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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21

gagements being, with relation to the
hostilities in other fields Of the war, of
small importance, though the aggregate
Of losses on the two sides has been heavy.
Evidently it is the purpose of Austria
to carry the war into Italy, to press the
Italian front back toward Verona and
Vicenza. If these cities should fall into
Austrian hands all of northern Italy
would be menaced. But the dispatches
do not indicate any immediate proba-
bility of an Italian retreat that far The
Roman bulletins acknowledge with
drawals from advanced positions and
suggest that these Withdrawals are
strategic. The fact remains that ground
has been gained and that at least at. one
point, at Constabella, the Austrians are
in possession of Italian territory for the
first time since the war began.
1taly's part in the campaign has been
said to have disappointed the allies, who
had expected a more successful pressure
upon the Austrian flank, and with
drawal of forces from Galicia and per-
haps from the western front to check
the invasion. But Austria has had the
great advantage of having to defend
herself in this quarter in the most noun
famous portion of Europe. 1t is not
surprising that Italy has made SO little
Roadway in the circumstances of the at
tack upon the Austrian front If the
Italian lines are forced back into the
plains of Venetia the defenders will not
have the same advantage that Austria
has been enjoying during the past year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21
A Department of Fine Arts.

| Doubtless the day will come when the
United States government will take upon
itself the nurture and support of the
arts. as well as the industries of the
| country This will be in the course of
evolution. How long will be the inter
val of preparation depends largely upon
the people themselves. upon their ap-
probation of the value of cultural works
in the national life. Older countries
have already reached the point Of gov
ernmental direction and encouragement
stimulate the United States into a
quicker progression toward this point of
it's development.
At the annual banquet of the Ameri-
can Federation of Arts. which has just
closed its convention in this city, Ho-
ratio Parker, one of the foremost Of
Americas authorities on music, spoke
earnestly of the need of a government
department of fine arts. under which
lecture might be fostered. There is l
sound argument for the institution of
such branch of the federal organiza
ton. The United States conserves the
interests of the people in the matter Of
invention. through the patent Office; in
the realm of science through the Smith
sonian and the National Museum; in
the field of labor. through the Depart
ment of Labor; in the field of educa
ton, through the bureau of that name !:
in the field of business, through the De
partment of Commerce, and in the field
of. soil tillage, through the Department
of Agriculture. Why should not the
arts of the people be recognized as of
sufficient importance to be given encour-
agement and sustenance by means of a
we'll directed bureau, if not depart
ment, designed to stimulate the artistic
appreciation of the people and to pro-
mote works and institutions that will
accomplish the spiritual and intellectual
development of the country?
DR.. Parker mentioned as one mani
festation of such a governmental en-
deavor the establishment here at the
capital of a national conservatory of
music. That is but one of the posi-
bilities The fine arts commission is
already in existence and doing a most
valuable work in standardizing the
structures and memorials erected by the
government. The government is now
doing much to make the life of the peo
pie broader and fuller and better. The
co ordination of the agencies already ex-
istent into a single organization would
form the basis for department of fine
arts.
1t is not extravagant to hope for the
development of this idea in the near
future. Interest in all the arts is mani
fest in all parts of the country. Mil
lions of the people are aroused to the
vital value in life of the refining infu-
ences of music, painting, sculpture and
architecture. movement for the ere
alton of government department to
foster these cultural tendencies would
receive support in every state.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21

From the Baltimore Star.
President Wilson's statement that his
job is no sinecure does not seem to
deter a number of very prominent gem
tlemen in their endeavor to succeed
him.
From the Syracuse Herald.
President Wilson says he has been
kept awake nights worrying over the
European situation. Now isn't the
kaiser ashamed of himself?
From the Baltimore Evening Sun.
Wonder whose neck Uncle Wood
row is thinking of sitting on and whom
he Is thinking of knocking down for
the good of his soul. Beware, Car
rama! Be careful, kaiser! Go slow.
joan DUAL -
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ABOUT GROWN PEOPLE.

Grown folks are very queer, / think;
They're clever and they're wise,
But still it's mighty hard for me
To understand their why's.
Days when romp and rip and rush
And let things slip and fall,
They say. mo wonder mischicfs done
He's never still at all
Times when I go of by myself
And make no noise they say,
Hes surely up to mischief now,
He's been so still today
Grown folks are very fine. know.
But very curious, too.
To say the same thing every time.
Whichever way ] do!
-Harper's Magazine
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21

The Won Igel papers might provide
names of people whose personal atten-
ZION it would be well TO call to the Ger
man reminder that aliens in America
must respect American laws.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21

The task Of maintaining neutrality is
perhaps all that Uncle Sam can under
take at present, in spite of the tempta
ton to claim the blessing due the peace
maker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21

rifles to New Yorktto be sold, owing t.
their unskilfui and undiscriminating use
during riots The handling of firearms
is one of the big problems of Latin
America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21

Continued raids indicate a disposition
to take advantage of Villas absence to
create competition in the bandit bust
ness. - rc .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21

One of the interesting incidents Of
June may be the exchanges of condo
lence between W.. J. Bryan and Henry
Ford because of the country's failure to
put Il sure enough peace man at the
helm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21

The mention of a $40 900 900 naval
appropriation does not create an i'm
mediate fighting force. But it has its
value in. moral effect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21

1t is likewise with pan-Germanism,
or rather "Hakatism," a special organ
ization which formulated
Ricm roksr measures to exterminate
Poles in Posnania. That
AoiieJ' organization was created
by the Bismarckian policy which would
discredit Emperor William II and was
adopted later by the government. which
did not know how to get rid of it and
Which found in it finally a precious in
strument for its new anti-Polish policy.
"Hakatism" marked with an official
stamp was furnished with all imagin-
able devices to accomplish. it's ends.
The absolute Introduction of the Pol
ish language in the schools, in the tri-
bunals, in the public meetings and in
all government services, Introduction to
Poles to sell their lands without gov
eminent authority which reserved for
appropriation of Polish proprietors to
the profit of colonists imported from
Germany-these were only a feeble part
of the desperate measures that the
Poles. excluded by fact if not by law
from all official employment, had to
suffer in that Posnania which is the
cradle of their country.
After the partition of Poland. which
the culpable want of foresight of the
powers represented in the congress of
Vienna tacitly consolidated, the three
monarchies copartitioners had a COM
mon interest to keep silence over their
victims and not to recall to the con-
science of Europe the misdeed of which
they alone would profit. This compile
ity in the first place permitted Prussia
to grow in the shadow of Russia and
Austria.
The war Of 1866. although but a po-
litical Germanic incident, obliged Aus
tria to change her attitude toward her
Polish subjects. Having ceased to see
in them enemies. she ceased also to
obey Prussian suggestions which fell
back on Russia alone. But the Polish
peril could not serve indefinitely as
a bond between Russia and the new
Germanic empire. Events proved more
strong than ordinary. The nationalist
tendencies became more pronounced in
the two monarchies; the policy of Eng
land not to allow herself to be dis
tanced in the mastery of the seas: the
creation by Austria Hungary of a
sphere of interests in the Balkans-so
many causes that rang the knell of
Russo-German friendship cemented by
the fear, more than a hundred years
old. of seeing revived an independent
Poland.
If the treatment inflicted by Russia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21
An Uplifter.

"Bliggins is always talking about ap-
lifting people"
"True. Even when he is indignant
with somebody Bliggins wants to knock
him higher than kite"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21

Germans in America are getting some
Of their best advice ON the duties of
citizenship from thoughtful Germans in
Germany.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21

Discussion of plans and specifications
represents larg. share of the time re
quired for the building of new navy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21

Asquith is convinced that Ireland
needs a new form Of government. To
this, as a general proposition, Ireland
will heartily agree.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21

A candidate of truly heroic quality
honestly believes that failure to elect
him would be a national calamity. Self
confidence is one of the first essentials
of "heroism"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Talking 'em Ovel

Talking 'em Over
any husband is regular rainbow
chaser" said one woman.
mine isn't replied the other. Given
if he knew there was a pot of gold at
the end of the rainbow, he'd sit still and
expect the rainbow to come to him"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21

Villas policy of remaining in hiding
renders him liable to be called a molly
coddie.. -.s 80
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21

The average Mexican's idea of the
United States seems to be battling Texas.
and beyond, an effete wilderness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21

Economic problems are keen in Porto
Rico, where the population is probably
denser than in any other
Porto Rican territory over which the
Stars and Stripes wave,
AAouucIS. and in order to foster
trade between the island and the main
land the United States government.
through the Department of Commerce,
is calling attention to some of the is
plies our importers go to other and
often less accessible countries.
One product Of the island is Panama"
hats. said to be made from the same
materials as those of Colombia and
Ecuador. and to be comparable in work.
manship and quality. Our supply, how
South American countries. Another
Porto Rican product which the Com
merce Department points out we do
not make use of is cocoanut "coir"
fiber, from which doormats and mat
ting is made. The supply for the United
States is almost all gotten from an
other source, and largely in manufac-
tured form. A third commodity of the
territory which it is suggested manu-
facturers of the United States should
come to know is the Porto Rican veg
etable wool" light. silky fiber pro-
duced in abundance on the island.
which, it is declared, would be of i'm
portance in the upholstery industry,
perhaps to an extent replacing the val
liable kapok of the East Indies.
The Commerce Department is exhibit
ing samples of the three island prod
ucts to interested manufa cturers and
importers, and is offering to place them
in touch with specific sources of supply.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21
THE PRESIDENTS AVOWAL.

From the New Haven Register.
One may gather from some things
which President Wilson said in, his
speech last night that he is not having
Ia perfectly corking time" in his four
years at Washington.
From the India napols News.
Or perhaps, Mr.. President. more ac-
curate statement of the case would be
that few public men grow and most
of them swell.
From the Pittsburgh Gazette Times.
President Wilson says that for the
sake of some mans soul ct have got to
occasionally knock him down. All.
ha! Not too proud to fight; merely
out of practice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21
Austria Was
Hampered.


ceived no real profit by the Polish ac-
cession. 1t deformed Austrias natural
frontier by the wall of the Carpathians,
but sraver still Austria found herself
embarrassed by Poland's redoubtrlle
rivalry in the domain of agriculture.
Russia in aiding in the partition of
Poland gave herself definite place in
the concert of nations. Otherwise the
partition complicated Russia's interior
situation by the introduction into the
bosom of the empire of an irreductible
foyer of liberal ideas: finally. in giving
to the Russian frontier from the west
a greater Vulnerable The Russian
bureaucracy besides, nourished since
Peter the Great by the spirit of Prus-
STA, was subjected to pacific German
penetration, which has been charac-
teried as more disastrous for Russia
than the. campaign Russo-Japanese."
In suppressng Poland, Russia de-
prived herself of her best defense
against Germany. A study of the
Russo-German campaign since the
debut of the war shows how impossible
it was for Russia. because of the condi-
lions of the country, those of mobtiiza-
ton and the state of the railways, to
assume the defense of her Polish pos
sessions. In order not to give to the
kingdom of Poland dangerous power
the Russian government neglected con-
structions which had been extremely
useful Russia thus opened a breach in
her TANKS by which, as we have seen.
the Germans have prof1ted more. per-
haps. than by the military genius OF
their generals.
Poland, after the war, must be recon-
structed, resurrected, as the historic
Poland of 1865. Nor should Poland be
handicapped by the doubtful benefits of
neutrality. Far better to re-establish
her armed cap pie" Switzerland's
neutrality exists because, first of all
of her natural barriers-her noun
tains. Poland is plain and should be
made strong by defensive army under
the united protection of all Europe. 1t
is thus the errors and omissions of the
congress of Vienna will be repaired.
CHI. CHAILLE-LONG.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21
t-.A.Type Sometimes Me.

: Type Sometimes Met.
= "That man believes he is making his
tory"
ayes" replied Senator Sorghum; "only
he thinks history ought to be one grand
autobiography"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21
Graphite
Mining.

developments. is graphite mining.
! While graphite is not used itself as
an ingredient in war munitions, 1t is
| ture of many munitions and devices of
war, since the melting of metals for
| fine work is carried on almost exclu-
sively in graphite crucibles.
The unprecedented demand for the
substance has brought about the open
!! ing of mines in new locations in Ala
| in central Texas After a study of the
| situation the survey found that the
! old-esta blished mines In number of
| the eastern states increased their out
put nearly 100000 pounds in 1915.
| The opening of the new sources Of the
mineral will bring about an even more
marked increase in the production the
{ present year, the government geolo-
| gists predict.
1t is considered not improbable that
! the discovery of new deposits enough
| to completely supply the domestic de-
mand. At present. however. much of
the graphite consumed here is brought
| half way around the world from Ceylon
and Madagascar Rising freight rates
and insurance, coupled with increased
demand. have about doubled the price
| of the commodity.
Another phase of the graphite indus
| try affected by the war, it has been
brought out by the geological survey,
| is the manufacture of artificial graph
! lite by electrical processes at Niagara
Falls. The artificial product cannot be
employed for making crucibles. but is
used for electrodes in electric fur
naces. The need for these electrodes
| has been increased by the complex
metallurgical demands of modern war
fare.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21

Sometimes" said Uncle Eben, you'll
see reformer SO unselfish dat if he
kin save somebody else FUN destruc-
tion, he's willin' to take chance on his
own prospects"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21
InvariabIe Assumption

1nvariable Assumption.
Man, by calamity dismayed,
From self-approval never wakes.
, His. part was always ably played
While Others made the sad mistake!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21

The grandeur of Prussia is due ex-
tensively to the ruin of Poland. Prus-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21

Efforts were being made fifty years
ago to fill the Eastern branch flats, but
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21

One of the many industries which ha
felt the stimulation of war condition
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21
In The Star

The day is gone past when Washing
ton was RECALLED by stone battles be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21

Toward the end of the eighteenth
century, overcharged with their int.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21

How long will you live Uncle Sam
can tell you-almost-in the first life
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-07-12
100 PER CENT. PLAGUE
JUMP IN new YORK
1876 New Gases and as Deaths
in "a Hours.

New York, July pa large In.
crease in the numbers of deaths and
new cases in the epidemic of infant1le
paralysis was reported.
In the last twenty-four hours 195
new cases developed in the five Dor
oughs of New York, and there were
thirty-two deaths.
This is an increase of more than
100 per cent in the number OF deaths
resulting from the plague in the TWEEN
ty-four hours.
In Brooklyn, sixty-eight new cases
were reported. There are now a total
of 1878 cases of infantile paralysis III
the greater city. Deaths since the out
break of the scourge number 27O.
Communities Immediately surround
ing New York city show increasing
fear that they will be infected by
children fleeing from the city. A mum
Der of cities and towns in New Jersey
and New York have established quar-
antines and some are turning back
all children from New York city. Pat
erson, N. j., which has had one death
fro mthe disease, has excluded al
children no matter whence they come
It was announced there that 500 chill
dren from New York already have
been deported.
The state health department at AL
bany has called the attention of the
New York authorities to complaints
from upstate communities that chill
dren believed to be from infected dis
tricts are being sent to other parts
Of the state.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-07-12
PENNA, GUARDSMEN
SENT TO STOP VILLA
Say Mexican Raiders Are Head
ed For Big Bend.

Ell Paso, Texas, July 12.-The SEQ
ond Pennsylvania Infantry from Phila-
delphia, Colonel Hamilton d. Turner
commanding, and the Tenth Pennsyl-
vanias Colonel Richard Coulter COM
manding, are under orders to entrain
as soon as possible for the Big Bend
country of Texas, toward which, &C.
cOrding to agents of the state de-
partment here, a considerable band Of
Villistas is headed apparently bent
upon another serious border raid.
1t is said the Pennsylvania forces
will be sent to the Marathon district
of the Big Bend. The force which pur
sued the Glenn Springs raiders last
May had its headquarters at Marathon.
Bend, and ninety miles south of Mara.
than, had been the victim of one ser
ious raid, a few weeks ago, which was
followed by spirited chase of the
bandits into Mexico by a small column
of United States troops.
The two Pennsylvania commands
are on the first serious work to be I'M
dertaken by any Pennsylvania com
mands since the arrival on the border
The Fifth Massachusetts Regiment
is to be strung along the border by
companies, from Fort Hancock, west.
ward, the Second and Tenth Pennsyl
vania will join the Sixth United
States Infantry to form brigade un
der Colonel CASTOR, commander Of the
Sixth, who will act as brigadier. The
Pennsylvania commands will operate
ls regiments.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-07-12
WASHINGTON PARTY
ENDS EXISTENCE
Hughes League Formed Attel
Heated Debate.

Harrisburg, Pa, July u. - The
Washington party state committee
voted not to organize. This action
was a motion by William Finn and
was taken after a tumIltuous debate OF
two hours in which Finn was hotly
assaulted and charges OF using the
steam roller were made.
The vote was % to q and ends the
Washington party organization. The
plan is to replace it by progressive
league which will be for Hughes, but
which will not be part of the Republic.
can party. Clifford PinchOt and State
Treasurer Young proposed the new
league in an effort to overcome the
i'll feeling engendered.
Mr.. Young's declaration that while
he was not a Republican and did not
want to be so considered, was follow.
ed by declaration by George Holmes
that he and his friends were for
Hughes Finn said frankly that he
was going to vote the Republican
ticket.
State Treasurer Young introduced a
resolution endorsing Hughes as fol.
lows:
Resolved that the Washington
party of Pennsylvania concurs in the
action of the Progressive national com.
mittee and endorse Charles E. Hughes
for president of the United States"