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The Washington times., 1915-11-26
DANGERS OF RIFLE PRACTICE

The revival of revolver practice
will be most wholesome innova-
tion for members of the police force.
But with it should go proper and
emphatic cautions against an over
readiness to use the weapon.
There is as much reason why po-
lcemen should know how to shoot
as there is why the average citizen
should learn the same art. There
may be occasions upon which it
would stand both classes in good
stead. There are times, like the
pistol duel in which Police Lieut.
John f. Cats was injured, when IT
is imperative that the policeman
should shoot, and shoot straight.
But Washington is not anxious fol
a repetition of such incidents as
that which occurred here severa
years ago when policeman shot
newsboy through the leg because
the policeman thought he was steal
ing a paper from door step. Th'
only danger about having police
men indulge too enthusiastically il
Afle practice is that they will re
The Washington times., 1915-11-26
Next Weeks S
Films

Another Washington stock favoritc
will he seen In motion pictures next
week at Crandall's. when A ". Van
Buren, leading man of the Poll Flayers.
appears in small part in support OF
Theda Bara and Stuart Holmes in The
Galley Slave" tilm version of tha
celebrated Barley Campbell drama pro-
duced by the William Fox Company.
The cast also contains Lillian Lawrence,
a former stock leading woman in Wash
ington. and Hardee Kirkland, a Wash
ingtonian. The Galley Slave" will be
produced from sunday to Wednesday,
inclusive,
Robert Warwick In his newest World
Film production, The Sins OF Society"
will be seen Thursday, Friday, and Sat
urday. The play is n production of Will
liam A. Brady.
"Trilby." with Clara kimhall Young.
Wilton Lackayc. and Paul MCAlistc'
will have n final showing at the Leader
Theater Sunday, and it is probable that
it will return later. Monday and Tues
day C>ril Scott will he seen in "Not
Guilty" and on Wednesday and Thurs
day Mary and Jack Pickrord will he the
stars in the Paramount picture, "a
Girl of Yesterday"
Friday and Saturday the weeks pro
gram will include the photoplaN adapta
| lion of James FORBES comCdy-drama
The Chorus Lady" IN this pictuI,
| cleo Ridcely IS seen as PatriCia ORriei
and Mariori, Daw Will play tho part q
the young sister, Wallace PCd has The
rart Of the detective who was In low
a with Patricia
The Washington times., 1915-11-26

The road from Nish to Monastir Is a
highway OF agony. more dreadful than
the corpse -strcwn Klondike trail. II fs
lined with dead horses. intersperscd
with the bodies OF men. women. and
children. fugitivcs who dropped out
through exhaustion and lack of food
More refugees are still streaming in.
stumbling into the outskirts of Monas-
tir. semi- -dclirlous because OF the priva-
tons they have suffered or hysterical
with iov over their safe arrival In A
spot where they may at least find some
little food
Madame Slavko Grouitch. who arrived
TODAY after terrible twenty day trip
from Nish. described some OF her cX-
pcricnCes.
Even tho horses we rode were starv-
ing" she said Some fell exhausted
nv the roadside and died before our
cvHs. We were members OF govern.
inort party. but the most VIC could
get to cat each day was scanty half
loaf oc bread.
The others. women and children as
we'll as the men dragged themselves
along day by day on foot with little or
nothing 10 cat. Women fell III for lack
road to die. surrenderins babies and lit
lie children to tho care OF strangers.
only ono narrow horse trail through
Albania now leads into Serbia since tho
railroad was cut by the Bulgars. The
same road supplies Montenegro and Al
bania Tho people OF those countries
are facing starvation. too. But what Is
happening in Serbia Is the blacklist page
IN human h.s,ory.'
NJ. Michettc de wclle. Belgian minis
ter to Serbia and one OF the party oi
refugees Of which Nine. Grouitch Wa:
member. corrcborated her statements
"Have You No Brcad?"
"Rcfore I loft Albania I offered m,
servants money" said the Belgian min
| lister. "1hcy burst into tears and cree
| 10 me: 'Wc can't cat gold. for God
+ sake hav" you no bread?
"FlsrinG hero from Nish We heard thu
The Washington times., 1915-11-26
WHERE THE CHESTNUTS COME
FROM

This war makes itself felt in many
curious ways. Hundreds of epicures
who sat down at Thanksgiving din
ners yesterday missed. on its ac-
count, that choice Wand, highly
priced, turkey stuffed with chest
nuts.
Italians are eating their chestnuts
for food, and France, while she does
not prize them so highly as sub
stantial article of nourishment, can't
ship them to this country because of
embargoes.
The American crop of chestnuts
is scarce this year. With the Ameri-
can variety hard to get, and the
large. luscious marrons of France
and the castagnae of Italy missing
and only few Spanish chestnuts or
the market. many households had tc
resort to oysters, or plain plcbear
bread crumbs.
Here is where the Bureau ot
Foreign and Domestic Commerce
can come to the rescue Of the Ameri
can table. Chestnuts of excellen
quality abound, at low prices, in ia
pan and China. This dearth Of "stuff
ing" of the right sort today ma.
open up one more channel for foreigI
trade.
The Washington times., 1915-11-26
IRRIGATION IN CANADA

At Bassano. Alberta. there is be-
ing held this week the greatest irri-
cation congress in Canada's his
tory, in celebration of the first
years successful operation of the
biggest irrigation project on the
American continent. The Canadian
Pacific railroad is the hacker of the
enterprise. which has made it's full
contribution to the record Of west
ern Canada this year in producing
ITS largest crop. Dominion and
provincial officials and other people
Of Importance have gathered numer-
ously for the congress; they will in,
spect the great Bassano dam. the
Brooks aqueduct, and the $17,000,0 ,00(
irrigation system.
That the most expensive and cx
pansive single irrigation scheme or
this continent has been executed il
Canada will surprise many Ameri
cans. Yet irrigation is by no means
an American specially. The Rus
sian government was, before th'
war at any rate. carrying out enter
! priscs in Central Asia so vast, it il
reported. as to make most of tn
United States projects look modest
The Canadians are making specia
effort to couple up their new agri
cultural prosperity, incident t
heavy crops and war prices, wit
social efforts in behalf of the far
mers. Diversification of crops, bet
ter method of farming, improve
home, school, and religious cUsG
tions. larger immigration and belts
markets are among the objects
which effort is being systematioall
directed.
The Washington times., 1915-11-26

wild screams Of a man along the noun
tain road one night. They told us the
next day the shrieks came from a man
who had been murdered for his little
chunk Of bread.
IAN Serbia Is looking toward America
for relief. GERMANY must let America
help the Scrbians. Cut on from the
world, they will starve by thousands
unless food comes.
Nine. Grouitch herself has wired John
d Rockefeller. asking aid for starving
non-co ombatants The message will be
delayed several days in delivery and
no answer II expected before the end
of the week.
Food is very scarce here now Even
the hospital full Of wounded lacks
supplies OF fuel.
Monastir's fall Is expected very soon.
II Il comes within few DAYS thou
sands OF refugees. now en- route here,
viii be caught on the trail from Nish.
without food and with no place of
refuge but the mountains Only a
miracle can save them.
Nine. Slavko Grouitch. mentioned by
Shepherd In the above Monastir dis
patch. was formerly Miss Mabel Dun.
iop. Of West Virginia. now the wife OF
the under-seCretary Of foreign affairs
OF Serbia.
Mime. Grouitch came to the United
States on January IA. 1915. in the inter-
ests OF Serbian relief and spent several
weeks here. She became well acquaint-
cd with officers OF the Rockefeller foun-
dation. II was said at the Rockefeller
offices today that her cablegram, urg-
ing relief, has not yet been received.
The Washington times., 1915-11-26
WHAT'S ON PROGRAM
IN CAPITAL TO-DAY

Mass meeting. can IN. War BE Stopped"
Nith Mrs rhllip Snosden, Nine Rosiker
Sch" imrner, and Henry Ford as speakers.
Bcss,o Theater, $50 p. In.
Illustrated lecture. The story Of the Tee-
phone, J. q. Martin. before Mt Pleas
snr citizens Associs ton Emmanuel Bap-
,ist church, sixteenth street and Co'um-
Meeting, Noun, Pleasant Citizens As,ocis-
Illustrated lecture. by Emo. MN. on. ;hc
Masonic Hope, No 90 grand visitation: St.
Pleasant, No ia, Ro>al Arch, and Anacos-
Tia. No; IL. mark NJ + ~, -,
advanced line. Cathedral, 10 H. degrees
81. Johns Lodge, M. Is degrees and floral
obligation.
Rebekah Lodges Martha Washington. No. O.
business: DorcaH, No. T. business
knights OF Pythias-SyraCusi No 10 90
quire rank; Rathhonc- Superior. No ~, pase
rythian ssters-Rathhone Temple. No.
social , .
National Tnion-East Warrington Council
Wellers Hall: Mckinley Council. Washing
Royal Arcanum -Analostan Council, ry,his'
Lecture. ''liow TO Avoid Contagious Diseasa
Keen Wells St Johns Parish Hall, p. IN
Lecture, India by Mrs. Wilbur r. crafts
before Woman's Interdenom'natonal Mis-
sonary Union. y. m.
Election by Admiral George Dewey Camp
L s W. v, Masoni" Temple, Eight
and F streets northeast. 80 p. m
, Luncheon Rotary Club. continental Hotel
Meeting Of Women OF shrine Of the sacre
Heart church rartsh. y NJ
| | erturc "Sorialzcd Germany, hN Dr
| Frederick g. Howe, before Geographic So
| cietv Masonic Temple. Thirteenth nm
| New York avenue. AS and sl6 y. NJ:
| I-n,ted sSpan,sh War Neterans-Admirr
, pewey Camp. No. =
, Dance Holv Name Society of - stephen
| c'hurch carroll Institute Hall, s u. m,
The Washington times., 1915-11-26
SERMONS THAT GET PRINTED

One observant reader of news
papers remarked, after looking over
the papers of several cities ycster-
day, Isn't it strange that so many
preachers get on the first page on
Thanksgiving"
Not so strange, because, by COM
mon consent, clergymen on that day
take subjects Of wide general inter-
est. They preach what they term
"secular" sermons, instead of those
they call "dogmatic" or religious"
which are expected to be the thing
on Sundays.
Now an examination Of the ser
mons preached yesterday indicates
that they touched largely upon
peace, upon the wisdom Of prepared
ness, and upon undivided loyalty and
patriotism. They were just as IRE
ligious" as those one is apt to hear
Sundays. They were not dogmatic
or theological. But that does not
mean that they were not religious.
If clergymen were content tc
preach merely religious" sermons
and deal with such topics as the
home, and the state, and the ma
ton, with patriotism, and loyalty t.
ideals, and teach ethics, as applied
to modern conditions, they woult
find larger audiences in thei
churches, and they would gain th'
wider audiences of newspaper cir
culation,
The Washington times., 1915-11-26

gard the revolver as short cut to
making arrests in too many cases.
With that qualification, policemen
should learn to shoot, not only for
the sake of craftsmanship, but be-
cause of the excellent training in
self-control that range practice
gives. To shoot straight man
must be in good ply condition,
and any exercise which encourages
policemen to keep in such condition
is beneficial.
The Washington times., 1915-11-26
E. T. Williams to Speak
On Progress Of China

Tho Modernization Of China" Is the
tonic OF lecture by e. T. Williams 10
he given before the Twentieth Century
Club on December . at 1890. In All
Souls Church. Mr.. Williams Is chiet
of the division OF Far. Eastern AFFAIRS
in the Department of state and has
lived In China for moro than twenty-s'X
wears as missionary and diplomat.
Tho hoard Of directors of the c'uh
will meet at All Souls Church. NO
yember q, at 1880.
The Washington times., 1915-11-26
Tomorrow.

srccIsl south American club of the Young
Women Christian Association in assocIa-
Nco,irE \shIar club Of Master Masons
Pythian Temple, p. IN.
Mass meeting, persons Interested In reform
: movcnrcr,s Y. NJ. {. A.. =. IN.
Dance, Home club.
ODD Fcllows-CanIou Washington, No, !,
patriHrChs MilitanIs degree and inspection.
The Washington times., 1915-11-26
Actual Starvation Is
Fate Confronting All
In Serbian Territory
Woman Refugee Tells of Agony From Nish to Mon
astr When Even Horses Are Unable to Survive,
and Nation Is Now Looking to Ameri-
ca for Aid.
BY WILLIAM G.. SHEPHERD.

MONASTlR Serbia, Nov 20 delaycd)Serba is starving
Meh children and animals fleeing before the advance
Of hostile dying hunger by the roaddes and mountain
paths
In large oh wckcd country there has been food
for many Packs Of dogs prow the badess land like wild ami
mails searching for food
The world has developed Of greater horror than
those being enacted along the trail Of the marching armies
IS HIGHWAY OF AGONY.
The Washington times., 1915-11-26

of our export industries in every
port of the world.
There is the matter of special
legislation to permit American pro-
ducers and merchants to act in COM
bination for the purpose of giving
them the competitive brute force to
batter their way into commercial
strongholds across the seas.
Above all, there is the matter of
regulating the manner in which the
outside world, left deeply in our debt
after the war, perhaps never wholly
to emerge, shall pay US interest day
in and day out, with occasionally
something on account Of principal.
OF all. these and other subjects
which must be discussed over and
over again before even the first
chapter Of the history of this, our
new, international era is written, let
us look now at this matter of for
cign payment to US, which in the
greater part and in the larger run
always must be made in goods.
For payment to us on the debts
now amassing for supplies bought
from US during the war and on the
accounts for buying from US when
peace comes, the only capital coin
being the products Of the debtor
nation or of the purchasing nation,
we must be prepared to take i'm
ports from the world in huge vol
ume; for we must be paid; in the
bigger measure there is no other
way in which we can be paid.
And those import payments by
hundreds of millions more a year
than we ever took before we can
take now and in the future without
having them sweep away our own
industries.
But they must be regulated as to
specific kind by the need of our own
producers to compete here at home
with the foreign offerings and by
the ability of our own industries to
survive. They must be governed as
to volume by the capacity of our
markets to absorb them without
collapsing.
The one is as important as the
other.
If we let imports wipe out a
special industry we let them destroy
American capital and impoverisf
American wage-earners.
II we let imports drag down the
level of our whole market, then foI
every dollar of the foreign coin o
products that we receive in paymen
of debts owed to US or Of purchase
made from us we clip the value o
perhaps $1,000 Of our own coin o
domestic products. We shall b.
ruined by our deprecated currenc,
of American production.
We can safely take prodigiou
payments in coffee. in tea. in silk:
in rubber. in meat products, in fin
raiment. in art objects, in toys, i
articles of pure luxury, even in voc
and in sugar, and in many othe
things. Living well and indeed cS
travagantly in our incomparabl
prosperity and wealth, we can TAX
a stupendous total of such article
Of payment and still maintai
!, American industries.
= We cannot have hurled upon I
avaanches Of the articles which o,
own people must produce and sell (
preserve their own industrial exis
: cnce without being cast into &C,
" nomic perdition.
e We must have a national policy
", save our most precious prize Of all
u American self-support.
The Washington times., 1915-11-26
Meat Packers May Kick
Direct to Great Britails

Direct negotiations between iNf
hackers and the British foreign "l-
dcc may be tho method OF SETTING
,Io disiilt,g which have arisen Over
seizure and detention ~ meat 'Al'
goes, Tho British embassy has bccn
advised BY the foreign othce OF lis
approval OF such an arrangement
The Washington times., 1915-11-26
Dramatic Club Gives
Musicale and Dance

The Sacred Heart Dramatic AsSoCia-
ton Of Sacred Heart parish, MI ilcaS-
ant gave a musicale and dance in tho
ballroom Of tho Arcade last night
prior to the musicale short business
session was held at which II was dc.
cided to produce a musical play ABOUT
the first part OF February.
The Washington times., 1915-11-26
MAIL BAG
(From The Times Reddcrs.)

Communicat tions to the Mail BAG must
Be written on one side of the paper
only; must not exceed 100 words In
length. and must be signed with name
and address OF sender. The publication
Of letters In The Tires' Mail Bag does
not mean the indorsement by The Times
Of the opinions OF the writer. The Mail
Bag is an open forum. where the c4ti-
Iens Of Washington can argus most
questions.
The Washington times., 1915-11-26
One Year Ago Today in the War

Following the sinking of two British vessels off avre oy German
U-boats Winston Churchill deprecated Brans losses,
saying could lose baleshp month for year and
be hurt whereas Germanys already has been
alyzed.
The Washington times., 1915-11-26
Amusements.

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Bclasco-'.Tnc Girl Smiles" $50 p. IN.
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asino-'Damaged Goods" S:lb y. m.
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-20
SAYS KING VICTOR
ISM FAVOR OF WAR
Prof. Racca Of N. Y. University
Denies Stories Of Conflict
With Cabinet.

The stories which have been set
anoat that King Victor Emmanuel Is
against the wal are the sheerest nom
sense" said Prot. vittorio Racca, head
OF the Italian Department OF the New
York University and a professor of po-
litical economy at the University of
Rome, to a reporter for THE yts-
terday.
1.-THE real cause Of the delay" he
continued, has been that Italy was
perfecting herself and her armies. You
have no idea TO what perfection the
mobilizing OF the whole nation has been
brought. Every man and woman Of
whatever age, even every public school
boy. knows exactly h he or she 10
to do at the outbreak of war-and ex-
ac;ly 10Y to do 1t. They have all been
trained for months past and now that
the time has come they will not be
wanting.
Prom the very beginning the King
has shown himself an Italian and proof
against any foreign influences. lie
showed II In his marriage 10 a princess
OF Montenegro. From a boy he has
been an eager student OF the Italia lr-
redenta' question.
a few yeas since, when there was
a feeling of unrest Ia the relations be-
tween Italy and Austria the Italian
army wcT" held close 10
the frontier. The King and Queen at
tended them and at Undine received
populations from all the principal
italian cities. Among them were dele
gates from Trieste. cara and other
Italian communities still In the Aus
,rian grip. The royal carriage was
The mark Of innumerabls bouquets
flung BY the delegites-and the bou-
auets which they selected TO carry
with them were those from Trieste
cara and other Austro-Italian cities
Questioned as to the recent 'abinet
crisis Or. I,acca. who speaks with At
thority. as he has held important po-
sltions under the Italian Goevrnment
| pu, the whole blame upon Signor Clio
It'll. For fifteen years, he said, Gio-
litti. whether nominally In office or II
OPPOSITION. has been the political die
tator of the country. His rule wa
purely personal, and 10 little did hs
caro- for the ordinary party divisions
that ho would always ally himself VIII
the Clericals against tho Radicals, TN
Radicals against the Clericals. viii
both or either against the Socialists
and 80 forth. as the dictates or nv
onportunism led him. He II
a word. exactly like An American "boss,
retaining his power through the anx
le,y Of his personal followers to real
their share of the spoils'
with the exception of n few eN
treme Clericals and n few extreme so
clalIsts." concluded DR.. Racca, TIT
whole OF Italy is united heart aud sou
for the war"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-20
HAS BIG QUICK FIRERS.
ItaIy's New Machine Guns the
No.t Powerful known.

GENEVA. via Paris. May 1e-Reports
from Italian sources say that Cd'ne.
Belluno. Verona and Brescia. as we'll as
their respective provinces are entirely
IN the hands OF the military authorities.
and that trains carrying field guns,
horses. troops. ammunition and provl-
sions are congestlng all the lines.
Italy possesses now the most powerful
machine guns in existence. capable OF
firing t.400 bullets a minute. covering
IN area OF 500 square yards. Italy has
also adopted a new type OF gun carriage,
enabling the transport, even up steep
mountains. OF heavy siege guns. through
n mechanism In the carriage which pro-
polls the cannon
Twenty-nlne thousand carabineers
have been recalled under the colors,
and there are about 10000 select troops
which can he used for scouting and ad-
vance guard service.
Great nxiety is felt for Venice. where
large platforms rave been hastily con-
structed for new batteries 10 protect the
town. The danger TO the monument
from a%eroplanes Is recognized. Protoc
tive measures also ave been taken II
Florence, Rome and Naples.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-20
ROME HAS MARTIAL AIR.
American Business Man Tells Of
Preparation for War.

A letter received yesterday from an
American business man In Rome which
va5 written April IS expresses the
opinion that Italy's intervention In the
var is a foregone conclusion. In part
I is as follows:
These Italians certainly are getting
-eady for the big show. Rome Is full
# military. and what struck me very
forcibly was their appearance. They
seem to have discarded all snowy stun,
their uniforms, accoutrements and caps
everything Is for service. The uni
forms are a greenish-gray, a remarkable
color that would be hard to distinguish
At any distance. They have gun metalled
III their accoutrements. even the vIsors
~ the caps.
Northern Italy Is being cle--red for
action. Everything OF value has been
removed from Venice and other places
m the northern ',eiatic.'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-20
y. S. MAY ACT FOR BOTH.
IN Italy AZ Vienna and
Austria at Rome 10 War Comes.

WASHINGTON. May le.-Such advices
% have been received In official quarters
here tend to strengthen the general con-
, lction that Italy's entrance into the
war on the side OF the ALLIES
IS a matter Of but a few days. and pos
3 bly, only OF hours,
II is understood that both italy and
Austria look to the United States to care
ror their respective diplomatic interests
n the capitals OF their enemies In the
event that Italy does enter the war. The
-nited States 10 already looking after
AUSTRIAN interests in several countries.
Germany Is reported to have asked
;witzerland to look after her interests
a Italy in the event of war. II Is re-
,orted from German sources that the
l,n!ted States was not chosen by Ger
ANY because OF the present state OF
ceiling between the two countries grow
ng out OF the sinking OF the Lusitania.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-20
NEW FRENCH APPROPRIATION.
Mil 70 Provide s22O.OOO.O 600 Issue
Introduced.

PARIS. May ia bill providing for
HOO, 900 900 francs $4,000 .ooo). be-
ing an additional appropriation for the
first six months OF this year, was intro
duced IN the Chamber Of Deputies this
after, ION by the Minister OF Finance.
VI. Ribut.
Already $500. 900, 900 francs H.7Oo,-
900. o00) has been voted by Parliament
for these appropriations.
The budget figures published In he
Journal Offotel to-day give an accurate
idea OF the vast expenditures necessi-
,ated by the war. For artillery alons
France expended 126,ooo,0oo francs
O25,2 zoe. 0OO) during the first i've
months of the war.
During the same period 3o,O0o,ooo
francs CsS. 200. 000) was spent abroad
for explosives, ammunition. harness, mo-
tors, steel, &c. Uniforms and camp
equipment bought in that period cost
$50, 900, 900 francs tS36,oO0 ,ooo).