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The Washington times., 1914-11-16
Dangerous weapons-Unconcealed.

To the Editor of the Mail Bag:
For about the fiftieth time came very
close to having at least one eye re-
moved from its socket this morning by
way of coming in contact with Q
feather which ardorned the hat Of .
woman who occupied a seat on one Of
our cars directly under the strap to
which l was clinging. .
The weapon was, as near az / could
ascertain with the aid of rule.
eighteen inches long. II is only short
time since the hat pin nuisance was
stopped by law which greatly reduced
the length of these aids to Dame FASH
ion; why not a law that will cut of about
half of the feather, IL the woman hasn't
enough common sense to make the re-
duction herself2 Or why don't some Of
our Hats of in elevators" crowd start
a campaign among the female population
of Hats of in the street earsy There
would be a great deal more sense In the
latter can readily understand that
these feathers" are very fashionable
and in order to Keep up with the
Joneses" it Is quite necessary for
woman to use them, but it 10 also very
stylish these day for man to hold on
to his eyesieht
ONE WHO NEEDS HIS EYES.
The Washington times., 1914-11-16
Work of Y.W.C.A. Will Be
Described by Speaker

Miss Mary J. Hooper will be the prin-
cipal speaker at the anniversary cele-
bration Of the Young Women's Christian
Association Wednesday evening
Miss Hooper Is national field secre-
tary Of the Middle Atlantic section Of
the association. and will give general
outline OF the organizations work in
the national field. There also will be
review of the accomplishments Of the
Washington branch in the past year.
The Washington times., 1914-11-16
ANOTHER FAKE FALLS.

The expense accounts of men who
were candidates for election to the
United States Senate in the recent
campaign are on file with the Sec
retary of the Senate, and without
exception they indicate that poll
tics, under the regime Of popular
primaries and direct elections, is be-
come more nearly than ever a poor
mans game.
1t will be recalled without diff
Guilty, that the foremost objection
always urged against he popular
primary has been that it would prac-
tically drive the poor man out of
politics: the cost of conducting a
campaign for the popular vote would
be so great that only the rich man
could stand the pressure. That ar
gument was never advanced in good
faith, but it fooled some people. 1t
was based on the insulting assump-
ton that the man who won in a
popular primary would have to bug
a majority of the votes. A majority
Of a legislature might possibly be
bought; has been at times bought, by
one process or another; but a ma
jority of the popular vote can't be
bought, and there is no use trying
to buy it. The man who tries wastes
his money; and experience with the
new laws is demonstrating that no.
body is fool enough to try.
Here is the report of the campaign
expenses of Senator Smith of Mary
land. The Senator had some oppo-
sition both for the nomination and
for the election. He was compelled
to go through the motions of a cam
paign; yet he reports that his ex-
penses were S1,975. Can anybody
rccollect when a Senatorial cam
paign in Maryland has been man.
aged on so little money as that
Certainly not in the memory of any
body now in the political game.
The truth is that the direct pri.
mary makes its cheaper for the can.
didate to conduct his fight, and the
direct election puts an end to the
most viciously corrupt feature of the
old system, that of Senatorial can.
didates contributing to the cam.
paign expenses" of legislative can.
didates whose support they expected
afterward to secure. The contribu.
ton of a fat, round sum to cam,
paign expenses was nothing better
than a disguised bribe; in considera
ton of it the legislator was frankly
understood to be bound to vote fol
the Senatorial candidate who mad,
the contribution. When a legisla
ture contained from 100 to 30t
members, and all the candidates fol
it were in the habit of getting all th'
swag they could from the Senatoria
aspirants on the theory that it wa
perfectly legitimate and regular
there was quite a business aspect II
a Senatorial candidacy. The thing
got to be so ordinary that people,
sensibilities became blunted; the in
The Washington times., 1914-11-16
Tomorrow.
NJaatipns evening:

Meetings evening:
Masonic National. No u; Arminius. No. 81:
Myron NJ. Parker. No. 27; King David
No 2S; La Fayette. No. S. and Washington
Naval No 6. Royal Arch chapters; NTH
ras Lodge of Perfection. Scottish Rite;
Mizpah No. s. Eastern Star.
ODD Fellows-Washington. No 6; Golden
Rule. No. 2l: Amity. No. 27: Fidelity No.
Z Rebekah Lodge.
knights OF Pythias-Webster No 7: Her
,noine. No. II: Excelsior No IA; Capital
No. "A: Myrtle. No %: monthly meeting.
Past Chiefs Association. Pvthian Sisters
Maccabees-B Brightwood Tent. 40. ); Metro
politan Tent. No. L: Victory Hive No u.
Lady Maccabees.
Socialist Party-Jewish branch: executive
committee.
The Washington times., 1914-11-16
What's on the Program, in
Washington
Today.

Concert. United States Soldiers Home. s:sc
p. m.
D. m.
Musicale. bensft for the blind. Library OF
Congress. S:1b q. m.
Meeting OF Vermont State Association. ITO !
street northwest. D. m.
Meetings. evening:
MasonIc-Potomac No s: Benjamin B.
French No Is: Anacostia, No 81: Pen
talpa No. %: Mount Pleasant. No. %;
Washington Council. No. l, ROYAL and Sc
lect Masons; Orient, No. g. Knights Tenn
plar Commandery: Ruth. No l. Eastern
Star.
Odd Fel:ows-Union. No. IL: Beacon. No. Is;
No. j. and Ruth. No. 2. Rebekah lodges.
Knights Of Pythias-.Eauel, No. II: Anna:
lecture, George w. Penniman. Pythian
Temple. D. m
Vernon Tent. No 4; Ana
costa Tent No, 7: Independence Hive
No. L. Lady Maccabees.
Socialist Party-Tailor's Union.
The Washington times., 1914-11-16
Our peregrinatins seer.tary of state.

To the Editor of the Mail Bag:
After almost month of absence from
his desk. campaigning in the interest OF
his political party and neglecting his
work when the foreign situation has
Bryan has finally returned to his Of
fee.
Can it be that through such pro-
cedure the Democratic party can hope
to regain the confidence of the Ameri-
can people<and stem the food Of the
opposition which was shown on Novem-
ber 3? AN AMERICAN
The Washington times., 1914-11-16
Loses Pay For Thanksgiving Day.

To the Editor Of the Mali Bag:
We join our beloved President.
of our beloved nation. in repeating
his Thanksgiving proclamation. but
through the medium of your invalu-
able columns, the organ sounding the
voices of the '-representless" We ap-
peal and wish to draw your attention
to the fact, that the day of Thanks
giving Is one that per diem employees
of the District government Will re-
ceive no compensation for.
Many toilers on this per diem roll
are married, most, admittedly UNDER
paid. All legal holidays. save Labor
Day are docked from our pay. Most.
undoubtedly would like to work
Thanksgiving Day in order to earn
the pay, pay that they do honestly
over earn. But no doubt 1t would not
appear compatible with the respected
edict Of the honorable President. that
Thanksgiving Day shall be q legal
and public holiday. hence no work.
or rather the wheels Of the Govern
ment shall, on that day, temporarily
cease. But when the rock-bottom faoe
reality, that all these married men.
will be deducted for missing this par
ticular day, can an honest co-opere-
tive heart look joyfully to such
hardship? A. w. y.
The Washington times., 1914-11-16

power must come in a struggle with
Germany. When others scoffed, Rob-
erts insisted. He wanted the army
ready, and he did more than any
body else to preserve it in something
like the state Of efficiency which it
presented at the end of the Roer
war.
The Washington times., 1914-11-16
Tribute to Child Victims Of Aeddsn'

To the Editor Of the Mall Bag:
Will you please publish tho fono-
70 the bereaved parents VINO iosf
their three children at HyattNihss
Md. Friday afternoon:
When the story was read ~ SouS
hearted men and women OF hoH
mother had to help to lift her three
and only children into a delivery was-
on. who had been snatehed .o,yss awsy Iron IRON
~ checks. of the strongest hearteo-
Rut Dear Mrs. Robinson:
T thoughtsas I looked In Q ntns
How many fond hopes buried hers.
put LET us not weep for no one
How much they have missed Of
misfortune and woe.
Tor life I have found at best
is burdened with sorrow tnl We
long for rest
and shorn of it's terrors In the
tongueless dust,
The home for the weary and the
WILLIAM z. BAHR.
The Washington times., 1914-11-16
FRANCE D|SSECTS j,
GERMAN CIRCULAR
The at Is Not True' Pamphlet
Signed by InteIlectuals Is
RiddIed by Richepin.

PARIS. Nov 16.-Genuine amazement
has been caused in France by the 1T
Is Not True circuclar of the Ger
man professors. If anything had been
needed to thoroughly dispel the idea
that It was not the German people. but
Prussian militarism, that was to blame
for the war, this circular, signed by the
foremost brains of Germany. has done
it. To the French mind there will
henceforth be no distinction between
German "kultur" and German militar-
ism. AS it was one of the phrases in
the famous circular that without mill
tarism the German civilization could not
exist, everybody ought to be satisfied.
There is no longer room for a misunder-
standing.
Their last infamy,' Jean Richepin,
a member of the French Academy, calls
the circular in which the German ir-
tellectuals asserted that Germany had
not broken her word of honor TO Eel
GUM. and had not waged war :nhu-
manly
Infamy Most Vile.
1T is an infamy the most low. the
most vile. the most abiect." Richepin
continues, in a scorching front page
editorial in LIntransigeant, "an in
fanny for which no one could ask the
least form Of excuse and before viii ch
the sense of pity becomes silent. 1t
is an infamy where reason herself Is
degraded. where conscience befouls it
self and the soul becomes extinct. It is
an infamy where the choicest spirits
of a nation cynically make common
cause with the lowest instincts of the
lowest rabble and then glory in the
companiOnship.
1T is an infamy where the finest, the
richest, the most gifted brains of a
country. the brains of thinkers, sages,
artists, become like the brain of the
'catobiepasse, that tabled animal
which is So monStrously stupid that II
breaks it's limbs without paying atten-
tion. For there you have in all its
ignuminy of darkness. in it's shame
without .parallel and without end, tina,
final infamy which the German intel
leCtuaIs have committed. not against us
this time, but against Germany, their
own mother
Signed On Their Knees.
They are more than hundred who
have signed on their knees this .Ap-
peal to Civilized Nations where they
have first affirmed that it was not Ger
many that provoked this war. that she
has not violated the neutrality of Bel
gium that her soldiers had not at
lacked the life or property of single
Belgian citizen. that they have not de
strOyed Louvain. that they have moi
been guilty of a single act of indsciplint
or of cruelty and that they are, In
short, innocent of all the abomination:
of which they are accused.
In vain have these abomination:
been proved by the most trustworths
| Witnesses These intelleCtuals' arr
more than a hundred to swear falsely
| 10 shout that it is not true. They are
! also over Il hundred to swear that theil
| militarism and their culture are on,
l and the same thing. and that the Ger
! rlan people make common cause will
! the German army. They are more thai
| = hundred who boast of the names q
| Goethe, Beethoven and Kant. as though
| these names were the pseudonyms o
] Bismarck, krupp. and the Kaiser
The Washington times., 1914-11-16
Amusements.

Nat,onal-Ziegfeld Follies. BIB D. M
Columbia-'So Much for So Much" S:16 D. m
Belasco-'Peg O. Ny Heart" $40 p. m
B, r. Keiths-Vaudeville. 2:15 and Sis D. m.
Poli'.-"Madame X" 2:l5 and s:15 D. m
Gayety-Buresque. 2:l5 and s:15 D. m.
Cosmos-Naudeville-
Casno-Vaudeville.
Crandall 3 -Photoplays.
Moores Strand-Photoplays
Garden-Photoplays.
The Washington times., 1914-11-16

Holland threatens to flood the country
with water Another victory for the
prohibitionists.
The more times q suffragette has been
in Jail. the higher esteem in which she
is held. Still, don't think we'd like to
have q lady President, whose friends
would be kept busy smuggling her saws
and files inside of pies.
Recent Developments show that bat
tleships should maintain strict outlook
for submarines. Commanders Of ves-
sells should hire American tourists.
whose inclinations would naturally keep
them looking over the rail.
Think il Rip had 1t to do all over
again, he'd choose the next twenty
years to sleep in.
The Washington times., 1914-11-16
uE olDET lNI

'There's closed
season fer SPUR
rels, hut It's a.
ways open season
4
fer nuts"
The Washington times., 1914-11-16

DR.. and Mrs. -. II. Noble. of Phila
delphia. will be the guests at the HOte
Powhatan during their stay in thu
city.
The Washington times., 1914-11-16

Mr.. and Mrs Waldo S. Johnson ar
rived here from Maryville, Cal. on
Friday, and will make en- extended stay
at the Hotel Powhatan.
The Washington times., 1914-11-16

Mr.. and Mrs. K. 5. Thorn. who for
Ilc:ly made their home in Washington
have arrived from New York and arr
at the Grafton.
The Washington times., 1914-11-16

Mrs. Harold walker. l1H X street,
has as her guest Mile. 1Vonne de
Treville.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-10-06
Our Outlying BouleYards.

1t is only a question Of time when our people
will develop the natural driveways that skirt
the environs OF Omaha and when they do we
shall have as picturesque system of boulevards
as can be found anywhere. Kansas City, whose
outlying districts strikingly resemble Omaha's
has developed eighty miles of connected boule-
Yards within and without the corporate limits
and anyone who has driven over this pretty
chain OF roadways and is familiar with omaha's
topography, It's wooded hills and commanding
eminences, can appreciate what is within our
reach.
As matter OF fact, the time Is close at hand
when we should turn our attention more def
nitely in this direction. To be sure, some of
these roads are already moderately we'll i'm
proved, but none Is yet up to its possibilities.
Only lately our attention has been called, with
a good deal Of chagrin, TO the miserable condl-
ton OF the Omaha Lincoln-Den road between
this point and Lincoln. While OF course, this
ought to be corrected soon as possible, much
Is to be done even nearer home. About the worst
bit of driving surface In or around the city is
that strip OF so-called boulevard from Fort
Omaha to the Florence line north. ANY driver
who can do so avoids this stretch. which recalls
the old corduroy roadway OF other days more
than anything we know OF. Just why this road
is left in it's present condition is unexplicable
except as another case where there is no fixed
responsibility.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-10-06
The Great supporting Factor

From the monthly bulletin on business con-
ditions just issued by the National City bank Of
New York which institution has exceptional OPP
portunties to feel the financial pulse OF the
country, we take the following sentence, indi-
eating where the hope OF the Industrial revival
lies:
The middle west Is in excellent condition be
cause Of the high price farm products are com
msndlng, and its buying powers are certain to be
great supporting factor in the situation for the
year come.
That tells the story in few words, and ex-
plains why the middle west Is the cynosure Of
all eyes in the business world The middle west
has the raw materials, and is ready to furnish
the consumption market as soon It's products
are convertible. No field exists anywhere so
inviting for the cultivation OF manufacturers,
merchants, producers and every one who has
things to sell that are worth buying. The mid
die west is the great supporting factor in the
situation. and is bound to continue for at
least year to come.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-10-06
Moral Leader of World.

Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Not the least significant feature OF the present
is the constant appeal of the combatants to public
opinion in the United States. The position Of this
country the most important neutral power does not
wholly account for IT, Neither does the presidents
offer of mediation and the possibility that 1t
eventually be accepted furnish sufficient EXPLAIN
ton.
What the European nations-particularly Germany
Franco and Great Brain-ask is something more than
the preservation Of strict neutrality, which, indeed
they may take for granted They seek to submit the
to n moral court of last resort The kaiser
addresses the president personally Of his most
eminent subjects set forth the German side in an
elaborate document; the Belgians send over commits
sion. the Austrian ambassador at Washington writes
a magazine article the British newspapers filled
with vndicaons for the benefit of American readers
An object striven for Is obviously important.
In other words. nation has gained something
like moral leadership of the world Europe would not
be anxious for favor it not Of the utmost
value. There Is of course, reason why we should
play the braggart and boaster, assume attitude
superior virtue; TO do that would be to discred
the distinction. Nevertheless, 1t Is worth while for
to consider seriously the which have brought
US to this emnence and given us central place in
the sun"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-10-06
Comment on Home Affairs
PonnIar EIectInn nf srnntnr-.
New York World.


Thirty-four United States senators will be elected
by popular vote this fall The OF sixteen demo-
cratic and sixteen republican serving will
expire March 1915 and vacancies be filled
where senators hold by appointment
Even though the elections should reveal marked
shift Of political strength. there will be a number Of
notable changes in the makeup Of the senate,
pecally the republican side. Neither Senator Root
OF New York Senator Burton of Ohio two Of the
abest members OF the present minority, have sought
reelection Senator Perkins Of California, who is
serving his third term, will drop spring and
also Senator Stephenson Of Wisconsin. Senator Bris
tow Of Kansas and Senator Crawford Of Dakota
have been beaten at the primaries by other candidates
for the republican nomination.
On the democratic SIDE the election Of Represen-
tative Underwood TO succeed Senator White of Ala
bama who elected last spring TO I'LL the vacancy
caused by the death Of Senator Johnston is assured
In Louisiana, Representative Broussard has been
nominated by the democrats succeed Senator Thorn
ton. In every other where democratic senator
represents the state he has been renominated by
his party In practically all the states-except in the
south-where United States senators to be elected
the progressives have entered the race.
In addition TO the thirtytwo senators regularly TO
be chosen. two others will elected, Georgia
to succeed Senator West who appointed the
death Of Senator Bacon, and another in Kentucky,
where Senator Camden, appointed the death of
Senator Bradley has been nominated by the democrats
for the short term and former Governor Becham for
the long term.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-10-06
The Mantle of Charity.

From one OF our country exchanges-for
obvious reasons We do not mention the name
we take the following extract:
When you talk about the subsidized press there
are but few large city papers which not subsi-
dized by the liquor trust. The real facts of the
suicide which shocked this community last week
we're sent to several city papers, omaha World
Herald Omaha Bee and Fremont Tribune. and we
believe in every the reference TO the victims
liquor habit suppressed. Therefore the real
fact In the covered up and the pet saloon
interests shielded from all unfavorabe notice
when II is generally known that the victims down
fall lay at the door of the saloon.
Now, we do not know anything about this
particular case but accepting the facts as set
forth, what terrible arraignment 1t Is Of the
heartess editor who sees no good object by
placarding an unfortunate suicide as a drunk
ard" just to hit the liquor devil rap on the
knuckles. We presume the poor wretch who
has passed TO the great beyond had at least a
few friends, and possibly a family, who over
looked his fraities and found some faint streaks
OF pure gold in him. de mortuis nil nlsi
bonum" is pretty good rule TO follow and to
be disregarded only where pulling aside the
mantle OF charity promises to accomplish some
thing worth while for the living
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-10-06
WIN Alaska Furnish More ciOldi

One commercial need acutey felt in the
United States as a result OF the war is for gold.
or foodstuffs, building materials fue' and other
supplies we have abundance. But the govern
ment has found 1t necessary to arrange $780,
900 gold pool to meet an emergency de-
mand.
II is especially interesting that just at this
time Alaska reports another big gold discovery
and the influx OF another horde OF gold pros
pectors Great predictions are made of this as
the largest OF all Alaskan gold booms thus far.
It would be q mighty impetus to the eountry's
efforts to meet the task put upon 1t by warning
Europe II this proved true. But. lest someone
hasten to remark upon the strange coincidence
of a big gold discovery at time when a larger
volume OF gold is needed. let us repeat what the
Tacoma Tribune has said to the effect that all
OF our remarkable mineral discoveries have
come when faded conditions OF business were
needing relief" Citing the California boom Of
1S4S-4s, the silver finds in Nevada. Idaho and
Montana and Colorado Immediately after the
civil war and lastly the great Yukon gold up
heaval in the 'sOs.
II Alaska is TO come to the relief OF a lag
ging gold supply, this is the suspicious time.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-10-06
IdIe Cars Decreasing.


II Is an instance OF the prevalence Of ironic fate
over the effort OF the railways to get their rates
raised they secured grant of rehearing just in
time to have the statistics show marked increase in
the activity OF The reports for August OF the
American Railway association, strictly corporate
organization showed that during August 49, 900 idle and
side-tracked had into operation The report
for the half of September swells this total by
H,H7
10000 idle put into operation in about six
weeks This is dismal record Of the railroad dleness
which, according to their representatives, is threat
ening to reduce ruin unless they get the full
per advance. In their gloomy view the reduction
Of idle cars August meant that cars were loaded
and backed up" as Iowa owing TO the blockade
on exports The September increase in activity must
back them up to Denver. IL not clear to California
But what faulty the railroads to put idle cars
into operation when they cannot move them-accord-
ing to their representations to the Interstate Com
merce commissionn.
Perhaps II the railroads will abandon their notion
that they must share any of the universities of
trade and devote their attention to stimulating the
resumption of commerce they will, find that the halt
In activity was but temporary at the most