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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-04

A resolution for the appointment of
Federal receivers for profiteers who
break the law. with power to reduce
prices, is asked in a resolution direct
ed to the President and Attorney Gen
eraI of the United States by the ma
tional executive committee of the Pri-
vate Soldiers and Sailors Legion.
The resolution sets forth that they
believe the President and Attorney
General have ample power under anti
trust laws to give immediate relief,
and asks for action against corpora
tons who are cornering the markets
and plUndering the people.
The legion is said to represent
1000, 900 private soldiers and sailors
and to have the sympathy of many
millions of relatives and friends OF
these men.
The national officers Of the legion
also are authorized to confer with At
torney General Palmer. State and
Government officials, the railroad
brotherhOods and other labor. farm
and reform organizations. to the end
that sentiment may be brought solidly
behind the President and other gov
ernmentai forces in the work Of reliev-
ing the people from these unbearably
eNtortionate high prices in the neces-
sites Of life"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-04
MONEY ROLLSINT TO
HELP EX-CONVCTS

Contributions are still coming into
the treasury Of the Prisoners Relief
Society, according to Earl budding.
president, and although many of those
interested are not able to send much.
the dollar gifts in the last few DAYS
have passed the hundred mark.
The society has been given 10000
envelopes by a Washington stationery
firm, and President budding declares
the extensive business of the society
will use them up in short order.
One of the society's best friends in
Washington, said Mr.. budding. is John
Dolph, who a short time ago was an
pointed by the Rotary Club to make
an investigation Of the work for eX-
convicts, and has been a friened of the
society ever since.
Nr. Dolph has been doing all he can
to get jobs for eX-convicts. and dav
rarely goes by during which he does
not obtain employment for at least
one man. Mr.. Dolph, many days, puts
four and five men in places. and the
society says il is no wonder he is
popular with the men the society is
aiming to help.
a man never comes back from
John Dolph without a job says Mr.
budding.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-04
NEWWARRANT RANK
FOR WAR OFFICERS

Congressman Charles R. Crisp of
Georgia has introduced a bill in the
House providing for the promotion of
efficiency of the permanent military
establishment" by allowing officers
of the army who were non-co minis
stoned officers at the time Of receiv-
ing their commissions, to be retained
in the service with the rank of chief
warrant officers and warrant officers,
depending upon their present rank,
with a base pay of S125 and 500 a
month.
Under the present ruling, and fol-
lowing the policy of the War Depart
ment to cut down the officer person
mel of the army to its pre-war basis
hundreds of men who were commits
stoned from their grades of sergeanIs
anc above, will be discharged.
The bill proposes that men who
were commissioned from the ranks
above the grade of sergeant, who had
five years previous service, and
whose temporary rank was that OF
captain, major, lieutenant colonel, or
colonel, be given the rank of chief
warrant officer with a base pay of
1925 a month and allowances.
For those men with FIVE years
previous service commissioned from
the rank Of sergeant or above, and
whose temporary commission termi-
mated with the rank of second lieu
tenant or first lieutenant, he recon-
mends retention in the army with
the base pay of 500 a month and
allowances.
The bill has been referred to the
Committee on Military Affairs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-04
D. c. JEWS GOING
TON. Y. CONFERENCE

Washington delegates to the con-
ference to be held in New York next
Sunday at the call of Felix II. War
burg, Wall Street banker and chair
man of the joint distribution commit
tee OF the Jewish relief funds, will
include Mrs. Abram Simon, Fulton NJ.
BryIawski and Col. Herbert II. Leh-
man.
Scores from the Capital City will
attend the conference, which will
consider the present crisis of Jewry
abroad as outlined by recently re-
turned investigators, and to deter
mine upon a definite, unified program
in which all sections of American
Jewry shall join to save the race in
Europe from destruction.
The conference will extend over
period Of two or three days. J. Wal
ter Freiberg. DR.. Harry Frieden-
valid and Julius Levy are going from
Baltimore, and Edward n. Calisch, OF
Richmond. VIII represent Virginia
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-04

These well-known furS are sold
in Washington exclusively by this
store.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-04

Made Of dependable washa-
pie mat iS5, inciuq 1ig pc
white with contrasting color
trimmings. In Junior Nor
folk, regulation MILDLY. Dutch
and Jack Tar models. Sizes
21s to S years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-04
SEEKING DIVORCE, SHE
SAYS HE WAS CRUEL

Alleging extreme cruelty, Mrs.
Katherine G. Cady has filed suit
in the District Supreme Court.
against Richard II. Cady for main
tenance, and a limited divorce. Dur
ing the time they lived together al
leScs the wife, her husband bought
her only a couple II calico dresses.
and these she couldn't wear on the
street. The husband was also in
sanely jealous, the wife declares.
They were married in July, 1918.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-04
FURNITURE AND HOUSEHOLD
EQUIPMENT

To be sold by the
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
At the Food Administration Building No. 2,
18th and ID SITS. n. w.
DAILY-FrOm 10 A. NJ. to p. NJ,
Commencing August LIST.
large part Of this furniture and equip
nnent is new. The sale will also include a
certain amount of furniture and equipment
which was used by the Government work
ers- The sale will include bedroom, living
room and dining room furniture, linens,
bedding, blankets. siiverware, china and
kitchen utensils.
This is an excellent opportunity for the
small buyer. Those who, come first VIII OBJ
tain. the best aelertion. as the saRa viii be
STOPPED ~ soon as the surplus Is dis
posed OF
vision Of the United States Housing Cor
poration-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-04
Editorial

We recently read an
article by THE ATer-
Chandise Man" IN which
he says such prices as
13c, 36e. csc. etc, were
bad attractions, and he
also said the same items
marked 1Sc, 39c and 81
would sell several times
as fast.
Thank our lucky stars
this M. NJ" has nothing
10 do with pricings in
the Store Of Greater
Service"
Why, raising I3c items
to lJc just to get a what
he calls "psychoIogicaI
price" would increase
the cost of thpt one
item to the public al
most fifty per cent.
No store has a right
to add more than a legitL
mate profit to it's mer-
chandise. and no reason
can justify one cent
more no matter how
freakish the sensible
price may be.
It is "a pity that such
false IDEAS OF store
keeping should be spread
broadcast.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-04
August Sale
Silks

$1.75 Value, $1.59
White or flesh wash satin,
sc inches wide.
So. so Silks, $1.98
Striped or plaid silks, Sc
inches wide.
$3.50 Silks, $1.98
Foulards with navy or
black grounds and white
figures. So and 40 inches
wide.
$500 Silks, $40
Georgette crepe of extra
heavy quality in navy, copen,
cadet, white and ivory. 40
inches wide.
= $3.50 Silks, $3.19
Black imported bonnet sat-
in. IS inches wide.
Third Floor
LapSburgh & Bro.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-04
Sale of BedWear
readS, Blankets and Mattresses at SAYINGS Worth While

Double Size Columbia Mills Blankets,
size 65x76; finished ike a wool klanket.
Shown in white or gray with pink or blue
borders. Pair, S5.15.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-26

the revolutionists from Kiel for ten
days before the arrival of the allied
armies, the people knew practically
nothing Of what was going on beyond
the Rhine.
Some said that the mutiny at Kiel
had been suppressed and the ring
leaders put to death: Others that the
mutineers had captured Berlin and
seized the government a report that
thousands had been slain in rioting IN
Berlin was contradicted by a report
that the demonstrations there had
been put down without bloodshed by
handful OF policemen
The fact that the Strasbourg revo-
luton had been little more than
civic holiday in which every man
rather jocularly tore off his neigh
boris insignia and replaced them with
red ribbon, led US to believe that
the outbreak in the rest Of Germany
was the same sort Of comic opera
revolution also.
The French attitude was that the
whole revolution was a trick OF the
German bureaucrats. They could not
bring themselves to believe in a COM
piete collapse of German morale IN
der the pretense Of a change TO de-
moeracy they believed Germany was
trying to get a soft peace. Many said
the armistice was merely blind TO
give Germany time TO reform and re-
fresh its armies, when it would fan
upon the allies again as suddenly as
it did in 1914.
It was impossible for me to believe
in such an hypothesis. 1t did not seem
reasonable that a nation OF 100000
could toy with the flames Of revolu-
ton
Machine Guns and Government Orders
Although I wanted to go straight
into Germany there were several
small obstacles in the way, such as
French guards armed with machine
guns. waving searchlights, and orders
from Marshal Foch- And then as a
Paris and report to the French war
office. since I was on the Rhine as
their guest.
On arriving in Paris I announced
my plan to Leading American, British
and French authorities. Most Of them
were sympathetic, but powerless- The
British and Americans said they could
conceive Of no better public service
than to go over into Germany and
find out the truth about economic
conditions and the attitude of the
German mind
Tle French foreign office on the
Quai d'Orsay was frankly and unalter-
been too often the victim of German
propaganda and villainy to be willing
TO take any chance. The advantages
of having a truthful account Of Ger
many's internatal affairs TO their
mind was more than eounterbalanced |
by a fear OF some i1ladvised publicity
that might weaken the entente deter
mination to make Germany pay in full
for all its crimes. France held the
trump cards because the foreign Of |
flee had gotten Marshal Foch TO issue
orders that no one should be allowed
TO get into Germany or Austria Not
only was the Rhine very carefully
guarded, but. for the time. the from
tiers into all neutral countries. like
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-26
y 2Zsat1o1e1 SozdIerc
~cls7reaf1om 0e<1n0W Rz5oHH 4
STR n5o0~6 Wel1z76 German heZ7et. .

experience would have made Us more
From Alsace We went to the
Franco-Swiss frontier. We found
stationed at intervals Of from 40 70
90 yards with machine guns Be-
yond them was a barbed wire fence
about so yards wide faced with an
iron fence nine feet high Beyond
the fence and opposite the French
posts were lines Of swiss patrols
After studying the situation my editor
companion agreed with me that We
had better try to get into Germany
by way of the Arctic ocean or some
other simpler and safer route
Just for the fun of It we went to
one of the towns on the border. where
trains were accustomed to pass back
and forth in normal times There we
found about six lines Of guards in
stead OF two. No trains were run
ming except that occasionally Swiss
I train, manned by a Swiss crew. came
out OF Germany filled with French
prisoners OF war, crossed one corner
of Switzerland and then over the
frontier. into France. Once in France
the prisoners were always unloaded
and the train went hack 10 Basic.
Hid in Empty Car; Found.
| Such a train came across the bor-
/ der one evening When the poilus
piled off we mingled with them, and
q
were unobserved. slipped into a COM
partment and hid Luck was against
Us. A French major had spotted US
and notified the colonel We were
I then rather unceremoniously dragged
L off the train
/ NY reflections when we were hailed
/ before the commandant were so
mournful that I scarcely Ike to re-
count them even now had been
! long enough associated with military
affairs to know that he would be well
within his right il he stood US before
firing squad as German spies. cam
I Ouflaged as war correspondents. with
: out waiting to investigate our story.
! We had violated the laws Of war. and
/ figured that II we got off without a
i long term OF penal servitude we could
I consider ourselves lucky.
A Decent German.
Fortunately for Us. this particular
, colonel was an unusually decent chap,
. He put US through separate examina-
F, tons Apparently he was satisfied
with our stories. which happened 10
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-26
German ny
l. Getting Into

sOnAn AaeIor As CudO My Deter
To Germany The Truth Difficulties Of The Undertaking 9med BACK
Rhine How Copct Ambulance Driver Came 10 The Rescue
Switzerland and Released The AdGEhed SOIdd
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-26

Some careless and inconsiderate
person on the shore we had just left
started to plav n searchlight on the
water. In a little while other lights
above and below began feeling out
the river with their luminous fingers.
Fortunately for US, we got back
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-26
BTTrOy DESICys.

Artists are invited to design a but
ton 10 be worn by the members OF
the newly formed American Legion.
IN the organization OF which Lieut.
Col Theodore Roosevelt was pr0mi-
nent- Designs should be submitted
not later than August Is. to Charles
Parson- secretary emblem committee.
American Legion. $50 DoWnington
avenue. salt Lake City, Utah Cash
prizes OF $50. $50 and SO viii be
awarded This button promises TO be
as popular as the badges worn by the
veterans Of the civil war.-From Les
lies
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-26

Holland and Swift erland. were closed
and heavily guarded.
Entering Germany.
I told the Americans and British
that proposed going on my own re-
sponsibility. They wished me luck
and godspeed, but said they thought
I would find it impossible I apprs-
ciated the French point Of view and
so did they. France had been living
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-26
BIZ LOWELL THOMAS.

without being seen. Out there where
we had been a moment before. the
surface Of the Rhine was picked out
in a light in which il would have
been impossible for US to have es-
capped observation SO we had oeen
compelled to return, with nothing for
our pains but chills and wetting-
You would have imagined that that
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-26

IN these days when our young men
are ripe at the age O. 30. and all
too often grabbed off by the grim
reaper in the flower O. Their useful
ness. it is indeed refreshin' { turn Z
that sturdy ole dogwood. Alex New
ton. Uncle Alex" as he's fondly
known. wuz born in one o tn Vir-
ginias in 1926. As he wuz the Oldest
O. eight childre. he went t live with
tn Indians at tn age o ten Later he
struck out fer tn west. an after a
long an perilous route Ia 49,
pl,o,,..
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-26

The substitution OF the electric enaIr
for the gailows is being urged BY the Ma
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-26

DSNdL4e an apprentices IN wagon SnOl
"a position regarded in tkos>days as
tn steppin' stone Z wealth a.. fflu-
ence. In due time he r9arrie5
blood Cherokee womas an AaIr
family O. IL children. 1ntinuins a
trade nevertheless. has a MS
is a valued circus ;t;nIliope Div. who .
position much = hi'4k.in' as jfyer. p
MIN nn11n, his wi wTiinttssrssin. 1fibnnseAl lS
stealin' a tourA s.Tra an,
heard J. 90
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-26
Germany's Revolt.
Is in Strasmourg tina

countered the first direct evidence
that the revolution in Germany was
something more than 4 matter OF
rumor. although nearly everybody in
France insisted that It was nothing
more than camoufizge. Although
Strasbourg had been IN the hands of
The Washington times., 1919-06-07
FISHER NAY BE AMBASSADOR.

LONDON, June DIR. Herbert
Fisher, president OF the board OF edu-
cation, now in Paris. probably will
be the next Ambassador al Washing
ton, says q copyright dispatch 10 the
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Washington times., 1919-06-07
GIBBONS TOPRESIDE
AT COMMENCEMENT

Cardinal Gibbons will preside at
the commencement exercises Of the
class of 1919 at St. Cecilias Academy.
Sol East Capitol street. next Tues
day morning at II o'clock. The ad-
dress to the graduates will be made
by Bishop Shahan, rector OF the Cath
Ollie University. Miss Dorothy Louise
Harvey will be the valedictorian, and
Miss Marie Helen Murdoch will well
come the Cardinal. Essays in prose
and verse will be read by the other
graduates.
The bacCalaureate sermon will be
preached Sunday by Rev. William 2.
,ennartz, c. S. c., OF Holy Cross Col
lege, Brookland, at a special mass in
the academy chapel at O'Clock. The
graduates and students will receive
holy communion at this service. The
art exhibition OF the work of the stu
dents will open Saturday at the stu
do OF the academy and will continue
throughout Tuesday.
The class Of 1919 comprises Marie
Helen Murdoch. Dorothy Louise Har-
,ey. Joanna Veronica O'DOnnell, Lo-
hetta Mary Goheen and Josephine
Katherine NeUland.
The Washington times., 1919-06-07
DIXIE MEMORIAL
DAY TOBE SIMPLE

Simplicity will characterize the
exercises tomorrow in Arlington
Cemetery commemorative of the. Con-
tederato Memorial Day, arranged by
the Confederate Veterans Associa-
ton. the Sons Of Confederate Vet
Grams, Daughters Of the Confederacy
and the Southern Relief Society.
The program includes the sounding
OF the assembly by a bugler from the
Marine Band and the singing Of
America by the sssemblage, after
which will follow the invocation, given
by the Rev. DR.. Randolph H. McKim.
The Grafton will be given by Repre-
sentative Charles N. Stedman Of North
Carolina. a veteran fighter OF the Con-
federacy. The Rev. J. A. Norton will
give the benediction at the close OF
the exercises.
The Southern Cross" presented by
the Sons Of Confederate Veterans, will
be unveiled, and the graves of the
Confederate dead will be covered with
flowers. The Tomb Of the Unknown
Dead and that of Gen. Joe" Wheeler
will also be decorated.
Music will be furnished by the Ma
rine Band, and the National Quartet
will sing.
The Washington times., 1919-06-07
GrOwn-UpS Take Interest
In Bible Contest For
Children of Capital

seven days; the body was AnaIIy
buried I'm Hebron, I'm the cave Of
HaehPelah, where Abraham and his
wife Sarah and his son Isaac were
buried. Genesis sos = TO Is.
63-The second funeral IL aOt 50
fully described, but We are told that
JOseph's body was also embaImed !;
that his body was laid I'm \ eOfAn /;
and that the body was laid to rest
In the land of Egypt. CThe funeral
of Joseph was not really completed
until his bones were finally carried
Ia CanaaR.D
64-The Christ-IIke counsel given
by jacob to hfs sons Just before hkS
death was that he should ask their
brother Joseph TO forgive them fer
the evil they had done. Geaebts SOI
&c and IL.
6S-The performance Of eIreUne4S-
ion establishes by Abraham accord
Ing to Gods instructions, became .
religious rite among his descendants.
Gen. Chap. Ia.
66-Mmasseh and EphratM, sens 81
Joseph. were blessed by their grand
father crossing his hands - he laid
them upon their heads. Gen. 49, .
to 20.
67-The sons Of Heth said t. Al
FHham, Thou art q mighty prince
among u.s."
6S-The selling Of Joseph II the
FIRST Bible account OF buying and sell
ing n human being. His brothers
did the selling and the Ishnaelltes
did the buying. Gen. ga %.
89-BenJamin, n little boy, was the
FIRST person In history 10 be falsely
accused of stealing. Gen. -; to IL.
1O-The words spoken to Joseph by
his father-In-Iaw that are today used
very often for the closing of religious
services are: The Lord watch be-
tween me and thee when We are alb
sent one from another" Gen. 31I 20.
1.-THE longest chapter in Genesis
IL the twenty-fOurth. II tells OF the
selection of ISaRc's wife, or In other
words of IsRac's cOurtshIp.
72-GOd il mentioned In the Arat
chapter thirty-twO times, although
there are but thIrty-One verses in the
chapter.
73-JOseph l. the Arst person On.
rerOrd TO he Imprisoned and after he
ing released from prison to be i'm
indefinitely given n position of power
next only Ia the king. Gen. 1920, and
4I;4I.
74-GOd revealed TO Joseph that his
relatives would some day carry his
bones TO Canaan. Gen. 5OI24 and IS.
75-In his last words to his sons.
Jacob snid that the sceptre would not
depart from judah till ShiIO come,
thus Indicating another and greater
ruler. JSOme interpret it till ali men
come To shilO. or to worship which
stu refers 20 another ruler. Gen.
1910.
The Washington times., 1919-06-07
YEOMEN q FORM
BETSY ROSS POST

The first organization OF women
war veterans in Washington was
formed yesterday afternoon at a
meeting in the Red Cross Recreation
Center. Seventeenth street and New
York avenue northwest. when sew
eral hundred yeOmen Cd enrolled in
Betsy Ross Post, No. I. The person.
mel of the post will include women
who have served with the marine
corps, all branches OF the army and
navy, and other military organiza-
tons during the war
The organization will confer bene-
fits upon members in time Of illness
II will help the needy of the post. and
VIII perpetuate the work of the
American women in the war.
Officers elected for the Betsy Ross
chapter were Miss Hope Knicker-
booker. chairman. anu Miss Adelaide
Z. Harden. secretary. The tempo
rary chairman will select committee
of tive yeomcn Cd to form a nomi-
mating committee to elect permanent
post officers.