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The Washington times., 1915-09-24
WHAT'S ON PROGRAM
IN CAPITAL TODAY

Meeting. Washington Cat Club. At home of
Mrs. West, p. m. -
Concert United States Soldiers Home Band
bsndstand at Home $50 p. m,
Mission Epiphany Chapel. Twelfth and C
Meeting. Admiral George Dewey Camp. No
T. United Spanish War Veterans, North
east Temple. Eighth and F streets north
east. p IN.
Masonic-st. Johns, No III Hope. No, 20:
Capitol. No. II. Royal Arch Masons; Ia.
korna. No. IL: Cathedral. No IL: St
Johns Lodge. No. is. Eastern Star S''
Odd Fellows-Centrai. No: 8; Metropolis. No.
No. 3; Dorcas. No. I. Rebekahs
knights OF Pythias-Rathbo Superior, No.
20: Rathbene Temple. No. s.'Pythian Sis.
tiers.
National Union-East Washington Council.
Mckinley Council
Royal Arcanum-Analostan Council. Farra-
gut Council.
Concert. Engineer Band. Lincoln Park, 7:so
The Washington times., 1915-09-24
HOW THEY "aRT" U.BoArs

lnose best postured to know the
truth, generally believe the stories
are substantially true about the
great losses the German under-sea
neet has sustained since the cam
paign OF commerce destruction was
started. The British admiralty mas
maintained secrecy about most of
the methods employed in hunting
down the terrors of the, sea lanes.
but the British system is beginning
to be known at least in part; and
the Berlin admiralty seems to have
been beaten, and rather to realize
it.
The favorite method, it is ex-
planned, Of locating submarines, is
to stretch big net, floating in the
water, from series of buoys. In
some cases this net is arranged to
entangle the submarine, disarrange
her delicate mechanism, and destroy
her. But more commonly the net is
intended merely as an indicator,
like the bob" on fisherman's line.
When the submarine runs into the
net, the buoys ere agitated. and the
destroyers or armed motorboats
near by observing the fact, know
that their quarry is at hand. 1t is
orly necessary to wait for The suo
marine 10 appear. and to land a
shot.
In doing this work, aeroplanes are
of the greatest effectiveness. A sub
marine can sink only a short, way
under the surface. From an aero
plane a considerable distance in the
sky-1,000 feet or more-it is pos
sible to see submarine very clear
ly at the extreme depth it dares
go, and a wide range Of the waters
can be thus commanded by a single
air observer. The agitation of the
buoys being observed either from
the sky or by scouts on the surface,
the aeroplane traces the course of
the monster, signals it to destroy
ers in waiting, and from that time
forth that submarine is marked. The
story that the British have been
sinking submarines about six or
seven times as fast as the Germans
could possibly build them, and that
it is even harder to get crews than
to build the boats, is quite easy to
believe.
In one case a submarine lay for
long time off the estuary of an
English river, picking up a victim
whenever opportunity should offer.
A dummy victim was arranged for
her and the adjacent waters watched
by aircraft. When the victim ship
sailed slowly past~and the subma-
rine gave chase, the crew of the de-
coy ship were hanging out the
washing; and the instant the sub
marine was seen, n red shirt was
swung on the line. That instant a
big aeroplane swooped down, sight.
ed the submarine just where hel
presence had been indicated by the
signal, dropped to within a few
yards of the leviathan, and dropped
huge bomb on it. The back Of
the submarine was split open and II
went to the bottom instantly with
all on board.
But the story was never published
in England. The cold-blooded Brit
ish admiralty preferrei to let tho
Germans wear out their nerves won,
dering why their U-bcats never got
home.
The Washington times., 1915-09-24
BALTIMORE AND POLITICIANS

Baltimore is the latest OF the
great American municipalities to
feel the need for expansion geo.
graphically and for such a measure
OF home rule as will give it control
over the expenditure Of its own
money.
The demands Of Baltimore are
modest in comparison with those Of
many other cities, but they have be-
come the football of politics. In the
recent Statewide Democratic pri-
maries United States Senator Blair
Lee, as a candidate for governor,
accepted the Baltimore plan and was
supported by Mayor Preston and
other Baltimore leaders. United
States Senator John Walter Smith,
representing the old-time reaction
ary State organization, lined up
against the Lee-Preston combination
and carried the State for his candi-
date against Lee. The result is that
at the Democratic convention yes
terday in Baltimore Smith and his
friends controlled the situation and
ran the steam-roller over the. Lee
Preston crowd.
This is the politics of the situa-
tion, and it is easy to see that con-
trolling the party as they do Smith
and his friends cannot be expected
to give very much consideration to
Baltimore's claims should they con-
troll also the legislature next winter.
Baltimore wants to expand by TAX
ing in closely built up residential and
business sections surrounding the
city and it wants to be able to con-
troll the finances of the police de-
partment, which is not a city de-
partment at all, but State depart
ment, the heads of which are ap-
pointed by the governor but the cost
Of which is paid by the city. The
city cannot control the pay of the
policemen or the purchase of sup
plies for the department; it must
pay the bills as they are sent in.
There is undoubted justice in the
city's demand for expansion, but this
would take away good lxable prop.
erty from one Of. the counties con-
trolled by Senator Smiths friend,
Congressman J. F. C. Talbot, and
Senator Smith therefore says mo"
Likewise the control Baltimore
wants to exercise over the finances
of the police department, q
thoroughly just demand. is feared
by the Smith element as an enter
ing wedge in a fight to take the
police away from the State machine
So Baltimore is made the goat in
this Democratic political game as il
often has been made in the past
The Republicans, however, are like.
ly at their convention to pledge
themselves to give the city what il
wants and if the people of Baltimore
are sufficiently aroused they car
make it mighty interesting for Sen.
ator Smith and his friends on elec,
tion day.
The Washington times., 1915-09-24
Who's .Looney Now?

To The Editor OF The Times:
Apropos- Of your article in tonight's
paper about Captain Won Papen's use
Of the word "tlaedsinnige Yankees"
will you allow one who, though an
American. has lived long in Germany,
to say that 1t Is a slang word which ali
Germans use more or less-and It
simply means in good old American
slang. "looney Yankees.' r. c. M.
Washington, september %.
The Washington times., 1915-09-24
Congressman Sims Quits
Race for Senatorship

NASHVILLE. Tenn. Sept. A-Thetus
w. Sims. Congressman from the Eighth
district has withdrawn from the race
for the Democratic nomination for Sen
ator. announcing that the time was too
short for him to make a canvass.
Three con:enders are left in the field.
Senator Luke Lea, former Gov. II. r.
Patterson. and Congressman X. D. Nc
Kellar
The Washington times., 1915-09-24
Amusements.

Belasco-"Peg O. Ny Heart" Sis p. m.
Polis-"Under the Red Robe" 2:l5 and Sis
p. m.
Keith Vaudeville. 2:lb and s:lS D. m.
Gayety-Bu-lesque. 2:l5 and s:l5 D. m
The Washington times., 1915-09-24
THE TIMES MAIL BAG

Communications to OF
the writer The Mail
a
The Washington times., 1915-09-24

The Literary Digest assures US
that even the most ardent Dip
somaniac is unable to write a flow
ing hand.
The Washington times., 1915-09-24
Langdon. D. c.. 81
Ex- Confederate Desires That Old
Glory Shall Be in Good Condition
For G.. A. Il. Encamnmant

To the Editor OF THE TIMES.
In coming out of the Union Station
this morning l noticed a bright loqua-
cious boy Of about three years, led by
a handsome woman. He kept his moth.
The Washington times., 1915-09-24

Striding four abreast, it shouldn't
take the original drummer boy Of
Chickamauga more than fifty min
utes to march past a given point.
The Washington times., 1915-09-24

It's been demonstrated that hem
ming in the opposing army can new
er be accomplished by hemming and
having.
The Washington times., 1915-09-24
TOmOrrOM.

Odd Fellows-Canto Washington. No. !. Pa
triarchs Militant.
leigh, 1880 y. m, Dance. local chapter
house. 1873 street northwest . .. n.
The Washington times., 1915-09-24

Wouldn't it be a trifle more pa
triotic to allow the vets to occupy
the stands while the public did the
marching?
The Washington times., 1915-09-24

Why doesn't some enterprising
scenario writer filmize Mark
Twain's "Innocents Abroad" with
Jimmie Archibald in the title role :?
The Washington times., 1915-09-24

The threatened invasion of Amer
lea by Europe's toy soldiers isn't
any threat.
The Washington times., 1915-09-24

Even Luther Burbank couldn't
graft an olive branch on Europe's
royal family tree.
The Washington times., 1915-09-24

Wilma reminds the Gear that there
are other dire straits besides the
Dardanelles.
The Washington times., 1915-09-24

We can guarantee Dumba safe
conduct, but not sane.
The Washington times., 1915-09-24
Concerts Today.
By the u. 8. Soldiers Home
Band, Bandstand, at $50 p. m,
JOHN s. NJ. ZMMERMANN. g.,
Director.

March. Colonel Petit. zimmerman
Overture. Crown Diamonds
Auber
Descriptive. Alpine Fantsia. :.
Tobani
Selection. 'Carmen"....... ...'.bizet
REQUEST numbers
(a) Mighty lax a Rose"
Nevin-Zimmermann
(bl For You. zimmerman
Lesser
Characteristic, "Cupid's Patrol,
Finale. "Our Governor"
Zimmerman
tRespectfulIy dedicated to the
Eovernoro
THE Star-Spangled Banner.
The Washington times., 1915-09-24
By the Engineer Band. at
Lincoln Park, 1880 p. m.
FRANK ]. WEBER. Chief Musician.

March, "Class Day. Wnlting
Overture. civilian Tell. Rossini
~ (a) Fifth Nocturno'..m;'' Eeynach n
.tbl Hawaiian Farewell song.
Selection. PADDY Whack" ...Olcott
EXCERPTS from Aida. "........', Verdi
Suite. La Feria". a"......."...'''La ''Lacome
(al Los Toros.
90 La Laja.
(c) La Zaruela.
rcnuesI Solomon
Remick
"The star-Spangled Banner
The Washington times., 1915-09-24
Suggests Prayer As q Means To
End the European War.

Washington. September q.
The Detroit times., 1915-04-03
ASK MAYORS AID
IN BATTLE FOR
CONCRETE PAVE

A petition. signed by more than
80 residents In charievoix-st. has
been presented to Mayor Marx. ask
ing that he use his influence with
the department OF public works and
the council committee on streets 20
allow the paving Of Charievoix-st.
with reinforced coQcrete. as origin
ally petitioned Tor.
Commissioner Fenkell has asked
the councils permission to with
draw the specifications for rein
forced concrete. as he il not salts
fed with the pavement already laid.
The committee on streets is holding
I'D the commissioners communica-
ton. Meanwhile. the commissioner
Is not letting any contracts for rein
forced concrete pavemeuts that have
been petitioned for.
The reason that the committee
refuses TO act on the commission
er's communication. Is that We fear
that II the specifications are with
drawn, the cost Of competing pave
ments viii 90 up" said Aid. Heating.
chairman. I'VE intend TO hold the
matter in abeyance until We see
what the asphaltic concrete and
cedar block people do"
The Detroit times., 1915-04-03

One OF my readers sends me a
pamphlet describing an attractive
plan for buying a 500 bond by pay
ing SIS down and then making i've
monthly payments--four OF SIS each.
and the last OF si6,iA Interest on
the deferred payments win amount
TO si.14: but meanwhile the bond
(which pays 6 per cent a year, viii
earn $3.50 for the buyer. So its to-
tai cost win be sss.64.
The plan Is perfectly sound
good for the buyer rs well as the
seller. I'D like TO hear OF its wide
adoption BY reputable banking firms.
But should not like TO hear that
my friends were dealing on these
terms with any but reputable bond
merchants. There Is paragraph
In the Investors Almanac" which
points out the danger ! have In
mind:
AS n stands now, instalment plan
Is not safe except with
the best Of banking houses In case
OF failure. the buyer seems 10 be an
unsecured creditor. for the debtor
has both the stock and the money.
and an assignee certainly would not
honor q claim for either the one OF
the other"
The Detroit times., 1915-04-03

for mlleh cows Is extremely active,
prices ranging considerably higher
than AT this time last month The
demand for stockers and feeders. in
the cattle department. is becoming
decidedly active and prices are work
ing higher. The embargo prohibits
all feeder business out OF Chicago,
but the trade from Kansas City and
Omaha is reported TO be very active
and values. relatively. considerably
higher than for fat stock OF the same
quality.
The Detroit dressed beef trade
was never known 70 be worse than
al present. The Chicago houses are
flooding the market with cheap beef.
bought in the quarantine division OF
the Chicago stockyards. and they
are selling Il at prices which com
pletely throttle competition.
Fat lambs are scarce. but the pack
er-crowd is in command Of the sit
uailon and the prospect Is that the
has shot its bolt for this year.
lambs weighing more than 100
pounds are slow sale az reduced
prices. The genuine. milk-fed spring
lamb is badly wanted just now. In
Chicago 4 high-class spring lamb VIII
bring SIS per cwt. The markets OF
The country are supplied every
spring with imitation spring lambs.
The Detroit times., 1915-04-03
Your Money
Bond Buying On Instalment Plan.
sY JOHN N. oskIsoN

The weight OF this warning ID not
affected BY the fact that ID 10 issued
to buyers OF stock rather than OF
bonds. A promoter or an irrespon-
sible dealer will as readily sell bad
bonds as bad stocks; or II he goes
broke before You inish paying. your
bond Is stin In his possession. and
you are still an unsecured creditor
for the amount You have paid.
Enough good dealers are Offering
small bonds on the instaiment plan
TO enable you TO choose wisely
among them. These dealers win not
resent careful INQUIRY rs to their
standing or the intrinsic value OF
the bonds they offer,
When you 20 TO market for good
800 bonds don't be disappointed
when you're told that the supply 10
limited. You can set good issues
that pay as much as six per cent.
but they will not have the advant-
ages OF some others that pay less
their ''marketability.- for instance.
viii not match that OF bonds yield
ing q lower return
Above all. Il must be remembered
that the bond does not become the
buyers until the last instalment IL
paid Know the dealer II q good
frst rule TO remember.
The Detroit times., 1915-04-03
IS
PERTURBED
Terre Haute Boss Is
Apparently Dis
mayed

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. April A.
Friends of Mayor Do=a ". Roberts,
chief defendant in the Terre Hsute
election corruption conspiracy trial
we're concerned today over his con-
dition. While attorneys for the gov
eminent addressed the jury. Mayor
Roberts remained In the corridor,
walking back and forth shaking his
head and muttering to himself.
When the trial opened four weeks
ago, the mayor had a smile for
every one. Now Mrs. Roberts and
one OF her daughters walk with him
continually.
Some OF the ~ men on trial with
Mayor Roberts have been outspoken
in blaming him for what they con-
slider his poor defense.
Attorney Charles J. orbison. rep
resenting Sheriff Dennis Shea. City
Judge Thomas Smith and Maurice
walsh. began speaking today. Each
aide has been allowed 10 hours to
sum up, which probably viii take
the trial over 10 Monday.
The Detroit times., 1915-04-03
TESTIFIES FOR
HER BROTHER
AGAINST SPOUSE

Mrs. BENJAMIN Allerie, youthful.
tlue-eyed and golden-haired. stood In
the court room Of Justice Of the
Peace Marschner. Friday morning.
facing the problem OF whether she
should testify for her brother and
against her husband, or vice versa.
Her husband sued her brother. Al
bert l. Hoffman, for $50, alleging the
amount was due him on board
bill Hoffman maintained he Gid not
owe the money. because he had
worked for AIlerie as a janitor. his
services paying for his board and
room
What have you got to say?" ask
ed Justice Marschner. after Allerie
ard Hoffman had told their stories.
Mrs. AIIerie took the stand. start
ed to speak, and then burst into
tears.
That boy worked from early IN
the morning until late at night for
him. she sobbed, pointing TO her
brother. He got nothing for his
work-not even good meals. had
20 serve him meat that was bad
Why should he pay FOR his board,
when he worked so hard?"
Justice aarschner allowed Hon
nan SIS for his services performed,
and rendered judgment for SIS for
the plaintiff.
The Detroit times., 1915-04-03
Slump In Fat Cattle Values Continues;
,SfrOn0 Demand for Genuine Spring Lamb

put owe. on the confiding public BY
the shrewd gentlemen who manage
the fresh meat business OF the Amer
lean paekinghouse industry. Choice
fat sheep are selling at the seasons
high point. dry ewes selling as high
as IS per cwt in Chicago. The spread
between shorn and unshorn stock Is
a vide one for the purpose or dis
eouraging growers in connection
with shsaring. In the west shearing
is progressing rapidly. but credible
estimates place the probable crop at
hardly more than onehalf OF that OF
last year.
The eastern embargo against CHI
cago has worked havoc with current
live hog values at that point and. In
cidentally. with those Of al other
markets In the country. Provisions
are moving freely. both TO the south
and 20 foreign parts. The cash de-
mand for fresh pork products Is re-
ported 10 be very broad. Light hogs
are selling at strong premium
over heavy stock and the spread win
widen as the season advances In
terstate shipments OF hogs, sheep
and calves are now permitted and
the discontinuance OF the Chicago
embargo will be the signal for the
Beginning OF an upward movement In
live hog values.
The Detroit times., 1915-04-03

tention OF the. public. the Regal
Motor Car CO.. OF Detroit. has ap-
pointed new advertising manager.
Robert III. Croker. a man OF wide
experience in newspaper and adj
vertising work. has been chosen for
the position. taking up his lew du-
ties April 1.
Mr.. Croker was identified with a
local newspaper for three years and
gained thorough knowledge OF
newspaper advertising. Two years
ago he went to the advertising de.
partment of the Burroughs Adding
Machine Co. and has since edited
the house organ Published by that
concern, regarded as one Of the
best publications of It's kind In the
country.
Mr.. Crookers experience In pub
licity work will prove OF great ben.
eft to the Regal company in the
launching Of the new eight and
four cylinder cars now being placed
In the hands OF Regal dealers. The
company has spent great deal OF
time and money in perfecting the
new product. Judging from the re
ports received from distributor
throughout the country. the demand
for the ney Royals will be heav,
during the present season.
The Detroit times., 1915-04-03
WATER WAGONS
DRIVER HANDED
OVER TO SOBER

George Cook was high and dry
on the water wagon. Fact Is. he
was earning his living driving a
water wagon through the streets Of
Detroit. One day street car
knocked him on the wagon Cook
was internally injured. and accord
ing to testimony given, Friday morn
ing. In circuit court. before Judge
Codd. he hasn't been able TO mount
the cart since.
Cook has brought suit against the
ID. q. r. for $1,000 for personal In
iuries.
Il was taken 10 the once OF DIT.
r. J. Sober" Cook testified.
Sober" murmured the court.
Then he told the lawyers TO pro.
coed with the case.
The Detroit times., 1915-04-03
FORD MOTOR CO.
BUYS MORE LAND

Contamination OF the purchase by
the Ford Motor CO. OF Sc acres OF
land at woodward-ave. and the outer
belt line railway from the Chevro-
let Motor Co. may be significant.
taken in connection with the we'll
authenticated report that the Ford
company n 10 erect q mammoth tire
plant The deed conveying the
property from the Chevrolet Co. 10
the Ford. was placed on record We'd
nesday. The consideration was In
the neighborhood OF 100000. as In.
dicatsd by Ave green deficiency tar
stamps. representing 800 each.
The property Is on the west side
OF woodward. diagonally opposite
the Ford plant. II runs from Wood.
ward to Hamilton along the rail
way and would make an ideal site
for tire factory. The Chevrolet
company purchased the land from
the Highland Park Land Co. about
two and a half years ago, for about
s225,0oo. The members Of the com.
pany, with the exception Of w. w.
Hannah, are all identified with the
Ford company.
The Ford oficiais Will not discuss
the purchase.
The Detroit times., 1915-04-03
AUSTRIA TO
ASK PEACE
SEPARATELY
Threat to Hungary
Revives Peace
Talk
LONDON OFFICIALS
DOUBT RUMOR
Grounds of Possibility,
However, Are
Admitted

LONDON. April with Russian
armies threatening to burst through
into the Hungarian plains, Austrian
diplomats already have begun over
lures looking to a separate peace
with Russia. according to reports
now In circulation In Petrograd. but
utterly without oficiai confirmation.
Swiss diplomats. Petrograd re-
ports, have carried the Austrian
queries to the cEar They have been
informed that Russia will not ne
gotiate with Franz Josef unless Aus
tria at the same time concludes a
peace with France and England. but
that Russia Is willing to halt her
armies at the CarpatfIians and listen
to peace proposals.
Petrograd correspondents OF the
London papers today asserted that
there Is good grounds for the be
lief that the report may be true. II
was frst printed In the Russky Slo
voc. a Petrograd newspaper usually
well informed.
In diplomatic circles here, the 70
port was not generally credited
though IL was admitted II possibly
might be true. BY concluding a
separate peace. Franz Josef, II wa,
said. might save HIS empire from
disintegration. AT the same time Q
peace arrangement with the allies
| Il was pointed out. would remov'
definitely the prospects that Itai,
would attempt TO shut Austria OF
from the Adriatic.
The Detroit times., 1915-04-03
BY n. ". MACK.

A persistent decline in fat cattle
values has been the leading feature
OF the March trade In this depart
ment, and the outlook for April
Sc ems 10 foreshadow a similar trade.
At the beginning OF March owners
OF cattle felt that values must be on
the bottom. but a decline OF more
than 81 per cwt. has taken place
since then and there is very little
show OF stability In prevailing trade
conditions. In Chicago the hardest
cattle 20 sen are the l.i00-pound
kind. fat but rather plain, Two
months ago these cattle would have
sold for So per cwt.: they sell now
below IS and buyers are hard TO ind
at the decline
The discrimination against fat
cows OF the dairy grades was hardly
ever stronger than now. A Jersey
or Guernsey grade. II well finished,
win bring from 50 10 $3.50. but fat
cows OF beef breeding are wanted at
prices right around 81 per ewt. Well
bred yearling heifers. carrying plsn-
" OF finish, sell well. Veal calves
are high for this season OF the year.
owing To the scarcity OF lambs and
the high prices at which they are
selling. In the interior the demand
The Detroit times., 1915-04-03
TWO ACCUSED OF
TRAFFIC IN DOPE

Detectives Frahm and Kunsth
secreted themselves behind a pile Of
rubbish In the junk barn OF Wolf
Lewis. No. 15s Clinton-st., Friday
and obtained evidence OF dope traffic
in the place. ON which they re-arrest-
ed Lewis, who was out on bail to the
United States court on a charge Of
violating the drug laws.
The sleuths gained admittance to
the barn. unnoticed, Friday. They
saw Frank McCanery, OF No. "A
Jcnes-st. approach the place, In
search Of some morphine, and ar
rested him after he had obtained two
packages Of the drug He is held a.
"a witness.
The drug was furnished TO him,
the detectives aIiege, by one Hugh
Hicks. Negro. living al No. ITO
|Citnton-st. and employed by Lewis.
The detectives say that Lewis hand.
ed the packages to Hicks. and Hicks
made the sale.
Hicks is held on the charge Of dis.
posing OF the dope.