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The Washington herald., 1920-01-22
Army Orders

Second Lieut.. wiIIism J. HcIner. Quar-.
termaster Corps. is relieved from his present
duties at Camp DIX, New Jerscy. and will
rrOceed to Boston.
Maj. John ". RindsaI. Coast art,l,s--
Corps, will proceed from Port Anultr1c
South Carolina. TO Camp Benning. GeorEia.
The resignation by william n. Winters
OF his commissions as temporary colonel. No
tor Transport Corps. and ss ma Dor. oavslry
Irregular srmyl, is accepted by the President.
Mai. Frank A. warner. ouartermaster
Corps, United States Army, is honorahIy
discharged from the service.
Capt. James y. Hardin, infantry. United
States Army, is honorshly discharged from
the service Of the United States at Wash
ing ton. ID. c.
First Lieut.. FLOYD sumner sharp. yeteri-
nary Corps, United States Army. Is honor
ably discharged from the service.
Capt. Jerers Y. Richardson, ouartern,s-
ter Corps, United States Army. T. honorshl.
discharged from the service 90 take eject
at U. s. Army General Hospital No. 10.
oteen. n. c.
The resignation by First Lieut.. Raymond
h. Hickman. infantry, Of his cOmmission
a. an officer Of the army IL accepted.
The resignation by Thomas p. Ahern,
Coast Artillery Corps. OF his commissions
as temporary captain and as first lieutenant
Irregular armyD is accepted.
Capt. Charles X. Badger, signal Corps.
Is relieved from his present duties st the
Aberdeen Proving Ground. Maryland, and
will proceed at once to san frsncisco, Cal.
Capt. EDWARD r. Hsfloran. signal Corp.
will proceed from New York City. y. Y,
10 Chicago, H., and report TO the United
States army recruiting officer for Temporary
duty.
Capt. Nathaniel N. Csrtmeil. u. 8. Army.
retired. will proceed from Fort Thomas.
Kentucky. TO this city and report % the
Adtutsnt General Of tire army for Temporary
duty In connection with recruitinf-
MAI. George Rockwell Bsscom. Sanitary
Corps, now on duty In the surgeon Generals
ofioe. wsshinrton. d. c., viii proved 20
Camp A. A. Humphreys, Virginia. for the
purpose cf nnkinG a sanitary inspection ~
that camp. and upon completion thereof will
return 10 his proper station. wsshinrton,
ID. c.
MAJ. Hugh Carnes Smith. Judge AdvcrSte
Generals Department. Unlted State Army.
is hoporsbly discharged from the service 60
take effect ut wsshinrtos,5 D. c.
Capt. Louis NJ. fieid. Medical Corrs j.
relieved from duty st Camp Dir. wrights-
town. y. J.. and will proceed 10 FoI Hills.
Staten leland. N. Y.
seccnd Lieut.. Frsnk ]. HeIlmsu. Air serv-
ice Ofreductienl, United States Army. 10
hcsorsbiy discharged from tire servir. 70
take effect at the Preside Of san Francisc>
Icsl
The Washington herald., 1920-01-22
Aiding Belgian Higher Education

Belgium that she
needing asking for aid from the United
Institutional agencies for combat with ignorance
and evil do need
Left with considerable when the Commits
sion OF Relief closed its work in the
so well and dsinteresedy have decided
2oooooooo francs and Belgium Educational
Foundation which has recently been
supervise this contribution of
Belgium her best.
Few and far between will be complaints against any such
solution the problem of surplus of the huge
iund that the United States on
Americans like to educational institutions
ably housed and amply furnished with
also like provide needy thew found
out long ago that money invested often gives the
abest educated
An optmst who noting price has dropped
barrel in Minneapolis the price
bread.
With Sooooooo pruned from measure
Congress, it is presumed, shortage in pork
What ask would Sims have said had our navy
been responsible for Scapa Flow?
Those with westocked rghtfuy agree there's no place
ike home.
II all With the family would contribute raising
nat Smith College would be
What both Of the big parties would whether or
not they will celebrate Thanksgiving
Miss Helen Johnson tells the Columbia girls that skirts
should be worn the knees and no good
'e.ssns for for A ,iss .gsl
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Cause of the Com motion.

Col. BARRY BULKLEY. while on
a visit to his relative. former Gov
ernor Whitman of New York, met a
veteran sea captain.
"On a recent voyage" the old salt
said. the machinery of the ship
came to a sudden stop, causing much
alarm among the passengers. AS the
ships officers were hoarsely shouting
orders to the crew there came loud,
wailing cry from the women below.
One of the females shrieked:
What is the matter? For heavens
sake tell us the worst"
After short pause a perfectly
hoarse voice from the deck replied:
Nothing. madam, nothing; only the
bottom Of the ship and the top of the
earth are stuck together"
The Washington herald., 1920-01-22
Higher Sugar Cost Looms
With Beet Price Raised

Denver. Jan. H.-An offer Of so a
ton to beet growers for the coming
sugar beet crop made by the Great
Western Sugar Company today was
taken TO indicate a higher price level
on sugar for 1890.
The offer marks an advance OF 81 a
ton. Retail prices on sugar. follow
ing the new beet price announce-
ment. jumped two cents a pound,
reaching fifteen cents.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-22
CHAPTER 81.

Laws Tor menservsnts. For the serv-
ant whose ear is bored. For women.
servants. IL For manslaughter. 16 For
stealers Of men. IL For cursers Of par.
ents. Is For smiters. - For hurt by
chance. Is For an OK that goreth. "a
For him that is an occasion Of harm.
Now these are the judgments
which thou shalt set before them.
If thou buy a Hebrew servant
six years he shall serve; and in the
seventh he shall go out free for
nothing.
3 II he came in by himself. he
shall go out by himself: il he were
married. then his wife shall go out
with him.
If his master have given him
wife, and she have borne him sons
or daughters; the wife and her
children shall be her masters, and
he shall go out by himself.
And IL the servant shall plain
ly say, / love my master, my wife
and my children: 1 will not 60 out
free:
Then his master shall bring
him unto the judges; he shall also
bring him to the door. OF unto the
door post: and his master shall bore
his ear through with an awl; and
he shall serve him for ever.
\ And il a man sell his daugh-
ter to be a maidservant. she shall
not 60 out as the menservants do.
& IL she please not her master
who hath betrothed her to himself
then shall he let her be redeemed.
to sell her unto a strange nation
he shall have no power, seeing he
hath dealt deceitfully with her.
3 And IL he have betrothed her
unto his son, he shall deal with
her after the manner of daughters.
10 If he take him another wife,
her food, her raiment. and her duty
of marriage. shall he not diminish.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-22
Round the Town
Jaunting With
Capt. J. Walter Mitchell.

Eff yer lookin' for what'll suit yer.
Yer kin take off yer hat an bow
Ter the chap that's short on the
future
And equally long on NOW.
COL. SAM r. STRATTAN.
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Such Is Life
As 1t is Seen
By o. B. JOYFUL

AT the swell apartment portal
Stood the bold. determined maid:
Twenty summers she confessed to;
Thirty winters, I'm afraid
Had slipped by without announce
ment.
But that's neither here nor there:
Anyhow, a moment later.
She was climbing up the stair.
Then she said in sweet cortralto
To the servant in the hall:
please tell Mister Milton Mildew
None Hope has come to call"
, When the stalwart. handsome Milton
Drew aside the por-tee-airs.
There stood Mona with some orchids
Favored gift of millionaires.
Mona grabbed her chosen victim
Round the collar (Arrow brandt
And she smiled a little grimly
As she captive held his hand.
wilt thon wed me?" Mona whis-
pered.
wilt thon wed me. dearest Milt:"
And you should have seen our hero,
Mister Milton Mildrew wilt.
Advises Simeon w. King. United
States Commissioner of Deeds, who
has held that job fifty five years:
stick to your job. Don't be a roll
ing stone; they wear out too
quickly"
Advises Charles Cliff. last of the
"Pany Express riders: Get out
and see the world. Move around.
The setting hen never gets fat
Advises James W. Whittlesey, of
st. Louis, 30 years old: Don't eat
meat, drink intoxica ting liquor
smoke tobacco. or get married"
Advises Isaac Simms, of Atlanta,
81 years old: Eat what Won like
drink what you want. smoke IL your
wife will let you. and marry early
in life"
Now You know how to live long.
IL you don't like one mans recipe
try the others. II you don't succeed
you will know you tried the wrong
one.
when a boy goes wrong Won can
find. by going back far enough. the
time when the lads father was too
busy 10 pay much attention to the
compa mons his boy ran with, or to
the day when his mother said he
needn't bring his chums into the
house evenings for they made too
much work with their littering
things up the way boys always do.
Mrs. Pete Olson calls attention TO
the fact that while women have
been in politics some considerable
while. no more husbands are wash
ing dishes and darning socks than
before.
One swallow never made a sum-
mer and it'll be responsible for
fewer falls now that all DAYS are
dry days.
II may interest you to know that
Juana Matestei, Portuguese bull :
fighter, is paid 1850 a year.
And the aveage wage Of the Amer
iean public school teacher is less
than $500 q year.
And the United States government
pays nurses SIS for a seven day
week.
Abraham Lincoln was born Feb
ruary u, 1909. in a log cabin he built
himself"
Written by a young man who
has risen to the fourth grade and
captaincy of the neighhorhood base
ball and football teams.
Time was when a fellow could
write a bunch of jokes which had
to do with rosy noses and newly
invented excuses for staying down.
town late o'nights. but what can you
do with an ice cream soda, or q bot
4 ~ III.
| corking good yarn?
IL your husband isn't the ready
letter writer when he's away from
home you'd like him to be call his
attention to the statement that the
late John Martin Beck of Marion,
Ohio. wrote 10000 letters to his wife.
including those penned before they
were married. He averaged Is let !.
tiers a day and spent 5000 in post
The Washington herald., 1920-01-22
The Weather
rsreeasl.

District Of Columbia ana xsryisss-n.-
day fair. colder; tomorrow fair. south 70
mcderate north 90 northeast vinds.
NirEinia--To6sy fair IN north and vess.
rain or Snow IN southeast portion. colder:
tomorrow fair. fresh northeast winds 90 the
coast.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-22
reBDer.fure Report.

Relative humidity--s an. %; pm, O.;
. Pm. ~.
Rainfall ts pm. 20 Q PM, o.3z
Hours Of sunshine. o.
Per cent Of possible sunrhlne. o.
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LINE O. CHEER
EACH DAY O. THE YEAR
BY John Kendrick Bangs.
A BAD QUEST.

A BAD QUEST.
OF all bad quests beneath the vault.
The worst, 1 vow, is finding fault.
Unless the moment yeu detect 'em
You do your darndest to correct 'em.
Copyright. 1870. by The Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.l
The Washington herald., 1920-01-22
sounded Note Of Warning.

A careless chauffeur whose car col
lided with another car was being
tried in the Police Court. IT was
shown that he hit a car that had been
parked near the theater. In imposing
a fine on the careless chauffeur Judge
ROBERT HARDISON gave the mar
some good advice and sounded a note
of warning. He said drivers Of cars
passing along streets where autos
were parked along the curbline should
so regulate their speed as to be able
to avoid colliding with cars backing
out. He indicated that where such
precaution is not taken fines will be
imposed.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-22
Departures frsn Normal.

Accumulated dehciency Of tempe1tur
since January 1. 1920. -i1o.
]. 1s3O. -l1O.
Accumulated deficiency Of precipits do,
since gannary I, 1880. -i5a
D-bciency of precipitation since ysnusry
], 1890. -1.59.
Temperature same GATE last yesr-HIrh.,t
60; lowest. -.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-22

What both of the big parties would IKE to know is VIII
not they will celebrate Thanksgiving
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Bob InsersoIr. weather story.

My genial comrade. Col. SAM r.
STRATTAN. who says a good story
is a good tonic, referred to the sun
shine that featured the conversations
of the late Col. Robert q. Ingersoll.
On one occasion. Ingersoll said a man
asked another IL he didn't think the
weather would soon moderate.
mo, SIR" the other fellow replied,
"the weather will not moderate until
the snow melts on yonder mountains.
and the snow on yonder mountain
will not melt until the weather mod
crates"
On another occasion when politics
was the subject of conversation, In
gersoll said:
who would be q politician and
climb the greasy pole of Office and
dodge the brickbats of enemies and
rivals"
The Washington herald., 1920-01-22
Preacher Under Suspicion.

The tale of an unsuspecting parson
and a box Of seedless raisins was re-
lated by E. c. r. HUMPHREYS. The
minister procured the box of raisins
for his wife at a downtown store and
declined to wait until the clerk
wrapped the package. So as he pro-
|ceeded toward his home in North
Washington with the words "Seedless
Raisins" stamped in big black letters
on the lid and read by passcrs-by. he
attracted general attention, especially
because of his clerical garb. AS he
neared home a gang Of boys. who were
familiar with the home-brewed stuff
set up the cry;
Got any yeast cakes, mister to
mix wild yer raisins?'
Then the preacher man "tumbled." I"
ymfi.intellgehgaald aldnkh-m m m m fmf
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II all With the family name would contribute, the task
hat $4,000 endoMneptor Smith College would be si
The Washington herald., 1920-01-22

IL your husband isn't the ready
letter writer when he's away from
home you'd like him to be call his
attention to the statement that the
late John Martin Beck OF Marion.
Ohio, wrote 100000 letters to his wife.
including those penned before they
were married. He averaged Is let.
t tsrs m a day and spent 5000 in post
The Washington herald., 1920-01-22

Time was when a fellow could
write a bunch of jokes which had
to do with rosy noses and newly
invented excuses for staying down.
town late o'nights, but what can you
do with an ice cream soda, or q bot
tie of ginger ale, as a basis for a
corking good yarn?
The Washington herald., 1920-01-22

With S3o.ooo'ooo pruned from the rivers and harbo
Congress- it is presumed, senses shortage in pork
The Washington herald., 1920-01-22

STo Be continusdl
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-29
ALL-FIVE CAGE DATES
Plays In Jersey This Week and Fin
ishes up.State Next Week

The Philadelphia All Scholastic bas-
ketball team will play in New Jersey
this week, meeting Passaic High. win
uer of the state high school basketball
title; st. Benedict's Prep. of Newark,
and Bordentown Military Institute,
winner of the state prep school title.
Bordentown will be played Tuesday
night, Passaic the following night and
the game with st. Benedict's Prep is
hanging fire for Thursday night.
Next week will see the end Of the
All Scholastics for this season.
Marty" Polikoff and his proteges will
wind up the season with trip to the
extreme northeastern section of Penn
sylvania. Berwick High, I.ehigh Valley
title winner, will be played on April 3
Berwick Y. NJ. c. A., a FIVE with col
legiate standing, will be the local teams
opponent on the 9th Of April. From
Berwick the stars will yravel to Scran
ton for three day stand, meeting st
Thomas College, Scranton Tech and
Scranton Central High.
Polikoff will stand pat on the line -uT
he has used all season for the games il
Jersey and up state. Captain Tommy
O'Brien and Freeman will be the for
wards; Leopold, center. and ben
Dessen and "Allie" Goldstein will pal,
off at tho guards posts. Coacl
"Chickey" Passon also will make th'
Nfrips,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-29
.CORBETT PRAISES
CARPENTERS WORK.
Ex-champion, After Boxing
With Frenchman, Says He'll
Stay While With Dempsey

New York, March 2n.--James j.
Corbett is positive that the contem-
plated fight between Jack Dempsey and
Georges Carpenter will not be a one
sided affair. In fact, he believes that
the French champion possesses the nee
cssary qualifications to contest in the
ring for the heavyweight champion
ship of the world.
This was the opinion expressed by
the former heavyweight champion after
sparring for few minutes yesterday
afternoon with Carpenter at the, home
of Jack Curley at Great Neck, l.. L.,
where the French champion spent the
day with Nine. Carpenter. It was the
first time that Corbett had ever seen
the pugilistic sensation of Europe.
81 want It distinctly understood that
am not attempting to pick the winner
Of the Carpenter Dempsey fight" said
Corbett. when asked regarding his i'm
pressions of the Frenchman. but Car.
pentier showed such wonderful form
during the brief period was sparring
with him that l am convinced he Will
prove a worthy opponent Of Dempsey,
aud we all know how great fighter
Dempsey is.
THE brief sparripg ] did with the
Frcnchman demonstrated to my salts
faction that he wilt not be. a, ready
target for any mans blows. Carpen-
tier knows how to handle himself. and
in less than sixty seconds of our little
impromptu exhibition he showed me
that he has the art Of side stepping and
ducking down to a SCIENCE
Manager Descamps accompanied tn,
French champion and Nine. Carpentie,
to the Curley residence. A group o.
the theatrical and sporting fraternit,
of Great Neck were guests of Curley
and witnessed the sparring exhibition
Corbctt Is several inches taller than tn,
| Frcnchmap.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-29

G. Carpenter Referees
Bouts, in Neio York

New York, March 20.---Georges
Carpenter, the French idol and war
hero, received a warm reception by
the record crowd OF 1000 club mem
bers who attended the final bouts OF
the Metropolitan Association boxing
championship tournament, held by
the New York Athletic Club. The
European heavyweight champion,
closely guarded by NJ Deschamps,
his manager, brought the large as
semblage to their feet as he entered
the gymnasium.
Carpenter later acted in the ca
pacity Of referee in the final bout OF
the 1876 pound class between Frank
Cassidy, Ozanan A. A. No. 2, and
Louis Aldrin, Norwegian Turn A.
G. At the end Of the regulation
three rounds the judges agreed on
Cassidy as the victor. The French :
man concurred inthe decision.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-29
ICE RACES TONIGHT
Merton Cricket Club Hockey Team
Wins Title, Beating Cynwyd

Philadelphians .instinctively athletic
have taken great interest in the weekly
speed contests held at the Philadelphia
Ice Palace. The program for tonight
includes a quarter mile race for novice
skaters and a one mile relay. The Uni
versity of Pennsylvania has entered @
strong team and will be pitted against
teams from the following clubs. Yes
per, Philadelphia Swimming Club, Ger :
mantown Boys Club, Y. NJ. G.. A., West
Philadelphia Athletic Club, Palmyra
Field Club and Francisville A. A.
The Merton Cricket Club hockey team
defeated the CyDwyd Club by the score
Of to Saturday night. winning the
championship of the Interclub Hockey
League. Merton won four games with
out a single defeat. The league is com :
posed of the Merton, Cynwyd. Picker
ing, Philadelphia Cricket and Aviator
teams.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-29
BASKETBALL MEN
V0TEF0R HARMONY
Eastern and Penn State Or.
ganizations Agree to Have
a Working Agreement

The Eastern Basketball League on
cially brought the 10t0-1020 season IA
close yesterday afternoon aud the mos,
important business of the gatherin,
was the decision of the moguls to en,or
into working agreement with the Pen,
State organization. This was also do.
cided upon several Yeas ago, but fep
through.
It's the best thing that ever happen.a
for the game and will assure tho fan,
that they will not be compelled to M,
good money TO see some makeshift cluh
In an important clash with the ma ioritv
of the stars elsewhere.
1t will also tend to benefit the pamo
financially. Some Of the club ownsro
were compelled to pay extravagant ana
even outrageous salaries in order to 60
cure competent talent and with a work
ing, agreement this will be done ava,
with.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-29
GIRLS INDUSTRIAL
LEAGUE ORGANIZED
Teams Which Played lndepend-
ent Baseball Last Season to
Play Schedule Saturdays

An innovation in tho ranks of the
little baseball leagues in Philadelphia
is the formation of the Girls Industrial
Baseball League. Every rule and regu-
lation of such organizations. as con
Quoted by their male friends. will be
observed with single exception, and
that is the number of innings to be
played, which will be confined to five.
The league Is the result of missionary
work performed last season by A. j..
Churchill, of the Frankford Y. NJ. g..
a.. who breaches industrial athletics
in the northeast. II was agreed that
the motto. "Cleau sports make clean
workmen,' was equally applicable to
the feminine sex as we'll as the male.
During last season six teams were iu
the field, but all confined their efforts
TO independent games. They were
Hess Bridge. the pioneers in the move.
ment: Henry Disston. f. &. Budd.
David Lupton Sons. Philadelphia Flee
trio and the Bloomcr Girls of s. Il.
and b. w. Fleishcr.
All Enter but One
When the movement to launch a
league was started few weeks ago
all those who played last season
answered the call but one. That was
Philadelphia Electric. Since then two
newcomers have been added to the ranks
in the teams of l.. Walther and Rob q.
ert II. Foederer. All the firms inter
ested are in the northeastern section of
the city, with the exception of Fleishcr.
At the meeting held for organization
il was decided to limit the teams to
eight. At present seven are members,
and II one more Is not Forthcoming. il
will be necessary to go along with six.
Games will be played every Saturday
afternoon and competent umpires Sc
lected. The regular big league base
ball has been adopted and professional
rules.
Play for Trophy
A trophy. valued at 800. has been
presented the league, but the donor
will not allow his name to be known
until the season is ended. The season
will open the first Saturday in May
and end in September. A number oI
cups have also been donated as we'll as
two sets of medals for the club win
ming the pennant. All the teams must
be fully uniformed aud carry twenty
| players.
The officers chosen are president
Miss Heloyse Levy, of s. r. and r
| W. Fleisher vice president, Mrs. Emily
Benz, of Louis Walther Sons: secre
tary, Mrs. Jean Dugan, of David Lup'
ton Sons, and treasurer, Miss Catherin,
Hennessy, of Henry Disston Sons. Al
the managers are getting their team
and grounds into shape. and Miss Lev!
announces that a grandstand to sea
800 and bleachers to accommodate 30t
will be erected on the Fleisher grounds
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Bethlehem Wins

New York. March 20.-TakinE full
measure of revenge for their National
League defeat earlier In the season. the
Bethlehem Steel Co.'S soccer team defeated
the Erie 4. A. eleven by the score Of 5
American Football Associat tion cup at Har-
rison Field. Harrison. N, J.
At half time the national champions led
by 3 TO o. Fleming shooting all three goals.
A. Stark Tailed for the home team In
the second half but McKelvey and Murray.
with a goal apiece. clinched matters for the
champions
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-29
BIG STAKES OFFERED
$4,000 to Be Distributed at I;
Days Havre de Grace Meeting

Havre de Craze. March 29.-The pro-
gram for the Hartford Agricultural and
Breeders Associations coming spring
meeting at Havre de Grace. which Sec =
retary Joseph McLennan has just an
nounced, provides for the distribution
among horsemen of the gross sum OF
S140, 900.
As the meeting will be of thirteen
days duration. this will be daily aver =
age of little more than $4,000. Be
cause of the earliness of the dates al
lotted by the Jockey Club for the Har
ford meeting. General Manager Edward
Turke and Secretary McLennan decided
value,