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Neutral Victims of Piracy.

The Norwegian bark SIllus, sailing from New
York for Havre, which was sunk by a submarine
in Havre Roads, was not armed; she was not the
vessel of begereut nation; she could neither
fight nor flee. She was simply helpless neutral
trader. And she had board seven Americans,
one OF whom, according to report, was wounded.
With this of outright piracy the United
States is directly concerned because the lives OF
its citizens, travelling on peaceful errands where
they had a right to travel, a vessel flying the
flag OF a nation not engaged in war, which had
cleared from one Of our ports for the port OF a
nation with which maintain cordial relations,
were threatened and jeopardized. The details OF
this latest crime against humanity, of which seven
Americans might easily have been victims, are
awaited by the Washington government, which
as yet is not informed to the nationality OF the
submarine which fired the torpedo, whether it
was German or Austrian. 1t would appear to be
difficult even for Teutonic diplomacy to construct
defense of the deed or to show circumstanc in
extcnuation. To all appearances it dcliber-
ate, ruthless attack on helpless neutral trader
with seven Americans on board. If the circum-
stances are as they appear have another case
of "strict accountability" on hands and our
negotiations with Germany over the rights of our
citizens on the high seas arc where they were a
year ago last February.
The sinking of the Siius proves once again
the hopclessness of negotiations with Berlin and
Vienna on the subject of submarine warfare. After
la few farcicaI diplomatic preminarieS dealing
with the subject OF armament the merchant
men of belligerent nations the Teutons have re-
sumed their indscriminatc attacks probably with
some new submarines. They found the Silius in
the condition to which they would have reduced
the big Atlantic liners if their subtle cndcavors
assisted by some of our own statesmen had sue
cceded and her fate was Sealed. 1t will be the
fate OF all others their torpedoes reach until
the navies OF the allies shatter, capture drive TO
cover the flock OF submarines, as they did
the old The Jolly OF negotiating is evident
Our State Department should be able to find
other for its time than writing notes to Berlin
and Vienna.
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A Gratifying Adjustment.

While the employees Of the street railway COM
panies have won a substantial increase in wage,
and other important concessions as the result OF
their brief strike, followed by conferences and
amicablc adjustment of all differences, it is not
apparent that there will be any material increase
in their yearly earnings. They have lost the
annual bonus or proft-sharing dividend the COM
panies naturally having abolished that system
upon the adoption of the new agreement and
they have abandoned in large measure their op-
portunity to extra wages by working extra
hours. The increase in wages granted will, it is
true, more than compensate the men for the loss
of the annual bonus and a workday of ten
hours will yield many of them substantially more
than at present
On the other hand the agreement, insisted on
by the men, that mo regular man shall be re-
quired to perform extra duty when an extra man
is available" will have the effect Of preventing to
considerable extent the earning OF extra wages:
so that at the end of a year the men will not be
able to discover any large increase in their in
comes. They have, however, gained very de-
cided advantage in the matter of hours of service,
the agreement rendering it much easier for them
to earn ten hours pay at the higher rate than it
was to earn it under the old rate and system.
II the companies find it possible to adjust their
operating system to the conditions. so that
they will not be called upon for an excessive cx-
pcndturc in wages paid to extra men when NOT
actually employed, the new agreement which is
effective for year. should prove satisfactory
to both sides, since the have been given
practically everything they asked for
The general public has cause for congratuation
in the TACT that it otccd to suffer only trifinp
Inconvenience the result OF situation which
a week ago promised serious trouble. The prompt
resort TO mediation and its speedy success is
gratifying as showing how 4 serious labor dispute
may be adjusted where common sense prevails on
either side and there is willingness to recognize
the merits Of the opponents claims
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There was to be no time of peace. II
turned out, in which to make test of the
new provisions of the constitution of the
Contederacy. They bespoke men as their
authors who had kept an observant and
sagacious eye upon affairs. and who had
perceived very clearly where some OF
the dangers and Inconvenience of the
older system lay; but no work of crit
icism or Of reconstruction was of much
avail amidst the furious storms of war
into which the new government was
plunged from the very outset
Whatever frame Of government they
might have devised. the Executive must
have stood supreme at the front of all
action while war held, a war for very
existence. 4 nice balance of constitu-
nonal adjustment was out of the ques-
tion. Counsel was fastened. debate post
poned; the eXigency of each occasion de-
termined the means and the mode OF
action.
Constitutional safeguards gave way 10
the mere problem of making the existence
OF the government good upon the battle
field. Critics of what was done mig ut
for a little while affect opinion out OF
doors or at a distance from the field. but
they could not change the course of
affairs.
Moreover, war itself altered the whole
atmosphere OF opinion. No doubt at first
the people had been persuaded. perhaps
overruled, by a handful of leaders. and
had assented with vague hope rather
than with any confident purpose 10 the
radical courses of secession, resentful OF
the wrongs they conceived themselves to
have suffered in the Union rather than
DESTROYS of independence or of a new
government set up in rivalry to the old
upon that familiar seaboard.
They had been assured that there would
be no permanent separations: that new
terms and a stricter understanding OF
rights must be had with the northern
partners and that better terms could be
made out of the Union than in it. by
secession than by submission.
No doubt their leaders had themselves
believed this, had actually hoped TO see
their States re-enter the old Mon with
a new security for their interests a
hrmer more definite position of right
Only the actual use OF force against
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them had changed their temper and their
hope: and war had wrought as deeply
upon the spirits of the people - upon
their own.
When once the call TO arms was made.
doubts dropped away. the spirit OF
whole people lesped within them. the very
provisions of their new constitution be
came for the time almost a matter OF in
difference. Debate was over. and spon-
taneous action had begun. touched with
new ardor and a terrible enthusiasm.
Not every one. indeed. was caught by
the new passion. Here and there groups
OF men neld stUbbornly of from the des-
perate business and would not be drawn
into 1t.
In one of the northern counties Of Ala
baH.a. Mr.. YanCey's own State. Union
men Outnumbered seCessiOnists four to
one and maintained themselves in milf
tary organization. a southern county Of
Mississippi accepted the doctrine Of seces-
sion. indeed. but interpreted il in its own
behoof. and itself solemnly seeded from
the State and from the COnfederacy
rather than send its men to distant battle
fields.
And yet the real burden OF the war fell.
not upon the spirits Of men, but upon the
resources OF the country.
Though the South should call upon
every man OF her lighting population TO
90 into the feld. she had but One-fourth
AS many men 1T for the neld as the
North
Armies must be FED and clothed. be
sides. and the South was put TO the ut
most strain to keep her men as well even
as the ragged Ieyies OF the Revolution
had been kept. who had deemed il
plentiful bounty TO escape starvation.
\ four years war was Of necessity
n FtR HI
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Senator Johnson, of South Dakota, is the
author Of bill to organize all the jobless men
and tramps Of the country into an army to be
employed government works, the building OF
roads, the construction of irrigation projects in
the West, the mining of coal and oil by the gov
ernment, etc. While thus employed the men are
TO be drilled and trained in the use of arms during
part OF each day The measure does not indicate
what is to be done with the new jobless army
that probably will be created if the present one is
put to. work.
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1t is time to put an end to this shameful
farce of enforcing American rights against Mex
lean assassns. Killing Americans on the Mexican
side of the Rio Grspde simply because they are
Americans is breach of treaty Killing Ameri-
cans on this side of the Rio Grandc by organized
bodies of MeXicans is an act of war. . The
only remedy left to the United States is to enter
the territory in which Villa is operating and which
he claims to control and deal with him and his
followers as open enemies.--New York Tribune
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The Aviation Corps is going to Mexico to
keep an eye on Villa until the troops come along
and capture him. Quite likely, however, the first
aviator to get chance will try to drop something
on the bandit that will save the soldiers and the
L itcd States authorities lot OF trouble
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Weakness Of the Nerves.
by John ID. HARRY

The letters | have received since published
an article Nervous Prostration" and the COM
ments of friends have given me a new sense of
the extent of this malsdy One critic has COM
planned that l do not realize the power of sick
nerves. "In some cases. he says, "the weakness
makes all thought of exercise impossible. The
best that can be done is to keep the patient in
bed and properly nourished." Here he speaks
of the most acute cases, happily rare. And even
in these cases, if cure is to be effected, the
moment must come when the patient must begin
to develop will and to work toward normal &C
tivity.
On the other hand | have heard from those
people who like to say that they have no patience
with nerves. All this talk about nerves they con-
slider imagination and selhshness. 1t is true that
there those who selfshly yield to their nerves
or deceive themselves into thinking that they
arc suffering from nerves and make nerves an
excuse for taking all kinds of advantage and for
imposing cNactions Such cyclists belong in a
class by themselves. Their disease isn't nervous
at all. And their sufferngs sef-inflictcd The
worst harm they do is to weaken the sympathy
that we might all feel for the genuine nervous
sufferers.
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The fact that Representative Austin, Repub.
lican, caused to be placed in the Congressional
Record the statements issued by Representative
Page, OF North Carolina and Sherwood of Ohio
Democrats, to the effect that they would not seek
reelection because they disagreed with some OF
President Wilson's policies, may make it little
more difficult for the two members to change
their minds
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EVIDENCES.

A small bird flying North today
Told me that Spring was on the way,
And paused upon my window-sill
A little snatch of song to trill
Which made me think OF April showers,
And sunny gardens full OF flowers,
And blossoms white upon the trees,
And lyric whispers of the breeze,
OF May and June, and then knew
The secret that he told was true.
Copyright. l9l6D
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Life Intending. He Declares

Your life and mine Is q continuuls
existence. without beginning and without
end. e said Dr. George H. Wright IN An
address TO the Theosophicsl SocIetv last
night. Modern scientists OF world-widq
reputation arc beginning 70 pierce
through the veil Of death and 10 reveal
some Of it, mysteries" he added
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The House Committee on Naval Affairs will
give a special hearing today to the Anti-Preparcd-
ness Committee. The moment is scarcely oppor-
tune but those who profess to believe that the
country should always be found unprenared in an
rcrgcncy will not be discouraged.
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900 RECEIVE COMMUNION
1t. Dominic's Holy Name SOCKETS
Members Attend Mae. in BODY,

Six hundred members Of ST DON'T
MICS Holy Name Society received COM
munion in a body at tho 80 mass YES
torday in that church.
meeting Of the branch will he held
in St. nomfnic's Hall this evening at
O'Clock in which the committees hav-
ing in charge the campaign for nm
members will make their reports Irish
airs will be sung and the meeting will
be addressed by Rev. F. A Gaffney. O.
r, spiritual director of the society.
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The contention in Berlin that there IS no
armament that can be used defensvely but not
extensively, and therefore no armament should be
carried by merchant ships is typical of German
diplomacy, which has stesdfasty demanded that
all international laws which interfere with Ger
Inany's methods of warfare be abolished.
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lasts another year the red stripes and blue back
ground in the American flag will have to be dis
pensed with. Then had better hurry up and
remedy the situation. 1t would be sad blow to
our prestige to have to confess that we cannot
make our own flags.
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The president of the Aero Club of America
thinks that an aeroplane patrol of the Mexican
border would have prevented the Villa bandit
raid. However that may e,'there is now an cx-
cclcnt opportunity to put the army's training in
flying to practical use. The casualties of war in
this arm of the service cannot prove to be much
more serious than those of peace have been.z-New
York World.
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Resolutions adopted by the Massachusetts
Democrats indorsing President Wilson's admins
tratiou refer to this hour of national peril" It
viii be recalled that they were just timd up
that way during the war with Spain.
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Carranza's request for permission to chase
Villas bandits into the United States if necessary
evidently is either technical diplomatic move or
Carranza is trying to make fun of the situation
We don't recall when Carranza ever demonstrated
that he was in a position to chase Villa in any
direction.
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Speaker Champ Clark says President Wilson
has the world by the tail" A in the Speak
ers position should be more explicit. There are
other Worlds besides the one published in New
York
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A woman doctor says that families OF more
than four children are degenerate, but only very
Few parents, and those with less than four, will
believe her.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-13

A court OF appeals for civil service employees
is proposed by Representative Heating. With
Mr.. Borlaud as chief Justice
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Perhaps some OF the pacihsts in the Capital
will feel little nervous il the Fort Myer cavalry
men arc sent away to hunt Villa.
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If those frequent advices to Villas changes
OF postoffice address continue Gen. Funston should
be both grateful and successful
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Col, Roosevelt and Mr.. Root may be expected
10 say that the trouble with the Mexican expedi-
ton is that President Wilson waited two years
too long.
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There is a state OF mind that many people get
into in working that is very unwholesome One
specialist calls it getting into nervous hotbox -
The whole system is excited disturbed In this
state some people manage to achieve intense con-
centration; but they also subject themselves to
great nervous waste. Sometimes the effect is all
waste.
There arc those who get into these nervous
hotboxes as result of the most trivial and absurd
After time the condition is likely to be-
come habitual. Then nervous prostration or some
other serious nerve disorder is almost inevitable,
The remedy, of course, lies in the mind of each
individual. All that has to be done is to exercise
little self-restrant and to practice doing things
quietly. 1t is only in this way that poise can be
achieved and maintained.
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1t is announced that Switzerland will have to
charter steamers to carry supplies to her Switzer-
land may yet have a merchant marine, to saw
nothing of navy.-Clevcland Plain Dealer.
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Those members of Congress who intend to re-
tire because they can't agree with some of Presi-
dent Wilson's policies overlook the fact that the
President sometimes changes his mind.
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The week comes to an end with several ma
tiona menaces pigeonholed for the time being, but
Josephus Daniels remains in offce-New York
Sun.
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The British navy may be suffering as much as
the United States navy through mysteriously re-
tardcd construction and still be so patient about
it-Clcveland Leader
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Strange il has not yet been suggested that
Villa was merely performing a belated task for
which he was engaged by Capt Won Papen
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The President finds it hard to dodge trouble
some problems these days. Even his pleasure
trip the Appam doomed up in front Of the May
Hover
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Possibly, Prof Usher says, the Monroe doc
trine is bluff, but if nobody has yet called
the bluf.-Philadelphia Press
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And there are loud-voiccd members OF that
Democratic delegation from Texas who are still
loud-voiccdly against prcparedness.-Ncw York
Herald.
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Livery time the people almost forget about
him Justice Hughes arises 70 insist that he is
not a candidate-Indianapoli Star.
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Il t us hope nobody will think up reason
why " should not all be neutral on St. Patrick's
Day.
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The HeraId'S Army and Navy Department
Latest and Most Complete News of Service and Personnel Published
in Washington.

make good if he was ever given the
opportunity.
Ohcers' Report at Department..
apt. J. r. Proctor, c. A c, Capt.
VI {. kerth, Fourteenth Infantry. and
Capt. z. r. Heibcrg. Sixth cavalry. re-
ported at the War Department ye~t,r r.
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Why is Mexico so insistent on having war witt
the United es?-Philadelphia Record
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Though the origin of nerve trouble is often
moral mental, the trouble itself is largely phys
ical One Of its worst effects consists of the pos-
onng of the physical system. The nerves OF the
stomach, so important for the maintaining Of
health, become unable to do their work properly,
that is, to achieve perfect assimilation of food.
Consequently, the system, though plcntifully sup
piled with wholesome food becomes inadequatcly
nourlshed and poisoned we'll The poison causes
physical and mental dcpre sson.
This condition may be attacked in either OF
two ways or in both. Most doctors choose the
physical way They work directly on the stomach
Others prefer to work directly the first cause,
which would seem TO be the better way But
perhaps the best way OF all is to work on both
the and the effect, that is through the body
and the mind. 1t seems plain, however, that if
the cause is removed the whole system will tend
to work back toward health. For, as we all
Know from experience, nature strives for health
1t Is almost pathetic at times to see how patient
nature is with our alterations, how she struggles
to adapt herself them and to repair the ravages
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SEEN AND HEARD
BY GEORGE MINER
Special Correspondent Of The Wash
tnEtoR Herald.
lCopgnght, 1916 by the McClmt Newsraper
Syndicate1

As1itoAAs AEblu an ocean steamer at Pro
greso' Hucatan, IL not as simple a ma.
ter il sounds. There ls 70 harbor "a
Progreso and 10 reason Tor e port b..
ing there other than that it's the near.
est point on the coast TO Merida IN,
capital city Of the state.
The beach at ProgresO is beautifJ
white sand and as fat as billiard tabl.
II stays fat, too, right on out in H.,
gulf for about ten miles. The result il
that only empty steamers or those draw.
ing very little water can get IN 10 IN,
docks. Others have to lay on from on,
to hNe miles and lighter In their pas
sengers and enough cargo so they car
draw up al high water. Then they los,
all they can float at the dock and 90 on
10 sea TO take on the dest.
No wind Wanted.
It's very novel and picturesque TO e
ashore IN the clumsy old lighter that's
/ cross between fishing schooner Will
an auxiliary engine and Noah's ark II tho
weather is fine II there's q sim win,
blowing It's a different story. for in tlr-.
shallow water the sea lilies up in yno,U.
famous waves that appaH all who a.,
! not experienced sailors. OF course, ~
attempt at landing is made n there's 2
gale on and 50 In had weather one rniCfl.
Ds hela OF from landing for a day or -n
Al TINS it's proposed 10 remedy b.,
Uuiio'i- "A bTeakWairr and dredging on.
a channel when Carrauza gels hi, 60,
eminent sufficiently well established 2,
attend 10 such things and Nrxiro D..
comes as PROSPEROUS aF srs should D.,
and they have mous., for fr, ,,,,r-,,.
. Fortunately, everything u as I'm ouv rq
Nof. We made quick dispatch ashore am
passed through the customs ,,-i,ro,-, -.
/ trouble. They examined all oUr bsrg,r.
carefully. but they did il quickly. ncstI,
and politely. ] have had the rniEfort1ID,
10 pass through the New York custom,
a good many times and ] can assrr,
( collector Malone that D., eboul5 sou
his inspectors down To- rcvolurior-ri6dar
Mexico To Get some Tt.ge.,rs 10. -.~-.-. -,
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MONDAY, MARCH IS. 1915.
A Line o Cheer Each Day O the Year.
BY JOHN KENDRIcK BANGS.

First printing Of an original poem. written daily
for The Washington Herald