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The Washington herald., 1914-02-26
A Great Wrong Righted.

If the investigation OF the Seventh
street fire had not come dangerously
near to wrecking a mans life the
whole affair could be laughed at now
as a farce. But it did come near
blackening the clean record of Deputy
Fire Chief Sullivan. That near mis-
carriage of justice eliminates all the
humor.
Five hrcmen, buried beneath debris,
lay in danger of death for an hour. be-
fore attempt was made to help them.
Commissioner Siddons thought blame
for the error ought TO be fixed. He
decided upon secret inquiry.
Commissioner Siddons took testimony
in secret and himself fixed the blame
on Deputy Chief Sullivan, veteran fire.
fighter, who in more than a score OF
years of duty had never had a charge
lodged against him. Sullivan was
quietly told TO get out of the fire de-
partment
He told a newspaper reporter about
it and the light of publicity bIazed up.
The Board of Commissioners appointed
a board of inquiry, which investigated
the affair from beginning to end. The
investigating board made public its
findings yesterday.
The board completely exonersted
Deputy Chief Sullivan of all blame and
censured two other men, Fire Chief
Wagner and Battalion Chief Proctor
1t was found that witnesses gave tes-
timony at the public hearing that diff
fered from their testimony in the secret
hearing.
Three good results OF the investi-
CATION may be cited:
Fire officials will be more careful in
guarding human life.
An innocent man has been cleared of
charges OF which he once was found
guilty.
District officials will think twice be-
fore getting mired in secret investiga-
tons.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-26
Utopia, BY Brandsis.

Unique and of very doubtful logic
are the views of Louis D. Brandeis or
the subject OF the nations unemployed
which he has just conveyed TO United
States Commission on Industrial Re
lations. This grave problem confront.
ing the country al least once every
year for a varying period seems no
nearer solution as a result of Mr..
Brandeis' observations. He says, for
instance:
! think, employers should be penaiized
who haritraily give their employees less
than full work as weli as those who
work their employees overtime.
Necessarily the revenue and profit of
the employer of labor in the industries
comes from marketing what his en-
ploycs produce. II We read Mir. Bran
deis Alright he would punish manu-
facturer who reduced Nthe working
hours Of his employees, and hence their
output, at times when there should not
be sufficient demand to consume the
output of his establishment working at
full capacity. In other words, he
would mulct an employer who refused
to conduct his business at money loss
to himself. With the Brandeis theory
in actual operation probably many
manufacturers would find it cheaper to
close their plants and pay their work.
men to remain idle.
Another happy idea of Mr.. Brsndeis'
is that manufacturers secure orders
enough in advance to keep their estab-
lishments running constantly al full
capacity. a sort of endless chain propo-
sitiob as il were.
Worked out 10 its logical conclusion,
with everybody kept constantly en-
ployed, it would appear inevitable that
in the year 1910 or thereabouts we
should be manufacturing clothing and
shoes for our grandchildren to wear. Of
course, il would be delightful for pos
terity to discover that their ancestors
had done all the work.
On the whole, most people will take
more hope. so far as the present,
at least, is concerned, in the prediction
of President Gompers, of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, who said on
Tuesday:
I have been told that there are
good many unemployed men at present
in the building trades. l express my
judgment when | say the present state
of unemployment is less than usual and
will be of shorter duration than those
which ever marked similar transitory
periods in the past.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-26
A Woman Of Action.

| So far as the material rewards OF life
go. most men--and a, good many
women-are wont to say that their
wages. after all. great or small, can't
possibly give them more than living
more than those three recognized neccs-
sites of food, raiment, shelter. Yet
those essentials of life (outside certain
cannibaI tribes) sometimes seem to lose
their importance because Of their neees-
sitousness. Your sartorial exquisite
will say, Clothes make the man" The
gourmand viii say, Tell me what a
man eats, and | will tell you what he
is" The arti6cers believes very sin
cerely that the homes they plan hold
the fate of the sojourners therein.
In all that nearly all people are
agreed. Yet in the applications of their
knowledge to the details OF their own
existence and of the existence of those
for whose comfort and health and con-
tentment they are responsible they are
delinquent. An exceptional case, where
a recognition of the amenities of every
day life becomes publicly useful is
worthy of note.
DR.. Katharine B. Davis, commissioner
of corrections in New York, affords an
example When, for the first time after
she was inaugurated in her. Office, she
visited the workhouse she found the
woman prisoners wearing dresses of
bed-ticking, so faded and worn as to
be hideous and repugnant. DR.. Kath-
arine did not ask for commission to
tour Europe and do the dungeons and
assemble superfuous reports, founded
upon scientific data as to impulse and
reaction. heredity and environment, and
the comparative merits OF corrective
and punitive treatment of persons con-
fined in prisons. She dug down into
her own experience and the experience
of other women she knew and got out
this gem:
NO woman" she said, can feel clean
and comfortable and happy when she
is uncomfortably and hideously clothed"
That is common sense. 1t is a.
knowledge-not pity-that makes the
whole world kin. Its extension to mems
prisons, where similar reform is hardly
more than incipient, would do as much
good as in women's prisons. There is
none of us proof against environment
any more than against heredity. Pris-
ons cannot, of course, be made heavens
of delight But such seemingly trivial
as those OF dress would
remove from them much of their super
fluous cruelty.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-26
ARMY ORDERS.

Lieut. Col. Eugene +. Wilson Coast Artillery
CorTs. relieved from duty with Isthmian Canal Com
mission and will proceed to the Walter Reed General
Hospital ID. c.
First Lieut. Julian :. Hatcher Ordnance Depart
mCnt TO Bethlehem Steel Works, south Bethlehem.
Pa. Official business pertaining to the manufac-
tue of material for the Ordinance Department.
Mai. Edwin ID. Rncker. Ordinance Department.
will make not 70 exceed four visits to works of the
General Electric Company, Schenectady y. Y, to
the inspection of material being procured by the
Ordnance Department.
Cspt. Wallace VI. Craisie. Qusrtemastcr Corp.
to Hot Springs. Ark. and rcport to Army and Navy
General Hospital.
Capt Cisrencr Deems. U., First Field Artillery
relieved from treatment at Lettennan General Hos
rital the Preside Of San Francisco. Cal
First Lieut.. Richard d.. La Gartle. infantry, as
signed 10 the Ninth Infantry.
Leave granted FiIst Lieut.. DeShler Whiting
Twenty-fOuTth Infantry, extended month on AZ
count Of sickns~s
The Washington herald., 1914-02-26
More Car Lines Are Needed.

Many more miles of street car tracks
will be required within the next few
years TO afford the growing population
OF Washington adequate facilities for
travel between horne and place OF busi-
ness. Even now, during the rush hours,
morning and evening. the two principal
car systems are taxed far beyond their
carrying capacity From the minute
the government departments close FOR
the day Until the last shopper or shop
clerk turns horueward, groups of people
arc seen waiting on every corner,
eventually TO batter their way into some
ALREADY cvcrcroyded vehicle.
More cars would contribute nothing
toward solution Of the problem that
must soon be met: tl,cy arc run now
as close together as safety permits The
onc remedy is increased trackage. either
OH the streets or under them. The
Public Utilities Commission may well
begin consideration of demand al
ready existing and which will become
urgent before President is inaugural
ed. Opposition 20 new tracks on any
street in the central section IS bound to
be encountered, but the demands OF
progress will not be denied.
A suggestion is about TO be made to-
the Utilities Commission by the South
east Washington Citizens Association
that line 10 cnoirclc the entire city
The Washington herald., 1914-02-26
ECLIPSES OF 1914.
That Of the Noon Tuesday Might
Not Visible In North America.
Charlrs Nrrers Holmr, IN n. No.

Charles Nsrers Holmes. in Nr~ YORK Sun
rour ecipses, two solar and two
lunar. will occur In 1914. the first on Feb
ruary q. This is what is known as an
aEhuiar eclipse; the moon finally seems
l" cover up the center Of the sun. leaving
a ring Ike iery border all around tn,
foFmer Our moon at her distance from
US can not apparently wholly conceal tn,
suns disk from sight. and what is TO
De seen OF his disk appears like a COM
piete blazing circle. The eclipse of Feb
ruary a is not particularly interesting
from popular standpoint and is not TO
be seen in North Americs.
The moon not only crosses the fiery
disk of the sun but also intercepts some
Of the solar light from our earth. wher-
ever this lunar shadow falls is called the
path of the eclipse and the inhabitants
OF that region will see the moon totally
or partially cover for a while the face of
the sun. Our earth and the moon are
both in motion. particularly our earth.
The widest shadow cast by the moon is
only ls7 miles. and. accordingly. a solar
eclipse can be seen from only a limited
part OF the world. On February q this
lunar shadow will not fall upon North
America, for the path OF the annuIus
will remain entirely within the Antarctic
and South Pacific oceans. Therefore il
will be witnessed by the Inhabitants in
the southern part OF Patagonia and the
eastern part of New Zealand. But al
though the citizens of New York CITY
will not be able to see the solar eclipse
OF February "a they will be able TO see
some Of the solar eclipse of August q.
On that day the moon will wholly hide
the face OF the sun; but unfortunately
this eclipse will appear to the citizens Of
New York and the Eastern States only as
a partial eclipse
The Washington herald., 1914-02-26

be constructed Whether such line
would relieve the situation to any con-
siderable extent can only be deter
mined by expert study and observa-
tion- II is at least worthy OF consid-
Grafton.
On the whole, Washington people
have few reasons for complaint Of
street car facilities. Their comfort is
not neglected, and, speaking generally.
they are provided with cheap trans
portation. Undeniably however. the
tracksge is insufficient to provide for
the traffic. In providing remedy the
Public Utilities Commission would do
a really useful work
The Washington herald., 1914-02-26

Tie ants scored one in Illinois on
Tuesday when the women of that State
had tileir first chance to vote. The re-
turns show that only one-third of the
women who registered voted. That's
about the same percentage as in the
case of the rlen who vote in ordinary
elections. It would be interesting to
lonow how many women registered who
were legally entitled to. 1t IS fair tc
presume that ID only one-third of those
who registered voted not more than
that percentage OF those entitled to reg
;stered. Evidently the Illinois election
VIII not be pointed 20 vith pride" by
the professional sufragist.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-26

For man who is yet in the death
cell, Lieut.. Becker is making large plans
for his future career and for the ter
mination of the careers of certain gum
men He even admits his willingness
to go back to the police department.
Becker might as well wake up. Though
he has been granted new trial, it's a
long way back from beside the electric
chair to Job in the New York police
department.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-26
Those Fool Questions.

The stage drivers in Yellowstone Park
are bothered considerably by, the foolish
questions asked by their Passengers, and
often resort to satirical answers. Once
woman tourist who seemed deeply in
terested in the hot springs inquired:
Driver, do these springs freeze over in
winter?"
'Oh, yes, yes; lacy was skating here
last winter and broke through and got
her foot scalded. d."-Everybody's Mag
azine.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-26
Ancestry.

Henry CABOT Lodge. though his family
is oI:e CT the oldest in America. has no
sympathy with those who claim descent
from and use the arms of William the
COnqueror, Richard Coeur de Lion, Char
lema5ne, and SO forth. There are, as
everybody knows. many such persons.
At one of The New England society din
ncrs in New York a young man, twirl-
Ing the Hohenzcllern crest upon his
watch chain. said to Senator Lodge:
How far can your ancestry he
tTaced?"
I'm tempted TO answer you in the
words os Smythe." said Senator Lodge
"Smythe, you know. when this question
was put to him, replied:
When my great grandfather sud-
denly resigned his position as cashier in
a Boston bank they traced him as far
as Barneo. but he got away "-Ex-
cEangc.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-26

Mayor Curlcy. of Boston, declares he
viii retain his scat in Congress and
draw his salary until the end Of his
term. 1t the same being the chief Of
the heaaeatcrs. Why not? Mr.. Hob
son has been down in Alabama for
goodness knows how long looking after
his political fences, ami as far as The
Herald knows has been quito regular
in drawing his salary as a Representa-
tive, and there are others. Why not
Mir. Curiey:
The Washington herald., 1914-02-26
NAVAL ORDERS.

effect February q. l9i.
Passed Assistant Surgeon u. y. sheehan. de-
tached Advance Base Brigade, Atlantic feet; TO
home. wait orders.
Passed Assistant Surgeon ]. =. Hancs, to naval
training station. Great Lakes, ILL.,
Passed Assistant Surgeon y. l.. Woods. detached
Naval Proving Ground. lrdiaE Head. Nd; TO wait
orders
Chaplain J. NJ. y. McGmty. dstached Tennessee:
20 Minnesota.
Paymasters Clerk w. n. Chaee. APPOINTED; to
Ozark.
MARINE CORPS ORDERS
Capt. Hauy Lee. to duS with SecOnd Advance
Base Regiment.
Fhss Lieut. II. NJ. smith. detached duty Philip
pines; TO Galveston.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-26

The German admiral, Won DiedericlH
admits that he threatened to shoot any
American officer who undertook to
carry ont Admiral Dewey's orders tc
go aboard German ships and identify
them, after the battle Of Manila Bay.
With tic great fleets of America. Ger
many, anG England at close quarters
it IS not difficult to imagine that the
map of the world would look different
today If Won Dicderichs had carried ont
his threat.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-26

A steamer arrived at New York yes
terday having on board 1900 assorted
birds, six elephants, ten panthers, nine
tigers, and a number of porcupines and
monkeys. Stormy weather was en-
countered and the cargo was very
troublesome. 1t might have been much
worse, however. if there had been a
few Kelley graduates among the crew.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-26
No More Victories.

Pat and Danny were smoking a friend
ly pipe and telling past experiences.
up Until tin years ago" related
Danny. thoYshtfplly. "oi had bin in one
hoonderd foights an WOE niver licked"
And afther thotT' queried Pat.
"Afther thot. me bhoy," continued
Danny. "'Oi married. d.''-Philadelphia Rec
ord.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-26
Income Tax and TRrify.

The income tax is not complete anti
dote for the Democratic free trade, 81
the Federal government is going into the
employment bureau business to get the
man and the job together For about
half century the Republican protective
tariff took care of that.-worcester Tele-
gram (Repl
The Washington herald., 1914-02-26
Save the "woman's job"

To the Editor: IS. c." in her COM
muncation in The Sunday Herald, speaks
OF the political activities Of the anti
suffragists, in spite OF the fact that they
have organized on a platform of woman
remaining at home
II is quite true that the leaders in the
National Association opposed to Woman
Suffrage find ii necessary to go into
politics temporarily to prevent the suf-
fragists achieving politics for all women
for all time. They regret that 1t is nee
essary. but feel a responsibility toward
the home women Of the country.
The rank and file of the ants are not
in politics. They are on their ''woman's
job" and hardly have time for an occa-
sional meeting. IL the vote is accom-
pIished through the efforts Of our Oppo-
ECnts. then the rank and file of the ants
will have another job. The home woman's
interests are identical with those of her
husband. and she won't be keen to see
some other woman take her husbands
job, industrial or political. If she be-
lieves in the conservation Of the wOmans
job, administering her household, rearing
her children, caring for the sick and
aged, visiting the poor and the afflicted.
then IN self-defense she will be Obliged
to rise and smte politically those false
prophets that contend for the economic
independence Of all women.
IA {. BREHAIT.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-26
Our Vice AdmirsIs.

bill providing for six vice admirals
in the navy has been passed by the Sem
ate Each of the vice admirals is to
is on sea duty. Our vice admirals will
thus rank with our second basement
Chicago News.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-26
Division of Labor.

We all think our own job the hard
est" observed the humorist on his vaca-
ton.
''Yew bet" agreed the farmer. Il hev
to talk like this, and yew hev to spell it."
Puck
The Washington herald., 1914-02-26
ANDREW JORDAN GREEN.
Complain, Of Unjust Taxes.

To the Editor: 7 thank YOU most heart
ily for the noble fight YOU are making
for the people Of Washington against
the iniquitous bills which have passed
the House for increased taxation. and
what appears to me to be unlimited
power to assess property and increase
taxes at will Such power threatens not
only the property out the rights Of the
people and would lead to unbearable op-
preston. II also is a direct blow TO ths
prosperity of the people Of the District
and will. ! am sure, end in great de-
probation Of property. for who would
be willing to purchase property which
carries such burden OF taxation.
I bought the house in which | am Uv-
ing in 1876. the taxes on it then being
about 81 per annum, which were in
creased the following year to between
SS4 and s.. Three years ago the prop
erty was again assessed and a higher tax
was 10 be levied on our property. but a
OF the property owners went
before the Commissioners and protested
against II. and We were successful in
averting the raise for the time being.
That there has been no increase in tie
value of our property can be proved by
the fact that two parties have sold their
homes at a loss OF over N.0O each and
rents have fallen from s2S per month
to S22.J1
And yet our taxes are to be doubled.
which will be a great hardship as We
are all poor people and find it difficult.
in view of the high prices of everything.
10 meet expenses.
| think the people should rise en- masse
and demand that the bills be crushed in
The Senate. II all the property owners
would unite and hold a mass meeting and
send large delegation to the Senate to
protest against the enactment OF such
avs, il might have the effect of de-
'eating them. ! can write to my two
Senator's from Maryland and enter a
protest, out what weight would the ap-
peal OF a Tone" woman have who has no
Goice herself and no manfolk to speak
'or her?
| hope The Herald will continue its
good work and perhaps the people may
lwake to their danger before it is too
ate FRANCES Z. BURNS.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-26
Reating u Gently.

Hear about Blowitts latest folly? He's
paid 5000 for a Turkish rug" Can you
beat it, ''Why-er-I suppose so: though
/ should do it rather gently."-Boston
Transcript.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-26

Ii is estimated that there are about
$4,000 able-bodied men in this coun-
try who have not applied for jobs in
connection with the enforcement of the
income tax law.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-26
On n Rainy Day.

I'd like to win that pretty girl walking
down the street yonder-she needs some
body to look after her."
We'll, judging by that gang Of rubber
necks on the corner, she has'-Florida
Iimes-Union.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-26
Morning Smiles.
Due Respect.

When Harvard gets that miIlion-doIlar
gym. the Harvard boys will be justified
in calling it respectfully The James
Boston Globe.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-26

In the home of an old German, who
died in Davenport, Wash. there has
been found Bible 2is years old, and a
set OF silver dating back to 1885, Both
Of them will be sold at auction.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-26
A Notable Sight.

Now, don't forget about the Hun
Garian goulash while you are abroad
No; We hope to see II in session.
Louisville Courier-Journal
The Washington herald., 1914-02-26

Baltimore's proposed tax of 81 each
on wooden Indians won't raise much
money, but a tax on wooden-headed
men might pay off the city's debt.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-26

Don't get chesty, Jason, when a
strange woman smiles at you. She may
laugh after. you have passed.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-26

Sociologists are still trying to find
where the tango originated, but no city
will confess.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-26

Your row would not be SO hard to
hoe If you would just brsg on how
easy it is.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-26

And they do say that the scales fall
from an old husbands eyes when he
sees his wife fsh-walking with another
man.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-26

Mr.. Rockefeller is wondering what it
profits man to build up fortune if
he has to pay it all out in taxes.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-26

Ii the Democratic party can reduce
the high cost of Easter hats it may
stay in power forever. ...-
The Washington herald., 1914-02-26

Every man thinks a fine drum major
was lost 20 the world when he decided
to be something else
The Washington herald., 1914-02-26

The campaigns that some towns have
conducted for regional banks should in
sure their defeat.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-26

{ New Mexican leaders spring up
from time to time, but the latest is al
ways worse than the first.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-26

Those who said we were not going
TO have any winter this winter have
probably gone to join the ground hog.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-26
Copyright. Isli.j

| had phrase I'm mind today
So sharp ! really can't convey II.
! laughed and laughed for hours away
To think how sorely 'twould dismay
My zoe. ano then I'm glad TO say
Decided that / wouldn't say u!
The Washington herald., 1914-02-26
Buyer. in New York.

SPECIAL to The Washington Herald.
New York. Feb. a6.-Washington
buyers here today are +. r. Jelleff.
Hoffman House: II. Klawsns. Broad
way Central; II. Heyman, Albert.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-26
A Line o Cheer Each Day o
tn Year.
THE BETTER WAY.

written expressly for The Herald.)
BY JOHN KENDRICK BANGS.