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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-05-26
How They Stand.
American League.

Philadelphia q. Cleveland ,.
Washington :. Detroit 4.
M other games PLAYED. ram.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-05-26

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lYF0RD LOCALS.
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l.yford. Texas. May 26.-Thc cautatu D.
Tuesday. June 1. and not the 9th. a. ap-
peared IN The Herald Yesterday.
The Washington times., 1915-03-24
ENTRIES FOR HORSE
SHOW BREAK RECORD
Official Prize List Appears To-
day, With Names Of the
Donors of Cups.

Rapid progress Is being made in plans
for the National Capital Horse Show.
to be held May s. TO- Il. u, and 13.
The official prize list appeared today.
Among the donors of cups are the
Chamber of Commerce, for wagon
horses Joseph Leitet'. for gig horses
the Willard Hotel. for lady's phaeton
horse; D. J. Kaufman, for ladys phae-
ton pairs; Mrs William L. Leiber. for
ponies; the Rider and Driver Magazine.
for saddle horses; Mrs. Arthur c.
Moses, for ladys saddle horses; Mrs.
Robert NJ Thompson. for local saddle
horses; Gait & Brother, for heavy
weight chargers; William N. Dykman,
the Army Challenge Cup. to be COM
peted for by teams of three officers
of the army, navy. or militia. all OF
whom shall be from the same corps,
regiment, post. or station; Shoreham
Hotel, for hunt teams; Gen. ]. A. Buc-
hannah, for Corinthian class: John o.
Evans. for green hunters; George p.
EustiS, for hunters; Miss Ethel Mac
Murray. for hunters, to be won twice by
the same owner, and John o. Evans.
for horses owned by members of the
Washington Riding and Hunt Club and
hunted during season of 19l4-5.
Entries Close April 28.
The entries will close April 2S The
entries received to date exceed in num-
bcr those of any previous year. indicat-
ing that the show will be the most sue
cessful in the history of the association.
On account of the limited number of
stalls on the grounds, they will be
assigned in the order in which applica-
tiOns are made.
NJ. G. HaZen, surveyor of the District
has again been selected as manager of
the show. Other officers are James A.
RuChannan, presidents Robert NJ.
Thompson, LarZ Anderson, Edward Nc
Lean, George p. Wetmore, William p.
Emo, and Gen Leonard Wood, vice
presidents; Cuno II. Rudolph, treasurer.
and Arthur ID. Addison, secretary.
Following are the directors: JoseDb
Letter, Edison Bradley, William Hit,
Hugh s. Legare. Nelson A. Miles, w. II.
Moore, w. II. Brownson, George
Howard, Arthus c. Moses, James ",
Andrews. Jos. II. Bradley, j. CalIan
OLauGhlin, w. w. IIarts, j. F.. Rev
nolds lands, j. breckenridge Raync, II
Golden Donaldson, l.. n. Glazebrook
J. a. Spoor, l.. r. Stotesbury, c. l. Me
Cawley, Swagcr Sherlcy, Horace II.
Wescott. William Crozier, Perry Bel
mont, Henry Fairfax, Franklin d.
Roosevelt, George y. McLanahan. r, A,
Fairbairn, W. T.. Wilder. George Eustis,
George j.. duncan, James II. Parmalec,
George o. Tottcn, Montgomery Blair
William 4. Lieber.
The Washington times., 1915-03-24

other great ports to assure another
huge weekly balance in our favor
The first quarter of the calendar
year promises to show between
$4OO, 100000 and 100000.
knowledge of this fact probably
explains the failure of foreign sell
ing of American securities to exert
depressing influence upon the
market. We are buying back our
securities at bargain prices and
selling Europe our surplus stocks
of articles it urgently needs at high
prices.
The world is borrowing from us
and is dependent more or less upon
us for supplies of food, clothing,
etc., and, due to Europe's misfor-
tune, we are obtaining footholds in
markets which until now were
considered almost exclusively the
spheres of England, Germany, and
France.
So, though we have no need and
little use for it, gold which we were
rushing out early last year comes
back to us.
The Washington times., 1915-03-24
READ 1T: THAT'S ALL!

Right alongside the column in
which this admonition is printed, will
be found one of Paul RAIDERS stories
from the trenches of the Foreign
Legion in France. 1t is the story
of Christmas Day in ths trenches /;
of the truce that came into mems
hearts and stretched all along the
hundreds of miles of warning lines
from the sea to the Swiss Alps on
the morning of the day that is sacred
to the worlds reverence for the
Prince of Peace.
How men can murder, yet not
hate ;how they can kill, as coldly as in
other days they might draw checks =;
how they can call themselves civil
lied, while their enlightenment has
taught them only more efficient ways
to murder; how they can in mo-
ment return to childlike love of fell
low beings and become comrades in
the shadow of the Christmas tree
that is the story that RAIDER tells.
May there not be hope that his
story will have an effect worth while
upon the mind and ambition and
aspiration of the human race, when
these months of madness shall have
passed?
Read it: that's all.
The Washington times., 1915-03-24
THE FOREIGN LOANS

A British credit of $3.50, 900, 900,
French one of perhaps $4,000, 900,
and an Argentine loan of $25, ,O0O,-
600, are being arranged in New York,
in order to enable the governments
or the people of these countries to
continue their immense buyings here.
In effect, of course, the arrangement
is that the United States shall scar
ry" the accounts of the foreign buy
ers pending the conclusion of the war
and the resumption of normal con-
ditions; our banks advancing the
cash actually to pay for the goods,
on loans to the foreign interests.
This arrangement would mean
that the immense foreign business of
the country would continue indefi-
nitely. Month after month, the rec
ord is being broken in the volume of
exports; February's figures show
that the value of this business was
500, 100000 in excess of the record
for that month. the manufacturers
The Washington times., 1915-03-24
Today.

Meeting, Builders and Manufacturer Ex-
change, at headquarters. p. IN.
Musicale. Macleod Class OF First Presby-
terisn Church. New Ebbitt s D. m.
Meeting. mission study class. Y. w. c. A,
.. m.
lie Breton. before Alliance Francaisc. at
Cosmos Club. 4:30 .. IN.
Meeting Home and School Association OF the
Western High School. in Franklin School,
Meeting. Chemical Alumni Association of
School Building. 1926 II street northwest.
Lecture. Passion Play" Mrs. Margaret l..
Coope. Carroll Hall. and p. m.
Open House. Home Club. II jackson place
Lecture. FOREIGN Tariffs" DR.. Frank r.
Rutter. auditorium; Y. N. G. A.. SPIN;
Acknowledgements. No, u: Myron parse.
No ]. Royal Arch Masons: Naomi. No. s;
Brookland, No. IL. Eastern Star:
Odd Fellows-Federal City. No. 20; Eastern,
No. I; Harmony. No o.
Knights OF Pythias-Mount Vernon. Ne. g;
Hermoine. No. II; Union. No %: Columbia.
No. 26; Weekly drill Washington Company.
No. l. Uniform Rank: Friendship Temple,
No. Q, Pythian Sisters,
Woodmen of the World-Potomac. No. g.
order OF Scottish Clans-Clan MacLennan.
Independent Order of Rechabites-onward
Temple No 1921, euchre party.
Socialist Party-Italan branch.
Rehearsal, Washington festival chorus lee
Banquet general agents OF the Masonic Mu-
tual Life Insurance Association. New Eo-
Concert, Miss Lila Van Kirk. auditorium.
Piano recital MADAM Won Unschuld. small
ball room, New Willard, 4:so p. m.
The Washington times., 1915-03-24

of all manner of war materials and
supplies are crowded with orders.
When the war ends there yill be,
not an instant, but rapid cessation
of this business. There will be no
more instant need for guns, powder
and shells; and it may be expected
that orders for these will cease at
once. On the other hand the demand
for civil supplies of all kinds will
hardly stop at once; in many lines
there will even be an increase of the
demand for time, pending the re-
adjustment of foreign industrial or
ganizations. But in time the ca
pacity of Europe to pay will be de-
pleted, and it will confront the ne
cessity of producing what it needs
at home, as it did before the war.
When that time comes, however,
this country will be in position to
require that the capital it will have
tied up in financing its business of
supplying Europe during the war,
shall be returned to it; and as that
capital comes back, it will be avail
able for financing enterprise in new
fields. Especially will it be needed
to back operations by way of trade
expansion in the East, in Latin
America, and in other parts of the
world. Thus, if the business of the
United States is handled and direct
ed skillfully, there ought to be no
great sag in the Industrial activity
of this country. There will be need
for very rapid readjustment to new
conditions, in order to meet entirely
new demands in very different
markets. If the managers of enter
prise are far-sighted and efficient
enough to make the necessary
changes of front, there ought to be
a great opportunity for keeping busi-
ness good in spite of the kaleido-
scopic changes in its character that
are certain to mark it's development
in the next few years.
The Washington times., 1915-03-24
OUR HISHER SCHOOLS

Washington is apt to realize too
little its pre-eminence as an educa-
tional center. The twenty-fifth an
niversary of the Catholic University.
to be observed with appropriate ex-
ercises, will serve to, call attention
to this point.
The presence of such a university,
in itself, is sufficient to stamp Wash
ington as city of Importance in the
educational world. Catholic Uni
versity is unique among institutions
of it's kind in this country. 1t has
courses that cannot be duplicated
anywhere else this side of the At
lantic. It's courses for the higher
training of members of the priest
hood cover the highest attainments
of scholars in this field. 1t is, of all
such institutions in this country,
most closely in touch with the Vati-
can, and with the foremost prelates
in the Catholic Church.
Catholic University is supreme IN
its field, and Washington has other
schools among the foremost of their
type. Georgetown College ranks
equally high in its field, and George
Washington University is rapidly at
tanning a ranking among the fore
most colleges of it's sort in the
country.
Students in many specialized
fields, especially economics, general
science, and medicine, are beginning
to realize more fully the advantages
of research work offered in the Gov
eminent bureaus, laboratories, and
libraries. Nowhere is there such op-
portunity for study at first hand,
and from original sources, as in the
National Capital. In this respect
Washington already ranks among
American cities as do cities of the
Old World. All that is needed is
for those who are boosting Wash
ington to help make this point clear.
The Washington times., 1915-03-24
GOLD COMING BACK

Gold to the amount of $5,5OO,00O
was transferred from Ottawa, Can
ada, to New York last week and ad-
ditional engagements are pending.
Total imports of gold from all coun-
tries thus far this year amounts to
$28,200,000, the bulk of which came
from Canada, where the Bank of
England has established a special
reserve.
But for the restrictions placed
upon shipments of gold out of Eng
land by the British authorities i'm
ports would be many times the
amount we have received.
Exchange rates are distinctly IA
vorable to bringing in gold, and
sooner or later the ban against the
outflow from London must be re-
moved or else England must find
other means to satisfy the enormous
trade balance piling up in favor of
this country.
Government figures for the ex-
ports and imports in the third week
of March will be given out tomor-
row. Enough is known about the
foreign trade at New York and some
The Washington times., 1915-03-24
Tomorrow.

Lecture 'Our Common Birds" under aus
pices Of Wanderlusters, lecture hall. Pub
lie Library, s y. m. ~
Supper dance red room. New Willard.
Rehearsal. Home Club Chorus. IL Jackson
place northwest, 1880 to p. m.
Lenten address, public Health Service in
the Home" DR.. William c. Woodward. un-
der auspices OF Associated Charieties,
Rauscher's. II a. m.
Musical comedy, "On to Frisco" Tech Play
ers Club. at Mckinley Manual Training
Lecture. 'The Spanish West Indies" Miss
Mary Erna Ferguson. Spanish School OF
Lecture "Nematodes. Their Relations to
Mankind and to Agriculture" n. A. Cobb,
before Washington Academy OF Sciences.
auditorium of New National Musem. 4:45
Smoker, Washington Alumni Chapter to the
Georgetown active chapter OF the Delta
Chi Fraternity, University Club, y. m.
Lecture "Heredity VS.. Environment" Paul
Popenoe. auditorium. Y. M. c. A.. D. m
Masonic-The New Jerusalem, No. 8; Geo. c.
whiting No. 20; Temple-Noyes, No. 80;
William r. Hunt, No. Is. Eastern Star
Odd Fcllows-Columbia, No. 10; Covenant.
No 10: Excelsior. No II; Salem, No %.
Knights Of Pythias-Harmony, No. 81.
Woodmen OF the World-Deputies.
knights OF Columbus-Keane Council
National Union-BanCroft Council. Dahlgren
Council.
Socialist Party-Young Peoples Socialist
League dance, Perpetual Building AssoCia-
ton Hall. Eleventh and q streets north
west
The Washington times., 1915-03-24
Would Use Funds Sent To Europe
TO Keep Night School Open.

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
am poor widow, and my littlc boy
has had to quit school and earn money
for support of the family. He has been
attending night school in order to get
the education he would have received
if we were In better circumstances. II
seems as though the poor America boy
has little chance to get an education,
for now they close the night school, and
he can't leave his work to attend the
daY sessions.
The night schools closed because Of
lack of funds. Yet we are sending
money to foreign countries in large
sums. Washington women have oven
solicited contributors from the schoul
children. MY boy Is going without an
education; there are thousands Of hun
cry widows and orphans in the United
Sta1cs-We continue TO send funds and
supplies 10 Europe. MRS. HENRY.
The Washington times., 1915-03-24

cheered. There was Christmas light in
our eyes and know there we're Christ
mas tears in mine. There were smiles.
smiles. smiles. where in days before
there had been only rife barrels.
Terror Falls Away.
The terror of No Mans Land fell
away
The sounds of happy voices filled the
air.
We were all unhumanly happy for
that one glorious instant in which we
all-English, Portuguese, Americans and
even Nadeem. the Turk, that, saw
ages as we had been, cave-men as we
were. the awfulness Of war had not
love and Christmas live.
! think Nadeem was first to sense
what had happened. He suddenly
jumped out of the trench and began
waving MS hands and cheering. While
he was doing this a ponderous German
with a happy smile that exposed two
rows of glittering White teeth climbed
out Of the trench and shouted:
Lieutenant Schroeder presents his
compliments to your lieutenant and de-
sires to know If he will select four men
and come to the middle Of the neutral
territory to arrange for a truce for
burying the dead
Our lieutenant agreed in an instant.
was oIc Ol the IOuT men ne 6eleCte0,
and ! shall never forget how ] felt as
we advanced to meet the four German
soldiers and their lieutenant who were
coming toward us. We felt as II we
wanted to throw our arms about these
men: they told me later in the day that
the same desire was upon them.
Wars Hatred Withdrawn.
The hatred of war had been suddenly
withdrawn, and II left a vacuum in
which we human beings rushed into
contact with each other. You felt their
handshakes-double handshakes, with
both hands-in your heart.
The truce was arranged. There was
to be no firing for one hour, and the
men from both sides were to come out
and bury their dead. The soldiers flock
ed from both trenches. They rushed at
each other and shook hands.
Il want to have your photographs" +"
said the German lieutenant to our party.
He sent back for his camera, and we
enemies stood with our arms about eacf
others shoulders in horse shoe forma-
ton while the lieutenant snapped his
camera.
IF don't have a chance to send you
the prints before the war Is over" he
said. II shall see that You get them
afterward." And he took our addresses.
At last the bodies were buried. The
hours Of truce had passed. But the
The Washington times., 1915-03-24
PROTECTING THE FOOD

Agencies of the Department OF
Agriculture already are working fol
the protection of the public against
adulteration in manufactured foods
and against contamination of all food
products in stores and markets. One
portion of this work is done by its
Bureau of Chemistry and another by
the newly created Bureau OF
Markets.
But the most difficult problem, the
department has found, remains to
be solved. That is the third step, or
the protection of food against dirt,
decay, or contamination in the priv
ate kitchen. About all that can be
done on that score is campaign of
education in kitchen sanitation and
the proper handling of foodstuffs.
And that is just what officials Of the
depar rtment, in conjunction with the
American Home Economics Associ-
alton, are working for.
This effort is of particular inter-
est to Washington, because of the
existence here of a flourishing
branch of that association, headed by
Miss Emma Jacobs, domestic science
teacher in the public schools; Miss
Ellen Marshall Rugg, and others.
DIR. C. F. Langworthy, in charge Of
nutrition Investigations at the de-
partment, is treasurer of the or
ganization, and has been one of the
prime movers in the effort to educate
housewives in this respect.
The plans of the association are
pretentious. Following its conven-
ton at Seattle, WASH, in August,
its members will adjourn to San
Francisco for an international con-
ference, where representatives from
South American countries and
Switzerland will be present. Even
in times of war an unclean kitchen
seems to be recognized as almost as
deadly as the sword.
The Washington times., 1915-03-24
Terror Of No Mans Land Falls
Away as Foes in Trenches
Greet Christmas Morn.
WAVE HANDS AND SHAKE
Three Americans, Belonging to
Foreign Legion, Participate
in Hour of Peace.
BY PHIL RAIDER.
ConYrlpht 1a1h hv Ifnitnd Pre-

Copyright. 1915. by United Press)
LONDON, March There were three
Americans in that marvellous Christmas
truce In my part of the trenches; Eu-
gene Jacobs, Of Pawtucket; Victor
Chapman, a Harvard man, from New
York. and myself.
We belonged to the foreign legion,
which had been made up in Paris, of
men of all nationalities and we had
been in the trenches for twenty con-
secutive days, before Christmas dawn
ed.
For twenty days we had faced that
strip of land. forty-fve feet wide. be-
tween our trench and that Of the Ger
mans, that terrible No Mans Land. dot
ted with dead bodies, criss-crossed by
tangled masses of barbed wire. That
little strip of land was as wide and as
deep and as full of death as the At
lantic ocean; as uncrossable as the
spaces between stars as terrible as hui
man hate.
And the sunshine OF the bright Christ
mas morning fell on it as brightly as II
it were a lovers lane or the aisle in
some grand cathedral.
Jokes About Silence.
don't know how the truce began in
other trenches. but in our hole. Nadeem
began it-Nadeem. a Turk. who believes
that Mahomet, and not Christ, was the
prophet Of God. The sunshine Of the
morning seemed to get into Nadeem's s
blood. He was only an enthusia site
boy, always childishly happy, and when
we noticed. at the regular morning
shooting hour. that the German trenches
were silent, Nadeem began to make a
joke of II.
He drew a target on a board, fasten-
ed IT on a pole and stuck 1t above the
trench, shouting to the Germans:
See how we'll you can shoot"
Within a minute the target had been
bulls-eyed. Nadeem pulled 1t down.
pasted little bits of white paper where
shots had struck and held it up again
so that the Germans could see their
score. In doing 30, Nadeems head ap-
pearcd above the trench. and we heard
him talking across the No Mans Land.
Thoughtlessly I raised my head too.
Other men did the same. We saw hun
dreds of German heads appearing
Shouts filled the air. What miracle
had happened? Men laughed and
The Washington times., 1915-03-24
Complains Department Workers
Have All Advantages of Public

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
With various departmental tennis
leagues being organized and announcing
intention to play on the public courts in
Potomac Park. is it not pertinent to in
qure where the ordinary citizen, who
happens to not be among the petted
class of Government workers whose in
terests are SO jealously guarded, and
who are fawned upon so profusely by
those having an interest in the Govern
ment pay roll, will be able to or permit
ted to play on the public" courts?
For several years there have been
baseball diamonds on the Ellipse. But
the public cannot so there to play.
They are exclusively for the Govern
ment workers, who have workday
shorter than the accepted day any place
In tho world, and have ample time to
pursue outdoor amusements during the
late summer afternoon. ITO them that
hath shall be given"
The man not on Government salary
roll. which. as a rule. will afford at
least one club. where tennis or any
thing else may be played. whose work
day is long one. and whose wage is
small. can get no playtime on the al
legged public" Fairgrounds during the
late afternoon. Bless you, no! why,
the department workers must be given
all the advantages and emoluments pos
SlDle. j. II. IS.
The Washington times., 1915-03-24
BIG ORDER OF ARMS
FOR GREAT BRITAIN
Shipments From United States
to France Also Include
Coast Defense Guns.

Big guns and heavy shipments of war
munitions are going from this country
to Great Britain and France.
The first shipment of coast defense
guns went to Ireland. Scotland, and
probably England last January. The
shipment is said to have consisted OF
four, l5-inch coast defense guns, two
consigned to Ireland and two to Scot
land. Another shipment of big guns is
said to have gone in the last few days,
to be followed by other shipments
In November, December, and January,
arms TO the value of 81, ,6s7, ,402 were ship
PED from New York to England. and
S2i.0l3 to France. In the same time
ENGLAND took from this country s1,93l,590
worth OF ammunition and France ST.
o4s.Ol7 worth of ammunition.
The Washington times., 1915-03-24
Has Plan To Obyiate Accidents To
Fire Fighters.

To the Editor OF The Times:
The terrible accident of yesterday on
Pennsylvania avenue at Sixth street is
convincing evidence that the Metropoli-
tan police regulations should contain a
clause instructinG all policemen to con-
centrate at street intersections the min-
ute an alarm is sounded. The presence
of traffic policeman at the corner OF
Sixth street and the Avenue yesterda y
afternoon doubtless would have prevent
ed the friGhtful Injuries suffered by the
firemen.
1t seems like an easy matter for a
policemen, when in the middle of any
square to hasten to the nearest street
corner and focus his weather eye on
traffic across the intersecting thorough
fares. and l am sure If this plan was
followed, a greater safeguard to the
men who endeavor to safeguard our
lives and property, the brave firemen,
would result.
SAFETY FIRST