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The Washington times., 1921-01-16

"On this diagram the distance
across the front of the Grand Fleet
from (A) to (B) is over five miles.
Jellicoe ordered his ships into lire
on his left wing division, OBJ, the
one most distant from the enemy
From the leading ship on the right
wing (A) the range to the enemy
was less than eight miles. BY de-
ploying on the left wing column in
stead of the nearer wing. Jellicoe
put himself thirteen miles from the
enemy and there he stayed.
"When | say there he stayed
am Illustrating what actually hap
pened. The line of the Grand Fleet
at first began to slant in gradually
toward the line of the fleeing
enemy. Twice the German destroy
ers protecting the retreat of the
heavy ships launched torpedo at
tacks. and each time the entire
Grand Fleet turned away to avoid
the attack, thereby putting them
selves further from the German
battle fleet. The Germans were
interested only in making good
their escape, and this they sue
ceeded in doing without much diff
ficulty.
"The battle of Jutland after the
Grand Fleet got into it ceased to be
battle. Facts speak louder than
words. So carefully did the Grand
Fleet refrain from fighting that
after deployment only one battleship
out Of the twenty-seven was even
hit by the Germans gunfre. The
Colossus was struck but not severe
" damaged.
Every time tell myself this
astonishing thing, have to repeat
II several times.
"The mist powerful fleet in the
world engaged an inferior force; it
let the inferior force escape. The
supcrior force suffered no injury.
The Washington times., 1921-01-16
BALT|MORE-D. c.
COMMUTERS HIT
Pennsylvania Road to Annui In
terchangabIe Ticket Plan
Next Moth.
Committing is going to be either an

Committing is going to be either an
expensive, or a decidedly tedious
business for people who work In
Washington. but live In Baltimore.
after the seventh OF next month. On
that day, according to new tpriffs
filed with the Interstate Commerce
Commission by the Pennsyiyanis
railroad, the old interchangeable COM
mutation tickets will become null and
void.
This means that, instead of buy
ing sixty-trip monthly ticket
good on any line to Baltimore, the
commuter will have to buy a ticket
for each railroad. or use the limited
schedule Of one particular road. In
stead OF being able, when one train
il missed, to take another on a
different road a few minutes later,
the traveller will be forced to wait
an hour or so for his own line.
The Baltimore Merchants and
Manufacturers Association is up in
arms at the proposed change. and
probably will ask the Interstate
Commerce Commission to suspend
the new tariffs pending an oppor-
The Washington times., 1921-01-16
D. c. STATUE WILL HONOR
PIONEER SUFFRACIST

On February Is, the 101st anniver-
sary Of the birth OF Susan Il. Anthony,
a memorial statue will be presented
to the Capitol i'm honor of the pioneers
In the woman movement over thirty
national wcmen's organizations have
already accepted the invitation of the
National Woman's Party to take part
in this memorial ceremony.
Miss Jane Adams will preside at
the unwilling OF the statue, which has
Just been completed by the American
sculptress, Adelaide Johnson, and
which represents the three early lead
ers, Susan H. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady
stanton, and Lucretia Mott The
Womans Party will hold a national
convention In Washington during the
three days following the memorial
ceremony
The Washington times., 1921-01-16

vsncing enemy, stretched in long,
irregular line below the southern
horizon.
HNow consider the deployment
problem.
you will see from the diagram
| have made that the Grand Fleet
was advancing in six columns OF
four ships each. In front and on the
Hanks OF this array of ships, you
must picture to yourself fan
shaped formation OF destroyers and
cruisers which acted as screen
against submarine attack. and fur
nished the advanced eyes OF the fleet
for scouting purposes.
THE battleships could not fight
in columns, for they would be In
each others way. They must be
Strengthened out into lines so that
the guns of each ship will bear on
the enemy without having to fire
over or through friend. They must
get into Indian file or something
approximating 1t, and the protect
ing screen of minor ships must be
drawn in and placed in the most ad-
vantageous position possible for at
lacking the enemy with torpedOes,
or for repelling enemy destroyer at
tacks.
Leaving out of our discussion
the question whether Jellicoe should
have come on the scene Of battle as
he did, instead of rearranging his
formation before he sighted Beatty's
The Washington times., 1921-01-16

slowly, ''is the immediate bearing
OF all this on yourselves and on our
country. In the Army and Navy
Register for August Il, 1920, is given
a list of the books in the library of
our Naval War College. Jellicoe's
book is on the list. The able criti-
cism of Commander Carlyon Bel
lairs, The Battle of Jutland,' is
not on the list, neither is the Brit
ish Navy in Battle, by Arthur Pol
len.
Don't think that Jutland is the
only place in the war where the
purveyors of false doctrine ruined
the chances of the British navy.
Another night, as Walker says, I'll
tell you another story. But what
must imediately concern us is the
question, What will our feet g.
when It's leaders are faced with the
first moment or the first five min
utes of Jutland?'
1T is not enough TO say God
grant that our destiny. be not placed
in the hands of Jellicoev We must
go further and say Nor in the
hands of any of his SCHOOL,"
The navy man walked over to his
chair, sat down and waited ex-
pectantly for his last remarks to
sink in.
why don't you shout it from the
house tops" suddenly exclaimed
Ames. "You fellows who know
these things should inform the pub
lie. People are relying on you TO
tell them this. An informed public
opinion would correct this nonsense
in no time"
IF ] wrote what have just said"
returned the officer, 81 would not
be allowed to publish it; il ! did
publish it without permission, ]
should be court-martialed and be-
sides-Tm not Mahan. / don't know
how to write
The Washington times., 1921-01-16
DEMOCRATS WILL MEET
TO TALK OVER DEFICIT

Chairman George White. OF the
Democratic National Committee, call
ed a conference of party leaders here
yesterday to consider plans for rails
ing the $4,000 deficit which the Cox
campaign left on the party's hands.
Among those participating were Ber-
nard NJ. Baruch, of New York. and
Homer S. Cummings, former national
chairman.
I'VE haven't decided yet what plan
will be pursued in financing the
party" said Chairman White, but
some program will be fixed upon in a
few days"
He said that he had not yet decided
on what day to call the national com
mittee together for the reorganiza-
ton session. In view of the impend-
ing fight FOR control of the organiza-
ton all factions appear inclined to
favor postponement of the meeting.
The Washington times., 1921-01-16
Two Chances to Wipe Out German Fleet Expert Charges
unity for the commuters

tunity for the commuters To be
heard.
Counting the street car fare neces-
sary In both Baltimore and Washing
ton, In addition TO the train fare, II
Is foreseen that the new tariffs would
make committing 30 expensive, or at
tendsnt with such difficulties from
the standpoint OF the time table that
many persons now working hers
would Quit Baltimore altogether, and
make their homes in this city.
No change Is contemplated In the
present price Of s22 for sixty trip.
thirty day ticket. But IL 10 pointed
out that the average commuteT,
rather than wait an hour In the event
OF missing a train. would prefer TO
buy an additional ticket on another
road. This would mean AN outlay OF
s4i monthly. not counting street car
fare OF seven cents In Baltimore and
eight cents here-the equivalent OF
house rent, expended merely on trans
portation.
The Washington times., 1921-01-16

1.-THE Germans started for home.
They had not expected to meet the
Grand Fleet, and they had no idea
of fighting it if it could be avoided"
Here the naval officer paused
while the other looked at him ex-
pectantly. ~ was just thinking"
he went on, "that all of US in my
profession, from the time we are
midshipmen until we are tootMess
and retired, dream Of having sn OPP
portunity offered us sucn as was Oh
fered Jellicoe at this moment.
HAD GREATEST SEA
FORCE IN HISTORY.
Consider his position. He mad y:
his disposition the greatest sea force
in the world. His strength, as COM
pared with that of the enemy. was
certainly as eight is 10 five, If not
better, and nearly three to one in
weight of gunfire. From the mo-
ment of contact it was certain that
the Germans could rot escape to
their base without abandoning their
six slow battleships, and probably
some of their crippled battle cruis-
erS. In those ATTITUDES at that time
Of the year he could count on per-
haps three hours of daylight. The
afternoon was somewhat misty,
which meant that the action must
be pressed home and no time lost.
II am leaving out thousand and
one details. am not trying to give
you any picture of the actual scene
as Jellicoe with the Grand Fleet
bore down from the north on the
roar Of distant guns.
"The southeastern horizon was
dimmed by cordite fumes and the
smoke of many ships, through which
could be seen the incessant flashes
Of the great guns. Through it,, dim
ly, those in the right wing squadron
of the Grand Fleet could finally
make out the shapes of Beatty's
battle cruisers, some three or four
miles away, steaming to cross, their
course. Beyond that lay the ad-
The Washington times., 1921-01-16
Calls Presidents Yacht
Fre-trap Unless lis
Newly Wired.

Unless extensive repairs are made
to the wiring system. President
Harding will be In constant peril
when cruising on the Presidential
yacht. the Mayfiower
In report made public last night
the Navy Board. which has been in
vestigating the recent fire on the
yacht. declares that IL Is a virtual
fire-trap. The report reads:
The board Is OF the opinion that
no responsibility attaches to any or
the officers or crew OF the May
flower for the cause OF the fire and
the resultant damage to the ship;
that the efforts OF those engaged In
nghting the fire were well directed
and succeeded In putting out a Are
that threatened at one time 10 vet
beyond control; and. finally, that an
old ship OF wooden interior, ntted
with thin, painted paneling, and not
wired In conduit. will always con-
stitute a serious fire risk"
The Washington times., 1921-01-16
SECOND INSTALLMENT.
by w. A. ChadbOurne,
(Emisent New York Attorney nsd
Naval Expert.)

NEmb0emt NEW NOrk "ss
Naval Expert.)
Admiral Beatty fought without
hesitation and probably as effective
ly as the weakness of his force per-
mitted. Admiral Jellicoe, with the
main fleet, simply evaded the enemy
and did not fight at all.
"On May 80, 1916, British bat
tie cruiser fleet, a fast scouting
squadron, consisting of six battle
cruisers, supported by four fast bat
tleships with accompanying destroy
ers and light cruisers, sailed east
from Rosyth, Scotland, to meet the
main English or Grand fleet at a
rendezvous in the middle of the
North Sea at 2 p. m. on May 81.
This battle cruiser force was COM
handed by Admiral Sir David
Beatty. The Grand fleet, coming
from the north and consisting OF
twenty-four battleships and three
battle cruisers with destroyers and
light cruisers, was late in arriving
at the rendezvous.
admiral Beatty, in accordance
with Instructions, therefore, started
north for the meeting place to join
the Grand fleet. While on this
northerly course he sighted German
ships, which proved to be also a
scouting squadron of five battle
cruisers under command of Admiral
Won Hyper, with protecting light
cruisers and dsstroyers, This force
was also moving north"
= Here the naval officer paused be-
side a table and asked for a pencil
and a piece Of paper, which were
promptly supplied by the engineer.
Roughly the North Sea is a u
shaped body of water, with Eng
land and Scotland on the west side,
Sweden, Norway and Denmark on
the east and France, Belgium, Hol-
land and Germany upon the. south.
The principal British naval bases
were on the northwest side on the
coast Of Scotland.
"You understand" he continued
chat the Germans had a swept
channel through their own mine
fields by which their ships could
come out from Heligoland and the
Kiel canal to the open sea. This
was known as the Horn Reef chan
mel. Naturally vessels could not
move safely through such mine
field passage except in daylight.
Its position was accurately
known to the British, who were al
ways~trying to close it by mines.
The dream of British commanders
was to catch the Germans some day
in the open sea and interpose a
force between them and this chan
mel entrance. They could not then
escape from the British main fleet
with its enormous superiority.
"This rough sketch will show you
the rendezvous, the Horn Reef chan
mel and the German base Of He'll
goland. | will draw two or three
moro diagrams but be sure to keep
in mind the position of the Horn Reef
channel at the southeast corner of
the North Sea.
The Washington times., 1921-01-16
LAWYER ASKS NEW
TRIAL FOR VILLA
Charges That Two Jurors ex-
pressed Opinion in Case
Prior to Hearing.

Charging that two Of the jurors
who sat in the trial OF Guy Vernon
Thompson. known as Villa" reccut-
ly convicted in the circuit court OF
Montgomery county, at Rockville, and
sentenced TO be hanged for dynsmit-
ing the home OF James Bolton at Ger
mantown. killing Bolton and the two
children of Hattie shipley. the latter's
housekeeper. had expressed opinions
as TO the guilt or innocence OF the &C.
cused prior TO his trial. Attorney John
A. Garrett yesterday filed a motion
for the case TO be reopened.
Garrett also declared In his motion
that the court erred in several OF its
rulings Chief Judge Hammond Urner.
who, with Judges Edward c. Peter
and Glenn II. Worthington presided at
the trial, will set a date for Garrett
TO argue his motion this week.
The Washington times., 1921-01-16
Observes huptial Anniversary.

Mrs. Bridget culhane, widow Of
Thomas Culhane, ST., and mother OF
Thomas Culhane, prominent In
Knights or Columbus circles. is today
celebrating the thirty-eighth anniver-
sary OF her marriage, at her home,
02l New Jersey avenue northwest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Culhane were married in
st. Aloysius Church January 16. 1888.
by the late Father Patrick Noonan,
s. J.
The Washington times., 1921-01-16
GREAT BRITISH FLEET
DECLINES TO BATTLE.

WAS the British Grand Fleet at
the channel at daylight to intercept
and destroy the Germans? 1t was
not. When daylight came the Brit
ish fleet was far from the channel
entrance. Again 1t declined battle.
Remember that every officer In
the Grand Fleet had spent his life
preparing for those few hours at
Jutland A life OF study and work
in the navy is made a success or a
failure in a few moments of action
The story Of the British naval Off
Ger of our generation IL a story OF
failure. Of inadequate preparation
and false habit OF thought ending
in a colossal tiasco There are glori-
out exceptions. Beatty fought as
Nelson would.
81 will not weary you with de.
tails. When l said that facts speak
louder than words ] said it for a
particular purpose. For Admiral
Jellicoe has filled hundreds Of pages
OF a printed book with words. He
has written the encyclopedia OF the
false school 1t Is called The Grand
Fleet, 1914-19l6.'
Sir Julian Corbett, a distin-
guished British naval writer, is en-
gagged in compiling the appendix.
"Our libraries are to be filled with
nonsense and bunk, just as oui
pockets were stuffed with admiralty
newspaper lies and excuses immedi-
ately after the event II you have
S. you don't want and have nothing
to do for q couple Of weeks, buy
Jellicoe's book and analyze it, as
see that you are all capable Of do
ing"
Shades Of Admiral Mahan" NUT
tered the motor truck man.
Eyes, and Of Nelson, Farragut and
Paul JONES'" added the lawyer.
We'll" said the engineer, after
that I'm going to revise my, esti-
mate of the evil consequences OF
preserving" ships instead Of fighting
them and | will give you stronger
speech some other night"
The naval man continued to pace
the quarter-deck--I mean the porch
What you all MISS" he said
The Washington times., 1921-01-16

Beatty on sighting the enemy
FIRST steered southeast TO get De-
tween them and the Horn Reef chan
mel. Before he succeeded in this he
altered his course directly toward
tne ene..iy.
1.-The German scouting squadron,
which was going north when sisht-
ed by the British, promptly turned
about and started south toward the
main German battle fleet, called the
High Seas Fleet. which was coming
up from the south. Won Hyper
wanted TO lead Beatty TO his deStruc-
ton at the hands OF that superior
force.
ELEVEN MILES APART
AS BATTLE STATED.
Both sides opened fire at 3:4S
p. M, when about eleven miles
apart. (For your convenience 1 use
land miles.)
AT 4:42 Beatty discovered that
the German High Seas Fleet was be-
fore him, and he at once turned
about to the north, pursued by the
entire German force.
an the brief time between the be-
ginning Of the action and the advent
of the German high seas fleet on the
scene, the German battle cruisers
had done great execution in Beatty
fleet. The English battle cruisers
indie fatigable and Queen Mary had
been blown up and sunk. The Lion,
Beatty's flagship, had one of her tur-
rets put out of action. Still Beatty
held on. One Of the German battle
cruisers was on fire. During Beat
tvs retreat from 4:42 until nearly 9
o'clock the British battle cruiser
fleet, aided by the four fast battle
ships, maintained a running fight
with the entire German fleet of
battleships and five bat
tie cruisers, though it should be said
here that six of the German battle
ships were old and slow and were
left far behind. ,
AT 6 o'clock Beatty was finally
by the sight of the Grand
Fleet, rushing down on the scene
from the north. He Immediately be-
gan to steer across the. head of the
German line, like this"
Here the navy man paused as he
drew a sketch on the table, while the
others stood about him trying to pic
ture to themselves something of the
scene that a spot on the North Sea
presented on that late afternoon in
May.
The Washington times., 1921-01-16

Put II another way, gentlemen, the
superior force declined TO fight.
1T would not be fair TO close my
story without telling you that Ad-
mirsl Sir David Beatty held on TO
the van Of the enemy line through
thick and thin. His battle cruisers
did not turn away from German de-
stroyer attacks. With his inferior
armored ships he continued to night
the whole German navy. After the
Grand Fleet deserted him complete
ly he kept after the enemy until
they were lost in thickeDing mists
after eight-thirty at night.
THE Invincible was blown up and
sunk. Thus three of the nine battle
cruisers were lost.
Seven thirty-fifths OF the British
fleet was fought as Nelson would
have fought it. Twenty-eight thir-
ty-fifths under Jellicoe didn't fight
at all.
might came on. The fleeing Ger
mans were attacked by British de-
stroyers while the British big fight
ing units cruised to the south. The
Germans were cut off from their
base. Everyone knew that at day
light they must foregather of the
Horn Reef Channel entrance, for
they could not pass in in the dark
meas
The Washington times., 1921-01-16

fleet, we now come to considera-
ton OF how he was to deploy his
fleet to bring it into action.
81 will show you what Jellicoe
did" Here our naval friend drew
another sketch.
The Washington times., 1921-01-16

It's . shallow brand Of pstrtottsD
that doesn't burn rs brightly 4. tine
Of peace as In time OF stress. Have
zen paid yeur Income taxi
The Washington times., 1921-01-16

This is NOT the usual sale OF
out-of-date and shopworn shoes.
Included are many of oui highest
grade lines in this Seasons smartest
styles.
Strictly up-to-the-minute fashions
that were originally marked So, $40,
Si2 and Si4.
Blacks, Browns, Tans and other
colors, as we'll as Patent Leathers
The Washington times., 1921-01-16

and combinations. Laced and But
ton Boots; Military and Louis heels.
Sizes missing in each Style--but
practically all sizes and widths in
the lot. From 3H to 8 AAA. IA,
and A widths. And from 10 OF
B, c and d widths. But smaller
sizes, of course, predominant.
They'll Step Lively at $4.95 Pair!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-18
NORTH PHILADELPHIA

The Philadelphia Section, Council Of
Jewish Women, will hold It's annual re.
ceptton and pageant this afternoon at
2 go o'clock at Mercantile Hail, Broad
coils, who is president of the council,
VIII receive the guests assisted by the
honorary officers and members of the
board of directors.
The reception will be followed by
three episodes from THE Five Graces,"
= pageant, which IL being produced by
Mrs. Milton katzenbcrg and Mrs, Philip
Kind, assisted by their committee. All
the presidents of the Federated
Wumen's Clubs OF eastern Pennsyleania
have been invited to attend. The hos
pitality committee, Of which Mrs:
Joseph Snellenburg Is chairman, VIII
serve tea after the pageant. Mr.. Ralph
Goldsmith, formerly Of Baltimore, VIII
assist In entertaining The episodes OF
the pageant are under the. direction OF
Speser and Mrs Alfred Heineberg. Mr.
Joseph Sachs and Mr.. NJ. Blumenthal
have designed the stage sets. Those
,who, will take part iR the episodes Wi VIII
stein, Mrs. Philip Kind, Mrs. Leon ;sed
Sidney Altman, Mra. Harry Dissinger,
Mrs. Joseph MCos, Miss Ray Bamberger,
Miss Rita Kaplan Miss Ruth Adler,
Mrs Alexander Dannenbaum, Mrs.
Simon Leopold, Miss Elsie Gutlohn, Miss
Young, Miss Carolyn Kohn.' Miss Eleanor
Strousse. Mrs. Marvin Bronner, Miss
Florence Neuman, Miss Kitty Berg, Miss
Hillah BrOnner, Miss Dorothy Leopold,
Miss Helen Weinreich, Mr.. Beckman,
Mr. Carl stern, Mr. Alexander Blum,
Mr.. MGrshnH Lg2p9Id' Ei,o,r Mr.; heHry MY
Robert Stern. Mr. Richard Soils and
Mr.. Charles Green.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-18

week to their home 341 South
Eighteenth street. Mrs. Woodruff before
her marriage on Wednesday, january b,
was Mrs. Henry voorhees,. Sttlwel.
Miss Elaine Taylor English. daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick w. English,
of 220 West School House lane. German
town, will leave today for Washington
TO attend dinner to be given tonight
In her honor by Senator and Mrs Hitch
cock. Miss English will be the guest for
a few days of Miss Ruth Hitchcock
daughter of Senator and Mrs Hitch
cock.
Mr. and Mrs. William L. Supplec. Of
Latches lane. Merton, will entertain at
dinner at their home, to be followed by
theatre party. on saturday evening
next, in honor of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Leicester Van Lecr. Mrs Van Lcer be.
fore her recent marriage was Miss
Agnes de Selding. daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joel Shrewsbury de Selding, or
New York.
Mrs. Harry Clifton Adams, Of l712
Pine street. will give dinner at the
Anchorage at s o'clock this evening to
be followed by dancing, in honor Of Miss
Elizabeth e. Norris, debutante daughter
of Mrs Alexander GaresChc Norris. of
the Longacre. There will bc about
fifty guests.
Mr.. and Mrs ELI Kirk Price. of 1909
Wa lnut street, will entertain as their
guests at dinner this evening Judge
willis Martin and Mrs. Martin, and
later in their box at the opera.
Mr.. and Mrs Langdon Elwyn MITCHELL
of 1920 De Lancey street. Will give a
dinner this evening in honor Of their
debutante daughter, Miss Helena Lang
don Mitchell.
The annual meeting of members and
contributors of the Seamen's Church
Institute will be held Mt the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs, Alexander Van R"nssc-
laer, 1901 Walnut street, this afternoon
at o'clock.
Mrs. Joseph Wilson Lucas will be Mt
home this afternoon at her home, lNUN
Pne street, and the following Tuesdpy
afternoons until Lent. NO cards have
been sent out.
Colonel and Mrs, William \. Phillips
and their daughter, Miss Mary \. Phil
lips. Of Frankford Arscna,, left for Cali
fornia yesterday, where they will spend
the winter.
Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Bair and their
daughter, Miss lrva Il. Bair, of Muun'
Airy. have left for cuba and the West
Indies. On their return they will spend
some time In Florida.