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THE WASHINGTON TIMES, TUESDAY, MAliCH 5, 1912.
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TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1912.
TROLLEY PSYCHOLOGY.
Pfof. Munstcrberg, of Harvard, discussing in
New York the subjec' of experimental psychology in
the industrial field, proposed tests for motormen. He
said:
For tho motormnn tests as Jo the rnpidlty of action,
as tb certain kinds of attention, memory, Imagination,
intelligence and ability to judge a complex situation
will stand In the foreground.
There are motormen who do not see the up
raised hand; they do not care to see it. Others, veri
table mind readers, stop when they see the light in
some baby-blue eye glistening beneath a cute, bucket
shaped hat. Some seem to delight in stopping the
car-especially the new prepayment car with a
scries of jerks warranted to jar the passenger's mind
and body. Will experimental psychology cure these
traits? And will it stop overcrowding?
THE HARDEST JOB.
"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown" is
a saying that needs revision. See the case of Eng
land. King George is taking it easy in Buckingham
palace, while Premier Asquith's bones are creaking
under the load of a coal strike bigger than any strike
ever started before; a home rule crisis which at any
moment may develop into civil war; a suffragette
campaign which, according to the again imprisoned
Mrs. Pankhurst, is to be more militant than ever
after her two months' sentence has been worked out;
a tax levy problem, aggravated every year by the de
mand for larger appropriations for armaments and
pensions; a state of discontent in India, which has
been deepened by the Russian inroads into Persia,
and the threatened Russification of the whole of Asia.
But that is enough for the present. It is enough
to show that Mr. Asquith has about the hardest and
most thankless job that could be imagined.
NO TITLES OF NOBILITY.
those figures whereat "the urchin points, and laughs
with all his soul." He afterward founded Magdalene
Hospital, which he may have designed as a retreat for
the feeble-minded.
The making of umbrellas indicates that the prej
udice against them has been quite generally over
come. It is one of the great industries of the United
States, and even at that most people are inclined to
wonder how the factories can make them as fast as
people lose them. A fortune awaits the man who
will devise one on the principle of the paper doily
which can be used once and thrown away intention
ally. That pioneer Baltimorcan little realized how
far he was undermining the moral fiber of the repub
lic when he introduced the umbrella and the loose
notions of the rights of property which followed in
its train.
LETTERS TO THE TIMES MAIL BAG
Readers of Tho Times aro Invited to uso this dopai'lmont as their own to writo freely and frankly
with tho aBsuranco that no letter not objcctlonablo In languago will bo denied publication. Letters must
not, turnover, exceed 250 words In length, and must bo written only on one sldo of tho paper. Lottors
must boar tho names and addresses of tho wrltora, as evidences of good faith, but tho names wHlmot bo made
public without tho consent of tho contributors. Address MAIL BAG EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
MAKES AN IMPRESSION
ON MIND OF YOUNG
While it is probably true that a certain class of
light-minded people are still like Tommy Moore, who
"dearly loved a lord," there seems to be a growing
disposition on the part of the more sterling class of
mankind to scorn all titles of nobility.
It was only a few days ago that Henniker Hea-
ton, who did more than any man living to bringv
about penny postage, accepted a knighthood, but in
cidentally it came out at that time that he had fre
quently refused in the past to be elevated to the
peerage. There is a peculiar fitness in the fact, news
of which follows close upon that example, that Wil
liam Marconi, who has done so much in the mattei
of perfecting the means of communication, has also
refused a title of nobility, although he has accepted
a seat for life in the Italian senate.
The most notable example of the kind, perhaps,
was the persistent refusal of Mr. Gladstone to be
elevated to the house of peers, and when a few years
ago his son "consented" to accept the dignity of a
title, an indulgent smile went round the world.
All of which is but an additional illustration
that the rank is but the guinea's stamp, and that the
' fiew gaws of nobility are rapidly losing ground.
THE BIRTHDAY OF UMBRELLAS.
THE DEMAND FOR A SQUARE DEAL.
Right now is an appropriate time to consider the
character of campaign that shall be made by Repub
licans from this date until the party convention's
meeting in Chicago. Assurances have been handed
out from that interesting anonymous authority that is
quoted as "accurately reflecting the President's
mind," that Mr. Taft does not desire any attacks
made on Colonel Roosevelt.
Sadly sadly for Mr. Taft, it will prove in the
end the promises thus often made to the car have
been broken to the hope.
The Administration managers have entered on
a campaign of personal attacks on Colonel Roosevelt,
and at the same time have opened up the most shame
less and scandalous program of debauching the party,
through the use of the patronage power, that has
been known.
There could be no more conclusive proof that
the same old reactionary element, that always fought
progressive policies, has been given control of the
Taft campaign. That element never did have the
slightest conception of the public's attitude toward
Roosevelt; never could realize that the policies, not
the personality, of the man, gave him his real hold
on the people; never could appreciate that the days
for the old-fashioned methods of abuse and mud
slinging were past.
The followers of Colonel Roosevelt are not like
ly to be scared much by that sort of thing. They are
the last set of men in this country to be worried
about abuse. They want a square deal, a decent
campaign; and that means that they are not prepared
to accept cheerfully the abuse and vilification direct
ed against them, by a reactionary political machine
that is using every ounce of energy it can command
to prevent popular primaries, to throttle the expres
sion of the people's will, and to make Federal office
holders the ruling force in the coming convention.
Standpat Republicans and reactionary Demo
crats have been so often in combination since the
Taft regime opened, that it is not startling now to
see them co-operating once more; this time in State
Legislatures, where they are working hand in glove
to prevent passage of legislation for Presidential
primaries.
Let it be recollected how the standpat Republi
cans and the Tammany Democrats, three years ago,
united to save Cannon and the reactionary rules of
the House. That was the beginning of this marvel
ous alliance of opposition to progress. It has been
at work ever since, whenever it was needed. It
saved Lorimer, and now the Lorimer rrachine is pay
ing its debt by supporting Taft.
The people are not to be led off the trail. They
know what they want; the Oklahom primaries in
dicate how well they know it and how determined
they are to get it.
Mr. Taff and his management will stand vastly
better, and the President's chance will in the end
be vastly improved, if he conserts in good faith to
holding primaries.
Do the managers of the Taft fight dream that
they can nominate him by this process 6f playing
the people down, and the postmesters up, and then
possibly elect him? They must know it is impossible.
To the Editor of TUB TIMES:
After he had finished his supper to
night, Mr. C unfolded 11 copy of
your paper, and turned at once to tho
"Mall Bag" Department. Our tlvc-year-old
Tommy Is an attentive listener
when his fathor reads .aloud, and last
week dally expressed his sympathy for
tho poor noun "the bad boys kicked."
After reading a few moments my hus
band remarked:
"I sco that somo ono In llyattsvlllo
dofondn tho Bible, and censures "Free
Thinker" for his atheistic vlows.
lommy Is young', but wants to know
things, lie stopped beating a tattoo
upon tho table with his spoon, and ask
ed: "Ih Mr. Free Sinker a bad man,
thur his articles, which appear In Tho
Sunday Times, aro appreciated, as ho
often supports his statements with
analyses and figures, as for examplo his
comparison of tho trust companies of
Washington published a year or so ago.
TRUTH-SEEKERS ENTITLED
TO SATISFACTORY REPLY
To the Editor of THE TIMES:
I have read with Interest the let
ters In tho Mall Bap: 'asking some
pointed questions of tho religious be
liever. In tho main they havo bcon
logical uud demand satisfactory re
ply from tho believer who would
sustain his position.
Not a direct answer, have I seon,
however. Instead somes vituperation
"1 do not know him, Tommy. But it ?ntl abuse. Intolerance and demands
Is wicked to treat our God, and tho
iiuiv tiiDio wiin contempt," i saia.
"What Is contempt," mamma?"
It means to scorn God. Now, Tom
my, stop talking and finish your sup
per." "Don't want any more: 'matoes too
sour."
Ho then began another tattoo on tho
table, and seemed to have forgotten the
subject. But "the gray matter" In his
young head was working out a problom
In Its own way, and to our utter amnze
mont he suddenly shouted, "Mr. Freo
Sinker Is a bad man, marnrnn."
He beter not kick my God aroun'.
Else my God will kick him down "
Truly from the mouth of a little child
may come words of truth and wisdom.
Boltsvlllo, Md. RACHEL.
CAPITAL TRACTION TAXED
MORE THAN SUBSIDIARIES
To the Editor of THE TIMES
In view of the current talk of n con
solidation of tho street railways of the
District I would like to direct your at
tention, or that of your financial editor
to tho following statements, which 1 as
sumo are correct.
1 was rather surprised tho other day
when I lend the amount of real cstnte
and pergonal taxes paid by tho street
railway companies of the Dlstilct. I
had heretofore supposed that tho Wash
Ington Hallway and Electric and its
subsidiaries constituted the major por
tion of the street railways of the Dis
trict, and they probubly do on paper.
Judging from their outstanding capital
ization and bonded Indebtedness, but
the tax statements recently furnished
to tho Senate In response to a resolution
adopted on the motion of Senator Hcy-
uuin ui luiiuo snow mat mo l upltal
Traction Company pays a larger real es
tate tax than the Washington Railway
and Electric Company and Its subsidiar
ies together and a personal tax nearly
as great. Considered by themselves, the
Capital Traction pays a real estate tax
of $13,471.22 and tho Washington Hall
way and Electric J7.iS2.74, while In the
matter of personal taxes the Capital
Traction pavs JS7.S23.97 and the Wash
ington Railway and Electric only J54,
875.16 In view of these figures it seems
hardly possible that tho taxes on the
Potomac Electric Power Company,
which Is an Integral nart of the Wash.
Ington Railway and Electric Company,
are Included, while In the case of the
Capital Traction their power plant Is
included, but een this would not seem
to account for so great a discrepancy
And, further, tho Potomac Electric Pow
er Cjmpany sells to private consumers a
largo proportion of the current it gen
erates. S. It.
P. S For the benefit of the party
(Mr. Fleming, 1 believe), 1 wish to say
for tho gag on frco spoech, together
with whole paracruDhR nf runt nmi
quantities of moro assertion. Tho
IMblo was given man to believe, not
to doubt, sayn one. It Is tho truth,
Buys another.
If It Is the truth, why can its truth
not bo logically established? Why
ar,? ,'ts adherents afraid of questions?
Whv is one not free to doubt until
ho has been convinced Demonstration
of truth should ho easy. How can one
bfllcve until something to induce belief
is iitiviini--n :
With 1"(J denominations In this coun
try, ami hundreds of varying shades
or heller In cadi, with over two-thlids
of the world unbelievers in Christianity
is the svkcr not Justified In asking for
reuhon wl-v he should accrpt a par
ticular belief?
Krn believer, paean or Christian, de
mands Mint his belief, tho only true one,
be nccented on faith, without question,
prio cannot accent then nil Why can
lie not doubt till ono or another has
made it case? Of what value is mere
assertion'
Perhaps Mohammedanism la right.
Millions bav no, and will die for their
faith. Who knows till some other fr'llcf
has proved Its case''
' Hon. S. C. KERR.
113 M stscct northwest.
TWO GANGS OF TOUGHS '
ON BENNING LINE
To the Editor of THE TIMES:
In several Instances slnco I have been
In Washington, there have been several
clashes between white and colored citi
zens, and tn most of tho clashes tho
whites started the trobule, and no mat
ter which sldo got tho worst of tho
scrimmage, tho police of the city havo
arrested only th.e colored pcoplo con
cerned In the scrap.
In one or two Instances as many as
a dozen young white men havo Jumped
on one colored man and beat him up.
and the police, have looked on with In
terest until the colored mun was down
and out and have then called the patrol
wagon and hustled him off to Jail, and
the white men used as witnesses against
him on charges of assault und battery,
disturbing "the peace, or disorderly con
duct. The Bennlng lino trouble was started
by a white man and sanctioned by sev
eral others, and because these white
men got tho worst of tho affair- the
police go out and arrest some colored
men and, although ull the whites mixed
in that affair are well known to tho
police, not a single ono has been ar
rested. The police are well aware that
there are two tough factions out on
that line one bunch of whites, ono
colored and every time they meet there
Is trouble. JENO M. DORSEY.
GUI
MEN
AGREE
ON CONGES TO
BE MED OF WILEY
Producers Want Certain Re
strictions to Trade
Removed.
SAYS MOSES, WHEN ALIVE,
WAS HARD TO OPPOSE
THE BIBLE CONTAINS
GOD'S DECLARED WILL
What's on the Program in
Washington Today
Those industrious ferrets who make it a point
to remind us of every anniversary, from the Battle
of the Kegs to the birthday of General Coxey, have
dragged forth the fact that 142 years ago today the
first umbrella ever raised in America was hoist by
a Baltimore man. He had recently returned from
London, which was notable then, as now, for the
large amount of weather it has, and as a shield from
sunshine and shower it was found quite valuable.
But the Baltimorcan who had the hardihood to
make use of this effeminate subterfuge had to with
stand the gibes and jeers of many unfeeling fellow
citizens before the world at large fell into the
fashion.
Of course the umbrella which the Baltimorcan
raised less than a century and a half ago was not
simply one of the antique sunshades with fixed ribs
which stretch back into the mists of history.
"Umbrellas" of that kind have been found sculp
tured on the temples and obelisks of Nineveh and
Persepolis. They were the symbols of royalty then,
as they were but yesterday when the Kin0-Emperor
of Great Britain and the dominions beyond the seas
sported his Oxford, street haberdashery in the city
of the Moghuls under the shelter of a gorgeous sun
shade. It was the ingenious contrivance which could
open and close, which could be stood up in a corner
and forgotten (to his sorrow) by the owner, and could
undermine the integrity of people otherwise entirely
honest, that signalized a new epoch.
Nor was the Balt'morean subjected to any great
er ridicule than the pioneer who first unfolded one
in London itself. History has recorded the fact that f
in the reign of Brandy Nan one Jonas Hanway, who
had just returned from tile effeminate satrapies of
Persia, and wasn't feeling very well, was the first to
use the umbrella, and sure enough he was one of
"SIGN UP, BOYS; QUICK, TOO."
This is an amazing circular that the McKinley
political bureau has sent out to postmasters; a
mimeographed general order to get busy for Taft,
and, at the start, to come into the captain's office
and sign up.
Even the postmasters and revenue collectors
can't be trusted, so they are ordered to sign the mus
ter rolls at the outset.
Here is the last paragraph of this Macedonian
call to the officeholders. The capitalization is Di
rector McKinley's not ours:
It will be the aim of this bureau to conduct a dig
nified and energetic campaign in keeping with the Presi
dent's high conception of American statesmanship. I
wouhl, therefore, thank you to render such assistance
as you can, consistent, with your duties, AND WILL AP
PIIMCIATK AN EARLY REPLY giving me such infor
mation as in your judgment facilitate the work of the
bureau. Very truly yours,
(Signed) WILLIAM D. McKINLEY,
Director.
Isn't that 'rich! "Mr. Officeholder," it says in
substance, "this is going to be a dignified campaign,
you bet; don't laugh or you'll get clubbed. Write your
name here, and do it quick, or take the conse
quences." Surely, this is going to be "a dignified and ener
getic campaign in keeping with the President's high
conception of American statesmanship."
That conception was very effectively suggested
by the observation that "not all peoples are fit for
popular government.'
Among them the American people; they must
be ruled by an officeholding bureaucracy.
The Italians have won another victory. It still
looks, however, as if they would "wear themselves
out whipping the other fellow."
Charlottesville as a seat of learning is not on
the map just at present. But as the training ground
of the Nationals it is one of the leading cities of the
country.
The following Masonic organizations
will meet tonight:
Lodges National No. 12. M. M.: Ar
mlnius No. 25, F. C; King David No.
28. M. M. (exemplified by past mast
ers. )
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite
Mithras Lodge of Perfection, business.
Eastern Star Mlzpah Chapter No 8.
The following I O. O. F. organiza
tions will meet tonight:
Lodges Washington No. G, Golden Rule
No. 21; Amity No. 27, and Phoenix No.
2S, business.
Patriajich Militant Canton Washington
.-so. i, mommy meeting.
Tho following Knights of Phythias
lodges will meet tonight: .
Webster No. 7; Excelsior No. 14; Capi
tal No. 4, and Myrtle No. 25, business.
Meeting of Idaho Tribe No. 15, I. O. R.
M, Northeast Temple, Twelfth and H
streets northeast, 8 p. m.
Meoting of Saltesc Tribe No. 16, O. I.
R, M., Seventh and D streets north
west, 8 p. m.
Meeting of Osceola Tribe No. 19, Ma
sonic Hall, Tenleytown. 8 p. m.
Meeting of Waneta Council, Degree of
Pocahontas, Fifth and G streets north
west, 8 p. m.
Monthly meeting of the Columbia
Heights Citizens' Association. St.
Stephen's Hall, Fourteenth street, be
tween Columbia road and Irving
street, 8 p. m.
Lecturo by Miss Elsie Do Wolfe, the
Playhouse, 2 p. m.
Annual public meeting of the South
ern Industrial Educational Associa
tion, the Arlington Hotel, 8 p. m.
Special exhibition of paintings by Miss
Cecilia Beaux, tho Corcoran Gallery
of Art.
Lecturo on "Making and Caring for the
Lawn." by Prof. L. C. Corbett, horti
culturist. Department of Agriculture,
the. Y. M. C. A.. 8 p. ill.
Illustrated address on the work of the
Weather Bureau by Dr. H. C. Frank
cnfield, Chesapeake and Potomac Tele
phone Company's hall, 722 Twelfth
street nortnwesi, 6 p. in.
Conferring of Master's degree, King
David Lodge. No. 28. F. A. A. M.,
Masonic Temple. Brookland, 8 p. m.
Retreat by tho Roy. Fathor Cannon,
the Convent of the Visitation, In Con
necticut acnue, 4 p. in.
Monthly meeting of the Fort Mycr-Col-onlal
Heights Citizens' Association of
Aloxandrla county, 8 p. m.
Regular business meeting to be follow
ed by an address on. "The Manufac
ture and Uso of Rodflng Tin." by
IT N Taylor, the Washington Archi
tectural Club, 1G17 II street north
west. 8 p. m.
Second lecturo on the Lenten series, un
der tho auspices of the Churchman's
League, on "Domestic Missions," by
tho Rev. F. S. Spalding, Church of
the Epiphany, 8 p. m.
Return engagement of the "Tech" min
strels. National Rifles Armory, 8 p. m.
informal dinner by the Delta Upsllon
Club, the university jiuu, Bixteenm
and K streets northwest. 6:30 p. m.
Amusements.
National Una Abarbanell In "Mad
ame Sherry," 8:K, p. m.
Bolasco Blancho Ring In "The Wall
Street Girl." 8 10 p. in.
Columbia Henry Miller In "Tho
Rainbow." S:15 p. m
Chase's Thomas A Wise & Co , and
other polite vaudeville. 2:15 and
8:15 p. m.
Academy "In Old Kentucky," 2.15 and
8-15 p. m
Casino Ellto vaudeville.
Cosmos Continuous vaudeville.
Lyceum Broadway Gaiety Girls. 2:15
and S.15 p. m
Gavctv Columbia Burlesqueis. 2:15
und 8 15 p m
Arcade Skating, bowling, and motion
Pictures.
Tn the Editor of THE TIMES
The Bible contains the lat. God's
declared will, His Ten Commandments.
The law was orally declared, by God
Himself, in the presenco of an assem
bled nation: written also by Him, de
livered to His servant, Moses, and by
Moses to the people. The law contains
a promise of eternal life deathless ex
istence. Note the condition and prom
ise. We read: "Honor thy father and
thy mother, that thy days may be con
tinued In the land." God Is malo and
female. We read: "And God said.
Let us make man In our Image, after
our llkenpss So God created
man In His own Image, in the form of
God created He him. male and female
created He them." God, In tho law,
indorsed the Genesis record of creation.
Wo read: "For In six days the Lord
made heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that In them Is."
Concerning spiritism, Isaiah declared:
"To the law and to the testimony, If
the,- speak not according to this word,
it 'is because there is no light in
them."
Bv tho law spiritism, Judaism, Chrls
tlanltv. and Orientalism are measured.
In each case the handwriting upon the
wall Is "weighed in the balance ana
found wanting." Ezeklel declares,
"They havo made a covenant with
death, an agreement with hell, and
hae taken refuge In a lie."
ROBERT WEIR.
BEST CLASS OF NEGROES
SHOULD WANT OWN CARS
To the Editor of THE TIMES.
I thank the pcoplo who have. risen up
In tho dcfenBO of the gospel and the
word of God, and I thank jou for the
privilege of answering some of them,
and it seems that the family hus been
increasing. First was J. ('. Randall,
who wanted an answer and ?ot It, then
came the has-been minister and the nl-
most-was, and Julia, and f C. S, who
has righeousness of her own and necilA
not the atoning blood of a crucified
Saviour. Then comes Freo Thinker
that Is freo to think about most any
thing but how to get real salvation, and
somo others who havo doubts and says
so. Weil thero have been these kind
In the past who spoke out against
Moses and others named In the Bible.
It is easy to kick a dead lion, but
Moses alive was n hard man to deal
with and oppose. Pharaoh tried ard
lost his first-born son, his life and his
army Also Korali, Dathan. Ablram
withstood Moses nnd went down so
deep they never got back yet. Also
his brother and sister talked against
Mot.cs and got leprosy, and Moses
prayed for them and they wie honied
and forgiven, nnd I hope all these may
also repent und be saved before It Is
too late. R. F. GUEEN
CRUELTY OF ORDERS
GOD GAVE TO MOSES
To the Editor of THE TIMES.
1 have noticed a good many protests
egalnst Captain Daley's recommenda
tion for separate cars to Chesapeake
junction for negroes and white people. I
don't think any fair-minded man,
whether negro or white, could raise any
objection to this, not only on this par
ticular road, but on all street railways.
I think the races should havo separate
cars. I think If tho negroes are so little
to blame for the disturbances betweon
the laces, then they should have a
chance to show what they would do
alone. I think there aro very fow
whiles In Washington that nre unwill
ing for them to havo this chance, and I
know theie Is no negro who Is worthy
of the respect of cither race that wants
to force himself where ho Is not wanted.
I have nothing against the negro, ai
long as ho stays In his place, but 1
don't think the two races wore ever In
tended to mingle on cars or elsewhere.
I have seen cars In this city that were
so crowded with negroes and whites
that the forced mingling was almost
unbearable. I think this Is a disgrace
to the city. H. G.
DENTAL OFFICES
AND DRINKING CUPS
To the Editor of THE TIMES:
Quite a bit of amusement was created
tn our dontal circles, the past week by
the anti-toothbrush dictum handed to a
committee of dentists by a certain Con
gressman. Few, If any of us, can agree with tho
solon's csUmate of the utter uselcssness
In fact, mischievous nature of tho
toothbrush. Thero has been recently
launched, however, a criticism of some
of our dental practitioners because of
their alleged failure to strictly observe
the laws of sanitation Tho writer here
of has Had occasion to patronize several
of that profession, In this city, and ho
Is constrained to agree with the criti
cism that patients, as a rule, are obliged
to use the self-same drinking glass
found near the donUst's chair a recept
acle that Is used. In most cases, without
being even so much as rinsed, after each
successive patient's treatment. If, as
seems to be generally conceded, disease
may bo germlcully transmissible from
mouth, to mouth, it Is strange that the
health authorities do not step In and
compel proper exercise of cleanliness
alone the lino indicated.
Querg: Might not introduction by dent-
isis ui me iiiuiviuuHi urinKing cup meet
the situation? SANITAS.
To the Editor of THE TIMES:
In your issue of the 2Jth Inst. I find an
article (In the Mail Bag) by Mrs. Schel
ten quoting Genesis, chapters C, 7, S
nnd 9. She says, read carefully and you
will find that Noah was a preacher,
and I repeat If you read further he got
drunk, which sundty fanatics now ig
nore or condemn. She says that the
ark rested on Mount Arraral and that
God closed the ark. Agreeable to tho
account God closed the ark months be
lore It rested on Arrarat, and shut up
the only windows. There weits tarantu
las, rattlesnakes, scorpions, Uzzards,
yellow fever mosquitoes and myriads
of poisonous reptiles A mud turtle
might have lived In it forty-eight
hours, but a human being cou'd not, ns
oxygen Is necessary to human life.
God seems to have ordered other things
which have escaped the attention of
Mrs. Schetten. In the thirty-first chap
ter of Numbers God ordered through
Moses that all the men and boys who
had been captured should be murdered
ana an tne women who had been mar-
nea snouia do ripped un. and the
young girls turned over to the soldiers
wno captured them. Mrs. Schetten
should remember that this Ih lust n
much the word of God as the mythical
account oi wie Ara an innnate absurd
ity. The writer of this, an oftlcer dur
ing the civil war in the military divis
ion of the Mississippi under the Im
mottal Sherman Had he murdered tho
men and boys captured by his com
mand, and all married women, as God
ordered Moses to do and turned ove
the young girls to the soldiers of his
command. General Sherman would have
ordered him shot or hung without the
formality of a court-martial. How any
one can believe such an lr.flnate ab
surdity Is incomprchenslole.
JOHN COWGILL.
WHY REPUBLICANS
OF SOUTH QUIT TAFT
To the Editor or THE TIMES
Southern Republicans are lining up
against President Taft because of his
appointing Lewis, of Boston, to an office
In tho Department of Justice. Where
elso could Mr. Taft have appointed a
negro that he was needed by his people
more than in a place to advocate fair
ness ana rignt? tiioso Republicans (')
say it was a bid for the Northern col
ored vote. Have you stonned to think-
Just what the Northern colored vote
would mean to the coming campaign If
they withheld it because thev thought.
and many do, that Chief Justice White's
appointment was a bid for the Southern
vote? Mr. Whlto is a Southerner, a
Democrat, nnd beyond all else, a Con
federatea. man who was born hating the
negro and whose onl tuition through
life, either In books or contact, has been
ono of further hatred. men loyal
to a great party, gentlemen, who has
the greatest nnd most reasonable right
to bolt tho man, the Southern Republi
can, whose kick Is the appointment of a
Republican to n Federal office of tiust,
honor and dignlt, during a Republican
Administration or the Northern coloied
Republican, whose one kick is tho ap
pointment of u man whose every at
tribute Is a repugnanco to the principles
of the "grand old party," The ap
pointment of n Dcmociat to the next
highest ofllco In the nation and to nil
m'nd the most Important, bv a Repub
lican President dmlng a "Republican
Administration.
"NEGRO RKl'LBLICAN."
Grain dealers assembled at tho New
Wlllard Hotel, representing tho National
Grain Dealers' Association and smaller
bodies, came to a unanimous conclusion
this morning regarding what they will
ask of tho Department of Agriculture
respecting grain shipments and tho pure
food laws, A resolution icportcd in to
day by a committee headed by S. W.
Strong, of Urbunu, III., received the VJte
of cery one of tho fifty grain men
present.
Secretaries Wilson and Nagcl will
formally receive this lcsolutlon this af
ternoon at 3:30 o'clock In the Cublnot
room of tho Wlllard. This conference
with tho secretaries was to havo taken
place yesterda, but tho grain men had
not then ltoncd out their own differ
ences as to the wording of their request
What They Ask.
The adopted resolution says that then
Is doubt as to the applicability of tho
Pure Food and Drug Act of Juno SO,
1900, to grain and hay In their natural
Htatc, nnd that this question is now
pending In the courts. Therefore It Is
asked "that pending the llnal decision
by the courts, wo iespcctfully and
earnestly petition the Secretary of Agri
culture to cause an administrative order
to be Issued suspending further effort
toward applying said law, and the
rules of the department, to Interstate
shipments of grain and haj, and that
further pending such suspension the De
partment of Agriculture continue Us
activities In arriving at a proper stand
ardization of grades, and we will pledge
for the bodies that we represent oui
most earnest efforts to have thoso
standards adopted by bucIi bodlCH."
President t M. Wayne, of the Na
tional Grfttn Dealers Association, who
Is presiding at the meetings here, held
a long conferenco with Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson As a result of this
Mr. Wayne was moved to look opti
mistically upon the outcome of the
heailng with Secretarj Wilson, and Sec
retary Nagcl this afternoon.
Wants Oats Excepted.
Piesldent Wayno said this afternoon
that the praln men wish that sulphured
oats be excepted from the provisions of
the pure food law. Grain men hae
long been treating oats with .sulphur
fumes wlilcli gives them a bright, uni
form color, and the provision of tho
pure food law which relates to artificial
coloring makes such oats liable to
seizure, according to tho ruling of Dr.
Wiley. One such seizure has already
been made.
Another confiscation complained of Is
with respect to wheat which a Texas
consignee declared was not No. 2 as tho
Kansas city consignor nad declared.
Appeal to a pure food inspector result-
branded."
ed in confiscation of the wheat as "mls-
'It is not the middleman who will
suffer as the result of Dr. Wiley's rul
ings." declared President Wayne this
morning. "It la the fanner. Wc can
adjust our business more easily than he.
Dr. Wiley has tho ultimate consumer
In mind. The producer ought to be con
sidered alio."
Departure of Bacon
Regretted in France
PARIS, March 5. Regret because he
was retiring from France was person
ally expressed to the United States
nmbass-ador, Robert Bacon, by noted
Frenchmen this afternoon, including
Baron d'Estournelles do Constant,
leader of the Universal Peace party In
the senate, and other advocates of
closer relations between France and
the United States.
Both Senator do Constant and Pre
mier Polncare, who made formal ad
dresses, praised Bacon's official con
duct here, which they said aided the
cause of peace. Tho noted sculptor.
M. August Rodin, personally present
ed to the retiring nmbassador a
bronze designed by him to commem
orate Bacon's work. At the same time
Mrs. Bacon was given a peace medal,
designed by M. Carrlere. President du
Bost of the senate making- tho pre
sentation In responso Mr. Bacon said ho be
lieved "tlie sister republics" will con
tinue their work for universal peace,
which, he said, seems certain to pre
vatl eventually
Fire Causes Loss of
Nearly Half Million
EASTON. Pa., March E. Fire broke
out In the heart of tho business sec
tion of this city early today and spread
over nearly an entire block south Qf
Center square on Third street.
Tho Phlllipsburg flro department went
to tho aid of tho Easton denartment.
Chief Rlcker reported at 8 o'clock that
the tire was under control. The logs
was estimated at $400,000.
The lire was still burning at midday
within the walls of the Pomfret Bullu
ing. Western Union Telegraph Building,
Mat;eo Brothers, Wholesale Produce
Building, and Bijou Theater, but Fit
Chief Rl ker said tho daiu;cr of sprcati
ini; to surrounding property was pas
The tire originated in the theater, ami
eight business places within the block
wete ,icsfoed. Thieo llremen wtie
uirled from the scene unconscious
fiom smoke.
ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS
ARMY.
Lieutenant ROBERT E. BOYERS, in
fantry, relieved fiom duty at River
side Academy, Poughkeepsle, N. Y .
September 1, 1012, to piocced to his
proper stutlon.
Captain HENRY H. SCOTT. C. A. C.
retired from uttie service because
of disability
NAVY.
Rcai Admiral ALFRED REYNOLDS,
detached nuwil home. Philadelphia,
to commander-in-chief Pacific re
set ve fleet, on board Pennsylvania
Commander C. M. FAHS. detached
commandant, naval station, Olonc
apo, P. 1 . home to await oidois
Commandei W. J. TERIUNE, detached
chief of staff. United States Pacific,
licet; to command Pennsylvania.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
Arrived Tonapnh at Norfolk, Potiel .it
Greytown; Nashville at Uuantu
numo. Sailed Utuh from Piovincctown foi
cruise; Panther, from Guuntdn.tmo
for navy aid. New York; Olynipiu.
from Hampton Roads for Charles
ton, Sterling, from Boston foi Now
poit News. Mtrjland. from Ptintu
Aicuas, Ccsila Rico for Coiltito.
Large Attendance
Expected at Retreat
Annual Lenten retreat at tho Convent
of the isltation on Connecticut nvenuo
begins this afternoon at 3 30 Tho Rev
Wllllum F Gannon. S J , or Gonzaga
College, will conduct tho retreat, which
Is alwas attended by many of the
prominent Catholic women of Wash
ington A l.nger attondan -e than cvei
seems assured this year
Tlie retreat will conclude with serv
ices Sunda Muiij women making IIih
retreat will spend the day within the
convont walls.
Government Needs
Several Papermakers
I'mle Sam neecis sevcial pincti, il
paper makeis. In the forest service ,it
Madison, 'W b An examination to fill
theso positions will bo held by the Ctvil
Service Communion March 2o An ex
amination vl)l be held March JO fu
lahoiatoiy asslxtunl In advamei
PhhUs for the employment In tlm
Bureau of Standards of tho Department
of Commerce uud Labor.