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The Washington times., 1919-09-12
INCREASEDGAS
RATEISSOUGHT
ACCOMPANIES
Counsel Requests D. C. Heads
to Grant Seven Per Cent Re-
turn on Valuations.

seven per cent return on valua-
tions. which necessarily Will mean
increase in the cost Of gas to the
consumer, was asked by BENJAMIN
s. Minor, counsel for the Georgetown
Gas Light Company and Washington
Gas Light Company, when he ap-
peared before the Public Utilities
Commission today at a public hearing
on the petitions Of hte companies to
continue the present nihety-five cent
per thousand cubic feet gas rate.
Attorney Minor. stated that condi-
tions at present would be the normal
conditions for many years to come.
He said that the companies had been
carrying the burden OF the present
low rate in the hope a reduction in
material and labor would come about
I'VE feel we have been carrying
the burden long enough. Our fig
ures will show that we are not even
receiving a six per cent return on
the valuations" Attorney Minor
said.
Comparative Figures shown.
Robert Luqueer, expert and stats
tician for the company, presented fig-
ures showing the comparison between
the next net earnings of the com.
pany this year and last.
That the inability OF the company
to make a fair profit on the present
05-cent rate is not due to inehiciency
OF the management OF the company
was shown by Attorney Minor, who
referred to the report OF the Bureau
Of Standards, which bureau investl-
gated the company
Attorney Minor stated there has
been a slight reduction in the cost OF
oil, but pointed out this increase has
been Offset by the increase in labor
cost
THE companies" said Attorney
Minor" have made every effort to
make out on the -95-cent rate. But
we find we cannot do it. Present
conditions should be considered nor
NAL conditions, and under this con-
sideration we believe we should be
granted a fair return Of Z per cent
Another thing, It is a shame the peo-
pie Of the District are forced to pay
increased gas rates because the Gov
ernment pays only a small rate"
To Ask Increase Later.
During Attorney Minors testimony
Commissioners Kutz and Gardiner in
terrupted to ask whether the company
was thinking Of asking for a higher
gas rate. Attorney Minor replied that
an increase would be asked when the
commission orders the present rate OF
95 cents continued. On September 20
the 95-cent rate automatically goes
back to 90 cents.
1--WE have waited as long as we
could" said Attorney Minor, "and now
something must be done to AFFORD US
relief"
William Nick. Clayton told the
commission the Federation of Citi-
zens' Associations was not opposed to
rthe continuance OF the 95-cent rate
He stated the federation accepted the
statements OF the company as to its
condition.
The Washington times., 1919-09-12
FIRST RELATIVES TO
GET PARADE SEATS

Seats will be provided for the
wives and mothers of the men NJ the
First division in front Of the Eagle
Hut. Ninth street and PennsyIyania
avenue, by the Y. NJ. c. A. on the dav
OF the parade. This follows the guR-
gestion made by The Washington
Times
stand will be erected with a seat
ing capacity OF 300. Distribution OF
the seats will begin Monday morning
at 10 o'clock. under the direction of
9. II. Harrington.
1t will be necessary for those an
plying for the seats to bring proper
credentials, Mr.. Harrington said to-
day. These steps will be taken to
prevent other than the soldiers wives
ana mothers from occupying the
The Washington times., 1919-09-12
NO MAIL DELIVERIES IN
D. C. ON "PERSHING'S DAY..

No mail deliveries will be made on
"Pershing's Day." and the Postofice
and various substations will be clos
ed. il was announced today.
Collection of mail will be made in
the downtown sections of the city at
o'clock in the afternoon, and IL
o'clock in the evening.
The Washington times., 1919-09-12
FREE BATHING SUITS AND
TOWELS FURNISHED MEN
OF FIRST DIV. BY "Y"

The Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation has made arrangements with
L. Gordon Leech. manager of the Tidal
Basin Bathing Beach. to provide a
free bathing suit and free towel to
every soldier of the first division de-
string to take a swim any time be-
tween now and next Wednesday
night.
The Y. N. c. A. is defraying the ex-
penses. An invitation has been ex-
tended to every member of the divi-
sion. and the beach is ready to re-
ceive them at any time.
The "Y' also is furnishing men to
take charge OF the distribution OF
suits and towels at the beach.
The Washington times., 1919-09-12
II PROOFREADERS
IN G.P.O. SUSPENDED

Eleven proofreaders at the Govern
ment Printing Ohice were sus-
pended for twenty-four hours Wednes-
day by Cornelius Ford. Public Printer,
because they allowed the names Of
army officers TO be misspeIIed.
The action was taken against the
proofreaders after repeated COM
plants from the War Department
The proofreaders claim iIIegibIe copy
and oVerwork to be the cause OF the
errors. Il is expected the matter will
b. brought to the attention Of union
officials,
The Washington times., 1919-09-12
DAUGHTER LEFT ESTATE.

Miss Laura Rebecca Evans. a
daughter. is made residuary legatee
of the estate of Mrs. Hattie A. Evans,
N her will, filed for probate yester-
day. william c. Evans, jr., a son, Is
to receive $500. The estate includes
the premises at 800 Elm street north
west, left to the daughter.
The Washington times., 1919-09-12
SIX BLIND SOLDIERS
TO MARCH IN PARADE

Six soldiers. formerly members of
the First Division, who were blinded
in France, will march in the parade
here next Wednesday. The men are
now at the Red Cross Institution for
the blind at Baltimore.
c. A. Leavitt, from the Baltimore
institution was in Washington today
with War Department Of
ficials to get them a suitable place
in the parade.
The Washington times., 1919-09-12
PASTOR CAN'T
FIND A HOME,
SEEKS A TENT
Asks Authority to Put Up
Canvas Parsonage In Rock
Creek Park.


Unable to obtain an apartment in
washington to live In, the Rev. L. u.
Powers minister q the Church of
Our Father. has asked permission -
pitch a tent In Rock creek Park.
In q letter addressed 20 the
Honorable PARK commissioners Of the
District OF c0iambia Agf. Powers.
who has Just succeeded to the pas
torate vacated BY the Rev. DR.. John
Van Sehaiek, tells OF trying every
means in his power to obtain q place
to live, and the bitter disaDpointment
Of his Efforts rs-1s.
$50 while waiting for an apart
ment to become vacant or prices to
come down. ask the privilege OF be-
coming a tenant OF your beautiful
park" Mr.. Powers writes.
Mr.. Powers LetteR.
The Rev. Mr.. Powers letter to the
commissioners is as follows:
Il have recently been called as min
lister Of the Church OF Our Father
CUnivsrsalist), Of this city. A ear
load OF books and furniture Is now
en- route from Boston TO Washington:
Il have been 20 every real estate
agency in the city locking Tor an
apartment. All I can find is one fur-
nished room.
II, therefore. humbly petition your
honorable body for the privileges OG
pitching q tent some where in Rock
Creek Park.
"As my church has for some time
been without q pastor I'd like to stay
here awhile and see what can DO.
IT have never seen so much build
ing in operation In any other city
Nowhere else are taxes 30 low.
sNOWheFe Are Rents 80 Hlgh."
Nowhere else are houses and ten
ements 80 high. I don't want %
impressed by the feeling land op-
pressed az Well) that only landlords
can afford to be religious in wash
ington-
$50 while waiting for an apart
ment to become vacant or prices 70
come down. I ask the privilege Of
becoming q tenant OF your beautiful
REV. L. n. POWERS.
Minister OF the Church of
Our Esther,
Corner L and Thirteenth Sta,
Washington. d. G.
Native OR Maine.
The Rev. Mr.. Powers preached his
first sermon at the Church OF Our
Father last Sunday, succeeding the
Rev. John Van Sehaick, r., and the
Rev. William Couden.
The Rev. Mr.. Powers IS q native OF
Maine and a graduate OF Tufts Col
lege, Massachusetts,.
He has been q minister since 1890.
and has been pastor OF churches IN
Buffalo. Somerville, and HGyerhill.
Mr.. Powers has travelled extern
sively and has won distinction as .
lecturer on economic and social sub
jects.
The Washington times., 1919-09-12

DoGER sIsK, 1918 B street southeast Washington
N boy who arrived with the First division advance
guard in the Capital today Ssk has been overseas for
eighteen months and said today the Washington MOnu-
ment the best thing he had seen in that time He's
of the First divisions "bike squad" members.
The Washington times., 1919-09-12
FIRE DOES SMALL DAMAGE.

Damage estimated at S25 was
caused by FIRE yesterday in a shed
in rear OF the home of E. c. Lewis,
1912 s street northwest.
The Washington times., 1919-09-12
YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER

and neat as pin when household
tasks are looked after by one of the
efficient maids who answer Times
HELP WANT ADS
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-05
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS
.......,JANUARY 5, 1919
ALBUQUEltQUES PLIGHT.

The Journal was opposed to at
tempting to run the city of Albuquer-
que under the charter written by the
commission appointed by Mayor Wes-
terfeld We warned the voters that
it was not workable. Time has dem
onstrated the wisdom of the Journals
position The taxpayers have learned
by experience, and the tuition came
high.
Three of the best busn IS men in
the city We're elected commissioners.
They have done the best they could
under their handbags The taxes Of
the city have been increased nearly so
per cent (without figuring in the
schools) and little is being done for
maintenance of the street The very
efficient police force has been cut to
the lowest number of men ever known.
All the income from the water plant
is being used for defrayinS the rum
ming expenses of Albuquerque, and the
promised reductions of water rates UNI
der city ownership have not material
lied. The city could not continue to
function if they We're made. The
money for paying interest on bonds
has to be borrowed.
Let it be said here that it never was
contemplated that the income from
water would he used for paying the
operating expenses of the city. The
purpose of ownership was to secure,
lower rates and any surplus provided
for was to be used as a sinking fund
for the bonds.
That relief must be had Is beyond
question. The Legislature will be
asked to practically grant a new char
ter for the government Of this city. 1t
is imperative that the best wisdom of
the city be consulted as to what that
charter shall be.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-05

that if the o or - big shells "strad-
died. the enemy ship the destruction
wrought would be so great, both upon
personnel and upon the complicated
structure and gear Of the ship that she
would be heavily handicapped for the
rest of the fight,
Now in his report, Admiral Jellicoe
stated that his own flagship, the Iron
Duke registered on a ship of the
Kaiser" class, and placed several sue
cessive straddles across her. Another
Of his ships, according to his report,
was able to hold the range long
enough TO stladdle on another German
ship with six successive salvos. Now
the shooting was done with 1900
pound, lS.5-inch high explosive shells.
The damage done must have been
most serious, and Captain Persius now
tells the world that 1.-THE losses of the
German fleet were enormous and that
1t was clear to every thinking man"
on that day that the Skagerrak bat
tie must be the only general naval en-
gagement of-the war" His article in
the Berlin Tageblatt goes on to say
that the German fleet was saved
from destruction partly by good lead
ership and partly by favorable wealth
er conditions. Had the weather been
clear or Admiral Won Scheers leader
ship less able, the destruction of the
whole German navy would have re-
suited. The lone range British guns,
he says, would have completely smash
ed the lighter armed German ships"
The honor of the fight lay with Ad-
miral Beatty, who did not hesitate to
bring his armored cruisers under theI
fire of the German battleships, in his
determination to hold the enemy un-
til the British battleship fleet could
come UP and get into action. This ini- |
tiative, skill and courage. in spite of
the loss of three of his battlecruisersi
gaIed for him the supreme command
of the grand fleet and the honor of re
ceiving, three years after the battle OF
Jutland, the surrender of the enemy
against whom he fought on that MEM !
orable day.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-05
IMMORTAL LIFE FOR THEM.

No man stands higher as a surgeon
than william w. Keen of Philadelphia,
He is a scientist as well as a surgeon,
and his words on any subject are care
fully weighed before Icing spoken.
In view Of the rather common disbe-
dividual Immortality, it is not out of
place TO quote the following excerpt
from an article bySDr. Keen in the
January number of the Yale Review
on THE Seven Decades in Medicine:
II think it is not an eXaggeration
to say that medicine. surgery, obste-
tries ana the many medical spccialtics
have made more progress In the sew
enty-two years from 1916 to 1918 than
in as many centuries before. | am
also quite willing to believe that the
next seventy years viii be as fruitful
as the last seventy have been. NY
only regret is that / shall not he here
to witness the progress. Yet ought
not TO say that, for | believe as firmly
in my future existence and with pow
ers far superior to the limited pow
ers that are given us here. as l do in
my present existence. l believe that |
shall know what is going on in this
great though little world"
These words come from a man who
is familiar with life and death and
with transition from life to death as
no preacher of the gospel can be, as
no layman can be. They are a Won
derful sermon in themselves, confirm
at FL
confirm them. of Paul's words:
For this corruptble must put on
interruption, and this mortal must
Pet on Immortality, SO when this
ccrruptible shall have put on incor-
iuption. and this mortal shall have
put on immortality, then shall he
brought to pass the b wing that is
written. Death is sp Flowed up IN
victory"
Socrates, Plato and Cicero, the
greatest speculative reasoners of the
ancient pagan world reasoned out for
themselves belief that death could not
be the end of life, else living would
be useless. The greatest minds of the
modern world have firmly believed in
the immortality of the soul
How comforting this must be to the
families and friends of the young men
who laid down their lives in the war,
for a cause as righteous as that for
which Christ himself laid down His
life on Mount Calvary.
These soldiers were the sayiors of
n free world. They wrote their last
words. in the testament of it's liberia
ton. To paraphrase from Robert G.
Ingersoll, they died writing with the
sword what Washington and Lincoln,
and Wilson wrote with the pen.
These dead will lie for the present
III least. IN the soil Of France they 50,
yallantly helped to defend against the
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-05
THE BATTLE OF JUTLiND.

h'NiN'''iAlN +AlllttlNdll.
Simultaneously with the surrender
of the German fleet off the Firth of
forth, Scotland, Captain Persius, the
we'll known German critics, made
some astonishingy candid admissions
regarding the decisive character OF
the defeat which was administered to
the German high seas fleet by the
British grand fleet inthe battle of Jut-
land
The first doubts as to the condition
of the German fleet were aroused by
the fact on the fleets return to Kiel
and Wilhelmshaven, the navy yards at
these ports Were tightly closed and no
civilian was allowed to enter. This
doubt increased as the months and
the years went by and the German
fleet made no second attempt to dis
pute the mastery of the seas
The losses by actual sinking of ships
OF the German fleet are now proved to
be just those which were positively
claimed by Admiral Jellicoe in his re-
port CT the battle, But it will be re-
membered that he spoke of some three
or four capital ships, which had come
under heavy gunfirc and were so bad
~ listed or on fire, that their sinking
before they could be brought back to
port was considered to be inevitable.
These vessels We're very badly smash
ell up indeed; but. thanks to the most
excellent subdivision and general UNI
der water protection which is incor-
porated in the German ships, they
eventually managed to limp back to a
home port for repairs.
There used TO be a saying among
our naval officers. that the Ianding Of
The first successful heavy gun salvo
would probably win the fight, meaning
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-05
SAYINGS OF MRS. SOLOMON
By Helen Rowland

ing Co. (The N. Y. Evening WORLDLY
not merely matters of form.
How to make a man go home eve
nings, before she is married to him,
and stay home evenings afterward
How to prevent rice-powder stains
from showing on a dark blue navy
uniform and triple-violet extract from
clinging to khaki coats
How to back a husband into his
dinner coat or his evening clothes
without giving him morphia.
ing her daily abdication.
How to prevent the cook from sign
How to be happy in a world where
there is always another woman" to
be reckoned with.
How to hold unto her identify, her
husband, her cook, her ideals and her
job at the same time
How to hold her temper, keep her
dignity, maintain her veracity-and
get her way all at once.
How to get the Christmas hills paid
in time to start the campaign for a
new spring outfit.
How to get a husband. how to get
along with one, or how TO get along
without one.
How to pretend TO be mans rib
when she llnoweth that she is all his
vertebrate.
These are some of the problems of
woman which not all the kings and
premiers and presidents shall ever
solve.
Yet until they are settled. my
daughter. who shall talk of permanent
peace and domestic disarmament, and
autonomy for little husbands!
Selah.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-05

ed the cows, like those at STATE college
the record of one of which for year
was nearly twenty thousand pounds
of milk and more than eight hundred
pounds of butter and another will
make a record of more than twenty
two thousand pounds of milk and
more than thousand pounds of but
ter in twelve months.
The original wild hog was razor
back, built more or less on the lines
of a greyhound for speed and with
long tusks for fighting, rather than
for meat. Now we have porkers that
produce up to four and five hundred
pounds of foodstuffs for the use of
man. That was possible only through
breeding.
To keep up the improvements al
ready made. to say nothing of produc-
ing still better livestock, calls for con-
slant intelligent attention on the part
of man. The tendency of nature is
to go back to the scrub horse, back to
the scrub COW, back to the scrub hog,
back to the scrub sheep.
The work of all agricultural COL
leges is to increase the value of breeds
in animal and plant life, as well as to
conduct a vast number of other ex-
periments the net results of which are
eventually dollars and cents in the
pockets of the producers.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-05
THE DISCHARGED SOLDIERS.

Already it is apparent that the war
department made one of its character
istic mistakes in ordering the dis
charge of the released soldiers in de-
mobilization camps instead of having
them receive their discharges from
the local boards that sent them to
service.
Provost Marshal General Crowder,
who conceived, worked out and car
ricd out the selective draft with such
remarkable success, recommended
that the draft boards be used for this
purpose, but he was overrued by
Baker.
Such an arrangement as Crowder
recommended would bring the men to
their homes, instead of leaving them
stranded far from home, as many of
them are now. 1t would bring them
back among their friends where some
appreciation of their services could be
shown.
+ As it is the DISCHARGED men find
themselves with very little money in
pocket, or none at all, and only the
difference between the allowance of
three and half cents a mile for trav-
cling expenses home and the two cents
a mile the railroads charge them.
The pay of the soldier has very Of
ten been eaten up between the allot-
ments, insurance and fixed company
charges, so that they reach home with
almost. or quite no hing with which
to begin life anew.
The proposal now before congress
to grant discharged soldiers a bonus
of an extra months pay should be car
ried through without delay. They
need it and are entitled to it. Even
impoverished Italy gives her soldiers
from one to six months pay, depend
ing on the length of service. In these
days of billions there should be no
haggling over such proposal.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-05
CUT OUT THE CUSs WORDS.

While the war was in progress
cities and towns of the state INDUCED
quite an amount of what ordinarily
passes as profanity. Not many of
them said worse than damn" and
hell, and the like explosives, but did
not go so far as TO profanely take the
name of God.
1t is said that our soldiers in Europe
when enduring the mud of the
trenches, became quite free from re-
straint in their use of explosive Eng
lish. 1t is recorded that centuries ago
the English army "swore terribly in
Flanders" but from what we know
of those wars and this, we deem that
the old English army had no such
provocation to profanity as our SOL
diers have endured.
There is a movement on foot now
to check profane swearing. How well
it will succeed we cannot guess, but
that it should succeed no thinking
man can doubt. For profanity is use
less, worthless so far as expression OF
thought is concerned, and never is
in good taste anywhere
No language on earth is so rich in
forceful words. as the English; and
the dictionary has an abundant supply
of condemnatory terms that are not
n, -, IL,
the language of rreverence-other-
wise it is not profane-and irreverence
is of no profitable use whatever It
invariably weakens the man who en-.
tertains it. The habitual use of swear
words for emphasis is an open con-
fession that the speaker is not a clear
thinker. Emphasis overdone invar-
iably weakens expression.
In ordinary profanity there may bel
nothing immoral, but it is useless, and
everywhere it is regarded as bad
form to use it in the presence of la
dies. If it were worth while else
where. why deprive ladies of hearingI
it and using it?
West Point graduates, because theyl
are taught to be gentlemen as well asI
fighters, rarely ever employ q word
that would not be perfectly proper at
a pink tea They are none the less
verilc men because of this restraint. !
1t may be said that the anti -profan- !
ity society will not get very far in its
mission. Possibly not. But in 1866
just after the civil war closed-Sena- |
tor McDougal of California, said in |
the United states senate:
"Mr President, I pity the man who
HAS never viewed the affairs of the |
world save from the poor, low miser- |
able plane of ordinary sobriety'' |
No senator would make such speech
on the floor of the senate today. There !
is not a senator who is proud of the
fact that he drinks at all. Very few
OF them in these days drink to excess, |
With the votes of practically every
man in the senate who is recognized as
a drinker n resolution was passed for
national prohibition.
Fy and by profanity will become Ia
boo in the same way.