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The Washington times., 1917-05-01
Submarines or No Submarines"

The sinking of the steamer
Vacuum, with the loss of the first
officer of the United States navy and
several of his men, will have no effect
in America except to strengthen the
dete rmination to send all possible aid
to our allies by our ships, sub
marines or no submarines" We are
at war with a powerful enemy, and
must expect a constantly increasing
list of casualties during the progress
of the war. Meantime, we hope to
hear at frequent intervals that some
of our armed ships have sent enemy
submarines to the bottom.
The Washington times., 1917-05-01
"Waging War Like Lambkins"

Stephen Crane died nearly a score
of years ago; an unusual genius, his
poetry was even less interesting
than his prose, to the general pub
lie. But those strange, unrhymed
lines in the little volume called "The
Black Riders" deserve far more at
tention than they ever got.
At the present moment the futile
chatter, the unintelligent, mis-
chievous talk of such unworthy
Americans as Oswald Willard and
Champ Clark-a shame to find this
honest old man so far bemused!-
sounds like the empty words of
Stephen Cranes imaginary figure of
extra human mind, preaching i'm
possibilities in a stern world:
'It was wrong to do this" said the
angel.
"You should live like a flower,
Holding malice like a puppy.
waging war like a lambkin."
"Not So" quoth the man
Who had no fear of spirits;
at is only wrong for angels
Who can live like flowers.
Holding malice like the puppies,
Waging war like the lambkins."
The war against Germany cannot
be waged as by lambkins, living in q
world of flowers. 1t is such a fight
as Christian had to make with
Apollyon, and every ounce Of
strength, every detail of armed
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Using the German Ships

Inc Senate evidently dppISCla1Cu
the fact that the need for ships to
carry food to our allies transcribed
any questions of personal opinion as
to the method of taking them. While
most of the debate over the measure
providing for their seizure took place
behind closed doors, the main thing
is that the debate was concluded IN
one day and the bill passed the Sen
ate. AS reported from the Judiciary
Committee it authorized the taking
over to the United States the pos
session and title of any vessel with
in the jurisdiction thereof, owned by
any citizen or corporation of any
nation with which the United States
may be at war, to be operated, leased,
or chartered through the instrumen-
tality of the Shipping Board, or any
other agency of the Government.
The Knox substitute provided for
the reGuisition of the vessels of all
alien enemies to be used in the pros
ecution of the war against Germany.
The Administration bill was adopted
by large majority.
1t is a species of poetic justice
that Just when the U-boat campaign
seems to have reached its climax Of
effectiveness, at least according to
German claims, the immense amount
of tonnage of the enemy left in our
ports should be made available for
CARRYING food and munitions to our
allies. 1t was stated in the Senate
that the ships are being rapidly put
in condition and that some of them
are ready to sail now. 1t may very
we'll turn out that they will fill COM
pletely the gap made by the sub
marine campaign, while the wooden
ships are building.
The language of the bill, which
will no doubt be adopted by the
House at once, is devoid of all refer
ence to the course to be pursued by
the former owners to secure damages
under the treaty which Germany her
self has so completely disregarded.
If these ships shall run any risk of
being libeled in a neutral port they
can be confined to the transportation
of cargoes to and from the ports of
our allies.
The great need of the hour is ships
and yet more ships. 1t may be neces-
sary for the country to do as our
allies have already done and place
all shipping under central control.
The coastwise steamers can be used
for trans-oceanic voyages, while the
ordinary coastwise schooner is help
less is the presence of submarine.
The submarine menace in bringing
isolated Britain face to face with
starvation should not be minimized.
If that should happen all our mill
tary and financial preparations
would be in vain.
The Washington times., 1917-05-01

To the Editor THE TINES:
cannot help but express my ad-
miration for the way The Times edi'
torial handles the reserve officers
predicament
II the other papers in this city
were like your own, / do not think
that / would have to so three months
without A penny.
l am a Westerner, and took the
examination for lieutenant. and
passed, and now am ordered to re
port for training at Fort Myer. Ny
position in the Government here will
be sacrificed, for my chief has in
formed me that l will have to re
sign.
Enlisted men are paid while they
are being trained, and why should g
man who has prepared himself, ply
sically and mentally, for a commits
sion in the army be trained without
even the pay OF an enlisted man?
If they want the wealthy class ir
the army as officers, here is one mar
who will go in, and not in that class
either.
AN APPLICANT FOR A COMMISSION
IN THE OFFICERS RESERVE
CORPS.
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LETTERS TO THE TIMES
ON TOPICS OF THE DAY
Applicant for Reserve Corps In
dorses Times Stand.
TO TIMES READERS

The Times is recciring great rUn-
bers Of letters from its readers.
No communication tChich does not
carry the name aud address Of the
contributor 1iH be used, but both
toiH be considered confidential II re-
guest Is made.
Publication tCiH not be made OF
letters on uHtimeIy subjects or re-
hotoHs questions. 1t piH not pub
hsh Gbusive personal attacks nor
criticism Uhich The Times deems
uHWdrrunted BY the facts rs it knoUs
them.
No record Is kept Of unpublished
letters and none I1iH be returned I'M
less postage is Enclosed.
The Washington times., 1917-05-01
MAGISTRATE IS FINED
Maryland Official Refused to An
sMer Military Census Questions.

EASTON. Md. May 1.-On a war
rant sworn out by order of Governor
Harrington. William J. Marshall. a
police magistrate of Talbot county.
has been arrested by Sheriff Stevens
and convicted before Magistrate John.
son of refusing to answer questions
of the military census enrolling
officers. The census Is near com
pIetion in this State.
Magistrate Marshall was fned S1T.
He is more than seventy years old,
and said he had no intention OF vio'
lating the law. 1t is said that Gov
ernor Harrington will revoke his
commission.
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Grateful for Interest In lmp"Ncr'
Ished Couple.

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
The LOndoners always say-nn matter
what the trouble or subject may be
"I1l write to the Times about it," and
hereafter will write to The Washing
ton Times about il when any subject
arises.
II is beautiful and marvellous To know
that YOU are Interested in that dear old
couple who seem to b" striving so nobly
with life's handicap. and helping hand
will be rewarded. The story OF Irwin
Cobb's THE Lord PTuvides"-one OF the
Judge Priest stories-will long he re-
membered. I'm like the woman win"
visited in small town and almost i'm
mediately began to wall over all the
docked tails Of the horses she saw In
the streets. Her hostess. who lived there.
hadn't noticed nor been aGonized over
the ones that were thrust on her at
tention. Somebody said II we minded
our own business there never would be
any reforms in the world.
Thank you from my heart and the
young man who so kindly called in
behalf Of the old couple in our allev.
CATHERINE MOl,I;IS.
The Washington times., 1917-05-01
Asks determination OF
CaterDIIIar Nests in Virginia.

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
As you are interested in good works.
| wish you would call the attention Of
the proper authorities to the conditions
existing along the Washington and Nlr-
ginia railroad near Clark station and
Radio. Every tree. bush. and shrub is
covered with caterpillar nests. which,
il allowed to remain. will hatch billions
and add another hardship to those We
already labor under. One man with a
torch could destroy them all in one day.
AN ounce Of prevention is worth a
pound of cure y NJ. ID.
r. Falls Church. Va
The Washington times., 1917-05-01
Thinks II L. s. Soldiers Were Paid
$50 n Month Conscription Would

$50 n Month ConScription Would
Not BE Necessary.
To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
have noted with great interest
articles appearing in the local papers
about the controversy over conscrlp-
tion.
The general public opposes con-
scription on the ground that IL Is too
much on the principle of German mil
itarism. l share the same view. In
our civil war the South did not con-
script until the beginning of the sec
ond year OF the war. The North did
not conscript until the latter part OF
the war. Our Government seems to
favor conscription at the very be-
ginning Of the present war, claiming
that, according to the way men are
now enlistinC. il would take six years
to get a million men.
| believe If the Government VIII
pay $50 a month to soldiers there
will be a mIllinn-yes, and more
men enlist in six months. A bill to
this effect was introduced in Congress
a few days ago and was promptly de-
feated.
Canada pays her soldiers S33 a
month. England paid her soldiers
FL l.OU per udN uuIlHb lHt A''NA n
America prides herself on being the
richest nation on the globe, yet Amer
lea pays her soldiers $15 a month
America, with a population OF lOO.-
OOO, 900, paying less than half as
much as Canada, with its population
OF 100000.
The Government. / believe, by pay
ing her soldiers $50 q month, can
easily raise a million men-siX mil
lion, II necessary-in very short
time, and at the same time avoid con-
scription.
| think If every reader who be-
lieves as ! do-and ! can't help be-
lieving that the majority do-will cut
out this article and send il to his
or some other Congressman. this mat
ter will be brought to CongFess' at
tention: and | am sure that our Con-
gressmen are fair and just-minded
enough to increase our soldiers pay
to $50 a month. thus avoiding con-
scription and also making our sol
diers feel that their services are
really appreciated.
JOHN \. CARROLL.
9I5 T. St y. +.
The Washington times., 1917-05-01

We seem to recall that Champ
Clark was very positive in his predic.
ton that the seIective draft measure
would not pass Congress. Perhaps
he overestimated the effect Of his own
eloquence.
The Washington times., 1917-05-01
DEFENSE GATHERING HERE
Ever ystate But One Represented
at OPENING Tomorrow.

Every State in the Union except
New York will be represented in a
two-day conference called by the
Council of National Defense for to-
morrow for the purpose OF untfying
defense efforts throughout the United
states"
Among the State representatives
who will attend are ten governors
Harris of Georgia, Alexander OF
Idaho. Harding of Iowa. Pleasant OF
Louisiana, Milliken OF Maine, Boyle
Boyle of. Nevada. Edge OF New Jersey,
Manning OF South Carolina, Lister OF
ashington, and Cornwen OF West
Virginia
The Washington times., 1917-05-01
Don Marquis
Column

wv i - ~ - 1
Lines 10 the Well Known Human
Race.
1 sometimes like the race called
Better. at least, than Skink or Mul-
let,
Or doIefuI Smelt. or glum Ichneumon'
Pengui or Pullet;-
And yet despite instructive bias)
l know that Mans a faulty Nam
NAL:
He steals, he lies like Ananias,
Drinks like a Camel,
Chews gum and murders, puns and
dices.
Writes movie plays and beats his
mother,
warlows in work and other vices,
And bilks his brother;
Her feet went down to, sims abysses
The day that Eve picked that
His tale Of Crime and Coin and
Kisses
Good Gawd, just scan it!
Erstwhile it saddened me to view
ContentcdIy behaving dretful:
1 sighed and sorrowed Ger the hu-
man;
1t made me fretful.
Why could not Man do So-and-
= Thusly?-
BE good and take to serious think
ing,
Conduct himself anonymously,
CurtaiI his drinking,
BE done with light and careless
laughter,
Look not on ladies of the chorus,
And more consistently run after
Such things as bore us?
1 sought to raise him to high levels,
Save him with pamphlets, tracts
and powwOws
From Ctrberus and all the devils
Other bOwows. -
Had men more gratitude than
weasels
scarcely need to hint the answer:
was as welcome as the measles,
Gall-stones or cancer;
| With unanimity they wouldn't
| Do any moral thing Id bid 'em,
And when / thought up deeds they
shouldn't
Do, they did 'em.
1 Eritten all my lovely dental
Gems and said, I'll prod and slam
you
Into an ethical and mental
| Brightness, damn you"
All, weH. In those years 1 was
youthful
And earnest, anything but humbled,
Trustful, approximately truthful
But now, I've tumbled
In those days life was high endeavor;
| Ioathed the pessimist or cynic
I'm tame now. as a hobnailed liver
l tired of being a reformer
The windows of my soul are cloudy.
Ground floor and attic, door and
Let men be rowdy:
Let them be cussed, queer and ribald!
tried to teach: they wouldn't let
! me:
III preached, harangued, exhorted,
scribbled
Now, nought can fret me.
Betwixt chagrin and liberation
/ leave 'em to their own amuse'
ments.
Let them be happy in damnation,
Mixed drinks and boozements.
Yes. errinE Man land also Woman)
The scourge you've earned 1 hope
won't strike you =.
|. You Humans that are being Human
Sometimes / like you!
The Washington times., 1917-05-01
Schedules for Tomorrow.

Meeting Of chairmen OF subcommittees Of
chamber Of Commences Home Defense
League committees. Chamber rooms, SO
y. -
TucEIe OF british Army, ouartsrmRsrers'
Ofncers' Reserve School. Army Medical
School s p. m.
Meeting of Chevy Chase Citizens Association,
school house, p. m.
Meeting board Of directors, Chamber Of Com
mcrce. y. m. =.
Fine! concert Of Motet Choral Socisty, New
Willard, y. m.
The Washington times., 1917-05-01
Amusements Today.

Belasco-"The Blue Paradise" $50 p. m
New NationaI-'-The Yellow Jacket" 50
p. m
PolI's-New Poll Players in This Cinderella
Man." els and Sis D. m.
p. r Keith's-Naudeville. .:5 and S.l5 p. m
Sayety-Burlesque. 2:l5 and S:IS p m
Loew's Columbia-Photoplays, lO.5O a. m -
II p. M
Strand-Photoplays. II a m to II p m
Garden-Photoplays. II a. m. to p. m
The Washington times., 1917-05-01
The United Stntcs Declared That n
"Stnte of Wnr EXISTS"
1872 Seventh ST. y. '

1872 Seventh St y. w.
Washington. -. G., April 50.
To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
There has been quite some discus
sion among some Of my friends re-
sarding our official war status with
Germany: that is. whether the United
States ever declared war on Germany
or whether there was only a declara
tion that a state OF war exists.
What is your opinion?
J. IMBER.
The Washington times., 1917-05-01

Now that T. II. is second in command
OF the Authors League. traditions as
to the unimportance of the Vice Presi-
dency are likely to be shatter ID once
more.
The Washington times., 1917-05-01

Kaiser and German people alike
must pay the penalty Of wanting the
other fellows place in the sun" as
well as their own.
The Washington times., 1917-05-01
LOWLY IN FRANCE
RISE To WAR IDEALS
A Cooks Letter to Wife in I'M
mortal Phrase Of Emotion.

NEW YORK. May before the
American Academy OF Arts and Let
ters Prof. Henri Bergson, philosopher
and member of the Academic Fran
caise, has presented to its members
view OF the varied activities of the
French Academy as expressing some
thing vital in the French spirit-the
idea that beauty of moral purpose
produces beauty OF expression, and
that under the stress of lofty emo
tion the most ignorant persons may
not only perform acts of the highest
character but express themselves In
language of literary nobility.
As an instance he read letter
written by a French cook to his
wife the day before he was killed In
action-a sample. according to the
speaker, of thousands OF letters from
the trenches, for the authenticity OF
which he vouched on personal knowl'
edge.
"Do Not Worry
The letter read as follows:
my Dear Yvonne: DO not worry
I have good hope OF seeing you again
| as well as our Raymond. l beg you
to take care of yourself and also Of
my son, for you know that l should
never tOTSlNe you
| happen to you or to him.
Now, IL by chance anything should
happen to me-for, after all, we arr
in war, and of course we are run
ming some risk-I hope that you vii
| be courageous, and be sure that IL
| die / put all my confidence in you
| and ask you to live in order Il
bring up my son to be a mana maj
| of spirit-and give him a good edu
cation as far as your means will
permit.
Dies For His Son.
"And above all you shall tell hin
when he is grown up that his fathe
died for him, or at least for a caus
which should serve him, as well a
| all the generations to come.
Now, my dear Yvonne, all this Il
but a precaution. and i expect To b.
there to aid you in this task; but as
have said, one never knows what ma!
happen. In any case we are leaving
flor the 'front.' all in good spirits ant
in the firm belief that we shall Con
quer.
"As to you, my dear Yvonne, know
that I have always loved you and tina
I will love you always no matter wha
happens AS soon as you can. leav
for Fontenay, for on my return
should prefer to find you there: an
once more let me say that l count ol
you. and that you will be brave.
"I will give you no more advice, 70
I believe that would be superfluous.
Your little husband. who embrace
you tenderly, as well as dear Ray
mond-
The Washington times., 1917-05-01
Our own Garden Department.

The time for Congress to sow
Dragons Teeth is now.
] planted my seeds with every care
Where they get the sunshine and the
air:
Success docs not my efforts crown
Could I have planted them upside
down? y. A. II.
The Washington times., 1917-05-01

Now the ice men are blaming the
impending rise in the cost OF ice to
higher coal. That's as good an ex-
PLANTATION as any other.
The Washington times., 1917-05-01

The Senate resolution about taking
induce Austria not to allow proceed
ings 10 go beyond the present break
in relations.
The Washington times., 1917-05-01

One way to help Germany win the
war is to refuse to recognize the
seriousness Of the present situation
and to spread the easy and comfort
able belief that Germany is practical
ly all in at the present moment. With
Russia an uncertain quantity and
with the submarine campaign doing
even half what Germany hoped and
boasted II would do, Germany is far
from being all in. We must not de-
ceive ourselves; Americas assistance
is not merely a piece of good for
tune for the entente allies: II is an
absolute essential II they are TO be
victorious. And the first and most
essential things are ships and food.
The longer we kid ourselves with
what we would like to believe the
more bitter the awakening.
The Washington times., 1917-05-01

Great Britain will make a more
comfortable place Of exile for the
Car than is contemplated for the
Kaiser and his brood.
The Washington times., 1917-05-01

The success of that May Day strike
is eagerly hoped for by the most hard
hearted employers in America.
The Washington times., 1917-05-01

As the final blow To Mayor Thomp-
son, OF Chicago, the ts-Zeitung
duly applauds him for his un-Ameri-
can inhospitality.
The Washington times., 1917-05-01

We trust the censor in passing upon
such Information rs is to be made pub
lie tOiH see TO IL that important mih-
tGry secrets are kept from GumSh0 0ebiII
Stone.
The Washington times., 1917-05-01

II the revolution breaks out in
Germany the Kaiser may be able to
leave on a submarine.
The Washington times., 1917-05-01

As baseball players are not exempt
from the draft, it may prove to be a
convenient method OF disposing OF
the ineffectives.
The Washington times., 1917-05-01

Russia and Britain continue to
take slices of Turkey.
The Washington times., 1917-05-01

If Germany still regards the Ger
man-Americans as outlaws. there will
be no great exodus to Germany after
the war is over.
The Washington times., 1917-05-01

Many persons who were generously
applaudinS revolutionary Russia a
few weeks ago are now anXiously
hoping that she won't be too revolu-
tiOnary.
DON MAROIrIS
The Washington times., 1917-05-01

HIGH TIDES. LOW TIDES.
an a. m; height 2s1o:1s n M: height %
3:52 D. m: height 2Ill0;5s D. m; height o.
Sun AND MOON TABLES.
Sun rose.....5:O9 a. m. Moon rises. .1:ss p. N
Sun sets.....T:O1 p. m Moon sets.---2:es g. N
Light automobile lamps at T:5l p. m.
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Sun AND MOON TABLES
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Rainfall
Temperature RI
- % - n0RaRr

Observations at United States weather
Bureau stations taken at 8 4. m today,
seventy-hfth meridian time:
The Washington times., 1917-05-01

The tcorld OF pretty womHu tGH'
naturally into ftro divisions: men tchC
admire her and bores.
The Washington times., 1917-05-01
GEORGES
French Academy Greetings.

Prof Bergson conveyed the greet
Ings OF the French Academy to the
members of the American Academy
who crowded Rumford hall, OF the
Chemists Club. at so East Forty-first
street, to capacity. He delivered the
first part Of his address in what he
called approximate English, which
was in fact English OF faultless phras-
ing. He told OF the functions OF the
acadamy-the continual rev sion of
the dictionary which preserves the
standard OF the French language. the
awarding OF prizes to books which
have been judged of exceptional merit.
and the bestowal OF prizes Of virtue
for acts of filial love, devotion. cour'
age. and self-sacriflce.
The work OF the academy in fixing
the standard OF what Is and Is net the
French language" he said. answers
one Of the great wishes OF the French
nation, that its language and literature
always express ideas OF general
nature that can be accepted no. only
BY Frenchmen. but by the whole civil
ized-I mean the whole really civilized
world. This can only be done II
every word Is given. for n certain time.
a precise value. so that il can circulate
like a coin and he accepted elsewhere.
Then. coming to what he called the
particular excellence Of the academy,
the task Of rewarding deeds as well as
literary works. Prof. Bergson spoke In
French.
The Washington times., 1917-05-01
Deeds Of the Obscure.

The distribution OF the prizes Of
virtue" he said. rewards deeds per-
formed obscurely by obscure persons.
This Is an expression OF the union
which has always existed among our
people between literature and moral
Ideals. despite certain ideas 10 the con-
trary that may have become current
abroad. There has been no transfer
nation i'm France France has re-
mained the same as always. But we
have had u certain shyness In express
ing these things and displaying them
10 the world we have reserved our en-
tire strength for the great work which
re are now on the way to accomplish.
"In the spirit of French literature,
il not of all literature, the fact that
the soul of the writer Is full OF gener'
Gus and noble sentiments Is held 10
create beauty Of expression, and the
fact that the academy distributes the
rccompense OF virtue as well as of
literary merit is symbolical of this
profound relation between literary
and moral boasts in France today and
no one complains. We are fighting
against the anti-democratic and anti
humfn ideal that might makes right;
II this idea became dominant life
would no longer be worth living. The
resolution has been irrevocably taken
to fight to the end for an eter'
nal ideal; our soldiers fight not for
themselves, not for France even, but
| for all humanity.