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The Washington times., 1920-01-03
WOULD MAKE
FARM0F DC.
Thousands Of Acres of Good
Land Within Ten-MiIe Radius
Of Dome, Says Lane.

Secretary OF ths Interior Lane
would make a vast farm out Of the
District OF Columbia as a solution TO
the high cost OF living. according to
a plan developed today from a sug-
gestion embodied in Mr.. Lanes recent
annual report to Congress-
Incidentally the anomaly is sux-
Eested that while Uncle Sam can
build . railroad In Alaska In the
face OF tremendous difficulties hs
fails to solve "most urgent problems
right here in his own\ capital"
In, Washington. says the Secretary,
already the housing problem Is
acute, as II is in almost every otner
large American city. IT would be
pittfui thing II the provision OF more
housing facilities to meet the nsads
OF growing population mean merely
more congestion and higher rents
with an ever-increasing degree of
landed proprietorship and true In
dividuai independence"
Thouaaaas Of Acres In d. c.
After referring to the fact that
within ten-miie- circle drawn
around the Capitol dome are thou
sands of acres Of good agricultural
land. OF which the merest fraction
has been reduced to cultivation" Sec
retary Lane comments:
Somewhere and sometime, IL seems
to me, q new system must be devised
TO disperse the people of great cities
on the vacant lots surrounding them,
10 give the masses a real hold upon
the soil, and to replace the apartment
house with the home in a garden.
7 Such q system should enable the
ambitious and thrifty family not only
10 save the entire cost Of rent, but
possibly half the cost of food, while
at the same time enhancing it's stand
ard Of living socially and spiritually,
as well as economically.
1t has been suggested that there
Is no better place to demonstrate a
new form of suburban life than here
at the National Capital. where we
may freely draw upon all the re-
sources of the Governmental depart
ments for expert knowledge and ad.
vice. and where the demonstration
can readily command wide publicity
and come under the observation of the
nations lawmakers.
Expects Experiment Made.
And l am expecting that this ex-
pertinent will be made. Such a plan
of town and community life, rather
than city life. should be extended to
every large city in the nation---I put
sirst among the constructive things
which may be done by the exercise
of the Governments power of super
vision and direction. with the smallest
outlay Of money, the matter of pro-
viding suburban homes for our mil
lions Of wageearners."
Two-thirds of the Alaskan railroad
has been built by the Government.
The work has been done, Secretary
Lane testihes, honestly, efficiently, and
'for as little money as private par
ties could have built 1t, as all COM
petent independent engineers who
have seen the road advise. The men
on the Job have been well housed and
well fed; their wages have been good
and promptly paid"
Secretary Lane infers that what has
been done in Alaska in this respect
has been neglected in Washington.
He emphasizes the opportunities for
the development Of suburban prop
erty along the community idea under
supervision of the Government.
The Washington times., 1920-01-03
LAWYER IS INDICTED.

Robert l.. Montague, a well-known
Virginia lawyer residing in this city,
has been indicted by the grand Jury
on a charge of embezzling $61ss2 OF
the funds belonging to the estate Of
Mary J. Brady, of which he was the
executor and trustee. The grand
jury also returned fourteen other in
dictments for minor offenses.
The Washington times., 1920-01-03
WORK EXTRA
JOA|DYANKS
War Riskers Voluntarily Give
Up Vacations and Put In
Overtime Without Pay.

Five hundred clerks in the War
Risk Insurance are working over
time--somA OF them far intQ the night
while members Of C6Xgress are
issuing statements branding them
loafers and laying plans to abolish
their Jobs. according to bureau Of
heals.
These girls viii receive no extra
compensation for this work. The bu-
reau is operating under 4 deficiency
appropriation and no provision ifs
made for overtime. officials continue.
"These clerks are displaying a
brand OF loyalty that should commend
them to both Congress and the ea-
service men In whose interest their
work is primarily peing DONE" de-
clared Col. NJ. r. Wainer, assistant
director Of War Risk in charge or
personnel.
sweet Bill Changes Status.
The Sweet Bill, carrying increased
compensation for ex-service men
equivalent In some cases to double
the compensation formerly paid,
brought about the situation in the
bureau necessitating overtime.
When the President signed the bill,
1t became necessary to go through
the flies Of the bureau and make
changes in the records of practically
all persons receiving compensation. 1t
also followed that thousands of new
forms and additional pay checks must
be issued.
For clerks unfamiliar with the files
to have been detailed to this work
would have resulted in endless con-
fusion. officials of the bureau state.
Overtime Necessary.
The only way to expedite the hand
ling Of the situation resulting from
the signing of the Sweet bill was 10
have clerks familiar with the files
work longer hours so as to make the
alterations and inaugurate the new
system nf compensation.
The signing OF the Sweet bill found
many War Risk clerks out OF the
city spending Christmas holidays at
home, some of them after an absence
of a year or more. Others were be-
arranging to spend New Year at home
in distant cities.
Volunteers were asked for after the
situation had been explained to the
clerks, and hundreds declared they
would forego their vacation in order
that the ex-service men and others
may not miss. their compensation
Maybe Next to Go.
These clerks are not only losing
their vacation, but are doing extra
work with the knowledge that in the
program Of retrenchment and cutting
down Of the bureau personnel their
names may be added today or to-
morrow or next week to the list of
surplus" clerks, which would mean
their release.
Some of these clerks who are doing
extra work in the bureau are receiv-
ing the same pay they got when they
entered the service two years ago.
The department heads of the bu-
reau are working out a promotion
system under which a clerk may i'm
prove his or her condition to such
an extent as to earn a position carry
ing increased pay and responsibility.
The several hundred now working
overtime will probably complete Their
extra work this spring. Some Of them
remain at their desks an hour in the
afternoon after the usual quitting
time, while others return after din
ner and work from Z until 10 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1920-01-03
ASKS PARALLEL PARKING.

In order TO give more operating
rpsce 20 people who use the street.
effective Monday January 8. parallel
parking IL rsauested by Captain Head
icy. Of the Police Department. on the
"A ard I, facing Southern building.
lnstead of ~ an angie OF forty-f'vs
derfeo< - heretofore
The Washington times., 1920-01-03
WILL FIX
CHILD LABOR STANDARD

The COMMITTEES OF physicians, ap-
pointed as a result OF the Child Labor
Conference held here last Nay and
June. will meet In the Children Blu.
reau of the Department OF Lahor on
January 8 and 9, to Ak the minimum
standards for employment OF children.
The committee will also determine,
on a basis OF experience, what consti.
tutes normal development.
The Washington times., 1920-01-03
ALUMNI TO DANCE.

The Business High School Alumni
Association will give dance 1t
Meridian Mansion, 2400 Sixteenth
street northwest, on January is. All
Business graduates are invited to at
tend this dance, which will be a get
together party OF the almuni.
The Washington times., 1920-01-03
Price Fixers Plan to Wage
Drastic Crusade Against the
Districts Egg Profiteers

campaign is to be waged against merchants in the
District who said to be proeerng in eggs Regard
less of the slump in the wholesale price of eggs Secretary
E. D. Atkinson, of the District fair price committee said
this morning that many complaints had been received that
retailers charging high 80 cents and $lOO
a dozen for eggs.
The Washington times., 1920-01-03
TRUST
HEAD TRA|LED.
Revenue Agents Ready to Ar.
rest Bootleg Chief When
Time Is Ripe.

Operatives Of the Internal Revenue
Bureau and detectives from Police
Headquarters were ready TO place the
heads OF the bootleg trust In Wash
ington under arrest whenever the
time 10 auspicious.
That the owner OF the Ie7 cases Of
whiskey captured In the ra,d Thurs
day night is under surveiiiance be-
came definitely known today When
he 10 placed under arrest the police
will be ready to announce the real
head OF the bootleg trust
suspect Being Watched.
Officials today laughed st the report
that the real owner of the whiskev
could have II IL he would claim II. ana
that the owner would not be pross-
cuted. Officials said that In light cf
certain evidence 1t is hardly probable
that the owner would want TO claim
the whiskey. even though IL is wortl
upward Of $4,000.
Assistant District Attorney Arth to-
day took full charge of the inyestiga-
tion of the bootleg trust" 1t Is be-
lieved that he ordered that the men
uHOeT pC "atShra- 8AsA
that the arrest be not made yet
That some information may be OBJ
tanned from John Villa ms. arrested
in a raid on house at 12ls WisconsIn
avenue last night, is believed probabis
by the police. 1t 10 alleged that WIZ
liams was selling liquor distr i3utod
by the Camp Leach store house.
Result OF Raid.
p,{d m tha hnvsa headAd nv,
Riley of the Seventh pre-
cinct. Several boxes known to have
contained bottles of whiskey were
found In the rear of the place, the
police declare. Williams was locked
up.
A short time after the arrest Of
Williams. Alfred Walters. who II is
also believed by the police was sell
ing whiskey from the Camp Leach
cache, was placed under arrest by
Internal Revenue Operatives Hend
and Seegar and Police Headquarters
Detectives Jett and Hartman. Police
of making a whiskey sale.
Donald Fuller. 3267 Prospect avenue
northwest. who was arrested when
the 1917 cases were found at Camp
Leach Thursday night. today 10 out
on bail of $500. A charge of carrying
concealed weapons was lodged
against him. Police say Fuller was
not at a place of legitimate employ,
ment and had no right to carry wea-
poRs. -...-. -,s
Release Chauffeur.
James C. Millstead. 1850 Wisconsin
avenue, a chauffeur, was released,
the police being unable to- obtain any
Information warranting holding him.
In addition to the arrest of the head
of the alleged bootleg" trust, the
police today spread a dragnet that Is
expected to bring in the lesser lights
in the huge traffic in Illicit liquor
here. The lesser lights are the COM
mon variety of bootleggers to whom
whiskey was allocated daily
The demand for bootleg whiskey
evidently was larger than the supply.
and individual bootleggers were al
located certain amount daily.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-15

do this to the end that VIC shall have an as
soclation OF nations for the promotion OF in
ternational peace, but one which shall so def
nitely safeguard our sovereignty and recognize
our ultimate aud unmortgaged freedom OF ac-
ton that it will have back of it not divided
and distracted sentiment, but the united sup
port OF the American people Without such
united support plan can be made fully or
permanently successful"
1t would seem that Senator Harding might
well permit all statement of his attitude on the
international issue to rest with that paragraph
and that public men, and editors sincerely desirous
OF crltictsing his point of view should address
themselves to that declaration of purpose.
BY that declaration the Senator specifically COM
mits himself to participation in international ac-
tion for the maintenance of peace, and leaves him
self entire freedom to such parts of the exist
ing league as in his opinion, and in that of his
advisors are serviceable and in accord with the
time-honored policy of the United States.
The torrent of Misrepresentation which followed
the Des Moines speech had evidently been pre-
pared in advance by Democratic politicians, and
was not without its effect But it will be checked
by consideration OF the statement which we have
quoted, which has place further down in the same
address.
1t has been complained that the present league
covenant SO far the United States is concerned,
is the creation OF one man only, without unparti-
advice.
Senator Harding distinctly promises to call in
the best minds in the United States"
The present is held by many to en-
danger our sovereignty Against this the
Senator specifically promises to guard.
But the given the country OF prompt
action, in association with "the best minds in. the
United States" for the formulation Of an nterna-
tional association is unqualified. 1t puts final end
to doubt in the minds of reasonable people the
position of the Republican nominee on this issue.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-15
Track in the Deep.

The "tracklcss deep" is about to be conquered
NavlgatorS making final tests on radio
pilot cables which will be laid in New York harbor
guiding vessels for sixteen miles, out to the
high seas
This device has been stamped as "one Of the
greatest aids to navigation devised" The cable
throws out magctc which can be heard by
wireless telephone receivers a ship at the surface
and within soo-foot radius
With large receiving coil, like four-foot car
on either side of the vessel, the buzzing of the
cable can be distinguished with equal case in foul
weather, fog a smiling If the sound is
equally loud in each of the operators ears then he
knows the keel is over the cable, and all is we'll
New York Harbor is expected to see far fewer
marine accidents than formerly. And the posi-
bility Of the discovery does not stop there Trans
Atlantic and transPachc cables, marking paths that
need not be varied from by fathom from one
shore to the other in prospect
In few years the may be strung
with these submarine cables, and the ships of COM
merce, instead of clumsy and uncertain following
OF course that must be trued up every hour will
be set upon the path the cable the operators
will adjust his earpieces, mad the vessel will sail as
the flies.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-15
immigration and the Farms.

The Department of Labor has undertaken the
task OF diverting the enormous flow of immigra-
ton now setting in, from the cities the agrcul-
tural districts. director of immigrant distribu-
tion has been appointed, and will enter upon the
duties of his office once. The purpose OF his ac-
tiVtes is very clearly defined, but how it is to be
attained is not clear.
Even before the the tendency of immigrants
to flock to the cities even to settle down at the
point of entry, gave anxiety to Americans. That
tendency today is visible to even greater extent.
Although the incoming tens and hundreds of thou
sands come from agricultural regions at home they
seek out city homes and employment in manual
trades here. Why this is has not been explained
1t may be that as great proportion come over to
make enough money to enable them to live in idle
ness at home, the more certain and seemingly
higher pay OF the artisan appeals to them more
than the lesser gains OF the farmer.
The man who takes up farming does it with the
expectation of establishing permanent home That
so few OF our immigrants select this pursuit is evil
dencc that, at the outset least, their plan is only
to make their pile and 90 home
How this tendency is to be overcome is a prob
lem that will tax the ingenuity Of the new official
OF the Department OF Labor. He can not, as might
have been done thirty years ago, offer the ncomers
good arabic land free for settlement. Most OF that
land is gone and the little left is so far from our
ports OF entry that it would cost a settler almost
much to reach. it as to buy a fair-sized farm
nearer to hand. Perhaps something might be done
by placing immigrants the Abandoned farms Of
New England and the East. These lands have
long since ceased to afford a livelihood to those
who farmed them American principles and
sought American standard of profit, but they
might still be made productive if the infinite care
and intensive cultivation characteristic Of many Eu-
roPean countries were bestowed upon them.
Farm labor is needed in all sections OF the coun-
try, particularly in the South But farm labor does
not appeal to the adventurer from Europe in search
OF the golden gains which he has been told lie ready
for any man who enters the United States. 1t will
be the task of the distributor Of immigration to
make the rewards of farm labor seem more at
tractve than those OF the sweatshop. 1t should be
easy, but it has been.
1t is reported that the House Committee on
immigration is to be called together at once to con-
slider restricting the flood Of humanity now tending
toward shores. But if this flood can wisely be
directed toward those sections in which labor is
needed, not restriction but encouragement would be
profitable.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-15
PROTESTS TRAFFIC DEATHS.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald
The record OF death and manning
of people in tho streets of this city
is most alarming. and this record
of victims is small. and this record
to the multitude that barely escapes
the juEgernauts. Such results, ] be-
ltevc, are not only deplorable, but
also largely incXcusable.
! note with interest that the city
and District officials are taking
steps to remedy this condition: and
in this connection / would like to
suggest a regulation that believe
would reduce at once traffic acCi-
dents to a minimum. 1t is this:
l. Reduce the speed rate now per-
mitted by onc-half, great speed in
the city being necessary only as au-
thorized in cases of emergency.
.. Seize the machine or vehicle
causing the accident. deprive the
chauffeur of his license, and hold
both him and the owner OF the ma
chine responsible for the damage
done: punishment merely of the
chauffeur being usually ineffective,
since such agents are often without
property and indifferent TO impris-
onment.
Such a regulation would, believe.
bring about an immediate reform in
the daring death dash that now
prevails. JOHN r. WEATHERS.
II Iowa Circle.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-15
Hardings Precise Policy.

In despatch to the Weekly Review OF New
York, Senator Harding put a prompt quctus on
the effort of Democratic leaders to make it appear
that his Des Mones speech in effect repuda-
ton OF his earlier uttersnces upon a league of ma
lions. The editor of the Review wired the Senator
that his utteranccs at Des Moines were regarded
by some as especially repudiating that part of the
August 2s speech in which you said that if it
shall be found that the existing league ''has been
so entwined and interviewer into the peace of Eu-
rope that its good must be preserved in order to
stabilize the peace of that continent then it can
be amended or revised into a form that would
be acceptable to America"
In response the editor received this despatch;
Senator Harding has directed me to saw in
reply to your telegram of October o that his
Des Moines speech if read in full is in COM
plete harmony with his speech OF August %.
There has been and will be no change from
position of August 28."
The day after the Democratic outcrv over Sem
ator Hsrding's speech was first raised the Wash
ington Herald pointed out that this partisan COM
ment based one phrase in that address.
ard was made wholly unfounded by considera-
tor OF the speech as a whole We called attention
81 that time to this paragraph in the Dcs Moines
>9cech which may well be taken as the specific and
rouprrhrnsive statement Of the Harding policy on
ar league issue:
rs soon as possible after my election l.
had advise with the best minds in the United
States. and especially shall consult in advance
WITH the Senate, with whom, by the terms of
lt;e Constitution, ! shall indeed be bound to
counsel, and without whose consent no such
international association can be formed. | shall
The Washington herald., 1920-10-15
Capital Buyers in New York.

New York. Oct. 1.-THE New
York World Buyers Service today
listed the following from Washing
ton:
Woodward and Lothrop-Mrs. ]. C.
Nourse. Jewelry, notions, fancy,
leather goods; J. NJ. Buzzell, Innings,
dress goods; ]. w. Gray, women's,
children's shoes; II. e. Huntsberry,
mems clothing; +. T.. Mack, domes-
tics. white goods; Miss NJ. Curran,
gloves. umbrellas; Miss M.'Dell. mil
linery. 334 Fourth avenue.
The Louyre-E. ID. Mayer, ready
to-wear millinery. Imperial.
Lansburgh and Brother-L Lans-
burgh. general merchandise 1,East
Thirty-third street.
NJ, Goldenberg--H. Grunebaum,
domestics, wash goods, dress goods,
silks. 20S Fifth avenue.
Brooks Company Mrs. Brooks,
suits. PIG Fifth avenue.
Hecht and Company--Miss l.. Ian
genkamp, coats, suits, t16 West
Thirty-second. Pennsylvania.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-15
THE MAN WORTH WHILE.

1t is cinch to grin and smile
when things are going right the
while; but when old trouble Iooms
in sight. it's not so easy to be
bright.
So very often as we greet the
friends who meet us on the street.
we show scowI or grin according
to the mood we're in
The world would be fairer place
IL smiles appeared on every face
IL folk displayed a look of cheer
no matter what was out of gear.
And SO II is I'm roofing strong
for him who grins when things go
wrong-who hides his aches and
pains the while. and greets all
comers with smile.
n. A. LUFBURROw.
Copy right. 1920. by The Mcclure Syndicate. }
The Washington herald., 1920-10-15
Naval Orders

Lieut.. Marshall s Arnoh-Det command
Z s s. ellis: to L. S. s Waters.
Gunner Elmer BiOrhus-Det. L. {. s. Gas
nett: 10 l. ;. s. Ludlow.
Eusign Gilbert W Brown-Det. L. :. 5.
Dickerson: 10 L. S. s Dovnes
Ensign Chester c. Chitas-Det L. : 8.
O'Brien; TO L. s 5. BraBos, reporting Oct.
/, 1880.
Lieut. Comdr william A. Coriey-Drt
Fourth Naval District, Oct. 80. 1890. 10
L. S. s. Pennsylvania as Assistant Fire
Control Officer.
Condr William L CuIbertson-Drt com
mand L. S. S. Atch6eld; to duty on Asistie
Station.
Ensign James J. Cuuufnrham-Dct. I. s.
S Lesry; 10 U. S. S. KElE.
Lieut.. Julius c. pclpino-Dct Z. s. s.
AcCslls: to U. s. S Calhoun
Ensign Harry r. Ewen-DNt {. g :.
BernsdoU; TO L. :. S. Mcfarland
Lieut.. Comdr. William {. Faus-Det L.
s. 5. GslvesIon; 10 L. s s. North Dsko1
as First Ii~utenart.
Lieut.. Robert W. FlcminE-nct. Atlantic
Fleet Ship Plane Div. MitrheU Yield Min
cola. l.. l.. y. Y. 20 Naval Aircraft Fsc-
tory. Phis.. Pa, duty involving actual ny-
ing in Sircrsft.
Lieut.. Junior Frsdcl Harry Goodstrin-
Dct. L. S. Rainbow; to L. 5. s. Okh-
huma
Lieut. Comdr James W Hsyward-Dpt
r. s New York y. Y: to L. S s nrla-
ware a. First Lieut.. reporting Oct. 10. 1890
Ensign Harold n Hubhsrd-Det T. S s
BilHngsley; TO [. s. S. SturtevHBt
The Washington herald., 1920-10-15
Destroyer King Leaves
Ways at Camden Yards

Camden, n. J., Oct. 1.-THE
United States torpedo boat destroyer
King. named after the late Comdr
Frank r. King, who was killed in
service during the late war, was
launched this afternoon at the New
York Shipbuilding Company's yards
The launching was a quiet affair.
The sponsor was Mrs. Aline King
Albany. Ala, widow of the COM
mander. She was accompanied by
a number of relatives. At the ship
yard she was Joined by a delegation
of naval attaches. including Rear
Admiral r. F. Hall.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-15
COTTON PRODUCTION
COSTS 25C A POUND

The Commission of Agriculture of
Alabama has estimated that the
average cost of producing cotton in
the State this year will be about
25 cents per pound. Detailed figures
are presented showing the average
for SIS farms which give net cost
of lint per acre after deducting the
value of the seed of S445I.
On the estimated yield of 169
pounds per acre this amounts to
just above 25 cents. Last year the
Department of Agriculture esti-
mated the average cost of the crop
at % cents per pound.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-15
Reduction of Tea Crops
Planned by London Firms

Reports from London state that
the Indian Tea Association has
taken up the matter of securing a
reduction in next years crop.
1t is said that so per cent of the
London controlled concerns will
agree to an arrangement which will
reduce the production by from 10 to
20 per cent compared with the
average crops produced in the years
1915 to 1919.