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CLOSING DOWN ARMY POSTS.

Congress will now have an opportunity to DEM
onstrate how deeply in earnest is the cry which is
going up for economy. Secretary of War Stimson
and Gen. Leonard Wood, chief of staff Of the army,
have proposed plan which contemplates a saving
to the Government Of S. 507 0OO This is not huge
item as military and other expenditures 60, but at
the same time it would help materially in the lower
ing of appropriations.
The plan contemplates the ultimate closing down
Of about twenty-five army posts scattered throughout
the country. Fourteen or more Of these would be
abandoned at once and the rest in the next few
years. or as rapidly as the troops could be concen-
trated in larger posts where the facilities for trans
portaton ADMINISTRATION and supply would be better
and from which the troops could be more readily
modified.
As military proposition and from a business
and economical standpoint there can be nothing said
against the plan. But it is doubtful whether Con-
gress will adopt it. The reason is that it treads
upon the desires of too many members of Congress
who have army posts in their districts. AS matter
OF fact there is every argument from a military
standpoint, from the standpoint of efficiency and
economy in centering the troops into small number
OF large posts. Few of the small posts now scattered
through the country are of the slightest value
sraegically They the relics of other days, when
the problem Of keeping the Indians in subjection
was serious one That problem has been solved.
The posts now are, with few exceptions, ornamental
ana maintained for reasons that touch local pride and
nave no relation to army efficiency.
1t will be an interesting question to how ser-
ously Congress will consider the advice of Secretary
Stlmson and General Wood. Should it develop that
their plan is sanctioned it will be an important first
step in the direction of that concentration Of the
troops into small number of large forts or posts
that has for years been recognized as necessary by
all students of the military needs of the country 1t
will also be test of the genuneness of the call that
members of Congress sending up for cutting
down expenditures.
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OF 5000 to $1,000 per year. Yet should
Justice care to open an eye and scan
the Government pay rolls he would find
that the average salary per month for
Government clerks Is little over $50
Justice compares the horny handed"
farmers condition with that of the
clerk. I have relatives who are farm
ers One Of them pays 81 month for
seven-room house which very com.
fortably houses his family. l am pay
Ing $12 for one third-floor room. The
farmer may step into his garden and
procure his breakfast. I find 1t neces-
sary to go to the corner grocery and
pay DO cents for stale eggs and the
same for rancid butter, while the
farmer is lifting hen from her nest
and taking the fresh egg, and making
his own butter. / could not. II l would,
change places with the farmer, for ]
was born in the city and have learned
q trade that only can be used in the
city. The Government clerk does not
so much desire a pension to make life
at the graves edge comfortable as he
does an adequate salary that he may
enjoy life In some degree while he Is
In the sunshine of 1t. / would respect
fully ask Justice to more carefully
consider this question. ]. J. r.
The Washington times., 1912-01-29
EPIDEMIC OF STABLE FIRES.

Nothing but the heroic work of the fire depart
ment prevented the livery stable fire on New York
avenue last night from becoming one Of the most
disastrous in the history of the District, and timely
rescue saved the lives of hundred horses.
1t was only few weeks ago that another livery
stable fire occurred, in which thirty-fve horses were
burned to DEATH There have been at least two other
fires in which number of horses lost their lives,
and the more humane element of the community is
beginning to ask very earnestly how much longer
this condition of affairs is to continue to exist.
In no instance has the origin of the fire been sat-
isfactory accounted for. Can it be that an incen-
diary is abroad, with mania for destroying prop
erty in general and helpless horses in particular
And if the fires due to natural cases. accidents
what can be done to prevent a repetition of such
disasters?
A careful compilation of the figures would show
an appalling number of animals thus destroyed with
in the past few months, and it is high time that the
difficulty were located and proper remedy found.
II there is indeed incendiary abroad every
effort should be concentrated upon the task of bring
ing him to justice. At all events we cannot afford
to sit idly by and allow these destructive fires to
tinue.
The Washington times., 1912-01-29
A MILL HANDS THOUGHTS.

The actual experiences of mill hand written
recently for the Boston Transcript, furnish Of the
most interesting human documents which have ap-
peared in many years. The long hours, the INSULT
cient nourshment the debasing influence of the dead
level of toll 60 to make up picture which would
justify pessimistc outlook for the workers in the
New England mills in question, and presumably else
where.
The life story is that of young English boy, John
Edmunds, who came to this country at tender age
with his mother, and of the most enlightening
details is the cynical indifference with which some
of the mills regard the child labor laws This viola
ton was many years ago. it is true, but there are
only too many reasons to believe that it goes in
certain mills at the present time.
One cannot help feeling of sympathy go
out to the lad when he literally shouts in the streets
of Boston in sheer joy at having secured job as
bundle wrapper in department store at five dollars
week. 1t seemed like heaven to find work outside
the mills. In his employment life seemed to
open out to him farer prospect and it is hoped
that promise may be fulfilled.
And yet there is another side to the picture, for
with determination the child of the mills sue
ceeded in educating himself to degree which, as
indicated by his letter. reflects the highest credit
upon him. Night schools and public libraries, plus
the natural kindness of sympathetic friends, enabled
him to gain good working knowledge and menta
discipline. Already he has risen from the prison o
The Washington times., 1912-01-29
MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 1912.
A NATIONAL SERMON.

Last week in one, of the courts of the District Of
Columbia a capital case was brought to conclusion
by verdict of guilty without the death penalty. In
Massachusetts last week after sensational effort
to save him from the chair, murderer was electro
cuted and in few weeks more another life taker
will stumble along the little path OF shame. The
Massachusetts situation is the occasion Of utter
ance on the part of Governor Foss, of unusual wis
dom and Importance. In contributing to fund for
the family of the man electrocuted he writes:
The duty of society is not performed by the act of
the execuoner Social conditions which breed of
brutal type fundamentally wrong and the larger
problem is to at these conditions and correct them
Education which does not build up character equally
with intelligence industry which does not provide ade
quate means Of wholesome living, and legislation which
fails to provide for the control of detectives before
they become criminas-these the weak spots in
system These call for betterment but the executioner
cannot cure them.
Mr. Foss in a few words breaches national SER
mon.
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On Seeing Arlington Gov.
cred With Snow.

In snowy white are veiled today
These graves OF Arlington,
Where rest the Blue beside the Gray
From battles lost and Won.
IT'S Winters Decoration Day,
AS gently drops the snow.
As sweetly as the flowers of May
Fell on them long ago.
'Tis Natures kind and gentle way
To hide the scars of war,
And over all the Blue and Gray
This mantle filings afar.
And so as all the seasons pass
Each one It's tribute brings
OF flowers, OF snow, or greenest grass.
While dirges ever ring.
The naked trees in winter sway
Their branches brown and bare,
And threnodies Of sorrow play
Through all the frosty air.
But soon arrayed in summer they
Will spread their banners green,
And flowers will fall for Blue and Gray
Trenscendent in their sheen.
glorious robe OF virgin snow
AS II the dove OF Peace
Were showering Ger these graves below
The feathers of Its fleece.
Kind Nature makes distinctions none
Above these graves today.
But lovingly she wells I'm one
The sleeping Blue and Gray.
o men who walk the earth today,
And cherish pride and hate,
Fling all sucn passions far away
And prejudice abate.
As they nero sleep in lasting peace
And dream the years away,
So let your evil passions cease
As do the Blue and Gray.
PRIVATE pALzELL.
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TO
Be NET At STATION
BY HONOR ESCORT
Father of Boy Scouts Move
ment Will Have Youth and
Committee Guides.

When Gen. Sir Robert Baden Powell
steps off the train at the Union Station
Saturday morning at 10 o'clock, he will
be greeted by committee including
Arthur c. Moses, James e. West, and
Edgar S. Martin. all Of this city. and
Collin II. Livingstone, OF New York.
Mr.. Moses Is president of the local
council. Boy Scouts of Amerca, in the
District of Columbia. Mr.. West is chief
scoutmaster Of the national orgaEiza-
tion. Mr.. Martin is executive secretary
OF the local council and Mr.. Livingstone
Is national president of me Boy Scouts.
',nc Boy Scout. not yt. selected, also
VIII De IN the party. He Will ride with
General Sir Robert and act as guide.
ONE such Boy Scout is being delegated
lE each city to he visited by the founder
OF the organization.
probably will be taken to the British
entassy. At Ills luncheon will be
given In his honor by Mr.. and Mrs.
!onn hays hammond. at their home in
massachusetts, avenus.
Prom the Hammond home General
iiadsn-Powell VIII &C to. TIE White
lIouse. where, at 3:9b o'clock he will
review the Boy Scouts Of the District,
Martin. The review and other excrcises
will not last more than twenty minutes.
The Boy Scouts will first march past
the south porttco Of the Executive Man
sion On the portico with General
Baden-Powell will be the President, the
british ambassador, and Senator Root,
and. possibly. the women of the White
House.
Immediately after the review there
| will be demonstrations of first aid
work of scouting, and scout games.
In the evening General Baden-PoweHi
will lecture at the Continental Hall at
$50 o'clock. after which a reception will
be held.
The Boys Scout troops in the District
number twenty-seven. The scoutmas-
| ters are
The Rev. Harry B. Angus. L. G..
Lesch. DR.. J. II. n. Wearing, the Rev.
| II. w. o. Millington, Thomas r. Pirtle,
! S. A. Swindelle, the Rev. T. B. Thomp-
son, Francis r. Nitchie, Robert Jenkins,
Z. J. Garmhauser, J. w. Winnemore. j.
r. Rosenberg. the Rev. A. l.. Nasmith,
Frank NJ. Stephen. Jerome Samuels. Ar
thur White. w. I. Simpson, Hilbert N.
| Roberts, Frank o. Wood, r. ]. Bonde,
| William w. Connor. the Rev. r. L.
Cole.
The Washington times., 1912-01-29
RESTORING GRANDMOTHER's GARDEN

If some one had told us that the bluebirds had
come again, after all these years since they were
driven away by the English sparrow and the blizzard
OF 'S8, it would have brought no more pleasure,
perhaps, than the that the hoyhocks have
regained their popularity and are to hold PROM
inent place in the spring gardening program.
The very thought of the holyhock, painted in
bold impressionist colors, stately as grande dame
of the ancient regime, carries the memory back to
the grandmothers gardens of the olden time. The
brew in all the cycle of Cathay made from the velvet
buds reserved for the imperial teacups which could
compare with the sage tea of childhood? The moss
rose and the oleander the phlox and the larkspur,
the zinas and the Sweet William, rise before the
vision, blending in harmonious charm such as that
grandmohers garden knew alone.
They tell us that the rust attacked the hoyhock
even as the sparrow attacked the bluebird. For
some reason it disappeared and children of larger
growth have felt longing, almost a homesckness,
for its bold Haunting colors after the riot of hot
house nurslings.
But now comes the cheering news that hardy
annual has been found which resist the rust and
the amateur gardeners Fastening to restore the
hoyhock to its rghtful place by the garden fence.
The bungalow and the Queen Anne cottage will take
on mellow air The more iorid architecture of the
present will wear the chastened beauty of colonial
manor. The tumult of the day will fade away under
the song of birds and the drone Of bees, such as
filled the drowsy atmosphere Of that elder time The
holyhock was their heritage and they have missed
it and mourned for it in their own humble brd-like
and bee-like way. We have missed it, too
1t is cheerfuf news that it is to be restored
The Washington times., 1912-01-29
POOR ARE GREATLY
IN NEED OF HELP

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
Your editorial in Saturdays Times.
Help the Poor" Is very good. They
need help. At the United States SOL
diers' Home. of which I am an inmate,
we have every day from five to fifteen
boys. black and white, looking for
scraps at meal time. Although 1t is
against rules to take food from the
dining room, several run the risk of
expulsion giving to these boys. Why is
there so much poverty In this rich coun-
try? Please have the author of the
Evolved Caucasian" or his opponents.
explain in the Mail Bag. Respectfully,
THOMAS ATKINS COATS.
The Washington times., 1912-01-29
FARMERS CONDITION
AND THAT OF CLERK

To tho Editor OF THE TIMES:
note with much interest the letter
from Justice appearing in a recent issue
Of The Times. 1t seems to me that
this letter indicates a case where JUS
tice is indeed blind, and moreover the
scales are tipped in the wrong direction
by prejudice or some feeling akin to
1t. Justice states very broadly that
the Government clerk receives q salary
The Washington times., 1912-01-29
PEOPLE INTERESTED IN
JUDGE HANECY'S CASE

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
I noticed in your Friday evening
issue a very pertinent request for bul.
letins regarding Judge Hanecy's indis.
position. I fear you do not appreciate
how intense and universal. within a
certain prescribed (by Congress) Dis
trict Is the anxiety over this matter. fer
] heard no call OF "eXtras" this morn.
ing.
The people," however, are interested
in every phase of Judge Hanecy's case
even In the cause of the ailment. If due
to accidental Burns, or whatever, do moi
keep them longer in the dark.
Can you not
Hear them crying In the night,
More light! More light!"-
What? A LIGHT SEEKER.
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ASKS WHY THE JURY
DELIVERS THE SENTENCE
To the Editor OF THE TIMES

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
You will greatly interest your
readers IL you will explain why the
jury delivers the sentence for murder.
As near as non-lawyers can understand
1t is some change in the code, and at
first Judge Stafford (O decided the jury
DEGREES the punishment. Judge Ander-
son decided the other way, and then
Judge Barnard disagreed with Judge
Anderson and sided with the first Judge,
and 1t was up to the jury to make the
punishment At the crime.
Are the District laws made by Con-
gress or by the Judge? Is murder a
capital crime in the District?
INQUIRER.
The Washington times., 1912-01-29
AmuSements.

Belasco-Sam Bernard. s:l5 p. m.
National-"The Concert Sis p. m.
Chase's-Polite vaudeville. 2:16 and Sis
Academy-"Mrs. wigss." s:15 p. m.
Casino-Elite vaudeville. 1.S0. 7:45, and Q
y. m.
~osrnos-Vaudeville. 1:3o to II p. m.
Gayety-"The Cracker Jacks" 2:15 and
S:l5 D. NJ.
l.yceuin-Star Show Girls. 2:15 and Sis
y. m.
Arcade Skating. bowling. and motion
pictures
The Washington times., 1912-01-29
WHY THE JAPS ADMIRE
DAVID STARR JORDAN

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
] notice the publication this morning
in local paper that DR.. Jordan has
been decorated by Japan
This is Dr.. David Starr Jordon. of
Stanford University. Cal. He has been
decorated thus by Japan because he
he is about the only prominent man
in California who had the nerve to
stand up and be counted as against
the exclusion of the Japs. Joaquin
Miller and Jordan are the shining
marks for Japanese decorations.
AMOS ALLEN,
The Washington times., 1912-01-29
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.

Arrivcd-Barry at Nanking; Smith,
Washington. North Carolina, Bir-
mingham at Guantanamo; Whipple
at Sausalito, New Orleans at Brem-
erton: Paul Jones, Preble, Perry at
San Diego.
Sailed-Prairie. from Tompkinsville for
Santo Domingo City; Hector, from
Guantanamo for Santo Domingo City;
Mars from Guantanamo for Hampton
Roads; Rainbow, from Shanghai for
Marking; Abarenda, from Shanghai
for Cavite: Scorpion, from Trieste
for Constantinople.
The Washington times., 1912-01-29
NAVY.

Lieutenant o. W. FOWLER, to navy
yard New York, N. Y.
Lieutenant SCUDDER KLYCE, to
Naval Hospital. Annapolis. Md, for
treatment.
Ensign Fl. f. KNAUSS, to North Caro-
lima.
Assistant Paymaster F. c. BOWER:
FIND, to Bureau of Supplies and
Accounts. Navy Department,
Civil Engineer H. r. STANFORD, de-
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LETTERS TO THE TIMES MAIL BAG


sa b tn Ilnotbe
econubuh '
The Washington times., 1912-01-29

The amateur performance of "The College
Hero" with FIVE hundred Washington bellies and
bcaux in the cast and chorus promises to be one of
the notable events of the year. Washington has
furnished more than her quota to the professional
stage, and occasions like this partially explain why
The Washington times., 1912-01-29
Concerts Today
BY the United States Marine Band
Orchestra, Marine Barracks, q p. m.
WALTER F. SMITH Director
WALTER F. SMITH. Director.

WALTER f. SMITH, Director.
PROGRAM.
March. Under Freedoms Flag"
Nowowieska
Overture, La Dame Biance."
Boieldleu
Selection. Red Feather. De Koven
Valse di Concert. "The KISS"
Ziehrer
Serenade. "Nymphalin". "....... .Sousa
Entr' Acte. "A Frolic of Color"
Sudds
Mosaic. 1.-THE Pretty Sister of
Jose,' NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .Saenger
March, "Stanch and True. Teike
U. S. Soldiers Home Band,
at $3.50 o'clock.
JOHN S. NJ. ZIMMERMANN.
Director.
PROGRAM.
March, "The Trocadero". Pryor
Overture, THE Beautiful Galatea,"
Won Suppe
Suite Romantique, "A Day In
venice ....................... .NeVin
/. Alba DAWN. .. Gondoleri
(Gondoliers). 3. Canzone Amo-
rosa venetian Love Song. 4.
Buona Notte Good Night.
Fantasia, "Reminiscences of the
Plantation Chambers
Descriptive. The Baby Parade"
Pryor
Waltz Ancienne. "Pompadour" .Royle
"The star-spangled Banner"
The Washington times., 1912-01-29

his mean estate and while his story paints gloomy
picture Of the mills it adds more cheerful chapter
to American history the land Of opportunity.
The Washington times., 1912-01-29

When the blood of Kentucky surges hot against
the blood of South Carolina it is small wonder that
the run of humanity feels like taking to the
storm pit Fortunately the English language proved
adequate to the exigencies of the hour
The Washington times., 1912-01-29

The Washington Gas Light Company ought to
order today by wire at least dozen of those oxygen
gas machines which saved the lives of the Chicago
gas victims
The Washington times., 1912-01-29

"Marse" Henri Watterson had better "get his
proofs before the ice goes out'-f this delicate
anusion to the late Dr. Cook may be allowed.
The Washington times., 1912-01-29

The passage of the District appropriation bill by
the House will at least take away some of Con-
gressman Ben Johnson's opportunity to msrepresent
the District to the country
The Washington times., 1912-01-29

And now Poor Lo wants the right to vote. He
should study Tammany and learn the corrupting in
fuences of politics on brave and sachem.
The Washington times., 1912-01-29
ARMY.

Lieutenant Colonel THOMAS ". RAY
MOND, Medical Corps, from Philip
ninss division, to San Francisco,
Cal.
The Washington times., 1912-01-29

Baltimores convention will be Washingtons op-
portuniy. The whole community should rise to it.
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scemny that the statement .pTe:sns n:
eliminated the number Of copies
which delivered furnished mailed
bona hde purchasers subscribers.
A. WALKER,
General Manager.
District Of Columbia,
Subscribed before this nrst day OF January
A. D. 1872 ALFRED HIGBIE Notary Public.
The Washington times., 1912-01-29
ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS

tached navy yard. Philadelphia. Pa.
to duty Chief of Bureau of Yards
and Docks. Navy Department.
The Washington times., 1912-01-29
DECEMBER CIRCULATION
DAILY,

The number OF complete aud
Derfect copies of Tho Washing
ION Times printed daily during
.he month Of December was as
The Washington times., 1912-01-29

"y Nv 30 TUT nIoHtHs T1'fV'
The net total circula ton Of
The Washington Times (Sun-
day. during the month Of De-
cember was 1921 all copies
left over and returned by agents
being eliminated. This number.
when divided by 8, the number
OF Sundays during December.
shows the net Sunday average
for December to have been
36. 403.
Entered at tile Postoffice at
Washington, D. c.. a. second
class matter. o..
The Washington times., 1912-01-29

Total for the month. 4. 4, 27i, 4es
Daily average for month, 40, o1s
The net total circulation Of
The Washington Times daily
during the month OF December
was i, 0e2, ,151, all copies left over
and returned being eliminated.
This number, when divided by
sS, the number Of days OF pub
lication, shows the net daily
average for December to have
been u,621.
Evening journal., 1912-04-17

BY staff Correspondent of the United
Press.
HALIFAX, N. s., April 17.-There
was no relief in the feyer;sh sus-
pense Of the great throng OF watchers
for news from the scene of the wreck
of the Titanic today, though the ma
rine observers strained their eyes into
the dense fog of the harbor foresight
Of some vessel bearing tidings Of the
catastrophe.
When at 10 o'clock this morning,
the Direct Cable Company's repair
ship Minia hove in sight down the
bay, shipping men and dock watchers
thronged to her pier, hoping that she
might have passed within sight of
the wreck and might have picked up
some survivors. This ship, however,
came from st. Pierre, passing some
150 miles north of the scene Of the
Titanic's mid-sea grave and saw moth
ing OF the wreck nor did it sight any
other ships. The Minia is equipped
with wireless and her captain stated
that his wireless operator had picked
up wireless messages on Monday
morning about o'clock telling of the
sinking of the Titanic. He said that
he had passed vast ice fields. The
Allan liner Partisan, which is sup
posed to have visited the scene of the
wreck but too late to be Of any SER
vice TO the survivors, was expected
i'm this port, but on account of the
dense fog may not come up until
later today. Il is known that she does
not carry any of the shipwrecked peo-
pie, but it is believed that she may
furnish some details of the disaster.
The Commercial Cable Company's
shin Mackay-Bennett, Captain Larn
ber. has been chartered by the White
Star Company to explore the scene o.
the wreck in search of bodies. She
will sail this afternoon carrying ;
crew of eighty men and a gruesom'
cargo Of collins and ice for embalm
ing purposes.
The MackayBennett will remain a
sea ten days or more, a local under
taker and his staff are on board tC
care for any bodies that may be pick
ed up.
Vincent Astor was expected here
today TO make arrangements will
some wrecking concern to make ;
search for the body Of mis- father
Colonel John Jacob Astor. il he was
lost The young man did not ap
pear, however. and it is believed HI
will remain in New York to meet hi
stepmother, who is known to b'
aboard the Carpathia.
It was reported that Vincent Asto
had chartered the sealing ship Sea
to search the seas for Colonel Astor'
! body, but ibis was denied today.
/ II Is known that half a dozen fish
ing ships were within 200 miles o
] the wreck of the Titanic It is be
I lieved here that someone of thes
may have later passed the scene
Anyone Of these ships may arrive i
this port today with news.