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The Washington herald., 1915-12-10

The Secretary of State and Mrs. Lam
sing were the guests of the Postmaster
General and Mr.. Burleson at dinner
last evening.
The Chief or stan and Mrs. Hugh L.
Scott gave a dinner party last evening
at their residence at Fort Myer. when
the Secretary of War and Mrs. Garrison
were among their guests.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. william g.
Benson entertained at dinner at the
Army and Navy Club last evening in
honor or the Secretary of the Navy and
Mrs. Daniels.
Mime Calderon. wife OF the Bolivian
minister. will be at home Informally this
afternoon after o'clock.
Assistant Attorney General and Mrs.
Samuel Jordan Graham were hosts at
dinner last evening at the Army and
Navy Club, In honor of Senator and
Mrs. Lee s. Overman. The other suests
included Mr. and Mrs. Crane. Mr.. and
Mrs. Byron r. Newton. Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Wallace Dunn. and Capt. and
Mrs. Capehart.
Miss Mary Graham also gave dinner
party at the club last evening in honor
OF MISS EllLdbttH udh-"h'' ~
Mr.. W. c. p Harding. and Miss Ruth
Lester. one of the seasons debutantes.
There were thirty guests. among them
Miss Shelby Bell. Of Baltimore. who is
the house guest of Miss Graham
Col. and Mrs. Harry Taylor and Capt
and Mrs. Abraham Lott we're among
others entertaining guests at dinner at
the Army and Navy Club last evening.
Mr.. Josephus Daniels entertained at
Iuncnson yesterday in honor of hei
mother Mrs Adelaide Worth BaGley.
The table was decorated with pink roses
and invited to meet Mrs. Bagley were
Mrs. rancis 8. Nash. Mrs. n. r. Wig
Mrs. Go.hran. Mrs. Brinton stone. Mrs
T. x. Stitt. Mrs. Louisa Key Norton
Mrs ]. Willard Ragsdale, Mrs. H. l..
Rust, Mrs. ID. c. Roper. Mrs. Richard
EIy, Mr.. Albert L. Mills, Mrs. William
Il. q. CuIiard Mrs. Edward W. E5erie.
WIN came up from Annapolis FOR the
orrs sicr: Mrs n c. Gregory. VIII" is
with her son. Attorney General Gregory
for the winter: Mrs. Murdaugh. Of Ports
rrouth. Va. who is the guest # her
daughter. Mrs. John \. Lejeunes- ard
Mrs. WAGE Harrisa OF Charlotte. N. L.
Palms southern smilax. and yellow and
white chrysanthemums decorated the
residence of capt. and Mrs. Nolney %.
Chase. L. S. u. when they introduced
their Young daughters. Miss Elizabeth
Chase and Miss Suzanne Chase, TO so
ciety at q tea yesterday afternoon. The
lovely bouquets sent the debutantes were
arranged as a charming background for
the receiving party.
The debutantes were cown"d alike IN
frocks II dawn pink satin tdffeta. conf
bined with silver. They wore silver slip
pers and carried pink roses. Mrs. Chase 5
gown was a trained model Of heavy yell
low Japanese crepe. trimmed with gold.
Mrs Newton F.. Mason and Mrs. Cald-
Well Hacker presided at the tea table
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10
Income Tax Changes.

As part of his plan for restoring the depleted
revenues of the government Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo in his annual report to Congress
recommends number of changes in the income
tax law, none of which will add to the popularity
of the administration. To begin with he would
either raise the rates of the income tax he
would lower the present exemption of $1,000 for
single and $4,000 for married persons to $4,000
and $4,000 respectively. Also he would have the
surtax begin at $4,000 or ST. 5000 instead of $eo
600. as provided Sy the present law. With the
increased surtax the great majority OF the people
will not be particularly concerned but if such
modest incomes as $4,000 and $1,000 taxed, or
the present rate of per cent is increased thou
sands of families in the cities, large and small. will
recognize an addition to the high cost of living in
place of the reductions which the Democratic plat
form promised, and votes will undoubtedly be lost
to the party next year. Republicans in Congress
can hardly be expected to put insurmountable OBJ
stacles in the way of this part of the administra-
tion's program.
Incidentally Secretary McAdoo recommends
that the income tax law be amended so as to re-
uuire every person having gross income Of
$4,000 or more to file return, instead OF every
person with a net income Of $1,000 or more, as
the law demands at present. The officials can
Judge then, he explains, whether or not the de-
ductionS are properly made II Will surprise those
wage-earners and others with gross incomes of
$4,000 or more, who by reason of the specific ex-
emption are not required to pay tax, to learn
that the present law does not require them to go
through the laborious process of making useless
return As matter of fact the internal revenue
collectors this year sent formal notice to persons
whose gross income $1,000 but not
subject to taxation, that they nevertheless re-
uuired to make returns. Evidently this was done
under an arbitrary ruling of the Treasury Depart
ment, for which it seeks authority through an
amendment to the law. 1t is difficult however,
ito recognize the force of the argument that such
returns are necessary in order that the Of
6cias can judge whether the deductions are prop
erly made. Why not compel every one who earns
or receives anything at all to make return, SO
as TO enable the collectors to judge whether he
knows what his income is. To require every mar.
ried man who earns between 5000 and $4,000 a
year, for instance, to struggle through the mazes
of an income tax blank and at the end to blot out
the whole record with simple statement of the
exemption specified in the law. showing that he
has no tax to pay, seems like needless waste Of
he time Of the pubIie and the TfeasuFys clerical
lfeecea n 50
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10

Its sanctions could be made to cover
every change that added to the unity
or the greatness of the nation. Its quiet
phrases could always be heard to speak
the spirit of the times.
But what Of those parts of the nation
which had kept to the old models Of
federal life. which did not change. and
would accept no law but that which read
as II had always read since they were
nurtured?
The South had had little part or lot
in the transformation Of the new age.
Her life was unaltered from OF old. She
lived and thought as she had always
lived and thought. The Union was still
the same to her that II had been to all
the States alike in that first generation
whose life and thought she kept.
There had been no amendment of the
fundamental law. Could the law change
because mems thoughts had changed and
their interests?
No doubt, In her reaction against what
she saw afoot. she stiffened the old doc
trines and exaggerated them.
Mr.. Madison. who had drafted the vir-
ginia Resolutions Of 'es rejected very
warmly the notification doctrines of Mr.
Calhoun and Mr.. Hayne. not little
stirred and agitated In his quiet retire
ment at Montpelier by this new threat
OF disunion.
Any doctrine would have worn a look
OF heightened rigor stated in Mr.. CAL
houn's clear. uncompromising way. and
probably no man of the elder generation
had he been willing to formulate 1t at
all. would have stated II so absolutely.
The exigency and the sudden passion
of opposition had given 1t this sharp
and novel phase. Mr.. Webster. with
characteristic genius. had met II with
its opposite, as sharp and uncomprom-
Using. the ideal for which the men OF
the constitutional convention had prayed
and which since their day had sprung
into life while no man observed.
The times seemed to bring all things
10 an issue No doctrine which touched
practice SO nearly could very long re-
main thing of theory while General
Jackson was on the field Of action and
the advocates OF nullifcation were Of
no mind to stop with the debate on the
western lands.
Tomorrow A Serious Political
RPenck.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10
The Canal Slides.

1t appears from the recent report OF Cen.
Goethals that the advisory geologsts Of his canal
commission erred in their Judgment with respect
to the ultimate stabilizaton OF the canal prism
points which were expected by the geologists to
first gain stability are the points where the earth
movements have continued longest and still con-
tInue. The interested and patriotic citizens y
whose suggestions to the treatment Of the earth
slides evoked the sarcastic comment Of the late
Col Caillard do not appear to have been fool
ish as they were represented. Gen. Goethals pro.
poses to take at least Io,ooo,ooo cubic yards of
earth off the sides of the canal prism, and Presi-
dent Wilson has appointed expert commission,
of which President Van Hise, of the Wisconsin
oas " the Cnehra ~ s"Rm Rscord ne
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10
ARMY ORDERS.

Second Licut sheldon r. Wheeler. TWenty-ffth
Infantry. aviation student. IL announced as on duty
that requires him TO participate in aerial fights.
Secund Lieut.. Carl Spaiz. Twenty hfth Infantry.
AVIATION student. Is announced as on duty that re
1uires him TO participate in aerial flights.
Leave for two months Is granted Cspt. Ffank
II. Adams. infantry.
Private Charles Esnrrick Company @. Twenty.
eishth Infsuiry. McAIcn. Tex. Will be discharged
Is his commanding officer. account Of traits
uf character which render him unslIited for the
military serve. This soldier is entitled to travel
allowances
Coast Artillery Cosps, Fort Hamilton. n. Y.
transferred tn infantry. unassigned. and will b<
sent 10 Fort Soc1m. \. l.. with view to IS
sisnment Tic expense incident to the transfci
will bc bnne hy the soldier.
First Serrt, Robert u Brown, Troop u. Sixth
Cavalry will be placed urOn the retired list al
sam Furl,ce. Tex. December 10. 1918. and will
repair to his home. The QusTtermaster Corps Will
furnish the necessary transTortation and pay the
soldier communication Of ratious in advance for thu
necessary number of days travel. il being i'm
practicable for him to carry rations Of any kind
The Journey i necessary for the public service.
Private Charles @. PiIlon. jr., Troop I. Fifth
Cavalry, F6rt Yello~.sonc Wyo.. is transferred Il
the Fourteenth Infantry and will he sent TO Fur
Georyp wrsht Washington fr assignment 10 {
cumtany Tie expenses Of the transfer will b,
l,,rnr by the soldier and trahportation- will moi
he furnished him.
~
Infantry, Camp Eagle Pass. Tex. will be dis
charged BY his Commanding officer. on account Of
bility aud traits of character which render
him unsnited foe the military seryie. This soldier
il entitled to travel allowances.
Cart Walter T. Bates. infantry. inspector instTuc
tor. Denver will proceed to Seibert. Rocky Ford
and Canon City. Colo. to inspect new companie,
q infantry Of the Colorado Nations, Guard at thos'
places. :. -,
to First Lieut. Edward s. Harrison. Coast Artiller,
Corps. is revoked.
rirs, IArut Philip =. GAGE. Cuast Artille1
Corps. will report to the commanding officer
Coast Dsienses Of the Delaware. for sssiGnnent u
a company.
Can't. Thomas A. Roberts. cavalry. inspsctor
ip.,ructur, will make visit from Pfoyidsoce
n. l., to Ps4ssburo. N. r.. 10 instruct the Or
oni,ed Militia Cssalry at Peteroofo.
Col. Lyman W. " kcnnon. Twenty-nflA Infantry
4. relieved and attached to the Twenty sixth In
! fantfy.
Col. Samson l.. raison. infantry, attached 10 TIN
Fifth tnIaptr,,. h s-asned To the Twenty hfu
Infsutry
pu.ks . vssat frvn ksW' rek Oy 10 MILFORD, n
A.. TO insazuct cnpsny A. sis.A Ora o.
o1IiusS lQM>n = ~ uAn1Aba
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10

LIVERY man who felt the power and
Il the hope that were In the spirit
IL Of nationality as the men OF tne
West did. as the constructive
statesmen did who had stood with
washington and Hamilton In their gen.
Grafton. and with the young war en-
tl1usiasts who cried bravo to Mr.. Mad
ison In the wah with England In tneirs,
protested very jdotly when New England
men talked OF disunion. first because OF
the purchase Of Louisiana. and then be-
cause Of the embargo.
But they protested, not as against re-
bellion: they protested as AGAINST mad
folly, rather. and narrow selfishness: as
against those who would mar great
history to push a sectional interest
Not until a whole generation had gone
by from the making of the government
did this new doctrine of nationality
which Mr.. Webster 50 eloduently and
convincingly preached get It's currency:
based not upon sentiment and agree
ment, but upon an imperative fundamen-
tai law.
Here again, as I'm the broadening of
the suffrage and the coming In OF the
day Of pure democracy which had
brought General Jackson to the saddle
with its dawn. the subtle force OF ma
tional expansion moved and brooded
upon the face OF all things.
The vast spread and movements OF a
people. the growth and interlacings Of
industry. the springing up Of States
come from the loins of the Union itself.
all the visible increase Of peaceful em-
pire bred this spirit as of a nation,--no
longer merely confedersted, nation
knit and united for common history
of achievement.
General Jackson, coming from the
frontier. where this mighty force of ma
was visIbly afoot. seemed to
embody the new spirit of power in his
rough. imperious sense OF right as
President. to override and command.
Mr.. Webster, though no friend of Jack
sons. clothed what was in effect the
same conception In terms of statesman
ship and law.
Under his touch the constitution SEEM
ed to partake OF the growth which II
had only engendered.
II was of necessity. as he read Il no
mere document. but vehicle OF life.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10

German newspapers express alarm the
debasing effect of the war on morality especially
among the young, the Berlin Tageblatt declaring
"Thosc who would deny the statement that the
German people arc in danger Of being wholly sub
merged beneath an extraordinary wave of laxity
and immortality breaking the country must
find themselves lamentably disillusoned" What is
TO be expected of a people called upon to publicly
celebrate the Lusitania murders and the dropping
of bombs on sleeping women and children?
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10
A Constant Student Of Mars.

With fine eonstancy Percival Lowell continues
S1ober ay adnter Harvard and his ss
ter may write vers libre and essays on modern
French poets, but he steadfastly gathers evidence
which convinces him that the Martians arc canal
building on a grandiose scale beside which Pana-
mas engineering feat is petty. Whatever may be
the ultimate verdict of competent judges this
Nartian hypothesis of the Massachusetts investi-
gator, il must be conceded that he has shown
originality, ambition indifference to scorn, and use
Of wealth for impersonal and unsordid ends II
the final verdict is with him his enduring fame is
assured. If not he has to his credit quest in
which faith and most exact and long continued use
of astronomical apparatus have 6gured.-Christian
Science Monitor
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10

All apparently is not peace on the peace ship. 1t
seems that Nine. Schwmmer, The Herald init
mated. has been feeding Henry Ford with promises
that the be!gerents would be unoffically repre-
sentcd at his conferences, intimatng that she has
documentary representations to that effect. Dr.
Aked wants her to produce" That Madame re-
fuses to do. and undertake to say will continue
to refuse to do. for we do not believe she has any
such documents In the meanwhile the argosy OF
good will is being rapidly torn by discussion
Rather funny, what:
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10

Since the United States government has at last
undertaken serious campaign to rid the country
of criminal plotters and consprators It may be
found possible to cooperate in the work with the
representatives OF belligerent nations of Europe
without, violation Of our neutrality Judging by the
fact that nearly all of those suspected of eonspr-
acy, ineendiary plots, passport forseries and SUBJ
stitutions upon American soil have far been ap-
pretended as a resul. of the efforts OF the au-
thorities OF those nations whose interests have
been threatened, as ours have been. it is reason
able ito assume that with little team work more
satisfactory results might 6e achieved.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10

Special messengers have been distributing
among Senators and Representatives right in the
Capitol Building cards handsomely engraved with
pictorial attacks on President Wilson and his for
eign policy. 1t is announced, however that pre-
cautions have been taken for the intercepton of
special messengers bearing bombs.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10
THE HOME.

What boots it if your homes hut.
Plain, poor, and all devoid of art,
If thro' Loves door that's never shut
You enter in the human heart,
And dwell in its embraces warm
Safe from the tempest and the storm?
Copyright lsl5J
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10

Tho court believes the barkccpcr has great
many things to disturb his balance announced a
Baltimore justice, in fining man who threw a
brick at ono who refused to sell him drink. And
now the judge will probably be called upon to cx-
plain TO the prohbitonists how he knows about
the troubles OF bartenders.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10

The kaser's newspaper organs in New York
ard Washington continue to display under large
headlines their front pages dispatches of doubt
full origin telling of some alleged reverse dis
couragement met with by the allies somewhere
However, it is not apparent why this method
should be counted to make hit in Berlin, un-
less the theory that the linotype is mghter than
the sword has been adopted there TOO.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10
NAVAL ORDERS.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS


Alluin srriTei al HAM ton Road Dvcnrb-
baltimore arrived at Iona I-lsnI DeCsml-r :;
BHukiyr ssiltyl for Manila. D-,-.InlCr 2 i'-lrr-
arrived AT ''uIntanano. lNcT4nl-r :: GyrIolS .r
rI'cd at Norfolk. D,cemhcr :. D.. srriye,i az New
York yard. becemher 6; IwanI arrived at B,Ston
Dc'emisr :; Jupiter arrived Lamh,r Point.
Dec mber ;: Milwaukee and Dr,cUr arrived az San
Diego. b"'TmtEr s; Utah arrived a. Hampton
Roads December 3: Vulcan arrived at Guantanamo
Decmbcr :: Wheeling arrived al New Orleans De
cenltrr :: Wyoming nied for Newport Drcembsr
NOTES
The Sacramento will stop at Norfolk en- route
from Haitian waters to the Portsmouth. y. H.
yard.
No collieTs Will leave Hamptuu Roads for Guan-
tanamo between December and January s.
ORDERS To OFFICERS
Lieut.. Commander A. ". johnson to connection
hitting cut Conynsham and duty in command when
commissioned.
Lieut.. Junior s1del ]. A. F1etchG to Illinois
Lieut.. uunior sradel c. VI. Elder. tn Columbia.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10

A Georgia jury trying Thomas f. Watson
once candidate for the Presidency. on charge oi
misusing the mails, disagrees We suppose all the
Watson politicians the other way. That's the way
juries divide in Georgia. Evidence doesn't count
-Rsootlyu Eagle.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10

Its cinch that Belasco wouldn't have fused
with piker like Van der Decken if he had tried to
keep track of the Communipaw.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10

It's about time the man who guns on the
Ancona turned up. Or isn't there money in it
any more?
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10

The Kaiser, it is said, has personal interest
in the removal of Won Papen and Boy-Ed Want:
to weep over them, probably.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10

Mr. Ford's message to President Wilson may be
interpreted as an announcement that he is neu
tra in the the peace ship.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10

\ ST. Louis man was shot and killed by rob-
bcrs because at the command of "hands ,up' he
raised only ono. However, he died doing all that
could be expected OF one-armed man.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10
IN A DRY TOWN,

why this long line of men at the ex-
press Office"
They are apostles OF preparedness"
What do you mean?r
These men are waiting to get their
Christmas supply of liquor.
ham Age-Herald
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10
Sls,s q Efeainaey.

effeminacy, what do you think Of the r,uffs that
Gen. won Buclowl has requested as Christmas
|peesents for his soldiers? Noticed any signs Of
e6ieminacy abodt these German loAtsrsf-Nan-
!ehestes unioes - g. 3 s s. q
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10

The United States has demanded of Austria
that she disavow tho sinking of the Ancona. 1t
looks better, OF course not to discriminate be-
tween such close friends as Austria and Germany.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10

As yet Col. Roosevelt has given no hint as to
whether his activities will be directed toward keep
ing Byzantine logothete" in the White House or
getting him out.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10
A Line O Cheer Each Day o the Year.
By JOHN KENDRIcK BANGS.

First printing of original poem. v-fttea da1u
for The Washington HeralA
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10

The Alhanibria Theater in Chicago burned
down. Considerable suspicion attaches to the fact
that no performance going at the time as
is customary in such cases.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10

What's $eo5,ooo,ooo between friends?
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10

After ALL it is the causes that vitally I'M
portant. Once discovered, they may lead to conf
plete protection for the future generations. AT
any rate, they will teach the future generations
how to avoid ways Of living that tend to make such
horrors possible.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10
lew Doctrine Of Nationality.

Webster's New Doctrine Of Nationality.
Paishsd by special ayyaasemen: The P,dess through
The Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
'ss d: elu. H n'sg: s.,
s..y ..s:: wh''s
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10

Whatever may, be the cause. We must all agree
that the blame cannot be placed on him. And yet
it is he who bears the punishment. So long as he
is dangerous he must be kept away from society.
At present he is classified wrong. In this regard
he may be like all so-called criminals. The time
NAV come when we shall discard the word. Jesse
Pomeroy is or has been OF the dangerously
insane He may be all the more dangerous be-
cause Of his apparent sanity. As matter OF fact.
no one is wholly insane. 1t is only part OF the
mind that is stricken.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10

Lieut.. 7. q. NJ. Oliphant. T. :. y. an
Mrs. Oliphant came to Washington yes
teIdsS to BE- the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hughes Olphant for few days.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10

During all these years the world has been NOV
ing Science has grown wiser and more humane.
In Jesse Pomeroy psychology finds fascinating
subject What made him unfortunate? Who
should bear the blameo Is Jesse Pomcroy the re-
suit of forces that way back through the gen.
erations? Or did the strange twist in his nature
como from some accident before birth from
some untraceabe mischancc?
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10

Mr.. Paul Wsrburg entertainsd At lunch
con in the rose room Of the ShOreham
Yesterday in compliment to MIR. Jacob
Schiff. "f New York.
Former Vice President Fairbanks. who
is staying at the Shoreham also enter
tain-d AT luncheon in the rose room ves-
terday: and other luncheon hosts We're
Mrs r b .AleNander. "f New York. anI
capt. and Mrs. Horace Norton. of Wash
ingtOn.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10

Many people have been interested in this case
Occasionally humanitarian expresses pity and
wonders il something can't be done for the pris-
oner. A few years ago the governor of Massa-
chusetts had his sympathies aroused. He decided
to give Pomeroy more freedom. Later he changed
his mind. Under his successor, Gov. Walsh. Pome-
roy is now allowed to attend services in the
chapel
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10

Mrs q. W. stiles was hostess At
luncheon yesterday in compliment to Mrs
,. II. Won Eng, kin. of Florida. the house
guest OF Air. and Mrs. Richa rdson Glib
son.
The guests included Mrs. George Por-
ter. Mrs. Richardson Gibson, Mrs.
Chauncey Dewey. Mr.. Joerissen. Mrs
Thomas Sweeny and Mrs. Meade Moore.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10

Some day there will be institutions for the
treatment Of people like Jesse Pomcroy. for the
morally abnormal. They wiz shelter those who
are far less afflicted than he is. and yet arc unfit
ted for association with their kind. They will be
treated not with severity not with penalties. but
with mercy and helpfulness Their affliction will
draw out special consideration and sympathy.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-10

Tomorrowt A Serious Political
Breach.