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The Washington times., 1916-01-24
.SAYS WAR HELPS
BIRDS OF EUROPE

The European war as an aid to the
Audubon Society and other organiza-
tions interested in protection for song
birds is a new idea. yet 7. Gilbert Pear
son, secretary of the National Associa-
ton of Audubon Societies, states that
the war has really helped instead OF
hurt the birds of Europe.
The organization to which Mr.. Pear
son belongs is endeavoring to enlist
5000 recruits in the army that is work
ing to protect the birds of America and
IN his campaign work. which has just
started. the manner in which the war
has helped the birds of Europe is being
described at length in all literature
sent out.
our correspondents have discovered
that the wild birds are receiving an
amity from the hands of the men of
Europe. to which they have long bee! been
strangers" Mr.. Pearson declares. BE
tween the opposing lines, birds are said
to be scarce. except swallows and
swifts, and stray linnets, wagtails and
starlings. a pair of tree sparrows
were actually found nesting in she'll
Angfisher settled by johnson hole
within five yards of the British
trenches.
"The French government has stopped
all hunting, and the minister Of war
has issued an order that the sale of no
native game will be tolerated. Ordi-
narily, more than 1000 tons of native
killed game are sold annually in the
markets OF France-think of 1t, more
than 100000 pounds, and how many
million birds?
Belgium, in time of peace, is one OF
Europe. More than $1,000 skylarks, as
we'll as hundreds of thousands of other
birds are annually trapped and export
ed from that country for food"
The Washington times., 1916-01-24
THE CHANCE TO SAVE BASE
BALL

The directing geniuSes of base
ball may find fertile topic for de-
! liberation in the announcement from
Boston that President Lannin, of
the American League team in that
city, has decided upon general re-
duction in prices, and more equi-
table distribution of seats, for the
coming season. The decision at Bos-
ton follows a similar action at
Cleveland.
During the period when the bat
tie between the Federal League and
the so-called organized baseball" b"
was at white heat, both the Ameri-
can and National League owners
held themselves so far aloof that
many thought they would never
come to realize that baseball is a
luxury, not a necessity. They held
players under contracts which were
not worth the paper on which they
were written; they assumed to dis
tribute territory, fix conditions of
competition, and do great number
of things, all of them in contraven-
ton of law, decency, and fairness.
The Federal League movement
came along, and the magnates of
the old Baseball trust woke up;
rather tardily, it is true; not until
they had seen the profits of one sea-
son sacrificed, along with the ac-
cumulations of sundry other sea-
sons; not until they had been forced
to realize that the very national
game itself, a Gibraltar in America s
system of defense against ennui,
was threatened. Then they weak
ened, capitulated, and, swearing
they would ne'er consent, consented
to make terms.
Baseball is going to be put back
on its feet, provided the people who
have come to the top of it in this
latest furry don't act the hog. If
they do, they may as we'll under
stand, baseball will be put on what,
if recollection serves Alright, is called
by the bleachers "the bum" We
don't pretend to understand what
the bleachers mean by that; but we
are informed, and we think reliably
that the stockholders, after last
years experience, will understand.
"The bum" is no place for base
ball to be, in our view. Last year
animated by a sensation of profound
disgust for its squabbles, we looked
in on golf, tried our hand at swim.
ming, perspired violently over the
effort to learn the new form" in
tennis-and all the while longed fol-
the old seat in the grandstand. We
will be back there for the opening
game, provided there is evidence ot
a sincere welcome. Not otherwise
Make baseball, honestly and right
fully, the national game-not a ma
tion-wide graft-and we are al
going back to it.
The Washington times., 1916-01-24
Tomorrow,

Musical, benefit of the blind. Library Of Con-
gress. Sl5 p. m.
Ball, Columbia Lodge, No. 4S, brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen, National Rifles Hail,
.. m.
Lecture. THE Gospel of Love" Mrs. D. E.
Wiber, y. w. c. A.. 4:45 y. IN.
Social, Jewish Branch, y. =. 5. L.. Sl1 L
street northwest. SIZE
Meeting archaeology section, Twentieth Cen
tury Club, 2622 WOodley place, ? p. IN.
Celebration, Mt. Pleasant Lodge, No. 80, +.
A. A. NJ, Arcade ballroom, p. m.
Meeting, North Capitol and lexington Citi-
zens' Association. Mathew G. Emory
School, 1880 p. m.
Lecture, THE Literary Character of the
Sermon on the Mount" Prof lsmsr j.
PERTH, assembly hall, College Of History.
American University $40 p III.
Formal hop officers Of Fort Myer, p. m.
Meeting, intercollegiate Socialist Society,
p. m.
Masonic-Federal, No. /; Acacia, No IS; Ia
koma, No. 90; Mount Pleasant, No. 80;
Mount HOreb, No. Z, Scottish Rite; Robert
de Bruce Council Knights Kadosh.
Eastern Star-Electa, No >; Bethlehem No.
Z; Friendship. No. Il.
Odd Fellows-W Washington No. G; Golden
Rule. No, 81; Amity No. %.
knights Of Pythias-Webster, No. !; Excel
slor No. II; Capital, No. "a, and Myrtle,
No. %.
Maccabees-- party OF National Review.
Liberty Review, banquet,
Red Men-OsceOla Tribe, No. -.
The Washington times., 1916-01-24

Washington learned today that Ger
many expected to follow the BelBtan
peace proposals with overtures for sep
arate peace with Japan. Exchanges be-
tween the Central Powers and Monte
negro have been going on for some time.
With Serbia crushed and no longer TO
be reckoned with, and separate peace
achieved with Belgium, Japan, and
Montenegro, the German diplomats be-
lieve sentiment could be drawn to their
cause that would bring Great Britain
France and Italy into more receptive
condition to discuss peace terms.
Here is where the restoration OF Bel
gium was expected to play part. The
German position is that with German
troops withdrawn from Belgium, and
rule restored to the Belgian government
the allies could not consistently carry
on any campaign against Germany
through Belgium without themselves
violating Belgium's Territorial integrity.
Diplomatic officials in Washington
have learned that Germany has maze
elaborate plans to follow should any
progress be made with peace negoua-
tions.
Outline of Plan.
Here is an outline OF Germany's plans
as divulged by an official in position
TO know:
Separate peace with Belgium as al
ready outlined.
Separate peace with Japan based upon
The Washington times., 1916-01-24
HAVE FOUGHT AMI, LOST

under the hammer whether or no be-
cause the A. f. of J.. has stipulated that
no financial help it gives us, shall be
used to pay any of the judgment, and
we have no place else to get penny.
1T will likely be a couple or months
before the houses are actually put on
the block, and the money in bank taken
but auctioned off and taken they surely
will be, for ii was no longer ago than
few days that Loewe's attorney got
up in Federal court and said to the
judge that he was anxious to have the
property seized and the judgment salts.
fled as soon as possible, because his
clients, Loewe ct al, were getting i'm
patient for their money. The Judgment
with interest to date amounts to be.
tween $3OsOOO and 1910 900 now"
The Danbury hatters' case originated
in the suit filed under the Sherman anti
trust law in 1903 by Diedrich f. Loewe
hat manufacturer of Dahbury, Conn.
against 245 members of the hatters
union. whom he charged with boycottinl
his establishment and damaging hi!
business,
The Washington times., 1916-01-24
Aged Danbury HatterS
Are Ready to Give Up
After Thirteen Years
1873 Men, All Past So and Most in the 7Os sos Feel
There Is Nothing Left to Do But Sacrifice
Their Savings and Homes.

NEW YORK. JAM 24Afer fighting through the Federal courts
for thirteen 1873 aged Dabuy has have reached the point
where they feel there nothing left do but sacrifice their savings
and the homes which they hoped spend the few remaining
years most of them have to live
Within the months savings will be seized
satisfy the $2520OO judgment standing against them in the famous
Danbury hatters'
Martin Lawer of the original defendants, living in
New York. today told of the dscOuagemen of the aged union
i HAVE FOUGHT AND LOST.
The Washington times., 1916-01-24
OUR CROWDED STREET CARS

The Public Utilities Commission,
replying to complaint of made
quate street car service, wrote re-
Gently that the Capital Traction
Company did not wish to make any
capital expenditures at present
which would not bring an increase in
revenue. That is, the company does
not deem itself in position to invest
any more money to give better ac-
commodations to business it already
has, nc matter how inadequate its
facilities may be for handling that
business.
This was a reply to a complaint
that had pictured the indecent
crowding of cars, the impossibility
of patrons getting seats, and the
fact that these conditions were not
to be attributed to abnormalities of
traffic, rush hours, and the like.
| Everybody in Washington knows
that normal conditions are the con-
ditions of inadequate service, over
crowded cars, time wasted in jam
ming more passengers into cars al
ready filled beyond capacity and
jamming other passengers out of
cars into which they have been
wedged so tightly that exit is we'll
nigh impossible.
Mrs. Charles Edward Russell, who
forcibly calls attention to these
facts, suggests that if the primary
business of the street railways was
to give service, rather than to earn
dividends on inflated stocks, they
would manage to give service. She
is, of course, right. If private own
ership and competition have at
length brought transit conditions in
this town to the point where it is
impossible to get money spent for
such absolutely needed betterments,
then it is to be said that private
ownership has proved a failure. 1t
is not taking care of the public
necessities.
1t has long been inevitable that
this crisis must come sooner or later.
A city of Washington's size has no
business with competing street car
systems. 1t is woefully wasteful
But it is far worse than that. So
long as there are two systems, en-
terprising gentlemen will contem-
plate with watering mouths the
juicy possibilities of a merger and a
resultant melon-cutting. They have
been considering these very things
for years past. In order to produce
such financial showing as shall make
it possible to secure financial back.
ing and advantageous strategica,
position from which to propose the
merger and the melon, manage.
ments have felt under the necessity
to sacrifice everything else to the
dividend account. The race for divi
dend showings and for fancy quota
tions of stock has superseded consid
erations of public service. The towr
has been waiting to see which street
car corporation would at length be
able to swallow the other, and carry
off huge premium on the opera
ton.
| Consolidation of the existing
street car companies, with big ad
dition to the joint. capitalization
would not better conditions. L
might make them worse. The de
mand for public ownership grow!
and will continue to grow. 1t car
only be defeated, ultimately, by ;
new policy on the part of the cor
porations; a policy that will give
proper consideration to the publ,
demand for service. Service is no
being provided now; it gets con
stantly worse.
The Washington times., 1916-01-24
2O-ACre Farmer Wins
Worldwide Attention

TABLE ROCK, Neb., Jan. 2-Arnold
sides near here, has attracted interna-
tional attention as q twenty-acre far
mer Recently at Denver he won prizes
in every class but the thing about
which he is most pleased and proud is
that corn he raised was selected by the
Chinese commission at the Panama
Pacific exposition to be sent to China,
where, under the supervision of Chi
nese government experts, the seed is to
be propagated, acclimated, and adopted.
There are few small farms in this
locality. many of them running 100 and
even $40 acres. Martin received his
training as a small acreage farmer in
Switzerland, and he finds no difficulty
i'm making twenty acres pay and pay
well, besides getting prize taking crops.
The Washington times., 1916-01-24
WHAT'S ON PROGRAM
IN CAPITAL TO-DAY
Today.

Concert, Emitted States Marine Band Orches-
ira, Marine Barracks. ESQ p. m.
Meeting, West End Citizens Association, IIo-
tel Powhatan, p. m.
Theater party, benefit Of Masonic Club Ilsa1dt
Polls. S:lj p. M.
Newman Travel Talk, "Fascin1tlag Buesds
Ayres." Belasco. 4:30 D. IN. "a
Meeting, Mid-CIty Citizens Association, 1907
seventh street northwest, 7:4J d. IN, -
Meeting, Central Citizens Association, Ntrli
Capitol Savings Bank, 1880 p. m.
Meeting Takoma Park Citizens Aa latio5h,
lecture room. Takoma Park Blanch Z ~
Washington Public Library. 50. 10. =,
Mass meeting. United Colored RepGBiiclA 4
Clubs OF the District, WlnFlaw'4 HallS
Twelfth and b streets northweft, 7:3S p, m
Banquet. Chemical Society OF deoEF4 wNsh-
ington University, University Club, ,. ~.
Address, James G. Kent. CapitoY l3iH Liter
airy Society, 2O6 Thirteenth street iPrtheast.
y. m. )EN 4
mcnt Association, Town Hall, p. msS
Rally Stonewail jackson Chapter. Emitted
Daughters of Confederacy, New willard :
y. IN. :.
Meeting, College Equal Suffrage League, G>eN
oxford Hotel. p. m.
Benefit performance. Working Boys Home
National Theater, S:l5 p. m.
Address, Peace or Preparedness. and oshel
Vital Issues" Miss Janet Richards. Audi.
torium. Woodward & Lothrops, 1915 a. M
Masonic Dawson, No. l6; stansbury,y No
- NSlll To- 40. ~ AiOunl NtTnOis ANO.
Royal Arch Masons: Masonic Veterans hs.
ISOLATION dinner. Ebbitt; board OF directors
Masonic and Eastern Star Home, Temple
No. l3; Columbia. No. Is. Eastern Star
Odd Fellows-Langdon, No. 26; Union, No. IL
Beacon, No. 10.
Rebekah Lodges-Esther, No :.
knights of Pythlas-Decatur. No. Q; Calanthe
No. IL.
National Union-Scott Council, Pythian Tenn.
pie, 1880 p. m: Federal Council, NOrtheas
/ Washington Council.
Recital, Washington Readers Club, Willard
Hotel ballroom, p. IN.
Tailors' Union, No. IL. Sl1 L street northwest
SIS y. IN.
Y. p. $. l.. Study Glass, $50 p. M, GI1 I
street northwest
The Washington times., 1916-01-24

fixed by their governments. these
diplomats insist, and not on terms
Made in Germany"
Rumors of new and stupendous de-
velopments in the European situation
drew the close attention of members or
Congress and officials here today. These
Tumors concern the prospective en-
trance of Sweden into the wa on the
side of the central powers, the apparent
desire of Germany TO bring about a
separate peace with Belgium, and the
talk in some pro- English quarters that
if a separate peace is made with Bel
gium. Great Britain will try to get
Holland into the conflict on the allies
side and strike. at Germany in that
direction.
1t is greatly doubted here whAther
Belgium will make q separate peCce
and whether Holland in any event Is
going to allow herself to depart from
her neutral position. Eut the threats
that Sweden will get into the war are
taken more seriously.
Senator Falls private information Of
carly entrance into the war by Sweden,
which was announced last night, adds
to the accumulation nf the information
here pointing to the fact that there is
undoubtedly a powerful movement on
the mart of tho Swedish royalty and
arlstocracy to force Swedish participas
tiOn in the struggle.
Interest here i'm the matter is prhH
maTily felt in the effects of the pos~
sible entry of Sweden on American
trade That 1t would tend to simplify
matters for the British i'm their efforts
to shut off trade from Germany is ap-
parent. England would no doubt un-
dertake to restrict entrance of every
thing in the way of cOntraband abso-
lutte and conditional. into Sweden, and
thus make II impracticable for
Sweden to re-eXport or export much
to Germany. American trade would
be curtRiled.
A most interesting phase of Swedish
participation would relate to her at
utude toward Russia. Presumably. she
would become involved with Russia,
since there is traditional bad blood be
the question whether Swedish trCSSDs
would be able TO interfere. with the
route of shipment of goods from Arch
angel to interior Russia. In view OF the
enormous shipments i'm the last year or
so of American goods to Archangel
the only Russian port accessible to the
ocean nearer than Vladlvostok, any in
reference, or even threatened interfer-
ence with that trade. would be viewed
seriously on this side,
The Washington times., 1916-01-24

I'VE Danbury hatters.' said Lawler,
have made our fight and lost. Our
appeal to Congress was, we know, a
forlorn hope, but it was under the law
which that Congress passed, that we
were prosecuted and we felt it was no
more than right that Congress should
pay the judgment.
1T Is generally conceded that the
Sherman antitrust law was not intend
ed to apply to organizations of work
ing men. The Clayton antitrust law
specifically exempts such organizations;
still, we have no redress and now we
have no hope.
Congress- has refused our appeal;
and we old men and the widows and
orphans of those of us who have died
or gone insane since this suit was be-
gun, must pay. With the homes and
the savings we have worked all our
lives to accumulate; with the money
that would pay for the necessities of
life, and the roofs that would shelter
us during the few remaining years that
most of us have to live, we must pay.
Many of us are far into the sos, most
of us are we'll past 20. and none of us
are under so: and we must give our all
to pay damages to a man most Of us
never saw, none of us ever worked for,
and few OF us ever heard of before we
were brought into court on his accusa-
| ton concerning a matter of which few
of US had ever heard and none of us
had any interest in.
Blind and Destitute.
There's poor old Billy Humphreys.
He's one of us. Billy's way past
| eighty. He has no one he can depend
on for a place to sleep or a bite to
cat or to take bit OF care of him.
And Billy is blind. / wonder what
! will become of Billy when they take
his bit of house and his bit of money.
Then there's Henry Judd. Henry is
! eighty-five. About all he has is his
home property and what he'll do when
| they sell that over his head. ] don't
| know. Henry's children have grown
up and gone away and he and his
bOwen Murray, I don't know much
babout except that owen is between
4eighty-three and eighty-four and has
4 none too much of the worlds goods
even II left alone to worry along until
t18esides them. there's plenty and
| plenty Of others. | was running
| through the list the other day and the
I 9rst sixteen names among the de-
! fendants counted figured an average
J of seventy-two years. or course. lots
Z and lots have died. The suit started
y with 243 defendants and there's only
klSS OF us lett. Many ana many one OF
n Nls. so old when It was started ir
1903 that we weren't either active
4 members of the union, nor working at
the trade nor doing anything but stay
Y ing home and minding our business
even then, and that's thirteen years
ago.
"Then. there's Ed Johnson and Johr
]. Calhune; not dead, either of them
| but far better be. l wouldn't say this
prosecution brought it on, but l car
think my own thoughts.
Homes Must Go.
"I could sit here and tell you about
these old men for hours and hours; anC
about the widows and children of the
ones that are dead. who'll have every
stick and stitch they own taken from
them. The A. F. Of L. may help u!
some, but there's no power on eartf
now that VIII save the homes to us
These home places have got to gC
The Washington times., 1916-01-24
Germany to FOIIOw
Belgian Peace Talk
With Other Offers

Gemanys suggestion of with Belgium looked
upon diplomatic quarters "feeler with view
o testing peace sentiment.
At the time something of the plans of the German
ernment initiating peace movements became known.
TO MAKE OVERTURES TO JAPAN
The Washington times., 1916-01-24
Amusements.

New National-'It Pays to Advertise" S:l5
y. m.
Betsco-"The Greatest Nation" $40 p. m.
Pol s-"The Law Of the Land" Sis D. m.
heith s-Naudeyille, 2:l5 and S:l5 p. IN.
Casino-"East Lynne" S:l5 p. m.
Gayety-Burlesque, 2:lO and $40 p m
Loew's Columbia-Photopays, 1890 a. m. to
IL y. m.
The Washington times., 1916-01-24
One Year Ago Today in the War

new Austrian offensive developing in Gacia
Berlin admitted the loss of of the Zeppelin fleet that raded
English towns; also the the armored cruiser
Beucher, in the North Sea.
Artillery dues marked the fighting in Flanders
The Washington times., 1916-01-24

fixed by their governments, these
diplomats insist. and not on terms
Made in Germany"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-12-21
Svea Praises Harry Davidson

Litchville Bulletin: The song re.
cital given by Harry Davidson at the
school house Saturday evening was a
success in every way. A good-sized
crowd attended and were delightfully."-
entertained. 1t is not every day that
singer OF Mr.. Davidson's caliber can
be heard, and those not present missed
a treat His program, consisting OF
English, German and Scandinavian
songs, was beautifully rendered, and
the latter were especially appreciated
He was repeatedly encored. Mr.. Da
wilson is Barnes county product. He
versity Of Washington, the North
western University, and has only re-
Gently completed successful term
! under Oscar Seagel, the renowned
voice teacher Of New York. He is only
just beginning his musical career and
brilliant future is in store for him.
The basket ball game between Rose.
bud and Svea townships resulted in a
victory for Svea. Score Il to 6. An
Independent team is being organized
and will play against any other aspir.
ing independents.
The school team journeyed to Green
Town consolidated school Friday even
ing and took them into camp to the
tune of % to A. Considering the youth
of our team, the season has been good
and boys have improved wonderfully.
A new system of gas lights has re-
Gently been installed in our school
and things are much brighter ll>w,
thanks to our progressive board
We have an enrolment of 76 now
and a high school class of H.. Not 50
bad for the first year.
Why not have band? Other town
ships have them, and surely they are
not more progressive than we? Let's
talk it over and get started, as the
good Of band cannot be overestimat-
ed Boost for the school and your
township; forget your differences; Wis
it school and attend entertainments
given there. Show pride and apprec-
iation Of your fine school building.
Boost!