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The Washington times., 1919-10-27
BILL RAISES D. c.
EMPLOYEES PAY
Workers Association Asks 40
Per Cent Increase for This
Fiscal Year.

: Salaries OF forty-fve hundred en-
pioyea Of the District government
who receive 81 500, or less. yearly. are
increased 40 per cent by a bill sent
to Congress today by Local 50. an
association OF municipal employees AZ
niiated with the Federal Employees
Union.
The Increase would be effective
during the fiscal year ending June 30,
1920. 1t is designed to tide over un-
derpaid employees until the proposed
general reelassihcation OF salaries
becomes effective.
The increase would apply only to
employees now receiving $1,000 or less.
who put in their entire time. Mem
bers OF the hre and police depart
ments are specifically excluded. The
funds would be appropriated from
unexpended District revenues.
Edward NJ. Dawson. president of the
local, took the bill to the Capitol to-
day. He is interviewing several Sem
ators and Congressman IN the hope Of
having them introduce tho bill.
senator France and Congressman
Zihiman told Dawson they favor an
increase In salaries for the District
employees, he said this afternoon.
The association believes District
employees will be awarded an increase
by the salary reclassifcation commit
tee, and for that reason have asked
only a temporary raise in salaries.
District employees are among the
most underpaid workers in the city
The average salary of a local Govern
ment clerk is ss4s a year A great
majority have families and II is al
most impossible for them to live de-
Gently. y
Every effort is being made to have
this bill pushed through Congress
The association has the backing Of
the National Federation of Federal
Employees.
40 per cent increase, with the
$40 bonus retained, will mean n lot
to the District employees 1t win
bring their, salaries to a basis similar
to those provided for the police and
firemen.
Doat spend your Liberty Bond
interest. Retnvest II In w. 8. 8.
The Washington times., 1919-10-27
Prominent Jurists Take
Part In Rehabilitation of
District Court Building

Laws will pass away constitu-
ttons themselves will be altered or
supplanted, but the sentiment Of JUS
tice will not be lost. II carries jn-
Vulnerable laws and constitutions IN
It's bosom; and 1t is to that sentiment
itself, rather than to any present-dEy
embodiment of it's aspirations. that
Ie dedicate this place"
In his address on the sentiment
that attaches to places where justice
is administered, Justice Wendell
Phillips Stafford, of the District Su-
preme Court, at the rededication OF
Its remodeled building this afternoon,
gave utteraRce to above, statement
"As years go on" said the eminent
turist, "what tragedies will be enact
ed here, what comedies of error,
cynic might suggest; but today we
will not hear him. Here will come
all tongues. all creeds, all races, the
aggrieved with eagerness TO have his
wrong redressed. the wrong -doer with
reluctance lest his sin should find
him out. May the juries be anxious
TO find the truth and establish II, by
their verdicts; the witnesses abie
and willing to tell the truth, and the
litigants willing to have them. May
the advocates be more Jealous to vim
dicate the truth than to maintain
their causes. May he that triumphs
depart without exultation. and he
that Is defeated without resentment.
And, finally o Themis, may thy
bandage never slip; but IL it should.
ever so little. let it serve only 20
show thee the side OF the weak and
oppressed"
Justice Stafford paid a glowing
The Washington times., 1919-10-27

tribute to those who are passed for
ever from this hall"
Judge Coyf.stsn SPEAKS.
Former Chief Justice of the District
Supreme Court J. Harry coyington
said, in part: In these days when
wisdom, patience aud courage are
called for In solving the problems of
the construction In the paths Of peace
which press upon us and with peo-
pie struggling to restore themselves
to the ways of industry and thrift as
the inseparabie incidents of peace and
happiness. the demonstration Of the
complete justice of government is the
most vital thing to us. We have to
deal with millions who have but indif-
ferentiy, or not at all. grasped the
Significance of the war and our part
in it; they still less appreciate the
necessity of the adjustments of bust
ness and labor to a stern basis in or
der to stabilize organized society here
and abroad"
Falso Doctrine.
Speaking in behalf of the bar as
ISOLATION. Attorney Henry Z. Davis
gave an interesting retrospect Of ie-
e@N eiia sfb&Asr SobfNs euo
judges in the District. He said, IN
closing his address: 1T IL some " hat
the vogue to praise the past and be-
little the present; to find that what
has been is gone never to return. and
that what 10 never should have been.
Judges and lawyers alike are looked
at from this mournful viewpoint and
all of good is seen only in cemeteries.
This 10 false doctrine; II IL were not.
we would as well close the law
schools, burn the libraries, and abol-
ish the courts. There are judges as
learned, courts as pure, lawyers as
high-charactered and honorable as
ever In those older days"
Chief Justice Walter i. Mccoy pre-
sided over the ceremonies, and II.
Prescott Galley. president of the bar
association, introduced the latter.
The Rev. DR.. Charles Wood, of the
Church of the Covenant, said the
opening prayer. and Mgr. Thomas, of
st. Patrick's pronounced the benedic-
ton. Justices of the Court of Ap-
peals, the District Supreme Court. the
Police Court the Municipal and Ju-
Yenile Courts were present, as we'll as
representatives OF the United States
supreme Court, the Court of Claims.
and other tribunals. After the cere-
monies reception was held in the
Courthouse building and refreshments
were served.
The Washington times., 1919-10-27
REDCROSSSEEKS
DRIVE VOLUNTEERS

Managers OF the volunteer cani-
psign for the American Red Cross
will exert every effort TO secure the
quota Of 1000 persons 20 enroll mem
bers in the coming Thanksgiving VIC
tory roll call, from November TO No
vember IL.
A meeting of the managers was held
this morning at the uniformed corps
headquarters, 1220 Connecticut ave
nue. northwest. at which plans for the
coming membership drive were dis
cussed.
Another meeting will be held this
evening in the Office of Charles K.
Stewart. chief clerk OF the Depart
ment OF Justice, to organize more
thoroughly the personnel OF the Gov
ernment departments chief clerk
committees. which will have charge
of the work of securing members in
their respective offices.
The Washington times., 1919-10-27

Don't let careless expendfture
make sieve of your purse. Bsy
wfseiy. asd fscnease yssr money hold
ings BY investing In W. q. 3.
The Washington times., 1919-10-27
DELAY ACTION ON
P0LCEMEN'S PAY

Absence of a quorum today prevent
ed the Senate District commIt.ao
from taking action on the polic.n.n,,
pay bill. Senator Sherman will nv
to get the committee together To-
morrow.
Senator Calder of New York. who
Is absent from the city. expects -
return tomorrow and will then pr.s-
ent the subcommittee's rcorm.,5.
tion for further increases in nsv
The Washington times., 1919-10-27
opportunities 10 BUY
or RENT attractive

or KENT ATTRACTIVE
homes , were offered
YOU last week in the
Real Estate Classified
Advertising of The
hese pages today for
rsl
The Washington times., 1919-10-27
ON TRIAL FOR DEATH
OF BROOKLAND BOY

Charles Ross Webster, a forty.four-
year-old white man. charged VITA
murder in the hrst degree In con-
nection with the death, June last.
Of Richard II. Duyall. a fifteen-year.
old white boy. whose body was found
in 4 clump OF woods in Brookland.
was placed on trial before a jury aad
Justice Gould. presiding in Criminal
Court No. /, today.
The Washington times., 1919-10-27
LARGE CLASS CoNFIRNrp.

Cardinal Gibbons confirmed a class
OF lao children and fifty-six adults
including eight converts, at st. Win.
cent de PauPs Church yesterday
morning, being assisted by Fathers
Hiordon' Leary. Carroll. Paschsrus,
and keenan,
The Washington times., 1919-10-27
GIRL RUNS AWAY :
FROM INSTITUTION
But vigilaut Cop Takes 0ars
That She Doesn't
Get Far. :

Elizabeth wilkins. sixteen years old
an inmate OF the House Of Good Shep-
herd. attempted to escape from tn
Institution early this morning by
jumping from q thIro-story window.
The giri was found on Reservoir
street. between Thirty-sixth an6
Thirty-seventh streets northwest
early this morning by policeman r. L
Tomardy. Of the seventh precinct. sur
fering from injuries 10 her back ana
legs. She admitted 20 the police that
she had jumped from the window.
The policeman took the girl -
Georgetown Hospital She is expected
TO recover.
According TO the police. the gir
was cent to the House OF Good Shep-
herd last Saturday by the tuveniis
court for incorrigibility. y
ARBoRIsTx TO MEET HERE
The American Forestry Association
has announced the American academy
OF arborists will be held here Jan.
usry 10, 1920.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-05-21
Great Scott.

An. indianapolis woman had her first
experience with garden last year.
She spaded the plot herself and then
planted her seeds. Everything came
up fairly well in due time except the
potatoes, and they didn't come at all.
In desperation she went to friend. To
her she told Of her failure to grow po-
tatoes. Il bought such nice. smooth
Ones" she ended her plant, land
peeled them as nice as l could"
"Peeled them circulated the
friend.
"Yes," agreed the amateur gardener,
II peeled them as nicely as could and
cut out all the specs just as if l were
going to cook them. I did hate to put
those great white beauties in the
ground but did and they didn't come
up, and -"
"Great Scott!" CALCULATED the friend.
And that was all.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-05-21

OPS. grows worse-thc pain and dis
tress L. incessant and the truth
dawns that we have chronic stom-
ach trouble.
The case Of Mr.. Louis Young, 205
Merrimac St, Rochester, N. T., is
typical He writes: II suffered for
thirty years with chronic bowel
trouble. stomach trouble and hem
orrhages OF the bowels. We bought
a bottle Of Peruna and I took st
faithfully. began to feel better.
My wife persuaded me to continue
and I did for some time as directed.
Now am a well man." Mr.. Young's
experience is not unusual.
If you suffer from catarrh in any
form. whether of the head, stomach,
bowels or any other part of the
body, try Peruna. It may be just
what you need. Peruna comes in
either liquid or tablet form and is
sold everywhere. Your dealer has
It or will get it for you. Ask for
DR.. Hartman's World-Famous Pc
runa Tonic and insist upon having
It II you want your health accept
nothing else.
All the sick and suffering are in
vited to write The Peruna Company,
Dept. 70. Columbus. Ohio. for DE-.
Hartman's Health Book. The book
IS free and may help you. Ask your
dealer for q Peruna Almanac.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-05-21
A Feeling Of Security

You naturally feel secure when you
know that the medicine you are about to
take is absolutely pure and contains no
harmful OF habit producing drugs.
Such medicine is DIR. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, kidney, liver and bladder remedy.
The same standard of purity, strength
and excellence is maintained in every
bottle of Swamp Root.
It is scientifically compounded from
vegetable herbs.
It is not a stimulant and is taken in
teaspoonful doses.
1t is not recommended for everything.
It is natures great helper in relieving
and overcoming kidney, liver and blad'
der troubles.
A sworn statement of purity is with
every. bottle of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp.
Root.
If you need a medicine, you should
have the best. On sale at all drug stores
in bottles of two sizes, medium and large
However, if you wish first to try this
great preparation send ten cents to Dr.
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton,. N. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-05-21
Substitutes for Glass.

Materials Of many kinds, more or
less transparent, are being tried in
Europe to replace window glass, which
is unObtainable. CellulOse films are
made practical by mounting on metal
gratings, light wire screen, or cloth.
Glue interlaced with hemp strands be-
tween two sheets Of paper: albumen
and casein products; sheet gelatin. and
an artificial resin made by condensing
phenol with a formaldehyde solution,
all are imperfect but ready makeshifts.
More nearly resembling glass, but
comparatively expensive, are an oxide
Of silica made by fusing it with acid
oxides Of titanium or chromium, and
combination of greensand mari with
magnesia, bauxite and an alkali, melt
ed in an electric furnace. Some of
these glass substitutes are flexible
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-05-21
Rejects Title of "Hon,"

Il received a compliment yesterday
for which I did not thank the giver"
grumbled old Festus Poster "A total
stranger wrote me letter and adj
dressed me as "the Hon."
II do not know why he should have
applied that epithet to me, unless it
was because he did not know me. 1
feel safe in saying that even my enc
mics would not charge me with hav-
ing many of the characteristics Of an
Hon.
II am not fawning. smirking blath-
erskite, too lazy to work, nor am I a
liar and dead beat. 1t may be that
have one attribute of an Hon.
very likely l am a bore, but beyond
that | am not guilty."-Kansas City
Star.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-05-21
Alexandria.

Alexandria. founded by the world
conQueror. Alexander the Great. Is an
Egyptian city that Is eager to lose its
connection with the PARKWAY past and
become completely modernized. Fate
has favored this ambition. for the won
ders that Cleopatra knew have been
eaten by fire or swept away by the
sea. Alexandria is city of trade and
fashion. dominated by prosperous Eu-
rOpeans too deeply absorbed In the
stock exchange to be even vaguely In
terested In the romantic side If their
city
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-05-21
JUST AS LAWYER FIGURED IT
Legal Light Had Method Of His Own
Of Ascertainino Age Of Feminine
Witness.

Lou Guernsey has gone on record
that he doesn't think it should be nee
essary to establish the age of woman
witness In court. He made the state
ment after pulling bOner in court the
other day which has put him In bad
in one Los Angeles home, at least.
What Is your age MADAME" Lou
asked of the matrOnly witness.
MY age. why I've just turned a.
she gurgled.
Lets see. When you turn "a it's
A. figured Guernsey, II thank you
madam"
you brute" she Missed, but the
jury was more approximations An.
geles Times.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-05-21
Washday In 1919.

Unusually fine dinner you have to-
night, my dear" said a Kansas City
husband the other evening.
"Yes, it's the leftOvers from lunch,"
replied his wife,
big lunch today? You must have
had company. Why, l thought this
was"
$50 it was, dear. But, you see.
had to get big meal for the laundress
anyway, so l just fixed little more.
and had three of the club girls over"
Kansas City Star.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-05-21
He Knew Them.

II told you" said the merchant, ITO
mark this box Handle with care.'
What's this gibberish you've scrawled
on it?'
''That," replied the college graduate.
sis the Latin for Handle with care'"
Huh! How do you expect bag
gageman to understand that?'
"He won't, and therefore he won't get
mad and smash the boX"-BOstOn
Transcript.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-05-21
THE MOST DANGEROUS
OF ALL DISEASES

Get some GOLD MEDAL HARLEM
OIL Capsules at once. They are an old,
world Tor Centuries : They contain Sia o sIs
old-fashioned, soothing oils combined
with strength giving and system cleanse
ing herbs, well known and used by ply
sicians in their daily practice. GOLD
MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules are i'm
ported direct from the laboratories in
Holland. They are convenient to take,
and will either give prompt relief or
your money will Be refunded Ask for
them at any drug store, but be sure
to get the original imported GOLD
MEDAL brand. Accept no substitutes
In sealed packageA Three sizes.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-05-21
He Thouuht Of Father.

The twilight was wistful and sad.
Listen" she said. in tense voice.
Hear the bowling Of the wind among
the trembling trees. See how mourn
full lies the waning light on the hills.
This chilly desolation! Oh! does it
not make you feel that in life there is
too much of cold, too much of bleak
ness?"
swell, no." he answered. canditily.
Father. you see, Is in the gas stove
business"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-05-21
Talk Of Resourcefuiness!

He was discussing Australian re-
sourcefulness, and told how an Aus
tralian and his dog were lost in the
bush. They were starving. The man
loved his dog too well to think Of kill
ing him for food, not wishing to sur
vive his faithful companion.
At last he had a brilliant idea which
would serve to keep them both alive.
He kindled fire. cut off the dogs
tail, cooked 1t, ate the meat, and gave
the bone to the dog.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-05-21
PalpabIy False.

In town." stated CoOnrod, eldest son Of
Gap Johnson Of Rumpus Ridge. "A
farmer said he had thirty dogs and
killed 'em all in five days, killing an
odd number each day. What's the an
swer?"
"The farmer lied that's all" return
ed his sire.
"Ah. how do you know? Somebody
must. have told you"
Il don't need to be told. No farmer
that ever l knOwed, if he had any
sense, would kill any dogs a-tall, any
time. City Star.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-05-21

No organs Of the human body are 90
important to health and long life as the
Kidneys. When they slow up and COM
mence to lag in their duties, look out!
Danger is in sight.
Find out what the trouble is-with-
out delay. Whenever you feel nervous,
weak, dizzy, suffer from sleeplessness,
or have pains in the back, wake up at
signs to warn you that your Kidneys
are not performing their functions
properly. They are only half doing
their work and are allowing impurities
70 accumulate and be converted into
uric acid and other poisons, which
are causing you distress and will de-
stroy you unless they are driven from
your system.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-05-21
He Loved the Khaki.

The officer father bad just been mus
tered out and when he appeared in
'civvies" his eighteen-months-old son
failed to recognize him. In khaki had
the father first been introduced to the
baby and the baby refused to acknowl-
edge the acquaintance in other dress.
Papa all gomez he cried sadly. over
and over again-and when the parent
insisted-"No. Mo-" declared the
baby, papa all gone." AT least he's
not pacifist," was the fathers con-
selling remark.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-05-21
Could Not Resist His Anpeal.

"NO. Mr.. Smith," she said, gently but
firmly. Il can never be your wife"
Then he struggled to his feet and
said in broken tones:
Are all my hopes to be thus dashed
to pieces? Am l never to he known
as the husband Of the beautiful Mrs.
Smith?"
This was too much for the girl, and
she succumbed.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-05-21
An Easy Promise.

"John," said the wife tenderly,
promise me that If should be taken
away you will never marry Nancy
TarbOx.'
Certainly, Maria," replied the hus:
band reassuringly. II can promise you
that. She refused me three times
when I was n much handsomer man
than I am now"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-05-21
sAVEn- By A
FAITHFUL Wife
Suffered Thirty Years With stom.
aeh Trouble and Hsmorrhagss
OF the Bowels.
The Story Of q Wonderful Recovery

There is hardly
any one who does
not experien ce
some trouble with
the stomach. It ia
10 common that we
frequently pay lit
tie or no attention
to It. Yet, the
stomach is very
easily upset, and
catarrhal infam-
nation Of the mu-
couS lining deVel.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-05-21
Quite Unlike.

THAT fellow Beaten is sponge"
Don't libel useful article. You
couldn't get anything back from Beat
EN- by squeezing him."-BOstOn Eve
ming Transcript.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-05-21
Just BEGINNING,

Mrs. Finebred-"Is yours an old
family, Mr.. Newpop?" Mr.. Newpop-
Mercy. no! We've been married only
II year."
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-05-21

The Beginning Of Economy.
Husband-We1l have to economize,
dear.
Wife-Well, let's smoke less.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-05-21

The successful man is always busy
whether he feels like it or not. Any
man can work when he feels like it.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-05-21

The same hammer that breaks a
piece Of iron in two can be used to
weld two pieces Of iron into one.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-05-21

You will not do enough if you do
not try to do more than enough.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-07-16
The Caution of knowledge.

The cable brings word of British hpbudng unions debating
offer of sell them, much less than
shipyard There is much doubt the decision
At the when unframed poorly organized and lily ds
pned workers in Russia Hungary and Italy seizng industries
by organized trained disciplned workers
debate offer of ownership.
These shpbuding conservative They the
activity during They have been jealous
right and quick majority of them
have declared favor sociazd industry large
engaged in the management of big business
This experience and knowledge hesitation Cooperato
pitfalls of big business we'll profits Collective
bargaining difficulties of industrial management
All this knowledge and has taught that changing
ownership always transfer income 1t all
duction and income.
shipbulders opposed working only
they have work without production and
while waiting for a theoretical millennium
They hesitate of industry with which
familiar They carefully examine the teeth of the gift horse
make that he bite his prospective If after
such hesitation and study the industry taken there
believe it will continue produce income.
Labor is impatient of long suffered evils Its heart is sick with
deferred business which
it lives wishes wealth produces
the plenty violent
seizure of industry by employees Great populations eagerly trying
this plan.
significant the peoples know of industrial
the appeal violent seizure This is only
exclusively non-ndual nteecuals
organized unskled, era immigrants
much and learned little.
Organized, philosophy
1t has been against by injection experience
information.
The haste of ignorance bring progress but
destruction. Fools rush where angels fear tread"