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The Washington herald., 1915-12-29

New York. Dec. 2s.-The woman's sec.
tion Of the Commission for Relief in Bel
gium has wound itself up.
It's job is finished.
Its 4 relief to know that the Belgians
are relieved.
There were fifty women's clubs In this
outfit
The membership was fve millions.
They raised $4,000 in money, food
and clothes
In less than a year
Then they raised themselves out
But they won't disintegrate.
They have switched to national de-
fense.
The executive committee is unanimous
In starting the woman's section of the
movement for national preparedness.
They are not trying to raise money
now.
Only enthusiasm.
Lots OF people can afford to give that
Some never had any.
Names 10 Conjure with.
Mrs Lindon W. Bates is chairman.
Miss Anne Morgan is treasurer.
The other members are Mrs. August
Belmont. Mrs. Edward Il. Hewett. Miss
Mary PARSONS. MIS-. W lll1dm Il. Wander
bilt and Miss Maude Wetmore.
Sounds like a combination OF New York
Blue Book and Wall Street directory.
raised to the feminine power
The committee will try to keep the
organization intact. 1t would he a shame
to let it go to pieces. For its the biggest
women's association that ever hap
pened. Only the labor unions and the
political parties are larger organizations
than the women's clubs.
To Make America safe.
In their new work they have a motto
1t is Make America Safe"
The resolution says:
In the guardianship OF peace woman
has a supreme concern"
America insure peace"
They are likely to take a wallop at
The Washington herald., 1915-12-29
District Courts

Bertha E. Enderle is bequeathed the
entire estate of her father. Joseph L..
Enderle. by his will. dated January 4,
1896. and filed yesterday for probate She
Is also named executrix.
Byt the terms of the will of Warren ].
Coffin. dated January T. 1a12. his entire
estate is LETT to his wife. Margaret Coffin,
who Is na.led executrix.
Tho will OF Patrick Raftery. dated No
vember - last. was filed yesterday for
probate. His household effects and per-
sonal property are bequeathed to his
wife. Mary Raftery. His daughter Mar
earet is left a diamond ring and his sons,
John and Francis. are bequeathed a gold
watch each. The balance Of the estate is
devised to Peter A. Drury. as trustee, to
pay the net income tor the widow for
life. and after her death to the children
until the youngest becomes OF age. When
the trust terminates, an equal distribu-
tion is to be made among the children.
Mr.. Drury is named executor.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-29
CAPITAL IS SECOND IN
MONEY PAID TEACHERS
Expenditures and Improvements in
Local Public Schools Are Less than
Average. Says Report.

More money is paid by Washington
in salaries for its public school teach
ers than by any other city. with the
exception of one. in a list of eighteen
of the largest cities of the country.
according to the report of the survey
committee of the Cleveland Founda-
tion.
Washington ranks twelfth among
the eighteen cities in expenditures for
administrative purposes in its school
system and fourth in expenditures for
educational purposes. The committee s
report also shows Washington spends
more than the average city for the
maintaining and operating of its
schools. but that its expenditures for
improvements are less than the aver
age.
The District ranks fourth among
the eighteen cities for expenditures
for school purposes. according to pop
ulation. and seventh for expenditures,
according to wealth: while it's stand
ing for expenditures. according to the
average of pupil attendance, is eighth,
which. according to the report, has
more significance than the expendi-
lures for population and wealth.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-29
u, 5. MAY HAVE TO
FINANCE Utilities
Director Prouty. of |. c. C.. Questions
Whether Private Capital Will Pro-
ceed Under Rigid Regulations.

Whether private capital and govern
mental regulation will work together in
the future for the development Of public
utilities is a grave Question. The strong
inference from present conditions Is that
the government must either abandon
regulations or take over control and
furnish capital for development.
This epitomizes the position taken by
Charles A. Prouty. director Of the
division Of valuation of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, In a paper read
before the section on transportation of
the second Pan-American Scientific Con-
Sress yesterday.
THE property invested in our public
utilities, declared Mr.. Prouty. is
private. Ordinarily, the owner Of private
property may do with 1t as he lists, but
today the commission cocntrols the prop
erty of tie utility. 1t can largely
overrule the judgement of the owner as
TO the methods which should be employed
and it can absolutely limit the return
which can be earned. When the invest
ment was made. regulation was not the
effective thing II is now. would the
owners Of this property have invested
had they foreseen what Ii actually
happening!
In the future large sums. perhaps as
large or larger than the present invest
ment. must be had for the further devel-
opment OF these utilities. Can that
money be obtained? Will private in
vestors have sufiicient confidence in the
future OF their investment to make II?
VIII the commission give the owner Of
the utility sufficient latitude in its opera
ton. and will It allow a suficient return
SO that the needed private funds can be
had? This Is the doubtful point. and the
doubt can only be resolved by actual ex-
perience.
This much Is certain, the rate Of re-
turn must be very much IN excess Of the
rate at which the government could itself
borrow money for providing the same
utilities. and the question may finally be.
Can the people AFFORD to regulate their
utilities. or Is 1t better that the govern
ment should furnish the service at first
handT"
The Washington herald., 1915-12-29
Central Alumni
Hold REUNION
Throng Corridors for Last
Romp in the Old School
Building.
G. A. LYON IS PRESIDENT
Chosen to Head Alumni Association
During Coming Year-Old Grads
Stand When Roll Is Called.

Alumni and near-alumni of Central
High School filled the auditorium of the
school yesterday to bid farewell to the
building as the scene Of Central activi-
ties after June. Including the members
OF classes graduating In February and
June. about 1000 people were present. 1t
was the last reunion Of former students
will remove to its new building at Elev-
enth street and Florida avenue next
summer
The program included the election of
officers for the ensuing year. which re-
suited in the choice Of G. A. Lyon as
president: G. Hodgkins. first vice presi-
dent: John w. McLachlen. secretary;
Miss Mildred Dean, treasurer, and Miss
Ollie Keys. assistant secretary and treas
uref.
More than 500 people were present when
the reunion program was begun. A Pc
riod OF greeting and hand-shaking pre-
ceded the adjournment to the assembly
hall Members Of classes Of more than
thirty years ago gathered, and a few
were present who were meeting class
mates for probably the first time since
graduation.
The school was opened in 1SS2 the first
class graduating in 1858. More than 10000
students have studied in the building
The incoming president, G. A. Lyon.
asked members of classes to stand as he
called out the roll of years. None stood
for the classes Of 50 and 50, one for 81.
six for 's5. nine for Sc. four for 81. after
which an ever-increasng number rose.
until more than a hundred Of the audi
ence stood when he called out for the
1915 class.
A feature of the year-roll was the ris-
ing of Z. l. Thurston. superintendent of
public schools. and Emory Wilson, prin-
cipal of Central, when SO was called out
Five women stood with the two school
officials.
chorus OF graduates of the classes Of
IS and SO sang a "Grasshopper" song.
which first made its appearance during
their Central days. II was announced.
The song created considerable amuse-
ment.
In his Introductory speech. q. A. Lyon.
the president proposed the establishment
of a scholarship fund by the Alumni As
sociation. The plan was greeted with
applause. and probably will be carried
out
Superintendent Of Schools Thurston
spoke, as did Principal Wilson. who told
of plans for a pageant to be conducted
by pupils and teachers of the school on
the opening of the new building. Follow
ing the program n reception and dance
was held, at which refreshments were
served.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-29
KINGS MILLS LEADS IN
SHOOTING COMPETITION
Contest for National Inte,club Cham
pionship Will Continue for
Eleven. Weeks.

The national competition is on for the
interclub shooting championship of the
United States on indoor ranges. Seventy
two of the leading rife clubs of the coun-
try have entered teams of ten men in
the competition and the shooting will
continue for eleven weeks. The shoot
ing is all done at seventy-fve feet with
.G-caliber rifles. using a bul's-eye one
half inch in diameter. The National
Rifle Association reports the results OF
the first competition. leading clubs be-
ing: Kings Mills. Ohio (Class A.. ass;
Bridgeport. Conn. fclass A.. ss7; Water
town, S. Oak. (Class b. SIS: New Haven.
Conn. (Quinnipiac Club. Glass d.. eSe;
Warren. Pa (Class Al. 9S,: Auburn.
y. Y. CCIass d.. e7s: Marion. Ohio CClass
Al. e7S: st. Paul. MINI. 0Class G.. -;
Bucyrus. Ohio (Class Al. gs: Indisnapo-
lis. Ind. OClass c.. s12: Ogden. Utah
CClass b, 81: San Francisco tClass G.,
g.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-29
CHURCH CELEBRATES
PASTORS ANNIVERSARY
Members of Wesleyan Pentecostal
Congregation Honor Rev.
H. B. Hosley.

Members of the congregation OF the
Wesleyan Pcntecostal Church. ID street
northwest, between Third and Fourth
streets. united Sunday in celebrating
the thirteenth anniversary of Rev. II. b.
Hosley as pastor of the church.
DIR. Hosley preached an appropriate
sermon for the occasion at the morning
service. expressing his qualification at
being able to serve the church for so
many years and expressing the hope that
he would be the pastor for some years
to come.
In the evening a Jericho service was
held. the congregation marching around
the church and depositing their offering
upon table. and thus leveling the wall
of debt much as the children Of Israel
marched around the city Of Jericho until
the walls fell down. Altogether. ss21 s.
was raised. and the balance of the serv-
ice was given up to songs of praise and
Thanksgiving.
Sunday evening at O'Clock a "crema-
ton service will be held. when second
trust real estate notes which have been
met will be placed in a small casket and
burned in the presence of the congrega-
tion. The Gospel Trio" of Baltimore
will be present and render a number OF
selections.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-29
SEEN AND HEARD
BY GEORGE MINER
Special Correspondent Of The Washington Herald.
(CopyrEht. Mcclure Newspaper sy.dicate)

Congress. and demand big army and
navy.
The hand that rocks the cradle can
sometimes lead a Congressman by the
ear.
They will not try to make silk purses
of any OF those ears
They don't say that
do.
They are too tactful.
They have headquarters in the Metro
politan tower. and don't pay any rent.
Wish l had a woman's section, and
could stall my landlord that way.
A. L. Erlanger. Charles Dillingham;
William Harris. All Hayman and Oliver
Morosco lunch together every day al
Claridge's.
They have a special round table and
a special waiter. more or less around and
round, whose ears are stuffed with cot
ton. 80 that the Shuberts can't corrupt
him.
All Canada Prosperous.
W. II. Stevens has rice mills in Port.
land. Greg, and Vancouver He says
they are running night and day. and that
all Canada Is prosperous. 1t can stand a
little Of that. A lot of II would be ar
awful shock. There is a new Ford Joke
each day. in addition to those in Europe
In Rock Creek Park. Washington. d. c.
Is small roadway. 1t crosses a stream
several times. A sign reads:
Heavy vehicles and automobiles not
allowed on this road. Ford's unsafe"
1t misled so many doves" that the last
two words have been covered over.
The late William NJ. WINS conducted
the Barnes suit against Roosevelt, and
read books in a funny way. He tore
fhan1 onI
around In his pocket. and read them in
cars. and in barber chairs. and in res.
taurants. and everywhere else. when not
otherwise engaged. His library must be
a sight. and look as though the Germans
had been there
Do you like this sort Of suffering writ
ing? Chopped up literature? Langua ge
put through a sausage grinder? It looks
easy: it's not. That's all at present.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-29
BUREAU EMPLOYEES Plan
.BANQUEIFOR FEBRUARY
members of Macine Divishion at Fed
eral Engraving and Printing Plant
Arranging the Details.

Plans are being made for the annual
banquet to be given by the Machine
Division of the Bureau OF Engraving and
Printing in February. Edw. r. Williams
una animously elected chairman. has ap-
pointed the following committees to as
sist:
Enrolment committee-Machine shop
lP. v. Hall, chairman: c. Bussius. Samuel
Elder, c. Brumm and James OLeary.
Electrical shop. David Miller. chairman
William Freeman and John Smith. Car
penter shop. G. S. Brown, chairman; G.
whiting. A. E. Rabbit and f. Cunning
ham. Plumbing shop. J. p. Davis. chair
man: William O'Neil and p. Veereck.
Macerator shop. Thomas Green. Paint
shop. James Ecklofr. chairman: John
Williams and Jacob Beck. Engine and
pump room. James Williams. chairma n
D. O'Leary and c. Bennie. Office force. E.
II. Jackson. chairman. and d. Lee. Gum
ming room, S. Z. McNulty: section !.
James Murray: section .. Thomas Nu-
gent: section 3. William Davidson. ExI
amining division. Charles Drexiluis. Sur
face division. William Hartley. Wetting
division. f. II. Fulton. Stamp book room.
Joseph V Heany. Stamp perforating
room. w. /. Hondrix. Miscellaneous. l. ].
Farley. Engraving division. Edward L.
Tucker.
Arrangement committee-LA Dolan
man: J. Duffy G. Whiting. David Miller
p. v. Hall, S. Z. McNulty, James Will.
Jams, G. Ansberry, and George Riley.
Entertainment committed. J. Farley
chairman; G. Whiting H. Gehrmann. w
Burke. and W. Nightingale.
Press committee-P. H. Stanley chair
man: E. r. Williams.
Treasurer-T Brown.
Invitations will be extended to the bu-
reau chiefs officials of the Treasury and
other government departments. and a
number of prominent public men.
Invitations will be extended to- the fol-
lowing: Secretary McAdoo. Senator
James Reed, of Missouri; Samuel Com
pers, president American Federation OF
Labor; W. p. Malburn. assistant secre-
tary Of Treasury: Joseph E. Ralph, di-
rector of the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing; Frank Ferguson. assistant di-
rector of the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing: Clark Griffith, manager Wash
ington baseball team; W. H. johnson
president International Association OF
Machinists.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-29
MEETING OF JEWS WILL
AID IN RELIEF FUND
Definite Date of Gathering in Eighth
Street Temple Will Be
Fixed Soon.

In order to raise money for the relief
of suffering Jews in Europe, a mass
meeting similar to the one held recently
in Carnegie Hall, New York. at which
$1,000. 900 was raised, will be held in Wash
ington, next week.
The plans for the meeting are IN the
hands OF Simon Wolf. who yesterday SET
a tentative date and telegraphed DR.. J
l. Magnes. in New York. asking him
II he could be here to make the princi.
pal address. When his reply is received
a definite date will be set.
Present plans call for a meeting in the
Eighth Street Temple. when. in addition
to DIR. Magnes. Rabbi Simon and Simon
Wolf will speak.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-29
RULING ON CITIZENS
PROTESTS EXPECTED
Commissioners Will Make Known De-
cision in Chevy Chase Sana-
torium Case.

The Commissioners are expected to rem
der a decision Friday on the request
made nearly a year ago by the Pine
hurst and Chevy Chase Citizens Asso-
citation that the license of the Chevy
Chase Sanatorium. Thirty-second and
Emerson streets northwest, be revoked
on the ground that the place Is conducted
in such a manner as to make 1t q
nuisance.
The principal charge made by the COM
painants was that patients in the in
stitution have been permitted to wander
about without attendants beyond the
boundaries Of the place. which is not sur.
rounded by a wall.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-29
MOTOR GOSSIP
By Isl" GROGAN


Because the Oakland factory could not
make deliveries fast enough, James and
William Trew. of the Smith-Trew Motor
Company. went to Philadelphia night be.
fore last and yesterday drove two Oak.
land cars-a six-cylnder roadster and /,
IX-cylinder touring car-which they
succeeded in getting from the Philadel-
phia branch of the Oakland Company to
Washington. They arrived early las,
evening.
Irving r. Donuhue is stickler for
service and that he may better give
what he terms real service to those
who buy Rayfield carburetes and other
accessories which he handles. he has
rented the premises at l0ls Fourteenth
street for a service station.
Leroy Livingston, who has been i'll for
some days past. is again talking the
qualities of his Hood tires.
jefferson Combs, of the Combs Motor
Company. who spent the Christmas at his
home in Ohio, has returned.
Indications point to a raising OF tire
prices after the first of the year, although
the exact extent of the raise and who
will do the raising first, are by no means
clear. The tire manufacturers them
selves all believe that a raising Of prices
is more than justified by the increasing
prices of materials. and that an advance
is likely to become inevitable in the near
future. Some estimates indicate that an
increase of 20 per cent. in tire prices
would be logical, considering the higher
prices of rubber and other tire materials
The great proportion of cost in a tire Is
the material. only about Il per cent being
represented by labor, overhead and SIM
liar expenses.
Oxide of zinc. which is used so extern
sively in the manufacture Of white rub
ber. has advanced about s. per cent
while cotton fabric costs about 40 per
cent more than II did last year. Rubber
has gone up steadily during the past
month, the increase being about 20 per
cent. with indications that II will continue
to advance for some time to come. The
big companies seem to be buying far into
the future. their buying being particular.
ly marked whenever there Ii even a
slight recession In prices.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-29
ST. PATRICK'S TO HOLD
PAN-AMERICAN MASS
Special Service Sunday Morning for
Delegates to the Scientific
Congress.

a pan-Amer:can mass for the delegates
10 the Scientific Congress will be held
in St Patricks Church Sunday morning
1t II o'clock. The Right Rev. Charles
Warren Currfer. formerly bishop of Man
t'nE"s. Cuba. will preach the sermon in
Spanish. The mass will be sung by
the Rev. James A. Smyth.
TIE muse of Christmas Day will be
reTcated in its entirety by two chors
and an orchestra of stringed instruments.
The congregation of St. Patricks have
given over the use of their pews for
the occasion to the delegates to this
congress. The first pew in the church
will be occupied by the Ambassador of
Chile. the president of the congress. but
no order OF precedence will be followed
for the other guests on this occasion.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-29
SANTA ATTENDS
TRACTION PARTY
Thousands Of Employees Chill
dren Have Big Time and
Many Presents.
MOTHER GOOSE HELPS
Railway and Power Companies Give
Their Fifteenth Annual Entertain
ment-C Commissioners Present.

Illuminated Christmas trees. barrels of
goodies" and carloads OF toys were
distributed to ZOO happy little children
Of employees OF the Washington Railway
and Electric Company and the Potomac
Electric Power Company by Santa Claus,
at the fifteenth annual entertainment ten
dered by the companies at the New Ma
tional theater yesterday afternoon.
As Santa's principal business Ia Civ
ing children what they want. he brought
Mother Goose with him to entertain the
children while he prepared the feast
Mother Goose. in turn. succeeded in in
ducing Miss Cora B. Shreve, local dane
ing teacher. to assist her In sta aginE q
Mother Goose tableaux.
"Now Let Us Have F.n"-
The leading characters in the tableau.
were: Mother Goose Edna T. Bussey;
Little Boy Blue" Roy Bussey:" Mistress
Mary. Evelyn Duffy: Little Bo Peep"
Margaret Hotter: Miss Muffett." Re-
bekah Thomas. Little Jack Horner."
Eugene Thomas: Queen of Hearts"
Dorothy Rettew: King Cole" Gilbert
Rettew. jr.: babes in the woods, Alvina
and Olga Reynolds. and Jack and JILL"
Dewitt and Reba Crickenberger
Clarence p. King. president Of the
railway company. opened the program
with an address. He said:
To-day is our children's day. and I
represent them This is the House of
neutrality-suspicious. the home
life of the Washington Railway and
Potomac Electric Power Companies
employees. These children are not
regulated by the Interstate Commerce
Commission or the Public Utilities Com
mission. but by their mothers, and
regulated well. as the bright eyes. rosy
ri Nd
They want all OF you grown-up people
to have good time. but particularly
request me to caution you not to be too
boisterous. and not to get the hdgets.
Now let US have fun
Connissioners In Attendance.
Among those present were Representa-
Committee: Senator John Walter Smith.
of Maryland: Commissioners Newman.
Brownlow and Kutz, and Mai. Raymond
W. Pullman. superintendent Of police
The affair was arranged by the following
committees:
Entertainments. ]. Mersheimer. W. n
NeNeals. ]. A. Kaiser, ]. G. Gray, L. B
Schloss.
Decoration-s L Folsom, Louis Brown
Edward Staub. II. B. Hart. A. W. Haw,
kins.
Distribution-w. F. Dement,. J. Z. r
Shaw. c. ]. Pitt. George Derene, ]. W.
Wenner. E. W. Whitehead. L. l. John.
ston. II. s. Gormley, W. z. Anderson
R. B. Saunders. S. J. Devine and W. II
Memler. =
Printing-G. P. Mansan, c. z. Brown
L. S. Helma, c. NJ. Marsh
Purchasing-M NJ. Merrill, ]. 3. Hoell-
man, r. W. CroweIl. V. A. Sisler.
Trees-w. s. Ballenger. D. T. Frazier
c. s. Reich
Reception-w. F. Ham. s c. Kimball,
L. E. Sinclair. F. ]. Whitehead. G. G.
Whitney. A. S. Parry. G. II. Rettew, J.
H. Stephens, W. o. Gibson. J. z. Tenley.
H. NJ. Keyser.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-29
Brandenburg Asks Flag Display.

E. c. Brandenburg. president of the
Washington Board of Trade. has ask
ed members of the organization to
display American flags on their busi-
ness places and residences. The re-
quest was made at the suggestion of
John Barrett, director-generaI of the
Pan-American Union. The action was
taken ins recognition OF the Pan-Ameri-
lean Scientific Congress and will be
continued through their sessions.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-29
Montgomery Died by Accident.

certificate Of accidental death was
given by the coroner Sunday in the
case OF Earl E. Montgomery, 26. who
was found unconscious from inhaling gas
In room at 600 Sixth street Mont
gomery's condition was discovered about
o'clock Saturday morning and he died
that night in Emergency Hospital. One
gas Jet In his room was burning and
another was open. but not burning, with
the gas flowing out.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-29
Labor to Consider School Change

The recommendation OF the District
Commissioners for a change in the To-
cal school system will be taken up at
a meeting of the Central Labor Union
in typographical Temple next Mon
day night. Officers for 1916 will be
elected. Among the candidates are tho
following. who now hold these offices:
Z. L. Tucker, president: John German.
vice president: John B. Colpoys. secre-
tary; Luke s. Ludlow, treasurer, and
Joseph E. Clark. sergeant-at-arms.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-29
Fast Train Wrecked, Fireman Killed

Sedalia, Mo-. Dec. 2s.-Missouri. Kan
sas and Texas flyer No s. northbound.
crashed into a light locomotive forty
miles north Of here today. A. E Elsven.
of Hannibal. Mo. fireman Of the light
engine. was killed; Engineer E. c. Robey.
of Sedalia was probably fatally scalded.
and Porter Dan Jones badly cut and
bruised. A number of passengers were
slightly injured.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-29
MILLION FOR SHIP CREW,
Lottery Prize OF 100000 Won h,
Men of Spanish Cruiser.

Ferrol, Spain, Dec. 2.-The grand prize
OF 100000 pesetas 81. 100000 in the
Christmas drawing Of the government
lottery was won by the crew of the
cruiser Alfonso III.
The prize will be divided among 71s
men who subscribed to the ticket, the
price Of which was 1000 pesetas.