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The Washington times., 1915-10-13
BAL LT|MORE TO HAVE
MUNICIPAL ANTHEM
Prize Of $3.50 Is Offered For the
Best Musical Setting For
City Hymn.

Baltimore. the city wherein the in
spired Key wrote THE Star-Sps ngied
Banner" IL to have n municipal an
them" all It's own. and there's a prize
of $3.50 for the man or woman who
writes the right sort OF music for a
poem entitled. Baltimore. Our Balti-
bore"
The unusual announcement OF mu-
nic!pal music-writing contest is being
distributed today. 1t says:
The mayor OF Baltimore. the Hon.
James II. Preston, announces the offer
OF $3.50 In gold for the best orig nal
musical setting OF the prize poem on
Baltimore to be used as municipal
anthem. The judges of the competition
Will be Harold Randolph. director OF
the Peabody Conservatory OF Music:
Henrietta Baker Low. former super
Visor OF music In the Baltimore pub
lie schools. and John Itzel' composer
and conductor
The prize poem was written by the
''Bentztown bard" Foiger McKinsey.
Rules for the contest are being dis
tributed by Mayor Preston and THE
Municipal Song Contest, care of Fred
eric r. Huber. Peabody Institute, Bal
timore," and the competition is open
to any American. native-born. or natur-
allied. The Judges are not to know
the names OF the competitors, n sys-
tenn Of private marks having been ar
ranged to keep the composers identity
secret until after the award.
The Washington times., 1915-10-13
BRIDEGROOM IN JAIL,
IS. FREED BY GUESTS
Wedding Party Has to Raise
$500 Bail For Swain Sued
BY Another Girl.

NEW YORK. Oct 1.-THE story Of
how wedding guests had to furnish bail
for the prospective bridegroom so that
he could leave Ludlow street jail to
fulfill his promise TO the bride was told
In the sheriffs office with details of the
arrest OF Anton Civichun OF GO Fifth
street for breach of promise.
Civichun was married on Sunday night
at Beethoven Hall to Miss Anna Gula.
OF li6 Fourth street but that was after
the guests. who were appealed to by the
bride-to-be, raised $500 In cash and In
duced Richard Curd Daniels. bond clerk
in Sheriff Grifenhagen's office. to accept
II. Even then the priest of the Greek
church in seventh street. who had
promised to perform the ceremony.
almost backed out because OF the plead
ing of the young woman who thought
she should be Civichun's bride, and who
sued him for $4,000 damages when she
found that she had rival.
This disappointed maid was Dymtro
Jawny. of Brooklyn. She filed her
breach OF promise suit late Saturday
and got an order OF arrest from city
Court Justice la Fetra.
Miss Jawny said that Civichun prom
ised her year ago to wed her on Sep
tember 26 last. Some time before the
day set for the wedding, she said the
man got SCI of her savings to nay for
the marriage license and meet other eN'
penses. Later. she said. she gave hin
az when he told her that the maria ge
license would cost more than he had cX'
pected.
Miss Jawny said that when the we'd
ding day arrived Civichun told her h'
had changed his mind. but did not ex'
plain why. She then became her owr
detective and learned that he was court
Ing Miss Gula and that the wedding was
set for Sunday night. She had him ar
rested late Saturd"" night hoping tc
preyent the Sunday union,
The Washington times., 1915-10-13
Chamber Is Convinced That Ex-
perience Has Demonstrated
Need for Small Brokers.
LABOR ASKS FOR FREE BOOKS
Mould Have Them Furnished to
High School Students-Will
Provide Markers.

Convinced that experience has demon
started the need for pawnshops and
small" loan brokers In Washington,
members of the Chamber OF Commerce
will urge the coming Congress to enact
legislation which will provide for the
business in a manner equitable to both
broker and borrower.
BY unanimous vote, the chamber
at general meeting last night adopted
a resolution offered by Oliver Metzerott
pledgng the support OF the body to
such a campaign.
In speaking to the resolution. Mr..
Metzcrott asserted that under the pres
ent condition. brought about through
the abolishment OF the pawnshops,
many small borrowers. whose credit Will
not enable them to obtain money from
banks. find 1t impossible to get needed
funds legally. In the past. he said. 1t
was quite probable that exorbitant
rates were charged by the brokers, but
under the present system, he added.
those who are engaged In the business
are ehargin~ hundreds Of per cent be-
cause of the risk which they are taking
N violating the law.
Ask For Free Rocks.
The speaker also suggested that the
re-establishment of the pawnshops
would materially aid the police in the
recovery Of sto.en property and the ap-
prehension OF lawbreakers.
At the instance of f.. l.. Tucker, a
representative OF the Central Labor
Union. a resolution calling for free
school books for students OF the high
schools as are now furnished the pupils
OF the grammar schools, was referred TO
the schools committee.
Wit bout dissenting voice. the
chamber voted down a resolution in
troduced by Joseph y. sullivan. pro-
vidipg for the organization of a Con-
Eressional advisory committee. com
posed of representatives from the
chamber and other trade and civic
bodies. to recommend the personnel
of the District committees of the
House ard Senate
President Moran appointed Georgi
II. Judd. II. p. Andrews a-d Goo~"1
Seibold committee to work to obtain
the contracts for publication Of the city
ana telephone directories OF Washing
ron for local firms This was done a,
the request of Columbia Typographical
= .Inton. -"'.-r-.. De- ..-..'s.-. .-.'
To Provide Markers.
Col. Robert N. Harper. A. Leftwich
Sinclair and Oliver Metzerott were
with members OF the Board OF Trade
and the retail merchants In providing
markers for the loop OF the Lincoln
highway, which will pass through thu
city.
Frederick Mersheimer. chairman o
the committee which arranged the out
ing recently held at Chesapeake Beach
and Miss Marie +. Collier, assistant sec
retary of the chamber. were votet
thanks for their efforts to make the out
Ing q success.
At the conclusion OF the business ses
sion. motion pictures of the Grand Arm,
parade and the men who directed tn,
encampment were presented, an,
Nathan Boone Williams addressed tn
chamber on the provisions of the Fed
eral trade commission act.
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Man Knocked Down by
Boy in Quarrel Killed

LANCASTER. Pa. Oct. i3-Mart,n
Nancy, aged forty-one Ycars. was
killed during a quarrel with Clayton
Oornes. seventeen years old. They had
words AT the home of Mrs. Maud Buck
house.
Nancy is said TO hive struck at the
other twice with a knife before Dornes
knocked him down. He fell across a
fed when he heari a bystRnder say
Mn ney- was dead. but was arrested soon
aftnrward and IN held.
The Washington times., 1915-10-13
THE WASHINGTON TIMES WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 49, 1918
EDUCATIONAL

EUUCA lUNRl
GEORGE WASHINGTON
UNIVERSITY.
NINETY-rIrTH YEAR
pay and late Afternoon ssssiore.
OPENS SEPTEMBER 70. iNs.
coLuMBIAN COLLEGE. A. b.. Il. 4. In
Chem. ana Med.
COZ LEGE OF EEGINEERINo, y. D. IN
Arch. c. e.. K. H., and NJ. e.
TEACHERS COLLEGE, A. B. and Teachers
Dirloma.
Omces: 2o2s G Street.
school. OF GRADUATE STUDIES. "A. ~.
MEDICAL SCHOOL. II. b.
DENTAL SCHOOL. n. u. r. -
OEees: 1925 H Street.
LAW SCHOOL. LII. b.. LII. NJ. N. p. Il
Office: New Masonic Temple.
ASSOCIATED COLLEGES:
NATIONAL COLLEGE OF PHARMACY.
COS I Street.
cfrtsoE = or VETERINARY MEDICINE.
Els 18th Street.
Genera, Office: 2o23 G Street.
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DEATHS

GUETZ--On Tuesday October ~. 1916, a,
1:lb y. M, after an illneys Of four days.
NINA GOETZ. at her residence. 3B40 New.
arN street.
Notice OF funeral hereafter. 10
HAYwARD-on Monday, October II. 1915. a,
D. M, at her home, 1913 q street north
west. MARY ANN FERRIS. beloved widow
OF John Alfred. .
Funeral services from tho home at 23c
p: m. today. Interment at Arlington Gem.
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DEGREES, School Girls
Must Wear High Collars

WATERTOwN. 9. D.. Oct. l3.-High
school girls must wear sailor suits or
middies of q solid color. made OF wool
or cotton. and the necks must be high.
with sleeves below the elbows. accord
ing to ruling Of the board OF educa-
ton today.
Girls are forbidden to wear personal
ornaments of any sort. Boys must not
wear sweaters or jerseys to school.
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HORSES AND VEHICLES

WANTED TO HlRE--Heavy, good-looNing
draft horses for the winter, same to bs
stabbed, fed. shoh. and veterinary serv!ces
sivsn free Of charge to owner Apply BOY
ga Times onics.
The Washington times., 1915-10-13
Realty Transfers

Chevy Chase-Chevy Chase Land Company to
Everett J. and May c. Ellis lots Il and
a. square 1867, $40 'stamps 80 centsl.
Chevy Chase Grove-Fulton r. Gordon ct
ux. to Ella r. Carter, lots q, S, ~. square
2024, $3.50. .
Nl New York avenue northwec-Jsmss y.
Huston ct uS. TO Hsrriet " R"ckV ood. lot
= square sTs, 80 istamps Ns,bo).
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ROOMS AND BOARD

T. ST. y. W, slb-Rooms and board. IS, 6
tral. home cooking. transients accommu.
dH 'r0
t,,h ST ~ " sCs Won - =. -
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ital Records

= 49, - - = ~
Births.
Andrew J. and Kathleen white. boy.
Abram and Fannie Solomon. BOY.
John and Mary Mulcihill, girl.
Lawrence X. and Alexander Lee,
Clarence W. and Emma p Hardy. boy.
ls15y loSn E .sa and nf;. Ssilis s.S Dove boy
r. Algy and Halle X. Tucker, boy.
Payton and Mary Schlye. girl.
Joseph A. and Augusta Hicks, boy.
william and Viola Fractous, boy.
Alexander and Clara Brown. Girl.
Marriage Licenses.
MSS5f'ss' Se's q + Risy%oss rsyn: sad Lur''y O.
Deaths.
william Gsss. 70 years. s+as sherman avenue
William J. Crane. 81 years, United States
Clara Mearr.. IS years, George Washington
university Hospital.
Emma Roman. q years. 1877 r street north
Elisabeth Newman, 20 years. Government
Mary A. r. Hayward, 7s years. 1919 Q street
Raymond Morton. / month. 200 street
william Burke. . months 2soo X street north
George W. Brown, ts years Government Hos
Richard Taylor, 70 years. 81 Defrees street
northwest.
Martha dassaway. IS years. los L street
Clement Cant. s. years. Freednen's Hos
pital.
John CampbeiI. 20 years. Blue Plains. D. c.
Hattie Jones, II years. Garfield Hospital.
John L. Bell. 90 years. Washington Asylum
Hospital.
The Washington times., 1915-10-13
HELP WANTEO-MAlE

HCIC VHNl ~ VHEI
ACTIVE WHITE MEN. clean windows, help
other work. Call before $3.50 or after s.
ELLIOTT. 1900 U st. n. w.
BoY-wbite to work in store ana run err
rands. ma New York ave. N. W.
BUsHEi,MAN and tailor. IMPERIAL TAIL
oRs. sA + at. N. w.
BtsHEiMAN wanted on new and old work
CLEANER AND PREssER-At once. as
Pa. ave. n. w
DRIvER-Experienced for wholesale gro
gerry. Apply SHIPPING CLERK. 1880
MEN to learn barber trade; few wesks rs.
sr ] sndss.xS dxssissTes fisns " nSEsEs 81.
LEfE. washinston. .. G
MAcHINIsTs for automatic and hand screw
machines: pronlers. rifsrs. barrel drillers.
workeiy for high Grade machine work. best
wages 10 competent men. BOX 81. Times
.p- o.nec.
PAPERHANGERs-Th LEPREUx. so1
p st. y. w
PA!NTERs-Thres good. Apply O. y.
ouRAND. sos st. N. z.
PREssER white man, on womsns coats
and suits. Apply to MIR. DOBRIN. man
aser. Goldenberx's, IN and
sALEsMEN-Produoers average $40 to 10
VAC sHs as'ess.'s co "a fssasa ioiS !.
ssouEEss ssd wosks ncaIpsE q; az Eye
WALL scRAPER at once. THE BRUINS
WICK, 1872 Eye st. n. w.
HELP WANTED-FEMALE
APPRENTICES to learn French dresscut-
ting, dressmaking. designing and millinery;
good positions furnished after learning.
New York MILLINERY ACADEMY. liiS
q u. IL
CAFE wAITREssES-l0 today for new cafe.
DICk,s HOTEL AGENCY. iHh and Pa.
ave. ID AZ dL.AsL - -. - . -
diRLlGo6d 'colorey, for general hopsswork
Apply 1854 Columbia road
oIRIT,SoIor.a, for sen.rsI houseyork, no
washing reference. 1920 q. o.
5 to :: - week. $3.50 Iith st.
competent salespeople for women's suits
and waists; must be thoroughiy eHperisnced.
ASRay Msnss.s Ss'SaS GSLpESBERGs 1sh M and K
SEWERS to make alterations on corpeto;
only those who are thoroughly experienced
need apply between . and 1870 q. m.
JULIUS dARF1NKLE . Co. a.
SEWING MACHINE TEACHERS Apply
Huh FUR. co. 7th and d sts n, WI
SKIRT HAND In a ladies' tailoring estnb-
lishrrent: steady position and good pay.
s5Oi Champain St \. W. Col stS.
THOROUGHLY experienced alteration hands
on wornens suits, coats skirts and dresses
Apply 10 Mr.. DOBRlN. manager Golden
b~rgs 1th and X.
wOMAN-Colored. cooking only, t25: high
est r.fersnce-. Mrs. ~. Bethesda, Md
Phone Bethesda TO- u
WOMAS--White.u to do light housework
l2sy n. Y, ave. y, W. -
WQMAN-ScttIcd to do general housework
Apply 226 md ~. n. +. j.
WANTED Ex perienced coat. skirt and goUn
hands; good salary. Apply at once. NJ
PHILIpSBORN Il CO. $40 iith at.
e0R Nui E-MtNHEl AMe0llC
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IN MEMORIAM

tEotices for this column are accepted at 20
cents nat. either prose or poetry. In case no
tce does not exceed ten lines. Add 10 cents
for each line In eScess Of ten.l
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PROPOSALS

OFFICE OF THE coMMIssIoNERs ma
TRiCT OF COLUMBIA, October l. igf,,-
sEALED PROPOSALS. VIII be received at
Commissioners, Room 500. District Build,ns,
until o'clock y. m. November !. 1915. Tor
me construction OF an Engine House, No. .s
Connecticut avenue, between Ordway and
Porter streets northwest. Blank forms of
proposal. specifications. and all necessary In
formation may be obtained from the chief
Clerk. Ensineer Department. Room t27. Dis.
posit Of Ave dollars viii be required from
bidders to guarantee the return OF the plans
and specifications. OLIVER p. NEWMAN.
LOUIS BROWNLow. c. W. kCTZ. Con.
missioners. d. c.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be opened At the
Bureau OF Standards tRoom 30o South
Bidsl. Washington. D. C., at . o'clock ..
M. October Is, 1915, for the construction OF
concrete roads. Drawings and specifications
upon application to the Superintendent Me-
ehanical Plant.
The Washington times., 1915-10-13
FOR SALE REAL ESTATE
GRAFTON, w. VA, REAL ES-
TATE ABOUT TO BE SOLD.

large Washington storage COMPANY Is
about TO purchase the piece OF land in Graf
ton. W. Va, now ownsd by Luke Flanna-
gan's heirs. Two OF the three sisters LesLde
In Washington at 1873 Harvard street n. W.
They ask low price for their land. II II
said that the storage company will build "A
fNe-story hreproof structure which will cover
the entire space from street to alley and
fence to fence. The lot has already been
inspected by representative OF tie Com
DAny and u Just whAl they want,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-30

ness man of eminent success. and re-
fleets both as to the tariff and the
trusts popular business opinion.
And yet, as to the tariff at least,
the Perkins view excludes the very
vitals of the matter. Congress could
not if it would delegate its power
and if it could. and did IN the way
proposed. it would increase present
difficulties a thousand per cent
Let it be admitted that the aver
age member of Congress IS none too
well prepared by investigation and
study to deal with the tarif-a COM
plicated and to a degree a technical
subject But he gets his authority
10 do 50 from the Constitution. Is
answerable to the people-the source
ot all authorization his action. and
he IS over hvc hundred IN number.
Let us suppose that authority
transferred 10 commission. say OF
fifteen members. unknown largely to
the people. unanSwcrable 10 them.
guided only BY technical knowledge.
and without consideration OF those
aspects OF The tariff subjcc, that go
beyond tho confines OF traffic. Should
VIC get a tariff law impeccable IN
its provisions and operations
Should VIC not likclier get one lead
ing TO more disputes than ever. and
maybe TO scandals as to the Intiu
cnces that really had shaped IT. Such
a commits sion. exercising such enor-
nous power. would confront temp
tations on every hand as to every
thing it dealt with.
A popular cry IS to take the tariff
out OF politics 1t cannot be done.
In the very nature of things in our
government. the tariff is in politics.
and politics is in the tariff. Schools
OF political thought and campaigns
OF political appeal grow out of the
tariff. Such was in the beginning.
such is now. and such ever shall be
while our present form Of govern
ment lasts.
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Munitions Traffic Challenged.

An interesting legal question arises
in consequence of suit filed by
Samuel Pearson in Milwaukee to as
certain the circumstances in which
manufacturing company in Wiscon-
sin is supplying shrapnel shells for
export to the allied powers opposed
to Germany in the present war, it
being the purpose of the complainant
to enjoin this traffic as a conspiracy
against neutral nation and in vio-
lation of the national neutrality Of
the United States and also in viola
ton OF the Wisconsin statutes. It is
the obvious purpose Of this suit.
which, it is announced. will be fol-
lowed by similar proceedings in
other states, notably Illinois and
Pennsylvania. to put an embargo by
court procedure upon the war NUM-
tons traffic against which the Ger
man ambassador recently protested
to the State Department. The mo-
tive is plain. inasmuch as the COM
plainant, who was a general in the
Boer army during the war against
England, declares that he has large
interests in Germany which he claims
are imperiled by the supplying of mu-
nitions to Germany's enemies. 1t may
be that the institution Of the proceed
ings is designed mainly to tie up the
traffic in legal tangle, without ex-
pectation of a positive decision in
prohibition of it. The question which
is the unneutral act--to sell or
to refuse to sell munitions of war
will make a most interesting and i'm
portant issue if the courts find that
they have jurisdiction to decide it.
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The Coast Defenses.

Secretary Garrison has taken steps
to secure a thorough, systematic
study of the national Notifications,
coupled with recommendations by
the coast defense officers designed to
improve them and bring them up to
date. This research is of the utmost
importance. 1t has been often said
that the United States needs to spend
a very large sum of money in order
to put its coast defenses in condition
to resist possible invader, and this
is generally accepted as true by the
public. Since the European war be-
gan the subject has been canvassed
considerably. but without any def
mite movement to secure results. Sec
rotary Garrison has at no time re-
sisted the suggestion that the forti-
flcations were inadequate, and now
in seeking information he is acting
along the line of constructive pol
icy of practical preparedness.
Naturally such an inquiry cannot
De made with full publicity. 1t is
not desirable to disclose to the world
the precise condition OF the national
defense, even though it may be that
through their systems of espionage
the major foreign powers have already
acquainted themselves with the sit
uption. All that the public wants to
know is that something is being done
toward making the coast line Of the
United States as impregnable as con-
ditions permit Presumably the in
formation that is now sought by the
Secretary will form the basis of
recommendation to Congress at the
next session, and that they will be
followed to the full extent of the ma
tional resources is the expectation of
the American people.
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the nitric form of smoke1ess pow
der is made, while potash salts form
the essential part OF both black pow
der and the bursting charge of shrap-
mel, and also the Illuminating caps OF
rifle cartridges. In proposing an ex-
change of these commodities Ger
many wants a guarantee that its pot
ash salts will not be used here for
the manufacture Of ammunition for
the allies, while probably England
and France have their own views re
garding the shipment OF American
cotton into Germany. 1t will be diff
cult to put the matter on the basis
OF such effective guarantees as to sat
isiy all parties If this were a trans
action strictly between the United
States and Germany ii might be ar
ranged. but with England virtually
dominating the seas. certainly to the
extent OF barring German imports ri
character classed as contraband
II is hard 10 see how tho United
states can give any assurances that
VIII effect an exchange OF goods.
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Otherwise Engaged.

We used to think that statesmen
were in duty bound to offer
Instructions on the way we ought
to go,
To shun the pitfalls laid by the OBJ
struetionist or scoffer.
AS we rise with hearts uplifted and
aglow.
We used to think them persons Of
impersonal ambitions,
Who laborcd for the welfare OF
mankind;
Regardless OF cmoluments attached
to their positions,
Their purposes were lofty and re
fined
But if you want instruction you must
60 to hear a lecture
Where the little birds are singing
in the trees;
You can study art or singing or
Egyptian architecture.
While you listen to the murmur OF
the breeze.
But if in lines political you're seek
ing information.
The statesman sees you with a 81
lent frown,
For he and his antagonists are deep
in litigation,
And they're busy calling one an
other down.
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Potash and Cotton.

Interesting negotiations are under
way between the United States and
Germany relative to the export to this
country of potash salts. which are
largely produced in Germany and are
much used here for the manufacture
OF fertilizer. In exchange for potash
Germany wants American cotton
which is also much needed in that
country Tor the manufacture of cloth
ing. But potash and cotton both
have other valuable uses, particularly
when war is raging. Each is COM
ponent in the manufacture Of gun
powdef, cotton being the raw ma
terial Of the cellulose from which
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The Horse Show.

The National Capital horse show
which will open May promises to
Surpass in entries of horses and at
tendance of spectators any of the
previous shows at Washington and
10 compare well with the famous
horse shows OF cities OF greater
Wealth and population than the CAPT
al. The Washington horse show
rom rather an uncertain and specu-
iative beginning has become an in
>'itution and feature of spring life
IN the National city. The entries
this year are larger than in any other
year. there being in round numbers
one thousand nominations, including
many celebrated horses from stables
u international renown. The at
tendance of permanent and semi
regular residents of Washington
viii probably tax the capacity of the
stands and grounds. The popularity
OF the fine horse seems not to have
waned. and each spring his friends
IN Washington attend his show in
their gayest gown or best coat to ap-
piaud his jumping. his PAGES and his
capers.
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Business. Politics and the Tariff.

NJ the session held yesterday at
Muskogee. Okla, of the Southern
Commercial Congress. George w.
Perkins IN his address voiced wha.
may be called the business view of
dealing with the tariff This is. for
Congress TO delegate the power of
taxation 70 commission OF experts,
and abide by the rates and schedules
agreed upon by its satellite Duties
are 10 he liked by the commission.
with Congress acting only for rati-
lying purposes
|, is singular how in the face Of
30 many objections this proposition
persists 1t was advanced with great
assurance at indianapolis at bust
mess congress some years ago; but
not with greater assurance then than
ny Mr.. Perkins now. He is a bust