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The Washington times., 1919-07-30
Those Police Pay Proposals
The Plums Seem To Be All Nicely Hidden Away
the Tree.
By EARL GOODWIN.

"a pound of meat" said the policeman to me- ''costs
just as much when buy it when of the officials of
the department buys it."
Which this police privates method of protesting
against series of proposed police pay increases which
gives $500 year additional to getting high sal
aries and cuts the pates increase down to less than half
of that
1t is the conviction of large number of underpad
folks In this world that the place to start the increase
the BOTTOM. That is where it will do the most good; and
if may be allowed to suggest to the gentlemen who
roaring away that police force isn't large enough be
it is undepad the way to attract the large husky
young want is NOT to tell him how much the major
and superintendent is going to get What the policeman
wants to know is how much there is in it for HIM
The proposed increases for sergeans look fairly good
From 81, 400 to $1,000 ought to make many a good
police sergeant happy But the prvates pay boosted
only $240
And after studying that for a little WHILE you win
admit that the policeman who fatty states that he has to
pay just much for pound of the sergeant and
the lieutenant and the captain is dead right.
Wishing any i'll luck at all, agree with the
newspaper reporter who pointed out that the bill will be
unpopular quarters in Congress because the largest
increases are in the higher salaries
If the privates had been consulted there might have
been a different bill.
The Washington times., 1919-07-30

Today.
Outing-District EIks, at Glen Echo
Park, 1900 orphans will be guests.
Basebsll-St Louis vs. Washington.
American Lea que Park, Seventh street and
Florida avenue northwest, $3.50 .. m.
Dance-Trinity Parish Hall, Third and c
streets northwest, at 1880 p. m.
Dance-Park View School, Warder and
Newton streets northwest. 2. m.
Entertainment-Lobby Of Liberty Hut.
opposite Union Station. at .. m.
Post Dance-Knights OF Columbus hut.
Walter Reed Hospital .. m
Dance-Government Recreation League
National Guard Armory, Fifth and L
streets northwest, s p. m.
Community Orchestra-Eastern High
School Seventh and Pennsylvania avenue
southeast.
Meeting-washington Club of Printing
House Craftsmen. Harrington Hotel, at s:lb
p. N.
Picnic--Keane Council. Knights OF Co.
lumbus, Great Falls, Va.
Dance-KniEhts Of Columbus. Washing
ton Barracks. S;l5 p. m.
Meeting-Catholc Women's Service Club.
col Z street northwest, al p m.
LectUre-By Secretary OF Interior Lane,
Interior Building. at 4:40 .. m.
ExcurBien-Twenty-one union councils,
Chesapeake Beach, last train leaves juno
The Washington times., 1919-07-30
What's Doing; Where; When

Ion at $50 p. m
Concert-U. 8. SoldierS' Home Band,
Soldiers Home, at p m.
Coneert-U. s. Marine Band. Capitol. At
p. m.
Tomorrow.
Baseball-st Louis va Washington.
American League Park Seventh and
Florida avenue northwest. at 3;3o .. m.
Watermelon Feast-Trinity Parish Hall
Third and c streets northwest
Dance-Central High School Eleventh
and Clifton streets northwest, at { .. m.
Ukelele and Musical Entertainment.
War Camp Community Service Club, Sls
Tenth street northwest, at 8 .. m.
Open-air Dance - Thomson school
Twelfth and L streets northwest, from S:45
until IL ?. m.
open-air Dance-Garnet school. Vermont
avenue and street northwest, at 7:3o
,. m.
Basket BalI-Dunbar High School, First
and streets northwest, at p. m.
Social Hour - Metropolitan Methodist
Church, John Marshall place and c street
northwest.
Dance--western High School, Thirty
NTH and r streets northwest. at I p. m.
Dancs--Red. Gross Auxiliary. Corcoran
Courts, New York avenue between Sew
snteenth and Eighteenth streets northwest.
p. m.
The Washington times., 1919-07-30
STORY OF A RESTFUL VACATION
SPENT AT HOME
By Mrs. Wilson Woodrow.

CCA TO-" said one Of the Sweet
~ est Women, II can't az
= ford the seashore this
year, nor yet the mountains. And
gasoline is too high to let US take
the camping trip we'd planned, so
I'm going on a curtain vacation"
"a curtain vacation?' l repeated
vaguely. by that you mean-a-
just exactly-er-r-"
One of the Sweetest Women
laughed.
NO, it isn't a new bit of slang"
she said. Nor even a new idea.
It's Just a new way Of naming an
old situation.
"One time, some years ago, when
the oldest boy had the grippe, and
the youngest had had siege with
a dentist, and husbands biggest
creditor failed, and the little in
heritance we were looking for
went to an in-law' who didn't
know what on earth to do with it,
husband and | were miserable.
Couldn't Afford Needed Vacation.
I'VE not only wanted vacation,
we needed it. But we couldn't af-
ford it, and that's all there was
to il.
One day | was sitting on the
porch wishing | could be waited
away in a sweet chariot some
where, anywhere, out Of this world
of worries-and a man arrived in
an express van, and in that eX-
press van were some parcels for
US.
1.-THE relative who didn't leave
US the money did leave us some
things, and nice, useful, attractive
things they were, too.
"A little porch set, Of two chairs
and a table, wicker and awfully
pretty; three rugs, a picture and
lovely big green jug with ridicu-
Ious handles. She left these things
to me because / used to sit in one
of the chairs on one Of her porches
and serve tea from the wicker ia
BILE, and that was how my nus
band first saw me.
Dined on the Porch; Enjoyed Spe-
eial Dainties.
81 dressed the porch all up with
the new old things, and hung
the picture in the living room, and
put one of the rugs in our room
and the other two on the porch,
and hunted up an old hammock
and put some flowers in the big,
green jug-yellow fleur de LIS and
white ones; you cant imagine how
sunny they looked in the corner Of
the porch. And when husband
came home he thought there was
a party-and there was-just for
US.
1--WE had dinner on the porch,
with two of his favorite dishes,
and when / served the strawber-
ries | had little cakes with frost
Ino on them, and husband said
he'd care for three, if didn't
mind. And we get out the old
banjo and played Seeing Nellie
Home and Hot Time in the Old
Town and all the things that
were the rage the summer / first
met him. And do you know we
had a perfectly lovely vacation!
Husband stayed at home from the
The Washington times., 1919-07-30
DID THE EARTH GIVE BIRTH TO
METEORITES, OR NOT?
By Garrett P. Serviss.

thrown dust to a height of as
much as twenty miles.
Now, neglecting the atmos-
pheric resistance, the velocity
with which a body would have
to start in order to ascend
twenty miles against the pull Of
gravity would be about 2 800
feet per second, which is not
much more than one-fourteenth
Of the velocity needed to set it
free.
With higher velocities it would
go farther, but in order to send
it far enough to prevent it from
falling back again in a short
time it would be necessary to
approximate the critical velocity
Of $4,000 feet. For instance, al
though velocity of $500 feet per
second would send the projectile
twenty miles high, it would require
over $4,000 feet per second to
send it 100000 miles las far away
as the noon, and in that case it
would return in about ten DAYS
after its departure.
One of the strongest reasons
for supposing meteorites to have
originated in volcanoes is the fact
that they bear much resemblance.
In composition and physical state,
10 minerals known to have been
elected from volcanoes. Another
significant fact is that, while they
consist of many substances and
chemical elements familiar to US
as constituents of the earth's
crust lat least thirty have been
identified), they contain nothing
not already known on the earth:
that is, no strange substances or
elements.
Mr.. Harrington, the greatest liv-
ing authority on meteorites. finds
evidence that some of these bodies
have been broken up and re-
cemented, while others show eff
fects apparently due to what geol-
ogists call faulting, where a rock
stratum has been fractured and
one surface has slid over another,
and still others contain veins in
which foreign material has been
deposited.
1t is unnecessary to point out
how strikingly all these things ac-
cord with the hypothesis that. the
meteorites originated in some great
body closely resembling the earth
Traces of Minerals.
This has suggested the theory
that they may be fragments of an
exploded world.
Although carbon occurs in me-
teorites, both crystallized in the
form of exceedingly minute dia-
monds and as uncrystallized
graphite, no trace of organic re-
mains has ever been found in
them. But there are traces of
many metals, such as gold, lead,
platinum, silver, ETC., in very
minute quantities.
In contradistinction to the
theory of the earth-origin of me-
teorites, it has been argued that
they may have been shot out of
the giant volcanoes of the moon in
long past ages, but there are some
very serious difficulties in the vav
of this hypothesis.
The Washington times., 1919-07-30

"Is 1t not possible for nature to
have such power or force as to
throw parts Of our earth into space
so high that they may never, or
hardly ever. return to the earth
again-for instance, volcanic force
or other forces OF which we know?
Who knows but what the meteor
ties that we see in the museums OF
natural history may have been
thrown from our own earth, return
ing from their flight to our earth
again?-C- H. F. Loppentsin."
THE idea that meteorites are
ancient children Of the
earth, gathered again, like
De Quincey's revolted Tartarsi
from their wanderings in the will
derness of space "into the fold Of
their forgiving shepherd" Is an old
and picturesque one which has
been debated many times without
a final decision.
1t is not by any means incon-
ceivable that forces could be de-
veloped in the crust Of the earth,
similar to those that produce VOL
canic explosions, that would huFl
forth matter with q velocity suf-
fcient to free it from the control
of gravity, whereupon it would fall
into more or less elongated orbit
around the sun, crossing the
earth's orbit, and through the eff
fects Of perturbations might even
tually be brought back TO the
earth's surface.
Theory of Science.
A simple calculation based on
known physical laws tells US that,
neglecting the resistance of the
atmosphere, any body or particle
shot radically away from the earth
at a velocity a little less than
seven miles, or say, $4,000 feet,
per second, would be freed from
the control of gravity and would
become an independent member of
the solar system.
1t is possible that the volcanic
energies of the earth may in
long past time have been suffi-
cient to produce q velocity Of
that order. In recent times
great volcanic explosions have
The Washington times., 1919-07-30

office and we read and played
cards, and he got acquainted with
the boys and they took him for
tramps, and it was the greatest
fun in the world.
Brush Aside Worry and Forget
DisappOintments.
Were going to forget about
worries and disappointments and
disillusions; we're going to read
aloud and play cards-yes, Pm
even going to get out the banjo,
and we're going to live up to the
roses and the honeysuckles, in the
old-fashioned curtains"
I'm crazy to see one of the
Sweetest Women two weeks from
now and ask her how the vacation
turned out.
Isn't it queer? And | never even
thought of asking her about one
of her trips to the seashore, or
even her voyage to Europe, before.
didn't seem to be especially
interested.
But this time
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The Washington times., 1919-07-30

In reference to the treatment Of
soldiers in France who were put IN
confinement for misdemeanors OF some
Lind. l wish TO say that they were
treated worst than the Huns" who
were our prisoners.
Tbe Germans were we'll fed, en-
c1osed in stockades, had lots Of
anusements after working hours,
whereas our boys had to depend on
ore Of their own men who was made
prisoner to do their cooking.
In Tours where 1 was stationed
they had to depend upon the cooks
of the postal express service to do
their cooking until they could get
their own mon to do the cooking.
on Washington's birthday, the
majority Of German prisoners we're
idle. whereas our men had TO do all
the work around the camp.
Our men. when they were through
The Washington times., 1919-07-30
A. E. F. Prisoners Badly Treated ,

their days work. had no recreation
OF any kind. They were put in quar-
tiers and had to stay there until the
next morning when they went to
work again.
II the treatment Of soldiers pris-
onerS at Tours were looked into,
maybe some OF the men who were
made prisoners there. would come
forward and tell some truths that
would cause some more scandal.
''Hard-boiled Smith" may have
been hard in Paris. but there was
some in Tours just as d-boiled as
he was.
Lots of the courts martial were
jokes, have them looked up.
Hoping those who made life n1iser-
able for US get what's coming to
them. remain.
Private first class LEWIS L LEVY.
A E +.
The Washington times., 1919-07-30

GRIT.
When you're up against life's battle
hard
And you know not where to turn
When you've played your last and
mighty card.
And your heart begins to burn
When you feel that you're no longer
fit,
And your failure is complete,
All you need is just a little grit,
And you'll soon be on your feet
For the game of life is a real mans
game,
And you must have grit to stay,
And the ones who fail have no one
TO blame
II they're not up right away
% the thing TO do, when you think
you're through,
Is to get ont OF the hole
just grit your teeth and start
out anew,
And you're bound to reach your
goal.
VALENTINE s. BRENNAN.
The Washington times., 1919-07-30
Once-Overs
Copyright, 1919 b. International Service II
SOFT SNAPS AND MUD ROADS.
Rv I I MTTNOY

J. ] MUNDY.
writer, "A soft is
ar rapidly"
And fact that persons looking for "snap"
jobthe easiest
An has blasted mans
for him
gain his hfe and he eventually stagnates.
who looks for job
should
commanding big salary, the poorly paid job will one
may think the Of concern his
money with little EFFORT perhaps lie
exeron and reless study the position
And he did advance holding the thought MUST
and So"
hard chow soft that comes
I'll do my best that leads straight up to success.
The Washington times., 1919-07-30

NORMAN Z. SILL, Of 1872
Adams street n. W., sends me two
transfers from the w. r. and E.
system which were handed back TO
him because they were the same
color as those the conductor was is
suing" Mr.. Sill has the conductors
number, which ID 1885 and intends
to start in with a campaign to get
his extra fare back. He paid
twenty-four cents for a two mile
ride for two people.
While the subject of b. C. L. is
still in our midst, and was whooped
up somewhat while you were doing
the Maine Woods, I think that /
will mention an incident which has
some significance, as It only occurred
day before yesterday. Qt refers to
"c-a-l-p-h" liver and to "caf" livey.)
At a nearby shop the @C-a-l-p-h'
was quoted at IS cents per pound
while the shop In the next block
only asked 40 cents for Hcaff" liver!
Please refer this to SENATOR
SHERMAN.
WILLIAM S. WAUDBY.
Isn't a tenant as fully protected
now as last year under the Sauls-
bury act until the peace treaty is
signed by the President? Please
answer fully in your Heard and
Seen" column for the benefit Of
others as well as myself.
SUBSCRIBER.
The Salisbury act holds good for
ninety days after the President has
proclaimed that peace is with Us
once again.
At this office we have received
checks for the family Of Isaac Halb-
finger, the Home Defense member
killed in the recent riots. The checks
have been turned over to the Police
Department, and were from J.
manager Of Alden & Co.,
AIS 9Th street n. W.; N. HORN q
SON, Gil 7th street n. W., and
FRED G. HAYS, 1897 G street n. ".
I have been reading all the book
/ could find lately In
an effort to find a REAL story; and
the best can do Is to fall back on
the best bunch Of stuff ever printed.
/ refer to the series Of articles on
the life and achievements Of our old
friend, Deadwood Dick.
But CAPTAIN BOB WILSON, who
has been writing a regular book him
self, has given me a copy Of it, and
has also recommended another book
which he says is full Of quaint 1T
tie hooks and crannies. BOB'S book
Is a Government document, amer
ica's Munitions" and is full Of meat
and facts from end to end. The 9TH
sf book is Christopher Morley's
Haunted Bookshop."
WILLIAM TODD ASHBY, for a
long time secretary to Col. ROBERT
Y. HARPER at the District National
Bank is going to Peru to help the
National City Bank Of New York
conquer that country from a bust
ness standpoint.
TOM BRIGHT amt quite so stout
as he used to be.
The Washington times., 1919-07-30
Three Ideas In One Letter.

Three Ideas IN One LcIIeH.
Ice, if wrapped carefully in a thick
newspaper, will keep much better
than if uncovered. Paper should be
renewed when wet.
The next time there is a riot, why
not use the fire hose on rioters.
More effective than bullets, less dan
gerous, and decidedly cooling. Look
how the crowd scattered in the storm
last week!
Won't you kindly inform the
"Wreco" and the C. T. Co. that ~the
peak of the load" on Saturdays dur
ing the summer is p. m, and not
AGO D. m. Much, precious time is
wasted Saturdays in the long, weary
waiting for cars.
SARAH POOL.
The other day ! said / would give
SIC for 1917 pennies and today /
get a letter from NJ. A. GILLS of
the Idea Shop" in the Riggs Build
ing saying she has two pennies and
viii l give SIC apiece.
I didn't say 1915 apiece"
l said would give SIC for 1917
pennies.
The Washington times., 1919-07-30

Mt. Rainier is now arising to claim
attention. FRANK A. STETSON
of that burgh blew in to say that
they are going to have three weeks
carnival; dancing and everything.
Going to raise money for a town
hall which will be a memorial to the
towns soldiers who went to war.
Big doings. Frank says that on one
evening there will be liars contest.
Who wants to compete?
The Washington times., 1919-07-30

And to give me a chance to say
that Congress should ALWAYS
pass continuing resolutions to in
sure the pay roll whenever an ap-
preparation bill is tied up or de-
layed.
The Washington times., 1919-07-30

COMMISSIONER CoLvER viii
be as sore as a crab at me for this
publicity, but I'll be switched If l
care. l got on to it by accident, and
print II with malice aforethought,
as the one way l have to express my
appreciation for this kind Of radical
action.
The Washington times., 1919-07-30
WILLIAM S. WAUDBY.

Isn't a tenant as fully protected
now as last year under the Sauls.
bury act until the peace treaty is
signed by the President? Please
answer fully in your "Heard- and
Seen" column for the benefit Of
others as well as myself.
SUBSCRIBER.
The Washington times., 1919-07-30
HEARD AND SEEN

Here's where get BILL COL
YER sore at me.
This gentleman, whom l take
liberties with in print right now, Is
the we'll known Federal Trade Com
missioner who is looked on by many
of our leading mossbacks as being
entirely too radical.
He is radical, as you win see.
The payroll for the Federal Trade
Commission is provided for in the
Sundry Civil Bill, but when that
ponderous measure failed Of enact
ment on time, the Federal Trade
Commission employees went without
their pay.
Some of them suffered-of course.
Real suffering, such as not enough
food or NO food.
Well, without any advertising;
without any trumpets, BILL COL
YER handed over to the disbursing
clerk four thousand dollars to be
used privately for personal advances
to clerks who asked for it.
The Washington times., 1919-07-30

The Salisbury act holds good for
ninety days after the President has
proclaimed that peace is with US
once again.
The Washington times., 1919-07-30

TOM BRIGHT amt quite so stout
as he used to be.
The Washington times., 1919-07-30

WILLIAM TODD AsHBY, for a
long time secretary to Col. ROBERT
N. HARPER at the District National
Bank Is going to Peru to help the
National City Bank Of New York
conquer that country from a bust
ness standpoint.
The Washington times., 1919-07-30

I have been reading all the book
advertisements I could find lately In
an effort to find a REAL story; and
the best can do Is to fall back on
the best bunch Of stuff ever printed
/ refer to the series Of articles on
the life and achievements Of our old
friend, Deadwood Dick.
Evening journal., 1919-09-26

to go.
Although Fairbanks has a long lis'
Of good pictures to his credit "H's
Majesty. the American" is at TIC Top
Of the list.
Mr.. Fairbanks is ably supported by
a cast Of talented artists, including
Mariory Daw, Frank Gampeau. Lillian
Langdon. Albert McQuarrie, Jay Dwig-
gins and sam Sothern. the latter
brother Of the celebrated stage artist
z. II. Sothern Joseph Henaberry,
who directed Fairbanks in some Of his
earlier pictures, is responsible not
Evening journal., 1919-09-26

reach Pittsburgh tomorrow A meet
ing OF the executive committee WIN be
ncld tomorrow afternoon
Delegates and alternalcs from tho Del
aware Association, who are expected 10
attend. are; Delegates--ll. 5. Glerhaft,
I. b. Ely. William w. Knox. Frank G..
Hughes. h. Chesney and Frank Shep-
pand. Alternates-Clyde y. Gray, A.
A. Wllmot, Walter c.. Keen, l.. d..
Rhthensies, A A. Dougherty, James
r. Price.
The conventlol, which has been deslg-
mated as "A Salesman Convention" VIII
have a program Of unusual interest 10
Insurance men.
Evening journal., 1919-09-26
ATTRACTIONS At THEATRES
LContInued Trom Page EIevenl

Continued From Page Eleven.)
will gladden. thousands Of hearts be-
fore many days 60 by And speaking
Of days, why put a limit on the length
Of time youll keep the Fairbanks Pc
ture on the screen, Mr. Theat,c-man-
aser2 Why not keep it on tin we've all
seen it2 We can't an get in at rnce,
and there's a big crowd that viii wan.
Evening journal., 1919-09-26
DELEGATES LEAVE ron CONVENTION

Lharles 3. Palmcr, Who VIII attend
The annual convention OF tho National
Association OF Life Underwriters. as
Delaware member OF the national eX-
ecutlve committee. which will be held
In Pittsburgh, September %. 20 and
October 4. accompanied by Mrs. Palmer
and Mr.. and Mrs. T. Blair Ely. loft yes
terday by automobile and expect 10
Evening journal., 1919-09-26

be another strong act in Madame VIII
son and her pickaninnles Today,
Nazlmova, the worlds greatest acriess.
is at the theatre In Eye For Eye"
The theatre opens at o'clock.
Evening journal., 1919-09-26
Ar THF NATIONAI TUFATRF

The n. Bixton vaudeville bill, "The
Funny Coal Men. will be presented at
the National Theatre tomorrow. stray
horn and Strayhorn, the best children
in vaudeville, VIII appear. There will
Evening journal., 1919-09-26

only for the direction Of "Hls Mlicsly.
the American but likewise Tor liic
building Of the story
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-07-08
City's Most Valuable Site
Worth $500 Per Front Foot

Richmonds most valuable land, ac-
cording to the figures in the office Of
the county assessor, is that occupied
by the Dickinson Trust company
building, on Eighth and Main streets.
This property, which Is Sc feet wide,
Is valued at $500 per lineal foot, along
Main street.
The southeast corner OF Eighth and
Main streets, and the northwest, oc-
cupied by the Union National and
Second National banks, Is assessed at
$3.50 per lineal foot along Main street
These two lots are not as deep as the
Dickinson Trust company land
The land occupied by the Odd Eel
lows building is assessed at $3.50 per
lineal foot, but this is only two-thirds
Of its actual assessed value. as the
property is partly used for lodge pur
poses, and this is not taxable
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-07-08
War Mothers Hear Red
Cross Speaker At Meetina

Miss Elizabeth Parish, of the Red
Cross headquarters in Cleveland. talk
ed at the July meeting of the Wayne
County War Mothers at the CONNER.
cial club Tuesday afternoon
Plans to have the Wayne County
War Mothers visit the hospital at Fl.
Benjamin Harrison were discussed at
the July meeting of the organization
Tuesday afternoon at the Commercial
club. The national convention. which
will be held October 7, and in
Baltimore. Md, was announced. Del
egates will be selected at the Septem
Der meeting. Mrs. A. w. Roach, act
ing president of the National Wal
Mothers, will attend.