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The Washington times., 1915-04-17
Tomorrow.

Lecture. Nativity" under auspices OF Dis
trio Federation OF Women's Clubs Ham
line NJ. h. Church. p. IN.
Lecture. The Mosem World" before Ter
minal Railroad Y. NJ. c. a. in east end
of Union Station. 3 p. m.
Entertainment: Young Womens Hebrew As
ISOLATION, 1880 Tenth street northwest, ,
Lecture. Mountain Whites" the Rev. J.
Goodell Frost, First Congregational Church.
y. IN.
Annual church service. Society of colonial
Wars. Church OF the Incarnation. 3 u. IN.
Religious services, Blaine lnvincble Repub-
ican Club, st. Pauls Church. p. IN.
Nesper service. Court District of Columbia,
No. 212 National Order Daugh ers of lsa
bella st. Dominic's Church. 7:3O p. m
Exhibition. Washington Society of Artists.
hemicycle. Corcoran Artl Gallery, usua
hours.
Lecture. The Organs Of Human Speech AMI
Reason Prof. Charles Newburgh. People \
Church. Pythian Temple, 10 a. m.
Lecture. Russia" Prof. Charles W. Pa
flow, before Washington Secular League.
Pythian Temple. 3 p m.
Lee ture, Prof. William Macon Coleman. so
'ialist Hall. S1 + street northwest. D. n.
Lecture. "A Substitute for the Economr o.
Wealth" Benton Mackaye. Socialist Hall.
Sll street northwest. sis p IN.
Religious services, Children OF the American
Revolution. Old St. Johns Church o. m
Patriotic services. Daughters of the America !
Revolution. Cathedral Close, p. m
Socialist party-Sunday school, II a. m.
Workmen's Circle Branch No. 52s
The Washington times., 1915-04-17
HOLY NAME SOCIETY
TO PASS ON PLANS

The Washington branch OF the Holr
Name Society will meet Monday even
ing in the school hall OF the Church ."
the Immaculate Conception. to pass on
detailed arrangements made for the an
nual convention of the Holy Name So
ciety of the Diocese of Baltimore, which
opens in st. Mary's Church SUNDAY.
April %
Tentative plans for the convention
were drawn at meeting of the Wash
ington executive committee Thursday
evening, for submission to the quarterly
meeting Monday. The coming conyen-
ton, according to officers of the So
cety promises to be the most important
ever held in the Diocese of Baltimore
as matters relating to the vital work
ing of the society will be brought up
for action that may revoluNonize af-
fairs.
The conventioN he opened with a
solemn high mass at II o'clock in S..
Mar%'s Church, at which Bishop O. e.,
Corrigan. coadjutor to Cardinal Gibbons.
and spiritual director of the Holy Namr
Society of the diocese, will OCCUPY the
throne and direct the service The Rev.
Father Wheeler. of Holy Comforter
Church, will be celebrant of the mass.
The Rev. Father Mathews, spiritual di-
rector of the Washington branch, will
be deacon, and the Rev. Father Roth
of St. Mary's, subdeacOn Of the mass.
The sanctuary will be filled with the
spiritual directors of the local societies.
The Rev. Father Smith, of the Dominl-
can House of Studies. probably will
preach the sermon.
The local societies will assemble for
the mass in st. Mary's Hail. where they
will form in procession, headed BY
Bishop Corrigan and march 10 the
church.
The convention will meet at u clock
in ST. Marys parish hall. which is
being decorated with banners Of the
seventy churches in the archdiocese.
John Burke. treasurer of the United
States. will be the principal speaker.
An effort is to be made by the Wash
ington branch to have the next annual
demonstration by tho society in WnSn-
ington next October. Three hundred
and ninety delegates are expected 10
attend.
The Washington times., 1915-04-17
MANY EVENTS LISTED
FOR CAPITAL TODAY
Meetings and Entertainments
To Be Held in Every Section
OF the City.
Today.

D,mnner. mSan. Delta Tau Delta Fraternity. House
pnce Building restaurant $3.50 y. m.
Aaaress. The Women of the Mountains" "
MRS; J. Goodel Frost. before District led
pa,uifoh Or Women's Clubs. lecture hail.
rupilc Library. IL a.. m.
Entertainment. benefit Of south river camp
ing. y. m.
Maple sugar party. Vermont State Associa-
uon OF the District. Rauscher's. 1880 p. m
Lecture. Yellowstone National Park.
william {. Alden. at University Club. > p. m.
Meeting, Biological Society Of Washington
lecture hall, Cosmos club. : 30 D. m
Exhibition. Chilean scenery Hall Of the
Americas. Pan American Union Building
. a. m. to y. m.
Exhibition, Washington Society of Artists
hemicycle Corcoran Art Gallery. a. m to
p. IN.
Meeting Founders and Patriots oak room,
Raleigh. p. m.
Dance, Crescent Club. banquet hall. Raleigh.
y. IN.
Concert. under direction of Miss Mary Louis,
Carr, Home Club. Il Jackson place porth-
west, y. IN.
Lecture. Natural Education" Mrs w. g.
Stoner. auditorium. Woodward G. Lothrop'.
p. m. Public Library. S p. III.
Odd Fellows-Nobles' and Vice Grands' A.
ISOLATION; Canton Washington. No, 1.
Banquet. freshmen class OF Catholic un,v.r.
sitv. New Ebbtt. 7:30 p. m.
Address. The Psychic Effects of Weather -
DIT. j. s.. Lemon. before Society OF Philo-
sophical Inquiry. west study room, Public
Library. AS p. m.
Meeting, American Society for Testing Ma
terials Raleigh, 10 a. m.
Illustrated lecture on Glacier National Park.
by DIR. William c. Alden Of the Geological
Luncheon. Life Insurance Men. at noon. the
Ebbtt.
The Washington times., 1915-04-17
Mission of the "WOman Who Does
Not Work."

To III" Editor OF THE TIMES
Your feminist correspondent. Viola
kaufman. states in The Times that
the woman who does not work Is con-
cerned for the welfare of her sister"
who does work. and adds that the
non working feminist is busying herself
In securing better conditions for wom-
en- workers"
Miss or Mrs. Kaufman has another
guess coming in so far as the interest
of the non working feminist in the ma =
terial welfare OF the working woman
is concerned
Ii is automatic that in our present
industrial organization the woman who
doesn't work is supported by some one
who does workman. woman. or CHILD.
Food. clothing. and shelter do not
spring up spontaneously out OF modern
society. Hence II some produce them
while others do not, those who do not
produce must be supplied with these
good things OF life by those who do
produce them.
Securing better working conditions
is simply another way the modern en-
poyer has discovered to get more
wealth out OF his wealth h-producing en-
ployes. A well-fed, well-clad wage slave
produces more wealth in given time
than haif-starred poorly-clad wage
slave. Hence welfare" departments in
many modern industrial establish
ments.
The men and the women who do work
outnumber in every community ten to
one the men and the women who do not
work. Those who do work provide
food. clothing and shelter for those
who do not work.
And the feminists are standing on
quicksandY ground when they declare
that the women of the leisure class are
going TO use the ballot or anything else
to bring about labor conditions by
which they will be compelled to torego
the sweet pleasure of living on some
one else's labor.
The working women. like the working
men. must rely upon themselves and
themselves alone, for their emancipa-
ton. JULIAN PIERCE.
Washington. April l.
The Washington times., 1915-04-17
THE TURTLE BAY INCIDENT

Keeping everlastingly at it will
produce results in almost any enter
prise. For instance, the people who
are determined to bring about bad
feeling and worse between this coun-
try and Japan will manage to get
what they want, soon or late, if they
are just able to continue inventing
pretexts for trouble and suspicion
with all the ingenuity they have de-
voted to that enterprise in the last
ten years.
Some months ago the Japanese
cruiser Asama went aground off the
west coast of Mexico. There was no
improperly in her being there, no
trick in her accident. 1t was, in
fact, a most unfortunate occurrence,
for Japan was at war and needed
her ships; might need them very
seriously at any time.
The Asama was not ruined, and
the japanese naval authorities sent
a salvaging expedition to float and
save her if possible. Golfers, sup
ply ships, plenty of men, were need
ed in such an enterprise. Raising
and patching big warship is a good
deal of an industrial undertaking,
and it was necessary to create suf-
ficient plant and enlist sufficient
force for the task.
There was no secrecy about what
was doing; but suddenly comes the
startling story that Japan has un-
derhandedly established naval base
on Turtle bay, landed big force of
marines, and is getting ready for
some move against the United
States! 1t is pointed out that Turtle
bay is halfway down the Pacific
coast to the canal; what more OBJ
vious than that, once intrenched at
Turtle bay, the wicked Orientals will
send one force to occupy the Zone,
and another to subdue our Pacific
coast!
1t is too awful to contemplate.
Some day we shall wake up to learn
that we have been conquered and
governed ten years by the Japanese
without even knowing it.
Wheat continues to go up in every
loon lity Saya tho h;gh saa.
The Washington times., 1915-04-17
BUILDING CAPITAL CITIES

To the washington men VINO are
looking after local interests in con-
nection with the forthcoming inquiry
into fiscal relations between the Fed
eral and the local administrations,
the suggestion is respectfully Of
fered, that they inquire into the at
titude of progressive States in this
Union toward their capital cities.
Wisconsin has spent vast amount
of money buying land and reorganiz-
ing the physical conditions of its
capital city, Madison. Rhode Island
has done similar work, at great ex-
pense, at Providence. Now Califor-
MIA has fallen into line, with a great
movement which aims to make Sac
ramento the most beautiful of all
State capital cities. The city and
the State are cooperating in the
work, which involves both in the
willingness to expend great sums in
order to give the State home city
of which it may be proud before all
the world. California is the sort of
State that does not balk at the big
ness of tasks it sets for itself. 1t
has an eye for the beautiful and the
esthetic which, inspired and en-
boldened by the natural splendors of
the Golden State, promises one day
to make California the seat of the
true American art that is yet to be
developed into characteristic and
native quality.
Two years ago the Iowa legisla-
ture appropriated several millions Of
dollars to buy land and develop a
magnificent setting for the States
beautiful capitol building. There
was protest by some of the politi-
clans, who declared themselves econo-
mists, against spending in Des
Moines vast sum paid by the tax
payers of the whole State. But, this
protest being made an issue in the
recent campaign, the appropriation
was triumphantly sustained by the
verdict at the polls.
These are merely scattered illus
trations. The point is that if the
nation should adopt as liberal a pol
icy toward it's Capital City as the
States are adopting toward theirs,
there would be no discussion of re-
tanning the present fiscal arrange
ment here. That arrangement would
have to be cast aside in order to
substitute one still far more liberal
toward the city of Washington.
If the nation should undertake,
proportionately, to do as we'll for
Washington as Iowa has done for
Des Moines, or as Rhode Island has
done for Providence, or Wisconsin
for Madison; or half as we'll as Cali
fornia is planning to do for Sacra-
mento-then, indeed, would the
brightest dreams for Washington s
future be realized, and more. 1t is
well worth while that in the coming
fiscal investigation these facts be
gathered together and presented,
State by State, for the consideration
of Congress.
The Washington times., 1915-04-17
Children Destroy Lawn About
ChurnL.

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
1 was glad to read those two letters
In the Mail Bag In regards to the
lawns. They were very good, but not
haif strong enough. Some OF our
citizens are talking against fences.
II these protestors will walk up New
Jersey avenue from NJ street and take a
peep, JUST with one eye at the lawn
around a beautiful little church at Nor
gan street, they will see what the chill
dren use for a playground. and with a
public playground only square or two
IL is Impossible to keep children away
from lawns if their parents do not
teach them to.
In fact / was passing the church when
! heard one fond mother say to her
little darling: There, dear, is nice
lawn for you TO play on. Don't run in
the street: be sure and stay on the
lawn
That isn't very encouraging to take
iehces away or to try to keep a lawn
in good condition. o. A.
Washington, April Is.
The Washington times., 1915-04-17
BATTLE LINE FIGURES

The Paris dispatches have re-
ported careful compilation by
the Matin of the length of battle
front, with results which, to say
the least, are curious.
The approximate western battle
line as laid out in bee-line fashion
on an ordinary newspaper map meas
ures slightly more than 400 miles.
The Mathis estimate, professedly
accurate enough to make fractions
significant, makes it 592% miles.
In view of the broken manner in
which the line must follow the coun-
try, this excess of distance is not
surprising. If we allow 10000 men
to the mile, which is the accepted
standard for operations of an ordi-
nary army, this gives 5,925,000 as
the total allied forces in the field.
This, however, is made to cover re-
serves in very considerable quantity.
In 592, miles there are little more
than 100000 feet. Granting 1s
inches to a man, 100000 soldiers
would reach across the front in an
unbroken shoulder-to- shoulder line.
The Matin maintains that 544
miles are held by the French, tx
by the Belgians, " by the Eng
lish. AS a matter of fact, it is about
20 miles from Nieuport to Ypres and
about 35 from Ypres to Arras. The
Belgians hold mv.st of the first
stretch; all the fighting in which the
English are reported engaged is over
the remaining distance. The Mathis
estimate, therefore, cannot be far
wrong.
On the above basis the Belgian
army would consist of 175,0O0 men.
But most of the country is flooded
and the men can be loosely placed.
With 5000 to the mile, the number
comes down pretty nearly to what
has been the popular estimate.
Here reported fact dovetails in
with theory. In the case of the
English it does not fit. 1t is gen
orally supposed that Kitchener has
sent million men to France. If
that is so, and they are at the front,
then they are massed together at
something like $4,000 men a mile,
or three times as thickly as is con-
ceived possible for successful hand
ling.
The explanation must be that the
new arrivals are still well to the
rear. 1t is fact that, despite the
report of heavy re~enforcements, the
sector held by the English has not
widened. The official bulletins carry
no intimation that they are taking
the place of French troops south of
their original line.
The apportionment of the total
line, to judge by the reports, has
been practically the same ever since
it was formed. The French have
been. and are at scissors and
Rheims, the English near and north
of Arras. But from Arras even all
the way to the sea there does not
seem to be room for the maneuver-
ing of million men.
We cannot doubt the dispatch of
a great many fresh English troops
to France. The victory at Neuve
Chapelle accounts for perhaps double
the force which originally held the
line. More could probably not be
crowded into it. The question is,
Where is the rest of the new forces?
The Washington times., 1915-04-17

With the hot summer sun pouring
down its rays on new-made and shall
low graves in which tens of thou
sands of wars victims lie, there is
no estimating the measure of the
calamity that may follow. Pestilence
may yet be found a more powerful
incentive to peace than starvation or
any other form of economic ex-
haustion.
The Washington times., 1915-04-17
STAMP TAX 80 CENTS
ON BARREL OF BEER
New York State Excise Bill Will
Fix ST Gallon, $50 Barrel
on Whisky.

ALBANY. April Ex-senator Sanders
has given out the substance Of the new
excise bill which he has prepared bv
authority OF the senate.
The rates for the stamp tax thus far
decided on are: Beer. 80 cents a barrel
bottle Is cent; whisky, 81 a gallon $40
barrel; champagne 25 cents a pint
for brands that sell wholesale at s1,:0
a pint and so cents a pint for dearer
brands; other wines. 30 cents a gallon;
liquors and cordials. the same as cham
pagne.
Senator Wilson put in a bill increas-
ing excise license fees 3 l-S per cent, bur
1t Is understood the Republican leaders
will not support It,
The Washington times., 1915-04-17
Secular League to Hear
Address on Russia

Charles w. Pafflow will speak before
the Secular League at Pythian Temple
tomorrow at 8 o'clock.
Russia and her relations TO political
liberalism and the European war will
be the topic OF Prof. Pafflow's address
A talk by Julian Pierce will close the
afternoon. Mr.. Pierce will speak on "A
Constructive Program for Washington
Secularists.' A general discussion will
take place.
The Washington times., 1915-04-17
Virginia Travelogue
Given by w. F. Peabody

A traveloGue OH Virginia was giveE
by w f. Peabody, president of the
Safety First Association, at the Ham
line Church last night. Views were
shown of Chesapeake bay. the James
river, Yorktown. jamestown, and other
historical places. Lantern slides show
ing street accidents in Brooklyn, y. Y,
also were exhibited
Pupils of the Abbot School, gave a
musical program. Members of tho Mid
City Home and School Association were
guests.
The Washington times., 1915-04-17
To Discuss Panama.

Among the speakers who will appear
tonight before the Biological Society Of
at the Cosmos Club will be Il. A. Gold
man. who will discuss Biological en-
pIorations in Eastern Panama. J. r.
Hood and Vernon Railey will also ap-
pear before the society.
The Washington times., 1915-04-17
Amusements.

Beasco-Marie Dressler in "A Mix Up," 2:2O
and $40 p. m
Columba-''The Red Mill" 2I5 and s1J n
Polis-'Rebecca OF Sunnybrook Farm" els
and S:15 p. m
B. f. Keith s-yaudevlIe, 2:15 and Sis D. m
Casino-vaudevile, continuous.
Cosmos-Vaudeville continuous
Gayety-Burlesque. 2:15 and S:15 p. m
Crandall lls-Photopays, II a. m. TO IL D. m
Garden-Photopays, II a. m. to II D. m.
strand-Photopays, IL a.. IN. to IL p IN.
Arcade-Dancing. s D IN.
The Washington times., 1915-04-17
Keep Children Out of the Alleys!

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
Please let me say | agree with "busi-
ness man" in his championship or the
little ones. 1t is sad to see children
with no place to play. I saw a case
last week which made my heart ache.
A little boy fell under the arm of this
law because of the breaking of a wind
ow in the alley where he was playing
Children should be kept out OF alleys
and away from windows.
Il. J. CA Grandmother
The Washington times., 1915-04-17
Rothschild's Estate
Valued at $12,5OO, 900

LONDON, April 1.-THE estate of
the late Baron Rothschild was pro-
visionally sworn for probate at Sl2.-
500, 900. Baron Rothschild died in
London March 81. The estate goes to
his family. There were no public or
charitable beQuests.
The Washington times., 1915-04-17
Trust Companies View
OF Bank Enabling Act
C. A. Luhnow Discusses r eserve Boards Effort to
Grant to National Banks Certain Rights and Pow
ers Now Vested in Trust Companies.

c. A. Luhnow Of New York. publisher Of the Trust Companies
Magazine has written Times which he gives the
viewpoint Of the of the country the matter Of the
Federal Reserve Boards effort grant national banks certain
rights and exclusively vested companies Mr.
LuhnoW
The Washington times., 1915-04-17
Leaves Y. w. c. A. Here.

Miss Anna q. So"sholtz has resigned
as u"ational secretary of tho Wasa-
inGtOn Y. W. {. y. to become student
secretary Of the association in Philadel-
phia.
The Washington times., 1915-04-17
MAIL BAG
(From The Times Redde,s.)

Communica tons TO the Mail Bag must
os written on one side Of the paper
length. and must be signed with name
and address OF the Sender. Tho publi-
cation OF letters In The Times Mall
Bag does not mean the Endorsement by
The Times OF the opinions OF the writer.
The Mail Bag is an open forum. where
the citizens Of Washington can argue
most questions.
The Washington times., 1915-04-17
Anomalous Situation.

In order to bring home to the Federal
Reserve Board that the issues of con-
ficting authority and Jurisdiction are
real and vital we will call attention
briefly to the anomalous situation
which has been created in the District
Of Columbia. There has just been sub
mitteG 10 the Federal Reserve Board
q carefully prepared argument by coun-
sci for the six leading trust companies
If Washington, -. c.. in which II is
ConclusIVcly shown that the permission
given by the board to national banks
in the District OF Columbia to exercise
trust powers is in Contravention of To-
cal law, thus raising serious questions
of both charter and judicial authority.
1t is shown that a law was passed in
the District in 1890 which delegated to
trust companies exclusively the fiduci-
airy powers under discussion, and sur
rounded tho exercise of such functions
with numerous wise restrictions, such
as minimum capital requirement OF
81 10000, deposit OF securities with the
Comptroller, the preference of capital
stock ana property owned in favor CT
other protective provisions. This law
was not repealed or amended by the
passage of the Federal reserve act, and
In view OF the language of paragraph
Is. section II. the Federal Reserve
Board Is without authority TO delegate
such powers TO national banks in the
District.
In view Of suuh grave and doubtful
points. would it not have been more in
line with discretion and harmony 70
ell concerned If the Federal ReserS Z
Board had postponed action until the
constitutional points raised have been
passed upon by the United States Su-
The Washington times., 1915-04-17

Wheat continues to go up in every
locality save the high seas.
The Washington times., 1915-04-17
TRUST COMPANIES POSITION.

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
Sfr-An article by Judson c. Welliver,
which appeared in the April IL ISSUE Of
The Washington Times, refers TO GER
tain misunderstanding which have
arisen In connection with bills introduced
in the New York and other State legis-
latures to amend the statutes so as to
enable national banks to exercise the
right to act as trustee, executor, ad-
ministrator. and in other purely intra-
state fiduciary capacities. The writer
also directs attention to certain features
Of the hearing at Albany. N. Y, held
recently in connection with the pending
Marshall bill which call for further ex-
planation.
Mr.. Weliver also INDUCES in the same
criticism of the position taken by the
trust companies which Is expressed by
the Federal reserve board in it's formal
statement of April 9, wherein 1t is as
serted that mo real basis exists for
the impression created that where a
national bank Is permitted under pro-
vision Of paragraph X, section II, of the
Federal reserve act. to exercise the
right to act as trustee, executor, ad-
ministrator, etc, that the grant Jf such
powers will result in serious conflict of
Jurisdiction as between the State courts
and authorities and the Federal Gov
ernment.