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The Washington herald., 1916-02-07

factory midshipmcn in the midterm test,
Tho annual eymkhana and circus OF the
regiment Of midshipmen. held recently,
exceeded in the number OF performers
and variety and interest OF the events
anything previously attempted The
grand parade included about 90 midship-
men, moro than half Of the whole num-
bcr. in every variety OF costume. while
tWenty-eish, animals made uN the
menagerc Some effort was made "a
keep 4 tally OF winners Of events. and
the result was tie between the Second
and Twelfth companies
The hiS novelty WAS a breakfast forma-
tion race. The curtains were drawn
aside and disclosed dozen cots. each
containing a midshipman. As reveillc
was blown tkcv tumnled oIt OF bed and
the dressing for formation was carried
out as exactly as conventions permitted.
a bull fight and pushball contest. US
ing 4 ball seven feet in diameter. we're
other events. The latter won by the
Third Battalion. Boxing. with tho con-
testants sStIide q huge spar. was very
enjoyable feature The only performer
who would not perform was the pig who
was 10 be chased. lie refused TO move
aud spoIled tn" act \ hockey game.
with brooms for sticks and 2 waste hss-
ket for puck and a hIIl fight were 9TH
or features which aroused tho mirth OF a
large audience.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07
Scene Shifts to Canada.

Whether due to the departure of Dumba. Won
Papen and Boyd or to the transfer of secret
war operations to Canada there has been in recent
weeks cessation OF attacks by bomb and torch
upon our industrial establishments and vessels in
our ports. 1t is gratifying to note however, that
there has been relaxation OF vigilance by the
police and detective organizations either Federal
or State; in fact it is hopeful sign that the Wash
ington government has taken steps to bring about
official scrutiny of any documentary evidence that
Won Papen may have left behind in this country,
in view OF the importance OF the clues furnished
by the stubs OF his check book.
The fire in the Parliament Buildings at Ottawa
and the later attempts to destroy the Victoria
Bridge at Montreal show that the Germans have
carried their stealthy warfare into Canada and
prudence plainly demands an alert guardianship by
United States authorities along the Canadian bor-
der, for our own protection as we'll as for the
preservation OF our neutrality. Past experience
should warn us that friction over the Appam case
or further straning of the tension in the Lusi-
tania controversy would be calculated to arouse
resentment and incite "reprisa" which is the
latest polite synonym for atrocity.
In respect Canada has the advantage of
the United States. She is permitted to recognize
warfare when it flares forth and may openly adopt
measures for protection. In aur OWL country. with
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07
By T.. Il. JOHNS.

The eagle-eyed members OF the House
Committee on Naval Affairs thought
they had their eyes on a piece of graft
when they noticed in the estimates for
the government powder factory at Indian
Head $4,000 for enlargement OF water
works. From boyhood days the express
sion 'Gry as powder factory" had been
fumiliar TO most OF the statesmen. and
they could not see any reason why SIS ,oo0
should he spent on watcrworks for the
government powder factories located on
the Potomac River.
Admiral Strauss, chief OF the Bureau
Of Ordnance. in giving the reasons for
the recommendation Of the department.
said that "one OF the most serious prob
lens of the powder factory at Indian
Head was the water supply. To begin
with ii requires about 100 gallons Of al
most chemically pure water to make a
pound of powder. Pure water is used in
the various processes of producing
smokelcss powder and to supply this
artesian wells have been driven at In
dian Head"
The additional appropriation for water
works is to be used in installing a system
by which water can he drawn from the
river to put out fires. The water now
used in the manufacture OF powder Is
too valuable for fire protection. and a
new system must be provided to protect
tie plant against fire. Fires, il develops.
are a very common occurrence at the
plant They result from ordnance test
and frequently so much water is used
in eXtinsuishing fires that there is u
shortage for the manufacture OF pow der
Lieut.. Col. Chauncey 3. Baker. .. NJ.
C., has been ordered by the War Depart
ment to attend a meeting OF the MaSsa-
chusetts street Railway Association at
Boston on February g. He will be su-
thorized TO present the views of the de-
partment on the question OF co-ordina
tion between the military service and the
transportation company.
No officer in the army is better quail
fed to discuss this subject than Col.
Baker. Col. Baker has not only made h
study OF the TRANSFORMATION problem, but
he has been called on frequently TO ham
die transportation problems on large
scale for the army. His most notable
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07

enough hard driven by brutal mcn,
themselves mere hired drudges, who
cared for nothing but to get the eXacted
stint of work out of them. But v here
the master was himself at hand there
was almost always moderation. firm
but not unkindly discipline. n real care
shown for their comfort and welfare.
They were taught handicrafts, because
each plantation was OF necessity. In re.
spect of every simpler kind OF work. a
complete industrial community. 1t was
necessary that it should maintain its owr
shocmakers, taiors, carpenters, brick.
layers. biackgmiths. ard men OF all
work. There was seldom any town neaI
at hand to supply even its commonei
wants.
The punishmcnts each master meted
out he allotted rather as magistrate
than as master.
The offences which he punished would
most Of them have gone bc fore a magls'
trate had the offenders been freemen.
'On principle. in habit, and even on
grounds OF self-inte-est, the greater pa ri
OF the slave owners were humane in the
treatment of their slayes-knd. indui-
gent, not over exacting. and sincerely
Interested in tn" physical welfare OF
their dependents" said an eminent
northern man Of letters. speaking oil
what he saw i'm 1874.
Domestic slaves were treated with az,
fcCtiOn and Indulgence, cared for by the
mistress OF the household
The life OF southern planters wife
was life OF executive labor devoted
chiefly TO the care and training Of her
slaves.
Social privilege and the proud esprit ot
their class bred in southern masters =
sense of the obligs tions OF station: and
the spirit OF the better men ruled the
conduct OF the less noble
The demorslizing influences OF the sys
TEN were checked as much as it was In
human nature to check them.
Southern gentlemen despised slave
trader as heartily as any northern mar
did, necessary though his occupation
seemed to be: sold and bought slaves bN
private arrangement when they could
and sought in every way to keep the
worst features OF the system at mini
mum.
Tomorrow; At the Breaking Point
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07
Annapolis Notes.

Annapolis. Md, Feb 6.-The midship-
men Of the graduating class have finished
their last examination. AS the class
passed the band stand on the way back
to Bancroft Hall the band was still en-
gased in the usual forenoon concert. En-
gaaing the services Of the musicians. the
first classmen formed in the line for the
snake dance and while the band played
over and over again "Only one More
River to Cross" they went round and
round the band stand in q state OF great
enjoyment The single stream Yet to
pass is the annual examination in June,
The cxaminatio this year were very
rigid. Heretofore II nidfhipman Sc
cured the form OF n theorem correctly
and the work was faulty he would be
given a good percentage OF his passing
mark. This year this equity, 1t is stat
ed. did not enter into the verdict on the
examination papers. Hence there arc
many midshipmen unsatisfactory in their
studies. Re-eNaminations. however, will
reduce the number. The midshipmen
repudiate the idea that the absence Of
dope" this year has had anything to do
With the increased number OF unsatis-
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07

The system OF slavery necessarily de-
prived the South Of body OF small,
yeomen farmers; but small farms
abounded, nevertheless.
A great majority Of the southern
farmers owned no slaves at all. If they
could not afford TO hire negroes from
some nelghboring planter who had hanos
TO spare. they worked their fields them
selves. like farmers everywhere II the,
could AFFORD to hire a negro or two they
worked with them, side by side, in the
fields.
1t was the accusation of moral guilt
in the matter of slavery that stung the
southern men most intOlerably.
They knew with what motives and
principles they administered 1t. and felt
TO the quick the deep injustice of i'm.
putting to them pleasure OF passion or
brutal pride of mastery in maintaining
Their hold upon the slaves.
Many a thoughtful man amongst them
saw with keen disquictudc how like All
incubus slavery lay upon the South: how
il demorelzed masters who were weak,
burdened masters who We're strong. anC
brought upon all alike enormous, hope.
less economic loss.
Although the productive labor Of the
South was almost exclusively aGricul
tural. more rich land lay waste and un.
titled there than in any other region OF
the country held in use and occupation
The indolent slaves did not work as free
laborers would have worked. and coulC
not be made to.
Intensive methods Of farming were Out
of the question. Land had first TO bt
used, without artificial renewal. and ther
allowed long to lie fallow and get It's
recuperation by the slow processes of ma
ture.
The narrow margin of profit under
such system of labor and tillaSe con-
stantly threatened to disappear alto
gether. And yet the care of the slaves
their maintenance ike huge family oi
shiftlsss children. remained a duty snc
burden which the master could no,
escape. good season or bad. profit or nc
profit
Travellers could find whatever condition
they looked for among the slaves
Where II was necessary to assemble
and keep them hundreds strong upon re
mote plantations, lying in some mala ria
district upon the coast or in the river
bottoms, where they could live but theil
master could not. they were often
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07
Morning Smiles.

Firs, Golfer ito clubmatc who has just
been trimmed WofUlly l--"WCU. what ;
Your handirsD'" Second gulfer-''IIun- -
Csty, mostly Judge.
''Yuur daughters musical Cduca ton
must have cost YOU a pretty penny
Yes. hut it was worth it. bought the
houses on either side OF US for half their
value. Boston Transcript.
Mrs. A.-"Leus so and see that new
medium. She claims that she can call
up any spirit you desire"
Mrs. B.-"Thanks! have no desire
to communicate with SPIRITS that have tc
be called up.'-Boston Transcript
Il saw baby todsy that gained twenty
pounds in two weeks on elephants milk ''
Whose baby wac IT,
The elephants. journal OF Race
Development.
waiter restrained from keeping him
Draw one" But his grievance Is petty
compared with that OF thousands kept
awake because they have eaten the stun
the waiter brinss-New York Evening
sun
Kind Old l.ady-Im sure you won I
mind my asking YOU. but are you re-
lative Of Captain Jones OF Mudford:
The Oricer-Madsm, am Captain
Jones, OF Mudford.
Kind Old I.ady-Ah. then that accounts
for the extraordinary resemblance
London Opinion.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07
Patriotic Words.

Stimulated, perhaps, by the applause, the Prcsi-
dent is now adopting such strong, patriotic tone
that he is actually saying almost as much against
his own record any of his critics have said
Here is one good sentence; There is price which
is too great to pay for peace, and that price can
be put in one word One cannot pay the price of
self-respect"
If the President will put that spirit into his
diplomacy he will not only the sclf-rcspcct
of the nation, but will put it in less danger OF war
than 1t faces now. He cannot however, expect
people to forget that he put strong and eloquent
language into his submarine notes, and they began
almost year ago-Bufalo Express.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07

study OF the Sheppard bill arouses the sus-
picon that some is trying to use the Senate
and House chambers for demonstrating purposes.
1t is too severe tax creduty to believe that
the bill drawn with the expectation that it
would pass So far the only statesman who has
announced himself prepared to support the whole
preposterously destructive and oppressive measure
is Senator Works, OF California The difficulties
which the Sheppard bill would place in the wav
OF the druggists in their work of aeviating human
iHs arc quite sufficient OF themselves to defeat the
measure, even if they do meet with the approval
Of Senator W~-'--
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07

The claim OF the self in time OF trouble is the
OF doubling and trebling pain. "Why should
such misfortune come me-" is thought that
often through the consciousness. If the cause
traced to its source it would often be found
to lie in the very concern OF self shown in those
words. AS matter Of fact, too, the misfortune is
likely to be very common. No one ever suffers
woe that has not been borne by multudes Of
others In the recognition of this circumstance
alone there may be relief and inspiration and in
centive to selcontrol and to healthy feeling.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07
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The Herald's Army and Navy Department
Latest and Most Complete News of Service and Personnel Published Washington

achievement was when the army occu-
pied Vera Cruz.
The project Of establishing the pan
American system has called attention TO
the fact that the Navy Department ha =
already covered North Ameri a with a
Z radio system and has reached across
the Pacific to Manila with wireless com
muniCa tions. Capt. William H. q. Bull
lard, superintendent OF the Naval Radio
Service at the Arlington Station. is
nightly flashing messages TO the Pam
anna Canal up along the Pacific Coast
to Alaska. and across the Pacific,
through Honolulu, Guam. and finally to
the Philippines.
This system of wireless is supple
mented by some radio stations. cables.
and land telegraph lines that ar main
tanned by the army. when the ArlinG-
ton station was installed it had the
highest towers in the world, but since
then the Navy Department has erected
larger and higher towers on the Fan
anna Canal, at San Diego, Honolulu, and
Manila. II has been suggested that the
commission which had been appointed to
ne sotiatc with the South American COun-
tries for Panama radio system study
the naval radio service under Capt. Bul-
lard before 1t goes abroad
As soon as tho hearings on tn" Naval
Approximation hill ar. concluded IN"
House Committee on Naval Affairs Will
/ take up the departments personnel
bill Chairman padgett hHs nnde this
announcement to the committee and
the members arc now studying the
personnel question.
Chairman Tillman Of the Senate
Committee on Naval Affairs. is also
committed to q program for the en-
aCtment Of some personnel legislation
at this session of Congress. During
the hearings on the bill for an in
crease in the number OF midshipmen n
| 1t developed that number OF the
members of the committee are impress
ed with the importance of personne!
legislation. Ii was suggested that the
Naval Academy bill should be laid
over until the general personnel
! legislation was taken up, hut yielding
to the urgent request of Secretary
Daniels it was decided to report out
the Naval Academy bill in time to
create vacancies for the next class at
the Academy.
The passage of the Naval Academy
bill will make general personnel legis-
lation more urgent as il will increase
the hump in the lower grades. Legis-
lation which will arfeCt the higher
grades will become almost an absolute
! necessity If the Naval Academy bill
Is passed.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07

III some OF these feeble women who 90 around
shooting men would turn their weapons upon some
OF our feeble minded jurymen the world would be
better off" said California Judge when a woman
acquitted in his court of the charge of shoot
ing her husband. But since the women cannot be
expected to do this, society may soon be forced
TO find the means Of revoking the licenses to nur-
der which juries all over the country have been
issuing to women.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07

tended @GfVices yesterday at the Central
{ Presbyterian Church. In the afternoon
they motored through the nearby coun-
try.
The Secretary Of War and Mrs. Garri-
son returned to Washington last evening
from Atlantic City. where they have
spent the last ten days.
Mrs. George Lcary. OF New York. will
be the house guest OF the Secretary Of
War and Mrs. Garrison for some days
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Powers Laird
have Issued invitations for the maria ge
OF their daughter. Mary Hale. to Mr..
John Dashiell Myers on Wednesday,
March ], at O'Clock. at the Memorial
Church Of st Paul overlook. Pa. At
home cards are enclosed for the Avon
dale. Thhty-ninth and Locust streets,
after May J. A small reception will fol-
low the ceremony at the home OF the
brides parents at Greengste, Merton,
Pa.
Mr.. Myers is a son Of Mr. and Mrs.
George NJ. Myers Of this city.
Mrs. Lamar will be at home today at
the Connecticut from until $50
Mrs. GIeaves. wife Of Capt. Albert
Gleaves, y. : y. has sent out invita-
tions for a dinner at the Army and Navy
Club on February q. In honor OF her
ds ughter. Miss Evalina Gleaves.
One OF the most interesting engage
ments Of the winter, Just announced. il
that of Miss Sarah Alexander Hamilton
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander
Hamilton. Of Petersburg. Va, to Lieut.
stephen Booth Mckinney. L. s. N, ot
knoxville Tenn. The marriage will be d
fashionable affair Of the early spring,
and the young couple will be established
in Washington next winter.
Miss Calder, Of Brooklyn. daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. William Calder, has Joined
her parents at the Willard. Other ar
rivals there Of yesterday include Mr.. and
Mrs Reid Langdon Carr. Of New York
MIR and Mrs Elton Hoyt, ID, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Andre Chisholm, Of CleVe'
land. Miss Beulsh Mary Crocker, who
Joined her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Will
lam G. Crocker. OF Minneapolis: Mr.. and
Mrs Euhene W. Psrsny. Of Pittsburgh
Mr. and Mrs Nathaniel Knowles, oi
Philadelphia. and Mr.. and Mrs. Pierre +
Cssgrain. Of Montreal, who are on thei'
way back from the South.
An interesting event Of the week
will be the bridge party, followed by
tea and dancing. to be held in the red
room of the Willard on Tuesday aft
ernoon. for the benefit OF NeiShbor-
! hood House kindergarten. There will
he cards from $50 until and dancing
from TO :.
Among the patronesses are: Mrs
Champ Clark, Mrs. Christian HemmiCk
Mrs John J. White. Mrs. John c. FIRE.
mont Mrs Charles J Bell. Mr.. John
Thompson, Mrs. James NJ. Thomson
Mr. Logan Waller Page. Miss Sophia
SIthert. Mrs Meeker. Mrs. Cuno Ru'
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07

The real Democrats of this country rarely ever
live higher up than S2-a-day hotels" said Repre-
sentative Cyclone" Davis, in speech praising
Bryan and Kitchin and chiding President Wilson
for going ito speak at the Waldorf-Astoria to get
Democratic inspiration the question of our ma
tional defense" Hon. Cyclone must be given a
little time before he is taken seriously He has
only recently conceded that real Democrat NAV
wear a collar and necktie
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07

Ii Germany admits that the destruction of the
Lueitania illegal" will forgive her in our
diplomatic records for killing II5 Americans, and
ii she refuses VIC will not forgive To this point
nine months OF diplomatic exchanges have brought
Us. But it does look if Germany will have to
say illegal if We persist in determination to
carry out the promise to hold her to strict ac-
countability.'
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07

Political circles excited over the announce
ment that the terms OF the Ohio law make it ncces-
>ary for President Wilson to announce before Feb
ruary Is whether or not he Is a candidate for re-.
nomination. Persons who have been reading the
speeches delivered in the West by the President
know as much now as they will when the Presi-
dent makes his declaration.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07

indications pointing to an intensified crisis.
handicapped by our role of neutral. At this time
when, it will hardly be disputed, we are quite as
ever have been to a breaking point
with Germany the people the government and its
agencies must be vigilant and alert
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07

1t is remarkable how those Zeppelin bombs,
apparently hurled at random, seldom fail to fall
on a church, at prayer or a house in
which women and children are sleeping. Cathe-
drals in France and Belgium appear to have a
similar attraction for German shells
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07

The precautions adopted to guard the Capitol
and the New York subway against bombs indicate
that the police authorities accept with some reser-
yation the Presidents assurance to a Milwaukee
audience that the grave national menace. against
which he earnestly warned in his address to
Congress. is past.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07

Berlin is enragcd because the OF British
trawler refused to rescue from the sea the crew
Of Zeppelin which was disabled while returning
from successful expedition having for its object
the murder OF women and children
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07
Slavery Of Self.
by JOHN ID, HARRY.

i will have care of being slave to myself, -
says Seneca. For it is a perpetual shameful
serving, the heaviest Of all servtudcs"
To get away from self is really the secret of
all striving. And yet, most of us fail woefully.
The more many of us try the more tightly we seem
to be bound
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07

There Is room ior hope that the effort OF Rep
rcscntatiyc Dyer, OF Missouri, to have Congress
adopt lot Of dwelling half-rhyme as national
anthem will be frustrated, but the horrible example
will inspire lot OF other poets at large who can
and will do better and more Of it; that's the worst
OF it.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07

Senator James Hamilton Lewis predicts a COM
ncrcial alliance between Great Britain and Ger
MANY against our interests in the Orient and South
America latter the war" He wisely rcfrained
from saying how long after.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07
Germans Favorite Resort,

. Notwithstanding the bitter complaints Of our
hyphenated agitators and subsidized periodicals.
the United States continues to be the favorite re-
sort Of German naval officers when they are COM
usd-to take to laud.-NeW York World.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07

The mayor of Chicago has proclaimed Save
the Boy Sunday" We felt sure the special day
desgnators would land little Johnny sooner or
later The hired girl will probably next.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07

Lieut. Berge has asked permission to take 200
tons of coal aboard the Appam "for port uses"
He must be looking forward to long cold winter.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07

1t is to hnd reconciliation with ourselves that
most OF us arc struggling. And VIC are likely to
be surprised when, happening to do something that
is not in any way related to self we experience an
interval OF joy. We fortunate il we see its
meaning. Then VIC in a position to follow
Prof. John Dewey's wise advice. "Prolong those
moments"
1t is by constant forgetting OF oneself and by
constant dedication to claims outside ourselves
that permanent happiness may be achieved
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07

Good ideas do not need to be shouted They
take OF themselves. Often they are most
effective when they quietly presented without
the distraction OF force, with all the personal in
trusion that goes with force. Indeed Of all the
foes OF good ideas, the dangerous and harmful
may be the very people that stand their advo-
Gates. Unconsciously those who listen may reason
with themselves in some such way as: DO those
ideas make this kind OF charactcr:" For We are
all influenced in judgments by association
Some Of the most generous ideas are put forward
by people obviously not generous No wonder
they fail to hnd ready acceptance. The dcadest
enemies OF Christianity have been those who have
made the celebrating OF Christian ideals an excuse
for the expression OF their own i'll will