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The Washington times., 1915-01-24
Evening Services IN the Churches

some Moral Religious WarTrkey and the War"
The Rev. Dr. Charles Wood Church Of the Covenant o'clock
a Sunday LawThe Rev. H. Bowby Of
the National Lords Day Alliance New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church, 8 o'clock
Merrill E. former president Of
Rugers Amherst Colleges Ingram Memorial
rhe Dr. w. w. wedderspoon. Foundry
Methodist Episcopal Church. 8 o'clock.
BgumThe Architect of HerOism"The Rev. James Shera Mont
gomery, Metropolitan Methodist Church. 8 o'clock.
Untaranism Unpopular ?"-The Dr. Ulysses
Pierce, All Souls Church, 8 o'clock.
medical Africa"Dr George Green, Fifth Bap
tst Church, 7:45 o'clock
f. Hez Sven, Centennial Baptist Church, 8 o'clock
he Lion Dr. Everest Granger Gunton Temple
Memorial Presbyterian Church, o'clock
Times Early Aposes Peter the Pmae
TwelThe Rev Bernard Braskamp Gurley Memorial Presy
tefian Church, 8 o'clock
"How Dr. Lucius c. Clark Hamine Methodist
Episcopal Church, o'clock.
Jesuadame Mcuntford Union Methodist Epis
copa Church, 7:30 o'clock
Rev. John Ensor Calvary E. Church.
o'clock.
"My Chrst-The Rev France Trinity
o'clock.
Excuse-The Edwin K Hardin Mt Vernon Place NJ e.
Church. o'clock.
"The Awakening of Lewis Pudum, First Con-
gregationa Church, 8 o'clock.
Vincent, Congregational Church, o'clock.
Think Randolph H. McXim
Church of the Epiphany, 3 o'clock
"Waing and WelcomingThe Rev. Dr. j. Muir Temple Baptist
Church. 7:45 o'clock
"Dces Washington Want Billy Johnson
Grace Baptist Church, 7:45 o'clock
Doing ThngsThe Griffith Johnson Emmanuel Bap
tist Church, 745 o'clock
of ord"-The Howard Bell Fourth
terian Church, 1880 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1915-01-24

country to wage war Of any kind
upon any nation, but at moment
when the mind Of the rest Of the
world is not normally balanced it
would be we'll to be in a state of
preparedness. That, at any rate,
would give pause to any nation
whose overweight imagination
might lead it into an unfriendly at
titude toward US. The advocates Of
disarmament mean we'll; there ap-
pears to be no better thing recon-
mended, if all the nations would
adopt it. But while most desirable
with universal acceptance, it might
not be advantageous for lone power
that should put it into practice.
The movement for world-disarma-
ment should have Godspeed, and the
United States undoubtedly would
adhere to an international convention
providing for it as faithfully as any
other nation, but until such arrange
ment is made, it is best to have a
sword in the sheath.
The Washington times., 1915-01-24

country, be diverted to belligerent
use.
The point of interest in the Will
helmina case, therefore, is not that
it bears, or can bear, the slightest
resemblance to the Dacia case, but
that it establishes a test Of the pre-
else principles advanced in President
Wilson's note Of protest to the Brit
ish foreign Office against interfer-
ence with our neutral trade and that
it brings into specific application the
declaration of Lord Salisbury that
when shipments are, on their face,
innocent shipments, the presumption
must be that they are intended for
innocent use.
There is no doubt in the world that
the British government will seek Ia
capture the Dacia, if she puts to
sea, and that If it does capture her
it will take her into a prize court.
There is not great deal Of doubt
at least in the minds Of those
familiar with international laws and
customs-that when the Dacia does
go into a prize court she will 20
there to stay.
But, on the contrary, there is q
very good chance that, wind
weather, and mines permitting, the
Whitening will sail her course with.
out interference into the port TO,
which she has cleared and will safe.
ly deliver her cargo there.
The British government may be
just as reluctant to test out the ca sc
Of the Wilhelmina as it is obviously
determined to test out the case of
the Dacia.
The Washington times., 1915-01-24
A SWORD IN THE SHEATH

In a protest against increase in
the naval establishment of the
United States the American Peace
Society makes the assertion that in
creased construction would serve no
present purpose nor conduce to fu-
ture safety. 1t characterizes its pro-
test as "declaration in support of
President Wilson's policy concerning
naval armaments."
The United States certainly has no
thought of aggressive action against
any power. We are prone to call
him jingo who "sees things" in our
foreign relations. But until the idea
of force! which pervades nearly all
diplomacy except American, is done
away with and the idea of justice
obtains in the conduct of interna-
tional affairs, it is best not to have
an empty scabbard.
There is no disposition in this
The Washington times., 1915-01-24

A. Hearne. j ames O'Neill. and Lewis
Morrison. She was one Of Fritz EN-
mett's famous children, and also
played with J. b. Murphy.
When old enough to 60 to school
stage and put in an establishment
where she remained several years.
She came back to the stage at the
age of sixteen and Immediately came
to New York. where she appeared as
the schoo, mistress n Charles
appeared in Men and Women" and
later in THE Lost Paradise" where
as a crippled girl she gave such a
splendid account Of herself that
Charles Frohman engaged her for
minor parts in the first stock COM
pany organized by him, with Henry
Miller as leading man
Henry Miller "Discovered'' Her.
The first play to be produced by
the stock company after Miss
Adams Joined 1t was William Gil
lette's "Al the Comforts Of Home
She was cast for the part OF Evan
geline Bender. Henry Miller was
the first person to recognize any
thing out OF tho ordinary in the
young actress work and at his so
licitation the part was padded out
to give her greater opportunity; She
promises and played similar parts
with the stock company until Froh-
man needed leading woman for
John Drew. Miss Adams first ap-
peared with Drew in The Masked
Ball" Her work attracted atten-
ton because she was called upon to
play the part Of an intoxicated wom-
and and she was the first person to
make a woman Intoxicated but not
disgusting.
1t was when Drew produced Rose
mary" in 1896 that Miss Adams came
into her greatest prominence as a
leading woman. and It was this that
made her a star. While her work
in the leading part in Rosemary
was not SO very much better than
The Washington times., 1915-01-24
USELESS STUDIES

A university professor told Chi
cago gathering of educators that
high school mathematics was COM
monty a useless "stunt" that chill
dren were compelled to perform.
Thereupon he was taken to task With
the old retort that the child's mind
needed wide development, and that
mathematics improved the reasoning
faculties.
Perhaps. But making proficiency
in mathematics a test by which to
determine whether a pupil is to
"pass," is quite another thing.
One pupil has an aptitude for Ian
guages; learns them without effort,
but cannot absorb mathematics.
Across the aisle sits another who
makes play of algebra, but simply
cannot grasp the Latin subjunctive.
To begin with, it is reasonably cer-
tain that the pupil who cannot learn
algebra isn't going to grow up into
a mathematician, or into any voca-
tion that requires mathematical skill.
1t is likewise improbable that the
child who cannot learn Latin will
ever attempt to "do his thinking in
it,"
Each of those two pupils has, say,
seven studies. They are about equal
ly proficient in the other five. At
the end Of the semester, or the year,
they both get satisfactory marks in
the five; one gets high marks in
language and fails to "pass" in
mathematics; the other is rated very
high in mathematics, but doesn't
"pass" in languages. What happens /?
There are still schools, paid for by
the money of taxpayers, in which
both those pupils will be refused pro-
motion and compelled to remain in
the same "grade" for another year
or another semester because of fail
ure in a single study. That is the
general scheme of the hard-and-fast
adherence to curricula. 1t may be
logical and sound, but a growing
number of school patrons decline to
believe it is.
The Washington times., 1915-01-24
A FALSE ASSUMPTION

Thousands of people gathered at
the North Station in Boston yester-
day to cheer Harry X. Thaw WREN
he was brought to that city on his
way to New York to answer the
charge of being a fugitive from JUS
tice.
The reports say that on the way to
Boston Thaw had an ovation, people
gathering at the stations and treat
ing him as if he were a hero.
This sort of hysterical manifesto
tion is all too liable to mislead judg-
ment as to how the real sentiment Of
the community regards such men as
Thaw. 1t is unsafe to assume that
because few people, comparatively.
yield to the impulse of curiosity or
the appeal of morbid sentimentalism
and give their cheers for a murderer,
there is a general desire that murder
shall be condoned. The great sane
mass of people who didn't gather at
tho railroad stations or otherwise
make a spectacle of themselves rep
resent the real feeling of the COM
munity.
In the Thaw case, however, it is
to be said that without serious doubt
tho conduct of former District At
torney Jerome has convinced a good
many people that he is determined
upon q persecution of Thaw; and
persecution does not much appeal
Whether the victim be Frank, "Ln-
victed when he is believed innocent.
or Thaw, acquitted when he is no.
toriously guilty, it is all the same;
persecution is not the desirable pro-
ceeding.
The Washington times., 1915-01-24
Thomas Edison to Get
Civic Forums Medal

NEW YORK. Jan. 4.-Thomas A.,
Edison succeeds Col. George w. Goe-
thals as the recipient Of the medal OF
honor for distinguished public service
established by the Civic Forum. The
national council finally sifted the sug-
gestions to four. and then made Mr..
Edison Its unanimous choice. The
medal. from the design Of Paul II.
Manship. will be presented at a public
meeting in March.
program for the year. At the first
meeting, in Carnegie Hall, February &,
Our National Derenses' will be dis
cussed. The speakers are to be Lind
ley NJ. Garrison. Secretary OF War. and
Princeton Henry l.. Stimson, Presi-
dent Taft's Secretary OF War. will pre-
side.
The Washington times., 1915-01-24
DACIA AND WILHELMINA

There is no excuse for the way
some newspapers and even some
public officials are muddling up the
case of the Dacia with the case Of
the Wilhelmina, trying to make them
similar and thus susceptible to the
same principle. The two cases are
no more alike than a farm is like
flying machine.
The issue involved in the Dacia is
directly opposite to the issue in
volved in the Wilhelmina. In the
former case there is no question at
all about the cargo. The cargo is
not contraband, actual or conditional.
Nobody says it is> Nobody wants
to keep it from it's destination. In
fact, the British government says
that if the Dacia is seized the cotton
will be transshipped to its destina-
tion with as little delay as possible.
The whole question in the Dacia
case is with the ship. 1t is disputed
by the British government that the
Dacia is immune from seizure. 1t
contends that the ship must go into
prize court to determine whether
she should be a prize of war, as a
German vessel owned by, and in pos
session of, Germans when the war
began, or whether she could have
become, and actually did become,
under international practices, an
American vessel owned by and in the
possession of Americans.
In the matter Of the Wilhelmina,
on the other hand, the question is
not as to the ship. 1t is as to the
cargo. The international status of
the ship, so far as we have OBJ
served, has scarcely come under dis
cussion. The international status of
the cargo, which consists Of food
products destined to a German port.
is the only thing under consideration.
The question involved herein the
matter of the Wilhelmina's cargo Of
food products-is whether it is a
contraband, a conditional contra
band, or an unqualifiedly inno-
cent shipment not intended for a
hostile destination and not, after de.
livery to its primary destination, to
be applied to purposes of war.
The Wilhelmina cargo is plainly
notified to the British government
as being en- route to an enemy coun-
try. But it is declared in the mani.
fest that the cargo is only for civil
use in the enemy country, and guar.
antee is given that no part of the
! cargo will, after arrival in the enemy
The Washington times., 1915-01-24
THE ALTERNATIVE

President Roosevelt, confronted
with building the Panama canal
found that a commission didn't worh
we'll. He announced that he was go.
ing to abolish the commission anu
give Colonel Goethals full power
Mr.. Taft, then Secretary of War,
said that was the right way. but it
wasn't in accordance with the law
Colonel Goethals says Mr.. Roosevelt
retorted:
81 don't care hang for the law,
I want the canal built"
It's built; and folks who object to
manner of it have only one alterna-
tive left.
They might fill up the ditch.
The Washington times., 1915-01-24
BUREAU OF STANDARDS

That portion of the general pub
lie that believes Uncle Sans Bureau
Of Standards draws down goodly
appropriation each year for jug
Cling with millimeters, milimicrons,
and other infinitesimal measure
ments, not caviare to anything in
particular, should glance over the
record of that bureau for the pres
ent year.
Public men who have complained
that the information set forth by the
bureau is so technical that the aver
age man cannot make head or tail
of it, should peruse the pamphlet
about to be issued on the proper
care of timepieces, with suggestions
clothed in plain, understandable
English.
In the past twelve months the Bu-
reau of Standards has accomplished
much of genuine practical value, and
it has undertaken other work that
will be as helpful to manufacturers
and merchants as are the bulletins
of the Department of Agriculture
bureaus to the farmer and stock
raiser.
Closest to the average home comes
the bureaus work in household
measurements, about to be embodied
in circular. In plain language this
bulletin will deal with the everyday
problem of reading gas and water
meters, with regulation of tempera-
lures in houses and in ovens, with
measures and weights of foodstuffs, s,
and with methods of refrigeration.
The years work likewise includes
studies in electrolysis that have been
valuable to municipal boards of pub
lie works, tests of structural mater
ial, of marked value to builders, pub
lie and private, of such achievements
as the testing of cement for the Pan
anna canal, and the inspection of the
marble for the Lincoln Memorial in
Potomac Park.
Railroads already have paid their
tribute to the bureau for it's investi-
cations into steel rails, car wheels
and other material of railroad equip
ment. Now the bureau has embarked
upon a program of assistance to pub,
lie utilities commissions by giving
expert advice on gas plants and or
electric lighting and railway appar
atus.
Much of the delicate and finely ad
justed apparatus at the bureau!
plant on Pierce Mill road, so suscep
tible to jars that it must be employed
after midnight when the engines o.
The bureaus own plant are quiet
The Washington times., 1915-01-24
Believes Actress Should Give
Plays Exactly Same Care
Whether Produced in New
York or Podunk.
A. BAec,c
@"ATEN NNy'~

wherever she goes. No matter what
sort Of a theater her play is to be
produced in, in the matter Of cur
ever to the footlights-it will be
exactly as when given in New York.
Makes Barrie's People Real.
her acting Maude Adams is human
that Is the big quality she possesses.
Every person who sees her sees
human being on the stage going
through the actions of a human be-
ing in the situations created by the
author Of the play. That Is the rea
son that Barrie likes to have Miss
Adams produce his plays-he draws
real people in his writings. and she
puts those real people on the stage.
to ask him that the character he
creates in his mind is exactly repro
Quoted OF the stage by Miss Adams
without the least direction from him
except the outlining of the situation
in which that character will be
placed and the mental attitude. the
character will bring to bear on these
situations. Miss Adams does the
rest.
Personally Maude Adams Is one OF
the least known people on the stage.
She has never been interviewed She
is lust barely known to the men,
bers Of her own company. A very
rich woman, she is extremely char
table, but the subjects of her
charity are never discussed. She be-
lieves that all the public wants Of
her Is what she gives it on the
stage. When the curtain falls on
the play it falls also on their inter-
est in her personality. A sturdy wom-
an. hard worker and quick thinker
Miss Adams Is like the characters
she creates-thoroughly human. 1t
Is said she would never be picked
out in a crowd as great actress
but as Just somebody's sister Be
cause she looks like somebody's
sister ought to look. which is the
supreme test Of humanity!
The Washington times., 1915-01-24

lends itself to imaginative newspa-
per and magazine articles.
But even in the last year the bu-
reau has made remarkable strides in
the practical application of its work
to homes and to the industries, and
its work has been done with so little
of blatant publicity that many enjoy
its benefits without ever having
heard much of their source.
The Washington times., 1915-01-24
ALEXANDRIA ELKS
TO MEET TOMORROW
Several Amendments to BY.
Laws of Lodge to Be
Voted On.

ALEXANDRIA, Jan. 4.-Alexandria
Elks will meet at their club house to-
morrow night to vote on several amend
ments to the bylaws.
of the National Council of Women. left
today for Lexington. Va. where she
will speak at the Virginia Military In
stitute on her trip to the Balkans.
Funeral services for William Rogers
were held this afternoon from his resi-
rector Of Christ Episcopal Church. In
The State corporation commission has
granted Il charter to the Indianapolis
Detroit Washington Automobile Com
pany. a concern with the principal Of
fice at South Washington. The stock
is to be from $4,000 to $l0o OoO and the
OFFICERS are Grover c. Hastings. Of
Wa shington. president. and c. Edward
Wright. of Ogden. Utah. secretary.
A house and lot on Queen street was
sold yesterday at public auction to r.
!. Torbert for $500.
An automobile, operated by Charles
Owens. skidded at Alfred and Kine
streets yesterday afternoon and was
damaged. Owens escape injury.
Lucille Hayden two-year-old child ~
Mr.. and Mrs. LIther Hayden. Gied this
morning at he: parents residence.
The Washington times., 1915-01-24
Hungarian Protests for
Peace Breed Violence

ROME. Jan G-Further serious out
breaks in lower Hungarian cities by
citizens protesting against continuance
of the war and the resultant increase
in food prices, are reported in private
messages received here today from
Budapest.
Demonstrations approaching riots
took place in many cities early in the
week. ON last Sunday alone the au-
thorities are reported TO have forcibly
stopped 2sS such meetings of protest.
The Washington times., 1915-01-24

her other work had been-and It had
all been good--it was while she was
playing this part that James NJ.
Barrie was nosing around to f,nd an
Babbie in The Little Minister
which he had made into a play.
He saw Miss Adams and then and
there started the famous firm OF
Adams and Barrie that has never
been really broken: The Little
at the National Theater on the same
stage where Miss Adams will be
seen tomorrow night. 1t was pro-
nounced failure. When the play
went to New York It made a tre-
mendous hit. That hit started the
NJ. Barrie in the theater.
Is Called An Institution.
Miss Adams has been called an in.
stitution-a national dramatic fact
that people will 60 to see no matter
what she plays. Her career since
tho time she appeared in this city a.
a star Is we'll known. Tho Little
Minister" was followed by "L'Aig-
lon." Tho Pretty Sister Of Jose."
Quality Street." etc. etc. The
theaters were crowded every night.
A Western manager declared Maude
Adams needed no advertising-that
he could pin q card on a post in
front Of his theater stating that
Miss Adams would appear there.
without naming a play or using any
other form OF announcement, and the
people would rush to tho box office
10 buy tickets. This Is practically
true And the reason Is found in
those long years Of training before
she became star-to that insistenco
on practical things-real things and
to that painstaking care with which
every performance is given.
Maude Adams gives every perform
ance Of her plays alike-whether she
Is In tho most modern theater or the
poorest barn. She superintends the
production Of every one Of her plays.
She carries everything that il neces-
sary for production with her
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-07-09

The case involving the county line
between Hale and Lubbock counties
is now on trial in the Nolan county
district court. aud the following per-
sons from Plainylew are in Sweet
water In attendance: Judge l.. s.
Kinder. Judge W. b. Lewis, County
Assessor, J n Jordan, County AZ.
torney Chas. Clements. Attorney A. ~
Martin. Surveyor Williams, II. D..
Burch, and possibly others.
Lator-The attorneys returned
wednesday and said that the polnts
Of law had Deon argued before the
court, but the trial Of the case had
been postponed until the next term
OF court Plainylew News
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-07-09
NOTICE

A circular that has Deen placed
on the streets might be misleading
to some OF my customers. Mr. c. W.
Payne has never been partner OF
mine. but did work for me on a per
centago basis for two months and
left my employ without notice and
in debt TO me.
/ am still at the same place and
expect to remain there. have an
other car and buggy painter ana
guarantee to do your work right
NJ. NJ. ADAMS
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-07-09

Spite mongcrs win fail In their eff
forts to create permanent split be-
tween Bryan and Wilson. Bryan has
the utmost confidence In the Presl-
dent and It is now believed that he
will support him for denomination.
The friendly settlement Of our dis
pute with Germany will make Mr..
Wilson solid with all the people
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-07-09

Mr. II. p. wellborn came In Thurs
day morning from Fort Worth where
he had been with a car OF hogs. He
found the marke, pretty good. tho
slightly on from the day before. Mr.
wellborn said that their train was
from 2 o'clock in the morning TIL
the next night at 10 getting the stock
to the yards.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-07-09

d. T. Farley has recently return
ed from a trip OF two months over
the Plains and In New Mexico. He
says that is good country, but
1t is a fact. you cant find all the
coons up one tree.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-07-09

Mr.. II. r. GUN, late Of Nolan
county has come to Snyder to re
side and has accepted position with
the ]. W. Templeton Grocery house.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-07-09

Rev. NJ. r. Tucker is expecting his
household goods from Abilene today
The family has al ready arrived
and will hereafter reside In Snyder.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-07-09

have permanently located In sny-
der. Office over the Owl Drug Store.
Practice limited to the diseases OF
the Eye, Ear. Nose and Throat.
i2tf I. Il. SMITH, VI. ID.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-07-09

Mr.. $. c. Littepage. one OF scurry
County's good farmers living east Of
Ira was here Monday accompanied
by Misses Howard Belcher and Flor
eta Littlepage.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-07-09

Ice Cream Cones for the Chik'rcn
Ladies' and Chlldren's Special Mat
inee. Saturday at 3 D. M Every child
under 10 years who buys a 10c tick
ct to wild Life Pictures will receive
an Ice Cream Cone. Price loo. 3 to 3
p. m. six reels Opera House.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-07-09

@. N. Richardson came in Tues
day night from his Dunn farm and
says things are looking mighty good
over there.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-07-09

Miss Edna Jenkins Of ClArksville
and Miss Anita Jaeggll OF Hermlelgh
were visiting friends In Snyder this
week.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-07-09

To the many friends who so kind
ly lent aid and sympathy during the
last Illness Of my husband, | wish
to express my thanks and apprecla-
ton.
MRS. X. NELSON