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The Washington times., 1917-03-10
A NATIONAL ISSUE

Senatorial logic seems a little
wabbly these days. In answer to
the criticitm of the nation directed
against his conduct, Stone talks OF
scattering my speech among the
people Of Missouri from whom my
commission comes" Senator Lewis
of Illinois absolves himself from re-
sponsibility for the reelection OF
Stone to his former position as chair
man of the Committee on Foreign
Relations, by. saying: at is up to
Senator Stones constituency to re-
buke him if he is to be rebuked.
Members Of the Senate represent
State sovereignty. One State may
not question the stand Of another"
All Of which is clotted nonsense.
Stone was elected to the Senate by
a majority Of Missouri voters in
1914. His term of Office does not ex-
pire until 1921. There is no way to
rebuke him, except as it has already
been done by the press and the citi-
zenry of his State in protest of vari-
GUS degrees Of fervor. But the State
of Missouri did not appoint him
chairman Of the Committee on For
eign Relations. The Senate major
ity did that. and is being asked not
to do so again, in the light Of all
it knows and of what has been set
forth concerning his record since
he reached the climax of his miscon-
duct in that relation.
Moreover, he and his fellows are
supposed to be UNITED STATES
Senators. While elected by the diff
ferent States, they are presumed to
have an eye to the welfare Of the
nation. A Senator may very well be
able to satisfy or to hornswoggle a
hyphenate constituency while prov
ing by that very fact his unftness
for responsible position in dealing
with the difficult and delicate foreign
relations of the nation.
A word more. While Stone may
continue to represent or misrepre-
sent Missouri for four years more,
thirty-two Senators must be re-
elected next year or retire from the
Senate. Twenty of these are Demo-
cratic Senators. Most of them will
have opposition in the Democratic
primaries, and, except in a few of
the Southern States, all will have
opposition from the Republican
party. A change of six votes will
leave the Democratic party without
a majority in the Senate, and there
are such doubtful States as New
Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Il
linois. Delaware, Colorado, Kansas,
and Montana, the loss of any six of
which will spell defeat.
The. most fateful years for veal
or woe in the history of our country
are the next years. The most i'm
portant relations of the nation will
be its foreign relations. The body
dealing especially with foreign rela-
tions is the Senate. Considering the
record of Senator Stone, of which
the whole reading public of the
United States has been duly ap-
prised. what could be more fatuous
than to put him, by a party vote, in
the position of all others, in the
Senate. in which he can most easily
sacrifice or betray the real interests
of the American people? What con-
fdence can the American people have
in any resolution which he shall in
troduce or in any measure which he
shall advocate? What assurance
could any foreign power have that
he was representing the American
The Washington times., 1917-03-10
SCOUTS COLLECTING PAPER
Youngsters Making Third Tour Of
City IN Campaign Today.

The third collection of old paper
in the Boy Scout paper-saving cam
paign to raise the expense budget OF
$4,000 Is being made this afternoon.
One troop phoned in to headquar-
ters that they had one and q half
tons of paper ready.
Contrary to the plans when the
campaign was first started the paper
will be sold in Warrington
The Washington times., 1917-03-10
WHAT'S ON PROGRAM
Interesting Events Of Importance
Scheduled Today.

Address, The Civil Rights In Mexico as
Granted by the New Constitution" Senior
Marines dc Alva, At meeting OF the Samuel
+. Miller Debating Society Of the National
University Law School. $50 p. m.
Banquet. Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. Univer-
sity Club, p. m
Reception to members Of the 7. p. .. c., by
Mr. and Mrs. d. z. Miller. At their home,
sos street southeast, 9 y. m
Meeting. Biological Society Of Washington.
Cosmos Club. p. m.
Get-together meeting. Associated Charities OF
the District, Rauscher's. s p. m.
Illustrated lecture, "ImmiEration," Roger
O'Donnell, before Teachers' Club, so2 EieV-
sn,n 'fssss sssoI.s PSi ksDpa io1a
Of Emerson Institute. LafAyetts Hotel. 8
.. m.
rector Of American Red Cross, before Fed
eral Schoolmen's Club. Fairmont Seminary
ZT0I Fourteenth street northwest, Q y. m
Odd Fellovs-Canton Washington, No. 1,
knights Of Pythias-MOnthiy meeting. relief
bureau.
and NonpAren Council. No. go
Red Men-Osags Tribe.
Motion pictures OF South American and
American Possessions, American University,
''Get-together'' meeting Of Associated Chari-
ties, Rauscher's. p. m.
AmuBements
Belasco-Anna Held, In Follow Ne" go
and $40 D. m.
New National-Beerbohm Tree in Henry
Will" and 8 p. m.
Poli's-New Poll Players. IN "Just . Worn
an" 2:15 and S:l5 .. m.
B. F. Reith's-vsudevilis, i:i6 and s:lS D. m.
GosS's COium6iS-PhOtO0lay,. iO:so a. m to
IL .. m.
strand-Photoplays. II .. m. to II D. m.
Garden-PhotoplAys. II .. m. to II D. n.
T0norrow.
Address mission and the Present Crisis -
Albert H. Zimmerman, before Missionary
Society Of Dumbarton Avenue NJ z. Church.
in church. II =. M.
Memorial services for deceased members of
the Holy Comforter Branch OF the Holy
Name Society, Holy Comforter Church, Z
q. m.
Address, Shakespeare and His Town. {"
Chauncey c. Williams, before meeting OF
the Liberal Religious Union. OF All Souls
Church, Fourteenth and L streets north
west, p. m.
Recital at Arts Club Of Washington, MI ]
street northwest, S:l5 p. m.
Address by DR.. Paul Bornsen before Wash
inston Secular League. Pythian Temple. I
=. m.
Address on "a Good War and a Bad Peae. -
ty Judge W. A. Norris, Twelfth Gtres,
branch Y. NJ c. A. 3:t5 .. m.
Talk on The Great Peace" by Juliel
Thompson. before BahRi Assembly Of
Washington, Studio Hall. 1913 Connecticut
avenue, S:l5 y. m.
Concert by United States Soldiers HON,
Band Orchestra. Stanley Hail. $50 .. m.
The Washington times., 1917-03-10
LECTURE ON HONDURAS.

Missionary Work In Honduras"
will be.ths subject OF a lecture BY C.
Knapp at Assembly Hall, Fourteenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue
southeast, tomorrow evening at .
o'clock. Mr.. Knapp ds one of the few
missionaries who have braved the
tevers and epidemics OF Honduras.
He expects to return to his feld when
he has fully recovered from fever
he contracted there.
The Washington times., 1917-03-10

Not only does archy 60 back to Py
thagoras. one OF the most serious think
ers Of his times. and the man who made
transmigration a household word when
Hector was a pup. but 1t has Just been
called to our attention that Thag also
pulled a lot of Hermione's stun long
before we did. Says Pythagoras:
Let not sleep e'er close thy tired eyes
Without thou ask thyself:
What have 1 omitted and what done?"
The Washington times., 1917-03-10
Cyclone snIder Humble. His Rival.

From Snider's Cyclone Almanac,
published at Griffin, Ga, by Prof.
Cyclone Snider:
NV almanac has come into the field
to stay, for the people know that / am
lust around here and down here, and
/ don't believe that anybody will
drive me in. 1 am going to make
Grier's Almanac look like 30 cents
next year in Griffin, Go for the edi-
ton will be an eye opener. One day
as / was riding along the road saw
an old man sitting under a tree. As
he thought that ! was country
man. he asked me when II was going
to rain, and l told him that II would
rain today to beat the band" and
he said, mo, that today, would be
fair" II rained that day to beat the
band. He asked how did / know II
was going to rain that day. Well, /
told him that Grier's Almanac said
fair weather, and knew 1t was going
TO rain. He asked me what was my
name, and / told him ''Snider." and I
asked him his name, and he said
"GrIer" was his nane. j asked him
to come and see me. So he asked me
where / lived. I told him to come
down the road and / would show him.
So told him, Look way over yonder.
Do YOU see that fine, magnificent
white house, with that large pasture,
with that large flock of sheep in u"
He said he did. "Well, do you see
that large black sheep with a white
face?" The professor said he did.
"Well, the fairest day in June / know
it's going to rain II I lance to see
NV old black sheep with a white face
Jumping up and capering around with
her tail held straight up in the air."
I told Mr.. Grier that this was my
best rain sign for local weather pre-
dictions.
The Washington times., 1917-03-10
"pRY" DISPLAY OPENED.

prohibitions Onward March" Is the
title OF q display by the District of
Columbia woman's Christian Temper
ance Union opened this morning at
1929 Fourteenth street northwest.
The recent dry" legislation for the
District Is the incentive for the dis-
play, which Is OF q celebrative nature.
The Washington times., 1917-03-10

General Tinoco was proclaimed Presi.
dent of Costa Rica in January. But
having secured a large loan from the
banks of San Jose he may now be
said to have begun the serious admin,
istration OF his office.
The Washington times., 1917-03-10
AUTHORIZE COAL PURCHASE
Commissioners Order Seven Hun
dred and FIfty-two Tons on Credit.

Commissioners Order Seven nun
dred and FIfty-two Tons on Credit.
Immediate purchase on credit of T52
tons Of anthracite coal or as much as
may be needed for use of the public
schools and nre department. was au-
thorized by the Commissioners today.
To buy the full amount would cost
the District $5,752.10, $621.51 more
than II the money were Immediately
available.
Three bids were received inl re-
sponse to letters sent by N. C. HaT-
grove, purchasing officer, yesterday.
The lowest was that of the W. W.
Griffith Company, OF Washington
Bids for $500 tons OF bituminouS
coal, to be paid for when the money 10
available, will-be opened at the Dis
trict building this afternoon. The
Commissioners are forced to buy on
credit because OF the failure of the
general deficiency bill.
The Washington times., 1917-03-10

Cummins comically complained that
the Senate had only forty-three and a
half hours to debate the armed ship
ping bill, yet any educated man could
express his opinion on it in about
five and a half minutes.
The Washington times., 1917-03-10

The President stands corrected by
the public. He said theI were eleven,
but the people insisted on including
Stacker Bill and making the number
a round dozen.
The Washington times., 1917-03-10

There will be a good many other
things made in Germany" besides the
Zimmerman note that Americans in
the future will be chary about pos
sessing.
The Washington times., 1917-03-10

Sir: What an Inspiration-no uncer-
tain brand. either-of Religious Fervor
that afrlicts suffering Humanity In these
trying times. especially in one house In
Washington. one may draw from The
Acts of the (Twelve) Apostates!
Walter Leon Hess.
The Washington times., 1917-03-10

"Fine Americans, uncontaminated
by Wilson," is the Characterization
made by the Frankfurter Zeitung Of
William Joel Stone and Robert La
Toilette. That they will both get the
iron cross by the first available Ger
man submarine is a foregone conclu-
sion
The Washington times., 1917-03-10

What would you do with one day In
which you were allowed to do anything
you pleased? Eddie says he would go to
work as usual and then ride home on
ten-car subway train. himself being the
only passenger thereon. Linotype Larry
says: Il would spend my Day Of Ro-
nance telling the telephone operator that
the line is busy, accompanied by the
usual clicking"
The Washington times., 1917-03-10

The latest German view is that the
President was unfair. That is like
wise the opinion OF the twelve apos-
ties Of pro-Germanism.
The Washington times., 1917-03-10

The espionage bills that failed should
be passed with the amendment that Sen
ators should not be exempted from the
penalties made and provided.
The Washington times., 1917-03-10
The Thoughts Of Herniene.


Have you seen The Chroniclerf The
smart magazine. you know.
It's lovely! Just simply lovely!
After reading The Chronicle It Is diffi-
cult to escape the thought that the Best
People are, after all. the only ones who
can be depended on to take up Life and
Art in Serious Way.
Fothergil Finch was reading some OF
1t to me just last evening. and 1t inn
pressed even Fotby with its Earnestness
about the ThingsNt THAT Count
It's as Earnest. from its own point OF
view-and the Point Of View is every
thing, don't you think?-as The Masses,
so Fothy says
He read me that wonderful part that
begins: THE death knelf Of the entirely
frivolous has been sounded. and the
Smart Motif now Is an interest In Art.
in Humanity and In the broadly inter-
national issues"
You know The Masses and all those
radical papers used to have monopoly
on all that sort Of thing-all that Earn
estness about Art and Humanity. II you
get what mean.
But SO many people felt that The
Masses was taking It up in Vulgar
way.
But now comes The Chronicle to prove
that Il can be taken up In a refined way
and still be just as Vital
vitality! Vitality! That is the great
thing, isn't It?
But now that Art and Humanity have
been taken up by the Smart People. more
Of ones own friends. II you get what l
mean, will go in for them than when 1t
was felt that taking them up classed
one with The Masses sort Of people.
Not but what The Masses Is all right
as far as its advanced ideas 60, you un-
derstand.
But so often one finds some OF the most
advanced ideas have been taken up oy
quite impossible people.
Not. Of course. that one would care to
be snobbIsh. when people are worth
While. And artists Of all sorts. and even
anarchists and socialists, go everywhere
these days.
Still, don't you find that there are a
certain number OF people whom 1t is
more pleasant to meet Sociologically
than Socially?
But it's comforting-isnt TITO think
that we will now have Advanced Ideas
on Art and Humanity for everybody.
The Chronicle for the Upper Glasses and
The Masses for the Lower Glasses. and
the Neto Republic for what Fothy calls
the Welter Glasses.
The Washington times., 1917-03-10

The British forces are said to be
on the point Of capturing Jerusalem.
Well, Richard the Lion-hearted could
understand that chapter OF the war
news anyway
The Washington times., 1917-03-10

1t is just as well to remember that the
U-53, which sank the American shin
Housatonic. was most Hospitality re-
ceived not long ago at the Newport dock
The Washington times., 1917-03-10

There is every reason to believe
that, as Terauchi says in effect, Japan
knows on which side her rice is but
tered.
The Washington times., 1917-03-10
Virxinian who Suggested killing OF
Dog. EnIarxes on His Stand.

virxinian who Suggested Killing Of
Dogs EnIarxes on His stand
To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
claim right to sufficient space to
correct erroneous impressions created
by report or remarks during House
Leagues discussion, March l.. The
dogs we asked to have killed were
the 5000 delinquent (which was the
number acknowledged In the District
at time we made investigation; OF
these $50 or more run mad) and that
the rest be kept by owner on his own
premises, or right with him. Since
adopting Lewis law, II Is criminal
offense to let your dog run at large
in Virginia.
Estimate of meat consumption by
dogs in Georgia has been verihed
(rather too low) and stated this way
by competent authorities, sit will re-
ouIre 4O. 900 900 pounds of pork to
feed the dogs In Georgia a year" or
course. they do not live on pork alone
largely on meat, however. II own
ers don't furnish It, they steal and
kill. In this way their destruction Of
game. poultry, sheep. pigs, and calves
in breeding season Is Infinitely larger.
I stated that stock yards traffic had
been built up on a system which ma
grantIy and persistently violates the
sabbath. Shipments of live stock to
most all the great markets originated
for an over-Sunday run-with the
ayowed purpose of breaking the mar
ket. regardoIess of the Sabbath. Why
big Monday and blue Monday, but for
the deyIlment that went a-brewing
on Sunday?
So far as I am concerned, II Is i'm
material whether subscriber" to
Times keeps or 5000 dogs, provided
thew are on a chain or under lock and
key-the only method which entities
n truthful man to claim his dog Is
never at large. Even II muzzled, all
alike spread practically every known
disease, and quite as much stock Is
run down.
Contrary to newspaper reports. we
have never demanded the extermina-
tion Of dogs: however, their own mis-
deeds compel us to advise their strict
repulation, in the interest of public
health, safety, and economy.
II "Subscriber" has a conscience,
should he not consider the children
whose name is legion-who are now
unable to get meat, remembering the
words OF the master, who said: Let
the children first be flled, for II Is
not meet to take the children's bread
and to cast it unto dogs" Mark 7:27).
w. B. DOAK.
clifton Station, Va, March Z.
The Washington times., 1917-03-10

NJ. z. BIS druggist says he has been
asked recently for:
Sophisticated chalk (precipitated),
subordinate cotton (absorbenO, hve
cents worth of Bismarck (bismuth),
ten cents worth of ARREST all" (aris-
toll.
The Washington times., 1917-03-10
NfIspI.AcED cONFIDENCE.

There once was a foolish Kaiser.
Who rallied against fate like geyser.
He said: "Gott und
Will rule bye and bye"
But now God is sadder and wiser.
e. c. Ranck.
The Washington times., 1917-03-10

Jack confesses: 81 am >the con-
certRoer who alternately huns and
dada's a piece that he likes and who
carries on a conversation with his
while something he doesn't
like is being played, When you turn
around and stare at me ! always
wonder what's the matter with you."
DON MARQUIS.
The Washington times., 1917-03-10
LETTERS FROM READERS
Praises George Haas, Charged With
Sitting on Flag.
To the Editor of THE TINES:


George Haas, a loyal and pssriotic
citizen of the United States and for
the last forty years q highly respect
ed resident OF this city, has been
misjudged and embarrassed by the
unfounded charge recently made that
he cast contempt on the flag. by sit
ting on a-cushion made of the Amer
lean flag.
Those who know Mr.. Haas feel that
II is unnecessary to say anything In
his behalf as his sterling worth and
loyalty to the flag of his country Is
well known, but for fear that others
may misjudge him 1t should be pub
licly declafed that no better or more
loyal American citizen exists than
Mr.. Haas, as he has demonstrated on
many occasions. ALEX WOLF.
Washington, March 10.
The Washington times., 1917-03-10
Thinks Ffve-Year Sentence For Ae-
eidentaI killing Was Too Severe.

cidentaI killing Was Too Severe.
To the Editor Of THE TINES:
On the front page OF this Evenings
Issue Of your paper my attention was
arrested by the subtitle OF a news
Item, "wiTson Gets Five Years for
Killing Friend Accidentally"
The item says that the judge, In
pronouncIng sentence, did not think
the defendant intended to harm the
man he killed, but that the sentence
was imposed because he committed
gross negligence in handling the
weapon
The sentence struck me and some
friends who discussed II as extremely
severe. Can you tell us whether IL
is an unusual one. and IL so, In what
NAV the carelessness was so aggrav-
ated as to call for II? c. L. ID.
Washington, March ..
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-01-26

PEIGHT
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-30
THE ANNOYING TAX FERRET.

QUEER information come, from the courthouse that tax
e notices are sent out to people who should not receive
them. This is fine efficiency. Perhaps the merchant, Of
this city will adopt the same plan, sending statements to
all OF the persons whose name, are listed in the directory.
The unique plan which is annoying citizens remind,
one OF a mercantile establishment out in New Mexico. 1t
seems that a side saddle was purchased from a factory for
a customer Of the store. One day the manager asked about
the saddle and learned that it had been delivered to a
customer whose name had been forgotten. So, the saddle
had been sen, out to a ranch without being charged.
The resourceiul manager Immediately ordered the book
keeper to charge the saddle to every customer of the
store, explaining that all Of the customers who did 0
get the saddle would complain, and proper credit could
be given, Thus, the one who received the saddle would
enter no protest and would make payment a, charged.
Now, il that's the policy followed by the tax ferret Of
this county, the people are ready either to choose an
assessor who will make a oortec, list of all property or
to employ the tax ferret regularly If he is the only person
on earth who can get returns of all taxable property. The
people arc vexed at the annoyance and are ready to proceed
in a manner which will bring relief and assure equitable
results,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-30
early this morning

The only variation in the statement is the location, sometimes MoronvnIers
the Vaucerq plateau Away, is the tenendou, drive led by shock troops, with
a, a mile in depth
The theae1 .. these daily attacks, which have continued now since the last
the Chemin des Danes the Road of the Ladies.
continued their advance to death to keep the French from following up the par
tl sueee's Of the April offensive in the strategy to capture laon ,
along this famous highway their resolution has MOI, yS stopped the Germans
In spite Of the fact that not one Of the dominating position, between craonne
and Iioyon has been won by the Germans, they attacked with a much vsr
Can such a continued effort like unto ys,dun as on, pea is like another, b,
that the drive W ire witnessing n the French center is in reality Hindenburss
fthe surmise that the attack on the French i, another grand effort to break
down the moral. of the French nation, we have Just begun to appreciate the
first stage. Of a grinding effort that may last for two months '' wv
Paris has lot at any time diated on her successes in stopping the ever
Of blood The slogan they shall not pass" means fighting to the death and the
French are thinning their lines to secure the men to put into the Chsmin dcs
:, "A a n,l full ofs sTs ". a s,j,t the =, French center would proven, til, F French from
rapidly in such a battle as the French are fighting There are only a few com
m.ro sT who still believe France has the man power ITO hold in front Of great
ig i ed denU., expect !. a JspeInu0n pG Of , General l F%h' blew blow S m the Son, somm "oI in Jaly
prepared.
made a tour of the western front and then returned to the United States to re-
port to Washington in detail on conditions there, published a story which in
According to the observer. the German lin. o the western front
i. concerned. The allie. cannot bulge th. line unless they receiv,
The allied officers at the front admit freely that they cannot break
the German line with their present force.
safe bet that no member of the visiting officers party will ever consent to the
S S.i. S' ' that .', mn r "s o"'ae member ~%e 'fa the C r pa"ty @ds s"a it Tor my P''' ! q lot
The three British attacks h Of the spring Of lg7 demonstrated that the Ger
When one considers that there is barrier of fotihcaton, perhaps "a hun
S s5s a ,ssrS SssR b a's% Hn r,a",' f R,t p 's the in Sf s1,.n S o2 f1sn "' . in d is95ssi ':
possibilities of a break clear throush. the fortified area The new idea is the
made to cut it out Of the line The limited objective ha. been SUI successful, ueessi% with
t sssa's ' Of {. . .'fon i" tas EEG' sa Of them the .s sss, ', anS.1 today d. ,rd 5s q, the Of ss' nS~.
sriSl air sdy'mas. and owry y.s eve weight Of gun, a slow continual defeat
Fran sran s s NJ io' f. hat the British think Ultimately "'' Aus the big break in