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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-07

Huh ferdue, the veteran SQUASH.
squeezed out q win for New Orleans
over chattanooga Both teams fielded
mtserably, but the Pels hit the ba I
harder and made w Tor their boots.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-07

SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Greenville 4, Augusta I.
Charleston 5, Charlotte 2,
AT Spartanburg 3, Columbia 6.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-07

~ Minneapolis 10, Louisville 2-7.
AZ Kansas City 5, Toledo 0.
Others rained out.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-07

The Cincinnati Reds defeated Brook
lFn IN a smuggling match. Hcinic Groh
got two th~ree-baggers and Eddie
Rousch contributed a home run. which
put the skids under the Robins
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-07

AZ San Antonio 6, Dallas 4,
At Houston OIL, Fort Worth 10.
At Beaumont 5, Waco IL.
AT Galveston i, Shreveport 0.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-07
RAS g REslIIs
LEAGUE

Al Little Rock Rur
Atlanta $500 205 ? 2 ia "a i
Little Rock % o o 0 o 0 0 @ r
Adams and Netderkorn, Duffy. Hen.
geveld and Brottem,
AT Nashville n
Nashville 800 0 90 c0 Q 4
Mobile .,,.,,.,,O 0 : Oo01 o Ga 6 4
Helfrich and street, Fulton and Cole
At Chattanooga RUE
New orleans 1 o I 0tOtl O-5 ID +
Chattanooga % . o o 0 s "a 0 1
ferdue aud Debcrry; Noel and Lig
gins,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-07

Carl Weilman had one Of his kidneys
removed and is pitching better bali Ter
the st, Louis Browns than ever. Mofal.
ritcners have too many kidneys and
should see . surgeon.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-07
lEAauE.

Al Reading Newark. rain.
At Binghamton 8, Buffalo ..
At Baltimore s, Jersey City 3,
Al Toronto 2, Rochester l..
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-07
GAVVY CRAVATH
LEADING N. |.
BATSMITHS
PhiIy slugger Hammering the
Ball at .45o Clip-Cecil
Causey Leading Pitchers.

ATTAINING his lead
and gradually pulling
further away from his
competitors is Gavvv
Cravath. the sluggingI
outfielder Of the PhilMf
who is h~ammering
ball at a .450 clip, an :
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-07
TEAM EIEIDING.
SOUTHERN

Birmingham at Memphis.
New Orleans at Chattanooga,
Atlanta at Little Rock.
Mobile at Nashville.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-07

Tex Mcdonald. Of the Vols. is get
ting foxy in his old age. his two home
runs putting the Nashviliians out I'm
front and winning over Mobile, 10 !.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-07

NATIONAL LEAGUE.

AMERICAN LEAGUE,
st. Louis at Washington,
Only game scheduled.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-07
AMI RIcAN LEAGUE,

st. Louis at Washington.
Cleveland at Philadelphia.
Chicago at New York.
Detroit at Boston.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-07

NATIONAL LEAGUE,
New York at Pittsburgh.
Brooklyn at Cincinnati.
Boston at Chicago.
Philadelphia at st. Louis,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-07
Rtst!foHT.!E:..
BAT W.,

Fhe Atlanta Crackers had a field dav
over the Little Rock Travellers and
piled up II runs. II was the first game
Little Rock had lost this week.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-07

The Reds victory was the first de.
feat OF the season for Big jeff pteffer
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-10-01
PRESSMEN FIND
PLANT DOORS SHUT
10000 MEMBERS "OUTLAW" UNION
OUT OF WORK.

New York Oct More than ten
thOHsmd pressmen and press feed
ers in two hundred and fifty book and
pob printing offices here found the
doors of their plants closed today.
The local unions affected have been
classed as outlaw" unions since they
have been repudiated by the Inter
national Pressmen's Union for their
insistence in demanding a forty-four
week and fourteen dollars raise IN
their pay
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-10-01
WAR
With ITALY MAY
START ALLIES
JUGO-SLAVS BELIEVE WOULD
BRING INTERVENTION
LATTER WOULD BE SAVED
Belgrade Military Circles
Hope For Such DISPOSE
ton of Fiume Question.
LATTER WOULD Be SAVED

Rome, Oct dispatches from Bel
grade state that JugoSlav military
circles in discussing the possibility
vi war with Italy expressed the hope
Chat this would be the means OF dl-
vrrting the course of the internal sit
uation in JugO-SIavia. which is sui
SERIOUS, and would compel Allied in
tervention Thus it was expected by
them that solution of the, Adriatic
Aroblem would be brought about.
italy Will Ratify
Paris, Oct. 1.-The ratification OF
the peace treaties will not be pre-
vented in Italy by the dissolution OF
the Italian parliament II is unneces-
sary to wait for the converting of the
new parliament, it is said in the peace
COiIeTGICe ClICItS, tiS, tIN"ol V'hfo W
article five of the Italian constitution
the treaties may become 'in force OF
execution" by royal decree, which may
5e presented before the new parlla'
ment for approval.
Normal At Spalato
Fiume, TUESDAY. Associated
Press. Normal conditions have been
reported at SpalatO, where street
Fghting occurred between the lHal-
ians and Croatans, feeling between
the races, however is reported bitter.
Rome, Oct Sympathy with Cap,
d'Annun2io is spreading among the
regular Italian troops. Money ana
supplies continue to flow into Finme.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-10-01

Washington, Oct. denying that
the steel cooperation had mistreated
the men, as charged by the union
leaders, Judge Ebert III. Gary, chair
man of the corporation, told the Sen
ate committee investigating the steel
strike today that in his opinion there
was no basic industry in the world
which paid larger wages than his
company.
Referring to the testimony of Sam
uel Gompers and that of Jefferson d.
Pierce, that union Organizer had
ceen beaten by company agents while
attempting to organize unions in the
steel mills and had died from his
injuries, Mr. Gary read an affidavit
which he said was sent to his office
September q by Pierce's son.
The affidavit said 81 was with my
father the night he received his in
juries and he said they were not caus-
ed by any agents of the steel cor.
poration." Mr.. Gary took up the
statement of Chairman Fitzpatrick of
the steel strikers committee, and de-
MED that the corporation had any con.
nection with the Standard Steel Com
pany, of Hammond, Ind, where he
men were killed.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-10-01
GREAT TEXAS BAPTIST IS Flo
QUENT
THOUSANDS TO HEAR HIM
People From Towns In All
Directions Will Greet the
Speaker Here.

People from Lilly, Vienna, Pine
hurst and a number of surrounding
towns have sent word to Rev. Wal
lace Wear that they VIII be at the
Baptist church here at noon tomor-
row to hear Or. Truett, the great
Baptist speaker when he will give
an hour to Cordele and those who
come from a distance A committee
of the members of the local church
are out late this afternoon asking
the business houses of the city to per
NIT every employee to to hear the
great orator
Rev Wallace Wear left this after
noon for Macon with his automobile
and will spend the night there attend
ing the Macon meeting tonigh. He
will accompany Dr. Truett and MI.
Anderson to Cordele by automobile
Through the country tomorrow morn
ing in order that they may be here
for the Cordele noon meeting. Some
of the leading church officials will
accompany Or. Truett later in the
afternoon 10 Albany and number Of
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-10-01
TRANSPORT MEN 5.
MAKE PLANS TO /.
JOIN BIG STRIKE
ENGLISH RAIL STRIKE CONDis
TONS IMPROVE
IRELAND IS contested
Delegates to Transport Fed
=. GRAFTON In Meeting In
London Today. 4e

London, Oct. While the dele.
gates of the transport federation as,
sembled today to decide whether the
three hundred and twenty-five thou
land workers they represented should
st ike in sympathy with the striking
railroad men, the governments official
Veport at noon announced continued
Improvement in actual vonditions.
Shortly before two o'clock the transf
port federation took adjournment UNI
Vil five o'clock. 2
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-10-01
FIFTY ARRESTS IN
OMAHA LYNCHINC
BOYS INCLUDED AMONG THE
PRISONERS.

Omaha, Oct Fifty men and boys
are under arrest today in connection
wit hthe rioting here Sunday night
when a negro was lynched and the
mayor was dragged through the
streets with rope about his neck.
and the county court house was badly
7aged by fire set to it by the mob.
Among the prisoners is a twelve
gear old boy.
Ten negroes were arrested at Coun-
Sril Bluffs. Just across the river, when
1t was dicovered 7.aaak<v'had a stock
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-10-01
NEW YORK SALOONS
LOOK FOR RELEASE
THREE THOUSAND RENEW THEIR
LIQUOR LICENSE.

New York, Oct. About thfee
thousand saloon keepers had appileu
for renewal Of their liquor licenses
today, John r. Mcneil, deputy united
States Excise Commissioner for the
county of New York announced
The optimism Of the saloon men i'll
renewing their licenses in the race OF
prohibition was said to have Deeh IN
spired by rumors of an unknown origin
that war time prohibition would soon
be lifted.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-10-01
FOOD SUPPLIES
SHORT IN VIENNA
FLOUR AND MEAT SCARCE IN
THE CITY.

Vienna, (Tuesday. Associated
Press. 1.-The flour supplies in vienna
are sufficient for only two weeks ac-
cording to the city food controller,
who also predicts that meat cannot
- obtained after d very short period.
The Italian-Jugo-Slav situation is
adversely affecting the transportation
of meat northward from the coast
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-10-01
WOMAN WORKER
HERE FOR CAMPAIGN
LADIES ARE PLANNING FOR AC-
TIVE DRIVE FOR BAPTlSTS =


TIVE DRIVE FOR 6APTlSTs =
Miss Ida B. Rhodes, worker in the
field fro the seventy-five million dol!
lar campaign, will be in this territory
working this week on behalf of the
week on behalf of the movement and
will be at the CoCrdele Baptists
church at five o'clock Friday after
noon next.
She will be at Arab on Thursday.
She will be at PIMA on Friday morn
ing at $50 O'Clock and at Ebenezer
Friday afternoon at three o'clock.
All the ladies Of the Cordele church
and Of the sister churches are urgel
to hear Miss Rhodes, for her message
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-10-01
No Marked Change

Chicago, Oct. mo extensice
change in the general situation in the
steel strike in tn Chicago district was
Botd today. TIL company officials at
some@of the plants claimed that work
was being resumed on an increasing
scale, but the union leaders asserted
that their ranks were unbroken.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-10-01
De COMES
TO SPEAK FOR IRISH
WILL VISIT GEORGIA CITIES IN
INTEREST OF REPUBLIC.

New York, Oct. 1.-Edward De Val
sra, president of the Irish republic
left New York for Philadelphia today
on the first leg Of "a swing around
the circle" in which he will seek moral
and financial support for "the repub
lie" which he heads.
The trip as scheduled will take him
ave RI large part of the country, in
Guiding Alabama, Georgia and Flori-
da.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-10-01
WHOLE BOLSHEVIK
DIVISIONS TAKEN
BREAKING OF LINES PROVE DIS
ASTROUS.

Copenhagen, Oct. 1.-The breaking
Of the Bolshevik lines at Bulata by
the troops of the Finish general Bala-
sovitch was<zeported by NOvo Rossiya,
.ays Helsingfors dispatch.
Whole divisions of the Bolsheviki
Are declared to have surrendered.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-10-01
WOULD PUT UNITED STATES
FAR BEHIND WORLD
STEEL MEN DRAW HIGH PAY
Gary Says Men Did Not
Strike of Their Own Vo-
lition.

Washington, Oct. If the unions
control the industries in the United
States, sit means decay and the drop
ping of production" Judge Fiber;
Gary of the steel corporation told the
Senate Labor Committee today at
means that this country cannot keep
up in the race with the word" he
said. ut. means conditions which
fear England is in today"
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-10-01
HEADQUARTERS OF
"OLD HICKORY" DIVISION

Greenville, S. c., Oct. Knoxville
was selected as the permanent head
quarters of "Old Hickory" Associa-
ton. composed of members of the
Thirtieth Division, it was announced
today.
Headquarters will be in charge OF
Frank P. Bowen, who yesterday was
elected secretary and treasurer.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-10-01
IRISH RAILWAY
MEN ARE WAITING
ENGLISH STRIKE CAUSES GOODS
TO PILE UP.

Dublin, Oct. Irish railway men
pre still awaiting instructions from
the national union, and there IS a
great congestion of goods here ships
having curtailed their service De'"eeh
Ireland and England
Lumber firms threaten to close at
the end of this week, and II IS re-
ported that Sunday trains will De can
celled.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-10-01
COAST STORM HAS
LOST INTENSITY
PASSES INLAND AND SEVERE
WEATHER GONE.

Washington, Oct 1.-The storm re-
ported off the Georgia coast yester-
Gay and last night has passed inland
and has lost it's intensity, the weather
bureau announced today.
Storm warnings on the South At
lantic coast were ordered down this
morning.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-10-01
EINCINNATTl TAKES TIL FIRST WORLD SERIES GAME;
STEEL MILL LABORERS HIGHEST PAID MEN IN WORLD
GREAT BAPTIST SPEAKER HERE AT
NOON TOMORROW FOR AN ADDRESS
VII. SON SPENDS
RESTLESS NIGHT

Washington, Oct. l.--After
restless night President WE
son fell asleep this morning an"
arose late DR.. Grayson's bulle-
tin at one O'Clock this afternoo"
said; THE President had Il resi-
less night and consequently II
feeling somewhat jaded lliS
morning. +
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-10-01

leading Baptists here will go on TO
the Albany meeting which occurs AT
night.
All arrangements have been l'iaoe
for a full house here tOmOrro" anu IL
is believed that the Local church
auditorium will be taxed to It's last
standing space
After the hour at the church d.
Truett and Mr.. Anderson VIII nc en-
tertained at Il luncheon at the IrysiaI
Cafe. TO this occasion Score OF
more citizens of the community VIII
be asked to attend this luncheon
The hour at the church is u CLOCK
Eordele time Those who want 10
hear Dr. Truett should remeber the
time and be in this places
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-10-01
BLOWS
up CINCINNATI
wins FIRST GAME
some 1000 PEOPLE SAW THE
FIRST BIG GAME
SCORE STOOD Nine TO ONE
IIinson Put In BY Chi
ago Tn Fourth Inning
Does Good Work.
$4,000 Saw Game

Cincinnati Oct. 1.-Some thirty
iiraee thousand fans were prepared
IT, worship at the shrine of baseball
- ernoon at Redland Field, where
cinnati Reds beat the Chicago
IS Sox nine to one in the first
re world SERIES
kher' has prevailed and all
hts are completed, even the
re being announced Reu-
d WingO for Cincinnati are
to Cicotte and Schalk for Chi.
bite Sox enter the fray slight
pd what little betting thai
Hhowed odds of six to
to five, with Chicago
png Considerable White
NV ySitN In .eYinepee DILL Iaefe'
takers.
inning Chicago, naught, Gin
ii ne.
cors. inning-Chicago one; Gin
naught
ries: Observation-Disclosures and
Chicago-Cicotte and Schalk.
ID shining naught; Gin
Apaught.
inning-Chicago. naught
Iii, five. Cicotte taken out,
hson. nov pitching.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-10-01
WOULD SUMMON
ENGLISH PARLIAMENT

London, Oct. William c.
Adamson, chairman of the labor
party in parliament, and lead
er of the opposition there, has
telegraphed Lloyd-George ask
ing that parliament be sum
moned Immediately.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-10-01

Misses Harriet Johns of Deca-
tur, ILL.,, and Mary Parker, of Cor
dele, Go, will arrive in Atlanta Sun
day to visit Miss Sara Bess Clements
at her PINE on Fifteenth street.-At
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-10-01

Cincinnati, Oct DIR A. H. Wingo.
lof Norcross, Ca. father of Cincin.
!nati catcher headed party of twenty
,Georgians here for the games.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-10-01

Fifth inning-Chicago naught; Gin
cinnati, naught
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-10-01
M0ULTRIE HOSPITAL
WORK WILL BEGIN SOON

Muotrie, Ga, Sept 3O-Work on
the $4,000 hospital which has been
delayed sometime because of inabil-
ity to get a site, will begin SOON it
was announced here today. the nos
pital is to be put up by a local cor
'poration, there being some 1iity OF
hundred Moutriens owning stock in
the company.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-10-01

Sixth inning-Chicago. naught, Gin
cinnati, naught.
Seventh inning Chicago, naught;
Cincinnati, two.
Eight inning-Chicago, naught; Gin
cinnati, one. Loudemilk no wpitching
Cor Chicago.
Ninth inning-Chicago, naught, Gin.
cinnati, not played.
The Washington times., 1919-10-27
FlREMEN'S RAISE
DEBATED in HOUSE
Passage of Pay Bill Expected
After Comparatively Brief
Discussion.

With prospect OF passage after COM
paratively brief debate. the firemen's
pay increase bill was called up in the
House this afternoon by Chairman
Mapes, Of the District Committee.
Unanimous consent was given that
general debate on the bill continue
FOR one hour, to be followed by read
ing under the five-minute rule.
Before debating the firemen's paw
Dill, the House paused long enough to
hear a tribute to the late Col. Theo-
dore Roosevelt delivered by Repub-
licsn Floor Leader MondeH.
Representative Gould. chairman of
the subcommittee which framed the
hremen's pay bill. opened discussion
on the measure by showing that in va
rious cities the high cost OF living has
necessitated the raising Of the saIs-
riss OF both policemen and iremen.
The nremen OF Washington" he said
were entitled TO similar considaro
tion by Congress"
The Washington times., 1919-10-27
WHAT'S Doing; Where; When

sermon-'ScrIptures on PurEatory" nv
Ine heN. george Z. Kelly, S. j.. of GonzSga
Soiese' st public Novena in ST. Aloysius
church 1880 p. m.
Tomorrow.
Private Halloween Party-For wounded
boys from Walter Reed Hospital, Blue Tri-
angle Recreation Center. Twentieth and B
streets northwest, Q D. m.
Meeting-Mothers' Club, OF the Johnson
poweIl schools, auditorium Powell School
5:l5 p. m. u
Meeting-Iowa State Society. Calvert
club, II Dupont Circle northwest, sp m
Meetng-Psrlismenta Law Section
Twentieth Century Club. parish hall. Uni
tartan Church lo:45 a. nj.
opera Rehearssls-Under direction OF
War Camp Community Service, sIs Tenth
street northwest, p. m.
hoyie-Blue Triangle Recreation Center
Twentieth and b streets northwest, D. m
Hand Concert-Third U. s. Cavalry
Band, Post Hospital. Fort Myer, Va, from
I until p. m.
Danoe--wsr Camp Community seryie.
Club, No. =, Trinity Parish Hall. Third
and streets northwest, 8 d. m
DAnce--Under direction OF knights Of
Columbus gymnasium, Fort Myer. Va. .
.. m.
Danee--Eastern High School. Seventh
street ana PennsylvAnis avenue southeast.
Dance--Thomson Community Center,
Twelfth and l. streets northwest, from, s:f5
Social pance-central High School,
Twelfth and I streets northwest. D. m.
panoo-Red Cross Hut, Walter Reed
Dsnee-Under direction Of KNIGHTS Of
Columbus, X. of C. Hut, Walter Reed Hos
p!tai, p. m,
The Washington times., 1919-10-27
PERSLlNC RETURNS;
DECLINES TO TALK
General Back at Desk, Seems
to Have Benefited by
Vacation.

General Pershing was at his desk
in the Land Office Building this morn
ing. arriving in Washington from
New York early today.
Upon his arrival here. tho general
went to his home In Chevy Chase,
which he leased a month ago from
Mrs. Henry c. Corbin. widow of Major
General Corbin. He had several con :
ferences with War Department Off
eials, but he declined to be inter
viewed IL was said he would meet
newspapermen In few days.
The general has been on vacation
on the island OF Naushon, Mass, the
guest Of w. Cameron Forbes, former
governor general OF the Philippines.
yesterday the general attended Red
Cross fste at the Long Island home
o. henry r. Dawson. meeting for the
frst time In this country Queen Ella
beth Of Belgium
The Washington times., 1919-10-27
To-day.


- Dsnce-Wat Camp Community Service
D. m.
Dsnce-Home Club, 1926 H street north
west, D. m.
Dsnce-Powell Community Center. Hiatt
place and Lamont street northwest,
p. m.
Meeting-North Capitol and lexington
Citizens Association. Emery school, s
p. m.
Meeting-west End citizens As,ocia-
ton, kidder Hall sa2 Twentieth street
northwest, s p. m.
Dance-Under direction Of the Jewish
welfare Board, at Camp Humphries, 1880
y. m.
Meeting-Distrlct of Columbia Fedora
tion of Women's CLUBS board room Dis
trict building, 2 .. m.
Meetine-Drsmatic and Mandolin Clubs,
Powell school. Park road and Hiatt place
northwest, y. m.
Dance - Thomson Community Center.
I'll IL y. m.
supper.--IndustrisI Conference, Young
Wonen's Christian Association Blue Tri.
angle Recreation Center. Twentieth and d
streets northwest. s p. m.
Halloween Party-Blue Triangle Recre-
alton Center. Twentieth and p streets
northwest, p. m.
Conference--Under auspices Of Wash
inrton Diet. Kitchen Association. Tyler
School. 8 p. m.
Meetins-Mid-city Citizens Association.
1909 Seventh street northwest. s .. IN
Reeeption-ln honor of King Albert and
Queen Elizabeth OF Belgium. Union Sta
Banquet :. Florists Of Washington.
Lecture-By Dr. Glen switcelt. Nc
Mahon Hall, Catholic University, 5 p. m.
The Washington times., 1919-10-27
D. c. LABOR READY
FOR GREAT PARADE
Final Arrangements Perfected
For Gompers Pageant
Tomorrow.

With arrangements perfected to the
minutest detail. everything is in
readiness for the great parade
pageant to be given tomorrow night
by the Central Labor Union of the
District Of Columbia as a tribute to
the war record o flabor's chieftain.
Samuel Gompers.
"It will be the greatest labor cele-
bration in the history OF Washing
ton," wa sthe promise made at the
Typographical Temple, 423 G street
northwest, today
John b. Colpoys. chairman of the
committee on. arrangements, and
James ]. McCracken, grand marshal,
have issued final instructions to their
lieutenants.
The parade will begin on schedule
time. they say. 1t will require three
hours to pass a given point, II was
estimated. Nearly 10000 Union work
ers will be in the line OF march, and
virtually every organization has pre-
pared a float which in one way or
another characteriZes Labor's part in
the war.
After the parade a big mass meet
ing will be held at Liberty Hut, on
the Union Station Plaza.
The Washington times., 1919-10-27
MINIMUM COMFORT
BUDGETSN OK. D
Submitted Only In Informal
Fashion, Says Reolassiflca-
ton Commission.

The Congressional Commission OF
of Salaries of Federal
Employees announced today that It
had not approved or given considera-
tion to the Minimum comfort
budgets" as prepared by the Bureau
OF Labor Statistics.
The budgets which show the cost
OF living in the District for an un =.
married man, IN unmarried woman,
and the typical family Of fve-hus-
band, wife and three children-is
now being considered by the advis-
ory committee on '.wage policies"
named by the reclassification COM
mission. The committee consists of
distinguished economists and repre-
sentatives OF the employees and ad-
ministrative officials.
In it's statement, the commission
states that IL had hoped that a dis
cussion Of the budgets might be post
poned until after the advisory com
mittee and the commission had hs6
an opportunity to scrutinize the va
rtous items they contained. The
budgets, the commission says, have
never been submitted to II except in
an Informal fashion However, the
Advisory Committee on Wage Poll
cies is expected to make it's recon-
mendations as to the budgets to the
reclassification commission this week