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The Washington herald., 1915-11-18

is 10 conscious possession of life as an asset Its
pleasurable sensations are not reflective. And II
ii dies without pain and without knowing that It
is going to die, or that it is actually dyipg it has
lost nothing. Rather, if we are believing Chris
tians, it has gained much. People fear death be-
cauAe they cannot posthlate humiliation and are
rather sceptical of heaven. II one is annihilated
one does not miss anything and there be no
regrets. In heaven on the other hand one must
be supposed to experience only relief at having
reached there at last But most men visualize
death as sort of prolonged imprisonment in a
coffin and fear it accordingly. With respect to the
mother of the child (and her case in modified
degree is the of the relatives and friends) she
has possessory right If any at all
1t would be barbarous perhaps for the state
to destroy defective child over the objections
of the parents. And yet it might not be unreason-
allie. For il is the state after all that has the
paramount right of life and death over the child
1t needs children. II it did not it would permit
parents to destroy their superfluous children Gas
used to be done in parts of China) as well as to
prevent their arrival. The state likewise is in
terested in destroying or solating imperfect and
criminal types in order that the race may not
deteriorate. This theory regards all but babies
and idiots is questioned by those who maintain
that the liberty of the individual is superior to
the welfare of the state. But to them it is not
to be questioned for they are not individuals"
in the accepted sense.
Why then, it will be asked, have not civilized
communities undertaken the destruction of imbe-
Giles and the hopelessly deformed children? For
just and that is that it has always been
believed that any scheme devised for this pur-
pose would be subjected to abuses. that it would
be impossible to prevent INSCRIPTIONS persons
from securing the destruction of undesirable rel
atives or offspring on the pretext that they were
deformed or imbecile Distrust of the motives of
the parents or friends, distrust of the profess
sional ability of the medical men who have pro-
ncunced upon the condition of the child-that and
not sentiment is at the bottom of the objections
made in the we are considering. All senti-
ment must be in favor of allowing it to die. For
it is men and not God that send such unfortu-
mates into the world and God can quickly find, if
He will, another and finer house Of clay for the
little spirit to abide in.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-18
BY r. II. JOHNS.

Mai Gen William VI. Carter. L. 5. A,
who will retire from the active list on
November IS. has arrived in San Fran
cisco from Honolulu, and after spending
a few days at the exposition he will come
to Washington. As Cen Carter owns
beautiful home In Washington, It is pre-
sumed that he will make his residence
at the Capital. Gen. Carter for num-
Der of years Was on duty in the Adjutant
Generals office and later as Assistant
Chief of STAFF. He has many friends in
Washington and has come to regard this
as his home.
As was announced some time ago,
Brig. Gen. Taskcr ". Bliss. u. S. A.,
succeeds Gen. Carter in the grade OF
major general There never was a more
popular appointment in the army than
that of Gen. Bliss. There is an impreC-
sion In the servic" that Gen. Bliss. on
account Of his distin guished service in
the army. earned his major generally
years ago and his promotion has peen
expected for some time.
In filing the vacancy in the grade of
brieadier general. which will be created
by the promotion OF Gen. Bliss, an ei-
fort il being made by the General Stan
to establish a policy for proratinS the
general officers Of the army among the
different arms of the service. When the
matter was taken up originally II ap-
reared TO be a very simple problem in
addition, subtraction and division. but
now with only a few days remaining in
which to determine to what arm the va
cancy belongs, the General Stan has not
agreed upon the solution.
The first question for the General
stan to decide was whether the major
generals should be taken into consid-
Grafton in making the computation. In
the years past only brigadier generals
were considered in the distribution OF
but upon mature con-
sideratfon II was decided to include the
major generals. Then the question
came up as to whether stan corps Of
fcers who were appointed were to be
considered in prorating between the
different arms 1t was urged by some
Of the members of the General Stan
that the staff corps officers who are
appointed brigadiers should be credit
ed to the army from which they origi-
nally were detailed. According to this
plan Gen. Carter would be credited to
the cavalry, Gen. Bliss to the artillery.
and Gen. Barry to the infantry. II this
scheme is agreed to the next vacancy
in the grade of brigadier general
would go to the infantry. II this con-
tention is rejected IL would be allotted
either to the cavalry or the field artil-
Iery.
The suggestion made by Rear Ad-
miral John r. Edwards. U. S. NJ. re-
tired, for an elaborate system of dry
The Washington herald., 1915-11-18
NAVAL ORDERS.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.


Caesar arrived at Alexandra. November Z: Chat
tsnOoEa arrived At Bremertnn. November Is; Cleve-
lard arrived at Coriuto. November Is: Iris arrived
At san DieEO November Is; Jason sailed for Mel
VILE. November Is. NeryzIs arrived at Nagasah
November Y: Perkns sailed for Pensacola, Novem-
bsT IS Raleigh arrived al MsZatlan, November Is:
Raleigh sailed for t;naymas November IS: Stsrett
sailed for Pensacola NoErmIvr l6 Uncas arrived at
Chariest0n SOyeuheT IS.
ORDERS To OFFICERS.
Cart 4. r. Niblack drtached. TO hone and wait
orderS.
CsIt l. II. Chandler. detached to Command New
HAmTshirr.
Capt Eiviu \. Andersen. detained, to home and
wait orders.
CAP {. B. Britain. DETACHED. to cnmmand
Michigan.
Commau,lsr Arthur Macarthur. dstschrd to orn-
mand Frsnri-n.
Lieut., Commander c. H. Woodland. detached. to
New York.
Mr,liral Inspector l.. ". SrratlirE. detached. to
navy yard. Norfolk Va.
surg u. q Shifsrt dctsrled 10 New YORK.
surg. ]. p. LCys DETACHED. to fse1 rIrgruu. At
lantic Fleet.
Acting Charlain Norman Mcleod. appointed from
NoVsHibcr g. 1915
Acting Chaplain O W. Bchrrns. to Atlantic Re
Fleet.
chief Paw CLERK. \. " Bsrne<. detached 10 sup
rIv
Pay CTerk AIeIandrr RiSgin. hrtached. To navy
yard. Puget Sound. Wash.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-18
More Excuses for Murder.

Washington is now in possession OF all
the information it is likely to receive from
the Austrian government concerning the de-
struction Of the steamship Ancona, noncom-
blatant vessel. with the loss of hundreds of lives,
some of them American lives, Austria, of course,
seeks to justify by techncalities the act of the
commander of the submarine which did the savage
work, in the face of overwhelming evidence that
women and children were deliberately butchered,
every effort being exerted to prevent any of them
from escaping. Washington had every reason to
be assured in advance that Germany or Austria
whichever nation owned the submarine-would at
tempt to evade responsibility for this latest whole
sale and heartless murder by the setting up of
technical that insult civilization, humanity
and decency, just Germany has done repeatedly
in the past. Now the State Department has them
in black and white and the administration may
proceed to determination of its course
The easiest way, the way of the new national
ism, will be to observe the diplomatic niceties
that prevail in times of cordial relations with all
peoples and to accept at their face value the new
inctallment of Teutonc lies as justfying the muir
der of Americans; and there the incident of the
Ancona slaughter could be closed. The other
way the way of the old nationalsm that prevailed
when Remember the Maine" aroused every
American, is to ascertain the truth and act upon
it, not by beginning with Austria where we began
with Germany when she murdered lis Americans
on the Lusitania and ending eight months from
now in the same way, but by notifying Austria
that the murder of an American is an act of war
and that technicalites do not constitute defense
The outstanding and overshadowing fact is that
Americans have again been murdered, this time
by Germany's ally, if not by Germany herself, in
deliberate defiance of all of warnings to of
these nations at war. Why should we not sweep
and diplomatic subterfuge aside and
deal with the fact of the murder of citizenss
All of the reliable information we have concerning
the fate of the Ancona warrants the conclusion
tn; every known law was violated in the
mission of a hdeous atrocity. But, suppose
strain the imagination and accept the theory of
technical justification? To what abject depths
have Americans decended if this is satisfaction for
the slaughter of their fellow-countrymen? 1t is
true that deliberately unfrendly" and "strict
countability" have been made meaningless when
coming from Washington, but there are stronger
words in vocabulary that may be used for our
redemption if we in earnest
The country responded feebly to our stern and
severe protest against embarrassments to our COM
MERGE and it is small wonder, with conspiracy
flcurishing within our own borders, with torch
and bomb destroying industries, with the
record of the dead of the Lusitania and the
Ancona regarded with complacence and with
American lives yet in daily peril on the high seas
for want of the protecting hand of their countrys
90 yernment
The Washington herald., 1915-11-18

Whatever may be the consensus of opinion re-
garding advocates of the single tax it is certainly
not that they all foolish that of their
number who is going to defeat for reelection all
members of Senate and House who oppose the
adoption of the single tax in Washington. 1t
would seen that his declaration ought TO improve
the chances for the retention of the half-and-
hall principle, since nearly all its opponents are
single-taxers, fact which would in measure
warrant giving credence to the assertion that
there is a nationwide movement to try the
single tax on long-sufering Washington. which
has grasped the opportunity offered by the half
and-haf inquiry.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-18


Mr.. Monroe and his cabinet were
greatly shocked to learn what Gen.
jackson had done in his headstrong mas
terfulness. and promptly restored PEN
sacola and St Marks to the Spanish au-
thorities: they saw nothing for II. how
ever. so long as affairs stood as they
did upon the border, but to defend their
generals course for the rest, upon the
ground that he had only pursued his
Indian foes to their habitual refuge
amidst the forests OF the peninsula. and
performed In SPANS stead the indispen-
sable duties OF police In districts infinite
ly disturbed and an undoubted menace
to every neighborhood.
The Spanish government. on its part.
saw clearly enough how defenseless
and how useless Florida was. thus cor
nered and detached by the spreading
power OF the United States throughout
the continent
On February .. 1873. therefore. the
Spanish minister in Washington, acting
under new instructions from his govern
nent. sisned a treaty by which Florida
was ceded entire - the United States.
In consideration OF the payment by the
United States OF s. 900 900 In satisfaction
of all claims. and the REIMBURSEMENT by
the United States OF all right to the
Texas country, where their title to pos
session was much better than 1t had
even been I'm any part of Florida.
The Senate confirmed the treaty at
once: the Spanish government tardily re-
turned its ratification within q couple Of
years February. lS2D: and the ques-
tionable business was at an end
Both Mr.. Madison and Mr.. Monroe ad-
dressed themselves very diligently. the
war of 1872 being over and all the world
having come into a breathing time Of
peace. to clearing all foreign complica-
tons away.
In 1915 Mr.. Nonore. being then him.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-18

Denf by us- either entire or IN part
self Secretary OF State. had arranged
with Great Britain tolerably salts
factory commercial convention. which
opened at any rate a part Of the trade
Of the British West Indies to Amer
lean ships
The same year the Dey OF Algiers
who had taken advantage Of the war to
prey upon the commerce OF the United
States. was obliged upon Commodore
Decatur's quarterback 10 sign a treaty
of peace and amity which he was not
likely soon to break. having read his
lesson at the portfolios OF a formidable
feet In his harbor.
In 1878 Mr.. John Quincy Adams act
ing under MIR. Monroe. negotiated fresh
treaties with England under which the
United States gained permanent rights
in the Canadian fisheries. Great Brit
of the Mississippi and the northern
boundary line Of the United States was
determined from the Lake OF the Woods
to the Oregon country.
Fair skies at home and abroad cheered
the country ere the time for choosing
presidential electors came round again
in the autumn of 1890.
Politicians schemed for personal al
vantage behind the scenes. not forget
lihS 'he heNt p'eSiuehtia' eieStIo' No"
one group and again another essayeo
to gain control OF affairs
To those who read very curiously the
signs Of the times new parties seemed
to be perceptibly enough outlined Just
beneath the surface Of events
But on the surface there was a great
calm. and to the country at large II
seemed an acceptable time of concord.
an ERA of good feeling" The strain
of politics was eased.
Tomorrow The Monroe Doctrine.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-18

Miss Eleanora Morgan. daughter of DR..
and Mrs. James Dudley Morgan. enter
tanned at a dinner OF twenty-eight COW
ers last evening at her residence in Chevy
Chase. In honor of Miss Rebekah Wilmer
and Mr.. Thomas Alexander Scott Thropp,
whose marriage will be an event Of
Thanksgiving Day. The guests included
DR.. and Mrs. James Breckenridge Bayne
were hosts at dinner at the Chevy Chase
Club last evening. Their guests were
Mr.. and Mrs. Myron Parker. Mr.. and
Mrs Meredith. Mr.. and Mrs Robert
Roosevelt, Mr.. and Mrs. Tenant. Mrs.
Morgan CsIeron and Lieut. Thompson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bowie Chapman enter
tanned at dinner last evening at the
Chevy Chase Club having as their guests
Mr. and Mrs Andrew Duval. Mr.. and
Mrs. John Edwards. Mrs. Joseph Hamp-
ton, Mrs Merrill. Mr.. Carl Kurtz, and
Mr.. Jesse Suter.
The debutante season opened yesterday
afternoon with a tea dance given at the
washington Club by Mrs Charles B.
Howry, wife of Judge Howry. in honor
of Miss Helen Biodgett. daughter Of
Mrs. Delos -Blodgett, and Miss Jeanette
Cowan, daughter of Mrs. John X.
Shields. two charming buds of the win
ter. The guests, who were confined 70
the younger set, were received by Mrs.
Howry assisted by Miss Mary Howry and
Miss Elizabeth Howry. who has arrived
in Washington for a fortnight's visit
from New York. where she Is stud ying
for the concert stage under Nine Sem
brich.
Mr.. and Mrs. John W. Thompson enter
tanned their guests, Miss Moberly. OF
New York and Miss Player. of
Rochester. at dinner last evening at the
Chevy Chase Club preceding the dance.
In the afternoon Mrs. Thompson gave
an Informal bridge party for her guests
at her residence in Massachusetts avenue.
Among other dinner hosts at the Chevy
Chase Club last evening Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Harlow. who entertained a
number OF guests in honor of their
daughter. Miss Katherine Harlow. one
Of the seasons debutantes; Mr.. and Mrs.
Reeve Lewis. Col. and Mrs. John II.
Russell. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas B.
Sweeney. and Commander and Mrs.
Henry Wiley.
Mrs. Henry d. Flood entertained several
friends at luncheon at the ShOreham yes
terdav.
Mrs. KIngman wife OF Cant. J. J. Kine-
man, entertained at bridge yesterday
afternoon in honor of her mother. Mrs.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-18

Think of 100000 people, rich with all the
gifts and dedications of race and industry, de-
velopment and culture, getting nothing out of
the except money and doing nothing except
writing few notes and slapping the Kaiser on
the wrist occasionally" says New York clergy
man. He forgets that we are now slapping King
George on the wrist because he persists in in
terfering with our trade with the murderers of
Americans on the Lusitania and Ancona
The Washington herald., 1915-11-18

The District Commissioners rejected the work
of the condemnation jurors appointed to app-aise
d site for the new Eastern High School wholly
unsatisfactory but the District Court has awarded
them $500 for their services. So that after all,
the Joke is on the taxpayers.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-18
Controlling Attention.
By JOHN ID. BARRY.

To be able to control attention and to keep il
fixed on the wholesome things outside is to find
happiness within easy reach. At intervals how
ever, attention must be directed from within.
Perhaps one focus is just as important as the
other. In each case it must be deliberate
The danger Of introspection lies mainly in its
becoming unconscious habit. Then, too, much
depends what We find when we go inside Some
OF us are in Jail Others are in a room bright,
fresh, seemingly as beautiful and as expansive as
the sky.
The place is really our house Now we can see
how important it is for us to keep our house in
order.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-18

The advisory council of the Federal Reserve
Board is said to have recommended unanimously
that the Office of Comptroller of the Currency
be abolished, because it has been made useless
by the establishment of the Federal reserve sys-
tenn. 1t may be all right enough to abolish the
Office, but whoever will expect such an unheard
of reason to carry any weight?
The Washington herald., 1915-11-18

The New York Court of Appeals has sustained
a verdict of lower court acquitting man of a
charge of murder, the ground of self-defense,
but sentencing him to seven years Imprisonment
for carrying the pistol with which he shot his
victim. This decision that it is a crime to be pre-
pared to commit legal and necessary act should
cause rejoicing among the opponents of national
preparedness.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-18

The Berlin Vorwaerts, which was suspended
recently because of its appeals for peace, signal
lied its temperance with an article unfolding the
conspirators who are seeking to destroy industrial
establishments in this country. No doubt all will
now be forgiven
The Washington herald., 1915-11-18

The administration is trying to make up its
mind whether to increase the rate of the income
tax or to make more people pay at the present
rate; in other words whether to make more
people roar or make those who are roaring now
roar louder.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-18

1t is proposed to ask Congress to exact law
making the minimum wage for stenographers in
the District So week. The law of supply and de-
mand has fixed the minimum wage for real stenog-
raphers considerably above So a week. The real
effect of such law as is proposed would be to
prevent young men and women from earning any
thing at all while they are acquiring proficiency.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-18

OF course President Wilson comedies that
Representative Kitchin or any other man and
Democrat has a right to follow his own convic-
tons, but that will not prevent him from recog-
nizing the absurdity of entrusting the party lead
ership in the House of Representatives to a man
who is opposed to the principal policies of the
administration
The Washington herald., 1915-11-18

A woman who is suing for divorce in Reno
complains that her husband is so penurious that
he scolded her all one night because she spent IS
cents for taxicab hire when it was raining. Per-
sons who use taxicabs would like to know in
what city this occurred
The Washington herald., 1915-11-18

The fact that there were Indians among Mrs.
Calls ancestry is no why her friends and
those of the President should undertake to turn
the White House into a wigwam with their we'd
ding presents.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-18

Germany is ready for peace, but the allies
must ask for it, says Berlin official organ. But
far from asking for peace, the allies haven't even
limited that they ready for it at Germany's
asking.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-18
THE KEY.

Closed is the door to future days,
But Patience is the key
That opes it wide with all its bays
And prizes fair to see.
(Copuight ts1Al
The Washington herald., 1915-11-18
The Herald's Amy and Navy Department
Latest Complete Service and Published Washington

First Lieut.. GeurEe Rubin. II. Coast ARTILLERY
Cops relieved from SAT- duty in the coat defsnses
Of Long Island Sand and will repUTt 10 the CON
handing officer q the CuSst defeRss named for
assignment TO omTany in his command.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-18

The country seems to have been getting along
pretty well recently, in spite of the fact that iso
lated efficiency conferences are still being held
The Washington herald., 1915-11-18

Japan will respect the Monroe doctrine and
war between that country and the United States
is impossible, says DR.. T. Iyenaga, counteracting
the effect of whole lot of preparedness oratory.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-18
A Line O Cheer Each Day o the Year.
By JOHN KENDRIcK BANGS.

First printing OF original poem written daily
for The Washington Herald.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-18

In sense, those pains are a real part of
happiness. If, in looking back, we can recognize
them in their real nature, they become one of the
rewards of living. They are like the hardships
and the struggles of the nature-lovers, the ex-
plorers and the mountain climbers
The Washington herald., 1915-11-18

Did understand you to say that
Mr. Twobble is a great help to Mrs.
Twobble in her social career" oh.
yes" But he's a perfect dub" My
friend. most OF the checks signed in
this country are signed by perfect
dubs. God bless 'em"-Birmingha
Age Herald.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-18

Young Mrs. wombat doesn't seem
to know what to do for her baby"
We'll. you can't wonder No book
of instructions came with him
Judge
The Washington herald., 1915-11-18

There is, obviously, no perfect happiness. The
term involves contradiction.
At best what we call perfect happiness is a
transient thing.
Perfection would deny its own existence 1t
suggests completeness in life that is essentially
incomplete, that is always reaching out for
growth There cannot be growth without some
dissatisfaction, without what, in the physical life
we call growing pains.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-18
MORNING SMILES.

You say you can't pay this bill.
and yet ] see you riding around every
day in an automobile MY dear
fellow. that's the -Birming-
ham Age-Herald.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-18

To return to oneself after excursions into the
universe may be disheartenment and a pain. No
wonder many afraid OF themselves and
avoid being alone and seek constant distraction
in society and excitement and noise and dissipa-
ton. The longer they remain away. the farther
they go, the more adroitly they forget the more
distressing may be their return.
The hard drinkers know. Desperately they try
to shun themselves, to avoid rational conscious
ness. At last the moment comes when they 60
back to their prison. Now it is also a madhouse.
They must either fight and conquer the demons
or they must again escape. The oftener they
escape the harder grows the return
The Washington herald., 1915-11-18

Mr.. Pugnose-What? You will not
marry me?
Sweet Girl-Impossible.
Mr.. Pugnose-But you seemed to
love me once. Your eyes frightened
at my approach: and often when I
sat silently gazing at you, I am sure
you were greatly agitated.
Sweet Girl-Yes. know; but since
you have cut OF your side whiskers.
you don't look so much like poor. dear.
dead-and-gone Fido.-New York
Weekly.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-18

Miss Julia LitteIl. whose marriage to
Lieut. Alexander Patch. L. S. A. takes
place Saturday evening. entertained her
bridesmaids NJ a theater party. followed
The Washington herald., 1915-11-18

Mrs. J. q. Nicholson and daughter.
Mrs. J. VI. Chamberlain OF Washington.
are spending a few days in New York
City and are stopping at the WolcOtt.
Mrs. George A. Mills, also OF Washing
ton. is a guest Of the same hotel
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