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The Washington times., 1912-04-30
THE PRICE OF SPEED
FORGOTTEN IN A DAY

To the Editor of THE TINES:
While the Senate is prob9ng the IT,
tanic disaster and endeavoring to place
the blame somewhere, perhaps legisla-
ton may crystalline some lasting bene-
fits.
But after all this scrutiny Is through,
the one thing that stands out chiefly
responsible for the Titanic catastrophe
is the unsuitable mania for speed. The
world, and this nation most of all, is
engaged in a mad rush to get some.
where as soon as possible. 1t doesn't
make so much difference where people
want to go as II does that they should
get there as rapidly as human ingenu.
ity and daring will let them. So Ions
as men live will there be accidents or
sea and on land. The wisdom of mar
Is not great enough to provide agains,
them all.
The world is trying to make money
faster and to spend 1t faster.
Humanity is trying to grow UP faster
and to die faster.
We would concentrate the years intc
days, distilling from them their preciou,
essences SO that we may extend the
utmost excitement the sooner.
What price the world pays for II!
mania for speed The record breaking
passenger train is precpitated into {
liner crashes upon an iceberg hurlinf
1,50O lives into eternity. But sooner OF
later as the deep impressions of thil
CONSERVATION fade away. the world viii
be back where II was before. Compe
tition will send the steamship taste,
than ever. The railroads will be hurl
ing their trains through the country a
a pace that will tax the capacity OF tn,
rails TO stay on the ties.
And so II will continue until anothe
horror causes another brief awakening
A. B. THOMSON.
The Washington times., 1912-04-30
Police and Fire
Relief Fund Is
Idea of Rudolph

On the ground that the proposition Is
impra racticable. Commissioner Rudolph
announced his opposition today to the
bill passed by the House yesterday pro-
viding for an election to determine
whether a special tax should be levied
on real estate to supply the present de-
ficiency and such other deficiencies as
may arise in the police and firemens
pension fund.
In the first place, the cost of such
an election would be almost enough to
supply the deficiency" said Commits
sioner Rudolph. I'm the second place.
1t is extremely doubtful whether the
true sentiments of the community would
be expressed. The election would
arouse sympathy ay1 interest, and the
voters would be governed more by the
heart than by the head.
The true remedy lies in the measure
which the Commissioners have con-
sistently advocated providing for the
creation of a police and tiremen's ne
lief fund. By the terms Of this bill all
deficiencies are met by applying to the
fund from the sale Of all licenses other
than liquor licenses a sum sufficient to
meet any deficiency. The revenues of
the District are ample to pay In full the
pensioners of the police and fre de-
partments, many of whom are depend
ent almost wholly upon the pensions
paid them by the District government
for their support.
Says Public Approves.
IT think 1t is universally agreed
among the citizens of Washington that
the firemen and policemen who have
been injured in the line of duty are de-
serving of their pensions in full, and
special election is not necessary to de-
termine this. What the Commissioners
want, and what / believe is the desire
of the majority of the residents Of the
District, is the passage Of the police and
fremen's pension relief bill"
The total deficiency in the pension
| fund since January l, 1912, Is $4,000, and
| II is estimated by the Auditor of the
| district that by July 1, the end Of the
fiscal year, 1t will be increased to $2S.OO0.
The deficiency in the fund for last year
was $4,000, a total of $43,0OO owed by the
! District to Its pensioners. For the
| months of January. February and
March they were paid only 45 per cent
| of the amount due. For the month OF
April they will receive so per cent. The
increase is due to the fact that the col
| lections from Police Court fines, from
which the pension fund derives its prin-
cipal support, are made on Mondays OF
| each week In April, there being hye
Mondays, five collections were made:
II is estimated there will be dencit OF
! 70 per cent in May.
The Washington times., 1912-04-30
THINKS COLORED VOTERS
SHOULD SUPPORT CLARK

TO the Editor of THE TINES:
Ihat the Colored man has manv
friends In the Republican party is an
oft-repeated saying that all intelligent
men and women of the race will admit
II ls the truth which cannot be denied
But 1t must also be borne in mind that
some or the most damaging stabs that
the black man have gotten, in the dark,
since his enfranchisement was done nv
his so-called friends high up in the Re-
publican ranks. And now, considering
all these to be facts-facts which should
engage the serious thoughts of the In
telligent negro-does 1t not stand TO
reason that the colored voters should
alVlde themselves along political lines
have some as good friends in the Demo
cratic party. though they may not be
as numerous as in the Republican
party, greatly because they (the colored
race have blindly neglected to appre-
ciate the many favors done them, and
their loyalty to their friends of the
democratic persuasion should not be
found wanting in time of need
But 1t Is very gratifying to observe
that the eyes Of the colored voters are
being opened. No longer will the negro
lay In the woodpile, for he has come
out, and out boldly. for his Democratic
friends. There were thousands of col.
ored citizens who sent up their PRAYERS
for Mr.. Taft in 1908 who today have
switched of their prayers in behalf OF
Speaker Clark of Missouri If theii
prayers were heard and answered ir
1903; God grant that they may be heart
should Mr. Clark be nominated, which
looks favorable now, in June next
May the Speaker succeed both in IN,
j. {. CUNNINGHAM.
The Washington times., 1912-04-30
THINKS ISMAY SHOULD
HAVE STOOD BY SHIP

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
In reply to a gentleman that signs
himself "A British Subject" in which
he praises Mr.. Ismay for saving his life
on the Titanic, his argument being, that
"Self-preservation is the first law OF
nature" also Life is a case Of the sur
Vival of the fittest." According to his
argument then, all the men should have
made rush for the lifeboats, SELF
PRESERVATION" but thank God, we
had men on that ill-fated vessel that
did not think Of "SELF-PRESERVA
TON" but OF the women and children
for example our own dear Major Butt
Colonel Astor, and a number Of other
men.
or Mr.. Ismay, that is so highly de-
Tended, what did he do according to re-
liable newspaper reports as soon as he
arrived on board the Carpathia? He
called for something to eat and was
ushered into a handsome stateroom and
requested not to be disturbed. 1t seemt
to me and every Intelligent man that
have talked to during the past eight
days, that Mr.. Ismay as a representa-
tive of the company should have seer
that the women and children were pro
vided for first when he arrived on the
Carpathia, and II he had been mar
he would have given his stateroom tc
some of the women and children, rather
than have them sleep on tables or or
the floor. Very respectfully,
TALBOT o. PUIIZZI.
The Washington times., 1912-04-30
ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS

second Lieutenant FRANK B, CLAY
fantry.
Second Lieutenant JAMES r. N. WEA-
YER, from the 9th Infantry to the
Sth lnfantryi
Second Lieutenant WILLIAM TT II
MORRIS, Jr., from the 18th Infantry
to the 18th Infantry.
second Lieutenant IRA A. RAIDER,
from the 18th Infantry to the oath
Lieutenant qtens,1 GOODWIN COMPTON. 18th
United States Military Prison, Fort
Leavenworth. Kans., June /, 1912,
anvil ana VIII then proceed to join his
The attachment of Major WILSON
CHASE. 2lst Infantry, to the Eighth
- infantry Is confirmed
Inc attachment of Major TRUMAN O.
M.RPHY. 18th Infantry, to the Sth
Ihe attachment of Captain GEORGE
W HELMS, 18th Ifantry. to the 2Ith
m Infantry is confirmed.
Inc = attaSRment Sm Of Captain JAMES H.
- the 18th Infantry is confirmed.
The attachment OF Captain WILLIAM
7. MERRY. 9th Infantry. to the 18TH
Infantry is confirmed
The attachment of Captain RICHMOND
SMITH, 9th Infantry, to the 18th In.
, fantry Is confirmed.
Inc attachment of Captain VILLA NJ
/ A. CASTLE, 9th Infantry to the 18th
Infantry Is confirmed.
The attachment of First Lieutenant
EDWARD E. MCAMMON, Sd In
fantry, to the 18th Infantry is con-
firmed.
The attachment OF First Lieutenant
ALBERT T. RICH, Third Infantry,
to the Twenty-fourth Infantry,
is confirmed.
| The attachment of First Iieutenants
DAVID H. SCOTT, Third Infantry,
and RUSSELL JAMES, Third In
fantry, to the Fifteenth Infantry, is
confirmed.
Captains BERKELEY ENOCHS and
PERRIN l.. SMITH, Nineteenth In
fantry, relieved from duty with the
Eighth and Thirteenth Infantry
respectively, and will proceed to
join the Nineteenth Infantry.
Major JAMES BAYLISS, Ninth Infantry
relieved from duty with the Fiji
teenth Infantry and will proceed TO
join his regiment.
| Captain ROBERT NJ. BRAMBILA,
| Twenty-first Infantry, relieved from
duty with the Twenty-fourth In
fantry, and will proceed to join his
| regiment.
Captain FRANCIS A. POPE. Corps OF
| Engineers. relieved from duty al
Fort Leavenworth,, will repair tc
this city and report to Chief of En-,
| ginecrs, for duty in his office.
The Washington times., 1912-04-30
DOESN'T LIKE THE
TIMES OR ROOSEVELT

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
/ have read your editorial in today's
Times entitled THE Harvester Trust
Case" Your effort to exonerate Roose-
welt is positively ridiculous. If you are
not a stockholder in the International
Harvester Trust, then miss my guess.
The manifest unfairness of the cam
Paign that you are conducting against
President Taft does violence to every
consideration of ordinary decency. Why
don't you tell the truth for once? You
know, and everybody knows, that
Roosevelt Is the candidate Of big busi-
perklps. a man who has been guilty of
the mpst fragrant violation of law and
VINO Is now laying the ground for a
great national scandal in supplying the
FUNDS to purchase the Southern dele
gates who have been instructed for
tart: The truth of the matter is that
the halo which you have woven around
the brow of Roosevelt is rapidly being
dlssipated The American people are
beginning to realize that he Is the most
conscienceless demagogue in all history.
Loudly proclaiming loyalty to the doc
trlne OF the square deal' Roosevelt has
never hesitated during this campaign to
resort to tactics that smell of crooked
ness and corruption. He has formed the
despicable habit of striking below the
oeit at every opportunity and whenever
any one hands him a stiff punch he
wnines like a baby and cries fraud"
Ihere was time when I had a pro-
found regard for The Washington
Iimes, but / must confess sthat your
you as being more yellow" than vii.
liam Randolph Hearst has ever been in
his palmiest day. You make me tired
THE PORTNER."
The Washington times., 1912-04-30
THE DANGERS OF THE BATH.

The newly published theory of foreign microbio-
logists that it is dangerous to bahe has a great
amount Of crcumstantia evidence to sustain it. Some
of the most peevish and anaemic persons of our
quaintance have perfect mania for bathing while the
robust care-free and philosophical hobo is utter
stranger to such conventions of society lavatory
We believe history tells us Rome noted for her
exquisite and elaborate baths, and Rome declined
and fell prey to the great unwashed hordes of the
North.
Nearly every man has a very distinct recollection
that as boy he viewed with alarm and deep-seated
aversion the maternal injunction to make of soap
and water, and fought and struggled when ablutions
were perpetrated by force. This must have been
the inherited tendencies of ages!
However, times and customs change, and circum-
stantia evidence must 60 down before the onslaught
Of that undeniabe fact that many people do bathe
and survive the ordeal A calm and judicial review
OF the issue compels the admission that we regard
the emanatons of these foreign savans the output
of publicity agents in the employ of penurous land
lords who are gradually reducing the bathroom to
an appendix, unsuitable for practical use.
The Washington times., 1912-04-30
A COURSE IN GOOD MANNERS.

The Kansas Agricultural College has instituted
q new course of Instruction. course in good man.
ners, thereby proving that the faculty of that ins
tuition have sensed very great need of the tines.
The smart aeck is one of our most costly factors.
He gets his employer in far more trouble than the
decisions Of mahogany-tabled directorates. great
railroad system of the nation recently sent personal
letter to each of its 10000 employees with the nfor-
nation that bad manners upon their part were cost
ing the road thousands of dollars To prove it, the
letter reduced the cost of discourteous act by an
employee demanding Strengthening out by the COM
pany to stamps, stenographic COST and time Of val
liable men.
The gruff conductor the street car, the su-
perclious ticket agent, the snippy telephone opera
tor, the fresh office boy get on more public nerves
and cause more anti-corporate agitation than the
sleek, we-fed lobbyists and those whom the public
have pictured as high inanciers.
Molasses catches more flies than vinegar and
good is better business asset than knowl-
edge of the classics. The business world may ex-
pect great things from the graduates of this Kansas
institution
The Washington times., 1912-04-30

into being by a demand for local interurban traffic
are installing express cars. The toll Of the auto
mobile is frightful.
But the ever speeding-up Of the human mind
and body constitutes the most frghtful cost Beating
the other fellow to it, turning night into day. forced
to use of stiulants to maintain the nerve-exhaustng
grind, is why 60 to the scrap heap at forty and
leaders in affairs who should be in their prime
buckle and die.
AS no one man can stop, without being crushed
under FOOT unless all others stop, Mr. Miller's sug-
gestion that the Government relieve the tension and
set the example by prohibiting the minimizing OF
safety in the accentuaton of speed seems the most
sensible way of beginning to ease off.
The Washington times., 1912-04-30
Chamber of Commerce
Committees to Meet

Seven new members of the Chamber
OF Commerce were elected by the MEM
bership committee at meeting last
night. They were Thomas l.. Ruet, L.
S. Perkins, Walter Lesman. Alexander
Suter, Thomas l. Littlepage, Charles H.
Jerman, and F. T. Nesbit
Three committee meetings are sched-
uled for today. The committee appoint
ed to consider the construction OF seven
national highways will meet at $3.50
O'Clock; the manufactures committee at
4, and the joint committee of the Cham
ber of Commerce and Board of Trade
appointed to plan for the reception OF
the thousands who will attend the un-
yelling of the statue of Columbus June
s will meet at the Chamber at o'clock
tonight
Preparations for the annual excursion
OF the Chamber are being made by
many members, and reservations on the
steamers to Old Point Comfort and
Richmond are being booked at the
Chamber,
The Washington times., 1912-04-30
THE MAN IN THE RANKS.

One of the significant things that always ac-
company disaster is the fact that the who are
paid a modest salary for performing day labor are
the ones who push their lives into the background
until all danger to others is One rarely hears
of the crew of train ship, the first to know OF
danger and best situated to escape it, attempting to
save their lives first. The elevator boy in the burn
ing building usually runs his machine until it is put
out of commission, although there is no rule COM
pelling him thus to jeopardze his life.
The man in the ranks always be counted on
in crises. Out of a total of 583 awards made by
the Carnegie hero fund commission since its crea-
ton 4O6 have gone to wage earners. Lincoln was
right when he said God must love the common people
or he would not have made so many of them. And
the common people are justifying their creation.
The Washington times., 1912-04-30
SPEED VERSUS SAFETY.

letter from former Attorney General w. H.
H. Miller, of Indiana, which Senator Kern had
read to the Senate, sounds timely note of warning
and advice. 1t was a protest specifically against
time -annihilatng railroad schedules, but generally
against the speed mania which has seized the Ameri-
can people, reducing them to a nation of neurotics
and dyspeptics not to mention the train of accidents
that follow the wild desire of man to get somewhere
in hurry in order that he may get away in hurry
The Titanic is the latest victim to the speed
craze. The alleged defects of steel rails has been
found to be due to the upon them by the terrific
impact of cannonball trains. Trolley lines, called
The Washington times., 1912-04-30
ARMY.

Each of the following officers is trans
ferred as indicated after his name,
and viii be assigned to a company
by his regimental commander:
Captain JENNINGS B. WILSON from
the Eighth Infantry to the Sixth
Infantry.
Captain CHARLES u REESE from
the Fifteenth infantry to the Twen-
Captain JAMES. n. PICKERING from
the Twenty fourth Infantry TO the
Third Infantry.
CAPTAIN CHARLES s.. FRANK from
Nineteenth Infantry.
First Lieutenant AMBROSE r. EN-
EaY; from e the Eighth Infantry to
from the Twenty-fourth Infantry to
the Nineteenth Infantry.
First Lieutenant THOMAS w. HAM
fantry to the sixth Infantry.
Captain ,TENNt'Y ROSE. Third Infan-
try. is transferred to the Twenty
Captain JOHN B. sHUMAN. Nine
Twenty-fourth Infantry.
copfh pThsenth GHAfhss fhsstry F. resyed iTUS
general recruiting service, July !.
1912, and will then proceed TO Join
his regiment
Each Of the following officers is
transferred as indicated after his name,
will be assigned to a company by his
regimental commander. and will pro-
ceed to join that company:
Captain GRAHAM l.. JOHNSON, from
the 9th Infantry to the Sth Infantry.
Captain MILOSH r. HlLGARD, from
the 2lst Infantry to the 18th Infant
First Lieutenant BENJAMIN E. GREY,
from the 2lst Infantry to the Sth In
tantry.
First Lieutenant e. LLEWELLYN.
BULL, from the 2lst Infantry to the
First Lieutenant EDGAR L. FIELD.
from the 18th Infantry to the Ath
First lieutenant HENRY G. sTAHL
from the Sixth Infantry to the Ath
Second Lieutenant WALTER r.
WHEELER from the 18th Infantry
to the 18th Infantry.
Second Lieutenant ALNi$ G. GUT
| ENSOHN, from the l9th Infantry to
the 10Th Infantry.
Second Lieutenant DANIEL II. TOR
REY, from the Sd Infantry to the
Second Lieutenant PARKER c. KALI
| LOCH, Jr, from the 2lst Infantry to
the 18th Infantry.
Second Lieutenant MAURICE d. VEL
TY. from the Sd Infantry to the 18th
Infantry.
Second Lieutenant ROGER II. WILL
! IAMS, from the 21st Infantry to the
18th Infantry. "
second Lieutenant FREDERICK F.,
UHL from the 2lst Infantry to the
Sth Infantry.
Second Lieutenant JASPER A. DA-
VIES, from the 2lst Infantry to the
18th Infantry.
Second Lieutenant ARTHUR BOET-
TCHER, from the 9th Infantry TO
the cath Infantry
second Lieutenant HARRY ]. KEE-
LEY. from the Sd Infantry to the
18th Infantry.
Second Lieutenant ALFRED ]. BET
CHER. from the 2lst Infantry to the
Sth Infantry.
Second Lieutenant FREDERICK G.
| DILLMAN, from the 18th Infantry
10 the Sth Infantry.
The Washington times., 1912-04-30
CHANCE OF MORE TRUsT.BUsTING.

The Hon. W. Murray Crane, Senator from
Massachusetts, laid the foundations of his vast for
tune in the writing paper manufacture. The Ameri-
can Writing Paper Company is the trust in this line
Senator Crane is one Of the angels Of the cur
rent highly expensive Taft campaign for renomina-
ton.
1t is announced today that the trust will advance
writing paper prices to 20 per cent
Here's chance for Mr.. Taft to show that his
spear knows no brother-and no campaign contribu-
tor-by starting a prosecution.
The Washington times., 1912-04-30
SENATE TO DECIDE
WHETHER CITIZENS
HERE SHALL VOTE
Referendum to Settle Pen
sion Issue If House Ac-
ton Is Approved.

The referendum. one of the progress
sive doctrines of the present. will have
a practical test in the District Of Coll
umbia II the Senate passes the police
and flremens pension fund bill which
was approved by the House late yester-
day.
AS announced in the final edition of
The Times, the House suddenly dis
covered that 1t faced test vote on
the referendum issue when Congress
man Sherley of Kentucky proposed
that the property owners of the Dis
trict should have a right to vote on
the police and fremen's pension fund.
The Redfeld bill, which creates n per-
manent pension fund, provides that 1t
shall be raised by direct taxation on
the property Of the District.
Mr.. Sherley, to the surprise Of the
House, suggested that the District prop
erty owners, who have an opportunity
to use the ballot perhaps once in a life
time, ought to have the privilege of
saying whether they will be taxed out
right to support the fund.
The Sherley referendum amendment
carried by vote Of 1S2 to 119, divided
along non-partisan lines. 1t was the
first time in the history of that body
that the House had taken an official
stano, In any way, on the progressive
principle of the referendum, and pro-
gressiyeism scored a victory
II the Sherley amendment stands q
similar test in the Senate the property
owners of the District will for once
record their views at the ballot box.
1t is provided that the referendum cleo
ton shall be in charge of the District
Commissioners, who shall provide the
election machinery and determine the
time and place of holding the election.
All citizens over the age of twenty-one,
who are property holders, are entitled
to vote. This classification includes fe-
male as well as male property owners.
| and the District may also have a bit
| Of womans suffrage.
Congressman Tribble of Georgia pro-
posed to limit the electors to male
| property owners" but his proposal was
voted down. Congressman Buchanan of
| Illinois declared that he favored the
| referendum, but that the District cleo
| ton should include all citizens, rich and
oor. whether they owned property in
| the District or not This amendment
also was voted down, but the Sherley
| amendment, which came like a thunder
bolt in the House, weathered the storm
and the House put the stamp Of approval
on the referendum. at least for this one
| time.