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The Washington times., 1916-10-27
Washington, Octol
Times Reader Suggests Public
Ownership as Solution Of Street
Railway Problems Here.

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
Anent an article appearing IA a
Washington paper OF recent date, the
following was quoted In the head
line: Washington Railway a. Electric
Co., calls order OF Public Utilities
Commission, of standardlHinS the
cars, a theory, and intends to appeal
to the courts"
In connection with this matter I
desire to ask the people of the Dis
trict IL they'were ever cognizant OF q
single order promulgated by comps-
tent authority i'm which the above
mentioned corporation did not threat
en- an action in court?
The gist OF the whole matter lies
In the fact that the Washington Rail-
way a. Electric Co., does not permit
any outside interfS renee in the mat
ter of regulating It's system.
The more ii can pack into its cars,
the more money flows into its Golfers
and this. regardless of whether the
public likes IL or not. They seem
never to be in compromising mood
and therefore are continuously in
court.
Public ownership Is the ultimate So
luton and not until then will the gem
eral public receive that consideration
TO which they are leNlly entitled
and for which all lovers of justice
should strive.
Washington. Oct, II, 1919
The Washington times., 1916-10-27

was expected to bankrupt the nation
was carried without difficulty, be-
cause the new commercial expansion,
the new Industrial growth, made the
burden light by comparison with the
increased material strength thst was
prepared to bear Il. III
/ Europe will in many directions be
stronger, not weaker, after this war.
It will have learned much, and II
will feel the spur of new necessity.
It will see in our very riches and
prosperity an invitation to reach out
to us to recover much that we will
have taken away. America will
need to realize that it confronts, in
the friendly wars Of peaceful trade,
antagonists trained to the minute,
Iinspirited by the realization that
they need to win. They will make
competition Of the kind that to meet
and defeat will require every energy,
every wise preparation on our part.
Nothing could be more unfortu-
nate for this country than to face
the after-war conditions without
realization of what they will involve.
Nothing could be more short-sighted
than to trust the national destiny to
a leadership that cannot vision these
conditions.
The Washington times., 1916-10-27
THE LESSON OF HISTORY

President Wilson's assurances to a
Cincinnati audience, that there is no
occasion for this country greatly to
fear the trade warfare that Europe
will wage after peace is restored,
deserves thoughtful consideration.
"Does war increase the economic eff
ficiency of a snation?" he demanded;
and his answer is to show that it in
jures economic efficiency.
At that point there will be the
most acute disagreement. War as
suredly does increase economic eff
cheney. True, the product of that
increased efficiency is wasted in the
uses Of war. But the producing
capacity, man for man, woman for
woman, of every one of the leading
countries has been increased since
the war began. They have learned
arts of cooperation, economy, effec-
tive organization, under the stress
of necessity, that might have re-
manned unlearned for generations of
the easy ways Of peace. The very
fact that they are able to bear the
burden of the war is proof that
somehow the people who remain at
home producing are doing it better
than they Hsed to do it. ...
The President does not believe Eu-
rope will have producing capacity,
after the war, to turn a food of its
products against us, both here at
home and in the world-markets we
have lately been invading. There
were millions Of pessimists in Great
Britain, after the Napoleonic wars,
who believed that country was
doomed to depression, bankruptcy,
economic dependency. But what
happened when peace came? The
nation plunged with renewed energy
and spirit into business once more
it applied lessons in efficiency that
the wars had taught it. 1t seized
new instruments, new tools, new de-
mands of world markets, and used
them to build Great Britain into a
dominance of world trade that was
one of the marvels of nineteenth
century achievement. The debt that
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THE RIVAL CLAIM AGENTS

Business of claiming everything.
The political drama has reached
the stage where the opposing man.
ayers are devoting themselves to
claims. No matter how fantastic
the claim. it "goes" at this juncture.
We learn from the Democratic ma
tional committee that the Middle
West is going a-whooping for Will
son, with Ohio in the van. Indiana,
Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois are
all piling up majorities for him. If
he gets 'em, there will indeed be a
landslide. New York-why, in the
face of facts about that State that
are perfectly well known to people
with any political information what
ever, they are counting New York
with all assumption Of confidence.
The Republicans are not behind in
this assurance. Senator Wadsworth
is just back from the West, and
couldn't see anything but Republican
victories in Illinois, Ohio, Indiana,
Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa. Chair
man Wilcox conceded no Northern
States to Wilson, and if there are
any doubtful States they must be in
the unsolid South.
Many years ago-is anybody's po-
litical memory long enough to reach
back into periods when the contrary
was true?-people began wishing a
new sort of campaign manager
might be devised, that would tell
what he really thought, or at least
give his forecasts some air of proba-
bility and sincerity. Neither side is
at all sure of Ohio, New York, In
diana, Connecticut. Either side
would make it's claims in other ter
ritory more convincing if it would
admit this much at least. But each
side feels under the necessity of
claiming everything, on the theory
that the public is liable to compare
the opposing claims, split the differ
.ence, and give the lead to the side
that claims most. The net result is
that the forecasts by the men who
ought to know most of what thev
are talking about carry about the
least weight. .......
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HERE'S PREPAREDNESS
A-PLENTY
We learn from a statement issued
by the War Department that it

has received definite information,
confirmed from other sources, that
enemies Of the Administrations pol
icy toward Mexico, I'm cooperation
with Villa or other bandits In Mex
leo. have arranged a spectacular at
tack to be made either on some part
OF the American forces or on some
American community on the border
between now and the date OF the
election. for the purpose of turning
the tide of sentiment against the
policy which the Administration has
adopted for the protection OF the
border. 1t Is significant In this con-
nectlon that both the State and War
Departments were advised that the
bandit forces operating at the pres
ent time In Mexico are being paid in
silver coin.
Full particulars have been trans
mitted to General Funston and Gem
eral Pershing. All American forces
are therefore forewarned and in
readiness for such an attack.
Note that the department has re-
ceived definite" information. Then
observe how very definite" it is:
"-in cooperation with Villa or
other bandits"
Any old bandits, or anybody else,
that starts anything, will be a good
enough Morgan for this case. II
anything goes wrong at the last min
ute in Mexico, it will be only neces-
sary to point out that I'VE told you
So"
ca spectacular attack to be
made either on some part Of the
American forces or on some Ameri-
can community on the border" is
equally definite" Somewhere in
Mexico" or in the neighborhood of
Mexico will do nicely.
Thus is the Administration "defi-
nitely" safeguarded against any mis-
chance in Mexico. Preparedness,
thy lesson hasS5ndeed, even if a
trife tardily, ben thoroughly i'm
pressed on rSGlme that erstwhile
didn't know hysneaningi
Now, II there's an outburst in
Mexico, it is the result of wicked
political Vaccinations. II there
isn't, it will have been headed of
by this timely warning. Either way,
the Administration is comfortably
entrenched. Heads, we win; tails,
you lose.
The Washington times., 1916-10-27
the FUTURE PRICE TENDENCIES

II begins TO be a simpler matter
10 understand why prices Of the
great staple necessaries commonly
reach their highest wartime levels
after the conclusion of peace, rather
than during the actual hostilities.
II peace should be made year
hence, it would come at time when
the world would have reduced its
stocks Of necessaries to the lowest
possible point. There will be no
wheat in sight on July l next; of
that we may be very sure. Likewise
no surplus Of minerals and metals;
all these things will have been sur
rounded in the interest Of the ma
tions struggling with every nerve to
win the war. Cotton, needed now
both for manufacture Of explosives
and to reclothe people who have
gone too long without it, is at un-
precedented figures.
Every month Of this terrific drain
reduces stocks in warehouses and on
shelves. The world is scraping the
bottom Of its skillet for just about
everything it can produce. No mat
ter whether it be the sugar Of the
tropics, the nickel of the South Sea
isles, the cotton of Alabama, or the
copper of Peru-the world wants
every article in the list, and wants
more Of them than it can get. It is
putting aside huge number Of ordi-
nary demands, in order that these
extraordinary requirements Of war
may be met.
When peace comes. the peace
needs will suddenly insist on being
recognized. There will be demand
for rails instead of howitzers. The
rails have had to wait overtime;
they will not wait an hour to pre-
sent their case, after there is posi-
bility of getting attention to it. AT
the same time some interests will
feel that there is danger of a sudden
slackening of demand, and so pro-
duction in some lines will tend to
slip backward for the moment, until
the new demand is fully realized.
REIMBURSEMENT Of conditions will take
time, and any decrease in produc-
ton during that period will tend
further to strengthen prices when
the full swing of the peace-time de-
mand is felt.
The Washington times., 1916-10-27
THE REcREATIONAL SURVEY

The forthcoming recreational sur
vey Of Washington promises to be
one of the most valuable works of
the sort undertaken for some time.
1t, always helps a city to "size itself
up" in any specific field; to find how
its facilities are meeting it's needs.
Washington, in common with
other cities, has been striving Wig
Qrously within the last few years to
provide play facilities, especially for
its children. The District govern
ment, the schools. churches, and
various private institutions have
joined in the effort. 1t would not
be surprising If some of this effort
were futile, misdireeted, and not
highly efficient. But the best token
of progress is that the city now can
afford to examine the mistakes il
has made, to gauge the efficiency
Of its efforts with an eye to more
intelligent endeavor in future.
The recreational survey, it is a
safe guess, will show a decided pre-.
ponderance in play opportunity fol-
children. 1t is mark of progress
that every city realizes now that
children must play; it is a mark OF
backwardness that too few of them
realize that grown-ups should not
work all the time.
Labor unions and other forces
have directed their efforts to get
shorter working hours, and only re.
Gently have civic workers begun to
realize the need of providing means
to fill the new-found leisure of the
The Washington times., 1916-10-27
THE TAKING OF DoUAUMONT

The capture Of Douaumont by the
French will not be overestimated, as
to its military Importance, even by
the most enthusiastic of French
commentators. But its significance
is still greater when it is appraised
with a view to its effect on German
public sentiment. Nobody knows
how much the crown princes army
lost in the months Of horror that
marked the operations for these po-
sitions. 1t has been said that gains
that cost half million men and I'M
told treasure spent in preparation,
were undone in a day. The figures
on human losses may be too high.
At any rate, they must not be re-
garded as net losses, for the German
armies would, during those months,
have been sustaining some losses in
other quarters il the supreme effort
had not been centered on Verdun.
But none the'less. the German peo-
pie were made to believe that the
conquest Of Verdun was to be the
climax of the war, the beginning of
the end for France. With Verdun
taken, the allied line on the west
would be pierced, enfiladed, and
rolled up; Paris would fall, France
would be crushed precisely as had
been intended in the first six weeks
of the war, and the central powers
would be free to turn attention to
wrecking Russia and completing the
conquest of the Balkans. Then would
come the peace of conquest.
It was with such assurances that
Germany was nerved to the unprece-
denied sacrifices of Verdun; and
now they prove to have been utter
waste. 1t is not particularly mate
rial that Berlin, in announcing the
disaster, explains casually that
Douaumont was evacuated before
the French reached the crux of their
attack. There will be misgivings in
Berlin that such explanations will
not quiet. Good news from Rou-
mania win be magnified and given
the place Of honor, while the west
ern line will be relegated to. the
secondary yrank-so long ~ fsfhgs
go we'll on the RoumanisRg Fonts.
That has been the German method
always; but the docile German pub
lie has been able, through il all, to
realize the essential truth that the
war is more than two years old, that
1t is not in sight of an end, and that
Germany is on the defensive now
instead of the terrifying aggressive
that was to have conquered Europe
in six months.
These things are not to be ex-
planned away with fine phrases, with
over-appraisals Of minor gains and
underestimates of real disasters.
The Washington times., 1916-10-27
Tomorrow.

. Master Masons. old Masonic Temple. 7:St
p. m.
Meeting West Virginia Wilson Club, in head.
quarters. Fifteenth and F streets northwest
y. m.
Dedication OF boundary milestone No In
Livingston road, Lucy Holcombe Chapter
ID. A. r., p. m.
Motion pictures Of New Mexico, at meeting
OF Trowel Club OF Master Masons. New Eb.
bitt, y. m. -
Debate, Senior Debating Club OF National
Law School. at school, 1880 p. m.
Wilson Day celebration, political speeches a,
Convention Hall, 1880 p. IN.
Meeting. Federation OF CitiEens' Associations.
board room. District Building. 1880 p. m.
Illustrated lecture. department OF visual In.
struction, American University, $40 p. m.
Meeting Level Club. Department OF Com
meRce, p. m.
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WHAT'S GOINGON IN
WASHINGTON TODAY
Today.

MeetinG. Junior Roosevelt Progressive Club,
S2 sixth street northeast. p. m.
Concievc OF knights Of King Arthur, assem-
bly, Hall. y. NJ. G. A.. p. IN.
Addresses. Bishop Charles W CurrIer and
Rev. Father @. MariScal. before Spanish
American Atheneum, Rauschers, s y. m.
Exhibition OF games. industrial work and
athletic exercises, Howard Fairgrounds,
Fourth and w streets northwest, 2 to 6 d.
TuE-of-war. between freshmen and sopho.
mores OF arts and sciences department OF
George Washington Universify, football
Halloween concert and dance, auspices OF
Californian Club. Eagles Hall. s p. M.
Address. Miss Grace Wilson, 200 Twentieth
street northwest. SIP. m.
Address Child Welfare" Or. John 8 Wall.
before National Society OF Keep-wells, Par
ish hail, st. Johns Church. $3.50 p. m.
Address, ~'The Protestant Mission Epoch, -
UNCONVENTIONAL Missionary Union, Public
Library, p. IN.
Meeting. American Clan Gregor Society, New
Ebbitt. all day and evening
Lecture, New Experiments with Plants. %
Frederic V. Coytlle. before Community AS
soriation OF Cleveland Park. John Eaton
School, 1880 y. m.
Meeting. National Democratic Women OF
America. New Ebbitt, Sp. m.
Meeting. Conduit Road Citizens Association.
road y. m.
Lecture. International Law" Rear Ad-
miral Charles II. Stockton, under auspices
OF women's section OF the Navy League, In
Theodorus Bailey Myers Mason House. $50
p. m.
Meeting, Brightwood Park citisens' Associa-
tion, BriEhtwood Park School s. y. m.
MssonieTst, Johns. No, II; harvest moon
Capitol, No. II, and Mount Pleasant, No. 10,
OF the Royal Arch: Takoma. No. T. and
The Washington times., 1916-10-27

The idea OF the New York Society for
the Suppression OF Vice and other self
constituted censors who are tinkering
with what literature we have seems to
be about like this:
Evil things exist
They shouldn't exist.
. II no one knows they exist, they will
cease to exist. - - -
Therefore. in so far as we are able,
We must deny their existence by pre-
venting the knowledge of their existence
from spreading.
1t is the philosophy of life which. II
made effective generally. would result
In reducing the human species to the
level OF the blind FISH which inhabit the
waters in the Mammoth Cave.
The Washington times., 1916-10-27
A Few Observations on the Increase
in Price of Bread and Decrease in
Size of Loaf.

To the Editor OF THE TINES:
a prominent Washington baker Is
quoted in an editorial in one OF our
morning papers as saying that he be-
lieved the housekeeper would not object
to the raise OF ! cent in the price Of a
loaf Of bread. or 20 per cent. when her
attention is brought to the fact that the
cost Of materials and service by bakers
has advanced 20 per cent.
The fallacy of this statement 10 ap-
parent. for the reason that consumers
have noticed. to their discomfort, the
decrease In the size of a loaf. and have
reason to believe that this decrease In
size was taking care of the advanced
cost OF material and delivery.
1t will be seen that the reduction IN
size Of rs per cent really amounts to an
increase OF from % to 80 per cent In the
cost to the consumer. With the addi-
tional 20 per cent caused by the advance
in the price OF a loaf. the advance really
amounts to 81 or 60 per cent.
believe this matter should be given
consideration when statements are made
attempting to justify the increase or /
cent per loaf or. as has been threatened,
n further increase of an additional cent.
JOHN NJ. SEDWICK.
Washington, October %, 1916,
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Times Mail Bag
Would Go Back to Buffalo Bread"
of Civil War Days in Present
Situation-

To ;he Editor OF THE TIMES
The following is written for just what
il may be worth in the present bread
situation. In the years lSG3-i-5 when
flour was from SIG to $24 per barrel. 4
variety of bread was sold for 10 cents.
IL was known as buffalo bread. and
was made by Anthony Bros. at Roch-
ester. \. Y; also i'm Buffalo and Cleve-
land. and probably at other cities.
II had large sale, and was satisfao-
tory while it was manufactured. For
some reason unknown to me. It disap-
peared as -four got cheaper. Now, Is
there any way to revive the kind, or to
find out whether it would in any way
relieve the present stringency? | would
very much like to get buffalo" again.
A. l. G.
Fairfax county. Va. Oct. 90, 1916.
The Washington times., 1916-10-27
French Without a Struggle.

Said the bird man. 81 don't give hooI
For the danger while looping the loov,
4, But those holes IN the air
Always give me a scare
When land. / say 'merci, beaucoup,"
When rise after being out late
can't say that feel quite au fat:
I have two wobbly legs
And losthe my boiled eggs
And can't drink my cafe au lait.
HEWITT.
The Washington times., 1916-10-27
6. U.Debating Society
Has 40 New Members

Forty new members were admitted to
the Senior Debating Society OF George
town Law School at its meeting last
night
Officers were elected as follows: Presl
ident, William b. French; secretary,
George .Helford; treasurer. II. b. Gar
yey; sergeant farms, Richard Gott-
ident sneoessitates another election. to
be held next week.
The membership isin the organization
Is limited to third year men and post
graduates. A series OF intercollegiate
the near future.
The Washington times., 1916-10-27
Hitherto Unpublished Testimonials.

To Distiller--I can say truthfully
that I would not be where ] am now
IL It had not been for a consistent use
OF Dummies Bourbon Whisky from
early youth to my forty seventh year.
II you should care to send me a sam
pie quart of the old brand address the
package to No. -. Sing Sing Prison,
OssininE, n. Y. With keen apprecia-
ton of all you have done for, me. am.
Yours.
REDDY FREDNOSE.
The Washington times., 1916-10-27
Amusements.

Belaseo-The Boomerang." SEQ p. m.
Polis iS %om mo1's wS 81 p Sa siS p m
Keith's-Yaudeville, 2:l5 and s:l5 p m.
observation-disclosures, 2;l5 and s;l5 D. IN.
Garden-Photoplays, 10 n. m. to IL p. m.
Strand-Photoplays. 10 q. IN. to II y. m.
Casino-Photoplays, II m. TO II p. m.
The Washington times., 1916-10-27

What the artistfdreams today tn,
scientist supplies tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1916-10-27

Old Artist writes us from Racine.
wis, that Mr.. Douse runs, the
sprinkling carts of that city,
The Washington times., 1916-10-27

J. S. s. has discovered in Grayson
county,'Va,, a town called Mouth-of-
Wilson, and has theory that a great
deal OF diplomatic correspondence
may have originated there.
DON MARQUIS.
The Washington times., 1916-10-27

Politicians are great bull throwers.
But all that will be changed one of
these days.,
When women get the vote nothing
will be thrown but neatly curried
little heifers.
The Washington times., 1916-10-27
Dollar Added to Fund.

A contribution of 81 to the conscience
fund from the District OF Columbia, has
been received by Secretary McAdoo, No
explanation accompanied the money,
The Washington times., 1916-10-27
Our Own Course in Anatomy.

O gummy Brain within my Bean.
hope you don't start seeping--
For II my sutures opened wide
And you should leak and stay outside
'Twould interfere with sleeping.
The Washington times., 1916-10-27

when we find a man with courage
enough to practice what We all preach
We have him shut up in the nut house.
The Washington times., 1916-10-27
MRS. PERKow LAUGHTER.

To a Tobacco Company-Your tobacco
Is all that YOU claim for it-cool. fra
grant. Irresistible. Before / had been
smoking 1t six weeks began to smo.e
II all the time-not only by day but BY
night as well. II my pipe went out dur
ing the night while was sleeping be-
came a prey to the most horrid dreams.
which continued until my wife filled and
lighted the pipe again for me or until
walked. Loss of sleep on the mart of my
Wife, finally impelled her to leave me.
and she was also influenced toward this
desertion BY the fact that the bed would
catch fire freauently-a thing which I
have always imputed TO her own care
lessness. But since she has gone | can
not get another wife owing to the fasoi-
nation which your remarkable tobacco
exercises over me. Women insist on n
certain amount of wooing before they
will marry-at least the women whom
ono would care to marry do-and 1
really cannot give the time from your
tobacco to court woman. And 7 am
too poor to hire a servant. Is it not
possible that you could make n place
for me in your organization? l could
sleep on a couch in . show window all
the time. smoking continuously, and
have my meals brought to me and nv
pipes filed by attendants. What would
you be willing TO pay for work like
that? NICHOLAS o'TEEN.
The Washington times., 1916-10-27
REDDY FREDNosE.

To a Corset Manufacturer-I bought
one Of your Vital Venus Corsets a
month ago on your printed represen-
tation that II would restore the girl
ish figure. Shortly afterward a gem
tleman who has been ON the point
of proposing to me for many years,
but has always been interrupted by
some unfortunate occurrence, took me
to a movie show. At romantic pas
sage in the photoplay he put his arm
about me in the darkness and was
Just about TO pour into my ears, |
feel sure. "A passionate avowal of his
love. But at this instant, sir. your
cowardly corset burst! One OF the
steels stabbed him in the hand. CIV
ing him blood poisoning; and he has
sued me for damages. What are you
prepared to do in the way of reim-
bursting me for my losses? .
MISS BMBoN PoINTDBXTER.