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The Washington times., 1917-04-07
Serious Charges Against a Judge

If every one who disagreed with
the findings Of a court were permit
ted to jeopardize the standing Of its
chief officer, there would be no sta
bility in our legal system. The pub
lie is slow to believe accusations
against the bench. That very fact
makes it of vital Importance that the
highest standards should be continu-
ously upheld.
The action Of Henry A. Wise in
filing charges with the Judiciary
Committee of the House of Repre-
sentatives against Judge George w.
Ray, of Norwich, N. Y, is not the
first intimation of an unfortunate
state of affairs. Some twelve years
ago, Solicitor General Hoyt accused
Judge Ray of unreasonably retard-
ing the disposition Of a case which
had been before him for fifteen
months. Four years ago, the Cayuga
County Bar Association is said to
have protested against the courts
treatment of a lawyer.
In the case referred to by Mr..
Wise, higher court reversed a deci-
sion of Judge Ray because Of re-
marks which he is alleged to have
made about the jury. 1t would seem
that these facts are enough to JUS
tify an examination of the records.
If it can be shown that Judge Ray
is worthy of continued confidence all
good citizens will be glad to be as
sured of the fact. But for his own
sake, as well as for the protection of
the public such charges as have
been made should not 90 unan-
swered.
The Washington times., 1917-04-07
TO HONOR U. S. UNIFORM
D. A. r. Expected to Discuss Move
ment for SaIutlna Wearers.

The movement to show respect for
the uniform OF this country by salut-
ing the individual wearer was given
impetus today. when Mrs. William
Cumming Story. president general of
the Daughters of the American Revo-
luton, said the matter probably will
come up for discussion at the annual
meeting OF the Continental Congress
of the u. A. r., April 16.
The movement was begun by a
group OF girls at 916 Colorado build
ing, newly organized as the Order OF
True Americans, OF which DIR. ]. V.
Down was elected president
Meanwhile, the girls who orig
mated the plan are working to insure
Its general adoption. Steps are being
taken to bring 1t before all organiza-
tions af women. ....
The Washington times., 1917-04-07
Right-Hand Exploitation of Left
Handed BenevoIence

Having done all his feeble best to
oppose the President in his efforts
to avert war, from the private
memorandum to Ambassador Dumba,
following the first Eusitania note, to
the criticism of the Presidents Sen
ate address on peace to be enforced
by the nations; later having tried to
induce Congress to prevent the arm
ing of the merchant ships and again
to oppose the declaration of war, the
Honorable William Jennings Bryan
poses today as a patriot who is al
most too good to be true.
He offers. to be enrolled as a pri-
vate soldier until called to the COL
ors. That is pretty cheap. The
painful fact is that Bryan is too old
and fat to enlist as a private soldier,
and he will never be called to the
colors in that capacity. His
humility, in this part of the pro-
pram, has not been equaled since
Uriah Heep made his debut on the
pages of fiction.
Bryan then assures an attentive
world that he is going to contribute
through the American Red Cross to
the comfort of the soldiers in the
hospitals. Millions of American
citizens have contributed to that or
ganiZation without taking the
trouble to advertise through the
press dispatches. We move that the
Bryan fund be set apart for the
purchase of grape-juice and that no
soldier be required to drink it with
out due notice that it is a gift from
Bryan.
Finally the great Commoner is
going to contribute to the Y. NJ. C.
A, "to aid in safeguarding the
morals of the men in camp" Only
Bryan always calls it "mauls."
Prudence, Piety, and Philanthropy
are Bryan's Heavenly Triplets.
The Washington times., 1917-04-07
The Negro and Germany's Offer for
DisloyaIty

With an ignorance amazing in its
profundity, Berlin has withdrawn the
State of Texas from its offer of
prizes to Mexico and tenders it as
a gift to the negroes of the South
in return for a revolt against the
United States Government.
Could greater effrontery be con-
rceived? Could more Grass ignorance
be exhibited?
1t is characteristic of Berlin that
it deals always without knowledge
of the other fellow. 1t was so in
Belgium, in Mexico, in Japan. 1t is
especially true in this tender for the
disloyalty of the Southern negro. He
is and has always been loyalty per-
sonifed. His devotion, personal and
as a race, has been demonstrated
through long series of trials. He
is farthest from being plotter or
conspirator.
No finer declaration of allegiance,
no more compelling affirmation Of
loyalty has been made since the war
with Germany appeared inevitable
than that made by Roscoe Conkling1
Simmons, a Louisville negro, who
addressing a gathering of his own
people delivered the following pa
triotic and inspiring appeal:
I'VE have a record to defend, but
no treason. thank God, to atone or ex-
plain. While in chains we fought to
free white men-from Lexington to
Carrizal-and returned again to our
chains. No negro has ever insulted
the flag No negro ever struck down
a President OF these United States.
No negro ever sold a military map
or secrets to a foreign government.
No negro ever ran under fire or lost
an opportunity to serve, to fight. to
bleed. and to die in the republics
cause. Accuse lis OF what you will
Justly and wrongly--no man can
point to a single instance OF our dis
loyalty.
I'VE have but one country and one
flag. the flag that set US free. Its
language is our only tongue. and no
hypnen DrldgeS or Quannes our
loyalty. Today the nation faces dan-.
ger from a foreign foe. treason stalks
and skulks up and down our land, In
dark councils intrigue is being hatch
ed. 1 am Republican. bat a " ilson
Republican. Woodrow Wilson Is my
leader. What he commands me 10 do
1 shall do. Where he commands me
to go 1 shall go. II he calls me to
the colors, 1 shall not. ask whether
my colonel is black or white. / shall
be there to pick out 10 color except
the white OF the enemv's eye. Griev-
ances have against this people.
against this Government. Injustice TO
me there is, bad laws there are upon
The statute books. but in this hour of
peril / forget-and you must forget
all thoughts OF self or race. or creed.
or politics, or color. That, boys, Is
loyalty
Berlin did not know the negro of
The United States when it offered
Texas as the price of disloya.ty.
The Washington times., 1917-04-07
CHINA BANS OPIUM TRADE
Government Takes Over Al Stocks
Of Drug.

The opium trade, immemorial
scourge OF China, has come to an
end
The Chinese government. according
to a dispatch to the State Depart
ment today, has formally taken over
all private stocks of the drug anu
will use 1t. for the EXTRACTION OF
morphia for medical purposes
So extensive were the private hold
inRs. and SO high the present prices
of the drug$7, 400 gold per chest
the government has been forced TO
issue thirty-year bonds to finance the
seizure.
The Washington times., 1917-04-07
Prepared!

Criticism of the unprepared con-
dition of the country was a high
patriotic duty at one time. That
time has passed. The occasion for
it no longer exists. The repetition
now of a familiar statement that
nothing has been done in three years,
and especially nothing in the last
two months, would be as unfortu-
nate as untrue.
There will be no changes in the
Cabinet unless the need for such
change is proved in the process of
conducting the war. The Command
er-in-chief of the Army and Navy of
the United. States should be pre-
sumed to know what he is about.
Criticism there should now wait upon
proved incompetency or misconduct.
That the country is not prepared
to undertake a war of invasion, ex-
cent perhaps with a small expedi-
tionary force of the regular army,
for the moral effect of having the
United States flag wave beside the
Union Jack and the Tri-color of
France, goes without saying. That
will be remedied as soon as an army
can be recruited. But the navy is
ready for its task. The Federal Re-
serve Board precludes the old appeal
to private bankers for war funds.
The Council of National Defense has
organized the country's industrial re-
sources in q marvellous way, and the
experience Of Great Britain. in fail
ure and success, is at our disposal.
The imperial government Of Ger
The Washington times., 1917-04-07
Don Marquis
Column
Spring Sonnet.

Spring Sonnet.
They say the brazen Igirly-girly show
In valiant hosts OF marshaled legs
and arms,
Hath power to move the Man-soul
with its charms;
Producers say IL, and-it may be 60;
But l, whenever / am forced to go,
Find me Still wandering from its
rude alarms
To some slight girl whose very shy.
ness warns,
A braid, a breath of lilies, and-you
know.
The world sets store by orchids, tu-
lips, and
All sorts OF hothouse blooms from
Samarcand;
I'd not swap a potato crisply fried
For all the tulips that have lived
and died;
But yesterday 1 found a violet,
And then my cup OF Joy was full.
you beti
Earl Simonson.
The Washington times., 1917-04-07
WILL DANCE IN BARE LEGS
Harvard Boys Can In Cambridge,
But Not So In Boston.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. April Even
II the city censor OF Boston has for
hidden them to dance in their bare
legs in that palace OF propriety, the
Harvard Hasty Pudding Club boys, in
their feminine roles, will pirouette
with undraped legs at their initial
and private performance here tonight
or course when they go to Boston
Thursday they'll have to wear stock
ings in their back to nature scenes
from "Barnum Was Right" Censor
John ]. Casey has decreed that their
bare'legs would be a shock to discreet
Boston. Mayor Curley agrees with
him. And that ends It. There will
be no bare legs in Boston.
Whether the boys will have to wear
'em when they appear on Broadway
with their show Monday has not been
determined: but it's a fact that the
police made the Winter Garden girls
put their 'tockies on not long since.
The Washington times., 1917-04-07
Tomorrow.

Lecture, Martial, the Epigrammatist. by
Prof Kirby Flower Smith, before wash
ington Classical Club. Fairmont Seminary.
$50 p. m.
Lecture, 'Some Books That Have Influenced
F. Bowerman. before Liberal Religious
Union. All Souls Church. D. m.
Open house ct Y. W. H. A., 1880 Tenth street
northwest. p. m.
Address, why Peace Movements Have
Failed" by DR.. Hills Cole, before Bahai
Assembly OF Washington. Studio Hail, ms
Connecticut avenue, Sis D. m.
Examination Of candidates for officers re-
serve corps. Fort Ayer. . a. m.
Address, Individual Liberty and Social Con-
troll" by Prof Percy H. Skinner, bsfors
Secular League, Pythian Temple, . p. n.
Address by Judge r. H. Terrell. before
Woman Wage Earners' Association, TA T
street northwest, .. m ,.f-.--
The Washington times., 1917-04-07

Says the Rhenische WestfaIiscbe
zeitung: Beyond striving for gold!
the Americans have no ideal" That
is simply the German way OF saying
that we have put the dollar mark on
the American flag.
The Washington times., 1917-04-07
NAVAL MILITIA GETS
READY FOR SERVICE
District Sailors Prepare to
Leave for Norfolk on Mon
day Night.

Preparations for departure, Mon
day night, for Norfolk, are under
way. at the armory OF the Dfstrict
Naval Militia, Water and o strsets
southwest .
Answering yesterdays call, mem
oers Of the naval militia arrived at
the armory at o'clock this morn
ing and were ready for the 1rst
muster at 10 o'clock. -
Scenes OF activity reigned at the
armory today. All morning long men
In citizen clothing were arriving, and
quickly changing to sailors gafb.
Under the arm of each there rested
bundle, containing the. personal
equipment OF the sailor. Although
all members Of the organization have
not yet reported to the armory, II n
expected that all win have answered
roll call by tonight
120 Going to Norfolk.
The full contingent of the Naval
Militia of the District is leo men.
OF. these, 120 probably viii be sent
to Norfolk, while the others viii re-
main here for q time.
Just what will be done with the
men when they reach the Norfolk
navy yard Il not known. 1t IL gen.
orally conceded. however, that they
will be held In the barracks there.
In general service, which corresponds
TO the "unassigned" status in the
army. As vacancies occur on board
the ships they will be called on.
The members of the District naval
rsaflfffa
following their muster-in today. The
physical and practical examinations
were held today, while those of the
petty officers have been held for the
last three weeks. The petty officers
who passed the examination will re-
tain their status in the national naval
volunteers.
-Four Divisieas.
The District naval militia has four
OF. forty men each. Three
OF the divisions are seamen's divisions.
the other one being what is known
as an engineer division.
Landing equipment was received
last night. This equipment consists
OF picks, shovels. maddocks. and other
implements needed to throw uD
tEeuouG1s ONncE eQulpmSnl 70 DC car
ried by the men will consist OF rifles,
belts, bayonets, hammocks.
two suits of ''blues." four suits Of
whites" overalls, and pack carrier
outfits. t
There are many men employed IN
the Navy Yard who are members Of
the District naval militia. But under
the orders issued last night, these
men will not be exempted from duty.
Neither wiz married men be excused
Is in the case of national guardsmen-
Can Sleep At APmorJ.
Members of the naval militia win
lot be required to stay at the armogy
.onIght after 8 o'clock. although those
who desire may sleep there TO avoid
.aking long trip home. Guards will
,e maintained at the building during
he night continuously.
Those in charge Of the District
Naval Militia are Comdr. r. b
3rumett, commanding the battalion:
lieut. d. Johnston. commanding the
lrst division; Lieut.. w. r. Hoefer,
the second division; En-
ign ]. B. Barrett. commanding the
bird division, and Lieut. Joseph j.
'orter, commanding the fourth divt- .
ion. Other officers are Lieut. F. L
dudge, chief engineer; Lieut.. H. L
executive officsr; Lieut. G
}. A. johnson. paymaster; M r.
Finley. assistant paymaster; Lieut.
|. p. Tibbets. surgeon, and Chester
J. Groff, assistant surgeon
The Washington times., 1917-04-07

many will shortly be undeceived if it
counts upon the just criticism of
earlier times as proof that this ma
tion is unprepared, for war,
The Washington times., 1917-04-07

Germany is now lamenting that
she did not sign the Bryan treaty.
which would have held US off for a
year more. But it has been two years
since the Lusitanla went down.
The Washington times., 1917-04-07

1t is about time for Indiana to or
ganize an Association of Election
Stealers. Prominent members of both
parties with social position unas-
sailed are eligible for membership.
The Washington times., 1917-04-07

Wonder IL Vardaman had heard the
stories of German intriguing for 4
n .gro uprising when he voted against
the declaration OF war?
The Washington times., 1917-04-07

The United States Navy receives a
considerable addition to its tonnage
Though the propensity of Germany
u sink American vessels.
The Washington times., 1917-04-07
sULzER TO RAISE BRIGADE.

NEW YORK, April William Sui
zer. ex-governor Of New York, asked
Government sanction to recruit and
equip a brigade for seryice at home
or abroad"
The Washington times., 1917-04-07

The sinking of the Belgian relief
ships leaves smaller amount of
food for the Germans in Belgium to
steal.
The Washington times., 1917-04-07

The Mitchel-Wagner mountain pro-
duced the most diminutive mouse
that ever scooted into a hole.
The Washington times., 1917-04-07
Greenwich VIIIare Corre.nanhent.

Greenwieh Village Correspondent.
After many weeks OF comparative
monotony the village at last has a
real sensation. Molly's celebrated
feedery is haunted. Artists and paint
ers starting out for the evenings
recreation at or 2 a. m. have seen,
pressed against a front window pane,
the sad but familiar face of their old
friend Mike. the waiter. whenever
they have spoken to him he has in
stantly vanished.
IT was less than a year sxo that
Mike disappeared from MolIy's never
to be seen again in the flesh Once the
village took up a collection az re
ward for the recovery of Mike. dead
or slive. and 4S cents was realized in
cash and pledges.
Mike, 1t will be remembered. was
one OF the best natured Hungarian
goulash handlers that ever made his
public appearance in shirt sleeves.
single handed he used to deliver the
orders OF fifteen or twenty villagers
and the eighty or ninety Summers
who visit Molly's daily. And how
ever many things you asked for,
Mike always brought you at least
one OF them.
But Mike was naturally a high
brow and the strain OF listening to
the scraps OF conversation that he
could not avoid ultimately began to
tell on him. II can't stand II much
longer" i have heard him murmur
many times, half to himself. And
once when a youthful Bohemienne
observed to a hook -nosed Mexican
revolutionist. "DoT't you think Han
defs Largo is just perfectly dear?"
Mike poised a plate OF baked" high
in the air as II he were going TO
bean some one, indeed.
Sooner or later the poor fellow was
bound to break down. Just what
caused his eventual dissolution no
one can say. His heart must have
become weakened. and II Is barely
possible that in some extraordinary
it of absent-mindedness one OF the
villagers offered him q tip.
C. A
The Washington times., 1917-04-07
OpinIons On Prohibition.

b. III A.Nt-tlE l IJs
CONFUCIUS-We tried IT here in
our time, and a man invented opium
because OF II.
TENNYSON-It'll be the death of
poetry; but probably that's the reason
it's SO popularA
SHAKESPEARE-T cans't not
shake thy thirsty head at me; thou
cans't never say / advocated IT.
THOMAS JEFFERSON-Les Liberte.
NAPOLEAN - Prohibition is all
right for the dead; but-sub rosa
I got away with Austerlitz on brandy.
HUERTA-It wouldn't bother me
now.
ABELAIS-Abandon hope all ye
who enter the grapeiuicery!
BYRON-I wrote "Don Juan" on a
hundred bottles OF Burgundy. The
water drinkers tried to answer It.
But. who were they anyway?
DANIEL WEBSTER-A sign of
national decadence. A country that
is too cowardly to drink is on the
tobog.
ROBERT BURNS-I should prohibit
the use OF alcohol in the arts and
sciences. but not otherwise.
SWINBURNE-After Watts-Dunton
took my brandy from me I petered
out. Benjamin De Casseres.
DON MARQUIS.
The Washington times., 1917-04-07
Our own Wall Notices.
THE KETTLE pRITMs

THE KETTLE DRUMS.
|. Sir: Here's a bit OF dialogue I over
heard in cabaret the other night:
Whats all the kitchen utensils
doin' in front of the orchestral"
They're the drummer's traps" was
the reply.
so? Hardware drummer"
The Washington times., 1917-04-07

And d. f. H. wants US to know
that Mr.. John B. Mudd is q member
OF the road commission of Baltimore,
Nd.
The Washington times., 1917-04-07
Fields super-PIowed.

They tell us, too, that the Somme
front is blasted and ruined forever.
Childe Harold, in the Peninsula, said
Smyrna times., 1917-01-17
The Tailor Who Paid Too Much
By HERBERT KAUFMAN
Author Of "Do SonsetEingl Be Son1efhfngr'

WAS buying cigar last week when dropped into the
after making purchase told the proprietor that he had
clothes shop around the and quoted him prices
with the assurance of best garments and terms
After he left the cigar turned to and said:
~Enterprsng fellow, that, he'll get along"
~But he won't" replied "and, furthermore I'll
of clothes shop that will enable him to-
you think that? queried the behind the
s theories wrong explained hes relying upon word
of mouth publicity build his business and he can't interview
enough individuals compete with merchant who has
enough things he told thousand while
telling Besides his method of advertising
pensve Suppose hundred every day. First Of ALL
he robbng his business of direction and besides he
is spending too much to reach every man he soicits
81 don't quite follow you"
"Ve proprietor of clothes shop his time is so
valuable conservative in estimate when put the
cost OF his soliciting at five cents head.
Now he really able and clever he would discover that
thousands people tenth of Individual
There the advertising rate of which IS
SO0 thousand circulation for space big enough which to
display what he said to you"
az looked at it that way" said the cigar
only he hasn't looked at it that who hes
advisaby and pohtabenes OF
paper publicity.
Newspaper advertising the cheapest channel Of communities
established by thousand letters with onecen
stamps easily dollars and envelope in ter
| basket
merchants in America would spend individual ranging
dollars year and this form OF attract
| ing trade
Smyrna times., 1917-01-17
Reverslnn the Proverb.

Since stoutness is partly the result
of a good digestion, the old proVerD
may be turned around: "Grow fat ana
YOU will laugh" for it Is not easy to
be jolly with indigestion, heartburn
and other similar 'ills that flesh is heir
to-"
Moreover, a good cushion of fat is a
great preventive of cold and a great
aid in keeping the body at an even
temperature during changes of wealth
er. In a climate so variable as that
of the United States, it is of great i'm
portance to be able to resist these
weather changes, for it calls heavily
upon the resisting power of the con-
stitution of a thin man or woman to
maintain an even body temperature
when the thermometer vOlplanes 30 de-
grees in one day.
StOutness is q little like brake-it
keeps the body from pegging up anC
down in response to the vagaries Oi
the weather. This induces content
ment and makes laughter easy.
Smyrna times., 1917-01-17
THE LADY AND THE DISHRAG
Woman Does Not Realize to What
Depths She Sinks Herself by Using
Popular Expression.

When a woman declares that she
'feels like a dishrag" she is dragging
herself down to the lowest level OF
still life. We doubt not from the per-
sonal appearance of that handy ar
ticle of domestic utility that If any
life existed at all in said rag it could
not possibly fall lower or feel meaner.
However, woman should never offer
herself in comparison with so de-
graded an object for the simple rea'
son that mankind spurns the dishrag
most vehemently, and as woman
exists solely for man she should not
seek to lower herself in his esteem.
When a rag takes up its duties in the
dishpan it has reached the tag end
of abandoned hope, the climax per-
haps of a merry life. A dishrag might
have been q lovely lady's hose in its
palmy days, adorned by a silken gar
ter and surrounded by costly lingerie
But it is not of it's past that l speak
1t is of its present social standing, its
vulgar environment and it's uttel
self-abandOnment. 'Tis true that you
may feel fatigued to limp and lOppy
degree, but never can you feel sc
utterly wretched and beyond redemp
ton as a dishrag.-Zim, in Cartoonl
! Magazine.
Smyrna times., 1917-01-17

give. For maintenance, as distinct
from the property equipment the State
appropriates annually So. 600, and the
Levy Courts of each County pay
sum per diem for each girl. In veiw
of the increased cost of living and of
other requirements the Legislature is
asked to increase the annual appropri-
alton to SIS, 900 With the informa-
tion given by Mrs. Curtis the Legis-
lature should have ample knowledge
on which to act, and it should do what
is needed to lift from the school the
burden under which it has been strug-
Cling. The school is a State institu'
tion and it is the State which shoulC
clear it OF debt and maintain it prop
erly -
Smyrna times., 1917-01-17
REGARD Bells With Disfavor.

Greek monks are called to prayer in
q fashion of their own. Bells are not
regarded with too much facOr in the
Levant. The fact that they are an in
nOvatiOn borrowed, albeit in the tenth
century, from schismatic Venice makes
the orthodox doubt their appeal,
while the Turks object to them
even more strongly, lest they disturb
wandering spirits.
For all ordinary purposes the monks
use in their stead a hanging wooden
plank or sometimes a smaller metal
bar, of which the necessary cOncOmi-
tant is a stout mallet. The rhythmic
echo of these instruments is the most
characteristic sound of Mt. AthOs, the
voice, rs it were, Of its loyalty to other
times. Twice Il day. or every eight
ho,irs during seasons of fasting, it calls
The monks TO church.