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New-York tribune., 1919-03-23

the body that decided on it; but this
is hardly to be expected, because the
Importance, and sinister views of too
many characters will be affected by
the change.--Much will depend how
ever on literary abilities, and the rec
ommendation Of it by good pens,
should it be openly, mean publicly
attacked in the Gazettes.-Go matters
however as they may, shall have the
consolation to reflect, that no objects
but the public good, and that peace
and harmony which / wished to see
prevail in the Convention, ever OBJ
truded, even for moment, in my
mind, during the whole session,
lengthy as it was.-What reception
this State will give to the proceedings
(thro' the great territorial extent Of
it) ! am unable to inform youth
these parts Of it, it is advocated be-
yond my expectation.-The great op-
position, 1t great is given, will come
from the Counties Southwark and
Westward; from whence ! have not,
as yet, heard much that can be de-
pended on.
AS | am beginning to look for you,
shall add no more at present, but
the best wishes Of the family, and the
affcctionatc regard Of your
Sincere friend and
Obc'd & H'blc Servant
&. WASHINGTON.
Col. Humphreys.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-23
Washington's Little League

I'VE are indebted to Mr.. Adolph Leu
" asohn for note in which he says:
Among my autograph letters find
Vs W George Warrington, copy Of which
: 'nclose thought it might be Of interest
- the present time The Washington let
ssr feIlo'os, in part
Mount Vernon, Oct. 10th, 1887.
ny dear Humphreys,
Your favor Of the 28th ult came
uaiy to hand, as did the other of June.
With great pleasure ] received the
summation Of your spending the Win
"r under this roof.--The invitation
VAS not less sincere than the reception
"'H be cordial.--The convention shall
- mat In all things, you shall do as
''u piease-~~i will do the samc--No
Wfen'ony shall be observed, nor any
aes.faint be imposed on any one.
ne Constitution that is submitted,
= not free from imperfcctions; but
.''s's are az few radical defects in it
6 s,'aiid well be expected, considering
~ heterogeneous mass Of which the
.s.',sntaon was composed and the di-
s'e'sy % interests which were to be
s.D''e''ed.~~A Constitutional door be-
80 80. oysned, for future alterations and
~ ,..''sffnts, think IL would be
49, s,s e tnc People to adopt what is
g. ssa s. Q them ard ! wish it may be
8 sreat majority of thc.n as IN
New-York tribune., 1919-03-23
By Judge Henry A. Shute

Author Of "The Real Diary of a
Real Boy"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-07

Union Storage Co.
7O5 Florida Ave. NV.
Union Storage 4 Transfer Co.
$40 10th St. NV.
United States Storage Co.
AS 10th St. NV.
Red Star Transfer Co.
1904 Douglas st. NV.
Littlefield, A1v0rd 4 Co.
1000 e st. NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-07

to confinement at hard labor for
twenty years. On the ground that
the evidence was insufficient to es-
tabIish the guilt of Capt. Plank be-
yond a reasonable doubt, President
Wilson disapproved the findings and
sentence and ordered Capt. Plank's
restoration to duty.
The President also disapproved the
findings and sentence of the court
martial in the case of Second Lieut..
Robert l.. Gulley, 4th Cavalry, and
ordered his restoration to duty. That
officer was charged with having fred
on unarmed persons crossing the Rio
Grande near Havana. Tex, in April,
1919. and killed a woman named Con
cepcion Garcia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-07

w. v. Wolfe, Frederick, Md.
Route No. 1 Passengers
only.
Ansonfa Furniture Co., WASH
ington, ID. c. Route No. 8.
Big 4 Transfer Co. Washing
ton, ID. c. Route No. 5.
Connecticut Storage Co.. WASH
ingt0n, ID. c. Route No. 5.
Union Storage Co., WashinE-
ton, ID. C. Route No. 3.
Smiths Transfer & Storage
CO., Washington, d. c. Route
No. 8.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-07

European headquarters of the Ameri-
can Red Cross, that every American
soldier in France and Germany will re-
ceive a Yuletide remembrance and per-
sonal greetings.
There will be dispatched from Paris
in ample time to reach every dough-
boy that side of the Atlantic. a tele-
scoped pair Of socks containing choc-
olate, cigarettes, smoking and chew
ing tobacco. post cards. toothbrush
and paste. chewing gum, comb and
some small Christmas trinket. SINH
lar provisions are expected to be
made by the Red Cross for American
troops in Siberia.
In the United States furloughs prob
ably will be granted to all men with
in travelling distance of their homes
Those compelled to remain in camp
will be provided with a dinner which
always has been a feature Of Christ.
mas, and which will be supplemented
this year by an entertainment pro.
gram.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-07
Lower TRANSPORTATION
COSTS TO Be DISCUSSED
Experts Will Confer During Truck
Shows Next Month at New
York and Chicago.

! How motor trucks are reducing
transportation and distribution costs
and wherein lies their value as auxil-
iaries to the common carrier is one
of the topics to be discussed at the
conferences by transportation experts
at the national motor truck shows to
be held at New York and Chicago next
| month. The New York motor truck
| show will be held January $40, and
the one at Chicago will be held Jan
uary 24-31
Transportation and distribution of
food and materials. it is said, is
tional carriers, except on what is
known as long hauls This has led
TO the development of large num-
Der of heavy haulage companies
operating fleets of trucks on sched-
ules. Many of them cover as high as
$50 miles on regular routes and have
contracts with other trucking COM
panies to forward goods. The east is
honeycombed with motor truck COM
panfes of this type, and manufactur-
ers have for some time been shipping
long distances by truck. 1t is not I'M
common for manufacturer in Spring
field. Mass, for example. to ship five
or ten tons of his product to Balti-
more, the goods being forwarded
through different trucking companies
whose radius of operation is about
100 miles. Despite these long dis
tances the truck operators are able
to quote a better price than the rail-
roads and still make money, because
the costs of pickup and deliver to
the railroad and from the latter to the
consignees are eliminated by the
truck.
Decrease Transportation Cost.
With the increase of good roads
highways constructed to sustain large
capacity trucks-the cost of transport
tation and distribution by trucks will
decrease. Use of trailers carrying a
load several times the capacity Of the
truck is another factor tending to de-
crease. truck transportation costs.
This is a condition 7diametrically OPP
posite to that which will obtain when
the railroads are returned to private
owners, for new equipment and in
creased wages spell higher costs for
this method of transportation. az
1t is pointed out that the utility of
the motor truck first made itself con-
spicuous during the freight conges-
ton In 1917, when the trucks hauled
about 1900, 100000 tons of materials
and merchandise that the railroads
$3.50. 600, 600. computed on a tonemiie
basis, under the cost of Transporting
the goods by horses, which would have
been necessary had the truck not,
stood ready.
Cheap transportation is a direct con-
Germ of the consumer. and it is expect
ed that the general public will be
wen represented at the transporta-
ton conferences. Sessions will be
held in the afternoon and evening on
each day of the show. so that visitors
to the passenger car exhibition,
which will be held at Grand Central
Palace during the same week, may
have an opportunity of visiting the
motor truck exhibition during either
the afternoon or evening session.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-07

safety Storage & Transfer Co.
$40 Mass. Ave. NV.
Saunders Express Co.
90 1lth st. NV.
Harrison's Truck Il Transfer
Co. 4O1 X st. NV.
General Auto Truck Co.
21st & Virginia Ave. NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-07
PLAN CHRISTMAS CHEER
FOR U. S. SERVICE MEN
Preparations Made by War Depart
ment and Red Cross for Sol
diers' Home and Abroad.

Between the War Department and
the Red Cross such American soldiers
as may find themselves still abroad
on Christmas day will have pleasant
memories of the festival The de-
partment's preparations for all it's men,
whether at home or abroad, were TODD V
announced as well advanced, with
enough poultry to provide dinners Ior
the entire forces in France and Ger
many already on it's way to the Army
base port at Antwerp.
Announcement is made from Paris,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-07
FINDINGS ARE DISAPPR0vED.
President Sets Aside Court Martial
Sentences for Two Officers.

Capt. Joseph L. Plank, United
States Infantry. was convicted by
court martial convened at Rengsdorf,
Germany. of the charge of having
sham efully" mfsbehaved himself be-
fore the enemy at Ronchers, France,
July 81, 1918. "by willfully shooting
himself in the leg with an automatic
pistol, thereby causing himself to be
withdrawn from the presence of the
enemy to a place of safety
He was sentenced to dismissal and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-07
French Commission Coming Here.

Under agreement with the War De-
partment liquidation commission.
France undertakes to settle all claims
and controversies against the United
States arising from American activi-
ties in France during the war. In re-
turn the government will pay France
10000 francs and an additional
G. OO0, 900 later if the claims exceed the
original payment.
Members of the commission expect
to sail for New York December 5.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-07
How It Works.

Mrs. Bakyard-I see you have no trou-
BILE in getting your husband to beat
your rugs.
Mrs. Nextdoor-No; you see. I'm in
luck. My husband, being a ball player,
says ne keeps in batting practice when
he's out beating my rugs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-07
And They All Turned Out.

Instructor Cat the woman's training
camp)-Reveille will sound each morn
ing at $50. Every lady must turn out
at that time. The only exceptions will
be in favor of those who have bad COM
plexions and need their beauty sleep.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-07

A. b. Allnut, Gaithersburg, Md.
Route NO. I, to GaithersbufE.
j. NJ. Barnesley & Son, Olney,
Md. Route No. 8,
w. F. Barts, Anacostia, ID. c.
Route No. q, to Anacestia.
John r. Beall, Burtonsville,
Md. Route No. 3, to BuftOns-
willie.
n. w. Bohrer,> Bethesda, Md.
Route No. 1, to Bethesda.
L. G. Burns, Jr., Olney, Md.
Route No. s.,
E. l.. Fraley, GaithersburE, Md.
Route No. 4. to GaithersburE
and Layt0nsvflle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-07
Anywhere-Any Time

Fidelity Storage Co.
1920 u st. NV.
NJ. H. johnson.
1918 N. Y. Ave. NV.
Burr Brothers.
Hanover st: NV.
Montagpe's Auto Express.
2O1S 18th St. NV.
Merchants' Transfer & s.oraE
Co. go z St. NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-07

Fraley 4 Fraley, DerwoOd. Md.
Route No. I, to Rockville.
Gladdings Express Co., Balti-
more, Md. Route No. 4.
j. N. HOEHs, COlesville, Md.
Route No. 3.
Inter-City Transfer Co., Balti-
more, Md. Route No. 4.
w. p. Killeen, Warrington,
d. G. Route No. 5.
Harry KohIess, Poolesville, Md.
Route No. 2.
Powell Transportation Co.,
Rock Point, Md. Route No. 8.
E. II. Pyles, Clinton, Md.
Route No. 8, to Clinton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-07

w. n. Pyles. Camp Springs, Nd.
Route No. Z, to Camp Springs.
Rannie Bros, Highland, Md.
Route No. 3.
Semmes Motor Co., Washing
ton, ID. c. Routes Nos. 2, 3
and o Passengers Only.
Frank ShemeId, Frederick, Md.
Route No. Passengers
Only.
Tury w. Tayman, FOrrestviIle,
Md. Route No. 8 Passengers
Only.
j. w. Walker, Rockville. Md.
Route No. I. to Rockville.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-07

Big 4 Transfer CO.-TacObs
Transfer Co. Terminals:
1854 Goth St. NV, rs Fla.
Ave. NE.
Ansonia Furniture Co.
sos HI st. NE.
Columbia Storage q Transfer
Co. COS N. Y. Ave. NV.
Connecticut Storage & Express
Co. sos H st. NE.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-08-11
GOVERNMENT
AGENTS At WORK
Officials of Department Of
Justice on Hot Trail in
Food Probe
NATIONWIDE HUNT ON
Attorney General Palmer Receiving
Telegraphic Reports From Many
District Attorneys.

Washington, Aug. 11.-Agents of
the Department of Justice are follow
ing hot trail left by food hoarders
in New York, it has become known
here.
Arrests involving two or more per-
sons are expected in New York with
in "a hours. it is said.
The case involves the storage Of
vast amounts of foodstuffs and VII!
be brought under Section 6 anil T
of the food control act prohibiting
boarding.
Section provides penalty for
boarding of $4,000 fine and two years
in jail or both. Under Section No. I
the Government, having convicted the
hoardcrs, may bring action to take
the food out of storage and throw it
into the market at public sale.
Attorney General Palmer, directing
nationwide hunt for food hoarders
and profiteers, continues to receive
kilograms from district attorneys re-
porting suspected cases and asking
aid and instruction.
Palmer announces all special in
vestigators of the Department have
been ordered to give their undivided
attention to food Investigations, with
the exception of few on important
cases.
Palmer spent part of yesterday
going over reports to keep in person
al touch with Investigations which arc
under way in almost every section of
the country.
Farmers of "a State will make
known their ideas on reducing food
costs when their representatives meet
here today.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-08-11
MEANS ACCUSERS
TO BE TRIED TODAY

Concord. n. c.. Aug. 1.-THE
grand jury will have presented to it
today testimony charging John T..
Dooiing, assistant district attorney
cf New York city, and w, S. Mil
ltr. attorney for the Northern Trust
Company of Chicago, with conspir-
acy and subornation of perjury in
connection with the trial of CASTOR B.
Means in the fall of 1917, when
Means was prosecuted for the al
lcyed murder of Mrs Maude A.
King.
CASTOR B. Means arrived in Con-
cord from New York with other wit
ncsscs from there and Chicago and
will appear before the grand jury.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-08-11
RMISTICE TO END
BATTLE OF BROADWAY"

New York Aug. 1.-THE first pros
/ ct of an armistice in the now fam
"battle Of Broadway" appeared
day.
"A committee Of the Producing
hnagers' Association announced in
rmally that the producers would
gotiate with striking members OF
Actors Euity Association, p"o-
hing the "agitators' were barred
(vid Belasco, one Of the producers
nmittee, said the managers were
fling to grant even more than he
nifty contracts provide.
This development followed the an
uncement that another show would
Sc. "The Gaieties of 1912. Men
iking members Of the cast will be
nibined with those remaining at the
nter Garden in vaudeville bill.
The entire Barrymore family
hel. Lionel and Jack--has aligned
ELI with the strikers, it was an
unced by their uncle, John Drew.
Eleven theaters are now closed
th this achievement the actors
Re awaiting with keen interest the
pference arranged for today be
cen Equity officials and represen'
lives of the Stage Hands and Mu-
ians' Unions
Managers declared today they
|uld deal firmly with pickets and ir
cases where actors are unduly ac
about the theaters arrests wouie
low. One picketer was fined S2s
turday night.
Strikers were preparing series p
star performances, although they
Ficipated difficulty in obtaining tht
rs.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-08-11
LEGISLATURE WEDNESDAY
coed Roads and High Cost of Living
Problem Two Chief Matters
to Come Before Extra

sStSSLNH
When the general assembly con-
vencs on August Is in the special
session requested by a majority of
no members of both houses, little
inc will be consumed in passing
he good roads legislation for which
he session was called. The matter
has been discussed from every angle
md legislation meeting the federal
,nnropriation of S5.000,000 has al
ready been prepared and will prob
,blv be introduced on the first day.
Senator G.. O'Connor Goolrick was
,.thor:zed by the Virginia Good
Roads Association to draft the nee
nssary bills.
Several suggestions have been
made on the best method of raising
he necessary taxes, and it is proba-
lle that fifteen cents for each S1Oo
will be added to the general prop
,r+v tax. The roads association
~ocommcnded this at its last meeting
lorethcr with so per cent increase
IN the automobile license tax.
It is thought that this last sug.
rcstion will meet with considerable
onnosition, as Virginia is said tc
have a fairly high automobile tax al
The rrcsent time, being much hiehel
than the tax in North Carolina
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-08-11
WOULD HONOR DEAD
IN FOREIGN GRAVES

London, Aug. 11.-Many British
people strongly resent the decision of
the government not to allow them %
construct private memorials over the
graves Of relatives killed on the ba:-
tlefields of France at the Dardanelles
and other places, and to keep all
memorials uniform says cop--
righted dispatch to the Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
They say they should be allowed to
honor their dead as they wish them
to be honored, and all the sturdy indie
pendence of mind of the Britishers is
aroused.
The subject affects every home
throughout the country. The ques-
lion Of the permanency of the ceno-
taph to "the glorious dead nov
standing in Whitehall also is being
raised. Every day sees the rich and
poor, old and young, bring wreaths to
place On the cenotaph, which is situ-
ated in the middle of the busy street
procession Of traffic. 1t is real democ-
racy. There is no social nor other
distinctions among those gathered
around the simple monument to pay
their tribute to relatives lost III tie
war. Many tears have been shed and
the spot has become sacred to the
men who died.
Now it is proposed TO remove the
monument to Parliament square, in
front Of Westminster Abbey, and 10
make it marble.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-08-11
Railroads Are in Danger of
Complete Freight Tie
UP by Strike
CRISIS APPROACHES
Crisis Approaches = South Alone
Seems Willing to Submit Demands
TO Mediation-Supreme Test Today

Insurgent leaders seemed still in
command of the situation in the rail
road labor strike.
With shopmen Of Chicago and
throughout Ohio and the Middle
West voting not to return to work
in defiance of President Wilson'S
request to halt unauthorized strikes.
officials of the Railroad Administra-
ton stood pat on their refusal no7
10 discuss wage demands until all
men are back at work.
President Wilson, it was indicated.
will take no notice of the letter sent
him by ]. D. Sanders of the so-called
Chicago District Council of striking
shopmen. The letter declared the
shopmen will rot go back until the
Government meets their demands for
wage increases
The Chicago District Council has
no constitutional standing within
organized labor, according to labor
leaders.
In New England, inSurgent strik-
ers seemed to be backing strongly
the stand of the Chicago workers.
The New York. New Haven and
Hartford railroads was reported so
hard hit by the strike that 14l
trains were suspended. Strikers
claim 10000 shopmen in Cleveland.
Toledo and Columbus have voted not
TO return to work until increases
are granted.
Only in the South was there dis
tinct determination expressed by
strikers to return to work and wait
the result of negotiations with Rail
Director Hines. kilograms received
here reported that many locals had
voted to end the walkout
Today, it was said. will be the
real test of whether the railroad la
Dor situation is to develop into war
or peace. A check up of wcrtcrs
will be made then of all shops and
.xact figures will be obtained or
whether unauthorized striking Is in
crcasing.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-08-11
Strikers Will Not Return
Until Demands Are
Compiled With
ACTION TAKEN TODAY
Rising Vote Taken on Returning to
Work and Vote Almost Unanimous
TO Remain Out.

The 700 employees Of the Southern
Railway shops. and the Potomac
yards, who have been on a strike fol
more than a week today decided not
TO return to work until their origi.
hal are complied with.
This action was taken at a mass
meeting held this morning in the
Opera House which was largely at
tended. Local officials of the un-
on were in ch,.rge of the union.
The original demands are eighty
i've cents an hour for mechanics and
ixty cents an hour for helpers and
proportionate increase for appre-
ices.
After the meeting was called to
rider this morning and the question
discussed a rising vote on the ques-
ion of returning to work was taken
md it was stated at the conclusion
L the meeting that vast demands
he complied with.
It was decided to hold another
bass meeting at 8 o'clock tomorrow
orning in the Opera House when
he situation will again be gone
yer.
A union official stated at the close
the meeting that if all of the
thers return to work they will.
therwise they will remain out.
It was generally believed by many
lat the men today would vote to
kturn to work inasmuch as they
hd already been requested to re-
,rn by officials of the A. F. l.
ews that they would not heed the
equest, therefore, came as sur
rise.
The 300 shopmen at the Southern
ailway shops walked out the morn
e of August and the 400 en-
oyes at the Potomac yards struck
ugust A.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-08-11
Famous Philanthropist Pas.
ses Away After Suffering
From Pneumonia
HAD LIVED S4 YEARS
Was Born in Scotand-Came to
America When Boy and Worked
for $3.50 Week.

Lenox. Mass, Aug. 1l.-Anjrew
Carnegie died at, his summer home
Iiiere shortly after o'clock this morn
ing.
The cause of his death was said 70
5e bronchial pneumonia.
Mr.. Carnegie had been enjoy:n-
the summer in the Berkshire His,
spending most Of his time at his "a
yoritc outdoor past;me-fish.n@
Three days ago he was stricken w'1t
cold and it rapidly developed int
pneumonia. His condition, howcv2r
lid not become alarming until .aS
night.
h Andrew Carnegie, business mar. n
,cntor, author. capitalist and phii1r-
:hropist, was born in the historic Cd
own cf Dunfermlinc, Fifeshire Scat
and, November %, 1888. the c!der
.:on Of William ard Margaret C2r.
|ncgie.
Al The age of fourteen Andrew
carnegie applied for a position in n,
,fficc of the Ohio TelegraprComp@ .:
1T Pittsburgh and obtained it bccoI
ing a messenger boy at $3.50 d W."
It was from TIM. nunGlc beginning
ne climbed he r'ngs Of adder uni!
he became opulent.
On the outbreak CT the civil v'li
Colonel Scott, president of the Penn,
;ylvania Railroad, who had been a9'
pointed Assistant Secretary Of N"f
summoned Mr. Carnegie to Washing
on ard put him in charge of the nj
|'tarv railroads and Government tee.
graphs, one of his first duties bciaG
% reopen communication between An.
qapolis and the Capital. At the bats!'
I,f Bull Run Carnegie had charge d
The railway communication, and n
was the last official to leave for ~.
l'exandria.