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Marriage Licenses.

Archibald W. Ferris. IS. of Brooklyn. n. Y.
and Alice E. Ashe, 3, Of Ne wYork, n
Y. The Rev. John II. Jeffries.
Charles W. Plunkett, Is. and Gertrude N
Murphy. Is. both o washington. d. c
The Rev James E. King.
Frank Thomas Remmel, 81, and Elizabeth
Evalyn SPAIN, q. both OF Baltimore, Nd
The Rev. Godfrey Schillins.
David c. Turk .. and Helen B. Corbett, .
both OF Clarion. Pa. The Rev. Titus E
Davis
Carl H Butman, q. and Marguerite A
Mari, "a. both Of Washington, d. c. Th'
Rev. Charles Wood.
Albert c. shafer. DO and Mildred B. Wilson
y. both of Washington, d. c. The Rev
II. T. Stevenson.
Clarence c. Rhinaman, IL. and Ruth v
Grove, q, both OF Martinsburg, W. Va
The Rev. Boyd V. Switzer.
Robert A. Murphy. q Of Washington, ID
c.. and Bernice B. Brennan, IL. OF Rock
ford. III. The Rev. Eugene A. Hannah.
Robert l.. Wilson. p, and MarsaTet l.
Storey. 20. both OF Washington, ID. c. The
Rev. Patrick Murphy
Elby A. Jenkins. 20, Of Washington. d. G,
and Lettie Il. Leather. 81. Of Sterling, Va,
The Rev. J. Judson Ringer.
Eddie L Jameson. 30. and Bertha Merchant
90, both Of Washington, u. c. The Rev,
T ]. Kervick.
Clarence A. Kelley. p. of Mayvnle. Wis,
U. 8. N. and Levisa Ruth Comfort, "a, OF
Madison, Wis The Rev John /. Barnett.
H. /, Nelson, 81. and Annie Mills. %, both
of Washington, d. c. The Rev. A. }.
W. d. Lee. a. and Golden S Craven, both
OF Washington, d. {. The Rev. W. Yves
c. 4. Brewer. p. and Elizabeth f. Rice. Is.
both OF Washington. ID. {. The R.v, J.
r. Hudneii. 3, and Geneva Borton. 70. both
Of Washington, d. c. The Rev d. Z.
E. wiiiiSms. q. and Annie L. Smith, q.
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the noble classes, we have in Germany
! a great number Of people who believe in
war for its own sake In part these no
bles are descendants Of the Teutonic
Knights. who conquered the Slav popu-
lation Of Prussia and have ever since
, bound that population to their will
The Prussian army was created by the
father OF Frederick the Great. who went
to the most ridiculous extremes in OBJ
tanning tall men at all costs for his
force.
The father of Frederick the Great
gave the following written instruc-
lions to the two tutors of his son:
above all, let both tutors exert
themselves to the utmost to inspire
/. him with a love of soldiery, and
carefully impress upon his mind that,
as nothing can confer honor and
fame upon a prince except the sword,
the monarch who seeks not his sole
satisfaction in it must ever appear
a contemplate character in the eyes
of the world"
Frederick the Great, left by the
death OF that father, who had once
threatened to execute him, at the
head of a marvellous army. with a
full treasury, finally decided upon
war-as he admits in his own letters
lin order to be talked about" And
his desire to be talked about led to
the Seven Years War.
Blind Instinct for War.
The short war against Denmark
in 1864, against Austria, Bavaria and
the rest in 1866, and against France
in 1870, enormously increased both the
pride and prestige of the Prussian
army. 1t must not be forgotten that
at all periods OF history 1t seems
as IL some blind instinct had driven
the inhabitants of the inhospitable
plains OF North Germany to war and
to conquest The Cimbri and leu
tones, the tribes defeated by Marius
Ariovistus, who was defeated by
Julius Caesar. the Goths and the Visi-
Goths, the Franks and the Saxons,
all have poured forth from this in
fertile country for the conquest of
other lands. The Germans OF today
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By JAMES W. GERARD.

American Ambassador to Germany, July 3
1914, to February 4, 1911
Copyright, United States. Canada. and In
ternational. 1911. by the Public Ledger Col
To the outsider the Germans seen
a fierce and martial nation. But IL
reality the mass Of the Germans in
consenting to the great sacrifice en-.
tailed by their enormous prepare,
tons for war, have been actuated By
fear.
This fear dates from the Thirty
Years War, the war which COM
menced in 1915 and was terminated
in 1916. In 1913, when the Treaty OF
Westphalia was concluded, Germany
was almost a desert. Its population
had fallen from 10000, 900 to 4,0O0,-
900. The few remaining people were
so starved that cannibalism was
openly practiced. In the German
States polygamy was legaliZed and
and was a recognized institution for
many years thereafter.
Wolves ROGmed Forests.
OF 5000 Bohemian villages only 5000
were left standing. In the lower Pals-
tine only one-tenth Of the population
survived; in wurttemburg only one
sixth. Hundreds OF square miles of
once fertile country were overgrown
with forests Inhabited only by wolves
A picture Of this horrible period is
found in the curious novel. The Adven-
turous Simplicissimus." written by Grim
melshausen and published in 1863. which
describes the adventures of a wise
peasant, who finally leaves his native
Germany and betakes himself to a des-
ert island, which he refuses to leave
when offered an opportunity to go back
to the Fatherland. He answers those
who wish to persuade him to go back
with words which seem quite appropri-
ate today: MY God. where do you
want to carry me? Here is peace: there
Is war. HERR know nothing OF the
arts Of the COURT, ambitions. anger, envy,
deceit; nor have cares concerning my
clothing and nourishment.
While 1 still lived in Europe everything
was 20 woe, that ! must appear witness
to such acts OF Christians > filed with
war, burning. murder. robbery. plumber
ing and the shame Of women and vir-
gins" The Muenich weekly Simplicis-
sinus, whose powerful political cartoons
have often startled Europe. takes Its
name from the book
After the conclusion OF the Thirty
Years War Germany was again and
again ravaged by smaller wars, culmi-
mating in the Seven Years War Of Fred
erick the Great and the humbling Of
Germany under the heel OF Napoleon.
In the wars Of Frederick the Great one
tenth Of the population was killed.
Even the great battle OF the nations
at Leipsic in 1913 did not free Ger
many from wars, and in 1856 Prussia
and the smaller north German states,
with Italy, defeated Austria, assisted
by Bavaria, Hesse-Cassel, -Hesse-
Darmstadt, Nassau. Saxony. Baden
Wurttemburg and Hanover.
am convinced that the fear OF war.
induced by a hereditary instinct. caused
the mass Of the Germans to become the
tools and the dupes OF those who
played upon this very fear in order
TO create a military autocracy.
On the other hand, and especially in
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express this longing OF the North
Germans for pleasanteT chimes In thu
phrase in which they demand "a
place in the SUM-"
The mobiles of Prussia are Away.
for war. The business men and manu-.
facturers and shipowners desired ar
increasing fisld for their activities
The German colonies were unlnhablt'
able by Europeans. All his life the
glittering Emperor and his generals
had planned and thought of war, and
the crown prince, surrounded by
his remarkable collection of relics
and reminders of Napoleon, dreamed
only OF taking the lead in a success
full war OF conquest. Early in the
winter OF 1914 the Crown Prince
showed his collection of Napoleana
to a beautiful American woman of
my acquaintance. and said that he
hoped war would occur while his
father was alive; but, II not. he
would start a war the moment he
came to the throne.
What Crown Prince Said.
Since writing the above, the Ameri
can woman who had this converse
ton with the crown prince wrote out
for me the exact conversation in her
own words, as follows:
had given him Norman An
CELLS book, THE Great Illusion"
which seeks to prove that war
is Improbable. He 1.-THE crown
princel said, whether war was
profitable or not, that when he
came to the throne there would
be war-if not before-just for
the fun of IL. On a previous &C.
caSion he had said 'ra. the plan
was to attack and conquer
France. then England, and. after
that. my country Omitted States
OF America). Russia was also to
be conquered, and Germany would
be master OF the world.
The extraordinary collection OF
relics, statues. busts, souvenirs, etc,
of the FIRST Napoleon, collected by
the Crown Prince and which he was
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Simon and Gertrude Wolf. girl
Frank 4. aid MARY Z. Turnrt, girl.
Walter and Carol Talcott, boy.
Philip and Antenia Salinita. girl.
Louis and Sophia SchoOler. boy.
Samuel q. and Sarah NJ. Russell boy.
George =. and Bessie NJ. Peck. girl.
Robert II. and Eta Z. O'Keeffe, girl.
Francis J. and Anna ". Murphy, girl.
Robert L. and Margaret Milton. boy.
vincent W. and Mabel P. McMullen, boy.
Harvey W. ard Myrtle Larrick. boy.
Robert J. and Elizabeth r. McReynods, girl
James and Xxi Raisells, girl.
Charles W. L. and Alice L. E. Kanamann
boy.
Grafton l. ard Genevieve Hilleary, boy.
Carl and wilhelmina Ereishsim, boy.
William II. and Dora P. Earnest, girl.
William =. and Alice NJ. Dixon. girl.
John II. aid Caroline r. Davis, girl.
Giuseppe and Rosa Criniti. girl.
William (. and Rachel v. Clark. boy.
Giuseppe and Cayeria Colaiacomo. boy.
Philip J. and Ida G. Barbour. girl.
Tommaso and Mary Boni girl.
Francis q. aud winifred X. Speidel. girl.
Ira D. and Mary Nice. Phillips, girl.
Robert o. and Olive ID. Branson, boy.
Louis and Aida Amarosi, boy.
Harry l. and Marie G. Marshall. boy.
Harry A. and Eva r. Mccall. boy.
william A. and Emma II. Lee. girl.
Addison and Queenie X. Grimes, girl.
James II. and Sarah GlAscoe, girl.
John and Mary Gardner, boy.
Thomas and Susie Bright, boy.
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BREAD PRICE FIXING
WILL BE DELAYED

Bakers bread prices and recon-
mendations for standard sized loaves.
awaited from the food administration,
will be delayed. Meantime a self
constituted committee OF women and
labor leaders has been organized to
represent the consuming public in the
bread price fixing program.
The report of the Federal trade
commissions investigation into cost
Of producing bread. which is to bn
Herbert Hoover's guide, will not be
ready for a week or more. The rom
mittee is Independently gathering
data.
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Annie Holden. 50 yrs, 5ls sth St sw
Robert L. Freeland, yrs, 2124 18th st. -
Cecil Garrett, - yrs. St. Elizabeths Hos.
Vincent Peake, yrs, Children's Hos
Frank Moran. g. yrs, GARFIELD Hos
sarah A Rilry. 50 yrs, 1927 Grant road
Gertrude Hoyt, Il yrs, St Elijah this Hos.
Hattie Drane, 20 yrs, 1873 Rosedale st. ne.
Marie Brown, 30 yrs, tuberculosis Hos.
Ellis J. DIN. mos. 29i2 Ca. ave. NV
Sarah Brown, Is yrs, 75s Lamont st. NV.
Mary Lee. 50 yrs, St. Elizabeth's Hos.
Phillip Dixon s. yrs, Freedmen's Hos.
Mary Holm S, 70 yrs, Freedmen's Hos.
Rachel Lowe, g. yrs, Freedmen's Hos
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LOFFLER co. RAISES
WAGES OF BUTCHERS

The A. Loffler Provision Company
at Benning today announces a 10 per
cent Increase in wages and a nine
hour day for the butchers in their
employ.
This action forestalled the wallxout
that $50 Washington butchers had
planned for today. The butchers,
meeting last night at 922 Pennsyl-
vania avenue, decided to hold the mat
ter OF a general strike in allegiance.
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Vital Records of the District

/ both Of Washington, d. C. The Rev. W
B. Hill. W
N. A Williams, o. and Eva Gibson. Is, both
OF Washington, d. c. The Rev. j. M
george X. CHM, . twhitel. and Mary Wal.
Ter. % (coloredl both OF WaEhIn1fon m
G. The Rev. c. A. DeVaughn.
E. J. Reid. q. and CordeIia N. Harris q
both o. Washington. d. C. The Rev. j. i.
A .. smith, p, and Isabel E williams. Is.
both OF Washington, D. C. The Rev. N.
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GOT A WORRY DANcEI

BOSTON. oct IF coal Is high,
rsmble. II the cost OF Iivipgis as usual.
toddle. II wars woe abounds, jazz,
brothers. jazz on according to a plea
for the dance made today by Mrs. Lena
Whittlesey Adams. after returning from
a meeting OF the Inner Circle Of the
American National College Of Dancing.
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THIERIcHENs NOT .sMueeLER.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Oct. 4.-on a
charge OF smuggling nineteen ship
chronometers ashore from the Ger
man raider Prinz Eitel Friedrich.
later seized by the United States.
Capt. Max V. Thierichens. former
commander, was acquitted here yes
terdaY.
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SPECIAL NOTICES
THE CORCORAN
GALLERY OF ART

The SUNDAY EXHIBITIONS of
The Corcoran Gallery of Art will be
resumed on Sunday, October It'll,
1917. Hours from 1870 to 4:30 P. NJ.
On week days the Gallery is open
as follows: Mondays, from IL NJ. to
4 P. NJ; and other week days, from
8 A. M. to P. NJ.
On Mondays, Wednesdays, and
Fridays, an admission fee of rs cents
is charged. On other week DAYS and
Sundays ADMISSION is FREE.
C. POWELL MINNIGERODE,
Director.
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MISSOURI LAW EoR RUSSIA.

JEFFERSON CITY. Mo. Oct. IA
copy Of the Missouri State absent
voting law is to be sent to Russia for
use in formulating that Governments
policy. II was announced today. The
request for the transcript was made
to Governor Gardner by Secretary
Lansing
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PSYCHOLOGY
Of DER TAG
POINTED To
SUMNER|9|4
German War Preparations In
duced by Hereditary Fear
and Blind Instinct, Says
Gerard.

Ambassador Gerard, echo during the
-four years preceding she declaration o.
UdT tcos IN Berlin and IN constant
touch S0tth German affairs, hos t0ritteH
Vivid story Of his experiences. This
story The Washington Times tciH pub
hSh IN daily iHStdlmentS, Of 11hich the
follotofn0 Is the nineteenth. No docu-
HeHt Of diplomacy 4oGs eUer more Uit-I
or more interesting.
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Director,

PLEASE TAKE HOTICE-That Wing Sing
n Florida ave. N W. Is about to raIl ali
his assets to Geo. Nov. All persons Ia Wing
claims against him will please present them
to the above address On or before Monday
Oct. .. 10
The Washington herald., 1917-08-10
ORDERED To CHEER
UP SHiPBUILDERS
Meyer Bloomfield Has 100000 to
Garry Out Mission.

The government yesterday employed
Meyer Bloomfield, OF Boston. to keep
Americas thousands of shipbuilding
laborers happy. 1t Is hoped in this
way to block the strikes, quarrels and
labor troubles OF every kind threaten
ed in one OF the country's most vital
industries.
Bloomfield conferred here with Of
fcials of the Shipping Board and the
navy, and will Immediately start a
tour of Southern shipyards and organ
ize them. Approximately 800 900 has
been put at Ills disposal for this work.
before accepting the post he was head
of the Vocation Bureau, 6 Beacon
street, Boston, and is organizer and
president OF the Employment Man
ayers Association of America.
The government looks upon the mir
ing and firing" department OF its COM
mandeered shipyards as vital to sue
cess OF the shipbuilding program.
Bloomfield will choose a hiring and
firing expert for every shlpyard.
These men will be preferably linen
of the people," men who have risen
from the ranks of labor. who are good
mixers" with both employers and
employees. The plan will be not to
fire any man. II he doesn't fit in one
part of the yard he will be shifted to
another. The employment manager
who fails to hold every man he start
ed with and to attract and develop
enough more viii be branded a fail
ure.
This was the program put up to the
Shipping Board by the shipbuilders.
a special delegation from Fore River
came to Washington and explained the
difficulty of keeping the men.
Bloomfield was at once installed at
Fore River as employment manager on
government work. He says he has
tested his plan to keep the men happy
and that the experts he will choose can
handle the situation successfully.
Should the system prove a success,
it probably viii be extended to muni-
tions plants and other government
manufacturing plants.
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Big PARADE PLANNED
FOR SEPTEMBER |
Committee Appointed to Arrange
Demonstration for Drafted Men.

The parade in honor of the Dis
trict's first 1000 drafted men will
probably take place September l,
the date set by the War Depart
ment for the calling of the men.
At a meeting of the chairman of
the committees appointed by the
Retail Merchants. Association. the
Chamber of Commerce and Board
Of Trade to take charge of the
plans for the parade and the presi-
dents of the various organizations
II was decided that Messrs- William
+. GUIDE. Alexander Wolf and A. II.
Leese would compose a committee
to call on Secretary of War Baker
the latter part of this week for the
purpose of discussing the matter
in detail. and that they also call on
the Commissioners of the District
and go over the plans with them.
President Brandenburg. of the
Board of Trade. has added seven
teen more men to serve on the
committee. as he considers the pres
emit number inadequate to handle
such a large proposition.
The following have been select
ed: Frank w. Bolgiano. Z. Walter
Brandenburg. Walter G. Clephane.
H. Rozier Dulaney, ]. r. Exnicios,
Myer Fellhelmer, William T. CAL
liner. Rudolph Kaufman. Walter
Klopfer. Mark Lansburgh, Arthur
d. Marks. George w. Offut, jr..
Samuel ]. Prescott. Cuno B. Ru-
dolph, Corcoran Thorn. A. Coulter
Wells and Joseph /. Weller.
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WARTIME
By FRANCES MARSHALL.
Are You Planning to Save Light!


The director of the United States
Bureau of Mines was recently report
cd as having said that 500, 900 worth
of coal was wasted every year in this
land Of ours. At first thought, the
housewife naturally feels as II she
were quite guiltless Of any share In
this loss and consoles herself with
the Information that inefficient power
plants were largely to blame for this
waste.
But another very considerable
source of this waste is in the waste
Of light. The director of the Bureau
of Mines made the statement that
''the brilliant lighting of the roofs
of apartment houses at. night merely
for effect ought to be stopped during
war time
And SO also ought any unnecessary
illumination that does not contribute
Of our own or anyone else's comfort,
health or happiness. Whether you
light by gas or electricity 1t is all
ultimately a matter OF coal, SO any
wasted light in your house is wasted
coal. 1t is all part of that $500, ,0oo, 900
thrown away.
Not only in order to help reduce
this waste, but also in order to keep
down your own light bills you ought
to take time to think of ways by
which your light-be It gas or elec-
tricity-will be reduced to a mini
mum that Is consistent with comfort.
One way to do it II you use cleo
tricity is to secure a supply Of low
candle lights. There are many places
in your house where an eisht-candle
power bulb will answer the purpose.
In the upstairs hall. in the children's
nursery, in passageways and on out
side porches where on dark nights
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HOUSEWIVES DAILY ECONOMY CALENDAR
WARTIME HOUSEWIFERY.

you sometimes have to keep the light
shining.
In bedrooms much can be done by
way of reducing the amount of elec-
tricity needed by having lamp fixtures
either from the wall bracket or from
a floor plug that can be placed in
various locations in the room where
their light is most needed.
For instance, II you have a lamp
of this sort in your BEDROOM, 1t may
answer the purpose Of .dressing-table
light and bedside light, and you need
never have more than one burner
burning. These lamp arrangements can
be had at the department stores now
for a very small price. White enamel
brackets go very nicely with most bed
rooms and with a little care you can
select one with g. chintz shade that
will go quite well with your decora-
tions.
II you really want to be economical
In light, why not revive the good old
fashioned kerosene lamp? Compare
tive figures would show that there is
considerable saving and the light of
a kerosene lamp that is kept in good
condition Is surely as satisfactory a
light as any that could be devised
If you do needlework at night, IL
your children study at night or IL
your husband reads, nothing could be
more satisfactory than a good stu
dent lamp or other clear-burning lamp.
OF course, 1t gives forth a certain
arrount Of heat, but when the nikhts
begin to lengthen this autumn that
will not be unwelcome. So before
winter comes take look up in your
attic or in your store closets and see
whether you have hot some fine old
lamp that with little attention could
be converted into the best of all pos.
sible light conservers.
Copyright leI7.I
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INDIANS not SUITED
sTo FRENCH XMM
UneIe Sam Abandons Hea Of Con
scnpting Redskin WARDS,

The only real. simon-pure Ameri-
Acsns In the world. the blanket In
deans. probably never will have
chance to go over the top Of an
European trench after Americas
enemy, the Boche- Government Of
ffcials question the advisabilfty Of
ltrying to put the reservation red
skins in drafted Sammies' uniforms.
-Ehey feel that while the Indians
were great fighters In their day in
htaeir own way. that day and way
Is past. They also feel that the
, comparatively small number Of
sdraftabie Indian boys makes IT
hardly worth while to go to the
stroubls OF whipping them into
shape.
= This applies. OF course, only to
sthe blanket Indians subject to draft
There are hundreds OF Americanized
Indians in Uncle Sans fighting
forces And even IL the government
decided to draft the blanketed
youths. they would be exempt II
they so desired. as they are wards
OF the government. not citizens"
= The following list shows to what
small numbers the blanket Indians
have shrunk since the days when
great tribes Of them roamed the
hills and plains of the old West:
IN Artzona there are only T1z
Western Navajos. III Havasupais,
t459 Moduis and 1928 Colorado
River Indians; 1878 Apaches. once
the terror OF the Western plains;
~ Kaibabs and 1.O72 San xaviers-
- - In Minnesota there are only 1,406
Red Lake Indians on the reserva-
ton In Nevada. only 279 walker
sRiver Indians; in New Mexico. 70S
sJicarillas. 5,461 Pueblos and 4S3
o San Juans.
b On the New York reservation
there are only 500 Onondagas.
Q Oklahoma's Kiowa reservation
lists only 1ss redskins.
On the South Dakota Sisseton and
sWahpeton Reservation there are
hbut 1.4S0, and on the Tulalip Res
zervation in Washington only 1,255.
There is no question Of their
willingness to hght." said q govern
-nent official today. But they have
nclung to their old ways and their
blankets. They probably would
mot ut in with the highly specialized
and rigidly routine system OF fight
ing In France"