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The Washington times., 1915-01-01
New Year Festivities.

About 100 people We're dinner hosts
last night at the Army and Navy Club
and celebrated the passing OF the old
year. The large dining room. the ladies'
dining room, and the card rooms We're
filled with tables. each of which was
prettily decorated with flowers. Inter-
esting favors. including paper caps,
horns. and other instruments of noise
were distributed TO the guests during
dinner.
Later the large dining room and card
rooms We're cleared for the dancing,
which kept up until o'clock. The club
house was deliberately decorated with
the red and green of the Christmas sea-
son. Midnight was celebrated by sud
den dark kness and much hilaIity on the
part OF the guests. supper was served
from midnight until after the dancing
ceased
Lieut.. Roscoe G. DAVIS, U. S. n, and
and Mrs W. w. Bride. and their
house guest, Miss Fairbanks, of In
diana; Lieut. Nrs ana MIS- Nrt,p' W. r. fGnI' Com,
b. b,ea. At Weaver aea 'f Mrs. s George % 4. vioom, s
AM Major t"'GHid and Mrs, Mrs, Malyern-Hm Bar:
nu who ensertsined in honor s Of
among their guests Gen. and Mrs. Al
bert Mills, ard their daughter, Mrs.
La 'o]bllti -hlS. NlHSsDuTS
and Dr.. Duvall, of Fort Myer..
Capt. q. r. Clark. L. $: ~. and Mrs.
Clark, who gave dinner at the
/ tante daughter. Miss Louise Clark.
entertained Miss Pocohontas Butler,
Miss Mary Wheeler Vest, Thomas
Jenkins, Mr.. Curby. and Dr. Talfree.
Msis Clara kingsbury and Miss
Elizabeth Kingsbury had dining with
: them Miss Douglas. Mason Wright.
T.. q. Shakespeare. and Il. Il. Shake
smcare, of Philadelphia, and Slocum
, ,ommunder and Mrs. Chester Wells
! had with them MIR. and Mrs. Tom Dixon
| of Sidney, Australia, Commander and
Mrs. kutZ Miss katherine Thesis. and
Capt. Fitz-Lee.
large Dutch treat dinner took place
| consisting of Commander and Mrs Mar,
! tin T.. Trench, Commander and Mrs. c
| b. Britain, Commander and Mrs. Penn
| Commander and Mrs. q. W. Lawes
Commander and Mrs. Ralph Earle, Com
mander and Mrs. Allen Buchanan. Com
! mandcr and Mrs. Charles McNay anc
Lieut. Commander and Mrs William -
| Leahy
| others having dinner guests were Sen
ator and Mrs 4. J. McCumber, Gen
! and Mrs. John A. Johnson Dr.. and Mrs
| Walter Wells Commander and Mrs. r
| l.. SandoZ, Lieutenant Whelan. Puymas
! ter Neale, Lieut.. barry clagctt. Capt
and Mrs. Evans, Major and Mrs. Rob
| ert Patterson Lieutenant Cummaud
omb. Dr, and Mrs Ryan DevereuN
Gen. and Mrs. r.. 4. Goodwin, and Ma jol
a. s. Fleming.
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tation; reserving, however, the right
to allow copper to pass through her
territory when consigned to another
neutral nation.
That reservation probably ex.
plains the British interference with
copper for Italy: It might be re-
exported to Switzerland, and thence
60 to either Austria or Germany. So
England, in the desperate exisen.
ciss Of q war for her existence, is
compelled to make one rule for
Sweden and another for Italy.
The British attitude IL that naval
power would be Of little value unless
it could be used effectively. Using
it effectively means to make it help
her allies and injurs her enemies.
General rules satisfactory to nsu-
trails could not possibly meet all the
conditions Of such . complication Of
belligerencies. Britain is willing
enough, II her position is understood,
to pay for copper she seises. The
American contention is that when We
send q cargo Of copper to . neutral
port, we want it to get there, and
1t is entitled to get there unless the
British authorities can prove it ID
intended for an enemy.
It 10 . most difficult situation to
handle. But it ia worth while ia
remember that during our civil wal
England wanted cotton from the
South just as much % It now wants
copper to 60 to Russia; just % much
ss it now wants to keep copper out
Of Germany; and the North opposed
her just as insistently, and imposed
delays and annoyanees on her trade
even with neutrals, - Britain 10 nov
interfering with our freedom Il
trade in Europe.
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are to replace those that have been
destroyed.
Already in England a movement
to make the best of the situation, at
least so far as Belgium is concerned,
Is under way. The international
Garden Cities Town Planting As
sociation has invited Belgians now
in England to attend . meeting at
which some systematic plan for re-
building the devastated cities can be
devised.
The average city, in Belgium or
elsewhere, 10 . hsphazard collection
of houses, its growth influenced by .
hundred and one extraneous things
local geography, local politics,
chance--that play their parts in its
history. There is little il any plan
ming that has the outlines Of the
whole city in mind.
Since there must be wholesale de-
struction, it will be some compensa.
ton to put the reconstruction on q
higher plane than that Of mere
chance. It may be that when the
war 10 done the whole standard Of
living in Europe can be raised
measurably,
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The Silver
Lining
Edited by ARTHUR BAER.

White Christmas. but q dark brown
New Year.
January on ono Of the PoStoflce
clocks, but still December on the others.
Astrologer predicts crisis for the ma.
tional administration early in 1915
H'mmm. walter johnson received An
other Fed offer?
Understand that 1914 was q banner
year. Lot Of folks carried 'em.
Franz Josef can't object to q mile Of
Belgian pennies. IT'S two miles inside
tho three.mile limit.
BY a cruel prank OF nature, the man
who discovered America never lived 10
collect his fee from John u. Rockef.l-
Ter.
Now that the Christmas holidays are
over, the janitof will again resume his
pinochle game with his deaf ear toward
the complaint bell.
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PHILADELPHIA'S FIGHT

For half a year or more the city
Of Philadelphia has been carrying on
a controversy with the electric COM
pany that for long time has held
the contract for lighting the streets.
The city officials in direct charge of
the business have insisted that the
city was being outrageously over
charged for street lights, and that
private consumers were being treat
ed no better; rather worse, if any
thing.
So the city authorities refused to
make new contract, for street
lights, for 1915, and carried their
complaint before the public service
commission of the State in the ef-
fort to convince that body that it had
the power and under the circum-
stances ought to order lower prices
for light in Philadelphia. Delay af-
ter delay has prevented the deter
mination of this issue, and the year
reached its end. At the last hour
the city administration renewed it's
old lighting contract; without it the
streets might have gone dark. A
clause was inserted, however, which
makes it possible to continue the
! case before the public service body.
While this controversy has been
going on, Mayor Blankenburg and
some of his progressive associates
in the conduct of city affairs have
foreseen that such discussion might
last indefinitely, and that the city
might gain nothing by it in the end
at the best. So they have set about
to organize in anticipation OF estab.
fishing complete municipal electric
plant to take over the street light
ing. They have calculated with much
care that they can cheaper lights
carry the capital charges against the
plant. and make profits for the pub.
lie. The director of public works de.
clares that, after conceding the righ,
OF private capital invested in such {
business to earn adequate returns
the fact remains that the town ant
its citizens are being mulcted o.
over 81 100000 year in charges fol
their light; they are paying tina
much more than can be justified BY
any calculation Of proper mainten
ance and fair profits on the pri
vately owned plant.
1t is needless to say that the pro
gressive public servants in Philadel
phia, looking for chance to Civ
the best service At the lowest cos
and to demonstrate that the munich
pality is just as capable of providing
its own facilities as it is of payinl
excessive prices for them, woul
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NEW YEAR RESOLVES

Why IL it that New Year resolu-
tions are broken almost always?
Well, chiefly because they are not
positive. Nesation is deadening.
~ will not smoke" says this man.
II will not drink" vows another. II
will not gamble" promises a third.
And thereby each raises q dreary
spectre Of unfulfilled desire, which
must bs faced with unusual resolu-
ton to be exercised.
Set up . positive thing and vow
to do IL. To have proper respect for
ones body and to make It the mar
velously efficient mechanism nature
intended it to be; to whet ones mind
to the utmost keenness Of which it is
capable; 80 to fortify the spirit that
It dare face unmoved the last ex-
tremity Of peril--these are positive
things, vital and without faint of
sek-abnegation.
To walk the uplands in winter
whsrs, in Stevenson's deft phrase,
the wind blows always "hard and
pure and cold, like the wind in a
ships rigging;" to inure ones self
to cold and hunger; to play with
zest, in playing hours, an honest
game suited to ones capabilities,
whether it be polo or croquet; to get
a. close to the woods and the fields
and Mother Earth as rcumstances
will allow-thess are resolves tc
make and to keep, for the body's
sake.
To grapple doggedly with fact,
to master it in the end; to rid the
mind Of trash; to rid the brain Of
sloth; to build mental muscle un-
csasingly; to be exact in every
process Of thought, whether serious,
humorous or fantastic-these are re-
solves to make and to keep, for the
minds sake.
To live a simple, earnest life; to
cultivate the art of doing without
needless things; to strive for self
reliance and courage; to school ones
self to discipline; to face unwaver-
inxly and without complaint all that
the future may hold-these are re-
solves to make and to keep, for the
spirits sake.
And In the train Of them will come
easily the determination not to do
those things harmful to body or mind
or spirit which is 50 hard to stick to
il entered upon coldly and in the
way of mere self-denial.
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REBUILDING AFTER WAR

Whatever else may be said of war,
it obviously is a great leveler in the
literal sense of the word. II those
who hold that nothing good can be
built up without first tearing down
something else could supply spirit
ual force at all comparable to war in
it's physical aspect they would soon
have plenty of cleared ground for
their building.
This thought has struck many
people concerning the war in Eu-
rope-that after the widespread de.
struction is over the way will be
cleared for an era of building such
as the world has never before seen
1t will be a pity if the mistakes OF
the past are to be repeated-if slums
and unsanitary, Unbalanced cities
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MISS ELIZABETH HOWSER.
streets have lost their gala appear

streets have lost their gala appear
Nevertheless. many interesting teas
arc scheduled for this afternoon, and
numbers Of people will receive informal
and Mrs. Champ Clark are about the
only officials who will be at home.
s.
Perhaps the largest and most inter-
ing entertainment of the afternoon
will be the reception. given by Gen.
George Summerlin at their Massachu-
setts avenue home. This reception has
come to be an annual institution and a
very charming one. the gathering place
Of resident and official society. Of the
army and navy and Of half the pretty
girls In Washington. A number of at
tracttve young people will assist Mrs.
Johnson and Mrs Summerlin in dispens-
ing their generous hospitality.
The Speaker and Mrs. Clark will keep
open house from to o'clock at their
home in Massa achusetts avenue. Miss
Genevievc Clark and Bennett Clark will
| receive with their parents. and among
| those assisting will be Mrs. J. Thomp-
son Baker and Miss Baker. wife and
daughter of the Congressman from New
Jersey; Mrs. David Jayne Hill, and Miss
Katherine Hill.
Mrs. Duncan L. Fletcher. president.
and the officers Of the club. will be In
| the receiving line at the reception. from
4 to ! o'clock today, at the Congress
sional Club: Each member will he a
| hostess. and all the friends of the club
| are invited. Christmas decorations are
used in profusion.
In the evening there will be dancing
| from to II O'Clock. when the guests
will include members and associate
members Of the club and their escorts.
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particularly like TO have our own
Great Falls at their door.
Great Falls would, under proper
development plan, provide Philadel-
phia with its light; it would easily
enough provide Washington with
light and street railway transporta-
ton. It would provide these neces-
saries 90 much cheaper than any
other possible source Of supply, that
to omit its development is q wicked
waste. If this town could have its
own way, and employ its own n,u-
nicipal credit, after It's own plans,
to provide the services it needs,
there would be an overwhelming ma
jority in favor Of an immediate de-
velopment Of Great Falls - . source
Of additional water supply and also
Of electric power.
Philadelphia Is going to plan a
great municipal electric plant, with
out the advantages Of using natures
cheap motive power for it. Need
less to say, there is not an up-to-
date, self f-governing city in the coun-
try that, enjoying this opportunity
that Washington possesses, would
not improve it. There are several
cities that have actually taken water
powers and developed them for the
very purpose Of municipal light sup.
ply. In Sweden and Norway the
method is getting to be more nearly
the rule than the exception. How
long must American cities, how long
must Washington in particular, be
kept in the rear Of the worlds pro.
cession Of progress along lines Of
sane municipal development?
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Weddings.

The marriage Of, Miss Nina Telma
Deaver to William d. whitmire. of
n. c.. took place on
Wednesday last at II o'clock at the
home Of tho brides parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. william II. Deaver. Of Seat Pleas.
ant. Md, the Rev. J. p. Bornwasser. OF
Rennings. officiating. Later Mr.. and
Mrs. Whitmire departed for q trip
through South Carolina. They will be
at home after January "A at Hender.
sonville. n. c.
Mrs. Georgia Sargent Rogers. OF New
Frank II. Warren. Of Boston. were mar.
ried on December 81, at the home OF
the brides sister. Mrs. J. Fred Rogers
9O6 Beacon street, Boston. Mr.. and Mrs
Warren will mako their home in
Swampscott, Mass.
Mr. Warren Ia connected with the
United Shoe Machinery Company. Mrs
Warren 10 member Of the Woman,
National Press Association, 10 a mem.
ber of the League Of American Pen
Women and Of the D. A. r.
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At Homes.

New Year Day has lost its fine Of
ficial flavor. Secretary Bryan's an
nouncement that the annual breakfast
Of the Diplomatic Corps would be omit
ted this year has put An end to n
custom already hard hit by the can
ceiling Of the famous New Year recep-
ton at the white House The ladies
OF the Cabinet. too. have announced
that. out Of respect for the mourning
in the white House. they will not re-
ceive this year. Consequently. uni
forms are no longer in order and the
The Washington times., 1915-01-01
Sees Rocks Ahead For Democrats.

To the Editor OF the Mail Bag:
1t is remarkable how things are shap-
ing themselves at the present time in
behalf Of the Republican party.
Within twenty-four hours we find the
following news In the press: Colonel
Roosevelt eats pea soup with the jobless
in New York. and he intends to tour the
country In their behalf.
This will be 4 great Advertising cam
pa.gn for the Republican party and
means destruction for the Democratic
party, unless Mr.: Bryan starts on,
after the 4th Of March to counteract t
the work done by Mr.. Roosevelt.
And Mr.. Hinebaugh. chairman Of the
Bull Moose Congregational committee.
says that the Progressives had better
get in line with the Republicans for
1916.
Last. but not least. minority leader
In the House. Mr.. James r. Mann, In
troduces bill to revive the tariff As
sue.
The outlook for 1915, so far as the
Democratic party is concerned. calls
for real statesma nship on the part OF
the President and his friends in Con-
sress. A. B. JOHNSON.
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THE PRESIDENTS NOTE

Inc puDlcotlon OF the complete
text of President Wilson's note to
the British government will have ex-
actly the effect that doubtless was
desired when it was given to the
press. The press and publicists of
both countries were commenting on
the subject, without knowing what
had actually been said in the note.
In the most literal fashion, they
didn't know what they were talking
about. Some of the comments made
on the British side are now seen to
have been thoroughly unjustifable;
and the fears of a difficult interna-
tional situation being developed are
very much lessened.
1t is made plain, for instance, that
the President has guarded against
the possibility Of the United States
surrendering any of the contentious
about the right Of blockade, search,
detention, and seizure that it set up
and with great vigor maintained
during the civil war. 1t is not ap-
parent, on the reading of the full
text, that he has weakened the posi-
ton this Government would occupy
if tomorrow it were at war and need.
ed to make the utmost use of its
naval power.
"The Government Of the United
States" he says, "fully admits the
full right Of belligerent to visit
and search on the high seas the yes.
sells of American citizens or other
neutral vessels carrying American
goods and to detain them when there
is sufficient evidence to justify be-
lief that contraband articles are ir
their cargoes; but his majesty's gov
ernment, judging by their own ex
perience in the past, must realize
that this Government cannot, with
out protest, permit American ship!
or American cargoes to be taken int
British ports and there detained fo,
the purpose Of being searched gener
ally for evidence of contraband, o.
upon presumptions created by spe
cial municipal enactments which ar
clearly at variance with internationa
law and practice"
This leaves the general principle
of examination and seizure un
changed and is in effect demand TO-
more efficient methods of getting tn
business attended to. That leaves
very wide realm within which tn
two governments may discuss tn
methods Of applying the principle
about which there is no difference
The whole matter is decidedly mar
rowed down, and it should be pos
sible to reach an understanding
among the three parties concerned
namely, the American shipper, tn
neutral consigree. and the BIRTHS
naval authorities-as to the mean
by which to determine most readil
. the exact character of the transat
tion. The fact that neutral countrie
, have agreed to place embargo 0
contraband, so as to prevent it's be
ing conduited through their territor
to a belligerent, adds to the probs
, bility of a good-faith system of Gel
: tifcation being adopted which wi
reduce friction and delay to min
mum.
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Alexander Indicted on
Jessie Cope's Charges

CHICAGO. Jan Am indictment
charging Col. Charles Alexander, n
wealthy resident of Providence, X. L.
with Violation OF the Mann white slaNS
act was returned in the Federal court
tu,ether with an indictment charging
attempted bribery against Miss Jessi''
Elizabeth Cop. OF Los Angeles. the
oman hv Is alleged TO have trans
ported
The Washington times., 1915-01-01
Time Now To Suppress Tipping.

To the Editor Of the Mail Bag:
At this particular time. when. accord
ing to reports. there is SO much huma u
suffering extant, and dire need for thu
absolute necessities OF life; when there
are so many really deserving ones seek-
Ing employment and unable to find !;
at any sort Of living wages; Is it no;
in order to drop another bomb on thc
senseless tipping" habit? 1t looks
like m!splace ced charity to Tip thos.
who receive q regular salary from eith,l
the District Government or private ON
ployers.
The church missions and Associate ted
Charities frequently publish reports tina t
would melt any heart not made Of fiiui.
So when we receive the usual requests
from the ash and garbage handlers. o.
others having some steady means Of
supOort, it Is we'll to remember those
other and much more needy ones, WIN
sincerely seek. but too often cannot
find employment. that would enable
them to drive the wolf from the door.
w. w. +.
The Washington times., 1915-01-01

Peace petition with two miles Of
names attached. War 10 awfuller than
ever.
You can exchange Christmas pack.
ages you don't want. but the kind you
get Ne< Year Eve are non-exchangs-
able.
See tho yellow peril wave Is sweeping
over the country again. Well. a man
is liable to paint his house any color
in the spring.
Prof. Mc0resor says the pithe.
canthropus erectus Is the missing link.
As the pithecanthropus erectus has been
dead a hundred million years. It must
have been something else we heard last
night.
Write it this way. 1915. 1915, 1915, 1915.
1915. 1915, 1915. 1916. 1918. 1915. 1916.
Everybody was gushing friendly and
copiously companionable last evening
the only thing acting at all reserved
| were the tables.
The Washington times., 1915-01-01
MAIL BAG
From The Times Readers.)

Communications to the Mail Bag must
only: must not exceed 200 words in
length and must be signed with name
and address Of tho sender. The pub
lication Of letters in Tho Times Mall
Bag does not mean the endorsement
by The Times OF the opini<ns o. the
writer. The Msil Bag 10 an open forum
where the citizens OF WashtnGton can
argue moot questions.
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Observation-Disclosures
u. S. NEW YEAR GREETING
Copyright. 1914. by the United Press
copyright in Great Britain and Canada.


Poem BY Dr. Robert Bridges, Poet Laureate, entitled New
Years Greeting the United States Of America Written espec
tally for the United Press.
Ask ye what word of cheer
Hath Englanfs to send
The Of this New Year
To Britain's freedom folk?
Vain words vain to spend
We shout the battle cry:
Her dearest children die
For all that hold dear
Yet thus the mother SPOKE
Ocean that seemed so wide,
When first ye crossed its flood,
1t threatened to divide
Even the bond of blood;
See hon shrunken hath
Unto a pleasure path;
While DER and underneath
The light words of my breath
Flash kindly to your heart
on, WELL We hear! Ye see!
And our hopes
For peace and liberty
OF all men meath the
For the grace of mans art,
And the love Of our kind
So, this years wishes be
Hand in hand mind with mind
That e stand, till queH
And in straight limits bind,
Wars rage, the storm of Hell.
London, December 81.
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London, December 81.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-07-29
WaHerley Notes.

The Waverly Club met at the
home of Mrs. Ada Babingtcn
Saturday afternoon at . O'Clock.
Response to roll call was made
with current events, showing
fourteen members present: A
brief business session followed
and plans for getting out a year
book by October list, were dis
cussed, after which q lively
game of Hearts Was played by
the members and following
guests: Mesdames L. H. Magee,
r. D. Magee, H. D. Bickham and
Clotide Simmons, Misses Eva
and Stella Magee, Ellen Babing-
ton and Velma Magee. Dellci'
Gus cake and ice cream was servs
ed by the hostess assisted by
Mrs. Clotilde Simmons.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-07-29
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