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The Washington times., 1908-01-01
Why Not More Police?

For ten long and weary years
6sjOr Sylvester has been a sup
slant at the feet of Congress for
more men for his able and other
wise highly efficient force of police
men. For ten equally long and
dreary years has his request been
denied.
The major made his pleas with all
due respect to the customs and ira
ditions oe Congress. He followed
all the prescribed forms; he gave
all the necessary facts; he furnish
ed every detail of information; he
made eloquent, logical, and unan-
swerable arguments in support of
his proposition. Back Of him have
been arrayed the District Commits
Eioners, the Board Of Trade, the
Business Mems Association, and the
various citizens associations.
Not once has the majors request,
submitted through the Commission
ers, to the Committee on Appro-
priatiOns, been granted. Not once
has the Committee On APproPria-
tons seen fit to explain why. The
major, the Commissioners, and the
people Of the District are left to
imagine that the reason has always
been that the Committee on Appro-
pTiations didn't want 10 appropriate
any more money for that purpose.
But the why for that remains a
mystery.
But Major Sylvester is hopeful
and persistent. He is up and at them
once again. He is as enthusiastic
and energetic in behalf of this old,
yet ever new, important, almost i'm
perative demand of the District, as
he was when he first brought the
subject to the unwilling attention
Of the committee. In a statement,
which he makes 10 TIE Times, to-
day, he gives briefly but pOintedly
the facts that give birth TO this de
mand for a larger police force. 1t
IS clearly and strikingly put, and
should gain the enthusiastic sup
port of the whole District
The Washington times., 1908-01-01
BURIES BOX OF GOLD
AND NEARLY LOSES IT

LONG BEACH. No, Jan. 1.-Because
he was afraid of the banks and pre-
feTred 70 bury his money, Josiah BIer-
rift, an elderly man living alone in the
northeastern part OF the town. came
near losing what little no had last night
During the forenoon Monday he had re-
ceived by express quite d large sum in
gold from an Eastern city. He says ne
had intended placing 1t in one Of the
banks, but because of the financial talk
he concluded to bury it In his back
yard for a while
He dug a hole under the corner OF an
OutbUildng not far from his bedroom
window and placed the box of money
IA it, carefully covering it again, and
laying G heavy stick Of timber on it.
he did not think anyone knew Of his
receiving the money. but his actions
must nave been watched by some one,
for Ia5e that night he was awakened,
and, on looking out OF the window saw
two men just beginning to dig where
the money was placed.
The old man jumped out OF bed and
ran out Of doors, soaring the men away,
SO that they were seen no more.
Merritt thereupon dug up his gold and
took IL into the house, watching Il care
fully the rest of tho night. and early
this morning taking &c to a trusted
neighbOr to care for until he can de-
posit il in a bank. lie says he got a
good look at one Of the mems faces
and is sure that he saw him in Los
Angeles the day he got his money.
The Washington times., 1908-01-01

gasps. Such energy might have con
ouered a nation. shaken q planet from
its orbit. Suddenly, as a candle is blown
out. the attempt 20 walk exhausted his
powers.
Up went his hands, forward reeIed
his body, and, with spairing clutch,
he reeled against the amp post. from
which he had journeyed three yards ia
quarter OF an hour Fortunately, his
left arm hooked about the post again
He was saved from a terrific fall. Be
ing saved, he stood stu. blinked and
swoTe aloud in that meditatlye fashion
which comes to men who have suffered
much and travelled far.
But he made no further attempt to
walk. The night wind whisued BY IN
Needed. The horns and bells clamored.
uDheard. he, against the post, was con
frontsd by an Impenetreble forest Of
lamp posts. He was convinced that
lamp posts were on every hand He
could arrive nowhere but at lamp posts.
He brushed his right hand against
his forehead clumsily. Then he fell TO
scrutinizing the post carefully, He had
heard that moss grows on the north
side Of trees. Being in this impene-
trable forest, he wanted % steer his
way out by the compass OF nature But
there was no moss to be found. He
sighed heavily, convinced that the uni
verse had conspiFed against him.
Then he Wept bitterly.
The Washington times., 1908-01-01
CONTINUE SEARCH
FOR COTTON WEALTH
Attorneys Mystified When
Safety Deposit Box Is
Found to Be Empty.

Where will the search for tho Cotton
wealth lead now? To what parts OF
this country or 10 what countries Of
the world will attorneys in the ctss
have to go before the pursuit Of one Of
the biggest will-o'-the-wisps in legal
history IS ended?
Charles A, Douglas. one OF the COL
lectors Of the estate, who was in New
York yesterday afternoon when the
long-taIked-of safe deposit vault was
opened and found empty. returned 10
Washington early this morning. He
went 10 New York with the strogg hope
that the svault would contain about
$4,000 of the stocks and bonds that
belong 10 the estate. Instead, he and
the other attorneys found il contained
absolutely nothing.
The search viii be continued" said
Mr.. Douglas this morning "Of the re-
covery Of the stocks. which were in
Mrs Coitou's name, we feel sure, al
though II may require some length Of
time. These stocks are worth $50. COZ.
OF the recovery Of the bonds, we en-
terrain some doubt. If they were pay
able TO bearer and have been hygCthtS
Gated, you can see HON we stand 10
lose"
Asked about his plans for locating the
missing wealth. Mr.. Doug alas said:
we have plans, but we are not yet
prepared To give them out for publica-
ton. I can say, however, we are pretty
confident of recovering more than half
the lost money"
The failure 10 find the securities I'm
New York yesterday means the eXpenOi-
turC of additional money and labor in
the effort TO lind wealth that may event
ually go 70 little Helen Sacher. Of Paris.
a claimant to the estate CT Mrs. Cotton.
The Washington times., 1908-01-01

have such a resurrection Of his dead
respect and be so delighted and
strengthened by the returning re-
spect of his friends that he may
steady himself until April Fools
Day. Every sober breath tends to
fix the habit. Besides, he may die
in his highest moment of reforma-
tion, and improve his chances in
that country where time is not
measured by revolving years.
The Washington times., 1908-01-01

idleness, uselessness, and, therefore,
viciousness?
Whether he has $4,000 in the
bank, or S14, 900, 900, or only S14, who
has a ght to say:
Il ana now freed from all duty TO
my fellowman or TO myself. L can
now lie in the bed of slothfulness. l
can bury my talents. l can be in
different 10 the SORROWS and the
joys, the hopes, and the disappoint-
ments of my brothers.
II can ignore their appeals for
sympathy in times of grief. can
look on unmoved in their days of re-
joieing. The Fatherhood of God,
the Brotherhood of Man have no
meaning for me. Humanity may
sink, the wheels of progress stop,
the torch of liberty grow dim be-
fore the advancing flames of an
archy and license. 1t is no concern
of mine. No responsibility rests
upon me. I am now exempt from
all the burdens Of the human race
and of human life"
Who shall say this is not the
vagrant? Who shall say he is not
a criminal before God and man
Who shall say he should go through
the world unwhipped of justice, un-
scourged by the scorn of man, I'M
scathed by the wrath of God?
The Washington times., 1908-01-01
OUTLOOK BETTER
IN MONEY CENTERS
John F. Draughton.
Southern Correspondence
Shows General Feeling
Is Improving,

Prof John T. Draughton. Of the
Draughton Practical Business College
Company. OF Nashville. Tenn, whose
interest in public welfare has made his
opinion worth much in commercial cir
Giles, Is optimistic over the clearing
alvey Of the financial striugenCy clouds.
Prof. Draughton recently sent out re-
quests TO a score or more prominent
cities, asking for accurate information
regarding the panic and its aftermath.
Some anxiety is felt throughout the
South and West. but Prof. Draughton
believes conditions viii improve before
this year IS many months old.
The territory covered by Prof. Draugh-
tons correspondents extends from
Washington 70 Fl Paso, Tex. His cor
respondents were conservative business
college presidents who were requested To
base their remarks on the opinions Of
leading local bankers and others com
pcteEt to pass upon the question Of
financial stringenCy and its erect on the
puzzle ana markets. After carefully
considering these reports Prof Draugh-
ton SAYS that while the situation
throughout the country at large is most
encouraging and there seems great like
lihOOd OF q speedy resumption Of bust
future, there are indications Fiat the
money ughtneSs IS not being relieved
in some sections as rapidly as was an
ticipated some weeks ago.
Prof. DraUghton asserts clearing house
certificates viii be things of the past
within the next few weeks.
III venture the assertion that my
business during 1903 will not equal that
of the year just closed, " said Prof.
DTaUghtOn. Panic or no panic the
of F~- IA
of business, and 1908 will not yield near
so much TO me American business men.
unless they throw aside this fear OF
financial panics,"
The Washington times., 1908-01-01
Police Force Too Small
To Guard the District,
Says Major Sylvester
Tells of Large Areas Patrol
led by His Men and of the Sections
Left Unprotected.

upon the Police Court 20 prosecute
cases where arrests were made after 10
O'Clock on the previous day. There
nave been days when the police force
IN a precinct was reduced IN this man
ner two or three men, which means
that they had 10 cover all OF the beats
within their district. The beats OF
area OF patrol are about twice the eX-
tent during the daytime that they are
the greater part Of the night. Some
Of them embrace sixty or seventy city
squares, while in the outlying precincts
many OF the beats are more extended.
Needs More Patrolmen.
THE business section OF the city
should be 80 closely patrolled," Major
Sylvester said, "as 10 permit a member
or the force to be called without delay
II is not the part Of wise provision that
q citizen may not succeed In finding
more than one OF two patrOlmen b.
tween the United States Capitol and
the Treasury, IN a distance OF fully
a mile.
Dense population and close areas
require q strong policing but an extend
ed population should have a much
larger force. The merchant or Official
whose home Is in The outskirts OF the
city who leaves his family fGAa day
or two without assistance close - hand
Is entitled 20 as much protection as
the man who lives IN the city and has
assistance at call at all times.
IF the city OF Washington was the
extent OF the Jurisdiction Of the palice.
the present force would be ample but
with settled area OF nearly seventy
square miles a force Of 90 more men
could be edvantageOusly utilized
Around Washington there are eighty
villages or towns. but from midnight
until s o'clock in the morning they are
without police protection Of any charac-
ter. The rest OF the day an office. IL
stationed there. During the night a
mounted police has patrol OF eight OF
nine miles and Is the only officer with
IN call"
The Washington times., 1908-01-01
Swear Off, Today.

From time immemorial the first
day Of the year is d good resolutions
day. Determination to reform
should be made as soon as the need
arises, but the close of one year and
the beginning of another sOlemnizes
even the thOughtless. It invites in
1rospection and retrospection, and a
forward look. As George D. Prem
tice said, 1T is a time for memory
and for tears"
How many of us hate ourselves
for our ineficiency and selfshness,
if not meanness, during 1907. It is
well to take stock, balance the
books, and see how we stand with
the year. But only cowardice and
irresolution sit in the ashes of re-
pentance and disappointment. The
new year calls for a new life. 1t
opens the door of new opportuni-
ties, and we should boldly enter in,
resolved on new achievements.
We should determine TO labor to
more purpose. All the drones are
not in a hive of bees. If every
shirker were a worker, poverty
would soon become only a reminis-
cence, and those who cry for food
would. eat the bread of contentment
honestly earned by their own hands.
TheolOgians say that labor is a
curse, a punishment for the original
transgression, but in these days
most tTansgressors are in the ranks
OF the idle. The devil is too shrewd
TO tempt the busy. Satan finds some
mischief still for idle hands to do"
This may be poor poetry, but the
sad experience of a multitude at
tests its truth.
We should resolve to make the
world brighter and better. To do
this we must be brighter and better
ourselves. To cultivate a spirit Of
civility, to wear the dress Of obIig-
ingness. to scatter seeds of kind
ness" SHOULD be our new years de-
sire. Men need the oil of helpful
ness, and not the vinegar of selfish
ness. The laugh of a little child
cheers a car full of tired men and
women. a warm handshake NAV
save a respondent from suicide. The
hearty and confident come-and-get-
your-money mien of & cashier has
stopped a run on a bank.
Some of US think that because we
cannot do big things, we should do
nothing. Small favors gracefully
done is a better motto than small
favors thankfully received"
The willing sneers at good resolu-
tions and SCOTS, Better not make
them than break ther1 We do not
agree with him. II is better for the
topper TO "sweaF OF on the 1st of
January and keep sober until the
1st of February than to be drunk
during the thirty-one days. He may
The Washington times., 1908-01-01
SOUELCHED.

Pa doesn't talk now half as much
As what he did, ne passes
Food quietly across 10 us,
An later spends his time to BEDTIME
In doing or in reading,
While conversation eddies round
He still remains unheeding.
And when he does essay to speak
He don't speak very cheerful,
He picks and chooses all his words
And hands EN- to Us keerful;
He hesitates to- speak his mind,
And does IL with a stammer;
Oh, Sis is home from college now,
And don't like papa's grammar
Houston Post.
The Washington times., 1908-01-01
MRS. OLIVIA HOLLAND DEAD;
ATTACK OF GRIP FATAL

After a brief illness, Mrs. Olivia Hol-
land died at the home Of her daughter
Mrs. George II. Getz, 400 Q street north
west last evening. Funeral services
will be held from Mrs. Getz's residence
tomorrow morning a. II o'clock. The
interment VII, be private
Mrs. Holland was born in Baltimore
about seventy years ago. She came
to Washington shortly after her we'd
aing fifty years since. On Saturday she
vas taken i'll with the grip.
She is survived by two daughters. Mrs.
Getz. and Miss Nellie Holland. and a
son, Howard Holland.
The Washington times., 1908-01-01
Sing, Heyl The Pullman Carl

None but a Gilbert could do JUS
tiee to the merry, merry Pullman
car, the car in which you seek the
seclusion your ticket grants, as also
do the sisters, the cousins, and the
aunts. What a home-like place it
is! How easily privacy is secured!
And then how it promotes So
liability and good feeling, bringing
US TO an unwonted realization of
the fact that all men are brothers
and most women are our sisters,
throwing US into each others arms
and humping our heads together as
we struggle with refractory shoe
laees in the coy snugness Of the
thin, dark lane, through which the
porter so nimbly and Prohtably
Frances as we regretfully near the
end of our journey.
Consider the rolHcIdng moments
in tho dressing TOOm-twO men to
q mirror, three men to a wash bowl,
four men outside for every man
within? Remember the quips and
jests. the chatting and the repartee!
Would you have a mystery? Why
is your bed always made up with
the head toward the engine? There
is a problem no Sherlock Holmes
viii ever solve.
Do you yearn for surprises? R Sc
up suddenly from your bed Of ease
and the heavily armored ceiling,
having apparently dropped a foot,
VIII furnish more than enough.
Are you a lover of the music OF
nature, OF the squeaking chirp of
the cricket, the lazy droning buzz
of the humping bumblebee, the
busy hum Of the saw in the loving
embrace of the pine? The fugues,
sonates, and symphonies from
across the way viii lead you to
concede that nature indeed plays a
harp Of a thousand strings.
Are you FESTIVE under discipline?
Are you suffering from false mod
esty? Are you prone to risk your
eyesight by porting over hook and
paper till midnight's solemn hour?
Would you lazily pass in slumber
the golden hours of dawn?
All these weaknesses and way
Weaknesses are curbed and correct
ed by the Pullman and its lord and
master, the servile desPot, whose
sceptre is the broom. The search
ing broom arouses you from Idle
thought in the smoking compart-
ment. The lights grow slowly dim
as YOU reach the UndUly exciting
chapter. The curtains of your
couch are gently parted just as you
reach a critical stage in your most
justly handicapped struggle with
your garments, for the porter must
remind you the next stop but one
viii be only thirty minutes from
your greatly to be deplored watch
f. care.
Really when all is considered the
theme is too Homeric. too MiltOnic
for a Gilbert. Bernard Shaw's pc
culiar genius might approach the
task. Sir Alfred Austin might chant
its lighter lays. But the master
hand is missing that could sound
the heights and depths Of this cos
mic hymn of human life.
The Washington times., 1908-01-01

any institution not having the assurance
or stability given BY a Government con-
necuOn. When they do they are tie
flrst 10 take alarm Il there is the least
sign OF panic, and recently runs on
banks have been caused in several in
stances by undue anxiety or by ignOr-
anee and apprehension on the part of
foTeign-boTn depOsitOrs-
Send Money Home 70 Deposit.
More than seven millions OK immi-
grants have landed in this country In
the last ten years, and they have sent
back 20 the old country immense sums
OF money. The figures ara shown IN
the reports of money orders issued for
foreign countries. II is contended that
this money. while It is accumulating az
least. would naturally be placed IN the
postal banks. as II Is said 70 be a fact
that much Of this money is sent abroad
10 be placed IN savings banks in the
native countries OF the immigrants.
Mr. Meyer recommends that the Post
master General be given authority to
designate all money order Offices and
such other postofdcss as NAV be deemed
necessary TO recsivl deposits OF money,
sUCn deposits TO be made in even dol
iarss with 81 as minimum In such
cases poStmasters would receipt for de-
posts in the pass books Of the depos-
Postmaster General.
It is suggested that deposits by any
one person be limited 10 500, that in
teTeSL at the rate Of per cent be paid
on them, and that the Government re-
imburse itself for this payment OF in
rerest by lending the money to the ma
tional banks.
1t IS also the idea that tns Young
should be encouraged to make deposits,
and that the providing Of easy means
20 open accounts IN al sections OF the
country viii greatly encourage thrift
IN the rising generation, but children
under the age OF ten, thinks Mr.. Meyer
should not be allowed 70 Withdraw
money, and their accounts should be in
the names Of guardians.
Success in Canada and Europe.
As noted by Postmaster General Mey-
er in his annual report, the postal saw
ings bank system has been tried IN Can
ada and found successful there, and IS
a part Of the accepted order OF things
in several countries OF Europe. Some
time since postal banks were estab-
lished in the Philippines under the SI-
pervtsiOn OF the insular government.
The English system makes the shiII-
ing the minimum deposit and provides
for penny savings through a stamp and
card plan This IS likewise the Philip
pine system.
Interest at q per cent IL paid under
the British system, as compared to
per cent that II is proposed the United
States shall pay,
The bill embOdying Postmaster Cen
eral Meyers IDEAS on the subject OF
postal savings banks has been com
pleted under his direction. and is 10 Re
introduced IN the House soon after the
holidays.
The Washington times., 1908-01-01

California IS crying out against the
East Its stern, primitive morality IS
being undermined by the woman club
idea that has found its way from the
Atlantic to the Pacific. Church sociaIs
are bitterly condemned as tending to
tighten home ties and render domestic
burdens irksome. The Frisco maids
and matrons are said to be showing a
tendency toward squandering the fru-
gal wages Of their fathers and husbands
on soda water which has recently been
introduced there and is looked upon as a
most insidious foe To the temperate and
upright life. AIasl There IS now no
Schmidt 20 scotch the snake that has
entered their Eden; no Ruerf to roll
back the rising ruin!
The Washington times., 1908-01-01


the night. Cheers were borne
far on the winds Of winter.
But for one there was no cheer.
He stood at the corner OF Thirteenth
and 2 streets, his left arm hooked
around lamp post. The world was
Keeling and shuddering past his wavy
vision. He had babe good-by 10 the
Old Year in whisky and welcomed the
New in wine.
He was confronted by an insupeTable
task. He wanted 20 go home. but the
path was a long and stony one. With
infinite trouble and endeavor, he at
tanned an upright position. His tight
foot went forward several inches. and
was followed by his left foot. Then en-
sued a pause, during which his swaying,
bent, reslins form was weighed down
By all the mountains in geography, all
the ualRmities in recorded time. But,
with q gtubbOFnness that springs rom
mixed drinks. the short stems were con
tinued slowly and painfully for a dis
lance OF az least three yards,
The sweat of honest toll stood UPON
his brow. His breath came and went IN
The Washington times., 1908-01-01
MONEY KINGS JOKE.

4 traveller tells OF two odd entries
that ne saw in the visitors book OF 8.
fashionable resort on the Rhine. A few
wears ago one OF the Paris members
of the Rothschild family had registered
as follows: ''R. De Paris" II so CHANGED
that the next visitor to inscribe his
name in the book was Baron Open
helm. the banker of Cologne. and he
wrote his name beneath Rothschild' s
IN this wise: 20. de Cologne"
The Washington times., 1908-01-01

Pittsburg boasts OF being the best ad-
veriEed city in the world We know
of only one better advertised place thar
at all resembles Pittsburg, ard. while
we have met a good many people who
told us to go there, we have not vet
quite made UP our minds 70 take he
trip. II isn't Texas.
The Washington times., 1908-01-01

The question really is: Were Reuter-
dahTs statements true? II true, do thew
Indicate grave defects in our ships and
in the organization of the Navy De-
partment?
The Washington times., 1908-01-01

Some one is wasting his talents on the
Charleston, W. Va. Mail. He tells of
two men who robbed a young laundry
lady" then escorted her to a car, Civ
ing her nickel for her fare. and then
gently eased away" Georgia, in its
palmiest days, never gave birth to a
more soulful utterance.
The Washington times., 1908-01-01

Denver claims that all these reports
about grave disasters in Colorado are
inspired by cities which tried to get the
Democratic convention and failed.
The Washington times., 1908-01-01

New York has Just discovered that the
pianos In its schools are selected by the
inspector Of masonry. That joke cant
be improved upon.
The Washington times., 1908-01-01
FIRE DOES SIS DAMAGE.

Fire this morning did So damage to
a residence near Thirteenth and c
streets northwest. The origin Of the
fire is unknown.