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The Washington times., 1917-03-31
mitchell, WAGNER, AND
HUGHES

The announcement that Mayor
Mitchell has employed Charles Evans
Hughes as his personal counsel in
the investigation of the Mitchell
Wagner feud next week, has a dra-
matte quality about it that will add
interest to the proceedings in Al
hany in spite of the overshadowing
events that will take place in Wash
ington. The mayors friends say
i1at he welcomes the discussion as
caring the Rockaway transaction
ON the suspicion of graft his en-
mics have thrown over it. The
wide-open character of the inquiry
ordered by the Senate is also to the
mayors advantage as he will be
likely to relieve himself of a good
many grievances against the. Tam
many machine and its allies on the
Republican side.
Ex-Governor Hughes will also
End some of his old opponents in the
GAastA 70 Bin down in his rsls
The Washington times., 1917-03-31
THE FORUM MEETING

Patriotic Americans should see to
it that in the very face, of war and in
the midst of war the ordinary
processessof democracy are preserved
unimpaired. That is, the real signif-
cance of the Forum meeting at the
Central High School auditorium to-
morrow afternoon. Washingtonians
have an opportunity to learn how
Cooper Union and Ford Hall can be
duplicated here and the people have
en- masse the opportunity Of discuss
ing the affairs of the city and the ma.
tion. We shall soon need diversion
from the distractions of war and this
is one method of effecting that re-
suit.
The Washington times., 1917-03-31
WOULD RAISE SIS, ,oOo, 900
r. C. Barber Proposes Huge War
Hospital Fund.

An offer to help raise $4,000, 900
for army and navy hospitals in the
event OF war Is contained in q letter
from Frederick Courtenay Barber, of
New York, to President Wilson, which
was made public today.
The letter says In part: although
this IL q large amount, the undertak-
ing Is not formidable to me. In the
last few years alone, have helped to
raise more than $4,000, 900 for phil
snthropic purposes.
twenty-five million dollars will
provide for the construction and
equipment OF 100 hospitals Of 100
beds each. The fund. therefore, will
suffice for the accommodation of TO-
900 patients at q time on a peace
footing. On a war footing, the COM
biped capacity OF the 100 hospitals
can be increased to the point OF ac-
commodating at least 10000 patients
at time.
"You will note that am allowing
a quarter-million dollars for each hos
pital. II the buildings were to be
constructed only for a few years use,
they could be built at a much lower
cost But 1 respectfully suggest that
II Is better to provide for permanent
buildings, so that at the end of the
war, or whenever the Governments
need for them may cease, the hos
pitfalls may be turned over to the
cities or towns in which they are
erected"
Mr.. Barber is head of Frederick
Courtenay Barber and Associates, of
No. Madison avenue, New York.
The Washington times., 1917-03-31
THE CITIZENS ASSOCIATIONS
AND THE FOOD PROBLEM

The citizens associations of Wash
ington are becoming more and more
each year the real machinery for ex-
pressing the popular will concern
ing local affairs. They have devel-
oped extraordinary efficiency as they
have become more widely democratic
in their organization. Their repre1
sentations to Congress, the lawmak-
inG power for the District, and to the
Commissioners, the executive au-
thority, are heard with more and
more consideration. They are train
ing schools for democracy against
the time when the District will sure
ly be granted a more direct voice in
the conduct Of its own affairs. Some
of them, through the interests of
their officers and the local pride of
their members, have become more in
huential than others, but the ten
dency in all is in the right direc-
tion and the Federation of Citizens
Associations reflects the will of the
community as no other BODY can do.
In the movement that has already
taken such strong hold on the Dis
trict for the raising of home sup
plies of vegetables, the citizens as
sociations must play the important
part. They must necessarily form
the medium of communication be-
tween the committee in charge of the
gardening campaign and each To-
cality. They can receive informa-
ton from the committee and can con-
vey the facts of the local situation to
the committee. The movement, with
all that it implies for the food sup
ply of the city can be successfully
handled in no other way. And the.
citizens associations have never
been found wanting in the public
spirit that indorses and supports
any proposal for the well-being of
the community.
The Washington times., 1917-03-31
GREAT FLEET READY
FOR CALL TOBATTLE
Fourteen Dreadnaughts and a.
Second Line Battieships
Await Orders.

NEW YORK. March 31.-Naval OIL
GERS are waiting for orders to mobiI-
ize. As soon as they are received the
feet in the Atlantic will be increased
by all the reserve battleships and
many vessels OF other types, inelud-
ing a large number of auxiIiaries.
The force which will be called into
active service amounts to-about 750.-
900 tons. It includes fourteen battle
ships of the dreadnaught type, thirty
two second-line battleships. three ar
mored cruisers, three scout cruisers,
fifty-one destroyers and six divisions
OF submarines.
The fourteen frst-line dread
naughts, beginning with the flagship
Pennsylvania and ending with the
16.000-ton South Carolina, total in dis
placement 539. .450 tons. In the main,
batteries on these ships are sixty-four
fourteen-inch guns of the latest types.
which hurl projectiles Weighing I. 400
pounds and which, IL necessary, could
unite in q single broadside OF four
teen-inch projectiles, the combined
weightNo of which would be $1,000
pounds.
second Line BattiesnipaL
The Nmain batteries of the thirty
four second line battleships, the total
tonnage of which Is 329, ,s5s. embrace
twenty-eight 13-inch and seventy-six
12-inch guns, the former firing pro
jectiles Weighing 1,13o pounds and the
latter $40 pounds.
The 13-inch broadside weight 10
therefore 81. $40 pounds. while the
weight Of the Pinch broadside In
this second line totals 97,I5O pounds.
II all the big guns In both tina first
and second line divisions were. fired
at the same time the total weight Of
projectiles, OF the third major calibers.
would be 274.os0 pounds.
Next In fighting strength to the bat
tlesbips are three armored cruisers
operating with the active and reserve
Atlantic organizations.
The destroyer force, ready for in.
slant service, totals fifty-one, vessela,
OF which forty-nine are in the main
torpedo fiotillas and two-are attached
to the submarine division as teuders
Each destroyer is manned by about
100 officers and mem These are thu
ships which Will be relied upon to
protect the dreadnaughts and second
line battIeships from submarine at
tacks In the event OF hostilities. in
addition to doing patrol duty along
the transatlantic ship lanes leading
from the principal Atlantic ports. ?
Twenty-four Submarines Ready.
At present the submarine strength
Il the Atlantic feet totals twenty-four
vessels, but in the event of war an
other division of new IT. boats could
be made ready for service ina few
weeks.
Also In commission, or ready to be
called into service, are nine small
cruisers, three scouts and eighteen
sunboats. To REINFORCE these shipa
which would be a part of the coast
patrol, are scores OF privates yachts
owned by Americans and the entire
deet OF revenue cutters now in Allan
tic waters, which would add about 100
vessels
The Washington times., 1917-03-31
PARTY MACHINERY FOR PATRI-
OTTO PURPOSES

No better suggestion was ever
made than that which is now put
forth in New York, of using the rolls
of political parties for the purpose of
aiding the military census of that
State. The plan could easily be
made nationwide. National, State.
and district workers have compiled
these lists of voters for the purpose
of reaching them with party propa-
ganda. They can be reached equally
well with appeals to patriotism. The
incident is noteworthy as an illus
tration of the fact that partisanship
is rising everywhere into patriotism.
The Washington times., 1917-03-31
PRISONERS OF WAR

The forty American seamen held
captive in Germany because they
were found on armed merchantmen
should be speedily released. If re-
prisals are in order, their number can
be multiplied by the hundred or the
thousand of German prisoners al
ready in the United States. Ger
many seems to have seen the point
once before. While we have the
greatest confidence in the stupidity
of German diplomacy, we are hope
full that it will not extend to per-
sistence in. the. theory that these
Americans going about their lawful
Business are really prisoners of war.
The Washington times., 1917-03-31
WHATS ON PROGRAM
interesting Events Of Importance
Scheduled Today.

Dinner Of Sigma Chi Fraternity, shoreham.
Meeting Of labor unionists and delegates to
Central Labor Union to act on street car
strike, Painters Hall, Sixth and G streets
northwest, D. m.
First annual informal dinner Of Military Ser
vice Legion, Hotel Continental. $50 p. m
Address by 0apt. Ian Hay Beth on "Esxperi-
ences In the Trenches" with British official
motion pictures and a aim Of Raemalzer
, drawing war cartoons, for benefit of Brit
ish-American War Relief Fund residence Of
Mrs. GOff. $50 Twentieth street northwest.
$50 D. m.
Address on what Judaism Is,' by Israel
Efros, Of Baltimore, before Menorah So
ciety, George Washington University, 723 G
street northwest. p. m
Meeting of Howard University students and
teachers auxiliary. American Red Gross as
sembIy hall. girls dormitory. $50 p. m.
Meeting Of Iowa Society OF Washington, oak
room, the Raleigh, p. m.
Annual banquet. Cultus Club, Powhatan, 9
p. m.
Hike, Y W. c. A members. starts at ssso-
citation building. Fourteenth and G streets
northwest, p. m
Motion picture lecture. American University,
y. m
Masonic-Harmony Lodge. No. II.
Odd Fellows-Canton Washington, No. l.
Patriarchs Militant.
Meeting Of Washington Alumni Chapter, Sis-
ma Nu, Raleigh, p. m
The Washington times., 1917-03-31
In n City Mission.

You sat among the older men, the
broken sons OF shame;
You took the food by charity supplied
And hated those who gave II with a
hate l could not blame
saw your boyish bitterness of pride
You sneered to hear the chaplain in his
brisk and shopworn way
Exhort the sinners all to seek the
light.
To heed the call OF mercy and be saved
without delay:
And once you laughed a mocHanc
laugh outright.
I know you could not see IT for the text
upon the wall
Nor hear 1t for the preaching and
the hymn;
The. Voice that calls forever and will
not cease to call.
The Spleudor that the darkness can
not dim:
II souls could speak directly-then !
had spoken out
As l was longing all the time to do,
And cried TO you SO tenderly you would
have turned about
And listened while l told you IL was
true!
The Washington times., 1917-03-31
OFFERS AID TO RED CROSS
Sunshine and Community Society to
Make Hospital Supplies,

Answering an appeal by the American
Red Cross for first aid bandages and
hospital supplies. the Sunshine and
Community Society will offer the serv-
ices OF its 200 members for war prepara-
tions.
The society's executive board. which
includes chairmen and vice chairmen Of
the eight branches In the District, voted
unanimously yesterday at a meeting
with Mrs. Charles P. Keyser, president.
ASS9 Mintwood place, to offer such serv-
ices
Miss Dorothy Clarkson was appointed
chairman Of committee to prepare
for the society's annual luncheon.
The following were chosen to represent
the society at the meetings OF the Dis
trict Federation Of Women's Clubs /:
Mrs. Charles p. Keyser. Mrs. r. Kahan.
Mrs. Edward T. Perkins, Mrs. Howard.
and Mrs. Zinkham.
The Washington times., 1917-03-31
BOURNE URGES TARIFF LAW
Former Senator Calls on Congress
to Restore Protection.

Calling on the present Congress to
enact a protective tariff law, the Re-
publican Publicity Association,
through its president, former Senator
Bourne. gave out a statement today
taking issue with newspapers which
have declared II untimely and absurd
to restore higher tariffs.
"Are the people willing to intrust
the Industrial welfare OF America to
Democratic tariff incompetents when
the war has ceased?" asks Senator
Bourne.
England is preparing for postwar
commerce. so are Germany, Austria,
France, and Russia Japan Is pre-
pared. Shall the United States con-
tinue to trail along behind, waiting
to see what may happen, awaking to
find what has happened?"
The Washington times., 1917-03-31
PICKLER SCARED BY FIRE
Edgar Vincent, 81 Years Old, In
iured BY Flames In Factory.

Edgar Vincent, siXty-seven years
old, of 1922 Cambridge street north
west, was injured on the face and
arms by fire in Renno Brothers pickle
factory, rear of 1920 Z street south
east, shortly before 4 o'clock this
morning. Vincent, an employe in the
factory, was taken to Casualty Hos
pital.
The fire. which did 500 damage. is
believed, to'have been caused by the
overflowipg OF a pan of grease on a
gas stove. a week ago Ralph Renno
was assaulted and robbed at the fac
tory. Five negroes were arrested in
connection with the crime.
Fire last night caused 500 damage
in the sheds in the rear OF IO4, 7O6.
TOs, and TO Rhode Island avenue, and
1917 Eighth street northwest
The Washington times., 1917-03-31
ZIMMERMAN ON THE
DEFENSIVE

The Zimmerman explanation in
the Reichstag of his extraordinary
attempt to embroil Mexico and Japan
with the United States comes at the
right time to remind Congress and
the American people of that par
ticular piece of infamy. The defense
would be humorous if the act were
not tragic in its consequences to Ger
many. DR.. Zimmerman contends
that he was not so t'naive" as to have
written a note 70. Carranza. He
complains that Carranza might not
even have heard of it if the United
States Government "had not pub
lished the instructions which came
Tito its hands in a way which was
not unobjectionable." After all the
plotting and spying by German Off
cials enjoying the hospitality of the
United States, this criticism of the
work of our Secret Service men tends
to excite the rSibles of the nations.
He enlarges on the friendship be-
tween Mexico and Germany and
adds:
It can hardly be said that the
relations between Mexico and the
United States have been friendly
and -trustful; but the world knows
that antagonism exists between
America and Japan. / maintain
l,.N 49, ovHa
stronger than those which, de-
spite the war, exist between Ger
many and Japan. The Mexi-
cans and Japanese are of like
race.
The Herr Doctor adds that "the
great mass of the American people
saw nothing to object to in these in
structions.T
This last remark, based upon
pacifist declarations in the press of
the United States. should point this
moral. Every uacifst utterance that
has encouraged Germany to believe
that the United States could not be
kicked into war has directly tended
to war between the two countries.
Bryan, with his peace-at-any-price
propaganda, and all the lesser lights
that have shone in his reflected bril-
lance have been the real promoters
of war. For a nation like Germany
to have become convinced that she
could persist in the violations of all
international laws, could murder
American citizens at her convenience
and shut up cur commerce in our
own ports was a fatal error on her
part; but those WI have taken ac-
tive part in such a propaganda have
brought this country into the war
against which they haveso earnestly
contended. The lesson was never
palmer that division in the face of
the enemy is an injury to ones own
country and gives aid and comfort
to that enemy. To the degree that
Germany has been a constructive
enemy, this is constructive treason.
The constructive becomes the actual
with the action of Congress next
week. After that the pacifsts may
either cultivate the grace Of silence
or win the reward of martyrdom to
an unworthy cause.
The Washington times., 1917-03-31
BLAMING US FOR THE WAR

After all, we are most impressed
by the restraint of Chancellor Won
nn-Hollweg. vocalizing the
functionings of. the German. mind
usward, in merely heaping all the
responsibility for any prospective
German-American hostilities upon
the United States. Why should he
have stopped so short?
1t would have been just as easy
for him to have proved-to the sat
isfaction of the German mind-that
we started the whole business. Un-
doebtedly American Vaccinations
were behind the finger of Gavrilo
Prinzip when he fired the shot that
set the whole world afire. And
American sympathy with Belgium's
murderous refusal to become volun-
tarily Prussian doormat is notori-
Gus evidence that we inspired the
Belgian resistance to the Iron Heel
and thus prevented the fall of Paris
and the prompt and humane" ter
mination of,the war.
In fact. it ought not to stump the
German mind to demonstrate conclu-
sively that it was by the aid of
American munitions that one Julius
Caesar was enabled to resist and hurl
back an earlier overflow of German
barbarism some thousands of years
ago. Why didn't the chancellor show
US up for the villains we really are !?
Dr,.,,, HEoz.. Da,o.an5,,,, 1Tood
The Washington times., 1917-03-31
Tomorrow.

Debate on Resolved. That the pacihst post
ton at this time. Is tustihable." before
Secular League, Pythian Temple. D. m.
Meeting Of the Young willing Helpers Club
.3s5 -Four -and-a-hah street southwest, 7:5D
d. m
Speaking at public forum, new Central High
School auditorium, p.
Address, What Attitude Should the Colored
People Take In the Event OF War; by the
Rev. Simon p. W. Drew. Cosmopolitan Bap-
tist Church, p. m.
Address, Safeguarding Clty's Health" by
Dr. william G.. Woodward. before Liberal
Religious Union. All Souls Church. T.. n.
Sacred song suite, Mary" Vermont Avenue
Christian Church. p. M
Concert By United States Soldiers' Fonte
Band Orchestra, Stanley Hall. $50 D. NJ
Mass meeting OF cooks. kitchen workers %
hotels. restaurants dining cars and clubs
True Reformers' Hall Twelfth AMI u
streets no.;hTeS'. 8 p. m.
Talk on ''Har Conditions In EnxlAnd and
LeEitinaIs warfa-r," by Mrs. B-atric~ Po'-
bury, Socialist headquarters. 81 Z street
nortAUsst, S:iS .. m
The Washington times., 1917-03-31

Sir: / do not know what Charlie
Chaplin has been doing of the
screen, but apparently from the fol
lowing notice from the Winchester
(KyD Democrat he is improving some
in his conduct. Listen to this:
Governor Stanley has restored
Charlie Chaplin, of Wayne county,
to citizenship. Chaplin had served
a term for a minor offense and had
been paroled.,
/ didn't know before that Charlie
was a Kentuckian, did you? Haven't
we got a lot to answer for in that
State? Sorrowfully,
Col W. J. hampton.
The Washington times., 1917-03-31

Kaiser Suffering From Diabetes
Headline.
Proof that Germany's enemies lied
when they said that there is no sugar
In Germany.
The Washington times., 1917-03-31
Amusements.

Belasco-"So Long. Lefty" 10 and SEQ p. m.
New National-'Shirley Kaye" 200 and SO
D. m Concert. Lucy Gates and Theo. Karle.
40 p. m
PnIi's-New Poll Players. In I'm Old Rem
tucky'' els and Sis .. m.
b. p ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2:15 and Sis D. m
Gayety-Burlesque, 2:i5 and S:B D. m.
Loew's Columbia-Photoplays, 1880 q. m. tc
IL d. m.
Strand-Photoplays. II a. m. to IL D. m.
Garden-Photoplays, IL a m to II D. m.
The Washington times., 1917-03-31

The question arises whether any
citizen of the United States who is
too pro-German by his own admission
20 sit on a jury is sufficiently pro
American to remain anywhere outside
Of an internment camp.
The Washington times., 1917-03-31
Kultur LIN America.

In war time II was the custom
among peoples claiming to be civil
lied to minister to wounded enemies.
That Is until the coming Of RIltHT
into the world.
Certain German-American minds
are thoroughly saturated with Kuftur.
Albert Staub, director of the At
lantic division of the American Red
Cross, addressing q Philadelphia
branch OF the organization the other
day, gave a warning against German
agents who had insinuated themselves
into the Red Cross for the purpose of
filling bandages with ground glass.
which would cause suppurating
wounds. Other bandages, he found.
were soaked in poisonous chemicals.
Mr.. Staub says:
"In one town I knew of a certain
woman, a leader in social activities,
who made more bandages than any
other member of the branch. Her
work was so neat that she was point
ed out as a noel We got more sup
plies from this town than any other
of its size in the State. BY chance
several of the bandages were opened
and ground glass was discovered in
them. An, Investigation showed that
this woman had German connections"
The coId-blooded malignancy OF
such actions passes beyond anything
that had been conceived OF as possible
until KuItur made its appearance in
the world. No comment that could be
made could heighten the horror felt
by every really human creature at the
bare recital Of the fact itself.
The Washington times., 1917-03-31

The young American idea which
rips the Kaiser's picture of a school
room wall gives a timely hint as to
the direction in which the teachers
instruction should shoot
The Washington times., 1917-03-31

Just the same, the erstwhile Czar
must have his moments when he's
glad he's out of 1t. We can even I'm
sgine him saying to the erstwhile
Czarina, Thank God, wife, I'm fired"
The Washington times., 1917-03-31

One clause in a proposed army bill
forbids the use OF tobacco to American
soldiers. Why not turn the whole prob
lem Of natural defense over to Miss An
nette Hazleton and be done with II?
DON MARQUIS,
The Washington times., 1917-03-31
Don Marquis
Column

Fothergil Finch told US the other
day the war BORED him. Will some
one please remove the war? 1t is i'm
portant that the Fothergil Finches
should not be bored.
The Washington times., 1917-03-31

A Brooklyn citizen by tho name OF
Junkelman objects to serving on an
American jury because. as he says:
I'm a pro-German. / favor every.
thing German"
Naturalized, but not denatured.
The Washington times., 1917-03-31

The Germans are destroying every
thing possible in the French territory
from which they are retiring. Evil
IDENTIFY they have no hope of reoccu-
pying this land
The Washington times., 1917-03-31

IT must be a source of great regret
to the Germans that they cant de.
stroy the oceans also.
The Washington times., 1917-03-31

The best specialists for the Kaiser's
complaint are in Paris, but 1t seems a
little unlikely that the poor gentle
man will be able to consult them.
The Washington times., 1917-03-31

Humanitarianism, as understood
by Pacihsts, consists in delivering
humanity over to the unmercies of
the inhumane without a struggle.
The Washington times., 1917-03-31

We caught Archy prowling through
a copy OF George Moore's book, THE
Brook Kerith," the other day.
except for a capital here and there
said archy and an occasional period
mr. moore seems to have adopted my
own methods of punctuation 1 vel
come a narrative style without quota
tion marks or other unessential de-
vices which only halt the flow OF the
story the whole world will come to II
sooner or later think OF the saving in
ink and white paper alone
There are still some people who say
Il is foolish to prepare for war. We
suppose some ostriches get so in the
habit that they would try to bury
their heads in a stone pavement. And
even wbcn there is plenty of land, the
stunt leaves the neck exposed.
The Washington times., 1917-03-31
A FILM MYSTERY.

Matrimony- should be a game OF
skill as well as a game of chance.
The Washington times., 1917-03-31

Lloyd George and Asquith are now
for female suffrage. In time Eng
land will be as democratic as Rus
sia-
The Washington times., 1917-03-31

Bryan Wants a Referendum.-Head
line.
Aren't three enough for him?
The Washington times., 1917-03-31

A gullible girl from Mauch Chunk
Her savings unwtttingly sunk
In a set of black fox
So twas marked on the box
But they really were nothing but
Kolinsky. "A. N.
The Washington times., 1917-03-31

Booze makes the beak a beacon.