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The Washington times., 1916-01-29
PREPAREDNESS FOES
TO ANSWER.W|LS0N
Joint Meeting at Polls Tomor.
row Will Be Addressed by
Anti-Defense Congressman.

The peace and anti-prcparedness
forces Of the District Of Columbia
will join in a meeting at Polls Thea
ter on Sunday Afternoon at 2:30 p. IN.
to make reply TO the President S
speeches advocating preparedness.
The committee met last night al
the y. NJ. c. a. to complete the plans
for the meeting. Representatives OF
more than half a dozen peace organi-
zattons were present. The committee
hereafter will be known as the Ad-
visory Peace Council OF the District
of Columbia.
Miss Grace Isabel Colbron will read
an original poem, The Ballad of Beth
lehem Steel in introducing Congress
man Clyde II. Tavenner. Congressman
Warren Worth Bailey OF Pennsylvania
will preside
Congressman Martin Dies, who ycster-
DAY made speech on the floor OF the
House in reply to the President. will
make an address. Other speakers viii
be congressman Edward w. Saunders
OF virginia, Oscar Galloway of Texas
William Gordon of Ohio, James l.. SIay.
Of Illinois.
The Washington times., 1916-01-29
THE GROWTH OF q. W. U.

It will be good news to many stu
dents, both young and old, that
George Washington University con-
templates no immediate limitation
upon its enrolment. Since it re-
verted to the policy of having both
day and evening classes the univer-
sity has shown phenomenal
growth, and within the last five
years has shown progress which
many institutions achieve only after
prolonged and trying struggles.
President Stockton now is urging
the board of trustees to erect a law
school and science building. 1t is
to be hoped the finances of the in
stitution will permit this expansion.
In many departments the demands
already are so heavy that the fac
ulty is handicapped in doing its best
work.
Washington as the seat Of great
national university has been the
tTedHl u llldHy cuuSdIoio' ohS SoA
lege president, recently when asked
what he would do with $10,000,000
endowment, said he would spend the
income entirely on teachers. 1t SO
happens that George Washington,
along with other universities and
colleges in this city, is fortunate
in it's location because it is
able to secure men who are con-
nected with the Government, or who
have come here to live, who are
among the country's foremost ex-
perts in their line.
Having these, and having the op-
portunity of getting more when it
can use them, George Washington
needs only the physical accommoda-
tions to take care of its classes. A
great, group of buildings does not
make university, and George
Washington has no aspirations in
that direction. But it does need suf-
ficient equipment and facilities for
it's work, and it is hoped that these
may be provided instead of having
it's usefulness curtailed by limita-
ton Of it's student body.
The Washington times., 1916-01-29
NO EFFORT TO START CRUSADE.

when the retirement can be unler-
taken; and II is altogether probable
that the sound financial judgment of
the country would agree that this
ought to be done during the present
period of big gold receipts and ex-
cessive circulation.
After the war there will be great
demands from all over the world for
use Of the credit facilities Of the
United States. and we will have to
stand heavy drafts on our gold. 1t
Is together desirable to keep 1t in
hand. where IT may be used most
effectively. The reserve banks now
hold $144.000.000 Of gold, while there
Is deposited with the Federal reserve
board $60.000.00 more. On the other
hand there are s220,O00, 900 Of Federal
reserve notes outstanding. That is.
there is $204 100000 OF gold held
against $220.00O.000 Of reserve notes.
That indicates gold reserve OF about
93 per cent back of the notes; to say
nothing OF the deposited securities. A
reserve Of 40 per cent in gold would
be ample"
The Washington times., 1916-01-29
To Erect Apartment at
18th and Church Streets

Harry Wardman. builder, will erect a
siX-story. freproof apartment house on
the southwest corner OF Seventeenth
and Church streets northwest. Opera
tions will begin within ten days.
The building will cost about $400, 900. II
will contain ninCty-fivc suites of apart
ments, ranging in size from two rooms
and bath to four rooms and bath. The
main entrance will be on Seventeenth
street. There will be two elevators.
The property was acquired from John
a. Schneider. DR.. T.. 4. Sellhausen, and
Henry Wadsworth. Stamps on the deed
indicate consideration of $35, 900.
IT is expected to have the building
ready for occupancy in six months A
NJ. Schneider Company are the archi,
teCts.
The Washington times., 1916-01-29
ONE MORE NEAR.cRISlS

German palaver and American
hesitation to force an issue have
worked together to drag the Lusi-
tania discussion over the greater
part of year. Germany has at
length come to the point where she
is willing to pay for the American
lives lost and to "regret" the circum-
stances incident to the losing. But
that would be poor satisfaction if
Germany should be permitted to
stand on her claim that, though re-
grettable, it was only regfettable as
any other horror of war; that it was
a legitimate and proper reprisal
against the maritime policy of Great
Britain.
To accept any such statement of
the German position and with it re-
ceive the money indemnity would
commit the United States to the
view that such a murder as that of
the Lusitania might be committed
again and again, with merely the
penalty of paying for American
lives. 1t is unthinkable, and the
Washington Government has repeat
edly refused to take such a posi-
ton. 1t would be like saying to
Germany, "at $4,000 a head, you
may kill any Americans you choose,
if you find them on the seas in ves-
sells you want to destroy"
The difference between the two
governments is thus at the end of
nine months absolutely no nearer
settlement than on the day after
the Lusitania went down. Indeed, it
is farther from settlement, for the
two governments have now had oc-
casion to commit themselves to
views so widely at variance that
their reconciliation is more difficult
Moreover, complications have arisen
through the Ancona and other cases
Austria has taken in the Ancona af-
fair just about the same position
Germany occupies as to the Lusi-
tania; that is, she is willing to pay
provided we will accept the cash and
not bother about our humanitarian
obligations or our self-respect. That
we will not do.
So, after repeated conferences
and seemingly endless delays the
time has come when Washington is
said to have demanded quick and
final word whether Berlin will meet
our insistence on disavowal. 1t is
declared that this insistence has
taken the form of a near-ultimatum
a date for answer is named. This
may be so; the previous record OF
the State Department in this affair
does not suggest such vigorous ac.
ton, but on the other hand the Presi.
dents New York speech about oui
international posture does.
Suspension of diplomatic relations
would doubtless be the alternative
if Germany should definitely and
finally decline to meet our wishes
Such suspension is not necessarily a
step toward war; but it brings the
possibility of war clearly into vision
The Washington times., 1916-01-29
John L. Weaver Sells
llth Street Apartment

BY deed placed on record Yesterday
the apartment house at the northeast
corner of Eleventh and Harvard streets
northwest. was transferred from John
l.. Weaver to Mrs. r. G. Rae. Mrs Rae
at the same time gave over twenty-siN
alley houses and the dwelling at 1921
northwest was transferred from John
The Eleventh street apartment, which
is known by it's street number, contains
action at a valuation of $4,000. The
building has frontage on Eleventh
street of 80 feet.
II. Clifford bangs, Of the William IT,.
Saunders Company. represented both
parties in the trade.
The Washington times., 1916-01-29
Initiation Caused By
Too Much Gold Feared
Bv american Bankers
Increase in 1915 So Great That If Entire Issue of
Greenbacks Had Been Burned There Would Have
Been Practically No Change at Years End
in General Situation '.
By JUDsON c. WELLIvER.

for the retirement of the geenbacks has been
started this time by the action of the of the Federal
serve banks At their meeting in Washington these officials
adopted declaration favor of of the greenbaks
and of substituting Federal for them the counts
circulation.
Just about the time that this action taken by the
bank governors officials Federal
made public statements indicating their support for the proposal
The impression promptly gained ground in quarters there
and concerted effort by the banking organization
to accomplish this result.
NO EFFORT TO START CRUSADE
The Washington times., 1916-01-29
Boys Death in Motor
Accident Unavoidable

That the fatal injuries suffered by
twelve-year-old James HigGs. of 3l9 l.
street southeast who was run over hv
a motor truck while skating near Sixth
street and Virginia avenue southeast
Thursday afternoon. were due TO an
unavoidable accident. is the fndinE OF
CoroneT's Jury.
The Washington times., 1916-01-29
Pinchot to Speak.

An omen session OF the National De-
fense League will be held at the Public
Library next Tuesday evening. when
Clifford PnChot will make an address
on conservation as basic factor in ma
tional defense. Gibson Gardner will pre-
side at the meeting.
The Washington times., 1916-01-29
.Navy Yard Craftsmen to
Have Lectures and Films

The Washington Navy Yard brandA
of the American Society of Marins
Craftsmen will have lectures and mo-
rangements for a series of lectures arc
being made by the entertainment COM
mittee, OF which w. c. Thorn is chair
man, At the meeting Thursday night i5
Northeast Temple an old-fashionee
spelling bee was staged.
The Washington times., 1916-01-29

If the G. o. P. Presidential tim
ber isn't thinned out soon, some
thing is going to crack under the
strain.
The Washington times., 1916-01-29

The storm of protest over the fin,
ing of Swiss subject for writing
poetry has not yet swept to this
side.
The Washington times., 1916-01-29

And If they tax automobile max
ers, H. Ford will have to help pay
for increased defenses.
The Washington times., 1916-01-29
Tomorrow.

Mass meeting of protest against froparel- l.
ness program. Polls Theatcr. ":SO D. IN
Address, Thomas Paine" DIR. j. ]. Shirley,
before Secular League Pythian Temple 3
y. m.
before First Spiritualist Church. Pythian
Temple. p. m.
Meeting, Judah p. Benjamin law Society.
Eighth Street Temple, S p. m.
Annual meeting, Hebrew Relief Society,
Pythian Temple. $50 p. m.
Meeting, TO form permanent orga aniZAtion.
former cadets OF the Washington High
Schools, Perpetual Building Hall, Eleventh
and II street northwest, s p. m.
Newman TraVeltalk, Belasco, S:l5 y. m.
Anniversary celebration Congressional Union
for Woman Suffrage. headquarters. Lafay-
cite Square n. m.
Socialist party-Lecture Charles H. Taylor,
of Baltimore, S:l5 D. m.
The Washington times., 1916-01-29

Peace and quiet used to go to-
gether.
The Washington times., 1916-01-29
GEN. WOODS ExA0dRRArIONS

Major General Wood, we think, in
dulges in exaggeration when he de-
scribes what would happen to us if
we were attacked by a first-class
military power. He says that the
United tatcs navy would be at the
bottom of the sea in sixty days; that
The Washington times., 1916-01-29
Going dry?

Now somebody speak up and nom
mate Bro. j. Mann for secretary of
munitions.
The Washington times., 1916-01-29
WHAT'S ON PROGRAM
IN CAPITAL TO-DAY

Address, The Value and Benefits OF Physical
framing, Miss Helen Wyman, Y. ". c.
Concert Washington College Of Music, audi
torium. Masonic Temple, Thirteenth stree,
Meeting Ohio Society OF the District Rausoh-
ers, y. m.
Daley Council, No. ,. WI" -
Socialist party-Social SUPPER. sll z street
Washington. No !.
Daughters OF America-wheelinE Club.
Meeting. Iowa Society. Raleigh Hotel & n
-
Meeting, Washngton Alumni Association O,
Tau Beta Pi. Raleigh Hotel, IN m
Meeting. Biographical Society. Cosmos Club.
.. m.
Illustrated lecture, "ThirtcAnth Cep,ury
Gothic Relief Sculpture Compared with FIFTH
Century Greek" Prof. Alfred M RrooEs
Corcoran Gallery OF Art, 2:3O D. IN,
The Washington times., 1916-01-29
Amusements.

New NationaI-''It Pays 70 ADVERTISE" o.l5
and SIS y. m,
Belasco-"The Greatest Nation" 2:2o and 500
p. m.
Poli's-"The Law of the Land" ?:l5 and s:ls
p. m.
Keith s-Naudeville. 2:l5 and Sis n m.
Casino-"East Lynne" 2:l5 and s:l5 IN
Loew's Columbia-P -Photoplays. 1880 a m. to
IL D. m.
The Washington times., 1916-01-29

WOuIu give IIlt ~ eNtT oU PET CtHC OF
the gun and powder plants and the
American store of gold.
Now, we guess the navy would 60
the way he says it would; the At
lantic seaboard would be captured
the way he says it would; the navy
yards and other military plants
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-28
PENSIONS DECREASING

From the Washington Post.
 While army and navy appropriations are constantly increasing, the time is near at hand when there will be an off, setting saving in the pension roll.
 As the civil war was left further be- hind the pension bill gradually increased until the topmost figure was reached a few years ago. Now the expenditures for pensions gradually are decreasing.
 Although the estimates of appropria- tions required for the pension bureau this year amount to s155,5 ,560, 900, there has been a decrease of $2s5O5,0O This de- crease is in the face of the fact that $20 monthly pensions were awarded at the last session to 70-year- widows of sol- diers of the civil and the Mexican wars.
 The ranks of the civil war veterans gradually are thinning, and when it is realized that more than 50 years have passed since the war and that all the soldiers were more than 15 years of age when the war began, it can be seen that there will be sharp reduction in the pension roll from this time forward.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-28

tative Brindley at one replied that the bill had not been reached. Senator Lusk expressed his regrets and went out. Later in reading the local acts I noticed that the bill Senator Lusk was anxious about had been enacted and signed by the governor, which goes to show that in the hurry and chaos of trying to 1egislate in 50 days the troubles acquired within state in four years there is such a srist of laws that even the leaders cannot keep accurately posted on what is go- ing on. In fact. it can be stated that other than in the measures that are attracting statewide attention fully half of the legislature knows nothing of the bills it is voting to enact into laws.
 "As to the consolidated court bill, I believe that the supreme court will hold that it is constitutional, despite the alleged flaws in the law"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-28
Important Campaign

'"The coming state campaign will be one of the most vital importance to Alabama" said Thomas w. Sims, chair man of the state board of equaliza- tion, who is at the Tutwiler. Not only must the people exercise great care and consideration in the selection of d governor and other high state off cials, but I think the personnel of the legislature is to be a matter that should receive its full share of the public interest
 q am taking no part in partisan politics but I hope that the men best suited to meet the demands which will be made upon them during the coming administration will be selected. I am encouraged to believe that we are not to have a race marked by any one issue which is not vital, but rather does it seem that the people are going to do their utmost to select officials who are best qualified to steer the ship of state through the difficulties it must encounter"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-28
HOTEL LOBBIES
Likes Crescent City

"If l am ever allowed the privilege of living where I want to live, 1 shall beat it to that town of New Orleans" said Ward Fitzpatrick. Tt is certain ly some town. I have just returned from a trip of several weeks, most of which time was spent in the Louis- jana city. Champagne? Why, it flows like water You never saw anything like it. And when those people enter tain they entertain. I had some won derful times. The only thing that hurt my feelings was that I had to leave before New Years eve. I understand that there are to be big doings there that night. Practically every table in every cafe in town has been reserved, and it's hard to get one now for love or money. New Orleans is some gay town"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-28
John Barleycorm
 Gets Into Print

WTRITING in the American Mag
 WV azine, Booth Tarkington makes his hero say that ''it didn't take the will power, or the strength of caterpillar" for him to quit drink ing. It seems that the gentleman brushed the alcoholic cobwebs out of his brain, got his head clear of what Jack London called the "maggots" set to work by drink and in popular par lance, "quit cold" He preferred a ''real life, however little comedy l found in it, to drugged one."
 Characters in fiction are expected to perform feats much more extraor- dinary and exciting to the reader than choosing the water wagon for life. In these days, when there is demand for fred -blooded" writing, the sort of man who would compromise and "taper off" would hardly be tolerated, except in a moral treatise on the strength of the drinking habit.
 Several persons well known in mag azine and book circles have written about alcohol. Vance Thompson, Sam Blythe, Jack London and others made contributions on the subject, but it seems almost an impossibility for any, body a1o John Bar teg-o msneuf ailaer ey ggerating og alfnlr-'nzIpg his power over the ehas of saeu sn' hs effect on human
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-28

four years ago. MT. Benson is person
 ally popular and as he is an energetic
 campaigner, his friends felt that he
 would prove to be an exceptionally
 good vote getter. He himself was modest enough to claim that he would bring the socialist vote up to 2,000,- 900; that he would carry Oklahoma and that 10 socialists would be elected to the House of Representatives. Oklahoma's democratic plurality was nearly 1000. Only one socialist was to Congress-the same as two years ago. This was as much of an off year for the socialist party as it was a banner year for the democ- racy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-28
JUST WHAT HE WANTED

From Everybody's Magazine.
 Many of the enlisted men on the border would do almost anything to get home. One man was found walking about camp, picking up and looking at every scrap Of paper. nluttering continually: Nope. that aiu't it, that ain't it." He was finally adjudged insane and given a. discharge. Upon receiving the discharge all filled
 ''Yep that's iti"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-28
LIKE MLuKE SAYS

Ever notice that the man with the least money has the most places to put it?
 Some women are operated on so often that we wonder why they don't let the surgeons equip them with set of hooks and eyes the first time.
 Our idea of extemporaneous oratory is what a married man hears when he gets home in the morning after stay ing out and killing Christmas the night before.
 What has become of the old-fa sh toned man who used to walk along the street with his hands folded behind him?
 Any time you hear a man announce that he never quarrels with his wife you can bet that he is either a liar Or a bachelor
 You are never going to get very fat on food for reflection.
 Some women marry for love. some for money and some just out of pure cussedness.
 The honeymoon usually blows up the morning honey bangs the door shut in time to dodge the plate that lovey threw at him.
 With some men pay day is an incl dent With others it is an event.
 If you want spring to get here in a hurry just sign a 90-day promissory note and spring will get here in no time.
 Another reason why we have so many divorces is because a girl usual ly marries man just because she is afraid some other girl will.
 Any homely girl can tell you that pretty things are useless.
 Love has it's ins and outs. First you fall in and then you have falling out.
 We may be wrong. But we don't believe that a fuzzy white dog was ever intended to live in a town where soft coal is burned Most of us never think of casting our bread upon the waters until 1t is so stale that we have no use for it. Our opinion is that if the women were shaped like the danes in the plates in the fashion magazines they would be in an awful fix. Father imagines that he has his troubles But mother knows that If father had to stay home and think ur things to have for meals three times a day father would be in the booby hatch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-28
THE MFATHER OF NASSAU,

.
 From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 The death of James Monroe Taylor, who was the president of Vassar college from 1886 to 1913, removes man who was in many ways the real father and founder of Vassar and whose incumbency represented great period in the history of the education of women in America. When Doctor Taylor came to Vassar it was relatively small and misjudged and misrepresented institution, with a history of pioneering from 1861 on that had not removed it from the humorous column, unfortunately, whenever the fool ish and the vapid felt called on to turn the neat joke" as they saw it, as to the futility of the sweet girl graduate" It was Doctor Taylor who successfully fought the good fight for the serious recognition of women's colleges as a whole and not only for Vassar. And he had the supreme satisfaction before he resigned to preside at the head of a col lege that not only numbered on its rolls some thousands of students annually, but had a faculty of 13S members and stood high among the collegiate institutions of the country in scholarship and human results without regard to sex. No one jokes any longer about the inability of a Vassar girl 'to make a cake or to care for a baby" and if any monument is needed as an hcnor for Doctor Taylor the great group of buildings and the thing that Vassar stands for today are his true memorials.