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The Washington times., 1916-01-03
Tomorrow,

Week of prayer. services, under auspiges OF
the WomAns interdenomina tional Mission
AIRY Cnton. St. Pauls Lutheran Church.
10 y. IN.
Address, Mrs. Percy V. Pcnubacker, audi
torium OF Woodward " Iothrop's, .. III.
Entertainment Tor tho blind, Library OF Con-
sress. s:l5 y. 81.
Address. Fredcri"k A. Fennins. meeting O.
Columbia Heights titi2ens Association, Ar
cade, y. IN.
Meeting Capital Literary Society, residence
OF Mrs. Lauta B. LAWSON, 206 Thirteenth
street northeast. 1850 p. N.
Meeting, Mission Club of the First ConGrc.
gationsl Church, 1910 Massachusetts ave
Informal supper by Red and Rlue Quartet
Keller Memorial Church Sunday school
house, 7:S0 p. m.
Lecture on Constructive Peace" by Miss
Laura Clay, Of Kentucky Brighton Hotel
s p. m.
Meeting, stockholders of the Washington
Baseball Club, Southern building offices oi
club. l. noon.
School, Business IIigh School, p. m.
sil f street northwest. Sl5 p, al.
Mssonic-Lodges: Armtnius No. -. .husi
ness; Myron N. Parker. No. p. Il.
Royal Arch Chapters: Washington Naval
40. 26, grand visitation.
Ancient ana Accepted Scottish Rite: Mithra'
Lodge Of Perfection. business; Robert d.
Truce Council knights Of Kadosh. TWEEN
ucth deGree.
Eastern Star-N NTizpah No. $ degree; Fflel
lty, No. le. social.
Odd Fellow s--I.odge.: Washington. No =
Golden tui", No. Il and Anity. No. =;
Installation.
RebeksH I.odGes--Fideuty, No. Z; installation
Kniehts. 0f PSthiss-- Webster, No = ENcsl
Ne y, installation.
The Washington times., 1916-01-03
Boy Cripple Surprises
Physicians by Walkir

HARTFORD CITY, Ind. Jan. $
John Davisson Farrell, small son of
County Clerk and Mrs. Sam Farrell
who has spent most of his young life
in a wheel chair. surprised his par
ents and local physicians when hs
climbed out of his chair unobserNed
and walked to the business center OF
the city. seven blocks away. II had
been supposed the boy was unable to
court house lawn. His uncle. nr. II.
G. Davisson. and other physicians
have tried repeatedly to straighten
the boys crippled legs without sue
The Washington times., 1916-01-03
REVIEWS 1915 FOR
PRESBYTERIANS
Rev. Wallace Radcliffe Recalls
Life Work of Distinguished
Who Died During Year.

The Rev. DR.. Wallace Radcliffe. NJ
the New York Avenue Presbytel
Church. delivered his annual histor
survey az last nights services.
Dr. Radcliffe lwelt on the contri
tions to science. letters. and art
those famous men and women VIII
careers ended in 1915.
Among the special incidents OF the
year" said the speaker. were the
seven hundredth anniversary of the
Magma Charta. the century of peace
between the United States and Great
Britain, the enrichment of the world
by the wireless telephone. the develop
ment of the submarine and the aero
plane. the continental delirium II
bloodshed. the majestic stride of proc
hibition over the world, the wonders ~
American generosity. and the tide
Christian evangelism"
The Washington times., 1916-01-03
ANOTHER KICK IN THE FACE

Full details of the Persia horror
are still lacking. but these facts are
cially reported to the United
ates Government by our consul at
exandria: .,...,... ......
The ship was torpedoed without
Irning; indeed, the submarine
YER flashed a signal, never even
owed herself. All that was ever
IN of the. undersea assassin was
froth in her wake.
The Persia was destroyed and her
ssengers and crew were allowed
perish without sign of help from
submarine. They never had a
ance for their lives before the ship
Is struck. They never had finger
ted in their behalf afterward.
At least one American citizen, an
icial of the United States Govern
INT. was among the many unarmed
u defenseless human beings who
re slaughtered.
This massacre, in the number of
! ksons butchered and in the delib-
crate and cold-blooded atrocity of
the act, approximates the Lusitania
atrocity of nearly three-Guarters of
! year ago.
All this after the interminable
Ass of submarine ready letter
riting by our State Department,
cluding the day-before- yesterday
pcona correspondence.
Very likely there will be raised in
palf of the submarine butcher,
-" the flag of
aria, Turkey,
the issue of
he Persia
uns, as any
engcr inner transporting passen-
through waters infested with
es has perfect right to do for
efense. In all probability it
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the commissioner to buy or hire
motor cars, and it fourishes on land.
Japanese brought in last year 5000
photographed brides"-who labor in
fields and bitches beside the men.
In word, the commissioner
makes it convincing that much as
we may need laws to build higher
gates, we have, more pressing call
for tighter bars in the fences already
erected.
The Washington times., 1916-01-03
BUNcoMBE CUT IN ELECTRIC
RATES

The Times prints today in its news
columns the first Of a series of ar
ticles, exposing the precise facts
about the buncombc reduction in
rates for electric current, announced
some time ago by the Potomac Elec-
trio Power Company.
1t was stated the reduction applied
to electricity for heating and cook
ing. That use of current was to be
popularized; a great boon was being
conferred on the public.
AS matter of fact, the reduction
will not popularize electricity for
such uses at all.
1t will not apply to the domestic
uses of any ordinary establishment.
Not to exceed seventy-fve users of
current in the whole town will be
able to get any benefits from it.
The whole reduction proposition,
in the light of the investigation
which The Times has made, looks
more like confidence game than
good-faith performance.
1t is a pretense at doing some
thing, something that it does not
really do, and an avoidance Of doing
what ought to be done; namely, re-
duction of rates for light, which are
outrageously high in this town.
All this will be demonstrated be-
yond uncertainty in the articles of
which The Times begins publication
today.
II There are especial reasons why
The Times urges everybody to read
these articles. They will not only
expose the bogus character of the
alleged "popularization" of electric
ity for domestic uses other than
lighting, but will show how the pub
lie is bilked into paying excessive
rates for light. while vast profits
from these excessive rates go to sus-
tain the Washington Railway and
Electric Company, the corporate
owner of the Potomac Electric Power
Company.
There is still another reason why
these articles deserve. careful read
ing and close attention. They will
give startling insight into the real
animus, motive, and spirit Of the
dealings of certain public utility in
terests with the public.
We are just entering upon the
serious effort at public regulation Of
the utility corporations of this juris-
diction. There has already been
ample evidence that certain of these
are determined to resent and to balk,
by every possible means, all efforts
to control them. The facts that will
be brought out in these articles will
give the public an understanding of
the reasons for this attitude, and, of
the difficulties that confront agencies
entrusted with conserving the COM
munity interest.
Especially is it desired that legis-
lators, who at last must determine
the measure of protection to be given
the people of Washington in these
regards, shall familiarize themselves
with this presentation.
Washington does not govern itself.
But it is entitled to something bet
ter than to be made an object of
derision, a victim of grim jokes. 1t
deserves the more serious considera-
ton at the hands Of those who do
govern it, in view of its inability to
help itself.
The Washington times., 1916-01-03
Fresh Cause For Nnfes

Baltimore A AineffcuR-"NVith the An
coma matter at the point of satistac-
ton. the American State Department is
presented with what will doubtless
prove a fresh cause for an exchange OF
notes, IN the sinking of the British
liner Persia, III the Mediterranean.
Should the facts he substantiatcd py
testimony the offending power would
DO well to make fun disavowment and
rcparation without awaiting demands
from the United States; otherwise
there probably would he rather
abrupt severance OF relations.
NetC orleans Ttmes-Pica BuHe--"If II Is
found that an Austrian submarine add
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Called "Shell Game

Ncw York Hcrold--Is the sinking OF
the Persia--followinE. as it does. on
the heels of the sinking without
warning OF the Yasaka Maru and the
Vile de la Ciotat-Austria -Hungary's
answer to American protests against
wanton and illegal acts upon the high
seas or is it Germanys answer?
1t is the answer of one and both Ir
there is one thing certain II is that
the two TeutoniC powers are tarred
with the same stick that the policy
of frightfulness of the one is the
the policy of frightfulness of the
other, that assurances OF reform from
neither are worth the, paper they are
written on. 1T is the shell game.
Now YOU see II. now you don't II il
isn't Austria il is Germany; If it isn't
Germany il is Austria"
The Washington times., 1916-01-03
Persia Horror Stirs
Anger of the Editors
Some Declare 1t Austria's Real Answer to the United
States, But Majority Advise Suspension of Judg-
ment Pending Receipt of Facts.

NEW YORK. Jan. 3.-Great indigna-
ton has been aroused in the press Of
the country by tho torpedoing of the
Persia. But the ma jority of tho editors
seem to advise against hasty action. and
suggest suspension of opinion until the
facts have been obtained. Here arc some
of the views:
Neu York Timcs---"In spite of the
crazy demand for instant war by Sec
ton Of the American press almost as
blood guilty as the lurking assassns of
the sea, 1t is Austria and not the Uni
ted states that by every consideration
OF honor should be looked to for the
next move in this wretched business.
We have had the word of a monarchy
as proud and punctiious as any in the
world that the inhuman practices to
which we have objected would not be
repeated. The good faith Of great
nation is involved in this matter, and
We must In decency await the communi-
cations, profoundly apologetic, perha ps,
which we canifot fail to believe II will
make haste 10 present"
NeD York Sun-"The situation Great
cd by the sinking of the steamship Per-
sia, will not he clarified, nor will the
interests Of any nation be advanced, by
discussions based OH incomplete or i'm
perfectly understood facts. We con-
ceivc the present moment to be highly
inauspicious for indulgence in spccula-
tons based on partial reports and for
the cnunciatiOn of proposals in the ter
minology of which the mischief breeding
conjunction 'if"' plays an important
part
NfU York Press-"If the Persia was
sent to the bottom with no chance fer
the PASSENGERS and the crew 10 h1 Put
IN places OF safety, it can count Tor
httlo whether the Americans were
slaughtered or saved with tic rest: the
United States Government Is madc o.
bigger fool Of ther ever il was In the
matter of the Ancona, the Arphic o.
the Lusitatnia."
NeU York T1fbune-"The United
states has pretended to Champion the
cause of humanity. How many mere
murders of men and women, ot
Americans. will he needed to convince
q nation tha. there is no ESCAPE frcm
dutN and no refuge from action in
words
rs Woodrow Wilson still too proud
To- light?
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Amusements.

Ne al-"Kick In" sis p. m
Belasco-"Omar, the Tenthaker.' S.2U y. M.
PoIi's-"Along Came Ruih." @:lj and slj
Keith 's-VsudevilIe. ":lj and So D. M.
Ca sino-"A Bachelors lone, moon, S:li
y. NJ.
Gayety Burlesque, els and So y. m
Loews Columbis-Photoplays 1870 d. m
10 IL p, m.
The Washington times., 1916-01-03
PLAN CAMPAIGN TO
CHECK IMMIGRATION
Workmen Unite, Fearing Foreign
Influx on Conclusion of
HoStiIities.

NEW YORK. Jan 3.-Workincmen the
country over. alarmed at tho possibili-
tics- OF unrestricted immigration which
the conclusion OF the war NAV bring. are
mRssinC their forces for united opposi-
ton to the hordes of European workers.
who. they say. will flock to this land OF
promise when peace is concluded.
In the distance the figure OF cheap
European labor. which has been tenn
porarilE held back by the hostilities
abroad to the great advantage OF Amer
lean labor. looms forbidding and men
aring. il American rorts remain as easy
Of access TO foreigners as the immisra =
ti0n laws now make them. The Ameri-
can Workingman at present sees but
one obstacle to the threatened invasion.
namely. stricter immigration laws.
1t is for that reason they have placed
thcir hope in John l.. Burnett. Congress
man from Alabama and chairman OF the
Congressional Committee on ImmiGra =
tiOn and Naturalization. Undaunted by
two previous defeats. Mr.. Burnett has
framed another and stronger bill
which. with the aid OF his cohorts. he
hopes to have passed in time to stem
the tides OF Immigration that the end
of the war NAV bring
The Washington times., 1916-01-03
Jewish Congress Meets,

neetin" OF tn" Jewish "oncrc
com'hittcc will he held at hcsdquarte'
LA SiNth street north" "St at ):
o'rluck tomorrow night. ~ lodges ar
,iubs have been requested to send del
2ateS.
The Washington times., 1916-01-03

ed postscript to the Vienna reply by
torpedoing the Persia without warning.
Austria's position with respect to sub
marine warfare will have to be consid-
cred in the light of that additional mes
sage. Persistent disregard by Austrian
submarine commaD Dders OF the sacred
commandments OF humanity which vi
cnna has just pledged itself anew TO
observe would produce n Eravcr situa-
lion than that with which the two gov
crnments have been dealing. Tho con-
tradiction of words By deed would have
to be considered an aggravation of the
original offense."
ST. Louis, RepubIic--"The torpedoeing
OF the Persia without the removal OF
her passengers to a place Of safety
has stirred the American people to a
degree beyond the power OF words to
EXPRESS. Deeply anxious to avoid war.
WIN us tncalcul8blc horrors this
dasfardly act brings us face to face
with the possibility of il. II the
United states should have to draw the
sword IT could do IL in no better
cause than the defense Of the inviola I,
bility Of non com mbatants pursuing the
errsnds OF peace on the open sea. The
conciliatory and asserting phrases OF
the latest Austro Hungarian note ring
In our ears as we read the brief ac-
count OF this last horror"
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New York TimeS--"It is surmised. not
known. that the submarine that sank
;hc Persia was Austrian. In a sense. it
will be fortunate il that prove to be the
case. Tor Austria has two Avenues OF
escape from responsibility. while none
70 open 10 Germany. OF course. none
| hut a soulless government would permit
its navy to continue the worl; OF b"rtal
slaughtr- while the plaudits which wei
coined its promise OF discontinua n ce
were still ringing in the air Evidence
that the Persia was destroyed ~ a
German Submarine would at once max"
the affair most serious.
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Only One WAY.

Philadelphia Inqmrer--"There is rre.
ciselv one way to deal with Germany
and Austria. and that is TO say. not in
Observation-Disclosures suggestions. hot
IN positive language, Thou shalt moi.
And let those three words he sent
forth with all the assurance possible
that they mean exactly what they say.
IND if that demand. as well as COM
mand js not obeyed. then let ii be un-
derstood that the United States will pla-
outlaw nations, and will proceed to treat
them as such. By so doing we should at
least preserve our dignity and our self
respect Words without deeds are ut
tcrly worthless"
The Washington times., 1916-01-03

Boston Globe-"The latest submarine
disaster completely overshaJows Aus
tria's friendly note. We care nothing
about friendly notes in face of such
news. We must. however. be patient.
II Germany thinks we no longer remem-
ber the Lusitania. or II Austria thinKs
we are not unmindful OF our duties and
responsibilities, both shall learn that
they have made sad mistake The
Persia may serve to hasten such, a. day
of reckoning"
The Washington times., 1916-01-03
Workers Endorse Measure.

In back Of Mr.. Burnett on this ques-
tion stand 10000 members OF the
Farmers Union and Alliance. @.0O0. .00C
members OF the American Federation
OF Labor. 800 600 United Mine Workers,
10000 members OF the Junior Order
United American Mechanics. and more
than 100000 members of patriotic So
CiCtieS.
Mr.. Burnett presented his latest meas.
rrc for the restriction OF immigratio ia
the House on December 6. last, and il
was referred TO the committee of which
ne is chairman. Since that time he has
conducted campaign through New Eng
land. arousing sentiment for the bill. and
this month he comes to New York. where
the opposition is now crystallizing into
action. The measure will probably be
voted on early in February. and in the
meantime vigorous campaigns are being
waged.
First to take the field in this city is
the Junior Order United American Me-
chanics, of which Mr., Burnett is mem
her
The Washington times., 1916-01-03
Divergent Opinions Held.

Though the worklngmdn sees nothing
but flight of persons Of other lands
to this country as an aftermath OF the
war, social workers who have studied
the question hold widely divergent
views. Frederick G. Howe, commission
er Of immigration at the port of New
York. in a recent article expressed the
belief that millions IN Europe may
clamor at the ports OF cmbarkation In
hope of q new chance i'm a now void. -
Charles W. Eliot, President Emeritus
Of Harvard. disagrecs Tilh him
The immediate effect of peace may
possibly be host of refugees from
Europe he says, but this result does
not seem to mc to he probable. \
moro probable result il / strong de
mand for the labor OF aDlc bodied mcn
IN Europe to rebuild, rccultivatc and
| restore"
NJ any rate, whatever the result, the
American ~orknEman is TreparinE
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NeW York German H.rdld--"Nith
only incomplete reports regarding the
supposed torpedoins N the Persia at
hand. ii is difficult to discover whether
the tension between the United States
end the central powers will be inCre0 sed
or not One or two Sunday papers de-
manded that the controversies between
America and these empires be refer! ed
to Congress. We would welcome the
reference to Congress OF whatever con-
troversies exist between the United
states and Germany or Austria hungary.
In Congress there arc representatives Of
all the people, but we are afraid that In
the White House and Cabinet only that
part of the people have a voice y'ho
insist on helping ENGLAND out Of a Verv
tight place"
Boston Rccord-"The Pessia case is
the answer 10 our notes TO Austria
and Germany. II the Persia was sunk
under circumstances similar to those
that attended the sinking of the An
coma, the diplomatic exchange or com =
pliments on paper between Washing
ton and Vienna amounts to nothing
Boston Trunsclipt-"The proceeding
is flat contradiction TO the senti-
ments avowed in Baron Burian note
although, upon careful examination
of the full text of that note, we are
unable TO see that il makes any spe-
cifc concessions to the Government
OF the United States"
Boston Rerdld-"Just as the country
was rejoicing over settlement OF
the Ancona cas- comes the news that
the British passenger steamer Persia
with several Americans on board. in
cluding the United States Consul at
Alden. has been blown up by torpe-
do and most of her passengers and
crew sent to the bottom. The report
indicates that the TcutoniC powers
have not aba anloned their brutal and
barbariC submarine warfare on YES
sells carrying neutrals and non-com-
batants Between the LuSitania and
the Ancoua President Wilson's back =
bone stiffened very materially. I'm
less some eXplsSation is Forthcoming
to change the face Of il the case OF
the Persian thus threatens to prove
exceedingly serious"
Baltimore Ners-"The torpedoing of
another big liner in the MediteTrran-
can, resulting in great loss of life.
will make once more eXCeedinGly
acute the relations between this coun
try and the Teutonic powers. The
Austrian note. made public today,
meets all the Presidents demapds in
the Ancona matter. This is all we
ask Of either Austria or Germany. but
we expect the acts of both to be con-
sistent with their promises
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Vetoed BY Wilson.

Last wear President Wilson vetoed
the bill which Mr.. Burnett presented.
yet so strong was the sentiment in its
favor that four votes more and Congress
would have passed the measure over
the Presidents veto.
Several new features are introduced
into the bill just offered 10 Congress.
Ii the measure becomes a law every
alien setting foot on these shores. be
ing otherwise acceptable. would have
TO pay a fee of So. The measure would
keep out in addition to the imbociles
iurotics. and others now excluded. all
anarchists, and all aliens over the age
of sixteen who cannot read the English
language or some other language OF
dialect. including Hebrew or Yiddish
There al" also other features which
would greatly limit the influx of aliens
Evening star., 1916-08-13

in the life from which he had come.
Metoosin, with that little treasure of food
from the post, did not know that he was
poor, or that through many long years
he had been slowly starving. He was
rich; he was great trapper. And his
Cree wife, with her long sleek braid and
her great dark eyes, was tremendously
proud of her lord, that he should bring
home for her and the children such a
wealth of things-a little -four, few cans
of food, few yards of cloth, and little
bright ribbon. David choked when he
ate with them that night. But they were
happy. That, after all, was the reward
And there were many Metoosins. in that
domain of Father Roland's, who prayed
for nothing more than enough to eat,
clothes to cover them, and the unbrokcn
love of their firesdes
IT was after comprehension of these
things that David understood Father
Roland's great work In that kingdom of
his, running approximately fifty miles in
each direction from the chateau-except
to the northward, where the post lay
there were two hundred and forty-seven
men, women, and children In great
book the little missioner had their names.
their ages, the blood that was in them,
and where they lived; and by them he
was worshiped as no man that ever lived
in that vast country of cities and towns
below the Height of Lanl
At every tepee and shack they visited
there was some token of love av aiting
Father Roland; rare skin here, pair
OF moccasins there, a pair of snowshoes
that it had taken an Indian woman's
hands weeks to Make choice cuts of meat,
but mostly-as they travelled along-the
thickly furred skins of animals and never
did they go to place that the missioner
did not leave something in return, usually
some article of clothing so thick and warm
that no Indian was rich enough to bay
1T for himself at the post. Twice each
winter Father Roland sent down to
Thoreau great sledge-load of these con-
tributions of his people; and Thoreau,
selling them, sent back still greater
sledge-load of supplies that found their
way in this manner of exchange into the
shacks and tepees of the forest people.
"lf | were only rich," said Father
Roland one night at the chateau, when it
was storming dismally outside. "But
have nothing, David. | can do only a
tenth of what | should like to do. There
are only eighty families in this country of
mine, and | have figured that hundred
dollars family, spent down there and
not at the post, would keep them all in
comfort through the longest and hardest
winter. A hundred dollars, in Winnipeg,
would buy as much as an Indian trapper
can get at the post for a thousand dollars
worth of fur, and five hundred dollars is
a good catch. 1t is terrible, but what can
| do? | dare not buy their furs and sell
them for my people, because the company
would blacklist the whole lot, and it
would be a great calamity in the end.
But if had money-if could do it with
my own"
DAVID had been thinking of that. In
the late January snow two teams went
down to Thoreau in place of one Mukok
had charge of them, and with him went
an even half of what David had brought
with him-fifteen hundred dollars in poId