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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-19
THE PARAMOUNT school.

furniture and other fixtures sl"3.2i6S7.
There are nearly 10000 students en-
rolled. OF these about 1880 are
white and more than $500 colored
There are eighteen schools for white
children and thirteen for colored.
Within the past decade there has
hc"n introduced into The elementary
school curriculum new subjects, music.
manual training, domestic science.
ethics and text books in physiology. not
to mention additional work in nature
study and language which were not
included in the course of study ten
years ago. In some cases the school
hours have been shortened The intro
auction OF at least four new subjects
under these conditions necessarily has
had tendency 10 produce either a
crowded condition of the curriculum
she elementary schools or to cause a
slurrinG Of the more important sub
ieots in the grades Al! subjects in a
course OF study have their specific
value. but not public school worker
will deny the fact that the three RS
are SIN the essentials OF elementary
school instruction.
In the last annual report Of Dr. j.
a. c. Chandler, superintendent OF
schools. he called attention 10 the fact
that the penmanship. of scholars in the
Richmond public schools has not been
all that could be desired. This fact he
attributes 10 two changes in the sys-
tern OF writing during the past FIVE
years. He found that the general work
In arithmetic, spelling and music was
unusually good.
Manual Training.
Referring to the manual arts depart
ment the report states that there has
been too much waste OF material and a
lack OF correlation of manual training
with the work of the primary grades.
This department, the r.por; adds, is in
need of read justment
During the session OF l9Oa-lo the citv
spent for supervision and special teach
ers in music and manual training SAL
"a. This sum includes the salary OF
each principal. In the opinion of the
superintendent the school buildings are
too small to contain enough grades
10 Justify the employment of super
vising principals at good salaries.
1t is by no means the desire of Dr.
Chandler that the supervision os the
schools be weakened. But he is now
urging that the number of special
teachers be reduced a rapidly as pos
s!ble. This year there are SIX teachers
ual arts.
At present there is director of
music and three special teachers of
music. The annexation of Manchester
added thirty-five grades. and for the
first time in the Southside musical
instruction in the public schools began
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-19

as ancient methods OF instruction were
eliminated to make room for modern
ideas.
The valuation to-day of the school
buildings and their equipment Is 81
iSo,s3s.o5, Of which sum the buildings
alone are worth Sl,377,5al.lS. and the
The Washington times., 1911-04-19

Premiums for wrappers of Proctor & Gamble Star
Soap distributed from store exclusively.
The Washington times., 1911-04-19
NO
GUIDE TO FIXING
TERN Of CONGRESS
Silent on Whether Session
Ends March 8 or 4, Says
H. M. Rose.

That neither the United States Con-
stitution nor statute law fixes-the time
when the Congressional term begins or
ends, was A statement surprising to
Congressman, and contained in a PAM
phlet issued today by Henry NJ. Rose.
assistant secretary and parliamentary
expert of the Senate.
A wrangle, as old as the Government,
and revived last month, over the ques-
tion whether Congress died at midnight
on March or could sit until noon of
March 4. started Rose in search for
precedents. In his pamphlet today he
reviews the. debates and rulings In the
House and Senate on the question,
quoting extracts from the speeches of
James X. Polk. John Quincy Adams,
Daniel Webster, Jefferson Davis. and
Samuel J. Randall.
The question has been up several
times before, and In 1888, like in 1911.
several appropriation bills were passed
on March 4. after adjournment from
March 3. Their legality has never been
questioned.
Rose discovered that the rulings were
uniformly that Congress did not ex-
pire until noon of March 4.
The Washington times., 1911-04-19
Notables Gather to Bid
Buffalo Bill" Good-by

Washington. young and old, is mourn
ing today the departure of Col. William
+. Cody. the Buffalo Bili' who for two
generations has been the idol of Amer
lean boyhood. His announcement that
he will never return TO Washington as
Snowman caused the gathering of big
crowd not only at the last perfor nance
last night. but at the railroad yards to
watch the loading OF the show and to
send a parting cheer after its distin-
guished founder and head. The show
opened today in Baltimore for a two
days engagement.
Colonel Cody entertained a company
of prominent persons at the last per-
formance here. The party included
President and Mrs. Taft, Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood. and other general staff
officers from Fort Myer; Lieutenant
General Miles. retired, Mai. Gen. s. NJ.
B. Young and Brigadier Generals Hayes,
Burt. and Hall, with whom Colonel
Cody served in Indian campaigns.
The Washington times., 1911-04-19
MINORITY R[WSES
OPINION OF CLARK
As RULING OFFICER
Speaker Proves Master of
Gavel and Democrats
Rejoice.

House Republicans have revised their
| opinion of Champ Clark as a presiding
officer, and their sad revision has filled
the Democrats with exceeding great joy.
OF course, no knotty question has yet
presented itself for solution by the new
Speaker. but At is generally admitted
that he already has proved himself a
master of the gayel. He has each day
insisted upon preservation Of order, and
has made that insistence tell Each day
the Republicans have led the applause
when he has brought down the gavel.
literally and metaphorically, upon the
unruly House and has proclaimed him
self its master. e..
Also, it has been surprising to dis
cover that Speaker Clark is stickler
for the forms of parliamentary polite
ness. It has been the custom under the
Cannon regime for members TO inter-
rupt each other and ask questions in
colloquy, without going through the for
NAL business of addressing the Speaker
and receiving, through the Chair, the
consent of the member holding the floor
to make the interruption.
This loose practice Speaker Clark is
determined TO stop. He has better
and a bigger voice than any member
of the House, and whenever a member
breaks into debate without the formal
preliminaries he is drowned out by the
booming of Champ Clark's deep throat
as the Speaker goes through the for
mula prescribed for the occasion.
1t has been noted also that Champ
Clark doesn't lean on his parliamentary
clerk. Judge Crisp, as Uncle Joe was
wont to lean on Mr.. Kinds. The new
Speaker merely hits the sounding board
of his desk with the gavel. a blow
worthy Of Thor, and announces that
the point of order Is sustained, or over
ruled, as the case may be. Later on
he gets up the precedents and prints
his reasons ia the Record. 1t takes less
time that way.
And as there. are Drecedents to back
up every conceivable variety of deci-
sion the Speaker knows he will have
the copy at the Printing Office in plenty
Of time to keep the Record straight.
II the unexpected and the impossible
should happen. and if Judge Crisp
should not be able to find ths proper
precedent. Mr.. Clark, as the 1sMissou-
rians have it, 'allays" that he will be
able TO make a perfectly good, brand
new" precedent TO order.
Swagar Sherley has had his first go
with the gavcl. The Kentuckian is left
handed, and he calls himself south
paw rockv.' Perhaps there is only one
man who doubts mis- ability to make
good as chairman Of the Committee Of
the Whole. and that ore man is Sherley.
The Washington times., 1911-04-19
BIG GUNS IN HOUSE
TRAINED TODAY ON
RECIPROCITY BILL
Cannon, Dalzell, and Others
on Program Against
Measure.

The House entered today into the
home stretch of its debate on the
| Canadian reciprocity bill, which has
been under discussion exclusively since
last Saturday. A vote on the bill, ac-
ably will be had before adjournment
tomorrow.
When the House met today II was
with the knowledge that some Of the
heaviest guns for and against reci-
proctty would be fired. Former Speak
er Cannon had signifed his intention
to make a few remarks" against the
Canadian agreement, but Uncle Joe
said he had not prepared his speech
in advance. Representative John Dal-
Zell, often referred to as the high
priest Of protection" was also on the
sentative Mccall. Massachusetts Re
publican, who framed the reciprocity
bill that passed the House last session
only to fail of a vote in the Senate,
was ready to join hands with Repre-
sentative Underwood, author Of the
pending Democratic measure, in the
final arguments for the measure
/ AS the debate progressed the curious
alignment between old-lipe regulars
and and. Republican insurgents became ann,
Cannon. Da1zell. and Fordney are seen
cheering the speeches OF insurgents
such as Pickett of Iowa and Lenroot
of Wisconsin, while other insurgents.
Norris of Nebraska and Murdoch of
Kansas, for instance, have reached the
point where they will applaud to the
echo the utterances of a standpatter.
The House never expected to see such
a spectacle.
The Canadian reciprocity bill is sure to
pass the House. but Representative
Underwood and other Democratic lead
ers heard today of plot that the min
ority has laid to embarrass the ma
jorIty. The Republicans are divided on
the bill, but the plan of the opposing
faction Is to attempt to tack on the
farmers free list" bill as an amend
ment to reciprocity. thus placing the
Democrats in position of having to
vote down the free list amendment.
II such a move is made when reci-
procity comes to a vote, Representative
Underwood will make the point of order
that the amendment is not germane,
and. II this does not hold, the amend
ment will be voted down anyway. as
the Canadian agreement 10 be effective
must be passed in unanended form. The
Democrats will take up their free list
bill afterward, and as a separate
measure.
The Washington times., 1911-04-19
Glasscock Calls Extra
Session; Seeks Reforms

CHARLESTON. W. Va, April ia
special session of the State Legislature.
to meet Tuesday, May 16, has been
called by Governor Glasscock.
Primary election laws. nomination of
United States Senators and amend
ment of the corrupt practices act are
the three principal measures TO be con-
sidered by the Legislature. Appropria-
tions, except for current expenses, are
forbidden at the extra session.
Governor Glasscock refuses to COM
ment upon his message.
The Washington times., 1911-04-19
Chinese Student to
. " Speak at the Library

A speech by Miss. Chiao Su-Yin, a
Chinese student, will be a feature at
the popular educational lecture at tho
! Public Library tonight. Miss Chiao was
educated in Wellesley College.
Mrs. w. H. Baker, who will deliver
the lecture, will consider the fourth
chapter of the jubilee text book, West
ern Women in Eastern Lands" by Mrs
Helen Barrett Montgomery.
Mrs. Bakers lecture is one of a series
given under The direction of the Won,-
ans Interdenominational Missionary
Union
The Washington times., 1911-04-19
Benefit for Confederate
Home Is Great Success

Officials of r. Z. Lee Chapter, Uni
ted Daughters of the Confederacy. are
much gratifed over the success of the
ball given at the Arlington Hotel for
the benefit of the Confederate Memorial
Home. Col. Robert E. Lee, jr., was
chairman Of the floor committee and Of
ficials of the Daughters-Miss Virginia
Faulkner. president general; Mrs. Belle
Riley, president of the chapter, and Mrs.
James Faulcre, chairman of the ball
committee-had general charge.
The ball room was decorated with the
colors of the Confederacy, and with
flowers. The Fifteenth Cavalry Band
PLAYED the music.
The Washington times., 1911-04-19
Police Hold Victim of
Odd Poison DeluSion

William Bokel. a cigarmaker, Of York.
Pa, is in the Washington Asylum Hos
pital today for observation by the police
surgeons.
Bokel walked into the Fourth pre-
cinct police station yesterday afternoon
and informed Policeman Sellers that his
enemies were trying to poison him with
hypodermic Injections of dope" An
ambulance was called and he was sent
to the hospital. He is forty years old
The Washington times., 1911-04-19
"Wets" Victorious Is
Middle West Elections

Liquor won victory In the elections
held in the Middle West yesterday.
Pierre, the capital Of Sou:h Dakota.
and Fort Pierre were swung from the
dry to the wet column. Sioux Falls
voted for saloons by two to one vote.
In Danville. ILL.,, the liquor candidate
defeated Mayor Louis Platt, who was
running on a ''regulate-the-saioon
platform. The open-town advocate.
Will C. Lewman, won by 80 votes.
The Washington times., 1911-04-19
Pool Game Costs Thief
Proceeds of His Robbery

Charged with housebreakfng, Single
ton Matthews Redmond, a negro, eight
cen years old Of 4o2 Rlands court north
west, was arrested this morning by De-
tectiyes Berman and Cox
Redmond is alleged to have entered
the drug store of +. r. Richardson l2
Co., Third street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. northwest, last Saturday night, and
detectives say he admits the charge,
and told them he lost most Of the money
playing pool
The Washington times., 1911-04-19
Mattings

Any grade of Mating from our stock must give a
proper amount of service replace without cost
Qualities and patterns carefully selected-the
sortment is immense, and prices lower than
We your floors and charge only for the num-
ber of yards necessary them There's need to
buy full rolls get the best price, and do the laying
free.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-07

administration Of the city was changed.
l retired from Office. making way for
Clarence S. Da-row. since then an
author and orator. as we'll as q political
economist and monopoly fighter.
Il had established myself. however. as
an eminent domain lawyer and had
plenty OF work. Big cases came to me
from the steam railways and from the
elevated roads. then being built. Sew
eral of the cases pertained to property
valued at 100000.
About that time" I said, you mar
ried the daughter of Frederick b. Tay-
lor. business man in Boston,
Yes. Mr.. Taylor and Thomas Nor
ton Hart married sisters, the Misses
Snow. of Bowdoin. Me. They were part
ners, being wholesale dealers in hats.
caps. and furs. When Mrs Taylor died.
leaving an infant daughter, Mr.. Taylor
went to live with the Harts. remaining in
the family for many years. Mr.. Hart
became mayor of Boston and a banker.
was married in his house"
How did you get into the Municipal
Voters League?'
The league was formed to oppose
Charles T. Yerkes. the street railroad
man, who was using the city council In
his own business. George Z. Cole, the
great printer and stationer. organized II
in 1896 He was president for three years.
William Kent. a young man owning land
in half . dozen Western States and real
estate in Chicago, and who has just
come to Congress from California, sue
ceeded Mr.. Cole. The health of Mr.. Kent
was not the best, however, and the
league required new strength. 1t was
arranged that Charles f. Crane, banker
and manufacturer of iron pipe. who was
appointed United States Minister to
China in 19O9 but resigned at San Fran
cisco shortly before the hour fixed for
sailing, should be president Of the league
and that should be secretary. We were
TO work Jointly.
Correctly speaking. the league is COM
posed of nine men, but it Is supported by
many more and Is backed by $1,000 voters.
Previous to a municipal election we look
UP the records of all the candidates for
Office and print them in q bulletin. Some
The Washington herald., 1911-05-07

money enough to stop at the Arlington.
The Ebbitt in the '70's was truly the
home Of the army and navy. The tails
manic inscription, Army. and navy head
quarters" had meaning in those days
meaning deeper than Stars and
Stripes and a spread eagle on stationary
and chinaware.
As the newer hotels came into being
and the concentration of wealth" in the
East became more pronounced the Riggs
House lost it's distinctively Northern and
New England relationships and char
acteristics. Its clientele. became more
mixed Latterly. with the removal OF the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Station from the
neighborhood of Pennsylvania avenue.
and the consequent decentralization OF the
lower Avenue from the tide of commerce,
the Riggs has become, something of a
commercial hotel. The politicians still
remain. Ollie James lumbers through the
lobby once or twice q day. His Fidus
Achates, Tom Hehin, Of Alabama, Is
seen in the lobby just before meal time.
Senator Stone and Representative
Cordell Hull. Of Tennessee, still holds
rooms in the Riggs House. and few
of the other statesmen frequent it's path,
and passages. In the earlier days 1t
was different ~
Garneld Played Billiards.
The old Riggs House holds the distinc-
ton Of possessing the only billiard room
in Washington. ever freauented by q
President Of the United States. Here In
the early days of 1881. when he was. but
newly. inaugurated to the, chief magis-
tracy, came James Abram Garfield. night
after night, to play the game with his
chums of his new administration. Gar
field was much beloved at the Riggs
House. HIS untimely and tragic end
brought sorrow to more than one Of the
employees of the old billiard room. who
had known and loved him first as q COM
partiyeiy obscure member Of Congress
and for the short while as President.
Maj. George A. .Armes. still living and
altogether lively, furnished the most sem
sational episode OF his career in the
lobby Of the Riggs House. II was on
the night of March s. 1853. MAJ Armes.
already 4 retired onlcer- Of the army.
niied with honors and a man Of many
troubles-Indian and otherwise-had es-
sayed to serve an q volunteer aid to the
chief marshal Of BENJAMIN Harrison's
inaugural parais.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-07

OF the biographical sketches are libelous.
We have been sued for libel but have
| never been enabled to have any Of the
! cases tried in court. Our object right
along has been to have the city council
organized by honest men. Before the day
of election. three Democrats and three
Republicans OF integrity are designated
las a prospective committee on organiza-
! tion. Generally they are hold-overs or
have served as aldermen and are up for
reelection.
Chooses Standing Committees.
''The remaining candidates for the city
! council are invited to visit the Office Of
the league and sign a pledge approving
the arrangement. No compulsion Is en-
ployed. The invitation Is open to all.
Candidates who decline or neglect the
invitation. however. are published that
the voters may understand the situation
After the election has been held the six
members of the committee on organiza-
ton leave the city and go to some place
outside the zone of the different in
terests. Alone and uninterrupted, they
make up the standing committees of the
city council. Then they return. At the
first meeting of the new aldermen the
committees are announced and elected
Party lines are not followed, but the
sheep are separated from the goats.
Such is the plan followed in the second
largest city of the country. 1t is origi-
nal and effective. While small graft has
not entirely disappeared from our city
council. big graft has. Any one who
wants proper legislation by our aldermen
can have 1t if he will wait until his re-
quest is investigated. If he is in hurry
or asks for something he should not
have, he may feel like spending money.
in which event. If he actually spends any
money, he Is likely to be disappointed.
The millennium has not dawned in
municipal Chicago. but the improvement
has been great and the fact is admitted"
rs 1t your opinion that the mayor. of
a large city should appoint the heads of
all deartments and be subject to a re-
CALI IL he fails in his duty?"
The Washington herald., 1911-05-07

In the progress and development of
Washington the old Riggs House. short
| ly to be demolished, has played an inn
portant part. Not alone in the history
of Washington, but of the nation itself.
for the Riggs House from the day its
doors were first opened has been polit-
ical hotel. Few Of the commercial men
ever came TO the Riggs House. In the
earlier days it was too far up town. Lat
| terly the newer houses along Pennsyl-
vania avenue drew the business men, the
drummers. and the professional men. 1t
| was politics for the Riggs House and the
Riggs House for politics, always.
Within a month, perhaps, certainly be-
fore the celebration of Uncle Sans next
birthday the old hotel will be but a
memory. In its place will be reared the
gallows-like beams and struts and steel
palace, which will have, in addition to
eight floors Of offices and stores, a spa.
cious theater. capable Of seating nearly
1900 spectators. A description of the Of
flee palace was printed in The Washing
| ton Herald a week ago. 1t Is not of the
new, but of the old, the ''has-been" that
this story is to treat.
The record of the Riggs House reads
like story of the comings and goings.
the GIBBS and flows. of American politics
for the last three generations.
Northern Headquarters.
Originally the Riggs House was sort
Of Northern headquarters. This was in
the '7O's. In the early SOS the character
of the Riggs House underwent a change.
1t became more the stopping place
Of the Western contingent.
In the days when the Riggs House
drew the New Englanders and the New
Workers and Pennsylvanians, the sec
tional line was also closely drawn In
other Washington hotels Of the period.
The Metropolitan was the mecca for the
Southern statesmen. near-statesmen.y and
camp followers. In the National the
Westerners found their abiding place.
The bonanza kings OF the Pacific Slope
stopped at the then brand-new Arling-
ton. No one else in those days except
these bonanza kings. diplomats. members
OF the New York Stock Exchange, and
Presidents-elect had or thought they had
The Washington herald., 1911-05-07

fight for the honor of holding the World's
Columbian Exposition was being waged
came George f. Davis. Of Chicago, to
the Riggs House. Here the schemes
were hatched whereby the advocates Of
Washington and st. Louis were pledged
to make Chicago their second choice.
Here 1t was that New York. coming to
Washington with a delegation headed by
William c. Whitney, David B. Hill. and
Richard Croker. found the wires all laid
for her undoing, and to the Riggs House
following the memorable victory of the
Windy City came the delegation of the
other candidate municipalities to wish
Chicago good luck.
The financial world of the SOS made
the Riggs House a sort OF halfway
house True, the fashy men of finance.
the spenders. sought the Arlington or at
times the old Willard. but at the Riggs
House were held the quiet conferences
Jay Gould stopped there invariably on his
flying visits to the Capital. Russell Sage
has occupied a room there on many
nights following a busy day in COM
munion with the pcitical powers.
The present l.iggs House was erected
IN 1876. Prior to that time the site had
been occupied by the Quartermaster
Generals once of the War Department.
As such It weathered the storm Of the
civil war.
At the time of its opening and for the
first fifteen years Of the historic career
of the old house II was managed by c.
w. Spofford. Orrin G. Staples. the pres
ent proprietor, assumed the lease Of the
hotel May I, 1891. He rounded out his
twentieth year of proprietorship last
Thursday. and 1t will be Mr.. Staples who
will finally lock the doors OF the hotel
for the first time since its construction,
when, next month, he turns the old place
over to the wreckers.
The following Is the roster Of the Con-
gressmen who are spending the last
hours Of the hotels career as its guests: