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.NEWR.R.RATES'
BY SEPTEMBER.
Lines viii Gain sl,500,000,-
600 In Gross Revenue by ]. c.
C.Grant Of Higher Charges.

Railroad officials In all sections
Of the United States tomorrow will
plunge into the task Of preparing
new rate schedules to conform TO the
decision of the Interstate Commerce
Commission late yesterday allowing
increases Of 20 per cent in pas
senger and Pullman fares and from
Is to 40 per cent in freight charges.
1t may be weeks before the roads
begin to get the bsne6t OF the in
creased schedules, which are expect
ed to add about $1,500, 100000 to
gross revenues.
COMPLEX PROBLEM
Revision of rates IL a complex
problem because Of the thousands of
special considerations which have
come to be accepted in rate making.
The decision OF the Interstate Com
,mercs, Commission 10 barely more
than q g,iide on which railroad Off
cials may set to work. The increases
allowed by the commission are stated
only In general percentage figures.
These percentages the railroad rate
officials must apply in making new
rate schedules
Under the. Interstate Commerce
Commission regulations no road may
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DENIES POSTOFFICE HAS
LOST THROUGH FINANCIER

Statements that the Postoffice De-
partment was closing millions Of dol
lars" through the Ponzi international
reply coupon transactions were char
acterized as utterly absurd" today
by Acting Postmaster General Rooms.
"There Is no way by which the De-
partment could lose money through
trading in these coupons" said Koons.
"Since the Inauguration OF the inter-
national reply coupon, the United
States postoffices have redeemed l.
223,416 coupons, having a postage val
ue Of SCI, ,12O.s0."
"Thi.," said Koons, represents the
volume of business done by the postal
service Of this country in interna-
tional reply coupons for period Of
fifteen years"
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Take Motley Group of
Criminals From Jail
To Prison at Atlanta

and all sorts and varieties OF yege-
tables which will be placed on the
conyicts' tables day by day. There
are 1871 Holstein and Jersey cows In
pasture, and they give nearly 200 gal
Ions OF milk each day. The milk
goes on the table for coffee. cereals.
and desserts. On Thursday night. the
inmates sat down to beef stew. string
beans. black-eyed Susan peas, plenty
OF bread. oleomargarine, coffee. and
watermelon.
yards, played basketball and baseball.
and enjoyed other athletics for an
hour and a half. They then retired
TO their cell rooms and retired ct 0
o'clock. While some OF the cells ac-
commodste only two inmates. there
are other cells. more like small
dormitories, which accommodate four,
Some Of these are fitted up with
gorgeous furnishings.
There are $50 prisoners, including
nifty Washingtonians, who work the
farm. They live in domitories on the
farmlands, being like TRUSTEES. In
six months only one OF these $50
farmhand-convicts has escaped. They
are placed on the honor system with
a sprinkling OF guards about them.
LEAVE PRISON FIT TO MAkE
SHOES OR CLOTHING
But in the prison proper at Atlanta
the men weave cloth and make shoes
and clothing. When a mans term
is up he is given So and a suit OF
clothes. He can go to the clothing
mills and earn $50 week as a
weaver or he can go into "A shoe fac
and a tDh 'rhia ia "A hlR adj
vantage for the convict who before
entering the prison had no trade, and
If he was an illiterate he will have
been taught TO read and write before
leaving.
Everything is done to make the
convict look ahead--to the day when
his term will expire" said Warden
Zerbst. There are some we run
across who believe they are not guilty
OF any moral wrong--that they have
been mistudsed. II they are innocent
they can get into touch with friends.
We permit the prisoners to write reg
ularly/ to friends and relatives. But
he will have to observe the rules
while here. II he does not, then he
need expect no encouragement, no
sympathy"
The Washington men taken to At
lanta on Thursday were Webster,
Randall, George c. Chatterton, Rich
ard Henry Eva. Martin n. Jefferson,
Arthur Salvatore Bassi. Myer Snyder
man, Lee Jeu "a Chinese), Bernal f.
cole, Raymond L. Groves, Lonnie A.
Coggins, Joseph Zarega, Perry A,
Smith, Samuel Magruder. Harry r.
Brooks, Arthur Hall, Robert 4. Pryor,
George Simms, Barnes Gary, George
Matthews, Frank Norman, and John
Joseph Harris. All of them, except
Webster. are under forty.
Chatterton forged a humber of
checks. His sentence was sixteen
years, as a woman who was impli-
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up a defcit OF approximately $780,
900, 900 for the Government to pay. II
is estimated here.
Government officials, therefore. are
anxious to have the new rates so
into effect as soon as possible.
One-half OF one per cent OF the
earnings OF the roads under the in
crease must be devoted to purchase
of new equipment and betterment OF
service. This is intended to protect
the comfort and convenience Of ap-
'proximately l.000. 900. 900 persons who
annually buy railroad tickets.
The increases on passenger fares
mean approximately $4.75 more for
each person In the United, States. esti-
mating the population at 10000, 600.
The freight rate Increase per
capita amounts to $3.50. In plain
fact, however. II means a tax Of far
more than that in increases in gem
eral commodity prices. according to
an economic principle discovered by
former Rail Director walker ID. Hines.
Hines figures the freight rate In
crease will be reflected from three to
five-fold in all commodity prices. This
would mean prices generally will be
boosted a total Of from $4,000. 900. 900
To $4,000. 100000 by the freight in
creases. Railroad officials contradict
this, declaring the reflection will be
less than two-fold or less than $1,000
900. 900.
LESS REVENUE THAN ASKED.
1t was unofficially estimated, fol-
lowing the decision Of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, that the In
creases granted will bring $4,000, 900
less revenue to the roads than they
had asked Of the commission.
The freight and passenger in
creases granted are the largest In
the history Of the nation.
The operating revenues for the
three big groups OF roads during the
past year were as follows:
Eastern, S1,7SS. 900 900; Southern.
1890, 100000 and Western, $1.4I5 .000,-
900.
Taken as a whole, the operating
revenue of the railroads annually as
a result OF the increased rates will
be S49S1 ,g50.000, as against $685.
900 900, the figures for last year.
The increase will continue in force
until March /, 1922. exactly two years
after the railroads. by Presidential
proclamation, were returned by the
Government to their private owners.
In making its awards. the commits
sion refused to recognize as valid the
calculations OF the carriers that their
properties-that is, the railroads Of
the United States-were worth $780,
$40 O,572,611.
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from Warrington do not MEASURE u
20 the standard Of discipline. But q
a general thing the Warrington whit
men are earnest in their desire 10 rs
form and are Tepentant at having Z
be confined In prison. It's natugs
they want TO get out"
There il Webster. who killed tn
Trinity college boy and then robbie
him. II did not rob the boy" n
said, ''the revolver went on acci
.dentalIy the hrst time and only sho
the second time TO put him out o
his misery. But now that my ser
tence has been commuted, am goin
20 pray TO God 10 forgive me for m
act. 1 shall be Tepentant the rest o
my life"
The Washington times., 1920-08-01
The APEX Electric
Suction Cleaner

Two hundred and fifty thousand housewives
find the Apex almost indispensable in their homes,
and the number is increasing daily.
1t is just the cleaner to keep your home per-
manently clean and attractive. 1t is remarkably
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Here's How the New Railway
Rates Affect You p.

Here things the railway rates will mean
to Average Man For instance; . .o.oo
York to San Francisco is $93OS
Sleeper s2226 Total s6S3 plus per cent war tax or
Sl2O62
8 per tax. or $l6667
therefore, $685. $2O for the round trip
Present freight piano, New York to San Francisco
100 pounds in carload lots is 1881.
Under the Bureau Of Railway Eco
nomics will be s42 Sill increase per 100 pounds .
$50 pounds the increase In the
freight single piano will be Ss43 between those points
General of Railroads Walker Hines on &C.
shipping to the factories the
tenl. which enter into the finished products
pianos for instance that increase freight rates
would fall the public fvefold
According computation therefore the piano shipped from
New York TO California the purchaser about $415
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TURK BANDITS PlLLAGE.

CoNsTANTINoPLE, Aug. l.-Ger
eral Ironsides' force from Ismide hA
reached Kendra, according TO report
here today.
Bandits were reported 10 be pillas
ing throughout the Karamussal penir
sula. Greek troops routed Turks
Nationalists north OF Philadelphia
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% D. G. Men Drop Atlanta Prison Close

Gated with him was freed when he
took responsibility for cashing the
worthless paper. Magruder will
serve fifteen years for stealing an
automobile, Brooks fourteen years for
attempting TO poison his wife. Nor
man got two years for bigamy. and
the Chinese got two and one-hslf
years for smuggling opium. In the
group are housebTsakers, embezzlers,
and two who violated the Harrison
drug act.
ID. 4. GUARDS GREETED ny
MANY PRISONERS.
The guards with Captain Peske in
cluded Samuel c. Brooks. chief clerk
Of the District jail; Joseph w. Pratt
and George II. Smith. clerks at the
jaii; DIR. j.. J. c. conley, dentist OF
the jail and asylum hospital; A. G.
Sacks, deputy United States marshal;
Lieut.. Ira sheetz and Precinct Detec-
tive Sanford Emanuel. OF the Wash
ington Police Department. and DR..
Walter Rapaport. of the hospital
staff OF the District jail. As they
passed through the prison with Cap
tain Peake they were greeted by nu-
merous Washington men serving
terms.
Inside of an hour the Washington
officials were approached by at least
200 men who had been sent to the
prison from this city. Each or the
convicts urged that something be
done to lessen their sentence. They
had no complaint to make OF the
prison treatment. but wanted TO get
out. The word home" seemed to af-
feet them.
"If only could get another
chance" said several. wistfully.
Buck" Raglan, who Is serving a
hfteen-year sentence for manslaugh-
ter, was one OF those who appealed
to Captain Peake. Raglan is a print
er and gets out the prison newspaper.
Good Words" II is a newsy paper.
too.
Another Washington man seen was
]. ID. Donnelly, who was convicted
and sentenced to six years for en-
bezzling a large sum Of money from
a Washington trust company. Dom
nelly hopes to get a pardon. He spec
ulated in the stock market. lost his
own money, and then is alleged to
have tampered with the bank funds.
He served in France with the Marine
Corps during the world war and for
this reason was given a light sem
tence. He Is in the prison record
office.
Guy Powers shot and killed his
fisnce in At of jealousy. He is serv-
ing fifteen years, being assigned to
the hospital as an orderly.
POWERS YEARNs TO BE FREE
MAN ONCE MORE.
Captain. ! was not responsible for
killing that woman. / was mad with
rage. If / could only get back to
Washington q free man." he said to
Peake and Chief Clerk Brooks.
Another Washingtonian who hailed
the District guards was Harvey Cav,
who shot his sister several years ago.
He, too, claims he was of unsound
mind when he fired at her. He is
doing ten years.
The twenty-five prisoners taken to
Atlanta on Wednesday will soon get
in the colony of Washingtonians at
the prison.
THE average Washington boys
are all right" declared the warden.
81 have but little trouble with them.
They are at work at various jobs
about the place. A few I have got
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Icontinued from First Pase.)

tConunued from flrst fase'l
into the administration building, they
noticed the other inmates-men OF
robust build seemingly contented.
A band started up-the prison band
as IL IL was welcoming the new ar
rivals.
After having been led into the pres
ence OF Fred q. Berbst. warden. the
Washington prisoners were photo
sraphed, their nnser prints were
taken, and they were measured.
They were then ordered TO take a
bath. given their prison number and
clothes, and led to a cell--not a DARK
gloomy room, but a clean, sanitary
cell wherein the sun penetrateb and
the air smells fresh.
"Prlson life is not like II used to
be-" remarked one OF the guards
who accompanied Captain Peake.
"But these fellows seem bitter to-
ward the world-they believe they
are misJudged." suggested another
mo; you are wrong" suggested
will displsce the bitterness they may
now feel"
Asked why this temperamental
change should follow the confinement
OF the prisoners, Warden Zerbst de-
clared:
These men Will learn to grope for
their souls. When a man gropes for
his soul he is on the path leading 10
decency. honesty. and right. or
course, out Of ]. 800 or more prisoners
one expects to fnd sullen and rebel
lious men. but they soon get over IT,
"a man who has done wrong-the
man who has killed or robbed
realizes the penalty for such crimes.
Hen generally make the best OF II.
II he does, it's TO his benet should
he attempt to get pardon. II he
continuously breaks the rules OF the
prison, he need not expect any help
or sympathy"
WARDEN ZERBsT ABSOLUTE
MASTER AT PRISON.
or couse. discipline is not lax in
the Federal prison. Absolute master
is Warden Herbst. There are some
men. he said. who are wholly bad.
Then, there are others who may have
a good heart, but a poor will Soma
who come to Atlanta have been in
prisons before. They take to the
prison life like ducks to water.
Nowadays in the most modern
prisons, such as the Atlanta institu-
ton. efforts are made to help the
prisoner--to teach him morality, and
educate him II he Is illiterate.
For instance, down at the Atlanta
prison, there is big auditorium
which seats more than 1000. Only'a
year ago Geraldine Farrar sang there
for the convicts. Other noted opera
singers and stage folk have been in
vited to entertain the prisoners.
And the prisoners at Atlanta don't
live on bread and water. Warden
Zerbst bought a 1900 acre farm. The
guards who took the twenty-five
Washington prisoners went over this
farm. They found watermelons. corn,
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light and thorough-and the most eX-
acting housewife is delighted with the
way the EXCLUSIVE INCLINED
NOZZLE pokeS right up to the base
boards, reaches all around the table
and chair legs, and under low heavily
built articles of furniture.
Also, ONLY the Apex exclusive inc!ineC'
nozzle cleans ALL THE WAY across
its 13 inches Of width.
This light, easy-running Apex Cleaner
in your home means long, happy hours Oh
freedom from back-breaking, monotonous
hnnsnwnrk
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k.p. o.~r. d ) lIsetIme.

Looking round the prodigious dis
play of the late Princess Lobanotf's
clcthIng at the Hotel Drouot made ycu
wonder IL she ever gave or threw any
thing away in her lifetime. Three
hundred or more tea gowns and eve
ming frocks, disposed Of in the recent
sale Of her effects. were Of every date
since her wedding trosseau. Her body
linen also was OF every style from the
primitive simplicity of early Victorian
ideals to the luxurious garments
adopted by the Partisan coquette to-
day.
But the embroidered and laced house
linen, the fine sheets In bundles Of SO,
found more eager buyers than the
clothing. Her furs were of great beau.
ty and variety. There were coats and
cloaks Of sealskin. Of dark astrakhan.
all in bewildering quantities.-From
the Continental Edition Of the Lon
don Mall.
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TO ex1ERMINArE CROP PESTS
eelsotIst Plans to Use Flame Throsssrs
and Other Methods to Dc.
stroy EnemieG

In 1918 and 1919 the territory near
the delta of the Rhone suffered greatly
from swarms Of the Morocco cricket,
which multiplied SO excessively as to
be of great injury to the crops. At
recent meeting Of the French Academy
OF Sciences a report was made by NJ.
vayssiere on the use OF the flame
fhrowers." employed In the war for
throwing liquid fre. to exterminate
these pests. With an apparatus hold
ing about twelve iiters Of petroleum an
extent Of 200 square meters can be so
thoroughly swept with danes as to kill
all the insects- Asphyxiating gases
had but little effect but applications
Of powered chloroplcrin were much
moro satisfactory. While vegetation
suffered somewhat the effects were
only temporary. Lastly. n. vayssiere
made use Of poisoned bait with basis
q arsenic IKE that employed IN Italy
and in The Unitsd States and cbtained
good results. He proposes to utilize
all three methods-nrst the fame
throwers TO extefmfnate the hordes Of
young larvae IN all cases where their
nse does not involve danger Of nrs
secondly, chloropicrin powder where
the fame throwers would be danger
ous; and thirdly poisoned bait In irrs
gated meadows where no cattle are
pnstured.
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TRAINING LITTLE CITIZENS;
SHARING A PLAYRooM

"Thumbie Rajah" stood with his
legs far apart and pronounced three
year-old Judgment. II like JIM ne
declared, because he always 'vides."
That after All b the real basis for
childish estimation OF character as
we'll as for mature standards. The
child or grown.up who divides iairiy
is the likeable, desirable member OF
society.
How. then. are We going to make
sure Of that fundamental quality IN
our children? We are all familiar
with the usual possibilities for genefe
osity found In the life Of small
child-the division OF some treat OF
sweetmeats, the sharing Of playthinss
with brothers and sisters. These are
good, but we need basis for sharing.
larger than that offered by such oppor-
tunities. Sharing should be contin-
uous experience with the creative i'm
pulse behind It Just as much as any
other educative process. We must
take sharing out OF the immediate
realm of home activities and though
keeping home connection with II
make II a more social activity 80 thst
II shall become a pleasure rather than
a virtue.
The following experiment. worked
out in our own plAyroom with such
success that Il seems capable OF much
enlargement and offers at least some
light on the question.
Last winter the children had %
many books that their father built
4 hnoksha1f running tha Antire lenRth
Of one side OF the playroom II wea
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low enough for the children to in.
pect with ease the titles and covers
OF the books-for they were arranged
with their covers turned outward SO
as to meet the need of "Thumbie
Rajah" to whom the cover, not the
title. spells the name Of a book. Dur
ing the week following the erection
OF the bookshealf as many as eight
children from other homes came into
the playroom. Immediately the shelf
Of books held their attention. They
drew about It and much conversation
as to the different books and their
respective merits ensued Ruth read
eagerly to an absorbed group OF youn-
ger children from a book, heretofore
too difficult for her six-year-old knowi
edge, impelled by the desire to have
them share the fascinating details Of
the story. Before the week was over
children came daily to borrow from
the bookshelf until a childish method
of keeping account of the books
loaned had to be devised. Then the
significant thing occurred. Two chill
dren came with books to lend to the
shelf and gradually It grew until there
was a constant exchange of books
with system Of regulations made by
the children themselves.
Here was q veritable children's H.
brary; its value as compared to the
stacks devoted to children in our vii
large institution, lying in the principle
OF sharing behind II. Here the chill
dren not only took books from the
shelf. but brought them to It as we'll.
The playroom became In sense a
community center. Home was the con.
Meeting link and sharing was social
ICED to include q larger group than
the immediate family and became in
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YOUNG wEsrPoINTER
WHITES HIS PARENTS

The following is an excerpt from a
letter received few days ago from
Fred Henney. young son of Mr.. and
Mrs. P. A. Henney. who, while in. his
sophomore year at college won a
scholarship at West Point:
Dear Folks:
/ am all o. X and would like to
know how it is with you. came up
on the first and after waiting in line
about two hours was admitted and as
signed Room 1884 of New Cadet Bar
racks.
Three Of us are in the room; each
has a separate table and locker in
which to place our clothes and equip
ment. The room also has a wash
stand and a fireplace, although we
never have fire. We sleep on sep
arate couches or cots, separated by
partitions.
Between drill periods we have been
drawing our equipment. We wear
long grey pants, black shoes. grey
shirts and black ties, and on dress
occasions q white shirt and collar and
cuffs beneath a grey dress coat which
buttons up the neck. Black bands
run down the pants legs and on the
edges Of the coat; a grey and black
officers or cadets cap completes the
barracks uniform. All uniforms are
grey except the parade, which has
white pants and much brass. All uni
forms require white belts two inches
wide, and white gloves. All our brass
work must be polished at all times,
- ut~ 1av ov,A
linen changed whenever dirty-two
or three times a day.
We have been issued Springfield
rifles, cartridge belts. knapsacks. can.
teen, two bayonets and full field
equipment. With these we wear army
pants and blouse. but grey in color.
We march to meals, have white
tablecloths and napkins and sit down
to the table with food upon 1t. We
must be very polite and observe good
manners. When finished. We sit at
attention. with eyes on the table until
marched out. Discipline is very strict
and ] have net yet been called.
was yaccinated yesterday and am
very sore and tired. Movies were
shown last night and all. the officers
and families, were there. too.
We we're released for two hours
this afternoon. but are never allowed
to leave the reservation. Many visi-
tors are here constantly. 1t is pretty,
with statues. cannon. roads. trees. Of
ficers' houses and all. SO ! can stand
It for four years even II the discip-
line 10 very strict I am corporal OF
second squad for short time. FRED.
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Als way.

Z felt kinda lost for . spell after
sold the old place and came down 70
live with my niece" admitted the ~.
tired farmer. II missed the familiar
tasks. and there weren't enough new
ones to keep me busy. The familiar
sounds, too, were absent, and at nrst
I couldn't get used to the new ones ;
the young Indy on the left tinkiing the
plano, the folks on the right running
their talking machine, the felier across
the street practicing his clarinet. and
70 forth. They bothered me. But
bime-by I took to going out on the
back porch and hling saw to quiet
my nerves. And 1t always done %
sitter a good spell Of filing the NOSES
Of the neiRhborhood didn't poster me
at all."-Knnsas City Star.
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ROOSEVELT RIDES. eWIMS
AND MOTORS At oLENWoop

0lsnwood Springs. Colo. July g.
This has been busy day for Frank.
lin d. Roosevelt and party. who ar.
rived in 0lenwood 6prings this morn.
ing from 6an Francisco. on their way
to their Eastern homes After q
swim this morning. Mr.. Roosevelt.
Congressman Brown OF New York
and Congressman Taylor Of 0lenwood
Springs motored to . nearby ranch
aud after enjoying q country dinner.
took . horsebaek ride in the noun.
tainS.
Returning to Glenwood they mo.
tofed UP the Grand canon to the con.
Wet road camp near Shoshone. the
entire party being especially pleased
with the mountain scenery.
At the Hotel Colorado this evening
q reception was rendered Mr.. Roose.
welt. Mayor Dsrrow presided and IN.
troduced the Democratic nominee
who spoke briefly but scarcely touch.
ed on political questions.
The Roosevelt party then spent an
hour in the vapor cave. Mr.. Roose.
welt will leave here tomorrow morn
ing and will go direct to Dayton.
Ohio. where he is to meet Governor
Cox next Monday to discuss the com
ing campaign.