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the land will be acquired By private
negotiation without condemnation pro-
ceedings.
Just when work on the connecting park
way will be begun, The first ESSENTIAL
il to acquire title TO all land that must
be purchased In the park area. It 10
take. II there is a delay such az was
encountered in obtaining title to the
plaza property Il will be eeversi years
HAITI HAITI ,s hopeful, % however. tina that 'Vne, an sp.
peal to the public spiritedness OF the
landowners will prevent any great de-
lay in carrying out the project.
consisting OF Secretary Of the Treasury
McAdoc, Secretary Of War Baker. and
Secretary Of Agriculture Houston. con-
slider the connecting parkway plan the
the plan for beautifying Washington
since the reclamation OF Potomac flats.
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Real Snake Bite Cure.

CONNELLSvlLLE. Pa. July IA
combination OF onion juice. turpentihe
and whiskey proved efYicacious when
Robert Sanner. forty-five, was bitten by
copperhead on the farm OF Jay Caid-
well, In Saltlick township. Sanner was
working in field when he was attacked
~ the snake. which measured eighteen
inches In length.
Without an instant's hesitation SAN
ner leaped over nearby fence and
tore up an onion strout. Biting II. ne
rubbed the juice on the wound. He then
call for terpentine. which was APP
Piled. and to top It on he drank copious
draughts Of moonshine whisky.
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Marines Give Washing
Lesson 10 Society Women

NEWPORT, July A.-Because they
use too much water and too little soap.
women do not get the samc dazzling
wiliteness in their washed clothes as
do the United states Marines. Sergt.
Clarence D. Rhoades.. Of the Marine
"The eye-paining briiliance Of our
white clothes IL due to the fact that we
wash with our heads as well as our
hands. and we let soap do its proper
to thoroughly wet the wash 10 suffici-
ent," the sergeant continued. "and the
less water and more soap one uses the
whittier the washing will turn out"
pressed with the issson given them In
an art that 10 dear to every woman's
heart.
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American Aviator
Battles Dead Man
Rockwell Faces Air Gun, But Ger
man Pilot Proved to Be e..
Lifeless. So.

PARIS. July 1.-Norman / Prince.
Kiffin Rockwell. and Lieutenant de
Laage fought a thrilling battle in the
air with three German avintors behind
the German lines on Tuesday. according
to a dispatch received from the front
today.
While Prince and De Laage fought
two OF the Germans. Rockwell dived
under the third machine and attempted
to cut of its tail. The fire from his
mitrailleuse raked the German machine
from tail to motor. Rockwell. however
had two scares. ono when he missed by
inches striking the German with bis
propeller and the second when. In the
course Of the maneuverinR he found
himself facing the enemy's mitrailleuse
1t was an uncomfortable second. he
relates. until he discovered the operator
was sitting dead at his post.
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pie to look for there Read yourself what
comrades writing
Just sign regiment and
station purposes WASHINGTON TIMES
will do the
Address, SOLDIERS LETTER BOX"
The Washington Times,
Munsey Building.
Washington, D. @
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Gets Letter From Soldier
Son, Then Word He's Dead

PHILADELPHIA. July 8.-"Dear
Mother: pray the good Lord that he
spares me and brings me through the
war. SO that I will be able to make
your life more comfortable" was the
message received by the mother OF
Harold George Burns early this week.
The letter came from France. where
Burns and other Canadians were fight
ing with the allied armies.
Mrs. Burns yesterday received . tele.
gram from the Canadian minister OF
defense condoling with her on the dealt,
the son, whose letter she had just read
The Canadian company to which he be-
longed had been wiped out in big drive
OF July 8. Only one man out OF 80 es'
capped alive.
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The Soldiers Letter Box

Be correspondent Mr. Guardsman You want
friends relatives informed and they
anxious know where what doing
them Wherever beRado the Texas Border
Somewhere Mexico other that Uncle Sam send
you-let those who know you hear from you.
Writing letters circle Of relatives and friends tedious
hiking and drilling You can't Informed Of
movements all the people wish with individual letters
would be impossible
The WASHINGTON TINES has smpined matters for you
LETTER BOX whore guards
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Easements Lawyer Says, /
Has No Desire for Appeal

LONDON. July 2s.-Roger Easements
counsel told q special sitting Of the five
judges who recently decided adversely
on the irish revolt leaders appeal to-
day that he had no desire to make fur
ther application in the former knights
behalf at present. The court adjourned.
Apparently there was a misunder-
standing when Judge Darling yesterday
called for q special sitting today. He
then announced that on account Of .
demned to death for treason. he would
call q special meeting TO hear any
possible application"
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man can with one
fell stroke, one
letter, eommuni-
cate with every.
one he knows BY
, writing . letter
( o r publicaAoa
there.
Acquire { b .
habit Of writing
10 The TIM e 8
gossipy accounts
Of what you are
doing in camp.
Pen any kind Of
interesting little
. t o ri Q 8 . b o ut
yourself and your
comrades in camp
and the letters
will be printed in
the SOLDIERS
LETTER BOX.
Notify your peo-
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Sheriff Stops Match
Between CHAMPS

San ANTONIO. Texas. July 2s.-Na-
tional guardsmen fight fans here were a
peeved bunch today. The sheriff step
ped in at the last moment last night and
prevented the night between Tommy
Gary. OF Chicago. and Danny Goodman.
of the First Illinois Cavalry.
There was a 81 200 advance sale which
the bows missed,
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them, and then went after the other.
She pulled him under. but he finally
got her to shore.
In the excitement Walsh forgot to
ask the girls their Names.
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Walsh Rescues 2;
Forgets to Ask Who
White Sox Pitcher Saves Girls
From Drowning, One at
q Time.

CHICAGO. July 2s.-Ed Walsh.
White Sox veteran pitcher. was q
hero here today. The Big Moose des-
cued two girls from drowning last
night.
Walsh swan ashore with one of
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OUTLINES A MOST STUPENDOUS TASK
British Authorities Say Estimates Are Too High but
Admit Slavs Can Make Themselves Strongest in Eu-
rope if They Prepare; Fear Russo-German Alliance if
Entente Dissolves After Peace.

vision Of constantly greater wars
opens out. He remarks "If such "A
war should last more than year.
then no measures of 'manbreeding'
whatsoever can save us from a reduC-
tion of population, from the ruin of
entire countries, from literally un-
bcarable taxes and duties" And he
closes his memorandum with the
words, Some measures will have to
be adopted If humanity does not wish
in the end to arrive at complete self
eXtcrminatiOn.'
Nobody can say for certain how
the present world war will terminate,
General SkugareVski writes, but at
the present time it is possible fairly
accurately to imagine the picture of
the next war after this, The smaller
the success achieved in the present
war by the entente powers the sooner
will the next war occur. If Germany
is not conclusiVely conquered, if Eu-
rope does not assure real guarantees
against a recurrence OF what william
II has done and Is doing. a fresh war
will inevitably take place in ten or
twelve years. During the interval all
states will increasingly arm them
selves
The new war will be. like all wars
We were told that the Crimea was a
wholly unprecedented war; 1t lasted
nearly four years. bullets fell like hail.
and flew an enormous distance. near
ly a thousand PAGES, TIL then the
range Of rifle fire had not exceeded
three hundred PAGES, and even at that
distance It was impossible to hit a
house The Austro- Prussian war of
1856 can remember as an officer.
The needle-gun, which then made its
appearance on the Prussian side,
moked men down like grass: rifle fire
acquired special Importance. The
Franco Prussian war OF 1870 was re-
garded as an unprecedented war: the
Germans led into France nearly mill
lion troops. This war caused a ten
sion Of the military forces of the state
beyond which apparently 1t would be
impossible to go. And nevertheless,
after 1t all, states, with Germany at
the head. yearly increased their arma-
ments. Armies began to be called
armed peoples; readiness for war
was reckoned by days and hours.
But when the present war broke
out 1t was found that all states, Ger
many among the rest. were far from
prepared for II. The numerical
strength of the armies of the biggest
states two years ago was fixed at from
four to five million men for war time,
but twice, almost three times as many
have now had to be put forward. For
such numbers OF men nobody. not
ever the Germans, had sufficient ar
mament or equipment, All this had
to be created during the war. The
powers are now trying to get into the
ranks all males capable Of bearing
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meat and fodder All industrial es-
tablishmeuts. mills, factories, work
shops, even home workers. on dec.
larution of war will have to work
for the army in accordance with a
special plan of mobilization. All
these details will have to be care
fully drafted In peace time I'm order
to obviatc defects connected with
reQuisition and confiscation. Prob
ably il will he necessary To have
large distributing magazines. for
merly maintained for the contingency
of famine, but which will be needed
I'm the event of war. The duty or
supervising the activities Of all these
establishments will call for the ap-
pointment of n special staff Of
agents provincial and district in
spoctors, controllers and superin-
tendents
but | will not enter into partic-
ulars further one thing Is un-
doubted namely that a future war
in ten OF twenty years viii he un-
prccedented in comparison with pre-
vious wars. ENpcdicntS for the cX-
termination OF humanity will be OF
such a nature that everything we
hear of nowadays will pale in COM
parison The numbers Of killed will
be reckoned by millions the wounded
by tens Of millions. And. ncverthc-
less, this war will be inevitable II
, Germany is not conquered. and Eu-
rope does not secure herself by guar
antcos against what is happening in
our time Germany must pay. not
only as the author of the COnflaGra-
tion, but as an example to other am
bilious parties In the future. When
Germany has been sublucd, nobody
/ -. 4
! treaty from limiting their armamonts
and from restraining miitarism
within certain limits, for which Rus
sia made proposal at The Hague
/ conference. An international tribunal
must at last acquire power"
The memorandum of General
/ Skugarevsh has attracted consider
able attention in military and diplo-
matte circles in London. Here"
said the officer who calls II to my at
tention, rs a sketch of militarism
that will make the German articles
look like a joke"
II will be noted that the Russian
soldier bases his demand for an un-
heard of organization for war and an
army OF unmatchable size on the sup
position that Russia must prepare for
another war against Germany II the
Teuto,s are not crushed this time, and
that he suggests that II Germany is
beaten an International agreement for
the limitation OF armaments may be
possible. These utteranccs are not
taken seriously In London; the one
point that impresses British soldiers
is that apparent growth of n desire In
Russia to initiate and excel the Prus-
sian military system. Alliances
change, new partners are made, and
there is no very firm faith In western
Europe that If Germany Ia beaten the
alliance between Russia, France and
England will continue, while there Is
considerable fear that the reactionary
party in Russia may continue In con
troll and make, or try to make, an al
lance with Germany after Germany
has been so weakened as no longer
to menace Russian ambitions in the
near east.
asked n distinguished general IN
the British army, now on the retired
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len. established special furloughs for
married men with view To checking
this fall.
by the beginning of the war at
least fifty million gun projectiles must
he ready, and five billion rifle cart
ridges. Besides machine gun dctach-
monts, each company of regiment
will have its portable machine guns
on light stands. If there should be
invented a substance which when
swiftly transformed into gas will not
generate great quantity of heat.
instead of the present quick-loadlng
rifles self-loading ones will be intro
duced, 10y the same process that is
used in machine guns. At one time
hopes were reposed In liquid air. And
there may even bc sclt-tirlug rifles,
as projected by Wille.
Aviation will receive special at
tention in the next war. II Is clear
that In ten to twenty years every state
will reckon the number OF its dirlgi-
bles in thousands, and the number Of
its aeroplanes in tens, If not hundreds
Of thousands. Private aviation ought
to be encouraged. For the sys-
tcmatic application of such aerial
strength maneuvres will be intro
duced Battles in the air between
entire aerial flotillas Will always be
avoided. they represent material too
precious to be riskcd in this manner
| but the dropping OF shells from above
will be extensively practiSo :. And II
the laws of war permit the ap1lica-
Ition of inflammable materials and
Substances for the development of
poisonous gases then the raids Of
nerial flotillas will instantly convert
large districts of several square miles
| into complete deserts, where every
vestige OF animal and vegetable IRE
will be slain, and whore large units
of armies will be annihilated TO the
| last man.
Instead Of fortresses, which cost
so much in peace time. the fortifica-
ton of entire lines will be projected.
| BEFORE the war estimates OF work
will be made materials and ma
chinery will be prepared, and on mo-
bilization these projects Will he
swiftly realized; fortified lines VIII
Ire established in few days where
required. and as many OF them as
are needed.
Must Maintain Army.
'1n time of peace Russia will have
TO maintain two and half to three
| million troops, which will entail an
expenditure of not less than $500
00O, 900 annually in the state budget
The rearmng Of the army with new
| rifles will also require not less thaIl
the same amount: while the intro
duction Of new artillery may cause
an outlay OF several billion roubles
1 Payment Of interest on the loans now
floated will call for not less than
$3.50, O,00O 900 annually.
preparations for the future wal
will entail such an exertion of the
economic and financial strength of
the country, they will affect such n
number of intricate questions con-
cerning the activity of many, not to
say all, departments, that they will
be beyond the power of any single
ministry. 1t will be necessary to
create a new government depart
ment, a ministry of war preparation
Besides the existing material con-
riptions-military. transport. mo-
tors-it may perhaps be necessary
to Introduce conscription for grain
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list. to comment upon General Sku-
garcN skis forecast OF the future Rus
SIAN army There is no doubt" said
the British veteran. that Russia IL
she applies herself to military affairs
with the assduity shown by Germans
for the past forty years ana II she de-
velops a military caste which has the
high sense OF duty and the capacity
for leadership shown by tho Prus'
slams. can be cock OF the walk In fu-
rope. Rut | doubt whether the spirit
of the Russian upper classes VIII 50
change IN our time as TO make this
y, ssiblc. The Russian IS essentially
peaceahlc, and the bureaucratic class
seems to be intent ON tcdthcring it'
own nest rather than carrying out
great schemes OF prcan,Htuun such as
that outlined here. However. the war
Is making great changes IN Russia,
and Skugarevski may be right
must decline for obvious reasons to
comment ON the results OF such
policy rs this upon our position i'm
India. We have trouble enough on
our hands now without hunting for
more twenty or thirty years ahead
AS for the general s. figures, they
are most interesting, but | think they
are too high | should say that no ma
tion OF 2O0.00O,0uU people could pre-
pare in peace time the oreaUl2ation
for an army of forty million and ac-
tually put that army in the field with
out suffering an economic breakdown
and hundreds of millions of pounds
must be spent in Russia on railways
and roads before such masses or men
could be removed at all. Even If
these are built, am inclined to think
that in the wars of the future the per
centago OF population which can 20
into the army will be much less than
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CBy JOHN L. BALDERSTON)

(Copright 1916, BY Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate).
LONDON, oct. 2l.-Russia does not
intend to be caught mapping again.
While the allies in the west are talk
ing about "the war that shall end war"
and the millennium to be ushered In by
the peace conference which is to hold
an inquest on Germany, the bear that
walks like a man" dreams of develop
ing an army great enough to dwarf all
the hosts now contending in Europe
put together.
There has come under my notice a
semiofficial memorandum on the
needs Of the future Russian army, pre-
pared in Petrograd by Gen. A. L. Sku-
garcvski. His figures, soberly pre-
sented and all backed up by rows of
other figures based on population, ma
tional wealth and experiences of the
present war, are such as to stagger the
Imagination. If Russia fights again
in ten years, General Skugarevski' s
memorandum indicates that her war
strength will be approximately as fol-
lows:
Total armed forces more than 40
900 900 men, 500, 200 officers. 25.000,-
600 to 30,O00,O00 infantry. 1000, 900
to 100000 cavalry, 100000 artil-
lery, 100000 sappers, electricians,
600 for duties in the rear, transport.
railways, hospitals, etc, 100000 cam
non, 1000, 900 machine guns about
100000 motor cars, armored cars for
fighting, lorries and light cars about
80, geo aeroplanes. 900 dirigibles.
How much will war fought on this
scale cost? A hundred million dollars
a day, General Skugarevski says
three billions a month, 36 billion, 500
millions year! And he declares Rus
sia can find means. when her economic
resources are developed, to finance
such a war.
The details of feeding forty million
men are worked out In the memoir
andum. A hundred trains a day will
be required to carry the bread for tho
armies, of which forty thousand tons
Will be consumed every "a hours, al
lowing two pounds a day to each man.
Timed vegetables meat and soup will
occupy another hundred trains day.
II each man eat pound of meat a
day twenty million cattle will be
slaughtered for the army in a year:
the general points out that the cattle
breeding industry in his country must
be seen to. for at the normal rate of
increase there will be only $4,000, 900
cattle in Russia in ten years, and a
long war would exhaust the supply.
Sees Prospect for Race.
Before quoting some of General
SkugareVski's calculations about the
next war, 1t may be of interest to note
that he sees clearly the horrible pros
pect for the human race which his
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slightly Nu,ldlcd.

I'm afraid my wife knows we had
4 small stag party. She ran in from
the country this morning"
Nonsense. You cleaned up thor
oughly"
TOO thoroughly. ! put the ice pan
under the grand piano"
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so, 600 AerOplaneS
and 1000 DirigibleS

By Organizing Prussan Model. Skugarevskl Memo
randum States, Gar in Decade Can Back Up Gigantic
Host With 100000 Cannon and Spend $lOO,O0O,OO0 a
T. Day.
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her chair and struck attitude so maleste
that she felt impeed toward the long mirror
Satisfied that the effect what she wished
sh, nosed before Mrs. Jones and addressed
her.
You are revival OF that period when
children were clothed in their mothers dresses
in miniature. No thought, only actual labor
was given TO their costuming. The chid' as
result OF this leftover policy, had no identity
no personality 1t merely was microscope
REPLICA of its parent Come with me and
will show you chds dress that no mother
could ever wear will show you dress that
is soul-stirrng modification OF last year S
erown-up styles Many OF the childrcns
dresses this year are reminiscent OF last year
prown-upness which is wistful poetic and
propcrly quaint in its effect. The child must
have its sport costume. its morning irock, Its
afternoon frock. and its party and dance trock
And. lust as with you, these costumes must
have their individuality. | bought Phoebe
cunning white pique dress. simply box-pleated
with biz OF embroidery on the collar. 1t had
wide. straight belt. and thin guimp. But
because like the simplicity OF that style,
am not going TO make her wear it at morning
rlay and at dancing school. Come with me and
learn" Prophetcally she paused, then whirled
limp Mrs Jones into her coat and in a minute
they were speeding down the avenue.
EMBROIDERED PICTURES.
Look at this frock." she said trumphanty
when the slim wasted gentleman in at
tendance had brought out dancing
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ZONES. as they entered the next graywalled
establishment. And here they were shown
dresses that were family suggestive OF the lit
tie oliver Twist suits that boys have been
wearing The skirts were OF one material and
coloring and the blouses OF another. Inc
waistlines which were just little high, were
spurious. for the dresses fell straight from top
to bottom. except for little widening OF the
skirt The skirt came over the shoulders IN
straps. ana there was always bit OF feather
stitching or shocking on the belt. they were
OF handkerchief linen. heavy French linen or
gngham and. while the blouses were all white,
the skirts were checked or striped broadly, or
OF some solid tone. Mrs. Jones Immediately
ordered enc in dark green-Mary has copper
colored hair And the hst that brought
forth to go with it was green pongee Tam
oShanter with spiral OF straw braiding
around it. 1t was becomingly gathered and
hedged at the edge.
You must see the silk dresses now" de-
cided the little courier.
Silk dresses for children" asked Mrs.
Jones, doubtfully
Surely. Children are wearing fslc silks,
crepe de chimes and tsfetas."
oh. dear" walled the discouraged pupil.
Il mustn't get Mary anything like that,
must p and she pointed to a light blue and
white howery taffeta that was beruffied and
lutcd and ribboned. 1T does so much look
like strutting turkey"
Mrs. Warner gave her quick glance of
approval. mo. she doesn't have to be dressed
up like that. As matter OF fact, ! think most