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ing practitioner than TIE one who
comfortably works his way through
the fOur-year course Of a law college
without the sacrifice Of days cone
fort. There ought to be better ways
to decide a mans proficiency than
the examination Of the diploma he
han secured.
The bar Of this country includes
among It's leaders an army OF men
who represent the old-fashioned
methods Of getting education. It is
not easily to be believed they viii
unite. after serious consideration, in
an effort to make their profession
an aristocracy Of the scions Of
ready-made opportunity. 1t is al
together likely that more bad law
yers are turned out from diploma
factories than are passed by con-
scientious examination boards sit
ting on the qualifications Of men
who possess the ambition to educate
themselves by hard work and severe
sacrifices
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AvICR IN slNo SING

What Is this latest thing we hear
from that famed educational institu-
ton on the Hudson2 It seems that
District Attorney Cropsey. Of Kings,
comes right out and says that Will
liam Willett dabbled in stocks as an
inmate Of Sing Sing, and persuaded
his fellow convicts to do likewise,
handling their orders and passing
them along to his brokers in Wall
Street.
OF course, we do not know who
won and who lost, and, if any lost,
with wbat they paid. We do not
know how many Of these earnest
seekers Of q higher life were reduced
to penury and will leave prison PEN
niless, nor how many will come out
into the busy world with war bride
competence. These facts are denied
us.
But we do wish to protest against
this practice Of exposing poor con-
victs, many Of them brought from
unfavorable environment and i'll cal
culated to withstand temptation, to
the subtle lure Of stock market spec
uIation. This is an evil thing. Here
are helpless convicts, trying earnest
~ to knit, socks and run Sing Sing
prison, deliberately brought into con.
tact with one Of the most insidious
Of vices.
why, the first thing we know, some
one win be teaching the boys to use
cuss words!
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RAILROADER
PNEUMONIA VICTIM
6. W. Santman SlcCumbs at
Home Of SOn-Wlth B. & 0.
Thlrty-eluht Years.

q. w sentman, who for thirty -eiEht
years was connected with the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad on its Maryland di-
vision. died at 1880 o'clock last night
at tho home OF his son. Wi'loughby
snntman. SOi7 Dent place northwest
Mr.. santman had been III for more
than . week OF pneumonia. and Tor
three days had been sinking rapidly.
Hc was seventy-threc years old. His
son. who is agent OF the Baltimore and
Ohio raiiroad at GEORGETOWN, and four
grandsons. survive him,
Mr.. Santruan was stricken with tbs
grip while on n visit to his son, and
this developed into pneumonia. he
was a native OF Maryland and entered
the service OF the Baltimore and ohlJ
RAILROAD as a young man. RE won
rapid promotion and for many years
was agent OF the road at Maftinsburs,
w. Va. He retired eight years ago, a.
the age OF sixty-five. 20 return 70 his
farm. at Halfway, In Frederick county
Funeral services will be held nt the
home OF his son Tuesday evening AZ
7:a0 o'clock. "wednesday Dnorning the
body will be taken to Bckersville, Nd,
where inteTTnent viii be made.
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ANOTHER GERMAN MISTAKE

German sympathizers in the
United States seem to have made
another grave mistake when they
protested loudly and persistently
against the British conduct of the
quasi-blockade against the central
empires. They insisted that it was
an illegal and irregular proceeding,
and that the United states ought to
insist on relaxation Of the rigOr
with which it was managed. :
AS q matter Of fact, the allies
employment Of their sea power has
been from the wars beginning re-
markably considerate of neutral
commercial rights, and by the same
token correspondingly ineffective as
to its purpose Of applying economic
pressure against the Teutonic ma
tions. 1t has involved so much leni-
ency for neutral commerce that IT
has allowed the neutrals adjacent to
Germany to become bases of supplies
for that country, from all parts Of
the world.
If the German sympathizers had
understood the real situation they
would have been glad to keep still
and not force change. Instead, they
have persistently demanded that the
Washington Government make it.
self the protagonist of Germany to
the extent of requiring a further re.
Taxation Of blockade rules; and now
the allies are determined to make a
change not toward more leniency
but toward a more rigorous policy
that yet shall be free from all un.
certainty as to its international cor.
rectness. A formal blockade of Ger.
many>is to be declared, taking the
place Of the contraband restrictions
that have been employed thus far.
This means that all commerce with
Germany will be forbidden insteaC
of merely commerce in contrabanC
articles. The new plan viii be easiel
and simpler of enforcement, anC
will be far more effective in apply
ing pressure on Germany. 1t win, O
course, be harder also on neutrals
but the neutrals have only them
selves to thank, for they have beel
insistently unable to appreciate tn,
consideration extended to them thu
far. :
Nowhere has there been any infu
ence that has wrought so powerful,
to compel this more vigorous policy
as has the prof German and anti-Brit
ish element in the United States.
has been blindly unwilling to recog
nize that its efforts were certain +
make conditions worse rather thaI
better for the German cause. TIL
international law Of blockade is s
well defined, and the United State
has so largely made and insisted up
on acceptance of that law, that thi
country will be robbed of all capaC
ity to serve jGermanic interests.
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IMPROVING THE COUNTRY's
BAR

The New York State Bar Asso-
citation has undertaken to organize
and press a movement for improve
meht Of the country's bar by rails
ing the requirement for admission
to practice, and by measures to re-
duce perjury.
1t is urged that requirements for
admission to practice are generally
toe lax; that in many States there
are almost no requirements worthy
the name. Protest is especially
leveled against the granting of GER
tifeates to men who take limited
courses in night schools.
Il occurs, as result of even casual
consideration, that the way a man
gets the education ought to be less
important than the fact that he gets
it. The man who works by day fol
a living, and grinds by night for ar
education, is almighty liable to be a
naore serious-minded and hard.woFk'
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MURDER MYSTERY
FEBRUARY ARGOSY
New Serial and Other Interesting
Features With Eve Short
Stories in Number.

''Why There Was a Murder on Pearl
Street is the feature bOok-lenEth novel
of the February Argosy. and It is as en-
crossing a mystery OF fortunes won and
lost and romances wound about them
as one wants to find. Young Peter Ken
nedy. deprived OF his inheritance by
old Peters unfortunate speculattonS.
and by the same stroke separated from
the girl OF his choice, takes to the stage
as a career There he becomes involved
in the mystery of another woman's life.
and-the murder. through whose mazes
George Foxhall. the author. leads one to
an unexpected conclusion.
''Sl754." a serial in which an automo-
bile tag OF that number figures promi-
neHtly. starts in this number of the
Areosy. 1t Is BY Lawrence Perry
Castles in the Air" bY Casper Carson
and "The Brides OF Sana'' BIZ Robert
AmeB Bennett. two other serials. con-
tinue with rapid action toward their
conclusions.
Waterloo" by ]. l.. Sherard; ''fidnap-
ing the BRIDEGROOM" by George NJ, A.
Cain: "Ohl The Military" by Joseph
Ivers Lawrence; YOU'D Never Guesg
It." by Charles Carey. and "A Child Of
Necessity" by Everard Jack Appleton.
make up the rest of the issue.
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Protests Hole At H and I Streets.


To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
The most hideous eyesore, the most
disgraceful and inexcusable disfigure-
ment to be found in this Capital City OF
the United States lies in it's very heart.
II IS bounded on three sides by Ver-
mont avenue, II and / streets. Here
for years has existed horrid. ugly. dis
gusting hole OF vast proportions and
bSt not SsH This fence PGeS S Viola
tion Of law and right pre-empts not
only the entire sidewalk on Vermont
avenue from II TO I, but also a portion
OF the roadway. The thousands who
have witnessed this spectacle and sur
fered from the resultant inconveniences
and hardships wonder for how many years
longer the District Commissioning pur~
pose TO permit its continuance. These
gentlemen with their corporation coun-
sci, who Is supposed to advise them as
TO law and equity, appear to have
abundant time at their disposal. They
and he ever since they have been in
office, have been continually running
archnd to meetings of citizens associa-
tons tract societies, Sunday school
celebrations, anti-saloon shriekers, as
semblAges of Cranks and popuisttc
theorIsts. etc, etc. giving utterance
TO crude and undigested Views on the
science OF government, municipal ana
otherwise. II they would give a little
more time to their duties and let ques-
tions OF political economy alone, ques-
tions of which they know little. II any
thing, It might be better for the COM
munity, and at any rate they would be
| doing something to earn their salaries.
| Can YOU not Induce them to take q
little time on from speechmaking. and
| nj least mitigate, II they cannot abolish,
the monstrOsity on, Vermont avenue
F. 4. RICHARDSON.
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ways trying 70 make mischief here
in behalf Of the Berlin war machine
win be at Il again harder than ever.
Exporters who see their foreign
sales cut down by the closer block
ade will add their angry protests.
But as nation we shall not be able
TO get away from the fact that the
Government Of the United States it.
self developed the principles and
rules Of blockade to the very degree
which will now be applied by the ale
lies to strangle their enemies.
The Washington times., 1916-01-17
.LosT ART oF kIDNAPIN0

OF interest to the police Of all the
world must be the one thing in the
annual report Of the New York police
department for i915-that there was
not a single case Of kidnapping re-
corded in the year. Why kidnapping
in New York has lost its charm for
that breed Of blackmailers is prob
ably explained by the results in the
Longo case. Seven men and one
woman were in the conspiracy. That
the sex appeal might not mitigate
the punishment pOf the men, the
woman was let 60. The seven men,
all convicted, received sentences
ranging from twenty-five to forty
nine years.
The Washington times., 1916-01-17
Tomorrow.


Banquet. New Jersey Society, Rauseher's, 8
Election Of Officers. Home Club. I;SO 20 6
Address. ''The World War and the Future Of
the Socialist internationally" Alexandra
Kallontay. before Socialist Party, Pythian
Illustrated lecture. The Necessity Of Water
Power Development" Henry F. Pierce,
New National Museum. 1880 p. IN.
Address. The Navy's Trophy F1ags," Prof.
II. c. Washburn, before District sons OF
the Revolution. Army and Navy Club. s:i5
Address. Lave Of the District Relating to
Housekeepers," Miss Mary o'TOole. lefore
members Of HOusekeepers' Alliance, Home
Ladies' night entertainment. KalliDOus
Grotto, Raleigh. p. m.
Meeting. Petworth Citizens Association, rst-
So's" BY :. ". ". stratton. 81 ' p. m N. = -,
Annual meeting, Retail Merchants Assocla-
tion, Raleigh, ?. m. .,.,,,
Tom A. williams, before AnthrOpOlosical
Society Of Washington, lecture hail. Public
Me- Masonic-LodEes: National. No y. theater
party; Arminlus, No. g. business; Myron
NJ. Parker, No. q. N. n. Royal Arch
S9eeTs sPSss wssSpSton 5 SgS'S Naval val 30 Sn SraSd %
| visitation. Ancient and Accepted Scottish
Rite Mithras Lodge Of Perfection 6usi-
ness % Robert de- Bryce Council ,,,, Hnls9s' s.srt'
moniRl. KaIlipolis Grotto Yelled Proph'
cts, ladies' night, Raleigh Hotel.
Eastern Star-Mizpah, no. y; Fidelity No. II,
odd Fsilows-Iodees: Mt. Pleasant. No. 20
degree; Washington. No 6; Golden Rule,
No. 2i and Amity, No. 81, business. En-
campments: Grand Encampment, semi
annual session.
Rebslsh Iodges-Fidelity No Z. degree.
knights OF Pythias--webster, No. I; Excel
sior. No Il; Capital, No. a. end Myrtle
No. g. business
National Union-state, War and Navy Coun-
cil at Perpetual Building Hall.
Socialist Party-Lecture, Pythian Temple
main hall, S:15 y. m.
knights OF Columbus-CaTroll Council. meet
ing to receive reporO OF committee ON Ia
| Annual show, Capital Poultry and Pigeor
| Association. Arcade. afternoon and evening
| Washington Cat Show in conecton VIII
| poultry exhibition.
Meeting, Gaelic Society Of Washington Com
stock studio, 1870 New York, avenue north
Program Tor the blind, Mrs Frederick e
Kneip. Miss Katherine Becker, and Mis-
Georgia Miller. Library OF Congress- 81
Meeting, Association of Collegiate Aiumnae
Home Club. I p. m. -
Address ''Rieeding France" Mrs. Ida Glib
| Hunt before Bethel Literary and Historica
| Association, A. M. r. Church, N street
between Fifteenth and Sixteenth street
northwest 5 D. m. .
Address. kinds OF Credit" Carl C. Mueller
before Washington Association OF Credi
Men. Y. N. G. A.. ,. a.
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Who summarized that resolution +?
Leaves Money to Many
Denominations in Will

ELLICoTT CITY, Nd. Jan. IA
COPY of the will OF Basil c. Clark. for
merly Of this county. has been received
from Marlin. Tex. Following is an ex-
tract of the will:
To his wife. Sallie Clark. $4,000: to
Mrs. Mary Crosby. d. T. Iglehart. Frank
Iglehart. Mrs. Fannie Iglehart. Howard
6. Crawford. and w. B. Crawford. 81 200
each.
To the Presbyterian. Episcopal. Catho-
lie, and Christian churches of Marlin
81 900 each. and TO the Baptist and
Methodist churches, also of Marlin. s., ,O0(
each: to the public white schools,
$4,000. and the negro schools, $1,000 for
industrial training purposes. To the
Marlin Lodge of Elks. $1,000
About twenty other benefciaries are
named. among them Bradley j.. Linth,-
cum, his nephew, who was employed by
him at Marlin. who Is also named
executor.
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him q little work 30 he could Get a
meal. saying he had no supper or break
fast and dinner was not in sight.
said. Come along with me. VIII give
you job"
"Yes. don't mind hard work Of any
kind" he replied.
When ! was nearly home, the tramp
said Boss. you did not say what you
wanted me to do"
IL want you to saw some wood.
have a new buck saw
The tramp replied: II viii be at your
house as soon as get my dinner"
Now, these fellows who want to fight
so bad, II Uncle Sam would say. "Cone
on, boys" would say: GO on. Sammy,
and start. I'LL Join you after dinner"
SAMUEL b. RICHARDSON.
Fredericksburg, Va, Jan. 16.
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PREPAREDNESS THEME
OF SECURITY CONGRESS
Eminent Speakers Will Discuss
Question in Light of
World Politics. .......

Eminent speakers will discuss the var
ious phases OF preparedness with es-
pecial reference TO the United States in
the light of world politics, at the Ma
omen at the New Willard Hotel on
Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The sessions Of the congress will con-
tinue on the mornings and afternoons
OF Friday and Saturday. Eric Fisher
Wood who acquired fame with tho
aid OF his book on the Early stage of
the great European war, and his lee
lures on the same subj and national
gress, and win be one Of the principal
6DGRkerB.
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on the side Of which was a soldiers
home, partly a bole and partly tent.
Two other soldiers n the dug-out
were packing UP their belongings,
Just to be ready, Il we 60" they ex-
On a nre outside the dug-out was a
tin pail. with stean1ing contents. II
half and half. must have two drinks
OF II. IL had an awful buzz in it.
I'VE got two dippers full OF wine and
half q dipper full OF whisky every day.
explained q soldier. And we need It in
Lost Main Party.
figured it out as amounting to q
quart Of wine and three 15-cent drinks
OF whisky.
Are yOu a tOuristr' asked one Of
mon Dieu, you silIyl, exclaimed his
friend. What would q tourist be doing
| here9 He's q newspaper men,"
explained that six OF US had been
l had lost the main party. but that we
were to gather again At the waiting
! automobile at O'Clock.
"Well, IT'S time 20 go, then" said
my friend, looking At his wrist watch
I went away. I wished them GooC
luck, too. for they needed It more thar
what happened to these Frencl
zouaves twenty-four hours later whev
the Rulearian rush began, 1 dom
know. Was all the new health Of th'
little French soldier-the new health o
/ which he WAS so proud-ended BY I
Bulgarian bullet or bulgarian bayone
| thrust? $500
Ready For Retreat.
On the hillside, as returned. per
lhaps a hundred yards. from the French
battery which topped the hill. another
I BuIgarian shell burst.
''They never shoot q shell at a singh
man; It's too expensive" my Frencl
friend had told me. and II was q com
forting thought that to the Bulgarian
across the valley the little dots .
human beings that passed singl!
along this road weren't worth pOttinl
al with shells that cost about 81
each. II was good to feel like q dot
to know that though a New Horl
Il insurance company thinks your III
worth some thousands OF dollars, tn
Bulgarlans counted It at less thai
Back at the automobiles the part.
| was gathering for the departure fron
the battle ground Every one OF u
had heard from some soldier that tn
French and British were going TO fal
/ back. We all put two and two TO
Eether, on the way back, remembers
| All the signs we had seen juring tn
day-the fugitives, the trains boun
for Greeee-And nnally we agreed o.
%The allies are getting ready to re
Later in the evening we found ou
that we were right.
CThe next installment in th
series will appear later.)
The Washington times., 1916-01-17
WHAT'S ON PROGRAM
IN CAPITAL TODAY

Motion picture entertainment. headquarters
OF National Camera Club, IL Eleventh
street northwest, 5 p. m.
Meeting, Vermont State Association, at the
Washington Club, 8 p. m.
Meeting. Monday Evening Club !. M. c. A.,
Concert United states Marine Band. Marine
Barracks, 1880 y. m.
Meeting. Parent Teachers' Association. Brook-
Meeting. h Geo GEORGETOWN q m Citizens Association,
Potomac Savings Bank Hall. y. m.
Aeroplane lights Juan Domenjos. from Polo
Meeting, East washington Citizens Associa-
tiOn. East washington Hail, p. m.
Lecture, Rio de Janelro the Beautiful, y
Newman Travei-talks, Belasco, 4:s0 p. m.
Meeting. Branch 5. Southern Philatelic So
ciety as Bond building. p m.
Dance, Land ofhce Employees, the Home
Banquet, Department of the District Of Co
lumbia. United Spanish War Veterans. Ma
Meeting. National Civic Federation. New
Musical and lecture, National Federation Of
Cholrs and Musicians, John Wesley 4. NJ.
orSanists Recital, District Of Columbia
Chapter, American Guild Of Organlsts. First
Congregational Church, y. m.
Lecture. "rhe Mexican Crisis and Other
Vital IssueG. Miss Janet Richards. Wood
ward q LDothrop's Auditorium, to:l5 .. m.
Meeting. Central Labor Union, Typographical
Meeting Guardians of Liberty. Perpetual
Dance. Sons Q; Of Confederate Veterans. Ra.
Meeting. County Demonstration Agents oi
Maryland, Maryland Agricultural College
| 1850 p. m.
Meeting. Takoma Park citizenS' Association
Trinity Parish Hail, p. ms~
/ Addresses. william English Wallace, Con
| gressman London, under auspices of the
Socialist Party, Pythian Temple, p. N.
Meeting. Stockholders OF the National Saw
ings and Trust Company, Offices OF th'
/ company. 4 d. IN.
| Ma asOnic-IIodges: Benjamin b. French. No
Il. N. NJ: Pentalpha. No. q. reception g
grand master; Mt. Pleasant, No. 3a N. NJ
| Royal and Select Masters: washington
Council. No. l. installation Of officers anS
Eastern star-Grand Chapter institution Q
East Chapter. No. q; Ruth. No. /. brle
business session.
Odd Fellows-Beaeon, Mo- Is: Union, No. II
and Langdon, No, q, business.
\ Rsbekah Lodges-Ruth, No. ., degree re
| hearsal: Naomi. sEO.51. business
Knights OF Pythias--Amaranth. No. 20. AM
Century, No. 80, business.
National Unioh-Potomac Council At Pyth
ian Temple.
Socialist Party-Y. p. g. L.. study class, 81
r street northwest 7:tS p. m
Dance, Keane Council Assembly. Knights o
Columbus X. Of c. hall, p. m.
ROYAL Observation-Disclosures OF officers o
Ouray Council Pythian Temple, p. IN.
Eagles Oyster Roast, Eagies' Home. p. m.
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THE PHILIPPINE EVOLUTION

When the present Administration
came into power its Congressional
leaders were in position to criticise
that which had gone before; to pro-
claim important reforms that they
were going to undertake; to criticise
whatever their predecessors had
done.
In no direction was this comfor-
table freedom from responsibility for
the past more apparent than as con-
cerned the administration of the
Philippine Islands. Legislation was
introduced, looking to the gradual
loosing Of this country's sovereignty
over the archipelago, and it had the
vigorous support Of the Administra-
tion.
But it did not pass. Three years
have elapsed, and the Democracy has
in that time made a record Of its
own, in supervising the islands gov
ernment. It is disposed to defend
that record, to insist that it has done
well. 1t cannot very effectively de-
mand early emancipation" Of the
Filipinos without assailing its own
achievements in governing them. So
the pressure for emancipation"
grows beautifully less, and the Fill
pino people are found to be less in
sistent on their freedom"
This is the natural development
from responsibility. 1t is easy, from
the outside, to criticise; but when
the attacking party gets inside, there
must be measures for defense of the
position. So we see the Democrats
gradually turning into defenders Of
a Philippine policy that now is their
own, and the Republicans turning to
criticism Of that policy.
In the midst Of this inevitable re-
versal of positions comes the report
of General Mcintyre, chief of the
Bureau Of Insular Affairs. 1t shows,
with a mass of convincing detail,
that the Filipino people are making
splendid progress, and making il
quite regardless of the politics of the
Administration in Washington. In
fact, reading of this report shows
that the progress under Governor
Harrison's regime is merely a con-
tinuation along the same lines that
were followed under the former ad.
ministrations in the islands. Nothing
revolutionary has been accomplished
or undertaken. Better sanitation
more schools, better roads and &
greater mileage of them, industria
rehabilitation, a clearer understand
ing Of the duties, obligations, anC
opportunities Of good citizenship
these things are being developed foi
the Filipino people just as they wer,
developed under Republican control
1t is good to see that after al
nothing dangerously hasty is goinI
to be done with the islands. Thei
people are not so anxious as the,
once were-or were alleged to be-
to be turned loose in a world yer.
full of troubles. They are more ap
preciative of the advantage of re
lationship 60 great, peaceful powe
that insures them against participa
tion in the woes of world at war.
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The Washington times., 1916-01-17
BY WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD.
United Press Staff Correspondent

SohhesPohuSnt'
SALoNIKI Dec. lA French soldier in steel hat stopped
and looked a curiousy walked along the road
Excuse me- he said in broken English but it's long since
I've clothes like yours that couldn't help staring
The big British gun booming two-minute intervals.
French guns nearby hides sending occasional shots
and once while talked Bulgarian shell broke the road
quarter Of mile below and soldiers running from the
cloud Of earth 1t battlefield in every Of the word
battlefield which, within twenyour hours be the Of
ally incidentally wonder what became Of the little French
man?
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Washington. January Is.
HOW About Our Senators? ?

To the Editor OF THE TIMES;
wonder II our worthy Senators who
were so indignant over those United
States citizens who endanger the peace
OF the United States by embarking on
beIllgerent liners feel the same holy
scorn at the thought OF those good
merchants OF ours who insist upon theiI
right to send contraband through tc
Germany, thus endangering our =rela.
tions with Great Britain?
THOMAS PORTER MILLER.
Warrington, January a.