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The Washington times., 1917-04-18
SAILORS ON THE RAIL
How They Travel on Land Is De-
scrIbed - Railroad Mans Magazine.

Recruiting for the navy In the
country's present crisis receives an
impetus in the timely article, Nov
ing Sailors BY Rail-" which appears
in the Railroad Mans Magazine for
Nav. The author is John w. Kean,
of this city, whose work as transpor-
tation clerk OF the Navy Department
has made him especially conversant
with the problems involved. The ar
ticIe contains many lively anecdotes
and is illustrated with a number Of
half-tone engravings.
Another wartime article, by
Charles Stirrup, tells how British rail
service has suffered as a result OF
England's struggle against the Ger.
man military power. Transportation
rates, II appears, are now cents a
mile for third class-equal to cents
a mile here, when allowance is made
for the difference in purchasing pow
er between American and English
money. On one road alone 230 trains
were withdrawn by a single order,
and on another 200 were cancelled
at the same time.
The Railroads and War" by Sam
uel II. Paine, tells what the trans
portation chiefs of this country have
done to prepare America for armed
conflict
'Is Morse Telegraphy Doomed to
Extinction?" by Roger Fison, dis
cusses this moot question in a way
that will cause attention among all
manual operators who believe that
the future OF their jobs is menaced
by the automatic printer telegraph.
Other articles discuss the railroads
loss from fire and flood, explain what
car-shortage means, and recall old
times in telegraph offices.
The magazine also contains much
fiction of a railroad or telegraph in
terest, as well as number of de-
partments.
The Washington times., 1917-04-18
The President Should Appeal to the
Country

The United States has entered the
war with Germany. To render vital
assistance 70 the success of the war
it must raise an army as well as
prepare the navy and build ships and
raise a food supply. To the German
mind, the serious preparation of a
great army for battle will be more
impressive than anything else. Any
dilly-dallying with the question on
the part of inexpert members of
Congress who happen to be men,
bers of the House and Senate Com
mittees on Military Affairs, will en-
courage the enemy to discount any
help we can give our allies from the
military side. The Senate commit
tee contains a majority for the bill
the, President and the war experts
favor. The House committee is sup
posed to have a majority against the
Lill.
Both houses have members who
The Washington times., 1917-04-18
An Answer to the Map ''with Ideals"
Who Doesn't Want ConscriptIon.

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
The man with patriotic ideals" gasps
at the idea OF a draft system Of any
kind, before the manhood OF the nation
has proven itself unworthy OF the name
by refusing to respond voluntarily to
the call to arms. The man with ideals"
of liberty considers such a system an
infringement upon the liberty Of the
people The conservative says, 1T was
never done before"
When a nation goes into war, the most
natural thing Is to call for volunteer
army. What is the result? The flower
of the nations manhood rushes to the
colors and dies at the front for the
sIackers who stay at home. Industry
suffers, for the factory workers enlist
rather than risk being called towards
by those who do not understand their
value at home. Agriculture suffers the
same way, because the boys from the
farms enlist. England. in the present
war. has gone through that experience.
On the other hand, consider the ad-
vantages Of the selective draft system.
To carry out this system, a military
census is taken OF men eligible for en-
lIstment. Then. those men who are nee
essary to the industries which supply
the war materials are eliminated. Next.
those who have dependent families and
SO on until those are selected for the
army whom the nation can best spare.
There Is no surer way OF raising an
adequate army than by drafting. Who
knows how many volunteers can be de-
pended upon?
Besides the advantages OF a draft
system in an immediate emergency. such
l..
The Washington times., 1917-04-18
ELK HERDS STARVING.

Elk herds in and near the Yellow
stone National Park are being deci-
mated by starvation as a result OF
heavy SHOWS and a hardcrusted sur
face, that keeps the animals from
their feed. Supplies OF hay furnish
ed by the Government for feeding the
elk have been exhausted, and unless
a long delayed spring opening of the
ranges comes the loss will be heavy,
according to information coming to
the Forest Service OF the Department
of Agriculture
The Washington times., 1917-04-18
LETTERS TO TIMES
FROM ITS READERS
Wants to Know If Volunteer
System Supporters Are Going
to Volunteer Themselves.
TO TIMES READERS

The Times Is receirin0 great #u"l-
bers Of letters from its readers.
No communication .ohich does not
carry the name and address Of the
contributor toill be used, but both
toiH be considered confidential u re-
guest Is made.
Publication tciH not be made OF
letters on untimeIy subjects or re-
R0ioIs questions. 1t toill not pub
hsh. 0busiUe personal attacks nor
criticism tchich The Times deems
IntcdrraHted BY the facts as It kHotos
them.
No record Is kept Of unpublished
letters and none toiH be returned Nm
less postage Is Enclosed.
The Washington times., 1917-04-18
WHAT'S ON PROGRAM
Interesting Events Of Importance
Scheduled Today.

Lecture "The Selection of Employees BY
the Form OF the Hand" by DR.. y. W
Address by Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett. ma
tionhl president Florence Crittenton
Home. Ingram Memorial consregational
Question box by Asssstant superintendent
Stephen z. Kramer. Henry-PoIk Moth
ers Club, Polk School. p. m.
Address by simon p. W. Drew. under au-
Hall. 1114h Eishteenth street north
west. D. m
Lecture. "one-sided People" by the Rev
James Shera Montgomery. AT Petworth
N. z. Church. Grant Circle and New
Hampshire avenue. p m
Lecture on the work Of the Red Cross. BY
DR.. J. Ryan Deve=eaux. before Daugh-
ters Of Isabella. Knights OF Colusnbus
Hall. S:30 p. m.
sixth dance Of the season by the Immaculate
Social Club. Eighth and N streets north
Meeting Of members OF Federation Of WON
ems Clubs to form Red Cross branch, 1S-9
street northwest, p. m.
Alumni Association. Arcade ballroom, p.
Dinner Of washington Chapter of Mount ST.
Mary,s College Alumni Association, Univer-
Meeting Of Washington Wellesley Club. 1900
Scott Circle. p. m
Meeting Of Retail Grocers' Protective Asso-
ciation, 933 d street northwest, D. m
Gymnasium meet Of physical education de-
partment Of Y. W. c. A, Epiphany gym
nasium, p. m
Masonic-washinston Centennial Lodge. No
IL: Osiris, No. 8, and East Gate, No. 81:
Columbia Chapter. No. I, Royal Arch;
Potomac Commandery, No. }, Knights
Templar.
Order Of the Eastern Star-Areme Chapter,
No. 10. and Unity. No. -.
Odd FeIlows-Eastern Lodge, No. 7; Har-
mony, No. ., and Friendship. No. L.
knights Of Pythias-Equal Lodge, No. II.
and Mt. Vernon, No 5.
Reception Of Club Of Colonial Danes, I'M K
street northwest, p m.
Bazaar for benefit Of Episcopal Eye, Ear and
Throat Hospital, the Raleigh.
Mass meeting of Georgetown University
students to consider steps for military
training. Quadrangle, Georgetown College.
7:30 D. m.
Meeting Of Military Service Legion, Room
Ios, National Guard Armory. +73 L street
northwest. p. m
Meeting Of Board Of Education, Franklin
School, $50 p- m
Meeting Of South Washington Citizens As
sociation, Jefferson School building D. m.
Annual meeting of Johns Hopkins Alumni
Association Of Washington, Cosmos Club,
$3.50 D.
The Washington times., 1917-04-18
GIRL ROCKIES TAKE
THEIR,INITIAL HIKE
Commander Poe Finishes the
Two-Hour March Some
where in Front"

Everybody in the women's camp of
the National Service School left the
tented fastness on the palisades of
the Potomac, near the District Line,
this morning and started across
country on the first hike Of The
twenty-day training course.
The hike lasted two hours. Com
mandant Elizabeth Z. Poe led the
march and heroically finished some.
where in 'front.'"
This is the frst of 4 series OF
marches to be conducted by the
campers.
There was a serious violation of the
camping regulations yesterday. A
pretty young camper appeared on pa
rade ground in low white tennis
shoes. To the unenlightened observ-
er, nothing whatever appeared to be
wrong with those tennis shoes. But
the girls company officers evidently
considered the situation most serious.
Some ResourcefuI Rockies.
The wearer of the white tennis
shoes was escorted back to her tent
by a private. and there, after some
delay, she found and relaced her high
boots.
Between the reveille call and the
first appearance of campers onl the
parade ground, only ten minutes in
tervene, and these long boots require
about ten minutes each in the lacing.
A number OF resourceful young wo-
men either have bribed or intimidated
the bugler into calling them unoffi-
cially about half an hour before re-
veille. Thus, when the call Is sound
ed, they are neatly attired and ready
to march out of their tents, while
some of their less fortunate sisters
show up looking as though their uni
forms had been thrown on them while
they were running.
Food Rules Badly Denied
The subtle wiles of ice cream, the
lure of the lettuce and nut sandwich
and the trickery OF the soft drink
have led to an awful denting of the
strict rules. about food consumption.
A well known caterer, knowing
full well that there is a limit to
human endurance, has established a
little place across the railway track
fro mthe camp, and there a daily sup
ply of deTicacies are sent.
fOr u oay Iue young women hoOiJ
resisted this temptation. But just
before the noon dinner a party of
campers who had been carrying rails
all morning, dropped their burdens
and dashed wildly out of the camp
across the railway track and into
the caterers place. Some Of their
sisters, who saw them. followed suit.
In a little while the caterers as
sistant was overwhelmed by a swarm
of girls in khaki, who were clamor-
ing for ice cream, eclairs, candy,
sandwiches, tea, and the like.
The Washington times., 1917-04-18

Says Golfers Weekly: Benjamin
Ryan Tillman is a veteran OF the Con-
federacy, and in his first contest for
the United States Senate defeated Gen.
Ben Butler. carpet bagger." This item
of the following unimportant particu-
lars: TflIman on account of illness
saw no active service in the Confederate
army. 1t was Gen. NJ. c. Butler, who
was a Confederate officer and not a
carpet -bagger, whom Tillman defeated
for the Senate. Gen. Ben Butler was a
Federal officer. a citizen OF Massachu-
setts, and not a South Carolina carpet
bagger.
The Washington times., 1917-04-18
Evidence That convicts

Two more British hospital ships
sunk without warning, with the loss
of more than fifty lives. If it were
not for such evidence as this Ameri-
cans might be inclined, out of char
ity, to disbelieve the stories of the
appalling ferocity exhibited by tie
Teutons toward old people, children,
women, and, particularly, girls, in
Belgium and France. The contribu-
tory evidence on the high seas is too
tragically convincing.
The Washington times., 1917-04-18

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
With a very clear conception OF
the absolute futility OF even attempt
ing to reason with the stupidity and
egotism of the class who rush into
print on pacifism and against con-
scription, 1 would yet dare to ad-
dress the American Union Against
Militarism through your columns
anent the advertisement which yes
terday caused me to wonder at the
very accessibility Of your advertis-
ing columns.
/ would first ask the American
Union Against Militarism whether, in
view OF the fact they advocate the
volunteer system, they had lost sight
of the present very urgent call for
volunteers and whether any Of their
membership or associates had yet
volunteered. Possibly they are in
cluded in that holy band of "Con-
cientious Directors" who refuse to
tight.
am a veteran of the Spanish
American and Philippines campaigns.
When war seemed imminent recently
Joined the reserve forces and am
now awaiting call. A fellow employe
against war and then against con-
scription; who says he is a socialist
and an atheist and incidentally con-
scieptious objector, saw no injustice
IN asking that the position which 1
must necessarily give up, be given to
his son, also a SOCIALIST, atheist, and
conscientious oHector, and who Is as
strong and as healthy and as able to
go as !, besides being unmarried
while have a wife.
Does the American Union Against
Militarism contend that this Is just,
democratic, and effective? Do they
contend that there is anything just
in my position being given to a man
of no better ability and who has not
been SO far able to get II by his own
personal effort, because ! am called
to fight for both him and me? Do
they contend there Is anything ef-
fective in allowing an able bodied
man to I'LL a position (which in this
instance could better be filled by a
girD given up by another when by
all the rules of Justice he should be
the first to go?
The crowning blasphemy is achiev-
ed when these "slackers' dare to
state that their advertising Is being
paid for by patriotic Americans
Save the mark) who believe that
patriotism demands the maintenance
of our Democratic Institutions and
Individual Liberties"
/ should much like to see the color
of the patriot" who is big enough.
strong enough, and ugly enough to
ask me to write or wire my Con-
gressman. my Senator, or my Presi-
dent to help defeat conscription.
+ II p
The Washington times., 1917-04-18
MORGAN "C00LS HEELS"
King Of Finance Appeared Not to BE
Disconnected BY Wait.

]. Pierpont Morgan. financial king
of America, who can summon to his
office most any of the powers of
American industry or finance, Is Just
a member of the Advisory Council OF
the Federal Reserve Board when he
Is in Washington.
Mr.. Morgan cooled his heels" for
nearly half an hour In the ante-room
of Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
Yesterday. waiting his turn to confer
on war financing.
Possibly 1t was new experience
for him, but he did not show II. He
chatted with fellow members of the
council, and stood about until the
call came for him.
The Washington times., 1917-04-18
Senator La Toilette and the War
Referendum

In that great speech, undelivered,"
or, the question of arming the mer-
chant ships, which was finally de,
livered in opposition to the declara-
ton of war, Senator La Toilette put
into the Record the polls taken in
Wisconsin and elsewhere showing
that the people were against war
with Germany. For example he pub
lished this telegram:
Sheboygan, Wis, April 3, 1917.
By referendum vote taken the
last two days of the city of She
boyEan on the question, Shall our
country enter into the European
war? 4OS2 voted no and IL voted
yes. Certified as correct.
+. VOLRATH,
OTTO A. BASSUER,
ADAM TRESTER-
That accurate and conservative
paper, the Christian Science Moni-
tor, undertook to make an inyestiga-
ton of the case. 1t says:
Just how the whole affair in
Wisconsin was conducted under
pro-Gernnan auspices Is shown by
the experience of Sheboygan and
Manftowoc, both strong pro-Ger-
man lake cities. At both places
the movement was started by
men and newspapers decidedly
anti-American. By wording the
question:: shall our country
enter the European war;" the
pro-Germans at Manitowoc, 1t
was declared. by many citizens,
lodged the whole issue that
ought to have been put before
them, namely, should the United
States defend its own rights?
This action caused those who
were not pro-German to refuse to
vote, and made the affair entirely
one-sided. The final results
,46O for peace and 10 for war
. in no way represented majority
sentiment as it is usually OBJ
tanned.
At Sheboygan, the very fact
that the referendum was organ
lied in the office of n newspaper
controlled bg the Brumder inter-
ests of Milwaukee stamped 1t
as newspapers
controlled by the Brumders have
been conspicuous in upholding
the cause of Germany in every
controversy between the United
States and Germany. Again those
who we're not pro-German re-
fused to participate in the cleo
tion, and the total vote cast up to
the time the referendum was
called off-4.112 votes against
war and IL for war-was in no
way representative of community
opinion, as it is obtained under
approved American methods.
Such a poll might as well have
been taken in Hamburg or Berlin.
In the same speech the Senator de-
clared that "the lawless action OF
Great Britain resulted in the loss OF
two of our chips, the Carib and the
Evelyn" =,
The State Department has since
shown that Germany had endeavored
to excuse the sinking of these ships
by German mines on the ground that
they were not piloted according to
German DEGREES.
Now that the Senator knows the
facts, will he make the amende hon.
orable?
The Washington times., 1917-04-18
Steel Frames for the Wooden Ships

otCCi IEaI1CS IOT tHc "OOOcn SnlpS
The new shipping corporation. con-
fronts a problem which thus far has
been solved only by amateurs, name
ly, how to build swiftly and in great
numbers wooden ships from unsea-
soned lumber. The experts say that
such ships will soon look like basket
sieves. The proper method is that
of securing steel frames over which
the outer she'll of planks can be laid
and it is as easy to standardize the
steel frames as any other parts of
the ship.
An objection comes from the fact
that structural steel plants are al
ready far behind their orders for the
frames of Office buildings, and so
cannot deliver material to the Gov
ernment for this purpose. But the
office buildings can wait and the
ships are needed now. Moreover
we are at war, and at war with a
nation that is sinking the ships Of
our allies at a rate variously esti-
mated at from 100000 to 100000
tons a month.
We feel sure that Colonel Goethals
will solve the problem, but the pub
lie should have these facts as a
basis of knowledge, when he may
have to appeal to public sentiment
for drastic action.
The Washington times., 1917-04-18
SHIPPING TIED up.

COMMODORE RIVADAVIA, Argen
tina, April 1S.-Business is practical
ly paralyzed in southern Argentina
owinr to the lack of shipping to take
the country's products to market.
More than 100000 kilos, or In ex'
cess OF 1000 tons of wool alone are
tied up and the territory's financial
sItuation Is critical
The Washington times., 1917-04-18
CANADIAN TROOPS M y. 5.

OTTAWA, April Is. = The United
States Government has given permis-
sion for the passage OF Canadian
troops on the Canadian Pacific re:l-
way through the State Of Maine and
on the Canadian Northern railway
through the State Of Minnesota. be-
tween Canadian points in both cases.
The Washington times., 1917-04-18
Tomorrow.

Patriotic Costume reception by Knights
Of Toussaints. True Reformers' Hall.
Twelfth and U streets northwest. p. m
Meeting of civic section of Twentieth Cen
tury Club. lecture room. All Souls
Church, IL a. m.
Illustrated lecture. by Prof. Clarence Pow
ers Bill. before Washington Society OF
Archaeological Institute and the Art and
Archaeology League, Corcoran Gallery
Address. Banking and Finance" by W. p.
@. Harding, before Washington Chap
ter, American Institute Of Banking. 121t
F street northwest, p. m.
Annual dinner OF Washington Alumni
Chapter OF Kappa Alpha Fraternity.
Rauscher's. p. m.
Meeting OF local branch. Bible Class ALI
ance Testament and Tract Society,
Gunton-Temple Presbyterian Church
10 and La Fayette, No. 10: Adoniram Coun-
eli. No 2 Royal and Select Masters.
Order of the Eastern star-Esther Chapter.
No. 5.
ODD FeIlows-ColumbIa Lodge, No. 10, and
Covenant. No. IL.
Rebekahs-Friendship Lodge. No. s.
knights OF Pythias-Franklin Lodge. No. :.
Woodmen or the world-FuIl Initiation. Elm
Camp. No. s.
Talk on election experiences by ellison
Gardner before Stanton Suffrage Club,
Public Library, s:l5 p. m
Recital by Miss Harriet Shaw. contralto.
before Anthony League. 1895 Rhode Is
land avenue. S:l5 p. m.
Meeting OF law committee OF Washington
Board OF Trade. ~ m
Meeting OF Rallipolis Grotto .Glee Club to
arrange for entertainment. liz Twelfth
street northwest, D. m.
The Washington times., 1917-04-18

1t may take the shelling OF a town
on the coast by a German submarine
to get the selective draft bill passed
by Congress.
The Washington times., 1917-04-18
MAYOR OF HARRISBURG DEAD.

HARRISBURG. April 1s.-Mayor E
s. Meals. OF this city. died at hos
pital here at 1880 o'clock this morn
ing. He was sixty-hve years old and
had been III for several months.
The Washington times., 1917-04-18

George Creel will also have the
opportunity to publish the first su-
thentic history Of the war with Ger
many from the American side.
The Washington times., 1917-04-18

The result OF the U-boat attack on
the Smith was the adoption OF the
seven billion bond issue by a vote of
81 to o.
The Washington times., 1917-04-18
A Plea For Mothers Pensions.

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
l see in the paper that at last there
Is an agitation for pensions for
mothers. God speed the day! l no.
tice there is help called for the
babies, the Government clerk and so
many others, but there is no one that
takes any interest in the widowed
mothers OF the District.
Is there any one that needs help
more than they do? II has come
under my notice so often, seeing poor
widowed mothers entirely unable to
earn their living and with scarcely
enough to eat to keep body and soul
together having to make application
to the poor house for admittance.
Would Uncle Sam allow the Govern
ment clerk to do this?
1 know some Government clerks
that are buying houses and own au-
tomobiles and others with goodly
bank accounts. Is this fair and just
to our poor widowed mothers? Are
they any less deserving?
A MOTHER.
The Washington times., 1917-04-18
Amusement.

Belasco-David warneld. In The Music
Master" 2:16 and. $50 p. m.
New National-"Haye a Heart 2:15 and
$50 .. m
Poiis-New Poll Players. n Hit the Trail
Holiday" 2:15 and Sis p. m.
B. T. Keith's-Yaudeville, 2:15 and Sis D. N.
Gayety-Burlesque, Els and Sis p. m.
Loew's Columbia-Photoplays. 1880 q. m. to
II p m.
Strand-Photoplays IL a. m. to II D. m.
Garden-Photoplays, II 4. m. to II p. m
The Washington times., 1917-04-18

Having. practiced on THE Star
SpangIed Banner" it is now in order
for us to learn the 'Marseillaise."
The Washington times., 1917-04-18

1t will be impossible to make a
large Dent in the Committee on Mill
tary Affairs.
The Washington times., 1917-04-18

Our Daily Anonymous German
opines today that we belong to what
is known in the fur trade as the Ko-
linsky family. 1t has been about two
years now since these pleasant little
communications began to find their
way into our mail. II they keep up
two or three years more we shall be-
come really interested. perhaps, and
begin to print them. Then the people
who write them can clip them and be
proud OF them ever after.
-DON MARQUIS.
The Washington times., 1917-04-18
CONCERT TO-DAY

CONCERT BY U. s. SOLDIERS HOME
BAND.
THIS AFTERNOON. BANDSTAND,
AT O'CLOCK.
JOHN s. N. zIMMERMANN.
America
March. "Tbs World IN Arms .Teike
Overture, Soldiers and sweethsarts"
Suite! "A Day IN Venice. .Nevtn
(a) Dawn: (b) oondoiiers Song: (c) Love
Song: td) Good Night
Selection. chin Chin. .Caryll
Fox Trot. Pretty Baby. Van Alstyne
Waltz Suite. ''Eternelle Ivresse". Canine
Intermezzo, Blossoms" s"..............Fox
Finale, There's Long Long Trail
Elliott
THE star-spangied Banner
The Washington times., 1917-04-18

But 1t is useless to multiply exam
pies. a casual glance through the
history OF the world is enough to con-
vince any open-minded person that
large numbers looked at too long
have been primarily responsible for
the ruin OF all the individuals and
commonwealths that have ever been
ruined. So long as people stick to
dozens and scores they do very well,
teach them to "think in millions" as
the saying is, and disaster follows. In
our new Arithmetic more stress VIII
be laid upon the Esthetic and Moral
Value OF sucn numbers as the student
is encouraged to commune with, in
their natural condition, than upon
what might happen IL those numbers
were added or subtrActed or multi
piled. A few simple astronomical cal
culations will be permitted for the
convenience of mariners. But astron-
omy is a subject we intend to take up
in a more thorough way when we
write our essay to be entitled "a
Preface to DIR. Harter's Almanac"
The Washington times., 1917-04-18

April II. 1911.