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The Washington herald., 1916-12-30
Want 0uimet Reinstated.

New York, Dec. 9l-Concerted action
on the part OF Boston. New York and
Philadelphia golf clubs and players. who
will ask for the reinstatement OF Francis
Ouimet at the annual meeting OF ths
United States Golf Association here, win
get the desired results. It Was believed
today. The move was started by Bos-
ton golf clubs and has been championed
by the foremost clubs Of other big East
ern cities.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-30
COLORADO Is WAKING UP,
Bf1l to Organize q Boxing Commits
sion Now in LeEislature.

Denver. Col, Dec. "a State boxing
commission will probably be named BY
the governor in January II a measure
framed by the bill drafting committee
OF the new Legislature is enacted. The
commission will be empowered to issue
licenses and supervise all hoxing exhibi-
tions IN Colorado
Since the bill drafting committee was
appointed upon the suggestion of At
torney General-elect Hubbard many re-
guests have been received for better reg
ulation Of prize fighting and a measure
that VIII end fake contests and slusging
matches which have taken place fire.
quently in Denver.
The committee Will prepare a law en-
oodying the commission idea in order to
conserve the interests of legitimate r-o-
moters and fighters
The Washington herald., 1916-12-30
Manager Also to Box.

New York, Dec. 29.-Joe Wagner has
the distinction of being the only fighter
manager in the ring game today. Both
he and his protege, Jack Sharkey. are
contenders for the bantamweight title.
Both are booked for bouts at the Pioneer
Sporting Club New Years afternoon.
Wagner will tackle Johnny Coulon,
former bantam champion, while Sharkey
will oppose Bobby Hubon.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-30
Richmond After Games

Master R. E. Bell, Of the Church IIm
Athletic Club, Of Richmond, would like
to arrange a few basketball dates with
any college school OF Independent uuints
in this city. Games can be obtained bv
addressing Manager of Church Hin Atb-
letic Club, 21o North Twenty-third street,
Richmond Va.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-30
May Open with Robins

New York, Dec. at Is whispered
around that the Giants will open the
season with the Robins on the Polo
Grounds on April Il, while the Phillies
and Braves will clash on Braves Field.
The Pirates and Reds may meet at Red
land Field, while the Cubs and Cards
wfll pry on the Id In ChioaRn.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-30
EXpects q Biz Seasnn

Rid1mond. Dec. ..-Joe BoehlinE IL e1-
peCted to be a real hustler for Manager
Fohl. Of the Maps, next season. The
blond hurler's longtime contract expires
in 1917, and unless he shows a lot OF sturr
he will be asked TO stand q big cut when
he signs again.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-30
Wait Until Spring Arrives

Lewiston, Dec. 2s-outnelder Tillie
Walker, Of the champion Boston Red
sox. is president Of a piano and organ
concern at Lewiston, Tenn. He reports
that business is so good that he may
have to quit baseball, as much as he
loves the old game.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-30
Giants to PLAY Hoosiers

Indianapolis. Ind. Dec. 9.-The New
York Giants win play an exhibition con-
test with the Indianapolis club April 9,
coming here from Kansas City, where
the team plays on April 9. Secretary
Foster, Of the Giants, today reserved
hotel accommodations for thirty-nye
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-06
The "Silent Gunman."

Albany's silent gunman" has been
caught, with his weapon, which clears
up the mystery attending the shoot
ing of four persons in that city. The
man is evidently maniac, and he
has used no more than the ordinary
"silencer" on commonplace pistol,
with wire arrangement that per-
mitted its firing from the muzzle end,
so that it could be held up the sleeve
and discharged in that position with
out attracting attention. This dis
poses of the story that the assassin
used a new secret illuminate ammuni-
ton which is noiseiess and smokeless.
1t shows, however, that the "silencer"
has its murderous uses, and suggests
that the strictest safeguards be
thrown around its sale. Yet with
the laws now standing as they do,
permitting virtually unchecked traf-
hc in deadly weapons. it matters but
little whether silencers are sold or
not. The main evil lies in the facility
with which any person, sane or in
sane, sober or intoxicated, 1awabid-
ing or criminal1y minded, can arm
himself at low cost and without de-
lay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-06

definitely understood. but it is sug-
gested that it has been because of
scarcity of capable pilots. This type of
machine requires a higher degree of
skill than the ordinary airplane of
lower speed and less tactical flexi-
bility. Recently Santos Dumont
stated that on a visit to an aeroplane
factory in this country he saw ma
chimes being built capable of flying
GOO miles and carrying thirty pas
sengers, with an average speed of
not less than seventy-hve miles an
hour. this speed being capable of in
crease with a reduction of the dead
weight load. This he describes as
hydro-aeroplane with three planes,
each 1873 feet in length. 1t is ar
mored and carries several three-inch
guns. Such a machine would be
tremendous air antagonist, even
against the swifter, more easily ma
neuvered German "fokker,' which
has been recently playing havoc with
the British aerial force. Consider
ing all these developments there can
be no doubt that at the close of this
war machines will have been evolved
that will virtually put heavier-than-
air navigation on practical COM
mercial basis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-06
Car Stops and Blocks.

The utilities commission has ruled
against an application by the fire de-
partment for the designation of two
additional fire stops on the 18th street
line, thereby indicating disposition
favorable to the recent application of
the Washington, Railway and Elec-
trio Company for the abandonment of
the fire stops in favor of a control
crossing" rule As The Star has al
ready suggested. this matter requires
the most serious consideration for
the sake of public safety. The COM
mission evidences a desire to secure
better service through the elimination
of needless stops. 1t is now studying
a condition at 18th, G and F streets
that has given rise to much complaint
through provoking delays of the traf-
fic incidental to the new switching by
which cars are sent from G street
into I4th for the run down to the
engraving bureau. 1t is a common
thing in the rush hour of the morning
to find cars stalled from F street all
the way back to H, waiting for head
way. Thus far no method has been
found to overcome the blockade,
which is a source of serious trouble
to the users of>both the F street and
the bureau lines. While not directly
connected with the FIRE stop question,
this problem needs to be solved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-06
The War and Aerial DEVELOPMENT.

One OF the most interesting devel-
opments OF this war has been in the
aerial equipment of the belligerent
powers. When the conflict started
little had been achieved save in the
direction of the great Zeppelins of
the Germans and the speedy large BIZ
planes OF the French. But quickly came
the German "taube," or pigeon-like
monoplanc, possibly a secret factor
that had been held in reserve, and
from that moment conflict has been
raging in the evolution OF airplane
types, each side attempting to gain
an advantage. The latest develop
ment IS German monoplane of great
speed capable of carrying machine
gun firing 600 shots a minute. 1t is
the destroyer of the air, being
nothing else than an aeroplane
chaser. Already it is reported these
German machines have brought down
thirteen British planes by their su-
perior speed and maneuvering abil-
ity. They make about ninety-fve
miles an hour, with eighty horse
power. Now it is stated that the
British and French have even
speedier machines in reserve, some
of which have been made in this
country. capable of making as high
rs 100 miles an hour. just why they
have not been put out before is not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-06
The District Boundary.

A proposition has been made for
permanent marking of the District
boundary and the preservation of the
original boundary stones. The
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton have urged this and Col. Harris,
superintendent of public buildings
and grounds, has cordially approved
the idea. This matter should be
taken in hand without further delay,
for as time passes the old boundary
stones are in danger of displacement
and loss. Some question, too. has
arisen as to accuracy of at least one
of the original positions, although
there is no doubt as to the exact line
between the District and Maryland.
Some years ago the project was
advanced of building a boulevard
around the Distriet-Maryland line as
a permanent and tangible token of
the limitation between the two juris-
dictions. Such a boulevard would af-
ford a most attractive drive, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-06
Tariff Revision.

1t is agreed that the tariff cannot
be taken out of politics, nor out of
the hands of Congress. Still, the de-
mand for a tariff commission per-
sists, and the President, once opposed
to the proposition. is now in favor
of it.
We should have, we are told. a tri-
bunal of experts for the express pur-
pose of collecting and arranging sta
tistics bearing on all phases of trade.
What is produced, and at what cost?
What is sold. and at what profit?
What is the value of the American
market?
Within our own borders this COM
mission is to have full powers to push
its Investigations to the limit. Manu-
facturers must answer. Books, con-
tracts, all papers. no matter how con-
fidential, must be submitted upon re-
quest for the commissions inspec-
ton.
All very well, but how about for
eigners? When the commission goes
abroad in quest of information it can
command nothing Foreign manu-
facturers and exporters will be at lib
erty to give much, or little, or no in
formation about their affairs. With
politeness or not, as they choose, they
can put by all the inquiries of the
commission.
Will they be likely to do this?
What more natural? What more
businesslike? Are they to be ex-
pected to help US revise our tariff in a
way to help ourselves? Will they
tumble over one another to put their
confidential trade figures into the
hands of an American commission
for use by an American Congress
charged with the duty of giving
American producers and consumers
the best of the home market?
These questions answer them
selves. There are valuable statistics
in Europe, but they are open to
everybody. They are published in cir
culars and trade journals and gov
eminent reports, and can be obtained
by mail A commission need not
travel so far at heavy expense to OBJ
tain what few postage stamps could
transport.
The next revision of the tariff will
probably be the most important we
have ever made 1t will deal with
trade conditions which have never
before existed either at home or
abroad. And other countries will soon
be revising their tariffs. We should
have all the light possible on the sub
ject But let US not go about obtain
ing it by any methods not founded in
everyday business practice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-06

would be one of the notable features
of the capital. For a considerable
part of the way it would flank Rock
Creek Park, but for the major por-
ton of the way it would be through
territory that is rarely visited by
Washingtonians. It is to be doubted
if half a thousand District people
have ever traversed the line of the
boundary. Recently the suggestion
was made that the District Commits
sioners make the tour on foot to
the boundary stones, but it has not
enthusiasm at the District
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-06
PUBLIC ENEMIES.

II YOU build line Of railway over hills and
barren lands, -
Giving lucrative employment to about 4 million
II you cause a score Of cities by your right of
way to rise,
rattlesnakes and fies;
II when bringing kale to others you acquire
Then You've surely robbed the peepul and you
ought to be IN jail.
II BY planting and by toiling you have won some
wealth and fame
II will make no odds how squarely you have
Dlayed your little game:
Your success Is proof sufncient that You are
You're souiless malefactor; to the dump you
It's a crime for you to prosper where so many
You have surely robbed the peepul and you ought
to be in Jail.
Be a chronic politician, deal In superheated air:
Roast the bank and money baroos, there il
Rut to sound the note Of business Il 4 crime 90
mean and base,
Change the builders song triumphant for the
politicians wall
Or veil think you've robbed the peepul and we'll
pack yeu OF T. Jail.
Baltimore American
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-06
NOMINATION OF BRANDEIS.
From the Knoxville Sentinel.

From the Knoxville Sentinel.
At least Mr.. Brandeis is finding out
a good deal about himself that he
probably didn't previously know.
From the Chicago Herald.
The nomination of Mr. Brandeis for
the Supreme bench illustrates the fact
that President Wilson. has a way Of
making his own appointments.
From the Fort Worth Record.
For years Mr.. Brandeis has been
known as a champion of the rights of
the masses and the interests of the
people. He did not espouse their side
to obtain business or to make money.
From the Birmingham Ledger.
Anyhow. Mr.. Brandeis is as much Of
a democrat as he 10 anything else. in
politics. He is Independent.
From the Rochester Post Express.
Fiery partisanship and judicial poise
are incompatible. immiscible. can not
exist In the same mind together.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-06
PRESIDENTS SPEAKING TOUR.

From the Pittsburgh Gazette Times.
The presidential special sailed
through the Milwaukee zone without
SO much as sighting a periscope.
From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The President might tell us Just
when this nation pledged itself ito
maintain the sovereignties of the coun-
tries in the western hemisphere"
From the New York Sun.
What the west wants from DR.. will
son is not epigrams but diagrams
Firm the Concord Monitor.
President Wilson is talking louder
than Mr.. Bryan just now, but he can
not possibly talk SO long.
From the Boston Advertiser.
If Mr.. Wilson did ISLAM" T. r, at
Des Moines 1t was base ingratitude,
considering where he got his prepared.
ness stimulus.
From the Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
Wilson's address has the pep" in it..
and nothing Bryan can say will alter
the twang OF 1t.
From the Waco Times Herald.
Mr.. Wilson has his two fists trained
on the pacifsts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-06
POLITICAL REFERENCES.

From the Jacksonville Times-Union.
Any candidate will agree that it is
better to be a minority President than
no President at all.
From the Pittsburgh Press.
Pacifist Bryan can't say that Roose-
Welt is stealing any of his stuff at
present.
From the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
Mr.. Bryan will not trail the Pres
ident"; he will just tag along behind
and try to undermine his work
From the Rochester Herald.
The colonel is in his element-mud.
From the Providence Bulletin.
There is a report that Senator Weeks
is going to step out of the presidential
race. This will save him from being
left at the post.
From the Columbia State.
Speaking of commerce. destroyers.
there's La Toilette.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-06
The President on Pacificists.
This is taken from an account o
Mr.. Wilson's St. Louis meeting:

This is taken from an account of
Mr.. Wilson's St. Louis meeting:
"'Some men do not see anything
said the President Some men look
straight in the face of the facts and
Isee nothing but atmospheric air. Some
men are so hopelessly and contented-
ly provincial that they cannot see the
rest of the world. But they do not
constitute a large or influential mi
nority even You must listen to them,
and then absolutely ignore them.
They have right to talk, but they
have no right to affect our conduct.
Indeed, if l were in your place l
would encourage them to talk. Moth
ing chills folly like exposure to the
air, and these gentlemen ought to be
encouraged to hire large halls
"'Hey, who do you mean:' inter
rupted a below from the gallery. DO
you mean Bryant And the house
yelled"
OF course, the President did not
mean Mr.. Bryan. who needs no en-
couragement to speak, and does not
have to hire halls. Halls are as read
lily provided for him as for any prize
speaker in the country; and often he
packs them to suffocation.
But, aside from that, the Presidents
remarks were not we'll chosen. AS
matter of fact, what he is now say
ing of the pacihcists was until re-
Gently being said of him. Advocates
of preparedness expressed surprise
that a man of his wide historical
reading, his high position and the OPP
portunities it gave him to take a
world rather than provincial view
of things, should remain blind to the
instructions of the European war.
They wondered if he would ever
wake up.
He did wake up, and today is very
much alive. Indeed, he is leading men
who only a few months ago consid-
cred him "contentedly provincial"
and complained that unless he got
move on he would become impossible
for second term.
The President is seeking votes for
the cause he has lately espoused. He
needs to get the friendly attention
and cooperation OF those with whom
he was recently in agreement. As a
rule, they are his party friends. The
republicans are pretty well in line,
and will stay there.
For this reason, would it not be
we'll for the President to be spread
ing molasses rather than sprinkling
vinegar? AS "a soft answer turneth
away wrath" so a pleasant and ar
gumentative presentation of ques-
ton often accomplishes much.
Besides, the trouble with the pa
cifcists is, not that they are provin-
cial and shortsighted, but that they
look over the heads of things and see
too far. They are figuring, not on
the present, or on the early future,
but on the millennium. The problems
they have in mind are not those of a
world of force, but of world of un-
breakable peace.
But they must be brought around,
as the President himself has been, by
appeals to their reason rather than
by sharp criticisms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-06
Bound to Get Him.

There was a conscientious man
Whose morals had no flaw,
He said "I'll do the best | can
And never break a law"
He went through life and never fell
Into a single error.
His honored name would cast a spell
OF reverential terror.
He went the way that men must go
For better or for worse.
His funeral train was sad and slow.
He used a motor hearse.
The chauffeur struck careless pace,
The traffic rules unhceding.
A copper hurried to the place
And held him up for speeding. =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-06
Difficult Undertaking.

ITS harder than the old fifteen
puzzle" said Senator Sorghum as he
pushed aside the manuscript of a
speech. II have rearranged my ideas
a dozen times"
What are you trying to do?"
I'm trying to fix up a consistent
argument that will arrange for safety
first and preparedness last"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-06
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Gradual Condensation.

Diplomacy requires lifetime of
study"
Eyes, and after you have read whole
Libraries of books. the point at issue
is liable to narrow down to half a
dozen words of definition in the die
tionary.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-06

Norfolk could raise its rating as to
population by hurrying up and taking
a census before all the interned Wis
itors depart.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-06

Henry Ford, having satisfied him
self of the difficulty of persuading
armies to forego aggression, should
by this time be drifting toward a
more receptive mood for prepared
ness doctrine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-06

The suggestions that Americas pa
thence with Germany may become ex-
hausted may serve indirectly as a
warning TO Mexico.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-06

Canada is not yet forgetting it's
diplomacy so far as to insist publicly
that the wreckage at Ottawa was
more than the irresponsible atrocity
of an individual.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-06

A dispatch. dated London, February. /.
announces that the CAMERON coast line
was being cleared
Serious Fighting OF the Germans by
Has Occurred. British forces. This
dispatch invites attention to the mill
tary operations Of Germany. Belgium,
France and England in their African
and other colonies. which have passed
unnoticed because of the greater war
in Europe. Nevertheless. there have
been serious combats in this guerrilla
war in German Southwest Africa. in
the Cameroons. Walhsch bay, Swakop-
mund. Winduk. Bloomfontein, Angola
In German East Africa. at Dar-es-Sa-
laam. Lakes Victoria, Tanganyika, Ny
ASA. Kivu. Tabora and Uganda; In the
Belkian Kongo, at Lukuga-Kabolo. ka-
tanga; in British East Africa, at Nom
hasa, the line of the British Mombasa
railway to Kfsuma. Nairobi, karungu,
the delta of Rufidji. etc.
The fury of the combatants in Africa
may be understood only when the value
of the contention is realized. katanga
is the real object of the contestants for
supremacy in Africa. Katanga is a
great goal, marvelously rich in mex
haustible gold and precious stones. And
the irony of fate is that Katanga land
belongs to Belgium. When Europe is
war-worn and all its gold expended
Belgium will have sufficient to re-es-
tablish herself. and all Europe. per-
haps. from its gold mines of katanga.
Katanga is connected by railroads in
construction from Lobito bay, in An
COLA (Portuguese), on the Atlantic
from Benguella east to kambove (the
capital Of Katanga), a distance of sos
miles, Kambove being the point of in
tersection with the Cape-to-Cairo rail-
way. 2.412 miles to the Cape.
The German transeQuatorial extends
from Dar-es-Salaam in German East
Africa on the Indian ocean to Tabora
Ujiga, on the Tanganyika, and it is pro-
posed to prolong to Benguella on the
Atlantic; from the Indian ocean to Ia
bora, the distance is SIS miles.
The British transeQuatorial extends
from Mombasa to kisuma, on the Vic
toria lake, a distance of 5S4 miles
Mombasa, it should be recalled for the
information Of the historian, was the
point indicated in 1S75-1S76. by Gen
Gordon, then governor general of the
Egyptian equatorial province, as the
proper point whence a railway should
be constructed to the Victoria lake and
to Uganda as the best and surest means
of exploitation of his central African
provinces.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-06
CAPTURE OF THE APPAM.
tsburHh Gaxette-Time

From the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.
It must be admitted that the German
sea stories have been the best sellers
Of tho war.
From the Philadelphia Record.
The British cruisers outside the capes
of the Chesapeake are going to main
tain tireless vigilance now, but the
Appap will not go out
From the ST. Louis Globe Democrat.
Bringing the Appam into port was
worth while as a bit Of advertising.
From the New York Globe.
Tho Appam case shows that where
there is q will to keep within the limi-
tations of civilization a way can be
found.
From the Pittsbursh Dispatch.
Doubtless recognising the difference
of the Baralong incident, Sir Edward
Grey so far has not offered to arbitrate
the Appam case.
From the Detroit Free Press.
There are 30 many astonishing things
about tho case of the British liner APP
pam that 1t il hard to tell which 10 the
most interesting feature of her story.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-06

During his speeches President Will
son said many things worthy of be-
ing brought to the attention OF Sec
rotary Daniels.