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The Washington times., 1915-07-07
JOHN HUSS...REFORMER

Just five hundred years ago
John Huss, Bohemia's great reform.
er, was led to the stake and paid
with his martyrdom the price of his
expressed belief in the right of in.
dividual judgment in the matters Of
conscience.
Today a war in which conscience
seems to play little or no part bids
fair to wipe out as a worldwide or
ganization, the church which his
disciples founded.
What Wycliffe had already begun
in England Huss took up in Bohemia
and carried to the point where
Luther in his turn continued it and
for his work and because of it's re.
suits Bohemia has continued to
look upon the Preacher of Prague
as the man who preserved it's ma
tional spirit from the encroach.
ments of Rome on the one side and
from the threats of the Germans on
the other.
The result of his teachings was the
formation of the Unitas Fratrum
Unity of the Brethren) the Amer
lean branch of which is known as the
Moravians. In the present war con-
fiict it finds itself like the Catholic
church, but with vastly less re-
sources to draw upon, facing the
complication of being represented on
both sides of the contest. Because
of this it seems almost probable that
the only Protestant church having
an organic unity throughout the
world will be wiped out of existence
In Germany at the outbreak of the
war one of every three of the male
communicates of the church over
seventeen years of age was called to
the front. In much the same pro-
portion the Moravians of England
and France, Russia and Austria
have shouldered arms and so the
same German influence which
threatened its life at the beginning
bids fair after five centuries to be
the cause of its final disappearance.
What John Huss stood for in the
natter of freedom of conscience has
The Washington times., 1915-07-07
0ERMANY'S SUBMARINES

Whateyer Germany's reply to our
message is to be it is perfectly plain
that it is not to include a concession
that will eliminate the submarine as
a weapon of offense against the
craft of the allies. According to
dispatches from Berlin, via The
Hague, the weekly output Of the
German shipyards is two of the
latest type of submarine boats, of
larger size and wider range of
cruising than the submarines of any
OF the earth's navies. These are
certainly not being built for storage
nor will Germany render them use
less by conceding any demands
which would serve to materially
cripple the sole offensive force
which she has on the seas.
The Washington times., 1915-07-07
CAPITALS POSTAL SERVICE

We estimated Postmaster Praeger
just right. He will oppose to his ut
most any curtailment in the postal
service now being rendered to the
Washington public.
If the idea of the commission is,
rs was stated yesterday, to stand
ardize the mail service of Washing
ton to fit the conditions of some
Western cities which receive only
two important mails a day, it will
Nnd itself with fight on its hands.
What Washington wants and what
We may, depend upon Mr.. Praeger
TO stand for is the best postal SER
vice in any city in the country.
The Washington times., 1915-07-07
u. S. Passports Faxed
In Copenhagen Factory

HILADELPHIA. July Prom a
confessed German spy. leader of a
band Of eight operating in England,
comes the admission that there is in
Copenhagen a German owned factory
turning out counterfeit, American pass
ports for the use of German spies.
His American passport, according
to his own words, was obtained from
the German consul at Rotterdam, in
whose office he saw other fraudulent
passports in blank. The confessed spy
witr six of his band. now are secretly
imprisoned in London.
This was learned today from DIR. f.
KibCurne Tullidge, Philadelphia
surge on, who returned Monday after he
had served with the Austrian army as
surgeon since December.
The Washington times., 1915-07-07
POSTMASTERS

Announcement is made of the
automatic increase of salaries of
1925 postmasters and the coincident
decrease in the salaries of 1929
others-all the readjustments being
based upon the amount of business
at each particular postoffice.
Nobody will object to this
business-like method of rearrang-
ing the pay of postmasters.
Would anybody except a few
hort-sighted politicians object if
the postmasters Were put altogether
upon a business basis?
We have the absurdity of the
presidential postoffice," which
means that when a postmaster gets
The Washington times., 1915-07-07
TRAFFIC IN LIQUOR
SEIZED BY BRITAIN
Government Will Control Sale OF
lntoxicants in Munitions
Supply Centers.

LONDON. July 7.-Under the powers
conferred by the defense of the realm
act the British government today by
an order In council decided to take over
the control of the sale and supply OF
liquors in many districts where war
material Is being made and loaded, un-
loaded. or otherwise dealt with.
The districts affected include the city
of Bristol and surrounding towns, Avon
mouth, New Haven. southampton. New
port, Cardiff, Barry. Barrow-in Fur
ness, Liverpool and adjoining towns.
and most of the munition and ship
building centers in Yorkshire.
Members of parliament of all parties
have undertaken a campaign to thank
the employers and workmen In mum
ton contracts for the work they al
ready have done, and to urge upon
them the vital Importance OF turning
out as great a quantity of munitions
as the country is capable of producing.
The Washington times., 1915-07-07

the movement is taking hold there. and
we begin to have reports of disaster to
Japanese firms.
1t is to he borne in mind. of course,
that whatever effect the movement may
have on Japanese goods is purely incl
dental. There is absolutely no anti
Japanese boycott in China. The word
Of the Chinese government is solemnly
pledged for that. The most stringent
instructions have gone forth to all the
provincial authorities to stamp out ut
terly any such movement and to punish
vigorously any who might be tempted
20 undertake 1t. 1t may be relied upon
that the anti-Japanese boycott is dead.
But the Society for the Propagation
OF the Use of Chinese Goods and the
Society for the Protection OF Chinese
Trade are both in a very hourishing
condition. Both are giving daily evil
dence of high average of Chinese pa
triotism, and surely that is a matter
which even the Japanese government
must admire.
Copyright 1915. The caiesEO TrINunsl
The Washington times., 1915-07-07
A. E. Shoemaker to Tell
Anti-Saloon League of
Excise Board Probe

A review of the Senate committee S
investigation of the District Excise
Board will be made to the national con-
vention of the Anti-Saloon League OF
America in session in Atlantic City this
week by A. f. Shoemaker, attorney for
the District league. who assisted th-
Senators in their probe.
Mr.. Shoemaker has reported the Dis
trict anti-saloon activities to all the
national conventions of the league held
during the past sixteen years except
one. held during a period when he was
too Ill to attend. The District work
also will be referred to in an address
before the convention by Andrew VIII
son. president of the District Anti-Sa-
loon League.
The Washington times., 1915-07-07
Cheap Coffin Hurts
Feelings of Widow

READING. Pa, July 7.-Because rela-
tves of Henry Manwiller. manager of
hotels here and in Atlantic City until
last year, proposed TO bury him in a
cheap coffin. his widow brought suit to
stop burial, offering to pay the burial
cost herself Judge Endlich ruled that
the widow was entitled to arrange
funeral details. and postpone burial.
the funeral services. After the rites
she picked out fine coffin and ordered
burial in a different cemetery. The
couple had been estranged, but had
planned to live together after this
month
The Washington times., 1915-07-07
John L. Calls Gen. Miles
"Strutting Old Peacock"


NEW YORK, July THE
following message has been
sent to the Anti-Saloon
League convention by John.
L. Sullivan. II is a reply to
the action of General Miles
declining to preside at the
, convention If Sullivan was
to speak. General Miles
afterward, Withdrew his OBJ
lection. Sullivan wrote:
NEW YORK, July 6.
ITO Chairman Anti-Saloon
League Convention, At
lantic City, N. j.:
81 have no desire to address
convention where bigotry
and narrow-mindedness hold
sway with apretense of doing
good, and which is presided
over by a.: arrogant, preju-
diced, self-centred, strutting
old peacock now in his dot
age. | have never been
jealous Of any fighter. Why
should Miles be jealous Of
me?
Yours for temperance,
JOHN L. SULLIVAN"
The Washington times., 1915-07-07
Falls From Bridge Causes
Mans Death in Hospital

A fall from a bridge at Kensington is
believed to have been responsible for
the death earlv today OF John Manley.
thirty. at Emergency Hospital. where
he was taken yesterday after being
found unconscious beneath the bridge
He had a fracture at the base of his
skull. and was injured internally Let
ters in his pocket showed that he had
sister who was member of the
order Of st. Joseph in Wheeling, w. Va.
The Washington times., 1915-07-07
Company Agrees to Sell
Car Lines to Detroit

DETROIT. July 7.-Orficers of the
Detroit United Railway, which operates
the street railway system of Detroit
have agreed to sell the city lines of the
company to the city of Detroit.
The approval of the directors and
counsel of the railway company was
communicated in a letter written by
President j. c. Hutchins to the city
street railway commission.
The terms provide for vote of the
people on the question. The price is
to be fixed by the circuit court.
The Washington times., 1915-07-07

Few people who do not make a
study of the railroads ard what they
do for the country, what services
they perform and at what cost, ap-
preciate the problems of the worlds
greatest industry and civilizations
greatest factor.
The Washington times., 1915-07-07

in latter times, at least when condi-
tions of peace prevail, come to be
the universally accepted doctrine of
civilization. 1t was a great service
that the Bohemian reformer did for
the world and no nation, no people,
Mas reaped greater benefits than
have we of America.
The Washington times., 1915-07-07
California Shows Gain
In Its Gold Production

Gain in gold production in California a
during tie first half of 1915 is shown
in a report today by the United States
Geological Survey. The United States
mint at San FranCisCo and smelters
and refners in California received
S5qS S22 more California gold in the first
hNc months 5f 1915 than in the cor
responding period of 1914.
The Washington times., 1915-07-07

For lingual efforts, the tower of
Babel must have sounded like a CON-
versation between two mutes in COM
parison to a Sengalese attack on a
Turkish trench.
The Washington times., 1915-07-07
MANY EVENTS LISTED
FOR CAPITAL TODAY
Meetings ard Entertainments to
Be He'd in Every Section Of
City by Various Societies. ,
Today.

Concert. United States Soldiers Home Rand.
bandstand, $40 p. m.
Day Nursery meeting. oak room. Raleigh
Hotel. 1890 a. IN.
Meeting Mutual Life Insurance Company.
oak room. Raleigh Hotel. 1880 2. m.
Meeting. Washington District Epworth
League, McKendree NJ. 4. Church. Massa-
chusetts avenue and Tenth street north
west p. m.
Mssonic,Washington Centennial, No. IL;
Osiris, No. 26; King Solomon. No. 81; poto-
mac. No 3. Knights Templar.
Odd Fellows-Eastern No. 7; Harmony, No.
3: Friendships No. 12: Federal City, No. 20:
Assembly Home Circle Mt. Nebo. No. 6,
encampment.
knights OF Pythias-Mt. Vernon, No g.:
Equal, No. IT; Briendship Temple. No. o.
Pythian Sisters.
Royal Arcanum-Francis Scott Key Council.
Meetings, General NJ. Emmet Urell Camp
No. 3. United Spanish War Veterans 110i
Il street northwest s p. m
Memorial meeting, under the auspices of
Ahanas Zion and Louis d. Brandeis socie
ties. In Adas Israel Synagogue, Sixth and
streets northwest, s p. m.
carnival. beneft Of Petworth NJ. f. Church.
Taylor street and Georgia avenue north
west, p. m.
Colored mass meeting. Metropolitan Baptist
Church. r street between Twelfth and
Thirteenth streets northwest, s p. m.
The Washington times., 1915-07-07

Monday would have been a safe
and sane Fourth if it weren't for
the canoe, automobile, swimming
and yachting accidents.
The Washington times., 1915-07-07
Tomorrow,

Ladies' Night. National Press Club roof
garden. musical program. s p. IN.
Meeting. District Suffrage League. Peoples
Forum, Eighth street and Market Square.
D. IN.
Masonic-The New Jerusalem No O.
odd Fellows-Salem. No. %: Columbia, No.
10: Covenant No 12
knights Of Pythias-Harmony. No. 81.
Observation-Disclosures Tent. No. g.
No. 6.
Royal Arcanum-Kismet Council. Capitol
Council
knights OF Colurnbus-Carroll Council Keane
Council.
National Union-w shington Council. Fra
ternal Council
Modern woodmen OF America-A r. Talbot
Camp. No. 1872
Meeting. Georgia State Society. Raleigh Ho-
tel.
Concert Fifth Cavalry Band. Dupont Circle,
1880 p. IN.
The Washington times., 1915-07-07

Recent slide at Culebra en-
phasizes the great difficulty of pre-
venting the Panama canal from also
passing through the Panama canal.
The Washington times., 1915-07-07

Figuring from the present dead
lock condition of affairs, Harry Thaw
should announce his great 1916
spring drive before Lord Kitchener
and Clark Griffith beat him to it.
The Washington times., 1915-07-07

Red Cross statistics prove the
only really sanitary humane bullet
is the one that gets clogged in the
barrel.
The Washington times., 1915-07-07

Wiring for $4,000, and Moreover,
getting it, convinces US that Huerta
is gilded bird in a cage.
The Washington times., 1915-07-07

General Orozco has escaped into
Mexico, just reversing the usual di-
rection of Mexican escapes.
The Washington times., 1915-07-07

The New York girl who attempted
suicide because she was tongue-tied,
doesn't realize what a prize she
would be in the matrimonial market.
The Washington times., 1915-07-07
MR.. ELLlOTT'S RAILROAD
FACTS

Mr.. Howard Elliott of The New
Haven road did a rather unusual
thing. He punctuated a Fourth of
July address with a few facts.
Naturally his facts related to rail-
roads and coming from Mr.. Elliott
those facts are worth giving more
circulation than is furnished by a
Peterboro, N. H., audience. The
most striking thing about the facts
are that they have been reduced
FROM statistical totals to a form
that the lay mind can grasp with
out trouble. For instance, Mr.. Ell
lott said:
In the United States there were in
1914, 2o2,959 miles of railroad, or SOL
miles for every 100 square miles of ter
ndtory and one mile of railroad for every
The total revenues of the roads for
that year were 1904, ,O19, ,9O6 and the ex-
penses s2,196,754. 900, and the balance,
S'o: 90 sS, was returned to the people
limited amount of dividends
Once year, if the transportation
OF the railroads could be divided
equally among the inhabitants, every
man, woman and child would get a
ride of $50 miles and would be able
to have n ton of whatever they
chose hauled 1887 miles. The an
nual average of freight haul per
person ir other countries was de-
clared to be.
The Washington times., 1915-07-07
Bible Students Making
Rag Dolls for War Babies

NEW YORK. July About $500
pupils in the Daily Vacation Bible
School Association are making rag dolls
to send to the war babies of Europe.
The Washington times., 1915-07-07

But mere was the Climax Of Mr..
Elliott's speech:
The American roads perform
greater work in moving the products of
this country than do the roads of any
other country, and they do II for less.
These are the average rates charged FOR
handling 1000 pounds Of freight one mile:
The Washington times., 1915-07-07
Boycott Not a Boycott, But
Merely Patriotic Use Of
Chinese Goods.
TOKYO MAKES PROTEST
Chinese Demonstrate Entirely
New Method Of Removing
Hide From Cat.
By OSCAR KING DAVIS.

PEKING. China, June 4,-It has lont
been recognized as a fact. even by thu
small boys OF tho United Statesr that Il
1t is really desired to remove the hide Of
a cat there are more ways of doing Il
than one. This ancient adage is now
receiving a new and conclusive proof
in China.
When is boycott not a boycott
China has answered that question also
1t is when It has turned into a ra
tional movement Cor tho propagation {;
native trade. or something of thai
character.
China has not yet demonstrated the
exact number Of methods of removing
the feline hide. but she has added tc
the experiments and the literature or
the subject.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-06-03
CONSIDER THE EDITOR.
N. N. 3. in Exchange.

Consider the editor. He wear
eth purple and fine linen. His
abode is among the mansions of
the rich. His wife has her limou-
sine and his first born sporteth a
racing car that can hit her up in
forty flat.
Lo! All the people breaketh
their necks to hand him money.
A child is horn unto the wife of
a merchant in the bazaar. The
physician getteth ten shiny gold
en- plunks. The editor writeth a
stick and half and telleth the
multitude that the child tippeth
the scales at nine pounds. Yea,
he lleth even as a centurion.
And the proud father giveth him
a cremo.
Behold, the young one grow
eth up and graduateth. And the
editor putteth into his paper a
swell notice. He telleth of the
wisdom of the young woman, and
of her exceeding comeliness.
Like unto the roses of Sharon
she and her gown is played up
in fiower-scented words. And
the dressmaker getteth two score
and four iron men. And the ed
itor getteth a note of thanks
from the S. S. G..
The daughter goeth on a Jour
ney. And the editor throweth
himself on the story Of the fare
well party. 1t runneth a column,
solid. And the fair one re-
membereth him from afar with
a picture postal card that costeth
six for a jitney.
Behold, she returneth and the
youth of the city fall down and
worship. She picketh and Lo,
she picked a lemon. But the
editor calleth him one of our
most promising young men and
getteth away with it. And they
send unto him bid to the we'd
ding feast and behold, the bids
are fashioned bv Muntgummery
Hawbuck, in a far city.
Flowery and long is the we'd
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-06-03
NOTHING SATISFACTORY
ABOUT GERMAN REPLY

Germany's reply to the Ameri-
can note sent after the sinking
of the Lusitania was delivered
Saturday to Ambassador Gerard
at Berlin. 1t does not specifically
answer the American representa-
tion concerning the sinking of
the Lusitania and discontinuance
of present methods of submarine
warfare. These points are left
for settlement in future nego-
tiations. Germany expresses
regret for attack on American
vessels, which are said to have
been unintentional. Compen-
sation is offered in cases in which
Germany is shown to have been
at fault, and reference to The
Hague of disputed cases is sug-
gested.
Germany sets up the assump-
ton, as basis for negotiations,
that the LuSitania was British
naval auxiliary, carrying mount
ed guns as we'll as troops and
war munitions, and that it was
violation Of American law to
carry passengers on her. The
United States is asked what
steps, if any, it has taken to
induce Great Britain to depart
from it's policy of cutting off
Germany's importations of food
supply, provided Germany aban-
dons her submarine attacks on
merchantmen, a settlement Ger
many has indicated her willing
ness to discuss.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-06-03
Frank Case Again.

The hearing on Leo M. Franks s
application of communication of
sentence of death to life i'm
prisonment, which began in
Atlanta before the State Prison
Commission Monday morning
was completed late in the day.
1t is expected that the COM
missions recommendation to the
Governor will be transmitted by
the last of this week, or within
ten days at the latest, and the
Governor then will take final
action in the case. No one ap-
peared to argue in opposition to
Franks application. The princi-
pal feature of the proceedings
was a letter written a few
months before his death by
Judge l.. S. Roam, who presided
at Frrnk's trial, in which he
sought clemency for the prisoner.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-06-03
"Chicora College for Women. "

Trustees of Chicora college,
comprising now both the Chicora
plant in Greenville and the Col
lege for Women property in
Columbia. issued a statement
yesterday, as the outcome of a
final conference in Columbia, in
which they said that their for
mer recommendation to the
Dresbyteries, that Chicora be re-
moved to Columbia ''or sub
urbs" and that the name be
changed to "Chicora College for
Women" had been ''reaffirmed"
and that the board ''hopes and
believes" the presbyteries will
adopt this recommendation and
give the college in it's new To-
cation their enthusiastic and
constant support" The state
ment refers also to "a tentative
effort looking to an issue of bonds
with which to finance the college
in it's new location" and says
the trustees heartily appreciate
the encouragement already
given them" in that effort. The
State, Friday.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-06-03
Willard is Making Money.

Jess Willard, worlds pugilistic
champion, was in Chicago a few
days ago and in reply to ques-
ton, his manager, Tom Jones.
said:
well, say, let me tell you
something. Jess is drawing a
guarantee of $1,000 for every
day and his contract calls for
100 days. He is given more
than that when the gate returns
show above a certain amount,
and he has not drawn less than
81, 200 for any of the II days he
has been on the road. That, too,
in spite of the fact that we've
run into rain everywhere" H."
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-06-03
Receives Appointment.

Capt. Thos. B. Spratt, of the
local military organization, sew
eral days ago received official
notice of his appointment as
regimental quartermaster, po-
sition which has been held for a
number of years by Capt. Willis,
of Yorkville. The promotion of
Capt. Spratt is in keeping with
the policy of the administration
to advance those men who most
deserve promotion. Capt. Spratt
has been at the head of the local
company for Is years, having
been elected captain one year
after the organization of the
company by Capt. w. r. Brad
ford. Private F. M. Mack re-
ceived an appointment as quar-
termaSter sergeant.
The appointment of Capt.
Spratt will elevate to the COM
mand of the Fort Mill company,
First Lieutenant S. w. Parks,
who has also held his position
for the last Is years and who is
known as one of the States best
informed militiamen. Second
Lieutenant J. M. White, is in
line for the first lieutenancy, and
a second lieutenant will be
elected along with captain and
a first lieutenant in an election
to be ordered in few days.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-06-03
Militia Gets Government Money.

The reorganization of the Ma
tional Guard of this State and
the reduction by survey of the
property shortage charged by
the war department against it
from $104, 900 to $40, 600 was sat
isfactory, according to a letter
received Monday by Governor
Manning from the Secretary of
War. The State militia can now
obtain Federal appropriation of
about $4,000 for supplies for
the fiscal year, which has been
held up pending adjustment of
the property shortage.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-06-03
A Happy Meetins.

There was a happy meeting
of kinsmen on Fort Mills Main
street Sunday afternoon, when
Mr.. w. c. Young, of De Land,
Fla, ajghted from the train and
met Mr.. A. A. Young, one of
the towns best known residents.
The Messrs. Young are brothers,
and the meeting Sunday was
the first in about % years. Mr..
Young, of De Land, was once a
resident of this place, but has
been in Florida for many years.
In conversation with friend,
he related that it had been some
forty-odd years since his last
visit to Fort Mill, at which time
the population of the town num-
bered grand total of sixteen
souls. A great part of the pres
ent area of the town was then
covered in woods, and Mr..
Young stated that he had shot
many squirrels from the big oak,
in front of the Thompson Hotel,
which was blown down in last
weeks storm.
Mr.. Young's visit here was
in the nature of a stop-over, ne
being enroute to Richmond to
represent his home camp in the
reunion Of the United Con-
federate Veterans. He left
Monday evening for Richmond.