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lain of the Senate felf to DIR. Provost
an Episcopalian. He served like

lain of the Senate felt to DIR. Provost,
an Episcopalian. He served like
period.
Probably the greatest attack on the
continuance of chaplains in Congress
came about 1852. when the nation was
much wrought up over the repeal OF the
Missouri compromise act, which governed
states" At that time the south demand
ed that slavery be carried into Nebraska:
and Senator Stephen A. Douglas proposed
and later obtained the passage of the
measure which separated from Nebraska
that territory known as Kansas and ieft
the question Of slavery to the citizens
Of these sections. This measure natural-
ly repealed the Missouri compromise act.
and the nation was stirred as 1t had not
been in a previous decade. During Inc
time the bill was pending the ministers
of the north petitored and memorialiZed
Congress. asking it to stand frm against
the repeal of the compromise. About thiS
time there also was a strong agitation
in religious circles against the running OF
mail trains on Sunday, and this, too, was
the cause of petition to Congress signed
largely by ministers.
The two things led to assault on
the clergy. it being aimed to direct the
rebuke at the profession through The
removal of the chaplains of the House
and the Senate, those serving with the
army and those stationed with the vari-
Gus Indian agencies-in fact, all the
spiritual advisers in the employ Of the
government. Many eminent men. aroused
BY what they deemed unwarranted inter-
ference on the part of the clergy. lent
themselves to the attack. 1nasmuch as
the contention of the agitators was based
on two clauses of the Constitution. one,
that no religious test shall ever be re-
uuired as qualification to any Office OF
public trust under the United States"
and the other. that Congress should make
no law respecting the establishment of
religion, the matter was referred to the
House judiciary committee. and this body
in scathing denunciation of the enemies
of the clergy adversely reported against
efforts to oust its chaplain. The Senate
followed the House committees lead.
Since that time there have been no de-
termined efforts to undermine the chap
lains in Congress, and in fact they have
become as much a part Of both houses
as any other officer. Their tenure gen
orally is more secure than that of
others. for the very simple reason that
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COURT ORDERS NATIONAL
RIFLES ARMORY LICENSE
Grants Mandamus Against Assessor
in Favor of Proprietor of Acad-
emy-Appeal Taken.

Justice Could of the District Supreme
Court today granted mandamus
against William p. Richards, assessor of
the District of Columbia, requiring him
to renew the license of Edward T. Davi-
son to conduct a dancing academy at
the National Rifles Armory, 916 street
northwest. The assessor noted an ap-
peal from the courts order.
Assistant Corporation Counsel Steph-
ems presented to the court an amended
answer of the assessor. in which he set
up the action of the District Commits
,soiners approving his refusal to grant
the license for the current year. He
claimed that this allegation brought
the case within the purview of the
general police powers of the Commits
sioners and that the mandamus should
be denied
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WANTS LIFETIME EQUITY.
Authors League Asks Law to Pro-
tect Painters,

NEW YORK, April 1.-THE Authors
League of America has begun move
ment to arouse the interest of organi-
zations of artists in the enactment of
a law giving artists a lifetime equity in
their paintings. This would protect
painters whose works greatly increase
in value in their lifetime.
The idea was suggested because of
the experience of Ralph A. Blakelock
one H whose paintings recently was
sold to the Toledo (Ohio) Museum for
$4,000. Rlakelock sold it twenty years
ago for $50. For sixteen years he has
been an inmate of sanitariums and
asylums.s A similar movement was
started in France. but was discontinued
when the war began.
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ALLEGES FALSE ARREST.
Mrs. Nanette Schlatter Sues Police
man Bingham for $4,000 Damages.

Mrs. Nanette Schlatter today filed
suit in the District Supreme Court to
recover $4,000 damages from James
bingham, policeman, for alleged false
arrest. Through Attorney W. p. Plum
lev. she tells the court that March %,
last. without probable cause. the po-
liceman placed her under arrest on a
charge of disorderly conduct She al
leees she was handled roughly by the
dc fendant, taken to a patrol box and
cont to the ninth precinct police sta
tion.
polite Court, March %. she asserts, the
rial Judge found her not guilty.
Mrs. Schlatter. after her acquittal.
filed charges with Maj. Pullman, super
;ntendent of police. against Bingham.
A hearing before the trial board was
scheduled for tomorrow. but post
ponement has been taken, it is said
until April -.
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UNCLESAM, Esq.
ChapIains in Congress.
By Oliver Owen Kuhn.

"If there be God who hears prayer.
as we believe there is. we submit that
there never was deliberative body
prayers of righteous men as the Con-
gress of the United States"
Thus did an eminent member of the
House once defend the retention of the
spiritual mentors of the American Con-
gress when their very existence was
at stake. Thus have other men
spoken through the years. Those men
who appear each day during the life
of a Congress before the Senate and
House of Representatives and with a
few chosen words prayerfully ask the
watchful guidance of the Divinity In
the deliberations of the nations law
makers are men who have become in
dispensable. according to the makers
of laws themselves. They have come
to look forward to the appearance of
these chaplains, for. as one member of
the Senate once remarked, when days
are darkest and cares most pressing,
when the very soul is weary. the words
that fall from the lips of the chaplain
act as a spiritual elixir. We see with
little more hope and undertake tasks
be few. but their very power brings
new strength, happier vision"
The creation of the position of chap
Representatives,
Positions Created however did not
After Sharp Fight. without a asht'
and during the years that have intervened
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Deny It Meets Case.

Attorneys w. ]. Lambert and r. H.
Yeatman for Mr.. Dawson claimed that
even the amended return did not meet
the case as made out by them and that
Mr. Dawson was entitled to his license.
In granting the motion Justice Could
said he had no doubt of the power of
the Commissioners to abate public
nuisance If this dance hall could be
shown to be such.
But he pointed out that the record did
not show that the Commissioners haH
exercised the power in, any manner pre-
scribed by the law and Oil the record a,
it stands there was nothing for the court
to do except to grant the mandamus.
The court pointed out that if the dance
hall is ii nuisance any neighbor specially
damaged might have recourse to the
court for its abatement. The Commits
sioners also. he declared, should have pro-
ceeded in the manner directed by law
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sary, Japan presumably would act on
behalf of her allies, on account of the
fact that they are occupied by the war.
Reports that the entente has given
Japan a free hand in China are dis
credited. officials reaffirm the deter :
mination of the government not to in
terfeA in Chinese affairs.
The opinion expressed in some quar-
tars, but not officially, is in favor of
the withdrawal of Yuan Shi-kai and
the substitution of a stable govern
nent. which would be more favorably
disposed toward cooperation with
Japan in the future development of the
,Cf
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between the present and Continental
congresses there have been attempts to
abolish this post. which now is firmly
fixed by rules of both bodies. In fact.
the creation of the position was large
!y due to a bitter rebuke to the mem
bers of the Continental Congress.
As every one acquainted with the
earliest history of the United States
knows. strong religious prejudices
played an important part in the daily
life and demeanor of the earliest
American citizens With this condition
in mind it is not difficult to understand
why. when the colonial fathers gath
cred in their first Congress, there
tion of minister who could open their
deliberations with prayer. At least two
of the members, coming from regions
where there were pronounced religious
objection. arguing that no man accept
able to all could be selected. and the
selection of one would be a direct af-
front to the beliefs of others.
1t was at this juicture that Samuel
Adams, one of the greatest of all early
leaders and statesmen, arose and de-
ciared with emphasis that it i'll became
christians to say that they were SO
hopelessly divided on the matter of
dogma and creed that they could not
bow down in prayer to the Almighty.
His eloquence. his stinging answer to
the critics of the suggested plan. won
the day. 1t came about that the first
minister to appear in an American Con-
gress was an Episcopalian. the Rev. Mr..
Dushe of Philadelphia. Adams cham
pioning of all sessions with prayer had
strong influence. for the Senate later
appointed a chaplain. and he alternated
with the chaplain of the House, they
interchanging places weekly, the mem
bers of the Continental Congress be-
lieving it best to follow this procedure
Likewise it held that the chaplains
should be of different denominations.
The first regularly appointed chaplain
of the House was the Rev. William
Linn, w h o
First Regularly served tha t
Appointed Chaplain. l7ss to 1890.
while the honor of being the first chap
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CITIZENS TENDER SUPPORT
Railway Trainmen Vote to Continue
Strike if Pending Efforts Fail.

Employees of the Washington-Vir-
ginia Railway Company. at a joint
mass. meeting of citizens and train
men held at Falls Church last night.
voted to continue the strike if there
was no settlement within the ten-da V
period and the citizens voted their
support. according to l.. a. Stern of
the American Federation OF Labor
Mr.. stern and Mother" Jones ad-
dressed the meeting. urging the men
to stand by their demands.
There was no meeting today be-
tween the officials of the Washington
and Old Dominion Railway Company
and the committee representing the
emploves The next meeting is sched-
uled to be held tomorrow afternoon.
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Au-Alaska Sweepstakes Dog Race.

NOME. Alaska. April 14.-Robert
Brown, with his team of fourteen
malamutes. ard Leonard Seppala, with
seventeen Siberian wolf dogs. were
leading yesterday in the 412-mile all
Alaska sweepstakes race. which began
Tuesday morning and probably will
end late today. All the teams have
left Candle, the turning point in the
race 2O6 miles from Nome. Brown and
Seppala were last reported from Gold
Run. twenty-four miles this side of
Candle
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Winning Team Meeting All Corners.

The patent office team. winners of the
Interior Department lnterbureau rifle
tourney. is at present engaged iE meet
ing the various teams of the league
sinEly A victory over the land office
team was obtained last night, with
score OF 1855 TO 433 Next week the sec
ond match of the series will be held
with the pension office quintet.
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CHINESE REBELS FIGHT
GOVERNMENT SOLDIERS
Revolutionary Military Governor for
Che Kiang-Disquietude Ap-
parent in Japan.

HONGkONG. China. April 13. via Lon
don, April 14.-Fighting between gov
ernment troops and revolutionaries took
place at Canton last night. when SOL
diers opposed the landing of the rebels
The casualties numbered about thirty.
~ Annoy China. April 14-Four gun
boats and two transports with gov
ernment troops on board arrived hsre
yesterday evening. The troops are be-
ing dispatched to the interior. Annoy is
quiet.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 14.-Accord-
ing to cable advices to the Chinese Re
public Association today revolution
airy military governor of the Chinese
province of che kiang. which declared
its independence of the rule of Yuan
Shi-kai several days ago, has been ap
pointed to succeed Chang Chun, who
has been put in Jail.
The new governor is Brig. Gen. Ting
tao Chuan. With the official declara
ton today of the independence of
kiangsi province, the revolutionarieS
now dominate eight southea stern prov
inces of the nineteen provinces in
China proper
Causing Disquietude in Japan.
TOXIC. Japan. April 1.-THE revolu-
tion in China is causing some dispute
tude in Japan. where the opinion is
held that il will be difficult for Yuan
Shi Kai to retain the presidency. In
well informed circles, both Japanese
and foreign. military intervention by
Japan is regarded as extremely i'm
proba BILE unless the lives and interests
of japanese subjects should be imper-
lied
should intervention become neces-
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they are often selected despite their
political Affiliations and many times
continue through under different ad-
ministrations.
This is particularly true Of the Rev.
Henry Noble Couden. the present blind
ch p lain of
Both Have Served the House.
Under Two Parties. Rev Forrest
j. Prcttyman. chaplain of the Senate.
Both men have served under republi-
can and democratic administrations.
and their continued tenure Is a tribute
to the men personally.
The Rev. Mr.. Couden. we'll past three
score and ten. has served the lower
house since 1895. When boy he en-
listed and served in the civil war.
where he was blinded in battle. He
later studied at the Ohio School for the
Blind and graduated from the divinity
school of st. Lawrence University.
The Rev. Forrest J. Prettyman first
served the Senate as chaplain at infre
quent intervals during the tenure "f
the Rev. W. II. Milburn. Or. Milhurn
served seven terms in the House before
going to the Senate. During the second
Mckinley administration the Rev. MI.
Prettyman was regularly selected for
the place and served the full term.
When the democrats came INTO power
under the Wilson administration Rev.
Mr.. Prettyman was again chosen for
the place.
The Rev. Mr.. Prettyman is a grsdu-
ate of Emerson Institute in Washing
ton. st. Johns College. Annapolis. Nd.
and holds a post graduate degree from
Washington and Lee University. He Is
a Methodist. while the Rev. Mr.. Coudeu
is "A Universalist.
During the years that have inter-
toll
the Senate has chosen more Episco-
palian chaplains than any other de-
nomination. The House has preferred
Methodists If the number chosen is to
be considered a criterion. There have
been thirty Methodist. twenty-four
Episcopalian . twenty-four Presby-
terian, fifteen Baptists. five Congrega-
tional four Unitarian. two Lutheran,
two Cuiversalist and one Catholic
chaplains during the life of Congress.
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STATUTORY COMMISSION
COMPLETES ITS WORK
Finally Approves Map Showing All
United States and District of
Columbia Holdings Here.

After nearly eight years considera-
tion of the subject, the statutory COM
mission created by act of Congress of
May 80, 1908, ito investigate the title
of the United States in and to all lands
in the District of Columbia, with a
view of protecting such title" has COM
pleted it's work. The commission con-
sists of the Secretary Of War, the At
torney General, the president of the
Board of Commissioners of the Dis
trict and the chairmen of the Senate
and House committees on public build
ings and grounds.
1t met this afternoon in the office of
the Secretary of War and finally ap-
proved a map prepared in the office OF
Col. Harts. the engineer officer in
charge of public buildings and grounds,
showing the location and area of each
and every parcel of ground in the Dis
trict of Columbia owned by the United
States. as well as the location and area
of every parcel under the jurisdiction
of the government of the District of
Columbia.
Lithographic copies of the map will
be sent to each House of Congress to
operations of the commission and the
results of it's Investigations submitted
at various times in previous years
These reports show the areas of land
within the original limits of the city
of Washington. under federal jurisdic-
ton, as follows: In reservations. in
Guiding the Mall and Potomac Park.
o3.521.245 square feet. in United states
alleys, 2.239,592 square feet: in United
States lots. S.l94.161 square feet: in
nj tod tot CT,
feet: in United States interior streets,
1880 square feet: in accreted land,
1.114.OS0 square feet, and on the river
front, 164.191 square feet.
Areas of Principal Lands.
Areas of the principal lands belong
ing to the United States in the District.
outside of the original limits of the
city of Washington. are stated as fol-
lows: Rock Creek Park, 1.605.9 acres;
banks of the Anacostia river. from is
mouth to the Anacostia bridge, 436.13
acres; banks of the Anacostia river
from the Anacostia bridge to the Dis
trict line mot entirely acquired), 1851
acres: Naval Observatory grounds. "a
acres; Montrose Park. 1859 acres; Sol
diers' Home grounds. AIS acres; Sol
diers' Home cemetery. 90 acres: Merid-
ian Hill Park, 50S,23S square feet: fill
tration plant and reservoir. 1855
acres: Geological Park. 166.48 acres:
United States Insane Asylum grounds,
including farm, 423..6 acres: United
States magazine at Bellevue. S4 acres;
deaf and dumb institute, 110.42 acres;
Training School for Boys, 32326 acres;
Dalecarlia treceiving) reservoir. 1925
acres; Georgetown tdistributing) res
ervoir. 1886 acres: bureau of standards.
1922 acres: the Walter Reed Army
hospital, 1927 acres, and the Conduit
road, the area of which is not stated.
Evening star., 1916-04-14
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wool poplin, serge and black
and-white checks. Black and
the new colors. Full-belted,
belted back and ripple styles.
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This is particularly true of the Rev.
Henry Noble Couden. the present blind
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they are often selected despite their
political Affiliations and many times
continue through under different ad-
ministrations.
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Smyrna times., 1916-01-12
SEEMED LIKE HOME TO BIRD
Canary Finally Successful In Breaking
Into Jail, and May Serve a
Life Term.

Having been born in a prison cage.
II was only natural that a canary. re-
GREETING the breaking OF home ties at
a moment when the door was left
open, should pause in his recalcitrant
career when he saw the hundreds of
barred windows Of the Tombs prison.
remarks the New York Herald. He
always had associated bars with a
well-filled seed dish.
This runaway canary had been try
ing for several days to break into JAIL
mistaking 1t probably for a bird cage
"a Jail bird cage. A down and out
er" at the penny coffee stand under
the Tombs wall caught the hungry
and remorseful bird. John Crowley. a
turnkey, who had watched the little
fellow for days, gave the outcast IS
cents for the bird and took him inside
the prison.
There the canary was happy again.
He few about the eagewalls. ate
greedily from the bird seed dishes,
took a splashing bath in the bright
sunshine. and sang ioyously. The bars
made him feel at home. and he may
serve a term for life there.
Smyrna times., 1916-01-12
PARADISE FOR ~JoY RIDERS"
Work Of Army chauffeurs Would
Make oIdfeld's Hair Perma-
nently Pompadour.

From st. Die to lie Rudlin is in the
neighborhood OF thirty miles. and we
did II in something less than thirty
minutes. writes E. Alexander Powell
in Scribner's Magazine. We went so
fast that the telegraph poles looked
like the palings In a picket fence, and
we took the corners on two wheels so
as to save rubber.
OF one thing am quite certain-if
am killed In this war, II is not going
20 be by she'll or a bullet: II is going
TO De In military motor car. No cars
save military ones are permitted on
the roads IN the zone OF operations.
and for the military cars no speed
limit exists. AS a result the drivers
tear through the country as though
they we're In the Vanderbilt cup race
Sometimes. Of course. a wheel comes
on, or they meet another vehicle when
going around a corner at full speed
and the next morning there is a mill
tary funeral.
To be a driver Of a military car in
the zone of operations is the joyrider's
dream come true. The soldier who
drove my car steered with one hand
because he had TO use the other to
illustrate the stories OF his exploits
in the trenches. Despite the fact that
we were on a mountain road. one side
Of which dropped away into nothing
ness, when he related the story OF how
he captured six Germans singlehand.
ed, he took both hands OF the wheel
to tell about II. Il would have made
Barney Oldheld's hair permanently
pompadour.