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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-27
AUTO PARTY BARELY ESCAPES.
Machine of E. H. Taggart Goes Over
an Embankment.

Eugene H. Taggart, a real estate
dealer, with members of his family
and guests. had a narrow escape from
serious injury or possible death last
night. when an automobile in which
they were riding plunged over an em-
bankment at LIST street and Mich gar
avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. Tagsart their thirteen
year old child; a. L. Evans. Mrs. Tag
CARTS brother, and Mrs c. T. Syden-
spricker of Lewisburg. W. Va. were in
the machine. operated by Mr.. Taggart,
and were badly shaken up. Mrs. Syden-
spricker received slight sprain of her
ankle.
Mr.. Taggart said he had just passed
the Soldiers Home gate, on when
there were lights. and was proceeding
along Michigan avenue. Believing that
the road was straight. he continued
and ran over the embankment, over
turning the machine.
Mr. Taccart said there were no
lights on the road at that point.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-27
WILL HIRE LARGE HALLS.
Anti Preparedness Committee to Ac.
cept the Presidents Challenge.

Their Views against preparedness
are to beaired in large halls" In all
parts of the country by the anti-pre-
paredness committee, which has an
nounced it's acceptance of the chal-
lenge of President Wilson that those
who differ with him on preparedness"
should hire large halls"
I'VE have accepted the Presidents
challenge" says the acceptance, "and
have hired the largest halls in New
York. April G; Buffalo, April Z; Cleve-
land, April s; Detroit, April 8; Chi
cage, April 10; Minneapolis. April IL;
Des Moines. April IL: Kansas City, April
10: ST. Louis. April Il; Cincinnati, April
Is. and Pittsburgh. April IS. where the
following American citizens. who have
volunteered their services, will set
forth the truth about preparedness"
The names signed to the acceptance
are Stephen S. Wise. Washington Glad
den. Scott Nearing, James II. Maurer.
Herbert Bigelow, A. II. Weatherly,
Gen. Isaac r. Sherwood. Amos Pinchot.
= A. Berle, John Haynes Holmes, John
y. McSparran, Martin Hardin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-27
Not Easily Subjected.

Germans know very well the mill
.ary position of Germany does not
correspond 70 their economic position
Moreover. We Beigians are not a peo-
pie easily subjected, and the Germans
are discovering that. They have never
seen such people We have had some
Spaniards occupied Belgium, and the
Spanldrds disappeared. We have had
The Austrians - disappeared, The
French - disappeared, Our good
friends the DutCh--dlsa ppeared. And
We are also sure that the Germans
VIII disappear. The shooting Of the
Belgians, the terrorist policy. has no
Influence on US. 4 large number of so
cialists and others have been shot in
Belg um and the German government
thought II would make an Impression,
bu' they were wrong. II makes 10 i'm
preston whatever
The establishment OF third bloc in
Europe. composed of the small western
neutral nationals. whose task il would
hs 10 keep the peace between the other
combinations. was a point Incidentally
urged very emphattcally by This social
ist leader If they do not thus unite"
he declared. they VIII assuredly dis
appear.
The memory Of the Internatloual's
collapse al the outbreak OF war might
max" many people pessimistic, but NJ.
Huysmsns IS convinced that the pres
Cut struggle viii have good infu-
ence on the future OF socialism. The
people, ne ssld, VIII be very poor.
The war has shown to all the world
the need OF organizing against war,
and that the socialists are the only
party which has. as whole. fought
against war in Europe. Moreover. dur
ing this struggle all the belllRerent
nations have been obliged to act on
socialist principles 70 some extent In
Belgium. for instance. private trade
almost disappeared, private Industry
failed. and az the most difficult u-omeut
the only solution war the co!lec'ty. or
ganization OF society That AN not
be forgotten by any Body
The moment OF pe-.ce depends on the
armies. hut the nature ~ the pea e
depends on Ua.' - remarked. We So
cialists Will only hasten peace II that
peace is TO be lasting one. with no
seeds of fresh wars bound up therein"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-27
Speedy Peace Wanted.

The German socialist party" de-
tional to the Associated Press repre-
sentative. wants Il speedy peace, but.
unlike the socialists of France and
Britain, they have no determinate voice
in the empires councils. having to
rely, perforce, on whatever indirect in
fuence they may be able to WELD
through the medium of public opinion
His estimate of their power in regard
10 Fastening the end of the war is. in
fact, not high one. And as regards
the split in the German socialist ranks.
VI. Huysmans thinks there is danger of
definite cleavage if the ma jority per-
sist in supporting the imperial govern
ment's policy.
The attitude of the Hungarian party
rs an Interesting one. Not only do
they think speedy peace is neces-
sary," said NJ. Huysmans, who. II will
he remem bered. has just conferred with
some of their number, but they are of
opinion that bridge can be built be-
tween the different belligerents They
further take the position that, even
supposing the war could have been at
first considered defensive one on Ger
manys part, II has now become for her
an aggressive one, and they hold the
view that the whole German socialist
party ought now to vote against the
war credits, thus furthering a settle
ment"
All socialists. including the Germa n
party itself a. a whole, are. il seems.
in favor of the political and economic
independence Of Belgium. The one or
TWO possible individual exceptions" re-
marked NJ. Huysmans, who is himself
Belgian, have no influence. Out of a
million votes we should have 999, 900
In favor of an Independent Bel ;rium
so that. il the German socialists have
influence, Belgium is free"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-27
As to Verbal Purity.

From Topics OF the Day in Providence Journal.
In letter to the press, Nr. Rossiter
johnson has been complaining of the bad
grammar of some of the poets. Accord
ing to one point of view, any example in
the classics is sufficient authority for
the use of a rhetorical form, but what is
the earnest seeker after verbal purity 10
do when the classical authorities contra
dict one another? For instance, Mr.. John
son quotes two extracts from famous
poets. Thomas Moore wrote:
Whose lights fed.
Whose garlsnds dead
And all but he departed.
While Mrs Hemans said:
The hoy stood on the burning deck,
Whence all but him had fed.
Should one bank on Moore, or Hemans
This is an important point. for the bad
literary example may be responsible for
many of the errors in grammar that are
to be noted in cotemporaneous speech
Very likely 1t is all the fault of Thomas
Moore that so many persons today say
HE did it for you and /, Every one
but he and She" etc. The objective pro-
noun seems to be dreaded by a great
many persons.
Mr. johnson also calls attention to his
discovery Of the fact that in these days
nothing is ever prepared" "attempted
or begun" and nobody ever sets out"
Everybody and everything starts" The
cook always starts" to make pudding
she never prepares" The man has not
attempted" to speak when he is pre-
vented ne has started to speak. No
one begins" reading a certain story or
sets out" for California; it is always a
start" with both the book and Califor-
MIA. Mr.. johnson is of the opinion that
if start should ever demand extra pay
for overtime work it would drive most
OF us into bankruptcy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-27
Washington Boy Joins the Navy.

In spite OF the need OF men for service
in the United States Navy therc has been
quirement, and of twenty nine young men
who last week applied for admission
through the Baltimore recruiting Office
only twelve measured up to the standard
and were accepted. though most Of the
rejected ones looked tt some mental or
physical weakness was found by the cX-
aminiug officers. and this caused them to
be refused. Among the successful ones
was RAYMOND . Webster. who gave
Washington as his home place. While the
ma jority of the recruits were from Mary
land, both Pennsylvania and Virginia were
represented in the list.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-27
EXPECTS SOCIALIST
UNITS TO COMBINE
Secretary of International Is
Planning for Conference in
Be|Iigerent Countries.
SEES LITTLE HOPE
OF BRINGING PEACE
Attitudes of Parties in Various
Countries Explained by Ca
mile Huysmans.
Correspondence of The Associated rrcss.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands. March IL.
The secretary of the famous So
ciaIist International, Camille Huys-
mans. in an interview with CORE
spondent of the Associated Press, has
described the present position of that
body and the various national Euro
pean groups which it comprises in re-
gard to the war. pointing out the OBJ
stacles which still prevent united ac
ton and dealing with the outlook for
the future.
While the executive of the 1nterna-
tional has decided TO refrain from call
ing an international congress at pres
ent owing to the irreconcilable atti
tude which the French party main
tains in view Of the presence of Ger
man army on French soil. its repre-
Sentatives are nevertheless to have a
conference with the British socialist
leaders i'll London in a few weeks
time. and subsequently with the French
socialists in Paris and with the Rus
sian socialists. after having already
acquainted themSetVe with the posi-
tion in other belligerent countries from
German, Hungarian and Belgian So
'ialist deputies who recently visited
The Hague for the purpose.
Hope of ultimately bringing the va
rious branches of the International to-
gether again has thus by no means
been abandoned. The position is that
the central organization is still in COM
plete touch with all the affiliated
groups, but that those groups are not
all in touch with one another. Such an
International congress could be held
tomorrow. said NJ. Huysmans, but he
maintained that, without complete rep
resentation. il would be useless and
picion.
Alsace-Lorraine is. he stated still
the stumbling block. but a compromise
on this subject is, in his opinion, es-
sential. or another war is inevitable
within few years. His personal view
of what the nature of that compromise
should be, however. he thought it wise
TO Withhold.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-27
DR.. F. Homer Curtis Is Speaker.

The significance of the number was
discussed last night by DR. f. Homer
Curtis haedof the Order of Christian Mys-
tics. before the Washington Theosophlcal
Society at Theosophical Hall The speak
err called attention to the recurrence OF
the mystic number throughout nature, as
well as in many places in biblical ana
other sacred literature, saying TINS was
not n mere coincidence, but in response to
a definite universal law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-27
His Political Judgment.

He had wonderful political judg-
ment and could sense political senti-
ment better than any newspaper man
| knew. He came to be trusted and re-
lied upon by party leaders. He never
thought of serving himself, but always
of helping his friends and serving his
party and his country. We had worked
together so many years in Journalism
and in public matters that l cannot
give expression to my love and my
grief. Golden hearted, sunny tenn
pered. beautiful in his serenity and in
his abundant labors for the cause he
espoused, he will be sadly missed. My
affection for him was deep and based
upon knowledge of his generous
heart and unselfish spirit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-27
Body to Reach Raleigh Tomorrow.

of Thomas J. Pence. secretary OF the
democratic national committee, who
died today in Washington. will arrive
in Raleigh tomorrow morning, accord
ing to a message received here by rel
atives 1t was not known whether the
funeral would be held Tuesday or
Wednesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-27
May Ask for Appropriation.

At the end of this experiment &C
curate estimates will be available, it is
believed, and then if the board sees fit
emergency appropriation may be asked
in the next appropriation bill for the
District.
The boards action dispensed with
the use of the common towels, this be-
ing made necessary by the law.
Whether or not the board will ask for
an appropriation for paper towels prob
ably will not be made known until the
superintendent has completed his ex-
pertinent.
In the meantime, unless the children
are provided with towels from home
their hands and faces probably will suf-
fer for want of attention. In some
schools they are having benefits,
however, to raise funds with which to
purchase paper towels.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-27
A Real Responsibility.

rom the Boston Transcript.
Elsie's mother was very i'll and one of
the neighbors asked the child what
she would do il her mother died.
oh answered Elsie, who did not
realize the gravity of the situation.
Il suppose I'd have to spank myself
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-27

scalp would get sore and
my hair fell out by handfuls.
i could not bear the weight
Of my hand upon my scalp.
" | tried several remedies
without relief. / began using
Cuticura Soap and Ointment
and I could see. after / had
used one application. my scalp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-27

To get The genuine call for full name, LAXA-
TIVE BROMO QUISISE. Look for signst ure
Of r. ". GROVE. Cures "a Cold In One Day. CSC.
Advertisement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-27
Conditions in Other Cities.

Supt. Ernest L. Thurston Investigate
ed the towel question to see what other
cities are doing. He learned that in a
number of cities towels are not pro-
vided for the children. Where paper
towels We're used it was difficult to get
a definite idea, because of local condi-
lions, just how much it would cost to
furnish similar towels for the public
schools of Washington. AS nearly as
could be determined, basinG estimates
on those cities from which information
was obtained, the cost of furnishing
paper towels for. the District public
schools would be somewhere between
$1,000 and 81, 900 annually-that is, ac-
cording to the scale before the price of
paper had advanced materially because
of the war.
Because of the difficulty encountered
in getting statistics of sufficient def
nitenesS, Supt. Thurston, with the con-
sent of the board of education, is ar
ranging to carry on a tWo-month eX
pertinent in two of the largest grade
schools and two high schools, one white
and one colored school being chosen in
each instance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-27
Secretary Daniels Pays Tribute.

Secretary Daniels, long a close asso-
ciate of Mr.. Pence. said:
Il never knew a man who had so
many and such devoted friends as Tom
Pence. There was not state in the
Union where he did not have friends
who were devoted to him. In Raleigh.
where he was born; at Wake Forest
College, where he was educated, and
among his associates in the press in
Washington and elsewhere he was a
universal faVorite. He loved his Eel
lows, had the rare gift of companion
ship. and possessed Judgment that was
almost unerring. His tactfulness came
from his warm heart and desire to
make the world happier.
"As a newspaper man he had gen
ius for getting scoops. for men high
and low gave him their confidence
freely, knowing he would never abuse
it, AS local editor of the Raleigh New
and Observer. he made a local page
that made the paper popular even with
those who were out of sympathy with
the editorial policy AS Washington
correspondent of the same paper he.
ena bled small paper in a small town
to give its patrons Washington serV-
ice that view with that of the larger
papers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-27
MUST SUPPLY THE CHILD
WITH INDIVIDUAL TOWEL
Parents Face Necessity of Providing
Toilet Facilities for Pupils of
Public Schools.

Any parent who is DESTROYS that his
or her child should have clean hands
and face while at school would do well
to provide that child with an individual
towel for school use.
Here is the reason: February 1 a law
went into effect prohibiting the use OF
common towels and drinking cups" in
the District Of Columbia. The board OF
education had in its contingent fund
barely sufficient money to pay for the
laundering of cloth towels during the
remainder of the year. This amount
towels for the children. Therefore, the
schools have not been able to provide
them with facilities for drying their
hands and faces after washing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-27
Could Not Sleep. Hair Fell Out
By HandfuIs. Could not Bear
Weight Of Hard on Scalp.
HEALED BY CUTICURA
SOAP AND OINTMENT

Il have been bothered with scalp trouble
about eight years. / could not sleep at
night. 1t began to Itch and burn and my
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-27
FATAL
TO THOMAS J. PENCE
Continued from First PaseD

Raleigh News and Observer, owned by
Josephus Daniels, now Secretary OF
the Navy. He came to Washington in
1902 rs the representative of the News
and Observer. He also represented the
Asheville Gazette and the Nashville
Tenessean in subsequent years.
Mr. Pence quickly took high rank
among the Washington correspondents
as newspaper man of exceptional
ability. He had been a member of the
standing committee of correspondents and
of the board of governors of the Ma
tional Press Club. He was a charter
member of the National Press Club. The
odore Tiller. president of the club. has
named committee of newspaper men to
attend the funeral \. o. Messenger heads
the committee, which is composed OF
Morton Milford. l.. AmeS Brown. Parker
Anderson. Fl. T.. c. Bryant. James p
Horuaday, J. S. Elliott, James Hay. jr.; T.
A. MattinGly, Ralph Smith, Robert NJ.
Gates and h. c. Smith.
There was an interregum in his news
paper work for few months in 1908.
when he served with Josephus Daniels
in the publicity department of the
democratic national committee in Chi
cage He returned to his post as a cor
respondent after the election and con-
tinued there until 1912.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-27

40-inch White Dot
ted Swiss. extra fine,
sheer quality. for
women'S waists and
dresses.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-12
(eY oNDo.)

look at him We think of the pipes in
the Grand pipe organ.
And we have dreams Of sweet mus.
ic.
Perhaps Christopher Columbus OK.
petition to American was punitive
one to catch Villa.
Jim Gaffney wants to pay two mil.
lion dollars for the Brooklyn team.
Sold!
Cost less than that II he'd lust buy
the sluggers and keep Rucker ana
AS the Clarksburg Telegram point.
ed out yesterday, GREAT RUSH OF
FANS" To the Brooklyn bar rooms
of course.
Oh, yes, there are bar rooms In
Brooklyn; just the same as in Fair.
mont.
One bootleggers has Haggerty's
number when he said, I'VE aint goin'
to be heah after election. We know
they're going after US then"
Why doesn't Hasgsrty 60 on a boot.
logger hunt now instead of after cleo.
ton?
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-12

one tlrse bills became d law 81 the land when
President Wi Ham Howard Taft attached his sigma
ture to them.
Democrats Of prominence have also, in their haste
cluded in the Wilson administration achievements.
the corporation tax which was first incorporated in
the Payne-Aldrich Republican tariff bill; the in.
come tax amendment and the popular election of
Senators, both bills submitted in the Taft admins.
tration; the postal savings banks, which were es.
tabllsbed under the Taft administration the work
mems compensation law, which was passed under
the Taft administration, and only amended under
Wilson, as many of Wilson's laws will have to be
amended when they are first tried out.
A Democratic tariff poster says the tariff commits.
sion, which by the way, was provided for in the
Taft administration and then abolished by the Will
son Congress" for revision of the tariff
i by experts" whereas Congress must under the
Constitution revise tariffs and cannot be bound to
follow the recommendation of any commission
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-12

the cost Of production, is such that the
American workman cannot compete
with the workman of other countries
unless he gets down to the level in
wages and in his standard OF living.
It Is well that the American voters
understand this question fully. II Mr..
Wilson Is reelected there can be no
change in the present tariff for at least
five years to be a hobby Of the Pres.
ident that we should compete with
all the other nations Of the earth and
get down to their level in the matter of
wages and matter Of shelter. food and
clothes.
We are even now suffering severely
In all parts Of the country and there
are thousands OF men out of employ.
ment today because Of this desire OF
the President and because he seems
to have q preference for goods made
abroad to those made here In the
United States. When the thirty mil.
lion who are now engaged in war, or
In the preparation Of munitions, 10
back to peaceful occupations, they will
have to accept the lowest wages Of a
century, even In England and con.
tinental Europe.
We are now importing more than
ever before in our lives, even though
thirty million men are, for the time
being, not producing anything that
may come to our ports. We may then
we'll anticipate with anxiety and dread
what will be the outcome when those
thirty million men get to making
wares that we want and which they
will send to us because our markets
will be the most profitable ones to
be found.
Almost every other nation Of the
earth has protective tariffs which pre-.
serve their markets. Ours at present
is very near free trade. That is the
situation today. and II the American
people want to change It they will
have on opportunity to do so on the
18th day Of next November by electing
Charles E. Hughes President, and with
him Republican and protetionist Sen.
ate and House of Representatives.