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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-10

he would be even better than he was
before he temporarily retired.
Hal Boy, 2;01 IL an Oregon product.
is said TO have won more money dur
ing the past season than any PAGER ever
has annexed in a single year. Not
withstanding the fact that Hal Boy
started out badly during the early part
OF the year by losing several important
races, his total winnings foot sS5.0eu.
StOughton Fletcher's speeder first
came into prominence in the horses
native state where the PAGER attracted
attention TO himself by winning Is out
Of i races. The Indianapolis banker
paid So 600 for the horse, and at that
time, many old followers OF the harness
game credited with being sharp judges
Of horseflesh, considered the price ex-
cessiVe-
Since being placed in the hands OF
trainer Mcmahon Hal Boy has more
than justified his owners confidence
in his capabilities The horse is
eight years cid and sound. and many
look 10 him 10 be one OF the senations
Of the 1915 season Hal Boy placed
second in the Panama-Pacific exposi-
ton 100000 race
The complaint made by the New Or
leans fight promoters that their local
newspapers were not backing the pro-
posed match between Willard and Full
ton with sufficient enthusiasm. with
the result that the heavyweight bout
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-10

fans who attended
IL c....-a.- 1880 --,-na in The CITY
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-10
Telephone League
HAUGHTON AND BANKERS
DTR CHASE BOSTON
n BRAVES

Boston, Mass, Jan lU.-It IS an
nounced here that Percy Haughton.
football coach at Harvard; ana a 1irm
of bankers have purchased the Boston
National league club from Edward
Gaffnev and associates. Haughton is
to be president OF the club
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-10
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always fresh excellent assOrtments.
Potter Drug Co. Phones S56-375. 1OI
S. Fl Paso st. We deliver.-Adv-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-04-12
ANOTHER ROUP SET.
FOR GRANT STATUE
New Figures Termed Marvel Of
Realism and Show Action In
Every Line. +

Another Of the big bronze groups which
are to nank the equestrian memorial to
Gen. L. s. Grant. at the foot of the
Botanic Gardens. has been SET in place.
This Is the beginning OF the end of. a
long period of construction which has
been in progress for the last ten years.
and which when completed will give
10 the covil war leader the finest and
largest memorial of this character in
the United States. at cost eHe2mated
at nearly a quarter of a million dollars.
The plinth OF the memorial, of white
marble. was constructed several years
ago. and the heroic lions were set in
place.
Next the artillery group, with which
most Washing tonians are familiar, was
set In place. This group portrayed a
Nind-whipped battery going into action.
The cavalry group which has just ar
q group of riders pounding into battle.
strainins muscle of the lean horses.
ard in every pose of their hard-riding
masters
There remains before the memorial
Will be complete only the erection OF
tho heroic equestrian figure of the
general himself. which will occupy the
pedestal in the center of the plinth. and
the bas.relief bronzes which will deco
rate the base of the pedestal.
The entire memorial will be the work
of Henry NJ. Shrady, the Elmsford,
N. Y, sculptor. The plinth is tho
work of E. p. Casey. the New York
architect.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-04-12
ToDAY'S THE DAYi

All other signs of spring may fail;
but there yet remains the appear
ance Of the circus posters, and the
umpire's deep-throated adjuration to
"play ball." The circus paper is up,
and today we have with US the UNI
pire.
Needless to observe, Washington
views with hopefulness the opening
of the season. That is way Wash
ington has. It's hope springing eter-
nal that makes US go to the games
SO regularly; but in this matter Of
pennant aspirations, eternity seems
a bit too long. There is ground to
suspect that eternity will still be
here after the rest of us have lost
interest in squeeze plays and Ty's
batting record.
We are told that there has been a
good deal Of effort to balance up and
strengthen the teams this year, and
that on paper Washington looks like
a real contender. Anyhow, the town
retains team in first-class league,
and there is cheering revival Of con-
fidence that the national sport will
"come back" this season. The Fed.
eral ghost is laid, the magnates seem
to have achieved-for them-quite q
lot of sense about what the public
wants and doesn't want, and there il
reason for the hope that they are go
ing to try to give us more of what
we want, and less of what they
think we ought to want. That will
be a great thing for baseball, if the!
really do it. If they don't, why, wei
all be found playing golf or tennis
or some other thing, and there will
be a lot of concrete grandstands To-
sale at a bargain before two year.
more,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-04-12
GOLF BALL PATENT EXPIRES

For the first time since the Ameri-
canization Of golf, nearly q score Of
years ago, devotees Of the ancient
Scottish game may play today with
out contributing to the royalties that
have made wealthy the owners OF
the Haskell patent. The letters pat
ent were granted seventeen years
ago Tuesday, and, though never up
held in Great Britain, always have
been respected in the United States.
With the expiration Of the patent
the limitation on the manufacture Of
rubber cored golf balls ends, but no
reduction in price is anticipated i'm
mediately. The stringest patent laws
have chilled the enthusiasm Of those
who thought Of entering the business
in recent years; but eventually COM
petition will lower prices.
There is another patent, the
Kempshall, covering liquid core balls,
which still has two years to run.
With its expiration the manufacture
Of the balls will be open to all con-
Germs. There has been nothing in
the history Of American sport to
equal the growth in popularity Of
golf, but there has always been, even
among the most enthusiastic dew
otees Of the game, very just COM
plant at the expense, especially the
high cost Of losing balls.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-04-12
WHAT COAST DERRNsRs ARB
FOR

In a particularly able, concise, and
understandable report, accompany
ing the presentation of the fortifica-
ton bill in the House of Representa-
tives, Congressman Sherley explains
what seacoast Notifications are and
are not, what they are for and what
they are not for. 1t is a document
that ought to be read and digested
by a multitude Of highly vocal but
egregiously uniformed people who
think this country doesn't need an
army, nor a navy, but merely ought
to have "the strongest coast defenses
in the world"
Coast defenses, Mr.. Sherley points
out, are not intended or expected to
prevent an enemy landing. That is
the business of the navy and the
mobile army. Coast defenses are
expected to protect harbors so that
they may be denied to enemy ships
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-04-12
SOME PROGRESS HERRi

Despite its record of failure to
keep platform pledges and pass some
needed laws, the recent Maryland
Legislature did adopt several pro-
gressive measures. One such meas
ure centralizes in the attorney gen.
eral Of the State a very large pro-
portion Of the official legal work
which heretofore has been divided
among q great number of attorneys
in various counties and Baltimore
city.
Framed ostensibly as an economy
measure the law as passed becomes
also an efficiency measure. Hereto
fore with different lawyers in each
county advising boards or commits
sions or individual officials on their
duties there was absolute lack Of
team work between the various coun-
ties and frequent instances where in
one county an official was advised
to do something which in another
county an official holding a similar
position had been advised not to do.
Now all opinions for the guidance
Of majority Of county officials will
come from the attorney general, who
is an elected official and part of the
State machinery. There will be some
unanimity in action throughout the
State and there also will be a con-
siderable saving of money as the re-
suit Of abolishing scores of petty
jobs. There are still a few local
counsel left under the law in the
several counties, but it seems certain
that Maryland eventually will abol-
ish all these local "soft snaps" and
concentrate all such legal business at
Annapolis. About the only protest
one could expect against such a plan
would be that of the political law
yers, who hate to see these "good
things" slipping away from them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-04-12
FAMINE FACING BRITAIN

The German submarine blockade
Of Britain is having Its effect. The
British government has been COM
PEELED to take over the control Of all
British mercantile shipping, because
Of the necessity to get the best pos
sible service from it. Neutrals are
more and more afraid to sail their
ships in the waters around the Brit
ish Islands, and small wonder.
Since March /, according to calcu-
lations brought from London today,
there have been eighty-two torpedo
ings of vessels by the German suo-
marines. OF these, thirty are stated
to have carried neutral flags; forty
two were British, and ten were un-
der the registry Of other entente
countries.
These figures suggest that It is
just as dangerous, nowadays, to be a
neutral as to be a belligerent. Per-
haps more SO; for it Is probable that
within the so -called war zone around
the British Islands the proportion Of
British vessels to all vessels is sew
eral times greater than the proper
ton of British losses to all losses.
It is not difficult to understand why
Germany should rather prefer to
submarine neutral than British ves-
sells, other things being equal. The
British merchantmen are pretty gen.
orally carrying guns and gun crews;
they are liable to shoot, and shoot
straight. 1t is safer for the gallant
U-boat to take crack at an utterly
unarmed and utterly defenseless
neutral. II lucky, the submarine
may get away with it without being
seen at all; and in any event, IL 10
possible for the Berlin foreign office
to deny the whole thing, and thus
make it look as if it hadn't hap
pened!
There is not much satisfaction in
contemplating this condition. The
Germans claim that their submarine
successes are being felt seriously in
England; and England admits it.
Neutrals don't want to send their
vessels into British waters; and yet
without neutrals to help, Britain can
not be fed.
The conditions, it must be kept in
mind, are quite as serious for the
neutrals as for England. The things
England wants, we want to sell to
her. II she cannot get them, 1t is
because we cannot send them. The
situation is one that threatens pres
emily a paralysis of international
sea-going trade; and if that comes,
it will do more than anything that
has yet happened to line up world
opinion against the barbarities of
German sea warfare.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-04-12
THE ANNAPOLIS HIGHWAY

Maryland's legislature set good
example to Congress, when it pro-
vided for State contribution to the
construction of the Washington-An-
napolis national defense highway.
The Maryland agreement is that the
State and Federal governments shall
pay equal shares of the cost; which,
seems altogether reasonable, and in
deed rather a generous provision on
the part Of the State.
There is before Congress the Mudd
bill, to appropriate the Federal
share of the cost. II has been in
dorsed by the executive authority Of
the District, and by everybody whose
military opinion about the defense of
the Chesapeake region is worth
while. The truth is that, in the pres
ent posture of defensive works in
this all-important territory, it Is
vitality necessary that this highway
be constructed. There ought to be a
Federal survey Of the entire Chesa-
peake basin, and the development Of
general plan Of highways in which
economic and military elements
would be co-ordinated. The compar-
alive weakness Of defenses at the en-
trance to Hampton Roads makes it
the more necessary that, on the land
side, every possible disposition be
made looking to the easy movement
of troops for protection of Washing
ton, Baltimore, Wilmington, and
even Philadelphia. Save only the area
about New York, there is no single
section of the Eastern seaboard SO
important to the country as this to
which the Chesapeake is the key.
Let the Mudd bill pass, and then
let the new highway be constructed
just as soon as possible. But do not
assume that this one construction
will discharge the obligation to the
defense cause in this territory.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-04-12
Tomorrow.

Jefferson Day Banquet. under auspices Of the
Common Council Club. New Willard, s D.
Luncheon. Real Estate Brokers' Association,
Ebbitt, 1880 y. m.
Address, "IIow TO Read Character and Ascer-
tain the Special Vocation OF a Person by
Physical Signs" DR.. NJ. w Schofferman.
Thomson School. 8 p. m.
Luncheon. credit mems section CT the Retail
Merchants Association, Raleigh. 1880 d M
Rummage sale, benefit OF the WASHINGTON
Eye Ear and Throat Hospital, 3s26 EleV-
enth street northwest. all day.
Lecture. THE Life and Adventures OF David,
King OF Israel" Canon de Vries, at meet
Ing OF the Sunday School Institute at Epip-
hany Hall, 8 p. IN.
Tech musical comedy, Mckinley Manual
Training School, p, m.
Vaudeville entertainment. alumni OF Central
High School, in school, s:l5 .. m.
Meeting, Chemical Society of Washington,
Cosmos Club. 3 .. m.
Rehearsal. Home Club Chorus. Home Club,
7:4b p, m,
Associated Charities, Rauscher's, II a. M
Annual show. Washington Kennel Club
Washington Riding and Hunt Club, alter
noon and evening,
Rally, West END Republican Club, Nine
teenth street Masonic Temple, 3 n. m.
Get together meeting OF Washington AeTie
No. i25 FraternRl Order OF Eagles, ir
co%n S,' Nsvy League, New willard. 1,
Masonic--New Jerusalem, No. .; George C
Whiting, No az; Washington. No. 2, Roya
Arch; William r. Hunt, No. 1s. Eastern
oSe T.uoSs-coipmSi. No, 10, Covenant
Ne. -; salem, No. ~; EIesiSaoF. Ne. ~
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structed without any thought OF such
use was an entirely different AFFAIR.
So, after the battle of the Marine. the
allies found themselves with ammuni-
ton supplies very low. and II was inn
possible for them effectively to follow
up the advantage they had gained.
Saved by Preparations.
The military people say that when
the whole history Of the present war
Is finally written with something like
| detail and accuracy, It will he discov--
cred that this industrial mobilization In
Germany probably saved the central en-
plres from a crushing defeat.
Even today, after nearly two years OF
war, Germany Is much better postured
IN proportion to its population and gCh-
! erai Industrial resources. TO produce the
material OF war than any OF the allied
powers.
one of the most common observations
| among students of the war outlook Ia
that peace will come whenever the in
dustrial mobilization on the side of the
| allies shall have been so far perfected
that they will have effective use OF their
much greater producing capacity
\ Al present II Is commonly believed
| mat they are still considerably behind
the Germans in ability to turn out
machine gun and heavy artillery, but
mat they are probably about equal TO
the central powers in production OF am
munit!on.
Eyen this advantage, however, would
not yet accrue to them but for their
ability TO call to their aid the produo-
irg capacity of the United States and
| japan.
american military and diplomatic OBJ
servers abroad have made many reports
on these conditions, and the general
starr has been deeply impressed.
German System Here.
The mlllion-dollar item for the begin
ming of this industrial mobilization rep
resents the initiation here of the Ger
/ nen system. 1t will require years of
ui'' so ana a good many more MILLIONS
ADEQUATE: but the willingness of manu-
| facturers to Cooperate with the Gov
eminent has been The occasion OF
much satisfaction.
IL Is difficult to appreciate what an
immense business is likely TO he car
ried on ir the future, to keep the mill
tary establishment supplied aed 10
buhd up reserves OF arms and NUM-
tons on the new scale.
Away back in Iyll the War Depart
ment, through an expert board, pre-
pared a project to get together arms
and equipment for an army of 100000
men.
This board was regarded ms decidedly
liberal: yet its recommendation are
moderate In the extreme as compared
to moro recent ones, based on the cX-
perience of Europe with modern war.
There must be more artillery of all
: kinds, more machine gums, bigger artil-
: lery, gr6ster reserves of ammunition.
, II Is project figured mp $50, 900 OO0.
when modified 10 bring II into harmony
with present-dsy war requirements. on
. course. this huge sum would he spread
r over a period Of years; the annual army
and fortitjcattIon bills will herea fter re-
fleet the effort TO build toward roAtiza.
> ton Of such . scheme.
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and saved for the use of our own;
to prevent hostile feet bombarding
our cities; to protect works Of great
military significance, as arsenals,
navy yards, and the like.
No military authority ever
dreamed Of stringing cannon along
our thousands Of miles of coast in
such numbers that an enemy couldn't
find>a landing place. That would be
absurdly impossible. Coast defenses
are intended to compel the enemy to
land before he can hurt US; to pre-
vent him from defeating us with his
navy alone; to necessitate his trans
porting an army across seas IL he
would drive home an attack; to gain
for us the advantage of meeting him,
IL he ever does land, at some point
where he will not have the advan-
tage Of a perfected base, with all
facilities ready at hand.
The real business Of driving of
the enemy is for the navy, whose
proper strategy is to go out to sea
in sufficient force to control the
waters. II the navy loses. then
Notifications are needed to protect
the great centers of population and
industry; and If despite these the
enemy lands, the field army must be
relied upon to account for him.
Mr.. Sherley's report deserves a
wider reading than there is any
chance Of 1t getting. Incidentally, it
accompanies a bill which appropri-
ates three times as much money for
coast defenses as was devoted to
that purpose last year. Anybody
with a clear head and a recently
busted brain, who will read these few
lucidly written pages will understand
right away why there is need for the
creation of a far larger army than
any pending legislation contem-
plates.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-04-12
FIRE INSURANCE PROBLEMS

More than year ago The Times
called attention to the fact that prac-
tically all fire insurance companies
operating in the District were ad-
herring to common schedule fixed by
a board of underwriters. This con-
dition is as inimical to the best in
terests of the business as was the
previous practice Of cutthroat COM
petition which resulted in ridiculous
ly low rates being offered by some
companies which desired to gain a
footing here, and which drove out of
the field a number of sound and ex-
cellent Washington fire insurance
bodies.
The Commissioners now are ask
ing Congress for the right to regu-
late the fire insurance rates. Such
regulation has been urged by the
Superintendent of Insurance for a
number of years. In the report of
Superintendent Nesbit for 1918 is
found this paragraph:
1t is possible and probable that
public rate making based on sched-
ules and classihcatlons will result in
such adjustments in fire Insurance
rates as will tend almost automati-
cally to reduce defects and hazards
In buildings, thus acting constantly
and powerfully to decrease the an .
nual fire waste in this country.
Fire insurance constitutes a public
utility of the most universal and
needful sort. 1t should not be sub
jected to the sort of competition
which kills local companies because
other companies can come in and
make other communities bear part
of the expense Of Washington's fire
risks. Neither should the rates be
subjected to an arbitrary schedule
no matter how carefully such rates
have been determined.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-04-12
HERE'S REAL CRAFTSMANSHIP

Happiest of all the bright ideas
Matched on Capitol Hill this season,
is that of Congressman McCulloch
of Ohio, to place the reverse Eng
lish on the franking privilege. He
would let the folks back home write
to Congressman all they want to for
nothing about "official business"
Why kindly government SO long
has withheld this esteemed boon is
beyond our ken. Why should
Farmer Milliken be compelled to
pay for his entirely disinterested in
trest in Cousin Bedela's young
est son who wants a job be-
cause he was Valedictorian at the
Razoo Cross Roads High School and
one of the brightest boys in his
class.
Why should the selectman of Po-
hick be required to pay for getting
their. Congressman to have a bill
passed loaning to their municipality
cannon and cannon balls to deco
rate the public square?
Only 10 per cent of the mail that
leaves Washington now is franked
The amount that comes in should be
raised to at least that amount, and
if necessary, no doubt the citizens
Of Washington would forego a de.
livery or two a day so that this
flood of free and fall expression oil
the people could reach the Congress,
sional wastebaskets.
Let communication be free anC
unconfned! Here is a form OF
postal referendum that requires nc
constitutional amendment, and a,
long as the pork barrels are rolling
merrily on, why shouldn't the con
stituents be privileged to give then
few extra kicks. In some cases
these voters might wish to confel
personally with their representa-
lives. Even If we have not reached
that age Of enlightenment where I