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The Washington times., 1916-07-16
NAVIGATING SHARKS
DESCRIBED BY EXPERT
Commissioner of Bureau OF
Fisheries Discusses Habits
Of Huge Monsters.

The man-eater, or carcharolon car
charias. Is the species Of shark that
has terrorized the Jersey coast. accord
ing to a communication from DR.. Hugh
NJ. Smith. Commissioner OF the United
states Bureau OF Fisheries. -'ven out by
the National Geographic Society.
The man-eater. according to DR..
Smith. roams through all temperate and
tropical seas. and Is everywhere an OBJ
ject of dread.
1T is one OF the most prodigious and
perhaps the most formidable of sharks
said DR.. Smith. "Of the many species
noteworthy on account Of their size
some are as harmless as doves and
others the incarnation Of fury.
The eaters maximum length Ia
forty feet and its teeth three and one.
half inches long. While there are few
instances Of sharks attacking human be.
ings (prior to the recent tragedies) there
have undoubtedly been many case:
where sharks simply have swallowed
people Just as they would swallow an,
other food.
How easy 1t would be for a man
judged from the finding Of an entire
l0O-pound sea lion in the stomach Of 9
80 foot shark on the California coast
A certain man-eater ssh feet long hac
jaws twenty inches wide. inside meas.
ure. and teeth 2t inches lon". SHARK
teeth with cutting edges Ave inches
long have been found
THE sleeper shark Is sluggish
stupid glutton about six times the
length OF the average man. On wher
hungry II rouses itself and flercely at.
tacks whales biting huge pieces out OF
their sides, and when feeding on the
carcass Of a whale killed by hunters. IL
so voracious II permits spears and
knives to be thrust into 1t without
| seeming to take notice"
The Washington times., 1916-07-16
Press a Finger;
Then Pain FleeS
Zone Theraphy" Cures Head.
ache and Other Ills, Says
Physician.

PITTSBURGH. July 16.-How the
most Irritating toothache may be re-
Iieved by pressure on certain fingers.
and the cure Of lumbago. hay fever.
wry necks. and other ailments accom-
plished by almost the same process.
was outlined here by DR.. Fred Kellogg.
of Providence. r. l.. before the Pitts
bursh Osteopathic Association. which
brought him here to lecture on Zone
Therapy."
DR.. Kellogg. in describing Zone
Therapy." used stereopticon slides to
illustrate his claims for the treatment.
According to him. one has but to preea
a toothbrush against the roof Of his
mouth to effect cure for headache.
All one has to do when suffering with a
troublesome case Of hay fever is to
press the forehnger Of either hand on
q hard object. DR.. Kellogg stated that
he generally used an aluminium comb
to curb the disease.
Zone -Therapy," said DR.. KELLOGG.
will cure many Ills which 90 far have
oxaled medical SCIENCE" ''
The Washington times., 1916-07-16
EATING THE RIGHT THINGS

From DR.. Hirshberg we gather
that one should eat a good deal Of
fruit at this time of year. The ad-
vice is familiar. People in the bust
ness of gastronomic uplift have been
advising the same thing for years
and years.
DR.. Hirshberg adds some details
about the potashes. acids, and such
like that we accumulate incident to
eating fruits. Potash, ordinarily,
doesn't seem so very essential, ex-
cept as an aid to raising wheat; but
It appears that this highly syndicat-
ed German product of brass-nailed
monopoly is a good thing for people
as we'll as for plants.
Precisely why we should worry
about the percentages Of potash and
nitrogen and trinitrotoluol in a red
apple that tastes good and makes us
feel better tomorrow, has never been
very accurately indicated. The fact
is, and everybody knows it, that
fruits are the right thing to eat at
this season; also, that we lean to
pastry and other things that are ex-
actly the wrong things. The real
way to make fruits popular would be
to convince everybody that they are
hopelessly insanitary and unhygienic,
and all that.
The Washington times., 1916-07-16
She Is 100 Years Old;
Saws Tobacco Did II

WASHINGTON. Ind. July 1s.-Sarah
Ellen Denny celebrated her hundredth
birthday anniversary the other day. Sit
ting on the porch at the home Of her
daughter. Mrs. Dave Dove. smoking her
old-fashioned clay pipe. she spent the
day telling her friends Of her early life.
She has used tobacco since she was
sixteen years old. and says she believes
tobacco Is what kept her alive" She
gets about without the aid OF q cane.
and does not wear glasses. She has
Travelled over twelve different States, be-
hind a team of oxen, for the most part.
The Washington times., 1916-07-16
Here's How You Try to
Get Food in Germany
The Narrowing Experiences of One American Newspaper
Man When He Attempted to Smuggle Edibes
Across the Dutch Frontier. .
By CARL w. ACKERMAN

BERLIN. July . (by aii).-Its as
difficult for a traveller to get food
from Holland into Germany today as
II ID for anyone in America to take q
bag of gold out CT the Treasury De-
partment vaults in Warrington. Over
here IL can't be done.
"OnIy food enough for your Jour
ney." say the Dutch officials, and
they limit that to a couple Of sand
wiches.
tried recently to bring In hfteen
pound sacks Of rice, beans. and oat-
meal, three bottles OF olive oil. and
two sides OF bacon. On the train 4
tried to make an ARRANGEMENT with
the conductor to hide some OF the
supplies. but he could not cross the
German border.
He Took the Tip.
At Oidenzaal. the Dutch bordei
town, that conductor was succeeded
by . Dutchman who possessed a spe-
ciai pass. asked him II he could
hide some OF the food on the train
He smiled and accepted my cigar tip
with thanks. but did nothing.
o My compartment compartment f9mpanio n. was "a. a .
range the food packages In great
haste as the train approached the
border. The sides of bacon ] put un-
ment. Half OF nv treasure of rice
and beans ! put out on the seat The
other half I tried to hide In my trav-
cling bags. Bottles Of oil were In my
overcoat pockets and sleeves.
ACCOMPANIED by two companions
the customs officer came aboard. MY
4 outlay attracted the attention Of the
whole crowd and the whole train.
Told to Get on.
Didn't you. know II was forbidden
! to bring food with you! the ofnce
asked .l{s,, ...,u,. ,.o.,. w.. .,
American might be permitted u
/ take something in for my own use''
"iihsts not permitted. Pack all you
stun in the bags and get on the train
/ want to examine you further"
With the unsympathetic assistance
The Washington times., 1916-07-16
EDUCATION IN THE PRISONS

Thomas Mott Osborne returns "a
the post Of warden at Sing Sing
and Dean Kirchwey retires, after m
experience that has been calculated
merely to confirm some Of his previ.
Gus opinions about prison manage.
ment. He declares, what a great
many students Of the problem have
believed, that education is the
greatest need in prisons. The con.
vict must be equipped not only with
the knowledge, but with the aspira.
tions, that will enable him to be.
come a useful citizen when he is re.
leased.
Sag Sing is not a model prison in
these regards. 1t is better than il
used to be, thanks to Osborne and
Kirchwey; but It has far to advance
before 1t will be on a parity with
really modern institutions. In Mich.
gan they provide a school course
that carries the prisoner up to the
high school entrance requirement
and Michigan is now turning out 9
very high percentage Of first-tern
prisoners who make good" in the
Industrial world.
One of the chief Difficulties about
prison reform is the disposition Of
legislators to hamper the efforts fol
advancement, by reason of listen.
ing to the protestations of certain
classes of labor organizations that
want prison labor excluded from
really useful occupations. This is Q
short-sighted and unfortunate policy
It does not help labor, and it doe.
injure the prisoners and sosciety'l
concern about their betterment.
The Washington times., 1916-07-16
Parents Ask Police to
"Scare" 6-FOOt Youth

PUEBLO. COL. July lt.-The police
nave been asked to locate James An
drew Darner. sixteen. Of Blanca. Col.
The boy. who Is six feet two inches
tall, ran away from home to this ctty.
where he stayed a few days. then vi 1Ie
that he was going into the country 10
work during the summer. His parents
want the police to locate him and send
him home. The letter states that It was
not the desire OF the parents TO nave
their son injured. but the police were
asked to "soare' him.
Swell chance OF any Of our police
men soaring a guy that Big was the
only comment the desk sergeant had
10 AXE
The Washington times., 1916-07-16

II the baggage department at the
Union station were required to adver-
tise every time II lost a piece Of bag
gage. you might have seen that ad-
but there would have been every chance
It. For It would have been inserted in
the newspapers but once in the last ten
years.
It doesn't seem possible that In hand
ling 100 pieces Of baggage a year
there should be no loss. Yet that is
exactly what the baggage department
at the Union station does. It has lost
one piece Of baggage-nefther more nor
less-since II has been In operation.
Counting an average OF 100000 pieces
a year. which Is 10000 too little. for
sVfs o Uns
cent. Almost too small TO be q num-
Der at all, isn't III
It is not luck that makes such effi-
Client work at the passenger DEPART
ment. II is scientific efficiency. plus
| courtesy to the public.
Just an Instance.
Jor instance:
Five or six years ago-and on some
roads now-the traveller would get a
check. which would read. say. 5s2s37.
Now the traveller would get the check
as follows: 68-2s-37. And thereby tells a
| tale Of immense reduction Of time,
Ia Dor. cuss words. and errors For each
check has to be matched. A series Of
thing for the average baggaseman to
! remember. especially II he Is an hurry
| and mad.
But a child of six years can remem.
a baggageman. When he thinks OF
fty-six twenty min eithirty-seven he can
match" the check in q jiny. where
as In olden times II took several min
They 60 even farther than that now
As a station will be dealing with a
series at time. It will not be necessary
all the pieces there that day. week,
month. and maybe year are the same
first two figures. So the baggage man
simply. sings out Twenty .nine-thirty.
:'Gotcha!" Tor the classic Kings En-.
glish Is no necessity in a baggage room
| All trunks received are classified By
Various stations have different ways
plan Of using one OF the figures thai
will place all the pieces gotten from 9
Million at . Time.
The railroads usually have the checkI
printed q million at a time. and Civ,
them out to the various stations a hun
bred thousand a whack.
All the baggage received from Balti
more on O certain train Is piled to
gether: the. New York baggage Is pu
at another spot in the baggage room
and 20 on. Everything Is systematixet
down to the last dot. There IL almos
no possibility Of error.
In this manner the Union Station
baggage room handles about a millior
and half pieces OF baggage per year
The Washington times., 1916-07-16
FRANKLIN ADAMS
GOING TO FRANCE
Chief Clerk and Editor Of Pam
American Union to Study
War Effects.

Z Franklin Adams. chief clerk and
editor Of the Pan-American Union. and
Mrs. Franklin Adams. noted for her ex-
plorations in South American and other
continents. and a frequent lecturer be-
fore the National Geographic Society
here. except to spend the next Few
months in France.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adams sail July 1s, on
tho Finland. for Liverpool. They will
go directly to France. where Mr..
Adams will study conditions resulting
from the war and Mrs. Adams will col
lect material for a series OF lectures In
the United States next winter.
Mrs Adams explorations in out of the
way places have won her RECOGNITION
from many scientific bodies here and
abroad. she has made speciality "a
expeditions TO discover traces Of pre-.
Columbian history in South and Central
America,
The Washington times., 1916-07-16

q detective I repacked and left. MY
travelling companion. who had some food
OF his own hidden in his suitcase:
officer was so insistent on arrestins
me that he forgot my friend.
At Oldenzaal l was led into Gus
toms office ana confronted by four
had. copied my passport. and announced
that they would conftscate all the food
excepting the olive oil.
Forgot the Fine.
Then one of them happened to think
that was subject TO a fine and Inn
prfsonment. and was getting ready FOR
the inauguration OF his scheme when 1
remarked that I knew q good Dutch
man at The Hague who might be will
ing to come to my assistance II 1 could
telephone him. This concession was
granted me. While I was telephoning.
the chief customs officer left and his as.
sistant forgot about the f,ne. but kept
Two hours later the next train left
tor Bentheim. Germany. when 1 start
ed TO get aboard the officer came up 70
! 1 hadn't bought some more food in the
town. But l had bought three more
bottles OF olive oil. 30 with six bottles
supplies. 1 rode toward Germany. In
the meanwhile I had eaten sumptuous
meal Of steak and other things which
are memories Of days gone by In Ger
many.
Searched by Germans.
At Bentheim everything l had was
searched again by the German officials.
Everything was looked at. and papers
were all taken away. but the six bottles
4 OF olive oil still remained. After the
| examination I spoke to the wounded
young lieutenant with the iron cross,
| which had made up the first Holland
/ train that morning. told him ! want
| ed the two sides OF bacon l had hidden.
| when II comes back In the morning.
l said. ''see II you can md the bacon.
| II you do. keep one piece for yourself
| and send the other one to me"
| "All right" said he. and. turning 10
a Fellow officer remarked. and they
l call that being neutral
The Washington times., 1916-07-16
TWO SENATORS
INSPECT U-BOAT

BALTIMORE. July l6.-United States
Senator George e. Chamberlain Of Ore
gon. chairman OF the Senate Committee
on Military Affairs, and Senator James
X. yardaman Of Mississippi. a member
OF the same committee. went on board
the German merchant submarine
Deutschland this morning.
Vice President Thomas r. Marshall
is expected to visit the U-boat this az
ternoon.
Accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs. Macy
Dinklns. of Mississippi. and Mrs. Caro-
line Shelton. OF Oregon, the two United
States Senators motored from Washing
ton this morning and went directly to
the Deutschland's pier at the foot Of
Capt. Frederick Hinsch. commander Of
the interned German Lloyd liner NeckAr,
lying alongside the submarine.
The Washington times., 1916-07-16
CAVALRY ONCE MORE USEFUL

The report that cavalry was ac-
tually employed by the British in
making an assault on section of
German positions in the Somme
region, suggests as almost nothing
else would the extent and Importance
Of the British gains since the pres
ent offensive began.
That there was a possibility, not
only of using cavalrv, but Of gaining
ground through their employment, is
testimony that in some areas at least
the Germans have been so far driven
back that a return to something like
old-fashioned open-field operations is
possible. It would have been suicidal
idiocy to attempt to use cavalry a
few weeks ago. along the double line
OF trenches that were supposed to be
practically impregrable. Yet on
Saturday cavalry charge, with
lances in play, actually carried po-
sition. 1t demonstrates that the Ger.
mans are being forced not only on,
Of their first and second line posi-.
tions, but back to terrain where
their preparations are not such as ia
make them secure against this kind
Of attack.
There will not be much oppor-
tunity, it is judged, for this sort OF
warfare. The British themselvas
seem to have been as much aston.
ished as were their enemies at the
spectacle Of a cavalry troop charg.
ing. If it had failed, it would have
been denounced as a piece of shee,
folly; and in most cases doubtless II
would prove to be just that. Cavalry
in trench warfare is about as useful
as a legion of Parthian bowmer
would be against the defenses OF
Metzs
The Washington times., 1916-07-16
the NEW MRxlcAKMRNAcR

Villa, according to all accounts,
has come back. There seems no room
for doubt that the bandit leader, once
the pet Of the Washington Govern
ment, and It's first reliance as the
strong man to rehabilitate Mexico, ia
alive. in command Of q considerable
and growing military force, rehabili-
tated in popularity in his own Sec
ton of the north, and determined to
have revenge on both Carranza and
the United States.
That he is the precise person to
make the largest measure Of real
trouble at this time is unquestioned.
He has the backing Of certain-or
Observation-Disclosures that want to
keep Mexico in a turmoil. in the hope
Of forcing the American hand. He
still retains considerable repute as
the most capable military leader in
his country, and he Is advantaged
constantly by reason Of the incapac-
ity Of Carranza to get along with
his subordinates.
II Villa should muster power
enough to make himself troublesome
to the point Of menacing Carranza's
domination, weak as it already is, he
would very soon compel this country
to adopt more rigorous policy than
thus far it had been disposed to
adopt. The military force Of Mexi.
can leaders is VIGOROUSLY uncertain
Time was, not so many months ago
when Villa looked like the assured
winner As against Carranza. Their
suddenly and almost unaccountably
his power waned; Washington took
up Carranza, whose star at the mo.
ment seemed again ascendant; and
Villa was prescribed as an outlaw.
The tide has turned once more ir
favor Of Pancho. He is said to be ir
possession Of force enough to menace
the city Of Chihuahua; and posses.
sion Of that city has always been, IL
Mexico, Of the first importance
Northern Mexico, though the leas
populous part, dominates the coun
try; and Chihuahua is the most i'm
portant state, politically, at tn,
north.
The seriousness Of the present sit
uation has not been realized in thi
country, save by the few people VIII,
are in touch with official informatio,
that makes accurate judgment pos
sible. Far from beng on the way t,
composition, Mexico is nearer to
new and disastrous disintegration O
elements, that may produce a wors,
state Of chaos than has yet bee,
known.
The Washington times., 1916-07-16
One Piece OF Baggage
Lost Here in 10 Years
Union Station Handles Million and Half Pieces
Every Year, But Only One Has Ever Gone
Astray-Wonderful System Used

70 u th. s.corA i.r~..t In th. tynited
states in number OK pieces smashed"
pareptheticsiIvt that "smashinG. bag
sare is mt shino ~, m IL keerins
n unsmashed'
In addition to the baggage. there 10
about 500 ' psrce,s I q month. with q
total of S0. ord rer annunm,
Then there n the milk handling do
partment, the Government mail the
railroad mall, and a few other things
to handle which keeps the large staff
There II many a curious piece Of bag
gage that Ia handled in Washington.
Once one OF the parcels that was
checked got loose-and It took two
hours for the men to catch that snake.
4eals and kangarooe. almost sealing
wax and ships" are checked In the
businesslike looking parcel room at the
station.
No Scare In Rather.
II takes more than q mere rattler ts
startle a bsggageman. II would take
more than almost anything. for there "a
hardly a form OF animal or package
that they do not handle.
Theatrical trolpes and animal acts are
=. .necial c,ass,hco,ion ana there 4. :
srest deal Of baasaee from them han.
Ala ne o"sss ' ''s' ''"
'' one "e 81 the ma, n, Tho ,rn,on s,a,,or
recai,.S TN ne ,, men .he I'm, 1n 70, son..
IL The nsr e y reoro az NO one coviS
~ ~ pTh ",h .,,n .ss v na III.
ali .s'sh,Ne u,nn mau oee,
chni, "s, nn ~ the empty sn,.. ~
choice enprcsMons; IN Iact, severa
h,ous auIes were snOckea az me pTo.an
NY q tne pasgngemen tnat gay. rInaI'
y the animeI was caught py Throw
ms SACK over It's mead
ranks. seals. ana Government mail
could there be q more various assert
baggagemen! Four hundred tons o,
Government mail are handled daily al
the station by these men. Three thou
stored million salons 81 fn mil, Il
a month como into the station.
But the baKga semen never get Jam
med. During the 1914 inauguration the,
got a slight Bit behind-but only a sligh
The Washington times., 1916-07-16

votes ''before the voting Is closed" II
is because the member has made q
mistake, didn't know what he was
voting for, or has been told by some
leader that he ought TO switch and
save the day. Seldom Is the change
regarded as one Of moro mature de-
liberation.
Voting by electricity would save
about thirty minutes on every roll
call, and still give members time to
come from their offices and 20
through what is becoming more and
more a routine performance.
The Washington times., 1916-07-16
THE SOLEMN FARCE OF VOTING

Persons who have watched voting
in the House Of Representatives
must read with amusement the mi
nority report Of three members of
the Committee on Accounts, protest
ing against an electrical voting ma
chine.
According to these three members,
who, by the way, are serving their
first terms, vote in the House is
a very solemn and deliberate thing;
members ought not to be hurried;
the time spent in calling the roll,
about forty minutes, is none toe
long.
The minority members admit that
the electrical device will. rapidly
record the votes. But they say;
Voting. however. is the most impor-
tant function of a member OF Congress
and We seriously question the wisdom
of hurrying this branch of the work. II
frequently happens under the present
system that members are required &c
vote before they have fully formed their
Judgment.
The time taken in voting is obviously
time Of elaboration: Of conference. OF
quiet discussion, and OF interchange OF
Views. Often under the present system
before the voting has closed, members
change their votes.
Veteran members can explode the
theory that voting is a period OF
conference, quiet study, and inter.
change of views" Many roll calls
are taken amid confusion. Most mem
bers have their minds made up be-
fore debate on bill begins, Others
make no pretense of studying the
question, and are content to follow
the leadership of some party chief
tain or committee.
Assume that a debate has beer
heard by one-fourth the membership
of the House. The bell summons tn,
absentees to the chamber. They dasl
over from the office building de
manding to know:
whats this on?"
An obliging and partisan Hous,
attache or colleague informs hin
that it is "some amendment offere,
by the other side" or "our fellow
are voting aye That is sufficien
in most, instances.
Debate seldom changes vote il
Congress nowadays. individual
convictions are frequently sidetrack
ed, and voting has lost much of it
thrill and independence.
IL, under the present system
members sometimes change thei
The Washington times., 1916-07-16
Evidence Swallowed,
Then Jury Disagrees

MOBILE. Ala. July lo-Forty-eight
bottles OF beer had been seized by the
sheriff OF Mobile county in blind
tiger raid. When the defendant was
tried for violating the prohibition law
the beer was introduced as evidence.
and went with the records to the jury
room The jury deliberated all night.
In the morning the foreman reported
an agreement could not be reached. and
"mistrtal' was entered on the docket.
t'orty-eight empty bottles were found IN
tho jury room the newt trial.
The Washington times., 1916-07-16
Mrs. Margaret Errington.

The funeral Of Mrs. Margaret Erring-
ton will be held from the residence OF
her mother. Mrs. Georgiana Vogel. AZ
Fifth street northeast, tomorrow after
noon at 2:45: thence to the Church OF
the Good Shepherd. where services will
OBJ held at . o'clock. Interment will be
at Prospect Hill Cemetery.
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Wednesday.

Observation-Disclosures Centennial. No. II;
Osiris. No. Is: East Gate. No. a.: ROYAL
Arch Chapters-columbis, No I. called OF
Brightwood. No. .: Potomac Commandery.
No s, X. T.. called OF; Areme. No. 10. OF
the Eastern Star. called on
knights Of Pythias-Mount Vernon. No. g.
Equal. No. II; Friendship Temple. No. O.
OF the Pythian Sisters.
Odd Fellows-Eastern. No. 7; Federal City.
No. 20: Friendship. No u; Harmony, No
y; Mount Nebo encampment. No. G.
Maccabees, Metropolitan Tent.
National Union-Post Ofnce Council Treas.
my Council, Mount Vernon Council. Con.
gressional Council.