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The Washington times., 1915-03-10
A MAN.MAkINC LAW

Where all persuasion and efforts
by many agencies have failed, Fed
eral statute is succeeding. A young
man approached policeman on a
street of this city the other night,
and confessing that he was a slave
to morphine, begged that he be sent
to a hospital.
Several victims Of the drug habit
have applied for treatment that may
cure them since the law governing
the sale of habit-forming drugs went
into effect the first of this month,
according to officials of the Board Of
Charities. The number is growing,
and will continue to increase as the
supplies of "dope" in hand are ex-
hausted and the "fiends" find it i'm
possible to replenish them.
The situation in Washington prob
ably is not so bad as in some other
cities, for many reasons; but the ef-
feet of the law is wholesome. Men
who have lost self-control through
the use of drugs, who are useless to
society if not positive menace, now
face the necessity of redeeming
themselves and of becoming men in
fact.
The Washington times., 1915-03-10
GERMANS UTILIZING
EVERY INCH OF LAND
Berlin Women Copy Plan Tried
Many Years Ago BY Gov.
ernor Of Michigan.

BERLIN, March 1o.-Governos Pin
gree's potato-patch plan. tried by the
Michigan governor many years ago. Is
being copied In Berlin. where move
high position. to utilize all available
Harden plats and vacant land in greater
Berlin as truck farms for immediate
raising Of vegetables. has been set on
foot. 1t Is the consensus OF opinion
that the present war requires some
such step.
To accomplish this purpose II is pro-
posed to enlist the aid OF all available
truck farmers and agricultural experts
and to get them to give instruction In
vegetable raising and, so far as pos
expected that 1t will not be difficult to
interest women in large numbers to
carry on the work OF feeding the peo-
pie.
posed will first take a short free course
at the Royal Gardening institute. The
installation and preparation Of courses
Is in the hands Of the war commission
on vegetable raising. Interested In the
Of the minister OF war. Frau Wild Won
Hohenborn: Countess Won Rrockdorh.
the empress chief lay-in-wai aiting; Frau.
len Won Gersdorff and the wife Of the
late minister OF state. Frau Won Roet-
ticher.
Berlin is the scene at this time OF nu-
merous meetings. largely attended by
women of every class. at which ways
and means OF more economical living
are discussed by prominent physicians.
Women are being urged to cut down
the consumption of meat by At least 10
ger cent and to resort more to the use OF
milk. They are asked to think OF the
men in the field and the hardships they
have to endure. u economy in eating
seems to be too difficult.
One physician. speaking the other
night. likene1 the situation to that OF
the tourist who perforce must at times
make a meal from chocolate and bread
until more favorable circumstances. He
told his audience that they were mere
slaves to appetite II they were not able
to elect easily to eat less Of the scarcer
foods.
Soup In place OF coffee for the early
morning breakfast Is being urged by
some physicians. especially for adults.
and then the omission Of the German
second breakfast. to the consequent
saving Of thousands Of pounds OF food
stuffS.
The Washington times., 1915-03-10
Ralph w. Hills Named
Diplomatic Secretary

Ralph W. Hills. OF the District. has
been assigned as a secretary in the dip
lomatic service to Rome. Other as
sign'nents of recently appointed secrc-
taries in the diplomatic service arc an
nounced by the State Department as
follows:
Alexander G. Kirk. Chicago, to State
Department; Stewart Johnson, Win
netka. ILL.,. to Santo Domingo; Henry II,
Carey. Cambridge. Mass, to Paris;
Frederic r. Dolbearc. New York city. to
Vienna; Eugene &. Shoecraft, St,
Joseph. Miss, to London; John l.. Ryan
Greenburg. Pa, to Petrograd
Transfers in diplomatic secretarial
personnel were announced as follows:
Charles Il. Curtis. New York city to
Bosota. from Rio de Janeiro; Craig ".
Wadsworth. New York city, to Bucha :
rest. from Teheran: John c. White, Bal
timore, to Petrograd. from Santo Do
mingo City; Alexander Benson, Phila- :
delphia. to Caracas; Louis A. Sussdorff,
Jr, New York city. to Rio de Janeiro'
from Paris: Richard f. Pcnnoyer'
Berkeley, Cal. to Bankok, from Lima,
Peru.
Leland Harrison. New York city, is
transferred from the staff OF the Ameri-
can legation at BogOta, to the Latin
American division of the State Depart
ment.
The Washington times., 1915-03-10
Must Go After Latin
American Trade N0w
Dangerous for u. S. Interests to Postpone CONNER
cial and Industrial Invason-Team Work
Between Cover nment and Busi-
ness Needed.
By JUDSON C. WELL1VER.

There arc some authorities in South
American commercial conditions who
do not view with great confidence the
prospect Of an American invasion Of
that continent. on a greater scale than
ever. after the end OF the war.
These declare the United States must
get into South America, and get itself
cntrcnched. before the war 10 over. OF
1t will have small chance there; and
they present a fetching srgumnt. Here
ncnt public man and specialist in Latin
American conditions, whose name Is
not permitted 10 be used:
There is seemingly widespread
opinion In this country that after the
wars end. the countries in Europe will
be so exhausted that they will be un-
able to restore their normal. natural
commercial relationships. and that in
that period the United States will make
great gains. am not able to agree
with this view.
Must Go After II.
1T Is not safe to imagine that the big
trade Of Germany and Belgium In Latin
America IL going to drop into our lap.
II we go back to the experience Of other
wars. We will discover that the wars
end Is followed by an era of great COM
mercial EFFORT, activity. and expansion.
Thus In 1871 the French were over
whelmingly defeated. and Bismarck
imagined that he had imposed a ruinous
burden on them. In the great indemnity.
But the French pulled themselves to-
gcther: and by tremendous efforts ex-
foreign commerce at a rate never be-
fore known among them. Being hard
put to 1t. they were willing to do some
business on very low profits or even an
keep their people employed. and the Jke.
1T has been good many times
pointed out by economists that the pay
ment OF that wars indemnity hurt
many. 1t enforced a regime Of economy
and strict attention TO business in
France: while In Germany It induced
an era OF expansion. imitation, and
speculation which brought an aftermath
OF trouble just at time when France
was getting comfortably back on her
feet and ready to profit by the mis-
fortunes OF Germany.
The developments at the close Of the
Napoleonic wars were not disslmilar.
England was fearfully exhausted in re-
sources; but none the less she entered
upon an era OF great expansion. which
carried her into new markets all over
the world.
A Dangerous Assumption.
III it be assumed that the Germans
are to be defeated in the present war. it
will still be dangerous to assume that
The Washington times., 1915-03-10
THE CANALS TRAFFIC

At the time when the tolls re-
ceipts of the Panama canal passed
the $1,000,000 mark the big ditch
had been collecting tolls for just
about six months. A summary of
the origins and destinations of the
vessels that had passed through sug-
gests some important probabilities
rs to the locations and directions of
the more important traffic streams
that may be expected to converge at
tho canal.
OF the first six months business
it is found that just a little less
than half was coastwise commerce,
moving from east to west or from
west to east coast Of the United
States. There was rather more
eastbound than westbound coastwise
business, in the ratio of eight tons
eastbound to seven westbound; which
gives the eastbound business rather
less preponderance than had COM
monty been expected.
The biggest single item being east.
bound coastwise business, the sec.
ond being westbound coastwise ton.
mage, it is found that the third was
business from the Pacific coast of
the United States destined to Eu.
rope. This, in fact, was very little
less than the eastbound coastwise
movement. Europe has started of
to be a good patron of the Pacific
Coast States, despite that it is not
sending much business to them. Ir
fact, it took from them more thar
six times as great tonnage as it sent
to them during the period under dis.
cussion.
The west coast of South Americs
sent through the canal, bound fo,
either Europe or the eastern coast
u the United States, a tonnage lust
about two-thirds as large as tha,
which the west coast of the United
States sent to our eastern coast
This seems to warrant expectation
that the South American west coast
will, in normal times, become one OF
The great patrons Of the canal, anc
aRt its tonnage will be much more
The Washington times., 1915-03-10
THE SCHOOL JANlTORS

Even if Washington schools were
not to be used as social centers
there would be every reason for
raising the pay of janitors. This
pay long has been recognized as
ridiculously low.
Janitors' pay need not be raised
only for humanitarian motives. The
present wage scale is such that it is
hard to get competent men. When
such are obtained they soon get bet
ter positions and leave. Thus the
schools are constantly breaking in
new men, and much of the complaint
about poorly heated buildings and
poor janitor service is attributable
to this cause.
In comparing school janitors' pay
with that Of others who perform a
similar service for private concerns
the fact that certain things are re-
quired of the school janitor, not in
sisted upon elsewhere, is often for
gotten. The school janitor must
have high moral standing, he may
not drink, and the type of man re-
quired is that for which other con-
Germs willingly pay a higher wage
than that now given school janitors.
To expect man Of this caliber,
who is a steam engineer, to serve for
$50 a month, the price allowed for
eight-room buildings: or for $50 a
month in twelve-room buildings, and
to require at least twelve hours
work from him daily, is, on the face
Of it, absurd. Moreover the social
center activities now proposed for
the schools are such that the work
will be extended far into the night.
The Washington times., 1915-03-10
A NEW MEXICAN CRISIS

The abandonment of the City of
Mexico by the forces of General
Carranza, followed by the occupa-
tion of the city by the Zapatistas,
is reported on apparently rather un-
certain authority, but with all the
probabilities pointing to the correct
ness of the announcement. For some
time conditions in the capital city
have been thoroughly bad, though
they may have been overstated in
the reports that have filtered
through.
The Zapatistas were once regard
ed as the merest brigands, headed by
man who knew no regard for life,
property, or institutions. That view
has been a good deal modified, to
the favor of Zapata, in the last few
months. 1t is not improbable that
Mexico City is as safe in Zapata as
it was in Carranza control; but that
is giving no very reassuring state
ment of the case.
Out of the mass of uncertainties
surrounding the whole Mexican
muss, it appears that the Villa plan
of campaign is working out pretty
much as it was announced weeks
ago. Villa, it was said, would clean
up the north in his usual thorough
fashion, and then press south, CO.
operating with Zapata, ard when
they were ready to make their over
whelming force tell, they would
take the capital, establish the gov
ernment of the convention there, and
then proceed to the business of fin
ishing up with Carranza. The dis
patch of American warships to Vera
Cruz, where Carranza is making his
temporary capital, points the likeli-
hood that Carranza will not last
much longer as a serious factor in
the situation.
With Carranza at length elimi.
mated and peace restorcd-if it can
be restored-the question will be
whether Villa or any other man is
able to preserve it. The experiences
of the last four years make difficult
to feel confidence that anybody can
save Mexico from its turbulent SELF
The sheer determination to accept
nothing, to have one uprising after
another whether with or without
cause, appears SO deeply based that
only an actual demonstration can
now convince the outside world that
the country can be brought to or
maintained in peace.
The Washington times., 1915-03-10
DOGS
ST|RS COTTAGE CITY
Several Persons in That Suburb
Have Lost Valuable Animals
in Last Few Months.

Dog owners Of Cottage City. near Hy-
attsville. have organized against the
person in that suburb who has poisoned
a number OF valuable dogs within the
last few months.
The latest person to be victimizcd is
r. J. Steubener. who a few DAYS ago
lost an English beagle hound valued at
$100. He Is having the animals stom-
ach analyzed to determine the nature OF
the poison.
4 meeting held at Mr.. Steubener's 8
home last night was attended by q num-
ber Of persons who have had dogs die
with every evidence Of having been
poisoned. In every case the dog has
been confined and was allowed only
brief periods Of liberty for exercise
The Maryland laws provide heavy
penalty for persons convicted of ad-
ministering poison to dogs. and the resi-
dents Of Cottage City expect to institute
proceedings against any suspected per-
son against whom they can get sum-
cient evidence.
The Washington times., 1915-03-10
Army Officer Criticises
Sentence for RObber

Capt. Thomas +. Ryan. recruiting
officer at Indianapolis. faces An IN
terestinC situation because he wrote
newspaper article criticising Judge John
s. Larry Of the Cass county, Ind. cir.
cult court. who gave Henry Jones: aged
twenty. charged with highway robbery
the alternative of entering the army or
navy or going to prison. Judge Larry
cited Captain Ryan for contempt.
The matter has come to the attention
of War and Navy Departments. Attor-
ney General Gregory has been asked 10
provide a defense through the district
attorney at Indianapolis.
Judges i'm the past have occasionally
treated the army or navy as place
Of refuge for malefactors. and such ac-
tion is strongly resented by officers and
men.
The Washington times., 1915-03-10
Hotel Doomed, Jolly
Veteran Won't Leave

NEW YORK, March lo.-Col. Edward
Barry Wilcox, who insists on living
at the Hotel Albemarle. although the
hotel is closed and is soon to be torn
down, may not miss the telephones,
hut the telephone girls at the Albemare-
Hoffman feel sure that they will miss
him.
"Many's the night Colonel Wilcox has
told us stories and kept us all laugh
ing" said the girl on tho switchboard
yesterday. Hes the jolliest man that
ever STAYED here
Daniel p. Ritchie. who has charge of
the Albemarle-IIoffman pending their
demolition to make way for a big loft
building. says that the colonel merely
said. when told the telephones were to
be discontinued:
Glad OF it! They were d blamed
nuisance. anyway
Mr.. Wilcox is siXty-five. but he still
climbs four flights of stairs to his room
daily. The elevators in the Albemarlc
are no longer running. Mr.. Richie
thinks the colonel may quit when the
hotel furniture is sold at auction. next
month,
The Washington times., 1915-03-10
Minimum Wage Scale
For Women To Be Topic

A minimum wage for women will be
the special subject for discussion at
meeting OF the Consumers League at
Rauschers' next Friday evening.
The speakers will be Mrs. Florence
Kelley and Howard Woolston. OF the
New York State factory investigating
committee. II. La Rue Brown. former
chairman OF the Massachusetts mini
mum wage commission. will preside.
The meeting will be open to the public.
The executive committee which has
arranged the meeting, consists OF Miss
Constance Leupp. president of the
league: Mrs. Walter Ufford. Mrs. Lloyd
P. Wright, Miss Dorothy Mueller: and
Miss Edith J. Goode. vice presidents:
Miss Barbara kauffmann. recording
secretary. and Mrs. d. F. Hewitt.
The Washington times., 1915-03-10
Today.


scottish Clans. 7A Sixth street northwest. S
Mission Study Class Young women's Chris
tion Association. 8 p m.
Meeting open to public, German Readers
club. lecture hall. Public Library. s:io p.
Celebrate fourteenth anniversary of Fra.
ternal Order Of Eagles. Eagles Home.
Meeting. Connecticut Avenue Citizens .As.o-
c!,ition. assembly hall. Army and Navy
LII Enion; 8 ?; m. Commissioner Louis rrow"-
Address; Some Aspects Of Bie:chemi.,rg. -
t sspH. q,vaT Ws.Snon Ssf0rs chi. sS
General Land Once night. HON. Club. I.
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ODD E,.,!oTscEs',srn. No; 7: Harmony: No:
Columbian. No. i. Encampment. .0' 49,
Kn,xhts Of ,ythia.- Mount Mount vernon. No: 8;
bis. No. rs: wsshin%ston % Company. % ny . No. !.
Uniform Rank: Friendship Temple. No. ..
National Union-Pos,cfnce Department coun.
ell, Interior Department Council.
Woodnen of the World-Potomac Camp. No.
9: Maple Camp. No. ls; Willow Grove.
No g.
Royal lArcanun--District Council.
Socialist PsrtyItaiian branch. ais o. m.
Meeting, District Associat ton Opposed To wo-
man Suffrage. 7S Fourteenth street north
west. i:30 D. m.
Meeting. to discuss washinston's recrea.ional
facilities All Souls Church. Fourteenth
and l. streets northwest. 8 p. m.
Meeting. Home Club Target ASSOCIATE ton
Home Club. II jackson place northwest.
Mss.!ns. 3 . Safety Fins, Association. ,ee,ur.
hall. Public Library. s p. m.
The Washington times., 1915-03-10

our expensive teaching forces il they
were not.
For the child of exceptional
stamina, mental as well as physical,
however, the advantage would seem
to. lie in the country. Flowing
through snowdrifts and padding
along muddy roads, buffeting wintry
winds and walking unsheltered be-
meath summer sun are likely to be
as toughening physically as grub
bing comparatively unaided into the
stubborn fields Of knowledge is
mentally.
After all, it is he who goes. alone
that goes dauntlessly and unflinch-
ingly; for he knows there is none to
Eid him and he must make good
lob of it,
The Washington times., 1915-03-10
Goethals Likely to Quit
Canal When II Is Finished

Although he has received no official
report that General Goethals wishes to
end his connection with the Panama
canal within a year. Secretary Garri-
son has talked over the matter inform
ally with him. That was some time
ago. General Goethals then intimatcd
he would like to be transferred when
the canal was entirely completed.
Friends of General Goethals think he
will ask to be relieved within year to
become chief of engineers II there Is a
vacancy in sight He may also look for
ward to becoming chief of staff of the
army on tha>retirement Of Gen. Hugh
L. Scott. II there Is nothing OF this
sort I'm sight when he quits the canal he
may prefer to go into private business.
The Washington times., 1915-03-10
Britain Gets Control of
All Munitions Works

LONDON. March l0.-The house of
commons has given the government au-
thority to take over the control of the
entire engineering trade of tho country
and to place it under a combined man
agement for the purpose of increasing
the output of munitions of war. This
power was unanimously granted.
thanceilor OF the Exchequer Lloyd
George laid particular emphasis up,n
his statement that not only the durn-
tlon. but the success Of the war. de-
pended upon the output of munitions.
The government. he declared. proposed
to organize the entire engineering COM
mu9ity through committee headed by
business men. with the idea of assisting
in the increase of output
The Washington times., 1915-03-10
Scared as Aero Tilts.
She Drops Hoodoo Ring

FALM BEACH. March 9.-Miss Jo-
sephine Lewis Peel. Of New York.
went up In an aeroplane against the
wishes Of her relatives.
At the height Of a thousand feet she
g0t pad scare when the machine
tilted. She pulled TURQUOISE rine
from her finger and threw il AWAY
having heard II was bad luck to wear
the stone.
The Washington times., 1915-03-10
Capture Robbers
In Running Fight
Detectives Speeding Along In Tax
Finally Subdue Hold-up
Men.

CLEVELAND, March lO.-Spceding
along in taxi and firing as they went,
three detectives captured two robbers
early tdoay.
The detectives found Frank Janisch
dazed by blows administered when the
robbers felled him and went through
his clothes. The officers started In
pursuit and were losing steadily when
they commandeered a passing taxi.
Aroused by the pistol shots. PATROL
man Conlon stopped In front OF the
speeding procession and the hold-upa
rendered.
The Washington times., 1915-03-10
THE SUBMARINE PIRACY

hhSi SSooSAo "SAS oNH'~
off widely separated parts of the
coast of Great Britain yesterday.
According to the reports which come
through English sources. the SUBJ
marines in neither case gave notice,
warning, or opportunity to remove
crews or passengers.
In the case of one vessel the crew
were saved only because the life
boats were ready to be lowered on
the instant, and when the ship was
struck the crew managed to get
away. But in another case the ship,
hit without even seeing the subma-
rine, went down so quickly that the
lifeboats could not be disentangled
from their rigging, and they were
dragged into the whirlpool of the
sinking vessel and all but one of the
thirty-eight men on board were
drowned. The third was torpedoed
without warning, and the crew bare
ly managed to get away in boats,
whence they were picked up several
hours afterward.
Thus is carried into effect the full
force of the German threat that de-
struction without palliation or mercy
would be the program of the sub
marine blockade. The full horrors
of a mode of warfare reverting back
to the days of utter barbarism con-
front the nations of Europe. The
British government announced the
other day, having captured the crew
of a German submarine, that the
crew might not be accorded the hon.
ors of war, in view of the kind of
hostilities in which it had been en-
gagged. This was construed as mean
ing nothing less than that they
might be tried for plain, old-fash-
ioned piracy. And piracy, as every
schoolboy admirer of the long, low,
rakish craft with black bunting
at the masthead knows, means hang
ing to the yardarm.
Whatever might be the sentiment
supporting that program, it is ap-
parent that reprisal against it would
be very obvious in the German view
of the situation; and the beginning
of reprisals in such manner could
mean little less than the wreck of
every humanitarian aspect of the
management of war. 1t is too hor.
rible for contemplation.
Not the least disconcerting feature
of this complication is the possibil-
ity that at any time an American
vessel might become the victim of
such an attack. 1t is not diff;pllt to
imagine the sentiments of the
American people if the cables this
morning had brought the story that
one of the vessels sunk without
warning or the chance to save lives
on board, had been an American.
Not until now has the full measure
of fearful possibilities of this mode
of maritime war been borne in upon
the world. 1t is at last proved that
the German admiralty was in earn
est when it made the threat to adopt
the last extreme measure. There
have been declarations from London
that reprisals in kind would be the
British policy; but what does that
somewhat vague announcement
mean? There are no German vessels
on the high seas to be sunk at sight
with all on board; the German naval
vessels are taking good care that
they shall not be caught and given
such treatment.
The Washington times., 1915-03-10
Norfolk Plans Campaign
To Collect Back Taxes

NORFOLK. Va. March lO-The coun-
Gil finance committee will seek to in
crease the city's receipts by forcing
payment from citizens who have al
lowed their personal taxes TO become
delinquent,
That the city was losing thousands OF
dollars annually because residents were
failing To ?ay personal taN"s was 'le
statement made by W T. Ham chair
The Washington times., 1915-03-10
Armless Mans Opponent
For Office Has One Leo

SAGINAW. Mich. March lo.-A lively
scrap for the office of justice Of the
peace. with an armless man and one
with leg missing as the candidates
election. MS
Justice Arthur Clemens. who lost both
his arms III mine accident several
years ago. is seeking reelection. III.
opponent Is George Sonsmith. Tho has
only one leg the other having been
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