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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-08-25
100000 MOTOR CARS

An authority on motor car affairs
calculates that in the coming twelve
months 100000 motor cars will be
sold IN this country. The same au-
thority figures that there are now
100000 cars in use. The business
of rebuilding and rejuvenating cars,
passing them on as Second hands"
for people who want to buy at the
cheapest prices is now SO highly
developed that cars are not sent to
the scrap heap so soon as formerly;
obsolescence and depreciation do not
take them out of commission so
early. So it may be reasonably as
sumed that year hence there will
be about 100000 cars in operation.
No wonder that the new business
Of automobile building has become
one of the greatest in the country,
while the army of people subordi-
nate to the actual manufacturing
activities is growing more impress
sive all the time. The automobile
gives employment to garage forces,
machinists, repair people, chauf-
feurs. supply dealers, everywhere.
To get five miles away from a re-
lief station, when your car is in
trouble, is nowadays almost i'm
possible; which means that, aside
from the great centers of the in
dustry, the country is dotted thickly
with minor establishments devoted
to caring for the cars and their
operators.
When the next industrial census
is prepared, there will be no feature
of it more interesting than that
which will record the statistical
facts about the rise of the automo-
bile. Only a few years ago. before
the present magnitude Of the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-08-25
OPEN-AIR LECTURE
COURSE is BEGUN
First Of Series Under Direction OF
DR.. Zimmerman Given.

Before a large audience at the Idle
Hour open lair theater. in Georgetown.
the Rev. DR.. A. II. Zimmerman last
evening commenced his series OF free
lectures and entertainments under the
auspices Of the International Academy
of Sciences. Arts. and Letters. The
object of the lectures is the develop
ment OF popular interest in intellect
ual subjects.
Motion pictures were shown. and DR..
Francis c. Nicholas lectured on his
adventures In Mexico. He exhibited
colored lantern slides from pictures
taken during his explorations in that
country.
Many children were in the audience
and they were we'll controlled under
DIR. Zimmerman's leadership.
1t is planned to continue the lee
lures and entertainments for some
days with motion pictures and ac-
counts Of the Philippines. Mexico. and
other foreign countries, under DR..
Zimmerman's guidance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-08-25
THEY'LL BE CHEAPER LATER

After all, Uncle Sam is not to buy
the Danish West Indies at the rather
preposterous price Of .$25, 900 900.
The upper chamber Of the Danish
Parliament has rejected the proposal
to sell, and done it by SO decisive
a vote that the negotiation must be
regarded as definitely discontinued
at least till after the war. Not i'm
probably there were some European
political complications which con-
WINGED the leaders in the Copen-
hagen government that 1t would be
safer to wait. Germany on a previ-
GUS occasion interfered to prevent
sale of these islands to the United
States; it may have been responsible
for stopping the deal this time.
It is hard to understand what
could be the object of Germany in
interfering at this time in such a
transaction. It would seem to have
it's hands reasonably full of world
dhaiIo "iIHOut dSCuNhuidLllK pTOb-
poets for further trouble in the in
definite future.
However, from the viewpoint Of
the United States, it may safely be
assumed that no serious disadvant-
age will ensue. If hint from Ger
many is sufficient to head off a sale
Of the islands to the United States
at this time, it may be regarded as
very sure that hint from the
United States will be enough to in
sure against their sale to anybody
else at a future time. Their obvious
destiny is to become American terri
tory, and that they will doubtless do
at no very distant day. The price
is likely to be more reasonable.
Some real esate values in this world
are just at this moment distinctly
inflated.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-08-25
A RELIC OF THE spOILs SYSTEM

Secretary of State Lansing's re-
port that eighty temporary en-
ployes of the State Department
were placed on the permanent roll
last May bears out the charges
made on the floor of the Senate re-
garding the large number Of clerks
engaged without reference to civil
service examinations.
The explanation of Secretary
Lansing that these clerks were en-
ployed temporarily to meet an
emergency may perhaps be con-
sidered as sufficient justification.
After they were engaged and made
good" they were placed on the
permanent pay roll by executive
order.
Whatever the merits of this ex-
PLANTATION, the procedure again
points the defects of the apportion-
ment plan now imposed on the civil
service. The Secretary of State
said that these employees were OBJ
tanned by hasty calls upon business
colleges and typewriter exchanges in
Washington.
Under the present system of al
lotting only a certain number OF
civil service positions to each State,
Territory and the District, ire
spective of the merits of the appli-
cants, it would have been of no use
for these eighty young men and
women to. take the civil service ex-
animation. The Districts civil SER
vice apportionment usually is ex-
hausted in quick order. There are
now residents of the District who
desire civil service positions, living
in far away States, so they may &C.
quire a residence and enhance their
chances of getting positions here.
No one would claim that their quail
fications are improved by this alb
sence from the District. But they
must suffer this inconvenience be-
cause this remnant of the spoils
system still marks the civil service
methods.
If this apportionment rule were
removed the head of any department
could call upon the Civil Service
Commission for a group of tenn
porary employees to meet an
emergency demand, and there would
be plenty of applicants awaiting
such appointments.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-08-25
JERSEY AUNTS CROWD
JERSEY MOTHERS OUT
Infantile Paralysis Changes Plan
for Suffrage Meeting.

JERSEY CITY, Aug. 25.-Maiden
aunts are to take the place OF the New
Jersey mothers In the emergency call
ed suffrage convention at Atlantic
City September 8 to 10.
The board of health has decreed
that any mother who attends the con-
vention must be guaranteed for two
weeks upon her return home. Suf-
fragists have protested. pointing out
that Atlantic City Is unusually free
from infantiie paralysis and that the
men are permitted to come and go
health Is Arm.
So many Of the New Jersey suffraE-
lists are young mothers that there was
great difficulty In finding delega ties
to the convention until the maiden
sunts stepped In.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-08-25
WHAT'S GOING ON IN
WASHINGTON TODAY
Today.

Concert, United states Soldiers Homo Band,
Soldiers Home bandstand, $3.50.
Meeting, representatives Of Sunday schools O.
District, Fourth Presbyterian Church. y.
m.
Conference. Republicans Of District oridiron
room, willard. s p. m.
Masonic-st Johns No. IL: Hope. No. 20:
Royal Arch Chapters-Eureka, No. Z; capi.
toll. No. II. and Mount Pleasant, No. u.
called on. Eastern Star Chapters-Takoma,
No. IL; Cathedral, No. II. and ST. Johns
Lodge Chapter. No. IS, called on
Odd Feliows-Central. No. /; Metropolis. No
N; Phoenix No. Is; Martha washingto.
No. s, and Dorcas, No. I. of the Rebekahs
knights OF Pythiss-Syracusians. No. 10:
Rathbone Superior. No. %, called on Rath-
bone Temple No. g. OF the Pythian Sisters.
National Union-East Washington Council
Mckinley Council.
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Engineer Sticks to Post
With His Jaw Fractured

READING. Pa. Aug. 25.-S.ruck on
the left cheek by an unknown object a.
his train was passing Tuckertown
above Reading. Robert Bamford. sixty
years old. of Philadelphia. received in
juries which later necessitated re-
moval OF portion Of the cheek bono
at the Homeopathic Hospital. In this
city After receiving the injury Bam-
ford pluckily stuck to his post and
brought his train into the Reading
station.
on his arrival his clothing was COW
cred with blood and he was in a weak
ened condition. and insisted upon
taking the train through to Philadel-
phia, until his superiors forced him
to 20 to the hospital. At the institu-
ton portion OF his jawbone was
found to be shattered. 1t Is believed
that the missile which struck him was
an iron bolt which was hurled at the
train. The railroad police are inves-
tigating
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lean bankers. It is significant that
these notes found much reader
sale than did the $500, 600, 900 joint
loan which was placed in this coun-
try by the governments of the
French republic and the United
Kingdom. That, however, was a
straight-out government loan, and
was for five years instead of two.
It is probable that future financing
for the allied powers will be con-
Quoted, so far as possible, on the plan
of this newest loan. ..
American capacity to absorb such
investments seems well-nigh un-
limited. The excess profits that
this country is garnering from war
business, war prices, war demands,
is such that, reinvested in war Sc
curities. it could pay considerable
part of the cost of running the great
conflict for a single one of the major
powers. II Is expected that before
long the British government will
offer another loan on this side; and
doubtless it will be subscribed just
as promptly as this one has been.
Toward which side advantage in
clines in the war, is suggested by
the consideration Of this financial in
cident, alongside description Of the
machine-shop warfare that is being
conducted in northern France. All
the world realizes, now, that in this
struggle victory will 60 to the side
Of the heaviest machine shops. To
keep the machine shops going means
that money must be provided. The
money is in sight; such operations
as this one, just described, will pro-
vide it. How it will be used in in
spring the shops to their part is
described in a paragraph from a
cablegram that tells how the British
reduced a sector of trenches before
sending their infantry to occupy it.
An officer is quoted, describing the
artillery bombardment:
1t was a brief but horrible sight.
At first there was series Of earth
fountains along the trench line.
followed by great cones OF smoke.
which slowly collected over the
wood itself. until the latter was
hidden. Through glasses l could
see that whole sectors OF trench
had closed UP. burying the defend
ers. Constantly human limbs and
bodies were visible among the up
thrown earth and debris. At In
leap swiftly backward io' from "' the
trenches. but the hazard from the
incessant rain of steel fragments
was too great. and gradually there
grew line Of motionless bodies
among the brushwood counted
thirty-seven after three-quarters of
an hour.
After eighty minutes I signaled.
trench demolished" and the bonn
bardment ceased. l would have de-
trench had been. There was moth
ing but a line Of hollows. hillocks.
and shellholes. As the smoke
cleared, | saw how excellent had
trenches. Two open roads. each
twenty. feet wide. had been blasted
through the wood. 1t was only the
bodies. lying thick along both. that
showed they had indeed been COM
munication trenches.
continued to watch. Here and
there a wounded wretch dragged
himself painfully amid the tree
stumps. Perhaps a few survived in
the deepest dugouts. but as a prac-
ceased to exist And remember.
that was a tiny sector. Add the
total of such cases along the whole
front. and you with realize why our
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-08-25
LATEST BRITISH WAR LOAN

A quarter-billion dollars worth
of 5 per cent notes of the British
government were offered to Ameri-
can investors by banking syndi-
cate of underwriters, and in less
than forty-eight hours were all sub
scribed. 1t is a testimony not only
to the ability of the American money
market to absorb good securities,
but to the financial strength of the
United Kingdom.
These notes run two years from
September l, and are secured by
collateral which has been aggre-
gated together by the London gov
eminent and approved by the Amer
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-08-25
Jury Went Democratic.

They were speaking OF the trials and
tribulations OF the colored man the
was recalled by Congressman John L.
Bennett of Alabama.
One day a white man was hailed into
court In a Southern city on charge OF
chicken stealing. Seven white men and
nve colored men composed the jury.
One OF the latter was the foreman.
Have you agreed on verdict?' ask
ed the Judge when the Jurors filed back
into the court room after having re-
tired to deliberate.
Yes. sab: We hab. yo honor" i'm
pressively answered the foreman.
What Is the result OF your delibera-
tion7" asked the Judge with due
solemnity.
honor" was the almost sighful re.
Spouse of the foreman. IAN de prisonah
am not guilty. "-Philadelphia Tele-
graph.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-08-25
Mother Protests Against Children
Being Sent to Schools Before They
Are Fumigated.

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
While there Is so much talk about
the infantile paralysis plague and the
Health Department Is considering con-
troll OF the dread disease, IL might be
appropriate Mt this time to mentiSn the
thorough fumiRation of schools. Il may
not lie generally known that nj the
close Of the spring school term at least
one-half OF the pupils mostly. OF course,
children Of the lower grades) were alb.
sent on account Of whooping-cough.
measles. and chickenpox. Many CT
them returned to their classes after a
siege OF one OF these diseases Just long
enough to pick up a few germs and be
put TO bed again until the time limit
had expired and doctor or principal
gave their consent for the child to re-
turn to school. One teacher said the
children actually came TO school with
spots on their faces. and noses and eyes
running. and one little boy told his
mother that the boy back Of him
couRhed on his neck all the time. Re-
suit was i've little boys In one class
had whooping-cough all at the same
time.
Yet with all these plaques nothing IL
said or done. School houses are closed
for the summer. more germs will breed.
and the doors will be opened for more
victims. and the little ones walk in un-
conscious of what Is lurking in desks.
books. and pencils.
Washington. August "a.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-08-25
Arrests Halt a Duel.

SAN JUAN. Puerto Rico, Aug. u.s.
Vicente Balbas, editor of the Heraldo
Espanol. and Luis Llorens Torres. edi-
tor Of Juan Bobo. were arrested today
accepted a chaiieng9 to duel with
pistols. The men were arrested by
detectives In a cocoanut grove near
the city ct sunrise this morning. with
them were fve other persons, 1nclud-
ing Benito Zalduondo. the Spanish
vice consul. Balbas and Torres were
held In bail for trial.
The trouble arose from articles
printed in the two newspapers. Bal
bas some years ago fought q duel
with Luis Munoz Rivera, Puerto
Rican resident commissioner In Wash
tnGton. 'r'' ,''''.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-08-25
"Old- Timer" in Dancing Recalls Joys
Of the Glide Waltz, Now to Be Re-

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
Upon reading In your paper the other
evening found that at a convention Of
dancing masters held at Chicago this
advocate the revival Of that most es-
thetic OF all dances. the glide waltz.
The writer. now In his sixty-eighth
year. hereby heartily congratulates the
young folks who have not yet learned
and walls It. for instance. to the
strains Of Beautiful Blue Danube" They
little know what source of genuine
pleasure and exhiliarating exercise Is in
store for them!
half a century ago, / venture now to
say to the present young folks. one had
a better time dancing that glide waits
then than you seem to have now with
your apparently labored two-step. To
dance the glide waltz we'll one who
could afford It went to a dancing school
and learned the steps and practiced It
there. Then he or she when In some
hosts parlor on q waxed floor felt per-
fectly at ease and danced gracefully.
age will favorably recall the famous
Prof. Marini. How he would. at his
dancing academy. have a row of us
stand up on one side of his hall. and he.
like a military officer. stand on the op-
posite side to teach us the step: Again.
his celebrated monthly soirees? What
pains he took to have them select, etc.
Any gentleman who brought a lady with
low-necked attire was severely (but po-
litely) rebuked and that lady's name
went on the black list never to be In
vited to any OF his soirees AGAIN..
Among his teaching methods were
Never back lady In round dancing"
Never hug a lady partner: II you do
she cannot dance WELL" Never swing
your left arm up and down while hold
Ing the lady's right. as though you were
pumping the handle Of an oid-fashioned
country pump" Never clutch a lady :
right hand nor hold II UP in the air.
merely grasp her fingers lightly and
hold her arm down toward the floor. and
II she wears q train. slightly grasp
that" All these directions were for the
best for all parties concerned. they pre-
vented many a collision and had a very
pleasing effect for those who came to
"look on"
I can recall one more direction: "If
dancing on warm evening. always
hold q handkerchief In the palm of your
right hand to keep your hands perspir-
alton from soilins the lady's dress.
GRADUATE OF MARINFS DANCING
ACADEMY OF WASHINGTON.
CLASS OF 1859.
Washington. August a.
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Two 6O-Foot Whales Are
Seen Off Spring Lake, NJ.

SPRING LAKE. N. J.. Aug. !25.-Two
whales appeared or the north end Of
the beach here Just beyond the break
ers. attracting hundreds of summer
folk to the boardwalk for over an
hour. They Travelled slowly south and
when last seen were of Bay Head.
five miles below.
Capt. William A. Osborne. keeper of
the Spring Lake coast guard station,
tried to hit them with a rifle, but
was apparently unsuccessful. They
swan about ten yards apart, coming
frequently to the surface. Their
spouting was plainly visible.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-08-25
Bolt Fires Alcohol Vat,
And Score Are Injured

ERoCKTON. Mass. Aug. 3.-Twenty-
odd persons were injured. four badly.
when bolt Of lightning struck shoe
factory here. causing a vat Of denatured
alcohol to explode and set fre to the
building.
The loss is estimated at between SIS, 900
and 100000. One hundred and fifty
workers were in the building.
Six men we're at work in the vat room
when the lightning struck. A terrific
explosion followed and the ell of the
three story building In which the factory
was located was split In half.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-08-25
Wife Denies Husbands
Charge; Files Cross-Bill

Mrs. Kate Mueller today filed In the
District Supreme Court an answer to the
petition of William Mueller for divorce
denying his charges OF misconduct. She
entered a cross-bill for limited divorce,
alleging cruelty and non1suppor:.
: Justice Stafford signed an order
granting the wife SIS a month alimony,
pending the final hearing of the case
Attorney David Wolf appeared for the
wife.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-08-25
Court Cuts Alimony
Allowance in Two

Justice Stafford. of the District Su-
preme Court today set aside an or
der requiring Harry A. Orme to pay
Thaddenia w, orme 500 a month ali
mony, and signed a new order re-
curing Orme, pending the final hear
ing of the case, TO pay $50 a month
for the maintenance OF his two chill
dren.
Mr.. orme recently petitioned the
court to set aside the original order
on the grounds that he was out of
the city when II was passed in 1912
and had no notice. He was repre-
scented by Attorneys Hawken and
HaveH. Attorneys Wilton J. Lambert
and Rudolph II. Yeatman appeared
for Mrs. Orme.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-08-25
FIRE THREATENS HOME
WOMAN DROPS DEAD
Servant on Farm Succumbs Trying
to Save Possessions.

MOUNT HOLLY. n. j.. Aug. 25.-Ex-
element during a fire that destroyed
all of the outbuildings on the A. L. Butt
form. between Pemberton and Lewis
town. caused the death OF Anna Rynch.
a domestic.
When 1t began to look as though the
fire would spread to the house the wom-
an went to her room to get her possess
sions together.
II was two hours before she was
missed. When a search was made she
was found dead on the floor Of her
room. Apoplexy resulting from excite
ment caused by the fire. was found TO
be the cause Of death.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-08-25
Deacon Had Liquor
Evidence Up His Sleeve

PATERSON. N. j.. Aug. "A new
wrinkle In saloon raiding was exhibited
BY John T. Williamson. deacon in the
Grace NJ. E. Church.
As witness against Alderman Hay
den. charged with selling liquor on
Sunday. Williamson produced from his
sleeve rubber hose with a bulb at one
end. He explained that while pretending
to drink beer Sunday in Hayden's sa-
loon. he had poured II into this contrap-
ton and preserved the evidence"
Hayden was convicted
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I am affectionate. but I'd
Dissolve II | cen dreamed of love!
Yes, you may rest here at my side,
My dear-but on your life, don't shovel
I'm modest, but I dare not wear
The simple things the law demands;
I'm angry, but dare not swear
o. please. my darling. DON'T hold
hands!
Too hot for rest, too hot for night.
Too hot to 60. or stay at home;
Too hot to live-too hot to write
CAS- you've already guessed) a Pome!
Ted Robinson. In Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-08-25
Fire Damages Home.

Fire did S25 damage TO the home OF
Paul Jones. $40 G street southwest,
shortly after 8 o'clock this morning.
The cause is unknown.
Box 1872 was pulled last night for
livery stable OF Harry Beasley. 2i0
Eleventh street northwest. The
stable was owned by the United
States Government. The fire was
to o 9oo let.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-08-25
A Few Easy Marks.
Among the Conversationalist

IT made seven thousand in a day"
II cleaned up nine on common brick"
Last week a thousand came my way
Five hundred made me thirty-three,
I grabbed an option on a deal:
The lots I didn't even see,
: But then the cash I got was real" -
" ~ ,Al
And glum and silent there stay
Among the money-makers loud,
And wonder while they talk away
Just what I'm doing In the crowd.
Detroit Free Press.
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Urges People or Country to Send Aid
to Sufferers In Alabama.

no the Editor OF THE TIMES: !.
I wish you would kindly publish this
appeal for assistance for the stricken
people Of storm-swept Alabama.
have at hand a letter from a friend
In Mobile saying that the people of the
farming districts In the southern part
Of Alabama are literally starving, the
only aid being given by the Govern.
ment, and that Ia very small. This
friend charges that the banks of the
surrounding country have shut down
the lid on publicity, and It IL Impossible
to get an appeal to the country at large
for the assistance 80 badly needed, and
II something 10 not soon done there will
be greater disaster In the State.
Kindly nee what you can do as quick
ly as possible, and I am sure the coun-
try will come generously to the aid OF
their stricken brothers. Let not 20
much 60 to Europe. when our own are
suffering so. The country should arise
to this occasion. Help 10 50 badly need
cd. HENRY BORDEN DEANE.
Washington, Aug. "a.
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Conyicts "Hit Trail"

MELVILLE. N. j., Aug. 25.-Thirty-
five convicts at the State prison farm
at Leesburg. hit the trail and pro-
fessed conversion at an evanaelisttc
service conducted by the Rev. E. A.
Robinson. Of the First M. r. Church
here. and the Hackstt gospel team.