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The Washington times., 1916-03-30
COMING EVENTS ON
CAPITALS PROGRAM
Today's Amusements - Schedule
for Tomorrow.
Today.

Dinner. anolnted high priests Royal Arch
hasons. Ebbitt, y. m.
Lecture. Poultry Breeding" Robert Slo-
cum. Public Library, s p. M: followed by
meeting OF National Capital Poultry and
Pigeon Association.
Illustrated lecture. war scenes. James Hare.
National Press club. $40 .. IN.
Meeting. Independent Life Saving Corps,
Dempseys boat house. Thirty-sevcnth and
Lecture, Health. Hygiene and Diet for
Women" w. X seIsmith. mo @ street
northwest, I p. m repeated AZ p. m. for
women OF the Bureau OF Engraving and
Illustrated lecture. Through Central A.
rica," James Barnes, for benefit OF Appui
Aux Artistes OF Paris. under the auspices
OF the Washington Society OF the Fine Arts
ball room, New willard. $50 p. m.
"Mi-Careme" entertainment, benent OF the
Association for Industrial Education in the
Mountains OF Virginia. Rauscher's. after
noon and evening.
Spanish kindergarten classes. Builders Ex-
change. III Thirteenth street northwest. 1880
Lecture. THE Right OF the Child Not to be
Born" Epma Goldman, Arcade, S:lE p. m.
Home Club chorus rehearsal, Home Club,
Center, Eleventh and Girard streets north
Meeting iT Second &C. District Republicans. True
Reformers Hall, Twelfth and streets
Meeting Woman's National Press Associa-
ton. at home OF Mrs. Mary s. Lockwood.
l4Vl SlTuTu Hueol noIlH"eots tsov ". n
Election OF officers. Young women's He
brew Association. 1880 Twelfth street north
Instailation OF officers Hebrew Home for the
Aged. Alb II street northwest. 100 D. m,
Address to colored musicians, The Ideal
Music Teacher" DR.. Hamlin Y. Cogswell.
under auspices OF the Washington Music
Lovers Club John Wesley A. NJ E. Zion
Church. p. m.
Lecture southern Italy and Sicily" e.
mendorf National Theater. I:3e D. m.
Masonic-The New Jerusalem, No. .; George
c. whiting. No. %.
Odd Fellows-Salem. No. -: Columbia. No.
10; Covenant. No. -: Excelsior. No. II.
Fraternal order Of Eagies-washington Aeris.
Jr. A. o, u. M.-Oriental Court OF Thomas
Jefferson Council. No. IL.
Modern woodmen OF America-Talbot Camp.
No. 1892
Socialist party-Dance. Young Peoples 30
cialist League, Perpetual Building.
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Finds Community Courage in West
Virginia Town.

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
IL Washington In twenty years had
increased 500 per cent in population. 1t
Is easy to believe that the town would
look rather slip-shod. for It would have
been almost impossible to keep up with
the increasing demands for schools.
paving, etc. On a visit to Clarksburg,
w. Va, / was impressed with that Pc
culiar element OF community courage
which has shown itself in so many
cities of the United States. VIXEN con-
fronted with sudden expansion. Clarks-
burg Is in the center OF a remarkable
natural gas field. For manufacturing
and other purposes, gas Is being sup
feet. The result has been a very rapid
industrial developpent. bringing up the
This little city OF about D.OO0 in the
last two years spent $4,000 for school
buildings. The high school; just COM
grade schools, because / was told that
there were sixteen nationalities amnog
the children, and wanted to see how
the teachers adapted themselves to such
impart knowledge. The nationalities
represented were English. German,
French. Italian, Austrian, Irish, Rus
Sian, Jewish. Dutch, Assyrian, Polish.
Hungarian, Spanish. slavish. Welsh,
and American Almost every grade had
Its sub-normal counterpart.
Here In Washington, with our COM
paratively simple problems. and a very
strong tendency to turn to somebody
else to help us meet those problems.
We have but little idea of the efficient
manner In which self-contained com
munities OF the United States adapt
themselves. with wonderful facility, to
new problems. ] met in ClarksburE
scarcely man who had been there
more than ten years. Consequently
there Is lacking anything like leadership
by the earlier element OF the town, but
the new arrivals take the town to their
heart as II were their own, and show
this civic spirit. even II, or because
these new arrivals are foreiKn-bor
This Is not the place to speak OF
Clarksburg as an industrial center
This little statement is merely intended
to emphasize the vital character OF
Americanism In communities that are
largely foreign In origin, and these
communities are eagerly attempting
Americanisation because they are neitheI
interested In hyphens nor willing to bt
disturbed by pro-this or pro-that,
GROSNENOR DAVE.
Washington, March q.
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FILMS WILL SHOW
AFRICAN ANIMALS
James Barnes 10 Lecture on
Journey Through Wilds.

Four thousand miles Through Cen
trail Africa" with q motion picture
camera over the famous Henry W.
Stanley route, will be described tonight
at the Willard by James Barnes. author.
war correspondent. and traveller.
The proceeds OF the lecture will be
devoted to the Appui aux Artistes OF
Paris, an organisation to aid the wives
and children OF French artists called
to the colors.
The Barnes expedition passed through
Mombasa, the region OF Abyssinia,
British East Africa, Uganda, the Bel
gian Congo to. the west coast. 1t OBJ
tained a permanent record OF native
and animal life moving in their natural
surroundings. Blinds were constructed
and the animals were photographed az
they came to drink. There were many
species-elephane. leopard. rhinoceros,
lion. hyena, giraffe, oryx, gazelle, zebra,
haboon. many varieties OF birds. aud
unusual visitors of every sort. The ex-
petition took many pictures of the
river life, the pigmies, the cAnnibals,
and all the other jungle tribes. The
land where the African lethArgy, sleep
ing sickness, has devastated the popu-
lation. Is shown exactly as It appears
today. ...
The lecture is under the auspices Of
the Washington Society OF the Fine
Arts.
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A SUBMARINE CAPTAINS HEAD

An inspired suggestion is that the
Administration, not as bloodthirsty
reprisal but as an evidence of good
faith on the part of the German
government, may demand the execu-
ton of the submarine commander
who torpedoed the Sussex without
notice. This is refreshing, but at
that, if the Administration should
demand the head of the guilty sub
marine commander, it might get it
or some head.
In Germany, the land of thorough
organization, the newspapers have,
or used to have, a Jail editor. The
duty of this editor, the only work
he ever had to perform to earn his
pay, was to plead guilty of any act
by the newspaper meriting, in the
judgment of censors or other Off
cials of the government, imprison-
ment. The Jail editor stood ready at
all times when he was out of Jail to
be made the sacrificial victim of the
stern demands of the law. When
he was in Jail his proxy stood ready
TO follow him.
And the fellow who wrote the
The Washington times., 1916-03-30
"RIcnRR AND WEAKER"

The American nation war de-
scribed by Franklin d. Roosevelt,
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, as
"richer and weaker" than ever before
in its history. 1t is an apt charac-
terization, given deliberately in the
course Of his hearing before the
House Committee on Naval Affairs.
National strength, appraised as
military men must appraise it, is
necessarily comparative. It must be
determined by comparison with the
power of other nations with which
we might come into conflict. This
country would be the greatest naval
power with ten battleships, If no
other had over five. It would be
the greatest military power with
100000 soldiers, if no other had so
many. But as matters stand today,
in point Of ability actually to exert
organized force, Holland is our su-
perior, Portugal at least our equal,
Bulgaria or Roumania would utterly
overmatch us.
Mr.. Roosevelt declines to assume
that when the European war ends,
the danger Of this country being
involved will be at an end because
the exhausted countries will not be
willing to become complicated with
America. He thinks there will be
ample opportunity for difficulties
abroad; and in that view he is sup
ported by many other people who
doubt il the present war can be
fought to a determination that will
insure disarmament and something
like a guarantee Of peace.
At any rate, it surely Is dangerous
business to rely on confidence in
disarmament, at a time when ar1na-
ments are more universal and great
err than they ever were before. II
disarmament comes, it will be be-
cause the power of the worlds peace
lovers will have overcome the power
of militarism. They will not have
won the victory in the council cham
Der, but in the trenches. There
never was a time when 1t was so
plain that the one way to get peace
is to fight for it, or that the one
way to preserve peace is to be ready
to fight for it if necessary.
The Washington times., 1916-03-30
THE SWING TOWARD RooSH-
WELT

People who know PENNSYLVANIA
thoroughly have been telling
Colonel Roosevelt that no matter
what faction of the Republican
party wins in the coming primary,
a majority of the keystone delega-
ton will be in favor of the colonel.
In view Of the great Roosevelt
sweep in that State in 1912, and of
the impressive strength that the
Progressive party mustered two
years ago, it is not hard to believe
this. The old Pennsylvania ma
chine is making desperate efforts to
suppress the real sentiment of the
State. But Pennsylvania is being
swept along by the same remark
able development of sentiment in
favor Of Roosevelt that is noted in
all parts of the country.
In the last few weeks, this has
been easily the most significant
fact in national political affairs.
There was a time when many
people, even those friendly to
Roosevelt, sincerely doubted that he
could be elected even if nominated.
In the next phase, these doubters
became pretty we'll convinced that
he was the party's strongest asset,
but they were unable to figure how
a majority Of delegates could be Sc
cured for him, to make the nomina-
tion.
A third phase has now been
reached. 1t is not only recognized
that Roosevelt is by far the strong
est man the party could name, but
it begins to be realized that the
sentiment in favor of him is so de-
termined that it is gong to be crys-
tallized into convention delegates,
Favorite son candidates may get
the compliment of nominal support
but from many localities, in all
parts of the country, comes the in
sistent declaration that large pro-
portion of the delegates will be al
heart Roosevelt supporters.
The Washington times., 1916-03-30
Fears Mexico Expedition VIII Be
Repetition Of Philippine Campaign

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
1t looks to me as though people did
not realize just what our army is up
against In Mexico. 1 read in the pa
pers that disease Is already attack
troops now In Mexico. These troops
now In Mexico are not re-
cruits fresh from the cities and farms.
but on the contrary they are men
who are. or by this time ought to be
accllmated to the country In which
they tried to pursue him. And for us
against him. seems like trying to do
the impossible. am not saying that
ne Will not be captured. No. The
American soldier has always had big
Jobs on hand. and usually he has
some day there viii be a biz fall
down for the army. why7 Because.
depending on the value Of the theory
mat one American Is worth about
nall dozen Of any other nation, we
Of those days. and Will wake up TO
the fact that although we have a
could chew.
/ served in the Philippine Islands
that the troops in Mexico will have
70 endure as hard n time as we had
win our little brown brothers, II not
much worse one. II L. time that
people were waking up and demand
ing that we have a real army not a
skeleton that rs supposed to expand
immediately in time OF war SO as to
country at all points. Well, the Mex
lean expedition will show people q
thing or two. Some ones confidence
In the prowess OF our little dried up
army. VIII get q shock,
washington. March a.. VETERAN.
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libelous article, or the reasonable
article, or whatever It might be,
went out and ate a good dinner, re-
turned to his editorial chair and pro-
ceeded, with some more libel or trea-
son, or whatever it might be, to help.
the next Jail editor to earn his pay.
No doubt, IL there were occasion
for such a system, the thoroughly
organized German government would
provide on every submarine per-
son who would stand prepared to
plead guilty every time a merchant
vessel carrying American citizens
should be torpedoed without notice.
The only duty of this person, the
only work he would have to perform
to earn his pay, would be to hustle
above when the time came, climb up
on the scaffold and be hanged for
the good Of the cause.
Wherefore, we remark that II Mr..
Wilson will be satisfied only If he
can be a Herod, with a Bernstorff-
Salome bearing the platter 30 him,
he may get a head-he may get
many heads as the weary days Of
submarine atrocities wear on.
Those Germans are a wonderful
people. There is hardly anything
that they can't arrange to meet any
occasion. And pretty nearly every
time they get away with it.
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A "DAY OFF" FOR MoThERi

Has it ever occurred to any Of the
efficiency experts, cost Of living COM
puters, and welfare workers, that
there is one important economic fac
tor that never gets consideration?
Does mother ever get day off?
At first glance this seems ridicu-
lous inquiry. But second thought
strips it of amusing qualities. How
many mothers are given day off ?
How many business institutions or
industrial concerns could exist if the
general manager were required to
work with the persistence and mo-
notony imposed on mothers?
When one employs a servant, the
matter of the "day off" must be set
tied before any agreement can be
reached. The same is true Of nurse,
laundress, house maid, cook, butler
all persons employed in domestic
service except only that one person
who does the work of all these
servants in a great majority Of
homes.
Everybody gets a day of but
mother, and she works all the time
to paraphrase the once popular
song.
Mother works so continuously
that most Of us don't realize exactly
what she does. Why wouldn't it be
a good idea to start a campaign for
Mothers Day Of?
Why wouldn't it be a good plan
for everybody in the District on a
certain day-say June 1-ordain that
mother shall not be called at $3.50 to
begin the days work; that father
and the children will get their own
breakfast; that Clarice shall do the
sweeping and busting; that father
shall see that all buttons are on and
faces washed before the children
start to school; likewise let father
give the orders to the grocer; or,
better yet, let the family take din
ner at a restaurant for the day.
On this day mother is not to be
disturbed. She is to be permitted Ia
90 where she listeth. No questions
are to be addressed to her regarding
domestic affairs. She is to rise wher
abe Ikea 60 where she likes. stay
The Washington times., 1916-03-30
A DRILL GROUND FOR THE
SCHOOLS

Need Of the northeast for rec
reation center and a playground
space is a strong enough argument
for the purchase of the Patterson
tract at Fifth street and Florida
avenue northeast, for park purposes.
Allan Davis, principal of Business
High School, yesterday pointed out
to members of the District Commit
tee, at a hearing on this subject,
why the tract also could be used to
great advantage by high schools.
Congress has shown every dispo-
sition to aid the High School Cadets,
short of providing a place for them
to drill. The Patterson tract would
afford such a place, Principal Davis
thinks. 1t is within easy access Of
four or five Washington high
schools, Eastern, Central, Mckinley,
and Business, and the fifth, West
ern, already has a large area about
its building.
Under Lieut.. E. z. Steever, the
High School Cadets have broken
away from the old monotonous close
order drill, the only sort that can
be carried on in the streets, and for
this other valuable work the students
now have to make long trips to the
Monument grounds, or points even
farther away. On a tract like the
proposed Patterson park, the High
School Cadet work could be devel-
oped to a point of high athletic and
military value.
Already the estate is used largely
for baseball games, and a portion of
1t could be made into a place for the
practice of athletic teams for both
high schools and grade schools. It
provides place where both high
schools and grade schools could hold
pageants, out-of-door exercises of
all sorts, and where the newly or
ganized athletic league of the grade
schools might have competitions.
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Tomorrow.

Demonstration. Girls Cooking Club. Com
munity Center. Eleventh and Harvard
Concert. solder Home Band Orchestra,
Stanley Hall. et5 D. m.
nl9;!Ta!sd ,TsyelSESs with melton Pe,prs.
c.: J: blanchard; Home Club. S:l6 p. m.
An Fool and Measuring Social" Loyal
p cSSIaS 1edns: :' of Mr 1's aas,
eighth street and Pennsylvania aven1o
southeast, Randall Highlands. s p. m.
bE psS for SSrs sSrss Inter.
tional society OF Keep-WellS. parish hall
OF 81. Johns Church Ssxteenth street near
II northwest, 8 p. m.
Oyster roast. membership COMMITTEES OF the
Board OF Trade. Builders and Manufac-
turers' Exchange, p. m.
Target practice. Department OF Commerce
Riie Club. indoor range. Fifteenth and d
streets northwest, afternoon.
Meeting. National Democratic Women OF
Banquet. Columbian Debating Society Of
George Washington University. Dewey 7:SG
Address. Immigration Legislation and Re-
striction," DR.. John 4. Ryan. Mcmahon
Hall: Catholic Mho,n,,o uni We ,h sp m
run. U. s. A., before Washington society SUo Of
Engineers: Cosmos Club, p. IN.
tionai Missionary Union Public Library. /.
Pageant, pased on me conquest Of a Con.
tinent," Epiphany Parish Hall, 1871 q
street northwest, 4 D. m
Final round, individual chess championshir
tourney. Home club & p. m.
Lay meetings. Baltimore Conference M T.
Church, Foundry NJ. z. Church, Afternoon
and evening.
Address. THE Lutheran Church and IN;
Word OF God" DR.. A. r. Wentz, annua
Lutheran Sunday School Institute, FLOR
Lutheran Church. Sixth and p utreet,
Masonic-st, Johns. No, II: Hoe M "a
odd Fellows-Central, No. 1; Metropolis, No
Is; Phoenix. No. g.
Knights OF Pythias-SyracusianH, No. 10
Rathbone Temple, No. 8, Pythian Sisters,
Woman's Beneft Association OF the MScca
bees-National Review, entertainment
National Union-District OF Columbia Cabi.
net.
Jr. o. y. A. M.-MOunt Pleasant Council, in
Btitution. -
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DINING CAR is PASSE;
"RESTAURANT" NOW
Old Name To Be Discarded by
Road That Inaugurated System.

The dining car which has furnished
meals for American travellers and
comedy for the jokcsmiths for moro
than generation. will go into the
discard April and the restaurant
car will take it's place. The Pennsyl-
Vania railroad has Ordained the
change and as fhe Pennsylvania rail-
road claims to be the parent OF the
dining eur system. II asserts Its right
10 change the name II 1t wants TO.
An official order has gone forth
from the office OF the general pass
enger agent or traffic manager or
whoever has charge CT such things.
thut lie the future the dining car Is
to be known as the restaurant car.
The order sets forth the fact that
dining car Is q misnomer. 10 dlne
means TO eat Inner define the rail-
road word sharks. As one purchases
breakfast. luncheon. and tea In the
cars provided by the railroad, there
fore It is not giving fair treatment
20 the other meals not to recognize
them. Consequently the Pennsylvania
railroad wiz. after April !. call all
cars in which meals can be pur-
NSSased "restaurant cars"
The Pennsylvania officials call at
tention TO the fact that the .nrst res
taurant car was run on their road In
September, 1892, on the New York
and Chicago Limited OF their road.
Before that hotel cars" which were
sleepers equipped With kitchenette
Supplied passengers with meals or
they bought them at stations.
The Washington times., 1916-03-30
PARTY COMPROMISE
ON ARMS PLANTS
Democratic Caucus Decides
Not to Bind Votes on Gov
eminent Ownership.

Democrats OF the House in caucus
last night. adopted compromise res
olution authorizing n vote In the
House on proposals for the establish-
ment OF Government-owned munitions
factories
A resolution was adopted which
calls upon the Rules Committee to
report a rule making in order on the
national defense bills amendments re-
latinR to munitions plants.
The caucus did not vote directly on
whether the Government shall go into
the business of making munitions OF
war. although the party confab was
called by members who desired at
hrmatiye action on this point. A.
The Attendance was small ana the
procedure followed does not bind the
Democrats to Government ownership.
The question will come UP for vote
on it's merits in the House and will
The resolution adopted by the eau
Gus was offered by Congressman
Garner. OF Texas, and reads:
Resolved. that II Is the sense OF
this caucus that the Rules Commit
tee should report a rule making In
order amendments to the navy, army,
fortihcations, and sundry civil bills
having for their purpose provisions
providing for the Government manu-
tion."
About 100 OF the moro than 200
Democrats of the House attended the
caucus. Speaker Clark advocated
Government manufacture OF NUM-
lions ito such an extent as to regu-
late prices"
Chairman Padgett, of the Naval AZ
fairs Committee, told the caucuA his
committee would consider on next
Tuesday the Senate bill for a Gov
eminent armor plate plant.
Congressman Tavenner OF Illinois
and Keating OF Colorado, were chiefly
instrumental in circulating the peti-
tIon for the caucus.
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Appeals for Tobacco for Trench
nMellera.

DWeileTbs
To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
inclose copy OF letter received
by me from an officer in the
trenches, which you may be KIND
enough to publish. Your last article
was the direct cause OF at least w
or SO being subscribed. 1t Is an en-
deavor which has a touch OF human
interest in It, and appeals to every
smoker. II. l.. MACNElb'
NV Dear Barra: I see from q squib
in the Scotsman that you have started
a tobacco fund, and IL you are AZ =
loss to know what regiment to send IL
let me tell that we are in a decidedly
receptive mood. Our supply OF smokes
CHATS Yankee, isn't itD Is very un-
certain, and while we get good DIT
from friends, ehe men do not, so when
we share II with them we are all short.
We have had beastly rotten weather
for weeks past. some OF our damned
scots mist, so you can Imagine the oon-
about six inches deep In my trench. de-
spite the pumps going continuously.
II has been dull here for some time.
nothing but artillery. and it's quite time
we did a bit OF attacking. About a
fortnight past, one evening some boche
shouted over 1--WE are about 70 yards
distanO, Hello. Tommy. have you an
Oban Times?' Probably a waiter from
the Western.
/ went home last week for three days
and had a jolly good sleep. Sorry
can't write more. or tell you where we
are. Canadians to our immediate right.
Don't forget the baccy.
Washington. March q.