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The Washington times., 1920-08-05

Several times I have handed street
car conductors 30 cents for four
tokens and been told that they were
"out," compelling me to pay $ cents
in cash. This is not fair or just and
should be corrected by the Utilities
Commission. STENO.
The Washington times., 1920-08-05

In the Liberty Loan Annex Of
the Treasury we have mighty
sweet music on jews harps by
HARRIGAN and SILVERBERG.
HARRlGAN Is some yodler,
too.
The Washington times., 1920-08-05

REALIzING that the sand vamps
don't pay any more attention to
the law than germ does to
health proclamation, the Long
Beach constable chirns that the surf
fappers can wear anything they
want, provided they wear IT.
THAT man is farsighted.
CONEY ISLANDS chief badge pol
~ isher insist on the surf demoi-
selles wearing rubber boots. a fire.
mans hat and n burlap sack like
the parlor furniture in the house
fly season.
THAT man deserves to be near
sighted.
INDER the new surfsidc regula-
~ tions, the Coney bulls have
grabbed orders to confscate every
beacherette whose swimming trovs-
seau Is still in the indestructible
luggage while she is in swimming.
THE law is correct in one detail.
A set of water wings and n cry
for help do not constitute mer-
maids wardrobe in the strict sense
OF the twelve pound dictionary.
1T amt doing right by our little
Nelrs brother for gal to
scampcr along the beach carrying a
handbag when she is dressed like
she should be carrying piece of
soap.
DERSONAI Liberty doesn't mean
that all the person should he ut
liberty.
THE one-piece suits are out and
-. the sand vamps will not be
The Washington times., 1920-08-05
Votes For Washington

Gen. Isaac R. Sherwood Of Ohio the last remaining
Union veteran of the civil in the House of Representa-
tves gave expression to axiom while discussing the
The Washington times., 1920-08-05
SHE'S HAD EXPERIENCE.

I kissed a lad from George Washington,
I kissed a lad from g. L.,
Then one from Georgetown
And forgot the other two.
RUTH l..
The Washington times., 1920-08-05

or other acts to merit such
punishment shall be deeply interested in any legislation
that may before Congress restore the voting right
the residents of the District of Columbia in favor OF
the general proposition of suffrage for the people hsre
The Washington times., 1920-08-05
Dead as q Door Nail.

The door nail is the plate or knot
on which the knocker or hammel
strikes. AS this nail is knocked OF
the head several times day, it can
mot be supposed to have much life
left in it.
Come thou and thy five men,
and If | do not leave you all as
dead as a door nail, l pray God
may never eat grass more
Shakespeare: . Henry VI, iv.-1O.
(Jack Cade).
"Falstaff-'What. is the old
king?
"Pistol-'As nail in door"
Shakespeare: . Henry ", V. :.
N l. Il
The Washington times., 1920-08-05

COOLIDGE has been nicknamed
"Silent Cal" That sounds almoa
too good to be true. p We
The Washington times., 1920-08-05

The monument at First street
and Pennsylvania avenue is call
ed the Peace Monument. Can't
see II that way. There are four
women on II. LEON GORDON.
The Washington times., 1920-08-05
Beatrice Writes the Problems and Pitfalls of Workers Here
Especially for Washington Women

; he married me just to make me
worry a little bit about him.
We have a dear little apartment
and l do all my own WORK and
love every bit of it. Our apart
ment isn't in the most aristocratic
and sweet and everything in it is
good and paid for.
If my husband wants to go to
the ball game or go out he goes
knowing that he will not come
home and find me crying about be-
ing neglected. But he doesn't seem
to wCnt to go out alone very often.
After all it's just a case of using
around and playing the game of
life on the square.
HAPPY AS A BIRD.
There's one paragraph in this
letter ! wish every unmarried girl
would learn by heart and that is
the one about not worrying about
the next engagement. This young
writer's recipe is a mighty good
one. If the girl enjoys every min
ute of the time she's with a man
the man is apt to have the same
experience and he is also apt to
want to repeat it. It's the girl
who wants to own a man after
she's been out with him a few
times that loses him. It's the girl
who wants to rush man from the
first or second meeting into the
jewelers. shop after the engage
ment ring who has to sit around
and wonder why he didn't come
back.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
would tell Lonesome Jack
that he will find some nice
girls IL he will go TO Chris
tion Endeavor at" the First Con-
gregational Church. The social
hour which they used to have be-
fore the meeting is dropped through
the summer but they stand around
and talk during the half hour be-
tween C. T.. and church. They have
quite lot of hikes and picnics
too. There is to be a trip to Great
Falls on the Peggy August Il.
I believe Lonesome Jack will find
the kind OF girls he likes there so
/ hope l will see him soon although
/ won't know him.
BROWN EYES.
This is a good suggestion for
Lonesome Jack" and, if he isn't
a Congregationalist and has lean
ing toward the Baptists, there fol-
lows another letter which bids him
into the latter fold:
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
Let me suggest that Lonesome
Jack" attend some Christian En-
deavor Society. I have found that
=. the G. Il. of Calvary Baptist Church,
Eighth and II streets northwt II,
has a number OF young people o:
the type that he desires to meet
A wELL~WISHER- r.
The Washington times., 1920-08-05
WEARING DADDY's SOCKS.

BIRDIE" reports that in subur
ban communities the young girls am
wearing daddy's socks around thu
house:
Dear old dad is verging on the rocks.
The small girls are wearing his socks.
How will he ever stand the strain,
I he worry and the financial pain?
Do you suppose he can love old II. c. L,
Thinking of ii heaven? Oh, well!
/ can't speak for what's in his mind,
But | could afford the time
I'd guess he's about ready to bust or cum
The poor old guy. do you think it's just,
The Washington times., 1920-08-05
WATER LIZARDS AND BEACH
yAMPs AT THE TIDAL BASIN.
THE OLD FRONT PORCH.

There's many a girl who could
give Senator HARDING a rev
pointers on porch campaigning.
The popular song, you're MIL
lion Miles From Nowhere When
You're one Little Mile From
Home" evidently made a great hit
with the Republican nominee,
PAUL WHITE.
The Washington times., 1920-08-05
Bugs" Baer on Beach Propriety

elected to third term on the beach
party ticket.
Under the new regs. the gals
~ will pack certified bathing
frocks. stamped by the Bureau of
Short Weights and Measures, passed
by the Board of Censors and guar
antccd not to contain more
than one-half-or- r-one-per-cent second
looks.
\ATHEN Woody made the world
w safe for democracy. it hap
pened to be high tide. That strip of
land between low tide and America
Is the place where the outlaw one
piece frocks were blooming in de-
fance of all Mother Grundy hy-
pocrisy and Puritanical dumbellism.
THE lark trills but one piece. The
L rainbow Is onc-piece fabric.
The Koh-i-noor Is a ne-piece jewel.
Personal liberty Is n one-piece idea
with n few subtracted fractions.
DIT the one-sheet bathing suit
ID has been vetoed by the beach
presidents. After this, the gals will
step out looking like the washline
on Monday morning.
IN order to enforce the law, the
1 cops have been armed with tele-
scopes and giant Belgian police
moths.
WHEN the police moth discovers
w "A one.piece suit denscly popu-
lated hy n corn-fed soprano. the
con gives her the choice OF ten years
In Jail or buying two tickets to the
Police and Fireman's Picnic.
Let's so.
The Washington times., 1920-08-05

A bare-faced lie quite often
wears the respectable garments
of naked truth. +. V.
The Washington times., 1920-08-05
FRANCIS DeSALES RYAN finds

that the expression dates as far back
as 1862. 1t appears first in Lang
mans "Piers Plowman," written in
that year.
The Washington times., 1920-08-05

There Is pleasure in painless woods;
There Is rapture on the lonely shore.
There Is pastime IN old Heard and zen.
with fun and nuts galore. ~ =.
The Washington times., 1920-08-05

If Wall street spectators carr
their bread by the sweat of theil
brows then roses grow on cement
floors. PHILIP EBERT.
The Washington times., 1920-08-05

THE one-piece suits are out and
-. the sand vamps will not be
The Washington times., 1920-08-05

NY DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
have been going with n
young man for about a month.
The Washington times., 1920-08-05

DERSONAI Liberty doesn't mean
that all the person should he ut
liberty.
The Washington times., 1920-08-05

IN order to enforce the law, the
/ cops have been armed with tele-
scopes and giant Belgian police
moths.
The Washington times., 1920-08-05
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

Let me suggest that Lonesome
Jack" attend some Christian En-
deavor Society. I have found that
. the G. Il. of Calvary Baptist Church.
Eighth and II streets northw IT.
has a number OF young people o:
the type that he desires to meet,
A WELL~WISHER-
The Washington times., 1920-08-05

This is a good suggestion for
Lonesome Jack" and, if he isn't
a Congregationalist and has a lean
ing toward the Baptists, there fol-
lows another letter which bids him
into the latter fold:
New-York tribune., 1920-03-16
Swami Investigates
Sheffield Colnpany's s
Notice to Diaries
District Attorney Says He
Also Is Aiding Federal
Authorities in Checking
Up on Milk Situation

District Attorney Swami announced
yesterday he was investigating the ac-
ton of the Sheffield Farms Company
in urging dairymen not to increase
their production of milk and, if posi-
BILE, to decrease it.
In addition to inquiring into state
laws that might apply to the case, Mr..
Swami said he was cooperating with
Federal authorities in checking up on
that development in the milk situation.
"To curtail production of necessary
food in order to keep up the prices is
execrable," Mr.. Swami declared
j. ]. Fitzpatrick, sales manager of
the Borden Farm Products Company.
said yesterday several upstate Con-
denseries had been sold, but that the
supply of milk lost in that direction
easily could be made up by increasing
slightly the production in other places.
He backed up President Patrick J..
Fox's statement of Sunday that the
flush season means more milk for the
city than it can consume, but that a
greater supply means lower prices. He
said his company could use all the milk
1T received from its dairymen and that
what could not be distributed here
would be used for canned milk-even
though there is plenty of it-and but
ter and cheese.
Butter and cheese, he said, controlled
the price of milk. If the price Of but
ter and cheese is high the farmers
want more for their milk, he declared.
He did not seem so sure the price of
milk would drop next month because
OF the steady price of it's by-products.
What the effect on the milk market
would be when the butter and cheese
made from the coming milk surplus
arrived he could not say.
The Sheffield Farms Company has
taken on many condenseres since the
outbreak Of the war. Their foreign
exports have been curtaied. That
avenue of milk distribution is closed
with the quantity of canned milk on
hand. Lotion Horton, president of the
company, says he is only keeping his
business from ruin by trying to keep
all his dairies and condenseries going
and at the same time avoid HAVING
more milk thrust upon him than he
can get rid OF. AS it is, he says, he
loses 81 on every case Of condensed
milk. The price of some condensed milk
was cut yesterday so cents a case.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-16
Prosecutor Completes
Case Against Bergdoll

You have made mess of things"
Grover c. Bergdoll, alleged Philadel-
phla draft dodger, wrote to John
r. Dwyer, president of the dra #
board which handled Bergdoll's case.
according to evidence at the court mar
tlal of Bergdoll on Governors Island
yesterday. David Carvalho, hand writ
ing expert, declared it was his opinion
that Bergdoll was the writer Of this
and other derisive messages received
by members of the draft board and
other Philadelphians during the period
OF bergdolls. absence. The prosecution
rested its case yesterday. The defense
VIII open tomorrow morning.
=, Carvalho said that comparison of
the writing on the anonymous post
CARDS submitted by the prosecution and
nergdolis signature made on his reg
13stratlon card showed that the al
Ieged millionaire Stacker was the writer
OF the several messages deriding the
ara1t board which were offered in evil
dence Carvalho. who has been hand
writing expert for fifty years, has ap-
peared IN many celebrated cases, in
ciuding the Thaw and Wilkens trials
James H. Sparks, a military intelli-
Sence officer who helped to arrest
Bergdoll at his home in PHILADELPHIA
on January Z, told of the details of tho
arrest. Sparks was the final witness
for the prosecution.
The defense, conducted by Captain
Bruce r. Campbell, Harry Weinberger
and D. c. Gibboney. has not indicated
what direction it will take, beyond the
hint that its argument will be based
upon the alleged constitutional psyche
pathlc inferiority OF the defendant.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-16
Craig Denied Jury Trial
On Contempt Charges
Judge Mayer Also Refuses to
Designate an Associate tosTrv
Case Against COmntroIlor

comptroller Charles l.. Craig lost an
other point in his fight on contem nt
charges against him YESTERDAY whan
Judge Julius NJ Mayer. in Fedcra, DE D;sl
trict Court, denied motion for inv
trial. Two other motions made bv M
Cra'g's attorney. Edmund l.. Mooney
were also denied by Judge Mayer. The
Comptroller did not appear in court
The next examination is set for to.
morrow.
Mr.. Mooney contcndcd the case was
not of kind that warranted summary
proceedings in his request for trial by
jury. Judge Mayer said the court
would not shirk "the performance of it's
duty, on mtter how unpleasant it may
be- when denying motion for the
designation of another + Fede raj Judge in
this district to try the case.
Judge Mayer also rejected Mr.
Moneys contention that the Craig
letter to Lewis Nixon, Public Service
Commissioner, on October s, was priv
ileged, and his request for discharge
from the information as matter of
right.
When Mr.. Mooney moved for bill of
particulars, Ben A. Matthews. Assistant
United States Attorney, said he thought
the government would not oppose. but
asked for few days. delay. Judge
Mayer adjourned the case until to-mor-
row afternoon.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-16
Brooklyn Company
Will Defy Order to
Extend Gas Mains
Long Court Fight Looms
Over Public Service Ac-
tion to Procure Service
for Kings County People

Ralph Elsman, ce-presidcnt of the
Kings County Lighting Company, was
served personally yesterday with the
order of the Public Service Commission
requiring the company to extend it's
mains and furnish gas to any one desir-
ing it's service in the section of Brook
lyn in which the company operates.
The order also was mailed and delv-
cred by personal service on the COM
pany: The hearing on the matter
which was adjourned last Saturday,
Will be resumed to-day before Morgan
I. Donnclly, Deputy Public Service
Commissioners.
Mr.. Elsman announced in advance
that the company would not obey the
order because Of it's Strengthened finan-
clal condition. Deputy Commiss oner
Donnelly said yesterday that as soon
as the commission received a formal re-
1usal from Mr. Elsman, or other repre-
sentatlves OF the company, mandamus
proceedings would be instituted to
compel compliance.
tie pointed out that such action was
mandatory upon the commission under
the law, whether or not the company
would be able to show that it would
lose money in extending the mains and
aHording the service requested
The company is expected TO fight the
case in the courts, and it appears that
the power Of the commission to enforce
the order will be thc subject of long
litigation. A fight on constitutional
grounds might take the case to the
United States Supreme Court. That
might mean the delay of year or
more before final action.
Meanwhile new houses in the section
OF Brooklyn, including Borough Park,
Bay Ridge, Fort, Hamilton, Bath Beach
and Bensonhurst, which is served by
the company, could not be supplied
with gas. That would necessarily de-
ter builders from erecting new dwell
lngs, which are urgently needed, and
would have it's proportonate effect on
the housing problem.
The Kings County company is at
present charging 95 cents for gas,
pending an appeal in the litigation to
annul the S0-cent gas law on the
grounds that it is confiscatory. The
company has to furnish bonds repre-
sentlng the difference between the So
cent and 95-cent rate, which will be re-
turnable to consumers provided the
courts decide against the gas company.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-16
First u. S. Air
Freight May Be
Run by British
Handley Page Goes to Wash.
ington Seeking Mail Car
rying Contracts for Eng
lish-Controlled Concern
Type of Biplanes Named
American Railway Express
Company Ready 10 Enter
Deal to Send Packages

The first aerial freight transporta
ton line to be established in this
country probably will be controlled by
British corporation. This became
known yesterday in connection with
the present visit of Handley Page, the
British aeronautic designer and manu-
facturer s,who arrived in this city
Saturday on the Mauretania.
On his arrival Mr. Page refused to
discuss the nature of his visit. His
representatives here declared nothing
would be said until after he had de-
parted, when "in all probability there
will be something of importance to
announce"
Mr.. Page left on the midnight train
Tor Washington Saturday night Yes
tcrday it was learned that the nature
OF his visit to Washington was to OBJ
. tain, if possible, a mail carrying con-
tract from the Postofice Department,
under the conditions announced by
Otto Praeger, Second Assistant Post
master General, in a speech last Satur-
day at the Aeronautical Show. In this
speech Mr. Praeger said the Postoffice
Department was now empowered to let
mail carrying contracts to any aero
nautical transportation company or
ganlzed on sound lines.
The Handley Page Corporation was
Incorporated recently under the laws
OF this state to engage in commercial
aerial transportation. 1t is understood
fhQt
Company is keenly interested in the
project, particularly with regard to the
establishment of an aerial transport
service between New York and Chi
cago.
r. NJ. Cowie, vice-president of the
American Railway Express Company.
yesterday refused to discuss the Hand
ley Page project. He sid "The Amerl-
can Railway Express Company is ready
to enter into a contract with the first
aerial transportation company organ
lied on sound lines to carry express
packages. We would much rather
enter into contract with an American
company using American airplancs,
but we feel that we have a RESPONSE
bility to the public to utilize the first
sound aerial transportation line that is
established"
1t is understood that the Kandey
Page Company will operate under the
New York State incorporation, using
Handley Page biplanes constructed in
this country. The planes will be of
the two and four engined types.
The present negotiations arise out
Of the unsuccessful attempt made last
November to ship express packages
from New York to Chicago on the
Handley Page biplanc Atlantic, which
was constructed primarily TO fly across
the Atlantic Ocean. On this occasion
the Atlantic carried a consignment of
packages from the American Railway
Express Company in charge of Douglas
Malcolm, who went as a passenger.
The machine battled against a forty
mile an hour gale for nine hours in
intense cold, and was finally compelled
to land at Mount Jewctt, Pa, on ac-
count of water trouble in the cooling
system.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-16
No duplicates4
MAIN FLOOR, OLD BUILDING
Boys Spring
Outfit

is paiting for hin, in the Boys Store
Every article in the Boys
Store has been carefully Sc
lected with a three-fold idea
in mind: Cd the best quality
obtainable; (2) made in the
best style of the season; (3)
at the loWest possible price.
QUALITY means durabil-
ity-material calculated to
stand the strain boys in
evitably put upon it.
STYLE means that suits,
coats and 'blouses are smart,
trim and good-looking in ap-
pearance. But it also means
that they are made on boys
lines to fit boys. The boys
figure is totally different
from the mans. It requires
a different cut of clothes.
Our tailors realize this diff
ference and model the
clothes accordingly.
All the care lavished upon
mems garments is put into
these suits. They are rot
simply made for a price" as
many so-called boys clothes
are.
PRICE speaks for itself. 1t
says that boys clothes shall
always be as moderate in
price as is humanity possible.
However, it also says, to
those who are familiar with
Wanamaker standards, that
quality will never be sacri-
feed for the sake of a slight
saving in price.
Remember the three fea-
lures of our Boys Store
when you look at
Spring coats, 3 to 10 years, at
$14.50 to $35.
Spring coats, II to 16 years,
$40 to $40.
Tailored suits, 7 to 18 years,
$40 to $47.50.
Blouses of madras, 7 to 16
= years, 50 and up.
Blouses Of pongee and mer-
cerized fabrics, $3.50 to $3.50.
Sailor suits, a to years, 1926
to $40.
Stray hats, 3 to 10 years,
$3.50 TO $3.50.
Duck hats, faced with brown or
navy, $3.50.
Stitched wool hats, in mixtures,
$3.50 to $4.75.
Third floor, Old Building.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-16
TUESDAY Mem Nork Grfb111e MARCH 1s
Rockefeller Jr. Fears
Devil i'm Church Drive
Satan Will Use Ingenuity TO
Promote misunderstanding,
He Tells Pastors

John D. Rockefeller jr. addressed
more than thousand clergymen,
black and white and Of almost every
religious denomination, yesterday at
the opening session of two-day con-
ference of ministers of lower New
York State and New Jersey, held a.
the Madison Avenue Baptist Church
under the auspices Of the Interchurch
World Movement of North America.
The value of the movement in
efficiency and economy; in recalling
shirking Christians to the colors, and
in power for good scarcely could be
estimated at this time, Mr.. Rockefeller
said. Already at least 100000 per-
sons were represented in it, he Said.
For too long time" he said, "has
the Church felt that the rule of
thumb was sufficiently accurate as
guide and measure in it's work. This
great g. ai!Iy survey is prophetic Of new era
III Christian work. It is just such
survey as the conservative business
man makes of any field which he is
purposlng to enter, and l do not feel
that overstate when l say that, in my
Judgment, the survey alone will be
worth to the churches all and much
more than it will have cost them in
time and effort and resources"
The first days session was occupied
for the most part with addresses out
lining the various needs for the highly
organized church work that is con-
templated. DR.. William Hiram Foulkes,
who made the opening address, said
that the opportunity for work on
vast scale never was so great as at
present.
S. Earl Taylor, general secretary of
the movement, told of conditions he
had found in South America, Asia and
Africa. Illiteracy was prevalent every
where he went, Mr.. Taylor said, except
in the Philippines.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-16
Nine Hurt i'm Crash
Of City Bus and Auto
Drivers, Arrested, Blame Each
Other; Three Taken to
HOsnital

Nine passengers in Flatbush Ave-
nue. bus were injured last night in a
collision with florists delivery car
at Flatbush and Cation Avenues. Brook
lyn. Elsie Dannevit, of 2910 Farragut
Road, who was injured internally; John
II. Mills jr.. of 2751 Bedford Avenue,
whose left arm was broken, and Jacob
P. Sherman, of 1888 Bedford Avenue.
who was severely cut, were taken to
Kings County Hospital. The others
went home after receiving treatment.
The bus was going south on Flatbush
Avenue with about twenty-five pas
sengers aboard. The florists automo-
bile swung out of Cation Avenue and
turned south on Flatbush Avenue just
as the bus passed the corner. The
bus was thrown on its side across the
car tracks, every window shattered.
The reserves were called from the
Snyder Avenue police station.
Larry CARTE, Of 143 Ninth Street,
Brooklyn. driver of the bus, and Engle-
bert Hollander, Of 858 Flatbush Ave
nue.. driver of the delivery car, were
placed under arrest. each blaming the
other for the accident