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The Washington times., 1919-04-23
What Is the Biggest Thing
In Washington?
By EARL GOODWIN.

The answer to the question in the headline is easy
The Biggest Thing In Washington, the one that the
greatest number of people talking about and thinking
about, Is the Government clerks salary.
The check that hundred thousand people are working
for at each day takes precedence with those people over
League of Nations the Bolshevst propaganda or
anything else that seems BIG but FAR AWAY.
Next to the Biggest Thing in Washington is the asso-
citation OF Government employees who formed themselves
into solid organization despite the opposition of few
shorsghted officials and members of Congress- 1t is the
Federation of Federal Employees thirty thousand strong in
Washington and spreading all the United States until
ut is the sixth organization of all those affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor.
The federation has become officially recognized by Con
gress very pleasant manner The Classification Com
mittee of Congress is taking up the wage question with the
employees directly through the Federation of Federal En-
poyes The bureaus of Government offices are organizing
themselves to meet H question of the Classification Com
mittee through the federation.
The federatiOn's greatest work, believe, was the
granting of the largest salary bonus known in the
Government It's power be the recent resgna-
Ons defeat of who have opposed the federation
The federation recognizes the fact that the Biggest
Thing in Washington is the Government clerks pay and
is getting it better and better scale all the time It
not for the federation imagine the Congressional
Classification Committee would have hard time untanQIng
the snars into which Governmental salaries have become
tangled.
The Washington times., 1919-04-23
Let the Women Shop Early

Sir: Courtesy and poIiteness to
women Is my motto. And do believe
a man should offer his seat to a lady
any time when riding on the elevated
or subways, or in fact any place.
But one thing 1 do not believe in:
II Is this Women should not 90 shop
ping or visiting at a time when she
should be going home; in the hour
when the tired business man or Wom-
an Is going home after working hard
all day.
Often in such cases a man who has
had a hard days work has to offer
his seat to a lady who has only been
out shopping or visiting. Now, thiB
could be avoided-how?
Let the shoppers and visitors. DO
their travelling in the middle OF the
day This would give the working
man and woman a chance to have q
few moments at rest after their hard
days work. 1t would also give mere
room to the working men and women
to travel in comparative comfort
In very many cases in the midst OF
the afternoon rush hours (say, from
4:3O p. m. to $50 p. nj see women
with little babies and children going
home after a trip down town taken
just to see the sights or in visiting.
Now il they would only do this In the
middle Of the day IL would give the
working class a chance to rest their
tired feet
ONE OF WORKING CLASS
The Washington times., 1919-04-23
Shall She phone Hin.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
Some time ago 1 met a soldier,
who seemed to like me. He asked
my phone number, so he could call
me up and let me know about some
pictures we had taken. AS 1 did
not have a phone in the house, and
1t was impossible for him to make
an engagement then. not knowing
If he could get off or not he asked
me to call him at his office. Was
1t right for me to call him up? His
father Is visiting him now, and I
think he ought to devote his whole
time to him. so when he asked II
he could come again. I told him to
give all his time to his father while
he ives in Washington. Now, be-
lieve, his father has gone home,
and as he has no means of COM
municating with me, do you think
1t proper IL 1 phone him?
PERPLEXED.
In the circumstances you relate,
/ think it would be quite proper
for you to call up the young soldier
on the phone.
The Washington times., 1919-04-23
From The Public To The Editor

the Argonne offensive, did come un-
der hostile artillery fire delivered
from the east bank OF the Meuse. This
! fire coming as 1t did from the right
rear led some OF the officers and men
who had never before been under fire
to assume that their own artillery
was firing short. Investigations made
at the time by the division and regi-
mental commanders and by staff Of
ficers prove that this was not the
case.
| Id 1t did not suffer terrible losses.
Although the 313th infantry alone
stormed and captured the works and
town OF Montfaucon, said by the
French to be one OF the strongest
hostile positions taken during the
war. it's elan and dash were such that
| II incurred surprisingly small losses.
In fact. its losses during this, the
first phase OF the Argonne offensive,
were no greater than those Of several
regiments which had easier tasks.
May I add that the article in your pa
per to which take exception con-
tanned the first intimation which has
come to my notice that the 313th was
considered unlucky7 In fact, notwith-
standing the efforts OF the command.
ers and staffs to equalize duties and
assignments, II frequently happened
that the 3l3th was SC located as to
necessitate It's assignment to the best
bIIlets and to the most favorable mis-
sIOns. It's morale was always high,
its discipline good, and its personnel
made objection only when an attempt
was made to separate them from the
regiment.
feel that It is not the policy OF
The Times to do injustice to anyone,
and as a lifelong resident OF the Dis
trict OF Columbia and one cogniZaht
OF the facts, deem II my duty to
call your attention to this matter
which may have grown out OF rumors
spread by such German propaganda
as still survives in our midst.
TENNEY ROSS,
Colonel, General Staff
The Washington times., 1919-04-23
Engaged, But Universally Friendly.

when he came back And she gave
her consent and told me to say
yes" so what could I do and
had TO tell him yes"
Now Miss Fairfax L love my hus-
band and I just don't know what to
do il both Of them come back. Will
you please tell me what 1 am to
do? A READER.
It is almost unbelievable that a
girl could have written such a let
ter seriously. And does she, for a
moment, propose to marry the
second man and serve a term for
bigamy as the result of her wish
to be accommodating? If she is
really married to the first man,
why does she not show her mar
riage license to her mother and
insure herself against further
complications of this sort. What
does she think of marriage any,
how, that it is no more serious
than dropping into movie, or or
The Washington times., 1919-04-23
Today,

EntsFtaInmsnt-''Ys village SksWl Of
Long Ago" TO be presented by members OF
the Vaughn and Burial classes OF Calvary
Baptist Sunday School, in Sunday school
house. Eighth and II streets northwest. 8
p. IN.
MeetInE-HsIen Keller Guild, at home Of
Mrs. George W. Ross. 1Il3 Lamont Etreet
northwest, , p. IN.
MeetInE-washinEton Kennel Club. IN
Ed s. schmid's grotto. Tl3 Twelfth street
northwest. p. m.
Addresses-Bishop Theodore s. Hender-
son and Thomas Tiplady. chaplin OF the
British expeditionary forces, will address
body Of Methodist laymen at a dinner at
New Ebbit.
Address-Miss Mauds Younger. under
auspices Of Jewish Welfare Board, at Y.
N II. A. Foonk mGVenth And PAhByt-
The Washington times., 1919-04-23
Beatrice Fairfax Writes of the Problems
Especially for Washington Women

will let me know 1 will understand
Immediately. CHARLIE.
would write the girl nice let
ter and eplain the circumstances
Just as you have explained them
to me, and then if she refuses to
make up" l am afraid you will
have to abide by her decision.
However, l shouldn't be downcast,
eighteen is very young, and you
may fancy a dozen girls before
you settle down and marry. though
perhaps it doesn't seem that way
now.
The Washington times., 1919-04-23

Negotiations have been closed a.
the result of which the Salvation
Army from its national headduar-
ters in New York city acquired the
Thyson Hotel building at the north
east corner of Seventh and P streets,
this city. The premises will be COM
pletely renovated, and remodeled to
some extent as to the interior ar
rangement, and within five weeks
will be thrown open for use as a
"club and hotel for colored ex-service
men," There will be sleeping ae-
commodations for 125 men, a canteen
billiard hall, and library, and a we'll
appointed visiting room where col
ored men can meet their wives,
mothers, and sisters. The new club
for colored veterans, which is the
first to be opened here, will be in
charge of Adjt. James N. Roberts
of the Salvation Army.
FRED HAFELFINGER'S solu-
tion Of a Thermal theorem is await,
ing PATENT OFFICE
The Washington times., 1919-04-23
FRED S. WALKER.

Glad to see you have an eye for
the beautiful in art. Jerry told the
truth in The Times about that
beautiful thing behind the In
terror Building, and M.AM.SOC.C.E.
R.L.Humphreys is right, too; but
/ know many engineers who have
been passing for years the Pantheon
in Paris and fail to see its beauty
no parallel but-the thing behind the
Int. Bldg. WAS beautiful. Now as to
Jackson's rare horse, there is some q.
thing "pretty" about it that you fail
ed to mention, and that is. it is the
first casting in one piece made in
the u. S., and it was done within a
stones throw Of the city Of Wash
ington. All Sculptors appreciate the
fact-then they change the subject
The Washington times., 1919-04-23
What's Doing; Where; When

Vania avenue northwest, D. m
Meettng-Anthony League, at 2eH
Columbia road northwest. 3:5O .. m
Tomorrow.
Dancs-Richard ]. Hardin Camp No. I
Department Of the District OF Colurn biA.
United Spanish War Veterans Pythian
p. m
Meeting-Assoeiation for the Advance
ment OF Cooperative Enterprises. audi
torium. Public Library Ninth and K
streets northwest, 9 D. m.
Smoker-Graduates and former stu
dents OF 81. Johns College. Vermont ave-
nue. northwest, In College Hall. .. m.
Meetinc-kentucky State Association.
at Thomson school, Twelfth and L streets
northwest, p. m.
Danee-Heche Company Mutual BsnaD
ABosiAHaA, n AFaA&A bA1soGA. . >. -
The Washington times., 1919-04-23
A Defamatory sIster.In-Law.

n DeIamatOPy St8teR-in-LaW.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
A few months ago my brother
asked me to come and live with him
and his wife. and after assuring
myself that he really wanted me 1
went. After the first week I found
that his wife was very, very jeal-
Gus OF me. Can you think Of a
woman being Jealous OF her own
husbands sister?
In her anger she has spread, and
Is still spreading erroneous reports
which are hurting my character.
which at my age. Is trying.
have asked my brother to stop
her from that habit OF talking and
he tells me that he Is unable to do
anything with her, so when he
gave me that report decided to
have nothing more to do with
either OF them and / have not.
Now do you think am right, or do
you think I should make further
EFFORT to have har mouth stopped.
My brother instead OF defending
me, passively suffers his wife to
besmlrch my character. 1 would
appreciate your views OF this sit
uation and any advice you can give
me. MISTREATED.
Any woman who discusses her
husbands sister unfatteringly
will not have a large or creditable
audience. She stamps herself as
ill-bred and unworthy. Try to dis
miss the entire affair from your
mind
The Washington times., 1919-04-23
The Road to BIEamy.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
After two months ago married
an army officer but have kept II a
secret from my people. My hus-
band left for France shortly after
our marriage. He told me to have a
good time while he was away.
met q soldier from one OF the near
by camps two weeks after my hus-
band left, and he asked to call on
me. / told him I was married but
he called that evening and my
mother fell in love with him at hrst
sight Shortly after he was given
orders to go to France and he asked
me to marry him, but l refused,
then he took me to my mother and
asked her II he could marry me
The Washington times., 1919-04-23
A Boys Letter.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

A Boys Letter.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am only eighteen and hardly
know the meaning Of love. Two
months ago l met a girl and went
about with her for several weeks
and told her was in love with her
and she seemed to care q great deal
for me. l always thought that
there was some inc else she cared
for more than she did for me. Grad
ually she began to act strangely
and I thought 1 had been selfish in
going there so often and keeping
other fellows away, so gradually
she slipped away from me and
didn't seem to want me to come
there any more. / haven't heard
from her for some time, and am
terribly anxious to make up: II she
The Washington times., 1919-04-23
LIGHT VERSE.
Who wrote all that poetry they
have hung to the lamp pOsts7
Kultur?

Two colored crippled soldiers en-
tered a street car and seated them
selves in a vacant seat next to a
well-dressed woman. who looked the
part. She glanced around, turned
up her nose, and politely moved
across the car to another seat. The
soldiers looked sheepishly at each
other. Everyone who observed the
incident sneered. But NOT at the
coldiars
The Washington times., 1919-04-23

Several months ago met young
man whom l had not seen since
was ten years old. I have been
and am very much in love and
imagine he thinks a great deal OF
me. He tells me he has been en-
gagged to another girl for three
years and expects to marry her
some day. Do you think / am doing
any harm in going with him?
am sure he also goes about with
other girls. Can he be very much in
love with his future wife, and if so,
why does he take up my time and
make me care for him?
The only harm is to yourself
and your own peace Of mind. Do
you not think it looks as if the
man in question were something
of a f1irt? He tells you he expects
to be married to another girl, yet
he makes love to YOU, and is at
tentive to other girls. If he does
these things before marriage what
do you think he is likely to do
afterward? Congratulate your
self that you are not the girl he
has honored with his doubtful
choice.
A Friend and Nothing More.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
have been going round with a
nice soldier for the past FIVE weeks.
Lately he went to France. have
received several letters from him.
in these he always speaks of love
and asks me II could ever learn
to love him? When I answer him
I say nothing about love, but write
him nice friendly letters.
do not love him. but like him as
a friend. and nothing more. Should
I continue to write him in this man.
ner, or should I stop entirely.
CONSTANCE.
Don't you think It would be more
honest to let the young soldier
know that you regard him only as
a friend, and are not at all in love
with him? II he wishes to con-
tinue the correspondence on these
terms 1t would be kind to keep on
writing to him. Personally, l am
one Of those hundred per cent pa
triots who believe in doing all one
can for the man in uniform.
The Washington times., 1919-04-23
Another Problem.

PINEY BRANCH says that he
notes the Government is going
to furnish INT to soldiers to
clean up land.
What is the Government 20
ing to give to soldiers to I'LL the
holes with"
The Washington times., 1919-04-23
The Facts About the 313th In
fantrY.

The Facts About the 313th In
fantry.
To the Editor Of THE TINES:
1 note the following under the sub
heading Of "Army's Unluckiest Regi-
ment," in your paper Of April o:
Scores of Washington boys and hun
dreds from nearby Maryland counties
are members Of the 313th infantry.
part Of General Kuhn's outfit, often
spoken OF as the 'Unluckiest Regi-
ment in tho Army This outfit, sent
into battle with hundreds OF green Of
flcers and men as replacements, was
caught in its own barrage at Mont
facoun and suffered terrible losses"
1 was chief OF staff Of the Sew
enty-ni7th division ("GeneraI Kuhn's
outfit" to which the 3l3th infantry
belonged), from August 25, 1917. until
December II. 1918. The facts in the
premises are:
(a) The 313th infantry did not in
clude in It's membership scores Of
Washington boys and hundreds from
nearby Maryland counties" At tho
time MontfAucon was taken, the en-
listed personnel Of the regiment were
almost exclusively from Baltimore.
It's officers, other than a few from
the regular army, came from officers
training camps. and very few were
residents OF Maryland or OF the Dis
trict OF Columbia
(b) 1t was not sent into battle at
hontfaucon with hundreds OF green
officers and men as replacements."
At the time II had received no re-
placements and II entered the drive
with practically the same commits
stoned and enlisted personnel with
which II left Camp Meade.
tcl 1t did not get Caught in it's
own barrage," because there was no
barraGs. This regiment, like all 9TH
erS engaged In IL first AhAsO 81
The Washington times., 1919-04-23

dering a glass of ice cream soda?
She will be promising to marry .
third man if she persists in being
so obliging.
The Washington times., 1919-04-23

The other was DAVE BARRY,
journalist, in knickerbockers.
The Washington times., 1919-04-23

One was ROBINSON WHITE
trying to change an auto tire.
The Washington times., 1919-04-23
ONE OF YOUR READERS.

Where Is East Falls Churchf
A reader wants TO know what
color the flag Of Virginia is and also
where is East Falls Church and how
IL got its name"
The Washington times., 1919-04-23

And PHIL KING has written to a
hundred men who are likely to go to
the game and whoop and yell like
kids.
The Washington times., 1919-04-23
HEARD AND SEEN

and look for something else enter
tanning in your column.
Harold p. Stoddard verse needs
explaining-"The incarnation Of
imitation" Is he also q locomotive
engineer?
The Washington times., 1919-04-23

CLARK GRIFFITH furnishes the
bats, balls and bases, all they need
is the uniforms, and every cent OF
the money Phil gets goes to uni
forms. They will be worn in play
by men who served in the army and
navy-those who are doing detailed
duty, as we'll as some of the patients
who are we'll enough to take part in
a game.
The Washington times., 1919-04-23

Walked down from Cleveland Park
this a. m. with my neighbor, MRS.
MARGERITA SPALDING GERRY.
The Washington times., 1919-04-23
Baseball today.

A whole lot Of fellows are going
out to the game, including your
: Uncle Earl IL he can break away In
time.
The Washington times., 1919-04-23

Saw two great sights en- route:
The Washington times., 1919-04-23

Phil asks each Of the hundred to
send him a check for two dollars and
a half IMMEDIATELY, said money
to buy baseball uniforms for soldiers
and sailors at St Elizabeth's Hos
pital.
The Washington times., 1919-04-23

Dig IN, boys. Help 'sm along.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-16
ARGENTINE
STRIKE IS
CALLED OFF
Strike Which Paralyzes Har.
Dor Shipping, Remains in
Force, However.

Buenos Aires, Jan. 16.-(By The
Associated Press.)-At a conference
with President Irigoyen yesterday, la
Dor leaders agreed to call off all
strikes now in force in Argentina with
the exception of the one which has
virtually paralyzed shipping in the
harbor. kilograms received from diff
ferent parts Of the country indicate
that conditions are much improved as
unions.
President Irigoyen promised the la
Dor representatives to do everything
possible to meet the demands Of the
workmen.
Reports from the provinces have
shown that the troubles did not have
their origin in Bolshevism but were
due to conflicts incident to strikes.
Recapitulation of the casualties in
fiicted during the, disorders shows that
between $50 and 1000 persons were
killed and $500 or, 5000 were more or
less seriously wodnded.e It is probable
that the final figures will be much
higher as itiis believed many of the
killed and wounded were carried
away by the rioters.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-16
CEREMONIES TO
MARK OPENING
OF PEACE MEET
Delegates to Sit Around a
Horseshoe Table in Al
= \ phabetical Order.

Paris, Jan. 16.-The beginning of
the peace congress Saturday will be
marked with ceremonies befitting such
an occasion. A detachment of troops
will pay honors to the arriving dele
gates and Stephen Pichon, the French
foreign minister, will receive Presi-
dent Wilson at the head Of the steps
at the foreign ministry and accom-
pany him to the room where the
meeting will begin at o'clock.
The plenipotentiaries will SET
around horseshoe table, the middle
part of this table being reserved fol
officers. The delegations will be
grouped by states in alphabetical or.
der as they appear in the 'Almanach
de Gotha- American delegates will
ish empire, France, Italy and Japan
in the order named. After them will
come representatives of other states
also seated alphabetically.
When all are seated, President
Poincare will take the presidential
arm chair and make the opening ad.
dress. It is understood he will refer
to the tragic epoch ending SO glori-
ously for the Entente and which for
four years upheaved the world. He
is expected also to refer to the i'm
mense task of universal reconsruc-
ton which must be the work. of. the
conference and the high ideals Of JUS
tice which will be observed during the
deliberations. He will then conclude
by declaring the session open and will
then withdraw.
Premier Clemenceau will take his
place in the chair as chief of the
French delegation, this being his
right as the congress is meeting al
the capital of France. He will re-
quest the assembly to elect officers
which. besides president, will in
clude vice presidents and a general
secretary.
Rules for the congress will next be
read. 1t is expected they will be rati-
fled, as they stand. after which they
will be made public.
Formal invitations to attend the
first sitting were sent out last night
by the French delegation to ambas-
,sadors and minister's of various coun-
tries. These invitations announce the
number Of representatives accorded
to each country and ask the diplomats
to transmit invitations Immediately to
the person or persons chosen to at
tend.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-16
Plan TO BAN
NEWS MEN IS
VOTED DOWN
Labor Meeting Takes Stand
in Favor of Free Speech
and Free Press.

Chicago, Jan. 16.-Delegates to the
national labor congress today voted
down a proposition to bar newspaper
reporters from the session. Chairman
E. D. Nolan expressed his satisfaction
at the action. declaring that organized
labor had always stood for free
speech and a free press:
At the opening of today's session
Chairman Nolan defended the action
of the convention in extending an in
vitation to Eugene v: Debs to address
the body.
1.-THE day has passed when a labor
leader can be discredited by calling
him an anarchist, a Bolshevik or a
pro-German." said Chairman Nolan.
An appeal for funds to. pay the ex-
penses of the convention and to con-
tinue work in the Mooney case re-
suited in the collection Of $652.
Leon Green of Seattle said that the
International Workers Defense league
already had expended 100000 in the
Mooney case and that more money
was necessary If the work was to be
continued.
The convention voted to direct Sec
retary Ault to send telegram Of good
cheer to Thomas j. Mooney and War
ASA oAAAfA6S III D.,
telling them Of the efforts being made
to liberate them.
Vice Chairman E. B. Morton of San
Francisco read preliminary report
from the committee on resolutions,
stating that three different programs
for action on the Mooney case were
under consideration. It was said
that the committee would make a
formal report later in the day, the
committee ending by the adoption of
the program outlined by the Interna-
tional Workers Defense league for
! the relase OF the prisoners.
| Suggestion from q radical delegate
that representative of the Nom
partisan league be permitted to ad-
dress the convention to explain the
aims Of that organization, caused a
row. Delegate Prendell Of Chicago
/ objected to hearing the visitor. "If
this man from the Nonpartisan league
talks, then shall insist that the Re-
| publicans, Democrats and Socialists
and every other political party be
given hearing" said Prendell.
After a long wrangle the sugges-
ton to allow the Nonpartisan league
representative to speak was voted
, down.