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The Washington times., 1911-01-24
DISTRICT SEEMS TO HAVE A
FEW FRIENDS.

The people of the District OF Co
!umbia are grateful to those los mem-
bers of the House who stood by them
yesterday when District day was
again chucked overheard.
Really, we should feel much encour-
aged. The fact that the House took
a vote on the question of depriving
33l 600 people OF legislation which they
need is hopeful sign. 1t is true that
l9l members voted against the Dis
trict, but still yesterdays method Of
giving us the hook was decidedly more
humane than the means which have
been employed heretofore this winter
1t is pleasing surprise to find
there are lO5 Representatives who
actually believe that the District OF
Columbia deserves some attention
from the legislative body entrusted
with the duty of making its laws. The
House used to pass up the District
without so much as a roll call, and
nobody seemed to feel that any MUS
tice had been inflicted
The privilege of hoping that Dis
trict legislation may be considered at
some distant date is preserved-and
this is great boon. Maybe, if the
present ratio of increasing interest In
the District is maintained, and if this
session is continued until July or
August, Il few District bills Will be
passed-maybc.
The Washington times., 1911-01-24
Clerks Must Help.
Iitor OF THE TIMES:

To he Editor OF THE TIMES:
Regarding the fight you are making
for an increase in salary for the Gov
ernment clerks, l would ike you to i'm
press upon the clerks the Importance
of each one doing his or her part. The
Times is putting up an excellent argu-
ment in our favor, but cannot win alone.
A mighty good way for the CLERKS TO
lend a heIping hand would be TO clip
The Times editorials and the quotations
Of the different Secretaries appearing in
that paper end send them back home to
their leading newspapers, asking them
to take Up the matter there, and thereby
educate the country to it. 1t will take
lust that before We get the increase. If
the clerks will do their part, by the
help of The Times We will win.
Thanking you for your efforts in our
behalf and assuring you of my cooper
alton in the work, l am,
A CLERK.
The Washington times., 1911-01-24
Lesson in Congress.

Davis Elkins. the youngest member
of the United States Senate. who is
serving as his fathers successor for a
few days, pending the arrival of a
Democrat to take his place, has not
yet learned all of the privileges which
are accorded members of Congress.
Mr.. Elkins went over to the House
The Washington times., 1911-01-24
Train Runs Down Two
Men In Tunnel Cut

NEWARK, \. j., Jan. 24.-One man
is dead and another is dying as the
result of mishap on the Erie railroad
in the new open tunnel cut from the
Hackensack Meadows, Bergen. The
men were walking along the tracks in
the switching yard at a point slightly
west of the tunnel when train on the
Newark branch ran onto the track
They were caught without warning and
hurled violently to the side of the
tracks.
The Washington times., 1911-01-24
GEORGE w. PERKINS STATES
GOVERNMENT CLERK'SCASE.

George w Perkins. financier and
humanitarian, discusses the problem of
the Governments civil service en-
ployes in The Times today.
Mr.. PEI Ikins needs no introduction to
the people of the United States He
has risen from the ranks to fore
most position in the business and
financial world. Recently he retired
from his active connection with the
greatest banking house in the New
World. in order that he might devote
more time 20 Efforts for the betterment
of the condition of workers, and the
promotion Of improved relations be-
tween workers and employers.
Mr.. Perkins pleads, out of the full
ness of experience and knowledge,
for adequate wages and the
establishment of civil pen
sion system for Government work
ers. OF linn, it cannot be said that he
is 4 mere theoIist, dreamer, an addle-
pated sentimentalist afflicted with
the foolish idea that the Government
has mex Xhaustible resources and there
fore can 60 to any extent of expendi-
ture, however eXtravagant. Mr.. Per-
kins believes none of these things. He
is a great business man, and he speaks
as sucn.
BY their works shall We know
them" George W. Perkins has been,
during his long career in active bust
less, a dominating figure in a long
list of great corporations, corporations
that in the aggregate employ a good
many more people even than the ma
tionaI civil service.
And under the enlightened leader
ship and direction of Mr.. Perkins al
most every one of these big concerns
has adopted the very plan which he
would have the Government use in
relieving the present conditions in the
0lvil service.
LOOh at NlI iIClilNo vi 5OillN vi NV ~
0Ancerns that have found the civil
pension a means to bettering the busi-
ness conditions OF their corporations,
and at the same time the human
conditions of their employees. The list
includes:
United States Steel Corporation.
international Mercantile Marine
Company.
National City Bank
Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy
railroad.
Northern Pacific railroad.
International Harvester Company.
These big business enterprises have
FL established, for humanitarian and
business reasons. the plan for retire
mcnt and pensions for old employees.
10 which ought we TO turn, in eX-
pectation OF getting quickest response
10 am appeal in behalf of humanity:
TO soUlless corporation, organized for
the express purpose of making money,
or 10 the Government of these United
States, the trustee for our 95,0O0,O0O
people and for their general welfare?
Is the Government living up to its
obligations when it refuses to treat
its working classes as we'll as the great
corporations treat theirs?
We should be entitled to expect
morc of broad humanity in the policy
of the Government, than in that of q
corporation. Yet we do not find it.
The Government does not raise
wages; rather, the tendency in its civil
service is downward. Corporations arc
constantly raising their wages.
The Government will not establish d
pension system for its civil service
Yet such systems have become the rule
among enlightened corporations.
Now, observe the results. Take this
group of corporations just named
The Washington times., 1911-01-24
ANOTHER CHANCE TO I'M
PROVE MILK SUPPLY.

Two milestones in the path of those
who are carrying forward the fight
for pure milk supply for the civilized
world have been set up by the pure
milk crusaders of Washington. One
was the milk conference of 1907, which
evolved a set of principles for the sanl-
tary handling of milk that has become
almost a milk bible in the largest ma
tions of the earth The other was the
adoption last fall of the tuberculin
test requirement for producers who
supply milk to the District of Co.
lumbia.
Now an opportunity is offered for
the erection of a third milestone.
There is divided opinion on pas
teurizatiOn.
The committee on infant mortality
of the Monday Evening Club, contain
ing some of the foremost milk experts
of the world, has undertaken to have
the Government, through the Public
Health and Marine Hospital Service
and the Bureau OF Animal Industry,
conduct an investigation to determine
the relative merits of pasteurized and
raw milk. The question involves one
of the most important problems affect
ing public health, and Washington af-
fordo better opportunities for solving
it than any other city in the world.
If the President can see his way to
direct such an inquiry, Washington
will have rendered one more service
of incstimabIe value to humanity.
The Washington times., 1911-01-24

Lecture by DIR. Harvey w. Wiley,
Library, Mt. Vernon Square. p, m.
Annual meeting of the executive
committee of the Federal Council
of the Churches of Christ in Amer
ica, First Congressional Church,
Tenth and G streets northwest, s
p. m.
Dance by Naval Gun Factory Pleasure
club. Navy Yard. S:i5 p. m.
Revival services. Congress Heights
Methodist Episcopal Church. to-
night
Special meeting of the committee on
prblic schools of the Chamber of
Commerce tonight.
National merchant marine congress,
New Willard, 10 a. m.
The Washington times., 1911-01-24

OF course, the Chief Justice is right, in
a general way, in saying the college
bred man is the bulwark against social
ism and anarchy. And yet somethlhg
depends on the nature of the college.
The Washington times., 1911-01-24

We gather from President Kirby S
remarks that the foreign lobby is almost
as fatal to American shipping as
Senlmes and the Alabama.
The Washington times., 1911-01-24
.R|D|CULE THEORIES
OSLER ADVOCATES
Fifty-Year-Old Seekers ,.oi
Employment Show Spirit
of Optimism.

who Wants Me?' inquiries a man,
who though he has worked Industrious
ly all his life, now, when almost three
score years have passed him, finds him
self without work. His inquiry, with
twenty-one others in similar tone, have
come to The Times, and were publish
ed in last nights issue in accordance
with an offer by the paper to print free
of charge situation wanted advertise
ments for any man or woman of fifty
years or over
An air of cheerfulness runs through
all the requests for employment To be
out of work when on the evening side
of life's meridian. and apparently with
out means of support save their own
brain and Drawn, does not seem to be
appalling to these men, and the woman
who responded to The Times offer.
Wants Hard Work.
One man says that he is an honor
ably discharged soldier of the civil
war, and he wants work as a fireman
or assistant engineer. If the calen-
dars are still reliable, he must be at
least sixty-five years old; but when a
man OF his years and his rough exneri-
ence on battlefelds wants the toll and
sweat and heat of a boiler room, the
computation of age in years is no longer
possible.
Still another applicant who positively
refuses to grow old is clamoring now,
after forty-five years of handling ma
chinery, for more work setting UP ma
chinery, building foundations for boil
ers and engines, and doing heavy con-
s:ruction work.
No Complaints.
In not a single one of the advertise
ments is there a tone of complaint A
business man is losing his position be-
cause of the dissolution of the firm he
work with; others can prove that they
are good wOrkmen by testimonials from
former employers, but they are simply
victims OF circumstances and are now
without employment. With the same
buoyant courage which animated them
when first they took up their work 10
tighten their fathers. burdens they are
now facing the future.
They are confident because they know
there is demand for skilled services.
These men are not asking for charity.
They are able to work and are anxious
to work, and does il not seem a good
economic principle to permit them to
work now and make provision for their
later days rather than to have in the
future additions to the already heavy
roll OF those who are forced to rely or
public kindness for support?
The Washington times., 1911-01-24

Delegations which desire to welcome
LIoyd-George in his native Welsh will
do well to begin practicing now with a
mouth full of pebbles.
The Washington times., 1911-01-24

If all the District days could be res
cued from the discard there would be
enough TO make couple of leap years.
The Washington times., 1911-01-24

The Sims reprimand has served to re-
store to the hurdy-gurdy repertoire that
lifting roundelay, Hands Across the
-
The Washington times., 1911-01-24

A Jersey commuter has been wearing
winter roses which, he explains, Were
hatched out by n hen. The man who
was low enough to make it might reply
that il was more probably a Tyre bird.
The Washington times., 1911-01-24

Those election charges tendito show
up Vermilion county as a little darker
than she has been painted.
The Washington times., 1911-01-24

|. The maniac who attempted to shoot
the Bank of England, single-handed,
has been reading about the tinidity of
| capital.
The Washington times., 1911-01-24
AmusementS.

Amusements.
National--Frank Daniels, in THE Girl
in the Train S:15 p. m.
National--Gadski, 4:S0 p. m.
BeIasco-"EXcuse Me- $40 p. n1
Columbia-Chauncey Olcott, in Barry
of Ballymore," Sis p. m.
cademy-'Superba," 2:15 and S:15
Chase's-Polite vaudeville, 2:15 and Sis
p. IN.
ing. ..
Cosmos-Continuous vaudeville, 1 to II
p. m.
Gayety-" Ginger Girls" 2:15 and Sis p.
m.
Lyceum-"The Merry Whirl," 2:15 and
Sis p. m.
Convention Hall-Royal & Adams Cir
Gus, 2:15 and S:15 p. m.
Arcade--Skating and bowling, afternoon
and evening.
The Washington times., 1911-01-24
Wbat's S on the Program, in
Washington Today.

(The Times will be pleased to announce
meetings or entertainments in this col
umn Phone or write announcementS.)
The Washington times., 1911-01-24

The net total circulation of The Washington
Times daily during the month of December
was ,0S6, SO, all copies left over and returned
being eliminated. This number when divided
by q, the number Of days of publication.
shows the net daily average for December
TO have been 40, ,o36
The Washington times., 1911-01-24
DECEMBER CIRCULATION.
Daily,

The number OF complete and perfect copies
of The Washington Times printed daily dur
ing the month of December was follows ::
The Washington times., 1911-01-24
Sports.

BasketbalI-Carroll Institute vs.. Y.
NJ. C. A. Regulars. Carroll Institute
$50 n. IN.
The Washington times., 1911-01-24
Sunday.

The number OF complete and perfect copies
Of The Washington Times printed Sundays
during the month of December was as
follows:
December l.....40, So December lS..... a. 3S7
December u.....41,724 December 25.....iO, SSl
The Washington times., 1911-01-24

Total for the month nth...................1 .165. 317
Sunday average for the month";. Il, ,329
The Washington times., 1911-01-24

The net total circulation of The Washington
Times Sunday during the month of
December was 1882, all copies left over and
returned by agents being eliminated. This
number, when divided by 4, the number of
Sundays during December. shows the net
Sunday average for December to have been
81, ,O93
The Washington times., 1911-01-24

In each issue OF The Times the circulation
figures for the previous day are plainly
printed at the head of the first page at the
left of the date line.
Entered at the PostofTice at Washington,
D. c., as second class matter.
The Detroit times., 1911-03-21
TRAVELLERS GUIDE.
DETROIT UNITED INTERURRAN
LINES.

PORT HURON LIMITED--T a M
and every two hours TO p. m: sun
days only, IL y. m. Through locals ~
a fu and every two hours to p. m,
hourly 10 p m. ineluding iimitsds.
hourly to II .. m. shore Line to MI.
Clemens s.2S a. m, hourly TO ,ll;zS'
y. M. -
a. m, 'ls.35 y M. 2s5 y. m. Ass p
fn through locals a. m, every two
hours TO y. m oxford only. IL y. m.
FLINT Sundays only IL .. m. To Romeo.
Z A. IN. a. m, and every two hours TO
JACKSON LTMITEDS-s:15 a. IN and
every two hours TO 6il5 p. m. Through
locals a. m and every two hours 10
n m. Ann Arbor only. a. m, e:s0 y.
n. p. m, 10 y. IN. ii y. III. Sorthvilis
only, 6:3O q m,, hourly 70 $50 y. m..
7.s0 p. m. p M. IL p. m Saline cars
from Ypsilanti.
TOLEDO LIMITEDs-7.9o a m. and
every TWO hours 70 6:so y. m: Satur-
day and sunday, 1870 y. m. Through
+. m. Monroe only, $3.50 p. m, y. m.
WYANDOT-rE DIV.--5:33 a. m. half
hourly To S:s3 D. m; hourly To 1t:sS
PONTIAC Drv.--e a. m. 20 to so min.
service 10 $50 p. M. hourly TO 1880
D. m, II y. 70. Birmin CHAM, only. IL m.
ORCHARD LAKE DIv--s a. m-,
hourly 20 IL p. m
'These cars run through TO Saginaw.
The Detroit times., 1911-03-21
SAYS SHE ACCIDENTALLY
KILLED HER HUSBAND
Chicago Woman Tells Police Revolver
Was Discharged While She was
Handing IL TO Him.

CHICAGO, March 20.-With mys-
terry deepening at every turn, Coroner
Hoffman today began the inquest In
to the death OF Charles Schenk,
whose wife admits killing him In
their house in fashionable Park
Ridge
Mrs. Schenk is still prostrated with
hysteria and her account OF the Kill.
ing has led the coroner TO institute
searching probe. The woman is
held as witness. She says she shot
her husband while handing him his
own revolver TO defend her from a
supposed burglar fhe couple with
party of friends had been merry.
making throughout the night and had
not quit drinking and dancing until
o'clock.
II was discovered today, according
TO Chief of Police Duell, OF Park
Ridge, that two unexploded cartridges
in the gun, bear marks of the firing
pin, showing that All attempt was
made TO fire them but they failed
to explode.
Frederick W. Schenk. brother Of
the dead man. today left his business
to clear up the mysery.
The Detroit times., 1911-03-21
DAILY DEATH LIST.

Albert Allen Davis. 147 Chandler. 62
years; cancer.
Adam SteinmatZ ass ST. Joseph, SO
years; pneumonia.
Louise Carmella, 3T7 Winder, 81
years, tuberculosis.
Raymond Boyer. House OF Proyi-
denco, l year pneumococcus enteritis.
Harriet Fuller House OF Providence,
i year; pneumococcus enteritis
Christina Wohlert, 346 Rohns. 81
years. chronic Brights disease
Pol Boudrez. $40 Goethe. AZ years
pneumonia
Ursola Manro. 277 Division. 10
morths: bronchitis
Frederick Henry Koch. 51l Elmwood
10 years; chronic bronchitis
Alvira Allen III Selden. So years;
pneumonia.
Libbey Brokely. $40 Champlain. 90
years; pneumonia.
Sarah Tellhouse 200 Twenty Fifth,
5S years, hemorrhsge
Florence Meyers CSC GratIot. IS
years, carbolic acid poisoning suicide.
John Hochmuth, St Mary's hospital.
AZ years: pneumonia.
The Detroit times., 1911-03-21
UNION TRUST CO. MAY HELP.
Invited to Participate In Finsnc ing
Big steel Merqen

The Union Trust Co. Of Detroit has
been invited TO take part I'm the
financing OF the Alabama Consolidat-
ed Coal, Iron and Steel Co., now in
the process OF organization in New
York, The plans. which are practical.
ly completed, will consolidate two.
and, probably. three large companies,
and there are others that are likely
TO be taken In later. According to the
present plans the company will own
more than 175,000 acres of ore lands
In Alabama and will be larger factor
In the steel situation than the Ten
nessee Coal and Iron Co, subsidiary
OF the steel trust, which Is now the
biggest concern In this line in the
south
The capitalization OF the consolida-
tion will be $30,000,000; of which SO,
100000 will be preferred stock and
$50. 900 900 common. In addition there
will be sS,0O0.0O0 in bonds authorized
al once. The company will produce
coal iron limestone, marble, steel
and manganese
While the companies will be entire
ly separate II is understood that
some Of the larger interests in the
Lake Superior Iron and Chemical Co.
will take up large portion OF the
Alabama consolidation. English as
well AS American capital will take
part In the fotation. The main Offices
OF the company will be in New York
The Detroit times., 1911-03-21


BLANkE- March Il, 1911. John. be.
loved husband OF Mary Blanke and
father of Mrs. Martin Riehu, Joseph,
Jonn. Frank, Rose Edward. Teresa
late residence. isi' Mitchell-ave,
Tuesday morning at s;4b, and to ST.
h'iizabeths church at .. Iltcrment
at MI Elliott.
FLoY YD-Maroh 10, 1911, at her home.
go Trumbull-ave,. Laura A.. assd
Mary E.. Troy \. y. Ralph ~.
Mancelona, Mich. and Frank W.
Floyd, Birmingham, Mich. Funeral
ilton 4 Co. rs Elizsbeth-st west.
Tuesday at y. IN, Burial at Crown
Point, ". Y.
.GlLLET- sunday evening, March 10
1911 at residence. 55S Jeffers on-avc
Reynold Gillet. Notice OF funeral
later.
Me cDONALD-At Wyandotte. Mich. yes
terday. Sarah A. Mcdonald, widow OF
the late u. $. Mcdonald. aged "a
Ann Arbor: II. b. Mcdonald. OF Kala
mazoo. O. G.. Mcdonald and r. =
Mcdonald. Jr. OF Detroit. Funeral
"wednesday at 80 ?. m. from the
ave, Detroit
OEGNER- March 10, at her residence.
2sl Rivard-st., Ida, aged 81 years.
beloved widow OF the late Martin
Roegner. Notice OF funeral later.
RUNSTETLER--Mar Is. Elizabeth.
beloved wife OF Peter Runstetier,
George Pringle, Mayme and Norval
Runstetler Funeral Wednesday, z
.: m. Listowel and Guelph papers
please copy.
Newark Apts.. S20 Randolph-st.. An
nle h.. beloved widow OF the late
.Iustus Weller, sister OF Mrs. Lillian
l-oomis, OF Becos, Tex Funeral from
residence at y. m, Tuesday.
HART-Msrch II, 1911. William Henry
beloved husband OF Mary Hart, at
residence, III Flfteenth-st Funeral
Tuesday, at y. III. lnterment at
Grsnd Lawn cemetery by funeral car
under the auspices of Fairbanks
Post. q. A. Il
kOCH--FrederiCk H., March II. aged
years. beloved husband or Chris
tisn Koch and father Of I MRS.
Mrs. Stephen Macy Mrs Frank
Sehwartzenburg and John C. Koch.
Funeral Tuesday 1880 y. M. al his
late home, 61l Elmwood-ave and
Bethel Lutheran church at D. m.
MlTCHELL--Mrs Fannie NJ Mitchell
beloved wife OF Herbert g. Mitchell
aud dear mother OF Mrs stella An
dderspn and Mrs Alfred y. MhchclI.
Funeral from lO3 Twentieth-st''
Tuesday. at D. m. by funeral ca
Burial at Woodmere
LA W-March IL. sophia. at the resi-
dence OF her daughter Mrs chris.
Marquardt, 80 Chestput-st. Wyan-
dotte. Mich; mother or Mrs Rhein
ltohrbach. Of Detroit; VIM. Law. of
sAult Ste Marie, ont Fred Law
Mrs. VIM. Hayes. Mrs Abel LorAnxer
Mrs. Mstkus Betwee and Mrs chris,
Marquardt OF Wyandotte Funeral
from 81 Johns church Tuesday az
ternoon at y. m
LEACH-Dec :. 1910. az Corpus
christi, Texas. DR.. Elisha Leach ne
loved father OF Paul and Mary Leach
and Mrs A. l.. Bunton, aged so
years. Burial at Mt. Olivet cemetery.
private.
The Detroit times., 1911-03-21
MISSOURI LEGISLATORS
ENGAGE IN FIST FIGHT
Two of Them Mix With Clerk From
Game Warden's Office and All
Are Cut and Bruised.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, March 20.
With two legislators and a depart
mental employ nursing battered
heads today, the Republican minor
lty OF the Missouri house today be-
San vain agitation for an investiga-
ton OF yesterdays fracas OH the floor
OF the house.
Amid scenes of the widest confu-
sion that even marked session OF a
Missouri legislature, Representatives
Stark and Simmons engaged in fist
fight with Kirby j. Smith, a clerk in
the game warden's office, and the
three men were bruised and cut With
the house in shrieking disorder a
circle OF excited legislators formed
about the combatants cheering them
on Smith was finally thrown bodily
from the hall.
Then a party OF so or more legis.
lators marched on the senate. They
wished TO insure the passage OF a
provision which caused the fight in
the house, enforcing the removal or
Game Warden Tolerton.
Although barred from the floor OF
the senate, the hilarious celebrants
made the corridors and lobbies hide
us with songs, shouts and laughter,
They pounded on the doors OF the
senate chamber and forced the SEN
ate to adjourn.
The Republicans who sought to
block the plan OF the Democrats are
today making charges that many OF
the disturbers were intoxicated.
The Detroit times., 1911-03-21
POSTAL BANKS SUCCESSFUL.
Postmaster-Generai Hitchcock Says
They Have Made Good Showing.

WASHINGTON, March 20.-After
examining the returns from the IS
postal savings banks which have been
in operation since Jan. 3, Postmaster
General Hitchcock said the system
has been more successful than had
been expected
The reports from the 4S second
class postofices, where the postal
banks are located, cover the period
from the establishment OF the banks
to Feb, %, 1911. In that time 1928
accounts were opened and 6,861 sep.
arate deposits were made, the aver
age amount OF each deposit being
$21.50. In the same period only 259
accounts were closed by the drawing
out OF the deposits. tie total number
OF open accounts on Feb. 2S being g.
664. The net amount on deposit at
the 4S banks after two months of op.
Grafton was S133,S69 Ii the same
ratio of deposits and Withdrawals Is
maintained for year the amount on
deposi at the end of the year would
be $S03. PA.
4S cities in which postal savings
banks thus far have been established
is approximately 100000. Statistical
experts OF the postoftice department
have estimated that il the postal saw
ings system should b. patronized in
the same proportion when II is es-
tablished at all money order postof.
fees that at the total amount on de
posit after one years operation would
be about s200000,00o
Mr.. Hitchcock is engaged now In
preparing for the establishment OF
$50 additional postal savings banks.
an appropriation of 100000 having