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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-27
PENNSY TO SLICE IT'S REVENUE.
Common Stock Dividends Cut Down
from to Per Cent.

New York, March 27.-What has
seemed to the close student Of the
railroad situation to be inevitable un-
less some relief il afforded the rail-
roads in the way Of Increased revenue
is coming with a rapidity that IL
startling.
Dividend reductions have been pre-
dicted on many of tho railroads. and
the weaker lines have been expected
to forego any disbursements to stock
holders. but when q great company
like the Pennsylvania finds it neces-
sary, in line with q conservative pol
icy, to lower the rate of dividend on
both the common and preferred stock
of one of it's principal subsidiaries it
is natural that Wall street stand the
gam.
The directors Of the Pittsburg. Gin
cinnati, Chicago and st. Louis Rail-
wAy,t the Southwestern system Of the
Pennsylvania lines west Of Pittsburg,
at their meeting recently reduced the
dividend on their common stock from
to per cent and on the preferred
stock from to per cent. This nat
urally curtails the income OF the Penn
sylvania Company and affects the
stock of the latter company on the
New York exchange.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-27
FOR COAST TRAFFIC
Union Pacific Half Million Dollar o.
der for improvements.

Denver, Col. March 27-The Union
Pacific has issued hurry-up orders to
its operating department for the ex-
penditure OF 100000 on its Denver
Kansas City line in Eastern Colorado,
to improve the roadbed and put it in
shape to handle the big tourist busi-
ness which is expected to come west
next year on account of the Panama
Pacific exposition. The work is to be-
gin on April 1, according to the off,
Gals, and is to be completed not later
than Oct. 1. The entire amount will
go to the ballasting of the tracks IN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-27
OFFICIALS START AT BOTTOM.
Only Seven Officers Of Pennsy Did Not
Climb tn Rank.


Records just compiled Of careers Of
sylvania system give striking evidence
Of the policy pursued in training men.
and Of the opportunities open to men
in the service. OF the ITO officers,
1853. among whom should be mention
ed the president Of the company.
Of Pennsylvania officers now In ac-
tive service shows that four Of them
have worked for the railroad more
than fifty years.
They are: J. b. Hutchinson. assist
ant to the vice president in charge OF
real estate, purchases and insurance.
Pennsylvania railroad; A. L. Langdon.
traffic manager, Long Island railroad:
z. T. Postlethwaite, assistant to the
president, Pennsylvania railroad: p. A.
Dawson. manager Star Union line.
Each of the five vice presidents OF
the Pennsylvania lines west of Pitts
burg, who have just been elected. has
been in the service more than forty
years. Every one Of them began at
the bottom Of the railroad ladder.
J. J. Turner, first vice president, be-
gan work for the Pennsylvania as e
ticket sorter; e. b. Taylor, second
vice president, started as q clerk; ID.
r. McCabe. third vice president. az
clerk; q. L. Peck, fourth vice presi-
dent, and A. NJ Schoyer. resident vice
sergers. Twenty-Five. OF the OFFICERS
have been in tho company's service
between forty and fifty years: fifty
seven between thirty and forty years.
ana fifty-nine between twenty and
thirty years. Thirty OF these ITO OF
old, sixty-one between SO and 80 years.
s;xty-two between 40 and so. and
seventeen between 80 and 40 years OF
age.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-27
FEDERAL CONTROL EXPENSIVE,
Walt Mason Tells of Government
ONnershiD in Europe.

Walt Mason says editorially in EN-
pcria Gazette:
"a friend who has been travelling in
Europe several months writes this
department from Naples, saying he
wishes all the government ownership
cranks had to make the round OF
Europe Railway travel costs twice
ae much as it does here. and the ac-
commodations are simply rotten. Time
tables in Europe are joke. and the
traveller never knows how long it will
known to be true by people who have
been abroad for any length of time.
Government ownership means ineffi-
cheney and red tape and doubled ex-
lenses, with a general upheaval every
time there is a change Of administra-
ton, and with endless opportunities
for graft"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-27
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-27
For Children's Welfare.

Great Bend, Kan. March 27.-Fol-
lowing an address here by Professor
McKeever, parents and teachers OF
school children of this city organized
q child welfare association to look
after the welfare of children both at
home and in the schools.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-27
DECREASE IN SURPLUS CARS.
Also Decrease in Car Shortage Shown
in Railway Report.

The American Railway association
statement of car surplusses and short
age of March 5 shows a total surplus
Of 132,O1O cars, compared with 15S,-
4SC on March 1. This shows 27,47O
more cars in use in present than at
tie first Of the month. The increased
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-27

the Kansas-Pacific line between Wild
Horse. Col, and Oakley, Kan. a dis
lance Of 122 miles. That Is to be fol-
lowed by the ballasting Of the re-
mafnder of the Hne.
The Washington times., 1914-11-27
CONVENTION VIOLA
JIONS.

In this stage Of the war which is
convulsing the Old World belliger-
ents are debating between battles
the principles under which they
themselves are not observing the in
ternational conventions to which
they did not subscribe and the lack
of principles under which other COM
batants are violating the conventions,
treaties, and pledges to which they
did subscribe.
Neutrals are contending for their
right, under The conventions, to do
what they have neither the opportu-
nifty nor the power to do without the
consent of the powers at war.
Among the experts in interna-
tional agreements and laws there is
emphatic difference of opinion as to
the grounds upon which solemn COM
pacts are being violated and as to
the nations by whom they are vio-
later. Among the world at large
there is unanimity of judgment
that the only time when anybody re-
spects the rules adopted by nations
to govern their conduct in war is
when they are all at peace.
The Washington times., 1914-11-27
GENERAL FUNSTON.

General Funston deserves well the
kind words that have been addressed
to him by Secretary Of War Garri-
son. He earned them by his man.
sgement of the Vera Cruz expedition
and especially by his conduct of af-
fairs in that troubled town during
the occupation. That there was not
a single "untoward incident" during
the occupation, as Secretary Garri-
son says, is no more a testimonial to
General Funston's ability, than the
fact that when it was known he was
to be in command, the whole public
was inspired with confidence that
here would be no such incident.
"Untoward incidents" have a way of
not happening where Funston is in
command, whether it be in the Phil
ippines, in stricken San Francisco,
or In Vera Cruz. He is a real SOL
dier of the best type, and one of
whom the country and the army
have a right to be just as proud as
hey are.
The Washington times., 1914-11-27
THE PRACTICAL SIDE.

Washington's numerous organiza-
tions for the accomplishment of
practical charitable work always ap-
pear at their best when there is real
need for their services. Thanksgiv-
ing provided them opportunity to
demonstrate what they could do that
was worth the while; ard III the dis
tribution of the seasons cheer and
substantials they rose to the occa-
sion as usual. Occupants Of the vari-
Gus institutions were provided with
appropriate treats. while many hun
dreds of unfortunates outside were
similarly provided for, with Thanks
giving dinners either in their homes
or elsewhere if they had no homes.
The charity organizations of this,
like all other cities, are going to face
an unusually heavy demand on their
efforts and enterprise the coming
winter. Numbers of unemployed or
partially employed people are very
large. Discussion of the reasons for
this condition is quite beside the
mark. 1t is desirable first to make
sure that suffering is reduced to the
minimum and that self-respect
among the unfortunatcs is main
tanned as wei! as may be. Self-re-
The Washington times., 1914-11-27

spect is the one asset that cannot be
sacrificed without permanent injury.
A luckless one may go hungry for a
brief period and be as good as new
on a succession of good meals; but
once his nerve is broken, his self-re-
spect sacrificed, he is in danger Of
losing capacity to. "come back"
Therefore the work of charity has
need to be done in way that relieves
it just as far as possible of the at
mosphere of charity. Pauperization
of the needy is about, the worst Incl
dent that may flow from improper
distribution of largess.
The organized instrumentalities
for handling this work are highly
competent, and the best results will
generally be had by giving through
them. They will need more support
than usual this season, and it will be
characteristic of Washington's in
variable attitude in such matters to
give it as it is demanded.
The Washington times., 1914-11-27

the enemy stealing along the bed Of
the sea, as it were, there is the sure
inspiration to even bolder work at
such havoc of ships and doom Of
men.
And last, there is the thought,
which must creep into the brain,
wearied with the strain of ceaseless
vigils against the boat which cannot
be warded off when it springs, that
these men are held inactive for sac
rifice, when no worse lot could befail
them if they drove full speed ahead
into the very Blight of Helgoland,
dealing out at least some damage in
open encounter even as they foun-
dered under the mighty guns of in
vincible fortresses.
1t is true that all the ships and
all the men obliterated by those
mines and submarines could not have
made a dash, assembled as an at
tacking fleet, against Kiel itself
without some count upon the enemy
to the glory of the men dying, but
fighting while they died.
Those things must make the Eng
lish crews riding above the waters
where the hidden foe turks long in
expressibly for a fight in the open,
though it be to the death.
The Washington times., 1914-11-27
A HUMANE SERVICE.

President Wilson has earned the
gratitude of civilization in general,
and of European cities in particular,
if 1t be true as reported that he pro-
tested to all the warning powers
against aerial bomb-dropping at
tacks on cities not under actual
siege. 1t is reported that number
of weeks ago the President instruct
ed American diplomats to call the at,
tention of the warning countries to
that article of The Hague convention
which requires a twenty-four-hour
notice before bombardment shall
take place, in order that noncombat-
ants may be removed. He indicated,
in the conversations held by the
American diplomats, that the United
States would like to see such prac-
tees barred from the war, and that
his Government and people would
decidedly disapprove such methods of
warfare.
That the protest was received in
the spirit in which it was made, is
indicated by the fact that that sort
Of fighting has been stopped. 1t is
pointed out that since the communi-
cations from Washington, the drop
ping of bombs has ceased, so far as
concerns cities and towns not &C
tually besieged.
In this kind of service the Ameri-
can Government can be most useful
and can earn title to the genuine
gratitude of the world. This is the
seryice which is still possible. 1t is
very different service from quixotic
attempts to initiate peace parleys for
which manifestly no side is ready.
which could not possibly have useful
results; which, if they had any re-
suits, would only end one war in such
manner as to insure another later;
and which, finally, would merely dis
sipate the influence of this Govern
ment, certain to be very much needed
at later time.
The Washington times., 1914-11-27
Educational Contest Arouses
Keen Interest Among Pupils
Fourth Question in Series Tests
Historical Research Power
of Students in Seven High
Schools.

Name the mayors Of Washington in
their order?
This is the fourth question of The
Washington Times Educational Compe-
tition And one suggestion Is offered to
contestants Names should be spelled
exactly. and first names and initials
should be used.
Commentator of The Times compe-
tition is heard on all sides. and interest
among high school pupils, all of whom
are eligible. is intense.
Ernest l.. Thurston, Superintendent
of Schools. gave the competition his
hearty Endorsement. He said:
I shall be glad to see The Wash
ington Times Educational Competi-
tion tried. Its purpose Is right along
the line of locaIizing history and
geography, at which we are aiming
in the schools.
Anything which arouses interest
among pupils in their city. its history.
its government. and it's industries, Mr..
Thurston asserted. Should have the CO.
operation Of school officials and teach
ers. The schools were vitality inter-
ested. he said. in having pupils know
their city from every angle. He con-
tonued:
We are proud Of living in a ma
tional city. but We should not for
get. too, that we are living in q city
which has a place of its own right.
In our teaching about Washington 1t
Is possible to dwell too much on its
relation to the National Govern
ment, to inspect only its public
buildings, and to overlook Its local
aspects its industries, its occupa-.
tions, its peculiar local problems.
I am glad to see In The Times
questions some which will stimulate
interest in this latter phase Of our
municipal life.
Not only are the questions valuable
for their own sake, Mr.. Thurston added.
but they are OF a sort which stimulate
research.
1t has been our policy in recent
years to develop an interest among
pupils in those things which lie
about them. We begin in the
kindergarten with trips to the Zoo,
to bakeries. to horse shoers, to
stores. and to other places which are
of interest to children, and which
have direct bearing upon The
child's future relation to society
All through the grades this is con-
tinued. until, in the eighth, pupils
take up the study of their. local
government. as well as the Consti-
tuition Of the United states.
More and more we hope to bring
pupils attention to the private en-
The Washington times., 1914-11-27
Garrett Park to Protest
Against Rate Increase

The filing Of concerted protest from
all patrons along the METROPOLITAN
branch of the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road against the proposed increase of
communication rates is urged in a cali is
sued by the Home and School Associa-
ton OF Garrett Park
The association has voted that no
time should he lost in placing the mat
ter before the Interstate Commerce
Commission. Action by the Garrett
Park citizens follows similar steps taken
by other towns and individuals liable
to be affected b. the increase in rates.
In circular issued by President Call
and Secretary Gurley. of the Garrett
Park association, it is declared that the
Baltimore and Ohio proposes to increase
the quarterly Communication rates nearly
80 per cent. and the family ticket rates
about 70 per cent. the changes to be-
come effective December q.
The Washington times., 1914-11-27
THE FRANK CASE.

The case of Leo NJ. Frank, under
conviction and sentence of death, be-
comes more complex as the efforts
for a new trial are pressed. Two
justices of the United States Su-
preme Court have now denied writ
of error to bring the case before that
court. In each case, the justices have
intimated doubt whether Frank had
the benefit of due process of law
Justice Lamar and Justice Holmes
both refer in pointed terms to the
conditions of prejudice that prevailed
during the trial and at the time of
conviction, and to the fact that the
prisoner was not present when the
verdict against him was returned. 81
very seriously doubt" says Mr.. jus
tice Holmes, eff the prisoner has had
due process of law"
But neither justice is willing to is
sue the writ because the supreme
court of Georgia has denied new
trial, even though this point Of the
prisoners absence when the verdict
was returned was not argued at that
time. The case will go before the
full bench of the United States Su-
preme Court on Monday. At that
time the question will be raised,
whether it is possible that a man
shall be sent to the gibbet, while
the judges of the United States Su-
preme Court frankly doubt whether
he has had full measure of justice,
simply because his counsel failed at
the right time to argue the right
point in his favor.
This is a most startling state of
facts. Justice Lamar states the con-
clusion so plainly that the point can
not be missed. He says:
The decision Of the supreme court
of Georgia holds that. under the
laws Of that State. where a motion
for a new trial was made and de-
MED, the defendant could not there
after make a motion 10 set aside the
verdict on the ground that he was
not present when it was returned by
the jury. That ruling involves a
matter Of State practice and pre-
sents no Federal question. The writ
Of error is therefore denied.
The layman will find it difficult
quite to understand what becomes of
the substance of justice, in this def
erence of the Supreme Court to a
State court in which "due process Of
law" is conceded to have been very
doubtful. This case involves a hu-
man life; the life of a man whom
very many careful investigators be-
lieve to be innocent, and whose en-
joyment of "due process of law" has
been gravely questioned as high as
the United States Supreme Court. Is
it possible that because a lawyer did
not argue the right question at the
right time, he shall be taken from
his cell and hanged by the neck until
Jao62
The Washington times., 1914-11-27
Modern Happy Hooligan.

To the Editor Of the Mail Bag:
! have read with considerable interest
for some time the series of articles
which have appeared In this column Of
your paper relative to the assistance
owners of automobiles may be to pedes-
TRANS by inviting. from time to time.
such persons to share their empty seats
and by so doing establish a public feel
Ing of the highest character
Here Is an experience I had Upon
extending an invitation to an elderly
lady twhom know orly by sight to be
employed in a department store at
lower Pennsylvania avenue) to share
my car from the neighborhood of the
uhion Station to the store. she said:
Sir. do you know to whom you are
speaking? You have insulted me"
Young or middle-aged men are not
IN the habit, l an sure, of insulting
people with gray hair by asking them
to share their automobiles.
l sincerely hope this case may come
to the notice of pedestrians needing a
'Eft,' as We say. these cool mornings
or evenings and let the good work go
Cn. AN AUTO OWNER.
The Washington times., 1914-11-27

Miss Eleanora Morgan. daughter OF
DR.. and Mrs. James Dudley Morgan.
was hostess at a luncheon Of fourteen
covers today in compliment to Miss
Elizabeth Hamilton, a charming de-
butante Of the season.
=
Mrs. Joseph Homiston Crawford en-
tertained at luncheon today in conpli-
ment to her debutante daughter, Miss
Dorothy Crawford, and her house guest,
Miss Mary Brown. of Atlanta
Miss Margaret Clements is entertain
Ing a number of girls informally at tea
this afternoon al her home in Bancroft
place, in honor OF Miss Crawford and
Miss Brown.
Mrs. Richard Townsend entertained
at dinner last evening.
Il
Mrs. William j. Bryan returned this
morning from New York. and Joined
Place.
Mrs Haines. wife of Ensign Preston
b. Haines. U. S. N: her aunt. Mrs.
Grey. and her brother Lowell Blake.
will go today to Philadelphia, and will
attend the Army-Navy football game
tomorrow.
Mrs. Horatio n. Taplin entertained at
large luncheon on Wednesday in honor
of her house guest. Mrs. Root. who has
just come from China.
Miss Ruth Parker is chairman of the
girls floor committee for the Congress
SIGNAL Union tea dance at Rauschers'
this afternoon. She will be asSislA1 By
Mess Dorothy Shuey. Miss Heknr Nc
Cumber. Miss Marion Parker, Miss Can
dice Howard. Miss Fiske, Miss Mary
Lord Andrews. Miss Grace NeeHsam,
and Miss Marguerite Zappone.
Ormsby McCammon. chairman of the
mems door committee, and his aids,
John Barrett. Henri de Sibour. Gilbert
Grosvenor. Myron Parker, jr.. DR.. Nevil
Monroe Hopkins. j. ID. McCumber, and
w. p. Meredith. are in charge of the
competitive dances, which will be fea-
ture of the tea. The contest will take
place at $50. Miss Flora Wilson has Of
fered a prize for the fox trot. Tea will
be served and candy. flowers and fancy
articles will be on sale.
Dr. Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, min
lister from cubs, will return tomorrow
from New York.
The Washington times., 1914-11-27
THE MYSTERY BLOW.

England, losing ship after ship by
mine and Submarine, has not yielded
Ner naval supremacy. AS much as
ever she is mistress Of the season
.. ne face of, though not under, the
waters; and it is there above the
Surface that an enemy must triumph
20 be able to invade the British
Stands or to sail its own merchant
men abroad.
More than that; the relative cost
f England's losses in ships is less
han her foes. This is so as 70 all
asses of vessels, even to battle
1lps, for in the four months that the
ar has been waging she has foated
ore new ones than old ones have
one to the bottom. The naval table
,tely published showed how England
has a longer lead over Germany to-
lay, both in units and in massed
power, than she had on the 1st of
August when the war storm burst
"ver Europe. Indeed, England, hav-
ng more ships to lose, has lost fewer
nan Germany; and, furthermore, she
AS such an incompatible capacity
Or swift building, equipping, and
Ttfitting war vessels that she can
'roduce whole navieS while other
overs are producing only ships.
Nevertheless, it viii not be pos
IDLE for England to blink a naval
oil paid to those mines and sub
marines which is dearer than the
nere numbers of ships replaced
aster than they disappear.
First there is the roll of trained.
yallant men, officers and crews, who
lave gone to their fate with never a
eturn blow struck against an enemy
.idden in the depths and dealing de-
Ftruction as mystery.
Next there is the decentralization,
Inevitable sooner or later, to the
5ravest men waiting to be blotted
out by great thrust from the dark.
Nerves of steel must snap under the
tension of such expected attacks,
coming always unseen, but like the
stroke of the clock.
~n, in the repeated successes of