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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-04
Tomorrow, the 9Th, VIII BE
Big Day in Tulsa Dis
uIct, However.
MUSIC - FIREWORKS


Year after year, folks go on
talking about a national holI-
day when In very fact there
amt no such thing A holiday,
o. be national one would have
10 be SO declared by act of con-
lr"ss but congress has never
So declared for the states. But i'm
all other respects, the Fourth
spirit does pretty toIably as d
holiday.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-04

Dr and Mrs. +. FRANCIS o7teo-
path physicians tOG Bliss bldg -Adyt.
The Washington times., 1915-05-24

another state his citizenship in Eng
land was lost.
The right of expatriation has not
been questioned in the United States
since 1858, an act passed in that
year by Congress declaring that "All
naturalized citizens of the United
States, while in foreign countries,
are entitled to and shall receive from
this Government the same protection
Of persons and property which is ac-
corded to natural-born citizens"
The suicide in London Of Ger
man-American named Kuepferle has
enlivened the subject Of dual citizen
ship. He was a citizen of both coun-
tries, was serving Germany as a
spy. Some persons descry interna-
tional complications for the United
States in like cases. There can be
none. There is an American concep-
tion, observed by Great Britain also,
that country has jurisdiction over
all persons in it, whether citizens or
foreigners. Offenders against civil
or military law in it can be punished
according to it's laws, no matter
what the nationality Of the offender
Passports ought not to be given to
natives Of Austria and Germany II
they intend using them in England
France, Russia, or other allied lands
and passports should be denied to
natives of allied countries if it is In.
tended to use them in Germany
Austria Hungary, or Turkey.
The Washington times., 1915-05-24
OPENING MT. VERNON

It will be a matter Of deep regret
to many residents Of Washington
that the regents board of the Mt
Vernon Ladies' Association in ses-
sion here last week did not see fit
to acquiesce in the widespread de-
mand to throw open Mt. Vernon on
Sundays.
There is little likelihood Of Mt
Vernon becoming a picnic ground
through such an arrangement. All
the restrictions now enforced re-
garding the eating Of luncheons
there and for the protection Of the
foliage and shrubbery could be main.
tanned. Crowds do not mean dis.
order or any less reverence for this
national shrine.
Many Washingtonians are de-
prived of the privilege Of going
there because they must work sis
days a week. Many patriotic or
ganizations have urged that the es
tate be opened Sundays so that they
might 60 there in bodies. Visitors
to Washington on weekend excur
sions must go away, in many cases
without visiting the historic man
sion.
The sentiment toward abolishins
the admission fee likewise is grow
ing. If the resources Of the ladies
organization are not yet sufficient t.
permit this, movement to have th'
estate purchased by the Fedora
Government may spring up. Senti
ment in favor of free admission
seven days week is growing con
stantly stronger.
The Washington times., 1915-05-24
CITIZENS OF TWO NATIONS

Under international law 1t is pos
sible for a person to be citizen of
two nations at the same time, neither
state, however, being bound to rec
ognize it's nationals citizenship in
another. The subject is hazy, and
since the reputation by some coun-
tries of the principle of inalienable
allegiance, the matter is more of a
maze than ever.
1t was in Blackstone's day "a
principle Of universal law that the
natural-born subject of one prince
cannot, by any act of his own, no.
not by swearing allegiance to an
other, put off or discharge his nat
ural allegiance to the former" Great
Britain's attempted maintenance OF
that law was one of the causes OF
the war Of 1912. England did not
abandon that doctrine until 1870
when she formally recognized that
vhea a subject became a citizen Of
The Washington times., 1915-05-24
MANY EVENTSL|STED
FOR CAPITAL TODAY
Meetings and Entertainments to
Be Held in Every Section Of
City by Various Societies.
Today.

ST. Martins Church. North Capitol and r
concert Bethany Baptist Church, Rhode
Island avenue and Second street northwest.
Competitiye drill, High School Cadets, Amer
Concert. United States Marine Band. Marine
concert, United States Soldiers Home Band,
=. in bandstand at Home, $40 ?. m:
snts small ball r0oW Win New TaS HaIn., Rom M
psn.4merican nua e m financial congress. Pan-Am.ri-
Meeting. washington Branch woman's
beass bems dt d"r to Esss Mr k9n P
BeneSt " i board Of ' lady managers ] Of + George m
washington Hospital, Columbia Theater.
Musicale 81 Il i Kate Gordon Chapter Of the South.
srn states suffrage so conference the Misses
1moTs sshST 1850 SGot5 Gtels
Church. Takoma PARK; P: n.
Mount Vernon. No. 3; Hiram, No 10;
Board Of Directors. Masonic and Eastern
Star Home. Temple. No. ID; Columbia. No
ODD FeIiows-Union. No. II; Beacon, No Is;
p, Langdon No: 2S; Esther No. 5. Rebekah: :
Sons of Jonada b-Empire Council.
| United Order OF the Golden Cross-Recep-
| tion to visiting members Of Supreme Com
| mandery, Pythian Temple.
| Knights OF Columbus-Potomac Council.
Royal Arcanum-National Council. followed
National tnion-scott Council. Federal coun-
Gil. Northeast Washington Council. head
IL. Young Peoples Socialist study class.
Meeting. Circles Of the Ladies' Of the G. A.
| r.. ll2 Pennsylvania avenue northwest.
| y. m.
The Washington times., 1915-05-24
THE FINANCIAL CONFERENCE

In all the period since the first
Pan-American conference was held
at Panama ninety years ago, there
has never been a time when such
gathering had the chance for great
and needed results that it has now.
The United States, it is worth while
to recall, was not represented in
that first gathering Of the repre-
sentatives of the new republics of the
new world, because Congress didn't
behave amiably about giving the
money, and some domestic politics
got mixed in the matter. Our fail
ure to appear, indeed, was one of
the early inspirations to some rather
unfriendly sentiments in Latin
America.
The gathering in Washington this
week, of leading financiers and fis-
cal authorities Of score of Amer
lean countries, has more business
and less sentimentality about it than
any other like assemblage. America
has come upon times when it must
help itself, within itself. The new
world is largely the debtor part of
the world; it's lines of commerce,
finance, enterprise, have been laid
with recognition of the old world as
the natural basis Of capital supplies.
Those supplies are cut off; commerce
is demoralized; credit is withdrawn,
markets closed or inaccessible. There
is need for America to prove just
how efficient it can be in the task of
taking care Of itself. The problem
is intensely practical, workaday, and
businesslike. 1t will be handled tc
the vast advantage of all concerned
II the same ability and resourceful
ness are brought to bear upon it
that have in a century past buildec
the American nations into the nobl,
position which they hold today o.
being the custodians of peace ane
civilization for all the world.
Of the purpose and desire tina
just such results shall be achieved
there is testimony in the personne
of the gathering that has come her
at the United States invitation
Without exception the countrie
have sent their best equipped, mos
able representatives for just such a.
assemblage as this. 1t is truly
representative gathering of the bes
and biggest in American busines.
The work it shall do will be certai
to have a great bearing on the fu
ture of economic and political rela
tionships in the western world.
The Washington times., 1915-05-24
LETTER CARRIERS ON
AN EFFICIENCY BASIS
Reduction in Salary Not tor
Economy, But to Adjust Pay
to Service Rendered.

In explanation OF the proposed reduc-
ton in salary Of certain letter carriers
OF the Washington postoffce. Fost-
master Praeger said today that the re-
duction Is not restricted to the WASH
ington office, and does not involve COL
lectors only.
IT is not an economy proposition on
the part Of the department" he said,
but 1t is in line with the general
policy Of the department to adjust sal
aries to the labor performed. and to re-
duce inefficient employees so as to make
1t possible to promote efficient ones
during the coming fiscal year.
while 1t IL true that certain carriers
OF this office have received notices re-
garding reductions, they have received
them because Of inability to perform an
average delivery service. and not be-
cause they are simply collecting mall
Any collector VINO can perform ehi-
cient delivery service need have no feaI
Of tn production of salary. In all the
economic changes that have been made
In the Washington postofficc under my
administration. 1t has been our ain
TO pay the maximum salary to the mer
who do the actual work. A man who
cen merely take the mail out Of a let
ter box. but Is not mentally or physic'
ally capable OF rendering the exacttnt
services of a delivery man. Is not en-
titled to the higher salary.
1T Is idle to contend that the service.
of carrier who collects mail are or
tho level with the services Of the car
rier who delivers 1t to the patrons o
the office. Any laborer who can wall
from box TO box can perform the serv
ices OF a man who only collects the let
ter boxes. On the other hand. the du
ties required Of carrier engaged II
delivery work are much more exactin;
than those required of collectors. tn,
delivery carriers having to acquain
| themselves with the disposition Of mai
| not only intended for every patron upol
| tie route. but for many of those VIII,
have formerly resided thereon an,
moved to other locations
While routing It is necessary for hin
| to indorse mail received by him for for
| nier patrons who have moved to othe
| locations. Though these names are re
corded In his route book he genersli,
carries most Of the changes Of addres
| In his mind"
The Washington times., 1915-05-24

average British opinion is today at
taching to it.
There could be nothing more un-
reasonable than the German charge
that England has hogged the worlds
markets and tried to exclude Ger
many from fair commercial oppor-
tunity, when in fact Britain has
kept wide open to Germany the
magnificent market of the United
Kingdom, Germany, entering that
market and boasting that she was
fast absorbing it, has raised high
protective tariff at home, to keep
Britain out. Between such diamet-
rically opposite and essential hostile
views of international relationship 1t
was inevitable that there should
come at last a clash. When the
world war is over, Germany will
not only find that her fleet and COM
merce are gone; she will find that
her richest Of all prizes of CONNER
cial opportunity, free and unlimited
privilege in the great British
market, is also gone.
The world has learned much about
the stupidity Of German diplomacy;
but in truth it has seen nothing
more characteristic than this utte,
failure to appreciate what British
markets had meant to Germany, and
what their loss might mean in
futllre
The Washington times., 1915-05-24
College Boys Can't Go
On Red Cross Vacation

College boys will not be able to get
vacation trips to the European bat
tlefelds at tho expense of the Amer
ican Red Cross. Miss Mabel Board
man. chairman of the relief commit
tee. has rejected a number of appli-
cations Of this kind from young men
who wanted to become attached TO
the Rod Cross forces as ambulance
attendants. automobile ambulance
drivers. or distributors Of supplies.
"The only persons being sent from
the United States to assist in the re-
lief work abroad are surgeons. phys
Roardman said. About $50 in ali
have gone abroad. These. for the
most part. are engaged in work
miles from the battle fronts. caring
for conYalescents."
Miss Boardman adds that all the
countries have their ambulance corps
and there seems to be no service
the young men could perform there.
The Washington times., 1915-05-24
New War May Delay
Reply to Wilson Note
American Officials Expect Lengthy Negotiation With
Germany, But Are Hopeful as to Peaceful Ad-
justment of Grievances.

Italy's entrance into the war over
shadows all other developments in inter
national affairs today Rome's action
completely blocks one of the last two
remaining highways for the entrance
Of supplies into the Teutonic Empires.
II is also expected further to delay the
German reply to the Wilson note.
The United States will issue a neu-
trality proclamation to include Italy the
document being already on President
Wilson's desk. awaiting his signature
The American ambassadors in Berlin.
Constantinople and Vienna are under
stood to be acting for Italy, although
In Berlin and Constantinople that action
will be unofficial until passports are
presented to the italian envoys'
May Affect Labor Situation.
One of the things that most interest
officials here Is whether the thousands
Of Italians In this country who are
liable to military service will be sum-
moned homo at once. 1t Is accepted
that most of them will respond yolun-
tarily. This will affect the United states
more than it has been up to the present
time. None of the other belligerent ma
tions recalled any great number OF its
subjects In the United States to the
colors. But the Italians inthe last rev
years nave ndQ JTdCllCdlly d iIloiio ioPO''
construction work in this country, and
II they return homo to night there lS
bound to be famine in the so-calleu
| common labor market.
The labor situation will become worse
III the Balkan countries enter the va
and recall their subjects In this cou"''''
Likely To Delay Reply.
The end OF the present week may not
see the German reply to President WI
sons note delivered in Washington ON
cials here remain hopeful as to the out
come, but look forward to lengthy diplo'
matte exchanges and are not optimistic
the difficulties will be adjusted without
considerable delay, but they now lee
Gel tain that Berlin does not desire tc
drag America into war.
Ii is largely because of this belief anc
NOT because OF any SPECIFIC Information
as to what the German reply VII o. G'
that there is more cheerful teellns II
Administration circles Officers tak'
the view that II Berlin is as desirous al
the United States OF avoiding clash
The Washington times., 1915-05-24
A Takoma Park Citizen Tells Of As
sessment On His Property.

To tho Editor Of THE TINES:
Sir: My attention has been called to a
statement In your issue of May IS. under
the heading, "Takoma Park Citizens
Discuss Railways" in which / am
quoted ae saying that my taxes have
been doubled last year and again
doubled this year wish to correct this
statement, as thero was an error in re-
porting 1t. The statement I made was
that my taxes were increased approx
mately 70 Ter cent this year over last
year.
The main point that I made. however.
in my statement was that the assessed
valuation OF the land upon which this
tax was levied was cents per square
foot higher than the price at which II
has boen upon the market for number
of years with out finding a buyer, and.
am informed that other land in the
same vicinity is taxed upon valuation
OF about half that Of my land The con-
ciusion to be reached Is either that the
party assessing this property Is incom'
petent, or there is some reason unknown
to the write for levying an unjust as
sessment against this property
C. o. TOWNSEND.
Washington, May q.
The Washington times., 1915-05-24
Contends Americans Had Sufficien
Warning of Sinking.

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
While the matter OF the Lusitania
can be logically argued pro and con. I
disagree with NJ. r. Sullivan. contend
that the Americans had sufficient
warning before they sailed on the Lusi-
tania. For very good reasons that are
readily understood, the German repre-
sentative wouldn't have told. even had
he known the boat was going to be
torpedoed. But we all know that there
was some warning given In the news
papers, and ! venture to say that the
people who refused to sail at the last
moment, thought 1t was sufficient
warning for them. But taking 1t for
granted that the people were not warn
ed by the papers. wasnt tne fact. tha'
they knew they were booking on ar
English ship sufficient warning? vi
coure II was.
Pride goes before destruction. and
guess that was the case with most OF
them who sailed. That was one reason
why they preferred, to SAL on thu
Queen OF the Seas ot m n,its feisoeh0e so 19rr e
iously fitted out. and. besides. tina
would be practically declaring one!
self financially embarrassed. and whC
among them could stand for that?
wonder why the captain OF the Lusi
tania, after being warned, laughed ant
replied. that his ship was capable o
making a speed of twenty,seven knots
! but. as a matter OF fact' ne carried !
| into the war zone at nine knots less, o.
approximately ten miles slower thai
the limit. There mtsnt have been I
different story. II the captain had pro
ceeded at full speed.
Under the conditions that the Lusi
tania sailed. could not imagine for
moment German submarines cominl
to the surface and demanding the pas
sengers to leave the ship. The fact tina
the Lusitania carried such a larg
amount Of ammunition and contraband
and that Germany knew 1t. we're suffi
Gent reason for Germany to suppos
that the ship would be protected b
think that after the incidents OF tn
two boats are compared. We have NOR
cause FOR protest in regard to the sink
for one would not want to see thi
country at war. and II other American
feel the same way about 1t. they Woul
book on no other than neutral boati
or stay on this side OF the pond
A. p. T.
Washington, May %
The Washington times., 1915-05-24
Tomorrow.

Competitive drill high school cadet regiments.
American League Park. p.
Musicale. beneft OF the Red Cross Serbian
relief fund, by pupils OF Miss Anna Ma
thilda Jorsenson parish hall at Taksma
Park, p. m.
Ora torio, columbia Triumphant in Peace"
Belasco Theater. s:15 p. m.
Meeting executive committee OF the Chamber
OF Commerce OF the United States in head
quarters, 10 a. m.
Annual conference on the weights and meas
ures OF the United States. Bureau Of Stand
ards, $50 a.. m.
Hearing Federal valuation committee. cabi-
net room, New Willard. 10 a. m.
Rehearsal Home Club Chorus, D. A. r
Hall. 1880 p m.
Maasqnio.Fsdera!. No; /; Acacia, No. ~
Electa, No. 2; Bethlehem, No I; Friend.
ship No; II: Fidelity. No. 10. Eastern
Star; Robert de Bruce Council, Albert
Consistory. Scottish Rite.
ODD Feilows-W ashington, No. .; Amity, No.
~: Golden Rule. No. n; Fred D. Stuart.
No. 7. Encampment
Knight. Of Pythias-webstss, No. 7: Excel
stor, No. "A; Capital, No. -; Myrtle No
Is; adjourned meeting. council Of srand
lodge officers.
Knights Of Columbus-Washing Council
Socialist Party-F1orida Home builders.
| Meeting directors OF the National Junior Re-
| public, Annapolis Junction, 2 .. m.
The Washington times., 1915-05-24
Book Review

SOME MORAL AND RELIGIOUS ASPECTS
OF Wod THE MAR nI BY the Eev Charles
Committee. 800 net.
With no attempt to settle the issues
or to define the causes Of the great
war, a little book of addresses deliv-
cred by the Rev. Charles Wood at the
Sunday evening services at the Church
Of the Covenant furnishes an hour Of
sober thought.
Published modestly to aid tho Serbian
relief fund. the work has within II a
wealth Of historic material. dlsested
Grafton of the part each nation has
played and will play In tho worlds
progress
Sympathetic In his treatment Of great
brief outline of tho factors that have
Influenced national development and
indicated a possible conclusion. To
quote. he says: Germany has been
pertty. In that cup there Is a deadly
poison. 1t is the poison Of naterialisu.
1t shows itself by what we call mill
tarism. What Germany needs Is an
other reformer like Martin Luther"
To England. he says, the war has
been already OF great gain, burning out
| the malignant growths of arrogance.
secularism. and sectionaltsm, but bet
ter still. England has been brought to
her knees by the war" 9
The United States of Europe" 10 not
| meaningless term, and its need was
| never felt SO strongly by humanity nor
| its possibility so bright, he concludes.
CHILDREN OF ALSACE BY Reno Basin.
Brentahes. New York 500 net
New York. sl.S5 net.
From Brentano's this week como two
books, one a translation from the
French OF Rene Bazin. the brilliant
author OF "The Nun" and "Redemp-
ton"
This present volume. Children of
Alsace" (Les Oberle). Is no less power
full in its realism and in the wonderful
skill and tenderness with which the
longing and poetry of the soul OF the
Alsatian Is shown. The story itself Is
absorbing. yet the charm Of the book
lies in its Characterization Bound in
the embossed leather Of the Brentano
Lotus series 1t Is an addition to the
shelves of any libraray.
In "Celibates'' the reprint of three
stories by George Moore we have an.
other illustration of tho changlessness oi
real fiction. Twenty years ago George
Moore startled. shocked, but held hi.
public. Today Mildred Lawton. Johr
Norton and Agnes Lahens are as fasci
We're then and as they will be twenty
wears hence. This volume is the fftf
In the series of the new and uniform
edition of George Moore's early works
VICTORIA. BY Martha Grace Pope. shsr
man. French Co. slS5
An average story about average pso-
. THE GOD OF BATTLES. BY Ambrose Lst
McGreevy. Sherman. French & Co. SO
: net.
A collection of war jingles and othe
! verses.
The Washington times., 1915-05-24
AlaskanS Vote on Saloon.

JUNEAU, Alaska, May 4-The clti-,
zens of Juneau, the capital of Alaska.
are voting today on the saloon ques-
tion. recent decision by Federal
Judge Jennings holding that a majority
of the voters, whether participating in
the election or not. must aftirmatively
approve the retention OF saloons, inten-
sihed interest. The decision means
that all persons not voting will be
counted against the saloonA