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The Washington times., 1916-01-10
Harts, Advocate
Of Preparedness,
Ready For War

Actual hostilities will start In
the state, War. and Navy building
promptly at noon. January 13.
The plans of the attacking forces
have all been. drawn. The board
OF strategy, headed by Col. w. w.
llarts. OF the Engineer Corps. has
held its last meeting. Reserve
supplies Of ammunition have been
accumulated, and the evening be-
lore the attack starts, men will be
assigned to the various batteries.
The enemy knows nothing. His
forces are scattered, and his
trenches exposed. Colonel Harts
hopes TO overcome him in I sur
prise attack. No quarter will be
given.
This story is not being written
by a bug. But it's about bugs
Cockroa ches. Thousands of them
have invaded the State, War, and
Navy building. Operating in small
guerilla bands. they have swarmed
over the building, plundering and
playing havoc. They lie in ambush
ana stenographers have no protec-
tlon for their chewing gum.
Last Saturday Colonel Harts
called together his advisers. Quick
ly this board of strategy arrived
at plan of campaign. Ii was
suggested by Mike command
ing officers of the broom and
duster corps.
IBday the order of mobilization
went forth, calling to the colors
every clerk in the three depart
ments. The orders were counter
signed by the Secretary of State,
the Secretary OF War, and the
Secretary of the Navy. The plan
is as follows.
Promptly at noon on the fatal
day, every clerk is to stop work
and seize Busy Bertha" in the
shape of a patented syringe. one
OF which will be supplied to every
CIa'k. For each battery there will
ne no less than fifteen rounds of
sodium fluoridc. At the signal TO
advance the artillery will begin
hrlnG into every crack and CreVice
where the enemy may hr lurking.
The slaughter is expected 10 be
frIGhtful.
The Washington times., 1916-01-10

an issue as this To no other possible
purpose than 70 get the United
States Government into an untenable
position, they strikingly brand them
selves as plotters against not only
the interest but the dignity of the
United States.
These elements some time ago be-
came notorious as putting a higher
value on a bale Of cotton seized at
sea, over which they get so wildly
excited, than on the life of human
being taken at sea, something which
has not disturbed them enough for
them to make it known. But it will
be a long day before they will ever
succeed in getting the American ma
tion to raise "a serious issue over
their proposition that when cotton
is contraband it shall not be treated
as contraband because it's their cot
ton.
The Washington times., 1916-01-10
OIL THE NEW POWER

Gasolene has gone sky high be-
cause oil has been soaring. Supply
measured by demand, oil is for the
time being scarce. California, with
vast oil fields not yet scratched, is
more or less dried up by Govern
ment rulings made with no under
standing of the situation in that
State. Not only does the oil not
come out now because Of those rul-
ings, but it may never come out
unless the Government does some
thing to correct its mistake in that
instance, for existing wells not now
being pumped are in danger Of be-
ing drowned out by subterranean
water.
1t is the business of, and it is a
prime necessity for, the administra-
tive and legislative branches Of the
Government to look we'll to the con-
servation of oil supplies; but the
Government must have care not
to play the foolish and costly part
of making oil needlessIy dear; for
in these days all the world is hot
after oil and the fuel and power
products of oil.
The British admiralty has an
nounced that estimates for building
all fighting ships must provide for
the consumption of oil exclusively.
In the Dardanelles the maneuvering
Of the colossal Queen Elizabeth. on
which oil was the only fuel proved
that machinery controlling the
nlightiest boats can be run by oil as
we'll as coal.
Our battleships built within re-
cent years are fitted to burn oil
either altogether or in part, and the
decision has been made that here
after those added to our navy shall
be entirely oil-driven. The ones at
present using oil for fuel would con-
sumo $4,000 tons a month if they
were in active service. With such
demands for its production growing
apace the power of oil in world
politics is bound to become immense.
Of the great naval powers the
United States is the only cne which
has an ample supply Of petroleum,
and it's future might seem to be well
guarded, but not if the confidence of
business men who have put their
savings into the highl.l speculative
investment of sinking wells is de-
stroyed.
The Washington times., 1916-01-10
CONTRABAND COTTON

In its frankly avowed plan to send
cotton to Germany in ships owned by
native-born American citizens and
flying the American flag, the Texas
Farmers Union can purpose only to
brew more international trouble for
this country.
Cotton is on both the British and
the German lists of contraband.
Contraband is contraband, whatever
any shipper, or any authority be-
hind the shipper, may trio make
Of it. .' 49,
Cotton being contraband, it will
not, when destined for Germany
ever get past any British warship
hat intercepts it. Cotton being con-
yraband, it would not, when destined
Sor British ports, ever get past any
German warship that could inter
ccpt it.
The shippers from the Southern
States know this. The men in Con-
gress who are constantly agitating
this matter Of contraband cotton
;uow it. There isn't anybody of
Intelligence that doesn't know that
contraband cannot be shipped with
out danger of being captured. There
sn't anybody of the feeblest brain
power in Congress that doesn't
know that when a thing is contra
band this Government cannot, unless
It be by force of arms, compel bel
ligerent to forego it's rights to inter
cept and divert such contraband if
it has the sea power to catch and
take the contraband.
When cotton shippers in the South
and their representatives. in Con-
SrsSs, therefore, try to foment such
The Washington times., 1916-01-10
CAPITAL MAN MADE
COLONEL AT CORNELL
Lenox R. Lohr Commands First
Regiment of University
Cadet Corps.

l-enox Il. Lohr. of WASHINGTON. has
been made colonel. commanding the first
regiment OF the Cornell University
cadet corps.
Lohr was an officer in the high school
cadets and later lieutenant in the
Second REGIMENT d. &. y. G.. He is
now senior in the Sibley College OF
Mechanical Engineering at Cornell
stuHSine automobile and machine gun
mechanics.
In his Junior wear Mr.. Lohr was cap
tam or Company | at Cornell. and his
previous experience enabled him ia
MAKE his company an exhibition COM
pany. The organization was main
tained at fun war strength and per-
formed special work in advanced tactics.
l.ohr also Is member of Scabbard
and Blade. Cornell Society: the Aero
,iun, sigma phl sigma. and is president
of the Cornell branch of the Society of
Automobile Engineers
The Washington times., 1916-01-10
PROSPERITY vs.. SPECULATION

The inevitable conflict between
mere speculation and real business
was illustrated the other day, when
the United States Steel Corporation
announced a 10 per cent increase in
wages, affecting many thousands Of
it's employees. Plainly enough, such
a move could not be made by so
carefully managed corporation
unless there were confidence that its
present prosperity was destined to
continue long time. Wages change
more slowly than prices; other COM
modities vary in cost from day to
day; labor's cost is the last to be
"educed in a period of general fall
ing prices, and the last to be ad-
':anced in time of rising prices. Its
fluctuations are slight compared to
changes in commodity quotations.
So the advance of 10 per cent in
wages must have been testimony
that the steel people anticipated a
long period of good business. It
might reasonably have been assumed
that the speculative community
would accept this as almost axio-
matte. But instead of strengthening
Steel shares, the announcement was
followed by a bearing development.
The spectators calculated that if
he corporation was to give so much
more to labor, it could not pay it out
in dividends.
This is the difference between
speculative interest in stock, and
responsible managerial concern for
the general advantage of corpora
ton. The management must con-
slider everything. A liberal policy
toward wage earners is the guaranty
of stable labor conditions, the insur-
ance against strikes. 1t is no longer
possible for any great enterprise to
De successfully conducted with a
view only to dividends. That plan
may succeed for time; but in the
end it will break down. The fact
that the big corporation, long-vis-
oned as its management has re-
peatedly proved itself, would grant
so liberal a concession to it's labor
vas the best possible roof of con-
.idence in the future.
The Washington times., 1916-01-10
California TO Make
Biggest Experiment
In State Socialism
Plans State Control and Administration of Collect
ing, Sorting, Standardzing, Branding, Ship
ping, and Marketing Fruit and
Vegetable Products.
BY JUDSoN C. WELLIvER.

The experiment State socialism that has been ser
ousy contemplated in this country being organized by the State
of California
is nothing less than project for State control and admin
istraton of the whole business of collecting sorting andadng
branding shipping and marketing the fruit and vegetable products
of the entire Commonwealth
The plan has been brought Washington by the officials Of
California and submitted both the Department Justice and the
State Market Commission.
STATE DIRECTED MONOPOLY
The Washington times., 1916-01-10

cal bosses, and giving it exclusively
to the people.
But it seems a bit hard to under
stand why the complpte frankncss
which Mr.. Wilson pro fesaed, should
not have marked his attitude to-
ward the people. He frankly eno,gh
expressed these views to few pub
lie men; not to the public. The
procedure suggests that while pro-
testing against the President try
ing to boss, he was most effectively
bossing. Additional color is given
to this uncomfortable theory, by the
fact that, after giving pledge for
Presidential primaries, no effort was
made for them; rather, the gentle
men with whom the President main
tanned his relations lin confidence)
of complete candor and frankness,
were diligently putting rhe kibosh
on efforts for the Presidential priln-
ary, at a time when the public as
, sumed that the President really
meant to try to accomplish sucn
legislation.
When the President wrote, three
years ago, that there o:ght never
to be another Presidential nominal
ing convention" he set down what
was then the conviction of a large
majority Of the American people.
The performance of the Republicans
at Chicago had disgusted large
share of that party; While the per-
formance at Baltimore, where can
didate was defeated after he had
mustered a substantial majority Of
the nominating convention on a SER
les of ballots, had similarly affected
a great proportion of Democrats.
The time was ripe and right for
pressing the Presidential primary,
and the President-elect was on rec
ord, in public and in private alike,
as favoring it.
Doubtless the President will be
renominated, unless he himself shall
indicate his wish to retire, which
nobody dreams he will do. But 1t
must be said that mis- embarrass
ment about the one-term declaration
of Baltimore will not be assuaged
by the publication Of this Palmer
epistle. Probably the one-term is
sue in itself has very little effect
on the public mind. The opponents
of Roosevelt in 1912 expected that
issue to hurt him; the vote that he
polled, without party, organization,
or anything except popular deTand
supporting him, suggests strongly
that he could not have lost many
votes by reason fthe third-tern
argument. The same vas true of
Grant; people who proclaimed
against the third term were against
Grant, not against the third term.
They ran around in circles trying
to scare people with third-term
talk, as they also did in the case
of Roosevelt in 1912. The anti
Grant people discovered that a third
term was awfully dangerous; so did
the anti-Roosevelt people. But the
votes changed on that issue were
mighty few.
Mr.. Wilson would not have sut-
fered particularly from reputation
of the one-tcrm plank that was
slipped into the Baltimore platform
by Bryan. He may suffer a good
deal from the strange lack Of can
dor in dealing with this whole sub
ject of denomination and primaries,
that is now disclosed.
The Washington times., 1916-01-10
Memorial Services.Held
For DR.. Frank SeWall

Memorial services in honor of the
late Rev. DR. Frank Sewah Of the
Church of the New Jerusalem, were
held last night at the church. The
life and work Of the late pastor were
reviewed by the Rev. DR.. James Nc
Bride Sterrett. II. *. Bush Brown, the
Rev. Charles W. Harvey, of Philadel-
i'hia; the hev! Julian X. Smyth, ot
New York city. the Rev. Paul Sperry.
assistant pastor of the churcn. and
others. Communications we're read
from William Dean JiOwellS. William
IJs Witt il"dc. Con. Ellis SD"Hr. and
benjamin W, Fond. who were unable
TO attend,
The Washington times., 1916-01-10
Nicholas Douty Recital
Will Be Given Tonight

Third in the series of explanatory re-
citals on The Song as an Art Form
will he given before the Washington So
ciety Of the Fine Arts. In the National
Museum, tonight, by Nicholas Douty. of
Philadelphia.
Mr.. Douty will trace the development
of song through the compositions of
Polish. Bohemian. Finnish, Russian. and
Scandinavian composers. His progra m
follows:
Chopin. "MaedChens Wunsch:" Dvorak.
"Als die alte Mutter:" Sibelius. LA
Libellule;" Liszt. Die Lorelei:" Tchai-
kovski. Ca) "Touiours q To-" lb) "Nur
wer die Schnsucht kennt:" Borodine.
"Dissonance:" Cui. "BcTceuse" Rach-
mRniuoff Before Nv Window" Nous
sorgsk,. Cai Chant d'Enfant." ,hl
"lIOpak;' BaCkcr-GrondahI "NiXic.''
Svendsen. "Svlvclin;" Sigurd Lie. ,aJ
I'm kahne." OBJ "Johannesnacht."
The Washington times., 1916-01-10
WHAT'S ON PROGRAM
IN CAPITAL TO-DAY

Recital, Mime. MeIba, Polls, &:3o p. NJ.
Exhibitions. Domenjoz, the Swiss flyer, bene
fit OF infant welfare centers OF Washington
Diet Kitchen Association. Ascents at II
"A. m. and : p IN.
% Northeast NG TempSe. D., iIaehs mt A''0o'@''o''
Address, What Causes and What Prevents
War" James G. Kent. before Capitol Hnl
Literary Society. at home OF Mrs. Laura u
Lawson, 2cS Thirteenth street northeast. 1850
y. IN.
Meeting. Piney Branch Citizens Association
Iowa Avenue NJ. Z. Church, 1880 o. m.
Meeting Nomans Peace Party. New VII
lard. 10 a.
Woman's Clinic Auxiliary, at home of Mrs
Samuel Spencer 2ol2 Massachusetts svsnue
northwest, $3.50 p. IN.
Great: Originators OF the Present World.
War. Miss Janet Richards. Eauschpr
Meeting, New Hampshire Association, W. G
1. headquarters. 522 sixth street north
west, D. IN.
kendail baptist Churches. 1870 .. m.
Private view OF miniatures by Laura Coonbs
hilis Moore studio, '2s Seventeenth stree
northwest, to p. m.
Concert. United States Marine Band orches
IRA, Marine Barracks, $50 p. m.
Recital, Nicholas Douty, under auspices OF
the Washington Society OF the Fine Arts.
auditorium New National Museum. s:l.
Charity ball, benefit OF the Chiidrcn's lies
ptal, New Willard. p. m.
Meetinsy Mems Club Of Christ Church Parish.
northwest. S D. m.
Meeting, knights OF Columbus commission q .
religious prejudices, New Willard, 10 a m.
Masonic-Dawson. No. l6; Mount Veruou.
No. 3; Hiram. No. 10. Royal Arch MAsous
Temple No 3; Columbia. No. 10. Easterl
star
Qua telows-Union, No Il; Beacon No l.,
Iangdon. No &c; Esther Lodge, No. ., H..
bekahs.
knignts Of Pythiss-Decatur, No. O. Cslantle
No, II; Ascalon Temple, No. 81. kngn,a
OF khorassan.
Neutrality-suspicious. Tent. No. !, Anacos,i,
Tent. No :.
Nomans Benefit Association OF the MauAa
bces-Mt. Vernon No. ?: Brightwood. y,
8: Georgetown. No 10.
National Gnion-Pressmsn's Council
knights OF Columbus-PotonRc Council
United Daughters of the COME teracy-Stunr-
wall jackson Chapter, No. 20.
Royal ArCanum-NationaI Council
socialist Partly. p = L.. Tailors' Union
r. u. E.-Entertainment committee
Meeting. Home and School Association Of
kensington. Nd. in schoolhouse. Kensins-
ton. =. m.
The Washington times., 1916-01-10
CHURCH NEGLECTED
HERE, SAYS CLERIC
DR.. Wedderspoon Declares Peo-
pie Forget Religious Ties
in Capital.

Jesus is weeping over Washington
tonight
This was the statement OF the Rev.
DR.. w. r. Wedderspoon, in a sermon
on "Washlngton's Greatest Need" at
Foundry NJ. T.. Church last evening. lie
severely criticised residents of Wash
ington for their lack of interest III
church affairs. He said many church
members. came here and forgot to re-
new the ties they maintained back
home.
''It was an awful thing for Washing
ton when Billy Sundays wife declined
to come to Washington" he said. Latel
he called Sunday a medium of God"
IT do not like to tell you" he con-
worship OF God in this city that is
shameful. 1t Is a disgrace"
The Washington times., 1916-01-10
Tomorrow.

Program for the blind, Mrs Mauds Howell
smith ana Earl Clabsugh. Library OF Con-
Annual meeting Chamber OF Commerce. New
Willard. p M.
Address, The Econo..lies OF Water Power"
Francis Il. Weller. before Washington ssc.
lion Of the American Institute OF Eicctrica
Ens!neers, Cosmos Club, ?. m.
Rrennoa before Anthony League. 2cG Co
ldmbia road, $50 ..
Banquet. BroOkIand brotherhood. Lord Me
Annual meeting Retail Merchants A.socis-
non. Raleigh, s D. m.
Meeting the Parent Teacher Association OF
the Frank!in-Thomson School. in school )
Meeting Washington Cat Club. a, home t..
Mrs. Charles Tompkins. 1923 Columbia ROAD
Illus srrated lecture on domestic sanitation. pr.
Charles Wsrdell stiles Sherwood Preso,
Lecture. Home Mission in Action" Mrs. Il
L. WiOer y. ". C.. A.. 4:46 p. IN.
meeting, Washington Real Estate Brokers'
Association. New Ebbitt. 1880 p. m.
Tea, Home Club 80 70 p. m.
Evansels, Chapter, Rose Crox. Robsr- 90
Bruce Bruce Council; knights kaqosh, scottt.n
F'riendship, No. H. Eastern star ->'' q"
oda FeIio"s,r,wsshinston: No, /; Colder
knights OF Pythas- Webster. No. :; Excel
sior, No -; Capital. No. "a; Myrtle, NJ IS
Msccabees-Mt: Vernon Tent. No. 4; Rrisht.
wood Tent, No. s.
Woman's Benefit Association OF the Mdcca
bees Columbia, No: 3; Liberty. No :
National Inion-Hesdquarters open
knights OF olumbus-Address Jose ph Scott.
IN haii II. OF G. commission on religious
prejudices. New Willard. 10 a. NJ.
Royal Recommendation Council
United Spanish War Neteraus-Cul James :.
Petit CamR No. 8.
Modern Woodmen OF America Lincoln Camp,
No. 1865.
Socialist Party-Mass meeting, with addresssn
by Congressman Sherwood and IrondoA
Pythian Temple.
The Washington times., 1916-01-10
Havana Pape. ~prings
Some News on Roosevelt

HAVANA, Jan. l0.-In connection with
the announcement that Colonel RooSn
Welt is to visit the West Indies. the
in an editorial:
"Cuba's representatives will invite the
honored guest Of the nation the staten
man who in 1901. decided Cuba's fate,
rla cling her in the concert ~ nationS
after shedding his blood for Cuba's in
dependence"
The records do not show rhat Colonel
Roosevelt was wounded in the Spanish
war.
The Washington times., 1916-01-10
Amusements.

Na;ional-'' 'Frstwhiie Susan" Sis D. IN
Belasco-"The Lilac Domino" $40 D. m
s--'The Show shop" S:l5 D. IN
keiths-Haudeville, 2:l5 and slb D. nA
Casino-"I-e Rivers" Sis D. m.
GaYetv-BurlesQue, 2:l5 and s:I5 .. m
Loews Columbia-Photoplays. Io:3e q. m. tt
Il q. m.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-30
PEIROVA SIGNS WITH
THE LASKY COMP ANY

ical island In the Caribbean he built
a city and populated 1t with thous-
ands OF persons only to see 1t de-
.vastated by flood, swept away by hur-
ricanes and ravaged by pestilence.
Tonight will be the last opportu-
nifty OF seeing this magnificent film
spectacle in this city.
5A musical farce called The Love
MILL by Earl Carroll, is shortly to
be produced by Andreas Dippel
OF the many musical comedies pro-
duced IN New York recently, none
won greater favor than did THE
Only Girl. which Is to be presented
at the Robinson Grand, January s,
under the management OF Joe Weber.
~ was this manager who felt assured
that the combination Of Henry Bios
som. ltbrettist, and Victor Herbert,
composer, could not possibly fail and
that he was right in his surmIBe is
evidenced by the fact that THE Only
Grip ran the entire season In New
York for q time at the Thirty-ninth
Street theater, and later at the Lyric.
THE Only Girl was proclaimed by
the metropolitan critics as musical
play With q purpose, that Is, that 1t
possesses a well told story which
never descends to horse play is
always plausible and Is replete with
funny situations. witty lines and bril-
liant music.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-30
those 1917 Resolutions.

T Il 4 4 ny 4 & IA
There was i Young fellow named Jackey
Who said, Though It makes me feel tacky
III duit booze. think,
(Anyway, / don't drinkl-
Eut Ill never sweur on tho ,buccy.
Break your New Yenr resolutions early
and avoid the rush to the cignr store. VI @
Sure You mean it, hut hnve a heart,
Think Of the cigar store man's wife and
children!
Tobacco is flthy weed; it fills no real
human need our swenr-om pledge this
time veil keep-at any rate, willie we're
asleep.
Would you be grentg Then emulate
those who achieved greatness. Mark TWIN
made 1t the hnrd and fast rule OF his life
never to smoke more than one cigar at a
time!
Heinie Zini, who runs Il cafe in the native
habitat OF the ferocious Bronx cocktail,
says he expects = long run Of poor bust
ness along IN. the early hours of tile second
day oC january
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-30
YOUNG INGRAM
Rolls Large Scores against the
Gore Amusement Com
pany'S Team.

The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ten pin team
DEBATED the Gore Amusement Com
pany four-ma an ten pin team in 4 three
game ten pin match rolled on the
Gore alleys Friday night by a total of
.135 pins.
5ae ~ oo@l3ng e 1afenee 4ngFa
feature of the game. He totaled
SIP for the three games; averaging
we'll over the 200 mark for all his
games. His individual score OF PA
was also high for#the contest.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-30
SPOR TOGRAP Ill Il
#CBy .[3ravey"l
.By '.Gt @ ! &,

the nineteenth sent Georges down. Car
pentier might have recovered. but his man.
nEer, DeschAmpS. jumped into the ring and
dragged the hero to his corner, thus giving
Klaus the victory on ii foul. While in
France klaus defeated Marcel Morcau and
won on 4 foul from Btlly Pnpke lie then
returned to America, md, after several no
decision bouts, was twice knocked out by
George Chip "a Plttsburg That practically
ended Trunks ring career. and CHIP, his
conqueror, was soon Knocked out by AL
MCCOY.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-30
-LIQ!.G!OMQT...!.YI.E..
is. Purchased BY the Traction
Company for the Hauling
of Large Trains.

The Monongahela Valley Traction
Company has bought an electric loco
motive from the Westinghouse Com
pany. This is the first machine Of
its Kind ever bought in this part OF
the state.
This forty-ton locomotive will be
able to pull ten loaded cars over
most OF the lines operated by the
company, The capacity Of the loco
motive5is determined BY the grades
of the roads.
1t is the intention to use the loco
motive in moving express shipments.
IN the moving OF large passenger
trains this machine may be employed
for it will have sufficient speed.
Nearly i, 90 varieties OF rice have
been identified in the Philippines BY
government scientists.