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The Washington times., 1917-02-01
Congressman Lewis Declares
Many Executive Officers In
dorSe Measure.
HEARING CONCLUDED TODAY
House District Committee Will
Next Consider Sheppard
Dry Bill.

Anybody who supposes the Presi-
dent of the United States is not in
favor of this bill providing for Gov
eminent ownership of telephones in
the District is in error" said Con-
gresham Lewis to the House District
Committee today.
He added that Postmaster General
Burleson and other officials who made
up the executive branch OF the Gov
eminent also favored his measure.
The hearing on the telephone bill,
which has been in progress for three
and half weeks, was concluded with
Congressman Lewis testimony today.
On motion of Congressman Bailey
of Pennsylvania the committee today
adjourned to meet next Tuesday. Com
gresham Ragsdale of South Carolina
voted against the motion. He said
he believed the prohibition bill should
be taken up between today and Tues
day.
When Congressman Lewis said the
Administration favored his bill he
was asked by Congressman Lloyd and
and Mapes whether or not he was
authorized to speak for the President
and members of the Cabinet. He re-
piled that he was not so authorized
but knew their views with respect to
the bill
Mr.. Lewis withdrew Section Z from
his bill. This was the section pro-
viding for communication from
kitchens to farms at low rates. He
said this section called for an ex-
pertinent, but the bill as a whole
provided for a demonstration of a
N1A L. =
abroad.
Commenting on the present utiIi-
zation Of telephones in Washington,
Mr.. Lewis said:
Among the white people the 1900
families paying a monthly house rent
above $S5, there were $4,000 tele-
phones, or $3.50 in 1914. Among IL, 900
families paying a rent from 500 to
$35 there were $500 telephones, ar
23ee, while $500 families paying S2u
and less per month net $50 phones"
The Washington times., 1917-02-01

New York Stock Exchange was closed
at the beginning of the war, embassy
officials pointed out, but the act of
the Japanese government itself, since
the government has Jurisdiction over
the exchange.
The stock exchange was closed, en-.
bassy officials said, because the Jap
anese minister OF finance believed
peace was brought nearer by the
opening of peace proposals and be-
cause he believed that in Japan, as in
america, peace would be considered
detrimental to financial interests and
precipitate a financial panic.
Took Tip from japan.
In his testimony before the leak"
probers Baruch said the thing that
influenced him more than anything
else in beginning his successful mar
ket operations was that "the Japan
csc people took steps toe close their
stock exchange December 49," because
the Japanese people realized what
this meant in the way OF peace, and
what they thought It would mean In
connection with prices"
1.-THE japanese stock exchange was
closed by orders Of the minister of
finance" the third secretary of the
japanese embassy said. The ex-
change was closed but few days to
prevent disturbances, and then was
re-opened."
The Washington times., 1917-02-01
ANNOUNCE G. p. o. CHANCES
Appointments, Transfers, and Res
ianations Published Today.

Appointments, separations and trans
rers, effective today, in the Govern
ment Printing Office are as follows:
Observation-Disclosures NJ. Taylor. tenn
porary compositor; Richard S. Under
wood and Raymond A. Carroll, tenn
parary messenger boys: William c.
Wilton, electrotype finisher. REIN
stated: William W. Duncan, George
w. Askew and Raymond W. REYNOLDS,
temporary skilled laborers; Otto Van
Duyne, Miss Lena Hoffman, Miss
Mayme D. Wilson and Miss Marie E.
Jordan probationary skilled laborers.
Separations-Rufus F. Whalen. tenn
porary painter; Edward A. Hartnett.
temporary painter: Laird L. Neal.
bookbinder;. Charles H. BeaIl, temper
airy messenger boy, resigned: Paul c.
Wrenn. helper, resigned; Miss Dor
othy Z. Greer and Miss Bessie w.
Fuge, temporary skilled laborers;
William L. Roulhac, Paul J. McCar-
thy and Max H. Ellison, skilled labor
ers, resigned; Walter NJ. Brooks, Ru.
dolph H Shepard, Bernard J. Sweeney
and Ernest H Lewis. temporary
skilled laborera.
Transfers, etc.-Miss Edith S. Nc.
Tween, temporary skilled laborer, IS
cents per hour, TO permanent skilled
laborer; Homer J. Locking, caster
helper, 35 cents per hour. to helper.
45 cents per hour; Orpheus B. Will
Jams, elevator conductor, 30 cents per
hour, to skilled laborer, 25 cents per
hour; Dean Holcombe, linotype oper-
ator, so cents per hour, to proofreader,
90 cents per hour; George TerwiIIiger,
maker-up, 90 cents per hour, to proof
reader, 60 cents per hour: Justin A.
Paddleford, linotype operator, go cents
per hour, to proofreader, so cents per
hour
The Washington times., 1917-02-01
MRS. CULL0P REELECTED
Indiana Woman Again Heads Ma
tlonal Democratic League.

Mrs. William A. CulIop, of Indiana
was reelected president of the Won
ans National Democratic League, al
the concluding session of that organ
ization at the Raleigh last night. The
league has been in session here fol-
several days, and the convention
ended with a reception to Mrs. Cu1lor
and the other new officers.
Last night, in addition to the re
ception, there were a piano recital
by Nine. de Varene-Stock: violin Sc
lection by James stancell. and Span
ish songs by Mrs. Samuel Burleigh
Milton.
Other officers elected by the league,
and who assisted at receiving last
night were:
Miss Matthew T. Scott, first vice
president; Mrs. Lenore Sherwood, sec
ond vice president; Mrs. Charles ].
Linthicum, third vice president; Mrs.
Charles Bennett Smith, recording sec
rotary; Mrs. Joseph Kerr Maxwell,
corresponding secretary; Mrs. Saun-
ders, of New York, field secretary:
Mrs. Mary c. Adams. treasurer; Mrs.
w. F. Hancock, auditor; Mrs. Theo-
dore H. Tiller, historian, and the fol-
lowing newly elected directors; Mrs.
Edward T. Taylor, Mrs. F. B. Moran,
Mrs. William Kettner. Mrs. William
Jennings Bryan, and Mrs. Edward NJ.
House, of Texas, were also ~elected
directors, but were absent.
The young women assisting were
Miss Lucia Maxwell, Miss Margaret
Lake, Miss Louise. Worster, and Miss
Martha Worster.
The Washington times., 1917-02-01
MAY BUY FIRE TRUCK
Maryland Towns Urged to Better
Civic Improvement.

Senator Blair Lee made q vigorous
plea for municipal cooperation for
fire protection and other civic pur.
poses between the towns OF Wood
side, Linden, Silver Springs, and
Sligo at a mass meeting. last night
in the woodside School.
President Fowler, OF the Maryland
State Firemen's Association. urged the
creation of a fire company for Gle
protection OF the area in question
and affiliation with the State organ.
ization.
Preliminary steps looking to the
raising of a fund for tine purchase of
an auto-propelled fire-truck and chem
zeal engine were taken at the closd
Of the meeting.
John Mccarthy, a member of the
Silver Spring Volunteer Fire Com
pany, under the auspices of which
the meeting was held, spoke.
In his address Senator Lee told of
the benefits which will be dGreS ed
from extension OF District water
mains under the plan now before the
Senate subcommittee.
William ]. Juvenal, president of tka
Silver Spring Volunteer Fire Com.
pany, presided, and Clay Davis was
secretary.
Carl H. Roeder, Fire Chief Fred
Oden, and Assistant Fire Chief Ern-
est Sayer are active in behalf of the
organization OF the new company and
the purchase Of the automobile truck.
The Washington times., 1917-02-01
MAJOR MCDONALD DEAD.

Maj. John Mcdonald, former mem.
Der OF the House of Representatives
from the Sixth Maryland district and
a resident Of Montgomery county for
more than fifty years, died at his
home in Rockville last night, in his
eighty-second year, following an i'll
Donald was prominent in Republican
politics, and in 1896 defeated Blair
Lee for his seat in the House. Major
Mcdonald was married twice His
FIRST wife died a number OF years ago.
BY this marriage he is survived by
five children-Charles G.. Mcdonald.
Miss Jacquiline Mcdonald, DR.. Thomas
Mcdonald. Mrs. George G. Bradley jr..
and Mrs. J. w. Childress. His second
wife, who was Miss Mary Holland, of
Baltimore, also survives.
The Washington times., 1917-02-01
JAPS CORROBORATE
BARUCH STATEMENT
Embassy Officials Announce
Stock Exchange Was Clos
ed December IS.

The Japanese government is the
first of the entente allies to demon.
strate. by official actions, its belief
that the exchange of peace notes has
brought the world war nearer to a
close.
Japanese embassy officials infer
entially pointed this out today, when
they confirmed the statement made by
Bernard Baruch in his testimony be-
fore the House leak" probers that
the Japanese stock exchange was
closed December 10, the day after
the first German peace proposals were
made.
Government Action.
Closing of the japanese stock ex-
change was not the act of financial
operators, as was the case when the
The Washington times., 1917-02-01
SHOPS ROBBED.

George Kapsaly told the police to-
day that his barber shop, at 30Oh
Tenth street northwest, was entered
last night and a pair of clippers
stolen.
Four boxes OF chewing gum and
three boxes OF cigarettes were stolen
from the store of Thomas McKenna,
1892 p street northwest.
The Washington times., 1917-02-01

ALEXANDRIA, Feb. IA verdict
of guilty was returned in corporation
court yesterday, in the case of w. w
Simpson, secondhand dealer, indicted
for alleged violation of the prohi'
bition law. He was fined $50 and
sentenced to thirty days in jail.
Simpsons attorneys, Edmund Burke
and Louis n. Duffey, gave notice OF
an appeal. A verdict of not guilty
was returned in the case of J. E. Nc
Cormick, charged with violation OF
the prohibition law. A nolle pros
was entered in the case of r. Grove,
also charged with violating the law.
Orenas Beach, indicted for breaking
into a storehouse. was sent to jail
for three months after entering a
plea of guilty.
The Washington times., 1917-02-01
NEWS AT ROCKVILLE
Montgomery County Anti-saIoon
League Plans Dry Campaign.

The Montgomery County AntfSa-
loon League at its quarterly meeting
in the Methodist Church here, yester-
day, authorized the Rev. T. d. Rich
ards. chairman of the agitation COM
mittee of the league, to call a con-
ference of the temperance forces of
the county early in the spring to
map out a dry campaign. Anti-Saloon
Leaguers want the legislature to en-
act a law prohibiting the shipping of
Intoxicating liquors into dry sections
of the State.
The meeting unanimously adopted a
resolution calling on CongreSsmaD
David ]. Lewis to support the Shep-
pard-Barkley bill, now before Con-
gress, providing for prohibition for
the District.
The Washington times., 1917-02-01
STOP CATARRH! OPEN
N0STRILS AND HEAD
Says Cream Applisdin Nost1ils
Relieves Head Colds ct Once.

II your nostrils are clogged and
your head is stuffed and you can't
breathe freely because OF a cold or
catarrh. just get a small bottle Of
Ely's Cream Balm at any drug store
Apply a little Of this fragrant. anti
septic cream into your nostriIs and
let IL penetrate through every air
passage Of your head. soothing and
healing the infamed. swollen mucous
membrane and you get instant relief.
An How good IL feels. Your nos
trils are open. your head is clear. no
more hawking. snufflinR, blowing: no
more headache. dryness, or struE-
CLING for breath. Ely's Cream Balm
is Just what sufferers from head colds
and catarrh need. It's a delight
Adft.
The Washington times., 1917-02-01
NEWS OF EVANSVILLE
Holy Name Society Plans Musical
and Literary Entertainment.

A musical and literary program will
be given tomorrow night in the Masonic
Hall here under auspices OF the Holy
Name Society OF st. Jerome's Catholic
Church. The committee in charge is
composed OF ]. B. Waters, chairman
George w. Held. Joseph T. Deckelman,
Hugh F. Crawley, George NJ. McFar-
land. Frank NJ. BeaIl, Charles N. OAR
nall, Angelo Elmo. William n. Hall,
Charles Handy and Stephen ]. Kelly.
Those on the program include ]. p.
Jones, Miss Angela Vandoren. Edgar
Cara. Miss Mary Beadle, Theodore
Vandoren. Mrs. Matthew F. HalIoran,
Mrs. John Fainter. Frank Mudd, Miss
Olga Crandall. Miss Emma Roche,
Frederick w. Seyffreth. Charles +. Yves
ton, Miss Alicia Darnall. Miss Minnie
Klatsken. Miss Leona Callan, Miss Babe
Parker. William Hall. Charles Erwin, ].
Aelio, ]. B. Waters. Miss Clara Roche,
Mrs. Z. J. Deeds. Miss Mildred Gram
dali: ]. Power Waters, ]. B. Waters,
jr.. Maurice Fitzgerald, Miss Dorothy
Crandall, and Miss EstelIe Murray.
Dancing will follow from 10 o'clock to
midnight.
The Washington times., 1917-02-01
YOUTH INJURED BY TRUCK.

Thomas Collins, seven years old, of
1917 Thirty-third street northwest.
was slightly injured when knocked
down by delivery auto driven by
Jerry Fogle, of SIC H street northeast,
in N street, between Thirty-third and
Potomac streets, yesterday.
The Washington times., 1917-02-01
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE
SUBURBS OF THE CAPITAL
Alexandria Man Fined $50 and Given
3O-Day Sentence on Charge of Vio-
lating Prohibition Law.

will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2
O'Clock. lnterment will be at Glen
wood. Mrs. Moore was eighty-two years
of age. and was the widow Of E. w.
Moore
The Washington times., 1917-02-01

At a meeting at Travilah, this coun-
ty, last evening, the Travilah grange
was organized with twenty-five mem
bers and the following officers: Mas
ter, Preston L. Snyder; overseer, ]. B.
Gray, jr.; lecturer. Mrs. Preston L
Snyder; secretary, Clyde Harris;
treasurer, Charles NJ. Thrift: chaplain,
Jesse Walker; steward, VI. S. Ward.
The Washington times., 1917-02-01
Lace Curtains
II, "a and n Less Than
REGULAR Prices

Odd lots of Lace Curtains, from
one to four pairs Of q pattern.
Including Cable Net, Nottingham,
Madras and Scrim. All best
lengths. In white, ivory. ecru and
Arabian shades.
10 lots from l to s pairs, worth
$1.25 and $50, at. .69e
IA lots. from l to 8 pairs. worth
$500 and $500, at. $3.50. .$1.09
IL lots from l to pairs, worth
$500 to $500, at...........,s1.65
Fourth Floor.
The Washington times., 1917-02-01

An informal reception will be given
by members of the choir of the Sec
ond Presbyterian Church to their OF
ganist and director, Robert Bitter
tomorrow evening at the home OF Mr.,
and Mrs. Charles H. Callahan, South
Fairfax street.
The Washington times., 1917-02-01

A large number of Alexandrians
purpose making Thursday evening
next. February 8. Alexandria night
at the Gypsy Smith tabernacle in
Washington. The Rev. DR.. John Lee
Allison, pastor of the Second Presby-
terrain Church, and w. II. Melchoir are
in charge of the arrangements. DR..
Allison wishes 1t understood that a
cordial invitation is extended to every
one, of whatever denomination, to at
tend the meeting on that evening.
The Washington times., 1917-02-01

Tuesday evening, February 20, is
the date named for the second an
nuaI banquet OF the Alexandria Az
tomobile Club. ]. A Eggborn, c. B.
Swan, and Harry Hammond, with w.
H. Hellmuth, president, and G. Wash
ington Lewis, secretary Of the club,
are the committee in charge.
The Washington times., 1917-02-01

Albert, H. Metzgar, a baker en-
ployed by Carl Fuchs, died yesterday
at his home, at 800 North Pitt street,
aged sixty-two. He leaves a widow,
three sons and one daughter. The
funeral will be held tomorrow at 2
D. m, at his residence.
The Washington times., 1917-02-01

Funeral services for Mrs. Caroline A.
Moore who died Tuesday al the home
of her son. J. r. Moore, in Mt. Rainier.
The Washington times., 1917-02-01

The funeral of Mrs. Catherine T
Heishley was held this afternoon a
st. Paul's Episcopal Church.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1917-01-26

or personal machines in the man
agement of the banks. They will
find the banks in the hands of men
as expert in the farm loan business
as any loan companies now operat-
ing. They will find men in charge
whose characters will be an assur-
ance that when an appraiser says a
farm is good security for a loan, 1t
will be good security, worth at least
twice the money loaned on it; that
the type of farming pursued by the
owner of the farm is a safe type; that
the title is good; that the loan com
mittee of the land bank is composed
of as good men as the loan commit
tee of any bank in any town or city;
and that the business of the bank is
checked up at proper intervals by a
board of directors who know not only
the loan business but the lands on
which loans are being made.
There is no member of this board
who has a personal candidate for any
position to be given out. None of us
have any personal or political debts
to pay, and if we had, there is not
a man of us who would pay any such
debts at the expense of the federal
farm loan system And it is a great
p1aog,ro 40 nc all to hp h1a +o ctoto
that every senator and congressman
who has discussed the matter with
any member of the board accepts
this policy as the only proper one,
and while the pressure on them for
jobs is tremendous. they heartily
agree with us that merit and merit
only must be the test of fitness for
appointment under the federal farm
loan act.
"One United States senator called
on a member of the board and asked
what endorsements would be neces-
sary for applicants for positions
Exactly the same endorsements,
said the board member, that you
would require from applicants for
similar positions in company
formed to lend your own money on
farms And this is the position of
every member of the federal farm
loan board. For any other class of
men to seek appointment on the per
sonnet of the federal land banks is
quite useless. -
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1917-01-26
ROADS AND SCHOOLS

Every sort of town in the United
States gets its due share of the total
increase in population, and a little
more. Population of incorporated
places of less than $500 inhabitants
increased over a million and three
quarters in the last census period,
and nearly three and a half millions
since 1890. At that date they had
seven and half per cent of the total
population, and in 1910 nearly nine
per cent. SO with the towns from
$500 to $4,000, while bigger cities
ran way ahead of the general rate
of growth. But farm population de-
clined from 56.4 per cent of total
population in 1890 to AS in 1910.
There are no glitterTng business
opportunities in small country towns,
but there are many social oppor-
tunities. 1t is easy for people to get
together in all weathers. The public
schools are much better than those
in that large part of the strictly
rural region where the barbarous
one-room ungraded institution pre-
walls. So people are willing to live
in small country towns.
The farm problem is in no incon-
siderable part matter of good
roads and good country schools.
Good country schools are nearly i'm
possible without good roads, for a
q really good country school is a CON
solidated one, drawing children
from an extensive district and giving
them transportation from home to
school and back.
A farm on poor road is a prison
for women and children part of every
year. Nobody likes a prison.-Sat-
urday Evening Post.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1917-01-26
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
OF DEANS OF WOMEN
Dean White of Pullman Is National
Secretary-Will Attend Meetings
at Kansas City

STATE COLLEGE. Pullman,
Wash, January %, 1917.-Rhoda
M. White, Dean of Women at the
State College and Secretary of the
National Conference of Deans of
Women of the institutions of higher
learning in the United States, will
leave Pullman in February to attend
a meeting of the National Conference
to be held in Kansas City, February
1928.
Dean White, as Secretary of the
Conference, informs officially that
more than 100 deans are expected to
be present at the sessions. Other
organizations, notably the National
Society for the Study of Education;
the conferences of Normal Schools
and Education; the Society of Col
lege Teachers of Education: the
American School Peace League; and
the associations OF Principals or sec
ondary Schools and High School
Supervisors will meet in Kansas City
simultaneously with the Conference
of Deans of Women. The joint ses-
sions will conduce towards the inter
change of ideas on all phases of edu-
cational problems.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1917-01-26
STORk ACTIVE BIRD
IN WHITMAN COUNTY
Birth Total for 1915 Was 75t, rs
Against Only 294 Deaths

A total of ISL births was record
ed in Whitman county in 1916, as
against 294 deaths, according to the
annual report of the Washington
state board of health. With sc
births and 20 deaths Colfax was the
only district to show a performance
OF deaths. The showing of the coun-
try near Colfax with 73 births and 10
deaths. was the best made in any of
the % districts.
Endicott, with CO births and 10
deaths, and Lacrosse with 81 births
and10 deaths, we're second and third
Pullman city was credited with SO
births and 33 deaths and the Pull
man rural district with 25 births and
IS deaths.
Other districts of the county made
the following records:
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1917-01-26

A basket ball league made up of
teams from the various boarding
houses of students at the State Col
lege of Washington has been organ
lied, with twelve houses as contest
ants. The schedule of games calls for
matches on January Is, 10, and 20,
and, during the week of January 20,
winners will play winners and losers
preparatory TO the final series to
follow.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1917-01-26

The first of a series of At Homes
given under the auspices of the Wash
ington State College Y. w. c. A. was
held in Pullman on Saturday at the
home of Mrs. William Goodyear
Every succeeding Saturday an AT
Home will be held at the residence
of a member of the college faculty,
of the college community or a resi-
dent of the town of Pullman.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1917-01-26

H. P. Hansen, '16, graduate in
agriculture, Washington State Col
lege, and captain of the cross country
teams of 1914-15 and 1866, re-
Gently in Pullman, reports interest
ing results of his work with the Bio
logical Survey in connection with the
discriminating Of predatory animals.
His most recent field of work has
been in California and Nevada.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1917-01-26

On the afternoon of January 80 in
the rooms of the Washington State
College Y. w. C. A. will be held the
annual Examination Tea for students
of the State College. A new tea serv-
ice has been recently acquired by the
association, TO which all former
presidents have been invited to con-
tribute cup.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1917-01-26

Farmers meetings in cooperation
with the oranges are now being held
in Whatcom County b. the Extern
sion Service at the State College of
Washington. Professor Leonard leg
nauer, Soils and Crops Specialist,
and Miss Edna f. Walker. Home
Economics Specialist, are working
through the county.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1917-01-26

The first poultry judging teams to
compete in the Northwest met at
Moscow, Idaho, on January IT. The
State College of Washington and the
University of Idaho were the insti-
tutions represented.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1917-01-26

Gamma Tau, the girls honorary
sorority at the State College of Wash
ington, has initiated a big Sister"
movement at the College. Each men,
Der is a big sister to certain Fresh
man girls.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1917-01-26

A Missionary Pageant is to be
given by the Young Women's Chris
.ttan Association of the State College
of Washington early in the spring
semester. Miss Ruth Harding has
been appointed manager.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1917-01-26

The Women's League at the State
College of Washington sends flowers
to any woman student i'll in the hos
pital.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1917-01-26

Or. Ira D. Cardiff, Director of the
Experiment Station at the State Col
lege of Washington, was present at a
recent meeting of the State Board
OF Agriculture at Olympia where sew
eral bills were framed for presenta-
ton to the legislature designed to
improve the regulatory work of the
state in respect to such matters as
the inspection of food stuffs, oils, and
various other products.