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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-01-05
Attractions
Next Week
NATIONAL.

Mrs. Ftske, in a now modern light
comedy, entitled ''Erstwhile Susan"
comes to the National Theater for one
Inc new comedy is from the pen OF
maIian DE Forest, recalled for her
lAttle Women" and founded on Helen
X. Martin's novel, "Barnabetta, The
play introduces to the stage an enc
Vironment at once new and novel, and
never before used in the theater, that OF
the- quaint characteristics and modern
Ire among the Pennsylvania Dutch In
their settlements through Pennsylvania.
Her company IL headed by John Cope,
VINO is seen as Barnaby, while other
characters are portrayed by Madeline
Delmar, Rockliffe Fellowes, Owen
Mech, Wylda Millison, Robert Stowe
GIL, and John DAILY Murphy.
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LoEw'S COLUMBIA.

Geraldine Farrar will return to the
screen of Loew's Columbia Theater for
the last four days OF this week, be-
ginning Thursday morning in her sec
ond photo-dramatic achievement that or
Temptation" which was especially
written for her by Hector Turnbuli
Unlike Carmen" which showed the
diva as the half-wild gypsy girl, in
Temptation" Miss F'arrar is seen as
a sweet girl, singing in a cafe. whose
ambition is to become a great prima
donna, but who spurns the ofrer wnen
she realizes the price she must pay
to achieve her ambition and sacrffices
her opportunity rather than lose the
love and respect OF her sweetheart, a
poor musician.
In Temptation" Miss F'arrar is sur
rounded by a cast equally as excellent
as that which supported her in Car
lnen," Pedro de Cordoba. the brilliant
toreadore OF the Spanish play, is seen
us her leading man. while that excellent
actor, Theodore Roberts, will appear
IN the heavy role. Others in the cast
are Elsie Jane Wilson, Raymond Hat
ton, Anita King, and Florence DaEmar.
Constance Collier, the English actress
will be seen the first three days or
next week In THE Tongues or Men"
a delightful comedy written by tod-
ward Childs Carpenter,
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Washington. January ).
If You Want To Know the Answer
Ask Hyphenated American.

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
In your editorial in reference to the
latest Teutonic wholesale maritime
murder, the destruction of the steam
ship Persia, entitled More Contemptu-
Gus Murder" you ask at the conclusion
this question: What will this nation
do about it?''
If you have any real doubt as to the
answer to your question, just put II to
the very first hyphenated citizen you
meet, especially If he be q "naturalized
citizen of the United States" who has
taken the oath OF allegiance to the
same. The answer will be prompt. and
depending largely upon his familiarity
with the language of his adopted
country" WIN be either nothing or
''nodings."
Well, If not, why not? What different
results have the millions OF true and
loyal Americans to expect at the hands
of such set as has controlled Ameri-
can diplomacy during the past six
years and nine months; and especially
in view of the mastery display or ma
tional pusillRnimity and national in
fanny exhibited to the world in the cases
of Mexico, Belgium, the William p
Frye, the Outright. the Lusitanfa the
Ancona, and so on, ad infinitum?
EDMUND BORROWS BRIGGS,
Washington. January 2.
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now FOR ANOTHER UpRoARl

The British government has an
nounced its purpose to make "every
effort to introduce a system of
rationing which will prevent food i'm
ports to neutral countries exceeding
those of normal times" The obvious
object is to make it impossible for
the neutrals to spare any consider
able part of their supplies for Ger
many's use.
Another uproar of protestation
will, of course, ascend, now, from
the Anglophobes, on the ground that
the civilian population of Germany
is being starved, the commerce of
neutrals destroyed, and the freedom
Of the seas crucifed.
The fact that Germany introduced
starvation methods into the war;
that she first crushed the Belgian
nation and then left its people to be
fed on the worlds charity; that she
proclaimed and by methods of intol-
cradle barbarism tried to enforce a
blockade of Great Britain-all this
will be quite immaterial to the pro-
Germans. American national honor
may get scant consideration enough,
but let bushel of our wheat or a
bale Of cotton be denied absolute
freedom of seas and of markets, and
there is tremendous capacity for
righteous indignation among the
Germanophiles.
We shall, then, have another out
burst of invective and denunciation
but it will not move people who keep
their judgment on straight and the
lessons of history before their minds
This country in its time of stress
made most of the law Of blockade
that has been accepted by the allies
and employed in the present war. We
will stand by the rules that we our
selves made. The allies are not the
innovators; that role has been left
to the nations that have introduced
murder and useless rapine as new in.
cidents to the business-save the
nark!-of preserving "the freedom
of the seas"
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will remain, and will be taken up by
other institutions. The great interest
directed toward Sing Sing and Au-
burn insures that.
The hopeful thing about the pro-
posed institution in the District is
that no one man is going to exploit
his ideas through it. Not even ex-
perts are to have sole charge Of
planning for it. Heading a commit
tee which has been working out the
details Of its equipment is a business
mana banker-who has given
much time and money to a study Of
prison conditions. With him are
working jurists, officials Of the Dis
trict government, and enough men
who have given their life to prison
work TO insure the necessary expert
advice. Ideas are talked over and
threshed out, and the sane common
sense conclusions of a group Of we'll
balanced men, instead Of the ideas
of single reformer, are to be. en-
bodied in the District institution. For
that the District needs to be thank
full. For that reason the institution
here is being established on a
sounder basis, and bids fair to have
none of the unsavory experiences Of
any project taken by a highly adver-
tised reformer, no matter how sin
cere.
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BILL BARS SHIPS
WITH CONTRABAND
Congressman Stephens Would
Keep All Americans Of
Imperiled Ships.

A contribution to the submarine con-
troversy today is a resolution submit
ted in the House by Congressman Dan
V. stephens, a Nebraska Democrat. who
would deny Americans the privilege OF
travelling on ships which carry contra
band of war.
The stephens resolution is in accord
ance with the publicly announced
theories of William Jennings Bryan.
peace advocate and former Secretary
of State, and Is understood to have the
approval of Bryan.
Congressman Stephens resolution pro-
vided that:
mo ship whose cargoes consist wholly
or In part OF contraband OF war which
at the same time carries American
citizens as passengers shall be allowed
either clearance or entry in any port
of the United states or the insular pos
sessions thereof"
Although the resolution does not say
that Americans must not travel on
such vessels, the prohibition amounts
to the same thing, IN that MIR. Stephens
would estop contraGand- carrying vessels
from the use OF American ports.
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MUSICAL EVENTS.

Washington music lovers will have
q chance to hear one OF the most re-
cent works OF John Alden Carpenter,
a much tallIed-of American composer,
at the Belasco Theater Tuesday after
noon, when the New York Symphony
Orchestra, Walter DamroBch, conduc-
tor, will present for the first time at
this series of concerts. the Carpenter
suite, Adventures in a Perambula-
tor" Percy Granger, the Australian
composer-pianlst, will be the soloist
at this concert, playing Grieg's con-
certo in A minor, up. 10. for piano
with orchestra.
Friday at 4:sO o'clock at the Ma
tional Theater T. Arthur Smith will
present as the sixth of his "Ten Star
Concert Series" two popular musical
artists. Evan Williams. tenor, and
olive Kline soprano, will be heard in
joint recital
One week from tomorrow, Nine
CalVe will be heard i'm recital under
the auspices OF the Flotllla commit
tee. The concert will he a benefit per-
Torrance to help raise funds for the
wounded I'm the French army and an
imposing list of patronesses are
sponsors for the event
Nine. Calve Is devOting her entire
time to this charity and instead OF
appearing in her conventional cos
tune win wear her Red Cross nurse
uniform,
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THE RIGHT TO CHEAPER ELEC.
TRIO LIGHT

In behalf of the Public Utilities
Commission, it is fair to say that it
probably had no alternative but to
approve the buncombe reduction"
of rates on electric current for cook
ing and heating, which was Offered"
by the Potomac Electric Power Com
pany. The commission is not ready
to act on the matter of rates for
lighting; it is doubtful whether it
has power to interfere with any re-
duction that the company may make.
1t is no secret, however, that the
commission understands the recent
move of the company and has not
been fooled.
The people of Washington are en-
titled to real reduction, not fake
one, in their rates for electric lights.
Practically all consumers have to
pay 10 cents per kilowatt hour for
all the service they ever take. There
is a provision for reduction of the
rate to 5 cents per kilowatt hour
after the entire installation connect
ed with a meter has operated for 12C
Akilowatt hours in the same month
But how often does that happen? Sc
rarely, in actual experience, as to
make it almost universal rule that
the consumer never gets to the 5,
cent rate.
Before the consumer can under,
stand just what he pays for in his
electric light rates, he must under,
stand a lot of technical details about
lilowatt hours. connected load, anC
~. Like; he must knUw what al
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BELASco.

musical success which Andreaa DinneI
presented here last season, will be the
offering at the Belasco Theater for
one week beginning Monday evening.
There is every kind of a dance In the
y a ball masque, in the second a dan
SAINT and in the third a carnival, so
that from classical interpretations and
Russian ballet dancing to the mod
ern society steps are portrayed. The
are the girls, and the costumes and
the scenic effects. Twenty songs are
sung by as many voices and there is
q special orchestra under the direc-
ton of DR.. Milan Roder.
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NO MEN RoR FIonTINO sHIPsI

There need be no surprise at the
announcement that one or two Of the
big battleships Of the American navy
have been transferred from the COM
missioned list to a classification I'M
der modified commission" because
they have not men enough to handle
them.
For a long time the problem Of
getting men for the navy has been
serious. That it is coming to a cli-
max just now, when there is need
for every exertion to maintain the
utmost efficiency and readiness, is
merely new testimony that precious
months have been allowed to pass
without doing the obvious thing.
It is a year and half since the
war started. In that time there has
not been day when it was not APP
parent that the United States needed
to keep a load in every gun and a
finger on every trigger. What, in
fact, has been done?
Instead of filling the navy person
mel by whatever extraordinary
measures might have been necessary,
it has been allowed to dwindle to
the point where it would be impos-
sible, according to naval inforna-
ton, to use all the great ships if
they were needed.
Talk about vast projects for prep
aration, in view of such a record as
that, is not calculated to carry much
weight.
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Agrees Heartily With Editorial On
"COntemptuOus Murder"

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
In my opinion the editorial writer Of
The Times can see subject beyond one
viewpoint. ,a. 49,
More contemptuous murder" an edi-
torial in your paper. expresses my feel
ings exactly. / am proud OF the fact
that I am an American citizen. and /
have a peculiar feeling of resentment
when 1 think Of the insults. one after
another, that have been heaped upon
our country since this so-called subma-
rine warfare dn truth, "contemptuous
murder') has been gong on. There is
a time when patience ceases to be a viz
tue. This murder of innocent women
and children can't go on forever. be-
lieve the patience of the average LID
erty-loving American Is exhausted. Pro-
tests by our State Department, a new
one before the ink dries on the other.
are getting tiresome. think 1t Is time
for definite action.
A REAL AMERICAN.
WaShinRton, January g.
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Washington Chapter of
Colleges Hear Hollis

Prof. Ira n. Hollis, president OF the
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, told
of the lack Of preparedness of the army
and navy at the outbreak of the Span
ish-American war before a -ioint meet
ing of the Washington chapters OF the
alumni of Yale, Harvard, and Wor-
cester Polytechnic, last night. Prof.
Hollis for twenty years wos a professor
at Harvard and later was an instTuc-
tor at the Naval Academy.
The Harvard Club elected officers as
follows. George n. Henning. ~ prcsi-
dent: Congressman Winslow of Massa-
Daniel w. Shea. Story y.
Iadd. and Walter II. Tuckerman, Vico
presidents; John W, Ddyidgc, secretary,
Ona Pickering Dodge, treasurer.
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NOrthcIHfe Warns
OF .Opercontidence

not need any help from the United
States.
Another section Of British thought,
and this also applies to almost all
French thought, is that the Intervention
Of the United States would be a calam-
ity TO the allies. III balanced, ignorant,
but well meaning people. like your Mr..
Ford, are supposed to be typical OF
many in the United States, though I
confess have never met them during
the many Journeys / have made
throughout your country.
A Frenehman said to be recently: IT
wonder IL Mr.. Ford had been born in,
let US say, Lille, instead OF Detroit,
and his mother had been murdered and
his sisters outraged, whether he would
with Germanv%"
Paeifists Pro-Germah.
wonder, too. we regard anybody
who wants to make peace now, before
the allies are prepared. as a pro-Ger-
man, and we Will not print one line of
the Ford advertising In this country,
despite the frantic efforts OF his agents
to secure publicity here. The point of
view that premature peace is pro-
Germon does not seem to be under
stood In the United States.
Personally doubt that the United
States viii really prepare for any war
talk. as there was with us. and you viii
have people like our late Lord Roberts
preaching wisdom. but his views wifi
be drowned In such melodies as 81
Didn't Raise NY Boy to BE a Soldier"
One day the Laplanders or the Green.
landers or some other nation (you car
change Hhe words as YOU choose) viii
notice that you are rich and pacifsi
and Will come and take what they want
How would you like us to interfere
when they had accomplished part OF
their task and you were not yet ready
and for us to cry "Peacew when, say
the Laplanders or Greenlanders are oc.
cupytng Oregon. the State OF Washing
ton. perhaps California. places. as yor
know. extremely accessible to the-Lap.
landers.
That is how we feel about peacemak.
ing before we are ready to impose the
terms that We think necessary to the
freedom OF the world. We have the Ger
man TIGER where we want him. and WI
mean to put him back in his own cage
wcll tanned. and with his fanRs drawn.
Finally. the main policy Of Grea,
Britain Is. first. to keep German ship,
on the sea so long as a single German
soldier remains in allies territory anC
so long as an indemnity to Belgium
France. and Russia Is unpaid and. sec
ondly. as l mentioned in a preyioul
statement to the United Press. to enlis
every available man by voluntary re
cruiting and compulsion. My Statement
regarding compulsion was received will
howl both here and by you, but ou
people have adopted It even NOR
quickly than ] expected.
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GAYETY.

Inc SoSelSnG CirlS,- prooucuon
seen at the Gayety Theater as next
weeks attraction with Solly Ward and
Virginia WR1e as the principal come
dian and prima donna, respectively.
These two stars viii head a company OF
musical comedy and burlesque favor
ties who will present a new two-act
musical comedy. The new books were
furnished by Billy X. Wells, they are
entitled Love, Law and Politics" and
"a Call For Volunteers"
Among the names of the other prin-
cipals to be seen arc Alfred white,
Murray Harris, Tom Nolan. Charles
Keith, lillian English, jeanne Eames,
Stella Wood. A new scenic investure
has been furnished. and the costuming
Is entirely new.
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position" and California. and the San
Diego Exposition" All Of these are the
fruits of his last summers travels. the
being more numerous than
in former years. Colored photo-scenes
and original motion pictures make the
series a substitute for personal travel.
Ecuador, Chile, Argentina, Brazil.
Panama, Costa Rica and Jamaica, and
other places OF interest in South and
Central America, will be graphically re-
produced in this seasons trRvel-talks
by z. NJ. Newman at the Belasco Thea
ter, on successive Sunday evenings and
Monday afternoons. beginning January
lS and II. The lectures will be given
in the following order: Brazil and
Rio de Janeiro," "Areentina'and Buenos
Aires" "Chile, via the Straits of Ma
EsllSn adi;1' the .; Am sIcc SwttSer;
The sale OF course tickets opens jan
uary 10.
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KEITH'S.

Nat c. Goodwin, who won fame in
IAN American Citizen" and I'm Mis-.
souri," will mako his Washington
vaudeville PREMIERE al the B. F Keith
1'heateT noxt week, as the principal at
traction. The LONDONDERRY York racon-
tense. Beatrice Herford, is next on this
Emma CaTls, assisted by Noel
Stuart, will return In new songs and
GATHERS Animated Toy Shop, with
the coming to life Of the playtlrings.
Other features will be Frances Nord-
strOm. William PinkhaIn and company
a novel song-story called 'The Thief"
Holmes and Buchanan in a dance
reverie, The Girl Of 1s47;" the Schmet-
tAnS in equilibrism; the pipe organ 70.
citals, and the Pathe News Pictorial.
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THE MIDDLRMAN'S SIDE

In the light Of increasing informa-
ton about the simple laws of supply
and demand the old idea that the
middleman is a sort of swollen para
site, robbing the producer on one
hand and the consumer on the other,
has become somewhat modified. But
there still are persons who read their
monthly bills and then revile the
grocer, the druggist, the haber-
dasher, and the clothier, as the cause
of all their troubles. They change
their merchants, and when the cost
Of living is not reduced they pirate
about "conspiracies" and "agree-
ments."
For such persons a paper read by
Herbert A. Smith, of the Forest
Service, before the Pan-American
Scientific Congress, would be whole
some fare. This paper contains, not
opinions, but results of studies of eff
forts at consumers organizations.
In the course Of DR.. Smiths
study it became clear that the re-
taller, especially in a modern city,
is an economic necessity. They per-
form a service which, so far, con-
sumers have not been able to per-
form themselves, though they have
tried many times and many ways. He
states, Retailers profits are not ex-
orbitant. Competition generally
keeps them low"
In spite of this fact, he points out,
competition sometimes works against
the interests Of buyers. That may
explode another theory, but theories
have a habit of going skyhooting
before careful studies of this sort.
Competition, it is obvious, in
creases overhead expenses for dis
tribution of products, just as surely
as combination may lead to excess
sive profits. But a less obvious re-
suit of excessive competition, pointed
out by DIR. Smith, is the pursuit of
cheapness without regard for quail
ity." That is an effect every think
ing buyer must have felt though he
may not have apprehended its cause.
Cooperation among consumers
may be possible. DR.. Smith thinks
it is. But there he enters the field
of opinion. Experience, he admits,
has not shown it to be thus far, even
over ten years efforts Of such or
CARNATIONS as the Right Relation
ship League of Minnesota. Gener-
ally tie falling down of these ex-
periments is attributed to Gloss Of
interest" or "laziness." Yet it might
Just as easily be that the consumers,
in the long run, find it cheaper to
pay the middleman a reasonable
profit for attending to details they
have not time to watch.
Producers have organized success
fully. 1t does not follow that con-
sumers may do the same thing, for
producers are making a living by
producing, consumers may be too
busy making a living in other ways
to attend too closely to the marginal
losses in consuming.
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Cites Case Where SCHOOL Manse"
Advocated In Times Has Proved
Successful.

Successful.
To the Editor, Of Thea TIMES:
In a recent issue of The Times there
is an article on the editorial page-a
page. let me say in passing. which 1
always find bright. pluuant. and stimu-
lating-on Rural School Problems
which is particularly interesting to edu-
Gators. am stealing time to drop you
these hasty lines to tell you that at
the Buffalo School. in Cherokee county,
S. c.. the experiment of establishing
school manse" has been tried with
great success.
Under the splendid leadership of the
principal of the school Miss Marion
Morgan. a new school building was
erected, and the old building was turned
into a teachers home, The home has be-
come in very true sense a rural social
center. The Girls Cooking Club, the
Woman's Home Demonstration Club.
and the School Improvement Associa-
ton all hold their sessions there.
A we'll equipped kitchen and an at
tractive living room are put at the
service of these organizations. The
school mRnse" simply radiates inspiFa-
ton throughout the entire community.
ponds upon the personality of the
teacher. Miss Morgan. who was edu-
Gated at Limestone College. Is a young
| lady of unusual gifts. Her work proves
that under the right kind of teacher the
scheme OF which you speak is entirely
| feasible, believe that its adoption will
| be a long step forward.
LEE DAVIS LODGE
| Gaffney, S. c.. Jan. l.
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BedraggIed Flag Waves Over Ma
fional Canftol

To. the Editor Of THE TIMES:
While recently visiting the Capitol OF
the United States, / noticed a very
poor flag bedecking the building. This
struck me as being quite strange in
contrast to the Importance Of the
building.
The emblem that waves DER the most
important building in America should
be prominent by It's cleanliness bright
ness and look inspiring
Believing other citizens to be in sym
pathy with these views, ] am
WALTER Drummer.
January s. Milford. Del
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LECTURES.

Burton Holmes Is TO give his post
poned series Of illustrated Travelogues
a. the National Theater Tuesday after
moons at 4:S0, in response ia popular
request, beginning next Tuesday with
ing to the demands on Mr.. Holmes
time in other cities. he viii only in
clude three subjects In his coming
series, tho other two subjects being
January q. The PRnama-Paeiae Exs
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To Hold Test Feb. 2.

The United States Civil Service
Commission announces an open, COM
petitiVe examination for physical la
horatorian for men only, to be held on
February ., and also a competitive ex-
animation for secOnd-class or assistant
steam engineer, scheduled TO be held
ON March 70.