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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-16
Play Based on irwin cobb's
Judge Priest Stories Pro-
duoed at Polls This Week.
A. H. VAN BUREN, IN LEAD
Premiere Of Rural Comedy Well
Received by Flrst-Night
Patrons Of Stock Company.

Back Home" was presented by the
Poll Players last nlgbt. and q satisfied
audience fled out after three hours OF
pure enjoyment. So
There are moments OF tragic import.
but they are only TO make more pun
gent the humor and charm OF Dayard
veiiler's dramatization Of the Judge
Priest" stories of Irwin 8. Cobb.
Pack Home" AZ title doesn't mean
much until the climax IL reached. and
thcn It's Significance. so carefully hid
den through the three acts. comes TO
the surface.
A. II. Van Buren, as the elderly
his darkey servant with penchant
for sartoriai embellishment." are the
constant centers around which the blot
Master Sam Iden Thompson as little
BUDDY. the injured child millworker.
gives promise of budding cape oillties:
Miss Maude Gilbert as Sally Priest. ana
Eugene Desmond as Cassius Nash. the
Kentucky Commemorative attorney
ambitious and aggressive. gave convinc-
Robert Carter comes to q Kentucky
mill town 70 expose It's child labor hor-
rors. The town bully kicks q child to
hurry him TO work. Carter interferes.
the heart. kills him. He In arrested. at
the instance OF the mill owner. baIled
at the pleading OF Judge Priests daugh.
ter. who pledges her entire property for
HIS bond. He Is made a guect OF the
chivairous ana kindly Judge.
The ambitious attorney. anxious for
a conviction and rs stepping stone TO
the iudReship, presses the case to trial.
A mob threatens lynching. The great
idea cones to the Judge. He spirits the
visitor away temporarily. secures a
jury OF Confederate Veterans, has HIM
self removed from the bench for par
tisanship. and his old comrade installed
In his place. himself takes the stand and
"rambles" through "reminiscences to the
Jury. arouses their partisanship, shows
his Confederate comrades In the jury
that Carter. a grandson OF \ fictitious
Southern grandfather. has come back
home" to be tried.
With the circus band outside piayinr
Dixie" the Jury quickly finds an &C
nuittai. whilo the convention upstairs
renomlnates the Judge In q swift. conf
polling climax. interviewer In the love
story Of Carter and Sally Priest. charm
ing and wholesome.
There's a little more to the story. but
II comes with a feeling OF antt-climax
and only those patient enough heard tho
final comedy touch when JefS. told thai
he may have the vest he has long CO
veted. throws open his coat and proud,
announces that he has brought 1t witt
him. -. -. o..
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-16
TRAIN SPACING is
CRITICISED BY |. c. c,
Safety Division Reports Recon-
mend Block Signals.

Inadequacy of the time-interval sys-
tenn CT spacing trains that travel In two
or mere sections was emphasized today
In a report of Chief Belnap. OF the In
terstate Commerce Division of Safety,
on a collision between two Northern Pa
ciilc passenger trains at South CLANCY.
W ash, February 20. which resulted in
the death OF five passengers and injury
to seventeen passengers and Ave en-
ployes.
"Under the present system of spacing
trains two trains going in the same
direction are spaced ten minutes apart.
While this system of operation may
AFFORD protection in the vicinity OF sta
tons. the long distance between sta
lions. especially at night. makes 1t
possible for a train travelling at = high
rate of speed to overtake a train travel
ing slowly" the report said, and
makes advisable the adoption OF block
signals that VIII provide q space In
tween trains"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-16
NORMAL EXPORTS DRYING up
WHILE IMPORTS GROW

Our foreign trade is getting to the
point where its future aspects are
revealed in clear and startling colors.
Our general exports, comparatively
speaking, are drying up. We are
making our prodigious foreign sales,
and gathering therefrom our fabu-
lous profits, chiefly in war supplies.
This truth is as plain as a pike
staff when you examine the details
of our foreign commerce as recently
as the belated Government reports
permit.
In March our exports of crude
materials for use in manufacturing
fell some $4,000, 900 from the CORE
spending month Of the previous year.
Foodstuffs in crude condition and
food animals went off nearly an
othsr slS.000.000, and foodstuffs
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-16
Home Club Players to
Repeat Performance

The Home Club Players will repeat
tonigh: the production Because She
Loved Him So" which was presented by
them at the Immaculate Conception
auditorium last night.
The play, produced in a style unusual
for a local organization, was under the
direction of George II. Palmer, or the
Poll Players. The members OF the cast
included Miss Marguerite Loudon, Ros-
cos Z. Banks. Mrs. Margaret Hopkins
WorIell. Miss Margaret Lancaster, Miss
Hs.r san W " M9ysMs Mr., sa sss Ms
Miss Mary. Tyson. John Mckenna
and Mr.. PalnAaE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-16
Poll Players Present Back Home
Diversified Bill Seen at Keith'S
NATIONAL.

The record for continuous perform
ance OF theatrical attraction In WASH
ington has been broken by the Griffith
spectacle. THE Birth Of Nation"
which began It's NTH week at the New
National Theater yesterday. Apparent
ly there In no diminution of interest II
the size of the audiences which attend
ed the two performances can be any
measure.
The filn spectacle seems to have un-
usual capacity for making people return
to see II again and again. The big
theme OF the play and the mass Of in
cident that go to make IL up seem al
most impossible to grasp at the hrst
sitting. and persons who have seen II
once return again to watch for and note
particularly scenes that impressed them
In the first performance. but which the
rapid change OF scene and incident made
impossible to watch closely.
II Ia understood that the run of The
Birth OF a Nation will close on Satur-
day night, closing the season OF the
National Theater.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-16
Clever 0ne-Act Drama, Comedy
Sklt, and Plenty Of Music at
Vaudeville Theater.
MARY SHAW A AEADLINER
Ralph SmaIIey, Formerly With
Boston Symphony, Delights
With Cello Solos.

The bill at Keith's this week Is one
admirably suited for the summer sea-
son. with several old favorites appear
Ing in new offerings and several entirely
new acts.
ence Nash and company in a sketch by
willard Mack. In which crook outwits
crook. II Is entitled "Pansy's Particu-
lar Punch" and with Miss Nash as
Pansy. a waitress. II has a real punch
at the denouement.
Mary Shaw makes her vaudeville APP
pearance under direction Of Arthur
Hopkins. in THE Dickey Bird" play
let filied with bright lines and presented
by n capable cast or players.
Jack Wilson. whose main forte con-
sists in making fun OF the acts that
have preceded him on the program. re,
with rapid-nre hunor keeps his audience
convuised. Mr.. Wilson is given ex-
cellent support in his Offering by the
excellent singing OF LILLIAN Boardmar
One OF the artistic numbers on the
bill IL the cello Offering OF Ralph
Smalley. formerly q member OF the
Boston Symphony Orchestra. Bell,
Baker offers a new series of songs, with
several of her old ones added.
An offering of interest Is that Of Jas
per. the dog actor. who mado a hit IN
his Young America appearance
Adelaide Hermann. In an offering o.
the mysteries Of which her late hus
band was a past master. presents I
number of illusions in a manner tina
proves them most baffling. among then
being "A Dream in Midair." BeemaI
and Anderson have q roller skating &C
In which they feature tango dancing
with plenty of comedy added.
The Pathe weekly news. in pictures
contains the usual list OF interesting
views OF the war zones OF Europe ant
also somewhere in Mexico"
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Tomorrow.

Meeting. Board Of Education. Franklin
School, $50 p. m,
Annual convention American Federation OF
Arts. New Willard. 10 a. m. and 2 and s
Tag day, to aid Day Nursery and pispen-
sary Association, all day.
Annual frolic and festival, Mems Club OF
St. stephens Episcopal Church. parish
hall, Fourteenth street near Columbia
Meeting United States Civil Service Re-
tirement Association, New Ebbitt s D. m.
Musical recital, cory-Wilbur Trio. Home
Club. S;l6 p. m.
Masonic Washington Centennial, No. ~ r.
c.; Osiris, No. g. e. A.; East Gate. No. 81
NJ M; Royal Arch chapters. Columbia. No.
I, and Brightwood. No.
Eastern Star-Areme, No. 10.
Odd Fellows-Eastern. No. u Friendship. BIO.
~; Federal City, No. 20. and Harmony. No.
o; Mount Nebo, No. 8. Encampment.
Knights OF Pythias-Equai No. II; Mount
Vernon. No. 8.
National Union-Treaaury Council, q. A.
r. Hall; Postofhce Department Council.
Hymns Hall: Congressional Council. Typo
graphic Temple and Mount Vernon coun-
ell. Pythian Temple. =
Musical. Home Club. sis o. m. ...,..l .-,,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-16
CEMENT DIET FOR CHICKENS

The alleged Poultry trust" Of
New York city is charged with sys-
tematically feeding pepper and salt
to chickens in order to make them
drink so much water that when they
are weighed they will get into the
heavyweight class. Allusion is pre-
sumed to be to the feathered
chickens; the Broadway sort take
theirs, as a rule, in the form Of lob
ster; and the Broadway Holsters,
again, are of two classes, the creta-
ceous and the biped. The whole sub
ject, in short, is pretty much mixed.
1t needs a thorough knowledge of
metropolitan Technology and bust
ness methods to be certain what is
under discussion. .
As to the feathered chickens, they
may be found on Broadway, too; but
they are merely the sort of which
it is alleged that fine feathers make
fine birds. The feathers don't grow
on 'em. Concerning the other sort
of birds, it seems pretty well deter
mined, by q recent investigation,
that diet of cement, small gravel,
pepper, crushed rock and the like,
with plenty Of water, is what makes
the fine bird. If'the chicken doesn't
eat freely enough Of the rock diet,
why, its craw can be jammed full Of
the stuff by a dexterous operator,
and when the beast is weighed up
the buyer pays for a pound or two
that isn't altogether palatable to
the family that ultimately pays a
fancy price for it.
The honest farmer that shovels a
few hundredweight Of sand into his
load of hay before hauling it to
market, or who conceals a boulder in
the jag| is thoroughly familiar. So
is the rugged ruralite who never for
gets to salt his stock and then water
It freely just before putting it over
the scales for sale. But these are
supplemented and inexpert com.
pared to the Poultry trust artists
who are charged with developing a
system under which a Plymouth
Rock biddy will eat half her weight
in Portland cement favored with
black pepper, and then take on a
salad course Of Joplin gravel and
wash it all down with half a pint OF
water. No wonder the order Of
"broiled spring" or "fry a half" il
calculated to inspire the patron Of 9
metropolitan cafe with fiscal terror
The authorities are going to con
duct experiments to determine JUS
the effects of such a regimen on tn,
chickens. For our own part, we sus
pect that good many of the fowll
simply digest the rocks. A certain
substance and solidity about tn,
meat when 1t gets served suggest,
the FEASIBILITY of this explanation
Under the pure food legend Of 'sle
the label tell" they merely need +,
have the designation on the menl
changed, and be served as Portlan,
" cement chicken.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-16
THE ANCIENT SAILING SHIPS

A Copenhagen dispatch tells that
two ancient sailing ships, the Marie,
Of Troense, and the Tvende Brodre,
Of Marstal, have been fitted out and
commissioned for merchant service
by their Scandinavian owners. For
many decades they had lain idle; but
the present high rates and shortage
Of bottoms made it good venture to
outfit and return them to business.
The longevity of the old oaken
sailers that carried the worlds trade
before the days of iron craft and
steam, power is never-ending
marvel. Every little time there is
tied up to some of the docks on the
Washington water front a vessel
that dates back near century. A
year ago or whereabouts one was
sold with record of practically con-
tinuous service for round hundred
years.
Nobody knows, as yet, what may
be the life. of a steel ship, properly
cared for; but it is very sure that the
wooden vessel can be kept in service
longer. Wood, of the right kinds,
has an almost unbelievable capacity
to resist the disintegrating elements.
There are floors of old colonial
houses scattered all over the Eastern
parts Of this country that, after 100
and $50 and even 200 years are in
far better condition than they would
be II they had been Of vitrified brick
or the best marble, and subjected to
the same use for a like period.
Dragging out a sailing ship almost
q century and half old and putting
her in commission is testimony to
the serious shortage of ships all over
the world. 1t is felt everywhere; no
country has been able to escape the
inconvenience and expense Of the
conditions that prevail today. When
the war Is over and normal condi-
tions return-normal, by the way
must not be supposed to mean the
same conditions that prevailed before
the war, for those will never be
known again by this old world-the
restoration Of shipping will be one
of the great tasks demanding atten'
ton. America ought to make Itself
permanently one of the great ship
building countries. 1t has the mate
rails, the labor, the capital; and fol
long time to come the disparit.
in costs is likely to be compensatec
by the fact that the world will be il
pressing need for tonnage even a
fancy prices.
Should the war go on for tw'
years more, the exhaustion of ship
ping resources will be chief calam
ity; for the sort of service in whicl
80 many merchantmen are now en-
gagged, as naval auxiliaries, trans
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-16
Drivin' These Days Amt What Il
Used To Be. They's a Lot OF
Difference Between a Bay Geldin

ana n huDDeF Dhils ~
To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
Ny boy has bin cumnin home late and
alius has frum CSC ter a dollar on him.
I askt him tother day what II ment,
an he says that he has bin over ter the
golluf club. He tells me crate stories
about how the men thar kin drive. so
larst Sunday I strolled over ter see sum
OF the fun. being sumwhat o. lover OF
bosses myself.
l met a Teller at a little house just
orr the club. He was leenfn aginst a
post. smoking a segerreet askt him
who he be, as was looking fer my boy
an he says that he be the Professional
He didn't look It, but took his word
fer II, not liking ter dispoot the pint.
I arkst him who that bunch OF feliers
were loaffng round with funny kanes
in thar hands. and he seys they be
members OF the club. What! ,seys /.
| them fellers don't look as well as the
| hired men on my place. I'd be shamed
| ter 60 out doors drest up as sIommoky
| as them be.
| toys. My boy came round the house
with a long bag over his shoulder nhed
| with all kinds OF funny loolin Hoes.
| I arskt him what he were dom. an ne
sed he was Mr.. Chummy's caddy. What
kind. seys i, tea or coffeeYr =
Jest then the man came up. made q
little mountain of sand. took a leetle
ball an placed II on the sand. then
| took one OF them hoes and gyrated
| round a dozen times. stood on his
head. twisted his innards inter knot
| sasshaied back an forth an then swung
a terrific swipe at the ball. He mist
II, as he expected ter do. So no one
| WHAT'S he dom. I seys ter nv boy,
an he says why Dad he's drivin. Well
| I'll be derned. seys /, / have heerd
that HOSES has deginerated. but I didn't
| know that hossmanship had gotten so
low as ter hit the pill. AFTER anuther
| try, Mr.. Man hits the ball an II flies
away up the medder. Then we trapse
hits II agin with a grubbin hoe. and she
sales away agin.
i AFTER dom this fer quite a time. he
gifts Il on the putterin green. as they
| call IL, an arter watchin him putter
round fer ten minits trying ter knock
the ball inter a leetle hole. Termed why
they called IL the putterin green. Eight
eighteen different places an on eighteen
different putterin greens.
| When We got back ter the club house
Mr.. Man figgered out he'd walkt 1--WE
miles an swung his hoes one hundred
/ and fifteen times, an he says that he
feels a leetle bit dun up. He gives my
boy nifty cents. an walks inter the club
better batter inside then outside, fer
as a driver. I woodn't let HIM drive a
pare OF hogs fer me.
81 sK1GoINs.
Four Corners. p. o.. May 10.
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partly or wholly manufactured moro
than 100000.
But when Il came to the things
that smacked Of war we had an in
crease Of nearly $31, 000, 900 in manu-
factures for further use in manu-
featuring. Then in manufactures
ready for consumption-powder all
ready to explode, shells and shrapnel
all ready TO be shot out Of the guns,
other tools, implements, and equip
ment for battle all ready to be used
upon receipt--there was q gain Of
some $121,O0 ,000-from $50, 70s, 618
In March, 1915, to o1,97S,37s In
March, 1915.
There is nobody who imagines that
this war business 10 going to last
one bit longer than the war itself
lasts. There Is nobody who ought
not to be able to realize that our
war exports can and will collapse be-
fore the war itself ends; for the bel
ligerents are now buying many
weeks and even months ahead Of
their needs. When they see the final
end, even In the far distance, they
will know that IL 10 safe. to slow
down with their war buying in our
markets, winding up the business
with the supplies Of their own
markets and Of their stores in re-
serve.
But take the other side Of the
story-our imports-and see what
that spells. Look again into the de-
tails Of the March figures.
OF crude materials for use in
manufacturing our imports increased
from $59,o33,07s in March, 1915, to
sos, 266,688 in March, 1916. We lost
a triie Of some two and a half mil
lions in imports Of foodstuffs in
crude condition and food animals
something we could well afford to
take II It came our way. But i'm
ports Of manufactures for further
use in manufacturing increased more
than 5000, 900, and manufactures
ready for consumption about $3,000,-
900, with q total gain in imports
despite no increase in manufactured
foodstuffs and that loss in foodstuffs
and food animals in crude condition
-of more than $57, SOC, 900, the ex.
act increase being from $157, 9s2, ole
in March, 1915, to $213,689,7S5 In
March, 1916.
Think what our imports will be
when those countries are pouring
into our markets by the millions and
the tens Of millions the goods which
they cannot now send US because Of
their engrossed attention to the war
Think Of all that coming on top Of
what we are taking now, taking 1t IL
such volume as we never took before
the war or at any other time!
Then ask yourself whether thil
country needs to prepare against thu
industrial and commercial invasion
which must come hot upon the heel
of peace.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-16
LYCEUM.

Matt Kolb has staged another good
show for the Lyceum Stock Company
this week. A number of new faces.
new scenic effects. and costumes have
been added. The chorus IL lively and
dull moments are scarce throughout the
performance.
Matt Kolb and Harry Rogers furnish
wealth Of comedy In their search for
an heiress at Egyptian springs" and
score another lift at THE Union Depot"
The comedy 10 frequently interrupted by
lively musical numbers. all of which
called for numerous encores.
"Ora-Entaf' gave a clever finish to
the show. Her dance was given loud
The usual wrestling matches are
scheduled for tonight and Friday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-16
Wants To Know About Land Titles
In Texas.

To the Editor OF THE TINES: =.
I am a farmer and owner of land In
the state OF Texas, being located in the
Rio Grande valley. and have taken con-
siderable interest in the rural credits
bill. believe II Is a good measure and
will be beneficial to the country as a
whole.
am anxious to know whether the
Senate considered the question of titles
to lands which nave as yet not been
surveyed and patented by the Govern
ment. 1t is the purpose of the bill to
enable persons to invest in farm mortI
cages as a sound investment. by elimi-
mating defective titles of the mortgagor,
the tmprovidence of the farmer. and nn-
productiveness of the soil. '
In its scope the bill Is broad with re-
spect to the examination of titles TO
lands by men qualified In their line OF
duty, but. as to the State of Texas, II
has occurred to me that possibly some
confusion may follow when mortgages
are taken up for approval in that State.
NO survey has ever been made by the
Federal Government separating the APP
propriated from the vacant and unap-
propriated lands In the State OF Texas.
BY the act of annexation. the appropri-
ated lands were reserved to the United
States, and the vacant and unappro-
priated passed to the State of Texas
inasmuch as no survey has been made
and no patent issued to lands in Texas
by the Federal Government all that
one can possess in that State Is the
possessory State title. 1t has occurred
to me that one holding an imperfect
, title to lands in Texas under Spanish
or Mexican grant or concession could
not give a first mortgage, such as Is
contemplated by this legislation. on the
grant or concession. because II the Gov
eminent of the United States confirmed
Inlw 80 h. Ia N.,Il a
| the grant or concession, the possessory
State title of the mortgagor would fall
and likewise the interest Of the mort
| gage.
1t seems to me that this matter should
receive the most thorough consideration
by Congress at this time.
HENRY W. sTEwAR1
Washington. May Ia
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-16
COMING EVENTS ON
CAPITALS PROGRAM
Today's Amusements - Schedule
for Tomorrow.
Today.

Final meeting OF the season, District Con-
gress of Mothers. Raleigh. ? p. m.
Meeting. Petworth Citizens Association. Pet
worth NJ. r. Church. Eighth and Shepherd
streets northwest, s p. m.
Meeting. Central Northwest Citizens Asso-
citation, Garrett School. 8 p. m.
Meeting. Columbia Historical Society. Shore
ham. sI5 D. m.
Convention. American Association of Mu-
seums. New willard. today.
Convention. Association OF Importers and
Distributors OF Leaf Tobacco. New Will
Meeting, secretaries OF state ana provisional
boards Of health. New willard. today.
Motion pictures. BRITAIN Prepared" under
the auspices Of the National Press Club.
Address. "The Armenian People" former
Ambassador Henry Morganthau. Rausch-
Meeting. Anthony League. aou Columbia
ENTERTAINMENT m Because She Loved Him
So Home Club Players. at Home Club.
Decentralization. return of suffrage ENJOYS,
east steps OF the Capitol, 8 p. m.
Meeting. Federal watchman's Union. usual
Dance. George Washington University Archi.
tectural Club. Potomac Boat Club. s D. ms
Maryland. Delaware. and the District Mt.
Rainier. today.
Meeting. High School Teachers Union. Cen.
blBn SCnOOl, oslO u.
Meeting OF the Florida Society. Logan Ho.
tel. Iowa Circle, p. m.
Masonic-National. No. y, F. c.: Arminius
No. rs; Myron NJ. Parker. No. "a. r, A..
Lebanon, No. Z. r. A.: La Fayette, No. g.
r. A. Mithras Lodge OF Perfection.
Eastern Star-MiZpah. No. 9.
No. 6; Golden Rule. No Il. and Mount
Pleasant, No. 20.
Rebekah Lodge-Fidelity. No 7.
Knights OF Pythias-Webster. No. Z: Excel
sior. No. II; Capital. No. "a. and Myrtle
National Union-state. War and Navy coun
ell. Pythian Temple.
Dance. benefit OF the Ippolito fund. Regini
Elena Italian Pleasure Club. Northeas
Masonic Temple. 8 p. m.
May carnival. with operatta, The Land O.
Spirits" pupils OF Miss Madolin Smithson
ballroom New willard. p. m.
Final meeting. District Congress- OF Mothers
Raleigh, 2 p. m.
education, Epiphany Parish Hall. 1917 {
street northwest, s p, m.