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The Washington times., 1919-04-02
HOME FOR CHILDREN
GETS $1,000 BEQUEST

The Episcopal Home for Children
at Anacostia is TO receive 81 900 under
the will OF Mrs Eliza NJ. Peters Bu-
chanan. The brothers, Jesse D. E
Peters and Thomas Peters, are named
principal beneficiarIcs. A $4,000 leg
acy left by her husband 10 his cousins.
Alice Lloyd Buchanan and Letitia
Buchanan, both deceased. is be-
qUeathed TO their heirs. Mrs. Jessie
McAuley, a niece. Is given a life in
terest in the premises at 100 d
street northwest. Arthur Brooks
Beebe Is given $1,000. Her nieces.
Ellen J. and HCiiy Peters. are each TO
receive $500, and the same amount is
TO be paid TO the nephew, Harold l..
Peters. Mary -. Jarvis and Mary
Ahern Hizer are each given 800, and
Henry McAuley, jr., f. 10 receive a
500 Liberty bond.
The Washington times., 1919-04-02
Jury SLACKERS"
RAPED BY COURT

Chief Justice Mccoy in addressing
the new panel summoned to qualify
for jury duty for the next two
months declared it peculiar that.
while the people Of Washington are
seeking the franchise, a majority OF
those summoned to serve on 1uries
want to shirk.
81 know II is an inconvenience to
many to do jury duty said the
chief justice, but think of the in
convenience the many millions os
men suffered over there fighting for
you and me. I don't want TO listen
10 any excuse which may be Offered
on the mere ground OF personal IN
convenience or even small personal
JOSS"
The warning OF the court had the
desired effect: no excuses were Of
fered and the jury was completed
in record time.
The Washington times., 1919-04-02
CLERKS PAY PROBE
TOBE wide OPEN

No star chamber methods will b"
used by the joint commission which
has been chosen b. Congress to in
vestigate salaries OF Government en-
ployes and recommend a reciassifica-
ton
This was the assurance former Con-
Eressman Heating. secretary To the
commission, gave to employees OK the
Bureau of Standards at meeting
held in the auditorium OF the bureau.
The commission has Its cards face
up" said Heating. VII" added taa; Il
invited information. suggestions, and
cooperation from the employees
The Washington times., 1919-04-02
More Work in Capital Than
Workers

There are more jobs open in Washington than can
be filed.
This information given to The Times today by
E. M Kline, director of the District office Of the United
States Employment Service.
Here are the official figures for last week, COM
piled by the United States Employment Service
Positions available, 1,155.
Positions filed, 987.
Positions unified 1853.
There are even more jobs offered this week, said
Mr.. Kline
The Washington times., 1919-04-02

BROUGHTBACK
ON WARSHIPS
Washington Boys Reach New
port News on BattIeships
Georgia and Kansas.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, April q
Fifty-fiVe Washington men have ar
rived here aboard the battleshlps
Georgia and Kansas. They are OF the
l12th Engineers and the 146th In
fantry. and many OF them are
casuals.
Those on the battleship Georgia
were: PriYates Leroy S. Owens, 23T
Linworth place southwest; William
rweedale, 1900 Florida avenue north
east; Harry L. Benton, 23O1 II street
:oTthwest; Frank Hosmer, 607 Massa-
chusetts avenue northwest: Walter
4. Hunter, 1411 Foxall road: Henry
6ritt, 2117 p street; Benjamin Loeff-
.tr, 306S Mt. Pleasant street north
rest; Daniel p. Lyons, 2725 N street
.orthwest: Arthur Mack, 66 r street
northwest; Harry Magruder, 1890
'hirtieth street northwest; John Ma
one. 2O35 H street northwest: Daniel
(Sullivan, 161 Hickman street south
asst: Ralph A. Randall, 1912 Sixth
treet northwest; Henry Sargent, 201o
} street; Earl NJ. Sheppard, 1915 Thir-
eenth street southeast; Frederick
Weingart. 62s TwenTy-third street
northwest: James W. Nash, 10 Girard
street northwest; Harry J. Mahoney
Providence Hospital; James H. Yeat-
man, 33S Adams street northeast
stephen J. Demas, 17O6 Pennsylvania
avenue northwest; Stephen Ratio
Plaza apartments; Joseph. B. Gardella
1919 Twentieth street: Taylor w. Har.
| ford, 2119 First street; Albert Gates
eli Twenty-first street northeast.
Aboard the Kansas.
Battleship Kansas passengers, mem
bers of the 112th engineers, were Pri-
Yates George H. Kern, 1881 B street
I Leo J. Wresinski. medical detach-
ment. 629 Z street northeast; Albert
/ H. Andre. 2011 P street northwest
Harry n. Fine, 2053 L street north
west; William T. Kohr, 1917 w
street southeast; Frederick McDon-
aid, T03 Third street northwest; Leo
A Diggs, 604 Tenth street southwest
Joseph Darmarco, 45s H street north
| west; George w. Ennis, sol n stree
| southwest; Charles Haggenmaker. us
| Twelfth street southeast: George II
Garboe, AS Eighth street; Dennis w
Lane, 1606A Fifth street northwest
| Edward G. Mortens. 439 North street
northwest: Joseph PugIiese, 767 Har'
ward street northwest; Isaac Stear'
man, 1895 Eighth street northwest
James B. Thomas. SIS Z street north
west; George B. Darling, 1917 Deca'
tur street northwest; John =, Eslin
| l13 3 street northeast; Foster r
Kelley, 91S Eighth street; Charles X
Lucas, 1O1 Fourth street; Dominican
tonla Pesce, 35e1 Georgia aVenu,
northwest: Albert c.. Hopkins, O.
Kennedy street northwest; Joseph L
Kent, 1873 Rosedale street northeast
Harry V. Krichton, 921 Ninth stree
northeast: Howard A. McGee, 1Ol-
| Vermont avenue northwest.
On the battleship Kansas were als'
| the following Washington member
cf the 146th Infantry: First Clas
| I'rivates John NJ. Herbert, 2I1b Elev
| cnth street northwest, and William b
Lalor. Fairmont street northwest
! Private William L. Ulle. IO9 d stree
northwest: Army Field Clerk Sterlini
! II. March. A. G. D., 1928 Seventh
! street; Mess Sergt. James T. Cobb
! 18TH Engineers, 1885 Eleventh stree
northwest; and Cook Mario Maschiotti
I12th Engineers. 416 Tenth stree
/ northwest.
The Washington times., 1919-04-02
FINISH FIGHT"
BATTLE CRY
Of TEACHERS
Ready to Take Demands on
Board to Court, Says Miss
Deal.

There will be no compromise. The
teachers must have the concessions
from the Board OF Education fOr
which they are lighting for the sake
Of Justice. We are prepared %
carry the case into the courts"
This Is the battle cry which the
teachers Of the District are carrying
into the Board OF Education nesting
this afternoon
The teachers are not only de-
r1anding q hearing for Mas Alice
Wood, suspended teacher, but are
demanding a statement Of their
rights. 80 that they may Be pro
teeted In the future" said Miss Alice
Deal. president OF the High School
Teachers Union and one OF the
leaders In the fight, today"
Beard Undecided.
That the Board Of Education d
undecided as to the methods to puR-
sue. q indicated BY an announcement
by Suerintendent Ernest l.. Thurs
tons secretary today to the sRset
that Mr.. Thurston has been holding
conferences with board membsFs.
and that a. yet no statement has
been decided upon
Action by the Board of Education
on Lne Leacnef8 Qelu8nQ Tor EeCO Bul-
ton OF q proposed teachers council %
act in. an advisory capacity 70 the
board, Is expected this afternoon
Provided the teachers demands are
acquiesced in by the board, q revo-
Iutionary change In the handling Of
the school affairs must be made, ac-
cOrding to Miss Deal.
Heretofore IL has been the atti-
tude OF the board that the teachers
shall have nothing TO say IN regard 70
school affairs" said Miss Deal "We
demand that we shall have q voice tn
the school affairs OF Washington We
demand the right of labor 70 treat
with its employers"
From MFs. ChamD Clark.
Interest in the fight OF the teachers
has been expressed BY Mrs Champ
Clark, wife Of Speaker Clark
Mrs. Clark b interested IN cur
light" said Miss Deal today. she
knows the matter Il one OF interest %
women everywhere
Miss Deal declares the matter vii
be carried further by the teachers. pro
vided the demands are not granted
! "Our requests must be conceded IN
by the Board Of Education" she said
The teachers Of Washington are pre-
pared to make it finish fight, IL nee
essary."
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sented to be his wife after only three
weeks acquaintance. His credentials
were perfect There was no reason
for anyone to suspect him. No one
did. Even my folks were just as
taken in as ].
During our frequent trips back art
forth from New York to Washington,
he never introduced me to any other
British officers. / realized afterwRrd
he had really avoided them, but our
visits here were so brief that l never
noticed IL at the time
It was while stopping at a loci
hotel that Florence Brainerds tower
of romance fell in fragments at her
feet 1t was a denouement as dramatic
as II was unusual. She was chatting
with her husband in their hotel room
when a knock came at the door. Cap
tain Grimwood answered the sum-
mons. Two men stood outside. They
spoke to him in lowered tones. With
out a sign of nervousness, GrimwoOd
turned to his wife and asked politely
II she would pardon him 4 moment
two Of his lawyers wanted to see him
When the door closed behind Cap
tain Grimwood, 1t shut him out Of
Florence Brainerd's life for all time.
They were destined never to see each
other again.
The Washington times., 1919-04-02
WHERE ASKED

6OdTo OF E0UCMbOHF
WHERE ASKED
On E street northwest. between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets.
THE ANSWERS
MRS. ]. T. HART, HyattsVille,
Nd: There never should be = board
Of education without q woman on It,
and all members Of the boards should
have had teaching experience. !
have been a teacher"
HARRY GARDNER, I41 Fourth
street northeast: "Sure They
should have a voice in every school
decision"
GEORGE ". SUMMERS, Post
Building: "No. The board and the
teachers are. elassed like employer
and emplOye-and thus they cannot
unite"
P. A. SHERRIER, Southern Build
ing: "Yes. / never knew that they
did not have q representative, and
do not see how they can govern the
schools without the teachers having
representation on the board"
MISS RUTH WEEKS, 712h
Seventh street southwest: Surely,
How can the teachers voice their
opinion without being represented
on the board 2"
The Washington times., 1919-04-02
Learns True story.

Il thought nothing about it," Mrs.
Grimwood explained. y busied my
self about the room awaiting his re-
turn. In a short time the two men.
lawyers, my husband had called
them. returned. They told me a story
which seemed almost incredible TO
me. They branded the man / ha1
married as an impostor Of the worst
type. They proved TO be detectives.
acting on advices from Scotland Yard.
They outlined my husbands career
from the time he had married in Eng
land, 4 woman he thought a widow
who. 1t later developed, still had q
husband living. They told me he was
wanted in England for forgery, that
his collections for British war relief
went into his own pocket, that he was
not a British officer, that he never
was wounded. and that the nearest he
had come to going to tho front was
in the capacity oC an orderly"
1t was then that Florence Brainerd
proved the stun she was made Of A
bride OF less than six months. she
never saw her bogus captain again
Although he telephoned her from the
Jail, although he wrote and impor-
tuned her in various other ways. she
closed tho door OF her life to him,
once and for all. She has never seen
him since. few months later her
baby. Rosemary. was born here in
Washington. II is for this baby-a
sweet, healthy youngster-that Mrs
Grimwood is taking the action she
has She wants to resume her maiden
name, and wants TO blot out from the
baby's life all connection with
father so unworthy. She wants this
child to be a Brainerd, and not be
known by her husbands name OF
Grimwood.
The Washington times., 1919-04-02
TheInquiring
Reporter
Every Day He Asks a Question
/. OF Five WashingtOnians
Picked At ReudOm.
Y - q
ToDAYs QUESTION

Do yoR think the teachers ShOud
have a representative on the
Board of EducnionS
The Washington times., 1919-04-02

These figures show quite clearly"
Ar. Slaughter said. that feed costs
lave not come down. The other prin-
ripaI factor in milk production is Ia
Dor, and everyone knows that there
las been no reduction in labor"
The Washington times., 1919-04-02
THE ANSWERS

On E street northwest. betWeeI
Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets.
The Washington times., 1919-04-02

and want it quick use the best, simple
and surest way. Advertise in II
Washington Times
HELP WANTED COLUMNS.
The Washington times., 1919-04-02

Think of Spring in
the Suburbs!
Whatever your dream may be-whether
it's a cottage, bungalow or country
home-there's a way for you to own
that very place. The Real Estate Want
Ads
TELL WHERE AND HOW
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Surplus Army Food Supplies.

Tomorrow morning conference will
be held between Commissioner Gardi-
ner and Secretary Baker relative to the
proposed distribution of surplus Army
food supplies to the people of Wash
ington at the lowest possible prices.
\ plan has been worked out. and if it
receives the approval of the Secretary
of War it will be put into execution
promptly If food which is now stor-
cd in Baltimore can be brought here
in Army or Post Office trucks it can be
sold to the people with very material
reduction III price. Otherwise trans
portation by rail will be necessary and
the cost will fall upon the purchaser.
1t is estimated that even with this
charge added these supplies can be de-
livered to consumers here at an aver
age saving of 30 per cent. In view
of the present unbearably high prices
that prevail in the markets for the
necessities of life it is to be hoped
that this expedient of relief will be
possible.
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HOMEGROWN Vegetables.

Washington is getting home grown
green" vegetables. The prices are
high, but the prices of "green" veg
ctables not home grown are also high.
The strawberry season has PASSED and
the green pea season is passing, but
the time of the tomato. lima bean, egg
plant, the watermelon and sugar corn
draws near. Washington is happily
situated from the vegetable stand
point. No better soil and climate for
many kinds of vegetables exist than
that around Washington. The berries,
peas, beans. tomatoes and kindred
garden sass" are known abroad.
Branch" berries, "branch' peas and
"branch" tomatoes have more than
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-06
Community Singing.

A most gratifying feature of Fri
days celebration was the singing. The
chorus at the Capitol preceding the
final spectacle, comprising perhaps a
thousand voices, gave as fine an exhibit
ton as was ever heard in Washington.
The members of this chorus were dele
cations from various groups of singers
in departments and other places They
had been singing together for long
time on various occasions. Indeed. com
munity singing has come to be a con-
slant factor of our city life, and is
greatly to be encouraged and promot-
ed. Nothing was more strikingly eva
dent of the development and mainte-
nance of true national spirit during the
war than the readiness with which the
people responded to invitations to sing
at thcaters and other places of public
gathering. The community "sing'
should be continued as an institution.
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The Car-Fare Problem.

Application by the Washington Rail
way and Electric Company for an in
crease Of fare is announced as virtual
ly certain to be made in the near fu
ture, perhaps this coming week. 1t
is not vet known just what proposal
will be made, though it is indicated
quested Possibly the Washington
Railway and Electric Company may
only to it, leaving the Capital Traction
fare at ) cents, with the certainty of
some falling off in volume of business,
but with a chance of net increase of
revenue. 1t is doubtful whether the
commission has the authority to grant
a discriminatory increase, even in the
light of the probable fact that the ad-
dition of cents to the fare of one
road will in a large degree initiate
against its popularity. There has never
been an instance of inequality of
fares within the District, and it is
doubtful whether the commission can
find any warrant in law for two scales
now.
With the Capital Traction Company
meeting its dividend requirements at
the present rate of fare and the Wash
ington Railway and Electric Company
failing to do so, most difficult situa-
ton exists. Two at least of the sub
sidiary companies Of the latter system
are in serious financial straits. One of
them may be confronted with bank
ruptcy within few weeks if more
funds are not provided. The relations
between these subsidiary companies
and the parent corporation, indeed,
constitute one of the most difficult
features of the local situation. If all
these lines were actually and definitely
consolidated, without any distinctions,
the whole system would be financially
more healthy.
The 2-cent transfer charge has obvi-
ously failed as remedial expedient,
putting burden upon the public that
has not brought results. In the final
consideration of this matter the Public
Utilities Commission must weigh care
fully the disadvantages Of straight
fare increase in the light of the fact
that one of the systems does not need
additional revenue, while the other is
urgently in want of increased resources
to meet fixed obligations
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The War Expenditures.

The country will follow with much
interest the investigator of war ex-
penditures ordered by the House. The
work is now being mapped, aud pres
emily the investigation will be in fun
progress
An enormous amount of money was
appropriated for war purposes. Party
lines in Congress disappeared Both
parties could see that the venture
would call for a record outlay We
had not before embarked on hostilities
approaching in size or deStructiycness
those then shaking the world. SO the
general feeling was that to perform
rhe task the country had set for itself
required abundant money provision.
And this was made without objection.
Seth parties were aware, too. that
;hr country was almost wholly unprc-
pared for war; that we had but a Skele-
AMI that such fighting machine as
was now needed must be hastily built
The situation was almost ovcrwhelm-
ing. Hurry and worry naturally and
necessarily resulted. For time there
was much confusion, and apparently
some working at cross purposes. Criti-
'irm arose. and eight months after war
had been declared il was charged that
war business was being clumsily con
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local fame. Branch of course, is q
contraction of Eastern branch, for
along that river and the "runs" and
creeks south and east of it is the warm
and early, sandy loan which has made
that region famous for it's vegetables.
But, fine things to eat are raised
throughout the Washington neighbor
hood. -
Some changes have come in the pro-
duction of fruit and vegetables near
Washington. This was once famous
cherry section, but the culture of that
fruit is not now prosecuted with great
vigor and most of the cherries we eat
come from afar. So it is with peaches.
Southern Maryland peaches were as
good as any that came from Delaware,
yet because of disease and lack of ade-
quate transportation local peach cul-.
ture has become preearious. No bet
ter watermelons in the world were
grown than those that ripened in the
moist, sandy valleys of the creeks of
the Potomac country, and today the
Potomac watermelon is as red, sweet,
juicy and tender as any other, vet
millions of this fruit or vegetable
come to the Washington market from
distant parts. More power to the hoe
handle of the nearby vegetable grow
ers!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-06
POLITICS AT HOME
The Two Roosevelts.

The announcement that young
Teddy" will seek election this year to
the New York assembly recallsth fact
that his father made his debut in pol
itics by offering for the same body. He
was elected, made a favorable though
by no means brilliant impression on
his associates, found" himself at once,
and rose in the field of political ac-
tivity to the top.
| But he did not rise at a bound. His
extraordinary success was due to ex-
ltraordinary industry, concentration of
purpose, and staying power. He made
mistakes all along the line, his crown
ing mistake being that of 1912. But he
was never discouraged by them. He
kept up his activities to the end, and
| scored many successes. Some political
observers reckon him as second only
| to Mr.. Lincoln among the master pol
iticians produced by the /. republican
party.
Nor did his first performances as
writer indicate the eminence he was
to reach in that field. He rose there
gradually. His style-never, at its best,
smooth-improved to the end. and
gave to his later books. particularly
those relating his experience as a
sportsman, a genuine charm. He ex-
celled in description, which enabled
him to catch, and hold, the attention
| of readers who had never in their lives
had hunting gun in hand.
| Nor did his first attempts at speech
making encourage hope of the success
he later achieved on the stump. In that
field also he simply Kept on keeping
on. He never attempted oratory-never
east his eyes upward and made bee
line for the blue. But he did become,
by the earnestness of his convictions.
the range of his information, and
thorough command of forceful English.
S VI th0 HooL elective StumperS IN
the country, throwing many of the
rhetoricians into the shade in cam
palgn years, and winning invitations
| for visits from all sections.
Not a slow man in any sense or par
tIcular, the elder Roosevelt vet rose
slowly After nearly quarter of
century of Office holding and repeated
successes in Office, he was yet no high
err than second in command in the
Navy Department when the war with
Spain gave him his opportunity. With
the prescience of a man of thought
and action he seized it, and in little
more than three years time was oc-
cupying the White House.
If the son is entering politics to stay,
he will, of course, note the means by
| which his father reached his honors.
and how he wore them after reaching
them. If the father was the youngest
man over to achieve the presidency.
he was likewise one of the youngest
assemblymen ever to appear at AL
bany.
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Quoted; that we were not making the
proper progress.

Quoted; that we were not making the
proper progress.
Later things began to function.
Progress began to show An Army of
huge size was raised, and very large
portions of it transported to France.
The Navy was put into effective shape,
and large portions of it sent to foreign
waters. The result is history.
Necessities so great and heavy out
lays so hurriedly made not unlikely
led to extravaganza and some waste in
some lines. This has been charged :;
and it is in reply to the charge that
the present investigation has been or
dered
The investigating committee is com
posed of capable men. and the pur-
pose announced is to so into the sub
iect thoroughly. Such, Of course. is
the committees duty; and the country
will expect its performance. If mis-
taxes nave been made the exposure
will serve as a warning for the future.
If intentional wrongs have been COM
mitted, those responsible will be placed
within reach of the law for the proper
The country is entitled to the facts,
and in the end will pass upon them.
Hence the desirahility. which the COM
mittee in its work will recognize. of
getting at the facts in a spirit of serv-
ing the public interests, and safe
guarding the government in any future
war work, near or remote, which events
may force the government to under
take.