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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-31
SUBWAY CREWS
THREATEN HALT
OF H OPENING
Trainmen Object to En-
ployment Of Station Work
ers in Operating Line.
AFFECTS WAGE STATUS
Demand for Increases by 49,
600 Also Worrying Officials
of InterborOugh.

The possibility loomed large last night
that the Interborough would be unable
10 put the new subway H in operation
Thursday night. s was intended. Addi-
tional trainmen to the number of 400
must be found and the company's plan
10 utilize station men under 45 years old
in the transportation service has aroused
bitter opposition among both classes Of
employees. II the scheme is insisted
upon it will result in the guards and
station men quitting their Jobs and seek
ing work elsewhere. so John A. Phelan
president Of the Brotherhood OF Inter-
borough Rapid Transit Employees, said
yesterday.
When Frank Hedley. the INTERIOR
ough's vice-president and general man.
ager was told Of this attitude on the
part OF the men he said. according to
Mr.. Phelan. that the company had no
intention OF compelling the station men
to serve on trains. But II they did no:
he expressed the belief that all Of them
within the age ccu by Congress as the
new draft limit Eould be forced out Of
their jobs automatically. II they waited
for this to happrn. Mr.. Hedley said, the
company would nave already filled what
vacancies 1T LA In trainmen's berths
and the station men would be entirely
adritt, as far as the company was con-
cerned.
Mr.. Hedley's vfew-of.the situation was
based upon the fact that a number OF
local draft boards have already ruled
that station men were Kaged in nom
essential work and that they came un-
der tho provisions OF the anti-loafing law
affecting men of draft age. Although
no ruling has yet beer. made regarding
the trainmen. both N. hedley and Of
ficers of the union :: .xve that their Jobs
will be regarded -. essential.
Fear LoG., ~ PreferentiaIs.
The difficulty over the employment Of
station men on trains has to do with
preferentials acquired by both classes for
Continuous service. Station men who
have earned preferment expect to carry
II with them into the train service The
'-ainmen declare that this would result
IA the loss of preferentials earned by
some OF their number and that 1t cannot
be tolerated
suggestion was made by the men
Yesterday that the 800 additional train
mer for the subway H could be re-
cluted from among the ticket choppers
al 2lia cents an hour and their pay
as first year trainmen would be "a cents
and hour, and the raise would be ac-
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-14
The GOvernment-OWned
Water Supply
Correspondent Hints That An Injustice Is Being Perpeated Upon
us-But At That We Are Getting Water Cheaper Than
You Can Buy Il Anywhere Else.
By EARL-GoDWIN,

H the Great Falls harnessed for production Of
electrical power you advocate have you any that
the Government would not much of the power as it
pleased and hand the bill for the total maintenance of the
plant to the private consumer is the case of the Govern
mentconrolled water works in the District of Columbia
This very pertinent inquiry comes from Dr. B. Byng If
the example of the water works and the Washington Aque
duct it is properly termed is to have deterrent effect
upon Government ownership of public utilities let us re-
move the difficulty right now
Washington pays lower water rate than any city Of
than 100000 population with possibly exception
learn this from the charts in the office of J. Garland
perntendent of the Water Department of the District Of
Columbia pays cents hundred cubic feet whereas
cities pay 20 cents for the same amount
1t doesn't make much difference to the average house
been practced upon the community in the past regard to
the Washington Aqueduct the POCKETBO0K fact is that
the Government furnishes with water at lower cost than
you find any other city of the size of Washington and
the only large city with rate as low Philadelphia
The United States gets its water free, THE DISTRICT
GOVERNMENT GETS ITS WATER FREE. You and pay
cents hundred cubic feet for household water up $500
cubic feet and cents hundred cubic feet above that
Uncle Sam gathers the water and pipes through the
aqueduct to distribution system and all pay
about cent and half day for household water We
pay NOTHING for the water to flush streets put out
fres fill swimming pools and keep drainage system
going
we could get electricity the terms say let's
do it
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-14
We Suppose That Senator Wads-
worth Will Vote for
Woman Suffrage
If He Does Not He Will Vote Against His State And
Against Himself

The MEN, not the women of New York State voted
for suffrage and gave that just principle majority
of nearly one hundred thousand
The House of Representatives at Washington has voted
to put suffrage in the United States Constitution
where it should be-
The Senate will vote and Mr.. Wadsworth of New York
will vote-HoW-wi1 he vote?
We feel safe in predicting that Mr.. Wordsworth, who
is good soldier and believes that representatives REPRE-
SENT those that elect them will vote for the amendment
although he has not concealed his opposition SUI
frage in the past
He has now been instructed by majority vote Of a
hundred thousand by the MEN of his State.
The Republican in the House of Representatives
adopted woman suffrage Republican policy by
whelming vote. Mr. Wadsworth is good Republican.
And in addition both houses of the Legislature in Mr.
Wadsworths State have instructed him to vote for the
woman suffrage amendment.
The Assembly voted for suffrage 72 to IT, and the New
York State Senate, Is to 8.
Mr. Wadsworth almost the baby the Senate may have
far to travel politically They talk of him for governor
New York.
He is wise enough to learn. He made fight against
suffrage while the fight lasted and his family helped him
Now the fight is He will show good political udg
by acquescng in the decision of the majority by vo
ing with it.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-14

with some one else, and he is not
only Indifferent and neglectful,
but insulting and actually cruel.
He laughs at his wife's misery,
makes fun of her suffering and
tells her he loves the other wo-
man and doesn't care who knows
it-and please, says the writer Of
the letter, what is she to do about
it?
She loves the man and cannot
live without him. How can she
make him love her again and be
good to her and to her children?
How can she hold the home to-
gether?
Not by tears, my dear. Not by
silence; not by complaints. That's
one sure thing.
I've never seen the man in this
case, but I've seen a great many
who were. a whole lot like him.
Shallow-hearted, ight-minded,
vain, selfish, conceited-they al
ways remind me Of an old rooster
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-14

had once who used to love to
stand on the barnyard fence and
preen his feathers and crow, so
that all the hens would gather on
the ground close by and say, in
hen language:
isn't he magnificent? No Won
der we're all crazy about him."
He really wasn't magnificent at
all, this particular rooster. He
was understood and rather
scraggy, and some one had pulled
some Of his feathers, and if he
could have just seen himself as
he really was-but they never do,
these ROSTERS!
This broken-hearted wife lowers
herself when she thinks for one
minute Of competing with the silly
girl who believes she's leading a
romantic life by having a love af-
fair with some one eIse's husband.
/ would advise her to go away
somewhere on a visit. to take her
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-14
Husbands and BOOSTERS Are Vain By Winifred Black
By T. E. Powers

children with her and to interest
herself in them, and to make COM
panions OF them. She'll find they're
closer and dearer than she ever
dreamed they possibly could be.
While she is away she can think
the whole thing over, make up her
midland keep 1t made up.
Then either leave the man for
good and all, and forget that there
is such a person alive, or go home
and live on terms Of cool friend
ship with him, and never give him
another moments real affection as
long as she lives.
I've known women to save the
lives and happiness Of their chill
dren by both Of those ways.
Which is the better way? That
depends upon the man.
Think 1t over. Broken-Hearted
Wife. Solve your puzzle-and
keep it solved. Then forget about
II.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-14

Washington, D. c., Feb. II, 1918.
To the Editor of The Washington
Times.
Dear Sir;
1 am writing you because Of the
deep interest you have shown IN
the welfare Of the people Of the
District since your purchase OF
The Times. A few days ago the
Engineer of the District, in charge
of cleaning the streets, announced
that he would not attempt TO
sweep the streets because the
sweepers might injure the paving
and that he would wait for nature
to do the work.
While this distinguished gen
tleman is waiting for nature, the
intelligent physicians of the Dis
trict agree that germs, multiply
ing every second by reason Of the
filthy condition of the streets, will
cause the unused area in the
graveyards around the District to
fill up at a great rate.
l have a large family and pay
taxes in the District, and like
thousands of other residents Of
this beautiful place-because we
are controlled by the political
statesmen of the country, who, in
my judgment, have little regard
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-14
What Is the Value of Public
Health?
Isn't 1t Worth At Least What It Would Cost to Mend
An Occasional Damaged Street,

We receive letter from weu-known, able and
FURIOUS Washington lawyer
He objects to the District engineers statement that
cleaning the streets would be unwise because sweepers
might injure the pavements."
You will read below in all its fury, the letter from this
indignant lawyer.
We should perhaps put it mildly. We think that
votees the Washngonan rs better of than the Bel
gian child.
At the time are bound to indorse the complaint
that filthy streets with melting ice and holding dirt
CONTINUED In LastC oumn)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-14

for either God or man, or death
or health, but a very special re-
gard for taking a job in Congress
and drawing their salaries-I
imagine this Engineer Commits
sioner will be permitted to warm
his feet by a good fire and smoke
cigarettes while the streets re-
main filthy and babies and old
people die.
! don't know that you can do
anything about this condition, but
if you can please help US. You
might have influence enough to
get this engineer to go where he
belongs-over to France to fight,
and then you might get the three
solons, known as the District
Commissioners, to employ some
Industrious, able-bodied man to 60
out and sweep the streets as they
do in New York, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, and all the other cities
Of the country.
At any rate, Mr.. Editor, If you
can do anything, do it. l appreci-
ate it as a hard task. The peo-
pie living in the District of CO.
lumbia are very little better on
than the Belgian children when
our kind-hearted German friends
enter their homes.
TAXPAYER
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and breeding disease germs ought to interest an engineer
as much as pavement economy.
We don't know whether it would be possible to get
street sweepermachines to nure the pave
mens But we do know that hole in asphalt caused by
careless street cleaners not serious matter holes
in the lungs of dozen children caused by germs Of tuber
culoss carefully preserved and multiplied In the filth OF
melting water.
We suggest somebody officially interested in the Dis
trct- there anybody interestedthat the lining Of
nnUs he put ahead of street lining Here is the letter in
which our legal friend expresses his Viewsand views of
rood MANY others:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-14

I'm nEh6 Is leLLeE On my
desk this morning, and it
u is signed "Broken-Heart-
ed Wife"
It tells over and over in a
dozen different ways the old, old,
pitiful story of a woman who
loved unworthily and who will
not or cannot pull her love up by
the roots and get rid Of it once
and for all.
Poor soul! She has two nice
children, a pretty home, plenty Of
friends, and she is-to judge
from her letter-a woman Of re-
finement and Of some cultivation,
and yet she has allowed the mad
ness Of jealousy to take such pos
session of her that she sits down
and pours forth the dearest Sc
crets Of her heart.
I'm glad she did it.
Her husband has always been
good to her, but now he is in love
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-14

There people who ride all through the journey
Of life with their backs to the horses They always look
ing into the past All the worth of things there They
forever talking about the good old times and how different
things when they young There romance in
the world now and herosm The very Winters and Sum-
mers nothing to what they used to be; in fact life
is altogether small, commonplace scale. Now,
that miserable sort of thing brings kind Of para
lying chill the e and petrifes the natural spring Of
joy that should be eapng up to the fresh
mercies that the days keep bringing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-14
Three Things Worth Reading,
Yea, Four
You Yourself Will Admit 1t.

The wise man writing for living occasionally initiates
the jungle monkey climbs literary tree and throws down
few valuable cocoanuts to the traveler-the reader
Here are four valuable cocoanuts:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-14

This will be Rotary Club night at
Keith's Theater.
I'll make a bet with anyone that
during the evenings performance
the comedians will weave merry
tests around the names Of all or some
of the following well-known Rotari-
ans. Let me know if win or lose
this bet.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-14
HEARD AND SEEN

Market was three quarters Of an
hour older by the time ] broke
! through the brass railing and got On
the carpet.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-14

But while I was waiting, 4 young
woman telephone operator could
have been heard to say:
"HsIIo, that you Mr.. Smith. Please
tell me H0IV many pounds IN q peek
Of potatoes. Fifteen? Oh, thank
you so much"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-14

There is something better than pleasure-progress.
Pleasure pleasure is animal God gives that to the
butterfly But progress is the law of life to the immortal So
God has arranged life as progress and its working
principle is evolution. HENRY DRUMMoND.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-14

Congratulations to the Indian
Affairs Committee Of the Senate
which refused to accept the BorlGHd
amendment to force an eEtrG hour
on Government clerks tDithoEt o.
credsing their pay.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-14

Here is nv first choice:
Major Pullman.
r. P. Andrews.
John Weaver Eyes, the coal admin
istrator).
D. J. Callahan.
E. C. Graham.
Major C. Fred Cook.
F. S. Hight.
John Poole
Odd how one picks up bits Of in
formation during the day.
Fer instance. l dropped in at the
head office of the Old Dutch Mar
ket to see D. B. CASLEY, the vice
president
He was all tied up with a BUSH
ness meeting and so the Old Dutch
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-14

really loves truth if he be disciple of progress
he will not permit himself state his belief in the
terms after As every year brings experiences
should offer fresh Interpretation of life The genuine
uhseeker eager keep the mind open than to
rive at established conclusion He hopes have
any permanently settled beliefs for he contempates
nifty of intellectual progress What glorious prospec-the
everlasting pursuit of truth HoRATIo W. DRESSER.
Teach your mood, o patient starsl
Who climb each night the ancient sky,
Leaving space shade, no scars,
No trace of age, no fear to die.
EMERSON
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-14

That's something that may cone
in handy some day. I'm glad to
know it. The next thing IS to re-
member it How will ! do it,
Which puts me in mind that Major
Pullman has brought to Washing
ton a man named H. E. RICHARD
SON, an expert in memory, to teach
the police force to memorize-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-14

How about paying attention to the
American 1agl l notice on seine
buildings and houses flags that have
been left unattended so long they are
nothing but tapping rags. No one
can get any inspiration from a Tag
that has become q dlsh-rag. i have
in mind several Office buildings
where the Stars and Stripes has been
turned into q nightmare. Battle
Scared flags are enc thing, and
neglected and tattered dirty old mOPs
are another.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-16
WOMEN OUTCLASlNG MEN
IN BRITISH SHlPYARDS

London, Aug. 16.-Women have
cutclassed men in certain work in
British shipyards and more Of them
are being added to the ship building
forces as rapidly as possible.
At Lord Furness ship yards on the
Tees seven hundred women are
working as with spades and shovels,
on extensions. Some of the women
have been assisting In the building Of
temporary railway at the yards
and other laying concrete platforms
en- which the keels Of ships will be
put down.
In preparing concrete for the keel
platforms gangs of women work be-
side gangs of men, and In one in.
stance the women beat the men by
cupic yards. Numerous other inc'.
dents have been cited whereby the
women outpointed the men workers
on the same kind of work.
There are branches of work I'M
which women are barred, because
they haven't the muscular endu "ance,
but whenever possible Lord FGrness
have been replacing fit men of mill.
tary age with women.
At first there were many sprained
ankles, due to the habit Of women
going to work In flimsy boots, often
with worn peggtop heels, which were
no use among loose soil and stones
A standard iow-heeled shipyard boot
has now been introduced.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-16
ARCHIE ROOSEVELT TO
UNDERGO OPERATION

Lexington, KY, Aug. 16.--Archie
Roosevelt, recently wounded In battle
in France, must undergo secondary
operation to relieve paralysis Of his
wounded arm. This news came here
in letter from DR.. Thomas C. Hol-
loway, of this city, who is a physician
at the hospital in which young Roose-
welt is a patient, and Holloway has
been looking after him.
The letter indicates that Roosevelt
is not badly hurt, and that he will be
"as good as new" when the secondary
operation is carried out and the arm
Is free from paralysis. The location
of the hospital is not stated in the let
ter, but from the description given it
must be some distance behind the bat
tie lines. This is the first intimation
received that young Roosevelt had a
partially paralyzed arm.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-16
WOMEN WORKERS IN
FRANCE NUMBER e26'ooo

Paris. Aug. 16.-Women employer
IN al, branches of industry in France
number $4,000, according to an Of
fetal report. This compares WIN
AIT 900 employed in normal times
This increase is due almost entirely
70 the employment of women in met
=, ;ndustries. chiefly in munition
works. The weight which women
can be required to carry in factory
work is limited by law to 30 pounds
Women are widely employed for
the inspection of finished goods 'nsy
examine separate parts for automo,
h,les; verify light shells, fuses ana
grenade plugs. They inspect Dig
y sbelIs externally and internally ps
the use of electric lamps and tney
test the calfber using comphca'eO
measuring apparatus and micro, .,
scopes. They nail up cases OF a.,
,,,nd. even cases for airplanes ano
automobiles. The omen supervise
the buildings here men are al ~'''
and keep them clean.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-16
German Losses Since War
Began Are 100000
Men; l,52o,000
OF These Killed

of potatoes from rubles 1.20 to 100
He quoted kilograms received by the
Moscow committee from many COM
munities saying they were famine
stricken, that riots were taking place
and asking for food
Shneyeroff attributes to famine in
large measure Germanys success in
throttling Russia. The only region
in which the Germans are resisted, he
pointed out, are those in which grain
Is produced.
General riots and extensive que
rilla warfare in Ukraine proved that
famine is the only circumstance that
has given the enemy free hand in
the west" he said. ut is famine also
which promotes anarchy in Russia as
the suffering Of the people, seeing no
issue and no efficient help, attack
each other like beasts. 1t is of vital
interest to the allies to assist Rus
sia and such assistace is one of the
strongest menace to Germany.
There is no danger of grain and
other necessaries Of life sent te
Russia falling into the hands of the
Germans The grain dispatched by
the Moscow committee is given only
to those who are starving and Cal
In no way reach the regions occupied
by the enemy"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-16
MEMORIAL FOR PROMOTION
OF TEMPERANCE RESENTED

London, Aug. ia memorial ask
ing for the promotion of temperance
in Oxford which was presented to the
University authorities has been re-
sented by them on the ground that
its insinuation that there was need
for greater temperance was untrue.
The memorial was signed by 731 per-
sons, of whom 566 we're graduates Of
Oxford.
In reply the authorities declined
ito receive or discuss memorial
which implies that drunkenness has
been prevalent at Oxford of late and
that the influence of the University
has not been used in favor of tenn
perance' They added that such
insinuations are unwarrantable and
insulting"
The drinking customs Of English
Universities are a surprise to Amer
leans who encounter them for the
first time. Students have been Gus
tomarily with their meals in the
college commons, and wines IL they
want them and can afford them.
Drinking port after dinner by the
dons and undergraduates is an old
and generally followed custom. The
: "Freshers' wines" to which the pc
titioners objected are drinking par
ties held int he students rooms,
which are also a recognized custom
dof the universities.