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The Washington times., 1915-07-15
WRIGHT AEROPI.ANE PLANS

Orville Wright, premier of the air
and prospective member Of the COM
mission on preparedness for war,
announces that the Navy Depart
ment should be equipped with two
thousand aeroplanes during peace
times and a much larger number in
event of hostilities. How short a
time ago it was thst the Wright
brothers gave on a field just across
the Potomac the first real demon
stration of the heavier than air ma
chimes, and now one of the same men
is making an appeal which may re-
suit in this country being the best
equipped in the world with air cruis-
ing craft. The Rev. Jasper was GER
tainly a twelve-cylinder speaker of
the truth.
The Washington times., 1915-07-15
KHAKECLAD ANGELS
GUARD ST. MARKS
Authorities SWathe in Wrap.
pings Famous Figures in
Great Cathedral.

VENICE. July 15.-Only one small
figure of Christ greeted worshipers In
the great Cathedral of St Marks today.
During the night all other figures of
the apostles and saints were covered In
heavy wrappings-suggestive Of trees
bundled up for winter-to protect them
against Austrian air raids. This action
was taken at the direction OF the mill
tary on reports that Austria is contem-
plating great air raid on Venice.
In the fourth air raid on Venice on
Sunday night bombs fell dangerously
near the famous cathedral. It became
known today. The police permitted this
report to be made public. but declared
no damage was done.
Around the marble pillars huge piles
OF sand bags were placed during the
night. These reach to the roof, and
visitors to the church today had only
the brilliant gilded ceilings to remind
them that they were seeing the interior
of one OF the most beautiful places OF
worship on earth.
AS a further safeguard, the golden an.
gels, surmounting the towers of St
Marks. were being painted a khaki hue
today. They seemed ready, in theiI
war paint. to spring into the sky and
give battle to the aeropanes.
The Washington times., 1915-07-15
DR.. HOLMES.--ThE MINERS
FRIEND

The miners, of this country, indeed
the miners ofIthe whole world, could
do no more appreciative deed, no
more deserved honor, than to erect
with their own money a memorial to
DR.. Joseph A. Holmes, director of
Federal Bureau of Mines, who has
just died in Denver a victim of his
overwork In their behalf. DR..
Holmes, besides being admirably
fitted for his work in an educational
way, brought to his position an un-
wearying endeavor to better the
conditions surrounding the under
ground laborer. The inventor of
the slogan, Safety First" he made
it not only popular, but effective. In
his work he never sent his men into
a danger which he was not willing
to risk himself, and never left a
threatened spot until his co-workers
went with him. Even in their own
ranks the miners Of the world never
had a better friend.
The Washington times., 1915-07-15
LIFTING ALL. OUR COTTON

A very interesting news dispatch
published in the New York Sun ex-
plains in detail the suggestion to
the house Of commons by Sir Henry
.Dalziel that England shall take
$3.50, 100000 and slap it down on the
counter here to move across to Great
Britain at cheap prices the cotton
still left in our hands as carry
over from last seasons crop.
We'll, the cotton is here; no doubt
about that. The United States
could supply England with three
million bales almost upon demand.
The United States would never miss
those three million bales, for it will
not be many days before our new
crop will be coming to market.
But if any buyer should step into
our market today and bid bang! for
all our available surplus of cotton
there is no possibility that $780,
900, 900 could buy it. There is prob
ability that $2O0, 100000 could not
buy it. There is a chance that
$3.50, 900, 900 could not buy it. 1t is
the way of abundant supply to be
dirt cheap when there is no demand.
But when there is plenty of demand
and not overmuch supply then the
way is to turn right about face and
be dear like precious jewels.
What cotton is now in our hands
as the carry-over from last season is
for the moment SO cheap because
with the new crop so near at hand
and no pressing demand In sight
there looks like an overabundance
Of cotton for at least several weeks
after the new crop does begin to
come in. But start to take the pres
ent supply of cotton out of the mar.
ket at one swoop and everybody
knows that prices for the Fall sup.
ply still to come into the market
would shoot skyward. And nobody
need expect that the price OF either
the present surplus supply or the
future supply could go shooting up
ward without having the price OF
the other tearing after it like q Ger
man submarine in the wake of 6
British merchantmen.
Sir Henry Dalziels suggestion il
very engaging to the American
imagination, but it would be alto
gether too dear to appeal to the
British pocketbook.
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That Navy Yard Wage Question.

ioshe Editor OF THE TIMES:
am directed by the Washington Cen.
uai Labor Union to voice their protests
against the editorial which appeared in
your ISSUE Of July IL. under the caption.
Eisht Cents . Day" The delegates
ie,t that this was an insult to their in
tenhgence. and an attempt to becioud
.no issue OF the machinists employed at
inc washington Navy Yard and the
navy department, in the matt of their
protesting against a reduction in waRes
mhsn are at the present time entirely
uiauequate and not sufficient for the
hikn skill demanded of these workers.
iney also felt that II was an attempt
on your part to influence public opinion
asaihst the employees OF the yard, COM
!ns AZ time when this matter was in
.ne hands OF the President for final
consideration. The reflection Of unpa
tr,otism on the part Of these workers
comes with poor grace. when Il is taken
into consideration the splendid service
Ihlch these men daily render to their
government In work performed. and II
all other Government employees rendered
as commensurate a service as do these
complaint. io'
In view of past favorable attitude on
the part OF The Times, the delegates felt
that II you saw fit to comment editor
ially on this question, It should have
peen on the side Of the workers, in help
ing them prevent a reduction in wages
thereby enabling them TO continue tc
ers JOHN p C0t.PSyS We
Secretary Central Labor Union,
washington, July l3
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RECORD EXPECTED
IN STEEL BUSINESS
Big Corporation Running 90 Per
Cent Of Capacity-No End Of
Rush Of Orders in Sight.

NEW YORK. July 15.-Reports that
the United tates Steel Corporation
may next month have the largest
business OF any single month in the
corporations history are heard in tho
financial district.
The reports are based largely on
tho constantly increasing size OF the
untitled tonnage shown each succeed =
ing month for several months on the
company's reports. and the reports OF
huge orders being placed with the
United States steel Products Com
pany. Steel Products has been TAX =
ing orders for rails and various other
commodities from practically every
country in Europe among the allies
and the neutrals.
The United States Steel Corporation
has sta rted up four more blast fur
naces. and this weeks working
schedules represent 90 per cent OF It's
time in years. the corporation has
entered the market as purchaser OF
outside steel.
There is no end in sight to the bar
tonnage required for shells, and buy
ers are looking further ahead" says
the Iron Age.
1.-The delay in placing in this coun.
try Russian orders for 200. 900 tons OF
67-pound rails has been largely a
matter OF terms
The Iron Trade Review says; The
est steel companies of the country Is
being attained rapidly under the un-
interrupted flow Of tonnage to the
mills. This week the Steel Corpora.
tion Is running at slightly over 81
per cent Of steel works capacity.
The Washington times., 1915-07-15
THE GERMAN INTERPRETATIoN

The Cologne Gazette, chiefly
known in this country for its mis-
representation of American affairs
and opinions, prints long semi-offi-
cial defense of the German employ
ment of gases as a weapon of Of
fense. 1t says:
The basic idea of The Hague agree
ments was to prevent unnecessary
cruelty and unnecessary killing Wher
milder methods of putting the enemy
out of action suffice and are possible
From this standpoint the letting loose
of smoke-clouds, which, In gentle
wind, move quite slowly toward the
enemy, is not only permissible by inter,
national law, but Is an extraordinarily
mild method OF war
What The Hague Convention desired
TO prevent was the destruction, without
chance OF escape, OF human lives er
masse, which would have been the case
II smells with poisonous gas were rainec
down on defenseless enemy who die
not see them coming and was exposed Il
them irremediably.
Would the Gazette think that the
desire "to prevent the destruction
of life en- masse" applied to the tor.
pedoing of Lusitanias loaded with
non-combatants
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st. Swithin to Decide
On the Weather Today
And So Reporters Have to Go Back Into the Morgue
..a..a. And Write All About Musty Old
N Legend.

This Is the day f6r sky gazing. the
stretching Of necks, and . the fitting
backward of heads. 1t is likewise the
day when the believer In legends harks
back to the ninth century and its st.
with heavy rainfall before the time Of
weather bureaus.
1t Is st. Swithin's Day, in other words.
and the legend has II that II II rains
this day, then for forty other days will
It rain. Contrawise. II It is fair today
there will follow a fair spell for a month
and a third. Remember the weather
myth of the centuries:
st. swithin's Day. II thou dost rain
For forty days 1t will remain;
st. Swtthin's Day IL thou be fair
For forty days twill rain ma mair.
Scientists do not bother their heads
about the clearness or cloudiness of st.
Swithin's Day. but there are plenty of
others who just dote upon mysterious
and legendry topics. They are the sky
gazers of the twentieth century who
hasten to an umbrella shop II there's a
shower on st. Swithin's Day, and who
wouldn't leave home for forty days
thereafter without putting down all the
windows and closing the storm door.
As To Certain Secrets.
Ut. Swithin's Day is also an event ir
the lives OF certain other folks-news.
paper writer's. for instance, who have
10 dig up the annual story on July 10
thereby ADDING 10 ell this speculation
REGARDING rain Ano sunshine.
In neWsp8 per offices there are e'WaYi
certain stock stories that must he writ
ten-just as q meat packing staplish.
ment always expects to keep on hand
The Washington times., 1915-07-15
TROUSSEAU BOUGHT,
FATHER BANKRUPT
twenty-five Pairs of Shoes, Many
Slippers, and Gloves in Out
ft-Creditors Protest.

NEW YORK, July 5.-Frank Kee, a
real estate operator, purchased for his
daughter. Marion. a trousseau consist
ing OF eleven pairs OF gloves, twenty.
two pairs of shoes. eleven pairs OF
slippers. five dresses. three hats and a
sealskin coat. He threw in for good
measure a quantity OF silverware and a
Persian rug. Then his daughter wed
and he went into bankruptcy.
Now he can't get out. His appeal to
the United States district court was
denied by Judge Hand on the instance
OF his creditors, who insist that he has
been hiding his assets and cite his
prodigality as a parent as proof. He
also omitted from his scedule, they say.
dog worth $l75.
The Washington times., 1915-07-15

Indiana State Bar Association. The
peculiar and unusual feature of this
address was that it was understand
able and even interesting to q lay
man.
Mr.. Davidson says that the chief
cause Of disrespect is found in the
making Of the laws themselves. He
calls attention 70 the fact that a re-
cent compilation made in the Ii.
brary of Congress showed that in
Ave years more than $4,000 separate
laws had been passed by Congress
and the State legislatures and that
during the same time there had
been $4,000 decisions Of courts Of
last resort. This, as compared with
the twelve tables of history, makes
some task for the citizen who faces
the fact that ignorance of the law
is no defense.
Nor does he exempt the lawyer
himself from his part in the breed
ing of contempt for the statutes,
"for," he concludes, "as legislator
he helps to make the laws; as citi-
zen, he is charged with obedience to
the laws; as an officer Of the court,
he assists in the administration Of
the laws.
"If our profession is to lead, as it
should, in this fight for a higher re-
spect for the law, it must be in
spired somewhat with the fervor OF
the psalmist, whose delight was in
the law of the Lord, and in His law
did he mediate day and night Law.
yers must learn that the fee does
not make the law, nor should it be
permitted to unbalance the scales
of justice"
To use a little Of the tongue with
which the legal fraternity occasion.
slly impresses and sometimes con.
founds its clients. Mr.. Davidson
address told "Multum in Parvo.'
The Washington times., 1915-07-15
Shriners' Annual Council
Adjourns at Seattle

SEATTLE. July 15.-With the close of
the forty-first council OF the Shrine
Lodge, here today. J. Putnam Stevens,
Of Portland. the imperial deputy, be-
came the new head OF the order and
DR.. Frederick r. Smith. the pres snt
leader. became past imperial potentate.
Henry F. Neideringhause. jr., Of st.
Louis, Mo-. became next in line to sue
coed to the leadership next year.
Several thousand mobiles from all parts
Of the country today rolled potatoes
ran races in burlap sacks, pushed pea
nuts and skylarked in boyish fashion
at huge barbecue spread for them In
Woodland park.
One thousand dollars, which was
posted by the Seattle Shriners as prizes
for the winners. drew a gay army OF
red fez wearers into the sports of their
younger days, and thirty second degree
Masons WED with one another in a series
of merry contests.
The Washington times., 1915-07-15
POSES As j. s. AGENT
At POWDER FACTORY
Man Held As Burglar in PhiIa-
delphia Says He's Probing
Bomb Plot.

PHILADELPHIA. July l5.-Alleged to
have posed as a Government bomb plot
proven and agent to investigate viola
tions OF the Harrison drug act. E. II.
Young. twenty-three. OF Springfield.
Ohio. Is under arrest here TODAY held
on a formal charge of burglary.
The man Is said to have visited the
du Pont powder plant. at Penns Grove.
N. j.. investigating reported bomb plots.
Young, according to the police, con-
fessed having robbed fellow boarders in
the boarding house he lived. He was
arrested last night after having aroused
the suspicion OF the proprietor.
The police. however. are especially In
terested in his reported bogus Govern
ment inspections. and are conducting an
Investigation.
The Washington times., 1915-07-15
BUG VS.. BUO

II was man with a bug who beat
out Bryan for the place of Most
Distinguished Nebraskan. Bryan
has a bug all right, but he let his
live and is nursing it along for 1916,
while Lawrence Bruner went out
and killed the chinch bug and made
millions for the State Of Nebraska.
In 1894 the wheat crop of that State
had fallen to S,50O,OO0 bushels.
Then Bruner began killing bugs
with bugs. In 1896 the crop was
19,400,000 bushels. In ten years
more it had grown to 52,2ss 200
bushels, and last year it was II ,OOO,-
600. That's why the Bruner bug
won.
The Washington times., 1915-07-15
THE THAW VERDICT

By verdict Of twelve men Harry
Thaw has been pronounced sane,
and his liberty is to be restored to
him. There will be a wide differ
ence Of opinion as to whether it is
desirable that he should go about
among the people without restraint,
but on one thing there will be un-
animity. Let him if he will lead a
respectable life, and keep out Of the
public eye and the public ear. We
can imagine ourselves entirely with
ont regret if we never saw his name
IN print again.
The Washington times., 1915-07-15

corned beef and smoked hams. To
enumerate: Some reporter knows eleven
months and twenty-nine days in ad-
vance that he will have to write a
story about:
Christmas, New Year. washington's
birthday, Lincoln's birthday. Decora-
Day. Thanksgiving Day. All Fools
Dat and the opening and closing of the
As general proposition. the same
writer is the goat" on all OF these
stock stories, fong practice having made
him more or less mechanical In the
art.
therefore. to return to st. swithin
The saint was a pious and humble Eng.
lish bishop OF the ninth century. When
he died he gave orders that he was not
to be buried within the church space
but in a vile and unworthy place"
Heavy Rain In 1918.
There was a tremendous downpour Of
rain on St. Swithin's day. in 1916. bu
available histories fail to record how
long It lasted. Again. there was a ter
rife rain when the saints body was re
moved to another resting place. bu
writer's are disagreed as to whether thii
was In accord with the saints wishes
or whether. as the populace thought
the downpour represented sanity re
sentiment because of the translation.
In his lifetime st. Swithin was at
tributed with ability to forecast
shower of rain with accuracy.
How the legend about the forty day!
| started Is not material in this TWEEN
tieth century. but the modern Weathci
Bureau, situated out in GeorgetoT
predicts showers tonight.
Sky-sazers may accept either ~,
! Weather Bureau or the memory of st
Swithin as their barometer.
The Washington times., 1915-07-15
CHANGING THE SUBJECT

Maybe people are talking too
much war or talking war too much.
1t might be a good idea 20 get your
mind off the compelling topic for
q few minutes and discuss other
matters. Too continuous dwelling
on one idea is like looking too in
tensely at an object, it distorts it,
gets it out Of real ratio to other
things. So to change the subject
what was the best golf shot that
YOU ever made?
The Washington times., 1915-07-15
Policeman Finds $4,000
Brooch in Broadway

NEW YORK. July 16-Patrolman
McArevery. on duty at Broadway and
Chambers street. whistled for the north
and south traffic to halt and the east
and west to start, waving his arm ma
jestically. That is. he started to wave
his arm. But with the gesture half COM
pleted ne halted suddenly. Then, un-
mindful of trucks and automobiles. he
darted suddenly toward the curb, stoop-
ed and picked up
Nothing but gold brooch, set with
seven diamonds. estimated by an expert
to be worth $500.
McArevery turned the iewelry in at
the Elizabeth street station, where 1t
The Washington times., 1915-07-15
PotaSh-Perlmutter
Is Staged in Court
Latter Arrested on Charge OF Steal
ng From Merchant Who's
Not His Partner.

NEW YORK, July l5.-The Potash and
Perlmutter whom Montague Glass Gre
sted quarreled often, but Potash never
hailed Perlmutter into a police court
they called each other some pretty hard
names, but Potash never said PERL
mutter was a burglar.
Henry Potash charged Wolf PERL
mutter with burglary In Jefferson Mar
ket Court and made the same charge
against Joseph Schwartz
Mr.. Potash. a silk jobber, accused
Perlmutter. a stebleman, and Schwartz,
an expressman, of entering his office
and stealing thirty-one pieces OF silk
worth s770
Magistrate Ten Eyck held Perlmutter
and Schwartz in 81 300 bail each.
The Washington times., 1915-07-15

tributors might take a lesson from
all this, but perhaps that is too
much to hope for. No one would
look there for enlightenment as to
what the tariff or currency discus
sions are all about. But the gen.
tlemen who contribute to that pub
licati are not scientists, for the
most part, and perhaps the amount
Of information person possesses
in q particular field has something
to do with the clarity with which he
may explain It to others.
The Washington times., 1915-07-15
why Not Soldier Guards Al the
White House.


1" ths Hd!to" OF THE lines
nave visited many cities OF other
countries. and that which strikes me
as an oddly fs that the, President of
the United States and his residence
are guarded BY policemen. In other
countries the head Of tho government
Is guarded by the military. How
much better an appearance this max e
TO see the soldiers with their eouIp-
ment and military hearing on duty
Why Is IT that the Government OF the
United States ~ so far behind that
the most important place in the whole
country Is guarded by the police OF
tho city in which tho seat of govern
nlent happens to be! l for one think
that this should be brought to the
aten&on of Congress. that there may
be a change made. not In prejudice
to the police of the country, but fol
tho sake OF appearances. know that
there has been more than one touris,
that has wondered at this.
IT would save the country q good
zeal of money. make better appear.
ance. and have just as safe a guar.
dianship of the President and his
residence. r, l. WOLFE,
Cincinnati, Ohio, July H.
The Washington times., 1915-07-15
New Orleans Refuses
To Celebrate July IA

NEW ORLEANS. July l6.-For the
first time in a century July IA, the
French national holiday was not OBJ
served as the biggest fete day OF the
year by that large part OF the popula-
ton of New Orleans which Is of French
descent. This omission was due to the
French consul who referred to his more
or less direct compatriots here who did
not 70 to the war, as bats.
The Washington times., 1915-07-15
DR.. Edward Bedloe Dying
In New York Hospital

NEW YORK, July l5.-Dr Edward
Beoloe. linguist. scholar, politician a
veteran in the United States consiIar =
service, and one OF the founders Of the
Clover Cup, Is lying at the point OF
Known all over the world as an on
timist, "Bedloe Bey," as DR.. BedIoe fs
familiarly known, Is making a brave
hght for life in the hopital Many Of
his old friends are waiting anxiousIy
hoping that victory will be on their
friends side. The physicians hold out
no hope for his recovery.
The Washington times., 1915-07-15
MANY EVENTS LISTED
FOR CAPITAL TODAY
Meetings ard Entertainments to
Be Held in Every Section Of
City by Various Societies. :
Today.

r.wr Fat. CONGREGATION Of st. Ann's ChusoA,
in church yard, Wisconsin avenue northS
west 1880 p. m. a.
Odd Eellows-Salem No. %; Columbia No
10; Covenant, No. l3
knights of Pythias-Ffankltn, No;
National Union-National Council, Mt. VeTS
non Council.
Camp No. II, sl2. ,
no 3
Meeting District Suffrage League, Market
Square PENNSYLVANIA avenue and Eighth
street northwest, s p. m.
Concert, Fifth Cavalry Band, washinEtou
Circle 7:30 p. m.
The Washington times., 1915-07-15
NAIL BAG
from The Tines Readsrs.) }

Communications to the Mail Bag must
De written on one side of the paper
only; must not exceed 200 words in
length. and must be signed with name
and address Of sender. Tho publicai ION
or letters in The Times Mail Bag does
NOT mean thu ipdorsement by Ths Eimss
OF the opinions or th. writer. 'rhe Me'
bae " an open forum. where the Glti-
sens OF Washington can argue moit
The Washington times., 1915-07-15
Says Bryan Won't Run.

ST. LOUIS. July l5.-William ]. Bryan
has given up the idea of being Presi-
dent and had given 1t up before he re-
according to Major ]. J. DicNinson' OF
Washington, who is here as field secre-
tary of the Navy League OF America,
and was associated with the State De-
partment for most OF Bryan's regime.
The Washington times., 1915-07-15
38 Buttons in Back,
Is Fashions Decree

CHICAGO, July 16.-Next winter hub4
by will be called upon again to button
them down the back.
The Fashion Art League of America.
in session heer for the purpose or pass
ing upon the approved made In
America" styles for feminine wear, is
sued the edict today, and every hus-
band shuddered. Thirty eight buttons
will be accepted as the proper thinK,
The Washington times., 1915-07-15
Grant on Canoe Trip
to Harpers Ferry

Thomas Grant. secretary Of the Cham
Der of Commerce. accompa MED by his
brother lanes Grant, will leave Wash
ineton today on a canoeing trip to Har-
pers Ferry. Mr. Grant has stocked his
canoe with a complete camping, outnt.
including a tent. cooking utensils and
provisions.
The Washington times., 1915-07-15
John D. Rockefeller, Sr.,
Goes to Summer Home

CLEVELAND. July 16-John D.
Rockefeller, sr.. arrived here today
minus = guard-on the Lake Shore from
his Pocantico Hills home.
He went by automobile to Forrest
Hills, where he is expected to spend the
summer.
The Washington times., 1915-07-15
Excursion Postponed.

Owing to the death of Mrs. M. ,.
Hare. eighty years old. at the Metho-
dist Home for the Aged, the e1cur-
sion to Glen Echo, which was plan
ned Tor the inmates OF the institution
for yesterday has been postponed un-
til next Wednesday.