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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-21
DC. MarkSn1an Writes
About Rifle Matches

John A. mclaughlin, member Of one
of the District rifle teams now at Jack
sonvllle. Fla, for the National Rife
Match, has written a chatty letter to
The Times In which he tells of the par
tial results OF the match for the first
week.
''Thc Leetch Cup Match" he writes,
had already been shot when the Dis
trict boys from the Washington high
schools arrived on the rifle range at
the State camp near Jacksonville.
&c. f.. Cook, of the District of Column
bia Civilian team, was we'll up toward
the top In this match, which was won
by Captain Richards, of the Quinhipiac
OF l04 out OF possible 100. Mr.. Cooks
score was 1o1.
Company Match First Event.
The company match was the first
event OF the day after the high school
boys arrived at the camp. The WASH
ington High School Cadets ran a close
race in this competition. and missed
getting second place by one point. They
came out third. making a score of 1853,
The conditions OF the match were ten
shots rapid fire at 200 yards. and two
sighting shots and ten shots for record
at 600 yards.
The District Guard entered two teams
In the match and they finished In eighth
and ninth places, with aggregate scores
of 341 and 1888, respectively.
Before the company team match was
finished, the Civilian Rife Club team
match was begun. After the completio
OF the slow fire each team member shot
four strings OF changing positions fire,
each string consisting OF Ave shots. The
targets are exposed for Ave seconds and
withdrawn for five seconds. and the
competitor fires one shot at each APP
pearancs OF the target. After shooting
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Sees Hughes Majority
In Electoral College
CONTINUED from First Page

CONTINUED from First Page.)
Wilson. because of the idea, which
paign, that Wilson had kept us out
OF war believe that Hughes has
clearly and finally disposed of that
fallacious idea. Every day he Is gain
Indiana is sure for Hughes. despite
reports to the contrary. He will carry
this State by at least $4,000 plurality,
and Governor Goodrich and the two
Republican candidates for United
ex;Congressman James e. Watson.
will be elected
Iowa is safe for Hughes by from
$4,000 to $4,000.
* "kansa na Is ALSO safe for Hughes by
kentucky Is another close State.
and when we were down there on the
n nst Trip on our return from the
coast; ! was Inclined to think 1t
would go for Wilson. but the return
visit OF Mr.. Hughes. and the good
work put In by Colonel Roosevelt and
senator Fairbanks, and the personal
interest and knowledge OF the West
In Louisville. will go far to put Ken
lucky In the Hughes column. II will
DE remembered that Ed Morrow, who
was the Republican candidate for
votes OF carving the State: and con-
ditions are at least as promising now
as they were then; ] certainly will
the Blue Grass State.
Maine. Of course. Is safe
Maryland is debatabie. but the
chances are in favor OF Hughes. We
town and Baltimore. and. in fact, IL
was conceded that Mr.. Hughes re-
ceived the greatest political demon
stration ever witnessed in the Oriolc
City.
Massachusetts is for Hughes by O
comfortable margin.
Michigan is absolutely. safe for
Hughes by at least 10000. Charles
man OF that State. predicts that
Hughes will get anywhere from IS.
900 to 100000. In no state in which
| have been are the conditions more
satisfactory to us.
Minnesota by 10000.
Minnesota Is safe for Hughes by a;
least 10000. There Is absolutely no
double that Frank d. Kellogg will be
elected to the United States Senate. and
that the whole State ticket Wi win b..
n big plurality Tho Democrats, in fact.
are making practically no campaign
against the State ticket.
missouri is always in doubt. When
We came through there OH our way back
from the coast In September, from the
Information / received. IL looked a- II
1t were leaning toward Wilson. Now
after n second visit 20 the state. with
wonderful meetings In Joplin and
Springfield. q looks like n small plural
ity for Hughes. Judge Lamm win be
elected governor and Walter 5. DiCkey
of Kansas City. will defeat James y
Reed for the United STATES Senate.
Montana Is close. and / think that
Hughes has more than a lighting
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the first shot in the prone position. the
competitor kncels for the second shot,
squats for the third. kneels for the
fourth. and lies down for the NTH.
This style OF fire created much con-
fusion among the men who were not ia
millar with II. Often the wrong position
was assumed and II was necessary Tor
The shooters to make another change be-
fore shooting, and more thhn once,
carelessly taken squatting position, COM
bined with the recol of the rife.
knocked the marksman over backwards.
G.. w. U. Team Sixth.
''The team representing George WASH
ington University finished In sixth place
wfthSa score OF GI3 and the Central
High School team came out sixteenth.
making a score OF 65l.
zone OF the most remarkable scores
was that made by r. NJ. Norris, OF
Central High School, In the rapid-flts
match OF the National Rifle Associa-
ton. He made total OF ninety out
OF twenty shots. The failure OF ths
captain OF the team to declare young
medal. The score of the tyro who won
the medal was only eighty-eight.
"Under the direction OF Col. M. 4.
Winter, committee of District civil
ians OF the District team has inaugu-
rated the system of taking each mans
total OF his match shooting each day.
and any practice ordered for the whole
team, Individual practice strings; do
not 90 on this record. Each day the
statistical officer of the team postg
the standing OF the men together with
their aggregate score, on a bulletM
board In the mess hall
The District national guard. cadets.
and civilians have been very fortunate
In their assignment to mess houses.
The camps on the west side OF the
State camp grounds are near the fir
ing line, and II is the westerly camps
Thea"
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Campaign TOR Funds
TO Assist Friendship
House Closes Today

The campaign to raise 5000 for their
annual budget by the members Of the
Friendship House Association, closes
The campaign has lasted q week, and
during that time the members OF the
association have exerted every effort 10
raise the required sum by asking con-
tributions from Washingtonians. Last
night. the report OF the amount raised
during the week showed only $685. rs, and
although those In charge OF the cam
paign are expecting this amount to
reach the 81 900 mark today, there 10 at
present a difference OF A,O64.25 between
the amount actually raised and the re-
quired sum.
II Is stated that the entire amount,
practically, has been received by small
contributions, dropped In the boxes sta
toned In the different stores In the
shopping district.
Other amounts have been sent directly
to the treasurer at Friendship House.
I'VE need 1900 now" stated the head
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A STATE OF WAR IN MEXICO

The Judge advocate general Of the
army has mussed up things by rul-
ing that a state of war exists in
Mexico. Officially, then, for the pur-
poses of administration, the conduct
of the army, and the trial of Of
tenders who in conditions Of peace
would be tried by civil courts, we
are at war. II we are not at war
with Mexico, we at least are at war
in Mexico. It is a curiously anoma-
lous condition, but the ruling OF
General Crowder is the essence OF
common sense, even If it may be
bit embarrassing to an Administra-
ton that is assuring the country
that It has "kept US out of war;"
Without a doubt, conditions in
Mexico are increasingly menacing.
Whether Villa shall be the leader, or
a schism in the Carranzista forces
shall bring Trevino or some other
man to the top, it needs no seventh
son to forecast that trouble is brew
ing. The announcement that no
more troops are to be taken away
from the border means more than is
indicated on the surface. The Mexi-
can embassy devotes itself to denials
that the Villa movement is becoming
rlore formidable; but there is no as
surance that within the Carranza
camp all is well and harmonious,
while we'll authenticated reports de-
clare that the first chief is losing
his grip on the situation.
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worker at Friendship House this morn
ing. ..and our campaign closes today. II
200 Washingtonians would send twenty
dollars apiece, or II 100 would each
donate ten dollars, the required amount
could be raised, and the Friendship
House can begin another year with a
clean slate"
In past years Friendship House has
raised. II was stated, after much worry
and difficulty by the members of the
association, the required money through
subscriptions from the members of the
association, and by a number of enter
tainments and benefits. This year the
association put into execution the new
plan of raising money from the volun-
tary subscriptions from Washingtonians,
with the result that they still lack
something like 5000.
Although the Friendship House work.
ers are rather disappointed, they are
hopefully expecting the contributions to
continue. although the campaign"
proper closes today.
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Board of Trade to Urge
Strict Milk Inspection

An Endorsement of the bill presented
TO the recent Congress at the instance
ofthe Health Department. providing a
stricter supervision of the milk brought
into the District, will be the principal
recommendation embraced in the an
nual report OF the public health COM
mitteed OF the Board of Trade.
The committee yesterday afternoon
outlined it's report, Other recommen-
dations included are voluntary COM
mitments to the Government Hospital
for the Insane, home for feeble
minded. and construction of a munich
pal hospital.
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HARDENING OF THE ARTERIES"

A more opposite phrase Tor de-
scribing the present condition Of
American railroads could not easily
have been found than that employed
by Mr.. Vanderlip in his address in
Washington yesterday. They are
beginning to suffer from hardening
Of the arteries, and it is a bad stu
alton.
Mr.. Vanderlip might have given
an illustration Of what it means for
a country's railroads to fall into this
condition, if he had chosen to take
up the railroad history of Great
Britain for the last generation. The
railways of that country are not
nearly so important to its CONNER
cial and industrial welfare as are
those of America to this country.
Britain is a small country, and no
part of it is more than few miles
from the sea. Most Of the freight
of Great Britain is handled by
water. London's coal comes to it al
most entirely by boat in normal
times, though in war it is under
stood that an increasing part is
turned over to the rails, because
shipping is scarce and costly.
British railroads lost good deal
of their attractiveness to investors
a long time ago. Railway develop
ment could be continued only at
enormous cost. Parliament, repre-
senting the landholding classes, had
to authorize every move toward rail-
road expansion; private bill" was
necessary, and the landowners never
failed to insure that their interest
should be fully protected when it
came to buying rights of way and
the like. So railroad construction
was made tremendously expensive,
and the roads were driven to the ex-
pedient of piling up bigger and big
ger capital account to carry on their
operations. The difficulties of finan-
cling the roads increased constantly;
their rates, on examination a few
years ago, were found to be very
high in proportion to those of the
German roads. Tt was pointed out,
in fact, that one of the greatest ad-
vantages Germany possessed in
competition for trade was in this
detail of cheaper railroad transpor-
tation.
The impositions on British rail-
roads came in a different form, but
they had the same effect as excuses
of ill-directed regulation have had
on American roads. Britain made
it unduly expensive both to build and
to operate roads. This country has
been making it unduly expensive to
operate them, by reason of the COM
plexity of State and interstate regu-
lation; and hardening of the arteries
results just as naturally in one case
as in the other. There must be a
vast railroad development in this
country in the next generation, or
else there will be a deadening of
commercial circulation. No great
country is so dependent on railroads
for internal transportation as this.
The situation is coming to be real
lied, and there is better sentiment
toward the railroads; but the pub
lies amiability is of small value
when it is Offset by such egregious
misfortunes as the recent surrender
of the railroads into the hands of
the Big Four labor unions.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-21
Win Coveted Gold Rings,
Give Them to Fatherland

NEW YORK. Oct. I.-INor four years
Two plump. blond German housemaids.
Augusta Krauten and Marie Gruber. had
worked and dreamed Of winning a gold
ring each for efficiency from the Ger
man Housewives Society. Al the annu-
away without even trying them on
I'VE give them for the Fatherla nd.
they told the society; and were much
embarrassed by the applause.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-21
MASONS u
TO WIND UP BAZAAR
AImas Temple Shriners From
Washington to Be Guests at
Close Tonight.

ALEXANDRIA, Oct. n.-The Masonts
bazaar. which has been held the past
two weeks in Armory Hall. will close
this evening. when the local Masonic
fraternity Will have as guests Almas
temple. Mystic Shriners, Of Washing
ton.
They will be accompanied by the Arab
fraternity band of the Lambskin Club.
They VIII be met on their arrival by The
local Shriners. and escorted to the hall.
Columbia and Orient Communicates,
OF washington. attended the bazaar last
evening as guests OF Old Dominion
Commandery. They brought the Lamb
skin Club band with them and Column
bias drill team gave a drill under conn
mand OF Captain Shackelton. Eminent
Grand Commander Lem Towers, OF the
welcome by Chairman Callahan, Of the
local committee.
Fourteen candidates are connecting for
the silver loving cup offered to the most
popular railroad man by President Her
rison, OF the Southern railway. e. 3.
Ticer and l.. o. Hardin now lead.
A house occupied by John Bell. col
ored. at tO9 North Patrick street, caught
fire yesterday afternoon. His wife jumped
from a second story window to the
ground. but escaped serious injury.
The State corporation commission has
granted a charter TO the Anne Lee Me-
mortal Home for the Aged, OF which
Miss Fanny M. Burke is president. and
Mrs. Arelia OSullivan secretary. Both
are residents OF this city.
Announcement is made of the marriage
of Mrs. Rosa NJ. Powell and Garnet q.
Sullivan both OF Alexandria; also OF
Mrs. Laura V. Day. OF Congress Heights.
and Benjamin F. Murray. of this city.
The Rev. f. b. Jackson. of the F1rut
mnnlea.
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Taking Up Gladness in a Seriou,
Way.

Sir: I think passed Hermione the
other night in the lobby of the Hudson
Theater after n performance Of Polly
anna" At least she was a member of
the Sweet and Serious Sisterhood. She
was holding forth about this Glad
Game" stuff to a group of eager lis
teners.
81 think this glad iden IL perfectly
WONDERFUL" she was saying. Don't
you all think that pessimism Is terri
bly, crushing, terribly soul-searing ?-if
you get what / mean.
II heard the most wonderful lecture
about Gladness the other night at one
of those New Thought affairs!
There was something in II about
attuning your Soul to the Glad Music
Of the Planets-or was 1t Spheres?
Well something. I'm not exactly sure
what. Stars. maybe. But It was GER
tainly wonderful!
1T told papa about It when l got
home, but he said II was bunk
Papa, you know, is terribly opposed
to any of these things that make for
the Uplift of the Spirit. He's dreadful
ly sordid!
Papa said that ANYBODY who could
be glad II he found himself on the
wrong side of the market on a rainy
morning before ned got rid OF his an
nual attack of hay fever should be
sent to an asylum.
"Just think OF that!
I'm going to bring him to hear
Game. I'm sure hen be converted"
shs was about twenty-five. wore her
golden hair in Billieburke curls and had
q perfect duck OF a laugh!
u. p. T.
The shortage Of chemicals formerly
imported from Europe has put netO
com eriOn ON on - OH
'' Wei. Wiv mention names or anger
L nnnnninInnCeAI
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Ode to an Arrogant Lady.

Ode to an Arrogant Lady.
o Mrs. Kanser Teena! l wrote to you
asking
For a complimentary ticket to your
next
Recital But. my word! Today you
send me q postal
Saying that | did not send you q
stamped
Envelope!
o Mrs Kanser Teena! Why deny
yourself
The pleasure OF having one so well
bred as
In the audience Now you have Of
Tended me!
Though you sent me tickets for
box I would
Not use them!
would give them TO the milkman
Just to spite
You. I suppose you expect me to
continue my patronage,
BUT / will NOT! I shall have no fur
Their dealings
With any one so arrogant and dis
Courteous. a MeD'
. Judging by the cost Of bread you'd
think thcu made II from Dhite paper.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-21

Sometimes we are so languid that
we feel like quitting writing and go
ing into something easy-say. selling
umbrellas to submarines.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-21

A certain college instructor asked us
to write a little something on the Art
OF Paragraphing. for his class in Jour-
nalism.
"A Paragraph" we came back with
out a moments thought-and you must
never put too much thought on a Para
graph-"a Paragraph is something you
print on Saturday to keep two contri-
buttons apart"
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\ Democratic mass meeting will be
held 1t Forestville tonight. Addresses
viii he made by David J. Lewis and
Jackson ". Rnlston.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-21

q social evening was rendered the
Rev. and Mrs John w. Slack by the
congregation OF the First PresbyteriaA
Church.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-21

The U-53 Is reported to have been
sunk again-it may become the villa
of the seas.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-21

Salem Lodge, No. &c, l. o, O. F.. win
visit Forest'ille Lodge, Forestvills,
Nd, tonight.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-21

-he Hyattsvijle troop Of girl scouts
LETT last night 20 spend lie week END IN
Gar1p Ut the Naylor fc~ln, near Jes5dp.
In Howard county.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-21
CLEANER MEN
WANTED.
Seldom.

Seldom.
I've seldom seen walrus toss
Upon his feather bed,
But that / thought. He wants some
hand
To stroke his weary head
-Gkinpia
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-21

L. D.-Heavens. child! We don't
pay for things!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-21

Services were held las; night in the
Chapel o. Emmanuel Church. An adult
Bihle class has been started at the
church
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-21

d. F. saw a sign in the window Of
1851 Broadway which pleads:
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Tomorrow.


Meeting, young people OF Washington
Hebrew Congregation, to form congre-
gational organization. Eighth Street
Temple, p, m.
wanderlusters' hike, begins at Thirty
sixth street and Connecticut avenue
northwest, 2;30 p. IN.
Meeting with debate on armor plant agi-
tation, Perpetual Hebrew Association.
l326 Tenth street northwest, 8 p. m.
Address, Eye Are the Salt OF the Earth"
Madam Mountford, Women's Wilson
Union headquarters, Fifteenth and +
streets northwest, $3.50 p, nj.
East Indian dlnnerh followed by musi-
Gale, washington Arts Club. In club
quarters, $40 y. m.
Meeting, washington Secular League.
Pythiah Temple, p. m.
Christian Science Lecture, George Shaw
Cook, C. S. b., Of Chicago, Polls
Theater. 3 y, m.
oyster roast, Potomac, Boat Club. on
Anaiostan Island, $3.50 u. m. to continue
all day.
Iumbus ST. Dominics Church, Sixth
and Z streets southwest, 7;ao ,. n
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-21

The board of county commissioners
has appointed Elwood Bailey constable
for Spalding district. The following
were appointed as assessors: Charles
b. Boswell. Piscataway: William n.
Yode, Oxon Hill. and Benjamin ID.
stephen Riverdale. The following as
lstant assessors were appointed: J.
SHINES Jones. Evansville district; Owen
L. Swami, Spaldlne district. II. Leo
Mullillin, Bowie district. and Joseph
Tarman, Seat Pleasant district.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-21

Miss Julia Hardy, sup, ".ntendent q
the primary department of the Sun
Cay school Of Emmanuel Church. 10
ut the ST. Louis Church convention.
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Sir: Who am I? l am the Innocent
Bystander; II I recover, ! shall here
after take part in every fray that l
witness. 1t is the only safe course.
M. b. d.
Sir: I. am the old-fashioned girl VINO
bushes. Also can faint. j. p.
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Don Marquis
Column

Mud.
BY FoTHBRGIL FINCH. THE VERs
LIBRE BARD
Mud mud ..
The Sacred mud II 10 made OF
the dust Of kings and poets
And old clothes and
Vegetation . and one IL just as
Beautiful as the other =. mud :. Z.
The Holy mud ! never brush It
From my boots ! track II on the
Rugs do not desecrate the
Mud UP stairs to my little
Studio attic under the
Roof -. under the stars
Beside the chimney 1 track
The lovely mud and the
Janitor's wife comes and says II IL
Mud mud I never brush
II from my boots
broke down six times.-From ~s'os
story.
Cad What a chance for a para
grapher who didn't happen to be for
IT. r. this autumn!
: THE APTRoNYMIc SCOUTS.
Sir: Should solitude or q boarding
house advertisement ever draw you to
Deposit, N. ". you would notice that
Mr.. Weaver Is a clothier OF that place.
Il. L.
Mr.. Michael Stitch, OF the Michael
Stitch Clothing Company. 61 Broad
way. New York city. himself realizes
the value OF his astronymic. His card.
sent us by Fl. T.. reads:
COME TO STITCH IN TIME
AND SAVE FROM IS TO ~.
Classy Clothes for Men and Young
Men.
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WHAT'S GOING ON IN
WASHINGTON TODAY
Today.

Rally, with speeches BY FORMER Senator
william Campbell OF West Virginia, and
Corporation Counsel Symc, under aus
plces OF West Virginia Society, Wilson
Headquarters, Fifteenth and Il streets
northwest p. m.
Meeting for election OF officers Wash
ington Chapter. Kappa Alpha Fraternity,
Chapter House, 20ll Columbia road
northwest, y. m.
Meeting. National Women's Hughes Fair
banks Leaguc, at home OF Mrs. Ellis
Logan. 1858 Irving street northwest, s
y. IN.
Card party. in honor of delegates to Interna-
tional Federation OF Catholic Alumni by
Washington Chapter OF Alumni Association
OF Notre Dame. 1901 Calvert street north
west y, M,
Conference, high school girls Y. W, C. A.
Vacation Lodge, Cherrydale. Va. all day.
Meeting, Biological Society, Cosmos Club s
y. IN,
University, y. IN,
Children's dancing class, Home Club. $3.50 n.
odd Fellows Canton Washington. No. 1,
Patriarchs Militant.
Meeting National Women's Hughes Fair
banks League 1888 Irving street northwest.
p. IN.
Meeting Mt. Pleasant Citizens Association,
Brown Betty Inn, p. m.
Meeting Society for Philosophical Inquiry.
Public Library. 4:4J p. IN.
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ANACOSTIA.

MiaCOia Tribe. No. IL. improved Or
der OF Red Men. met rast night.