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The Washington times., 1915-02-27
CALLlNGER HOSPITAL

President John Joy Edison, of the
Board of Charities, wastes no words
in the letter which he has sent to
Senator Smith, urging the appro-
priation for beginning on the new
Gallinger Hospital. He devotes
himself strictly to the briefest and
most effective statement that could
well be made, of the needs for the
institution.
Washington Asylum Hospital is
utterly unfit for the use made of it,
by all accounts. Yet with a capacity
for $50 patients it is caring for as
high as 257 at one time.
The site of this institution is bad,
and the proposal to convert wings,
erected for prison uses, into ad-
ditional hospital quarters is indie
fensible. A hospital and a prison
are two very different institutions,
and they are not interconvertible-
not in generation in which there is
rs much intelligence as now prevails
concerning proper care of people in
hospitals. 1t would be good deal
like converting penitentiary into a
university-only worse.
The town has not hospital facili-
ties adequate properly to care for
the demands, and the municipal in
stitution which Gallinger Hospital
is designed to be is peculiarly need.
ed. 1t ought not to be delayed on
any plea for economy. 1t will be
more economical to build it now
while costs of building are abnormal
ly low; it will provide much-needed
work for men who otherwise may be
idle; and it will give the city an es.
tablishment that inevitably will have
to be provided.
The Washington times., 1915-02-27
HOUSE |NS|STS|T
WANTS NO MILEAGE
Tells Senate That Allowance
Should Be Cut From Legis.
Iative Bill.

The House really insists that II
doesn't want that customary mileage
allowance OF 20 cents per mile Travelled
by members OF Congress in going to
and from the sessions. 1t told the Sen
ate again today-when the legislative
bill was sent back to conference.-the t
1t simply won't take the money-uniess.
of course. the Senate held out for Its
mendment providing the customary
perduisite.
Year after year. least one forget. the
House adopts an amendment reducing
the mileage allowance in some way.
This year is provided actual travelling
expenses of the member and his i'm
mediate family. The Senate would have
none OF ii and sent the bill back from
conference with the words 100 cents
per mile" written methodically into the
bill.
In the House late Yesterday Congress-
man Joe johnson. Of South Carolina.
| representing the conferees of the lower
body. conflded to his colleagues that it
| appeared that the senate was obdurate
on that 20 cents proposal. Mr. Johnson
| told the House he really doubted the
bill would ever be approved, so deter
mined were the Senate conferees. unless
| the House yielded.
After imparting these doleful tidings
Mr.. Johnson waited TO see what in
structions the House wanted to give its
| conferees. Congressman Cox, of In
diana. consistent foe of the time-honor-
| ed mileage allowance, averred that II
was an outrage the House was forced
to yield each year to the Senate on this
reform He said he hoped the kouse
conferees would hold out until lNl5 on
| the morning Of March and was willing
to bet the Senate wouldn't see the sup
| ply bill fail.
Congressman Thetus Willrette Sims
| of Tennessee. evidently mindful OF
many charges that the House isn't sin
| cere in it's protestations about not want.
| ing to take the mileage. asked Mr. Cox
| TO yield for question. Mr. Cox yielded
that in older to show the sincerit,
! of the House in this matter that al
| members here turn their mileage check
| back into the Treasury when they are
received Maybe that would convince
| the Senate"
II yielded for a question: | didn'
yield for any such statement as that,
shouted Mr.. Cox. waving his arms a
| Mr.. Sims, who sat down i'm hopeless
ia shion.
| After Mr.. Cox had inveighed to a con
siderable extent against surrendering t
the Senate, Mr.. Johnson ended the Cis
cussion by moving that the iious
further insist upon its disagreement I,
the Senates liberal mileage amendment
| II the worst comes to the worst. how
ever and the Senate holds out. tn
House members will he forced to tax
The mileage. VI wouldn't do to permi
the appropriation bill TO fall Under
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The Washington times., 1915-02-27

the former getting maybe 80 or S5
cents, is not very profitable on land
as costly as the land which produces
most of American wheat.
The thing about the Corner that
does damage is that as soon as the
spectators start surrounding the
visible supply, the farmers come to
their rescue. The farmer is the real
big speculator, taking him in the
aggregate. He sees that a powerful
group in the market or war in Eu-
rope or something else is forcing
prices up and up. He promptly gets
into the game, and instead of selling,
holds his wheat for yet higher
market. Thus the farmer is the
most powerful reinforcement to the
speculator, because the farmer is the
biggest speculator. Every farmer
with a part of his wheat crop still
in his bins is specializing in futures;
he is betting that the wheat is going
to be worth more latter. Who shall
say him nay? Who shall compel
him to sell? And if he can't be COM
PEELED to sell at some fixed point,
why may he-or somebody else, with
the price-buy?
It is not very apparent that the man
who raised the wheat is entitled to
deal in its futures to his hearts con-
tent, while another man may not do
the same thing. A long line of expert
ence has justified the general con-
clusion that corners commonly don't
succeed, and that they are more like
ly to hurt the man in the corner than
to profit him. Millers and provision
ers require the privilege of dealing
in futures, in order to protect their
business. Bread would right now
be costing more than it is costing,
if millers had not been allowed to
deal in futures; that is, to buy big
stocks Of wheat for delivery in fu-
ture at fixed price.
The Washington times., 1915-02-27
To Discuss Institute
Of EpWorth Leaguers

The summer institute of the EpwortA
League will be the principal topic con-
sidered by the Washington District
Board OF Control when it meets next
Wednesday evening at the Iowa Avcnu"
NJ. +. Church
The institute will he held sometime
in June or July, and II is expected thai
either Mountain Lake Park, Md. or
Elkton Va, will be named as the place
of meeting The executive committee OF
the institute will make tentative Sc
lection Of the time and place at a meet
ing in Trinity NJ. T.. Church tomorrow
afternoon a and the board will be asked
to confirm this selection Wednesday
evening. The committee consists Of W
r. williamson. II. S. Omohundro. Lester
l.. Schnare. Andrew Cross, II. i. Carl.
A, G. Christie. Robert d. Burbank, ). L.
Boss, T.. c. Tarr. William r.. Truman.
Lee B. Emory. w. A. Jump, Miss Edith
c. Maddux and Miss NJ. c. Fowler.
The Washington times., 1915-02-27
a REAL JUVENILE COURT

In many respects Washington
Juvenile Court has been juvenile
court in name only. Judge William
II. De Lacy and Judge J. Wilmer
latimer both called attention to the
defects of the law creating the court,
which simply made of it a police
court for the trial of juvenile Of
tenders.
The commission working for more
than year to evolve code which
would embody the needs of such a
rourt here, and the best in similar
courts all over the country, has
framed a measure which seems to
"ovcr most of the reforms advocated
from time to time.
The report helps untangle the
romplex relations of the Juvenile
Court and other bodies dealing with
children in conflict with the courts
authority. This was notably true of
the Board of Children's Guardians
created before the court was or.
ranized, and without reference to
such a courts existence. 1t gives
the court greater latitude in dealing
with juvenile transgressors, and per,
mits proper probationary and educa
tive measures. 1t relieves the bo,
who steals newspaper or breaks 8
window of the stigma of a crimina
record. 1t even provides that tn,
names of those boys who have com
mitted such offenses in the past shall
he expunged from the criminal rec
ords. Such record will handica,
rnany Of these boys throughout life
Ks law. extends the jurisdictia,
The Washington times., 1915-02-27
GIVES SIX REASONS
FOR CITY HOSPITAL
John 10y Edison, in Letter to
Senator Smith, Declares Sit.
uation Is Serious Here.

In letter sent to Senator John
Walter Smith OF Maryland, In charge
Of the District appropriation bill in
the Senate. John Joy Edison. president I
Of the Board OF Charities. gives six
reasons for an immediate start on a
municipal hospital for Washington.
Mr.. Edison declares the situation to-
day Is serious. and is growing stead
lily worse. and there Is need of a
municipal hospital to take care Of 400
free patients aside from those taken
care Of at other hospitals. Mr.. Ed
sens letter follows:
Text of Letter.
Dear Sir-As president OF the Board
OF Charities. IN the interest Of suffering
humanity. l deem 1t my duty to invite
your attention to the imperative need OF
making q beginning toward the con-
struction OF a Municipal Hospital and
In doing so speak for the INDECENT sick
who are unable to speak for themselves.
! feel confident that II the following
facts were fully known to Congress, the
relief asked for would be granted.
"First-The present buildings Of the
Washington Asylum Hospital are pro-
nounced bv oil who visit them as unflt
for hispital purposes.
"Second-Thc buildings AFFORD accOm-
modations for $50 patients. and Yet as
many as ~ patients have been crowded
| into these quarters.
''Third-It has been suggested that the
| wings erected for a wOrkhouse, with
their massive walls and prison windows.
could be converted into additional ac-
| commodations. Estimates were secured
showing that the alterations would cost
about $4,000. 1t Is reasonable TO assume
that when completed the suggestion of
| T. converted prison could scarcely be
| removed from the minds Of our ;infor-
| tunate sick and frlendless poor.
'Fourth-lt Is we'll known that the
! site Of the Washington Asylum Hos
pital exposes the inmates to malaria
| diseases, and Is otherwise undesirable
and hence renders the expenditure OF
money for additional buildings there as
extremely unwise.
Remove To Asylum.
"F'ifth-It has been stated that the
private hospitals in this city are amply
| equipped to take care Of the sick poor
but the facts are that the Washington
Asylum Hospital only cares for such
patients as are not wanted in other in
stitut,ons; indeed. during the present
month not less than thirteen patients
were removed to the Asylum Hospital
upon request Of these institutions.
| 'SiXth-In addition to the above, il
\ may bo stated that the Tuberculosis
Hospital was erected to accommodate
| 12O patients. There are now 1%0 IN.
mates. and we have a waiting list OF
| fifteen patients who should be in the
| hospital.
| This serious situation, when ha.
been pointed out repeatedly. is growing
worse from year to year; there are to-
| day 2S2 patients in urgent need OF de
| cent hospital facilities. and humanitS
demands the erection Of proper shelter
for at least. 800 patients. Such a build
Ing should be planned with view tt
making future additions as the exiSen
| cies may demand"
The Washington times., 1915-02-27
Anent the Many-Wifed Husband.

To the Editor of THE TINES:
Referring to George c. Bringhalrs
statement, issued in Wednesdays
Times that a many -wifed husband
obtains the more peaceful home" would
Mr.. Bringhall kindly state which Of the
wives enjoys the envied peaceful home"
with the universal husband? No
honorable father. husband, or brother
could sanction such a law. no matter
how great their desire might be in bet
tering the race. A good woman would
not live two-sided life. and show mo
the benefit to a race the children OF
an immoral man or woman would be?
Women don't need to mourn yet There
are still good men who are willing and
ready to protect them. Man is not the
low-thinking baboon or animal who
wanders about seeking who may come
his way. Man is proud to claim his
choice; his duty and his obligation. and
much prefers 1t to being the many
wifed husband
ask Mr.. Bringhall what kind of lives
would many wives live with one man
crowded he wasn't q millionaire)? And
the kind gentleman who urges the pos
sibility Of peace, and absence Of divorce.
by having more wives than one IS
very wrong. Ninety-eight per cent of
the divorces are for that very reason.
but not always Is 1t the man who has
the extra mate. 1t sometimes is the
too many husbands. II. E. C..
Washington Feb 26
The Washington times., 1915-02-27
Under Equitable Economic System,
Organized Charity Would Not Be

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
District Donation Week is over and a
goodly sum of money has been turned
over to Henry E. +. Macfarland to be
distributed to the poor of Washington
through the different charitable organi-
cations. Much credit is due Mrs Ellis
Logan and the good women who assisted
her.
In reading Of the wonderful work done
by this band Of earnest women. could
not help thinking what a perfectly splen-
did thing it would be if they would de-
vote another week to telling the men
and women Of the District how to bring
about just economic conditions, under
which there would be no involuntary
poverty. and. therefore. no need for or
Eanized charity.
For several days | had charge Of one
of the donation boxes in large retail
store. Those who contributed were the
ones who were already burdened by the
| system Is changed, are likely to find
themselves in the class asking aid in IA
few years. Those who have been reap
ing the benefits Of the present system
We're not among the contributors.
What the poor need is not aims but
justice. 1t is said that the Associated
Charities not only give aims but assist
those aking aims to be self-sustainins
but tne nrSt tnlnS necessary TO makt
| one self-sustaining is equality of oppor
| tunity-freedom to employ himself The
you cannot give to any one until you
free the land-destroy land monopoly. !!
| the Associated Charities will help IL
this work, in a few years We will have
not only The City Beautiful" but The
City Wonderful" because there will be
no poverty and no slum dwe!lers.
In the District of Columbia there j.
enough unimproved land. if put into cul-
tN,a n oil hn e
Dstrict-that is furnish them with VeGc-
| tables. fruits, chickens, and eggs. This
| use of the unimproved land would mot
] only supply homes and employment ful
| those now in need, but would reduce
rents and cost of living for all who live
in the District. But so long as it is
profitable to hold this land out of use
| just so long will we have people brGGin,
| for work and living in slums.
| MRS. JESSIE l.. LANE.
| Riverdale, Md, Feb. 26.
The Washington times., 1915-02-27
SHIPOWNERS IN TOLLS

LII Ine reOeral SOuft proceedings
beginning in New York against Ger
man shipowners for carrying sup
plies beyond our ports and sea limits
for delivery to German war vessels
there are some fine points which al
ways puzzle the inexpert mind.
Quitting military forces in or
from a neutral port is not allowable
under international rules. 1t is not
permitted to supply belligerent
vessel with even more than enough
coal to take her to her home or to
the next neutral port. Nor can this
relief be repeated within given
period.
At the same time there is no ques-
tion of the right of any private citi-
zen of neutral country to ship at
his own risk coal or munitions of
war or anything to a belligerent
country or it's colonies or depend
encies for any use whatsoever.
A cargo of coal, say, may 60 to
Germany if it can get there and then
straight into the bunkers of a Ger
man battleship in that German port
and nobody will question the proceed
ing. But if the German battleship
meets the cargo half way and trans
ships it there is question.
The distinction can be even more
subtle. 1t is possible, legally and
properly, for an American shipper
to deliver supplies by rail within
twenty-four hours for an English
battleship in a Canadian port. 1t is
not legal and proper for the same
supplies to be billed to Havana, di.
verted eastward outside the three.
mile limit, and put aboard the same
warship at sea within twenty-four
days.
More than that; contraband
cargo of coal or other supplies may
be shipped legally and properly from
New York for Liverpool, say, inter.
cepted by German warship and
transferred to her hold; and no in.
ternational question arises.
But there can be a false situation
deliberately conspired along those
lines to involve a neutral govern.
ment. Indeed, a shipmas ster who
sailed from the Pacific coast and re-
ported that his vessel was captured
and his cargo seized by German
cruisers was charged with deliber
ately putting up the job, thereby i'm
plicating the good faith of this Gov
ernment in so far as it gave the yes
sci clearance and otherwise officiall,
sanctioned, though unwittingly, he]
operations.
No doubt in the cases now comins
up in New York the prosecution will
be maintained against ships ant
shlpowners, not for taking out con
traband goods-something that ma,
be done with perfect right-but fol
compromising the neutrality of tn,
J United States Government by palm
ing off false bills, obtaining fraudu
lent clearances and otherwise eyad
ing international rules and defyin,
the laws of the United States.
The Washington times., 1915-02-27
Germania Club Holds
Fifth Informal Smoker

The Germania Club held the fifth of
series of informal smokers last night
al Losekam's. DR.. Harry Sellhausen
spoke on Germany's contributions to
medical science.
The next meeting was announced for
March rs, when DR.. f. A. CHAMPION will
speak on The Effect OF the War on the
Chemical Industry OF the United
States"
The Washington times., 1915-02-27
THE EXCISE BOARD

Inc general atmosphere, quite as
much as the testimony developed
at the Excise Board inquiry, is bad.
The Senators conducting the affair
as well as auditors from the outside,
have been impressed all the way
along that the general policy Of
the board has been to resolve all
technicalities and uncertainties in
favor of the saloons, and beyond
that, to give encouragement to the
business Of devising uncertainties in
order that they might be settled in
favor of the saloons.
As much ingenuity as has been
displayed on the side of the saloons,
if exerted on the other side, by a
board that wanted to drive saloons
out of the town, would pretty nearly
have accomplished that result. 1t
would have been just as Unfair to
the law, just as misrepresentation
Of the laws intent, as has been the
boards attitude of persistent favor
itism toward the saloons.
The law was not made for the pur-
pose of driving the saloons out of
the town; and no more was it made
in the expectation that it would be
stretched at every point to cover the
needs of the saloons. 1t was not
made to be disguised prohibition
measure; neither was it intended
to produce here the conditions of q
wide-open city. 1t was intended to
be administered equitably, fairly
and with simple common sense in
mind.
People who don't want this town
to 60 dry will do we'll to give their
attention to what is happening in
this Senate inquiry. This is no time
to cover up; it is the time to let
the whole truth become known. The
liquor interest cannot afford to cast
in its lot with discredited Excise
Board, and try to protect such a
body. To do SO will strengthen the
argument of prohibitionists that the
liquor business is by instinct an out,
law and that regulation of it in,
evitably leads to this sort of per,
formances. The liquor business has
need to convince the community tina,
it can be legitimate, decent and law
abiding; and the best friend of the
local saloon men will be that one
who will convince tnem that a toe
friendly and acquiescent excise au
thority is going, in the end, to hurt
them most.
The powers of the Senate investi
gators are rather vague. They car
report what they find, and they car
be confidently expected to report il
terms whose condemnation of recen'
conditions will wear no veil. Bu
the Excise Board is appointed b,
the President and confirmed by tn,
President. 1t is directly responsible
only to the President, as the admin
istrator of the laws. He can demant
designations, and if he doesn't ee
them can remove offending an
pointees.
The Washington times., 1915-02-27
The Silver
Lining
Edited By ARTHUR BAER.

BY the way. that was fierce hand to
hand lighting they had around-er-that
-er-you know-er.
You say II.
SZcZuczyn.
All. Glad that's off our chest.
Washington has at last dropped it's
veneer Of neutrality.
Landstrum of 1916 leaves for Char
lottesville tomorrow.
Now everybody will get all iealoused
up. Philadelphia woman tangoed her
way into lunatic asylum and will know
lots Of new steps when she gets out
The Washington times., 1915-02-27
To the Editor Of THE TINES:
Opportunities to Become Rifle Shots.


In answer to communication Of e. 8. NJ,
in a recent issue Of The Times. as to
means whereby all citizens may be-
come marksmen or sharpshooters,
and provide throughout the United
states. near hamlets. villages. and cities
rife rangers" take the liberty of ad-
vising the gentleman that there already
exist splendid opportunities for men to
Indulge In rife shooting. The Govern
ment will furnish arms to responsible
civilian clubs. Many States, as we'll as
the Di<.rict OF Columbia. have rife
ranges, where competent instructors
would be pleased to assist persons who
desire to become proficient in the art
OF shooting straight AS to provid-
ing ranges near many cities and VIII
lagos would mean great danger to the
lives of residents when using high
power rifles, the idea would not he en-
tertained. besides a rifle range equipped
for all distances costs several thousand
dollars, even II the land can be acquired
free. The writer's advice would be
that all interested persons should COM
munitate with the secretary Of tho
American Rifle Association or become
member of the National Guard
Any man or woman with average eyes
and nerves. who Is not a boozer or
cigarette smoker. can in time become a
rifiems>i. / know of one organization I'm
the District National Guard which quail
fled sixty-twO sharpshooters. the entire
membership, one year, and that same
organization also won the company
match Ave years at Sea Girt. which
made them during that period the cham
pion rife company over all States rep
resented there. including every branch
Of service Of the army and navy. A
person can find plenty Of opportunity
right here in Washington. as we'll as
in many States, IL he is in earnest
G. PAINE PHILLIPS
The Washington times., 1915-02-27
Carp Raked Out of River.

BELOlT. Wis, Feb. 2.-Thousan nds OF
FISH brought down with high water in
Rock river foundered helplessly about.
apparently stunned by striking the dam
hero Hundreds Of carp were raked out
by fishermen and hauled away In wa
kons. tubs and boxes,
The Washington times., 1915-02-27
Lodge of Boilermakers
Gives Annual "BlOW-Out''

The annual banquet OF local Lodge
No. $50 of the Boilermakcrs. Iron Ship
Builders and Helpers Of America was
held last night at Masonic Temple,
Eighth and + streets northeast
Thomas Nolan, International vice
president. and John y. CoipoNS score
tsrv of Central Labor Union. were the
principal speakers.