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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-30
Recover Body Of
Robert p. FrOstad
Police Secure Remains Of Man
Who Lost Life in Wager.

Recovery was made by the harbor po-
lice yesterday of the body Of Robert p.
Frostad, plate printer employed by the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing. who
was drowned in Georgetown channel
Sunday afternoon.
Frostad lost his life as the result of
q wager. Returning from the Old Do
minon Pleasure Club with william
Longworth. an employee of the bureau. a
discussion arose as to which was the
better swimmer.
The men We're taken in boat TO the
Virginia ripraps by X. 8. Clements.
Both plunged into the water, and Fros-
tad. after swimming around a Few min
utes. sank. Efforts al rescue were
made by Clements and Tongworth hut
without avail. Frostad was thirty-two
years old and lived at 3lS Eleventh
street southwest
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-30
Agrees With Mr.. George About w.
a q. ID. Line.

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
I heartily echo the opinion of Mr.
Edwin c. George In regard to the in
tolerable conditions on the Washington
and Old Dominion line.
IL the company mistreats its employees
as badly as It n1istreats the public
every time that I have the misfortune
to ride upon one of Its cars. am not
surprised that the men reached the
limit of human endurance and decided
to strike, agreement or no agreement.
w. ]. RUTLEDGE.
Wn ahInpton Nav @
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-30
Hearing Postponed.

The hearing scheduled before the Pub
lie Utilities Commission tomorrow to
consider changes In the regulations
governing the extension of electric
service mains has been postponed TO a
date to be announced later.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-30
Finds Sparrows Destroying Cabbage
Worms.

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
A neighbor who farms q garden,
having heard that English sparrows
would not eat worms. saw a flock Of
these much maligned little birds in
his cabbage patch and decided to
watch them. On examination, he
found they were destroying the cab
bage worms. one of the many pests
the farmer has to fight. with the ad-
vent of the automobile these cheerful
little street scavengers will have to
take to the parks and farms to gain
aliving. ]. JOHNSON.
Brookland, May 80.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-30
Tomorrow.

Annual meeting. Housekeepers' Alliance,
Wilson Normal School.
Dedication Of boundary stone In Walker
road. west OF Anacostia, John Lindsay
Chapter. ID. A. r.. $3.50 p. m.
Address. Some Recent Phases Of the Tenn
perance Movement" Judge william II.
De Lacy Mcmahon Hall. Catholic uni
versity, 8 q. m.
Presentation OF awards OF merit to pupils OF
Corcoran School OF Art. corcoran Gallery
OF Art, $50 D. m.
Annual drills OF High School Cadets. Ma
tionals ball park. afternoon
Meeting. Chevy Chase citizens' Association.
Chevy Chase School, p. m.
Meeting, Spanish-A American Athenaeum, ct
home OF Secretary OF State Lansing, D. m,
Class night exercises. senior studenta OF
Howard University. Andrew Rankin Mem
MasOnio-Hops. No. 20; Columbia NO, L
Royal Arch.
ODD Feliows-Eastern. No. Il Friendship, No.
u: Federal City. No. 20; Harmony. No. u
Columbian, No. encampment.
knights OF Pythias-Mount Vernon. No. s.
Pythian Sisters-Friendship Temple. No.
Piano Recital by Miss Locke Inez Kincer.
Homo Club, Sl6 ID. m.
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MAIL BAG
(From The Tines Readers)

Communications 10 the Mail BAG must
be written on one side Of the paper
only: must not exceed 100 words IN
length, and must be signed with name
and address Of sender. Tho pubi;cat ion
not mean the Endorsement By The Irimcs
Of the opinions OF the writer. The Mail
Bag r. an open forum, where the citi-
Gems OF Washington can argue most
questions.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-30
u Street Burglars.

Burglars entered the home of John #.
King. 1ls u street northwest. yester-
Gay with n duplicate key, They ran
also In cash and two gold bar pins.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-30
WHAT'S ON PROGRAM
IN CAPITAL TODAY
Today.

TOoay.
American Tobacco Merchants' Association
convention. New willard. 1870 q. m.
Memorial Day ceremonies. q. A. r. and
kindred organizations. Arlington Cemetery,
l y. m.
Ceremonies in memory Of the sinking of the
Maine and the submarine -Fl under aus
pices OF the Army and Navy Union, Maine
section, Arlington Cemetery. IL a. m.
Memorial horaf demonstration upon waters
OF the Potomac from aboard Sylvia. .
a. m.
Non-partisan meeting for the purpose of
advocating a legalized primary law In the
District. old Masonic Temple. y. m
Exhibition Of motion pictures of American
parks. under direction OF the Bureau OF
Commercial Economies. ut Washington
Monument, y. m
Memorial exercises. Brishtwood Citizens
Association. Battle Ground Cemetery. dur.
ing day
Election OF Officers. Southern Society, Of
washington, New Willard, S:15 p. m.
knights OF Pythias-webster, No. Z; Excel
sior. No. Il; Capital. No. "a. and Myrtle.
ODD Fellows-Amity. No. n: Washington.
No. 9: Golden Rule. No. n.
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Amusements.

Somebody's Luggage" s:lB =. m
Poli's.''Neyer Say DE-" s:b m.
Observation-Disclosures DIX and ak - "'
Loew's columbia-.photopiays. 1850 a. m. to
IL p. m.
Gayety-Photopiays, II q. m. to II D. m
Glen Echoyopen-air amusements. afternoon
and evening.
Chevy Chase LAke-open-air amusemsnts,
afternoon and evening.
Buffalo Bits Circus, Florida avenue and
Fifteenth street northeast. 2:lb and s:ls
d. m.
Marshall Hall. open-air amusements, day
and night.
The Benson signal., 1916-01-01
THE OLD YEAR

He had his virtues. This old year
was impartial. No discrimination
knew he between classes or condi-
tions. He meted the same number of
hours to the man in the novel and
the man on the throne. The hOur-glass
he turned the same number OF
times for him whose garments were
plain and coarse and him who wore
garments of costliest fabric. Like
God who sent him, this old year was
no respecter of persons. He showed
constant vigilance. No la3gard, no
loiterer. he. Having been sent to fill
a space in times calendar, he filled
it to the full. Sent to mark off so
many hours on times dial. his hand
was never slack; he slept not for a
single swing of the pendulum. May
we keep our vigils as faithfully! lie
fulfilled his mission. Gods plans
are deep, and we know little, perhaps.
as TO the real mission Of any of these
passing years, decades, centuries, and
cycles, yet we know that each fulfills
a purpose in the betterment of hu-
manity; and in the closing year has
served we'll his embassy in bringing
the race nearer it's final goal. A
prize, peerless and bright, awaits each
of us if we are true to our mission as
the old year has been to his.-Rev. J..
M. Hubert
The Benson signal., 1916-01-01

insist on his kissing you that you may
smell his breath.
Ne. er again to come to the table
with hair in crimpers and wearing a
soiled kimono.
Never again to subject pa to spells
OF lachrymose reproaches, telling him
that he doesn't love you any more.
For lovers, married or single: Never
to miss an opportunity to tell the Gear
old story over and over again
Never to lose the coquettish elu-
siveness that makes lovers so delight,
full to each other
Never again to spend the sweets of
young lover souls in cheap f1irtations
when there is such world of real
happiness at your command.
Never to become insensible to the
delicious tremblings and flutterings Of
your own heart, or to become lax in
all of those lovely attentions and Civ
ings that help to keep keen response
a-thrill in the heart of the beloved.
The Benson signal., 1916-01-01
SPORTIvE CAREER NEAR END
Mr.. PipwiIIow Was in Position to
Prophesy With Confidence as
to kitty's Future.

Mr.. Pipwillow looked at his gar
den, shook his fist at his neighbor's
cat, then, humming hymn of feline
hate, made his way to the nearest
drug store.
Ten minutes later he was tempting
the offender to his garden once more
with a saucer of -uilk and something
which came from bottle bearing
red label.
"Halloa!" came his neighbOr's voice,
blithely, over the fence. "My cat been
troubling you again, eh? It's a play,
full little way o. cats to make a rae
ing track O. neXt-door's cabbage
patch"
81 suppose it is," said Pipwillow,
gently, as tabhy was purring over the
saucer. Perhaps yours has nearly
finished his training gallops.
wouldn't be surprised if he's doing his
last lap now!"
The Benson signal., 1916-01-01
WESTERN.

The surrender of Rodriguez, it is
said, ends any hope Villa may have
of organized or continued resistance
of Carranza rule.
The nitro-glycerine plant of the
Aetna Powder Company at Fayville
ILL.,, was blown up when 5000 pounds
of nitro -glycerine exploded.
r. L. Harwell was fatally burned
while inspecting his Christmas stock
ing at a fireplace in his home at Bal
linger: Texas. His nightgown caught
fire from the CRATE.
Petitions to place the name of
Theodore Roosevelt on the presf
Dental primary ballot in Michigan
as candidate of the National Pro-
gressiye party were filed with the
secretary of state.
Sixty out of the ninety-two counties
of Indiana have sent in petitions ask
ing that the name of Charles w.
Fairbanks be placed on the ballots
for the primary next March for the
preferential vote for the Republican
nomins tion for President.
The Benson signal., 1916-01-01
DISTINCTLY A "WAR BABY"
Kittens String of Names Left No
Doubt as to the Sympathies of
Its Small Owner.

A certain little Philadelphia girl is
distinguished chiefly by her fondness
for cats and kittens, which she much
prefers to dolls.
Several days ago she was sitting on
the sunny steps of the front porch,
tenderly nursing on her lap coal
black kitten; very small as yet, but
sturdy and full of promise.
What a pretty kitten!" remarked a
neighbor in passing. What dc you
call him, my dearf''
II call him Allies" was the reply.
"Allies! 1 think you must mean
Alice, do you not?" suggested the lady
with smile.
ooh, no, not Alice! His name is AL
lies," corrected the child. Ellis right
name," proudly, 'is George Albert
Nicholas Peter Victor Emmanuel Jof-
fire; but father says that is heavy
load for such little fellow to carry,
so call him Allies for short"
AS the lady proceeded up the
street she heard a childish voice say
tenderly: "Come, Allies, we must go
in. It is time for you to have your
rations:."
The Benson signal., 1916-01-01
SPORT.

''Uncle Joe" Hineman of Wausau,
Wis, is 81 years old, yet he never
misses a trap shoot that he can at
tend
Jess Willard at Chicago assured
Fred Fulton that regardless of what
the New Orleans promoters do, he
will take on no other opponent until
he has boxed Fulton.
81 doubt the authenticity of that
interview said Charles Weeghman at
Cincinnati when shown the dispatch
from Corpus Christi, quoting C. P.
Taft as saying that the Chicago Cubs
are not for sale.
The New York World correspondent
learned from an authentic source at
Cincinnati that the New York Giants
will be sold to Harry S. Sinclair, the
millionaire oil man, for the highest
price ever paid for a big league club,
before the year is out.
The Brown University football
players at Albuquerque, N. NJ, held
their last practice before reaching
Pasadena, Calf Playing 5000 feet
above sea level, the Brown players
were forced to slacken their pace at
times to allow the effects of the high
altitude to wear off
Packey Hommey's constant rushes
outweighed the ringcraft of Leach
Cross, and the Ghetto champion had
decided edge over the fighting dent
iSt in their ten-round bout at the
Harlem Sporting Club in New York.
Hommey clinched the victory in the
last round, when he lambasted Cross
without return.
The Benson signal., 1916-01-01
FOREIGN.

Sarah Bernhardt is reported to be
dying. in a dispatch from Paris.
There have been twenty severe
earthquakes in Guatemala in two
days. No serious damage has been re-
ported
The members of the Ford Peace
Expedition have held various meet
ings in an endeavor to arouse a peace
sentiment in Sweden
Advices from Amsterdam state that
according to accounts received there,
300 of the 500 women employed in
the Muenster powder mill were killed.
Free house rent for year for inn
poverished widows of Carranza sol
diers is philanthropy which the new
government has undertaken at Mex
leo City.
F. Herman Gade, commissioner
general of Norway to the Panama-Pa-
cific Exposition at San Francisco, has
been appointed Norwegian consul at
Chicago, in succession to C. II. Hau-
gan.
A revolutionist movement under
the leadership of Tsai 40, former
ly military governor of Yunan, has
broken out The Chinese government
has sent 10000 soldiers to quell the
revolt.
John Redmond, Irish leader in the
House of Commons, declared the Ma
tionalists would oppose conscription
by every means in their power. John
Dillon arraigned the British war lead.
ership.
One-third of the 100000 Greek
voters cast ballots in the parliament
tary elections, says Havas dispatch
from Athens filed by the correspond
ent there. Out of 38,263 voters in
Salonikl, 4,050 voted
A Melbourne wheat deal just COM
pleted with the British and French
governments involves nearly G3,000,-
600 sterling ($15, 5,OOOOOO), and the
price is above shillings a bushel A
sale also has been made to Italy.
Richard Melville Hall of Ann Ar
bor, Mich, volunteer driver attached
to that section of the American am
bulance operating with the French
army in Alsace, was killed Christmas
Eve in the performance of his duty.
Prince Won Buelow, former German
imperial chancellor, who has been in
Switzerland since late October but
who has denied that he was in that
country on peace mission, as has
been widely reported, left Switzer-
land for Germany
The. dedication of the Woodrow
Wilson Soldiers home took place at
Berne, Switzerland Several Ameri-
cans from Berne and elsewhere in
Switzerland attended the function
and representatives of the Swiss
army and government also were pres
ent.
The Benson signal., 1916-01-01
FROM TELEGRAPHlC REPORTS
THAT COVER THE WEEKS
EVENTS.
OF MOST INTEREST
KEEPING THE READER POSTED
ON MOST I'M PORT ANT
CURRENT TOPICS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
ABOUT THE WAR.

Russians disperse Persian insurg-
ents in battle.
Montenegrins retake positions cap
tured by Austrians
The United States will investigate
sinking of Jap liner by submarine.
Turkish guns do considerable dam
age to allies lines on Gallipoli penin-
sula
More than 100000 Christmas pack
ages were sent 70 soldiers on the con-
tinent
Great Britain's loss of officers and
men at the Dardanelles up to Dec. IL
was 112,921
Greece notifies Germany Turks and
Bulgars will not be permitted to
cross border.
Germans retake summit of Hart
manns-W eillerkopf on western front,
capturing 1,50O prisoners.
Germans shelling Anglo-French line
in Macedonia; march on Saloniki ex-
pected to begin at once.
Kaiser, loses 5000 men in an at
tempt to break through British lines
in Belgium and France.
Japanese liner Yasaka Maru, with
one American on board, sunk without
warning by submarine No lives were
lost.
British clergy declare nation will
be in poverty at end of war. London
press demands Lloyd-George be made
premier.
Germany informs Greece the Teu-
ton armies hope to reach Saloniki by
Jan. Is, and promises to evacuate
Greek territory 'as soon as the task
is Finished
Replying to written question by
P. A. Moltens, member of the House
of Commons, Premier Asquith gave
the total British casualties up to Dec.
9, as 52S,227.
Since the war began 734 ships
owned by Germany's enemies have
been destroyed, according to reports
made at Berlin. Their aggregate ton
mage is 1,447,628.
The British parliament has voted
to increase England's army to 4,C00,-
600. An appeal for financial aid from
the people, and a shakeup in the Brit
ish general staff is reported from
London.
The Benson signal., 1916-01-01
Didn't Need the Ball.

Two neighboring football clubs had
been drawn together. Local rivalry
ran riot with the feelings of the play
ers, and hard knocks were the ord er
Of the day. At the end of the first
half each side had scored goal, and
several men had been wounded and
winded in the fray.
Neither side being able to add to
the score, the game resolved itself
into a free fight. At last the ball col
lapsed, and someone volunteered to
go for a new one.
"Oh, never mind ball." shouted a
player from behind bundle of ban
dages; "let's go on with the camel"
The Benson signal., 1916-01-01
WASHINGTON.

Permission was given for 5000
more Carranza troops to pass
through the United States on their
way from Aqua Prieta to Juarez.
Secretary of the Interior Franklin
K. Lane has issued an order releas-
ing $4,000 acres of land for settle
ment in Socorro county, New Mexico.
In notifying the State Department
that Great Britain would permit the
immediate shipments of 4,70O tons of
logwood or dyestuffs from Jamaica to
the United States, the British embas-
sy has indicated that the shortage of
the extract of logwood in Canada
must be relieved as a condition of the
embargo's modification.
The State Department is preparing
to anticipate a probe Of the Mexican
situation, according to rumors More
than 1000 nuns have disappeared, 1875
Americans have been killed, thous-
ands financially ruined and property
worth more than $30OOO0,OOO de-
strOyed
Full settlement of the Lusitania
case, including reparatiol for the
lives of the American victims' which,
it became known, recently was near,
has been postponed by the dismissal
of the German naval and military at
taches and the American demands on
+,,So IJ1,,o
sinking OF the Ancona
The Benson signal., 1916-01-01
GEN NERAL.

Christmas cheer was carried to ev-
cry poor home in Minneapolis and ST..
Paul, food and clothing being distrib-
uted to the needy by various chari-
table organizations. The Minneapolis
General Electric Company presented
it's patrons with Christmas gift in
the form of a 5.55 per cent reduction
in lighting rates.
Germans prominent in commercial
and official circles bade farewell to
Capt Franz Won Papen, formerly mill
tary attache of the German embassy
at Washington, who was recalled by
the German Emperor at the request
of Secretary of State Lansing, on ac-
count of what the United States gov
ernment considered improper activi-
ties in military matters.
Charles Chrisdie, famous as
clc~-n and pantomimist half a cen
IT, ago, died in New York.
Eight thousand persons were MUIR
dered in the United States last year,
80 per cent of the victims being men
Rumors that the Ohio Oil Company,
a subsidiary of the Standard Oil Com
pany of Ohio, is about to take over the
Midwest Oil Company, the largest pro-
ducer in the Wyoming fields, persist
in Denver, Boston and New York in
the face of denials by Denver Off
cials of the Midwest Oil COMPANY.
The Benson signal., 1916-01-01
NEW YEAR "NEvER AGAINS"
Suggestions for Husbands, Wives and
All Lovers, Married or Single,
That Are Timely.

If you haven't thought up any, here
are few timely suggestions
For hubby: Never again to spend
a moment out of the presence of the
wife unaccompanied by trustworthy
guardian appointed by her, who will
report faithfully all of your doings,
even to the irregular quiver of an eye
lash, or the drinking of soda instead
of buttermilk.
Never again to be such a brute as
to want to stay at home when the
wife wishes to go out, or to wish to
go out-by yourself-when wife de-
sires you to stay at home in the bos-
ON Of your family.
Never again to growl, grumble or
swear, or pretend to be asleep when
the wife pokes you in the back and
asks you to walk with the baby in
I the middle of tho night.
Never again to threaten to forbid
tradespeople to allow the wife credit
if she and the girls do not cease their
extravagance-whe the monthly bills
come in.
Never again to forget to peck wife
on the cheek upon leaving her in the
morning and coming home at night,
to tell her that her frightful new bon
net is perfect gem, and that her
'fourteen-year-old' short dress is al
together too old-looking for her youth
full figure.
For wife: Never again to make
biscuit for breakfast until you have
tried them on your own digestion for
a few weeks in the absence of the
rest of the family
Never again to notice pa exchang-
ing glances with the pretty girl across
the aisle all the way downtown.
Never again to keep the lights
turned on when pa has been detained
downtown ION business" in order tn
see what time he gets home, or to
The Benson signal., 1916-01-01
The Old and the New.

Another year has joined his shad-
owy fellows in the wide and voiceless
desert Of the past, where, from the
eternal hour-glass forever fall the
sands of time. Another year, with all
it's joy and grief, of birth and death,
of failure and success, of love and
hate. And now, the first day of the
new oerarches all. Standing between
the buried and the babe, we cry,
Farewell and hail!"-Robert G. Inger-
soil.
The Benson signal., 1916-01-01
Their Resolutions.

They were young as April as they
pressed close to window full Of won
derful confections
What bad habits are you going to
give up this New Year?p he asked
.'You," she answered griefiy; what
bad habits are you going to give up?'
Letting you have your own way
he responded firmly, $50 our engage
ment stands"
Very well, then, go in and buy me
that heart-shaped box of candy" And
both New Year resolutions went the
way of their kind.
The Benson signal., 1916-01-01
HEAL YOUR SKIN TROUBLES
With cuticura, the Quick, Sure and
Easy Way. Trial Free

Battle with Cuticura Soap, dry and
apply the Ointment They stop itch
ing instantly, clear away pimples,
blackheads, redness and roughness, re-
move dandruff and scalp irritation,
heal red, rough and sore hands as
we'll as most baby skin troubles.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept l.,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Benson signal., 1916-01-01
Her Menta! Status.

THAT surely was a paradox you
brought into the family, my dsSry'
What &c yon nean?'
The cook you said you got out Of
an int talligence cdi:e."
The Benson signal., 1916-01-01
In WiIIie,s Dream.

Wasn't that a funny dream had
last night?" said little Willie to his
mother.
why, what did you dream, dear?'
she asked him.
''Why, you know; you went with me
everywhere" was his reply.
The Benson signal., 1916-01-01
HELPS Some.

Some folks say dat mere words
don't count said Uncle Eben, "but
de fact dat some folks think enough
of you to say Happy New Year to
you helps some"
The Benson signal., 1916-01-01
Not Gray HAIRS but Tired Eyes

make us look older than we are. Keep
your Eyes young and you will look young.
After the Movies Murine Your Eyes. Don't
tell your age. Murine Eye Remedy Co.,
Chicago, Sends Eye Book on request.
The Benson signal., 1916-01-01
His Way.

She-Aren't you just devoted to
animals?
He-Well, I do like roast lamb when
it's we'll roasted and served with
mintsauce
The Benson signal., 1916-01-01

Smile on wash day. That's when you use
Red Cross Bag Blue. Clothes winter than
snow. AN grocers. ADV.
The Benson signal., 1916-01-01

Youth is going to do things to-
morrow that old age didn't do yester-
day.
The Benson signal., 1916-01-01

Piles Relieved by First Application
And cured in to IA days by PAZO OINTMENT.
the universal remedy for ali forms Of Piles
Druggists refund money if it fails. soc.
The Benson signal., 1916-01-01

Look to the Future.
In reverent gratitude for the year
gone, may we turn our faces toward
the more blessed year to come.
The Benson signal., 1916-01-01

Very Much So.
What a fresh complexion Miss
Gladys has!"
Eyes; she's just put it on"