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The Washington times., 1915-02-07

Borland disproved the oft-heard as
sertion that there are plenty of
street houses which can be had at
low prices. There are but COS hab-
table houses now in Washington, he
stated, which can be rentel for $l5
a month or less.
Not only from a social and hui
name standpoint. but for business
reasons, some provision for alley
dwellers is of deepest concern to
house owners of the Capital. Most
of The houses owned by those who
live in them are in sections where
the older homes are still standing,
and where families are being hud-
died in such small space that many
street houses present all the objec-
tionable features Of the alley
houses.
The housing problem row faced
by the city has been a matter. of
deep concern to the Commissioners
as we'll as all those vino have the
interests of the District at heart
Congressman Borland's plan lseems
to many of these the best way out OF
the woods yet suggested.
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her hostile character will be reason
ably apparent as soon as she begins
blazing away, quite regardless Of
the bunting at her masthead. To pull
down the dishonest flag and begin
firing, all in the same instant, as the
Emden did, doesn't greatly help the
unsuspecting victims.
Yet it is now explained that there
is nothing in The Hague rules or
the Declaration of London that de-
fines uses of the flag in way that
interferes with the thing that the
Lusitania did,. Doubtless the recent
German reference to British admir-
atty instructions about using neutral
flags referred to these conditions. 1t
must, be observed, however, that as
between the performance OF the
Lusitania, carrying neutral mails
and passengers and in no wise to be
considered warship, and that of the
Emden, sneaking into harbor un-
der false colors and running amuck
among a mass of all kinds of ship
ping, there is natural prejudice in
favor of the notion that the Lusi-
tania was better justified than the
Emden.
Manifestly we are going to learn a
vast deal about what war means, and
what may be done under it's "rules.
1t begins to be pretty apparent that
there are few rules that anybody
feels bound to take seriously. There
fore, why not the United States
make some of it's own? This coun.
try is in better position to command
respect for it's demands, right now
than any other in the world. 1t has
obligations to itself, it's people, and
to the people and the civilization OF
the whole world. Let the United
States indicate very plainly what the
rules of war HAVE GOT TO BE a.
concerning American ships; what
rules of war the United States viii
insist on having recognized. Let il
make very plain that it intends te
back up it's conditions with sucf
means as it has at command. Ther
there will be a quick and highl,
satisfying clearing of the atmos
phere.
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THE ALLEY PROBLEM

Those who grow alarmed at the
plan of Congressman William p.
Borland, to provide Federal aid for
the building of>homes to provide for
the hundreds of families to be driven
from Washington alleys by the
measure which will close these al
leys to human habitation, assume
the responsibility of suggesting a
better plan.
That houses may be built and
rented at sums ranging from $40 to
s18 has been proved by the hun
dreds of two-family dwellings put
up by the two Sanitary Housing
Companies, enterprises which have
been dubbed philanthropy at ) per
cent" since that was the maximum
dividend allowed on the investment
Congressman Borland's plan seems
to look to an extension of this
scheme, with the Government sup
plying the capital. Since Uncle Sam
can borrow money at 3 per cent this
would seem to be good business
as we'll as humanitarian PROPOSE,
tion.
In q recent address Congressman
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THESUFFRACECAMPAIGN

After the action Of the New York
legislature the advisability of giving
women the right to vote will be 4
live issue in New York politics.
Submission of the measure by so
large and so importan: State as
New York will be awaited with in
terest. Recognizing the fact, the
suffragists will bring to bear all
their energy and resources on the
campaign. While the decision. of
New York will not determine the re-
suit of the. general effort to give
women the vote in the East, its vote
will have a great deal Of weight on
the campaign in other States.
The suffragists start under a
handicap. The legislatures that
have submitted the question were
anti-suffragist. The press of -he
State, taken as a whole, is against
giving the vote to women. Tam
many, it may be taken for granted,
will be bitterly hostile, and there has
been little indication in any of our
cities of genuine sympathy with the
movement
But there have been some surpris-
ing developments in the growth of
the suffrage vote. With advocates
of Colonel Roosevelc's popularity
and political skill aiding the cause, il
may be set down as certain that the
suffrage fight in the Empire State
will be a most determined one.
If the suffragist contention is
sound, that objection - giving WON.
en- the vote is based more on preju.
dice than reason, the women seeking
The franchise are pursuing Il shrewC
course in carrying the campaign in
to the Empire State, in which it is
bound to attract the attention Of the
whole country, thus famiIiariying il
with the proposal.
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SACRIFICES IN WAR

Early in August, Chopard, an ell
derly Frenchman, lived in the village
of Chauffout, and in the town itself
or nearby lived seven of his sons,
four of whom were married. Four
teen children comprised their house,
holds. The call to the French colors
came, the seven sons responded, the
old man, blind, being the only. man
of the family left at home.
Every week for half a year he has
written to the exchange bureau Of
information, and month by month
his family has been depleted until
now all his sons lie in soldiers
graves. Four widows are husband
less, fourteen children are father
less since those lives which might
have been spent in useful endeavor
have been cut off like grain in har-
vest time.
Certainly this blind Frenchman
has laid a precious sacrifice upon
the altar Of his country.
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royal families of the two countries.
The British princess who became
Queen of Spain is very popular, and
she and the King are decidedly pro-
English in sentiments.
But aside from comparatively
limited court element, it is declared
that Spain has been gradually <eer-
ing away from its old moorings of
British sympathy. When the war
started the country was decidedly on
the British side. 1t has been persist
emily swinging toward the Germans;
and the explanation which this OBJ
server gives is that the Spanish be-
lieve the United States is preponder-
atingly in sympathy with Britain.
Spain, still ranking from memories
of the Spanish-American war, de-
clines to line up with the side that
it thinks America favors; therefore
the supposed sentiments of America
have been responsible for literally
driving Spain over to the other side.
This is the more peculiar develop
ment, in view of the fact that all
Europe believes that England
strongly inclined toward the Ameri-
can side in the war between this
country and Spain. At that time
and subsequently Spanish sentiment
did not seem to be gravely affected;
the old loyalty to British interests
was soon seemingly restored after
the end of the war with America.
But now Spain swings away from
Britain because, if this analysis is
correct, the United States is believed
to be overfriendly to the mother
country.
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MRS. BALL URGED
FOR ". R. c, HEAD
Department Of Potomac Con.
cIudes Convention With Elec.
ton of Various Officers.

Mrs. Isabel Worrell Ball was in
dorsed for national president Of tho
Women's Relief Corps at the twenty
sixth annual convention of the De.
partment Of the Potomac, which was
concluded last night in Grand Army
Hall.
The national convention Is to be
held here the latter part Of Eepteri-
ber. Mrs. Ball also was unanimously
elected chairman OF the department
committee on prevention of desecra-
ton of the flag and the past depart
ment presidents were reelected TO
The election of officers of tn. or.
garization resulted in the choice n,
the following: President. Mrs. Mamie
h,c. Dorsss; stsr senior ,sr,o vice president Mr..
Alice Burgess: treasurer, Mrs, Julie
West Hamilton; executive board.
Mrs Mrs NAN NAN Nsss risisn Mrs Mrs NettIs Krpge
ing. and Mrs. Lucinda Gruher: dele.
gate-at- large. Mrs. Ella Morgan. al.
ternate 10 delesate-at-large. Mrs. Fan.
ME Worden: delegate. Mrs Julia Ma
son son iayton alternate to delegate.
The installation of officers will take
place at c;rand Army Hall. FebruarI
The annual address Of the retiring
president. Mrs. Ceorgiana .. Van
Fleet. showed that her department
| Is increasing in membership. out OF
debt. and prosperous year Is in
vieE. The report OF the secretary.
Mrs. Julia Mason Layton, was a his
| tory Of not only the years work. but
Of all the .twenty-four years the de-
| partment has been in existence.
Mrs. Lucy S. Weaver presented the
| report of the department patriotic in
4 eatl b. t-sA
schools and inquired into the histor-
| les taught and the methods Of observ-
ing the birthdays Of the nations
great men. Flag Day, Fourth of July.
and other legal holidays in the Dis
| trict. She said most Of the school,
| were well drilled in the history Of
| honored.
! Mrs Pail. as chairman Of the com
! mittee on prevention Of dissertation
OF the flag, reported that thirty-seveu
states have adopted stringent laws
against misuse OF the flag.
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HARD JOB

The attack of the German press on
the President for partiality to the
allies will not make deep impression
On fair-minded people,. Nor would
we say that attacks from Americans
similar to that of our former am
bassador to Russia, Curtis Guild,
printed recently, will be taken more
seriously.
Dispatches from Germany today
say that the press of that country
charge that the Administration has
backed down before Great Britain.
Mr.. Guild complains that the Presi-
dents "extraordinary partisanship
on the side of Germany has, save in
a single instance, been unbroken."
One more demonstration that the
man who seeks to keep in the middle
of the road catches it from both
sides,
The Washington times., 1915-02-07
NATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

From British citizen who has
been living in Spain since and be-
fore the war began, comes curious
story of the development of Span
ish national sentiment concerning
the great struggle. Spain, despite
that she has never been reconciled
to British control at Gibraltar, has
for many decades been united more
closely to Britain than to any other
of the powers, by ties of interest, of
sentiment dating back to the Napol-
comic wars, and more recently by
matrimonial alliance between the
The Washington times., 1915-02-07
Says Act May Hurt
Mail Service Men
Associations Head Opposes the
Amendment Providing for Bi. :.
ennial Appropriations.

Declaring that biennial instead of an-
hual appropriations In the railway mail
service would lessen the total number OF
promotions by half and work hardship
upon the men, e. II. Fair, president of
The National Railway Mail Association.
entered vigorous protest against the
amendment to the postoffce appropria-
ton bill carrying that provision. at 4
meeting of the Railway Mail Associa ton
OF the District at Loyal Legion Hail, 40
Tenth street. last night.
The association adopted a resolution
indoryng A. F. Middleton, of Berwyn,
Nd. for reelection as president Of the
tnird division, X. NJ. A.; II. N. Link, Of
washington. Tor reelection. as vice
president; M. w. Glenn. of Prospect,
Va. for reelection as secretary, and v.
X. Hammer, OF Washington. as a dele
gate to the national convention to be
held In San Francisco, Cal, next June.
The Washington times., 1915-02-07
Plans Fund for Jobless
By Raising $500, 900

CHICAGO, Feb. 7.-Mayor Carter Har-
rison has issued proclamation asking
all citizens Of Chicago to help raise a
100000 unemployment fund. which Is to
be administered by an Industrial COM
mission of one hundred
The money will he used to create
work for the unemployed, Only those
who can prove a years residence IN
Chicago and can certify that thew are
idle through no fault of their own arc
to be eligible to its benefits.
The work created by the fund will be
directed toward beautifying the city
Street and citv work will be started
Immediately. 1t is estimated 200, 90 per-
sons lack employment here.
The Washington times., 1915-02-07
on November 21. John Adams was then
President of the United States.

on November 21. John Adams was then
President of the United States.
QuestiOn 2S.-What famous piece Of
sculpture Is in Rock Creek Cemetery,
and what were the circumstances that
led to it's being placed there? Answer
The Mystery OF the Hereafter" by
Augustus St Gaudens. This statue il
commonly. but errpneously, known as
Grief" Henry Adams had the monu-
ment done In memory OF his wife.
QuestiOn 2D.-Whcn was terri
torial form Of government established in
Washington. and when was it abandon
cd? Answer-Established February 21,
1871. and abandoned June 90, 1874.
Question :tO.-What street car lines
cross the junction nat Ninth and r
streets? Indicate these lines by telling
tire signs the individual cars carry in
all directions. Answer---Georgetown
District Line. Cabin John. Glen Echo,
Mt. Pleasant, Fifth and F streets, Thir-
teenth and ID northeast, Lincoln Park,
Union Station. Anacostia. Center Market.
Congress Heights, Soldiers Home,
Eleventh street northwest, Tacoma
Park. Wharves, lie Droit Park. Capitol
City Hall. Ninth and F., Brightwood,
Forest Glen. Seventh and Florida
avenue. Tenleyton. Somerset, and Brad
ley Hills.
The Washington times., 1915-02-07
PATENT OFFICE DANGER

Disclosures made by Commissioner
of Patents Thomas Ewing in his an
nual report regarding the fire dam
ger to Patent Office documents are
not new, except that the risk IN
creases each year with the added
records put into the crowded old
building.
Similar conditions, so far as the
records are concerned, exist in nalf
dozen other department buildings
in Washington. For example there
are the valuable records stored un-
der the roof of the Treasury and
subjected to the scorching rays of
the summer sun, the old papers filed
away in the building formerly oc-
cupied by the Corcoran Gallery of
Art, which papers must be reached
by a raft in rainy weather, the inn
portant War Department records
among which two days search is
sometimes necessary to find a single
paper, and the archives of the Gen.
sus Office, only saved from official
destruction by the intervention Of
several historical societies. All these
facts simply point to the need of a
permanent hall of records for the
National Capital.
But at the Patent Office there is a
human risk not present to such an
extent in the other buildings. That
menace to lives of Government
workers was pointed out as far back
as the report of the Commission on
Economy and Efficiency in 1912,
Then, as now, workers were ham,
pered by poor ventilation and made
quate light, and the boys still don
bathing suits, and climb, like human
chamois, from shelf to shelf for
copies of old patents. 1.
All that is uncomfortable enough
but the tons of parched paper rec
ords, stored on wooden shelves
cTOWulHS Ilc COi l luoI . VI lIic dtCll'
Office, make of the building a VERT
able firetrap. The elevator service
would not be sufficient to empty the
building in twenty minutes, and the
stairway exits would long ago have
been supplemented by compulsior
had the Patent Office been private
business house. Some effort has
been made to minimize the danger
by installing a water sprinkling de
vice, but the District Fire Marsha
has testified frequently to the men
ace to life in case, of a blaze in tht
building. . Such blaze is not i'm
possible, since in earlier and lcs'
congested days two fires did wip'
out portion of the records of tn
office, but employees escaped injury,
Will it take fire like that at tn
Albany capitol to make Congress 81
up and take notice of conditions tha
make a Government building prob
ably the worst firetrap in Washing
| tOp1
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Weeks Summary For
Your ScrdpbOOk

SUNDAY January 3-German putting practice Admiral Won
Trpitzs policy of attempting England by sinking
cargo carriers sinks three British merchant steamers
Irish Sea by the of submarines The French admit
defeat the Argonne with the loss of yards gain
north of Lombaertzyde Flanders The Russians begin
offensive Of Warsaw.
MONDAY FEBRUARY THE French admiralty that Ger
submarines have sunk British merchant vessels off
Have London Daily Mail says Baron Burian for Aus
a has informed German statesmen that Austria will be ruin
ed unless Germany will make peace involving
a disarmament and the surrender of Asace The Russians
their advance East Prussia continues The German
office claims the capture
and Bethune.
TUESDAY, February 2-Geneva hears Austans suffered
overwhelming defeat Tarnow in Western Galca los
ing 10000 The Germans claim further gains of
Warsaw The French the Germans repulsed with
heavy losses in attacks between La Bassee and Behune
WEDNESDAY, February 3-Fench report repulsed
heavy attacks at Gunchy The Germans begin drive
Warsaw Petrograd and have been temporarily successful
advance Sochaczow. Amsterdam says
general staff all neutral shipping avoid the northwest
coast of France because Germany plans operations against
British transports.
THURSDAY February 4-The Russian general staff
tories AustroG forces in the Duka and Uszok
in the Capathans continuance of the advance in
Hungary. The Germans announce the capture of Goumne
west of Warsaw In the the Germans attacked several
places On the River Ancre north of Albert they used fire
RATS effort destroy the French bridges The French
all attacks were repued The Turks reached loussoum
on the Suez Canal but were repulsed
FRIDAY February 5-The British foreign office that
American steamship Whelmna will be brought before p1s
Germany that after February 10 will con-
slider British Isles a. war zone that enemy
ships those will destroyed and neutral vessels are
warned to avoid these The French claim gains be-
Lille and Aas Peograd the Russians have cross
ed the Angerapp river East Prussia and have taken Skeme
in the advance West Prussia Twelve thousand Turks are
ntrenching themselves near the Suez Canal
SATURDAY, February 6-Russia that her troops have
taken the offensive of Warsaw, and have crossed the
Bzura its junction with the Visua following the defeat OF
dvco oe infau in
Goumne -Borjim front The German office says
the Russian attacks have been unsuccessful
The Washington times., 1915-02-07
Calls for Record
In Officers Case
Naval Committee Probing Hear.
ing of Lieut.. Smith, Who Seeks
Reinstatement.

A subcommittee of the Naval Affairs
Committee Of the Senate has decided to
call on the Navy Department for the
record of the hearing held in China in
the case Of Lieut.. Roy c. Smith. former
ly of the navy. He is seeking reinstate-
ment.
He was forced to retire three yeArs
ago when serving on the Asiatic sta
ton. charges Of immoral conduct having
been made against him.
Lieutenant Smith alleges the attack
on him was the result Of a conspiracy
between enlisted men and an inferior
officer who had been disrated as the
result OF reports made by Lieutenant
Smith. then in command of the gun
boat Villa Lobos.
The Washington times., 1915-02-07
Here Are the AnSwerS
In Educational Contest
Solutions to Problems Presented in Test Conducted
by The Times Concerning Matters of Especial
Interest to Washingtonians- Awarded

In many requests The Times today prints IN ful
answers the thirty questions in its recent Educational Con-
est open pupils of Washington high schools
The questions related wholly the history the industries and
Of Washington They followed closely by
hundreds eligible the and have been de-
cared by Washington history shed much light the
annals.
The Washington times., 1915-02-07
No Time.

JddGe-Why don't YOU look iur work?
Ias"l-Oi haven't the tOimc To waste
in such Improbable employment
JudSe.
The Washington times., 1915-02-07
FIRST Session of Congress

Creation .7.-When, and by whom,
was the first session of Congress called
together in Washington? Answer-The
first meeting of Congress was set by an
act Of Congress passed in May, 1900,
for the third Monday in December
,Decembor ~. Congress actually met
The Washington times., 1915-02-07
Defaulted With 100000 Prize.

Question I5.-SkctCh the circum-
stances leading up to the establishment
of the present commission form Of gov
ernment here. Answer-(From the
paper of Miss Alma HalD: The act cf
Congress Of February Il. 1871 which re-
yokcd the charters OF the corporations
of the city of Washington. Georcctown.
and the levy court Of the county Of
Washinet ton. established in their stead a
single municipal government named the
District Of Columbia. having Jurisdic-
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-09-16

corn, potatoes, grasses, grain, wo-
mems cooking department and can
ned goods. Don Shannon is in charge
of the booth. ssss I. 81 S.
Summit Farmers club Of Black
duck, the winner of last years ex-
hibit, has fine booth In charge of
Charles Olson. The features of
the Summit exhibit are grains, grass
es, stock vegetables. canned fruits,
etc. One bunch of celery, four feet
high, is one Of the main features.
Frohn Exhibit Attractive.
The Frohn Equitable Farmers
club is attracting considerable atten-
tion and has on display a fine assort-
ment of bakery goods, corn stalk
with seven ears Of corn, pea vine,
clover, potatoes, etc. Nels Willet
and Gust Berg are the committee in
charge of the booth. r
The above clubs are the only ones
with a complete exhibit and will
doubtless carry away first, second
and third prizes.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-09-16
MINE COMPANIES
PAY H|BB|NG TAXES
Oliver and Pckans-Mather Co. Make
Payment-Take No Chance of :
Losing Leases.

Duluth, Minn., Sept. 16.-Taxes
and penalties aggregating $67,794.84,
covering all mining property at Hib-
bing, Minn,. affected by state leases,
were paid into the county treasury
late yesterday afternoon by the Oliver
Mining company and the Pickans-
Mather Co., two of the eleven opera
tors who had refused to pay their
taxes on their Hibbing holdings for
the current year on the ground that
the amount levied for village pur-
poses is exorbitant and invalid. go.
The action of the two mining COM
panies is taken to mean that the op-
orators are taking no chances with
the question of state leases, but it
is not regarded as any indication that
they have abandoned their fight
against the alleged extravagances of
Mayor Powers administration at
Hibbing. Except for the $67,-
794.S0, no portion of the 100000
taxes remaining unpaid until June 1
last will be turned into the country
treasury at this time, it was said.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-09-16
'LoVElAND' AZ The
BRINkMAN TONIGHT
Play to Be Given Under Auspices Of
Bemidji Lodge Of Elks-Miss
Dorothy Fraleigh Ia i

& . ----
This evening new theatrical stars
will be developed in Bemidji when
a local cast will produce the musical
comedy, "Loveland," at the Brink
man theater.
The play will be directed by Miss
Dorothy Fraleigh under the auspices
of the Bemidji lodge of Elks.
= The cast held dress rehearsal
until two o'clock this morning and
everything is in readiness for the
first performance tonight.
Another play will be given Friday
evening. >-s
There has been good advance sale
of tickets for both performances.