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WOULD INCREASE SALARY
OF BOTANIC GARDEN HEAD
Senate in Adopting Amendment to
Legislative Bill Praises Work
of George w. Hess.

Appreciation of the work done by
George w Hess in improving the United
States Botanic Garden was given public
testimony by the Senate yesterday in
adopting an amendment to the legisla
tive, executive and judicial appropria-
ton bill increasing the salary of the
superintendent OF the garden
Senator Kirby offered the amendment
which was adopted unanimously. He
said: This amendment is to increase
the salary of the superintendent of the
Botanic Garden, man who is alto
setf1er capable and efficient, and who
has been given very small salary un-
der existing conditions as compared
with the salaries of the chiefs of other
bureaus and divisions of this same de-
partment of the service.
Il think the man, because of what he
is compelled to know in order TO hold
that sort of position 10 be efficient.
and to be of advantage to the govern
ment is entitled to something like a rea =
sonable salary"
Evening star., 1919-02-21
C. A. COLBERT GOES TO JAIL.
Colored Boy Held for Grand Jury
Action on Murder Charge.

Charles A. Colbert, colored, fourteen
years old, yesterday afternoon joined
the colony of three dozen alleged
slayerS in the District Jail, having
been held for the action of the gra nd
jury at an inquest held at the morgue
over the body of Norman Queen. also
colored and fourteen years old
Colbert. whose home is at 1916 c
street southeast. is the youngest al
legged slayer in jail: 1T is charged
that he shot and killed the Queen
boy Wednesday night while on his
way home from an entertainment in
Southeast Washington. Witnesses
said the boy did not aim the weapon
at Queen, but discharged the revolver
only for the purpose of making IA
noise.
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TO COMBAT PROPAGANDA.
Committee Will Discourage the
Sale of Liberty Bonds.

"Propaganda" that is said to have
sprung up within the past few months
urging the sale of liberty bonds will
be combated by committee of the
Merchants and Manufacturers Asso-
citation cooperating with the Treas
ury Depa rtment. President Leese an
nounced today thatssuch committee
will be formed at meeting of the
board of governors of the association
Tuesday night.
THE association already has gone
on record in this respect" he said,
and our members have consistently
refused to accept liberty bonds for
the sale of merchandise"
!. Liberty bond holders have been urg-
ed to sell at a discount, it is said, and
brokers are holding the bonds to real
ize on the interest and increased val
ue of the bonds at time of maturity.
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Lovers of Dancing
Are easily taught in six lessons and admitted
free to our Wednesday and Saturday night
dances. Desirable acquaintances made with
consideration and politeness SHOWN 10 pupils.
Young officers. recently discharged engaged as
teachers. SIXSMITH'S DANCING CLUB.
121o q st. NV. Phone Franklin 4o2s. IS.
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\. B. SNYDER ELECTED
COMMANDER OF c. A. R.
Department of Potomac Also
Chooses Other Officers at 51st
Annual Encampment.

At business session of the Depart
ment of the Potomac, District of CO.
lumbia, Grand Army of the Republic
ffty-frst annual encampment, held
last night at G. A r. Hall, these de-
partment officers were elected;
H. B. Snyder, department command
er; r B. Harlow, service commander;
IF w Archibald. jr., vice commander;
T. Calver, medical director; the Rev.
William H. Gottwald, department
chaplain: council of administration.
Hazard Wheeler. +. j. Young. j. Tyler
Powell, Albert Shaw and E D. God
frey,, delegates to national encamp-
ment at Columbus. Ohio. in August.
F. j. Young, Maj. Charles Loeffier, E.
". Weaver. George w Street and
William Emerson; alternates. William
Howe, Charles NJ. Robinson and j. r.
Haskins.
During the session last night the
Women's Relief Corps committee Off
#ciaIiy visited the veterans and were
shown the courtesies. Those making
up the party were Mrs. Isabel w. Ball,
Mrs Ida A. oldroyd, Julia West
Ham1lton, Liod D. 1dFl anu MI = H. ID
Snyder.
At an election of the Woman's Relief
Corps these officers were chosen:
President, Alice Slime; senior vice
president, Marian NJ. Lewis; junior
vice president. Carrie NJ Loomis. and
chaplain. Mary M HItchins. The ex-
ecutive board members are: Emma l.
Dean, chairman, and Mary E. Margo
Julia Collier Saunders Elinor H
Marston and Annie Hawthorne. Dele
gates to the national encampment at
Columbus will be Julia Mason Layton
delegate at large; Mrs. Elizabeth
Months. delegate; alternates. Mrs
Lucy Proctor and Mrs. H. B. Snyder.
There will be a joint installation of
the officers of the two organizations
tonight.
During the official visit of Com
mander in chief Adams, attending the
sessions of the veterans encampnent.
he has officially visited the Woma n S
Relief Corps. meeting Miss Moree e.
Buckles. president of the organization
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GREER CASE TO BE ARGUED.
Testimony in Rebuttal Concluded
Last Evening.

The rehuttal and surrebuttal testi-
mony offered by the prosecution and
defense in the Greer bakery orphan
case, before the Juvenile Court the
past month was ended last night
Court adjourned to meet tonight at Z
sci in the case will begin
The witnesses giving evidence la st
night We're, for the defense, Mrs.
John Greer of Philadelphia. Mrs.
William A. Greer, one of the defend
ants. and William Madden of Bruins
wick, Md. Mrs Nina c. Van Wrinkle,
a police investigator was the only
witness offered in rebuttal by the
prosecution
Evening star., 1919-02-21
TWO D. C. WOUNDED BACK.
Privates Armstrong and Williams
Reach Walter Reed HospitaI.

home is at 1921 Sth street northwest,
and Private Henry NJ. Williams of
1888 Sheridan avenue northwest.
wounded soldiers from overseas, have
arrived at Walter Reed Army Cen
eral Hospital. They were members
of Company A, 372d Infantry.
Both men were wounded in action.
Armstrong while serving in a ma
chine gun unit, and Williams was shot
while going over the top Both
men are doing well.
Evening star., 1919-02-21
COMMITTEES, SPANISH
WARVETERANs, NAMED
Several Washington Men Among
Those Chosen by Mr.. Van Dyke,
Commande--in Chief.

Representative Carl Van Dyke OF
Minnesota. commander in chief of the
United Spanish War Veterans. in gen
ersi orders today makes announce
ment of his appointments of the more
important national committees OF the
organization. which includes several
well known veterans of the District
of Columbia. The committees fol-
low:
Capt John Lewis Tmith, L. S. A.
past commander-in-c chief, is named
as chairman of the comittee on
finance. Capt. d. V. Chisholm, past
commander in chief and deputy pub
lie printer, is named as chairman of
the committee on legislation. The
other members of the finance commit
tee are: Maurice Simmons. past com
mander-in- chief, New York city; Capt.
D. V. Chisholm, past commander-in-
chief, of this city
Evening star., 1919-02-21
IEc|aATVEBAI[
PASSED BY SENATE
Federal and D. c. Employees
Granted $24O Bonus for
| Fiscal Year 1920.
$40 TO WAR RISK FORCE

Employees of the federal govern
ment and of the District government
were assured the proposed $240 bonus
for the fiscal year 1920 last night
when the Senate passed the legisla-
tive, executive and judicial appropria-
ton bill AS both houses have agreed
to this provision in the bill it will
Be contained in the law when it is
finally approved The bill now goes
to conference
Efforts to increase the bonus to
OF Maryland offered an amendment
for this purpose. but a point of order
against it by Senator Underwood of
Alabama, in charge of the bill. was
sustained and the amendment was
lost. No record vote was taken on
the proposed increase.
Allowance to War Risk Bureau.
The employees of the war risk in
surance bureau will receive a bonus
of $3.50, just one-half of the bonus
provided for other employees. Sena-
tor Curtis of Kansas proposed amend
ment giving the bureau employees the
S240 bonus, but this was rejected
Senator Sheppard of Texas offered an
amendment to extend the bonus to the
employees of temporary war bureaus
of the government also, but that
too, was lost
After refusing aid to the federal en-
ployes in the matter of an increased
bonus, the senators then voted into the
bin provision giving each senator an
additional $1,000 clerk. Senator Un-
derwood opposed this amendment also,
Senator La Follette's Warning.
Senator La Toilette of Wisconsin
made a speech warning the Senate
against raising the pay OF the %higher-
ups" while refusing to give an increase
to fower-paid employees of the govern
ment He said that the Senate need
not be surprised il the spirit of unrest
in this country developed as long as
the Senate continues the old policy of
increasing the pay of men already re-
cefving high salaries and of disregard
ing appeals for a living wage on the
part OF the rank and file of employees
of the government. He read to the SEN
ate table showing that from 1905 to
1915 the Congress had increased sal
aries of senators and representatives
SO per cent, and had given big increases
in pay to the President, members of the
cabinet and other high officials of the
government He also referred to the
recent action of Congress in increasing
the salaries of the judges Of the federal
district and circuit courts
An amendment similar to the Boriand
:
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Inquiry by Senator Thomas.

Senator Thomas asked what the s24o
bonus would cost the government 1t is
to be paid to employees of the federal
and District governments receiving UP to
and including s2500 year. He was in
formed that exclusive of the bonus to
the war risk insurance bureau workers
the estimated cost to the government
would be s29,200,0 900. Senator Thomas
then proposed that any money left In
the Treasury after the passage of the
pending bill should be divided among
the various departments of the govern
ment. The amendment caused laughter
and few senators voted aye
The Senate agreed to the committee
amendment providing for joint con-
gressional commission to study and re-
port a plan for reclassification of sala-
ries of government employees. The
amendment is similar to provision in
serted in the bill by the House commit
tee; but which was stricken out of the
bill on d point of order when the bill was
under consideration in the House itself.
The Senate committee amendment
providing for a commission to control
the allotment of space in buildings own
ed and leased by the government in the
District of Columbia to the various de-
partments also was agreed to.
Benefit to War Workers.
Senator johnson OF California sue
ceeded in having an amendment
adopted extending until March 81 the
law granting to war workers in, the
District of Columbia transportation
home when their services are discon-
tinued. The present law expired yes
terday. Under the amendment adopt
ed, transportation is to be given
those employees who resign as well as
those who are discharged when their
services are no longer required. It
applies to the employees whose salar-
les are not more than $1,000, exclu-
sive of the s120 bonus allowed under
the present law, and are not less than
800 a year. -
An amendment proposed by Senator
overman holding open TO soldiers,
sailors and marines jobs in the gov
ernment service which they left to
go to war for six months also was
agreed to.
In recognition of the efficient serv-
ice of James D. Preston, for twenty
two years superintendent of the SEN
ate press gallery, the Senate adopted
an amendment offered by Senator
Moses OF New Hampshire increasing
the salary of the superintendent from
$500 to S2,500. MF. Moses in offer
ing the amendment said:
II think that in attainment. faith
full service, character and inadequacy
of compensation. the superintendent;
of the press gallery is entitled to as
many superlatives as any officer of
the Senate who has been benefited by
our action here this afternoon, and
then some. Moreover, inasmuch as
the popular view of our statesman
like qualities is largely made up by
the work of the press gallery, there
may be sentimental reason for our
taking action here, which seems to
be the only manner by which we can
express our appreciation"
The bill as passed by the Senate
carries approximately $9S, ,e00, ,00o
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Legislative Committee.

The members of the Legislative
committee serving with Capt. CHS
holm, are: Capt. John Lewis Smith OF
his city. Department Commander
Timothy W. Kelly of Massa chuSetts,
Past Department Commander Charles
L. Geoauer of. Ohio and William l.
Mattocks of this city.
Executive committee-The com
mander in chief chairman; senior
vice commander in chief junior vice
commander in chief. Past Command
Chief Hamilton Ward of Buffalo
\. V; Past Commander-in-Ch hief
Henry W. Busch of Detroit, Mich.
The orders also announce that WaI
Department orders No. s, dated Jan
uary IA, 1919. provide that bronze
medal with suitable device and rib
bon shall be issued to any officer
or enlisted man of the National Guard
who, under orders of the President
served not less than ninety days ir
the war with Spain. or on the Mexican
border in 1916 and 1917, who is either
still in the service or has an hon.
ora ble DISCHARGE
Evening star., 1919-02-21
BAND CONCERT. N

BY the United States Soldiers
Home Band. John S. NJ thinner
mann. director, in Stanley Hall
. this evening at Sis o'clock.
March, Universal Peace"
Lampe
Overture, Jean de Paris"
Boieldieu
Idyl, The Chapel in the Noun
tains" .......... Wilson
Excerpts from Going Up"
Hirsch
Rag oddity, Lazy Luke
-s Philpot
Waltz suite, Loves Proposal,8
= Tobani
Finale, Honor Bound"
Boehnlein
The Star Spangled Banner
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Presentation to Family.

In case of the death of a man who
would have been entitled to such
medal the medal may be presented
to his family. The application
should give the full name and ad
dress of the applicant. the rank he
held and the organization in which
he served during the war with Spain
or on the Mexican border.
Representative Van Dyke, in the
orders issued, grants authority TO the
camps to admit veterans of the re-
cent war to honorary mem bership
without first securing permission of
the commander-in-ch chief, and ex-
presses the wish that the department
commanders of the various states
grant like authority.
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amendment of year ago proposing
that all employees who benefit under the
s240 bonus shall be required to work a
minimum of eight hours day was pro-
posed by Senator Thomas of Colorado.
But the Senate quickly rejected the
amendment. President Wilson vetoed
the legislative bill last year because it
was sent to him with the Barland
amendment attached.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-12-19
IRISH AMERICANS PLEADING
FOR THE IRISH REPUBLIC.

Speaking before the House Foreign
Affairs Committee last Saturday,
pleading for recognition of the Irish
Republic by this government, sending
to it diplomatic and consular repre-
sentatives, Burke Cochran, the elo-
quent New York lawyer said that con-
ditions in Ireland are infinitely
worse than they were in Cuba when
the United States intervened there,
Mr.. Cochran said further in closing
his argument:
IF any member of this committee
were to make in Ireland a Fourth Of
July speech advocating the principles
of the Declaration OF Independence,
you would be put in Jail. Although it
is a country freer of crime than any
other in the world, there are more
people in Jail than anywhere else, and
the crimes with which they are charg-
ed and the very things you celebrate
as virtues"
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-12-19
HIRAM JOHNSON, CANDIDATE
FOR REPUBLICAN NOMINATION

Hiram W. Johnson, of California,
formerly a republican Governor of
his state, then the Progressive Vice
Presidential candidate with Roose-
velt) and again member of the G. o. p.,
with a seat in the United States SEN
ate, has flung his hat right square in
the ring as candidate for the Repub-
lican nomination for President.
In his announcement statement
published last Sunday, Senator John
son said: $.aE
Il fully realize the handicaps under
which / labor and the obstacles which
| must overcome, but | am exercising
what is every Americans birthright.
OF course any success for me must
come from the people themselves, not
from a certain well-known class of
politicians, or from those whose in
terests make such politicians. Where
ever it is possible, am going direct
to the people. Upon my return l
shall announce definite and specif-
ic program"
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-12-19
ALL FUEL RESTRICTIONS
LIFTED LAST SATURDAY.

Last Saturdays papers contained
notice of the lifting of all restrictions
on the use of coal and the declaration
that full train service would be resum-
ed last Monday-that is, Regional Di-
rectors of Railroads were given the
authority to remove restrictions on
the use of light, heat and power de-
rived from coal as soon soon as the
fuel situation would warrant the ac-
ton. Fuel Administrator Garfield's
resignation had been handed to Pres
dent Wilson on Thursday and it was
thought that the work of the Fuel Ad-
ministration would be transferred to
the Railroad Administration. We no
tice in this connection that the rail-
roads consume 81 per cent. of the out
put of all coal mines.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-12-19
BOOSTING THE VALUE OF
PROPERTY IN TENNESSEE.

A notice Of property assessment
values being doubled and trebled at
Memphis by the State Equalization
Board, reminds Us of the the fact that
the same has been done here and al
so that the old assessment law never
did authorize the assessment of prop
erty at any figure except its real or
actual value. The only difference is
the State now sends well paid officials
and assistants in your county to set up
valuation for taxation, while under
the former law resident district as
SCISSORS, county assessors and county
equalization boards presumed to take
the law into their own hands and levy
assessments at certain per cent. on
the dollar, while they claimed to
equailize' and which they never did
equalize Under the old law it was
only the small property holder who
paid on anything like the approximate
value of his personal and real estate
holdings, while it is known fact that
the better-to-do got by unblushingly
on just as low an assessment as he
could prevail on the assessor and the
equalization board to make. The new
law, as being put into effect is Right,
but if, under it taxes are not reduced
and if new offices are created to eat
up the increased income of the State,
we are in favor of beating for office
each and every man who had anything
to do with its passage-from Govern
or to Dog-Killer.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-12-19
MRS. ANN BUCKLEY HAPPENS
TO SERIOUS ACCIDENT

On last Thursday evening between
five and six o'clock, while Mrs. Ann
Buckley was coming to Lexington
from Timberlake, riding in a wagon
drawn by a pair of mules driven by
Edward, son of ]. d. Timberlake,
when at the Hardin place, about a
mile and quarter from Lexington,
was reached, the mules became some
what frightened and Mrs. Buckley,
jumped from the wagon against the
protest of Edward Undertake, and
had the great misfortune to break
both bones in her right leg about two
inches below the knee.
Mrs. Buckley was carried into the
home Of Jasper Hardin and soon af-
terward was brought to her home
where she remained until Friday,
when she was carried to a Jackson
hospital. Mrs. Buckley had been
spending the day at Undertake and
little dreamed of the sad accident that
was about to befall her. She has many
friends who deplore the happening
which will force Mrs. Buckley to
spend the holidays in bed.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-12-19
TO MAKE CAMPAIGN
FOR ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE

We had with us this week Mr.. Will
liam E. Clark, of Memphis, in the in
terest of a campaign in behalf OF the
Anti-Saloon League of the United
States, to cover the period between
Jany. 18th and 23rd. The principal OBJ
iect of the campaign is to disseminate
information in regard to the fact that
the fight against the liquor traffic
is not vet wholly won in the United
States. The liquor forces, with un-
limited money behind them, are seek
ing the referendum in II states and
on the referendum have already won
in the state of Ohio. The liquor in
terests are organized in % states and
have secured the professional services
Of Elihu Root, one of the shrewdest
lawyers in the United States and who
will be remembered was a member OF
the Taft cabinet. Prof. ]. 0. Brown
has consented to be chairman Of the
campaign in the county, with Mr.. W.
F. Appleby as treasurer to handle
whatever funds that may be contrib
uted. There will be money needed
but that feature Of the campaign will
no. be stressed as the principal OBJ
lest is to get Anti-Saloon literature
hence. information, into the hands OF
the people.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-12-19
AND THEY WERE SCARED
IN PORTO RICO.

The fact that some people in this
country were so foolish as to become
frightened by the propnesy of a great
calamity Detailing the Earth on .,ced
nesday the nth inst, beca'. - 40 ~.
juxtaposition of certain planets on
that date, was slight here in compari-
son with what happened at San Juan
on the island of Porto Rico, where 500
university students petitioned the
Commission of Education to give
them a recess commencing last Fri
day, in order that they might be with
their parents or families on the 18th.
Porto Rican newspapers some time
ago published the dire prophesy and
general alarm spread over the island.
Officials of the Toronto (Canada)
Observer said last Saturday that col
lision of the Earth with the head of
a great comet might cause such cal
amity as that predicted for Dec. l7th,
but there did not happen to be a COM
ct with which to collide.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-12-19
CANADIAN SOLDIER
WOULD NOT HAVE MONEY

Last Saturday afternoon a man got
off the 400 o'clock train here and la
ter while walking Clifton Street, fell
IN some sort Of a fit in front of the
home Of Mrs. C. A. Logan. He was
carried into the Logan home and af-
terward to the DAVIS Hotel and it was
discovered that he was discharged
Canadian soldier named Milo, an
American who had enlisted in the Do
minion Army before the United
States got into the war. He was said
to have been discharged from the
army hospital on the 4th inst, and
was on his way to his home in Vir-
ginia. Those all-the- year-round "Good
Fellows" Jno S. Fielder and Nick Car
ter, interested themselves in the sol
der and Drs. w. f. Huntsman and
Sam I. Parker gave him profession
al attention. On last Sunday the peo-
pie in the Southern Methodist church
and on the outside, raised money for
the man and with the offered aid of
the Red Cross, proposed to send Milo
to Virginia and George DAVIS with
him-but the soldier Indignantly re-
fused all help and finally left by him
self. Some expressed the opinion that
he was demented-which was strong
ly indicated by his refusal of proffer-
ed money. The cause of the spells he
had was said to have been caused by
baving been "gassed" while fighting
in the trenches.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-12-19
NOT A HOUSE TO BE HAD
IN A BIG TOWN.

Giles County is said to have q very
efficient Agricultural Agent in the
person of Mr.. A. w. Shofner-but he
has rendered his resignation and viii
return to his farm in another county
near Shelbyville This action is caus-
ed by the fact that the agent can not
get house in which to live either in
the good town of Pulaski or in its out
skirts, and on account of the soaring
prices of real estate Mr.. Shofner is
not willing to buy. AS an inducement
to Mr.. Shofner to reconsider his resig-
nation, the business men of Pulaski
have offered to add $4OO to his salary
but what's $4O0 in these mad, mon
ey-chasing days?