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Washington Journal., 1919-08-01

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-23
SANTA CLAUS AND GIRL
SCOUTS SCATTER GIFTS
Touring the Slums of South Wash
ington in High Powered
Automobile.

| Surrounded by a bevy of Girl Scouts,
Santa Claus hoped into his high
| powered car, overlooking with Christ
ing for a tour of the slums of Wash
ington.
In response to scores of letters ad-
dressed to The Girl Scout Santa
Claus Lady," Santa took packages to
poor little youngsters who for weeks
have been fearful that they would
have dreary Christmas. Each case
had been investigated by the Girl
Scouts Association, assisted by the
District playground department. and
each had been pronounced worthy
The role of Santa Claus is being
taken by Charles Graft of lexington.
AS the car pulls up to each home.
Santa will hop out, will be handed
car, will deliver them to the poor
family, and will have a little chat
with the children, allowing them to
shake hands with him and possibly
pull his whiskers.
For months the Girl Scouts have
been busy gathering old toys and
clothing and putting them in first
class shape. Legs and arms have been
glued on broken dolls; dirty doll
faces have been washed; smashed toys
have been mended; torn clothes have
been patched: everything has been
made as good as new. Every child
has been promised that the toy he re-
ceives will actually work.
The packages were put up yesterday
afternoon at Girl Scout headquarters,
in the Woodward building, by members
of Troop II. which meets at the
Epiphany Church. The girls reread
the Santa Claus letters and then
wrapped up packages which would
meet the individual wishes of the
various children. Apples, nuts and
candy were put in along with toys and
clothing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-23
PLATE PRINTERS AS SANTAS.
To Give $500 Worth of Fruits and
Nuts to Soldier Patients.

Plate Printers Union, No. 2, made
at the bureau of engraving and print
ing; will distribute Christmas eve $500
worth of fruits, foreign and domestic,
and nuts among the soldier and sailor
patients at the Walter Reed Army
Hospital. ST. Elizabeth's and the Naval
Hospital. The distribution will be
through the K. of c., ~ Red Cross
and the Jewish Welfare Board. Dur
ing the past fifteen months this or
ganization has been engaged in this
work, sending weekly contributions to
the oldiers and sailors in these hospitals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-23
Motor Transport Vehicles Sale.

The sale Of 3.021 unserviceable
motor vehicles for a total of 1891, 533
up to December Is is reported by the.
chief of the Motor Transport Corpse
OF these vehicles. / .924 trucks brought<
an average of s412,S47. touring cars.
an average of S21l and $50 motors
cycles with side cars an average off
S43. About five thousand more We
hicles in the motor transport service
have been declared unserviceable and.-
VIII be offered for sale in the near
future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-23
THREE SMALL FIRES.
Exploding Gas Iron, Burning Win
dow Sill and One Other Reported.

Explosion of gas iron caused
excitement in the tailoring establish
ment of Solomon Goldberg, 18th and
o streets, shortly after O'Clock yes
terday afternoon. Firemen Of No. I
engine company responded to a call.
but there was nothing for them to
do, the small fire having been exz
tinguished before their arrival. w.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-23
SPLIT OVER LEAGUE QUESTION
FUNDAMENTAL, SIMONDS SAYS
Issue Between President and Senate o.
ponents Goes Deeper Than PERSONAL
tiles or Partisanship.

to postpone business resumption To
put the thing quite badly, quoting the
phrase of one well informed observ-
er here-Washington feels that the
country is no longer interested in
making the world safe for democ-
racy, but greatly concerned to see it
made secure for business"
Copyright, 1919. Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate. }
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-23

B. Harrison. colored. a presser. re-
ceived burns to his hands and arms.
Appearance of fire engines in front
of the Shoreham Hotel yesterday aft
ernoon attracted "A large crowd. \
window sill on the fifth floor had
caught fire from an overheated radi-
ator. The fire was quickly extin-
guished, little damage resulting.
Firemen responded to an alarm
sounded from box S125 about 80
o'clock this morning and extinguished
a small fire in the house of r. T.
Farr. AIS Columbia road. S25 damage
resulting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-23
For Your Gift BudQet

w of. We know their needs through
1lN serving them the year around. You
RgA Mans M can make no mistake on any OF
Vans Sore 4 these things; it's all a matter of
how much you want to spend on each gift.
SOC
Handkerchiefs Lisle Socks. Belt Buckles. Cuff
Links.
75c
Neckwear Handkerc1efs Fibre-Silk Socks.
Jewelry.
Neckwear Scarfpins Silk Socks Linen Hand
kerchefs.
Woven or Knitted Neckwear. Boxes OF Handker-
chiefs. Pure Silk Socks. Jewelry.
81
Neckwear from a selection of thousands Walk
ing Sticks. Leather Collar Boxes Easy Slippers.
Fine Silk Socks
Neckwear in fine and knits Woven Ma
dras Shirts. Gloves. Umbrellas Sets of Full Dress
Jewery. Boxes of Handkerchiefs.
Luxurious Knitted or Woven Neckwear Knitted
NIuf1ers. Manhattan Shirts Pajamas Walking
Sticks and Umbrellas. Fitted Toilet and Manicure
Cases Cigarette Cases. Fur Hats Leather Hand
kerchief and Neckwear Cases.
$3.50
Bath Robes. Travelling Bags Leather Brief
Cases. Motor Gloves. Silk Knitted Muff1ers Jew
elry. Fitted Toilet Cases
Dressing Gowns. House Coats. Smoking Jack
ets Jaeger pure wool Knitted Vests. Fur-lined Mo-
tor Gloves Genuine Ostrich Leather Bill Folds, gold
trimmed Silk Shirts
Boston Bags. Silk Shirts Detachable Fur Collars for
overcoats Motor Robes Fur Hats. Fur Lined Motor
and Walking Gloves. Suit Cases. House Robes Fine
Silk Knitted Muffers Fitted Travelling Toilet Cases.
Leather Brief Cases
Fine Silk Shirts. Knitted Muffers. Handbags. Suit
Cases. Motor Robes Detachable Fur Collars for over
Fur Hats. Walking Sticks Fine Silk Umbrellas.
SIS
Genuine Leather Handbags and Suit Cases. Black
Enamel Travelling Cases. Steamer Trunks. Fine Toilet
Cases, fitted Pure Wool Bath Robes. Silk Dressing
Gowns.
Interined Silk Dressing Gowns. Wardrobe Trunks
Luggage of fine Leathers Fitted Travelling Bags Fitted
Suit Cases.
Trunks Wardrobe Trunks and Handbags and Suit
Cases. with without toilet articles. Fine Overcoats.
$100
Reversible Leather Overcoats. Large Wardrobe
Trunks.
$185 to $500
ur-lined Overcoats
Many of the gifts listed be had prices between
those mentioned
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New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
Plumb Plan Attacked
By Railway Executive
Schemes Originator Unable to
Participate in Brooklyn
Debate

Glenn E. Plumb. counsel for the
railroad brotherhoods, failed to keep
an engagement yesterday to debate be-
fore the Brooklyn Chamber of Com
merce his plan Of ownership by the
government and railroad employees
Former Representative Dill, announced
as substitute when Mr.. Plumb was
reported as detained by business in
Washington, also failed to appear.
The Plumb plan was then read, and
Robert 8. Binkerd, assistant to the
chairman Of the Railway Executives
Association, who was to have debated
with Mr.. Plumb, then stated the mega
tive side. He said:
"The Plumb plan is of interest, be-
cause it is typical Of that well-consid-
cred economic thought which has al
ready plunged parts of Europe into
misery, and which is to-day. in every
country in the world, questioning the
institutions and services of property
and capital. What the Plumb plan
seeks to do in effect, is to pay capital
upon minimum wage and to appropri-
ate all the surplus which it is hoped
thus to produce for the exclusive BEN
eft Of the labor employed.
ut is easily demonstrated that it
is due to the intelligent direction con-
tributed by capital to transportation
during the last forty years that labor
is enabled at this moment to enjoy
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21

in which the 4th Army took $4,000
prisoners and more than 400 guns.
Battle Of Bapaume-August 81 to
September /, Sd Army and left wing
OF the 4th Army; $4,000 prisoners,
270 guns.
Battle of the Scarpe--August 20 to
September 8, 1st Army: 10000 pris-
oners, 200 guns.
Battle of Havrincourt and Epehy-
September IL to 18, 4th and Sd ar
mics; $4,000 prisoners, 100 guns.
Battle Of Cambra and the Hin
denburg Line-September 81, Octo-
Der S, 4th. Sd and lst armies. which
ended in the breaking Of the Hinden-
burg Line and in the capture Of 35,-
ooO prisoners and $50 guns.
Battle Of neutrality-suspicious. %
to October IA, I'd Army.
Battle Of lie Cateau-October 8 to
10, 4th. Sd and 1st armies.
Battle Of the Selle-October II to
25, 4th and Sd armies; 10000 pris-
oners, ATS guns.
Battle of the Sambre-November /
to IL, 4th, Sd and 1st armies; 49,
900 prisoners, 450 guns.
"The effect of these violent and re-
peated British attacks was greatly
enhanced because they were linked ur
with the actions of other Allied ar
mics, French, American and also Bel
gian, which struck blows that told no
less powerfully in the general plan OF
this converging assault, extending
from the North Sea to the Moselle.
"Never at any time in history has
the British army achieved greater re-
suits in attack than in this unbroken
offensive lasting 116 days, from July
18 to November II. The victory gained
was indeed complete, thanks to the
excellence Of the commanders of
armies, corps and divisions: thanks
above all, to the unselhshness, to the
wise, loyal and energetic policy of
their commander in chief, who made
easy a great combination and sane
toned prolonged and gigantic effort
Was it not the insight of an expert
enced and enlightened commander
which led him to intervene as he did
with his own government on March "a
1918, and with the Allied governme nts
assem- bled at Doullens on the 26th, to
the end that the French and British
armies might at once be placed under
single command, even though his
personal position should thereby suf-
fer?
ain the events that followed did he
not prove that he was above all anxi-
Gus to anticipate and move in perfect
harmony with the general Allied plan,
framed by the new supreme com
mand?"
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
Eagle Boat Fleet Put
On Coast Whisky Patrol

Anticipating general conspiracy
to bring rum and whisky illegally In
to this country, the Treasury Depart
ment has arranged to use the United
States Coast Guard Service in run
ming down smugglers who may seek
to land liquors from Cuba, Jamaica
and the West Indies along the Allan
tic Coast.
Captain Byron L. Reed. in command
OF this district, has been. informed
that feet Of Eagle boats will be put
at his disposal, and he has been au-
thorized to hire 1874 firemen, oilers
and machinists familiar with oil
burning craft, to man the small boats
that are to pursue the smugglers.
These boats will patrol the coast and
try to prevent steamships from drop
ping the contraband liquor overheard
when approaching port.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
French Ceneralissino Says
! fnified Command Was
Greatest Factor in Final
Victory for the Allies
"Dark Days. Described
rsck of Men and Munitions
Nearly Left Entente at the
Mercy of German Armies
Ne~ YorI; T~ibans
Foreign Press Bureau

LONDON. Dec Marshal Foch has
,1,tten the following introduction to
ssir Douglas Haig's Dispatches" ac-
.ordins to the Manchester Guardian"
The introduction was written for the
French edition of the book. and is re-
rroduced in English with the Marshal's
r.rnission and approval Marshal Foch
xrites
written wish the strictest regard
for the truth and scrupulously exact
10 the smallest details. these reports
sre distinguished by their unquestion-
able loftness and breadth of view.
"If the facts are sometimes set forth
with light touch. which does not take
Us down to the underlying causes and
some of their results. it is because
these reports written during the course
Of the war.and addre ssed to the British
government. were destined eventually
for the eyes of the whole nation. whose
feelings must be conside red, just as the
enemy must be kept from gathering
information of value None the less.
TO read them is TO discover how remark
SUE Was NHS A+iSNNStN4iiS purpose WnlCn
fashioned the British army from 1917
onwards into magnificent instrument
e. wsr.
Explanations Lacking
No instrument, however, can pro-
duce Of itself there must always be
the hand which knows how to use it.
When. therefore, the dispatches are
content with telling US that the period
Of attrit!on was followed in the natural
course Of events by the period of de-
cision, that the German armies. ex-
rausted and worn out by the fighting of
1914 1915. 1916 and 1917. were to be
defeated in 1918, they do not say why
the former period was SO long and the
latter 80 short Still less do they ex-
plain the change in the decisive period
when the Allies advanced to victory at
the double. only to be stopped by Ger
man capitulation at the armistice
THE results are briefly set forth
ther causes are not explained. All
mention of the hand which guided the
instrument is omitted We may be al
lowed to make good this deficiency. in
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
Bethune, Hazebrouck. Saint omer and

Bethune, Hazebrouck. Saint Omer and
Cassel.
Preparations were also made to food
tracts of country, for the ground was
to be contested bitterly. foot by foot.
Above all, powerful supplies of Allied
reserves were to be kept freely moving
in constant play between all the
French troops to relieve the Fifth
British Army south Of the Somme at
the commencement Of April, and for
seven French divisions to support the
Second British Army in Flanders in the
same month; for five British divisions
to reinforce the Sixth French Army on
the Chemin des Dames; finally, for two
British divisions to assist the Fifth
French Army in the Forest of Rheims,
and two other divisions of the Tenth
French Army at Villers- Cotterets, and
JOIN IN the counter offensive Of July 49,
Thus it was. thanks in particular
to the activities of the British higher
command and to its grasp of the
needs of the situation, more than 200
German divisions were stopped short
IN their offensive by smaller number
of Allied divisions, and our defensive
proved to be victorious. The same
must be said for the support lent by
the British troops to other armies dur
Ing our actual offensive.
I'm order to estimate the ardor and
endurance Of these troops during this
final stage it will be enough to mention
the dates and Importance Of the main
events:
Battle Of Amicns-August to 10,
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
Faces Death in Cell
In Effort to Give
Away $l6,000,000
U. S. Relief Worker in SYRIA
Finds Charitable Mission
Difficult and Succeeds
Only by Bluffing Turks

mere are circumstances under which
the giving away of $16.OOO,OO0 isn't as
simple proceeding as it would appear,
as Is evidenced by the experiences of
CHARLES A. Dana, Of Deer Leodge, Mont,
whose story was made public yesterday
through the Near East Relief.
Confinement for weeks in q filthy
prison cell with a madman for COM
pany, forced journey with his wife,
little daughter and niece for four days
on fiat car in the dead of winter. and
constant surveillance by Turkish gend-
armes were some of the difficulties Mr.
Dana had to meet in his capacity of dis
penser of assistance to the starving
people of Syria.
Mr.. Dana, bank auditor and exami-
ner, went to Beirut before the out
break Of the World War to reorganize
the American Press, the institution
which does the publishing and banking
for most of the Christian missions In
that part Of the world. When hostiIi-
ties began he took charge of relief
finances
Accused Of Propaganda
At the first distribution of relief
funds the Turkish police descended on
the American Press Headquarters. ar
rested many of the native refugees and
voiced suspicion that the money being
paid out had been received from the
French and British for propaganda pur-
poses. Mr.. Dana was twice arrested
and held for short time.
Mr.: Dana, his wife. young daughte,
and his niece. Miss Margaret McGil-
vray. whose father is head Of the
philosophy department in the Unver-
sity OF Wisconsin, eventually were de-
ported from Beirut by order Of AMI
Bey, the Governor. They travelled to
Constantinople on a fat car with other
deportees, thirty-two of whom died on
the way of exposure.
After conducting relief work from
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21

Constantinople for some months, Mr.
Dana was thrown into prison. There
were thirty other occupants of. the cell
and there was barely room for them to
stand up, packed in like sardlnes
Neither food nor water was given them
for two days and nights.
Then, for two months the relief
worker was locked up in dirty cell
with three other men, one of them
an insane Turk. The cell was directly
over powder magazine He was
finally threatened with execution un-
less the officials were paid $4,000. He
told them they were bluffing and was
shortly released. He had succeeded
despite all, in distributing about
$4,000, 900 in relief funds.
MIR. Dana is now back in Beirut, this
time handing out money, food and
clothing to the sufferers without
hindrance.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21

anything like the standard of living
to which it has attained. In the last
twenty years alone the railroads have
increased their freight-carrying capac-
threeeold and their passenger-carrying
capacity nearly as much. while at the
same time the cost of moving freight
has declined, the cost of carrying pas
sengers has remained practically sta
ployees have nearly tripled.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21

"The Plumb plan proposes to abolish
all of the competitive effort which has
been the handspring of this extraordi-
nary progress. Given sufficient
length of time, this would reflect itself
not alone in lower standard of living
for the country as a whole but In
lower standard of living even for those
very railroad employees in whose os-
tensible interest this plan is put for
ward"
The Washington times., 1919-07-27
Bathing Beauties, Blond
And Brunette, Pose For
Prizes At Tidal Basin

able craning Of necks, noticeable as
the line OF beauties passed in review
before the judges stand.
The Judges in the contest were
George Julian Zolney, Clifford X Ber-
rym8n. Henry X. Bush-Brown, Nir-
ginia Lee and Dorothy Sawyer.
Movie Men Agree.
The movie boys were on the job.
After the parade and the selections
had been made. they found that the
young women picked by them as
WashIngton's beauties were the same
as selected by the judges. Their Sc
Iections of the young women wearing
the prettiest bathing costumes also
coincidently were those OF the
judges.
Mrs Fleischman, who won the prize
cup for wearing the prettiest costume,
wore a white silk suit, adorned simply
with black braid.
The selections were made from ap-
proximately 200 women bathers
Because OF the success Of tn -o..-
test, L. Gordon Leech, manager Of
the beach. stated he intends to make
II an annual affair.
Mrs. O'Connor lives at go Maryland
avenue southwest and the home OF
Miss Buckley is at $3.50 Tenth street
northwest. Mrs. Grace Fleischman
lives at Iowa circle.
The Washington times., 1919-07-27
P|CKPOCKET BUSY
ATPOLICE AUCTION

When ]. E. Virts. OF Vienna, Va.
heard the Police Department intended
to hold one OF its auction sales yes
terday afternoon to dispose OF I'M
claimed and abandoned property he
decided to be among those present on
the curb. So when the little red flag
was hoisted to the breeze and the
hammer fell again and again on the
rostrum in front of the auctioneer,
Mr. Virts could be seen in the crowd
watching his chance to bid.
Finally the chance came. Mr.. Nirts
was confident he could obtain the ar
ticle about to be sold. In his peck ct
book there rested roll" to the
amount of $40. So when the time
came for the bid. Mr.. Virts reached
confidently for his purse and found it
was gone.
An enterprising pickpocket. show
ing initiative and determination
worthy of a better trade. had attend
ed the police sale also. The visit was
a profitable one for the pickpocket
and Improbable for Mr.. Virts.
The Washington times., 1919-07-27
WALTER REED BOYS
PLAN BIG OUTING

THE Mother OF Walter Reed Hos
pital" will take her 300 boys for an
outing at Chesapeake Beach tomor-
row. This modern mother, who could
write a twentieth century version Of
the ancient story about the LADY who
lived in a shoe. is Mrs. c. r. Zappone,
who inaugurated the welfare work
for wounded boys at Reed.
Mas" 800 boys-who are never too
numerous for her to know what to
do-will be the guests tomorrow OF
the Chesapeake Beach railway. The
boys will leave the District line at
2:30 o'clock and will remain at the
beach until s. They will eb given a
royal dinner by the Business Mems
Association OF Chesapeake Beach. and
in the late afternoon there will be
many unique athletic events, includ-
ing a cTutch race. a one-legged race
a wheel-chair race. and boxing bouts
for the wounded. Special trains will
take the boys to and from the resort,
and the Red Cross Motor Corps will
transport the boys from the hospital
to ThrsaP~akN T''~~''~r- 49, -.-f..--
The Washington times., 1919-07-27
REYNOLDS HEADS
D. c. RIFLE TEAM

R. Y. Reynolds Of the District
trees and parking service. has been
appointed team captain of the civil
ian rifle team representing Wash
ington. by the District Commissioners
The rifle team will compete in the
annual matches Of 1919 at Caldwell,
n. j., beginning August 4.
The following competitors in the
elimination trial held under the direc-
ton OF Brig. Gen. r d. Simms, com.
handing officer of the District mill
tia, have been designated by the Com
7. issioners as the primary members OF
tn civilian rifle team:
". r. Stokes, A. NJ. Morgan. r. c.
Stokes. G. B. Cornwell. F. Chisholm,
r. NJ. Morris. f. VI. Newcomb. John A.
Markle, George r. Campbell, Albert
Weimar, John ]. Cavanaugh. II. c.
Espey. r. v. Reynolds, Frank Ches-
nut. R H. Mccarthy. Edward p
Hands. and H. NJ. Stow. Al-ernates:
!. c. Nix. s. A Mcclellan William
White. r. G. Fletcher, H. L. Sohner,
and J. J. Gordon.
The Washington times., 1919-07-27
YOUR CHARGE ACCOUNTS
By
THE MERCHANDISE MAN

died from the standpoint Of an
economist and statistician, not a
credit manager.
The lists were then dissected and
study Of the desirability Of fam
lilies having an income of two
thousand a year and families hav-
ing an income of ten thousand a
year was thoroughly gone into.
We then analysed their pur-
chsses for a year, to find out what
kind of goods. they purchased
When all the data was in, tabulat-
ed and studied the results COM
Dletely changed the credit man
ayers idea of the scope of his
job, and he had facts and, figures
before him which enabled him to
pass sounder and quicker judg-
ment on applications.
As a result his losses from bad
debts, which have been running
along with the general average,
we're now less than l per cent.
Any merchant who will take
the time and trouble to look into
this phase of his business and
make the right kind of a research
will have a new field for new
business open uD that not one in
ten realizes is there.
Ny next article has to do with
the advertising department and
how a research of its methods
opened up a new line. Of thought
that is profitable and logical
9. hn Ths Wheeler !S,s.Ii-nt.. Erc.