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The Washington times., 1917-03-19
LETTERS FROM READERS
Tells How She Avoids Spending
Anything for Lard.

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
After seeing your 50 adventure on
making lard, could not resist the
temptation to write. do not spend
anything for lard, and always have
plenty on hand. as save all fat meat
from hams or beef. I know just how
much my boys will eat. and I always
cut on all fat before serving them
I keep It in a cool place until ready
for use, then wash, cut in cubes, and
fry nice and brown: then strain on
most of the lard but leave some In the
meat: have ready a pot Of boiling
water, put in my meat and fat, season
with salt, pepper, and thyme, stir In
enough eornmeal to- make a thick
mush, and for 10 cents have four
or i've pounds OF nne scrappIe, AZ
wen az my lard, and very little time
IL taken up. MRS. B.
The Washington times., 1917-03-19
TOOK EVERYTHING BUT AUTO
Thieves Got Tools, Lanterns, Horn,
Etc, But Overlooked Car.

John II. Grove, OF 4Q21 Chesapeake
street northwest, reported 20 the
police today that someone had given
his automobile "a1 awful trimming"
while IL stood at Massachusetts av-
knue and Jewett street northwest
early yesterday.
Missing from the machine. he said,
were Ave inner tubes, one casing. one
pump, some spark plugs, several
tools, two hand lanterns. and a horn.
The machine itself. he said, was
overlooked by the thieves.
The Washington times., 1917-03-19
ROnlanOffS Hold a Tenth
Of AULand in the World
Vast Properties of Imperial Family at Stake in
Present Revolution; Cars Personal
Income 100000 Year

outside OF the actual working depart
ments which extend from the minis
tries down to the most Insignificant
official, are mostly sinecures.
The Russian autocracy has been,
therefore, not only q political form
OF government, but a tremendously,
paying business for the autocraf
himself and all his relations, near
and remote.
The disposition of the properties
of the Romanoffs will naturally be
one of the first problems for a new
government to solve. for the members
OF that family, while abdicating all
political rule. may still, as indfvfd-
uals, claim that vast wealth as their
own.
The Washington times., 1917-03-19
WOULD QUIT GERMAN co.
Prusslan Insurance Officers Try to
Make Branch Purely American.

American officers OF the Prussian
National Insurance Company, which
does an extensive business In the
United States, are endeaVoring to sep
arate from the parent concern with
headquarters in Germany and to or
ganize an American corporation.
Until necessary permission Is OBJ
tanned from home offices In Germany
however, the insurance commissioner
OF New York will not recognize or
approve Incorporation OF the Amer
lean business. according TO Howard
Melton, who is in Washington today
seeking the aid of the state and Com
merce Departments in meeting the
necessary formalities.
The Washington times., 1917-03-19
PLAYGROUND TEAMS MEET
Track and Swimming Events for
Outdoor AthletIA.

Two big indoor events for playground
teams. a track meet. and swimming
meet have been arranged by c. w. Don
MADISON. director OF boys activities Of
the Department of Fairgrounds. and
Earl Fuller. athletic director of the Y.
NJ. c. A. boys department The SWIM
ming meet will take pace on March q
at $50 O'Clock and the track meet at the
same hour on March q at the Y. NJ. c.
A., IT36 q street northwest
The program OF aquatic sports in
cludes the plunge for distance. dash and
distance swims. and fancy diving and
swimming. The track meet VIII have
the usual track and field feature.
This is the first time that indoor sports
have been taken up for the District
Fairgrounds, and is made possible by
the courtesy OF the Young Mems Chris
tiRn Association.
The Washington times., 1917-03-19
A STATE OF WAR

The sinking of three American
ships in one day without warning,
putting the crews in such jeopardy
of their lives that lives have been
lost, according to present reports,
will probably be regarded by his
torians as the covert act that
brought about the war between the
United States and Germany. The
murder of the two American women
at sea took place when they were
passengers on an English ship. The
Anconia was an American ship re-
Gently transferred from British reg
istry: If the President has been
waiting for an absolutely clear-cut
example of German hostility toward
the United States. of arrogant indif-
ference toward the loss of American
lives, of contemptuous disregard of
all protests and warnings, of an
actual making of war upon the
United States, it would seem that the
case has been furnished him in the
sinking of the Vigilancia, the Illinois,
and the City of Memphis.
But, as a matter of fact, Germany
has for the. past two years been max
ing war upon the United States. The
Lusitania outrage has never been
atoned for, its provisional settlement
having been rendered void by the re-
newal of submarine piracy. The Sus-
sex case, temporarily quieted by the
Sussex pledge, became again a casus
belli when the pledge was disre-
garded. The very notice that Ameri-
can vessels would be Gunk without
warning, or even belligerent vessels
with no regard for the safety of pas
sengers or crew, was an act of war,
whenever we chose to interpret it so.
With the experience the President
had at the hands of the dozen willful
men who refused even to grant him
the sanction of Congress in arming
defenseless American ships, notified
that they would be sunk at sight, he
was probably wise in not asking the
late Congress to declare war against
Germany. Meanwhile, the press and
the people have been educating the
members of the Congress soon to as
including the dozen Senate
who are still in the ex-
mood, but may soon an
nounce their conversion into patriotic
citizens. 1t is inconceivable that the
session of Congress
shall balk at whatever action the
people or the President shall demand.
Meantime, for the thirty days be-
fore Congress convenes, the interests
of the country are in the Presidents
hands. 1t is not a time for the play
ing of partisan politics or of maneu-
vering for political position. The
carrying Of the crews of interned
German ships of war to a Federal
prison is a step in the right direction.
The defense of the country, in state
of actual war such as now exists, is
not only the right but the duty of the
Commander-in-Chief of the Army
aid Navy. Preparation for the in
evitable conflict will doubtless go on
apace and plans laid for most eff
fective aid to the Allies, that the en-
trance upon actual war by the United
States may mean the shortening of
the war and the saving of human
life.
The Washington times., 1917-03-19
WHATS ON PROGRAM
Interesting Events Of Importance
Scheduled Today.

Address. Mobilization" by DR.. John H. Fin
ley, president OF the University Of New
York. before Chi Beta Kappa Association,
University Club. D. m.
Minstrel show, BY Minors MInstrela troupe,
Of the Y. NJ G. A Bachelor Club. Calvary
Baptist Church. .. m.
Exhibition OF paintings OF Bermuda. by Miss
Mary AtKirkup. Arts and Crafts Studio. IN
Seventeenth street, afternoon and evening.
Regular monthly meeting OF East Washfhgton
Citizens' Association. East Washington Hall,
SH Pennsylvania avenue southeast, 9 D. m.
Meeting Of Georgetovn Citizens Association,
Potomac Savings Bank Hall. Wisconsin ave-
nue. and n street, 9 p. m.
Austfalasia." by william B. Harvey
Friends School, thirteenth and Irving
streets. p. m
"a Vermont Picture Talk" by Ernest L
Crandail, Washington Club, loio Seventeenth
street northwest. p m
Meeting OF committee on seating and ushsrs,
reception to District National Guard, Cham
Der OF Commerce rooms. Twelfth and =
streets northwest. $50 p. m
pines" by DIT. Fay-cooper Cole. before An
thropologtcel Society OF Washington. lecture
room, Public Library. Up. m.
Thir1y-nrst disputAtion Of George Washington
University. so23 G rtreet northwest, 10 a. m.
BENEFIT card party by District divisfon United
Daughters Of the Confederaey. Confederate
Memorial Hall. la22 Vermont avenue, p. m.
Meeting Of Presbyterian Minissers' Associa-
ton, New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church. 1850 a. m.
Song recital for beneHt OF National Library
for the Blind. Epiphany Parish Hall, D. m
Address by Miss A Estells Paddock. Y. ".
c. A. p m.
Meeting Of women 20 co-opefzts with wfves
Of striking street car mon, apartment soi
the Ethelhurst. II a m.
Concert by United States Marine Band,
United States Marine Barracks, $40 .. m
Meeting Of Takoma Park Citizens kssocia-
tion. Library, Takoma Park. 8 .. m
Meeting Of Central CitiIena' Association
North Capitol Savings Bank. 9 .. m.
Lodge. No. G; BENJAMIN B.
French, No. Is; Anacostia, No. q: Pentai-
pha. No. .. and Mt. Pleasant. Nc. 81;
Orient Commandery. No. s, Knights Temp
lar: Warrington Council. No. !, Rcysl and
Select Masters: Ruth Chapter, No. /, Order
Of the Eastern Star
Knights OF Pythias-Amaranth Lodrs No a
and Century. No. 80.
Odd Fellows-Beacon Lodge, No. Is: Lanxdon.
No 2s. and Union. No. IL
Rebelahs-Naomi Lodge, No. I. and Ruth,
No ..
Special meeting. washinEton Council.
Knights Of Columbus.
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Song OF An Eternal Sob.
Nostris vero temporibus ut ALA speci-
osa ct egregia. tia hoe in prints exolvit.
-PIiny's Letters, Ill.,, bv.
Old Adam saw his lovely Eve
When first she donned her leaf array,
And grunted and began to grieve
About the passing franker day.
A caveman watched a dinosaur.
The which his wife was riding on,
And burst into a fretful roar:
Alas! The good old days are gone :"
Jim Pliny wrote. when Rome was rich.
In sorrowfully peevish vein.-
or how the good old forms. and SIGH.
Were dying. to his bursting pain.
The Britons bore the Norman yoke
Ungracefully and with a sigh.
Said they: mo blooming Frenchy
bloke
Thus trimmed US up in days gone by !!
We look up our prices now
Upon the war. Broadway, and all
Our other naughty games; We bow
And wish. for days our dads recall.
In thirty years. our sons. grown men.
Will group our grandsons round
their knees
And tell them often and again
What unpolluted days were these!
L'ENVOI.
So let's cheer up-perhaps enjoy
The fun we get. Let's stop the whine
or Ages. and our time employ.
In shouting: When such years as
mine?"
Edward Hope.
The Washington times., 1917-03-19
Tomorrow

Meeting OF Petworth CitiIena' Association.
Petworth school building. Eighth and shep-
Special meeting. board Of governors, Retail
Merchant Association. Chamber Of Com
mercs, 1850 D. m.
Mass meeting in interest OF Booker +. wa.h-
ington Memorial Fund. John Wesley A. NJ.
Z. Zion Church, Fourteenth and Corcoran
streets, 8 p. m
Washington, Hickman Studio, 1870 New York
avenue, p. m.
by choir. The Tale of a
Hat" at Fifth Baptist Church, D. M
Addresses by the Rev William e Gardner,
secretary Of the general board Of religious
education, at Sunday School Institute do
cese OF Washington. Epiphany Parish Hall.
1871 G street northwest 7:3O D m
Exhibition OF paintings Of Bermuda by Miss
Mary A. Rirkup. Arts and Crafts studio,
Ssl Seventeenth street northwest. afternoon
and evening.
Illustrated lecture. Pleasure and PROFIT in
Bird Study" by DIR. Henry C. oberhoIser,
American University, 3:40 p. M
Address, More Of God in the Settlement of
the Race Question by the Rev Pexayia
oConnell, Metropolitan A NJ. Z. Church, 5
D. m.
Lecture. The Psychology of Color; It's Fl.
feet on Body. Mind. and Finances" by Miss
Louise Cults Powell. the Portland, SD. m.
Mass meeting regarding street car strike
PythIRn Temple, 8 D. m.
AN Old Washington Mansion" by
Miss Maud Burr Morris. and Patriots Of
the Revolutionary Period, Who Are In
TERED Here or In Arlington" by Prof. Sell
den II. Ely. before Columbia Historical So
ciety. gold room, rhe Shoreham, D. m
Monthly meeting, Congress OF Mothers and
PareDt-Teachers' Association OF the District.
oak room, the Raleigh, D. m.
BAneft performance OF Rich Man. Poor
Man, at Polls. for board Of lady manager
Of Casualty Hospital, s:l5.
Observation-Disclosures Centennial. No. n: Ar
minus. No. IS; Myron NJ. Parker, No "a.
and King David. No. 3: Lafayette Chan
ter. No. 5. and Washington Naval, No, &
Royal Arch: Mithras Lodge OF Perfection.
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite; Ffdel.
ity Chapter. No. 10. and Mfzpah. No. 8, Or
der Of the Eastern Star.
knights OF Pythias-Webster Lodge, No Z:
Excelsior No. "a: Capital, No. -, and
Myrtle No p.
washington, No. 6, and Golden Rule No II
Rsbeka hs-Fldelity Lodge. No. Z.
The Washington times., 1917-03-19

We. feel quite sure that Miss Sic
bert is not lacking in patriotism, but
her display of a picture of the Kaiser
indicated a want OF tact and judg-
ment. A teacher in a German school
who should insist just now on dis
playing a picture of President Wilson
would, we feel sure, incur something
more than displeasure
The Washington times., 1917-03-19

Extra telephones have been in
stalled in the White House ITO pro
tect the President" There are times
when it might be a measure of safety
to tear them all out
The Washington times., 1917-03-19

II the Russian revolution means a
really liberalized government 1T is the
biggest news since July II, 1889.
The Washington times., 1917-03-19

1.-The autocracy of Russia" said
Jaakoff PreIooker, the author Of many
revolutionary books and the last
editor of the Anglo-Russian, a month
Iy periodical published in London just
before the war, -is like the head of q
family grown too large for personal
direction and control.
successive autocrats, or Cars.
have attempted to preserve personal
control through members of their
family and those in sympathy with,
them until an immense bureaucracy
has been evolved which is entirely
apart from the people except as II con-
trolls their life and property in the
name of the Car. The autocrat, be-
cause of this bureaucracy, would
grant no rights to the people which
would transfer its power to them any
more than the father of a family
would surrender any OF his domestic
rights to his children without abdi-
eating as their LEAD"
In the many ways in which the
Gar and his family and their serv-
ants of the bureaucracy have man.
aged to maintain the autocracy, the
land question. and the imperial reve-
nues are said to offer a striking exam
pie for immediate adjustment by the
revolution.
Seventh Of All Land.
Since the Treaty Of Portsmouth the
Russian empire has occupied s,647,657
square miles, or one-seventh Of the
land surface of the globe. It has a
population OF about zoe, 100000, or
fewer than twenty-five to the square
mile.
Nominally the autocrat Gowns" both
land and people. but he and his fam
lily out of the immense total OF e4S,-
063, 763 acres actually own and re-
ceive the revenue from $50 ,93S,e27
acres, about 30 per cent of the whole
land acre of Russia; one-tenth that of
the world.
The balance, or 267. 124,s38 acres, is
as follows, according to
the 1910 report OF the Department Of
the latest:
The Washington times., 1917-03-19
ssys the Government should Net
Suppress the Eight-Hour Cause.

Suppress the Eight-H0ur Cause.
To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
feel that It Is an unwiss thing
for the Government to suppress the
first cause Of the workers Of any
branch OF industry. Such action
would only encourage the worker to
act upon the advice given by our fore
fathers in 17T6,. in that document
known to all red-blooded citizens Of
this country as the Declaration Of
Independence.
The eight-hour law does not affect
the worker alone, but the public az
large, especially in the railroads.
MARGARET r. DUVALLA
The Washington times., 1917-03-19
L'ENVOI.

A dog at WATERFOWL. n. ". has
been left 800 in a will. The first
thing he knows he Will be kidnapped
and ASKED to ransom himself.
The Washington times., 1917-03-19

DR.. Gr0ysoH, tCho used to be merely
a hGbitn0I doctor, Is Roto confirmed
rear ADMIRAL
The Washington times., 1917-03-19
Don Marquis
Column

Russia IS giving up RouGnons during
Lent this year.
The Washington times., 1917-03-19

It's a longer way to Bagdad than
ever for the Kaiser now.
The Washington times., 1917-03-19
I4O0 900 In Mobility.

D 1AOOy0OO In Nobility.
The nobility number about 1. 400, 900.
the agricultural classes peasants
and landed proprietary 10000, 900.
Thus the tiller of the soil and tax
payer possess on the average about
one-third of an acre; the Russian no
bleman, who does not pay taxes, pos
sesses on an average some 12S.
To put the case in another form:
From every 3S4 loaves OF bread pro-
duced by the Russian agriculturist
the noble land owner alone takes
away some $50 loaves for himself,
leaving one loaf for the producer,
from which the latter has yet to de-
vote a part to satisfy the state or
tax collector.
In many instances, aside from the
tax, there is an autocratic perquisite
in kind, as, for example, in the trap
ping OF sables. About every one In
ten Is a jet black sable. These from
time immemorial have been the prop
erty OF the Romanoff family. and may
be worn in Russia by no one slse I'M
der severe penalty. Other penalties
are attached to attempts to export
the black pelts.
SltCo-
Concc. Ling the autocratic power
of the Gar and how IL may be used
independently OF any legislative
functions OF the council of the empire,
or Duma, NJ. Prelooker has cited the
instances:
IAN action was brought against
Princess Imeretinsky by her late hus-
banu $ heirs. The princess privately
his majesty to intervene
on her behalf, and he ordered the
plaintiffs to be nonsuited. against the
decision of the law.
similarly. in a case when the Tula
Bank was charged with the sale OF
the estates OF a bankrupt to satisfy
the claims OF creditors, the Car in
terfered, issued a personal order
stopping the sale and suspending the
operation OF the law.
Again, in another case. some no.
sold his estate to a syndicate
OF merchants. The transaction was
carried out and legally rati-
fed. But Czar Nicholas III, by his
power. cancelled the deed
OF sale and ordered the property re-
turned to the original owner. whose
only desire had been to obtain the
use of the purchase price for a few
INCOME NV
Nobody knows exactly the amount
Of the Cars enormous income. The
OF some of IL is trace
able to certain public works who's.
budgets are matters OF pubIIc record
and a large part is known TO he an.
sorbed by his family and their de.
nendents who number about OOo
= nd are entirely apart from the nobls
class which has NO Romanoff afSiIia-
TONS According to NJ PreIooker m.
car takes" an annual salary of
sIo ZOO 900:
81 use the expression takes, de,,f-
The Washington times., 1917-03-19
AmusementA

Belasoo-Nazimova In '"Ception Shoals, I" $50
p. m.
New National-Ziegfeld FoIIies, s:IB D. m.
Polfs-New Poll Players, In Poor Man. Rich
Man." s:l5 p. m.
b. +. Reith's-Vaudeville, 2:l5 and s:i5 D. m.
Gayety-Burlesque. 2:l5 and s:I5 D. m.
Loew's Columbia-Photoplays. 1890 a. m. to
IL D. m.
Strand-Photoplays, II o.. m. to II .. m.
Garden-Photoplays. IL =. m. to II D. m.
The Washington times., 1917-03-19
PREDICTS Car Companies viii Raise
Fare to Meet Demands Of striking
Employes.

Employees.
To the Editor Of THE TINES:
1 wish somebody would tell me
where the money is going to come
from to pay the striking conductors
and motormen the increase tbey ask
for, after they get that increase.
Does anybody believe that the men
who comprise the Washington Rail
way Railway and Electric Company
are going to dig down into their own
pockets and foot the bill? l don't.
The street car companies will sim
ply raiss the price OF a ride to cents
and the people (who cannot afford tn
ride in. automobiles) will pay. A
whole lot of men-and women, too
who have worse jobs than street car
conductors will be taxed in order
that the street railway companies
may be able TO recover the deficiency.
They may be able to keep the street
railway companies. from raising the
price OF a ride: but II Is a fact. never
theless. that they didn't prevent the
electric line that runs from Wash
ington to Baltimore from raising the
price of a ride.
JOHN ABSOLUTE.
The Washington times., 1917-03-19

The pacifIsts have another organ
now. 1t is called The Dawn. Like the
other pacifist publications it seems
animated by the notion that the peo-
pie who defend themselves from un-
warranted attack are just as wicked
es the people who are the aggressOrs.
II America protects the lives OF her
citizens, her property, her territorial
integrity from unjustified German at
tack, America shares the bIood-guilt-
mess of the ensuing struggle equally
with Germany.
The Washington times., 1917-03-19
Says Public In Jeopardized by Use Of
street Car Strike Breakers.

Say1 Public In Jeopardt1ed by Use Of
street Car strike Breakers.
TO the Editor OF THE TIMES:
Regarding the street car strike in our
city. In your paper OF March II. have
read the letter OF Mr.. s. r. Bowen to the
Commissioners in which he says the
company has jeopardized no mans prop
erty. We would like TO know what II
Is when men are put on the cars to OPP
crate them who seem to know nothing
or very little about what they are do
ing.
And as TO President King and his
normal schedule Is X a normal sched-
ule when you see four cars going north
and have to walt perhaps an hour for
one going south? A CITIZEN
The Washington times., 1917-03-19

Deeries Expre.sion, The Interest Of
the Public II Alwa--. Greater Than
That of Either Side Of the Cestro-
Versy.-
To the Editor OF THE TINES:
II We were a nation of thinkers.
the expression, THE interest of the
public Is always greater than that OF
either side of the controversy" would
have been laughed out of court long
ago.
When the public ignores the work
ers OF any industry, failing to inform
itself as to the working conditions
and compensation, treating the whole
question with indifference until il ex-
periences more Inconvenience, has il
a moral right then to ask that group
OF workers which is struggling to
better its condition to discontinue its
struggle In behalf OF this erstwhile
Indifferent public? NJ r. A.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-07-19
WORK WITH C|Trs SCHOOLS
Profs. Chittenden, Coluburn and
Douglass on U. v. M. Faculty.
Practice Work in High Schools Here
Beginning in september-s. ).
Phelps, A. M, in Charge-To
Help Faculty Recruits.

Plans have been completed for team
work between the State university and
the city's public school system, where
by the senior and Junior high schools
Will provide practice work for U. v. M.
student teachers and Superintendent
M. D. Chittenden, and Principals John
e. Colburn and W. H. Douglass be-
come members Of the university fac
ulty The change Is made possible by
the appointment OF Shelton ]. Phelps.
A. NJ, of Peabody College, Nashville,
Tenn. as professor of secondary educa.
ton and supervisor of practice school
work. Professors Chittenden, Doug.
lass and Colburn will be known as SUI
pervisors of practice teaching. which
at first will be practically confined to
the two high schools.
Professor Phelps comes here next
September on the recommendation Of
Clyde M. Hill. supervisor of Junior
high schools in the State, and with the
approval Of DR.. Milo B. Hillegas, COM
missioner of education. He did most
of his undergraduate work in the Uni
versity of Missouri. and prepared as
teacher at Nashville. Mr.. Hill came
here from Missouri and knew Of Mr.
Phelps there. President Bruce r.
Payne Of Peabody speaks in very high
terms Of Professor Phelps.
The appointment was made by the
executive committee OF the board Of
trustees at a meeting yesterday. The
coming Of Professor Phelps. accord
ing to DR.. ]. F. Messenger. head of the
department Of education, will mean
that hereafter practice work will be
required Of all candidates for a degree
in education. DR.. Messenger has been
teaching a short course in secondary
education, which now will be elaborated
to four years of work.
AID TEACHERS I'm SERVICE"
The executive committee Of trustees
voted to make good to members Of the
university faculty who enlist in the
service of their country any salary loss
they may suffer. That is. the institu-
ton will make up the difference be-
tween what they have received as
teachers and what they will receive in
the future in different work. This is
in line with the action of the Univer-
sity of Toronto in Canada, for in
stance. The trustees thought the
step only one of common sense patriot
ism.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER.
Maurice R. Wilcox is now specialize
ing at Harvard in preparation for his
work as teacher Of physical education
at the university.