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The Washington times., 1919-11-26
224NEW MEMBERS
FOR ONE C|V|CBODY
North Capitol and lexington
Association EnroIIs Record
Number.

Marked progress in the enrolling
of new members in the association
was evidenced last night when 224
new members were admitted to the
North Capitol and lexington Citi
zens' Association, at a meeting in
the Emery School
With the election of the 224 new
members last night the total member
ship of the association was brought
up to Al. Additional volunteers FOL
canvassers were asked for by G. NJ
Koockogey, chairman of the mem
bership drive.
The advantages Of organized citi.
zenship were outlined by Jesse c.
Suter, vice president of the Fedora
ton of Citizens Associations; w. l.
Peet, of the central committee, and
G. A Lyon
Martin Solem, chairman of the com.
mittee on schools, reported on the
hearing given the committee before
the Board of Education on the estab-
lishment of a new high school in tina,
section.
Reports on Postofnce.
The progress of the association In
its request to postoffice officials for
the establishment of postoffice in
hat section was reported by w. T.
Foster, chairman of the committee on
mail facilities.
Mr.. Foster said a temporary post
office will be established by Decem-
Der Is, to handle the Christmas mail
and the prospects for the establish
1lent of a permanent postoffice were
bright
The North Washington Citizens AS
ISOLATION also has requested post
,ffice authorities to establish a post.
,ffice, and a communication naming a
site for the proposed office was read.
Il was pointed out that the site fol
he postoffice was in the locality out
lined by the North Capitol and Eek
ngton Association in its original COM
nunication to the postoffice authori-
les, and the communication was re-
ferred to the committee.
wild Horse Ends Browxinx.
T. Homer Hall, chairman of the
committee on fire and police, reported
hat the wild horse that has made q
lightly tour of the section, nibbling
edges and front lawns as he went
along, had ceased making his nightly
rounds. At the last meeting, one OF
he members OF the association re-
ported that a horse would appear
every night in the vicinity OF Seaton
,treet and gallop through the streets,
stopping only to nibble a hedge or
grass from the front lawn.
Following the report of the COM
mittees, the officers of the associa-
ton were reelected as follows:
SeIden NJ. Ely, president; Charles A.
Bowman, vice president; g. e. S
Williams, secretary-treasurer.
Selden N. Ely and w. G. Henderson
were elected delegates to the Fedora.
ton of Citizens Associations.
William T. Pierson sang his owr
rompo sition, "Sons of America
The Washington times., 1919-11-26

His faith in human nature shat
tered and $2.400, representing his
savings for nine years gone, as the
result of what he thought was q good
proposition, Morris Names, q shoe
maker, 405. X street northwest, to-
day appealed to the police to recover
the money with which he thought he
was purchasing a box of gold, which
proved to be brass slugs.
The transaction whereby Names
came in possession Of the box on
turning over the $2,400 to a man who
said he brought the gold" from
Alaska, occurred yesterday. Accord
ing to Names story to the police, a
man representing himself as a sales
man of fancy handiwork came to his
shop last week and secured a room
During a conversation, Names said
he told the man he had some money
saved up to buy out larger business.
The stranger, after two nights, told
Names business was not good in this
city and that he was going to Balti-
more.
The "Gold1 Produced.
The following day another strang-
er entered the shop. He, too, engaged
Names in conversation during which
Names also told him Of his savings.
This visitor was followed by a third
man who came to the shop to have
a pair of rubber heels put on his
shoes He told Names he was from
Alaska and that he had come here to
buy some stock for a store he owned
in that country.
Yesterday morning the man from
Alaska and Visitor No. 2 appeared at
The Washington times., 1919-11-26
GRAND JURY TO HEAR
BOND THEFT EVIDENCE

Because Of the holidays incident to
Thanksgiving Day. the grand jury
this morning did not take up the in
vestigation of the thefts Of more than
$1.0oo,0o0 in negotiable bonds in New
York some Of which were sold here
United States District Attorney
John e. Laskey announced that the
probe would probably be begun early
next week.
1t is likely that the grand jury will
have to devote several days to the in.
vestigation, as there are at least flf.
teen Government witnesses who ha7e
been summoned to present what evil
dence and knowledge they have of the
sales and negotiation of some of the
stolen securities in the capital
The Washington times., 1919-11-26
~ BILL PRICE.

Present telephone rates in the Dis
trfct of Columbia, those established
by Postmaster General Burleson
when in charge Of telephones and tel
egraphs for the Government will be
continued by the Public Utilities
Com mission pending fater develop
ments and information
These schedules of rates would re-
vert. on December 1. to the pre-war
schedules unless the commission or
dered the present schedules to re-
main
So the commission today decided
The present rates win continue, and
b6fcial announcement will be made
to this effect
The Commission recently held
hearings on telephone rates to deter
mine whether existing rates were
fair and reasonable or whether the
former rates should be put into ef-
feet Officials of the telephone COM
pany presented figures showing that
the company Is not earning any re-
turn on its investments in the Dis
trict. but 1t Is not yet in position to
indicate what It believes should be q
proper schedule Of rates
This position Of the company is
due to the fact-and utilities officials
did not dispute the claims-that the
corporation spent enormous sums of
money In Warrington during the
war Most Of this was wholly for the
Government
Just before the beginning OF the
var, the Public Utilities Commi ssion
made q valuation Of the properties of
the Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
(Continued on Page IA, Column IL
The Washington times., 1919-11-26
PHONE RATES
T0STAND,D.C.
!. HEADS DECIDE
Present Schedules to Continue
Until Company Can File
New Tariffs:

The Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company today was
grated permission by the Pub
lie Utilities Commission to con-
tinue the present rates OF
charges for use Of telephones
within the District until May 81,
1890, when the rates VIII auto
maticaIy retrn to a pre-war
basis
Walter C. Allen, executive sec-
rotary to the commission, issued
the order providing the continu-
ance shortly after the commits
sion met at III o'clock today.
When the telephones were re-
turned to private ownership In
August 1919, a law was passed
continuing In effect present tele-
phone rates until December 4,
then automatically return to
pre-war schedules The law,
however, provided that a utih-
ties commission could order
that the rates be effective after
this date.
The Washington times., 1919-11-26
BOY CRUSHED
TO DEATH BY
GRAVEL FALL
Pocket in Bank Traps Four
School ChiIdren-Three
Rescued Unhurt.

One boy died this morning at the
Casualty Hospital. and three other
pupils of the Riverdale Public School.
at Riverdale, Prince Georges coun-y.
are confined TO their homes suffering
from injuries they received when
buried under a ton of gravel ani
sand which Yell on them yesterday
afternoon
The dead lad is Frederick G. Held.
six years old. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederick c. Held of Madison avenue.
Riverdale. Mr.. Held Is an attorney
connected with the Interstate Com
merce Commission
List Of Injured.
The injured boys are watkins Clay
tor, six years old, son of Mr.. and Mrs
T. Norman Claytor. Of jefferson ave-
nue.; Max Goldstein. five years old,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Gold
stein, who conduct a grocery at Riv-
erdale, and Hector McKnew. six years
old, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Nc
knew. of Madison avenue.
At o'clock yesterday afternoon,
when the children of the school were
at recess, they were playing around
sand and gravel pocket which had
been operated by employees of the Riv-
erdale Park Company. Some of the
school children were on top of the
bank, and Held, Claytor, Goldstein and
McKnew were in the pocket
Buried In Pocket.
without any warning, the excava-
tion caved in, burying the four boys.
The screams Of the children attracted
the teachers. who directed the work
OF rescue
The school children, in their des-
peration to rescue their companions,
did not wait for shovels to dig them
out, but attacked the sand and gravel
with their hands.
Joseph Faris. employed in the War
Department was nearby when the
children were trapped. With q shovel
he helped extricate the lads.
AcKnew was taken out unconsc,oua
1t 10 said that 1t took At least forty
minutes TO rescue Held, who was
badly crushed. and unconscious from
sunocation. He was carried to his
home and later taken by DR.. Guy Lat
timer, of Hyattsville, to the Casualty
Hospital where he died early this
morning.
Three Net Injured.
Neither Goldstein, Clayton nor Nc
Knew are seriously injured They
were merely scratched and bruised
The embankment where the boys
were playing IL about q block from
the school 1t Is said that children
have been frequently warned against
playing near it. for fear of such
An accident as occurred yesterday.
The Washington times., 1919-11-26
TOF[Y
WHILE CIVIC
DRIVE IS ON
Associations lndorse Member
ship Campaign and Many
NotabIes Sign Applications.
WOMEN NEEDED TO AID
CITIZENSHIP DRIVE

w. B. Westlake. chairman Of the
downtown committee Of the ID. c.
Organized Citizenship" drive, has
issued a call for women. He
wants members Of the fair sex to
volunteer to act as canvassers in
the campaign to increase the
membership in Washington's civic
associations from 10000 to $4,000.
The women will canvass office
buildings.
Automobiles are also needed.
Persons wishing to aid the drive
are asked to lend their machines
several hours during the day or
night.
II you have an automobile you
wish to lend, get in touch with Mr..
Westlake at Room sol, District
building.
The Washington times., 1919-11-26
HOG CHOLERA BREAKS
OUT IN DISTRICT AGAIN

Hog cholera again Is prevalent in
the District. Twenty-nine hogs, on
farms in Anacostia, died from this
disease during the past month
DR.. R R Ashworth, chief food in
spector, made visits to six farms
during the last several days. On each
farm cholera was found. A quaran.
tine was Immediately ordered, and
will be continued until the animal.
have recovered entirely from the
malady.
The Washington times., 1919-11-26

The fun text Of The new District Of Co
lurnbia Rent Law, with explanatory
notes by the Real Estate Editor Of The
Times, has been printed in convenient
booklet form. A free copy is yours for
the asking at the counter Of The WASH
ington Times.
The Washington times., 1919-11-26
MRS. E. c. GREER NAMED
PROBATION OFFICER

The appointment Of Mrs Emily c.
Greer as assistant probation officer
was announced yesterday afternoon
by Judges Hardison and Mcmahon. of
the Police Court.
Mrs. Greer was a former member of
the women's bureau of the Metropoli-
tan Police Department. She will be
an assistant to Probation Officer
Heany
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-24
YEyBR 0IORlDO EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION
The Official Paper of Gunnison County
SUBSCRIPTION RATES-One Year,
800; Six Months, sl.00.

W. are TO hop" for l-ccut postage
again after July lst, but will the post
"a. -arIr" be improved
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-24

The People OF the State of Colorado to
!! the above named Defendant
You are hereby summoned and re-
quired to answer the application OF the
applicant plaintiff In the above entitled
application for registration Of the fol-
lowing land situate in Gunnison Coun-
~. Colorado. to-wtt:
Beginning at the west quarter cor
ner OF Sec as. in Township SO n r. !
thence east 400 IT to a point on the
west bank Of the Gunnison River:
thence southwesterly along the said
the west boundary line OF said Sec. IS:
thence south along said line $40 II.
more or less. to point: thence east
of Block 3. as per plat of Island Addi-
tion,' now of record in office OF the
Clerk and Recorder of said County:
S. W. Cor. of said block ,: thence east
32o It; thence north 800 II: thence east
1s5 IT: thence south LIS II. thence east
boundary line of Tomichi avenue as
per said plat; thence east along said
boundary line. 5ss IT: thence north
ave ss ea., On of the s ess. line 81 81
the 18th street as per the plat OF WEST
GuNNISoN." on record in said Clerk
westerly to a point II. east Of the n.
w. Cor. OF Block 1o1. as per said last
named plat. thence northwesterly to
south of the center of block IS as per
said plat: thence north TO \ point in the
center OF Gothic Avenue as. per said
plat: thence west l35 II. more or less. to
the east boundary line of said n. W.
4 OF $. W. \ Of said Sec. IS; thence
north to the n. E corner of said N. w.
= of sWt: thence west to the place
OF beginning.
Said land embracing q portion OF the
SwA of said Sec. 35. and a portion of
which is plated in blocks. streets and
alleys and not within any incorporated
town or city and to file your answer
to the said application in the office OF
the Clerk of said Court. in said County.
within twenty days otter the service
of this summons upon you, exclusive
of the day of such service: and IL you
fail to answer the said application
within the time aforesaid. the appli-
cant plaintiff in this action will apply
te the Court for the relief demanded
In the application herein
Witness. Thos. w. Estes. Clerk OF
said Court, and the seal thereof. at
Gunnison in said County and State,
this 2lst day of January A y. lsls.
tSEALD THOS. w. ESTES.
Clerk.
BY Cara J. Estes. Deputy.
First published Jan. 2f. 1918.
Last published Feb. Z. 1919.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-24
UNDESIRABLE PUBLICITY

We note that the Empire is plan
ming TO run the daily weather report.
This has been started several times in
the history of Gunnison. but il is a
question whether Il can be called q
good stunt. There is, TO be sure. no
thing 10 be ashamed of in the low
temperature records, but unfortunate
ly, GunnIson has reputation 10 live
down, and tradition is more obstinate
than facts
In early days, certain people
here became inoriinately proud of
our cold winter days and spread re-
ports which rapidly were rnagnified
and TO this day we hear all over the
state: "Gunnison is the coldest place
in America" OF course i, isn't, but
our gentle friends abroad. are utterly
unable TO reconcile the thermometer
mark with the clear, cold, bracing
weather, which is not actually as Sc
we're as Nebraska or Illinois climate.
They make much of il, as for instance
this from Mon;rose Enterprise of a
week ago.
THE thermometer registered IS be-
low zero at Salida on January 2. We
are anXiously awaiting the thernome-
ter returns from Gunnison for that
date"
Now, as a matter of fact, the tenn
perature here that morning was 81,
which has been the low mark for the
year, and almost precisely the same
temperatures are recorded for Lead
vile, Wagon Wheel Gap. Alamosa,
Steamboat Springs and other points,
which are just as cold and no colder
than Gunnison,, tho at times we have
few degrees the best of it and at
other times n degree or so the worst,
but no one ever given US the benefit of
the doubt.
So il doesn't strike US as a good
thing TO give other towns a chance
TO revive the old cry, which jealous
communities would sieze upon with
glcc.
Now comes Saturdays Rocky
Mountain News and also gave voice
to a lurid lie that sounds as If it had
been manufactured from the figures
Of the Empire and the pleased stories
sown by some Gunnisonitc, who had
gone TO the Stock Show and talked
without thinking of the harm that
might result.
As John Steele says: There are
people in Gunnison clothed, and pre-
sumably IN their night mind, who VIII
sit down today and tell you of the
time the thermometer went to 75 be-
low zero in Gunnison and they worked
in the field in their shirt sleeves all
day and didn't mind il"
And such eNaggeration is n fact. II
is positively funny how folks delight
to tell Of the cold weather that didn't
hurt. II didn't, TO be sure, but it
hurts our town TO exploit il. Greeley
would gladly pay the Empire aditor a
bigger salary for printing this stuff,
than he has secured from the Non
Partisan League at Minneapolis for
printing their canned editorials.
The latest is gloating story in the
Montrose Press of Tuesday, quoting
the Empire article entire and telling
Montrose folks how fortunate they
are not 10 live in Gunnison.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-24
HUMOROUS IF NOT SERIOUS

Denver Mining Record
Little did the West think when the
conservation propaganda was being
spread for the creation of forest re-
serves that in the few short years
since that time $50 forest reserves
would be created in the United States,
embracing 10000, 900 acres OF land.
Much of the immense acreage covers
the best prospective mining territory
in the Rocky Mountain country. The
greater the acreage, the more patron
age for office holders. The prospect
or is disappearing from the West, but
the army of government employees is
increasing.
Now information comes from WASH
ington that the director of national
forests and the director of national
parks are in dispute regarding the
proposed Mount Evans national park
in Colorado. Among the millions of
acres in the forest reserve in Colorado
is the Mount Evans district. II ma
tional park is created there, that acre
age goes from the agricultural depart
ment in charge of forestry to the de-
partment of the interior in charge of
parks A greater acreage made idle
by either department. means more
appointive agents to watch over the
ground and see that no one enters it
and opens mine or an oil well with
out first having traversed the laby-
rinth of red tape now restricting min
ing activities on these reserves. Sc
riously, the West should call halt
upon the aggression. A recent state
ment indicated forty-two government
bureaus now housed in Denver and the
number still growing. All of which
would indicate that if the aggression
is continued western men will be fore
cd to compete with the other fellow
fo- n government job and do away
absolutely with individual initiative.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-24
Weekly Health Talks
The Many Mysteries of
Nature
BY L. ". BOWER, n. D.

You can take an onion seed and pansy
seed, and plant them side by side in the
Mme spot OF ground. In one case, you
get an onion, with its peculiarly strong
sdor. and in the other you get flower OF
pare beauty. You can plant poppy seed
and get opium "a dangerous, habit-forming
Drug, or you can plant rhubarb seed and
get something that helps constipation
No scientist, living or dead, can explain
these mysteries OF Nature. Behind the
invisible life germ in each seed is hidden
the deep secret that nobody understands.
Everything growing out Of the ground
seems intended for some use in establishing
natural conditions. DR.. Pierce, OF Buffalo,
N. Y, long since found out what is
naturally best for women's diseases. He
learned it all through treating thousands
q cases. The result OF his studies was
medicine called DR.. Piercc's Favorite
Prescription. This medicine is made OF
vegetable growths that nature surely in
tended for backache. headache, weakening
drains, bearins-down pains, periodical ir-
segularities, pelvic intiaInmations, and for
the many disorders common to women in
all ages OF life. DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription is made OF lady's slipper root,
black cohosh root, unicorn root, blue
cohosh root and Oregon grape root.
Women who take this standard remedy
know that in DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription they are getting q safe woman's
sonic SO good that druggists everywhere
sell it.
Favorite Prescription should have the
full confidence OF every woman in America
because it contains no alcohol and no
narcotic. DIR. Pierce knew, when he first
made this standard medicine, that whiskey
and morphine are injurious, and so he has
always kept them out Of his remedies.
Send l0c 10 DIR. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel,
Buffalo, N. Y. for trial pkg. Tablets.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-24
HOW THE LAWYERS HELPED

Tn" following article from the
husta!n SCl.nce Monitor Is so ap-
p.lcablc TO the patriotic lawyers OF
GunnIson that We publish II in justice
to them. They We're at th" forefront
IN dozen plans for holding up the
hands OF III" government during the
thick Of the war and are set helping
Judge Stone was chairman Of the
council OF defense and led the Lib
erty Loan drives. Judge Sapp, was
connected with much Of The hard work
Of the Organizing the Local ENcmp-
uon Board, duties which later were
handled so effectively BY the Board.
with Judge Shacklcford as secretary.
Attorney r. NJ. Nourse, is chairman Of
the Home Service committee Of Ciyili-
an Relief and has given much time
and legal study to assisting the sol
dl"rz and their dependents TO get and
Keep home matters Etraightencd out
while away fighting Uncle Sans bat
ties. Judge McDougal has served ov-
or year AS United States appeal
agent for the Local Board These
lawyers with Attorney Hctherington
were on the Legal Advisory Board
here and assisted the 200 or more reg
Istrants in making out their question
naircs. Practically all Of this work
was done without 'recompcnse except
the thanks of Il country which is often
ungrateful, because the people at
large know so little of the sacrifice
cnjolned. Not that the lawyers were
alone in this home service to their
country, but just now we happen to
be talking about them and will quote
the editorial mentioned:
Little as the average LAWYER
may have thought Of that side OF
the situation, il is worth while.
in common justice, that somebody
has come out in print with the
TACT that this profession also did
its important share of war work.
Zach other profession has re-
ceITed credit; but the services of
the lawyers were less visible 10
the public, largely, perhaps, be-
cause they required no uniform.
his legal training made him par
ucuiarly valuable in the various
drives" that filled the war chest:
it came in handy when the COM
phcated business of the draft and
its perpleNing questionnaires had
to be put through by the govern
ment, and II was extremely use
full on nearly every kind of war
service commission. The law
yer, as says this timely remind
er, has won no title, worn no
uniform, received no pay, and OBJ
tanned no glory; but the profess
sion ungrudgingly contributed its
full need of service.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-24

You can depend on the Colorado leg
Islature to always add few more holi-
days TO the list. Without waiting for
national action, or the result Of prop
ositlon to combine "Vlctory Day" with
our Thanksgiving Day and make an
Int national holiday 1t proposes to
media;ely. Reminds one Of the time
wheh a Colorado legislature gave Us
three, Lincoln Day, Colorado Day and
Columbus Day. all al one session and
there was not onc-tenth the de-
maHd or Us" for any OF them that
th"r" is for great International day
Of rejoicing 20 celebrate the winning
Of the world war. And yet they call
Themselves statesmen"