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The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-18
New Ear Defender.

London.-The British admiralty has
adopted newly invented ear defend.
er. Through it ordinary sounds can
be heard, but not the noise of the dis.
charge of heavy gun.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-18
Shoulder BADGES for Brooches.

Pa'is.-The feminine population OF
France find an irresistible attraction
in the metal shoulder badges that are
distinguishing marks of the British
soldier in khaki. and are wearing
them as brooches.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-18

Walter s. Smoot of the Central high
school, Washington, received gold
medal for the best essay entitled, THE
Course Of Events That Led to the Sur
render of Yorktown" President Will
son was present at the ceremony and
presented the medal
The Washington times., 1915-01-06

urs is the bxagct Of reasonably
progressive, up-looking municipality.
The House measure had the look Of
particularly sordid effort Of pro-
consular authority to increase tax
alton and give as little as possible
in return for it.
There may be another deadlock
between Senate and House; March 4
may find the new appropriation
measure unpassed. Without doubt
q little group Of extreme antagon-
lists Of these measures, in the House,
will try to tie up the legislation
and compel the Senate to recede. In
that event, II the course Of affairs
may be judged by experience of the
past, the old appropriations will be
continued by resolution until such
time as the new Congress can get q
chance to pass on the measure. In
any event the most dangerous attack
on the material interests of the
District, that has yet been attempt.
ed, is certain to fail Of positive &C.
complishment.
The Washington times., 1915-01-06
Y. N. CA. IS PLANNING
TO GAIN MEMBERS
Will Start Six.Day Whirlwind
Campaign With Banquet on
January rs.

The r. NJ. c. A. six-day whirlwind
campaign for 1000 new members. it
was announced today, will begin with
n banquet on the evening OF January
26. Actual work OF getting members
will start the next morning. and the
'wind-up' will be on the evening Of
February ..
Walter w. warwick. assistant Comp
troller of the Treasury, IL general
chairman Of the committee. and within
a few days assistant chairmen and
team captains will be announced. E.
]. Hockenbury. former y. M. G. A..
field secretary for Pennsylvania, will
be in charge Of the campaign. Mr..
Hockenbury has conducted similar
campaigns in dozens Of cities with
marked success. In Pittsburgh re-
Gently, 1855 persons were enrolled in
six days, and in GreensburE, Pa, with
onlv 1900 inhabitants. 1875 were added
to tho membership.
Among those who were guests at a
luncheon at the University Club to
meet Mr.. Hockenbury. and discuss
plans for the campaign. were Judge
Warwick. J. B. Reside, william A.
Rawlings. w. l.. Clark, E. c. Sommins,
J. D. Van Scoten, interstate secretary
Of the Y. NJ. c. A., William Knowles
Cooper. general secretary OF the WASH
ington Y. M. c. A.. and other memb bers
Of the association staff.
Nightly during the campaign din
ners will be held at which teams will
report on the days results.
The Washington times., 1915-01-06
IF SUNDAY COMES

If the Rev. Billy Sunday decides
to come to Washington for a big
meeting as a sort of aside to his
Philadelphia campaign, he may be
assured of q royal welcome. This
town is interested in the work he is
doing and in the results he has ac-
complished. No difference whether
his methods are as genteel as some
folks might wish; he "gets 'em,"
and good many of 'em "stick." Not
many people or many towns are so
good that they can afford to feel
sure they couldn't be better.
Sunday is going to spend nine
weeks uplifting Philadelphia. A year
from now he win put in several
weeks trying to do as much for
Baltimore. Perhaps a big Sabbath
day mass meeting in Washington
will serve to give proportional up
ward curve to the moral movement
in the Capital; but it would be
Pharisaical to suggest such a thing,
and therefore unrepresentative Of
the real sentiments Of a community
that knows it can afford to be modest
about it's endowment of the moral
qualities.
The Washington times., 1915-01-06

To the Editor of the Mail Bag:
There appeared in The Times of Sun.
DAY. January 3. an article in which
Deputy Automobile Commissioner Coale
was quoted as asserting that certain
Maryland authorities had exceeded their
authority in granting grace to owners
or automobiles, so far as obtaining
Maryland licenses for the gear 1915 is
concerned
Notwithsta nding Mr. Coale's opinion,
have instructed my deputies to re.
frain from enforcing the automobile
license law until after January Is.
feel that 1t is only fair that a rea SON.
able time be given in which to obtain
licenses. and LIDO not consider that
two weeks is too much grace.
Ny instructions will be obeyed, and
defy any other officer or officers ol
the county or State to attempt to en-.
force the law prior to the expiration
of the period | have specified.
I think l thoroughly understand Mr.
Coale's reasons for making the state.
ments attributed to him, and what
think Of him for thus expressing him.
self would not look we'll in print. Tha,
the courts Of the county would uphold
me in the course / have adopted L have
not the slightest doubt
b. PEYTON WHALEN
Sheriff or Montgomery County, Md.
The Washington times., 1915-01-06
FEDERAL SUIT WON
BY MARYLAND FIRM
Supreme Court Awards Verdict
for Part of Price of Ship.
building Contract.

The Maryland Steel Company won a
complete victory in the Supreme Court
yesterday in its ca SC sgainstthe Govern
mont to recover part Of the price Of
contract for the construction Of a
single screw steamer by the company
for the Government at a cost Of $8s,Doo.
The steamer was to be completed on 4
certain day. and upon failure to COM
plete within tho time stated, tho COM
damages for every day Of delay. The
Government paid over the entire sun,
Of $SS.00o, and failed to hold out S4,76O
as liquidated damages for the delay of
ninety-fve days. Four years later the
Government entered into another con-
tract with the same company to con-
struct q dredge at the contract price Of
es57 500. and when the dredse was COM
pleted, and at the time Of final pay-
ment 0he Government held out the
A,75o accruing as liquidated damages.
The Washington times., 1915-01-06
KRE|SLER AUDIENCE
FORGETS ITS DINNER
Boston Symphony Concert Is
Productive Of Unusual Trib.
ute to violinist.

Fritz Kreisler, soloist at yesterdays
Boston symphony concert, although he
may not know It,, received q higher
compliment yesterday afternoon at the
National Theater than IL often accord
ed by Washington music lovers.
, To understand the compliment one
must know that the Boston symphony
never allows encores. Therefore, the
house. could hope to attain nothing in
the way of music by a continued ap-
p,ause, Also, let it be understood. that
Washington people. although firm up
holders of the Boston symphony. SO
much so that the concerts have become
red.letter days in the social and musl-
cal calendar. are not SO esthetic. but
what they want their dinners when 6
o clock comes.
Az the hour hand creeps toward six
q curious 'restlessness seizes the audi
ence. and all over the theater hungry
folk, or perhaps those to whom
o'clock is q call to duty. rise from their
seats and make their way out with
backward looks of regret.
Tho restlessness begins at o:45. and
continuous until s. But yeserday al Of
and the thought Of hungry. children at
home could not have called that audi
A a matter of fact, they calmly re-
manned In the theater and applauded
long after 6 o'clock! For at the fateful
moment, 5:4o. Fritz kreisler ives on the
stage, and playing with even more
beauty of tone and poise than ever be-
fore.
That he was glad to be in America.
glad to have his violin under his chin.
and to feel the unseen bond between
himself and an audience eager for
every note, was shown in every move.
The audience did not applaud 90 vo-
ciferousiy. they did not make the
house ring" but they gave a wonder
fully impressive tribute. standing In
their places. and applauding gently In
vain effort to show their appreciation
OF this return. All Of this after
o'clock.
The symphony was Beethoven S
Eighth. followed by the overture to
"Genoveva." Schumann, opus 81. The
numbers played by Kreisler were rich
in material for the exploitation Of tone
and technique. Brahms variations of a
theme OF Josef Haydn, opus 56a, and the
Fantasia of Scottish Airs. for violin
and orchestra. by Burch.
The fourth concert Of the Boston
Symphony will be given OH the after
noon Of Tuesday, February 16. Kreis
Ter will be heard in concert at the
same theater on the afternoon OF
January &c. F. 7.
The Washington times., 1915-01-06
THE Y. &c. A. CAMPAIGN

Washington business men have
invested $500,O00 for the COM
munity's young men. This invest
ment is represented in the plant Of
the Washington Y. NJ. c. A., in
beauty and equipment one of the
finest in this country.
This month Washington business
men are going to join with the as
sociation staff in an effort to make
that investment pay bigger divi-
dends, by conducting a whirlwind
campaign for 1000 new members.
This campaign is to last only six
days, and is to be organized along
lines that will make it pretty nearly
100 per cent efficient.
The business and professional
men who will conduct the campaign
deserve the hearty support of all
persons interested in Washington's
young men. The association makes
direct business appeal to business
men. Bankers, merchants, industrial
leaders recognize the cash value Of
clean living, of development, of
physical soundness, of the mental
training the association affords.
The Y. M. C. A. is not a reclama-
tfon project, it is a conservation en-
terprise, and in day when much
money is being contributed toward
the former end, that community is
wise which expends enough to avert
the need of such expenditure.
The association is doing construc-
tive work, not rescue work. It deals
with present and prospective man.
hood, not with human derelicts. And
it is doing a distinct community
service in it's home environment, it's
social features, it's physical train
ing, it's employment bureau, it's re-
ligious effort, and its educational
work.
The Washington times., 1915-01-06
DREAMS OF FAME IN AMERICA.

Miss jeanette Hughman, who Is now
In this city. was born in the United
States. but the gift Of q voice impelled
her parents to send her for q musical
education to Germany. Finding that
the ield was good there for work in
her profession. she stayed abroad at the
conclusion OF her training
The dream Of her life. however, has
been to return some day to the land Of
her birth to pursue her vocation Of
singer. When the war broke out she
Rad no heart in singing or in diverting
money for her services from the neces-
cities OF the men at the front and the
women who were left behind and she
determined to try out the musical op-
portunities in her own country. she
September. landed in Folkstone, re-
mained in London two weeks then, Sc
curing q booking on the steamer st.
Paul. reached New York early in Octo-
Der. AFTER stay Of three months. the
prospect which stretches out before her.
to her thinking. is bitterly disappoint-
ing.
Sees No Chance In Music.
My hopes of pursuing my profes-
sion In my own country fear must
be given up. The only chance sec
o. Pieee"t VI edTHlHS lScNnoOo ls
to become a clerk or a stenographer.
This will be much more tragic than
It sounds for / love music and my
life is very much enmeshed in the
operas which I have studied and surg
for the past decade. After living such
roles as Carmen, Delilah, Eglantis, for
seven days in the week, it will be woe
fully difficult for me to take up the
routine Of a business office or to do
anything else but the only thing which
l desire to do
Miss Hughman spoke enthusiastically
OF her life AZ q singer in Germany
The Washington times., 1915-01-06

live. Almost all of them live on lit
tie farms; in summer they can play
baseball at midnight, and in winter
they have a little spell Of pretty
satisfactory twilight in the middle Of
the day. They are the worlds most
eminent grocery-store conversation
alists, and read interminably, most
ly things that don't do them any
particular good; like most isolated
people, they have tended toward alb
straction and philosophization. They
have very general education, and at
Reykjavik are two good institutions
Of about the rank of the average
American "fresh water" college.
Iceland knows more about Thomas
Jefferson, Robert Emmet, Genghis
Khan, Hamlet, Charlemagne, George
Washington, and Shakespeare than
most other communities of its num-
bers; and it knows less about caba-
rets, cocktails, musical comedy, and
militarism. The country is full of
mountains and hot springs, and
rivers, and lately has been figuring
on Harvesting some of the great
falls and, turning their power into
electricity, and going in for some
manufacturing enterprises for which
materials can be had.
Thus we see that Iceland has got
about as far, hydro-electrically
speaking, as the "model Capital" of
the greatest country on EARTH"
The Washington times., 1915-01-06

Starting her career at Frankfort ON
he-Main. she proceeded in trimphal
progress from one town to another, un-
til selected by Drusser, the mana ger
Of the kaiser's opera, for the part Of
Delilah, she was given her first con-
tract with the Royal Opera in Berlin.
Everywhere she found the audiences
Sevoted 10 music. honorins and feting
her as its exponent. Everywhere she
was treated IN a way which one only
associates with royal personages.
Even in the face Of the great con-
net met which which i. sapping the lifeblood OF
,Sst miss IS nashmsn no4 n.s.c;e declares
artists. Although many Of the town
people are in mourning from the loss
OF some one at the front. they still
sttend the opera SO that the theaters
practically closed. but the singers who
belong to 1t receive their support. In
tho smaller towns. the opera is open
three nights week instead of seven.
The artists nevertheless. are given
sufficient salaries to meet their needs.
Singers Flock to Berlin.
In spite OF this commendabIe effort
on the part Of the public in Germany
TO care for its artists, thousands OF
them have been forced to 60 into Ber.
I'm. where the chances are greater than
out in the frontier towns. MANY OF
these singers are Americans. who. like
Miss Hughman, found Germany a mort
| lucrative field for their work thar
America.
The Germans have deep sense O,
obligation to the people who train foI
the opera and spend their lives in Civ.
ing them the musical enjoyment which
they derive from legitimate music
Drama As an illustration of this atti
tude an opera house was recently bull
In city in Alsace, but after trial tn,
acoustics were found to bc bad, and
unmindful Of the financial loss, tn,
The Washington times., 1915-01-06

Precocious young man who thinks his
services indispensable to the Arm
should read recent details OF Thomas
Edison's freproof building.
By 1.-The time Sir Ernest Shackelton
gets another look at Europe. you can't
blame him for thinking he has dis
covered a new continent.
Baby born during a hostile bomba I'd
ment was named "Shrapnel, which
sugg gests that 1t is rather a good thing
The Hague barred "Dumdums."
As the Uhlans never reached Paris,
there is no doubt that Huerta is still
totterinE over there in peace.
Think the United States shouldn't 90
10 war until Luther Burbank has an
opportunity to perfect a crop that won't
mind q regiment Of cavalry gallopinS
over 1t.
Our idea OF an anachronism is q
health resort in Europe.
Caar will give $4,000 for the discovery
of q new way to utilize alcohol, which
is just good excuse as any for
topping on the wagon
You know. In the cause of science.
no sacrifice IL too great.
The Washington times., 1915-01-06
The Silver
Lining
Edited BY ARTHUR BAER.

Anxiously awaiting note from Mephis.
topheles acknowledging receipt Of new
paving material
Now that villa has issued his Green
Book. it's up TO Carranxa to publish his
Black and Blue volume.
War is curtailing all our important
industries. Manhattan chauffeurs tnly
succeeded in ending the careers Of 80
pedestrians in 1914.
Best proof OF Harry Thaw's sanity 10
his aversion TO returning to Broadway.
Ride on the water wagon wouldn't
be so bad IL you had somebody to
talk to.
The Washington times., 1915-01-06

GyE, The Spanish violinist: Lipinskys
G;oss; George Moore and Francis Yates,
In Who's Who and Which," and Mario
and Duffy. Next Sunday the concerts
a. . ana :16 p. m. At the B. F. Keith
Iheater will present all the hits and
novelties OF the current weeks offering.
An attraction which never fails to at
tree capacity audiences in this city Is
billy Watson's Big Show" which
makes its first appearance here this
season at the Gayety Theater next
more Of mrth-provoker this season
than ever. BY special request he has
heen induced to present his two famous
burlettas, ''Krausmeyer in Japan and
uktrausmeyer's Christening" Besides
watson Vys',.. the cast includes Johnny Jess,
Laler. Lillian Franklin. Ida Walling.
RUBY Marion. Marguret Newell, and
many other well-known artists. Men
tion must also be made Of the chorus
which Watson has gathered to display
the elaborate wardrobe which has been
provided for them.
The Washington times., 1915-01-06
Young Women's Hebrew
Home to Open Sunday

The formal opening Of the Young
Women's Hebrew Association Home, 1890
Tenth street northwest, will take place
SUNDAY. The institution will provide a
home for working girls, who are home-
less or strangers in this city or those
who cannot afford 10 pay the usual
boarding house rates. Mrs. Elizabeth
Bloom. Col Q street northwest, is to
supervise the home.
The association has outlined a plan of
work for ITS members that is expected
to greatly broaden the scope and field
If its operations. Glasses are to be or
Ganined in several lines Of educational
Wcrk. including English. German. do.
rcestic science, dressmakins, social en-
CCavor, elocution, and dancing. Tho as
sc citation also plans to provide q gym
nosium. Ar employment bureau also
viii bs conducted by the association.
The Washington times., 1915-01-06
What's on the Program, in
WASHINGTON

Observation-Disclosures Centennial Ne. ~,
Osiris. No. 2s: King solomon. No. M: Eal.
Gate No. 81; Columbia, No. I, and Rright :
wood, No. .. Royal Arch Massns; Potomac
No. 3, knights Tcnplar: Areme. No. TO-
Eastern Star.
ODD Fellows-Eastern, No {. and Harmony,
No. g. Jointly: Friendship. No. II; Mount
Nebo. No. 9. Encampdnent.
knights Of Pythias-Mount Vernon No. 6:
Pythian Sisters. "
National Union-Central Deputies' Associa-
Conference. National Child labor Commit.
tee. New willard. 1890 a. N. 'A''
Tea dance. Mrs. Hawksworth and Mrs, Gro
ner. New willard.
Week Of prayer service. Church of the Epip-
hany. II to II m.
Week Of prayer service New York Avenue
Meetins As.ocia,IoH In o; ~ eov.rnm.n, O. m Con.
tractors. Raleigh Hotel Oak Room. 10 O. M
Convention, Society Of Constructors Of Fed.
eral Buildings. Architectural Club. iai7 II
strset northwest. > a. m: banquet. New
Meeting. CHEVY Chase citizen.' Association.
home Of John NJ. williams. 65s1 Connec.i-
Lecture. "Fiood Problems in China" Arthur
p. Davis. Washington Society Of Enyin-
eers. Cosmos Club. p. m.
Lecture, "Bohemia and the Burning OF John
Hus." Mrs. Clara Bewich Colby. New Eb-
bitt, 10:l6 =. m. and 4:4o p. m.
Meeting. Board of Education Franklin
Concert. United States St, Soldiers. Home Band
Orchestra, Soldiers Home. 7ao .. N.
ILLUSTRATED d lecture. Dean Worcester. formerly
q member of Philippine Commission, Press
Club. y. m
The Washington times., 1915-01-06
A MENACE TO THE GAME

1t may as we'll be set down with
out qualification, that the suit of
the Federal League to enjoin and
disintegrate, as a trust, the whole
machinery Of "organized baseball"
is a grave threat against the national
game.
Organized baseball is the cities
mode of athletic sport. Country
towns and the rural regions will con-
tinue playing and watching and en-
joying pasture-lot ball; but the cities
haven't pasture lots nor the taste
for playing amateur games on them.
Maybe if there we're more games
between the flats and the leans"
between the lawyers and the doctors,
between the city and the county Of
ficials, after the fashion of the small
town, the game would do more real
good for the city fans; but it's use
less to discuss that. The city can
turn out 10000 or 10000 people to
see ball game; it couldn't possibly
find room to stage dozen amateur
games with nine men on a side, even
if it could find the amateurs willing
to play at playing them.
So there must be, for the cities,
organized, and highly organized,
baseball, or none.
The Federal League authorities
attack the national commission and
the national agreement; the execu-
tive authority and the compact
which sets up that authority. 1t is
charged that the complete domina-
tion of the business, the assignment
of territory, the contracts with
players, the holding of minor leagues
in their relationship of satellites to
the two big ones-that all these
things constitute conspiracy under
the Sherman act.
Under the old form of contract
the player became the property Of
his club, to be bartered, sold, traded
leased, or loaned, shifted about the
rest of his career. The attack of the
Federals compelled early withdrawal
of this white-slavery form of con.
tract. The athletes became com,
paratively free. Salaries jumped as
soon as competition for stars was
possible. The expenses of the game
increased; its risks multiplied. The
public got a good look at the seamy
side, the commercial side, the selfish
side. Teams that had always earn
ed profits turned up at the end o.
the season with footings in red.
The leaders of organized baseball
gave the country something it want
ed. They suppressed rowdyism, KEEP
everybody convinced that the gam'
was square, paid good wages, bull
splendid colosseums in which II
stage their gladiatorial pageants
Perhaps they became intoxicate,
with the sense of their power an,
success. Anyhow, they rather over
did it in various directions; the!
ribbed it SO tight, in order to keel
their good thing in, that they mad
outsiders want to get in. The out
siders did get in, and now the spor
faces a great crisis.
I There must be high and efficien
organization in baseball. But ther
need not be player slavery, or en-
tire aversion to hearing the public
plant occasionally. The game o.
the diamond has been square; bu
the distribution of talent which ap
The Washington times., 1915-01-06

proximately insures in advance
which team will win, is wrong, 1t is
bad for the game. Using the power
Of money to gravitate all the stars
into few consultations has broken
up the balance. It is going to re-
quire to be reorganized; and that,
whether or not the Federal courts
find it . conspiracy.