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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20
NEW JERSEYS DECA-
DENTS.

Governor Fielder, Of New Jersey
preached an intensely practical ser.
mon in a Jersey City pulpit yester.
day. He told about the 5000 unfor.
tunates who live in the pine belt Of
south Jersey, occupying a strip tina,
covers parts of three counties. These
people have as good an ancestry as
any Americans of the old stock; they
could trace themselves back to Revo-
lutionary and colonial times if they
knew how.
They have been sacrificed to DOW.
erty and modern industrial methods
They used to pick cranberries in the
marshes, but now they cannot com.
pete with the big CO cooperative or
CARNATIONS that control that bust.
ness. Hundreds of them do not know
the alphabet, cannot count, have no
notions of common morality. Polyg.
amy and polyandry, the governor de-
clares, are common among them.
The proportion of mental detectives
is high, though on the other hand
many of the children are bright and
capable, needing only the advantage
Of a better environment to make
good and useful citizens of them. The
State must take up the problem of
these people and provide a better
living condition for them, and Gov
ernor Fielder proposes to press this
issue until he can get attention to it.
This Jersey community, the near
est part of which is not over thirty
miles from Philadelphia, is not by
any means unique in this country.
Decadent old communities are quite
too common in the East and the older
South. They have somehow managed
to keep out of the way of progress,
to draw back into themselves, to re-
main aloof from the influences of
education and religion.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20
FEDERAL INSURANCE
CONTROL.

The president of the New York
Life Insurance Company in a cur
rent periodical states the needs for
Federal control and regulation of the
insurance business. The courts have
held that insurance is not commerce
within the meaning of the commerce
clause; therefore there can De no uni
formity of control and conditions i'm
posed upon it, such as would come
with Federal supervision.
The diversity among State laws is
expensive and makes the business
one of uncertainties. An amend
ment to the National Constitution,
which will extend the Federal power
over this vast business is being con-
sidered, the insurance people being
overwhelmingly in favor of the plan.
IT is difficult to see how the National
Congress could well refuse such a de-
mand. There could hardly be an Ill
terror motive back of a request for
uniformity OF methods and rules.
Millions of people and billions of
wealth are involved in the business
of life insurance. More and more, in
sdrance is bought by men as a means
Of investment as well as business
security and family protection. 1t is
imperative that it be made safe, and
as cheap as is possible consistent
with safety. Yet the complications
which State regulation imposes are
absolutely hostile to the highest eff
fciency. The problem is one for ex-
perts; and there is chance for
some studiously inclined public man
TO make himself a name and a place
in constructive craftsmanship by
taking up and pressing this demand
for a logical solution.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20
MIGRATORY BIRD LAW.

The enforcement of the Weeks
Mclean bill is endangered by the
disposition of the Senate Agriculture
Committee to cut OF all appropria-
tons for it. The appropriation asked
for was cut in half by the House.
The Weeks-McLean bill deals with
birds on the verge of determination
and also has in mind the remnant of
fast disappearing shorcbirds and
wild fowl decreasing under the old
State statutes year by year.
Since its original introduction in
Congress in 1904 by George Shiras,
Sd, son of one-time justice of the
United States Supreme Court, it has
been up in every Congress until it
was jammed through on the day be-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20

HE Vice President and Mrs. Mar
shall will entertain tonight al
Il the last of the series Of four re-
ceptions and dances they have
given this season at the Shoreham.
Tomorrow the Vice President and Mrs
Marshall will go to Florida for a visit.
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The President and Mrs. Wilson, Miss
Wilson, Mrs. Francis Bowes Sayre. and
DIR. Cary T. Grayson, U. S. N, re-
turned to Washington this morning
from White Sulphur Springs, w. Va
Mrs. Sayre and Miss Wilson left WASH
ington later in the. day for New York.
and Miss Eleanor Wilson. who spent the
weekend in Gotham, returned to WASH
ington today.
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Society Is much interested in the suf-
frage ball tomorrow night in the New
Willard. Mrs. o. II. P. Belmont is
chairman Of the committee and William
Kent, Mrs. Nevil Monroe Hopkins and
Mrs. Robert Baker are on the commit
tee on arrangements. Ormsby Mccain
mon is chairman Of the floor committee
and Myron N. Parker. jr.. Is chairman
Of the dance committee. T. ]. d. Full
Ter. Capt Theodore Baldwin, 1r.. orms-
by McCammon, and Myron NJ Parker.
jr.. will be the Judges of the competitive
dancing. The committee Of girls in
cludes:
Miss Mary Morgan. Miss Helen Buch-
anan, daughter OF Gen. James A. Buch-
anan; Miss Dasha Allen, daughter OF
Col. Henry T. Allen; Miss Edith Goode.
Miss Elizabeth Kent. daughter of Con-
gresham Kent Of California; Miss Marie
Peary, daughter OF Rear Admiral Peary;
Miss Emily Beatty, daughter Of Rear
Admiral Frank Beatty; Miss Marcia
Murdoch. daughter OF Congressman
Murdoch Of Kansas; Callie Hoke Smith,
daughter Of Senator Hoke Smith.
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The marriage of Miss Effie NJ. Hal
ley, daughter OF Edward HALEY, Of
Warrenton, Va, to w. w. Brown. OF
Lynchburg. Va. took place at noon Sat
urday at the parsonage Of the Calvary
Baptist Church, the Rev. Samuel II.
Greene officiating. The brother and sis
ter of the bride, Harry B. HALEY and
Miss Ray w. HALEY were the only at
PENDANTS The bride wore n coat suit
of Alice blue brocade, trimmed with
gold and a hat of sage green trimmed
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20
ALASKA'S DOG RACE.

There is one sporting classic thai
can never be brought to this part Of
the world and done to death as the
Marathon has been done. 1t is, in 9
way, a greater contest than the Mar.
athon, calling as it does for tremen.
dous hardihood as well as endurance
This classic is the All-Alaska
sweepstakes dog team race, run
every spring from Nome to Candle
and return, a course of 412 miles or
the snow trail.
This years race, finished on Fri.
day night, was won by John Johnson
who was the winner and record.
breaker in 1910. He was compare,
lively slow this year, making the
distance in eighty-one hours, or sew.
en- hours behind his time of four
years ago. But eighty-one hours
means that Johnson and his dogs
covered five miles an hour net over a
rough, binding course in zero
weather.
The eighteen dogs driven by the
winner are cross between the ST.
berian wolf and the Malamute, or
Eskimo working dog. Allan, who
ran second, drove eighteen Mala-
mutes, and Aver, the third man, four
teen foXhounds. Johnson's team
proved TO have all the intelligence
of the MalamuteS, and more stamina,
the Malamute having been bred
longer in captivity.
This dog team race is not for
weddings, but it is no more cruel
than Marathon. The men and the
dogs are running in a climate to
which they are accustomed. The
men run as fast as the dogs and al
most as far, for they take the sieds
only when the teams are making too
much speed. Every one in the race
is fit for it, for the training con-
tinues from year to year.
1t is a contest for Titans, and
worthy of the country in which it is
run. Alaska, in do: racing at least,
is living Up to Jacl; London's Burn
ing Daylight"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20
MAIL BAG
(From The Times Redders.)

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
Your correspondent writing of the
political conditions as witnessed by
him in the North of Ireland Is giving
the citizens Of this city a graphic and
true feeling of the general temper of
the "Orangeman," as he Is known
among the people of Ireland for the
last 800 years. and it is a fair ex-
ploitation of the kindred feelings OF
the "Orangeman' of America, wnere
the field is open to his methods.
Goldsmith pictures him truly when
he says:
"The fairest island and the greatest
nation,
The proudest people and the green
est sod.
Fighting like devils for cancellations
Hating each other for the love OF
Godr'
T. d. NJ.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20
What's on the Program in
Washington Today

Meetings. evening:
Masonic-Potomac Lodge. No. 8. BENJAMIN
B. French. No. Is. Anacostia, No. y, Pen
talpha, No q, and Mt. Pleasant. 10. So;
Washington Council, No. /, Royal and Sc
lect Masters; Orient Comnandery, No. Q,
knights Templars: Ruth Chapter. No. J..
Order OF the Eastern Star.
Odd Fellows-Union Lodge, No. IL: Covenant
No. ID: Beacon, No. Is. and LanSdOn, No.
H.
knights of Pythias-Equal Lodge. No. II;
Amaranth, No. q. and Century. No. 20:
Past Chiefs Association, Pythian Sisters;
assam.
Naccabees-National Tent, Anacostia Tent.
and Capital City Division.
National Union-Potomac Council and Gen.
trail Council.
''Get-acquainted night" Home Club "A Jack
Socialist Party-TaiIors' Union, sl1 street
northwest, s:l5 p. m.
Interstate Commerce Commission hearing,
New Willard. today
Reception in honor OF Mrs. Storey by Con-
necticut D. A. r. New Willard. 6 to p.
Georgetown University Senior Prom. New
Willard, tonight.
Meeting. washington Alliance of Jewish
Women. Eighth street Temple. s p. m.
Lecture. DR.. c. F. Winbigler. W. C. T. U.
Building p. m.
Reunion and smoker for St. Johns College
graduates. St. Johns College. S D. m
Free concert for the blind. Washington Sing
ers' Club. st. Johns Parish Hall. p. m.
Opening Neighborhood House Exhibit, soi
Takoma Park. Md--Caucus OF citizens OF
Takoma Park to nominate candidates for
mayor and council. basement OF Presbyter-
ian Church, Maple street. tonight, s.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20

fierce opposition of the very men IN
Ulster and Englnd who are now
denouncing the home rule bill as a
scheme to ruin Ireland and put the
Protestant minority under the per-
scouting and reacaonary domination
of the Catholic Church.
Such parts of the great change az
were granted by the unionists were
intended to destroy the argument
for home rule and separate the Irish
voters from the liberals. who were
moving irreastibly on to strip the
Lords Of their power to protect the
privileged classes against the rap
idly rising spirit Of democracy.
The great Protestant leaders Of
Ulster. the men who are manipulating
and guiding the movement for an
armed rising and a bloody civil
conflict, pointed out to me the back
ward and slovenly condition Of the
rest Of Ireland, compared with the
wealth and progress Of Ulster, a.
proof that government by the Cath
ole majority would be Q disaster
great enough to justify civil war.
1t Ii a fact that Protestant Ulster
u rich and powerful, that her indus
tries are highly Neveloped, that her
local taxes are low and that she
provides two-thtds Of the Irish
revenues.
1t is also a fact that Catholic Lem
ster SConnaught and Munster re-
main almost purely Agricultural
provinces and are slovenly and un-
progressive contrasted with the
energetic industrial north.
But again and again, on the farms
and In the towns and cities OF
black story Of how this came to be
repeated to me in a hundred dif-
ferent accents
Clan Affiliations.
1t must be remembered that wiisn
st. Patrick converted Ireland to
Christianity he found the country
in the hands Of savage Celtic tribes.
who were ruled by chiefs owing
allegiance to four provincial kings.
who In turn were governed by q
chief king living In q great palace
at Tara
The clansmen held land In COM
mon and they lived in awe Of the
Druid priesthood, mysterious men
with long boards and coats Of many
colors, who wore strings Of ser
pents' eggs about their necks, car
ried magician wands and sometimes
sacrificed human beings by boiling
them alive.
This strange, wild people were
governed by the Brehon laws made
by hereditary judges.
The old instinct for clan and chief
relationship can be seen in the Irish
race and its politics wherever they
exist today.
Even st. Patrick recognized the
compelling inclination Of the Celt to
look up reverentially to q leader,
and he first converted the Irish kings
and chiefs. knowing that their fol-
lowers would accept Christianity as
q matter of course.
After the saint had made Ireland
q Christian country-even frighten-
ing away the bloodthirsty Druids
from the great king Laoghaire's side
and preaching Christ to the fierce
princes and chiefs assembled In the
great hall Of Tara, 75s feet long and
ninety feet wide-the tribal system
and the Brehon laws continued
1t was the Angio-Norman invaders
who trampled on the clan idea and
introduced the rent-payins principle.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20

On Board the u. 8. Aqua
Enroute to Tampico,
The Dictator Huerta has Just violated
one Of the rules Of modern warfare.
Knowing the sentiments Of the Navy
Department, he has supplied his troops
with tho deadly H1nl-rum bullet. which
has been barred from civilized warfare
by The Hague tribunal. This deadly
rum-rum bullet spreads out when 1t
strikes ita Victim and infiicts fearful
wounds on his bankroll, besides leaving
him In a semi-comatose condition.
II. TEWO.
Stun Correspondent
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20

The superstructure Of moral IN
tegrity must rest on the solid basis
OF dogmatic truth and intellectual
conviction. How can / love God un-
less l believe in Him as the author
of my being and the source of every
blessing I receive?
How can l be always honest asd
equitable toward my neighbor I'M
less I am convinced that there is a
Supreme Judge who will hold me re-
sponsible for every violation of my
just obligations?
How can ] be moved to avoid Sc
crct sins and to curb my passions
unless ! am confronted with the
thought that the ail-seeing eye OF
God is upon me?
There never was a martyr or hero
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20

not what / be-
lieve provided l
am an honest
qnan. But this
maxim is more
plausible t h a n
solid. Religion
without fixed
belief is SEN
timental, emo
tional and va
pory 1T evapo-
rates at the
first breeze Of
temptation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20
The Silver
Lining
Edited by ARTHUR BAER.

General Coxey has only an army to
stop from drinking. Suppose he had
navy to worry about also!
The general is endeavorins, with in
different success, to put his army into
dry dock.
George Bernard Shaw has asked tho
English audiences not to applaud his
plays. Bernard believes in taking time
by the forelock.
solitaire.
THE OLDEST INHAB SCI
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20
LAW NOTES
AND QUERIES

The Washington Times VIII answer
briefly In this column queries involving
questions Of law and insert comment
on decisions Of public interest. The
name and address Of the writer must
accompany all inquiries to receive At
tention. Address correspondence to Ed
ter Of Law Notes. Washington Times.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20

Spaniard arrested In Mexico for coun-
terfeiting rebel money. II he really
wanted to counterfeit nothing worth
while, why didn't he take a crack at
some New Haven dividend certificates
or perpetual motion machine stock?
The army Of the unemployed seems to
have nothing on the navy Of the Same
species.
Much opposition to the suggestion
that deaf pedestrians wear white arm
bands. Gives the chauffeur too good a
mark to aim at. By tho Same token.
why not ask Huerta's men to paint tar
gets on their backs7
Maryland church Ii to be built from
bricks sent through the mail by inter-
ested persons. Good idea, but when the
congregation splits on their first quar-
rel, 1t will take an awful lot Of money
to mail those bricks back again.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20
THE DUTY OF THE DAY.

war with Mexico, and it is still pos
sible to hope that there will be no
war. Surely, despite the noisy
urgencies of Chauvinists who always
want war, and of the thoughtless
multitudes who yearn for sensation
at whatever cost-surely the vast
majority of the American people
would even today express the earnest
hope that there might be no conflict.
Today, then, the first duty is mod
GRAFTON. 1t is no day for playing pol
itics, for issuing defiances, for ford
and effervescent patriotism. Almost
everybody's patriotism and sincere
purpose to sustain his country and
his Government, in such a time as
this, may safely be taken for grant
ed. Nobody's devotion to the flag
and all it represents will be over
looked, even if the opportunity for
making a speech is overlooked. A
good many people will very likely do
their greatest service to their coun-
try in the next week by keeping still.
A good many others will very pos
sibly do the most damage possible,
by making proclamation of their pa
triotic zeal.
The war with Spain has been de-
clared, many times, to have come as
the direct result of infiaming public
feeling through excuses of utter
ance from platform and press. There
can be little glory in a war in Mex
leo. 1t will bring US problems of
vast difficulty and responsibility.
First and last, it will cost many
lives, and whether it will help Mexico
or not, it will not help this country.
Perhaps it is our destiny TO march
to the canal, and to provide good
government FOR peoples who can
not provide it for themselves. But
charity has need to keep its head
quarters under no foreign sky; we
may well give attention to the prob
lens Of better governing our own
people before assuming responsible
ties for others.
1t has been a hard situation with
which the Washington Government
has had to deal. II war comes, there
can be no reproach upon our national
honor by reason of the accusation
that we have sought opportunity of
conquest. We have been patient to
the point of meekness. The world has
been disposed to chide our modera-
ton. The same measure of restraint
would hardly have been permissible
if the complication had involved us
with a more powerful nation than
Mexico.
At the end of it all, war may
come; and if war, it may we'll be
doubted whether we will ever get
out of Mexico. The great northern
states are even now almost as much
American as they are Mexican. Eng
fish is spoken everywhere through
out their territory; mines, railroads,
plantations, all kinds of enterprise,
depend largely on American capital
and energy. 1t is altogether likely
that this section, at least, of the
country would be left American at
the end of war; while the rest
would have to be held under a suzer-
sinty that soon or late would in
sure its establishment as some kind
of dependency of this country.
we like it or not, whether
it shall be good for Mexico or good
for this country, that is about what
will result if there is now a war.
MIGRATORY BIRD LAW.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20

"Now that the
weather is gettin'
mild, they oughta
take them ear
mufs an things
off commodore
Barry's statchoo."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20
Amusements.

Columbia-'The Runaway" s:l5 p. IN
CHARACTERIZATION" $50 p. M
Poli's-"Romeo and Juliet" 2:l5 and SIS p.
m.
Notwithstanding. 2:l5 and Sis p. m.
Casino-Vaudeville afternoon and evening.
Cosmos-Yaudeville, afternoon and evening"
Gayety-BurlssQue. els and Sis p. m
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20
Says Irish Pride
Urges Home Rule
James Creelman, After Tour of Countess Sets Forth
Reasons That Impe the Nationalist to Fight
For Self Governments Notes the
Changes Since War Began

James Creeman today continues study of the fight for home
rule in Ireland BY showing its people pospered
generation under the land LAWS.
He declares however that the political social pride of
Irish majority satisfied by English benefaction
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20
Back to the Bible

Always sad always Mill that the studous perusa
of the sacred make better citizens better fathers and bet
ter husbands"- Thomas Jefferson.
THE EFFECT OF BELIEF UPON CONDUCT.
By His Emnence JAMES, CARDINAL
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20
By His Emine

Some persons are fond OF using
this popular maxim: II matters
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20

THE OLDEST INHAB SEz
The Winslow mail., 1914-09-19
WONANS' CLUB

A special meeting of the Won
ans Club was held at the home
Of Mrs. Trimble on Saturday,
September 18th.
The Constitution was revised
and committees appointed to
compile a program to be publish
ed in the Year Book of the club.
Following were appointed on
committees: Music, Miss Brown
and Mrs. Anderson; Literature,
Mrs. Lamport and Mrs. Bly,;
Civics, Mrs. Carver and Mrs.
Bennett.
There will be meeting at the
home of Mrs. Trimble, Saturday,
September 10, at 3 p. m. The
above committees and directors
are requested to be present.
MRS. BLY,,
Assistant Recording Secretary
The Winslow mail., 1914-09-19
CARD OF THANKS

| take this method Of thanking
my friends who so Loyalty sup
ported me at the recent Primary
Election, which resulted in my
receiving the Democratic nomin-
alton for County Supervisor, and
trust that the same support will
be given me at the ensuing cleo
Uion. Respectfully yours,
GEORGE W. HENNESSY.
The Winslow mail., 1914-09-19
RIFLE CLUB ORGANIZES

Prospective members of the
Winslow Rifle Club met in the
office of A Y Moore, Wednesday
evening at eight o'clock, and
formed a permanent organiz-
alton. Mr.. Moore, as organizer,
read a communication from the
War Department, which outlined
the procedure necessary to com
plete a local organization. After
having been agreed to by the
members present, the officers
Of the Club were elected as fol-
lows: A Y Moore, President,
VIM. A Day, Vice-President,
Chas. E Parks, Secretary, q II
Cummings, Treasurer, } T Tully,
Executive Officer.
The work of this Club will be
under the direct supervision OF
the War Department, and IS
formed for the purpose OF pro-
noting rifle practice among CIV
ilians. Each member will be en-
titled to the use of q Craig rltle
and a certain amount OF amunlt-
ion as long as he remains a mem
Der in good standing.
An initiation fee OF $l.OO ana
nominal monthly dues entities
all American citizens over 10
wears of age to membership. Inc
membership of the WinsloW Xii
lie Club is also limited to citizens
of the town of WinsloW.
1t is expected that the first
consignment of rifles will be on
hand in one month or SIX weeks,
and will be distributed among
members in good standing. In
order that a firSt-claSS rifle range
may be erected as soon as pos
sible, it is urged that all prospec-
tive members remit their lnltlat-
ion fee as soon as possible to any
of the above officers. At pres
ent there are over one hundred
and fifty names pledged. and II
each member does his part, Win
slow will be represented by the
largest rifle club in Arizona or
New Mexico, and will be cred
it not only to the town but the
state as we'll.
Ample notice will be given OF
further meetings of the Club.