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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-26
OFFERS TROPHY TO
ORGANIZATION THAT
BUYS MOST ". S. S.

The Chamber OF Commerce an
nouneed today that James ". Denly,
chairman of their W. s. $. commit
tee. had offered to donate on behalf
of the chamber a $50 cup to be
known as the Chamber OF Commerce
Thrift Stamp Buying Championship
Trophy" to that organization which
merce that its members were the
largest purchasers per capita.
This action was decided upon at a
meeting of the executive committee
of the Chamber OF Commerce at noon
today, following the receipt of a letter
from Ralph Evans, secretary-treas-
urer of the BachsIors' Club OF the
Y. NJ. c. A, in which he stated that
the club had organized thrift
stamp buying campaign among the
members of the Y. u. c. a. living in
the building. at Eighteenth and C
streets northwest, and suggested that
the Chamber Of Commerce give some
kind OF a championship trophy to
stimulate the buying OF thrift
stamps.
Details To Come Later.
Details Of the competition viii be
announced later. Every organization
in Washington is invited to compete
for the cup. which will be retained by
any one organization for one month,
and then II any other organization
takes the lead the cup will be trans
ferred. Organizations wishing to
compete will get in touch with Tom
Grant, secretary OF the Chamber OF
Commerce.
Secretary Baker TO Speak.
Secretary Of War Baker will be the
principal speaker at a banquet of the
Bachelors Club in the assembly hall
Of the Y. NJ. c. \. Friday evening for
the formal opening OF the buying cam
paign OF that organization. Other
speakers will be William Knowles
Cooper. general secretary OF the Y.
NJ. c. A. and ID. J. Callahan, chairman
Of the District ". :. :. Committee.
The committee in charge has or
EGnized each floor OF the dormitory
into separate organizations to COM
pete for leadership in the building,
and all together will compete for the
Chamber of Commerce trophy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-26

the next ten years at but 5000. 900
gallons daily.
Water and sewer service can be fur
nished at an average annual charge
per water-user Of but $3.50, accord
ing to the commission.
At present the average total an
nual expense to the property owner
in municipalities having water and
sewer systems according to the com
mission Is as follows: Chevy Chase.
S26.TO: Friendship Heights, S2T.24:
Hyattsville. SlT.O6: Kensington. S2I. rs:
Somerset, S2902. and Takoma Park,
$3.50.
Times Thanked.
The report gratefully acIlnowl-
edges the assistance of the Washing
ton Times, (which at all times gave
the project much publicity and edi-
tOrial aid"
Disclosures in the report created
a sensation here. and it Is predicted
that the effect viii be to expedite the
passage Of the pending bill.
The members OF the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission are
William T. $. Curtis. OF Chevy Chase.
chairman: T. Howard Duckett. Of
BladensburE, and Emory II. BOgley.
Of Friendship Heights.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-26
BILLY AND MIA PAY
VISIT TO TIMES OFFICE

Billy Sunday. as a means OF unlim-
bering for a strenuous afternoons
work. was paying calls this morning
One OF the places that was frightened
by the breezy presence OF Billy -ac-
companied by MA" Sunday-was The
Times office.
lSouch- hated and fur-coAted. Billy
struck the office OF The Times Just
at that time when Newspaper ma
chineTy begins to hum. With the
wide smile and hearty handshake
that characterize him, he made the
rounds of the men who have been
writing about him since he first stir
red up Washington. and then left in
a gust Of "goobbys" TO renew other
friendships
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-26
WOMEN CLERKS
SAY EQUAL PAY
IS DENIED THEM

~ Oul lNueu from + lINl dAr.l
other fields because of the low wages
The resolutions adopted by the
American Federation OF Labor at Buff
falo in November. 1917, dealing with
the petition of the Bureau OF EnErav-
ing was submitted by Miss McNally
for the consideration of the com
mittse
Malowery 4. Reese. chairman OF the
judicial and executive committee OF
the Federal Watchmen's Union. pre-
scented the demand OF his organization
al the session this morning.
Miss EtheridEc is the official spokes-
man for The women workers in Federal
service. Sh. has been employed in the
Bureau Of Indian Affairs for several
years. Questioned rtout the assertion.
in regard to the salaries Of the majority
Of women employees. Miss EtheridEc re-
ferred the committee to Census Bulletin
No. "a. concerning the pay under the
United States civil Service. She stated
that charwomen were not included m
the survey. Miss Etheridge also toll
the queStiOners that Investigation proved
that 60 per cent OF the men in the Fed
eral employ. who received less than 500
year. were married and had many
dependents
A member of the committee asked
Miss EthcridEe about her views on
suffrage. The witness acknowledged
her belief in the suffrage movement.
The petitioners had several en-
ployes testify as to living conditions
from personal experience. Mrs. Lii
liam Birch. Of 1888 II street north
west. Il clerk in the personal audit
department Of the Treasury. told Of
the heavy burdens which were car
ried ON her shoulders during the
three years in the employ OF the Gov
eminent. Mrs. Birch has two chill
dren to support, labor officials stated.
After weeks Of investigation in be-
half Of the Consumers League Miss
Jessie r. Haver, secretary. submit
ted the findings to the committee, to
support the demands Of the Federal
workers. The witness claimed that
out OF the 2.llO families listed in the
probe, Il! were white people. while
co GolureG families were canyassed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-26
CAPITOL W. 5. S. BOOTH
MAKES RECORD SALES

The booth at the Capitol for the
sale Of war savings stamps. in charge
Of Miss LeOna NJ. De Lawden. has al
ready sold about $500 worth OF
stamps.
All indications are that the booth
will be one of the best agencies In
the District fer the sale OF war saw
ings stamps. inasmuch as members
OF Congress, officials and the wish
tors to the Capitol, are patronizing
i freely.
Jerry South. clerk OF the House. led
all others in the buying by purchasing
$500 worth OF stamps
The booth will be open from 10
O'clock until 4 daily. as long as the
sale Of war savings stamps continues.
Il Is located under the famous paint
ing Of the signing OF the Declaration
Of independence.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-26
TWOBOYS BITTEN
BY DOGS WHILE
PLAYING IN STREET

Two Washington boys are under
treatment today for dog bite wounds.
James a. Oldfield. BOG Allison
street northwest, twelve-year-old son
of Mrs J.. T Oldfield, was bitten in
the left side by a collie dog in
Georgia avenue yesterday. The wound
was cauterized by DR.. Alfred c. Nor
cross. The dog wore a muzzle at the
time. il is stated.
William Jackson, cOlOred, ten years
old. was bitten on the right hand by
a dog in the yard in the rear OF 1919
Twelfth street northwest this morn
ing. lie was treated at the Chill
dren's Hospital.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-26
55-MILEGALE
RESULTS IN
HEAVY LOSS
OFPROPERTY

To the bowling OF a 55-mile gale,
the crash Of falling trees and break
ing windows, Washington swoke to-
day, and took toll of the worst wind
storm that this city has felt in four
years. Although reports to the police
and hospitals did not show any cas-
ualties, the first rough estimates
prove that the property damage will
mount into thousands.
The storm, the worst since March .,
1914, was the tail-end of a disturb
Rnce that swept the northern part of
The country carrying heavy snow and
rain. and leaving a wake OF destruc-
ton. 1t has passed, however, and
the Weather Bureau promises that
Washington will feel no further
effects.
Wind Starts Early.
The wind started about . o'clock
this morning, and soon gained
velocity of thirty miles an hour. As
the morning advanced the wind rose
and the thermometer fell 20 degrees.
from IS degrees to IS degrees. At
o'clock Washington homes were rock
ed by a gale of IS miles an hour.
The effects of the wind ranged
from the tragic to the comic. Tele-
phone and telegraph wires and poles
were torn down; signs, big and little.
crashed to the ground, and many
windows were blown in. Flags hung
in tatters from broken halyards.
One OF the results that will be
felt keenly was the damage to the
British aeroplane in Potomac Park,
which has afforded the city amuse-
f1ent in the mast few days. The great
plane that has carried several promi-
nent men above the city, was torn
and battered when its hangar was
blown to the ground. Colonel Lee
and Lieutenant Sully, OF the British
mission, are busy today, however.
fitting UP another to take its place.
and the flights will be continued
again sooa.
Big Sign Wrecked.
The big Velvet" sign above the
drug store at Thirteenth and PennsyI-
vania avenue northwest was also The
target or the wind, and after the
gale passed It was only a mass of
twisted iron and broken bulbs. Two
thousand bulbs were broken, which
Rlone represents $500 damage.
A wooden tower, $50 feet high, that
ad been erected near the Auacostia
bridge for concrete work, was leveIed.
The fashionably clad wax figures
- Klein's clothing store. at Seventh
and E streets northwest. were thrown
Into a tumble Of disarray when the
plate glass window, in which they
bad smiled, went in before the wind.
Photographs were scattered over L
street when the show case OF a pho
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-26

satisfactory water. or inability to af-
ford proper fire protection: and many
are deficient from more than one OF
these standpoints.
bitches Polluted.
The asbense OF sewage disposal
plants. the unfitness of those existing,
or the neglect accorded them, have
Galsed streams and bitches to become
extensively polluted, menacing the
health and detracting from the com
fort of the residents Of the sanitary
district and the District OF Column
bia.
Water and sewerage systems must
be made to cover the densely pOpula-
ted sections Of the sanitary district,
the quality OF water from many sup
plies must be improved, and the eN-
istinE methods OF sewage disposal
must be radically changed"
by the passage Of the bill now
pending in the legislature. which was
favOrably reported TO the House last
week. the commission states "a com
prchensive water supply and sewerage
system constructed and operated by a
central authority can be provided for
all Of the closely bUilt-up sections Of
the sanitary district. affording pure
water. excellent fire protection. and
relieving present unsanitary COndi-
lions. at less cost 10 individuals than
the majority OF the inhabitants now
having access to public water and
sewerage systems are now paying for
insufficient. impure. or unattractive
water and lack OF fire protection, or
and offensive methods Of
sewage disposal"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-26

tographer at 900 on that street, was
toppled over. 4 soldiers sentry box
Seventh and B streets northwest
was literally lifted up and hurled to
the sidewalk, splitting wide open
Samuel Philipone's barber shop. at
500 Eighth street southeast, were
wax ened and frightened by the noise
of his big window giving way before
the storm.
Display windows at the store of
Charles E. Hodkins, oil Seventh street
northwest. and that of Max S. Rosen-
thai. 9l3 Seventh street northwest,
were blown in with loss OF about 500
in each case.
Poles Blown Down.
The Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Company lost about sixty-five
poles blown down with their wires.
The damage will be about $4,000.
One OF the freaks of the storm
occurred at G and Twenty-third
streets northwest At the height of
the gale, car Of the Capital Trac-
ton Company was on its way to the
city, when a large tree was uprooted.
II struck the car a crashing blow,
tearing away the door, but otherwise
the car was unchanged and it pro-
ceeded to the barn for repairs.
The Western Union and Postal
Telegraph companies were heavy
losers. Altogether about ninety lines
out OF Washington were down this
morning. Most OF the damage in this
section, however, was north of Balti-
more. The damage will be pretty well
repaired by tonight, the company Of
fcials stated. The railroad companies
got of with little trouble. Train
schedules were little affected.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-26
D. G. HEALTH IS MENACED
BY MARYLAND CONDITIONS
Conditions in Maryland Near Washington

THE Sanitary District forms potential focus for the
spread of typhoid fever
Nearly one-ha of the public supplies deliver
consumption hygienc quality,
surroundings of the menacing.
Every public system the sanitary district
adequate"
WASHINGTON SUBURBAN SANITARY COMMISSION.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-26
Try ThIn Iunt One.

Why shouldn't you add a little iron
to soft drink? AIM improves a
drink. Mighty good for that blood
and digestion Of yours. too. and better
for you than lines tNo acid in
A-I-M) It's a tonic Everybody needs
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-26
Report Attached.

To the report IS attached a cOmpre-
.hcusive report to the commission by
Robert b. Morse, the chief engineer Of
the Maryland State board Of health.
who is also engineer to the commits
sion Mt Moore's report inClu-eS
much data a. to costs Of construction.
maps. plats. and photographs graph
icaIly illustrating diSEustinEly I'M
sanitary conditions in different parts
1f tho sanitary district.
The report is based upon a complete
physical survey OF the whole SAM
commission. and an immense amount
Of engineering work under the direc-
ton Of Engineer Morse, who, in view
Of the urgency OF the situation, was
authorized by the Maryland State
board Of health to utilize all the as
sistance necessary from the boards
staff
The problem is treated with Ave
heads. the government or political
treatment ~ the territory. as to which
the commission recommends inCur-
poration and placing in the hands OF
the commission all sanitary questions:
the source Of supply of water and the
method of disposal Of sewage: the
engineering and construction prob
lens. from the standpoint Of tOpogra-
phv and population: the proper con
sidcration Of the rights OF inCor-
pOrat"d towns. and especially those
having their own water and sewerage
plants. and the financial problem
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-26
Idea Il Detailed.

tn" metropolitan District Idea. &c
recommended by the commission and
included In the pending bill, is dis
cuSsed I'm detail.
Treating Of the sewage at the Dis
trIct line was considered by the com
mission and the District health
authorities. but abandoned in favor Of
the extension OF tn" District Of Co
umbia sewers.
The report shows that a sufficient
surplus 81 water exists in the Dis
trict L" fully warrant extension Of
the District Of Columbia water mains
Til" capacity Of tn" District system
is placed by the commission at 90
900, 900 gallons daily, and the average
daily consumption Mt $4,000 900 gal
Ions daily. leaving a margin Of 20
"uo.0Ou gallons daily. The commits
sion estimates the maximum con
sumption OF the sanitary dLSITIeI Sa<
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-26
PACKERS ADVISED
ABOUT HOOVER BY
THOMASE.LOGAN

The name of another Washing
tonian, that of Thomas F. Logan.
for many years a correspondent in
Washington, has been brought out
by Francis J. Heney in connection
with disclosures OF advance infor-
nation on Governmental activities
received by the meat packers. Mr..
Heney charged in the Federal Trade
Commission investigation of the
packing industry, that the packers
knew of Mr.. Hoover's appointment
even before official Washington did
and that they used their influence
in Washington to obtain places for
employees and friends" in the food
administration.
Letter to Swift.
Mr.. Heney presented letter from
Mr.. Logan to Louis +. Swift. telling
of Mr.. Hoover's appointment four
DAYS before IL became public and tell
ing of a private night conference be-
tween Mr.. Hoover and the President.
The letter. dated May 10. was in part
as follows:
Complete control OF the distribu-
ton of food supplies will be turned
over to Herbert c. Hoover in a few
days. This will be done directly By
President Wilson, although Secretary
Houston, who has been opposing the
move IL not vet aware that the Pres
ident has asked Mr.. Hoover to go
ahead. Hoover was with the Presi-
dent several hours last night, and
the President approved all his plans.
Hoover was preparing to quit Wash
ington when the President told him
to go ahead on his own lines"
Mr.. Logan. when asked by The
Times this morning regarding the
charges made by Mr.. Heney, said that
ne had nothing to say regarding that
or any other matter.
Mr. Logan, who lives at the VIII
lard, is well known in official circles
and is one of the most lavish enter
tanners in the Capital.
CHICAGO, Feb. 26.-Further us
closures of alleged intimacy between
Chicago packer and the Federal Food
Administration are promised by Mr..
Heney today.
At least six men. Mr.. Heney de-
clares. drew salaries from the packers.
while serving in various capacities
with the Food Administration.
He will prove, he said, that the
packers not only set out to control the
workings OF the Food Administration
in its relation to the packing con-
Germs, but also to get control OF cer1
tain other commodities
Private wires from New York into
Washington have been maintained by
the packers, Mr.. Heney said, since the
war started.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-26
FREE MAILS FOR RED CROSS.

Senator Pnelan OF California this
afternoon introduced a bill extend
ing free mailing privileges to the Red
Cross
New-York tribune., 1918-07-04
Chilvers New Leader
Of 18th District

William w. Hoppin, Republican lead
or of the new 18th Assembly District,
resigned at the regular meeting Of the
district organization Tuesday night, and
William Chilvers was elected unani-
mously to fill the vacancy. The nomi-
nation Of Mr.. Chilvers was recommends
cd by the women of the district, under
the leadership of Mrs. John II. Iselin.
Mr.. Hoppin had been leader of the dis
trict for several years.
Mr.. Chilvers was Republican leader
of the district for six years, when it
was known as the 29th Cor "Silk Stock
ing") District. The district organiza-
ton numbers among its members Gov
crnor Whitman, ex-senator Elihu Root.
Andrew Carnegie, George w. Wick
ersham, William r. Wilcox, James K.
Sheffield, Frederick C. Tanner, Chaun-
cey NJ. Depew, Otto I. Barnard, Gordon
Knox Bell, Herbert Parsons, John D..
Rockefeller, jr., and many other promi.
nent persons.
There are 6,096 women enrolled in
the district, the majority as Repub.
licans. At the Tuesday night meeting
the district committee indorscd Assem-,
hlyman Schuyler NJ. Meyer for Senator.
to fill the vacancy caused by the enlist
ment in the army Of Senator Courtlandt
Nicoll.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-04
$4,557, ,9O4 i'm Art
Left to Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art re-
celves total legacy of $4,557,90 un-
Ger the will of Isaac D. Fletcher. who
was president of the Barrett Manu-
1acturlng Company at the time of his
death on April %, 1917. The bequest
TO the museum, consisting of paintings
rugs. sculpture and notable collection
OF jewels, together with the residue OF
the estate, had been estimated as high
as S1O,0Oo,000, but the exact figure, less
than half that, became known only
yesterday when the transfer tax ap-
pralsal was transmitted to the Sur
rogates' Court.
II he principal items of the personal
estate are: Contents of house at 2
East Seventy Street, $l,031,467
including tapestries, rugs and fabrics,
Sl7S,568; bronzes and sculpture, s126,-
O2O; paintings, $491,65 Chinese por-
celains and pottery, s47,l40; antique
glass and pottery, $6S,420, and jewelry,
S281,765.
Among the valuable paintings in Mr..
Fletcher's collection Of works of art
are a number of masterpieces by Rem
brandt. Gainsborough, Rubens, Reyn-
olds, Corot and Millet. The appraised
value of these is topped. however. by
a portrait of Mile. Charlotte du Vail
d'Ouges, by Jacques Louis David, the
price of which is set at $4,000.
"Head OF Christ" painting IA
inches by IS, from the brush of Rem
brandt, is appraised at S65,OOO. Others
ere "The Turkey Herder," by Millet,
$4,000; "Miss Sparrow" by Gains,
borough, $4,000; "Ville d'Avra," by
Corot, $4,000; "Elizabeth Reynolds. j
by Joshua Reynolds, $4,000, and "Jean
de Waal," by Rubens, $4,000.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-04
Musicals TO Continue

The series of Friday Afternoon
Musicals in Greenwich, by the New
York Chamber Music Society, Carolyn
Beebe. director and pianist, will be
continued during July. Mrs. Robert
Franklin Adams will be the hostess to-
morrow at lngleside, and on July II
Mrs. John Ii. Flagler will open her
music room and appear on the pro
gramme. Miss Mary B. Ely will be the
hostess at Ely Court on July 10. and
the series will close on July 26 at The
Priory the Field Point home of Mrs.
Samuel +. Pryor.
The patronesscs include Mrs. Francis
X. Brown, Mrs Edmund C. Converse,
Mrs. Edward B. Close, Mrs. Seymour ].
Hyde, Mrs. Edgar l.. Marston, Mrs.
William G. Rockefeller, Mrs. r. A. c.
Smith, Mrs. Matthew Astor Wilks and
Mrs. Hugh J. Chisholm.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-04
Roosevelt to Talk
To Republicans on
National Issues

Colonel Roosevelt has accepted the
invitation of George A. Glynn, Chair
man Of the Republican State Com
mittee, to address the State Conven-
tion in Saratoga on July 1s. In his
letter of acceptance, which the Colonel
handed to his nephew, Senator Theo-
dore Douglas Robinson, manager OF
Attorney, General Lewis's campaign,
to deliver to Mr.. Glynn, the Colonel
lntimated that he assumed he, ex-
president Taft and E]ihu Root who
have also accepted, would be called
upon to speak before any platform was
adopted. The Colonel will confine
nlmself to a discussion Of national
issues.
81 thank you" the Coloneps letter
to Chairman Glynn reads, "for your
telegram of invitation; it gives me
pleasure to accept
i snail OF course speak on national
issues, from the patriotic standpoint,
as take It for granted Taft and Root
who | understand have accepted) will
also: and therefore I assume that VIC
shali speak before the report of any
platform by the convention.
with renewed thanks.
Very sincerely yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
Chairman Glynn said the committee
VII make arrangements to have the
colonel speak at a time agreeable to
him. ~
New-York tribune., 1918-07-04

April, 1913, suffered a physical col
lapse that was attributed to his short
ration regimen.
he queues had disappeared from the
British food stores. Prices were es-
tablished and, while stories Of the suf-
ferlngs Of Germany and Austria leaked
past the censors, the British smiled and
boasted of what Rhondda had ac-
compllshed for them. There was food
enough, and each obtained his share:
the coal king had won the fight and the
applause OF his countrymen.
Before undertaking that task
Rhondda had, in 1915, organized the
British munitions buying in the United
States and Canada and put it on a.
business basis.
Born at Adare, Wales, March 2e, 1856.
David A. Thomas was the son of a
colliery owner. Succeeding to his
fathers business he became head of
the great Cumbrian combine. which
controlled many mines producing steam
coal used by the British navy. He was
elected to Parliament from Cardiff, and
twice refused to be made a peer. Long
before he began to figure in public life
he was widely known in America as the
British Coal King" His fayorite rec
reation was in farming.
In 1882 he married Sybil Haig, Of
Penithon. They had one daughter.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-04

illustrations Of his utter ignorance of
tho wants and needs Of the great rural
community"