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The Washington times., 1916-11-02

infantry was assembled, months ago,
waiting on the qui vive for the in
slant to undertake the great plunge.
Machine guns on horseback, "tanks,"
light field pieces Of the most mobile
and effective kind, equipment for
wrecking barbed wire entanglements
everything, in fact, that could be
assembled for the purpose Of sus-
tanning such an assault, has long
been in readiness.
Two Of the twenty-fve-mile inter-
val fortresses have been taken. To
that extent the impossible has been
accomplished. Peronne and Bapaume
are the next two in this sector that
must be taken; and toward them all
effort has been directed. II they fall,
the effort will doubtless be to syn
chronize the attacks on them so that
they will go down approximately to-
gether.
Then, on the instant, II plans long
in preparation are carried out, will
come the most tremendous charge in
all the history Of war; a charge of
perhaps 100000 cavalry and mounted
infantry, with light artillery in the
van and heavier guns quickly fol-
lowing; and back Of this, huge
force of infantry. The effort will
be, in short, to accomplish a super
Sedan; to drive the ring of steel
around vast section of the German
army, catch it in trenches, cut off
communications, raid and destroy
ammunition and supply depots in
the rear, and compel at length the
surrender of force that might con-
ceivably number half a million SOL
diers. This is the grand strategy
Of Joffre and Haig. If the hour is
ever struck for the final plunge, it
will mean a struggle bigger, more
desperate, more tremendous in the
things it involves. than any of this
war; a conflict that will overshadow
all former ones, and dwarf them into
pygmies.
The project looks too big to be ex-
ecuted by any human organization.
Yet it is very similar to the plan by
which the Japanese won the battle
Of Mukden. They outfanked the
Russians by sending the Nogi army
from Port Arthur up on the right
flank and to the rear of the Kuro-
patkin army. The ring was not quite
completed, and most of the Russian
army, demoralized and routed, es-
capped through the neck of the bottle.
But it made, none the less, a mag
nificent victory for Oyama in the
battle that brought a military deci-
sion in favor Of Japan. Russia was
ready to make peace after it had
been done. Would Germany be
brought to it's knees by an equally
near-successful effort at the SUPER
Sedan?
The Washington times., 1916-11-02
Tomorrow.

Meeting. Osteopathlc Associa iior of the Dis
triCt, Public Library, y. m.
Meeting, Pocahontas Memorial Association
Hotel Bellevue 4:30 y. IN.
Benefit luncheon, board OF lady managers Of
the Casualty Hospital and Eastern D.
pensary Old Masonic Temple. 1880 TO . =.
m.
Meeting. citizens Northwest Associates.
Masonic Hall, Tenleytown. 1880 p. m.
Meeting, committee on streets and avenues ~
the Board OF Trade. In rooms of the boar,
4:30 p. m.
Meeting District OF Columbia CHAPTER Of %
Daughters OF the American Revolution Ne
Willard, y, m.
Address. Judge j. Wilmer Latlmer he "a
special meeting OF the Episcopal diocesan
board OF social service. ST. Johns Parish
Hall, Sixteenth street near II northwest 8
y, IN,
Lecture, "a Survey of the Shakespeare Come
dies" Dean William a. Wilbur, before
Shakespeare Society OF America, auditorium
of the Cairo. ps m.
Exhibit OF nature study, Wilson Normal
School, } Il. M to y. IN.
Meeting trustees Of the Florida Avenue Rap-
list Church Public Forum, 1880 u. IN.
Masonic-Lebanon No, q School OF Instruc-
tlon of the Royal Arch.
Odd Fellows-CeRtral, No. |; Metropolis, No.
10; Phoenix. No. %. Magenenu encampmsnt,
No. Il Miriam, No, q, OF the Rebekahs.
Knights Of Pythas-Syracu sians, ~. 20.
Rathbone Temple, No, $, OF the Pythiin
Sisters.
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CHEER FOR THE SnIvERiNd

To the large and increasing com
munity Of people who are shivering
in anticipation, if not realization, of
shutdown Of heating plants for
want of fuel, there will be satisfac-
ton in the report of the Coal Trade
Journal that there isn't a real
scarcity of coal, but merely a bad
scare and for the moment a bad
distribution of it. The Journals
analysis is not entirely convincing,
for it seems to assume that we will
have to wait for several weeks for
that relief which the East right now
sorely needs. e
According TO the Journals calcu-
lations, there was a total shipment
from the mines of 90 per cent more
coal in the first nine months of this
year than in the same period of
1915. This has an agreeable face (;
but when it is considered that the
industrial consumption of coal this
year has been immensely greater
than ever before it suggests, rather,
that there must be a decided deple-
ton of reserves. The Journals ex-
perts, however, are not seemingly
disposed to take this view. They
opine that the present shortage in
the East is due to the fact that
the coal is being rushed Westward
by way of the Great Lakes, in order
to utilize water transport before the
lakes are closed by winter weather.
The East is simply expected to
struggle along from hand to mouth
until the West gets it's require
ments; then the shipment tide will
turn to Eastern markets once more.
The remedy, according to the
coal authorities, is for people to
avoid panic about coal, and to get
along from day to day on what
they can procure, refusing to have
their prices forced up. 1t is de-
clared that prices at the mines
have not materially advanced; the
public is bidding up the quotations
because it is frightened. The end
of November will see the Lake
route closed, and then the East
will get its supplies.
There is some cheer in this view
but November is a temperamental
period meteorologically. 1t may be
as mild as May, or it may bring q
bunch of billiards.. 1t isn't much
more cheering to freeze in a cold
November than in a normal Febru,
airy. 1t is at least obvious that the
Coal Trade Journal is correct in
urging that people avoid a scare
and content themselves under the in.
convenience of short supplies, so that
quantities now available may &c
round and give everybody enough tc
prevent real suffering in one house
while idle coal is reposing in the
bins Of another. The inducement
which is offered to the public, il
this connection, is the positive prom
Use that as soon as the new move
ment develops there will be sharI
recession of prices.
The Washington times., 1916-11-02

The tendency to gather the popula-
ton in the cities has been one of the
greatest menaces to the prosperity
and development OF. the country. The
farmers, compelled constantly to
combat this disposition Of their
workers to gravitate to the towns,
are fearful Of whatever menaces an
accentuation of the tendency.
The Washington times., 1916-11-02

the central operator presses to complete
this circuit Ia the same for all SUBJ
scribers on her board, but, as stated, II
only works In completing the particular
lights.
Meter Read Once a Month.
At midnight on the last day OF the
month each Of these Individual meters
in the meter room Is read. The total
which showed at tho end of the month
previous being subtracted from the
Der of calls made during the current
month.
There Is. OF course, possibility Of
human error in the reading OF these
meters, just as II Is possible for the
reader OF ones gas or electric meter TO
make q mistake. Az no permanent rec
ord is kept on the meters of the month
ly readings. the telephone company
takes into account the possibility OF
errors I'm the readings. and. when COM
plant is made, an adjustment is made
on the bass OF the average bills which
the subscriber has paid.
The New York Telephone Company has
met this possibility of error by a unique
device which is not In use here.
Camera Records Calls.
This device. to be sure. was adopted
OF reading all OF the thousands OF tiny
meters promptly at midnight on the last
day of the month, so as not to include
calls registered after midnight. A spe'
cial fashlight camera was devised
which at one snap. made n distinct pic
ture Of all the meter totals. The meter
readers were thus enabled TO make out
the bill OF each subscribed more leis-
urely and carefully. Moreover. the
system of taking these photographs
gives the company an indisputable rec
ord to refer back to when complaints
of overcharge are received.
The Washington times., 1916-11-02
Business of Wincing on the Part Of
New York.

The Ladies' Home Journal says. cdi-
torially:
A Western man just returned from the
East sends this inquiry; .,. ,.u.
i found. much to my surprise, While
IN New York, distinct feeling Of hos
Il ity in the big city toward Philadelphia
THAT is hard to say. OF course. 1t
may be that when the New Yorker
wants to get out or New York py
road operated by philadelphia brains.
or when he goes homo at night or to
his business in the morning, nc Is
taken there either by locomotives MADE
i'm philadelphia or in trolley cars made
ar owned by Philadclphtans. Or II he
dines nj the most famous Of all his
hotels he finds 1t managed ny Phila-
delnhia man, and ne eats Phtladelphia
raised chickens or Philadelphla but
ter or Philadelphia cream cheese Or
it may be that when he gets nome he
finds he walks on Philadelphia made
carpets, or II he goes to his kitchen
he must tread on Philadelphia-m
Iinoleum: or he finds his Wite reading
n philadelphia magazine, or he himself
brings home his favorite weekly paper
published in philadelphia. Or II may
he that mis- wife shops in the largest
department store in New fork-owned
nv a Philadelphian. Or she may In
sist on wearing the best made stock
ings, and they are made IN Philadel-
mia. or II he goes out in the evening
and goes to the largest movie" thea
ter In his town he finds 1t is owned
and run by Philadelphians; or because
his wife Is musical and she wanted TO
go to the leading musical event in New
nv PhIIadelphia orchestra. OR II
may be because he realizes he has to
get all his steel that goes Into his
skyscraper from Pennsylvania; or that
he has to get all his coal from Penn
sylvania; or because nearly all his
ships are built by Philadelphia capital.
Won see II may be one of many rea-
sons. 1t is very difficult to understsnd
the New York mind, i have heard II
said II can't understand itself. Then.
OF course, there is Boston's discovery
and opinion that New York has no
mind at all.
We'll bet a dollar that paper is pup
lished somewhere In Pennsylvania.
Lives Of Candidates remind us:
From that game please leave us out
With our past jobs all behind us.
A..1 f,.N..
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Fhone Company Uses
Automatic System in
Metering Every Call
Chesapeake and Potomac Officials Declare Service
Rates Are as Low as Practicable Now, Re-
plying to Complaint of Southeast
Citizens Association.

Commenting on the action OF the
Southeast Washington Citizens Asso-
citation In adopting resolutions demand
Ing a 1-cent telephone rate and a def
mite system of metering phone calls.
officials of the Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company declared that, in
their opinion, the rates for telephone
service in the District were as low as
they could be made at this time.
IL was stated that it was the policy
OF the company TO make the rates as
low as possible, as with every cut In
rates there was an increase In bust
ness. In this connection attention was
called by officials OF the company to
the recent reduction In the private ex-
change rates from 2ik cents to 2 cents
on every outgoing call.
Regarding the claim OF the Citizens
Association that there existed no definite
system OF meter.ng calls. officials OF
the company invited a representative
Of The Times to inspect the system
which Is employed for this purpose.
This system, It was found. Is largely
automatic.
Calls Automatically Recorded.
When Mr.. Smith calls Mr.. Jones. 1t
was found the fact as to whether or not
the contention Is completed is indicated
by tiny lights. II these lights-one for
Mr. Smiths phone and one for Mr..
Jones phone remain lighted after
Smith Is called by the central operator,
II indicates that Mr.. Jones has not
answered. II they go out Il means that
the connection has been completed. In
that event the operator presses n key
which automatically completes the cir
cult between Mr.. Smiths phone and a
small dial IN the metering department.
Each subscriber has his own meter
dial, which works thus automatically.
but which cannot be moved forward
unless worked by an individual circuit
between the subscribers own telephone
wires and his meter. The key which
The Washington times., 1916-11-02
The --latest Ffad.

Oh. we welcome the coming OF Llora,
Though we've long been familiar with
Lloyd.
And there Is the beautiful Ddora,
And there Is the Hon Bboyd.
For the women are so apt to wary.
Since their names have been altered OF
Hate.
That We scarcely can recognize Mmary
OR even our own little Kkatc.
David Ferris Kirby.
The Washington times., 1916-11-02
Some Observations on the New Sub
marine Situation Created by Sink
ing of the Marina.

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
In the headlines OF your noon edition.
you say. Sub situation Serious"
This IL ridiculous. Everybody knows
that 1t Is only necessary to write an
II cannot possibly he that the present
situation Is as bad as the Lusitnnia
case. and yet we got out OF that with
out any trouble. That did not involve
US in war. and ii has not cost our Gov
crnmcnt cent.
q. THOMAS DUNLOP.
Washington, Nov. =. 1916.
The Washington times., 1916-11-02
Amusements.

New National-"Potash and Perlmuttsr IA
Society" S:l5 p. M,
Belasco-WRshlngton Square Players In reper.
toire, $50 p. IN.
Pois-"Kcep Moving" 9:i5 and S:l5 m.
Keith's-Vaudeville 2:i5 and s:l5 p m.
Gayety-Burlesque, 2;l5 and s:i5 p an.
Strand-Photoplays, 10 a. IN. TO II d. m
Garden-Photoplays, 10 a. nj. TO II p. n,
Loew's Columbia-Photoplays 1880 a. m. to
II p. nj.
The Washington times., 1916-11-02
THE TIMES MAIL BAG

Communications 70 the Nail Bag must be written on one s the
length
all Of
ton ma arGu
The Washington times., 1916-11-02
Without a Spasm,

Tho cheese get Is scarcely safe
When ! dine at Il certain cafe
They ought to keep II in cage;
never met such fierce fromagc.
H. ], s.
The Washington times., 1916-11-02

English Invasion Possible-Ficld Mar
shall French Tells Volunteers Attack Is
Prob9 le.-iIeadline.
The Field Marshal Is too pessimistic
The Gallo allies OF the English are
still standing firm. and even advancing
in places.
The Washington times., 1916-11-02

President TO Test New York's Pulse
Headline.
He will probably find some hardened
Democratic arteries.
The Washington times., 1916-11-02
Added Ads.

Added Ads.
Sir: The red and white campaign
posters on the IL" and subway plat
forms are at once entertaining and con-
vlncing. WILSON'S Wisdom Wins With
out War" smacks OF the medico. It
makes one think OF "Dr. Radish's Ready
Rhubarb Routs Rheumatism" or Pretty
Pink Pills Patch Palsied Persons"
If the medlco. why should not the
human megapnone OF the sawdust rings
have hand? Something like. see the
Great Procrastinator, nimbly leaping
from policy to policy! y" might 20
very well. But then nothing would suit
the Lincoln was-criticlsed-too" cult ex-
cept n colorful poster OF the American
Eagle madly pursued by a feather
duster. bearing the legend, Birds OF a
Feather"
I'VE are happy. We are busy. We
have peace. We are prosperous. Why
changer" query the ads. That was very
likely how plate felt about It, and :he
rich young man. OF the gospels. Why
operate. when a couple of DR.. Sugaro's
bills will turn the trick?
EARL sIMoNsoN.
81 am the woman says W. r. D..
whose husband at a social gathering
pays more attention to her than to the
other women at the party
Friend husband is well trained. Ell?
The Paterson IN. j. Call OF October
q informs us Adam Sot appeared In
court that day and was fined s..
Mr.. Sot is a sRloonkeeper.
The Washington times., 1916-11-02
Don Marquis
Column

And the Russians look at Hidden
burg and SAP, "He kept US out Of War
sdtoW
The Washington times., 1916-11-02
Our Own Wall Notices.

In seven million
Years
The sun is
Going to quit on Ms.
What's the use
or working yourself
To death?
The Washington times., 1916-11-02

a novel planned and begun by r. Hop
kinson Smith and completed by r.
Berkeley Smith.
In the preface to this book Nr. Berke-
ley Smith gives interesting glimpsos
OF the secret of his fathers works. He
says: TT was my fathers practice, in
Planning a novel, first to prepare a most
complete synopsis from beginning to
end-never proceeding with the actual
writing OF the book until he had laid
out the characters and action OF the
story-chapter by chapter"
Thus II was possible for Mr.. Smith to
publish "Enoch Crane with some de-
gree OF assurance that I'm so doing he
was giving to the lovers of his fathers
work an added character of the type
OF New Yorker which he so well knew
how to draw.
1t would be ungracious in the light of
Mr.. Berkeley Smiths difffcult task,
which he has performed with great
credit. to be too critical OF the style
In which some parts of the novel is
written. Instead we feel that we owe
him a decided debt OF gratitude.
The Washington times., 1916-11-02

ENoCH CRANE. By r. Hopkinson Smith
and F. Berkeley Smith. New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons. Price, N.I net.
The Washington times., 1916-11-02

Lives Of Candidates remind us:
From that game please leave us out,
With our past jobs all behind us.
DON MARQUIS.
The Washington times., 1916-11-02
Mr.. wILRIpGE OF THE BANK. BY Lynn
Doyle. New York: Frederick A. Stokes
Company, Price $50

The plot of this entertaining story In
laid in a little Irish village, and the diff
ferent types are portrayed with skill
En5Sh Sse come book from
laugh and a fender love story running
through II.
The Washington times., 1916-11-02
Book Reviews

A NURSERY HISTORY OF THE UNITED
STATES. by Lucy Lombard Barber.
New York: Frederick stokes Co. ~.
The history OF our country is told in
a series OF brief stories, arranged con-
structively. Each story In accompanied
by a picture In colors. and will be more
Interesting to the child who likes TO
book provided for him.
JAcoBEAS FURNITURE. BY Hel..
Churchill Candee. New York: Fred
erick Stokes Co. Price t1.25.
A book tracing the development Of the
Jacobean period furniture. illustrated by
Photographic examples.
THE ESSENTIALS OF RELIGIOUS Epu-
CATION. BY Charles William Heath
cote. Boston: Sherman, Franch q
Co. Price ti.bo.
The writer treats OF the various meth
DDS OF religious education practiced by
the principal civilizations dominant in
the worlds history. He concludes with
suggestions for the present day teacher.
TALKS ON TALKING. BY GrenvfIe Kieissr.
New York: Funk & wagnaiis.
Talking. as both an art and a science.
Is taken up In this most entertaining
little book. Mr.. Kleiser,. who is an
and whens. takes them right down. the
list: THE tiresome talker, the trifiing
talker. the tedious talker, the tautalogi-
cal talker, the tattling talker, the
tenacious talker, the temperamental
talker. the tactless talker. the tangled
talker. and the triumphant talker." II
is entertainingly written, and, perhaps,
instructive.
UNCLE SAM: DETECTIvE-By William
Anterior DuPuy New York: Frederick
A. Stokes Company. tl.25 net.
Mr.. DuPuy has brought into being q
new story book detective-who, para
doxically enough, is not n story book
detective at all. In sketching the ad-
ventures OF Special Agent Billy Gard"
| he has taken experiences actually from
| the annals OF the Department Of Jus
| tice, names and dates comprising the
| only fiction. And these stories prove
| the old bromide about truth being
! stranger than fiction.
| Billy Gard might be called a COM
poslte picture of the Department of
| Justice agent. and the author brings
| out the interesting character Of both
| the detective and his work with tho
| force that can be obtained only from
actual facts. Mr.. DuPuy, who, by the
| way. is WashinRtonian, knows his
subject perfectly. having been in close
| touch with secret agents. Briefly, the
book Is clever and gripping, and thor
oughly worth reading.
The Washington times., 1916-11-02

TIE NNIDINU IIfEAD. BY BeatrIoo HAr-
raden. New York: Frederick A. S,okss
Company. Price, S1.S5 net
Tho theme of this novel Is not new
the plot is a wcll-worn one-and yet
the author has contrived TO weave into
her story an element OF freshness IN
regard to both which will make hsr
book very welcome to novel readers
on both sides of the water. Miss Har-
raden 10 sure OF a reading: her work al
ways shows careful craftsmanship.
The Washington times., 1916-11-02

JACoBEAN FURNITURE. BY Helen
Churchill Candee. New York: Fred
erick Stokes Co. Price t1.2b.
A book tracing the development Of the
Jacobean period furniture. illustrated by
Photographic examples.
The Washington times., 1916-11-02

Washington. Nov. =. 1915,
The Jasper news., 1916-04-13
Chun1s.

He lives acrost the street from us
An ain't us big ns me;
His mother takes in washin' 'cuz
They're poor as they can be,
But every night he brings his slate
An ZEN do his sums,
An help get his lessons straight,
'Cuz him and me are chums.
His clo'es amt quite as good as mine,
But don't care for that:
His mother makes his face list shine,
An lent him II hat
An every mornin' list by rule,
Wen nine O'Clock it comes,
He takes my hand an goes to school,
'Cuz him an me is chums.
Nobody better plague him, too,
No matter il he's small,
'Cuz I'm his friend, for tried and true,
An ats tn reason all
TIL boys don't dare to plague him, 'cuz
list wait till he comes,
An he walks close to me, he does,
'Cuz him AN me is chums.
He fell an hurt hi'self one day
Th' summer before last,
An ats wat makes him limp at way
All uOH grow very laSJ.
So we'en got piece of pie,
Or maybe nuts or plums,
/ always give him some, 'cuz
Get lots an we are chums.
An we'eE it's nuttin' time, we go,
An / climb all tn trees,
'Cuz he can't climb-he's hurt, you
know
But he gets all he sees
Come droppin' down an my, he's glad
An we'en the twilight comes
He says wat fine time he had,
'Cuz him an me are chums.
But my! his mothers awful queer,
'Cuz we'en we're home again,
She wipes her eyes-a great, big tear
An says: God bless you, Ben!
Tn Lord will bless you all your days
We'en tn great Judgment comes.
But | say don't need no praise;
| Cuz' him an me is, chums.
--.Iames w. Foley in the st. Pau
Pioneer Press.
The Jasper news., 1916-04-13
Merchants Should Not Advertit Q
on Fences.

"A farmer has as much right to
paint sign that h. has butter and
eggs for sale on the front window
of the best store in town as the
merchant has to paint his signs all
over the farmers barns and front
yard fences. ." was the statement of
J B. Powell, instructor in adver-
tising at the University of Missouri
At Columbia in speech before the
Commercial Club of Hannibal re-
Gently.
Mr.. Powell sal that n erchauts
should cease the use of this primi-
tive form of advertising for farmers
are now reading newspapers. He
told of several cases where orna-
mental concrete bridges on good
roads have been practically ruined
from the standpoint of beauty
through the painting of signs by
merchants in nearby towns. He
said that this kind of advertising
would never get any business from
the farmers who put up the money
to build the roads and bridges.
You will not fni any mail
order house signs on the sides OF
barns or on fences, but you may
find the name of the mail der
house on the shipping tags that
brought these ticles to The farm
er's home. Mail-order houses re
spect The farmers intelligence by
sending him an attrac'iveIy print
ed book from which to order mer-
chandise. No wonder they get the
farmers confidence and business, "
Mr.. Powell declared.
The Jasper news., 1916-04-13

The Pharos lighthouse, built In 2S3
B. c., during the reign Of Ptolemy
Philadelphus of Alexandria, when fin
ished bore the legend: King Ptolemy
to the gods, the saviors, for the bene-
fit Of sailors which presently crum-
bled off, having been formed in NOR
tar by the builder Sostrates, and be-
meath, carved In the rock itself, ap.
peared the following: "Sostrates the
Cnidian, son of Dexiphanes, to the
gods, the saviors, etc.