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The Washington times., 1916-01-31
JUDGE A. B. WELLS
FUNERAL TODAY
Law Examiner in Government
Land Office to Be Buried in
West Virginia.

Funeral services for Judge Absalcm
B. Wells, S422 Thirteenth street, for
twenty years law examiner in the 3ov-
ernUent Land office. who died at his
home Saturday, will be held at o'clock
Born In Ravensw w Va, Judge
Wells received his education in the
State schools, taking a law degree at
Bethany College. He was charter
member of Delta Tau Delta Frster-
nifty.
He practiced law In Spencer, W. Va,
and was later elected To the Lesisla-
ture.
In 1895 he was appointed to the Land
office.
Judge Wells was seventy years old.
He Is survived by his wife, a daughter,
Mrs. Paul II. Keller Of New York, and
Va.
The body will be taken to Ravens
wood for 'nterment.
The Washington times., 1916-01-31

ne will continue TO DO his regular
stunt" for this paper
Manifestly, a metropolitan cartooniet
cannot take the time TO answer ali
these puzzle queries and The Times
hesitates to ask such favor OF Bugs. -
Before he left Washington the '1e 10
l. puzzle was a sore subject with Mr..
Baer and his solution OF the thing more
firmly fastened to him the appelIation
of Bugs" Under all the circum-
stances Il is not seen how Mr.. Baer.
now employed in New York, can he
made to furnish Washingtonians with
an answer TO the puzzle, especially
when the mere mention OF the subject
is likely TO make the World cartoonIst
temporarily distracted and unfit TO per-
form his duties.
Start Work Again.
There Is but one thing to do. Tho
Washington puzzle fans, simply will
have TO start to work again and try to
solve the "1s to /" riddle. No one should
really feel annoyed over the situation.
This same puzzle broke UP the ordi-
nary run OF things out West, and was
acclaimed the greatest interferer with
business ever devised. Men and wom-
en- in Omaha. Sioux City. San Fran
cisco and Denver are still at work on
II. and the puzzle was published out
there before the end of the baseball
season.
The Washington times., 1916-01-31
ROOSEVELT FLAYS
ADMINISTRATION

NEW YORK. Jan. 31.-Former Presi-
dent Roosevelt took another fling last
night at President Wilson in the course
OF an address before the Brooklyn In
stitute of Arts and Sciences on Prom
ise and Performance in International
Relations" Without mentioning Mir.
Wilson's name. Colonel Roosevelt re-
peStedly in the course of his address
denounced the Administrations conduct
In relation TO developments during the
war, and practically accused it of cow
ardice.
The colonel mentioned The Hague
conventions In their relation 20 the vio-
lation OF the neutrality of Belgium, de-
clarlng it was ''dishonorable conduct on
the part OF the United States to take
no action in the matter"
"A year ago this Government notified
Germany that II would hold her to a
strict accountability IL she sunk passen-
ger ships and murdered women ana
children" he said. Again and again
in contemptuous defiance of this warn
ing Germany has sunk these ships and
Killed noncombatants. until the num-
Der mounts up into 40 'hNrsands.
I'VE took no effective action whatever
were finally stopped simply because the
British fleet destroyed so manv s.Ibma-
rlnes that the warfare ceased being
profitable to Germany. Now. IL is an
nounced In the press that the German
government and our Government are
actually haGgling over the number OF
dollars which they think the American
people VIII pocket as a payment for
their murdered women and children.
ut is n proposition of sordid haEeness
I GI IG fn ~ daIlI Il
and to consult our own cowardice and
weakness instead of adherinE to yhe
eternal principles OF Justice. II we fol-
low such course. we will cover our
selves with everlasting infamy.
Unfortunately 1t is evident that MANY
OF our pubic men are afraid Of Ger
many. afraid of the professional Ger
man-American vote. and are willing to
sacrifice the honor of this country for
their fears. There Is practically no
French-Amerlcan or English-American
vote. and these politicians therefore feel
that they can act against England and
France with safety. and their motto is
Safety First
"I believe that the great mass of
Americans of German descent are
straight-out Americans and nothing
else. just as good Americans as citI-
zens of anv other descent in this coun-
try. In the great crisis of the civil war
a larger proportion of the men of recent
German origin than of the men of old
native American stock stood for the
Union and for freedom. 1 ask Ameri-
cans of German descent to stand
against England when II Is wrong. l
ask that AL alike stand as Americans
and nothing else, These Americans of
German descent l believe will disap-
prove with all their hearts any pro-
posal to use the embargo as a weapon
In aid OF the ruthless and brutal Ger
man militarism which has crushed Bel
gium to the ground"
Colonel Roosevelt considered nrepar.
edness, declaring we should have a mo-
bile army of 150.0C0. and a total regular
army of about a quarter of a million.
The Washington times., 1916-01-31
St. Patrick'S to Give Play
To Buy Statue of Saint

A three-act comedy entitled "A Good
Fellow" will be presented by the SI.
Patricks Dramatic Association tomor-
row evening in Carroll Hall. The per
formance is for the benefit of furd
to furnish ST Pauick's Church with
new statue OF Irelands patron saint
Rehearsals have been IN progress for
several weeks under direction Of tie
tor of st. Patrick's Sunday School, Mr..
and Mrs. William Bagnam are assist
ing.
The cast includes the Misses Eath-
Lyons, Kathieeh Lyons, Dnd Katherine
Sullivan, Frederick Thuee. Joseph Nc
Donald, James Fegan, Hugh Fegan aud
George Degnan.
The Washington times., 1916-01-31
.SAENGERBUNj'
AT BALTIMORE
FIGHTS WILSON
Resolution Calls on German
American Citizens to Oppose
His denomination.

BALTIMORE. Jan. 31.-GeTman-born
citizens OF the United States and citi-
zens of German parentage are urged to
do their utmost to defeat the renomlna-
ton and reelection of President Wilson
by the Northeastern Saengerbund. rep-
resenting the German singing societies
of Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania,
Delaware, New Jersey, and the District
of Columbia, meeting here in annual
convention.
A resolution condemnihg the Pres
dents policy and calling on all active
and passive members Of the Saenger-
bund to fight his reelection was unani-
mously adopted.
p Capital Represented.
The principal meeting Of the Saenger-
bund took place yesterday in Germania
hall. John Waldeman was the only
representative OF the Washington saen-
gerbund present.
Maj. Carl Lentz, of Newark. y. ",
president of the organization. intro
duced the resolution. lie said he was
a veteran of the United States army
and had been wounded in its service,
Henry Thomas. head of the BaltA-
more United Singers. spoke strongly
in behalf Of the resolution, and de-
clared that the Government was too
prone to overlook German Americana.
except when they need us"
The resolution which will be made
known to the membership of the
United Singing Societies throughout
the five States and the District of Co
lumbia, represented by the directors,
was as follows:
Whereas the Honorable Woodrow
Wilson. President os the United States
of America, in his message delivered
before the Congress of the United
States in December. 1915. by innuendo
accused the American citizens of Ger
man birth cf being traitors to their
adopted country; and
List Of Accused.
Whereas. upon a call by the Con-
gress for the proof of these ALLEGATIONS
the Attorney General Of the United
States submitted list of the persons
arrested or charged with ofiense
against the laws of the United States
referred to by the President Of the
United States in his said message; and
Whereas, said list bears the names
OF only three or four American citizens
Of German origin. Now. therefore, be
Resolved. by the directors of the
Northeastern Saengerbund, in conven-
ton assembled In Baltimore. Maryland: !:
"First-That we as American citizens
protest against the act of the President
of the United States in a message to
Congress to attack and insult a large and
loyal part of the citizenship OF the
''Second-That such attack and
c1arges made in the solemn manner
OF a message to Congress were made
upon insufficient Information witio 1t
cause and, as shown by the Attorney
Generals report. had no foundation
in fact.
"'rhrd-The directors Of the North
eastern Saengerbuna recommRnd 10
their active and passive members -
oppose the denomination and reelection
OF the Hon. Woodrow Wilson as presI-
dent OF the United States"
Major Lentz vas re-elecred president
OF the Saengerbund and entered upon
his twenty y-siXth year in that orlrS. 4.
W. Haussmann was reelected serie-
taTy-treasurer.
The Washington times., 1916-01-31
Calvary Methodist Will
Have New Gymnasium

The basement of Calvary Methodist
Episcopal Church was the scene Of
much activity last week when members
of the Mems Bible class busily engaged
doing the work in transforming that
section of the church into suitable quar-
ters for the new gymnasium
With coats discarded and sleeves roll
ed up the pastor. the Rev. John T. En-
sor; the class organizer, Jesse l.. Lever
ton, and a score of members were busiy
engaged in placing a maple floor, Bowl
ing alleys, basketball. and handball
courts will be installed. Officers of the
club are: President, n. l.. Sansbury;
vice president, j. j.. NubeT; secretary,
Howard Flemming; treasurer, J. H.
Mackey.
The Washington times., 1916-01-31
NEWMAN TO REPEAT
LECTURE ON CHILE
Third of Series of Five tTravel-
talks to Be Heard Again at
Belasco Today.

r. NJ. Newman will repeat the lecture
on Chile which he delivered last eye-
ming, as the third of his series OF five
traVel-talks on the countries of South
America, at the Belasco this afternoon.
Starting at Montevideo. Mr.. Newman
conveys his audience down the coast OF
the southern continent. through the
Straits of Magellan. and then through
Chile.
In his former lectures Mr.. Newman
has attempted to point out the wonder
ful opportunities for American capital
in the south. and last night he pic
tured Chine as a veritaIe storehouse of
minerals, rivaling Brazil and Argentina
for richness of natural resources.
AS usual, the colored and motion pic
lures are q feature. Next week, Mr.
Newman will have as his subject
Peru. the American Switzerland"
The Washington times., 1916-01-31
This Weeks
Photoplays
CRANDALL'S.

An old theme given new treatment is
Thou Art the Man." the Vitagraph
feature which Is shown at Crandalrs
today. The play is by George
Cameron. author of "A Million Bid.
and was the last work of the author,
being written while she lay on what
later proved to be her deathbed. All
Of the action transpiDes in India and
deals with English army life there,
Joseph Kilgour and Virginia Pearson
have the principal roles.
Tomorrow and Wednesday. Molly Nc
Intyre, late star OF "Bunty Pulls the
Strings" IS to he seen in Her Great
Hour" The attraction for Thursday
and Friday is "The Ballet Girl" found
ed on the Grace George success,
Carnival" in which Alice Brady and
Holbrook Blinn are the featured play
ers, Miss Brady enacting a dual role
OF mother and daughter.
The entire ballet of the Metropolitan
Opera House participates in this pro-
duction The weeks bill will be con-
cluded Saturday with "a return en-:
GaEement of Clyde Fitch's The city
with Thurlow Bergen featured.
The Washington times., 1916-01-31
WHAT'S ON PROGRAM
IN CAPITAL TODAY

Meeting. College wOmen's Club. Raleigh. 4
Smoker. Knights Of St. Augustine. Catholic
Beneficial Hall, . .. m.
GRADUATION exercises. Western High School,
I.a. m.
! Graduation exercises, twelfth division Of
schools. Armstrong Manual Training School,
II a. m.
Entertainment. Girls Friendly Society Of the
Church OF the Epiphany, Parish Hail. s
Meeting, Lincoln Park Citizens' Association,
Chapel OF the Nativity 7:3O D. m.
Newman traveltalk Belasco. p. IN.
Retreat, Sodality OF the Blessed Virgin. Sa-
cred Heart Church 1880 p. IN.
Mass meeting. to discuss plans for erecting
monument to colored soldiers. S23 street
northwest. 8 .. m.
Concert. L. 8. Marine Band Orchestra, na-
rine barracks, ESQ p. m.
Masonic Masters Association Of 1916; Mt
/ Vernon. No. ,, Royal Arch Masons.
Odd Fellows-CniOn. No. IL; Beacon, No IS:
l4angdon, No 90.
knights OF PythiaE-AsCalon Temple, No 81
Knights Of Khorassan.
Knights OF Cournbus-Potomac Council
Royal Recommendation Council.
Maccabees-National Bent. No. /: AnAcoStia
National Tnion-District Of Columbia cabl-
net
Socialist parity. p. s. l.. study class.
Lecture, by Miss Janet Richards. on The
President or Congress: Which VIII Win ?''
and other vital issues. Woodward e. 10th
rop's auditorium. l0:l5 a. m.
Meeting, Smith College Group. College wom-
ems Club. Raleigh, r. m.
Meeting TO consider plan to erect monument
70 coiored soldiers, 923 street northwest
n. m.
Meeting, Holy Name Society OF Washington
st. Aloysius' Parish Hall, p. m.
The Washington times., 1916-01-31
To Hold Meetings With
Public School Teachers

4 series of meetings with groups Of
public school teachers is planned by
Ernest L. ThurstOn. Superintendent of
Schools, with a view of disseminating
first-hand his policies regarding certain
phases OF educa ton in the District
schools. This action has been decided
on Mr.. Thurston explained. with
view OF extending the policy OF hold
ing conferences with his co-workers in
the schools, which he adopted when he
first assumed the superntendency.
Up to this time these conferences have
been held between the superintendent
and the supervising principals of the
several school divisions alone, the teach
ers never taking part I'm the meetings.
The Washington times., 1916-01-31

thorities propose in a continental
army The men who propose it have
acted on their own initiative. They
say there are some 10000 men in
the District who have received the
training that makes them eligible to
membership in the legion. They also
say that on the two occasions when
the citizens of the District have
been called upon to defend their
homes, they have been found Grim
inally unprepared for the purpose.
On the first occasion, at the time Of
the battle Of Bladensburg, they
were ignominiously defeated; and on
the second they would have been de-
feated had not a large body Of
trained troops come to their rescue.
To prevent anything like this in the
future the men who have already
given much of their time and money
and single-hearted service to their
country, propose to keep themselves
in condition to give the country the
benefit of their training.
This is the first organization Of
the kind formed in this country, so
far as we know. 1t is a highly
patriotic and an extremely practical
project. If other States and cities
would follow the example Of the
Capitals patriotic citizens there
would be considerably less of a prob
lem in the matter of raising an
army than now exists.
The Washington times., 1916-01-31
APOLLO.

Hazel Dawn is TO be seen today at
CrandalTs Apollo Theater in filmiza-
ton of "The Masqueraders." based on
Harold McGrath's novel and adapted
from the stage success OF Henry Arthur
Jones. The cast appearing in support
of Miss Dawn is one OF all-around merit.
Tomorrow's feature is Sweet Alyssum"
in which Tyrone Power and Kathlyn
Williams are the principal actors. We'd
nesday's feature is the Metro produc-
tion of 'The Yellow Streak" a five-act
drama adapted from the story by Will
liam Nigh, with Lionel Barrymore as
the featured actor.
Thursdays attraction is the Daniel
Frohman presentation Of The Mummy
and the Humming Bird" with Charles
Cherry in the principal role, supported
by Arthur Hoops. THE Alster Case, "
an Essanay detective drama, with Ruth
Stonehouse and Bryant Washburn, fea-
tured is the Friday attraction, and on
Saturday Muriel Ostriche will be seen
in the Equitable production Of "A Cir
Gus Romance"
The Washington times., 1916-01-31
Fire in COlored Church
Does Damage of S25

Fire in the basement of Metropolitan
Baptist Church, colored, i'm n street,
early today did damage TO the amount
OF $25 There was no one in the church
at the time.
Firemen responding to the alarm de-
clare the blaze was caused by an over
heated furnace which ignited the floor
ing OF the room above, occupied as a
Sunday school room. A hole two feet
square had been burned In the nOOr.
The Washington times., 1916-01-31
LEADER.

Fanny Wards Interpretation OF the
leading feminine role in THE Cheat" "
the Paramount feature at the Leader
today. comes as a great surprise to
those who have only seen her as
coraedienne. She has ample opportunity
for the display of her talents in COM
edy. however. In support of Miss Ward
In THE Cheat" are Sussue Hayakawa,
a gifted Japanese actor. and Jack Dean
and James Neill.
Wednesday and Thursday Maclyn
Arbuckle will be seen in The Reform
Candidate" in which a reforner at
tempts to smash" well-oiled political
machine but fails. The cast in support
of Mr.. Arbuckle includes Myrtle Sted-
man. Forrest Stanley. Malcolm RlevinS.
Mary Ruby, Charles Ruggles. and How
ard Davies.
For the two remaining days Of the
week an all-star production CT The
Girl of the Golden West" will be shown.
This theme has appeared in the form of
a novel. a drama. and an opera. and
now II is to be seen as a photoDlay. The
cast includes Mabel Van Buren,, Theo-
dore Roberts. House Peters. Anita King.
Sydney Deane. william ElInar. Jean
Mcpherson. Dick lie Strange. Art
OrteRo, and others.
The Washington times., 1916-01-31
More Than $4,000 Raised
For Congressional Union

More than SS.OOO TO be applied to the
fund for carrying on the work OF the
Congressional Union was nledged at the
celehration and reception In the Gamer
on House yesterday afternoon, It was
announced today by members OF the
executive committee. The largest single
pledge. for $40. was made by Mrs.
Lawrence Lewis, of PHILADELPHIA. There
and numerous smaller ones ranging all
the way down TO d.
The Washington times., 1916-01-31
THE NEW TYPES OF MURDER

German determination to make
frightfulness a characteristic of
war, no matter what the results,
is illustrated by the return to Yep
pelin horrors at the time when sub
marine activities are suspended. Co
ing back over the course of the war,
it is impossible to avoid the conclu-
sion that the Germans have expend-
ed a measure of energy and sub
stance in carrying on their twin
campaigns of assassination, that
have brought no adequate results.
Under water or in the sky, it has
been from the beginning the Ger
man determination to demonstrate
that all rules of humanity were
hereafter to be waived when Ger
many made war. The submarine
campaign failed in the British war
zone because the submarines were
conquered; but instead of suspending
it as futile, the Won Tirpitz activities
transferred the same activities to
the Mediterranean. 1t tried to gain
some decent repute by the pretense
that it was making concessions to
humane sentiment; but while it was
doing this it was paving the way
for a new outburst against non
combatants and merchant shipping
in a new quarter. 1t merely pretend
ed to have been moved by consider
ations of decency, in order that it
might take by surprise the cargoes
of defenseless humanity that ply
the Mediterranean, and make its
murderous work the more effective.
Now the hatred which, in its most
virulent moods, has been aimed es-
pecially at Britain, is diverted in
part for the purpose of an assault
on Paris. 1t is a year since the last
experimental efforts were made at
dropping bombs on the French capi-
tai; seemingly all energies had
meantime been devoted to getting at
London and in general terrifying
Britain. 1t is an easier matter and
a safer, to send the Zeppelins to
Paris; victims are just as numerous,
and the chance of getting to them
and escaping after the crime is bet
ter. What more could be wished
when the object is merely 10 slay;
when age, condition, nationality, is
after all an incident, when no mill
tary purpose can possibly be served,
when the only gain is in repute for
inhumanity and devil-craft.
The most recent attack on Paris
peculiarly suggests the fiendishness
of the campaign. The Zeppelin came
in the midst of a fog so dense that
one aviator declared he could not
see, even with his searchlight, more
than twenty-four feet about him. It
was utterly impossible in such con-
ditions to expect that bombs could be
dropped where they would have any
military effect. The only possible
motive was the hope that a satisfy
ing number of people might be killed
promiscuously.
The results suggest that a more
efficient bethod of murder, less ex-
pensive and less calculated to alien
ate all human sentiments, would be
to continue the original barbarisms.
More people were murdered in Bel
gium and Serbia, at less cost; twice
as many in Poland-as can be exter-
minated at like cost per capita by
aircraft attacks. German efficiency
ought to calculate mathematically
and sentimentally the cost of killing
human being, and decide that true
efficiency dictates stoppage of the
undersea and overhead methods of
murder.
The Washington times., 1916-01-31
THE SHEPPARD BILL

1t would be interesting to know
precisely who drafted the Sheppard
bill for prohibition in the District OF
Columbia, and whether it's authors
understood and intended all the ef-
fects the measure would produce,
The measure seems, in it's present
form, certain to defeat its own ends
it attempts to impose prohibitions
that cannot be expected to be held
constitutional in view of the court
decisions dealing with interstate
commerce in liquors. If the sincere
advocates Of a dry District will give
the subject proper thought, they will
be convinced that any measure they
pass, or support in the hope of pass
ing, ought to be sane and reason
able. A measure that overdoes mat
ters will provide it's own excuse for
people who want to vote against it;
and if passed will stand a good
chance to be thrown out by the
courts.
The present measure prohibits
selling, keeping for sale, or giving
away, a long category of potable
liquors ."and other liquors which
shall contain one-half of 1 per-
centum by volume of alcohol or
more" May a mans privilege of
bringing in liquor in interstate COM
merce be thus denied? Or may he,
if this privilege is sustained, be pre-
vented from giving a drink to a
friend in his home? The point sure
ly is worth making very certain
about. Does this provision interfere
with sale of favoring extracts, etc.,
which have high percentage of al
cohol?
There is one provision of the bill
which surely ought to have atten-
ton. Section 10 says that any "com-
petent witness" may swear out a
search warrant on which the police
shall forthwith search any premises
complained of, to determine if
liquors are kept there; and even if
they be kept only "for use" or to
give away, the discovery of liquors
shall be prima facie evidence of
intent to violate the law. This would
seem to mean that a man with a
bottle of liquor in his home "for
use" could be made the victim Of a
police search and seizure if any en-
emy chose to swear out the warrant,
and if the liquor be found, would be
guilty. This seems trifle like over
doing matters.
The measure is full of just such
crudities and extreme features.
There is no need, in order to make a
prohibition law, to make one so ex-
treme that it will turn a large share
of the community into criminals.
Public sentiment has in every juris-
diction had to be considered in pre-
pairing and enforcing sumptuary leg
isIation. 1t is not possible by fiat to
change completely the long-estab-
lished views of people about funda-
mental right and wrong. The Shep-
pard bill is liable to Illustrate it's
own ends, and requires detailed
study and much amendment before
it will deserve to be considered as
fairly representative of the real pur-
pose even of the people who favor
any prohibitory legislation at all.
The Washington times., 1916-01-31
Liquor Men Coming.

The National Retail Liquor Dealers
Association of America will give it's
annual dinner on Wednesday evening at
the National Hotel.
The Washington times., 1916-01-31
AmnRementa.

Bclssco-'"The Correspondent $50 n m.
National-"Cousin Lucy" S:I5 y. m.
Keith's-Vaudevilie. 2:l5 and S:ih o. M
PolrR-"The Dummy" s:lb p. IN
Gayety- Burlesaue. 2:1o and $40 q. m.
LoeW's Columbia-Photoplays. 1880 a. m tc
IL y. m.