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The Washington times., 1904-07-16
.SLOCUM COMMISSION
TO SIT ON JULY 10
Will Begin Investigation Of Causes Of
the HOrror-Witnesses Invited
to Testify.

The Federal commission OF invesusa-
ton upon the steamer General Slocum
viii commence inquiry in New York
city at 10 o'clock a. m. Tuesday, July -
The object Of the inquiry is 10 ascer-
tain In as full and thorough a manner
as possible the nature and cause Of the
disaster Of June 10. and the circum-
stances surrounding the case, together
with a consideration OF such additional
matter as may be suggested thereby.
In order that the commission may
have full information on the subject,
the commission desires that all persons
having knowledge Of the disaster or OF
circumstances connected Herewith. shall
assist the commission IN its work. To
this end the commission has requested
that all such persons inform the cOTu-
mission Of their willingness to testify
before IL. and Of the nature OF the facts
of which they respectively have know
ledge, giving their names and addresses.
The commission is made up as follows:
Lawrence o. Murray, Assistant Secre-
tRry of Commerce and Labor, chairman n
Brig. Gen. John NJ. Wilson. L. 5. A,
retired. Commander Cameron McRae
Winslow. T. s. N, assistant chief, Blu
reau OF Navigation, Herbert Knox
Smith. deputy commissioner OF corpora
lions, secretary: George Chler, super
vising Inspector general, SteambOat-In-
SDcCtlOn Service.
All communications should be adj
dressed 10 Herbert Knox Smith. secre-
tary. Room 1902, II Battery Place, New
York city.
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ASSOCIATES HONOR
RETIRING POLICEMAN
Cane Presented to John Hart by His
Former Comrades Of the Third
Precinct.

John Hart, formerly of the Third pre-
cinct station, retired on July /, was pre-.
scented by his recent associates With a
handsomely engraved cane at the 4
O'Clock roll call yesterday afternoon. He
was retired because he had reached the
age limit. and viii so TO New York
within the next few days.
Private Hart has spent almost a quar-
ter Of a century on the police force,
and did most OF mis- duty III tie Third
precinct. He was universally liked by
the men in the precinct.
Lieutenant Boyle. after The regular
roll CALL summoned Hari 10 ths ran.
After making al appropriate speech, in
which he referrcd TO the retireI police
mans envlable record for twenty-five
years, he drew -orJh the stick and pre-
sented II TO him. Or the mead was en-
graved. To John Hart. by thu Officers
of the Third Precinct"
Hart was taken by surprise and WAS
much affected IN response Hart said
he was sorry 10 have 10 tear him
self away from comrades with wnom ne
had spent SO many years. ill-heulth and
advanced age, he said, male IL cOmpul-
sorry.
All the men before ;dey left :he sta
ton TO go on their beats. shook hands
with him and babe him goOd-by.
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Protest the Price.

Meat which the butchers are sell
ing today at advanced prices cost
them no more than the meat they
were selling Q few days ago at n
much less price. Meat is a perish
able product, and the public has the
remedy against extortion prices for
meat in its own hands. 1t can pro-
test against paying, and it can refuse
TO buy
We are a pampered nation in many
respects, and it will do few Of US any
great harm 10 exercise 2 little self
denial for the sake Of justice. We
can get along with lar less meat
than we do, and perhaps get along
better than We do. Meat eating is a
habit. Ike alcohol drinking, and to-
bacco smoking.
One thing neither the meat trust
nor the local butcher can face is loss
Of trade. Suppose that each family
affected by the meat strike were de
liberately to cut its meat supply in
half. We venture to say that with
the exercise Of a little intelligence in
utilizing that reduced meat supply
few, if any, families would really
suffer.
What would be the result on tht
meat trade? Every retailer would
find his business cut in half, and he
would learn that his customers were
not his victims TO be treated as seem.
ed best to suit his immediate pur.
poses. He would find that they were
not creatures with whom he could
speculate to his profit and their loss.
The wholesaler would find his trade
reduced one-haf. The meat trust ii
its turn would have to divide one-halI
/ less business among its members
How long would the meat strike last
under those conditions? Does any,
one doubt that a means Of satsfac
tory settlement would be found Ovel
night, and that the next day tn,
agents would be on the road anxious
~ trying TO find out what had be
| come Of the trade?
The people can apply the remedy i
they are willing to make a little per
sOnal sacrifice for the sake of right
/ ing a great wrong. United actor
Will win every time.
The Washington times., 1904-07-16
THE WAR IN HEAVEN.
a Fantasy.)

"a i dnldSy-)
The moon is empress Of the SKY,
The stars, her subjects true;
Each night they muster in her train,
Allegiance 20 renew
Venus is maid Of honor, fair,
As lovely as her queen;
And Mercury a courier swift,
While Saturn bowls serene.
Stern Jupiter Is chief Of staff,
And Mars, a marshal ranks;
Arcturus is a tireIess scout.
Uranus guards the TANKS.
Sir Neptune leads his squadrons forth,
Polaris points the way;
Night after night the cohorts charge
Untl the break OF day
The countless, nameless. stars march on
Athwart the tracltIess void;
The august consultations. grand,
Comet and asteroid.
They war upon the tyrant sun,
Whose vassais long they've been;
Each morn he drives them from the sky
Each night they vanquish him.
The time win come. the Wise Men say
When they viii win the fight;
Then Wen enjoy. if we're about,
One long eternal night
DAVID JAMES EVANS.
Washington. d. C
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ATHLETES HONOR
ALICE ROOSEVELT
Trophies Won in Olympic
Games Sent to Her.
GOSSIP OF OUT OF TOWN
Mrs. Westinghouse Guests at Erskine
Park, Lenox-The Reds Co
ing Abroad.

Miss Roosevelt enjoys the distinction
of being the only person 70 receive the
official gold medal Of the Amateur Ath-
letic Union Of the United States, who
Is not a legitimate winner Of the prize.
The red. white. blue. and yellow silk
giTdle. which reached her yesterday at
Oyster Bay. has three of the gold medals
which are held together by small carved
fieur de lis. made Of solid gold, which
represent the handicap prizes. the jun
IOr championship prizes, and the senior
championship prizes respectively
On the reverse side Of the center med
al. the following is engraved, Present.
ed to Miss Alice Roosevelt by the 4.
y. L. of the United States. Olympic
Games, June t. 1904
The belt was sent to President Roose-
welt, who Is honorary president Of the
Olympic games, with a request to pre-
sent IT to his daughter.
Miss Roosevelt brayed a storm to pre-
sent the medals to the contestants al
St. Louis.
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II all came Of taking luncheon In
deIicatessen shop instead Of a proper
restaurant. Fabyan admitted that after
ward: but says that, all things consid-
cred. he IS nos sorry. His wife, how
ever. thinks that II is a little too bad
to give even a political dog a name for
biting when he does not deserve II.
Fsbyan had an appointment with his
wife at 1870, up in the neighborhood
where she made calls, and as the deli
catessen shop was the only place there
abouts where things TO eat could be
had, they went in for "a bite, prepara-
tory TO spending the afternoon n the
country Fabyan, with uplifted nose,
saw his wife select poached eggs ano
coffee, with cake for dessert, and him
self ordered cold meat, lobster salad,
and pie Then young Tarbell, the news
paper man. saw them through the open
door, and came in, and sat down at the
same table to discuss politics, the
weather, and society.
1t was at the crisis Of particularly
hot fight in Congress, at which Wash
ington looked on with cynical GOODNESS,
as usual II takes more than a little
hair-puIIing and recrimination among
mere Congressman 10 stir the vOteless
cain u l4lG lAo Ne-AA
do not retain that awe and respect for
dignities which is found IN places where
the common or garden Congressman is
a sight less familiar. 1t may have been
the lobster salad. but Fabyan grew quite
unusually heated in his discussion or the
/ personality and record Of the opposition.
TarbelI listened greedily, for he was an
unnedged Journalist. and enjoyed hear
ing men wiser than himself play foot
ball with great names.
And the President?" he said, when
Fabyan had finished with lesser folk.
THE President" said .Fabyan, savage
", helping himself to the vinegar. has
the backbone oG-of-a chocolate eelair %
| And he glared at the specimen of that
delicacy, which an alert waiter had just
| deposited before his wife.
Tarbell broke into a merry, boyish
/ laugh. That's the best thing I've
heard in some time" he said "Jovel
must run. I'm due at the Office" And
Fabyan and his wife finished their
/ luncheon and went out into the country
I TO walk off the effect.
/ Tarbell remembered the phrase, how
/ ever. and told 1t 10 Stevenson that night,
/ over a cup of coffee and sweitzer
/ sandwich. Stevenson had luncheon next
day with Rider, the Congressman from
/ his State, and the entree. IN a pastry
/ shell. reminded Stevenson that the
/ Presidents backbone was like that of a
/ chocolate eclair. Rider grinned delight
| eddy and told the story at a dinner not
/ long afterward. as the saying of a
| prominent politician.
Three or four weeks later, Tarbell was
/ industriously reading exchanges, when
! h. came upon a pert Chicago paragraph
to the effect that Representative Bundle
/ had said that the President had no more
backbone than a chocolate eclair. Tar
Jell chuckIed. recognizing the ever
human trick of fathering q story or a
phrase on somebody. and clipped the
The Washington times., 1904-07-16
MEMPHIS WILL HAVE
NEW POLICE CHIEF
Vice Mayor, Who Holds Balance Of
Power in Board, Promises to
Make the Change.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. July 16-Memphis
viii at least have new chief OF poles
as the result Of the popular upheavl
over the murder OF TWO deputy sheritfs
in n gambling raid.
Vice Mayor Henderson, who holds the
balance of power in the board OF IRE and
police commissioners. has announced;
Being now satisfied that have been
under a misapprehension as TO the aoil-
ity Of the chief Of police, l am prepared
10 apply the remedy
The Committee on public safety VIII
call on Mayor Williams today.
Senator Carmack has volunteered his
services TO the State for the prosecution
of Haggerty. Legs. Honan, Keene, and
Hartley. allegeG gamblers. charged with
the murder OF the deputy sherifIs. Rep
resentatiVe Patterson. George b Peters
and NJ b. Noriieet have been retained
for the defense, and a big battle Is ex-
pected. The jail IS heavily guarded.
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The District Clerks.

There seems TO be need Of some
sort Of revision of the vacation
schedule in the District Building. At
present the 900 days leave allotted
TO the force as q whole must be di-
vided up among the clerks according
TO length Of service with the result
that the veterans get a week, and the
others from one to five days each.
Russell Sage is not running this Gov
eminent as yet, and one days vaca-
ton is only a little less absurd than
no vacation at all, for a man who
does his full days work all the rest
OF the year.
The clerks in the departments get
their months leave every year, and
some Of them think it is hard that
they cannot add TO this another
months sick leave, whether they are
I'll or not. To do the average clerk
Justice, it must be said, however,
that these kickers are few and far
between. But if any move we're made
70 reduce the monthly leave 10 one
week, OF even two, there would be a
chorus of complaint which would be
heard from one end Of the country to
the other. The District clerks have
put up with their mean little three or
four or five days very meekly, and
only now do they suggest that if the
force goes on increasing they will one
OF these days have no leave at all.
The work Of the District Building
is every bit as hard and unpleasant
as that of the departments. Even the
ordinary clerk In ordinary business
gets his fortnight of. That is the
least which any working man or wo-
man IN these days should have espe-
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Light on Woman Question

Some inQuisitive person has found
out that in the one town of jackson,
Mich, there are 1000 girls who live
In rooms" that is, who are support
ing themselves and do not live at
home Nobody knows exactly how
many more there are who live at
home and work in the factories which
furnish the main industry Of the
town. but 1t would be safe to say that
there are at least as many, probably
twice as many. Statistics like these
throw light on the race suicide ques-
ton.
The majority Of these girls will
marry, but a very considerable mi
nority will not This is not because
they have definitely decided to stay
single, but because in a town like
that there are probably not enough
men to 90 around. Take any factory
town where women are largely en-
ployed, and there will be a large per-
centage Of those women unmarried.
They will be those who are either I'M
attractive to men or not especially
anxious for marriage in itself. The
girls who marry will be drawn from
the most attractive and the most
eager to marry. The others will KEEP
on supporting themselves. At the
present stage Of our civilization the
business Of such a town is likely t.
increase, so that it will absorb all the
The Washington times., 1904-07-16
TWO BIG WARSHlPS
READY FOR LAUNCHING

The sister battleships Connecticut and
Louisiana will probably both be launch
ed early In September.
The Louisiana is being constructed in
the Newport News Shipbuildipg Com
pany's yard, and the Connecticut in the
Government yard at New York. A race
has been run IN building these boats
to determine whether private cOntrac-
tors of the Government can construct
warsnipS with greater speed.
The Washington times., 1904-07-16
SATURDAY. JULY i6. 1904.
New Jersey Justice.

The governor of New Jersey and
the judge of the court at Mount Hol-
ly faced a difficult problem in deal
ing with the three negroes who COM
mitted an atrOcious assault upon a
woman in that State But they met
the situation so well that the law
was upheld and the three criminals
given their sentences and lodged
safely in prison at Trenton with alb
solutely no mob violence.
This most desirable end was ac-
complished, first, by providing an
abundant force to guard the priso-
ners in case Of disturbance, and, sec
ond, by carrying through the neces-
sary business of the court with such
CELEBRITY that no time was given for
the gathering of mob bent on mis-
chief.
Timbers, Sims, and Austin, the
three prisoners, left Philadelphia at
1915 o'clock, reaching Mount Holly
at 1 o'clock. Five minutes later they
were in the courtroom. Ten min
utes after that, sentences Of forty
nine years apiece had been pro-
nounced. At 1:20 o'clock they were
on a train bound for Trenton, and at
3 o'clock they were in prison serving
their time.
1t was not that these men did not
deserve death for their crimes. as
suredly as much as any murderer,
that Governor Murphy adopted such
vigorous measures to insure their
lives. 1t was that the authority OF
the law should be upheld in New Jer-
sey, and the disgrace Of a lynching
should not be brought upon her citi-
zens. The militia was called out
not so much to protect the prisoners
as to protect the citizens against
themselves.
The fact that the law is inadequate
Z proves that lawmakers are by nc
means infallible. The law should be
changed so that in the future ii viii
not be inadequate, and other States
{ should profit by New Jerseys unfor-
Z tunate experience. But time and
. time again it has been proved thai
lynching, which in the majority Of
Z cases is motived less by the purpose
to deal out justice than by the desir'
to crafty inflamed passion. is not (
check to crime. while it does hav,
2 a demOralizing effect upon the com
2 munity
One may recognize and even sym
pathlze with the outraged feelings
Z that lead a community to take human
z life, but he cannot escape the solemn
3 fact that the blOtting out Of the life
of even the most miserable human
wretch in the world is an enormous
2 responsibility, and one that SHOULD
& not be undertaken except at the be
( hest Of cool. calm, and impartial jus
tice-at the demand OF, and in compli
Z ance with, ineXcrable law.
The authorities Of New Jersey ar
deserving OF great credit for the wa,
in which they enforced orderly proce
dure and secured prompt administra
ton Of the law.
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surplus female labor Of the surround
ing country, and the proportion Of
unmarried women to marriageable
men will always be large. That is
where the surplus women who worry
the economists come In.
The difficulty Of dealing with this
state of affairs-if anybody feels
called upon to deal with it's that
every one of these cases is individual
The girls, as has been said, do not
definitely resolve not to marry, but it
happens so. They leave the country
and come to work in the factory be-
cause the people at home need more
money, because they are Obliged to
support themselves, or because they
want better social opportunities than
there are on the farm. Those who
come to town for the last-named rea-
son usually marry there, so that their
action does not contribute to race
suicide" As for the other two rea-
sons, to insist on being supported by
other people who do net want to as
sumo the burden or who cannot do Sc
comfortably, takes an amount OF
nerve which, fortunately, is possessed
/ by few young girls. Some Of the re-
sulcs of this spirit OF independence
may be unfortunate. but it is on the
whole better for the race than a spirit
Of selfish dependence would be. The
whole business comes to this-that
/ the problem is one which will have tC
work itself out. 1t cannot be settled
by fiat
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WELLINGTON is STILL
IN NEED OF OUTSIDE AID

WILMINGTON, Del, July I6.-Fire
sufferers at Milington, Nd. are still in
sore need Of money. kitchen utensils,
and provisions.
President J. =. Ahern, OF the board of
commissioners at Millington, says dona-
lions OF money We're especially needed,
in view of the heavy losses.
Despite the liberal response to the call
for Rld. there IS still considerable suffer
ing. Wooden shanties are being erected
by stOTekeepers and citizens, ana forces
OF worlImen are clearing away debris
from the streets.
The Washington times., 1904-07-16
SCHWAB'S GREAT GIFT
TO CHICAGO CATHEDRAL

ST. PAUL, Mimi, July 16.-It is re-
ported that Charles NJ. Schwab, former
president of the United States Steel Cor
poration, has offered TO contribute SIS,
600 toward building a new Roman Cath
Ole ca .hedral here, which Will be one
of the finest church edifces in the coun-
trv. The report was neither affirmed
nor denied today by the local church
authorities.
]. J. Hill, president of the Great
Northern Railway, has already agreed
TO donate 81, 900 600. Cardinal Satolh, who
left here tonight. has promised 10 dedi-
cate tho structure.
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SOME CHANGES
IN CITY HOMES

Capt. and Mrs. John r. Edwards, Of
the navy, VIII give up their home on
Belmont Avenue shortly and go TO
Portsmouth, II. H., where Captain Ed
wards has been assigned 10 duty.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. II. Campbell and sons
will leave today for Front Royal, Va,
for the remainder Of the summer. Miss
Campbell is visiting friends and rela-
tives on the Eastern Shore OF Maryland,
but will join the family later on. Mr..
Lee Campbell and Master Worthington
win return from Philadelphia in time to
accompany their parents on Saturday.
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GREW so STOUT
SHE LOST HUBBY'S LOVE

WIL,KESBARRE. Pa, July 16--Mrs
William Pierson believes that she has
lost the love Of her. husband because
she has grown fat.
When She was married she weighed
10 hounds, now she tips the scales at
as2. AS a result Of this. so she charges,
her husband has lost his temper ana
has grown to dislike her SO that he
thinks nothing of beating her.
she gives one of these beatings as her
ressor for coming to town and getting
a warrant for his arrest.
The Washington times., 1904-07-16
MANY PEOPLE
GONE TO EUROPE

Among the prominent people sailing
from New York for Europe TODAY are
DR.. and Mrs. Wallace RadclIn, Or. John
d. Torres, United States consul at Porr
an Prince; Mr.. and Mrs. Nathaniel VIII
son, and w. w. Wright, United States
consul at Munich, and Mrs. Wright
Capt and Mrs. Samuel c. Lemly. and
their little daughter, viii sail today or
the Philadelphia, from New York, for an
indefinite stay abroad.
Mrs. Z A. Boyd and Miss Mabel Boyd
viii be passengers on the Friesland
which sails today from Philadelphia.
The Washington times., 1904-07-16
HOUSE GONE; MUG IN TREE.

When a recent storm struck the house
OF J. n. Scott. OF Webb City. Mo, he
was not at home. When he arrived at
what should have been his home next
morning he found that his new two
room house had entirely disappeared
and not a trace OF IL was visible any
where in the vicinity. His shaving mug
and brush, which were in the house at
the time of the storm, have been found
in q tree two miles away.
The Washington times., 1904-07-16

The Democratic orators are now pranc-
ing about declaring that Roosevelt and
his party stand for war and Parker and
his party for peace, but the average
American may conclude that he would
just as soon have the risk Of fight IS
the certainty OF being talked TO death.
Parker may not be laxative, but all his
henchmeu are doing their best to make
M for IL
The Washington times., 1904-07-16

cially IN a city with q climate as try
ing as that Of Washington. Let some
body speak up IN Congress for the
rights of the men in the District
Building.
The Washington times., 1904-07-16

Mrs. Westinghouse viii have as her
guests at Erskine Park, Lenox, next
week. the Rev DR.. Teuuis S. Hamlin,
pastor of the Church of the Covenant.
and his family DIT. Hamlin Is spending
the summer at East Hampton, I. l.
Later Mrs Hamhn and her young con
Francis Will be the guests Of Mrs
Daniel LOthrop at Concord, Mass. DR..
Hamlin will go TO Saratoga and North
field TO attend the Moody conference,
and afterward join his family at Betate-
hem, in the White Mountains, where
they viii remain until fall
The Washington times., 1904-07-16

II any enterprising photographers and
reporters had been prOwllng about the
camping ground Of the Roosevelt party
when the President took his boys out
to study nature, they would have run
some risk OF being shot for panthers by
the excited youngsters.
The Washington times., 1904-07-16
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY IN WAR.

A French company Of wireless teleg-
raphy IS arranging 10 provide the Rus
sian government with a wireless system
which will enable ii to communicate
between stations thirty miles apart This
japanese vessels We're so fitted out be-
fore hostiltties began. and they were
using a wireless apparatus between
Korea and Japan, an intermediate sta
ton having been placed upon an tslanS
in the Korean strait.
The Washington times., 1904-07-16
OUT-OF-TOWN GOSSIP.

Mr. and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid and Mss
Reid will go to the Adirondacks in Au-
gust They have had a succession Of
house parties at their country place in
White Plains
The Washington times., 1904-07-16

President Roosevelt and the board Of
lady managers have decided that the
YgOrrOtes need not be compelled 70 wear
trousers. Have they reflected on tn Of
feet which this will have on the pro-
motion Of the retail clothing trade in
the Philippines?
The Washington times., 1904-07-16

"Over-education Of the negro solemn
ly observes a Southern contemporary,
apropos OF the Timbers' case, causes
him to commit crime" Tt sounds as II
the jail in which Timbers spent his
youth were supposed 10 be a college.
The Washington times., 1904-07-16

Between breaking up housekeeping IN
the summer to go away, and breaking
up housekeeping in the winter when the
servant girl re,gns. the life Of the md
ern woman Is what one might call frag-
rnentary