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The Washington times., 1916-10-15
Tuesday.

Meeting. Anthony League, 2oo7 Columbia
road, ? p. m.
Annual card party. for benefit OF Columbia
Polytechnic Institute for the Blind, under
auspices Aid Relief Society, the Cairo, 2
y. m.
Boosting trip through Maryland towns. Retail
Merchants Association.
Meeting. Camp III. United Confederate YER
erans Confederate Memorial Hall, 8 n. m.
Dance, Young Women's Hebrew Association,
Old Masonic Temple s p. m.
Meeting, Women's Missionary Society of
Mount Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal
Church South. l22s Eleventh street. s y. M
Masonic-National, No. IL; Myron NJ. Parker,
No. "a: King David, No. 2s: La Fayette.
No. 8, Royal Arch; Mithras Lodge OF Per-
Eastern star-MiIpah. No. 5; Fidelity. No.
Odd Feiiows-Mt. Pleasant, No. 20: Amity,
No. ~; Washington, No. 9; Golden Rule,
No. 81.
Rebekahs-Fidelity. No. 6.
knights OF Pythias-Excelsior. No. II; Web
ster, No. I; Capital, No. "a; Myrtle. No., Is.
Elks-Elks Oyster Club. oyster roast.
The Washington times., 1916-10-15
Wednesday.

Meeting, Association OF Former Chemistry
students OF George WASHINGTON University
with George washington Chemical Society,
1891 II street, 8 p. m.
Dinner. washington Association Of Credit
Men. Ebbltt Hotel p. IN.
Opening, Theodorus Bailey Myers Mason
School OF National Preparedness, 1906 Twen-
tieth street northwest
Meeting, Agricultural branch, Federal EN-
ployes Union. Y. NJ. c. A. building, p. m.
Observation-Disclosures Centennial, No. IL;
Osiris, No. 20; East Gate. No. 81.
Eastern Star-Areme, No. 10.
Odd Fellows-Eastern, No. u Federal City,
No 20; Harmony. No. Q; Friendship, No.
L.; Mt. Nebo, No. 9.
Rebekahs-Sixty- hfth anniversary, ]. o. o.
Enights Of Pythias-Mount Vernon. No. 8;
Equal, No. II.
pythian Sisters--Priendship Temple. No. ..
Daughters of Isabella-Court ga, second
meeting OF month, D. m.
The Washington times., 1916-10-15
WHAT'S ON PROGRAM
HERE DURING WEEK
Many Interesting Events Of I'm
portance Are Scheduled
For Capital.
Today.

Nesting Washington Secular League, ryth-
ian Temple, p. m.
Lecture before Associated Bible Students. nv
Me9te Sturgeon, OF 81. Louis. Old Masonic
Temple, p. IN.
Meeting, Social Club. Hebrew Home for
Aged. tl5 NJ street northwest.
Address. Safety First DR.. Herbert Rex
johnson, Y. NJ. c. A. lobby. 3 D. m.
Retreat. members Sodality OF the Blessed
81; Patricks Church. 1850 p. m. and all
>this week.
Memorial service, Bible House School OF the
Ninth Street Christian Church, 8 d. m.
Celebration, Central Union Mission, thirty
second anniversary. Address by w, c.
Hooper. secretary general OF Y. N. c. A.,
at afternoon service.
The Washington times., 1916-10-15
Saturday.
anton watkins
IAN
Paul Bornsen to Speak
Before Secular League

Paul Bornsen. author Of ''Radium and
Rejuvenescence." and q cousin Of the
Norwegian dramatist, novelist and
poet, Bjornson, will be the principal
speaker at a meeting of the Secular
League this afternoon at Pythian
Temple, 1912 Ninth street northwest.
The subject Of his address will be Rad
ium In the Light OF Recent Discovery"
The Secular League has passed n me-
mortal resolution expressing Its loss In
the death OF William Duncan McKen-
zie. former president and active
worker.
The Washington times., 1916-10-15
Thursday.

ATasonic-Naval, No. 4; Hiram. No. 10; Ia
Fayette, No. 10; Adoniram Council, No. 2;
Columbia, u. D.; Kallipolis Grotto,
Eastern Star--Esther No. 8.
Old Fellows-coumbia, No. 10; Covenant,
No Is.
Notwithstanding. No. s.
knights of PythIas-F'ranklin, No. ..
Pythian Sisters-Past Chiefs Association
monthly meeting.
Knights Of Columbus-Spalding Council.
Dauahters OF Isabella-Third Anniversary,
Court District OF Columbia, PIP.
The Washington times., 1916-10-15
SITUATIONS WANTED
Female.

STENoGRAPHER-Exp reliable, ty-
pist, clerk. operate dctaphone mimeoEraph,
adding machine: references; reasonable SAL
arr. Lincoln 2Z57.
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Friday.

Masonic-Lebanon. No. q Royal Arch school
Of instruction,
Odd Follows-CentrRi, No. l; Metropolis, No.
49, Phoenix, No. rs; Masenenu. No. g. en-
Campment.
HchnLn ks-Nrlnn. No. =.
The Washington times., 1916-10-15
WANTED--AGENTS

AGEETS-60 a week to special agents to
travel by automobile selling our line OF new
patented household specialties: we furnish
automobile free; write today for particulars.
AMERICAN PRODUCTS CO., 3rd st.. Gin
cinnau. Ohio.
AGENTs-seIi ''zANoL'' concentrated ex-
tracts for making liquors at home: n few
minutes does the work; saves over 20 per
cent; guaranteed strictly legitimate: small
package: enormous demand. sells fast, coins
you money: send postal today; ask for free
st.. Cincinnati, Ohio.
AGENTs-seli 'Rantieak' Raincoats. new
plan: we deliver and collect: Cooper making
s0s Diamond st.. Dayton, Ohio.
$50 WEEKLY and up showing Mexican dia-
monds; sell at sight; stand tests; fool ex-
MEXICAN DIAMOND IMPORTING CO..
BOX C-42-l77, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
home territory; highest commissions pay
able weekly no investment: We deliver and
collect. PERRY NURSERIES,. Rochester.
N. Y. Established n years.
AGENTS make big profits handling our fast
selling holiday post cards" novelty signs. ="
Holiday Decorations" ''pennants," etc. |;
s, 100 varieties: demand unlimited; write To-Day
for free catalog. SULLIVAN CO., 1884 w.
Van Buren, St, Chicago. Ill.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS or other; all or spare
time: to sell our dollar a month policy, pay
ing for accident, sickness, and death from
accident or sickness good commissions.
AGENCY DEPARTMENT.. Ss7 Drexel bldg.
Philadelphia, Pa.
The Washington times., 1916-10-15

WE'LL FURNISHED e-room house; 3 porches:
unusually large sunny yard In best neigh
borhood Mt. Pleasant; electric lights: q. m. 1.
Phone Col. 6l5s-N.
WELL fur. mod. house. sr.. b.; reception hall,
pantry. cleo: h.-w. h.; sleeping porch in
closed IN glass and wire. facing south: most
attractive sec lion n. W. Col. $500. Refs.
The Washington times., 1916-10-15
FOR SALE-FARMS

1-AcRE unimproved Maryland farm. n,
Washington. $50 per mere. Terms; autou
4 L M -
The Washington times., 1916-10-15

Dunn Jceiebration. Pythian Temple audi
toriuu. -
Mass meeting under auspices wilson-Mar-
shall Democratic League, Convention Hail.
Sp. m.
Saturday.
ODD Fellows-canton waAhington, No 1, Pa
Tiarchs Militant.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-15
THAT MOCK COURT AFFAIR.

No it isn't true that Noel Du Comb, high school
pupil was really convicted of arson and the
pententiary-that a mock affair that was
reported the paper the other morning. put by
the high school pupils. Goshen paper appears to
mistaken the story for a real affair-per-
haps following the lines OF the head without
ing farther then quoting few paragraphs.
without reading it all 1t mistake that only the
reading public but exchange editors too often make
And too admit a part the mis-
take The black type by far serious
assertions than necessary for joke dealing
with serious a subject Ii having TO notice
that a number people those lines stopped
there we submit this in behalf of boy who is of
excellent standing and would probably think
of committing any other crime than the best
of would Forget it. 1t was a high school lark
into the realm Of law. and that all
What published plain enough if followed
from end to end-neither the whole of a tale
always be told in the first half dozen words Failure
TO farther than that what often gives the
public a conception Of the news. be careful
about it the editors may be. second deck 20
head of The News-Times story, for instance told
the trial a mockery but evidently read
ers did not go far that There is a moral
here the public we'll explanation from
US
Don't be in too big a hurry News that worth
absorbing all is worth absorbing in some detail.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-15
A BUSINESS PRESIDENT.

Prest Wilson probably will be best known in his
tory as author of the higher moral law
His will be written large in the record of the
progress Of industrial justice
There are 100000 corporations in the country. in
addition banking railroad corporations.
None of these corporations been or
pered their successful progress on the contrary.
Federal Trade commission. facilities
and new business improvements have been placed at
their disposal
The business of the country for many years.
have been demanding tariff commission that would
be non-pa partisan. and whose makeup and character
would commend itself to the confidence of the bust
ness world
The United States Chamber of Commerce. represent
ing all the chambers of commerce and trade bodies
administrations tariff commission bill introduced by
Rep. Rainey OF Illinois
Recently the report of the comptroller of the
rency showed reserves national banks
country we're greater than the reserves the
Bank of France the Bank of Russia the Bank of the
of Japan-greater than all of the reserves of those
foreign together These reserves are
OF the American people accumulated in large
since the advent the Wilson administration.
The accumulation of gold the United States has
$4,000 600. 900, greater amount
than held previously by any nations together.
America reached its hishest point prosperity
and efficiency under Prest Wilson Industrial justice
has been advanced. without hurt hndrance bust
ness WAGES have reached the highest point in the
history OF the world
Four years more Of Prest wilson's leadership will
four years of steady progress.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-15
SLANDERING WASHINGTON.

1t is well have respect for the dead particularly
when they happen national heroes. a Ia
coma, Wash, jury really went too far when it found
citizen guilty of nbelling George washington and
declared him liable a $1,000 a year Jail,
or both
The defendants offense consisted in writing letter
to newspaper n which characterized Father
of his Country a STAKEHOLDER" "blasphemer"
inveterate drnker." Without impugning
Washngton's character, it be admitted that there
basis for the accusations. stakeholder"
he undenably. although it that he dis
approved of slavery. freed OF his slaves and de-
sired after his death.
That Washington has a temper and swore roundly
when occasion seemed demand is admitted by his
bographers. That he drunkard is incredible;
but, teetotalIer a dstilery for
many years. And it recently in a news
dispatch that a badly discolored of false teeth
once by washington have been
stained by port wine.
The critics have been playing havoc lately with the
regulations great men Franklin Hancock, Patrick
Henry and nearly all the OF the elder statesmen
have been taught to revere have been pictured as
guilty Of habits or acts which would
in public nowadays.
the critics entirely right, and is the tradition
entirely wrong? Hardly. Tradition probably the
thing there is in historytruer than documened
facts represents instructive judgment of great
mems contemporaries handed to posterity Times
change and standards change and what is right in
generation may be wrong in the next, but the main
impression that great petty. vrtuous or
vicious remains the most trustworthy test of his
character.
Against the fame of truly great men, Islander or
haftruth have little effect Even if it effec-
tive, however the Tacoma sets a dangerous
precedent If it's criminal SANDER to speak i'll of the
great departed who will write honest history
biography hereafter
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-15
STATE HELPS TO BUY HOMES

Massachusetts, decided loan money those
who buy homes. That is the have
amended constitution cities
permitted "to take land. to hold. to improve subd-
vide. build upon sell the same" Instead OF sub
divisions being by real spectators and
then built upon by purchasers, municipalities do
this very thing.
The object is Ito relieve congestion Of population
provide citizens" it is hoped
that workingmen earning low $12 week viii
be able own suitable home, in haromny with
their financial standing.
Here is endeavor TO give workngmen homes at
cost Profits Of real e~tate spectators and home
builders are to eliminated. And as two
profits. in combination seldom less than % per
cent the selling price o building. very
many more. il is hoped. become home owners
than under present conditions.
Thus gradually the assuming duties hereto
the opinion OF the Massachusetts.
fallen down collective Industrial activity in the
matter Of selling and building to take
its place
VIII it work. Well why not? Can a municipality
blunder any seriously than have spec
uIators IN laying subdivisions builders put
ting up buildings go 10 pieces before the
paint Is dry?
We believe this is crude way OF helping working
Insa homes II voud ne much hette- - the
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-15

Much has been said pork local graft
involved in appropriations for expensive postofice
buildings in small towns And judged by the usual
standards the criticism Is justified Certainly it is
extravagant for the government pay $4,000 for
building when all the business transacted in it could
handled just well in a $4,000 building mer-
chant manufacturer does that sort of thing He
structure to purpose. IN size style and
cost.
And yet there another side it that usually
And Americans beginning recognize that esthetc
values important well economic values,
Who estimate the inspiring effect OF a beautiful
and noble piece Of architecture?
In many American community the postoflce
stands a landmark of its incompatible
superiority every other structure in the town.
And because of its conspicuous dignity and beauty,
it fixes the architectural standard in that community
Because of it, the hall is built in better
taste. II hotel goes up Main street it aims at
something of the impressive effect Of the pOstofce.
at least so far it's concerned. Merchants
erecting stores are moved to make them good
enough to stand comparison. There is tendency to
more attractive dwellings and neater lawns. The
business streets better paved and kept cleaner.
A fine public building must be lived up to. And
any of the respects mentioned Such edifce may
be force urging the community toward better pic
lures better books better music better wallpaper,
better furniture, better dress finer manners. And
surely worth while for great government help
small communities with artistic advantages, to
get more beauty of life.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-15
MAY IS, 1916.
CLEANUP POETRY.

Here is something for Mayor Keller 10 ponder over.
while in Of his poetic moods, assuming Of course
that he has a real desire become famous. Read it.
Set your flowers oo the front porch.
your show windows. business men;
loose the children the lawn. shake hands
with yourself and neighbors, and a smile
all the day. It's the season Of sunshine and
showers buds and blossoms. sentiment and
satisfy. love and lettuce. Cupid and catnip
poetry and pimples daffodiIs and dinples. the
time when the winged songsters OF nature vie
the tabled and weird goddesses of space in
keeping up the music Of the spheres, while
Aprils gentle zephyrs watt the musical echoes
forest hill vale, all to the
chorus. Peace earth. good will men"
What it? why simply a proclamation issued by
L. w. Gaines mayor of Trenton, KY preuding the
Inauguration OF annual cleanup and dress Up
day" 1t may be assumed that never before in
the countrys oratOry belt public official breath
e such a spirit poetry into official document
And think that such genius is limited by the
confines of numbering 700 people! Mayor
Gaines ought to be n the United States
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-15
With Other Editors Than Ours

ians," foresaw the menace of the
condition which the 2Qth century
republican looks upon with weeping
eyes and stubbornly opposed all
departures by the government from
the strict business of governing. but
MIR. Wadsworth, or those who were
his forerunners and for whose sue
cessors he speaks now discerned in
the federal government a fairy god
mother for themselves. Infant in
dustries" should be coddled and
nourished by the government Rail-
reads and canals should be built.
In time. steamships should be sub
sidized Something for nothing all
good republicans should get by the
government route-and they usually
succeeded in getting it. SO as time
passed. the hungry "JenersOnian"
began 20 hand around and plead
for crumbs Some Of them de-
manded, in blunt terms. their share
OF the swag. one can remem Der
when southern democrats were still
talking about and against repu bill
can waste OF money on internal i'm
provements." but that passed long
long ago. The southern congress
man nowadays may be a statesman
but he must be a getter OF appro-
priations.
The habit OF mind" is atfact A
republican fact. the ripened fruit OF
republican doctrine San Wade
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-15
Statesmen Great and Near-Great
BY FRED KELLY

WASHINGTON, May IA. - Tom
Stout is a human young man now
doing time in congress from Mon
tana.
one of Toms rare traits of charac-
ter which first entitled him to the
acclaim of the voters out his way
was the fact that he had never in
all his life made a public speech.
There were two reasons why Tom
never was one of the speechmaking
nuisances that become implicated
with politics in almost every COM
munity. In the first place, he own
ed a little newspaper apd could use
his editorial column for Il scape
valve. And furthermore, he could
not have made a speech if he had
been so disposed, because his tall
ents did not crop out in that way.
Even today it is just as hard for
Tom Stout to make a speech as it is
for almost any other congressman
not to.
There came time. however, when
Tom had to face the greatest ordeal
Of his life. 1t was during the tariff
felt that the home folks would ex-
pect him to make some remark or
comment on the floor of the house
in regard TO the tariff He men
toned this to one of the floor lead
ers and it was arranged that he
should be allotted five minutes in
which to sum up the tariff qEes-
ton. Now five minutes viewed in
a big. broad-gauge way may not be
a great while. but il is a long time
if you are making your first speech
and have nothing in particular to
say. Tom took a deep breath and
made the plunge. He wasn't sure
whether he could keep going for
five minutes or not. but he hoped for
the best At the end of four min
utes and n half ii seemed a long,
long way TO shore and the seconds
trickled slowly like drops OF old
fashioned New Orleans molasses.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-15
ASHAMED OF HIS PARTY'S
WORK

Columbia, 5. c., State, Dem.
With hearyt appreciation the Sun
of New York quotes from the speech
o. Sen. Wadsworth of its own state
these sage observations:
There is growing up a spirit in
the smaller communities Of the
country which leads these cOmmuni-
ties 10 think that if they can only
reach Washington they can get all
the money they want for purposes
which they desire, TO be spent with
in their own boundaries Without
taxing themselves.
That is true in the nation at
large. and il is true. in my judg-
ment. within the separate states.
1T is becoming a habit of mind.
1T is an indication Of an old but
well known human weakness de-
sire TO get something for nothing. %
Mr.. Wadsworth was talking about
the federal good roads bill and
what he said is undeniable.
What this republican senator did
rot say was that the habit OF mind
that he desert hes Is the creation OF
his party In part il is Sen. Wads-
worth's achievement. instead OF
decrying it he should be proud of
L.
The democrats. the republican"
~ a century ago. thA Jefferson
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-15
CHILDHOOD JOYS.

INOCHGSltI y. lines.
The joys of spring time are every
where apparent The small boy has
taken to his marbles. and courts
pneumonia by sitting athwart the
cold sidewalk while his rival seeks
to win away his 'mibs;" the roller
skates are in evidence wherever
there is a smooth surface, and kites
dot the sky on pleasant afternoons.
And what child does not anticipate
the joy of trading at the most con-
venient store? There is something
about this season of the year that
starts the appetite for the delicacies
of the little store around the cor
ner. and sends the footsteps of the
youngsters in that direction. Veri-
table JOY spots of youth are these
GASES of schoOlhoOd days. How far
doth a little penny throw its light
in such a haven of rest.
Who does not remember the day
when there were visions of bliss and
joys untold in the windows of those
little shops? There were candy
sponge cakes, all day suckers, choco-
late cigarettes, ice cream cones, lie
Orice, and a marvel of ingenuity in
the form of a penny top. 1t takes
a pretty stout pOcketboOk in later
years TO compete with the pennies
OF those childhood days for real
happiness-producing power We have
not attempted to give anything like
a complete list of the wonderful
things there were to pick from in
those princely palaces which usually
We're presided over by an amazon
or a very angel of grace.
OF course. this is only a reminis-
ence. Those halcyOn days will never
come again. They are gone forever,
and those who have lived worthily
have had many other delightful
things substituted in their place But
it does one good. just the same, to
reflect that the little ones Of this
day and generation are having their
full share Of these good things.
There may be a few nocturnal
stomachaches involved-stern disci-
plinary agencies that follow US, in
one way or another, all through life
but the JOY predominates by a
great majority, and leaves a fra
grant memory of those vanished joys
which we would not willingly give
up.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-15
ENGIlAND.S sEA IOsS.

Dubuque. Ia. Telegraph-HeraId
Great Britain has lost another
battleship. the Russell. the 18th.
What caused the death OF the levia-
than England has not chosen to
officially announce nor does it great
II matter The important facf is
that the ship has ben sunk and
that its loss cuts down the poten
TALLY of the greatest navy just
one more notch.
Eleven battleships Of England
have gone to Davy Jones locker,
and not a single naval battle Of
more than passing importance has
been fought. Only three minor en-
gagements have occurred: that one
in the North sea, where Won We'd
dingen's submarine torpedoed the
Aboukir, Cressy and HOgue without
being seen itself; the fight off Cor
onel. Chill, when Won Spree leisure
ly shot to pieces Craddock's cruiser
squadron and the little affair off the
Falkland islands, where the British
avenged their Coronel defeat. The
German excursion in which the Blu
NAACA > Adlt was StLAlEu can StdICtls
be dignified even into an engage
ment.
How many of these English ships
have been victims of submarines
there is no way of telling At the
Dardanelles the Irresistible, the
Ocean, the Goliath, the Triumph and
the Majestic were sunk and off the
north coast of Ireland the Auda-
crous went down early in October,
1914. The Formidable went down in
the English channel and the King
Edward VII off the coast of Eng
land. The Bulwark and the Natal.
also destroyed in unannounced 10
cations. complete the roll of bat
tleships sunk. Craddock's squadron
and the Greasy, AbOukir and Hogue
We're all cruisers.
What is most impressive about
these losses, in total, is that Eng
lands sea power has not been saaken
by il. Strip any other navy of II
battleships and it would be weakened
to the point of inferiority. England
has so many battleships and battle
cruisers and other war vessels that
losing II or more is like training
II pounds of fat off a heavyweight
pugilist. II merely serves to put the
whole organization in better condi-
ton.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-15

Nothing perhaps in the of naval preparedness
is Of more genuine importance than the improved
means communication recently with conspcu-
Gus success. BY means OF device possessed by no
other nation. combining wires and wireless. govern
ment officials can talk any time the commander
Of any warship within a radius OF thousands of miles
They viii soon be able give orders in this way TO
a .-esse' an~Uhers in the world