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The Washington herald., 1919-08-27
AERO MAIL BRINGS
CANADA'S GREETING

Speaker Gillett. Of the House of
Representatives. yesterday received
a letter Of greeting from the speak
or of the Canadian House of Com
mons, which came all the way from
Toronto by airplane.
The letter was mailed August 25
and went from Toronto to New York
in one of the planes participating
in the airplane derby between those
cities. 1t conveyed to Speaker Gill
lett greetings and assurances of
continuance Of past and present
and Canada.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-27
VICTIMS OF RENT BOOSTING WASHINGTON LANDLORDS
TELL SENATORS OF HARDSE1IPS IMPOSED BY INCREASES

Pathetic stories OF how men with
large families. widows OF meager
means and even thriving business
men probably will find themselves
homeless this fall were told yester-
day to the Senate subcommittee in
vestigating rent profiteering.
In each OF the cases which follow.
Washington tenants gave sworn tes
timony that they are faced with ex-
orbitant rent increases beginning oc-
tober r with the alternative of being
evicted.
In some cases they had written
notices in proof Of the demand for
rent increases amounting to between
50 and 70 per cent, but for the most
part the tenants said the requests
were made verbally either by the
owner or real estate agent. They
gave the names of the owners of the
apartments and the real estate
The Washington herald., 1919-08-27
Duponts Enter Bidding for
W. Va, Powder Plant

Wilmington. Del. Aug. 26.-FOIlow-
hg the statement today by the Fed
eral government that the great smoke
Jess powder factory at Nitro. w. Va,
would be placed on the market for
sale. it was announced by the Du
Pont Chemical Company that it would
make a bid for the complete plant.
The company at once sent to Nitro
4 corps Of experts who will make an
Inventory Of the entire works to guide
Them in submitting bids. The Du
Pont Chemical Company has already
aiken over from E. l. du Pont de
genours & Co. all its military plants
md at present is engaged in develop
ng some Of them industriaIly. 1t has
lIready disposed Of the material ans
rui2ment on others. =
The Washington herald., 1919-08-27

Mrs. wentz has searched for him
without success.
She has Peered anxiously into the
face Of every baby she has passed on
the street. has scrutinized the face OF
every blond woman she has met
and stin she has found no trace OF
her child.
Many organizations have volunteered
their aid in the search. Policemen.
firemen, detectives and soldiers, Boy
Scouts and neighbors all have kept
their eyes open for the kidnapped
baby.
Little Brother Is Sad.
For seven years Billy Wentz. the
brother, 10. had prayed for a baby
brother or sister, which arrived last
June. Waiting to welcome the new
arrival was a pretty brass crib with
dainty coverIets and a down pillow.
For seven weeks the crib held the
little one, and all the world seemed
bright to the little family. Then
the tottom dropped out Of the
world" That is the .-ay Mrs.
Vent describes how she and her
husband and the little brother have
feIt.
Today the little crib stands in Just
the same way Mrs. Wentz left it
when she picked up her baby to take
him for his outing on the fatetul day
OF July -. 1t was that day she
wheeled the carriage to the corner
CONTINUED on PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-27
U, S, SOLDIERS
co TO SILES|A
Senators Bitterly Comment
On Belated Announce
ment by War Dept.

The War Department yesterday
made a beIated announcement of the
dispatch Of American troops to Eu-
rope. possibly to do police work in
snesIa while a plebscite is being
taken. Five thousand regulars will
be sent Immediately to France. the
action o. the Administration leading
to bitter comment by Senator's.
The departments announcement
vas as follows:
1T is the purpose of the War De-
partment to send in the near future
TO Europe brigade consisting Of
two regiments Of regular infantry
the Fifth and the Fiftieth-and two
regular field hospitals and one regu-
lar ambulance company. These or
ganizations are to replace similar or
"a nizations Of the First Division
which. besides containing a number
of emergency men. have been longest
in France and could not be with
drawn from Europe were they not
replaced. There is possibility that
from our forces in Europe it will
be necessary to send troops to 81
Iesia to assist in taking a plebiscite;
and should this be done the above
named organizations. which will be
composed throughout Of regular en-
listed men. would be sent"
That the departments action IS a
forerunner to other moves by the
Administration to make the United
States "a party to all the internal
disputes OF Europe was the gist of
he comments Of Senators Moses, New
md johnson.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-27
Judge Gary Declines
To See Labor Leaders

New York, Aug. @6-Judge f. H
Gary. chairman of the United States
Steel Corporation, today declined to
receive a labor committee which
asked for a conference at his offices.
Although Gary refused to grant a
personal interview, he said any re-
quest submitted in writing would re-
ceive the attention of the corpora
tons officers and they would decide
what answer should be made. if any.
The committee seeking the confer
ence was composed of John Fitzpat-
rick, chairman; William Harmon, of
the executive board of the Interna-
tional Association of Machinists: D.
J. Davis. assistant president of the
Amalgamated Iron, Steel and Tin
workers, and w. Foster.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-27
ACTION AGAINST
DC. RENT HOGS
BY OCTOBER /.
Framing of Laws by New
Rental Year Promised
By Senator Ball.
30 "VICTIMS" TESTIFY
Threats by Landlords Are
Placed in Record of
Senate Inquiry.

"Relief from extortionate rents
will be dealt out by Congress be-
fore October l, If possible. to save
tenants from signing new leases at
! huge increases"
/ Senator Ball. chairman of the Sem
ate Subcommittee investigating the
high cost of living In the District,
made this announcement yesterday
at the second days hearing on the
rent situation here. Chairman Ball
explained that in view of the fac,
II was the aim of his committee to
frame legislation to protect Wash
ington tenants before the beginning
OF the new rental year, October /,
it was necessary that they expedite
the hearing by telling their griev-
ances concisely. He called attention
I to the fact that testimony thus far
recorded proved that the situation
was becoming rapidly worse instead
of improving as would naturally be
expected.
Thirty more Washingtonians ac-
cepted the subcommittee invitation
to appear before it and relate their
/ rent troubles. and several strong
links in the chain of evidence be-
ing collected against property own
ers and real estate dealers were
forged by those who testified.
Threats by Landlords.
Senators who compose the sub
committee took especial interest Id
evidence submitted yesterday which
tends to prove that property owners
| are making threats to their tenants
that is soon as the salisbury act is
imperative they intend to shoot up
their rents 30 or 100 per cent. or pre-
ferably put them out and get new
tenants at even create increases.
Chairman Ball directed that several
letters from real estate dealers to this
effect be put in the record. One OF
these letters. introduced by several
witnesses, told the tenant that II he
! did not want to submit to the increase
proposed in the letter he should notify
the real estate office at once as 1t has
| LoHg waiting list OF applications
{ from whom even larger increases will
be demanded.
John B. Dickman, who told Of rent
protiteering against Government Print
CONTINUED on PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-27
PRESS-TIME
FLASHES
Scott Field ReIleyiile I'll

Scott Field, BeIleville, ILL.,,
Aug. a6.-Lieut. Floyd B.
Moisenheimer, of Detroit, and
Pilot Harold J. Ice, of St.
Mary's, Ohio, were killed here
today when their airplane
went into tail spin and fell
400 feet. The airplane caught
fire after striking the ground.
Roosevelt Field, Mineola, N.
Y, Aug. 26.-Lieut. M. J.
Plumb, American aviator,
piloting a De Haviland 4, was
the first to complete the round
trip from Roosevelt Field to
Toronto and return, landing
here at $50 IA o'clock this
afternoon.
Archangel, Aug. 76.-Lord
Sottrington, son of the Earl OF
March and hear presumptive
to the Dukedom of Richmond,
is dead of wounds received in
battle on the Archangel front.
London, Aug. 76.-The Sim
Fein S per cent bond issue
was launched today in Ireland.
The prospectus says the
amount of the issue will be
81 ,ooo, 900.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-27
Half Million Workers to Ex-
press Their Attitude on
Presidents Request to
Delay Their Demand for
Increase In Their Pay.
STAND BY WHITE HOUSE
ON QUESTION IS FINAL
Brotherhood Officials Say
They Cannot Accept the
Wilson Statement as a
Basis of Wage Settlement
With the Members.

An immediate vote will be taken
by the 100000 railway shopmen
on President Wilson's compromise
offer of a Accent wage increase and
his appeal to them to dcsist from
further wage demands pending the
governments efforts to reduce the
cost OF living.
kilograms calling ior this vote,
to be reported by wire, were sent
out yesterday to the shopmen's
locals by the officials OF the rail-
way brotherhoods. A vote in the
negative will be taken by the Of
fcials to mean that the shopmcn
reject the Presidents proposition
and wish to strike in order to Sc
cure their original wage demands.
FOur-Cent Raise Effective.
The railway brotherhood officials
notified Director General Hines yes
terday that knowing the sentiment
OF the membership" they could not
accept as a basis OF settlement the
rates established In his proposition,
as submitted by the President.
At the same time, Director Cen
eraI Hines issued a statement that
CONTINUED on PAGE ELEVEN.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-27
U. S. OFFICERS
CALLED BRUTAL
Leaders Of Doughboys in
Dalmatia Characterized
As Drunken Lot"

Action of the Administration in
sending American troops into Dali
malta after the signing of the ar
miSticss was vigorously assailed in
the House today by Representative
McCulloch, Republican. of Ohio.
He charged the soldiers were
starved. sCantly clad and abused by
drunken officers. He severely crit
icised Secretary Baker.
When similar charges were aired
in Congress in February Secretary
Baker entered a positive denial To-
day McCulloch read into the record
many ;hidavits from former mem
bers OF Company H. 332d Infantry.
The authors, he said. were sent
down the Adriatic coast after fight
ing on the Italian front.
Referring to Secretary Bakers
February denial. McCulIoch. said:
Secretary Baker said that the
charges were untrue and that no one
could believe such slanderous state
a report which he said disposed Cf
the charges. But the report was
made. not on the troops in question,
but upon troops 500 miles away.
II was also startled to have the
secretary virtually say that the
matter of poor food. clothing and
shelter for our troops was less i'm
pOrtant than that the character of
their officers should have been as
sailed upon the charge that they
were drunk most of the time"
Representative Madden. Republf-
can, Of Illinois, who said he was IN
Europe at the time of the con-
troversy over Flume, interposeu
that American soldiers who were in
Italy at that time told him they
had to he put into civilian clothes
to safeguard them from violence at
hn hands fF, %
The Washington herald., 1919-08-27

above the reacn of any government
clerk. She told of a man who adver-
tised ten apartments at from $50 to
$3.50 a month with six months rent
payable in advance.
Eugene e. Gaddis, the Carlton. 174i
Lanier Place northwest. said that
mostly women war workers resided
there and that even though their rem,
was being raised numerically" they
were afraid to come before the sub
committee.
Lives "IB the Trenches"
William S. Waudby. 3o25 Fifteenth
street northwest, described being put
out of his home on Warder street and
forced. as he expressed 1t, to live IN
the trenches for fifteen months in a
storeroom on Fourteenth street. He
said the only way he could make new
rooms was with chalk.
Mrs. R. I. Purcell, The Royalton,
The Washington herald., 1919-08-27
Mother of Lost Baby Wentz
Too Sad to Hate Kidnapper
Mrs. Wentz Still Hopeful Stealer Will Relent
And Return Seven Weeks Old Phillip,
Stolen Nearly Month Ago

New York. Aug. 26-Mrs. Elsa
Wentz wants her baby back. She
doesn't care who stole him or why
or anything about the case. aside
from the fact she wants him back and
prays he will be returned.
From the day seyen-weeks-old Ar
thur Phillip Wcntz was lifted from
his carriage in front of a store at
10th street and Third avenue and
was carried away by a blond woman
The Washington herald., 1919-08-27
URGES NAVAL RADIO
FOR ALL MESSAGES

Use fthe naval radio for transmit
ting press and commercial messages
is authorized in a resolution intro
duced yesterday by Representative
Curry. of California 1t authorizes
the Navy Department to permit use
of the radio for public messages. A
rate OF cents a word is fixed for
Pacific island points to the Pacific
Coast, and cents q word for mes
sages from Asiatic points.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-27
FETHER NOW HELD
ON WHISKY CHARGE

Ithaca, y. Y, Aug. 26-Donsld W.
Fether. Cornell University sopho-
more who was discharged in habess
corpus proceedings after having
been held for the grand jury for the
alleged murder Of Hazel Crance. to-
day was held for action OF the
grand jury on a charge Of having
in his possession the night
OF July 10. when the girl met her
death in Lake CayUga.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-27
Army Food Causes "Riot."

Dallas, Tex, Aug. ga crowd Of
1000 persons, including hundreds of
women. today rushed" the city S
first store sale of army foodstuffs
and carried away considerable guam
titles Of food without paying for It,
Dozens of persons. including wom-
en-. were injured by police clubs
The store was finally closed after
officers had beaten back the crowds.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-27
Daniels Candidacy Is
"For People to Decide

MY candidacy is for the people to
decide" was the response of Secre-
tary of the Navy Daniels in Hawaii,
when asked about the possibility of
his running for President, according
tC word reaching Washington last
night.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-27
SOLDIER ESCAPES FROM
HOSPITAL THIRD TIME

Having escaped from St Elizabeth's
Hospital twice within a week, Albert
Abner, q, a soldier patient at the
hospital, is again at large. Abner es-
ternoon. az. lE0I
The Washington herald., 1919-08-27

now insisting on-the legisla-
tion he suggested a few weeks
ago in a letter to Representa-
tive Esch."
Representative Greene, Repub-
lican.
Insofar as the Presidents
policy may seek to keep in
check any unwarranted de-
mands OF organized labor at
a time like this. am glad to
see it expressed"
Representative ESch, Repub-
lican.
II hope the Presidents ap-
peal will have some effect. If
the employees will accept his
proposition it will reduce the
prospective increase in rail-
road rates very materially.
There is no question but that
any further increase in wages
will mean further increases in
transportation rates which will
increase the cost of living.
while my bill does not con-
tain anything about the wage
problem it is the intention to
include something in the meas
ure to be reported from the
committee. We have question:
ed the various witnesses re-
garding their ideas on the ere
alton Of wage adjustment
boards and other plans for
providing a permanent means
of adjusting wage questions"
Representative CopIey, Repub-
Iicnn.
TT is the only sane thing I
have heard the President say
in a long time. If we work
along those lines for ninety
days and not buy like drunken
sailors we can reduce the cost
of living 20 per cent in that
time"
Representative JuuI, Repub-
licnn.
1T is the best thing l have
heard from the President"
The Washington herald., 1919-08-27
Senator New, Republican.

Hldue Dy ncHDcTS Ol COnS ESsS
yesterday:
Senator New, Republican.
Il didn't think the President
had nerve enough to do what
he did. l agree with him for
the first time in a long while"
senator Thomas, Democrat. q
The President did exactly
right. I am inclined, however,
to doubt his statement that
the cost of living will be
brought down by ratification
of the treaty. The treaty has
practically nothing to do with
it. The present prices are due
in part to profiteering but the
greater part is due to imitation
in the currency. These are
matters which have to be rem
edied entirely irrespective Of
the peace treaty"
Senator Pomerene, Democrat
Il believe the President did
the right thing at the right
time"
Senator Robinson. Democrat.
Il heartily endorse the Pres
ident's action. l believe the
right course is to establish a
tribunal by which all disputes
over wages and hours could be
adjusted"
Senator Moses, Republican.
Il am very much pleased by
what the President did. The
President has now taken a po-
sitiOn which he should have
taken in September. 1916"
representative KItchin, Dem
ocrat.
Il am very much gratified at
the position taken by the Pres
ident in connection with the
wage controversy between the
government and the railroad
shopmen. l am glad he is not
The Washington herald., 1919-08-27
Farmers Market Opens
Tonight in Southeast

A farmers market will be held at
the Tyler School Building, Eleventh
and G streets southeast, tonight at
: O'Clock under the direction Of the
Community Center committee.
Under the committees plan farmers
will bring their produce to the school
to sell at whole rates,
The Washington herald., 1919-08-27
Fire Damage
AT Gallaudet College

Fire of unknown origin broke out
in building No. 6 of GalIaudet COL
lege. Kendall Green. causing $1,000
damage last night. The interior of
the building and part of the roof
was destroyed.
The building had been occupied
by DR.. Charles w. Ely, an instruc-
tor at the college. No one was in
the building at the time of the fire
The Washington herald., 1919-08-27
Hitchcock, Leaving White
House, Declares for Rati-
hcation of Treaty With
out Amendment by Sen
ate Late In September.
PLANS MADE TO GIVE
FIERCE FINISH FIGHT
Senator McCumber, Repub-
lican, Charges Majority
lnForeign Relations Com
mittee with Desire to Kill
League and Treaty.

President Wilson and Senator
Gilbert N. Hitchcock discussed
for an hour late yesterday the
final strategy TO be pursued by
administration forces in the fight
for the ratification OF the peace
treaty in the Senate.
"The treaty" said Hitchcock.
will be ratified before the end
OF September, and every amend
ment will be defeated"
Hitchcock declared that what
ever transpired in the Foreign Re
lations Committee would be Of
slight importance. The commit
tee today adopted, by a vote Of
nine to seven, a blanket amend
ment, which would remove the
United States from representation
on every European commission
which is an outgrowth Of the
Peace Conference.
The real fight for ratification will
be on the floor Of the Senate. Hitch
cock said. Forty Democrats and
twenty Republicans. he said. will
unite to see that the treaty weathers
the storm OF opposition When the
treaty reaches the floor OF the Sen
ate it will be read article by article.
The climax will be reached when
the resolution Of ratification is in
troduced.
Parting Of Ways.
At this stage forty odd Democrats
and twenty odd Republicans VIII
come to a temporary parting OF the
ways. Senator Hitchcock. however.
is certain that everything Will come
out ell right. He believes that bo,n
the Republicans and Democrats will
act as unit in voting down any
reservation TO the ratification reso-
luton which might serve to send
the entire treaty back to the com
mittee. They must. though. agree
on the reservations which will ac-
company the resolution OF ratifca-
tion. and it will BE- UP 70 the gen
eralship displayed by the Presiden-
and his advisers in che senate 10
find a common ground suitable aIiks
70 the Republicans and the Demo
Gratis.
What doubtless will haupen though
will be the submission to the White
House for the Presidents arprovar
OF any amendment brought forth b,
the Republicans. II he SAYS It .-
acceptable. this VOID will be passed
to the Democrats and they Will inme-
diately vote IN its favor.
I am more than satisfied viii
the whole situation" sand Senate
Hitchcock. And the President Is
satisfied with the way things are
going. We are certain that the Shan
tung amendment will he substantial
ly beaten. And I expect 10 see a
dozen additional Republican votes
against the Shantung amendment I
think that senator NcCmber ycstrr-
day drove the nail definitely into the
coffin Of the Shantung alneudmeus
and ended the thing. The treaty will
be out Of the committee the latter
part Of this week or the first Of
next"
Hitchcock said he did not think the
CONTINUED on PAGE ELEVEN.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-27
Railroad Shopmen Will Vote
At Once on Wage Truce Plea
CONGRESS LEADERS BACK
WILSON'S LABOR POLICY

The following comments on
the Presidents action in re-
gard to the shopmen were
made by members of Congress
yesterday:
The Washington herald., 1919-08-27
ALL THE NEWS

all the time-telesrsph. cable and local
nevis found in The Washington Herald
brightly and briefly told-most up-to-the-
minute news pictures every day.
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now insisting on the legisla-
tion he suggested a few weeks
ago in a letter to Representa-
tive Esch."
The Washington herald., 1919-08-27

CONTINUED on PAGE ELEVEN
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-16
Drinking a Glass
Of Hot Water is
a Splendid Habit


Those OF us who arc accustomed TO
feel dull and heavy when We arise I;
splitting headache, Stufty from a cold.
foul tongue, nasty breath. acid stom-
ach, lame back, can, instead, both
look and feel as fresh as a daisy al
ways by washing the poiSons and
toxins from the body with phospha,ed
hot water each morning
We should drink, heipre breakfast.
glass ct water with teaspoonful
of limestone phosphate in i, to flush
from the stomach. liver kidneys and
bowels the previous daJ's indigestible
waste, sour bilc and poisonous tox-
ms; thus 'ean,.ng, sweetcning and
purifying a,e en,hc alimentary tract
before eating more food.
The action OF limestone phosphate
and hot water on an empty stomach
IS wonderfully inyigora,ing. Il cleans
out all the sour lamentations, gases,
waste and ac.dtty and gives one a
inc appetite Tor breakfast. A quarter
pound OF limestone phosphate costs
very little at the drug store, but is
enough 10 make anyone who is both
cred with hillouSncss, constipation,
stomach trouble or rheumatism IN en-
thuSiaSt on internal sanitation.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-16
SECOND VEN|RE
IN WEEKS TRIAL
Capital Punishment Objection
Holds Up Jury,

\ second order for a special yerirc
uj juror, was ordered drawn this
morning by Judge James ! Phelps
when a special yruirc ot thirty mct
Wa, exhausted in an attempt to get a
IuD for the trial oi Samud2T. Weeks
charged with numbering his wire
Mul'le Weeks Sixty eigh, men have
been examined and ten more jurors
have been ordered 90 report "A, /
o'clock
Eleven men are in the jury box
now, ilu ncrcmptorr challenges
having been made by the state and
i've hy the defense.
Court convened thi, m.uny at
$50
Virtually an of the juror, d.squali-
lied this morning had conscientious
objections, to- capital punishment One
man said u was arlins, his religion
70 believe 10 capital psni,hmcn,
The opening statement vii hc made
this afternoon hy O. A. tlrelll as
,l,'lut county attorney, who with Ned
loancy. assistant county attorney. has
been selecting the juror, for 'hc state
I $. Estes ST. and ! ". Burns are
rpurrgpu'rrg Ntnl.