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The Washington times., 1915-12-10
Dodgers Want Herzog.

ken. wants Charley HerzoG for his own
title sack three II HerZog should lose
out at Cincinnati. "HerZog is the type
OF player the Brooklyn fans would 90
dippy over" said Robby
The Washington times., 1915-12-10
Help to Ingram.

"Rill" Culligan. Business High School
basketball captain, and Harry Harris.
former Business leader. helped m
gram to win over the Keller team
by score OF 20 to Is. The Ingram
Junior defeated the Eagle 4. G. by
the same score.
The Washington times., 1915-12-10
Hopkins PLAYS Here.

The Johns Hopkins baseball team will
be one OF the first college teams TO
appear here next spring. having booked
a game with GEORGETOWN University for
the Maryland Aegies on Homework
Field April ~.
The Washington times., 1915-12-10
Zantzinger Elected.

PORT DEPOSIT. Nd, Dec. o.-Rich-
ard Chew Zantzinger, Washington ID.
c.. who Is a student at Tome School,
Port Deposit. Md. has just been elected
captain of the second Pythian soccer
The Washington times., 1915-12-10
Pushes Welsh Hard.

MEMPHIS. Tenn, Dec. lo.-Freddy
Welsh was closely pressed to save him
self from an adverse decision in an
eiCht-round hout here with Bennie Par
mer last night. Welsh lpafed until the
earned draw
The Washington times., 1915-12-10
MINCE PIE
LITTLE OF EVERYTHING"
BY BUGS" BAER.
In Madison Square Garden.
We understand that the six-day
race in Madison Square Garden
is almost as close as the air.

Being located on the n. r. D., the
Maryland Ag0ies' football players toiH
not only receive their letters, but
catalogue or ttro also.
Clark Griffith will take fewer players
than ever down to Charlottesville this
spring. showing that kind heart beats
underneath his rough face.
Gurgle, Gurgle!
There's a new game under the sun,
Golf billiards is its name,
The rules perturb no one,
The barkeep is the same.
The Washington times., 1915-12-10
Will Wrestle Parker.

Louis ZereSa. Washington heavy
weight wrestler will tackle Archie Park
er, of Baltimore. at the Bijou tonight.
The Washington times., 1915-12-10
Answers To Queries.


Queery Ed-Was 1t 1907 or 1908 when
the Nationals won the American League
championship? ABOK DUNN.
Friend Abok. Just look up the Gov
ernment Hospital records, and find out
what year you escaped. That will be the
answer.
The Washington times., 1915-12-10

Queries Editor-I am seven feet,
eight inches tall and am consider
fine box fighter by my friends, who
advise me to fight at jess Willard.
Do you do the same advising by me
also? AB1AN WALLGREN.
No Abian, we do no do the same
advising by you. Your extreme
height is not in your favor, as the
cots in Emergency Hospital are only
six feet long.
The Washington times., 1915-12-10
Another Loser.

In addition to the Brownies and the
Cards, poor old st. Looey now has the
Democratic convention wished on her.
The Washington times., 1915-12-10

Editor Of observation-disclosures born in
Germany, 1 desire to be an umpire in
the American League. DO you think my
hyphenated sympathies will be deroga-
tory to my career? Thanking you. ! re-
main, ADOLPH HOPELEZ.
Not at all. Sympathies are something
an umpire never comes in contact with.
The Washington times., 1915-12-10

Teddy Roosevelt has scored the Presidents
message, but fortunately for Woodrow. Teddy
isn't the official scorer
The Washington times., 1915-12-10
RARD RUOOLPH

"If silence is
golden, I've GER
tainly squandered
a lot of money"
The Washington times., 1915-12-10

The Army and Navy Props will play
Friends in the A. N. y. gym today.
From practice contests the Props have
shown enough strength 70 warrant the
prediction that they will have to be
watched closely this season. Coach
The Washington times., 1915-12-10

25c and 5OC. SEATS SELLING.
Four Performances onl, DECEMBER
THURSDAY NIGHT "a 49, -
FRIDAY NIGHT "
SATURDAY MATINEE nOv 0UA
SATURDAY NIGHT " vO
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collation.. as simply a piece OF charac.
teristic political buncombe designed
for the palate Of a public which is
never satiated with fiapdoodle. The
essential point of the showing remains
that private enterprise has taken ad-
vantage Of the shipping opportunity.
just as 1t has taken advantage of all
the business opportunities created in
manifold directions by the war. and
the chance for a rehabilitation Of the
American shipping industry is proved.
Using the exhibit As an argument
for a Government merchant marine Is
n Of those efforts to resolve practi-
cal contradictions by the higher syn
thesis Of academic theory of which
our present gifted Government is fond.
To the ordinary mind the fact that
private enterprise has been able to do
SO much, not only without Govern
ment encouragement but against a
great deal Of Government discourage
ment, Is convincing that there Is no
occasion for the Government to 60
into the shipping business.
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Pan.Amerlcanism.

II was inevitable that the opening Of
the Pan-American Scientific Congress
should have an International political
significance. The import Of world
moulding events cannot be ignored in
the councils of the learned. and the
reflex OF foreign complications throws
into strong relief the generally favor.
able conditions obtaining among the
independent States Of North and
South America to-day.
That Pan-Americanism which In Its
portrayal yesterday in Washington
commanded the applause of the dis
tinguished delegates Is not n dream
of political union under the hege-
mony of any Power, nor does 1t
hide an ambition to extend the au.
thOrity of any nation. Its plea is for
"A c%ompleter understanding among the
nations of this hemisphere, apprecia-
ton by all of the aspirations of each,
and sympathy without interference
IN the struggle of all the peoples to
whom IL is addressed toward their
national ideals.
1t would remove the barriers that
prejudice and ignorance have erected
and readjust the perspective of each
Of its b%enpticiarics To n tolerant and
harmonious understanding of the
others. 1t could not prosper under the
irritating shadow of political or com
mercial dependence, u reach its full
stature If it were the disguise OF
mea and hidden motives. Honestly
sought for the common welfare. the
preservation of the conception of in
dividual freedom. political independ-
ence and national integrity which is
the heritage of the three Americas. II
will confer lasting blessings on the
lands of WASHINGTON and BOLIVAR.
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PEOPLE OF THE PINES.
Need Education In Practical Affairs
Not COmpulsiOn In Morals.

To II EDITOR OF TIE SUN-Sir. The
editorial article Christmas in Johnson's
Place" IN THE L OF December % is
right. The Pineys resent the coming OF
soclologists among them TO investigate
them AMI then TO publish statistics
showing that they are doomed. Some
OF these investigators put the mental
degenerates as high as % per cent OF
the whole number. They only guess.
and they guess wrong
There is one place of three or four
families ami hither the Investigators
flock and find their quarry, a nan who
has two wives, a woman who has Ave
husbands. II one or two cases OF
dcgeneracy. From these few cases they
say the Pineys are impossible.
These people OF the pines have been
passed by in the march of civilization.
They are not degraded. hut have never
been graded mp. They need good schools.
lucrative industries and unselish Chris
tian teachers,
They are interestinS and worthy
people. s. J. MCCLENAGHAN.
PRINCETON, y. j., December 81.
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summoned by tine mems representa-
tiyes on occasion.

summoned by tine mems representa-
tives on occasion.
In the case of any and every griev-
ance a complainant may finally ap-
peal to the president of the company,
and II not satisfied with the decision
rendered he may, with the company's
approval. invoke the intervention of
the Colorado State Industrial Com
mission, by whose findings the com.
pany will abide. All expenses Incl
dent to the settlement Of disputes and
the redress Of grievances will be paid
by the company.
That the machinery of adjustment
Is complicated cannot be denied, but
representation Is full and complete
because the company desires that the
door be always left wide open "fOr
the natural exercise Of any right or
privilege to which the men are en-.
titled"
As Mr.. ROCKEFELLER says. Success
or 1aliure Will be largely determined
by the spirit in which the plan is
carried out" The result of practi.
cally unlimited negotiation with the
employees about commo interests
will be the unionizing Of the entire
force. and the company is apparently
not averse to 1t, assuming that In the
Republic of Labor thus established
there will be no occasion for the men
to seek the support of their fellows
In similar industries. If both sides
to this historic compact I'm the rela-
lions OF capital and labor keep the
1t Is likely to be n model for the
whole industrial world.
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Is There to BE Q Labor Famine?

According to the figures compiled
by the Immigration Service, the net
gain in population by the United
States through immigration for the
year ending with June was JO,7OO,
compared with 769,278 in the prece,l-
ing twelve months. The nations Of
Europe were at war eleven months of
the latter period, and immigration
fell off by IS per cent. as compared
with the annual average for the ten
previous years, while emigration was
stimulated by the demand for their ma
tionals in the belligerent countries.
As immigration will remain low
throughout the war and probably for
some time after its close, 1t Is plain
that the labor situation here will be
seriously affected. The records of
employment offices and charitable
agencies show that unemployment Is
not now a pressing problem. The
scarcity Of manual workers In this
city was shown by the difficulties en-
countered In getting snow shovellers
after the snowfall OF December 10
and in other places throughout the
East employers assert that the situa.
tion is highly disturbing. Kansas has
all the men needed to-day. but the cror
producing States may ind in harvest
time of 1916 that the demand FOR
farm hands exceeds the supply.
1t Is not improbable that the spring
with more work to he done than
men to do Ii.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-28
Our Maritime Chance.

Some of the figures which have
been coming out of Washington In II
parade of statistics marshalled by the
Administration to reconcile the coun-
try with the contemporary political
handling of its affairs do not, as rural
folks say, add up with some of the
Administration talk. One of the sums
which simply cannot be done Is to
square the facts about Il present
merchant marine with the MCADOo
propaganda for n merchant fleet, Gov
eminent owned, Government operated,
Government controlled, Government
supervised, Government regulated NJ
any rate, some kind OF a merchant
marine with Il large adulteratiOn Of
Government in it.
We need not look in the mouth Of
the gift horse of our ship tonnage in
crease in the first year Of the Euro
pean war. There is something very
satisfying in the rapid gain of cargo
capacity of vessels under American
registry, particularly the gain of $50
vessels with II gross tonnage OF 1885,
89l In the foreign trade. We can
overlook h rather ridiculous com
pnrlson OF M merchant marine with
the merchant n,yies of other coun.
tries leaving Germany out of the cal,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-28
IN LAW.
The Legal Understanding Of the Con.
tract Explained.

From an opinion By Justice Aspin,raU Of
the supreme Courf,
! am at a loss to find anything in the
record which would justify the con-
clusion that "A valid. legal and binding
marriage had taken place. 1t Is quite
true that there was a formal
but It is also patent from the violence
that there was no intention whatever on
the part Of either the plaintiff or the de-
PENDANT that It should he considered as
a valid and legal marriage on the
contrary. II appears. affirmati vely. that
the ceremony was entered into solely
for the purpose of obtaining a certificate
Of marriage which could be used by the
plaintiff in her endeavor to obtain a
theatrical engagement. thereby overcom-
ing the objection as to her being under
the legal age.
The law considers marriage In the
light OF a civil contract as to its in
ception. In the marriage contract, the
same as in that OF m other. consent
IL a necessary element. Consent, which
is the essence of all ordinary contracts,
Is necessary to the validity Of the mar
riage contract.
The minds Of the parties must meet
in one common intention. Mere words
without the intention corresponding
Herewith will not make a marriage
or any other civil contract. hut the
words and acts are evidence OF such IN
%tention. and 1t must he shown clearly
therefrom that both parties intended
that they were not to have effect.
While 1t Is true that the marriage
contracts are based upon considerations
peculiar to themselves and that public
policy is concerned with the regulation
Of family relations, nevertheless mar
riage il considered in no other light
than as n civil contract.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-28
What New York Thinks Of Haeckcl.

Several clergymen of this town. of
various crecdS, have commented on
the latest book by Professor ERNST
HAECKEI, who discerns in the present
war proof of the failure Of all the
supports of religious faith. They dis
cuSs his 'matcrialiStic monism.' his
dogmatism, his gods and their Con.
In so doing they pay too much at
tpntiOn to the German professors un-
healthy theories. and too little to the
actual, visible facts of that life which
he pretends to eXplain-which they
profess and endeavor To make better.
and which keeps the millions of Ordi-
nary human beings busy living it as
1t grows out of the forces of nature
and human nature.
Professor HAECkEL does not speak
for the German millions, and the
| New York doctors of religion do not
| speak representatiyely for the Ameri-
can millions.
The whole discussion is not merely
| cover the heads of ordinary people,
but Is utterly removed from POSSIBLE
ity of influence for good and. we be
lieve, for bad in the common business
of living.
In the face of the facts of this era
of upheaval sophisiry is forccless.
appearing in priestly garb or in the
shameless nudity of 'monism.'
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IF GULLS WERE OMENS.
observations IN the Belligerent Quail.
ties Of Certain Aquatic Birds.

To THE I,DiToR OF n SuN-Sir.
When the Ford peace ship steamed
down the harbor OF New York on set
ting out for Europe birds Of immaculate
white lowered over the vessel or circled
above its wake. Though none OF them
came to rest on the upper works of
the Oscar II. with an olive branch in
its bill. some Of the pilgrims were de-
lighted and called the attention Of their
companions to the beautiful doves bid
ding them godspeed OIL their mission.
No doubt there were other birds.
smaller and of darkish plumage. in the
aerial escort. Not all love are of the
same size and not all are white. Those
OF notified feathers are as peaceful az
the symbolic bird of peace.
Anybody who has tried to pick up
from the water and befriend a sea-
gull with n broken wing. wounded by
some indiscriminately belligerent gunner,
knows one of the differences between
a gull and a dove. The gull. although
often mistaken by persons from far
inland for the dove. Is one of the fiercest
fighters that wear feathers. not except
ing the occasional unpacitied red man in
his war paint and plumage.
The stormy petrol. collectively known
to sailormen as Mother tarey's chickens,
Is no lover OF peace at any price, even
u tt ubtS l'th SOMEWHAT IKE a small
dove In notified plumage. Besides, his
presence near a ship is taken by sailors
as a forerunner Of thick weather ahead
and "A stormy period.
There are fewer believers in omens
nowadays than once there were. oulls
nearly always follow an outgoing steam.
ship and fight desperately among them
selves for garbage dumped from the
culinary department, II the stormy
petrol Is not an unusual part of the
aerial escort. Yet IL any person chose
TO see an omen in the air above the
Oscar II. as she departed he could now
point TO incidents of the voyage as bear
ing out his superstition for Of All the
vessels that have sailed the seas few
II any have carried a company of more
indiscriminate mctaphorlCally white
robed scrappers than this peace shir
carried abroad.
Mr.. Ford, suffering from a bodily III,
ness that usually affects the mind, q
run down condition in which freedom
from worry is an essential To ~ordinariI,
quick recovery, has become the pathcti,
inquire in his movement. which pTobahl,
preyed upon his mind until when he
came to set il going he was In no con.
dition to undertake II. lie is entitled t,
universal sympathy and wishes for hi.
entire recovery,
So far as his rather remarkable cary,
of peacemakcrs is concerned II shout,
be borne In mind hat the test of peace
ful disposition and purpose was sever,
in "A storm tossed vessel where no dis
senting shipmate could withdraw. mn
on his hat or her bonnet and walk NJ
take a street car home. but 1t is rathe,
a pity that the pilgrims were nor cu,la
to the test. As it has come out, the,
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PLEA FOR A GREAT NAVY.
British Sea Power Might Prove Q
Menace Instead Of q Defence.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Thu
chief practical reason why we are. as q
nation. on the side Of the English and
their allies Is that the British fleet Is
our sole adequate national defence
and has been for half a century. That
fact more than any peculiar virtue OF
ours has mad us and kept us "unmlh-
tary." We are. moreover. in common
with the non-Teutonic world exceed
ingly afraid Of the tremendous power
Of the Central Empires. We know well
that with England beaten We should be
utterly incapable Of protecting our
selves against a victorious Germany.
The result 10 that we absolutely refuse
to believe a victorious Germany Is pos
sible.
BY refusing to admit the possibility
Of a victorious Germany we fnd an ex-
cuse for blindly remaining unprepared
for national defence during eighteen
months of world war. We pretend to be
pacifists and, posing as c disgust
the greater part Of the world that
realizes we'll We are making millions out
OF this human slaughter.
Because we rely upon the British feet.
not our own ships. as our real defence
against foreign invasion or attack. We
do not allow ourselves to Imagine there
could ever De any danger arising from
ssiS W. vi viz VI tot -.
to visualize Germany as our only pos
eible future enemy.
Depending upon the British feet has
Kept us from preparing for q war that
spreads further every month. 1t a
made our diplomacy that OF q British
colony. It has spawned hyphenated
citizens In every quarter. not only Ger
man-American but other n as danger
Gus hyphenates. Our bondage to Eng
1iclN vCuyoe IL anita 90 Ut.a Va a ma
tional malady as any We now rail-
against.
The first step toward real national de-
fence Is to blot out from the subcon-
sciousness of every American reliance
upon the British feet as our first line
defence" We should regard England's
naval power as our chief menace rather
than as a protection. Only In that
name can we arrive at a truly. an I'M
hyphenated. American point OF view.
"Hyphenated Americans" were good
Americans before This war. They are
good Americans now. Most Of us who
are so rabid against German-hyphen-
ated-Americans are "hyphenates" OF an
other sort ourselves. All Americans
are "hyphenates." linked with the best
Of the peoples from which they sprang.
Thu cure for all that Is bad in the
hyphen Is to give to all Americans a
United States u%nafraid. ~self-confdent.
standing alone before the world. asking
protection from no alien Power. fear
ing the strength Of nc alien Power.
Prepare this nation to take again q
great place in the worlds affairs. give
this nation the power to defend what ~
ouSs and what to us Is right. and the end
of 6yphens will come like magic.
National defence is a spiritual need
Of America to-day far more than II IL
a material need. National defence will
save this country from far more than
foreign foes. ARTHUR MOORE.
GREENwIcH, Conn, December -.
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The Wstchmsker's Sign,

TO the EDITOR OF The SuN-Sr. Some
time ago, while talking to a teweller about
the likeness of signs In various lines OF
business. my attention was called to the
fact that the hands Of the clock signs
which swing above a watchmaker's place
Of business generally point TO seventeen
minutes after 8. On acknowledging iR-
norance OF the sis nifeance OF this sign.
I was told that II denoted the time that
Lincoln was shot In Ford's Opera House.
Perhaps some Of the readers Of The suN
can verify this fact and tell us who nrst
dcvlred this interesting method OF keepins
fresh In the public's mind the remem-
brance of the dark hour in which We lost
one Of our greatest Presidents. ID. &.
new YORK, December 81.
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and attract assemblages Of from
$4,000 to $4,000 spectators. strategy
and skill have become such important
factors that the lighter teams Of the
smaller colleges are nov able either
to defeat the teams Of the larger uni.
versities or at least to make the games
close and interesting.
In view of these facts it is hoped
that the rules committee will exert
its energy in clarifying and inter-
preting the present rules rather than
in making fundamental changes In the
governing code.
Football is distinctly a college sport
for the sole purpose Of developing the
minds and bodies of college men. Any
thing that Is done to make 1t primarily
a spectacle for the attraction Of large
crowds and big gate receipts is detri-
mental to the game.