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The Washington times., 1917-07-03
CENTURY PLANT BLOOM
BEHIND ITS SCHEDULE

II anyone thinks a self-respecting
century plant, that's been preparing
to bloom almost as far back as the
War Of 1912. is going to rush mat
ters at this late day, specially with
the worst kind OF century plant
weather. they're well. They're
wrong.
For the past week. the I2-foot-high
stalk OF the century plant in the 10
tanic Garden has been trying to
produce a blossom, and today was
officially designated as the day %
its debut. Nothing doing.
Superintendent Hesse. OF the Gar
dens, hoped the plant would get u
enough patriotism to bloom by the
Fourth Of July. but that century
plant Is just taking it's time.
The Washington times., 1917-07-03
BOYS SPINE INJURED
BY FALL FROM PORCH

Seven-year-Old Robert Nicholson Is
sufferir It his home. COG L street
northea. from bruises and probably
a fracture Of the spine. suffered when
he fell from the second-story rear
porch Of the house yesterday. The
Casualty Hospital ambulance was
summoned and the ambulance surgeon
gave the boy FIRST aid treatment
George Johnson, colored, thirty
seven years old, 1881 o street north
west, fell from the second story
window OF the Metropolitan garage in
an alley between o and P streets, Six
teenth and Seventeenth streets north
west, last evening. His feet were in
jured and he was taken to Emergency
Hospital
The Washington times., 1917-07-03
CAVALRY RECRUITERS
SPEED UP CAMPAIGN
Formation Of Troop D Engages
Chief Attention of Workers.

Recruiting officers OF the District
cavalry exerted their whole strength
today in their enlistment drive. With
Troop c of the District guard prac-
tically filled, the recruiters turned
their attention to enlisting men for
Troop D. The applications Of forty
men are pending.
Moving pictures and dances will
feature tonight's recruiting program
at headquarters, 1927 F street north
west. Tomorrow Troop B. which is
in camp at Congress Heights, will
parade F street.
Enlistments yesterday afternoon
and evening included William B.
Clarkson, E. z. Gasch, Bennett Ar
mold, Price Briscoe, A L. wechkit,
Fred Carrick, Herbert Price, Weston
Jones, DENIM Shiroby, Lewis A.
Bickerton, LenoX Donaldson, and
Gordon NJ. Hooe.
The District Council OF Defense
and citizens associations will make
a inal effort tomorrow to aid re.
cruiting. Independence Day will do
much toward pulling Washington
out OF the Stacker class" IL was pre-
dicted.
The District coast artillery is MAX
ing a special campaign for recruits.
Attractive booklets describing the
life OF an artilleryman are being
mailed to prospective soldiers.
The Washington times., 1917-07-03
MRS. LANSING'S FATHER
IN CRITICAL CONDITION

John ". Foster. former Secretary
o. State and for nearly half a century
world ngure in diplomacy, is seri-
ously Ill at his summer home, at Hen
derson Harbor, n. Y. His daughter.
Mrs. Robert Lansing, wife of the Sec
Rotary of State, was summoned TO
Henderson Harbor last night.
Foster left Washington last Fri
q for his summer home. He had n
Hight cold then and was not entirely
we'll No details OF his illness have
been received. but IL is feared he has
contracted pneumonia which at his
advanced age. eighty-one, might prove
fatal
\ No man in American public life has
bad q more varied diplomatic career
than M Foster. After serving
Through the civil war as an officer OF
Indiana volunteers, he was success
kively minister to Mexico. to Russia,
and to Spain, Secretary Of State in
President Harrison's Cabinet, succeed
ing James G. Blaine, and member Of
various boundary and arbitration
commissions.
( He represented the Chinese govern
ment at The Hague conventions and, &
year ago was decorated with the or
der Of the golden grain by the Chinese
government. His writings on diplo-
matte questions, one Of which Is "A
Century OF American Diplomacy"
have a place in the archives OF the
.chancellortes OF the world
The Washington times., 1917-07-03

morning to see American troops
nonchalantly strolling about every
where. and out in the harbor great
gray ships creeping into the harbor.
Then the soldiers landed, stretched
their legs. had a brief march, and at
night re-embarked on the transports
The next morning the real landing
took place. By this time the town
had a chance to get out its American
flags and to decorate.
Camera Man sShOOtE.s
Before long American movie fans
probably will have a chance to see in
hlms some of the incidents OF this
landing. as a movie operator cranked
hundreds OF feet of films throughout
the day. After several days OF the
Americans as visitors, this French
port agreed emphatically with Gen
eral Pershing's tribute when he set
eyes on his Sammies again:
They are great strapping troops
Just magnificent. Their appearance
Is inspiring"
The Washington times., 1917-07-03
MUST DEFEAT U-BOATS,
SAYS BRITISH EXPERT
Arthur H. Pollen Tells Navy
League Of Three Possible Means.

The defeat of the submarine is
the crux of the war. and the com
bined inventive genius of the allied
governments will have to defeat the
Teuton sea warfare II the allies are
to be victors." declared Arthur H.
Pollen, British naval expert, who
spoke last night before the Navy
League OF the United States at the
willard.
He said that war Is an affair OF
communications. and the first task or
the war 'is to secure these com
munications for the United States.
which lies 5000 miles from the seat
of the war.
ave have now to prove that the
German theory. as to their power TO
cut sea communications and to rem
de- the belligerency of the United
States Ineffective. is wrong" con-
tlnued the speaker.
Sketches Three Courses.
There are three courses open.
I'VE may block the exit to the Ger
man harbors by active sea operation.
and hold an area for sufficient time 20
those exits effectively. CoulJ
such an effective barricade be sstao-
lished the German feet would BIZ
definitely fmmobilized and then the
problem Of watching the ports at
close range and of blocking them
with a mine field so that submarines
could not get out would be soluble.
The second course is to block the
North sea and the Channel by estao-
fishing an impossible combination Of
nets and mines, but there are certain
problems. difficult OF solution albeit
not necessarily insoluble. in connsc-
ton with such operations.
North Sea Difficulties.
an the North sea there are tides
and storms and sea actions which
make it an extremely difficult task TO
anchor mines and to maintain nets
Moreover, such operations are diff
hcult to carry out on such a large
scale.
Third. we may defend our ships by
arming them. by providing them with
improved hotation and other means
of defense against submarine attack.
but these measures which / mention
as a third alternative, while they are
valuable, are not sufficient. SUP.
marines must be fought at sea.
Mr.. Pollen will deliver the same ad-
dress at the Willard tonight at s
o'clock.
The Washington times., 1917-07-03
FIRST SAMMY SLAIN
IN ACTION AN OHIOAN

CLEVELAND, July 3.-Thomas
Winch Barrett, twenty-five years
old. OF Cleveland, was the first Annex
lean fighting man to be killed in acN
ton in France. His parents, Mr.. ami
Mrs. Darwin Barrett. have today q
telegram from the War Department
stating that he was killed in France
Barrett was in France only about
a month. He was a member Of the
First aeronautical detachment He
was second to volunteer in his divis-
ion at Pensacola when a call for 100
was issued for service overseas.
Barrett and a French officer were
killed Friday when their machine fell
900 feet while on a practice flight.
The Washington times., 1917-07-03
PRAYER FOR PRESIDENT
IN RUSSIAN CATHEDRAL

PETRoGRAD. July "a special
prayer for President Wilson was Of
fered in the Kazan Cathedral here by
Archbishop Platon, head of the Rus
sian church in America, as the con-
GLIDING feature OF a special service
for foreigners.
A mass in honor of the American
railroad commission, headed by John
F. Stevens. was conducted by Arch
bishop Platon. Father Vladimir
Alexandroff Of San Francisco, preach
ed in English.
The prominent American ENJOYS
who attended the service were formal
ly presented to the congregation by
Archbishop Platon. who spoke briefly
OF practical democratic Christianity
in America
The Washington times., 1917-07-03
IAILROAD TO SELL
PRODUCE LIKELY
TO SPOIL IN CARS

Shipments of foodstuIs consigned
o Washington wholesalers and COM
mission merchants will not be allow
d to spoil, as has been reported to be
he case in other cities.
J. D. Cross, freight agent at the
Potomac yards, announced today that
persons 20 whom foodstufis were con-
bigned would be allowed a reasonable
time in which to claim them and re-
move them from cars. After that, and
upon the slightest sign Of deteriora-
ion OF the vegetables or fruits, the
'foo6sraas' win be sold.
Reports were current in Washing
ton today that a number OF freight
cars loaded with potatoes, water
melons, peaches, and garden truck
were tied up in the Potomac yards
and had been there several days be-
cause the men to whom they were
consigned had not claimed them.
Agent Cross said this was not fact
and that the local consignees had
been particularly prompt about claim
ing their shipments.
Urge Quick Unloading.
1--WE realize the situation brought
about by the shortage Of cars, he
said. "and are doing everything we
can TO facilitate the unloading. Con-
signees are given notice as soan as
their shipments arrive and we keep
them until we learn the exact place
where they want the cars delivered.
We are urging all consignees to I'M
load as quickly as possible to release
The cars.
.,ConsiRnees are allowed twenty
four hours in which to clean their
shipments. After that demurrage be-
--ins. We would rather have the cars
han the demurrage. II the shipments
are not claimed and the cars promptly
,Inloaded we will sell the perishable
roodstuffs at the first sign Of their
being impaired by hot weather or
rain"
- Scouts Make Good.
The score or more Boy Scouts who
nave been assisting in loading and
light freight had made good
in every sense OF the word, and were
veil worth the SI.50 he Is paying
them, said Mr.. Cross. They operate
light hand trucks loaded with boxes,
crates, and barrels, and seem to be
enjoying the work as II they were on
a lark. The scouts are full OF pep
and work rapidly. The boys put so
much ginger into their work that
they were advised to take It easier,
as the freight officials will not let
them oVertax themselves.
81 can handle a lot more Boy
Scouts" said Cross. Let them come
right along and I will put them to
work. While am partial to the
scouts, any boys in Washington be-
tween the ages OF sixteen and
eighteen can be used In handling
light freight ~
The Washington times., 1917-07-03
SAILS PERHOUS SEAS
TO WED HER SKIPPER

NEW YORK. July 3.-Marthe Bon
rvie. until recently Il teacher of
rench In Rio Jsneiro, has arrived
hom that city to wed Capt Marcus
Oftdahl. skipper Of the Norwegian
eamship WAscana. She is a native
France.
The skipper took French lessons
pm the comedy young woman. The
urtship was short and swift She
she would marry him in New
rk- But she did not hnd him wait
at the pier. and was threatened
h detention at Ellis Island.
lille. Bonnevie's gloom was dispeu-
Cd by the appearance aboard the ship
or the Norwegian shippers repre-
sentative, who said the Wascana had
arrived at Philadelphia, and that Cap
tain ToftdRhl would be on hand to-
day. Capt. Thor Eckert, OF the liner
that brought Mile. Bonnevie to New
York viii be best man at the Norwe-
gian Seamen's Mission, in Brooklyn.
The Washington times., 1917-07-03
ONLYAMAN'S WIFE
CAN REALLY KNOW
WHO'SHISAFFINITY

LONDON, July $40 keep on the
war" a smoking carriage OF a suburb
an line had an impromptu debate on
affinities. according to the Daily Mail
The ripe and experienced age Of
the debaters added to the weight OF
the debate: two were over seventy,
another was about sixty. the only
youth was in his forties. All OF them
were married men.
The man OF sixty said to one Of the
seventies: My boy is marrying his
cousin next week"
1T beats me-" cried the other;
here's the whole world to choose
from. and yet one hears Of people
marrying their cousins"
The Youth Butts In
The young man Of forty interposed-
He spoke with a certain melancholy:
Excuse my butting in, but propin-
guilty has far more to do with match
making than affinity? How are you
to find your affinity? How are you
to know when you have found her?
Probably each OF US once had some
where his affinity"
Has not had" corrected one of
the seventies.
I'm sure OF It." agreed the SAN
guine looking seventy with the
spruce mustache.
"Yes-but how to ind herr Think Of
the travel 1t would mean" observed
the man with a certain melancholy.
with fares raised so per cent"
unused one OF the seventies.
where's the AninItyf
well. then" continued the man in
his forties, what happens? Nine men
out Of ten marry a girl they have
known from childhood, or a neighbor's
daughter, or a girl they meet in q
friends house. Where does their af
Unity come in?''
Sometimes they find her after
ward" suggested the man OF sixty.
He added that he spoke only academ-
ically.
Marriage is certainly haphazard."
admitted one Of the debaters. People
ought to study eugenics. Tall people
ought to marry short people: fair peo-
pie ought to marry dark people; placid
people ought to marry excitable peo-
ple-it would even up the race
"Eugenics be blowed"' snapped one
OF the seventies. 81 knew a man who
believed in eugenics-long before any
one else thought Of II. He was a
foot inches man, very thin, with
red hair. He quartered Great Britain
to find his ideal bride. a short, stout
girl with black hair"
The Unhappy Product.
"And?"-asked the other three de- |
baters eagerly.
Their only son was a fat boy. with |
broomstick legs and red hair"
HE didn't marry his affinity. that's /
ALL" said the man with a certain mel |
ancholy. |
mo man marries his affinity" said |
the man Of seventy with the spruce /
mustache- IF he did, what would he |
have TO live for? That's what ask. |
Certainly" agreed the man with a
certain melancholy. but every mans |
wife Is sure that he has married his /
affinity. because every mans wife |
says that she is the only woman who |
Nuld have lived with him"
The Washington times., 1917-07-03
6.25 INCHES OF RAIN
FOR RARE JUNE DAYS"

Six and one-fourth inches OF rain
descended upon Washington during
the month of June, according to the
Department OF Agriculture's meteoro-
logical summary issued today. OF this
total, 2.69 inches fell June IA, when
one man was killed during a severe
electrical storm.
A great many Washingtonians be-
lieve that because there were ten
and only ten clear days
in June IL was the rainiest month
they ever saw. They probably forget
that Washington had 7.53 inches OF
rainfall last June. and ass inches dur
ing the same month in 1918.
The highest temperature recorded
last month was 05 degrees, on June
%. The lowest temperature. so de-
grees, prevailed on June 16.
The Washington times., 1917-07-03
DOUBTS BRIDES LOVE;
AGED MAN ENDS LIFE

LEBANON, Pa. July 3.-Despondent
because he believed his young wife
loved him no more, John Hall Phasey,
Fixty-two years old, committed suicide
fere with poison.
Phasey was a talented musician,
nd came 70 this country from Eng
and. where he had served in the
british army and as a member Of Gil
py's famous band
Phasey's father was director OF the
band attached to the Chester yeo-
many. an English regiment Two
brothers and a sister, all musicians,
reside 4 New York.
The Washington times., 1917-07-03
RED CROSS CENTER ELECTS.

Headed by Mrs. Newton d. Baker,
wife OF the Secretary OF War, as hon
orary chairman. the Georgetown Red
Cross community center>completed It's
organization at a meeting last night
at Linthicum Hall. The following
officers were elected: Miss Emily c.
Matthews, chairman: Miss NJ z.
Nourse, assistant chairman: Miss Sal
lie Lacy. recording secretary; Miss
Florence Frisbie, corresponding sec
Rotary; Miss Nancy Green, treasurer.
The Washington times., 1917-07-03
The Unhappy Product.
THEODORE sPEloEN DIES.

1eodore Speiden. seventy-two years
81 i, a native OF Washington, died at
Is home in Mitchells. Va. yesterday
following an attack Of heart disease.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow
At Louisville. Ky. Mr.. Speiden Is sur
lived by three children. Ellison L.
speiden, Of this city: Theodore Spell
den. jr-, general manager Of the
Nashville. Chattanooga and St Louis
railway. and Miss Marian Speiden. Of
Nashville. Tenn.
The Washington times., 1917-07-03
RITES FOR HENRY Mccoy.

Funeral services for Henry Af,Coy,
only son OF William and Cath"-ins
Mccoy and oldest grandson Of Henry
Copperthite, Of the Cop
perthite Pie Company, who died at
Petersburg, Va, Sunday. will be held
from the residence OF his parents. 3I34
o street northwest, tomorrow morn
ing at 0 o'clock, the Rev. Edward ,
Magrath. s. J., OF Holy Trinity Church
officiating.
The Washington times., 1917-07-03
CHINESE KILL BOY JOKER.

SEATTLE, Wash, July 3.-Four
Chinese fired through the door Of
their laundry and George McLaren.
nineteen, on his way home with two
youthful friends, fell fatally hurt.
McLaren, the boys said, had flipped
the lid Of a tin box against the door.
The Chinese on the alert for an at
tack by their tong enemies, had in
stantly pulled the triggers OF their
automatic pistols.
The Washington times., 1917-07-03
THESSALY SCENE
OF WARS BEFORE
GREECE BLOOMED

Students OF the ancient history OF
Greece will once more discover some
use for their knowledge in viewing
the allied campaign near Saloniki
Thessaly, says the Christian Science
Monitor, is the district Of Northern
greece between Macedonia and the
more purely Hellenic section to the
south and between the hill country
OF Epirus and the Aegean Sea, so, at
any rate, geographers would describe
u Just twenty, years ago, when the
creek troops were flying in disorder
across Its plains, hard pressed by the
victorious forces OF Edhem Pacha, all
sally.
War was doing then what f. always
does, that is, teaching people geogra-
phy, and such places as Larissa and
such natural features as the Pindus
mountains, became household words:
while Ossa and Pelion stepped out of
the dignity Of the classics into the
full glare Of the modern newspaper.
No Important History.
Now today, as the French forces,
moving down from Salonki. cross the
River salamvris, enter Larissa, and
proceed systematically to the occupa-
ton Of the whole province, attention
Is drawn once again to this old land
amid the worlds old lands. curiously
enough, however, although an old
land, Thessaly has no really i'm
portant history, and IL has never been
the home OF a great people. Its
history, indeed, is closely connected
with Its geography.
The great fertile plain has ever
offered a sore temptation to the peo-
pie Of the hills which surrounded II,
and II was just this fertility which
first induced the Thessalians to leave
their homes in the hills OF Epirus and
descend into the rich country which
lies, some sixty miles square, between
the Cambunian mountains on the
north and Othys on the south, and
between the Pindus in the west and
the continuous lines OF Ossa and Pei
ion in the east.
Settled in Land.
The Thessalians, in two successive
waves, drove the Boetians and the
Dorians southwark, and settled in the
land. That was all in the remote
period before Greek civilization had
begun to develop. Thessaly next
came prominently into notice at that
critical period in the history OF
classical Greece when Xerxes, with
his Persian hosts, was threatening
the liberties of the great city states
OF the peninsula During the years
that had interviewed the Thessalian
had waxed fat. His land was fertile,
while his spacious surface presented
none Of those elevations so dear to
the heart OF the founder Of warlike
cities.
There was never in Thessaly any
thing like the great democratic city
states OF Greece proper. 1t was, on
the contrary. the natural home OF
powerful aristocracies, and such fam
lies as the Aleuadae of Larissa- and
the scopadae Of Grannon were famous
in their time.
The Washington times., 1917-07-03
Paris Invaded by Our Samr1ies
For Fourth Of July Parade

PARIS July 3-A battalion of American troops arrived
Paris today at the Care Du QUAD Auster railroad
ton the Seine in southeastern Paris Only moderate
crowd them greeting Parsans not being advised of the
arrangements for their arrival The battalion is which
parade in omorrow celebration by Independence
Dav
The Washington times., 1917-07-03
CIVIL WAR GUN
TO BOOM SALUTE
At STUDENT CAMP

A salute OF forty-eight guns. fired
from "made-over" 3-inch gun OF civil
war days. will Oe the official recogni-
ton OF Independence bay by the stu
dent reservists at Fort Myer tomor-
row.
This will be the only ceremony that
Fort Myer Will pay in honor Of the
day when our Independents declara-
ton was signed. The reservists will
observe the -ay individually by lsav-
ing camp and making visits in the
District and elsewhere near the
Capital
Leave for Nearly All.
Permits will be issued to nearly
all men to be absent from camp until
$50 o'clock tomorrow night Only
a few men will be detained at the
camp. They will be doing guard duty
company No. OF the infantry al
vision via usher in Fourth OF July
celebration by giving dance tonight
at o o'clock In the Administration
building. This IL the first dance BY
a unit of the reservists since they
went into camp.
work Under Difficulties.
Today found several hundred men in
khaki, smeared with mud, slipping
and sliding around and in trenches.
Trench bombardment and bayonet
practice were continued today In q
veritable sea OF mud. The dEy-s pro-
gram was hurried through with. and
there was q universal exclamation Of
relief when mess call sounded and
the afternoon program OF lectures and
map sketching began
The Washington times., 1917-07-03
work Under DIffIeuItien.
ss7s FoR A WORK HORSE.

STOCKHOLM. July 3.-The average
price for teams OF work horses at an
auction just held In Linkoping was
81 800. and good single harness ami
mails brought S6T5. There was a fair
demand even at these prices
The Washington times., 1917-07-03

Dispatches from Peking state
that General Chang Hsuan, who
seems to hold the military dicta-
torship Of the Celestian Republic,
has notified President La Yuan
Hung that he must retire, as the
Manchu Emperor. Hsuan Tung,
has been restored to the throne.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-29

Congressman Drane has secured
for the Florida home guards 500
1910 Springfield rifles and 1900
cartridges. These rifles and the am
munition have been awarded by Gov.
Cats to the first congressional dis
trict, as a compliment to Mr.. Drane
for obtaining them. The old black
powder Springfield is a very effective
gun in the hands of a man who knows
how to use it, but it takes right smart
practice for a novice to learn how to
hit anything with it. Five hundred
rifles will arm at least four home
guard companies, probably six or
eight, but 1900 cartridges, only Is to
each gun, won't go very far. They
are just about enough to enable the
men to get acquainted with their
guns, and would not last them more
than three minutes in fight. So
Mr.. Drane should try to obtain SONS
more cartridges. The government
does not make 1910 cartridges any
more, but the U. NJ c., Winchester
and Remington factories make
limited supply for the guns of that
caliber, great many of which are
scattered around the country. Their
principal use for the last few years
has been in moving picture battles,
sbut in almost every community are
some owned by private individuals,
consequently there used to be good
many of the cartridges kept in the
hardware stores. The cartridges cost
six cents apiece at retail, and we
think it would be wise measure for
the governor to commander" all
that are now in stock in Florida hard
ware stores and pawnshops. If the
Florida home guards are to be equip
ped with these guns, they should have
at least 100 rounds apiece, Of which
twenty should be used in target prac-
tice as soon as possible after COM
pany is formed.