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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-22
CHILDREN
NEED SPECIAL SCHOOL
Advocates of Child Education Hold
Meeting Under Auspices of Legion
of Loyal Women.

Advocates of child education held a
meeting at the City Library last night.
Under the auspices of the Legion of
Loyal Women. a strong plea was
made for the establishment of a specfss
school in the District for the benefit OF
illuerate children
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey. who made
the principal address. spoke at length
on the need for more general system
OF education in the District. and said
that it should be made compulsory. as
advocated in the bill drafted by the
Board Of Education and recommended
by Congress. She urged the establish
ment of an unsT-adcd school. where the
ilhterates who had passed the years of
customary admission To the schools
might be taught and also a Juvenile
court in a separate building from the
Police curt
was B. H. Warner. who was introduced
statement prepared by the Legion or
Loyal Women were distributed.
The report staIed that 1 9S3 children of
school age We're arrested last year.
Further il says:
"Of the many patient juvenile toilers
who are drudges in the home we can
make no estimate. but investigation
shows that the helpless child is being
in hundreds of cases deprived of its nat
ural birthright, Of school training. and
school associations. because of the Gu
pidity OF vicious or inefficient parents
or guardians"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-22

back again like a house in a child's
toy village.
Ii should not be assumed, of course,
that the Secretary of Agriculture is
mot a man of taste, and that he does
mot love the beautiful as well as the
useful, the charm of architecture as
well as the more solid delights of the
potato field. But as the bug Is to the
! potato plant, so is a wrong standard
of taste to an architectural under
taking and the Agricultural Deparg-
ment project needs a good dose of
paris green. If that fails-if honest
argument cannot stop this vandalism
then, with the unrelenting tirmness
of the farmer and his children when,
armed with tin pans and shingles.
they start on a potato-bug hunt, the
public and the Administration should
rid the mind Of the Secretary Of the
particular bug responsible for this
alteration of taste.
Seriously, for this IS a serious sub
jet, The essential beauty and fitness
of the plans originally made by
EEnfant was such that no succeeding
building commission has been able t.
do more than elaborate and modify
them in certain unessential details.
The present commission, III selecting
site for the new Agricultural building.
chose 1t according to those plans, and
as placed by them, 1t would not inter
fere with any present charm Of the
Mall, and would, in fact, add to its
symmetry and beauty. 1t is to be
hoped that at some future time this
lovely park viii rise to the dignity
which its designers intended it should
have. 1t IS not yet very old. and
stranger things have happened than
the changing Of an unpopular place
OF promenade to popular one, by
mere 1uctuation Of fancy. The Ag-
ricultural building should be placed
with view to this possibility. and,
anyhow, there is no earthly reason
why 1t should be placed otherwise.
The Seeretary's plan has not taste to
recommend it, the clerks viii be no
more comfortable, the land viii be no
more suitable. What, then, IS his
idea? Vandalism committed now can
never be remedied. Let II be prevent
sd before II Is too late.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-22
HonOrs Were Even.

a verbal passas e-at-arms occurred be-
tween First Assistant Postmaster Ger
eral Wynne and Postn; Ster Merritt a
few mornings ago in the Office Of the
former
on his way upstairs 10 call on Mr.
Wynne. Mr. Merritt got into the ele-
vator with a woman clerk who was
walking with crutches
Good morning said SIR Merritt. Il
am sorry TO see you are using crutches.
How long have you had to walk with
them %
Why. Mr. Wynne. was the reply,
81 broke ms leg last October"
Straight to Mr.. Wynne,s desk went
the city postmaster.
what have 1 done?' ne asked Mr.
Wynne
81 don't know. " replied the First AS
sistaHt us anybody investigating your
No. bat woman called me Mr..
WynHe as 1 came up in the elevator
and ! thought must have done some
thing bad. Anyhow. / want an explana-
ton said Mr.. Merritt.
me only way l can account for it,"
aa!d Mr.. " ynne, lis that you are get
ting bettcr-lOOking"
And he turned with a bland and Light
hearted smile 70 greet the fOrty-eighth
lrdte Congressman who had come with
blood IN his eye 10 discuss the Bristow
report.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-22
Qnay's HaLfGgar.

Senator Quay likes TO smoke cigars.
He usually has one in his mouth when
he is not in the Senate chamber. and
sometimes he then chews an unlighted
one
A week or so ago his doctor told him
he must stop smoking.
II can't" said the Senator.
But you must" insisted the doctor.
Cant I smoke at ALP asked the Sen
atoT plaiuuvely
Yes" the doctor replied. as if he
was comforting great favor. you
may smoke ilalf Of one cigar each
day. but 40 more
wei. said the Senator today. as he
sat in his committee room. lit is now
time FOR me to have my daily smoke.
He opened "a drawer in his desk and
took out cigar fifteen inches in length
and lit IL and smoked it with relish.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-22
Reed Smoot.
"Weu-KnOwn Women of Indiana" Wish
Him to Be Unseated.

"Well-Known Women of Indiana" Wish
Him to Be Unseated.
Dispatches in this mornings papers
assert that "well-known women of In
diana and other States are appealing
to ministers with a view to forcing
Senator Beveridee 20 ehar-e his at
titude toward Senator heed Smoot
In other words, they wish Senator
Beveridee to vote to mseat Senator
Smoot.
The story is told Of Hans Won Blu
low, the celebrated musician. that dur
inc a pause at a rehearsal Of a chorus
for women's voices, he became greatly
annoyed by the chatter of the singers.
Rapping the desk in front of him
with the conductors baton. he sharply
remarked; Ladies. this Is not q
question of saving the capitol, but of
singing the score correctly"
Oh, "well-known women of Indiana
ana other Statesw The question OF
mseating Reed Smoot Is not one OF
sentiment, but Of law. Don't lose
sight of that fact, If you please.
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THE
PERSONAL
SIDE
New Map of South Africa
for Secretary Cortelyou.
One Smoke a Day for
Mr.. Quay.

Two young negro women and a man
all gaudily dressed, boarded an r Stree;
car at Eleventh yesterday afternoon
The man sat between the two women
and entered into an animated CONVERSE
ton with them
oh, he's swell dresser. and good
looker-aud you ought to see him
dance" he said He always makes a
KILN wherever he goes. There ain't
many like him. -
How I should love to meet him" one
Of the women exclaimed. Il have al
ways heard about him. You know, he
was a great friend of Jens."
He's clear out of her class now.
Since he got back from New York YOU
ought to see him, the man replied.
There was a minutes lull Then the
woman who had said she would like to
meet him asked: rs he colOred or
PLANE"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-22
QuSet Weddings Mark
Waning Season of Lent

/ quiet bat pretty wedding took pace
/ last 'evening at the GurIey Memorial
! Church, when Miss Annie F. Opdvkc
and Leonard 2. Draeger We're married.
The Rev J. Russell Verbrvck. pastor
1 OF Tive church. performed the ceremony.
Miss Helen Barbee, niece of the
I bride was her only attendant and
Thomas Sweeney and William Routf
v ere the ushers.
pom their return from their wedding
ulI Nj and Mrs. Draeger will bf. al
home at @0o5 Fifth Street northwest
The marriage is announced Of Miss
Mauc@ Knowlton, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. d. knowlton, 10 Dr. Aubray Il
Staples, OF this city. The ceremony
took place on March IG. at the home OF
the brides parents in Westminster
Street The Rev. Dr. acLim. of the
Chufth OF the Epiphany, read the mar
riage service
7 be wedding party was ;nterward en-
terfmned at supper at the RigSs House.
when Col O c. Staples, uncle of the
gTooE2t was the host
Miss Beatrice Gordon Bennett and
George r. Wilsol were married in Nor
folk yesterday morning by the Rev
NillELnl A Barr, rector of St Luke's
Episcopal Church. Immediately after
the ceremony MI. and Mrs Wilson went
10 = export News where they VIII
make their home for the present
The home OF Mr.. and Mrs Herbert
Wads worth. in Massachusetts Avenue.
VIII be thrown open this evening in aid
Of popular charity, the Girls Friend
-ly society, when the POlymnia Society
viii give its first public concert To-
morrow evening the society will give a
second recital, when the audience VIII
be composed of the friends OF Mrs.
N5ds worth.
Oden Horstmann and the Misses
HorstuElnn have arrived in Italy where
they VII remain throughout the spring.
Mr. Elorstmann, who is an enthusiastic
gOlr player, will take part in the tour
nament at Sandwich, which VIII open on
May 80
The British ambassador and the mem
bers of his STAFF have Cancelled all So
cial engagements until after the funeral
Of the Duke Of Cambridge which has
placed the English court temporarily in
mourning.
Mrs Phoebe Hearst, who had pur-
posed leaving Washington last week.
Will remain until Friday, when she viii
go to New York
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-22

Bureau in the first years of the Har-
rison Administration 1t doesn't seem
to care n rap whether the statements
contained in the report sent to Repre-
sentative Oyerstreet are true or not
they simply want to knew whether
General Bristow wrote it, and whether
he ever was guilty Of criticising Con
! grpssmen. First, Mr.. Mccall at
tempted to trap General Bristow into
an admission of being the author Of
the report; then Mr.. Bartlett sought
by the process of elimination TO get
the desired information, and, not sue
ceeding, fell, Sherlock Holmes-fash-
ion, to umraveling the mystery by de
handing to know the messenger who
carried the document to the House
Committee on Postoflices and Post
Roads. Finally, Mr. McDermott be-
rated General Bristow for not having
Investigated Beavers and others. with
ont orders from his suPeriors, ending
with the stateBent that in his judg
ment your whole postal system Is
rotten"-a statement which might
have been Of inestlmable value at the
tine The Times began to uncover the
rascalities of Machen, Beavers, Tyner,
and others, but which at this late hour
sounds more ike the querulous COM
plant Of a feeble intellect than the
sound reasoning Of one sitting In
Judgment upon the acts of others.
1t Is not necessary to assume that a
majority of members are .criminals;"
veI it Is possible that many have been
guilty of indiscretions. At the worst
this Is q venial sin-an abuse easily
remedied. But the country Will be
forced to take different view, if the
committee should persist IN its present
course of badeering ar honest and eff
iieient official for no other reason, APP
parently, than that of having done his
duly without reference to the tender
susceptibilities of Congressman too
eager to serve a particular constitu-
eney at the expense Of the country.
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The Mccall Committee.
It's Treatment Of General Bristov
AEOuses Suspicion.

Its Treatment Of General Bristow
Accuses Suspicion.
The Mccall committee Is rapidly
disclosing two facts: First. that it is
intent upon finding the author Of the
official report which caused MAORI
~ Of the members Of the House Of
Representatives to throw fits: and sec.
ond, that ii IS determined to present
. rs the result Of It's labors a laree-sized
bucket of whitewash 10 their col
leagues in the House, INTO which TO
dip their brushes and bedaub each
other.
This Is not a new thing in Congress
sionai Investigations. In the Harri-
son Administration, for instance. a
committee of the House pretended to
De bent upon investigating certain
charges made by the correspondent o.
Ia New York paper against the man
agement Of the Pension Bureau In
general and against Commissioner
Green B. Raum IN particular. Upon
questioning the correspondent il be-
came evident that the information de-
sired could be had At the Bureau: in
fact, that the official files presented
abundant proof Of the truth of the
charges made by the correspondent
That didn't interest the committee
however; they didn't care to know
whether abuses existed or not What
they wished to find out was who cave
the Information regarding these
abuses TO the correspondent, so they
might punish the guilty wretch. They
never sent for the papers which they
could have lad for tie asking, and. Of
course, their report was in the nature
Of a whiteWash.
The whole trend of the examination.
10 which General b,istew was subject
ed yesterday justifies the belief that
the Mccall committee will faithfully I
follow in the footsteps Of the com /
nittee which examined the Pension
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-22
& Good Roads Prophet.

The saying that "a prophet is not
without honor except in his own couu-
IVY stands la imminent danger Of being
reversed i'm case failure attends the
present propaganda in Congress for in
a1gura ting national good roads sys-
tenn al public expense, The man who is
IN the most favorable position for UNI
oertating such ii task. with absolute
Scli-contldenCe IN his ability 20 succeed
IN the effort, is Samuel Hill, world
traveller ana cosmopolitan business man.
Of St Paul, Mimi, Washington. u. c.,
and Washington state, and son-in-law
OF James j. Hill, the railroad magnate.
Nh Hill has gone into the good roads
question with his customary energy and
has investigated it with especial refer
ence TO the needs Of Washington state.
He finds in the northern part of that
state It costs a dollar ton a mile to
move products TO market over the e,l-
istinE highways. Where there are rail-
roads ton can be carried 100 miles for
y cents, SO the handicap under which
Washington farmers work is manifest
Ar ltilis enthusiasm for good roads
is so great. and he feels so deeply for
the farmers in that part of the couu-
try, that he has made this prediction TO
ma mbcrs of Congress.
II you 90 not take the burden off the
shoulders OF the farmers others viii
come after you who wiz This lis n So
riOus matter. l have said it. l saw il
again. and 1 mean it,"
To remedy this state of affairs Mr.
liil has set his hand, his keen mind
auo-i.is massive body Senator FF0sfrr
OF Washington State is a good roads
advocate. but some others from tbe
great West VINO are less enthusiastic
are beginning 90 wonder whether sSaYn
Hil IS likely to prove himself "A GOOD
prophet should good roads legislation
'aiI
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-22
4 Disagreement Of the Nall.
The Building of the Department CT
Agriculture Likely 70 Jut Into Vista.

The Building Of the Department Ct
Agriculture Likely TO Jut Into Vista.
Somebody ought 10 take the Seers-
tay OF Agriculture aside and reason
with him lehderly but firmly. anal
convince him that in placing the nea
building OF the Departments of Aeri-
culture where it win project q hm.-
dred and fifty feet into the Mall. our
OF line with the buildings already
there, and cutting of the vista which
should have the Monument at one end
and the Capitol at the other. he is
placing himself as well as the build
ING IN ridiculous light in the EYES
of the public. Future generations will
look at that building and wonder who
put It there, and they win conclude.
with justice, that the Secretary Of Az
rieulture had something 10 do with II.
It is the duty Of true friends of Inc
Secretary to shield him from the con
sequences of his own ill-judged de-
sires
II that building is put where II
ought TO be, it VIII be am added
beauty. rot only OF the city, bat Of
that particular part Of lhe city. I'll
It is showed into a place where # does
not belong it win be a permanent dis
hgurement, and il cannot be moved
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-22
That Star" MysteTy.
Assassins an Our Midst" and Yet
Nothing Doing"

On March Il our esteemed contem-
porary, The Evening STAR" mysti-
he'd its readers mystihed, that's the
worldly a rather unladylike out
break against a person, or persons,
varously and volubly described as
"envious and malignant slanderer,"
''spiteful scandal monger,' "conspira-
tors who treaeherously and malicious
~ assal individual regulations
murderer of good repute," and ISLAM
derous assassins Of the
eity's good name"
Though more than a week has
elapsed since this eruption, and
though the Star" declared with a
great deal of emphasis, and, we are
bound 10 assume in perfect eandor.
that --the only just and effective way
to check the inevitably resulting de
liberalization would be 10
drive +om their hiding places and
suitably punish couspirators." we
have watched in vain for a further
twinkle to illunine the situation. We
were told that to insure '.the protec-
ton of the puDhc welfare the lash of
the righteous wrath. the singing con-
tempt and the deserved execration Of
the community" would "scourge pitt
lessly all slanderous assassins of
the city's good names 'In
the first place" declared the
"Star," ''the ak should fall upon the
accused. a vile source of moral con
tamination IN the community, to be
instantly destroyed; in the second
place, IT should fall with equal force
upon the murderer of good repute.7
IN short, our slightly excited contem-
porary stated the fact, or what it be-
heves to be the fact, that murderers"
and 'assassins' are IN our midst :" II
declared that they should be hunted
from their lair; it laid down the prin-
eipies upon which their conduct
should be judged; and. boiling with
indignation, it pronounced sentence
upcn the guilty: Let the ak fall"
; There you are. Neat, isn't it2 And
complete complete, at least. from a
-Star" point of view. Complete as a
"Star' chamber proceeding. in fact.
no definite charges, no indictment. no.
tgial-as if the whole thing had taken
place on the inside of whited Sc
puleher. Perhaps it has. Who knows
The pubhe2 o yes. we are the guar
dams Of 1.-THE city's good name" we
watch over "the welfare Of the con-
mmity," we deal out justice and make
the evildoer tremble, but in this case
we must sit on the lid. We must.
really And SO would You, if you
were in our place.
That's the attitude. apparently. Of
the Star il Is in possession of
dread secrets. 1t knows Of murderers
and assassins who threaten the well
fare Of the community. Ii saws that
they should be hunted down. Yet It /
Goesn't hunt 1t won't let other peo- /
pie hunt, either. 1t carefully con- /
cealS tie quarry. IL exposes TO dan /
ger the very life Of the city We con /
fees. we don't understand It,
Speak up ueighb0r, and let us have /
Jew more facts and less Gapdoodle /
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-22
ANGRY OVER CARD GAME.

UTICA. n. Y. March because his
guests would not a Id TO the Interest OF
card games which we're being PLAYED at
his home. near S herburne Chenanco
county Daniel FiEary, former con-
wet attacked Millard anG Frederick
Bowers with gun ana shot the former
Bowers viii probably die. Eigary is IN
Jail ~ Norwich.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-22
STRIKERS TURNED AWAY

NEW BEDFORD, Mass, March o.
More than 200 Of the 500 weavers at the
Dartmouth Cotton Mills who struck last
month against an order TO scrub floors.
were turned away when they reported
for work today. The strikers had voted
TO return. as the Omitted Textile Work
ers refused to sanction their action
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-22
FIRE DAMAGES KITCHEN.

Fifty dollars damage was caused at
Ellen Stafford home 922 Eighteenth
Street northwest. about 1890 O'Clock last
night. The flames; were confined 10 the
kitchen, where the fire originated from
an OVerheated stove
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-22
NO SYMPATHY FOR RUSSIA.

DIES MONIES. Iowa. March 22-Repre-
sentative Heads resolution expressing
sympathy for the Russians in the war
with Japan was voted down by the
Iowa house. The vote against the
resolution was almost unanimous
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-22
Should Enhance Beauty.
FFLL- FXPLODINc -

WATERFOWL, y. y, March o.
Frank Sibley, thirty-seven years old. n
resident of Fowler, St Lawrence conn
", while hunting foxes near Gouverneur.
slipped ana ten, causing his sun 10 dis
charge its load into his BODY. Ha died
a few hours later.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-22
The Administration Wegq.

Commissioner Ware Shows a Fata
Facility for Dropping Into Poetry.
The lot Of a Commissioner of Pen
sions Is usually hard, since whether he
favors the granting or the withhold
ing of pensions, he is sure to be
kicked by somebody. He is. in faei,
the Government football, and his po-
sition depends largely on the proves
OF one side or the other. Commission
er Ware evidently feels disposed to
solaee himself by poetic musings. He
wrote a note to the President, Just be
fore leaving town for the South,
which runs as follows:
] take this piece Of pluubago
To tell you / have the mmbago:
/ shall hie me away
For "a week and a dav
For 1 feel like very bum Dago.
Another, written TO a sympathizine
friend, is this;
The President put me here.
It's improper for enc To repine.
It's disloyal FOR me 20 die,
Insubordinate 70 resign.
When ''IronquilI'' was appointed to
ms present position many people
wondered whether he would abandon
the pleasing diversion of writing poe
try. or, like Secretary Hay, shrink
from having the subject of his early
achievements mentioned. Apparently
Mr.. Ware is not a bit ashamed OF
himself, and would do the same thing
over again ON the slightest provoca-
ton. He has perpetrated a Kansas
ode since he has been in Office, and
some stray bits Of verse besides.
1t IS something rather new. This
having an officer Of the Government
who can, and viii. and does, write
poetry IN the intervals of his official
duties. The poetry, moreover, indi-
Gates that Mr.. Ware Is not a bit cast
down by earking care or envious de-
traction. As he feelingly says, it Is
improper for him to repine, and Mr.
Ware, of Kansas, would not for the
world do anything improper. So he
plays Silas Wceg iustead.
This Is Il country with a sense of
humor, and we can read and enjoy
almost anything which any public
man chooses TO write. unless 1t is too
long to be Interesting. In Grea.
Britain talent such as MIR. Wares
might be tIiGe dangerous, for the
English have morbid cerebral deveI
opment of the sense of decorum. and
do not understand such matters.
There was Boanerees Bitten cnce.
who-but that Is another story.
In all kindness, however. let MS
warn Mr.. Ware that there can be too
much poetry in the life of a Pension
Commissloner. Perhaps it would be
just as well-we speak in "A spirit of
gentleness-that when he feels the
next attack of the Muse coming on.
he should send it to the friend for
whom it Is intended. marked plainly !
with these words:
As evidence of good faith. but not |
fo~ publication"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-22
LIE Ir KALAKAuA -.

A dispatch from Honolulu announces
the birth of son TO the Prince and
Princess David KaWananakoa The child
Is the first son born to the KaIukaua
line FOR many years and would b. heir
apparent 10 the thronc were the mon
2rchy sun Ia existence.