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The Washington times., 1920-10-18

OF Public Health Service; director,
publication division, Children's Bu-
reau. $4,000 to $500 a year; agent
for trade and Industrial education.
Federal Board for Vocational Educa'
ton, $4,000 to $3,5O0 year; district
vocational officer Federal Board OF
Vocational Education, $1,000 to $4,000
year: superintendent and director,
partment S1,660 a year; shipper, Ma
ST. 800 a year, with living quarters;
dentist, Indian service, 81 800 year.
with travelling expenses and subsist-
ence when in the field; slgnalman,
Coast and Geodetic Survey, I,2OO a
year; lithographic transferer. Navy
Department. $4,000 a year; skilled Ia
borer. qualified in pasteboard box
making, Bureau of Markets, SI2o to
81 200 year; assistant marine engi-
neer. District of Columbia Fire De-
partment. 81, $50 a yearq: shipper, Ma
tional Museum, l,20O a year; opera
tive, card-perforating- machines, de-
partmentsl and field sesvices. 5000 to
81 900 a year; telegraph operator, sig
nal service, War Department, $1,000
to 81 400 year; property clerk. x1.20O
to 81 500 a year. transportation clerk,
$1,000 TO S2,100 year, and payroll
clerk, $500 a year, in various
branches of the service: automobile
truck body mechanics of various
kinds postoffice service. so cents to so
cents an hour.
For most positions paying salary
of $3.50 or less the monthly bonus
granted by Congress will be allowed.
Full information and application
blanks may be obtained at the office
of the Civil Service Commission, l724
f street northwest.
The Civil Service Commission. once
popularity regarded as moribund. now
is one of the Invest institutions in
Washington. Nothing goes on with
reference to reclassification. or salary
increases. or efficiency methods, that
the commission does not have finger
in.
The Washington times., 1920-10-18
Doesn't Take Very Many
Of This Hers Eggs to
Make a Dozen

Here's a cackle with a definite an
swer to the high cost OF living prob
lem.
Mrs. Walter F. Mccarthy, OF 495
II street southwest, has a penchant
for Rhode Island Reds. She has
thirteen OF them, 'all good layers"
One three-year-old is serving the
country with a regular quota of
eggs. the size of duck eggs. burt just
TO prove. what a Rhode Island Red
can do when IT starts out to do any
thing, her majesty on Friday laid
an egg 9A inches in circumference,
"a inches in diameter, and weigh
ing M ounces.
Mrs. Mccarthy is a-Nirginian; is
well known at Chatterton, King
George county. She was the widow
of Joseph Adams. She sends in the
above Information with the request
that we notify Mr.. Hoover.
Please page MIR. Hoover.
The Washington times., 1920-10-18
COMMISSIONER HENDRICK
TO MEET CITY'S FIREMEN

Commissioner J. Tillman Hendrick
will address meeting of the City
Fire Fighters Association to be held
In the board room OF the Municipal
building at s o'clock tomorrow night.
This will be the first opportunity
the fire fighters have had to meet the
new commissioner. They hope he viii
recommend to the next Congress that
their salary scale be adjusted so that
1t will conform favorably with the
salaries now being paid to firemen in
cities similar in size and Importance
to Washington, and that there VIII be
an allowance made to purchase uni
forms and other equipment.
The Washington times., 1920-10-18

With delegates in attendance from
all parts of North America, the
sixth annual convention Of the Luth-
eran Brotherhood begins this after
noon in the Luther Place Memorial
Church, on the north side of Thomas
circle. The brotherhood convention
precedes the United Lutheran
Church conference, which will open
here tomorrow.
SUPPER AT'RAUsCHER'S.
This afternoons meeting Will be
followed by a reception and supper at
Rauscher's tonight at o'clock.
The session this afternoon is to be
devoted to a discussion of means of
extending education through the
church. The Rev. Charles J. Smith,
president OF Roanoke College, Roam
oke. Va. will give a sketch of the
historical development of the church.
Rees f. Tulless, president of Witten-
berg College. Ohio will speak on "Op-
portunities Of the Church in the Field
of Education
Among the speakers at toniEht's re-
ception will be Secretary Daniels. who
will speak on "World Brotherhood: :"
John f. Kramer, national prohibition
enforcement commissioner, on Law
and Patriotism" Henry B. f. Macfar-
land, former District Commissioner,
and Henry T. Domer. of Washington,
national treasurer of the brotherhood.
John L. Zimmerman, of Springfield.
Ohio, president of the brotherhood,
will preside. The opening prayer will
be offered by, the Rev. George w.
Sandt, editor OF the Lutheran.
The brotherhood of the local synod,
comprising MARYLAND, West Virginia
and the District. held its annual meet
ing Saturday at Martinsburg, w. Va.
w. o. Hiltobidle, of Washington, was
elected president. Harry T. Domer,
national treasurer, was elected to the
board Of executives
The Washington times., 1920-10-18
THIRD CHILD BITTEN
BY STRAY DOG
IN WEEK

While playing in a field near
Naylor road southeast yesterday
evsnjng, Ralph Amidon, twelve
years old, SIP Sixth street south
east, was bitten on the left leg and
knee by a stray dog After being
treated by physician he was
taken to his home. His condition
is not serious.
The Amidon boy was the third
child to be bitten by stray dogs in
Washington streets during the last
seven days.
The Washington times., 1920-10-18
3 NEGROES IN ASSAULT
ON TROLLEY CONDUCTOR

Three colored' men who boarded a
street car at Forty-sixth street north
east yesterday attacked Charles NJ
Berry, conductor, after they had re-
fused to pay their fare. His glasses
were broken and he was badly bruised
about the face.
The men made their escape. A re-
port of the assault was made to the
police and a search is being made for
the trio. ere.
The Washington times., 1920-10-18
Naval Reserves on Cruise.

Members of the District Naval Re
serve yesterday made cruise down
the Potomac to OccoquAa, Va, on
board subchaser No. 21O, With Ensign
c. NJ. Donahue in command
The party left the city at o'clock
in the morning and returned about 8
o'clock. Short liberty of two and a
half hours weresgranted the men at
Occoquan, where they were enter
tained by the population.
The Washington times., 1920-10-18
HENDRlCK GIVES. COPS s1OO

A check for 500 from Commits
sioner J. Thilman Hendrick has
been received by the Policemen's 3
Association, with a note requesting
that it be turned into the treasury OF
the organization. The Commissioned
mailed the check after hearing an ad-
dress made by George W. Sellers. as
sociation secretary, on the work of
the organization
The Washington times., 1920-10-18
PLUCK Of GIRL
MAY SAvEL|FE
Treasury Clerk, Shot in Back
While Boating, Has Fight
ing Chance.

Physicians at the Emergency Hos
pital are marveling at the pluck dis
played by pretty Elsa X. Howell,
twenty-five years old, an employe OF
the Treasury Department, who was
struck by a stray bullet Saturday
morning while fishing with Elgin
Blalock on the Eastern Branch.
HAS FIGHTING CHANCE.
Due TO the pluck of the young
woman. who retained CONSEQUENCES
and chatted freely with her com
panion while he rowed 400 yards to
the shore OF the Eastern Branch
after she had been shot. physicians at
the hospital today declared that she
had "hghting chance" for recovery,
following an operation In an effort TO
save her life.
The police are holding James ".
Meredith. twenty-five years old, o.
Bennings road, awaiting the outco n"
Of the young woman's injuries. Mere
dith, the police say. admitted that no
was practicing with a revolver on "A
dump near the Eastern Branch, abou;
400 yards from the place where Mis-
Howell was fishing.
SAY BULLET MIsCARRIED.
The police say bullet from his
revolver struck the young woman.
Miss Howell. who lives at 6i3
Twenty second street northwest, has
been a resident OF Washington about
a year. having come here from Indi-
annapolis to accept a position with the
Treasury Department.
The Washington times., 1920-10-18
Mothers Cooking
Passing Again.

For ccvcral years Mothers
cooking has been stap.e in
many well-to-do American
family. Probably Father and
the boys haven't objected very
strenuously. but Mother has
never relished the idea OF
kitchen work when the means
amply permitted a maid. 'bGt
thank the Kaiser for the home
cooking. Now. however. that
housework is again attracting
Young women, Mother Is as
sertinu herself, and turning 10
The Times for help, Mrs. NJ.
E. Briscoe. 1888 Corcorao SS.
N. W, recently advertised in
The Times. She SAYS: I'VE
took the frst girl who applied.
and we are well satisfied With
tho quick results" Mrs. Bris-
coe ran her ad only one fav.
Phone vour Want-ad to Tho
Times-Main $3.50.
The Washington times., 1920-10-18

.If when a fellow picks the wrong
kind of girl she would use little
jiu jitsu and mash him in the face.
we'd soon find that the men wouldn't
be so promiscuous with their flirting
and their attempts to approach wo-
men," he said.
Until the girls come to the front
in this way to protect themselves,
however, the police department is
still conducting it's campaign to pro-
tect them, by enforcing the anti
lettering law. 1t has been quite
noticeable during the past few
nights-and especially Sunday night
that the crowds which usually
hang around + and Thirteenth and
other prominent gathering places"
have been conspicuous for their alb
sence.
OPINIONS ARE DIVIDED.
Praise for The Times for focusing
the public eye on the "mashing evil'
to such an extent that the police de-
partment has seen ut to undertake a
campaign to do away with the evil
is coming into the paper from all
corners. There are others, however,
who feel that the men are not at all
to blame, and who believe that there
really is no reason for an antilmash-
ing campaign, as Hrst susEesteu ny
Mrs. Sarah V. Farling, Washington's
first policewoman. and protested by
Eirs. Nina c. Van Wrinkle. head of the
womens bureau OF the Washington
Police Department
SAYS GIRLS START II.
A. Il. Hamilton. IA Tenth street
northwest, does not agree with Mrs.
Farling that every man In town Is
flirting" And those who are flirt-
ing. he says, are doing so usually be-
cause the girls make the advances.
II was looking at some books in
a window on G. street" he writes The
Times "and n woman came up and
kept striking my knee with her hand
bag 1 moved n couple of feet and she
kept her handbag swinging and strik-
ing me occasionally and singing to
herselt Finally she said: "Some
booksN' | said yes" and walked
eway
"It made me think of Mrs. Fsrling
and what she had said about flirting.
When Mrs. FarlinR was policewoman
things were different. Now, with the
exception Of very few, the regular
working class OF men do not hold
down curbs and corners in the Dis
trict.
~ am sure Mrs. Van Wlnlle and
''aJor Gcreford win listen to any
l.'slc s,sgca Ions as TO getting rlt
The Washington times., 1920-10-18
new POSTAL STATION
OPENS TOMORROW NIGHT

Ceremonies will mark the opening
Of the new postal station at 45l1
wisconsin avenue tomorrow night
under the auspices Of the Northwest
suburban Citizens Association.
There will be addresses by Post
master NJ. o. Chance, the First Assist
ant Postmaster General, and other
prominent citizens, music and re-
freshments.
The Washington times., 1920-10-18
Many u. S. Jobs Open
For Technical Men,
CiuiL Service States

The Civil Service Commission biggest employment
agency the world during the last two has broken
all records of the Government service In the classified
service there nearly 100000 workers, of whom
nearly 90 600 live in Washington. ..
The Washington times., 1920-10-18

COL. CHARLES G. MORTI-
MER. former comm andsnt
at Camp Meade. who Was
thrown from his horse In Rock
Greek Park yesterday after
noon. sustaining conclusion Of
the brain.
The Washington times., 1920-10-18

hire Uncle Sans help They are the director
Of Left George Wales M
AT
Civil Service OF this force about $4,000
in Columbia
The Washington times., 1920-10-18
Girls Urged to Mash
He Vampires on Noses
AS Best Flirting Cure

A quick and effective way to do away with the
mashng" evil would be for the girls to do ttle mash
ing their account, according to prominent police
official.
The Washington times., 1920-10-18
presidents Own" to Meet.

The Presidents Own Garrison, No.
104, Army and Navy Union. will hold
a social meeting at the G. A. R Hall
Thursday evening.
The Washington times., 1920-10-18

of the few handbag swinging flirts
on the street"
The "cake hounds" get a asterrible
roast in a letter from two men who
sign themselves &C. w. ~" and "E.
G.. s."
There is only one class of people
who should be dealt with to the
limit" they write. after few re-
marks about flirting and the anti
mashing campaign. They are that
spineless scum OF young manhood
the cake hounds. We have been told
by numerous friends from all over
the country that not one other city
has this class of good for nothings
hanging around street corners. 1t is
sickening and disgusting to say the
least, for real red-blooded young
man to have to come into direct con-
tact with them, and such is the case
anywhere you happen to look in this
town. To most fellows they are as
repugnant as an offensive odor of
some kind"
Speaking of flirting. these two men
say that lots of girls would go with
out their evening meal If men didn't
flirt with them"
Mrs. Farley should take into con-
sideration the kind of women who
Fourteenth street their stalking
ground during the afternoons and
nights" they say.
WOMAN CITES OWN CASE.
A girl who does not wish her name
given, and who signs herself "a
washingtonian," takes up the cudgel
for the uncscorted girl, and cites her
own case 10 show that IL Is all right
for a girl to go out alone.
"I work In an office all day, attend
school at night, and after s o'clock.
when school Is over, 7 go to the
movies" she writes. "G go to relax
, from the days work sometimes with
! other girls, sometimes alone. would
I like to know whether there Is a living
! soul or law that could prevent me
! from going unescorted at night home.
This sentiment sounds the voice OF
hundreds OF girls in Washington who
have 20 live their days unescorted. but
who are attractive and pretty.
what OF it. n man does smile at
pretty girl7 Everyoge loves beauty,
and if they smile II is only a smile of
| appreciation Of something pretty. III
| here are any angels walking the
! streets OF Washington I would like
/ feb be presented. I was taught that
angels arc found only In heaven. and
an from Missouri"
The Washington times., 1920-10-18
Traffic Mishaps Here During
24-Hour Period

The following report of traffic accidents in Wash
ngton since October last and up to o'clock this
morning compiled by Lieut.. w. S. Shelby of the
traffic squad of the Police Department:
The Washington times., 1920-06-22
trail BACK TO GIRL
IN ELWELL Staying
Officials Firm In Belief That
Miss Wilson" Knows Who
Killed Turfman.
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CONTINUED from First Page)
osrod yesterday that none OF his as
sast4nts discuss the case. with the
suoeption OF Chief Assistant Talley.
A bundle OF letters and photo
grsphs was seized in the apartment
~ Miss ELY Hope Anderson. daush-
ter OF a wealthy Minneapolis. MINI.
manufacturer, at At East Sixty-nrst
street. and were scrutinized by mem
bers of the district attorneys stan
In the hope OF shedding light on the
Elwell mystery.
Miss Anderson is a music student
and is said to be a friend OF Victor
Won Schlegel, one of the last persons
20 see Elwell alive on the morning OF
June IL. The house in which Miss
Anderson lives is almost directly in
the rear OF the Knickerbocker cham.
bers where Won schlegel makes his
home,
II was explained that the only clue
the authorities honed to gain from the
correspondence was some possible
statement that would throw light
upon Elwells relations with Won
Schlegel and Won Schlegers divorced
wife, Viola Kraus.
Victor A. Won Schlegel, divorced
June 10 from Viola Kraus Won
Schle9el, was further eliminated from
the possible list of witnesses yester-
day. Judge Swami questioned +. L.
Barker. superintendent, and his wife
Lena housekeeper, and Joe, an East
Indian elevator runner at the Knick-
erbocker Chambers, where Miss
Krans' divorced husband makes his
home. 1t IL understood the Barkers
verified Won Schlegels statement he
had breakfast in his two-room apart.
,pnent at $40 o'clock the morning OF
June IL
Breakfast was served for two One
breakfast was wholly the other
partly, consumed. Mr.. Won Schlegel
explained he was Joined at breakfast
lby a young woman he had taken to
tthe Ritz-Carlton Hotel for dinner the
previous evening.
William McCambridge. one of the
f1oormen at the garage where Won
Schlegel keeps his roadster, said Won
Schlegel took his machine out about
10 a. m. Friday, June II.
The Washington times., 1920-06-22
SEEK FACTSABOUT
/. MYSTER|0USA
Machine Which Stopped in
Front Of EIweIl Home
T. Puzzles Police.

PHILADELPHIA, June ID. - Johr
IsdaIe. who was declared in New York
to have witnessed a strange automo-
bile stopping in front of the Elwel
home but several hours before the
whist king was shot, told his story
here yesterday of what toolSplace be
fore the West Seventeen street ad.
dress He said:
"I was staying with a relative al
No. $50 West Seventieth street. few
doors away from the murdered mans
home.
81 was awakened by the 1ouc
snorting of an automobile running
of American motor bandits and
jumped quickly out of bed with the
thought that / might see some ir
action. The automobile, a low, dark
one, skidded to a sudden stop in front
of the Elwcll home.
II could get but a meager view OF
It. but I thought the whole affair wa.
suspicious. ] heard a door slam, but
cannot say whether some person rar
from the house to the machine or from
the machine to the house.
. "A few seconds later the automo
bile tore off again at high rate ot
speed, the cutout still open. All tn,
curt aims were down and | was unable
to see how many persons were in tn,
machine; but from the way it was
handled l am certain that a man wa,
driving.
''rhe occurrence impressed me as
being so strange that | looked at my
wrist watch while out of bed, anC
saw il was 3:45 o'clock. The mex
morning / commented on what | saw
and was told OF the murder.
II was not exactly surprised, be
cause l had a feeling that something
out OF the ordinary had occurred.
don't remember whether the light:
were lighted on the machine, but
don't think they were, or ] would
have a distinct recollection of them.
Isdale is first officer of the British
steamer Oriano. He will probably b,
questioned later by the New Yorl
authorities in charge of the case.
Isdale's story was first made knowr
by his uncle, John Isdale, when tn
latter was questioned by Assistant
District Attorney Dooling.
The Washington times., 1920-06-22
POSTOFFICE employees
AUTOMATICALLY RETIRED
Rooms Issues Order In Accordance
With Palmer's Opinion-Effec-
five Next Aug- 21

In accordance with an opinion rem
dered by Attorney General Palmer.
Acting Postmaster General Rooms
today notified postal authorities
throughout the country that all en-
ployes, upon reaching tho age of re-
tiremont. are automatically separated
from tho service whether entitled to
annuity OF not, in accordance with
the act approved last May ~,
The retirement act Ia effectivs
from August 81, 1920, and Rooms in
structions set forth that all employees
who on that date shall have reached
the age hxed for retirement in their
respective grades shall be automatic
ally separated from tho postal service
at the close OF business August 20
and reports OF their separation for
vsrded u thu department In. Wash
faGtsA
The Washington times., 1920-06-22

departed undetected, leaving behind
no possible clue.
Hcinous as such crimes are, We are
yet prone to believe that perhaps
these mon meritcd their violent
deaths. Reuckert and Elwell trifcd
with women. The other two men, al
though they had no women friends
that anyone knew, might have made
enemies some other way.
GIRLS SLAIN MYsTERIOUNY.
But two slayers OF another class
arc still at large. One is the men
who killed Mary Elizabeth Rddell.
the seventcenyearo girl who vas
found slain in a vacant lot near her
home in Queens in January. 1919. Tho
girl had been struck down by a
ferocious blow and even beaten after
death She had no love affairs or
enemies and was believed to nave
been killed by maniac.
The other demoniac murder CT
Young girl took place in the home Of
her father. Robert S. HoNie. Ream
Constance Hoxic also seventeen, was
alone in the apartment when a
stranger came to the door and was
seen to enter. Nothing further was
thought of this occurrence till the
girls parents came home and found
their daughters body, with skull
crushed in.
An advertisement of'a room to rent
had been put in the newspapers by
the Hoxies, and 1t is believed that
the murderer used this as an excuse
to enter the home and that later, when
the young girl was showing him about
the house, he attacked her.
SOLUTIONS YET TO COME.
All Of these crimes have been afro
cious. All have attracted great at
tention and comment. Various the
ories have been advanced. and search
for the criminals has been extensive
and tireless on the part Of officials
But as time passes on new crimes
come to mystify the public, and so
interest is lost in those Of former
days.
1t would seem that enmity or long
standing. grudges are not necessary
as incentive for the commission OF
murder Elwell, too, may have been
killed by crank with gun.
Murder didn't "out" In the cases Of
Ream Hoxie, Mary Riddell, George
Robec, Frederick Rueckert and Win.
field Scott Philhower.
Will II "out" in the case of Joseph
r. Elwell?
The Washington times., 1920-06-22
GIRLS! LEMONS
BLEACH; WHITEN
Make Lemon Lotion to Double
Beauty of Your Skin

Squeeze tho Juice OF two lemons In
- n bottle containing three ounces
Of Orchard White. which can be had
nj any drug store, shake well and
you have a quarter pint Of harmless
and delightful lemon bleach for few
cents.
Massage. this swcctly fragrant To-
tton into the face. neck. arms and
hands each day. then shortly note the
beauty os your skin.
Famous Stase beauties use lemon
tuice to bleach and bring thst sott,
clear. rosy-white complexion. Lemons
have always been used as freckle,
nnbrr and tan rsmo~sn Make this
~~SD1 tn -
The Washington times., 1920-06-22

lllS INV SlloSS a. a pil liiol
makes them worth putting by
for another summer!
Most of them are calfskin low
shoes in a dark, cordovan-like
brown. There are also vici kids
in both brown and black. Either
leather may be had in footwear
of varied styles-froni the ultra
fashionable to the ultra other
wise. 800 pairs Of them!
And all sizeS-so the fact that
this is sale need not make you
think there are but a few sizes.
Mems SIS low footwear,
$9.85, beginning tomorrow
morning. ...-.---.'..-..
The Washington times., 1920-06-22
MARY ELIZABETH RIDDELL.

of Glen Ridge. y. j., S25 yesterday.
He was fned that amount by Mag
istrate Groak in Stapleton, Staten Is
land. for speeding at thirty-sevea
miles an hour Sunday afternoon while
trying to test out the machine
against a bird flying above me-"
The Washington times., 1920-06-22
De VALERA GIVES THANKS.

calling Ireland nation Of workers,
Eamon dc Valera. President OF the
Irish republic, has sent a telegram or
thanks 10 Samuel Gompers for the
American Federation Of Lsbor's in
dorsemeut OF recognition Of the frtsh
repuklinL
The Washington times., 1920-06-22
Passing Weeks Fail
To Shed Light On
New York's SLayings
MISS CLARA L. vORRATf4.
Bv MARGERY REX.

NEW YORK, June 22.-"Murder will out!''
Proverbs observations of wiseaces founded keen
nsg gh into human nature. The who kills another is
believed carry inolerabe burden his heart till he
confesses his crime Sooner later supposedly he comes
back to make all possible restitution.
The Washington times., 1920-06-22
MOTORIST FINED SIS
FOR RACING WITH BIRD

NEW YORK, June 22.-Automobile
racing with a bird cost George Sloan.
The Washington times., 1920-06-22

Isdale's story was first made known
by his uncle, John 1sdale, when the
latter was questioned by Assistant
District Attorney Doeling.
The Washington times., 1920-06-22
TO OPEN COAL HEARINGS.

The anthracite coal commission Will
open hearings in Scranton. Pa, on
Thursday, with the miners presenting
their demands. il was announced.
The Washington times., 1920-06-22
SAY DIAMOND DYES"

Don't streak or ruin your material In
. poor dye. Insist on Diamond Dyes"
Easy directions in every package.