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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-01-14
WHAT'S ON PROGRAM
IN CAPITAL TODAY

Lecture, Nothing New" Miss Florence
SpOharu Avill, under auspices OF WomAn's
Suffrage Association Of the District, ball
Lecture. Or. Mitchell Carroll College Of His
tory. Massachusetts and Nebraska avenues,
Meeting, advertising vigilance committee.
Retail Merchants, Association. s p. m.
Meeting, Dent school Mothers Club, in
Reception to National Council Of Women Nv
Womans Benefit Association Of the Mac
Cabecs, Raleigh Hotel, p. IN.
Meeting. West Virginia Society, willard Ho-
smoker moi Joiat Masonic Clubs. Willard IIo.sl
Bazaar, Ladies' Auxiliary Of local German
American Relief Committee. Odd Fellows
Meeting to organize Department Of Labor
| Rifle Club. National Rifles Association
Shooting Academy. under Polls TheateF,
Illustrated Lecture, Alaska, Seals and Big
Game" Lester e. Jones, Homo Club. y.
Masonic-Capitol. No. II; Cathedral, No. Il;
s. Johns Lodge, No, is, Eastern Star.
| IS; Phoenix, No. IS, Odd Fellows Home As
ISOLATION; Martha Washington. No. 3; Dor
Knights of Pythias-Rathbone-s Superior, Nc.
| 90 Syrscusians, No. 10; Rathbone Temple,
No. s, Pythian Sisters.
| National Union-National Capital Council
| Mckinley Council Georgetown Council
| knights OF COlumbus-BOard of Directors Of
| X OF G, Employment Bureau.
| Modern Woodmen Of Observation-Disclosures
Camp and Martha Washington Camp. Joint
| installation; Central Camp, No. 1905 and
Maple Grove Camp, Royal Neighbors, joint
| installation.
Sons and Daughters of MISUNDERSTANDING
| Council.
United Daughters of the confedsracy-card
| party.
Grand Army Of the Republle-George II.
! Thomas Post, No. Is. G. A. r.; ThomG.;
Post, w. r. c., and Thomas Camp. NJ
! n Sons OF Veterans, joint installation.
| Socialist PartY-LOcal Central
! Meeting. North Carolina SOciety
ate Veterans Memorial Hall, 1922 Vermont
| avenue northwest D. IN.
Reception in honor Of Mrs. Carrie 4. BAH
| renburg, national president OF the w Il.
| c, OF the District, Raleigh, D. m.
| Address, "Lassen Peak, before Parish
| Guild OF All Souls Memorial Church, Ca
| thedraI avenue near Connecticut avenue
! northwest, p. m,
Address, Photographic Optics in Scientific
! Photography Prof. Edgar Tillyer before
Federal Photographs Society, New Ma
| tCnal Museum, p. m
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MEXICO AND SUBMARINES

To people who, because the Gov
eminent at various times has warned
Americans TO stay away from Mex
leo, demand that it order American
citizens to keep off merchant ships
of belligerent countries, even to re-
main off the high seas, Secretary
Lansing officially explains the very
distinct difference between the two
situations.
Land within the boundaries of a
nation is under the sovereignty of
that nation. Foreigners visit such
lands, do business there or live there
under the terms and conditions laid
down and controlled by the sovereign
authority.
But the high seas are not under
the sovereignty of any nation. They
are common TO the people of all ma
tions. "On the high seas a noncom-
Blatant, whether neutral or belliger-
ent, has a right to pass to and fro
without having his life endangered
unless he is on a public ship-bellig-
erent warship or transport"
But Secretary Lansing might well
have gone further with his explana-
ton, making clear the rights of
American citizens in the territory OF
foreign nation even though they
are warned out, and the duty of THEN
own home government to protect
them in their inherent rights.
American citizens could not claim
an indefeasible right to remain in
Mexico under any and all circum.
stances, and the Mexican govern.
ment might need to exercise it's SOW,
ereigu right and power to remove
them from Mexico. But they coulC
not be, under international law anC
treaty obligations, and they would
not be, if the United States Govern
ment were alive to it's duty, lynched
robbed, or otherwise manhandled.
Though American citizens resident
in Mexico, whether warned or mo-
warned out, have been entitled to full
protection by the United States Gov
eminent, they have not had sucE
protection in any part of Mexico.
That's why the Mexicans have
come to hold the Administration.
"watchful waiting" policy in sucl
contempt that Villa, only the othel
day the pet of the White House
doesn't hesitate to massacre, or t.
have his lieutenants massacre, Amer
lean citizens by the score.
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Speaker to Tell Congress
Of Need of Water Power

Necessity for the DEVELOPMENT of
the water power of tho country is to
be impressed upon the members of the
House and Senate by Henry j. Pierce.
OF Seattle by means of a lecture which
Mr.. Pierce has been invited to deliver
at the National Museum next Tuesday
evening.
The lecturer was invited to this city
by the members of the delegation in
Congress from the State of Washing
ton to show the other members of Com
gress just how important water power
development Is i'm the far West and
how important II is also to the re-
mainder of the country.
Senators Wesley l.. Jones and Miles
PoindeNtcr are the principle hosts of
the evening. The lecture will be Illus
trated with colored lantern slides and
motion pictures made I'm this country
and in Norway ind Canada. Some of
the pictures will show the plants es-
tablished for the taking of nitrogen
from the air.
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glance, to read UnoU -
this city are cooperating Win
teachers to instruct children how to
study. One instinctively inquiries:
What have they been doing all this
time? Also: Didn't we study when
we went to school?
If the reader answers the latter
question frankly he may realize that
he had little experience in that line.
Moreover he may recall, with dis
tinct shock, that no one ever told
him how to study.
He was told to study; oh, yes.
Things he was to study were ex-
planned to him. But how to study +?
Studying is one of the most difficult
requirements of minds that are not
at all inclined to do that. Yet all
the injunction most of us received
was just "study." No information at
all about how to do it.
Ponder a little more and it will
not be surprising that educators are
trying to teach the young to study.
The surprise will be that they did
not do this long ago. 1t is sort of
vocational training of an elemental
sort that fits in anywhere.
The reason is not far to seek.
About three-fouIths of the things
one learns in school are not going ia
be useful to him in his work later
in life. What he will find useful
are the things he studies after he
enters into the complex realities OF
business, professional, or other voca.
tional experience. So that what he
studies in school may not be very
useful; but the ability to study will
be about the most useful acquire.
ment he can get.
A lot of the faddism of vocational
training would be eliminated, anc
saner results would be Forthcoming
if more folk would get fast hold OF
the idea that the ability to thinl
quickly, to grasp a subject or sit
uation, and to act intelligently (al
of which has to do with the way t.
study is the simple basis of success
in most any sort of vocation.
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common sentiment that II the President
insists, he will line up his party regard
less.
Educate Army Officers.
1t is perfectly apparent that senti-
ment tends toward improving the Ma
tional Gurad and making it the real sec
ond line Of defense. rather than creating
continental army. There is a strong
and growing belief that the immediate
business Is to provide a way to edu-
cate army officers. To this end Sena-
tor Cummins Is introducing a bill that
represents much study. conferences
with army and militia officers. and his
experience of seven years as head OF
the Iowa National Guard while he was
governor of the State.
lie provides that six of the useless
army posts OF the country, geographi-
cally distributed, shall be converted
into what he calls army reserve in
situations, to train officers. Pupils
shall be taken-4O0 to each school-at
from sixteen to twenty years OF age;
trained alike for civil and military pur-
suits. and provided for by the Govern
ment IN every respect save that they
must furnish their own clothing. The
course Is TO be four years. and to euuiD
the graduate to be an efficient lieuten-
ant OF regulars. The student will re-
celNe commission, but have no serv-
2.
up to forty years OF age, whenever he
shall be called on.
Limit Guard Service.
Along with this. reorganization Of the
regular army is provided for. The
graduates of these reserve officers
schools are to be made, so far as poC
sible, the officers Of the national guard
which VIII be raised TO a basis of 40O.JO(
in peace and 10000 in war time Tho
national guard term OF service is lin.
TIED to three years and re-enlistment
rs not permitted This is in order tc
spread the military education 10 as
large as possible a number OF men, who
after their three-year terms give OBJ.
legation To serve in case Of national
need.
This plan, IT Is calculated. will cost
about 43o00,000 a year when in full
swing which is less than the continen.
tai army estimates. AS the national
guard Is already costing about $4,000. ,Qt
a year, the increase is only $2S, 200 900
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THE WASHINGTON NAVY YARD

The Washington navy yard has
ceased to be properly a navy yard
at all, and become a big manufacture
ing plant in which are constructed
the great pieces of ordnance for the
navy. There are a variety of special
reasons why this work is most salts
factorily done here in Washington,
where it is Immediately under the
supervision of the naval experts and
authorities.
In contemplation Of a sharp &C
celebration, of the naval building pro
gram, the authorities have informed
the Naval Affairs Committee of the
House that there is immediate need
for additional facilities at this plant
for the housing of which an appro-
priation of 100000 is asked.
There are some reasons that can
be urged in favor Of this expansion
of the gun factory, which are en-
tirely obvious; some others which
are not quite so plain and yet should
be equally effective. The other day
Commissioner Brownlow, in an in
terview in The Times, outlined the
ambitious ideals of the present Dis
trict government looking to the ut
most possible development of the
logical industrial possibilities of this
city. 1t designs to provide Wash
ington with hydro-electric power
from the Potomac, and on the basis
of that cheap energy to concentrate
here as largely as may be the vari-
is governmental manufacturing
1erations. The naval gunshop is
le of these, and one that in the ma
re of things ought to be kept here
Congress could we'll take into con-
sideration the desirability of thus
diversifying the character as we'll as
expanding the numbers Of the Wash.
! ington community. 1t is not good tc
have a community entirely composed
of special classes Of people. A wise
encouragement of those industrial
efforts would be just as i'm,
portant a measure for the right di.
rection of Washington's growth as {
desirable fiscal relation of the city
and the Federal Government.
Congress is going to be a regular
contributor toward the maintenance
and creditable development of Wash
ington. Being a contributor, why
should not the nation expect to real
some substantial benefits? If it i!
to pay part of the costs of building
the right sort of a national city here
would it not serve its own purpose
as we'll as that of the city, by taking
advantage of the model conditions
which are to be produced?
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Y. w. c. A. to Celebrate
Its 50th Anniversary

Active campaigning for new members
will constitute the initial feature OF
celebration to mark the fiftieth anniver-
sary of the founding of the Young
Womans' Christion Association. on
March 3. The membership campaign
will commence February ], and will con-
clude during the pageant and other
special features the first days OF
March, plans for which were made yes
terday.
Mrs Robert Lansing Is chairman OF
the committee in charge, with Mrs.
Wallace Radcliffe vice chairman, and
the following in charge OF other parts Of
the work Mrs. Frank G. Carpenter.
finance; Miss Helen Hughes. high
school girls work: Mrs. Fred f.
Wright, Girls clubs: Mrs. Frank C.
wilkins. pageant and religious features;
Mrs. Robert Lansing. parlor confer
ences: Mrs. woodbury. Pulcifer. mem
bership; Miss Mildred Bartholow. pub
licity
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Washington. January IT, il. >'AA'
Asks Opening of More Ventilators
In Street Cars, As Way To Check
Snreah of Diseasn

To tho Editor OF THE TIMES:
referring to the enforcement of the
ant-spitting regulation on street cars,
may | give suggestion which will i'm
prove the conditions on our cars and
help conquer the grip as we'll as other
diseases?
l refer to the Ventilation. In the side
entrance cars. the ventilators are very
inadequate and the foul air is most
conducive TO germ spreading In the
other type of cars, especially those on
the Maryland and Brookland lines
where Ventilators are regulated by the
conductors, such regulation seems to
be a lost art, and when a passenger
suggests opening Of ventilators, he is
greeted with a most astonished express
sion.
One ventilator is usually opened.
do not think such negligence IL inten-
uonal on the part OF the conduct tors.
but they stand In front Of the constant
~ opening door getting fresh air at
frequent intervals, while the passengers
are Obliged to inhale the foul air
This is n source OF danger that can
bc readily improved IL the car compsn-
les would make a regulation requiring
a certain number of ventilntors to be
opened. They will at once say that pas
sengers will be grateful for the relief.
OF course, some will. but the vast ma
ioTity will complain of drafts. OF course,
some will. but the vast majority will
be grateful for the relief, and fewer
people will contract colds from fellow
passengers. \. j. :.
Washington. January TO-
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FOR FEDERAL QUARANTINE

New York State has been neither
sagacious nor fortunate in all its
financial enterr~ises; but If it is true
A. to get 100000
II Government for
alton in the lower
anne time be re-
10y of maintaining
..satn supervision over the stream
of immigrants normally pouring
through this port, then indeed it
has driven a rare bargain.
State maintenance of quarantine in
New York has long been an anon
ally. The function is logically Fed
eral one. Under the efficient Sur
geon General Blue and his competent
Public Health Service the high stand
ard of excellence undoubtedly will be
continued. Needless to dwell upon
the necessity of upholding that
standard in the important business
of protecting the city and the coun-
try from contagious or infectious
diseases that may be brought across
the seas.
With New York under Federal SUI
pervision, the only American port
to remain under State sanitary con-
troll will be Baltimore, and doubtless
this also will soon fall into line. Con-
certed action to protect this country
from outbreaks of disease that may
follow the war will be only one of
the benefits arising from this uni
fication of control.
Governor Whitman is to be COM
mended for including a recommended
ton for the abandonment of quar-
antine supervision in his recent an
nual message and for setting to
~~"mntlY to see that it S
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Tomorrow.

Dance. Home Club, p. m,
Testimonial meeting, Scandinavians OF the
District, Public Library, p. m.
Banquet, class Of 1915, Georgetown Uni
yersity law school Harvey's s y. m.
Get-together meeting Builders ana Manu-
facturers' Exchange. at exchange, y. m.
Address, Tho History Of the Association"
Miss Florence Nj Brown Y. W. {. A,
Annual meeting, Howard University Alumni
Association, at university, p, m
Meeting Washington branch OF the woman's
section OF the Navy League, small ball
ypom New willard, II a, M
Lecture. Carl Smith 1893 seventeenth street
northwest, . y. M
odd Fenows-Washingto Canton No. l.,
patriarths Militant,
National t-rIou--Joseph Henry Council, Cen
Sus Council.
Socialist Party-Soolal and supper.
Addresses. Henry Talbot and W, W. Cooke,
before biological Society Of Washington,
lecture hall, Cosmos club p m.
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Next Weeks
Films

Another opportunity to SEQ Clara
Kimban Young in Camille" is to be
afforded Washington. the play being
scheduled for a return engagement at
Crandalrs Sunday.
Monday and Tuesday ]. Warren
Eerrigan Is 10 he seen in "Landon's
Legacy" an adaptation of the story
published in Golfers. A young Ameri-
can engineer whose work takes him to
South America, returning to this coun-
try 10 recupcrate. learns that an aunt
has died, willing him her seminary in
New England.
THE Misleading Lady" an Essanay
feature, with Henry Walthall and Edna
Mayo, will be seen Wednesday and
Thursday. 1t is a story of the cave
man" type with its primeval passions
in modern life.
Friday and Saturday. Thurlow Ber-
gen, a former member OF the Poll
Players, OF this city, will be seen in
tho principal role of the drama, THE
city" the last work Of Clyde Fitch.
Pauline Frederick is to be seen in her
latest success on the Paramount Pro-
gram, "Zaza." a perturbation of the IA
nous French novel and play, at Gram
dall's Apollo Sunday. Miss Frederick is
said to give an excellent characterizR-
ton. Monday, Marie Doro appears in
The White Pearl" another Paramount
feature.
Overnight" depicting the adventures
of yorng married couple while on
their wedding tour, with Vivacious Wv
ian Martin featured, is scheduled for
presentation on Tuesday. Wednesdays
attraction Is the Metro feature, Bar
bara Frietchie." with Mary Miles Min
ter in tho name part. Thursday. Laura
Hope Crews will be seen in the Para
mount version Of "Blackbirds."
Tho F[ieine- Edison feature, Children
St Eve" will be shown on FRIDAY, While
on Saturday THE Labyrinth" will be
seen. in which Gail Kane plays the
principal role,
A solid week of Paramount feature
photoplays will be the program of the
Leader Theater commencing Sunday.
when Clyde Fitch's drama. THE Moth
and the Flame" will be shown. Mon
day and Tuesday Marguerite Clark Will
be seen in Mark Twains The Prince
and the Pauper" The plot calls for
some remarkable photography and In
scome scenes Miss Clark. as the prince,
Is 10 be seen face TO face with herself
as the pauper
Wednesday and Thursday the principal
of r.. Phillips OpDenheims novel. Mr.
GTeN Of Monte Carlo with Theodore
Roberts. While published some time
! before the great European war, the
story Is said to have foreshadowed q
number or events i'm connection with Il
MARY Pickford is 10 be seen Friday
and Saturday in Dawn OF To-
morrow" adapted from the novel b.
Mrs. Frances HodEson Burnett
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How About Slush on Sidewalks In
Front of Vacant Houses?

To thr Editor OF THE TINES:
In tryinG to keep ones footing and
ones temper on the numerous ice
covered pnve'nents in the supposedly
model city during the past few days
(Cne whole llocE. for example, on
Vermont avenue. between X and l.
streets which has been a menace To
pcdcstrisns), one is led to inquire II the
from all duties pertaining to Gecent
citizenship? 1t really seems a great m
justice that the owners of Valual H.
property or thei- agents-should not
he compelled "a Kecb the pavCments in
proper condition. as their poorer neigh
bOrs are Obliged t. dc Surely il could
he no very great hardship for such per-
sons to sQuandCr n few cents occasion
ally on a poor colured man to keep
their sidewalks free from ice and slush
T.. J.. WARNER.
WASHINGTON Jan. IL.
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Outlook for Defense
Legislation Promises
Little Accomplishment
Unanmity of Sentiment Wanting, But All Indications
Point to Small Army Increase and Acceleration
of Naval Building PIan-OppoSition to Con-
tihental Army Apparent.
BY JupsoN c. wELL1YER.

Chaos is the only word that approaches description of the
Congressional with regard preparedness legislation
Nobody will serious opinion of the outcome
general agreement there will be rather small increase Of
the standing army considerable acceeaon of the naval building
program improve the line Of
military There will be establishment of continental army
abolition the Federal relation the national guard else
improvement of the national guard and continental army ALL
STATE MILITIA OPPOSED.
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National Market Board
Proposed by Fletcher

Senator Fletcher of Florida has intro
duced in the Senate the bill for ma
matte nal marketing commission.
The plan received some attention in
the last Congress. and will receive more
in the present one.
Il IL proposed to organize about the
national marketing commission q COM
prehensive system of marketing. benefi-
Cial alike to producers and consumers.
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opinion shocked by Il
der of king and qr
officials and army CHI
long refused to mali
matte relations with
government, under 4
in the strange mutat
fortunes, Britain is r
devoted ally.
Peter, however,
driven from his CO.
was from Belgium,
doubtless will sh,
Montenegro, to seel
Serbia under Ger
must have a king;
Vienna return to the
line and pick up
prince to be their p
It was Napoleon
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rama; and at least he was vigorous
and knew the art Of driving straight
ahead. He will be remembered as
one Of the most remarkable men that
ever seized the government of a
state and made himself in very truth
the state,
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KINGS FOR THE KINGLRss

From Rome comes the announce
ment that the Austro- Germans have
hand-picked new king for Serbia
and proclaimed him. He is described
as an illegitimate son of the late
King Milan. Milan was succeeded
by his son Alexander, who was as
sassinated in 1908, the crime being
one of the most horrible of its sort
on record. So greatly was British
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Calls Attention To Neglected Sec
ton of Wisconsin Avenue.

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
Some time ago i read in the columns
OF your valued paper. an article in ref
erence to the proposed widening of Wis
consin avenue northwest, from Garfield
street to the District line.
As property holder along this ave-
nue. l desire to call attention to a sec
ton OF the road at Thirty-seventh
street. which seems to have been
neglected and needs widening This
point, many feet above and below, is
very dangerous for both pedestrians
and vehicles. There is no sidewalk.
This unsafe and unimproved part OF
wisconsin avenue should receive at
tention at once, in preference to an
already widened part.
c. r. KENGLA.
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BrightWood Citizens to
Hear c. o. Lobeck Tonight

CONGRESSMAN Charles O. I.obeck of
at the meeting Of the Brightwood Citi-
zens' Association in the Erlghtwood
public school building at o'clock to-
night Important matters win be con-
sidered. President Louis p, shoemaker
will preside.
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Amusemenis.

National" Erstwhlle Susan" Sis q. m.
snaw Ias sbo0 oi9o S; s p H. ~ M
keith's-Naudey;lle 215 and S:l5 p m.
Casino-'Lena Rivers" SI5 p IN.
Lows NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 10 80 a. m. to
II .. IA.
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Photo Chemicals Explode 4;
Fire Engines Called Out

The explosion of some Photographic
chemicals in the rear of 22J Ninth street
southeast called out the fire engines late
yesterday When they arrived thny
found no blaze. Little damaFc had been
done. Tho premises are occupied by l.,
l.. Howard.