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THE WASHINGTON TIMES. MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1917. Entered aa second c. matter at the Post-office at Washington. Published Ewy Evening (Including Sunday) By The WasWnrrton Times Company.

MCXSEY BUILDING. Pennsylvania Avenue. FRANK A. MUNSET President R. H.

TITHERINGTON Secretary FRED A. WALKER Treasurer On Tear nncludlnr Sundays). DM axMontha. JI.TS. Three Months.

Kc- MONDAT, APRIL i. Mil. To the Lady From Montana Here's Rankin! to your health, Miss Your taking the oath of office today as a Representative in Congress is the beginning of a new epoch in the political history of the United States. You fairly won your' nomination, and your election in a Democratic State was a personal tribute to your worth as well as a manifestation of a purpose to give to women the real equality of opportunity which they have a right to demand. Your coolness of behavior under the trying circumstances of your conspicuous position, and the wisdom both of your speech and your reticence, has created confidence in your ability well to represent not only the people of Montana, but half the people of the United States, hitherto represented -only by proxy in the persons of their fathers and husbands and brothers and sons.

Upon the circumspection of your "Speech and- the wisdom of- your jcoarse as a legislator, one need not remind you, much depends. You are "the forerunner of many women who will sit in the House and in the Senate, too, who will occupy responsible positions in the Cabinet, and on the Aench, and, who knows, in the White 'House itself, whenever the time comes thai the most fitting candidate for that high place shall be a great woman. The Times wishes for you the full measure of honor and success which naturally due to the first Con- ipresswoman. The country needs the' jj woman's part in national as well as in municipal housekeeping. May you jbe able to prove to the most recalcitrant anti-suffrage Congressman the reality of that need! Hard on the Pacifists The sinking of four more merchant without warning, with the consequent loss of American lives, 1 comes as inopportune tidings from ithe pacifist point of view.

The pacifists are about to descend upon 'Congress to persuade that patient "body that war is unnecessary- Germany is making it harder every day "for the pacifist to -remain a. patriot. The question will recur. Is there anything of insult or of injury that will make a nation fight? The destruction of 'life on one of these ships seems to have teen accompanied with a barbarity not neretofore exemplified, in that a trawler which was attempting to rescue drowning men was warned away from the scene. This report comes from the United States consul.

Yet the incident, which would have inflamed the American people beyond all bounds, some months ago, is received now without excitement. German brutality has reached the point where no manifestation of it surprises any one. But the main thing is that the American people has made up ats collective mind to protect its honor and its interests and the lives of its citizens and the principles of international law by fighting for them. It has resolved to go to war with Germany as against an international outlaw whose term of outlawry must be brought to a close. Pacifism, which was a doctrine universally respected three years ago, has degenerated into an insincere theory of national nonresistance which cannot be defended in the court either of reason or of conscience.

Its present advocates are obsessed with a species of fanaticism which it may take severe measures to cure. The real pacifism that be lieves in the establishment of en during peace recognizes that a war against Germany is a war against war. Meanwhile, we suppose' for the next few days, the nation will have to put up with the shrill raspings of the grasshopper on the fence. Time for This Nonsense to Stop The official notice from the so-called Woman's Party that they would begin today anew their picketing of the White House will succeed only in creating a large measure of disgust in this community and in the nation at this supreme manifestation of folly. Fortunately for the cause of suffrage, the people are beginning to distinguish between this party, that came near casting no votes at all in the recent election for President, and the National Association with its sane and wise leadprship.

The President of the United States deserves the respect of every decent Amprican man and woman, if only for the high office which he holds. In fehp midst of this crisis in world affairs, on the very ev? of participation in a worW war, it is little short of infamous that should be subverted to pettv pprsnrution of this Jond. The fnrt is that the loaders of this organization have led their, fcllowers into an impasse from which they can be rescued only at the cost of acknowledgment that their whole course has been one of fatuous folly. These leaders are not large-minded enough to sink their personality in their cause. Their reputations for political sagacity which they have already forfeited are more precious to themselves than the victory which they have done their best to postpone.

Following the Tammany methods which they have adopted as a recommendation that women would be entrusted with, political power, they are impudently claiming that the presence of Miss Jeanette Rankin in the halls of Congress is a reason for the resumption of their offensive tactics. We presume that the first reso lution Miss Rankin will introduce will be one for the adoption of the national amendment This could well be followed by a second resolution deprecating'these insane mani festations at this and disassociating herself from any sympathy with the peculiar methods of the Woman's Party. It is well recognized that the pick-eters have been trying to attract attention to themselves anew by courting martyrdom. It is about time to grant their wish. Immunity on account of sex should no longer be tolerated.

The real martyrdom will be the indifference of the American people to the deserved fate of the picketers and the oblivion that will mercifully cover them. The Intolerance of Patriotism. Pacifists may be as illogical as they profanely or piously please, but they should retain a saving modicum of common sensev A man like David Starr Jordan, at least, should not be ignorant- of the plainest teachings' of history. The Baltimore incident should teach him and all his kind that this country is in no humor to tolerate any sign of division in its fast closing up ranks. Patriotism is in the ascendent, and pacifism henceforth is identified in the popular mind with pro-Germanism.

To be calling for a craven peace with Germany at this time is to be unpatriotic and anti-American. There are henceforth only two elements in the American people, patriots and enemies of America. Three years ago, two men who may stand as types of former pacifists, Elihu Root and John Sharp Williams, were conspicuous officials of the Carnegie Peace Foundation. So changed has the very word "pacifist" become, that each would be insulted today if the epithet should be hurled at either. The whole face of the world has been changed by the challenge which "Ger-many has issued against civilization itself.

Let pacifists henceforth reckon on the intolerance of patriotism as a fixed force in the United States of America. The American flag which greets the eye today wherever men may turn their gaze is no cheap sign of national unity. The Baltimore mob that burst into the peace meeting at the Academy of Music and stopped the idle chatter of Dr. Jordan about the interests of munition makers was urged to its effort because they were following the flag and a foolish policeman tried to pull it down. As a Baltimore paper remarked, Dr.

Jordan will probably remember Baltimore as the original home of "The Star-Spangled Banner." The Pacifists have made their fight and lost. The American people are a peace-loving people, but the facts that have accumulated of Germany's defiance of American rights, its belittling of American honor, and its destruction of American lives has changed a peace-loving into a war-choosing nation. The Emergency Peace crowd who are descending upon Congress today are adding fuel to the flame which they are trying to quench with no apparent consciousness of the futility of their efforts. The counter demonstration by the Pilgrims of Patriotism was not needed. When the country is in danger, when we are already actually at war, patriotism is right to be Intolerant.

Freedom of speech becomes a vain shibboleth when speech takes the form of treason to one's country. The Copperheads of the Sixties may have beeq very conscientious people, willing even to suffer martyrdom for their cause, but they succeeded only in earning the hostility of the Nbrth and the contempt of the South by their conduct. Their identification with the Democratic party in the North caused that party to wander in the wilderness of futile opposition for a full quarter of a century. Let pacifists everywhere learn the lesson. if'reason has not departed from them.

What the country requires of them now is silence and a large quantity of that. The greatest boon they can ask of on outraged people is forgetfulness. Germany now expects to enroll able bodied lunatics In her home army. The feeble-minded Hohenzollerns should be detailed as their officers. Remember that marines are needed as well as submarines.

The Texas steer which tried to butt Manhattan Island off the map merely did the to be-expected thing; the Inhabitants of the Lone Star State are characteristically bull headed. "Coal to drop on April -as the temperature goes up. Don Marquis' Column The Social Menagerie. pulis that beau! heart that ache! When the Lounge Llxard meets The Parlor Snake 1 Life la a series of unappreclatlons. The April winds frolic moat pleasingly with the spring; styles on the corner where a blind man stands.

Mr. M. A. Hehn sells eggs at Richmond H11L PRONOUNCED TO RHYME WITH BCRUMPTUOUa From the KinUtino, Baekatehavoan, Representative. Then sweet music arose with Its volumptuous swell.

eye looked love to eyes which spake again and all went merry as a marriage bell, till the Iwee sma' hours of the morning. The Pot and the Kettle. Said the March Bare To the Had Batter, "You're brain all right It didn't catter!" Bald the Mad Batter To the UarcK Bare, "You re quite all right. But you're not all there!" Seeing- U-boats Is now becoming; one of our popular outdoor sports. T.

Ruby reports that Mr. Berry, the undertaker, and Mr. Needle, the tailor, live in Pawtucket, R. and Dr. Cu Us.

the surgeon. Is of Provi A conservative is any man of fifty. Greenwich Village Correspondence te the Glenn Coleman is getting up a Carnival artists and, writers of. Green- wicn "Village from wnicn financial re-sultsare expected. It looks as it were going to be cola spring.

Carnival will be pulled at Webster Hall on. April 6. The Tenement House Department may mean well, but It has never been up agalhst it as have some we could name who 'shall be nameless. It has recently passed a ruling forbidding artists and writers to cook in their studios. It takes much of the joy away from getting something- to eat when one has to eat it raw.

Have a heart, T. H. have a heart. It Is going to be a cold spring. 4 Fothergll Finch has been suggested for the position of Meridian of Greenwich Village.

He is always running right through the center of. it. It looks as If it were going to be a a cold spring. Yes, Sobs; Is Coming Into Its Own Again. (Reprinted by Request.) There's a grand poetical "boom, they say.

(Climb it, cAime on it, brother of mine l) Twlxt the dawn and the dusk of each lyrical day There's another School started, and all of 'em pay. (A dollar a line I Think of it, Ferdy, a dollar a line) I hear it's a regular Rennysong! (Cheetilu, yettily, brother of mine.) If ou have a soul. Clarence, you surely belong. For the Spirit Is going uncommonly strong. (A dollar a line.

The Uplifting ttuff bring a dollar a Uneli Was you eer a murderer, Pete, In your youth? thootily, brother of mine I) Give 'em the song how you done for that Sleuth You cuss and be Human, and tell 'em Gawd's trewth! (A dollar a line. Booze, Beauty and Blood for a dollar a line!) Perhaps you're a shark with the "nuances," kid? (Go Lightly, go eletghtly, orothtrt of mine!) Tones, colors, gradations, and Dldn'ts that Did. And Waan'ts that Would-have-been If they had slid? (A dollar a line. The vaguer the better, a dollar a line I) Or perchance you aspire to the "tree" verse and (Sloppily, ehoppily, brothere of mine.) Write commonplace stanzas, but when you get through Go mad with the weather and bite 'em In two. (A dollar a line.

Bell what you don't tat for a dollar a lineti But whatever you write, be sure you re Sincere (Carefully, prayerfully, brothere of mine) If you're chanting Penitence, Pas sion or Beer. It's that deep Earnest note that catches the ear. (A dollar a line. You oughta be ilor'l for a dollar a line.) Be serious, Fothergll! Lecture and read. (Attitude! Platitudesl brother of mine.) Charge a hundred Iron men to be It at a Feed Where you solemnly tell what these Sordid Times need.

(A dollar a Unel And grab the by-product! A dollar a Unel) Doe Fame lag a bit? Is the Public a Dub? (Then canntly, plannily, broth" er of mine!) Join a mutual, root-for-all Verse-Boosting Club They'll soon woo the butterfly out of the grU'! (A dollar a line! Prett-agent each other! A dollar a line) Ah, the great day of Song la revived Is rebornl (Blink at me wink, at me brother or mine.) Yes, the Era's arrived' It got here this morn. But the Car that it came In Is hid by the Horn! (A dollar a line. Toot toot! we're immortal! A dollar a line) DON MARQUIS. LETTERS TO TIMES FROM ITS READERS Large Yellow Flag Suggested as Emblem for Emergency Peace Leaguers. To the Editor of THE With regard to the? Impending' obsession of the Emergency Peace League upon the National 'Capital, might it not be suggested.

In view of the eminent lnappropriateness of their making use of the American flag, that -a large yellow banner be used to designate their headquarters in the city? R.D.M. Unfurl the Flag. Unfurl the flag! In honor's name! And" down the outrage and.the shame! res, let Its stars shine bright and brave About our comrades 'neath the wave! Unfurl the flag! Unfurl the flag! Our emblem high Is with glory from the sky! It stands for freedom on the seal It stands for all that's rUht and free! Unfurl the flag! Unfurl the 'flag! And let ft ffy! Abo.ve) our soldiers marching Jyf Above our sailors brave and truer" Under the red and white and blue! Unfurl the flag! Unfurl the flag! Let nations see America, the brave: the free; America, for human right; America, prepared for fight. Unfurl the flag! MARTHA'S. GIELOW.

Navy Fuget'SounaVMarch 30, 1817. 3 Freedom ot Choice of Service to Country Conceded to Major Patterson and Others. To the Editor of THE TIMES: In reply to the given to the bankers in his address last night 24), the writer'wjshesto ln-fqrm Major Patterson that 'patriotic Americans are at liberty to their own methods of serving their country. If they do not care to serve under the present manageroen. of the Red Cross It is, their own affair.

W. Kinship ot American Pacifism and Prussian Militarism Can't Be Con. lie Says, Commenting on David Starr Jordan. To the Editor of THE TIMES: The announcement that David Starr Jordan Is to headline- the per formance billed here for Monday night by the pacifists is quite inter esting. If we mistake not, this is the same? David Starr Jordan who demonstrated his limitations as president of Leland Stanford University when Prof.

Edward A. Ross was to quit his Job on the faculty out there, because he had taught his classes the truth about the introduction of Chinese coolie labor Into California by Senator Stanford and the builders of the Central Pacific. Mrs. Stanford, whd bad contrib uted roost of the endowment funds to the university, demanded his dismissal because he refused "to bow to the Holy Six Companies or bend the knee to Sacred Standard OIL" Served the Almoner. David Starr, on that occasion, was right there to serve his Imperious almoner.

He was some pacifist In yielding up academic freedom. He was Just as ready to duck then as he Is now. Ordinary folks who work for a living have an Innate contempt for the fellow who tries to "get your Job" or runs and "snitches to the boss" when you may best him In an argument, or state truths that 'he cannot refute. There Is something feline about that sort of proceeding which Is repulsive to all normel men, but may be very natural to a pacifist of the "kick me again, God bless you" variety. Dr.

David Starr Jordan always runs with his little tale to the boss. Angered at the plain statements of fact by Gen. Leonard Wood. Dr. Jor dan promptly wrote to the War De partment complaining that the gen-eral was exercising the right ot free speech, although an army officer.

Wood's subsequent dismissal from command of the Eastern Department has been greeted with the Chautauqua salute by the pacifists. Too Masculine a Word. It would not do to say that they "gloat" over It, as gloat Is too rough and masculine a word to use In describing their eminently high-brow and Miss Nancy emotions. Dr. Jordan has also Just recently complained to the Government at the frank statements of former Ambassador Gerard seeking If possible to put the Governmental gag In Gerard's mouth.

If Dr. Jordan were In Prussia he would probably gag everybody he didn't like. If he were In office. The kinship of American pacifism and Prussian militarism cannot be concealed. Alike In their objects and their obliquity of method they show Lielr blood relationship.

Both seek to make America help less ana contemptioie. ana both are absolutely unscrupulous (n their choice of methods. L. IL LEECH. The iatenray of War.

We stand at the Gateway of War and alas Are deaf to the call that bids us go through: Untold Inhumanities have come to pass And still we aro Neutral and nothing we do! On thro the Gateway they tell us is biding in safety Is unrighteous aim; Ours the duty to go forth and que'' The wrongs that run riot and put us to shame! On thro the Gateway- to Safety for all On thro' the hell of whatever may be; Whether the nation be great or be small It shall be safe from Today's sav agery. Let us be brave as our Fathers of old. And conquer the evil we Justly abhor; The Banner of Righteousness dare to UDhold On thro' the Gateway of whatever war' V. KELLERMAN. Kiddies Send in Gifts For Memorial to Bunk Mails Bring Many Contributions From' Children As Tribute To Washington's Very "i Best' Elephant, The movement to provide a suitable memorial for Dunk, the best elephant that ever lived In Wash' lngton, was pushed ahead another notch by the children of "Washington yesterday, and todays malls are bringing further contributions and more letters from -the th'ousands of children who loved 'him as a pet.

These contributions -and letters are In response to a letter addressed to the chlldreu by The Times on the day of Dunk's death. It read as follows: MEMORIAL TO DUNK? To the Children of "Washington greatest jpet the very best elephant that ever lived, passed away this morning. Don't yon think- that we ought to pay some tribute to oar friend? How would it do for each of us to give five cents, the price of a bag of his peanuts, to buy a memorial, a bronze tablet thai shall ielT'how much we thought of him? As soon as you have read this write a Jitile letter to Times and tell us what you think about it and if you'want to you can senda nickel at the same time. THE. TIMES: Some of the' letters received today are reproaucea; To the Editor of The Times: I am very, very sorry of Dunk's death, so I am sending cents to help buy the tablet.

My little brot brother and I go out to the Zoo very often, and 'always want tQ see Dunk. Now that he Is dead, I don't know what we are going to do about it. I read the little, note In yesterday's Times. FRANCES HAND. To the Editor of The Times: I loved Captain, Dunk.

I 'send money for a memorial and will put some flowers on his grave. BENJAMIN J. CLARKSON. To the Editor of The Times: I am five years old. I wrote this.

I send cents for the Dunk memorial. MLEAN CURTIS. To the Editor of The Times: I am sending 10 cents to help pay for the tablet for Dunk. I am so sorry he 1. dead, and the children here will mlsa him as much as J.

will when we visit the Zoo. I think your Idea a very good one, and I hope ysju will receive a good number of dimes. LACET HARVEY. To the Editor of The Times: I am a little boy. Just past seven years old, and I remember old Dunk, and I think It would be a good Idea what you surgest doing.

I have cents for alleys, but, I would rather give It to uunK. Just as you see to use it. do so. EUGENE SCRIBNER. To the Editor of The Times: I am very sorry poor old Dunk Is dead.

I know I will miss him Easter Monday when I go to the Zoo. Enclosed- you will find 10 cents for a memorial for "Dear Old Dunk." MARGARET-HUNT. To the. Editor ot Tie Times: I am so sorry that Dunk Is dead. I am sending 10 cents for myself and little brother.

John, who never has seen Dunk, as he la not yet three years old. ALMAM.KLOTZ. Tothe Editor of The Times: Enclosed please find check for Jl to be applied to the memorial fund of our dear old friend Dunk. A tablet weuld be a fitting memorial, we think. MARIE McCORMACK.

JOSEFA McCORMACK. CATALINA McCORMACK. CARMEN McCORMACK. To the Editor of The Times: I am sorry to hear of poor Dunk's death. Here Is my nickel tor the memorial.

CHARLES MORGAN. To the Editor ot The Times: I am sending 5 cents for poor Dunk's monument. I am sorry that poor Dunk Is dead. FRANCES MOFFETT. To the Editor of The Times: I am ery tarry Dunk Is dead.

I miss him very much. He was big and beautiful. I send a nickel for his monument. DOROTHY BISHOP. To the Editor of The Times: Here's 10 cents for the Dunk mem orial fund.

MINNIE and JERRY. To the Editor of The Times: I loved Dunk. Here's 5 cents. EMERA JOHNSON. To the Editor of The Times: Here Is my nickel for old Dunk.

We were old friends and If he did have a reputation for- being bad, he always was good to me. E. B. B. To the Editor of The Times: I am sorry that Dunk Is dead.

I am sending cents for his memorial. MARION a HINTON. A contribution of 10 cents was sent to The Times by Joanna Schmitzer, with no comment. Five Thousand Mourners. Fully 0,000 little mourners went to the Zoological Park yesterday and paid their final respects to "Dunk, by pausing for a moment In the big empty chamber In which their Jungle friend lived.

Although the trees and shrubbery In the park were clothed In all their spring beauty, there was something missing to the 20.000 persons who, according to the gatekeepers' esti mates, visited the park. Perhaps Dunk wouldn't have been missed so much had not the doors or his former dwelling been thrown I open. 1 Many children were not thinking df Dunk and had gone to the park' to play. But as they romped down the two sloping entrances into the park and saw Dunk's house open, his death came back to them. Net a Sign of Life.

Some' thought another elephant had been brought to take Dunk's place and hundreds strolled In, 'but there was not a sign of life inside. There was no Dunk behind the stout Iron bars to gather up the peanuts of the kiddles. The sunlight streamed into the building through the open door in the rear, which leads out Into Dunk's back yard. Now and then a bird would flit into the empty chamber, chirp once or twice, as though to as why their guest was not at home, and flit out again. Many Arguments.

The children who romped down into the park full of life and play strolled slowly away from the elephant house, arguing with one another to whether Dunk was not the biggest elephant they had ever seen, eves. In the circus. Some, of the kiddles found solace by throwing a peanut or-two at Jam-bo, the five-year-old elephant, who llrss In the old frame building In which old Dunk spent his first years at the Zoo. before his more imposing brick residence was built. But Jumbo, who has been at the local Zoo only a year, is still a stranger to the children of Washington, and he 'fell far short yesterday of talcing the place of big old.DuTik.

WHAT'S ON PROGRAM i Interesting Events of Importance Scheduled Today. Social evening of tbo Bible class of Adath Israel Byoarora. BixtB ana I streets, p. Cbampionshlp tourney, ot Hometlub, target raiun under Poll's, nlrbt. Meeting ot Petworta Woman's Club, Pttworth School Bulldlns-.

I p. m. Hhutratod lecture. "To Art of Franco. by Richard N.

Brooks, Corcoran Gallery of Art, 4:15 d. m. Meetlnr of board ot directors, Washington Board of Trad. B. of T.

rooms. JOn.m. Conduit Road CttlsonsV Association. St. Daiid'a Parish Hall.

1 n. m. Meeting of Northwest CUIxens Association, Oaso School, lam. Mxtlns of Junior Council, Boy Scouts, O. A.

R. m. Peac mass meeting-. ConTrntlan. Ban, Fifth and streets northwest.

p. m. sleeting of Central Labor Union, street nnrf hwt Maspnlo Potomaa No. 1: memorial serrleos. Benjamin B.

French. No. Ana-costla. No. Pentalpha.

No. S. and Mt-Pleasant, No. ft; Ruth Chapter. No.

1. and St. John's, No. 11, Order oft the Eastern Star. Knlsht of Pythias Amaranth Lodes, No.

a. and Centurv. No. la. Fellows Beacon Lode.

No. 13; Union, and Naomi. No. 1. Amusements.

Belaseo "Very Good Eddie." Is) p.m. New National Twin Bed." an rr, Poll's New Poll Players, In "Alms, Where B. F. KeItn's-VaudrTine. JOS and l-AI p.

m. Caytty Burlesque, and p. m. ixmw-s uoiumoia Photoplays. 10JO a.

m. to Strand Photoplays. 11 a. ra. to Up.

m. aardtaPhotoplars, a. m. to 11 p. m.

Tomorrow. Address by Rabbi Abram Simon and solos by Mrs, J. Lester Brooks and Mrs. Gilbert A. newwr -arni-Tacnar Assoda- easier ncnool.

1 p. to. Regular meeuns of Oeorzla Stat Society, New Ebhltt. 1 n. m.

Meetlnr of Harriet Tubman Chapter. District of Columbia Red Cross. Lincoln Temple. Eleventh and street northwest, p. ra.

Meetlnr of Treasury Department's surgical ujvmius itw. sison nous, ibus Twentieth street northwest. p. m. Meetlnr to perfect orraniiatlon of woman'! committee on employment, co-operation with Department of Labor, Pnblio Library.

M0 P. m. IntercoUesiate debar, between Washlnxton and JeSerson Colter and Georgetown University, Gaston Hall, las p. m. Lecture by Sorrt.

Mai. Robert Mlddlemlss of the King's Own Scottish Borderers, under auspices of District of Columbia Association of Workers for the Blind. PubUo Library, 1.15 p. m. Meetlnr of Washington Power Club.

Hotel Portland. 8 p. m. Lecture. "The Quartermaster's Corps." br Ma, Gen.

Henry G. Sharp, quartermaster uwerv vuanermaster KeserT Corps, Army Medical School. eM Louisiana arenue northwest, 145 p. m. Ltctur.

"The Three Periods of Shakespeare." by Dr. Samuel J. MaeWatters. aa- wr or History bulldlns. American University.

Meetlnr of Columbia Heights- Ciasens Association, assembly hall. Powell School, Masonlo Armlnius Lodge. No. JS: Myron K. iw- sum iauir AJeVTia.

N(V Tl Mithras Lodge of Perfection. Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rlu: Mlspah Chant? No. I. and Fidelity, No. u.

Order of thi Kastern Star. Knlgbts ot Pythias Wehster Lodge. Xo. T- nr noTs. "a Odd Fellows Mt, Pleasant Lodrs.

"Vaahlnrton, Ho. Golden Rule. No. fa. a Rabelcah Lodges Fidelity, Ifo.

7. RUSS TRADE ENVOY HERE Dr. Boris Shatsky Seeks to Develop Cornmerclal Relations. Dr. Boris Shatsky, representing big business in Russia.

Is In the National Capital as a special envoy to develop closer commercial relations between his. country and the United States. Although Dr. Shatsky left Russia on February before the revolution, as the representative of the Russian-American Chamber of Commerce of Petrograd, backed by the government, the revolt will not Interfere with his mission. He says the revolution has opened great possibilities, one being the probable early settlement of th Jewish question, which caused the ab rogation of the American commercial treaty by President Taft.

NO MORE REVOLVING KEYHOLE CLEVELAND, April 2 For the benefit of those who Indulge In lodge nights or large evenings, an Ohio Inventor has perfected a device for luring the latchkey to the proper place. It consists of a light, -which, upon the pressure of a button in the doorknob, turns a bright ray directly on the keyhole. MEAS.LES PREVALENT. Seventeen additional cases of measles were reported to the Health Department today. Increasing the number under treatment to 370.

The department has distributed among the public. Sunday, parochial, and private schools circulars warning against the. disease. SAYS IT'S USELESS TO FIGHT- D-BOATS If England Can't Suppress How Can We Hope To? La Follette Asks. Senator Robert M.

La rolletu tt Wisconsin has. given, sojne of the re sons for his opposition armed ship bllL prefaced by a complaint against the "tyrannical action" of the majority, which "rosortsd to the very filibustering which it so violently condemned In order 'to prevent me from obtaining the floor." The Senator's objections to the btQ fall under four heads, which may be summarized as follows: 1. It was unconstitutional, for It gave th7 President the. right 'to make war. 2.

It was useless, -tor It seems to bat impossible tp fight the German submarines. 3. It was not Impartial, for If -we mean to assert our rights by armed force we should so not only against Germany, but against England, which "established the first 'war zone in violation of International law." 4. It was Injected Into Congress at the last moment! when targent'tTlls carrying enormous ipJroprlatias awaited consideration. a A War for "Fst Profits." "Shall we break" the peace of the neutral half of the wortdr he asks.

"And for what? For-cpmmerclal advantages and fat profits beneficial to a. limited number of our dollar-scarred patriot, for neutral rights which we surrendered to the beUlgeresls oa -oooside during the first three months of Europeaa war. So Xar as the masses of men who are killing each other are concerned. the European war is a bootlesrxonfllet. The multitudes who are dying the trenches and the millions who are auf-.

fering more agonizing pain at home do not know what it Is all about If the silent masses who tetrad, opportunity for ezpressloh at the November 'election could today make them selves heard abtn this clamor Xor wr. instigated and sustained by the money poirer and a press.x they would with even a stronger pray God that this country be kept out of war." i In arguing the uneonstitntionalitv of the law, the Senator calls attention to the provision that the Presi dent, besides arming merchant ships, could use any other method and 'in- strumentailtles in his Judgment neces sary to protect them. "He might decide," says the sena tor, "that the best Vay to protect our merchant ships would be to land aa army in Germany and destroy Krupp works and any other suurafact. turing plants where Germany 'Is constructing submarines. "The armed ship bill merfht wail la attempting to force It through in the last hours ot the Sixty-fourth Congress the President made it plain that he desired to be Jef exercise extraordinary and power affecting the destiny of this country and the world, front the 4th of March to the assembling of the new Congress in the following December." fees Resistance) as TJseless.

As to the alleged Inadequacy of the the-Senator saysf There "was no evidence before Con- a-ress that would warrant the conclu sion that arming these ships-would afford protection. The Laconia was armed, but she torpedoed twice and sunk without a chance to'flre a shot Merchant ships of "the allies are armed. Their great loss of tonnage 1 conclusive evidence that gms planted on merchant ships' are Ineffectual In warding off submarine attack. I "If It is so easy to clear the transatlantic lanes ot submarines, why Is not the British admiralty keeping them open and free for our commerce since our carrying trade across the Atlantic pow consists of supplies for the allies food and ammunition? From all we can learn, it appears that the British navy is not attempting this perilous task, but is keeping Inside carefully guarded harbors. What assurance have we that we can1 clear tha German war Toner Manifestly It is an undertaking' which the British admiralty declines for good and suffi cient reasons.

"I have the best authority for the statement that the chances of hitting a periscope at the distance of two miles, a range at which tha subma rine discharges its torpedo, with deadly accuracy, would In 100 shots be practically zero. Would not a command to clear the sea of German- sub marines be analogous to the order to bring Villa out of Mexico, dead or alive "The one overpowering motive that might Justify our entering -the war la that of carrying food to- the hungry In Europe, but then we. should go, to all the starving nations through the Baltic to the "Poles, who" are "suffering as terribly from the effects' of the war aa the Belgians, and geetlng no relief; we should force our "Wy through the Mediterranean to the Greeks, whose poor, we are told, are subsisting on roots and grass. "But food riots In our own great cities and- the ever-increasing difficulty of the masses of people to maintain the normal standard of living', because of the world's shortage and the wicked speculation of 'Wajl Street in the necessaries of life Imperatively demand that we should not enter upon an aggressive war for humanitarian ends, much less for commercial profits In carrying munitions." ALL READY- BUT ROSTER National 8ervlce Camp WoulrJ Enroll 100 More Young With the staff of the first camp selected and construction of "the tented city practically completed, officials of the National 'Service School announced today that all attention from now forward will be concentrated on enrolling girls and women for forty days of military training Provision at tha first camp, which will open April 16, has been made to care for at least 100 more feminine soldiers. More than thirty scholarships to the school have been given by patriotic supporters of the movement, and during the xdays Intervening between now and the opening of the csmp, more students will be given free tuition by Washington merchants.

Mrs. George Dewey, widow of the hero of Manila bay; Mrs. Hugh L. Scott, wife of the Chlef-of-Staff of the army; Mrs. George Barnett.

wife of the Commandant of the Marine Corps, and Mrs. Gibson Fahneatock. will serve as honorary commandants of the service school. Xr.