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The Washington times., 1915-02-02
Streets of Bladensburg
Inundated; Relief Near
Bla densburg Is again inundated.

Bladensburg Is again inundated.
Heavy rains have swelled the Eastern
branch and the Northwest branch out
OF their banks. and the water is lush
ing over the main streets Of the suburb.
The concrete bridges over the streams
are acting as a dam and driving the
waters out of their regular channels.
Hyattsville and North Brentwood also
suffer from the flood. although the con-
ditions are not nearly so threatening as
those early In January when this Sec
tiOn Vas visited by the frayed edge of
enc OF the worst storms of the season.
The slackening of the precipitation to-
day is believed to be the necessary quan-
tity to lessen the results of the swollen
streams in the suburbs.
The Washington times., 1915-02-02
South's Business Revival
PleaSeS DR.. c. J. Owens

DR.. Clarence ]. Owens. managing di-
rector of the Southern Commercial Con-
gress. and a member of the Latin
American trade committee, recently ap-
pointed by the Departments Of State
and Commerce. has just returned from
an extensive tour OF the South, made to
complete arrangements for the sixth an
nual convention Of the congress, which
Will be held In Muskogec, Okla. in
April.
DR.. Owens was deeply impressed with
the revival of business in the South,
The effect Of the European war on
Southern industry. he said is rapidly
being eliminated
The Washington times., 1915-02-02
Tomorrow.

Masonic CentenniaI: No rI.;; u;
osiris No 2e kins Solomon; No; na ID Hr,sss. Ess.
wood. No. .. Royal Arch Masons; Potomac.
No. 3, KNIGHTS Templar; Areme' NO. w.
y Federal city S:. 2: ET,snSsn,D' s,Ssn No. Il;
Union. No. p: Friendship Temple. No. p
Pythian Sisters. -
sSsn Committee and branch =. sil & street
Mss!ins t.. SssSns Lyme 4 Msnv'1s,Ha ss% %.4a Ap p
Meeting. Chamber Of Commerce of the United
States, large ball room New "''ard'
Lecture. sna e Fanny Burnsy and Or. Johnson: "
Nssi, M5s c15a ic.5 sswsk s me- .nG oG'a; s Is' p @
Banauet. sophomore class Georgeto"n Uni
versity. grill room. Powhatsn. p. m;
Meeting. Day Nursery oak roem' he'eish
Meeting. College w0nen's Club. oak room
orssn sie's%; reci,.i, Alfred G. E,eriase. .nas
auspices OF the washington Society Of th'
Fine A5, Gn.reh .. EpRh'PPy Pea:as, :ss p Com
Msssi"s sss..!''nec ci.en: Hsn:s" ., chsx
Chase. D: 6: home Of Mr. Rogers s7'
n.Ia.s Glys. s'Ffst ss,nGe S.nea Bruen
for Destitute Children, Calvary raptts
Mee!inF' nHnfn' Bard 3 d. Of Education, FRANKLIN
Illustrated address, THE Worlds Creates
bridges by Henry s. Jacoby. bef"r
Washington Society Of Engineers. Cosmo
Club. >.
Meeting, councils Of the National Union
Pythian Temple. 8 p. m.
Meeting Francis Scott Key Council, Roya
Arcanun. in hall. s p m.
Meeting, Municipal Council. Royal Arcanum
! New Masonic Temple. s p. m.
Afternoon 500 party. IibSary Hive. Iadie
OF the MRccabees, at home OF Mira Nc
Kelvey 4lS Seventh street northwest
The Washington times., 1915-02-02
To Tell of Condition
Of Women in Europe

The condition of women in the bel
Iigerent countries of Europe will he
the theme of address by Miss Con-
stance DreXel. before the, Congression-
al Union for Woman Suffrage, at &
meeting in headquarters, this even
ing. Miss DreXel recently returned
from France where she served as "A
nurse in the Deauville Military Hospi-
tai, DR.. Eliza Lord. formerly dean of
women at the Western ReservS Uni
versity, in Ohio, will also speak.
The speeches will be followed by in
formal discussion of the two pending
suffrage bills. the Shafroth resolution
and the R!istow-Nondel amapdQD>Dt.
The Washington times., 1915-02-02
CLERGY AND LA|TY
PLAN SUNDAY VISIT

More than 400 clergymen and laymen,
representing all the Protestant denom-
nations in Washington, will be invited
to a conference on the evening OF Feb
ruary 10, when the question of getting
Billy Sunday to Washington for cam
paign will be considered.
The invitations are being sent out
today, following the meeting of the
joint committee of clergymen and lay
men last evening at the Y. NJ. c. A.
William Knowles Cooper was elected
arrangements will be made for the con-
ference through the Y. NJ. &. A. offices.
which have been used as the Sunday
committees headquarters.
The Washington times., 1915-02-02
BETTER CAR ROUTINCS

The readjustment Of the car routes
on the Capital Traction lines prom
ises 4 relief for the service COM
planned of for several months past
BY citizens Of Southeast Washington.
Through their citizens bodies the
residents of that section have called
attention to the fact that the service
beyond the House Office Building has
been inadequate for several months.
Formerly cars were freqnent on
both the Navy Yard and. Eastern
Branch bridge lines, but recently
Government. employees and other
workers have been seriously incon-
venienced both in going to work and
in returning.
The new arrangement not only
promises more cars for these lines,
but it will permit southeast resi-
dents going north on Fourteenth
street without having to transfer.
That, too, will save much time.
The'problem of the Capital Trac-
tion Company, with all its lines
emptying into the congested tracks
along Pennsylvania avenue, is a diff
ficult one, and the citizens associa-
tions should stand as ready to ap-
prove its efforts to relieve this con-
gestion as they have been to point
out the defects of service.
The Washington times., 1915-02-02
The Silver
Lining
EJ:S.S D., ADTuIID PAED
Edited By ARTHUR BAER.

Might solve the pacia problem By
sending her through the Panama canal
BY the time she got past Culebra cut
the war would be over.
The U-21 is not a bartender's cate
chism Of a college student. but highly
efficient Teutonic submarine.
Any sufferer will tell you what Sena-
tor Smoot talked about. 1t was about
eleven hours.
When Villa got wounded 10y stray
bullet he was encroaching upon a strict
ly American prerogative.
American has invented comblna-
tion aeropiane- -automobilc-h ny dropiane-
submarine. Why not domesticate it by
adding a patent potato peeler?
The Washington times., 1915-02-02
Conspicuous BY Absence.
Editor of THE TIMES:

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
1t is OF more than passing interest 10
the people of this country. and more
especially to the people Of Maryland.
that in the remaining OF the buildingA
etc, at the Naval Academy. the name
OF schley does not figure. It 10
possible that the omission has no pecu-
liar Significance.
It may be that no building. or walk, Or
street has been found there which fits
his fame It may be otherwtseN
In the list OF those whose name and
fame 1t has been thus sought to make
immortal. some names appear which
are we'll known to the writer, while
! does not seem to be altogether fainfl-
lar. 1t may be his ignorance. He has
a little more than a common school ed
The writer. possibly in defense Of
his ignorance of naval history and It's
heroes. INDUCES the belief that the
committee Of selection-no single name
Of which is known to him-has, by ieav.
whose knowledge OF history is not what
IT might be-, a splendid service. 1t
seems we'll that they have done this |;
names to light; schley's was already
there.
The omission Of his name brings to
| mind certain wcll-known lines. written
by worthy churchman some years
ago. when the name Of Poe was refused
| place in the Hall of Fame:''
Into the charnel house OF fame
The dead alone must go;
SO write not there tho living name =,
or Edgar Allen Poe
| To the great disappointment Of some
| Of his admirers. Poe's name was after
| ward admitted to this "ch9rnel house.
| and thus was the nall Of Fame made
| famous.
Let us hope that of the few left-overs
none Will be permitted to bear the name
| Of Schley. MARYLANDER.
| Annapolis. Md, January 81, 1915.
The Washington times., 1915-02-02
Police Put Purchaser
Of Pepper in Prison

LIMA. Ohio. Feb. 2.-Establishing
that he purchased several packages OF
cayenne pepper in a Lima store recent
iyS police arrested Jesse Pugh. nineteen
and turned him over to Sheriff Shockey.
lie will be arraigncd on a burglary
charge.
PuSh is believed to be one OF two
men who looted a grocery store, then
covered up his tracks by spr1nklinE
cayenne pepper over the iloor. Blood
houndS were unable TO take up the tr al.
The Washington times., 1915-02-02
Remember That Osth!

70 the Editor Of THE TIMES:
When . foreigner presents hfmseN
before an American court and requests
that he be admitted a. citizen Of the
United States Of America. the presid-
ing Judge requires him to furnish Ger
tain satisfactory evidence In regard to
the length Of time that ne has resided
in this country. and he must take the
following oath:
I. (so-and-so). do hereby solemnly
swear that I will now and forever
foreswear and renounce all duty and
allegiance to the King or Emperor
of (such or such a country. and
that will bear true faith and al
United States; that I will honor and
obey her laws. be they civil or mill
tary; that I will aid and help TO
defend her against her enemies
whomsoever, 30 help me God.
Now, It seems to me that the United
States should impress upon such a per-
son the seriousness Of such an oath.
and the danger he incurs and the pun
'ishment that he may face by breaking
the same. There are entirely too many
citizens today who forget that very
oath. A certain country in Europe has
for years contributed largely to our
population. They are good citizens in
many respects, but they forget one
thing, and that is. that it is unlawful
for them to band together for the pur-
pose Of aiding their mother country.
stir up trouble for their adopted coun-
try BY their conspiracy and agitation.
They have already gone gone SO far AZ to
and even some VINO have VET been u born 'r,
to get their adopted country into a
war with a country which at present
is at war with their mother country
and they are today using all means to
Such citizens are not only a menace.
but may become a great danger II their
present activities. plans. and schemes
elowsd nrS Sa to go ,Ssx on If oxe they Will bsp
into trouble with another in order that
their motherland may gain thereby,
they will go even farther;
try where they hail from should at
some future time succeed in landing
an army on our shores. It is not too
much to say that her loyal sons would
over here who claim to be good Ameri-
Not 10 very many days ago one. Of
those loyal citizens got up in a public
ridicuie the American President for not
piunging our country into war for their
pleasure and their native country E
gentleman for our President, and he
has honorable gentlemen to help him,
and I think we may safely trust our
| country's welfare in their hands.
! I think It is high time for the Amerf-
can Government to put a stop to those
same trouble makers. Let the war in
Europe be fought in Europe. and not
here. We don't care who wins the war:
but we like to see IT conducted in q
humane and civilized manner.
| A DANISH AMERICAN.
Washington. Jan. 81.
The Washington times., 1915-02-02

ination In favor Of the South; but It
will put an end to the imminent dan.
.eers Of a. scandal in every national
convention, and make 1t possible for
a good many people who in 1912
found it impossible to remain with
the party, to resume relations with
ft now.
The Washington times., 1915-02-02
Bird Cheers Up Paris;
Good Omen, Says Crowd

PARIS. Feb. "A great crowd as
sembled in the Place de la Bastille to
watch an Alsatian stork which had
alighted on the wings of the Statue of
Liberty on the top of the July Column,
raised in honor Of the heroes of the
revolution of July. 1890.
The fact that an Alsatian bird had
taken refuge in Paris was said by some
Of the spectators to be Z good augury.
The Washington times., 1915-02-02
Some Issues and Facts in
Shipping Bill Fight
If Measure Is Defeated, President May Make It a
Campaign Issue-Shipping Facilities Needed
But Wide Differences of Opinion as to How
They May Be Obtained --
BY JUDsON c. wELLIvER.

The fight the ship purchase bill has become the most acute
and dangerous the Wilson Administration has faced in Congress-
To be defeated would indicate the Presidents heretofore wonder
full Congress had been broken true that if the
failed in this session by close Senate might be forced through
the Senate session. that body the Democrats will have
considerably increased majority in the upper chamber But the
other hand there will be very small Democratic majority in the
next House. '.'.'
After March and till close Of this Administration, il may
be expected that the Of determined opposition Admins
aon policies will be- transferred the House. by Of these
conditions Therefore the danger the Administration that while
pass anything likes the House, but compelled
fight Senate another session will lose its grip in
the House. while taking Rrmer hold on the Senate.
The Washington times., 1915-02-02

weather, and keep both In good oondi.
ton u decidedly moro economic.
And hope my good friends Of tAe
william B. Cushing Camp, Sons OF
veterans. will accept these kindly Views
- coming from Q heart akin to him
who wrote our national anthem, Fran.
els Scott Key. a. we'll ~ one Who loves
our country. it, institutions. and eli
its people who have In any way con-
tributed to our 9reatness a. Q ma
ton. M1NTER p. KEY,
Late captain OF Polk's scouts. U. 3. A.
Washington, Jan. %.
The Washington times., 1915-02-02
musem entS.

Bclasco--'"The Lilac Domino $40 p. IN.
Natiunal-"The Miracle Man. S:15 D. m
Columba-"Jacks Romance 9:b p. M
Poirs-"As a Man Thinks" 2:l5 and s:lb ,.
B. +. Keith's-vaudeville, 2lb and s:l6 .. m.
Cosmos Vaudeville, continuous.
Casino--vaudeville. contin uous.
Gayety--Burlesque, 2:l5 and 8:lb p. m.
Majestic-Burlesque. 2:15 and s:l5 p. IN.
Strand-Photoplays IL y. m.'to II p. m
Garden-Photoplays, II q. IN. to ii p; m
Crandair s-Photoplays. II a. m. to II ,. m
Arcade-Dancing 8 to Il p. m.
The Washington times., 1915-02-02
SHIP BILL TROUBLES

of merchant ships is in trouble Of
the most serious kind. There are
all kinds of motives for the opposi-
tion to it. One group views with
alarm any experiment in Govern
ment ownership and fights the meas
ure for this reason; while Senator
Norris, Republican, objects, not
to the Government ownership fea-
trrre, but to the promise that the
Government ownership is to be only
temporary. Between such widely
separated views, the Administration
finds itself confronting the neces-
sity of formulating amendments
that will command enough votes to
pass the measure, and today saw
Senator'S Norris and Kenyon sum-
moned to the White House to confer
with the President. It has been the
hope of the Administration leaders
that enough of the Progressive Re-
publicans might be won over TO sup
port the bill to make up for the de-
fection of Democrats.
But a concession that would meet
the Norris view and win his support
might drive away some more doubtful
Democrats with prejudices against
Government ownership. Of course,
it is to be urged that, even though
,the bill contains no specific promise
Of later abandonment of public own
ership, p later Congress would have
full power to abandon it if it saw
fit. In either case it would require
Congressional action.
Perhaps an even more difficult sit
uation for the Administration has
been created by the jnsistent report
that the British government has indi-
Gated its dissatisfaction with the pro-
posal to put the American Govern
ment into the shipping business. 1t
has been denied categorically that
any such protest has been received;
and the statement has been reaf-
firmed with the utmost positiveness,
and the explanation that the denial
has not been entirely frank. The ex-
act position is not clear; but it is
reasonably plain that the allied pow
ers in control of the seas could not
be expected to fancy seeing Ameri-
can Government funds buying up
and putting back in business the in.
termed German ships. The one great
achievement of the allies sea power
is the driving of those German ships
off the ocean. If they are to become
American ships, and the Germans
are to get money for them, then the
advantage of driving them out o1
business is largely sacrificed by the
sea powers. It is quite plain that il
the positions of the United States
and England were reversed, this
country would have a protest; anc
even though the protest might be sc
informal and roundabout that the
making of it could be formally de-
Aied, there would be a general feel
ing that competent Government ir
Washington must have indicated it:
views.
The Administration will suffer 3
telling defeat, on pet measure, il
the ship bill fails. 1t is a critica
time, for it has been manifest fo,
some months that the Administra
tion was not holding itself so strone
with either the public or the Demo
cratic party. To fail now would b,
to give encouragement not only t,
the political opposition, but to tn,
factional antagonists of the Admin
| iekr x,ys<b;,, o,,,o
The Washington times., 1915-02-02
THE TIMES MAIL BAG

to the Man Bag must Be- written .. es the
address The publication letters
questlonA
The Washington times., 1915-02-02

The ''jitney' buses who promise to
take you home for cents could further
popularize themselves by also finding
the keyhole.
The Washington times., 1915-02-02

While sympathizing with the unen-
ployed, don't forget that Walter John
son hasn't worked all winter.
The Washington times., 1915-02-02
PR OGR A NJ
(For Today and Tomorrow.)

Meeting Of fratsrnai. social and other
organizations OF the Nations Capital.
together with 4 brief tabulation Of the
most important eyents scheduled for TO.
the various playhouses. BY reference ito
this column the reader may nnd at
glance the tlpe and place Of happen
ings in Washington today. and toinor-
row. The Sunday issue Of The Times
presents q program Of events for the
ensuing week
The Washington times., 1915-02-02

If the Dacia makes the Transatlantic
journey safely, she Will most likely n
given a place ahead of the Swiss yodsi-
ers on the Chautauqua circuit.
The Washington times., 1915-02-02

Primary effect Of prohibition IN Ice
land will be to put the roof gardens
out OF existence.
The Washington times., 1915-02-02

General Truce is the strategist who
could end this war In a jifry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-29
Here IS the rest Of this nstalment Of
The Girl of the Nutmeg Isle
Continued from page 10
Continued from page 10


meant to have anything to do with Rich
ter, or with any man. Means to go into
convent and spend the rest of her life ex-
plating her sin"
"Her WHAT"
"Sin. Sin of having taken fancy to a
young ass like you, when she'd vowed to
love and obey some one else who did not
prove lovable or obeyable There, we've
talked enough, with the girl down in the
cabin wondering what's going to become
of her. Go on and see what's happened,
while l take the wheel. There are too
many horse-heads about these waters to
leave it to the boys"
did not wait to be told twice. Three
steps took me down into the cabin,
small, blue-painted place with a narrow
table and two lockers, a swinging tray and
swinging lamp, and a strongly pervading
smell of cockroachs.
loose cotton gown. Her sack of cloth
ing lay open on the locker-top, and the
khaki coat and trousers in which she had
come aboard We're invisible, whatever she
had done with them. l suspected that
she had simply flung her dress over them,
the moment she found herself alone.
Her hair-her lovely hair!-was cut
short round her neck. Her face and hands
seemed to have been stained with some
brown dye. 1t had been very we'll done
| never should have suspected the ruse
had | not seen her in her natural ivory
fairness. Deprived of the fairness, with
her fine falcon-like cast of feature and her
black Italian hair and eyes, she made the
most convincing half-caste one could
imagine. Her slight, active figure, helped
by the loose coat she wore, had been q
remembered) boyish in appearance when
we saw her in the launch; and the slender
hands and feet were not too conspicuous
in a youth supposed to be of Malayan
blood. On the whole, the disguise was
excellent.
Sitting there at the cabin table, in her
loose dress, with her big eyes shining out
from under the short heavy hair, she
simply looked half-caste island girl
of unusual beauty and refnement-to
any one unframed in the true signs of
race.
In the unsteady, ill-smelling little cabin,
with the wide seas of New Guinea swing
ing beneath our keel, stood at the other
side of the table and looked at her-the
girl loved who was not for me, yet who
thank God!-was not for any one else
either, so it seemed. l could think of
nothing else but that, for moment.
Then suddenly it occurred to me that she
must be weary, perhaps hungry and
thirsty, that she was certainly in some
grave trouble, and that | had not yet
done anything but stare like the idiot
Red Bob had just called me.
"Isola!' | said, taking her hands in
mine,-they were chilly, for all the
warmth of the evening,-"you must be
tired, and amshed-and- What has
happened? Gore told me Bo! get
some tea, along galley plenty-plenty
quick. What's the matter? Why didn't
you get away on the A.fzelid? Do you
know where we are going? It's a terrible
place, not fit for"
"You said," she answered, looking at
me with a light of perfect confidence in
her beautiful eyes-"you said, If you
want me, III come to YOU alive or dead
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way OF living. III having none tnaI
makes me so helpless"
"Cook!" said Indignantly. "Cook and
wash! | should like to see you doing it
or my letting you!"
"keep your hair on, young Corbet.'
said Gore. "If Frau Richter, as suppose
we must call her, wants to cook, and mend
and so on, by all means let her. People
are happier employed"
"Thank you," said Isola, with glance
that made me angry with Gore for having
earned it.
OF course, he was in the right. | saw
that as soon as took time to think. She
would be hundred times more contented
if she We're allowed to do something-or
fancy she was doing something-for us.
SWELL" said Gore fixing his passionless
blue cat-eyes on Isola and on me- at seems
that the best thing we can do is to go on
for the present, at any rate. No one
is looking for Malay lad; they're looking
for white girl By and by they'll give
her up, and then we can come back
with you, and get you aboard the Banda
boat"
"Thank you, more than | can say"
said the girl in low voice. Both of you
you are very good. II am going into
a convent when get to any place where
l can. I'm not Catholic-mother was
Church of England; but there are Prot
estant converts too
al hope you'll never do anything so hor-
rible!' cried Indignantly; but do not
think she heard me, for she had left the
cabin.
"There are worse things, said Gore, in
specting the ash on the end of his cigar
as closely as if he were estimating it's
ratio to the volume of smoke.
II can't imagine anything worse than
mewing yourself up for life like that"
Have you ever, said Gore, "heard of
that part of the Pacific where they all
have the d. S. or"
distinguished Service Order? No"
"That sort of d. S. O. isn't the Dstin-
gushed Service Order. It's the Done
neutrality-suspicious. There are groups of
islands where every white man has it.
I've seen EN-. Places where all the whites
are sort of runaways. Men-and women
They don't-on the whole-seem to find
it an enjoyable life."
7 WANTED to speak, but my lips found
ho Noiuo. WIN power vi
divination, he had seen the vision of the
coral island in the far South Seas that had
flashed across my brain-the beautiful
girl, tied only by fiction of the law to
another man, who was to be the angel of
the dream
WE'LL since we had been running all the
previous day through islands that We're
like foretaste of Paradise on earth,-
islands stepped to the shores in romance
and loneliness,-the guess was not such
a very difficult one.
"Another thing went on the cold voice
beside me. off you are going to carry off
any ones wife-even your own-to the
ends of the earth, you can't do it for
nothing. Elopements are not cheap
form of amusement They cost about
one and half times as much as getting
married, if you do it economically. If
you do the thing in any sort of style, it's
more than three times as expensive. And
the income, afterward, doesn't go near so
far as married mans income. You need