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The Washington times., 1915-09-22

cargoes may be brought while awaiting
reconsisnment. without payment Of
duties. Goods going there do not be-
come part Of the general stock Of Dem
marks supplies. When you realize
that in . short period enough Of certain
articles was consigned to the FREQ port
OF Copenhagen. to supply eight times
the normal annual demand Of all Den
mark. you will be Impressed that some
body tried to put something over; |;
and that's just what happened. Tho
trick was discovered and stopped: and
result"
another phase OF. the British restric.
tions against the United States foreign
pipmbaso, rro-manSanese ana some
have, required that Americans getting
supplies OF those should contract not to
duct, except to Great Britain. France
or Russia; and In some cases It has
even been specified that the re-exports
should be exclusively to British domin-
'tricted to q very narrow market, while
the whole neutral world needs these
manufactures.
The actual experience Of the Ameri-
ever: has been. according to the De-
partment Of Commences advices, that
these restrictions have been relaxed in
perucular cases whore satisfactory
tion Of shipments. The rigid conditions
were imposed in order to avoid the nos
ability Of fraud; to compel q specific
ana satisfactory showing Of the facts
case. This showing being made, and
the British agents being satisfied that
the shipments would never reach Brit
ans enemies. the shipments have been
permitted to proceed.
Business Not Seriously Hurt.
An illustration was given In the case
OF the larEest American user Of plum
bago. 1t comes from Csylon which IL
British. and 10 used In manufacture of
chemical crucibles and like articles.
Germany IL In great need Of It. Britain
doesn't propose to have her get It; and
the most iron-clad contract has to be
signed by people who are allowed sup
plies. But while this contract agrees
that the product shall positively not
get to other than the allied countries,
the British agents have freely enough
use and assured Of never getting to
the central empires. As a result. this
leading American user of plumbaRo IA
quoted as being satisfied that he is
getting as liberal treatment as could
possibly be expected. He is perfectly
satisfied to be square" with the Brit
ish authorities. and he understand tust
how insistent they are to Keen his
wares away from Germany. He has not
found his business with neutral custom
ers seriously interfered with: his only
COMPLAINT has been that his supplies OF
the native mineral have to come to him
by way of London. and that this in
wolves some delays: but these. even.
have been much reduced in recent
months.
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HUSBAND AND WIFE
OPENS IN NEWYORK
Charles ksnycn's Latest 0Ks.
Ing q Presented at Thsatsr, !
on Forty.eIohth Street.

Husband and WIFE" an ''eternal
triangle" play In three acts. by Charles
Kenyon, presented by william A. Brady
ana Arthur Hopkins. opened last night
ct the Forty-eishth Street Theater, in
New York. with Robert Edeson in the
leading role. and q strong supporting
company. While the critics differed
slightly az to details. they were one In
counting the drama q success.
Playing opposite Edeson IL Miss Olive
Tell. who last appeared in New York
- leading woman for Julian Eltinge.
Charles Kenyon. the author. also wrote
ns1 K,ndlinE;1 u. ..,,, The Play provides some
has hs fortune ot to ss ssep p y.
butterfly wife nwing and has even been
tempted into stealing from his bank.
eo,n1ts s%1 In catering e. only to the creatures
dsnssrsd her Low. and. driven desperate esp
BY his seeming Materialism, she plans
TO elope with lover. The elopement
begins On the very night that the de-
defalcations: Mrs. Baker and her lover
have left the house before the police
arrive, but by an entirely logical chain
OF ord circnm.tances rc,,,n. they are headed of
find him in his difficulties.
The love of Doris Baker for her hus-
band floods back Ehen she learns Of
botte% psspon.ibis @ s for ieA' Il. Ana snd then
to dry her tears the lover. draws q
to save Baker from jail. The action
ehs living IN roo% sas n The
home Of the Bakers at Los Angeles.
"Moloeh." q stirring war drama.
sss NTH a. aosocx ihs Msx
Blinn In the leading role. By Beulah
Marie DIX. this play In three acts with
q prologue and epilogue. has been hailed
as one Of the greatest Of the anti-war
"The PlayEoer'' Of the Evening Sun
says Of this drama In his hrst night
f'S,i%; Noloch' consist. Of . prologue.
prologue. 'befoh de war, and in the
frst act., during mobilization. every
one T. mild and loving and still able
to drink milk Of human Kindness with
But in the second act the Greens in
wade the town. The lieutenant quar-
tered In the house IL murdered by the
This girl 10 taken outside and shot, and
into the street. The third act. on the
n1s 1nf ;naiGs,t as t. al %fnyshns .SnH but
conscript. poor devil. who refuses to
hight. 10 shot dead by his commanding
officer 0he hapless Robert) in full
view Of the audience. Shells are ex-
ment enough to sati1fy even Under
Fire fans. In the last act come the
fruits Of victory. green. unpalatable.
and UNIT for human consumption. Such
IL war a Miss Beulah NJ. Dix sees IT,
'Holbrook Blinn was at his best in the
part Of Robert. and Miss Albertson's
remarkably fne work az Katherine. his
wife. we have mentioned already. Mrs.
Thomas Whinen. a. Roberts mother.
proved she IL as much beloved by thea
tergoers as Of yore. Miss Louise Rutter
fitted well into the family picture as
Gertrude. Roberts sister. ,-
2Moloch.' tor all tts dealing with
war. !s better than the best war play
ever written because It IL essentially q
peace play. It's also poignant drama
very well acted"
The Washington times., 1915-09-22
Civic Betterment Work
For Southwest Begins

Flans for vigorous campaign for
civic betternent are to be formed 10
night by the South Washington Citi.
zens' Association, at st. Dominic's
Hall. Sixth and i streets southwest
There was a preliminary meeting of the
ut zens OF the southwest section last
Wcdne sdhy evening when "a number Of
nov members wcre enrolled. and n was
decided to hold big meeting tonight
ana prepare for the seasons octiyttlas.
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administration Chiefs
Dipided as to Legality
OF British Trade Rule
Protests in Behalf of American Exporters Would Be
More Convincing If It Were Not for Attempts
in Past to Depart From "Squareness"
Official Believes ..
BY JupsoN c. WELLrYER.

The outstanding fact Observable in those quarters Of official
Washington that deal with foreign trade questions concerning the
charges that Great Britain has unreasonaby teered with Amer
trade the Of the world is that officials divide the
question very much other people their sympates
as between the two sides in the "A ....
trade department. when asked about the pro-
posed loan France and Great Britain leaned back in his chair and
demanded:
why aren't the American iinanciers dividing making
a loan to Germany and Austria, too?"
His explained than the question did, It was Ger
SAYS u. S. WOULD ACT LIKE ENGLAND
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U. S. Will Fight Disease
By Stereopticon Slides

The United States Public Health Serv-
Ice has released for public and private
lecturers stereoptican slides depicting
sanitary conditions throughout the
United States and methods OF hghuns
disease.
The slides will be kept In q loan IL
brary. from which they may be secured
- Application.
The Washington times., 1915-09-22

bears the highest witness. In spite
Of the fact that this German-Amer-
lean merchant expressed in his will
the desire that his German and Aus
trian paintings be sold in Germany
his executors have received permis-
sion to sell them in New York. The
victories Of peace are not only i'm
pressivs but varied. :
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Tomorrow,

Mission. Epiphany Chapel. Twelfth and c
streets southwest. s y. m.
Convention, Illuminating Engineering So
ciety. small ball room. $3.50 a. m
Meeting, District Suffrage League. Peoples
avenue northwest. 5 to 10 p. m. ~
Masonic-The New Jerusalem. No. .; Tenn
ple-Noyes No. 80: Naval, No. 4; Wash
ington. No. 2, Royal Arch Masons; VIM r
Hunt. No. l6. Eastern Star.
Odd Felows-saiem. No. 22: Columbia, No.
la -
woman's BENEFIT Association of the Mac
cabees-Union. No. 6.
Royal Arcanum-Capitol Council, Kismst
4 nights Of colum bus ksans Council
" oodman OS ths WeSld-Uniform laak {
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Having lined up the other paci-
fists, the Duke Of Tarrytown can
while away his spare moments lee
turing against national prepared
ness before an audience of his armed
guards.
The Washington times., 1915-09-22

Explorer Stefansson's unfortu-
nate faux pas in allowing himself
to be discovered, removes the last
possible candidate for the Nobel
prize.
The Washington times., 1915-09-22
One Year Ago Today in the War

Effectiveness OF submarine warfare shown year ago toda
September e. when German undesea cait sank the British
amored cruisers Aboukir, Cressy, and Hogue
Jaosau important Austrian fortress miles northeast
Of Pzemy taken by the Russians The inhabitants OF
Przemysl and Cracow fled en- masse
The Germans captured Caonne but the Teuonic right
y between Peronne and 81. Quentin.
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At his present rate Of retrogres.
sion, Mr.. Bryan will soon be in
consequential enough to be threat
ened with a Vice Presidential NOM
nation for 1916.
The Washington times., 1915-09-22
MAIL BAG
(FSom The TimsS RsodsSs.)

csmmunieat to the Maii Bas mvse
sr,x! S .9ssss ss On one SIDE e the parcs
length, ana must s. signed Win naMe
ana address Of sender. The publieAti0u
o. o., 'ssssrs ,s... Y! Y Ths Timsr Mall Sss de-
Of the opinions Of the writer. TN Mall
Bag 70 IN open fogsam, whore the clti.
ssne q WAshin6tou 60 aSgue most
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After this surfeit Of Europe, n.y.
phens, submarines, and suffragettes,
it's going to go hard when we are
again reduced to talking about the
weather.
The Washington times., 1915-09-22

And now the sweet sisters will
meet the exigencies of the colder
weather by carrying warmer para
soils. -.
The Washington times., 1915-09-22

The threat Of English labor to
revolt will be no surprise to the
folks who regard. all labor as re-
voting.
The Washington times., 1915-09-22
AN INCOMPLETE CAMPAIGN

- % ACPoASo AIOIH tue WAY 8I06
indicate, the Germans have begun
Withdrawing forces from the Rus
sian front in order to prepare a
great drive through the Balkans to
the rescue Of Turkey, it must be
set down that they have abandoned
the eastern campaign without finish
ing it. Taking q slice Of territory
away from Russia is not destroying
Russia's military power. The loss
Of Poland and parts Of Lithuania and
the Baltic provinces is a blow to
Russia; but the Russian army is
still IN existence, and has demoh-
strated wonderful powers of resist
,ance to disintegrating factors.
There is plenty Of reserve from
which to restore it to former
strength, while the losses which the
Germans have suffered in q futile
effort to destroy 1t are not SO easily
to be compensated by new levies.
The drive at Paris q year ago was
expected to put France out Of the
fighting. It failed either to take
Paris or to weaken gravely the re-
sisting power Of France. The Rus
sian campaign seems near q point
where confession must be made of
like failure to achieve complete
success. The situation in the Bal
kans and at Constantinople will not
wait. To make sure Of holding Bull
garia, Germany must hurry to Bull
garia's assistance and to do that she
must leave the eastern field with
extended lines and weakened forces.
Neither France nor Russia has been
conquered. The German plan con-
templated conquering first France,
then Russia.
Roumania and Greece are prepar-
ing for instant entrance upon the
fighting field. Their forces aggre-
gate about twice those Of Bulgaria;
80 that it is not apparent how in the
long course Of events the Germans
can benefit unless they smash = way
through Serbia and rescue the Mos
lens before the Balkan situation can
be fully developed. It is another
case in which Germany's chance of
success lies in her ability to deliver
the swiftest blow. But it will be no
easy matter brushing the Serbians
aside; they are supported by a great
British, French and Italian power
which has the advantage of con.
trolling the sea in a region where
sea transportation is the best. To
use enough force in the Balkans tc
accomplish decisive victory would
mean that the Teutonic countries
must weaken their lines elsewhere
and risk great offensive by the
Anglo-Fr in the west.
With the record of two indecisive
campaigns, the Germans are appar.
emily entering on a third that car
hardly be decisive. The war extends
its area, but produces no evidence OF
either sides capacity to gain con.
elusive advantage.
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AmuSements.

Belasco-.Peg o. My Heart" Sis D. m.
Pohs-"Under the Red Robe" 2:D and S.ss
p. m. v
Keith's-Vaudeville. 2:15 and s:l5 d. m.
Gayety-Bu-esque. 2:i5 and s:l5 o. m
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Trickery Is Discovered

The free port of Copenhagen" he
explained. lis by law separated from
and very different affair from the
port Of Copenhagen. 1t Is a sort of
transportation terminal. into which
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Altman Despatched to the Front
Until He Has Proved Himself
in Duels High in Air

were within machine gun rance and
had opened fire with blank car,r.Igp.
Though 1t was only u make believe
encounter the sight of those nh, aero
planes struggling in the air was o.,
never to be forgotten. A German"
would suddenly turn the nose %; has
Taube toward the earth, hoping in n
long swift %volrisne to elude tn =.
i,JwS after him. But, quick rs a r.so.
the other fellow would follow suit.
Then one of the enemy airyraf,
would seem suddenly to capsi2e. Tho
tail would drop. and the machine
would to slide backward
and then roll over and over en- .ts
side. But tricks like this to e,capa
annihilation were useless. The d,
tenders refused to be cheated Of their
prey. And all the while these tricks
were being performed the quick lrers
were keeping up an incessant pom
pomming."
After about ten minutes OF tbs kind
OF thing a small gun was fred from
the ground as a signal for the nlers to
come down. The mimic battle In tho
air was over. The five German" ayla.
tors had been theoretically put ont Of
business. The hangers and workshops
had been saved.
For the last two years German con.
structors have been very carefully
standardizlng their machines ,mcan.
time not making much progress other
wise), SO that last August they had
about 300 military a~eroplanes In good
condition. and their output to-day is
certainly large. But even If they had
10000 aeroplanes the Germans could
not wrench from the English the as.
cendency of the air, the Importance of
which Sir John French has 40 often
emphasized. not so much because the
best British biplanes can fly faster and
climb quicker than the comparativcly
cumbersome though wonderfully rel.
able German machines. but owing
rather to the remarkable individual
skill Of the flying officers Of the Royal
Flying Corps and the Royal NIyli Az
Service.
Much Of the credit for this er.
cheney must be given to Gen SIR Dava
Henderson. the military flying clie'
who was appointed to his post ahou.
eighteen months ago. He had then
been a certiicated airman for Il couple
Of years. having made a great many
skilled flights under the name q,
Henry Davidson. Up TO that time the
Army Air Battalion had been COM
posed almost exclusively Of jrul r.
officers, and the accession 10 their
ranks Of an officer of high rank Ike
Henry Davidson was warmly well
coined at the Wal Office.
I When the full story of Gen. IloTlor-
sons aviation achievements in tho war
comes to be written it will undoubtedly
provide a thrilling chapter in the his
tory Of the campaign.
This gallant aviator. a very modern
type of the British officer. is noted FOR
his cool and collected name IN cir
cumstances Of difficulty. lie d!S'in-
guished himself in the Roer war rs
chief Of field intelligence for Sir
George White in Ladysmith and fur
Lord Kitchener in Pretoria, being
twice mentioned In dispatches and
decorated with the Distinguished SeI-
vice Order.
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Cost of One Year Of War
Told ~Diagrammatically

greater than in the FIRST six months
of the war.
While the figures Of actual losses
In the navies are far from exact. 1t 10
known that many great vessels and
cruisers have been sunk In the OAR
danelles and In the North Sea. The
destruction Of merchant vessels by
German submarine warfare has been
great during the months since March.
The actual outlay for var supplies
Is estimated to have reached the great
total Of over fifteen billions Of dollars.
but this 10 only part OF the financial
loss which the world has suffered.
The decrease in imports and exports
a. shown In table d only tells .
small part Of the stsry. In addition
there are the enormous losses Of the
neutral nations, both commercially
and industrially, besides the great
expense to which each nation has been
put to preserve its neutrality. The
people of the United States. though the
country Is not at war, are paying
millions as a war tax. to compensate
the Government for the loss Of rev.
enue from duties.
Smaller nations, like Holland and
Switzerland, are really suffering Sc
verely because Of the decrease In COM
merce and industry. besides the great
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ON "SITTERS' ISLAND"

A T the intersection ~ - Mob '1s
n and Seventh IN Man
haitian there is a TRIANGULAR
patch of ground that has been en- Jed
"Sitters' Island" Too small f1r q c.'y
square as sim lar patches d0NI
town are dubbed. Il is nevertheless
treated as one. There are 'gs' scy''
park seats there placed a. 'te 70
quest Of the nearby residents So
"Sitters' Island" viii accommodate
seated-just twentY-clgh' IL .arr'H
10 about twenty-five feet + - ''
unique square" Of the city.
There is always a waiting ',' OPP
a seat on "Sittcrs' islam. "
warmer the day and eN,-.at '1a
longer the list. TIL .u.ft -
anchored to the benches Geo.. ll.. and
watch the automobiles 90 si.rr.'r .F
and feel first rate with 'N.r|-.N vs.
At a quarter t. | the other r..
a policeman found 4 youuF waH
woman seated there and r,~''' ".
mated that It would ue Il good .'.'
move on
But. officer, is So nice n.~ 'N-
postulated the youuE f,..N '
only got the scat t,N w'r"'s ne
after waiting a chan" sH"" -'.'''
time
"Oh, all right. all r0ah'. arN
the cop as he took mp pa'g E'n
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Fighting strength of the nations under arms.

hanging clouds on tho lookout for the
enemy. BY means Of n smoke gun he
was to signal the direction from which
the raiders were coming. the type n
number Of machines and the speed at
which they were approaching. As soon
as the waiting fhers below received the
with a greater turn Of speed M as
cend and attack the enemy with ma
him guns.
Presently the scout sent out n series
Of long and short pufs of black smoke.
Aviators nd mechanicians at once be-
came increasingly active.
Get ready Mp. 3 and 5 and ia"
ordered the squadron commander.
In a trice these particular four BIZ
~planes-$l2, 500 Vickers. Sons & Maxim
100 horsepower armorcd machines
were dragged u of their hangers.
Pilots and gunner observers climbed
into their seats and strapped them
selves In. M~echanicians gave n final
glance over the machines, especially
examining the wires OF the steering
apparatus. Helpers cranked up by Wig
orously Juggling at the propellers and
with a deep roar the aeroplanes leaped
forward and shot into the air.
Lik newly released homing pigeons,
the four warplanes circled around the
aerodrome four or five times before
heading or in the direction of Hendon.
The machines quickly disappeared
over the tree tops Of this heavily
wooded part OF Surrey, the noise of
their motors dying away until 1t was
as soft as the droning of bees.
Here they are" somebody shouted
after an interval OF perhaps eight
minutes.
From an unexpected quarter to the
east the battling warplanes hove in
sight, The hve enemy machines carried
little red pennants from the trailing
edges of their rudders.
II did not take a second to see tina,
the defenders had the faster machines
They were already flying above the
enemy. by the time the machines
were over the aerodrome our aviators
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Fliers Train by
Sham Battles in Clouds
~ ). HERBERT DUCxwoRTH.

ny d. f1fsI DuON UNI NJ
NhAM fights in the air now form
- an important part Of the school,
~ ing Of q British Royal Flying
Corps recruit. No airman is des-
patched to the front until he has
proved in duels fought high up in the
clouds that he has nerve. courage and
skill to At him to engage in mortal
combat a pilot Of a German taube.
For a whole afternoon recently al
the famous aerodrome at Brooklands.
hear London, I was held s%pellbound
at the extraordinary daring Of young
British officers who were practaTng
three thousand feet above the earth
the thrilling circus tumbling manPu
vres that they would be called upon
to execute In grim earnest later on
in France or elsewhere.
Brooklands IL as easy to find as a
rookery in a squire's park. The first
thing to catch my EYE after i had
alighted from he train that bore me
from London to Weybridge was a
flock of huge mechanical birds wheel
Ing aloft about half a mile south Of
the tracks. A blind man could have
discovered the hangers by following
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Allies in the proportion Of forty miles
by the British. seventeen miles by the
Belgians with French reinforce
mcnts) and 534 miles by the French
alone. In fact, 1t has been stated that
since the var began the Teutons have
sent more than fifteen millions Of men
TO rnc ircn,.
1t is asserted that the British have
something like three millions of men
ready to take the offensive. France
has certainly added to her 4.50o, 900
soldiers since the war began. for she
has pressed into the service many of
those both below and above the regu-
lar service ages. Germany and Aus
tria have done the same thing.
According to estimates made by
neutral authorities the actual number
Of men who have already taken part in
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Thermometer of the wars cost daily, and In twelve months.

shows are situated In city lots, sur
rounded by ramshackle fences. gives
the small boy excellent chance.
Almost the same day that an open
air show is installed she small boy OF
the neighborhood draws his trusty
jackknife. He begins to whittle and
by the time the evening performance
begins there are from a dozen to q
score Of peep holes In the surround
ing fence. These are adjusted to the
varying heights and AFFORD first rate
views on the same principle rs PIN
hole photography accomplishes 30
much through so small an orifce.
When the hole whittlers began their