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The Washington times., 1919-08-23
VOICE FROM SKY
STARTLES DISTRICT

Many Washingtonians on the street
last night, were startled by a voice
from out the sky. telling Of the high
cost OF living. Above the roar Of
passing automobiles and the cIang
Of street cars, the words: The high
cost OF living is partly the result Of
the economic losses resulting from the
war, and partly the result of porfi-
teering, from which these conditions
are q mere excuse" were distinctly
audible.
Citizens coming from A restaurant
after paying 20 cents for a bit Of ham
between two slices Of bread: descend
ing from a street car with a 2-cent
transfer in hand. or leaving a drug
store after the luxury Of an ice cream
soda, were heard to make exclama-
tions OF surprise, somewhat mingled
with fear, as the voice continued to
state:
The solution rests in increased pro
ductiOn, improved distribution and
wiser consumption ."
The Washington times., 1919-08-23
FARMERS MARKET
REPORTS BIG SALES

The Farmers Produce Market,
Twelfth and B streets, was a busy
place today, beginninB from 4:5o this
morning, with consumers on hand 70
purchase foodstuhs direct form the
producer.
While many were satisfied with ad-
Vantages gained by buying from the
farmers, others registered coepIaintB,
due to the fact there was a misundsr-
standing concerning the methods OF
purchasing.
Many buyers came to the market
expecting to hnd numerous retail
stands, but were disappointed. TIE
farmers insisted on selling in whole
sale lots.
This morning at the market IL VIZ
possible to buy three pecks TO
bushel box OF apples for $3.50 to g.
other wholesale prices were as III.
lows: Bsets, 100 punches, at 81 Z
IS; string beans, So a basket; carrots
100 punches, SO to 81; corn, 25 to
cents per dozen; eggs, 53 to 55 cenn
per dozen; lettuce. 81 to $1.25 a cratS
potatoes, $3.50 a barrel; sweet posa.
toes. IS a barrel; cantetOupes, 81 50
to IS per crate.
While many consumers OF the DE-
trict may not at hrst apprehend TIE
advantage Of buying in quantities, q
was pointed out this morning by c. =
Fiilius. market master, that buyil
in large quantities Is the only va
that a saving can be made by con-
gu ners who come to the market
It was said this morning that an
attempt would be made to set apart
portion OF the market as 4 retail si-
vision
The Washington times., 1919-08-23

being prepared, and II was estimated
today that about 5000 members would
be needed to give the movement a
god start.
II was estimated By workers for the
league, who have made a study Of CO.
operative buying and selling. that q
saving OF at least IS per cent could
be made on all purchases. The initial
and only fee for enrolment in the
league is IS, but, it is claimed, at
least that amount can be saved every
month by the average family belong
ing to the league.
Mail Sales Next Week.
Postohice authorities expect that
the distribution Of the surplus army
food by parcel post will begin early
next week. Most OF the allotted ship
ment has errived at the Government
warehouse. and, IL is expected, the en-
tire shipment will be in by Monday
Mr.. Atkinson said today the com
mittee Of fifteen, Of which he Is
chairman, did not propose to handle
any more OF the surplus stock Of
army food. The ave carloads that
were being handled by the committee
are now being sent out to the COM
munity centers and the Government
departments. and Il was said the work
probably would be completed BY the
early part Of next week.
Fruit Prices Drop.
A report Of the Bureau Of Markets
of the Department OF Agriculture just
issued shows a general downward
trend in the prices Of fruits and vege-
tables for the past week, while the
supply has been heavy
The averags- price OF potatoes TO
jobbers from shipping points all over
the country was 10 to % cents per
lower last week than
the week before, and shipments were
on the increase. Watermelons, canta-
loups, onions and peaches were also
lower in price.
Shipments OF all fruits and vege-
tables for the entire country during
the period August 1921 were 1900
cars. as compared with II .9O2 cars for
the week preceding.
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FINDS ROOMMATE
DYING IN HER BED

Discovered by her roommate un-
conscious in her room. 1921 Seven
teenth street northwest. early this
morning, Miss Martha VI. Becker.
twenty-one years old. died at the
Emergency Hospital a short time
later without regaining conscious
ness.
Gladys Lindsey. the young woman's
roommate, told the police that Miss
Becker frequently suffered from in
digestion and complained of feeling
badly last night.
Coroner hewitt will view the body
and issue a certificate this after
noon.
Miss Becker came from Van Horn,
Iowa, and worked in the Munitions
Building at Nineteenth and B streets
northwest Her mother, Mrs. Emma
Becker, has been notified.
The Washington times., 1919-08-23
PICK CANDIDATE
FOR GARDENERS lob

The executive committee Of the Fed
eral Employees Union, at a meeting
last night named William J. Hen
bricks, Of the Government Printing
Office, as the unions candidate for the
next commissionership, to succeed W.
Gwynn Gardiner, whose term expired
July -.
The Federal Employees Union has
100000 members, whom they expect to
support Hendricks. The union will
ask other labor organizations for sup
port.
The Washington times., 1919-08-23
PRESIDENT WRITES
SENATOR FLETCHER

A message Of coincidence, sent by
President Wilson, was received yes
terday at the home Of Senator Dun
can L. Fletcher. OF Florida, who was
injured Thursday evening by being
struck by a street car Of the Capital
Traction Company at Fourteenth
street and Thomas Circle.
Several OF the Senator's colleagues
called at his home, 1885 Massachusetts
avenue, but by the physicians order
he is allowed TO see no visitors.
They were assured, however, that the
Senator'S condition is improved. and
that he should be up and about in
ten days, barring complications.
The Washington times., 1919-08-23
.ELOPING COUPLE
co HOME, UNWED

Frances Dillon, sixteen, and J. Lee
Pittmans twenty-three, who came to
this city last night 10 be married.
but who were detained at the Union
Station at the request Of the girls
father. today returned to Richmond
in company with the girls parents
ito talk the matter over"
Alvin Dillon. father of the girl, ar
rived in this city early this morning
and accompanied the couple to the
Virginia city.
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NEGRO WHO SHOT
POLICEMAN DURING RIOTS

The negro who shot Policeman Nc
Graw. during the race riots in this
city, has been arrested, and will be
tried Monday. He has acknowledged
the shooting according to Private
Heide. who arrested him in South
west Washington.
The man is Lawrence f. Hatton. al
legged to be a leader Of a gang OF
robbers who have terrorized the city
for the past two months. When ar
rested by Policeman Bailey. Cox and
Heide. he carried a .3S caliber re-
vOlVer.
The Washington times., 1919-08-23
TOHOLDFORUMON
RETIREMENT BILL

An open forum conference for the
discussion OF the SterIing-Lehlbach
civil service retirement bill now pend
ing before Congress has been called
by c. Eder Reed. secretary Of the civil
service joint conference on retirement.
Mr.. Reed urges all Government en-
ployes interested in the bill TO be
present a. the meeting. when definite
plans, for the support of the bill will
be launched.
The Washington times., 1919-08-23
CALLS WIFE UNFAITHFUL
AND SAYS SHE IS F0RGER

Alleging misconduct, naming a CO.
respondent. and charging desertion
against his wife, Mrs. Christine Wag-
ncr, her husband. Harry NJ Wagner,
has filed suit in the District Su
preme Court for an absolute dlVoEGA
The Washington times., 1919-08-23
DEATH UNDER ENGINE ACCIDENT

A verdict OF accidental death w.Is
returned yesterday by a coroner's
jury at the inquest over the body OF
Frank FaZenbaker, an electrician.
who was killed yesterday by a
switching engine at the Washington
terminal yards. where he was en-
ployed- The man lived at 1OI6 +
street northeast
The Washington times., 1919-08-23
BAND CONCERT

THE EI.LIPsE. SATURDAY. AUGUST
%, 1918. AT S p. NJ. BY THE L. S.
MARINE BAND
WILLIAM II. SANTELMAEN. Leader.
March, National Fencibles" .. SouEa
Overture, I''RakocZy" Keller Bella
Serenade, LES Millions d'Arlequin''
Drtgo
Spanish F'estiVai" ..... ,DemsrssemRn
'sFirst WalseN .......... ...... Durand
''Sslection Of Southern Plantation
8oara, The Sunuy South. .Lampe
s,Acnainisceneso q Ireiand' Godfrey
The star-SpGngled Banner"
The Washington times., 1919-08-23
SUE VIRGINIA RAILWAY
FOR $4,000 ON NOTES

r. c. Hoffman & Co, Inc, repre-
sented by attorneys ]. Harry CoYinE-
ton and Spencer Gordon, has hled
suit in the District Supreme Court
against the Washington-Virgin
Railway Company for $4,000 which
is alleged due them on two promi-
sorry notes Of $4,000 each, executed
December 10, 1918, and January "a,
last, respectively. The notes II is
claimed, are indOrsed by Franklin
Helm.
The Washington times., 1919-08-23
SUES. WIFE'S PARENTS
FOR LOSS OF LOVE

Alleging that his parents-in-law
alienated his wife's affections after
they had been married only three
months, David D. Levitt yesterday
filed suit in the District Supreme
Court against Isaac and Rosa Rosen-
bIat for $4,000 damages.
The couple were married January
last and lived happily together, the
husband alleges. until April IS, when
his wife left him. Levitt claims her
parents lured her away under a prom
Use of q reward. He Is represented b.
Attorney Matthew L. .O'Brien.
The Washington times., 1919-08-23

EIRST. LIEUT.. GOD
L WIN r. PIERCE,
cited by Major General
Flagler for his work in
connection with the rescue
of accident victims at
Hunting Greek Bridge,
June IL.
The Washington times., 1919-08-23

II Is to your best interest to put
Jour Liberty Bond interest In w. S. s.
The Washington times., 1919-08-23

II IL to your best interest 70 put'
your Liberty Bond interest In w. s. 8.
The Washington times., 1919-08-23

In explaining n )Is0E OF the
league, IL was ssis tHrt community
stores in yariou. parts cs the city
would probably be eF''blis he'd, but
for the time being, n as probable
that the community Ienf.-s would be
enlisted to handle the y.1rE Of the
league.
Z. D. Atkinson said thai 'Se 1istri-
button OF surplus army Foug 'hro Igh
the community eenters hJA -ssrlted
in considerable confus.cr 5-CEure n
the fact that the cents-s r.re not
adequately equipped to handle ID,
business.
The Washington times., 1919-08-23
Wand 5nOo NIembers.

Certificates OF membership IN the
Cooperative Buying and Selling
League of Washington, D. C., are now
The Washington times., 1919-08-23
NAY Testify in Probe.

Following ceremonies planned for
him. General Pershtng may be called
on 10 testify before the House Mill
tary Affairs Committee. TO give his
views upon the Reorganization Of the
army.
The Washington times., 1919-08-23
VIII De On Exhibition.

A new feature Of the parade has
been arranged by Colonel Grant For
q day or two all the transportation,
horse drawn or motorized, will be on
exhibition in Washington, perhaps on
the White Lot, behind the White
House, where Washingtonians and
the thousands Of visitors to the Cap
itaI will be permitted to inspect it,
The animals will not need stables,
Il Is said. because good weather prob
ably will permit pIckettnR.
The use OF tanks in the parade was
prophesied by Colonel Grant.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-03-20
kakana LANGUAGE Goina.

IS the Kakana tongue TO become -ex-
tlnct? This is the question the elder
Hawaiians are asking themselves, and
all they can see is an affirmative an
swer. The children 90 to the Ameri-
can schools and are taught in English.
1t has become the language of the
childhood of Hawaii, and they are rap
idly forgetting the language of their
fathers, which they first learned to
peak.
One old Hawaiian bewailed the fact
that his grandson, aged fifteen years,
who visited an elderly uncle on an
other island, was unable to talk with
the latter, because he knew only his
native tongue and the child had for
gotten 1t and could speak only in Eng
fish.
The Japanese and Chinese have
schools where they teach their progeny
their native tongues, but the nation of
Hawaiians has no government to
maintain such schools, and the United
States has not established any nor pro-
vided any course in the native Ian
guage In the American schools.
The younger generation minds it not
at all, but the elders are sad.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-03-20
WOMEN NEED SWAMP ROOT

Thousands Of women have kidney and
bladder trouble and never suspect it,
Womens' complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result Of kidney or bladder disease.
II the ndneys are not in a healthy
condition, they may cause the other or.
gans to become diseased.
Pain in the back, headache, loss Of am.
btion, nervousness, are often times symp
toms Of kidney trouble.
Don't delay starting treatment. DR.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, a physicians pre-.
scription. obtained at any drug store, may
be just the remedy needed to overcome
such conditions
Get a medium or large size bottle i'm.
mediately from any drug store.
However if you wish first TO test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-03-20
Obstacles. and Husbands.

An Indiana high school teacher was
Mortified the other day when she heard
that her sisters cook had called her
ignorant. She went to her sisters
home and cornered the cook. Not
bit Illustrated, the old woman re-
Piled:
81 did say that, but. honey, don't let
1t worry you. No woman is educated
until she's lived with husband for six
months"
The temper Of the teacher was not
improved by this assertion.
"Then you think husbands are an
education?" she asked.
mo, honey, it isn't that" she re-
Piled Its this way: Have you ever
heard how we learn from having OBJ
stacles around us? Well, that's the
way it is about husbands"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-03-20
REVOLT COVERS
ALL OF KOREA
Many Are Killed by the Japanese
During Bloody Riot
ing.
THIRTY SLAIN AT SUNGCHUN
Scores Die in other Towns as the Dis
order Becomes Interpretations
break Planned for Day For
mer Emperor Was Buried.

Shanghai, March 1S.-Thirty per-
sons were killed and forty wounded at
Sungchun, Korea, on March 4, ac-
cording to a translation of an account
of the disorders in that country pub
lished in a japanese newspaper at
Seoul and translated by the Reuters
agency.
AT the village of Suheung south of
Pingyang, four gendarmes fired on a
mob until their ammunition was ex-
hausted, 81 persons being killed, the
account states. The mob eventually
killed the gendarmes. At Yangdok 20
rioters were slain in an engagement.
The activities of girl students
throughout the demonstrations in Ko-
rea are emphasized by the newspaper,
which makes particular mention of the
fact that ut Anju two Korean gen
darmes discarded their uniforms,
Joined a crowd and shouted: Long
live Korea I" The japanese guards
thereupon fired, eight persons being
killed and 80 wounded, four MORALLY.
The demonstrations have been more
general than has been reported by the
japanese, according to information
reaching this city from across the
Korean frontier. 1t is said that all
classes of the population are taking
part
The outbreak was planned for
March 4, the day of the funeral of for
mer Emperor VI Heui, but the nation
alists suddenly changed their plans
and began demonstrations before that
date.
Washington, March 1S.-President
Wilson has been asked by the Korean
National association to initiate action
at the peace conference looking to in
dependence for Korea, with the coun-
try TO be guided by a mandatory until
such time as the league of nations
shall decide that 1t is fit for full self
government.
The copy of the letter to the prest-
dent was made public here by Syng-
man Rhee and Henry Chung, who are
the authorized delegates of the associ-
alton in the United States. AT the
same time there was also given out
letter addressed to the peace confer
ence asking that Korea be freed from
the domination of Japan.
Both letters assert that Japan estab-
llshed a protectorate over Korea in
direct violation of her treaty obliga-
tons to Korea; that since that time
the country has been misruled, its
natural resources exploited for the
benefit only of the Japanese, its liter
allure suppressed and its religious
worship supervised.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-03-20
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER

Has been used for all ailments that
are caused by a disordered stomach
and inactive liver, such as sick head
ache, constipation, sour stomach,
nervous indigestion, fermentation of
food, palpitation of the heart caused by
gases in the stomach. August Flower
is a gentle laxative, regulates digestion
both in stomach and intestines, cleans
and sweetens the stomach and alimen-
tary canal, stimulates the liver to Sc
crete the bile and impurities from the
blood. Sold in all civilized countries.
Give it a trial.-Adv.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-03-20
WHY SHE TOOK SECOND BEST
Woman Could Not Allow Desire to Be
in STYLE . Interfere With
Her Curiosity.

When Mrs. Unison met Mrs AmSley
in front Of a downtown department
store the other day the former laughed
and said:
81 have been in every store in town
trying on hats, and in each store l
told the clerk I would be back later
with my husband to look at the one
finally picked out"
"And did you really take your hus-
band back to see the hats"
"Only to one store"
did you tell the clerks who you
areF"
mo"
am bet your husband is glad Of
that"
"IIe said he U.s."
Did you finally get a hat to suit
your
"No but l took the one liked next
best"
"Why did you do that?"
"The one l really preferred came
down over my left eye
"Thats stylish"
81 know, but my left eye Is my best
eye. and | want to be able to see what
the other women are wearing. y
Youngstown Telegram
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-03-20

AS II stood Mt the time this was
written. the section OF the treaty deal
ing with the military cuts down the
German army 10 100000 men with
1000 officers, the force 10 be raised
by voluntary twelve-ycar enllstments.
All equipment In excess Of the require
ments Of this army Is TO be sur
rendered and the munitions output
correspondlngly kept down. The Rhine
forts are to be demolished.
The reparntlon to be exacted has
been reduced to about S35000,000, 900,
and economic terms are being mr.
runged with a view TO permitting Ger
many TO resume It's manufacturing
and commerce In order that II may
pay the bill This latter subject has
given the supreme council consider
able trouble, mnInly because OF the
stand taken by the French. who want
their own production IN the devastat-
ed region restored first.
The supreme council decided TINT
the questions OF the western German.
Turkish and Adriatlc boundaries
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-03-20
Quick Peace and Food for the
Peoples Of Central Europe
Are Called for.
TO CHECK ANARCRISM FLOOD
Treaty and League Of Nations May Be
Separated - Some Features Of
Terms Germany Must Accept
--Spartacsns Desperately
Fighting President Eb-
ert's Troops.
BY EDWARD W. PIcKARD.

Immediate peace, and food for the
hungry peoples Of central Europe.
These are the two essentials, If over
whelmlng anarchy Is to be averted,
according to well posted authorities on
the situation. To these Frank Wander
lip adds that the speedy resumption
of production is most imperative, "or
the horrors OF war may be exceeded
by the horrors of this after period,
which is neither war nor peace but a
breakdown Of the machinery Of civil
izatlOn."
However wrong in some respects
may be the senators and other Amer
leans who oppose the present plans
for the league Of nations, they appear
to have been right when they said
the peace treaty should be devised and
ratified first and the matter of the
league taken up later for final settle
ment. The two propositions are I'M
doubtedly closely interviewer and
President Wilson may yet have his
way and see them considered and
adopted as one, but the opinion last
week in Paris and elsewhere was that
the peace treaty should be closed up
at once so that its ratification may not
be delayed by the opposition to the
league and the demands for amend
ments Of the present plan.
The peace delegates recognize the
necessity of submitting the treaty to
the German government before that
government falls, and in order that
II may not fall because Of longer de
lay. II is hoped the preliminary treaty
can be ready by March 20, when the
German plenipotentiarles will be
called to Versailles 10 receive Il. They
will lay II before the national assem-
bly, at Welmar and receive their in
structlons from that body. While the
Germans will be given opportunity to
suggest minor changes. they Will be
compelled TO accept the pact substan-
TALLY as 1t stands. Since this treaty
is held to concern only the helllger-
ent nations; II will not be submitted
TO the plennry session Of the con
ference, which includes representa-
tives Of the neutral nations; only the
ratification Of the supreme council Is
held necessary. Though the terms to
be imposed on the Germans will not
be so harsh as those first suggested,
they will be so severe that there are
many predictions that the Ebert gov
eminent cannot sign them and live.
If the Huns refuse TO sign them, II Is
up to Marshal Foch, and the wisdom
Of keeping very large allied force
under arms may become apparent at
once.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-03-20

"The most elementary precautions
were omitted 1t is stated by the
priest "IIe was simply led into
trap prepared by the court at vienna
and the Hungarian s~lstoeracy, mead
ed at that time by c, int TIsza.'
The general idea of the pamphlet IN
that Magyar magnates. with the con-
sent Of the Vienna court, wished 10
get rid Of the duke who was extreme
ly dlsliked, and obtain vengeance LOT
the murder III the expense Of the
lugo slays, who would be made help
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-03-20

The internal condition Of Germany
Is described as almost hopeless. There
has been continuous fighting In Berlin
and other centers, and while the Spar
tacans have generally got the worst
Of It. they are persistent and very des-
perate. In the suburbs of the capital
the battles were especially bloody,
Lichtenberg seeing the most sanguin-
airy encounters. The government
troops used artillery and mine throw
ers there and after some days sue
ceeded In ousting the SpartaCans.
Many prisoners were taken and were
summarily executed. The reds devot-
ed o great deal Of their attention to
plundering the shops. Politically, the
majority socialists are not meeting
with great success or inspiring much
enthusiasm in the people. Hugo Haase
and the minority socialists are grow
| ing stronger, and some observers say
the only salvation from the commun-
! ism or chaos they would bring about
is In the new democratic party which
is getting into action. The fact that
the chief OF this party Is Count Won
Bernstorff viii not give It much stand
ing with the allies. 1t is to be noted
too, that Doctor Albert former leader
Of plots and propaganda In the United
States, has been given cabinet posi-
ton under Scheidemann. One can nj.
most discern. already the finish Of the
so.called German revolution against
autocracy. Even now, It is reported
the people are virtually ignoring the
national assembly and It's dellbern
! tlons.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-03-20
ESCAPING U-B0AT Is SUNK
Spanish Destroyer Hats Flight of the
German Craft From Ferrol,
Spain.

Paris, March 1S.-A German sub
marine, the U-4S, while attempting to
escape from Ferrol, Spain, was chased
by destroyer and sunk, according to
a Havas dispatch from Madrid.
The U-48 took refuge at Ferrol In
March, 1913, and was interned. The
attempted flight Of the U-boat was OBJ
served and the torpedo-boat destroyer
Antalo pursued it. The German boat
was sunk outside the Ferrol roads.
The crew was saved.