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The Washington times., 1912-04-26
SEEKS TO NULLIFY
WORK OF SOCIALISTS

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
The insidious perfdy of socialists IN
undermining the foundations of our
glorious Government should be stopped.
One can hardly blame the Rev. Belford.
of Brooklyn, for saying they should be
shot. Some one has sent me an invi-
tation to attend the first meeting of a
new socialist organization in Washing
ton, namely, Young Peoples Socialist
League, the members of which will be
from Is 10 rs years of age. Not content
with poisoning the minds of the fathers
and mothers of this country they are
instilling their pernicious doctrines into
the minds Of our sons and daughters.
Such efforts as these should be crush
ed In their inception. For my part, 1
will attend this meeting, and try to
show them how wrong they are. Otter
persons interested IN stopping the per-
nicious propaganda should also attend
this meeting, which will be held at So
cialist headquarters, 423 @ street north
west, Saturday, April q. Sis p. m.
J. G..
The Washington times., 1912-04-26
ROOSEVELT WINS
MISSOURI FTER
ALL.N|GAT FIGHT.
Eight Delegates at Large,
With Half-Vote Each, In
structed for Colonel.

ST. LOUIS. Mo-, April 8.-Eight dele
gates-at-large from Missouri to the ia
tional convention, with half a vote each,
were elected by the state convention
and Instructed to use every honorable
means to further the nomination of
Colonel Roosevelt The convention ad-
journed at 6:57 this morning, after q
session which began at $50 last night.
Charges Of bitterness and bad faith
were made after the adjournment by
the Taft forces. who had confidently
expected to control the convention.
The local Taft leaders charged an at
tack OF "colI feet seized Secretary
Nagel. personal representative Of the
President, and caused the rout OF the
Presidents cohorts. All of the lls
Roosevelt delegates from jackson and
Buchanan counties, whose seats had
been contested. were seated by the
the Taft people controlled by one vote. .
Nagel declared ne refused to allow the
use of steam roller, methods.
st. Louis, and Charles D. Morris, chair
man State committee, refused to permit
their names to be considered when they
saw that the delegates would be in
structed for Roosevelt Both made bit
ter speeches. declaring that there had
been breach Of faith and double deal
ing.
It was charged by the Taft following
that Governor Hadley in conference, or
through personal representatives, had
agreed to a delegation of eight instead
Of four. and that, each member should
have half vote each. The Taft fol-
lowers expected that the delegation
would be split, and that the Taft repre-
sentatives in II would be permitted to
vote for their leader.
Governor Hadley denied emphatically
that he had ever made any such repre-
sentations, and declared that the fight
was made solely upon the strength Of
the two factions.
hght for Taft, today made the following
statement:
They ran the steam roller over us
last night. We will see how the Taft
steam roller will operate in Chicago"
The Taft leaders today announced
they would hold a "rump' convention
at the Planters Hotel today, and that
rival delegation would be sent to the
chicago convention.
thirty-six delegates TO the Chicago con-
vention Is:
Instructed for Roosevelt, Il QncludinE
the eight delegates-at-large with one
half a vote each).
Instructed for Taft, s.
Contested, 10.
Yet to be selected, 4.
or those yet to be selected 1t was
expected Roosevelt and Taft would each
get two. 1t was announced after the
convention that the delegation at Large
was increased to eight so that many
prominent State Republicans might be
honored.
The Washington times., 1912-04-26
IsOLATING THE WHITE PLAGUE.

The educational campaign against the White
Plague is beginning to bear fruit. Comes now the
State OF New Jersey and proves its faith by the pass
age OF law that isolates consumptives who do not
take precautions, prescribed by the State board of
health, to prevent the spread of tuberculosis
This may seem harsh, but 1t seems so only be-
cause 1t IS new. There really is no more defense
of victims Of consumption being permitted to eopar-
die the health Of others than there is of the victim
OF any contagious disease being allowed to commun.
cate 1t to others. Society quarantines or places in
hospitals persons having diseases of far less vatng
nature than tuberculosis without subecting itself to
criticism. If successful war is to be waged against
the White Plague it behooves all Commonweaths
to initiate the example Of New Jersey. None doubts
its wisdom from the standpoint Of medical science,
and In the end 1t is the most kindly treatment Of
fhe problem.
The Washington times., 1912-04-26
Clarendon Church
Buys Building Lot

CLARENDON. Va, April 26.-The
members of the First Baptist Church.
of Clarendon, at business meeting last
evening, purchased fine triangle
building site on the Ballston and
Georgetown road in Clarendon, from
Garrett, Rucker, Jones and Rees. A
committee was named consisting OF
Messrs. Roland Hough, N. A. Rees,
Mortimer Bowen, and A. 8. Woodland
to consult architects as to plans and
cost of building q suitable Sunday
school house and later erect a church
building.
Mrs. Ida Wilcox, sister of Mrs. A. H.
Bowen, of Spruce street, Clarendon,
Va, died In Washington yesterday aged
ffty-two years. She Is survived BY
sister. Mrs. Bowen. and a son, and two
daughters. Her body will be taken TO
Baltimore Saturday, where the funeral
services will be conducted by the Rev.
H M Wharton.
The Washington times., 1912-04-26
JUSTIN MCCARTHY.

Justin Mccarthy, friend and successor of Par
ne admirer and interpreter of Gladstone, but above
all the historian of Victorian England, has gone to
his reward Eighty-one years old, he finished his
greatest work seven years ago, when he completed
the History Of Our Own Times" Death came at
the end of year Of pain and found an old man not
unwilling to 60.
He leaves to posterity that rare legacy of a con-
temporary history written by participant in affairs
that is so true tale that the preudices and opinions
Of the man who wrote it are shown they are, not
in the foreground and exaggerated, but in their
proper proportions in the perspective.
Without Nearby We would already begin to
The Washington times., 1912-04-26
DRAFT OF AMENDED
TRANSFER MEASURE
IS SENT TO JOHNSON
Citizens Conference Urges
District Committee Chair
man to Push New Bill.

The executive committee of the Citi-
zens' Conference on Universal Trans
fers today forwarded to Congressman
Ben Johnson, chairman Of the House
District Committee, a copy of the SEN
ate universal transfer bill, with amend
ments that are believed to strengthen
the measure. The committee requested
the chairman to present the bill and
amendments to the committee with
view to having them reported at once.
1t Is hoped the measure will be re-
ported to the House on District day,
next Monday, and that 1t will be passed
without further delay.
The amended measure covers all the
objections Chairman johnson raised to
the Senate bill when II was before the
House Committee, the citizens COM
mittee believes, and, II enacted, will
mean the issuance of universal trans.
fers upon all the street railway lines OF
the District
The amendments are the result Of
conference Of the citizens committee
with Harry F. Lerch. counsel for the
receiver OF the Baltimore and wash
ington Transit Company, who has given
thorough study to universal trans
fer legislation, and Charles Selden, tr.,
owner of the suburban road, which lost
It's suit In the Supreme Court Of the
Company to exchange transfers with 1t
under the terms of it's charter and the
transfer law of 1894.
The amendments were agreed to at q
final meeting of the committee yester-
day afternoon, at which Charles w.
Darr, chairman Of the citizens confer
ence; +. ]. Ryan, counsel for Certral
Labor Union, and p. v. Keatins mem-
bers of the executive committee, were
present.
The amendments consist in defining
what transfers shall be good for,
insure continuance Of the present sys-
| TEN of transfers as part OF the larger
pian. provide for future extensions and
| changes, and strengthen the provision
| for fixing of rates by the District Com
missioners.
Under the last provision the Commits
sioners are given power and are direct
| ed to make new regulations and rates
| IL the District Supreme Court shall hnd
| their first rulings unreasonable.
The Washington times., 1912-04-26
FRIDAY; APRIL 26, 1912.
THE FATAL WEAKNESS OF DECENCY.

Tafts machine stole control Of the State con-
vention in Indiana, and elected Charles Warren
Fairbanks delegate at large.
Mr.. Fairbanks, with some regard to the oblga-
tions that former Vice President owes to common
decency, declined to be fence" He curtly refused
to serve.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor Nagel was
sent to Missouri to superintend capturing the State
for Taft He found that job in burglary was ex-
pected.
Mr. Nagel refused to countenance the job, and it
failed. Roosevelt got the instructed delegation
despite that 1t had been planned to unseat enough
Of his delegates to give Taft CONTROL and then in
struct for him.
It's an awful weakness to such a campaign as
Mckinley and Lorimer are running for Taft, to get
mixed up with a decent citizen occasionally.
The Washington times., 1912-04-26
THINKS BODIES OF
VICTIMS WILL RISE

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
MIR Hazards philosophy seems to be
very unreasonable. A column of salt
water two miles deep would weigh sp-
proximateiy 4,5971b pouaAe to the square
inch, which. OF course, would be the
pressure at that depth. Human bodies
would not be crushed at that or any
other depth for the reason that the
water would penetrate every part OF the
system and attain the same density
throughout as on the outside, and said
body would have no more buoyancy.
and would only displace its own weight
in water at any depth.
A cubic foot of water weighs little II
any more at two miles or any other
depth than at the surface. consequently,
as soon as the gases generated In pro-
cess Of decomposition attain pressure
slightly greater than that of the water
the body will come to the surface.
GEORGE NJ. ROWE.
The Washington times., 1912-04-26
THE JAY WALKER.

Consider the jay walker. He is omnpresent and
although you may never have heard of him the
chances are that you are him" yourself. The jay
walker was discovered, examined, classified, named,
and catalogued by faunal naturalsts Of the Kansas
City police force The name probably was suggested
by Kansas Citys intimate acquaintance with certain
animal known to science as "jayhawker" but on
this point the authorities silent.
jay walker, let it be explained for the benefit
of the uninitiate, is pedestrian who walks all over
the street, turning to the right to the left without
rhyme or reason, cutting angles across corners in
defiance of Euclid, taking the middle or the wrong
side of the sidewalk, without compuncton of con-
science, and otherwise behaving as if it were powed
ground and not city pavement beneath his feet
In Kansas City there be traffic regulations for
feet we'll as for wheels, and when pedestrian
fails to execute properly the maneuver of crossing
street he is arrested by the watchful traffic cop
and is run in as jay walker. This reform is said
to have added greatly to the comfort and peace of
mind of the automobiles Of the city. AS yet no
schools for pedestrians have been opened, and as
the traffic regulations complex it is quite difficult
for even an experienced chalk-line performer to
avoid occasional lapses into jay walking. |
The Washington times., 1912-04-26
GIRL IS STRICKEN
AT SWITCHBOARD
She plugs In" And Calls Physi-
clan To Come To Her
Aid.

ATLANTIC: Crrv. N. j.. April "a
Not until they heard Miss Ethel Hit
ner, seventeen years old, ask her family
physician at the telephone to come to
her aid did several other young women
operators in the telephone exchange
here learn that Miss Hiltner had been
stricken blind when seated alongside
them.
i've gone blind doctor: won't you
come to me? This is Miss Hiltner." one
Of the other operators heard her con,-
panion say. The girl had been unable
she realized the extent of her affiiction
plugged in" on the switchboard in
front of which she had been working
and established q connection with the
home Of DR.. Marcus.
The Washington times., 1912-04-26
Amateur Aviator
Suffers Accident

]. C. Bryan. of Chicago. narrowly
escaped death in an aeroplane acci-
dent, at College Park. late yesterday
afternoon. He is a student at the
Rex Smith Aeroplane School. and was
making a grass cutting trip across
the field when the machine hit hump
in the field and turned completely
over.
His right shoulder was badly
sprained and he received several
He was carried to his boarding place
nearby, and placed under the care of
a physician. The machine was badly
damaged, but will be repaired in a
day
The Washington times., 1912-04-26
What's on the Program in
WASHINGTON Today

The following Masonic organizations
will meet tonight:
Lodges-St. Johns, No. II, F. C.; Hope,
No. 20 F. C. Royal Arch Chapter
Eureka. No. 4, p. m. and NJ. e. M.
Eastern Star Chapters-Takoma, No.
12; Cathedral No. IA.
The following I. o. o. f. organizations
will meet tonight:
Lodges-Phoenix, No. g. degree work;
Central, No. /, and Metropolis, No. 16,
business. Rebekah Degree - Dorcas
Lodge, No. L. business.
The following knights of Pythias organ
izations viii meet tonight:
Lodges - Syracusians, No. 10; Rath-
bone Superior, No. 29. Pythian Sisters
-Rathbone Temple, No. 8.
Amusements.
National-Aborn Opera Company, In
la Tosca," 8:15 p. m.
Columbia-Columbia Players. in Bobby
Burnt" s:l5 p. m.
Belasco-Butterfield Players. in THE
Spendthrift," S:15 p. m.
Poii's-Pon Players in "The Virginian."
2:l5 and S:l5 p. m,
Academy-"East Lynn" S:15 p. m.
CasinO-Vaudeville, ], $3.50. 7:SO. ana 9
d. m.
Cosmos-vaudeville and pictures, to II
p. m.
MISUNDERSTANDING. /. $780, 1880. and 9
d. ".
Impsrial-vaudeville and motion pic
lures. continuous.
Gayety-Al Reeves Beauty Show. 2:I5
and S:lb D. m.
Arcade-Do6 show .--
The Washington times., 1912-04-26
FAKE MOVING PICTURES.

Senator Smith, chairman of the Senate COM
mittee investigating the Titanic disaster refused to
permit the dignity and solemnty of that investigation
to be commerciazed by moving picture promoters.
The mayor of Canton, Ohio, has gone Senator Smith
one better by forbdding the exhibition of fake NOV
ing pictures alleging to depict the sinking OF the
Titanic II is healthy sign when those in authority
assume the responsibility Of preventing the guble
public from exercising its inalienable right Of being
iinl-flammed
The Washington times., 1912-04-26
SEEKS RETURN FROM
IDLE PUBLIC RESOURCES
To the Editor Of THE TINES:

To the Editor of THE TINES:
The coal, oil, gas, iron, and other
mineral lands are owned or controlled
by trusts. which work but a small part
and hold the rest idle, and thereby
they limit production and are able to
fix extortionate prices.
AS the only adequate means to break
the monopoly power of such trusts, and
thereby increase production, lower
prices, and give more employment to
labor and raise wages without strikes,
propose that the holding of mineral
lands idle shall be declared to be against
public policy. and that the owners of
such shall be subject to a fine annually
equal to the rental value Of such lands
c. B. HEMINGWAY.
The Washington times., 1912-04-26
THE SURPLUS NOT DETERMINED.

The latest statistics gathered by the Bureau Of
Manufacturers show general increase in the aver
age wages paid in this country.
In order to ascertain whether the unrest and
discomfort among the masses are due to economic
or social causes we need some yardstck that will
measure not the average wage, but the average sur
plus-what is left OF the pay envelope that may be
invested peases the possessor, placed in a
sinking fund to meet the rainy day or old age.
The Washington times., 1912-04-26
WANTS MONUMENT
TO ALL TITANIC DEAD

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
The suggestion Of providing by public
subscription or act of Congress a mon-
ument or memorial in honor of Major
Butt, in recognition of his manly con-
duct under conditions which resulted In
his death, raises the question as to
whether such conduct is so unusual as
to cause universal surprise. II so, would
1t not be more polite to conceal than
to proclaim our wonder whenever a
man or officer does his duty2
If a monument is provided in the
name of common justice let It be to the
memory Of all who lost their lives in
H. Fl. BURwELL.
The Washington times., 1912-04-26
A TRIBUTE TO THE
LATE CAPTAIN KENNEDY

To the Editor OF THE TINES:
1t was my pleasure to have known the
late Captain Kennedy. chief of guides,
and enc OF Gods gentlemen, for nearly
forty years. and know he gave good
kindly word to every man, woman, and
child that came his way. Surely, he
cast sunshine on the way. To see his
cheerful. happy face surely was an in
spiratlon to anyone.
And I know that the Master will say
well done. my good and faithful serv-
ant, enter into thy rest. Peace to his
ashes. HARRY T. DAWSON,
Capitol Policeman
The Washington times., 1912-04-26
Wholesale Slaughter
Of Chinese Reported

SHANGHAI, China. April 26.-The
wholesale slaughter of Chinese through
out Tibet was reported today, follow
ing the promulgation of a Ttbetan dec
laration of independence. Advices from
Picking say that official reports tell Of
general campaign of determination of
all the Chinese In Tibet.
President Yuan Shi Kai has ordered
a strong force of troops rushed to
Tibet, and he announced his deter
mination of putting down the revolt at
any cost.
The Washington times., 1912-04-26
DARES THE TIMES TO
PRINT THE TRUTH
To the Editor OF THE TINES:

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
Under the caption" Here Are Some
Possibilities" The Times Of last even
ing says: Can 1t be that the Presl-
lents scandal will be a detailed state
ment of the amount of money spent in
getting his nomination in 1852 Who,
let me ask the cOwardly Times was
responsible for Taft's candidacy for
President2 And let me ask The Times
what about the large amount Of money
secured from various sources for Roose-
velt's campaign: some Of them, II re-
Ports at the time pe true, were scanda-
lGIs in the extreme. but which Judge
Parker exposed and Roosevelt denied.
The Times dare not publish the truth
about Roosevelt.
r.. II RATTRAY.
The Washington times., 1912-04-26

lose our grip on the things that happened in Eng
land in that long struggle that quite suddenly ended
with the dawn OF the present sociay-conscious, in
dustrally- era Even before he ceased to
breathe he was man Of past age. And yet It
was only 1896 that saw his retirement from parla-
ment Surely these are swift flying years!
The Washington times., 1912-04-26
Fire In Apartment.

A small blaze early today in the
kitchen of the apartment of Thomas e.
Wagganan on the second floor of the
Nantucket, on w street, between Four
teenth and Fifteenth streets northwest,
caused considerable excitement among
the occupants of the building. No
phone message, and eXtingutshed the
blaze. The damage WAS SIS The cause
of the fire is not known.
The Washington times., 1912-04-26
In the Mail Bag .

Times
Objectionable
The Washington times., 1912-04-26

MARINE CORPS.
Captain r. r. WALLACE, jr., detached
Marine Barracks, New York; to u.
S. s. Nebraska,
Captain ]. T. BUTTRICK, detached u.
s. S. Nebraska; to Naval Prison.
Portsmouth, N. II.
Captain C. B. TAYLOR, detached u.
S. S. North Carolina, to Marine
Barracks, Norfolk.
Lieutenant II. w. STONE, detached u.
g. s. North Carolina: 20 Marine
Barracks, Boston.
Lieutenant r. Z. RoWELL, detached
U. s. s. California; to the United
States.
The Washington times., 1912-04-26
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.

Arrived-Choctaw and Talbot at WASH
inton.
from Boston for New
port: Arethusa from Key West for
Port Arthur; Vixen from PhIladel-
phia for Camden; Fortune. As and
40 from San Pedro for San Diego.
The Washington times., 1912-04-26
NAVY.

NAVY.
Lieutenant Commander A. ]. HEP
BURN, detached Georgia: to Navy
Department, Washington, D. C,
Lieutenant ]. T. BOWERS, detached
navy yard, Norfolk. Va: to Ken
lucky.
Lieutenant c. A. GARDINER, detached
navy yard, Boston, Mass. to Naval
Hospital, Washington. d. c.. for
Lieutenant ]. H. BLACKBURN. de-
ttached navy yard. Boston. Mass. ; to
Illinois.
Lieutenant 0unor grade) A. A. GAR
CELON, 1r., detached New Jersey;
home, walt orders
Ensign LEWIS HANCOCK, jr., de-
tached Vermont; to submarine In
struction.
Ensign George Joerns. detached iris;
TO Naval Hospital, Mare Island,
Cal, for treatment
Ensign A. H. GRAY, detached Ver-
mont; to submarine instruction.
Ensign II. w. HOSFORD, detached
South Carolina; to Mccall.
The Washington times., 1912-04-26
ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS
ARMY.

ARMY.
Captain ELMER j. WALLACE, Sig
nal Corps, will report on May /,
1912, to the commanding general,
Eastern Division, for duty as as
ststant to the chief signal officer
of that division.
Captain HERBERT o. WILLIAMS.
commissary, upon being relieved
from duty at the Army War Col
lege, will proceed to New York city
and report to the purchasing COM
missary for duty in his office.
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city News
....In Brief
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CFrom Thursdays Daily.)
Mercantile Visitor.
L. u Hnsclfeld, the merchant of
Kirkland Valley, is in the city on
business.
Visiting Teacher.
Miss Rosina Evans, teacher Of the
Fair oaks public school, was bust.
ness visitor 20 the city Yesterday.
Visiting Miner
a. L. Conner, operating mines near
McCabc, was in the city yesterday on
business aud reports the outlook better
at several camps than in many years.
Business Trip.
Warren q. Davis, the well known
business man of Mayer, was an ar.
rival in the city yesterday on bust.
ness and is ut the St Michael for a
few days.
District Active.
j. A. Forbes. of the Independence
near Jersey Lily. was in from his
camp yesterday, aud gives the usual
report Of that district being active
in gold mine development
Examining Mines.
Prof. J. $. Tcmplin and w. J. Mar.
tin, mining engineers, left yesterday
for the southern part Of the county,
to make an examination Of gold prop.
critics for eastern investors.
Prom the Mines.
Dave Berry was in the city yester-
day from Lynx Creek, where he re.
ports considerable activity noticeable
among placer miners and some good
returns being made from new ground
recently discovered.
Greeting Old friends.
John n. Looseley, one Of the best
known Of pioneer commercial travellers
arrived in the city yesterday and is
making his usual business rounds. lie
stated that the new state is experienc.
ing n revival in all lines, and hence.
forth he anticipates a thrifty common.
wealth.
Looking at Oil Lands.
George NJ. Faulkner. identified with
the oil industry in the Franklin, Pa.
fields, as an engineer, arrived In the
city yesterday, and will leave in a
few days to make observations OF
the Verde Valley oil fields. He come.
direct from Oklahoma, after invcsti
eating conditions at new wells in the
northern part Of that state.
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