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The Washington times., 1915-09-23
General Final Session to Be
Held This Afternoon; Dele.
gates Prepare to Leave.
EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN ON
New Illuminating System in
State, War, Navy Depart
ment Described.

Description Of the new lighting sys-
tenn installed in the State, War. and
Navy Department building was given in
paper read by w. r. Chapman before
the convention Of the Illuminating En-
gineering Society this morning at the
New Willard.
THE architectural arrangement of the
buildings rooms for natural light and
ventilation. as we'll as for convenience
of access, is unexcelled today" he said.
But naturally enough, the artificial
lighting system originally installed. con-
sisting at first Of gas burners attached
to large ornamental. solid brass Shan-
deliers. and later a crude combination
Of both gas and electricity. was soon
outstripped by the rapid developments
In Illuminating engineering"
Mr.. Chapman described in detail the
new system of illumination. Installa-
ton Of this began In November. 1914. and
was completed in February, isis. The
factory results. he said.
This paper was read before the COM
mercial section: A laboratory session al
noon a general closing session will he
held. Many Of the guests will leave for
their homes this afternoon and this
evening.
Free Lectures On Lighting.
An extensive educational campaign Eu.
thoiized at the convention is to be a
series Of lectures on such topics as home,
office. school, store. manufacturing plant,
and other places requiring illumination.
These lectures will be printed. and they
will be accompa MED by lantern slides.
They are to be sent free to any or
ganization wishing to exhibit them. and
have the lectures read.
The relation of poor lighting to indus
trial accidents was set forth in another
paper read this morning before the COM
mercial session. by r. e. Simpson. OF
the total number OF industrial accidents
he said, were due either directly or in-
directly to the lack OF proper iilumina-
ton. while Of these SIS occurred in the
month having the shortest daylight
ing how lighting conditions are respon-
sible for Injuries to working men. Not
only poor lighting directly causes many
accidents. but impairment Of eyesight
anS %U1s thtS Mr snas to
Ride To Mt. Vernon.
Other papers read this morning were.
Lighting In Downtown Office Build
ings." by A. o. Dicker and J. J. Kirk;
THE Illumination of Interiors as Re-
lated to Architecture and Decoration
by David Crownfield: The Parabolic
Vioes Radiation S a and seahero tho Eye by
w. E. Burge. and "A Method for Study
ing the Behavior of the Eye Under Diff
ferent Conditions of illumination" by
f. K. Richtmyer and il. l.. Howes.
Wives OF the delegates went to MT.
There will be get together luncheon
upon their return at ! o'clock
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MAY REACH GENTLEMEN's AGREEMENT

Indications are that II will be
practically impossible for any aspirant
to do any important personal work in
his own behalf. most OF them being
members OF Congress.
So long as a year ago there was talk
among the possible candidates for the
Republican nomination, about the de-
strability OF organizing a gentlemen's
agreement among themselves concern
ing the manner Of their participa ton
In the campaign. That subject Is still
discussed, and with the return Of Con-
gress to town It Is very likely that an
effort will be made to secure an under
standing that will prevent anything
like a scramble.
The Republican National Committee.
as a result of correspondence with all
the State organizations and govern
ments. has at length been able to pre-
pare an accurate list showing the
States in which primaries will de-
termine the delegates to the conven-
lions. and the dates.
When Primaries Will Be Held.
The States. dates. and the numbers of
delegates for each In the 1912 convention
the apportionment for 1916 not having
been made yet-are:
Delegates
California, md Tuesday in May.......
Illinois. lst Tuesday In April. ......".. -
Iowa. 2nd Monday in April.
Maryland, 1st Monday in May..........
Massachusetts. last Tuesday In April. ~
Michigan. LIT Monday In April.......... %
New Jersey. ith Tuesday in May. ~
New York. LIST Tuesday In April ...... 20
North Dakota, ID Tuesday In March. 10
Ohio. End Tuesday in May:.........:.. g
Oregon. t5th day before Ist Mon In May 10
Pennsylvania, ID Tuesday In May. -
South Dakota, LIST Tuesday in June. 10
West Virginia. LIST Tuesday in June. 10
Wisconsin, lst Tuesday In April ...... %
Minnesota. End Tuesday in March. -
Total delegates in 1912. SIC
The changes In the delegate strength
OF these States will be very slight. be-
cause almost all the reductions Of rep
resentation are In the Southern States.
To Select Five Committeeman.
In addition to choosing delegates. five
States will also select their national
committeeman by primary. These are
Michigan. Nebraska. North Dakota,
South Dakota. end west Virginia
In all probability. two more States.
mary laws soon. The Alabama legisla-
ture IL now In session. and the measure
is pending and reported as likely to
pass. In Vermont the measure passed
the legislature Sast winter. but with
a referendum provision attached: 1t is
not to take effect unless Endorsed by a
ma jority vote Of the people at the
coming election. There Is little doubt
that this Endorsement will be forth
coming.
Alabama will probably have fifteen
and NermOnf eight delegataa In ho payt
national convention. In addition. the
OF Kansas. Mississippi and
Virginia will meet in January, and in
all three States strong efforts will be
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made to pass laws applying the primary
70 selection Of national delegates.
should these three States. with Virginia
and Alabama: adopt the plan. almost
exactly two-thirds Of the delegates in
the 1915 conventions would represent
primaries
Variety Among Primaries.
There is. however. wide variety
among the types Nf primaries. In
some cases the primaries take the whole
matter out OF the hands Of political or
sanizations. Thus in California the
delegation Is chosen by the vote OF the
state at large: no delegates are se-
lected bv districts. In most States four
deleeates-at-larse are chosen. and the
others by districts. two to each Con-
gressional district.
In some States. again. the delegates
are chosen directly by the electors; in
gates who make up the State conven-
ZION that names the national delegates.
again there are cases in which n State
convention chooses the delegates. but
thev the popu,ar % "a vote vote instructs which way
De wide complexity In the types and
atutudes or delegates who represent
primaries.
Primary Growing In Favor.
The idea of u national primarv eIec-
ton act has been pressed ever since 1912
and several measures Of this kind were
bending In Congress when It adjourned
The big politicians are not SO strongly
opposed to such a measure as for,neriv.
thev realize that uniform. nation.
VIDE plan would end many complica-
lions. and so long as 1t is now demon
streled mat some urinary plan is going
10 rule ANYHOW, the idea of having a
adaptable to the Whole country sna one; ::
The2e os9h Pr S'h Se no ,nsosssns conss,ss
gates chosen by primaries; at least.
II Is hardly conceivable that there viii
be. The Republican national commit.
Zee, ,ss hss dsss. sdopted AZ its rule for 1918
ma. cond,,r,sd asesates d certified from primaries
placed without question on the tenn
porary roll OF the national convention.
In this regard the gain 10 not 30 great
,es,a as miSnt Snt. appear. for most Of the con-
States. and the Southern States are
weakest In primary laws for selection
OF Presidential delegates,
is curious fact that thouRh tho
south S"r ,,n,H. very generally has primary laws
ior ofhce-in fact. It was the frst sec
ton OF the country generally to adont
this plan-it has been last to extend this
plan to the choice Of national delegates
erence. p'ei
May Be Plenty of Contests.
Thus 1t Is still possible that tber.
Will be plenty Of contests. The dis
position and desire Is that in the in
terest OF harmony Southern contests
be discoura ged and 1t is quietly prom.
ised that family quarrels coming up
from the Southern States will be Sivep
short shrift. There is no intention 70
have the next national Republican con.
Vention mussed up with a scandalous
performance OF this kind. such as has
oof s'o
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Man, Aged 102 Years,
Tries Radium Cure

KANE. Pa. Sept. 23.-Samuel Mckay.
thought to be the oldest living man
In the State. Is taking the radium
treatment for cancer. He will be lo2
years old on November 2. and is prob
ably the Oldest man In the United States
to take this treatment.
Mckay was born November 2. 1873 in
the north of ireland. and came to this
country at the age of thirty years He
endeavored to enlist in the Federal
army during the civil war, but was re-
iected rs too old.
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EASTLAND INDICTMENTS

Indictment is necessary step to-
ward punishment Of crime; but it is
far from conclusion. A Federal grand
jury in Chicago has indicted, among
others, two Government steamboat
inspectors in connection with the
Eastland horror. Criminal negli-
ence, and also conspiracy, are alleged
in the indictments. The latter
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MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.

Arrived-Winslow. at Bridgeport; Mars,
at Balboa: Wadsworth. at Newport
Caesar. at Newport News; Virginia,
New Jersey, Georgia. at Southern
drill grounds; New Orleans, at san
Diego: Solace. at Cape Haitien: M9-
rietta, at Sanchez: Texas, at Hamp-
ton Roads: Nebraska. at HamptC,,
Roads: Brooklyn and Jenkins, Z:
Newport.
sailed-Parker, from Newport for
GARDENERS Bay: Macdonoush fro~r
Newport for Block Island Sound:
Brooklyn. from Portsmouth " X
for Fort Pond Bay; Raleigh, from
Manzanillo for Acapulco; Osccola.
from Port au Prince for Guantana-
mo; solacs. from Cape Haitisn. for
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CALL THE EXTRA SESSION,

MOntnS ago, Wnen Inc Times an
nounced that Democratic leaders had
been assured that an extra session
Of the Senate would be called prob
ably in October to pave the way for
the general Congress session by dis
posing of executive matters and TAX
ing up the question of adopting a
closure rule, there was prompt de-
nial that such a thing was contem-
plated. The Times information was
such that there could be no doubt Of
its accuracy; and it has Deen verified
recently by the reopening of the dis
cussion by Democratic leaders, with
the President. Whether the session
will be called, it now appears, is
shortly to be decided by the Presi-
dent.
An October session would in some
degree compensate for the long neg
lect to attend to matters vital to
the nation. Congress alone can give
the country laws needed to insure ma
tional safety. With the war now al
most fourteen months in progress,
America has done nothing toward
preparing against possible eventuali-
ties' against eventualities that at
times have been most threatening.
No other country that could possibly
be concerned about the war has pur-
sued a similarly fatuous course.
America has been forced into the
leadership of neutral countries, in
making the diplomatic fight for, fair
treatment, free seas, the security of
commerce and the safety of life at
sea; yet America has done nothing
to show ability to make it's leader
ship significant, while other coun-
tries, the minor nations that have
looked to us as their spokesman,
have strengthened their forces on
land and sea, mobilized armaments,
prepared everything for whatever de-
mand might be pressed.
If the country approves such a
policy, it is entitled to have that
policy enforced. We do not believe
it does approve. We see no hope Of
having that policy reversed unless
Congress is brought into session, and
crystallizing national sentiment.
There is no other SO reliable meth
cd of learning how the country feels,
as to bring national sentiment to a
focus upon Congress. In such a sit
uation, Congress responds soon to
what 1t is certain to discover is the
preponderating opinion. Until Con-
gress comes together, there can be
no focusing. The thing needed is
not so much to get Congress togeth-
er in one place; it is to bring to that
place all the expressions of the ma
tional mind, and make possible the
determination of the aggregate ma
tional purpose.
Our relations to the war have
changed vastly since Congress ad-
journed. What does the country
think about them as they stand to-
day? The one certain way to an
swer that question is to bring Con-
gress here, and let public feeling play.
on it for time. 1t is not SO i'm
portant that Congress shall do or not
do Immediately particular set of
things; but it is important that it
shall be organized so that it may
feel the pulsations of national senti-
ment.
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Primaries Will Select
Majority N of Delegates
10 @. O. p. Convention
BY JUDSON C. WELLIvER.

More than oneha and possibly many two-rds Of
delegates the national conventions year chosen
through primary elections under the States laws
From indications the convention
gates On that basis 57e delegates will by primaries
eighteen States; and expected have
primary before the for choosing delegates
Not only this Before the end of April half the dele
gates in the conventions will have been chosen This that
because the primary laws bring early
the campaign will be very early active work for cand
dates will have be organized ways delegate cam
paign will be full blast primary States while CONGRESS will
be in the midst OF its winters operations.
MAY REACH GENTL EMEN's AGREEMENT
The Washington times., 1915-09-23

or Bulgaria; whether it will decide
between peace and war, or shall have
war thrust upon it whenever 1t may
please some other and prepared ma
tion.
The Washington times., 1915-09-23
New Comet Visible
By Small Telescope

CAMBRIDGE. Sept 2s.-Discovery Of
comet visible by a small telescope 10
announced by Prof K. c. Pickering.
director Of Harvard Observatory. Tho
comet was first seen on September IS
by John Z. Melltsh, of the Yerkes OBJ
servatory, Williams Bay, Wis.
A telegram received at the Harvard
Observatory gays on September 20 the
comet was observed Independently of
Mellish's discovery by Prof. Aitken, of
Lick Observatory.
The Washington times., 1915-09-23
Girls Leg Is Broken
AS Motorcycle Hits Her

Sophia Klatzkin. six years old. Of ?ool
Sherman avenue. is at the Children's
Hospital with broken right leg. sur-
fered when she was struck by a motor
cycle at Columbia road and Sherman
avenue noythwsSe
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In spite of Premsyzl and other
deceptive European names, there
can't be any excuse for not pro-
nouncing Dumba the way it looks.
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Loss of $5,7l5 Results
From 81 Fires in August

Fire losses in the District during Au-
grst amounted to s5,7ls, according To
the report of Fire Chief F. J. Wasper
SiNty-ihree alarms were received. Nine
The Washington times., 1915-09-23
Concert Today
By the Fifth Cavalry Band at
MOntrose Park, at 1880 p. m.
W. ]. CAIN. Chief Musician.

March. Listen to That Dixie
Dana Cobb
Musician Astray in the Forest
Herman
Operate Masterpieces .Safranek
Waltz. Dreams of Childhood.
Waldteufel
Ia) Intermezzo Russo .Franke
Cb) Patrol, I'm on My Way to
Dublin Bay" Douglas
Gems from the Isle Of Spice .Luder
Finale, Circus Day In Dixie.
Gumble
THE star-Spangled Banner"
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Army and Navy
ARMY.

The following promotions of officers Of
the Coast Artillery Corps are an
nounced: FRANK W. COE from
major to lieutenant colonel: HUD-
SON T. PATEN, captain to ma jor;
ELLERY w. NILES, from first lieu
tenant to captain.
Lieutenant Colonel COE and CAPTAIN
NILES will remain at their present
stations on their present duties.
Major PATTEN will report to the CON-
manding officer. Coast Defenses al
southern New York. for duty at Fora
Hamilton.
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Although practicable in the SEN
ate, the cloture would destroy the
usefulness of the apartment house
dumbwaiter shaft.
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Amusements,
Tomorrow,

Mission. Epiphany Chapel, Twelfth and C
strets southwest. 5 p. M
Meeting Admiral George Dewey Camp. No.
!. United Spanish War Veterans North
east Temple. Eighth and streets north
Masonic-St: Johns. No. IL; Hope No 2o
Capitol No. II. Royal Arch Masons, Ts-
koma No. II; Cathedral. No. "A: St
Johns Lodge, No. Is. Eastern Star
Odd Feliows-Central, No. 3: Metropolis. No
10: Phoenix. No. 2S; Martha Washington.
No. ): Dorcas, No. T. Rebekahs.
hnishts Of Pythias-Rathbone-S Superior. No.
~: Rathbone Temple. No. S, Pythian Sis
National rnion-East Washinston Council
Mckinley Council
ROYAL Arcanum-Anaiostan Council. Farra-
gut Council
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At least the blockade hasn't
caused any falling off in our export
trade in diplomats.
The Washington times., 1915-09-23

Carranza's frantic desire to be
recognized isn't shared at all by
some of his cattle-stealing COM
patriots.
The Washington times., 1915-09-23

Hon. w. j. Bryan now evidently
seeks peace at the regular Chau-
tauqua rates.
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The banks at Panama continue to
overflow the canal.
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NAVY.

Lieutenant Gunior grade) A. NJ
COHEN to Navy Recruiting Station,
Srooklyn, n. Y.
Passed Assistant Surgeon ]. T. MILLER
to naval Hospital. Norfolk, Va.
Note-The orders published for Lieu
tenant G. c. PEGRAM on septem-
ber q. 1915. should read detached
Colorado; to San Dieg~"
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WHAT'S ON PROGRAM
IN CAPITAL TODAY

streets southwest. 8 D. M u y
Convention, Illuminating Engineering a.
ciety. small hall room. $3.50 a. m 90
Meeting. District Suffrage League PeopI... .
Forum Forum. nGlsa. Gish.h stree, and Pennsylvsnls
Masonic-The New Jerusalem. No .. Tam
ple.Noyes. No; 80; Saval. No. I: wash
Hunt. No. Ii. Eastern Star. '
oGd Feiio"s-salem' No. %: Columbia. No.
Woman's Benefit Association of the Mac
Council.
knights OF Columbus-Keane Council.
Woodmen OF the World-Cniform Rank
Illustrated lecture. walking Tour Through
Ireland, Scotland and England" Osborn H.
oldroyd, G. A. r. Hall D. M
Exhibit OF industrial work and athletio
events children Of Garfield Fairgrounds At
Fairgrounds. $50 to $3.50 D. m
Amusements.
Belasco-"Peg O. My Heart" Sis D. m
Poh ST nder the Red Robe" 2:l5 and a:ls
p. m.
Keith's-Naudeville. 2:l5 and s:l5 D. IN.
Ga!ety-Burlesque, 2:l5 and Sis y. m.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-01-23

even switter is sequence than the
flashes that revealed the stark faces.
Dust and stones and flying fragments
Of flesh filled the air. Men went down
in positive paralysis OF faculties by the
terrific crashes Sections or tire ram
were blown to pieces by the burst OF
q shrapnel shoulder high; other sec
tions were lifted hcavenward BY q
shell burst in the earth
Pcterkin fell with a piece OF Jagged
steel embedded Ia his brain. lie had
gone from the quick 20 the dead 80
swiftly that he never knew that his
charm had failed The same explosion
got Fracasse. sword ia hand, and an.
other buried him where he lay The
bankers son went little farther. the
BARRIERS son still farther Men who
Were alive hardly realized life, SO
mixed were life and death Internal
imagination goes faint its widest
smiles grow feeble and blnal before
such a consummation 81 hell
But tho Tide keeps on the Torn gaps
or the ram are filled by the rushing
legs from the rear OhCers urge and
lead Such are the orders; such ~
the duty prescribed; such Is human
bravery even in these days when lie
"a sweetcr to more men III the joys Of
mind and body than ever before pro
rision. organization solidarity ID thia
charge such as the days Of the death.
or glory" boys never knew. over the
bodies Of Peterkin and tho BARRIERS
and the bankers sons. plunging
through she'll craters. stumbling, stag
igering. cut by swaths and torn by
eddies OF red destruction In their
ranks. the tide proceeded until its
hosts were oftener treading on flesh
than on soil And All they knew was
70 keep on--keep on. bayonet IN hand.
ulI they reached the redoubt. and there
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-01-23
--delayed the rush. said Lanstron-

delayed the rush. said Lanstron
"lf they should stick If we couldn't
drive them back" exclaimed the vice
chief OF stan
7 don't think they VIII said Lam
stron
To the others he seemed as cool as
ever, even when his maimed hand was
tWitching In his pocket But now. sud
denly, his eyes starting as at horror
he trembled passionately, his head
dropping forward. as II he would col
lapse
oh the murder o. 1.-THE murderl"
he breathed
but they brought Il on. Not for
theirs, but for ours!' said the vice
chief OF stan. laying his hand on Lane
stron's shoulder
And we sit here while they go in"
Lanstron added. There's kind OF
injustice about that which can't get
over Not one OF us here has been
under hrei"
Even the minute Of the attack they
knew; and just before midnight they
were standing at the window looking
out into the night, while the vice.chief
held his watch in hand Ia the hush
The faint sound OF a dirigibles propel-
lor high up In the heavens, munied by
the for WAS drowned by the Gray
guns opening fire
Before the mine exploded, by the
light OF the shell bursts breaking their
vast prisms from central spheres Of
flame for miles, with the quick Sc
queHce OF a moyingpicture flicker
Fracasses men could see one anothers
faces, spectral and stiff 4ad ~ y
white, With tecta cleaning whore Jaws
had dropped. some eyes half closed by
the binding flashes and some opened
wide as If the lids were paralyzed
Faces and faces! a sea OF faces
stretching away down the slope-faces
i'm a trance
Up over tile breastWorks, over rocks
and spiiutercd timhers. Peterkin and
tile judges son and their comrades
clambered. When they moved they
were as myrad-legged creature
brain numbed. without any sensation
except that of rapids going over a fall
Those in front could not falter. being
pushed on by the pressure of those in
the rear For a few steps they were
under no fire. The scream or their
own shells breaking in internal pande
,,opfttr,t Ii, FF4,r,t t.F.t,s gd III J,o a. f,nti. a.
as Irresistible as the rear Of the wedge
in driving them on
Then sounds more hideous than the
flight OF proiectiles broke about them
with the abruptness of lightnings held
IN the hollow Of the Almightys hand
and suddenly released The Browns
guns had opened FIRE. Explosions were