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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-12
WINTON NOW old
ENOUGH TO VOTE

The native-born young man who
casts his first vote in 1919 can
point back to his birth year.1S9S. as
the one that saw the first real sue
cess OF the American gasolene auto
mobile. Prior to 1895 such motor
cars as American people occasionally
beheId were-uncertain. and Iimping
experiments that sometimes wsn5
and more times did not. They were
objects OF amusement and scornfuI
hilarity. on the part Of pedestrians
and horsemen, father than objects OF
utility TO their makers.
But all that, began. to change n
1898. In that year Alexander Win
ton produced and the WiEton Com
pany sold and shipped 3 bona fide
output Of twenty-one single-cylinder
Wintons, costing their purchasers
81, 900 each. Thus IL was that the
American gasolene motor car indus
try was established as an industry.
The success OF the Winton was fol-
lowed in 1899 by the entrance of 9TH
er manufacturers who had passed out
OF the experimental period, but the
Winton output is the only one sold
in 1S9Ssof which there is an authentic
record
Alexander Winton was thirty-eight
years old when he scored the success
that founded the industry in Amer
lea Born in 1850, he is today in his
very prime, keen, active and ION the
job"
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YANKS GETTING OUT
PAPER ON.FOE SOIL

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. March 12.-
Copies Of the first American news
paper to be printed on German soil
were received here by Mrs. Frank
Towne from her son. Frank. who is
with the American army of Occupa-
ton. The sheet. which is entitled
The Fourth Corps Flare" is edited
by the Fourth Artillery Corps at
Mayen.
The paper has all OF the usual fea-
lures OF Yankee journalism with the
possible exception of a woman's page
and advertising. II contains numer-
Gus quips at the peace conference and
other weighty international affairs.
The Flare" wire service Is render
ed by the radio OF the 31Oth Field Sig
nal Battalion. and, according to the
editorial statement of the Flare" it's
news flashes are published in its col
um1s three days before the same
flashes and events are recorded in the
Aayen civilian newspapers
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RuIIdinE CenturIeE Old.

The building was first erected
William Rufus, who celebrated =.
completion OF his great work in 1OJ
with a Whitsuntide feast. The ROOF
however, was supported by two row
"f large wooden pillars ranged alon
=" whole length OF the hall and -
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pheTe is sufficiently extraordinary to
justify an attempt to preserve 1t, in
which he has been perfectly success
full. The chemical preservative with
which the whole of the woodwork of
the roof Is being treated will not de-
ST roy this beautiful characteristic.
W nen, il may be asked, is the great
" ork OF restoration slikely to be COM
pleted? An estimate is difficult to
make. inasmuch as the conditions
which have prevailed since the. incep-
tlon of the work have been abnormal
owing TO the war and the lack OF
skilled labor.
The trusses or great beams carry
the whole weight OF the roof. At the
present time trusses q. and s are
being treated, with the bays between
them. This will leave six trusses and
five bays to be finally treated in addi-
ton to the small bays at each end of
the hail. When this clever piece of
rest grafton shall have been completed
Westminster Hall will not only be
safe. but as beautiful as before. with
all the mellow tones and picturesque
outlines of its famous roof carefully
In the light OF recent revelations as
TO the condition OF its timbers, il is
easy to realize the risks which were
IRcopsciOusly run by the brilliant
company assembled within the hall on
many q historic occasion.
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AEIBIS NOT NEEDED;
GIRLES JUST WIVES

CHICAGO. March 12.-"Now, boys,
when the little lady dances for you
you must remain in your seats. Cut
out the noise, we don't want to get
pinched. You'll see this show but
once in a lifetime, so don't muss
things up. and spoil everything"
Twenty-four of the boys from the
city gas and electric departments sat
tight-settled back in their seats and
waited for the fun to start.
A. c. Fordham. master of cere-
monies, stepped a little nearer a mys-
FERROUS curtain hung over an entrance
to the banquet hall. He nervously
caught hold of one end of the drap-
cry, then sounded this final note of
warning. Remember. we are all
married men and must not be
caught
One OF the boys coughed nervous
ly. The suspense was telling. The
boys mentally went over their list of
aIibis trying to Gull the good from
the bed-the old ones sprung on the
wife in days gone by from the new
ones. Then Fordham daringly pulled
back that mysterious curtain, reveal
the wives OF the boys-all dressed up
in their best bib and tucker and
primed for a good time with hubby.
They do say one of the boys reeled,
gasped and then tainted from shock.
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BAND CONCERT

BY THE SOLDIERS HOME BAND
ORCHESTRA THIS EVENING IN
STANLEY HALL BEGINNING AT
Sis O'CLOCK
JOHN S. NJ. zIAIMERMANN. Director.
March, "Semper FideIis'' Sousa
OVertuFe-"llka' .DSppler
Trio for hute, cello and violin,
'Nocturne" Dobpler
Messrs Bergh. Lorleberg. and SOkOlov
A Song Fox TrOt, Mary .Frey
Characteristics. Uncle Eph's We'd
ding" ... Lampe
Knew That \ ou'd Win"
Won Tilzer
The star-spangIed Banner
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KEEPS EYE ON LIQUOR
By SMELLING IT WEEKLY

PETERSBURG, Ind. March r.
James Hardison. jailer at the Pike
county Jail. has a hard job. Il Ina :
been many a moon since he had a
prisoner. and all he has to do is KEEP
his eagle eye on ten gallons OF CON
fiscated Whiskey. Once a week hr
pulls the cork and smells Of it. and
as long as the aroma is there no on
has molested il. HardisOn will kOOn
turn his Waterman job over to his
wife while he makes garden.
IL you didn't serve over there yor
can serve over here by paying yOTr
Income tax.
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SAVED BY BIBLE AND WATCH.

AAIERICUS, Ga, Mar. IA small
pocket Bible in one pocket and gold
watch in another saved the life of
Sheriff William Harvey while ne was
trying to arrest an escaped negro con-
Wet a few days ago. The negro
opened fire with a revolver, one shot
striking the Bible and another thu:
watch
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-13

1 powers that be- for something It reminds me of the story of a certain 1 physician who asked a neurastAenic pa tient the question:
 Are you in lcve?'
 Certainly not" replied the young per son.
 Then fall in love with someone head vised with the same professional air with which he prescribes diet of olive oil and modified milk, or suggests "open air walks in the country as part of the curative processes of restoring worn -out nerves.
 When the neurasthenic patient obstin- ately and stubbornly, as well as positive ly and decidedly, refused not to follow
 this part of the physicians direction, the willy physician then said: "If you don't happen to care about a little affaire de occur then take up something else.
 Wherefore-in drawing my conclusions
 from the eminent physicians advice, say that hobby is necessary in the
 majority of cases where women are wor-
 ried and restless and better still, just at
 present when the 1919 legislature of the
 state of Alabama is in session you have
 a chance to lobby for your hobby,
 for there are bills now pending before
 the legislature which will appeal to every
 body and every deep thinking woman Tn
 this state can find an outlet for he-'
 energy. Some of these bills have already
 been presented; others haven't; all or
 them are now being talked about and ex- plained to the legislators severally
 The capital is filled with feminine
 "lobbyists"; some are lobbying for suffrage; some for ''anti-suffraSe' some for the child labor bill; some for the
 educational bill; some for one thing ana
 some for another, but everybody IS
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able, always desiring to please and as sist everybody in securing an audience with the governor. MT. Darden is a pas grand master in the art of diplomacy and heard no end of charming compli- r1snts paid him for his very effective and able work in the important position he holds.
 At his desk, piled high with documents I found the governor during the inter val between 4 and 3 o'clock the climax i of the driving. hopeful, wave which surges with relentless persistency about the person of the newly elected chief executive, who during the storm remains as calm and unruffled as Victor Hugo's hero fin The Toilers of the Sea"
 At the point the simile fails. however the wave does not engulf Governor Kil- by, but with plaintive murmurings re- ce es slowly away reluctant to give place to the new one which is due on the nor row
 Since Governor Kilbys entrance into this office, his record has been distin- guished by achievement his prediction promises invariably square with his sub sequent accomplishments. he continues to remain the same sane sensible busi- ness man, throughout the trying ordeal and impending struggle for better. a cleaner and a more practical government of Alabamas affairs.
 Whatever I had on my mind when Mir Darden kindly asked me to step inside the governors office, and I may as well say that it was suffrage" was quickly dominated by the governors primal thought which made everything else sink into insignifcance besides it-namely the revenue bill"
 "It is the one thing that must be set tied" said Governor Kilby, and settled quickly. It is of the utmost importance and it must occupy our whole attention now. We live in a great state. which affords us great resources and we must pay for them. Our institutions are tot terins for want of money; our seats of learning are sadly in need of money; our teachers are leaving the state-some of the best of them-becaus of the small salar ries we are paying them. and we can't afford to lose them. Illiteracy must be wiped out of this great state of ours and these things all hang the speedy set clement of the revenue bill"
 I was about to stammer out:
 And suffrage?"
 But you see I know the governor very well; I like to boast of my friendship with him, and I know he is a very clever man and it occurred to me that when
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ribbon in honor of the goods roads move

ribbon in honor of the goods roads move ment."
 In the big auditorium Birmingham please take note I said auditorium ], where the crowd assembled speech-malx- ing was the order of the day Cor night, rather), and numerous talks were made concerning the good roads proposition. Senator J. A. Rogers of Sumter making a strong appeal for the cause, while the
 Apostle of Good Roads," Senator Craft of Mobile was a notable figure.
 I found out definitely and absolutely that this is "woman's day in politics - the "clinging vine' has grown into 8 sturdy. full developed able -to-stand-and- take -care-of-itself oak tree in the great political ''lovefest." and grand guess ing contest" of the big game, and ''wom- an. lovely woman,'' has taken her place, -uneauivocally and internationally.
 Let there be no underestilnating the part that women are playing in the po- litical game down in Montgomery. Of course the ratification of the Susan B. Anthony amendment is the livest topic of the day there for suffrage, in the lan- guage of the movies, is now closeup ano not 'fade-away," and both the suf . fragists and 'anti-suffragists'' are there in large numbers, and all of them are 'loht Jing" and ''pow-wowing'' with the
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THREE

the time comes for him to commit him self on the suffrage question to me it will be very like the young woman who had implored certain great premie: 10 give her sweetheart the office of un- der-secretary; so one evening at party the premier told the young lady that he had made the appointment.
 And why have you told me, she pleaded, knowing how cautious he was in talking politics with a mere woman IS it because you like me so much
 T like you very much, said the premier.
 Because you think am pretty?'' she inquired.
 T think you are very pretty replied the statesman.
 "But-why-why have you told me, she begged.
 Because my dear young lady. it was printed in the afternoon papers, he said gently.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-13
Girlish, Wrinkle-F9ee
 Skin Easy to Have

Since it's remarkable astringent, ana women all over the world have been using the saxolite face bath to tone up" their faces, remove wrinkles ana draw flabbv cheeks and neck back to normal After using the solution. the face immediately feels much firmer. The thus reducing lines and sagginess The formula is Powdered saXolite, 1 ounce, dissolved in witch hazel one half pint
 This simple and harmless face bath is splendid thlng for the outdoor girl. since sun, wind and flying dust are so provocative of squinting and other con tortionS which cause wrinkles and crow s-feet Also it is fine to freshen up 2 tired face in bot, depressing weather
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Dolly Goes to Montgomery and Finds
 ItIs Woman s Day in PoLtics ofAlabanaa
'If You've Got a Hobby You'd Better Go Lobby" :" Is Her Advice-Woman Suffrage Has Center Of Stage
By DOLLY DALRYMPLE.

Nobody sent ''regrets;" if so, I didn't hear of it; 'the world and his wife" reg istered among those present." the 'Vox Populi' was there; also Pro Bono Pub- 1ico.
 And like the man who said he spent two weeks in Philadelphia one Sunday afternoon, so Yours Truly Dolly spent .wo weeks last Friday al Montgomery up at the capitol Gf one is to judge by the numbers of things I saw and heard ana did; 1t certainly would have taken most people more than two weeks to do IL alD, beneath the dome of the historic old building where countless laws have peen enacted and numberless traditions nave had their origin, and where polit- ical activities now seethe and eddy like. 1he restless sea, while Alabama's hon. ored chief executive sits in-his "con- ning tower" handling affairs of state which will go down in the annals of this great commonwealth clothing the ''Kilby administration" with habiliments marked progress and "upbulding"
 From the moment that I stepped my two nice little high boots into the big puffing train that was to carry us to Montgomery,slfe was just one politi- clan after another; the woods q mean the "choo-choo') was full of them: every time I turned around I saw another per sp1rlng, panti1g. energetic ambitious pol ftician in a Palm Beach suit, everybody on some particular purpose bent. and ar irving at the Exchange hotel I felt as If the heart of Birmingham had sud- denly been transplanted to this big hos tlery and that Birmingham must look as deserted as a lemonade used to look in the good old days before prohibition. when everybody else had ordered a cock tail!
 And please let me say right here to as- bring "ma-mas who have marriageable daughters on their hands, avoid all sum- mer resorts which are proverbally not ed for their Hack of men," as the little verse says:
 Oh, woman, in your hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please At summer resorts where men are few We like every blessed thing they do- and hie thee to the capital, for there's no dearth of the masculine sex there. but you'll find
 Men to the right of us,
 Men to the left of us''-
 men-men-everywher young and old rich and poor, good looking and homely, and all of them-politicians (wily and un- certain as a will-o the wisp).
 Friday evening ushered in a big meet ing of "the good roads" people; nearly every man you met (and woman, too, for that matter) was wearing little blue
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MRS. JACOBS WORK

At Suffrage Headquarters" at the Exchange hotel Mrs, Solon Jacobs (with her able workers, Mrs. J. D. Mo- Neel and Mrs w. D. Nesbitt. of Bir- mingham and Mrs. Bbb Graves of Montgomery). Others who are assiting are Mrs Conrad H. Ohmel and Miss Margaret McAdory of Birmingham who is also "lobbying' for a clause in the education bill whereby the school board of education will provide for adequate art education throughout its system of schools.
 Mrs. Jacobs, let me say just here is one of the most important
 Conspicuous at the capital is Walker countys distinguished candidate for. the United States Senate, the Hon. Brecken- bridge Musgrove, accompanied by This good man, Friday" Phil Painter, who is a great favorte with the ladies, his gra- cious and cordial manner making friends for him wherever he goes.
 "The Honorable Breck.'' always inter- viewable and willing to express his views on questions of importance when asked about his position regarding suffrage, promptly answered:
 'TH tell you what I told Governor Kilby today; I asked the governor if he didn't taink it would be a good plan to string this suffrage business out until the fifty-fifth day of the session, as f. would not only arouse more interest, but bring more ladies to the capital"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-13

the most popular officials at the capital. Every body has something nice to say about him and his charming wife and, by the way, Mrs. Miller is one of the very cleverest politicians I know. When suffrage obtains, if she should happen to be a candidate for some office against her popular husband, | d make my bets even,'' to say the least of it, that she d win in a walk.
 Lieutenant Cove nor and Mrs Miller have been delightfully."- toasted and feted al the capital during their stay there and number their friends by the hun dreds. all of which is of interest to their legions of friends in their home town.
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AMONG ANTI-SUFFRAGIsTs

Mrs J. $. Pinkard (beautiful Nina Winter) who is chairman of the Anti | suffragists' with her staff of assist ants numbering many of the most at ! tractive and charming women in Mont gomery, is among the most notable | figures at the capitol at the present moment.
 Mrs. Pinkard has been one of the
 most feted and admired women who
 has ever lived in Alabama; her name spells beauty" and charm" tall and graceful, her skin ivory white and eyes that are clear and sparlxling-eyes that
 miss nothing when it comes to a view
 point of suffrage that miss nothing when it comes to a question of the vote and with a voice low. and enchant- ing and speech that is musical and
 distinct, she tells you enthusiastically why and how she happened to take the position she has in opposing suffrage
 ''It is simply hereditary with me-"
 Mrs. Pinkard said. My father was a great democrat; he was an ardent ad-
 vocate of states rights: how could I be anything else but what I am? We have enrolled since our work started a few days ago over seven hundred women
 We are working might and main for
 what we think is right. I have given all my time to the work for when
 go into thing l go into it with all
 my heart and soul. always actively, giving the best of my ability. And I
 have gone into the fight with the full consent of my husband who approves thoroughly of the course I have taken" Among those who are ardently assist ing Mrs. Pinkard in the "anti-suffrage" cause are her charming mother, Mrs. John G. Winter Mrs. w. J. Drum Oove- ly Claudia Lewis) Mrs. Jack Thoring-
 ton, Mrs. Glenn Andrews. Mrs Charles A. Thigpen, Mrs. w. B. Kelly Mary Petrie BelD, Mrs. Will T. Sheehan, Mrs
 w. H. Hannah, Mrs. Judge Sommer- vile, Mrs. Kate Duncan Tharin, Mrs. Belle Allen Ross-these being among the many who I chanced to catch a glimpse of the great throngs at the capital
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CALL ON THE GOVERNOR

Which brings me to a brief and very hurried visit to Governor Kilby just a few minutes before train time Friday afternoon
 Crowds of people were waiting in the reception rooms to see the governor who is one of the busiest men you've ever seen these days, and I would like just here to say that few people could handle so Automatically and so graciously "the waiting list at the governors door, as his clever young secretary. Mfr. w. A Darden; always affable. always agree
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-13
Socialists Pay Dues

Berlin. June l6.-A weekly contribution for all women party members equivalent to ten -thirteenths of one American cent and for male members of one cent and two-thirteenths has been voted by the majority socialists as a condition of party membership.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-13

Previous to the war Belgian cotton mills operated about 1,s0o.ooo spndles, about soc. GOO of which coIld be operated at the present time, providing brass and copper fittings, shafts, pulleys. etc. could be replaced.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-15
GUARD ARMORY
GETS Ss1,000,000
District Need Recognized
In Buildings Bill-Other
Items Favored.

The House Committee on Public
Building and Grounds last night
agreed on the omnibus public
buildings bill, carrying appropriations
for postoffices and other Federal
buildings and sites in every State in
the Union. The aggregate amount
carried in the bill is. in round num-
bers. s5oOo0.OOo.
Among the more important items
carried in the bill are:
For a postoffice in the Bronx, New
York City. on a site already owned
by the government, 100000.
New Postofice for Boston.
Improving immigration station in
Boston. 800, 900.
Building to house the postoffice
and other government offices in
Boston. So, 500, 900.
Increase for purchase of site for
postofTice in Chicago, as proposed
by Representative Gallagher, S4,-
e5O.ooO.
Federal building and site in
D. Springfield. Mass, $1,4OO,OOO.
Building to house all branches of
the government service at Dallas,
Texas. S1.4OO.OOO.
United States Marine Hospital, on
site already owned by the govern
ment, in San Francisco, 100000.
National Guard ATmory in the Dis
trict of Columbia, 81, 100000.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-15

noon officisted at the funeral of
Benjamin Franklin Hall. who died
In Washington. held at Demaine's
mortuary chapel Burial was In the
Presbyterian Cemetery.
Mrs Meryl Taylor, rs years old.
wife of Allen NJ. Taylor. died this
morning at the Alexandria Hospt-
tai Of pneumonia. She lived at sz5
oronoco street. Her husband and
one child are living. The body was
taken to Wheatley's mortusry
chapel and prepared for burial
Frank W. Latham, this city, ha.
been appointed deputy grand master
for district No !, by the Grand
Lodge of Masons, and Charles II.
Callahan, this city, has been named
as chairman Of the committee on
history.
Owing to the illness OF Samuel
Bendheim. Richmond, the reception
which was TO have been given Sun
day by Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bend
helm, at their residence. sl2 Prince
street, in honor Of the confirmation
of their son. Leroy Bendheim. has
been called off.