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The Washington times., 1919-09-07
HEARD AND SEEN
By EARL WIN.

borers, clerks Of classes one. two ana
three, and other special, SPECIFIC
salaries for officials. semi-offciaI1
supervisors, etc. These salarisS
were fixed in the day Of the sS.Sa
shoe and HAVE NEVER BFFN
CHANGED. The Wartime bonnh
which Congress fought 10 the -
minute. Is NOT a salary change, Be-
cause Il can be withdrawn At any
time. The statement that Govern
ment clerks drew q salary Of SIS q
month" Is Of course based On
thoughtlessness, as the appropria-
lions for 1fty years back win show
exactly what the clerks drew 10 this
city and every other city where Gov
ernment employees are stationed.
What other class Of employees Do
tIlg practically thS sans Eind on
aOOrk-Sn most instances RloTe--
dnqtOs the same sGlaFTf"
There's q good question. IN ths
hrst place would say that TIE Gov
eminent service should be shaken
down from top to bottom, the drones
hred and the soft jobs Cancelled; and
THEN the smart and valuable WcriE-
ers would have . chance for greates
advancement than they have now. IN
every other business TODAY men and
women are getting MORE money
than Government employees. Shoe
makers who draw 800 3 week; cod
hshermen who draw $50 3 week; en-
gine drivers who draw S4o0 MONTH
clerks IN mercantile estabf mentg
VINO draw S35 q week; women buyers
az the head Of departments IN thess
stores who draw more than Cabinet
Officers; junk dealers who mako
more money than Congressmen.
Mem and iOOHSsn are iRportaHt.
They should be paid their worth. Also
they should do a fun days work andA
"a little more.
As to reducing prices IN place 81
raising Government salaries, let ma
warn Miss A. j. IT. and her Con-
gresham employer that prices CAM
NOT be reduced BY any law Congress
viii pass. Nothing but natural evo-
luton Or a national calamity win
bring prices to where they were.
Miss A. ]. Il. might read the varying
opinions Of the worlds greatest econ
omists on this subject. Prof. Fisher.
for instance, believes that the
amount Of gold in the dollar should
be increased from time to time q
prices rise.
The Washington times., 1919-09-07
HERE AND THERE

Here's a suggestion for the parade
of the 18th, as Colonel Harper wants
noise:
Station automobiles on the north
and south streets back Of the Penn
sylvanis avenue building line and
back Of the crowd. Have these ma
chimes set up the utmost possible din
with their horns, etc. Passes could
be distributed to permit the autos to
assume their positions, and further
more the machines would provide
grandstands for the Walter Reed
boys. HoW's that?
D. L. MORRIS.
P. S.-This is not an original idea.
but comes from F. D. NORRIS, Home
Defense Lacquer.
A man in Illinois who has a war
risk insurance certificate requiring
q payment Of $6.4O q month premium
recently sent in his check for $3.50
with this letter to LEON FISHER,
the assistant director in charge of
Insurance.:
Enclosed please find check for
$3.50 for August premium. Spend
the other ten cents for q cigar"
J. W. Mckinley sends me some
prices from Richmond, Va, in 1864.
Read them and be thankful:
The Washington times., 1919-09-07

9SLA lAAS A0AAAI " WAAleE h5oQ nu.9
pttal 70 buy cigarettes for wounded
soldiers. win DO so, and add Httio
interest to the dollar.
Ira Is aboard the q. s. s. 'sNississ
sippis'" at Santa Barbara, Cal.
MARION L. GINGELE is a private
in the U. 8. MARINE CORPS. He
doesn't worry about superstition. he
was born on the 18th Of August En-
listed in the Marine Corps ana was
sent to Paris Island on the 18th.
There were 13 recruits and one boy
had S13 bank balance. There were
IL coaches in the train. Spent his
hrst day in the hospital on Friday,
the 18th When discharged he viii
have spent Is months and Is days ia
the corps.
The Washington times., 1919-09-07

Others just as prominent believe
that the situation can be met Il ".
ERY0NE produces all that Is in him
every day. That last appeals 70 me.
believe we should work like Tro-
JAMS to make up for the big delcit IN
production-and after that let naturs
take its course.
The Washington times., 1919-09-07

The equipoise of the group is per
feet and no important balancing
rods are used TO keep the statue
from topping, and this Is explained
by the late s. II. KAUFFMANN, in
his interesting monograph on eques-
trian statues in this city, in the fol-
lowing words:
The further observation NAV b
allowed in this connection that Mr..
Mills claimed as one Of the merits
Of this statue that its natural
equipoiSe was perfect-that is, ths
center of gravity had been so at
tanned in the position Of the horse
and its rider that the group would
rest securely on the hind feet of the
rearing charger without any sup
port or fastening. That is the fact.
1t is, however, a fact, also, that
when the group was placed in posi-
ton in Lafayette Square the hind
feet of the horse were bolted or
otherwise fastened to the base OF
pedestal in order TO secure it
against the possible effects Of high
winds or other disturbing or mis-
chieVOus causes"
The Washington times., 1919-09-07

a. ]. H." who describes herself
as a female secretary" to q Member
of Congress and writes on House Of
Representatives paper, tells me
should not try to raise Government
salaries, but should bend my efforts
10 reducing prices.
In answer l might say that every
politician, every statesman, every
member Of the Administration is
NOW trying to reduce prices; that
newspapers are printing every day
words uttered by brave statesmen
who declare prices are dropping. {"
There are so many people working
on the job OF REDUCING prices that
there is little use Of my little efforts
being added to the general opera
comiQue now being played by gen.
tIemen who will take advantage Of
the situation 10 be re-elected-lf the
people are not on to them by next
election.
The Washington times., 1919-09-07

IRA ROSS NEELY, who used to
run copy for me from the House
press gallery, sends me his picture
in sailor uniform and announces that
Z owe him q dollar and will I please
The Washington times., 1919-09-07
That JaeInon statns.

JAMES RYAN asks: @Are thsrs
any bolts and rods in the hind feet az
the equestrian statue in Lafayette
Park, or is it built on the plan oe
natural balance ?"
I can say ayes" to both questions.
That statue is one Of the most IN
teresting in the world for several
reasons:
It is the FIRST equestrian statue
to be unveiled IN the United States
Of America, although there was that
famous statue Of George III which
the New York patriots pulled down
in 1776-that, however, was erected
before we were the United States.
The Jackson statue, designed aad
erected by Clark Mills, was unveiled
in January, 1856. Mills was q "self-
made" sculptor, starting life as q
plasterer. He never had seen an
equestrian statue before he started
on the Jackson group, and all his
tools and appliances for modelling
and casting were made BY himself.
The metal in the group is made Of
cannon captured by Jackson from the
British.
The Washington times., 1919-09-07

Miss A. ]. H., who writes her in
itials In a firm hand denOting great
strength Of character, makes this
statement:
81 desire to contest your statement
In The Times whereas the Govern
lment clerks salary is based on q day
when he could get q $14 shoe for
$3.50
'In the day Of the $3.50 shoe, the
Government clerk drew q salary Of
S75 monthly-today he draws 800 70
S116 monthly and the bonus, OF a
total Of S120 to $136 monthly.
"What other class Of employe, do
ing practically the same kind and
same amount Of Work-in most in
stances more-draWs such q salary.
ais he, in 80 cases out Of every 100,
actually worth more?
The Washington times., 1919-09-07

"AND it's the employe who has
been certified in the Government
service during the last three years
who is doing the kicking, too-NOT
the old Is to 30-year emplOye who Is
now drawing possibly 81 800 per an
mum. In many instances less.
"Why not spend time and news
paper space in having prices reduced
NOT salaries raised 2"
The trouble with Miss A. ]. H. Is
that she assumes that Government
salaries were started about 1913. In
reality the present scale Of Govern
ment wages, excepting, Of course, the
emergency wages paid during the
war to emergency workers, were
started about 1856, and the general
plan Of civil service salaries has
NEVER been changed since then.
The Congressional commission now
investigating salaries in the Govern
ment service has all this knowledge,
and more, too, so there is no dispute
about it. There were salaries Of Ia
Evening star., 1919-12-24
Job

There was an ancient man
named Job who worked the pa
tience graft SO we'll, his fame
extended round the globe, and
still the books his merits tell.
Affections of hundred kinds
were heaped upon him, day by
day, "and yet" he said, "a fellow
finds that life's too good to
throw away A lot of boils
grew on his neck, his hens all
died, his COW went dry, his goods
were spoiled by storm and
wreck, and still he didn't heave
"a sigh. One wintry day he tried
to start his jitney for a trip to
town; he wrestled with that
choo-choo cart, but all the
wheels were frozen down. The
carburetor wouldn't carb, the
generator wouldn't sprint, and
J OBJ. he reared and tore his garb.
and said some things we dare
not print. He primed it seven
times or more, and pressed the
starter all in vain. and Mrs. Job
stood at the door and told him
not to go insane. He tried to
crank it up by hand, whereon it
kicked and broke his wrist; his
language then was high and
grand, but from this page it will
be missed. The papers in the
nearby town were subsidized to
kill this tale, SO Job still has a
high renown for patience, that
no age can stale.
WALT MASON.
Evening star., 1919-12-24
CHAPLAIN J.C. MOORE
is AWARDED D.S. CROSS

Chaplain John c. Moore, 313th In
fantry, has been awarded a dis
tinguished service cross for extraordi-
nary heroism in action near Mont
faucon. France. September 27, 1918
Though wounded on September 26,
1918, says the official citation, Chap
lain Moore remained with the attack
ing line of his regiment. ministering
to the dying and aiding the wounded.
After entering an enemy trench with
a group of men grenade was thrown
in their midst, and in utter disregard
of personal safety he grabbed the
grenade to throw it from the trench.
1t. exploded just after leaving his
hand, seriously wounding him in sew
eral places"
Evening star., 1919-12-24
Mai. ingram Goes to Funston.

Mai. John V. N. Ingram, Motor
Transport Corps. has been relieved
from duty at Camp Meigs, this city.
and ordered to Camp Funston, Kan,
for DUTY
Evening star., 1919-12-24
Ruh., Rrainin. leader Of the Hebrew

10000 Bond Letterheads. $4,000.
Pre-war prices. Pre-war quallty.
The Mutual Press, GIG La ave. NJ. 14'
advertisement.
Evening star., 1919-12-24

TAKE BELL-ANS BEFA RE MEALS
and see how fine good digestion uakes you feel
-Advertisement-
Evening star., 1919-12-24
U. s. HELD RESPONSIBLE.
Exchange Rate Endangers Exports
to Australia.

American exports to Australia are
said to be seriously endangered by
the unfavorable rate on exchange OF
English money in Australia in trading
with the United States, according to
a report to the Department OF Com
merce.
The report, which is from the
American consul at Melbourne, Aus
tralia, says the United States is held
responsible for the depreciation OF the
Mound by numerous Australians. and
it is suggested that if anything is
being done to make exchange stable
the information be cabled to Aus
tralia for publication.
Evening star., 1919-12-24
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
.peciaI bulletin will he issued in

special bulletin Will he ISSUED IN
few days by the George Washing
ton University in Commemoration OF
the recent convocation. at which an
honorary degree was conferred upon
the King of the Belgians. Application
for copies should be sent to the re-
corder of the university. 2O23 G street.
The Conduit Road Citizens AssOci-
alton will meet Friday night at s
o'clock at st. David's Parish Hall,
Conduit road near Nebraska avenue.
The George Washington University
Engineering Society has invited all
students of the university to go with
the society on 4 trip to the plant OF
the United States Steel Corporation
at Sparrows Point, Md, next MONDAY.
Students will meet at o'clock at l4th
street and New York avenue.
The following officers were elected
at the annual meeting of st. Mar
earet's Holy Name Society, Seat
Plea SAINT. Md. held Sunday: T. ].
Crowley. president; Frank Bauman'
yic. pf-esident; J. u. Lloyd. secretary.
and Rev. Father F. A. Schwallenberg,
spiritual director and treasurer
The .Boy's Hobby Show" will he
held Tuesday and Wednesday morn
ings of next week at 9 o'clock at the
boys department of the central !.
NJ c. A Exhibitions VIII be open
to the inventive genius OF every
Washington boy.
Representative j. NJ. Baer Of North
Dakota was the principal speaker at
the graduation exercises of the ASH
ington School of Chiropractlc last
night when twenty-Seven diplomas
were awarded DR.. J. S. Riley. dean
of the school. spoke on The Great
est Life
The northwestern branch of the W.
c. T. L. will hold it's holiday meeting
at headquarters. 522 9Th street, FIJI
day, at 2 pm.
II. r.. Carson, ArchdeacOn OF Pam
anna, is to give a moving picture lee
ture on How Uncle Sam Treats HIS
Lepers in the Ancon, L. S. A, HOS
nital. on the Panama Canal. tonight
at 80 o'clock at West Washington
Baptist Church. The lecture is under
the auspices of the washington
Auxiliary, Mission to Lepers.
Rusel Brainin, lender Of the Hebrew
movement in the United States. is to
deliver an address at O'Clock to-
night at the Y. M. H. A. headquar-
ters. 11th street and Pennsylvania
avenue. on THE Development OF the
Modern Hebrew Language: A. d.
Goldberg. secretary of. the H1staoruth
Iyrith, of which Mr.. Brainln is the
president. is also to make an address.
Evening star., 1919-12-24
The following officer. were elected

at the annual meeting of st. Mar
garet's Holy Name Society, seat
Pleasant. Md. held Sunday: L. D.
Crowley. president; Frank Bauman.
vice PRESIDENT; ]. u. Lloyd. secretary,
am, Rev Father F. A. SchwallenberS,
spiritual director and treasurer.
Evening star., 1919-12-24

The northwestern branch of the w.
c. T. L. will hold it's holiday meeting
at headquarters, 522 9th street, FIJI
day, at 2 pm.
Evening star., 1919-12-24
ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES
TONIGHT.

Christmas tree party and dance at
the National School of Social Re
search, 1719 II street, also lecture on
periodical Literature" by n. Bryl-
lion Fagin at o'clock.
Christmas dance by the Chicago
Club. Washington Lodge. No. Is.
r p. o. F., o'clock. at 919 II street.
Evening star., 1919-12-24
ALLEGED shoplifter Forfeits 500.

Edna Long. charged with shoplifting
in five cases. in which. many retail
stores were the compliments, in each
being small, forfeited $40 in each case
in the United States branch of Police
Court yesterday.
Evening star., 1919-12-24

Engineering Society has invited all
students of the university to go with
the society on trip to the plant OF
the United States Steel Corporation
at Sparrows Point, Nd, next Monday.
Students will meet at o'clock at l4th
street and New York avenue.
Evening star., 1919-12-24
The Conduit Road Citizens Associ.


alton will meet Friday night at .
o'clock at st. David's Parish Hall,
Conduit road near Nebraska avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18
HOPE BATTERY
WILL BE BACK
MEMORIAL DAY
Want Old Company A Boys in Par.
ade May 80 and Carlstrom
for Speaker.
COMMITTEE MEETS TOMORROW
Session VIII Be Held of Body in
Charge OF Arrangements
in the Afternoon.

To have Battery F, the Rock Is
land-Moline unit in the One Hun
dred Twenty-third heavy field ar
tiIIery. in the line of march, and
to have Captain Oscar f. Carlstrom
of Aledo, Judge advocate or Gen
eral Pershing's staff as principal
speaker. is the ambition of Rock
Island to make this years observ-
ance the greatest Memorial day in
the history of the city.
William Mitchell, chairman of
the Memorial day committee, has
called a meeting at the office of H.
l.. Becker, log Sixteenth street, at
2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon for
members of John Buford post,
Grand Army of the Republic, Sib-
ony Bay camp, United Spanish War
Veterans, and H. G. Cleaveland
camp, Sons of Veterans, at which
time initial plans will be made for
Decoration day.
Mr.. Mitchell said that it is hoped
that the old Company A boys will
be back to take part in the process
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18

what has doubled his money, Thi
is more than / ever held out Z
prospective buyers. Land there IA
doubled in value in one year, and
will double again in another yea
in my opinion. Eastern Colorado j
the healthiest spot in the countr!
and offers the best opportunity 70
investment in land that can b
found anywhere.
81 through with politics for
ever, and also, l think, with IL
newspaper business. l came nea
giving my life in these two lines
endeavor, and | would like to spen
as many as possible Of my remain
ing days out of doors, and in tn
west. OF course, we can't always II
just as We would like. and no on
knows what changes might b
forced in ones life. But hav
stated my hopes"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18

One of the worst features of acid
! stomach is that very often it liter
ally starves it's victims in the midst
of plenty. And the strange thing
about it Is that the people with
/ acid stomachs seldom know what
! their trouble really is.
! No matter how good or how
J wholesome the food may be. OF how
much they eat, they do not gain in
strength. This is clearly explained
by the fact that an acid-stomach
cannot properly digest food. In
stead Of healthy, normal digestion,
the excess acid causes the food to
sour and ferment Then when this
mass of sour, fermented food.
charged with excess acid, passes
into the intestines, it becomes the
breeding place for all kinds of
germs and toxic poisons, which in
turn are absorbed into the blood
and in this way distributed through
out the entire body. And that is
exactly why it is that so many
thousands of people eat and eat
and keep on eating and yet are lit
orally starving in the midst OF
plenty. Their acid-stomachs make
It absolutely impossible for them to
get the full measure of nourish-
ment out of their food. And it
doesn't take long for this poor
nourishment to show its Ill effects
In a weakened. emaciated body
You may say: MY stomach
doesn't hurt me-" That may be
true because many victims of acid
stomach do not actually suffer
stomach pains. Then again, there
are millions who do suffer all kinds
of aches and pains-headaches.
rheumatic twinges, govt, lumbago.
pains around the heart and in the
chac4 -uho pover dream that an
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18
Starving in i the
Midst ofP|enty
Acid-Stomach Steals Strength and
Good Feelings From Millions

acid-stomach is the real cause OF
the trouble.
Naturally, the sensible thing to
do is to strike right at the very
cause of this trouble and clean the
excess acid out of the stomach.
There is a quick, easy way to do
this. A wonderful new remedy
quickly removes the excess acid
without the slightest discomfort. 1t
is EATONIC. Made in the form of
tablets-they are good to eat-just
like a bit of candy. They literally
absorb the injurious excess acid
and carry it away through the in
testines. They also drive the bloat
out of the body-in fact you can
fairly feel it work. Make a test of
EATONIC in your own case today.
Get a big box of EATONIC from
your druggist. See for yourself
how surely IL brings quick relief
in those painful attacks of indiges-
ton, bitter heartburn, belching. dis
gushing food repeating, that awful
bloated, iumpy feeling after eating
and other stomach miseries. Danish
all your stomach troubles so COM
pletely that you forget you have
a stomach. Then you can eat what
you like and digest your food in
comfort without fear of distressing
after effects.
II EATONIC does not relieve you.
it will not cost You one penny. You
can return it to your druggist and
get your money back. So If you
have the slightest question about
your health-if you feel you are not
getting all the strength out of your
food-if you are not feeling tfp-top,
ready for your work, full of vim
and vigor-do give EATONIC a fair
trial this very day and see how
much better you will feel.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18
(SpeciaI to The Argus

Washington, April 1S.-Former
Congressman Clyde H. Tavenner is
in Washington organizing a pub
licity bureau for the Philippine Mis-
sion, which is composed of forty of
the leading men of the Philippines,
who are seeking independence.
The former congressman came
here from his ranch in Colorado at
the request of his friend, Manuel l..
Quezon, president of the Philippine
senate, and chairman of the Philip
pine Mission. Senator Quezon and
Tavenner were warm friends during
the years Quezon represented the
Philippine Islands in congress at
Washington, which was prior to his
election as president of the Philip
pine senate. At that time Tavenner
had one of the largest newspaper
syndicates in the United States, and
every little while he wouldswrite an
article favoring Filipino independ-
ence and send it out to his string of
newspapers in all parts of the
country. While in congress Taven-
ner never hesitated to champion the
cause of the Fflipinos, and he is
therefore well known in the Phil
ippines through his writings, and
three years ago was officially. invft-
ed to visit the islands as the guest
of Senator QueZon.
When Senator Quezon arrived in
the United States at the head of the
special mission to advocate indie
pendence he wired the former con-
gresham, asking him to do pub
licity work for the mission in It's
drive for independence.
Mr.. Tavenner Joined the party at
New York, and is now in Washing
ton, writing articles and organizing
a press bureau which will be a per-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18

Henry Swartout. Meigs Kendall and
Jesse Cooper were in Aledo Wednesday.
Mrs Meigs Kendall and children spent
Wednesday at the C. L. Boyles home.
There will be a special Easter program
at the Hamlet Presbyterian church Sunday
mornig at the usual Sunday school hour.
10 o'clock.
Leland Boyles and family spent the day
Sunday at the home of Virgil Minteer in
Reynolds.
Mrs. Alice Cain was a business visitor
in Aledo Friday.
Mrs Silas Turner spent Friday and Sat-
uriay with her husband at Mercy hospital
in Davenport
Those spending Saturday in Rock Island
we're the Misses Elda and Sara Crabs
Katherine Bopes. Mrs. Ward Candor and
Jesse Cooper.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18

sion. All soldiers of the present
war will be invited to march in uni
form in the parade. Mr.. Mitchell
believes that Captain Carlstrom
will be back by that time and ex-
poets to have him for speaker at
the exercises.
Memorial Sunday.
Memorial day falls on Friday,
May 80. Memorial Sunday is on
May 25. This year the war veterans
will depart from their usual Gus
tom of attending services at Mem
orial Christian church This year
the services will be held at Broad
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18
Former Congressman Clyde II. Tavenner
is in Washington Organizing Publicity
Bureau to Aid Philippine independence

manent institution, although he does
not intend personally 20 remain
with the bureau, but will later on
return to Colorado where the eli
mate is beneficial to his health and
where he is in the real estate bus-
ness.
Last week Senator Quezon gave
a banquet to the members of the
mission, and had as his guests Sec
rotary of War Baker, Senator
Hitchcock of Nebraska, Congress
man Towner of Iowa and former
Congressman Tavenner.
II do not intend to remain in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18
'DARTING, PIERCING
SCIATTC PAINS
Give way before the pene-
trating effects of Sloane
Liniment

So do those rheumatic twinges and
the loin-aches of lumbago, the nerve
Inflammation of neuritis, the WY neck,
the joint wrench, the ligament sprain,
the muscle strain, and the throbbing
brUise.
The ease of applying, the quict1ess
of relief, the positive results, the clean
illness, and the economy of Sloan'a
Liniment make it universally preferred.