Waterman.
Mrs. Margaret CARL, DIR. and Mrs. Grant
Barnhart. Mr.. and Mrs. walter Hagen,
Miss Ethel Baker, and Mr.. and Mrs.
wallace Streeter.
The Washington times., 1914-01-30
MAIL BAG
(F,eu The Tymss Rso6srs.)

To the Editor of THE TINES:
During some twenty years residence
in Washington 1 have known of many
occasional cases and few times when
from 100 to 500 persons were DISMISSED
from the Government service because
of reorganization, lack of funds, etc. J
have known many of these earnest
hard-working women personally, some
caring for little children, an old mother
or an invalid husband. j have also
known that their small salaries were
barely adequate for their immediate
needs. and that the loss of work brought
serious hardships Yet have / never
known dismissals delayed, that they
might find other work. nor have / ever
heard of one OF them ever being offered
eight dollars a week.
From the great interest shown in the
women of the red light district one
wonders il the poor. hard-working wom-
en- do not feel that there is a premium
on badness
AS regards results, it seems to ms
prevention would be better than fueils
attempts to cure
As to the objection to the new law
that prostitutes viii be distributed. In
stead of segregated, should say that
if nine-tenths of this class are clandes-
tine anyway, we cannot be greatly han
dicapped by adding the remaining one
tenth. Z. H. J.
The Washington times., 1914-01-30
UNITED CENTRAL
AMERICA.

Delegates from the five Central
American republics have just closed
their sixth convention, with a set
of proposals which suggest the Ar
ticles Of Confederation that estab-
lished the tie among our thirteen
colonies in Revolutionary times.
Just as the Confederation was a
preliminary, and perhaps necessary
preliminary, to the closer union that
came with the Constitution, so the
afiliation and cooperation which the
Central American states have under
taken, is doubtless destined to prove
preliminary to the creation Of real
United States of Central America.
It is proposed to have foreign re-
lations handled in common; to Gre
ate a uniform consular service; to
have uniform money, weights and
measures; to build international
highways under a general plan: 10
establish a common postal system,
anC have it include a parcel post.
These are the obvious prelImi-
naries to a merging of sovereigntie9
and the creation of a federated state
d new member of the family of na
tons. The Central Americans have
Joined the worlds progress towafd
establishment of substantial and We
sponsible governments, and with
proper encouragement should ! be
able TO work out their own destiny
in highly creditable manner.
The Washington times., 1914-01-30
FARM LAND BANKS.

The bills which have been intro
duced in House and Senate for the
creation of farm land banks and CO.
operative rural banking instrument
talities, are sound in that they con-
template no direct fiscal relations be-
tween the Government and the farm
erS. 1t is not proposed that the
Government credit shall be used to
raise money for loaning, and that
no Government guarantee of loans
made in any other way shall be
given. Paternalism should not be
extended to the point of making the
Government a creditor of the COM
nlunity or any class of it.
Establishment of a system of
longtime, amortizing loans for
farmers is without doubt very much
needed in this country. The wonder
is that it has not received attention
long ere this. The success of the
plan in European countries has been
so marked, and its results in Ireland
have been so widely understood and
appreciated in this country, that
there would seem to be little need
for misgiving on this point.
Most loaners OF real estate secur-
ity want longtime loans, and this
is assured by the amortizing Ubliga-
ton. On the other hand, most lend
ers do not want their principal sub
jected to plan of gradual discharge,
in small installments that would
make reinvestment difficult. There
fore the intermediation of bank
becomes desirable, because the bank
can aggregate these small annual re-
payments together and turn them IN
10 new loans, thus keeping the money
constantly at work. This plan ar-
parently necessitates something in
the nature of a secondary security,
such as a debenture bond, to De sold
10 the actual investor in the class
Of obligations arising from these
transactions.
Success of land banks on this gen
eral plan ought to be regarded as
well-nigh certain, provided they may
be operated as adjuncts to other
institutions SO as to keep the ex-
penses down to a minimum. This
puld be found highly important.
bwadays, for the accommodation Of
classes of business, banks are
monty found in groups; a ma
81 bank, savings institution,
frequently trust company, all
bely affiliated, in order that oil
classes of business may be
sndled, and the operating expense
ept to a minimum.
To what extent American farmers
are prepared to utilize the co-opera-
tive rural credit plans that are in
effective operation in Europe, may
The Washington times., 1914-01-30
THE ARMS EMBARGO.

From the earliest beginnings of the
Carranza revolt against Huerta, The
Times has urged that the one effec-
tive step clearly indicated as a
proper one for this Government, was
10 lift the embargo on arms destined
to the Carranzistas. There has been
no development to justify change
of opinion, and there have been
many developments in support of the
position that the revolutionists ought
to be given an even chance in their
struggle. Now it is coming to be
pretty nearly universally recognized
that the embargo must be raised in
fairness to all sides, in recognition
of the commanding military posture
the Villa arms have attained, and in
furtherance of the persistent policy
of this Government to freeze out
Huerta.
Washington is frankly opposed to
Huerta and concerned to be rid of
him as a factor in Mexico. The Mex
leans themselves will solve our prob
lem for US, if we will but give them
chance. 1t seems to the outsider
an illogical thing to expect the rebels
to do this, and yet deny thcm a
chance to do it.
We seem to confront the neces-
sity of doing one of two things.
Either. we must let the Carranza
forces have supplies they need, or
else we must send our own soldiers
into Mexico and do the task that the
Carranza soldiery would do if they
had the arms. 1t is difficult for a
layman to understand wherein rails
ing the embargo would be more hos
tile to Mexico's pretensions as SOW
ereign power, or more violGtive of
international proprieties, than would
an actual invasion by American
soldiery.
The best authorities insist that
Huerta will fall within sixty days
from the lifting of the embargo. 1t
may we'll be doubted whether his eud
would come in so brief i time if We
were to intervene in force.
The Washington times., 1914-01-30

today at the Rochambeau in compli-
ment to her house guest, Mrs. Leo A.
Pfeil of Racine. The luncheon was the
first of a series of entertainments Mrs.
Cooper will give in compliment to Mrs.
Pfeil. Covers were. laid for twelve
guests.
Following a drill at the Riding and
Hunt Club yesterday afternoon. the
members and their friends were invited
to tea and dance, when the hostesses
were Mrs. Cary I. Langhorne, Mrs
Walter Tuckerman, Mrs. w. Sinclair
Bowen, Mrs. Robert Hollister Chapman,
and Mrs. Arthur Lee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Gibson will
entertain a party at dinner tomorrow
evening in compliment TO the German
Ambassador and Countess Won Bern
storff.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Rowland. Of
Wayne, Pa, have taken a house in
washington for the season.
DR.. and Mrs. Walter Van Sweringen
have recalled the invitations for the
dance they were to give on February
in Compliment to DIR. and Mrs. H D.
Frey. on account of the illness OF Mrs.
Van Sweringen's mother.
-
Mrs. Samuel Spencer was hostess at a
luncheon party today.
Miss Frances Gist Finley has as her
house guest, Miss Rebecea Beverley, Of
The Plains, Va. Miss Beverley visited
washington last winter as the guest OF
her aunt, Mrs. RoZier Dulany. Miss
Finley will entertain at a tea for her
this afternoon at her home in P street.
At a tea table will be Miss Mary
Webb and Miss Carlotta de Pena.
Others assisting win be Miss Gertrude
Greely, Miss Sallie Williams. Miss
Ruth Hall, and the Misses Bassett
Moore.
Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood win en-
tertain informally this afternoon from 4
to 4, in compliment to her cousin, Mrs.
Alfred Hawes, of Toronto, at her resi-
dence. 1919 Rhode Island avenue
Mrs. David Jayne Hill will be hostess
at a tea this afternoon.
Miss Ruth Barron, of New York, is
the guest of Miss Rhea and Miss
Blanche Levy, at 1881 Vernon street.
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The Washington times., 1914-01-30
FIRST SENATOR BY RIGHT
OF POPULAR CHOICE.

That the Democrats have increased
their narrow margin of control in
the United States Senate; that on"
more vote has been secured ITO up
hold the Presidents hands," is not
the important point of the seating of
Senator Lee.
Maryland, rather than either Sell
ator Lee or the Democratic party, is
to be congratulated. 1t faced last
summer a peculiar situation; a con-
stitutional requirement of the Fed
eral Government, to conform to
which there was neither an adequate
State law nor opportunity to pass
one.
Its not too late to recall the
great variety of legal opinions The
The Washington times., 1914-01-30
Vatican Involved in
I European Politics

ROMP Jan. 2O.-Pope Plus is again
in TROUBLED waters as a result of Euro
pean politics. Servla, whose territory
has |Deen doubled as a result of the
two} recent Balkan wars, has Just sent
TO jRome a commission TO negotiate L
COSCordat with the Vatican. Austria,
the VatiCan's strongest friend among
the big powers. has for a ccntury op-
fpOsed the little state. whose ambition
is TO create big Slav empire Austria
also enjoys the position OF protector
of the Catholic Church in the entire
Balkan peninsular. She has lodged an
emphatic protest with the Pope against
this diminution of her power and the
increase of that of Servia which would
result from a concordat with the Vat
lean
The Washington times., 1914-01-30

be regarded as problematical. With
out doubt there are SECTIONS of the
country where the plan is feasible.
In the most prosperous sections of
the agricultural empire, however,
where the great proportion of farm
ers own their lands and thereby are
insured reasonably good credit, it
is unlikely that there would be much
demand for such system. Expert
ments will determine how great need
there is; and legislation for this par
ticular purpose will have to be en-
acted with the frank understanding
that it is tentative and experimental.
The Washington times., 1914-01-30
What's on tie Program IN
Washington Today

Meetings, evening:
Meeting of InterjeLominational Com
mittee on District White Slave Traffic
1880 a. m.
Meeting of members Of Sigma Xi Fra
ternity, room 43, National Museum
Meeting of Mississippi Society OF Wash
inSton, Confederate Memorial Hall
IS22 Vermont avenue northwest, Z
d. m
Meeting Hope Council. No. I. Inde-
pendent order. Sons Of Jonadab. Fifth
and G streets northwest, p. m.
Meeting Faith Council. No. 4, lnde.
pendent Order. Sons OF Jonadab, So
Louisiana avenue northwest. 8 p. m.
Concert by United States Soldiers
Home Band Orchestra Stanley Hall
Meeting of Real Estate Brokers As.
: sociation, the Shoreham.
Motion pictures of maneuvering sol
diers. the Belasco. .. m.
Masonic-Lafayette, No. 10; Royal Arcf
Columbia, No. l. Masonic and East
ern Star HoDle-Reception by Cathe
dral Chapter, No. II.
knights of Pythias-SyracuSian No. 10
Pythian Sisters-Rathbone Temple
No. S.
Odd Fellows-Metropolis. No. Is; Cen.
trail, No. I; Phoenix. No. 3.
The Washington times., 1914-01-30
Elks Discuss Merger
At Their Oyster Roast

Five hundred Elks and their friends
rallied at their club house last night
around an oyster roast There were
oysters in every style, from cocktails
TO creamed, prepared by August Keck,
chef of the willard.
The proposed merger of the ElkS OF
the District, Delaware, and Maryland,
was discussed.
The committee in charge OF the roast
comprised James \. Farrell. A. ". HUI
ber, Charles Hermann, John f. Hogan,
Timothy Costello, Conrad Hoffman.
Fred Muchiemer, V. T.. Harvey, James
l.. Ward, Jacob Richards, Arthur Alb
bott, August Hagemann. John W. Ma
lone, Robert Johnson J. J. Hope. Au-
gust Eeck. w. +. Morrison. Robert
C.umberland. Albert Gantz. Alvin V.
Girard. Arthur RuCkman, and Arthur
Abbott, ----
The Washington times., 1914-01-30
Jones Bill Provides More
Pay For Letter Carriers

Senator Jones of Washington has
introduced an amendment to the Post
office Appropriation bill TO increase the
present compensation of mail carriers
20 per cent.
Senator Jones said he had seen how
the work of the carriers had increased
without increase in pay and nc believes
they should have more money. -..-.---
The Washington times., 1914-01-30
Blackburn May Succeed
Cullom on Lincoln Body

Former Senator Blackburn, OF lEel
lucky. who IS in Washington calli9g c
old friends, may, according to REPORT
be made the successor OF the late lShe
by VI. CuIlom as resident member
the Lincoln Memorial COmmissionJ
The former Kentucky Senator Npsit'
the Senate. where he is &ffectioiate
called Joe Blackburn, ana was Warn
Iy greeted 10y old cOllea SUcs, Rspultlica
ana Democratic. alike. y warm 5ree
ing WsS exchanged with Senator Liodg
The Washington times., 1914-01-30
Citizens Will Protest
Plan to Close Hospital

ency Hospital set for February l. will
be discussed at Tuesdays meeting of
the columbia Heights Citizens Asso-
citation. A strong sentiment against
the closing of the Institution eXisas in
Columbia Heights, Injunction proceed
Ings have been threatened.
The Washington times., 1914-01-30
Amusements.

National-"The Marriage Market" s:n
eiasco-"Romance." Sis D. m.
SoInmbia-.'The Trail OF the Lonesome
Pine" Sis p. m.
PolTs-'"The World and His WIFE," 2:5
and Sis D. m.
IZeith's-Vaudeville. 2:l5 and Sis D. m
Cosmos-Vaudeville, continuous
Casino-Vaudeville. afternoon and even
ing.
Caycty-BurleSque 2:t5 and Sis D. N.
Arcade-Dancing, evening.
The Washington times., 1914-01-30
THE NEWS SUMMARY
digest of the really big of the day, compiled those
readers whose time is limited but who feel that they
touch with important world events
GENERAL,
GRAND TRIANON.

GENERAL.
Mrs. Charles F. Scott, the first woman
TO address the Kansas Day Republican
Club at Topeka. said the newly enfran-
chised women of the State would be
against a 'woman's party"
The United Shoe MACHINERY Com
pany was sued for 5000, 200 By the
Goddu Sons Metal Fastening Com
pany, in the United States Court at
Boston, continuous violation of the
| Sherman antitrust act being alleged.
The Vanderbilts and their guests
reached Colon safely, the crew of the
wrecked yacht Warrior refusing to leave
the vessel.
! The second and third deputy police
commissioners of New York city re-
signed.
The fire departments of half dozen
| in the Murdock tannery at Wohain,
Mass. which caused damage of 500 900
and endangered many lives.
The graft inquiry of District Attorney
Whitman took a decided step forward
| when Contractor Stewart made a clean
breast of the hold-ups Of "Bagman"
Gaffney. Murphys closest ally, and the
Canal board concerning contractual
| awards.
Though i'll in bed, General Villa held
council of war with his generals to
plan the campaign southwark against
Torreon, which began recently.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, appeared
at the Indianapolis convention of the
United Mine Workers and Indignantly
denied charges made against him and
the executive council by Charles H.
Meyer and others.
Ransom of $4,000 was demanded by
THE Blackmailers'' for the release of
Francis Lewis Clark, a wealthy Spo-
kane citizen, who disappeared from
and was supposed 10 be n suicide.
FOREIGN.
The Archbishop of Canterbury was be-
sieGed in Lambeth Palace by a band of
militant suffragettes, headed by Mrs.
Dacre Fox, and compelled to listen to
their protests against forcible feeding
in English jails.
The powers Of Europe will each send
one battleship to the Albania waters to
enforce their demands that Essad Pasha
give up his claim to the throne of AL
bania. This action is taken as an inti
nation to Turkey that the future of
Albania is now a European question
President Wilson's Mexican policy is
TGGtlNlllB COnSlutIdDle ulSCuSSlOn anu
criticism in London. The Pail Mall Ga
zette, in an editorial, said: President
Wilson has laid himself open to a charge
of having chalked up no Huerta' and
then run away. 1t is a position that
becomes worse for the prestige Of the
Washington Government every day on
which nothing happens
A dense fog in the English Channel
caused a number of collisions. One
schooner is believed TO have gone down
with all her crew aboard
A bill prescribing the Worship of hea-
ven and of Confuclus by the President
OF the Chinese Republici was passed by
the administrative council of China.
The French government has requested
an immediate special report from the
French ambassadoF at ST Petersburg
on the purchase rof the PutiIoff arms
factory by the KruDps. OF Germany.
The Haytian revolutionary forces.
headed by Sen&tor Davilmar Theodore.
are marching ON the capital. The mem
The Washington times., 1914-01-30

II kin remem.
ber when a felIer
could eat his
lunch on a street
car, without folks
thinkin' he wuz
a tourist or an
inventor"
The Washington times., 1914-01-30

Congressman claims that some police
men are brickIayers- in their leisure
hours No chance. The unions limit
bricklayers 10 an eight-hour day. In
order to occupy his leisure hours a cog
would have to belong to three unions.
The Washington times., 1914-01-30

Former Park Commissioner Of New
York went out to his lunch and came
back fifteen weeks later. He must have
ordered two three-minute eggs.
The Washington times., 1914-01-30

Chicago judges plan to abolish the
hasty marriage They figure that a
couple should be engaged long enough to
find out each others names, anyway.
The Washington times., 1914-01-30

The auctioneer said that the Arlington
excavation would be sold as a whole.
He said everything Deep stuff.
The Washington times., 1914-01-30

Massachusetts refuses to send drunkl
to Jail Well It's a mild wiutsr so far
but still. the discrimination Is unjust
The Washington times., 1914-01-30

The way to tell an out-o-towner from
native is simple. The out-of-towner
throws his egg-shells very carefully in
to those waste paper receptacIes. whiIs
a native either throws them into the
street or can't afford them.
The Washington times., 1914-01-30

Senator can be easily distinEuished
on the street. but that does not mean
that all of them are.
The Washington times., 1914-01-30
The Silver
Lining
EGxeS sy AREHUR BAER.

Id cerganly wud NTH dag yesterday.
Fuddy how thex NTH days give a feller
a colg Id the heag.
President Huerta says ne win leave
Mexico. Somebody must have nailed Il
down.
The Washington times., 1914-01-30

Man wanted for embezzling $4,000
slipped away from St Looey. police By
escaping from a darkened> moving pic
ture palace. The situation assumes ser
ious proportions when you figure that
he has enough money to escape from
$4,000 darkened moving picture pal
aces
The Washington times., 1914-01-30

THE OLDEST INHAB SEE.
The Washington times., 1914-01-30

Following the Kaiser's edict. German
officers are forbidden to lean on the
ladies' arms while acting as escorts
This gives them both arms free to wiele
the sabre, il suddenly attacked by any
crippled cobblers-
The Washington times., 1914-01-30

This summery weather IN January is
fine and dandy. but guess We VIII have
to pay for it around August, when oui
heavy hitters viii only get two bases
for hits into the snow.
The Washington times., 1914-01-30

Dancing professor denies that the sta
tao' is a Chinese dance he says the
Chinese are not a dancing race. although
he admits that they had q dance IN the
sixth century in which they moved then
feet and carried swords
During the late Boxer turmoil tney
had a popular dance in which they usee
a rope. The feet were also used, but
they didn't touch the ground.
1t was an exceedingly fascinating
dance, learned in one lesson, and .hs
deyotee never danced any other as long
as he lived.
The Washington times., 1914-01-30

Mrs. Henry Allen Cooper, wife OF Con-
cressman Cooper of wisconsin, enter
tanned at q daintily appointed luncheon
Arizona republican., 1914-09-13
FINE YOUNG TIME ON
 TAP FOR SOME 0NE

Sunday at Riverside, the last Sunday before school opens, and Sunday the 18th at that, promises to be one of the banner days of the season. A fine young time is on tap, some of the events are chronicled here and some are not but 13 is always lucky num- Der for somebody and there will surely be something doing at the park this afternoon.
 Most of the fun will be in and around l the pool, all the boys will want a dip | in the Phoenix ocean before they settle down to the long grind over the school books so there will be lot of events i for their special benefit. The long | slippery pole at the end of the pool will be used for a number of new stunts that will furnish fun and laugh 1 ter for the onlooker as well as for the | bathers.
 The public is just beginning to dis cover that this is the best time of the
 year for bathing. The temperature of
 the air and the water are so much
 nearer the same than in midsummer i that the swimming is more attractive now than ever, and the last few days
 has found the pool thronged with bath
 CTS all afternoon. Although the tesn-
 perature is about the same, 7S, as it
 has been all summer the water seems
 much warmer now becaTse the air is
 cooler and one gets all the enjoyment
 of warm water bathing with none of
 the enervating effects. In fact the
 park is at it's very best in this early
 autumn weather and picnic parties are [ not slow to appreciate it.
 All the attractions that have made ! the park famous this summer are still
 there and the zoo in particular is com
 ing in for a lot of attention. People who have returned to town find a lot of improvements and attractions that were not there when they left for the
 summer.
 I A brand new program of pictures will
 be shown in the movie theater at 7:45
 and altogether Sunday the Thirteenth
 will be a day to be remembered.
Arizona republican., 1914-09-13
PEACE

Sweet Peace, the mother of the world, Who leads each erring child, In gentle ways of brotherhood Subdues his passion wild Sweet Peace-we never loved her so, Ne'er felt her worth as now, When prostrate from a cruel blow I She lies with pallid brow. She fain would rise to guide and guard, To hold in her embrace. Each warning child with anger mad { Whate'er his creed or race. But ancient hatreds. pride of power, The lust of war hold sway. The flower and hope Of all the earth. Is stricken in the fray. And with the soldier dead is slain . The faith of man to man. The higher law is trampled down ' And love put under ban.
 "l And when at last their fury spent. I Their madness passed away. They see the land thick StreWn with
 graves
 Along the blood stained Way,-
 ! Then gentle Peace will rise again, To teach the lesson OCT. That brothers blood by brothers hand, Be sacrificed no more.
 ALMA PENDEXTER HAYDEN