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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-13

TIME late John W. Alexander be-
s. came president of the School
Ar League at it's foundation
In 1911 and none OF the organ
izatiOns with which he was connected
will miss him more than this one.
He took n lively interest in its affairs
and one of his asst acts was to estab-
lish a medal for excellence in drawing
TO be awarded In each of the city high
schools.
John Flanagan. the well known de-
eigner, has Just completed the die for
these medals. II represents the figure
OF a woman leaning over an easel
About her In low relief are famous
sculptures. The bronze medals
will he circular and two and three
quarter inches in diameter. one will
be awarded in each of the twenty
three high schools Of the city. II
will go to the pupil receiving the high
est marks In the two terms preCed-
ms his fourth term In the school.
1t was the recognition Of his great
interest in the School Art League
which led the executive committee to
pass the following resolutions:
"John w. Alexander was president
OF the School Art League from its
Institution. February -. 1911. until
his death. May 81, 1915. Through his
sympathetic and skilful direction, his
wide knowledge and his great in
fuence In civic and social fields the
league has been able to make itself
a living and a%uickening force through
OF the city schools.
I'm the death of Mr.. Alexander the
children ~ the city lose a loving and
.eelf-sacrificing friend. whose services
in their behalf were never ceasing,
and who showed the keenest sympathy
With every step Of their advance in
appreciation of things beautiful. To
his associates in the School Art League
Mr.. Alexander was a constant stimu-
lus and inspiration. He possessed the
true genius for friendship and made
service with him one continued pleas
ure.
Moved by the keencst feeling OF per-
eonal loss, and by an abiding sense
Of the loss sustained by the society
and by the thousands OF children
whose friend he was. the executive
committee OF the School Art League
adopts the following resolutions:
Whereas there has beer taken from
among us our friend and president.
John W. Alexander. and
Whereas the School Art League
has lost in him an officer of the highest
distinction in his profession. a friend
Of winning kindness inc a man whose
keen artistic insight made him truly a
moral force in the community; there
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-13

r. Prot. Kennedy of New York University. the author Of the fol-
lowing article. is a member of the foreign trade committee OF the
Merchants Association and made a special Investigation for that asso-
citation of free ports in Europe W years ago. At the time the a
started ne was engaged in investigating commercial conditions in
England. Last winter he conducted a course in foreign trade and
shipping in the New York Stock Exchange. this being one of the
courses given by the Wall Street division of New York University.
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me reason why our exports to ncll-
irnl mark"is during rho year have
been 80 Unsatisfactory Is not primarily
because these Countries wCr, well
stocked with goods. The reason
rather Ia that they lid not have money
- hwy.
80 =.H"-::7a :a3eou.A america may
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-13

INV SUBMIT.
The following urhane review of the
latest work OF Jacob Epstein. now on
view In London, ought to interest
American admirers OF the sculptor's
art. IL Is by the London correspondent
" the Finc Arts Journal:
The notorious futurist-cum Gu
bists gang. to denote them truly II
somewhat forcibly-otherwise known
as the London Group have again
at the Goupil gallery made a final cf-
fort to arrest the vanishing attention
Of the public. How an institution
with the reputation OF the 'Goupii'
can lend itself to such a show I
cannot understand. any more tn,n
that IA nan ~ promise-if ~ yet UNI
fulhlled-like MIR. Walter Bayes. can
associate himself and his work with
such refuse. The piece de resistance
the draw-of the show is Mr.. Jacob
Epstein's performance entitled Rock
Drill exhibited first. ] believe, At
Brighton a year or so back, To tho
scandal Of the community. Neither
II nor its meaning can be fully de-
scribed in these pages. but | can quote
the Observer. probably the foremost
English Sunday paper. whose art critic
writes AZ follows: The whole effect
is unutterably loathsome &"
Even leaving aside the nasty sug-
g%estiveness of the whole thing sc.
and this from n writer who Ia
generally very busy balancing himself
on the fence even in regard TO the
most outrageous displays of modern
ism"
] After a depression concerning the
attitude of English critics toward IN"
cubists. there are more bouquets sor
the American sculptor enclosed in
these words OF appreciation:
But to return to Mr.. Jacob Epstein
and his chef d'puvre. The title Rock
Drill In based on the fact that an
American rock drill straight from the
factory forms the principal portion OF
the design; on this is perched a sort
Of semi-human monster. the bones
only half fleshed and more or less
indicating It's interior anatomy. and
there. for decency's sake. We must
leave il. This is not Mr.. Epstein's
only or first essay In indecency: the
memory is still fresh Of the furo -
and protests that his sculptures for
the Hall of the Medical Association
in the Strand caused a few years back.
while his 'foreword' to the catalogue
II an exhibition OF work by kindred
spirits two or three seasons agD
could no, he quoted here. This so-,
NJ spice ma serve ever yet to tickle
the jsded nerves Of some of our critics
who here and there have tried TO
boom tho show. but the public have
ignored IT,"
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John w. Alexander Medal to Be
e Awarded to Art Students
" in City High Schools

two portraits. while Childe Hassam
has in his three canvases Dawn"
From Frank w. Benson Of Salem
there are two canvascs, The Sunlit
Room and another. j. Alden Weir Of
New York sends a portrait Of = young
girl and Joseph de Camp sends his
The Silver Waist" Willard Metcalf
mas sent an Italian landscape and
Edward W. Redfeld Of Centre Bridge,
Pa. has three %canvases in the exhi-
bition. It will remain open through
the summer.
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Wdoi manu-, ,arcs IL ~
ON the other hand certain artic.ts
which have normally figured very
lIrgcly IN our export trade have fallen
of materially. The most importar;
may 10 noticed as follows, for the
nine months ended April !:
UNITED STATES EFFORTS SHOWING
LL-AEA .E ID. .-.L-L.n. ~ Ln---r.-
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Jacques Seligmann. the famous arr
collector and dealer, gave valuable as
sistance to the late Pierpont Nor
cln in the formation of the great
Morgan collection. \ great many of
the art objects of the Morgan %cnllec-
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EXPORTS FOR NINE MONTHS OF FIS.
'Al.lENR TO DIFFERENT CDl'N
TRIES Gin millions OF dollarsl.
The Washington times., 1915-09-22
SIGHTSEEING STANDS

The building Of grandstands in the
middle Of sidewalks for the G. A. R.
encampment ought to he an object
iesson Of the unwisdom Of such q
procedure for other occasions.
The work Of the police in handling
crowds during the encampment, and
especially on the day of the great
parade, will be made much more diff
ficult by the unthinking way in which
these stands were permitted to take
up valuable space needed for pedes-
trians.
At the Center Market they take mp
practically the entire sidewalk. At
other points only narrow space re-
mains. At many Of these points the
stands could have been placed on the
parking. If that cannot be done it
might be even better to place them
IN the street. But the principal point
is that they should not be permitted
In their present positions where
much discomfort, crowding, and per-
haps accidents, are likely to result,
The Washington times., 1915-09-22

ance, and none has economic wealth
at all comparable with the two
American States named. Either New
York or Pennsylvania would ap-
praise total Of wealth far in excess
Of these three European countries.
Yet these three small and poor ma
tions are 30 important that a. they
60 the war may be determined.
The United States has passed the
100, 100000 point in population.
France has just about 10000, 900,
and It's per capita wealth II less than
that Of the United States. Tho
United Kingdom has $4,000, 900 pop
ulation and q little more than half
the calculated wealth that the
United States possesses. Austria
Hungary has about 50,000,000 peo-
pie and q national wealth calculated
at one-sixth that Of the United
States. Italy has 35,000y000 people
and perhaps seventh the wealth
Of our country. Germany, which
has been made, in virtue Of splendid
preparedness, the greatest military
power the world has ever seen, has
just about two-thirds the population
and little over one-half the. wealth
Of the United States. d.
No nation on earth has the latent
capacity to take care of itself so we'll
rs the United States could do. None
has, in proportion to its abilities,
neglected development Of its possi-
bilities as has the United States, II
we except only China.
The Washington times., 1915-09-22
MILITARY RESOURCES

The three Balkan states of Bull
garia, Greece, and Roumania, which
are of such vast military weight and
strategic importance that it is wide
ly believed their entrance into the
war on either side would decide the
issue in favor of that side, have an
aggregate population estimated at
16,770,000: This figure represents
the best calculation possible as Of
the beginning Of the present year,
and credited to them the increases
in population gained through their
conquests in the Balkan wars.
In those two wars these three
states are presumed to have put
about a million men in the field, and
there is little doubt that they are
today prepared to utilize a consider
ably larger number on very short
notice, probably as many as 1,2OO,-
600.
These figures are impressive, yet
SO long ago as the census of 1910
the United States enumeration
found in the two States Of New York
and Pennsylvania almost precisely
the same population credited to the
three Balkan nations. The total for
the two American Commonwealth
was 16,768,0O0, as against 1910, 900
for the three Near Eastern coun-
tries.
How great are the possible mill
tary resources of the United States
is not even suggested by these fig
ures. Bulgaria, Roumania, Greece
are none of them wealthy communi-
ties. None has industrial import
The Washington times., 1915-09-22
Finds the Ringing Of Church Bell
Disturbs His Peace.

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
Last week a Sufferer aired his Views
Of the discordant noises In this our
beautiful City Of Washington. have
also been q sufferer lately from some Of
these noises.
The other morning I was awakened,
and on coming to nv senses found the
disturber Of my peace was church bells.
1t struck ME to count the peals. and
they mounted up to forty-seven. How
many there were before began to
count know not. A man does not need
the fire department going by MS nome
to enable him to get to his place OF
business on, time. Why do church at
get them to service?
Cats! A man may own a dog: he has
to pay for that privilege. A dog 10
companion to man. The dog may bark
a neiEhborhood kept awake by the
bowling Of dogs. cats. now-what good
are they? To catch rats and mice?
Mavbe. A cat is noted for being on
the premises Of its owner at meal times.
At other times i is circulating aeG%s Pvt
otherwise making Itself a nuisance. A
license Is not required for cats.
doE 10 protection 10 prop
erty, YET one mas TO pay TOT that pV
yet no payment Is required. Why 10
this? Is there any Justice In the mat
ter? BOOSTERS cannot be kept BY any
one within the city limits. why? On &C.
count Of their Growing. Cats DO not
crow. but they howl and yell like de-
mons. and that principally 10r!pR fh9
hours when those who Wort n the *
are kept awake by howis and yc!ls.
!. Take the metal in church bells. melt
1t into crosses and give them to those
remedy some Of the local .'disturbers OF
the peace" which are real and not I'M
aEinary nuisances. The Kaiser gives
iron crosses to those who distinguish
themselves on the field for valor; why
not reward peace-loving Washingtonians
with bronze medals for helping to make
their own city a peaceful" place OF
The above are simply two causes OF
discord here. These two. II done away
ONE OF THE SUFFERERS.
Washington. Sept. 10.
The Washington times., 1915-09-22
SPECIAL SESSION OF
SENATE, UNDECIDED
Developments In International
Situation Likely To Decide
Attitude of President.

Speculation still continues whether
there will be special session of the
Senate this fall. Indications are that
1t will largely depend on developments
in the international situation, and that
If that situation continues delicate and
uncertain the President will not call
II.
A new reason for not calling a spe-
cial session Is seen by many in tho
Mexican situation. Until 1t is settled
whether a stable government can be
set up there and recognized, It is
thought the President would not wei
come wholesale discussion in the SEN
ate.
Nevertheless, some of the Senate
leaders are continuing to advocate a
at most, not later than November /
The Washington times., 1915-09-22
The Few Survivors Of Bsrdans'
Sharpshooters Are Glad to b
Remembered.

Remembered.
To the Editor Of THE TIMES.
The few survivors Of Bsrdan's Sharp
shooters are glad to be remembered. and
We appreciate very much your notice In
The Times Of September is, and thank
you for 1t, but ask you to correct some
details.
We meet with the Third Corps In the
room assigned to them. but by special
invitation We march in the parade Fep-
tember -. At the mead Of the Depart
ment Of Wisconsin. ~ We did at Sara.
toga and Toledo.
There were no Indiana companies In
the First Resirnent \of sharpshooters.
A, B. d. and H were from New York:
c, l, and X from Michigan; e from
New Hampshire: f. from Vermont. and
q from Wisconsin.
The targets used in the tests for ad-
mission were not hull's-eye targets With
not then come Into use. The old style.
called "string measure" was used, the
distance Of each Of tho ten shots from
the the center being added together. and the
less than hfty- inchos.
f truman Hsad, our dear old Cali.
fornia Joe." could read that he. wore "a
thns tnhunsins costume and coonskin cap
ne would surely turn over in the gro eve,
which has, held him since 1885, He was
not that kind OF q man. He was one Of
the most modest and quiet and unas-
suming little gentlemen that ever lived.
vas well along in years when he en-
nsted. and the stress of the peninsula
campaign in 1852 no sapped his strength
that his health failed, his eyesight was
almost gone, and he was honorably din-
charged late IN the fall Of that year.
GEORGE Z. ALBEE,
Captain United States Army
Private Company G. Berdan's First
Regiment, U. B. d. g.
Laurel, Nd, Sept. l6
The Washington times., 1915-09-22
PORTO RICAN HEAD
VISITS WHITE HOUSE
Governor Yaeger Discusses Plans
To Relieve Congestion With
President. -

President Wilson yesterday discussed
with Governor Yeager Of Porto Rico a
plan to relieve the congestion Of popu-
lation on the islands territory by means
Of emigration.
According to this plan. for which no
meht Of the island would undertake to
finance q general movement Of surplus
farm labor from Porto Rico to Cuba and
other West Indian countries. under
treaties to be made with these
countries by the Department OF state.
Mr.. Yeager told the President that he
was convinced after his two years res
idence on the island. that the principal
to political as to social Conditions.
Porto Rico. he said, averages q popu-
lation Of $50 persons to the square mile.
or more than obtains in any State of
the United States, with the exception
of Rhode Island. MASSACHUSETTS, and
New Jersey.
The Washington times., 1915-09-22
OURS THE ONLY ART MARKET

Ihe report of the administrators
OF the estate Of Theron J. Blakeslee.
the New York picture dealer who
committed suicide last year owing
10 his dread of a business catas-
trophe which proved to be unfound.
ed, calls attention once more to the
fact that since the war the United
States is the only open art market
loft in the world.
On the day hostilities opened the
art market automatically closed in
Europe. With the exception of a
few unimportant auction sales in
London there has not been a single
public sale of this character for
more than a year in the great conti-
mental art auction centers of Paris
Frankfort, and Stuttgart.
1t was feared here that auction
sales of art objects would meet little
success. in the season of 19l4-15:
and when needy Europeans sent over
indifferent collections and forced
their sales the financial results
were not of the happiest. But with
the coming of such superb collec-
tons as the Williams paintings and
the Brayton Ives prints it was made
plain that American amateurs and
dealers had the money to pay and
the willingness to pay it for such
really fine things as these two col
lections disclosed. ..-
At the Williams sale several new
records were established, and the
Brayton Ives closed with the credit
OF having netted the greatest total
ever realized for an equal number of
prints at any sale in the world. In
spite of its uneven quality the
Blakeslee collection realized a quar-
ter of million dollars for 200 pic
lures.
As q final proof that America is
the only art market in the world the
! ease Of the Reisinger collection
The Washington times., 1915-09-22
Believes the Human Flag viii Be .
Highly Appreciated Feature of
the G, A. r. Enca ynnment

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
II you will kindly give the writer .
short space in. your esteemed paper, 1
would like to say. In regard to the pro-
posed human flag. now in process OF
organization. that have seen several
human flag assemblages Of school
children at the national encampments
Of the g. A. r. and It was always .
feature highly appreciated by the vet
Grams. It 10 y ceremony In which every
boy or girl that can do 50. should par
to the memory In after years to the
sion u rare opportunity for the boys
and girls to express their patriotism
Amons the many human fiass have
ory Of the Toledo. Ohio. human flag.
q the q. A. r. snc.mpment in 1903
~ This ,,,,.s W.s one % OF the largest. made up
trained In singing. and drilled in the
rising and sitting movements Of the
alternate sections. with grand effect.
The children held . rehearsal the day
reetion Of Prot. Korthnsur. musical
composer and teacher Of Toledo, and
all passed smoothly off. A. each com
mand marched by the human nag. 10
asd sss ssn took ok. Of; ~ ,hss
hats to 1t. The old soldier. Of many
battles was touched. for he had
daughters and grandmother at
homo or singing in Paradise. and with
tear from his eyes.
Tho one piece sung with great effect
by the children was Freedom Triumph
ant" words written by the late Kate
sood of tho T Ninth 81 onio sass
district. music being by Prof. Korth-
neur.
One Of the first human flags in the
country was In Boston on the occasion
Of the return Of Admiral Dewey to
our country after the battle Of Manila
Bay. lit was Q grand success and re-
ceived great applause Of the multitude.
N. CLARK PRITCHARD.
Former Aide de Camp Colonel on Ma
ttonal Staff, 1909.
National Military Home. Tennessee.
September Is. 1915.
The Washington times., 1915-09-22
DR.. DUMBA AND POE

The American people are now
thoroughly informed of the fact that
DR.. Constantin Dumba is a devotee
Of the polite art of letters and that
his literary output is considerable in
quantity, no matter what we may
think as to its quality. But until we
read J. F. ]. Archibald's description
Of the circumstances under which
Dumba gave the correspondent the
now notorious letter to the Austrian
minister for foreign affairs we had
no mixing Of the fact that Ambassa-
dor Dumba was a student of the
works Of Edgar Allan Poe.
1t will be recalled by readers of
Poe, and particularly of his tale "The
Purloined Letter." it was the theory
Of G. Auguste Dupin that some
crimes were concealed by the very
obviousness Of the method employed
IN hiding evidence of the wrongdoing.
Thus in this particular story the man
who took the letter belonging to "a
certain High Personage" kept it in
his library in plain sight of every
one that entered the room and thus
disarmed the suspicious Of the secret
police OF Paris who had searched the
house from top to bottom in the con-
ventional SECRET police fashion.
In explaining away his connection
with the 'pufloined letter" Of these
days Archibald had this to saw IN his
formal statement about his connec-
tion with the Dumba affair:
Dr Dumba's letter was given tn m.
most openly, at the last moment. on
tne dock at the foot Of the steamers
5spiank Just before sailing. Hun
there was not the slightest suggestion
feel that tho very op.n,s,, =,
he manner In which the letter was
Sivcn me shows that DR.. Dunba hnd
no intention OF using me or my pass
sion Of any improper letters, but
knowing personally that was sail
ing, simply availed himself OF the
opportunity OF having his note de-
lvered direct. W.
AS a student Of Poe DR.. Dumba
proves himself quite equal to Conan
Doyle in working up a plot; but the
British government seems to have
studied Poe also and played the role
OF Dupin with such success as to
make the literary parallel perfect.
The Washington times., 1915-09-22
WHAT'S ON PROGRAM
IN CAPITAL TODAY

Meeting. In celebration of emancin. t,.n
proclamation. Mount Carmel Church, Third
and l streets northwes p. m,
Dance minstrel show and entert.inm.n,
Boosters Club Of Builders and Manufac'
turers' Exchange Washington Canoe Club.
$3.50 p. m.
Meeting. south Washington Citizens. As.o.
c!at!on' 81; ,pominies Hall Sixth and r
Convention. Illuminating Engineering so-
ciety. small ball room. New Willard. $50
a. m.
No. IL; Mount Pleasant.
Columbia No. 1: Royal Arch Ma. .ons.
Naomi. No. 8; Brookland. No. ii, East.rn
Star.
ODD Fslloys.Eastern; No. I; Federal City.
Knights OF Pythias-Columbia. No. 8; Friend
% ship Temple No; :; Pythian Sisters.
Jr; o. u. A. M.-Edward J. Ross Coune...,
No. 20.
Mission, Epiphany Chapel Twelfth and G
streets southwest. y. m.
Meeting. for election OF officers. Chaplin
street northwest. 2:ao .. IN.