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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-09-29
Retirement Of Police and Firemen
With Rank and Pay Of Next
Higher Grade Is Urged.

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
In reference to recent legislation a.
fecting pensions for Police and Fire De-
partments. It would seem but smaii
appreciation of the valuable services
rendered to the community for the
proper authorities to retire these men,
who. by rendition Of a period OF service
extending over the best years of their
life and potentiality for work, have
demonstrated their loyalty efficiency,
and pay of the next higher grade than
that which they have held shortly be-
fore date of action by retiring board.
II is understood that soldier in the
United States army who has during his
service even Appropriated what a good,
true soldier should be and who has not
been fortunate enough to ateain the
grade OF sergeant during his years OF
sctive service. Is. prior to his applice-
ton for retirement being forwarded 70
Washington. promoted to n position one
or two grades higher by his regimentd
commander.
II the army shows It's appreciation for
faithful service rendered by the soldiee.
II would not appear Inappropriate for
the veterans Of the Police and Fire De-
parts OF Washington to receive n pro-
motion to the next higher grade Inn
mediately prior to action on respective
retirement cases.
No Congressional action Is reauired
as the Commisssioners could act on each s
case on its merits. This action would
be particularly praiseworthy II applied
TO sergeants and privates, but especially
to privates.
Washington. Sept. p. isis.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-09-29
CATHOLIC BODIES
TO HAVE QUARTERS
Collect $4,000 for Erection OF
New Building.

Plans for the organization of a COM
mittee to collect about $500 for the
proposed headquarters OF Catholic
charities. to be erected on the ground
OF the Catholic University by the st.
Vincent de Paul Society. are being com
pleted. 1t was stated today by those in
charge.
The new building. to be about sixty
by eighty feet, will be a memorial to
the late Thomas NJ. Mulry. former pres
ident of st. Vincent's Society, and will
be modelled after the new graduate hall
of the university,
The building will be headquarters for
the st. Vincent de Paul Society, the
National Conference of Catholic Chari-
ties, and other Catholic associations.
large auditorium. a sociological
library to contain all Catholic charity
records in the United States, and a
number OF offices will be contained in
the proposed building.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-09-29
German Gibraltar 4.
At Thieppal Taken
With Aid of Tanks

Following IL the FIRST decription by an
eyewitness OF the capture OF Thiepvai
by the Birth, TO reach this country. II
was sent out as q copyrighted dispatch
by the London Times-Ppblic Ledger
News service:
Thiepvh Ia our greatest triumph, the
most staggering blow German military
prestige has suffered In this battle. The
natural strength Of the position IN no.
torious. With It's underground dsfenses.
1t was veritable Gibraltar. The Ger
mans never believed II could be taken.
The place. moreover. has been well
garrisoned. One regiment. the lsoth
Wurtembergers, had been there since
September. 1914, and It was a matter
Of pride with them to hold II. One
thousand Of them are prisoners In our
hands today.
They told us today how thew bave
lain snug In their dugouts while our
worst commandments. have torn the
ground above. and laughed at the idea
OF our ever winning Thiepvai.
Prepared Before War.
The attack was made in the after
noon. In the line OF assault Law "a
perfect maze OF trenches. studded with
machine gun posts and connecting the
subterranean passages to the duRouts
Beyond row OF shattered remnants OF
apple trees. which had been for two
months the landmark by which the site
lage. Just over the brow's rise are the
fragments Of a chateau, a house OF inn
man.
,,s G wsp :, ssSs ,i II had been prepared for
began. The chateau had vast cellars
which, connecting with other cellars
seem to have been the ganglion OF
Ihiepvars system Of underground forti-
hSatIons; lnls ohateau Ia wreck now.
The subterranean lairs were the most
formidable obstacle; the second most
formidable was the sunken road with
the burrows to the dugouts. Machine
gun positions were everywhere. The
chateau was In Our hands by the middle
OF the afternoon. The positions on the
road held out until morning. The garri-
Tanks were used in the attack. and
did valuable service. especially bns
which contributed largely to tbe cap
The men advancing met many Diff
culties in the soft earth. The furious
| night which ragged while our men at
when the tank overcame their troubles,
Against the tank machine guns were
| powerless.
There was a short period OF hand-to-
hand combat before the machine gun.
ners and the rest OF the defenders still
alive surrendered.
| Another tank did nobiy until Il came
| to an obstacle which even Il could not
climb. II then sat down and converted
| itself into a stationary fort, and thus
| Il did most useful work.
AZ the fight ragged through the ruini
| our men inevitably began to run short
OF ammunition. but they found abun'
dant storeo of German bombs and. al
| on several other occasions. fought with
these.
There was hand-to-hand fighting. bay
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-09-29
THE WINNERS VERSUS THE BEST
TEAMS

While the Phillies and Red Sox,
or the Dodgers and Red Sox, are
fighting it out for the worlds series
title, the best baseball teams in the
two major leagues will be playing
exhibition games with some Scran-
ton miners. 1t has been decreed that
the clubs finishing the season with
the highest percentage shall engage
in a post-season series for the
worlds championship. Unfortunately
the best teams in both leagues at
present will be billed for exhibition
contests, instead of getting a chance
to establish their superiority in the
series. These are the New York
Giants, of the National, and the
New York Yankees, Of the Ameri-
can.
This has been a wonderful sea-
son in many ways. It is almost un-
believable that a team could win
twenty-five straight games in major
league baseball. Stranger still that
club could gather, in straight vic
tories, a sixth Of the total games
on its schedule, and still be in fourth
place. McGraw's feat in setting the
record at twenty-five wins at the
present writing, and seventeen
straight earlier in the season, is one
of the peculiarities of an in-and-out
season. Early in the year, when the
major league teams got into action,
| it was seen that . first-class club In
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-09-29
EXPORTS. BY QUANTITIES AND
BY VALUES

The price of crude petroleum was
advanced 10 cents per barrel for the
principal grades in Pittsburgh yes
terday. This at a time when the
price of gasolene, most important
product Of petroleum, has been going
down. It means, Of course, that the
immense domestic consumption, plus
the greatly increased exports, have
again caught up with the enlarged
production which followed the ad-
vance Of prices some months ago.
Presently there will be a new
chorus Of protest about the price of
gasolene, and the fact that the crude
went up before the product was ad-
vanced, will be overlooked; the re-
fners will be assumed to be perpe-
trating a crime. But as a fact, the
whole proceeding is a proof Of the
operation of the law Of supply and
demand.
One Of the causes Of the advance
in crude, is the expansion Of exports.
During the first eight months Of this
year exports of gasolene were 1885,
100000 gallons, against 1S6, 1000
in the same. period last year. That
is an increase of 21.5 per cent in the
quantity exported; but we find that
the exports this year were valued at
$45,O00,000, as against $21 ,00o,o 900
last year. The amount exported has
increased 21.5 per cent, but the price
per gallon has gone up from 11.S
cents to over 10 cents.
That same comparison could be
projected throughout the whole
realm of foreign trade, with illumi'
mating results. It would be found
that foreign trade has not increased
nearly so much as the dollars-and.
cents showing indicates. Prices have
advanced so enormously that the
seeming expansion of our foreign
market cannot be regarded as ac'
tual. Indeed, it may seriously be
doubted whether, if munitions Of
war be deducted first, andthen guam
titles of other goods be reckoned in
stead of values, foreign trade has
shown an important increase, in the
aggregate, since the war began. Th'
assumption that the country is doinl
. huge. permanent. and highly Inn
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-09-29
WHAT'S GOING ON IN
WASHINGTON TODAY
Today.

1Ouoys
Corn roast Y. NJ. C. A. and Y. w, c. A..
Vacation Lodge. Cherrydale. Va. all day
and evening.
Banquet In honor Of H. c. Grove, OF Column
bia Graphophone Company. by employees,
New Ebbitt, p. m.
Meeting, National Democratic Women Of
America, with address by John b. Dens-
more; New . ESSi.: s RM n; n..,
Our Ponds and Streams Prof Paul
Bartsch, before Aquarium Society OF Wash.
ington. zoological laboratory OF George
Washington University. 2o26 street NORTH
crush smoker. Kappa Alpha Fraternity Of
George Washington University chSptsr
house. POLL Columbia road northwest a D. M
Flower show. Hyattsville Baptist Church,
to 10 p. m.
Meetins. Brightwood Park Citizens, A,,oo,,-
tion, school building. Ninth and InEraham
| streets northwest, 8 p. m.
Concert Engineer Band, Franklin Park tn
OPENING Of washington College of Law. 1877
New York avenue northwest, with addreas
by Judge Stanton J. Peelle, Z d. m.
| Observation-Disclosures Centennial No, Il: Co
iumbia. U. D.. Royal and Select MasterS
Aimas Temple Of the Mystic Shrine, cere.
monlal and banquet.
Odd Fsllows-central; No: Il Metropolis. No.
| No 8, and Dorcas. No, 4, Of the Rebefahs
knights of Pythias--syracusians, No. i0:
Rathbone Temple. No. 8. of the Pythian
National Unlon-East washington Council
| Mckinley Council.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-09-29
THE QUALITY Or GASOLINE

The Retail Merchants Association
10 undertaking q valuable bit OF
work in It's efforts to obtain regula-
ton Of the quality Of gasolene.
The man who ignorantly buys low
grade gasolene not only is failing to
get his moneys worth; he is using a
fuel which Injuries his car, and even
placing his life in jeopardy. Several
deaths, and narrow escapes from
death in closed garages in this city,
were held to be due to fumes from
low grade gasolene.
The weights and measures branch
of the municipal government can
care for short-measure sales. But
IN the absence Of any standard Of
quality, nothing can be done about
selling a low-grade article.
In taking up the matter with the
Department Of Commerce the Retail
Merchants Association has paved
the way for national legislation in
respect to standard requirements
for gasolene. Tests now are max
ing to determine whether a maxi
mum and minimum Of specific grav-
ity can be fixed, SO that gasolene
within that range may be considered
pure.
With the rapidly increasing owner
ship Of automobiles the entire ques-
ton of pure gasolene is one that
touches large portion Of the public.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-09-29
With Due Credit
The Charge Of the Ulster Division
NJ ThiepvaI. July I, 1916.

~ Ihiepvai, July - AeA"'
(IT rs SAID that part Of the Ulster
dtvis,ow on thss ocoasto. sosrt through
noe Hnss Of the enemy trswohss before
" tSos stopped-a record penefroftor).
Was ever q charge in the world like
Shall ever n son of Ulster miss
A fame that IL solely and wholly MS
A fame OF sublimest splendorf :.
The lads who laughed In the race OF
Above tie roar of the lannon's breath
Singing their sacred shibboleth
OF The Boynel" and mo surrenderr'
Giant strong with the strength Of right
What cared they for the foeman's might
Or how many cannons thunderedT
Face to face with q hundred Huns.
Half score Of listers sons
Silenced the thunder OF the guns
Ten-a match for hundred!
Nausht could stay them. nausht could
Athirst FOR blood to the last red drop.
Charging along .on the topmost top
OF the waves OF IRE that bore themi
On with thirst that nausht cou'd
Through a hurricane shower of shot and
shell,
To fight or fall, as their fathers fell
In the doughty days before them!
Merrily every mothers son.
Laughing as though they fought Tor
fun,
with = song and cheer they cht-rsed
the Hun,
Marrins his Makers image!
Chafflng as though each shell might Be
The whistle call OF the referee!
And the bloodiest tussle in history
Only football scrimmage!
Into the hell OF mo Mans Land"
command
stand,
Charging In wild derision
Past Sentry Death. who. wondering.
His vigil there. On. on they swept.
Where never a man could i've except
listers divine division.
Flinging his fun in the face OF death
Above the roar of the cannon's breath
Singing his sacred shibboleth
OF the Boynev' and mo surrender"
Wherever q son of Ulster Ia,
Honor and glory shall aye be hist
Was ever night in the world like this.
| Or O charge Of sublimer splendorf
Samuel A.. Cowan. in the Belfast
News-Letter.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-09-29
Mistft Mssque.

I think the gods must smile when little
men
Take to themselves the ministry Of
the great
Josephus Daniels. Neptuns's crown
on q pate.
Lord High Purveyor to the F,shsiobe!
There's that Great Commoner. loud a.
fen
Of April frogs: and then. in purple
state
Stalk a whole Balaam's herd that
legislate
Gold blocks for Heavens streets: Fa-
bus. with his pen.
I think the gods would weep should
they look down
To see imperial Caesar in the dust
OF some dim gateway. begging for .
crust,
Caesar. who shook the Capitol with his
frown-
And yet so lies the Queen these have
in trust.
Columbia, sorrows dust upon her gown!
Earl Simonson. In New York Eve
ming Sun.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-09-29
NO DELAY IN GAS REDUCTION

The Public Utilities Commission
would doubtless have exceeded its
authority fit had undertaken to in
terfere with the enforcement Of the
law, passed by Congress in the Dis
trict appropriation bill, reducing the
price Of gas to 70 cents. The COM
mission is not authorized to suspend
an act Of Congress, even when Con-
-gress invades the field that, pre-
viously, it seemed to have turned
over to the commission. There may
be ground for some complaint that
Congress should have authorized q
valuation to be made, involving ex-
pense to the public and both expense
and annoyance to the company, as q
preliminary to determining a rea-
sonable rate, and then, before this
proceeding was finished, intrude with
law fixing an arbitrary rate. But
that is what Congress did and its
power to do so is unquestionable.
The request Of the gas company
for a suspension Of the new rate
until the valuation could be COM
pleted and a reasonable rate fixed,
was at least logical, in view Of the
procedure prescribed by the utilities
law. But Congress didn't act
logically; 1t got tired Of waiting on
the procedure it has itself laid down,
and passed the 75-cent law, as it was
entitled to do IL it chose.
Whether there will be further eff
fort to stave of the effectiveness Of
this new rate is for the gas COM
pany to decide. It still has open
the regular court procedure; it may
apply for a restraining order, and
charge that the new rate is confis-
catory. That 1t will do SO is doubted.
It is known that the company was
considering a voluntary reduction to
80 cents-the present price being 81
even before Congress passed the
75-cent law. Probably, if it be con-
coded by the company that 80 cents
would be remunerative, a trial in
court will be avoided on a 75-cent
rate, because the difference is SO
small that a court would hardly set
aside the lower rate without insist.
ing that it be tested to determine
whether 1t would, in practice, be re-
munerative.
There is room for some question
whether the new rate Of So cents or
gas furnished by the Georgetown
company will be remunerative. TIL,
solution in that case ought to b.
reached by forcing the absorption o.
the Georgetown company into tn,
Washington company. The two to
gether, under the same management
and overhead expense, should b,
able to provide 75-cent gas to tn,
entire city.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-09-29
THE TEACHERS CONFERENCES

The series of teachers conferences
held here this week are generally
pronounced so helpful, and they go
so far toward arranging the pre-
liminaries for the opening Of schools,
that it would seem they should
be repeated each fall before the be-
ginning of the school year.
The conferences were attempted
this year merely to fill the gap
between the regular date Of opening
and the later date set because Of the
fear of infantile paralysis. They
should result in getting teachers
into prime condition to begin school
work with a rush and vim, which Is
sometimes lacking when they return
from seaside and mountains to enter
directly into the routine Of the school
room.
Teachers are human, Just as are
pupils; and If the pupils only knew
it, are about as reluctant to get back
Ito work. 1t takes about the same
time for them to "get their stride"
and, as a result, the first days Of
school are too apt to be proftless.
The conferences have the effect Of
rigorous mental training. and the
teachers should come away from
them primed for their class room
work. With the long vacations given
teachers In Washington, they should
not object to returning to the city a
week sooner for such conferences
which would set them in readiness
for launching the years work.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-09-29

onet work. duels with dubbed rifles.
In the underground dugouts connect
ing the passages q second and even
more terrible battle ragged. for our men
mans there with bomb and knife and
bayonet and untold tragedies went on
I'm the dark labyrinths.
The 1900 unwounded prisoners who
already have come down from Thiep-
parison with the German dead left
How cunningly the German burrows
were hidden IL shown In incidents
which occurred near the Mooduet farm,
where the enemy's positions and ours
had been close together amid the
wilderness OF broken masonry, shell
holes, and battered trench In which the
Germans have had to exist. These pur-
rows ended behind our lines, but the
ends our men could never md.
Shot Officer and Disappeared.
On one occasion two Germans were
seen behind our lines. An officer went
up, supposing they came to surrender.
They shot him and disappeared. nor
could anyone discover where they had
disappeared to. There was no way OF
coming with the situation except get
ting all the ground into our possession.
40 we might have all the boltholes OF
the connecting passages In our hands
together.
were not luxuriously fitted In type
often found. there were the usual
luxuries of the German officers. Our
men went up smoking cigarettes and
came out OF the dugouts smoking
The attack on Geudecourt was
most difficult. A tank was brough,
up and the help of the tank was OF
undoubted value in dealing with cost,
ly obstacles. Our men rompec
through the village w saxing tbs sr yii.
lage was cleared the tank seems &c
have had n most extraordinary ex'
perience. It's skipper and crew ap.
parently grew bored with sitting still
while other men were hghting.
Went Alone Into Wild.
So the leviathan went alone int
the wilds beyond to see what II coult
find. 1t found occupation enough II
the distance beyond the village wher
II was surrounded by the enemy.
Something went wrong with thu
'Insides," and they could not move
The enemy. discovering this. grew
| bold. Creeping up under the cove
of trenches and shell holes. the Ger
| thing like Liillputians on Gul
liver. They peppered II. bombs wer'
shot through creyices in it's hide. ant
| they actually climbed on top.
Meanwhile. our infantry also want
ed more to do. Then they discov
, cred the plight of the tank, nov
| fighting like a buffalo ringed aroun,
by wolves. To its rescue the infan
| try went. and then there seems I,
have been some fighting of the best
\ When the enemy was driven off h
| left 500 dead on the ground aroun,
| the tank. The Behemoth itself wa
! not seriously hurt except for a de
rangement Of its interior.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-09-29

LONDON. Sept. 2s.-Germany expects
a declaration OF war against Bulgaria
by Greece within seventy-two hours.
said an Amsterdam dispatch today.
The Bulgars have REINFORCED their
lines In eastern Macedonia, but believe
the delay In Greek mobilization will
postpone an attack for several weeks.
The Greek ultimatum to Bulgaria.
demanding the evacuation Of occupied
Macedonian territory. will be dispatched
from Athens today. II It has not al
ready been sent, II Is understood here.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-09-29
Wind Tossed Umbrella
Hurts Man on Boardwalk

ATLANTIC CITY: Sept. 2s.-Harry J..
Mcdauil suffered severe scalp wounds
on being struck by an umbrella In a
peculiar accident on the Boardwalk.
High winds lifted the umbrella from
the hands OF its owner. who was rid
ing In a rolling chair. and sent II soar
ing for several hundred feet.
II then descended suddenly and forci-
bly, struck McGaull. who was watch
Ing tn queer antics,