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The Washington times., 1918-09-21
SUIT IS DISMISSED

Justice Stafford has dismissed the
suit of George T. Harrell against Syl-
vester r. Bowen for the surrender OF
premises 1906 Decatur street north
west. In his agreement to buy the
property, Harrell inserted a proviso
that Bowen should give up possession
OF the house by September 10. Bowen
remained as tenant and paid rent at
the rate of 5000 a month, and
claimed that the acceptance by Har-
relI of rent placed him in the position
OF landlord and that as such he was
liable to the SALISBURY resolution.
The court held that the seller could
not deny that he was a tenant after
the purchaser had accepted rent;
neither could the purchaser deny that
he had become a landlord by such
action. Mr.. Harrell noted an appeal
The Washington times., 1918-09-21
DRAFT LOTTERY TO
TAKE THIRTY HOURS

Elaborate preparations Will be
made at the Senate office building
for the next drawing Of numbers
under the draft law by officials OF
Provost Marshal General Crowder's
department
The drawing viii require thirty
hours, and IL will be a trying task
for the clerical force which has the
actual work on its hands.
Temporary dormitories for the
clerks and officials who have to be
"on the job" until the finish v'hl be
provided. The press associations will
as before, have wires set UP which
will enable them to send out the
numbers promptly. The public will
be admitted TO the drawing as here
tofore.
TIE drawing will be the greatest
thing of the kind ever attempted In
this country. The first drawing for
about 100000 men required about
seventeen hours.
The Washington times., 1918-09-21

the ounces. though but trivial indi-
vidual sacrifices, pyramid into hun
dreds of thousands of tons a day.
Insufficient Production.
why must we deny ourselves even
a mite OF such desirable commodities?
Why is there not enough to go around
even in these extraordinary times?
insufficient production and made
quate transportation is the answer.
II we could make each workman's
time yield a half hour more OF pro
ductivity each day. the problem
would be partially solved.
THE transportation system of
America embodies railroads, auto
mobiles, and horses. and there are
not too many of them.
THE wonderful work done by mo-
tor trucks. both in relieving the rail-
roads of their vast burdens and in
strictly urban carrying. is plain to
all. The horse also fills a useful
place in the moving of small loads
over short distances.
Time Is Big Asset.
1--WE can use more lorries and more
horses. and we can use more passen-
ger cars. Statistics show that from
20 to 90 per cent OF our passenger
cars are employed in business pur-
suits. all or part of the time.
you may save but fifteen minutes
day by the use of your automobile
in preference to other means of con-
veyance, but you are only one OF
5000. 900.
IF the fifteen minutes saved by
you represents a fair estimate OF the
average-which commonsense will
tell you that IL does not-the saving
of time becomes 100000 minutes
daily.
Translate these millions of min
utes into hours, days, months, and
years-then convert them into money
and man-power equivalent. for time
most certainly is the essence of both
money and man-power.
The Washington times., 1918-09-21
r. r. TICKET SALES HIGH.

On the two days preceding Labor
Day, 1918, a larger number OF rail-
road tickets were sold in Washing
ton than ever before. In order to
provide for the expected heavy bust
ness, extra ticket windows and clerks
were arranged for at the Union Sta
ton.
Including sales both at the Union
Station and at the consolidated ticket
Office, a total of 1886 tickets were
sold on Friday. August 80. these
tickets aggregating $97,411.31. On
Saturday, August 81, a total of 23.OI3
tickets were sold. aggregating S127,-
5O3.94. Tickets for the two days,
therefore. aggregated 36,649, for
which S224,915.25 was collected.
The greatest number of sales made
on any previous day. was on Decem-
Der %. 1917, when a total OF 13o47
tickets were sold, sggregating $751;
6O5.2O.
The Washington times., 1918-09-21
MARGUERITE CLARK
TOLNE IN CAPITAL

Marguerite Clark. idol OF the mo-
ton picture drama-Mrs. H. P. Will
liams in private life-is living in
Washington.
After returning from a weeks
honeymoon in New York, following
her marriage to LIEUT.. II. p. Will
liams. Engineer Corps, on August Is
at Greenwich. Conn. the famous
screen idol, who has lived in all parts
of the United States, selected a
Washington home, 1907 Wyoming
avenue northwest. to begin her mar
ried life.
Mrs. williams is now out of the
city on a visit to New York.
Her new home is next door to
that of Mrs. Franklin h. Lane. wife
of the Secretary OF the Interior, and
across the street from the home Of
Mrs. Josephus Daniels.
The entrance of the world-fsmed
actress into the social life of Wash
ington has caused a stir in social
Circles, where she will be welcome.
Lieutenant Williams is stationed
here in the Engineering Corps.
The Washington times., 1918-09-21
TAI MORE Join
A.A.A. CLUB HERE

One hundred and forty-one new
members have Joined the A A. A
District Of Columbia Club in the last
thirty days, making a total Of ap-
proximately 1000 new members for
the year. Most Of these persons have
3eined in appreciation OF what this
organization has done to promote
road building and because of the in
valuable service 1t has rendered local
and visiting motorists. New members
are:
Fred W. Englert, Harry ]. Miller.
3. F. Motley, F. X Patterson, Isadore
Freund, W. E. S. Upton, Rudolph NJ.
Klucken, William A. Cahoon. Charles
Raymond Allen, Joseph H. Monez, II.
II. Bryn. c. G. Schumacher, Irving w.
Dewey, W. c. Carter, T. Fletche:
Dennis. Mrs. Nejib Hekimian. w. o.
Kellogg. Meyer Davis. George w.
Morey, F. A Hood, Col. C. H. Hilton,
=. h. Brodie, W. R. Cough. Courtney
n Fletcher, A NJ. McL.achlen, William
G. wirth, George z. Woods, J. A. D.
CARRIER.
Henry NJ Lidderdale, Merle c.
Leonard, A C. Biedermann. Martin T.
1Ialoney, Mrs. E. s. Walton, A Pier
point, Graeme T SmaIlwood. Ralph
w. Lee, Frank S. Hinrichs. Edward
7. Pickard. DR.. John A. Stoutenburgh.
George S. Rice, c. E. Matthews, Grin
nell Jones, Charles NJ. Dunn. Mrs.
Flora Baldwin Osborne, Edinor c.
Jones, z. C. Hem. ]. H. Ralstou. E.
Houston McCeney, William A. Taylor,
John A Warner. Victor Weiskopf,
Carleton r. Fry.
H De wetter, Robert T. Shelton,
Edgar +. Deysher. William H. Barn.
hart, Govt G. Roscn, Olof H. Lamm,
Richard Z. Titlow, Edward c. Lasa-
ter, William 7 Davis, Virginia Orr
Sillman, c. c. Calhoun, II. B. Spencer,
James E. Dalgleish, DR.. Joseph B
Began, H. D. Sonnemann, Roland B
Day. Lieut.. Col. Robert H. Montgom-
cry Stephen H. Takes, Wilbur A.
Copeland, George H Price. P. Z. Judd.
L. A. Stanley, Hubert Newson, Will
lam G. Galliher, Mortimer B. Lane,
Leonard ]. Mccarthy, Mrs. Emily F.
Moran, DR. Charles E. Furgeson, Max
Fischer. George A Bradley.
C. w. Norton, Mason N. Richard
son, William Browne Hale, Z. L. Hut
Crimson. John J. Miller, Vernon NJ.
Green, Douglass Kellogg, Walter II.
Mcguire, z. II. Waldecker, Mrs. Pres
ton Peters, DR.. Charles A. Pfender,
Mrs. +. G. Woodruff, John I. Nolan,
DR.. Clara u. Little, Robert McMur-
ray, DR.. d. OIin Leech, Col. George L.
Hicks, Herman z. Burgess, William
i. Marche. J. A Schippert, John W.
Alvord, Bates Warren, L. F. Ander-
son, Mason Il. Pratt, A. A. King.
julius G. Lay, W. L. Hillyer, Freeman
NJ Scales, D. L. Harris, L. z. Hons
berg.
John f. Cautley, Lieut.. Col. Marston
Taylor Bogert, NJ. Mayer, H. P. Huse,
John 5. Henderson. Norman d. Park
er, DR.. Hugh B. Callahan, Hon. Finis
]. Garrett, S. E. Cochran, Herbert
Harris, H. L Hutchins, Morton Q.
Macdonald, DR.. Robert W. Brown, G.
w. Bonnette, II. +. Decatur. George
w. Parezo, W. r. Merriam. =. ].
RosenfeId. T. C. DeFrfez. Albert Ru-
blk. w. F. Goss, c. u. Brink, Walter
Weller, Lieut. William Z. Hooper, 4.
S. n. L. F., G. G. Hammer, w. J.
Finley. W. caches Fendal, F. L
Chilly.
The Washington times., 1918-09-21
SEES SHORTAGE OF
WAR WORK LUMBER

Quantity production OF both air
planes and merchant ships is mem
aced by the theoretical rulings Of
the priorities committee Of the War
Industries Board with respect to
lumber, Robert Allen, secretary
manager OF the West Coast Lumber
mems Association, told Senator Cham
berlain, chairman OF the Senate Mill
tary Affairs Committee, today.
Aliens charges also have been laid
before Bernard NJ. Baruch, chairman
Of the War Industries Board; Direc-
tor General OF Railroads McAdoo;
Acting Secretary Of War Crowell;
Charles E. Hughes, the Presidents
special aircraft investigator. and the
heads of the various allied military
missions in the United States.
So serious is the situation in which
the lumber industry has been placed
Senate investigation is justified"
Allen told Senator Chamberlain. The
complaint of the lumber men grows
out of the ruling of the priorhies
committee that lumber for the con-
struction OF cantonments, ETC., must
come from the neighborhood of the
building operation, regardless OF its
cost.
Presents Evidence.
Evidence presented by Allen to
Senator Chamberlain shows that only
20 per cent of all spruce and fir cut
on the Pacific coast meets the rigid
Specifications for aircraft and ship
| L.,Nl AL afnf I'M o.
so per cent of low grade or "side-cut"
lumber cannot be moved, he said, be-
cause of the ruling OF the priorities
committee.
up to the present." Allen said, ait
has been possible efficiently to pro-
duce these war essentials by CONNER
cially marketing the predominating
percentage of lower grade material.
Due to war conditions, general build
ing and non-essential construction of
all kinds are curtailed and probably
will continue to be curtailed until the
war shall have been won"
Cars ApIenty. He Says.
Allen insisted that there are cars
| aplenty in the Northwest to transport
this low grade lumber. He referred
to Col. Brice P. DisG:Ie, U. S. A. in
charge of aircraft spruce produc-
ton: H. B. VanDuser. chairman of
the fir production board, and John A.
Roth. representing the car service
section. of the Railroad Administra-
ton, to verify all his statements.
Unless lumber men are permitted to
move their low grade lumber many
will be forced into bankruptcy and
aircraft production and ship produc-
ton will suffer great setbacks
through losses of material, Allen
said.
The Washington times., 1918-09-21
VICTORY BOYS" IN DRIVE

All boys twenty years and under
are asked by John r. Mott, director
general of the combined seven war
agencies drive for 100000, TO as
sist in obtaining pledges
earn to give" is the boys slogan
and thousands of boys all over the
country are expected to cooperate
with the committee on the campaign.
No minimum age for the boys has
been announced. The name TO be
given the volunteers is "Victory
Boys"
Plans for the bows work will be
discussed next week, when represen-
tatives OF the seven war agencies,
including the YIN. c. A., Y. w. c. A.,
X. of c.. War Camps Community
Servish Jewish Welfare Board, SAL
walton Army, and the American Lii
brary Association will meet in this
CITY
The Washington times., 1918-09-21
D. OF A. URGE MORE
PAY FOR FREMEN

Championine the cause Of wash
ington firemen IN their fight for
seniority promotions md increased
salaries. the State Council. Daugh.
tiers Of America, has forwarded to
the District COMMISSIONERS . copy
Of q resolution adopted at the annual
convention OF the order. held In this
city last September II.
The resolution was unanimously
adopted by 1900 members OF the
council 1t Is as follows:
Resolved, That the State Council
of the District OF Columbia, Daugh-
tiers OF America, comprising 1900
citizens Of Washington. d. c., express
deep regret az the action reported to
have recently been taken by the
Board OF Commissioners with respect
to certain promotions In the Fire De-
partment. Such action. in our opin-
ion, is perversiVe of the spirit OF me
civil service. and tends to the break
ing down of that esprit de corps and
morale which are essential n this de-
partment IL TO continue upon the
high plane of efficiency II has eltab-
lished for itself.
1--WE furthermore john with the
firemen in their petition for higher
compensation The purchasing power
Of the dollar has so deprecated thar
salaries that might have been ade-
quate In 1905 are entirely. dispropor-
tionate to the present cost OF living.
and we therefore earnestly hope that
you will recommend to Congress the
Increase sought by pur faithful fire
fighters"
The Washington times., 1918-09-21
CHARGED WITH ROBBERY

Arrested at Union Station after he
had purchased a ticket for Memphis.
Tenn, Charles A. Turnag, thirty-three
years old, of Atlanta, Ga, Is held
at the First Precinct police sta
ton on the charge OF stealing 500 from
the safe OF the store of the United
Cigar Company at Ninth and streets
northwest.
According to the police. Turnag con-
fessed to the robbery. He was for
merly employed by the company here.
Turnag is alleged to have admitted
that he gained entrance to the store this
morning through the cellar and robbed
the safe. The prisoner denies the booty
could Be valued At 500
The Washington times., 1918-09-21
AUTO HELPING j. S.
TO CONSERVE TIME

at is the new habit OF thinking in
millions that has brought home to
Americans the necessity of thrift"
says II. S. Daniels, of the bort Motor
Car Company.
'It is a universal thought-thanks
to the war-and its infinite whole
someness has been proved in the won
derful results already obtained in
food and fuel conservation.
"The spoonful Of sugar, the ounce
of wheat, the shovel OF coal that you
cave is little enough in itself.
Only when multiplied by millions
does il assume significance.
1.-The shovelsful, the spoonsful, and
The Washington times., 1918-09-21
TO-DAY CAMPAIGN
FOR HOUSE ISPLAN

The Congressional campaign this
year viii be the shortest ip American
history despite the fact that on It's
outcome depends control q the
House Of Representatives for the, re-
naainder Of the war and perhaps into
the first days OF the reconstruction
period"
Chairman Tess. Of the Republican
Congressional Committee. today said
that there will be no active cam
paignIng on the Republican side until
the end Of the fourth Liberty loan
drive. October 10.
Chairman Ferris, Of the Democratic
Congressional Committee, made the
same announcement several weeks
ago.
Both chairman have warned Con-
gresham to refrain from politics In
speeches for the big loan
II the wishes Of the two chairman
are followed. the active campaign
for seats in the House win CONTINUES
only three weeks. from October 10
to November 5. election day.
The Washington times., 1918-09-21
FOOD HIGHER HERE
THAN IN MARYLAND

The high cost OF living, bugaboo of
the average family in this and other
countries today. is governed. by the
geographical location OF the average
family to a large extent. according to
the Postofice Department records
made public today.
For instance. Mr.. Family Man can
purchase eggs for the breakfast Of
his average family exactly 20 cents
cheaper in Brooklyn, Nd. than In
Washington. Parcels post rates from
Brooklyn to Washington would add
two and one sixty-fourth cents to
each dozen OF eggs parcel-posted here.
The price quoted for eggs. No. 1 quail
ity, brown. in Brooklyn is 40 cents a
dozen, but It Is 65 cents in Washing
ton. Eggs, No. 1 quality white are
20 cents a dozen in Washington and
only 40 cents a dozen in Brooklyn.
Butter Is sold in Brooklyn for so
cents a pound and in Washington for
65 cents, pound-prime quality. In
Brooklyn sweet potatoes of the first
quality are S1.75 a bushel; In Wash
ington, $3.50. At no point in Mary
land. outside Of Baltimore, are white
potatoes listed nearly as high as they
are in Washington
In Emmitsburg, Nd, a chicken Of
the variety known as "broiling' can
be purchased for 80 cents a pound
against AZ cents q pound in this
city.
Maps. directions. and price lists
entitled How to Reach Points in
Maryland" printed especially. for
housewives, is being urged. There
Is opposition on the ground that
prices will at once advance at those
points Immediately the map is dis
tributed. Natives of the points"
are demurring.
The Washington times., 1918-09-21
BaTncyOldficldJw5:
BY BARNEY OLDFIELD.
Copyright, 1918, by King Fea-
lures Syndicate, Inc.)

Copyright, 1918, by King Fea-
lures Syndicate. Inc.)
In a sort of way every owner
OF a motor vehicle is on his honor
at the present time not to waste
any of the products that make 1t
possible to operate self-propelled
vehicles. Added to the enormous
quantity of gasolene needed for
the ordinary use of motor We
hicles in this country, there is the
need for gasolene, oil. rubber. ETC.,
to keep the vast fleets of military
motor vehicles running in this
country and in Europe. We have
all of us got to contribute our
share toward supplying the $50
100000 gallons OF gasolene and
other products in proportion, that
will be needed by the military
forces in France. Therefore, gaso-
lene saving is today not only a
wise personal precaution, but
patriotic duty for each one Of us
to perform. I am going to try
and tell my readers how each OF
them can save some gas toward
the great total by reasonable per-
sonal care.
Now, in the first place, all Of US
must get it through our heads
that while the wasting of gallon
of gasolene a week by each of us
may seem a small matter, 1t
amounts in the aggregate to
100000 gallons of fuel, that
q could just as we'll be doing use
full work. Forget the personal
item and remember that it Is the
total that counts and that all you
have to do is just to save your
own little share.
There is no doubt that the great
est waste of gasoiene today occurs
right at the carbureter. To begin
with, the average car owner runs
on far too rich a mixture. the
modern engine will run on any
mixture between eight parts OF air
to one of gasolene and fourteen
parts OF air to one OF gasolene'
The motor will ruC best. however
on a leaner mixture II, however,
the car owner insists on driving
with a mixture containing only
eight parts of air to one OF gaso-
lene. II is obvious that he is using
nearly twice as much of the fuel
a. there is any need for, and is.
moreover, getting poorer results
than IL he were being as econom-
ical as possible. Modern carbu-
refers have a wide range ADJUST
ment, and it is a very simple mat
ter to set the instrument with
maximum air intake and reduce
the gasolene content of the mix
ture until the engine begins to
kick. when the fuel may be in
creased just enough to obtain
smooth and satisfactory running.
After the carburetsr he's been
properly adjusted II Is a good plan
90 go over the whole fuel system
and see that it Is in good working
order. Dirt must be cleaned out
of the pipes, foreign matter should
be removed from the strainers,
and the tank should be cleaned
out. IL necessary. Likewise, there
should be a rigorous search for
leaks in the pipes OF the system.
You will be surprised hcw a small
leak will run up the consumption
of gasolene. This is especially
true in summer, when the heat
thins the Easo:enc.
Now, while waste and losses In
the actual system are perhaps the
most important items in the use
less burning up of motor fuel, still
power losses of any kind any
where in the mechanism con-
The Washington times., 1918-09-21
Church WAR WORK
.TOBE CO-ORD|NATED
BY JEAN KNOTT

Representatives OF twenty-five war
work church agencies win meet here
Tuesday to coordinate war work.
President Wilson has been Invited to
attend. -,
Delegates win hear q message from
General Pershing testifying to the
efficiency OF the Organization In sus-
tanning the army morale.
Among the speakers will be +. p.
Keppel, Third Assistant Secretary of
War; Raymond B. Fosdick. chairman
of the National Commission OF Train
ing Camps, and the Rev. Robert z.
Speer, chairman Of the General War
Time Commission Of the Churches.
The Washington times., 1918-09-21
SOLDIERS FED CANDY

That the American soldier has =
sweet tooth Is demonstrated by War
Department figures today Showing
he consumes $50. 900 pounds OF cho-
colates, l25. 900 pounds of lemop
drops, and 10000 pounds OF stick
candy monthly.
The Washington times., 1918-09-21
CONGRESSMAN THREATENED.

The Department OF Justice has
been requested to investigate a threat
of violence made against Congress
man Sydney Anderson, Republican, of
Minnesota. because he approved the
Presidents rejection of the Austrian
peace proposal
The Washington times., 1918-09-21
LEIGH TO LEAD HIkERs.

L. Gordon Leech VIII lead the mem
beers OF the Red Triangle Club. Of the
Y. NJ. C. A.. on a hike tomorrow after
noon from Klingle road and Connecti-
cut avenue to Mount st. Adams. start
ing at p. m
The Washington times., 1918-09-21
STORM HITS NORFOLK.

NORFOLK. Va. Sept. 21.-A sever,
northeastern storm, accompanied by &
driving rain, partially paralyzed ship
ping last night.
The Washington times., 1918-09-21

This D. Q war Of equipment Men
are essential, but without equipment
they are useless. Help provide both
BY buying War Swings Stamps.
The Washington times., 1918-09-21

Q.-PIease tell me something about the
device for using kerosene have 1917
MAXWELL ana my CyIlnoers seem 10 InroH
oil through the spark plugs. What
causes this? I am enclosing a stamped
envelope. will you please send me your
talk on tire saving. l.. 3. d.
Al have mailed to you a copy OF
my tire talk. There are many kero-
sene devices on the market. Write to
the Detroit Kerosene Carbureter Co,
Detroit, and the Holley Carbureter
Co., Detroit. Oil pumping is caused
by Ieaky piston rings, worn cylinders.
or pistons worn. Do not use too high
an oil level
The Washington times., 1918-09-21
ASKME'0
QzzefoD4 DWenH Y
N2.s,.z 0YNH

Q-Aiy car is running too hot. have
to Mi radiator every thirty miles 50.
Only get an average of ten miles per gal
los Of gas with my 7-passenger Studebaker
six Sometimes il will back fire when
starting unless I pull out the choker. II
pulls better when the choker is out a bit,
TOO. DO you think the csrbureter needs
adjusting and Is the mixture too lean?
i. L. n.
Al would say that your car
bureter needs adjusting. You are
evidently getting too lean a mixture.
The Washington times., 1918-09-21

3O-Minute DeIivery-An Models
The Washington times., 1918-09-21
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DIES AFTER PLUNGE
FROM Fourth STORY
David Powell, Former City
Merchant, Jumps from
County Hospital Window
ALIGHTS ON FEET,
WALKS, THEN EXPIRES

Watching for an opportunity when
his attendant was out Of sight, David
Powell, AGED "a years, who conducted
a nsh stand in Third street market
house for a number Of years, lesped
from a fourth story window OF the
County Hospital at Farnhurst, at noon
yesterday, suffering injuries that caused
his depth few hours later. All in
formation about the death was refused
until today and only direct questions
on the subject brought any information
from the hospital attendants. The aged
man had been q patient at the hospital
for the last six years. He occupied a
room on the fourth door Of the build
Ing
Mr.. Powell was sitting in his room
at noon when a Mr.. Young, a watch
man. went there with some water and
ne had Just left the room when Mr..
Powell seized with a desire to escape,
Jumped to the ground. His body shot
downward past a window at which a
carpenter was at work and he gave the
alarm.
Mr.. Powell alighted on his feet and
walked into the hospital unaided and
was placed in a small cage in the build
ing. Shortly afterwards he was taken
IN and DR.. II. w. Briggs, county ply
,lcisn, was summoned. but the aged
nan died about I O'Clock.
Mr.. Powell was a member Of Hia-
watha Tribe, No. i2, Red Men. Relatives
claimed his body. Funeral services will
be held from the Chandler Undertaking
parlors. No. 2i9 West Ninth street, to-
morrow afternoon with lnterment in
Lonbardy cemetery.