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The Washington times., 1919-12-13
NEW P. 0. SJBSTATION
TO BE OPENED TODAY

Eighteenth street and Columbia
road northwest is the site of q new
permanent substation OF the postof-
See which viii be opened today.
Another substation will be opened
Monday at s137 Pennsylvania avenue
northwest. PARCELS post and register
ed mail facilities will be provided
Last week substations were opened
IN the Y. W. c. A. 1893 r street
northwest and in the Treasury De-
partnent-
The Washington times., 1919-12-13
TEA TO AID MERCY HOUSE,

Reports from the various station
established by the House of Mercy
TO receive food and money indicate
that gifts SO far have exceeded ex-
pectations. A tea at the House OF
Mercy this afternoon was expected
to be productive of several large do
nations.
The Washington times., 1919-12-13
What's the Matter
With
TheSchOOLS?

Washington school system IS
short of teachers, short of room,
short of equipment, and in de-
plorable state otherwise. In this
series of articles The Times ,olL
set forth the conditions, for the
information of Washington peo-
pie and members of Congress.
The Washington times., 1919-12-13

It's easy to become . Good Fellow.
Just write your name. telling Low
mnny persons or children you will
care for Christmas. and send IL In to
The Tines, GooA Fellow DeDaEtHAe0A.
The Washington times., 1919-12-13

Sesd your name and the number of
ehflAren Or others yes waat to help
en Christmas To The Times, and you
win be . regular member Of the Good
Heu0Wv Cfuk
The Washington times., 1919-12-13

Each year brings renewed hopes
to the students and faculty Of
Eastern High School that Con-
gress will appropriate funds to
make possible the erection of the
new high school, to be located
near Eighteenth and East Capitol
streets. And as the end of the
year rolls around, these hopes are
dashed to earth. The students and
faculty once again face another
year occupying an old and dilapi-
dated building.
The present school is a red
brick structure worn with age,
at Seventh street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue southeast. 1t was
a good school in its day and able
to care for all high school stu
dents from that section. But there
has been growth; more homes are
being erected, and the neighbor-
hood has increased in population
nearly twofold. Several years ago
citizens of the southeast realized
the old Eastern could not accom-
modate the growth.
Charles Hart, Eastern principal,
is having a difficult time. OriEi-
nally the school was built to care
for 400 students. The present
enrolment Is 566 and will be
about $50 in February. Prof.
Hart, like the principals of other
high schools, will have to over
burden teachers with work and
crowd the classrooms. The result
is sure to be inefficient instruc-
tion- The students will suffer with
the teachers.
How Long VIII 1t BE Sos
When the new high school is
erected 800 students can be ac-
commodated. Hundreds from
southeast who ride to uptown high
schools, because of the crowdinR
at Eastern. will enter the new
school. 1t will be a shorter dis
tance for them to travel. But
when is the new high school to
be erected? How long are the
southeast students to study in an
old. crowded, and dilapidated
building?
When citizens of the southeast
many years ago saw their Sec
tion growing they realized that
soon the Eastern High School
would become crowded. They
went to the Doard of Education.
the Commissioners and Congress.
and asked for a new school. 1t
took months and months of time
and effort to obtain an appropria-
tion. But IL was successful. Con-
gress granted $500 900.
S1,5oO.0Oo New Needed
But alas The war started.
While waiting for the appropria-
tion laborers' wages increased and
material went up twofold. By
the time the appropriation was
available it was insufficient. Con-
gress appropriated additional
funds, but they. too, were insult
ficient. This kept up for several
years, and now Congress is asked
to increase the appropriation for
the new building to 1,5OO, 900.
In the meantime the school be-
comes more crowded Extra bur-
dens are added upon teachers.
students cannot be properly
taught in crowded class rooms.
Something should be done imme-
diately to provide more space for
the students at Eastern.
The Washington times., 1919-12-13
Presidents Proclamation on
Decennial Census

President Wilson today issued proclamation calling upe
citizens of the United States fully and trutfuly
with fourteenth decennal census which will beg
January.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-02
British \lrsf'lP -34 Starts Overseas Flight to L. S.
Expected to Make Trip in 20 Hours, Due Here yulv
Fleet Will Meet Wilson
ind Escort Him to Port

w ASHlNGTON, July Tentative
pians for the Welcoming of
Pres iden' Wilson al New York when
he arrives on the George Washing
ton Monday or Tuesday. provide for
part of the Atlantic feet to meet his
snip at sea and escort her into port
The welcoming committee Will be
aboard the Pennsylvania. Admiral
Wilson'S flagship.
II is said at the White House to-
day that the President would remain
IN New York only short time and
that his address n response TO tho
Welcoming committee would be very
brief and would not embrace dis.
casslon Of the peace treaty and the
league Of nations.
The President has not indicated
when he will submit the peace treaty
to the Senate, but officials here ex.
pect him 10 do so either next Tues
day or Wednesday, After he has
cleared his desk of important busi-
ness awaiting his attention he Will
start on his tour over the country
speaking in support Of the treaty and
the league covenant.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-02
u. S. Officials
of
War-FimFraud
''Higher Ups'' Involved in
House Committee Inquiry
Into Loss of Huge Sums
Through Use of Movies
New York Tribune
Washington Bureau


WASHINGTON, July 1.-Suspected
motion picture frauds on the govern
ment, involving huge sums Of money
and the completely of high officials,
were admitted to-day by Chairman
Graham of the House Committee or
War Expenditures to have prompted
the questionnaire that had been sent
to all government departments using
motion pictures.
From my information" said Mr..
Graham, in making pupiic the nature
of the information sought, at is ex-
tremely probable that criminal prose
cutions will follow
THE object of the investigation will
be to develop the extent and scope of
motion picture activity carried on by
the different departments, in it's vari-
Gus branches, to determine the cost of
production and circulation and the ex-
tent of the revenue, if any, from such
activity and the degree to which such
expenditure may be reduced; to ascer-
tain to what extent moving pictures
made by manufacturers and persons
for advertising purposes have been cir
revenue therefrom and to what funds
such revenue has been credited"
Qucstionnaires covering the infor-
nation desired have been sent to all
the departments using motion pictures
in their work and public hearings
probably will follow, but inquiries re-
latlng to the criminal side of the mat
ter arc being conducted through other
means.
Motion pictures were freely used
during the war and subsequently by
the Committee on Public Information
and many other departments and agen-
cies of the government as means of
getting their special messages to the
people and as method Of instruction
and information within and about gov
ernmental organizations.
The nature of the information for
mally sought from the various govern
ment departments indicates the abuses
that are suspected On the one hand a
person in authority would have an op-
portunity to accept a consideration
for letting some form of advertising
get by" on a government film, and on
the other hand corruption or careless
ness might have deprived the govern
mont of revenues that were or should
have been collected by the exhibition
Of films, or from the part it took in
producing them.
Mr. Graham refused to state whether
any bureau chief or higher officia Is
were involved, but he did say that the
alleged offenders were high up"
New-York tribune., 1919-07-02
Re-erection of Empire
Urged by Hindenbure
onyright 1919. New York Ttihunc Inc.l

Copyright. 1919 New York Tribune Inc)
BERLIN, July 1.-"If the enemy want
to place me against a wall, an old man,
who only discharged his duty to his
Kaiser, King and Fatherland, they shall
have me. The enemy thereby would
only disgrace their record with another
blot"
These were the words with which
HindcnburR answered dcputation OF
Gocttngcn students who went to army
headquarters at Kolberg Saturday af-
tcrnoon to greet him. The students
offered IIndenburg home in Goct-
tingcn. 'if the Allies demand him, to
defend him against all violence and
pledge our bodies and lives for our ma
tional hero"
lIindcnburg added that Saturday was
the saddest day Of his life, and the
words Of the students came as n beam
Of light in an evil time. Germany S
future" he said, "lcs with you, who
must work for the re6recton Of the
empire"
New-York tribune., 1919-07-02
Mrs. GiUigan
Pleads Guilty
accepts Life Sentence
for Death at Her Wind
sor Home for Aged

MIDDLETOWN, Conn, July with
the consent Of Judge John E. Keeler.
counsel for Mrs. Amy E. Archer Gill
gan late to-day entered a plea of sec
ond degree murder for causing the
death Of Franklin R. Andrews, of
Cheshire, May 3O 1914, at the Gi,ligan
Home for the Aged in Windsor. Life
imprisonment in the state prison at
Wethersfeld was imposed at once.
Mrs. Archer Gilligan had been on trial
in the Superior Court here for the last
ten days.
Change of plea came after a con-
sutation between Benedict NJ Holden,
States Attorney Hugh Alcorn. The
prosecutor explained to the court that
some doubt might exist as to whe ther
Mrs. Gillgan was free moral agent
because of her use of drugs, and the
court agreed that such doubt might
be entertained sufficiently by the jury
to cause a second degree verdict.
Preceding the ending Of taking of
testimony, State Policeman Hurley
was on the stand giving rebuttal evil
dencc for the state.
TINS was the second trial Of Mrs.
Gllligar. The first was in Hartford
in 1916, at which time she was found
guilty in the first degree. sentenced to
be hanged, and was reprieved by Gov
crnor Holcomb that she might appeal.
On the appeal to the Supreme Court of
Errors she was granted a new trial.
Change of venue was obtained and her
second trial started in this city on
June ~.
After receiving her sentence Mrs.
G!lligan was allowed time to part with
her daughter, Mary Archer, who has
been in court all during the trial. She
will be taken to the state prison late
to- might or tomorrow.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-02
U. S. Repudiates Martens,
Tells Moscow He Isn't
Under Arrest; Won't
Tolerate Reprisals
Consul TredWeII's
Case Is Protested
State Department Terms
Imprisonment a Breach
of All Civilized Law
Ne1c York Tribune
WASHINGTON PurcC,t

WASHINGTON, July 1.-The Rus
sian Soviet governments protest
against what was termed the "arrest"
of L. C. A. X. Martens, the so-called
Ambassador to the United States from
Bolshevik Russia, and which threatened
reprisals unless the agent was re
leased, was answered day by Acting
Secretary of State Phillips with a
warning that the Trotzky regime must
not molest Americans in Russia.
The protest of the Soviet government
came to the State Department through
the American Legation in Stockholm.
AS matter of fact, Martens was not
arrested. His office was raded and he
was summoned before the Lusk COM
mittec investigating seditious activi-
ties
New-York tribune., 1919-07-02
Mooney Committee
Asks 100000 10 Strik g

CHICAGO, July 1.-The Chicago
Mooney central strike committee to
day issued a proclamation caii.ny upon
l,500 labor unions with a membership
of 100000 peacefully to cease work
July 4, 5, &, 7 and 8 as pr. test
against the refusal to grant Mooney
and Billings new trials.
The committee states that more han
80 per cent OF the membership of these
unions voted in favor of the proposed
strike at recent mail referendum.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-02
City Is Not Wet, but
Merely Damp, and
Weakened Drinks Help
TO Satisfy Its Thirst
Drys to Speed
Bill in Congress
Knowing Ones Here Get
Liquor on Sly; Atlantic
City Defies the Law

New York, to all outward appear
ances, was all but 275 per cent
dry yesterday. Saloonkeepers in
sisted that the beer and diluted
vine they sold were both we'll in
side Attorney General Palmer's
ruling, and no one put their as
sertion to the test.
40 one was arrested for violating
the law. Few saloons closed, and
hose remaining open did about
the usual amount of business.
Whiskey could be purchased, but
only by those who knew where to
ask for it.
The Federal officials have issued in
structions to the city police in the
matter of arrests for violations.
Commissioner Enright refused to
say what steps he was taking to
enforce the law.
Throughout the nation. the wording
Of the act is preventing rigid en-
forcement, dispatches from Wash
ington say. Liquor men claim
that light wines and beer are not
Intoxicating beverages and un-
Ill the law is amended or some
one proves that they are intoxi-
eating they say they intend to
go On selling them
The "drys" in Congress began yes
eerday to speed up bill to en-
force one-half of per cent pro-
hibition.
-lantic City was boldly "wet. ="
Hard liquo, of all sorts was
openly sold there all day.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-02
Bars, Open, Sell
Diluted Beverages
Port and Sherry, Weak-
cned Dozen, Dispensed
Along With 2.75 Beer

Port. sherry, Rhine and other wines,
diluted with seltzer or water, were al
most as easily obtainable as 275 beer
in New York yesterday. Steady Gus
tomers at many places received Especial
brand ginger ale" which caused them
TO smack their lips with evident salts
faction.
George l.. Donnellan, counsel for
the Retail Liquor Dealers Association,
said last night that not one saloon in
the greater city had closed because Of
inability to do business under the new
law.
Marx Goldberg, attorney for the
Family Liquor Dealers Association,
whose members sell bottled goods
only, said that the government had
left "a very convenient loophole by
which the liquor dealers might escape
the necessity Of abandoning their bust
nesses while following the govern
mental order. Light Wines" he said,
have never been defined and the
President has come out foi hem.
seemingly no governmental t.>ca merry
exists By which the Law con he en-
forced"
Depend Entirely on Police
Inquiry into the means by which The
law Is % be enforced revealed that:
/. Department Of Justice officials nd
other Federal officers arc relying en-
tcct and arrest violators Of the laH
2. Police Commissioner Enrignt has
mo plan for publication" under wu:ch
the police force Is to operate to up
hold the Ian.
q No arrests had been made uD TO q
late hour last night
William Ofhey, chief Of the local
bureau Of the Department If Justice,
said:
"Until our s'af is enlarged We will
have 10 rely virtually entirely upon
he police force for the enforcement
4 the neW net. Il ~ Irnpossible for
ne 20 ray NTH certainty whether or
ot tnc act ~ bring obcycd IN tu1
strict Until have rcceiYed rcporta
ON my men and the police IN the
tuation IN the city NJ ii wholc and
. oDtlyinY sections. From inc,n-
ntc repoftr am able 10 ray that the
,4 oeinY Dbcycd M far as The ocs.
ION ~ The salr II liquors continuing
Continued on pnye rim
New-York tribune., 1919-07-02
Northern Steamship Lane
10 BE Followed Direct
to New York if Favor.
able " Gather Rcmains
Indications Favor
Successful Trim
American Officer l. on
Board as Guest of the
British Air Ministry

LONDON. July .. Tho AR MIN
lstry received a wireless messsre ~
about O'Clock this morning from
the R-$i. which was 'hot ~ Il hin
Island, of the north coast of Ireland.
and about three miles northwest ~
Fairhoad
EAST FORTUNE. SEQ and. lolv
, "wednesday CRy Tho Associated
Press The British dlnebic L 20.
the largest airship Of rs kind i'm
the world. started is voyage across
the Atlantic Ocean at LIS o'clock
this morning Greenwich mean tln,c
@t4S p m. Tucslay. NeN York
time)
The journey VIII take nearly
seventy hours. art the aifship
should reach the United States ON
Independence Day
Early in the evening everything
had been put in readiness Tor tte
start the petrol tanks had been
filed, food supplies 0ui aboard. and
everything pos bile aoue for the
comfort Of The crew Late vDstef-
day official permission was received
from the All Ministry to ma. 'ho
attempt tonight and 'hc engines
were tuned up for tho last time at
s o'clock last rieht
Word went cut mlIuehi that
the start would be aadp g.. o'clock
And then. without counoton and
with only the na.ter of hrr oar'ne,
to break the NIGHTS fitness. .hH
giant craft rose from her hangar
and started ou' 10 sea l. a eo,.
well she wl follow fhe norlbeln
steamship lanc 10 her t,stmaton.
New York Bul { stoin ie.sr sbc
viii Vccl to 'a, ss7.an1 ard
cross from the ee.sh.@ ooa of .Ne
Azores.
The meteorological forecast for
the week S favorable r.. he rp
0rly vinds thar 0il r.rsf fair
sailing are forcsocn a lhe ohci
weather reports
Major Scot. tao
mandcr, said hcfre -sli hr
would attemn' rela ere.f
circle srrec .lrr faufd
and va- on ape. hap
.el #, added. a. weather ren
ditions n MD Atlantic r for.s.
Inn IA almost a.g aHa0
cape cyclan.c oaiit
Give me an even s,e ifi
Get across without an, troa -asl
Major Scott. We toos a,l feo
thousand miles over the naar. came
back IN a devil of Q'sd .al nhcn
VIC got here had petrol enough to
10 forty more hours Ani ~en'em-
ner, We were rot fully 'oa led with
petrol when VIZ -tarted cannot
tell you Just bow much pcIrol We
have aboard tonight. for thi still
is naval craft. You oroa 8et you
may he assured that we naee more
than when We started oal last mp"
Prior to the START Lieutenant
Commandcr zachary Ian, .a.ne. az
he United State oY uaar} a
the invitation of ae British A..
miralty. said
There no doubt Whatever in
my mind or believe. n tne mInT
Of any Of the orca thaf ec 4lli So.
over without difficult.
Commander l.apea4ane IS ed arn
believer lu tAc pfass ai' - TIE
agh,er-thau. ar machnc and ha
devoted all hi. tmc iur Nar
studying thls branch # rs4eaisoa.
1t was very good - .hc Ad
in rally he continued. to extend
an invitation to our Nay ncrafi-
nent. that am American ho mc'na,
IN the crew on tins piouecf iilgnt /
see no particular reason Ahy tho
Admiralty should have selcc-cd me.
bat. believe ne. | am glad ~ The on-
poriunlty.
As | understand Il, We Will roi
attempt any speed trial We oln
cross as quickly as possible. avoid
ing adverse winds. but az The sanio
New-York tribune., 1919-07-02
Secretary PhilIips's Note

Acting Secretary Phiuips's note wa
cabled through the American legatio,
in Stockholm. 1t follows:
"Please inform proper Swedish au
thorities at once as follows:
"The staten ant purportng to ema-
nate from Moscow is wholly untrue.
Mr.. Martens has not been arrested.
nor does this government contem-
plate any action against law-abiding
Russian citizens in this country. It
is understood that Mr.. Martens
claims official status as the repre-
sentative of regime at Moscow
which the United States has not
recognized as government. At the
same time, he is German citizen,
having voluntarily so declared him
self when he entered this country in
1916.
"This government has not forgot
ten the unwarrantable arrest and
detention for months of Consul
Tredwell and the illegal and unjus-
tifable imprisonment under severe
hardships of Vice-Consul Burri and
Leonard, contrary to the fundamental
practice of civilized nations. Nor
has it forgotten that an American
citizen, Kalamatiano, has been held
in prison at Moscow for months un-
der sentence of death, without proper
trial, and without opportunity for his
government to assist him.
The government of the United
States now views with grave concern
the reported threat of the authorities
at Moscow to take further illegal
measures in the form of reprisals
against American citizens in Russia.
Such course, if adopted, would be
certain to arouse in the United States
an overwhe elmjrg public sentiment of
Indignation against the authorities
at Moscow responsible for such acts"
Tchitcherin's Threat
The communication from Foreigl
Minister Tchitcherin which called fortl
the United States note follows:
"The Commissariat for Foreign
Affairs has learned with indignation
of the arrest of Mr.. Martens, its rep
resentative in New York. The Com
missariat wishes to point out that
all the diplomatic and consular rep
resentatives of the American govern
ment in Russia UP to their departure
in September last have been treated
by the Soviet authorities with the ut
most courtesy in spite of the fact
that since June of last year the
American government openly sided
with all the Russian and foreign
dark forces ranged against the work
ers and peasants of Russia with the
sole object of crushing the great
revolution and restoring Czardom
and bureaucratic capitalist rule.
Even after American troops had
landed on Russian territory and ac-
tually took part in military opera
tions against the Russian laboring
people not a single American citizen
had been molested in Russia. More
over, American officials and journal
lists have been allowed admittance
into Russia and accorded every
courtesy and all possible facilities
and privileges.
"The arrest of Mr.. Martens is the
|a..4..,.J - . ..
New-York tribune., 1919-07-02
Dry Wave Hits
Big Hotel Bars
Knockout Blow
Bartender in Ritz.Carlton
Bushes as He Admits
Receipts Are 80 Gents;
Others Nearly as Bad

New York hotels took an awful
drubbing yesterday a the hands of the
wartime prohibition act Receipts Of
d dozen of the first class hotel bars
up to 8 o'clock last night showed that
the business for the day had not
equalled that done in the average
saloon in prohibition. time.
All of the larger hotels save three
sold 2.75 per cent beer. There wasn't
hotel in New York yesterday that
couldn't have managed with one or at
the most two bartcnders.
No wines were on sale at the bars
of large hotels At Ahe Ritz Carlton,
Vanderbilt and Majestic, nothing that
contained alcohol was sold The bar
tender at the Ritz Carlton was alone
when a reporter called. lie told sad
story and finally confessed that the
receipts for the day were just thirty
cents.
"A few days ago" he said, "I was
a busy man. This place was just
chock full Of customers We had
princes, dukes and lords and whatnots
and sometimes ] had to use four
hngers counting up the days business.
Just look al me now"
Bartender Bushes
At the Vanderbilt Hotel a bartender r
with snow white hair blushcd when
asked if he had any idea what the
receipts for the day were
"I've been in this business for thirty
years" he said Then he pointed to a
punch bowl, surrounded by tulips and
sun flowers in the centre Of the
mahogany bar adding:
"Who'd ever think I'd come TO this
orangcadc, milkshakcs and Vanderbilt
sundaes.%
Copeland Townsend proprietor OF
the Hotel Majestic, would not pcrmi,
tn" sale Of 2.75 per cent beer at his
lar. The bar al The Majestic, it was
announced, is TO be rclcgatcd to the
scrap heap and in its place Will shortly
be Installed a soda fountain.
A. the Commodore Hotel, where a
force of 'wcnty-scVcn bartcndcrs have
been exceptionally busy since that ho-
TEL opened, receipts for fhc day amount
ed to $50 at 3 O'Clock. Barkecps
we're Kept busy learning how TO man
ipula,c thc new miIkshakc machines in
stalled there.
"Wc haze been selling nothing but
Continucd on pnge acDen
New-York tribune., 1919-07-02
W f A T Fl K r

falr and warmer to-da, and te-morros
gentle winds
tuii Report on rag~
New-York tribune., 1919-07-02

LONDON. July .. Tho AR MIN
lstry received wireless message ~
about 6 O'Clock this morning from
tie R-$i. which was fhor ~ L hiHo
Island, of the north coast of Ireland.
and about three miles northwest ~
Fairhcad.