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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-14
Interesting Events Of Imports
Scheduled for Today.

Scheduled for To-Day.
Meeting. LEGION Of Loyal wona-n. Raisish'
Address- the Llfs Of Frances willard" by
Mr. A H Frear. Capitol Hnl Library So
cIsty. ~ Eighth stroet northsasr .. N
Nesting Conre.s AsiEhts, 1mpsovsnsat A.
Address b. Miss Elliott Cnsaiham eseors
Junior suRragS Leagus. 1s2s RhOds IHiAnd
avenue; and tea. - 2. M; a.
Gage Plrsnt-rsAehsr Association. oags
Meeting sea2S. c:stssi Labor un,sa. Ss-1 G
street northWest, 9 D m
Public meeting, ArTo Lodge. Nc. "a. fn6s-
pendent Order. B'nai B'Ritn. Eighfh Sl5sst
RinEiinE BroS. SHOWS, Circus Grouaa.. NJ
tenth and h strssts northsasts and
Msstins of National Wholesale Gro1.rS A.
Meeting OF New Hampshire As.od.nsn.
Gas Bay sI:rcis:s. wasAiastaa csn.ss.
Election o Of ofnesrs, vOnan's city oab.
Msstins, Pinsy Branch Citi.sns' Assoehf1sn,
Iowa Avenue N z. Church, ,. n
Forward Warrington Dinner" to msmbsrs
District committees, House and Senate, New
Concert. uaitSd States Marine Band. United
States Marine Barracks, 4:5o ,. m.
Concert BY United States Soldisrs' Homo
Band. bsndstand, D. m >
Hospital Night. "sof Lucy webb Hayes Ma
tioDal Trstning School. p. m
Thirty Socond doctorats idisputRtion, GsEUo
Washington University, 10 a m
Meeting Of PreSbytery Of WaShtnEto1 oily.
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. -
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MaSonic-Dawson Lodge. No Is, ana stAns-
bury, No. g; Mt. Vernon Chapter. No. ):
Hiram. No. 70. and Anaeo.tiA, No. L. Eoyai
Arch; Temple Chapter. No. ., and Cofum-
bia- No. Is. Order Of the Eastern star.
Odd Fellows-Union Lodge, No. H. Beaeoa,
No. Is, and LAngdon, No. -
Rabaln ha-EEfha- TndRa M
knights OF Pythias-Decatur Lodge, Ne. .
and Calanthe. No. II.
woodmen OF the wOrId-w. A Fraser Camp,
No. "A.
National UnIon-Pressmen's, No. S5S.
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Precious DAYS Wasted

Chairman Dent, of the Military
Affairs Committee, did well to at
tempt an explanation to the House of
the long delay in bringing in a con-
ference report. When a delay Of ten
days takes place in the very authori-
zation necessary for the formation of
an army, there is need of explana-
ton and Of apology. If France or
Britain had been afflicted with a
Parliament as much inebriated with
its own verbosity as this War Con-
gress is, Paris would have fallen
and Calais been taken and England
invaded, before any action was taken
to prevent.
Congress convened on April 2. This
is the fourteenth day of May. The
bill providing for an army has not
yet passed either house in final
form. A months delay may well
mean disaster in one or two ways.
Either the troops will be sent to the
front too late, or they must be hur-
ried there a month before they have
been properly trained.
And every one knows that debate
in Congress does not change votes.
Speeches are made to a half dozen
men m either house and are not
even published in the Record for in
formation before the vote is taken.
They are so evidently intended for
home consumption as to disgust
those who read.
There is no disposition anywhere
to prevent Congress from legislat-
ing, but that. process is one of voting
and not of talking. Let the vote be
hurried and debate be confined to
those who have some real contribu-
ton to make. The delay in the
passage of the war measures is a
growing scandal and only a limita-
ton of debate will save the day.
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TO TIMES READERS

The Times Is reeeiUino great "HHs-
bsrs Of letter from its readers.
No communication ohtoh does not
carry the Hdme and oddress Of the
contributor toiH Be used, but both
triH be considered co1fdeHtioI " re-
guest 70 made.
Publication plI not be made Of
letters on Vntimely subjects or ~
H0ious questions. II teiH not pub
Hsh dbusire personal attacks nor
eriticism rhich The Times deems
USaOorTonted BY the facts a. it kHosos
them.
No record % kept Of UApTbhshed
letters and none iciI be returned IN
less postage 70 Enclosed.
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Believes Prospect Of Deportation to
America Would Induee Many Ger

Believes Prospect Of Deportation to
America Would Induce Many Ger
mans Soldiers to Surrender.
To the Editer Of THE TINES:
I notice in the public press and
Congressional Record that Senator
Hale has introduced in the Senate a
joint resolution Is. ]. Res, 50) author
king the President to make an offer
to take over and care for prisoners
OF war captured from Germany. (Of
course, such human beings are not
desired In the free land and should
be forever excluded.)
The forces opposing German butch
cry could use the information based
upon the above resolution to good
advantage at this time by q wide pub
licity campaign In spreading the in
formation in the rear OF and along
the supposed Won HindenburE line,
calling attention to the action taken
by the United States, and by stating
in glaring headlines that all who
surrender or are captured as pris-
oners UP to June 1 are to be trans
ported to the United States and
given their liberty after sixty days
and become eligible to American
citizenship"
This Is. ]. Res. 50) should "die
a-bornin'" in the nles of the commit
tee, but as all is fair in war, refer
ence to il in the manner suggested
would produce a condition in the Ger
man army that would hasten the
dawn of peace, and demoralize and
diminish the efficiency OF Prussianism
and end Kaiserism- J. NJ. NJ
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TO GIVE SPINGARN MEDAL
Senator Jones Of Washington VIII
Honor colored Recipient.

Final arrangements have been
made for holding the annual con-
ference of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie in this city on Wednesday and
Thursday. Moorfield Storey. nt Bos-
ton, the national president, will pre-.
side at the evening meeting on " ed-
nesday, at the First Congregational
Church, Tenth and G. streets, which
will be addressed by Dean William
Pickens and Charles Edward Rus
sell.
The Spingarn medal, for distinguish
ed service during 1915. will be present
ed by Senator Wesley L. Jones OF
Washington. This medal IL awarded
annually to the man or woman OF
African descent and American citi-
kenship who has made the highest
achievement during the preceding
year in any field of elevatsd or hon
orable human endeavor.
Thursday afternoon will be de-
voted to an open conference on the
negro exodus from the South and the
pressing problems growing out OF the
war.
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The Bride of the Sea.

Oh, the north ieinds fHme
DER the t1hite-cdpped Spums,
The tide runs strong and free
There's the moons tcdn CLEAN
Where the dead men dream
Under the deep-SreeH sea.
Here I lie within a placid. land-Iocked
bay.
Here. before the march of time. I rot
away.
Here the voice comes strong to me Of
the irritable sea
And the restless oceans song be-
comes a farewell monody
As # falls and rises on the eerie night
winds play.
How my heart is bursting for the open
surge
Where the emerald and purple pillows
urge.
God Of Waters. hear me yet. let my
decks be once more wet
With the bursting. wildly flying spray
or make me TO forget.
Either that. or sink me where the an
cry waters merge.
Once was the oceans bride. and gayly
sped
Strong before the blowing gale. with
canvas spread,
Thrilling to the roaring blast. rushed
I merrily. and fast:
Now I'm nothing but an antlquated
clipper that has passed;
Let my loved ones careless pillows meet
above my head.
Oh, the north tciHds 5uble
Der the t0hite-cdpped spHme,
The tide runs strong and free;
There's the moons tDdn CLEAN
Where the dead ships dream
UHder the deep-1reeH sea,
LYON MEARSON,
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The Soul Of the Flag.

Why do they say "blood-red" Of the
nag,
When describing her colors to you!
Because the blood OF q nation moved
And dyed 1t that lustrous hue.
Why do they say "soul-white" OF her,
As they gently touch q star?
Because a nations soul Is wrapped
In ev'ry pure-white bar.
why do they say "true blue" or her'
when they gaze at her azure hueI
Because the heavens bent down ana
lent
Their color of wondrous blue
Why can we call her ours dear oneT
Because both you and
Would rather have our bodies oeao
Than have q nation die
MARGARET ELSoN.
Public Schools, District Of Columbia
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a hundred and one things too numer.
Gus to mention.
I could mention other things a pres
ent-day up-to-date soldier has to un-
derstsnd. Here is the point: II he
does not thoroughly understand, q
whole company. battalion or division
may be shot to pieces and wiped out
by one or several mistakes of his.
II England had got busy when Lord
Roberts gave her q fair warning,
something like fourteen years ago,
she would have held, or may have
done, a host OF her sons who trans.
ferred to chimes under more practical
and sensible management and rule.
am an Englishman and consider
know a little OF what is what and
who Is who. And II Is my earnest
hope that the Government OF these
United States will use their practical
men without fear or favor.
K. LEE.
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late in March. Prospects overplayed
have thus put Germany in a situa-
ton where she is losing men heavily
and stands some chance Of being ex-
hausted beyond the possibility Of fur
ther attack or defense in France. It
is q battle to see whose strength first
comes to an end, and its loss would
wipe out the lease of life that Rus
sia's troubles of the past two years
have given to the Kaiser's hopes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-14
WINS s1,25O FROM DISTRICT
Mary A. Sullivan Awarded Damages
as Result Of Injuries.

A verdict awarding Mary A. sulli-
van damages TO the amount OF $3.50
against the District Of Columbia was
returned by a jury before Justice sid
dons in the District Supreme Court
TODAY. as a result Of injuries she sus-
tanned when she stepped into a de-
precision in the sidewalk on Florida
avenue, near Seventh street north
west, two years ago.
The plaintiff was represented By
Attorney Issv1 H David
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-14
whole Year Not Too Long to Train
Soldiers for ArduOus Duties of Mod

ern WarIuTC.
To the Editor OF THE TINES:
In reply to Bertrand Shadwells let
ter. wish to make a few remarks
He saws he served term OF SIX
weeks training in a London volunteer
regiment and obtained an efficiency
badge. He says he used to drill only
two or three times a week. lie also
states there is no mystery IN a sol
dier's life; a schoolboy could learn IL
easily and the man VINO cannot pc
come efficient as a private IN the
ranks in two or three months must DC
half witted."
want 10 ask Bertrand why Brit
ish and Canadian soldiers are trained
AZ the present day. and in the hurry
and rush Of war, for the best part of
one wear and in many cases longer.
Also. why different countries take
several wears time to train their men.
In European countries before the war
the men were trained from two or
four years. Does Mr.. Shadwell think
that an ordinary citizen OF this or any
other country can consume the FOL
lowing items both physically and men
tally in the time he suggests:
Physical training: to stand the
same a man has to be in the pink OF
condition all the time. He will prob
ably do squad drill all day in blaz'
ing sun or march fifteen to twenty
miles in the anne blazing sun
with a heavy pack on his back
and his whole kit OF trenching
equipment. He will be knocked about
from one camp 10 another. Or AFTER
a good days work he may be called
upon TO march half the night and
then he I'M Mt @ or a. m. the fol
lowing morning. He will be under
the severest discipline that was prob
ably ever known.
He will have TO study and learn TO
shoot a rife. to throw bombs or learn
to manipulate a machine gun TO learn
rudiments Of signaling. use .tele'
phone or telegraph. Also oayonet
fighting, trench digging, SapplnE' ana
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-14
Public Schools, District Of Columbia.
Use Of wild HGreens. Will Help Re
duee High Cost of Food

Use Of wild aGreens' VIII Help Re
duee High Cost of Food
To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
while the cost OF food is advancing
and in some instances It cannot be had
at any price. we are letting much 80 to
waste. either from ignorance or will
fulIness. For instance. Maryland with
twenty-three counties and using my own
county as a unit, We are letting over
"a 900 900 worth Of the best kind OF whole
some food, filled with life sustaining
qualities 20 to waste every year by not
Gathering for our own use or for the
market such good things as the mar
row dock" (rumex cristus), dandelion
Cturaxicum), poke (phytotaca). nettle
Curhen ur), lambs quarters. watercress,
feIdcress, pepper grass. sorrel' small
leaf planten (plantago minor). horse
radish tops.
Beet tops, turnip tops. cabbage sprouts
Tin the spring after cutting the cab
bage in the fall). and many other good
things now regarded as weeds-people
in snite OF these free thing insist upon
having excessive charges at the store
for spinnage. kale. etc BESIDES every
other consideration II people would eat
these free greens good health would fol-
low and doctors would. in large de-
gree become purely ornamental. II the
neonle will not eat what God has made to
be used as food then they should go
hungry. It always has been a crime TO
have a garbage can.
ROBERT B. TOMBSTONE. NJ. ID.
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Mother.

Was ever a face SO sweet and fair,
And had such goodness chiseled there?
As the smile that lit our Mothers
facet
Never; no, never!
Was ever q heart more tender and
Or faithful all the long years through?
Was ever a love 40 warm anu deen
As hers that wooed our ewes 10 sleep7
Never: no. neyerI
Shall we forget our Mothers svayY
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-14
10000 BAGS YAWN
In WAR ON WASTE
Settlement Homes to Start
Collecting Next Week.
AUTHORITIES NDORSE PLAN
Rags and Discarded Clothing to
Go to Charity Melting Pot.

II your eye falls on a discarded rug
or piece Of clothing today, don't obey
the impulse to toss it out into the
back yard for the ash man. Put it
aside and save it for collectors from
Washington's four settlement houses.
More than 10000 paper bags were
distributed in the homes OF District
citizens last week for waste scraps,
old shoes, and bits of discarded cloth
ing. These will be collected this
week by wagon drivers from the four
settlement homes. 1t is the initial
drive of the settlement homes in the
war on waste" campaign.
Endorsed BY City Authorities.
Every bit OF waste material col
lected by the agents of the settlement
homes will be turned to benent in
tome way, Mrs. Clara d. Neigh, sec
rotary OF the committee from Neigh.
borhood House which is attending to
waste collection, declared She also
Said the movement has been Endorsed
by the health and IRE authorities.
Henry p. Blair is president of the
Friendship Settlement, and Mrs. Will
liam G. Stuart, secretary. Mrs. Henry
Cleveland Perkins Is head of the Noel
CclNlculonlt anu MTb. MyTOn w nlIney
is head OF the committee attending
to waste collection. Miss Sophie Sic
bert Is president OF the NeiEhborhood
House.
The colored settlement, with its
troops OF Boy Scouts and industrial
classes, is working hard to cooperate
with the movement OF the other homes
to war on waste" Trucks will be
sent throughout the city as soon as In
dications point to a sufficient number
OF bags being filled.
Want Only Discarded stun.
I'VE do not want housewives to
think we are trying to collect clothes
which are of value" said Mrs. Neigh.
What we want is the discarded cloth
ing around the home, that cannot be
used to advantage We hope to teach
q profitable lesson in economy, in ad-
dition to removing waste matter from
District homes. Children should be
taught by parents and, teachers never
to throw anything away that can be
used again in making new material
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Adjustments Today.

BeIaseo-.-soooO Leagues Under The So"
2:i5 and $40 D. m
New NatiOnaI-'Intolersnee, >. m. an .
D. m
Pou's-New Poll Players In The New h.
rietta." SIS p.
B. +. KeIth's-Vaudsville. and SIS D. m
Gayety-Burlesque, 2:B and S:15 .. m
Loew's Columbia-Photoplays, io:so a. N. -
IL p. m
Strand-Photoplays. II =. m to II .. m.
Garden-Photoplays. II 4. m. to II D m.
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The President is Mr.. Dixon Merritt
OF Nashville, Tenn, author OF the I'M
mortal poem beginning:
A heIUpd bird Is the PelicdH,
His bedk holds more than his belt
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-14

Governor Beckett OF North Carolina
declares that the professional base
ball players Of that State should be in
a trench or in a furrow. Considering
the professionals OF North Carolina,
the advice Is well taken.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-14

New York's jeers at the pacjfst
Middle West have suddenly ceased.
The recruiting figures give Indiana
90 per cent Of her quota; Illinois, so
per cent, and New York. IS. PennsyI-
vania leads the Eastern States with
40 per cent enlisted.
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strinEinE Up wilhelm.

with apologies to Rudyard Kipling.l
'Wot are the bugles blowing for?''
asked Files-on-Parade.
ITO celebrate! To celebrater' tho
Color Sergeant said.
'Wot mikes you look so glad. SO
glad?" asked Files-on-Parade.
TIN joyed at wot I'm going to watch,
the Color Sergeant said.
"For they're hanging Bill the Kaiser.
You can ear the Dead March play!
The regiments in 'ollow square,
They're 'anging Bill today,
They've taken off is uniform, an
chucked is crown away
An they'll string up Bill the Kaiser in
the mornin'"
NFnpRnwRY JTTKFS
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It has been suggested that after
the planting and unwilling OF the
Chestnut Tree the convention go and
make remarks to the Laughing
Hyena in the Bronx Zoo. There In
nothing calculated to encourage an
association OF humorists like truly
spontaneous mirth.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-14

The A. P. II. is an organization
without a constitution or bylaws. II
it has an Object, It has not yet been
discovered.
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Protests Against Leaving
Flag Out All NIEht.

To the Editor OF THE TINES;
1 wish to protest against the practice
Of keeping our national nag hanging out
all the time. through the night and
through rain. 1t will rot the nag and
in that way desecrate II. There are
rules concerning the proper display
of the flag which should be observed
1t should be displayed from sunrise
to sunset only, and at all times pro
tected from the rain.
JOHN r. WEATHERS.
II Iowa Circle
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-14

When Chandler, OF New York. de-
olared that Roosevelt could catch
villa in a month. did he mean that the
Colonel would be q good ghost
chASeTf
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Don Marquis
Column

When HumorIsts Get Together.
The American Press Humorists Will
hold their fifteenth annual conven-
ton in New York the last week In
June. A pleasant time is expected to
be had by all.
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Just to get the convention started
right, a Chestnut Tree will be planted
in City Hall Park. New York, early
in the week.
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-MoRRowBY JUKEs.

From a real estate ad: lover a hun
dred years ago they built the house
around a big stone chimney, with a
big fireplace. bake ovens, crane and
pot hooks. Last spring they installed
a bath :"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-14

There are said TO be dues; but the
treasurer, ]. 4. Waldron, editor OF
Judge, isn't quite sure. He thinks 1t
may be only q rumor. He hasn't seen
any lately.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-14

The Germans will like their war
still less when the full bill for Il
comes in.
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A Pessimist is a guy with astiE-
matism giving the Eternal the once
over.
II you have headaches there may
be something wrong with your eyes
consult an Optimist.
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1t is the emblem of the order.

Willie Collier, by invitation, viii
lay the cornerstone Of the tree, plant
It, and unveIl it with a few choice re-
marks,
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II Marshal Joffre can persuade those
French Canadians TO enlist. the most
important part OF his mission TO
America will have been accomplished.
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Chicago, NJ, May & .

OAA@~oo@N
who8
WHO formed the seat OF the west
winds birth,
And the matrix OF virgin goldI
WHO gave the diamond it's brilliant
worth?
Who fashioned the flowers mold:
WHO Efided the CLEAN OF the count
less stars.
That are swinging In endless spacs7
OF Neptune and Venus and Saturn
And the rest Of the planet racer
WHO quIckened the speed Of the wild
ducks wing,
Sweeping on to the southern Biades!
WHO mellowed the notes OF the birds
In the depth of the woodland
shades?
WHO gave to the POPPY its scarlet
crest,
That sways to the evening breeze:
WHO tinted the eggs in the robins
nest?
WHO poured out our gIfttsring
seas?
WHO etched the frown on the noun
tain's brow,
with its features Of fern and vine.
WHO draped It with laurel and mis-
And with chestnut and oak and
pine?
WHO penciled the path Of the milky
way,
On the heavens OF azure blue?
WHO painted the blush at the dawn
of day?
WHO siivered the evening dew7
WHO surveyed the route OF the ram
bling brook,
with its ripplss and riIls and IT'S
eddy?
WHO foliased and lowered the course
IL took?
BY Jove-one would think-'twas
Teddy.
EDWARD EVERETT BELL.
Leonia, N. J., April 30, 1917.
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OF course, the Zoo people might
not be willing to allow us to use their
Hyena. Since the war, we understand.
Hyenas have gone up.
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We don't hear much OF Pancho Villa
and Jack johnson these days..
DON MARQUIS.