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The Washington times., 1915-12-12
CANADA'S NEGLECT is
HARDSHIP TO TROOPS
Discharges Men Said to Be shame
fully Treated by Dominion
GOveFnment.

When it was found that many Of the
Western war heroes returning wound
ed. manned, and i'll from the trout
were arriving in. Winnipeg these first
winter days without funds, without
oVercoets or underwear and otherwise
neglected. an investigation was made as
to the character of the treatment &C
corded these men who have made such
saclinces for the empire. according to
Manitoba Free Press.
1t was found that they have been Sub.
Ject to shameful neglect. discomfort,
ana inconvenience practically from the
time they left tho largo British hog
ed. and came under the Jurisdiction Of
theyl canadian authorities. Thu Sca1l
dalous state OF Affairs the men accriBe
TO q felessne hohe htl easIfesr acl5 81
proper Supervision. and9 Inisnaaage-
on leaving the comfort Of the hos
pitfalls The sick and wounded men ara
iisuaIly sent down 10 Shofuclifre and
placed in barracks. Several of the men
blankets and obliged to sleep on a bare
door for month before being sent
home. nj II
on leaving England TO come home
the men are not served out with warm
underwear. socks and other cIothinR
with which to endure the ocean voyage
in winter weather. In fAct. they are
given nothing at all. The small equip
meDt of clothes they do have was given
them when they left the hospital. usu.
ally from four to six months before
leaving for home and II is usually
scanty at that. The equipment for in-
stance. that Private Hart received 1--WE
months before he sailed consisted Of one
pair of khaki pants. one tUpic. one
overcoat, two pairs OF drawers, one pair
Of boots, two light overshirts, one cap.
and one pair of socks. At no time be-
fore arriving in Winnipeg are the men
given change OF socks or underwear
The Washington times., 1915-12-12
HEROINE of FLOOD ELOPED.
Took More Courage Than when Sh'
RISIked Her Life.
(From the Neio York World)

(From the NeiO York Wofld)
ut did not require one-half the cour-
age to sit at my switchboard ana tele-
phone to the people to flee, that the
to flee for the purpose OF getting mar
Mrs. Michael ]. Hyland, who until a
few days ago was Miss Helena Binkey,
flood heroine" Of Austin. Pa, who at
a great risk stuck to her post in the
dreds of people to run to the hills when
the dam burst. four years ago, BLUSH
ed prettily as she made this confession.
She and her young husband are spend
ing part of the honeymoon in New York.
81 certainly had plenty Of competi-
that flood Mrs Hyland has been re-
ceiving marriage proposals. They came
i'm hundreds. had to :'un off with her
or ] would never have won OUT
"Yes, | did receive hundreds of silly
letters, but never paid any, attention
to any of Them" said the bride.
Asked about that flood. she said ::
when the dam burst l thought only OF
the many women and children in their
homes / stayed at my switchboard I'M
til the water was half a block away
and then ran to the hills. 1 always do
things without stopping to think, II |
had devoted many hours OF thought to
clipping maybe l wouldn't be here, But
I'm not sorry.
81 was in Austin and Mr. Hyland
was in Rochester, so we used to GO
fifty-fifty on the courtship. ! would 60
down to Oleau and he would meet me
there. We decided to get married very
suddenly and did not tell any one. l am
almost ,agraid to 80 back to face our
friends"
The Hylands were married by the Rev.
Thomas Cosgrove, at st. Ronaventura's
Church, Allegany.
The Washington times., 1915-12-12
Big Officials Hobbies
Planned By Gridironers
President Wilson Among Guests at Clubs Fete-Ford
Expedition, Sufragsts, and Preparedness
Undergo Whitening Fire

All Of the nations prominent officials
and each and every one Of their hob
bies, as well as the biggest issues be-
fore the country, were broiled to nut
brown at the winter dinner of the Grid
iron Club at the Willard last night
The men and movements may get over
1t. but they'll never look the same.
Among the guests of the gay Grid
ironers were President Wilson, members
Of his Cabinet, Senators. Congressman
and prominent business and professional
men who figure in the national life OF
the United States. Notwithstanding
the fact that they all came in for a
panning, they ell appeared 70 enjoy
The Gridironers had wealth OF ma
terfal with which to work, and they
made the best OF their opportunities.
Peace and preparedness held the center
OF the stage. each being subjected to
9 whitening flre OF verbal shrapnel,
forty-two centlmeter shells, hand gre
nades and gas bombs.
Guests Are Delighted.
Peace seemed to be worsted early in
the engagement. and preparedness sur
vived but passing well. Henry Ford's
peace party, cloture rule. the suffra-
giSts, Republican presidential candi-
NebSo anu " IMAM SSHihhBs ID sah WSlN
given special treatment by the joke
smiths of the club and raked fore and
aft. much to the delight of the dis
unglished gathering. The Mexican
situation, bringing a new president upon
the stage with every clock tick, also
came IN for considerable attention and
provoked peals of mirth.
The banquet room was profusely
decorated with American Beauty roses.
other cut flowers. potted palms. and
American flags. Over the chair occu-
pied BY President Wilson was draped
the PreBident's nag. fianked on either
side by the flags Of the Secretary Of
War and Secretary Of the Navy. The
tables were arranged in the form Of a
gridiron. and after the big dinner bell
had summoned the club members and
their guests to the feast the lights were
The Washington times., 1915-12-12

extinguished and a huge electric grfA
the diners
e. c.. Snyder. president OF the club
Presidential candidates 10 the fore Sf,6
presented them to President Wilson.
saying they would probably hear .
great deal about him in the course OF
Ine next year. and that It would be
Bryan In Three Skits.
Those presented were Senator weeks
OF Massachusetts. Senator horah OF
Idaho. Senator CUMMINGS Of Iowa. son-
ator Sherman Of Illinois, Senator Pen.
rose OF Pennsylvania, CONGRESSMAN
Mann OF Illinois, former Vice President
tairDanks. OF Indiana: PhilandeF Knox,
Burton Of Ohio, and Mr.. Estabrook, Of
New York. =
Former Secretary Bryan was featured
IN three slkits during the evening. .sThe
Mr.. Bryan sSpeared as the iea " To 81 !
band of warriors known as General
Marshmallow, and Captain CANDY.
chocolate drops. and candy canes, the
latter serving as swords COlUnel
Roosevelt also figured conspicuously ~
the entertainment. first getting Into
row Win Colonel bryan, VINO was CALI
ed upon TO explain the inconsistency OF
his serving as O colonel in the SpaniEh-
American war and now advocating ttn
abolition of war. and being responsible
for most of the ructions during the din
ner.
A number of new E0ngs. words deal
ing with issues and men of today. set
to the music of POPULAR airs, were rem
dered by the sweet-throated Gridironers
and were one Of the chief features Of
the night.
At the business session of the club
Yesterday Louis w. Strayer, of the
Pittsburgh Dispatch. was elected presi.
dent; Ira Bennett WaRhipeton Post
vice president: ]. Harry Cunningham,
secretary reelected: James p. Horna-
day. indianapolis News treasurer. re
elected.
The Washington times., 1915-12-12
Army Of Riddles Fear
Santa Won't Visit En-
They Know the Good Old Saint Does Sometime Disap-
point Little Boys and Girls Who Have Been
Just as Good as Gold

While scores OF children are day
dreaming Of toys and candles and all
that makes Christmas morning the apex
of the December desires OF boys and
girls. there is a little Army Of the Dis
consulate In Washington today. They
are the Riddles who are not so sure
that the pack which Santa Claus carries
Is inexhaustible.
The baby boy of well-to-do parents
might look with hurt surprise in his
big blue eyes II one even suggested this
arch-heresy of silver-spooned childhood.
The baby girl whose pretty mamma has
never had to. plan and scheme and
work to keep body and soul together in
little household would probably an
swer to a calumny so apparent from
her own experiences that the only clfil:
little boys and naughty girls"
They Remind Kris krinRIe.
But the boy and the girl who wear
the patched and threadbare garments
of the Christmas Army OF Disconsolate
Children know that Santa Claus does
sometimes disappoint little boys and
girls who have been Just as good as
gold" And they have learned because
aforetime they have risen on Christmas
morning to find their weil-darned
stockings tragically limp. that when
Daddy is dead and Mother Is i'll or
poor, II is quite possible for the Patron
Saint Of Yuletide to forget.
That is when each little disconsolate,
fearing the approach of a toyless
Christmas morning, finds a stub OF a
pencil somewhere around the house and
on a scrap of paper writes a letter
which goes to make up the many thou
sands of such epistles which find their
way into the mail every year.
A good many of these letters, unso-
licited. have found their way into the
office of The Times already. They are
all addressed in the uniformed chlroE-
raphy of children. The envelopes bear
the smudges and smearg Of baby fingers
not overly clean.
And Drop a Tear.
Once in a while there Is a tiny blister
on a scrawly page. 1t mutely tells OF
some little fellow or his baby sister
who. in the face OF the greatest Of all
the little tragedies OF childhood. tried
to be brave. but somehow Just couldn't
keep back the tears.
They are real human documents
these letters. There is one whose baby
author has probed perhaps the real
The Washington times., 1915-12-12
BIRD MUSIC CREATED
BY A "STNGING LAMP"
Wonderful AndIOB ReprOduces Notes
OF Violin and FIute BY Press
Ing Electric Button.
(Ne0 York Dispatch to Philadelphia
Public Led0sr.)

(Neto York Dispatch to Philadelphia
Public Led0sr.)
Tonight for the first time Lee De For
est revealed to the public new use
Of his wonderful singing lamp, tho
audion. Not only is he now able to
6etect with the audion musical sounds
silently sent through the air by wire
less from a great distance, but he is
able actually 10 create the music of
a flute or violin or the singing of
bird by pressing an electric button.
The audion, which is the wonderful
detector, and generator which has made
1t possible to send a wireless tele-
graphic message from the Hawaiian
Islands to the Atlantic coast and to
speak through the telephone across. the
continent, has been described ,heforei
but now IL is shown that not only can
the audion detect electrical waves
from great distances, but that it can
actually produce a current which. act
ing through magnet on an ordinary
telephone receiver, is capable OF pro-
duclng weird music.
The tone quality and the intensity
which Is secured Is regulated by re-
Sistance thrown into the circuit through
the lamp, tho inductance produced by
the induction coils, and by the quality
of the coll themselves. Several years
ago a similar effect was produced by
the telharmoniUm, complicated and
extremely costly apparatus, which pro
rent generated from many dynamos.
The telharmonium was not CONNER
ciaily successful because of the great
cost Of the plant The effects produced
by the audion are very similar. and Mr..
De Forest says that a plant for pro-
ducing music like that produced by the
telharmonium could be installed at the
cost OF little over $1,000
The demonstration was made tonight
in the main auditorium of the engineer
ing building at a concert of electrically
operated musical instruments, given un-
der the auspices OF the National Elec-
tric Light Association and the New
York Electrical Society. Mr.. De Forest
demonstrated his new instrument, which
ne hopes to perfect so that a singing
lamp will before very long be within
reach OF the average man and, woman.
1T Is possible that these musical instru-
ments may be installed wherever the
telephone now reaches, SO that one VIII
not need to go to. the best hotels ard
restaurants TO hear good music with
their meals, but only turn on the au-
dion switch on the wall to hear the
immortal strains of Beethoven or MO,
zaTt. produced on a soundless keyboard
at a central transmitting station.
The Washington times., 1915-12-12
MEMS WORK DONE BY
WOMEN IN GERMANY
Half ~ the Thousand Hand" EN-
pIOyed on Berlin Subway
Are FemiRlne,
(Berhn Correspondence OF Netc YorI
Ereninn Post

(BerHn Correspondence Of Nete York
EpeniHO P0st)
"A thousand men are working on our
new Nord-Sud subway construction"
said a Berlin engineer to me the other
day.
expressed surprise that so many men
could be spared from the army for
work that has nothing directly to do
with the war. He was amused at my
ignorance
Half of those men, he explained,
ARE women"
That was hard for me to believe.
pictured the tube being cut through
solid rock, of the sort that made the
blasting of the New York subway such
feat 1t was impossible to think OF
women at this sort of work. But when
] went down into the subway itself, l
discovered that Berlin rests on a sand
and marsh foundation. And the women
who were working there were. Tor the
most rart merely throwing shovclful
cars, that were then hauled UP the mar
row-gauge rails to Friedrichstrasse.
For the women themselves. that work
seemed hard enough. They worked
twenty. some Of their faces were
flushed; some were quite pale; all were
dripping with Precipitation. 1t occurred
to me that that was not exactly what
We in America should call 'feminlsm.."
Perhaps It is thing which our femi-
nsts would protest against. Yet it is a
symbol of the part the German women
are playing in this war. More than S.
100000 marks have been invested in that
tunnel, Germany cannot afford to let
so much capital stand idle; and by push
ing the work, even during the war, the
city of Berlin will have the. subway
completed and ready for tranic-if not
quite as soon as was expected, at least
within half g year of that time-in the
spring OF 1918 And in the meantime
thousands OF families are earning an
income and scores of industries are
kept going, which might otherwise
The Washington times., 1915-12-12
KING OF COCAINE HAS TITLE.
American In Paris Bears 1t without
PrIde-DrnE Enriched Him.

American In Paris Bears IL without
PFIde-DruE Enriched Him.
French newspapers tell Of an Ameri-
can In Paris who bears without pride
the title of king of cocaine" says the
IRdiandpoliS NetOS. He has become
rich, it is said, by selling this drug. His
Kingdom is in the part of Paris known
as Montmartre. The drug Is in boxes,
upon which are the words, Captivating
Coco. The Universal Idol"
Since the opening of the war the king
has advanced the price to francs so
confines the gram, for which he form
~erly received less than francs. His
agents are in a number of well-known
cafes. A danseuse. one Of his custom
ets,, has been buying four grams OF
cocaine a. day. She has kept an ac-
count OF her purchases and says that
since August, 1914, she has paid out TOT
this terrible drug about 5000 francs,
that is in our money about %l,OOO. IN d
cafe known as the Panther, dra-
matte artist to whom the drug was re,
fused because he had no money, cried
out: II must have 1t. Take anything
/ have. but must have it,
The king Of cocaine and his agents
have been brought before the correc-
tional court.
The Washington times., 1915-12-12

truth Of Santa and his coming. and who
perhaps looks upon the Patron Saint
Of CHRISTMAS as q persQnaRe to pc
pribed with cllnking silver. for nc
Mother takes in washing to buy food,
and she won't have any money to give
70 santa Claus for us"
Then. there is another-a little
mother. from her letter who last year
knew the pangs of a toyless Christmas
which passed in gloom for her eight,
year-old self and her baby brother and
sister. Lest Santa again forget she
has written:
II am a little girl eight years old. 1
have brother six years old and q sis-
ter three years old. My father - sickty
and my mother works very hard.
wish you would bring me o dresg ana
a pair Of shoes and a doll baby. BRING
aiid some KIND S Of S toy Rnd brinE my
little sister q dress. II you bring them
you Will make ug very happy. we dld
not get anything last year. and please
don't forget us this year.
This One Wants Clothes.
There Is one Htiie boy quite different
from any of the rest who have writ
ten letters to Santa Claus. The mantle
OF Beau Brummel may have descended
upon his young shoulders. He. wants
neither. drum, fife, bugle. soldier suit
nor railway train, He desires above all
things-clothes. He says:
II am a good little boy. am nine
years old and ! want you to please
bring me q suit, overcoat, shoes, Kid
gloves and u hat. and also some nuts
and candy"
Here Is another:
Dear Santa Claus: / am ave years
old and / would like q cowboy suit. MY
brother rote this for me. He 10 eight
years old. Our father had his leg cut
open by a Dotter, and is not we'll yet.
Please make his leg we'll so he can go
to work"
There is a vast and tragic difference
between knowing what ones Riddles
want Santa to bring them and finding
the money with which to provide the
toys: and so one mother, without
money, has mailed her meager shopping
list to Santa Claus, care of The Times.
Here is what is needed 20 make hers a
happy home on Christmas morning:
Twill you. please bring Efiie. aged
nine. a doll carriage and a pair OF
gloves; Eleanor, aged seven. doll and
a pair of gloves; Bessie, aged three,
doll baby and a set Of dishes; Helen
aged eleven. a pair Of gloves. and
please bring Frederick, aged ten
months, rattle.
The Washington times., 1915-12-12
srrFllMAN oR Ideal MAN
Ralph COnHOr, Now nm Army Chap
lain, Asks Which VIII Win War.

Ralph COnROr, Now nm Army Chap
lain, Asks Which VIII Win War.
The Rev. c. W. Gordon. whose per
name is Ralph Conner. author Of THE
Sky Pilot" chaplain to the Canadian
Cameron Highlanders. recently deliv-
cred an address at the headquarters or
the Young Mems Christian Association
says the London Chronicle.
The war, he said, was to decide
whether the world was to be dominated
by the superman or the ideal man. The
superman was arrogant. relentless 10
foes. pitiless to the weak, and despised
the old-time virtues.
THE ideal man is as the Scots say
the quiet man, who hates war, loves
Leace," he said. 1T Is worth while to
be humble. to have a place for pity, for
mercy, for gentleness. The Christian
ideal stands untarnished In the search
ing light OF this war. We OF the empire
would rather give UP everything We
possess than see the ideal of the super
man enthroned and the ideal of Jesus
Christ disappear from Amepg men"
The Washington times., 1915-12-12
His by Right.

An Irish chauffeur In San Francisco,
who had been having trouble with nu-
merous small boys in the neighborhood
OF his stand, discovered one day, on ex-
aiming his car, that there was a dead
cat on one of the seats In HIS anger he
was about to throw the carcass into the
street. when he espied a policeman.
Holding up the carcass, he exclaimed:
This is how ] nm insulted. What am
to do with it?"
well, don't you know? Take Il
straight to headquarters, and II n Is not
claimed Within a month II becomes your
property. '-Harper's Magazine.
The Washington times., 1915-12-12
ThurRdRY.

Masonic-Naval, No. =; La FSyette, No. 10;
Adoniram Council, No. 2, Royal and Select
Masters Esther, No. 5, Eastern Star.
Odd Fellows-Covenant. No. IL: Columbia,
No: a.. Salem, No -; Friendship. No. s,
RebekAhB.
knights OF Pythias-Franklin. No. .; j. L.
Coldwell Company, No. Z, Uniform Rank;
Past Chiefs Association, PytlIian Sisters
National Union-National Council, Mt. Yer
non Council. ..-.-
United Spanish War VeteranG-Richard Hat
den Camp, No. 2; Henry W. LAwton Camp,
No. 4.
Modern woodmen of America-A. r. Talbot
Camp.
improved order of Red Men-LOdaE Tribe.
No. s.
Knights Of Coiumbus-spaldinE Council.
Socialist Party-GermRn Branch Organizatio
and Education committee of Workman I
Circle.
The Washington times., 1915-12-12
nEGs MONEY! ron ALIMoNY.
Does without Meals to Comply With
Court Order.
(MiIlodukee, Wis, DispGtchD

(MiiiCdukee, Wis, DtSpdtch.)
Charles Kaufman was determined
that he would pay alimony of So a
week TO his wife Sophia by every means
possible, rather than be adjudged in
contempt of court and incarcerated in
the house of correction. WhSn he APP
peared before Judge Halsey to show
why he shouldn't be adjudged in con-
tempt of court for failure to pay the
So a week. his attorney, Edward
Yockey, told the court a pitiful story
of the mans condition.
The attorney said that Kaufman has
not worked in a year, that he Is I'M
able to secure employment and that in
order to comply with the courts de-
mands he has had to go around among
the officials of the city begging cents
here. and dime there in order to make
up the amount. The attorney said that
when the man would obtain % or so
cents in this manner he was badly In
need Of something to eat, but that he
forgot his hunger and put the money
together to take it up to the clerk OF
circuit court to be paid in alimony to
his wife
The Washington times., 1915-12-12
GEoRGIA's FAsT-RlsING SON.
He Is II Years Old. SIX Feet Five,
And StiII GrOwinE:

He Is II Years Old, SIX Feet Five
And stu Growing:
CHoultTie, Ca, Correspondence OF Net0
York Tines.o
Doctors are puzzled and parents wor-
ried over the phenomenal growth of
Harry Connolly. the fourteen-year-old
son of a Colquitt county FARMER, three
miles from here, Harry,s longitude this
morning was six feet five inches, and
he weighs 200 pounds For three months
his growth has been so rapid that he
has outgrown a suit of clothes every
week.
He was a slender boy of normal size
when he suddenly started to become a
beanstalk A special bed had to be
made for him.. so he would not tele-
scope while he slept Harry will have
another suit of clothing tomorrow
morning. and his measurements and
weight will be taken again on Saturday
night. Meanwhile. doctors are tFylng
TO find a diet that viii keep him from
growing through the roof OF the house.
The Washington times., 1915-12-12
KOCH A TRAGIC FIGURE.
Without Country, Beyond the Pale
az the Company of arms.


One Of the most tragic figures in the
world today is Henri Koch. the lien
tenant of the interned auxiliary German
cruiser Prinz Elite! Friedrich. who broke
his parole, left Norfolk and was can
tured hX- the British naval authorlties
IN the North Sea, says the NetU forA
Mail
Doubtless the motives which inpel'e1
the Young officer to break his oath were
the highest possible I'm time of war
the motives of patriotism. But even
his country will not condnne so grave
an offending against the simplest rules
of honor. Had he appeared at a Ger
man port with the stigma of parole
breaking black against his name q
would have been disOwned. dishdnoTt
and dismissed from the service Ia which
he has done 40 moor credit.
To be shot as a SOY in the service
of ones country 10 honorable. But the
man who breaks parole nuts himself
beyond the pale Of the company 81
arms. He Is a man without country.
and deservedly 50.
The Washington times., 1915-12-12
XednesdaX.

Masonic-Grsnd Lodge, Areme. No. 10. East
ern Star.
Odd FellOws-Eastern, No. Z: Friendship, No.
Il; Federal City, No 20; Harmony, NO. .;
Mount Nebo. No. 6, Encampment
knights Of PythIRs-Mount Vernon, No. o;
Equal, No. II; Friendship Temple, No. 8,
Pythian Sisters. ,.
National Union-ConEresSionA Council. Treas
uRy Council.
Spanish War NeterGnA-Ureil Camp. No. g.
Knights OF Columbus-Choral Society re-
hearsal