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The Washington times., 1915-04-20
WANT JAIL INMATES
PLACED IN ASYLUMS
Dr.. William A. White Says Con-
victs Often Are Feeble.
Minded.

Many Of the present inmates Of the
District jail should be in an institution
for the fecble-minded instead. accord
ing to DR.. William A. White. superin
tendent OF tho Government Hosrital
for the Insane. who spoke before the
Monday Evening Club last might.
Actual observation of the inmates Of
the jail. said Or. White. established the
fact that many of them arc mentally
defective. To place them in jail is an
injustice to them and a burden on the
community. for such imprisonment has
no curative effects.
The ma jority of 80 called 'hums' and
"tramps" also are mentally defective.
DR.. White said He advocated an in
stitution where these detectives might
be treated
Lewis Merriam of the Children's Ru-
reau. pointed out that 1t was equally
unfair to allow many OF tho feeble
minded to remain in the Government
Hospital. instead of having them in a
home for the feeble minded The Gov
ernment Hospital: he said. now is caring
for many patients not under its juris-
diction. while II is not available for
many more who should he treated there.
DR.. Alexander Graham Bell was not
wholly in sympathy with the idea Of
segreEating the feeble minded He said
segregation should bc avoided and that
all feeble- minded persons should be
kept in normal environment as long
as possible Their segregation he char
aCterized "a menace in itself"
The club met at the Y. NJ. G. A. A
resolution was adopted approving the
bill as amended by the citizens com
mittee. to check loan sharks opera
tions in the District.
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Bazaar to Be Held at
Hamline M. E. Church

Under the auspices Of the Epworth
League, of Hamline NJ. E. Church, a CO.
operative bazaar will be held at the
church today and tomorrow
Each evening short musical and lit
erarv program will be given. Harry A
fiavens Is chairman of the committee or
arrangements. About a dozen booths
will be established. Among those al
ready arranged for are:
Chinese booth. Miss S. Annie Tichenor.
superintendent of the Junior Epworth
League: fancy work. Miss Florence Mil
of the Young Peoples Foreign Mission
ary Society: ice cream and cake. Misses
Grace Winner. Grace Stanton. and
Anna Muirhead, all of the Campfire
Girls: New England booth. Miss Ida
Jury and Mrs. Jesse Nellis, and candy
booth. Miss Edith NJ. Goodwin. Mrs.
Jesse Nellis Miss Edith p. Athey. and
Mrs. Ella Chnn.
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Success Already Achieved
Causes Fresh 0utburst Of
Enthusiasm.
SCENE TO CHANGE THURSDAY
Southwest Section to BE Given
Spring Cleaning Latter Part
of Week.

Encouraged by yesterdays success
the clean city committee returned to-
day to the work of cleaning the city.
a task in which they are aided by the
Health Street Cleaning. and Police
Departments, the Citizens associa =
tions. trade, and civic organizations.
and thousands of householders.
Hundreds OF loads of refuse were
removed from the southeast section of
the city The work there will con-
tlnue today and tomorrow and on
Thursday the scene Of activities will
be changed to the southwest section.
Money is needed to carry Oh the
work. No appropriations are made
for the campaign and the committee
is dependent upon contributions from
citizens. Subscriptions should be ad-
dressed to Mrs. Charlton NJ. Clark,
chairman Of the finance committee,
clean city committee, 1886 Warder
street northwest.
Close Won't Be End.
The activities of the committee will
not end with the close of the cam
raign on May I. Followin~ the cru
SADIE inspections will be made by del
egates representing the citizens as
sociations and sanitary inspectors of
The Health Department. Report will
be made of all insanitary places
MhiCh may have been overlooked by
the owner or occupants of the prem
ises and notices sent to remedy con-
ditions.
The committee is planning also an
educational campaign on how to keep
clean" Literature on the care of the
household will be distributed.
Many propertyowners are taking ad-
vantage of the "clean-up paint-up" cam
paign to remodel and improve their
property, as evidenced by the large num-
Der of permits issued for such work by
the building inspectors office.
Through the efforts of the Master
Painters and Decorators Association
wide publicity has been given the cam
paign The association has subscribed
5000 to the fund and donated 10000
''Clean-up-paint-up" buttons as well as
thousands of signs for display on busi-
ness vehicles.
The northwest section will Le cleaned
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday OF
next week. The last three days of the
week will be devoted to cleaning the
northeast section.
BY proclamation of the Commission.
ers every citizen In the District Is call
ed upon to aid in the work.
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BREAKS MIRO A CELL
BY THE EASIEST WAY
Maynes Smashes Window and
Sprints to Police Station
Just Opposite.

NEW YORK. April 2O.-Thomas
Mayncs smashed the window OF Angus
MacPhees store with a brick ycstcr-
day afternoon, then sprinted for the po-
lice station. just across from the store,
with MacPhee in pursuit.
why did you throw that brick p
asked the lieutenant, after the situation
had been explained.
81 want to go to JAIL" retorted Maynes.
ing and asked the judge to send me,
but he wouldn't.
II picked out this gentleman's store
because Il was convenient to the eta
ton"
you win" remarked the lieutenant.
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Funerals 5
X. Russell Spencer.

Funeral services for r. Russell S2en-
Ger, who died on Friday in New York.
Will be held at 2 tomorrow in the chapel
at GlenWoOd Cemetery.
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John Walter Allen.

Funeral services for John Walter AL
len. who died on Monday, will ne held
tomorrow from the residence, II Sixth
street northeast, at ..
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Mrs. Adelaide Gibson.

funeral services for Mrs. Adels de
Gibson will be he'd at the "esdcnre of
her nephew. III First street rorth west, 9,
tu@nCe to the Church of the Inca, ma ion,
on HhuI sGay at 8. Interment will lie in
GlcnWOCd Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1915-04-20
Major Magoon Back
At Arlington Mansion

After being a patient in Georgetown
University HOSPITAL for nearly two
months. Major Fl. G.. Magoon, superin-
tendent of the Arlington National Gem
ctery. has returned to Lee mansion.
At the hospital he underwent an oper-
alton which has resulted in material i'm
provement in his health. He is one Of
the oldest members Of the Department
Of the Potomac, G. a. r.
The Washington times., 1915-04-20
One Cent Damages Given
For Fall on Sidewalk

one cent damages was awarded by a
Jury before Justice Gould in Circuit
Court. No. >, yesterday. to Mrs.
Celia Chambers, who sued the District
for $4,000 damages for injuries received
when she fell on a sidewalk on + street,
between Eighth and Ninth streets south
west November %. 1918.
Mrs. Chambers received dislocated
and sprained knee and other injuries, in
Guiding the loss of several teeth, when
she fell. Assistant Corporation Coun-
sci Roger J. Whteford appeared for the
District in the trial
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Presbytery of Potomac
Goes in Session Tonight

The prosbytery OF the Potomac will
convene for a three-day session at the
Central Presbyterian Church here this
evening.
The opening sermon VIII be preached
by the retiring moderator. the Rev.
W. W. shaw. of the Mt. Vernon
Church of Baltimore.
Following the sermon a new modera-
tor and temporary officers will be elect
ed. business meetings will bc held
during the morning and afternoons OF
"Wednesday and Thursday
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TakOma Park Will Name
Council Ticket Tonight

The citizen of Takoma Park. Md.
will caucus tonight in the basement of
the Presbvteria Church in that town
to nominate three candidates for the
council
The retiring councilmen are T.. l..
I':Wton, n. f. Rogers and X. b.
Jenkins. The election will be held on
the first Monday in May.
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Gaelic Program Tonight.

A program including Numbers by Miss
Agnes Whelan, Mrs. William T. Reed,
James Mccormick, Miss Jennie Glennan.
and Miss Margaret h. White will be
given tonight at the meeting of the
Gaelic Society in the Comstock studio,
1910 New York avenue northwest.
The Washington times., 1915-03-04
GETTING THE TRADE

Huntington Wilson, former Assist.
ant Secretary Of State, is writing q
series Of articles on South American
trade possibilities that il attracting
wide attention. Dinners, enthusi.
asm, and banners, he points out, are
not exactly what are needed to de.
velop our commercial relations with
our southern neighbors.
In place Of these Mr.. Wilson urges
closer study Of conditions, Of the
needs of the republics, Of such de.
tails IS shipping and packing, and Of
credit extensions. He points to Tho
manufacturers who decline to study
transportation, and pack goods IL
packages too large to be carried ir
mule packs, and SO labeled that com.
plications follow in customs houses.
Young men who are entering com.
mercial life must have a knovleds.
Of foreign trade conditions, along tn,
lines Mr.. Wilson indicates. Tn.
trouble is in getting it. On all side,
there are lectures on the glowing
possibilities Of South America
Speakers reel of figures of shipping
and statistics of imports. Perhap,
it was to fill this need Of practica
information that the Y. M. C. A
planned the course in foreign trad,
which began last evening with tall
by DR.. Edward E. Pratt, chief Of tn,
Bureau of Foreign and Domesti,
Commerce. This lecture is to be fol
The Washington times., 1915-03-04
PARIS RESTAURANTS
SERVE 2.CENT MEALS
Public Kitchens Maintained to
Cook Soup Bones for the
Poor.

PARIS, MArch 7.-sixty popular res
taurants In Paris are now subtdissd BY
the national relief commission organised
by tho government.
In these restaurants meals ara served
at prices ranging from cents UP. Sixty
kitchens are also maintained. where
poor families out of fuel may take their
soup bones to be cooked FREQ of change.
Two hundred workrooms. where wo-
men thrown out Of work by war are
able to earn their living are also main
tained by the commission.
Besides these enterprises the commit
tee 10 running An employment agency
for the benefit Of 100000 Belgian and
French refugees and distributing in
dividual relief In all cases that are not
provided for by the regular government
allowance.
The commission presided over by
Paul Appeli.. dean Of the faculty OF
sciences. and OF which Poincare ID
honorary president, 10 composed OF lead
Ing men from all departments Of life.
including archbishops. politicians. sdu.
gators. professional men and labor
leaders.
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The infant mortality rate is prob.
ably as good barometer Of sanitary
conditions as can be found. Let
scualor and filth prevail and It is the
tender, helpless babies that are tho
first to suffer. Let education and
hygienic living prevail and their
death rate Says.
As illustrating the inconstant
quality Of this mortality level and
emphasizing the need Of unceasins
struggle to keep it down, . state
ment Of the Babies Welfare Associa-
ton Of New York declares that An
increase Of 161 deaths already this
year over the corresponding period
last year is due largely to the fact
that because Of industrial conditions
many homes have been poorly heat
ed and respiratory diseases have
been much more prevalent.
, So If pre-eminence is to be main
tained there must be effort as untir-
ing and as we'll directed as that
which achieved It.
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lowed BY talks from such experts ~
H. Parker Willis, DR.. Frank r. Rut-
ter, Robert F. Rose, and Charles 8.
Donaldson, All these men hold i'm.
portant Government posts relating
to the topic In question.
II tAs course deals with such prac.
tical Information - that urged BY
Mr.. Wilson, and that sst forth BY
DR.. Pratt last evening. the Y. N. G.
A. will deserve hearty recommendation
for opening to Washington young
men an opportunity Of gaining first
hand information from men whose
optimism does not overpaint the pic.
turs, and who are thoroughly famil.
ias with the facts.
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ably q good deal more creative than
competitive.
The thing that one mar has to
sell, and that another man needs,
ought to be sold, not merely to make
profits for the seller, but also "a
make profits for the buyer. Fes
example, there 10 today . need for
an improved type Of portable en-.
gine, cheap and efficient, for farm
use. II somebody lsarAs how ia
make just the thing that several
millions Of farmers want, he will
have q good thing. But Il will bs q
still bettsr thing for those millions
Of farmers. Therefore II will be do.
sirabls on one side TO set the manu-.
facturer at work making profits pro.
ducing the engine; and II will bs
still more desirable to sst the farm
srs At work buying It, In order that
by having It they may make proAts
out Of ita use.
Advertising 10 the link that com.
pletss the chain. It brings profit
to both buyer and seller; It is the
"buy It now" formula complete. II
is the best guarantee against bad
times, ths insurance Of having some.
thing going on all the while.
The president Of the American
Radiator Company knows Just how
to make the "Buy It Now" cam.
paitn do business
The Washington times., 1915-03-04
HOME Of AGED PAIR
A TREASURE HOUSE
Heirs at Double Funeral Spur.
red by Find Of Gold In Tin
Cans.

BEVERLY. ~. J.. March 4.-Discovery
Of Eold coins and bank notes hidden In
old crockery. books and tin cans about
the house prior to the double funeral
today OF Edward kimbie. eighty-two
years old. a wealthy farmer. and his
aged wife. Josephine L. Kimble. has
convinced relatives Of the aged pair
that their homestead at Coopertown.
near Beverly. contains a hidden for
tune. Sums totaling nearly $1,000 al
ready have been recovered.
Kimble had little faith in banks and
never confided In any Of his relatives
the extent or disposition OF his wealth.
Hts. heirs now fear that a. result OF
the suddennsss with which the old far
mer and his wife succumbed to pneu-
monia this week the secret Of tho hiding
place Of much Of his fortune died with
him.
A thorough search Of the farm house.
from attic to cellar. was commenced
this afternoon Immediately after the
double funeral. This quest will be con-
tinued in tho barn aud outbuildings to.
morrow. Neighbors who remember see
ing Ktmblc diggtng In his garden late
In the evening on several occasions have
suggested that this acre be spaded up
In search Tor buried gold.
The hrst knowledge his relatives had
Of the hidden wealth was gained while
cleaning Z kitchen cupboard. A rusty
tin can thrown Into Q rubbish pile later
was found to contain $500 In gold coins.
Subsequent search revealed money stuck
house. which the anxious heirs believe
stlll conceals several thousand dollars
of Kimble's hoard.
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Pleads For Adequate Firemen's Pen
sion Fund.

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
have noticed q statement from tho
auditor Of the District. q few days ago,
that the police ana firemen's pension
fund was now $4,000 In arrears. Why
should this exist? There should be q
proper pension law passed, giving the
fren,sn a pension when disabled in line
Of duty. and 4 retirement after twenty.
fve years Of service.
At the present time understand q
member 10 retired and promised q Ger
tain sum, but owing to the lack Of funds
In the treasury they sometimes receive
half the amount credited them. There
should be . sufficient pension fund to
pay the pensioners on the pension roll.
Surely you don't expect . fireman to
come TO your rsscpe at the risk Of his
own lie, with Z family Of his own, to
pc turned out In want, should he Be
kuIedI we know they cannot be prop
erly cared for by the present fund, but
tney WIN come to YOUR rescue just the
same. thoufh the public do not zee that
tney ICY ne proper pension :,
think the public should look down
with scrutiny upon the condition OF the
numpie ilrsmen. and sec that Cengress
should take cognisance OF the facts
excessive. Should this BE- done IL viii
relieve the Hremans mind, and leave
him free to act in an emergency TO save
p. T. LEAHY.
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An Enlisted Man Who Tells Of the
Trisls of . Soldier in Public Place.

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
Sir: In your Issue OF the 18th inst.
there appeared an article by wlnifred
Black headed Should Our Enlisted Men
Always Be Treated As II Uniforms Arc
= Disgracer' This article was widely
circulated among the enlisted men Of
one Of our local army posts, and has
won for your paper much favorable
comment,
~ an instance Of the respect" in
which the United States army uniform
Is being held by a certain class Of peo.
pie In Warrington. the writer wishes to
call attention to an incident. small in
itself. but one Of the many which are
meted out to the men who are so vile
as to wear q uniform In public.
-.rns. Tns VII writer & and . companion, both in
coats. purchased admission to one Of
WashinSton's high-class vaudeville the
eters. and obtained seats in the orches.
ira. Directly behind these two uni.
formed men were two seemingly re-
spectaois ladies. These men had been
when one OF the ladies remarked to the
other; 1T 10 certainly getting some
thing awfN; q person can't 60 any
where unless there are some Of those
old uniformed soldiers" After passing
to that effect. the two ladies' made .
haety. nevertheless naughty. exit.
Now. our appearance could not have
been better had we been in civilian
clothes. II We had been disorderly. or
had had other than q neat appearance,
there would have been some excuse for
the remark passed by the ladies. But
the aituation was just the reverse. We
were not half SO boisterous. and did not
laugh half 80 loud. as did q bunch OF
..e.ld,hesasd gentlemen" ::sted a.
A soldier does not mind being dis
c!plined. He 10 used to that. He does
not mind being ins':lted when he can
retaiiate in q like manner. But ne does
object to being openly insulted by .
couple Of ladies who pass remarks that
do not become a lady but which do
become the braaen type Of women re-
ferred to 80 nicely in the article which
appeared In your paper as mentioned
above.
The soldier make, no excuses for his
appearance in uniform. That IL his
outht Of clothing to wear when and
where he pleases. In times Of peace II
10 all right to insult the men who wear
the uniform of their country. But let
there come a time when homes and
country. are In danger! Bring out the
soldiers! Protect US! Yes. let them
parade with rifles and bayonets gllsten-
men and women who, through an in.
conceivably small place in their cram
ium. insult the soldier today. are glad
to see him marching of to save his or
her home. Then he ia o hero! Now he
Is a contemptible creature to be looked
down upon, J. w. p.
Washington. March .
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Unable to Reach End
Of Free Bread Line

NEW YORK. March 4.-As tho wind
was whi1sing at forty-eisht-miIc-an an
hour clip across City Hall Park caus-
ing hungry men in the penny lunch line
to snugglc UP close. a gray-headed man
bsamed above the turned UP collar Of
his overeoat and passed out tickets en-
titling the holder to . roll and a cup Of
hot coffee.
1t was apparently his intention to give
every man in line q meal. but. although
he laid In several supplies Of tickets. he
was never able to reach the last man
because many Of the hungry ones. real
ixinx there were other empty stomach
periods ahead. fell out a. soon as they
got their tickets and became tailsnders
again.
Several persons watching The proceed
ing from windows in the City Hall
blessed the gray-headed man and said
they didn't blame the repeaters much.
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THE ADVERTISING PULL

The American Radiator Company
manufactures boilers, radiators. and
apparatus for the installation qt
modern heating plants in buildinss
Naturally, it 10 q business which Il
certain promptly to feel the effects
Of decline In building operations, be.
cause the building that il not built
doesn't require to have, a hsatins
installation. Since thu war began
building projects have been cut to
the minimum. wherefore it could
reasonably be expected that the com.
pany's business for the year ended
January 81 would show q decided de.
cline in volume and profits.
But 1t shows nothing of the kind.
The years report to this date is just
issued. It indicates that, exactly a,
would be expected, there was sharp
decrease in the amount Of buildins
done, and Of business secured from
this source.
Nevertheless the American Radia.
tor Company announces that II
earned $2,079.o00 available for divi.
dends, or $3.50 per cent on its stock.
The previous year the company
earned only s1,s71, 900 available 70,
dividends. The explanation is inter.
sstins. President wooley gives it in
his annual report.
With new construction at . Low
ebb, the company went into adver.
tising for business equipping old
buildings with modern heating estab.
lishments. This was done extensive.
", .peYsistently, and with confidence
that results would come. They did
The company's showing of q hand.
some increase Of profits in such
times is tribute to the pulling DOW.
or Of good publicity.
The truth 10 that good, effective
advertising does vastly more thar
draw to the advertiser q slice Of
business that, without the advertis.
ing, would go to somebody else. I,
actually creates business; and no
body knows that better, nowadays
than men and enterprises that ar,
accustomed to the scientific use ol
advertising. Advertising is creative
not merely competitive; it is prob
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Heads of State Senates
Unite Under Marshall

SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,. March IA
union OF lieutenant governors Of the
country. and q convention Of the pre-
siding officers OF the various State sem
ates. to be presided over by Vice Pres
ident Marshall. has been arranged by
Lieutenant Governor O'Hara Of Illi-
nois. and will take place in May or late
in April.
Twenty-four lieutenant governors al
ready have signifed their intention Of
being present at the convention. and
an attendance Of nearly forty is exr
pected. The convention will be held
at Rhea Springs, Tenn.
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Hoboes Steal Stove From
Restaurant for Jobless

CHICAGO. March 4.-Four "hobos''
working in a restaurant established by
charitable women at 1887 Twelfth street.
where the unemployed" could buy
meals for cent each. have moved
away. with them have gone plates.
pots. kettles. pans. knives and forks
and the stove. even.
Mrs. Rebecca Lipschultz interested
several women in the venture last Mo-
vcmber and the restaurant was we'll
upported-financially by them and in
Lipschults visited the place today it
was a. bare as Mother Hubbard's cup.
board. Even the kitchen sink had been
stolen. The loot was found In a neigh
boring restaurant. where 1t had been
sold for small sums.
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BLOCKADE RESULTS

Apparently because of visible and
invisible blockades, some exports
last week did not move out Of the
country as freely as they had been
going for days before. Cotton was
. conspicuous example. With car
goes bound for Germany blowing up
on German mines and with the allies
at the same time promising to In
tercept others it would be strange
If shippers were 50 keen to rush out
such exports.
Undoubtedly, however, February's
balance Of trade in favor Of this
country will be huge for 80 short a
month Of business days. The figures
for the last week Of that month will
be given out by the Department of
Commerce today. They will reflect
not only the check in cotton exports
but the heavy imports received in
New York for the closing six busi-
, ness days Of February. But, at that,
~ 80 SAPSSSOO S4lot kuc 1OuILu W04k.
ly period will not give balance low
er than $3o,oo0,oo0 and the whole
month lower than $140, ,000, 900.
AS for our trade balance during .
possibly vigorous blockade Of Ger.
many by the allies, we shall suffer
relatively little. Only a small frac-
ton Of our exports have been going
to Germany since the war began. We
shall, however, very much miss i'm.
ports which we had just begun to
receive again from Germany. A good
part Of the increased imports at
New York last week were of that
sort.
II the blockade of the allies should
let nothing come out Of Germany We
should suffer even more from that
effect than from being shut out from
selling anything in the German
market.