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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-12-28
ApvssTlsEMEnT
TROUSERS SACRIFICED!
GO 10 FRItDLABDFR'S
ANDSEE fORYOURSElF

You'll ma Friedlandsr'a. AS Ninth
Street n. W.. doing an enormous bust.
ness these days. and those who have
visited the store durine the iaat few
days will tell you that there L good
reason for the arm 70 be proud q
their EFFORTS
Men, here IL what you'll Be delight
Cd to md II you will 50 Immediately
to tnia busy storei hundreds and
hundreds Of trousers IN most every
weave. shade and pattern = ssleol
rom At prices that are aAsolutsly No
Indication OF the remarkable values
being offered. Trousers worth from
saoo 10 st00 selling q Si.eS, t2.4s.
S3.ib and ta.oa
So enormous u the assortment that
rou'ii have little trouble IN gttling
trousers 10 match most afg suit. yen
mag have.
This Is the only place IN town whefs
such attractive ofIerlnBs can be iqlina.
II will pay every man IN WAeqluk.
ton Il cal1 at Frledlander's. 418 Nintn
Street n. w, right away.
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ILL-FITTINGSHOES
GIVEN S5PER CENT
OF NATION'SARMY

lILhtting shoea in the American
army are decreasing the marching
powers ,or the army. an announce
ment from the offices or Quartsrmas-
Ter General sharpe and sureeon Cen
eral Gorsas said today Examination
made OF several different groups Of
mon BY both army officers and
civilians showed that only ~ per cent
OF these men wore shoes that ftted
to the satisfaction Of the examiners.
Tariff tables. upon which the size
ard width Of shoes have been based.
is no longer practical method Of
fitting the feet. the announcement
shows. These tariff tables were
the result Of years or experiences IN
the regular Armies and represent an
averaging OF that experience.
Foreign service will make still fur.
Their adjustments necessary.
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whatever may be the plans Of Gov
eminent officials for barracks con.
stpuetion In Warrington 10 house In
coming Government clerks they nave
not been revealed, although under
consideration for some time.
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NJ ADOO MAY
PROVIDE WAY
FOR HOUSING
CAPITAL FOLK
~ BILL PRICE

District officials today expressed
the hope that the appointment OF W.
@. MeAdoo e. director general OF
railroads may stimulate building in
washington. and thereby contribute
TO relieving the critical housing aae
Office, situation.
The idea Is that Mr.. McAdoo 10
thoroughly familiar with conditions
in Washington. and will Immediately
give priority 10 shipments OF buiid-
ing materials and IN other ways help
Ia Office and residence construction.
50 sefely needed.
Contractors and real estate men
generally sald today that kAowledEe
Of Mr.. MeAdoo'a probable willingness
10 ale all he can In construction in
Washington might lend some Impetus
but they feared that q would not ac-
complish what is really necessary
here unless the bankers are willing
to loan money more generously than
50 far shown.
Bankers RIthheIa Capital
Contractors state that bankers. un.
able to penetrate the future. will not
loan the proportion OF money on con.
struetion work that builders ma es.
ssntial. For instance, a building put
up year or more ago and costing
100000 could easily obtain q loan OF
100000. The same building today
wolild cost $4,000 to si50.oO0 but
the bankers Will not loan any moro
than they aid q year ago, say 500. 600.
They viii not take chances on e tuna'
Bile in the value OF buildings q year
or two from now.
Thousands OF houses have been
erected in Warrington in the past
by builders who had good credit with
the banks and comparatively small
financial resources themselves I'm.
der present conditions the builder
wiz have to assume the big end Of
whatever risk there IL.
Inability to get building material
has retarded the plans OF BUILDERS
who have been willing to take
chances on the future. especially
when there Is prospect OF fancy re-
turns in rents. TO this class OF men
there will be satisfaction In the pros.
poet that ar. MeAdoo understands
matters In thi6 city sufficiently well
to cooperate. and at an early date
efforts may be made to obtain some
idea OF what his policies would be n
thib direction. Any drop in the cost
ofrbuiidinF material will also mate.
rally aid plans for renewal of con-
struetion here, Il is eSnerAlly tslt.
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nacted with any railroad, 70 De a
abnffer'' between rAilroGd interests
ard the director general John skel-
ton WiiilAnA. former president Of
the seaboard Air Line and present
comptreller OF the Currency. Is men
toned fer this post.
Three chiefs. on whose shoulders
win fall the SEXUAL operation. These
will be q director OF operations, a
director OF traffic, and director OF
nnanes.
Director Of Operations.
The director of operations will be
the man told TO set cara rolling in
the nost sffeient, economic. and prae.
teal manner, regardless OF any in
terests except those OF the public and
the paramount one OF winning the
war. He would enforce the vast pool.
ing OF rolling stock, terminals, and
other equipment made possible BY
all problems Of actual physicai op-
GRAFTON viii be up othis man. subject,
OF course. TO direction OF Director
General McAdoo. In view Of his
duties. this man. II was regarded a
certainty. will be some prominent
hroad-visioned railroad operator. Sew.
eral, including Daniel willard, presi.
dent Of the Baltimore ana Ohio; Hale
Holden, president OF the Burlineton.
and Fairfax Harrison. presidsnt o.
the Southern, are mentioned.
The director OF traffic. Il II pre-
sumed. would regulate priority and
direct movement Of all freight. eo-or-
dlnating with the director OF opera
lions.
Direefor Of Finance.
The director OF finance win handle
the fiscal Adjustments between the
fo' ds owners and the Government.
under provisions OF the Iesfsiation
Congress win pass At the Presidents
request. In addition 70 working out
the equitable eompsnsation or ''rea
:Rl'' the. Government Will pay the
read. Il 10 presumed he viii also At.
tend tu the pay roll OF the mfiiiou
railroad workers who VIII have q
new luss IN the Government Mat
tsrs 81 investnnent OF Government
moneys IN road improvements and
faded rolling stock. and OF disposing
OF any excess earning the Govern
ment may make. also are expected to
come under him.
Below these three subheads,, highly
centralized working organizations
will gradually be evolved, utilizing
present railroad organization as far
a. 10 compatible with the plan Of al.
vorcinG private interest From the
management.
This plan, given today a. the prob.
able and losicaf' ARRANGEMENT, 1t was
emphasized. may not be wholly adopt
Cd at the outset.
Director General MeAdoo announced
first steps will bS>takon cautiously to
avoid sudden dissadjustTnsnt of traf.
file. Existing organizations. too. must
be weighed that every positive force
may be utilized in the reconstruction.
Speed stood out today as the BY.
word. Director General McAdoo an.
nounced he hoped his plan would be
complete before Il could reasonably
be expected to be-" Ded tape and OBJ
struetion. whether BY railroad inter-
ssts or Government agencies, are 10
70 BY the boards.
Legislation 10 be dsked OF Congress i'm.
mediately after tho recess, besides de-
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nning the fiscal relationship OF the plan.
viii provide for transferring 10 Uncle
Sans payroll The l.7o00o0-odd railroad
workers. for creating a wage-adjustment
board Of directors. and probably for
prevention Of strikes. It was stated To-
day.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion viii act as chief adviser In rate.
as well a. general railroad matters, II
Administration viii be 10 the Inter-
state Comerce Commission building
here. whore files OF the eomnIasion viii
be accessible
Average Net Income.
McAdoo's plan to compensate rail-
roads on basis Of the average net
Income OF the past three years. the
Government. to retain all over thIs
sum for maintenance, new projects,
and reasonable dividends 20 stock
holders. will constitute the cruN of
the conference between railroad Of
heialS and McAdo0 today.
Congress also will talk itself
hoarse on the Governments decision
TO compensate the railroads on
basis Of maximum earnings OF the
past three years, instead OF The pre-
war period.
The railroads regard The Govern
mentiS Intervention primarily as
financial relief The war board at
today's meeting with MeAdoo made
pointed inquiries regardinE the ex-
tent to which they can now count on
hIs aid in obtaining needed credit 70
finance ifnprovsments.
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RAILROADSPASS
UNDER CONTROL
OF GOVERNMENT
tcentInuea fronn FIrst page.l


on their work. In addition, two or
three OF the board DO not believe that
II will be possible to pool the re-'
sources Of the roads along the lines
suggested by the President.
Dictator McAdoo and his conhdants
locked for no friction AZ the outset.
All OF the railroads have accepted
Government direction. most OF them
gladly. Hereafter II will be the Gov.
ernnent and not the Individual man
agements that will be responsible II
the system falls down. There 10 a
general BELIEF however. that. with
complete coordination assured, fall.
down IL an impossibiiity.
Three great problems face the new
dictator. One OF them he 10 very IA
miliar with. as Il deals with finance
The other two Admittedly are new.
They are the general financing Of new
and mzturinR obligations and solving
Of the labor problem. including the
securing OF many additional expert.
enesd men In every line OF operation
and new equipment.
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AS to new construction. there are
many problems to be faced. Strong
pressure is being brought for the
building of a new line of from four
to six tracks following an air line
route between Chicago or st. Louis
and the best harbor on the Atlantic
seaboard. Such road would be es-
sentially \ Government system owned
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NO sdue Hah nOuio sNS"
z tremsndeas reepensieihty a.
this position entails, eno 1 ASK
eaeh OF you That you keep IN
mind that there 10 not one par
ticle OF politics IN the entire GOV
srnnhentAl Administration At this
time. ask your cooperation.
-------------------------
whatsys- may be the plans OF Gov.
Srnment officials fer barracks con.
stpuetion IN washington TO house In.
coming Government clerks they have
not been revealed, although under
consideration for some time.
nA.,s.., 81. o.,.. ptsu.
,.a,, a.. .a,,,.,,o.
Prenoent "hson hAs 1he stsu l.i' 1'O"
In Warrington before him through
various communications from Gov
srnmsnt offieiAls. RarraeKs con-
..-..i.. a. -. :, ~. n,ono.i.ions.
ee'O" % - - -. -.s.sl-- -,
but the one being pressed upon MN.
most closely 10 the setting ASIDE OF
Government funds sufficient to en-.
able the establishment In the local
council Of defense OF . centralized
headquarters fer nnding rooms IN the
homes Of washington people. The
Civil Service Commission put the
Al THAR reoueat. Secretary Baker has
sisa written ths PrasIdent. and the
nist-,r, con,,ni-s,ansSs dainr All they
can a 6s,a' nave 80 fsrth ths Ie.
49,. ....st,i..s - ths 1treIt. t5o,,hA
rlous eoneltlons y sne |n!s =. -.
Aet,On y, Ar0.n ~ .a ~ 1,.,.Ss,
Peeteo IN snoIe ti M, -. y :
Sooneil on DsIens ris n L..t i
its oisposaI IN tne Dst 81. Sil.
y teeeivins letters from nssn'ns ton On
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-12-28
"Pray for Me-" Says
Director McAdOO
To Nswspapsrmen

"Good-6y gentlemen; pray for
the director general ot the rail-
roads"
Thus did Secretary McAdoo con-
eluds his nrst conference with
newspApermen since Becoming
railroad Administrator.
eve must get shot to pieces
back OF the lines as well ~ in
them" the secretary had said.
''and ], for one, am willing to take
mine Wherever IL Is thought that
I can DO the most good.
"No sane man would want such
q tremendous rsspensibility a.
thib position entails. and l ask
each Of you that you keep in
mind that there 10 not one par.
ticle OF polities IN the entire Gov
OrnnientAl Administration At this
time. ask your cooperation"
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cOnErtss lIust Act.

So far a. finance Is concerned Con.
Ersss will have TO act. IL 10 expected
that the President will explain what
already has been done ana what n
needed at q joint session next wednes-
day or Thursday, probably the latter.
He will ask for legislation to carry
out the financial program he out.
lined in his announcement that the
roads had been taken over. and al
though there 10 some nAutterinf today
among opposition members OF the
Senate and the House, which indi-
Gates that delay Is to be expected
there 10 little real doubt that the
President eventually will have his
wish as TO financing the new plan.
II Is apparent that some changes must
be made IN the suegestion that eli
Of the roads be compensatsd on the
basis OF the earnings OF the last three
years. Some rAilroads--one OF them
IL the Erie systenn-havS not made
anything at all during the last three
years. Some have lost money and
eaten into their capital to pay operat-
Ing expenses. Others. including short
lines In rich territory, have made
tremendous returns.
There are many person. close TO
the Administration who believe that
* would be well simply to authorize
Secretary MeAdoo to make returns OF
not leas than I per cent and not more
than s per cent on the capital stock
OF the roads. This SUGGESTION. how
ever. brings sharply to the fore the
question Of so-callSd wetered stock
and the question OF whether the Cow
eminent should pay full interest on
1T,
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1917-04-05
Father Of PhrenoIouY.

The first announcement made by
Frank Joseph Call regarding his sys-
tenn of phrenology was in an address
delivered before his medical colleague
in Vienna a century and a quarter ago.
Gall was a native of Baden, but set
tied in Vienna in 1871 and began tie
practive of medicine in the Austrian
capital. From his boyhood he had
been interested in studying the era
NUNS OF his companions, and many
observations and much study con
WINGED him that the talents and dis
positions of men may be inferred with
perfect eXactitude and precision from
the external appearance of the skull.
This theory he elaborated in many lee
lures, pamphlets and books, and soon
gained many adherents in the scientific
world.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1917-04-05
GUEST DAY OF PORT ORANGE
LITERARY AND LIBRARY ASSC

PORT ORANGE, April 4.-The
Guest Day of the Port Orange Liter
airy and Library association was eel
ebrated by inviting the worst halves
of the members, those members who
! are not married inviting those they
preferred as guests.
Ridgewood hall was beautifully dec
GRATED. After a short business session
of the association was ended Mrs
Clara Needham too charge of the ev-
ening's entertainment and some fine
music was rendered by Miss Gowdy,
Mrs. Howes and others.
The special feature of the occasions
or rather one of the special features,
as where all are so entertaining it is
difficult to discriminate was the
Evolution of Dress" This was
history of dress, more particularly of
the female sex, from the early times
down to the present. illustrated very
strikingly by number of ladies at
tired in costumes of different periods
and represented historical characters
| of more or less note in American his
| tory during the period discovered by
/ American history.
The different costumes varied great
| ly and some caused much merriment
and applause and the climax was
| reached when all the costumes where
grouped on the stage at the close A
| few well rendered and well chosen
recitations were given. Space will not
permit mention of each individual al
| though all were worthy of notice
The occasion was we'll rounded out
/ by light refreshments for the inner
man. and woman as well, and the
/ q I
and Library association for 1917 will
remain pleasant memory i'll the
minds of those present for many a
day
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1917-04-05
D. A. r. HELD MEETING h
WITH MRS GARRISON u

The meeting of the ID. A. r. yester-
day afternoon at the home. of Mrs.
J. b. Garrison proved one of the most
delightful of the season. Mrs. A. p.
Bigelow, regent of the Daytona chap
ter. was in the chair. At the conclus-
ion OF the usual business session
the literary program was given.
The paper on women of the Rev
olution,' written ny Mrs George Bos-
son. was read by Mrs. c, H. RaynOr.
Mrs. Bosson showed comprehensive
knowledge of her subject and a
wealth of detail that made her article
as valuable as it was interesting In
the hands of Mrs. Raynor the well
prepared article gained much. Mrs.
J. p. Esch gave a reading on "Indi-
yidualism, that was well received.
The program closed with the singing
of the state song, Florida, My Flor
ida
The hostess served a dainty re-
freshment course and the guests en-
loved an hour chatting over the ices
Tie next meeting will be held the
first Wednesday in May at the home
of Mrs. A. n Otis.
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Did Not Wait for Exclamation.

GATHERINGS father is an eye. ear.
nose and throat specialist. Catherine
is only six years old but takes keen
interest in her fathers profession, and
has often listened with awe to her
fathers narratives of operations per-
formed. one day an eye patient came
to her fathers office when Catherine
was there. and Catherine remained to
observe. The patient remarked that
his left eye had been troubling him.
ANA GATHERINGS futh@ r. removed the
eye from its socket With "a slliuful mo
lion of his fingers. That was too mar
yelous for Catherine. She reached the
loor and disappeared before her ia
cher could explain that the eye was
ass.-Indlanapolis News
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Jack Pickford, who only a few
years ago, was a clever young chap
playing boy parts in his sisters pro-
auctions. is today a full-fledged star
whose latest appearance on the screen
Will be made at the Crystal theatre
IN the Famous Players Paramount
adaptation of the celebrated play THE
Dummy by Harvey j. O'Higgins and
Harriet Ford, which proved one of the
greatest sensations of the dramatic
season when it started a record break
ing run in New York two years ago.
The elevation of Jack Pickford to
stardom on the Paramount program
comes as the result of natural devel-
opment Beginning very modestly in
| small parts, Jack Pickford won a per-
manent place among the Famous Play
ers professional staff and appeared
IN number of that companys produc-
tons, among them "A Girl of Yes
terday. Poor Little Peppina," The
Love Route" and The Commanding
Officer
So great was the success which he
enjoyed in these pictures that Jack
Pickford was engaged by another com
pany 10 star in its productions. Then
/ hS i1h w lAlC FdIIOuS layers
and was co-starred with Louise Huff
in that company's adaptation of Booth
Tarkington's Seventeen the sue,
cess of which was only exceeded by
the sensation created by the same
company's adaptation of Charles Dick
ems Great Expectations" in which
Jack Pickford and Louise Huff were
again starred.
AS a result of the tremendous sue
cess of ahese two pictures. Jack Pick
ford was given the great role of the
Dummy in the picture of that name,
his steadily mounting popularity and
his unquestiOned ability. warranting
\ his selection as the star OF the pro-
duction.
Those who saw The Dummy" viii
+ remember it for one of the most thrill
ling dramas that has appeared on the
stage in a generation. Briefly, it is
the tale of a boy who pretends to be
a deaf mute in order to assist de-
tective in the capturing OF a band of
kidnappers
Jack Pickford is THE Dummy
Frank Losee, the detective, and the
rest of the cast includes such we'll
known actors as Edwin Stanley, Hell
enc Greene. Ruby Hoffman and the
child actress, Ethelmary Oakland.
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Aelpfulness.

You cannot help any one very much
unless you can inspire him with the
ambition to help himself, and that is
why a good example is worth more
than any other kind of assistance.
Make right-loins 80 attractive in your
own life that it viii inspire the onlook-
ers to do right.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1917-04-05
GOOD Found everywhere.

If We Will take The good we find,
asking no questions. we shall have
heaping measures. The great gifts are
not got 10y analysis Everything good
is on the highway Emerson
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-28
STATES REGISTRATION
 TOTALS 15e,761 MEN
Of This Number 100 Are Unnatural
 ized Germans.

On the face of the draft registra- ton returns there are more men be- tween the ages of 21 and 30 years. in
 elusive in the United States than were estimated by the census bureau on May 12. The census estimate was that there were 16,079, 900 men between those ages. Careful study of the re-
 is tration figures shows that when all lowance is made for the number of men already in the military and naval service of the country and when this allowance is added to the number registered on June 5, there is an ex- cess of about 100000 over the govern .nent's estimate Director Sam L. Rod gers of the census bureau today au
 therfzed statement to this effect, after making analysis of the returns.
 Of the s,65e,S ,Ssz registrants reported 7.%7,7e4 are white citizens, 953.s99 are colored citizens. 1.23s, ,ss5 are unatu- raiized foreigners from countries other than Germany. 111,S2S are unnatral- ized Germans, including declarants. that is, persons who have declared i7tentton of becoming citizens. but
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-28
PUPILS HEARD IN PIANO RECITAL
Programme Carried Out at St. Paticks Hall Before Ap preciatve Audence-Chldren Show Marked Talent and High Degree of Excellence.

1 A recital Of a very interesting order was that gtvep by the pupils of the Sisters of Mercy in St. Patrick's as sembly hall Wednesday afternoon. The hall was well filled by an appreciative audience of relatives and friends. Around the stage were decorations Of peonies and above it was draped the 1 flag. Two pianos were in use during l company. The program was extremely I well arranged, the absence of any long pauses being noticeable. The work of the pupils was excellent, showing a vast amount of painstaking practice and effort on the part Of both teachers and pupils. All of the solo work was memorized and when the age of many of the chill dren is considered that in itself de- l notes a high degree of excellence of training.
 The solos were played very well, al- though in the first grades hands seem ed very tiny and feet could not reach the pedals. Many of the children showed decided talent.
 The program opened with a short ad- dress of welcome by Miss L. Sullivan, the rest being entirely musical
 In all of the work the remarkably accurate time, observed especially in the duets trios and quartettes, was very noticeable and pleasing.
 In the Robin Song, sung very pretti- ly by the Misses A. Mahoney and N. O'Neil, little Miss Mary Smith of the first grade unconsciOuSly showed marked ability in accompanying.
 The difficult and complicated Sol Fla, a vocal duet, was very well given by Miss T. Clish and Master J. Morley, being sung with expression and ease, careful phrasing and wen sustained tones.
 Miss L. Valentine sang an attractive and odd little song. Grandmother Brown.
 It was very interesting to note the progress made through each grade to the more advanced pupils. Each year added to their ease and accuracy and in a marked degree to their technique and power of expression.
 The solos by all of the advanced pupils were worthy of mention being we'll executed and perfectly memortzed and many of them difficult and of great length and of decided Classical merit.
 It was throughout a most enjoyable and noteworthy performance and re- fleets great credit on pupil and in-