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The Washington times., 1914-09-06

Sl.2o0 apiece. Passing through the TO-
tunda over marble-flagged paving the
visitor emerges upon the main corridor
or courtWay. This resembles nothing
so much as the big waiting room or the
concourse in Union station. Straight
through. the corridor is flanked bv ether
polished marble columns. square and
set-in. Its great length is bare. except
Tor three big writing desks or tables
down the center. and a long linz of
pedestal lights flanking either side.
These writing tables are proportioned
to the building. They are of hand
carved marble, bronze and glass, with a
fiat top. This top rests upon carved
marble lions, two at each end and fac
ing outward. They give the impression
of two OF these animals standing back
TO back, with backs supporting one end
of the table. The bodies Of each beast
merge into a solid base. but head, chest
and forefront are carved out
A massive bronze chandelier hangs
down over the center table, but the rest
of the lighting is furnished by the ned
estal lights that flank the corridor
These are identical in design. with
round. carved marble posts or pedestals
standing about eight feet high. At the
top of each is an alabaster hemisphere
with the lid taken off. The lights are
placed within these half-globes. giving
liar to that used at the Union Station
at night
Stretching down either side of the cor
ridor are the glazed and bronze grilled
windows, where the public can buy
stamps, get money orders. drop mail
make A kick to the delivery division,
or find the lock boxes. This just af
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This illustration does not tell you what
happens to the letter you mail to the
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|etwork of Machinery, Including Every Mechanical
Aid That Ingenuity Can Devise, Provided to
Give Capital the Quickest Mail Serv-
ice in the Country.

Washington is possessed of. and in
ture will receive its mail service from,
ne model postoffice of the United
r1tes.
me city postoffiCe is now quartered
= its own building adjoining the Union
atlon. at the intersection of Massa-
usetts avenue and North Capitol
Teet This structure, aside from being
ie handsomest city postoffice in the
Iited States. is second to. none of the
lblic buildings in Washington. barring
riraps the Congressional Library. in
auty and magniicence.
Iany Washingtonians are familiar
i;h its exterior. which architecturally
atches the great railroad terminal
l''ding it adjoins. but its interior. par
ularly the 100000 corridor. running
st and west through the building. will
a revelation. 1t beggars description.
The building is now open to the pub
and in this wide. sweeping. and
ass1ve corridor, or interior courtway.
public Will transact its mail busi-
$. 1t is well worth visit.
Columns Cost s1.2oo Each.
There are two main entrances, one on
"a west at Massachusetts avenue and
orth Capitol street and another on
re east adjoining Union Station. Pass
= in either great doorway the visitor
mes upon a big rotunda. encircled by
" hshed granite columns of massive
portions reaching to the roof
ihese columns cost something like
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building. Say this building is IN the
downtown section. In less than an
hour. at the outside. carrier gets it.
with other letters in the box. He puts
it in a sack with them and tosses It in
the waiting automobile. This takes the
full sack to a master collection box at
Station c. which will be on New York
avenue. There a truck whisks it away
to the new postoffice Backing I'D at
the platform on the north side Of the
building. the whole load Is dumped
\ conveyor runs IL to and through a
canceling machine. Another conveyoT
takes 1t to great sorting table and
dumps 1t. Active hands plunge in. and
again there Is tossing of letters in
sacks stretched in a big semicircle. One
OF these sacks Is marked IN. Y. ard
Graf. r. P. q. No l." Translated. this
means New York and Grafton ra lvay
postoffce. train No. ]. Your letter DIS
appears into the nav Of this sack. All
hals Of time. The distribution IL COM
pleted. Your sack is closed A m
veyor picks It up and takes 1t to the
railway station. and dumps It on a
truck. The truckman notes the label
and runs it out to train No. on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad. A: 4:Os
o'clock. exactly. your letter is on the
way to wifey.
This Is Chicago train. and il wifey
Is at any resort or farmhouse along the
route as far west as Ohio. the letter
reaches her postuffice overnight. and
she gets II in the morning. II she hap
pens to be in Martinsburg. Harpers
Ferry. or any of the places east of
there. she may read it that same even
ing before I O'Clock.
Quickest Service In Country.
This illustration does not tell you what
happens to the letter you mail to the
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friend across town. II goes through
the same procedure. except with differ
eht variations. When it reaches the
postoffice. as your other letter did, Z
goes 10 the sorting table just the same,
sus IN tne sorting cut. it goes to local
Ihis sack is picked ID ami
earrled TO the same sorting table that
sour hrst letter reached. and goes
TO the sack of ycur friends carria-
tnere are likewise different variations
LOT special delivery. parcel post and
Issistered mail. but it all goes through
tne whirhsig Of this machinery and
1t Is all of this mecharicaI h.rd,t,o
and the nicely and precision Of mai
handling that has given Washin,.o, ~,
model postoffice. ard probably the most
expeditous mail service in the United
States and possibly the world
The Washington times., 1914-09-06
NEY CITY POSTOFFICE.

the public sees now when it goes to the
lostoffice, but behind the plate glass
and Grllls on the north side of the cor
ridor Is placed the most modern and Up
to-date mail handling machinery that
genius could devise and money could
buy. 1t is the ambition of the Post
master General to have Washington
the model postoffice. and this ambition
seems to have been fulfilled. Machi-
merry that runs Ike Clockwork handles
the mails automatically, and in future
trucking for the postal employees. Each
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fords an idea Of the long line Of win
dows at which the Washington public
will in future do its mail business
There is nothing that stands out to mar
the beauty of the corridor, and all of
general cagniicence of the building.
Bronze and plate glass bulletin boards
costing many hundreds of dollars each.
have been put up on the south side OF
the corridor. These contrast sharply
with the little blackboards in the old
postofficc.
This corridor. as described. is what
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BUY Bale of Cotton Club"
Now Includes Senator's

Southern Senators have organized a
branch of the Buy Bale Of Cotton
Club" This club originated in cities
throughout the South. each member
pledgfng himself to purchase at least
one bale OF cotton to store until next
year. Senator Sheppard of Texas Is
president OF the Senate club.
Senators and House members from the
r"ttton States have indorseG the pro-
p"sal in cotton States that Legislatures
prohibit by law the planting by any
farmer netx year of more Than half this
years cotton acreage
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Both the regular price and the Septemb
marked in figures you can read, and "
charged on open account, at the reduce
and without interest,"
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Advertising at one time was space
buying: nowadays advertising is result
buying. Results cost less through The
Times.
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has his station. and the mail comes to
his hand automatically and leaves 1t
the same way.
The great workroom, occupying the
center of the first floor is a labyrinth of
machinery. belts. conveyors, and
chutes. with sorting cases and files in
between. All of it has been arranged
so that niece Of mail entering or leav-
ing the office never retraces it's course.
Above all of this labyrinth of hum
ming machinery and hustle. there runs
network of lookouts. These to the
observer appear as endless iron 1ues
running in every direction and ventil-
ated by little shutters. They are not,
however. ventilating shafts or convey
ors. They are foored and walled cor
ridors hung above the room. and from
the little shuttered openings looking
down can be seen every foot, even every
inch of space in the tremendous office,
in the wo-kroom. the swingroom or car
riers' restroom, and in every toilet and
closet. They run all through the build
Ing. and are madee for use by postoffice
INSPECTORS. Pacing them. inspectors can
watch all the activities of the office
unseen. They can, if they wish. keep
a lookout or watch on any individual
workman, from the time he enters the
building. until he leaves at the close of
tho lav
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Network of Machinery.

The working of this tremendous net
work of mail handling machinery and
the many human hands that operate
Il, is incomprehensible except to the ex-
pert. but the course through 1t of a
letter. or parcel or paper is interesting.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-11-13
owe my HEALTH
toPcruna
l was
Gradually
Breaking
Down From
Confinement
to Store.

Mr.. G. N. Petersen. dealer In rne
boots. shoes and cigars. No. i32 South
Main ST., Council Bluffs. Iowa. writes;
II cannot tell you how much good
Peruna has done me. Constant con-
fnement in my store began to tell
on my health and / felt that l was
gradually breaking down.
II tried several remedies prescribed
by my physician, but obtained no per-
manent relief until took Peruna.
felt better Immediately. and five bot
ties restored me to complete health
I have been In the best of spirits
since, and feel that I owe my health
to It."
Catch Cold Easily.
Mr.. Arthur G.. Peterson, r. +. d.
21, Box 81. Omro, Wisconsin. He
was In the habit OF catching cold
easily.
He says: "It has been seven
months now since I have taken any
Peruna and I haven't felt the least
touch OF cold since. and am positive
that am now rid Of the tendency to
catch cold. Peruna Is a wonderful
remedy"
Those who object to liquid medi-
einss can now procure Peruna Tab.
let's.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-11-13
gHE OWOSSO TIMES
Sssusmission IS second. class matter.
publ,ahed averv ~rtdav uoo.
gO1SCRIPTION &I.OO VEAR
aGw 1880, MICH. NOV. 10. 1914.
Mr.. fordney's Reelection.
From Saginaw Courier. Herald |

From Saginaw Courier. Herald
nnsh Congressman Fordney and tn,
LHAsh Michigan district are to be con
assaSalased on the big vote that was
EsDvn him at the polls Tuesday. II
Indicates continued recognitisn Of his
ssossgth in congress and his sincere
lr,a earnest labors at Washington. We
nsstortUnate in being represented by
gae IF the ablest and most courageous
assS influential men in congress and the
cEis shows an appreciation of his SER
lInss
NE election of this year was. of more
han ordinary interest owing to the
SsxHnge in the district, What the old
x1msiss thought of Mr.. Fordney we
Agssy, for they had shown their senti-
-zssyess- at many elections in the past.
Thas the new counties would do was
aSge Of a. question. The result indi.
7.sse that the new district, as did the
VII has confidence in its Washington
representative. The one thing for which
&x; Q'ordney has at all times firmly
sxsS insisBently stood is protection.
ns-s 10 no more loyal champion of this
,i&'ssTine in Washington And the vote
aR aae district shows that his constitu.
xrss approve. Of his stand.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-11-13
MIDDLEBURY- SCIOTA

W. and Mrs. Albert Slocum were
Ayees.s of friends in Ovid Sunday.
Er. and Mrs. John Scott andfamilS
gxs.4 guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Lucas
&r4'er Sunday.
< miscellaneous shower was giver
lssas! Fsiday evening in honor of Mrs
a'1Aur' Mulder. About thirty-fvt
xnrs' present.
= 7oeial was held last Tuesday al
az church All report a very pleas.
aEE time. Sandwiches, pumpkin pie
ars. rCtfee were served.
". and Mrs. Eggleston. of Owes.
ssm. $50 Mr.. and Mrs. f. b. McCarty
nd EAIngsburg, were guests Of Mr.
WIZ Mrs. r. w. Sanderson Sunday.
Grs W. B. Brown, Mrs. Clayton
ystRr, Mrs. Loey Tubbs and Mrs
ssEa.rt. Schultz attended the district
-2sssEIus of the w. F. M. S. at Du-
es1Ed Thursday and Friday.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-11-13
Burton

~ and Mrs. A. F.. Croop, of Web
asecrllte. were over Sunday guests OF
~. sad Mrs. Samuel Anderson.
Yrs. 2. E. Kunsman and daughter
4El's Grace, left Tuesday to visit rela.
sts~5 N Columbiaville and Goodalc
FnC-iLu weeks.
Ms Frances Gordon left the first
ar me week for High Gate, Ont.
Ttt-e she will spend the winter with
tSsr Hster and family, Mr.. and Mrs
Srsak Rykeman.
l. T. Shannon and s. NJ. Hubbell
MI &arsand, left Thursday of last
sSsaS :oc Lakeland, Florida, to spend
'm3 wlnter. They made the trip in
8r. Shannon auto.
MISS Sarah McWilliams was called
Ia Blisstield Wednesday by the seri.
> zse 1iaess of her brothers. wife.
H.. Bailey expects to move to Bur.
a@a IN about two weeks.
Atwood Mason, who has been i'll, is
ax.EGn able to attend school.
Barn, TO Mr.. and Mrs, Claud Luck.
arEsr. Friday, Nov. 6, son.
Mrs Martha Martyr returned
SanSr from Elsie Monday afternoon
xf5cv' spending a week with heI
aEa"tter and husband, Mr.. and Mrs
a. r. Allen.
Tie Misses Mary Ellen Brooks
sn& aarrIett Cadz are attending the
sSsSIe Sunday School convention al
AtsTSn this week. They were dele
ayrtes from the M. p. S. S.
FiGrtm is to have barber shop.
T&9 Aid and w. f. NJ. society will
HFvS with Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
GsSyp Wednesday for dinner, Nov
gSsd- Everybody will receive q
tstsavy welcome that attends.
qr. and Mrs. Bert Smith and
GsaASfcn, of Owosso, were the guests
ass Er. and Mrs. John Babcock Satur-
'Gzss and Sunday
'SNe NJ. F.. Aid society met Wednes-
,ssy 81 their church for dinner. A
sz@. Ino was enjoyed by those pres
1ud.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-11-13
Morrloe.

The box social and musical enter
tainmeht that was held at the high
school here on Friday night, was very
successful The city people took kindly
to the exhibition Of the farm products
and the mensgerie excited great deal
Of interest. The fortune teller remained
a mystery to some who could not guess
her identity. Over forty dollars was
cleared which will go to the juniors
and seniors-At the meeting OF the
local Rebekah lodge Friday night. 1t
was decided that the members OF the
lodge should give social. The date Is
set for November Is, which comes on
Wednesday. Nominations were in
order at the meeting. The nominations
for vice grand were, Blanche Burns;
for nob'e grand, Mrs Elizabeth Stone,
Mrs Harriette Davis and Mrs Evelyn
Locke; Fora Davis was nominated for
recording secretary and Mrs Evelyn
Locke and Mrs Lulu Davis for financial
secretary-The Gallagher school will
give box social at the school house,
Friday evening, Nov. 90. The proceeds
will 60 to the school-A party and
dance was held at the home of Pratt
Wilcox, west of town, Friday night
E 8 Kingsbury, who will be remem
bered as superintendent of the schools
for the past two years, was here Satur
day from Vernon, visiting friends.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-11-13

Mrs. A. M. Bentley will entertain
the Alpha Bridge Club Friday after
noon at her home on West Oliver
street.
Friends here have received, an
nouncements of the birth Monday Of
an eight and half pound son, Wal
ter Rogers, to Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Maliskey, of Howell, formerly of this
city.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-11-13

Miss Hazel Robinson and GeorgC
Vinegar, of Morrice, will be united
in marriage Saturday, Nov. %, al
the bride S home in Morricc.
Mrs. 7. M. Euler, East Mason
street, entertained twelve young
ladies last evening in honor of her
grand daughter, Miss Katherine
Payne. A four course dinner was
served The table was prettily deco
rated with pink and white chrysan-
thcmums. The favors were dainty
pink rose buds. During the evening
dancing and music were enjoyed.
New Oil Burner.
Mason q McCrcw, agents of the A.
y. Eckcl Mfg. Co., Of Detroit, are
exhibiting at the Wear-U Well shoe
store in this city, an oil burner that
may be attached to any stove and is
80 complete, so inexpensive, both as
10 first cost and as to operation, and
so easy to handle that the burner is
having large sale and will. I'M
doubleday be so satisfactory to the
users that in n short time it will be
an almost universal use whenever gas
is not obtainable. 1t is so simple in
construction that it is almost impossi-
BILE for it to get out Of order. 1t will
generate heat in any amount needed
and is always ready for use, saving
the dirt of coal or wood, the labor
and the long waits for cold or hot
on the fuel bill and in the labor of
the home should call and see it.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-11-28
STRAUSS DEFINES PREJUDICE.

Nathan Strauss of New York, who
strongly supported Governor Glynn,
and who had been aroused by the
efforts to bring religious prejudice in
to the campaign, made the following
statement on Prejudice" on Monday,
the day before election:
Easy to create, it is hard to de-
stroy. Sinister of wit, 1t is weak of
wisdom. Its perceptions are false. 1t
sees in darkness; 1T is blind in the
light; it nurtures lies and rejects
truth. Breeding hatred, it blasts SYM
pathy. 1t rules those who give it life.
1t is conjured Frankenstein. domi-
mating millions of men. 1t sits beside
the gates of life and takes toll of all
that pass.
1T is the conservator of all that
reason would destroy, the destroyer
of the works of justice. 1t is the hand
maiden of error, the Nemesis of knowl-
edge. 1t feeds fear and poisons hope.
1t lives by the law of the dead. 1t
thrives upon the meat of yesterday
1t sickens on the sustenance of today
ut is the anarchist of the heart.
1t smothers faith. 1t gives love to
the torch. 1t bemeans benevolence
and shuns communion. 1t stills the
sound of music and palsies the hand
of art. 1t betrays belief and sets sus-
picion ON a throne. 1t rejoices in
tears. It's mirth is In misery.
1T is the monster of the mind. 1t
pollutes thought, serves despair and
ravishes right. 1t offends against fact
and is stranger to logic Its sooth-
ing is in sophistry. 1t divines the un-
real and walks in the way Of phan-
toms. 1t drains the potions brewed
by witches of the brain. 1t is a thing
of charms and amulets.
ut is prejudice" ..9:'v
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-11-28
German and Irish citizens of Chicago

German and Irish citizens of Chicago
will hold two large demonstrations
Dec. in Orchestra hall and the North
Side Turner hall in condemnation of
the expectation of contraband articles
of war from the United States to the
belligerent nations of Europe. It is
the object of the demonstrations to
urge the passage Of laws for the pro.
motion of peace by the prohibition of
expectation from the United States of
all contraband, except food stuffs The
meetings are called Gin the name OF
mercy and humanity" on the theory
that to stop the supply of contraband
will bring the war to an earlier close.
Invitations to speak at the demonstra-
tion have been sent to Professor Hugo
Munsterberg, of Harvard university,
Congressman Richard Bartholdt, of st.
Louis, Henry Vollmer, of Davenport,
Ia; Senator George Chamberlain, of
Oregon, and Hon. Michael J. Ryan. Of
Philadelphia.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-11-28

The Mission of Our Lady of the Ro-
sary, New York City. has issued most
interesting leafiet concernrng its work
for the protection of Irish immigrant
girls. 1t shows that the past fiscal
year 1,21S,480 immigrant aliens en-.
tered the United States; 1904 were
debarred. Irish immigrant aliens
numbered 33,S98-16,793 males and H..
los females. OF these 2,482 were under
IA years; 29,479 were between IA and
"A; 1887 were 45 and over; 27,5O3
came to relatives; 3,0o6 to friends, g..
3S9 did not claim relative or friend.
Irish immigrants brought over $1,673..
s76. y
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-11-28
POPE IN LEGION OF HONOR.

The journal of the Grotto," pub
lished at Lourdes, points out that the
new Pope is an officer of the Legion
of Honor. When he attended the
pilgrimage to Notre Dame of Lourdes
in August, 1918, Msgr. della Chiesa,
out of consideration to France. wore
in his buttonhole the rosette of the
Legion of Honor. He was named
chevalier of the order in January,
1889, the decree being signed by Pres.
ident Carnot. He was at that time
secretary to Cardinal Rampolla. Ben.
edict XIV is probably the first Pore
to be thus decorated.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-11-28

At first few came forward and
gave public testimony of the cases
which had come under their imme.
diate observation; their numbers con.
tiued to increase ard they became the
vanguard of the yearly swelling army
of medical men who have visited
Lourdes and the medical bureau from
that time. The following statistics will
show the progress of the change in
this respect.
Number Of medical men visiting the
bureau:
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-11-28
ENGLISH ADMIRAL CONVERT.

Rome.-In the chapel of the English
College, Admiral Darcy Irvine, of the
British Navy, was received into the
Church Nov. 8. He was baptized by
Bishop Mcintyre, rector of the col.
lege, and received the Sacrament of
Confirmation from Cardinal Merry
del Val.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-11-28
DEATH OF CARDINAL cAvALARu.

Press dispatches Wednesday an
nounce the death of Cardinal Gavalari,
the patriarch of Venice. The late Pope
Plus the Tenth was Cardinal of Venice
previous to his elevation to the Pap
acy. Cardinal Cavalari was recog-
nized leader of social reform and
achieved considerable note for his pro-
nouncement of modern dances.
He was born at Chioggia in 1849
and was raised to the cardinalate in
1907. He was noted for his simple pi.
ETY.. On various occasions he expressed
himself volubly against the immodest
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-11-28
WAR HALrs IRISH MEETING.

Michael ]. Ryan, national president
of the United Irish League Of Amer
lea, has announced that, owing to the
continuance of the war, the meeting
Of the United Irish League of Amer
lea, to have been held in New York,
December 8, has been indefinitely
postponed.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-11-28

dress of women and once is said to
have stopped church service in order
to make woman worshipper cover her
Openwork shirtwaist.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-09

to the two United States Senators and
10 all OF the Representatives In Con-
gress from Virginia. as well as to
secretary McAdoo, Secretary Houston
and Mr.. John SHELTON Williams. First
Assistant Secretary OF the Treasury
assuring them of the support Of this
association, and of it's individual mem
bers in their efforts to secure the es-
Enlistment of one of the Federal re-
serve banks at Richmond. and of the
willingness of the association to re-
spond to any call for assistance that
may be made upon IL.
Be 1t further resolved. That the
president appoint one member of the
association to represent 1t on the
executive committee of the Richmond
organization, which is exertnE itself
to secure a Federal reserve bank, and
that he appoint two members to serve
on the general committee OF the lat
ter organization.
Be 1t further resolved. That Rich
Inond Is the natural centre of such
business interests. despite It's proximity
to Baltimore and Washington. is patent
TO us as lawyers, since here Is, and has
always been, established the Circuit
Court of Appeals of the United States
Tor the five great States Of Maryland
Virginia. West Virginia. North and
South Carolina.
Be IT further resolved. That a copy
of these. resolutions be sent to the
members of the bar OF Virginia, West
Virginia, North Carolina and South
Carolina, Georgia and Florida.