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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-21

Special Cable to The Washington Herald
London. Feb. 2O.-The Nation pub
fishes the following by Bernard Shaw:
neutrality is an utter humbug.
thing as a breach of neutrality be-
cause there is no. such thing as neu-
trality. l hope that is clear enough.
The importance of bringing this
simple and natural fact home at pres
ent arises from three considerations:
Il. The danger of obscuring the real
issue by the false issue of the neu-
trality of Belgium.
80. The danger that instead of real
terms OF peace fictitious terms in the
form of fresh guarantees of neutrality
may be accepted as valid.
%. The general objection to throw =
ing stones when you live in glass
houses and are allied to eastern pow
ers whose whole history is ~ huge
cucumber frame.
Those who insist that neutrality
is real and sacred are committed by
the facts to the following propositions:
u. Germany has not violated Belgian
neutrality. She has made war on Bel
GUM. which her guarantee of Belgium
neutrality in no way abrogated her right
to do: and her guarantee of Belgium's
neutrality still stands in spite of the
war. AMI actually entities her to treat
the violation oe it by another power as
a casus belli.
offered to Keep Peace.
-. France and England have violated
the neutrality of R.igium by invading
her and fighting on her soil. though they
do not war upon her
j. Germany offered to keep the peace
with Belgium on condition of that right
of way which Great Britain was the first
to demand and enforce by war in China
= Great Britain and France refused to
respect Belgian neutrality except on a
condition which they knew would not be
fulfilled and which. in any case, Bel
gum could not control: namely. that
Germany would keep peace with Bel
GUM.
.. Germany offered peace in Belgium
o. Great Britain ordered war peremp-
torily.
defy any international jurist to
put a creditable complexion on these
propositions except by showing that
they are the reducto ad absurdum of
the theory of neutrality and by admit
ting that Belgium might as well have
been free country as neutralized
one for all the use that the guarantee
proved. And it is because l am not
duped by that theory that I have set
myself to discredit the Belgian pretext
for war. and to induce our ministers
and newspapers to drop it,
Not a Word to say.
Il did so even before the documents
found in Brussels by the Germans left
the foreign office so completely bowled
out in the Belgian point by the Ger
man chancellor that it had not a word
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-21
FORCE
MOVES ON JUAREz
Border City, Held by Villa,
Faces New As
saulf.
BRIGADE ON WAY NORTH
State Department lnstructs Represen-
tative at Mexico City to Protest
Against failing of Priests.
BRIGADE ON WAY NORTH
pocial to The Washington Herald.

Special To The Washington Herald.
Aqua Prieta. Mexico. Feb. 2o.-An al
tack by Carranzistas on Ciudad Juarez.
opposite FL Paso. is imminent 1t WAS
learned here today that Col. Miguel
Samaniego with 500 Carranzista caval-
rymen and six machine guns. left here
last evening under cover of darkn.s s in
the direction of the state OF Chihuahua
where re-enforCements are awaiting him
at Colonia Morales and at Casas
Grandes.
Immediately upon assembling his brigade
he will move to attack Juarez. The col
umn is well supplied with ammunition
against the Villa forces which now hold
the city
Guadala jara Feb. 20 via FL Paso)-
Having broken virtually ali opposition
in Western Mexico by mis- recent defeat
of Gen. Miguel DiegueZs army and the
capture of Guadalajara from the Car
ranzistas, Gen. Villa is preparing for
what he thinks will he the final step in
his campaign against CarranZa, tn: talk
ing of Tampico, Vera Cruz and ultimately
Mexico city.
From this city he will go north soon to
assume active charge of the operations
oil fields of Mexico. Already his follow
crs have approached within eighteen
miles of Tampico though no serious
fighting has occurred.
Protests at Arrests.
An army of more than 5000 men and
20 guns will be employed in the attack on
Tampico. The CarranZa garrison there
numbers about 1850 and the city Is well
fortified.
cisive battle of the war will take place
at or near the national capital.
The arrest of practically all the native
catholic priests in Mexico City by order
IF Gen. Obregon was reported to the
State Depa rtment yesterday and Secre-
Iary Bryan has directed the departments
representatives in Mexico to make such
representations as are proper in their
behalf
More than $50 OF the native priests. all
in the federal district, have been inn
prisoned. The reason assigned for their
arrest is that they failed to deliver to
Gen Obregon the sum of 10000 pesos de-
manded of them for the relief of the
poorer classes.
No foreign priests we've molested. &C.
cordins to the State Departments ad-
vices.
Siliman has started for Vera Cruz on a
special train furnished him by Gen. Obre-
gon. He is going TO Vera Cruz to act as
the United States medium of communica-
ton with Carranza.
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NOTES OF THE SCHOOLS.

The Capital City is to be we'll repre-
scented at the Superintendents Conven-
ton. which begins its sessions tomorrow
night in Cincinnati Principal Frank c.
Da niels. of Tech. left Friday evening;
Miss Flora Hendley and Miss Anna Beers
left yesterday morning and will be Joined
later by Miss Catharine Watkins, direc-
tor of kinderSartens: Mrs. Cate. director
of domestic art. and Miss Emma Jacobs.
director OF domestic science. Supt E I.
Thurston expects to be present at the
sessions later in the week.
Special invitations have been issued by
the Mount Pleasant Parents League for
meeting to be held at Wilson Normal
School Tuesday evening. DIR. Mackenzie,
who has made a survey of the recrea-
tlonal opportunities of the District. is to
he the speaker. His talk is to be illus
trated with slides<
Eastern Commercial Teachers Asso-
citation is to meet in New York City
Thursday. Friday and Saturday. before
Easter. A number of Washington teach
crs will take part in the program
Miss Harriet Harding. teacher at Pet
worth School, is to be married next
Wednesday evening Her position will
ne Hlleu ny MISS SpeluOn.
NJ. q. BarrOws, president of the board
of education of Rochester, n. Y. and
+. g. Nichols. director of business educa-
ton in the same city, We're visitors at
Business High School Tuesday and
Thursday. They are making a study of
banks operated by pupils. The Washing
ton High School Bank. with its four
branches. is now one of the most noted
in the United States.
Congress Heights dedicated its new as
sembly hall Friday night with n COM
munity meeting. In which the citizens
association was the guest OF the oarent-
teachers association. Mrs. Richardson
presided.
Personal Efficiency" was the subject
of Supt. John Sherman's talk before the
civic classes of Central High School
Friday morning. The lecture was at
tended by Miss Herbert's training class
from the Public Library.
Night schools of the city will close
March II.
Elections held Tuesday for officers oil
Central's June graduating class resulted
as follows: President. Howard Gottlieb:
vice president. Beth Harris; secretary.
Margaret Fishburn, and treasurer.
Stuart Heitmuller.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-21
LETTER TO TESTIFY
IN BREAD INQUIRY
Former Wheat Spectator Blames In
creased Price on Brokers Ex-
plain Trade Board Methods.

New York, Feb. 20-JOseph Letter, who
once lost millions trying to corner the
wheat market, will come from Wash
ington. it was announced today, and tes
tify before the State bread investigation.
Letter is expected to give Illuminating
testimony concerning wheat speculation
and it's influence on bread prices. In
discussing the subject with Deputy At
tOrney General Becker. who is conduA
ing the probe. Mr.. Letter said six-cent
bread is due to speculation and natural
causes.
District Attorney Perkins will continue
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-21

his bread Investigation today in con-
neCtion with th, State inquiry
Commissioner of Weights and Measures
Hartigan has advised people rot to pur-
chase six-cenc bread. saying 40 bakers
are selling 10000 loaves daily for five
cents retail.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-21
Hebrew Awarded Victoria Cross.

London, Feb. 20.-For the first time in
history the Victoria Cross has been
awarded to a Hebrew This coveted dec
Grafton was won posthumously by Lieut..
Frank Alexander de Pas. Of the Indian
cavalry. who was killed on the same day
that he accomplished the gallant deed
which won him his Victoria Cross
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-21
Fair "Cops" at Wellesley.

Cambridge Feb. GA female police
force has been organized at Radcliffe
College. with Miss Dorothy Worrell as
chief The policewomen must see that
the other students keep things spick and
span about ampus and class rooms. keep
records of hardness and absences from
classes. and admonish the slothful ones to
keen on the lob
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-21
JEALOUS, HE KILLS
TWO; SHOOTS SELF
Married Man Stays Young Woman
and Companion During Quarrel.
Dying in Hospital.

Newark y. J.. Feb. 20.-QuarrciuG
with a Young woman with whom he was
madlN infatuated despite the fact that he
WAS a married man with several children.
Hiram +. craig. today shot and killed
Miss Hattie Reeves. Twenty-Five and her
companion. Mrs. Mary clark. forty-two.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-21
Germans CAPTURE Russian Gold.

Amsterdam, Feb. GA Berlin dispatch
printed by an Amsterdam newspaper to-
day declares that the Germans In their
victory In East Prussia captured Russian
funds Of 10000 roubles 0lN.0oo)
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-21
Powder Mill Blown Up; One Killed.

Acton. Mass. Feb. 2b-Ths Corning
mill at the American Powder Company's .
plant here was blown UP this afternoon
by an explosion of gunpowder. Daniel
Splaine. laborer. was killed.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-21
Bulgars Attack Serb Legation.

Sofia. Bulgaria, Feb 20-Hostile DEM
constructions were made before the Serbian
and Mortenegrin legations today Botn
buildings are now guarded by Bulgarian
troops a result.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-21
Wilson at Gold Key.

A few scattering clicks had been
coming from the wire, but now the
chief White House telegrapher dropped
his hand on his working key, and the
wire was silent. In his left hand he
held his watch. A moment passed, and
then he attracted the Presidents at
tention. Just pause. and he nodded.
His hand moved to the gold key and
he pressed IL at second intervals.
One-two-three-fo
He nodded again.
The President put his fingers on the
key and held it down three-perhaps
four-seconds. and then released il.
The signal for the opening of the
exposition had been sent.
The first man forward to shake
hands with the President was Sena-
tor Perkins. He was followed by
Senator Works Then followed the
Congressman in the California dele
CATION.
The key which the President used
in the ceremony was given to former
President Taft in 1909 to open the
Alaska Pacific Exposition. 1t
was the gift of George w. Carmack.
the discoverer of gold in Alaska. 1t
is almost entirely Of gold.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-21

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Don't let the imitstofs
confuse you-insist on
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this name on the package
or you may b disap-
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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-21
Hair Streaked With Gray
There 10 . Scientific Way to Restore
GRAY Hair in q Few Days

No one can tell that you used anything
If you use MaryT. Goldman's Gray Hair
Color Restorer. as it affects only the gray
hairs and therefore does not change the
original color. You can wash or curl the
hair as often rs you please-the color
will be in the hair, through and through,
and cannot wash off. 1t is as different and
superior to other preparations as electric
light Is to candle light. Test it yourself
on a lock Of hair and You will be delighted.
stamps, Be ssys to tell the original color OF
your hair. Tho regular 8. 90 size bottle can be
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-21
Flaah Crosses Nation.

President Wilson stood at a little table
in the great East Room of the White
House at o'clock yesterday afternoon
and held down the key of a gold tele-
graph instrument for a few brief sec
onds.
The connection formed by the closing
of that key sent an impulse flashing
across the continent direct into the
grounds of the Panama Pacific EXPOSE
ton at San Francisco, where il arrived
exactly at noon. and thus signaled the
opening of the greatest exposition the
world has ever seen.
The signal. in fact. was sent i'm dupli-
cate by wireless. The Presidents key
was connected also With the great wire
less station at TuckeSton. n. J.. the
strongest sending station in the United
States. The operator there received the
signal and instantly damned down the
lever of his instrument. The great aerials.
high above, sent their sputterings west
ward over mountain and plain to the big
station on San Francisco Bay This. in
turn. relayed it to smaller station
erected for the purpose in the exposition
grounds
Dssting uished Company Present.
There was "A distinguished gathering
present at the ceremony. All the MEM
exception of Secretary of the Interior
Lane, who is the Presidents personal
representative at the opening in San
Francisco. Then there We're the members
of the California delegation in Congress.
headed by Senators Perkins and Works.
Gov. Hamlin. of the Federal Reserve
Board, was there and was Assistant
Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt. the
only member of the exposition commits
sion vino is in Washington. Altogether.
there were about thirty present.
The table with the telegraph instru-
ments was placed at the south end of
the big room. Outside. it was a per-
feet day-as warm and sunny as a day
in spring-and the sun streamed in
through the high windows which over
look the beautiful White House Grounds.
Just before the moment arrived, the
President remarked:
81 can't make this very dramatic"
But il is very interesting, all the
same" said Senator Works
Yes. it appeals to the imagination"
said the President.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-21

Congress Heights dedicated its new as
sembIy hall Friday night with n COM
meeting. In which the citizens
was the guest OF the aarent-
teachers association. Mrs. Richardson
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-21

Personal Efficiency" was the subject
of Supt. John Sherman's talk before the
civic classes of Central High School
Friday morning. The lecture was at
tended by Miss Herbert's training class
from the Public Library.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-21

Night schools Of the city will close
March II.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-21

Elections held Tuesday for officers oil
Centrars June graduating class resulted
as follows: President. Howard Gottlieb:
vice president. Beth Harris; secretary.
Margaret Fishburn, and treasurer.
Stuart Heitmuller.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-09-10

School Supplies. See our window Lomen Bros.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-09-10
VOLUNTEER ARMIES.

There seems a curious misapprehen- sion of what Gen. Wood meant when he made the statement that the volun- teer system for an army in emergency had always been a failure. Thus the New York Blobe and Commercial Ad- vertiser finds in the utterance "some- thing of the contempt which the reg ular army man often feels for the citi- zen soldier" The same newspaper goes on to say: Volunteers should, without doubt, be men trained before any crisis comes, but there is a strength and de- votion in a volunteer army that cannot exist among soldiers forced into ser vice by draft or conscription Those who remember Gettysburg and Appro- mattox may be pardoned if they be- lieve that the volunteer army still has it's place in the life of our people"
 The curious obliquity in this is that the army of the type which Genef Wood advocates is merely an army made up of volunteers" "trained be- fore any crisis comes" The whole regular army of the United States and our entire organized militia is vol untarily enlisted The illustration is sngularly wrong also for tho suffi-
 cient reason that the armies which confronted each other at Gettysburg and at Appomattox had thousands of Iconscripts or drafted men serving, not as volunteers but under compulsion.
 Further than this, if any one can see lany difference in strength and devotion between the soldiers in Europe who are scripts, he must have remarkably keen vision. The efficient armies of con- tinental Europe are practically all con scripts, and the English army is the only one made by voluntary enlistment of conscription. All that he was sug- gesting was that the country permit a it's military service, there to be trained before any crisis comes. What General failure was the reliance of this coun- try for defense upon volunteers called ing.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-09-10

While London newspapers have not hesitated to criticise the United States for what Is described as a commercial attitude toward the war" it appears that Great Britain has had an eye to the main chance herself By holding up American. shipping Great Britain has been able to replace in various neutral countries. By withholding Am erican cotton from Germany, England
 has forced Germany to withhold dye
 stuffs from America. The announce
 considerable increase in the output of dyestuffs has finally been effected by the British Dyes Company" It is stat
 ed that the board of directors of this company, formed with capital aid from the British government to manufacture dyes and thus supply a demand that before the war depended on importa- tions from Germany. have decided to acquire or build much larger works. British export figures tell the commer- cial side of Great Britain's war ever more strikingly The total value of eX- ports to the United States consulate general. the first six months of 1915 was s7o,s1e,o24. against s65,s77,ss1 for
 the similar period last year In other
 words, England in six months under
 war conditions increased her exports
 to the United States about $5000,000
 compared with six months under peace
 full conditions.-Thomas F. Logan in
 Leslie's.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-09-10

Frederick II, twice excommunicated by Pope Gregory. Conspired against by his own son. Died at war with the pope.
 Frederick II ,CThe GreaD of Prussia Waged three great and disastrous wars to win and retain Silesia.
 Frederick William II, of Prussia. Lost Alsace and Lorraine to France. The ease of Francis II of Germany Is suggestive. After series of defeats by France resigned the German crown and was very successful as Francis of Austria.
 Other cases:
 James II. of Scotland Killed by burst ing of cannon
 Phillip Il of Spain. Not the least of his misfortunes was his marriage to Mary l of England.
 3oleslaus Il of Poland Dethroned.
 Augustus II of Poland. Attempted to distinguish himself in war. but was de- feated and dethroned by Charles XII of Sweden. After Charles death was re- stored and resigned quietly and pros perously.
 Albert Il of Austria, "The uncrowned emperor"
 These lists are not exhaustive, but the question may be asked: Can we extract from the aggregate records of earthly kings, a sufficient number of fortunate No 2's, to make the balance even?
 Allowance should be made for the fact that kings, from their elevated sta tion, live somewhat precarious lives. and for the other fact that a strong No. 1 will sometimes leave his throne to an inefficient No. 2 This latter is perhaps consideration of great importance.
 On the other hand. the old oecultists believed that there was some inherent malignancy in the number No 2, itself They held it to be a number of trouble death, enmity. contention and unhappi- ness How strangely this seems to be borne out in the histories of kings We have partially shown: and those learn ed in such matters will easily recall other instances.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-09-10
City Official Paper
NOME, ALASKA, SEPT. 10, 1915.

To the majority of those who have resided in Nome for any length of time the great necessity for a safe harbor for the coastwise shipping is doubtless clearly apparent The needs in this respect have been forced on our atten- ton year after year through the con- srant destruction of property and the general crippling of coastwise traffic; both effects being produced in the ma jority of cases solely through the ab
 sence of a proper refuge for the smaller vessels and lighters employed in hand ling the local and coastwise commerce. Year after year we have witnessed the wrecking of vessels, the bleaching and destruction of lighters and the jeopar- dizing of hundreds of lives during the sudden and long enduring storms sweeping with constant regularity over Bering sea during the open season. Season by season shipping has been compelled to suffer tremendous toll of losses through the tying up of light ering and coast traffic for long periods
 all of which could have been avoided or greatly minimized through the me dium of a small harbor or breakwater Owing to the absence of records 1t Is impossible to even approximate the sum total of the injury and damage inflicted during the years since Nome became a commercial entity but that the gross volume is great is indicated by the report recently delivered to the Chamber of Commerce by the Alaska Lighterage Company in which it is dis closed that the expense borne by that concern during the past twelve years for repairs to floating equipment alone lars per year. This is but one item of the immense losses that have occurred was no adequate shelter for the lighters and small vessels employed by that company To this must also be added the heavy losses occasioned by the overturning of loaded lighters in the surf and the consequent loss or damage to merchandise together with dozen or more other items of expense incl dent to handling cargoes on the open beach. According to the records of the
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-09-10

Entered as second-class matter Feb. 2t. Js0l. at the Postoffiee at Nome, Alaska, under the Act of Congress of Na9rn 8. 1S7s.