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The Washington times., 1914-10-12
PARTY "PINCHED" BY MERRY CAPTAIN

And I was not the only member of
this seeing the war" party. There We're
seven OF us in all-four of us Americans,
including Richard Harding Davis, an
"Old defender in the war corresponding
game.
Having previously been pinched by
almost every other army in Europe,
Davis remarked dolefully after the
French nabbed him:
by gravy! This war is my Water
loo; I'm going home"
understand he is leaving today
his eight-day parole being up, his time
served and fines paid.
There were three of us and a chauf-
feur in our own party. We had by rare
good luck witnessed an action around
the French left wing, and were bound
toward the center, at Rheims, wnen it
happened. 1t was a merry captain who
''pinched' us.
oh we have a car" we chirruped,
are you folks going?"
ITO Rheims" we chorused. How far
Is it,
Let's go ask the general" he said,
and laughed like a sphinX-rnysterious
like, but with a joke in the chortle.
Slowly We were ooZed into what the
joke was. 1t was on us. The general
said Rheims was seven miles away and
quite too far to walk.
oh, we have q car" we chiruped.
unComprehending the generals grim
humor.
''Ch, I've requisiticned that" he said
Captain, will you escort the gentle
men out"
Captain Is Obiging.
The captain would and lid escort US
out. Also in. Imagine country vii
lage where there isn't even n railway
depot, where a postoffice, government
tabac, three farm houses and several
COW lots are punched together and you
will have the scene of our arrest
Imagine again stone farmhouse built
In u formation, with a stone fence
across the top of the L, and the ground
plan Of our prison will be clear. 1t
you add to the center of -he COW lot a
tableland of hay and other stable rak-
Ings, the whole thing wet and very
smelly" under the cold driZZle, the pic
ture will be fairly complete.
Through gate in the stone wall We
were conducted by our smiling captain.
On the right was door leading into
the coloneIs quarterS-the rooms of the
farm house. At the back. across the
fertilizer plateau, were two more doors.
through one Of which | spied two of
the biggest cows / ever saw, one lying
down chewing her cud, and the other
standing in that bent double position as
sumed by kline when making their toilet.
She ceased licking her flank to eye us
newcomers.
The second door also was open, and
was labeled in chalk:
PRISON
We were ushered into this. The room
was identical with the cows bed
The Washington times., 1914-10-12
Knights of Columbus
Attend Annual VeSperS

With one of the most imposing serv-
ices ever held in st. Aloysius Church
North Capitol and l streets, 3.OOl
Knights Of Columbus participated In
their annual vespers last night
Mgr James S. Mackin, of ST. Paul's
Church. with the Rev. A. Olds and the
Rev. r. Floetich Of st. Aloysius' Church
officiatCd at benediction. The sermon,
which enumerated the duties of knights
as Catholic citizens, was delivered by
the pastor, the Rev. Eugene De l.. Nc
Donnell, s. J.
The music for the vespers was sung
by the Knighs OF Columbus choir of
sixty, Eoices, under the direction of
Prof. Dickinson. The Fourth Degree
Knights. who attended the services in
full uniform, were stationed directly in
front of the sanctuary. Forming a hu-
man cross, with swords raised at atten-
ton, they saluted the Blessed Sacra-
ment at the close of benediction.
In the sermon Father McQ-Il Lriti-
cised the attituGa--11Is Government in
regard to protection Of Catholic priests
and NUM- in Mexico. The decent people
Of the land do not know what Is going
on in Me>ico," he said. They do not
know that this country sent there two
bigots who are hand and glove with the
enemies of our faith there. DO you
know that these men stated that the
only remedy for the evils in that dis
tracted country was the destruction of
the Catholic religion there? Do You
know that those now in control In
MeXico-two brigands-who were recog-
nized by this Government, have openly
sworn that no Catholic convent or school
shall be tolerated in Mexico during
their regime?'
The Washington times., 1914-10-12
CAPITAL BANKERS
ATTEND CONVENTION
Western Financial Men Join
Washington Party Off for
Richmond.

Many Washington bankers are already
in Richmond at the annual convention
of the american Bankers Association.
and others will so to the Virginia city
later in the week. The Capital bankers
were joined in Washington by bankers
specials from the West many of which,
were routed by way Of Washington to
give the visitors a Sunday stop-ovcr.
The Washington bankers who are now
in Richmond or who will 80 today are
w. T. Galliher. president, American Ma
tiCnal Bank; John r. Riordon, cashier,
Bank Of Commerce AMI Savings; John
Poole. president. Federal National
Bank; f. 5. Wolfe, cashier. District Ma
tional Bank; William J. FIather, vice
president, Rigs National Bank; \. G.
:rlapham president, Commercial Ma
tional Bank; II. II. Mckee. cashier.
National Capital Bank George II
White. prcsi4ent, National Ietropoli-
tan BANK. c. w. Warden. vice presi-
dent, Continental Trust Company; Al
bert 5. Galley. cashier. Lincoln Ma
tional Bank, and Cuno Rudolph. prcsi-
dent and John G. Ec!;loff, cashier,
Second National Bank
The Washington times., 1914-10-12
.|TAL|AN-AMER|CANS
TO HONOR COLUMBUS
Will Pay Tribute to Discoverer
of America Tonight in
Speeches and Songs.

Italian-AmeriCans of Washington to-
night will pay tribute to the memory of
Christopher Columbus, who 4l2 Years
ago, discovered America. In q. \. r..
Hall, in speech and song, the Italians of
the Capital will commemorate the &C
complishment of the great sailor and
explorer. The members of the diplo-
matte staff of the Italian embassy have
been invited to attend the celebration,
which will be held under the auspices
of the Figla d'ltalia, or Sons Of Italy.
Among the organizations of Italians
in the District who have been invited
to participate in tonights ceremonies
are the Victor Emmanuel Society and
the Giuseppe Garibaldi Society
A patriotic celebration, open to the
public, is being planned by the knights
of Columbus for next Sunday night in
knights of Columbus Hall, in + street
northwest Honor will be paid CClum-
bus, the patron of the order, by John
Barrett. director of the Pan-American
Union, and other speakers. There also
will be a musical and literary program.
George F. McEvoy is chairman CT
Washington Chapter, knights of Co
lumbus, under whose auspices the cele-
bration will be held. The committee
preparing the program is Charles w.
Darr, acting chairman: Leo A. Rover,
William J. McGee. J. +. T. Cleary, and
Frank l.. Hewitt.
The Washington times., 1914-10-12
C. v. j. ENROLMENT
GREATER THIS YEAR
Scores of New Students Regis
tered at Institution Since Its
Opening.

A marked increase in enrolment. In
practically all of the departments OF
the George Washington University, Is
shown in a statistical report just Is
sued by the secretary of the institu-
tion.
The total enrolment on October 3
the date on which the figures are
based, was LIS. as against 922 for
the same date last year. Scores of
students have registered since then
The total registration toward ths
end of the last collegiate year was
l,6l1, so the enrolment for the present
year bids fair to soar to the 1000
mark.
Columbian College and the Dental
School both show enrolment increases
of nearly so per cent, and the regis
tration at the law school has increased
about 40 per cent. The increases OF
the various departments are as fol-
lows: Graduate School. 8; Columbian
College, 81; Engineering, 19; Teachers
College, Z; Law School. II; Medical
School. same as last year; Dental
School, 2S; Pharmaceutical School. IA;
Veterinary College. 8.
The total enrollments of the various
departments are as follows: Graduate
Studies, Al; Columbian College. go;
Engineering, $50 Teachers College
10: Law School, 268; Medical School
130; Dental School 50; Pharmaceuti-
cal School, So; and Veterinary Col
lege 46
The Washington times., 1914-10-12

chamber. German prisoners, French de-
Serters, spies, suspects, and pillagers
stood or lay about on the hay which
covered the floor.
The Snoring Was Fine.
We were put on parole not to try to
get away. They took our word for it
that we would not run, but to make
sure they kept a sentry at the gate
with instructions to shoot If we showed
any inclination to get absent-minded.
They were very, very nice about it, in
sisting all the time that We were posi-
lively not considered prisoners-as pris-
Oners We're entitled to soldiers rations,
and we were not.
A kick about quarters among the
prisoners-since we were not prisoners
and would be shot only if We ran
got for us an empty hay loft and the
proper use of money got US hay to
sleep on.
The snoring was fine.
On the morning Of the second day We
were given our car back and taken to
Paris, an armed Gendarme along with
us. Arriving late in the evening, We
had dinner in the corridor of the
Cherche-Midi military prison. Almost
we had the experience of sleeping there
where Capt. Alfred Dreyfus was shut
up. but mysterious forces suddenly
shifted us, between midnight and 1 a..
The Washington times., 1914-10-12
Prison Door XapVnS
For War Reporter
General Joffre Refuses to Allow Correspondents to
View Operations at Close Range-Party of Seven
Pass Several Days "Under Guard"
Bv WILLIAM PHILLIP SIMMS.

PARIS, Sept. 80 (by mail to New York; burglars
in misers money box are welcome parties compared to
correspondents the firing line War corresponding has
come to be prison ofense in France. General Joffre
simply won't have it,
have just passed two days under guard at the 'front.'
day under guard in Paris-part of the time in the
famous military prison of the Cherche- Midland eight
days of PAROLE all because General Joe refuses to have
correspondents giving his operations the "once over
at close range
The Washington times., 1914-10-12
Leaves Part of Legacy
To Capital Cathedral

NEW YORK, oct. 12.-The sum OF
5000 was given to the Cathedral of
IS. Peter and Paul in Washington
under the will Of Charlotte r. Lane.
who died az her home in this city
April %.
More than 500, 900 in bonds. mortgages.
stocks. and securities were disposed
of under the terms of the will which
has been filed for probate in the sur
rogate's court OF New York county.
Small legacies were left to a number
OF churches and charitable organizations
in which she was Interested
The Washington times., 1914-10-12
NECESSITY FOR THE REDUCTION.

paid out in pensions was Sl72, All, ,546.
The total amount paid out by the Gov
ernment in pensions since 1866 is S4,-
663. 100000
The Commissioner notes that the
largest amount ever paid by the Gov
ernment for pensions was pair in 1918.
There was a decrease of more than ST.
100000 in the past year. 1t is the opin-
ion of the Commissioner that the sum-
NIT was passed in 1913, and that from
now on an annual decrease in the
amount paid out by the Government is
to be expected.
The average age of the pensioners of
the civil and Mexican wars is 70.7 years.
The oldest pensioners are ninety-four
years Of age, and there are fourteen Of
this age.
The Washington times., 1914-10-12
Dives From Cycle
Through Window

Losing control of a bicycle which
ne was riding in Ninth street last
night. Allan Zagher 1852 Tenth street
northwest, Jumped the curbing at
New York avenue and dove hcadlOES
through the big plate glass windOT
of Grier & Grier's drug store. He
was severely cut about the head
and shoulders. and received a grea:
cash across the left hand and arm.
He was given first aid in the drug
store and then taken to Emergcncy
Hospital.
Zagher explained that he was IN
inexperienced rider and was trying
to avoid an automobile when hlS
wheel jumped the curb. His front
wheel hit the window base head On
and stopped, but Zagher hurtled on
through.
The Washington times., 1914-10-12
LAZY LIVER, CONSTIPATION, HEADACHY,
IF D|zzYORSTOMACH SOUR-D|ME A BOX

your liver and carry off the decomposed
waste matter and constipation poison
from the bowels.
a CaSCaret tonight will straighten you
out by morning-a 10-cent box keeps
your head clear. stomach sweet, liver
and bowels regular and you feel bully
for months. Don't forget the children
their little insides need a good. gentle
cleansing, too.
The Washington times., 1914-10-12
Warns of Another
Force Reduction
Commissioner of Pensions, in Annual Report, De-
clares There Is No Certain Tenure of Office of
Employees in Gov ernment Service.

Warning that there is certain tenure of office in
he Government service is given employees of the Pension
Nreau by Commissioner Gaylord M. Saltzgaber in his
;nnua report made public today.
The commissioner gives notice of another probable
sweeping reduction in the Pension Office force at the end
Of the present fiscal year He sayls that civil pensions
matter with which Congress alone is concerned and he
declares that employees should look out for themselves
the Government is under moral legal obligation to
keep them the rolls when there work to be done
The Washington times., 1914-10-12

Turn the rascals out-the heada che,
biliousness. indigestion, constipation,
the sick, sour stomach and foul gases
turn them out tonight with Cascarets.
Don't put in another day of distress
Let Cascarets cleanse and sweeten your
stomach; remove the sour. undigested
and fermenting food and that misery
making gas: take the excess bile from
The Washington times., 1914-10-12
Find Stolen Motor Car.

An automobile HSnging to Young &
SimC n, realty brokers, which was stolen
Friday fro min front of their Offices. 2l4
New York avenue northwest. was found
abandoned yesterday in Fort Drive,
near Eighteenth street northeast. The
machine n1d not been damaged.
The Washington times., 1914-10-12
Knocked Down by Car.

Miss Eva Lett. eighteen years old, 1ll0
Maryland avenue southwest. was knock
ed down by 2 car at Ninth and f
streets northwest today, and bruised
about the head Shr was taken to
Emergency Hospital in an ambulance.
The Washington times., 1914-10-12

M, to the Invalides, where, in the
shadow of Napoleon's Tomb, we slept
In officers beds. Then We were let go.
Yes, the war correspondents game
is gone-that is, the game as it used
to be. No more will the correspondent
tell generals how to fight their battles,
and also, perhaps. no more will the
generals have fine battle cries put into
their mouths and become famous for
having uttered them. The prison doors
yawn for war writers and the lid is on.
The Washington times., 1914-10-12
Washington Seminary
Lucia Gale-Barber
SCHOOLS CONSOLIDATED

2l03-D : ST.
Primary, Preparatory and Academic Depart
ments. College Preparatory, poSt-Grad dUatt
Courses, Rhythm for Health and Artistic De
velOpment. Normal Course and Studio classes
In Rhythm, Culture Glasses in English Art
and Current History. Ci\ics. Parliamentary
Music. Languages. Home Mailing. Domestic
SC!CnCe.
EANNETTE B. FAUL. President
DELLA GRAENE SMA Ll.WODD Principal.
MARY GALE DAVIS Principal
CE,L N>-I.A MEENI-K EGl:n- Assn- Prln.
The Washington times., 1914-10-12
NATIONAL
UNIVERSITY
LAW SCHOOL
(Evening Sessions Exclusively
46th Year

18th Year.
OPENS OCTOBER l. $50 r. NJ.
For catalogue. application blanks.
etc. address the Dean at the Adminis-
tration Offices, Southern building.
phone Main G6l7, or after October l
at National Law School building. SIG
SlS 18th st. y. w.
The Washington times., 1914-10-12
Thought They Had Grievance.

So in the case of emery employe af-
fected. great and solicitous care was
aiken. Notwithstanding all this, each
one affected thought he had a personal
ETievance, claiming that others should
have been denoted or dropped and
leading personal needs and personal
merits. No one was willing to go and
only few were willing to be denoted
"All this made the task a very diff
cult one as well as a sad one. 1t can
only be said that the work was done
consc!eniously and impartially and
with due regard to the rights of all.
The painful experience through
which all have passed should impress
the lesson that there is no certain ten
ure OF employment: the Government is
Under no moral or legal obligation to
keep employees on the pay roll when il
las no work TO be performed.
Zach person had and has his own
IDEAS about retirement laws and civil
service pensions, but these subjects are
wholly within the province of and TO
be determined by the Congress. The Sit
uation could only be dealt with as it
was Other lessons are that the work
nt the Pension Bureau is diminishing;
mat the number OF old soldiers and
helr WIDOWS Is decreasing rapidly;
that the act of May II. 1872, as amend
ed by the act of March 4, 1913, has
greatly curtailed the work to be done in
heir behalf; that the force now in the
bureau must be still further largely re-
duCed
Further changes may be expected at
The end Of this fiscal year: circumstan-
Ses VIII lmperatively require them.
therefore employees should make such
arrangements in the Government service
or elsewhere as will best promote their
own welfare
The Washington times., 1914-10-12
Nm, SiiNGrok BUSINESS and
w CIVIL SERVICE SCHOOL.

PUPILS FOR PIANO INSTRUCTION: spe-
cal aIttntlUn given to beginners. terms T. Il O.
sonable. Miss LAMBERT. 1909 . st. y. y.
Phone n l3i7.
The Washington times., 1914-10-12

In his report Commissioner Saltz-
gaber reviews in detail the necessity foI
-eductions and tells of the manner OF
selection in the last cut few months
ago. which he says was accomplished
'ith great travail. He says:
The necessity for this reduction in
the number Of employees in the bureau
caused the officials much regret. The
Secretary Of the Interior directed that
in effecting reductions and removals the
hureau should be guided by considera-
ions Of efficiency and humanity. These
ardinal principles were followed as far
practicable. considering the fact that
here could be no exact measurement
Il comparative justice in making Selec-
Ions from the nearly 1,400 employees of
the bureau. The task was laborious,
ontinuous, and disheartening. but the
abor was made easier by manifesto
Ions of the loyalty and forbearance of
he employees themselves. The old SOL
aiers and the soldiers widows were
ireated with the utmost consideration.
y here had been discussion of the doubt
ful application Of the law in their be-
half. but the Commissioner was in
hearty sympathy with them, anyhow,
md treated them with favor and kind
less. There were 247 old soldiers in the
hureau, not one of whom was dropped !;
come Of them were lowered in
~alary for their own benefit; un-
.ess that had been done. some whose
!neffciency was painfully apparent
" ould have been dropped. AS II was,
none We're dropped. There were twenty
three widows of soldiers and sailors on
the roll; none of them Were dropped,
and the salaries of only four of them
changed. In making changes the dis
interested advice Of five of the principal
officers of the bureau was had; their
assistance was invaluable; the list was
repeatedly gone over during eight
weeks' time; in addition to this. in the
instance OF the old soldiers, six other
old soldiers who are leaders in their
class, were consulted. and the prepared
list submitted TO them; they said it
showed great consideration and kind
ness to the soldiers. and they approved
The Washington times., 1914-10-12
Need of Record Hall.

The need Of 1 United States hall of
records to house the invaluable archives
OF the Government Is Imperative in the
opinion Of the commissioner. In his
report he recommends the ConstruC-
tion OF such a building that pension
records might be safe from fire or other
damage. He says:
The need for a United States hall
OF records is very urgent. not only lor
the purpose OF Centralizing the archives
OF the Government. but in order to pro-
iect them against fire, the recent burn
ing Of the New York State capitol at
Albany being 4 signal example of that
need
These records grow more precious
ever year in the estimation OF those
VINO have regard for them. Two great
patflouc societies. the Sons of the
American Revolution and the Daugh-
lers OF the American RESOLUTION make
frequent use Of these records, and other
wise they furnish historical data as well
as patriotic inspiration 10 the children
OF the republic"
The commissioner reviews the changes
blTeady made in methods OF filing pen
sion papers in the office The old lack
ctS are being done away with and the
papers filed fiat in envelopes to pre-
vent damage from frequent folding
Those Old records. he saws, are con
''''IN many llif1E Il year and much
time and money are saved by the new
method, which minimiz"s the time and
EFFORT employed in finding given case.
Review of Evonomics.
The Commissioners reviews the econ
onies effected in administration. and
shows that there is a saving Of nearly
$4,000 annually through abolition of
the scattered pension agencies.
Re commentator is made for the
abolition of the Office Of special ex-
aminers, who receive 81, 300 a yea, with
tho proposal that these examiners oe
carried On regular rolls at salaries that
ere not anomalous. being different from
The rate Of pay Of any other Govern
,nent employees.
In the last fiscal year .57c less
than the total appropriation for pen
lions WAS paid. This fact is attributed
10 number of economies practiced by
tho Commissioner of Pensions and to
deaths of pensioners.
The total number OF pensioners was
1928, showing loss OF 33.63e from
AAAt6 during the yea<. The amount
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-13
THREATENING TO
ENJOIN QUINCY
A. q. HeIIhake Claims Money 10 Due
and He'll Stop Donation to
River Association.

Quincy Herald: A. B. Hellhake was
at the city headquarters, Friday fore
noon, serving notice on the mayor and
comptroller that unless he was paid
the balance claimed due him for SER
vices as an expert account in audit
ing the books Of the Citizens Water
Works Co., said balance being $334.53,
he would enjoin the city from paying
out of the claim fund the $3.50 donated
by the council, Tuesday evening, to
the Upper Mississippi River Improve
ment association.
Mr.. Hellhake has his bond ready
and announced that application for
the injunction in the circuit court
would Immediately follow the refusal
OF the officials to pay his bill in full
and without further parleying. Up to
o'clock in the afternoon this is as
far as the matter had progressed.
The city has claimed that Mr.. He'll
hake asks for more money for his