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The Washington times., 1920-02-23
EXPERTS WILL ADDRESS
EFFICIENCY CONFERENCE

Efficiency and accounting experts
OF the District government and local
business houses will attend an eff
cheney conference under the auspices
OF the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association tomorrow night at the
willard Hotel
Questions OF income tax returns
and the matter OF compiling them,
In addition to many problems of in
terest to accounting and efficiency
departments of the government, will
be discussed. Shorthand +. Fannon,
business expert of the National Cash
Register, Company, will discuss GER
tain phases OF tho income tax laws.
A feature of the conference, which
will last three days, will DO a discus
sion OF the relation of welfare work
to efficiency in business. Motion
pictures will be shown in this con-
nection.
Proper advertising, distribution
costs, and how to minimize them and
other business problems will be dis
cussed-
The Washington times., 1920-02-23
DUFOUR AGAIN HEADS
CHAMBER HEALTH BODY

DR.. c. r. Dufour, chairman Of the
public health committee OF the WASH
ington Chamber of Commerce has
been reappointed to that position for
the ensuing year.
with DR.. Dufour on the committee
will be associated the following mem
bers: Philip @. Afleck, DR.. Lewis j.
Battle. Andrew J. Brown, Charles r.
Campbell, David f.. Buck, DR.. w. p.
Carr, A. A. Chaplin. DIR. II. p. Cobey,
NJ. J. Cook, william Knowles Cooper.
II. C. yesterday, William M. Dove,
Lewis Flemer, w. s. Hodge, A.
Gumprecht, Charles ID. Hall, George
A. Heaney, w. o. Hiltabiddle, DR.. II.
NJ. Kaufman, DR.. l.. +. Keller. Sam
ueI KisselofY. DR.. Robert s, Lamb,
George II. Lamar, Grant Leet DR..
Harry S. Lewis, s. A. Manuel, Thomas
T.. Ogram, rr. Joseph d. Rogers, G.
r. Sudwartb and II. @. Wilbur.
The Washington times., 1920-02-23
When Luna goes down in the west,
And cats on the fence break my rest,
In turmoil Of mind,
This comfort | find,
You'll die and die nine times, you pest
| The
Winner
Limerick No. Is

One OF the most pleasant things
about the Limerick Contest Is the
fact that nobody who wins prize
ever has expected to do so.
Fred Mclaughlin Is serious
minded, hard working Typographical
engineer in the United States Geolog-
zeal Survey, a native OF Texas, where
the ordinary citizens aim is good.
He moved his interesting little
family of wife and three chiidren
from North Carolina short pme
ago and rented house at lIfo
Church street.
There Is a fence behind the house
on which convention Of felines
meets every night for choir practice.
Mclaughlin is n humane man ana
loves all dumb animals. but he draws
the line right there. The cats In the
rear of 1749 Church street are pos
sessed of vocal cords OF rare range
and resonance. There Is one brindle
Tom who could stand on top or the
Washington Monument and breathe
his love song TO Tabby over in
Anacostia.
II He Were In Texas.
Mclaughlin loves to get In the back
window OF the house and tell this
ShatteTeT OF the dtHhoSphN'' 49,
he would do to II II he were down In
Texas. where there Is no city ordl'
nance against tanning the hammer
OF an automatic.
One death would not be sunicient,
he declared. The fence prowler should
he sent to kingdom come without
even single one OF his nine lives
to come back to.
That is why. at five minutes to IL
o'clock Friday. he stepped into The
Times business office and laid an
envelope on the counter.
1t contained the last line printed
above, the apostrophe which Nc
Laughlin had uttered between
clenched teeth at the sleep disturber
opposite his window twelve hours be-
fore.
The judges evidently caught the
spirit OF it. for yesterday the Linn
erick Editor had the privilege OF tell
ing the Mclaughlin family that there
would be a 500 prize check mailed
to them in a day or two.
Boy Sends Answer.
Eight-year-old Malcolm Mclaughlin
also has been a contributor to the
Limerick Contest, and he was some
what crest-fallen to find that papa
and not he had carried off the priz".
ID. S. Wrenn. connected with j. h.
Weisman Sons. y street and Riggs
markets, would drown the sounds in
The Washington times., 1920-02-23
WILL ADDRESS SOCIETY.

Judge Eugene c. Bonniwell, presi-
dent of the Pennsylvania Society, Sons
of the American Revolution; Daniel c.
Roper, Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue: DR.. Clarence J. owens, man.
aging director of the South Society,
and Ray Thompson. former consul at
Vladivostock, Siberia, are to be the
speakers at the annual banquet OF
the order OF Washington. to be held
on Wednesday evening at Hotel La
fayette.
Rear Admiral Charles II. Stockton,
U. s. N, retired. and commander gen.
erd of the order, will preside
The Washington times., 1920-02-23
D. E. SUFFRAGE LEAGUE TO
BE- FORMED TOMORROW

The organization Of the district OF
Columbia Suffrage League will take
place in the Central High School to-
morrow night, according to an an
nouncement by the national press
committee for District Suffrage.
Col. Winfield Jones, chairman OF the
committee in charge of the arrange
ments. stated that the meeting will
be the opening OF a nationwide cam
paign as planned by the press COM
mittee.
Several men OF national prominence
have been engaged to speak at the
meeting. The general public Is in
vited to attend. The meeting will be
followed by a campaign throughout
the District.
The Washington times., 1920-02-23
TO ADDRESS D. c. GIRLS.

whitehead Klutzz, former lieuten-
ant governor of North Carolina, will
speak before tho Washington do.
cesar organization of tho Girls
Friendly Society. in tho auditorium ~
the Interior Department, next Wed
nesday evening. at 3 o'clock. He will
take for his subject. Building tho
Greater Nation" Tho meeting Will
be open to tho woman OF washing
ton,
The Washington times., 1920-02-23
MO. SOCIETY TO MEET.

The Missouri Society will hold its
annual meeting and dance at
Rauschcr's. Connecticut Avenue and /.
street northwest. tomorrow evening.
Full information may be procured
from the headquarters of the society.
700 woodward building.
The Washington times., 1920-02-23
MISFORTUNE TRAILS
WAN CASE FIGURES
Major Pullman Latest Principal
In Chinese Tragedy to Feel
Hand of Fate.

A decidedly uncanny feature about
the trial of Ziang Sun Wan, the young
Chinese student who was recently
convicted of murder, January 20 of
last year, of Ben Sen WI, an under
secretary at the Chinese Educational
Mission, is the long list of misfor-
tunes following closely in the train
Of the celebrated case.
The trial already crowded with
mystery and puzzles, by reason OF
deaths and sicknesses which have
undertaken a number of officials
closely connected with 1t, Is assum-
ing an almost awe-inspiring aspect.
The death of Major Pullman super
intendent Of police, has removed from
the scene the chief witness OF the
prosecution against Wan. Major
Pullman worked INCREASINGLY day and
night to solve the mysterious murder
and proved one of the strongest wit
nesses for the Government at the
trial.
Policeman Was Killed.
Another witness claimed by death
Is Policeman Oscar A. McKimmie, who
was shot and killed January 10 last
by a colored man near Tenth and o
streets northwest The police arrest
ed Herbert Weston, colored, twenty
years old, in connection with the
crime. McKimmie was one Of the po-
licemen detailed by Major Pullman to
watch Wan when the latter was the
guest Of the police" at the Dewey
Hotel.
Justice Gould who presided at the
trial, shortly after it's conclusion, had
an accident which is still combining
him to his home and bed. On his way
to the letter box near his home one
evening the justice slipped on the ice
and fell, injuring himself painfully.
The eminent jurist is alleged to have
remarked to one Of the attorneys in
the case upon the many and strange
accidents a few days after he fell.
Lawyer Falls Sick.
Attorney James A. OShea, who
made such a brilliant defense in be-
half Of the Chinaman. fell victim to
a severe attack of the flu right after
the case had been finished. Mr..
O'Shea was able to be out for the
first time only a few days ago. He
has not been able to submit his argu-
ment for new trial on account of
the illness Of Justice Gould.
The first accident connected with
the case was that OF a juryman, who
on his way to the court one morning
in the early port of tho trial fell on
the ice injuring himself severely
necessitating the postponement of the
case for ten days.
Assistant District Attorney Bolitha
]. Laws, who Investigated the case
and forged the links of the evidence
which convicted Wan, suffered from
severe headaches all through the trial
and was compelled to take a rest OF
ten days at it's conclusion. One of
the bailiffs who escorted Wan to and
from the cellroom in the courthouse
while the trial was on also fell VIC
tim to the flu and Is still laid up
with 1t.
The Washington times., 1920-02-23
WOMAN'S LEAGUE MEETS.

The woman's National Democratic
League will hold an open meeting
and reception Mt tho Congress Hall
Hotel on Wednesday evening. Demo-
cratic leaders will spNAk-
The Washington times., 1920-02-23

TIA fur tart 81 the n-~ District 81 Co
lumbia Rent Law, with explanatory
notes by the Real Estate Editor Of The
Times, has been printed In convenient
booklet form. A free copy Is yours for
the q, king at the counter Of The Wash
ington Times
The Washington times., 1920-02-23

Major Pullman gave his life to his
country In tho war as truly and as
unselhshly as any soldier who met
death in France fighting the Hun"
Ever since we went To war with Ger
many he had given without stint his
very heart and soul. as we'll as his
brain, to tho overwhelming, gruelling
job OF protecting this great world
Capital and maintaining peace, law,
and order under difficulties more try
ing than will ever be known. with
tho department numerically smaller
than It had been for years, he met
kContinued on Page Fiftsen-l
The daily morning oasis., 1920-06-30
EDITORIALS.
PEACEFUL PfCKEfIN".

l. W. WIS testifying at Butte. at the Nanny in
quest, claimed Il constitutional right to engage in
what they described as peaceful picketing, but all
declared that they had ne use for the United States
government did not vote, and in the case of num-
Der of foreigners the assertion YVES made that thew
did not even to learn English except to be able
to get by. Their peaceful pickct1ng was shown up
by witnesses to have resulted in even cripples having
been beaten by the |. w W. foreigners old men were
Knocked down, their dinner buckets taken from them
In all This picketing the foreigners chiefly were the
aggreSsors. Their sole defence or the witness stand
was that under the American government they had
a constitutional right to picket
Many picket was shot and later died during
the L. w. w. troubles and in the inquest has served
to bring out, as never BEFORE just what the creed of
this organization is, and it's enuncaton has aroused
wave Of Indignation throughout all respectable
classes
Tn"t creed was "eet" the mines Nv "striking on
the ioh,' in other words do no more work than lust
ennu"h to "et nv and throroh sllr inefficencv COM
pei the industry to cease operating.
The daily morning oasis., 1920-06-30
THE BEAUTY OF WOMAN

Years ago. when the adults Of this town were
children our mothers and our grandmothers and our
aunts could hardly be induced to enter beauty shop
or purchase cosmetics from over the counter of the
drug store It considered vain and frivolous,
and sobrety did not approve.
In those daV women aged much more rapidly
than today and wrinkles of tins were in evidence
early in life.
Bat today it is different and it is well that it is
Aman marlieS q woman because he is attracted
by her and forms lasting affection for her 1t is
but natural that he should take Cride in her beauty
and in the charm Oh her cnaractet ana any harmless
means thai will aid in retaining either, is mere than
justifiabe in is employment
The woman of the home takes pride IN having
that home neat and attractive, aiid spends many
hours in adding those little touches which she knows
are appealing to the Of her choice.
Is there any reason why she should be less par
tcular in preserving her beauty Of person than she
is in retaining that of the home?
There is today no why no rnlaly healthy
woman should not retain much of the brightness and
bloom of youth even to the brink of the grave Ger
tanly it is rejuvenatng to her and more pleas
ing to those who know and love her.
Dc not cliticise the woman who uses artificial
means to retain her beauty Of person on par with
that OF her soul
1t is possible she is showing evidences of wisdom
not possessed by some of her critics. for in the eyes
of mankind the preservation of her charm is ustifi
able in every way,
Life and death are the opposite sides Of the great
orb
A man may die of wounds no one of which would
prove fatal
Scores Of ill.,, enormously rich are diving of cap;-
tai punishment.
The daily morning oasis., 1920-06-30
CLEAR B1LL FOX Oil

Ille FEDERAL tl%dt Coil.inoSlOn las issued re-
port relative 10 Tie edV4iLe Iiue gaSUlle,
OH, ktl OSelle AMI OLIer lI11Ua plUUuCtS
III concluding the report says. 1t seems that
there Is greater Jusutlcaton assigning advance
price OF crude Oil and petroleum products TO varying
conditions OF supplying demand in the light Of en-
p1aslzed and pessimstic statements to future Of
supply, than to combination in restraint of trade"
In recommendations the commission saws:
"Whe the production OF cI1lte or in this coun-
try is still the increase and the present sources of
supply appear to be adequate for Tine to come
the probable gradual decline of crude oil production
in this country in the not remote future according
to the general prediction of geoloeists and the
enoa@ed in the oil irdustrv makes seem e part of
rHlderce to ENCOURAGE those engaged in the oil
industry in thc country and to develon the
production in such foreion countries which have oil
resources as are most available for furnishing sup
The daily morning oasis., 1920-06-30
OUR WANDERING BOY

Since nations ceased their throwing fits, their
hands in blood imbtling often think of Etel Fritz
and wonder what he's doing. They bring me news
of old Elk Bill, from DER the briny pillows; he's IN
the woods, already still, awhackilg ems and willows
the sycamore he roundy hits and saws it with emo
tlon but not word Of Eite Fritz o!den times you
made me rather weary; you were embalmed in Ger
man rhymes and German legends berry. The favo-
rite of and danes, you spent your lifetime may
ing with glee pursued your glddy games before the
grandstand playing. Of all good bets You were the
BEST one issue that vital; and now we hear of all
the rest, but not word of Eitei The Kronprinz
Wiyum on his isle cuts up some dismal caDers and
now and then. with sicky smile, speaks pieces for
the papers. We hear of divers busted dukes. aid
skates of princey title, end Hinderburg and other
flukes. but not word of Eife. Oh Eihel Fritz you
eidy hoy sassy vein md hossv does life still
seem a round of inv or is it total-losev?
tCopyright BY George Matthews Adams)
The daily morning oasis., 1920-06-30

Pile. CT oil and that such enterprises should be Civ
en- :. plypel dipo4,Jtic support in obtaining and
OPP atlng OH producing jrojerty."
Our corsulnptloIi exceeding production at the
present tnle according to the report This empha-
sizes the necessity Oh national policy encouraging
to American oil producers if we to remain indie
pendent of foreign countries for Oil supplies.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-03-25
Thousands Have Kidney
Trouble and Never
Suspect 1t
Applicants for Insurance Often
Rejected.

Judging from reports from druggists
who are constantly in direct touch with
the public, there is one preparation that
has been very successful in overcoming
these conditions. The mild and healing
influence of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is
soon realized. 1t stands the highest for
it's remarkable record of success.
An examining physician for one OF the
prominent Life Insurance Companies. in
an interview on the subject, made the as
tonishing statement that one reason why
so many applicants for insurance are re-
jected is because kidney trouble is so
common to the American people, and the
large majority of those whose applica-
tons are declined do not even suspect
that they have the disease. 1t is on sale
at all drug stores in bottles of two sizes,
medium and large.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for q
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-03-25

without any trouble. ! live on a farm and
do all OF the work a woman has to do with
out any help and can walk four or five miles
and not be any the worse for it. 90
''At the time my daughter was Develop
ing gave her 'Favorite Prescription and
prior't to that the G olden Medical Discovery
40 she was delicate girl. and it always
benefited her.
I'VE have also used the little Pellets
with good results. MRS. 8. A. DOUG
LAS, Route 2. Box 90.
Fond-du-Lac, Wis. when was girl
going to school got all rundown and weak
due to hard studying. About the time
was coming into womanhood took DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription and it built
me up in fine shape in just a short space OF
time. / also took il a few years ago during
expectancy and it helped me wonderfully.
I had comparatively no suffering and my
baby was strong and healthy and has always
been. .Favorite Prescription has done
wonders for me. ] think 1t is the only
medicine for weak women OF women who
are in delicate condition. MRS. G.
GUELL, JR., 200 9th st.
DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is
non-alcoholic remedy that any ailing wo--
man can safely take because it is prepared
from roots and herbs containing tonic prop
critics of the most pronounced character.
Send DIR. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel, Buff
falo, N. Y. ten cents for trial package OF
tablets.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-03-25
Words.

"And now" concluded the super ora
tor. as he bowed to the frenzed ap
plause of the common people, IF !
have made any point clear TO this in
tell!gent audience | will feel tina; i
have failed of my purpose. However.
The greatest of mortals is prone tn err,
so. in iuStice 10 the great issue al
stake. | trust that anyone who under.
strands what Tile League OF Nations
really is will ask such questions as
will enable me to obscure such parts
of IL as may he clear TO You now.
Silence. More ST.
Ience. And then some.
"Ahl Your silence Is hatterlng. I'm
deed. II you will row dispense With
shaking my hand. ! will bid you adieu,
as must save my energy for the
speech am to deliver tomorrow be-
fore the former munlion makers on
How 10 Combat The high Cost OF
Living life.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-03-25

the houses. They saw family
grouped about the supper table. The
father, whose bullying vest made him
sit very straight and rather pompous.
ly, gaZed with satisfaction at his fam
lily about the loaded cloth. The moth
or, a woman Of complacent curves.
smiled benignly at her well-scrubbed
children and her contented husband.
In another part of town. a humber
part, small square window framed
another picture-a brown-walled kitch-
en- where the copper glowed in the
rays from lamp on the red-checked
table. The old man and the old WON
an nodded in their chairs. His stock
inged feet were stretched upon foot
stool and their wooden shoes rested
beside him on the floor. AS her
fingers loosened from the knitting
needles, the half-made sock slid gen.
fly from her lap. The stars chuckled
and skipped to get out of the way of
the new moon who came to watch
the last part of the drama in the vii
ihkCs ANU Nltu Sic saw a klIl, WIN,
wide awake dreamed of sweetheart
in a neighboring town, the moon of ro-
nance took her message TO the youth.
Then from the cathedral tower, the
midnight melody of the carlton put
the girl to sleep,
But that was long ago before the
German guns roared out of the north
strong voices that chanted fierce
harmony of misery and ruin-evl
voices that sent a tempest of terror
into the calm minds Of the people and
babe them sob their everlasting fare
wells.
Now I'm The plain of Brabanconne
lies the village, mangled and charred.
way among the crumbling walls and
summer twilight lays a gray pail over
the broken homes. The flowers that
gave their sweetness are faded and
the tongues of their vendors are
dumb. Sadly the stars gaze through
the night mist, tear-dimmed eyes that
search the blind windows in vain.
The people they knew laugh no more,
for their dreams, their loves, and their
lives are withered. The waning moon
seeks the tower and finds but shat
tered wreck, voiceless TO utter the
drge that stirs deep In its heart.
Still some of the stone saints smile,
but the twist of their lips Is ironlc.
The bells that had sung through the
years. that had blessed the JOY of the
people. cried their last note In pain
as they crashed to the foot Of the bel
fry.
And the ruined village Is mute; its
tragic doom goes unknelled for the
voice of the chimes is dead.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-03-25
Little Drops of Water.

II has been stated that people are a.
ignorant OF the size Of the sea rs they
are OF matters dealing with astronomy.
Few are aware. for Instance, that
the Pacific ocean covers GS0Oc,O0
miles; the Atlantic 30.000O00 miles.
and the Indian ocean. Arctic. and
Antarctic 42.000000.
To stow away the contents OF the
Pacific II would be necessary to fill
a tank one mile long. one mile wide.
and one mile deep. every day for 440
years. Put in figures. the Pacific holds
In weight 9s4.oOo0oo 600 QUO 700, 900
tons
The Atlantic averages depth OF not
quite three miles Its waters weigh
325. 600. 600 0OO. 900 100000 tons. and q
tank TO contain II would have each
Of Its sides 430 miles long.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-03-25

till. swelling like bubbles Of light. It
burst i'm silvery shower. Every
where green shutters opened To let In
the winged notes. Pedestrians paused.
then FASTENED their steps toward the
foot Of the church. there 10 receive
the sweetest bencdiction of the
chimes. Slowly the music faded,
melted into the shadows and the per-
fume Of the night.
The million stars Weakening from
their daytime sleep, biinked till their
eyss were bright. returning the
twinkle Of the lights within the win
dows. Now and then they peeked into
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-03-25
BeIgiuInSketches
The Voice of the
Chimes
BY Katharine Egsleston Roberts
Copyright. 1890. western Newspaper Union

(Copyrtght, lsZo, western newspaper Onloh)
In a little town in the plain of
Brabanconne, the summer twilight
filed the winding streets with shad-
ows. Over the cobblestOnes, bright
checked girls in wooden shoes, blue
dresses. and red kerchiefs trundled
their two-wheeled carts Of flowers.
The scented breeze was cool. Here
and there lights began to CLEAN be-
hind the windows of the narrow, peak
rooted houses. The tower of the
cathedral rose against the sunset sky
like a misty dream and yet a dream
immovable. Its sculptured saints
smiled on the peaceful land. All was
quiet in the happy silence that ends
a day well lived.
Then with the stealth Of fairies the
tiny notes played in the air. Softly
at first, the magic music descended
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-03-25

WEST FLANDERS
BYKATHARINE EGGLEsToN ROBERTS



Copyright 1920. Western
There's wide bare field where ghosty trees
Plead for the mercy of Heaven.
They lift their broken and sigh
Against the ptless, cold, gray sky
But their prayers hushed in the cloudy seas,
And the crows flying
In the desoate waste, the shell-pits gap;
Their wounded lips bleed poppes
They trimmed with rusted guns and swords,
With bits of cloth and broken boards,
And their waters mirror the broad wingfap
OF the crows that are flying over
Ger the battle plain there's fierce
Of the death birds seeking booty.
Together they rush and dip and dart
In the midst of the bleak fields aching heart
There's lonely cross that marks the place
The black crows swooping over