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The Washington herald., 1916-05-03
GIANTS WIN FIRST
GAME AT HOME

New York, May To-day the Giants
scored their first win since April 13, and
their first on the home grounds. Tesreau
had the Dodgers helpless and Doyle bat
ted in both of the New York runs. The
final score was 2 to l. Score:
RHE
Brooklyn .............00 OOo0o-l 0
New York ...........OO1 01o0O-2 8 0
Pfeiffer and Mccarthy; Tesreau and
Rariden. Umpires-Quigley and Byron.
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The Smoke That
Wins!

Its shining appeal to the I've,
active, youthful spirit makes
Bull Durham the tobacco that
goes with energy and enthusii-
asrn. Roll "Buff' Durham into
a cigarette and you have a
smoke that is fun Of vitality
and vim and delicioassy fresh
and fragrant.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-03
Southern League.

Birmingham, 4; Atlanta, 3.
Mobile, 3; New Orleans, l.
Nashville, 5; Memphis, 4.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-03
COMPLETE STATISTICS OF THE MAJOR LEAGUES
Yesterdays RESULTS.
AMERICAN.

AMERICAN
"asnngt0n - Boston g.
York
etroitl >.
Chicago
York
at St
The Washington herald., 1916-05-03
NO CHANCE FOR
GRIFFS TO DROP
Nationals Can Still Maintain
First Place in League Stand
ing by Remaining Idle.
OTHER SPORT GOSSIP
Carrigan Puts in Boost for Local
Club But NoncommittaI About
Sox Repeating.

The Red SoI'
Are Hard RoI.
And they show it:
Rut-the box
Scores show ShuX,
And they know it.
Contributed by our head Office boy
The Washington herald., 1916-05-03

New York at Philadelphia.
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conspicuous. The plain people have
as much naively intrusive curiosity
as the best Of their social superiors
have adaptability to environment.
Mr.. and Mrs. TANAGER may there
fore he compelled to surrender to 81.
cial convention and move uptown. or
out Of town. The proprietors Of our
very finest estates In Westminster
or New Jersey would not only wei.
come their presence for an extended
%sojourn, but those disappointed would
regard with open envy tho host upon
whom preference might fail.
Ladies' to whom Mrs. TANAGLR per-
mits u glimpse Of her wardrobe. par.
ticulurly u scarlet gown. trimmed with
black. which Is IA triumph Of brilliance
without'n hint Of vulgn rity's holiness,
are certain to regret more keenly than
before the wars effect upon the pro.
duction Of dyes for dress goods.
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RAVAGES.
Why They should he Considered In
Connection with Preparedness.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Str: sat
urday's preparedness parade aroused tne
thoughts OF many persons III many VI
retSions. but / wonder whether the aver
sge man or woman realizes now, or
will realize at any time even IN me neNt
ten or twenty years. the profuinfity OF
the m rlpool which sucks down the
vitality ~ our people and betrays US 10
q position of actual dcfencelessness more
extensively and insidiously than ANY
single item Of disloyalty or weakness
which has yet been aired before the
public in this period of self-search. -.
refer to the tobacco evil. Of j"
applicants for enlistment In he Marine
Corps during the present month, Cap
tain Frank II. Evan found not u single
man who qualified. the majority being
rejected on account Of poor hearts,
which condition the recruiting OFFICER
says II due TO tho increased consutnp-
ton Of cigarettes. What more astouhd-
ing revelation IL needed to convince
America that a narcouzed race cannot
SURVIVE?
In my opinion the rpvagcs OF tobacco
are largely a~scribable To such popuiar
ftllacies a. that tobacco Is harmful 10
young folks hut not to adults; mat
cigarettes are bad. but other forms OF
tobacco are not and finally, that " Is
only pronounced excess which Injuries,
AZ the outbreak of the present Eu-
rotean war Henry q. Marcy. eN-rresi-
dent of the American Medical Associa-
tion. prepared a review of the situation
confronting army surgeons Al the pres
ent time as compared with that during
our own civil war Atty years ago. lie
emphasized with the force OF his dis
tinguished authority and wide knowl-
edge the modern advantage of "
how alcohol and tobacco undermine the
soldier q fitness and endurance.
Th~ Military Academy ut West Point
prohibits the use OF olga rettes among
the cadets. and ~strenuously restricts the
use of other forms OF tobacco.
Not so very long ago drunkenness was
fashionable. To-day we know thai
alcohol and efficiency do not go
together. a steadily accommodating
mass Of scientific material sufficiently
demonstrates that tobacco too IL an abb
soiutely useless and extremely danger
ous poison, which must be wiped out II
we are not to lie wiped out by IT,.
NEW NORK. Nav IL. j. Il.
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German Discipline.

Tho warning tn German citizens
resident In the United States to con-
form to the laws of this country scnt
nut yesterday Is the second document
of its kind that has co,nc from Rer-
lin. The first was an authorized state.
ment published In all the New York
newspapers on December 10. In which
the Imperial Government conveyed
this message:
1T 1.-THE German Government can only
say. and does most emphatically declare
to Germans abroad, to German Aineri-
can citizens OF the United states. 10 the
American people. all alike, that whoever
is guilty of conduct tending to associate
the German cause with Ia wiessness of
thought, suggestion or deed against life,
property and order in the United States
is In fact an enemy OF nat very cause
and "A source Il embarrassment TO the
Anything he or they may believe to the
contrary
This form of address l.. 1t will be
recognized. unusual. and certain Ger
mans in the United States evidently
disregarded the message. The United
States Government AMI the police of
this city apparently feared II might
not have the effect its authors de.
sired. Whatever their thoughts may
have been they continued their watch
M suspected persons, aud undcrt""k
the prosecution Of others. Berlin H.
self seems to have been doubtful
about the obedience given to its plea.
and on Saturday of last week the
Chancellor was represented a. he
lieying that drastic action should he
taken ''o convince Americans Ger
many had nothing u do with the plot
ters' operations"
We may assume that the message
sent this week to German consular
officers from the Embassy reflects the
C~hnncellor's desire to dissociate
Germany from the desperate deed,
that have been planned or carried out
here in her behalf. II is official and
bears all the impressive marks of an
thority. We hope II will he Needed
by those to whom II Is addressed, for
one of the distressing spectacles of
the war has been the patent inability
Of "A virtuous Government in Germany
To enforce On its subjects temporarily
exiled To the United States that stern
and splendid discipline which within
Its borders 1t rigidly maintains.
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PRAYERS FOR WEATHER.
A Suggestion in the Interest OF More
Accurate fOreessting.

TO THE EDfToR or THE SUN--Sir. Some
years x the Federal Government found
IL necessary to take over the control or
wireless telegraphy because the opera
ton Of private sending stations inter-
fered seriously with the transmission OF
official messages. There Is another form
of activity which, I think needs regu-
lating along similar lines. ] refer to
praying for changes in the weather by
members of the clergy located in divers
parts of the country. consider the
art Of praying for rain. dry weather or
changes In temperature to he unwar-
ranted interference with the business of
the Weather Bureau.
We are all wont to blame tho fore
caster when his prophecies fail OF ful.
hlment. But we should not be too hard
on him. for he bases his forecasts on
data respecting barometric pressure.
tempe nature and general weather on
ditions collected from all parts OF the
%ountry That the normal implication
and sequence involved In the working out
~ these observations may be modited
or rendered void through m~etcoroioricai
duplication Of the Deity by the faithful
is not allowed for in his calculations.
and he goes as;ray accordingly.
II IL obvious. therefore. that tho Gov
eruincnt should either completely pro-
hibit praying for changes In the weather
under penalty of the law. or maintain
a corps Of inspectors whose duty IL
be to report to the proper officials
the number. nature and relative strength
of prayers offered In the churches for
suspension of natural law in
meteorological phenomena.
A system such as | have proposed
would greatly facilitate the business OF
the Weather Bureau and enhance the
value OF It's forecasts. The system would
automatically create q large num-
Der of restful aud duasi-religious Jobs.
which should appeal TO the Washington
politicians, ever on the alert for an OPP
p%ortunity to extend the Federal pat
ronage in the interest of good and ex-
penSve government.
ALBERT r. GALLArrN.
New YoRK, Nav IS.
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senator Fall on Intervention In
Mexico.

II Senator Albert Il. FALL of New
| Mexico qualities .as n military expert
IL must he by virtue If his service in
| the First Territorial N. Nj Infantry
! during the war with Spain in 1898.
! when he was Captain FALL. hut did
not have an opportunity I" flesh his
| maiden sword In Cuba. Porto Rico or
the Philippines. II is possible, of
course. that in spite of his activities
in farming. ranching. mining, lum-
herring. law and politics. he may have
burned the midnight oil over NAPo-
LEON. MoLTKE and BERNHARDI but of
| that there Is no record. Senator FALL
in the Senate On Wednesday deliv-
cred this Judgment:
Il am frank to say to YOU that from
my knowledge of Mexico and Its condi-
| lions and OF It's people and it's soldiers.
the $4,000 troops hat are now under
General PERsHING In Mexico can march
from Columbus to the city Of Mexico and
occupy every town OF 5000 inhabitants,
maintain every line OF communication
from every port In Mexico to the city
OF Mexico. And II they were 10 receive
| orders to do II they W uid have the sub
stantial backing OF 90 per cent. of the
| Mexican population in their %endeavor."
The General Staff will hardly agree
with the Senator, unless he will I'M
dertake to secure the cooperation OF
the males capable of bearing arms
among the 90 per cent. of amigos. In
that event PERsHiNG's 1900 would
have II military promenade to Chi
hunhua, Jiminez, Dolores. cOnPjos,
TOrreon, Zacatecas. Aguascalientes,
Leon. C'eluyu, Queretaro and the capt.
tai. and with the electives of the so
per cent. guarding communications
back to Columbus and from every
port in Mexico to the city Of Mexico"
It would not he necessary to make any
further draft on the regular army or
to call out the militia.
But II the Mexican a%uNiliaries are
not tn he modified we fear that The
hostile 10 per cent, or l,5OO,OOO Mex.
leans. including "A very considerable
number of what Mr.. FALL describes
rs %"bandits," Carranzista, Villista, IN.
patistn, &c, would he rather trouble.
some along the line Of march, snip
ing. a%mbushlng, cutting communica.
tions. and making themselves gener.
ally obnoxious In the 765,535 square
miles which constitute Mexico.
We know the American regular is
n first class fighting man, none better
anywhere; at the same time there
are brave Meyirans. and after four
years Of fighting they are not gun
shy. W" do not SO utterly despisc this
people as to believe that they would
not fight for their country against
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t'avOrit~ sons.

Ten u,tle f%ayorltc sons standing an in
ono talked a lot TOO much, then there
were nine
Nine ,.,,lc r~,y,r,te son, wished to serve
the STATE;
ono didn't say enough. then there were
eight,
Eish, little favor,,c sons thought the Job
was hcav"n.
Ono sprouted wings too quick, then there
were seven.
seven lt,,le savorite some M 20 ali the
tricks.
one showed tn" c,oven hoot. then there
we're STA.
SIX little ~favorl,r sons. very much alive:
one felt too proud to run. then there were
iiyc.
door:
One launched hi, boom TOO soon. then
there were four,
Your lit,le favor,,e sons, certain as could
he;
Ono launched his boom TOO late. then
there were three.
Three little ~tavorite sons, allins up tho
view;
One couldn't hear the ground. then there
were two
Two ltttle f,yoritc sons. ANXIOUS both -
run,
Ones issues al were swipcd. then there
was ono.
Ono llit'p r@,yorltr son positive he won:
The second ballot came along aud then
there WAS none.
MclANpHuEGn NILsuH.
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MR.. McCABE ON POLITICS.
An A%ppreclatiye student Of the Al
bany Philosophers Words.

To u EDITOR or THE SrN-S,r' l
want to tell you how much ! appre-
'ciated reading the article In THE SUN
headed Theory Of Politics" by Patrick
Il. McCabe. the Democratic leader OF
Albany county. I read II several times,
and the more I read II M pondered II
the more It edited me.
| ave read many essays on the
Theory of Politics and Government
b, the People ny schoolmasters, college
professors and university presidents
whose visions of our governmental needs
read very beautifully In print, but when
made applicable municipality are found
to lie mere dream pictures. Mr.. Nc
Cabe establishes the fact that he is not
"A political theorist he knows the game.
and IL IL regrettable that students OF
politics are not more favored with arti-
cles and ak on the question OF gov
rnmen by men experienced In the school
OF actual politics and party manage
nent like Mr. McCabe has been. Per-
sonally | would rather listen hre min
utes TO such men as MIR. McCabe
Charles +. Murphy. Richard Croker.
John II. McCooey and Edward smith
and men of their kind than to sit under
the tutoring Of a certain gentleman
now occupying the highest place In ths
American nation. And l say this with
the most profound respect to the sentle-
man In question.
Now suppose that Columbia Cniver-
Sly was 10 .nvitc some o. the Demo
cratic and Republican leaders To lecture
or politics, am sure that the audiences
would be large. respectful and inte rested.
u | feel sure In saying that those who
would be fortunate enough to hear such
discourses from men who know the
political game in all its ramiiications
,.,,il f.,I chat tlay bad haa, aspnNialy
privileged. LOUIS Il. CAssAHD.
n J., Ma Is.
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The Austrian offensive, by admis-
sion of the italian War Once. en-
tends along the whole front from
Koycreto in the Trrntino to Monfal-
com, in the IsonZo sector. As Nth
crto the .Austrians have been On the
defensive, with an advantage of po-
sition at nearly every point OF con-
tact. the operations they are now en-
gagged In are of great importance; II
II is highly probable that the Ger
man General staff has a hand in
them. The heaviest blow was struck
In the Southern Tyrol on II front of
twenty-five miles, the Austrlans AT
lacking with their right wing on the
Esch River and their left In the SUI
CANA valley. In their latest bulletin,
issued on Tuesday, May 10. they
claim a great victory south of RO-
vereto. According to their own re-
port. they captured positions on the
Folgarlno plateau. drove the Italians
from Moschere and stOrmed Zegna-
torta. taking 5000 prisoners. thirteen
cannon and seventeen machine guns.
The Italian bulletin issued on Wednes-
day does not admit II success on such
II scale; In fact, It speaks of II repulse
of the enemy In the Sugann valley
on the night of the 18th aud the fol-
lowing morning, hut II Is tn he noted
that ''some advanced positions" were
abandoned. The conclusion must be
that the Austrian offensive was pow
erful enough TO compel the Italians
to fall back from trenches they had
been holding on Austrian ground In
the Trentino thirty miles north Of
their own frontier, n retirement that
must affect their whole front In the
Trantino.
For the Italians any further nd
vance by the enemy would he fraught
with peril to the Lombardo-V Venetian
plain. II was to protect this rich
region with such historic cities rs
Verona, Mantua, Parma, Milan and
Pndua that the Italians assumed the
offensive upon the declaration of war
and invaded the TrcntinO wedge in
superior force. 1t has been well said
that Produced to Its simplest terms
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A comely cock met a rullet prim
And feit loves feathers dar..
when she rolled her rhcuiny eye a. him
He los, his chicken heart.
H. Cluckcd In a manner quite an fait
And started in to scratch,
which Is the gailiuaceous way
when wishful for a match,
Said he, ~ prithce cross the road
Aud let me he your gent.
And Parsou Crow At his abode
our marriage will cement"
aIut thereupon she gave a Shrek,
THAT word sticks In my crop,
Repeat Il, II you dare. YOU geek,
III call a sparrow COP"
Said she. "I'm fed up with that stuff.
got II night ana morn.
We'll sandsd Just to make II rough,
II weighs me down In scorn,"
She turned on him a face Of stone,
His rebuf was complete
~ lay me china eggs alone:
My whole heart Is concrete.
And now you come, you half n-dged tout,
To wound with cruel qu!p,'
The comely cockerel faded out
Next morning with tho pip!
MAURICE MoRRis.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SrS-Sir: Num-
erous consumers Of tea have Il horror
OF the green variety. and strange to say.
1t is the most natural product Of the
three well known kinds, green, black
and oolong. To produce Il green tea.
the leaves. after beins picked. are sub
jscted to intense heat. which dries them
quickly. thereby retaining the natural
color. Black teas are made from eN-
actly the same kind OF leaves as the
green variety. except that they are al
lowed to ferinent or oxidize, Oolong teas
are permitted to oxidize for a shorter
period OF TIM than black tea. being "A
medium " green and black.
The Government protects the con-
sumner OF tea by the enforcement Of the
tea law March 2. lss7). Before this
law was passed teas were colored with
Prussian blue. indigo. soapstone. plum
bago and other substances. but the
average consumer is now safe in pur-
chasing tea of any color. d. y.
NEW York, NAV Is.
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Thoughts Suggested BY . Visit Prom
m AIumnus.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Str: I
am somewhat pc rplexed ~ TO the con.
,ribution I should send the dear hoys
AZ sing Sing.
a graduate or undergraduate visited
my house recently and was so pleased
with the environment that he selected
"A dozen OF my best spoons AZ "a souve-
mir of his call. Thus preserving a clas-
sic tradition as TO the memento he Sc
lected and proving the nicely OF his
taste. as they were the only remaining
pieces of a cherished set OF ancestral
silver.
DO you suppose that Judge wadhains
of Wadhams could supply me with his
address or advise me AS TO the Dear
BOYS" mothers f~ayorite flower
or would you advise me TO send my
latch key TO the Mutual Welfare and
Mush sentiment League, so hat the
dear boy MAJ return more quickly in
the future. with a bunch Of carnations
to mother. and not he detained by the
irritating delay of picking my lock?
NEW YORK, May Is. ii. Is. Is.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUNNI: Do
you not think hat Joscphus Daniels is
just "A little too ostentatious In his re-
cent advertisement In the pulpit and
elsewhere Of his special attitude toward
prayer and its consequences, knowing
it, very obvious effect upon the Sunday
night mind" Have | not read some.
where In my Bible the very timely eau
ton written for him who "puffeth HIM
self up" AS To his personal goodness and
his personal spiritual goodness? Is IL
not possible that JoseNhus may not have
correctly interpreted the real significance
OF the closet prayer" Should ". not
hasten TO enlighten him as to the proper
understanding of prayer as taught by
the gentle Christ, whose m~ou,hpiece Mir.
Daniels SO glibly presumed to he with
hic usual egotism and cocksureness be-
fore u Sunday evening congregation
SAMuEL IlESSISG.
EAST ORANGE. y. j.. May II.
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A Union Of Pen Pusheps.

nAteNer tne decision or the All
thors Ieague Of America on the pro-
posal to organize an International
Pen Pushers Union. we shall always
consider the suggestion one which has
much to commend 1t. The organiza-
ton. IL formed. would he affiliated
with the American Federation of La
bor and "would be ms much Of a
union" We are told. "as the Struc.
turaI Iron Workers, the Hold Carriers
Or any of the rest Of them"
This means MAT II the carpenter
lays down his saw or the mason his
trowel the ~uniOnized author will
sheath his fountain pen OF draw the
rubber v over his typewriter In a
sympathy strike. If the cab driver
declared a walkOut he would receive
the moral support Of all the organized
scribblers, ven to the literary hacks.
D~isquieting as 1t Is to contemplate
n single year without Its crop Of best
sellers. We believe that the realization
would not be without Its compensa-
items. Reflect for n moment on the
effect of literary strikes at times
when certain gifted writer's produced
their masterpieces. Had the head NJ
II union restrained him T%ROII.oPE
would moi have had Andy Scott come
whistling up the street with II cigar in
his mouth" Had "A strike prevented
JrLEs VERNE from writing Around
the World in Eighty Days" he would
not have made his hero arrive trl-
umphantly at his club Just rs the
clock struck ten minutes TO twelve"
II SHAKEspEARr had walked ont in.
steal of writing king John" he
wt,uld never have induced cannon tn
boom 100 years before the cannon was
invented.
Think too of the diverting incidents
10 which n general strike of contem-
r"rary authors might give birth. Sup
pose the Rev. CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY
should refuse to join the union. Fancy
IEvIN Conn and WILLIAM ALLEN
WHITE. both gentlemen of considcra-
blr corpulencr. on an all day picket
Ing assignment before Mr.. BRADY's
window to persuade age admirers
not Ia purchase his wares. Where In
all literature is II prettier picture to
he found? We may do DR.. BRADY
an injustice in suggesting that he
might stand ou, for the open study.
We mention him by way of illu>tra-
liut, ~i~,au>- the H.; az hi! books.
produced since 1898. fills half Il col
umn in Who's Who" and We >ls-
pee: thar an extended period Of en-
forced idlene,s wouli affect him more
deeply than almost any one else.
or picture Il mon or striking au-
,hor- organizing n demonstration Of
protest in front If the house of an
offending publisher. Their ranks
would he reinforced by II horde of am
bilious but unarrived young writer's.
recipients of tnntalizing polite re-
lection slips. Here would he II great
opportunity for the film producers
men who appear to be the principal
! object Of attack In the present aSita-
tion-for In the demonstration would
lie possibilities of II movie of the
moviest kind.
We repeat thar in our judgment the
| project for the organization or the
international Pen Pushers Cunion Is
fraucht with infinite possibilities for
good.
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Spring v~isitors In City Hall Park,

Mr. and Mrs. $. TANAGER, passing
through town on their annual Jour
ney up from the South. have been
spending II day or two with his Honor
the Mayor. The distinguished visi.
tors, as handsome II pair as this town
Of lovely ladies' and gallant gentle
men has ever seen, are 50 pleased
with the surroundings Of Mr.. MIrCH.
ELS present domiclle, particularly its
front lawn, that there is some pros
pect Of their deciding to spend the
summer here. The advantages OF
New York a. n summer resort are
becoming better known and more
widely appreciated. There has been
some expression Of surprise at the
TANAGERs' selection Of "a stopping
place IN town. but they are r nris'
tocrats and can afford to choose an
apartment for comfort and cOnve-
hience rather than for show.
Yet 1t may be that. like others of
"the quality" who have essayed IL
minGae unOstcntatiously with the plain
people, they will find themselves In
democratic surroundings unpleasantly