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The White Star Line Should
Pay Millions in Damages
That Is Settled by the United States Senate Report—And No
Technicality of International Law Should Prevent Damages.
Mr. Ismay and his boat advertising itself through speed was in
a hurry And it killed nearly two thousand human beings, includ
ing many Americans.
There was a question as to the right of those surviving to ob
tain damages There should be no question any longer—lor the re
port made by the I nit rd States senate committee has been filed
The report finds that Captain Smith was directly responsible
for the disaster Hence it was not “an act of God for which
steamship companies are not responsible under the law. It was an
act of Captain Smith.
The report finds “that the presence of J. Bruce Ismay inspired
speed frenzy
This shows recklessness made worse by the presence and the
urging of a responsible owner and manager of the line.
The speed with which -I Bruce Ismay rowed away from those
that were drowned bv the crime of his steamship company, and the
speed with which he stupidly sent his great boat crashing into an
iceberg, should be impressed on his mind in the shape ot damages
not soon to be forgotten
The United States senate report shows that no tests were made
of the so-called watertight bulkheads. In good working condition
they would have saved the ship from sinking.
The report shows that the life-saving apparatus was absolutely
inadequate.
And the report also shows that 372 persons drowned out of the
total number might have been saved had the crew been properly
drilled and commanded.
We learn that junior officers of the Titanic “heartlessly left
many in the water who could have been rescued ’’ —admirable ex
hibition of sailors courage.
We are told that Ismay, who showed such energy in saving his
own life, was immediately warned of the danger—and others were
not warned. In other words, they were kept in ignorance and ex
posed to death while the head man of the line escaped.
The above are some of the findings of the committee of the
United States senate, which acted promptly and intelligently. These
findings should be sufficient to get from that shamelessly managed
line, with its unworthy and incompetent officials and its reckless
ness. adequate damages to the survivors for their losses, and the
heaviest possible damages to the surviving relatives of those killed
especially to the relatives of the five hundred ami odd unfortu
nate steerage passengers locked below and drowned because they
were poor and “scarcely worth saving.
t>?o Linked by Links &?o
BY WINTERED BLACK.
iHE middle-aged woman t»
learning to play golf. I saw
her out at the links the other
t
day
It was early in the morning -
early enough to make the day seem
a miracle of glorious beauty The
new grass sparkled with dew. the
lilacs swnug purple, sensuous In
the light wind, down at the eighth
hole the wild crab trees scattered
their pink petals till the grass was
starred with perfumed loveliness.
The mocking birds were out. too.
I saw one In a tall maple, and near
him were two brown finches And
over In the field the meadow lark
called and whistled, and, yes from
the edge of the cloudy woodland
came the beautiful cry of the fid
dler bird, drumming up trade for
some party of bis kind. I suppose.
"Fiddler, fiddler." he cried, like a
persistent barker at the entrance
to a side show tent “Fiddler, tid
dler." and the catbirfi mocked him.
and the woodpecker hammered at
the door of the hickory like a post
man with a special delivers- letter
written by May and sent to Sum
mer to say that old Winter had
gone home at last and a good rid
dance.
Swish went the golf stick in the
hands of the middle-aged woman•
Swish, through the grass traveled,
not so very swiftly, the ball she
tried to send flying.
“Scat!” cried the man who played
with her, “that's what I cal! at cat
ball." And the middle-aged wom
an laughed and walked gravely to
the plate where the little white ball
blinked up at the early sun as if it
shared a joke with him, something
about the middle-aged woman and
the way she played golf or tried to
play it. I'm afraid.
Swish, clip, knock, the middle
aged woman worked sertonand.
hello, that wasn't su b. a bad drive,
what” Well. well, she may make a
golf player after al!
.At 11 o'clock I saw- the middle
aged w oman going h -me.
“Dear me." she said. “I'm tired,
but it's a good tired I’m going
home .and have a good rub d-wn
and then it will be time for lunch
eon, don t rou think “
She rested her muscles a little
as «he stood for a moment it the
step. Her face was burn*-I th. r
were two w; i. of nond-s ript
middle-aged hair strax ing from un
der her Correct hat Hr: wrist
hung as if It was a littl one.
but her eyes were v* ry bright, and
her voice was as insistently op
timistic as the robin- who blip.el
“cheer, cheer up" from the tall ma
ple. "I’ll be out in the morning
she said, and with a teuf, teuf. of
the motor horn she was gone
Then we all spoke at om-c
■ What for?” asked one woman.
“Never can make It in the wm ld. "
said another
“Trying to keep her figure said
a third I
“Not bit of it ■ th. fourth 1
woman, “she s trying to keep her
husband. That's what I do."
“Her husband." came, the horri
fied and all too eagerly interested
chorus, "why, is he—er —a —that
is. now h" always seemed so—er—
a—”
“No." said the last who had
spoken, “he isn't er -a either now
or any time, but the same kind of
a husband as mine, and mine is the
best there is. too.
“But," and her voice became at
once very sensible and practical,
just as the doctor's voice sounds
when he says, "You'll have it to do
some day and you might as well let
mo phone to the hospital for your
room right now,"
"But my husband does just two
things on earth, tends to business
and plays golf, I can't sit in the
office with him, so I've come out
here to the link: We are having
quite a honeymoon since I've learn
ed to play; we see each other near
ly two hours every single day now,
"It's lovely, and then at dinner
there's always something to talk
about that interests him, T.ast
night it was an hour after dinner
before he took up the paper. I al
most hurrahed in triumph.
"You see we got to talking about
a certain play he'd made the. day
before, and how much better It was
than a play his partner made the
day before that, ami we held quite
an Interesting conversation.
“Oh. yes. it pays, it pays won
derfully I hate the game myself.
I don't like walking, the hours are
always inconvenient for me 1 don't
like getting so sunburned, but it
pays. I decided that last night."
“Oh"' gurgled the engaged girl
rapturously. ’iltlng her head at a
sentimental angle that made us .-'I
long to slap her. “Oh. he'd miss
'oil terribly if you didn't com* with
him. wouldn't he?"
The woman with th* second hon
eymoon laughed quit- cheerfully
■Well." she said I'm afraid I'd do
most of tiio mis-ing "
The enraged girl gasped and
looked too shirked for words
“Max - I ask." broke in the bach
elor maid you cant cal! her a
bachelor m.i-d inv more, -h- s ral
ly a bachelor woman may 1 ask
throne qu-::'>on. I >on't any of you
■ I'gmg ~ - atm <•- p'ax bc-ause
you Ilk- the game
And not a single woman there
had th- fa- e to answ-'i "Yes "
Th* bachelor woman smff-’d
Wi I:.' she said. if my husband
would learn to embtoide: so as to
be near rm I'd learn to |i,i\ golf to
b. n< . ■ him, and until lie did I
xx ouldn't "
Tim oth-’: woman looked with
-x i - full ->t -i'.vim pit\ .it the en
g-ig- i gs and it the bachelo
woman Th. n they gazed each at
tl other with a look that said as
n'enix *; anv w- - eve: spoken, or
•x ’’'.'ten ■■ !-•. . . sc! ,n • css rag-
ing - i • T" ■ . nt in r- ir i ’
An : I don't
belief, tn - ,-u .'
The Atlanta Georgian
HE NEVER HAD A CHANCE
That Is What Nine Men Out of Ten Who Are Failures Say. Look Out That You Don’t Say It Yourself.
By TAD
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Tsai
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No. 4.
Yum. with his successful pugilist. was greeted
everywhere as one swell kid.
He soon visited the cases where other mana
gers and pugilists congregated. He listened to
the stories of how they trimmed a sucker here and
there; how they fixed the game and fooled the
public. 'Filings went along swimmingly now.
Ynm's motto was “As we journey through life
let us live by the wav." He never gave the fu-
How Much Sleep Ought One to Have? Oversleeping as Bad as Overeating
By GARRETT P. SERVISS.
rrtHE eight-hour work day is
| undoubtedly based upon a
traditional division of the 24
hours which the earth takes to
make a single rotation on its axis
into three equal periods, of eight
hours apiece, each to be devoted
to a different general purpose.
“Eight hours for work, eight
hours for,recreation and eight hours
for sleep"—thus runs the imme
morial adage. It Is likely that this
offhand division of time rests upon
some widespread experience of the
needs and capacities of life and
of the human machine, for all old
time rules of this kind are always
found to be grounded somewhere
upon actual experience.
The question of the proper divi
sion of time, especially between the
states of waking and sleeping, is
one of great importance to every
human being. Is it true, as it is
generally assumed, that the aver
age man or woman needs eight
hours of sleep in order to keep
bode and mind refreshed and vig
orous? It may very well be doubt
ed. and it has recently been called
in question by physicians whose
opinions on the subject are entitled
to attention. The proposition has
also been made, with apparent rea
son. that too much sleeping is as
bad as too much eating.
If it is true that we must have
not less than eight hours of sleep,
then men can do better than na
ture does, for he makes many of
his machines work almost contin
uou-lx w ith the aid of proper <, are ,
and sufficient lubrication. Is sleep
the only efficient restorer of the
powers of the body and brain .’ It
is generally regarded as such, but
toe rule is frequently violated with
itni’unity. It is well known that
Napoleon—and a more energetic
person than he probable never
livid took habitually only four
hours of sleep out of every twenty
four. It is said that Frederick the
Great had the same habit, and it
bus been averred that Thomas A.
Edison requires only four and a half
hours of sleep Other famous men
who have done an overshare of the
worlds work have been similarly
> hary of spending their time in a
-•at,-, f -.neons iousness It might
th. ' tght tht’ In th* - ase of Edi-
--n ’h* anomaly could be explained ,
■•: tn* ground that hie work is |
TUESDAY. MAY 28. 1912
SLEEP AND LIFE
almost purely mental. Rut Napo
leon and Frederick were as active
physically as they were intellec
tually. The former tired out his
secretaries one after another, and
could outride and outmarch his aids
a,nd his marshals.
There appears to be no doubt
that great mental. energy plays an
important part in the ability to
dispense with the ordinary amount
of sleep. And it max- be that in
such cases the brain wears. out the
body. Napoleon died at 52. and
show ed signs of failing powers sev
eral .rears before his death. Some
hax e thought It was failure of the
physical powers of the great cap
tain that lost Waterloo, On the
other hand, Frederick lived to the
age of 74, but during the last 23
years of his life he had no cam
paigns to make
The secret of making a few hours
of sleep suffice no doubt lies in the
ability, or habit, of sleeping pro
foundly. Restless sleep Is often of
little or no value. The habit of
dreaming frequently breaks up
sleep. The brain goes on working,
though without the guidance of
will or judgment, while the rest of
the body slumbers, and the activi
ty of the brain reacts upon the re
mainder.and breaks the sleep.
This is not bettered by the fact
that dreams in themselves are of
brief duration If they are recur
rent they arouse and disturb the
body many times in the course of a
night. The brevity of dreams is
astonishing, sometimes almost in
i credible.. A sleeper may be awak
ened by the slamming of a door,
and in the indefinitely short inter
val between the arrival of the
sound waves in his ear and the ac
tual awaking he may have such a
dream as this—which is an actual
experience: He thinks himself in
the upper part of a barn at the side
of a highway. Away up the dusty
road, in th*’ fa- distance, he sees i
pig running toward the barn H
watches it with amusement as it
kicks up the dust. Suddenly, as It
approaches, it begins ominously to
grow to gigantic dimensions, it is
no longer an ordinary pig. but a
monstrous nondescript with a head
as big as an elephant's and a body
a rod lons With gleaming tusks
and blazing eyes it rushes upon the
barn, rears itself on its hind legs,
level with the terrified dreamer,
who pushes the door to and trem
blingly fastens it Hut the awful
beast bang* the door open, and at
the right of Its opened in his
| very face the dreamer starts awake
ture a tumble. HIS day was today, let tomor
row take care of itself.
“Ha, ha!” how Yum giggled over the boys in
th° little schoolhouse now. There they were, the
poor boobs, reading about old kings, bum lakes and
adding numbers while he was in the calcium or
dering wine by the masmun.
His name was in all the sporting pages, his
pictures in some, and he had the swellest
Sparkler along the gay white way.
(To he continued.)
with a cry of terror and with drops
of sweat running down his cheeks.
It is evident that the x< hole dream
was born of the impression made
by the slamming door, and yet, ob
serve the marvellous violence done
to time in the su< cession of the im
aginary events of the dream With
lightning quickness the mind ran
back, the instant the sound im
pressed the healing, and construct
ed an orderly succession of'events,
which seemed to the sleeper to oc
cupy- in th*-ir gradual development
a. long.space of time before the par
ticular event closely associated with
the noise of the door was reached.
At the start there is nothing alarm
ing about the dream. It begins
with the amusing incident of the
distant pig kicking up the dust of
the road. Without any apparent
reason the transformed pig becomes
a threatening monster and then
rushes at the spectator, who seems
.at first to be at a safe elevation
above the rond. The beast raises
itself on its long legs and attacks
the closed door--and not until then
does something happen which can
be directly connected with the
sound that caused at the same time
the awaking and the dream. One
would say that the mind of th°
dreamer through a sort of logical
habit, refused to be thoroughly
awakened until it had constructed a
complete story to account for the
awaking. And then consider the
wonderful independence of real
time that was shown by the opera
tion of the mind. To the sleeper
there appeared to be no hurry; to
him there seemed to be an actual
long lapse of time —but to the per
son who slammed the door the
awaking of the dreamer was evi
dently instantaneous, and absolute
ly coincident with the -, ry of terror
that accompanied it.
Many similar instmees are re
corded. and indeed the rule ap
peals to be universal Mint a dream
caused by a disturbing sound or
touch, no matter how long its
events may seem to the sleeper to
be dragged out, occurs in a mo
ment
But one can acquire, or at bast
possess, the faculty of not having
his slumbers disturbed so easily.
Napoleon. hen the desire for
sleep seized him. could slumber
peacefully on even amidst th* roar
of cannon
The i-hi! -■ oph' o' sleep and -f
dr- nr? ha? not received al! the at
tention that it merits
THE HOME PAPER
t>?o Modern Education ' t>?<
Bv ELBERT HUBBARD.
(Copyright, 1912, International News
Service. >
THE other day a man came to
me, bringing with him his
son aged nineteen. The boy
was quite as big as his father. The
father requested that 1 supply the
young nutn "Ith a situation. in
other words, give him a job.
I quite liked the looks of the
youngster and. also wishing to ac
commodate the father. 1 cast around
in my mind for some place that the
boy could fill. And my first ques
tion was, "What can the young
man do?’’
And the father turned the cal
cium on the situation by promptly
saying, with a look of surprise,
"Why, he can't do anything; he’s
just out of college.”
Recently the Associated Press
flashed the news that J. Pierpont
Morgan has given SIO,OOO to the .
Bowery Mission "for the benefit of
poor and needy college graduates."
And this was no pleasantry. As
far as I know, nobody laughed.
Why are college graduates poor
and needy’.’ Why is anybody poor
and needy?
There are two reasons that the
individual hasn't anything ihat the
world wants, and can not do any
thing tha’ the world wants done.
All down the centuries, men di
vided the world up into the doers
and the thinkeis. The thinkers did
no work, and the workers did no
thinking. And,.the result w as, that
both the work and the thinking
were very ill performed.
We are now just realizing for the
first time in the history of the world
that in order to do good thinking a
man must work with his hands a
certain number of hours each day.
He must live out in the open and
mix w ith *he world of workers—the
people who are doing things, and
the men and women who go forth
to their labors until the evening.
And thus out of his experience
his convolutions will be caused to
vibrate.
The man who is going to do good
work must be a thinker. And the
man who is going to do good think
ing must be a worker.
These things now sound like pure
bromides. Bui it is necessary that
they should be affirmed again and
and again, for even yet there are
schools and colleges that cultivate
the education tie luxe that is sup
posed to tend toward ease and hon
ors.
There is onlc' one state in the
Union where school gardens and
actual outdoor work for every
scholar- in the public schools, from
kindergarten to high school, is be
ing provided.
This is the state of Oregon. We
have manual training here and
there, and occasionally school gar
dens carried on b' patriotic and
public-spirited persons who form
themselves into civic societies.
At Jamestown. N. D., the North
ern Pacific railroad joins hands
with the public school system, and
the result is a most delightful ex
hibition right at the railroad ;-ta--
tion of what big business can do
when animated with soul—a thing
which we have always been in-
ATLANTA’S GARBAGE QUESTION
HEALTH COMES FIRST,
Editor Georgian:
By all means. The Georgian is
along the right line and is. as usual,
following a constructive policy.
The health of the city does and
should be considered first.
It is idle to talk about our sky -
scrapers, our postoffice receipts,
and our bank clearings if we have
a menace facing us at all times.
The garbage question ha;-- been
played battledoor and shuttlecock
long enough It is a pity we have
not some form of government
where the responsibility could be
placed and the citizens know who i?
at fault.
Someone must be. If it were a
private corporation the matter
would have been settled weeks ago.
The citizens will hold somebody
responsible for the delay, and they
must, whoever is at fault, assume
the grave responsibility of the ap
proaching summer with its hgat
and the garbage question still un
solved.
Because we have been, as a city,
fortunate ip the past and had no
epidemic of any magnitude, there
is no reason why Atlanta should
pass this summer without a disas
ter that would be appalling.
I am glad The Georgian has taken
this work up. and hope with its
u-uai persistency, and its bulldog
gedness. that it will not cease un
til something is accomplished.
THE SOONER THE BETTER,
and our people will be grateful.
FREDERIC J PAXON.
ONE WAY SUGGESTED.
Editor The Georgian:
Dr. D. AV. Liddell, a well known
citizen, has proposed to the finance
committee and board of health that
if they w ill deliver to him toe city 's
garbage at a place which he owns
and which is located on a railroad
neat the city limits, lie will effec
tually dispose of the -ame. His
charge for this sei vice will be ssuu
per month. Bear in mind, he will
dispose of all, not one-half, as the
city is doing at present The «x
--pense t - the ci’y- for the freight will
be I7OO« or Jx.onn pe> year E
having ten or a dozen loading sta
tions at convenient toints on the
formed corporations do not pos-
Then there is the example of the
National Cash Register folks, who
maintained school gardens ten
years or more. ago. Now the pub
lic school system of Dayton has
taken over this delightful better
ment inaugurated by that strong
and able man. Mr. John H. Pat
terson.
But in Oregon the whole public
school system is committed to man
ual training and the school gar
den.
For the school teacher to inau
gurate this great betterment with
out the backing up of public senti
ment is too much to expect. But
in Oregon we. have the State Bank
ers association, the State Fair
board, the normal schools, the ag
ricultural colleges, the various ad
clubs, the rotary clubs, the business
science clubs, all working together
to a common end and for one pur
pose.
I recently met the Oregon state
superintendent of schools. It was
at a midday luncheon of the Ro
tary club at Portland. These rotary
clubs are clubs that ’make the
w heels go round.
Superintendant Aiderman was
there to tell what he is doing and
trying to do and hoping to do. And
the rotary boys, full of the right in
tent. wore getting in line to do their
share.
Many of the city schools In Port
land were not equipped, naturally,
to carry out this work, and so they
were encroaching on the Pingree
preserve, utilizing vacant lots in
the vicinity of the schools.
Each pupil had a little plot of
ground of his own. A good deal of
liberty was allowed, and the young
ster made his selection of seeds or
plants. Some were intent on rais
ing flowers, but for the most part
they were pragmatists, and were
raising the things thsi had a gen
uine tangible value.
The Bankers association had of
fered prizes foi each school, and
also for individual scholar? for
melons, beets, potatoes, corn. Then
came a produce association and of
fered to buy all the popcorn, canta
loupes and watermelons that the
children would produce at certain
fixed prices. Here was a chance to
make sure enough money, and the
children w ere going right aftlr it.
Not only were these school chil
dren in Portland and the various
other towns and cities, as well as
the county districts in Oregon, rais
ing flowers in gardens, but they
were putting toss - in their cheeks.
Psychology now teaches us that
happiness is the true end and aim
of life. Unless we are happy in
our work, filled with animation,
hope and good cheer the physical
faculties are retarded; mentality is
stunted, and through lack of re
sisting power disease, want and
woe wait just around the corner
There is no prophylactic equal to
a laugh. Nothing is so hygienic as
success. The birch, the ferrule and
the <at-o'-nine-tails in pedagogy
have been replaced by the hoe, the
spade and the watering pot. And
laughter has taken the place of
tears.
various railroads running through
the city, it is estimated that a sav
ing of some 315.000 per year in
the expense of hauling can be ef
fected. So that the account will
stand, if Mr. Liddell's offer is ac
cepted. thus.
Saving by shutting down
the present crematory SII,OOO
Saving in expense of haul-
ing 15.000
Total $25,006
Subtract from this Mr. Lid-
deli's pay . per year 6,0<>0
Freight charges per year, say 10.006
Total $16,000
Thus it will be seen that the net
saving to the city will be SII,OOO.
In addition we must bear in mind
that if all the garbage was burned
by the city at present cost, we
would have fr> add ar l-ast $20,000
to the cost, which w-ov-lj also ap
pear as a saving by- this plan.
Why not adopt Mr. Liddells
plan? Respectfully.
WILLIAM H. TERRELL.
Atlanta Ga.. May 23. 1912.
URGES CONFEREES,
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Sir —A practical solution of the
controversy it seems to me. would
| be to appoint a contei en- e commit
tee composed of say three members
of the health board and three from
the finance committee, to meet
with the mayor and agree upon a
plan and adjust the differences and
proceed without delay. Such report
as this conference committee would
make would. 1 am sure, be agreed
to by the council. The patience of
the people has grown threadbare It
appears to be the vase of a balky
team —one horse pulls and then the
other pulls, bin the two never pull
together. Whenever the two houses
of congress disagree on a vital
measure they resort to a confer
en< e eommittf-e and it ra: ely hap
pens that such a committee fails to
solve the controversy. Why not try
this plan" Otherwise the public
m iy have to discharge the old team
and hitch up new hc.< ,
C J HADEN.
C hairman ’'nmmittee on Sanitation
I of the Chamber of Commerce.