The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-17

w. r. Holt. Parliamentary correspond
ent for the London Daily Mail. landed
in New York yesterday morning at 4
o'clock on the Mauretania aud was
whisked into Washington on a special
train on his meteor-like flight to this
country, He Is preparing a series OF ar
ticles entitled Thirty Eight hours OF i'm
pressions Of America" He sails for
Liverpool at s o'clock this morning.
AS soon as he got out of his train in
the Union Station he jumped into an
automobile and drove straight TO the
White House. to extend Christmas greet
ings to President Taft
After few minutes chat with Pres
ident Taft, he was hurried away to the
Treasury Department, the Post-ofiiee De-
partment and the Washington Monument
and then started for the Capitol
Cannon Gets Generous.
He waited at the Capitol just long
enough TO accept a cigar from Speaker
Cannon and TO shake hands with Vice
President Sherman and the chairmen of
the Ways and Means Committee OF the
House and the Finance Committee or the
Senate.
'.Rippingl" was all he had time 20 say
when asked what he thought about our
public men and methods. and with this
word. he rolled away on further tour
| of inspection. He figures that his en-
/ tire trip viii consume eleven days.
! Lord Northcliffe, the journalistic Ma
/ pOleOn OF London, has pulled OF the
stunt. Mr.. Holt left London on the
Mauritania last Saturday noon.
| Arrangements were made on this side
| through the New York Times, the man.
aging editor of which paper. Mr.. Carl
/ Van Anda, with MessFs. r. Walter Will
liams and Percy Brown, OF his STAFF, to-
gether with Mr.. F. w. Bullock, the
American representative Of the Daily
Mail. to meet the Mauretania in 8 special
tug as she reached Ambrose Light.
Rushed TO the Capital.
Coming up with her. Mr. Holt was low
cred over the ships side when opposite
Liberty Island 10 the deck Of the tug
This was at $50 O'Clock yesterday morn.
ing. At 4 O'Clock Mr.. Holt put foot or
shore at the Jersey Central station. and
| four minutes later he moved out OF The
| station on the Royal Blue special traiI
that was awaiting the party The ninety
odd miles TO Philadelphia was run in al
| hour and thirty-SX minutes; another
ninety-odd miles to Baltimore in an houl
and thirty-eisht minutes, and the re
naming forty miles TO Washington il
forty minutes. All this running wa:
from station TO station, the time from
New York TO Washington being foul
hours and four minutes.
Leaving Washington at ] o'clock a rec
ord run was made over the Baltimore and
Ohio to Baltimore in 3tiz minutes. Mr.
| Holt and his party were taken on an au
tomObile ride through Baltimore. afte
which the special was again taken ans
the run of ninety-two miles was made il
81 minutes
After the half-hour stop in Philadelphia
the Reading and jersey Central road
covered the run to New York in an hou
and a MALT Everything moved like clock
work, and If the London Mail should sill
I'D anywRele on it's Christmas plan of in
ternational interchange that assuredly ha
remarkable novelty it cannot be through
any fault of the American railways.
The Hozse refused recommendation Of the Ar
r~opriations Committee that the Civil Service Con
mikion be allowed Additional Spoaal examiner