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The Washington times., 1915-02-25
PROBE OF DAYT0N'S
CONDUCT FINISHED
Committee Will Try to Make Re.
port Of Investigation Before
Congress Adjourns.

The McGillicuddy subcommittee prac.
tically closed its hearings Of charges
against Judge Aston G. Dayton. Of West
Virginia, last night.
Ono additional witness Is to be heard
tomorrow. and the committee then will
attempt to get its report into the House
before adjournmen.
one of the last witnesses heard was
Festus Newman, an old colored man of
the ants -bellum type. Newman told the
committee OF working in the garden and
around Judge Dayton's home for five
years, receiving each month Govern
ment check for $40. His wife cooked for
the judges family. and was supposed to
receive as her pay one-half OF this
check.
Judge Dayton, who took the stand
later, said that he was allowed mes
senger by the Government. and that
Uncle Fest" was used both about the
courtroom and the house. The Judge
said he gave Uncle Fest" his meals and
lodging for the purely personal services
rendered the Judge and his family.
A number of witnesses were heard by
the committee yesterday afternoon re-
garding loans of Judge Dayton. Attorney
for Judge Dayton objected to going into
his private financial affairs and the
committee said they would not pursue
this line Of investigation unless 1t was
proposed to show some Interior motive
behind the loans.
The Washington times., 1915-02-25
ORPHANS SPANK EACH
OTHER TO SAVE TINE
Woman Superintendent Admits
That She Inaugurated Rule.
Probe Planned.

COOPERsTOWN. N. T.. Feb. 25--
Whether or not a system Of self-spank-
ing Is essential in the successful con-
duct Of an orphanage will be fully aired
in an investigation by the State board
Of charities into the affairs Of the
Orphanage Of the, Holy Saviour.
Miss Victoria EeMoine. superintend-
ent. is charged with inaugurating ne
self-chastisement rule. and also appear
ing with her hair disheveled and with
her clothing untidy.
Miss LeNloine admitted that she intro
duced self-spanking as means of pun
lshment for minor offenses. Several
years ago, she said. one of the teachers
brought several Of the boy orphans to
be chastised. That was Miss LeMoine' 8
busy day, and she did not have time to
spank them herself. So she. decided
that they should spank each other.
One by one the orphans turned each
other over a barrel and administered
the punishment 1t was all very WELL
so long as fellow was a friend of the
one who was doing the spanking. But
sometime the wrong fellow got hold OF
the barrel stave and them the victim
got a real trouncing.
Complaints were made that the sys-
tenn was degrading and demoralizing
but Miss LeMoine declared that II saved
time and a lot OF trouble. The super
mtendent admits that she sometimes
appeared about the institution clad In
a kimono. and that occasionally her hall
was not arranged In the latest style
3Ak WAA1 ee that. she aSksd3
The Washington times., 1915-02-25

Liverpool. But there has never been
30 much as a German claim that the
great stream Of soldiery and warlike
equipment from England to France
has ever been even annoyed by the
German navy.
The British naval strategists have
not been able to protect their pa
trolling cruisers and destroyers from
the enemy's submarines at all times.
Mines have wrought further dam
age. The Audacious was smashed
off the north coast of Ireland, but
the transports have been immune.
How has this been contrived? ?
Probably no outsider will ever have
even the .faintest notion until the
war is over. Possibly not then.
Were the troop ships dispatched Sc
cretly from unsuspected ports? Were
they thrust boldly out into the chan
mel covered by swarms of Destroy
ers? Did they use great ocean grey
hounds that could show their heels
to submarines We can only guess.
But it is a remarkable record in
keeping the seas open in the face Of
q desperate foe.
The Washington times., 1915-02-25
GREGORY TO TALK
TO SOU7HERNERS
Attorney General Will Respond
to Toast at Society's Annual
Banquet Saturday.

Attorney General r W. Gregory has
been added to the list Of speakers at
the Southern Society's banquet. which
Neyle Colquitt. chairman Of the banquet
committee. is today in receipt OF a
letter from w. w. Fuller. president Of
the Southern Society Of New York, say
ing .nat he will attend.
Mr.. Fuller compliments the Southern
Society upon securing the Attorney Cen
eral to respond to a toast and recalls
that Mr.. Gregory has made but one
banquet address, since he came into Of
nee. That was before the Southern So
ciety OF New York and Mr.. Fuller says
1t was "a hit
Colonel Colquitt practically has per-
fected all plans for the banquet. which
will represent the last gathering of
southerners in official and public life
before the end of the present session of
attendance at the banquet is not strict
ly confined to members Of the society
itself, but the banquet committee will
welcome the application of any South
erners who desire to attend. These ap-
plications may be made to Col Neyle
Joseph W. Folk. solicitor for tho In
CONGRESSMAN John H. Small Of North
Carolina have been added to the toast
list The Secretaries OF State and Navy
the Assistant Secretary Of War and
Congressman J. Thomas Heflin Of Ala.
bama will also make responses.
quests for group seatings that 1t wal
decided to have round tables Of eight
and, as a consequence numerous par.
ties-ot-eight' have been organized.
The Washington times., 1915-02-25
Casey,Slocun1 Hero,
Disgraces Himself
Sent to Workhouse for Theft
After Being Arrested "a
Times for Drunkenness.

NEW YORK, Feb. 25.-Daniel Casey.
fifty-seven. hero and drunkard. who
saved twenty-four lives in the General
Slocum disaster. and has been arrested
twenty-four times since 1910. was SEN
fenced In special sessions to six months
in the workhouse for petit larceny
Probation Officer Smith told the Justices
that for the last five years Casey has
been on continuous spree.
II Casey had not sold his wife's furnl-
ture when she was out one day In l9A
and got drunk with the proceeds the toll
of dead from the burning steamboat
General Slocum might have been larger.
His wife had him sent to the Work
house for six months to sober up. he
had become a trusty On Rikers island
three months later. when the steamboat.
all aflame. was beached near by. With
several keepers Casey put out In row.
boat and by his own efforts he saved
twenty-four of the excursionists. be-
sides recovering many bodies. For his
heroism Coroner O'Gorman. OF the
Bronx, who conducted the inquest.
awarded a gold medal to Casey. and he
received purse Of $2S7 from those
whom he had saved.
Casey was pardoned out or the work,
house by the governor. but he continue ed
to drink, according to Probation Officer
Smith, and his wife refused to live with
him. When not in jail he slept at night
in wagons or vacant lots. On January
IS he stole copper tardiniere worth
70 cents from a store. He said he was
SO drunk he had no recollection Of It.
The Washington times., 1915-02-25
PEACE HEROlSM

Peace hath her heroes and hero
ines no less than war. Archie
Thomas, the leper boy, sent to Peni-
kese Island colony five years ago,
studied wireless telegraphy that he
might make the lives Of those in the
leper colony somewhat less miser-
able.
Now the mother of the boy, who
died several days ago, has decided:
although not in any way touched by
the disease herself, to spend the rest
Of her life caring for the unfortu-
mates. She goes on the payroll as
"nurse and helper" at pittance Of
5000 a year.
Though there is no one to take
Archie's place and give glimpses Of
the news of the outside world to the
leper colony his memory will linger
the more speakingly in the presence
of the mother of her dead boy.
The Washington times., 1915-02-25
TWO YEARS OFF FOR
TEACHER.MOTHERS
New York School Board Will
Grant Leave Of Absence
Without Pay in Future.

NEW YORK. Feb. 3.-The board or
education amended its bylaws yester-
day SO as to provide that the board OF
superintendents may grant leaves OF
absence without pay to principals and
teachers for periods Of two years Tor
bearing and rearing children. When
n principal or teacher expects to te-
come a mother she must forthwith ap-
DIV for the leave Of absence. and rail-
ure to do so will be regarded a. IN
subordination.
Mrs Mullan. a new member OF the
board, said that inasmuch as 1t was
making concessions to married women
teachers 1t might as we'll repeal suooi-
vision u. section 81. OF the bylaws
which prohibits the appointment o'
married women as teachers. The board
adopted her suggestion.
Mrs. Lora NJ. Wagner. OF the Curtis
High School. who was suspended al the
time her child was born. was ordered
restored to duty.
Chairman Greene Of the finance com
mittee said that careful computation
indicated shortage In the genera
school fund and retrenchment was
necessary Large classes must nc or
ga nized and substitutes, instead OF reg.
ular teachers. must be appointed TO nj
vacancies.
The Washington times., 1915-02-25
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
SUBJECT OF DEBATE
Members Of Brightwood Park
Citizens Body Hear Argu.
ment Over Present System.

warm debate on the question Of
whether the present form Of District
government is adequate marked the
regular meeting of the Brightwood
Park Citizens Association last night in
Van Horns Hall. on Georgia avenue
The affirmative. defending the present
form. was taken by s. NJ. Falconer and
w. D. Wilson. their opponents being
William Mex. Clayton and Homer
Smith. There were no judges. and no
decision was made as to which side
made the better argument.
The affirmative, in closing. made the
point that those dissatisfied with the
present form Of government had failed
to suggest a feasible plan for improv-
ing it.
Resolutions were adopted favoring bills
now before Congress which call for a
Congressional inquiry into the financial
relations between the District and the
Federal Government and which would
grant hearings to representative bodies
in tho District on matters pertaining to
local legislation.
As chairman Of the railways commit
tee. Mr.. Clayton introduced a resolution
petitioning for the exchange Of trans
fers between the Georgia avenue car
line and the Washington Maryland
Terminal Company. at Georgia avenue
and Kennedy street. Tho Capital Trac.
ton Company was asked to erect a shell
ter house at the end of the Fourteenth
street car line.
The Washington times., 1915-02-25

bear to war is strikingly shown. DR..
Jarvis estimates that if half the 10,-
100000 available school children
were interested in the work the in
crease in food supplies would amount
to $50,000,000 annually. This esti-
mate is based upon the supposition
that SO is the average yield of a
garden, though figures show that
many such gardens can earn $25,
$50, and even 500 yearly.
What such a food supply would
mean. to any European nation at
this time can easily be imagined. If
war called the young men from the
farms Of this nation, even for brief
time, these school gardens would be
invaluable in supplying food to cities
which otherwise might find them
selves cut off from a ready supply.
Obviously the great benefit of<the
work undertaken by the Bureau of
Education and its experts is planned
for timessof peace. But in a period
when many peaceful movements are
viewed from a war angle, this plan
cannot escape the attention of those
who believe preparedness is our best
protection against foreign i'm
broHlios.
The Washington times., 1915-02-25
Pharmacists Discuss
New Anti-NarcOtic Law

That there is much difference Of opin-
ion among those who have to deal with
the new anti-narcotic law which goes
into effect March !, was indicated at
the meeting last night of the Washing
ton Pharmaceutical Society at the Ma
tional College Of Pharmacy. The meet
ing was devoted to study of the new
law and its requirement. and several
representatives OF the Internal Revenue
Bureau were kept busy answering ques-
tions.
DR.. II. P Hinson, a pharmacist, de-
clared complications were more than
offset by the advantage to be derived by
Kidding the pharmaceutical profession of
It's discredited members.
The new law requires that every sale
OF a habit forming drug must be regis
tered by physicians. dentists, druggists.
and veterinarians. DR.. p S. Talbert.
chief Of the law division of the Internal
Revenue Bureau; DR.. p. r. Rhccs. In
charge Of tho enforcement of the law.
and Dr 4. r. Adams, chief chemist OF
the Internal Revenue Bureau. all spoke,
and answered questions to the best OF
ths41 Aei0Sy.
The Washington times., 1915-02-25

ing to push to passage. However. 1t is
generally believed this bill will fail.
The total OF the appropriations made
by the last regular session Of Con-
gress for the current fiscal year was
81 .094 .l6s. .l02.30. The total Of the csti-
mates sent to. Congress by the execu-
tive branch Of the Government at the
outset OF the session was ST. 600, 775, 343s.
Means Big Deficit.
1t ia clear that the huge outlay of
this session. with revenues at lower
ebb than usual. partly because Of the
war means a big deficit at the close
Of the fiscal year, which will end June
80. 1915.
A heavy deficit is looked for at the
end Of the current fiscal year. June 80
next Should the war 90 on. many be-
lieve not only that the war revenue act
will have to be extended. but that ad-
dit'onal revenue legislation will be
needed.
Tom Reeds talk OF two decades ago
about a billion dollar Congress can be
supplanted with talk Of a two-and-a-
quarter billion congress.
The Washington times., 1915-02-25
FIGHTING FIREWATER

It is something new for the Indian
to fight the liquor traffic. Yet that is
just what the Northwest Federation
of Indian Tribes is doing. Hereto
fore it has been one sort of white
man that has sold whisky to the red
skin and another sort that has tried
to keep him from it, with the abo-
rigine a mere lay figure. But the
federation, in session in Tacoma,
has asked the Federal Gov
ernment for an appropriation of
$l50,000 for the express purpose of
suppressing the sale of liquor to In
dians.
Demon Rum has received some
body blows recently, with Russia
prohibiting the sale of vodka and
France frowning upon absinthe and
contemplating foregoing all liquor.
In Alabama a law has gone into ef-
feet which forbids even an adver-
tisement of whisky.
But those who speak for the mod
crate use of alcoholic beverages, as
we'll as the temperance forces, will
wish the Northwestern tribesmen
we'll in their fight against firewater
Whisky has been an unmitigated
curse to the Indians. 1t has been
the blacklist mark against the pale.
face-a refinement of cruelty which
put to shame the crudities of toma.
hawk and scalping knife.
All who have a spark of feeling
for dying race will applaud the
spirit which prompted the fedora,
tion's action, at the same time feel
ing a vicarious shame that we have
SO poorly fulfilled our duty to oul
wards that it was necessary.
The Washington times., 1915-02-25
Hofmann Shares HonOrs
With Symphony Society

The Symphony Society Of New York.
under the direction Of Walter Dam
rosch and Josef Hoffman,, pianist.
shared honors at the Columbia The
ater yesterday afternoon. presenting
an exacting program.
The symphony was Hadyns Mill;
taire" in G. of exceptional charm and
beauty. and losing nothing. OF its
unity under the direction OF Dam
rosch. Scarcely more than pause
ensued between the movements. maxi
ing for an unusually coherent pre-
sentation.
Notifies orchestration Of the Liszt
est. Francis Preaching to the Birds"
a pleasing departure from conven-
tional symphony selections. was full
of grace.
ture OF Weber from "Oberon." Josef
Hofmann was heard In Chopin's Con-
certo in f minor. number well
adapted to reveal his genius as a
technician and interpreter of Chopin's
moods.
Two selections from Wagner. widely
differing in tone and form, "Traume."
q study from Tristan, with violin solo
by Alexander SaslaIsky. and the
ride of the Valkyriss." closed the
program. u Z.
The Washington times., 1915-02-25
LODGE LIKES TOWN
MEETINGS At HOME
Senator Soon viii Go to Nahant,
Mass, to Solve One Of Those
Civic FiIibusters.

Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. who was
one Of the chief leaders Of the filibus-
terry against the ship purchase bill, got
q large share Of his parliamentary edu-
cation in the New England town meet
The town meeting is one of the chief
institutions of New England. and Sena-
tor Lodge IL a participant in II.
about the middle Of March he will 20 to
Nahant to take part lin the town meet
Ing. Friends Of the Senator say there
10 nothing that gives him as much salts
faction as to participate In the town
1t is the habit of the Yankee and 9TH
er New Englanders to speak their minds
freely on such occasions. and sometimes 9
there are parliamentary joustings and
scene in q Senate filibuster.
A year ago. at one of the Nahant
meetings, there was big fight over
building new town hall. Senator
Lodge and one Of his Irish constituents
got into sharp fight over the action
Lodge left the chair. got down on the
floor. and threshcd out the thing. he
won by few votes. A building com
mittee was named; and Lodge: a. mod:
which he proved highly efficient.
What did you put him on the com.
nittee for?" some one asked.
because he's got brains" said
Lodge.
About the middle OF March," said a
friend Of the Massa chusetts Senator to.
day. you'll see Henry Cabot Lodge
setting out with great glee for the Ma.
hant town meeting. You couldn't keeI
him away. This year. with his fresh
experience in the Senate filibuster. N
will be fully prepared to help settle the
questions that arise
The Washington times., 1915-02-25
SCHOOL GARDENING

Any suggestion of introducing a
wider military training among
schools of this country is bound to
meet with opposition. But one move
which will be almost as useful in
time of war is that being made by
the United States Bureau of Edu-
cation to make home garden truck
farmers of the 100000 children
who are now in public schools in the
United States.
OF course, the relation of such a
movement to war probably was far
from the minds of those who have
been fostering the movement. 1t al
"eady is being worked out in many
cities. On the statement of DR.. C..
b. Jarvis, the specialist in charge of
the Governments home gardening
survey, the relation this movement,
= arcomplishsd thoroughly. would
The Washington times., 1915-02-25
Big Appropriation Bills Being
Hurried Toward Enactment
In Final Rush Of Session.
GRAND TOTAL IS STAGGERING
Because Of Heavy Drain on
Treasury, Uncle Sam Will
Face Large Deficit.

A. usual. the talk Of economy in ap-
by Congress has proven
with the end Of the short session near
at hand. and the appropriation meas
ures being hurried rapidly toward enact
ment IN the fnal rush. II Is possible to
tell with q close approximation to ac-
curacy what the total will be Of the
bill which Uncle Sam is called on to
foot in the coming fiscal year.
Including tho river and harbor bill AZ
1t has been reported to the Senate. the
total will reach the staggering sum OF
81. 1872. ss2, ,s3s.7s. The river and harbor
bill will be reduced in some degree from
present figures, but on the other hand.
there are some scattering appropria-
tions which have not been considered in
making UP the grand total here given.
Await Final Totals.
This grand total is not far from the
aggregate which will confront the
Treasury when all the regular supply
bills and other measures carrying ap.
propriations and authorizations are on
the statute books.
These figures represent top-notch ex-
penditures. Until the final official totals
are made up when the bills are all per-
fected in conference 1t will not be pos
sibble to say whether previous records
are broken. but 1t is clear that the ap.
propriations will run neck and neck with
the biggest appropriations in the histor,
of an extravagant Government
The figures printed herewith do not
take into account the ship purchase
bill. which the President Is still try.
The Washington times., 1915-02-25
WHAT A NAVY CAN DO

After nearly seven months of war
there is at last an uncontirmed re-
port-nothing more-that an Eng
lish transport has been sunk by a
German submarine on the sea lanes
to France. For seven months the
British have transported troops and
supplies as safely and surely as if
ferryboats were using the Hudson
river. This is by far the most re-
markable achievement of the British
navy in this or any other war.
There have been plenty of signs
of activity of the German subma-
rines and even their lighter cruis-
ers. Recently merchant ships have
been torpedoed in the channel, and
sven in the Irish Sea. at the gstss Of
The Washington times., 1915-02-25

why send our merchant marine
through the mined area, when all the
Maryland roads will soon be in good
condition for maritime traffic?
Judging from the advance models in
femnin, finery. 1t will not be necessary
to start a "give-a-look' campaign this
summer.
In eating twenty-five Holsters, that
New York lady naturally spared the
twenty-third to enable It to pay the bill.
In order to facilitate matters. Presi-
dent Davilmar Theodor will turn In his
future designations a hundred at a
clip.
After a careful perusal Of the henis-
phere one of life's mysteries Is why did
Rip Van Wrinkle ever come back?
Following his northern successes, Won
Hindenburg might be imported to cap
ture Monticello.
The Washington times., 1915-02-25
SUNDAY IN BOSTON!

Shades of the sacred cod, and the
peaceful waters of Back Bay! Billy
Sunday is to uncork his rhetoric in
Boston. In Boston, where spectacled
infancy might give Billy pointers on
grammar, and where, if he splits an
infinitive, he is lost.
Not that Boston will shiver at
Billy's theology. If it is archaic
Boston will treat it with reverence
and embalm it; if it is new and
novel Boston will welcome it as a
new "made in Boston" cult, and send
it out duly labeled as the latest Hub
product.
But hasn't Billy Sunday "taken a
fall out of grammar" to use his own
confession, and even assigned mere
rhetoric to the warmer place he
paints in carmine tones? Hasn't he
even dared lock horns with President
Eliot, and said in no uncertain terms,
what he thought of the "whole 'fos-
silized outfit of cultured, spineless
jellyfsh?"
Perhaps Boston will censor Billy
Sunday, as it did "The Easiest
Way?" Or, since the judicious yod.
cling Mayor Fitzgerald has passed
from the stage, his successor, who
wanted to sell the public gardens
and erect Office buildings thereupon
may find some equally novel way OF
dealing with the approaching evan.
uelisf
The Washington times., 1915-02-25
Motorcycle Club Dinner
Proves Best in History

The annual banquet of the National
Capital Motorcycle Club. at the Pow
hatan Hotel last night. was the best in
the organizations history. E. NJ. Dod-
son was toastmaster. and brief ad-
dresses were made by T. l.. Moody.
president: Joseph Berberich. Assistant
Corporation Counsel Roger Whiteford.
and George Beall.
Others present were e. NJ. Bliss, H.
B. Cohen, w. F. Throop, +. NJ. Mills.
Charles H Cross. Karl Schueger. Au-
gust Zimmerman. Brunno Buckholz.
Fritz Weiss. E. J. Black, Harry c. May,
Kris Roeters. II. Il. Rogers. 8. II.
Bakor, George w. Parezo. s. w. ST.
mons, l.. G. Waldman. J. NJ. Seabrook.
NJ f. Eissler. F. l. Leisher. Harry
Duckstein, Frank Long. and Harry
Ward.
The Washington times., 1915-02-25
The Silver
Lining
Edited By ARTHUR BhR.

Considering the rate at which his
fleet 10 growing. It should at least be
Admiral Davy Jones.
Altho' the war has deprived us Of the
mud baths at Baden Baden. we'll be
all riEht soon a. the spring floods hit
the Potomac.
Latest photographs of the Oil King
depict him with q surprised expression.
Probably can't understand why he isn't
blamed for sinking the Carib.
They've managed to eradicate the
gambling evil on ocean liners by eradi-
eating the ocean liners
Having lost his tenth army. the Gear
has only 6,7o3 armies left.