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The Washington times., 1915-05-29
BUCHANAN SCHOOL
FIRST IN TOURNEY
Wins Athletic Meet With Forty.
three Points-Lenox and
Bryan Tied for Second.

with forty-three points to its credit.
! the Buchanan School finished first yes
terday IN the Virginia avenue play
grounds divisions event of the public
| school athletic tournament, held yester-
day on the grounds OF the National
| Capital Horse Show Association.
The Lenox and Bryan Schools were
| next with twenty-seyen points each, and
| following were the Wallach, %; Towers
II, and the Cranch School, 13.
| Plans for the tournaments, which are
held under the auspices of the play
grounds deartment, were made by b
J. Donovan. acting supervisor. The Of
| ficials are Guy L. Shppe, director: ]. V.
Byrne. Of the Catholic University,
starter: E. g. Kimble. of the Eastern
II. Locke. scorer; DR.. Arthur l.. Muir
ray, II. b. wellman and John Metz
'''e TRACK EVENTS.
liam McCathran. Towers School; sec
Eng Gnsei 'T crancR. fime enGN seconds .n1ra Lester
eo-yard dash, 1O0-lb class.First. John
Paul, Buchanan; second, James Beall.
ers. Time, IA seconds.
70-yard dash. 115- ID. class-First, NAL
colm Davis, Cranch; second, Paul Cox.
Lenox; third. Ray Clark, Buchanan.
loo-yard dash. unlimited class-First,
James Richards, Lenox: second, Walter
Beail, buchanan. third. John La Fore.
Wallach. Time, 1I4-5 seconds.
3so--yard relays, s5-lb. class-First.
Lenox. team. Sweeney. Klein. Beall,
Smith; second, Bryan team. Bailey,
Rogers, Barber. Smellonette; third,
buchanan, team, Baxter. Turner, Gull
| leran. Franklin.
l40-yard relays, 1oo-lb class-First Bu-
chanan. team, Tomlins, Nicholson.
Woltz, Baier; second, Bryan, team, Hip
44o-yard relays. unlimited class-First.
Buchanan. team. Beall. Moran, Paul
McCathran; second. Wallach. team. La
Foe, Garmuller, Newhard, Trazzare.
LenoS School; second. Raymond Jones
! Wallach School: third, John Mattingly,
Lenox School. Distance, 13 feet inches.
1o0-pound class-First, Norman West.
Towers School; second; c. Tomiins. Bu-
Ghanan sShoSl; third; third; N. Hipschens;
| inches.
1B-pound class-First, John Graham.
Buchanan School; second. Raymond
Godfrey. Cranch School. Distance. IA
feet.
Unlimited class-First, Walter Parker,
Towers School: second. James Johnston.
Buchanan School; third, Howard Ven
able. Lenox School. Distance, IA feet
FIELD EvENTs-RUNNING HIGH
JUMP.
s5-pound class-First, Norman Hutch
inson, Bryan School; second. Alvin Bow
ers, Bryan School: third, Leftwich
Smith. Lenox School. Height, feet /
inch.
100 pound class-F1rst. Raymond Whip.
Wallach School; second Jack CLOWN
azzo. Wallnch School; third. Harry
Bjorkland. Bryan School. Height
feet s inches.
u5-pound class-F1rst, Walter Ford,
Bryan School; second. Guy Newhard,
Wallach School, third, Millard Trazzare,
Wallach School. Height. I feet
Unlimited class-First, Wilton Clark.
Buchanan School; second, George Nc.
Cathran,' Buchanan School. Height, 1
| feet / inch,
The Georgetown division meet will be
held Juno /. Successful contestants in
the divtston meets are eligible for the
city championship meet June Ia.
The Washington times., 1915-05-29
THIS THING MUST STOP

An unconscious man, badly in
jured, was hauled to a city hospital
after midnight, and left on the step.
The automobile that brought him
rushed away as soon as he had been
deposited, none too gently. The JOY
riders had done rather better than
their ilk is accustomed to do; for it
is quite the correct procedure of
these gentry to knock their victim
half block and then put on extra
speed to escape.
There must be an end of this
irresponsible attitude toward the
use of streets and the rights of the
public. 1t is needful that some of
these people who chase, up and down
the town in utter disregard of laws
or regulations or human life, shall
be found and properly impressed
with the error of their methods. A
few joy-riders of this particularly
undesirable class, looking through
iron bars and with the prospect of a
long, contemplative indulgence in
that same pastime, would be dis
tinguished credit to the community.
They would contribute long way
toward enforcing respect for the
laws and the rights of the COM
munity.
The Washington times., 1915-05-29
GEORG|ANS URGING
FRANK CLEMENCY
Pressure on Governor SIaton
Increases as Time for Hear.
ing Approaches.

ATLANTA, May 2s.-As the time ap-
proaches for the hearing on Leo NJ
Franks plea for Communication of the
death sentence the letters urging
Governor Slaton and the prison com
mission to favor the prisoner are
doubling in number. Hundreds Of let :
ters are received daily from leading
Georgians. many from lawyers living
in the smaller towns of the State
Dozens of women are writing espe-
cially urgent pleas.
Robert c. Alston. leading Atlanta
lawyer and expresident OF the State
Bar Association, has written urging
clemency. He set forth in detail the
reason for his opinion that the death
penalty was unjust, declaring that
prejudice against Frank existed at the
time of his trial; that there had been
a quiet movement to intimiiate Judge
Roam and others; that Judge Roam had
expressed a doubt and that the ap-
pellate courts had all been divided
Mr.. Alston expresses the opiaion that
Jim Conley, the negro who accused
Frank, murdered Mary Phagan
John a. Boykin. another lawyer,
wrote that he had known Judge Roan n
Intimately and he indorsei the in
formation given recently in a letter
by Judge Arthur G. Powell. who said
that the presiding Judge frequently
had expressed his doubt as to Frank s
guilt.
Judge Roam upon more than one
occasion" wrote Mr.. Boykin. "ex.
pressed similar doubts to me-"
Mr.. Boykin added he believed from
conversations he had had with Judge
Roam that the latter had been intimI.
dated by threatening letters durins
Franks trial and while the motion
for a new trial was pending. A large
increase was noted In the number OF
| letters from United States Senate
and Representatives, governors OF
! States, judges and other prominent
| citizens. United States Senator Nc,
| Lean OF Connecticut, Charles X. Har.
resentative w. II. Coleman, of Penn.
sylvania and Mayor Preston OF Balti
more have written urging clemency
The Washington times., 1915-05-29
MUST BE BIGGER THAN EVER.

isers, whose business is to kin off the
scouts OF the enemy; anf of battle
cruisers we have none at all!
Must BE Built For Its Own Job.
To put the thing pointed-just as it
was stated by an important naval Of
icer after the end OF the recent man.
euvers-the 1915 game Of war proved
exactly the same things that the 1914
war proved. The American navy must
be built on lines considerably differ
ent from any European navy; 1t must
be built for its own particular job. At
present, 1t Is peculiarly i'll adapted 10
its especial task. because it needs fast
submarines more than any other navy
needs them. This Is true because 1t
has such long lines to defend.
After the war of 1912 the American
congress- realized that something must
be done; and 1t did It, An order was
given for the construction of what was
really the dreadnaught No. ! Of its
day; fine old boat that never saw
service. but that deserves to be better
known about than II is.
This boat was designed throughout by
Robert Fulton. 1t was the first steam
driven frigate. did not even use sails
bottomed hull and was really unsink-
able There was eight feet of solid oak
to be penetrated before a shot could
get inside: and that eight feet OF oak
Was Ndoty DctttT uelS1lbe against lHe
biggest guns of that day than half as
much nickeled steel would be now. The
Fulton-that was her name-was
moreover an "all big gun" ship, carry
ing only long 32-pounders, the biggest
of that era. Finally. she had a device
to prevent boarding, which was a
favorite proceeding In those days. A
huge cau,dron of boiling oil was kept
in thoroughly protected place, from
which 1t could be poured out on the
boarding party!
Fulton l q Revolution.
Altogether. the Fulton l. now for.
gotten. was a revolution. Half a cen.
tury later came the iron ship. also ar
American invention. The FULTON ir
her time would probably have gone Out
alone and cleaned up any navy in the
world. But she never got chance. Sh<
was never tried after 1916, the war end
Ing Just as she was ready for service
Had the peace of Client not been mad,
she would have been a greater terro,
to British seamen than the Merrimac
was to the North in civil war days
She became at last a receiving ship a
the Brooklyn navy yard. and twenty
years afterward blew up.
The Washington times., 1915-05-29

pointed out that if judges were ap-
pointed, say by the governor, the
governor could be held responsible
If they failed; the political boss Is
utterly irresponsible.
This is an argument that has been
made a good many times, not only
in connection with judgeships, but
with other offices: there must be
somebody to hold responsible. But
it is not apparent how a governor,
who serves two or four years, is to
be held responsible for the service Of
a Judge whom perhaps he appoints
for seventeen years. The truth is that
the effort to establish an effective
responsibility has not been very
successful. Political parties always
insist that it is dangerous to elect
independent" candidates to office,
because if they 60 wrong in office
there will be no party to be called
to account. But there is little boot
in trying to punish political party
for such mistakes, and so far as
the judiciary is concerned political
parties generally have not borne
the brunt; the offending Judge has
been the victim, if the voters got a
chance at him at the ballot box.
Plans for non-partisan judiciary
have been successful in some COM
munities; they have been pathetic
failures in others. The particular
method does not seem so determina-
tive Of results, as is the character
of the people concerned, either as
political leaders or as the appointing
power. The real, wide-open, effec-
tive primary election system still
looks like about as effective a way
to put the whole responsibility
where it belongs, and must finally
rest-in the hands of the whole
people. .
The Washington times., 1915-05-29
DOUBT ABOUT THE NEBRAsKAN

If the captain Of the Nebraskan
is is doubt whether his ship was
shattered by submarine torpedo or
by floating mine there is certainly
room for doubt by everybody. More
than anybody else he would natur-
ally be outraged by even a suspi-
cion that he had been deliberately
attacked without warning, getting
no chance either to show the char
acter of his cargo or to take off his
crew before the torpedo was launch
ed. And more than anybody else, if
he did suspect it was a torpedo, he
would denounce the lawlessness and
brutality.
This is aside from the fact that
Berlin could not fail to know that
after the Lusitania horror and the
outburst of American sentiment
against submarine piracy, a similar
attack upon an American ship clear
ly showing her colors would be
equivalent to going to war without
further parley.
1t is possible that Berlin may
want to go to war with the United
States as well as with all the rest
of the world. War madness is not
to be measured by the standards Of
cold reason. But if Berlin were de-
termined upon war with the United
States even a policy infatuated with
Grass stupidity would elect to force
the issue on the Lusitania, British
ship flying the British flag, with
some shadow of technical justifica-
ton, rather than on the Nebraskan,
with no justification possible on any
grounds whatsoever.
Compelling war with the deliber-
ate torpedoing Of an American ship
pending Berlin's answer to Presi-
dent Wilson's note on the Lusitania
would ALLEVIATE from the Berlin
policy the last German-American
along with the unanimous American
people. Even a madhouse govern
ment would stop short of that.
The Washington Administration is
perfectly right, then, to assume-at
least as long as the captain of the
Nebraskan is in doubt-that the
blow to his vessel was an accident,
not a crime.
The Washington times., 1915-05-29
Praises Times for Calm and Patriotic
Editorials.

To the Editor OF THE TINES:
The calm and patriotic attitude or
your editorials in this present interna-
tional crisis merits and Is receiving uh-
qualified approval from unhyphenatsG
Americans, that is to say, from Aineri-
cans. We are. to the last man, even the
old men, absolutely at the back OF the
President of the United States, IN his
constitutional right to conduct ana ul-
rect our diplomatic intercourse with Tor
elgn states; and his handS VIII De un-
flinchingly upheld. 10,
But the unhyphenated American will
not stand for" national pusilaninity or
national dishonor, both OF when, as ms
educated mind recognizes, are worse,
much worse, than war, with all lts nor
rors. More than 100 American citizens.
at the time aboard Of a merchant pas
senger steamer upon the high seas. IN a
place where international law gave thcm
an absolute right to be at the time, nave
been deliberately. Intentionally. and pre-
meditatedly murdered by the act of a
foreign government which boasts OF
"kultur." The Outright" and perhaps
the "Nebraskan" have been torpedoed,
or sunk, deliberately and with CYNICAL
intention and contempt by the armed
cruisers of a foreign government in the
one case with loss of American life. That
is the plain case. What does the Gov
ernment OF the United States propose
10 90 ABOUT 1t!
We have a Declaration Of independ.
ence. which sets forth the American ideal
of Government. We have, in common
with all other nations a science OF uni
serval public law which teaches that,
while the subject owes to Government
both allegiance and support, the corre-
spending obligations of Government to
the subject are protection and Vlndica-
ton.
These two plain duties OF Government
are not to be evaded, or neglected. be-
cause of personal ambitions for peace
prizes" inborn pusilanimity. or base
trucking to "hyphenated" votes.
Every American citizen has right, not
a cringng supplication. for action by
his Government In maintenance OF
his lawful rights Of protection and vim
dication.
The deliberate, intentional invasions OF
American rights by one, II not two. OF
the belligerent states now engaged in
war are apparent, manifest.
The unhyphenated American Is in an
attitude of ''watchful waiting" waiting,
doubtful waiting the writer IS more than
sorry to say, upon the steps TO be taken
by his own Government for the prctec-
tion and vindication of his legal rights.
In his hand, the President Of the
United States holds the sword OF the
Lord and of Gideon"
This Is not a personal perquisitc. In
the words Of one OF his most illustrious
predecessors II is "a public trust.
EDMUND BORROWS BRIGGS.
Washington. May 27.
The Washington times., 1915-05-29
Again, Accidents in the Streets" !"

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
Under this illuminative caption the
Rev. G. J. S. Hunnicutt writes that fines
should be imposed upon children who
play In the streets. and announces his
duty to sound a warning to keep them
out of earthly danger.
assume that the gentleman has no
children of his own. hence his duty does
not extend so far as to find some other
playground for tho children. He would
pull to pieces. but fails 20 rise to con-
structive effort. He should be a dra-
matte critic by profession.
Keep the children off the streets!
Lock them in the cellar!
Anything 80 that the potential law
breaker, the man at the wheel OF a
powerful engine of destruction, may re-
lax his vigilance and overwhelm every
right possessed by pedestrians from
time immemorial. whence the memory
Of man runneth not to the contrary"
Lock up the children! And give tho
motorist the freedom OF the city, and
lift from him the necessity OF exercis-
ing reasonable care in using public prop
erty.
Why not go step beyond and pro-
hibit children living at all?
A FRIEND OF TILE KIDDIES.
The Washington times., 1915-05-29
Wires Marriage Secret
They Kept Six Months

TARRYTOWN, n. Y. May az
Mother. / can't keep 1t from you
any longer. Dick and I were married
on December s in Cincinnati"
This was the message sent today by
the former Miss Ruth Hart to her
mother, Mrs. William Hart. from San
Francisco. where she Is an actress In
Henry w. Savage's company. Her
husband is Richard Leaf OF this viii
lage and while the young couple were
to her marriage and remaining on
the stage. They were to have been
married in June. She Is twenty years
old and her husband. twenty -onG
The Washington times., 1915-05-29
SAYS DRAMA LEAGUE.
DID NOT ENCOURAGE

THE fifty members Of the amateur
group OF the Drama League, who are
now members OF the Amateur Authors
and Players Group Of Washington.
were not members of the league proper
merely because the vice president would
not present their membership slips" is
the statement made today by Mrs.
Christian D Hemmick.
The statement was made in answer to
the letter of George Odell, president of
the local branch OF the Drama League,
which appeared In The Times Mail Bag
columns yesterday, and which denied
that forty members of the Drama
League had resigned to become men,
bers OF the organization headed by Mrs
Hemmick.
They were not members of the
Drama League proper. because !. as
chairman of the amateur group. could
not get Mrs. White the vice president:
to accept and present their slips of
membership" said Mrs. Hemmick. MIR.
Odell finally had to do this himself. but
the time had passed. and all were too
indignant at the disbursements from
the board. We thought. and as events
| showed. with justice. that our work
merited encouragement, and that 1t was
Of literary and educational value.
Why New Society Was Born.
"The amateur group felt hurt at the
refusal of the sanction of the Drama
League for The Awakening but when
the board also turned down The Opium
Pope.' they felt that there was too
| great real opposition to their effort, and
so the new society was born:
"An will pay dues into the new or
ganization. We feel that the board has
| done nothing but discourage instead OF
| encourage the work OF the society, the
very name of which demands aid. and
that they are narrow and limited. They
| exclude beauty. theme. and even edu-
cational values, in refusing the type
| of plays which we presented them for
| their enproba tion. Their narrow view
point does not suit this advanced age.
| ''Plavs like 'Kismet,' 'Sumurln' and
| The RIue Bird are considered drama,
as well as merely wordy plays. The
'Disnute of the Muses. The Opium
Pine and The Awakening all had edu-
cational value. but the board did not
| even come to see these productions. .
To Give "The Awakening
The Awakening" the tableaux by
Mrs. Hemmick and Miss Hazel Mack
ave one OF the disputed plays, will be
| given under the auspices of the Wash
| inEton Branch of the Woman's Peace
| party on the evening of MAY 81 at the
! foot of the Monument. The public is
| invited. Miss Janet Richards will make
! the openng remarks, Milton Bryan. a
| local dancer. will give a costume dance
\ of the Indian Spirit OF Peace, from
| "Hiawatha," and the cast win INCLUDE
| members of the cast OF The Opium
! Pipe" and others
The Washington times., 1915-05-29
American Navy Must
Be Seagoir1g and Built
Up For Particular Job
Without Fighting Ships Able to Cope With Enemy,
United States Would Have to Abandon Porto
Rico, Panama Canal, Cuba Alaska, Hawaii,
and Philippines.
By JUDSON C. WELLIVER.

Twice the American navy has produced revolutionary types
fighting ships which the beginning making the
of the world
First during the Of 1872 incident that very few people
nowadays recall Second in the production of Monitor which
everybody remembers and understands
In each American inventive activity work with
the result that the revolution followed Will
American nautical ingenuity the chance repeat this performance?
1t the United States navy working produc-
on of type submarine that supposed be bigger
powerful and important than any that aoa American
capacity produced and substantially perfected the submarine
the which appeals popular imagination and the
scientific conceptions Of authorities alike any other
The Washington times., 1915-05-29

before long realize that time and
energy are required quite to their
limits in other directions. If the
problem of Mexico had been met
when it ought to have been, it
would have been out of the way
now.
The Washington times., 1915-05-29

Now that Marconi has enabled us
to see through walls we'd like to
see the automobilist who rattles his
horn at a. m. through a nice six
foot wall.
The Washington times., 1915-05-29

Carrying Goals to Newcastle is a
foolish occupation, but in these days
of submarine supremacy, it is no
more foolish than carrying Goals
from Newcastle.
The Washington times., 1915-05-29

Advocates of universal peace
aren't getting much consolation out
of the fact that the new English
fighting uniforms are olive colored
The Washington times., 1915-05-29

The value of the submarine must
be considerably overestimated. Har-
old McGrath hasn't worked it into
a novel yet.
The Washington times., 1915-05-29

None Of those cavalier Mexicans.
who would rather fight than eat, is
starving to death.
The Washington times., 1915-05-29

Austrians are preparing for the
Italian invasion by withdrawing
three carloads of hate from the Rus
sian frontier.
The Washington times., 1915-05-29
Prisoners Make Shells.

PARIS, May 29-La Liberte quotes
a letter from a soldier, a prisoner in
Germany, who Is a metal worker. He
was sent from the prisoners camp
and IL now working In a shell fac
tory like q galley slave"
The Washington times., 1915-05-29
MANY EYENTSL|STED
FOR CAPITAL TODAY
Meetings and Entertainments to
Be Held in Every Section Of
City by Various Societies.
Today.

Open houss, Homo Club u Jeakson plaza
HyGiens Association, Nav willard. 8 D. m
Meeting. Southern Society. New Willard Z
p m.
Planting Of ivy, Alpha Kappa Alpha sosor-
ity. Howard University, 8 ,. m.
Odd Fellows-Canton Washing gton. Ne.
Patriarchs Militant.
knights OF Columbus-DanctnG party. Cslum-
bus Country Club
Sons OF Jonadab-Good Will Council.
The dansant, Misses Timlow's School 8 "a
7 o'clock p. m.
Debate, GEORGETOWN University w. Boston
College. CASTOR Hall
Meeting. District Suffrage League. People 9
Forum p. m.
Luncheon, Beta Phi seniors. 0eorSs wssh-
inEton University. / D. m.
Convention, National Association OF the Steel
Plate Transferers' Association OF America.
Eagles Club rooms, 10 a. m.
Meeting, Trowel Club Of Master MasonA,
New Ebbitt, 9 p. m.
The Washington times., 1915-05-29

The Kaiser is holding that last
note longer than Caruso could.
The Washington times., 1915-05-29
MAIL BAG
(From The Times Readers

Communications to the Mail Bag must
only; must not exceed 200 words In
length. and must be signed with name
and address Of sender. The publ,
cation Of letters In The Times Mail
Bag does not mean the Endorsement py
The Times Of the opinions OF tne
writer. The Mail Bag is an open ior-
um, where the citizens OF washington
can argue most questions.
The Washington times., 1915-05-29
Tomorrow.

Trinity Church, home coming, Trinity
Church, 10 a. m.
Memorial services. G. A. r. and other pa
triotic societies. First Congregational
Church, Tenth and streets northwest
Memorial services Government Hospital 70,
the Insane, p. M
Memorial services U: s. Grant Circle, No.
eral Grant in rotunda OF the Capitol, p.
m.
Dedication OF pulpit given BY District 2. 4;
r. and C A. r. to State Church At broad
Creek, Prince Georges county, Nd, az
Church. p. m. Conveyances leave lSls n
street northwest at p. IN.
Meeting, for the purpose OF organizing
Georgia Society OF the District, Raleigh
BaocaIa ureate sermon, main building, Hos-
ard CniNersitY 1 D. m.
The Washington times., 1915-05-29
Amusements.

National-Aborn Opera Company. In Nj
kado, 2:l6 and Sis p m.
Columbia-Columbia Players, In The Girl
Of NV Dreams" 2:l5 and s:l5 p m.
Poii'sHPoli Players, in Polly OF the Circus"
$40 and $50 p. m.
Sis p. m. 49,
Cosmos-Continuous vaudeville.
Crandall s-Photoplays. continuous.
Garden-Photoplays, continuous.
Strand-Photoplays continuous.
Arcade-Skating.
Glen Echo-An amusements.
Class day exercises, College Of Arts and
Sciences, Howard University. $50 ., N.