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The Washington times., 1916-09-07
Many Legislative Records
Are Broken by Congress
WHAT CONGRESS DID

Reorsanzed and tremendously increased both army and
navy.
paredness" totals close to $780, OOO the largest
peacetme military budgets in the history of the world
Stopped shipment in interstate commerce of child labor
products.
Passed rural credits act guaranteeing logerm owrats
loans to farmers
Granted Philippines greater self-sovernment.
Placed heavy Of Government munitions In.
comes, and inheritances
Passed $4,000 900 river and harbor BILL
Passed act for Governmentowned $50000000 merchant
Confirmed Louis D. Brandes and John H. Clarke for su
preme Court
Voted to investigate railways
Took sugar from free list; created tariff commission levied
protective tariff dyestufs; passed anti-dumping"
Adopted workmen's compensation principle for United
States employees. .
postal banks
Refused to confirm Colombian treaty which would have
paid $25 900 for Coombias wounded feelings for
the United States alleged aid for the Panama revolu-
Passed drastic retaatory part of the $685.
100000 revenue BILL by which the President is empow
cred to use the army and navy to uphold rights OF
American citizens against blacklists and interference
with mails
Passed eighthour law for railroad employees engaged in
operating interstate trains. thereby avertng nation
wide strike
EFFORTS THAT FAILED.
Suffrage and prohibition denied roll call test vote.
La Follettes fight secret diplomacy" beaten.
La Folettes fight to prevent of and to COL
lect debts of private investors in other lands only
ten votes
Confirmation of Federal Trade Commissioner Rubee block
ed in Senate out of Senatorial courtesy" to Gainger
of New Hampshire.
immigration bill buried in Senates unfinished business"
Conservation measures lost because two houses could not
Plea for publicity of income tax returns ignored
Attempt to pass a rule making fbusters in Senate i'm
possible beaten in Democratic
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crews. It is said that the mystery
with which the British and French
admiralities have surrounded the
disappearance of submarines, has
had fearful effect on the nerves Of
the German navigators Of these
craft. They start on their cruises
with no notion Of the fate that
awaits them; whether they will be
comfortably captured and locked up
as war prisoners till the end of hos
tilities, or drowned like rats, or suf-
located when their boats are en-
tangled with nets, they can only
guess. Perhaps there is yet some
other horrible fate that they know
not Of. Just one thing they do know
for a certainty: that when they sail
away on their undersea cruises they
have very long chances Of never COM
ing home again.
It is not by any means a con-
elusive verdict against the sub
marine as a naval weapon, however,
that it has not been entirely sue
cessful as employed by Germany.
The narrow waters through which
these vessels must pass and in which
they must operate give great ad-
vantages to the enemy. In a naval
war between two powers so postured
that they could have measurably
free access to the open seas, the stu
alton would presumably be very diff
ferent, and the chances for the sub
mersibles to do execution and escape
would be far better.
Especially has the submarine been
a disappointment as a weapon
against fighting craft. That, again
is probably attributable to the pscu-
liar circumstances of this war. The
British grand fleet has been locked
up in its harbor of refuge up in the
Orkneys, guarded in every way that
ingenuity could devise, to keep out
the submarine destroyers. 1t would
be a different affair if the British
fleet-and the German. too, for that
matter-were r" ling the high seas
presenting ia. : for torpedoes
Thus it may well be imagined that
submarines would be much more
serviceable to the United States
navy than they have been to either
Germany or Britain. Probably, in.
deed, the American fleet, carrying or
campaign in defense of our coasts
would be able to utilize powerful
submarines with great sailing radius
more effectively than any other
power in the world could employ
them.
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Wonder II They Left Cards?
CALL
ON THE SHERIFF
Headline In Simpsons Daily Leader.

When Straw Hats Get the Gate.
The saddest day Of all the year
Is drawing on apace:
The poet drones of autumn drear
When nature changes face.
But I don't mind her tones all fiat,
Nor early frosts nor late;
What makes II rad to me - that
The straw hats get the gate.
Through summers days It served ms
well.
This old thatch lid Of mine:
When II was new IL sure was swell.
The finest Of the fine.
Its pristine glory now Is gone.
But still II shades my pate
I dread to see the day como on
When II must get the gate.
The cleaner, too, III shed a tear
To see my old straw PISS;
To him this lid Is something dear.
Fen though It's nauyht but grass.
But worldly ties are all too room
Brought to a common fate
And what was gay in May and June
Is near due for the gate.
A new fall hat will set me back
From one buck up 10 five.
For this. I gricve. there Is n lack.
sly coin seems not to thrive.
And so I view grim Sorrows day.
As one to loathe and hate
To get n hat. how can I pay
When this one gets the gate?
will Lewis. In the Pittsburgh Post.
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STEEL AT PAR; WHEAT. $50

United States steel common
touched par for the first time in its
history, yesterday, Wheat reached
figures on the great markets that
represent an average of about $3.50
for the producer. ..
These figures are more eloquent
that any military experts" testi-
mony as to how long the war is
likely to last. The great exchanges
of the world are more sensitive
than any other manifestation Of
ouinion. Roumania's entrance into
the war was signaled, long before
the general public knew anything
about it, by rise in Russian and
a drop in German exchange.
Eleven cents was pared of the
price of wheat in a few minutes
when it became known that Rou-
mania was to be a combatant. 1t
was to release both Roumanian and
Russian wheat to the outside world.
But a few hours calm reflection
convinced the men who make the
markets that before those things
happen there will be time for a
hungry world outside to consume
most of the scant supply it has in
sight, and the market very promptly
went back to its earlier figures.
The facts concerning the world
supplies mean more than any argu-
ments from the war maps or any
manipulations of the spectators.
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ARE SCHOOL VACATIONS TOO
LIBERALP

As measure of precaution the
delay in opening schools this year to
October 2 may be justified. Many
persons, though, will believe that
children would be better off in
school rooms, if they had proper
medical supervision, than running
about in groups and gangs all day,
with little or no supervision.
But the suggestion that as a regu-
Ter thing the schools should not open
every year until early in October
will not meet with general approval.
The tendency in other cities is to
lengthen, rather than to shorten, the
school year.
The heat affords the only excuse
in Washington for the long vaca-
tons the schools already have, in the
light of present day educators
opinions. Many have advocated
that the schools be kept going the
year round. Some Northern cities
have adopted a modification of this
idea by holding sessions for back.
ward pupils, or for those who desire
to make up studies.
Such an innovation would be wei.
come in Washington to hundreds OF
parents who do not take their chill.
dren on extended vacations. The
present summer is proof that the
midsummer weather in Washington
is not oppressive. A step in the
right direction has been taken in the
work Of coaching on some of the
Fairgrounds.
But with Washington's schoo
Fairgrounds idle for weeks at time
in summer, with schools closed al
the summer and with a too limited
session of night schools, the wider
use of schools for school purposes
and not for community forums o,
social centers, is becoming a peril
nent issue.
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sLIPsHOD CAR SERVICE

Apostles Of the efficiency Of pri-
vate ownership Of street car lines
must have had severe strain put on
their faith If they came down town
early this morning. One street car
system experienced tie-ups, ranging
from five minutes to half an hour,
at three points. Employees OF the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
either were made late, or walked, an
experience with which they grew
familiar last winter.
OF course the reply is that these
were merely condolences, likely to
happen no matter who operates the
lines. But in modern railroading,
street car or steam, we have come
to realize that tie-ups and accidents
are someone's fault.
In the present case either equip
ment or employees were to blame.
The frequency of accidents of this
sort leads to the belief that they
would be, in large part, avoidable il
the proper remedy were applied.
If the street railways were munich
pally owned, every one of 300 per-
sons who waited at one point this
morning would feel it a right and a
duty to complain. They now have
the right, but not many will feel
that it will do enough good to justify
the trouble.
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PROSPERITY'S STRIKES

On the whole, there did not seem
to be'a sufficient stake involved in
the controversy between the rail-
roads and their employees to bring the
country to the verge of transporta-
ton suspension. Likewise, the con-
troversy between the street railway
unions and companies in New York
does not seem to the outsider to be of
such character and consequence as to
warrant the strike that has been
called and is in it's early stages.
These prosperity strikes are dan
gerous-dangerous to the cause of
labor, which is liable to plunge into
them because the tenure of a job is
comparatively unimportant in such
times; dangerous to prosperity, which
cannot stand such assaults; danger
Gus to the whole public interest. Re-
adjustments of wages to living con-
ditions generally tend to accomplish
ment pretty rapidly, in times of pros
perity, if normal conditions are per-
mitted to prevail. 1t is true that the
cost of living is apt, in such periods,
to rise faster than wages, but, on the
|other hand, wages tend to remain
high in slack times, while cost of liv-
ling falls. Rapid readjustments would
he difficult and dangerous. The i'm
portant thing is a sincere purpose on
the part of both employers and en-
ployes to recognize conditions and
make the adjustments as fast as il
can safely be done, without the vio-
lence of strikes and lockouts. Both
the national railroad crisis and the
New York situation of today ought ia
|have been amenable to pacific settle
ment. The greatest problem of the
future in the relations OF
capital and labor is to insure that
such adjustments may be made by
negotiation, and the desirable general
results attained without attack on tn,
,nterests of the public.
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policy of retaliation. II is not easy
to overlook the fact that, while some
outrageous impositions have been
put upon American commerce. yet it
is right now, under war conditions,
vastly greater than ever before. It
is greatest and most profitable, too,
with the very countries whose re-
strictions against II are causing the
complaint.
An impressive illustration Of how
these determinations operate Is
found in the case of tobacco. Great
quantities Of It have found their way
into Germany through Holland. To
end this, the blockading powers re-
CURED that tobacco be consigned, for
Holland, to the Holland Overseas
Trust, which is the government au-
thorized agency that guarantees
against imports being passed on to
Germany. This regulation was cal
culated to shut out American to-
bacco from Germany, and there was
a hullabaloo about it. The tobacco
people carried their protest to White
House and State Department, and
there was talk Of insistence upon re-
taliation. Retaliation, indeed, was
provided for, in the amendments to
the revenue law.
But as a matter of fact, it turns
out, the allies offense is in principle
a very mild one as compared to that
which Germany has committed; for
Germany has ordered that no tobac-
CO at all may be allowed to come into
Germany, save from Turkey. It is
natural enough that Germany should
want to give her trade to her ally; it
is one way of helping sustain an
economically weak coadjutor. But
the fact stands that it is direct dis
elimination against all other to-
bacco countries in favor of Turkey,
a far more unfair rule than that
which Great Britain has imposed
upon Holland imports.
1t is very manifest that the war
ring countries are going to use their
sec power to the extreme limit, to
win their fight. The United States
might of course infiict a great pen
atty upon them by refusing to sell
to them; but that would be cutting
off our nose to spite our face. There
would be thousand times more pro-
test against such course; it would
bring down in instant ruin the fabric
of national prosperity.
1t is going to be a mighty difficult
thing to retaliate without making
matters worse; and it is a pretty
good guess that the Administration
will be chary about using the great
powers that have been entrusted
to it.
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THE LOSSES IN SUBMARINES

One of the most interesting rev.
Citations which will come, presum-
ably, only after the close of the war,
will concern the cost to Germany of
conducting it's submarine war. From
time to time intimations have been
given out by the British admiralty
concerning submarines captured or
destroyed; but neither combatant
has permitted anything like detail
ed information to reach the public.
1t is now announced in dispatches
received through Swiss sources, that
the German chancellor has COM
municated the full facts about sub
marine losses, and the expenses Of
carrying on the undersea campaign,
to political leaders, the press, and
some of the critics of the govern
ment who have been insisting that
the bride ought to be taken off the
underwater boats. The communica-
ton seems to have been decidedly
confidential as to details; but it is
declared to have convinced even the
critics of the government and the
most insistent extremists, that the
submarine game has not been worth
the candle.
Neither the extent of the sub
marine losses, nor the manner of
them, has been publicly announced,
There is little more than conjecture
as to the methods by which the
British have inflicted the heavy
losses which Germany has sustained
in this direction. 1t is generally be-
lieved that submerged nets have
been especially efficacious in trap.
ping the vessels; but whether cap
tured submarines have commonly
been taken unchanged, and brought
into port, or whether it has beer
necessary to destroy them, is moi
known. Neither is there definite in
formation as to the proportion OF
fatalities among members Of the
The Washington times., 1916-09-07
A fine young lad
u Billy Roose.
He always says,
Let's have a boose""
F. II. n.
Greeting the Fall.

Greeting the Fall.
All! Very soon the katydld
Will come to grief. up there amid
The blushing foliage. and the song
That now we hear the whole night
long
VIII cease. by early frosts forbid.
The locust from the trunk shall skid
And autumn's laws shall clap the lid
Upon the tree toad's midnight gong.
All. very soon!
Cheer up. September comes to rid
Us of the Skeeter. who IL hid
Beneath the net. with poisoned
prong!
And there shall die the ragweed's
wrong,
Where the grasshopper chews his
quid-
All, very soon!
Ted Robinson. In Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
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The stinoiest man in the toorld
IA the man Dho borToios a cent
,phen you ask him to loan you a
Y spot. - NAN,

HET.E IS THE colyum's choice Tor
An All american-It's good, Ell!
pitcher = ''Woof Wool" Wolfgang,
White Sox.
Catcher-Hartley. Browns.
Eirst base-Rippy Williams. Griffmen.
Second bsse-Marty Kavnnaueh. in
dams. y
short top-Ieb Terry. White SoA.
7 Ell ficid-Wallie Schang, Mackmen.
Center ficid-Nemo Lienold' White
Sox. >.u ,.a,
only one all-star umpire-Frank
a mistake'' G. =. NJ.
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DANGERS IN RETALIATION

Congress has confided to the Presi-
dent sweeping authority to protect
American commercial interests
against the measures that have been
adopted by the warning nations to
injure each other. In theory, of
course. the United States as a neu-
trial proposes to insist that it shall
be injured just as little as possible
by reason of the quarrels Of neigh
boring nations with all of which it
is at peace and friendly. The fight
ing countries on the other hand pro-
test that their first duty is to win
their war; that their very existence
depends on their success; and that in
such conditions they are justified in
employing extreme measures.
The law of blockade has never
been very definitely developed; and
it never can be, because every war
brings a new set of conditions. Time
was when the United States held its
own greatest export staple, cotton,
to be contraband, and Europe pro-
tested that ruling. A generation
passed, and England again, during
the Russo-Japanese war, objected
to the declaration that cotton was
contraband. Yet in the present war
the allies hold cotton to be contra
band, and there has been strong pro-
test from influential quarters in this
country.
Articles that, in the time of our
civil war, would not have been intro
duced in a contraband list because
they were unknown or unimportant
among either military or economic
necessaries, are now of vital import
ance. So the contraband list goes
on expanding.
The textile centers of Britain suf-
fered fearful privations during the
civil war because of the ban on cot
ton. There was a powerful effort in
Europe to secure a coalition against
the Federal Government, for the
purpose of enforcing a relaxation of
the regulations against free ship
ment of cotton. 1t is worth remem-
bering, now, that Great Britain
steadfastly refused to participate in
any such combined effort to crush
down the blockade of the South; and,
further, that the suffering operatives
of the cotton centers were generally
in sympathy with the North, in its
fight to save the Union and destroy
slavery. The ruling classes in Eng
land were far less sympathetic with
the North and it's cause than were
these victims of the blockade, whose
very bread was taken from their
mouths by the cessation of the sup.
ply of cotton.
At that time, the United States
made the plea that it was fighting
for it's life, and must employ means
adequate to such struggle. The
same plea comes from the allies to
day. They are willing to have theil
acts adjudicated, and after the wal
to pay damages where such are in
flicted; but in the time of the strug
~le they insist on using all the force
they can muster. They control the
seas, and they propose to use thai
control in the manner that shall b.
most effective in strangling theil
enemy; which is precisely what thu
North did curing the civil war.
! There are grave dangers in an!
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Movie Mad.

I oughta be in movies;
My friend says I'm a beaut;
And every picture I've had took
They say IL awful cute!
I've got the acting talent;
know It's in my line.
For can make 'em weep at homo
With "Bingen on the Rhine!
] sure can wear the glad rags
With class that's Mt to Kill;
oughta get two-hfty clear
Each week-just pipe this still!
I've got the Pickford ringlets
And the charm Of Margie clark,
with the form of Audrey Munson-
IL they'd let me make my mark!
w. H. II. In Spokesman
Review. Spokane.
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With Due Credit

Hell.
Last night I dreamed
My soul grew tired Of Its earthen husk.
and departed
For new adventures. I saw about me
many friends-those
I had loved and who. had loved me;
Blasphemous Bill.
And scoffing Hugh. and foolish Tom
all were there. I
Was happy.
The fires from the furnace were warm
, but did not scorch me
And Satan was very pleasant old fell
low. We talked, and
Drank. and played. as on the earth. But
there was an
Emptiness-you we're not there.
And l found why they called It Hell!
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Easily Convinced.

my loves as deep as yonder sea"
Said the dudelet with the stick.
THAT may be right" the maid replied,
For they both make me sick.
Brooklyn Citizen.
The Washington times., 1916-09-07

Quite q FOmentous Occasionl
Mexico City. Sept. 5.-Tastor Rouaix
was today appointed secretary OF TO-
mento In the cabinet Of Provisional
President Carranza. Senior Rouaix had
been acting secretary Of the department
for two years.-Press Dispatch.
The Washington times., 1916-09-07

A woman's fond Of pretty lace.
Wherever II Ia shown;
She also likes a pretty face
II that face Ia her own.
Brooklyn Citizen.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-25
ZEPPELIN RAIDERS
KILL 8 IN LONDON
Six Machines in Foray-Damage
in Metropolis, Inland and
to Shipping

LONDON. Aug 25,-zeppelin arships
bombarded the outskirts of London early
today, killing eight and wounding 81 per.
sons
The electric power station and the engi-
neerlng works were damaged by bombs.
Six airships took part in the raid. Cities
on the eastern coast were attacked as we'll
as London, while one airship penetrated
far inland. Ships off the coast were also
attacked.
In the first official statement issued by
the War Office no mention was made of
the attack upon London, but later state.
ment issued this afternoon gave the details
Thirty bombs were dropped in the east
ern counties, the official report says. but
in that district there were no fatal casual
ties. though several persons were hurt. nor
was any serious damage done.
The Zeppelin which reached the suburbs
of London dropped bombs which resulted
in the following casualties: Killed three
women three men and two children; Sc
riously injured three men and four women
slightly hurt seven women. four men and
three children.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-25
GENERAL CADORNA ANNOUNCES
FURTHER PROGRESS OF ITALIAN
TROOPS NORTH OF VAL SUGANA

ROME, Aug. 25.-Further progress fol
the italians on the slopes of Monte caurio
was reported by the italian War Office
today.
Forty Hungarian prisoners were
taken.
In the Carnic Alps the -Hungarians
directed an attack against the stations at
Vale dInferno Pass but were repulsed
Artillery dues are in progress in many
sectors Of the battle line.
The war Office report reads:
In the Fassa Alps dense mist inter-
fered with artillery activity yesterday.
We have made further progress on
the slopes Of Monte Cauriol. Forty
prisoners were taken there.
In the Upper Degano Valley and
the But Valley hostile batteries were
active against our positions.
We repulsed a small attack at Valle
dInferno Pass.
There is no change in the Gorilla
area nor in the Carso Plateau The
Austro- -Hungarans are again shelling
Gorilla and the Isonzo bridges.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-25
GERMANS VAINLY HURL
ATTACKS AT MAUREPAS
Continued from PaEe One

Continued from Page One
said Instead of retiring they have pre-.
pared to defend the eastern Macedonia
forts.
The Greek Government is said to have
laid this information before Germany,
adding that public indignation over the in
vasion has increased to such an extent that
the Government is no longer master of the
situation. Upon receipt of this information
Germany ordered the Bulgarian with.
drawal it was stated.
The latest Athens dispatches apparently
contradict the Rome report stating that
the Greeks are evacuating the region
around the city of Seres under orders from
the Greek Government.
Budapest dispatches. reporting the con-
centration of large bodies of Russian troops
on the Bessaraoian-Rumanian frontier
evidently with the purpose of crossing
Rumania to invade Bulgaria and Hungary,
aroused intense interest today. The Buda.
pest newspaper Az Est, was quoted as de-
claring that the Rumanian war party Is be-
coming stronger and that the Rumanian
Government has made tentative prepara-
the Rumanian forces to cooperate with the
Russians If Rumania is drawn into the war.
Recent dispatches from Berlin asserted
that Russian diplomats are bending their
energies at present, not to obtaining Ru.
mania!s participation in the war. but to
obtaining permission for Russian troops
to cross Rumania to attack Bulgaria and
Hungary.