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The Washington times., 1919-07-09
WANTS ICE MEN TO
KEEP OPEN SUNDAYS

That ice companies should keep
open all day on Sundays, is the be-
lief of DR.. William c. Fowler, Dis
trict Health Officer DR.. Fowler 10
to make this recommendation to The
company this week.
Due to q scarcity Of labor theFs
has been a shortage Of ice in the
city. For this reason DR.. Fowler h
doubtful whether the companies viii
be able to open all day Sunday.
This. Accommodation is to be made
as a result OF the Investigation Of
the Health Department into an ap-
parent ice shortage in the District. Il
was found in the investigation there
was plenty OF ice on hand but no one
to deliver II.
The Washington times., 1919-07-09

rode to the front OF the Postoffice.
During all this time he was standing
in his machine and constantly wav-
ing his hat to the crowd. When he
reached the front of the Postoffice,
he could see on the steps of the in
stitution two figures, representing
Columbia and Liberty, surrounded by
girl attendants. The two figures
were holding open arms to him. The
machine OF the executive went slow
ly by and continued toward the
White House. At the Postoffice the
Navy Band, under direction of Charles
Benter, played.
Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest, Of the
War Camp Community Service, made
plans for the welcome. She was as
sisted by Mrs. Maud Howell Smith
and Miss Marjorie Smith. William V.
Mahoney. OF the Non-pRrtisan League,
also assisted.
The Washington times., 1919-07-09
Citizens File Suit to
Force Repeal Of Raise
In D. c. Phone Rates

That the increased rates which the
chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
company is collecting from it's subscrib-
Rrs outside of the Government, is not
only unauthorized by law, but are un-
reasonable and discriminatory in that
hey are disproportionately higher
Than the rates exacted from the Gov
ernment. is the complaint made in a
petition filed by William B. West
lake, Washington Topham, Charles A.
Baker. Jesse c. Suter, and Lucius
Randolph today in the District Su-
preme Court against the telephone
company and Postmaster General
Burleson, in which the court is ask ed
10 enjoin the defendants from col
tecting or attempting to collect higher
rates than those charged prior to May
Z, last.
The court is also asked to restrain
The defendants from collecting any
Eates for telephone service in the Dis
trict higher than those heretofore
liked under orders of the Public
Utilities Commission.
Plaintiffs declare that the Public
Utilities Commission under act OF
Congress of March 4, 1913, was en-
trusted with the duty to hx telephone
tstes for the District, which rates
should be the only lawful rates in
force in the District.
Notice of IBereaae.
Some time prior to April 80 last
the plaintiffs contend, the telephone
Company gave notice to the Public
Utilities Coylmission and to the public
IN general that IT would increase its
rates for telephone service. Com
claimants say they are users OF what
Is termed Individual line, unlimited,
residence only" that the lawful rate
Is estabI';I;ed for such service by the
Utilities Commission is 81 per month,
and that the new schedule which the
company is attempting to operate
carries with it a charge of IS per
month for the service"
The telephone company, the plain
tins declare, has since May ! last,
attempted to put this increased rate
in force and is demanding the pay
ment under the representation that
such increase had been approved by
the Operating Board United States
Telegraph and Telephone Administra-
ton" although this increased rate
has never been submitted for ap-
Lroval to the Utilities Commission as
prescribed by act Of Congress OF
March 4, 1913.
Petitioners say they are Informed
and believe that the joint resolution
81 Congress contemplates only the
taking Of the telephone and telegraph
systems for the national security and
lefense; that it does not authorize
The management OF these lines as a
commercial enterprise or for the use
Ind beneft OF the public in general:
hat neither the Postmaster General
hor any other person under his super
fision has any authority whatsoever
10 hx. charge. or collect rates from
he public in excess OF those which
we're fixed under the act OF March 4.
ts13.
Action Called UnIawfuL
The action Of the telephone COM
RAny, according to the petitioners in
Demanding and collecting rates in ex-
sess Of those fixed by the Public Utili-
hes Commission. is unlawful and a
vilful breach Of contractual obiiga-
The Washington times., 1919-07-09
NEED SPECIAL CARDS. TO
HEAR PRESIDENT TOMORROW

To avoid confusion. announcement
was made today at the Capitol that
only holders OF special cards issued
through Senators would be admitted
10 the Senate gallery tomorrow At
noon when President Wilson ad-
dresses the Senate In open session.
General cards Of admission to the sal
lery will not be accepted tomorrow.
The only entrance to the Senate
wing OF the Capi'ol which will be
open to the public is the front en-
trance under the steps. The building
will be closely guarded. Even the
subway from the Senate Office Build
ing to the Capitol will be closed.
The Washington times., 1919-07-09
j. s. OFFICES SAVE
S365,56O MOVING

4 saving TO the Government OF
1865. 560.16 in rentals OF buildings in
the District Of Columbia has been ef-
tected by the Public Buildings Com
mission in reassigning office space in
the various departments, Senator
SnoOt stated Tuesday in submitting
the report to the Senate.
The Government for July last year
paid a rental OF $964.556 20. compared
with S607, 995. A. for July OF this year.
A total OF 410,132 square feet OF Of
ice space has been ordered vacated
by the commission.
The Washington times., 1919-07-09
5000 LUTHERANS
GATHER AT BEACH

More than 5000 members OF Luth-
eran churches in this city and Balti-
more are spending the day at Chesa-
peake Beach today.
A special program has been ar
ranged by the excursion committee,
man.
Religious exercises will be held al
o'clock on the boardwalk. The Rev
s. ]. Mcdowell, OF the Third Lutheran
Church Of Baltimore, will preside
Song services will be under the di-
rection OF Warren r. Settler. leader
of the Lutheran Chorus OF Washing
ton.
The Washington times., 1919-07-09
HIBERNIAHS TO HOLD
EXCURSION TOMORROW

The annual excursion to Chesapeake
Beach will be held tomorrow by the
Ancient Order, Of Hibernians. loeal
lodge.
An athletic program has been ar
ranged by the excursion committee,
with prizes for the winners OF the
different events. Dancing wiz be
the feature OF the evening.
The Washington times., 1919-07-09

tons existing between il and it's sub
scrtoers. IT Is argued that no increase
or rates can be lawfully made by the
telephone company without the ex-
press authority OF the utilities com
mission, and until such authority is
given defendants should be restrained
and enjoined from collecting increased
rates.
Plaintiffs declare that the action of
the Postmaster General in assuming
the power to fix the rates is without
authority in law and amounts to a
gross usurpation OF power in excess
OF even colorado lawful authority.
and that the same Is a wrongful and
unlawful interference with and viola
ton of the property and contracual
rights Of the plaintiffs and all other
telephone users; that the same is
equivalent to the taking Of property
without due process OF law"
The plaintiffs, who are represented
by Attorneys Wilton ]. Lambert, WILL
lam Mex. Clayton, and Rudolph H.
Yeatman, declare that they bring the
suit in their own names. as well as
call other residents Of the District of
Columbia. whose rights and interests
are identical to theirs, but whose
numbers are too great to render
practicable their becoming parties to
this suit"
1t is stated that by order of Presi-
dent Wilson of July 81. 1918. acting
under a joint resolution of Congress
OF July 16, 1918, the Postoffice De-
telephone systems in the United
States, the Postmaster General in turn
entrusting the management Of the az
fairs OF the local telephone company
to the company itself.
Announce Higher Rates.
On May 1 last the Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Company an
nounced an increase in phone rates to
its subscribers. When this announce
nIent was made many protests were
made to the Public Utilities Commits
sion.
During that same week many citi-
Gems associations adopted resolutions
protesting against this rate increase.
Within a short time every citizens as
ISOLATION in the District had made
a protest.
The situation then became too big
for citizens associations to handle,
and the Federation of Citizens Asso-
Citations took q hand in the matter.
At q meeting held about ten days
after the announcement OF the COM
pany William NICK. Clayton, chair
man Of the Public Utilities Commit
tee, introduced a resolution, which
was adopted, providing for a special
committee to investigate the matter
and take any action 1t saw Mt.
Accordingly this committee, with
Mr.. Clayton as chairman, met. About
q month ago the committee referred
the matter back to the Public Utili-
ties Committee with recommendations
that the officials do as they saw Mt.
The Utilities Committee met and
decided to secure attorneys to pre-
sent the case to the courts. Mr.. Clay
ton, Wilton J. Lambert, and r. H.
Yeatman, were secured and they con-
ferred, reaching a decision today,
when they presented the petition.
All expenses will be shouldered by
the federation. The attorneys are
furnishing their services free. All
attorneys are members Of citizens as
sociations here.
The Washington times., 1919-07-09
Girl War Workers Can't
Eat Until Six of Them
Get Seated at the Table

fragrant waste OF public funds" IT
that the dormitories are operated at
| loss, and explaining the "advert;k-
ing" alluded to in the speech OF Con-
gresham Clark yesterday in the
| House, Irving f. Maconder. vice
president Of the United States HoTs-
ing Corporation. under which the
Washington dormitories are operated
strongly defended the work Of
Miss Harlem James and other wom-
en- who at present are experimenting
the Government hotel for war work
ers
I'm the FIRST place" said Mr.. Ma
conder, I'VE are not operating this
hotel at a loss At first when the
hotel, which. by the way, is the
largest American plan hotel in the
United States. was started, there was
the disarrangement and loss incidt Mt
to the starting OF any such plant. But
we have this hotel on a smoothly
running basis now, and are more THAI
clearing expenses.
"As for the advertising for transit
ents in competition with the city
hotels, here is what we do: We have
at present a large waiting list OF
Government working girls who de-
sire room and board at the hotel,
but who cannot be accommodated.
But there are vacant rooms at times
in the hotel. The girls who come TO
Washington to work for the Govern
ment are allowed to stay for two
nights, at the rate OF $1.75 day for
room and board. until they can 10
cate a permanent stopping place.
Booklet At station.
'HThe advertising we do consists OF
a little booklet which is kept at the
information counter in the Union
Station. This booklet tells these girls
where accommodation for the night
can be secured. We are not trying
to run in competition with the city
hotels under any condition
In defending the charge made by
the Florida Congressman TO the ef-
feet that inexperienced women paid
large salaries by the Government were
running the hotel, Mr. MacUmber stat
ed that they were all we'll experience
ed and widely known women and have
shown their ability to run the big
hotel at a PROFIT
Miss Harlean James. who was I'M
I'll short time ago executive score
tary Of the United States Housing Cor
poTation, was put in charge OF the
hotel about the 10Th OF last month.
She is a woman Of proved executive
ability"
The Washington times., 1919-07-09

zone Of the most fragrant wastes
Of public funds that has ever existed
in this Capital is the Plaza dormitory
system" Congressman Frank Clara
Of Florida declared on the floor Of
the House yesterday afternoon.
For instance, a table seats six.
understand that a rule has been Is
tued lately whereby if a girl goes to
u table. she cannot be waited on until
the other FIVE get there.
All sorts of foolish rules are in
vogue; women with no experience la
the hotel business arc conducting the
dormitories; large salaries are being
paid, and there is waste on everV
hand"
Promises Detailed Report.
Mr.. Clark promised TO present a de-
tailed report on conditions at the dCT-
nitories at a later date. He said he
wanted 10 call the attention OF Con-
-ress to the enormous waste and eX-
trsvagance which is going on in an
operation which is entirely foreign
- every legitimate function OF gov
5rnment on earth"
Last week Congress gave the man
=Eement or the Plaza dormitories
100000 to carry on the work there
curing the ensuing year.
Mr.. Clark said that he was going to
demand that / 900 copies OF the item
,zed statement showing just how this
fum is expended be printed and fur
Ifshed members or Congress
II claim that il has been one Of
,ae most fragrant wastes Of public
4 loney that has ever existed in the
capital" he said
AdveFtfse For TransIentH.
Tt is going on today, and I want to
ray that not only are the hotels run
ming under the 100000 appropriated
ia the sundry civil bill, but they are
absolutely advertising for transient
patronage and are Offering to take
Care Of them in the Government hotels
1T &l.T5 & day, which pays for room
end two meals per day.
SO you have not only houses in
which to take care of war workers.
but you have q hotel advertising for
transient trade in competition with
all the other hotels in the city and
being run by the Government of the
United States"
At the present time the dormitories
ere being operated at a loss. which
makes them q liability. Mr.. Clark ad-
vocates using them to house Govern
ment bureau offices which are now
housed in rented quarters.
Emphatically denying there is any
The Washington times., 1919-07-09

The Star-Spangled Banner.
BIZ THE SOLDIERS HOME BAND.
IN THE BANDsTARp THIS EVEN
ING. BEGINNING AT O'CLOCK.
JOHN S. NJ. ZIMNERMANN, Director.
March, Anchors AWeiGh"
c. A. Zimmerma nm
Overture. Light Cavalry. 80. .suppe
Idyl, I'm the shadows" ........ Ftnck
Gems from MILE Mediate -. Herbert
IntsFmeszo Egyptian. ANNA" Lincke
Grand Fantasia Home Sweet
Home the World Over" Lampe
NOTE-The composer describes the
manner IN which Home Sweet
Home" IL played in different eeun-
tries. a. follows: % Air. ca Ger
many. spain. (t) Russia (S)
Italy. (O Scotland. (7) Hungary.
(O China. co ireland. u6)
America"
Finale. ''Weieome Home LAddie q.
Boy, Welcome Home" Edwards
The Star-Spangled Banner"
The Washington times., 1919-07-09
CARPENTER ENDS
LIFE WITH GAS

Calvin l. Canaday, who inhaled IL
Eliminating gas in the bath room Of
his home. I44s E street southeast.
yesterday evening. died in the Cas-
ualty Hospital at 3:4S o'clock this
morning. He was subject to fits Of
melonchoIia. because OF i'll health
Aurelia NJ. CAnaday. his daughter,
who works in the Government Print
ing office. discovered him writhing
in pain last night, and the Fifth Pc
lice precinct was notified An ambu"
lance carried the dying man to the
hospital He did not regain consei-
business Canaday was forty-fivO
years old. and a carpenter.
Coroner hewitt will issue a death
certificate this afternoon.
The Washington times., 1919-07-09
WAGE
BILL To PASS
HOUSE TODAY
Measure Will Affect More Than
$4,000 District and Federal
Employees Here.

The Nolan minimum wage bill. Ak
ing q minimum wage for APPROX
mateIy $4,000 employees OF the District
and Federal governments here, viii
probably be passed by the House late
today.
Congressman John I. Nolan OF Cali
fornia, who drafted and introduced
the bill. states that he has assurances
that the House will pass the measure
Several Senate leaders have promised
to push the bill through that body
Under the Nolan bill the minimum
compensation Of any person employed
by the United States or by the gov
eminent OF the District OF CollImbia
would not be less than So the day.
O8,2S8 Affected.
Should the bill be enacted into law
it would affect 66.2s6 persons and rep
resent a total increase in wages OF
S25,OO4.2o6 per year.
There can be no question as to the
tremendous increase in cost OF living
and these increases have fallen heav-
lest on the low-paid employees, and
this bill will be a great blessing to
them" says Mr.. Nolan in his report to
the House.
"For years efforts have been made
to regulate child labor, and It was
only recently that this House passed a
child labor bill. That measure affects
the great industries Of this country:
II removes the long existing practice
Of exploiting the child OF tender years
in the factories, mines and work
shops Of our nation. The members OF
this" House believed that those chill
dren should be in school and should
have the opportunity to build up their
minds and bodies under healthfui con
ditions.
rs II not equally our duty toward
the low-paid Government employe 70
see that he has q sufficlent wage to
enable him to bring up his children
under decent and healthful conditions
OF mind and body - - 81
This measure win foster true
Americanism, as 1t IL one OF the few
sound measures OF preparedness that
the Sixty-sixth Congress has had
placed before il.
s. Per Day Net Toe HlEA.
There may be some who will say
that SO per day is too high q rate
for the men and women employed BY
the Government; but would they like
TO labor for or try to raise a family
and live on that or less?
The underpaid Government en-
ployes are mostly unorsanized, but
even where they are organized they
do not strike to have their grievances
adjusted They depend upon the Gov
eminent or Congress to treat them
fairly. and here is our opportunity,
though long delayed, to make the
Government OF the United States the
model employer"
More than a score Of labor and well
fare organizations have Endorsed the
Nolan bill, and school workers and
social service investigators have
The Washington times., 1919-07-09
BAND CONCERTS

AT THE CAPITOL THIS AFTER
NOON AT s O'CLOCK BIZ THE U. s.
MARINE BAND.
WILLIAM n. SANTELMANN, Leader.
March. Manhattan Beach" sousa
overture Tampa ...-.... .s.s Her"il
'Sevillana," Scene Espagnola. Elgar
(6D Prelude.
(b) "Minuetto."
(c) "Adagiette."
(dl Carlton"
waits, Venus on Earth" ... Lincks
Caprice, Canoeing w Pryor
Grand Scenes from la Gioconda"
Ponehielh
The Washington times., 1919-07-09

TO ADDRESS OFFICERS CLUB.
senator Miles Pcindexter Of WASH
IN gtou will deliver an address before
the Officers Club of Washington FIJI
day evening at the clubhouse neAR
Dupont Circle.
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-10-12
HOW ARE THE CHILDREN?

They are doing things over in Ala
bama!
They have recently had an educa-
tional survey of the state at cost
OF nearly twenty-five thousand dol
lars. All this just to find cut def
nitely what their needs We're! The
way 1t was brought about, the Leg
islature appropriated ten thousand
dollars, and the United States Bureau
OF Education did the rest. Tc Pm
reau OF Education made the survey.
1t was done. by specialists. There was
u specialist in rural education, and
a specialist in higher education, and
one in administration, and one in
nome economics, and one in agricul-
ture, and one in child health, and
so on-some twenty or more all to-
gether Their report is published by
the Bureau of Education, Washington,
and can be had for the asking.
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-10-12
DO not LET MALARIA SAP
YOUR STRENGTH AND
VITALITY

Your physician Will tell you ma
laria is the cause of more disease than
any malady known Chills and Fever,
Malarial Fever, Bilious Never, loss of
appetite, drowsiness, loss of energy
are the direct causes of Malaria,
Ameco Chill and Fever Tonic is the
deadly enemy Of Malaria. 1t kills the
germs and its action is prompt and
sure in breaking the fever.
Thousands of prominent citizens
have been cured with Ameco Chill ;ni
Fever Tonic and unhesitahpgly recon-
Lend it to their friends.
W. T. Mcdonald, prominent en-
ploye Of the Macon Railway & Light
Co., of Macon. Ga, says:
Il had Malaria and Bilious Fever
and Chills and Fever and Ameco Chill;
and Fever Tonic cured me. 1t does
everything you claim for it,
Ameco Chill and Fever Tonic is
sold and guaranteed by all dears.
PRICE 25 CENTS
Pridgen Bros, Wholesale Distributors
PRICE IS CENTS
Pridgen Bros, Wholesale Distributors
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-10-12

As far back as the first winter Of
the war, the Red Cross sent to Serbia
a sanitary commission that effective
ly checked the scourge of typhus, but
after the United States entered the
conflict, the Red Cross was able, in
August, 1917, to send full commits
sion that carried on extensive relief
operations among the suffering ref
ugees Of the tortured nation. Hospi-
tails were established, the refugees fed,
clothed and given medical attention,
the army supplied with much needed
dental treatment, farm machinery, and
seeds provided to help the Serbs re-
deem their land to productivity, and,
not least. measures undertaken for the
succor Of the children. The terrible
condition into which these helpless vic
tins of the war had fallen is well
portrayed by this photograph of a
little Serbian girl wearing the rags
and expression Of hopeless dismay
that were all she possessed when the
Red Cross came.
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-10-12
Purity and Virtue

Your son who is choosing his life
time partner looks for purity and vir-
tue and thank God has broad field
eor his choosing, but, my dear parent,
what about your daughter? Have
you-taught her and does she know
the truth?
stntt.lli,air ''silii'ti
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-10-12
Rheumatism

is completely washed out of the system b5
the celebrated Shivar Mineral Water. POS
lively guaranteed by money-back offer
Tastes fine: costs a trife, Delivered any
where bv our Cordele Agents, Heard Gro
cery Co. Phone them.
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-10-12

A new device to be used as automo-
vented an electric curling device for
women's hair so effective the hair
retains its shape for months.
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-10-12

The first recorded discovery of iron
in America was in North Carolina in
1885.
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-10-12
RAILROAD SCHEDULES

Arrival and Departure Of Passenger
Trains. Cordele Union Depot.
The following schedule figures pub
lished as information and not guardn
teed:
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-10-12

In that survey Chambers county was
selected for health studies Ii you
were to take the states of Georgia and
Alabama and put them together,
Chambers county would be almost in
the middle. SO that for all practical
purposes it represents Georgia about
as well as does Alabama. The find
lngs in Chambers county ought to in
terest Georgians.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-04-04
BOYS OF AUGUSTA,
ATTENTION!

All buys IF Augusta os'er l. Years
Of age are requss.sd 10 meet i, ms
..y-' this evening, Friday, April 4. at
40 O'CLOCK The purpose Of thiA
..;l.t,er,nS IL IN inform the noys Of
the Capital city concerning the great
u,.o-rurn Of the Stute !. NJ. e. A. for
the benefit ID the boys of Maine. ana
20 irrterest them in the campalen 20
raise $40 tDe ainung the hoHs of the
eit;rte. The county chairman, Rev.
Z S. PhiIbrtt,k and the Augusta
chairman. Richard Hight viii %.peiik
,r,-t3s 10 the t,eys to outline Ire
work and 10 present The plan ri ne
boy Builders.
4 pleasing and extremely interest
ing TEXTURE OF the meeting will he a
talk anu an extiibIiian IF siereoWi-
CEN uicrures fys Oceian Transport
Secretary Oscar Smith, VINO f1f.h
st.,,ssed oper year on the e
trct,p ehip lie kaib." Secretary
smith will SHOW. some pictures WHEN
me himself tunk while serving en- the
ship Of trunspurtE. cnaxefs ana ON