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The Washington times., 1915-04-03
Prisoner Escapes by
Leaping From Train

The police are searching for "Kid''
Jones, a colored prisoner who Jumped
through the window of a train as he
was being taken to the District work
house at Occoduan, Va, yesterday.
Jones escaped from window as the
train passed through a tunnel south
OF the Union Station. Members OF the
train crew went back to look for the
mao after the train had been brought
ITO a stop. They expected to find him
badly injured. No trace of him was
found, however.
The Washington times., 1915-04-03
Central Alumni Plan
Three Spring Events

Three important spring events were
announced today by the Alumni Asso-
citation OF Central High School. One. n
benefit at Polls Theater, will be given
April 10. The fifth annual excursion OF
the association will be held June IL.
Great Falls is considered as the objec-
tive point. Previous excursions have
been to Marshall Hall.
An innovation for the association Will
be the alumni theatrcals announced for
Nav 20. Miss NJ Pollock Is in charge
of the arrangements for this event.
The Washington times., 1915-04-03
Boy Evangelist to Speak
At Grace Baptist Church

The mems meeting at Grace BAPTIST
Church. Ninth and D streets southeast,
will be addressed by Evangelist Thomas
Harrison. the boy evangelist" tumor-
row afternoon at .. The Beree sisters
Will give one OF their sermons in song"
at this meeting. The sisters will con-
Duct revival meetings at the church
every night this week
The Washington times., 1915-04-03
Benefit by Glee Club
For Baptist Orphanage

\ benefit for the Baptist Orphanagc
will be given Monday night at the
Raleigh by the Colgate University Glee
club. The students at Martha Wash
ington Seminary will give a the dan
snnte in honor Of the visiting collegians
and will attend the concert in a body.
Proceeds from the concert will be ap-
piled to the fund to equip the first floor
Of the orphange in Brookland. recently
donated by John B. Lord. to the CO.
lnmbia Association of Baptist Churches
The Washington times., 1915-04-03
Hamline Church Bazaar.

\ cooperative bazaar, with many
novel features. will be held April 20 anC
p at Hamline NJ +. Church, under the
auspices Of the Epworth League. Har
ry A. Havens Is chairman of the com
mittec on arrangements.
The Washington times., 1915-04-03

"strap-hanging" and for universal
transfers, aud said that the railway
companles are being educated to the
needs OF the public.
Lines On Every Street.
In commenting on Mr.. shinn's re-
marks concerning better seating facili-
tics. Mr.. Ham said that it would be
in possible for the railways of any city
In the country to afford a seat for every
passenger during the rush hours without
the companies were permitted and able
to build lines on practically every street
in the city.
In Washington the companies, he
added, are restricted In the number OF
cars which they may run to the capac-
NY of the points of congestion in the
business sections. No more cars, he
said, may be operated on Connecticut
avenue at present because of congestion
streets.
The Washington times., 1915-04-03
BUSINESS MEN FAVOR
REGULATED J|TNEYS
Rules Similar to Operation of
Street Cars Advocated Be-
for Trade Board Committee.

Advocacy of the PRONUNCIATION by the
Public Utilities Commission of the same
or similar regulations and standards for
jitney busses that may be introduced
in Washington as are now prescribed
for the street railway companies of this
city Is being made by the transporta- =
tion committee of the Board of Trade.
At meeting of the committee yes
terday afternoon. such sentiment was
expressed by Thoplas NJ. Henry. and.
though not formally acted upon, was
generally concurred in by the other
members who informally discussed the
subject of jitncys and the regulation OF
such a means of transportation.
Barry Bulkiey, organizer of jitney
company which proposes to begin op-
erations in the near future, was eX-
pected to address the meeting, but was
unable to attend on account of illness.
He will appear before the committee
next Friday
The Washington times., 1915-04-03
LOCAL MENTION.

Wholesale and Retail Fruits, Vege.
tables and Poultry. Schamel, 1884 Ar
cade Market.
The Washington times., 1915-04-03

Chas. Chaplin Daily. Virginia. COS 9 $
The Washington times., 1915-04-03
Urges Proper Regulation.

w. +. Ham, vice president OF the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company, declared that no street rail-
way company fears the competition
Of the jitney bus. provided only that
the bus be properly regulated, that IL
be made as closely accountable Tor
it's responsibility to passengers ana
pedestrians and required to furnish
as are the railway companies, reg
ular and uniform service.
1t is the cut-throat business mat
the jitneys may engage in. said Mr..
Ham, that causes street railways to
fear their introduction. III companies
with responsibility and financial back
ing such as railways must enjoy need
be strictly regulated. Mr.. Ham de .
clared that he could not conceive of
the public permitting an irresponsible
jitney to run at large without regu-
lation.
If the good business-the short hauls-
is to De taken away from the railway
companies. the latter companies. Mr..
Ham said. viii have to resort to the
zone system that now prevails in many
European cities, and charge graduated
! fore, based upon the zone of destina-
ton.
Chaos In Providence.
MIR. Ham read to the committee let
ter from Providence, r. J., relating the
,HDcrience Of the jitney system in that
500 jitneys have been put in operation
ia Providence; that men. women. and
boys are operating them; that no regu-
| lations have been established; that
| chaos prevails in the business sections
/ because of street congestion. and that
| no redress Is 10 be had for the ma
| jority of accidents which have occurred
George Curtis Shinn while asserting
| that he favors the Inauguration of jtt-
ncys under strict regulations, spoke
against indiscrimnate granting OF
| licenses, and advocated contining the
| operation of jitncys to streets on which
! there are at present no car lines.
! Mr.. Shinn spoke of the large sums Of
| money now invested in the street rail-
ways of the city: referred to the manner
! in which the companies have made pos
| sible the development of suburban prop
critics, and suggested that the Wash
| iugton public should consider the ma
terial injury that may be brought to
the present transportation companies,
| before going out to "cEasc rainbow
that may terminate in a scrap heap"
| He recalled the fight which Washing
ton has been making for relief from
The Washington times., 1915-04-03

Phone Main $3.50
And put your Want Ad in ThepEvening
Times.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-13

D0IlIIg NId HNIISI6SS IO 0dyNIIISf Is is
German aViatoFs- have showered
bombs upon towns of Poperinghe,
Hazebrouk and Kossel, in Northern
France, all occupied by British. EG-
tent of damage unknown.
In this connection war Office an
nounced that French report that al
lied aViators threw $50 bombs on
railway station and foundry at
BrugeS was untrue.
Sofia.-Germany has failed to pay
the installment on Bulgarian loan,
due April 1. 1t is believed here that
she is Withholding payment because
of reports that Bulgaria is planning
to enter war on side of allies.
Paris.-French troops have not yet
resumed their expected offensive
around St. MihieI. Process of redis-
tributing French regiments for sec
ond phase of great battle continues.
Paris is confident that next great eff
fort will drive Germans out of St.
Mihiel and send them scurrying back
toward Metz.
Berlin via Wireless to London
The French are slowly being driven
out of La Petre forest, northwest of
Pont-a-Mousson The kaiser's troops
are steadily closing in upon the mar
row stretch of woodland still held by
the enemy.
Fierce fighting is going on in this
region both day and night.
Berlin, via London. - Intimation
that Germany plans another Zeppe-
lin raid on Paris in the near future
cleaned from official statement from
war Office, limiting that Notre Dame
and other Paris cathedrals and pub
lie buildings might not be immune
from attack.
Petrograd.-Germans have started
new offensive movement in Poland,
from Suwalh southwark to VistuIa.
They have resumed bombardment of
I
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-13
LABOR LOOKS TO CARPENTERS

The stand taken by the carpenters
at the end of this week will affect the
labor situation for peace or war. The
sheet metal workers and painters
have been marking time until the at
titude of the strong carpenters union
is determined.
The demands of the carpenters call
for separate agreement with a 81
cent raise in pay and a shorter day.
The manufacturers allied with the
Building Construction Employers
Assn have turned down these offers
of peace. Their agreement runs out
on the 18th.
Sheet metal manufacturers had a
conference yesterday afternoon.
They have a contract with the con-
structors' assn and another with the
union men. The trend of yesterdays
meeting was for peace with the union
men and it is probable that they will
throw aside their obligations to the
builders to keep peace with the union
men,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-13
GERMAN AVIATORS RAIN BOMBS ON FRENCH
TOWNS-ALLIED OFFENSIVE HALTED

German aviators are hurting bombs
by daylight at Ossowetz fortress
and by night are attempting to fire
city by use of incendiary bombs and
floating fire RATS.
Near Jedvabno Germans made sew
eral charges against Russian trench
es. Repulsed with comparatively
heavy losses. Around Suwalh Slavs
captured four guns and many prison.
ers in engagement that began Sat-
urday.
London.-SeVere fighting resumed
near seacoast in Flanders, with Bel
gians again attempting to expel Ger
mans from Drei Grachten, on west
ern bank of User. Hand-to-hand
combats in streets of Drei Grachten
and villages to southwest are increas-
ing in violence.
British aviators have executed an
other raid into Belgian territory held
by Germans. ....
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28
GOTHAM GROWTH

Plans have been filed this year IN
the district of New York City, of which
Manhatten is the center, for the erec-
ton of 2,570 new houses containing
43,5S0 apartments designed to accom-
modate 10000 persons and costing
$50. 600 900. This sum, according to
the New York World. almost exactly
EQUALS the assessed valuation of all
the taxable property Of Lowell, Mass,
a city OF 100000 population. When
a city adds to It's property in single
year an amount equal TO another city
Of more than 100000 people II is grow
ing some. But this only represents
a part Of the new buildings OF the
metropolis. Next year may be one OF
great building operations, not only IN
the large cities but in those Of the
second. third and fourth classes the
country over. II is an important fea-
lure Of such improvements that they
are being erected with regard for
durability and safety not known be-
fore. The IRE trap Is disappearing
and the steel frame with non-combust-
ible materials is taking its place.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28
PRESERVING NIAGARA.

3 Another fight is on to preserve the
beauties Of Niagara Falls against
SPECTATORS. who are proposing to defect
enough Of the fall 10 produce some
100000 more horsepower Of electric
energy, One authority figures that the
Scenic beauty OF Niagara is worth Sg5.-
e90,0 600 year to the state OF New York
in the money spent by tourists, who
come from all parts of the world TO
view its splendor. and this. he says, Is
greater than could he realized from it
Rs producer Of power. The power
men on the other hand. say that the
crest of the falls Is only about five
eighlhs OF an inch below its earlier
level as a result of the volume diverted
at present and that by diverting the
additional amount now proposed the
. crest would he lowered only one inch.
. The American side of the falls ap-
/. pears to be in greatest danger as the
water on the crest is said to be some
. Is feet deep on the Canadian side and
. only about Is inches on the American
side. The situation is such as Il
make it desirable that some limit be
! fixed soon to all efforts which tend &c
destroy the natural beauty If this
great wonder
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28
MEXICO AGAIN .

Discussing the Mexican situation, IN
which Carranza has been recognized
~ the de facto head the Minpean-
oils Journal says
None can doubt that what Mr.. viii
son has now done. he could have done
long ago; that what he did to Huerta,
he could have done to Villa,-or 10
Carranza, If Villa seemed a more de-
sirable victor. In short Washington
has had It in it's power at any time to
choose the factionaI chief who should
be holsted to the seat Of authority, and
TO squeeze the other into powerless-
ness"
The Journal then follows this state
meBt with an attack on the administra-
ton. The facts are entirely at va
rance with the Journals contention,
President Wilson, without the employ
ment Of armed force could not have
established peace in Mexico by the
recognition of one of the leaders At
one time there we're three factions &C
/ tive in the struggle. Later the revo-
( Mon was conducted by two leaders
Villa and Carranza The fortunes way-
cred and during that period to have
+ recognized either would have been to
have added fuel to the fame Of Mexi-
can dlseord and placed the United
/ States in the position Of a meddler and
raised question as to our disintereSt-
edness,
Carranza has triumphed. The PEG
pie az a whole are with him, The IS
sue has been fought out and we niay
assume that an era OF peace and pros
perity lies ahead Of Mexico, The VIII
son administration acted at the psyche
logical moment. Villa has relinquish'
ed all claim; 1t has been demonstrate
ed to him and his followers his case
is hopeless. For President Wilson tt
have taken this action earlier wonlt
have been futile. Mexico has solved
her own problem The United States
is in position to aid in the reconstruc
ton
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28
yss II is not q new one. but rather Is
as old az the hills.

yst II is not q new one. but rather Is
as old as the hills.
TO boldly declare that the little red
sehoolhouse could teach the modern
corporation lesson in efficiency
would subject aae to rI8icale. Modern
CORPORATIONS, as We on the outside
know them, are sonlIess, heartIess ma
chimes which aim only at getting out
Of their employees all that can be
ground out OF aesh and blood and that
nave the most scientific methods OF
work. But here is the simple cid
school expedlent Of an honor roll
solving the problem that has for
Years vexed every man who has ever
had to drive suhordinates TO their
tasks
The honor roll" marks the differ
encs between freedom and slavery
That is the whole secret. The man
who feels he is driven to task will
shsrk # az much as he can. The man
who feels that he will receive some
/ other honor than a mere stipend foT
+ his efforts VIII do just little more
work than he Is expected 10 do III or
( der to merit praise. The working o.
/ the rule is inevitable. We are all chill
| dreu at heart and little praise warns
us 10 endeayor that condemnation o.
criticism can never attain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28

Some children are born with how
legs, others achieve bow legs. and still
others have bow legs thrust upon them.
Tie first born always look bow-legged,
pug-nosed, squint-eyed and generally
unsatisfactory to the anxious father.
Not SO the mother, she thinks the
homely little stranger beautiful.
II the bow legs are moderate, as
they are in most instances, nature wilt
bring about spontaneous recovery in
due time. II the deformity is sever, op-
Grafton is necessary.
Braces are valuable in retaining the
correction gained by operation. but il
is very doubtful whether any advan-
tage is to be had from applying braces
with the idea of gradually correcting
the bowling
Massage and gentle efforts to
straighten the legs are advisable in
every case of bow legs. This NAV be
done night and morning for five min
utes.
But remember that moderate bow
legs will usually straighten as the
child grows perhaps the one natho-
logical condition child really does
''outgrow. =
The operation for bow legs may be
a bloodless one in which the curved
bone is fractured, under anesthesia
and reset in a correct position. And
this painless, absolutely safe opera
ton is the only one that ever aroused
in the heartless author of these lines
anything akin to emotion-the auxi-
ETY. OF the few seconds of waiting
for the bending bone TO break cen,
tered itself viciously in the solar
plexus, but it didn't go any farther
Sometimes it is necessary to cut
down upon the hone to correct the
deformity, but not before the fourth
year.
People often ask il early efforts te
walk will favor deformity of the legs
Not II the efforts are voluntary and
the child not too fat or rickety. Rick
cts often causes bone defornities. and
many children fed on artificial foods
like condensed milk and matted milk
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28
PROBLEMS FOR 4 PREPARE
IT0NIsT.


Militarism has no scrapies as to its
weapons, How would we fight ma
ton which used gas, poisoned food, or
spread typhoid hacilH?
The aim of the "PreparatiQnists.' as
we may cali those miIitarists who do
not like 10 be called militarists, OBJ
viously is to Increase the wariike eff
fciency Of the nation, Some of them
lay most stress on the needs of the
army, and some on the needs Of the
navy; some go In for buying machines
and submarines. and some still stick
by dreadnoughts; but all Of than want
The United States to have strong
killing and destroying power on hand
to back up such notions OF righteous
! ness as now or hereafter they may en-
terrain. They all regard the disarma-
ment movement as at best visionary,
and at the worst silly, besotted, eff,
/ Terminate and criminal They refer to
preparation" as though we could take
I it like pill, once we made up our
minds to it.
/ But the state of the military art
which is the art of destroying prop
| erty and mangling human fesh-is
met such as 10 bear out this assump-
ton of practically and simplicity
Methods of killing cattle, hogs and
sheep, as in the great Chicago stocA
yards, change slowly, but methods o.
killing men are being revolutionizet
almost every week. IL the United
States should start ont to kill its Ell
emies by obsolete methods it woul(
he committing suicide.
So far Colonel Roosevelt and his fel
low preparationists have contenteC
themselves with preaching a principle
without going very far into the practi
cal difficulties Of carrying out tina
+ principle. Now. let it be assumed. tina
this newspaper and its readers have
been converted to the principle 0
preparation. What concrete measures
would Colonel Roosevelt recommend
to make the country q strong militar.
power? Would he build dreadnoughts
submarines or areoplanes and in VIVA
number and proportions?
( Submarines have driven dread
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28
CALAMITY ON THE RUN

Exports of the products Of American
farms. factories and mines have been
enormous this year The figures are
interesting, showing ell former rec
ords shattered. November records
broke all prior records. Last month $
total was 1891. 144,527. as against $328,-
$50, ISL IN October. 1915, also a record.
One year ago November exports aggre-
gated s205,87S .S33, and in 1912, the
former record. s279 .24419l Twelve
months exports rose to the new level
of $3,4S7 .292 $50. as against s2,lo1,lS7s-
1e0 year earlier. and $2,60l, l3347l
two years ago.
The export balance for November
vas slG6.S25.35S. as compared with
s7g4tl.271 for November, 1914. and
for the u months ending with Novem-
her last. $t,707 049 .304, as against S242,-
542.s99 one year ago and s79s,472,-
l1S two years age, Imports for the
year. aggregatiug $l730 243 ,229, are
sIeS. 402. 79S less than last year, This
decreases customs revenues some but
ii shows that American people are
using more goods produced by Ameri-
can manufacturers
Our trade with foreign countries IS
adding vastly TO the wealth OF the
United States. Conditions were never
better-neyer was there more cause
for general optimism. The new year
Of 1916 Is going to be wonderful year
for the great masses of constructive
workers in this country. It's going 10
be a tough year for the calamity howl
ar. He'll he clear out of things to
Afrt about
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28

It Is generally understood that few
OF the Davenport saloonkeepers will
remain open beyond the first OF the
year. when the niulet law repeal he
comes operative, To test the new law
This may or may u0t be a wise move,
but 10 the ordinary citizen II looks
Ike last desperate attempt TO Crap
pie at straw The liquor interests
had better permit the law to take its
course, and await their opportunity 10
renew their case before the legislature
Opposition such as il proposed GER
tainly viii not win any new friends for
the saloQnSeepers Of Davenport or
elsewhere in the state where they plan
10 resist
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28
THE HONOR LIST.

Corporations learn slowly, even
though they practice thoroughly what
they learn, so 1t was not TO he expect
cd that they would discover any earlier
than this the excellence of what has
been common practice in every school
In the land since schools were first
established. The discovery having at
least penetrated the intelligence Of
corporation heads II Is not az all Won
derfnl to see the immediate use 10
which they have put the knowledge.
Golfers Weekly comments on the
plan adopted by Andrew Keiser. divt-
sion superintendent OF one of the east
ern railroads, who wanted to cut down
the number of cases OF trainmen re-
lairiRg discipline
So" 1t says. instead OF the usual
bulletin Of punishments for failure 10
] observe rules. he published an honor
! list showing that some 400 of his 700
conductors, engineers. brakemen and
/. fremen had gone through the entire
year 1914 with clean record. The
result for six months Of 1915. as CON-
pared with the same period of 1914
was a decrease of over SO per cent In
the number Of such cases OF dssei-
pine and decrease Of over 70 per
cent in the amount Of wages lost to
these employees because of suspension.
The other 500 trainmen are hastIing
to get their names on that roll OF
honor"
What a simple solution to one OF the
most exasperating troubles with which
. superintendent has TO deal. And
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28
Peril of Fear.

Fear causes more disease than do
microbes. more deaths than famine,
more failures than panics. 1t costs
more than war, is always failure and
is never necessary. said medical
man. Fear weakens the hearts action,
induces congestion, invites indiges-
ton, produces poison through decom-
posing foods and is thus The mother
Of autopoisoning. which either directly
causes or greatly aids in the produc-
ton Of quite 90lper cent Of all our dis
eases.