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The Washington times., 1916-01-02
Peace Party Captured
By British Man o'War

Still, we had something else to think
about. Monday afternoon. shortly after
the resolutions were brought to the Of
flee for signatures, we were stopped by
the British converted cruiser Hide
brand, formerly the Cedric of the White
star line, and a prize crew sent aboard.
That seems to be point that is not
quite clear In this country. The Oscar
didn't go into Kirkwall voluntarily. She
was 200 miles north OF her course, far
north OF the Orkneys. when she was
stopped-and It was more than broadly
intimated that she was trying to run the
blockade.
Everybody was vastly excited when
tlse crusier stopped us. and there was
at least one Washington girl-who must
be nameless here-who ran below and
hid herself In her state room.
Still there was nothing very blood
thirsty about the capture. Lieutentnt
jenkins UIeftenant, IL you please was
genial sea dog, and didn't make any
one walk the plank-not even Berton
Braley. although the slang poet gave
him a rare chance by reciting some OF
his verse for our captor's edification.
Wednesday morning we awoke to find
ourselves in the aarbor of kirwall.
There. with my rather spectacular
leave-taking. my experiences with the
peace party end.
! had been thinking about the an
nouncement that the business office was
to be "deleted." and, taking several
circumstances into consideration, had
decided that my head was due for the
ax-an English critic isn't so very much
use to peace party anyway: by rights
| nothing should be criticised on such q
The Washington times., 1916-01-02
BEES WERE
POPULAR DURING 1871 5
Sixty-nine in the United States,
With a Fourth of Them in
Georgia.

MONTGOMERY. Ala. ran Acc
cording to statistics gathered by Mon
roe W. Work, head of the Department
Of Records and Research Of Tuskcgee
Institute. there were sixIv-n!ne lynch
ngs in the United States during the
past year or those lI nched, fifty-five
were negroes and fourteen whites. This
is six more negroes and eleven more
white men than in 1914 Tho record
In 1914 was forty-nine negroes and three
whites. In the records of 1915 are in
cluded three women.
Eighteen, or more than Cne fourth
of the total lynchings occurred in the
State of Georgia.
The record by States follows:
Alabama, Q; Arkansas. 5: Florida 5 :
Georgia. IS: Illinois. :; Kentucky. 5 +;
Louisiana. 2; Mississippi, Q Missouri,
IL: Ohio. |; Oklahoma, 3; South Caro-
lima, Tennessee, 2; Texas, S VIr-
ginia. |.
The Washington times., 1916-01-02
Everything In Turmoil
All Over the Oscar

Everything was in a turmoil all over
the ship. The meeting in the smok ing
room had broken up and Mcclure was
having Il out with DR.. Jones in the
7 ress room; there were hurried con-
ferences everywhere: the wireless
room was crowded. and everyone
seemed So active that It was only nat
ural that the business staff should
gather in its office.
At first the conversation was purely
retrospective and retrospective, but
finally tho inevitable question, Are
you going to sign? came up-and that
started things.
or course, there wasn't the flowing
cratory of Mr.. Mcclure. the flow g.
accent of DR.. Aked. or the flowing
beard Of DR.. Jones-but II was a good
scrap The prcponderance OF opinion
was for the resolution. but the two
| insur:cnts--one of them. by the by.
was myse1f-made enough noise to
make up for the disparity IN strength.
| When tha mock trial of Mcclure. on
! the charge Of "corruptinE the morals
Of youth" was called. however. our
! attraction was showed under and We
| hpd to give way 10 tho headliner.
| The business office made uu quite A
| portion of the audience and most Of I,
! STAYED until tho prisoner was acquitted
| after the Jury had brought in the vcr-
! dict that 1--WE. tho jur,. find that the
! bar is closed" That was In the wee
| sma hours 50 none of ug fclt very
much like going TO work the next day
| but there weren't any "heads"
The Washington times., 1916-01-02
Why Did MIR. Ford
Get Such a Little Boat

That's one thing / can't understand
why Ford got such a little boat. There
was such a crowd that the first and
second cabins had to be melded-and
even then there were three or four in
stateroom. And there were two tables
for every meal.
I'm not going to bore you much
longer. but think the opinions Of the
different kinds of people about the
'Noah's Ark" as the English papers
called the Oscar, might be interesting
/ made point of asking all sorts of
people. English officers. English sail
ors, Swedish gentlemen, end even
swedish servants. about their idea of
the trip-and their unanimity of opin-
ion is rather surprising.
] was very glad to see that no one
seemed to have the impression that
Ford was financing the trip to adver-
tise himself-everybody considered the
whole thing a joke. but thought Ford
was sincere--as he is.
In closing, I want to say that the
stories that were printed about me in
New York were. In the main, correct: ::
! but there were some slight errors. which
no doubt crept into the story through
misunderstanding.
I The bar didn't keep open till all hours
and I guess about the only scandalous
thing that happened was something that
did myself. I drank glass of neer
while the choir. of which I was a MEM
| bcr. was waiting for the Sunday vesper
services II begin. But, then. they
oughtn't hold services in the barroom
The Washington times., 1916-01-02
MOORE'S STRAND:

Willard Mack, author and star Of
the big Metropolitan stage success,
Kick In will be starred In the
chief attraction of the double feature
program at Moore's Strand Theater on
Sunday, Monday. Tuesday and Wednes-
day in "Alaho Oe." romance OF the
strange South Seas. The piece is as odd
"' title and begins with the turmoil
rtrays the brilliant attor-
irkey appears as the ma
and Margaret Thompson
of the proud and naughty
he city. The secondary
this engagement will be
a vis.... n of Charles Majors The
Wrath of Haddon Towers" with the
leading roles in the hands of Arthur
Maud and Constance Crawley. On
Thursday. Friday and Saturday Lillian
Gish, appears with Roszika Dolly, the
famous dancer. and Wifred Lucas. the
matinee idol. in D. W. Griffth's photo
graphic masterpiece, THE Lilly and the
Rose"
The auxiliary attra ction during this
engagement will be A film version of the
delightful story of the stage, "Viviana. -
with the principal roles enacted by Les
lie Reed, Vivian Rich and other screen
and stage stars. Special musical ac-
compartments will be rendered by the
Strand Symphony Orchstra.
The Washington times., 1916-01-02
Scattered Out To Do
New York Their Own Way

There everything was in the widest
excitement. and everybody vas quite
sure that the Oscar couldn't POSSIBLY
get away that day. Still. We got our
passports finally and scattered out to
do" New York. each according TO his
own idea
or course, a lot of the "tauben." as
the Scandinavians afterward called the
peaCe doves, got lost in the big city.
but. somehow or other, everybody was
gathered at the pier In Hoboken at
O'Clock. an hour before the Oscar was
to sail-that is. everyone except Holmes
and Miss Black, who had our tickets.
We all got together and tried to act
natural''-nobody wanted to be the first
to admit that he was beginning to fear
that we'd be left bchnd-but by quar-
ter of 2 everybody had quit caring
about appearance and was frankly ner-
vous.
We rushed over to see Lochncr,
Ncclcy and Delavigne. the three Ford
officials that We knew. but none OF them
had heard anything from Holmes and
none could tell us how We were to get
our tickets.
Still. We weren't in any worse case
than dozens of others who had not YET
obtained their tickets. so we all dubbed
together and held a sort of indignation
meeting over the heads Of the worried
steamship company officials.
The Washington times., 1916-01-02
What They Did Before
Becoming "Peace Doves"

Before they all decided to become
peace doves Mr.. Holmes had an office
in the Southern building, where he en-
ployed Miss Black, Little Bits" was
in the freight claim department OF the
Southern railway; Miss Stevens was
secretary to the vice president OF the
Tripure Water Systems Company :
Johnson was railroad man Burkln- :
shaw was clubbing" on The Times /,
Emerson was lawyer, certainly youns
and possibly rising; Turner WORKED AT
the Congressional Library, and !. as
my press agent in Washington has al
ready announced, was butchering copy
in the Munsey building.
A. to the occupations OF the rest
youll have to ask the fishes, because
! inadvertently dropped my notes INTO
the sea while leaving the oscar at
| Ktrkwall
| aboa I'd: Judson King Mr.. and Mrs; j.
f. King. T. A. Hostetler and Mrs.
George rubber. but they were only del
| egatcs az newspaper people A..
The real excitement began TOT tnc
Washington party on Friday, December
| 3, when almost everybody was taken
into the Ford employ. There was such
a rush and hustle that it really was re-
msrkable that everybody got away on
! the midnight train for New York. But
we only caught the train and nothing
| else--very few even knew where they
| we're to so to board the steamer and
the next morning the Pennsylvania
station in New York was crammed
with excited younr Washingtonians,
running madly round and round in
vain erort to f1nd where they were
at
Word finally drifted around that
| those who had not yet obtained their
| passports 1--WE left Washington in sucf
, a hurry that several could only get In
| their applications at the state Depart
| mcnt, would be given them at the Bit
| more, the Ford headquarters.
The Washington times., 1916-01-02
Holmes and Secretary
Forgot All About Time

Two o'clock came-and still no Holmes.
An excited fanatic "strafed" the ship.
Edison and Bryan came Off and the
whistle began to play wild serenades-
and we settled back to the morbid
fancy that we'd all be- back in wash
ington the next day. broke and facinG
everybody's grins.
But Just as we had given up all hope,
Holmes and Miss Black dashed up; they
had been lunchng uptown and the cul-
sine was so excellent that they had for
gotten all about the time.
Even their arrival. though, did not
erd our troubles, Holmes had forgot
ten to make reservations for us and the
word went around that we would have
to travel steeraGc. That started no end
of riot of course. and a lot were
threatening to give UP the trip right
there when Holmes finally announced
that he had Strengthened things out
and that we could go aboard.
So we dashed aboard. and few
minutes later. amid the blaro OF hun
dreds of whistles, we pulled out into
the harbor.
There wasn't any work that first
went to their staterooms to fuss up
the male contingent made the acquaint-
ance OF one Herr Simonsen. the worthy
gentleman who presided at the bar. dis
bursting drinks and lessons in Danish
with rare impartiality. Before We had
passed the Hook we had learned. so he
solemnly assured us. enough to get
along without an interpreter in SCandi-
naVia for six months. His lesson com
prised two words. "ocl'' and "CognaC,
beer and brandy. reSDcCtiyely,
The Washington times., 1916-01-02
There Were q Dozen
Bosses on Board

There were a dozen or So stenosra-
piers. half as many debating riachine
operators. dozen bosses" two or
three multirraph operators. ard mis-
cellaneous help" comprising things
like a timekeeper. six messenger boys
ttte two business offices were at least
fifty feet apart, and the "Enslish
critic
And II the idea of the expedition was
rather sketchy. the work that he had to
do wasn't.
All the speeches that were made
aboard-and peace delegates can make
SOME speeches-had to be carefully
transcribed and preserved three copies
apiece In the archives of the expedi-
ton. Also all the wireless messages
had to be fixed up. newspaper men who
had always hammered their own type
, writer's had to dictate their stuff-and,
In short, the business staff took the
place Of George in the matter of do
ing it,"
Still, we had plenty OF time to enjoy
ourselves-that is. all Of us who were so
awfully humanitarian that we thought
the fishes we're starving-and the trip
would have been ideal of there hadn't
been so many rows. and IL the accom-
modations hadn't been so conspicuous
| hv fhair
The Washington times., 1916-01-02
"Skaal Press Club"
Tried Mr.. S. S. Mcclure

And the club figured in most OF the
happenings of importance aboard tae
Oscar When the delegates split over
the preparedness question 1t was tho
newspapcrmcn who tried Mcclure. II
was the Press Club that first split open
ly with Nine Schwimmer. Ana. I un-
derstand the clut las been ooinE
things with an even more spectacular
effect since ] left the peace ship.
There's one thing l want to saw abo 1t
the club. The impression seems TO have
gone around that it was organized
purely and simply for the purpose of
holding carousals. 1t wasn't Primarily.
should say 1t was formed to aid the
members in gathering thr news. And
the social features. which crept in as
The Washington times., 1916-01-02
Gold in Turkey Dinner.

CHICO, Col, Jan. 2.-One of the most
thankful men in Chico Saturday was
w. T.. Young, of San Diego, a mining
engineer. While eating dinner at a
local hotel Young bit on something
hard. breaking off piece of a tooth
He was not thankful for the breaking
of the tooth, but upon closer investi-
cation he found that the object on
which he had broken his tooth was a
gold nugget containing $3.50 worth
OF gold: The repairs TO his tooth cost
he was 80 cents ahead II have been
prospecting all my life" said Young
this morning. hut this is the hrst
time / ever found gold in turkey"
The Washington times., 1916-01-02
Stowaway Found In
Messenger Uniform

But just as he was starting on the
third word, "sksal," VIC heard that a
stowaway had been founu, and the
tutor was deserted for the moment.
Up in the second class smoking room
which, with the first cabin smoker. had
been converted into a business office.
we found the stow.way-a disconsolate o
figure in a Western Union messenger
boys uniform. listening TO blood-cur-
ding tales OF what the English did to
spies.
lie was very garrulous-possibly he
wanted to talk for the same reason that
one whistles to keep up his courage
and told his story without hesitation.
Jake Greenberg was his name; he was
twenty-six years old, and he had been
born and raised in the East Side OF New
York. He had done nothing more ro-
The Washington times., 1916-01-02
EMPRESS,

Today and tomorrow the attraction at
the Empress Theater will consist Of the
newest photoplay from the studios of
William Fox. THE Green Eyed Mon
ster." featuring Robert B. Mantell and
Genevieve Hamper. The play Is de-
scribed as a photoplay with a mission
inasmuch as II portrays the horrible re-
suits that may follow in the wake OF
blind unreasoning jealousy.
The action is laid in France. and is
carried successfully to Vienna. and
thence to mystic India. The denouement
fs said to be impressive and tragic. The
ntcture is said to display the hall mark
OF careful direction and excellent pho
Biography.
Appearing In support of Mr. Mantel
are Stuart Holmes. Henry Leone
Charles Crumpton. Pauline Barry. and
w. H. Burton.
The Washington times., 1916-01-02

purely auxiliary, although prominent
features. consisted entirely IN 'toshinc"
even though the mcetings were held
be IN bed.
Another thing that I've skipped over
is .he work that was done by the busi-
ness staff. A LOT has been said that
was well. lust a bit exaggerated, and
thinl, II only fair to say that there
really was a working organization
The members of the staff worked hard
even If they didn't know just what
they were doing.
Ford. or rather his assistants, had
shipped an enormous quantity Of office
material aboard the Oscar. and the force
that went along would make most ordi-
nary business concerns look pretty
4
The Washington times., 1916-01-02
With the Local
Musicians

The Musical Thought of Shake
speare" was the subject of talk given
by Frank Maxwell before the Washing
ton Readers Club last Tuesday evening
at the Comstock studio. The talk was
illustrated by Mrs. Elizabeth S. Max
well, soprano. and Miss Ethel Garrett
Johnston. pianist. Mrs. Maxwell sang
twelve of the songs and lyrics OF the
Shakespeare plays that have been set
to music by some of our greatest COM
posers, the songs being given at in
tervals during the talk to illustrate
references to the same in the several
plays. Some OF the instrumental music
OF Shakespeare day was effectively re-
produced by Miss Johnston.
The Washington times., 1916-01-02
CONTINUED from First PageJ

about everybody else important enough
10 accuse. And, MS the result OF one
Of these fights. | think. | am back IN
Wn shir Etun.
Washington wasn't quite as promi-
nent among the delegates as New
York, Chicago, San Francisco. and hali
a dozen other places: but II had real
representation in the business ofhce.
First there were ReXford l.. Holmes,
who was in charge of the business
office, and his private secretary, MISS
Annie G.. Black Next in Importance
come Miss Mary Frances Martin and
Miss Julia S. Stevens, Little BITS
and Judy" or the debating machine
twins: Mr.. and Mrs. Axel T.. Johnson,
the interpreter and his wife; Nell j.
Burkinshaw. Bert Emerson. Dick Eng
lish, Van Arsdale Il. Turner, 10. =.
Scott. Shelton Higgins. Salvador Dem
ma. and myself made up the rest or the
Capital contingent. Miss Marie Louise
Wisinger and Thomas j. Baldwin were
employed here, but they we're not
Washin ri onians
The Washington times., 1916-01-02
Silver Dollars by Mail.

FREDERICKSBURG, Nd, Jan. q
About ten years ago Henry p. Wright.
OF Aberdeen, began sending to his sis
ter here, Mrs. Mary Fleetwood, a sill
Yer dollar through the mail as a Christ
mas present. Saturday the annual
dollar arrived with Mrs. Fleetwood S
address on one side and a 2-cent stamp
on the other. In the ten years that
Wright has been sending these UNIQUE
remembrances to his sister not one has
been lost or stolen. neither has 1t failed
to arrive on time.
The Washington times., 1916-01-02
Washington "Peace Doves" Kept Busy

that thesh two facts have any relation
to each other bat the very next day
IL became known that seven members
OF the staff were tc be cropped. They
said too large n number had been hired.
That really did cause CONSERVATION iE
the hearts Of tho Washingtoniane. We
had gone. most OF US. simply for the eN-
perience. and several had thrown up
perfectly good jobs 10 do IL. SO tue
feeling of the party i'm general wasn't
very kindly toward the expedition.
Mr.. Holmes really did everything ne
could 70 keep his party iEtact-hut he
cni;ldnT make II
The Washington times., 1916-01-02
Judge Lindsay Conceives
Mock Trial as a Joke

The trial was conceived by Judge
Linsav with the idea r. smoothing
over the split in the party bv makinr II
a joke, but it failed, in that respect.
and from then on the fight grew hotter
and hotter.
Every imaginable charge was made
against every imaginable person. by
every Imaginable pcrson-bnt lot Of
delegates refused TO sign the rcsolu-
tions.
Then the powers that he--or were
decided TO get more "cchesion' in the
rarty by having the members OF the
business staff sign. So on Monday the
18th. the paper was brought up 10 US
Several didn't sign.
Now. wouldn't say for an instant
The Washington times., 1916-01-02

mantle than run messages for the w
u. up to this time-but he had decided to
have some real adventure as soon MS he
heard of Fords project He tried to
get employment with the party, but
couldn't, because he was refused a pass
port--it seemed he could produce no
birth certificate.
That didn't deter him, though, and
without saying q word to any one. on
the morning Of our departure, he wrote
fake" telegram to Mrs. lnez MIL
Holland Boissevain and took It aboard
the Oscar--in his uniform and with 10
cenfa In his Docketi
The Washington times., 1916-01-02
Farmed at Age of 1O7.

CoNNERSNILLE, Ind. Jan. 2-The
Oldest man in Fayette county. Andrew
Massey. is dead at his home in Grange
at the age OF l0I wears. He was born n
Evcrton. Fayette county, In April. 1905.
He farmed in a small way. and liked
to be out Of doors. even tending n little
garden all bv himself after he had
passed the age of 100 years.
The Washington times., 1916-01-02
ToDATs BESl FILMS
Ru CAPnNEP MACK

willard Mack in Aloha Joe" by
Willard Mack CTria ngle Films). the
T Strand, Ninth and ID streets.
Robert Mantcl in The Green Eyed
Monster" COX Film Company. the
, Empress. il6 Ninth street.
Clara Kimball Young and Wilton
LackaHe in "Trilby," adapted from
the story Dy George DuMaurier
Z (World Film CorpD, Crandall's 5
Apollo, 62i II street northeast.
: Raymond Hitchcock and Flora Ia
belle in "A Village Scandal" (Tri-
angle), the Garden. i23 Ninth street.
Elsie Janis in Nearly Lady
Morosco), the Leader. Ninth. be-
tween + and f streets.
Gall Kane in The Labyrinth
CWorld Film Corp). Crandall's
Ninth and f streets.
Frank Losee In The Old Home
stead" adapted from the play by
Denma1 Thompson Famous Play
ers). Loew's Columbia, Twelfth and
+ streets.
The Washington times., 1916-01-02
LEADER.

Vtvacious Elsie Janis will bo seen at
the Leader Theatcr today in a photo
play Of her own writing, Nearly A
Lady" In this production with Art
Accord, the hero of Charles Van Loans
BUCK Paroin' stories. she executes
some daring horseback and lariat
throwing stunts and also displays her
ability as a swimmer and a diver
Tomorrow and Tuesday, Edna Good =
rich will be seen in the Paramount ver-
sicn Of Margaret rurnbulrs Arr
strong's Wife, a strong dramatic fea-
ture. In support OF Miss Gcodlich will
be seen James Cruze and Hal Clements.
Wednesday and Thursday the attrac-
ton will be THE Secret Sin," with
blanche Sweet featured. Ir this pro-
duction Miss Sweet assumes q dual
role, playing the twin sisters. Tho
Fatal Card will be seen Friday and
Saturday. with John Mason and Hazel
Dawn featured. This play was written
by G. Ha6don Chambers and r. c. Ste
phenson.
The Washington times., 1916-01-02
This Weeks S
Photoplays
CRANDALL'S.

A program of uniform excellence has
heen booked for Crandall's Theater
Tor the coming week. For today's at
traction a return engagement OF tho
world Film production, The Lady
rinth," featuring Sail Kane, has been
arranged.
Tomorrow. Tuesday. and Wednes-
Day Will witness the first local show
ing or the latest Clara kimball Young
feature. Camille" In the, role OF the
feroine Of Dumas most famous novel,
Miss Young is said to do the very best
work OF her career. The. photoplay
version of Camille" being uncon-
fned to tho limitations of the stage,
is said to exceed all expectations and
preserve the atmosphere of tho novel.
For Thursday and Friday. William
Courtenay will he seen in drama
from the Equitable Studies. Sealed
Lips" in which he takes the part OF
student to the priesthood
Saturdays program is marked by a
return engagement of THE Rack"
with Alice Brady featured.
The Washington times., 1916-01-02

iections are mSas
prepared by the
theaters concerned,
lility Is assumed for
es without notice 10
ey are based on the
pcIs.. he players and the
producing Cururany and not por-
tonal inspection, except in srecial
cases q. NJ.
The Washington times., 1916-01-02
You CAN Be Free from Trut

Are you going about harnessed like an
overburdencd truck horse with an ILL
fitting truss or makeshift contrapuon
goucinC into your flesh OF slipping out
OF place. causing you endless misery?
The Washington times., 1916-01-02
Here Is Proof!
Test It;At Our Risk

Our Trial Offer nlnn enables yon
to put on a SCHUlLlNG RUPTURE
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The Washington times., 1916-01-02
Here's Where Our Hero
BEAT" 1t Back Home

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The Washington times., 1916-01-02

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