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The Washington times., 1915-01-16
BETTER RAIL SERVICE

1t is announced that the Penn
sylvania railroad has. made to
the city of Baltimorea formal propo-
sition looking to solution of the
long-standing problem of freight
congestion in that city. The railway
wanted to build freight-carrying
line around the town, which object
ed. The solution now proposed is
that new tunnel be built under the
business section of the town, giving
the road four instead of two tracks
through the place and doubling the
cvapacity of the tunnel at its mar
rowest point.
Washington has a decided con-
Germ about the Baltimore conges-
ton, because a large share of delays
in handling both freight and passen-
gers between here and Northern
points are attributable to the jam at
Baltimore. A great rush of bust
ness to or from Washington. as at
inauguration time, overtaxes the ca
pacity of the trackage through Bal
timore with the result that both
freight and passenger service are
likely 70 be demoralized.
1t is strongly suggested that in
The Washington times., 1915-01-16
THE LAST OF BLEASE

Few governors have the opportu.
nifty of doing so much good by sim.
ply resigning as Governor Blease, OF
South Carolina, had. The prompt
ness with which his desire was ac-
ceded to is probably slight indica-
ton of the relief felt by the people
of that State.
Looking back over his strange ca
reer, one that has brought SO much
reproach upon South Carolina, it is
not easy to discover anything not
bad that has come out Of his tenure
of Office. Whatever good there is
must be found in Blease as an ex.
ample of the sort of man who should
not be chosen for Office. If the ex-
perience makes the people of South
Carolina more careful of the char
acter of candidates they select for
high place, it will not have been en-
tirely useless. The country at large
has looked on in amazement at what
has been going on there, wondering
what sort of public opinion exists in
State that would put up with so
reckless and so erratic a chief exec
utive.~ 1t has grown heartily tired of
Blease, and as he goes it is ready to
say with Touchstone:
"God be wi you; let's meet as lit
tie as we can"
The Washington times., 1915-01-16
G. A. R. DEPARTMENT
PLANS ENCAMPMENT

|. The forty-seventh annual encampment
OF the Department Of the Potomac, G,
A. r.. will be held at Grand Army
Hill, February g
Announcement OF the date of the an
nual encampment and the selection OF
the committees in charge was made
today by Department Commander J. X,
Gleeson.
Capt. John Middleton. of the Old
Guard. is assigned to duty as officer
or the day, and o. E. Caruana as offi-
Ger OF the guard. Captain Middleton
Ia to select a detail from his own COM
mand for guard duty during the en-
campment. Notice is given that only
members wearing badges will De per
mitted to pass the inner guard on the
night OF the encampment. Assistant
Quartermaster Gen. F.. l.. McKenna has
been detailed to provide the necessary
badges for members.
A meeting of the department council
Of administration will be held at head
quarters next Tuesday evening. and
February a banquet will be given at
the Raleigh in honor OF David J.
Palmer. commander-in-c chief, who will
be in Washington on his annual visi.
tation.
The Washington times., 1915-01-16
AERO MAIL DELIVERY
is A NEAR REALITY
Line From New York to San
Francisco to Be Established
During Big Exposition.

NEW YORK. Jan. 16.-Mail delivery
by aeroplane promises to become a
reality In this country in the near
future.
The Aero Club Of America is about to
take advantage Of the offer made by
Joseph Stewart, Second Assistant Post
master General. at the banquet Thurs
day night. to arrange for mail carrying
by the aviators in the proposed aero
plane races from New York, Washing
ton and Boston to San Francisco during
the Panama-Pacific exposition. Stew
art. who Is known as "The Father Of
the Aero MALL said he would welcome
the opportunity to employ aeroplan nes
for this purpose.
In the plan. Alan r. Hawley, presi-
dent Of the club. said he sees q double
advantage
THE use Of aeroplanes for the de-
livery OF mail to isolated stations" he
said. will. besides adding to the effici-
ency In mail delivery, develop trained
airmen who will make a valuable re-.
serve. Aviators who drop bags Of mail
from their aeroplanes as they pass mali
stations will be experts in dropping
other things such as bombs. in the event
Of times Of trouble. 1t would certainly
solve the problem OF supplying airmen
and aeroplanes for emergency pur-
The Washington times., 1915-01-16
Personals.

The sewing circle of the Belgian war
relief committee of the Twentieth Cen
tury Club will meet at 10 o'clock next
Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Il. r.
Parham. 1914 G street. Members are re-
quested to furnish thimbles and scis-
SOrS.
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Miss Nora r.. Pepper is entertaining
at "A week end house party at the Wy
omirs. Among her guests are Mr.. and
Mrs. c. +. Johnson, Miss Zee johnson.
Ralph Alexander, of Baltimore, and
Miss Marie Terrence. OF North Carolina.
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Miss Mabel +. Kirby, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. William Kirby, of 1927 |.
street. has returncds from New York,
where she spent several weeks as the
guest Of her aunt, Mrs. Thomas +. VIII
son.
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Miss Katherine Rirney. sister OF Mrs.
Harold Walker and of Miss Lillian Bir-
noy. left today for New York to he the
Euest Of Miss Nhhie Morrison. Miss
Birney Gill leave on January q for
South America.
The Washington times., 1915-01-16
STAMPING OUT PLAGUE

Progress thus far toward stamp.
ing out the foot-and-mouth disease
throughout the country has been
reasonably satisfactory to people
who fully understand the great ia.
cility with which this disease is con.
veyed from animal to animal, and
the numerous agencies that serve as
transmitters. AS an unbroken rule
in the present epidemic, the sup.
preston of the trouble has been &C.
complished about in proportion as
the minor and seemingly less i'm.
portant regulations have been com.
piled with.
Illinois and Pennsylvania have
seen the greatest spread and most
disastrous results from the disease;
and in these two States the respon.
sibility is attributed to failure in
enforcement of rules. Thus, some of
the inspectors who should have been
most careful in avoiding the posi-
bility of carrying germs from one
herd to another, who should have
been most impressed with the neces-
sity of thoroughly disinfecting their
clothing, .etc., after dealing with in.
fected animals, have been RESPONSE
BILE through carelessness in these re-
CARDS for taking the disease into
new herds. In other cases failure to
suppress the roaming of dogs on
farms where the disease has ap-
peared, has been responsible for mul-
tiplication of outbreaks. One of the
most dangerous causes of infection
is the use Of milk from diseased ami
mails. Creameries receive milk, sep
arate it, and return the SKINNED
milk to the farmers for feed for
hogs and calves. Thus skinned milk
when it comes from diseased ami.
mails, is prolific cause of trouble.
The losses by reason of the dis
ease have been heavy, but those Sec
tions that have managed to secure
detailed compliance with all preven-
tive regulations have suffered least
The effectiveness of the quarantine
The Washington times., 1915-01-16
What's S on the Program, in
Washington
Today.

Today.
Masonic-Canton Washington. No d.
triarchs Militant.
National Union-Joseph Henry Council
Socialist Party-Social and luncheon 81, z
street northwest. S:l5 D. m. 'AA
Tea dance. benefit Of Belgian relief fund
Raleigh. 4 to 6 .. m;
Clubs. lecture hall. Public Library, ii in a M
Tea dance. Mrs. Hawkesworth and M. IN
Groner. large ball room. New Wiliard MRS
Exhibition of chess playing F. n WSiii
Capital City Club. Washington ioan o.
Trust Building, o. m. "o
Luncheon, Delta Tau Delta Fraternity .o,d
room. New Ebbitt. 1880 p. m. so'0
Annual meeting. Sigma Nu Fraternity. Pow.
hatan, p. m.
oyster roast social Oyster Club. ar c,,h
house. Twelfth street and Rhode IsianG
avenue northeast, p. IN.
Dance. Delta Tau Delta Fraternity q,
frat" house. 1910 street northwest. $50
AN Evening With the Department q, "a.
bor." University Club. p. IN.
Lecture. Paul Bartlett. before the Art and
washinGto on Club. 1910 Seventeenth str.et
northwest. AIS o. m.
Banquet. Harlan Bible class New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church. 6:3e D. m, in
the church. '' -
Reception. United Service Club. 1917 Penn.
sylvania avenue. tonight. to Vera Cruz
veterans stationed at Marine Barracks
Meeting, to organize second local branch
Woman,s Peace party Woodward & 10th.
Mass meeting. Mems League for Woman
Suffrage. to protest against lsnguaee used
by certain members of Congress. durinn
suffrage debate in the House
The Washington times., 1915-01-16

connection with this program for a
new tunnel, Baltimore will insist
that the tunnels, old and new, and
the lines generally in the metropoli.
tan district be electrified. This has
long been the ambition of Baltimore
and insistence upon it has been re.
sponsible for much of the delay in
settling the difficulties at that place.
Here, again, Washington is keenly
interested, for there is every reason
to believe, that electrification in the
Baltimore section would soon be ex-
tended over the entire distance to
Washington, including the terminals
here. When the Union Passenger
Terminal was built here there was
already strong demand in Congress
that electrification be required in
consideration of the concessions and
direct aid granted by Congress. The
need for that improvements great
er now than it was then, and will be
greater with every passing year.
Washington is entitled to electrifica-
tion quite as much as Baltimore. It
is not going to be many years before
the whole line from Washington to
New York will be operated by elec-
tricity; and the Washington -Balti-
more section of it should be thus
equipped in connection with the
pending betterment at Baltimore.
The Washington times., 1915-01-16

Jones. Mrs. Buckner Randolph. Samuel
Pilson. Mr. Fabian. the Rev. and Mrs.
Ward Denys. the Misses Denys and
Miss Virginia Wallis.
The Chevy Chase Crittenton Circle
Will have a benefit performance at the
Belasco Theater on February 8. when
William Hodge will be seen in The
holders an9 patronesses are Vice Presi.
state and Mrs. Bryan. Secretary Of the
Navy and Mrs. Daniels. Attorney Cen
Mrs. Ollie James. the Minister from
Costa Rica and Madame Brenes- Mesen,
Senor Oreamuno. the Ambassador from
Chile and Madame Suarez-Mutica. Mr.
Mrs. Robert L. 6orby. Congressman and
Mrs. Robert l.. Henry. Mr.. and Mrs. g.
Thomas Dunlop. Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. T..
Pollock; Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Adkins.
and Mrs. Joseph A. Burkhart. Mr.. and
Mrs. f. J. Walsh. Mr.. and Mrs. William
Payne Meredith. Mr.. and Mrs. Titan
Johnson. and Mr.. and Mrs. william
Law.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Livingston an
nounce the engagement Of their daugh-
ter Essye to Arthur sundlun. Of Prov
idence. r. ]. Mr.. and Mrs. Livingston
and Miss Livingston will be at home on
80
The travel section Of the Twent)eth
Century Club will meet on Wednesday
morning at 1o:30 o'clock with the leader.
Mrs. William F.. Ham. 262l Woodley
place. Mrs. Harriet l.. Ayres win read
"A pager on the cathedral towns OF the
British Isles.
The Patriots Memorial Chapter Of the
d. A. r. will give a dance and card
party on next Monday at the Cairo
from $50 to 1880 p. m. for the benefit
of the Continental Hall. The president
general and the members of the ma
tional board Of the society will be the
guests of honor. All district regents
are requested to take an active interest
in the project. and to be present with
all their members. Tickets can be had
Of Mrs. Arnold. Of 1874 Sixth street
northeast: Of Mrs. Olney, OF A17 o
street. and Of Mrs. Gadsby. of 3114 r
street.
The concerts at the Marine Barracks
on Monday afternoons will start at 2:30
o'clock in the future instead of
o'clock.
The Washington times., 1915-01-16
Teas and At Homes

Mrs. J. E. johnson. of the Grafton.
will be hostess at tea on Thursday aft
ernoon. January IS.
Mrs. William l.. Marshall will be at
home on the last Friday in January.
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Mrs. T. Franklin Schneider and her
daughter, Mrs. Thomas G. Torney, will
not be at home on Monday. but will re-
ceive on the first and third Mondays in
February.
Mrs. Howard l.. Hodgkins and Mrs.
Howard w. Hodgkins are at home to-
day and will receive again on February
20 at 1880 T street.
Miss Nora r. Pepper will be at home
informally on Sunday afternoons at the
Wyoming.
Mrs. Matthew T. Scott has cards out
for an informal tea for a few Of the
Daughters Of the American Revolu-
ton on next Tuesday from to
o'clock.
Mrs. Thomas w. Sidwell. president of
the Twentieth Century Club, will be at
home on the remaining Thursdays of
the month at her new home, 1901 Wis
consin avenue.
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Col. and Mrs. Robert NJ. Thompson
are entertaining at tea this afternoon
at the Fencers' Club. in compliment
to the members of the club. Mrs.
Thompson will receive and Mrs. AL
bert L. Mills and Miss Hegeman will
60 the honors at the tea table There
will be an exhibition Of fencing after
the Japanese fashion. in which sew
eral Japanese in Colonel Thompson's
employ will take part, and several Of
the members OF the club will fence.
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Mrs. John p. Fillebrown and Miss
Ellen Fillebrown are giving a tea this
Afternoon at their residence on Ban
croft place. Mrs. Hutchinson I. Cone
end Mrs. Paulding Murdock will be at
the tea table: ard assisting will be
ginia Mullins. Miss Elizabeth Deeble
and Miss Marie Louise McNair.
Miss Mary Amber and Mrs. ]. Sell
win TAFT will pour this afternoon at
the tea Mrs. f. II. Hinchman Is giving
a her arartment In the Royden. Miss
Anne Washington and Miss Mary
Wheeler Vest will be at the punch
bowl.
The Washington times., 1915-01-16
The Girl and the Law.

To the Editor of tho Mail Bag:
Have not the reformers been carried
away in their enthusiasm for tho eight
hour law for women? As one Of the
workers know there IL even now plenty
Of work. and I for one, have plenty CT
time that l would like to employ profit
ably. With the demands OF modern liv-
Ing forcing themselves upon me, how
ever. the law prevents me from accept
ly add to the few comforts I enjoy. and
probably leave me in better health than
will be possible under existing condi-
tions.
II we are to be deprived OF tho means
to honestly earn the comforts Of life
should not the reformers substitute some
honorable method OF making good tho
ensuing deficiency In our incomes?
ONE WHO NEEDS THE MONEY.
Washington, Jan. Is.
The Washington times., 1915-01-16
Mr.. WILLIAMS POSITION

Senator Williams of Mississippi
told the Senate that he had orig
inally been an opponent of prohibi-
tion in his home State; but the State
had more than once decided in favor
of that policy, and as its represen-
tative in the Senate he proposed to
represent; to support the thing his
community favored.
This is an interesting suggestion.
Somebody is going to be represented,
anyhow, in the determination of the
prohibition issue here; if it can't be
the people of Washington, it will be
the people of Mississippi, or some
body else. But it's strangely un-
American logic that presumes to es-
tablish policy over the people of
Washington, that represents the SEN
timents Of community a thousand
miles away.
If the Williams attitude were to
be adopted by all the Senators pro-
hibition would have no chance at all
in Washington, because it is still
but modest minority of States that
have adopted prohibition. Thus,
Senator Sheppard, leader of the pro-
hibition movement, comes from a
State that has specifically rejected
prohibition.
There is only one right way to
settle such a question as this for
any community, and that is to let
the people of the community vote on
it. A referendum is urged as the
right of the people of Washington.
It is unfair that this town should
have no voice in deciding SO ele-
mental a question Of community pol
icy. Every other American COM
munity gets chance, by vote, to
settle this question. No matter what
may be the peculiar relations be-
tween nation and city, this is one
case in which the wish of the local
population is peculiarly entitled to
be regarded. If the public opinion
of the community is not in favor of
such measure, it's enforcement is
well-nigh impossible. If it is made
perfectly plain that public opinion
does favor it, there will be vastly
less difficulty in it's enforcement. If
there is no expression of local SEN
timent, then chaos will result from
the efforts to determine what the
community does want. From every
point of view, it is desirable that a
referendum be ordered.
The Washington times., 1915-01-16
TOMORROW'S LOANS

War loans are before US today
But when the storm subsidies other
distress will invite our aid. First
the battered barks of defeated ma
tions will try to repair their losses.
The most easily calculated will be
indemnities. Whoever pays indem-
nifty must subtract just so much
from home capital.
Larger than indemnity will be the
sums required to wipe out injuries.
The spinning mills of Lodz and AL.
SAGE, the mines Of northern France
the factories and foundries of Bel
GUM, the ruined cities everywhere
will absorb more capital in their re-
habilitation. Then the United States
can once more put to proof the the
ory that she now tests on a small
scale in her $l5,O0O,OOO loan to Ar
gentina, the theory that the worth of
her customers will be proportionate
TO the money she advances them.
A yet more fundamental change
than any brought about by the war
is likely to turn France from an i'm
porting to an exporting country,
from an agricultural to an indus
trial nation, from a land of decreas-
ing birthrate to land of increasing
immigration, with all the social up
heaval such a thing implies.
The hitherto unsupported wealth
OF Frances subsoil will rapidly
transform her economic life. Her
newly discovered gold ranks second
in Importance to vast coal fields and
to iron deposits the richest in Eu-
rope and perhaps in the world.
With her increasing imports and
The Washington times., 1915-01-16
THE FRANK EVIDENCE

So widespread and intense has be.
come the interest in the Leo M
Frank case, that there has been de.
nand from many newspaper read
ers for the privilege of reading and
fully understanding the evidence or
which he. was convicted. According.
~ The Times has arranged to pub.
lish the evidence as taken at the
trial and heard by the twelve men
who voted that Frank should forfeit
his life for the murder of Mary
Phagan.
Leo Frank was accused Of muir.
dering fourteen-year-old girl who
worked in the factory of which he
was superintendent. Frank is a
Northern man, college graduate
and Jew. It has been charged that
prejudice against him on>account of
his race blinded the community, and
that the threatening attitude of the
community practically drove the jury
to render the verdict of guilty, in
the face Of the merits and the evil
dence.
This has been the conclusion of
men who have studied the evidence
and have gone over the ground in an
entirely impartial way. Their con-
sideration of the case has whetted
the public appetite for the oppor-
tunity to form it's own judgment; to
read the evidence in detail; to know
just what was adduced for and
against the accused man in this, per-
haps the most celebrated case of it's
kind in American Jurisprudence. 1t
is with the purpose of giving readers
the opportunity thus to decide for
themselves that The Times has Sc
cured the complete transcript of the
evidence.
The first installment of this re-
markable body of testimony will be
presented in The Sunday Evening
Times, tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1915-01-16
Wants More Sidewalk.

To the Editor OF the Mail Bag:
Thd attention Of the District Commits
sioners should be called to the inade-
quate bidewalk facilities on Fourteenth
street northwest from Columbia road to
Park road. On the west side of the
street there Is denser sidewalk traffic.
especially in evenings. than on any
downtown streets, except F. Seventh.
Ninth and parts Of the Avenue. Yet
there Is a strip OF parking three feet
or more in width inside the curb, which
Is not only of no service to pedestrians.
but Is an eyesore and a mudhole after
rains. inasmuch as 1t Is not sodded and
no care Is given to 1t. The full side
walk space Is needed on this busy
street. HILL DWELLER.
Washington, Jan. Is.
The Washington times., 1915-01-16
MR. JUSTICE sIDDONs

The prompt action of the Senate
in confirming the nomination Of
Frederick L. Siddons to the bench Of
the District Supreme Court will be
doubly gratifying to the friends Of
the new justice, in view of the fight
that was made against him. It is
not necessary to discuss possible mo-
tives back of the local opposition to
Mr.. Siddons. It was unfortunate, to
the extent that it found reflection in
the votes Of members of the Senate
Committee on Judiciary, but the
overwhelming majority of that COM
mittee gave certificate to Mr.. Sid
dons of which he can we'll be proud,
and the Senate accepted it without
question.
As progressive and public spir-
tied citizen, engaged for many years
in works that could not possibly
justify any hope of political reward,
Mr.. Siddons has been known to the
people of Washington. Equipped
with knowledge and experience in
the law, he has the temperament and
the disposition to make precisely the
kind of a Judge that can best serve
the community. He is a product of
the educational establishments and
the bar of this community, knows
the people and the institutions, and
has demonstrated a high conception
Of the duties, and obligations of the
good citizen.
The Washington times., 1915-01-16
The Silver
Lining
Edited By ARTHUR BAER.

Whether it's the Carranzistas or thu
Vtlistas. a Mexican bulletista across
the borderista is highly annoyingista.
Car probably banned vodka with tn,
idea of preventing staggering losses.
If the war lasts three years. as ex.
perts say. there is a good chance Of a
battle being fought at place that Is
pronounced the way it looks.
Governor Blease exercised his execu.
tive clemency in his own oeAaf five
days before his sentence expired
Can't tell whether the Colorado law
n. aker, who desires to abolish hip.
pockets. is 3 foe to automatic revolvers
or jags.