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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-30
WORRY ABOUT THE COLONEL

There is always ample variety Of
opinion and expression about any
thing that concerns Colonel Roose-
welt. Just now the views about his
reported ambition to raise and COM
mand a division Of troops If war
comes in Mexico, is occasioning a
particularly virulent divergence Of
sentiment among the commentators
on the former Presidents doings.
There is widespread Democratic
conviction that Roosevelt wants to
60 to Mexico as a major general in
order that he may make himself a
military hero, usurp the real direc-
ton of things there, and pry himself
into the dictatorship-of course, he
might continue to call It only the
Presidency-of this country.
Republican opinion inclines at this
time to the view that the mean and
Jealous Democrats wouldn't dare
give him commission, or otherwise
accept his services, lest he get the
chance to run the whole war and be-
come its hero.
And now comes Mr.. Gutzon Bor-
glum, Progressive, with an earnest
warning that the Democrats want to
rush Roosevelt into the army and
then into Mexico, in order to muzzle
him for the purposes of this cam
paign!
Take your choice. Anyhow, the
Colonel is always interesting.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-30
THE PROBLEM OF NATIONAL
49,. REVENUE

For some things that the country
needs, and for some others that in
such time it might we'll have been
denied, Congress is appropriating
money in unprecedented amounts.
To the extent that the spendings are
justified by real or threatening ne
cessities, there will be no criticism Of
them. But when the totals for this
expensive session are made up they
are going to be subjected to closer
examination than ever in many
years, and the items will be analysed
with cold candor.
If expenditures Of this session
shall climb to approximately a billion
and half, all records for Govern
ment expenses, and for a single ses-
sion's increase, will have been
broken. If there had not been sin
gle dollar Of unjustifiable expense in
the great budget; if, in fact, the pub
lie interest were certain to get full
value for every item in every appro-
priation bill, there would still be
good ground for criticism Of such a
record.
Practically a revolution in the
revenue producing system Of the
country must be accomplished in or
der to pay these expenses. There
was no need to do the thing by revo-
luton. If the increase in expendi-
lures had been less, and, therefore,
the demands for revenue smaller,
evolution in revenue processes might
have accomplished what now will re-
quire revolution. Experiments will
have to be tried, such as the tax on
munitions of war. There is reason
to believe that proceeds from that
item will be disappointingly small.
Certainly they will be only tempo
rary, for when the war ends there
will be no munitions sales.
Until the Democratic bill is sub
mitted to public inspection, it will be
impossible to know how munitions
are to be defined. But it is under
stood that they do not include horses
and mules, dollar-and-a-half wheat,
and the like. These are Just as much
war necessaries as shells and motor
ambulances.
In advance Of its presentation, the
revenue measure cannot be discussed
intelligently, of course. But after II
is introduced it should have the most
painstaking analysis, and that an
alysis should be made with a clear
understanding of the tremendous
overturn that the measure will &C.
complish in all the methods of rails.
ing money for this Government. Its
economic basis is a radically differ.
ent one from any ever laid before.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-30
Chesapeake Beach.

The thousands OF patrons of this pop
ular resort will be delighted to learn
that little Elsie. champion high diver
has been secured for a series of after
noon and evening free exhibitions. com.
mencing rext Monday.
Elaborate preparations have beer
made for Us expected capacity attend.
ance on July 4. and there Is no doubt
that II fair weather prevails a record.
crowd will throng the resort. The man
agement has arranged to run a numbel
of extra trains to accommodate Wash
ingtonisns who are planning to spent
the day at the beach. -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-30
Central Park.

Central Park. Ninth street, near g
street northwest. has just opened for
the season with a complete v. l. g. r.
program for each night. This concern
Is the big distributing agent for tho
special feature productions Of the Vita
graph. Lubin. selig. and Essanay COM
panies.
The program for next week includes
Nance O'Neil in--Souls In Bondage"
Sunday; Tyrone Power and kathryn
Williams in Thou Shalt Not Covet."
Monday: Bryant washburn and Ruth
Stonehouse in The Alster Case" Tues
day; Richard BUTLER in "A Mans Max
ing" Wednesday: Virginia eParson In
Thou Art The Man." Thursday; Anita
day. and Edith Storey in THE Two
Edged Sword" Saturday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-30
OUR ECONOMIC DANGER AFTER
THE WAR

Mr.. Hughes repeats his warnings
of the dangers which threaten US
after the war Of Europe. They are
the economic, the bread-and-butter
dangers which can ruin the country
no less than shot and shell.
Just now we have before us the
preliminary figures Of our exports
and imports for May; and every
thing that those figures tell us about
our prodigious increases of exports
is a story Of war supplies. Our May
exports of $472,0O0,000 were up so
high because of the war. But our
imports of 1929, 100000 were the
greatest Of record, in spite Of the
war.
In looking to the future we must
dismiss the possibility Of such ex-
ports as we are now recording. We
must not expect anything like such
exports.
We cannot go on selling arms and
ammunitions to the nations of
Europe when they have abandoned
their war. But when peace comes
the peoples of the world who are
now selling us their products in such
rapidly rising quantities can 60 or
selling them to US just the same
And on top Of that the peoples who
cannot now sell US at all, or who car
now sell us only part of their nor
NAL products, can sell us again just
as they sold us before the war. They
will try to sell us all they can for oul
gold which is piling mountain high.
When our imports are coming
here, as they are now, at the rate Of
much more than two and a hal.
billions a year, with some Of thu
greatest trading nations Of Europ,
shut out of our markets, they ma!
60 to three billions year or foul
billions a year.
We can take these imports as lont
as they are exchanged for war ma
terisl. If our wage-earners hav
employment it makes little differ
ence to them and to the countr,
whether they have 1t in munitiol
factories or in the industries o
peace, but when the munition fac
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-30
And Non This "Wdr"
Sp0ils Chicken Farm

instance some 800 years ago.
Besides that the quartermasters base:
ball team needed some players and
Baseball league a wanted 1 to xii lit two sird.
with one stone.
He went over the army with the eye
of an artist seeking a model and out Of
the fifteen or twenty thousand upstand-
ing Americans chose "Peaches" Clemens
and a man named Pierce. Clemens was
considered the best catcher in the army
in those days.
Diked out in khaki police uniform with
tall helmet and white gloves Peaches"
was the glory of the Luneta.
He regulated the traffic in the SIM
plest and most pleasant manner. When
a driver became obstreperous ''Peaohss''
adopted the very simple expedient Of
dragging the whole outfit. horses car
riage. driver and all, of the roadway
by the exertion of but portion of his
Samsonlike strength.
He was rated as one Of the strongest
men In Manila and proved 1t time and
again.
His sole duty as a policeman consisted
presence between the hours of $50 and
7:30 each evening when there was q
concert-which meant every evening 1t
Except, Of course. understand, dur
ing the baseball season. from December
until June. he was supposed to report
at the baseball park for morning prac-
tice every day and whip the pitchers
And during football season. he con-
tributed his 200 pounds to the line Of the
Columbia Club team-which averaged
something over 1s on the line. 1t might
be mentioned.
The policeman's lot isn't happy one.
as MIR. Gilbert once remarked, and
Peaches" forsook 1t to look after the
old Columbia Club as It's superintendent.
He had more time to plan chicken runs
and laying houses at the club than he
did at the Luneta station.
Enlisted Again.
After thirteen years Of dreaming Of
chickens and saving his money In tho
Philippines. Peaches" came back to
the tinted States by way of Europe
and established himself in a cosy cot
tage near Rockville, where he pro-
posed to establish his chicken farm.
The Europeans had managed to an
mex most OF his savings. He struck
Washington one day when the ma
tional guard was preparing for, camp
and, feeling the call OF the khaki. en-
After the camp he was appointed to
position in the State Department
and started in saving money for chick
Yesterday a friend of his who, hadn't
seen him since he'd put out the last
man In tight game b yam accurate
peg peg to second In Manila. caught q
curly, hair and sunny. smile In the re-
cruiting station In Georgetown.
You see, got caught again."
Peaches remarked. Somehow I
always manage to get caught But I
cruting game Give me that cor
poral out there and the sergeant
they've got down at the Avenue place
and I'll raise the whole blamed army
to war strength
But when ! get back, boy, I've got
my eye on. a little place out neat
Berwyn. and, say, you know me. and
what ! can do with flock OF White
Leghorns!'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-30
Halt Billion "POrk"
Chargedto Democrats
In Present Congress
This Is To Be Basis of Republican Fight Against
Proposed Revenue Bill, Which Has Been Thrown
Out of Gear By Hundred Million New Army
Appropriations
By JUDsoN C. wELLIvER.

The greatest evenueasng bill brought before American
Congress- after being practically completed committee has been
thrown completely Of the addition Of about Of
expenditures in the last few days.
The measure when the Of being reported pulled
back into committee is the Democratic side Of the Ways and
Means Committee to be profoundly recognized.
Republicans that the Democrats had exhausted Of
from which they could draw consistently with the Democratic
theory Of Federal taxation before this Of expenditure
was thrown them To increase by this the Governments
INCOME without reorng to utterly out Of harmony with
Democratic IDEAS the problem under consideration
REPUBLICANS CALL IT CHAOTIC.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-30

persons-and yet proposes to increase
tho rates 20 much that 800. 900 900 addi-
tional revenue will be produced by 1t.
Under this scheme. Republicans are
who now pay the income taxes will con-
tinue to pay them; only they will have
to pay sioo.ooo.ooo more of them.
State Inheritance Taxes.
Forty-two States already have inher-
itance taxes: they have been relying on
thic source of revenue for part of their
needs. 1t has been assumed that the
Constitution intended the Federal Gov
eminent to monopolize the right to i'm
pose custom duties. and left these other
sources to the States.
The Democrats. II Is charged. are In
vading the preserves OF the States by
laying such huge income and inher-
itance taxes. Several States already
tax incomes as we'll as inhertances.
Whoever Is right. whichever party
shall be sustained by the country. this
much is very apparent: that the forth
coming revenue measure stands for q
revolution in the whole Federal revenue
system.
II reaches down to the very economic
foundations of the Government. Re-
publicans believe II is a revolution in
the wrong direction. They urge that II
incomes and inheritances and a few
other classes of property or rights are
to bear the burden OF taxation. then in
evitably the small minority that pays
these taxes will in no long time come
to control the Government.
Whoever pays. owns; the little class
that pays for the Government will come
to own the Government,
That is the Republican argument
against the Democratic effort to create
a revenue system that will crowd out
the customs taxes and open the way to
free trade.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-30

lesson in Russia; but his voice will
be widely heard, and IL will not 60
UNDECIDED. Russia is going to be one
of the worlds marvels Of develop
ment in this century, as America
was in the last, and American
Leadership will contribute much.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-30
Amusements.

Belasco--'How Britain Prepared" $50 and
$3.50 D. m.
Poiis-"Rebeoca of sunnybrook Farm" s:lS
d. m.
Keith's-yaudeville.. 2:1b and s:lb D. m.
Loew's Columbia-Photoplays. 1880 q. m, "a
Lyceum-stock buriesque. 2:iS and s:lb d. m.
Glen Echo--open-air amusements. dancing.
Chevy chase Lake-Danctns.
Great Falls, Va-Free concerts. dancing
popular amusements.
Garden-continuous motion pictures. 10 q. m
TO II D, m.
to II d. m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-30
PHOTOP[AYS ON THE
PROGRAM NEXT WEEK
Varied Assortment Of Film
Dramas for Local Theater
Patrons. t
Crandall's.

A return engagement Of the hlm-
drama. Ambition" which features
Nine. Bertha Kjich. has been ar
ranged for next Sundays performance
at Crandalrs. Monday and Tuesday
Kitty Gordon will be seen in The
Crucial Test" the locale Of which ID
laid in Russia. Ample opportunity ID
given Miss Gordon to display some OF
the late styles.
The Man From Bitter Root" 10 the
attraction for Wednesday and Thurs
day. which features William Farnum
which includes Charles Whitaker, RI
a. Barrows. Betty Schade. and Will
lam Burress.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-30
Customs Growing.

Customs collections for the closing
fiscal year, in spite OF interruption to
transoceanic trade routes. will exceed
those Of last year by $4,000, 900. accord
Ing to an estimate by Assistant Secre-
tary Of the Treasury Peters.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-30
Avenue Grand.

Sunday 10 Triangle day" At crandail'i
Avenue .i0k<nd. The features are
Douglas Fairbanks in His Picture In
the Papers," and the Keystone comedy
Better Late Than Never which fea-
lures William Collier.
Two more Triangle attractions will
be shown Monday. "Honor's Altar
featuring Bessie Barriscale, and His
Auto Ruination." featuring MacA Swain
out OF the Drifts" with Marguerite
Clark as star. Is the attraction Tues.
day. Wednesday Nine. Olga Petrova
will be seen In THE Scarlet Woman
Thursdays feature 10 Theda Barn In
East Lynne" Florence Rockwell will
be seen Friday in He Fell In Love
With His WIFE" while Saturdays at.
traction Is Edna Wallace Hopper and
Frank Sheridan in Tho Perils o,
Divorce"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-30
Tomorrow.

Lawn fete, Fidelity Chapter. Eastern Star,
and Belmont street northwest. 8 p. m.
Joint outing. Gurley Memorial, Temple,
Bethany. and Kendall Baptist sunday
Meeting. women's Republican National Club.
willard. <:so .. m.
eiety Of WasSinston. Rristo, School. Nine.
teenth street. and Mintwood place nsrth.
west. $50 .. m.
ODD Fellows--CAntsn Washington, Ne. 1
1AHiaSchs xilitA,at.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-30

One Of the most picturesque figures
in the national guard Of the District
became factor in the recruiting
service when Sergt Peaches" Clcm-
ems. coal miner. soldier. baseball player.
football expert. the worlds greatest
theoretical chicken farmer, and 1U
pounds Of outstanding man. was ordered
to take charge OF the new station
opened at 3l44 NJ street, in Georgetown.
peaches" Clemens has served mis-
country in almost all the various Sec
tions OF the world service where he was
needed.
Big. blonde. and bubblins. with a
pea hes-andcream complexion. wavy
golden hair, and the whitest sort Of
teeth that are always showing because
he's always grinning. 'Peaches' was
Fried loose from a very nice, soft job
at the State Department to go on the
war path this time.
He had Just lighted into the Job after
many strenuous days. and relt that at
last he could save up money enough TO
establish his ideal chicken farm.
Ever since he was a breaker boy in
the Pennsylvania coal fields peaches"
has longed for chicken farm.
In the miry rice paddles OF the Phlnp-
pines, visions OF a peaceful mock Of leg
shell settings came before his eyes.
But every time the dream seemed
about to be realized
Something Caught Him.
something has caught me-" he de-
clares.
He started out in the coal fields
as a breaker boy before he could
read and learned his three RS while
sorting out the ccal on the breakers.
He became a miner-but only for a
short time. as the Spanish war broke
out and by hiring a servant girl to
sign his fathers name to a paper con-
senting to his enlistment Peaches
managed to convince a recruiting Of
ficer that he was nineteen years old,
and became a member of the Sixteenth
United States Infantry.
He was seventeen then. six feet and
a little over and weighed close to 200
wavy golden hair and peaches-and-
cream complexion: That Is how he
came to DO called Peaches"
men in his regiment, which was on
duty in Texas and Arizona before go
ing to the Philippines. On landing In
Manila the regiment went into service
Peaches figured that he'd stay In
the army a little while. save his money
and buy a chicken farm. 1t was q
o o,ms P"i Peaches." Corporal by thi,
time, came to Manila. where Capt
Danny Curry-ex-deputy.m marshal IL
Arizona, who captured Billy the Kid
izing the Manila police force.
Curry felt the urgent need CT TIVE
traffic policemen who would be tn,
in the world. Curry was esthetic il
his tastes. and determined that tn,
two men he put on duty on the Lu
meta to regulate traffic during tn,
panion figures tc the flag pole. an,
! the statue OF the good old padre VIII,
helped pacify the Islands In the frs
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-30
Leader.

Sundays attraction at the Leader Il
THE Circus Man." featuring Theodore
Roberts. Monday and Tuesday Dustin
Farpum will be seen In THE Virgin
ian." a photoplay adaptation from the
stage success Of the Same name In
the virginian.
Wednesday and Thursday. Mary Pick
ford will be seen In such a Little
Queen" by Claiming Pollock.
For the remaining two days Of the
week Robert Edeson will be seen in
Where the Trail Divides" 1t 10 an
unusually interesting story and 10 said
to be we'll portrayed by the cast which
appears In support Of Mr.. Edeson.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-30
Apollo.

Patrons OF Crandalls Apollo will see
Police" in which Charlie Chaplin ID
star. on Sunday.
His Brothers WIFE," featuring Ethel
Clayton. Paul McAllister and Carlyle
Blackwell. will be shown Tuesday. We'd
nesday's attraction Is Geraldine Farrar
in Maria Rosa"
Thursday. The Ne'er Do WE'LL
adapted from Rex Beach's novel, fea-
turing Kathlyn williams and Wheeler
Oakman. will be shown. Sessue Haya-
kawa Is star of ALLEN Souls to be
shown Friday; and Saturdays attrao,
Taliaferro.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-30
Savoy.

A double Triangle bill Is announced
for Sundays performances at Gran
dall's Savoy. De Wolf Hopper in Sun
shine Dad" and the Keystone comedy.
The Snow Cure"
Monday. Mae Murray will be seen In
Sweet Kitty Bellairs." Nine. Olga Pc
trova. in ''The Scarlet Woman" will
be shown Tuesday. Wednesdays at
traction is Geraldine Farrar in Maria
Rosa"
1.-THE Perils of Divorce" featuring
Frank Sheridan and Edna Wallace
Hopper, is Thursdays attraction. Fri
day. Charlie Chaplin will be seen in
The Fireman" and Saturday George
Beban In "PasQuale.''
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-07-27
War Buying For 1917
Begins To Loom Up
Tremendous Shell Steel Tonnages Are
Involved-Better inquiry for Cars.
More steamers Ordered.

NEW YORK. July 26.-Warrinr pow
ers have finally begun the placing OK
In the form OF shells and she'll steel tor
delivery over the first half OF 1917. This
step has been taken on the certainty OF
the war continuing Into next year. an
order for shells was placed with the MIG
vale Steel and Ordnance company. Whi!e
It's understood that other she'll orders
Involving about $6O.0O0.0eu are on HIte
verge OF being closed. these orders gong
TO the leading makers. The American
government also announced lts in'en-
ton TO buy close 70 a million SneHs ior
the navy department. bids on whlcn are
to be taken on August %. Not only ~
Eeeren;s been ac>ire buyers. but in otaer
steel products large orders we're placed
last week. France ordered l4.ooo tons
rails: Russia cSeoo steel axi AXE a dno a. 3d.
nnn cast iron car wheels ana also w.
900 tons barbed wire.
Despite the vastly extended steel pro-
duction. the demand Is In excess o. tne
output. teel mills have been Unable
and tnsots are being used where they
are most needed. All indications point
10 a continued heavy demand or steer
over the rest Of the year that viii LOAD
the order bokS OF the mills over All
Of 1877. Domestic consumers have been
pressing mills on 1917 contracts. espe-
cially agricultural implement rnaSess
who. It appears. have not been saus-
tanned on $4,000 tons bars and are IN
ststing on further reduction In the price.
although some mills are still adherins
. 10 their price OF 2.o0c-
Railway equipment makers reported
better inquiry last week. The Russian
axles and wheel purchases do-not con-
slict with the pending car purchase
which remains active. Inquiries FOR
about $500 cars appeared last week.
while orders for total Of 326 cars were
noted, chief among which were 81 stee!
ear bodies for the InteroorouGh Rapid
Transit Company. Locomotive builders
took orders for four locomotives last
week.
Demand for steel plates continues IN
cessant. The English shipyards nave
not as yet satisfied their needs. and II
IS likely that some very large orders
will be placed on the hooks shortly from
this source. Japanese builders bought
about 1000 tons plates last week. Or
6ers for four more steamers were taken
BY the American Shipbuilding company
Plates hold firm at S.5Hc 20 &c Fits
burg.
Structural business has shown no I'M
provement but the continued influx OF
projects gives promise for some acti-
witty in the fall. FabricatorS took orders
for 5.sl5 tons steel work last week.
the bulk OF which was for Western op-