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The Washington times., 1915-06-09

If resigning is to be the vogue,
we humble folk can be resigned to
the unreasonable weather.
The Washington times., 1915-06-09
New York University
To Honor Lane TODAY

receive The degree of doctor of laws at
New York University today.
The Washington times., 1915-06-09
Amusements.

National Fortune Teller" s:15 p. m.
Coiumbia-'"rhe Gingerbread Man s:15 p. m.
Poli is-''Kitty Nackay," 2:20 and $50 p. m.
b. F. Keith s--Vaudeville, 21s and s:l5 D. m.
Cosmos Vaudeville, continuous.
Crandalr II a. m. to IL p. m.
strand-Photoplays. IL a. m. to II p. M.
Garden-Photoplays, II q. m. to IL y. m.
Glen Echo-Outdoor amusements, all day and
Circle.
Moonlight excursion to- Indian Head, Em-
ployes Relief Association OF Washingto
Virginia Railway Company Steamer leaves
Seventh street wharf at 1880 y. m.
The Washington times., 1915-06-09

Fritzi Scheff. who has sung here In
grand opera and comic opera, and has
moved audiences to laughter in motion
pictures. now comes for the first time
In vaudeville at the B. F. Keith Theater
next week. Mile. Scheff will sing at
every performance during next week.
Her repertoire ranges from light opera
melodies to Irving Berlin ballads.
The added attaction will be Gladys
Clark and Henry Bergman. former stars
ed Nurses" who will be seen In "A
Baseball Filtration"
Craig Campbell. the tenor is another
special feature. He will offer a pro-
Scotch Lads and Iasses will present
the sports and music of the Scottish
Highlands.
Other features will be Julie Ring and
COMPANY; Cont"r In Twice a Dsy;" Eddie
Man" Keit and De Mont in college
Nonsense" and the Olivians. Next Sum
day at the vaudeville concerts at and
s:1b p. m. the program will embrace
the offerings of the current week.
This week marks the beginning of
the picnic season and every day one
or more big outdoor gatherings will be
seen at Glen Echo park under the aus
pices OF one OF the fraternal organiza-
tions or Sunday schools of the District
or neighboring towns.
With its wealth Of forest trees swep:
by cool breezes from the Potomac
ample grounds and artificial amuse.
ments added to the joys that nature
provides for an all-day in the open. the
resort offers every attraction and con.
venience for picnickers.
All of the various fun providers ot
Glen Echo are in operation, Charles
o. Mills orchestra plays nightly for the
dancers, the open air movies and other
features included in the free admission
Cars are run straight through from
the downtown section on q schedule
that makes impossible any tiresome de.
lays.
The Washington times., 1915-06-09
Concert Today
By the U. s. Marine Band.
Capitol at 5 p. m.

WILLIAM II. SANTELMANN,
Leader.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-01
The Bismarck Centenary -.

Win what Jubilation and pride the
German people would be celebrating
the centenary Of BIsMARcK's birth
to-day but for those two calamitous
shots fired az Serajevo last June! The
whole world would be rendering trib-
ute to the mastery statecraft OF the
man without giving much attention
to the means he employed to gain his
ends. But in the present crisis the
German people have no time. and per-
haps no heart, for formal celebrat tons,
even to applaud the builder Of their
empire and lay laurel wreaths upon
his monuments. The Bismarck cen
tenary will not be forgotten or neg
lected, but the fitting place TO cele-
brate it seems to be the battlefield,
where united Germany Is passing
through the ordeal Of the greatest
war the world has ever known.
1t is rather the fashion 10 specu-
late that Bismarckian diplomacy
would have avoided the war In which
the Emperor and his advisers in
volyed the nation last August. Those
who hold this view will have to ad-
init that the great Chancellor was
not man TO whom peace was i'm
portant when war would promote his
policies In six years he engaged
in three conflicts: with Denmark in
1864, on the disingenuous pretext that
the King was depressing his German
subjects; with the late ally Austria,
wHntOnly. In 1855. to humble the
Hapsburgs and exalt the Hohenzol.
lerns, at the same time to intimidate
and discipline the South German
States; and with France In 1870, af-
ter editing the Ems telegram to make
il casus belli, for BIsaARcK's d.
plomacy was ever Machia vellian, de-
spite a reputation he acquired for
employing the truth as means TO
deceive.
So 1t must he evident thar il BIS
MARCK had been the Chancellor VI
WILLIAM II, in the end Of July, 1914
(to imagine it We must cancel TWEEN
ty-four years., no humane desire for
peace would have restrained him from
urging his master to mobilize the
army and declare war; the sole con-
sideration with BISMARCK would have
been the ability Of the empire to pre.
vail, with the aid of Austria, over
the common enemy, assuming that
the arbitrament of battle would bet.
tor suit his policies than the shifts
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-01
How to Treat Blseixmailers.

The Hon. JAMES ". OSBORNE must
not believe that his quick and com
plete vindication in tho matter Of the
charges recently brought against him
has been the occasion OF untempered
rejoicing on the part Of all his fellow
citizens.
In the minds Of a number Of more
or less eminent persons who share
bis innocence Of wronsdoins, but lack
his determined courage, the success
Of his absolute refusal to be black
mailed and his vigorous public de-
fence Of his honor have unQuestion-
ably stirred envious regretA
To every man on whose bank ac-
count greedy extortioners fasten their
eyes. two courses Of conduct are
open. He may give way to cowardice,
weakly submit to a bleeding. and thus
forever commit himself to the leeches
who have fastened on him: or he may
adopt the manly course. undergo, II
need be. present punishment for
his indiscretions, endure the embar-
easements Of a highly unpleasant no
toriety. and thereby. while escaping
forever after the ministrations Of I'M
speakable parasites, confer a substan.
tial boon on all his fellows 1t is
notorious fact that many men have
attempted the impossible task Of buy
ing immunity from assaults. sometimes
when they had transgressed. some
times when they were guiltless IL
either case. the result has been the
same: their purchased security has
proved unsubstantial. and their yield
ing an invitation 10 new attacks.
II Mr.. OSBORNE has put backbone
into one or two men who without his
example might have tried to obtain
peace through blackmail, he has per
formed public service worthy Of
recognition.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-01
THE REFORM CRAZE.
A Sermon Against Prohibition From
Mr.. Roots Philadelphia Speech.

To THE EDITOR or THE suN-str. Per-
NIT me to express my appreciation of
ex-senator Roots address to the Union
League Club Of Philadelphia and Of THE
SUNS editorial. Mr.. Root to Business
Men,
Mr.. Roots warning should b memo
rixed by. every man IN this country In
terested in personal liberty and bust
ness success:
II We permit . bursauoraey 70 sstab-
lish tseif ever our daily Nvss conditions
will 70 from bad 70 worse
THE Sun does we'll to call attention
In the last paragraph OF It's editorial to
Mr.. Roots protest against excessive
regulation and intolerable restriction"
How much OF all this business de.
preston and individual unrest Is due
to the reformer Is a matter easily de-
termined.
What the future holds for this coun-
try should such regulatory measures
as prohibition succeed Ia A startling
thought. Let the thinking man picture
to himself this glorious country under
national prohibition. II would mean
the vacatng OF property valued at hun
dreds of millions In every State. city
town and village In the United States ,
the loss of income and wages to the
millions OF people. principals, clerks.
barteniers. truck drivers. porters, labor
ers. SC. now employed by the indus
try tho positive destruction of the enor-
nous Investment In the Industry through
out the country; destroying the tremen-
dous purchasing power of an industry
spending about s30o. 700, 900 yearly with
allied trades. such as glass manufac-
turers. printers. box makers, machinery
manufacturers rubber manufacturers,
auto manufacturers. railroads. insur-
ance companies, paper mills, &c. ; loss
to banks OF millions now out on loans.
the collateral for which Ia whiskey GER
tiicates and manufactured stocks the
farmers loss OF over 800, 900, 900 yearly
sales OF grain to this industry, TO say
nothing OF the yearly loss OF revenue TO
the Federal and State Governments OF
over si00.000.000
This il no; tho complete picture, for
the individual st!ll has his constitutional
right OF personal liberty guaranteed By
tho blood OF our foretathers who died
that we should be free In our private
lives ana each one 10 be legally I'M
hampered In tho upbuilding of his indi-
vidual character.
Prohibition would utterly destroy per-
sonal liberty. and Mr.. Root sounds the
keynote OF our troubles when he warns
us against Legislation destructive OF
lndiv.dualism."
What q pity u y that 20 many will
unthlnklngly follow the w,lfu error OF
ihe paid reformer into believing that
prohibition r the cure Of all Ills. when
little thought would show that tenn
perancs is our most needed personal
quality: that the individual who has
learned IN the school Of experience or
from teaching to use temporarily all the
necessities ard luxurics 10 the one of
character and efficiency.
Prohibition is tho worst form Of In
temperance. Temperance cannot be leg
SLATED into any ono.
LouIs J. sNYpn
NEW Yoax, March 81.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-01
An Open Market.

More than local importance at
taches to the announcement that the
New York Stock Exchange has re
moved all the restrictions on trading
which were devised TO protect the re-
sumption Of dealings in December.
The abolition of the so-called minimum
prices and the discharge Of the spe-
cial supervisory committee of the ex-
change Is Of worldwide significance.
As the New York Stock Exchange
was the last Of the worlds great
bourses to close its doors eight months
ago, 20 It has been the first to restore
an open and free market for securi-
lies. The governors Of the exchange
are as much to be commended to-day
for the decision reached yesterday as
they were for the resolution with
which they acted last July In suspend
ing the market.
Nothing could better advertise the
country's economic strength than the
open market for American securities
which now exists. 1t Is Wall Streets
vote Of confidence in conditions and
prospects. and the entire business
community cannot fall to interpret
it ss an encouraging invitation to a
return of general confidence.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-01
NO TROOPS FROM JAPAN.
The People Opposed TO Sending an
Expedition TO Europe.

To TINE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sfr: OF
all foolish rumors circulated since the
outbreak OF the war there Is none so
ridiculous as the talk OF Japan sending
her soldiers 70 Europe 20 help the Allies
a recent despatch from the Far East
Gays that some high japanese militia ~
officers. evidently influenced by the talk
OF Pichon and Clemenceau. are conduct
ing campaign TO raise funds enough to
transport about 100, 900 reservists 20 the
European hattleiiclds.
The report goes on 10 saw that -
Japan should land her 100 coo soldiers
IN Europe tho present deadlock ~ tho
western arena would b" broken and fnal
victory Won for tho Miles.
Now 10 add n hun lroi thousand fgNt-
Ing men from tie Land ~ the Rising
sun 10 the hng.o-Freurh army. number
ing more than 1000. 600 could bring no
decisive change in tho situation.
The common people OF Nippon think
Il ~ mono Of their business 20 NEEDLE IN
European affairs. though they sincerely
hope that the Allies will be able 10 crush
German m.l.t1r.sm. So il is safe 60
say that unless England appeals 70
Japan for assistance and the peace OF
the Far Tas, and Japan's national wei
fare. Japanese soldiers Will not go TO
Europe MonI
RocH psrrp, March 81.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-01
Unhappy New York City.

We hope that Mayor MITcHEL's tele-
gram of yesterday. demanding that
before the Governor and Legislature
rob us they will listen to our plant
for mercy. may win the courtesy OF a
hearing for those whose pockets are
about to be forcibly emptied. This
courtesy we should think even polit-
zeal freebooter with pardon in his
pocket might afford to his victims.
But that any mitigation OF our lot Is
10 be expected from the accomplished
despoilers to-day in power we cannot
even dare to hope.
II becomes more apparent each day
that New York city cannot expect
present constituted any contribution
10 Its refOrmatory plans or any as
sistance in it's efforts to improve its
methods of administration. None of
the unjust burdens that Cypress this
towns taxpayers are To be lifted from
them, and no project for its relief il
10 be considered. This much IL clear
where all else is Obscured by vacilla-
ton, ineptness, incapacity and as
founding inetficiency.
New York city asks for a sufficient
measure OF home rule 10 permit ii 10
save TO the taxpayers a sum not less
than S13,2O0,O0O, and possibly as high
as $26,OOO,0O0. in the domestic mat
ter of garbage disposal. The Leg!s-
lature consents, but the Governor re-
fuses. New York prays for the assess
ment Of the lands it owns In other
towns on the same basis a. adjoining
lands; the Legislature refuses and the
Governor stands mute. New York asks
for the retention in Office of one
man generally held to be competent
and undeniably experienced the Gov
ernor answers its plea by naming for
The place the engineer of his own po-
litical fortunes, and justities himself
with the assertion that the appoint
ment is purely personal New York
requests the privilege OF consolidating
under one management the purchas-
ing agencies through which it buys the
vast quantities of supplies it consumes
annually: Governor and Legislature
urn their backs upon its intelligent
scheme to save the taxpayers money,
and refuse 70 relax the statutes by
which the city Is bound 70 extrava-
gance, waste and fraud.
Why continue the citation Of Incl
dentsI The policy Of the Legislature,
the purpose Of the Executive. are def
n!tely fixed and sufficiently indicated.
Whether the impulse to bleed this city
comes from a lively realization that
il IL helpless 10 defend itself so long
ne lis destinicS are controlled in Al.
bany and the direction of every step
it shall take is dictated from above
its northern boundary, or results from
malice cngendered in disappointed
personal ambition, the effect is the
same each individual resident within
its boundaries is bludgconcd by poll
ticfsns whose Allegiance Is given to
the rural districts and whose pur.
pose is not equity, but the robbery
or one community for the enrichment
OF others
Against such sordid coalition
there Is but one possible defence. IL
~ complete fusion of the peoplc
OF the distressed settlement, regard.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-01
THE MEASURE OF SELF-DE.
FENCE.
A Lincoln story Gives an idea Of
What II Should be.

To rHR EprroR or THE srN-str. In
THE Suns report OF tho proceedir Is
az the Saturday luncheon Of the Re-
publican Club the proprietor Of tho
Bps~tno Poet In raid to have applied
the epithet real traitors'' to those who
would put the military esta blishment
OF the United States on a sound and
adequate basis. Why not call them
scalene triangics or parallelopipedons (;
good. mouth nllins words and equally
appropriate for hysterical relief
II Is generally Indicative of con-
sciousness of weakness In ones position
when one begins TO handy such COM
pllments; and I happen to remember
that when, a few weeks ago. some
miscreants placed a bomb In ST. Pat
rick's Cathedral the Erening Post tum-
bled all over itself to express gratifica-
ton at the vigilance OF our police. so
"resourceful and courageous In the i'm
mediate duty OF preventing crime"
The consistent attitude OF THE SUN
on this matter OF self-defence calls to
mind tho reply that Lincoln made to
the man who asked him mfr. Lincoln.
how long ought mans legs really
10 be?' II don't know exactly" said
Lincoln. but II seems to me that they
ought to be at least long enough to
reach the ground" Exalt to the skies
the beauties of peace. especially at
"luncheons" q am something Of a
pscifist myself on those occa sions), but
let us. nevertheless. stand firmly on the
facts of history and our knowledge Of
that human nature which IL not going
TO change except very gradually under
the pressure Of men of good will hav-
ing legs long enough TO connect the
head with the heels.
GEoRos l. .sTowrLL.
NEW York. March AZ.
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The Christian Science Amendment TO
the Health Laws,

The Thorn act now In the Commit
tee on the judiciary is an amendment
providing exemption from examina.
lions and other requirements imposed
upon regular practitioners Of medicine
OF the practice of Christian Science
for the relief of the sick and suffering.
provided no drug or material remedies
are employed and provided further
that no quarantine ar sanitary regu-
latlons are violated" The law al
ready provides, and this provision is
generously retained, for the exemp
ton of those who practise the ten
cts of any church" Because religious
freedom Is sacred pledge of our Con.
stitution THE Sun has always re-
Trained from favorlng the opposition
Of physicians to the Old clause.
But this amendment giving add
tional privileges Is obviously unfair
and repugnanuy unjust TO q large
class Of the community which is es-
teemed for It's proved altruism and
unceasing labor for the public veal.
Physicians would offer not the slight.
est objection to giving these persons
the right to practise under the same
provisions and safegua rds to the COM
munity which are demanded OF them
selves. Even the osteopaths who are
exempted because they 'practise with
ont drugs" are required to pursue ~
course of study of two years or longer,
including anatomy, physiology, hy-
giene, chemistry, obstetrics, pathology
and diagnosis Why then should the
Christian Scientist who is already ey-
cmpt in the practice of his tenets"
receive this additional privilege? Is
II not clear as day that unless the
Christian Scientist is IN adept in dlng
nosiS he will be unable to comply with
the sanitary regulation of reporting
contagious diseases to tho Health
Board? Is thie not a reductio ad All
surdum, in view OF the fnct that they
do not regard d!scnse as an entity nj
allr They might report In violation
of this principle that therc is n sus.
plcious eruption and nCrcssitate tho
Board of Iicalth's employment Of an
enormous additional number Of inspcc-
tors to mako diagnosis of innocent
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-01

Prom me Lelcis'on Journal
For the frs time In tho history OF New
England prisoners will be put 10 work or.
the roafs. probably on Thursday. when
about twenty from the Cumberland county
Jail viii Re taken 10 Cape Elizabeth 20
work on tho hiEh ways. The men will
wear ordinary overall ana Jumper suits
with good strong working boots The
prisoners will bo taken 20 and from work
for he present In AN auto truck, lr,tvlHs
tho iai IN dino A, start work on tho rcnd
~ o'clock, They Will have an hour for
dinner ana quit work AZ O'Clock Two
guards will be employed, ono Tor each ten
mon. Specially good faro Is to he tho lot
Of tho prisoners working on the roads ana
II Ia doubtful II Il will not be considerably
bsttos than that which falls IN tho lot Of
many . working man, Clothing, trsnspor-
tation, FOOD and working implements will
all M furnished nv tho county, hut FOR
this 4 nominal charge II made to the town
or city employing tho prisoners, which In
tho csSe OF Cape Elizabeth IL understood
In amount to COST OF about 81 day
for each prisoner,
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eruptions, but In those fatal infectious
diseases like typhus, typhoid or vel.
low fever, cholera or larynseal diph-
iberia, that present no outward sign.
they could not report at all, and the
disease would be spread broadcast.
The only remedy for the community
would be gladly paid nns for vio.at-
ing the sanitary code. How unjust
10 the communtyi
The obvious reasu0 for this amend
mcnt 10 Q desire for untrammesied
economic competition with the edu.
catsd physician who has spent the best
years Of his life and largely Of his
means in prepa ration for relieving
the dck and suffering" on the part
Of men and women who want to adopt
an easy and profitable calling with
slight sacrifice Of effort and money.
If holy altruium 10 their real aim,
why do they not add the clause with.
out enumeration! Viewing the
matter from this standpoint, let
our honest legislators consider who
are the men and women from whose
families the bread Is to be taken.
These are the only real altruists in
every community. for they alone teach
how diseases from which they obtain
their livelihood may be avoided.
From their ranks have come the men
who have almost abolished typhoid
fever. which has brought mourn.
ing and suffering into hundreds Of
thousands OF households IN civil life
and during the Cuban and civil wars.
From their ranks came the men VINO
sacrificed health and life for the dis
covery Of yellow, malarial and noun
tain fevers, and made the Panama
Canal possible. From their ranks
came the heroic DoNSELLY, who has
recently fallen victim IN Servia. and
from their ranks the Harvard profes-
sor and his brave aids are going hence
to almost certain death In that typhus
and vermin ridden country. that the
world may be spared the lighting up
OF scourge that haunted II in times
gone BY. Do such men merit no con-
s!deration when a compa atively small
group Of persons under the guise Of
religion attempt to deprive them of
their hard earned privileges7 Med!-
cal men may not press this economic
argument. but those who recognize
their inestimable value to every com
munity cannot, must not remain ST.
lent but must plead the gross inJus-
tice Of the Thorn amendment special
class legislat ton.
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les Of partisan aniliat tons, on those
subjects that concern Its internal af-
fairs. Were New York city able in
Senate and Assembly to present on
projects not conveying a political Sig
nificance united delegations, firmly
supporting the projects which have
the Endorsement Of It's administrators,
its voice would b potent and It's de-
mands would be granted. Should q
caucus Of the members from the I'VE
counties declare the intention Of
every representative from the Ave
boroushs to unshackls himself from
ali foreign alliances and vote in the
interests Of the city for the legislation
New York needs the Legislature and
the Governor would be brought In.
stantly to reason.
Can such a defensive league be
formed? In theory II is feasible; in
fact 1t is utterly impracticable. Tam
many Senators and Assembly men have
no desire to see credit won by a nom
partisan city government; Republicans
give their fealty first to their State
organization and their labors to It's
upbuildlng. The city administration
has enemies in abundance and no
friends inside the Capitol. Its neces-
stiles and ambitions are used by each
side to embarrass and harass the
other. Complete failure and discreiit
are earnestly sought for II BY those
who are flrst Of all Tammany men or
Republicans and only when their vo-
cation offers no immediate engagement
for their talents, public servants.
This is the fundamental weakness
Of any city administration composed
as the present one Is. 1t is fair game
for both psrtiea Of permanent and
enduring interest to neither. 1t stands
only for the people. the taxpayers,
the citizens: and these, 40 has been
proved 30 many times that insistence
on the fact has become a wea riness.
are Of importance In the calculations
Of our political geniusss On only one
day In each year.