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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-04-11
Death Toll of the Industries.

The United States" says Arthur Williams,
president of the American Museum of Safety, lis
continually wagng bloody war within its own
borders, war in which the casualties amount to
$4,000 lives each year and in which the total
number OF wounded annually is 100000 1t
sounds more like the returns from the battlefelds
of Europe, but in reality it is the number of
workers killed and injured every year in our
American industries.
I'm sense it is not unlike great struggle
IN which men are constantly attacking massive
steel machinery, vast destructive forces harnessed
by science and huge grinding wheels spceded to
the utmost. 1t is appalling when we stop to con-
slider $4,000 wiped out every year in times of
peace. This would constitute entire division
OF the army, or, in other words the whole Ma
tional Guard of New York State with every unit
recruited to strength
ain two years it would more than equal all
of the Union soldiers killed in battle during the
civil war The number of workmen injured an
nually, 100000 is still more appalling for this
number of cripples, if left whole and sound would
constitute a force sufficient to render the United
States free from invasion from any nation in
the world.
although the American Museum Of Safety
is institution of peace, we believe that through
making industry safer and conserving our re-
sources in we are achieving a great deal to-
ward preparedness. The museum is now plan
ming the third National Safety Exposition, which
will take place in New York May 2z-27 Among
the prominent men who have promised their back
ing to the exposition are Gov. Whitman, Mayor
Mitchell Thomas A. Edison, and Gen Leonard
Wood. "-New York World.
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Luck in Suburban Warfare.

Luck is the most important factor in sub
marine warfarep
Singule, commander OF the submarine which sank
the Italian battle ship Giuseppe Garibaldi, made
to Geza Herczeg, German correspondent on the
Adriatic coast who went there to interview
Lieut. Singule is typical Austrian marine
interchangeable, broad shouldered, square jawed
and with strong lines in his face.
"Our submarines" added Lieut.. Singue, like
those of the Germans, have achieved wonderful
success. You have asked me if the torpedo is a
sure unfailing instrument that always reaches
the spot at which it has been aimed. II is be-
cause of that question that | reply that every
thing depends on luck--luck on every side and
at every turn. However perfect the torpedo
may be, the slightest mishap brings failure. A
drop of oil in the mechanism may be the cause
of delaying the launching of the projectile, and
this loss of time may bring failure"
When asked regarding some of his per-
sonal experiences and exploits. Lieut.. Singue
said:
"We out recently for whole month
and never even got glimpse of the enemy.
Liverpool, and with great deal of enthusiasm
we prepared to torpedo the ship But our JOY
was soon dispelled when we discovered that the
cruiser was being conveyed from the Drina Gull
to Brindisi by flota of torpedo boat destroyers
Our presence was discovered by them and they
chased us until night came.
However our big day when we sank
the proud Giuseppe Garibaldi. 1t was the purpose
of the Italians to lombard Gravossa, and the
Italian fleet nearing coast. AT that
time of our general staff said to me: IF one
of U-boats should at this time chance to
be in that vicinity l think we would some
thing big happen
Il Immediately went to work to carry out
his wish. | sighted the Giuseppe Garibaldi
and at distance of 600 meters fired two tor
pedoes. Both hit the mark and hundreds of her
crew went to their death. The torpedo boat de-
stroyers which accompanied the Garibaldi / was,
of course, unable to follow and they eluded me.
When our submarine came to the surface and !
looked through the periscope the water dotted
with wreckage.
"You ask me about the crew Every man
among them is efficient. The men make every
sacrifice and they are deserving of all praise. 1t
must not be forgotten that the work of a sub
marine crew is the most dangerous in the service,
and the safety of the lies entirely in the
hands of their commander. They themselves see
nothing and know nothing of what is going on.
Their duty is to obey orders
They are four hours on duty followed by an
hours rest, but often they have to do without
the rest. And of course, when we arc out for
some length Of time it means much Inconvenience
and discomfort There is no means OF observing
cleanliness changing clothes, and we have to
snatch bite to eat whenever can. We have
no cook One of the crew prepares the meals
and we have to be content with what he serves
to Our work is dangerous but if attended
with success forget all about the sacrifices and
the hardships. "-New York Herald.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-04-11
The Right Kind of Immigrants.

Granting the effectiveness of the Burnett bill
as a measure of restriction, it does not follow
that it will achieve the ends which alone can
justify restrictive policy. We do not want in
ferior peoples added to our stock; we already
have enough of the stupid and inefficient. But
the illiteracy of the minor Slavic offers not
the slightest proof of congenita inferiority. II
implies poverty and oppression, but nothing could
be more absurd than to make a disgrace out Of
these misfortunes. We do not want the un-
assmilable. But those stocks that are ground
down by alien oppression, held in hopeless poverty
cherish loyalty to their countries Of origin. 1t
Slovaks, Ruthcnians and Lithuanans. who remain
attached to their home land into the third gene
ration.
We do not want labor market swamped
by huge influx Of competitive labor. But the
immigrants from the lesser Slavic nations are not
a rule competitors of the native-born Ameri-
cans. They flow to the construction and mining
camps and perform the rough labor that must
be got out Of the way before opportunities emerge
for the American born to make comfortable v-
ings. We easily have too much of this kind
OF labor, have too little Of it. We can
have too much of it in one part of the country
and too little in another. And this points to the
chief defect of the Burnett bill 1t aims to re-
strict immigration when there is very little reason
for believing that restriction a permanent policy
is desirable. 1t makes attempt whatever to
regulate immigration according to the general
economic condition of the country or to dis
tribute it according to local needs.-The New
ReDubc
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There were soon lands enough and TO
spare out of which to make small gifts
to the freedmen without sacrifice OF
gain on the part of their new masters
In Mississippi, before the work OF the
carpet baggers was done, six hundred
and forty Thousand acres of land had
been forfeited for taxes, twenty per
cent of the total acreage of the State.
The state tax levy for ISL was four
times as great as the levy for 1853 had
been; that for 1873 eight times as great;
that for 1874 fourteen times. The inn
poverished planters could not carry the
intolerable burden OF taxes. and gave
their lands up to be sold by the sheriff
There were few who could buy. The
lands lay waste and neglected or were
parcelled out at nominal rates among
the negroes.
In South Carolina the taxes of ISL
aggregated S2,0000O0 as against total
of $4,000 in 1850, though the taxable
values OF the State were but S1S49oo,ooo
IN 1871 and had been $iso,0oo,oOo in 1850.
There were soon lands TO be had for the
asking wherever the tax gatherer OF the
new governments had pressed his claims.
The assessed valuation of property in the
city of New Orleans sank, during the
eight years of carpet-bag rule, from
$146, $50 to SIS, 6l3, $50. Four years and
a half of reconstruction" cost Louisiana
sos 020,3S.
The decentralization of affairs in Louis
lima had begun IN 1852, when General
Butler took possession of the city Of
New Orleans. The rich spoils OF the place
had proved too much for the principles
of the men intrusted with the manage
ment of her affairs in times when law
was silent; and the political Adventures
who came out OF the North to take
charge of the new government set up
under Mr.. Stevens's plan of reconstruc-
ton found the work they had come to
do already begun.
Taxes, of course, did not suffice. Enor-
nous debts were piled up to satisfy the
Adventures. The cases OF Louisiana and
South Carolina were no doubt the worst,
but other States suffered in proportion
to the opportunities they afforded for
safe depreciation.
In 1858 the debt Of South Carolina had
been 100000; in lsT. it was nearly
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Domestic Industrial Resources.

An example OF the advantage Of en-
couraging the domestic facilities Of mu-
nitiOns manufacture is afforded in the
correspondence which has been ex-
changed between the president OF the
du Point Company and Senator Under
wood. The latter took exception to the
activities of that firm or its representa-
uves at attempting to influence Congress
sional action against the proposals in
pending legislation looking to the gov
eminent securing a supply of nitrogen. 90
Pierre S. du Pont states that there has
been nothing in its action or attitude to
justify senatorial criticism and that its
object has been to assist in legisla tion
which will make IL possible for the Sec
rotary Of War, in conjunction with a
suitable board Of engineers. to grant
water power rights for the production
Of nitric acid under certain conditions, -
the pending bill giving the du Point Com
pany no rights that are not open for ac-
QUESTION by other citizens with interfer-
ence in no way with the development Of
any other source OF supply nor with any
other project proposed.
Incidentally. II is interesting to observe
that in October. 1914. when the first de-
mands for powder came from abroad,
the du Pont Company had capacity to
manufacture military explosives amount
ing to 100000 pounds per annum: Of
this capacity about 50 per cent had re-
manned idle for five years. owing to the
activities in manufacture of the govern
ment. These unused facilities have been
hitherto revealed in the hearings before
the military and naval committees
They were supposed to be available for
government uses i'm time OF emergency
and might be regarded as a valuable
asset. 1t could hardly be expected, how
ever, that any company would 60 to the
expense of maintaining valuable prop
erty and machinery in idIeness, and 1t
is now announced that this surplus ca
pacity was about to be abandoned, ow-
ing to the discouraging outlook for
further government orders.
Now. I'm view Of the contracts received
from the warning European powers, the
du Pont Company is manufacturing at
an output of 375,O0o.OOO pounds per an
mum, and. It is added, every pound of
material necessary for this vast produc-
ton finds it source in our own United
States excepting one item alone, nitrate"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-04-11

Moving pictures of the Johnson-Willard fight
are said to have been thrown on screen in
Canada and then photographed from this side
of the border, thus evadng the law of the United
States prohibiting the Importation of prize-hght
films their transportation from State to State.
It would certainly appear that the ingenuity of
the moving picture men has triumphed over the
izv, and If this is true prige-6ght pictures may
be seen IN any State in which the laws do not
Sprohfbak-theh exhibition
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ARMY ORDERS.

The name Of Capt. RItIhueh Lee Third Cav.
airy, aid-de-eamp Is placed on the list Of Officers
detsched from their proper commands subject "a
the provisions Of the act Of CoaFrvSs approved
Marca ;. 1911. to take eject MAJ Il 1915 and tho
name Of Capt Powell Clayton. Genera Staa. Is
removed the-efrom. TO take effect MAY 20 1916
Capt Clayton is relieved as a member Of the Gen,
eral Staf- Cons.
Leave Of absence for two months is srznted Cant
John s Fair, QuaIte-m ster CcrIs
Chaplain Milton o. Beebe United States amt,
recently appointed with rHnk from Mrrca T. IFS
is assigned 10 the Twelfth Cavalry. He will ~
port TO the commanding officer jefferson Bar.
racks, Mo-. about May g. 1916 forI TEN,
porary duty for a period not exceeding 1--WE days.
upon the completion Of which Chaplain Beehs will
proceed 70 Fort BarznczA Pa, and report In
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-04-11

$50. 100000. The debt Of Louisiana in 1855
had been between six and seven millions;
In 1s72 It was 100000.
Where the new rulers acted with less
assurance and immunity or with smaller
resources at hand. debts grew more
slowly. but the methods OF spoliation
were everywhere much the same: and
with the rise Of debts went always the
disappearance of all assets wherewith
to pay them.
Treasures were swept clean. Immense
grants were made in aid of public works
which were never completed. sometimes
not even begun. Railways were sub
sidized, and the subsidies, by one device
or another, converted into outright gifts,
which went into the pockets Of those
who had procured them, not into the
building or equipment of the road.
A vast burden Of debt was piled up
for coming generations to carry; the
present generation was much too poor
to pay anything.
The real figures Of the ruin wrought
no man could get at 1t was not TO be
expressed in state taxes or state debts.
The increase in the expenditure and in
debtedness of counties and towns, Of
school districts and cities, represented
an aggregate greater even than that of
the ruinous sums which had drained the
treasures and mortgaged the resources
of the governments OF the States; and
men saw with their own eyes what was
going on at their own doors.
What was afoot at the capitals OF their
States they only read of in the news
papers or heard retsiled in the gossip
Of the street, but the affairs OF their own
villages and country-sides they saw cor
rupted. mismanaged, made base use of
under their very eyes.
There the negroes themselves were the
office holders. men who could not so
much as write their names and who
knew none Of the uses of authority ex-
cept its insOlence.
1t was there that the policy of the
congressional leaders wrought its per
feet work of fear, Generalization. dis
gust, and social revolution
Tomorrow The Tenure of office
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The commanding O1in1- Of that post for duty IN
IL furtbes orders.
Leave q Ehsenos for one mouth End Tn dsyz In
fantry
Leave q EhSenos for Eve dsyr n Fr1nted Cart
Bernard sharp United states amy retirul
Flrst LacUt Barn CANT, SEiation oflcsr Sir
ma CorIa, is relieved from ks pressnt dufiss az
for SAN Houston, Ia, Ebd Win pruosed 10 Ssn
Diego. Cal. and report In prnsn % the con-
handing Officer. Signal Corps AviHtiou Schonl for
ASST nmsnt TO duty.
VIII proved 70 San Antonio. Tex and rerurf %
the Commanding EeDenl. So1theru Deparmruf
for duty assistant 10 the ordnsoF oniosr Of that
department. The tSEd dirsoSsd n nsoss4ry IN
the military SsrTics
Lieut. Ool. ChEunoy B. BAkE QuHrte-mss tef
Cons. Will prooeed &C De Frunt Royal Rsnsouut
Depot Front Royal. Va, about Aprl O.
lss, on Oficlsl b1Sn@ss PERTAINING 10 the Quar-
termastsr Corps. and Upoo The oonpletion Of this
duty Will rrturn to his propu Eation-
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The Herald's Army and Navy Department
Latest and Most Complete News of Service and Personnel Published
in Washington

The Maumee was without engines, as
they are to be placed in her at the navy
yard. where they have been constructed.
The Prometheus pulled her tow through
the water at a speed Of fifteen knots on
the trip from Colon to New York A
great l2-inch Manila hawser was used,
and the entire trip was made without &C
cident.
A company OF United States Marines
skilled in high altitude gunnery, has
been attached to the advance base
brigade Of the United States Marine
Corps and will be known as the Anti-Air-
craft Gun Company. This is the first
aero defense company organized in the
Marine Corps.
Among the officers who registered at
the War Department were Col Warren
p. Newcomb. retired; Lieut. Col. p
Keller, engineers. and Lieut. w E
Dawson. infantry.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-04-11
HOLD FAST TO YOUTH

As ancient hoary-headed Time
From out the chill of wintry rhine
Renews his youth each newborn Spring,
And from his heart old age doth fling,
And frisks about as full of cheer
As tho his years were but veneer,
So too may we cast off our stress,
And don the gsrb of Youthfulness,
And do our own respective parts
To hold the Spring-tide in our hearts.
Copyright 1851
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Peanuts and Politicians.

A paper in Alabama announces that that
State this year will produce nearly large a
peanut crop as did the entire South fifteen or
twenty years ago. And as further evidence of
crop developments we have to note that the pro-
duction OF peanut politicians in a single State is
now nearly as large the whole national product
fifty years ago.-Providence Journal
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NAVAL ORDERS
MovEAEENrs OF vEssEIs

NV 10 VI Nh4ocEAo
Baltimore. SAed for Portsmouth, y H AMI
3: birmingham, sailed for New YSrt, Ap<il q
CT. arrived al CristohEl- April .: c. arrired al
Cnstobkl, April 3; Is. arrived Al Crstobsl Anil
3; CS. arrived at CriSobSI, April 9; Cincinna d.
arrived At Annoy, April 70; Denver arrived a. San
Bias. AMI 3; Galveston, arrived at swatoN, Au-l
3; GlSrisr. sailed for MH4AtlAn, Ap-l 9: Hannibal
sailed for New Oheans Ami 3. He-or arrived a.
Hampton Roads, April 3: JGris sEfed for san
Juan, April 8; JouGtt, arrived al PHILADELPHIA
ATul 6; keErsIrgB. arrived a. BoEt1n, April 9;
Mar, arrived a. BGltim0rs ApTil e. MGyhope
arrived al Washington, Ar-l 6; Montana arrived
at Guantanamo. Aprl 2; Nsnshsn sailed for San
Diego. April 10; Nereus arrived a. NEE1san April
s. Potomac. arrived At Crsohal Apl g. San
FTG1csoO. sailed for PoTtsnCuth, ~ H Aprl 3;
Sven. sailed for Crstobal. April 8; Teanessse
srIived At Corunei April .; Wheeling sailed for
ProgresSo Anil z WIlmlnE1on. szled for Can
ton, Aprl S; Wilmington. arrived At shEmsen
Alrl 2.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-04-11

The menu for the annual banquet of the So
ciety of Restauranteurs of New York is to be
printed in English, to show the public that when
restaurant men are their own hosts they find the
English language fully capable of designating
the various dishes. But if the restaurant men had
to pay by the portion, they would demand some
frills to convince them that the food was worth
the price ..
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-04-11

A Massachusetts girl has just married man
to whom she was engaged before it was discov-
cred that he was possessed of a dual personality,
acquired by reading "Dr. Jekyl and Mr.. Hyde L"
which caused him to terrorize women, and finally
landed him in Jail 1t is to be hoped that she has
picked the right and doesn't find herself a
bigamist.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-04-11

Word comes from Connecticut that the Eng
lish starting, a harmless grub-eating bird when
imported to this country in 1890 has become pred
atory and is not only driving away native song
stcrs, but is eating all the fruit in sight. Since
they can't be transported the situation would seem
to call for another note.
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A Dead Political Scheme.

Senator Borah also refuses to permit the use
OF his name on Presidential primary ballot: In
fact, no man of really Presidential Size has been
willing to allow his name to go on primary bal
lot in any State in the Union, and the Presden-
tial primary has become the most discredited po-
Geld Union.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-04-11

Col Roosevelt's enemies are saying a lot Of
hard things about him since he began to reach
for the nomination, but when Col. Henry Waiter
comes out and declares that if he became
President he would Mexicanize the United States,
it is time to pause and look the situation over
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-04-11

The New York police arrested youth whom
they found sitting on the curb, long fishing rod
in his hands, the line dangling in the gutter, and
an alarm clock and cuspdor by his side. Crazy?
No; college initiation of
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-04-11

The strike of the Toledo street car men has
ended in victory for them. They out thir-
teen days, during which time there was not a
single case of disorder, circumstance that doubt
less had much to do with the granting of their
demands.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-04-11

Germany, it is announced will deny all re-
sponsibilty for the damage to the Sussex but
il the denial is expected to carry weight it should
be accompanied by an explanation of how the
submarines happened to miss the ship.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-04-11

Director General John Barrett, of the Pan
American Union is confident that Mexico will
straighten out its affairs and become a peaceful
and powerful member Of the Union. HI needn't
have gone to such lengths to prove his optimism.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-04-11

That man out in California who can't make the
authorities believe that he committed a big rob-
berry is at least no worse off than lots of men
who are locked up and can't make the authorities
believe their protestations of innocence.