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The Washington times., 1916-01-12
ENGINEER CONDEMNS
GREAT FALLS PLANS
Francis R. Weller Discusses
Project Before Association
OF Electrical Engineers.

Plans now before Congress for the
construction of a plant to utilize Great
rails on the Potomac as a source of
light and power for Washington. were
condemned as being economically un-
sound by Francis X. Weller. before tho
american Association of Electrical En-
glneers at the Cosmos Club last night.
MT weller. who Is a consulting civil
anu hydraulic engineer, presented dia-
grams and facts which he said proved
.ne government estimates for the con-
s s.ruc,ion OF the proposed plant failed
10 take into consideration many neces-
sary expenditures. His total estimate
iSr the plant was s24ss7, 900, as against
tne *5,o 10000 total carried in the re-
pott OF tne Government engineers. He
declared that to be an economic success,
water power plant should be able
TO compete with steam plants of the
same capacity. It should also involve
low cost OF installation and mainte-
nance, he said, and he asserted that the
Great Falls project has not measured
up TO any Of these requirements.
Mr.. Weller based his argument
AGAINST the practicability OF making
Washington a smokeless industrial
center by harncssing the power of
Great Falls solely upon the ground
OF economy. In arriving at his con-
clusion that the Great Falls project
would represent an outlay of about 60
ment estimates, he said:
No estimate has been allowed by
the Government for clearing reser-
! roir site, which will comprise nearly
| 900 acres, upon about one-half OF
which there is a growth oIimber.
| No estimate was allowed for rock
borings. although the necessity OF a
| thorough exploration of formation
beneath so large a dam as is proposed
! is evident
The erection OF the reservoir will
| overflow and destroy large amoLnt
! of land and the greater part Cf this
| land, including several clubs and
| amusement places, will probably have
TO be acquired by condemnation pro.
| CeedinEs."
| Mr.. Weller declared the total cost of
even the initial development work
! contemplated by the Government ell,
! gincers to furnish 10000 horsepower
would amount to stl,720,S04, although
| tn" Government fixes the cost of this
Nyorl; at 39.5io."00.
This is equivalent to a unit cos'
| of $i3S%0 per shaft horsepower de
veIoped." said Mr.. Weller. "When one
compares this with the cost OF from
S35 to $50 rer horsepower in a steam
plant, IL is evidert Immediately tha
! such a cost for water power is en-
| tirely prohihitiye."
The Washington times., 1916-01-12
FRESH AIR FOR PATRIOTS

1t is the habit to look upon high
officials in Washington as being re-
moved from the ordinary ills of life.
When there comes week that Con-
gress grows painfully inefficient,
scrappy, petty, persons who rub ell
bows with them in Washington are
apt to suggest that business man
ager, if they had one, might give
them the blue envelope. But around
the country there goes speculation
| about political rumbiings, and mys-
terious realignments of parties, and
it is suggested that here is history
in the making.
Prof. Irving Fisher, of Yale, with
the matter-of- attitude of un-
imaginative scientists, came down
here to address a convention, and
felt the pulse of Congress, as it
were, told it to stick out its tongue
figuratively, and commented "bad
livers," retarded Digestion" and
| wv iltlc di1. LNOW thdI 10 IdlHei
a shock when applied to Congress.
men. Especially will it seem Grass
and commonplace back home. II
Congress fails to transact business
it is the other party's fault. If {
Congressman fails to get through &
measure, he has been conspirec
against. In all the personality
sketches written about those gentle
men on Capitol Hill, no one eve,
suggests "He has Influenza" or tha
Congressman X is very grabbed
when he has the asthma" Not ever
a political enemy, always ready will
suggestions, would dare advise Con
gressman Y to walk two miles da,
for his disposition.
No, Prof. Fishers diagnosis won
work. 1t may all be true. Perhap
physical trainer would do som
"logy" Congressman a lot of GOOD
1t might be wise expenditure t
put a gymnasium down under tn
rotunda. Some advocate of play
grounds for the masses ought t
, take up the question of play TO
congressman. A baseball gam
: would save much unnecessary space
and many bilious pages in the Con
, gressional Record. a social cente
, for members might increase tn
, amiability and dispositions of man
of them.
, But to regard Congressman a
| human beings, in respect to the
, work, is ahead of our time. Som
\ day, maybe, they will not be consic
e cred guardians of the eagle, an
n knights of a mystic sort of patrio
: ism, but plain, workaday men, WI
n ought to spend a reasonable amour
: of time day on the job, and tax
enough exercise to keep in trim.
The Washington times., 1916-01-12
WINTER EXHIBITION
OF CATSI PLANNED

Preliminary plans for a winter exh!-
bition of cats owned by Washinrtonians
were discussed at melting of the "asn-
inston Cat Club at the home of Mrs.
Charles Thompkins. 1i22 Columbia road
northwest. last night. The date and
place probably will be announced with n
a week. 1t is planned to have the pets
OF nonmembers aswell as those of mem
bers Of the club entered.
A determination to cooperate actlV@iE
with the Animal Rescue League III ITS
work for caring for homeless cats fodnd
on the streets was voiced at the meet
ine. Though the clubs chief object -
to encourage the breeding of pedisreeL
felines. it recently started a movement
for the better treatment of all classes
of cats. and in this will ask the CO.
operation OF the public school teachers
and other instructors of children.
Volunteers in ;hc club viii seek au-
thority of the Board of Education to 20
into the schools and preach kindness
to Cats" Miss Ada Rhodes declared
the average youngster must have MS
| natural propensity to tease cats cor
rec:ed.
Ather members who participated n
the meeting were Mrs. p. =. Woodward
Mrs. c. l.. Kyncr. Mrs. i. NJ. Ghonr'
! I>lrJ. Mrs. H. D. Meyer. and Mrs
! Charles Thompkins.
The Washington times., 1916-01-12
WHAT'S PROGRAM
IN CAPITAL TODAY

Reception. Anthony League, 2oo7 Columbia
road, 10 y. m.
Lecture. Washington in the Sixties AS Seen
by Olivia" Mrs. Clara Bewick Colby Cx-
Meeting, National Council OF Women, Ra-
leigh. 4:3O y. m.
Entertainment. under direction of Mrs.
Franklin X. Lane and Mrs. William Eustis
in the interest OF the Day Nursery, Home
Club, s p. m.
Memory talk. Henry J. Sutton, Y. NJ. .. A.,
'oystereat." Eslllpolis Grotto Glee Club
Builders Exchange, p IN.
Meeting. Washington Safety First Assosia.
tion. Public Library. p. m.
Public debate. Georgetown University Law
School, $50 p. m.
Meeting. Connecticut Avenue Citizens As
sociation, assembly hall. Army and Navl
Preparatory School. p. m.
Musicale. Elias Breeskin, before Washingtor
Council OF Jewish Women. Rauscher's, 5 p
Installation of officers, Kit Carson Post, No
2, Department of the Potomac, Grand Arm,
OF the Republic, 8 p. M.
Masonic-School OF instruction, St John
Mite Association; Naomi. No. 3; Brookland
No. IL, Eastern Star.
Odd Fellows-Eastern, No. Z: Harmony No
9: Federal City, No. 20.
Knights Of Pythias-Hermone. No. Il; Union
No. o. Columbia, No. "a Mount Vernon
No. S: Washington Company, No, ], Uni
form Rank; Friendship Temple. No. s
Pythian Sisters,
Inaependent Order OF Rechabtes-onwar
| Modern woodmen OF America-Georgetow
Camp No. 1850.
Royal ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Council
| National ITnon--Postoffce Department Coun
Gil. Interior Council
Socialist Party-Central committee italia
branch
The Washington times., 1916-01-12
MADE TO WITHDRAW
INDIRECT CHARGE
Buchanan Offers Measure SUP
pIementing H. S. Marshal
Impeachment Resolution.

Congressman Frank buchanan c
Illinois offered and was later refused
to withdraw in the House yester-
day q resolution supplementing Ills inn
peachrnent resolution against II. snow
den Marshall. district attorney for the
southern district of New York.
The withdrawal of the supplementary
resolution followed a point of orcer
made by Minority Leader Mann that "
had not been properly drawn by MI
buchanan. The House debated the
technicalities of the question for thirty
minutes, and then Speaker Clark ana
Congressman Garrett suggested that
Mr.. Buchanan withdraw his resolution
and redrsft it. =,
In his supplementary resolution Mr.
buchanan sought TO make indirectly
thirty or forty additional charges
against the New York district attorney.
These charges, however. were not
stated directly. but the resolution useo
throughout the word "whether m
structing the Judiciary Committee to
ascertain if certain charges were true .
The Washington times., 1916-01-12
Department of Potomac
Installs Officers Tonight

Recently elected officers of Kit Carson
Post, No. >, Department of the Potomac.
G. \. F., will he installed at a meet
ing tonight at Grand Army lodgeroonl.
They are As follows: John Mci5lroy.
post commander, Henry 4. Duncan.
senior vice commander; John 7. Ryan.
junior vice commander: A. b. Bennett,
duaItcrmaster; II. +. Hayden, surgeon;
+. ID. Godfrey. chaplain; W. I. Kelly.
of the guard John Joy Edison, A. J..
Cunning and George II. Siaybaugh.
trustees: John Middleton. patriotic in
structor; G. NJ. Hustled. representative
on department relief committee. and
Robert Armour. representative on de-
partment memorial committee.
The installing officer will be z, Is.
Harlow.
The Washington times., 1916-01-12
NEW HAVEN CASES MEANING

Eleven men who had been direc-
tors of the New Haven road were
brought to trial under criminal
ctsre concerning the footing OF
'la, stem. The jury acquitted
d nem, and as to the other five
.a-BEr ed. 1t is understood that
Z 80 four for conviction and e'ght
fer Initial as to these five. Ii
there ever was, or is ever going to
be, a case in which crime could
be fastened to defendants by a jury.
in connection with the mismanase-
ment of a corporation, the New
Haven would seem to have been
that case, yet a majority Of the de-
PENDANTS have already been acquit-
ted, and it is altogether probable,
judging by the jury's attitude to-
ward the others, that conviction in
their cases will never be possible.
These plain facts suggest that
criminal prosecution in such affairs
is not the effective way 20 get re-
suits. There must be some alter
native if great quasi-public cor
porations are to be protected against
such proceedings as have been wit
messed in the New Haven, Rock Is
land, Frisco and other cases. What
is it?
Manifestly, it is yet more effec-
tive public control of capitalization
issues, under a system that will
make it impossible for the interests
of stockholders and public alike to
be betrayed. The outcome of the
New Haven trial ought to convince
every student of the problem, that
administrative regulation in these
regards is absolutely necessary
There has been too much delay about
adopting a policy which, under the
companies acts of other countries
has long been in effect, and which
has produced the very results tha'
our criminal statutes have proved
incapable of giving.
The Washington times., 1916-01-12
KNOX ENTERS RACE
FOR j. S. SENATE
E. v. Babcock, Lumber Million
aire, in Statement, Says He
viii Not Be Candidate.

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 12.--The candi.
dacy Of ex-senator Philander c, Knox
for the place now held by Senator
George T. oliver was decided on
definitely at a meeting between II. ".
Babcock, the lumber millionaire; May
or Joe Armstrong, Mr.. Knox. and Sem
ator oliver.
Babcock came out in communication
stating that on account of his con-
nection with the Cambria Steel mere-
er he would be unable to become a
candidate for the Senate, but that he
would support Knox.
As the latter was present when he
decided on this, II now seems positive
that Knox is a candidate. Knox said
he would make a statement very soon.
The Washington times., 1916-01-12
BroOkland Brotherhood
Gives Birthday Dinner

\ banquet to celebrate the ninth BIRTH
day of the Brookland Brotherhood, was
held last night in the Lord Memorial
Hall. about 80 members being present
Senator Blair Lee. who was on the
program for an address, was unable TO
attend. Congressman Brumbaush told
of his personal experiences in his re-
cent tour Of the Philippines. and ex-
pressed the opinion that the people OF
the Philippines should be instructed in
lf-government, and eventually granted
their autonomy, as the islands were
climatically unsuited for habitation by
the white race. The subject of Mr..
Brumbaugh's talk was. Social. Relg-
ious. and Domestic Customs and Man
ners in the Philippine Islands and the
Orient"
George l.. Clayton. president of the
brotherhood. served as toastmaster.
Following the banquet there was a
violin solo by T.. Palmer. OF the
Pension Office A. r. Vail is secre-
tary of the organization.
The Washington times., 1916-01-12
Judge Prouty Sees
End of Judicial Rule
Of Railroads Here
Declares Administrative Regulation Gets Better Re-
suits, Because Criminal Laws Can't Possible Gov
er All Vicious Methods Invented by Rail-
way Genuses.
By JUDSON C. WELLIVER.

Declaring that this country nearing the end OF the era Of
judicial regulation and epoch Of administrative
regulation of public corporations Judge Charles A. Prou for
manv wears member of the Interstate Commission
day verdict the New Haven and pointed
out what he considered the lessons from it.
Judge Pouty unquaHedy favor of the Government
authorizing requiring Interstate Commerce Commission to
make all interstate railroad rates.
He would have Government instrument con-
troll the issues capitalization the carrying corporations.
CRIMINAL LAWS NOT EFFECTIVE.
The Washington times., 1916-01-12
Veterinary Fraternity
Is Installed at q. w. u.

George Washington University has
organized the only local Greek letter
cha pter limited to the veterinary pro-
fession The society is a CHAPTER of the
Omega Tau Sigma National Fraternity.
and is composed solely of students en-
rolled in the College of Veterinary
Medicine at George Washington.
Officers have been elected as follows:
Homer A. Dennewitz. president: Charles
w. Rippon. vice president; Lester g.
Chase. secretary. and Howard M. Saw
kage. Treasurer.
Charter members are Harry ]. Biondi
'1G: William H, Grubb. 'l6: Charles W.
drew j. Sipos. l6; Ralph ii. Lewis. ii;
Howard NJ. Savage. II: Lester G. Chase.
| is: Homer A. Dennewitz. IS: Lawrence
A. Hines. is: Burnett c. johnson. 1s:
! Emmett w. Price. IS: Walter E.. Sey-
| mour. Is. and Francis II. VESSEL. Is.
The Washington times., 1916-01-12
A DAY OF BIG POLITICAL NEWS

The Progressive party leaders
have not chosen for their convention
the same time and the same town
as the Republicans by chance.
The national representatives of
the two parties are going to be in
Chicago together for no other rea-
son than that both sides are surely
hoping and fondly planning that it
will be possible for them to get to-
gether on Presidential ticket which
can defeat Mr.. Wilson and wrest
control of the Government from the
Democrats. Whether they can agree
upon ticket and a platform ought to
depend, very likely will depend,
merely upon how earnestly and sin
cerely they desire to achieve that
object and how much the extremists
Of either side are willing to concede.
r. William Barnes, it is to be
r. rved, though perhaps the bitter
opponent of Colonel Roosevelt,
rtunely declares that he does
j. aim to go to Chicago as one of
a." Big Four delegates of his party
.ao gh he says he will be there in
me capacity, as so many other
n linent men of both parties will.
lat is good beginning for the
rr ible establishment of harmo.
5 intercourse between the two
IS which will have it absolutely
leir power to assure the defeat
lie reelection of Mr.. Wilson.
If Mr.. Barnes announcement ma,
be of great political significance
Colonel Roosevelt's message on the
same day to the Progressive ma
tional committee may be of ever
greater. 1t is neither Republican
message as such nor a Progressive
message as such. 1t is singularl,
non-factional; it is strikingly non
partisan; it is national and intensel,
American.
Whatever meaning all the import
ant political news of yesterday ma!
convey to the people of the Unitet
States, with their minds closely fxe,
upon the war in Europe and the elec
tion of next fall in this country, i
must give deep concern to the lead
ers of the party now in power.
The Washington times., 1916-01-12

ernment proposes to regulate utilities it
must permit them high enough earnings
to operate them and also to enable them
to enlist the necessary capital and pay
returns on it. Ultimately, he opined,
the question would arise whether tie
public could afford &c regulate; for l.
would make it possible to secure the
needed capital more cneaply than pri
vate corporations could do 1t.
Adequate Means Necessary.
This" he said. lis about the point
at all. Can private capital be induced,
under the treatment which is accorded
It. by the regulat ting body, to invest
Service cannot he provided without ade-
Guate means. and the money cannot lie
provided from private investors unless
a sufficiently attractive return is as
sured. In all cases it must be DIS
tinctly higher than the rate at which
the Government itself could borrow TIE
| money invested in the utility. Whether
| the Govern ment can afford to regulate
will be the final inquiry. Up TO the
| present time the experiment of regula
| ton has hardly gone far enough TO de
| termine its ultimate success
Judge Prouty explains that he wa:
not by any means speaking for Gov.
! ernment ownership; he was merely
| trying to state his view of what the
problem really is. For the present
| he believes, there is a cessation o.
interest and effort in regulation; ant
| he does not anticipate much farthel
advance toward determining a fina
| policy, until after the war in Europe
| When that time comes, he believes
| very great changes may be forcet
| rapidly, because of the influence tina
| European experience and Develop
! ments will have on this country.
The Washington times., 1916-01-12
Knights of Columbus
Hear Los Angeles Man

Ideals of citizenship formed the basis
OF an address delivered by Joseph Scott
of Los Angeles, before members OF the
knights OF Columbus at their hal! last
cveninI. Mr.. Scott is a member of the
commission of the knights Of Colanhus s
row in this city comforting Regarding
religious pretudices Sevcrel of the
members OF the commission accom-
panied him last night They included
Supreme Knight James A. Flahertv, SUI
rrcme Advocate James 4. Pelletier. Su-
preme Secretary William J. McGinle|
Col. J. II. Callahan. of Louisville; A. IL
Bagley, of British Columbia, ard I'd
ward ". Canister, of Maryland. The
meeting was conducted by state Deputy
William F. Normoyle of this city.
The Washington times., 1916-01-12
ST. 900 Is Offered for
Phantom Editors Arrest

AMSTERDAM. Jan. 12-Cien. Won His-
sing, German encouragement of Bel
glum, has offered a reward of $1,000 for
the arrest of the phantom editor of the
equally phantom Belgian newspaper La
Liberc Bclgiquc. Sometimes it is cir
culatCd mystcriOusly from Antwerp.
sometimes from Brussels, and it always
assails the Germans.
The latest issue accused Won Rissing
of'hclpinG burn and pillagc the Imperial
Chateau Of ST. Cloud in FIuuCh in t.e
war Of 1870.
The Washington times., 1916-01-12
DR.. Albert Mann Rapidly
Recovering From Illness

Or. Albert Mann. of the Department
of Agriculture. woh underwent an OPP
Grafton at Emergency Hospital on Mon
day, is recovering rapidly, and is ex-
pCCted to be able 10 return TO his work
in a few weeks, according to informa-
ton obtained al the hospital today.
The Washington times., 1916-01-12
Senator Fletcher Urged
For U. S. Supreme Court

Friends of Senator Duncan L. Fletch-
er, of Florida. are urging him for the
Supreme Court vacancy. They laid his
name before President Wilson.
They say that a Florida man should
he chosen, and point out that senator
Fletcher Is a member of the Judiciary
Committee, and one OF the aBlest law
yers il the Senate.
The Washington times., 1916-01-12
Mary Johnson's Death
Is Declared Accidental

\ verdict of accidental death has been
returned by the coroner's jury inVestl-
eating the circumstances attending the
fatal injuries sustained by fourteen.
year-old Mary Johnson, OF Capito.
Heights, Md, Saturday night. ThS
girl was found unconscious in her horne.
Ncar by Law small Calibered rife She
died sunday night at casualty Hospital
The inquest Was conducted last night
by Justice "f the Peace Joyce, IN MI.
Rainier, Md.
The Washington times., 1916-01-12
AmuSementS.

National-'Erstwhie Susan" sis D. m.
Belasco-'Thp Lilac Domino" So p. m.
Polrs-"The Show Shop" els ana S:l5 p. m
Keith 's-Vaudevile. 2:l5 and Sis y IN.
Casino-'Iena Rivers" @:l5 and Sis p. m.
Gayety-Burlesque, e:l5 and Sis y. m.
Loews Columbia-Photoplays. 1880 a. m. to
II d. m
The Washington times., 1916-01-14
DOWN GOES MERCURY
AS CAPITAL SH|VERS
But Limit Has Not Been Reach
ed-CoIdest Weather Of the
Year Expected Tomorrow.

Winter arrived, as per schedule OF
the Weather Bureau experts, with a
drop In tempet ature in this city of %
degrees from yesterday, but the cold
wave hasn't unpacked all its stock
yet. and there ia stu further drop
predicted for tonight. The entire
Eastern section of the country has
heen hit by the falling temperature,
from Maine TO FLORIDA.
The weather here WI go down to
10 degrees above zero tonight, accord :
inp to the prediction Of The weather
men today. Tomorrow viii be clear
and the coldest day of the present
cold wave. Maybe 1t VIII be the cold
est day OF the winter.
Fhe inland cities Of the East are suf-
fcring more than the coast cities, the
EXPERTS state While New York. has a
Temperature today of but "a degrees
Atlanta showed Il reading of is. The
difference seems 10 hold good In other
sections, New York Will be colder to-
night. II is expected. BY SATURDAY night
the full extent o. the coId wave VII
have been felt and Saturday the ther-
mometers are expected to show a
tendency to rise.
New York experienced n drop in tenn
peratIre OF q degrees from yesterday
and Pensacola showed temperature
today of 80.
The cold still continues to grip the
West, where zero temperatures are re-
ported In practically every locality. In
Omaha which seemed to be the cen.
ter OF the wave yesterday, the tempera-
ture rose. but its rise had little com.
fort, for the reason that II went VI
from 22 degrees below zero to IL de-
Erees below. a simple matter or 10 de-
grees.
The Washington times., 1916-01-14

fore in this department. motion pic
lures owe their popula rity to the fact
that they present an economical form
of entertainment for the average
citizen. And the makers Of it owe It
to the average citizen who has made
their prosperity and growth possible
to see that thu better pictures do
not cost him proportionateiy more.
Pictures can be made in the best sort
of way, with the most cNtravaEant
outlay even, for production and act
ing. with the highest artistic results.
that can be exhibited protitably for
p and 30 cents. We have had ia
Washington a demonstration OF the
fact that the Triangle's pictures can
be shown for 10 and - cents profit
ably.
The general public owes debt Of
gratitude to the Triangle company
and to the Paramount. the World
Film Corporation, and several others
- for raising TIE standard of acting
and production to its present high
plane, and for giving promise of fur
ther Improvement 1t stands wiling
to pay this debt in good round do!-
lars il the film companies will only
The Washington times., 1916-01-14
Burnside Post, g. A. r.,
Elects New Officers

Members Of Burnside Post. No. s, G.
A: z. nave been notlhed OF the resu'
Of the annual election Of officers OF the
post. The officers chosen include II. Il.
snyder. commander: Walter Hilton,
senior vice commander; \. w. Barber
Junior vic" commander: Chris storm,
adjutant: George r. Carter. quarter
master; Or. James Mckee, surgeon: /?
B. Thompson. chaplain: K. W. Med
kirk. patriotic instructor: II. l.. DEAN
officer Of the day, T.. X. MCGregor, Of.
ticCr OF the guard; Darwin Weaver ser
gcant major and G. T.. Carter. quarter
master sergeant. The officers were in.
stalled at "A meeting OF the post held
Wednesday evening by Assistant Mus
tcriug Officer f. W. Archibald