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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-03-04

The Milwaukee Journal says that
the Lakes of Killarney are thought
to have been once the site Of a large
and populous city.
The Washington times., 1916-03-06
TOO MUCH POLICE vIoILANcR

Washington was surprised a few
weeks ago by wholesale police raid
on an alleged gang having as its
business the distribution Of obscene
literature and pictures.
In the middle Of the day the
sleuths swooped down on several
Government departments and in
their dragnet brought back nineteen
alleged offenders against this serious
charge. Most Of them were young
men; their names were duly pub
lished, and they were held to the
grand jury. Yesterday that jury
held three Of the nineteen, turning
loose the other sixteen who had been
held for weeks as criminals.
Police vigilance is at all times to
be commended; but this incident
cited is evidence that unless proper
Judgment, discretion, and common
sense be followed, lasting injustice
may befall the innocent.
Only a short time ago suit was
entered for large sum by the
boarder in a house who had beer
reused from his bed in the early
morning hours, placed in a patro
wagon, and carted of to a police
station to remain for hours without
a charge being made against him
1t seems that he lived in a building
that the police suspected Of beinl
disorderly.
Washington stands solidly behinc
a good police force; but is con
strained to object to a system tina
results in rank injustices such a
| these.
The Washington times., 1916-03-06
WORTH A LOT TO VICE

Investigators entirely free from
political influence and of unimpeach-
able motives have reported within
the past few months that the city OF
New York is freer from vice than at
any preceding time for years. This
has been accomplished with the
present laws by the activity Of the
police department under Commits
sioner Woods and the cooperation of
the courts.
Now bobs up a bill i'm Albany
which proposes to make it illegal ia
station a uniformed patrolman on
any premises prior to the conviction
Of the defendant. The bill should be
entitled "a bill for the encourage.
ment Of disorderly hotels" To sta.
ton a policeman in uniform in the
hobby of a place known to be violat'
ing the law is the most effective
almost the only real, weapon the de
partment has against such resorts
Il strangles the disreputable trade
ON the other hand, in the quite un
imaginable circumstances of such al
order being issued against legiti
mate hotel, nobody can seriously sup
pose that a policeman there coulC
hurt or worry it.
It would be interesting, therefore
20 discover who framed this bill ant
who really is behind it. Has SOM
well-meaning legislator been mis-
guided by stories Of persecution int
Gathering the measure, or what il
the cause?
Woods, we note, says it would b.
worth 100000 a year to exploiter
Of vice. It is up to some one to ex
plain.
The Washington times., 1916-03-06
CHAMBERLAIN WILL
PUSH HIS ARMY BILL
Plans to Bring II Up After Till
man Armor Plant Me-.
ure.

Consideration Of the army bill IL ex-
pected to begin In the Senate in a short
time.
Senator Chamberlain. chairman Of the
Military Committee. Is anxious to have
the bill brought up. II Is anticipated
the discussion will be q prolonged one
and Senator Chamberlain Is anxious to
have Il started.
The water power bill IL the unfinished
business before the Senate. 1t will be
voted on and passed within n few days.
Although Senator Myers wants TO have
his public lands waterpower bill taken
disposed OF, the leaders have agreed TO
permit the Tillman armor plate bill to
After that. II In the purpose OF sena-
tor Chamberlain TO bring up the army
The Sheppard prohibition bill for the
District by no means has been lost
sight OF by Its supporters or it's OPP
Senator Sheppard is watching for a
hrst opening which Is offered. He
would like to get the bill I'D after the
water power bill is voted on, but the
pressure for consideration of other
neas measures 10 hcavy and II may be i'm
| possible TO get IL considered.
The tremendous excitement over the
international situation has overshadowed
completely many measures OF import
ance before the Senate and questions OF
The Brandeis hearing will close tbi,
week. His confirmation is Confidently
predicted by his supporters
10 an extent, In the bitterness of the
controversy over the armed merchants
,.ono, Issue; inc Brandeis case, like nu-
secured. 'ee" oD-
The Washington times., 1916-03-06
UNEXAMPLRD IMPORTS

Watch the imports. AS more ships
go from our harbor than come in or
the other way around, exports rise
and fall, but in either event foreign
goods stream into the country in
constantly Increasing volume as COM
pared with last year or with any
previous year in history.
At the port Of New York alone
last week the imports averaged al
most fiat $4,000, 900 day. A year
ago the whole country was not doing
as much.
New York harbor 10 our great i'm
port center, normally taking in q
shade more than half of all the for
eign shipments to us. In these abb
normal times, with the Orient send
ing many cargoes to our Pacific
ports, with Canada rushing her prod
ucts across our border, and with dis
charging vessels from Latin America
crowding our wharves from New
Orleans UP, the proportion is not
materially changed.
Imports of from 100000 to
SIS, 10000 a day at New York indi'
cate from $4,000 900 to $4,000, 900 a
day for the whole country. The lower
figure is mt the rate of about two and
half billion dollars a year. Never
before have we taken imports to the
extent of two billions. Only a few
years ago we thought billion and g
half in year was prodigy. About
a decade ago single billion of i'm
ports was challenging national as
constituent.
While we have been supplying the
war markets of Europe in the last
year and a half the United States
has. become the selling market o.
the whole wide world. Watch thu
imports, already unexampled bu
only just begun.
The Washington times., 1916-03-06

France today Ii devoting itself to
expanding the same spirit and the
same devotionato the business Of de-
Tending itself.
No other country has done so
much or done 1t SO efficiently as
France. No other country is COM
ing out Of the war with such world
wide respect as France will possess
And no nation has ever been so de-
voted to the joy of living.
Does it not behoove those who carr
and criticise to get just little more
Of the idea Of real living into Their
philosophy? Doesn't it seem plausi-
BILE that people who live with JOY
are the ones who do most to make
impossible the pain?
If France is right, 1t would seem
a good idea for the world to go In
for "le joie de vivre," or at least
not 70 condemn the people who dc
espouse this idea.
The Washington times., 1916-03-06
LIQUOR ATTACKED At
DRY MASS MEETING
Scathing Attacks Made on P-o-
posed Prohibition Referen-
dunn for District.

Scathing attacks on the liquor inter-
ests and their methods of opposingNpro-
hibition, and denunciation of the pro-
posed referendum on prohibition in the
District as a subterfuge to assure the
"drys'" defeat, marked the mass meet
ing at Polls Theater yesterday.
Those who are advocating the refer
endum On prohibition. for the District
are model men," declared the Rev. L..
Morgan Chambers, pastor of McKendree
Methodist Episcopal Church. They
are scrupulously honest. They are not
willing TO see any injustice done-to the
salconkeeper."
Congressman Cyclone" Davis OF
Texas denounced liquor and those who
argue that its unrestrained consunp-
ton is a matter of personal liberty.
The Rev. Il. X. Hardin, pastor of
Mount Vernon Place NJ. f. Church
South, quoted Billy Sunday and news
papers that have lately been converted
to the prohibition cause. IN denouncing
saloons as 1.-The greatest enemy that the
American home has today"
Washington newspapers came in fol
share Of DR.. Hardin's denunciation
for failure to give the prohibitlonists'
efforts the proper amount of publicity.
President Andrew Wilson, OF the
| Anti-Saloon League, at the opening of
the meeting. introduced as the presld-
ing officer Edward S. Brashears. Mr..
Brashears denied that the meeting was
called In opposition to the "referen-
dunn" meeting which took place at
another theater yesterday.
The only out-of~town speaker was the
Rev. 8. @. Dorey, a Denver pastor. II
h. Av.Nl GaIA a
received "credentials''- describing hin
as leader of the prohibition forces
in Colorado.
The Rev. Lucus c. Clark, of Hamlin'
NJ. II. Church, pronounced the inyo
cation, A song service preceding TN
q. e. Fultz, of the United Brethren
Church.
The Washington times., 1916-03-06
THE CRUISE OF THE MoEwE

Such performances as that of the
commerce raider Moewe and the
earlier cruise of the Emden illustrate
the fact that the glories Of naval
warfare are to large extent re-
served for the credit of the minor
power; the one whose very inferi-
ority makes its accomplishments the
more remarkable. Our own John
Paul Jones, Decatur, and the rest of
the naval heroes of our early years
became heroes, not by reason of the
real value of what they did, but be-
cause they could do and did do any.
thing at all, by dint of splendid dar.
ing, in the face of the terrific odds
against them. So likewise of the
Emden and the Moewe.
The Moewe may have been con
verted from merchantmen into light
cruiser at some neutral port, or may
have escaped from German home
port by dint of picking her way
through mines and blockaders. Al
any rate she lived a wonderful
career of adventure, captured fifteer
enemy ships, and spread mines of
the enemy coast, to one Of which it il
now claimed the British battleshiI
King Edward VII fell a victim. 1t il
The Washington times., 1916-03-06
LR job DE vIVREi

A large number of people whose
only fault is the possession of bar
ricaded mental process, impervious
to any except what might be termed
heaven sent ideas, have been worry
ing over the tendency American peo-
pie seem to be manifesting for Beaux
Arts balls and similar affairs. Life,
to such persons, is not only earnest,
but irksome.l In their philosophy one
must give evidence of the eternal
pain Of living.
These good people have been in the
habit of pointing to the French as
decadent; people who gave their
time to frivolity and had no depth
Of character. The French people
typifed to the world "le joie de
vivre"-the joy of living! They be-
lieved in getting all the joy there was
out Of life and minimizing the pain
they utilized joy as an antidote tc
pain. Balzac, de Maupassant, anC
our own Poe have demonstrated that
there might be as much pain in liv'
ing as a Frenchman as there is il
living as an Englishman or an Amer
lean. But the Frenchman declined
to give pain the upper hand. Thu
joy of living was the paramount
thing.
Such people, our watch-tower in
telligences told US, were shallow
without spirit, character, or feeling
They were hysterical, effeminate, err
ratio, unreliable, and thoroughly un
principled. They were superficial
their intelligence blunted, their I'M
tiative blocked. Their capacity wa
nil.
And then came the war!
Whatever may. be the outcome, tn
people of France will stand befor
future generations as the mos
spiritually and practically patriot
people the world has seen. Devo
ton to the joy of living has in n
whit lessened their capacity as de
tenders of their country. There ha
been no moral revolution in France
France today and France three year
aGo are exactly the same. Bu
The Washington times., 1916-03-06
DEMANDS U. s. HAVE
NAVY EQUAL OF ANY
Cincinnati Society Of Maryland
Presents Resolutions to
President Wilson.

A committee OF the Cincinnati So
ciety OF Maryland laid before President
Wilson today a vigorous set OF reso-
buttons demanding navy as big as
that OF any power In Europe.
The resolutions demand also as many
aeroplanes as any country boasts OF.
regular army large enough to with
stand the first shock OF any invading
force, an expansion and mobilization OF
the militia 70 its full war strength.
plentiful stores of reserve ammunition
the protection OF the civilian popula-
lions OF large cities.
The committee was composed OF Rux-
ton NJ. Ridgely. chairman; William l..
Marbury, II. Randall webb, and Henry
May. The resolutions were adopted at
meeting of the Society on washing
tons Birthday.
President Wilson received the delega'
tlon In his private office. and after read
ing the resolutions declared they were
very impressive. He made no further
comment. After leaving the White
House the committee called on Actine
Secretary of War Scott and secretary
OF the Navy Daniels.
The resolutions read as follows:
Whereas II IL apparent that the
United States at the present time IL un
prepared for war and would be unable
to protect the rights of It's citizens
bnOulO Iney DC NHHalleO,
And whereas the fate which has al
ready overtaken nations too weak Of
unprepared to defend themselves may
well come to any people not In posi-
ton to repel armed forces bent upon IN
vasion and conquest;
Now, therefore. II In resolved:
-. That the United states OF Americ'
should build and maintain a navy sur
| ficiently large and strong in the opinion
OF It's military experts to protect III
shores from the invasion OF any enemy
II the United States In to remain in ~
present condition OF isolation withou
any alliance or friendly affiliation witt
1 any other naval power, II must have
| navy to correspond with such a policy
that means 2 navy at least as stronl
| power.
"2-That the United States shoulC
! at all times have and maintain n reg.
ular reserve army OF sufficient size
In the opinion of competent militar,
experts. to Withstand the FIRST shoci
| OF any invading army which a first
class power might reasonably be ex
| pected to land upon our shores.
| "S-That the organized militia of tn,
United states should be mobilized ant
trecruited to its full war strength.
"4-That the artillery necessary 70
the proper equipment OF the army O
| the United States, as recommends,
| by the military authorities, shoul,
| be made Immediately and that al
aeroplane fleet as large as IL owne,
by any European power should b,
constructed without delay.
| "5-That reserve supply OF tn,
necessary ammunition for war shout,
be made and stored in reposltorie
In different parts of the United States
"6-That the Government shout,
make definite plans and provisions 70
taking care of the populace in tn
large cities In the event OF an inva
sion.
at Is further resolved that this res
olution be presented to the Presiden,
to the Secretary OF War, to the Sec
rotary OF the Navy. and to the prope
officials OF the United States Senat
and the House of Representatives.
The Washington times., 1916-03-06
ASKED
ON RULE FOR D. c.
Mass Meeting Demands Meas
ure of Self Government for
the National Capital.

A demand for legislation providing
ma chinery for "a referendum on all
matters Affecting the general welfare OF
tho citizens OF the District OF Columbia,
was made in resolutions adopted at
mass meeting at the National Iheater
yesterday.
While primarily the demand was Tor
referendum on the question OF prohl-
bition before the Sheppard bill, now
pending in Congress, is put to vote In
the Senate. the resolutions were broad
ened TO urge for the District meas
ure of self-government. $500,
There was a crowd of upward of 2,OOO
in the theater when William F. GUIDE
chairman, called the meeting TO order.
The hev. George +. Dudley. pastor OF
81. Stephens Protestant Episcopal
Church, offered the invocation. The
speakers were:
=. T. Moran, president of the Cham
Der OF Commerce; SIMON won; i Spma
Mgr. William r. Russell, rector of st
| Patrick's Catholic Church; Rabb
Abram Simon, OF the Washington He
brew Congregations; r. p. Andrews
president OF the Retail Merchants AS
ISOLATION: Frank J. Hogan, and Edgar
In calling the meeting to order Mr.
GUIDE pointed to huge petition bear
| ing the names of 1900 Washingtonians
| who had gone on record for a refer'
! endum.
The petition was rolled around a
hose reel. Mr. GUIDE said this was evil
dence that the people themselves were
best able to Judge what Is best for the
| National CAPITAL
P. T. Moran urged the adoption OF
the referendum.
"a hostile Congressional committee
he said, "can make the District a very
undesirable place in which to owr
PROPERTY, stocks, or a business"
Simon Wolf objected to having legis
| lation forced on Washington by "som'
f; men on the hill, ignorant and obscure
| who would never have been heard from
| II their constituents were not equally al
| ignorant and obscure
/ The Sheppard bill was "railroaded
| through committee. DIR. Russell de-
| clared. and was brought on the hoor OF
4 the Senate without giving the District
a hearing. This was an added reason
he believed. why there should be ref
y eTendum.
The Washington times., 1916-03-06

Complain Of Vandalism of Persons
Attending Community Meetings
In School Buildings.

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
In discussing the opening OF the
school buildings for community meet
ings. one very important matter seems
TO have been overlooked. I refer to
the vandalism OF the persons who at
tend these meetings.
II ia not unusual for many persons
when they seat themselves at a desk
70 consider themselves at liberty to
make free with whatever they find
therein. The pens. pencils. and rulers
are broken or carried away. The books
and papers are defaced. removed TO
other desks from which the owner has
trouble in recovering. or even taken
away.
one form OF amusement Is to I'LL the
inkwell with paper wads. the material
for which may easily be procured by
tearing a leaf out of one OF the books
In the desk. The splitting of the ink
and allowing II to trickle over the
| urc OF the pupil when he returns.
The only way to avoid serious loss
IL TO require pupils to empty their
desks and carry their books home be-
| roro one of these meetings. This i'm
poses hardship on the children which
more than offsets any possible advan-
| tnge to be gained by throwing open, the
| building to the public.
The authorities are to be commended
| for proceeding very cautiously In thit
| after. Between those who want the
churches opened every day in the week
| and those who want the school build
| inBs opened on Sunday, IL is perhaps
well that the saloons are closed part
| OF the time. for some OF us may be
j driven to drink. r. s. MOORE.
| Washington, March 8.
The Washington times., 1916-03-06
LIT EVERYBODY HELP KEEP
ORDER ~

No form of labor trouble more
easily gets beyond control and into
the phase Of violence than a street
car strike. Violence commonly re-
suits from what in the beginning
was little worse than carelessness.
! Let people keep out Of crowds that
gather to discuss the strike. Let
them realize that a crowd is the nat
ural incubator of trouble. Let them
avoid everything that could possibly
afford excuse for fomenting bad feel
ing. Swallow your opinions, no mat
ter how devoted you are to them,
rather than be responsible for start
ing anything" The groups Of peo-
pie that have gathered about the
street car barns are declared to have
been composed chiefly Of idlers and
the curious, rather than Of street
railroad men. These men have be-
haved themselves splendidly, and are
entitled to the help Of the public in
their determination not to become
responsible for trouble.
Don't make your little argument
the beginning Of quarrel. Don't
make yourself and your opponent in
that argument the nucleus Of q
crowd. Don't let your curiosity draw
you into a crowd that somebody else
starts.
The Washington times., 1916-03-06
Chauffeur Indorses Borland Rider
and Sympathize With Carmen.

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
I've read so much of this sutff about
Borland's measure that l think II Is
right, to make Government clerks work
eight hours.
Compare THEM salaries and hours
end steady work all the year around
with the street car men. The latter
have to be at the barn about 4:i5 a. m.
and walt until $50 or ., and II there
Is nothing for them to do. they go home
and return about or 3 D. M. still not
making cent. They wait, maybe,
until 4 or 4:3O, until the man in charge
tells them there Is nothing to do, and
when they look at the board for the
next day they are marked up for an
early run or late straight, or some
OF those funny swings that they have.
Some people are never satisfied with
a good thing, so please start some
thing in your paper In the place OF
those Government employe agitations.
Just because these poor, hard-work-
inE street car men want better hours,
n not better pay. the companies dis
charge about fifty men. Why? Be-
cause the men want TO make living
like some OF these Government en-
ployes, get good wages. ana steady
work the whole year around.
A CHAUFFEUR.
Washington. March T.
The Washington times., 1916-03-06

not yet known to the world where or
just when the Edward VII was lost,
but that she was lost was admitted
by the British admiralty in a. state
ment almost two months ago.
The Moewe's first generally known
achievement was the capture Of the
Appam, on the transatlantic high
way, and sending her into Norfolk
with prize crew. The world sat
up and opened its eyes when it
learned what had been accomplished.
But that accomplishment made the
North Atlantic too small to hold the
raider much longer, and she capped
the climax of her exploits by actually
getting back to Wilhelmshaven.
It will not be forgotten, Of course,
that these glorious adventures,
though they make lore Of the sea and
earn statues for the men who direct
them, have nothing to do with the
determination of wars issues. Brit
ish sea power has been unscathed,
British mercantile maritime suprem-
acy has been in nowise harmed, by
the doings Of the Emden, the Karls-
ruhe, the Moewe, and the rest of
them. Their accomplishments recall
the characterization that a witty
old-time Englishman INDUCED, allud-
ing to woman preaching. It was
like dog walking on its hind legs;
remarkable, not because it was 50
well done, but because it was done
at all. "
The Washington times., 1916-03-06
Whisky and Alcohol
Allies of Pneumonia

Whisky and other alcoholic beverages
arc the strongest known allies OF pneu-
mCnia, according 10 bulletin Just is
sued by the United States Public Health
Service.
handmaiden OF the disease which pro-
duces ! per cent Of the deaths in the
United States. This Is no cxaggeration
We have known for n long time that
the Individual vitality and that the man
who drinks Is peculiarly susceptible to
pneumonia. The liberal and continuous
Iscr of alcoholic drinks VIII do well to
heed this warning. particularly at this
death toll from pneumonia Is being
doubled"
The Washington times., 1916-03-06
Tomorrow.

Entertainment, KNOBS OF Tennessee" Mt.
Rainier Volunteer Firemen. Brentwood
Meeting. Connecticut Avenue Citizens Asso-
citation, Army and Navy Preparatory
Notion pictures of Yellowstone National
Park, Home Club. s:l5 p: m.
Lecture. ''St, Thomas and the State Rev
DIR. w. J. kerby. Catholic University, S'So
Meeting Sunday School Institute. board of
religious education, diocese OF Washington
Isctu5e' "pomestic Rcisticns' Miss Marion
Weston cottle. Washington College OF Law
Meeting. ladies' Missionary Society of the
Fifth Baptist Church. In church, N; m;
Banquet, Georgia Society OF the District
An EVENING q or dramatic sketches. George
washington University Dramatic Associa-
tion, Immaculate Conception auditorium
"The Gypsy Prince" Junior League Of
Washington. Rauscher's, y. M,
Meeting: Columbia Heights giuIens Ass s,Sos,
Entertainment, St. Adams Dramatic Club
Annual dinner. National Geographic Society,
New willard, y. IN. n
Lecture. ''old Panama; DI. =. !" snc,stW
Rscitsi Mrs suzanne oldhere. In her studio.
Col Er OF Of WASH WasSngton. 1ai
street northwest, p. m, 49,, N,.,,
Meeting. clerks of the state. War ana Navy
buiidinF Richmond Hotel. 8 p. m.
Annual Mardi Gras hall Of the sons OF c'n-
TeSsrate Veterans Raleigh, n m.
unotInS, 70 discuss the Borland rider. Philo-
demic society OF Georgetown Georgetown
| College, s p. m. -. 1900. =, ~.
Vernon place church. ~, m,
| Masonic National, No. !. ATmlnlus No: 2S
psrtection. Scottish Rite; Mizpah Mo- S;
Fidelity, No 10 Order OF Eastern star.
| odd FeIlowH-Golden Rule, No. q; washing
TON No. &: Amitv No, n; Mt Pleasant
No. %, Fidelity. No Z. Rebekah.
| NatIonsi Irnion--Head duarters open.
| woman's Renent Association OF the Macca-
| beas-VIctOrv Review. No 70.
Socialist partv-Jewish branch.