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The Washington times., 1919-02-13
VaSSar'S Fair Smokers
Laugh at Suggestion
That They Turn to Cigars

POUGHKEEPSIE., y. Y, Feb.
l3.-The question OF smoking by
women caused a dispute at Vas
sar College and the result, as
communicated today. was a com
promise. 1t was learned. in the
same breath, that approximately
one-quarter Of the student body
of LOO like to smoke.
The non-smokers protested
against smoking in the dormi-
tories, and the question was aired
before the collective student
body.
The decision was against the
use of the weed in the buildings,
but nothing was said about
smoking outside. It also was
learned that some of the smokers
had questioned DR.. Biggs. State
commissioner of health. on the
effects of smoking.
He ruled against cigarettes and
in favor of pipes and cigars.
Vassar's fair smokers, however.
have tabled his recommendations
BOSTON, Feb. 1S.-Cigarette
smoking among college girls here
is the limit of bad taste and the
cause for social ostracism. it is
reported. It's not the thing this
season.
The Washington times., 1919-02-13
ITALIANS SEEK STOLEN
TREASURES IN VIENNA

VIENNA, Feb. 1S.-ItalIan troops
and bankers have begun removing
from a bank here bank notes, bonds
and securities valued at 1.5OO 900. COO
kronen which had originally beioL g
ed to the city or Trieste.
The Italians are seeking 10 recover
several valuable painting and fres-
Goes removed from Venetia One OF
them Is said to be the best work OF
Tiepolo. entitled the Madonna della
Pieta." which was taken from toe
church OF the same name I'm Udine.
A picture by PordenOne taken from
small town along the Piave also is
being sought.
The Washington times., 1919-02-13
SHOVEL SILVER
COINS INTO FIRE

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 13.-Perspir-
ing men shovehng silver dollars into
a fire with the same kind OF q shovel
ordinarily used to put coal into a
furnace and piles. of gold and silver
coin and bullion amounting to more
than S4OO, 900 900 were some OF the
unusual things seen at the Philadcl-
phia mint by the Governments assay
commission, which began yesterday to
test The coins made in the several
mints last year.
The silver dollars are being reduced
TO bullion. The commission is tes,-
ing specimens of 5SS,160,S46 coins
made in 1918.
The Washington times., 1919-02-13
SAYS PROFITEERS
WOULDEIECT GIRLS

Referring to the fact that he has
been called "the pro tempore guardian
of the public interest in Washing
ton" and saying he was willing to
serve in this capacity, as nobody else
seemed to be doing il. Senator Sher-
man of Illinois called the attention OF
the Senate today to what he de-
nounced as an unpardonable case OF
profiteering. ..
He informed the Senate that he had
received complaints that eleven war
workers who have rooms at 1918 II
street northwest were likely TO be
put out because Of the fact the Hous-
ing Corporation, which formerly re-
Questioned the property, had given it
up, and Increased rental was now de-
manded by the company in charge OF
the property.
Rent Jumps S72 Month.
According to Senator Sherman, the
Housing Corporation paid the own
ep 800 a month for the property, but
that the realty company is demand
ing $172 a month.
Senator Sherman criticised the
Housing Corporation for giving up
the property and said he believed it
had acted incOnsiderately.
Il believe that an investigation
would show" said Senator Sherman,
either a lack of knowledge, or en-
tire carelessness on the part Of the
Housing Cooperation. think the
attention of the Senate ought to be
directed to this matter and an lnyes-
tigation by the proper committee
ought to be ordered"
Cites Case a. Proof.
Senator Sherman said that he cited
this case in reply to those who have
criticized him for saying there was
profiteering in Washington. He add
ed that this complaint was one OF
many hundreds in his office.
Senator Sherman then put into the
Record the copy of a letter from the
Realty Company, addressed to Miss Ida
Woods, at 1918 II street northwest, re-
turning a money order for 500 for rem
tai from February 10 to March 10, say
ing that the Housing Corporation had
given up the property. and unless a new
lease was signed and the rent
paid as required. the tenant would not
be allowed TO hold on. under the Saus-
bury law.
The Washington times., 1919-02-13

timony against the packers before
emitted.
Heney made the dirct charg that
DeWalt, in attempting to raise the
question Of veracity between Heney
and Lever Mayer, packer attorney,
had shown prejudice against Heney
before he had heard his testimony.
DeWalt denied this and declared he
regarded the testimony of both
Heney and Mayer before the Senate
Agriculture Committee with "consid-
erable doubt"
Heney had just finished a state
ment that it was wrong to hold
closest conferences" on legislation
on which hearings were in progress
when he suddenly said:
There's a member of this commit
tee who showed by his questions here
yesterday that he is prejudiced
against me-"
you mean me?" said Dewait. COM
ing forward in his chair. well.
there's a strong impression in my
mind the issue of veTacity between
you and Mayer is very well defined"
You have formed a Judgment"
Heney returned. ut puts you in the
class the packers have been trying to
put me in
DeWalt again asked Heney il he
had said Mayer offered him a Job.
Heney refused to answer.
Just before the Heney-De Walt
clash the name of Clarence Ousiey,
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture.
was brought into the hearings in a
letter to Swift & Co., which intimat-
ed that the editorial policy OF a Fort
Worth paper had been influenced by
packer money.
Anyone who says he bought Clar-
ence Ousley tells a lie," said Con-
gressman Rayburn of Texas.
Heney agreed that he did not be-
lieve Ousley had been so influenced.
The Washington times., 1919-02-13
TO URGE TRIUMPH ARCH
ON CONGRESS NEXT WEEK

The petition for an arch Of triumph
in the National Capital will be pre-
sented to the Public Buildings and
Grounds Committees of both houses
Of Congress next week. Col. Robert
n. Harper, chairman of the Memorial
committee, stated today.
II am arranging a conference with
the chairmen Of the House and SEN
ate Public Buildings and Grounds
Committees" said Colonel Harper.
The petition drawn up by repre-
sentatiYes OF District civic organiza-
ton will be placed before the leg
islators, the plan explained, and a
request for immediate action made"
Present plans OF the memorial
committee call for an erection OF an
arch OF triumph costing apprxi-
mately $4,000, 900.
The Washington times., 1919-02-13
U. S. FOOD PROBERS
ASSURE NEUTRALITY

BERLIN, Feb. Il Cvia London),
Feb. 13.-The American Officials at
Spa have given written assurance to
the German armistice commission
that Colonel Grove, u. g. A. AID the
mission, which he heads, will rerrRin
politically neutral while IN the Oor-
tions OF Lithuania held by German
troops.
dispatch yesterday said Colonel
Grove and his party, who weIs on
their way from Warsaw to GroGn0 TO
study food needs in tina: part Of
German military authorities who Ie-
fused to let them pass.
The Washington times., 1919-02-13
Schooner Travelled So
Fast That wind Blew
Paint Off," Says Skipper

NEW YORK. Feb. 13-So fast
that the wind blew her paint Off,
was the way the four-masted
schooner Harry G.. Deering came
racing up from Para. Brazil, ac-
cording to Capt. Z. ID. Atkins, OF
Wollaston, Mass.
The Deerlng. aided by very
strong winds practically all the
way, made the 3.OOO-mile trip In
the unprecedented time OF twenty
days, which isn't much more
time than the steamers require.
The usual time for schooners Is
thirty-five days and the best time
previously on record is twenty
three days.
The Washington times., 1919-02-13
COLONEL BISHOP TO RETURN.

Col. William \. Bishop, V. c., D. S.
D.. NJ. C., ID. T. G., who spoke OF his
experiences in France before a capac-
ity audience at the National Theater
on January IS, will make a return
engagement to this city so that the
hundreds who were turned away be-
fore will have another opportunity to
hear him. He will speak at Polls
Theater on Monday. February II, at
30 0'riDrk
The Washington times., 1919-02-13
AUSTRIAN NATIONAL
ASSEMBLY OPENS FEB. II

PARIS. Feb. 13.-The Austrian ma
tional assembly will open February
Il, according to dispatches rec siVed
here today. One of the first subjects
TO be taken up, IL was sail VIII be
the union of German Austria and
Germany
The Washington times., 1919-02-13
MEXICO ADDS TAX.
ON MAIL MATTER

The Mexican government has Is.
sued a decree establishing an addi-
tional charge Of IS per cent on mail
articles exported from or imported
into Mexico. according to advices
reaching the Postoffiee Department
today.
The charge Is over and above the
regular tariff duties applicable TO the
merchandise involved
The Washington times., 1919-02-13
URGES FEDERAL
PACKER CONTROL

Packing houses must in the future
come under the control Of the Fed
eraI Government, Clarence n. Ousley,
Assistant Secretary OF Agriculture,
declared before the Senate Agri-
cultural Committee today.
mo man can deny that the packers
have indulged in questionable prac~
tlces in the past" he said. Now
they are getting so big. and the
lines they control so diverse, that
Congress must provide some way OF
controlling them
Ousley recommended passage OF
the Kendrick bill. which would give
authority TO regulate the packers 20
the. Department OF Agriculture.
He denied that the $4,000 his
paper at Fort Worth had received as
a loan from Armour and Swift had
any effect upon its editorial policy.
The letter read into the record by
Francis J. Heney. which commented
upon the effect of the loan on the
papers policy was referred to by
Ousley as 'an imaginative docu-
ment."
Benjamin Marsh, representing the
Farmers National Council, told the
committee that any packer objectinG
to the recommendations of the Fed
eraI Trade Commission admits there
by that the present system gives
him undue advantage over any inde-
pendent packer"
The Washington times., 1919-02-13
ASKS RETURN OF SHIPS.

Immediate return of commandeered
merchant ships to private owners IS
sought in q resolution introduced by
Senator Sherman, Illinois.
The Washington times., 1919-02-13
FISHING TRIP PRODUCTIVE.

CHICAGO. Feb. 13.-NicIS PaHzo
went out for minnOws. He netted a
50 fine and a whale Of a lecture for
violating fishing laws.
The Washington times., 1919-02-13
COLONIAL UNLIKELY TO BE
NEW BRITISH AMBASSADORS

Doubt that the next British ant
bassador to the United States would
be any colonial was expressed at the
State Department today, answering
reports that Canadian Premier Bor-
den would be the man.
The Washington times., 1919-02-13
FoHD CONTEST DEFERHED.

Efforts 10 settle the F0rd-NeWberrT
Michigan Senatorial contest AZ this
Congress viii not be pressed This
10 IN effect the agreement entered
into BY members OF the Senate Prvi-
teges and Elections Committee.
The Washington times., 1919-02-13
HENEY AND CONGRESSMAN
CLASH OVER QUESTION
OF VERACITY AT HEARING

Francis J. Heney and Congressman
DeWalt OF Pennsylvania clashed to-
day as Heney was concluding his tes-
The Washington times., 1919-02-13

FIRST-GBADE Civil Service examinations
for clerks Feb. 18th and 26th and March
sth; tuition for entire course for these eK-
aminations SIS. THE CIVIL SERVICE
and + sta Phone Franklin 1850.
The Washington times., 1919-02-13
EDUCATIONAL
GEORGETOwN UNIVERSITY
THE LAW SCHOOL,

The SECOND SEMESTER of the pres
ent academic year WILL OPEN MONDAY.
FEBRUARY nth. Glasses at $3.50 P NJ
Three-year course leading to degree OF
IsL. b.
Applications for enrolment In the Sec
end Semester should be made to
ARTHUR A. ALEXANDER, Acting Sec'v
Georgetown Law School Building,
SOS st. n. W. Telephone Main 1888.
The Washington times., 1919-02-13
Hearing Winds Up.

Testimony Of the Big Five pack
ers' witnesses is in direct conflict"
This was Francis ]. Heney's final
attack on the meat packers today.
The Government investigator leaves
here tonight for San Francisco to re-
sumo private law practice. Heney,
running through the testimony of the
witnesses appearing in behalf Of the
packers. pointed to a number Of state
ments which, he said, showed that the
packer witnesses "have made one
statement under oath and another in
direct conflict when not under OATH
81 am through with, the whole
thing today" Heney said smiling.
just before resuming the stand To-Day.
Interstate Commerce Commission
er McCord. who was to have appeared
before the House Interstate Com
merce Committee today to answer
questions regarding the transportation
phase of the meat packing industry.
yielded his engagement so that Honey
could finish his testimony. McCord
will appear tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1919-02-13
Used Loaded Dice. "

"The Federal Trade Commission
has shown conclusively that the
packers have. used loaded dice to
build up their practical monopoly"
he said. They seek world domina-
tiOn in the food industry and in en-
tirely unrelates industries. They
have ruthlessly exterminated compet-
ing independent packers and kept
their big plants at economic points
far distant from the source OF sup
ply, involving a loss TO producers of
$5 or more per head of cattle on the
long haul from shrinkage.
THE farmers know that a business
combination powerful enough to pre-
vent a Congressional investigation Of
S'lf for two years is too big to COM
pete with, and cooperative organi-
cations of farmers would like to start
their independent packing plants.
.Larsh indOrsed the Kenyon bill for
regulating the packing industry rath-
er than the Kendrick bill. He OBJ
jected to placing the regulation of
the packers in the hands of the De-
partment of Agriculture, believing 1t
should be left to the Federal Trade
Commission
Evening journal., 1919-10-13
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. SPECIAL SESSIONS.

- ELAwARE sufrragsts cannot fall to be encouraged by
- the fact that the special the Legislature OF
Colorado announced FOR November i5 will complete
aaf Of the thrtysx States needed for the ratification Of
he Federal suffrage amendment. They will experience
That encouragement Notwithstanding the fact that
,ular situation here in Delaware quite foreign to the
question OF suffrage. makes unlikely the calling Of
special session in the immediate future.
Enough additional legislatures show a majority In
avor TO complete ratification tomorrow II the governors
would call special Three States-New Jersey
Maryland Kentucky-here the present legislatures
hold elections next November for lesis
atures which will meet in regular session in January
OF the regular sessions due II has been
Impossible 20 secure special sessions Suffrsgists
therefore, forced TO campaign in these States 10
sure support all candidates up election Grant
that these three States ratfy In January and counting
Rhode Island which will also meet in regular session al
hat time and which shows majority in favor fourteen
lpecia sessions stll required II TO vote
ID the next Presidential election.
majority Of the population OF the United States has
ilready endorsed ratification For minority OF the peo
pie OF the country delay the enfrsnchemen Of
beyond the Presidential elections. which viii prob
ably be the important in the history Of the nation,
is regarded by sufrassts injustice which Is only
accentuated by the fact 100000 already
eligible 10 vote in these elections.
The fact that special sessions required for ratnca
lion entirely the delay OF the suffrage amend
ment in the United States Senate last year. Had the
passed Congress 1918 early in 1852 enough
legislatures would been regular session 10 ratlfy
at once.
Friends Of suffrage quito naturally urging the call
ing OF the fourteen sessions necessary that all the
Of this country may have voice in the primaries
and party conventions Of spring well in the
following elections and may take their honorable place
beside the OF the other twentyone fuy-enfran-
ehised nationsf
Evening journal., 1919-10-13
our.AGEp. ouT.MEIcnEp. ouT-PLAYEp.

- ELAwARE COLLEGE was defeated overwhelmingly
IL by the University Of Pennsylvania on Franklin
yield gridiron. Philadelphia, Saturday afternoon.
The Newark boys outraged out-weighed, out
coached and outplayed Of 50 TO was the result
Their disappointment did not arise from the losing Of
ne game, because at time did they expect to win IT,
they went 10 Philadelphia animated by the hope that
they would at least and hold the L. Of down be-
the 40 mark. In effort to do those things they
,lung their adversaries and took terrible beating
with gameness that won the admiration even Of the
4. Of p. players As one of the Delaware boys ex-
pressed It:
Nobody who was on the sidenes in the stands
knows what It meant to standout there the field and
AXE a beating like thatl"
The point Of It all that the Delaware College boys
moving they going to be beaten, invited the en-
counter, kept the appointment, took, with good grace
the worst beating the u. OF p. team could administer
fought until the time limit had expired and announced
their arm determination TO do better next time.
In other words while the u. OF p. boys beat them In
body. they did not beat them in spirit
The L. Of p. has student enrolment Of 1900 from
which to recruit football eleven
Delaware College has enrolment Of POO.
The u OF p has physical instructor and four coaches
With bob" Fowell at their head.
Delaware College has one in whom the functions
of physical Instructor and coach are combined
The u. OF p athletic department is situated that II
can go and get into its student body the athletes
needs including al-America players to build up It's nght
ing machine
The Delaware College athletic department is not now,
and never has been, situated
But with it all Delaware bid for its beating, got IT,
look It with the best grace possible; and believe In
The ong will benefit by IT, because while broken In
body It not broken in spirit but ready and willing to
,enew the fight.
Evening journal., 1919-10-13

start in life without distressing period after his sradu
alton dsring which he apt TO ind that college men are
something OF the market and that 1t Is pretty
hard TO land any sort Of Job at all when he lacks all
business experience has only academic education
During this period he pretty apt TO become discour-
aged and disheartened and TO decidedly down
colleges.
While college men cannot be blamed for this attitude
toward the higher educational Institutions II is not really
the colleges that are TO blame this sort Of hiatus In
the lives Of the men before they get going
This hiatus is due the fact that from the secluded
rather impractical atmosphere Of college life the grad
yates are pushed out into the cold, cold world without
knowing what they going to be up against.
period Of readlustment Is inevitable.
They have to get firmly placed on the solid earth
They learn TO ind their way around the world
without professors or companions to point the way.
This hiatus, however, be eliminated to large ex-
tent by a very simple procedure.
Let the college man devote years instead n four to
his higher education and let him this extra year IN
bucking up against life out Of college.
Let him sling hash dig bitches otherwise work FOR
living before entering college for year during his
course Of education and them when he leaves the Alma
Mater TO win his way In the world he'll know where ne
is and what he's going to do
Furthermore knowing what the world is, he can make
his college education infinitely valuable by correla
ing It to the things has learned about the workaday
world.
College education Is worth lot 10 every young man
there wouldn't be so many colleges II 1t were not
But this charge Of giving students false impractical
view OF what real life is has been held against higher
education for a long time.
But through this simple plan the reason for this COM
plant against colleges becomes null and void
Evening journal., 1919-10-13
nEING nrprLLEp ANp nRokEN.

IN HAT slowly but with clearly marked progress, Inc
vicious assault upon The iron and steel industry by
radical agltaors welded mainly through the foreign
workmen is being repealed and broken is asserted by the
Iron Review perhaps the foremost journal OF It's
kind in the United States.
10 asserts that the weeks developments taken as a
whole have been definitely favorable to the employers.
With some large companies having various plants the
actual gain Ia the number Of at work has averaged
from 20 to 20 per cent. in that period.
The Pittsburgh district the pivotal ground in the
present struggle shows record OF sustained improve
men in operations while efforts OF the strikers to win
over certain large plants which had been running prac
ticay full from the first have been resisted successfully
In the east the strike has lost rather than gained
ground despite the much heraded attack upon the Belhe
hem Steel Company.
All evidence OF It practically has disappeared the
south whore 1t has ceased to be a factor.
At Chicago serious attempt yet has been made by
the steel companies 10 enlarge their operations and pro-
duction Is only slightly better.
The drift of the back to the works has begun at
Buffalo
Cleveland and the Mshoning valley remain the most
affected points and virtually every plant in those terri
tories is idle.
In some districts the employers initiating steps to
win back the men, but generally they continue 10
passive attitude and the belief apparently is entertained
that the psychological for this effort has not yet
arrived.
Consumers steel reallnzing that the issues at stake
vitality copcern their interests, almost without ex-
cepton throwing their support TO the producers and
are refranng from pressing for deliveries otherwise
embarrassing the mills.
This cooperation has smpllned greatly the problem
the producers in spreading about their reduced tonnage
AZ the time prolongation OF present conditions
Is certain bring dsocaton and stress 70 various lines
OF industry though nothing Of nature yet has
appeared
Generally the mills accepting new business ex-
cept for indefinite delivery
September established a new record in the volume OF
export iron and steel sales
With mill output on this side curtaied and ship
ping facilities reduced by the British rail and dock strike
sellers advising buyers to hold Off from further pur
chases at this time
Evening journal., 1919-10-13
GIVING COLLEGE EDUCATION A CHANCE.

WI HEN cOese-bred fails in life, It is not the
w fault Of the college but OF the That should
be borne in mind by persons who too prone TO blame
colleges for such failures
college may mistake his calling in life and per-
sist in that calling rather than switch TO another for
which he IS suited better
Or he may trine With the educational advantages a
college has to oer and skmp through to the possession
o. diploma.
No suffers through coliegs education; but college
education and the college itself often suffer through the
That Is true OF Delaware College as Il is OF other
institutions Of its sort.
man who fails in life with college education doubt
less would have made even more miserable failure
without one.
II not in him to succeed no matter what his eduea
tionaI equipment may be.
However. hard-sedding for year or two following
graduation should not be regarded failure IL is IN
the nature OF tryout period in which the student is
learning how to meet practical world and grappe
with IT,
When young goes 10 coegs Il is Of course
with the idea OF getting something out Of his higher ed-
cation that will help him make his career
But all too seldom does q college get his real