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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-01-23
GOVERNOR IN REPORT
TO PEOPLE

(Continaed from Page One,
honor to report as follows as TO the
receipts and disbursements of funds
which have come into my hands,
nan1alV: T.
The Washington times., 1915-10-02
Motet Choral Society's
Season Begins Tuesday

The seventh season Of the Mctet
Choral Society will commence next
Tuesday evening with the first rehearsal
at st. Johns parish hall. sixteenth
street. near II street. at o'clock.
Two concerts will be given this sea-
son. 1t Is announced. the dates to be
announced later otto T. Simon. d.
rector. declares the coming season
promises to be more successful even
than those OF the past. Officers OF the
Society are Edgar r. s. Embrey. execu-
tive chairman: Miss Jean Stier. score
tary: Mrs. Embrey. treasurer; Louis
Thompson. librarian. Accompanists. as
in the past. will be Mrs. Simon and
George Fl. Wilson.
There are a few vacancies In the
membership. and these will be flled as
soon as possible. Application should be
made to Miss Jean Stier. S23s r street
northwest.
The Washington times., 1915-10-02
THE DISTRICT wORKnOUsR

Down at the District workhouse,
near Occoquan, experiments as strik-
ing in workhouse management as
those of Thomas Mott Osborne in
penitentiary administration, have
been worked out. Their develop
ment, happily, has not been accom-
panied by the blasts Of publicity
that herald the Sing Sing perform
ances.
Superintendent Whitaker now
finds he needs new laws to continue
his progress. Recommendation Of
an indeterminate sentence and q
parole law are made in his annual
report. A few years ago he might
have been looked upon as a dreamer
or a sentimentalist for saying that,
with these reforms and correct
management of the workhouse,
$50 per cent Of all normal subjects
will be returned to society an asset
rather than a liability" Nowadays
that is not a startling statement.
Business men of Henry Ford's cali
ber have stated the same truth.
Probably Superintendent Whittak-
er Is not far from the truth when
he estimates that so per cent Of the
inmates of institutions like his are
abnormal. These are the men who
demand treatment and care, not
punishment. It is the other so per
cent that is worth working with, and
experiments with humane methods
at the workhouse, even in the alb
sence Of the parole and indetermi-
nate sentence, have shown that
many of these men may be turned
back to the community to become
honest and hard working citizens.
The Washington times., 1915-10-02
CURES IN THE NEWS

In his address to the medical stu
dents at the opening of the scholas-
tic year at Columbia University DR..
Francis Carter Wood held the news
papers up to scorn for their cx-
ploitation of new "cures." Declar-
ing that radium will do nothing for
the cure of cancer that cannot be
done with the knife, he asserted that
in future we shall hear very little
Of its use in this connection. Yet, he
asserts, the press has exploited the
virtues of radium so widely that pa
tients are refusing to undergo the
operations that would save them
and "fall a prey to the first Quack
with a tube full of some powder"
When doctors disagree, what is
the layman to think? Scientists OF
higla reputs sxperimeutsd with ths
The Washington times., 1915-10-02
.SCHWAB TO TAKE
,25,0OO,OOO BONDS
Subscribes to the Allies lo.1 OF
Behalf Of the Bethlehem
Steel Corporation. .

NEW YORK. Oct. AT the rate AZ
which subscriptions to the 5000 oOo"
Anglo French bond offering were COM
ing to hand yesterday It appeared likely
that the total at the close of bustness
today would Justify the closing OF the
underwriting syndicate. A man In a po-
sition to know the progress Of the flota-
ton gave II as his opinion that Saoo,oOo.-
900 was In sight before Q o'clock yester-
day. and he predicted that an additional
Si00. 100000 would be subscribed when to-
days mail had been opened.
Charles NJ. Schwab's company, the
Bethlehem steel Corporation. which mas
profited more by the war business than
any other American company. mas
agreed to take 25,0O0.000 OF this Issue M
This would make more than *5o.Vo.VV
subscription In excess OF $3o.cooooo hav-
Ing been received earlier.
A member OF the firm OF ]. p. Morgan
q Co. said last night that the response
from all centers had been most grati-
sponse made by New York city. which
will probably take S30000o.0o0 OF the
issue. had been beyond expectations.
Instances were reported OF smalie,
banks and trust companies, which had
been put down Professionally for small
amounts, taking several times the
amount set opposite their names. One
Wall Street institution. which had been
asked to take s250.0O0. put In Its appii-
cation for 100000.
external loan approaching this In size.
and the syndicate managers are feeling
their way. Few Of them believed week
ago that II would be possible to dis-
tribute anything like half a billion dol
lars at once. and they felt safe In al.
lowing individuals desiring only small
amounts to come In on equal terms with
J. p. Morgan & Co.. the National CITY
Bank. and other great banking insti-
tutions. forming the syndicate; 4.
the country told inauirers that not only
were they allowing customers to enter
the syndicate at s6k. but they were
granting the same privilege to anyone
applying. even though the be- ,h app,icam, mn
was not known to the bank.
The small APPLICATIONS will be grouped
and included as part OF the apphca,
tion made by the bank. but if the tota
applied for by the institutions Is scaise
small applications. Many people called
/ yesterday to enter subscriptions run
ming from a single 500 to $1,000. ane
they were all assured that they woulc
have the full advantages OF syndicate
The bonds will he paid for In three
installments The first will be rs pei
cent. payable October Is: the second o.
the same amount. payable one month
later; and the final payment. 80 pei
cent, due December Is. The syndicate
will be closed after sixty days. or II
the early part Of December. Those ap
plicants who want to be sure OF gettint
bonds can pay for them In full on th'
first date at %. At the end Of sixt,
days they will be rebated the differenc,
betweent 2 per cent and the cost o.
selling the bonds, which II Is agreed
shall not exceed y OF one per cent
/ making the net cost not over 96h.
The Washington times., 1915-10-02

guese empires, several great repub-
lies that are quite a. important In
the world as tho parent countries.
Brazil was q colony Of Portugal.
Portugal remained monarchy until
recently; Brazil became republic.
Argentina was Spanish possession.
It has been republic for q CEN
tury; Spain has gone on its mon
archical way. Which Of the two
countries may be credited with the
greater progress since the separa-
ton? Chile was Spanish. It Is one
Of the best governed, most prosper
Gus, patriotic, and capable countries
in the world. Can it be said to have
failed as a republic .
The form Of government after
all is not conclusive Of anything.
A great, peaceful, honest people like
the Chinese, with a civilization old
er than any other, with their own
literature, arts, ideals, would not be
turned into q turbulent, raging, rev.
olutionary mass by change in the
form Of government. China is in
fact about the last country that
would be expected to explode into
revolution and anarchy over a presi-
dental succession.
DIR. Goodnow INDUCES some 9th.
er observations that seem no more
defensible. "China," he opines, "has
been attempting to introduce con-
stitutional government under less
favorable auspices than would have
been the case had there been a royal
family present which the people re.
garded with respect and to which
they were loyal" This Perhaps re.
fers to the ease with which the
Stuarts in England and the Bour.
bons over half the continent Of Eu.
rope were disposed Of! 1t has al.
ways been SO easy to get q country
to kick out family of kings, and
especially a family of kings that
the country really likes "and to
which they arc loyalw DR.. Good.
now's lessons of history would seem
to have been learned backward.
The Washington times., 1915-10-02
HURL VERBAL BRICKS
. At TRASH COLLECTOR

Admission of sixty-four members
marked the first autumn meeting of
tho Park View Citizens Association,
last night In Whitney Avenue Christian
Church.
Resignation of James l.. Wilmeth.
vice president, was accepted. as he had
moved out Of the Park View section.
Mr.. Wilmeth was made an honorary
member. James C. Hoyle was elected
to serve out the term. Horace r.
George. who had been acting secre-
tary since the resignation last May. of
Secretary J. C. Culberwell. was elected
secretary for the remainder of the term
of this office.
George II. Russell and President ].
G. McGrath were elected delegate and
alternate. respectively. to the Fedora
ton of Citizens Associations.
Considerable discussion followed a
complaint OF ]. u. Reed that the District
trash collector refused to remove pipe,
paint, buckets. etc. on the ground that
they were not trash" President McGrath
by the District with the contractor.
which limited the things included in
trash" The question was referred
to the committee on sanitation.
The association voted 10 present the
Soldiers Home Band with u loving CUP
or some other suitable token of appre-
citation for concerts.
Charlton NJ. Clark. chairman OF the
committee on schools. reported work on
the new sixteen-room school on Water
street progressing favorably. The as
sociation seeks to have purchased n
tract OF land on the north side OF tho
building to he used for school play
grounds. In their estimates sent 10 the
Commissioners H. August, S1o.VO0 was
,asked for this purpose.
The Washington times., 1915-10-02
AN AMAZING DOCUMENT

DR.. Frank L. Goodnow, adviser to
Yuan Ski-kai, president Of China,
is alleged to have advised that the
republican experiment in that coun-
try be abandoned, and that a mon
archy be set up. It was hard to be-
lieve that an American scholar
should have given such advice; but
there is now presented to the pub
lie a purported summary Of the
memorandum by which this recon-
mendation was enforced.
DR.. Goodnow rests his case on
the assumption that the Chinese
people are not far enough advanced
in general knowledge, in govern
mental methods, in appreciation OF
the duties Of citizenship in coun-
, try popularity governed, to be able
to perform those duties reliably. He
says that the South and Central
American countries "would seem
to inculcate the same lessons which
may be derived from the experiences
of the United States and France"
These lessons concern the difficulty
of establishing regular succession
to the executive power in a repub-
lie: It must have the most intelli-
gent class of citizens or else it will
be in continual broils over the con-
troll Of the executive power.
One wonders whether, in citing the
Latin-American countries, DR.. Good
now intended to place them in con-
trast to the United States and
France; whether he meant to
present them as examples of the
failure of republican forms, while
France and the United States were
designed to illustrate the successes
of those forms, working through
properly intelligent and understand
ing bodies of citizens. II DR.. Good
now considers that republican gov
ernment has been failure in Latin.
America, he is assuming something
that most Americans will deny
There have been disorders in the
Latin countries; chronic ones in
some of them. But the fact re-
mains that a century Of republican
rule has built up, out Of the frag'
J msnts Of the Spanish and PoEta'
The Washington times., 1915-10-02

therapeutic properties Of radium.
"Curss," or at least beneficial re-
suits, were claimed on high author
ity. It was inevitable that the sup
posed miracles wrought by this new
ly discovered substance should be
heralded far and wide.,
When DR.. Wood, an eminent au-
thority on cancer, and others said
there were no miracles the newspa-
pers printed that, too.
No doubt there have been sensa-
tional stories about medical discov-
cries, unwarranted by fact. But facts
are hard to get from the members OF
the profession to which DR.. Wood
belongs.
The Washington times., 1915-10-02
ADVOCATE BUILDING
|. OF CONVENTION HALL

A resolution advocating the construc-
ton by the Government of n great con-
vention hall and classic amphitheater
in Washington at cost of 5000, 900
was unanimously approved by the CIT
izens' Northwest Suburban Association
last night.
The measure was introduced by Pres
ident c. &. Lancaster, who. in laying
It before the meeting in Masonic Hall.
Tenleytown. declared that 1t was one
of the greatest needs for the CONNER
cial and patriotic development OF the
National Capital.
After lengthy debate another mea-
sure opposing any action by the Com
'missioncrs at this time on the Great
Falls power project was tabled until
the next meeting. Many members ex-
pressed themselves as open to convic-
ton either way, but declared that they
had not made sufficient study OF the
matter to be prepared to vote.
The Washington times., 1915-10-02
BEATING THE SUBMARINE

Details Of the methods by which
the British naval authorities have
successfully coped with the subma-
rine menace, are gradually leaking
out, and they suggest strongly that
the early enthusiasm about the un-
dersea boat as q revolution in naval
methods was premature, to say the
least. BY the use Of submerged
nets anchoded to floats, by patrolling
the sea lanes with fast destroyers
and motorboats carrying three-inch
guns, by using aeroplanes as scouts
to detect the presence Of the sub
marines even when they are sub
merged, by the use Of an undersea
electrical device which is said to
show the presence and position Of
the submersible craft-by these and
other methods, the British have de-
prived the underwater boats of most
Of their capacity for harm and torn
away the veil Of mystery which rep
resented most Of their capacity for
harm. It is necessary, however, in
considering these really wonderful
accomplishments Of British ingenu-
ity, to realize that these devices are
peculiarly adapted to me sting the
special conditions attending such
operations In the waters around the
British islands. It is not so certain
that the devices which serve to de-
stroy the usefulness of the subma-
rine as an offensive weapon for Ger
many would be so successful in de-
stroying it as defensive weapon
for this country. Along the many
thousands of miles Of our coasts, an
enemy would be unable to maintain
effective patrol Of this kind against
our submarines. Conditions are al.
together different. and il, is by nc
means certain that the submarine
fer American use, is put out Of com.
mission by the devices that have
broken down the German campaign
with these craft. The experience Of
the war around the British islei
must be studied carefully, its details
must be known fully, before we car
assume that it has settled the same
set of problems that face this coun'
try. There is, indeed, in the ac'
counts Of British achievements
against the submarine, much to sug
gest that the submersible boat may
prove a more useful weapon for thii
country than it can ever be for an,
other country. Our conditions ant
our problems are unique; the meth
DDS and instrumentalities that woulc
serve here might not be useful il
other waters. 1t is very well dem
onstrated that after all the battle
ship and the powerful cruiser re
main the right arm Of Sea power
but it is not yet time to assume tha
the submarine is failure.
The Washington times., 1915-10-02
THE GREATER STRATEGY

IL ID Impossible to suppress the
inquiry, whether the allies have
played and won a strategical game
as wide as Europe. A hundred, yes,
so recently as twenty years ago, the
game Of war was to fool the enemy
throughout an area as wide perhaps
as two or three American counties.
The flying machine, the telephone,
(telegraph, and wireless. the perfect
d systems Of espionage, have made
Surprises Of the old and minor kind
impossible. But they do not seem
to have put an end to the possibility
Of surprises on a nationwide scale.
The British, for instance. raised an
army of about three million men
while the world listened to them
grumbling about the difficulties Of
raising one million. The Russians
have been driven back out of their
western territories, only to make .
stand in the interior where condi-
tions are more favorable to them
and less favorable to their enemies |;
and just at the time when conditions
in the east are such that it is least
convenient for the Germans to rush
troops back to their western front,
the western allies enter on their
grand drive. They mobilize the
armies of Greece and rush new
armies of French and British to the
aid Of Serbia, at the moment when
Germany is engaged up to the eyes
on both eastern and western fields.
Z In short, it would appear that
he allies are matching the pre-.
paredness of their enemy with q
measure Of readiness and mobility
Z that could hardly have been expect.
ed when the wars first operations
demonstrated the startling super.
iority of the Germans in these re.
CARDS. It is quite possible indeed
that the advantage of superior
mobility will henceforth be on the
side of the allies, thanks to theil
control Of the seas and the wids
range of choice for fields Of opera
ton that will be presented to them.
The tremendousness Of the assault
SO suddenly let loose in the west
tells, too, of the perfection o.
mobilization of the industrial re
sources Of the allies. They are nov
able to overmatch their enemy in tn,
lavish use of ammunition, in mum
ber of guns, great and small, il
men, and in every product of thor
ough equalization for such a strug
gle. These things are the Product
of the greater strategy that, rathe
than the minutie of field operations
aust at length decide the wars is
Slle
The Washington times., 1915-10-02
Miss Paul, Suffragist,
On Way to Washington

Miss Alice Paul. chairman of the Con-
gressionaI Union for Woman Suffrage.
who has been In California for several
weeks. where she took part in the
woman voters convention In San Fran
cisco, Is now travelling eastward. and Is
expected to return to Washington early
next week.
Upon her arrival hero Miss Paul will
take personal charge of the campaign
being wagcd by the union for the Susan
II. ANTHONY amendment to enfranchisc
women. She will also take an active
part In the work OF organizinE the
pageant In honor Of Susan u. Anthony
in Convention Hall. December u, the
week altar ConGrcss conysusa.
The Washington times., 1915-10-02
National Domestic Arts
School Ready for Opening

October 8 marks the twelfth open
Ing Of the National School Of Domestic
Arts and Science, Connecticut avenue
and NJ street. with a record enrolment.
The enlarged faculty-now numbering
twenty-five members-averages one
teacher to each ten students. The mod
ern trend toward practical education
for young ladies Of this country is
clearly evidenced by the enthus-
iasm displayed by those whose names
appear on the rolls OF this institution.
This year Is a signal one in the school $
history inasmuch as its statement for
opening day Is reversed. Instead OF
two rooms and six students. as recorded
twelve years ago. today's record Is six
The noticeable Increase Is In the
household art department. and the
courses specializing In interior decora- =
tion
The Washington times., 1915-10-02
DR.. Granger to Review
FiVe-Year Pastorate

At Gunton-Temple Memorial Presby-
terian Church, Fourteenth and r streets
northwest. tomorrow the services will
be In recognition OF the fifth unnivor-
sary OF the pastorate of the Rev. c.
Everest Granger, who will preach In
the morning a sermon reviewing the
Ave years of his ministry in Washing
ton. Every attendant will be presented
a memento of the occasion.
Evening services will he resumed at
s o'clock. when the pastor will draw
lessons suggested by the Grand Army
Encampmcnt. The choir. under direc-
ton OF John q. Klein, will sing.
observed on october 10.
The Washington times., 1915-10-02
GERMAN SOCIETIES Ill.
OF D. C. OPPOSE LOAN
Declare Allied Credit Will Throw
Burden of England's Debt
on America.

Resolutions have been adopted by the
United German Societies of the Dis
trict. urging all members Of organiza-
tions affiliated to withdraw at once
their funds from any bank partIcipat.
ing in the proposed loan toathe allied
countries Of Europe
The resolutions set forth that the loan
proiong the war. that the men who are
engineering the loan are English II.
nanciers, and that the money obtained
is to be used In the purchase Of num-
tions OF war.
The resolutions declare also that tpe
loan will throw the burden Of Eng.
lands debt on the people Of the United
States,
The Washington times., 1915-10-02
Five Changes Made in
Department of Commerce

Frank w. Gladirg, associate electri-
cal engineer In the Bureau OF stand
ards. today was promoted to rhe sZ''o'
grade. other commerce changes were
William j. Schpitt. PROBATIONARY ap'
pointed assistant messenger. at sI2o, "
the office of the Secretary temporary
appointment NJ Carl Lines as elec,
trician. at 81 200, In the Census Bureau
extended and temporary appointment OF m
Mrs. Rose Feldnan. as clerk. at s,o. in
the Bureau of Foreign and Donesu,
Commerce terminated. In the % %toas'
ana Geodetic Survey. Paul q. APPS app.'
has been promoted 10 surgeon At sl-'
q month $780,
The Washington times., 1915-10-02
WOMEN IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Here are two Of the favorite bro
mides Of the anti-suffragists:
"If women get the vote they will
try to usurp all the Offices in sight" a"
"Women are incapable Of taking
broad view of economic problems,
even OF those which directly affect
the home and the kitchen"
Both are refuted by the presence
here Of Mrs. David Chambers Nc
Can, president Of the Los Angeles
civil service commission. Mrs. Nc
Can sheds some light on the career
of women as Office holders since
California has had the vote. She
points to the fact that, at present,
though women have been most &C
tive in politics in Los Angeles, there
are but two women holding paid po-
sitions in the city government. One
Of these is a former school teacher
who married and whose services
were needed as a member of the
school board.
Only nineteen women, including
Mrs. McCan, are in positions on
boards or commissions, where they
are rendering effective service fol
their city without any compensation
As to the second proposition, Mrs
McCan is likewise a refutatfon, be.
cause she is now engaged in lead.
ing campaign for the creation, by
Congress, of a national marketing
commission. She and other women
have studied high prices, and the,
have come to the conclusion, moi
new, that lending the farmer money
to increase his production. is moi
going to do much good unless h,
can market his products more read
lily. But she and her associates hav,
been trying to do something abou
the matter, and through SenatoI
Fletcher a bill was introduced in tn,
last session for the creation of
national commission, to be supple
mented by chain of State ant
county commissions.
The practicability of this plan i
another matter, but the point is tina
women, when they emerge into pub
lie life, can grasp broader issues
and they are considerably more in
terested in solving them than i
grabbing public Office for the SAX
of the pay envelope.
The Washington times., 1915-10-02
Great Mass of Work
Before l. C.. c. Brings
Demand for Mem LavS
Railroads, Public, and Members of Commission
Raise Cry for Legislation to Relieve All Concern
ed From Congestion of Business-Congress
to Take Up Matter Next Session.
BY JUDsoN C. wELLIvER.

From the railroads. the public and the members Of the Interstate
Commerce Commission being raised voice Of nent de-
that legislation be passed relieve all concerned from the
congestion Of business before the commission.
The subject will before Congress the session. and
will be pressed for Various plans have been
accomplishing the desired results Commissioner Edgar E. Clark
Of the Of the body has declared himself favor Of
enlargng the membership Of the commission and authorizing
divide itself into groups each Of which should with the full
horiy Of the commission in laid before it.
WHAT THE COMMISSION THINKS
The Washington times., 1915-10-02

Fall is here, with each one of
the contestants claiming it to be
the other sides.