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The Washington times., 1915-05-23
COMPETITIVE DRILL
TO OPEN TOMORROW
Four Companies From Central
and Two From Business viii
Appear on First Day.

With uniforms newly pressed, rifles
shined and oiled, and shoulder straps
bright as newly minted coins, six COM
panies OF the High School Cadet Regi-
ment will maneuver before the judges
at National Park tomorrow, the open
ing of the competitive drills in which
eleven companies will take part
-Four companies from Central and two
from Business will drill tomorrow af-
ternoon, and on Tuesday afternoon the
three companies from Mckinley Manua!
Training School,. one from Eastern. and
one from Western will appear. The
drills will start promtly at $3.50 o'clock.
Company G Of Business will be the
first to march into the big field. Capt.
Leroy J. McCarty in command. with
Earl &. Wassmann. frst lieutenant, and
Jacob Sokol. second lieutenant
The order Of the other competitors TO-
morrow will be:
Company l. Central-Capt william C..
Eldridge, First Lieut.. John l.. Stearns'
Second Lieut.. Henry H. Kolbe.
Company E. Business-Capt. James B.
Mahoney. First Lieut.. Maurice P. Free
man. Second Lieut.. Frank H. Marks.
H. Gottlieb. First Lieut.. H. Bruce Whit
ney, Second Lieut.. Abram r. Wingate:
Company A, Central-Capt. George n:
Lester. First Lieut.. Emery Huse Second
Lieut.. lyoWeu II. gray.
Company NJ. Central-Capt John r..
Belcher, First Lieut. Stuart p. Heit-
muller. Second Lieut.. Burnham Yuns
Kwai
The third group to drill. Company e, of
Business, was the winner last year,
and has been working diligently to
maintain first place. while rival com
panies have worked Just as hard to take
the laurels from 1t.
The judges will be Capt. Horace p,
Hobbs, U. S. A: Lieut.. John w. Stew
art. U. S. A. and Lieut. w. l.. Hol-
combe, U. g. A., the latter two beinf
of the Corps Of Engineers. Each Judge
| is given a book in which the competing
! companies are listed separately witt
| the movements each will have to make
| Without comforting. the judges grade
| each COMPANY on the way 1t performi
every one OF the given orders and thu
| one with the best score wins the nag
In addition the captain Of the winning
| company receives a medal and ever!
member q red ribbon.
The Washington times., 1915-05-23
Capt. John B. Clarke to
Be Buried Tomorrow

Military honors and Masonic rites will
mark the funeral tomorrow Of Capt
John Brainard Clarke. veteran of the
civil and Spanish wars. who died Fri
day afternoon in George Washington
Hospital The services will be held at
the residence. 1884 Belmont street north
west The services will be conducted by
the Rev. Hugh T. Stevenson. pastor of
Bethany Baptist Church lnterment
will be in Arlington Cemetery.
Captain Clarke served for four years
in the civil war, enlisting as private
in Company A Forty-ninth Massachu-
setts Infantry, September 3. 1862 He
later served as sergeant in the Fifty
seventh Massachusetts Infantry. and as
first lieutenant Eighth United States
Volunteer Artillery until February, 1886
During the war with Spain CaDtain
Clarke served rs captain and cornmis-
Rary of subsistence United states Vol
unteers. with General Lees Seventh
Army Corps and the Fourth Army
Corps, under General Young.
Captain Clarke was a life member Of
the Loyal Legion. past commander
and one Of the organizers Of Gen. NJ
Emmet Urell Camp L. s. w. ". and a
member Of Pentalpa Lodge. Mt. Vernon
Chapter and Columbia Commandery.
CAPTAIN Clarke is survived by his widow,
Annie P n. Clarke of this city. and
two Sons. Fred r. Clarke ard Winthrop
f. Clarke. OF Indiana polts. Cantatn
Clarke was born IN PittsAeld, Mass.
June o. 1s45, and had resided In WASH
ington for the last four years.
The Washington times., 1915-05-23
CAPT N. tYD|G
JOINS RUSSIAN ARMY
Cables From Warsaw to Frank
A. Munsey and Calls Condi-
tions Favorable.

NEW YORK, May 23.-Capt. Philip M.
Lydlg. broker and clubman. has cabled
from Warsaw that he has Joined the
Russian army. His message, addressed
to Frank A. Munsey, said that he found
conditions favorable In the army OF the
Gear.
When the European war started Cap
tain Lydig was in Carlsbad. After his
arrival here he employed the knowledge
he had gained in the commissary de-
partment Of the United States army
in the purchase of materials for the
allies. Many Of the horses on which
the Cossacks are mounted were bought
here under the supervision of Captain
Lydig.
His work took him into the field, and
after a few weeks he yielded to his
longing for a military career.
Captain Lydig's experience In tho
United States army was with the artil-
lsry. After volunteering at the outbreak
OF the war with Spain he was commis-
stoned captain and served as chief com
nissary in the artillery brigade at
Chickamauga. He was bitterly disap-
pointed because the war ended before
he had an oportunity to go to the front
Afterward he went to Honolulu as chief
and purchasing commissary officer.
Before he resigned he was sent P
Paris to make report for the Gov
ernment. Last year, when war with
Mexico seemed imminent, he wrote to
President Wilson. volunteering to re-
enter the army.
Captain Lydig is familiar with
financial and military conditions
throughout Europe He remained in
France on the Governments business
for several months and made an in
tensive study Of the military situation
there. Many years before he had gath
cred a mass Of information on the Ger
man military system while he was. a
student in Berlin University, after his
graduation from Harvard in 1889.
He was born August l6. 1867. on the
old Lydig estate. where the Bronx Zoo
logical Gardens now are. In 1902 he was
married to Rita hernandez de Alba
de Acosta, formerly Mrs. w. E. D.
Stokes.
For several years after he became a
member Of the stock exchange in 1903.
he was associated with Lounsberry &
Co.. Is Broad street. His most recent
business connection has been with
Jenks. Gwynne & Co. at the same ad-
dress.
He is a member Of the Knickerbocker,
the Union, the Harvard, the New York
Yacht. and Racquet and Tennis clubs,
Of this city. He belongs also to the
Loyal Legion. Foreign Wars. and
Spanish-American War Associations.
The Washington times., 1915-05-23
Glen Echo Park Opens
For Summer Season

Glen Echo Park is fairly launched
today upon another summer season,
despite the inclemency of the wealth
er which interfered to some extent
with the formal opening yesterday
afternoon and last night.
The rain storm naturally kept many
Of the regular patrons of the place
away from the opening program. but
here was, nevertheless, good at
tendance OF old and young who would
not be denied the initial view of the
improved park.
The dancing pavilion and numerous
other places of amusement were we'll
patronized, and although the weather
was not propitious. the management
gram.
The Washington times., 1915-05-23
Kann Sons Employees
To Have Outing May q

EMPLOYEES Of s. Kann, Sons e. Co.
will enjoy their third annual COM
plimentary excursion, given by their
employees, May e. The steamer
st. Johns, carrying the hundreds Of
workers in the big Kann establish
ment, will leave her wharf at p. m.
and will steam down the Potomac as
far as Indian Head. The return will
be made about II o'clock
The two former excursions were
highly enjoyable events, and the
Kann management promises another
evening OF delight In the cool OF the
river breezes.
The Washington times., 1915-05-23

Miss Lizzie Carpenter, Mrs, Lille Fitz-
gerald, Mrs. r. II. Georgips. Mrs. ]. II.
Hunter. Mrs. Margaret IF. Loveiess,
Mrs. Margaret Moore. MrA william ".
O'Donnell, Miss Ruth Purcell. Mrs NJ.
division-Rev. George j. Bryant, Jacob
Happ, ]. II. Hunter, Bernard Kroger.
william Mcguire. Rev. Charles n
Roach, and p. Shugrue.
The Washington times., 1915-05-23

Cannon. p. J. Collins. J. J. Connolly
James Enright, Anthony Gaegler, John
r. Galloway, John b. Geir. Joseph A.
Geir. Jacob Happ. Maurice Joyce, NJ
Mclnerney, j: J. Minahan. James Muir
pert. James White, and Cassin Will
liams.
The captains of the teams are:
Women's division-Mrs. c. w. Augin-
bauRh. Mrs. Wilson Baker, Mrs. Rob-
The Washington times., 1915-05-23
Italian Poet EnliSts
AS Common Seaman

ROME, May 23.-Vice Admiral
Viale, minister of marine, has
accepted the services Of Ga
briele d'Annunzio, the Italian
poet, who volunteered as a
simple seaman with the Adri-
attic fleet.
D'Annunzio will be assigned to
the flagship Of the Duke
d'Abruzzi with the under
standing that he will write an
official naval history of the
war.
The Washington times., 1915-05-23
Police Boat Is Equipped
With New Marine Engine

violators OF the hunting and fishinS
laws OF tho District have something
new to fear since the police boat Major
Sylvester has been equipped with a
new marine engine that gives II
speed exceeding twelve miles an hour.
A new automobile top has been or
dered for the boat. which Will make IT
one OF the handsomest in washington's s
harbor.
The Washington times., 1915-05-23

lees this order In council Is modined
when Congress meets the expectations
of munitions of war will be stopped, ana
the action by Congress may go much
further" ,
In his statement, issued last night, the
Senator refers to the British comlnunl-
cation OF October 26, saying that cotton
war and would remain on the free list.
On this statement Of Sir Edward Grey,
Senator Smith asserts, American cotton
growers contracted for sales In January
and February for delivery In later
me nths.
Subject To Damages.
For Great Britain to seize cotton
after March under these circum-
stances" he adds, became an act es-
pecially severe. and will subject Great
Britain to heavy damage.
Almost entirely as result OF the
Illegal action of Great Britain, cotton
has increased in price over cents a
pound on the continent OF Europe, while
It has fallen a cent and half pound
in Great Britain and In the United
Stat
Again let me hope that the British
,, government, In accordance with the
cordial goou will which has existed be
tween the people of the two countries
for more than 100 years, will cease dis
r. garding international law to the IN
jury of our people,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-15
War News Fifty Years Ago
tFrom the Richmond Dispatch March Is. 1865 }

There are plenty of rumors from Petersburg
and In fact, all along the lines. but there is no
dchnite war news from any point that is rcacha-
BIC and nothing that Is reliable.
The War Department has tho closed lip policy
carried to perfection. There Is absolutely no
ehance to get word Of news from there who
has issued the order that closes ali Inns 40
lightly nobody seems TO know
pd -Four hundred Federal prisoners will leave
Hocket's this morning by the flag of truce
boat. bound down the river for exchange and
shipment to the North.
AZ day Yesterday the Federals were threat
C emihs an attack on the Confederate lines in
Chesterfield County. but they decided to aban-
non IL. ~ least. up to o'clock last night
ho'hihs OF serious character developed.
By actual count Grants army has I'm 10 date
destroyed AL Of the houses sixty nine plan
listed and pfr,ially DESTROYED the village of
Franklin. on ,the Norfolk seaboard Railroad
l !, is iearntd from the Northern papers tina,
and taken prisoner at the fall of Fort Fisher, in
Horth carolina, died last week at Governors
TRINITY Church. in New York City by his rel
atives and friends. who wcre Northern people
colonel W. H. Hartman. OF stanton was muir
ooro nH the Yankees after he had surrendered
rs prisoner OF war. Colonel Hartman was tho
OF his death vac '''"e
OF rebel cavalry. under command OF nephew
OF Ex-Governor Letcher. OF Virginia at,emnted
tho Upper Potomac. They were mot hv tbn
New Hampshire First Cavalry. and defeated
killed" '''' INCH were
Orders have been issued by Federal Genera,
Try that the draft in New York City bc com
menced to-day. Lively times are expected
Gold is down to 1873 in New York civ md
but little OF 1t Offering. "'~
The Richmond city markets confirm. n y,
.an OF an seasonabie articles, such as vege-
bushel. 'oF S'o a
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-15
Virginia's Escape From Inequality

NJ OW that the Assembly has finished its
work, it is believed that the good &C
conlplished will be speedily evident. We
have cut loose from tax system which has
always been unsatisfactory, and which is
steadily declining in the public estimate in
those States where it continues in force.
Rhode Island has just issued tax report,
and it is a jeremiad, series of complaints.
The abuses which it is hoped are at last
rid Of continue in full force in the micro
scopic Commonwealth.
Listen to the familiar burden of this song:
The employment of different standards Of
valuation by the several municipalities leads
TO Inequalities, and an unfair distribution Of
the State tax. The small amounts Of certain
classes Of property listed and the assessed
valuation OF real estate in some instances is
so low that it would be sufficient cause for
serious anxiety, if the assessments were even
approximately correct. The use Of different
percentages Of the full and fair cash value
required by law for purposes of assessment
is manifestly unfair to those communities
which assess their property in accordance
with the law, and this is the most serious
objection to the practice"
And the following is testimony to the
juggling Of property when taxed for both
state and local purposes
In the absence of some disaster, the ac-
tual removal from the jurisdiction Of physical
property, or change in the occupations of
a considerable number Of it's inhabitants, it
is not reasonable to expect a falling off Of
Is per cent in the valuation Of tangible prop
crty in one farming and residential COM
Tnunity, especially where fair gain in the
valuation OF buildings and Improvements, as
we'll rs a normal increase in land values is
shown. 1t is noticed also that the valuation
Of intangiblcs in this jurisdiction is substan-
TALLY the same as last year, and that owners
CT land and buildings in certain localities
practically escape taxation on tangible prop
erty. We find municipality in no
financial difficulty, with moderate tax rate,
which has suffered no great loss either in
capital invested or in population, and show
ing at least all the outward signs Of stability,
returning the assessed valuation of its land
at 36 per cent less than last year"
Comments are hardly needed. The whole
report shows the wrong and injustice OF the
tax system from which Virginia has at last
escaped.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-15
BREATHE THE FRESH ARR

Breathe all the fresh air YOU can get.
night and day. That's what fresh air
Is for The fcarsome legend about the
baleful influences of might air" Is ONLY
another Of the carefully-nursed insani-
tary bcqucsts from our ancestors ac-
cording to Senior Surgeon Banks. of the
United states Public Health Service.
Whence this superstition arose may
only be surmised. Perhaps IL is n sur
Nivai or the primeval cult of sun wor-
SHIP which led the ancicnts to classify
ANYTHING outside the sphere of solar
influence.
Our forbcars were wont to caution
their offspring to be careful about the
night air. or children were ordered TO
come In out of the night air" IL is
perhaps fortunate for the children liv-
ing in the Arctic Circle. where the
nights are six months long. that tho
Eskimo mothers do not entertain this
crude notion about night air, else their
progeny would spend half the wear in
doors
This idea is generally prevalent. and
even one of our well-known flowers Is
loaded down with ihc horrible name OF
deadly nlghtshadc." AS n sort OF verbal
relic OF this old notion. The low-lvinr
mist or fog that sometimes gathers
about the surface OF the earth under
certain atmospheric conditions, after
sunset. was held. is held. to be "nias-
matte and pregnant with lethal posi-
bilities. This is worthy OF all the re-
sp"ct that should be put TO any hoary
superstition. but its place is In the
specimen jars Of an archa geological mu-
scum, not In the showroom OF modern
intellectual life
The night air. minus the sun, Is no
Inherent from the atmosphere OF a sun
less dag. The atmospheric envelope OF
the earth does not change from benign
TO ihaiiEn IN the twinklinG OF an eye
after shutdown. 1t is still composed OF
oxygen. nitrogen, argon ana carbon di-
oxide in the normal proportions for tho
given locality The opcn-air treatment
OF tuberculosis and its kindred allies
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-15
RICHMOND TIMES-DISPArCH: MONDAY, MARCH l5 1915

certain to be exhibited by the proud native
are Dearborn Avenue, the University Of Chi
c1go and the pork-packing factories The
native will glibly relate how many hogs can
be disposed Of per minute, and the unsophis-
tcated stranger always gasps with astonish-
ment
But it appears that Germany is about to go
Chicago one better. 1t is estimated that the
pig population OF Germany numbers O,O0O,-
600. Pigs hearty feeders, as all farmers
can testify. and Germany has supply of
food for them. The people require all OF the
grain. and for sops-why, there are no
slops at present in Germany. The govern
ment has issued broadcast cookbooks telling
how succulent and nourshing dishes may be
made out Of potSto Feelings This is very
sad for the pigs. Soldiers live on half
rations or almost no rations at all---like Lees
army-and fight all the better for empty
stomachs but lean pig is no good as pig
Therefore. Germany is going to decree a
eI eat massacre Of hogs. The 2O.000,000 will
be reduced by 100000, slaughtered at the
rate Of 100000 day. Already Chicago is
green with envy. Her crown or glory is
about to be taken from her What are the
trifiing hecatombs offered up in the South
side packing houses compared to the EXTERN
ination of 100000 swine at one fell
SWOOp?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-15

had first to combat this venerable lar
eon ABOUT the dcadlinnss OF night air.
and only the remarkable results Of this
hEgienic aid to It's cure brought the
suDcrstitious 20 realization of the
Stiffness OF their inEraincd noctophobia
This generation has witnessed tho
emancipation of human beings in re-
spect 10 the value OF fresh air. whether
In bulk or In smaller drafts" From
being q people Immersed in hermctical-
~ sealed rooms at night. breathing our
own bodily eXhalations over arsi over
again, constantly increasing number
or persons are sleeping In the open, or
at least with open windows. summer
ana winter, to their great benefit. In
the morning they are refreshed with
the pure oxygen OF tho mir brcathcd
during sleep, not 'stcwed" nor "seedy'
after eight hours spent in respirinE and
rc-rcSpiriEg second hand and shopworn
air IN q closed bedroom
y story from the trenches In Franco
is that IA soldier wrote home TO his wife
to open her windows mt night, rs no
had found that the night mir didn't
hurt one bit" That ia the experience
of all the advocates OF this sensible Gus
tom--oncc tried the old custom of seal
ing ones self In nm alright bedroom Is
never renewed. Diseases which involve
the lungs can usually be traced TO their
beginning In poorly ventilated sleeping
apartment. inside rooms that do nor
have Il share OF tho atmosphere. Moth
iirg can live we'll or long without oyv-
gen in the air and IL was given To us
for breathing. night and day, not to
be taken In spnringly. as II Il were 4
dangerous potion. Some people arc
actually afraid OF ordinary. common air
Those cmancipated persons who open
their windows at night Will tell YOU
unanimously. that they cannot breathe
I'm a chamber unless the window I.
raised; their sense OF comfort and vigor
demands the lifc-Riving qualities OF
fresh air. No greater prophylactic ad-
vice can be promulgated than TO breathe
all the fresh atmospheric air you can
get, night and day.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-15
Sound Advice TO the CITY

HE Chamber Of Commerce expresses the
conservative and common sense view
when it urges the city government to sell the
Ford lot to the State, to furnish a site for
the erection of a State Office building The
State needs an office building and can afford
TO build it, while If the city needs such a
structure, as il. very probably does. it needs
other things. So muth more that comparison
is futile.
Three-fourths Of Richmond's streets are
unpared, and there are great public improve
ments in the recently annexed territory that
should not be delayed. Modern paving
would add UNNECESSARILY more to the city's
health cleanliness and business prosperity
Than any municipal building that could pos
biby be constructed
III Is true that some means OF assessing
paving Improvement in part against abutting
property-owners will have TO be devised he
lore extensive operations can be contem-
plated, but such an arrangement ought not
10 be impossible. There is a sewer tax and
Tor sidewalks the city collects the whole cost
from the property-owner. Why cannot n
similar policy be devised and legally for,,
lied. that will result in substantial accretions
to our mileage Of smoothly paved thorough
fares?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-15
ParlnrS for Rcaux

THE milwaukee, Y. w. C. A. has had put to
it a serious proposition for the estab-
1ishment of counting parlor. 1t is argued
that just SO long there are pretty girls in
the y. w. G. A. there will be men in the
ofing. and the beau question cannot be side
tracked. No human being who thinks will
deny the conclusion.
On the surface, this will appear as
humorous episode, or perhaps some OF the
worlds long-faced brethren and sisters will
be shocked But in an institution OF the
sort not only is it true that girls are entitled
TO opportunity TO love and be loved. but it is
essential to human happiness that this oppor-
tunity be not withheld for any consderat ton
whatever.
BY all means. put counting parlors in the
homes of girls. whether such homes be indi-
vidual or INSTITUTIONAL Hang up the mistlc-
toe in season, and let them play post-of!ce
and clap-in-and -clap-out. Tho mating in
+; stinct is strong in healthy race and it is
'far better to have counting parlors indoors
THAN TO establish them on street corners and
lark benches.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-15
The Voice of the PEOPLE


TO the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
O, March stfb c or she richmond Times Dispatch
nppearance OF my old home paper OF twenty
years or more ago was most grateful 10 me
noucc' however. that your editorials are in
me Win mos, nose or many other papers in the
country. While evidently aware OF the exnc,
status OF the belligerents abroad, YOU are evi.
dentiE making n strenuous effort ut '.neutrnlity
nave carefully studied the issues involved
and ] nope you Will allow state that the
constant effort on the part OF some Of our
editors editors to combine Germany and England in a
common protest Is q grave injustice To the c,uSc
OF international ethics and to Great Britain
IN my offcial capacity as travel around ,he
United States find that the Judgment of mos,
iInnteliisent men Is strongly against Cicrmany
She has been guilty of interna tional crime ana
while our neutrality may prevent our r. kin r,o
part under arms 1t should not prevent n most
Congress Of the United States the legislatures
Of American republic. To be silent wbnn -" -
vigorous protest might be effective is to he
"particeps criminis' in the greatest crime o.
modern history! ~ "a
WILLIAM NJ. WALTON
~ Archdeacon OF Arkansas
Little Rock. Ark. March II. 1915.