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The Washington times., 1915-05-20
Distinguished Guests
Are Mt. Vernon Visitors

Chief Justice White. of the United
states Supreme Court; Governor Stuart,
OF Virginia, and former Governor War
field. of Maryland, were among the visi-
tors at Mt. Vernon yesterday for the
annual visitation of a board named by
the governor of the State
The Chief Justice and the former gov
ernor of Maryland are members of the
advisory committee Of the Mt. Vernon
Ladies' Association. Each year the gov
ernor of Virginia appoints a visiting
committee, and those named this year
include William II. White, Frank d.
Williams, Thomas Winston, H. n
Brockett, and H. B. Chandlee, jr All
these We're present but Mr.. Winston.
The regents and vice regents enter
tanned the visitors at luncheon. After
luncheon Governor Stuart observed Tho
annual ceremony of placing wreath
within the tomb of Washington, and a
bunch of red roses, sent by the Mt. Yer
non Association of Detroit.
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are to eschew the staple wool fabric
and bedeck their manly persons with
gossamer suits of silk. Paterson is
to be the sartorial emancipation OF
the fashion-fettered male.
Just as women have been growing
increasingly clamorous regarding
votes, men have been growing in
creasingly bold regarding clothes.
In the torrid days of recent sum-
mers they have displayed more
nerve in appearing in comfortable
vestments of pongee and other sea-
sonable materials. This year straw
hats appeared much earlier than has
hitherto been regarded proper. In
the warm days of April some pio-
neers, casting convention - and
sometimes the hats-to the winds,
donned this style of headwear, and
their conformance to the thermom-
eter and not the calendar occasioned
no violence. 81
Men, it has been frequently held,
are the vain--or let us say, the
vainer-sex. But they are more
trammeled by the bonds Of tradition
than women, who have been oppress-
ed through centuries of masculine
domination. In the days when the
historical novel was at the zenith
of its popularity many a man has
gazed .fondly at the rich and ravish-
ing costumes affected (according to
the illustrations) by the charac-
ters in such works, and has fancied,
with sigh almost Of yearning, him.
self garbed therein.
Yet, though nayhap possessing
the vanity Of the peacock, men have
lacked the audacity Of that fowl and
shrunk from opposing the canons of
fashion.
Now the men Of Paterson have
sounded the trumpet Of iconoclasm.
Perhaps this clarion call will GO
sounding down the corridors Of time
long after the I. w. w. has passed
into oblivion and the reverberations
Of Mr.. Sunday are heard no moro.
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HUMANE SoCIETY'S WORK

The Washington Humane Society,
In conjunction with the Animal Res
cue League, is performing notable
service in Washington. Recently the
former organization obtained the
promise of Major Pullman to have
police cooperate with the work of
the society's agents in trying to
free the streets of decrepit, crippled,
and aged horses.
The next step decided upon was
that of planning a "Mercy Sunday"
to be held in Washington, simultan-
eously with a similar observance in
Maryland and in other States. Next
Sunday has been set aside for that
purpose and the society deserves the
support of Washington pastors in
their effort to bring this matter to
the attention of the public.
Several instances of wider inter-
est In humane treatment of animals
occurred last winter when prominent
society women appeared In Police
Court to testify against men who
were mistreating horses. Few pri-
vate citizens will brave the noto-
riety Of a Police Court trial, how
ever, even in such a worthy cause.
There likewise are many difficulties
In the way for the agents Of hu-
name society, and often taking away
from the owner his horse means de-
privation of the owners only means
OF livelihood. In many cases the HUI
name Society has paid for the horse
outright and had the animal shot.
Such procedures require funds and
because of the strain thus entailed
on the resources Of the society it
has been necessary to cut its staff,
which formerly numbered ten agents,
In half. There are now but five
persons engaged in the protection of
dumb animals. These spend much of
their time in an endeavor to prevent
the bringing Of decrepit animals In
to the District.
For all these reasons the public
can render notable service in CO.
operating with the work Of the Hu-
name Society, and it is to be hoped
that this topic will be preached
about in many churches next Sun.
day.
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NTakoma Park Woman Has Formu-
lated Philosophy of Modern Crime.

To tho Editor of THE TIMES:
After puzzling my wits over q form
OF reasoning that has been going the
rounds recently, 1 have succeeded in
reducing It to the following simple for
mula, which may prove helpful to others
as dense as myself:
A man warns his neighbor that he in
tends to commit a certain crime.
He does commit Il.
Then, he hasn't committed II.
The last step Is as easy as putting a
bully's threat under a hyphenated silk
hat and taking outlaw. Thus. II tell
you that the next time you cross the
street In front Of my. house I'm going
to shoot you; then. II you do cross 1t
and do shoot you. isn't 1t your fault
not miner
What has troubled me most since get
ting this point OF view Is the Injustice
that has been done to Cain. To think
that he has been bearing the brand of
the murderer for countless centuries,
when It was all Abel's fault-for not
keeping out Of his wayi
BERTHA HARRIS ARNOLD.
Takoma Park,
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Meetings and Entertainments to
Be Held In Every Section Of
City by Various Societies.
Today.


Commencement exercises, Washington Col
lege of Law. Memorial Continental Hail.
p. m.
Public school held day and festival American
League Park p. m.
Meeting, Pocahontas Memorial Society, Hotel
Bellevue 4so p. m.
Meeting, credit mems seoSoFn * tae He,Ai'
GTfSIaulsr ISspital srrssnns Sc hoOI for Nurses p m
Fsyette, No. 10, GsorEe &. Whiting. No. q,
odd Fellows-Columbia No. 10: Salem. No.
a; Covenant; No. ,r.,,n =: M
Mooamen Katsnls Of OF sRe worId"eyptess Camp, No,
7; Elm Camp. No. 8: Maple Grove. No D.
Nattonal adoleS Union GunIitosn-National Council. Mount
Vernon Council.
Knights of Columbus Council.
Ibe district, dinner, New Ebbitt. 730 p. m.
Modern Woodmen Of America-A. R, Talbot
Camp. No. u9l2; Columbia Camp. No. ilsS
harmonic Society Of Georgetown. in Law
BfSaEisnd sSaGSi Ross < % Show. Brooiland Masonic
NoTena ns'', or nine ii days prayer. St. Martins
church. North Capitol and T streets. 1885
Home Club chorus rehearsal. Home Club. II
jackson place northwest, p. IN,
School vaudeville, pupils of Business High
Annual meeting, United States Civil Service
Retirement Association, 9. A. r. Hall. lili
Pennsylyania avenue northwest, p. m.
Entertainment officers Of the Parents Leo
ture Club and the two-year grad uatins
class OF Business High School, In school,
Nav Carnival, Davisons' Dancing School
National Rifles Armory, P: m.
Meeting, stanton Suffrage Club west study
room, Public Library, p. m.
Lecture, Prick Bonds and Color Scheme iI
the Wall Texture" illustrated. Dr. q, G
Mars before Washington Architectural
Club club rooms. 1917 II street northwest
$40 n m Buffet lunch to follow,
the Covenant, Eighteenth and n streets
northwest. y. m.
Grsduating exercises. Friends School, 8 p
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She Believes Lack of Feeling For
Individual Is Cause of War.

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
How many of the heads Of great ma
tions look upon the war from an in
dividual viewpoint2 War as a general
thing Is atrocious and horrible, but when
each man Is taken from tho great body
and individualized. 1t becomes heart
rendering and tragic.
IL contemplated that each human being
Is considered sufficiently. Usually the
cause Is investigated, arms prepared.
men as a body drilled like SO much
ends in bioodshed.
II one human being were, under or
dinary circumstances, taken out ana
made q target on which to experiment
would be considered the greatest crime
in history. Taken as body and made
general It Is called war, and given no
further thought When a man is torn
from the arms Of his aged mother or
from his wife and babies. he loses his
individuality and becomes a unit in a
great mass of humanity, to be taken
out and Slaughtered.
Are the hearts OF these great men who
declare war 30 callous that the agonized
| mothers cannot reach them? Surely
there must be some other way to settle
difficulties between one country with an
other. 1t seems preposterous in this
age of advancement and intelligence
that such a method should be resorted
| to.
When the war Is over and the rivers
flowing with human blood and the
world hears the heartrending cries oi
wives and mothers. cries that chill the
heart and kill the soul, will the victor
feel any great satisfaction Truly grea'
the day when all causes Of war can bt
settled in a decent and civilized manner
The men who bring about these condi
| tionS will he INN, orf allied and the uni
verse shall be managed as the creator
intended It to be.
BERTHA ELIZABETH MATTHEW'S
| Washington, May 18
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AMERICAN SHIPBUILDINO

From Philadelphia comes an ac-
count Of the great activity in the
shipyards on the Delaware river,
now come to be the Clyde Of Amer
lea. 1t Is stated that one-third the
shipping constructed in this country
was built in these yards last year
and that the proportion will be larg-
er this season. All the yards, from
Wilmington up to the head Of navi-
CATION, are busy at their full capac-
ity, with contracts aggregating not
less than S75,O00,OOO.
Not long ago a like condition was
reported in the Maine yards, and
even on the Pacific coast there is an
important revival of construction.
The shipbuilding industry of this
country is one of the most import
ant to receive a great impetus from
the war. In part, no doubt, it is to
be attributed to the effect of recent
legislation admitting materials for
ship construction free Of duty; but
for much the greater part it is due
to the unprecedented pressure which
the war has placed on the building
capacity Of the world. The British
yards are very generally given over
to the construction or repair of naval
craft of all kind. Thousands of ves-
sells commonly used for commercial
purposes have been commandeered
for war use, and the commercial
marines have been further affected
by the destruction or internment of
vessels since hostilities began.
There is reason for regarding this
recrudescence of the shipbuilding In
dustry as of the very greatest i'm
portance among incidents to the war.
The manufacture of guns, ammuni-
tion and other distinctly war SUD-
plies is in a very different category,
for that is necessarily a temporary
business that cannot continue after
peace is established; the great plants
and the armies of men engaged in
1t will be idle almost from the day
hostilities are suspended, and the re-
adjustment of business and employ
ment conditions will be marked bv
more than little difficulty in those
centers where this business has been
developed to its largest Importance.
On the other hand it may we'll be ex-
pected that the restoration of the
shipbuilding business will be a per-
manent fact, and one of increasing
significance.
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BIG ARMS CARCOES
OFF, MAKE RECORD
Americans Aboard One Liner
Bearing Big Contraband
Shipments to Allies.

NEW YORK, May % Three big
liners. two OF them passenger vessels
and one carrying American citizens. are
now on the way to Liverpool from this
port, carrying shipments Of aeroplanes.
guns. motor oars and explosives which
together set an American record for this
war.
The ships are tho Arabic. q passenger
vessel of the White Star Line, and the
Georgia, a freighter. Another steamship.
the Orduna, of the Cunard line. steam
ed from this port for Liverpool on Tues
day with a quantity of war munitions
as large almost as the combined oon-
traband cargoes Of the Georgia and the
Arabic.
According to tho officials Of the
Cunard line there are no American oiu-
zens among the thirteen cabin. sixty
seven second cabin and ESQ steerage pas
sengers on the Orduna- Practically all
her passengers, 1t was said, are British
and Russian subjects. On board the
Arabic were two United States citizens
among the seventy-fve cabin and It's
steerage passengers.
Big Shipments of Munitions.
The contraband cargoes of the Arabic.
the Orduna and the Georgia are said to
be the largest of the shipments of war
materials from this port
Examination of the manifest of the
Orduna showed that she carried an al
most unprecedented shipment of shrap-
mel. together with an aeroplane. rifles
and uniforms.
The list of the munitions of war on
the Georgia follows: One thousand
cases OF cartridges, l aeroplane. 4,G47
cases of loaded shells. shipped by the
bethlehem Steel Company; SO reels
OF barbed wire. 1910 pieces of steel
blllets, 722 bars OF steel, 757 bundles
or steel. 1856 bars OF iron, "a cases OF
| fuses. l20 cases OF forgings for guns
zoo auto trucks, 643 cases Of aVe9
| parts. l6S auto chassis and 1882 bag
rels of lubricating oil.
Arabics Contraband Cargo.
The contraband on the Arabic con-
sisted of 795 barrels Of IubricatinS
Oil. 565 barrels of grease, 5,4O7 pigs
of lead, 1870 bars of copper. 400 cases
OF cartridges, 73O reels OF barbed
wire. 1915 pieces of forgings for
guns. 1904 pacGAsss of steel and Al
| automobiles.
rcpeseGiy State. ssss s6Pment naSf o'
loaded smali ortas ammunition does
not in itself render II hazardous for 4
| poison to travel on the ship carrying
| the CCntraband
II is asserted that the exploding
fuses are not attached TO the shells,
put are carried In separate cases and
that there IL NO danger therefore OF
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no excuse for Britain making the
mistake that the Federal Govern
ment made at the opening of our
civil war, imagining it faced three
months brush with irregulars.
Apparently, England has been
loath to recognize the mistake in
Kitchener's case. 1t has talked about
the failure of Churchill while think
ing of the failure of Kitchener. Now
it faces the fact that it has disor-
ganized the admiralty because it was
too tradition-bound to be candid
about its real trouble.
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Vanderbilt's First Wife
May Contest His Will

NEW YORK. May 2o.-Mrs. Elsie
French Vanderbilt. first wife of Alfred
Gwynne Vanderbilt. who lost his life in
the Iusitanla disaster. may contest the
will lett 10y tho multi-millionaire, 1t was
reoorted today.
Her action VII be taken as the guard
ian of her son, William. who has lived
with her since she divorced the mil
lionalrc.
William is to receive a large legacy
how much j. not known. IL is rumoTed
that unless her son Ia left a large pa ~
of the entire estate, Mrs. Elsie French
vRhdeTbHt viii contest the wnL
The Washington times., 1915-05-20
PHILADELPHIA RING"
EXPOSE IS PROMISED
With Aid of Burns, Mayor
Blankenburg viii Show
Workings Of Politics.

PHILADELPHIA. May D.-Followfns
a resolution introduced in the general
assembly at Harrisburg which was
heralded by an organization Of men as
foreshadowing the doom of the Blank
eriburg administration through a sweep
ing investigation of municipal affairs.
comes the announcement that Mayor
Rudolph Blank enburg, with the aid OF
william J. Burns. has under way an
exposure that may completely disrupt
the bipartisan organization Othis
city.
The Blangenburg administration.
utilizing the organization "Lexow'' su-
thority, probably will demand an in
vestigation. place Burns on the stand
and permit him to tell of an investiga-
ton conducted in this city for the last
four years by his agents. and involving
the se-McNichol-Vars machine.
Detective Burns appeared in the may
ors office with Director Porter and
to the mayor that he had been retained
by a committee consisting of several Of
the most prominent citizens Of the city
four years ago.
Knows Of Contract Ring.
In view Of the fact that a probe
had been suggested in Harrisburg. the
detective said a volume of evidence
would be placed In the mayors hands
at once and that he was more than
anxious to take the stand and inform
tho investigating committee and the
citizens at large of the workings OF
the bipartisan contract or ring in
| this city. Following this the mayor
| issued the following statement:
Mr.. William }. Burns, detective.
| called on Mayor Blankenburg this
morning. in company with Director
that a 'Lexow' commission was pro-
| posed to investigate Philadelphia at
fairs and especially the administration
| of Mayor Blankenburg.
| 'Mr. Burns said that he hAd been
retained by committees Of citizcns to
conduct Investigations in this city and
| that these had been quietly continued
| over a period Of nearly four years. He
added that he had secured a mass OF
| kept until the proper time to reveal
the real state of affairs in Philadelphia
MT. Burns offered the result Of his
inquiries to the mayor. and in ad-
teer his appearance before any COM
| mittee at any time, at the mayor g
request, to give real information about
philadelphia, the present admnistra-
tractors combine. and other matters of
deep interest to the citizens generally. ."
/ Tho Penrose Charges.
When asked regarding the nature OF
the evidence he had obtained, Mr
Burns repeated tho words Of the mayor,
that It would be tho real information
about Philadelphia, the present admins
tration, the Republican organization,
the contractors combine, and other
matters Of deep interest TO tho citizens
generally"
1t L. known that q number Of de-
tectives have been trailing the organ
iEat ton leaders in this and other cities
and that there 10 evidence Of their
entire conneotion with the bipartisan
forces. contracts, and tho liquor COM
bine.
Should the investigation follow, . re-
vtval Of tho accusahons against sena
tor Penrose. made by A, Mitchell Pal
mer on the floor of the House Of Rep
resentatives to the effect that 1900, Co
. was spent by the liquor forces to elect
him. will be made. It Is predicted
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Widow of Former Mayor
BuSSe in Need of Work

CHICAGO. May 2o.-Friends Of for
mer Mayor Frederick A. Busse who five
years ago was the chief executive Of
Chicago. has appealed to Mayor Thomp-
son to aid Mrs. Susse, his widow, In her
effort to find employment. A modest
place in the city hall which would enable
her to support herself was their request
Investigation showed that Mrs Busse
had sold her Jewels, the gift OF her hus-
band, and disposed of household belong
ings to meet pressing obligations.
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Tomorrow.

tomorrow.
Meeting. Womens National Press Club,
The Raleigh. 7:3o p. m.
Rose exhibition, Masonic Temple Twelfth
and Monroe streets. Brookland. all day
and evening.
Cabaret carnival. Pupils of Miss Estels
Murray, ball room, Arcade, 8 D. m
Reception, board of managers, Florence Crit
tendon Home, to o'clock p m.
Peddler's parade and parcel post party First
Presbyterian Church, n m.
Masonic-Ls6anon, No. I: School Of Instruc-
tion Royal Arch Masons; Martha, No, 1,
Ascension, No. 20 Eastern Star.
Odd Fellows-Metropols No. 10; Central
No. /. Phoenix No. Is; Magenenu, No, 4
Eneampmenti Martha Washington No &.
Dorcas. No. T. Rebekahs.
knights OF Pythias-Syscustans.N No. 10
Ladies Of the Maocabees-Nationai Hive
No. l.
Modern Woodmen Of Amsrica-LAnooln csmp,
70. l2to6; Washington Camp No. HIsi;
Open house, Home Club. II Jackson plac.
northwest, 3 p. m Annual chess contest
Novena, or nine days prayer 81 MARTINI
Church. North Capitol and r streets, fs(
Debate shahan Debating Society Mcmahon
Hail. Catholic University. 1880 p, m
concert United States Soldiers Home Band
In bandstand %p. m.
Meeting. Northwestern University Alumni,
home OF Mrs. LYDIA NJ Stancell, 7os Nine
teenth street northwest, 8 p. m.
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THE CASE OF KITCHENER


souls; times, too, in which hero
medals heretofore accumulated are
subject to qualitative tests to deter
mine whether they contain too much
Of alloy. Earl Kitchener is one Of
the heroes Of England's little wars;
an ideal soldier of the worlds
wastes, Of the colonial frontiers.
When he WAS made secretary Of war
he was acclaimed as exactly the
right man for the right place, with,
as Is now apparent, utter disregard
of the question whether his train
ing fitted him at all for such service.
The glory of Khartoum and Of
South Africa was we'll won; but
there was nothing in these expert
ences to warrant tho confidence that
Kitchener was the man for such a
task Of military and industrial or
ganization as was laid upon the sec
retary Of war at the beginning of
the World War. Rather, Kitchener
in India demonstrated administra-
tive incapacities that ought to have
warned against imposing on him the
complex duties Of the war Office In
the supreme crisis Of nation and en-
pire. That he was called to that
post, and accepted 1t, proves that
neither he nor Britain realized the
real nature of the effort that was
to be demanded.
Now it is realized plainly enough
that Kitchener has failed; but he
did not fail completely or ignomini.
ously. His appointment served one
very useful purpose: it inspired Brit
ain with confidence at a time wher
confidence meant more than any,
thing else. Armies could not be
brought into existence by waving 6
magic wand; but confidence coulc
almost be insured by that process
if the right hand held the wand; anc
Kitchener's was the right hand.
But for the huge responsibility Of
co-ordinating the military and the
industrial resources of the empire
making the one serve the other
Kitchener was not the right man
His name, indeed, spelled confidence
but his manner did not even initia
enthusiasm. He knew nothing o1
such an unmilitary performance al
driving the skilled workers Of the
United Kingdom into the most ef
fcient performances Of duties thai
were just as important as fighting
in the trenches. For that appea
there was need Of such a man a:
Lloyd George, man Of the people
trained in the arts of handling them
Kitchener carried the methods Of
military absolutism into the partic
ular realm where such methods are
anathema-the realm of British la
Dor organization and direction. HI
tried to do more than was humanly
possible for one man to accomplish
He will at length have to retire from
his pinnacled place; if not now, be
fore long; the glory of former
achievements tarnished, though
never to be effaced, by the fact tha
he tried to do that for which h,
was not fitted, because both himsel
and the nation misunderstood tn,
thing expected Of him.
The British army In France ha
been i'll equipped, especially will
ammunition, from the first da,
when it's numbers became larg,
enough to make it a real factor. l
is now explained that at the outse
Kitchener misconceiyed the needs
and refused to make contracts TO
artillery and ammunition whicl
later he desperately needed, and tn
need of which it would seem h.
! ought to have foreseen. There wa