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The Washington times., 1916-04-03
MAJOR HUNTER TO BE
BURIED TOMORROW
Body of Lawyer and Veteran Will
Be Taken To Winchester.

Funeral services for Major Robert
W. Hunter. seventy-eight. a veteran
of the civil war and prominent in tho
District and Virginia as lawyer, jour
nalist. and clubman, who died just be-
fore midnight at his residence. zoos
y street northwest. will be held to-
day and the body taken to Winchest-
er, Va.
Interment will be made from Christ
Episcopal Church, Winchester. tomor-
row at 3 o'clock.
Major Hunter was married three
times. His first wife was Miss Har-
rison, OF the Harrison family of Pres
idents; his second wife and the moth
err of his children. was Margaret
Stuart. a cousin OF Gen. Robert T.. Lee.
and his last wife was Eliza Washing
ton. daughter OF Lieut.. Col John
Augustine Washington, c. s. A., of
Mt. Vernon.
The children of Major Hunter were
Mrs. II. NJ. Kennedy, wife of Prof.
Kennedy. OF the University of South
Carolina; Mrs. ]. p. Campbell, wife Of
DR. Campbell OF the University of
Georgia; Miss Marcoline Hunter. Rich
ard Stuart Hunter. of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, and Edmund PEN
dleton Hunter. assistant cashier OF
the Southern railroad at Washington.
Major Hunter was a member of the
" estmoreland Club, of Richmond. The
Cosmos Club. OF Washington: the Fair
fax Club. of Winchester, and the AL
falfa Club of Washington.
The Washington times., 1916-04-03
Laurel Rate For
Children Cut Half
Legislature Passes Bill Reducing
Electric Line Fares to Wash
ington Up To Governor.

ANNAPOLIS. April 3.-Both houses
OF the legislature have unanimously
passed a bill prohibiting the Washing
ton Railway and Electric Company from
charging children between six and six
teen years of age more than half fare
from Laurel to the District line.
Attorney George Hoover and s. Rus
sell Bowen. general counsel for the
washington Railway and Electric Com
pany, have been here several DAYS en-
deavoring to have the bill vetoed as un-
constitutional.
The company's contention in the mat
ter Is that the legislature has no juris-
dction in the case. II being solely I'm
to the Public Service Commission. II
is also contended that the reduction In
fares would take thousands of dollars
otu Of the company's Golfers.
I The present fare for children from
Laurel TO the District line Is % cents
for single trip, or Is cents when COM
mutation books are purchased, The bill
Just passed by the legislature would
make the fare 1914 cents either for a
single trip or the Communication system.
Delegate Fisher, of Prince George
county. who introduced the bill, said
today he proposed to resist every effort
to have the bill vetoed by Governor
Harrington.
He said 1.-THE people of Prince George
county will bring lust as strong infIu-
ence to sustain this bill as the Wash
ington Railway and Electric Company
can bring against it,"
The Washington times., 1916-04-03
NEW PRODUCTIONS IN
THE FILM THEATERS
Photoplays to Be Given WASH
ington Premieres on Pro-
grams Of Picture Houses.

Alice Brady appears to have be-
come a fixture as a motion picture
star, her newest production, Then
I'll Come Back to YOU" to be eeen
at Crandalls today, being one of the
best suited to her abilities that has yet
been provided for her. The young
actress is a daughter OF william A.
Brady. one OF the World Film Corpor-
atoms magnates and a well-known
figure in theatrical affairs.
Then I'll Come Back To You" Is
largely a story OF the ambitions OF
.wo men worked out on different lines.
One OF them endeavors to be honest
and upright in his dealings with his
fellows and the other takes advantage
of every trick. Both want business
success, and the hand Of a beautiful
girl. Honesty wins-but winning ID
subjected to some rather severe tests.
The picture will be shown again TO-
day.
Two other new plays are on the pro-
thia week. Robert Warwick will be
seen In his latest World Film pr9duc-
tion, The Supreme Sacrince. Wed
nesday. This Is play that was espe-
cially adapted to Aim. purposes for
him an excellent opportunity.
John Mason and Clara WhIpple Will
be seen Thursday and Friday ana an
adaptation to photoplay purposes OF
The Reapers" The transferring OF
the story from book form to the
screen has been done in a most care
full manner and Mr. Mason IL given
special opportunity to show his abil-
ity as a photoplayer.
Saturday the attraction at Crandall
film production of 1.-THE Hand OF
Feril." the hrst World Film production
In which House Peters appears as
star
The Washington times., 1916-04-03
Crandall's Apollo.

Nance O'NeiIs popularity In WASH
!nGton Is attested by the numerous re-
quests that have been received b. the
management of CrandRlls Apollo The
alter for the presentation OF the star
in Souls in Bondage" the V. 8. L. F..
production In which she Is to be seen
at that theater today. The play was
made by the Lubin branch of the COM
bInation and was written especially for
Miss O'Neil by Daniel Carson Good
man,
Tomorrow Kitty Gordon will be pre-
ssnted in AS in a Looking Glass" and
on Wednesday, which IL Triangle day,
the features will be Lillian Gish and
Rosizka Dolly in The Lily and the
Rose" and n Keystone comedy, The
Great Vacuum Robbery"
In the frst-named play Miss Gish
and Miss Dolly play the parts OF a
fresh young country girl and a pro-
fessional dancer. respectively. During
the course of the production Miss Dolly
ls seen In number OF the dances
she has made famous on the stage.
Thursday the Fallas company will
present Constance Collier in Tongues
on Men" and Friday Adele Blood and
Edwin Stevens will be seen in '"The
Dcvil's Toy" The program Saturday
includes two Triangle productions, VIII
lard Mack and Enid Marley in Aloha
oe." and Raymond Hitchcock in "The
Village Scandal"
The Washington times., 1916-04-03
NEW Works. HARBoR REV.
ENUES

Attendance in the House dwindled
to a corporals guard as the debate
gressed.-Dispatch from WASH
ington.
What more natural? There was
nothing before the House but the
rivers and harbors bill, which car
ries a trifle Of $40,0OO,0O0 of the
peoples money. There is only one
new project in it, the proposal to
deepen the channels to the New
York navy yard. All the rest of
this sac, 100000 simply continues the
work already begun on Mud Creek,
Snipe Flats, and Empty Sound. If,
by inadvertence, there is little in it
for real harbor somewhere, the de-
feet will be remedied.
Representative Frear says the
measure has been so framed that in
order to support the vital New York
project it will be necessary to vote
big sums for use on "scores of ques-
tionable streams and estuaries." And
New York, which contributes more
revenue than any other locality,
more than many of the States COM
bined, bears the performance with
what grace and patience it may. 1t
ought to occur to some Congress
some day that money spent on New
York's harbor, say in perfecting it's
outer approaches, would yield even
more revenues for the Government
to spend elsewhere.
The Washington times., 1916-04-03
Empress.

Two new Fox stars are presented to
the public in the production OF Blue
Blood and Red at the Empress Thea
ter today. George Walsh and Doris
Pawn are not new TO the motion picture
world, but they have never appeared
together before and have never been seen
in production of the magnitude OF their
new starring vehicle. Miss Pawn has
frequently been seen here in Universal
productions. Mr.. Walsh has appeared
with Tom Ince. and Is brother OF
Roual Walsh; who produced Blue
Blood and Red
Tomorrow William Farnum and Doro-
thy Bernard will be seen again in the
Fox Company's adaptation of The
Bondman," the Hall Game story,
Wednesday another Universal star.
Violet Mersereau, will be introduced in
Autumn" which Is regarded as one OF
the best Of the Universal Bluebird fea-
lures. Miss Mersereau was especially
selected TO play the part OF Autumn,
and her leading man II Percy Richards,
the young Swedish army officer, who
has been attracting attention In New
York as The Man in White"
Thursday and Friday Robert MantclI
will be seen In the Fox production. "A
Wife's Sacrifice" The cast for this pic
ture has been carefully selected, and in
addition to Genevieve Hamper, MIR.
Mantell's leading woman on the stage.
Il includes Stuart Holmes and Claire
Whitney.
Saturday Bertha Kalich will be seen
in her newest photoplay. ISLANDER" also
production OF the Fox studios.
The Washington times., 1916-04-03

Hats off and bow to pupils OF
Business High School for a novel
method of concentrating the ter
centenary anniversary of Shakes
pSne's death!
They are not going to give a
pageant, with a pot-pourri Of quo
tations, nor to read long criticisms
of the dramas; they are not taking
his characters and putting other
words into their mouths, as one in
trepid modern is to do for New
.York's delectation; they are simply
going to present one of his plays!
Every time some older folk think
of the things that were done in the
name of Shakespeare study in their
high school days they writhe and
,idget. No one can blame pupils
coming out of many high schools for
fighting shy of any theater that
dares offer Shakespeare as its bill
of entertainment. All they can re-
call about the bard is long hunt
through mooted passages, studies in
the derivations of words, and argu-
ments about the sanity Of Hamlet or
the morality Of Shylock.
Here and there the fact is begin
ming to percolate that Shakespeare
is not primarily a literary, but a
dramatic, study. Think Of your own
experiences with Shakespeare study
= the class room. How much Of the
spirit of his plays could you have
caught il the English teacher had
made your cast present one Of his
plays? How you have been stirred
by his plays when finally you got to
see them on the stage! And what
were your emotions toward the
teachers who made him dry as dust,
who parsed every sentence, and
scanned every verse, and never once
let you feel the tang, the zest, the
rare, rich humor, the grim, gripping
tragedy, Of a single one of his plays :?
The Washington times., 1916-04-03
One Who Knows Tells Of Char.
wOmen's Wages.

To the Editor OF THE TIMEs:
read the letter sent you on March
"a signed by zone who Lives On A
Small Salary" which contained q very
erroneous statement. that was thrust
out. evidently. to belittle the appeal
Tor increase in salaries. as per the
Nolan bill.
He says SO a day, or 1900 year will
LOOK good to the charwoman now get.
.inB 30 n week, etc. etc. For my part
! candidlv wish his statement will prove
true not only for the "charwoman,"
put every other underpaid hireling in
government workout not so-for the
charwoman's day" is only two and
ge-half hours. or two and one seventh
Gays por week. thus giving her the mu-
nlceht ~ increase of about $50 per
week. over her present allowance.
This "one who lives on a small SAL
ary' very evidently has a "smaIl,
amount Of Importance ON the compu-
tatlons OF Salaries" In departmental
,,.., ONE WHO KNOWS.
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The Washington times., 1916-04-03
ION Votes for Woman"

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
have heretofore theoretically OPP
posed Votes for Woman" but knowl-
edge obtained from recent observation
convinces me that at the present time
woman OF the period at least is perfect
Iy capable OF taking care OF herself.
In old times. not so very old either. 1t
was the custom among men in speaking
OF the wife to mention her as being the
best man OF the two she was not only
a companion but helpmate in every
sense OF the word. her advice was
sought before business transactions or
ventures OF any nature were entered
into and II was then the aim of every
good young man and woman ~ look
upon marriage as their ultimate destiny.
A change seems to have come over
the female mind OF the present day ana
we see her everywhere occupying posi-
tons formerly reserved for men only
having made good, and being indepen-
deat she refuses to marry. why ID this! !
The younig man OF today must DE at
fault. .
Let us look this young man over. as II
were, and see how we find him: he no
doubt has some good points. ana VEN
ture an opinion as to one reason at least
why so many fine young women refuse
to marry and why votes TOT woman
should be granted.
II will be found upon Investigation
that the young man OF the present day
Is conspicuous principally for his style.
He has very nice lady-like ways or
binary good manners-as rule he con-
sidcrs an unnecessary enort. Or course
he smokes cigarettes as if-ths was the
one great effort of his innocent life and
loves to tell OF the great quantity he
consumes. He usually presents quite a
figure, with his trousers about SIX
inches above his shoe tops to exhibit
his silk stockings. purchased more than
likely with cigarette coupons saved by
himself and lady friends. for he must
dress we'll. Generally under size ana
weight. he refuses to indulge in rough
sports or concern himself about any
matter requiring serious thought and II
called upon for military service not 10
per cent OF his class, II subjected 10 the
army rules for examination would be
accepted.
The above remarks should Illustrate.
because they are true, to some degree,
why Votes for Woman" should be
granted at once. RECRUIT.
Washington, March 30
The Washington times., 1916-04-03
Bowie to Make Fourth
Attempt to Incorporate

ANNAPOLIS. April S.--The town of
Bowie. in Prince Georges county will
make its fourth attempt to incorporate
this summer a bill granting the town
the right to incorporate has Just passed
both houses of the MARYLAND legisla-
ture.
Charters were granted to Bowie by
the legislatures Of 1876, 1889 and 1854. but
were never used. The charters lapsed
because local officers were never elect
ed. and none of the functions of an
Incorporated government were eXer-
cised.
The bill which has Just been passed
was hard fought at committee bearings.
there being considerable opposition by
large landowners. who feared an in
crease in their taxes for improvements.
The incorporation bill and charter were
drawn bv Attorney Joseph Addison, and
piloted through the legislative halls by
him and the Rev. Father John Hogan.
OF Bowie.
The Washington times., 1916-04-03
Would Have Health Inspectors Pay
More Attention to Street Cars.

To the Editor Of The Times:
1t seems to me that with all the hue
and cry for the betterment of sanitary
conditions in the District OF Columbia
the cry for clean grocery stores. clean
streets, clean public comfort stations.
clean alleys. and what not-that the
Health Department would certainly
make an occasional inspection of street
cars.
The cars I refer to are operated on
the Georgia avenue line. 1t Is shame
irdeed to permit n street car line TO
operate such filthy cars in the District
OF Columbia. The windows are seldom
washed-you can hardly see out OF
them-the floors are left so dirty that
when the wind blows through the
cracks in them, one Is compelled to hoid
his breath or choke.
A little more attention to street cars
which have TO be used by thousands OF
persons daily, and who teopardize their
health by so doing under the present
conditions. would not be lad JOB Tor
the health inspectors. w. l.. II.
Washington, March 30.
The Washington times., 1916-04-03
Y. w. c. A. Educational
Board Meets Today

An open meeting OF the educational
committee of the Y. w. c. A. will be
held at the association headquarters at
$3.50 today.
The chairman. Mrs. Herbert f. Day,
and Miss Ruth NJ. Keeney, educational
secretary, besides the committee men,
bers and the faculty and students or
the classes. will be present.
Visitors will be invited to participate
in n discussion OF the past and prospec-
tive work OF the classes.
The Indoor Outdoor Club OF the Y. w.
G.. A. will give a benefit at the Lafay-
cite Hotel. Wednesday night at S:15
o'clock.
Thursday night Mrs. T. T. Wright
will give a number of recitations before
the Round Table Club at the associa-
ton rooms.
The Washington times., 1916-04-03
National Museum Gets
Smoked" Head of Indian

A smoke-dried head Of a Brazilian
Indian obtained on the headwaters OF
the Tapajos river in 1877 or 1873. Is the
latest addition to the collections OF the
National Museum.
The head was presented to the Mu-
scum by DR. c. Hart Merriam, Of this
city. and Is one of the few specimens in
this country of these rare and gruesome
human trophies collected and prepared
by the Parentintin tribe OF the Iopajos
river in Brazil.
DR.. Merriam obtained the head from
n stranded South American explorer
about forty years ago. The man had
%biie he was their prisoner had been
tatooed on the face in such manner
that he went back to South America
to seek secluson from the public eye
being unable to remove the marks OK
his captivity.
The Washington times., 1916-04-03
TRAFFIC RULES FOR COUNTRY

The Annapolis legislature has
passed an act limited in it's opera
ton to Montgomery county, placing
in effect the same traffic rule for
automobilists passing street cars,
that is laid down in Washington. A
motor car passing a street car that
is standing still to receive or dis
charge passengers, must stop.
Simply because there is not
enough effort to enforce proper traf-
fic regulations, country driving is
sometimes even more dangerous
than that in the city. On some Of
The Washington times., 1916-04-03
Elaborate Entertainment
For the Blind Tomorrow

An elaborate program will be pre-
sented by the blind tomorrow night at
the Library OF Congress. The enter
tainment will commence at S:l5
o'clock.
Dialect readings by Miss Harriet
Stone, and a concert polka by Master
John Mcdonald and Miss Catherine
L. Grady, will be specially interest
ing numbers. Thomas Dunlap viii
read Gray's "Elegy," and Robert /.
Swami "a Farewell Sermon"
AS a feature of the musical program
Miss Il. Louise Patterson, contralto,
will sing Schubert's "Serenade," with
a violin obligato by French Hufty.
Otehr contributors will be Miss Grace
Voorhees,, Wade Mitchell, Miss Es-
telle Lewis, Miss Susie !. Duffy, and
Miss Nellie Winkleman.
The Washington times., 1916-04-03
THE CAMPAIGN IN MEXICO

San Antonio and FL Paso are not
to be set down as the headquarters
from which to gather the most re-
liable news of operations in Mexico;
but neither are their advices to be
brushed aside as entirely unimport-
ant. There are increasing reasons
for fear that Villa is farther from
capture than he was when the punt
tive expedition crossed the interna-
tional border. He is believed to
have escaped from the recent clash
with American soldiers without a
wound; to have not only escaped
from his pursuers, but to have mis-
led them.
II it be true that he has struck off
to the south, he is taking the cam
paign into a particularly difficult
country, in which he will have great
advantages. He knows every foot
of it, and his men are largely vet
Grams Of Mexican campaigning, in
ured to just that kind Of experience.
It must be borne in mind always
that in such a chase as this after
Villa, contact must be established by
Che most mobile part of the pursuing
force, which will be the most ad-
vanced. It is the thin edge of a
wedge, to be sustained from the base
by Broadening line of communica-
tions. Thus as Villa falls back into
his own country, and gathers recruits
to his cause, the American force
must become more and more atten-
uated. The difficulty of supplying
it will increase, and the advantage
with the bandit chieftain will in
crease with every mile Of the cam
paign's advance.
Once more there is report that a
considerable force Of Carranza SOL
diery has gone over to Villa. It may
not be true; but il it isn't, we may
regard it as mighty lucky, for the
best informed Americans have con-
sidered it altogether likely that if
Villa were not captured very quickly,
there would be just such defections
from Carranza to him. He poses as
a national defender and liberator,
and even in a community less inno-
cent of information and understand
ing than Mexico, his appeal might be
expected to meet a considerable re-
Spouse.
1t is quite possible that Villa may
have in mind coup Of larger i'm
portance than merely to escape his
pursuers. If he could recruit his
own forces to respectable strength,
turn upon detached force of Amer
leans and inflict something like a de-
feat, it would put a new face on
the situation, for there would be in
creasing disposition among Mexicans
to accept his pretensions. In that
case we might find ourselves with a
real campaign rather than piece of
police work on our hands. For such
an exigency, now a very real posi-
bility, there is pressing need to be
ready.
One thing is certain. Having I'M
dertaken to "get" Villa, the United
States must do it, even if it is neces-
sary to take half of Mexico in doing
it, and to hold 1t until all uncertainty
is ended. There is need for vigorous
work of preparation to carry on a
greater operation than has hereto
fore seemed imminent. Are the
preparations making? Is the neces-
sity fully realized?
The Washington times., 1916-04-03
Michigan Votes Under
New Primary Laws

LANSING. Mich. April 3-Michigan
is testing her new President preference
primary law today. Except In cities
and counties where important local is
sues are at stake, interest In the bal
loting Is more or less perfunctory.
Senator William Alden Smith is con-
coded victory in the contest for the
thirty wolverine delegates to the Chi
cago convention. although the names of
Henry Ford and william Gerald Slmp-
son. both of Detroit appear on the Re-
publican ballots.
On the Democratic ticket. President
Wilson Is unopposed The contest for
Democratic national committeeman be-
tween e. o. Wood. OF Flint. present
committeeman. and william A. Com
stock. OF Alpena, attracts some atten-
tion-
The Washington times., 1916-04-03
Coadjutor Bishop of
Toledo to Speak Here

Under auspices OF the Churchman's
League, the Right Rev. Frank Du-
Moulin. coadjutor Bishop of Toledo, will
give a lecture at st. Johns Episcopal
Church, Washington, tomorrow evening
az 3 o'clock.
The musical program will be given by
the full choir of st. Johns Church,
Georgetown, under direction Of Prof.
Samuel Leech.
The Washington times., 1916-04-03
Suggests That Pedestrians Carry
n Of THE TIMES

To the Editor Of THE TIMES
/ have a suggestion to make for
public safety. In view OF the many ac-
cldents to children on our streets.
MANNED or crushed to death by vehicles.
would II not be we'll for children. and
even adults, to carry horn to use
when about TO cross a street. Chauf-
feurs do not always notify us. but come
speedily and noiselessly upon us-often
from the opposite side to that We have
looked a moment before.
Ia Il worth while to save our babies
until they are able to 20 alone to school
or on messages, and then have them at
the age OF usefulness brought home
MANNED or dead? Or to live to mature
life to be a martyr to speed or utter
carelessness or laziness?
AN OLD RESIDENT.
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