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The Washington times., 1917-01-06
1.-THE TRAGEDY OF NAN"

Was it so recently as 1910 that a
man might be hanged for sheep
stealing? That hanging was a
sporting event and a public holiday,
and that fathers dictated whom their
sons should marry, and, in the slang
of not much later day, "got away
with it,"
Much of the value of such presen-
tations as John MaSefeld's grim and
biting tragedy, "The Tragedy of
Man," as presented last evening at
the Wilson Normal School, lies in
the fact that they drive home socio-
logical questions like these. .
This Masefeld play is only one of
series that the Drama League play
ers are giving this winter. Its repe-
tition by request this week, after it
had been given twice in December,
attests the growing public apprecia-
ton for this group of amateur play
ers.
II the work OF the players is not
already known throughout the city,
it ought to be. The Washington
Square Players came here and were
accorded a tribute because they have
accomplished the thing that the
Drama League players here hope to
do. Washington's group of amateurs
already have obtained a workshop,
and plans are on foot for construc-
ton of little. theater more nearly
fitting their needs than a school au-
ditorium can possibly do.
With such a project a large num-
Der of helpers in Washington should
be found; and a few loyal ones al
ready have banded together and
made possible the productions of
such a high quality as that given
last evening. 1t should find an ever
widening circle of support, and
Washington should soon have a lit
tie theater comparable with those in
Chicago and Philadelphia.
The Washington times., 1917-01-06
GOVERNMENT-MADE ARMS

The all too wide acceptance of the
notion that the Government ought
to manufacture its own arms and
ammunition, in its own factories. is
one of the eccentricities of sentiment.
There are people who would oppose
Government invasion of ordinary in
dustrial fields, who think it perfectly
logical for Government to, undertake
monopolistic supply Of all munitions
of war.
Examination of the facts leads to
precisely the opposite conclusion. A
special War Department. board has
just reported against such a project.
1t finds that new plants to maintain
the supplies needed in peace times
would cost S52,000.000, while, in or
der to be assured the requirements
for war times, would cost almost a
billion dollars investment in plants
alone. D.,
No great government has attempt
ed monopoly in this direction. 1t is
absolutely necessary to encourage
private enterprise and capital to con-
tribute just as much as possible, in
plants, development Of business, etc,
as a means of preparedness. For
the Government to monopolize its
own share Of the business would be
to drive private enterprise out of the
whole field, and presently there
would be no reserve of manufacture
ing capacity on which to draw in
case Of need. The only wise program
is to give the largest government en-
enlargement to private interests in
this field.
The Washington times., 1917-01-06
A DIFFERENCE; BUT

The resolution that the Senate
adopted, indorsing the peace move of
the President, was in these terms:
Resolved, That the Senate ap-
proves and strongly indorses the
request by the President in the
diplomatic note of December Is
to the nations now engaged in
war that those nations state the
terms upon which peace might be
discussed.
The Hitchcock resolution, which
was abandoned in favor of the fore
going, read:
Resolved, That the Senate ap-
proves and strongly indorses the
action taken by the President in
sending the diplomatic notes of
December Is to the nations now
engaged in war, suggesting and
recommending that those nations
state the terms upon which peace
might. be discussed.
1t will be noted, by people who
study the two texts, and particularly
by those familiar with the long de-
bate that preceded the vote, that
there is a distinct difference. The
Hitchcock resolution Endorsed "the
action taken by the President in
sending the note;" which meant an
Endorsement not only of the request
for peace terms, but of the sugges-
lions of League to Enforce Peace,
of American participation with ma
tons of the Old World as a guaran-
tor of future tranquility, of the i'm
piled abandonment of the Monroe
doctrine.
On the other hand the resolution
as adopted limits its Endorsement to
"the request that those ma
tons state the terms upon which
peace might be discussed"
There is no commitment, here, to a
new policy toward ENHANCEMENT
with European affairs. In the light
of the discussion, this will be per-
fectly understood. Whether Europe
will appreciate the differences,
whether it will draw the close dis
tinctions necessary, is a question.
The effort to make the action as in
nocuous as possible was commend
able; but the very anxiety to do
that much is the best proof that the
whole Senatorial adventure into in
formation relationships would better
have been omitted.
The Washington times., 1917-01-06
PLAN FACTS ABOUT TEACH
Frs SALARIES

Just as in the case of the Govern
ment clerks, all the teachers of
Washington need to do to show that
they need and deserve a raise in pay,
is to cite the facts about their pres
ent salaries.
They have collected the facts about
the pay of other workers, and of
teachers in other cities, and the COM
parison speaks for itself.
In Washington, they state, a
teacher averages $2.67 a day; q
bricklayer, 1928; a carpenter, $40;
a plumber, $3.50, and a plasterer, So.
The average yearly salary of ele-
mentary school teachers in other
cities comparable to Washington
are: Cincinnati, s949; Minneapolis,
1897; Newark, $917; Milwaukee,
1915; New Orleans, 1887, and Wash
ington, $79S!
In this city, their estimates show,
there are 542 elementary teachers
getting $3.50 or less per year. Their
minimum salary is 5000, and the
maximum, which It takes from
twenty to thirty years to reach, is
but 1880.
Very properly the teachers point
to the fact that on the Governments
own figures, from the Commerce De-
partment, in the rising cost of liv-
ing, a teacher may receive each year
her longevity increases, yet be ac-
tually falling behind in buying power
of her nominally larger salary.
The Washington times., 1917-01-06
TO DEBATE |. C. C. POWERS
Students Of G. w. v. Literary So.
eiety to Discuss Subject.

The question of extending the pow
ers of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission in line with the recent rec
concentrations OF the railroads before
the Newlands co.mittee, will be de-
bated Monday night at o'clock in
the assembly hall fthe Arts and
Sciences Administration Building Of
George Washington University, 2023
G street northwest, by members OF
the Enosinian Literary Society of the
institution.
The affirmative will be represented
by II. Gladstone and s. L. Baxter, and
the negative by Adolph Holm and Z.
Belfort.
The special meeting of the society
planned for January Is has been IAN
celled.
The society is the oldest student or
ganization in the National Capital,
having been founded nearly a century
ago. and having hao on its roll the
names of some of the greatest per-
sonages in American and European
history.
The Washington times., 1917-01-06
WHAT'S ON PROGRAM
Many Interesting Events Of Import
anee Are Scheduled.

Lecture, The Psychology Of Color, Its En-
feet on the Mind Body and Finances" Miss
Louise Cults Powell. Hotel Portland. s
y. m.
Meeting. Kate Gordon Chapter OF the South
ern States Woman Suffrage Conference
National Suffrage headquarters, 1875 Rhode
Island avenue northwest. p. m.
Address Government Mediation in Railway
Labor Disputes" Judge Martin A. Knapp.
before Federal Schoolmen's Club, Hotel
Continental p. IN.
Meeting. Federation OF Citizens AssocIa-
tons board room. District building. D. m.
Discussion The Relations OF Philosophy to
Mathematical Science" Society for PhIloso-
phIcaI Inquiry. Public Library. 4:I5 D. IN.
al Home Congressional Union for
Woman Suffrage. Cameron House, IAfay-
cite Square. 10 p. m.
Lecture shakespeare the Man." Justice w
p stafford before Washington branch Of
the Shakespeare Society OF America. Cairo
Adde'S ."Radio Telegraphy." Lieut.. Reed
FaryelI. L. 6. ". at Navy League House
IsoS twentieth street northwest. p. m.
Con,ni,tee meetings. Retail Merchants As
ISOLATION. grocers section. IL M. haberdash-
ers' section l p. m. and Ice section. p. m.
at headquarters-
odd FeIIows-Encampments. Canton Washing
ton No. !. business
National Union-Government Printing Office
Council.
The Washington times., 1917-01-06
A GREATER CAPITAL PARK
SYSTEM

Herbert Quick's proposal, to the
National Park Conference, that the
Government ought to acquire a
strip of territory between Washing
ton and Baltimore and develop it in.
to an intercity park, was made at the
right place and time. 1t is a fitting
theme for the consideration of Just
such group Of people. The notion
of making America beautiful and At
tractive enough TO keep its people
more at home, has been deeply plant
ed in the national mind in the last
two years. Discovering the United
States has come to be a popular
means of diversion among people
who formerly were unable to realize
that there was anything worth see.
ing this side of salt water.
The intercity park and forest re-
serve would serve the double purpose
of beauty and utility. The region is
splendidly adapted to forestry; bet
ter than to any other use; and it is
already in large part well wooded
1t would be an object lesson in for.
estry for the benefit of more people
than probably any other reserve in
the land.
In which connection, there is an
other opportunity for like develop
ment that deserves attention. The
Potomac river above Washington,
with its noble hills and wooded
slopes, its wonderful formations of
rock, its splendid scenery and espe-
cially its highly important relation
to the water and power supply of
Washington. presents one Of the most
The Washington times., 1917-01-06
WILL BUILD FOREST TRAILS
Million Dollars Allotted for Roads In
National Reservations.

Allotment to the various States of
the million dollars to be spent during
the coming fiscal year in construct
ing roads and trails in national for.
ests was announced by Secretary of
Agriculture today, as follows:
Alaska, S46,35i: Arizona, S5S,6O4 f:
Arkansas. $9.SO3: California, $14O,9sS;
Colorado. S62.575: Idaho, OS,T3O; Mon
tana, 7O,Oi2: Nevada, S19.296; New
Mexico, $40. 1915; Oregon, 12S,111: South
Dakota. $500: Utah. $4l.167; Wash
ington, 81 ,94I: Wyoming, $40. 6s4; and
a total of $9.995 to Florida, Michigan,
Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota,
and Oklahoma
The Washington times., 1917-01-06
Here and There
In. the News

Senator William Joel stone OF Mis-
souri, takes himself far more serious
ly than the circumstances frequently
seem to warrant. He has probably
hlled more pages of the Record than
any of his colleagues, and never ap-
pears to grow weary of the eloquence
OF his speech. All generous-minded
men like to hear him because the
mere act of utterance, whether he Is
really saying anything or not, gives
him such pleasure. When he goes to
Ottumwa the next time the entire
population doubtless will turn out
to see and hear the statesman who
got even" with the editor of the
Courier. The way he ripped up the
paper for confusing United States
Stone with United states Steel was
hot stun" of the hottest kind. One
of the pagans was wondering yester-
day whether or not IL the stock
had been United States Rubber in
stead OF United States Steel, the Sen
ator. would have regarded the refer
ence as personal.
The Washington times., 1917-01-06
GIVEN ENTERTAINMENT
Plan to Compliment Members Of
Young Peoples Societies.

An entertainment will be given ct
the Central Union Mission, go Louisi-
ana avenue northwest, Monday night,
from 6 to s o'clock, to compliment
the members of the Young Peoples
Societies of the churches of the Dis
trict.
Societies that have been invited In
clude the Baptist Young Peoples
Union, Christian Endeavor Union. Ep-
worth League of the NJ. f. Church
and the NJ. f. Church, South; Luther
League. Junior Daughters OF the
King. and the Junior and Senior
Brotherhood of st. Andrews.
Refreshments will be served, and
the guests will be permitted to in
spect the building.
The Washington times., 1917-01-06
EMPLOYEES NAME OFFICERS.

Officers will be elected by the In
terror Department branch of the Fed
eral Employees Union at a meeting
in Pythian Temple, Monday night, at
o'clock. The nominees are Thomas
r. Manning for president: Mrs. An
gela +. Southland. for secretary:
James p. Briggs, for mediator: Nor
ris f .Sabin. for guardian. and Miss
Carrie o. Rode and James II. Re
seeker for members of the executive
committee.
Addresses will be made by Con-
gresham Joseph Taggart of Kansas
and z. ]. Ayers, chief clerk OF the
Interior Department.
The Washington times., 1917-01-06
WRITES BEST ESSAY
v. S. NJ. C. officer Writes Best
Essay on Medical Reserve Plan.

The first prize, a gold medal and
$500, offered by Henry S. Welcome,
American living in London. was
awarded Captain Mahlan Ashford, U.
S. NJ. c., yesterday by the Association
OF Military. Surgeons OF the United
states, for his essay on Practical
Organization of Medical Reserve Ori,
GERS"
Other awards are: Henry c. Coz
LIST Lieut. U. s. NJ. c. New York, life
membership in the association: Asst.
Surgeon Gen. n. c. Rucker, U. S. p. H.
S, silver medal and $500: z. a. Sur
geon, J. r. Hurley, u. S. p. II. s., life
membership in association and hon
orable mention.
The Washington times., 1917-01-06
Cotton Legislation.

Cotton Legislation.
Uniform classification of cotton,
provided for in the Lever bill, which
has just been passed by the House,
is in the interest of honest dealing.
The grading established by the Gov
eminent VIII be the grading in ali
the cotton markets. What is "good
middIing" In New Orleans and Gal
weston will be good middling" in all
the buying centers. There will not
be one grading in Charleston and
another grading in Wilmington or
in any other markets where there
may have been differences in the meth
ed of grading the. staple. The Levor
bill will protect both producers and
buyers, and is on all fours with the
policy Of Standardization OF the staple
crops upon which the Secretary or
Agriculture has insisted as neces-
sary to straight business methods in
the conduct of American agriculture.
No / wheat in Chicago is No. wheat
in all the grain markets OF this coun-
try: why shohld not good middling"
cotton be good middling" cotton in
all the markets where cotton Is mar
keted?
THE COMMENTATOR
The Washington times., 1917-01-06

There is. of courie. certain tenu-
BUSINESS about an Endorsement that
has to be debated four days and then
amended so that iHS'an be supported
by a lot of peopi who didn't want
to give an Enforcement and didn't be-
lieye one ought to be even considered.
The Washington times., 1917-01-06

King Charles OF Hungary and En-.
peror Charles of Austria act as II
they were young men with a notion
of running some countries of their
own for a considerable time yet, and
suspicious that Berlin may want to
exercise undue influence.
The Washington times., 1917-01-06
PLAN CELEBRATION
Elaborate George Washington Me-
mortal Contemplated.


Details for the celebration of Wash
ington's birthday anniversary by
Washington General Assembly. Fourth
DegrAe, Knights Of Columbus, VIII
be agreed upon at a meeting OF the
executive committee Monday night.
1t Is planned to make the celebra-
ton an elaborate and memorable one,
as II will mark the beginning of pa
triotic observances of national holt
days by the local Knights of Co
lumbuS.
The supreme council will send n
speaker of national fame here to
make the principal address, while the
local committee will invite a number
of statesmen, educators, and business
men to attend.
Major c. Z. Edwards, navigator of
the Fourth Degree Knights of. Co
lumbus. will have charge of the cele-
bratiOn
The Washington times., 1917-01-06

the money possible for its stockhold-
ers. Rather, its main endeavor
should be to supply the best possible
service to the patrons, commensurate
with a fair return on the investment.
The Washington times., 1917-01-06

Everybody who could have leak ed
or benefited by a leak is now be.
Iieved to have entered n proper de.
NAL. Maybe there wasn't any stock
market furry at all.
The Washington times., 1917-01-06
The Egg Problem Solved.

Sir: All this twaddle about abe
difficulty of stamping eggs H. absurd.
Commissioner Dillon and the egg
dealers are behind the times.
The way to do il is simple; have
had 1t in operation on my Export
mental Station for the Study OF Hen
Psychology for years.
Let the hen do 1t.
All that is needed is a common ink
pad, such as you use for your check
stamp. a record of the foot-marks OF
each hen Oike a thumb-print albunn).
and a little kindly training of the
chief rooster.
The way 1t works is this:
When an egg is laid the hen re-
sponsIble for it steps on the ink pad
and then places her hoof firmly but
gently on her egg, thus recording its
pedigree. She then notifies the
rooster By the ordinary cackle., lie
inspects the egg: then places his
Coot-to which has been attached .
stamp bearing the date abbreviated.
as say, '1T-14, 1. e. Jan. 4, 191Dupon
the lin pau oNNS NhO NoeO ~ ~
hens autograph.
Perfectly simple.
The hen involved and the rooster
then are entitled to an extra morsel
of meat, corn, a fish tail or fried pc
tato as payment. 1t never fails.
The only breed with which there Is
any trouble is the Eighty Leghorn-
She sometimes mislays her egg. alb
t-mindedly, and forgets to report.
II Is a failing of her artistic. suffra-
gettish temperament But even she
soon letrns that IL she doesn't PLAY
the game she doesn't get the extra
feed.
or course, you have to change the
ROSTERS dating stamp daily.
haven't yet been able to train him
to do that himself, but 1t might be
done. H. W.
Jay, n. ", Jan. I. 1917.
The Washington times., 1917-01-06

There may be reason for concern.
among the entente powers. regard
ing the attitude OF Russia: but Rus
STA. in prospect of losing vast ter
ritory, would seem to have only less
interest than France in fighting to a
victorious finish.
The Washington times., 1917-01-06

Address Following the Compass" DR.. L.
A. Bauer. All Souls Church. p. m.
Concert, United states Soldiers Home Band
Orchestra. Stanley Hall. $50 p. m.
IsIection OF officers. Hebrew Home for the
Aged. Pythian Temple. $50 p. m.
Mas meeting for general discussion OF ques-
tion Of referendum vote In the District.
Polls Theater. y. m.
Address Congress On the job" Julian
Picrce. before Socialist Party. Perpetual
Building. p. M
Herman I.Iberman. Fairmont apartment. s
Address. THE Struggle for Free Thought.
Free Speech and Free Press In the United
a,stss Franklin Steiner. before Washing
ton Secular League, Pythian Temple, 8
The Washington times., 1917-01-06

NatIonal-"Turn to the Right" e:B and SIZE
y. m. -.
ter on the Gods" 2:l5 and s:l5 D. m.
Ksith's-Vaudeville. 2:l5 and s:l5 y. m.
Polrs-"whIch One Shall / Marry" 2:l5 and
s:i5 p. m.
observation-disclosures, > and p. m.
Observation-Disclosures. 2:I5 and Sis y. m.
IoeW's Colum bia-Motion pictures, 1850 q. N.
strand-PhotopIays. 10 a. m. to 1890 p. m.
Garden-PhotopIays. 10 q. m. to 1850 y. m.
The Washington times., 1917-01-06

With the cabinets OF the entente
countries holding a joint session in
Rome, the Eternal City is back in the
center of the map after quite a
period.
The Washington times., 1917-01-06

New York. il appears. is to he pro-
yided with so many mail boxes that
hereafter the sojourner there will be
able to feel just as II he were in a
regular town.
The Washington times., 1917-01-06

1t is perhaps worth noting, that the
leaders of both sides are talking more
about victory in 1917 than about peace
in 1917. They seem TO be thinking
more about winning than quitting.
The Washington times., 1917-01-06
RUSSIAN SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA SCORES
Emma Roberts Also Wins En-
thusiastic Applause at Ten
Star Concert.

II It takes three thrills to make a
success then the Russian Symphony
Orchestra. under Modest Altschuler,
furnished more than were needed, as
did also the Soloist Emma Roberts, con-
tralto. at their first appearance In
Washington at the fifth concert OF the
Ten Star Series at the National
Theater yesterday afternoon.
An All-Russian program was greeted
with unusual enthusiasm by a capacity
audience. Mr.. Altschuler being recalled
again and again, and the entire or
chestra rising in response to applause,
while Miss Roberts was forced to fore
go the orchestral ruling and add an
encore to her group Of three folk songs
Of little Russia.
New and Different.
These players present something new
and different. There is a quality, 1t
must be a national quality, to their
music that we have not heard before !;
and Modest Altschuler gave this music
with splendid dynamic sweeps and
sinuous melody that is individually
Russian. that tells Of impassioned ro-
nance and OF tempestuous dancing.
The symphonic number was the
"Scheherazade" suite Of Rimsky-Korsa-
koff that the Russian ballet used as a
dance-drama here recently. This suite
gives unusual prominence to the solo
violin. and Cushion, the concertmaster.
played with exquisite tone. warmth and
meaning. {.
Unusual Values.
. The orchestra gave this tone pic
tpre with lovely and unusual values
in the. fairer parts, often the strings
giving out a quality that suggested
guitar. yet again sweeping into an
impassiohed climax richly sustained
with a broadly buiit-up tone. The
melody of the sea story was en-
trancing, developed with virility, and
contrasted with lovely episodes for
violin and harp, for cello, and the
winds. Wild dance figures, sinuous
rhythms, and sweeping crescendos
did not 0vershadow the beauty Of the
fairer parts.
Emma Roberts, a contralto new to
us, was given an ovation. Miss Rob
erts has a voice of rich beauty that
has no single artifice in its delivery
and that possesses a rare uniformity
throughout its range. 1t Is genuine
contralto with deep feeling in ii that
Is akin to tears This she showed
in the Arensky The Eagle" and also
the lovely Rachmaninoff "Keen the
Pain with real splendor in its eli
max, both sung with orchestra.
shows Temperament.
In her second group of songs. the
plaintive Soldiers Bride" of Rach-
maninoff. with its wall of perfect
vocalization. and the three foTksongs.
Miss Roberts showed the tempera-
ment of the dramatic artist, making
her comedy quite irresistible. These
songs were beautifully sung. OF the
two Caucasian sketches by Ippolitoft
Ivanoff, another newcomer to Us
who is a pupil of Rimsky- off,
the 'In the Aul." a pastorale, brought
out the individual merits of this or
ganiEation in the lovely viola solo
and that OF the English horn. \
Rimsky- Korsakoff Serbian Fanta-
sic" the Rachmaninoff prelude in
c." and the Tschaikowsky Overture
1872" with its one enhancing strain
of TschaIkowsky melody, completed
a program that charmed Washington.
]. Mach.