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The Washington times., 1915-12-11
GARRISON FOR HEAVY
MOBILE ARTILLERY
To Ask Congress for Money for
Defending the Unprotected
Places Along Coasts.

Secretary Of War Garrison Is prepar-
ing to ask Congress for money to build
up mobile heavy artillery as a means
Of defending unprotected places along
the two coast lines.
-Brigadier General Crozier, chief Of
ordnance. has been instructed to make
experiments with gigantic guns capable
Of being mounted on railway cars or
motor trucks, so that they may be
transported from place to place and set
up on temporary bases or fired II neces-
sary from the motor car or train.
Mr.. Garrison will ask that part Of the
$26 Ooo, 900 annually asked for ordnance
during a four-year period be set aside
for this purpose.
Ordnance experts OF the army have
observers with the belligerent armies
as to the success achieved in firing big
guns from railway Platforms; IT mas
howitzers from railway fiat cars. braced
TO withstand the recoil of the guns.
Moreover, by use of trains and motor
cars to transport artillery. 1t has been
place to meet unexpected defense and
carry out plans Of attack.
Experiments have been made with a
view to determining the practicability
Of transporting large sixteen-inoh guns
by rail and transferring them to tenn
porary concrete foundations. Study
has also been given to the type Of gun
that could be fired from trains. and
the twelve-inch howitzer Is favored by
experts.
Construction OF railroads parallelinf
the coast lines as a means Of quickly
TRANSPORTING artillery to points threat
encd with attack Is one Of the features
Of the plan under consideration.
Mr.. Garrison said that plan OF car
rying out this program would not pt
fully formed until the ordnance experts
complete their Investigations now undel
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January 2 Fixed as
Par-American Sunday

n honor of the thousand-odd dele
gates to be in Washington attending
the Pan-American Scientific Congress
and other meetings held in conjunction
with it, January 2 is to be known as
pan American Sunday and the State
Denartment has requested the ministers
Of all the churches Of Washington to
nreach appropriate sermons on that day.
1t is probable that some arrangement
will be made for special services in one
or two of the churches which will be
attended by the delegates. The officers
Of the Pastors Federation have asked
that the% ministers all take cognizance
of the request Of the State Department,
and that every effort be made to preach
sermons that will set forth the spirit
of Pan American Unionism.
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Connecticut Avenue Associations and
arrange a working agreement.
Resolutions we're adopted calling upon
the Public Utilities Commission to in
vestigate the car service of the WASH
ington Railway and Electric. Company
on the Georgetown and Tenleytown
line. g..
Many members participated In gen.
eral discussion condemning the SER
vice and alleged untidy condition of the
cars. The association will ask for a
generally adequate service, including
the restoration of the fifteen minute
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through schedule and express cars In
the morning.
Thomas II. kearncy. of the Depart
ment Of Agriculture. gave an illustrated
lecture on the ;ranspla nting of the date
growing industry from the Biblical
countries ana Africa TO America He
said that although dates are selling in
the Washington market for 10 cents a
pound, California dates, raised from
trees recently brought to this country
from Africa, are selling as high as
20 cents a pound.
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SAYS PARK SYSTEM
HERE IS INEFFICIENT
Thomas Skornpa, Landscape
Gardener, Declares Worst
Form Prevails.
(Continued from First Page.)

mark administration and real usefulness
OF parks" declares Mr. Skornpa. '''I
do not care to criticise any Of the OFF,
cials in charge. because they are anx-
ious to make the best sort Of record
during their temporary tenure of office.
and the big thing on the record Of an
oficial here seems to be his ability to
conduct his office at as low a cost as
possible. That Is a very good system
in the abstract. but when 1t comes to
sacrificing material that has cost money
,ns 1G stsd snd to or the
plants and shrubberv to die away has
grown or half finished--such economy Is
the worst form Of extravagance.
Little Hope of Change.
There can be little hope of a change
of system with the utter lack of ap-
probation Of the parks that is shown
by the people themselves. I do not
mean this in criticism of the attitude
of the average citixen-he seems to
have some interest. But the men who
really control things in the District are
not the average citizens. In Europe
they take some pride in the beautifica-
ton of the cities. In Europe they do
their best. under the most absolute
forms Of municipal control, to build up
the parks as pleasure grounds. play
grounds, for the people.
In this country the matter of max
ing the parks real rest spots, where
the people can find relief from the four
bare walls of their homes and where
there are devices to give them pleasure
and amusement as we'll as beautiful
things to rest the eve and stimulate the
soul. has been taken up with great
enthusiasm.
"In most cities of this country-and /
am familiar with many-the work that
has been done Is constructive and last
Ing. The people have seen to 1t that
the men elected by them and placed in
charge Of the parks were the most ex
pert obtainable and that they ad-
ministered their offices in way that
made for better parks. They have in
sisted on economy. too. but constructive
economy-not the cheese ring econ
omy Of Washington.
Selfishness is Charged.
Here the citizens have no control
whatever over their affairs. Here the
only men who seem to take any interest
in beautifying or embellshing the city
are those who own large tracts of
property they wish to sell or houses
they wish to rent and they are only in
terested in improving that part of the
city in which their own real estate
holdings are Notwithstanding every
other part.
There isn't a real public park in
Washington as other cities have public
United states where the opportunity for
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Fire Losses in District
During November $38,31O

Fire losses in the District during the
month Of November amounted to a to-
tai of $3S,31O. covered by an insurance
Of s325. .3l0. according to the monthly re-
port OF Fire Chief Frank J. Wagner
During the month 14s alarms OF fire
were received, Of which thirteen were
false.
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Socialists to Have Social
And Supper This Evening

A social and supper will be given at
the Headquarters of the Socialist party.
S1t + street northwest, from 8 to S
o'colck tonight.
THE Minimum Wage will be TIE
subject of an address by Miss IL. 6.
Falk. secretary of the Consumers
League. at the Socialist meeting 20 be
held at headqua rters tomorrow night.
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economically developing a real park
system is so great.
came here to work September Is
l found that during the summer eighty
the parks When fall caS.n this NUM-
per was reduced to ten. Eighty men
were hardly enough 10 look after tn"
parks in the summer. Eighty mon
made 1t almost physically Impossible I"
keep up any sort OF g system OF im-
provemcnt or establishment OF TO con-
tinue what had been started. Ten III" =
are not enough to care for the matertN
that is on hand and ccrtainlT not
enough to develop any sort of scheme
''There you have the ext,avagance Of
economy. The trees. shruhbery. lawns
cannot be maintained with smch ~ n
force. II Is waste. Everything that Is
s1ns pTee must ehSrs be ess SS h1ss %sn
engineers mostly, and they are en-
gineers who are only connected with
the park system for short m"; They
naturally desire sr,h,o to r1T tho,t Girns as
sible for them to have an accurate
knowledge Of actual conditions and II is
equally impossible for them TO nave any
real personal interest In the work out
side Of that desire t. administer IL as
cheaply as possible.
Opportunity Is Unlimited.
"The force under them Is largely
made up of unframed mcn-untrained
in the real science of horticulture ana
Landscape gardening. The surerin-
tendent of parks under the snperin-
ten,lent of public buildings End grounds
Is a hardworking, conscientious man
who entered the service as a boy ana
worked his way to his present posi-
ton by hard work. lie deserves great
credit for what he has done. But he
,It ~ OF a nH t,p
gardener, nor has he had any expert
ence in the administration of public
parks as they are administered In other
cities Of this country or the cities OF
Furope. He is a product Of the system
that has kept down and Will always
keep down the development of the
Washington parks.
Nothing can be done here until this
system is changed, until some control
is given the parks that will develop an
interest in them aTong the people az
large and will stimulate demands on the
powers that control appropriations FOR
proper treatment of the parks not only
in the matter of money itself. but in the
matter of putting men in charge who
will take a deep personal interest In
their work beyond the mere saving OF
pennies, and will save dollars and
recreation centers of the people as well
as the beauty spots of the city. -.
This can be done, and I hope IT will
be done. You have the most unlimited
opportunity hZA I have heard men
say you cannot make recreation GEN.
ters of the parks and keep them beau.
tiful; that you cannot grow fine lawns
that are run over by the masses OF tire
people. In Chicago VIC have more thar
a million people. lahoring men and
women. living on the west side. We
have the most beautiful lawns In Gar
field and Humboldt and Douglas parks
as beautiful as there are in the world
And there isn't a keep off the grass
sign in the whole city Of Chicago
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and old men and women arriving there on their way back to France
 These were recent prisoners in Ger man concentration camps The spe- cial trains bring four to five hundred of them into Schaffhouse daily
 Members of the Swiss committee which was organized to greet them as soon as the train reaches Swiss ter ritory, open car doors and shout 10 the travellers: You are in Switzar- land, an announcement which is roundly cheered Opposite to where the German train stops, is the Swiss train to take them to Geneva. en route 10 their homes in France. The need of food and clothes is in some cases pitiful. Some little girls appear with nothing but a thin summer dress 10 protect them from the winters chill. The mother has only her skirt left and few rags about her chest An old man limps about in his stock ing feet. They are all fed and warm ly clothed before leaving Scaaff. house, and members of the committee accompany them on their journey as far Geneva.
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AVIATORS SEE INTO
 DEPTHS OF THE SEA
CAN SEE FURTHER INTO DEPTHS OF SEA WHEN FLYING AT 4
 CONSIDERABLE HEIGHT.

Paris. March 13--It has been prov cd that ayators from a considerable height can see further into the depths of the sea than when they are flying near the surface. according to Nincente Vesa, an authority who has been discussing the subject of the aeroplane against the submarine
 Bleriot after his first crossing of the channel in aeroplane in 1909 said that when he was approaching the English coast he was startled by a most unexpected spectacle Looking straight down into the sea he saw what he first took to be sho8l of whales swimming in line at con siderable depth. The inc was flank. ed on either side by two torpedo boats and further inspection conYinc, ed him that the great fish were sub- marines escorted by torpedo boats ma. nOeuyering in the channel.
 Another aviator w1o flew over the sea near the mouth of the Seine in 1911 declared that he distinguished clearly the bottom of the sea with its banks of sand, rocks and variations of formation.
 "A writer in the Imparcial of Madrid calls attention to the greater advan- tages of the aeroplane over the sub rine as compared with war vessels. A submarine cannot torpedo an aero plane, while the latter may follow his antagonist and dive close to the sur face if necessary without the slight est danger from a submerged vessel; on the other hand the slightest breach in the submarine shell by a proiectle dropped by the air ship may be fa- tal In order to use it's small guns effectively the submarine must come to the surface, increasing the chances of being hit.
 French airman says that if the aeropane has not done remarkably ef- ficient work in fighting the submarine it is largely due 10 the difficulty Of gauging the comparative speed of the two craft
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DR. PACES HOSPITAL AND SANI- TARIUM. 432 SPRING ST. Tel. 1296. For the treatment of ALCOHOL, DRUG, TOBACCO AND CIGARETTE AnDICTIONS RELIEVED WITHIN A FEW DAYS BY OUR PAINElSS METHOD. have made this Hospital devoid of all sanitarium features. The patient pays a flat fee on entrance, based on an estimate of how many days he is likely 10 remain, and is discharged when the treatment is completed. There are no extras" :" This treatement is SO efficient in re- moving the craving for drugs, alcohol, tobacco and cigarettes as to have won praise and commendation from the most critical and discriminating in yestigators. For particulars and rates call at Sanitarium Office, open all hours 3I9-tf
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ABOUT STATE FINANCES.

Here is a little inside" history of the financial affairs of the state that the people are entitled to know.
 The first of collaborated facts is that Governor Hays knew the state did not have sufficient revenue to meet it's requirements and SO an nounced in his message to the legis, lature.
 Next collaborated fact is that Col. s. w. Fordyce, president of the Ar kansas State Fair Association, is a man prominent in financial affairs of the country, and who can reach the ears of men who are in a position 10 furnish money to meet big demands.
 Realizing that the state would have 10 make borrow in order to pre- serve it's warrants from scrip hawk CTS, Col Fordyce. after a conference with financial friends in St Louis. arranged to let Arkansas have such cash as would be needed to meet the demands of the occasion.
 Col Fordyce went to Governor Hays in the spirit of progressive citi- zenship, and informed the governor that he would prevail on his St. Louis friends to make a loan in Arkansas if the governor desired it, and that he was prepared to take up the detail looking to the security. Naturally, Col. Tordyce thought the favor would he accepted and not alone accepted but appreciated.
 If the governor had any enthusiasm about the proffer 1t never manifested itself. At least no steps were taken to profit by the situation When the big men of Arkansas and tthe business men of Arkansas, realize today that the state credit could have been pre- served had the governor acted on kindly intended offers there will pc less respect than ever for the man who is proving the costliest chief ex- ecutiye the state ever had
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lNTERsEcTlNG HIGHWAYS.

Taking advantage of the Condray highway law enacted at the last legis. lative session, there will be whole lot of new highways constructed in the state within the coming year, and to this end there should be general cooperation between the counties and the districts, so that the threadwork of the highways generally would be connecting.
 For instance, down in Grant coun. ty they are about 10 build highway and it will connect with the Little Rock-Hot Springs highway. Clark county will build, and that will con meet with Hot Springs. Already Jef- ferson and Lonoke counties are build ing and have built lines that con meet with Little Rock Perry and Montgomery and Polk county, building connecting lines, would furnish a network of highways for the middle west and west portion of the state that would render individual roadway at least 40 per cent more valuable than if these various lines did not connect.
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ELECTION PROCLAMATION.

Notice is hereby given that an cleo. tion will be held in the City of Hot Springs, Ark, on Tuesday, the sixth day of April 1915, for the election of the following city officials:
 MAYOR,
 TREASURER,
 POLICE JUDGE.
 ALDERMEN tone from each of the six wards of the city). Said election win be held under the supervision of the County Election Commissioners, and at the usual yot- ing precincts of each ward Given under my hand and seal this 18th day of March, 1915.
 CHAS C. WEBB, Sheriff of Garland County, Arkansas.
 3-lT-20t
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HAS NO HOPE THAT WAR WILL
 BE OVER BY NEXT AUTUMN

Venice. March 20-Count Tisza. the Hungarian premier has no hope that war will be over by autumn, for he has just issued a statement an nouncing that the parliamentary cleo tions, which would ordinarily take place in September, will be postponed owing to the war.
 The premier remarks that most of the electors are at the front. and it would be obviously unfair 10 proceed with any elections in their absence.
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DOCUMENTS AND RELICS
 OF THE WAR OF t914-t5

Paris. March 20.-Tne Paris munici pal council has created at the Carna valet museum, in the historic resi- dence of Madame de Seyigny a new section to be devoted 10 documents and relics of the war of 191415. It is intended 10 assemble there as com. plete a collection as possible of illus. trated papers, pamphlets, circulars, posters, photographs and arms Par ticular attention will be aid 10 clan destine prospectuses and diplomatic posters
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NOTICE TO PUBLIC.

Vapor City Baseball Club, in order to buy equipment and to maintain firstclass ball team, is asking public donations When volunteer colored girls call upon you, please place the amount of your subscription in the small bank carried by tnem. J. c. Cobb, President; Horatio Ash, Man ager. 2-17-tf
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The polling places on election day ought to be the scene of busy activity on the part Of those who put party affairs on a high plane and want things to remain that way.
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The term "imported', once a badge of distinction is now a signal of re-. proach. And may it ever be- There is but one patriotic slogan in this re spect and that is Made in America"
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When before ne did it. Governor Hays remarked that whether he sign ed the racing bill or not, he would be plunged into political oblivion. we had no idea he would make it certain sui eide by doing both.
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The only thing we see unusual about our racing biL law is that all the lawyers say it is law. And wAen law yers agree, look out for the result
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DR. J. w. SMITH,
 Physician and Surgeon. sos Thompson Building.
MUST MAKE BREAD OF MAIZE.

Venice March 20-A government decree published in Vienna orders that from now on at least 90 per cent ol maize or Indian corn must be used l baking bread The order specifically relates to private houses where psy- pie bake their own bread as well a-
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to bakeries Rolls can be baked only once daily and the military hospitals must be supplied by tha bakers before any private orders are filled
 The horse-butcher shops are not al- lowed 10 sell more than a pound of horse meat at a time
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And also this serves to define some who are democrats and some who win want to be accepted as such in the days that are to come.
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1t isn't so much a matter of tear ing down the governors political play house as showing him up in the un- masked way.
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REMOVAL NOTICE.

Dr c. A. Mcconnell has moved his offices from the Thompson Building to 626 1-2 Central Ave, over Schneck's s drug store, where he was formerly located 3-17-lmo
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The theory on the calendar of this being the first day of spring may be all right, hut 1t will get an argument over the situation this morning
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You will have to give Hot Springs credit for one thing. We take a man for a man mtn he proves he is not and then we accept the inevitable. IL was not only thus in the case of Governor Hays, either.
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Neutral nations have a pretty good reason for being neutral Who would want to get shot all to pieces just to start something.
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But regardless of the war and the veto, you might go on shopping fo, lawn grass seed and the proper shade of house paia,.
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But then whom summer comes it win come with a rush-says the best little old whittier at the corner gro cery.
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Also, if your memory serves you correctly, about this time last year you couldn't resist wearing your spring bonnet.
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In judging men. don't go too much by what they say they will do, but look around and see what they have done.
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The disposition the governor exhib- it's in public isn't much more satis- flying than the one he shows in pri- vate conferences
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When the democratic organization got itself together and went 10 work, it found tle field wasn't SO difficult after all.
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And then, too, it might pay to do a little extra advertising in Kansas so the lightning rod agents wouldn't get all the gravy.
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IL would not only be an extra ses- sion. but an extraordinary session, ii Hays had anything to do with the sub- iect
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But then you won't have to worry about what brand of spring tonic you win use until spring makes it's appear ance.
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Kansas is breaking the bank de- posit records, and the wheat crop for the year hasn't been touched.
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Perhaps When the statewide law goes into effect they can give away 6 thirst Quencher with every umbrella.
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Way not send Billy Sunday down to Mexico and see what the result will be in the peace at any price line
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Now they are unkind enough to say that Hays isn't governor, but that he is an affhction
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Things are looking up. Butter and eggs are cheaper, and the baseball season is about to open.
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SHIPMENT OF LADIES' CREPE DE cHENE WAISTS RECEIVED LAST NIGHT AT WooDcock & LAWsoN's.
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The trouble with the law of nations Is that there is no impenins force behind it.
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About the best little thing for Eng land to blockade are those German sea mines.
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At least the last survivors of the James gang are reaching the funeral stages.
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Hot Springs, it seems, was the inuo- cent bystander of the legislative ses- s.c2.
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MOTHERS STRIP CHILDREN

In Order to Give Needed Articles of
 Clothing to Soldiers.
 Basel, March 20- Swiss mothers have been seen 10 half strip their own children in the railway station at Schalrhouse in order to give need ed articles of clothing to French boys
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thinks about this horrible wicked city that was cussed and discussed so much in the state senate.
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Now they call the latest Mexican outburst a Cuban revolutio...
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Anyhow, We win have a chance to- morrow to see what the grand jury
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REMOVAL NOTICE
The Hot Springs Abstract & Guaranty
 Company

Has removed its offices to the north east corner room of the Como build ing, on the ground floor They wi1
 be pleased to meet their old as we l as new customers at their new quar- ters. 3-l5.tf.
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Ask your doctor about Bulgarian Buttermilk. 130-f
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A. L. SNEED, M. Q. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Fourth Floor, Arkansas National Banl
 Building.