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The Washington times., 1917-04-02
Time for This Nonsense to Stop

The official notice from the So
called Woman's Party that they
would begin today anew their pick
citing Of the White House will sue
ceed only in creating large meas
ure of disgust in this community
and in the nation at this supreme
manifestation Of folly. Fortunately
for the cause of suffrage, the people
are beginning to distinguish between
this party, that came near casting
no votes at all in the recent election
for President. and the National AS
sociation with its sane and wise
leadership.
The President of the United States
deserves the respect of every decent
American man and woman, if only
for the high office which he holds. In
the midst Of this crisis in world af-
fairs, on the very ev6 of participa-
tion in a world war. it is little short
Of infamous that he should be sub
iected 70 petty persecution of this
Kind. The fact IS that the leaders of
this organization have led their
followers into an impasse from
which they can be rescued only at
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
MEMORIAL TO DUNK?
no ths cnaarsr q Wa.a.naton !.

To the Ch1dres Of swashsaoton :
Our greatest pet Is dead. Dunk,
the very best elephant that ever
lived, passed away this morning.
Don't you think that we ought
to pay some tribute to our friend?
How would it do for each Of Us to
give five cents, the price Of a bag
of his peanuts, to buy a memorial,
perhaps a bronze tablet that shall
tell how much we thought of
him?
As soon as you have read this
write a little letter to he Times
and tell us what you think about
it and If you.want to you can
send:a nickel at the same time.
THE TIMES.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
The Gateway of War.

We stand at the Gateway of War and
alas
Are deaf to the call that bids us go
through;
Untold inhumanities have come to
pass
And still we are Neutral and moth
ing we do!
On thro' the Gateway they tell us is
hell
But biding in safety is unrighteous
aim;
Ours the duty to go forth and quer
The wrongs that run riot and put
us to shame!
On thro the Gateway to Safety for
all
On thro' the hell OF whatever may be:
Whether the nation be great or be
1t shall be safe from Today's saw
agery.
Let us be brave as our Fathers of
old,
And conquer the evil we Justly alb
hor;
rhe Banner of righteousness dare to
uphold
On thro' the Gateway OF whatever
war!
STELLA v. KELLERMAN.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
RUSS TRADE ENVOY HERE
Or. Boris shatsky Seeks to Dev.Ior
Commercial Relations.

DR.. Boris Shatsky, representing big
business in Russia, is in the National
Capital as a special envoy to develop
closer commercial relations between
his country and the United States.
Although DR.. Shatsky left Russia on
February l, before the revolution, as
the representative OF the Russian
American Chamber OF Commerce of
Petrograd, backed by the government,
the revolt will not interfere with his
mission. He says the revolution has
opened great possibilities, one being
the probable early settlement of the
Jewish question, which caused the alb
rogation of the American commercial
treaty by President Taft.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
Yes, Song II Coming Into Its Own
AEain.

Yes, Song L. Coming Into Its Own
Again-
(Reprinted by Request)
There's a grand poetical BOOM" they
say,
CeRmb on %, chime on Ct. brothers Of
nineP')
'Twixt the dawn and the dusk OF each
lyrical day
There's another School started. and all
OF 'em pay.
a dollar line
Thfnk Of Il, Ferdy, dollar line y
I hear it's a regular Rennysong!
CChestily, yestiIy, brothers of HiBe.)
II you have a soul. Clarence. you surely
belong.
strong.
"a dollar a line,
The Uplifting stpr briH0s a dollar a
HHeD
Was you ever a murderer. Pete, in
your youth?
CBr4taIIy, shootiIy, brothers Of mine y
Give 'em the song how you done for
that Sleuth-
You cuss and be Human, and tell 'em
Gawd's trewth!
a dollar line,
Booze, Beauty and Blood for dollar
q HHeD
Perhaps you're shark with the
"nuances," kid?
(Go Lightly, 90 sIeiOhtly, brothers Of
mineD
Tones. coiors. gradations, and Didn'ts
And wasn'ts that Would-have-been II
they had slid?
a dollar a line,
The vaoIer the better, dollar a
HneD
Or perchance you aspire to the free"
verse and new?
Write eommo1piacs stanzas. but when
you ret through
Go mad with the weather and bite 'em
IN two,
a dollar a line,
Sen phot YOU don't cat for a dollar
HneD
But whatever you write, be sure
you're Sincere q.
(caretuHy, proysrtuHy, brothers Of
nfreD
- sion or Bee1.
T. .hat da.n Earno.. ,o,n .h,
catches the ear
m JoJ,o- , IL.
w, o,oh,o h, uo,y1 Tor = doILrr
H..
Re serious. FotherRili Lecture and
read.
- (Attitudey PLdtttudesl brothers O,
unfre.)
charge a hundred iron men to be I,
The Washington times., 1917-04-02

Dunk and had gone to the park 70
play. But as they romped down the
two sloping entrances into the park
and saw. Dunk's house open, his death
came back to them.
Not . Sign Of Life.
Some thought another elephant had
been brought to take Dunk's place
and hundreds strolled in, but there
was not a sign of life inside. There
was no Dunk behind the stout iron
bars to gather up the peanuts Of the
kiddies.
The sunlight streamed into the
building through the open door IN the
rear. which leads out into Dunk's
back yard.
Now and then q bird would fit into
the empty chamber, chirp once or
twice. as though to as why their
guest was not at home, and fiit out
again.
Many Arguments.
The children who romped down into
the park full Of life and play stroIled
slowly away from the elephant house,
arguing with one another as to
whether Dunk was not the biggest
elephant they had ever seen. even In
the circus.
Some of the kiddies found solace
by throwing q peanut or two at Jum-
bo, the nye-year-old elephant. who
lives in the old frame building in
which old Dunk spent his first years
at the Zoo, before his more imposing
brick residence was built
But Jumbo. who has been at the
local Zoo only q year, Is still a stran-
ger to; the children q Washington.
and he fell far short yesterday Of tax
ing the place OF big old Dunk.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
Five Thousand Mourners.

Fully 5000 little mourners went
to the Geological Park yesterday and
paid their final respects to Dunk. by
pausIng for a moment In the big
empty chamber in which their jungle
friend lived.
Although the trees and shrubbery
in the park were clothed in all their
spring beauty, there was something
missing to the 10000 persons who,
according to the gatekeepers' esti-
mates. visited the park.
Perhaps Dunk wouldn't have been
missed so much had not the doors
Of his former dwelling been thrown
open.
Many children were not thinking Of
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
Riddles Send in Gifts
For Memorial to Dunk
Mails Bring Many Contributions From Children
AS Tribute To Washington's Very
@s.~s - Best Elephant -.

The movement to provide q suit
able memorial for Dunk, the best
elephant that ever lived In Wash
ington, was pushed ahead another
notch by the children OF Washington
yesterday, and today's mails are
bringing further contributions and
more letters from the thousands Of
children who loved him as a pet.
These contributions and letters are
in response to a letter addressed to
the childreL by The Times on the
day of Dunk's death. It read as fol-
lows:
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
The Intolerance of Patriotism.


Paciists may be as illogical as
they profanely or piously please, but
they should retain a saving modicum
of common sense. A man like David
Starr Jordan, at least, should not be
ignorant of the plainest teachings Of
history. The Baltimore incident
should teach him and all his kind
that this country is in no humor to
tolerate any sign of division in its
fast closing up ranks.
Patriotism is in the ascendent, and
pacifism henceforth is identified in
the popular mind with pro-German-
ism. To be calling for a craven
peace with Germany at this time Is
to be unpatriotic and anti-American.
There are henceforth only two ele-
ments. in the American people, pa
triots and enemies of America.
Three years ago, two men who
may stand as types of former
pacifists, Elihu Root and John Sharp
Williams, were conspicuous officials
of the Carnegie Peace Foundation.
So changed has the very word
"pacifst" become, that each would
be insulted today if the epithet
should be hurled at either. The
whole face of the world has been
changed by the challenge which Ger
many has issued against civilization
itself.
Let pacifists henceforth reckon on
the intolerance Of patriotism as
fixed force in the United States of
America.
The American flag which greets
the eye today wherever men may
turn their gaze is no cheap sign of
national unity. The Baltimore mob
that burst into the peace meeting at
the Academy of Music and stopped
the idle chatter of DR.. Jordan about
the interests of munition makers
was urged to its effort because they
were following the flag and foolish
policeman tried to pull it down. AS
a Baltimore paper remarked, DR.. Jor-
dan will probably remember Balti-
more as the original home of "The
Star-Spangled Banner"
The Pacifsts have made their
fight and lost. The American people
are a peace-loving people, but the
facts that have accumulated of Ger
many's defiance of American rights,
its belittling of American honor, and
its destruction of American lives has
changed a peace-loving into a war
choosing nation. The Emergency
Peace crowd who are descending
upon Congress today are adding fuel
to the fame which they are trying to
quench with no apparent conscious
ness of the futility of their efforts.
The counter demonstration by the
Pilgrims Of Patriotism was not
needed.
When the country is in danger,
when we are already actually at war,
patriotism is right to be intolerant.
Freedom Of speech becomes a vain
shibboleth when speech takes the
form of treason to ones country.
The Copperheads Of the Sixties may
have been very conscientious people,
willing even to suffer martyrdom for |
their cause, but they succeeded only |
in earning the hostility of the North |
and the contempt of the South by |
heir conduct. Their Identification |
with the Democratic party in the
North caused that party to wander
N the wilderness of futile opposi-
ion for a full quarter of a century.
Let pacifists everywhere learn the
esson, ifereason has not departed
from them. What the country re-
luires of them now is silence and
l large quantity of that. The great
EST boon they can ask of on outraged
people is forgetfulness.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
Greenwich Village Correspondence Z
the Column.

Greenwich Village Correspondenee ts
the Column:
Glenn Coleman is getting up q Car
nival for artists and writer's Of Green
wich Village from which financial re-
suits, are expected. 1t looks as II Il
were going to be a cold spring. The
Carnival will be pulled at Webster
Hall on April 6.
The Tenement House Department
may mean well, but II has never been
UP against It as have some we could
name who shall be nameless. 1t has
recently passed q ruling forbidding
artists and writers to cook in their
studios. 1t takes much OF the Joy away
from getting something to eat when
one has to eat 1t raw. Have a heart,
T. H. D.. have b heart. 1t is going to
be a cold spring.
Fothergil Finch has been suggested
for the position of Meridian OF Green
wich Village. He is always running
right through the center OF It
. It looks as II 1t were going to be
q cold spring.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02

Freedom of Choice of Service to
Country Conceded to Major Pat
terson and Others.
To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
In reply to the warning" given to
the bankers in his address last night
lMareh 2D, the writer wishes to in
form Major Patterson that patriotic
Americans are at liberty to select
their own methods OF serving their
country. II they do not care to serve
under the present management. of the
Red Cross 1t is their own affair.
w. H. G.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
NO MORE REVOLVING KEYHoLE

CLEVELAND, April 2.-For the
benefit OF those who indulge in lodge
nights or large evenings, an Ohio in.
ventor has perfected a device for lur-
Ing the latchkey to the proper place.
1t consists OF light which, upon the
pressure Of a button in the doorknob.
turns a bright ray directly on the
keyhole.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
MEASLES PREVALENT.

Seventeen additional cases of
measles were reported to the Health
Department today, increasing the
number under treatment to $40. The
department has distributed among
the public, Sunday, parochial, and
private schools circulars warning
against the disease
The Washington times., 1917-04-02

Some OF the letters received today
are reproduced:
To the Editor OF The Times:
I am very. very sorry OF Dunk's
death, SO 1 am sending 5 cents to
help buy the tablet. My little brot
brother and I go out to the Zoo very
often, and always want to see
Dunk. Now that he Is dead, I don't
know what we are going to do about
It,. 1 read the little. note In yester-
days Times.
FRANCES HAND.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
LETTERS TO TIMES
FROM ITS READERS
Large Yellow Flag Suggested as
Emblem for Emergency
. Peace Leaguers.

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
With regard to the impending OBJ
session OF the Emergency Peace
League upon the National Capital,
might 1t not be suggested, in view of
the eminent inappropriateness of
their making use of the American
flag, that a large yellow banner be
used to designate their headquarters
in the city? R-D.M.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
Tomorrow.

Address by Rabbi Abram Simon and solos BY
Mrs. J. Lester Brooks and Mrs. Gilbert A.
Clark Webster Parent-Teachsr Associa-
tion. Webster School. p. m
Regular meeting Of Georgia State Society.
New Ebbitt. D. m.
Meeting Of Harriet Tubman Chapter Dis
triet OF Columbia Red Cross. Lincoln Tenn
pie. Eleventh and r streets northwest, 3
D. m.
Meeting OF Treasury Departments surgical
Dressing class. Mason House. 1905 Twentieth
street northwest, 7:3o-s:s0 D. m.
Meeting to perfect organization OF voman's
COMMITTEES on employment. co-operati tion with
Department. Of Labor, Public Library, $50
intercollegiate debate bstveen w..h,nx,o,
and Jefferson College and Georgetown Uni
versity. Castor Hall, SIS D. m
Lecture by Sergt. MAI. Robert MIddlemiss
OF the kings Own Scottish Borderers. under
auspices Of District Of Columbia Associa-
tion Of Workers for the Blind. Public L.
brary, s:lS D. m.
Meeting OF Washington Power Club. Hotel
Lecture. The ouartsrrnaster's corp,." bv
MAJ. Gen. Henry @. Sharpe. quartermaster
general, before Quartermaster Reserve
Corps, Army Medical School. - Louisiana
avenue northwest. s:15 D. m.
Lecture. The Three Periods Of. shak..-
peare," by DR.. Samuel J. Maewatters, as
sembly hall. college of history building.
Meeting Of Columbia HeiEhts' Ct1z.n,, Al.
socisuon. assembly hall. Powell School, 9
p. m
Lodge, No. Is: Myron NJ
Parker. No. "a, and King David No q:
Aithras Lodge OF Perfection, Ancient and
Accepted Scottish Rite: Aixpah Chspter
No. 3. and Fidelity. No. 10. Order Of III:
Eastern Star.
Knights OF Pythias-webster Lodxe. No. ?.
Excelsior, No. h: Capital. No. d, and N.Y..
tie. No. &.
Odd Fellows-Mt- Pleasantly Lodge, No. .:
Amity, No q; Washington, No, q ana
Golden Rule, No. IL N
Rebekah Lodges-F1delity, No. Z
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
WHAT'S ON PROGRAM
Interesting Events Of Importanes
Scheduled Today

Social evening Of the Bible class Of Adath
Israel Synagogue, Sixth and streets, p.
m. %
Championship tourney, Of HomeeC target
range under Polls. night.
Meeting OF Petworth Woman's Club, Petworth
School Building. .. m.
Illustrated lecture, The Art Of France" by
Richard N. Brooke. Corcoran Gallery Of Art,
f:15 y. m.
Nesting Of board Of directors, washington
Board Of Trade, B. OF T. rooms, $50 D. m.
Conduit Road Citizsnsr Association, 81
Dayid's Parish Hall. p. m.
Meeting Of Northwest Citizens Association,
Gage School, p. m.
Meeting Of Junior Council. Boy Scouts, @. A
R. Hall, 'S-p. m
Peace mass meeting. CONVENTION Hall, Fifth
and L streets northwest, .. m.
Meeting Of Central Labor Union, "a street
northwest, 8 .. m v
Aaaonlc-Potomac Lodge, No. .; memorial
services. BENJAMIN B. French, No. Is: Ana
costa, No. q; Pentalpha, No. a and Mt
Pleasant. No. a; Ruth Chapter, No. /, and
81. Johns. No. Is, Order Of, the Eastern
Star.
knights of Pythias-Amaranth Lodge, No. =,
and Century. No. %.
Odd Fellows-Beacon Lodge, No. Is; Union.
No. II. and LAngdon. No. 2s
Rebekah Lodges-Ruth, No. 2, and Naomi
No. /.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02

The Texas steer which tried to bu-t
Manhattan island of the map merely
did the to-be-expected thing; the in
habitsnts OF the Lone Star State are
Enthusiastically bull headed.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02

Germany now expects to enroll
able bodied lunatics in her home army.
The feeble-minded Hohenzollerns
should be detailed as their officers.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02

T. Ruby reports that Mr.. Berry. the
undertaken. and Mr.. Needle. the tailor.
live in Pawtucket, R L, and DR.. Cults.
the surgeon, is citizen of Provi-
The Washington times., 1917-04-02

To the Editor of The Times:
I loved Captain. Dunk. send
money for q memorial and will put
some flowers on his grave.
BENJAMIN J. GARRISON.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02

Seeing U-boats Is now becoming one
OF our popular outdoor sports.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
The Pot and the Kettle.

Said the Mdrch Hdre
To the Mod Halter,
You're brdiH all right
1t didn't scdtterp .-..
Said the Mod Halter
To the Adrch Hare, 80"
"YoI re quite oil right, G.,
But you're not oil therew
The Washington times., 1917-04-02

Life is a series of unappreciations,
The April winds frolic most pleasingiy
with the spring styles on the corner
where a blind man stands.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02

Mr.. NJ. A. Helm sells eggs at Rich
mond Hill.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02

From the KiHistiuo, saskatchapan, Rep
reseHtqtipe.
Then sweet music arose with its
volumptuous swell Soft eyes looked
love to eyes which spake again and all
went merry as a marriage bell, till the
wee sma' hours OF the morning.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02

To the Editor OF The Times:
I am sorry to hear OF poor DunlC's
death. Here is my nickel Eor the
memorial. CHARLES MORGAN.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02

Goal to drop on April Pas the
temperature goes up.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02

Remember that marines are needed
as well as submarines.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02

To the Editor of The Times:
/ am five years old. / wrote this.
send 8 cents for the Dunk memo
rial. MLEAN CURTIS.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02

Kinship Of American Paeinsm and
Prussian siilitarism Can't BE Con-
eealed,. He Says, Commenting on
David Starr Jordan. -
To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
The announcement that David
formance billed here for Monday
night by the pacinsts is quite inter-
estinE.
II we mistake not, this Is the same
David Starr Jordan who demon
strated his limitations as president
OF Leland Stanford University when
Prof. Edward A. Ross was forced
to quit his job on the faculty out
there, because he had taught his
classes the truth about the intro
duction OF Chinese coolie labor into
California by Senator Stanford and
the builders of the Central Pacific.
Mrs. Stanford, whd had contrib
uted most of the endowment funds
to the university, demanded his dis
missal because he refused "to bow
to the Holy Six Companies or bend
the knee TO Sacred Standard OIL"
Served the Almoner.
David Starr, on that occasion, was
right there to serve his imperious
almoner.
He was some pacins. in yielding
up academic freedom. He was just
as ready to duck then as he is now.
Ordinary folks who work for a
living have an innate contempt for
the fellow who tries to "get your
Job" or runs and Switches to the
boss" when you may best him in an
argument or state truths that he
cannot refute.
There is something feline about
that sort OF proceeding which is re-
pulsive to all normel men, but may
be very natural to a pacifist of the
kick me again, God bless you"
variety.
DR.. David Starr Jordan always
runs with his little tale to the boss.
Angered at the plain statements of
fact by Gen. Leonard Wood, DIR. Jor-
dan promptly wrote to the War De-
partment complaining that the gem
eral was exercising the right of free
speech, although an army officer.
Woods subsequent dismissal from
command OF the Eastern Department
has been greeted with the ChautauQua
salute by the pacifists.
Too Masculine q Word.
It would not do to say that they
"gloat" over 1t, as gloat is too rough
and masculine a word to use in de-
scribing their eminently high-brow
and Miss Nancy emotions.
DR.. Jordan has also just recently
complained to the Government at the
frank statements of former Ambassa-
dor Gerard-seeking IL possible to put
the Governmental gag in Gerard's
mouth.
II DR.. Jordan were in Prussia he
would probably gag everybody he
didn't like, II he were in office. The
kinship. of American pacifism and
Prussian militarism cannot be con-
cealed. Alike In their objects and
their obliquity of method they show
tLeir blood relationship.
Both seek to make America help
less and contemplate, and both are
unscrupulous in their
choice of methods. l.. II. LEECH,
-
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
Don Marquis
Column
The Social Menarerie.

o pulse that beats!
o hearts that acheI
When the Lounge Lizard meets
The Parlor Snake!
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
e Editor of The Times:

To the Editor OF The Times:
I am sending 5 cents for poor
Dunk's monument. I am sorry that
poor Dunk Is dead.
FRANCES MOFFETT.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
Amunements,

Belasco-'very Good Eddie" s.eo D. m.
New NationaE'-Twin Beds" $50 D. m.
Do You Live" Sis D. m.
B. +. Keith's-vaudsviIle. 3:15 and Sis D. N.
Gayety-Buriesque, 3:15 and Sis D. m
II p. m.
strand-Photoplays II \. m. to IL D. m.
Garden-Photoplays. II q. m. to II D. m
The Washington times., 1917-04-02

A contribution OF 10 cents was sent
to The Times by Joanna Schmitzer,
with no comment
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
iItor OF The Times:

To the Editor OF The Times:
am very sorry Dunk Is dead.
miss him very much. He was big
and beautiful. l send a nickel for
his monument.
DOROTHY BISHOP.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
To the Editor Of The Times:

Enclosed please find check for 81 to be
applied to the memorial fund OF our
dear old friend Dunk. A tablet weuld
be q fitting memorial. we think
MARIE MCCORMACK,
JOSEFA MCCORMACK,
CATALINA MCCORMACK.
CARMEN MCCORMACK
The Washington times., 1917-04-02

To the Editor Of The Times:
am sending 10 cents to help pay
for the tablet for Dunk. / am SO
sorry he is dead, and the children
here will miss him as much as I will
when we visit the Zoo. I think your
idea a very good one, and I hope yAu
will receive a good number of dimes
LACEY HARVEY.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02

A conservative is any man of fifty.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02

PRONOUNCED TO RHYME WITT
-..- sCRUMPTUoUs.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
MARGARET HUNT.
70 the Editor Of T'he TIme..

To the Editor of The Times:
1 am so sorry that Dunk II dead
am sending 10 cents for myself and
little brother. John. who never has seen
Dunk. as he il not yet three years old.
ALMA NJ. H,OTZ.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
40 the Editor of The Times:

10 tne Edltor OF Inc 1lInes.
1 am very sorry poor old Dunk Is
dead. I know will miss him Easter
Monday when go to the Zoo. Enclosed
you will find 10 cents for a memorial
for Dear Old Dunk"
MARGARET HUNT.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
DOROTHY BISHOP.

To the Editor OF The Times:
Here's 10 cents for the Dunk men,
orIal fund. MINNIE and JERRY.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
the Editor Of The Times:

10 tne EoltoT OF Ano 4lIncss
I am a little boy. just past seven
years old, and I remember old Dunk.
and I think 1t would be a good idea
what you suggest doing. I have s cents
for alleys. but 1 would rather give It
to Dunk. Just as you see At to use It.
do SO. EUGENE SCRIBNER.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
Ne EdItor Of The TImes.

To the Editor of The Times:
Here is my nickel for old Dunk. We
were old friends and IL he did have a
reputation for being bad, he always
was good to me. z. B. B.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02

To the Editor OF The Times:
I am sorry that Dunk is dead. /
am sending 8 cents for his memorial.
MARION S. HINTON.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02

To the Editor of The Times:
I loved Dunk. Here's 5 cents.
EMERA JOHNSON.