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ARNEY SPRING is one of the
IO landmarks of the environs of
n Washington which is linked with
q that epochal event in the his
tory of the National Capital. the Ameri
can defeat in the small clash called the
battle of Badensburs and the capture
of Washington by a small but highly
efficient force. Before the war of 1872
and, without doubt, for number of
years after the e5th of August 1914,
this spring was very likely without
name. II was a roadside spring, not
more distinguished in the matter of
the flow or the sweetness of its water
than many others in that neiShborhood.
1t flowed calmly by the side of the pike
leading to Bladensburg and to Baiti-
more. and no doubt many men who were
ancestors to hordes of Americans now
living stopped there to drink. Slaves
and indenture white servants, laboring
in the tobacco fields which covered that
part of the country in pre-revolutionary,
and to less extent. in post-revolution-
airy times, slaked their thirst at this
spring.
The spring was on the Veitch farm,
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name So the now "zwanze" starts
on its career: Cheer for the Ger
man soldier and the ladder.
How do the Belgans keep up their
courage
They read the Paris newspapers. They
often get them on the day OF issue
How do they receive them so prompt
ly2 by British aeroplanes from beyond
Zee brG2ge. The aeros drop quantities of
little packages of newspapers. No Bel
gian finding package would betray IL.
At least. II timid. he will furtively
kick il into a gutter or otherwise con-
ceal il and give the tip to some better
man where il may be found. In par
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personal enemy, put Belgian flag sur
reptitiouSly at his window. by night.
AT daybreak he will be arrested.
No explanations can save him. un-
less he be a German. So putting up
Belgian flags on shops of German
squatters is good "zwanze." Loyal
Germans, they get off with reprl-
mand. to watch better"
Which introduces the tree Zwanze."
Citizens of Brussels used to be proud of
their shady avenues. but, nowadays.
with the land in ruins. how take pride
in anything? The BelgianS are proud
of their flag. VOLTA, Why not saw
branches off a quantity of street trees,
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sunk deep in the brick wall. has served
unnumbered thirsty wayfarers.
At the city end on the northwest end
of the Pennsylvania Avenue bridge
there is laid out on the plat of the city
of Washington a circle, into which run
Pennsylvania avenue, Kentucky avenue
18th street. X street and l. street. A
segment of the circle on its northeast
side impinges on Congressional Gene
terry. On the southeast side of the cir
Gle. in fact across the eastern side OF
the circle. run the railroad tracks
which pass under the land span of the
bridge. On the plat as shown in Baists
Real Estate Atlas of Surveys of Wash
ington, the name "L'Enfant" is given
to this circle. On map of the District
of Columbia. 1901. prepared under the
direction Of the subcommittee of the
Senate on the District of Columbia. ex-
ecuting the order of the Senate on
March S, 1901, for the preparation of a
plan for the improvement of the park
system of the District of Columbia, Is
this bridge plaza circle is shown but
no name appears on it.
A bridge plaza a that place Is no new
thought. One has been in contempla-
tion at the juncture of Pennsylvania
and Kentucky avenues since the first
plan of Washington. A nearly rectan-
gular plaza is shown at that point on
the plan of the city intended for the
permanent seat of the government of
the United States projected agreeable
to the discretion of the President of
the United States in pursuance of an
act of Congress passed the 18th of July,
MDCCXC. establishing the permanent
seat on the bank of the Potomac" 1t
also appears on the Ellicott map, or
the plan of the city of Washington
in the territory of Columbia coded by
the states of Maryland and Virginia to
the United States of America and by
them established as the seat of their
government after the year MDCCC."
On some drawing of the city the Ram
bier has seen this circle at the Wash
Eastern Branch bridge marked Barney
circle
To have this circle named in honor of
Commodore Barney was one of the
strong desires of the late NJ. |. Weller.
In a lengthy and excellent paper. en-
tiled, Commodore Joshua Barney; the
Hero of the Battle of Bladensbure-
Incidents of His Life Cleaned from
Contemporaneous Sources" which Mr..
Weller read before the Columbia His
torical Society May 10, 1910, he said:
Ninety six years have elapsed since the
invaders heel felt in the National Capital.
when Commodore Joshua Barney hailed as
its valiant defender: generations have passed
away without paying the obligation incurred by
his imperishable deeds while other men. with
less claim a nations gratitude have had pub
lie statues erected in their honor let it then re-
dound to the credit of the Columbia Historical
Society to call the attention of the country to
this omission and offer a respectful petition to
the Congress of the United States to give his il
lustrious name to the spot within the city's lin
its. where his guns were planted in its defense
and thus perpetuate by appropriate statue in
enduring bronze the Iineaments of this great
hero Of the struggle for independence and of the
wer Of 1912.
The following memorial was ad-
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Branch bridge. which then spanned the
river at the foot of Kentucky avenue.
or the junction of that avenue and
Pennsylvania avenue. The American
commander thought that the British
meant to attack Washington at that
point. and Barney's guns and men were
stationed to command the bridge HIS
line lay across the circle marked on the
city plat at the west end OF the Penn
sylvania Avenue bridge.
1t was about II o'clock on the morn
ing of August rs that an American
scout or vidette brought news that the
enemy had changed the direction of his
march to the right and was headed to-
ward Bladensburg. Then it was that
Barneys force and other troops were
withdrawn from the foot OF Pennsyl-
yania and Kentucky avenues and
marched out the post-road toward Bla-
densburg, finally going into position
and action where the District line
crosses the road, and where the spring
which has come to be called Barneys
spring was flowing then, and flows to-
day.
Joshua Barney was one Of those bat
tie horses of the young American re-
public with whose career only a rev
Americans are familiar. One of the
numerous good works of the late M. |.
Weller, whom all Washington people
knew and who himself was a descend
ant of an officer in the British column
which captured Washington. was to
compile all the data obtainable relat-
ing to Commodore Barney.
In the popular mind the Rambler has
observed that there is great confusion
of the names Barney" and Barry"
both figuring gloriously in the war
which resulted in introducing the
United States into the family of ma
lions. A splendid memorial to Barry
was set up Il few years ago on the 14th
street side of Franklin Square, but no
memorial to Barney has been erected
in the capital, though his services were
eminent and covered long period.
Contrary to the opinion which one is
apt to form at first and hurried
glimpse of the career of Barney, he was
not an Irishman except by descent and
temperament. Barry was Irishman
by nativity, and one of the numerous
and distinguished officers of foreign
birth who lent or gave their swords to
the cause of the young republic. Bar
ney was American. native and to the
manner born to the state which gave
to the federal government the present
District of Columbia. He was the fifth
son of William Barney, a farmer. over
whose land the city of Baltimore has
grown. His mother was Frances Hol-
land Watts. Maryland woman of an
old family in the province. Barney was
born at Baltimore town, July 3, 1853.
and throughout his life he proved him
self worthy of the warlike name which
his parents conferred upon him
Joshua.
1t would appear that the Barney fam
lily removed to a farm on Patapsco Neck,
eight miles from what was then the
small town of Baltimore. about 1851 and
Joshua attended a school at Bear Creek.
He left school while yet young boy
and was given employment in a Balti-
more dry goods store. Mr.. Weller found
that after brief period in that employ
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Won Termit's overcoat pocket, there
They did it. AS the warmth touched
it's examinations. Death is here?" he
wondered; and he fastened down the
avenue. Sniff! But tina dogs of Brus-
sells knew Seven dogs behind him
followed the odor. Seven? Eleven.
humping into the lieutenant's legs. en-
thusiastic.
He took refuge on a trolley. but the
wild cells Of the superb imburg now
shrieked praise. All nature partici-
pated. The dogs followed ecstatically.
Passengers held their noses. There Is
pestilencer observed Won Termit, kind
ly. ut is you who say It," answered
the conductor. crossing himself Are
those your dogs" The passengers
looked at him darkly, breathing
through their handkerchiefs. Cursed
dogsw muttered the lieutenant. You
have said it!' snapped en- aged wom-
an, dogs of curse and pestiience. whom
do they follow? That's the question
And she pointed at Won Termit. II am
choking! Stop the trolley"
Tho car stopped at the Boulevard
Anspach. in the midst of confusion and
rumor The German ofacer walked Off
with dignity. but the dogs followed
him. He hailed a taxi and disappeared.
but always with the pack. At high
speed, baying crazily.
Whence the story started Of q lieu
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an extensive tract which at the time of
the fighting that gave historic conse-
quence to these fields. had been in pos
session of the NeitCh family for CEN
fury 1t may he that this spring. if it
was very good one. and much used.
was called in the neighb orhood
''Veitchs spring. but this is hardly
likely. becausee on the northern slope
of the rdgelike hill east of the spring
and close to the dwelling house of the
Neitch family there was spring. which
is flowing today. and if any spring bore
the name of the owner of that land it
would he the more important one near
which the Neitch's had built their
home.
Barney spring is opposite the fine
grounds that surround the home of Col
Wright Rives Col. Rives is IA retired
officer of the army and the son of John
c. Rives John C. Rives, in addition to
many public activities, was for long
time the publisher of the Congressional
Globe. He bought this land in the sos
as a summer home and to try himself
out as farmer. The Rambler believes
it was he who bricked up the spring as
it appears today. The big iron dipper,
with a heavy chain attached to staple
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if it exaIts the flag and brings down
Germans? The trees belong to nobody.
You cannot arrest a tree.
So every morning Belgian flags fly in
a dozen treetops.
IT makes the kommandantur wild.
Send for soldiers! Climb that tree.
and bring down that flag! But the
flag is tied tight in the treetop. Down
crashes the soldier. the branch just
beneath it breaking. The flag still
waves. Send up another soldier.
Crash! Down comes another soldier!
All along the avenues. German SOL
diers tumbled from the treetops. while
the Belgian flags waved. 1t took them
weeks to realize that branches had
been sawed. Then the kommandantur
ordered: Bring ladders, Climb up
there with care and fetch the flag
down."
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reduced to poverty Their situation is
tragic. They cannot revolt. They have
no arms. The Germans have taken
their reserve food, cultivate their
fields and run their factories. Half
the population is fed by America. Con-
fsCations are everywhere. The prisons
are fun. Every protest is pitilessly re-
pressed. So the Belgians laugh.
The Belgians protest by laughing.
They revolt by joking.
An entire people have turned prac-
teal jokers.
With tears in their eyes, they work
up monumental farces and put the
heavy German oppressors in a ridic-
ulous situation. 1t is April fool boy
cotting. 1t wounds German pride hor-
ribly, because beneath the jest is the
disdainful boycott.
How have Belgians the heart to do it?
I tell you. they 'Zwanze" while weep
ing. Every family is in mourning. The
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ly gives advice. The German soldier
gets the flag loose. Hurrah! The Belgian
crowd cheers frantically-for the soldier
or the flag, which? For the flag. natural
ly. for their Belgian emblem. which
they have no right to cheer in its own
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90 0HEN the King of Bavaria re
MAN. Gently visited Antwerp his
WV triumphsl entry fell fiat. by
the purposed silence of the
streets and absence of the people. Al
though a grand sight, the Antwerp
population abstained. 1t was a painful
surprise to the Germans. because there
had been no warning and they I'm
asfned to give the citizens a treat 1t
looked like conspiracy of absent
treatment.
To prevent a like scene when the
King of Bavaria should ENTER" Brus-
sells, the inhabitants along the route,
from Vilvorde to the center, received
orders to drape with German flags and
give up their windows to well dressed
German civilians. who would come and
hurrah.
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special Correspondence ~ The Star.
BRUSSELS-P BY Underground,
April 25-May 9. 1915.
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dangerous: the ball 10 not extracted. fondly
hope q few weeks will restore me to health and
that exchange win take place that may re-
sumo my command or any other that you and
the President may honor me with.
Yours respectfully. JOSHUA BARNEY.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-06

 establish here reserve officers training corps
 President Denny submitted the follow ing statement:
 By recent act of Congress the Pres- ident of the United States Is authorized to establish and maintain in civil edu- cational istitutions requiring four years of collegiate study for degree a reserve officers training corps. Many of the leading colleges of the country are plan- ming to take advantage of this legsla- tion. I am recommending that the trus- tees authorize the establishment of one or more units of the reserve officers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-06

the University of Alabama, secured,
 through the state board of health, the di- rect aid of the federal government in
 making this community a model com munity from the point of view of sani-
 tation and health. Nothing has been left
 undone to guarantee ideal health con- ditions. Not only has typhoid been elimi- mated. but the federal authorities have gone still further. They have made com plete malaria surveys with a view to giving all Alabama, through this com munity, an object lesson in the elimina- ton of malaria. There is great satisfac- tion on all sides in view of these great achievements. Tuscaloosa invites the en-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-06

tire state to come and see what hs been done and to rejoice in the fine ra suits that publicity and initiative hav brought to this community.
 Every community in Alabama shouli carefully consider what has thus bee accomplished in Tuscaloosa.
 Yours very truly
 "c. R. WEST" The following letter to Senator Under wood from Gen. W. M. Black, chief 0 engineers of the United States army, in dicates the high character of the wori done in the college of engineering in tn
 Continued on Page Nine)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-06

comes from close study of the func- tion and purpose of the modern tax supported university. The high aim of the institution Is now, as it has ever been, to serve the state, and this aim is being realized to marked degree. Whatever limitation may exist in it's capacity for fuller and greater service are due to two causes: First, the want of adequate financial support and sec- ond, the lack of knowledge on the part of the people of real facts concerning this great educational plant which be- longs to them and to- them alone.
 Inasmuch as increased appropria- a- tions can come only through the leg islature, which recently met and which will not meet again for three years, 1t is needless to discuss at this time the want of funds. The task at present is to disseminate information among the people as to what the university Is really doing. To accomplish this end President Denny recently prepared for distribution folder covering the fol- lowing facts
 DO YOU KNOW?
 1. That the University of Alabama has 1500 students?
 2. That 1t has over 100 teachers?
 3. That it is rated as one of the stan- dard colleges of the south?
 4. That it's summer school has taken rank among the, best in the country?
 5. That new dormitory for women
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-06
SPIRIT OF PROGRESS EVIDENT AT FAMOUS UNIVERSITY 0F ALA. Whole Atmosphere Aglow With Light of Study of
 Functions
By DEAN JAMES J. DosTER,

Director of the Summer School at the
 University of Alabama
 Great IS has been the past history of the University of Alabama, the flu ture promises to be even more glo- rious Today the spirit of progress is strikingly evident at this famous old seat of learning. The whole atmos- phere is aglow with the light which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-06

, and new gymnasium have recently
 been completed? 6. That its debating teams last ses- sion defeated the best teams of this section?
 z. That the attendance of regular | students has doubled within recent years?
 8. That its museum of natural his tory is the largest and most important | in the south? g. That it's engineering building is | the largest and best equipped in the | south?
 10. That it is open to women in all , of its departments? Il. That the graduates of the school of law are admitted to practice in Ala bama without examination? 12. That it's college of medicine is | ranked in Class A by the American | Medical association? l 13 That it is one of half dozen southern colleges which has a chapter | of Phi Beta Kappa, a national so- ciety based on scholarship? IA That 1t offers two-year technical | courses to students who can devote only limited time to engineering work and who desire the greatest
 amount of directly useful knowledge
 in the short time allowed? 1 Is. That 1t offers the combined de- l grees of B. S. and M. D. to such stu
 dents as successfully complete two | years in the college of arts and sci- | ences and four years in the school of | medicine?
 | 16. That graduates of the school of education are entitled to a first grade | teachers certificate? | IT. That the new law regulating "the l extension of teachers certificates" is aff nd hof cin r, made in the summer school for those students who desire to take advantage | of 1t?
 IS. That is maintains a students self-help bureau? RESERVE TRAINING CORPS In accordance with the university's pol icy of meeting the needs of the people whenever these needs arise, the trustees of the University of Alabama at the reg
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-06
RESERVE TRAINING CORPS

RESERVE TRAINING CORPS
 In accordance with the universitys pol icy of meeting the needs of the people whenever these needs arise, the trustees of the University of Alabama at the reg ular annual meeting May 31 adopted the recommendation of President Denny to
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-12-15

UNDER THE SKIN OF MIN.
Did you ever sit down and talk with
men
In serious sort Of way.
On their views Of life and ponder
then
on all that they have 20 say
II not YOU should in some quiet
hour;
It's a glorious thing 20 do.
For youll find that back OF the pomp
and power
Most men have a goal in view.
They'll tell you then that their aim
is not
The clink of the yellow gold;
That not in the worldly things
they've got
Would they have their stories told.
They'll say the joys that they treas
ure most
Are their friends. tried and true.
And an honest name for their own TO
boast
And peace when the day is
through.
I've talked with men and / think l
know
!. What's under the toughened skin
I've seen their eyes grow bright and
glow
With the fire that burns within.
And back Of the gold and back of
the fame
And back Of the selfish strife.
In most men s breasts youu find the
flame
OF the nobler things Of life
Copyright, 1915. by The Reilly &
Britton Coz
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at any time Of the year except the
dog-days.
Must Get Hardened To it.
Why is this dreadful discrepancy
between faith and works. theory
and practise one is. that while il
may be healthy 10 be cool and we'll
ventilated and a little bit shivery
around the edges, it's 'darned" un-
comfortable. unsl you get harden
ed 70 il. and the average human
will headlong take the cash and
let the credit go" and Zoe comfort
able in this life. so TO speak. even if
he does run some risk OF suffering
in the next. that is. 20 say. the day
after the day after tomorrow, or
some remote period like that.
II takes training and mild en-
durance Of suffering 20 learn 10 like
cool. fresh air. and 20 enjoy LIVING
the outdoor and open-window life
It's well worth the little trouble and
dfscoua fort that ~ costs and when
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-12-15
STOPPING THE "SLAVE RAIDS

Dispatches from Holland indicate that the German
without protesting any change policy
has considerably reduced its rate of deportation of
Belgians to Germany. 1t is intimated that the
slave raids" stop altogether in spite of the
stern front maintained Berlin.
chief reason given for this alleged modification
of plans is found in the protests made Germany by
the United States 1t is explained that the German
government, while asserting its right TO deport
able bodied Belgans Germany. dare to per-
the face Of unanimous condemnation from the
world the most powerful neutrals voice that
condemnation.
Germany is ever Jealous to cultivate good
will abroad to hold as an asset against the time Of
settlement. The favor disinterested friendship
the American people is looked upon as desirable
today than any other the began. our
Europe before if it pursues steady course
half plain principles o humanity
The situation is quite different from that which ex-
listed when Belgium invaded Many Americans
hold that should have protested strongly the
against that ruthless act. The has given
that the act sudden and unexpected, the time
for effective protest the crisis
complex and omnOus. that it natural be
content with merely looking AMI thanking Heaven
that ourselves outside the danger
Now there is no such excuse We are safe we know
the whole situation, We illegal and barbarous
policy against suffering Belgium carried out in cold
blood. and We are powerful enough 10 stop it by firm
steady insistence. is hoped that the ad-
mnisraton will press the matter urgently and that
the voice the nation will be support.