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The Washington times., 1919-06-21
The Rhyming
Optimist
By ALINE MICHAELIs
THE POINT OF VIEW.


TRS. SMITH says: There's my
N Willie, he is just a perfect
Ava boy. He's so good fear he's
i'll; he never breaks a dish or toy.
And he never tears a stocking and
he's never in a fight. He will use
no swear words shocking; what he
does is always right" Mrs Brown
says: "Anastasia is the dearest lit
tie lass; why, her sweetness would
amaze you, and at school she leads
her class. She's the pet of every
teacher and our parsons speech
was mild when he said: This little
creature is indeed a perfect child
Mr.. Jones says: "Hezekiah will be
sure to make his mark; II some day
the worlds afire, twill be he who
lights the spark. And he has Il
manner martial and his brain is
matched by none. Now you must
not think me partial because HezZy
IL my SON" "Ah, good gracious"
sigh the neighbors, would that we
could view a landscape drear some
where in the Jungfrau's reaches.
somewhere in the Arctic sea so that
well beyond the screeches of those
measly kids we'd be. Singapoor or
Honolulu, any place would seem
most sweet. One would better be a
Zulu than to dwell upon this street.
There's that awful Smith boy.
Willie; he's the worst we've ever
seen. Some folks claim that he is
silly, but we think he is just mean.
And that beastly little nuisance, hor-
rid Hezekiah Jones, if we only had
a few cents We would flee TO other
zones. 'Twould be worth a million
dollars for, in fleeing from this
town. though we pawned our shoes
and collars, we'd lose Anastasia
Brown"
The Washington times., 1919-06-21
A Bit of Blarney.

"Sure. your riverance. IT wasn't
that was always Ike this" an
Irish tramp said. It's often I've
heard me mother say that we was
noble by rights, and that one Of the
family once wore a crown in Ire
land. Wen, what do you want?'
asked the man whom he had ae-
costed. Would you have the crown
back? can't give II to you.
'Half-a-crown'd do sirr' answered
the tramp pleading.
The Washington times., 1919-06-21
A Reasonable Complaint.

The income tax commissioners
recently wrote to business man
pointing out that they were not
satisfied with the income. Dear
Sirs," was his courteous answer,
you are not half so dissatisfied
as l ami"
The Washington times., 1919-06-21
This Day in History.

THIS the anniversary of the execution of Bishop Fisher
in England in 1541 for denying the supremacy Of
Henry VIII and refusing to acknowledge legal that
monarch's marriage to Anne Boleyn. The sending by
Pope Paul H. of cardinals hat to Fisher sealed his fate
The Washington times., 1919-06-21
Testing Calico.

IN choosing calico well the appearance of the sell
wedge and remember that the straighter and more
even the seIvedge the better the quality of the Calico
White calico owes It's purity bleaching powders which
have destructive effect on the f1bres of the Calico
The Washington times., 1919-06-21

Above shown the picture of the pteranodon the great
Kansas creaceous flying reptile with horn beak instead of
teeth He measured about twenty feet but weighed only
twenty pounds Below penguns the closest to reptiles
of all the birds of to-day These photographs from the
American Museum of Natural History reproduced by per-
mission of the Scientific American
Evening star., 1919-02-22
WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT.

morning ranged about as follows:
EGGS-Strictly fresh, AZ; average re-
ceip:s, Al; southern. II.
CHEBSE-New York state factory,
whole milk, 34a35.
BUTTER-Standard creamery. 53h
asa.
LIVE POULTRY-Rooste per h.,
%; turkeys, per lb., 35a36; chickens
spring, per h., 38a40; hens, per h., So
keats, young, each, 50a68.
DRESSED POULTRY-Fresh' killed
spring chickens. 38a40 per lb.; turkeys
per lb-, 4Oa45; roosters. per H.. rs; hens,
per lb.. 37a3s.
PORK-Small and neat, 81; medium
20a21; heavy, 18a1s.
GREEN FRUIFS-Arples, per bbl.,
s;5oa11oo; western peas per 6S: box 2;5os42s;
crate, 4.5oa5. SO; California oranges. 4.5Oa
$50; Florida, 5.o0a5. SO.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., No /. 25oa
western, 2.35a2.40 per cwt.; string
beans, per basket, 356aS. 90; peppers, per
crate, 5.00aS. 90; okra, per quart, 2aa25
radishes, per 100, 250a5.0 90; cucumbsrs,
Der basket, 6.00ale.e0; eggplant. J: :b0a6 90
per crate; cabbage, new. per 100 lbs.
i.75a2. 90; beets, per bunch. 4a6; lettuce.
s.5oa5 SO per basket; Florida celery, 500
a5.75 per crate; California celery, per
doz 5Oa2. 90; per crate, 10.00a14. 90: ro-
maine main lettuce. 2.50a3.0o; squash, 2.5oa
$50 per crate spring spring 9nions nas = hSea2 I s.
ssoay Is: spinach, 5.00a5.58 per bbI
kale, 2.5oa2.75; tomatoes, Florida, 4.ooa
TOO per box; peas, 7.ooa&oo per basket.
LIVE sToCK-Shsep. per lh.. sa7;
lambs, spring. per lh.. Is; calves, per
ib., 1871; medium per lp., 1ea17; com
GRAIN-Wheat, milling, per bu., 2.10a
a5: corn, per bu., 1.36a1.4Q; oats, white,
69a70; mixed oats, 66a67.
HAY-Ne. per ton. aeooaa1.oe; No.
2. %. OOa29. 90.
SEEDS-Red clover, 26.o0a2S.00 per
bu.; timothy, 5.25 per bu.; red top, 16. 00a
n. 90 Der 100 lbs; bluegrass. 360a3.75;
orchard grass. 3.75a4.o0 per bu.
Evening star., 1919-02-22
TREASURY CERTIFICATES
ARE 0VERSUBSCR|BED

The sixth series of Treasury GER
tificates of Indebtedness issued in an
| ticipation of the victory loan has
been oversubscribed. The fifth fed
eral reserve district, of which the
District of Columbia is a part falls
below it's quota, but there is no doubt
that the banks of the District have
subscribed to their allotment of GER
tificates. In the preceding five is
sues the banks of the District of
Columbia oversubscribed their allot-
| ment by more than $3,880.090, though
the fifth federal reserve district as a
whole fell more than $4,000, 0,0ae short
of it's quota.
The announcement that the sixth
bi-weekly Offering, series V-F, OF
Treasury certificates of Indebtedness
has been oyersubscribed was author
minimum amount offered was $780,
100000, and the total subscriptions
aggregate sS2o,57s, 500. The aggregate
of subscriptions for certificates in an
ticipation of the victory liberty loan
| to date is s3,S45,S7s,000.
Results by Districts.
The results by federal reserve dis
tricts, arranged in order of percen-
tage of subscription to their quotas,
follow:
St. Louis. quota s24,eee.ooe, sub
scription $27.4O5,000; Minneapolis,
quota $ao.soo,ooo. subscription ssa-
$4,000; Chicago. quota ss4,o0e,o89,
subscription Ss1,e77.5o0; Cleveland,
quota S54,4e0.e00, subscription $50
1e0, zoe; New York, quota s203 ,2eo, 600,
subscription s217.4s7,50e; Philadel-
phia, quota $42,4oo,000, subscription
$43,323, 500; San Francisco. quota s42,-
400, 900. subscription $4,000. 900; Bos-
ton, quota. s52.0oe.00o, subscription
s4S,421, 500; Richmond quota $20,S0O,-
900, subscription $1s.977, 800: Atlanta,
quota SIT 100000. subscription $15.-
4S2,008; Kansas City. quota $24, ,000,-
600, subscription $1S,500,008; Dallas,
quota $14,4o0.00O. subscription S10,-
S39, 900.
The total of the subscriptions. $780,
57S,600, against a total of allotments
of $500, 100000 contains a Treasury
subscription of $5,645,00
Evening star., 1919-02-22
ROCKVILLE AND COUNTY

ROCKVILLE, Md, February 22-
Lieut.. Melvin Salem Kennedy, twenty
one years old, and Miss Julia Louise
Poyneer, aged twenty. both of Wash
ington, Were married in Rockville
late yesterday afternoon by Rev. John
r. Henderson, pastor of the Presby-
terian Church. They returned to the
city Immediately after the ceremony
Other couples married here yester-
day were Miss Perol l.. Walker
twenty years old, of Pensacola, Fla,
and Lamond A. Cadmus. aged twenty
six, of Tecumseh- Mich, and Miss
Naomi Dale, seventeen years old, and
Sylvester B, Smith. aged twenty-five,
both of Washington.
AS required by law, County Treas
urer Berry E. Clark has published
list of all owners of Montgomery
county property who have failed TO
pay the taxes on such property for
the year 1918, and has given notice
that all such property upon which
taxes remain unpaid on April IA, 1919,
will be offered for sale on that day
at public auction. The list includes
255 pieces of property in all sections
of the county, the total amount of un-
paid taxes represented being more
than $11 900.
At a recent meeting of Janet Mont
gomery Chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution, of this county,
delegates and alternates to represent
the chapter at the annual state con-
yention and continental congress We're
named as follows:
State convention-Delega Mrs.
James H. Loughborough, Mrs. Frank
P. Stone, Mrs. Henry L. Wells. Mrs
]. Frank Wilson, Mrs. Ernest l. Bull
lard and Mrs. William II: Talbot.
Alternates: Mrs. Lewis Jackson, Mrs.
w. H. ]. Brown, Miss Marie Talbot,
Miss Eleanor M. Catch, Mrs. Thomas
r. Hall and Mrs. Meem.
Continental congress = Delegates:
Mrs. James II. Leughborough and Mrs.
Frank P. Stone. Alternates: Mrs.
j. Frank Wilson, Mrs. f. J.. Bullard,
Mrs. Z. J. Hartshorne, Mrs. Edgar
Moore, Mrs. Lewis Jackson, Mrs.
Henry L. Wells, Mrs. w. II. j. Brown,
Mrs. A. E. Wingate. Miss H. e. Meem
and Miss Marie Talbot.
Evening star., 1919-02-22
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA

ALEXANDRIA, Va, February a.
With the election of officers this aft
ernoon. the ninth annual convention of
the George Washington Masonic Ma
tional Memorial Association will come
to an end, after which the delegates
will journey to'sMount Vernon and
place wreath on Washington's tomb,
in accordance with an annual custom.
A nation wide drive for funds for the
erection of a $1,000,600 temple will be
begun this summer. The country has
been divided into nine districts and rep
resentatives named TO conduct the cam
paign.
Many of the delegates will remain
over to attend the annual ceiebration OF
Washington's birthday by the Alexan-
dria- Washington Lodge OF Masonss.
which will take place at s:se o'clock
speakers are expected to be present
and make addresses. W. B. Davis,
the Congregation Of Beth Ell.
Councilman Leopold Ruben has been
appointed chairman of the local COM
mittee which will be in charge of
nation by the Jews Of America to
raise 100000 for Jewish educational
and religious institutions. The quota
for this city is s285. Mr.. Ruben will
be assisted by B. We'll, president of
the Congregation of Beth Ell.
Aubrey T. German and James NJ.
Moore were elected members of the
force to fill vacancies caused by the
deaths of Policemen Roberts and
Campbell.
Bank. city and government Offices
were closed today in observance of
Washington's birthday. A delegation
from the George Washington Birthday
Association placed wreath on Wash
ington's tomb in accordance with an
annual custom.
The funeral of Mrs. Ernest V. Henry
took place this afternoon from her
late residence, 5l7 North Patrick
street Services were conducted by
Rev. DF. W. J. Morton, rector OF
Christ P. p. Church, aud burial was
In Bethel cemetery.
The trial Of william H. oehlert.
charged With shooting ana killing
Ltnwood Kidwsll, has been get fo1
March in the corporation court
James H. Lawrence, charged With
shenting and killing Policeman
Walker ". Campbell, win be arraigned
next Wednesday in the corporation
court. when date for his trial will
be fixsd.
Evening star., 1919-02-22
TRADE CONDITIONS.

NEW YORK, February 22.-Dun's
review of the weeks trade says:
while no evidence yet appears
that general business is emerging
from it's state of repression, indloa-
tioas Of Improvement are now less
dihacuIt ef discernnasnt. A change Tor
the bettsr In some auarters this week
has been mainly one Of sentiment,
although 2 gain In actual transao-
tioas has also oome in those lines
where price reductions have eeen
sufficiently drastic to awaken e4yers
interest. and there is mere tangible
reasan to anticipate economic re-
vival as market dedation continues. ,
THAT trade reeevery Is gFadual ana
checkered. with No sign OF 1t even
new In yarieus branches. is not un-
natural, considering the uncertain
ties OF the period and no departure
from the policy of purchasing cautI-
ously and almost wholly for imme-
diate necessities has been witnessed
while a sloWing-down process has
occurred throughout the country
since the inauguration of peaee-time
read iustments, the least satisfactory
news is gtiIl that which comes from
the larger industrial oenters, where
devalapment OF civilian oyders has
faflsn tar SheFt Of dHtng the gap
ieft hy tho gqspe1atan Of war adiV-
ttsa sA4 vhale antlpayla9 Ynen-
has resulted"
Evening star., 1919-02-22
AMENDMENTS AFFECTING
D. C. ARE IN CONFERENCE

Senate amendments affecting gov
ernment employees in the District and
other amendments to the legislative.
executive and judicial appropriation
bill were sent to conference today in
the House. Managers On the part Of
the House are Representatives Byrns
Of Tennessee, Evans Of Montana and
Stafford OF Wisconsin.
The Senate amendment, In which gov
eminent workers particularly are In
terested. include q proposition to ex-
tend the s120 to employees of the war
risk insurance. The Senate also re-
inserted in the bill provision
stricken out in the House on q point
OF order for a commission to re-
classify the government empleyment
extends to March 81 the time during
which transportation home may be
allowed to war Workers.
Evening star., 1919-02-22
FOR PEACE MEMORIAL.
Association Would Commemorate
Those Serving in WeF1d War.

The erection, in the District Of Cp-
lumbia, of national Shakespeare
peace memorial to commemorate the
services and perpetuate the memory
of the men and women who gave their
services or their lives in the defense
of liberty and the cause of justice
in the great war" is proposed in a
petition submitted to the Senate by
the officers of the National Shake
speare Association.
The petition introduced by Senator
Spencer provides for the creation OF
a commission to consist Of the Pres
ident of the United States, the chair
men of the Senate and Hptse commtt-
tees on libraries, the Secretary Of Wa{
and the president Of the Nadeuaa
Shakespeare Assocaattcn.
the % prssiSsnt cf tSs sssectssiss, VII
Mary Braisis az Arst vtce president.
Evening star., 1919-02-22
WAR LABOR BOARD ACTS
ON APPEALS OF WORKERS
Increases in Pay and Reduction of
the Hours of Employment Favor
ably Considered.

Salary increases or reduction of
working hours for employees in three
cases have been granted by the War
Labor Board. Metal workers employ ed
in eight manufacturing plants at
Wilkesharre, Pa, were granted a
y-eight-.our week and increases
in pay of 171a cents an hour over the
scale in effect September /. Piece
workers were awarded 10 per cent
over the prices ruling on the same
d. e, with the proviso that 40 cents
per hour should be considered a mini
mum. Increases are to be retroactive
to October l.
The eight-hour day in all plants with
minimum of 40 cents an hour for
men and 35 cents an hour for women
was established in a decree to en-
pioyers of machinists at Madison, Wis.
This award also provides that employees
on night work shall receive per cent
more than day workers, and that time
and half should be paid for overtime
and double time for Sunday work.
Bonus systems were abolished.
An increase of 20 per cent in salaries
of electrical workers of the Portland
eRxilway, Light and Power Company of
Portland, Ore, with establishment of
the eight-hour day, was ordered.
Evening star., 1919-02-22
Grain, Produce
and Live Stock.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md, February % q
pm. quotations). - Potatoes-Whi
western Maryland and PENNSYLVANIA,
shore Maryland and Virginia, Nc
Cormick. 1.58a1.75; do, Jerseys. per
1OO-lb. sacks, 2.00a2.10. Sweets, vel
lows, North Carolina. per bbI., .6.5oa
500; do, eastern shore Maryland and
Ye1I" YORK river, PEI per bbi.. s.sea7.oo. Yams.
fancy bright, per bbl.. 6.o0a7.o0.
Vegetables and green fruits APP
Pies east eastern shoEe Maryiand; per
bbi., No: /. s.50as. 60; do. western
Maryland and Pennsylvania, packed,
bbl., 6.oOa7.00; do, No. 2. bbl, 4.50a
$50. Beans, Florida, per basket, green,
Gass.se aa waf orPas Pss basket psE 6asRe
1.5oaa.o do, New York state, per
ton, Danish, 25.0Oa35.08. Celery, New
York. per crate, 4.50a5.58.
Cranberries.. per barrel. fancy. 1o:oea
geo; oo &C CuGumbers; Florida; per basket
4.0Oa6.O0. Grapefruit, Florida, per
box, s.50a425. Kale, Norfolk, per bar
rel, 1.50a2.00. Lettuce, Florida, per
basket, headed, S.o0a5.50. Onions, New
York and western, per 100 pounds,
2.ooa2.25; do, Maryland and Pennsyl-
MARYLAND and Pennsylvania, per 100
pounds, 2.60a2.25. Oranges. Florida,
per box, as to size. 3.50a4.50. Peas.
Florida, per basket 4.0Oa5.90. Peppers,
Florida, per crate, 4.56a7.50. Squash,
Florida, per crate, 4.00a6.o0. Spinach,
berries, Florida, per quart, refrigera-
tor. 65a75. Tomatoes, Florida, per
carrier, fancy. ripe, 3.50a7.00. Turnips,
per bushel, 40a50.
Evening star., 1919-02-22
NEAR-EAST CAMPAIGN
TIME MAY yBEEXTENDED
Only Small Part Of $50, 900 Quota
Raised So Far-Work to
Be Pushed.

With only few thousand dollars of
Washington's quota of s150,o00 for
the near-east relief fund raised, mem
bers of the Washington committee
virtually concede that extension of
the time for raising the fund here is
necessary. 1t is pointed out that the
fact that the drive in the District of
Columbia was to start February 16 was
not known until two weeks before it
opened made it impossible to gather
a cohesive organization. Committee
members feel that every worker for
the fund, which closes tomorrow, has
done his best, and that failure to raise
the quota is not to be laid at the door
of any particular circumstance, but
culiar to this time.
The parade. the coming liberty loan.
tight money conditions generally and
insufficient advertising are all given
as contributing factors to the failure
to push Washington over its quota in
this drive.
notwithstanding the fact that the
fund IS not nearly complete, subscription
workers viii be exhorted today and to-
morrow to gather as much money and
pledges as possible. Tomorrow being
Sunday, workers will still continue
their efforts to raise the fund.
The need for oversubscription will
again be related by pastors of all
Washington churches from the pull
pits tomorrow. The churches, it is
pointed out by the committee, have a
great part in forming public epin-
ion, and strong drive in the
churches is expected to bring about
good results.
Samuel Herrick, chairman of the
speakers committee, addressed a
meeting of the Sons of the American
Revolution this morning for the fund.
He will talk before the Federation of
Women's Clubs at 1922 I street Mon
day afternoon on the same subject.
Evening star., 1919-02-22

the end Of section three. article ~,
the following words:
"The Csngress shall have Dewer to
admit to the status Of citizens Of a
state the residents Of the District
constituting the seat Of the govern
ment Of the United States, created BY
article I, section eight, fer the pur.
pose Of representation In the Con-
gress and among the electors Of
President and Vice President and for
the purpose Of suing and being sued
In the courts of the United States IN
der the provisions Of article III, Sec
tion two.
"When the Congress shall exercise
this power the residents Of such Dis
trict shall be entitled to elect one or
two senators, as determipea by
the Congress, representatives in the
House according to their numbers ~
determined By the decenniel enumeF-
alton, and presidential electors equal
In number to their aggregate repre-
sentatien in the House and Senate.
"Tbe Congress shall provide By law
the SualiAcations Of veters and the
time and manner Of ehoesing the
senator or senators, the representa-
tive or representatives anA the elec-
tors herein authorized.
"The Congress shall have power to
make all laws which shall be neces-
sary and proper for carrying into ex.
ecutien the foreEoinG DoWeF.S
Evening star., 1919-02-22
WARNS OF PER|LS !
|NbOLSHEV|SM'
Association for Constitutional
Government Points to Treas
l. enable Propaganda.
PROMPT ACTION NEEDED

"Our people must awaken to the
dangers of the bolshevist movement
before the cataclysm overwhelms us"
says the executive committee of the
National Association for Constitu-
tional government in adopting the
following resolutions.
Some individuals and organizations
In this country are insidiously and
openly melting the ignorant, discon-
tented, vicious and anarchistic ele-
ments of our population to overthrow
the government and the present social
order. hoping and intending thereby
to gain for themselves by violent and
reasonable means the control of the
government and the property and saw
ings of their fellow citizens accumu-
lated by individual or associated eff
fort and honorable enterprise.
Has Power to Right Wrong.
I'VE. the National Association for
, Constitutional Government. there
fore believing that the American peo-
pie have a keen sense OF justice and
right and will not let wrongs go I'M
righted when convinced of their ex-
istence, and believing that the Amer
lean republic constitutes the BEST
and fairest system Of government yet
instituted by man, and is destined
ultimately to be the approved model
. of all peoples, declare that under the
Constitution of the United States
there is available all the machinery
for the orderly and lawful righting
: of just grievances. without the neces-
sity for resort to violence"
we declare to be undesirable citi-
zens and traitors all those anarchists.
radical socialists and other deluded
persons who advocate resort to vio-
| 1ence. bloodshed and anarchy for any
purpose.
I'VE recommend to our law making
. bodies the immediate consideration
and passage of such laws as shall
stamp out the advance of this men,
ace to our institutions, forbid the dis
play of the red flag of anarchy any,
where in the United States. authorize
the withdrawal of the privileges of
citizenship from all those who openly
+ or covertly advocate a resort to de-
structiye measures to accomplish
their political and social ends and
the internment or deportation of all
aliens who engage in such activity"
Public Protests Suggested.
I'VE recommend the holding of pub
lilo meetings, wherever possible, to
awaken our fellow-citizens to the i'm
ninsnt danger which confronts us
from within, to arouse them to renew
their pledge of loyalty to the Consti-
tuition and to express determin alton
/ that persons who resort to destruc-
tive methods must be taught-peaoe-
ably if possible, forcibly if necessary
that their methods will not be toll
erated, and the people of the United
States believe in and will insist upon
government of laws and not of
mAp"
Evening star., 1919-02-22
HONORABLE DISCHARGE
EMBLEMS FOR YANKS

An honorable discharge" emblem
for soldiers leaving the service will
be issued by the War Department. 1t
is bronze lapel button. similar to the
q. A. R. button, and Of like signia-
eance. It Is the result Of . competition
among American artists and sculptors
c. 4,.uG e. no = tssion o. Hne
arts. It Is the intention Of the gov
srnnent to distribute the button tree
of charge to all entitled to 1t.
Evening star., 1919-02-22
Victory Loan to Total Six Billions,

The victory loan will total $1,000
100000 by all indications. The over
subscription to the last s6oe. 900
certificates offered was s2o.57s.o 900, the
Treasury announced yesterday, pro-
duesd by six districts to moro than
make up for the six which feU short
VITA new issue Of 1ba9.aoa 600 an.
smodnt, the Il, s,oS6, 100000 total Win
b yeaaNea hg Nay i when tha Arst
pGUnanfs kss1aAep i1nt
bo received
Evening star., 1919-02-22
+ MERITS OF UNION CITED.
Representatives Van Dyke ana
Rankin Address Federal Workers.

Representatives Carl c. Van Dyke of
Minnesota and Miss jeanette Rankin
i, .of Montana were the principal speak
.sw yesterday afternoon at a meeting
/ sof The Federal Employees Union. No.
II, fn the auditorium of the Interior
iDepArtment. The advantages of or
ganization among government en-
knlCyes were discussed.
The Interior Department. Orchestra
s6W1ished the musical entertaiuQ1ent,
fundee the--d1pacti0R o& w G. WI
6D9Etk