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The mirror., 1919-04-24

o-What is the amount of head tax an immigrant must
pay before he is allowed to land shoress-v. T.
ALaw provides for levyng and collecting 49, 90 each
alien regularly admitted except that children under l6 years
who accompany father mother subject such
\Q:-Pease tell something about the New
York at the time of the Civil war.-M. c.
Ain May, 1863 President Lincoln acting under law
passed the previous year, ordered draft of begin July
fill ranks of Union army. The opposed
era states but nowhere resistance serious New
York. Many regarded the law unfair because under
visions eligible for service allowed employ subs
utes Thus men with money could get off while those with
If less eligible, had CO. Riots began July 13 and
continued four days when sufficient organized military
in ORDER Negroes who appeared in
angy by rioters spured by violent and eck
less and in instances stoned hanged. number of
private houses entered and punderd burned About
1000 persons of them negroes lost their lives and prop
erty worth So, 600, 900 was destroyed
OILS sugar arrives this country bulk
Cuba unfit for domestic before it is refnedlL. U.
A-Inre6ned sugar from Cuba could be used but usually
before refining not clean enough for human consumption
Q-Does the word khaki refer to the material used for
making soldiers uniforms to the percular brownsh drab
coors-M. L.
Alt is used both of material and designate
color Unqualified, of MATERIAL however, is very
indefinite cloth made of cotton wool mixtures of the
all may be called khaki.
Q:-How many of the population of the U. S. males
and how many maes What the average proportion of
the earth's inhabitants a sexes?-E. c.
A:-Census of 1910 showed male population of U. S.
332 OO0 female, "A, ,640 900. This is LOG males per 100 &
males appears a number of males total population
of world is slightly greater than number of females though
result of grea there preponderance females
of the belligerent countries.
Q-What the difference between the American and Eng
lsh languages?-L.B
A:-They essentially the though Americans
words that practically unknown Englshmen and
the true Engshmen have words that used in
ordinary speech in America. Words, phrases applications
of words and phrases in England in accepted
America known Anglcisms while words, phrases
and meanings peculiarly American known Amecansms.
O:-Are the Firms and Lapps Scandinavlansl-H w. M.
A-No; they classified belonging to Mongolian
being ethnoogcay allied Magyars of Hungary, the
Turks and, according authorities Ekimos of North
America and Northern Asia Scandinavians of Teuonc
origin and belong Caucasian
The mirror., 1919-04-24

hard and hasty retreat was made for the dining
hall. Everyone present thoroughly enjoyed them
selves and this marks the opening of outdoor
season, Saturday afternoon will be eagerly looked
forward to. number of ball fans were discussing
the formation of team and arrangements
made, but we have not been notified as to what
they were. It assured fact that team will be
organized.-G w.
The mirror., 1919-04-24

NOTICE TO INMATES

For inmates appreciate and the
portuniy that their give towards
through study good acqu
ing education Night helpful nforma
ton in connection with their work will
with be privileged Query"
send in queries with
kind collaboration Miss Miriam
sign their name register number and lock number
all queries submitted for publication Inmates names, Of
course will be published only the initials Of each que
being used (Ed.)
The mirror., 1919-04-24
Saturdays Outing

Despite the fact that there was every indica-
ton of rain permitted to enjoy an after
9oon's outing in Recreation Park, Saturday The
sky cloudy and some rain fell but enough to
the days pleasure. About 4:45 it began to rain
The mirror., 1919-04-24

N0rcEA inmates using the Query Column and desiring de-
tailed information their queries invited the splendid ref
books library had The International
Text Books especially complete in their information technical
Chemistry
Biography and Science divisions library catalogue for diversified
subjects,
The mirror., 1919-04-24
UNANSWERED QUERIES

will solutions following
meantime de-
string to contribute solutions invited to dose.
O:-Are negro commissioned officers placed in
mand of white troops in the U. S. armyf-K. Y.
The Washington times., 1919-07-19
SAYS LOW PAY IS
DELAYING MAILS

Agreeing with the three repre-
sentatives of postal employees who
sent q joint letter to Col. Robert N.
Harper, president of the Chamber of
Commerce, Charles w. Darr, chair
man of the chambers committee on
postal facilities, declared at the first
meeting of the committee yesterday
that he believes mail difficulties are
caused by lack of experienced men in
the department
TT is impossible to run the service
efficiently" he said, without a num-
Der of experienced men, and it is i'm
possible to obtain these men and
keep them unless they are paid good
wages"
The first steps in the investigation
will be the hearing of representa-
tives of the National Federation of
Letter Carriers, the National FEEDER
alton of Postal Employees, and the
Railway Mail Association. These or
CARNATIONS have asked to be allowed
to lay before the committee their
views as TO the delays in the mails
and their recommendation for relief
They will be given an opportunity
to appear before the committee We'd
nesday night. The committee plans
to confer with Postmaster Merritt o.
Chance on Thursday.
The Washington times., 1919-07-19
YOUNG WIFE ASKS DIVORCE.
SAYS HUSBAND WAS CRUEL

Melissa A Pettey. REPRESENTED by
Attorney Edmund Carrington,' has
filed suit in the District Suprsms
Court against Richard NJ Pettey for a
limited divorce and alfmony, alleging
cruelty and nonsupport.
Mrs. Pettey, who Is a minor and
whose mother, Mrs. Sarah La Garner,
filed the suit in her name, alleges that
her husband induced her to sign q
deed for the sale of her property at
trick he got possession of the cash
payment Of $500 and a note for the
balance of the purchase money, apply
ing the same 10 his own purposes"
The mother also asks the custody of
their child. They were married IN
this city, April 20, 1917.
The Washington times., 1919-07-19
COURT DISMISSES
MI. RAINIER SUIT

The Injunction suit brought by Her
man stensrud, a contractor OF Balt-
more. against the mayor and council
Of Mount Rainier. Md. and the United
states Fidelity and Bonding Company
of Baltimore, was dismissed In the
circuit court Of Prince Georges coua-
ty yesterday by Judge Fillmore Beall.
Stsnsrud. the contractor who put
in the new water system At Mount
Rainier, enjoined the town Of Mount
Rainier from using the system, which
has Just been completed. until money
alleged to be owing him on the. job
should berpaid.
Judge BealL Diminishing the suit,
ruled that the town could use the
water system.
Stensrud, it was charged. failed TO
complete the Job as he contracted and
the work was taken over by the bond-
ing company, which had been retain
ed in the contract The system was
to have been completed for ISL 900 at
the outside price. and the time clause
provided for a penalty Of $50 day
for extra time needed in completion.
The town furnished the materials
and aided the work in every way, IL
was said, but Stensrud alleged that
money was still owing him on the
contract Z
Edgar Allen Poe. ez-attorney gem
eral of the state of Maryland, retain
ed to defend the case, showed that by
falling on the contract, everything
was turned over to the bonding com
pany at the request of the cOntracto-,
who thereby relinquished his claims.
The Washington times., 1919-07-19

land, Capt Walter c. Crosley. Division
two, commander, Rear Admiral Will
liam r. Shoemaker: flagship Georgia,
Capt. Leigh c. Palmer: Nebraska,
Capt. Percy NJ. Olmstead, and YER
mont. Capt. Edward S. Kellogg.
BattIeshIp Squadron.
Battleship squadron. four; flag
ship. New Mexico; division six. COM
mander, Rear Admiral Robert E.
Coontz: flagship Wyoming, Capt Har-
ley H. Christy; Arkansas. Capt. Louis
dc Steigues; New York, Capt. William
V. Pratt, and Texas. Capt. Frank
Scof1eld; division eight commander
Unnamed). flagship New Mexico; Ari-
zona, Capt John H. Dayton; Idaho.
Capt. Carl T. Vogelgesang, and Mis-
sissippi, Capt William A. Moffet.
Cruiser squadron two commander
unnamed); flagship Seattle. Capt. John
r. Y. Blakley; division two. COM
mander, Rear Admiral Spencer S.
Wood: flagship Chicago. Capt Ernest
Frederick; Cleveland. Capt Frank L.
Finney; Denver, Capt. Edward B.
Fenner; Tacoma Capt. Edward S.
Jackson; Marblehead. Capt William
Frederick r. Nellie. and Vicksburg.
Lieut.. Commander Charles D. Reordon
division four commander unnamed)
flagship Seattle; Montana Capt. Ivan
c. Wettenger; North Carolina, Capt.
William D. MacDougall, and Pueblo,
Capt. Frank r. Upham.
The Washington times., 1919-07-19
AIRMAIL RATE CUT
TO 2CENTS OUNCE

The postage rate for airplane mail
has been reduced to cents an ounce.
The decrease is made possible
through the securing of many new
planes and the increasing volume Of
aerial mail carried.
The effect will be to place all first
class mail on the same basis. only
the question of time in mailing de-
termining whether or not the letter
shall go by airplane or by railway.
Letters in transit. which miss train
connections, will be sent by airplane
to make up lost time. You can have
your mail sent by airplane by taking
it to a postoffce station where the
aerial mail sacks are made up and
having II put in the sack.
Letters need no longer be marked
for air mail
Arrangements are being made to
put in operation on the New York
Washington route three OF the fastest
mail airplanes in the service. Each OF
the planes will have a capacity of
$4,000 letters Their speed will be
approximately, La miles an AoaA
The Washington times., 1919-07-19

able TO give an order to servant
without a silent apology. / can never
forget that they are as much entitled
to comforts and happiness as more
than I. for the reason they earn their
way through life by the hardest serv-
ice. The hardest thing in the world
is to obey the will of others, to take
orders from somebody who is no wiser
or better than yourself. to depend for
your livelihood upon the will or within
of some person who has the wealth and
power that you do not possess.
II entered, the employ of the San
Francisco families because I wished
to learn how to serve and to toll with
my hands and to learn American
democracy. 1 love humanity. To ex-
press love one must serve. The two
families were lovely to me.
81 was truthfulIy the servant in
the house, Hardly an evening passed
but that went to lectures in Sar
Francisco or Oakland or Berkeley. II
was like a new life unfolding to me
81 can hardly put into words the
profound feeling that has awakened
in my soul. feeling dealing with the
finer teachings of religion which
promise to bring to earth the great
Christian teacher. 1 did not mind
mental work. Ny mind was occupied
at all times"
To a correspondent in San Fran.
cisco, Captain Overton said that his
wife suspected from the first thai
the domestic was of high station be-
cause of her refinement and her fire.
euent mention of two children in Hol-
land she expected shortly to see.
The Washington times., 1919-07-19
FORTNIGHT TO TELL
.THEFATE Of RUSSIA

LONDON. July Is.-war Secretary
winston Churchill, speaking at din
ner of the British Russian Club, de-
clared that the next fortnight would
be the most critical for Russia.
IF the BOlsheviki triumph" he
said, their whole military power
will be thrown against the little
states which have been promised the
protection of the league Of nations,
Russia is the keynote of world peace.
To restore her to her proper world
position is the FIRST duty of the
League which is facing it's supreme
trial"
The Washington times., 1919-07-19
THREE HELD FOR
GROCERY THEFTS

Three negroes were arrested by
police of the Third precinct early to-
day charged with entering the gFoc-
cry store OF r. Mazer, 2053 l. street
northwest. and stealing 81 in pennies,
| quantity OF -four. ana provisions.
The men are Enos Ben, 2127 !
street; Clyde cooper, 2602 1 street. and
Lester Pfnkneys 1922 Lees court.
George v. Hunt. proprietor OF a
jewe1ry store on Pennsylvania ave-
nue., is said by the police to have dis
covered the men attempting to gain
entrance TO his store last night
Sergeant Loman, Policemen Beck.
Harper and Maher arrested the
negroes when they attempted to en-
ter Hahn's shoe store at 1916 Penn
sylvania avenue. They are charged
with heuse-breaking.
The Washington times., 1919-07-19
NOiseIess Planes With
Turbine Engines Are to
Garry GA Passengers

BERNIE. July 19.-According to
Essen dispatches 10 Swiss news
papers German manufacturers
after. lengthy experiments have
succeeded In creating q sasoIene
turbine. The engine, 1t is asert-
ed, swRL enable an airplane to ay
virtually without noise.
The dispatches add that sew
eral airplanes atted with the new
engines are being constructed.
They viii have a capacity Of 81
passengers each.
The Washington times., 1919-07-19
j. S. WORKERS HELD
UP BY RAIL WRECK

Government workers from Man
assas. Va, were prevented from
reaching washington until afternoon
yesterday when a freight train jump
ed the track at Fairfax station. re-
sulting in a traffic tie-up for several
hours. Sixty trains, north and south
bound, were held up on the line while
wrecking crew replaced the freight
cars and cleared away the wreck
age.
The accident occurred when the
rear portion OF the train became un-
coupled, releasing the emergency
brakes and pulling the draw-bar and
coupler from a car near the engine.
The heavy steel work, falling on the
track. derailed six cars The cars
were loaded with merchandise
The Washington times., 1919-07-19
.TOFILE EXCEPTIONS
TO FEDS VERDICT

The National League Of Profess
sional Base Ban Clubs. through At
torneys Benjamin s. Minor and
George Wharton Pepper, has served
notice on the attorneys. for the Fed
eraI Base Ball Club Of Baltimore that
they will submit to Justice Stafford
on July IS, at 1890 a m, a bill of
exceptions on the trial and verdict
in the latter's suit against the former
for 5000 900 damages for alleged in
fraction of the Sherman antitrust
law.
A verdict Of $4,000 and attorneys
fees Of $4,000 were awarded by a
jury in Circuit Court No. 1. Justice
Stafford presiding, to the Feds in
their suit against organized baseball
about two months go.
The Washington times., 1919-07-19

The horrible tale of the murder Corre resident
Of Oklahoma the mstreament of his widow and by Men
President Wilson
teegraped Robertson of Oklahoma that he
doing everything possible in the
Presidents telegram reads
"Your telegram of July received the serious cOnsd
beg you that through the State Department am
everything possible vi uSical and ter
TibLe of the treatment of Mr. CorTeu"
The CorreH home Tampico raded by band OF
Mexicans locked the entire family while they
ransacked the returned the and
Corre When Mr. Core nterered he
dead butaly with fists and
Joseph DID, managed to
hurt woods
Corre her present in Washington where
laying before State Department
layout Mr. Corre Mrs Correl who is sixyhve
years old, and their sixteen-yearod son. Joseph.
The Washington times., 1919-07-19
SAYS HE WAS SHOT
BY R. R. DETECTIVE

With four wounds OF smau-caliber
bullets in the head and body. Elmer
Taylor. colored. twenty-thres years
old. Of Columbus, Ohio. was found
wandering on Nichols avenue south
east by a policeman early this morn
ing and taken to the Washington
Asylum Hospital until the police In
vestigate his story.
Taylor told the police that he had
been fred at six times by a railroad
detective while in a freight yard.
He was shot twice in the head and
twice In the back Taylor was unable
to say in which freight yard he was
when ne was fred upon.
His wounds are not serious. and Il
Is expected he viii be able 70 leave
the hospital within few days.
The Washington times., 1919-07-19

For weeks the huge fleet has been
gathering off Old Point Comfort.
Eight battleships, the flagship Bir-
mingham of the cruiser squadron. a
tender and dozens of destroyers were
lined up along the roads long before
the hour Of departure.
Admiral Hugh Rodman, command
ing the feet, was with the flagship
New Mexico. With the New Mexico
were seven battleships-the Wyoming.
Arkansas, New York, Texas, Arizona,
Idaho, and Mississippi. The Birning-
ham and the tender Vestal were with
hfty-hve destroyers and smaller ships.
The feet will make for the Panama
canal. 1t will be the greatest that
has passed through the canal. When
il is assembled on the Pacific 1t will
comprise 200 ships. with 1000 Of
fcers and 80, 600. men. 1t will be of
more than twice the tonnage of the
huge" fleet that sailed around the
world in 1908.
Will Grow on Way.
From the time the fleet reaches the
omen sea it will begin to increase.
six more battleships-the Virginia,
New Jersey. Rhode Island, Georgia.
Nebraska and Vermont-will join IT.,
as will all of the cruisers now on the
Pacific coast. The Virginia is the
flagship of Vice Admiral Clarence S.
Williams, second in command.
Some of the ships. particularly de-
stroyers and mine sweepers. are now
in European waters. and a few cruz
sers are already on the Pacific side.
When the feet is complete there will
be sixteen battleships.
Admiral Rodman estimated that
about 100 of the feet of 200 vessels
will cruise through the canal. OF
these ffty-6ve or more will be de-
stroyers. Many. units. scattered at
Atlantic coast navy yards. will join
in time for the canal trip. expected
TO be made a test of the speed with
which a huge feet can be passed
through.
Officers On RodmaB's Staff.
With Admiral Rodman on the New
Mexico are his staff officers as fol-
lows: Rear Admiral n. A. Twining,
chief of staff: Capt. George A. Venable,
fleet supply officer; Commander John
H. Iden, fleet surgeon; Commander
Samuel H. Robinson, fleet engineer;
Lieut. Comdr. James H. Ingram, flag
lieutenant; Commander Roland Brain
ard, fleet gunnery officer; Lieut.
Comdr. Chauncey A. Lucas, flag sec
rotary; Commander julius A. Furer,
fleet construction officer; Capt. Evan
W. Scott, fleet chaplain, and Major
Harold WiTgman. fleet marine officer.
The New Mexico is commanded by
Capt. Arthur l.. willard. Other capital
ships in the fleet, with their COM
manders, are:
Battleship squadron one-Division
one, commander. Vice Admiral Clar-
ence S. Williams; flagship Virginia,
Capt William H. Stanley; New Jersey,
Capt, Walter r. Gherard: Rhode Is
The Washington times., 1919-07-19
DAYLIGHT SAVING REPEAL /.
is ELIMINATED BY HOUSE

Advocates of daylight saving were
jubilant today. BY a vote OF zo3 %
1T the House yesterday eliminated
the daylight saving repeal from the
new agricultural appropriation bill.
thus insuring that the measure wiz
remain law.
The Washington times., 1919-07-19
SIX MINERS KILLED
INVEST VIRGINIA

RICHMOND, Va, July ia long
distance telephone message from Ro-
anoke. Va. states that six miners lost
their lives In Tazewell mines. located
near Blueheld, W. Va, today.
The nature Of the accident Is not
known. and details are meager.
The Washington times., 1919-07-19
Pacific Fleet Sails
From Hampton Roads
To Guard West Coast

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, July 19-The Pacific
feet the first powerful battle force this country
sembled to guard the west coast, sailed from Hampton
Roads today for its home waters.
Squadron Ready to Sail Early.
The Washington times., 1919-07-19
Cornerstone Il Laid.
NIECE OF QUEEN MARY TO WE'D

LONDON. July 19.-The betrothal
is announced by the Daily Sketch of
Lady Helena Cambridge. niece of
Queen Mary, to Major Evelyn Gibbs.
of the Coldstream Guards. . promi-
nent polo player.
The Washington times., 1919-07-19
KISSING WOMEN TO.
Be SERMON TOPIC
Open Air Services viii Be Held
At a O'clock at Lin
coin Park.

open-air services will be held at
Lincoln Park at o'clock tomorrow
afternoon with Prof. Ralph x. dickok
religious work director of the Y. NJ.
C. A. war work as the speaker.
At the big tent tabernacle meet
ings at the corner Of Ninth and E
streets northeast, Evangelist r. Z.
Harter will give a stereopticon lee
ture on the THE Life, Of Christ" in
the evening.
kissing Women and I'VE Are
Not of Those Who Draw Back" are
the topics for his morning and even
ing sermons. respectively, of the Rev.
E. Hez Sven, of the Centennial Bap-
tist Church.
At the following Christian Science
Churches Life" will form the theme
of the sermons at the various SER
vices: First Church, Columbia road
and. Euclid street: Second Church,
Northeast Masonic Temple; Third
Church. Masonic Temple; Fourth
Church, the Arcade.
DR.. JohnstOn's Sermons.
The Rev. DR.. Wilmer P. John
ston will preach at the First Con-
sregational Church on Life. How Tc
Make the Most of It." at il o'clock
and on Some Things Young People
Should Know" in the evening. Dur
ing August, the Rev. DR.. q. Camp
bell Morgan, of London, the woTld's
greatest expository preacher. viii
occupy the pulpit every Sunday.
At the Mt. Vernon Place n. E.
Church, the Rev. Clovis G. ChappeH
will preach on THE Folks We Miss"
in the morning and on why I'm a
Il. -
The Rev. DR.. David Hughes Ed
wards. of the Church of the Covenant
will preach on ais God Good?" at the
IL o'clock services and on The Els
sentials Of Religion" in the evening.
The Meaning of Mysteries in
These Testing Times" IL the theme
of the morning sermon by the Rev,
DR.. Henry Allen Topper, Of the First
Baptist Church. who will preach on
personal Experiences in Syria, Ar
menia, and Turkey" in the evening.
The Rev. DR.. Earle Whitley, of the
Vermont Avenue Christian Church
will preach the morning and even
ing sermons.
The Rev. DR.. John ]. Wicker, OF
Richmond, Va, will occupy the pulpit
at the morning services at the I'm
manuel Baptist Church, and Congress
man W. D. Upshaw Of Georgia Will
preach in the evening.
How to Cultivate Creative Indi'
viduality" is the theme of a sermon
by the Rev. Harry Gaze, OF the Church
of Life and Joy, at the Playhouse, al
S:15 p. m.
At the lexington Presbyterian
Church, the Rev. DR.. Conrad Bluhn
will preach on The Sympathetic
Jesus" in the morning and on The
Fare to Tarnish" in the evening.
The Rev. Alfred n. Terry. of the
First Spiritualist Church, will preach
on ''The Temple within" at 8 p. m.
At the North Carolina Avenue NJ. z
Church the Rev. ]. Franklin Bryan
will preach at z o'clock on The Bible
and Reconstruction" The topic Of
his morning sermon will be "Spiritua
Evolution"