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The Washington times., 1920-08-16
RENT BOARD T0FIX
RATE ON us. HOMES

The Rent Commission today began
the task of fixing the rents of ten
ants occupying the Government prop
erty on the Union Station plaza. The
tenants of these houses have occu-
pied them for several years and have
paid only nominal rents, in some
cases 81 a month and in others IS a
month.
The Department of the Interior,
which has charge of the property,
some time ago requested the Rent
Commission to fix a fair rental on
the houses, making the complaint
that the houses were being rented toe
cheap. and that in some cases the
tenants were renting out rooms at a
price per day In excess of what they
were paying a month for the entire
house.
The Rent Commission will not have
an easy task in determining the
rents of the houses, 1t Is said, be-
cause the commission takes into con
sideration in determining rents the
amount of repairs that the owners
of houses make.
In the case of the Union Station
plaza houses, the Government makes
no repairs, and the condition o1
many OF the houses today is said tc
be deplorable. The commission does
not expect to reach decision fol
about week. There are thirty-twc
houses involved.
The Washington times., 1920-08-16
FOUR FUCITVES SOUGHT
BY POLICE OF DISTRICT
Two of Men Wanted Are Walter
Reed Prisoners Reported Armed
With Rifles.

The District of Columbia police are
seeking for persons who have es-
caped from nearby institutions.
Joseph l.. Proctor slipped away
from St. Elizabeth's Hospital early
this morning and is believed to be
IN Warrington. Police OF all pre-
cincts are watching for him.
Clifton Snowden, a colored youth.
is reported to have escaped from the
training school at Blue Piains.
TWO walter Reed guardhouse pris-
orers are at large and are said to be
armed with a rife and several rounds
of ammunition. They overpowered
private Joseph Sparany, guard, late
i.st night The men are Charles
Dohrig and walter Coyle. Philip AL
bright and Francis Collins. who es-
caped at the same time, have re-
turned.
The Washington times., 1920-08-16
Once Mighty Corncob,
Friend Of the People,
Coming Back to Its Own

The corneob is coming back TO Its
own. IL has had many uses, which.
one after another, have been sup
piled by other articles.
Once IL was used to smoke hams,
but hickory and oak bark now are
preferred. and most smokers now
are content with a wooden imitation
OF the time-honored Missouri meer-
schaum.
The Department OF Agriculture
has set out TO md a new neld for
the corncob. The experts have sue
ceeded In getting from the humble
cob two grades OF adhesive. a good
quality OF cellulose. acetate Of lime.
and furfural.
Furfural Is used as a base for
dyes and for explosives.
The scientists now hope to use the
corncob for making baking powder
apd glucose.
The Washington times., 1920-08-16
GUARD ROCKIES GET
DOSE OF CAMP LIFE
Washington MiIitiamen Begin
Brief Training Period at
Camp Lee, Va.

Washington men who were not in
military service during the recent
war, and who are now members or
the District National Guards, today
received their first dose of barracks
life at Camp Lee, Petersburg. Va,
where the guardsmen are in training
for ten days or two weeks.
Fellows who have been used 10
arising at about s or $50 a. m. found
II rather difficult to tumble out at
this morning, when the notes of the
bugle warned all guardsmen that they
had but a few minutes before setting
up exercises and breakfast.
The guardsmen, numbering be-
tween $50 and 200 Washingtonians,
reached Petersburg yesterday after
noon. after an enjoyable trip via the
Seaboard Air Line Railway. They
were taken to Camp Lee, where they
made short work OF huge platters of
corn on the cob. The men are quar-
tered in the barracks at Thirty-third
street
The Washington times., 1920-08-16
10000 VISITORS TO zoo
ENVY WALLOWING HIPPO

washingtonians, complaining or the
heat yesterday, went to the 1000
600 of them-and gazed in sympathy
on the polar bear, who does not like
warm weather at all. They envied
the otter and the lady hippo with her
precocious infant, who can waiioM IN
runnine water all the time. They
aI.o hoyered around the enclosure
which contains the aquatic fowl.
william H. Blackburn, keeper of the
zoo. estimates that 100000 persons
xtsited the place in the fiscal year
ending July I. This is an increase OF
fortv Der cent over the previous year.
The Zoo officials will seek to have
N new restaurant installed in the
park as an inducement to visitors
paxt -winter-
The Washington times., 1920-08-16
YOUNG TEXAS FARMERS
ON VISIT TO CAPITAL
125 Boys From Lone Star State
Here Concluding Inspection
Tour.

with the fresh brown color that
comes from work under the south
western sun. 125 young Texans from
eleven to seventeen-years-old. pick OF
all the farm boys OF the Lone Star
state, piled off from a special Pullman
train this morning with the purpose
OF doing" the Capital City in two
days.
The boys were selected by the Texas
Agricultural and Mechanical College
as the uest juvenile stock raisers and
farmers In the State, and the trip is
being given them under the auspices
of the Texas Chamber OF Commerce,
and the college.
The boys were entertained by Sec
retary o Agriculture Meredith a. his
home near Des Moines, Iowa, and will
meet him again at the Agricultural
Department. They will inspect the
Capitol and most OF the public build
ings, take a trip down the Potomac
and look over Mt. Vernon and
Arlington.
Their trip has included Chicago.
Detroit, part of Ontario. Niagara Falls
and New York,
The Washington times., 1920-08-16
GREAT FALLS :
HEAR|NGSSET
Federal Water Power Commits
sion to Take Testimony
. August "a.
SEEK DATA FOR CONGRESS
Value OF Previous Surveys on
Obstructed Project to Be
Determined.

A new chapter in the history ol
the Great Falls electric power
project will be written in the neal
future.
The Federal Waterpower Commits
sion announces that 1t will open
hearings on the project Tuesday
August "a, acting under authorize
ton given 1t at the last session Of
Congress, with a $4,000 appropri-
alton for investigation.
INVITED TO HEARINGS.
Invitations to testify at the hear,
ings have been sent to the District
Commissioners, the Board OF Trade
Chamber of Commerce, Potomac Eiec-
trio Power Company, and all other
interested organizations.
The Commission plans to summon
some of the greatest water power ex'
perts in the country to make sur
vey of the project which, 1t is hoped
will be authoritative and settle Tor
all time the question whether the de-
velopment at Great Falls Is CONNER
cially practicable.
1t Is hoped that report VIII De
ready by the time that Congress con-
venes in December, so that legislation
can be enacted Immediately IL IA
varoble report is made.
NEW BODY GETS DUsY.
The Federal Water Power Commits
sion Is composed of Secretary of the
Interior Payne. Secretary of Wal
Baker, and Secretary of Agriculture
Meredith. with o. c. Merrill, of the
Forest Service. the consulting engineer
and Gen. Enoch c. Crowder. of the
War Department, the legal adviser
1t has been organized only within the
past three weeks, having been ere
ated under the general water power
act of last February. The Great Falls
project will be the first large ques'
tion considered by it.
No less than four previous surveys
Of Great Falls have been made by
army engineers and others In the past
twelve years. None Of them resulted
in action by Congress because, Of 9
combination Of obstructive forces. II
is expected that the influence OF the
new commission, If favorable to the
project, will force Congress to enac'
the authorizing legislation at An earl,
date.
The Washington times., 1920-08-16
ICE SHORTAGE
LOOMS IN DC.
Famine Predicted II Hot Spell
Continues, Retail Deal
ers Say.

Washington is facing a serious Ice
shortage. IL the present spell OF hot
weather continues, according to local
dealers.
The demand in most sections OF the
city far exceeds the supply, II was
stated. though local plants were all
reported to be producing TO capacity
Joseph ID. Brady. head of the nrm
OF Joseph ID. Brady & Sons, o3s
Tenth street northeast. retail dealer
stated today he could not supply the
demand in his section, and that ne
was receiving from ten to twelve tons
"A day less than he needed.
II have been in the Ice business IN
this city for thirty-five years, saia
Brady. II have been dealing with
tho American Ice Company, the iars-
est ice manufacturers In the city'
They cannot give me the ice neeo'
/ must have at least forty tons dsy
10 supply the demand In the northeast
section, and II is impossible for me
to get more than thirty tons Gay
II this hot weather continues condi-
tions will be serious.
SUPPLY WILL FAIL.
II am certain that II conditions
continue as they are, one OF the
Briehtwood stations Of the Ameri-
can Ice Company will be without Ice
within the next day or two.
Not only that. but there also mas
been a steady increase In the price
Of ice since the beginning OF the year.
In January was paying 81 ton ior
ice. On March /. this price was IN =
creased to $3.50. Then, in the miooie
OF April, the price went up TO >f'o
1t reached SIS in May. Since then !
have been paying IS a ton for ice' put
I know of dealers who are compelled
TO pay as much as IS ton at the
platform.
Il am now compelled to pay 70 cents
a hundred, where l once paid 10 cents.
| should not be paying more thAn -
a ton.
The public is blind to the ice sit.
uation in this city. 1t is not at all
unusual for retailers to have to wait
at the loading platforms or the com
panies for three hours for ice, ana
then not be able to get what they
need"
At the Offices of the American Ice
Company officials would make nc
statement as to the situation. sam
ueI A. Kimberly, manager of the
company, could not be reached at the
Offices in the Westory building.
MANUFACTURER OPTIMISTIC.
At the Home Ice Company ofhces II
was stated that the demand far ex :
ceeded the local supply. 1t was stat
ed that this condition prevailed no'
ONLY at the Home Ice Company plant
but at all the larger plants in the
CITY. The Home Ice Company is no"
manufacturing from 80 to 100 ton:
a day. while the demand is estimated
| at not less than $50 to 200 tons. oe'
pending largely on the weather.
A more cheerful view Of the mat
tor was taken by officials of the
Chapin-Sacks Company, who statee
that there was plenty Of ice In stor
age and that it was merely matter
| of shortage Of labor in getting IT out
1--WE are producing about hfty tom
day for retail consumption, ant
that lust about flls the demand a:
far as we are concerned" declared
| one of the officials.
The Washington times., 1920-08-16
WILL REDUCE LOSSES OF
LIVE STOCK IN TRANSIT

v. A. Slaughter, OF Washington. live
stock claim agent OF the Southern
railroad, has been appointed a mem
Der OF the advisory committee or the
National Conference to Reduce Avoid
able Losses on Live stock. according
to announcement made In Chicago.
II is estimated that bruises alone
last year caused ti5,000,000 loss "a
live stock. A vigorous campaign will
be conducted to eliminate avoidable
losses, by proper handling and ship
ping to meat animalA
The Washington times., 1920-08-16
military H0N0RS
FOR G0RGAS TODAY
High Army Officials and DipIo-
mats to Attend Rites for
Former General.

A large military escort will head
the funeral procession for Maj. Gen
William c. Gorgas, former surgeon
general OF the Army. when it leaves
the Church of the Epiphany this af-
ternoon at 3 o'clock. on its way to
Arlington National Cemetery. The
funeral will be attended by high
ranking officers in the army and
members of the diplomatic corps
The Rev. Percy Hall and Chaplain
Walter Lloyd will officiate at the
church services at 2:30 o'clock. while
committal services at the grave VIII
be read by Col. John Axton. CHIEF
of chaplains of the army.
Secretary of War Baker. Gen
Peyton C. Marsh. chief of stan OF the
army; Chief Justice Edward Douglas
White and Associate Justices of the
United States Supreme Court and
vestrymen of the Epiphany Church
will be honary pallbearers.
PERsHING TO BE PALLBEARER.
Gen. John ]. Pershing will head
the list of military pallbearers. which
will include Maj. Gems. Tasker II.
Bliss. Leonard Wood, NJ. w. Ireland,
Frank Mcintyre, Peter c. Harris.
Enoch Crowder, George Sauier. Anson
Mills. and William Siebert: Admirals
w. c. Braistead. and Cary T. Gray
son; Brig. Gems. Isaac w. Little and
Walter d. McCaw, and Surgeon Cen
eral Cummings of the Public Health
Service.
Col. Sir william Smith, will repre-
sent the Royal Hygiene Association
OF London other societies repre-
sented will be the American Surgical
| Association, the Clinical Congress OF
| America. College of Surgery. Ameri-
can Congress of Internal Medicine,
\ American Public HeaItn Association.
| Southern American Medical College,
Federation of State Medical Boards.
Sons of Confederate Veterans, Amer
| lean Red Cross. American Medlcai
| Association, Southern Society, Con-
gress Of American Physicians and
Surgeons and Association of Amerl-
| can Physicians.
ROUTE OF PROCESSION.
| Brig. Gen. Grote Hutchinson will
command the military escort which
will consist Of two troops of cavalry
a provisional battalion OF infantry.
four bands, a provisional regiment
form the tank corps. BATTALION OF
| engineers and a company or coast
artillery.
The procession will move west on
G. street after 1t leaves the churcr
to Fifteenth street, thence along
Pennsylvania avenue to NJ street In
Georgetown, across the Aaueduc'
Bridge to Fort Myer. and through
the military reservation to Arlington
The Washington times., 1920-08-16
Worlds Going Back to
Adam and Eve Styles,
Baptst Preacher Says

"Scanty Attire" was the subject
OF a scathing sermon on present
ana proposed styles In women 5
clothing by the Rev. Charles j.
Sheets. supplying the pulpit OF Cen
tennisl Baptist Church, last night
1T has struck sex o'clock In our
social life," said the minister. quot
ing the remark OF a Scotch divine
that Paris gets lite styles from the
devil.
"It looks as II the world was try
ing 10 get back TO the costumes
which Adam and Eve wore when
they were bsnished from the gar
den OF Eden.
Proposed Paris styles are so ma
grant in their exposure OF wom-
ems bodies that IL must be believed
women In planning them have their
minds on attracting the opposite
sex"
The Washington times., 1920-08-16
FRENCH CLUB CLASSES
BEGIN WEDNESDAY EVE

Applications for admission to a free
tuition class in French for beginners
will be received at the Washington
Salon, 1913 II street, Wednesday even
ing from to 8 o'clock. Enrolment
includes members in the French club
There are now six free tuition classes
in operation, with about 400 students
Tentative arrangements for the
celebration of Lafayette's birthday
September 6. have been made by the
board OF governors of the French
Club, 1917 II street.
A representative of the French EN-
bassy will speak in place OF Ambassa'
dor Jusserand
The Washington times., 1920-08-16
GENERAL LOCAN'S WIDOW
81 YEARS ''YOUNG" TODAY
Octogenarian Takes Keen Personal
Interest in the World
Ah0uf Her

Mrs. John A. Logan, widow of Gen.
John A. Logan Of civil war fame,
who is observing her eighty-second
birthday, says she feels as we'll today
a she did fifty years ago.
Friends of Mrs. Logan declare the
key to her eighty-two years of health
and happiness is keen personal in
terest in the world about her.
Despite her advanced years, Mrs.
Logan worked SO faithfully for
French and Belgium relief during the
late war that she was decorated for
her services. She grew accustomed
to doing things" during the civil
war and never got out of the habit,
say friends.
The Washington times., 1920-08-16
CRAFTSMEN TO
MEET IN D. E. AUGUST Il

3 The International Association OF
Printing House Craftsmen will as.
semble in Washington August 21.
The association has a membership in
the United states and Canada.
The craftsmen will look over an
exhibit of the country's best printing.
which has been gathered by the
American Institute OF Graphic Arts
and is being installed in the lecture
room OF the Public Library under
supervision of the Typothetae OF
Washington
The Washington times., 1920-08-16
.PEPCO MAKES .
. FINAL APPEAL
U. S. Must Take Over Light
Company II Rates Are Not 7
Raised, Says Ham.
WANTS 7 PER CENT RETURN
Money Situation Renders II I'm
possible to Borrow for I'm
provements, Claim.

Washington either must have gov
eminent ownership of its electric
light, or the Public Utilities Com
mission must see that the Potomac
Electric Light and Power Company
is given sufficient revenues to con-
tine business. This was the ultima
tum given the Utilities Commission
this morning by William F. Ham,
president Of the Washington Rail-
way and Electric Company, affil-
lated with the power corporation.
NEEDS PER CENT.
The hearing this morning was on
the petition OF the electric light com
pany to increase it's charges to WASH
inston consumers. The company is
asking a minimum increase In rates
that will allow IL to pay per cent
ON its investment. with 1.-THE hope that
Il will be allowed TO advance its
rates so as to pay 8 per cent
Ham said II was directly up to the
Utilities Commission to see that the
company was provided with enough
funds to furnish Washington with the
service that was needed, and that IL
the company did not get the increase
1t would not be able to furnish the
necessary standard of light. The
company is dependent upon its income
to go forward, Ham told the commits
sion. The commission fixes it's rates,
while the cost of labor and materials
go up overnight. The company Is up
against a double-barreled proposition
ha eaid and the Utlls
ties Commis ission is it's only hope.
MONEY is TIGHT.
Briefly summed up" Ham said. the
Utilities Commission must see that
the Potomac Electric Light Company
is in a position to get funds. The
money market today is in bad con-
dition, and only this morning l re-
ceiyed in my mail a proposition from
the United States Government to lend
IL money on certificates OF indebted
ness for which the Government would
nav per cent. When the Govern
ment has to pay s per cent to get
money, you see what private indl'
viduals must pay.
The question of developing the
waterpower at Great Falls so as 70
serve Washington with electricity
was put into the hearing when Com.
missioner Kutz asked Ham, VINO nao
been explaining what 1t was going 20
cost the company to extend lts piAn.
in the next ten years, what he thousnt
OF the advisibility of developing tne
water mower at the falls. Ham SAID
that II would take at least ten years
to develop that project, ana tnat ~
CONTINUED on Page IS. Column II
The Washington times., 1920-08-16

operating Governments intricate machines are
population We the left has broken all
readings
William Tumuty the right held the record up
fifteen readings We in cards handled
mini Is
The Washington times., 1920-08-16
BAND CONCERTS

Today at T:3o D. m. at Garfield Park.
Third and + streets southeast, by the
Navy Yard Band, C. Benter. director
March. Call Me Henry" ......... Benter
Dedicated TO Henry Lansburgh. Illus
trious Potentate OF Alrlss Temple,
Washington, ID. CO
Overture, "Orpheus in the Underworld
OrYenbach
Sonata. Moonlight" .......... Beethoven
Grand Scenes from the opera Tam
hauser' Observation-Disclosures. wagner
Suite:
(b) The Perfect Melody y.........O' Hars
Gems from tho musical comedy. The
Girl Behind the Gun .......... .Caryll
Waltz. Tho Debutante" .Santeimann
Trombone Rag. Teddy trombone"
Finale. star -spanglcd Banner"
TO-DAY AT 4:30 r. NJ.
AT MARINE BARRACKS.
BY THE BARINE BAND.
WILLIAM H. sANTELMANN,
Leader
| March. Manhattan Beach .Sousa
| Overture, lie Due d'Olonne,"
Three Characteristic Dances.
|. (a). Valse grazieuse. Allegretto
grazioso.
| (bI Introduction and Habaners.
| Andsnte.
(c). Dance grotesque. Nivace
| deciso.
Trombone Solo, Thoughts OF Love.
| Pryor.
| NusicIan Robert e. Clark
Grand scenes from La Gioconda,
| Ponchielll.
| waltz. New Life. ..... komzak.
! Festival March ............. Borch'
Marines HYMN The Halls of Mon
| tezuma."
The star -Spangled Banner"
The Washington times., 1920-08-16

The Times goes into most Of tht
best homes in Washington.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-02-26
WAR RAIL WAGES TO
STAND FOR SIX MONTHS
Railroad Reorganization Measure
Jointly Reported Stirs Union La
Dor Leaders at Washington.

Washington, Feb. 19.-Wages estab-
lished by the railroad administration
during the war would continue in effect
until September 1 under the railroad
reorganization bill, the conference re-
port on which was presented in the
house and senate.
Under the wage provisions the re-
drafting of which created more sur
prise in congress than any other change
made in compromising the Esch bill Of
the house and the Cummins bill of the
senate, pay of railroad workers would
be stabilized at the present levels for
six months after the rail properties are
returned to private control and opera
ton. The bill also seeks to stabilize
rates for the same time, providing that
prior to September l no rates may be
reduced unless approval Of the inter-
state commerce commission Is OBJ
tanned.
The restriction on wage increase was
looked upon with especial interest by
members of congress, railroad officials
and union leaders in view Of the recent
demands of the more than 100000
railroad workers for an advance in
pay. President Wilson, in supporting
the contention that no increases could
be granted on the eve of return OF the
railroads, told the union leaders that
their demands would be considered by
a commission to be created by law If
no provision was included in the rail-
road bill, or to be appointed on his own
initiative if no legal provision were
made.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-02-26
LINDEN

G. w. Singer of Dodgeville was a
business caller here Tuesday.
The Eighth grade, Freshmen and
Sophomore classes gave party Friday
evening at the school house for Otto,
Helen and Leila Ovitz who leave this
week for South Wayne.
L. W. Pollard of Dodgeville was a
business caller here last week.
E. G. Wearing of Galena spent the
week end at his home here.
William Smith has sold his residence
to William Gilman, possession given
about June first. Mr. Smith intends to
move to Madison at that time.
MIR and Mrs Loren Horne of Mineral
Point spent Sunday at the John Fault
home.
George Billings of Cobb was bust
ness caller here Friday
James Summers was business caller
in Milwaukee the past week.
Mrs D. S. Mackay left on Friday for
Richlapd Center to visit relatives.
Mr. and Mrs R. M. Hillary of Dodge
vile spent Saturday and Sunday with
relatives here
Mr. and Mrs William Holman of Cobb
spent Sunday at the James Holman
home.
Mrs Elmer Alton transacted business
at Dodgeville Tuesday.
Ben Rhinerson of Edmund was
business caller here Wednesday.
J. S. erase and Bevin Blanchard were
business callers at Dodgeville Tuesday.
Miss Margaret Gilman, who attends
&C business college in Madison, spent
Saturday and Sunday at her home here
Miss Myrtle Jenkins of Miff1in visited
relatives and friends here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs E. j Rolling were Min
eral Point callers Saturday.
Ross Bishop of Cobb transacted bust.
ness here Friday
Wesley Negus of Beloit spent Thurs
day and Friday at his home here.
Mr. and Mrs John Negus were Min
eral Point callers Thursday.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-02-26
Manitowoc GROWING Fast

Manitowoc, Feb. 24.-The federal
census just completed will credit Man
itowoc with a population Of 20,5O0 to
$1,000. This unofficial statement
which, however, may be considered ac-
curate, is based on census taken by
Henry Mullholland, who was author
lied by the city council to count the
people in Manitowoc. Mr.. Mullholland
has finished his work, but has not sub
mitted his report, owing to a question
of recompense for his labors The
1910 census gave Manitowoc 13,2O7,
and assuming that the plssent popula-
ton is 2O,5O0, the rate of increase is
SO per cent in the last Ten years.