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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-21
G. o. P. SENATORS DEMAND
CONGRESS TAKE ACTION TO
CURB HIGH LIVING COSTS

Demand that the Republican Con-
gress act to reduce the cost OF living
was made by progressive Republican
Senators in statements today.
This situation is becoming so bad
that the party in power must take
some definite action before the next
election or accept the consequences, "
Senator Capper. Kansas, Republican.
warned.
Senator Kenyon, Iowa, and others
echoed this opinion.
Congress moved to strike at the
high cost of living today when a COM
mittee Of the Senate started in search
Of profiteers in Washington. Condi-
tions have become so acute here, &C
cording to some Senator'S, that Gov
eminent employees are quitting and
threatening TO impair the efficiency
OF departments.
Senators hope to throw light on the
cause OF the high price wave through
out the country during this hearing.
Food. clothing, and rents will be
studied. Wholesale dealers, retailers,
and consumers will be heard.
This question is of more i'm
portance right now than the league
Of nations" Capper said. at is caus-
ing revolution in Europe and over
here people are getting more and
more dissatisfied"
1T is the biggest battle facing Con-
gress today" Kenyon declared. 1T
is a fight that cuts across party lines.
1t divides those in Congress who are
trying to solve the high cost of living
problem from those who seek to pro-
tect the special interests"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-21
SALARY HEARINGS
TO BEGIN OCTOBER |

Hearings on the general problems
involved in standardizing the pay and
work Of Government employees will be
opened by the salary reclassification
commission not later than October l.
The work of codifying question
naires is making satisfactory prog
ress, and officials believe that they
will be able to summon the various
departmental heads. division and bu-
reau chiefs, chief clerks, etc, as vel
as representatives of the employees, in
less than three months time.
There is no present plan OF pre-
senting a report to Congress befor ;
next January, but il the present rate
OF progress is maintained the COM
mission may be able to make its
recommendations considerably in ad-
vance of that time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-21
POTOMAC HIGH, BUT
DAMAGE IS SMALL

Despite heavy rains Of the last
week, the Potomac river at Washing
ton has not risen high enough to cause
any appreciate amount OF damage in
the vicvinity of the city.
An extra flow was registered at
Harper's Ferry this morning, but the
spread of the river at this point is
more than sufficient TO take up this
small amount.
1t was said Saturday that only an
extra six-inch stage had been regis
tered on the river up to that time.
Residents of section OF HyattsVillG
and Bladensburg fear unless the rains
stop, causing the eastern and west
ern branches of the Anacostia rive
to recede much damage may be done
The flat lands bordering the Ana
costa river prevent the river from
carrying off the excess water and
sections have been flooded for sew
eral days.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-21
PLAN COMMUNITY
FOOD SALE HERE
Permanent Organization to
Lower Living Cost to Be Dis
cussed at Meeting Tonight.

Final plans for the organization Of
permanent community food selling
organization will be discussed at a
mass meeting in the board room of
the District Building tonight.
The meeting has been called by
John G. MvGrath. who with Commits
sioner W. Gwynn Gardiner, has charge
of the distribution OF the carload of
surplus army food sold In Washing
ton last week.
Under the proposed community SELL
ing plans Mr.. McGrath believes the
price of food to the consumer can
be reduced materially in Washington,
although he expects prices would not
be brought down to the pre-war scale.
provided the community food-seII-
ing organization is formed, it will be
incorporated under the laws of the
District and the people OF Washing
ton given an opportunity to pur-
chase stock" said Mr.. McGrath. THE
Federal Employees Union is actively
/ interested in the possibility of the
organization. and, with the support
OF the people of Washington, ii il
very probable that success may be
attained in the movement"
A few cases Of the carload Of army
food brought to Washington last
week were disposed OF at the Mu-
nicipal Fish Market today. Tomatoes.
pork and beans, corned beef, corned
beef hash, and roast and corned beef
were among the foods sold.
All Washington residents interested
IN the food price reduction movement
are invited to attend the meeting in
the District Building tonight.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-21
16-YEAR-OLD BOY
TAKES OWN LIFE

Coroner hewitt yesterday issued a
certificate of death by suicide in the
case of Howard w. Davis. sixteen
years old, who yesterday shot himself
in the head with a .3S-caliber revolver
in his home at 1907 South Capitol
street
The boys father, a helpless Grip
pie, who was sitting in the room next
&c the one he was in, heard shot and
heavy fall. Unable to move because
Of the loss of both legs, he could only
shout for help. Neighbors answering
the calls found the boy on the floor
and sent for an ambulance.
He died three hours later at Casu-
atty Hospital without regaining con-
seriousness. The bullet, it was stated,
entered just above the right ear.
Today the father sits by himself at
his home, and the mother is in a
serious condition at the Washington
Asylum Hospital. She has not yet
been told Of the lads death. No cause
has been given for the act
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-21
WHISPERS
ALSO LONG HAIR
LIKELY TO BE
THE STYLE IN U. S.
Soon Unless Old q. @. L.
Comes Down

1t will not be many years. accord
ing to many old BARRIERS, before bar
bering will be q lost art. There are
= number of indications pointing that
way, they say, and q great variety
Of causes to justify the prediction.
Looks like men will have to do thsiT
own shaving and hair trimming. OF
ask their wives or sWeethearts OF
the policeman on the beat to do the
job for them. Safety Tazors, a. well
as safety shears will be in great de-
mand and the barber pole will be
laid away.
Here are the reasons:
First-Young men don't want to
learn the barber trade.
Second-Barber's wages are too low,
Third-With Congress considering
q bill to stop immigration for three
or four years, there is no hope OF OBJ
tanning help from abroad.
Fourth-The high cost OF barbeTing
material and utensils and the strict
sanitary rules laid down by the
Board of Health.
Fifth-Labor unrest and the de-
mand for high wages by journeymen
BARRIERS.
Looks like whiskers and long hair
will be the result.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-21
PASTOR SAYS KISS
EN- If THEY LIKE It

Explaining the meaning OF kisses,
the Rev. z. Hez Sven in his sermon
at the Centennial Baptist Church on
kissing Women" yesterday, said: "If
a woman wants a kiss, let her have
it" He said il was no compliment for
q woman to be kissed by another
woman, and declared that the practice
is an insidious means of spreading
disease.
Love is the aim Of the kiss" said
the preacher, land the deceiver who
uses 1t without love and beguiles a
young woman into believing his fall
sity is the most contemplate creature
in the world"
The prohibition amendment ex-
presses the sentiment of the people
Of the United States, according to
Senator Sterling of South Dakota,
who told the Bible class OF the CAL
vary M E. Church he believed the
people would approve any reasonable
law to enforce it.
The Rev. DR.. Wilmer P. Johnston,
Of First Congregational Church, in
his sermon yesterday. said: The
world owes a great debt to Christian
Science, because it has taught US q
great truth-that Of the power Of
thought over life"
People are not made holy simply
by attending church, according to
Monsignor Thomas, rector Of st. Pat
rick's Church, who, in his sermon
yesterday. said that religion does not
act automatically, and the fact that a
person attends church does not neces-
sarily mean he is holy.
I'VE have to- make ourselves" he
said. I'VE are good or bad according
as we elect. But if Catholics, or the
members of any church, are not good,
l. is in spite OF the teachings or
ideals presented"
At the Church Of the Advent yes
terday the Rev. DR.. Z. NJ. Mott said
that China was betrayed by the allies
as Judas betrayed Christ
"A very large portion OF the Chinese
people have been bartered of in very
much the same fashion as Joseph was
bartered of by his brethren in an
cient times Japan is riding for a
fall, and 1 believe that within twenty
FIVE years she will be a vassal OF
China and not her master"
In preaching on the topic OF The
Greed of Experience" the Rev. DR.. J.
]. Muir, of Temple Baptist Church,
said that experience is the only foun-
dation upon which to build a livable
creed ."Creeds," he said, cannot be
inherited or taught They must be
the outcome Of our own personal ex-
perience and the expression OF our
strong conviction"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-21
POORPAYFOR
POLICE CRIME
WAVE CAUSE
impossible to Recruit Force to
Adequate Size With ApprO-
priatioRS Now Available.
BY BILL PRICE.

Here Is one reason washIngtOR
does not have adequate police pro-
tectiOnI
Basic pay of patrOImen is about
1881 q day. S1,Os0 per year, with
$40 bonus added; total years pay,
$3.50.
For this they risk being killed,
crippled, incapaeitated for life.
In which case the dement's would
be SIS to $50 4 month pension, II
there is money i'm the PenSiOn
fund. just about enough to pay
house rent for widows and orphans.
Supposed to work only eight
hours a day, but during riots, pa
rades, conventions, waves of crime
are on reserve and active duty six
teen TO twenty hours out of
twenfy-fOur.
Out I'm an sorts Of weather hunt
ing bOOtIeEgers, thieves, murder
ers, criminals generally, targets at
ali times.
All for 1851 a day.
And Congress expects men to re-
main on the force and join Il.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-21
40 SINGING SAILORS
DELIGHT AUDIENCE

The forty members Of the Navy
Glee Club, who are here from Hamp-
ton Roads, Va. to aid in gaining re-
cruits for the navy. appeared last
night Ut the First Congregational
Church. where they delighted q large
audience with their melodies.
Under the leadership OF jerry
Swineford. the "gobs" sang until their
supply Of music suited for a church
meeting was exhausted completely.
and he was forced to announce to the
audience that the boys didn't know
any more that they could sing in .
church.
An open-air concert will be given
at noon today on the steps OF the
State. War. and Navy Building. At
4:45 o'clock this afternoon they viii
sing at the corner OF Eleventh and
Pennsylvania avenue, ending up with
vast mass meeting at the Liberty
Hut at o'clock tonight.
This is the same gIee club that
was in Washington several months
ago in interest OF the Victory Liberty
loan and has been touring the coun-
try to aid in getting recruits for the
navy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-21
PULLIAM FREED
ON $1,000 BOND

c. o. Pulliam. thirty years old.
charged with false representation
when he obtained a marriage license
to wed Miss Margaret weimer, of
Chicago, last Monday, was released on
$1,000 bail and his hearing set for
next Wednesday at Rockville.
PUlliam, it was said by the mother
Of the girl. swore than her age was
seventeen in order to get the license,
when he knew she is but fourteen.
The girl was visiting with her
grandmother at Remington. Va, when
Pulliam induced her to marry and OBJ
tanned the license. They went to
Kensington last Monday, and after
the ceremony returned to the resi-
dence of his sister on Hobart street
to live.
Mrs. Weimer came here from Chi
cagO to swear out the warrant for
Pulliam, who is her first cousin.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-21
MOVING WANTED MERCHANDISE
THAT DID NOT MOVE
By
THE MERCHANDISE MAN.

T WAS talking to the president
of a large Middle West de-
partment store about the pc
culiarities of the buying public and
how, in many cases, merchandising
along the lines of neighboring
stores did not always bring the
best results.
In this particular store the mus
lin underwear department was far
behind its quota in sales, even
though the shopping bureau had
reported and brought in samples
from other stores, that were not
better than those which this store
sold.
Neither the merchandise man
ager nor the buyer could give
good logical reason why, with all
things being equal, they were not
getting their share of the bust
ness.
I ventured the opinion that
women might be doing their own
sewing, but it was outweighed by
the buyer, who said women were
not doing their own sewing these
days, so we might as we'll look
elsewhere for the answer.
During the day I called on the
young lady in charge Of the pat
tern department and asked her
how MANY patternS for night
robes, envelope chemise, and com
binations she was selling.
"Oh! ever so many" she said,
many more than / used to
l asked her to keep accurate
account of each pattern sold and
turn the slip into me at the end
of the week.
| made similar inquiries at the
cotton counter and the lace and
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ribbon counter, and received the
same reply.
By the end of the week l had
sufficient data on hand to make
my next move. l Questioned every
woman / came in contact with
why it was that they were making
their undergarments instead of
buying them ready made.
Practically everyone told me
that they couldn't get the kind
they wanted at the price they
wanted to pay.
They wanted better muslin, bet
ter lace and better ribbon.
They wanted undergarments
with turned seams, greater com
fort and better-ftting qualities, so
that the fit of their outer gar
ments would not be spoiled.
With all this first-handed in
formation in her brief case the
buyer started for the New York
market, and brought bach the
kind of undergarments the women
wanted.
The following season the sales
in this department were three
times as large as they were in
previous years.
This store had made the mis-
take of merchandising like it's
neighbors without first finding out
why.
This solution can be applied to
almost any department in your
store, and will be the means of
getting lead over your competitor
that will be hard for him to over
take.
! find graphic charts the best
method of studying the strength
and weakness of departments, and
my next article will tell you why.
By The Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.l
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-21
INVENTOR, 80, ENDS
HIS LIFE WITH GAS

Joseph Becker. aged nifty, Of 1915
Fairmont street northwest yestsr-
day afternoon ended his life by inhaI-
ing gas through a tube placed in his
mouth.
Mrs. Camille Wendermarsh, his wild
owed sister. declared he retired about
IL o'clock Saturday night, and, belisV-
ing he wished to sleep late Sunday,
she did not wake him Late in tha
afternoon, becoming alarmed, as she
could not open the door to his rooR
she called neighbors. When the door
was forced Mr.. Becker was found ~
ing across his bed with the tube IN
the mouth.
The Coroner issued a certificate Of
suicide. 1t was said i'll health for .
long period had depressed him and
caused the act.
Mr.. Becker was formerly an attor-
ney at the Patent Office, but Of late
had retired and was working on his
own inventions. II is said he was the
inventor Of several attachments fer
phonograp He was active In The
Patent Office for over ten years. q
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-21
SUFFRAGE MEMENT0S
IN NATIONAL MUSEUM

portrait of Susan B. Anthony, 80
gether with the table upon which was
written the call for the Seneca Falls
convention OF 1s4s-the first active
movement in America to give women
the vote-has been presented to the
National Museum by the National
American woman Suffrage Associa-
ton.
The portrait was painted by Sarah
J. Eddy, and for the last two years
it has hung in the headquarters OF
the national association. 1t repre-
sents Miss Anthony, not as an indeXi-
BILE leader OF a great cause, but as a
smiling gray-haired woman, upon
whose knee children are laying roses.
The table was presented to Miss An
thony by Elizabeth Cady stanton, one
Of the conveners Of the hrst conven-
ton.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-21
MD. DETECTIVES
PROBE ASSAULTS
Local Investigators Certain
EagIan Was Not in ViCin-
ity of Attack.

While local detectives are inves-
tigating the story of Forrest Eaghn,
the negro suspect held in connection
with the attacks on four women in
the suburbs of the Capital recently,
two detectives from Baltimore, Sc
cured at the request of Sheriff Will
lam Aud, of Montgomery. today start
ed a further investigation of the case
in Montgomery county.
The detectives, William Murphy and
James Manning, were secured by
Sheriff Aud because Of his dissatis-
faction with the methods OF the
Washington police.
The detectives this morning went
over the ground where the assault on
Miss Mary Saunders was committed.
and it is probable that they will hold
a conference with local police Of
ficials in regard to the attacks this
afternoon.
Little Evidence.
Inspector Grant, chief of detectives.
said this morning that the only evil
dence they have on Eaglan is the fact
that two boys stated they saw him
in the vicinity where Miss Saunders
was attacked on the day of the as
sault
Local detectives investigating the
case have proven to their satisfaction
that Eaglan was not in the vicinity
where Miss Saunders was attacked.
Miss Saunders, according to Inspec-
tor Grant, was unable to identify
Eaglan as her assailant, and detec-
tives are working night and day in
running down his story.
AIIbi IL strengthened.
According to Inspector Grant Eag-
lan's alibi is being strengthened upon
further investigation. Detectives
have questioned several persons who
sSid they were with Eaglan at the
time of the assault on Miss Saunders.
Detectives assigned to the local Po-
lice Departments Identification bu-
reau today are studying the finger
prints on the anonymous letter re-
ceived by Detective Frank Baur, Sat-
urday.
The letter, which warned Detective
Baur to beware" contained several
finger prints, Inspector Grant said
this morning, which may help in To-
eating the perpetrator of the recent
assaults on the women.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-21
MARYLAND ASKS FOR
PRISONER HELD HERE

Having been indicted by the grand
jury of Baltimore county for con-
spiracy. Governor Harrington Of
Maryland. today requisitioned the Dis
trict Supreme Court today for the ex-
tradition of Morris L. Irwin to the
Maryland authorities and asked that
he be given into the custody OF De-
tective Thomas 2. O'Donnell, who had
come to Washington for the purpose.
Counsel for Irwin sued out a
habeas corpus and a hearing will be
had next Monday.
Irwin was put under $1,000 bail.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-21
HERZL CLUB INSTALLS
NEWLY-ELECTED OFFICERS

At reception held yesterday by the
Herzl Club at the residence Of NJ. NJ
SCHNEIDER, 131 Randolph place, the fol.
lowing newly elected officers were in
stalled:
John B. NevIaser. president; Eman.
ueI Aaronson, vice president; Milton
Rosenberg, secretary; David Sandman
treasurer, and Leon KATE, sergeant
alarms.
Addresses were made by Mr.. Ne
viaser and Sylvan Danzansky, the
retiring president
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-21
MISS HUGHES TO SPEAK
ON FREE-ERIN MOVEMENT

Miss Katherine Hughes, Of the Irish
National Bureau. will give a lecture
on the DIFFERENTIATION of Ireland
tonight at a meeting of the Central
Labor Union at Musicians Hall.
A talk in favor OF Irish freedom
was given at the meeting Of Friends
Of Irish Freedom last night at Con
zaga Hall by Harry S. Hallohan. pres
ident OF the Washington Central La
Dor Union, in which he pledged the
support Of organized labor in aiding
the Irish people to gain freedom.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-21
H. c. |. PROBE
IN DISTRICT
BEG|NSTODAY
Senate Subcommittee Ready for
Inquiry to Fix Responsibility
For High Prices Here.

The high cost OF living in Wash
ington was under fire in the Senate
District Committee today.
With a number OF experts in at
tendance. the subcommittee of which
Senator Ball of Delaware is chair
man,met at 2:30 o'clock this after
noon, beginning the investigation of
prices in the National Capital that is
not to end until it fixes the respon-
sibility for profiteering in food prices.
rents, clothing and other commodities
that bear directly on the cost OF liV-
ing.
I'VE will, of course, cooperate
with the other committees about to
institute nationwide probes in the
cost of living" said Senator Sher-
man, chairman OF the District COM
mittee, but we will not wait for
them. These matters are likely to
be long drawn out. but the District
probe will be swift and conclusive"
Determined On Speed.
Realization of the Impotence of the
public with the average Congress
sional investigation has determined
the subcommittee to make its probe
swift and conclusive" as Senator
Sherman says it will be.
The committee will not be satisfied
with surface remedies" but will in
sist upon getting at the root of the
matter. If a combination is found TO
exist in Washington to raise prices
unnecessarily the committee Will
have something definite to work upon
in a legislative way.
Senator Ball is of the opinion that
"pitiIess publicity will be the most
effective instrument in obtaining
reduction of prices, but il this remedy
fails, he declares, Congress will take
legislative steps.
DR.. w. E. Mosher, of New York,
well-known expert in such investiga-
tions, met with the committee today.
George Livingston, of the Bureau
of Markets, also was present to lend
his assistance.
Outline Procedure.
This afternoons initial meeting is
to outline the procedure to be under
taken in conducting the probe. A
list of witnesses probably will be
summoned to appear. These will rep
resent the buyer and the seller.
The committee has no intention of
stopping half way in its investiga-
tions. Prices in other cities will be
compared with costs here. Every
avenue of investigation will be ex-
plored.
District Commissioners Brownlow
and Gardiner have promised the in
vestigators their aid. Various civic
organizations will be represented at
the hearings. These include the off,
GERS Of the National Federal EN-
ployes' Association, the Board Of
Trade, Chamber OF Commerce, Ma
tional Federation Of Women's Clubs,
the Joint Congressional Committee on
Redistribution of Federal Employees
Salaries, the National Consumers
League, and individuals who have
frst-hand information of living costs
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-21
HUSBAND ASKS DIVORCE.

Alleging misconduct, Evan J. Hall
man, represented by Attorney Leon
PretzfeIder today filed suit in the
District Supreme Court against Rose
NJ. Mailman for absolute divorce and
custody OF their child. They were
married in this city November 80,
1917.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-21
SENATE D. C. COMMITTEE TO
TAKE UP INSURANCE CODE

A bill for a uniform insurance code
in the District OF Columbia will be
taken up by the Senate District Com
mittee at its next meeting, Chairman
sherman announced today.