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Evening star., 1919-09-04
CENSUS ENUMERATORS
TO BE APPOINTED SOON
r. E. Mattingly, Local Supervisor,
Announces They Will Be Called
for Here Within Month.

Robert E. Mattingly. supervisor of
the 1920 census for the District of Co
lumbia, announced today that calls
for enumerators, to undertake the
task of listing residents. business
houses and other data in the District
necessary for census purposes, will be
made within a month.
About forty-five expert enumerators
will be used-in compilation of the de-
cennial census of 1920 in the District.
Mr.. Mattingiy said. This force must
be thoroughly efficient and well train
ed, and it is hoped to complete the
work in a short TIME, as the force to
be used this year is larger than that
used in the last taking of the census.
Applications will be received from
those wishing 10 enter the WORK after
Mr.. MattinSly has a conference this
month with Sam L. Rogers, director
OF the census.
Persons who accept the position Of
enumerator may not stop work before
the task is completed, under penalty
of 6ve-hundred- dollar fine. Outside
enun orators. who so from house to
house, collecting the mass of data
from which census returns are made,
will be paid according to the work
they do, at SO much per word.
Evening star., 1919-09-04
PRISONERS RELIEF IND0RSED
W. J. Bryan Sends Letter Express
ing Interest in Work.

Endorsement of the work of the
Prisoners Relief Society, 500 Sc
street. and it's effort to raise a mil
lion dollars to extend its work of OBJ
tanning jobs for ex-convicts was
given yesterday by former Secretary
of State William Jennings Bryan. In
a letter to DR.. Duddin, president of
the society. Mr.. Bryan writes:
Il am deeply interested in any work
that has for its object the relief of
mankind. and l am always willing to
encourage in such ways as l can the
men and women who devote them
selves to humanitarian efforts.
II am in earnest sympathy with the
Prisoners Relief Society in its en-
deavor to make honest and useful Cit
liens of men and women who have
paid the penalty for violated law"
Other prominent men have given
their approval to the work that is
being carried on by Dr. budding and
his society.
In raising the Washington quota of
$4,000 DR. budding is being aided by
a number of men and women inter
ested in prison welfare work. They
have volunteered their services. Any
others who would like to assist in the
Washington drive can do SO by COM
muniCatinE with DR.. budding.
Evening star., 1919-09-04

What has become of the $4,000
prize Washington was obligated to
pay in the lottery scheme that
financed the building of the old city
hall? Corresponding Secretary John
B. Mccarthy put this question to his
associates of the Association OF Oldest
Inhabitants of the District at meet
ing in Union engine house last night,
but no answer was forthcoming.
Mark Twains Great Beef Contract
had nothing on the litigation insti-
tuted by the heirs of an Alexandria
man who held the winning ticket.
but carelessly gave it to a friend
on the day before the lottery draw
ing, Mr.. Mccarthy said. The last
time he wrote anything about the
mix-up was forty years ago, when
he was a reporter for The Star. con-
tinued the speaker. 1t is his impress
sion the prize still is being held to
be paid to some one, if the courts
should ever decide who is entitled
tn IL
Evening star., 1919-09-04
War Risk Asks $4,000, 900.

An additional amount of $13,000,000
was asked from Congress by the war
risk insurance bureau yesterday. for
expenses, including payments to SOL
diers and sailors or their dependents,
for the remainder of the fiscal year
Previous appropriations of S12,000,000
will not be sufficient to meet the ex-
penses, the committee was told. Sew
enteen thousand employees, it was tes-
titled, will be necessary to conduct
the bureaus work
Evening star., 1919-09-04
Recalls Olden Days.

Action of the association in au-
thorizing the appointment of COM
mittee to confer with the bar asso-
citation relative to the dedication. next
month, of the courthouse, which re-
places the old city hall, prompted
Mr.. McCarthy's "reminiscences. He
recalled the old lottery days in the
capital when that was favorite
method of financing building enter
prises, and it was no disgrace to be
in the business. Lottery houses fair
ly dotted Pennsylvania avenue then,
he said.
F. K. Noel. who is writing a history
of the city hall, said the lottery nego-
tiations are described in his book
which will appear as a memorial SOU
Evening star., 1919-09-04
up some mooted points as to the his
tory of the edifice.
Two Elected to Membership.

Little business was transacted at the
meeting, at which Vice President
Henry l.. Bryan presided. George Ed
win Emmons and Julius Viedt were
elected to membership. Applications
for membership were received from
George J. Davis and Charles Thomas
Krauss. Benjamin l.. Klopfer was
greeted warmly upon his return from
a visit to Topeka. Kan, the third trip
he has made in forty-eight years. Mr..
K1opfer said he bought chickens in
Topeka at 25 cents, each. and eggs
at 35 cents dozen. But he spoke a
dead language and his words fell
upon uncomprehending ears.
Evening star., 1919-09-04
SANCTIONS U. s. INVESTMENT.
House Passes Amendment Designed
to Facilitate Exports.

Amendments to the federal reserve
act permitting national banking in
stitutions to invest an aggregate per
cent of paid-in capital and surplus in
corporations engaged in international
and foreign financial operations, as a
means Of facilitating exports. were
passed by the House yesterday. The
now go to conference.
Evening star., 1919-09-04
Criticises Transfer Plan.

Attorney Henry E. Davis, for the
plaintiffs. asked the court to set the
date tentatively, and if the conditions
required postponenent, such an or
der might than be entered
Mr.. Syme explained to the court the
adoption of the transfer order as an
emergency method and declared that
1t had not worked out as anticipated
by the railroad officials or by the
comml ssion, and that the company
now seeks other relief The valuation
of the properties of the companies
will probably be announced this week.
he said, and action on the request of
the Washington Railway and Electric
Company will then be taken by the
commission after a public hearing.
Evening star., 1919-09-04
WHERE IS $4,000 PRIZE D. C..
WAS TO PAY IN LOTTERY?
Question as to Old City Hall Building
Scheme Unanswered at Association
of Oldest Inhabitants Meeting.
Adjustment Session.

venir about the time the courthouse is
dedicated.
Evening star., 1919-09-04
CITIZENS TRANSFER
SUIT UP SEPT. I
Corporation Counsel Asks
Later Date Pending Decision
as to Increased Rate.

Justice Gould of the District Su-
preme Court today set for hearing
September II the injunction proceed
ings brought by the Kenilworth Citi-
zens' Association and others against
the Public Utilities Commission to
test the validity of the 2-cent transfer.
Corporation Counsel Syme suggest
ed to the court that a later date be
set. He expressed the opinion that
about September IL the Public Utili-
ties Commission would hold hear
ing on the application of the Wash
ington Railway and Electric Company
for an increased fiat rate of carfare.
He could not prophesy what action
would be taken by the commission
Mr.. Syme said, but it might be pos
sible that the transfer order be re-
scinded and then there would be
nothing for the court to decide.
Arizona republican., 1919-05-01
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Arizona republican., 1919-05-01

ly some inventive genius offers a model of something which will benefit the great world at large. and perhaps with in the same hour some mechanical lu- natic seeks a patent on some rattle brain" idea which he avoWs will cause people to live 500 years if they but follow instructions on the perfect sys- tenn of physical culture"
 Noble Abraham Lincoln was among the first to offer an impracticable de- yice-an unsuitable steamship-the model of which attracts the eyes of hundreds of thousands Of citizens who each year visit the patent office. This is one of the real assets of the. office in the freak model department. Lin coin sought and obtained q patent on his new modelled steamer in 1S49, bat the patent was all that he ever re- ceived. In this respect he will go down in history a o-partner with hundreds of thousands of other American citizens who have endeavored to have patented freak model These freak patents are rank failures. They cost the indi- yidual money, and the patent attorneys are having a golden harvest on their prospective multi millonaires.1
 An eccentric inventors model calls for a life saving appliance, a chair which a shipwrecked person has only to lash himself and float in compara tive ease and comfort for untold hours. supporting life with supply of hard tack which is placed in drawer under the chair seat. There was also a de- mand for a patent on a corset with air 1 tight compartments, designed for life i saving purposes.
 i Another deep thinker came along < with Nelocipede and it shared the 1 fate of the others. A man from Mon | tana sent in a model of an idea con i trived and perfected for boring through the earth, and this model is as yet a | terror, nightmare for q number If office examiners.
 Along came another with an idea for signaling and talking to the people of
 Mars. his idea being to have a grand
 illumination by means of fireworks
 simultaneously discharged all over the
 globe.
 man from the far west, who had
Arizona republican., 1919-05-01

The bombs. expertly made. were mailed from New York. according to the authorities, the small cartons which contained them bearing the address "Gimbel Brothers. Thirty second and Broadway" A police detective was about to open the Cunha bomb at the bedside of the recipient in local hos pital. when cautioned not to do so by Cunha's brother an army captain.
 Later the bombs were examined by a police expert and each was found to contain detonating caps, a small vial of a substance believed 10 be an acid, and an explosive bearing the ap- pearance of T. N. T. A detailed exam ination and analysis was being made tonight.
 Bombs mailed to Mayor Ole. Hanson of Seattle and former Senator Hard wick of Georgia, tallied in every way with the contrivances received here, the police said They were so arranged that the removal of the cap containing the liquid would allow it to trickle over the detonating caps and thus set off
Arizona republican., 1919-05-01
PATENT OFFICE FREAKS
CPittsburgh Post-Dispateh)

Pittsburgh -Dispateh)
 The man who said that the one place in all the United States where freaks existed and were to be found in great abundance was the patent office at Washington, certainly told the truth The craziest offsprings of the human mind may here be found in the various freak inventions which go forth each working day of the office. Almost dai-
Arizona republican., 1919-05-01

made himself believe it was not impos-
 sible to visit Mars, submitted a model of wooden man bearing wings. in shane and movement like those of a
Arizona republican., 1919-05-01
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Arizona republican., 1919-05-01

the charge. On each cover was q red sucker, giving the package a festive appearance.
 Bombs Carefully Packed
 The bombs were carefully wrapped and padded to save them from shock.
 Fickert, who was also in d hospital recovering from serious complications following influenza, was not given the bomb, but was told of it's arrival. He asked that the widesr publicity be given the incident, charging a nation wide plot to get every official who stands for law and order
 Fickert expressed the belief that the bomb attempt against Cunha and him self did not spring directly from the case of Thomas J. Mooney. whom they convicted Of murder in connection with bomb explosion here. but was formed by @ band of terrorists.
 Considering the local incident but a ramification Of nation wide con- spiIacy. Stephen H. Morse. postoffice inspector in charge here telegraphed to Washington for full information re- gardins the IS packages similar to the ones received here. which were taken from the mails in New York City.
Arizona republican., 1919-05-01

great bird. The wings were strapped to the shoulders of the model by a hand
 that went over the chest. coming out underneath the arms. The model bears a tale like a bird, this being controlled
Arizona republican., 1919-05-01

by the inward movement of the arms, which are harnessed to them by straps. But there are a number Of large models of flying machines, and many of them are about as freakish as the model just described
Arizona republican., 1919-05-01
Maid WilI Die Said

ATLANTA, Ga. April 3O-Forner United States Senator Thomas W. Hardwick of Georgia. who yesterday received through the mails an internal machine which. upon being unwrapped exploded, injuring Mrs. Hardwick and maiming a negro maid, said tonight he was convinced the attempt on his life was due to his efforts as chairman of the senate immigration committee to restrict immigration. "Bolsheviki cussedness," was Mir Hardwick's ex- planaton of the sending of infernal machines to others, prominent in the prosecution and deportation of radical agitators. Mrs. HaTdwick was said to- night to be resting comfortably. all though she received several painful cuts and burns. Ethel Williams, the negro maid, whose hands were blown off and the sight of one eye destroyed by the explosion, probably will die, it was said tonight.
Arizona republican., 1919-05-01

Dr. Pardo has just been appointed sinister of foreign relations in San Salvador, becoming thereby mem Der of the cabinet with which Amer ica will have dealings.
The Glenwood post., 1919-03-08

THE difference between whipped and mad dog
better illustrated than by the velvey which the Post
the the Andrew libel bill by the Two
would have been he Silly Twentyrs There hasn't
time he thieves Of Denver their
of lock picking porch climbing when they would have turned
their filth The
right Ii the OF such law defect the
these criminal scounde the who refuse
be their prostitutes deodorze the fever injecting which
they threat against people with normal what
will the of the law do? We call attention the editorials
cf exchanges another column The gentlemen of the
who live outside this polluted atmosphere which these
drivers compelled all breathe result
Gentlemen of the house! Don't cnge Don't be betrayed by
their fawning! Don't let them lick hands, There
fiber of their reptile from the fored hyod
bone Ply the lash their couchng forms they have piled
the backs of their thousand victims and
and girls Think of the suicides and the these
and the they have wrough the beached bones
skulls of their scattered along the highways of Colorado
for twenty Save wives children your
selves the Restore TRUTH VIRTUE HONOR DE-
CENCY their old places these
plains Be Free Mennot saves.-Denver Democrat.
The Glenwood post., 1919-03-08
THE SUPREME COURT AND CIVIL SERVICE

r HERE telling just what will do and therefore there
little surprise expressed by of people at
decisions handed down by the the first of the week
with this The
which holds that the office of division engineer the
fled service and protected the civil service laws of the state the
being aside the decision Pueblo district judge
install legally held Chew than
two
Beach took civil examination 1916 and by
Carlson appointed division engineer for Division No
the civil examination and also refused
the office Beach The similar the Dick
sonoenbeg this division, that Dickson
appontee after litigation finally secured
still administering the Mondays
decision that Beach and Dickson justified
claiming the benefit of their appointments
The other decision little surprise that wherein
the high approved Governor Gunter of civil
service under the authority of constitutional amend
adopted by the people the general election held last
November. T
considerable speculation whether the court
would approve the Gne appointed later by Gov
who believed under the 1915 civil
that neither Governor Guner had
right appoint commission under the initiated law Of 1913
the legislature had passed rules for the regulation of the
same supreme took another The
quite disappointing number Of Republicans although it
The Glenwood post., 1919-03-08
A LAW NEWSPAPERS DON'T WANT

WE for the bill introduced in the legislature by
w Representatives Wilkins permitting
exchange advertising railroad The
better off the abolished
they don't make they have
railroad fare which, after the of the
And nowadays when railroad advertise its
for the the the and butcher Things
all right they there for such law that
than permitting publisher
change their funny feature about the that
athered by who don't live railroads Art
Wilkins from Walden mixed weeky-some
forth Springs where there
little if better than the Mofa road Why should
fellows good space for such transportation
they could get9-Craig Empire.
The Glenwood post., 1919-03-08
WHEN WILL WE BEGIN TO LEARN

G oMEoNE has told that experience is great teacher Yes
- IS teacher sometimes But have
thought little really the the habit the
history the suffering Of otheri
plants kind of seed that and untred in
the community of his neghbos jealous the
thought that they did buy and plant OF that kind of
seed The year they their list and buy it early
of oftentme negectng observe whether their
neighbor has tried successful with it
their elders the of tobacco has
them heavily health and declare that
they could up small fortune and still be ahead if they
filthy habit yet profit
by experience past young fellows persist
daying until they become slaves
The other day citizen of Glenwood heard to remark that
dollars he would allow himself to
the habit smoking chewing tobacco He said he would
rot for the because under those conditions he could
afford the outlay But he said he wanted to make
his business and he needed of strength both physical
and mental which he possessed could possibly develop and there
fore he could afford dpae particle of that strength with
filthy and disgusting habit And for all the good it did will
do he might well left that unsad
profng these days from the expensive experience of others
They slow enough to profit from their foolish and
pensve experiences
speak Solomon, the the law Of
days and the other the wise of history and yet how
either of them today for either law wisdom not
whstandng might do with great profit? Very few
Il % In everything We all around this chesy and in
spirit Take the liquor problem for example One fellow
through daiance flowing bowl And
he boquet and lays gently the caket which
dwelling his friend he hs
and in his wonderful wisdom thus remarks himself Poor jim!
He fine fellow but he allowed booze the best of him
Now with drink, but ontGcl myself forgetng all
thai control himself, he isn't doing
it, and thus he unm u of his real condition until ho
oache the and being carried down Sian darkness
course another ones conf
in himself AMI of his a e to take lesson Gro the bunders
made by his friend, jim.
And then little home Take the matter of this
terrible scourge influenza ready and willing
profit by the mistakes made by which
instances friends their lives? We the danger
friend and fully realize foolish him take the chances
and when down the equation gloss all
ourselves with the thought that will be all right
for although very indscreet in friend.
And thus laundering along proud and headsrong conf
dent of strength and ability exang know
edge skill regrettng the folly and weakness friend
which all the time that
standing the proved
his undong.
When oh when will be ready profit the mistakes and
the weaknesses of othe2 When will be willing apply the
the bunders of history the conditions of
time and learn a lesson therefrom? When?
The Glenwood post., 1919-03-08

probable other would almost
comforting them view of the law which posi-
lively declares that:
TAI holding positions in the classified service
defined when section effect shall retain
their positions until under the provisions of the
laws enacted in pursuance hereof"
The Glenwood post., 1919-03-08

CCORD1NG to Trinidad
city mission that has object investigation into
the of the high living all the gods at
if there in the Trinidad there ust he
hundred thousand of them throughout and we
pectfuy otherwise suggest that multitude of useless
ees the body polite will be ped array cost of sometime
will slump and that will help some
The Glenwood post., 1919-03-08
PANNING THE LAWYERS

HE editor of the News recently attended farmers meeting
neghborng which fully half the speakers plain
they loved call
unae the Not long before preacher
city about thirty miles of Greeley of the
twisted and remark that there probably
the world even for lawyers The rounded his
land with all the might had
for attorney fee and forced to pay.
Making fun of lawyers considered popular sport but why7
them make which
still others but what of that? Don't
disagree themseve2 Law science farm
ing theology for few will the best thing
under condition and ministers of
nations anything heaven and hell half
them odds about those interesting places.
There law farmers to patronze lawyers
farming community furnish oppor
tuny capable The themselves
best patrons of the lawyers the first c the profession
and the mandms could
into heaven and off the primrose path would crowd the
farmers first place probably will
along under the criticism their critics continue their
best ciens-Greeey
The Glenwood post., 1919-03-08

AVER in the Montrose country people
the great advantage of gaveng the roads much
of this work will be spring This wonderfully important
improvement for country and piece of work which Garfield
county has long
grated grlvan ideal material for road suracngth roads a
Glenwoo county
ent obtanab should be graveed the earliest possible
In addition furnishing people better highways
the Post believes it would matter good
investment in the end We have always felt that
serious mistake overlooking opportunities this and
making of the splendid building material which lies
under feet Roads will much longer and be much
satisfactory gravel surfaced and the by
able OF realize county facing
big problem building
esitated to make suggestions but help believing that
duplex truck and couple of good could work wonders
of roads a few months
The Glenwood post., 1919-03-08

ETL quoted saying that they
~ not dare reduce lest they have to them
again Consumers will that risk best poor
and baseess Cheap food knew twenty-five
shall probably have again. prices barring exceptional
not sight should be thing Of the pasNew York
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