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TRADE BALANCE MAY DROP
August Figures Expected to Show
Small Decrease. ,

A small decrease in the trade ball.
ance of the United States during Au-
gust is expected to be shown when
figures for the foreign trade of the.
United States during the month are
made public early in September. accord
ing to officials of the Department Of.
Commerce.
Reports reaching the department
from New York indicate a falling on
in the value of exports from that
port and an increase in the value of
imports. Whether this condition is
borne out in other large ports could
not be predicted in advance OF the ofi-
cial figures.
Foreign purchasers are said to be-
relying more and more on raw.
products from abroad, and the LESSEN
ing of exports of raw materials from
the United States will be reflected in
the August figures, officials said.
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NOT TAKING 1T TOO SERIOUSLY
Some Angles of the Passing Shoao Thet May Have
Escabed the G1ooms and Grouches
BY KIRK MILLER.

Co-educational voting will soon be-
come chronic in the United States and
tributaries.
Eighteenth amendment took away
most of the tribs and the internal rev.
enue bloodhounds are getting the rest.
Eighteenth codicil grabbed away
mans rights and nineteenth supple
ment will give wobnan hers. That
makes the score even from the woman's
bird's-eye.
The hand that rocked the cradle used
to rule the world. but now the mani
cured finger which scratches the ballot
is about to rule thu .sorld and suburbs.
The blends and brunettes will easily
be able to change the complexion of
the presidential regatta.
If dark horse doesn't suit 'er1, they
will trot the steed around to the cos
metic garage and make blond camel
out of the beast.
Tennessee tossed the vote which
gives the swooning sex the right to
swoon in public as well as in private.
North Carolina sidestepped the issue
like d potato bug avoids potassium.
Tar Heels didn't want the onus of
turning the voting booths into giggling
wards.
Estimated that 27,o0o,0Oo sopranos
will help defeat the next presidential
discard.
Styles in public voting boudoirs are
due for a complete revamping. Women
ought to be good at that, Bouquet of
orchids will decorate an embroidery
covered table at each polling place and
an English tea-serving cart will be a
part of the equipment also.
From a cloistered bower of jasmine
blossoms will exude strains from a
combination ballot box-talking ma
chine, which in an emergency can also
be used as a fireless cooker or re-
frigerator. as the occasion may de-
mand. A box of bonbonS will Supplant
the usual election cigar.
Special instructions for the feminine
register of sympathy for this or that
candidate will be only fair.
First rule will prohibit biting the
end of the pencil provided in each
booth. This edict is expected to be the
hardest to overcome, it is habit
cultivated from girlhood in some of the
best senlindrieS. Ballots marked with
lipstickS or eyebrow pencils will be
thrown out or counted In. depending OIL
which candidate needs the votes.
Under no condition will the chic
voter carry vanity case into the booth
with her. Others are waiting to use
that booth and if she has any waiting
to do, let her go to a telephone booth,
which is made to wait in. Women Will
please make up their minds who they
are going TO vote for before entering the
casting compartments. Indccision on
the part of Il person who has partly
marked his or her ballot may mean
that neither or both candidates will
win. This might be little difficult to
explain TO the inexperienced voter, but
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farm Lebanon, which the Rambler
wrote of last Sunday. Methodist serv-
ices were held in the Lebanon barn by
the pioneer Methodists of northern
Virginia. The old barn is no more,
but its foundation can still be seen
at Lebanon, which is now the coun-
try home of Mr.. and Mrs. Claude f.
Miller of Washington. The Rambler
came upon some very interesting mat
ter relating to early Methodism in
this neighborhood in a history of the
Fourth Street M. E. Church of Wash
ington, written by the Rev. William
M. Ferguson. for many years pastor
of that church The little book was
written in 1892. The Rambler takes
from it the following:
The earliest preachers were all from across
the sea. Until 1873 there was not native
American itinerant preacher in the church IN
til 1884 American Methodism was under the
direction of Wesley absolutely as English
Methodism was. He sent preachers to and re-
called them from this country. He had pro-
duced an unparalleled sensation in England by by
American Colonists," in which he advocated
the principle that taxation without representa-
ton is not and fof tine m
lea. These things excited the prejudice of
Americans against Methodism as an English
establishment and growth. And yet it was
planted and grew. The storm Of war did not
uproot it. After the revolution, when the
formal organization of the Methodist Church
took place, the ten preachers of the first con-
ference had multiplied to eighty-four and the
LOCO members had increased to nearly 1000,
with a considerable body of adherents besides.
He says that Methodism made an
early start in Virginia and that John
King is known to have preached at
Alexandria in 1872. Another of the
early preachers in Virginia was
70 ior II u
called "the walking encyclopedia"
and Of this man it is recorded that he
crossed the Potomac from Alexan-
dria and preached to the colored peo-
pie at Oxon HILL" Mr.. Ferguson
mentioned many of the old preachers
who held services in the District of
Columbia, and of course many of
the Mount Vernon-Pohick- Gunston-
Occoquan neighborhood. Among them
were William Waters, John Potts,
Seely Brown, John Watson, Joshua
Wells, James Smith, James Saunders,
Beverly Waugh (born in Fairfax
county in 1883; died at Baltimore.
1859, Andrew Hemphill. John Gill
Watt, Samuel Montgomery, Richard
Hunt. William Monroe. George Wells.
John McElfrish, Yelverton T. Peyton
(born in Stafford county, 1897: died
at Baltimore. 1880, Henry Slicer,
Robert Spencer Vinton. Norval Will
son, William Ryland. John L. Glib
'bons, John Smith, Tobias Kelley, Hen
ry Keppler, Alfred Augustus Esk-
ridge (born at Centerville. Fairfax
county, in 1888, Gruber, Ben
jamin Newton Brown, Robert Nixon,
George Hildt. George G. Brooke, James
H. Brown, Zachariah Jordan, E. p
Phelps, Oliver Eye. William Pretty
man, George w. Israel, Thomas
Myers (born in Georgetown May IS,
1879, Robert NJ. Lipscomb (born in
Georgetown February 10, 1900, AL
fred Griffith Chenowith, F. H. Ritchey
w. H. Chapman. William D. Ryan and
J. Lanahan. That list brings US down
to 1851.
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lasting memorial dedicated to
Maj. Gen. William Crawford

A lasting memorial dedicated to
~ Maj. Gen. William Crawford
n Gorgas. former surgeon gen.
eral Of the Army, who was
buried last Monday in Arlington,
which would take the form of hos
pital for the study of tropical dis
eases and carry on the work begun
by Gen. Gorgas, is the plan of Senior
Don J. f. Lefevre, secretary and
Panama legation. 1t is only a plan,
as yet. but it has the backing of the
government of Panama, which has
offered it's s1.00O,O0O st. Mary's Hos
pital, maintained by the Beneficent
Lottery, should Mr.. Lefevre's efforts
toward the establishment of this me-
mortal prove successful.
Gen. Gorgas' work in combating
yellow fever in Panama needs no re-
view, and at the time of his death,
in London, he was on his way to
South Africa to conduct a research
tended to do for other South Ameri-
can countries. A memorial in the
form of a hospital to continue the
work Gen. Gorgas started in life
would be peculiarly appropriate, 1t Is
believed.
At the present time, with perhaps
one exception. there are no large in
situations located in South America
for the study of tropical diseases,
though there is one in London, and
the Rock efeller Foundation. in this
country has conducted some work
along this line. Such an institution,
it is said. located in Panama, could
accomplish a great deal.
Mr.. Lefevre intends to place the
matter before the Rockefeller Foun-
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FREIGHT MILE INCREASE,
Passenger Mileage Falls Of in Po-
cahontas Region.

Railroad service in the Pocahontas
region, in which Washington is To-
Gated, showed a small increase in
train miles of freight service and a
slight decrease in passenger service
train miles during June. the Interstate
Commerce Commission has announced.
Freight trains in the Pocahontas
region Travelled 1.SS3,50S miles during
June, as against 1,575,544 in June,
1919. Passenger trains in the region
travelled 9S2.065 miles during June, 1920,
compared with 1,058,369 miles during
June, 1919.
Passenger trains in the entire Unit
ed States travelled a total of 2S.6S5425
miles during June, 1920, as against
27,637,921 during June. 1919.
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(colored), in February 1901. Since
then he has served with either the
9Th or 10th Cavalry regiments in
campaigns in the Philippines and on
the Mexican border, except for a
short detail as inspector instructor of
the LIST Separate Battalion of the Dis
trict National Guard. He reached the
grade of captain in December, 1915,
a temporary major in August. 1917,
and a lieutenant colonel in the Ma
tional Army in May. 1918. A few
days ago he was appointed lieuten-
ant colonel of cavalry. He is now at
his home, at 1880 18th street, on leave
Of absence. having just returned from
a tour of duty in the Philippines. He
has been detailed as professor of mil
itary science and tactics at the Tus-
kegee Institute, Alabama, and will
go there in few days.
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URGE U. S. FUEL CONTROL

LOUISVILLE. KY. August 21.-Unl
able to purchase coal for the city
schools at the present "extortionate
and profteering prices" members of,
the Louisville board of education have
telegraphed President Wilson request
ing that he re-establish the fuel adj
ministration to control the price OF
coal.
The board has endeavored to OBJ,
tain 5000 tons of coal from Kentucky
mines and the lowest bid received'
was S795 a ton at the mine for nut
and slack. The board members
charged the mine operators with
profiteering, declaring coal 10 being
produced at the mines for $l90 . ton.
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LUMBER FOR STUDENTS.
$1,000 Feet Asked for Manual
Training Glasses Coming Year.

Boys attending the manual training
classes Of the public schools the COM
ing year are going to butcher" $4,000
feet of lumber to get experience with
carpenters tools. Requisition sheets
calling for this amount of lumber
have been presented to the board of
education by J. A. Chamberlain, super
visor of manual training.
Some of the lumber which will be
placed in the hands of youths un-
skilled with carpenters tools nat
urally will be destroyed. On the other
hand many of the boys who have a
knack for carpenters work will turn
out beautiful pieces of household fur
niture and inlaid jewelry boxes worth
up to $50 and SIS.
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that isn't the only mysterious thing
about politics Politics have a way of
never running true to form. If it
weren't always letting some one down
easy, it wouldn't be the national grab
bag.
One breach of table manners, which
will not be tolerated under the nine
teenth appendage, is for a voter to
change her mind. She can't come back
half an hour after she has spun the
roulette wheel and ask to twirl it again.
The first will and testament is supposed
TO be her own. free, unbiased choice for
third assistant .janitor of the Bimbo
Islands and no appeal for a change of
venue will be considered by the election
dukes.
Effect of suffrage in some of our
happy households will result in neither
candidate being picked. Hubby. who
only speaks to WHEY when he can't
reach the butter will vote for q repub-
lican. WHEY, who only bubbles to hubbo
as seldom as possible, will stand pat for
the democrat. and between the two of
EN- both candidates will be left at the
post
That is what is called losing by the
spite vote.
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COL. GRIMES ORDERED HERE.

Col. George NJ. Grimes, adjutant
general, at Dallas, Tex, has been or
dered to this city for duty at the
War Department.
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ASSIGNED TO CHICAGO.
Col. Howard r.

Col. Howard r. Hickock, cavalry. has
been relieved from duty at the General
Staff College, this city, and ordered to
Chicago for assignment to an educa-
tional institution in that military de-
partment
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High Rank for Colored Soldier.

Lieut.. Col. Benjamin o. Davis,
colored citizen of the District of CO.
lumbia, holds the highest rank of
any man of his race on the active
list of the Army of the United States.
Col. Charles Young. also colored, who
was graduated from the United States
Military Academy. was retired several
months ago on account of disability.
He was the only colored man who ever
reached the grade of colonel in the
Army. Although retired he is still on
duty as military attache at the United
States legation, Monrovia, Liberia.
Col. Davis was born in this city,
studied in the Mott School and was
graduated from the colored high
school. He began his military career
as first lieutenant in the United
States Volunteer Infantry, in July,
1898, and was honorabiy mustered out
in March, 1899. He then enlisted in
the 9th Regular Cavalry (colored),
and in two years was SUCCESSFULLY
promoted to corporal and squadron
sergeant major. AS result of a COM
petitive examination open to enlisted
men, he was appointed second lieu
tenant 10th United States Cavalry
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Virtually all vessels Of the United
States Navy will make foreign cruises
afer the conclusion of next winters
maneuvers Of the fleets, Secretary
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Times have f1uctuated!

The old hour paw of the great
greatgrandpop cuckoo clock has been
gyrating so fast that the whole works
seems dizziar than bottle-f1y in a
cne-armed lunchroom. The mundane
procession is hot-footing by so fast
that we don't know whether the
steam calfope is at the head or foot
of the cortege. Suffrage is the latest
curiosity to be added to the museum,
and it looks as though the ballot box
were going to be top heavy with per-
fumed certificates of election.
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Lord, love EN-.

Women judges, lady coppers, vamp-
ing fremen and feminine tax collec-
tors Will be music tough to beat. Most
men would rather get a ten-year SEN
tence from a judicial senoritta than
ten-W word reprimand and a suspend
ed sentence from a Judge of the op-
posite faith. Imagine a ten-year
leave-of-a in penal harem
conducted exclusively on the board
lng-schooi plan with thorough chap
eronage and a moving picture show
each Thursday night, That is only
one OF the possibilities of the suffrage
thlng which Tennessee embraced and
North Carolina gave the merry go-by
Getting pinched by a DER Kiss scent
ed police matron will be a luxury
worthy of busting the eighteenth
amendment.
With the trails scrambling up the
ballot, the candidates will have to
come out in the open and fight like
women! The nominees chances will not
depend SO much on his power of ora
tory as the style of his waistcoat.
Won't catch the powder-puff faction
tossing its weight to an aspirant who
can't keep a crease in his trousers as
we'll as in his conversation. Politi-
cal hopefuls who have been nabbing
off the office by parting their bank
roll in the middle will have to start
parting their hair on the side in the
same stalwart fashion of those hon
orable forebears who signed the Dec
laration of independence, the Consti-
tuition of the United States, the eman-
cipation proclamation, but not the
VolStead amendment.
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There's nothing now to keep her
from putting him to sleep with the
rolling pin and keeping him away
from the polls entirely. She can undo
his dirty work by one fell swoop of
the potato masher and vote the world
wet. dry, blond or brunette by sin
gle blow with the eyelash crayon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-22

Information gathered by the gen.
eral staff of the Army shows that
more artillery ammunition was used
in one month of the world war than
was used in the entire duration OF
the civil war in the United States. in
the Franco-Prussian war and in the
Russo-Japanese war. In the civil
war 5000, 900 rounds of artillery am
munition was used; in the Franco
Prussian war $4,000 rounds. and in
the Russo Japanese war 1000
rounds. In one month of the world
war, 12,71O,00O rounds were fired.
Privileges for Jewish Soldiers.
To permit soldiers of Jewish faith
to participate in the celebration OF
New Year and the Day of Atonement.
the War Department has directed
that members of that faith be fur
Laughed from noon. September II, to
the morning of September IL, and
from noon, September 81, to the morn
ing of September 25, provided that
such action does not interfere with
ficers are instructed that If military
necessity prevents the granting of
such furloughs to cooperate with
of the Jewish We'll
fare Board in providing divine serv-
ices at the posts on the dates Speci-
fled.
Inland Waterways Improvement.
Secretary Baker considers the in
land waterways along the Atlantic
coast an important factor in our sys-
tenn of national defense, and at the
coming session of Congress will pre-
sent a project for the improvement
of the Chesapeake and Delaware
canal Recently he made a personal
inspection of the canal and says he
was impressed with the necessity of
increasing it's usefulness. He urges
that that be done, he says, not only
because it will promote the commerce
of Philadelphia and Baltimore, but
also because of it's value in any
scheme of national defense. The
project calls for the conversion of
the canal into a sea-level canal with
a depth of twelve feet as against
it's present draft of nine feet. II
should think" said the Secretary of
merce of both Philadelphia and Bal
timore and all other trade organi-
cations and the financial institutions
would do well to make strong
presentation to Congress at it's COM
ing session for the prompt execution
of the project"
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Army and Navy News

Daniels has instructed the chief of
operations and the chief of the bu-
reau of navigation to arrange for
the proposed cruises to foreign parts
1t has been also ordered that enlisted
men have six months shore duty in
their second enlistment and one
years Shore duty in their third en-
listment, and that when possible the
men be assigned to stations near
where their families are located.
Steering Ships by Wireless.
To control crewless battleship
by direct application of wireless tele-
graph to the steering gear is the OBJ
Ject of experiments now being made
by naval officers The old battleship
Iowa, a relic of the Spanish war, is to
be used for the test. She will be
guided solely by radio impulses sent
from the battleship Ohio, another
vessel of the old regime Special
radio apparatus has been installed on
both vessels and is being tested at
the Philadelphia navy yard Event
ua!ly 1t is planned to make the Iowa
a live target for the modern batteries
OF vessels of the Atlantic fleet, during
target practice off the Virginia capes.
BY means of additional alright com
partments she has been converted
into a practically unsuitable craft
even after riddled with shot and shell.
me Iowa took part in the battle of
Santiago bay. when the Spanish fleet
was destroyed, but is now obsolete
Tor naval warfare. Several years ago
she was rechristened coast battleship
No. 4, and of her original equipment
retains only her engines and boilers.
No time has been set for the lombard
ment. put 1t will probably take place
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Woman has gained her pinnacle in
life, and mans too. From now on she
is going to do her own voting and
not leave it to any shiftless, cigar
ette-inhaling, soda-pop drinking hus-
band She's been trotting him off to
the polls with instructions how to
cast the family choice without any
assurance that he voted her way-or
at all. That's over!
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If all the American husbands and
quicker-halves follow that formula, We
could dispense with President and have
a nice. quiet little soviet and all take
turns at being Blue Beard This form
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of government has a very stimulating
effect on hospitals and makes business
good for doctors, nurses and florists.
And with rampant woman-voting,
wholesale woman candidates. can be
will decide for hobble-skirt cam
paign while the opposition will max e
the run in a bungalow apron. Front
porch, or on the roof. the shrill nomi-
nee will be able, to make. herself
heard above the best riveting ma
chimes used in our tallest office build
ings. They've got the vote and the
next step will be the Office
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Students of the Summer School of
and Foreign Commerce.
class of 1920, have perfected class
organization. their purpose being to
aid in greater development of
American foreign commerce. Among
the officers chosen are H. Sieman,
president; L. w. White, first vice
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-22
By OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

- ERMANS and soviet Russia
are flirting desperately.
Far-reaching economic,
cio1 nd nj At 10
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That is what is called losing by the
spite vote.
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A new highway has just been COM
Melted in Peru. extending from Lima,
the capital, into the coastal region:
No railroad covers this territory. and
the motor truck and automobile. 1t
is believed, will form the main
means of transportation. Demand
for American light motor trucks will
increase, it is stated. and American
concerns are now preparing to de-
velop the field.