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such way that there can be no direct
cleavage along the factional lines for
which Smith and "Little Joe" Brown
have stood in the past.
A considerable amount of pressure
was brought to bear upon Governor
Smith to make him resign and qualify
as member of the Senate, to which
he was elected several weeks before
Congress adjourned, but he felt that
affairs in Georgia required his presence,
and he remained in office until he had
done the things he started out to do.
The progressives in the Senate will
secure valuable and courageous aid
in Senator Smith. II is due to his
efforts that the railroad commission OF
Georgia has been made virile and
competent organization with it's inter.
est alert to the welfare of the people
He increased the number of commits.
sioners, and gave them enlarged pow.
ers. He compelled the railroads ia
pay into the treasury something like
their proportionate amount of taxes
He has carried on n propaganda to ex.
tend the Western and Atlantic rail.
road, owned by the State, to tidewater
not only because it was good business
policy for the State, but because II
would stand as barrier against exor-
bitant freight rates. He has caused
to be written upon the statute books
a series of acts which have strength.
ened and purified the election laws
He has enabled the school teachers OF
the State to receive promptly the sala.
ries for which formerly they had to
wait from eight months to year.
Mr.. Smith is lawyer of marked
ability, as demonstrated by the sue.
cess he has made in his private prac-
tice, and when he comes to Washing.
ton to join hands with the progressives
in the Democratic camp he may be
counted upon to lend valuable aid to
the cause for which he has already been
fighting ever since he entered public
life.
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Smiles.

A new incarnate voice speaks DER the
nations path:
Shall Justice rule or gold bought
politicians wiles,
Tanning to lurid flame the peoples
smoldering wrath?
Our Chief Executive replies with
smiles, Just smiles!
The conscience of the million. sturdy
grown at last,
Calls him, as champion, to smite
what still defiles,
To beat the evil down with heavy
blows and fast:
Again the brave response Is smiles.
judicial smiles!
o. God of nations. give Thou us a
man again!
No weakling's task is this, the
slackened reins to take
To curb the steeds of truth and right,
plunging amain!
Send Thou us one with force, for
Thy dear peoples sake.
LEE THOMAS.
The Washington times., 1911-11-17

khaki uniforms? Perhaps old "Mugg
sic" had been pet among the boys in
the camp for years, sharing alike in
their pleasures and hardships faithfully
until he was loved By everyone in the
camp. Go where YOU may, where will
you find one more faithful than a dog?
These sO:,.ers were referred to as
paid servants Of the Government"
Well. perhaps they are, but when war
is declared, and they are off for the
front" fighting to protect our country
and our homes and when the smoke is
cleared from the battle field, we find
mat many praVe lad has given ms hte
hghting for our flag, then they are
hardly ever referred to as paid servants
OF the Government, but as heroes, mar
tyrs to their country. i would suggest
that we let the whole thing rest, as
Muggsie is now resting.
STANLEY JAMES
The Washington times., 1911-11-17
THE HEROISM OF THE WEAK.
Err VESSEL.

Out OF the routine of the daily news
there comes an occasional item which
is instinct with human interest, and
at the same time inspires a new belief
in the living reality of romance.
Montesquieu's Persian wrote back home
speaking of don Quixote"-that the
Spanish who had many books held in
the highest esteem a book which was
written to show the absurdity of all
the rest. 1t would be difficult matter
for any man to ''smile away" the 70.
mantle elements which subsist in spite
of the materialism of the age.
There came into Buffalo the other
day what appeared to be an ordinary
seemed by lad, scarcely accustomed
by companion of slighter build who
seemed but a lad, scarcely accustomed
to the hardships of the road. They
were coated with ice when they were
drawn from their hiding place on the
"blind baggage" and their faces showed
unmistakable evidence of the buffet
ings they had received during the first
cold snap of the season. The fact of
the matter was that they had literally
beaten their way across the continent
on rods and bumpers, and the tender
looking lad was the bride of the more
robust looking traveller.
The latter, 1t appears from the story
The Washington times., 1911-11-17
NAVY.

Rear Admiral A. ROSS, retired, de-
tached commandant, Naval Training
Station, Great Lakes, North Chi
cago, ILL.,, to home.
Captain w. F. FULLAM, to command
ant, Naval Training Station, Great
Lakes, North Chicago, Ill.
Midshipman J. A. FLETCHER, detach-
ed Vermont, to Montgomery.
Midshipman l.. A. DAVIDSON( detach-
ed New Hampshire TO Montgomery.
Midshipman M. ]. FOSTER, detached
Mississippi. to Montgomery.
Midshipman M. S. BROWN, detached
Nebraska. TO Montgomery.
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More Entertaining Of, the
Stage Than He Is
On 1t. y
TELLS WHAT BROUGHT
HIM TO VAUDEVILLE
The Question Answered In One
Word: He Had Attack OF
Appendicitis.

weekly task while living in the ~ fro.sn @
North 70 wash and groom this curly
thatch of his, upon which he lavished as
do upon their own appearance
But as ne was going to a big city, and
as he had never before In his life worn
anything but soft hat, he thought Il
stin hat. His friends had told him that
a derby was absolutely essential in the
city. So, taking their advice, he went
Tito a hat store and invested in one.
eurls that reached some distance below
his waist. Dragon made his Chicago de-
but In the old Chicago museum. Here.
for the princely salary Of $40 week. he
And that ten a week looked like all
the money In the world to me- says
DEACON. whose salary since then has
always run into three figures; sometimes
into four.
Mr.. DEACON has starred in several Of
the best known and successful musical
comedies. including The Belle Of New
York" Peggy from Psris." de Kovens
shd ,Se yG the hs Foss Tims tae q sass
and many others. He tells a story as
no other artist in vaudeville can tell 1t.
and attributes this to tie fact that he
proud. He can dance like the proverbial
sunbeam, though he admits he has
trouble dodging the 225 pound mark up
on the scales. and he can sing In a
ashton so droll that as some one in
his audience said last week He would
make a stuffed puppv laugh"
Interesting Bill
Has Been Offered.
Aside from Mr.. Deaeon's songs and
stories, an interesting bill has been Of
fered this week at Chase's. Kellogg.
the birdman. has a wonderful nature
production. initiating the birds Of the
forest SO closely that he fools even the
birds themselves. There is an amusing
little playlet entitled The Dude Detec,
tive" in which Frank Byron and
Louise Langdon appear. and Eva shir.,
lev and Sam Kessler give @ number OF
singing and dancing specialities. Marie
Stoddard and Grant Gardner in laugh,
able sketch which they have named
vaudeville Frivolities.' have some
thing quite novel to offer. and the Sa.
voy trio, with intelligent trained bull
terriers. which do amusing acrobatic
tricks, are Interesting. The bill closes
with photoplane pictures
JULIA MURDOCH.
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HOKE SMITH READY TO
ENTER SENATE.

Hoke Smith has resigned as governor
of Georgia, turning over the reins of
government to John NJ. Slaton, who,
by reason of his position as president
of the senate, will serve as chief eX-
ecutive until a special election is held
to choose another governor. Among
the candidates is Joseph NJ. Brown,
whom Smith defeated in the last CUB
ernatorial election. A local optionist
and prohibitionist are also in the
field, and will split up the vote in
The Washington times., 1911-11-17
TWO WRONGS NEVER
WILL MAKE A RIGHT

To the Editor of THE TINES:
To the upright mind the attempt OF
one of your correspondents to vindicate
Italy now by citing the Turkish out
RACES in Armenia and Greece is but a
condemnation of the seizure of Tripoll
and the slaughter of the Inhabitants
If one was wrong so was the other.
Two wrongs never make a right-be-
neither. There were no soldiers sent
to aid the Armen!ans-there is land to
be gained now, though. mot by might
nor by power" is the law of righteous
ness. CHAMPION DU BOIS.
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He Likes Vaudeville and
Says He Intends to
Remain In 1t.
SPENT YOUTH IN
THE LUMBER CAMPS
Then Drifted Into Chicago, Where
He Got $40 a Week Appear
ing At Museum.

Actors are born entertainers. whether
before or behind the footlights. know
this because 1 had a rapid-fire, snap
shot interview this morning with Ar
thur DEACON, who is appearing this
week at Chase's Theater.
Those who see Mr.. DEACON behind
that magic crescent know him only as
a mighty clever story teller, but when
that has been extinguished, and one
meets him face to face, he is even more
entertaining than when the lights d.
vide. Big and fat and Jolly-as all fat
men are. Mr.. DEACON has thus for
made his mission in life that of spread
Ing laughter. That old adage, IT care
not who makes the laws of a nation
II / may write it's songs" has been
modified by him to read, II care not
who makes the laws. etc, If 1 may
make the jokes" And finished joke
smith he Is. this big, hearty. man with
the twinkling blue eyes, and the smil-
Ing counteuance.
or course, the first question I asked
him was why did you go into vaude-
ville,' not because / really was thirst
ing for such information, but because
It Is the proper thing to do when ono
''sSi NiS"S a dGuSt. EVERY
interviewer does II. The artists them
selves expect It. would feel sighted II
the question were not put, and are al
ways ready with an answer
Why He Went On The
Vaudeville Stage.
In times past I have received mauy
queer and novel answers to this absorb
Ing query, but Mr.. Deagon's is the mos.
original and rare OF ALL
Appendicitis"
Hc answered me in one word
That totally unnecessary little organ
that was put into us goodness only
knows why, drove Mr.. DEACON out OF
the The Bachelor Bellies" company n
little over year ago. on to an oper,t.
Ing table, and perforce into vaudevi,I.
And ! Ike vaudeville" he said. ..and
II VIII have to be somethinE awf,iiiv
good TO coax me out OF it,
And do you know that 1t is n nucr
more c3nEenial occupation, with half
much money how. IL not more, than /
The Washington times., 1911-11-17
LET "MUGGSIE" REST,
SAYS STANLEY JAMES

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
l noticed in a recent issue OF The
Times that some comment has been
made about the manner in which the
soldiers at College Park buried their pet
dog "Muggsie." 1t Is said that Mug
gsie" was buried with military honors
and, wrapped in the United States flag
he was laid TO rest. We have no proof
that such a thing ever happened, but
II II did does it not prove that these
an outward glance had soft hearts, 'hu-
name hearts beating beneath their
The Washington times., 1911-11-17
REORGANIZING THE ASSESS.
MENT METHODS.

The proposal to establish board of
assessment review, entirely indepen-
dent of the assessment authority itself
is likely to be made part of the plan
for revising the assessment code of the
District. 1t is altogether likely that
plan would be, in Washington, a dis
tinct improvement on the present
method; but there is a wide variety of
experience in various cities, and the
workings of many different plans
ought to be studied before one is
adopted for Washington.
At present the assessors go out and
fix the valuations in their various
jurisdictions, and then, when the time
for review and equalization comes, they
all sit en- banc and consider all com
plants. The men who make the origi-
nal assessments also do the equalizing,
and they would only be human if each
should tend to defend his own work, !,
and if the disposition should be to
stand together against the outsiders,
and make the least measure of change
and readjustment. & .
Therefore Assessor Richards leans to
the idea of an entirely Independent
board of review, on which the assessors
shall not be represented at all, but be-
fore which they may of course be heard,
along with property owners having
complaints to lodge. This is the al
most universal plan. In cities of the
second and third class, the commonest
rule is that the town council sits as
board of review. Under the commonest
form of county government, likewise,
the county commissioners, or county
court, or county supervisors-by what
ever name the county legislature may
be called-constitute the board of as
sessment review, equalization, and ap-
peal. In larger communities this duty
is SO onerous that it is often impos-
sible for such body to do the work,
and then it is necessary to create a
board or commission especially for this
duty.
With their multiplicity of other du-
ties, the District Commissioners could
not be expected to discharge this duty,
and the plan of an independent review
ing board seems most likely to be
adopted. In view of the proposed
change from triennial to annual as
sessments, this plan seems the only
practicable one. The first annual as
sessment will unquestionably be fol-
lowed by an unusual effort to get as
sessments equalized. There will be a
chance every year, instead of only one
chance in three years, to get a hearing
on this question. People will learn
that it is worth while to familiarize
themselves thoroughly with their as,
sessments, and the business of such a
board will inevitably be heavy.
Publicity of the actual results of as,
sessments, however, is about the most
important thing needed to secure
equity. The New York plan of printing
little pamphlet for each assessment
district, describing each parcel of realty
and showing its assessment, has been
pretty satisfactory there. In a city OF
Washington's size it is by no means
certain that newspaper publication
would not be practicable; and it would
be the one way of securing the greatest
possible dissemination of the informa
ton.
The Washington times., 1911-11-17
WOMAN HAS RIGHT
TO SMOKE IN PUBLIC
To the Editor OF THE TIMES:

To the Editor OF THE TINES:
Much is being said about women
smoking in public and private places.
Allow me to say that depriving a
woman of the right to smoke is taking
her personal liberty away. The writer
OF this article has been in Madrid,
ard 1t Is quite common thing to see
women of all classes smoking on the
streets and at bullhghts; in fact, 1t Is
the custom in all South American re-
publics. l consider that women has
rights as wei! as men and they should
tie respected.
PERSONAL LIBERTY.
The Washington times., 1911-11-17
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.

Arrived-Arethusa at Sewall Point, Utah
in Cape Cod Bay, Mississippi a.
Hampeon Roads, Paducah at Santa
Cruz del Sur, and Intrepid at Mare
Island.
SaiIed-Cincinnati from Mare Island for
Honolulu; Biddle, Dahlgren, De
Long, Shubrick and Stockton from
New York for Norfolk; Macdonourr
Vulcan and Worden from Newport
for Norfolk; Ajax and Uncas from
and PatuXent and Potomac from
Norfolk for Pensacola.
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TRUTH SOCIETY LACKS
SENSE OF HUMOR

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
An Irish friend of mine first called my
attention to an Irish trait which he de-
clared was as pronounced as the IA
nous Irish wit-namely, the Irish lack
of sense of humor. Isn't it this that
is the matter with the Aloysius Truth
Society in respect to the Irish satire
at the Belasco Theater this week?
MARGARET HUNTER.
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ice and batheG in the rivers when the
thermometer registered % degrees be-
low, Mr.. DEACON went still further
North, into the ore mines on the Peshe-
kemee river.
Then he drifted into the big city of
Chicago. the first big city he had ever
visited, and his first appearance in the
Windy City, as he tells II himself, must
have been far more side-splitting than
any of the stories in his repertoire. For
six years his hair had not been cut. 1t
was long, down to his waist, in fact,
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received when l was working two or
,hree hours every night, and ! am not
spending one-half as much. Then, too
the audiences are more congenial The
finest classes OF people patronize vaude-
Vile today, not because il Is cheap, but
because IL Is generally good You will
always find that the vaudeville audience
wNl wa mp to you if you will warm
UP to them"
Alier "a youth spent in the lumber
camps of the upper peninsula OF Mich
igan, where men chopped holes in the
The Washington times., 1911-11-17
ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS

Midshipman II. n. BRANHAM, attach
ed North Carolina, to Montgomery.
Midshipman f. S. STEINWACHS, de-
tached Idaho, 10 Montgomery.
Midshipman +. BRADLEY, detached
Michigan, TO Montgomery.
Midshipman l.. ANDERSON detached
South Carolina, to Montgomery.
Chaplain S. *. EVANS, detached Ma
val Training Station, San Francisco,
Cal, to Pensacola.
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Amusements.

National-Blanche Bates in "Nobody's s
Widow" S:l5 p. m.
Iclnsco-Jrish Players, Sis p. m.
Columbia-Lu CHASER in Miss Dudel-
sack" S:15 p. m.
Millionaire Kid SIS
Chase s-Polite vaudeville. 2:15 and Sis
p m.
Casino-Vaudeville. l to 8 p. M; to
1890 p. m.
Cosmos-Continuous vaudeville.
Gayety-"Queens of the Jardin de
Paris" 2:15 and S.l5 p. m.
Lyceum-"Queens of the Folies Ber-
gere." 2:15 and Sis p. m.
Misunderstanding, dancing, bowling, mo-
tion pictures. and other attractions.
The Washington times., 1911-11-17

Col. Jack" Wheeler. If you please, is
the way the Presidents genial advance
guard now writes his signature, thanks
to the governor of Kentucky.
The Washington times., 1911-11-17
LETTERS TO THE TIMES MAIL BAG

to p
and must b ty ca
# e AddrssM
The Washington times., 1911-11-17

Chicken owners of Anacostia are keep
ing close watch on their feathered
property. Two serious tbefts have been
reported within several days.
The Washington times., 1911-11-17

The District of Columbia messenger
boys have organized as If they meant
business. There will be a slump in
the Nick Carter library.
The Washington times., 1911-11-17

Would "Southerner" kindly tell me
what Is the special place of the
negroes and whose province 1t Is to
assign them thereto?
HUMANITY
The Washington times., 1911-11-17

Under the new regime and in view of
its declarations of policy the Board of
Trade ought to accomplish much for
the District during the next year.
The Washington times., 1911-11-17

A fire in the neighborhood of WASH
ington's broad streets and avenues is
always more or less sure of a large
audience.
The Washington times., 1911-11-17
ARMY.

apt ALEXANDER f. WILLIAMS,
quartermaster, will proceed to De-
troit, Mich. for the purpose of in
speceing an automobile field wago'
now being constructed for the Quar-
termaster's Department, and upo
the co mpletion of this duty will re-
turn to his proper station.
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Concert Today
By the U. S. Soldiers Home Band,
Stanley Hall at $500 O'clock.
JOHN S. NJ ZIMMERMAN.
Director.

PROGRAM.
March-"The Count OF Luxemberg'
Lehar
Fidrlio" ...... Beethoven
Duet for flute and Clarinet-'Nor-
ceau Elegant ............H .Howgtn
Messrs. Addinanda and Voith.
Selecuion-"The Balkan Princess"
Rubens
Characteristic-"The Red Rose"
(by requesD.. .... ........ Wenrich
A descriptive fantasia-"Winter"
Lampe
''The Star-Spangled Banner"
The Washington times., 1911-11-17
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER II. 1911.

The Irish Players are at least GER
tain to come under discussion wherever
they may go.
The Washington times., 1911-11-17

With so much food stuff given away
at the pure food show, it ought not
to have been hard to find quite a num-
Der of couples who were willing to got
married in the midst Of plenty.
The Washington times., 1911-11-17

The net total circulation of The Washington
Times Sunday during the month Of October
was 1s7, s39. all copies left over and ~eidrned
BY agents being eliminated. This number
when divided Ey :, the number of Sundays
during October, shows the net Sunday aver
age for October to have been 3956s.
Entered at the Postoffice at washington,
ID. c.. as second class matter.
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Total for the month......-. ..........1, l6, 7ss
Daily average for the rnonth.......s. A.+e2
The net total circulation of The washington
Times daily during the month of OctJber
was I. H2 ia. all copies left over and returned
being eliminated. This number. when Ill
vided by 1, the number Of days Of publioa-
tion, shows the net daily average Tor outs-
ber to have been l6,643
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with so much food stuff given away
at the pure food show, 1t ought not
to have been hard to find quite a num-
Der of couples who were willing to got
married in the midst Of plenty.
1t would be an irreparable loss if the
archives and the models in the Patent
Office should be destroyed by fire, and
Commissioner Moores appeal for a fire.
proof building is entitled to considera-
ton.
Granville Hunt has scored again. He
has been notified that the next con-
vention of the International Associa-
ton of Factory Inspectors will, be held
in Washington, and they will be very
welcome.
The first annual apple show promises
to attract as many visitors as the food
show. The exhibition ought to demon
strate the extent to which the apple
growing industry has been developed
near the Capital.
The Commissioners revision of the
Works universal transfer bill is now
before the executive committee of the
citizens conference. The result of It's
comparison with the citizens bill ought
to be one that will get transfers.
The murder of William H. Mickle and
the suspicion which attaches to a
panhandler who had been seen Ioafing
around the neighborhood, raises the
question If it would not be a good idea
to have general cleanup of the va
grants now and then.
Friends OF the Florence Crittenton
mission yesterday fittingly observed
FOUNDERS day by attending the recep-
uon given by the officers of the or
sanization and bringing with them lib
eral donations. the occasion being the
twenty-eighth anniversary of the found
ing Of the mission.
The Washington times., 1911-11-17
Sunday.

Total for month. h........................ ..2Ss. a9s
Sunday average for the morth....... 1890
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OCTOBER CIRCULATION.
Daily

The number of complete and perfect copies
OF The Washington Times printed daily dur
ing the month Of October was az folla n |:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-17
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