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The Washington times., 1911-03-15
THE CRITICAL ILLNESS OF
PROCTOR KNOTT.

Word comes from Kentucky that
Proctor Knott is dying of paralysis at
his home i'll Lebanon. He is now in his
eighty first year. The greater part oi
his active life was spent in the public
service. He acquired his first taste OF
politics as member of the legislature
and then as attorney general of Mis-,
souri,. lie afterward represented Ken
lucky for ten years in Congress. Al,
though chairman of the House Judici-
ary Committee for several terms, and
man of high legal attainments, he
has always been, and will ever be,
best remembered for his speech on Du-
luth, delivered in tine House on Jan
uary %, 1871. An effort had been made
to extend the term in which to con-
struct a railroad from the st. CroiN
river to Lake Superior at Duluth and
to continue the grant of nearly a
million and a half acres of land. The
bill had passed the Senate, but when
it came before the House Proctor Knott
assailed it in a spirit of broad farce
which made it ridiculous. The result
was that not only the measure under
consideration was killed but that the
whole system of railroad subsidies was
given a death blow
Proctor Knott's Grafton became one
of the humorous classics of the time,
although, like Single Speech Hamilton,
he was never able to duplicate the
happy performance. From 1894 to
1901 he was professor of law and
dean of the law faculty of Central
University in his native State of Ken
lucky. The news of his critical illness
will be received with deep regret
throughout the country, and particu-
larly in Washington, where he is still
remembered with warm affection.
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AmusenentS,

National-"The Round Up" 2:15 and Sis
Reiasco-"An Old New Yorker" 2:15 and
$50 p. m.
Colunlbia-Henry Miller in THE
Havoc" Sis p. m.
Academy-"The Joy Rider" Sis p. m.
Chase's-Polite Vaudeville. 2:15 and
Sis p. m
and s:15 p. m.
Gayety-"Bowery Burlesquers," 2:15
and Sis D. m.
Casino-Continuous vaudeville, 1925
to II p. m.
Majestic-Vaudeville
Cosmos-Continuous vaudeville. 1 to
IL p. nj.
Howal d-Black Patti.
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CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONER
CIVIL SERVICE CONDITIONS.

Again the United States Civil Serv-
ice Commission has made its annual
plea to Congress for a reclassification
of positions and a readjustment of
salaries in the civil service in order
that the greatest efficiency may be at
tanned and that the humble employe
may get long delayed justice.
The Commission sums up in a gen
eral way what The Times has told in
detail in the past three months in its
crusade to induce Congress to come to
the relief of the civil service employe
as well as bring the civil service sys-
tenn up to a state of efficiency. For
reasons that are obvious the Commis-
sion is not as harsh as conditions
would justify, but the language OF GER
tain portions of the report is unmis-
taxable.
Here is what is said relative to the
general need of the civil service sys-
TEN, as urged by The Times:
Existing conditions initiate against
any satisfactory application Of merit
principles in the development of an eff
cient personnel in the public service.
Essential to any satisfactory and ef-
fective reform in the civil service are
reclasSifcaton of positions and re
adjustment of salaries on the basis OF
character of work performed.
Merit and ability might then become in
all cases the governing factors in ad-
vancement in the service, whereas un-
der existing conditions INEFFICIENCY
ND NFDIOCRITY OFTEN BLOCK
THE WAY.
Inequalities in the salary classified
ton now in force are also criticised by
the Commission i'll terms as plain as
possible, and the bold hint that "in-
fuence" is factor in the salary ques-
tion is also made. The Commission
says:
Since the relation between salary and
duties is not fully recognized under pre-
vailinE conditions, clerk of mediocre
ahility ass igned to work of low grade
may reach the higher rates of salary
by virtue of seniority or influence"
| while an ADLER clerk performs work Of
higher grade at lower pay.
What does it all mean? 1t means
simply that Congress must act if the
civil service is not dragged deeper
into political mire. 1t means that it
is up to Congress to make the princi-
pies of civil service effective and not
a mere theory.
No blame can attach to the Civil
Service Commission for the inefficiency
of the civil service. Ii does the best
it can with the facilities at hand, and
for several years past has pleaded an
nually for Congress to come to its
rescue in the matter of promoting
efficiency and bettering the working
conditions of the employees.
One handicap, probably the greatest
barrier to efficiency, is the low salary
scale or the salary classification. 1t
was adopted in 1853, when there were
only 700 persons affected by it, and any
changes have been to make it more un-
satisfactory. For more than half a
century there have been no material
increases in salaries.
This is what the Commission says
about it:
Much has been done by the depart
| ments toward rectifying these inequali-
| ties, but the conditions cannot be reme-
died fully until a scheme of uniform
classification has been adopted.
/ Thereby the Commission puts the
The Washington times., 1911-03-15
Clark Good Candidate;
Admits That Himself

CHICAGO, March 15.-If any one
doubts that Champ Clark will make
a good Democratic candidate for Presi-
dent of the United States, they have his
own word for it that he will. The next
Speaker of the House, in an interview
here, admitted that he would make
good candidate, saying:
We'll, the Democratic party might go
further and fare worse-and l think It
will.
Mr.. Clark prophesied victory for the
reciprocity measure, and said of the
tariff: We can get by Mr.. Taft with
a few schedules, we hope, where we
never could get past with a whole bill. .
The South is held up by the Missouri
Representative as a land of promise,
and the next Speaker advises young
men to go there.
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HOPES THE WHITE WINGS
WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN
To the Editor Of THE TINES

To the Editor OF THE TINES
l have read often, with pleasure, your
advocacy of higher wages for clerks in
the civil or department service, and
hope the day is not far distant when
they will receive a substantial increase.
Have also read your editorial in rega I'd
to cleaner streets in Washington after
July l, next. l hope the Congress will
provide better pay for these faithful
men at least Their pay is but $3.50 per
day, and that subject to loss on account
of weather changes and holidays, as
they only get paid for time actually
made. 1t is to be hoped they will get
as much as is paid in other cities. Bal
timore pays its street cleaners 81 per
day, and pays for all legal holidays
It is hoped that while others higher up
are getting their pay envelope stuffed
get the
WHITE WINGS OF WASHINGTON.
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NOT READY TO DIE
IN Mr.. MORGAN'S WAR

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
Your editorial of the 10th inst on
The Situation on the Mexican Border" 5"
tells just what those troops and ships
are sent there for. It would be well
for those heroic Spanish war veterans
of Hardin Camp to study. before they
pronounce their eagerness to re-enlist.
J. P. Morgan and other millionaires are
the silent commanders behind the army
and navy in this move. Who is going
TO enlist? Who Is so eager to have his
head shot off to protect Morgans mill
lions in Mexico? Wake up!
4 SPANISH WAR VETERAN.
The Washington times., 1911-03-15

National Aero and Truck Exposition
Exposition Building, North Capitol
and NJ streets.
Meeting of the Board of Education,
Franklin School. Thirteenth and X
streets northwest, $3.50 p. m.
Organ recital by Howard r. Thatcher
Eighth Street Temple, Eighth street,
between H and I streets northwest,
p. m.
Meeting of the Brightwood Park Citi-
zens' Association, Van Horn Hail.
Georgia avenue and Longfellow street,
S p. IN.
Address by Senator Baron d'Estourn-
elles de Constant, Pan-American
building, Seventeenth street and Po-
tomac road, $50 p. m.
Visit to Mt. Vernon by members of the
Philadelphia Produce Exchange. this
afternoon.
Annual review of the bicycle police, in
front of the Arlington Hotel, II a. m.
Concert by the Fifteenth Cavalry Band
and Orchestra, Fort Myer gymnasium,
s D. m.
Adolph Borchard. pianist, Columbia
Theater, 4:30 p. m.
Meeting Washington Psycho-Therapeutic
Society at w. c. T. U. headquarters,
Sixth street, near F, at s p. m. Ad-
dress by DR.. c. F. Winbigler.
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To Lecture Before
Institute of Banking

DR.. C w. veditz will give the first
of a series of four lectures on public
finance before the Washington chap
ter of the American Institute of
Banking. Thursday evening at 1914
F street northwest. Public Expen-
diture" will he the subject of the in
itial address of DR.. Vedttz.
The Washington times., 1911-03-15

To this. the angry mothers of the
neighborhood and the community ad-
joining, say Indignantly, NO"
Sandy" McNeal and the other boys,
declare. I'VE won't have 1t. We're not
any worse than any other boys, any
how"
Mrs. Bushee Takes
Up for Them.
And Mrs. Edna Keene Bushee, who
is known as the "truant officer" but
whose official title Is Chief Attendance
Oficer Of the District of Columbia, -
takes the bad boys side of the argu-
ment when asked today for an opinion.
Mrs. Bushee has for a number of
years been active in the child study
movement, and her work with children
of Washington has been particularly
happy and successful.
What neighborhood hasn't the prob
lem of the bad boy?" she asks. why,
the bad boy Is simply ubiquitous. He
fights On every street corner. One Of his
especial delights in life is to murder
sleep and torture nerves. But the prob
lem isn't one for a probation officer, nor
for a tuant officer. To deal with the
bad boy so officially as this is to put
him too near the court. and even the
Juvenile Court ought to be our very
last resort. Those whose especial mis-
sion in life II is TO reform the juvenile
marauders' of any community, are
why the parents, of course.
Now, the bad children, who are not
vicious at all, but who are simply suf-
fering from a surplus of energy" con-
tinued Mrs. Bushee, must have some
legitimate outlet for this energy. If
parents and neighbors don't want them
fighting on the street corners, or tear
ing palings of the back fence, there is
a remedy. And this remedy is to be
found in the social center.
Let a club be established, where the
boys of every neighborhood may meet
The Washington times., 1911-03-15
Capitol Hill Youngsters Re-
sent Being Called
Cowboys"
DON'T WANT TO
PLAY WITH DOLLS
Willing to Be Peaceful on Street
If Given a Place to
Romp.
BY SELENE ESARMSTRoNG.

Do you live on Capitol Hill, in Mt
Pleasant neighborhood, at Chevy Chase
or in Takoma Park? Then you know
his type. You have asked yourself a
hundred times:
What can we do with him."
For he is the ubiquitous bad boy
whose name is legion.
He was loafing today in the corner
grocery at Fourth and B streets north
east. He should have been at school,
but he wasn't, and whether he hat
begged off, or was playing truant. h'
did not condescend to explain wher
asked
A red and blue tam O. shanter cap oi
doubtful age perched impishly on one
side of his head. His plaid necktie. II
the neatest Of bow knots. had a decor
Gus look that was contradicted by the
shameless way in which his elbows ant
knees had come through his clothing
And he had a roguish smile that made
him altogether lovable.
ANY bad boys in this neighborhood? ?
l asked severely.
"Yes'm," he answered, unabashed
adding: What you want to know thai
for?"
The Washington times., 1911-03-15

proposition strictly up to Congress, as
it has done each year for some time.
1t is up to Congress to remedy con.
ditions. .. --
What is Congress going to do about
itf
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Playful, Not Bad, But Boys )uSt the Same
Mrs. Edna Keene Bushee, District 1ruant
Officer. on the Bad Boy

The problem Of the bad boy Of nhbohood isn't for
the probation ruan officer but for the parent first Of ALL
CENTER
neghbohood who suffering
deal with the bad boy officially
a probationary officer except last
reform the bad mi
able neghborhood? Why, play with
The Washington times., 1911-03-15
Surplus Energies Must Be
Let Out" Is Popular
Verdict.
MOTHERS DECLARE
COMPLAINT UNJUST
Say Boys Are as Good as Boys Can
Be, in Spite of Letter to
Commissioners.

in the afternoons, and the girls, too. for
that matter. Let them romp, and play
and have their little quarrels under the
supervision of some man or woman
whose duty 1t Is to supervise this social
center. Every neighborhood should
have one, for every neighborhood has
its bad boys.
School Easements
Good Places.
Such club could be conducted every
afternoon in the basement Of every
school house, and would be an admir-
able complement to the playground. The
supervisor of every neighborhood social
center would be some man or woman
who loves children. and who could be
engaged in this important work by the
neighbors for a nominal sum, / should
think. l haven't thought out the plan
by which the services of the supervisor
Of the social center could be remuner-
ated, but surely the neighbors could af-
| ford this in order to reform the bad
| boy.
Near my own neighborhood there
are some very bad boys. They deface
property, and make life miserable for
| many of their neighbors. But when I
| hear men and women complaining Of
| them l say: If you would spend one
half the time playing and fraternizing
with these children that you spend con-
! demnng them, you would find them
harmless lot of boys and girls.
And so, after my experience in deal
| ing with the wayward child, can
| only advise the man or woman who
complains of him to be his comrade and
| his confidante in order to effect a re-
form. But as for the probation officer
| for the bad boy-never!"
The moral is: II you're an anxious
mother, or a nervous school teacher, or
weary toller, and the bad boy gets
on your nerves. learn to play with him.
Mrs Bushee, the truant officer; Miss
Walsh, Judge De Lacy's probation Of
ficer, and Judge De Lacy himself, say
so-and they know.
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how bad such bows are, and what ought
to be done about II.
Immediately he was on the defensive
other bad boy. He fairly bristled with
Indignation as he said:
well, we amt so bad as that man
thinks. It's not SO. What dye want us
to do? Sit up in the house and play
dolls like a lot o. girls?"
This is what S. W. Russell, Of 401 B
street northeast, charges against this
particular boy and some ~twenty-nine
other boys of that neighborhood in a let
ter addressed to Our Honorable Board
of District Commissioners"
Furnishes Some
Concrete Information.
The immediate neighborhood. OF
which the intersection of Fourth and B
streets northeast is the center, has been
terrorized by band of marauding tuv-
eniles more or less for several years.
These neglected children of the street,
white mostly, though a few are colored.
number about thirty when in full force.
They range from four to sixteen years
of age. The offensive acts of these In
dams and cowboys include a long list
of tresDasses on private grounds. defac-
ing and destroying roistering bouts, ac-
companied with shouts and screams re-
verberating through the neighborhood,
| torturing the nerves and numbering
sleep-wearied workers and invalids
their victims
In conclusion. Mr.. Russell suggests to
the Commissioners that inasmuch as
the patrolmen are "hedged about with
| judicial barbed wire fences, so that
any show Of force-the only safe and
sane means within their power-wouId
| be futile a strong. motherly woman
be appointed as probation officer to
show the Juvenile marauders'' the er.
ror of their ways.
The Washington times., 1911-03-15
Sports.

Basketball, Georgetown VS.. Y. NJ. c. A.,
at the Association Gymnasium, in G
street.
Meeting of Cross Country Club at 1903
!. Fourteenth street northwest.
The Washington times., 1911-03-15

The South would be delighted to help
along the movement to build a monu-
ment to Gen. Ben Butler in Boston, pro-
vided she were allowed to draw the de-
sign, which would, no doubt. look sus-
piciously like a spoon.
The Washington times., 1911-03-15
Some Bachelors, Too.

Wigwag-I can always tell a married
man when l meet one.
Henpeckke-Oh, l don't know. You
might occasionally run across a bach
elor with Crouch Philadelphia Rec
ord.
The Washington times., 1911-03-15

DR.. Parkhurst and the principality Of
Monaco are about the only great powers
which are entirely at peace just at
present.
The Washington times., 1911-03-15

Brigham Young's portrait certainly
would be out of place on the silver serv-
ice of a battleship, where there are no
women at all.
The Washington times., 1911-03-15

Prize fighting has almost been legal
lied In Missouri. Perhaps this is prepa-
ratory to another effort to knock out
the Rum Demon.
The Washington times., 1911-03-15

The Boston Nationals should be given
a handicap if they are to be trained un-
der the practical eye of President Taft
The Washington times., 1911-03-15
Getting At the Bottom
Of It All.

Because" he was told, "a gentleman
named S. ". Russell. who lives in the
honse just across the street there. has
written a letter to the District Commits
sioners telling them that life isn't worth
living in this neighborhood because
there are so many bad boys here on
Capitol Hill. The newspapers have pub
lished part of his letter, and now The
Washington Times would like to know
The Washington times., 1911-03-15

Raisuli, like the late Chinese Empress
Dowager, is going to keep on playing
with the obituary notices until one of
them proves fatal.
The Washington times., 1911-03-15

A police review was held this morning
ir frort of one of our leading hostelries.
For quite some time there were no at
tacks from Indian bandits to speak of.
The Washington times., 1911-03-15

In these hours of tense interest and
excitement perhaps it was just as well
that the President and Mr.. Rockefeller,
when they met on the golf links near
Augusta, simply saluted and passed on.
The Washington times., 1911-03-15

The General Staff, like that of Aaron,
can blossom and bear fruit when the
time comes.
The Washington times., 1911-03-15
What's S on the Program, in
Washington Today.

(The Times will be pleased to an
nounce meetings and entertain
ments in this column. Phone or
write announcements
The Washington times., 1911-03-15
Concert T Today
BY the Fifteenth Cavalry Band and
Orchestra, at Fort Myer, at p. m
GEORGE F. TYRRELL. Director.
SECOND PART.

SECOND PART.
Military band.
March, Major Porter '........Strohm
(Chief trumpeter. Fifteenth Cavalry
Suite de Concert, "I.'Arlesienne,"
I. Prelude; II, Mineretto: III,
Adagietto: ", lie Corellon.. Bizet
Fantasia, MY Maryland" Short
Fantasia, Day at West Point
Bendix
The Washington times., 1911-03-15

The net total circulation OF The Washington
Times (Sunday) during the month of Feb
foary was 1887. all copies left over and
returned by agents heing eliminated. This
numoer, when divided by (. the number OF
6unoays during February. shows the net
Sunday average for February to have been
q, ,229
IN each issue OF The Times the circulation
ngures for the previous day are plainly
printed at the head OF the FIRST page at the
Aeft OF the date line
Entered at the Postoffice at Washington
%. C., as second class matter
The Washington times., 1911-03-15

The net total circulation Of The Washington
Times daily during the month of February
Eas I,o77, ,sSs, all copies left over and re-
turned being eliminated. This number. when
divided by "a, the number of days Of publi-
cation shows the net daily average for Feb
ruaTy to have been A, sO2
The Washington times., 1911-03-15
Sunday.

The number NJ complete and perfect copies
or The Washington Times printed Sundays
curing the month of February was as follows
February 5......4s.1Ts February Is.....I6, ,I24
February l2......47. IM February a....is, 209
Total for month. Observation-Disclosures. Isl, SIC
sunday average for month. ......... 8,T7
The Washington times., 1911-03-15
FEBRUARY CIRCULATION.
Daily.

~ number OF complete and perfect copies
Of Inc Washington Times printed daily dur
ting the month of February was as follows:
The Washington herald., 1911-11-28
CROSCUP'S HISTORY WILL
APPEAL TO WHOLEFAM
Young and Old Find Valuable Facts in Book Whi
The Herald Offers to Readers.

Il want another one of those histories %
said a woman yesterday who came into
The Washington Herald Office, where the
Croscup's United States histories are be-
ing distributed
Perhaps you'd like to know the rea-
son." she added, as the clerk handed II
to her. THE children say they can get
their lessons so much better with ii that
they keep 1t at school My husband said
we must mark this copy, Not to be
taken from the house,"
Next to the family Bible, the most read
book in the home ought to be q good
history of our own country. Croscup's
History is an encyclopedia OF practical
information for the whole family.
The father is undoubtedly interested
in politics and the great public questions
that he reads about. But the newspapers
can't stop to tell the history OF the tariff.
or of trusts or currency reform, or rail-
roads. This history has 1t in permanent
form. The election is hardly over, yet
people are already talking about 1872
1t looks as IL the Democrats had a fine
opening. Croscup's tells all about pre-
vious close Presidential campaigns. Do
you recall that in 1888 Cleveland got
10000 more popular votes than Harrison,
who was elected by 23S electoral votes
to 16S?
Mothers want to keep abreast of their
children who are learning in school Some
of them find II easy with Croscup's. The
woman who believes in suffrage must be
prepared to argue political questions with
the woman or man who doesn't This
history is an armory OF arguments on all
The Washington herald., 1911-11-28
leading topfcR

leading topics.
GrownJnp children and the boy or girl
in grammar school alike find answers
to their questions In The Washington
Herald's history. Perhaps the boy finds
It hard to remember facts and dates.
Then Crosoup's History will help to pull
his school average I'D to what Il ought to
be. The girl who says history Is too
difficult will find that the hard parts are
easy and the easy parts a ''ctnch" Il
she reads Croscup's.
That's why the woman wanted another
book marked: Not TO be taken from the
house" Croscups is a family book to
be treasured along with Shakespeare.
It's more practical than any ffve-foot
shelf of books. Cut out the coupon
printed elsewhere IN this paper and the
book is yours-if you are prompt The
new edition is going fast, so don't delay.
Let some member Of the family get busy
and get II.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-28
PATROL WAGON DRIVERS
ASK INCREASED PAY

Declaring that their pay is pitifully
small, considering the high cost Of living
the long hours of work, and the nature
of their employment, twenty-five patrol
wagon drivers of the Metropoliton po-
lice department yesterday transmitted tc
the Commissioners a petition requesting
that their pay be increased from STD &c
son a wear The Commissioners are CIV
ing the matter consideration.
"Our request" reads portion OF the
petition. sis based on the obvious facts
that our. living expenses have increased
with no corresponding increase In salary
that we are required to provide our owr
uniforms, that our hours OF labor are
l0ng, and that much of our work is ex-
ceedingly hard. We ask only that we
he given compensation witch viii enable
us to keep our families in manner com.
mensurate with their real need and con-
.ditions."
The Washington herald., 1911-11-28
BOTH, Welded BEFORE.
Experience Did Not Drive Cupid
from Couple.

Experience has not frightened Cupid
away from Alpheus Briggs, sixty-one
years old. of CliftoaAale. Mass, and Mrs.
Rebecca W. Briggs, fifty, of 1924 H street
northwest. Both have been married be-
fore, and both have been left by death
without their companions. They have
again felt the darts Of Cupid and to-mor-
row will stand before the marriage altar.
Although bearing the same surname.
Mr.. Briggs and Mrs Briggs are only dis
-tantly related. The first husband Of Mrs.
Briggs was distant relative of the pros
pective second Mr.. Briggs. The wedding
the bride-to-be, in H street Rev. George
II. McGrew, of Woodside, Nd, who has
long been acquainted with Mrs. Briggs,
will ofiiciate.