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The Washington herald., 1919-12-23
EFFICIENCY AIM .
OF U. S. WORKERS
Reclassihers Urged to As
sist in Wedding Out In
competent Employees.

A higher standard OF efficiency for
government employees and quick elm
ination Of the inefficient were recon-
mendations made TO the Congressional
Joint Commission on Decentralization
Yesterday by employees Of the, War
Department personnel service.
Advocates Of this plan hope that by
wedding out the incompetent and in
efhcient. the ef1cient employees will
be able 10 get more pay without dig
ging deeper into the Federal Treasury.
More Pay AttainabIe.
1t IL the theory that with a higher
standard Of efficiency the work in
government departments could be
done by a third less than the present
forces. II is contended that the eff
cient men now In the service often be-
come discouraged by the waste OF
their own time in correcting errors
OF others.
To raise the standard OF efficiency
the employees in he/personnel service
suggested that civil service rules re-
iating to the probationary period be
enforced more rigidly; promotion Of
those retained as efficient. and pc
riodic promotions within the several
grades.
Efficiency alone should be the boss
Of advancement. declared L. r. Allen
who presented the brief. and a course
Of study provided especially for those
with a tendency to get IN q nut"
Getting into a rut has been the curse
OF the government service, Mr.. Allen
asserted.
Rewards for Ability.
Lump sum appropriations to enable
administrative heads 10 reward the
efncient employe by advancing him
on his owI responsibility and without
first asking Congress was urged IN
the brief.
Through failure or the senate 70
pass the House bill extending the
time for the commission 70 make IT.
report from January !. to Mnr.h u
the commission j. working Straight
through the holidays in an effort 20
conclude its'w work and subTn lis L.
port TO Congress January l.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-23
HELP WANTED-FEMALE.

GIRL FOR ENERAL UOUSENSURK
small family: good wages. 81 Mass ave NV.
dCZJlt
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mn ANIMAL MEEr1NG on nm srock.

holders Of tho Washington Market COMPANY
vii I've held in the Office Of the company, in
tho Seventh street wing Of Center Market in
the city of Washington. D. G.. at - O'Clock
moon on the first VI Inday, bCing the 5th day Of
January, 1917, for the Choice Of thirteen direc-
irrs To serve the ensuing year and 10 act on
any other subject within the Powers Of the cor
roraticn that may he brought before the meet
ing. S. ". CURRiDEN.
Secretary
Ma slinctUn ID q ncrmI.er l6 1919
The Washington herald., 1919-12-23
FOR SALE-MIScELLANEOUS.

FOR sALE-GRAY REED BABY CARRIAGE:
a good as new. Iss Church st. NV. nnll-tf
700 CAN'T HIDE TocR AID is THR
classified columns-foe there isn't hiding
place there. These ads are READ. mh2i-tf
WILL CALL IN ny cNl.ETTERED AUTO
mobile, city or suburban, and pay you highest
prices for ladies', gentlemens, chilirpn's dis
eseded clothing. Of Al descriptions. Address
postal or phone I viii call 1. RICE. 1850 Tth
u nv. North lf8 fsE-tf
JUST RECEIVED : MPoRTED LEEcHns.
parrots. canaries. goldnshes rabbits. doea.
squariums. etc scHMlD'S BIRD STORE. n
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The Washington herald., 1919-12-23
FOR SALE-H0USES.

ST. ELMO. VA. on Mt VERNON troll
ley. Seren-room house with bath and electric
lights; in hrst-clAss condition; with three lots.
=. 500 Terms immeliAte possession Z. l..
20 18th St NV. Phone Main
s57a deoa
FOR AS LITTLE AS NoO CASH AND IN
staAments Of less than rent you can own The
home yuu AlNays dreamed u. Let u fnanes
your home ACT AT ONCE For furthsr In.
formation address
A. NJ. MUlLlGAN,
Phone Cleveland lssl-w ms Northampton 4
Chew ChaR. d. C oc<d
The Washington herald., 1919-12-23
Midnight
Dyspepsia

Late Supper. and the Snack Before
Going to Bed Are All Risht
and Safe if You Follow
With STARTS Dys-
pepsia Tablet.
Tho stomach often feels empty
just before bedtime A little bat"
The Washington herald., 1919-12-23
ROOMS.

WANTED ROOM AND ETTCHENETTE ~
UUlihcate,i plIrc Tor enIplyed cOuTIr: ,I--p
u. with electricity aud plruty Irut water Nd
d7rSs BON 49, Herald Office drZJ q
The Washington herald., 1919-12-23
FURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENT.

NI:KV ATTRACTIY UNFURNISHED
North 2RS de2l-%
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-03-06

In this way they will become fannie
lar with the James and textures ~
well as the best uses OF each.
Have the children notice the
summer. cold In winter, dry in sunny.
weather, damp in rainy weather,
calm, breezy or very windy. Explain
why we should be careful to breathe.
only good air, to breathe deeply and:
expand our lungs; that we live in the!
air as the fish live in The water; that
birds fly up and down In the air an
fish swim up and down In the water.
that air Is all above us just as the
water II above the little water animals
that crawl on the bottom Of acean or.
river. !
Every child is familiar with water
in many forms. but perhaps the WON.
ders OF It's forms are so common that
he has not noticed how miraculous
they are. . I'VE cultivate the imagin>,
alton OF u children by tales of the
| prince who became invisible when he
made far journeys through the air on
his magic carpet, and yet no cap OF
/ darkness ever wrought more aston
ishtng disappearance than OCCUR
when this most common Of our earth'n
elements disappears from under our
very eyes, dissolving into thin air.
What child has not noticed the steam.
rising from the damp pavement whom!
the sun comes out after q showerf
The drops of water are donning their
magic caps and flying off into the at
mosphere to become invisible to u
eyes. The next time we see them, IL
may be as part OF the white cloud
sailing across the blue sky. Theni
there is the magic power which brings
back h yapor spirit to sight nnd
touch. This magician's name Is Cold
or Jack Frost, who transforms our
water drops again and gives them
many fancy shapes, such as may be-
seen OF frosted window panes. or
shallow Ice, or in the snowfiakea.
When the child sees SO many things
smaller and weaker than he, ali dos
Ing something and making something,
he. too, longs to join this busy world.
He may well usc such occupation as
cutting, pasting, weaving and model
ing, for the birds, trees and spider
In their way do all these things, while
the flowers are painted with co.ors,
taken from the sunbeams and from,
the earth. I!
Stories Of animals and insects may
be appropriately toldw to emphas;zo
the nicely and exactness of work done
by creatures sc much more helpless
than we. M in this way a desire to
do good and accurate work will BE-
stimulated. !
Please pass this article on to g
friend and thus help Uncle Sam reaAA
All the mothers of the country.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-03-06

independence" and the Frankfurter
Zietung looks benevolently on his pos
sible ambitions. M. Klotz is "a capable
and determined arithmet1cian, who wiz
doubtless produce his indemnity bill,
with all the French cunning"
Bonar Law Called Ruler.
Turning to the British delegates, the
F~ranfurter Zeitung discovers hat Mr.
Bonar Law is the real ruler Of England
and thinks no ought to have beer tbs.
first delegate: 1t is he who will repre-
sent h British World Empire" Mr.
Lloyd Georges best point Is said to.
be his unfailing habit of d~iscoverins
the weak points in his opponents po-
sitton." Mr.. Balfour. Is a very for1aid.
able dialectician, slippery as an eel"
The Franyfurter Zeitung Is rather anx-
lou about Baron Sonnino, but rejoices
in the belief that Italy cannot give Kim
such solid support as NJ. Clemenceau
finds in France and Mr.. Lloyd George
in Great Britain. AS to the GernanA
the Frangfurter Zeitung observes:
They will not come until the second
act. We don OF yet know what names
they will bear. But Is already clear
what they will have to do; we are this
only ones who ask from the peace con-
ference nothing but justice. There
cannot be a better soil for statesmen
who wrestles with the lords Of the
world. There is no room there for bag
Cling. Our good right must be our
only word and our last"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-03-06
HUNS ARE SORRY
BECAUSE THEY LOST
aouth Dakota Soldier Finds
Them to Be Arrogant and
to Feel They We're :
Not Whipped.

Mitchell, S. D., March 5.-The Ger
mans are not sorry for their atrocities,
they do not regret the suffering and
devastation they have caused-they
are sorry only that they were defeated
and they blame America for that de-
feat, according TO Capt. Otto B.. Lin
stad, of the 148th Field Artillery, in a
letter to w. II. King of this city.
There is no pretense here in Cob
.enz, where l am stationed" writes
Captain Linstad, regarding the fact
that all the German people were be-
hind their government in the war.
They gave all their strength and their
enthusiasm to winning it. They even
now boast arrogantly that they kept
the entire world at bay. They argue
with us about everything, and / am
heartily tired OF their and
their half cringing attitude toward us
Americans. -
The brutalities they kept up until
the 18th hour Of the l1th day of the
18th month / know. because my COM
pany was stationed in the Woelve
woods near Stenay, and our ambu-
lances were busy up to the last minute
bringing back boys who had suffered
at the hands Of barbarlanS."
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-03-06
SENATOR URDAHL
WINS DAMAGE SUIT
Had Sued Club Member Be.
cause of Injuries Sustained
In a Personal En-
counter.

Madison, S. D., March IA jury in
the Lake county circuit court returned
a verdict awarding State Senator Hans
Urdahl, of Lake county, damages OF
$500 against Michael Peters, a Madison
business man, for personal injuries.
This was n of the most holly con-
tested personal damage suits tried in
South Dakota for some time. The
plaintiff sought to recover damages
i'm the sum of $500.
The case had its inception several
months ago.. State Senator Urdahl
and Mr.. Peters were members of the
same social set and frequentcd the
Commercial III room for a social
game of cards. On the night of the
trouble between the two men, Peters
had gone to sleep on a couch in the
club rooms. n his companions left
late at night without awakening him,
locking the doors of the club rooms
when they left. When Peters awoke
he found himself alone and a pris-
oner Failing to attract the attention
of the night Waterman, he made his
escape from the rooms by breaking
glass.
When he reached the street he was
mad because Of the "joke" which he
believed had been played on him, and
the first person he saw on the street
was State Senator Urdahl. Peters sus-
pected the enator Of having been i'm
p~licated in the deal and Is alleged to
nave attacked him.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-03-06
WORRY OVER THE WAR
DROVE HER INSANE

Sioux Falls, s.. D., March 3.-Mrs.
Harold Hanson, he Sherman, S. D.,
woman who some weeks ago killed her
five children and then attempted to
end her own life by shooting, as the
result Of her examination before the
county board OF insanity in Sioux
Falls, has been adiudged insane and
orders sent to the state hospital for
the insane at Yankton. The evidence
OF neighbors and others was to the eff
feet that she was very devoted to her
children, and evidently had lost her
mind through worrying as to what
would happen the little ones should
the European war be brought to the
United States,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-03-06

IF nature-study is to be begun Tor
the first time, either in school or
in the home, the easiest introduce
ton is by the time-hcnored topic OF
the weather in conjunction with the
day. A weather calendar naturally
follows, the days being marked with
appropriate colors n symbols. yell
low for the sunshine, grey for cloudy,
kite for windy, umbrella for rainy.
etc. The calendar may be decorated
to represent the main nature study
idea for the month, a snow scene Tor
January, skating for February, etc.
Daddy has a newspaper every morn
ing; why should not the children have
one of their very owns? Theirs can be
q sheet Of drawing paper hung be-
side the calendar, on which n OF
the children may draw a flower, etc.
These drawings may not be works OF
art from the grown-up standpoint,
but they aid the child to observe and
has seen. He should be shown where
he a improve his work, but the
original sketch should eve be inter-
fered with or criticised. A mor &C
curate representation can be given
In a separate. lesson after the child
has had a chance for further observa-
ton, but In no way connecting this
with his first drawing on h calen-
dar, lest he become discouraged OF
self-conscious and try to express some
thing which he has not really seen.
To adopt a tree in springtime Is
another good plan. Have the children
give the tree a name and SO make OF
1t a companion. Always include the
family name Of tho tree. Frequent
visits must be made to the tree because
1t cannot come to the children. Notice
how the buds are arranged on the
branches, which Of them grow most
rapidly, and what they turn into,
leaves, flowers or branches. Try to
discover If the tree has any other
visitors; bright ayes will soon discov-
er many. Play a game around the
tree; sing to it some such rhyme al
the following:
'.Time is never wasted ~listsning tc
the trees;
IT to Heaven We arose as grandly a
these,
Holding to each other half theta
kindly grace
HAPPY we were worthier our human
place"
Because the child, after maxim.
mud pies Is told that his face is dirty
he naturally concludes that all soil i.
dirt. Point out to him that it is only whes
out OF place, that 1t is dirt, for in its
right place it Is the home Of miraclee
the matrix from which comes tha,
wonderful force we call life. Let thu
children make experiments with diff
ferent kinds Of soil-clay, sand, loan
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-03-06
CUT COTTON ACREAGE.

Dallas, Tex, March 1.-Fearirg cot
ton prices will sink neal the pre-war
levels unless measures are tai sen to
prevent it, southern cotton growers are
Joining in a movement for general re-
duction of 1919 acreage. In Texas the
move has the form of a pledge to
reduce acreage to two-thirds of that of
1918. The state agricultural DEPART
ment is emphasizing the benefits of
planting grain on the acreage thus
saved.
The government crop repor. placed
last years Texas production at $3.50, 600
bales. Cotton was around IS cents a
pound at the close of the picking sea-
son, but many growers and some srec-
ulators felt it would reach 40 cents
and did not sell. Prices fell. however,
with the signing OF the armistice and
since then have been wavering between
FL and 25 cents.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-03-06
CHAPLAIN MARRlES GIRL
HE MET IN EUROPE

Sioux Falls, S. D., March 3.-Rev.
rived here after Rev. Mr.. Campbell
served two years in France and Eng
land as a captain in Red Cross work
and chaplain work Thetr marriage
was a of the battlefield.
Twenty-one months ago Mr.. Campbell,
whose home was at Worcester, Mass,
was ordained deacon in the Episcopal
church and went overseas to engage in
var work.
Shortly after his arrival there he met
Miss Katherine Hunter, also an Amer
lean. who had spent several years
abroad and who had been engaged in
war work for four years. During the
two years of their work Mr.. Campbell
and Miss Hunter met occasionally, and
after the signing Of the arrnistice, when
they We're to return to their homes, the
romance which had it's inception on
h battlefelds, eliminated in their
marriage in London. Last September
Bishop Remington, of South Dakota,
who was then with Minnesota hospital
unit No. rs, ordained Mr.. Campbell in
Paris as a minister of the Episcopal
church..
Rev. Mr.. Campbell and his bride will
make their home in western South Da-
kota, and are awaiting Bishop Rem
ington's arrival in Sioux Falls, when
he will assign Mr.. Campbell to a par
tsh in that part Of the state.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-03-06

Joseph Cummins Chase, the portrait
painter. has just returned from France
with canvasses of 60 allied and American
generals and 80 d%oughboys from the front
ranks who ave won the distinguished
service cross or have been recommended
tor II, painted life size, for the United
Btates government. Mr.. Chase did his
work in dugouts, close to the front. q"
had found 1t lurking in the eyes Of the
generals. But in the faces and eyes OF
those wonderfully clean Americans. on
listed men commended for extraordinary
heroism in action I found the soul OF
the fighter" said Mr.. Chase, adding that
he could think OF no better comment on
the doughboy h that la by Lut'en-
dorff and handed out to his generals for
their Information land guidance" 1t
read In part: 1.-THE American is less OF
y soldier and more of a hunter" "Lu-
dendorff was right" said Mr.. Chase.
there 10 the hunter type In every dough-
boy. After his particular little bit Of
hell the expression remains about the
corner Of the eyes."
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-03-06
TAKE STEPS TO SAVE
BEAUTIFUL LAKE NoRDEN

Hayti, S. D., Mar. 1. = Fearing that
Lake Norden, one of the most beauti-
full lakes in Hamlin county, may be
ruined in the spring, the residents
of the vicinity held a meeting and ap-
pointed a committee with authority to
take steps as may be deemed necessary
20 preserve the lake. The fear is that
high water in the spring will cut the
outlet channel SO deep thai the water
in the lake will be lowered to such an
extent as to spoil the AXE entirely.
Those who have inaugurated the move
ment to preserve the AXE are de-
termined to go ahead and take such
action as may be deemed necessary,
even if damages have to be paid farm
ers whose lands may be temporarily
flooded by the steps which will be
taken to preserve the lake.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-03-06
FAIRFAX PLANNING
FOR A BIC YEAR
New School, New Churches and
Waterworks Plant Are Among
the Many Improve
ments Promised.

Fairfax, 8. d., Mar. although
Fairfax lost the county seat a couple
of years ago, her people are very much
as good or better than when the seat"
was here. The consolidation Of the
town and three of the adjoining school
districts has resulted in a number of
families buying property and locating
in town.
The school board accepted plans and
will soon let the contract for the new
$4,000 building authorized, and for
which bonds were voted recently. A
modern structure will be erected and
will be fully equipped for up-to-date
teaching. Besides the school building
the Gregory County State Bank will
erect a modern bank building, the
Catholic congregation is erecting 4 new
church building in place Of the one de-
stroyed during the storm last May, and
the Lutherans are planning on erect
ing a new church building or possibly
the purchase and repair of the old
Methodist building.
In addition to these numerous mod
ern residences will be built the coming
season, n plans are being forrnu-
lated looking to the erection OF an up
to-date hotel building.
The new water works plant, which
was "up in the air. while the war was
IN, is now practically assured. the
bonds being practically sold, and when
spring opens work will start.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-03-06
WILSON GEAR"
DECLARES PAPER
Teuton Writer Considers Char
acteristics of Peace Csnfer-
ence Delegates From
German Viewpoint.

London Times cable service Copyright 1919, ly
Public Ledger Col to The Sioux City Tribune.
Observation-Disclosures the head
Ing The Lords of the Wsrld" the
Frankfurter Zeitung published a rather
lively sketch of the peace delegates in
Paris. 1t wonders whether any of them
will turn out to be a M~etfernich, a
T~alleyrand, a Hardenberg, p Nesael-
rode, or a Castlereagh, but thinks that
none of them at present car be COM
pared with Bismarck, Disrael' or Gort-
schafoff. 1t is added:
Wilson, Clemenceau ami Lloyd
George are already c~harac:nrs with,
sharply and firmly outlined features.
What they have done for tIei- coun-
tries during the war raises Them high
above middle stature. But thsir great
ness as statesmen has still tn undergo
the tests Of fire at the green cable. The
war is over. The peace work, which
is to tame the widest natiunalism of
great states and Of small and to create
a future full of rest, is still more ter
rifying than h tasks of the xar.
Wilson Stubborn
Has MIR. Wilson, the aut.aor of "a
few points," n the poesessor of
stubborn energy" the diplomatic
skill which Is necessary to carry his
program undiminished through the
changes ana chances Of debate? II not,
perhaps he can make good q lack of
diplomatic skill "by the unloading doc
trinairism of which he and his first aid.
Lansing, have already given many
proofs"
Colonel House may be expected to
bridge differences, but he must not
by his suppleness what his two
friends want to write in firm charac-
ters IN the book Of history" NJ. Glenn
enceau is described as a rnactionary,
playing the Metternich to Mr.. Wilson's
Car Alexander. M. Pichon is described
&c "mason's labourer" to NJ Clen,en-
a n weak as wax in the fingers
OF the master" NJ. Tardieu has ",n,re
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-03-06
ALEXANDRIA MAN AT
HEAD OF HARDWARE MEN

Sioux Falls. s. D., March 3.-The 14th
annual convention Of the South Dakota
Retail Hardware Dealers Association
,as concluded its work and adjourned.
At a business session hear the close
II the convention the following Of
'icers were elected for the coming year:
President, H. E. Johnson, Alexandria;
vice president, H. O.. Bacon, Cresbard;
treasurer, H. e. Parker, Murdo. The
executive committee will name the
secretary n also select the place for
holding the nex annual convention.
During the closing session an address
Of Importance to members of the as
ISOLATION was made by c. O. Hanson,
of Sioux Falls, who discussed the sub
ject of Correctly Pricing Merchan-
disc"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-03-06
"czarIna Not Pro-German."
Sir George Buchanan, in FortDighuy

Review.
l have SO recently indicated the en-
peror's (the czar's) memory as regards
certain unfounded charges and mirepre-
sensations that I need not repeat
I said on that subject at the Russia Cluti
dinner. I should like, however, to say
a few words about the empress, who, X
the reports which we have received are
confirmed. has suffered SO cr.>.ls that
We can think of her with only pity and
commiseration.
The emperor. 1t is true. was so entirely
under her influence that history will hold
her responsible for having inspired a
policy disastrous alike to the dynasty and
to Russia, but, in spite Of all that han
been said to the contrary. she was not
a pro-Ger1nan working in Germany.s in
terests, nor did she, any more tina tho
emperor. contemplate the conclusion Of 4
separate peace with Germany. She had
Q strong personal dislike for Emperor
William, and It is quite untrue that she
ever acted az his agent
She was a reactionary who wished to
hand down the autocracy intact to her
son, and she consequently persuaded the
emperor to choose as his ministers meU
on whom she could rely to carry out q
firm and unyielding policy. quite regard
less OF their other qualifications There
were, however. German agents In tho
Background who pulled the strings and
USED her majesty as well as others In
the emperor's encourage as their uncon-
scious tools for the purpose OF inducing
the emperor to pursue a reactionary pol.
icy. while they themselves preached revo.
luton to his subjects, in order thas
Russia might be SO rent by internal dis.
orders as 10 be forced to make peace.
The empress believed to the last that
the army and the p%easan,ry were on her
side. and that she could count ON thely
support