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The Washington times., 1912-12-04
"Keep Out Of the Street" the Refrain
Of Q Petition for Laws to Cover
the RIGHTS Of Pedestrians.

70 the Editor OF THE TIMES
A petition has been started In the
Piney Branch Citizens Association and
will ind It's way through the Federation
to the Commissioners for the adoption
OF a police regulation to keep pedestrl-
ans and children out Of the streets.
except when crossing at street corners
or when playing or skating where II Is
specially permitted. This Is step In
the right direction. for the benefit OF the
person on foot As well as the driver Of
the team or motor vehicle. The former
has the right OF way only at corners
when crossing or when alighting from
or boarding vehicles; the latter has the
right OF way elsewhere. but will rarely
run down any one II II can be avoided.
Yet in this age OF rapid transit we read
every day where some one has been in
jured or killed through Its wilfull dis.
regard.
The time has come for washingtoni-
ans to stop "cutting corners" and the
children cease using the streets for
skating, as We now have so many side
walks that are granolithic. The ap.
preaching holiday season will I'LL the
streets with teams and automobile
which may not run up onto sidewalk
to avoid pedestrian: let the pedes'
trian stay on the sidewalk where he be-
longs. and, except when crossing where
he should. his safety lies In Observance
OF the rule to keep out OF the street.
SIG.
The Washington times., 1912-12-04
DOLLAR DIPLOMACY"

There was something disappointing in the Mes
SAGE to Congress- II sounded as dull iron sounds
to mall. The spirit Of it was not unexpected, but
its pride in the small successes Of dollar diplomacy
was commonplace. And this country is never COM
monplace.
We are not middle class" people. We arc
never SNUG We are not bourgeois.
We may have the vices Of cavalier; the courage
Of arstocracies; the uncompromsing virtue of pur-
tanism; the susceptible hearts Of children. But we
are never commonplace. We have no use for the
pusillanimites Of dollar diplomacy"
How could we, and still believe, as we do, in the
spirit of the Declaration Of independence.
We never learn humility from disaster. Once,
when everything we had fought for seemed to be
crumbing about US, we sent our men and boys into
battle with the Battle Hymn Of the Republic"
as our prayer And that is the most terrible song in
the world.
In many ways we are crude. Our passions are
violent Our crimes are often tragedies. Our cities
have had to fight crooks and grafters at every turn
In hundred years we have trekked across a con-
tnent We have blazed the trail with villages and
towns and a great business of mines and factories
and farms. And we have not yet stopped to quite
finish anything that we started.
But we are never commonplace, and dollar
diplomacy" is tine apotheosis of the commonplace.
world And we chasten our pride in them by wreck.
ing more than any other country
We do some things that are splendid. We do
few things that are squad. We do many things
that shame US into anger at our own depravity. But
we keep on moving forward with our hearts set on
what Roosevelt called in his last speech, the golden
hopes of men" and we have an idea that it is the
biggest thing we have to guard.
We have our diplomats, Of course. We have
them because they are useful to take care Of the
Cooks tourists who know their way about Keokuk
but get little puzzled over the street system Of the
Latin Quarter.
Only, when it comes to the real thing in diplo.
macy, the inquiring stranger must mngle with the
crowd around the steps of the cot house Of any
old town on the Fourth, and the things that he will
hear then are the things that we will fight for.
And none Of our fights have been about common
place things.
Sometimes those fights may have been romantic
and sometimes they may have lacked justification
but they were never commonplace and dollar dipo.
macy is always commonplace when it isn't just cheap
The Washington times., 1912-12-04
Army and Navy
ARMY.

The following changes in the assign
ments OF officers of Field Artillery
are ordered:
Captain JOHN L. STEPHENS, now at
tached to the Second Field Artillery,
assigned to that regiment.
First Lieutenant THOMAS d. OS-
BORNE. assigned to the Fifth Field
Artillery.
First Lieutenant GEORGE W. EwELL,
Third Infantry. detailaed as profess
sor of military science and tactics
at the Oklahoman Agricultural Col
lege. saltwater, Okla.
Second Lieutenant CHARLES d. ROC
ERS, Eleventh Cavalry. detailed a.
professor OF military science and tao
ties at Shattuck School. Faribault.
MINI.
Major JOHN II. RICE. Ordnance De.
partment, from office OF the chief
Of ordnance. to San Antonio Arsenal.
San Antonio, Tex. and assume COM
mand Of that arsenal. relieving
Colonel CHARLES II. CLARK. Ord
nance Department.
First Lieutenant LESLEY ]. McNAIR,
Fourth Field Artillery. detailed for
duty as statistical officer at the
School OF Fire for Field Artillery,
Fort sill. Okla.
The Washington times., 1912-12-04
Wants Pension Claims Of Aged
Soldiers Considered First.

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
Under the act Of May II, 1912. pensions
for veterans arc based both on length
of service and on age. Thus soldier
who has served two years and six
months and is seventy years old re-
ceives So4 per month and when he be-
comes seventy-fve years old *ao per
month. All pensions are payable from
date Of receipt of claim IN the Pension
Ort,ce. In the month Of May alone sew.
eral hundred thousand claims were nled
in one day. and while the Pension Ofhce
is doing its best. II will be months. II
not a year, before the last is reacheu'
and they are. still coming In; These
cia inns ore being examined in the order
of their receipt, first come. hrst served.
This seems fair enough OH Its race. but
II would seem that the claims OF the
oldest soldiers should nave precedence
for the older the applicant tne more
rkely he is to die. and shou'd ne h.e
pending the ad djud:cation OF ms n; u'a,'
even II the claim be allowed II cannot
he collected bv the widow or other
heirs, as would be the case In other
claims against the Government. Tor II
ia a gratuity granted for services rend-
cred by the soldier. ,,
II will readily be seen that py giving
precedence to younger men, men o, ,a,,, srN-
ants give their age at cighty-hvel. some
of them sick and dependent solely on
their pensions for Their SUPPORT are
n,scsd at a great disadvantage as COM
porod with Younger men. and In view
Of the length OF time It Will take to
reach their cases, the chances OF ,nelr
reccivinr a pension are slim Indeed.
Wiz not group these claims by ages OF
arm,,ca nts. beginning with the oldest?
"PP'~" OLD PENSIONER.
The Washington times., 1912-12-04
Here's a Book

-,ory, more or less bnsed. more or
les. iumhled ad confused, has given
the events preceding the admission OF
Kansas as State to the country at
large. Each historian secms to have
accumulated different data and taken a
different viewpoint OF that disastrous
domestic wrangle. go that the real story
from the lips of any authentic witness.
no matter which side liz upheld. is just
as apt to be true as any.
Margaret Hill McCarter, author OF
the wall of Men," has written q
thrilling. true. and grahpic tale of tho
events in that period. To those who
have known the hardships of new
country, who have fought for principle
and home. Mrs. McCarter's book is at
once recognized not as any idly i'm
aRined tale. but as Il true record of past
en- whose indomitable courage and PER-
severance have carved out that wonder
!ui land west of the Mississippi.
Through the struggle for a State with
out slavery. the Wakarusa war the
Quantrell raid and massacre at Law
renee. then to the front In the civil
war. the reader follows the 'fatas OF
three young people, young Quaker
youth, a Southern lad. and a Scotch
Ia ssie whom they both love. Pioneer
types are drawn with rare skill, and the
picture which Mrs. McCar.er makes OF
John Brown Is one of rugged strength
and beauty.
Illustrations In color b. ]. N. March,
and are full of the action and frank
fearlessnCss Of the prairie country. A
e. McCiurg & Co, Of Chicago, are the
publishers,
The Washington times., 1912-12-04
THE DECADENCE OF AMERICAN POETRY

Brander Matthews, in reviewing new anthology
Of Nineteenth Century American verse, published re
Gently under the editorship of a professor emeritus
Of Yale observes that if the poems selected cannot
compare with those in a contemporary anthology Of
British poems they are at least equal to any similar
collection of verse from Italy, Germany, or Spain.
And statement of that kind from such an authority
is interesting. The sterile field Of our recent litera-
ture in poetry, and fiction, and drama of the higher
sort has been explained on the theory that we are
young people, with our thought bent upon material
development. But that argument does not apply to
the other countries nstanced by Prof. Matthews, and
il his reasoning is sound must look to some other
cause for the lack Of any heirs in art to Nathaniel
Hawthorne and Poe and Whitman and Longfellow.
However, the important thing is that great and
an impressive period in our history is confronting u.s.
and it threatens to pass away without the record that
only fine poetry and inspired fiction could make Of it.
We have in mind as example of what could be
done on such theme Kipling's strong song The
Sons Of Martha"
The Washington times., 1912-12-04
C0NSTANT|NOPLE
IS CITY Of WOE
SINCE WAR BEGAN
Y. M. c. A. Worker in Sul-
tan's Country Writes
Vividly of Hardships.

War conditions In Constantinople are
described vividly in a letter to General
Secretary William Knowles Cooper. OF
the Y. NJ. c. A.. from d. 4. Davis. who
is now association secretary In the Le-
want and formerly was director Of re-
ligious work In this city.
Famine. caused by the "Cost OF iiv-
ing" jumping up with the nrst rattle
OF musketry. has stricken the Turkish
capital. and he tells OF fires and earth.
uuakes which added their share to the
general desolation Of the city not many
months ago. Mr.. Davis letter Is prob
ably one OF the first received in the
United States from Constantinople
after war was declared. He says, In
part:
For a few days before the war was
declared there were q number OF pa
rades and public demonstrations, but
these were soon forbidden and since
the war has actually started there has
been little apparent excitement.
: Horse Cars Quit.
Naturally there are many incon.
veniences. The only traction service
We have consists OF horse cars. and now
We do not have even these. because the
government has taken all the horses.
THE price Of many necessaries, such
as meats, sugar, cereals. petroleum,
etc. have risen and are still going up.
Imagine paying IS cents a pound for
table salt. Fortunately, the govern
ment controls the price Of bread, and
that remains the same. The amount
given TO each family Is limited.
beginning tonight. no one Is allowed
on the streets after 10 o'clock.
Big Fires Wreak Havoc.
ITO the political Ills which have be.
fallen Turkey In the last few months
has been added accident. In the last
year and half two great confiagra-
tions have devastated great sections OF
the capital. The first burned 1900
dwellings and shops In STEAMBOAT: and
before the work Of rebuilding the
burned district had begun a second fire
swept away over 1000 more houses.
Then. after an interval of scarcely
more than three months. came earth.
ouakes which destroyed. with a loss OF
about 5000 lives. several villages neal
Consta ntinople and seriously injured
many buildings in the city itself. among
others the grand old church--now
mosque-of st. Sophia. These calami.
ties rendered homeless more than 10000
persons. many OF whom escaped only
with their lives and the rags on theii
backs"
The Washington times., 1912-12-04
"OH! TAMMANYw

This newspaper said some days ago that the
New York World is always against Tammany
between elections, but always for Tammany, either
constructvely or actually, during elections And in
that We were mistaken. The World is always for
Tammany whenever Tammany is in danger. In
proof Of which reprint this unique assertion from
dse World Of yesterday: "A great deal Of New
Yorks police and vice trouble can be traced directly
TO me efforts Of two excellent and wemeanng men.
One Of them is Theodore Roosevelt and the other
is Charles H. Parkhurst."
No defender Of Tammany has ever been moved
by his zeal to say anything more brazenly contemptu
Gus Of the truth than that.
The Washington times., 1912-12-04
COETHALS A GENERAL.

q full general on the active list Of the United States
army will appeal to the country-at-large as promo
ton and a decoration of high fitness Goethals has
done the largest constructive work for the nation in
a century and the engineering work and organiza-
ton Of the Canal Zone deserve recognition entirely
out Of the ordinary.
Such rank would give him an equality with that
Of George Dewey in the navy Up to this time it is
one that has been conferred only on four great
soldiers Washington, Grant, Sherman, and Sheri-
dan. Goethals has proved himself a great com.
mander in peace. generalship for him would say
accurately what the colleges tried to express last
summer by showerng MIN with L. DIS.
The Washington times., 1912-12-04

which holds its first convention next week, has out
lined social creed that restates the heart OF the
Progressive platform. Its features are:
The church must stand:
For the protection Of the family by the single s.and.
ard Of purity regulation Of marriage and proper
housing
For fullest development Of the child by education and
recreation.
For the abatement and prevention Of poverty.
For the conservation OF health
For safeguarding the right Of all men to an oppor-
tunty for and for protection OF WORK
ers from the hardship Of enforced Unemployment
wage, and reduction Of hours Of labor.
The possibilities Of accomplishment II the
II 900 900 members Of tine churches to be repre-
sented at this council should throw their united effort
back Of this program and get their men into It are
enormous. The effort would fit perfectly with the
Progressive program to secure legislation for
the people, Hundreds of thousands would be identi-
fed with both organizations and strengthen the
harmony Of action.
The Washington times., 1912-12-04
THE CHURCHES JOIN THE LINE.

The campaign Of 1912 revealed over and over
what fine and answering support came from the
churches, the clergy, and the religious leaders for
the Progressive party organization. Like the social
workers, who are giving their lives for benering
conditions of others, they gave the movement their
aid from first to last. They recognized its vital
principle as. one which must be in force in our
national life if the country is to be good one for
ll to live in and to offer equal opportunity to all.
Now they are aiming to carry forward the work
with their own organization. They are showing their
ability to deal with the concrete human problems of
the day in the work they map out.
The Federal Council of the Churches Of Christ
a America, representing thirty-two denominations,
The Washington times., 1912-12-04
1.-THE DREAM AND THE BUSINESS u

II the special session of Congress which the
President-elect has promised to call Immediately after
he takes office is to begin the work of tariff revision
in accordance with the views expressed by Mr.. viii.
son three years ago. the new leader OF the Democratic
party will require a continuous term Of not three
years. but of thirty for the completion Of the reform
In an article from the pen Of Mr.. Wilson, published
by the North American Review in October, 1909, the
following method of revision was suggested
ut must In some conservative way be altered
year, until we shall have put all custom leg.
lslatiOn upon q safe, reasonable and permanent
footing. \ process Of alteration, steadily and
cOurageOusly persisted In will not disturb the
business or embarrass the industries Of the cOun.
try even II tariff act follows tarlf act from
sion to session, II II be founded q definite
Drncple by which the progress may be forecast
and made ready for. Such principle must be
found"
And we do not suggest that such principle
cannot be found. Somebody has said that anything
IS possible in democracy" But neither Our Cor.
pressiona system nor the responsible, parliamentary
method of which the Presdent-elect thinks so highly
is adaptable to the progressive elimination of tariff
duties described in the North American Review
article, and we suspect that this view, like
some others expressed by Mr.. Wilson wnen he was
still associated with Princeton, has been revised. II
is not the least of the charms Of the philosophical
"open mind" that it is provided with both entrance
and an exit.
The Washington times., 1912-12-04
IS NOW
PENSION ADVOCATE
FOR us. EMPLOYEES
Believes Government Should
Pay and Assessment
Plan Abandoned.

Senator Penrosc. OF Pennsylvania, has
become an advocate of pensions for old
employees In the Government service.
Senator Penrose has come TO the COZ
clusion that the Government should pay
the pensions and that the assessment
plan should not be attempted.
He said:
II have been giving this subject con.
siderable study and the result Of that
study is that I find ! have been wrong.
was not inclined to favor old age PEN
sions. and l fthere were 10 be any
thought the assessment plan was best.
II md, however. that all the big cor
porations Of the country are pensioning
their old and faithful employees: that
they tried and abandoned the assess
ment plan, and are now providing the
fund themselves out Of which these pen.
sions are to be paid.
I'm the big corporations I find this
pays. and II they are thus generous this
Government can afford to do likewise
The Washington times., 1912-12-04
CHILD LABOR AND VOTES FOR WOMEN

They have child labor in New York State and
they refuse women the right to vote. In Colorado
the women nave equal suffrage with men, and when
women were given the right to vote in Colorado they
employed that right first in the interest Of their
children There is no State in the Union where the
interests of children we'll cared for as in that
Western Commonwealth, and the work that Judge
Lindsey has done through the juvenile court would
have been impossible without the political support Of
women voters.
The Washington times., 1912-12-04
Predicts That We viii Face . Food
Revolution II the Trusts Continue
the Hlgh Prices Of Necessities.

70 the Editor Of THE TINES:
The trusts are killing many thousands
OF men. women. and children every
year. and no man behind prison bars Is
more guilty Of murder than they. Our
land and country. according to reports,
were never more blessed with food than
now; yet the cost OF all the necessaries
OF life was never so high as now. The
more millions OF dollars these million.
aires pile up the more they seek to get.
And how do they get II? Simply BY
starving out the poor and helpless men,
women. and children Of this country.
Something should be done-and that
something can't he done too soon-to
prevent a food revolutin In this co, ntry.
J. G.. CUNNINGHAM.
The Washington times., 1912-12-04
NAVY.

Lieutenant r. NJ GRISWOLD. de-
tached navy yard. Puget Sound.
Wash, January 2, 1913. to California
as senior engineer officer.
Lieutenant JOHN RODGERS. detached
Illinois, to Nebraska as ordnance Of
ficer.
Ensign W. A. R!EDEL. detached Geor'
gia. to Hannibal.
Surgeon L. l.. Won wEDEKIND. to
command Solace.
Civil Engineer J. W. G. WALKER
resignation accepted to take effect
December ?, 1912.
paymaster Clerk f. W. BAARSCH
resignation accepted to take effect
December 3. 1917.
The Washington times., 1912-12-04
Concert Today
By the U. S. Soldiers Home Band
Stanley Hall, at $3.50 o'clock.
JOHN 8. NJ. ZIMMERMANN.
Director.

ORCHESTRAL CONCERT.
March-"Arms Of America. Pryor
Overture-"The Four Haymonds
Kinder Observation-Disclosures. .balfe
Morceau-(a) 'Chanson Bohe-
mienne" .......................B .Bolli
tb) Dance OF tho Whip
poor.Will'.............Van Alstynr
Selection--"The Isle O. Dreams
Olcott
Characteristic Intermczzo-"Afri-
can Dreamland' Atwater
Medley OF Popular Songs
"Rcm,ck's Hits OF 1872" ...Lampe
Finalc-"On the Speedway"
Vcrgie Simpson
1.-THE Star.Spa angled Banner"
The Washington times., 1912-12-04
In the Mail Bag X


write freely and frankly with the
faith.
EDITOR THE TIMES.
The Washington times., 1912-12-04

the time Of the celebrat ton Of the
knights Of Columbus
Hoping that the superintendent Of the
Union station takes the hint. and has
old Glory" floating from the said poles
IN the future. and II not always. especi.
ally on national holidays, l am.
JOHN J. O'FLAHERTY,
The Washington times., 1912-12-04
Talk on Picking Judges.

Prof. George C. Cohen, Of the Cnivcr.
sity OF Indiana. will read paper on
the selection Of judges for the perman.
ent Court of Arbitral Justice. at The
Hague before the Collesiatc Club next
Sunday evening. The club meets at
1230 Eleventh street northwest, and the
public Is invited to attend.
The Washington times., 1912-12-04
Wants Flags on the Union station

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
7 noticed In The Times OF the 18th in
slant a piece Of news In regard to the
three flag poles In front Of the Union
Station.
The reason they were put there. it Is
true was to put flags upon: but the
main mart Of the puzzle Is. where are
since they were put there. Flags were
only seen on them once, and then At
The Washington times., 1912-12-04
What's On tie Program,
In Washington Today

The following Masonic organizations
will meet tonight: Lodges-Washing-
ton Centennial. No. IA. election: Osi-
ris. No. %, election: King Solomon.
No. 81. election. Royal Arch Chap.
ters-Columbia. No. 1, X. A.: Bright
wood, No. 9. business. knights Temp.
lar-Potomac Commandery. No. 3.
Eastern Star-Areme Chapter. No. 10.
The following /. o. o. F. organizations
will meet tonight: Lodges-Eastern.
No. I; Harmony. No. Q. and Federal
City, No. 90. degrees: Friendship. No.
u. business. Rebekah Degree-Martha
will meet tonight: Lodses-Mt. YER
sn nSn No. sE;,SaD E SSnS" &s z Frnaa Si
Meeting Of White Eagle Council. No; !.
l. o. Il. NJ, Fifth and @ streets north
Meeting Of Harmony Castle. No, 10
Golden Eagle tonight; ,,u.,o 40
SOS. r. II. c.. degrees. tonight.
Initial meeting of the Spanish -Ameri.
can Atheneum. auditorium. National
Museum. Tenth and B streets north
Meeting Of the Board Of directors Of the
Washington Chamber Of Commerce.
Sermon BY the Rev. R. W; Hogue. rec
more, midday Adventist service.
Church Of the Epiphany, l2;3o p. m.
Orchestral concert BY the United States
Soldiers Home Band. Stanley Hall.
$3.50 p. M.
Dinner OF the navy ward craftsmen. the
Queen cafe. Seventh and G streets
northwest. tonight.
Regular monthly meeting OF the Asso-
citation Of Oldest Inhabitants a,nt Of 9th, the
Nineteenth and II streets northwest,
Christmas Chris sale of the Ladies' Benefit
Society OF the First PRESBYTERIAN
Church. parlors Of the New Eboitt'
Lecture by Miss Clara w. Herbert Of
the children's department. the Pub
lie Library.
Address by the Rev. Charles Wood on
Bible" the First Presbyterian Church.
Basaar and dinner BY the Ladies' Aid
Society OF the Ingram Memorial
Annual ui"; "c;lection % OF Of the Police Associa.
tion Of the District.
Meeting OF the District OF Columbia
Board Of Casualty Inderwriters' ,is n,.
trict OF Columbia branch of the
Needlework Guild Of America. All
Souls Unitarian church.
Lecture on "The Relief Of PekinG In
l9O9." by Gen. a. s. Daggett, U. S. A..
at the Terminal r. II. Y. NJ. c. A.,
Sp. M.
Annual meeting Of the Yale Alumni As
ISOLATION OF Washington. directors
room, the Union Trust Company. AS
p. m.
Annual meeting Of the National Rivers
and Harbors Congress. the New Will
lard.
Amusements.
| National--Maude Adams In Peter
Pan" ":la and s:l5 p. M.
The Washington times., 1912-12-04
Amusements.

AmuSementS.
Nat!onal-Maude Adams in Peter
Pan" o:l5 and S:l5 p. NJ.
Belasco-Sothern and Marlowc In
Romeo and Juliet" 8 p. m.
Columbia-Robert Lorraine In Man and
Superman," Sis p. m.
Chases-Polite vaudeville. 2:l5 and s:l5
D. m.
Polis-Vaudeville.
Academy-"A Lucky Hoodoo." s:l5 p. M.
Casino-Vaudeville.
Cosmos-Vaudeville.
Lyceum-"Lady Buccaneers" 2:l5 and
S:l5 p. IN.
Gayety-"Golden Crooks" 2:ls and sis