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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-30
ROUNDUP OF MEN
IN TAX SWINDLE
BEGINS TOMORROW
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knowledge OF Herbert Hoover. He Is
studying it, and will make a state.
ment on its contents early this week,
1t was intimated by Hoover's friends
that the commissions Interpretation
| of profits" might be erroneous.
No sooner had the report been Of
fered in the Senate than II was sub
/ tected to a barrage OF both opposi-
ton and support
1t brought from Senator Reed a
new denunciation of the policy of
Government price fixing. which he
called an aid TO the interruptions
business man" and resulting in '-the
gradual ruin OF the consumer
Bitter CIoaICrOom Disputes.
The report started bitter cloakroom
disputes, many members contending
stoutly that the report showed
prejudice and clever handling of hg-
ures to make out case.
But by the majority the report
was taken to support President VIII
sons announcement that I'VE have
indisputable evidence OF profiteer-
ing" 1t was generally regarded as
certain to become the storm center
when the revenue bill comes into the
1'AAoNo e-~4A N-O PAOANo NODoLo
begins.
Swift Denies Charges.
A statement issued by L. F. Swift,
president Swift & Co. absolutely de-
MES the sensational charges again
made by the Federal Trade Commits
sion. swift & Co. stands ready to
convince any unpreJudiced person
that il is in active competition with
all other packers, that il has no
power over prices, that IL could not
manipulate prices even If IL desired
to do so, and that 1t has carefully
observed the law in every respect
AS for the accusation that the large
packers have been profitee ring. Swift
& Co. admits that its profits have
been much greater during the past
two or three years than previous to
the war, but 1t is ready to defend
those profits as not only fair and
reasonable, but as absolutely es-
sential to the proper and efficient
conduct of the packing business
The Trade Commission has made
one very serious error in the figures
It presents which gives the public
a totally wrong impression OF the
recent profits in the packing business
and does the packers a great in
justice The report says that the
five large packers made A profit Of
$4,000. 900 during the three years,
19i5-16-1T. as against $19.OOO.OOO dur
ing the three years before the war.
thus showing an increase OF S12l.-
100000. The commission has COM
pared A three-year PROFIT with a one
year proft and the S19.OOO,OOo should
have been $50 900. 600. thus showing
an increase of SS3.OOO.OO instead OF
1921 100000. This profit is not in
line with the increase in sales due
to the high level of prices and in
creased output Of meat products
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BANON SPEAKING
GERMAN IN PUBLIC
STARFEDBFEEGION

NEW YORK, June 3o.-The Amer
lean Relief Legion announces Il viii
add to its already extensive cam
paign against the German press By
asking q vigorous fight against the
speaking Of the German language In
public
Through the initiative Of a we'll
known real estate broker, who pre-
fers to keep his name In the back
ground, placards' have already been
printed and circulated among the
big stores Of the Firth avenue shop
ping section.
Several hundreds have already
been placed in the leading shops of
that district and . larger supply II
now on the press
The instigator of this movement is
going to cooperate with the Ameri-
can Relief Legion. and the members
of that organization win take up the
work of placing the cards in stores
all over New York In speaking OF
the campaign he has started the real
estate man said to q reporter:
al know that I can do more by
keeping my name out OF print I
am not seeking any Advertising. and
II my name appeared many firms
might think that / had an Interior
object So Tar I have placed several
hundreds Of these cards, and. I want
to Cooperate with the American Re-
lief Legion, which has done 50 much
work in this direction
The movement aims 30 put down
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Trade Commissions Charges
Against PrOfiteers
uniforms.

profteerng American business exists in
an alarming degree;
five big meat packers have eyed Internationally
the people,;
That Morris Co., packers reaped profits during 1917 equal
capital surplus per
the 100000 outstanding capital stock;
That the packers profed some 81 Al per cent
steel mill profits ranged
per cent;
profits Corporation
from 2S per in 1914 to 249 in 1917
That the profit of the copper industry
per against Ill in 1913, normal year;
That the New Jersey Zinc Company of the
turers, reaped Sc per profit in 1917
That three central
margin of 80 1917, against 20 1876
profits high over prewar
years;
mier profits" earnings
o So per of their investments;
milk salmon producers exorbi
profits.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-30
BUREES0N GIRLS
WIN PRAISE. AS
CLERKS IN NAVY

The twin cabinette worl1eH" That
is the title by which the two daughters
Of Postmaster General Burleson- Miss
Lucy and Miss Sidney. Yeowomen- are
known to the clerks in the State, War,
and Navy Department. where they work
They are not twins, as there Is at least
two years difference in their ages. but
TO the clerks they look alike in their
starchy white uniforms and their straw
sailor hats
Miss Lucy Burleson- who created a stir
in social circles when she entered the
rank and file of Uncle Sans war clerks
February last as yeowoman at $3.50 a
month today earns IS more a month. as
she has had her salary increased TO $3.50
Miss Burleson Is modest about It She
said:
1T is no more than other yeOwomen
have DONE
Miss Sidney. the younger daughter. who
took up a course in stenography and
typewriting at the Lake School Of Ste
biography and Typevrtdng in prepare
ton for Government position, has been
working side by side with her sister as
a yeowoman for the past three months.
Both twin cabinette workers" are now
in the division of supplies and accounts.
in charge Of Rear Admiral Samuel Nc
Gowan, their boss"
Their work is excellent" said Com
mander Francis James Connor, who q
directly over the girls
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-30
z MORE CHILDREN
IN D. c. SUFFERING
FROM DOG BITES

Two more children today arc suffering
from wounds received yesterday when
bitten by DOGS
One Of the victims, Charles Huuphrfes.
siI-year-old son Of Claude Humphries.
l124 Nineteenth street northwest. was at.
tackled by a dog belonging 10 his father.
The lad was playing with the dog in the
rear Of his home when the animal sud
denly turned on HIM. biting him in the
chest and on the right hand. Young
Hupphries had the wound Cauterized AT
the Emergency Hospital The dog will
be taken IN the pound
Marion r. Gilmore eight years old.
26 Fourth street northeast, was playing
IN the street near her home when she
was bitten on the right leg by dog said
10 be owned by William F. LuXon. 5ls
3 street northeast The wound was
cauterized by DR.. z w BurCh. S36
Maryland avenue northeast
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-30
C0RRECTS ERROR In
ii COPY OF DRY RIDER

To correct what he said was a false
impression given the country regard
Ing the Norris prohibition amend
meat to the agricultural appropria-
ton bill. Senator Gore, chairman. has
tssled the following statement:
Through an oversight a partly
corrected copy OF the prohibition
amendment was given by myself TO
the press associations The commit.
tee decided to allow one year for the
reraoval Of distilled spirits from bond
out of consideration OF the financial
situation OF the country and the vast
credits based on bonded warehouse
reteipts. This did not appear in the
copy given 70 the press. OF course,
WAet disposition the Senate makes
ef,this nasndnsnt- Lcannotf oretsll- : :
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-30
-6AEHAMERICAA-
HOSPITALS TOBE1
OPENED NENGLAND


LONDON. Jun So-six new AnsrS-
can hospitals are being estabfIshaA n
England. It was announced BY IL
American Red Cross IN q statsmSns
which shows the extent CT ths orEaD
tzation IN this country.
One at Mossley Hill. Liverpool ~
have a stan OF American doctors a.
nurses under Mat q. j. VILE eormasr
" OF the University OF Michigan. =
Will ultimately have s24 bedA -
The largest Is At SaulisbuFy Court
Southampton. and viii have 30Uo
beds 1t will be opened hext monfA
A naval hospital de luxe VII n
established at Adford House. tAa,
home OF Ms. Frederick Guest ThS
Lancaster Gate Hospital Win BE fol-
officers. An orthopaedie hospital \
being established at St Cathsr4n8
Lodge. Sergeants Park Mr.. Gnl
Mrs A c. Beatty have given fhs1K-
home in KenSington Palace GardGn1.
for a hospital E. -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-30
TOULDSAVE FIREWORKS
. FOR BOYS IN FRANCE

TRENTON N J. June ao,-Go%
Sdte has Issued statement urging that
citizens conhDe the Fourth Of July FIRE
Wottcs TO France and celebrate Independ-
snos Day by writing letters 70 soldiers
Of hy helping soldiers library funds. the
z. n c A, or similar activities.
let US shoot OF the fireworks in
France" he said. -and at home spend
tho day in those activities which will as
sist our boys who are consuming Ameri-
,sd made powder in the interest Of de-
noTacy- A Fourth Of July letter TO a
son or TO a friend on the hrninE line
Will more adequately 10 observe the in
dependence Of the great American Re
public than all Of the fireworks display
and noise that could be made
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-30
AMERICAN HORSE
ISAPT LINGUIST,
WAR DEMONSTRATE

WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES
IN PICARDY, June 3O-Ths American
horse in an apt linEuist-
Sold overseas to the French from
America during the first three
years OF the war. he had to learn
French to understand his new mas
ters- Then sold back to Americans
for service with his own army after
the United States entered the war, he
had to learn English, or rather Amer
Ican- all over again
Hundreds OF these American horses
were bought from the French when
the first forces from the United States
landed The drivers were constantly
in trouble, and at first couldn't under
stand the reason
- had a team out during a review
said one driver, land couldn't make
EN- bulge I yelled. 'glt-up' and ev-
everything else at EN-, and they just
sort of looked aroun' like they thought
l was foolish. Then / remembered
that I heard a frog yell ALLEY at his
horses, I yelled alley and away we
went"
The horses now arc a good deal like
the soldier. They'll respond TO either
French or English commands.
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President Wilson
throws off the shackIes
X of precedent
andbrings about
GREATER !:
EFFICIENCY

TINE wonderful achievements of the past Twelve
i months have been due in no small degree to the
master mind of our President, who IS q finn be-
lever in the power of concentration. =. 50 -
Only few days ago he transferred 1900 chemists
from the Bureau of Mines to the newly created Gas
Service Division of the War Department
These could have performed their duties In
their former department certainly but not 100 per
cent efficiency basis-too much lost motion 49, go
An emergency such as exists today calls for quick
action Ancient customs, methods, and systems must
be done away with and President and his Cabinet
realize that the time has when if to win
this war, modern business methods must be adopted
The basic principle of all successful achievements
rests upon the proper sysem of records. Enormous
of money being appropriated today for special
purposes and it is absolutely necessary that record
system be installed which will give you at gtznce-
the complete story. The system which has the uni
versal Endorsement of business men and Government
officials who have installed it is the =.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-30
5tDORE.ASTORIA
.EVATORS RUN BY
GIRL OPERATORS

w YORK, June So.The wal
Astoria, last stronghold of con-
. -tism- fell before the feminine in
u yesterday. to the extent Of in
ng eight girl elevator operators.
a Peacock alley shorn of it's
. doris and the millionaire mine
RS all gone TO war, however. the
) era in the Waldorf created moth
like the sensation that marked
advent Of the first telephone girl
= in the good old days.
EAR Tschirky, manager Of the
n, gave them the once over early
ne day, and then gave his atten-
20 more important tasks. 1t was
pred that a new recipe for max
corn mullins was about to be tried
which required the closest super
on from the great Oscar. Any
Z, a little thing. or rather eight
things, like elevator girls, didn't
y him at all
ovever, he did not neglect to ex-
s his satisfaction after a few
Z trips with the elevatorettes.
5uch polite and quick service
er saw berSSe." said he. The
ng ladies are very business-like,
more careful than boys, and their
Sly spoken, Floors, please is
: agreeable"
i spite of The commentator of
AZ, the girl operators labored m-
depressing circumstances yester-
, this being the lack of their new
Forms Of Palm Beach cloth
photographers, who besieged the
tator shaft, were turned away,
lie the girls sighed in vain for
II pretty costumes They were
porarfty fitted out IN black uni
ms belonging to the chambermafds,
while the white-hai7ed diplomats
} were conveyed to their floors
fessed to admire the snappy white
ons and caps. the pioneers OF the
profeA sion pouted.
he change in the Waldorf staff
, made necessary by the new draft
which has drawn many of the
! operators from an ~unessential
1pation-" The few remaining will
put at night duty on the elevators
other tasks about the hotel not
able for women
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-30
AISEFOR BUREAU
GIRLSNCT ENOUGH.
SAYS MISS RANKIN

= hope that no man viii feel that
. = women of the Bureau of Engray-
have been taken care Of as they
; leu1d be IN the sundry civil bill"
This was the statement OF Miss
: sannette Rankin. of Montana. in a
tef speech on the floor OF the House
ssterday. protesting that the sundry
WI bill as agreed to by the con-
s9ses did not grant sufficient pay to
Ne women OF the Bureau of Printing
nd Engraving
F1Eures. Are Quoted-
Miss Rankin set forth figures to
how that the pay proposed was not
hat it should be.
She pointed out that under the Sen
: Il provision the allowance for en-
1loyes of the bureau other than plate
and their assistants was
213911S. The House originally al
owed a.731. 800. The conferees
.gTeed on 81 500. 900. an increase of.
s6ss4 over the House provision
It appeared that the women en-
ployes under this would be paid from
s2B to S2.92, including the S12O in
,rease allowed to Federal employees
-eneraIly.
The Senate provision would have
granted wages at S2-ss to S311 a day.
Report Denounced.
Women's Trade Union League. which
aas been directing the fight for increased
lay. denounced the report Of the con-
erees as unfair to women workers. The
ZIP as passed by the cOnferees provides
,ut half OF the promised relief in pay
Increases, officials Of the Women's I'm
ons said The campaign for substantial
rage advances will be continued until
he minimum rate is secured
Plans for carrying on the fight viii be
tsliIssed Monday. when the bureau wo-
men employees meet with the Women's
'raas Union League at the home Of Ms
ii1erd Pinchot. Isl5 Rhode Island ave-
lue northwest The proposed step
Vhieh will be voted upon will be 10 place
be question Of living wage before the |
Var Labor Board
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ERE PREVENTION BOARD
PERSONNEL Is NAMED

The War Industries Board yester'
day afternoon announced the reor-
ganizat1on OF the advisory COMMITTEES
Of the tnre prevention section with
Henry Evans. Of New York city, as
ehairman.A The following viii be
members: R N. Bissel Hartford.
Conn: F. C. Boswell. New York city;
John r. Freeman. Providence. R L;
John Marshall. Jr- Chicago; c. A.
McCotter. indianapolis Ind; c g.
Smith. NevSYork city 8. Y. Tupper.
Atlanta, GA.,snd L r Weleh, Fits
burEh, Mass
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LABOR BOARD ACTS

Legitimate complaints as to failure
of any st. Louis employers to take
advantage of the facilities offered by
the War Labor Board should be pre-
scented TO that organization which
promised last night It would summon
representatives OF both sides for a
hearing. The notice was apropos OF
charges that IN a number of St Louis
labor disputes recently the ST Louis
ans have been disinclined TO avail
themselves of the board
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-30
HILLQUIT PREDICTS
SOCIALIST CONTROL

NEW YORK. June 30.-sociaIists
will be in control not only OF ma
tional but international affairs after
the war. it was predicted by Morris
Hllquit in a speech opening the
State convention OF Socialists
The crisis in Russia, Mr.. Hillquit
continued. has marked the birth Of
a new proIetariat republic In the
history of the world" /
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-30
ASSISTANT TO GREGORY

Charles p. Williams. Of 81 LOu1A
has been appointed special asstStaA
to the Attorney General for M
eastern district OF Missouri haad-
quarters at St Louis, vicsr Unt1al
been announced. The Gppointmen9 =
temporary and dus to the mnaOA
Oliver. -v So
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-30
sARUcH TRAINS EoR JOB.

Exercise keeps Bernard NJ Baruch
in lighting trim. The tall, wiry
chairman OF the war industries board
is up at o'clock every morning.
taking q run around his country
place near Washington. He runs
half a mile and walks half a mile.
Built along longitudinal lines, Ba-
ruch doesn't need reducing exercises.
One big Idea-tO awe wheat-eat
.DOfatoeh
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-30
PRESIDENTS VETO
ENDS PNEUMATIC
MAIL TUBE SYSTEM

By yetoing the Postotics appro-
priation bill. which made provision
for the continued service OF the post
office pneumatic tubes in postal de-
livery in New York. Brooklyn Chi
cago. Boston, ST. Louis, and Philadel-
phia, President Wilson brought to an
end the long night against the tubes
which will now go out of service.
Automobiles will take the place OF
the tubes in the cities named
The House sustained the veto by
the vote of 1877 to liz. and within a
few months after taking this action
passed a new bill in which the ap-
preparation intended for the tube
service is eliminated.
The veto was then hurried to the
Senate, where, after a brief state
ment by Senator Bankhead. chairman
OF the Postoffice Committee, II was
sustained without opposition.
BurIesOn Fought Tubes.
Postmaster General Burleson- has
fought the tubes through three SEES
sions OF Congress, but the represen-
tatiVes from the cities in which the
tubes are used have always been able
to muster enough votes to defeat the
Postmaster Generals recommends
lions. This year the House refused
to make an appropriation for the
tubes, but the Senate amended the
bill to continue the tube service and
the House, by a majority OF one vote,
accepted the Senate's amendment At
that time Chairman Moon, OF the
Houst Postoffice Committee, made
the prediction that the bill would be
vetoed because it contained this pro
vision
Notwithstanding this prophecy the
veto of the President came as a sur
prise. The bill did not reach him
until after noon and barely more
OF its delivery to the White House
when 1t was brought back to the
House By q messenger from the Presi-
dent who announced that the bill had
met with his disapproval
Tubes Unreliable.
The Presidents reasons for dis
approving the further use Of the
tubes followed very closely the rec
concentrations made by Postmaster
ports and in his statements to COM
mittees Of Congress In the main
they are that the tubes are unre-
liable, that the service is subject TO
frequent breakdowns resulting in loss
of mail and that closer connections
with mail trains can be made by the
use of automobiles. The President
says that he was guided by reports
of postal experts who have reported
adversely on the tube service
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-30

rGude's Home Grown Flower
Are preferred for all OCCASIONS Rrumut a
4DEH AAG1reds 1nkE-AtS-Adt.
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