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Evening star., 1919-10-08

age as the youth Of fifteen who en-
tered employment at this age and who
has served one and one-quarter years
to receive second grade. 1t is as
sumed that the judgment of the youth
seventeen years is more mature than
the sixteen-year-old youth, and,
therefore, the seventeen-year-old
youth will have shorter apprentice
ship period in which to prove his val
ue than the youth of sixteen.
The effect of the long apprentice
ship for the younger workers. de-
creasing as they get older, is to re-
move the incentive for young children
to leave school and to permit them, If
they are compelled to leave school, a
year and three months try-out in or
der that they may prove their value,
which. of course. is measured in terms
of money. 1t removes the incentive,
or we might say the necessity, of the
employer to discharge the younger help
because of poor service or inefficiency
which shorter length of appren-
surely incur.
The youth of sixteen years and
three months of age who entered en-
employment is presumed to have what
might be said three months better
judgment or maturity than the youth
OF sixteen. and is, therefore. entitled
TO his second grade Of wage three
months prior to that of the youth Of
sixteen. 1t will. therefore. be seen
that the second grade of wage and
the third grade and the minimum
wage is reached by all junior work.
ers when they are of equal age. which
assumes as,aan that year Of Schooling pro-
the equivalent Of one years training
for the young junior worker in busi-
ness employment.
Will Prevent Summary Discharge.
''The second and third grades of
wage. 1t will be noted. are also
equivalent and reached at the same
age in each youth. The tendency
here will be not to employ the young
er children, or if through necessity
they are employed it will prevent
their summary discharge, in most
cases, for a period of one year and
three months, which should be suffi-
ctent time to prove their ability.
After one year and three months
tryout' on the part of the employer
for the worker of sixteen 1t is pre-
sumed that the employer will have
no objection whatever to granting
the additional increase and It there
fore presents an incentive to the
worker to work up to the third grade
more SO than II the periods were
equally divided.
'The Merchants and Manufacturers
Association, therefore, recomme ends
that your ruling with respect to
minors be amended as follows:
"A minor under the age of seven
teen years and three months shall
receive wage OF not less than SO
per week; at seventeen years and
three months the wage shall be $11
per week. and at the age Of seventeen
years and six months the wage shall
be $13 per week; then, at the age of
eighteen, provided the adult period
Of seven months experience has been
served, the wage shall be $3.50 per
week
Evening star., 1919-10-08
BUDGETBUREAU..:
!: ::PROPoSED|l.|nIB| D. / BILL b
Special House Committee
Measure Would Make Presi. !
dent Supervisor. +.

Creation of a budget bureau. under
supervision Of the President. was pro-
posed in a bill reported today by the
special House committee appointed to
investigate the feasibility of such
system.
A controller general, whose salary
would be $4,000, would be respon-
sible for auditing all receipts and ex-
penditures. while the House appro-
priations committee would be in
creased from twenty-one to thirty
Ave members and would have full
power over appropriations Various
House committees which now rec
ommend departmental funds would
be stripped of that authority. The bu-
reau would begin to function July 1,
1920, il the bill should. be enacted.
Chairman Good in his report on the
bill says that the budget should and
will receive the same scrutiny by
committees infCongress and by Con-
gress that the estimates now receive.
There should be, no let-up by Com
gress in scrutinizing to the mtnutest
detail the needs for any appropria-
tfon, and the bill leaves Congress free
and Independent to act upon any pro-
posal contained in the budget. But
. the estimates for; an appropriation
will come to Congress after a more
mature deliberation by an official who
has the power to coordinate and
consolidate governmental activities
and to revise the estimates. The
budget under this plan will be an
executive budget only to the extent
that the executive initiates the
budget.
TT is a congressional budget after
it has been considered and acted
upon by Congress. The responsible
ity of the executive and Congress will
be clearly defined and each branch
will be held to a strict accountability
for the part it has played"
The President shall transmit the
budget to Congress on the first day
Of each regular session after De-
cember 81, 1919: that the budget shall
contain balanced statements Of the
revenues and expenditures of the
government for the preceding fiscal
year, and Of the resources and lta-
bilities of the Treasury at the close
of the year, together with his esti-
mates Of the revenues and expendi-
lures of the government for the cur
rent year, and of the resources and
liabilities Of the Treasury at the
close of the year. and also his estt-,
mate Of the revenue and expenditure
needs of the government for the en-
suing fiscal year and how in his opin-
ion these needs should be met. :
Evening star., 1919-10-08
.SOX MAY AGAIN PIN
FAITH IN c|cOTTE
Likely to Oppose SalIee Of
Reds in Seventh Game
of Series Today.
GREAT RUSH FOR TICKETS
GREAT RUSH FOR TICKETS
Line Up for Today's Game.

CINCINNATI, October &-The
lineup for the seventh world
series game, here. today, will be
ma fOllONzi
Evening star., 1919-10-08
Prizes Can't Be Accented.

although prizes totaling $ss, 900 had
oeen onered by the American Flying
SuD @ and private individuals for the
Charles T. Menoher, chief of the Army
ar service has ruled that they could
not be accepted. He announced. how
ever. that there would be ratings for
!hree competitions each way. These
include time competition for the
ptlot crossing the continent in the
and actual flying time; a speed con-
test for the pilot making the trip in
the shortest flying time. and aahandi-
cap competition based on actual flying
time, but with each class or type Of
machine to be given a handicap per-
centage. based upon its reputed speed
as computed by the technical section
in its official tests.
Evening star., 1919-10-08
Operation Of Salary Chart.

'-The youth Of sixteen years who
enters business at this age is required
to serve an apprenticeship of fifteen
months before entering the second
grade Of wage $1l.0O per weekly. He
will, therefore, be seventeen years and
three months of age. The youth Of
seventeen years who enters business
is required to serve an apprenticeship
Of only three months. at which time
he will receive the second grade Of
wage being at that time seventeen
and one-Quarter years old. the same
Evening star., 1919-10-08
AVIATORS ARE OFF
IN BIG RACE FROM
COAST TO COAST

Continued from First Pase.)
Evening star., 1919-10-08

William Mitchell. chief Of training
and operations, took a short flight
and pronounced the weather condi-
wind was blowing and the ayiators,
he said. would meet cross winds all
the way to Binghamton, n. Y.
An official air race forecast from the
weather bureau at Washington re-
ceived here by II o'clock forecast
generally clear sky and good visi-
bility" for the contest today. as fol-
lows: Good flying weather with gen
orally clear sky and good visibility
Surface winds moderate; northerly
east of Binghamton. upper winds va
riable, mostly northeast and east,
west Of Binghamton. Upper winds
will be fresh northerly and north
velocity above that altitude"
Awaiting the Signal.
More than sixty airplanes were
lined up here today awaiting the
signal Of Maj. Gen. Thomas III.
Barry. U. S. A., which would send
them speeding on their way to san
Francisco in the greatest aviation
contest in history. At the same time
nearly two score machines were in
San Francisco ready to start on the
SAoS1Ouu0 tIAp. lNe contest, WhlCh
Is limited to military aviators, is for
the purpose Of testing the reliability
Of the planes and stimulating interest
in recruiting for the air service. A
return flight also will be made.
Ten different types of machines were
represented in the entries and some
OF them had seen active service on the
battle front. Three Of the planes en-
tered are German Fokker machines
captured almost intact on the western
front. French. British and Italian ma
chlnes also are entered.
Most of the American entries are
equipped with the famous liberty
motor, developed by America during
the war. and the race will afford a
good opportunity to test it's qualities
against the best types OF foreign
makes.
The foreign entries include Air Com
modore l. e. o. Charlton, air attache
of the British embassy. who win fiy
a Bristol hghting plane that he has
been using in taxi" service at Wash
ington. and Capt. de Lavergne. air at
tache OF the French embassy, who is
TO ny as a passenger in an American
plane.
Evening star., 1919-10-08
Conference DELAY
ONLY TEMPORARY
Good Omen Seen in Moderate
Tone of Capital and Labor
Discussions.
HARMONY APPARENT AIN
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Inevitable delays. shyness, modesty
and the business of organizing con-
ference that came without a program
for the simple reason that the object
for which it is called is to get a pro-
gram, make the first two days of the
peace conference between capital and
labor seem somewhat dilatory if not
aimless, in appearance. But this is
temporary. And the fact that labor
did not jump right out with set of
extreme demands or that capital did
not proclaim at the outset it's unal-
terable opposition to the principle of
organization Of the labor classes or
kindred points of view, but that
everybody sat back and sort of ex-
pected an outside infiuence-posslbly
the representatives of the public-to
take the initiative is a good omen.
1t means that the confereeS repre-
senting capital and those represent
ing labor and those representing the
public want to act harmoniously and
promptly and would prefer that
committees should thrash out the de-
tails Of plans and bring before the
general conference those that seem
workable or susceptible of agreement.
For, as Secretary Lane announced.
the mails have carried piles of mail
and literature from the American peo-
pie generally and from specific organ
iZations in particular, all rendering
suggestions and ideas.
Evening star., 1919-10-08
MINIMUM. WAGE
ARGUMENTS GIVEN
Continued from First Page.)

ness and ease Of administration to
the public, employe and employer.
The process by which it Is deter
mined to withhold certificates by the
board when it is convinced that the
establishment by which the learner
is to be employed is endeavoring to
evade the order by dismissing the
learner is in no wise a panacea for
the evil. Each establishment denied
beginners certificates withdraws just
So much demand from the labor mar
ket for minors, thus adding to the
surplus already existing. 1t cannot
possibly prevent the hiring of learn
ers who have wandered from one vo-
cation to another, nor the firing of
learners as they approach the increase
in wages, but can unquestionably in
crease this process ad inf1nitum.
AS the minimum wage law of the
District of Columbia is not based upon
value rendered, or in the case Of en-
ployers. efficient service, there being
no standards of value nor standards
of efficiency, it, therefore, must as
sumo that minors Of equal age are of
equal value, and that one years ap-
premiership in business is equivalent
to no more than one years additional
the problem must be based upon equal
training in school. If, as stated above,
value for equal age, minors should.
therefore. be paid equal wages at
equal ages.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-03
Paying institution.

A RECENT report to the State De-
partment on business conditions
in and around the municipality Of
Bangor. England. stated that the
cemetery was the only city institu-
ton which made money last year.
These consular reports. by the way,
usually are masterpieces Of anti
climax. In the most high-fown
language they present the compli-
ments Of the consul to the Honorable
the Secretary Of State and then, fire.
quently, beg to leave to inclose a
clipping on the bean-bag blight in
Patagonia. or some other thing Of
equal import.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-03
Rigorous Mourning.

"CERMANY's week of mourning
over the harshness Of our peace
terms was vigorously observed-nit,"
said Maj. Frederick Palmer. the war
correspondent.
There's a story about the week Of
mourning from Berlin. A Berlinese
assistant theater manager said to the
manager:
"Ts our burlesque going to observe
the week Of mourning. bossr
Vigorously. sir, Vigorously the
boss replied.
"'Close DOWNS that the idear said
the assistant.
"'Close down nothingv said the boss.
Wen put all the chorus girls in
black silk stockings"
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BETWEEN OMSK AND MOSCOW

secssl. Opscsd and essAscted s1ssrs'
training camps With re assistance Il British
and French ofBcers.
TAirA. ASesisteA q conmissisa b pressat =
plan for solving the agrarian problems.
Fourth. Pledged his governnent - call .
cosstitutisaai assembly.
Fifth. Won the support Of the Siberian CO.
operative uaisas. tie strongest eceasnie -
ganisatisa. represeatiAs fully i0.O00. 900 heaAs
q families In siberia.
sixth. Through his minister Of ways an1
csanu.icatisns. eeoperatel vita the DATED
States and allies In beginning the reorxantsa-
tion q the Transsiberiaa railway.
Seventh. Brought about the uni6catisa Of
nearly every political party In Russia. ex.
eeptias the belshevists and ssae ssciai-revs-
iutionists. In favor Of . Constituent assembly.
Kishth. United Siberia. asrth Russia sal
Den Cossacks asainst the bolshevistA
Niath. 0vercome mach Of the aatagenisu 70
hin aneag the allies.
But Admiral Koichak has not yet
brldged the great divide Of Russia,
and the basis for most Of tho opposi-
ton to him remains what It was In
the ginning. Too many OF his
fri - are members of the "0id
qua. =" II he succeeds in conQuering
all these "friends.S as he has many
Of them already In Siberia. he will
make 1t easier for his government to
bridge" the divide. Until he does.
Russia will remain divided with .
janus-headed capital. Omsk and Mos
COW.
Copyright 1871
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-03
Back to Broad Street.

ID REPRESENTATIVE SANDERS Of
~ Indiana now talks English to
every one he meets. regardless OF
whether 1t is a Russian, Frenchman,
Pole, Norwegian. Italian or Hottentot.
He has decided that English 10 the
universal language.
The reason for his sticking stead
lastly by the English tongue Is an ex-
perience he had recently in Haiti,
where he went as a member Of a con-
gressional party.
After having been on the island for
several weeks and hearing no English
spoken save Gimme q Nickel" which
seems to be the universal salutation
Of natives in addressing Americans,
Sanders decided he would invade the
jungles and meet native life in the
rough and ready, SO to speak. With
several other members Of the party,
and a guide. he therefore went deep
into the heart Of the wild country and
prepared to take some pictures. One
hut seemed to be more primitive than
all the rest, so Sanders decided to
photograph 1t. Just as he was prepar-
ing to snap his camera, however, q
very large and fierce BLOCKING negress
appeared and began stripping for ac-
ton in such q manner that Sanders
decided he had best make peace with
out delay.
Sanders turned to the woman, and
by means of various signs. made with
the fingers. arms, feet and face. tried
to explain that he really was only q
harmless congressman who desired 10
take q picture OF her hut Progress
being rather slow. he eventually drew
q fve-cent piece from his pocket and
offered 1t to her. She Immediately be-
came enraged.
whats the big idea ?" she exploded.
For heavens sake" Sanders shout
ed. how do you come to speak Eng
lish?''
''Oh, I drifted down here from Phila-
delphia and never have been able to
get carfare back home" she respond :
ed. ''Go ahead and shoot the pictures:
but for the love of Mike get railroad
fares back to normal as soon as you
can! I'm keen to get back on Broad
street again"
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Hard on White Waists.

THE coal mine labor troubles now
fomenting all over the world led
Samuel Gompers to say at Pitts
burgh dinner:
Nobody would deny Justice to the
coal miner, for what life 10 SO labori-
GUS. irksome and dirty as his?
II heard q story the other day about
a Pennsylvania woman who complain
ed because her cook put seven white
shirt waists In the wash every week.
why. Emma" the woman said.
my own daughter doesn't dream OF
putting seven shirt waists a week In
the WASN'T
Maybe she don't, ma'am.' said
Emma, "and maybe she amt engaged,
neither. to a coal miner what In
sists on hard spoonin' every blessed
night"
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Around the City.

49,. ...a. two daaths in six
months where we live"
"What city7"
"Nons. thank the Good Man! ] was
born on farm ana lived on u ever
sincA'
But you dont allow 10. ing III
fersnce IN popuiataon. InsI Isn
Aave u your own "ss' sv.
say 10 inst
10 AooA 49, Du' '.S..., -. .... -"
inn.ns Wv Sv,,,,.,.,
sus. .anos rrom RI.
.sa.,,, ,voron vino was obv,ous-
~ yu,,,,,r,,. vic
.ewaI, a. WI, two ALWAYS agree like
that vour farm must be a little
heaven on earth" The guides compile
ment was streaked with sarcasm, but
anyhow-
wiiium had brought her along with
him to see the sights. And that was
one sign Of the domestic millennium.
tramping on feet used to the soft
tread OF country loan, wnicn was
another.
And signs always count
II
WE have with US today, ladies and
w gentlemen. the well known
world, flesh and the devil, accompanied
by wars abroad and race riots ON our
own esteemed doorsteps, but
When q crumb of a tar-black baby.
with two wet, white, just-cut teeth,
waves its hands and kicks its bare
toes and coos and strains ut the bond
age OF mother arms to get to a sena-
torial person on the aisle across who
is openly flirting back, why
We see that Mother Nature is also
among those present, and that no
matter how ready we are to fly at each
others throats. she automatically
heads US OF by introducing some
touch Of the thing that makes US kin
OF time or place or color.
Which IL q comforting thing to
know. =
-
TWO women board In the same house
out Chevy Chase way.
Both are lonely women and each has
her personal treasures set out ON the
wallis. shelves and tables Of the fdr-
nished rooms she calls home-oh, tho
poor single souls Of this world!
In one room the atmosphere runs to
handed-down paintings and books.
There Ii q Winged Victory. colonial
candlestick with brass snuffers. and
equity little silver teapot that be-
speaks bygone brews.
The walls OF the other room are
broken out In rash OF chrome art
which includes toothachey Beatrice
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Sure Success.
BANKER was talking about

A BANKER was talking about the
success of merchant.
"At q banquet" he said, II sat op-
posite the man and during the speech
making I saw him drop quarter on
the floor.
"Of course he didn't interrupt the
proceedings at the time. but after
the speech-making was over he got
down on his hands and knees to look
for the lost quarter"
"Did he find IT." another banker
asked.
Find it?" said the hrst banker.
why. man, he found half dollar"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-03

E.A ne no.ol u g,l3ahis xraroa@ss
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we do our comparing by.
ITS all right. motorman. He's my
good-for- nothing brother. I'll settle
him for you right now.
And you bet he did! Before the
explanation was out of his mouth
he had dragged Ajax to the side of
the track, sprawled him on the ground
and was sitting astride of him, like a
temperance Gambrinus straddling an
intoxicating cask.
I've got him where he can't cut
up his didoes any more for this time.
Start your car. old manri N
The motorman accepted the invita-
ton and the car. with its men, women
ana bundles, went whizzing toward
the green hills of Virginia that were
AZ far away as when they got aboard.
\ X Il
A COUPLE Of badge beled mon
and one woman paused at cross
Ing to let funeral 60 by. The guide
with than explained that automobile
hearses are an innovation,
Il don't reckon you got horse
hearses enough to 60 round. I've seen
two already and haven't been here
day. Washington must be a mighty
unhealthful place to live In. Why. we
The Meeker herald., 1919-08-30
Thrill Of Doino Thinus.

Life is mnde up of trials and sat
lsfactIons. The one is to keep up your
muscle, and the other Is to keep up
your morale. The one sets tasks that
try the fibers of your nature; the
other bestows the mental laurel that
marks consciously won victory. The
whole process begets thrills that en-
hnnces idcns of achievement. The
very idea of doing seems to carry with
It the sense of worth and fitness In
stead of feeling yourself driven by
the stress of compulsion you feel like
an explorer In new regions. Each
thing done adds to the JOY Of doing
as It brings facility and smoothness
Of operation. The sum Of things Mt
tempted and finished tells story Of
Joy known only to the fellow who has
felt the thrill of doing things.
The biggest challenge to the healthy
man is the chance to do.
The Meeker herald., 1919-08-30

tremely bnld-headed man over thereT
"Why, don't you know him? He's
the discoverer and proprietor of Skin
mems Famous Hair Restorer."
The first appearance Of this Jest IL
shrouded In the mists OF antiquity.
but an early example IL found In the
Talmud. It Is translated as follows:
"Jehudah Ha Nnsl records that he
came through village Of the north
where 1t was winter and exceedingly
cold. And he observed that certain
children were abroad without shoes
or covering for their feet. And upon
inquiry he found that they were the
children Of the shoemaker Of that vii
lage."
Hence. of course, the ancient prov
erb. Coming down to the nineteenth
century. We find 1t overworked. The
human ostrich OF the dime museum
succumbs to carpet tack In his mince
pie. The fat man grows rich-nnd
fatter-by putting an antifat prepara-
ton on the market. We have clipped
% versions OF this joke during the
past week. and should be grateful for
additions to our collection.
The Meeker herald., 1919-08-30
Solicited Alcohol.

Solldified alcohol has proved one Of
the most convenient forms OF fuel, and
Is largely made use of Mt the pres.
ent time for many purposes. There
are many forms of cookers making
use Of this fuel, and the latest de-
vice Of this character Is sterlllzIng
apparatus to be made use OF by doc
tors and nurses. The sterilizer con-
sists OF two containers. one to ac-
commodate the instruments to be
treated and the other for the gauze.
bandages and similar material. A
small quantity of water In the lower
chamber is heated by the flame from
the alcohol and the steam therefrom
passes around the instruments, thor
oughly cleansing them and then pass
Ing to the upper chamber, where it
has the same effect on the contents of
that compartment. The same princi-
pie Is made use of in the construction
of food kettle for the use of aero
nauts. The food is packed In the in
terror of the kettle and small nlco-
hol burner slowed away in the bottom
is ignited and the heat from 1t will
keep the food hot for several hours.