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The Washington times., 1920-07-27
Diuorce Club Planned
To Help D. G. Wiues

man to bring Miss Floyd letters. But
this was an unusual letter.
1t was signed u. Orin FAINT" and
made to Miss Floyd a proposition
whereby the writer declares she can
make $4,000 a year and he can max e
$4,000 and at the same time they'll
both be aiding many women who
want to get divorces. but who can't
get them as residents of Washington.
HERE'S THE IDEA.
The idea, as set forth by Mr.. FAINT
and it really couldn't be made any
clearer-is:
1T is easy enough for woman to
will establish a residence in Virginia
by spending one night there each
week for a year. This is the law. II
you can find the women, l have a
large house in Fairfax county, six
teen miles from the District of Column
bia. l already have two women there,
and can accommodate about thirty
eight more. l charge $40 room rent
a month.
You can fix the papers and rep
resent the women before the Vir-
ginia court and charge $3.50 for each
case. You can easily make $4,000
and ! can make $4,000"
Fant conveyed the further informa-
ton that he was postmaster at
Brandy, Virginia for twenty years,
and that he's always out for an
honest dollar"
The Washington times., 1920-07-27
PUBLIC NEGLECTED
ARMY'S BARGAINS
Failure to Support Retail Sale
of FoodStuffs Made $3.50
Order Necessary.

Relative to complaints of some
readers of The Times that the Gov
ernment's sale of food supplies is not
available to small purchasers, but is
OF benefit only to quantity buyers
and to dealers, the director OF sales
of the War Department, +. c. Morse,
today stated that those complaining
fail to give the department credit
for the work it has done in reducing
the high cost of living by offering
surplus supplies in retail lots.
Morse said: For nine months the
Army Retail store. at Liberty Hut,
has been in operation. Any man,
woman. or child has been permitted
to make purchases of foodstuf and
other articles there at prices far be-
low prevailing market ones.
More than half n million dollars
worth of cdibles and other war sup
plies have been sold as result. And
the store was kept in operation as
a retail proposition just as long as
Washington patronized 1t, and as
long as the overhead expenses did
not make it's continuation a financial
impossibility.
After the stock had been reduced
and the patronage had brought the
operating expenses too high as COM
pared with the volume of sales. IT
became necessary to close the store.
"The War Department is now sell
ing in wholesale quantities, accept
ing orders for not less than $3.50, the
same items which 1t formerly sold
at retail. The minimum was placed
at $3.50 because OF the expense of
handling the smaller orders, and be.
cause the department wanted to get
,nc rcmaining items in the hands of
the dealers as rapidly as possible
And the dealers who are purchasing
these war Department stocks are
going TO resell them at a fair profit
only, and the resale prsce should he
much below the current CONNIE rcial
market prices
The Washington times., 1920-07-27
BETTER .
|. PENSION LAW
Federal Employees Unions Will
Petition Congress to I
Amend Act.
CAN'T AFFORD DEDUCTIONS
Small Salaries and High Prices
Make Full Pay Envelope
Imperative.

Amendments TO improve the re-
tirement law, which since it's pas
sage, has proved a constant source
Of irritation to department heads,
will be urged at the coming session
of Congress by the various unions
and federations of Government en-
ployes.
GENERAL GRUMBLING.
General dissatisfaction with the
present measure is being voiced in
nearly all of the departments. not
only by superannuates who do not
desire to be separated from the serv-
ice. but by thousands Of Government
employees who cannot spare the 2E,
per cent taken from their yearly in
come and applied to the retirement
fund.
Although the money thus taken
from Federal employees is to be re-
turned to them should they quit their
Jobs before they come within the
scope of the act, many feel that with
the present high cost Of living and
their meager salaries they can i'll af-
ford to spare this money. 1t is esti-
mated that the present retirement act
tdheS dUOut @l E,VOV,VUU ANNUALLY from
the pockets of Federal employees.
Another source of dissatisfaction
has been the arbitrary ruling by Post
master General Burleson. to retire,
when they reach the ages provided in
the law, all employees of the Postof-
flee Department who are eligible for
retirement. This decision stirred up
veritable hornest's nest, in that 1t
was Numerically opposed to the
stand taken by the committee ap-
pointed by Secretary of the Interior
Payne to determine a uniform basis
for treatment of workers of retire.
ment age wishing to remain in the
service.
1t is probable that one of the
amendments to be sought for the act
win be an increase of the pension to
superannuated employees.
Joint conferences are to be held
within a short time by committees
from the various federations and
unions Of Federal employees to study
tho situation, in order that the mat
ter may be presented to Congress
when it convenes in December.
The Washington times., 1920-07-27
HERE :.
TO SELL RUM
Pickpockets, SWindlers, and
HoId-up Men Enter Game
on Big Scale.
CENTER FOR MANY CITIES
OistiIIing Quarters Located in
Fashionable Homes and or
fices. 1t Is Alleged.

So great have been the rewards OF
the illicit liquor traffic in Washing
ton, that the most accomplished
criminals of the underworld in near
by cities, such as New York. Phila-
delphia and some of the cities in the
South are turning their talents TO
the trade in this city, according TO
information reported to the Bureau
Of Internal Revenue.
SERVES OTHER CITIES.
Men who were formerly expert and
scientific safe blowers, pickpockets,
hold-up men, confidence men, ana
swindlers of many callings, requiring
both physical courage and mental
alertness have entered the game mere
and are crowding out the llllterate
and small scale bootleggers OF the
shorty" type. 1t has been discovered
that criminals with brains and re-
sources in organization and capital
are entering the business in the Ma
tionaI Capital, anfrYuat Oh regular
"whiskey ring" has been formed to
take care of the needs of Washington,
Baltimore, aA6 other nearby cities
in Maryiand NndFVir rgtuia,WSl
Prohibition Commissioner Kramer
has practically turned loose his entire
force Of revenue agents both in Balti-
more aha Washington. assisted by the
local police departments of both
cities. in an effort to bring up this
gang, who, it is said are controlled
by. a master criminal mind.
Not only is such a gang operating
ir the National Capital. but accord
ing to officials of the Internal Revenue
Bureau, similar organized gangs are
being established in other cities
throughout the country.
STILLS IN FASHIONABLE HOMES.
Reports indicate that secret dis
tilling establishments are being
located in fashionable apartment
houses. private residences, and in
some of the larger cities even in
doWnto own office buildings. While a
number of stills have been discovered
In private Residences in Washington
none as yet have been found in any
office buildings -
One of the most difficult aspects Of
the situation, from. the Government
The Washington times., 1920-07-27

If plans of an ingenious and zeal
Gus Washington citizen miscarry not,
Washington soon Will have little
Reno right in its own back yard.
Thirty-eight women. tired of their
own particular home ties and grown
weary of travelling in double harness,
are wanted as charter members of
the colony. Two women already have
been enlisted in the cause. if certain
information is correct, and are walt
ing to extend a hearty welcome to the
incoming thirty-eight.
The story came out through an in
terview published recently in The
Washington Times-an interview
with Miss Pauline Floyd. acclaimed
the youngest woman attorney in the
country, who specialized in domes-
tic relations at law school, and who
in the interview-was bemoaning
the fact that it is so hard for wom-
an to get a divorce in Washington.
GETS UNUSUAL LETTER.
Several mornings after the inter
view was published, the mailman
brought Miss Floyd a letter. Not that
it's anything unusual for the mail
The Washington times., 1920-07-27
Mrs. .Pearson's Hat Is
In Ring; She's Out For
, Place On d. c. Board
Candidacy Has Strong backing.
Many Mems Societies hdorse
Her for Comnission.

Mrs, Isaac Pearson, former presi-
dent of the League of American PEN
women, Is a candidate for office as
the third commissioner of the Board
of District Commissioners.
Mrs. Pearson's hat--a very ad-
Vanccd model, If you please-has been
cast into the ring, and her friends
who are boosting her for the office
Aay that "she's in to win"
while Mrs. Pearson has made no
official announcement Of her candi.
dacy. IL is known she Will accept the
offce should she be appointed. Just
now Mrs. Pearson is in South Dakota
With her husband, and she expects to
no away from Washington for several
weeks.
In the meantime, members OF the
Penwomen's League and various other
social and civic organizations are lin
ing up behind the movement to have
a woman appointed on the board Of
commissioners, and they say that Mrs.
pearson is the woman who should be
given the place.
GETS SUPPORT OF MEN.
Not only the women's clubs and so
cieties, but many mems organizations
in the District have pledged them
selves to support Mrs. Pearson's can
didacy. II was, in fact. a committee
FORMED principally OF the heads OF
various mems organizations in the
city which first approached Mrs Will
lam Atherton DuPuy, president OF the
League OF American Penwomen, to
ask II Mrs. Pearson would be can
didate.
Friends of Mrs. Pearson feel that
abould she be appointed on the
hoard. she will fill a long-felt want.
They point to her experience in edu-
cational work in the District and
dwell upon the fact that she Is a
prominent lecturer and writer.
IL am sure that Mrs. Pearson
would be a wonderful asset to the
District of Columbia as member
Of the board OF commissioners" said
Mrs. DuPuy.
Mrs. Pearson is one of the most
influential citizens of the District.
she is a woman OF great force and
understanding. both OF which quail
ties she has exemplifed as president
az the League OF American PEN
women and in various other Offices
she has held during the thirty years
she has been a resident Of the Dis
trics"
Mrs. Pearson served as president OF
the League OF American Penwomen
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point of view, is that in many sed-
tions OF the country the public has
but little prejudice against the Illicit
liquor traffic; in fact, many COM
munities are, Inclined to protect the
trade. ! gS. ftsCG
According to the revenue officials
there exists elaborate distributing
agencies operating hand in hand with
the Illicit manufacturers of liquor.
These are mapaged for the most part
by skilled criminals. it is said. who
are not even known to the retail
bootleggers through whom the goods
are placed on the market. An intri-
cate system of broken trails stands
between the various classes of dis
tributers from the wholesalers down
through the jobber to the bootlegger
The Illicit liquor trade has attracted
so many high class criminals because
1t pays larger dividends than safe
blowing or forgery, and does not en-
tail as much risk to the law breaker.
In the Southern States, according to
the Internal Revenue Bureau figures,
moonshine whiskey is made at a cost
of $3.50 a gallon, and is sold at SIS a
gallon. In the North the cost is
higher but also the selling price.
Revenue officials are frankly puz-
zIed by the fact that there appears to
be definite sources of supplies. This
is shown by the fact that liquor mar
kets exist in the principal cities
which fiuctuate with supply and de-
mands as does the butter and egg
market 1t was thought that when
the Volstead amendment took effect
that it would no. take long before
the existing supply of liquor would
be obsorbed, but the new supply Is so
great that it is not uncommon in some
cities to have the price of bootleg
whiskcy fall several dollars over
night, due to heavy receipts.
The Washington times., 1920-07-27

scales of compensation for work OF
standard quality, and the necessity
for frequent rcvisions OF the wage or
salary scale in order that a due re-
lation may be maintained between
cost Of living and earnings.
BENEFITS OF UNIONS.
But in practice 1t has shown
complete obliviousness OF both con-
siderations. During the whole perlod
covered ty this survey there mas
been no general revision of the salary
scale, and such advances as have been
made have carried according TO the
degree Of pressure which the en-
ployes or outside circumstances nave
brought to bear upon the Govern
ment.
The advances have never been
proportioned to the increased cost or
living except in the one cas- eof the
railroad employees. where the Govern
ment was dealing with a strongly or
ganiZcd body, able to enforce its
claims by drastic action and quite pre-
pared to do So
The Washington times., 1920-07-27
LORDLY ICEMEN Are
'PEEVED' BY COOL
WEATHER

Ice men are "peeved" today
"peeved" because a number OF their
customers when they hear the
heavy wagons pull up, come to the
window or out on the porch and
holler out. Don't want any Ice to-
day. had to start the furnace going
TO keep the meat from freezing"
Ice men have been rather inde-
pendent this summer and yesterday
and today has been the very first
time a person could "step on 'em"
hard. thanks to the weather. which
the Weather Bureau says is unusual
ly cold for July. the lowest tempera-
ture this morning being 55 degrees,
and even yesterday had II beat by l.
degree. 1t was 54. The Observatory,
pointed out that the coldest July
days we have ever had were July
81. 1895, and July 4, 1907, whsbS Stfe
lowest was 81 degrees. 49,
Young girls don't mindythjsrk X ind
OF weather though. Thntsas,ba ION =
ed the furs which played" such a.
prominent part in their dress when
the temperature down tod n rregis-
tered around 104- in the shade and
nearly every one Of "em was coat
less. w. ''.@~''
Cheer up girls. you'u have
another chance to put on your coats
and furs. for the, Weather Man says
that it will turn warmer tonight.
and that 1t viii continue to be fair
The Washington times., 1920-07-27
What's the Trouble With
Government Salaries!

answer according to the Bureau Of Labor Statistics
of the Department of Labor: $50,
ut is an illustration truth Of the old adage that what
ever business is nobodys business
The final responsibility for salaries rests with Congress pu
has definite machinery for keeping Itself upon
the question " " ..-
Whenever special been created to deal with ques
the Government service has
shown tendency the matter liberal and progressive
spirit 'f' -,, /, Al ou;uo u,o.o
" any suppose that would be otherwise were
within the Government
commission or other created charged
with the special duty supervising the compensation and employ
States employees and
to Congress such changes it considered were
Is not too much 10 suppose
the drift would disappear and that the Gov
enlightened and progressive en-
ployer.". .
The Washington times., 1920-07-27
GREAT
OPPORTUNITIES
FOR BOY

Looking oUer The Want ads
these days, one Is struck With
the Wonderful opportunities
for boys, as compared With
those of our grdndfdthers'
times. Then the boy Who could
90 out for q dollar a aOeek the
first year, thought he Wus in
great luck indeed. NoWddays
he expects TO make that the
first half a day he works. Per-
hdps the boys of today are
more alert, though our grand
fathers wouid question that.
Herold, the tailor, 7S2 18Th
street N. W., recently Wanted
q bright bog in his shop. KnoW-
ing that the brightest boys read
The Times he placed a Want
ud in its colums and says, Had
immediate response to the ad
ne1t morning" II you Udnt
the better kind of help phone
q Wdnt-dd TO The Times
Main $500.
The Washington times., 1920-07-27
COSTELLO POST TO HOLD
OUTING AT CHESAPEAKE

Vincent II. Costello Post of the
American Legion will hold its annual
excursion to Chesapeake Beach next
Thursday. Thirty.hve patients from
the Naval Hospital, fifteen from Fort
Myer, and 200 from Walter Reed
Hospital will be guests Of the post
at the beach.
The Washington times., 1920-07-27

This is the interesting question
raised by the Bureau OF Labor sta
tistics Of the Department of Labor IN
a study of the Governments wage
policy during the last quarter century.
The bureau does not answer the
question, but strongly intimates that
the strength OF unionism and the
threat of strikes was largely rcspoh
sible for workers getting just about
what they wanted in salaries during
the unsettled conditions of the war.
CITES RAILWAY PAY.
The bureau stresses the fact that
while under Government control rail-
way employees received an increase in
salaries of o. per cent. while the av'
erase salary of the other Government
cmploye showed an increase OF not
quite 1G per cent
In commenting on this copdit'on,
Mary Conyngton, Of the bureaus staff,
writes in the Monthly Labor Review:
THE greater part of the increase
in salaries given railroad employees
was while the roads were under Fed
eral control. The rise in the cost OF
living could not affect the railroad
worker more than IL did The other
Government employees.
But the railroad men were strong
ly organized, they were not habituatcd
to the static condition Of Government
employees. they were quite accustomed
to enforcing their demands by strike
or the threat of strike, and the con
ditions prevailing from 1917 to tn"
end of the war would have made a
strike peculiarly disastrous.
L., ln Ia
reasons for the difference in treat
ment, but certain it is that the rates
paid by the Government in 1919 aver
aged 97 per cent higher than the
rates for 1916, the last year in which
the roads were under private control.
and that during the same period the
average salary of the Government
employees showed an increase of not
quite 16 per cent"
AVERAGE RAISE 10 PER CENT.
A study of increases in salaries of
various classes of employees by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the
Government at the bottom Of the list
with an increase of but 16 per cent
that carpenters and structural iron
workers we're increased So per cent;
painters, 10 per cent; hod-carriers, SO
per cent; earnings in New York State
Factories, 50 per cent; railroad en-
ployes, 81 per cent; machinists. 9S
per cent. sI1Ests 10y r~
"The difference in the advance re-
ceived by the Government worker and
the other c1assea considered is too
great to need srnphasizing," says Miss
Conyngton, and concludes:
! Surveying the" whole situation, II
docs not seem too much to say that
'tbics Governments, only policy in re.
gard to wages has been to have no
policy. =. ~ ..r.
|EtsAs shown, by its pronouncements
during the war in regard to labor
troubles. it recognizes in theory the
advantage of establishing liberal
The Washington times., 1920-07-27

pRETTY Miss Pauline Floyd, twenty-five and &C
claimed the youngest woman attorney in the coun-
try is preparing to leave Washington because of the
scarcity of divorce She claims that if you are
going to specialize in divorces there is reason to
linger in city where the divorce laws anti
quated those of England.
The Washington times., 1920-07-27
Parker Bridget Co.

the Nationally Known Store for Men and
Boys, is another big institution whose big
stock of mems and boys clothes demanded
the proper roofing for protection against the
clements and naturally they selected "Rose
Roofing" as the best obtainable
The same judgment and foresight which
is shown in the handling and sale of big
stocks of clothes was brought to bear in the
selection of the roof with which to care for
the materials housed in this building. And
the same thought and study was put into
this selection of "RoSe Roofing" as is put
into the securing of the best in the way of
wearableS.
The Washington times., 1920-07-27
Lack of Organization
Kept u. S. Pay DolUn,
Labor ExpertDeclares

While other salaries advanced in proportion 10
the increasing of living during the past 1our years.
we're the salaries of Government employees overlooked be-
the Federal worker lacks organization and therefore
s not in q nnsition to enforce his demands!
The Washington times., 1920-07-27

Unless some unforeseen mechanical condi-
ton prevents, amusement advertising will be
found regularly on the last page Of the GTst
section Our new financial page will i'm
mediately precede the classified pages
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-01

MONTCLAIR, \. j.
$4,000. Modern residence and garage
On mountain side. Contains center hall
wing room, library, dining room. Kitchen,
bedrooms, baths on second floor = bed
rooms and bath on 3rd door steam heat
open freplaces. Plot lg5xl50
II. :. CONNOLLY < co.
Opp. l-ackawanna Station. Montclair 7
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NEW JERSEY REAL ESTATE

Az HACkENSACK, ~ J.--FOR SALE,
new colonial seven-room stuCCo house
sun porch, steam heat oak floors open
fireplace, green slate roof best residential
section; $4,000 cash. balance of $4,000 can
remain on MORTGAGE
COLLINS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.
y SMALL deposit and monthly payments
about equal to rent win. in IA years
secure You per cent equity in new seven
room reki .encei al! improvements one of
best residential sections in New Jersey
iWeiNe-oent fare; liz trains daily Burton
Thompson Co, 1875 Broadway
ABETH-Attractive. modern private
~ punt seven room single house; beau
'iui Einord residential section: convent
mt tram. trolley; lot 50xll0 steam heat,
hardwood floors, electricity. gas all other
improvements, $4,000. GIG, Tribune
JUST COMPLETED At PLAINFIELD
Modern Colonial. comfortable rooms
every inpt exclusive location; ST, 900: ash
required $500, bat mortgage Builder
Room rs Babcock Bldg. plainfield n i
"a HALF ACRE PLOT, with running
stream 500; good neig hborhood water
phone and electric light. COUNTRY HOME
LEAGUE +. 40 W. 32d St. Madison $3.50
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KEW GARDENS
For dentist. modern colonial home cor
nor, 50xlo0. IL rooms, two baths Phone
7o66, Richmond Him. Price Sa2 1000 IL,
BROCK. $40 st. AIMS ave
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HE:S:ss, Business Property

FOR SALE or TO Rent-257~259 W 52d St
centrally located in the heart Of NEW
business district; two elevcn-room houses
three stories, basement; plot 2SNl00 f..
Address johnson, SIS Marcy Ave, b klyn.
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FURNISHED APARTMENTS TO LET

APARTMENT. furnished, one or two rooms
with kitchenette and bath; reasonable
references exchanged; below 14th st. An
swer Mrs. Pope, Is Washington place, New
York
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-01

BROADWAY. $3.50 O12th st)-Elegant
single rooms and suites in high class ele-
vator apartment house. Cathedral, 1880.
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NEARBY FARM BARGAINS

Forty acres young horses all farm ma
chinery, wagons, etc. for only $4,000, h',ll
cash: convenient to Atlantic City; schools,
ncig hbors. stores. etc, good truck land,
over flowing stream. some timber, apple
orchard variety berries Sroom house,
barn. poultry houses. pig stY, etc. ALSO,
81 acres only $500. mile to town on troll
ley. near Delaware Bay; % pasture
some fruit and berries; broom house. large
barn, chicken houses, etc Sacrifice price
to settle estate. These and many others
fully described in our new summer cata-
logue Just out: copies free. NEW JER-
SEN FARM AGENCY. cell, Real Estate
Trust Building, philadelphia, Pa.
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ALI. TILE ORANGES

NO hncr or more convenient suburban loca-
ton than The Oranges" Modern
Eousss OF every desc ption. FRANK H.
"A LoR mote LIST name), opp. Brick sta,
East Orange '
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KoCKLASD COUNTY REAL ESTATE

FIRST LOCKER snaps this, 1escre farm
hour Manhattan. good buildings fruit
water. corner location. mile depot 5000
terms ,Batson Farm Agency, 4so 9Th ~.