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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-19
PUBLIC BUSHES TO
BUY ARMY FOODS
Supply to Be Exhausted Today,
Is Belief of John G. McGrath,
In Charge of Distribution.

with more than IS per cent Of the
carload Of surplus army food disposed
OF. John G. McGrath, in charge OF
food distribution, announced the re-
msinder of the food would be sold
today to the general public. SO great
was the demand for this food from
individuals yesterday. Mr.. McGrath
ordered that the food being sent to
Government departments be cut down
at least % per cent
Hundreds of people swarmed the
food distribution points yesterday. Mr..
McGrath said today the remaining
food will be placed on sale at the
municipal fish market, and Eastern
market and these schools: Park View,
Wilson Normal. Birney, Thomson,
Eastern High, Tyler and Minor Nor
NAL schools. It IL expected the entire
supply OF food will be exhausted be-
fore 5 o'clock this afternoon
The interest in the food sale taken
by the general public IL 80 great that
1t was indicated by officials in charge
OF the food distribution that the sale
Of army food probably would be Z
permanent plan in Washington.
The supply Of bacon was exhausted
yesterday, as the demand was several
times greater than the amount en-
hand. At the Fish Market this morn
ing there were on hand these things:
Canned corned beef, canned roast
beef. canned peas. corn. beans, and a
number OF cases Of tomatoes.
The quality Of the food, according
to Mr.. McGrath. Is beyond eXpecta-
tions. THAT the food Is good" said
Mr. McGrath. as indicated by the de-
mand. Several persons returned for
more food after examining their first
purchase. II we had had ten carloads
am sure we could have disposed OF
1t ALL"
Although the sale Of surplus army
food in tn District has been q hugo
success, the possibility OF further
sales does not seem probable Al
though officials will no: state that
the food sale would be discontinue
after this carload = gone, they did
say that no plans to obtain more had
been discussed
Mr.. McGrath, in charge Of food dis
tribution, will return to his work at
the Treasury Monday. When asked
was he to take charge Of further dis
tribution he replied, mo one had
asked him" He stated that he could
have sold forty times as much food
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-19
new SONG BOOSTS
VOTESFOR CAPITAL

An appeal for votes for the Dis
trict" is noted in a song written for
the campaign entitled. The Old Spirit
Of Seventy Six" by J. Frank Butts,
Of 1907 T street northwest, an attor-
ney. The lyric, which is published to-
day. Is entirely local, and is dedicated
to ''voteless Washington" The pub
Usher, Joseph D. Kaufman. is dis
tributing the song through restAu-
rants, theaters. etc. and has several
thousand copies which are to be given
free TO persons wanting them at 1905
Pennsylvania avenue northwest.
on the back of the song is the IA
nous poem Of Walt Mason, Poor
Washington" which has become so
popular with those who are driving
to bring the vote here. The title-page
is illustrated with a picture OF the
Capitol and the Spirit of rs" drawn
by Clifford K. Bergman. other con-
trfbutors to the printing of the song
are the Lanman Engra ying Company
and the National Publishing Company.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-19
CIVIL SERVICE
TO Be DIVIDED
NTO9GROUPS
Action Planned by Committee
On Redistribution Of U. S..
Employees Salaries.

Service rendered the United States
Government by the 100000 civil serv-
ice employees in the District OF Co.
lumbia will be divided into nine diff
ferent groups by the joint Congress
sional commission on the reclassifi-
cation OF Federal employees salaries,
il was announced today.
The commission has set experts to
work making detailed specifications
Of every position listed under these
nine groups These groups are term
ed services by the commission ex-
perts and the subdivisions under the
groups will be termed Glasses" In
this way the commission proposes to
classify every position in the Govern
mental service in the District.
In some positions the number Of
classes of employment will run to
forty and fifty under a single group,
but this will be true OF clerkshtps,
secretarial positions and the like. The
engineers group, subdivided into cleo
trical, mechanical, stationary engin-
GERS, will be one of the smallest of
the nine groups. il was said today.
Former Congressman Edward Keat-
Ing. secretary Of the commission, has
held conferences THIS week WIN eA-
perts on employment from the va
rious Government departments. These
conferences have been for the pur-
pose of arriving at specifications OF
the various Kinds of service, which
means, literally. dividing she Govern
ment jobs into groups.
Many kinds of services have been
defined and classified according 10
the details and plans worked out in
thees conferences. AS a beginning,
the commission has taken a position
representative of grades Of service
from the lowest paid to the highest,
with the result that the work Of
classifying jobs is we'll under way.
These specifications are tentative, Il
was said, and the comm ssiOn con-
stantly changes the classes OF serv'
ice, as new duties devolvs upon the
position OF office.
The commission now has a large
staff OF experts at work, in ;Iuding en-
gineer experts and advisers from the
different Government agencies and
bureaus. Secretary Heating feels
confident the commission will be able
10 submit it's report and recommends.
lions 70 Congress about the third week
in January.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-19
WOULD STAY HUBBY
FROM GOING AWAY

Being afraid that her husband has
sold his business and will ego to
Africa or Chicago" Mrs. Gertrude
Kronhsim Klawans today filed suit
in the District Supreme Court against
Joseph T. Klawans for q limited d.
vorce and alimony, and also asks that
writ issue preventing him from
leaving the Jurisdiction. Mrs. KIaw-
ans. represented by Attorney George
e. Sullivan, alleges that her husband
deserted her and is not contributing
toward her support
She declares that he is worth about
$50, 900, and that he told her several
months ago that If anything happen
ed to cause a separation between them,
he would sell his business. Lads
and gentlemen's furnishing business
at 1000 Eighteenth street northwest.
The wife says she believes her hus-
band has already sold tho place for
the purpose OF preventing her from
obtaining maintenance. Mrs. Kla-
vans says that she neds at least
$40 week for her, comfortable and
reasonable support" Justice Siddons
in issuing the writ placed Klawans
under $1,000 bond.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-19
UNION ORGANIZED
BY DISTRICT cops"

More than 100 members OF the Net
ropoIitan Police force last night or
ganized City Polieemen's Union, No
1918, at their organization meeting
held at the Gayety Theater. The union
will be affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor.
The union was formed to obtain
better working conditions and higher
salaries. Police of the several pre-
cincts are confident the entire per-
sonnet of the department will join
within the next six months.
The temporary officers elected last
night are L. Z. Drager. president; c.
Il. Mansfield, vice president: c. H.
Warder. recording secretary; c. c.
Wise, financial secretary, and ]. H.
Lee. treasurer.
Trustees for the union were elect
ed as follows: NJ. d. Smith, GEORGE
Hellmuth and Frank Tyser. H. H.
Hartman was elected guide and F. 5.
Brown. sergeant-at-arms.
1t is believed police officials will
not be in opposition to the union, as
the clerks of the District government
have a union as we'll the firemen.
The firemen's union has been organ
lied for nearly four years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-19

Urging the women employees of the
Bureau OF Engraving and Printing
to lay before the joint Congressional
Commission on the rehabilitation of
federal employees salaries, facts ana
data on the high cost Of living in the
District. Luther c. Steward, presi-
dent of the National Federation OF
Federal Employees, spoke this after
noon at membership campaign
meeting of the bureau employees. The
meeting was held in Typographical
Temple, 423 G street northwest.
Mr.. Steward declared women en-
ployes Of the bureau are typical Of the
working women of Washington, and
their testimony as to the cost Of sliv-
ing will be Illuminating. Seventy per
cent OF their number, according to
statements by officers of the union,
have dependents.
Items in the cost Of living for the
woman's family, in such cases. as COM
pared with the average family where
the husband IL the proVider and the
wife remains at home, must be appor-
TONED differently from the So-called
family budget, said Mr.. Steward.
"one important difference" said Mr..
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-19

~ NE day the president of a
large mems clothing store
~ called me into his Office and
showed me his stock sheet Of mems
suits.
The suits ranged at retail from
$50 to $50, but the $50 line was
top heavy.
The question was, how to bring
the $50 line to normal without hav-
ing a sale, because it was just OH
the threshold of a new season, and
such a move would have a bad eff
feet on the other lines.
! asked the president how much
he was willing to spend.
ard like to move 200 suits" he
said, "and would be willing to Of
fer all my $50 suits at $40"
"But / don't want to advertise 1t
and kill my other business"
You'll agree with me that trying
to move a lot of $50 suits without
the aid of newspaper advertising
is some try, but it was done and
far in excess of our fondest expec-
tation.
We selected 5000 names from
our city directory in a section of
the city where our cash trade was
the largest.
To this list we wrote a frank
Copyright
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-19
SAYS CzECH0-SL0VAKS. DID
NOT KEEP YANKS WAITING

The right Of the United States Gov
eminent to transport Czecho-Slovak
troops through the United States was
defended yesterday by Secretary OF
War Baker who appeared before a
subcommittee of the House commit
tee investigating war expenditures.
The expenses, he said. incurred by
the Czecho-Slovak troops in America
will be refunded by their government
The charge that American troops
were kept waiting in Siberia while
Czecho- Slovakians were afforded
transportation home was denied by
the Secretary.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-19
CALLS 7-CENT FARE
CHEAP INLONG RUN
Fitzgerald Declares 1t Will
Save Ten Cent Charge
In Future.

Congressman John F. C'Honey
Fitz'D Fitzgerald Of Massachusetts,,
Who called at the White HOUSE today
relative to the Boston street railway
strike, incidentally remarked that
there must be q sevsn-cent fare in
Washington, or even q higher fare
than that, or ultimately the people
here will be obliged to pay 10 cents"
He said that a 10-cent fare now pre-
walls in Boston and under the "serv.
ice at cost plan the taxpayers are
facing a deficit OF more than $4,000
200, which is likely to be increased IL
the employees receive what they de-
mand.
The public In the Capital should
MT be penurious toward the railroads
in view OF the fact that the cost Of
living has increased 106 per cent in
the past Ave years and necessarily the
railways have been hard hit" said
Mr.. Fitzgerald.
"If the traction companies are not
given funds the rolling stock will
break down, the service will get
worse and there will be all kinds Of
accidents. The public should be will
ing to pay cents now to improve the
service because q much higher fare
will be necessary in the very near
future.
AT an carly date intend to POM
OUT on the floor Of the House the resi-
facts about the street railway STUD
tion in " aShington and show what
has happened 70 Boston because the
people were niggardly when there vas
just demand for more revenue l
will try to save the Capital Z ON the
bitter experience that Boston has had
AZ a result Of it's penury.'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-19
CITIZENS ASK SIX
MOREPLAYGROUNDS

There is a crying need for more
municipal Fairgrounds in the Dis
trict, according to Mrs. Susie Root
Rhodes, supervisor OF Fairgrounds.
Mrs. Rhodes states that daily more
than 5000 children are forced to use
the streets as Fairgrounds, with great
danger of being run down and killed.
The need is so great that Ave citi-
gems and two community center as
sociations, representing six sections
Of washington and more than 10000
people, have petitioned the supervisor
to establish six Fairgrounds in var
i0us localities.
The latest petition comes from the
Park View Citizens Association and
the community secretary of the Park
View School. They ask a playground
be established on the vacant lot
north Of the school house.
The entire northeast section OF
Washington Is without q colored
playground. Mrs. Rhodes has been
asked to establish one on the vacant
lot at Third and G street northwest
Numerous colored organizations have
sent in petitions.
A playground is asked Immediately
for the children living in the vicinity
OF Washington circle. The Gallinger
playground was formerly in this
neighborhood, but was taken by the
Government.
The Mades playground. at Eighth
and L streets. il too small to care for
the needs Of that section. Persons in
that neighborhood are urging the
Patterson tract, now known as Camp
Meigs, be used.
Chevy Chase wants a playground.
The Elizabeth V. Brown Community
Center Association is the petitioner.
In Mt. Pleasant the playground now
located at Fourteenth and Park road
northwest probably will have to be
vacated, as the ground has been sold.
Mrs. Rhodes is endeavoring to COM
ply with the requests and petitions
received, and IL Is possible some Of
these Fairgrounds may be established
this month.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-19
IMAGINATION IN BUSINESS
By
THE MERCHANDISE MAN.

letter stating the condition Of our
stock, and enclosed the rirnl's check
for $40 to be applied with $40 cash
on any $50 suit in stock.
We figured that 3 per cent return
would balance our stock.
Imagine our surprise when we
sold over 600 suits in the allotted
time and could have sold more had
the zero hour not stopped US.
Do you know what turned the
trick? 1t was the old-fashioned
but deep-rooted instinct in every
human being not to throw away
something of value, and every man
who received a check schemed to
find way to use it and buy himself
a suit.
Some who couldn't use the check
endorsed it over to a friend and
others returned them to US with
letters of thanks and regrettine
their inability to take advantage
of our generous offer.
Imagination solved a problem
that otherwise was a hard one, and
it solved it at a saving of many
dollars of newspaper advertising.
Ny next article Will show how
we found out who the buyers were
who did not keep up an everlasting
fight for business.
10, by the Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-19
CITY CLUB TOADMIT
AFEW MORE SOON

Although the City Club is deter
mined that its active membership
limit Of 1900 shall be rigidly OBJ
served. some OF the persons now on
the waiting list OF more than fifty
names soon will be admitted to mem
bership. according to ]. A. Whitfield,
president of the club.
This will be made possible by some
OF the present active members taking
out life memberships. Several al
ready have taken such memberships,
and others are expected to take steps
in the near future. These member
ship transfers will leave vacancies
ir the active membership, which will
be filled with those persons heading
the waiting list.
The club ultimately will have 1OO
life members. but no active effort to
secure this number will be made until
the summer season is ended. Most OF
the life members will be obtained
from the present active members; and
these transfers will offer a new
source of vacancies from time to time
until the limit Of 100 is reached.
Applications are still arriving at
headquarters at the Commercial Club,
and IL is expected the waiting list will
grow steadily. Applications will be
acted upon by the membership conf
mittee and the board of governors as
soon as they are received. and the
names will be placed on the waiting
list in the order in which they ara
approved.
The committee on the selection of
downtown site for the proposed
81 900. 900 clubhouse has completed its
work and will submit its report early
next week. The report will be kept
secret until ratified by the board of
governors A joint meeting of the
board and the site committee will be
held about the middle of next week
to discuss details of the report.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-19
Steward Urges Bureau
Women to Tell Salary
Commission H.C.L. Facts

Steward. ais the cost Of clothing,
which in families where the woman
works away from home every day
must, obviously. be more for her and
her children, than for the wife who
sta.S at home"
The speaker also urged the women
bureau employees to show the reclassi-
fcation commission the greatest cost
of staple articles to the family, with
little or no margin of income, be-
cause of the fact that such families
can not take advantage of seasonabIe
reductions, wholesale rates. Many
families have only funds to live from
week to week. he declared.
Captains for each division Of bu-
reau employees were appointed to
conduct the membership campaign.
At division meetings next week the
captains will report the success of
their canvasses.
The meeting was held under the
Joint auspices Of the womsn's Trade
Union League and Federal Employees
Union, No. los. Miss Mary Anderson
presided. A general meeting for the
night workers at the bureau will be
held at 1880 o'clock next Wednesday
afternoon.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-19
CAR TIE-UP MAKES
MANY WALK NRAIN

Hundreds OF persons were forced to
walk to their homes in pouring rain
between the hours of and IL o'clock
last night, when traffic OF the Capt.
tai Traction Company along Penn
sylvania avenue was tied up. A.
many others waited on the darkened
cars for resumption OF the service.
while many taxis were called into
service to take persons to their
homes.
The suspension of service was due
to the slipping OF a conductor bar
from its insulator. to the bottom OF
the travel pit. at Sixth street and
Pennsylvania avenue. II is thought
that the falling was caused BY the
pillow Of the car, which wrecked the
bar from its place. Wreelins crews
had a hard time in fixing the bar
so that traffic could move.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-19
D. c. Citizens VIII Meet
Monday Night to Discuss
Surplus Army Food Sale

Next Monday night at o'clock
in the board room Of the District
Building a meeting OF all persons
interested in the food distribution
will be held.
At this meeting. over which
John @. McGrath will preside. It
viii be decided whether TO con-
tinue the sale Of army surplus
food in Washington. There seems
to be no doubt the food distribu-
ton will continue and probably
on q larger scale.
District Commissioner W.
Gwynn Gardiner is elated over the
way the food is selling, and is TAX
ing an active interest in the sale.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-19
2 GIRL BATHERS DROWNED,
FOUR OTHERS. ARE RESCUED

wILKESBARRE, Pa, July IA
Grace Perfer. sixteen years old, and
Marjorie Heffernan, seventeen. both
of Luzerne borough. were drowned
here while bathing in the Susquehan-
ma river. Four others had a narrow
escape.
The girls were employed in a fa.-
tory. Six were in the pOtV shat went
into the river. and none could swim.
They went a short distance from
shore, stepped into deep water and
started to sink. Their cries brought
John Halpin, a farmer. to their aid,
and he succeeded ge-trG for to he
shore.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-19
FOUR AUTO TIRES
IN THIEVES LOOT

Four automobile tires, valued at
500. were stolen from a garage in
the rear of I41O Church street early
Yesterday. according to a report
made by Franklin !. Lanahan, or
1929 P street northwest. The thieves
gained entrance TO the garage
through a coal shute.
Gaining entrance to the home OF
Mrs. William Scammell. 2Slo Bladens-
burg road northeast, last night by
forcing a front window. a burglar
stole a gold filled wrist watch and
4 pocketbook containing so cents.
The apartment OF Miss Genevieve
Elliott. I4f0 y street northwest, was
entered and ransacked yesterday az
ternoon. but nothing was stolen, the
police were told
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-19
TO FORM DELAWARE
SOCIETY NEXT WEEK

A meeting OF natives OF the State
Of Delaware will be held in room PAP
Of the Senate Office building Monday
evening at s o'clock to organize a
Delaware State Society.
Requests have been made that all
residents or former residents OF Della
ware in Washington attend the meet
ing. The purposes of the organization
will be to promote social intercourse
between natives of the State in Wash
ington.
John W. Dick will be appointed
temporary chairman, and I. w. Bow
ers will act as temporary secretary.
Election Of regular Officers probably
will be held later.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-19
Want. ACTION,
NOT PROBE, N
LIVING COST
Housewives Of America Demand
Prompt Passage Of Kenyon
Anderson Bin.

Housekeepers OF America. as rep
resented by the National consumers'
League, told Congress rather bluntly
today that they are fed up" with In
vestigations Of the high cost Of ltv-
ing and suggested the timeliness Of
little legislation.
This was stated in q letter sent D.
Miss Jessie r. Adler. legislative rep
resentative Of the league. TO Con-
gresham George H. Tinkham, who
has introduced a bill calling for an
appropriation o. $50, 1000 for q nati6n-
wide investigation
Want Action New.
"In this connection. we should Ike
to remind you that q very thorough
investigation took place last Wintsr
before two committees OF Congress
wrote Miss Adler, during which very
astounding facts from the point OF
view Of women housewives were
brought to light We were 50 inn
pressed with these hearings that We
have set about Immediately spread
ing the revelations that were made
among our membership throughout
the country.
"As a result Of the hearings, what
Is known as the Kenyon-Anderson bAl
has been drawn with the cooperation
OF all the interests most concerned,
namely the consumers. the producers,
and the farmers This bill seems 70
US to strike at the root OF the evil,
namely the monopoly which u exer-
cised by the Ave great packers OF the
country, q monopoly so far-reaching
that IL threatens TO extend 70 all
lines Of food product.
Calls Facts Sufficient.
I'VE are convinced that sufficient
facts have been brought to light to
warrant Congress to pass the Ken
yon-Anderson bill. This bill viii tend
to open the channels Of commerce.
which have been closed by the pack
ers' dollars, will make more possible
consumers cooperation, whereby
new local distributing centefs may
be started by the consumers them
selves. Things have reached such a
crisis that nothing short Of the
above program can reach the situa-
tion, from our point of view. and We
are hoping that such a program will
be Immediately pushed BY Congress-
IF this Is done. and relief does
not come soon after, then we should
welcome a further searching inves-
tigation." the letter concluded
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-19
FAR FROM GOAL IN
ST. JOHNS DRIVE

Fearing that the St. Johns CsIIsgs
extension drive for $3.50 900 will not
succeed within the allotted time,
grand knights and secretaries OF the
Knights OF Columbus have outlined
tentative plans to canvass the naFn
bers OF the organization. This, they
believe, will assure the success OF Ia
drive.
Catholic pastors, IN order - Etin,-
ulate interest in the drive, Nh usst
in campaign heo dauartsrs II che Har-
rington HOtel on TuesdzF ate rnoaa.