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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-26
Explanation Bv
Daniels Is Asked
American Defense League ChaSses
Seven Battleships Are Idle =
in Home Ports. -

why ,are' seven battleships. supposed
ito :be part. of the Atlantic feet. lying
idle ir home ports with less officers and
linen than the regulations require even
for reserve .ships?"F.
! This query. among others, has been
addressed,sto fSecretary OF the Navy
Daniels In. an open letter made public
today from the American Defense
LSagqe. The letter is signed by F.. J.
Hubbard. secretary of the league. and
SHARPLY criticises the Navy Depart
plent for statements made by II before
tho House Naval Committee.
Secretary Hubbard demands an ex-
PLANTATION of the alleged fact that one
third of the ships which are supposed
to constitute the Atlantic fleet are lying
Idle in their home ports instead OF be-
lpg with the balance OF the fleet In
rpaneuvers on Guantanamo. The letter
also requests an explanation OF the
discrepancies In various statements con-
corning the personnel OF the navy.
= The letter, II IL stated, is based upon
Information received from active Of
Ulcers In the navy, who. for obvious
Eeasons. do not wish their names pub
pished, and all Of the statistics in the
letter were furnished by these officers.
! The letter states that seven battle
ships are now lying in port with but
LBS enlisted men and rs officers dis
tributed among them, while their COM
plelnent in reserve calls for at least
1i6l5 men, and 1t would take 4,0lO men
and 20 officers TO take them to sea.
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ANOTHER ABDULLAH"
!; STORY IN WEEKLY
All'Story Presents Absorbing Con:
! tribution by Author. :

The first Of Achmed Abdullah's short
stories In the All-Story Weekly printed
H. few weeks ago served to whet the
appetite of readers. FOR more Of the
tame sort, and this weeks issue con-
tains one OF the most absorbing this au-
thor has yet contributed. The God Of
the Invincibly Strong Arms" is the
title.
A mysterious man. invisible. nameIess,
with untold powers. is the central figure,
land with q character of that kind In
the heart Of Asia, there Is told a
thrilling story in mystic oriental at
atmosphere.
Another tale that attracted wide at
,fentton, and created the desire for more
twas Perley Poore Sheehan's The MIL
lion Passing Tales" in a February num-
Per of the All-Story Weekly Another
ittory after the same type, defyihg the
prescribed laws of fiction. is Inside
sStun." by A. deFord Pitney.
n Then there, is Thirst" by Johnston
! McCulley. of which the Quaint Tame
lFilley Is the heroine. She. too, was a
heroine In previous stories
! Y A departure for the versatile humor.
: ist, Frank Condor, is a Yellow Cham.
i pion." 1t Is brisk and entertaining
sPrize hght story with an unusual de-
j The one-Eyed Squirrel" by Ray.
smond s. Spears, and The Path OF
tFlory,' by Grace Van Braam Gray, are
1.-TWO other pieces of entertainjng hc-
stion, and there is the usual quota OF
Seerials and verse.
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.BORLAND RIDER IS
TEXT FOR GOMPERS
Says 1t Illustrates Sudden Dan
gers to Standards ReguIat-
ed by Law.

The Borland amendment is made the
text Of an editorial on the necessity for
organization OF Government clerks by
Samuel Gonpcrs in the current Issue OF
the American Federationist.
MIR. Gompers. president OF the Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor. dwclls on the
significance OF the introduction OF the
amendment as illustrating the sudden
and ever present dangers to standards
regulated hy law
Over night thousands Of Government
cicrks found themselves confronted by
a serious situation" he continues. "yhat
tho law Gives. the law also can take
away. These Government clerks were
powerless to protect themselves ana TO
prevent tho imposition OF harsher con-
ditions Of work
Had there not been a strong. militant
economic organization, able and reaGy
10 oppose the establishment of a prece-
dent that would supply all employers
with an argument for increasing hours
OF work. Government employees would
undoubtedly have been compelled to
work an Increased number OF hours per
day.
I'm the case OF Government employees
regulation Of hours must be secured
through eEislstion--but economic or
ganization ~ necessary to secure en-
forcement OF standards fixed by legisIa-
tion and to prevent other unjust changes
In the law
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Tried to Arrange Villa
Dodd Conference

But In some way-whether by trusted
messenger or. otherwise. 10 not known
she managed to communicate with her
'hombre." o..
Knowing that the danger OF his visit
would be enhanced II he went to FL
Raso to get money. she arranged that
a large sum be ready for him at one
OF the wilder border towns. where he
might hope to cross unmolested.
Then she set about arranging a meet
ing between her husband and Colonel
Dodd. in command of the cavalry at
Columbus N. M. SO that permission for
him ito enter the United states might
be arranged. But, somewhere the plans
went wrong. The meeting between villa
and Colonel Dodd never materiatized.
SO the waiting began again. Only
this time II lasted only rev days,
for II was then that word OF the Dead
or Alive" order reached Juanita.
After the first blast OF her fury had
subsidized and details OF her husbands
raid, published broadcast, were brought
to her. she broke down.
Visitors at the house noticed. too.
that, she displayed none, of her jewelry
oI tormer. days. Rut as to the reason
for their disappearance, both Sonora
Farias and JuRnita maintain an I'M
broken silence - 20
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ROOSEVELT IS SURE
or ANALGAMATlON
Convinced Two Chicago Con-
ventlors win Nominate Pro-
1 gressive Candidate.

NEW YORK. March 2e.-Col onu
Roosevelt In well pleased with tho prog
ress Of AFFAIR." political during his stay
N the, West indies. From the reports
he received yesterday from George w
Perkins and Horace $. Wilkinson be
n convinced popular sentiment hes
swung so far his way that the non,in-
alton OF Progressive candidate fer
President by tho conventions OF the two
would he utter for quotation. 80
At least that was the unanimous
opinion OF those who talked to the
colonel yesterday. although, not a word
would be utter for cuetatiop. -
The conference With Perkins took
place in the home OF Mrs. Richard
Derby. who entertained her father and
mother overnight and at breakfast. The
impression is' that Perkins and the
colonel went thoroughly over the sit
uation. Perkins expressing his ehthu-
siSsm At the growth ~ popular dcmSnd
for a Progressive. President. -:
wilkinson was present at a. lunch-
con Colonel Roosevelt and hts son. The
odore. r.. enjoyed in the latter's home.
The Syracuse Progressive also is under
stood to have expressed his confidence
in the triumph OF Progressive principles.
Colonel and Mrs. Roosevelt and Mfrs.
Nichlas Longworth went to Oyster
Bay In the, afternoon. On the train
he was asked to express HIS views on
Politics. bit responded by talking about
the 'whiskered West Indian bird which
lives In cave. and volunteered the In
formation that his mall has been
swamped with inquiries about the crea-
Il Asked ~ he 4intendt A i "a take m ,c-
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Believed To Be On Way
TO Her GirIhood Home

II is generally accepted here, how
ever, that she sold them either to OBJ
tain the money which she sent to the
border on the occasion OF her hon.
Ibre's". expected visit. or to pay rum
ming expenses OF her esta blishment
when communication with him had al
most entirely ceased.
At frst she was reported to be SER
lousy III from the shock consequent to
the, turn events in her little world
had taken. .
And then one day friends calling at
the Grand View avenue house found
that the dove cote had been abandoned.
Inquiry disclosed the fact that all Of
Its splendid furnishings had been sold.
1t was further learned that Just after
the Columbus raid. 'Lulz Torres. her
brother had appeared in Los Angeles
from bis home In Torreon. and II is
believed that the young wife OF villa
Is pow on her way to her girlhood
~
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Star of Fortune Bright
Over Youthful Bride

His own headquarters, he made In
Juarez, just across the internat lonaI
bridge. '
Those were the hey-days OF therYoung
brides life. Loaded with jewels which
we've the envy of every woman IN FL
Piso. she was a familiar hkure' riding
about the town every afternoon in her
big touring car. given to her by her
General" ..
Each morning she would cross the in
terna tional bridge and remain with her
man until late afternoon. returning be-
fore niGhtfsll to her friends In FL PAso.
The spacious apartment which she
occupied soon became salon for the
reception Of her husbands supporters.
and fortune smiled it's brightest upon
her. -
There are very few women. save the
wives of millionAires, even uowadays
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Duty to Wait Patiently
For Success or Failure

To such women In given only to sit
patiently through the long days OF
absence, not knowing from moment 10
moment whether they are wives or
widows.
Their lot II is to love, bear children.
pray, and wait for the return OF the
men who are liege to the outer rim of
life.
Should some glorious folly sweep the
absent one upon the tide OF adven-
tureous fortune into the seats OF the
mighty. then the woman who has walt
ed. receives her reward. She may sit
at his, right hand.
And should his ventures go awry, too
often the woman who has waited is
swept into the whirlpool OF her mates
misfortunes.
And II is to this pass that Juanita
Torres Villa has come.
1t was just about the time that the
United States decided upon the occups-
ton OF Vera Cruz. which was coinci-
dent with the zenith Of the villa star.
the Jusnita became a personage along
the border.
The man who was then leader OF a
strouE revolutionary faction. and hailed
in northern Mexico as a possible ,presi-
dente. rode roughshod into her life,
sweeping all before him.
She had heard many tales OF him
tales calculated to stir the blood OF q
Mexican maid She knew that he was
still called 'Pancho" villa, which sig
nifies Villa the bandit. She had hea I'd
he was a full-blo0d Yaqui Indian. Again
she, had been told he was OF peon blood,
She knew that long before. and we'll
heralded by desert tales Of fight, he had
ridden out OF the rnountains far to the
south of the border, and had made a
name for himself. i .......
And one OF the tales which perhaps
appealed to her most was that OF how
he had slain a Federal ofticer who Of
fered insult tota woman OF Villa blood
and so Juanita became the wife Of her
general" during one of the whites that
her "hombre"' divorced himself from
war long enough 10 think of,love. ~
With several Victories over his enemies
to his credit, Villa began showering the
sometime peon giIl with treasures, and
when his affairs became too unsettled
across the border. moved her to FL Paso.
where he established a dove cote In one
OF the most exclusive Spanish apart
menI houses.
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Said To Be Under
Espionage of Federal Agents

To make matters worse, II was freely
rumored that the young wife OF the
guerrilla leader was under the con-
slant. espionage OF Federal agents
But through 1t al!-even when his
messages entirely ceased-she still took
pride In being the wife of "Pancho"
Villa. Time and time again scandal
snaked its way to her ears, and she
closed them against II. refusing to be-
Eeve aught but good OF her "hombrs."
Came day three months ago when a
spanish woman older than Juanita came
to Los Angeles. She claimed to be the
wife OF the revolutionist. She exhibited,
In proof of her claim, a passport made
out In 4 way to give her such an iden-
tity.
Juanita was not long in learning of
the other woman's, presence. She was
told or the passport. too. But her faith
IN her guerrilla husband remained I'M
shaken.
Her answer to the woman's claim was
long telegram TO villa: In part 1t
read:
II believe in you. Little Maria and
l went you with US"
But still the days and nights of wait
inR continued, and no messages came
from her general until at last, des-
perate for, a sight OF him, she set about
arranging a visit.
1t was no easy matter. The border
was not the safest place hi the world
for the guerrilla leader. The larger
border towns were aswarm with Federal
spies and agents. who were particularly
thick about FL Paso,- where villa was
known to keep one OF his bank accounts.
Mrs. Villas home, too. II was per-
sistently limited, was kept under con-
slant surveillance.
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Pours Out a Torrent
Of Ripping Spanish

She was sought out in her home on
exclusive Grand View avenue. She was
told that her "hombre' had led q raid
into United states territory. She heard
how he had killed many Americans,
committed many atrocities. and had ned
with a column OF. avengins cavalry at
his heels.
Instantly she new to his defense. She
poured out a,torrent OF ripping Spanish.
which Sonora. Farias. her. companion,
translated; for the girl-vife speaks no
1.-THE, papers liev she cried proudly
II do not believe my general would
harm Americans, II IL all a trick of.his
enemies to make him leave Mexico and
give. DR. his fight
And then tho hope which has, sus-
tainsd her during all her days OF wait'
ing flashed to the surface when she
saw believe that some day the troubIs
will all be over My general Will then
be President. will be his wife. know
what IL s0id Is not true"
sShe was told OF the. Dead or, Alive
order. how the avengine soldiery are
marching with the capture or death OF
her husband as their object. 49,.
Big tears started from her eyes and
rolled down her cheeks. She Rugged
repeated her 'cfeed. Which II also the
creed OF all the waiting women:
Then I am ready to go TO him. what
ever happens. II he be killed l Will go.
II he be captured, sthen he will need me
NIL the more '.
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lcontlnued from Fir.t Pate.l

itSontinued from First PageD r
many parts. yet alwaSs one, part; tha,
of Tho woman who waits. s. .,ii ~
When first her pulses auickeped . "a
the arduous wooing OF the cavalier
villa, Juanits Torres was 4 slender wltp
Of Mexican girl who ipossesstd all
the beauty from strap OF Spanish an
cestors - .A.i, o'r ~
She was Just what one might expect
a. girl of scarcely seventesn to be- Z
laughing. light-hearted, depghter OF the
mesa and the, sage brush--capabie of =
deep and lasting devotion 10 the man
wbose star was then in the .sscendaHt
But Juahita Torres villa OF t6day--
The Woman Who wsits--is quite q. DIFF,
ferent person. Her smile ls gone. sad
ness IL more frequent than gladness In
her big dark eyes. Fl. 49, t'"'. .qt
. Days and nights Of waiting apd de-
votion have taught her the bitter lesson
that many an. older woman has learned
concerning the lot OF women who are
wives to adventurous husbands,
And with the birth OF shtr little
daughter. whom she took with her when
she left Los Angeles suddenly last week.
she attained that quality whtcS might
be looked for In 1.-THE tigress-the
ability to tight for It's mate. i'
SO IT, was .Juanita the Tigress. and not
Juanita the Romantic who new to the
defense OF her bandit spouse. when the
Dead or Alive" order was flashed over
the military wires ten days ago. % :.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-26
10 Call Conference Here
On Safety at Sea Steps

Secretary OF Commerce Redheld Is to
scail conference OF naval architects
and ship officers to meet early in May
to consider what can he done toward
srAkng passenger steamers more hre;
fproof. t'a y, . -
The Secretary believes further steps
an, freproofing OF such vessels are es-
genital TO safety at, sea, and is con-
fyinced that a conference OF ship offi-
tcers and designers will develop ideas
In this direction. y,
The conference IL to consider. first,
fwhat can be done toward further are.
InToofine, and secondly the best time
TO make mprovAments-that Is. whether
stmprovSmsnts shall he required only In
snow ships or on all shipe, and the
4mount q time TO be allowed for neces.
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duty within thirty yards Of the German
trenches, Mr.. Ward was prevented
from returning 70 the front. and mas
come to America TO try to bring the
human nature side OF the war a little
nearer to those on this eide OF the Al.
lantic. by relating incidents ana anec-
dotes Of his personal experience.
He is speaking in behalf Of the Amer
lean War Clearing House in Paris,
through which American gifts are dis
trIbutcd TO the French. His seventeen
year-old son, Of the British aviation
corps, In n prisoner In Germany: Tire
eldest son was killed last January and
Mr.. Ward himself has received tine
French Croix de Guerre.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-26
Obtains a House and Sets
Up Her Court In Exile

. obta.nlnE house on Grand View
avenue, she furnished 1t ma gnih .ently.
and In Il 'she set up her court in exile
But there were few VillIstas In Los
Angeles. and the Mexicans who were
there, being mostly Federal sympa-
thizers. were not universally friendly
to her SO the big house on Grand
View avenue was not filled with the
tnrongs which had visited the spacious
apartment In Ell Paso.
. stun, little Juanlta boosted Of her Tor
tunes, OF her jewels, and OF her hus-
oend and continued to live In the style
which betittodS the consort OF a possible
future president OF Mexico.
yet there was a difference between
her Los tAngles life and that when
she had dyed ION thei' border. There
were no more daily trips across the in
ternational bridge. The man in whose
rae her own was so closely bound had
fallen upon, evil times. Messages from
himA grew less FREQUENT, for coinmuni-
cation between the border camps Of the
Nillistas and the California city was
woyee than uncertain.
Juanita's days OF waiting had begun.
I fsy after day she. sat with her little
Juenita Maria, starting expe ctantiy
with the arrival Of every post. until
from worry and broken rest-for toward
the end she was not sleeping o. nights,
says Sonora Faras-her eyes became
sunken and deeply Cinged.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-26
British Sculptor Exhibits
Sketches Made in France

In the presence OF distinguished
company comprising the ambassadors
OF the entente allies with their families,
Herbert Ward, the noted British scuIp-
embassy this afternoon OF war Time
Sketches In France"
The illustrations were from Mr..
Wards own original drawings made last
year on the spot in the Vosges. on the
eastern frontier, while he was serving
with the British ambulance convoy OPP
Grating with the French.
Through injuries received while on
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-26
t'They Who Say He 10 q
Murderer, Lie" She Declares

Il have waited and lived for him. l
will keep on living for him. have
nothing else to live for. They who say
he is-a murderer. Ne!"
: The history OF human events hold
many of her kind. Penelope waved fare
well to Ulysses when he turned the
PROV OF his GOLDEN. sailed Argosy toward
the sunset OF adventure, and then be-
gan her long wait for his return.
Through all ages men riding out 10
hazardous conflict have turned. In their
saddles to" blow a kiss TO some slip OF
womanhod
Explorers, prospectors. adventures
seek something lost beyond the
ranges" and all the rest of the clan of
the earth's, waste spaces where woman
has no place. leave behind them some
maid, wife, or mother who must wait.
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Wife OF Villa Non
Called:@''.7ll.h1e Tigress''

Who can boast OF a single purchase of
10000 worth OF Jewels but this Is what
ySuug Iunnjts aid, doring her resi-
tlence IN III Peso.
And because some enemies OF her hus.
bsndss decls red they had been sniuggled
across the border they were for a time
held, by, the United states customs
Hut the golden days Of her victorious
regime we're fated to- be Of short dura-
fion. Her huAband's star began its
descent, started upon It's downward
course by hts failure in engagements
with Oregon, 81.
Then Carranss came into power. and
Wills. refusing his support to the die
teter, became again the lone wolf Of n
rfyelnttohist which he had been afore-
time tgi = - 49, = :,
4 Aha Jusplts ypegan 10 know the psngs
pfXrhe Women, Who Wait.
Pine came when the General be4
tleyed his wifei'uhs9fe In the border
toytn. A dsughter. had been born to
thsrn, sshd the gyafrills chief thought
I'M family would bcisafcr farther north.
And 70 II came. tn pass that JuanitR
accompanied by Colonel Farlas and his
wife, together with a lretinue Of serv-
ants, 1otlrneycd to- Los Angeles,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-07-08
ALLEN NJ. FLETCHER ANNOUNCES
Ills CANDIDACY FOR U. S.
SENATORSHiP

a measure was enacted. though not
without opposition, providing armories
for the National Guard. | still stand
for preparedness in military affairs, in
the modifying of industries, and for
progressive and constructive legisla-
ton generally
ITO secure the highest possible pros
perity we must have productive soil,
the best soil culture, thriving industries
adequate means of transportation by
rail and water at home, and large
merchant marine fully protected by
strong navy to push our products out
Of our ports and into the markets of
the world These involve great legs-
lative problems in addition to those OF
internal improvements, real conserya-
ton of our national resources, educa-
tional progress and other vigorous
policies.
at is more important that Vermont
be kept at the very front in national
councils and that wise and benelicent
measures be pushed to a successful
issue than that any particular man be
elected United States Senator.
THE Office for which | am a candi
date is today more than ever before
the highest within the gift of the
people of the state. II presents oppor-
tunities for faithful and efficient con-
structive service for both state and ma
ton which are found in no other field
or forum.
"My record is an open book. In the
discharge OF official duties may have
erred in judgment, but have never hest
tated on any occasion to do what be-
licved to be right. Whatever course
have pursued have endeavored always
to conserve the greatest good of the
largest number of my fellow citizens.
My association with the people of
the state has led me TO know their high
ideals and inherent love of fairness.
Il trust my record as Governor war;
rants the assumption that will fear
lessly champion what | believe TO be
for the common good and that will be
Jealous in the performance of the
duties of the high Office to which as
pirc.
The issues in the present campaign
are vital and well defined Shall or
shall not the welfare Of the common
people of today be promoted and pro-
tected by corrective and constructive
legislation?
III nominated and elected will give
the people Of Vermont the best and all
that is in me.'-From The Ludlow
Tribune.