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the Atlantic, with the result that he
declares these confirm the opinion
that a vast region Of the Atlantic
bottom has been submerged only in
recent geologic time.
The theory will always be an in
tensely interesting one; it becomes
constantly the more 80 because
speculative scientists have vested it
with an appealing air Of pfausibility.
Yet it seems far easier to account
for Atlantis by assuming that it was
America; that the ancient races that
built mounds in North America, and
reared the mysterious ancient civili-
cations Of Peru, Mexico, and Guate-
mala, may have at some time discov-
cred Europe precisely as Europe
long afterward discovered America.
Why seek the remains Of lost
civilization under the Atlantic, when
they may be seen on a vast scale a
little farther westward? Why as
sumo II impossible that these ancient
Americans could have discovered Eu-
rope, when II is very certain that
Europe later discovered and con-
quered America?
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NIGHT SCHOOLS OF CITIES

Allusion has been made heretofore
b the fact that in list of twenty
American cities Washington is nine
teenth-next to the bottom-in the
per capita expenditure in maintain
ing night schools.
It is a condition that reflects pro-
found discredit on the authorities re-
sponsible for it; but that reflection
will have small effect in the direction
Of lettering matters, simply because
there is no central responsibility for
anything In particular here.
The development of night schools
to high efficiency is an achievement
Of recent time. II has been found
that the night school pupils, gen.
orally older persons moved by a
genuine and understanding ambition
to improve themselves, are the best
students. They have to make real
sacrifices of pleasure and convent
ence in order to attend; and making
it, they are determined to get the
best results.
In Washington it is fair to assume
that liberal expenditures for night
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To PLAN
FOR CONSERVATION

The conservation Of health. natural
form Of national preparedness are the
topics to be discussed by q distinguish
ell group Of economists and authorities
en- So cia, qu~Ttioas Mt a conference
which begins at the Raleigh Hotel this
afternoon. and will continue two days.
The fI=t ILerung will be csllci 10
order this afternoon at $50 by John !.
Hopper. register of the county or New
York. Mr.. Hopper will discuss the So
cializst ton of natural resources as the
essential OF real preparedness. DR..
John w. Slaughter will make an nd
dress on industrial peace and prepared
ness, arI< Benjamin C. Marsh will also
speak.
This evening Albert Jay Mock. former
editor of the American Magazine, will
address the conference on popular gov
eminent as an essential to real pre-
paredness. and James II. Maurer. presi-
alton of Labor will also make an al
dress. other speakers will be Frederic
c. Leubscher and William 7. Greasy,
Mr., Hopper will preside and MIR.
March Will be secretary or the confer
ence. President Wilson has written
and has requested them 20 permit HIM
to help them In any way he can. Can
didate Hughes has also assured the
conference of his support and regretted
his inability to attend the meetings
here.
The program for the several meetings
of tho conference calls for addresses
by Lincoln Steffens, Prof. Scott Near.
ing. Mrs. Mary FEELS. Prof. Irving Fish.
or. Owen r. Lovejoy and others.
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UNCLE SAM, WORLD BANKER

Now it's China to which a group
Of American financiers are about to
make a great loan. Lee Higginson
& Co., Of Boston and New York,
fiscal agents for the Picking govern
ment, are arranging the details.
This loan will be especially sig
nificant for two reasons. Japan
wanted to increase it's financial
power in China, and found oppor-
tunity, first in it's own wonderful
prosperity Of this moment, and Sec
ond in the preoccupations Of Europe.
But China seemingly does not want
to borrow from Japan, and turns to
America.
Aside from this, the loan will be a
rebuke to the national Administra-
ton, which kept America out of the
six-power transaction of three years
ago by intimating that Washington
preferred that American bankers
should not thus engage themselves.
Whether the Administration was
right or wrong, its course was in &C.
cordance with some early manifesto
lions of policy toward dollar diplo-
macy which have latterly been cast
aside. The prejudices born of pro-
vinciaiism and a purpose to find
fault with former policies, have not
survived the pressure of world de-
mands on the one country now able
70 extend aid to needing nations.
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FINDING ATLANTIS AGAIN

The Smithsonian Institution pub
fishes a paper by French scientist,
Pierre Termier, on the question Of
whether Plato's Lost Continent Of
Atlantis ever existed. M. Termier
believes that it did exist, and that
it may have been destroyed by a
tremendous cataclysm such as Plato
describes.
He brings to bear an interesting
array of strictly scientific modern
data in support Of his theory. There
is found to be a remarkable agree
ment among the legends Of all the
peoples of the Mediterranean basin,
that there was an Atlantis; a CONT
nent, or a great island and number
of smaller ones, altogether making
up continental area, in the Atlantic
west of the Pillars of Hercules; that
from Atlantis a great expedition at
tackled the ancient powers Of the
Mediterranean; that their invasions
were suddenly ended by the disaster
that submerged their continent,
probably accompanied by tremen-
dous earthquakes and volcanic ac-
tivity.
M. Termier finds geological sup
port for the notion that such a thing
could have happened, and happened
within the period within which men
have inhabited the earth. Then he
finds, in the geological remains and
geological possessions Of the Azores,
st. Helena, and other volcanic
islands of the Atlantic, the evidence
that they were all connected parts,
at some past age, Of q continental
whole. Finally, he has studied the
! charts, soundings, and dredgings o,
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SHALL THE "FoyRTn" BE sANEp

Why q community celebration on
Independence Day?
In 1905 there were 104 deaths
from tetanus acquired on the Fourth
81 July.
In 1914 there were only three
deaths from that cause. A cam
paign Of education in the meantime
had resulted in "safe and sane" cele-
brations.
Washington Is going to celebrate
tho Fourth. II the Independence
Day committee should not get
enough money for a community
celebration, It is going to celebrate
In much more dangerous fashion
than the committee plans.
To be "safe and sane" on July 4
does not mean loss Of enthusiasm.
There is nothing patriotic about
blowing your eye out with q fire.
cracker. or shooting tetanus germs
into your body with blank
cartridge.
The Fourth Of July may soon
come when there will be no deaths
from tetanus brought about on that
day.
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THE DISTRICT GUARD: LET
WASHINGTON BE PROUD
OF 1T

Washington ought to, be, and is,
a proud city these days. The Ma
tional Guard of the District Of Co.
lumbia, mustered into Federal SER
vice, is ordered to entrain for the
border Immediately, and will be one
of the first State organizations ready
for service there.
Do the people Of Washington
know and realize that when the en-
tire militia stands under arms and
in Federal service, this city will have
exactly four times as large a pro-
portion Of its men serving their
country as the average of the whole
country?
Do they know that, in proportion
to male population, Washington will!
have sent more soldiers than any
State?
Do they realize that its lead in
this regard is so striking that there
is almost no second among the forty
eight States?
These are facts with which the
people of Washington ought to
familiarize themselves.
They constitute the most complete
answer that could possibly be given,
to the charge, perpetually brought
against this community by it's rulers,
that there is no civic spirit, no COM
munity sentiment, no patriotism in
this town.
There is more Of all these senti-
ments n Washington than would be
possible in any other town on earth
ruled as Washington is ruled.
Men don't devote themselves fol
decades to building up such an or.
ganization as the powerful and
splendid National Guard of the Dis.
trict, if they are devoid Of those
qualities that make for the best
citizenship.
The National Guard Of Washing.
ton comes to the scratch with more
force than any State guard produces
in the proportion Of population. II
will be, because of its high characte,
and quality, one of the very first
State forces sent to service. It will
give an excellent account of itself
as it did in the Spanish war.
Washington doesn't even demand
a fair chance, to prove its patriotism
and devotion to the national inter
ests.
Can it fairly be said, in view Of
this military response, and in view
of the picayunish, narrow, preju
diced, visionless and Johnsoniar
policy that Congress has for year,
applied to this city, that Washing
ton is a pampered child of the ma
ton, unfit for voice in its govern
ment?
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Raising Moneyto Pay
For Border Expenses
Bothers Congressman
Ways and Means Committee Members Divided on
Whether Cost of Mexican Expedition Should
Be Met From Current Funds or
Bond Issue.
BY JUDsON C. WELLIvER.

Finding revenue with which to con-
duct war in Mexico Ia now the prom
lem before the Ways and Means
Committee.
1t had been the definite expectation
of the committee to report it's general
revenue measure on June 20. As
drafted with that expectation, the bill
would very easily have cared for the
increased cost of the Government, ex-
pansion in army and navy and other
preparedness tolls. Roughly. all this
was to have been accomplished by:
Adding about $105 .00O.0 900 to the re-
ceipts from the income tax.
Raising about $50.000,0 900 from an in
Raising about $50. 900 by taxation
on the profits Of the munitions Of war
All this in addition to the older rev.
enue devices. 1t was Intended, how
ever. to lop off about half the revenue
now derived from the emergency war
after the beginning in the European
war. That measure Is producing at
the rate Of about $50. 900. 900 a year.
| some of the more troublesome and un-
popular forms OF stamp taxes, was tc
be pruned off. SO that about $40. 1000. 900
would have been RETAINED from this
source.
Mexico changes All Plans.
But the sudden apparition Of the
Mexican complication in the gravest
fern has necessitated a pause. The
necessities of revenue have already
| been considerable; by reason of this
development they are expected to be
vastly greater before long. So the
have to wait until the situation fur
Their develops.
The delay. however. will not be a
very long one, because the end OF the
fiscal year Is at hand: when old appro-
| priations run out and many now ones
| begin to be effective. Some of the old
| appropriations will have TO be contin-
| ued Tor time by resolution.
| Financing a war such as will be re-
| cree in that quarter. would not. by
| common consent. be n SERIOUS problem
| in the present condition of the country
| But the details OF how to do II present
| AS much of opportunity for economic
| and political divergence as an egg does
| of nutriment.
Thus. at the outset. will arise one
very big question. Shall the war be
paid for out Of current income. by sim
ply hoisting the taxes enough to dc
the business Or shall 1t be paid for
from bond isues' And. after that. II
the decision Is for bonds. shall the old
Panama canal bonds be sold and the
| pTOCeeuS dppiieu 10 running the war
| Or shall an entirely new issue Of wal
| bonds be authorized?
May Present Issue.
Conversations with leading men OF
both parties develop that there is DOS
sibility OF an issue between the Demo.
Gratis. insisting on paying war bills
through bond issues. and the Republic.
| ans. leaning to the plan e. stretching
i 70 ma w
has not been discussed generally enough
| TO justify much general!zaton; but
| there Is n sign Of schism on this line
| Democrats, realizing that the costs OF
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THIS IS QUEER ECONOMY

The Senate defeated, by a vote not
especially close, proposal to in
crease from $4,000 to $500 the sal
aries of special attorneys for the
Federal Trade Commission.
It seems strange kink in intel
lectual processes that could lead to
such determination. If the Fed
eral Trade Commission is worth
having, it is worth equipping proper
Iy. There is no arm of Federal au-
thority that needs the right kind of
legal talent more obviously than this
one.
Recently a Federal court referred
10 the commission the business of
drafting a decree in great corpora
ton dissolution case. That fact was
made the excuse for some Of the
criticism of the commission, in
dulged on the Senate floor. One
Senator found it beyond his COM
prehension" that a court should ask
such aid from such body. But the
fact is that the court did ask it; and
the commission ought to be prepared
20 justify the confidence the court
reposed in It.
A Federal Trade Commission
without power to engage the right
legal talent, is like an army without
arms or ammunitions. Otherwise, II
might be a perfectly good army.
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CHAIRMAN WILLOWS TASK

The selection Of William R. Will
cox as chairman Of the Republican
national committee will meet gen.
eral approval. He has earned public
confidence in both his executive ca
pacity and his forward-looking at
titudes Of mind, through long and
highly successful public service. He
is the close friend of the candidate,
and without preliminaries or effort
will be instantly equipped with a
perfect understanding of the views
that Mr.. Hughes must entertain
about the tone and character Of cam
paign he would want made. He
knows New York, the great pivot
State without which it is Of course
humanity possible to elect, but with
out which nobody, modernly, gets
elected.
Mr.. Willcox's task is one of Or
ganizing quickly, and utilizing effec-
lively, vast variety of political re-
sources. It will require tact and
skill, with which he is we'll endowed
to complete the rehabilitation Of the
Republican party. There must be
real cooperation Of the elements
that four years ago were rent
asunder. Jealousies and doubtings
must be discouraged. The cam
paign must be such as to insure the
returned Progressives that they are
received back into full fellowship, to
real participation in the councils and
policies of the party; that they will
be considered, and that their
opinions will have due share in
giving direction to national progress
hereafter. For such a task Mr.. Will.
cox is eminently fitted.
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schools would be highly appreciated.
The colleges and universities of the
city make especial provision for
night classes; probably on a more
extensive and efficient scale than in
any other city, BECAUSE Of especial
conditions here. There is reason to
believe that a similarly liberal pub
lie attitude toward the public night
schools would produce like results.
It may be worth while to repro
duce the Bureau of Education state
ment Of actual and per capita expen-
ditures by leading cities on their
night schools. Certainly Washing
ton occupies a humiliating place in
such q statement:
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Mother Accused, Child
Says She Killed Father

PHILADELPHIA, June 8.-"I lust
meant to scare him. didn't know |
pulled the trigger. / didn't mean to
shoot HIM" cried Contemporaries
Rose v. Smith on the witness stand In
defense Of her mother. charged with the
murder OF Charles Smith. the father and
husband
Since March 2s last, Mrs. Smith has
been confined In the county prison. de-
claring her innocence Of shooting her
husband. but refusing to say who did It,
This afternoon when little Rose. dressed
In white. her hair falling over her Shout.
ders. tears on her cheeks, testified "a
how she happened to shoot her father
there was not Juror who was not az.
fected by tho scene.
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Danes of Loyal Legion
Organize District Branch

The District OF Columbia branch OF
the Danes Of the Loyal Legion was
formed yesterday at the New Willard.
Gen. Maxwell Van Zapt Woodruff made
an address. and officers were elected.
The chapter was installed by Mrs. Dou-
glas Higgins, of Illinois. Mrs. Logan
which was chartered last month.
The following officers were elected
Mrs. ]. A. Logan. president; Mrs. r. d.
Grant. vice president; Mrs. p. Sheridan
Junior vice president Mrs. Charles
Karl Calhoun, corresponding secretary
and Mrs. Butler G. Prite. registrar.
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preparedness have already lifted the ap-
~ total far r.. sSoys all prscs
Of adding further burden. representing
the expense Of a year Of war In Mexico.
Admitting much that IL urged In favor
Of paying the current bills from cur
rent revenue. they nevertheless fear the
political effects. OF such a huge addition.
Some OF them frankly declare that such
a Big advantage. The very Republicans
would fSa DOR vssS thew Ta
the stump this fall, and beiabor the
Democrats for the immense increase In
taxation, declared one Democratic
leader: There is no doubt that fear Of
'rent-payment plan.
Would Check Imitation.
Against this there Is an argument that
some men Of financial experience have
urged in favor Of paying as we 90.
can state its substance in me terms used
by a man of large financial and public
experience, who believes firmly that this
method should be adopted.
The country is so full Of gold. and Of
other forms OF money he said. and and
adventitious conditions that the Euro
pean war has produced, that there Is
danger of gold imitation. My recol-
lection is that we have added about
xurust 1914 NV impoTts Alone We
have added also our ANNA, nrnductton
~ new oo,d Tbere "a reasnn 20 hai,ava
that gold imports really represent an
montionad '"'' ''e "eu'e "o'e
.eTho Eadoro, ro.or,. .,,,, ..
credit r,ore iin,iS a,a sy ,sae, has ,haae
tends to increase the usefulness OF
,n Umy. N'ose ,e .nen, mere is every
'emmn1p na ,.n 70 inn h ana specuiation.
III. way 70 Eheck enls Woun De 70
Irom certaln Iavored sources; SO that
p snon,,s. nsh' Ue mttle prunea ana tne
speculative ulsposition modined. II
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WHAT'S GOING ON IN
WASHINGTON TO-DAY
Meeting Time and Place OF Social
and Fraternal Organizations.
Today.


Concert. United States Marine Band. CAPITOL,
p. m.
Concert, United States Soldiers Home BanA
bandstand. $50 p. m.
Meeting. Women of the Hour for the Relief
OF Jewish War Sufferers, Eighth Street
Temple p, m.
Picnic. First Presbyterian Sunday School
Marshall Hall. boats leave Seventh street
wharf at 10 a. M. 2.So and $3.50 D. m.
Conference. economics experts. Raleigh Ho.
tel Sp. m.
Excursion. st. Johns Lutheran SUNDAY
School, Marshall Hall. Macals ster leaves
$50 q. m.
Meeting, Board OF Education. Franklin
School building. $3.50 D. m.
Masonic-Harmony. No. II.
Odd Fellows-Eastern. No. 7; Federal r,,x
No. %: Harmony, No .; Mount Pleasant
No. 3 OF the RebekAhs: Columbian en-.
Knights Of Pythias-Mount Vernon No. s.:
Hermione, No. IL: Union. No. 90; Coium.
bia. No. IS: Friendship Temple, No. . Of
the Pythian Sisters.
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Tomorrow.

Concert. United States Marine Band. McMil.
Ian Park. 1880 q. m.
Meeting Aquarium Society OF Washinpton
Thompson School, Twelfth ana L streets
y. m.
Convention. members of the Sigma lambda
Fraternity. Raleigh. all day.
Concert. music pupils of Miss Richardson,
Raleigh. p, m.
Masonic-The New Jerusalem. No. .; Wash
ington Centennial. No. II: La Fayette, No.
10: Myron NJ. Parker. No. n
Odd Fenows-Columbia. No. 10; Salem. No.
%: Covenant. No. Ii.
knights OF Pythias-Meeting Of Dunn Com
mittee.
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Amusements.

Belaseo-'How Britain Prepared" $50 and
$3.50 .. m.
Poi's-"Rebecca OF Sunnybrook Farm" Sis
p. m.
Keith's-Vaudeville. 2;lS and Sis D. m,
IIoew's Columbia-Photopiays. 1880 q. m. IN
II p, m. " W
Lyceun-stock burlesque. BIS ana Sis u. m.
Glen Echo-open-air amusements. dancing.
and free movies.
Chevy Chase Lake-DancinR,
Great Falls Va.~Free concerto. danc,n.
popular amusemebhts.
Garden Continuous motion pictures, 10 n n,
TO II D. m. '''
to II D. m. '
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FUNERAL RITES FOR
CAPITAL RESIDENTS
Hours and Places Of Service Ar
ranged by Bereaved Families.
Mrs. Charlotte F. Nef.

Funeral services for Mrs. Charlotte
F. Men, who died at the residence Of
her daughter. Mrs. Allan Rutherford.
Sunday, aged seventy-six years. were
held today at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Arthur H. Clark.

Funeral services for Arthur II. Clark,
who died Monday. were held today at
his late residence, Oxford avenue,
Bethesda Cemetery on Rockville road.
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ANACOSTIA,

Robert Anderson. constable Of Prince
Georges county. was coming to the city
Monday night, when two men command
ed him to throw up his hands. He i'm
mediately drew his revolver and fred.
The horse became frightened and
baked.
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Mrs. Celestine Der. Faust.

Funeral services for Mrs. Celestine
DeRinzie Faust. who died yesterday at
her apartments in the Cairo. will be
held at st. Paul's Episcopal Church
tomorrow at o'clock. Interment will
be private.
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Margaret Eleanor Elwood,

Funeral services for Margaret Eleanor
Elwood, daughter of Mrs. Kate Elwood.
who died Monday at 3+61 Fourteenth
street northwest. were held at 2 o'clock
today at st. stephens Episcopal church.
Interment was In Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Johanna Reinhardt.

Funeral services for Johanna Rein
hardt. who died Monday in her eighty
seventh year, We're held at the chapel
of william III. Sardo today at 2 o'clock.
Private interment was made In Pros
pect Hill cemetery.