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The Washington times., 1915-01-02
THE WORLD DO MOVE

Less than a decade ago peace was
made between Japan and Russia af-
ter tremendously costly war.
Today Russia and Japan are in
effect allies. Japanese are even to
be admitted to fight in the Russian
armies, it is reported. Japan is CO.
operating with Russia in the use of
the trans-Siberian railroad to bring
supplies and munitions into Russia
by way Of the back door through
which the empire looks out on the
Pacific.
A year ago Great Britain was the
greatest foreign buyer of German
wares, persistently maintaining a
free-trade policy that opened its
markets with all generosity to Ger
man trade.
Today Great Britain is diligently
engaged in driving German COM
merce off the seas and trying to
starve Germany.
A little more than a decade ago
France and Great Britain were on
the point Of war over the Fashoda
incident.
Today they are allies in arms, and
Britain is sending two millions OF
men to fight for France.
Things change with marvellous
rapidity in this world; even the
greatest and most immobile OF
them.
What new alignments of interests
and sympathies may be expected
when this greatest Of wars shall
have spent itself and the new dispo
sitions may be seriously considered
The Washington times., 1915-01-02

present we're Mr. and Mrs. Charles e.
Ralph Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Zimmerman.
Merit Zimmerman. the Misses Mildred
Armstrong, HaacI Forbes, Edith L.
Go"dacrc, Mildred Johnston, Marion
Re endaN. Hester Shorey, Edna c. White,
aud rarlSins Birthright- George +:
Brown ,Jr. Denslow Esgleston. Harold
Gosorn, Homer 4. Greenfield, Philip
Mckcnncy. and Alden H. Whitney.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. E. Stansbury gave
;her eafy 81 Ssw aeas
making and music and recitations.
Among the guests were Mr.. and Mrs.
?; A. Mitchell. Miss Ray stansbury.
Mitchell; Mr.. and Mrs. p. e. Hardester.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Smallwood. Mr.. and
Mrs. Bowersox. Mr.. and Mrs. J. F..
stansbury. p. Scala. J. Scala. A. Nell
SON. L. Graves, NJ. Duvall, c. Lpm-
and Mrs: G. F. shipley, G. J. Merquer.
". NJ. Richardson. Wilson Clark. II.
Nermillion. G. A. Downs. Mr.. and Mrs.
". Ownss. J. Williams. Miss Irene
: pumphrey. Miss B. Weaver. Miss vii.
Miss J: Thomas. Mrs. r. Jarboe. Miss
X. Jarboe, and Miss Mazel Smallwood.
-
Among the people present at the last
lecture OF the Alliance Francaise were
Nine. Jusserand. Hon. Henry White
Mrs. Crozier. Mrs. Lodge, NJ. Scherbats
! koy. the Misses Cullen, Mr.. and Mrs
W. II. Baldwin. Mrs. Gibson Fahne
| stock. Miss kibbey. Miss Hartman
| Miss Z. 4: koon. Owing to the Hines.
| OF his child. the official lecturer, M
! .tndrc lie Breton. professor at the Uni
Nersity OF Bordeaux. will be unable I,
give lecture on Thursday, January :,
The Washington times., 1915-01-02
SUNDAY EAST AGAIN

The Reverend Billy Sunday arrives
in Philadelphia today, and plunges
at once into the great revival cam
paign planned for that town. He has
Just closed a six weeks crusade in
Des Moines. That highly animated
town of 100000 people didn't make
pretcnse of doing anything except
listen to and talk about Sunday while
no was there.
Dcs Moincs was once the head
quarters of anti-prohibition liberal
ism in Iowa. 1t is one of the few
places in the State that still permit
saloons. But before Sunday had been
a week out Of the city the town
council had voted to close all saloons
February Is. OF the five members
of the council-they call it a COM
mission in Des Moines-the differ
ences of opinion were represented by
the fact that two members insisted
on shutting the saloons January I,
while three were desirous Of giving
the saloons till February IL. The
later date won, and now the liquor
people are rushing to court for an
injunction. If they get it, the prom
ise is, the town will find other
means; it's determined on a dry
spell.
If Sunday should accomplish such
results in Philadelphia, and then
move on Broadway--but imagina-
to, JocI;pes IN n,,rSue tho thenoe'
The Washington times., 1915-01-02
Social Events.

Miss Eugenia j1olcombc. daughter Of
Mr. and Mrs. John Walker Holcombe,
was hostess at a bufYet luncheon for
twenty-five guests today in compliment
10 the Misses Scriven. daughters Of Gen
and Mrs. Scriven. and their house guest,
Miss Cornelia Macdonald, of Louisville.
s.
Mrs. David Jayne Hill is receiving i'll
formally this afternoon at he rhone in
Massachusetts avenue. assisted by q
number OF friends, This is the first OF
a series of "At Homes" which Mrs.
Hill will give during the winter.
-
Commander and Mrs. William IL. Rey-
roIds entertained at a reception yester-
day afternoon. Commander Reynolds.
who Is on sea duty, is in Washington
for a few days
Capt and Mrs. William t.. Fassctt
were hosts at an cggnosg party yes
tcrday afternoon.
Miss May Power Will entertain in,
formally at bridge on the afternoon y:
January s, in honor OF Mrs. Reid Hun,
and Mrs. Hsnn's IsyIoF'
Mrs. &. II. T. Lowndes mas cards Out
for bridge on JanuarY H. It "I0S Il
street.
The vaudeville performance a. Tho
Playhouse this afternoon for III. b1HS'
III Of the belgian relief sund will at
tract fashionable audience. Tea anc
formance. The program viii consist o
, several dances, songs, . nonolocIe.
caparst scene. and "a short play. Anon;
tho-s who WV t"k" ~ IN the r1hare
The Washington times., 1915-01-02
OUR GOLD CAPACITY

IN this business opening Of the
new year consider gold.
No country on earth held any
thing like the gold we had here in
the United States when Europe be-
gan to call loudly upon us for some
of ours.
In May, June, and Julyprettynesrly
slO0,OoO,OOO in gold went to France,
which was drawing heavily from
England as we'll. The outward food
went on with more than $4,000, 900
in August, s22, 100000 in September.
and s5O,OOO,OOO in October. AS late
as November $14,5OO,o0O more
flowed away.
But we still have gigantic sup.
ply Of gold. Nobody knows how
high it is. We do know that gold
coin and certificates were in cir.
culation on December to the
amount of $l,566, ,OOO,O that the
Treasury owned Oh July Ia $780,
100000 reserve against notes anc
enough more to total more thar
S2S4,OOO, 900; that the gold held ir
the Treasury--including the $3.50,
100000 reserve, the metal in trust
for holders of gold certificates ant
free gold-had fallen only from ST.,
330,o0O,0 900 in May 20 SLIGO, ,000, ,O0(
on November 10.
- % know. tco, that gold is al
The Washington times., 1915-01-02

ways coming into this country. Even
when rivers Of it were running away
from us from May to the end Of
November rivulets were flowing in
as during the rest Of the year.
We received from abroad nearly
s2,O00,000 of gold in May, nearly
100000 in June, more than
$3,oO0,00O in July, S3,O00,00o in Au-
gust, more than $3,75O,0O0 in Sep
tember. nearly $6,O00,O0O in October
and more than S7,0O0,00O in Novem-
Der.
While we were sending out some
1926, 100000 in gold during the
whole year we were taking in some
s5s, 100000.
And now the need Of gold exports
has ceased. Every day we are pill
ing up huge foreign trade credits.
The balances in our favor abroad
must be taken care of by foreigners
in some way.
However they make their settle
ments we can be sure that our vast
stock of gold, already far surpass-
ing any other in Christendom, will
not be drained again; it will be
swclled.
Consider gold, the agency Of in
ternational finance. We have the
gold to finance ourselves and many
others. We shall gain gold as the
days Of the war run on.
Can we not to certainty not only
feed and clothe but finance prodigi-
ously nations and races near and
far? Shall we not? UnquestionabIy,
ves'
The Washington times., 1915-01-02
'Tail-Board Delivery"
Decision FaVOrs Roads

The Interstate Commerce Commission
today handed down its opinion in the
"tail-board" delivery cases, affectins
every teamster and business house in
the country. Deciding against tho New
York. Philadelphia and Cincinnati team
owners associations, the commissioi
held that the methods adopted by rail
roads in handling incoming and out
going package freight arc rcasonabl'.
The teamsters claimed the railroads did
not separate the freight SO as to maxi,
it accessible for their drivers.
The Washington times., 1915-01-02
Entertains 81 Tramps
AT Roast Beef Dinner

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2.-Carryi:Ig
out the wish expressed in the will OF
her husband that no stranger be turn
ed from the house without rcceivins
shelter and food" Mrs. Abbie NJ. Par
rott entertained eighty-sevcn trampS at
haywood. her fashionable HillsborouGr
home. The tramps were given warm
beds 20 sleep in and their dinner Of
roast beef
The Washington times., 1915-01-02
in Paraguay;
President Is Seized

RpENOS AIRES. Jan. La rrensa
prints d dispatch stating that z revolu-
ton has broken out in Paraguay, an
artillery regiment having taken the
tielJ.
The dispatch reads that Dr Edua, do
Scherer. president OF the republic IS a
orisoner
The Washington times., 1915-01-02
New Zeppelin Drops
Trial Bombs in lake

BASEL. Jan. 2-Another now Zeppelin
has left Fricdrichshafen for an un-
known destination after several trials
over Lake Constance, in which torpedo-
shaped bombs were dropped at floatins
targets.
1t Is runnored air bases will be estab-
lished at Namur, Antwerp, Hamburg.
and I<iel, to be ready for an extensive
aerial invasion Of England
The Washington times., 1915-01-02
ut doesn't take
the Moo Year
long t. forgit that
we helped t well
come it in"

Princeton professor says it is illus
o.y presumptuousness TO speak Of dis
armament Mistletoe must still be up
in the profs residence.
House naval affairs subcommittee is
in favor OF big reserve. Probably had
forgotten to get their table in advance
last New Year Eve.
FIJI Ho! Hum! Holidays are all over
Santa Claus will put his whiskers back
In the sofa cushion.
And New Year merrymakers will drop
their horns and pick up the hammers.
The Washington times., 1915-01-02

Doc Osborne says the human race
hasn't improved in 1:5,ooo yearr. That
is an awful bunch Of news to recover
from.
Girl-bride's admonition not 10 marry
elderly men Will doubtless be needed
by tho next graduating class at Annap-
oils.
A glance at the leading Eskimo news
paper fails to disclose any violations
Of neutrality.
The Washington times., 1915-01-02
Police to Enforce Law
Against Glaring Lights

Enforcement Of the new regulation
prohibiting the use Of glarins light
on automobiles and other vehicles on
other than business streets will be
started by the police tonight. Ac-
cording to the regulation, lights OF
more than 100 candlepower will be
adjudged a violation Of the law.
In inforcing the new ordinance the
police will be assisted by the force OF
the electrical department Of the Dis
trirf
The Washington times., 1915-01-02
Rescue l3 From Bark.

PENSACOLA. Fla. Jan. Life
savers rescued the thirteen members
Of the crew Of the italian bark
Giuseppe Niacays. which Was driven
ashore off Pensacola ligh ;house dur.
ing Es'e.
The Washington times., 1915-01-02
Carnegie Gives $25,O0O
To Big Wellesley Fund

BOSTON. Jan. 2.-That Wellesley Col
lege has obtained its restoration and
endowment fund Of $2.4so,o0o, was ar
nounced after q meeting Of the trustees.
One of the latest gifts was $25,000
from Andrew Carnegie for enlargement
OF tile library.
The Washington times., 1915-01-02
The Silver
Lining
Edited BY ARTHUR BAER.
SUNK.
The DREADNAEGHT
ESOLCTIONS.

) Admiralty reports the "Rcso- ::
, lutions' was sunk from the ::
, inside. :;
> The Resolutions" was Of :;
) the superdreadnaught type, ::
, launched January I. 1915. :;
, She was heavily armored ::
, with nine-inch pledges below :;
, and above the water line. :.
, The "Resolutions'' carried I
, the heaviest repeating types Of .
: refusing Nbattcries known TO :
. modern warfare. :,
. In spite Of the adrrtraity's :
> statement there is some suspi- I.
. cion that she was hit below :
> the water line. /.
. The vessel is resting easily :
. on An uncharted bar. and may :
: be foated again. though this :
? is doubtful. .
. Tho "Resolutions" was de- :
|. parture in marine architec- .
!. ture. ~ she carried no smoke .
? stacks. these being sworn OF. :
2 too.
The Washington times., 1915-01-02
What S on the Program. in
Washington

Today.
Odd PeileWs-PatrisrChs MililsLlt social 50.
sion.
National Cnien-Government Printing Onlcs
Council. installation Of officers
Socialist Party-Social and luncheon. G1 "
street northwest. . to 10 p. M.
Club night, University Club. Charles W
Russell. guest, p. m.
Meeting. Society for Philosophical Inquiry
west study room, Public Library. i;4s
Annual dinner Past Masters Association
Hotel Hudson, D.; m,
Tea dance Mrs Hawkcswortl! and Mrs.
Grorer. New willard.
Dance. Theta Sigma Fraterplty, oak room
Raleigh
Meeting. Washington Society OF rins Art'
auditorium, New National Museum, 8 ~. III.
Meeting, Pennsylr ania Society o. NsshinS
ton, Pythan Temple, y. m
The Washington times., 1915-01-02
AmuScments,

NationaI-'.Ade @:l6 and SD y. Il,
Bela sco-"Too MANY Cooks go ard SO
Columbia wIndermeres Ian Us
polts9"Bis jim Garrity,", c:L and Sis >
m. =, ,.,,, 90 , or
Cnxn,os-Vaudeville. continuous
Casino-Vaudeville, continuous.
Gsvaty- Buresuuc 2:l5 and S:l5 .. m.
Ms;estic-Burlesque. 2:l5 and S:lo D. n.
Strsnd-Photoplsy II a. m. TO II p. IN.
a. rden- Photoplays, IL q. m. TO " .. N
Crandall's-Photoplsys. II a. m. to II D. IN.
The Washington times., 1915-01-02
Tomorrow.

Lecture. WHY the High Cost Of L,vns"
Clarence II. Taylor, OF baltimore Was
ington Secular League, Pythian Temple,
vesp.r service opening new Y, W. g. .
Headquarters, fourtecnth and q stree
northwest. $50 p. m.
Concert benefit OF Hebrew war sufferers !1
Europe and Palestine, Polls TNea,er, S 90
r. NJ.
Meeting Washington branch Of the WolnaU {.
Movement for Constructive Peace, New
Willard. y. M.
Lecture character and Environ nent
William ID. Mackenzie, SoCialis, "lrr,
the Distric' 81 u street nurthOcs'. 81.
Concert, Unr.d states soaierS Home bTa
S.sr'-v View Su'1i"rT' Hr7r- - y
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-30
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES

Under the title Paris Red and
Black-and Cold" Estelle Loomis,
whose first story about war -shadowed
Paris in the January Century had the
thrill and ardor of fiction though it's
basis was fact, will show, the
emotional phases through which the
most beloved and the most sensitive
city in the world has passed since the
beginning of the war.
The Serio-Comic Profession" is a
book addressed to writers and to such
others as may be interested in them
and their work. 1t contains Mr. de
Bekker's interview on journalism with
Chester s. Lord, Boss" Lord of the
Sun, originally published in the New
York Evening Post, new and timely
essays on Copyright, the Cost of Max
ing Books, the Passing of the Story
Weekly Human Interest" ETC., The
Confessions of Music Critic" which
appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, and
several papers presenting unusual ele-
ments in the life of the literary
worker. The author has been a news
paper man, writer of books and pub
fishers hack for twenty-five years
lie has attempted to show in these
sketches, most of which are in
light vein. that the Profession of Let
ters is serio-comic because the mid
dlemen are permitted to reap all the
material rewards.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-30
"PITILEss PUBLICITY.

TIME most ubiquitous form of pitt
Z i less publicity" fostered by the
administration is that Of the
Democratic campaign publicity bureau
in the Department of Commerce.
Since the passage of the Underwood
tariff law the Department of Com
merce has been to the perpetrators of
that outrage the object Of their ten
derest solicitude. Every wish Of the
department has been indulged;. every
recommendation of Secretary Redfield
has met with congressional sanction.
The reason for this partiality is be-
coming more and more apparent as
the months roll on. Secretary Redfield
is the anointed champion of the Demo-
cratic tariff policy. He has comman-
deered the Bureau of Foreign and Do
mestic Commerce (''the spearhead of
the department" as he terms it) and
has pressed government employees into
service. With a generous allowance
from Congress, dipped from the public
purse, he is running as busy a little
Democratic campaign publicity bureau
as one could wish to see.
Note the following items in the ap-
propriations for the Department of
Commerce for the fiscal year 1916:
ITO further promote and develop the
foreign and domestic commerce of the
United States, $4,000; field investi-
cations at home and abroad. $4,000;
to promote and develop the commerce
of the United States with South and
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-30
HYMN TO THE SEA


By Frederick Arnold Hummer
Great Mother of the race, from whose
quick womb
We crawled with timid eyes into the
sun
Reptilian shapes, born of thy upfiung
spume,
Look thou with pride on that which
we have done.
Upon Earth's face. with cyclopean
hand
We have writ large, in letters graved
in stone,
The message of our strength. The
rock-ribbed land
Thou couldst not conquer, we have
made our own.
Great cities have the built, their stub
born walls
Set firm against thy swift-encroach-
ing tide.
Blood of thy blood we come to thee
who calls
An offspring worthy of thy strength
and pride.
Lanes have we carved across thy sui
len breast -.
Despite the scorging of thy foam
lashed whips;
Does it enrage thee. thus to break thy
rest
That thou shouldst be so hungry for
our ship?
A bitter toll thy Seven Seas shall take;
The silent forms lie thick about thy
What answer wilt thou to thy children
make
When thou art summoned to give up
thy dead?
We love thee, hate thee, fear thee in
thy might,
Yet with a smile we straightway are
beguiled--
o courtezan. whom none may read
Alright.
Why dost thou turn and smite thine
ancient child?
In garb of gold and purple, blue and
Thou lurest us to come to thee and
rest;
The flashing sword beneath thy silver
How lightly dost thous plunge it in
our breast!
Great mother, from whose womb our
life we drew
Well have we labored--well our
task have done.
Yet all our hands have wrought to
thee is due
The strength thou gavest hath our
victories won.
Blood of our blood, we greet thee in
thy might
Breath of our breath, give to US
strength again
Life of our life, be with us in our
fight
Hail to thee. Mother of the race of
men!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-30
"sToRK NEWsn M RHYME

The Seneca Kicker. printed in venan-
go county, is the only paper in the
World w hi regularly publishing the birth Of
need. The latest follows:
4 bumper crop of babies, this
And sure we ask no greater bliss
Ihah JUST the chance to rhyme them
And all their infant charms to tell
The, first upon our list we guess
Is this wee bunch of blessedness.
For Marion Moore and wife a SON.
W holl one day rise to fame well won.
freedom, Pa, June 26, 1915.
Il must be that the Baby Poet
Has been asleep and didn't know it,
Else now now, should we have missed till
The BOY for ]. S. Hart and frau?
Red Lion, Pa, June 80. 1915
And Pinoak celebrated too,
Three cheers for the Red. White and
Frank sampselrs home is full of glee
For there lusty BOY we see.
Pinoak, July 4, 1915.
It pours and rains and pours again
The weather man he won't say when :"
But we won't kick when there's such
Along with It as John Vests BOY.
Rockmere, June "a, 1915
And "out the pike" they have good
news,
(We will not use that word "diffuse">
Geo. Hughes and wife a healthy LAD
Who's making all his kinfolks glad
Reed, June 29. 1915.
Oil City has a lot of joys
And chief among them are her boys
FPtNHt For Mr. and iSd'f MRS. Tsag 8 Pe FALL faii
Oil City, July s. 1915
To Ten-Mile Bottom flew that bird
The Stork, and since the news we've
heard
How Martin Disque's have a SON
ana sure mere e's JOY out there begun.
And then we rhyme our own towns
pride,
The finest BOY we've this day spied.
John Heckathorn's his daddy proud
And sure some pride may be allowed
Seneca, July IL, 1915
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-30
PASTURE LAND

Inc shadows fall, a velvet brown
/. Across a stretch of pasture land.
Inc trees are silent, scarce a breath
VI WIND is stirring. Gods own
Has smoothed the troubles of the
world
Away to some far distant shore.
What though the echo of a gun
Proclaims that somewhere there is
war?
The grass is short, and heavy feet
Have worn it level with the soil.
The cows have cropped the clover
blooms
And, coming from his daily toll.
ne farmer pauses in the shade.
And oreathes, perhaps, an honest
prayer
To thank his God for health and neaca
And summer in world SO fair,
When shadows fall. a velvet brown
To tell that toll, and day. nI,st
cease,
When all the world, its trees and
grass,
Is covered with a veil Of peace
Then let our feet, that NAV he worr
Pause for a bit, that we NAV stand
among the cows, and send a, prayer
To God from his own pasture lana
E. Sangster, Jr,. in tba
christian Herald.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-30
THE JITNEY BUSINESS

A lot of effort is being expended on
the problem of regulating the jitney,
much of which is destined to be vast
ed. For the jitney question is one of
those that settle themselves in time.
And this is the only way that such
questions are settled soundly and per-
manently. One sure thing is that jit-
neys now in operation are not paying
their way This will make itself ap-
parent in time. and there will be
fewer cars. They will also have to ask
more fare. Thus they will still be
competitors of the street railway, but
not in fare. They seem destined to
supply 4 need not hitherto met, but
not to displace any other means of
transportation. AS for safety, in this
as in other things, it seems we must
pay the price of lives before we
learn our lesson of not holding life
cheap. Laws'to regulate anything still
in the experimental stage seldom meet
the occasion. They are inevitably
overruled by the more fundamental
laws of supply and demand, of the
value of a service and the cost of
rendering it-MilwaHkee Journal.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-30
CRooUET
[Cleveland Plain Dealer.

cleveland Plain Dealer.I
Croquet is, doubtless, mid-Victorian
game, and that is the worst that can
be said of it. 1t is gentle, polite. un-
strenuous. The prim lady may partici-
pate without relaxing her dignity. The
athlete and the octogenarian may ma
nipulate the mallet with equal skill.
Il is a game for everyone, a game
which pleases without wearying, which
kills time without killing energy, which
brings one into the open but not into
undue perspiration.
In these days croquet is pooh
poohed. Golf. with its long, rapid
"hikes," is popular; tennis with it's
hoppings and skippings and it's wav-
ings of arms is highly commended.
But croquet is scorned as mollycoddlish
and effeminate.
In most things the escape from Vic
torian frippery and prudery and quiz
escence is a blessing. But croquet dsA
serves to be retained or resuscitated.
For the tired man or woman who
seeks Wholesome and restful recreation
there is nothing better than a mild
contest amid the wickets under the
apple trees. 1t may be reminiscent of
crinoline, CATERS and beavers, but it Is
none the less good. The best the Vic
torians accomplished was in the way
of mildness. A touch of mildness in
these mad rushing times would be a.
definite benefit.