davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1920-08-28
MARINES HONORED
WITH F0URRAGEUR
Thirty-four Heroes Of Chateau
Thierry Decorated-Congrat-
uIated by Sec. Daniels.

Thirty-four heroes of the United
States marines were decorated in
Washington Thursday on behalf of
the French government
They were members of the Fifth
and Sixth regiments and the Sixth
Machine Gun Battalion, who went
through the drive at Chateau Thierry.
Each of the thirty-four had been
cited twice or more for distinguished
conduct while in action. The decora-
tion they received was the forraguer.
green and red cord to be worn
around the left arm at the shoulder.
The men of the marines lightly call
them telephone cords" Nevertheless.
thirty-four coats were trifie tighter
at the chest when Maj. Gen. John A.
lie Jeune, commandant Of the marine
corps, presented each with his deco
ration.
Following the presentations. Secre-
tary Daniels congratulated the men,
and in a short address declared they
had added a new and glorious page
to the country's history by their serv-
ice overseas.
The thirty-four who received the
decoration were Brig. Gen. Wendell
c. Neville, OF Washington; Capt. Al.
phonse De Csrre. Capt. Maurice A
Willard, First Lieut.. Richard Sander
son, William c. Carter, Guy Edelen,
James S. II. Henderson. Herbert A.
Johnson. George A. Myer, jr., William
II. Thompson and Frapcis Warnecke,
all stationed here; Major Bennett Pur.
year. jr., Capt. Robert f. Messer'
smith, Capt. Lee w. Wright, First
Lieut.. Clifton b. Gates, First, Lieut.
Charles /. Murray, Pay Clerk George
II. Mulligan, Lieut.. Comdr. Joel T
Boone, Adam c. Art Walter f. Clev.
enstine. Harold v. Damon. Alvin p
Edlin. walter M. Green, Alexander L.
Hjortsberg. Norman T. Jelly. Joseph
Lubomski, George A. Murchland, Al.
vim w. Poppen, Frealigh r. Powers
Andy c. Ramsey, Edward J. vahey
Guy r. Woods. Dayton II. Woods and
william Lynch.
The Washington times., 1920-08-28
IS
STORE SLOGAN
Holiday Means Extra Closing
Days-Morninu Buy
ing Urged.

with September ! coming next
Wednesday the current week promises
to be . particularly busy one among
generally. The period 10 Furthermore
In advance of one of the big holidays
OF the year. and as Labor Day somss
on Monday, Thousands will take sd-
vantage OF the opportunity for Pic
MICS In and out OF the District Of Co
lumbis.
shop early In the week and early
In the morning" Is, therefore, the sio-
gan or business and there is particu-
lar need for shopping early In the
week Since practically all of the
larger retail houses have announced
through the Merchants and Manu-
facturers Association that they win
be closed all day Saturday. September
.. as well as Monday. September g
Labor Day.
The houses that will be closed Sat.
ruday and Mondey next include the
department stores, speciality shops,
furniture stores. piano stores. jewel
ers, mems wear, stationers and other
lines. This win mark the last Satur-
day Of the year and. in fact. concludes
the summer holidays. ~
Washington has been one Of a mum.
ber OF metropolitan cities to close its
retail shops on Saturdays during July
and August. Labor Day falling on
september g.. IL became the concensus
Of opinion among the larger houses
| that the stores should grant their
| employees a further holiday the Sat
| urday previous. This. furthermore
| completes the two fdll months holi
days period for July and August a.
| the stores remained open the Saturday y
before July 4 last.
The Washington times., 1920-08-28
Dr.. Banou Is Homeless"
With His Wife and Child
Due Here Next Monday

DR.. Frank w. Ballou, new super
intendent of schools, is without a
home. He Is staying at the City
Club.
All day yesterday, in company
with DR.. Abram Simon, president
of the Board of Education. DR..
Ballou canvassed real estate offices
seeking an apartment or house, but
to no avail.
Dr. Ballou had hopes of securing
a home before his wife and his
twenty old adopted baby girl
reach Washington next Monday.
He is anxious to get in communi-
cation with persons who have an
apartment or house to rent. He
wants either a five-room apartment,
with bath and kitchen, or a seven
or eight-room house.
The Washington times., 1920-08-28
Asserts She Pays $45
For 2 Rooms in House
Rented By u. s. for 81

An echo of the decisions on the
property embraced In the Union sts-
tion Plaza has come to the attsntion
OF the Rent Commission. In the form
Of q subtenAnt asking for a reduction
in rent. The subtenant charged to
members Of the Rent Commission.
that she was paying t45 = month for
two rooms and bath on the second
floor OF one OF the houses on New
Jersey avenue. while the tenant was
paying 80 a month to the govern
ment for the entire house.
The case mentioned WAS the only
house In that section which did not
have an increase In rent and the wide
difference between the amount or
rent the tenant was paying for the
entire house and the amount the
subtenant was paying for two rooms
amazed the commissioners. The COM
plainant told the commission that
she had told the Governments ten
ant she was going TO refuse TO pay
such high rental after she had found
out what the tenant was paying. anu
was threatened with eviction. She
was told by the commission to nis
her communication in writing and the
NAhe ~ W.
81 DECISIONS RENDERED..
The Rent Commission today handed
down decisions on thirty-four cases
OF houses rented by stone and Fair
fax in each case increasing the
rental
The cases and the decisions were:
s54 Florida avenue northwest. rent
fixed at SIS; former rent $ll.Io.
956 Florida avenue northwest, rent
fixed at $3.50; former rent 1870.
96S Florida avenue northwest; rent
fixed at $3.50: former rent $l4oo.
800 Florida avenue northwest; rent
fixed at $3.50; former rent $l4.oo.
963 Florida avenue northwest; rent
fixed at $3.50: former rent $3.50.
964 Florida avenue northwest: rent
fixed at $3.50; former rent $l4.6O.
966 Florida avenue northwest; rent
fixed at $3.50: former rent $l4.o0.
968 Florida avenue northwest; rent
fixed at $18.b0; former rent $l4.bO.
07O Florida avenue northwest; rent
fixed at $3.50: former rent $14.6O.
972 Florida avanue northwest; rent
fixed at $3.50: former rent 1880.
The Washington times., 1920-08-28
PRODUCE|NDEX
TOD.C. GROWTH.
City's Population Fluctuations
Shown by Receipts Of Fruits
and Vegetables,

The Rise and Fall Of the National
Capital" referring to population
only. can be traced In the carload
shipments OF fruits and vegetables
received here during the last four
years
In 1915. Washington received 1855
carloads or apples. cabbages. canta-
ioupes. onions. peaches. strawberries,
tomatoes, and potatoes. In 1917. the
car-lots amounted to l.4oO. In 1918,
the receipts were doubled. totaling
1885. But In 1919. with many OF the
war workers gone and the transient
population materially decreased, the
car-lot shipments dropped to 2,444.
These figures are exclusive OF nearby
supplies brought to market by wagon.
trucks, and small river craft
White potatoes led in the number
of carloads received here. The
greater portion OF the city's earlier
supplies come from North Carolina.
Michigan, New Jersey, and Virginia
seem to be the normal sources OF
Washington's midsummer and late
potatoes.
POTATO RECEIPTS DROP.
The receipts for the hrst four
months of this year were 1886 cars,
as compared with 275 cars for the
same period in 1919. 2S6 in 1918. 40
in 1917, and 178 In 1915 The low re-
ceipts in 1917 were caused by the
short crops in 1915. which also
greatly affected prices. In the later
part of April, 1917, washington
dealers paid for Michigan and Wis
consin sacked potatoes about SO per
100 pounds. as compared with N.S5
in the same period OF 1918, and $3.50
in 1919.
Apples followed potatoes in the
number of carloads consumed here.
Virginia contributes the majority of
washington's barreled apples. while
the boxed variety is furnished almost
entirely by the State Of Washington.
Florida and South Carolina supply
practically all of the early cabbage
sold here. OF the total Of late cab
bage received in 1919, New York con-
tributed about 10 per cent.
About "a per cent Of the canta-
loupes unloaded in Washington in
1910 came from California, Arizona.
and Colorado. Car-lot contributions
from Delaware and Maryland pro-
ducers were negligible.
TEXAS SENDS ONIONS.
: The average car-lots of onions re-
ceived here during the past four
years was 160. or these 20 per cent
were Bermada onions from Texas.
The remainder came from Ohio, New
York, Massachusetts and Indiana.
Practically all of the peaches con-
sumed here come from Georgia. Mary
land and West Virginia, which In
1919 furnished 10 per cent of the crop.
Washington is nearly self-support-
ing in it's supply Of Strawberries, as
the homegrown stock from neighbor-
ing areas during the local season hlls
the market. During the early part Of
the season the city depends on North
Carolina
For early tomatoes Washington de-
pends heavily on Florida, and in a
less degree upon the Crystal Springs
district Of Mississippi. Receipts from
these States end, however. early in
July. when homegrown stock ap-
pears.
The Washington times., 1920-08-28
CATHOLIC WAR WORK
To Be SHOWN IN film

Moving pictures OF the activities Of
the National Catholic Welfare work,
will be shown at the Columbus
Country Club, Fort Berry, Va, to-
morrow evening at $3.50 O. clock. This
Aim will visualize the work OF the
knights OF Columbus in this country
and ovetseas, together with the &C.
tivlties OF the Catholic women in social
welfare work.
Preceding the showing of the NOV
ing picture, Miss Maude II. Cavanaugh
superintendent OF the clifton Social
Service School for young women, will
deliver an address on the work OF
that institution. Francis McCann is
chairman OF the committee in charge
OF the entertainment.
The Washington times., 1920-08-28
63 YANKS TO Be BURIED
AT ARLINGTON MONDAY

Chaplain James E. Duffy, OF Fort
Myer, will celebrate high mass of
requiem and officiate at the commit
al services for the sixty-three SOL
iiers who fell on the battlefields of
France, and whose bodies will be in
rerred at Arlington Cemetery Mon
day.
Relatives OF the men have been in
vited. Delegations from the American
Legion, G.. A. r., Veterans of Foreign
Vars. and others patriotic societies
will attend services.
The Washington times., 1920-08-28
Order a 'McCraw' in N. Y.
Beanery and You'll Be
Served a Lamb Stew

NEW YORK. Aug. 2S.-Whether
John ]. McGraw. manager of the
New York Giants, is responsible for
the injury of John c. Slavin. the
actor, or not, he, at least, has the
distinction of increasing the vivid
vocabularies Of quick lunch counter
men, known technically as "hash-
singers"
"One McGraw," yells the counter
man.
A moment later the cook sends
out a lamb stew.
James Shevlin, Federal prohibi-
ton supervisor, asserted today that
he knows definitely that liquor was
sold at the Lambs Club the night
OF the McGraw episode.
The Washington times., 1920-08-28
Newly Furnished
THE TERMINAL HOUSE
AND RESTAURANT

Phone r. soea sos Iath 81. NV.
Large and small Sanitary Rooms.
$500 day MP. Special weekly and
monthly rnter--sA.oo week mp.
Breakfast. loc and B0c-J u. m. 10
~ 10 =, m,
Regular Dinner. poe-also D. - 10
Si10 - ~
The Washington times., 1920-08-28
BOY SCOUTS RETURNING.

NEW YORK. Aug. 2s.-The Aneri-
can Boy Scouts who tok part sin tho
"jamboree" in Great Britain and later
visited the Olympic games at Ant.
werp, are returning to this country
aboard the United States ship Maj
toka, which is due at Hoboken about
September 4, 1t was announced here
today.
The Washington times., 1920-08-28
MAN BURNED BY WIRE
IS DEAD AT HOSPITAL

Burned about the head and body by
a s.6o0-volt wire while at work in the
sub-station Of Potomac Electric Power
Company at lexington. Fred Gott-
hardt. 610 Tenth street northeast,
died early today at the Casualty Hos.
pital.
Gotthardt wac working at a switch
board when he came into contact with
the wire.
The Washington times., 1920-08-28
OBReGON AT MT. VERNON.

Accompanied by Col. NJ. NJ. Parker.
the Washington representatives Of
Gen. Alvero Obrcgon, Fernando
Yglesias Calderon, special ambassa-
dor from Mexico, yesterday visited
Mt Vernon and placed a wreath on
the tomb OF General Washington The
ambassador declared General Wash
ington had gone down into history
ne one Of the worlds greatest patri-
ots."
The Washington times., 1920-08-28
NORFOLK FARE GOES UP.

Passenger fare increases on the
washington Norfolk Steamboat Com
pany's boats went into effect yester-
day. 1t now costs $5.1S to go to Nor
folk on the company's boats, as
against the former fare OF &4.32.
Stateroom prices have not been
changed.
The Washington times., 1920-08-28
STEEL MAN TO BUILD
S5OO,OOO Home IN D. c

Intending to make Washington his
home. Irwin Il. Laughlin, former Pitts
burgh steel marnate and United states
diplomat, IL building 100000 resi-
dence in this city.
The house Is in course OF construo-
tIon at 1890 Crescent place north
west and when completed will be one
OF the finest residences In the Capital.
The william +. Lipscomb Company
of this city IL building IT.
The Washington times., 1920-08-28
U. S. CAPITAL FOR GERMANY

The flow OF American capital in large
volume to Germany, to finance indus
trial enterprises, was noted today by
the Federal Reserve Board as an out
standing development in information.
al finance. Large blocks OF stock in
German concerns already have been
taken over by American interests, Il
was said, and the tendency 10 in evil
dence to further extend such opera
tions
The Washington times., 1920-08-28
ENGAGE AUTO, THEN ROB
DRIVER AT GUNS POINT

with one pistol pressed to his head
and another pointed at his stomach.
James Hawkins. 1901 Sixth street
northeast, a hacker, was robbed Of
$l25 and some valuable papers on
Sixteenth street, near Walter Reed
Hospital. shortly after last midnight.
Two men passengers, who had en-
gagged him at Thirteenth and F
streets to drive them to Silver Spring,
Md were the robbers.
The Washington times., 1920-08-28
Ask the Man Who Hasn't One

The Washington Times is member of the Audit
Bureau of Circuatons
Do you understand what that means to you as an ad-
veriser?
1t means that you get Square deal" when you buy
our circulation that the net paid distribution of
The Washington Times has been verified by the only recog
nized authority on circulation
II means all that and more It that circu-
aton is "above board" We have nothing to conceal.
Facts given in detail in the A. B. c. statements.
The Washington Times glad to furnish them request
Every publisher with nothing to hide can do the same
So. ask the who hasn't one-why9
The Washington times., 1920-08-28
JUST FROM THE PRESS. READ,
FOR THE pURTJC

Especially Tor the Lovcrs ~ Musical
Talents-The SONG without a Refrain.
Memories ~ love and devotion for
everybody and soul ny Phyllis and
Norris W. Askln.
FOR sale at Droop's Music Co, iath
and o .n T. W noh'.son Music Co,
eth and ID sta N. w.
The Washington times., 1920-08-28
THESE three New York boys-Theodors Harl

Smh and John Thomas who
Boy assertion that they VIII
hiking they will
District will the trip Going Aaps
Virginia visiting the historic bteneds
en-
The Washington times., 1920-08-28
LOSES WALLET AND $3.50.

. Miss Jennie E. Baum, 22s A street
southeast, reported at the Ninth pre-
cinct the loss OF her pocketbook con-
Treasury. --..,--.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-27
BUNK THAT BLIGHTS

AS WAS inevitable. Franklin D. Roose-
a velt's reckless assertion that the United
States IL member of the league, would
control the votes of twelve Latin American
republics, has reacted unfavorably upon the
sensbilities of a group Of nations whose
good will we are continually processing to
cultivate. John Barrett, until recently
president Of the Pan American Union, re-
ports that one of the members Of this asso-
citation has requested a verification of the
Democratic vice presidential candidates re-
marks. Several Central and South Ameri
can diplomats are also seeking the same in
formation.
There should be no difficulty about obtain
ing it. Mr.. Roosevelt in his Butte speech
was boastfully contemptuous of our Western
World neighbors, whose national pride is
keen and whose knowledge of the light
headed extravagances of our political cam
paigns Is far from profound.
It will not be easy to convince these ma
tions that Mr.. Roosevelt was densely igno-
rant of the covenant of the League of Ma
tions, which certainly does not place a dozen
Latin American countries in "A position Of
abject subsection to the United States. Far
more probable is it that they will interpret
his fustian soberly and as an index of i'm
perlalistlc policy IN this hemisphere. Inc
consequences of such an impression are not
calculated to inspire advocates of Pan
American good feeling with cheer.
Mr.. Roosevelt, it may be assumed, did
not foresee all this as his impetuous tongue
led him to heights of bombast. The mouth
pieces for partisan bunk are not usually
celebrated for their powers of analysis and
reflection. For this reason foreign policy
is by far the most dangerous of all the
topics upon which they touch. The mac
curate rot of which Mr.. Roosevelt delivered
himself in Montana has left the mass Of
citizens in this republic undisturbed We
are used to such performances, and when
they relate to domestic subjects the outcome
is more often amusing than harmful. But
the hasty, not to say mendacious, absurdites
of the late assistant secretary of the navy
are taken seriously in vast and important
regions below our southern frontier.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-27

against communist theories The Russian
experiment is approaching its close. 1t Is
shown to have been conceived in ignorance
and perfected in hatred. The radical OF
British or German trades unionsm Is the
last man who likes to think Of being reduced
forever to the dead level Of an OK in a.herd.
Labor in some Of its moods may be wrong
headed. But in most countries IL knows
through experience the force and value of
the principle of free speech, free thought and
free discussion. That principle, essential
to human freedom. is denied and rejected by
the Soviets Because they fear it.
A government that tells newspapers what
they may and may not say, that regiments
its workers and gives them no right to- OBJ
ject, that ignores the normal desire of a
man to hope and aspire. that cxalts false
hood as n factor In it's dealings with other
governments and that aims to eliminate every
spark of independent human ambition is not
the sort of government that even the radi-
Gals in western nations can tolerate. Their
minds move in an opposite direction.
The two delegations representing organ
lied labor in Britain and Germany feel that
1t will not be wrongrfor the nations Of the
world to fight bolshevism as it has developed
in Russia. But they feel, too, that nations
which fight the democratic tendencies of
these times under the pretense of fighting
bolshevism are riding to a fall. And no one
in his senses will question the wisdom of
that belief.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-27
ANOTHER WILSON'S MIND

TT IS to be hoped, though the likelihood is
l. slim, that James Wilson, who had the
distinction of serving sixteen years in presi-
Dental cabinets, has left an autobiography.
Mckinley, Roosevelt and Taft were his
"chiefS." In the sphere of stptesmanship
it would be hard to find personalities more
diverse The former secretary Of agricul-
ture, who died in his Iowa home yesterday,
unquestionably enjoyed engaging Opportuni-
ties to make comparative study Of presi-
dental Compartments.
Secretary Wilson's relations with the no
table trio are said to have been continuously
harmonious. Whose mind went with which
That is the alluring question. Was Mr.
Wilson a chameleon rejecting the poise OF
Mckinley, the vigor of Roosevelt and the
geniaity of Taft, or were these three Chief
Magistrates, otherwise so disparate in char
acter. alike in permitting such an expert as
Mr.. Wilson to work out his program In his
own way aud with their full confidence? IN
the light of subsequent conditions, the no
tiOn is somewhat startling.
Recent unfamiliarty with such an ar
ransemrnt breeds, however, anything but
contempt. ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-27

plemented BY the address of Ambassador
Geddes, who said that the United States and
England were the two great nations in the
world attempting to apply Lincoln's doctrine
of government Of and by the people. Lie
admitted that we were much further adj
vanced in that direction than the British,
for he doubted whether many Engllshmen
really comprehended what popular govern
ment is as Lincoln described it.
The problem before America is to make
its representatives really fit for their task,
and the problem before England is to make
them really representative of the people.
The British have been governed by privi
legged classes for SO many centuries that It
is difficult for those classes to appreciate the
right of the rest of the people to have any
share in public affairs. They are making
progress, however, as the rise of humble
Welsh attorney to the premiership indicates
and as the earlier decision to pay n salary to
members of the House of Commons empha-
sized. British parliamentary authority rests
today upon a much larger foundation than
1t did when Tennyson wrote of it as "broad-
based on the peoples will
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-27
SETTLED AT LAST

CyECRETARY COLBY'S proclamation set
~ ties the suffrage issue. Thirty six states
have ratified the constitutional amendment
and have sent the certifcation to the secre-
tary of state.
The secretary's proclamation is an an
nouncement that the constitutional require
ments have been complied with and that the
amendment accordingly becomes part of the
fundamental law.
If other states ratify it will be merely to
put themselves on record and not to assist
In the change Of the constitution. There
are but four states in which no action has
been taken. They are Vermont and Con-
necticut in the North and Florida and North
NCaroina in the South. The amendment was
rejected by tn" Legislatures of Delaware,
Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, Geor
gia, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana,
all regularly Democratic except Delaware.
Now the work of preparing to accommo-
date the new voters at the polls can go
ahead without delay and the work of in
forming the women about the methods of
voting must begin in earnest
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-27
Conrad's Son In the War

TOSEPH CONRAD Is the most reticent
y of writer's, and 1t is rarely that his read =
ers catch a glimpse of his private life Even
his friends know very little about the great
novelists daily experiences, When John
Powell the American composer, was in
London this summer he counted it a rare
privilege to spend a day and night with
Conrad in his picturesque home at Bishop
thorpe, not far from Canterbury. The two
friends had not seen each other since the
war, and Powell was anxious to know the
fortune of Boris, the writer's son. who en- :
listed in 1914. when he was not yet sevep
teen years old. The boy came through
safely, Conrad told Powell, although he
served at the French front throughout the
war. Twice in the autumn of 1913 he was
practically buried alive. A few weeks be-
fore the armistice was signed Boris and his
men were in a peasants cottage when a
shell burst, smashing through to the cellar.
They were rescued barely In time TO escape
suffocation, but young Conrad was unhurt.
Only a short time, after this he was buried
lin ditch under heavy fire. This time he
was wounded and sent to the hospital and
was not released until after armistice day.