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The Washington times., 1916-11-27
MORE SUBMARINES cOMINd9

The report that more submarines
are on their way to American
waters. with the purpose Of resum-
ing attacks on transatlantic ship
ping, is calculated to arouse the
gravest apprehensions. When the
German government undertook to
waive the rules Of civilized warfare
In order to establish a submarine
blockade Of Great Britain, it was n
serious enough menace to the neu-
trails that wished TO continue peace
full commerce. But when that block
ade is extended to our very shores;
when, as is charged in the case Of
the U-53, n war submarine makes
an American port base from which
to secure information about move
ments of shipping, the affair reaches
q stage beyond which il cannot de-
vclop far without menacing the re-
lations Of Germany and this country.
Whatever the basis Of fact for it,
there is no doubt that in the last few
weeks the impression has gained
ground in this country that Germany
is determiVed to test out the meas
ure Of American good nature. Ber-
lin may have placed n wrong con-
struction on the significance Of the
election results. II may be assum-
ing that President Wilson will sub
nit to anything rather than be
pressed to the point Of breach Of
international relations. On this side
of the water, there is an increasing
feeling that matters cannot be car
ried much farther without reaching
the limit.
The was comes no nearer a deci-
sion; but 1t becomes, month by
month, more and more Of a general
assault on civilization. II is not pos
sible to arouse the horror Of the
world as was done by the early ter
rors Of the conflict. Sensibilities be-
come benumbed after time; and
in this case they have decidedly lost
their edge. But on the other hand
there comes time when the natural
revulsion against extreme measures
IS also benumbed.
II two or three submarines are en-
route TO bring the blockade once
more to our three-mile limit, it must
be recognized that they bring the
very real possibility of war just that
near this nation.
The Washington times., 1916-11-27
Don Marquis
Column

MY Ukslady.
INSPIRED UNDER THE SPELL OF 4
SBvENTY-FIvE-CEN DOUBLE
DISC HAWAIIAN RECORD.
never have watched the Hawsiiar
hills
Climb over a crimson sun
But-my world revoives, with the
spinning disc,
And I thrill at the message my senses
whisk
From the Lady my dreams have
won.
She plays on my heart with her sug
AIRED smile,
tThat pick II tickle your souD
While she croons q song that 10 soft
and sweet:
Shes a vision divine in her shredded
wheat
Topped of with an orange stole.
So I sit and dream, through the gold
en- years,
or beauty no mortal has seen;
But, alas. my fantasy disappears
When I go to stop the machine.
-Ruffan Ready.
The Washington times., 1916-11-27
COAST COMMUNICATION
Congress VIII Be Asked for Appro.
prlatlon Of $500, 900.

BY radio and by telephone. a system
OF communication along the coasts OF
the United States II TO be established II
Congress will appropriate the requisite
sum.
An appropriation OF 100000 will be
asked for the purpose. with $4,000 to be
at once available. The reasons are milf
at sea.
Details have been worked out by a
commission known as the interdepart-
mental board on coastal communica-
the White House. Radio apparatus is 10
be Installed and telephone lines con-
structed between all the coast guard
shore stations and the most important
lighthouses and lightships along the
coast. The service will be under tho
coast guard.
The Washington times., 1916-11-27
FRATERNITY HEADS
PREPARE DEFENSE
School Board Committee Will
Meet Greek Letter Societies
at Second Hearing.

Fraternity Issues TO be discussed
committee at the hearing tomorrow
were considered at a meeting OF rep
resentatives OF nearly every sorority
and fratrnity In the public schools
yesterday afternoon at the home OF
Miss MsJorie KengIa. 927 Rhode
Island avenue.
Twenty-three societies were rep.
resented by more than n hundred
members Several prominant business
men were among the alumni pres
ent. free discussion OF the alleg-
cd accusations against the Greek let
ter organizations ensued. Many
points were made that are to be used
when committee representing the
various organizations speaks befo:"
the inquiry committee.
O.. Speakers Undetermiaes.
Who the speakers TO represent the
societies are. has not yet been de-
termined. II Is probably that they
Will be two fraternity members who
are now In school and one who 10 NOT
The representatives OF the sororities
are to be chosen with the fraternity
committee ut a Joint meeting tonight
for that purpose. There L. also n
faculty committee that il to speak
In the Interests OF the fraternity.
Representatives OF the High school
Teachers Union will probabfy.be pres
ent TO protest against anything but
abolition, The union meets at the new
Central High school To make plans
for their pension campaign this after
noon, but the fraternity question IL To
be discussed, IL was stated today, by
the president OF the Organization.
Union 10 On Record.
The High School Teachers Union
has already gone on record as fsvoring
the abolition OF the societies, and has
been instrumental In obtaining the
same decision from the Central Labor
Union, with which the former is ar
filiated. Whether To wage a cam.
paign for the secret societies. abOli.
ton is the question that Is to be dis
cussed by the teachers union this
afternoon,
Representatives OF every public
school Greek letter society in the city
are expected To be present at the
meeting tomorrow at the Franklin
school, The speakers that are TO pre-
sent the defense are To be chosen for
eNpediency and efficiency In present
ing the arguments OF the fraternity,
Only one SO desiring, however, may
speak at the meeting, regardless of
the fraternity committee, II was sta
ted.
The Washington times., 1916-11-27
GIRDLING A CONTINENT

The program of putting girdle
of wireless stations around the
United States-whieh in effect means
the North American continent and
the adjacent islands-is one of the
phases of a preparedness campaign.
But il means preparedness for peace
as we'll as war. II involves assur-
ance of communication with vessels
at sea, which makes it a valuable
adjunct TO the established aids to
navigation. Further, it means that
a measure of independence of cables
will be established. Germany, an
ticipating the present war, quietly
created chain of great wireless
plants in many parts of the world;
some of them so carefully placed
and well guarded, as to their ma
tional character, that they continued
in operation a long time after the
enemies of Germany were in general
control of the worlds means of COM
munication.
Wireless is one of the worlds Won
ders, though it is yet in a crude
state Of development. There will
doubtless be perfection Of means by
which to direct communication in
particular lines, and to make it pos
sible for two stations to commune
cate to the exclusion of interference
by others; but these measures are
yet to be devised, Likewise there
will have to be much Improvement
with the purpose of overcoming bad
meteorological conditions. But these
The Washington times., 1916-11-27
WILL PREPARE PAPER
James e. West to Speak at Safety
First Convention.

The safety First Convention. to
meet i'm Baltimore December \, Is to
hear a paper presented by James r.
West, chief Boy Scout executive. 4.
The convention, realizing the splen
did work done by the scout organiZa
tions, has specially asked MIR. West
to be present at the meeting. I'll"
federation which convenes December
discuss traffic regulations, fire pre-
vention, health and sanitation. safety
first campaigns, the part taken hY
various organizations in the work,
and many other phases of the move
ment.
The Washington times., 1916-11-27
BEAR PEACE MESSAGE

NEW YORK, Nov. 27.-TweIve little
children next Wednesday night will
carry a plea for peace from New York
to Washington,
They viii go to the White House
to ask President Wilson to consider
bring about peace negotiations be
tween the warning nations. The reso,
luton ts to be adopted at a meeting
in a schOolhouse In the center of tho
Ghetto" the home of large part
OF New York's foreign population.
The Washington times., 1916-11-27
TO DEBATE TRAINING
Miller Kenyon Society VIII Discuss
Military Question.

Resolved, That universal military
training Is desirable" will be the sub
ject of the next debate of the J. Miller
Kenyon Debating Society OF the Ma
tional University Law School Sstur
day night at o o'clock at the school.
The last debate was won by John
knudtson and sidney l.. Strubie, who
question. "Resolved, That the Adam
son lso-called ghthour) law is con
stitutional." Joseph Blumenthal and
Edward l.. Springer had the negative
side. j. Jarvis Butler, Charles ID. Cal
judges.
The Washington times., 1916-11-27
ROUMANIA NEAR ITS FATE

4 Inc 0eStructlOn OF hOumanlan
military power will be an accom-.
plishment testifying so powerfully
to Teutonic efficiency that II must
necessarily give pause to all OBJ
servers of the war. Roumania had
near two years to prepare for It's
entrance into the struggle. II was
calculated that an army Of three
quarters Of a million men could be
thrown into the conflict; an army,
too, that was supposed to be equip
ped and drilled into the pink Of con-
dition.
Yet in a few months IL Is found
that the Germans. while they have
been able to prevent debacle on
the western front, have mustered
the power to invade Roumania on
three lines, and seemingly they are
now on the point Of sweeping
through the country, taking its CAPT
tai and, in short, treating 1t as they
did Serbia.
Somebody miscalculated; and II
must be assumed that the most seri-
Gus error was in presuming that
Russia was strong and effective
enough, when its forces should be re-
enforced by those Of Roumania, to
gain dominance in the east. The re-
sumption Of offensive by General
Brussilof had given the impression
that Russia was really prepared to
make its great latent power felt.
Probably Roumania would have de-
clined 10 enter the struggle but for
the belief that the hour had come for
II to deal n blow that would tell. The
event has proved that those who
hesitated were the true prophets.
1t was hardly to be expected, at
the time when Bucharest took its re-
solve to plunge in. that much aid
could be gained from the western
allies. The situation in Greece
greatly handicapped the forces that
had been gathered At Saloniki, in
Macedonia, and in Albania. II Rou-
mania was to stand the pressure be-
tween the Bulgars and the Austro-
Germans, she would have to do II on
her own resources and with the
timely and liberal aid Of Russia.
That aid has not been sent in such
strength as to make itself effective.
II must be apparent that IL Rou-
mania is overrun. the central en-
pires will have gained possession Of
one Of the greatest grain-raising
areas in Europe. They will lose no
time subjecting the Roumanian peo-
pie to the rigorous treatment that
has been meted to the Belgians.
They will be put under the iron heel
Of military authority, and set at
work raising supplies for the armies
and the civil populations Of the in
terror empires.
Italy next, on the Teuton program.
is reported TO be the understanding
in Europe. II SO, it would indicate
that the central powers are still con-
fdent of their capacity to destroy
their enemies one at a time. On the
western front, however, they will
still confront the united power of
Britain and France, and there will
come the final struggle.
That the war is nearing its end,
an end favorable and satisfactory to
the Teutonic forces, seems the i'm
preston that Vienna and Berlin
gather from events in Roumania.
They felt the same when they had
swept through Belgium; they felt i
again when the first great defeat
had been inflicted on Russia; and
likewise when Bulgaria had been
brought into the war and Serbia had
been eliminated. Yet the war only
grew bigger. The destruction of
Roumania would prove only an in
cident.
The Washington times., 1916-11-27

Sir: The bravest thing ever did
was TO plunge into a fighting mob Of
women at a bargain counter sale and
demand TO be waited upon frstl
r. " II.
Sir: The most heroic action OF my
own life II the saving OF myself from
myself Ills awesome business, be.
Ilevs me. n you discredit Il try Il aud
see! John Warthy.
The Washington times., 1916-11-27

Things In Mexico are so bad that
military officials at Juarez want to
know when to run" The racing Off
cials at Juarez never need ask that
question. Wars and rumors of war,
villa and rumors OF Villa, don't in.
.terfere with the track doings.
The Washington times., 1916-11-27

"why don't YOU cut out the aptro.
nymics?" asks X. T..
We do cut out about two thirds OF
what We receive. We might cut out
the other third also 80. but those
little three and four line driblets are
exceedingly handy 20 justify when
we're making up the column, If you
get what we mean. The esteemed
member OF the typographical union
who has TO make up for us won't ic,
us cut them out.
The Washington times., 1916-11-27
Tomorrow.

Dance Robert Z. Lee Chapter No. ga
Daughters OF the Confederacy, Confederate
Memorial Home is22 Vermont avenue. I
Meeting Washington Readers Club. New Ed.
bitt Hotel. s o'clock y. m,
Lecture New Social Consciousness OF Ne
gro" v. w. Bagnall before Bethel Literary
and Historic Association, = y. m.
Reception honor of simon Wolf. auspices OF
Hebrew Shslterlng and Immigrant Aid So
cieties Hotel Savoy, evening.
Entertainment for blind, Library OF Congress.
pavilion 7. String Quartet of Marine Band,
Meeting. District OF Columbia Federation OF
Women's Clubs. New Ebbitt, SIP. m.
Meeting Florida Society. Logan Hotel. ssnA-
tor Fletcher presiding, p. m.
Address boundary Monuments, Five Years
lumbia Chapter, ID. r., Raleigh Hotel. 8
Reception for First Separate Battalion OF
District Militia, by Bethel Literary aud
Historical Association, at METROPOLITAN A. M.
r. church, In evening.
BrIdge . to T. and linen shower, 4 TO Q d.
m at Providence Hospital
"Rummage" sale. auspices suffrage commit
tee OF Anthony League, i7i6h Sew.
uiu.tr.tsd lecture, aAncisnt and Modern
Wessage Bearers" J. q. Martin, before
Home Club. s:l5 p. IN,
Masonic-Federal, No. !: Acacia, No. Il:
ROYAL Arch: .Mithras Lodge OF Perfection,
and Robert de Bruce Council, knights Ka-
Josh of the Scottish Rite. bethlehem No.
Z OF tho Eastern star,
Odd Fellows Washington, No. 6; AmIty, No.
~; Golden Rule, No, "a.
Knights of Pythias Webster. No, Z: Excel
sion No. II; CapitAi. No. u; MYRTLE No u.
The Washington times., 1916-11-27

London editor proclaims that Bull,
garia and Turkey must be eliminated
by the allies. Chairman Wilcox will
be recognized, now, TO announce that
Hiram Johnson Is to be retired from
politics in California.
The Washington times., 1916-11-27
HOMES FOR BABIES

HARRISBURG, Nov, 27,--John
Yates, secretary of the Associated
Charities of Harrisburg, has an
nounced that there are homes for two
dozen babies in Harrisburg.
He says the office of tho organiza-
cation fs being continually ask ed
for babies" and that people are ask.
ing for youngsters whom they can
have in their homes at Christmas
time.
The Washington times., 1916-11-27
when Jennle's Sick.


when Jennies sick.
All through the house there seems
TO be
An improvised conspiracy
or little things.
From various tables, drawers and
o shelves
Mysteriously they move themselves
As II on wings
From their appointed places
They vanish into fourtk.dimensional
spaces
As by a necromancer's trick,
when Jennie's sick.
when Jennie's sick,
The paper-cutter gets the wanderIust.
7 Annot even trust
The switch brush 20 stay hanging on
its hook.
The scissors and nail file
Stay for the brlefest while
Where they are put. l have 10 look
and look
To md a key that will unlock
The desk or wind the clock.
The imps OF mischief have q raw
picnic
when Jennie's sick.
When Jennie's sick
The home takes on an unfamiliar air.
The curtains do not hang Just right.
The colors In the rug are not so
bright.
And every chair
Seems waiting patiently for me to
come,
The pictures listen, listen on the wall
For a well-known football,
The clock has quite a different sort OF
tick.
And all the house II plainly out OF
plumb
When Jennie's sick.
e T. w
The Washington times., 1916-11-27

King Constantine, contemplating
But who gets old, nowadaysP
doings over In the neighborhood OF
Bucharest, would have quite a lot to
talk about IL his old friend Venizeios
would drop In for a call.
The Washington times., 1916-11-27

VINO Insy nv
SIR: I'm the chap who doesn't mind
this weather and who doesn't want
to wear an overcoat, but In driven to
II In order to stop sollcitous friends
from asking whether lost the ticket,
II the coat is In repair" and other
humorous" questions. y. w. u.
Sir: I am the girl who looks like
other people. My resemblance to alb
sent friends and deceased cousins In
startling: strangers greet me cordially
at the theater; one day a man pur-
sued me for a block calling Mora!
Nora"
Once there was pointed out to me
an alleged double. But she wasn't
much to look at. ID. b.
Sir: am the fellow who gets TO
hh desk one hour prior to the re.
auired time. has all the unpleasant
work thrown TO him, works after
hours without compensation, II forced
TO acknowledge all the sntediiuvian
jokes that the manager springs. with
an elaborate smile, buys his own pen.
ellis and pens and Is locked for stay.
ing away q day on account OF illness.
s. q. T. thinks that q man should
be able TO pat bis cares away from
him now and then
'The knack OF getting business" he
writes us, lis little more important
than the knack OF forgetting II, once
In a while"
The Washington times., 1916-11-27

Democratic national committee has
a deficit OF 100000, but Is feeling
much more comfortable than n II had
achieved a surplus instead of that
last handful Of slsctoTAl- yotsa
The Washington times., 1916-11-27
ANOTHER SCOUT REpoRrs


Sir: Some OF the readers OF your
column might be interested in know.
ing that In Kingston, ". Y, there In a
butcher by the name OF ]. Fstum.
Also, there In n thirst parior In Buf.
falo called The Fillmore Bar"
o ID q
The Washington times., 1916-11-27

Doctor Wiley assures us that chem
istry Is. going to abolish old age
The Washington times., 1916-11-27

X. NJ suggests abstinence from the
movies as a Soul Reducer.
~. .-.. ,. DON MARQUIS.
The Washington times., 1916-11-27

FRENCH WITHOUT A STRUGGLE.
How often ono shoys how little one
knows
BY jabbering French chock full OF
fax peaux!
M. b.. OF Brooklyn.
The Washington times., 1916-11-27

LoNDoN.-Efforts are being made
by American officials to secure the re.
lease of a consignment OF glass eyes
made In Germany and seized In tran.
sit to a Chicago concern.-News Item.
Why not patronize home industries
and use picked onions:
The Washington times., 1916-11-27

headline,
only fellows we ever knew with truly
great financial vision always wound
up their lectures by borrowing a quar-
ter of us.
The Washington times., 1916-11-27
WHAT'S ON PR0GRAM
Many interesting Events Of impor'
lance Are Scheduled.


RummsEe sale. suffrage committee Of An.
thony League. my Seventh street north
west, all day.
Recital. Temple Baptist Church. SIS o'clock.
Nesting. Mothers club Of Parents League.
Ross school. s:B o'clock .. ~.
haraar. Daughters OF the Year, 1916 Twelfth
Debate. Junior Debating Society Of osorss.
town University Law school. .. m.
Scandinavian rally. under auspices OF Drott
Lodge. Order OF Nssa. st Pythian Temple.
y. IN.
Address. v. V. Carr. John Eliot. One Of the
Heroes Of the Slonial Period" at meeting
OF Capitol nm Literary Society. NJ, 7u Hoo
tart street northwest, $50 y. m.
Lecture on Palestine by Rev. n. l. Gross.
man, illusiratei nj meeting Of Adss Israel
room OF synagogue. Sixth and streets
northwest. \ .. m.
pebsss, by Enosinian Literary society of q.
w u. on Arr More stringent NaturaliEa-
tion Laws Seeessaryy' in assembly hall OF
Administration building. \ y. m.
Recital. by plano pupils OF Mrs. Sue u. Jen-
ninss assisted By a .oprano and yiolinist.
Entertainment. by Washington Aiumnas OF
Catholic Colleges. for visiting AlumnAs as
ISOLATION with internA tional Federation OF
Ssthone AinnnAe' at meeting At New Will
Concert, at Foundry Methodist episcopal
Church, for benent OF Columbia Polytechnic
Institute for the Blind. s:IB u. m
Meeting. women's Relief Association Of n.
a. ID. C.. TO discuss raising OF funds for
Christmas GIFTS for members District Militia
At i7i lamont street northwest. $40 .. IN.
Mass meetink. under auspices OF handle High
lands Citizens' Association. for disc uzsiOn OF
BETTER Roads" In the public school. y. m.
Address. Mrs. hcSab Miller, at meeting OF
College Equal Suffrage League at New Eb-
bit Hotel, \ p. m:
Masonie-Dawson, No. 10; stansbury, No. "a:
PentAlpha. No. =: Mount Vernon, No. g. and
Hiram. No. 10. Of the Royal Arch. Kallipo-
liz Groito OF the Yelled Prophets.
Eastern Star-Ladies' Home Board Auxiliary;
Temple. No, II. and Columbia, No. IS,
ODD fellows-Langdon, No. &c; Union, No II I;
Beacon. No. Is. Esther. No. 5. OF tho Re.
hekAhs.
Knights Of Pythias-Decs,ur. No. .: caian-
the, No, II.
Bazaar. board OF managers OF Presbyterian
Home. with Ia carte luncheon, from II
10 2 Raleigh Hotel. all day.
Meeting West End Citizens Association. At
Kidder Hall So Twentieth street. s ID. m.
Selection OF candidates, TO be elected 10 Office
In December by Professional chauTeurs
Mesting. scott Council. No. as. a, Pythisn
Temple. ., m,
Meeting. Federal Council. No. f7s. Perpetual
Building Association Hall, . u m.
Meeting, Northeast Washington. No. T55,
Northeast Temple. D, m.
Hostess night. Miss NJ. l.. Carr, hostess at
clubhouse, Home Club. .. m, Members
and friends invited.
The Washington times., 1916-11-27

New Nationsl-"Mr. Antonio" s:iS D. m.
Belasco-"Oh! Inogen." $50 p. m.
n, y, Keith's-Vaudeyille, 500 and s:I6 p. m.
Poli's-"Mutt and Jen's Wedding" s;i5 %, m.
Gayety-Burlesque. $500 and S;l5 .. m.
Observation-Disclosures. 800 and s:i5 p. IN.
Cosmos Vaudeville, 800 TO 1870 ~ M
Loews Columbia-Photoplays. 500 TO 10 20
Garden-Photoplsys, 800 TO 1880 y. m,
Strand-Photoplays 500 to 1880 y. IN.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-18
Russian Losses
Are Over Quarter
Million Of Men

Berlin, July l7.--(By Wireless TO
Sayyilie. According to Official re-
ports from Petrograd,' says the
Overseas News agency, "in the period
between the beginning Of the Rus
sian offensive and July |, the number
of killed reached 1890 officers and
248,00 men. Included among the Of
ficers were seventeen generals and
twenty-nine rcgimental commanders.
"Advices from Stockholm say that
the Russian finance minister, having
failed to obtain loan from England
and France, undertook negotiations
with bankers in the United States,
which also failed. England declared
that the cost of the war to herself
had reached such point that it had
become impossible to assist her allies.
The Russian newspaper, Rech, COM
mcnting on this situation, most vio-
lently insults Americans for their
'egotisln, saying that at last the
mask of sympathy for the allies has
been torn from their faces.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-18
NEBRASKA GUARD
DROWNED IN TEXAS
@. H. Stingley Of Company K Of
Silver Greek Loses Life
Sunday While Bathing.
BODY IS FOUND TODAY

Mercedes, Tex, July H.-C. X.
Stingley, of Company X, Fourth Ne
braska regiment, was drowned yes
terday while bathing in the lake near
here. He was seized with cramps
while in the middle Of the lake and
went down before his companions
could rescue him. Private Stingley
was % years of age and was the son
OF l.. G. Stingley Of Silver Creek. The
body was recovered this morning.
Silver Creek, Neb., July l7.-(Spe-
cial Telegram Private Charles H.
Stinglcy was born near Cozad in
Dawson county, twenty-three years
ago. He lived on farm with his par
ents until his mothers death, two
years ago. He came to Silver Creek
with his father, Lyman G. Stingley,
to reside on farm with his uncle,
John Lundgren. He was employed in
a local garage for the last six months.
He joined Company X at Osceola
June 22. His body was recovered at
9 a. III. today. Its condition neces-
stated immediate burial at Mercedes,
Tex. The body will be disinterred
later and brought here.