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The Washington times., 1912-02-15
CAR CONDUCTOR
REFUSED TRANSFERS
To the Editor of THE TIMES:

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
A few evenings ago my. wife and /
went out to call on some friends. When
we started home we boarded a car at
Eighth and d streets northeast, paid
our fare, and took transfers to Penn
sylvania avenue and Eighth street
southeast. When we arriN ed at the
junction the car going our way was
passing. The weather was very cold,
and my wife was suffering very much,
and she asked me to walk on down the
line with her until the car came. We
had walked three blocks when the car
had overtaken us. We got on the car
mo. 63D at about II 30 p. M, which
punched in the transfers, and the con-
ductor positively refused to honor them
upon the grounds that we wero not at
the junction, and demanded another
fare. and when I told him that we had
Just gotten off the Eighth street line
and that his was the first car that had
come Oh, he still refused our transfers
and ordered US off. My wife became ex-
cited and ran through to the front ana
got off at the next crossing. l still con-
tended for my rights until was
elected.
I have waited for a week to con-
slider this matter, ana /, for one, am
going to see II there ID not a remedy.
l consider that a street car conductor
had no more right to reject our trans
vania railroad would have had II we
had bought tickets to New York city
ana have gotten on at Baltimore and
walked to Philadelphia and got on an
CITIZEN.
The Washington times., 1912-02-15
DISCUSSES SHAKESPEARE
AND EMERSON
To the Editor of THE TIMES:

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
In his article on the controversy Mr..
Sothern laments the gross misrepre-
Eentation" of the too brief quotation
from Emerson. What Baconians claim
is that Emerson was at least a doubter.
and that he was intensely interested in
the controversy then going on. Let us
have more of this quotation:
The Egyptian verdict Of the Shakespeare
actor and manager II cannot marry this
fact to his verse;" Other admirable men have
lived lives In some sort of keeping with their
thought, but this man in wide contrast.
II must even go into the worlds history that
the best poet led an obscure and profane
life.
Page 4e. New shakespeareana, 1907.
Another quotation copied from the
same article Is as follows:
Shakespeare is q voice merely. Who and
what he was that sang. we know not.
Still another from him:
She has opened discussion that will never
be closed.
Is not this differentiation by Emerson
between the actor Shaksper and the
poet sufficiently clear cut?
Compare those quotations with one
from John Greenleaf whittier:
OF one thing am convinced: That Shakes.
peare neither did write nor could write the
plays
Verify, he who writeth on this con.
troversy might we'll look up a few ot
the thousand and more volumes on the
subject before he shooteth his wad.,
VERITAS.
The Washington times., 1912-02-15
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY is, 1912
HELP WANTED.

We have done Europe many good turn, and
now perhaps some well-forested land will help us
out of the fix into which the chestnut blight has put
US. 1t will never do to sit back and let the blight
march on. line ought to be drawn somewhere
and stubborn stand made against danger that
threatens the whole chestnut growth.
Judging by the reports made up to date the
case is almost hopeless one, if we are to depend
solely upon home resources to meet this invasion.
That is Jhy it has occurred to some that the Eu-
ropean foresters, who have had so much more ex-
perence than our own, might lend a hand. When
Italy found the mulberry tree pestered by second
cousin of the gypsy moth it did not hesitate to send
hurry call for assistance all around and the Bureau
of Entomology at Washington answered tn call with
parasite that saved the day for the Italians. The
public may not show much anxiety these prob
lems but they keep adding to the cost of living just
the same
The Washington times., 1912-02-15

which was carried on by the vicious element that
worked itself into control Of union 1t is sim
cerely to be hoped that the apparent limitation OF
outrageous crimnality to single union will be fur
ther demonstrated as more arrests are made. The
whole nation will breathe more comfortably when it
is realized that after all there has been no gigantic
conspiracy Of hundreds Of thousands Of men against
the very fundamentals Of society.
1t is now necessary that vigorous and unremit-
ting prosecutions be pressed against the men impli-
Gated in the crimes committed all over the country,
and that the utmost penalties be inflicted That much
is necessary that the law shall be vindicated and
society protected against the possibility of another
such remarkable project in organized criminality.
Without doubt this will be the next step.
The Washington times., 1912-02-15
A CONSIDERATION
FOR THE NORTHEAST
To the Editor of THE TIMES:

To the Editor ~ THE TIMES:
IT seems to me a little more consider
alton for the people living in the north
east section of the city should be had.
In regard to the Eighth and F streets
cars would say: II one Of these cars Is
missed, the unlucky person must stand
In the cold and wait for five or six
Peace Monument cars. two or three
Navy Yard cars. as many Seventeenth
and the Avenue southeast cars, and
one or two Union Station cars to pass
before his weary vision Is rewarded by
the unusual appearance of an Eighth
and F. When II finally does arrive II Is
so crowded he has to stand up, to pay
for living on such an ''UNFREQUENT-
ED" line. The people living on this line
are just as anxious to get home as any
so regulated that they can do so with
out wasting their time, temper, and pa
tience on a street corner. This not
only happens after office hours. but
late at night as well, and is getting to
be worse. instead Of better.
II some person connected with the
company would wait for one of these
cars just once, I think they would see
the Justice of our plea and would give
the northeast more cars, instead Of
making them wait for the car to 60 to
and come back. Then, too, the cars on
the Avenue travel so fast you are al
most afraid they will pass you by be-
cause they can't see you standing there
in their extraordinary HASTE" to
reach the waiting people and carry
them 10 their destination the usual way
BEHIND TIME" NORTHEAST.
The Washington times., 1912-02-15
Associated Charities
Ask for Volunteers

The Associated Charities and the
Citizens Relief Association are today
enlisted additional paid service and
have issued q call for volunteers to
carry on the relief work in order to
the organizations.
At a meeting OF the board Of man
ayers yesterday at 923 H street north
west the increased demands upon the
organizations was made the special
feature Of discussion. Work during the
past elk weeks has been doubled over
that of last year, occasioned by the ex-
treme weather and suffering among the
ooor of the city.
report of the work recently carried
GlsnurEed, and the special relief funds
of the Associated Charities has spent
$3S1.64 more than during the month of
January, 1911. An increase of 439 tami-
lies as befriended during January of
this year over the figures for the same
month last yeas was noted.
The Washington times., 1912-02-15
DEFENDING THE TENDER PASSION.

When one of the Queens of the Land of Make
Believe, with wide experience in matters of the
heart tells us that she still believes in love it is time
for the cynic and the skeptc to revise their views
and the friends of the old homespun virtues to take
heart of grace.
Lillian Russell insists that she did not say her
prospective husband-ffth in the line of succession
must have an income Of $4,000 year. 1t is an
invention of the enemy and directly traverses her
real sentiments Asked if she, then, still believed
in the good old-fashioned love and marriage, she
replied:
maintain that belief in love is no illusion-the il
lusions the mistakes but love is the absolute
my mistakes, and my love for Mr.. Moore Is the most
real thing in the world.
Surely she speaks having authority. In
matters of the heart she has been "hiving wisdom
with the studious years." She has chased an ignis
fatuus and then, only to find that it led at last
into the Dismal Swamp of the divorce court. She
with all their fair exterior turn to ashes on the lips
And yet she believes not only in the reality of love,
but that her present love is the most real thing in
her life
BERTHE the Lamb and all the so-dsant world
Iings may learn lesson here. The faith such as
the fair Lillian brings to bear is not a faith which
triumphs over experience, but through experience
There is no effort to exclude the illusions from the
scheme of things, since misguided moths still SINCE
their wings. But there is comfort for an age OF
doubt new courage for those who dare follow the
promptings Of Mother Nature in this authoritative
assurance that a belief in love is, after all, the
worlds one great reality.
The Washington times., 1912-02-15
NIGHT SCHOOLS IGNORED
LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
take the liberty to use the space
offered to the people in your esteemed
paper in regard to an incident that
occurred in one of the night schools
Of Washington.
In remembrance of Charles Dickens
last week. the three English classes
devoted their entire evening reciting
different happenings in the life OF the
great writer, but Monday night, which
was the anniversary of the birth of
Abraham Lincoln, one of the greatest
men America has ever produced, his
name was not even mentioned. Charles
Dickens. no doubt, was a great man,
but never could hold the prominent
position in the minds of the American
people as does Lincoln.
l don't think that this was done in
tentionally, but reveals a great error
that should long be remembered.
HARRY II. MAY.
The Washington times., 1912-02-15
COMPARES THE SOCIAL
WORKER AND CLERGYMAN
To the Editor OF THE TIMES:

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
Monday mornings paper described a
smoker in church after the evening
service. This is certainly not the sort
of thing a church should stand for;
moving pictures would be better. In
the same paper a social worker was
quoted as saying: THE rich are re-
sponsible for the social conditions which
cause much of our poverty" Perhaps
an outsider might point out what the
clergyman seemed oblivious to. Smok-
ing is Objectionable not because it was
not practiCed by Christ, but because II
is a wasteful luxury. The former mo-
tive might appeal to a few men, but the
Latter motive ought to appeal to all
but the unscrupulous According to T..
Il Buckley (Mining Engineering World,
January 6. 1912, the fields on which
$l26. 000,00o worth of tobacco products
were raised in the United States in 1904
would have produced 24.00O,O00 bushels
OF wheat, enough TO feed large portion
Of the population. The tobacco went up
in smoke. Is not the object of the So
cial worker in matter of this sort
more worthy than that of the clergy
man? r. c. w.
The Washington times., 1912-02-15
THINKS COMPARISON
NOT WELL FOUNDED
To the Editor of THE TIMES:

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
notice in letter to the Mail Bag
Of February TO- that F. II. c. says that
he does not believe in discussing wheth-
er a woman shall be hanged in Wash
lngton or not: but cannot resist the de-
sire to ask few questions.
these letters that are printed In The
Times, but ] would like to ask him q
few questions. Does the contributor of
such a letter compare a member OF the
human race With wolves and bears!
a human life more than mice and rats
What would become OF the world II
he had to give the decisions involving
life for life? I wonder would his con-
science worry him If he gave such a
decision against some dear relative?
II not II is as little as he can do to
express his views to the public.
The Washington times., 1912-02-15

Suggestion: Its Law and Appllca-
ton, or the Principle and Practice of
ycho-Therapeutlcs," Is the title OF an
ambitious work by Charles +. Winbig-
ler. Ph. NJ. formerly rustor of the First
Baptist Church of this city. but now
a practicinR osteopa thist here. Con-
trary to the implication of its title, the
book is not deeply scientific. but is an
elementary and practical discussion of
the subject. intended primarily for the
layman.
After q preliminary classification of
the kinds OF suggestion, the subject is
discussed in its relations to the sub
conscious and conscious minds, to hyp"
notism, to dreams. telepathy. clairvoy-
ance, marvellous cures, genius, religious
movements. sprttism, hallucinations, and
deluSions; then chapter Is given to
the law of suggestion, one to condi-
the physiology, psychology, and philoso-
phy of the subject. Following this are
SIX chapters telling how to use sugges-
ton and the value of II.
The remainder Of the book IL concern
eC With practical applications OF suE-
gestinn In therapeutics. The author Is
not a Christian Scientist nor a SplTtu-
alist, but he is a strong advocate Of the
curative uses of suggestion, especially
hypnotisn. His discussion of the latter
point Is more interesting than any other
nortion of the book, for the very reason
that It challenges dispute from both lay
msn and spe ,ialist, and In respect both
to his premises and applied conclusions.
The Washington times., 1912-02-15
THE ARRESTS OF THE DYNAMITERs.

study of the list of men arrested under in
dictments found at Indianapolis in connection with
the dynamting demonstrates that the dynamit-
ing conspiracy was at once remarkably widespread
and wonderfully restricted.
Instead of making a sensational reflection on
the whole organization of labor throughout the
try the arrests indicate that in fact union labor as
a great national movement is not involved Instead,
a single trade, single union within that trade, is
found to be almost solely involved.
That solitary union headed by dangerous
men, and their influence appears to have permeated
the whole official structure. There is nothing to in
dcate that unonism or unionists generally were
involved Rather the very fact that the detailed and
relentless inquiry of the Indianapolis grand jury has
confined the lawless organization to a single union
removes burden of fear and suspicion that till now
could not but place all organizations Of labor under
suspicion.
The true friends of labor and of labor organza
ton must be gratifed that this result gives, by i'm
plication, a clean bill to the movement in general
There will be little disposition to hold organizations
in general responsible for the carnival of crmc
The Washington times., 1912-02-15
FIRST COST OF HORSE
is NOT ESSENTIAL

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
don't agree with w. p. Ryan that 1t
Is necessary to know the original cost OF
the horse, for, as I remember, the ques-
ton. 1t was, what was gained or lost
by the said buying and selling. regard
less of where the horse was obtained, or
how much he cost at first? II he sells
the horse for $45 and then buys him
that deal. and thus IL he sells the horse
that has just cost him $50, for $40, he
as surely lost $40 on that deal making
total of SIS lost in the selling and
solution is correct, and II not that some
one will show me my error, ] remain,
NJ. C. WALTERS.
The Washington times., 1912-02-15
TAKING FLING AT
SOUTHERN CHIVALRY

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
am a trihe inclined to think that the
writer OF the "Poetical Democrat" letter
Is no less a parsonage than Colonel
Joyce himself, and as ! am a Yankee
l haven't much sympathy with Southern
aristccrats CO who sit on three-leggeG
chairs and brag of their self-styled
colonels and generals. To begin with
Brother Sherman might not be a brother
at al, but sister. and If my poetica
friend insists on talking about
'grouchy' letters and "superfuous graz
matter" Brother (O Sherman may bC
compelled to say a few words amen
southern Chivalry."
c. B. SHERMAN.
The Washington times., 1912-02-15
ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS
ARMY.

ARMY.
Colonel CURTIS Med. TOWNSEND,
Corps of Engineers, from the De-
troit engineeriAg district. to St.
Louis, Mo.
Captain JAMES HANSON, Fourteenth
Infantry, to the quartermaster's de-
partment, vice Captain JOSEPH c..
CASTNER, quartermaster, relieved
and assigned to the Fourteenth In
fantry.
Captain PAUL B. MALONE, general
stan, assigned to the Twenty-ninth
Infantry.
Captain HOWARD r. PERRY, Twen-
ty-ninth Infantry, to the quarter
masters department, vice Captain
FREDERICK W. VAN DUYNE,
quartermaster, relieved, assigned to
the Fourth Infantry,
The Washington times., 1912-02-15
READERS MAY wRESTLE
WITH REAL PROBLEM
To the Editor Of THE TIMEs;

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
Here's a real problem for readers of
the Mail Bag" 70 wrestle with: A
banker found $40 bill. AT home he
gave II to his wife, who paid the
butcher in settlement OF his account. The
butcher paid It to the farmer for a
calf, and the farmer paid It to the mer-
chant, who in turn paid It to his house
Keeper, and she, owing the banker n
note Of $40. went to him and paid the
note. The banker recognised the bill
as the one he had found, and which
UP to that time had paid $50 worth of
debts. On a careful examination he
found the bill was q counterfeit. Who
lost in the transaction?
ALTHoMAF.
The Washington times., 1912-02-15
BACON CONTROVERSY
GROWN WEARISOME

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
am so tired OF this Baconian contro-
versy that have actually turned
against bacon. When cit down to the
table, and it is placed before me. l md
myself repeating bacon. bacon-Ba-
CONAN, until 1t has given me the night
mare. DO, please. let us use this Valu.
lar) for more sensible things.
Puzzles, too, which sound SO much
like horse play. should be relegated to
the baseball space. L. w. w.
The Washington times., 1912-02-15
THE TEST ACT IN
DISTRICT EMPLOYMENT
To the Editor of THE TIMES:
RelieyipD In fair nlay aak

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
Believing in fair play. ask you the
following question: According to a
resolution recently introduced in the
United States Senate by Senator BriS-
tow, it provides for the placing of the
District employees under the civil service,
with tho condition that every employe
take the prescribed examination as q
test OF his fitness.
After years of faithful service these
employees have proven their competency,
and why should they be singled out to
give further proof, whereas heretofore
II has been the rule to simply blanket
the office? FAIR PLAY,
The Washington times., 1912-02-15
NAVY.

NAVY.
Lieutenant M. S. CORNING. detached
Salem; TO Hancock
Enslgns JAMES PARKER JR and
FITZHUGH GREEN. to TonNnab
Passed Assistant Surgeon l.. M
SCHMIDT, detached Navy Recruit
ing Station, Chicago, H.; to Naval
Hospital Norfolk, Va.
Passed Assistant Surgeon n
TRIPLE, detached Naval Hospital,
Norfolk. Va; to Naval Hospital,
Washington.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
Point; Petrol at Bluefelds, Cincinnati
at Chefoo.
SAILED-Castine from Norfolk for
Chesapeake Bay, Saratoga from
Shanghai for 0longapo, Albany from
Shanghai for NanktnE.
The Washington times., 1912-02-15
WORRYING ABOUT WHAT
TEDDY WOULD Do

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
Mexico 10 ahead OF us in this respect. that
she knows what to do with her former
Presidents.
There Is not any one ahead OF us.
Except one. All our former Presidents
are safely taken care of. AS to that
one, about half of us know what they
want to DO with him, and the other
half are afraid they will do It. The rest
would like to know what he would do
with Mexico. CiJRIOSITY
The Washington times., 1912-02-15
LETTERS TO THE TIMES MAIL. BAG

a write heLa nd
that letter not Questionable language will be denied publication Letters must
not e
The Washington times., 1912-02-15
Here's a Book

SUGGESTION: ITS LAW AND APPLI-
CATION. BY Charles F. Winblgler.
Fh. NJ. published by the Spencer
a, Lewis Company, Washington,
The Washington times., 1912-02-15
What's on the Program, tn
Washington TODAY

The following Masonic organiza tions
will meet tonight: Naval No 4, NJ. NJ; !;
Hiram; - Nc TO- W,iam e A hafsyettsi e siinSis NS
ton, to-; No. S0:' King Solomon, on No. HssS 81;
Temple. No. 80. Royal Arch Chapter
Capitol. No: Il. Eastern star-Esther
The following I, o. o. F. organizations
will meet tonight Columbia, No. TO-
and Excelsior, No. II, degree work.
Rebekah Degree-Esther Lodge, No. g.
Meeting Of FRANKLIN Lodge. No. 2
knights of Pythias, tonight.
Meeting of National Circle, No. 621, P.
H. c.. Third street and Pennsylvania
eotaTe sxsmSs By S9G5asa Josa n. Gtterman @ on the
Italy" in the assembly room of Nc
Mahon Hall, at the Catholic Universi-
ty Of America, this afternoon at
Lecture by Miss Marion c. Cook, on
"The shrines Of Greece" Friends Sc
lect School.
root Of Wisconsin, on whittier
Universalist Church, Thirteenth and
L streets northwest, at p: m.
Lecture by Prof. Charles w: stiles. OF
lie Health and Marine Hospital Ser
vice, on "The Lazy Bug and the Hook
worw," in the Public Library, even
ing. , ~,
the Second Battalion. First Infantry,
ID. C. N. G.. in the Center Market
Armory, evening.
Gallery practice, District Nauonal
Guard companies, at Center Market
Lecture ] by AlOnzo T. Jones on Sun
dav LEGISLATION and the Fourth Com.
nsndment," Fiynn's Hall, Eighth and
x streets northwest, s p. m.
Amusements,
ReIasco-''Twelfth Night" p. m.
| Coiumbia-William II. Crane. in THE
senator Keeps House." 215 and S:lE
NSt,onal-Emma Trentini, in Naughty
C6ase'sUPolite vaudeville. 2:15 and SIT
Academy-"A Kentucky Romance"
2:l5 and S:15 p. m.
Casino-Elite vaudeville, 1:So. 7:45, and
Cosmos / to Ii p. m.
Gayety-Houdini and burlesque; 2:l5 and
Lyceum-Burlesque 2:15 and S:15 p. m.
Aresds-Skating, bowling, and motor
| pictures.
The Washington times., 1912-02-15

It's really too bad that the American Public
Health Association and the International Congress
on Hygiene and Demography conventions could not
have been arranged to meet here this month instead
of in September to impress Congress with the need
for appropriations for District hospitals.
The Washington times., 1912-02-15

John Armstrong Chaon.r is satisfied of his own
sanity but he is not about that of the New York
court officials so he would just as soon remain in
Virginia.
The Washington times., 1912-02-15

solemn tn st the seeSmpanynS statement rsPre:sn tn:
eliminated number copies
delivered. furnished. mailed
~ ~ FRED A WALKER,
General Manager.
Of Columbia
subscribed to before this nrs day Of February.
a. ID. 1872 ALFRED HIGBIE Notary Public.
The Washington times., 1912-02-15

The net total circulation Of
The Washington Times (5un-
day) during the month of Janu-
ary was 1l6,6 ,604. all copies left
over and returned by agents
being eliminated. This number,
when divided I, the number Of
sundays during January, shows
the net Sunday average for
January to have been 36,s26
Entered at the Postoffice at
Washington, d. c.. a. second
class matter.
The Washington times., 1912-02-15
JANUARY CIRCULATION
DAILY.

The number of complete and
perfect copies Of The washing
ton Times printed daily during
the month OF January was as
The Washington times., 1912-02-15

Total for the month. :. 1,2S3, $50
Daily average for month. 47,520
The net total circulation of
The Washington Times daily
during the month Of January
was 1,104. .sS6, all copies left over
and returned being eliminated.
This number, when divided by
~, the number Of days Of pub
lication, shows the net daily
average for January to have
been l0.922.