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The Washington times., 1915-09-03
Good Yarns Abound
In New "All-Story"

Stokes, the Methodical." IL the title
of a humorous narrative in the cur
rent issue Of the All-Story Weekly. by
Fred C. Kelly. Washington news
paper man. Mr.. Kelly carries Stokes
through a series Of distressing adven-
lures which came just because Stokes
varied the daily routine Of his life.
The story Is typical Of the entertain
ing fiction found in the All-Story for
September 4. Four continued stories
one novelette,. six short stories, and
four bits of verse make up the 1872 pages
Of reading.
The Fatal Gift" by George Allan
England, a mystery story based largely
on fact, Is the new serial offered. The
editor Of the All-Story appends note
explaining that except for few miss
ing links the narrative 10 one OF rae,
and 1t Is hoped the publication VII
produce some one who can explain the
4 continuation Of THE Blue Sky,
"Icbb Tide" and Andrew Garvald, /!
offered readers who have been follow
Ing these diverting stories. The shor
story section Of the magazine present. t.
fiction by c. Williams Wood. Fred Z
Kelly, Oney Fred Sweet, Perley Poor
Sheehan. Brevard Mays Connor' ant
Carewe-Carvel.
The Washington times., 1915-09-03
snlPWRECKED AVIATORs

International law has been so
badly treated by Europe since the
tragedy of Sarsjevo that to take it
seriously or propose new regula-
tions must seem like a grim jest.
But the most successful Of the new
engines of war has brought a situa-
ton which calls for some regula-
tions that at least neutral nations
may observe. The case in point is
the treatment of military aviators
who fall on neutral territory or in
the open sea.
Under present conditions an svia-
tor who falls or lands on neutral
soil is interned until the war is done
If he falls into the open sea and is
picked up by a merchant vessel Of g
neutral power he may 60 home il
it is within his power to get there
! On the contrary, if he is picked uI
I by a naval vessel of a neutral power
he must suffer internment for th'
period of the war unless he shoult
dive overheard from his machine ant
claim his liberty as a distressed
mariner.
If the airship were looked upon a
a naval vessel an aviator who ha'
to land through injury to his ma
chine would have time to repair hi
craft and take fuel to carry him t
the nearest "home port" But thi
is not the case; and the fightin
aviator of today has to abide b
the laws of neutral might rathe
than what he thinks is right.
The Washington times., 1915-09-03
POSTAL SAVINGS

OF s4,o12,252 deposits in the
Brooklyn postal savings banks
$3,284,556 is held by foreign-born
depositors, more than four-fifths Of
the total. The postal savings bank
apparently is succeeding in its mis-
sion of supplanting the slippery
"private banker" of alien birth and
the boarding place in the tenement
home.
There is little reason to doubt
that were it not for the postal banks
a large proportion Of this sum never
would have found its way back into
the channels of business as it has
now through redeposit in CONNER
cial banks. Neither is there reason
to doubt that the same ratio holds
good in all large cities.
On the other hand, it would seem
clear from the comparatively small
total that the postal savings banks
are not doing all they could do il
they were better advertised.
The Washington times., 1915-09-03
GOVERNMENT URGES
WAR ON TYPHOID
"Clean Up," Say Officials After
Forecasting 100000 Cases
for Year.

Forecasting an aggregate OF 100000
cases Of typhoid as the toll of the
present summer and autumn. of which
$4,000 may be expected to end fatally.
the Public Health, and Marine Hospital
Service today sounded It's annual
warning cry against conditions which
breed this disease.
The Governments official bulletin
places the burden of responsibility for
the spread Of the malady upon the
house fly in conjunction with condi-
tions where filth prevails and sounds
the battle call Of "Clean up"
r The statement reads in part:
people in the United States will con.
tract typhoid fever. The average
period Of invalidism will be more thar
| a month for every case developing, sc
that the economic loss, even II recov'
| cry does ensue. can be reckoned upor
this basis. including at the same tim,
the care and attention required. o1
those who contract the disease. pos
sibly $4,000 will succumb. Fifty pei
cent of these will be between tn,
ages of Is and 35 years.
Moreover. this Is an annual tol
and represents the minimum fatalit!
which we have attained. No sooner !,
pleted than another series is begun
and so on interminably. True ther
is some jiminution in the total mum
Der. the death rate since 1900 havini
been diminished by half. and mos
of our cities showing a progressiv
reduction In the incidence OF the dis
ease. but It still remains much high
er than that OF countries which W
are apt to consider less civilized tina
our own"
The Washington times., 1915-09-03
NAVY SEES NEED FOR
PREPAREDNESS NOW
Significant Official Announce.
ment Issued by Secretary
Daniels.

A significant official announcement.
indicating that the Navy Department
Is getting its eyes open to the need OF
preparedness. was made today. Secre-
tary Daniels gave out a statement say
ing that following the action Of the War
Department In the early part Of August.
the Navy Department had requested in
formation in a purely routine man.
ner of manufacturers as to their output
Of the materials which the navy might
need in case OF an emergency" The
department goes on to say this Ia In
line with the development Of campaign
plans under consideration by the de-
purtment. as 1t Is expected that the
work will require months, In fact, years
before 1t is finally completed.
While this is said by the department
to be a peace-time procedure pure ana
simple. the demands from abroad for
various articles have 80 taxed the facili-
ties OF home manufacturers as to make
II difficult to obtain certain classes of
articles.
The inquiries will cover a wide field.
such as the facilities Of transportation
lines. principally by sea; the supply OF
fuel, and the output Of supplies and ma
terials of many descriptions.
The Washington times., 1915-09-03
Secretary Daniels
Talks of Plans for
Better Submarines

Secretary Of the Navy Daniels, back
today from a visit to the New England
yards. talked Of plans for improving the
submarine service. Among other things.
he announced establishment at New
London Of q shore base for submarines.
This has been recommended by Captain
Grant, who has general supervision Of
submarine service.
In establishing this base, care has
been taken to locate within easy dis
tances Of New York. Boston. and other
large cities. In case of war, II would
BE- possible for submarines to use the
base and then dart out to cover ap-
proaches to New York and all the big
North Atlantic cities.
Moreover, in establishing this base.
the Navy Department is taking a. leaf
! out of the German plans for having
land bases for their submarines.
That larger appropriations for sub.
marines and aeroplanes are to be asked
Of Congress was made plain by Secre-
tary Daniels.
That the United States Is abreast OF
Europe in submarine development SO
far as is known was declared by the
Secretary. He saw the submarines al
the Fore river yard. built for a foreign
power for delivery after the war. and
| he said the American l. boats were OF
the same type.
Secretary Daniels will soon talk witt
the President over the naval Construc'
ton program and naval expansion.
The Washington times., 1915-09-03
MAX MARGIN MAKES
NEW MARK IN DRAMA
Playwright Produces Two Plays
On Succeeding Evenings
In New York.

Max MARGIN. the playwright. is said
to have made a record by having two
plays produced on succeeding evenings
in New York, one the drama, THE
House Of Glass" at the Gambler Theater
Wednesday night. and the other. a
farce. See My Lawyer" at the Ell
tinge Theater last night. The reviewers
this morning speak Of See My Law
yer" as lively farce revolving around
the ease with which a person may feign
insanity, but the difficulty of proving
himself sane when the need for the
subterfuge has passed.
T. Roy Barnes has the leading role
and John DAILY Murphy. Washington
man, has an important part Inez Buck
and Margot Williams divide the interest
among the women in the cast. The play
is presented by A. II. Woods and was
staged by Frank NJ. Stammers.
The Washington times., 1915-09-03
Wants $4,000 Damages
From P. B. & w. Railroad

Fifty thousand dollars damages are
asked by Clarence s. Elliott In suit
filed In the District Supreme Court
against the Philadelphia. Baltimore
and Washington Railroad Company for
injuries received February Is. last.
while employed as a fireman by the de-
fendant company.
He alleges in his declaration that a
piece of timber from one of the cars
on freight train crashed through the
cab of the engine on a passenger train
between Washington and Baltimore and
that his left eye was destroyed. ms
nose broken, and the hearing Of his
right ear impaired.
Attorneys Wilton ]. Lambert and
Richard A. Ford are counsel Tor the
plaintiff.
The Washington times., 1915-09-03
DANGERS
IN BUSY WATERS
Coast and Geodetic Survey Re-
ports Grave Peri|s In Way Of
u. S. Warships.

Hidden dangers to navigation In much
freouented waters, hitherto unknown.
were discovered by officials OF the Coast
and Geodetlc Survey who have just Ia
sued a report covering their seasons
hydrographic survey work with the w're
drag along the Atlantic coast.
The wire drag method, which has rev.
olutionized photographic surveying. has
proved so successful that increased ap-
propriations for extension of the WORK
will be sought
Some of the results Of the work ac-
complished this summer are summarized
in the report as follows:
The approach to the Rockland naval
trial course, where battlesh!ps arc tried
| before and after acceptance, was found
| to have four shoals, on any one OF
which a battleship might have been
seriously damaged.
or several channels in Portland har-
Dor. the deepest natural harbor on the
Atlantic coast. only one was found safe
for the deepest draft vessels. One
channel. which local shipping interests
desired to adopt, was found to be block
ed by a shoal in the middle.
| Dangerous shoals were found in Buzz
yards Bay.
| wreck was found in the deepest
part Of the channel connecting Long
and Block Islands. the mast of which
was only six feet below the surface of
the water. Along the north shore Of
Block Island sound a boulder-strewn
area at least mile wide was found.
Vessels have been warned to avoid thi.;
until the section Is charted.
Gardeners bay, which is used for tor
pedo boat maneuvers, is strewn with
bouders. necessitating a survey at some
future time.
Kettle bottoms and oyster rocks were
found in Chesapeake bay and Potomac
river. and coral formations along the
Florida reefs. endangering the vessels
Of the torpedo 1otilla, which hold their
maneuvers there.
That these dangers to navigation have
been permitted to go uncharted is not
due to lack Of zeal or care on the part
OF Government officials. but rather tc
lack OF earlier facilities to locate the
. trouble, the Coast and Geodctic Surve!
reports. 1t would be as difficult tC
strike a submerged pinnacle rock with
lead and line from a ship as 1t would
be to hit a church steeple with a line
dropped from a balloon. the surveys re-
port says by way Of analogy. The
wire drag. stretched between two boats
and weighted so as to drag the water!
at a depth where distractions woult
= be dangerous. has given officials
= means of definitely locating all DANCE
spots, survey officials declare.
The Washington times., 1915-09-03
THE PRACTICAL SIDE

There is a practical angle to the
offer of the president Of the Penn
sylvania railroad to permit 100000
men to attend military training
camp. The trade we are accustomed
to generalize under the title of "sol-
der" consists of a number of high
ly specialized professions and indus
tries that have absolutely nothing
to do with the actual shooting of
guns or waving the Star-Spangled
Banner!
Those of us whose memories date
back no further than the war with
Spain vividly recall tho fact that
some tons of supplies were permit
ted to spoil at the congested and
poorly equipped railway terminals
in Florida; the regiments of soldier!
held up for indefinite periods in rail
road trains because efficient dis
patching service was not available.
While the president of the Penn
sylvania railroad probably had il
mind military training pure ant
simple for his employees, it wouldn'
be bad idea to take that numbe
of men and train them in tn
handling of troop trains. Equippe'
as they are with the necessar,
knowledge of the practical opera
tion of railroads, why shouldn't the
be the proper persons to assign t
the maintenance and operation o
the railroads in war? Why shouldn
they be taught sufficient of th
The Washington times., 1915-09-03
.FULLAM TRANSFER
|. NOT DUE TO POLITICS
Secretary Daniels Denies There
Was Interference in Policy
Of Administration.

There Is no politics In it. That
charge Is absurd and foolish"
This was the statement OF Secre-
tary Daniels today when his atten-
tion was called to reports that the
shifting Of Rear Admiral Fullam from
commandant Of the Naval Academy to
command Of the Pacific reserve fleet
was due to political pressure from Con-
gressmen Hay and Carlin and Senators
Lee and John Walter Smith.
The Secretary said he had message
from Rear Admiral Fullam saying he
was much pleased with being given sea
duty.
Technically. 1t is sea duty" to com
mand the pacific reserve fleet. which
seldom goes to sea. Occasionally. u
does so and the officer in command
lives on ship.
September 20 Is the time when Cap
tain Eberlc will take command at An
napolis. The midshipmen are now OF
their way back from the Pacific coast
Secretary Daniels has talked over will
Captain Eberle the new order of things
for Annapolis. but will talk further,
The Washington times., 1915-09-03

military codes or rules to enable
them to be of service for the
handling of troops?
Had there been a regiment Of
properly equipped section hands
with the supplies that section hands
need, in Florida, at the time Of the
Spanish war, there would not have
been the slightest congestion of
traffic; there would have been no
delays in the movement of troop
trsins; there would have been no
confusion in the embarkation of the
army Of invasion. What applies to
that time will apply with even
greater force to the present day.
And there are other industries
that might aid by giving knowledge
Of military methods and needs to
their men which, combined with the
practical knowledge they have Of
their own industry, would make
them of tremendous Importance to
the nation in time of war. Army
officers and soldiers are only human
And the fear that an officer will
have too easy time Of it, expressed
by our lawmakers in the law tina,
compels an officer to return to serv.
ice with troops after four years IL
staff department learning one o.
these specialties, has made it diff
cult to develop the proper number
of, experts in the service itself.
The Washington times., 1915-09-03
VENGEANCE OF THE LAW OR
OF THE MOB

Five men went to their death at
Sing Sing this morning with little
more than passing notice in the
press. To the opponents Of capital
punishment, who argue that no hu-
man life should be taken, such an in
cident is repellant. These five men
were executed with dexterity and
expedition like SO many cattle being
put to death.
Yet the lynching of Leo Frank
dealt blow to the opponents of
capital punishment. If a State could
be SO aroused over the commuta-
ton of the sentence Of man as to
whose guilt there was reasonable
doubt, it is argued that lynchiugs
would be more frequent when there
was no possibility ahead of the MUIR
derer paying the life penalty.
Capital punishment finds few de-
tenders in theory. But many still
believe that the old law Of an eye
for an eye has a certain practical
value that cannot be overlooked in
the present state of society. The
mob spirit bursts forth in unexpect.
ed places in the face Of a particu
larly atrocious crime. Vengeance
not sentiment for the culprit, is up
permost in the mind of the com
munity. If such vengeance is to b
meted it is better that it were ad
ministered in New York fashion
than in Georgia style.
The Washington times., 1915-09-03

This is especially significant, for 1t
shows that the big things are get
ting firmly on their feet. The small
failure is likely to be a sort Of hang
over from an earlier period of de-
preston; the lesser concern is able
to stave off the inevitable for a
longer time than the bigger one
whose commitments must be cared
for on time. Therefore a double
reason for confidence that CONNER
cial conditions are decidedly improv-
ing. =
Railroad showings Of earnings
have been remarkably good. The
New York Central report was
enough to have given q real impetus
to. the rails in an ordinary market.
Beyond this is the certainty that the
unprecedented crops of the year will
have to be moved, and that that
guarantees further increase Of
tonnage spread over autumn and
winter.
! The great industrial activity Of
the country is so we'll known that
it does not require comment. In the
Far West the lumber trade is in
deed a discomforting spot. It has
suffered as almost no other business
has. But the metal industries, pri.
mary and secondary, and agricul.
ture are making q wonderful show.
ing. There is every reason conf
IDENTIFY to expect that the coming
winter will be one of business activ
ity unknown for several years; il
may produce a prosperity e1ualins
that of the banner year Of 1907.
The Washington times., 1915-09-03
May Irwin Changes Name
Of Play and Taboos "l3'

NEW YORK, Sept. 3.-Vicarious su-
perstition got the better of May Irwin,
and as a result her play. mo. 13 Wash
ington Square," which now Is running
in the Park Theater, will be known
hereafter as mo. So Washington
Square. ,.
Miss Irwin herself isn't superstithous,
she saws but some of her public are.
She has been getting letters from them
ever since the play opened. two weeks
ago, protesting they couldn t think OF
taking the risk of visiting her as long
as such name was attached 10 the
vehicle.
Miss Irwin pondered long time be-
fore she screwed up ner courage &c
speak to Leroy Scott, the author. about
the matter.
Scott was willing.
Royalties under any name VIII speno
as WELL" he said. and the change wal
maze.
The Washington times., 1915-09-03
Railway Employees
Ready for Outing
Arrangements Completed For Big
Day At Glen Eeho Next Week
Everything Free.

Arrangements have been completed
for the annual outing of the Washing
ton Railway Relief Association at Glen
Echo Park on September 9. The conf
mittee on plans. of which J. 7. Moffett
is general manager, has arranged
program of fun and amusement. all free
10 the employees OF the Washington
Railway and Electric Company. and the
Potomac Electric Power Company, ana
the members of their families.
Free transportation will be given and
the entire day and evening will be de-
voted to the enjoyment of the many
amusements at the park. There will oc
employees end their wives and daughters
and at o'clock Mt night a country store
will be opened and many prizes given
to customers"
The Washington times., 1915-09-03
Speed Up!

To the Editor of THE TINES:
I read q most amusing letter In this
column. signed by one Robert Stallings.
1t is easy to see from his declaration
that ''automobilists pay no more at
tention to pedestrians than they do to
chickens." that the gentleman H. an
lnhabitant OF the rural districts. / do
not think that gentleman's statement
Is correct, but do say that the pedes-
trians OF Washington walk the streets
like chickens. They read papers and
letters while they cross the busiest
corners, they dart blindly into the traf-
fic in the middle of the blocks, paying
no more attention to the regulation
that prohibits this than they do to the
call for volunteers by the Salvation
Army.
Washington has more accidents In
proportion to Its size than any city In
the country.
It IL because Washington Is still 9
village. In other places OF equal size
| life goes on with speed-they are
| modern cities. but Washington Is stil
a village with a shady main street
When we educate ourselves up to th'
| point where we realize that 1t is al
| economic waste to bride the autouo
bile which Is designed for speed. thel
we will begin to make Warrington
| city. Poor old fashioned Mr.. Stilling
| Is trying to keep the trend OF moderl
! development down to speed OF fou
| miles an hour or at the same pace tina
| our grandfathers walked to church.
| GEORGE NJ. NORRIS.
| Washington, September l. 1918.
The Washington times., 1915-09-03
CHANGES ANNOUNCED
IN INTERIOR BUREAU
Secretary Makes Plan for
Switches in His Division of
His Staff.

Appointments. promotions, resigna-
tions and transfers in the Interior De-
partment during the last week were an
nounced today as follows:
Probationary appointments, Secre-
tary's office. Miss Nora Mullen. tele-
phone operator. $72o; Patent Office vii.
liam Kane. laborer. $40; Bureau of
Mines, Donald w w Cooke. stenosrapher
brarian, 81 ,660. and Miss Mary Seaman,
copyist. $40. to $500: Pension Office,
Charles Lynch. skilled laborer. $3.50. to
asI! Earle Nasie. eopyi.t. ts5o to ee clerk
81 600: Edward Rosenblum. copyist, $40
to clerk, $500: Albert H. Davis, laborer,
$40. to .copyist. $ID: Geological Survey
son. laborers. ts a month. to $3.50 a year
Bureau OF Mines. Virgil P. Hawse
junior chemist. 81 go. to 81 800:
Temporary appointments. Bureau OF
Mines. Clifford stephens, messenger DO,
porary appointment. Bureau of Mines
Arthur Elliott. assistant engineer. sar
,, TranstsTs Ernest w. teary I, sepyss 1gss
Lamar. Colo; John Willie. from Kla
math agency. Greg. to clerk. $500. Indial
Office: Mrs. Bessie Koehl. from secre
! tarys office to copyist. $120. Bureau o
Education; Miss Maize L. Pascoe. from
Reclamation Service to under clerk
| 81, ,Oo0 Geological Survey; Miss Mau'
St,nson. from General Land Office t.
stenographcr. $1,000. Geological Survey
! Freeborn G. Sudler. from War Depart
ment to laborer, SG60. General Land OF
Ace: Wilher G. Welden. from Paten
office to clerk. $1,000. Treasury Depart
ment
designations, General Land Office
John F. Lewis. clerk. 81 800; Reclamatio
Service. Walter II. Meglasson. senio
clerk, 81, 500; Bureau of Mines. Carl a
Taylor. junior explosives chemist a