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The Washington times., 1915-03-12
Big Subscription in u. S.
To German War Loan

NEW YORK. March 12.-Subscriptions
in this country to the new German war
loan Of !, 200, 10000 marks are being made
through several Wall Street houses.
According to reports received from wcll
Informed sources the aggregate OF tho
subscriptions already has reached a
large total.
German-American interests are taking
the bonds at a price which figures out
about S5. reflection of the buying being
found in the strength OF German mark
exchsnge, which is now quoted at
81 lilo against S29s two days ago.
1t Is understood New York bankers
have under consideration the financing
of an Italian loan. and assertions are
made in the financial community also
that the government OF Uruguay is in
this market for a loan of $4,000 0O0 the
proceeds to be used for the purchase Of
commodities hero.
In addition to the recent s25, 10000 of
Russian treasury bills. which were ac-
cepted by New York banks and sold in
the open market Russian treasury
bonds are to be placed here. according
to the latest advices in the Street.
The Washington times., 1915-03-12

The Retail Merchants Association Is
preparing to conduct a systematic COM
paign to impress upon residents OF
Washington that II Is a civic duty
which they owe both to their forefath-
ers and posterity to patronize local
institutions. At the same time the
merchants propose to endeavor daily to
accomplish something for the promotion
of their city.
At a ."bAter acquaintance dinner
held by the association last night at the
Commercial Club, on motion Of Presi-
dent r.. p. Andrews. the following reso-
luton was adopted:
I'VE. retail merchants of Washing
ton. whose houses are stanch mem
bers OF the Retail Merchants Asso-
to do something special every day in
the year and every year of our lives
for the promotion of our city in all
its ramifications.
I'VE commend to our fellow -citi-
zens generally the heartiest encour-
agement and cooperation in the
Buy In Washington movement and.
in our personal capacities, pledge
ourselves to make all Of our pur-
chases in Washington. our home city.
heartstrings Of our forefathers, and
whose utilities constitute a monu-
ment to their labors and a source
of inspiration to us.
Duty To Posterity.
I'VE not only owe this to our fore
fathers. but to the children now
growing up and to come. that they
may more fully enjoy the fruits of
citizenship in city richly endowed
as the National Capital should be.
THE stability Of our financial and
The Washington times., 1915-03-12
BELASCO.

The somber story of "Rigoletto' was
interpreted through the music of Verdi
by the San Carlo Grand Opera Com
pany in a thoroughly artistic and &C
ceptable manner before another big au-
dience at the Belasco Thcater last night.
"Rigoletto." to the average theater-
Goer brings to mind only the great
quartet in the last act and the average
productions that have heretofore been
given 1t In this city would tend to leave
only this number looming large in the
memory OF those who heard them.
AS the San Carlo Company produces
they opera there were other features
brought out which have heretofore been
recognized only by musical experts
brought out in such a way that they
we're easily understood and thoroughly
appreciated. This appears to be one oil
the distinctive features of the san Car
10 productions as whole. Musicians
have called attention to this fact ana
to the further fact that the company
Is awakening a greater interest In les
ser known numbers OF hitherto popular
operas by the even and sympathetic
presentation of both the vocal ana or
chestral motifs.
In the production last evening Nine:
Edvige Vaccari. Giuseppe Agostini ana
Angelo Antola were the particular stars.
with Nine. Edith Alvord and Emilio
Sesona only less prominent because
their parts we're smaller. Nine. Vaccari
gave a carefully though out presenta-
ton of the part of Gilda which she
sang with spirit and passion, displaying
the great fleXibility of her voice and It's
wide range to great advantage.
Agostini will be remembered as having
sung the part OF the Duka of Mantua
here last spring in a very acceptable
manner. His work last night showed
his voice to be even In better condition
than it was before and his interpreta-
ton of the part was excellent. Antola,
as Rigoletto, completely justified the OK
pectations he has raised by his unusual
work in the other roles that have been
ssigned him this week. His baritone
voice has a quality that is not often
heard, even In the best OF grand opera
and he adds to his vocal abilities the
qualities of an actor that would gain
him place on the dramatic stage.
Tonight Pouchiellrs "GiOconda" will
he presented with Herrera, Sciarctti,
! ZaWner, sesona and Modest N the
principal parts.
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SUES HIS WIFE FOR
MONEY SHE SAVED
Engineer, Wed SO years, Kept in
Ignorance About Hoard
Until Now.

JERSEY CITY, March 12.-James w.
Donnelly, one of the oldest engineers on
the Pennsylvania railroad. appeared as
complainant before Vice Chancellor
Stevenson to compel his wife to turn
over to him half Of the $1,000 she has
saved during their thirty-six years of
married life. Donnelly says that sum
was stored up by Mrs. Donnelly out of
money he gave her, and, according to
an agreement made on their wedding
day. he is entitled to one-half
The old engineer said he would never
have started the suit had not his wife
kept him in ignorance about her saw
ings. He was asked II II were not fact
that he and his wife often talked about
their nest egg at the supper table.
NO. | never got much of chance
to- talk at our supper table" said
DonnellY. Just because We lived under
the same roof don't think the dove of
peace always perched on the peak"
Mrs. Donnelly said he had given her
the money to do with as she saw fit
Decision was reserved
The Washington times., 1915-03-12
APREJUDICE EXPLODED

When the representatives of Pan
America meet in this city soon to ad-
wise together concerning the promo
tion of commercial relations between
the United States and Latin-Ameri-
can countries, the conference will be
free of the old bogey that this ma
ton has aggressive designs against
other republics in this hemisphere.
Our policy toward Mexico has dissi-
pated that chimera.
1t is becoming generally realized
in the Latin-American countries that
the United States does not contem-
plate extension of territories nor es-
tablishment of hegemony over its
neighbors. 1t comprehends a peace
full expansion Of commerce, recipro-
cal arrangements to facilitate trade
and the promotion of friendship by
constructive diplomacy.
Wherever there is war, wealth
producing pursuits are paralyzed,
and it is the American aim to assist
in building up, not tearing down. Our
foreign policies have not always been
fully appreciated as regards their
motives. Being content with our ter
ritorial possessions, and not jealous
Of other nations, we prefer to in
vest our capital in those countries
where there is least likelihood of
war, and to exert our influence as a
nation against the outbreak of war.
Events of the past two or three
years have tended to make the
American ideal better known to our
Latin-American brothers, and when
the Pan-American conference meets
there will be better understanding
and less mistrust than ever before.
The Washington times., 1915-03-12
A SANE CENSORSHIP

The problem of very young folk
and theatrical productions meant for
more mature minds is as old as the
theater. With the increasing ten
dency toward frankness on the stage
it is becoming a greater problem.
Shall the theater limit itself to such
productions as any child may see
without harm? Or shall plays of
the problem and sociological type be
presented, and let the young folks
take their chances?
Baltimore seems to have found a
solution most nearly satisfactory. 1t
does not throw the burden of CEN
sorship upon the theater producers,
who will have nothing to do with it,
or upon the city government, a pro-
ceeding against which there is con-
siderable prejudice. Instead, in Bal
timore, parents are their own CEN
sors. On Monday evenings a COM
mittee visits each playhouse. This
committee renders verdict of zap
proved" permissible" or "disap-
proved" The plan is much the same
as that employed by the Drama
League Centers for the guidance of
grown-ups when new theatrical pro-
ductions appear.
Here is a legitimate plan with
which the theaters could find nc
fault. 1t affords a guide for those
parents who look to their children's
amusements, and it does not under.
take to prohibit a production to pro.
tect only a portion of the public
Under such an arrangement the
plays of Shaw, Ibsen, Pinero, anG
BrieuX may be presented before the
sort of audiences for which they
were intended,
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COMES A SEA ROVER

All the romance Of the sea rover,
rich with color to glow through the
coolest imagination, comes thrilling
home to us with the Prinz Eitel
Friedrich when, as if a gull out of
the mist, she fits among watching
warships of the allies along our
coast and quietly drops into the har-
bor of Newport News behind Fort
ress Monroe.
From almost the beginning of the
war, more than seven months back,
the Prinz Eitel Friedrich has been
ranging the Seven Seas, hawk
after the commerce of the allies. at
the same time pursued by their war
ships all the way from the Far East.
across the Pacific, around the Horn
and then to the very entrance of an
American navy yard, where, under
the rules of war, she rests as secure
as behind the battlements ot Kiel or
iieigoland.
No more than a converted trans
Atlantic liner, naked of armor and
mounting only a mockery of guns
she could raid merchantmen over ali
the waters of the Old and the New
World, but against even the meanest
fighting ship of the enemy her single
weapon must always be a clean main
Of heels, which never yet have fsilec
her.
The marvel is that, a thing Of
mystery for more than half year
she has coursed wherever the waves
could float her, hotly chased at one
time and another perhaps by scores
and doggedly hunted by hundreds Of
fighting ships, merely at this late
day to steam openly into ono of tht
great ports of this nation, calml,
asking, as she has the right to do
repairs and supplies before setting
QUE again on another will-o'-the-wi
voyage, to rove, it may be, back frcn
the occident to the Orient the ter
ASsusand leagues s1o clme out o
The Washington times., 1915-03-12
The Need of Awakening To Obsery.
ance of Sabbath.

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
Speaking before the Federation OF
Women's Clubs i'm the Public Library
lew days ago, the pastor of one of our
leading churches said that the Sabbath
was regarded more lightly in Washing
Ton than In most of our large cities. My
own observation leads me to believe that
ne was right. and Furthermore, there is
else.
with the exception of our public utili-
tles, we nave no industries that must be
operative seven days a week. and tho
thousands who are in the Government
departments have ample time for recre-
alton during the week days. 1t would
seem that in the District of Column
bia we are cultivating a reckless disre-
gard for day that should be set apart
for quiet rest and worship
When the question OF the Rev. Billy
Sunday holding a series of revivaIs here
was first suggested, I did not know
what position to take regarding II, but
if he will teach us to Remember the
Sabbath day to keep 1t holy" l say, by
all means bring him here, and may he
be given power to make us turn again
to the path of our fathers. +. o. S.
The Washington times., 1915-03-12
ONE MORE DAY LOST

The gentlemen of the Excise
Board require to be reminded that
they have allowed one more golden
opportunity to escape them. They
might have resigned within the last
twenty-four hours. They did not.
They have erred.
Do not these gentlemen under
stand that the sensibilities of the
President, who made the pathetic
mistake of appointing them to their
present positions, are not so pachy-
dermatous as their own? Have they
no consideration whatever for the
protracted laceration of his feelings
BY remaining in Office thus over
long, the members of the board have
amply demonstrated their boldness
in opposition to public opinion, their
contempt for the proprieties of Of
fetal conduct, their disregard foi
the sentiments of those who must
be more or less responsible fol
them. What more can they desire tc
accomplish by tarrying lorger?
Is it possible that they imagine the
public will forget it's disgust with
them? They must be told, if they
dream of such a thing, that it il
quite impossible.
Do they fondly hope that the
President will be SO busy attending
TO bigger things-almost anything
it may be conceded, would be a big
ger one-that he will not get arounC
to giving the shrinking little Excis,
Board his thought?
They could not indulge more eyre
gious error.
The President isn't going to for
The Washington times., 1915-03-12
OLYMPIC GAMES

When are the Olympic Games not
the Olympic Games? When war
prevents their being held at the ap-
pointed time in the country orig
inally selected and it becomes neces-
sary to transfer them to neutral
ground. If advices from Lyons are
accurate, it is a pretty kettle of fish
which is being cooked for the athletic
public here.
According to report, the 1nterna-
tional Olympic Games committee,
meeting in the French city, decided
to call off the meeting scheduled for
Berlin in 1916 and shift the contests
to this country. So far, SO good.
But records that may be made are
not to be considered official, because
only this country could be repre-
scented to any considerable extent.
What's the use? Aside from the
question Of the trouble and expense
involved in picking up offhand a
project which others have suddenly
abandoned, where is the benefit in
holding such a meeting? We have
plenty Of athletic meets, from the
A. A. U. championships down the
line. The Olympic Games, if they
are to be worth anything at all,
must be international, and the rec
ords that may be made must be in
scribed in the annals of the greatest
of field and track classics.
The Washington times., 1915-03-12
Dog Decides Own Case
Before Police Justice

YONKERS. N. u. March 12.-The
courts spaghetti-eating test. to de-
termine the ownership of a collie dog,
disputed by William Hooper and Mrs.
Wilhelmina Delucca was needed when
Judge Beall called the case. Tho dog
decided the contest for himself in IA
vor of Mrs. Delucca
Frank ianuzzie, an interpreter, had
brought dish of spaghetti to court,
but some one stole 1t. The attaches
were in qUandary how TO decide the
case until Mrs. Delucca tripped into
court. AS soon as the dog saw her. il
broke away from its attendant. leap
ed upon her enthusiastically and be
gan kissing her cheek.
It's your dog, al! right" said the
court. take it,
The Washington times., 1915-03-12
Merchants Pledged To
Promote City Interests
Open Campaign to Impress Residents That Trading
In Washington Is Duty to Forefathers
And to Posterity.

commercial houses. and the welfare
OF Washingtonians generally, DC
mand tho exercise of y co-on"-ation
that cffaces self and comprehends the
de .eiopnlent or ashins .on co'i''ner-
cially.
I'VE appeal TO all of our fellow
citizens to subscribe by deeds and
voice to the complete fulfllment OF
the ideal"
No extended addresses were heard
the evening, after the adoption OF the
pledge. being devoted primarily to the
staging of numerous STUNTS, apple
able intimately to the retail mercantile
business.
T.. c. Graham, who presided, an.
nounced that the association, because OF
the service which 1t performs, reflects
an indirect benefit upon even those mer.
chants of the city who have not affiliat-
ed with II.
Bring Good Wishes.
p. r Moran, president of the Cham
Der OF Commerce, prophesied an ever
greater growth of the mercantile organ
ization, and pledged the support of tho
chamber, while E. c. Brandenburg
president of the Board of Trade, ex'
tended the good wishes of that body.
A sketch. the point OF which was &
play upon the eight-hour law and spc
Cldl ulSCouhlS, "do pitschlcu Wy -. N
Schoneman. Denis Z. Connell, anC
Charles J. Columbus. Arthur B. Pierce
and George II. O'Connor contributed &
musical program. The entertainment
concluded with motion pictures.
The Retail Merchants Kennel of tn,
Order of the Yellow Dog was organized
and each Of the members of the as
ISOLATION present was initiated. The rit
ualistic exercises were conducted Sc
cretIy, and none Of the members woul,
disclose the purpose of the order.
The Washington times., 1915-03-12
Inspectors of Posts to
Be Entertained Here

Congressman Thomas Crago, of Penn
sylvania. and Col. r. G. woodside, who
are making a tour OF inspection of all
posts of the Veterans of Foreign Wars,
will be the guests of the Gen. Frank
Mcintyre Post, No. IS, Of this city.
Hall
Colonel Woodsde is adjutant general
of the order. and he and Congr gressman
CPago will remain in Washington sew
tour. The reception committee. which
will meet them. includes Commander C.
w. Roe, of Mcintyre Post: Quartermas-
ter Frank Eckam. Adjt. William Du
Bois. and National Patriotic Instructor
Winfield Jones. All panish-American
war. Philippine and Vera Cruz veterans
have been invited to the Monday night
meeting.
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get the Excise Board. He is giving
it a chance to get away with whole
skin, and it is painfully derelict in
demonstrating appreciation of this
undeserved consideration.
Gentlemen, the President is not
going to forget you.
He isn't going to be allowed to
forget you. .,
Now is the time to resign; not to-
morrow.
Don't delay, and feel sorry.
. Do it now
The Washington times., 1915-03-12
Ex-Mayor Mysteriously
Killed; Friend Is Held

LOUISIANA, Mo. March 12.-Fred
wilkins was arrested on a warrant
charging murder in connection with
the death of Col. Alien NJ. Walker.
former mayor Of Louisiana, and y
mem Der Of Governor Majors staff.
who was fatally shot under mysteri-
GUS circumstances in his office March
9 and died two days later. wilkins
was released on a $4,000 bond, and
his preliminary hearing was set for
next Wednesday.
Walker In summoninE a physician
said he had shot himself, but when
the doctor arrived he said Wilkins
lad shot him accidentally. wilkins
and his wife declined to testify at
the inquest. and the coroner's jury
recommended that he be held.
The Washington times., 1915-03-12
Prohibitionist Sleeps
While Audience Waits

SPRINGFIELD. H., March 12.--While
an audience of 1000 people waited at
the State Arsenal two hours for John
G. Woolley. lecturer and candidate for
President on the Prohibition ticket in
1900. to appear and deliver his lecture
on Virtue and Votes" the lecturer was
slumbering at the Silas Hotel here and
failed to put in an appearance. The
audience was dismissed.
Mr.. Woollev went to the hotel, and
being tired and having a severe cold.
he took a warm bath and went to bed.
neglecting to tell the clerk to call Inn.
As a result he slept until 1890 o'clock
last night. When he awakened he was
Mortified to see what time it was, and
took the first train out of the city. He
left behind a note to the managers OF
the lecture course telling the story OF
his failure to appear at the arsenal
The Washington times., 1915-03-12
Tomorrow.

Lecture. submarines and Torpedoes" Lieut..
CLARENCE n: Hinkamp. L. S. N. Univer-
sity Club, p m.
Dinner and entertainment Washington Canoe
Club. p. m.
Lenten service. Church of the Epiphany. II
noon.
Meeting, District Federation OF Women &
Clubs. lecture hall, Public Library II a. IN.
Recital. Ernest Hutcheson. pianist. New
Willard, IL a. m.
Meeting. Missouri Society, Rauscher's. s p.
m. Mrs Clara Bewick Colby will speak
Entertainment. dramatic club of Gallaudet
College. in chapel OF college. s p. m.
Meeting, committee in Board OF Trade shad
bake. in rooms Of the board, 1880 p m.
Address. Issues Involved in the Present
European Struggle Albert Bushnell Hart,
Howard University. Andrew Rankin Mem.
orial Chapel. 3 p. m.
Ma sonic-Grand Lodge
Odd Fellows-Canton washington No l.
Patriarchs Militant
National Cnon-Columbia Council
Socialist Psrty-Social and luncheon. $50 to
p. m: fourteenth anniversary OF organ.
tzation Of Bellarny Society $50 D. m
Order OF Jonadabs-Good VIII Council
The Washington times., 1915-03-12
Seek Woman Who Left
Child in Union Depot

A Comely woman, of about thirty
who abandoned two -months-old in
fant in the rotuuda of the Union Sta
tion. is being sought by the police to-
day
The woman. presumably the mother
of the child. left the baby on A bench
in the station last night while the
depot was hled with people.
The woman is described as belnE
handsomely dressed. She wore a long
black fur coat. She is about f1Ne
feet four inches in height, according to
the noliCC and weights about lGp
pounds.
The police have learned from =
matron at the depot that the woman
said that she vas going to Roanoke
Va. The child T. being careu Ior al
the Washington Founding Hospital,
The Washington times., 1915-03-12
Rioters Take Possession
Of Town in California

SAN BERNARDINO. Cal. March H.
Several men were reported killed and
many injured in a riot at Blythe juno
ton. 100 miles from here. In the desert.
The rioters took possession of the rail
road building and cut the telegraph
wires
Every Santa Fe railway special Of
ficer here left for the scene ON a spe-
cial train with arms and ammunition.
In riot at Blythe Junction a year
ago the officers had a battle In restor-
ing order. and had TO place nearly
everybody there under arrest. The town
Is inhabited by railroad laborers, mostly
MeXicans. and trainmen.
The Washington times., 1915-03-12
Travelling Across Country
In Old Prairie Schooner

strewing pamphlets from coast to
coast. telling Of the greatness of Staten
Island and its business and commercial
advantages. three Staten Islanders, in
an old-fashioned prairie schooner, left
Washington today for Roanoke as the
next stage of their journey to San
Francisco.
These men are John Drebinger, New
York newspaper man; William Steph-
of white horses and a dog. Teddy"
They left Staten Island more than a
week ago, and spent two days in Wash
ington.
The Washington times., 1915-03-12
Man, Gagged, Plunges
Sixteen Stories to Death

CHICAGO. March 12-F. c. White
either was thrown from or committed
suicide by leaping from the sixteenth
floor OF the Railway Exchange building
On Jackson boulevard.
His mouth was gagged with a hand
kerchief and his pockets were empty
and turned inside out. His body plunged
down into an alley between the office
building and the Wellington Hotel ad-
joining.
White was a clerk employed in an Of
fee in the Railway Exchange building.