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The Washington herald., 1920-04-27
Congress and the Janitors

In their decision abandon the designations
protest against the schools
Judgment and disposition follow Of the
Chicago cuodans who compelled buildings to close the
doors with complete suspension of the while
their demands adjusted.
The District aniors They are greatly
underPad receiving class $40 year.
For that compensation they submit hours their
heavy and they obliged to shoulder responsibility
'he average ealetaker Oh buildings who IS paid
Willingness the with CONGRESS
now announced provided the school champion their
cause This is the proper spirit The District appropriation is
about to be taken by the Senate add
amendment revising the existing scale of something
commensurate with the living
These threatened designations and frequent out
IN groups, thus cPPng the municipal service illustrates again
the responsibility which Congress
administration OF the Districts affairs wear ago
Congress folded its tents and departed leaving Washington with
appropriation for street cleaning c
streets were sadly neglected for months District govern
ment forced to keep the highways
even Pesentab The doors of the Districts will not be
oSed out 1t the duty OF the lawmakers make
condition remedied which faithful empoves TO oo
where for work in order to make ordinary living
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Without Chart or Compass

Emphasis Of congraaoy is being laid the fact that
Congress bids fair this to reduce the appropriations
than Sooooooooo Assume be the fact remains
that official estimates all approximate facts there
still will be deficit of than S3ooooooooo Which being
be wondered that "thoe who know" Capitol Hill
somewhat haggard in in MEN, and hint at
things unsuitable
AS for the ultimate this prospect in all its imp
cations understood gets white of
servasm the red terror of radcam; and the modeaes
is left the burden of finding out of the
Upon what clue they rely others fail? Creation Of
clearly defined national fiscal policy and appropriate for
executing with minimum of and maximum OF efficiency
the Chief the latter will be national budget
which Congress last has but the method Of whose
working the Senate and the House disagree about
Conference and compromise details of this m-
Perave and that right the duty of the time be
this of Congress Adjournment without would
folly and would be criminal negligence Once settled
balanced departmental needs and that having
such distribution the be collected paid shall
be fixed until the budget passed. there then be auhor
tate blocking of departmental grabs elimination of
competitions and of large
Income and outgo will then have fixed
National finance will be like that the privately
businesses and the United States will
its own class in sensible management of its exchequer
The Washington herald., 1920-04-27
Proposed Law to Brand Quality
Of WooLen Goods Deemed Unwise
By Clothing Makers and Jobbers

of the better kind Of cloth is dis
puted by Secretary l.. F. Malaney.
of the Sheep and Wool Bureau. So
that there shall be no deception he
has already proposed that each
State shall have a separate brand
for its wool and that this stamp
might be carried through with the
manufactured fabric.
Improve wooTs Quality.
! Thus the wearer of his "Sunds y
best" would know whether the sheep
of Iowa. Nebraska. Ohio, Idaho or
New South Wales had shed their
wool for his particular benefit. Ma
laney also contends that the quality
of native wool is being constantly
improved upon.
The jobbers in cloth are no more
enthusiastic about the proposed
branding" ofwoolen goods than are
the wholesalers and the retailers.
As for the consumer. the party of
the second part. he has watched
both the material and the finished
product of overall fabric ascend in
price together with the lowly spud
next door. The interviewer has so
far not discovered one of these in
nocent bystanders who has not
been in favor of branding the cloth
II that will do any good in getting
a stranglehold on the profiteer.
G. w. A.
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What Congress Did
Yesterday

senate.
Henderson of Nevada, announced
he would speak today in favor Of
the Jones resolution providing that
Civil Service Commission carry on
work Of ReclassIfication Commits
sion. A. sle6aU
.seed. Of Missouri. declared that
the Senate was niggardiy in making
appropriations for needed internal
Improvements. while IL was lavish
with loans and gifts abroad.
Lehroot Of Wisconsin, replied
that many improvements advocated
We're Of doubtful value, and to pare
appropriations was imperative in
view of financial condition Of the
country.
Lodge. OF Massachusetts,. intro
duced clipping from newspaper
which stated that conference of
league of nations would be held
in Brussels with view to pooling
war debts of former allied nations.
Hitchcock, of Nebraska. denounced
plan as an attempt to make neutral
nations share in burden of war
debts.
Lcnroot introduced letter from
AceoiS VI war bdkeTs IN WHICH
he was denounced for a speech in
Sena=e in which he claimed that un-
trained American soldiers had been
sent to certain death in battle.
Dillingham;. of Vermont, offered
amendment to tariff bill providing
special tariffs on all goods in manu-
facture of which American pro-
ducers were threatened with serious
foreign competition.
Conferees on army reorganization
met In executive session to consider
army reorganization bill.
Uniform marriage and divorce
laws were considered at a meeting
of judiciary Committee.
Resolutions of sympathy on death
OF Representative c. A. Nichols were
introduced by Townsend, of Michi-
gan, and unanimously adopted. As
a mark Of respect the Senate ad-
journed at 1850 p. m.
House.
Met at noon and adjourned at
1921 out of respect to the memory
OF Representative Charles A
Nichols. of Michigan. who died Sun
day night
Passed up district Day"
asSSo FesoIutlon authorizing 8
Secretary of War to loan 100 cots
and blankets TO Albert Sidney
Johnston Post. United Confederate
Veterans, Fort Worth. Texas, for
annual encAmpment June "a to 81,
inclusive.
Passed resolution appointing
eighteen members to attend Mich
OILS funeral.
Appropriations Committee held
executive session over sundry civil
appropriations bill.
Public Buildings and Grounds
Committee held hearing on bill for
additional hospital facilities for
eN-service men.
Foreign Affairs Committee took
up Underwood wood pulp resolu-
ton.
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Interview.

flashed from csyernous holfows.
His admiring intimates thought he
had only to choose from dozen
brillians careers.
Heard at q Washington dinner
table: She: '.Is a Presidential plat
form something for the candidate
to stand on7" He. mo. II is some
thing to get in on"
Booze-forks. misnomer as the
term may seem, are the latest ad-
dition TO the equipment OF custom
inspectors ON duty at frontiers.
When they enter trains arriving
from Canada. for instance. they are
armed with m-handles with
hooks. capable of probing the lower
depths beneath car-seats where
packages containing smuggled liquor
might lie concealed. After every
passengers visible baggage has
Been searched, the Inspector pokes
around with his stick until satisfied
there Is nothing to drag forth.
Recently a traveller from Montreal
got ,cofd feet and deposited an Illicit
fore the inspectors arrived. When
found, the inspectors carried II
through the Pullman asking II any
body Claimed" 1t. Nobody but the
inspectors did.
The 5000, ,o00.0 marks a year
which San Reno dispatches sug-
gest that Germany must pay for
~ f.S.
is a sum designed to cause even the
proudest Prussian militarist to think
furiously. At old rates Of exchange
it calls for $3.50, 000, 900 per annum
from now until 1850. The Hinden-
burgs and Ludendorffs will grasp
what that means when they remem-
Der that the entire German war
levy" of 1912-1913 - the curtain
raiser for Armagggeddon-am
ed to only $3.50. 900, ,o00. Germany
bled France for $1,000. .O00. 900 in 1871
the celebrated five milliards of
Francs" which Bismarck and Moltke
fancied would PROSTATE the French
for a generation. but which the
thrifty peasants of the republic paid
off in no time.
The allied governments are said to
be willing to continue negotiations
with the Soviet government through
NJ. Krassin, Lenine's former minister
of transportation, now in Copen-
hagen. About the very moment that
assurance was forthcoming from
the premiers' council at San Reno.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge was
quoting to the Republican week
enders" at Atlantic City from a
diabolical statement by Krassin. as
indicative of the insufferable hor-
rors OF Bolshevism! =
F. ~. w.
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Bungling May
Mean 40 Cent
Retail Price
Only Drastic Measures Can
Check Prices and Insure
Supply.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
dustry might cooperate to control
the situation.
Action Watched With Interest,
Mr.. Palmer's action In summoning
the refiners to Washington has been
watched with considerable interest
because the Attorney General is TO
appear before a House committee
investigating sugar on Thursday 10
explain the details of his alleged
agreement with the Louisiana pro
ducers which permits prices of Il
and 1S cents for the Louisiana cane
crop.
Representative Tinkham, who as
serted yesterday that if the present
price OF sugar was maintained by
the producers the American public
faced $1,000, 900 increase in the
annual sugar bill, put the RESPONSE
bility for the predicament upon
President Wilson and Mr.. Palmer.
Blames Inactlon for SoarInE Price.
The cause of the present high
price for sugar and the great sugar
scarcity in the United States" said
Mr. Tinkham, lis attributable SOLELY
TO the non-action of the President
of the United States in August and
september and in part to the action
of the Attorney General in Noyem-
Der last. Investigation in Washing
ton where sworn testimony has
been taken, has fully established
these facts beyond contradiction.
In August and September last
the Sugar Equalization Board rec
commended to the President the pur-
chase OF the Cuban crop of 1919. as
had been done in the case Of the
1919 crop. 1t was stated that the
Cuban crop could be purchased for
6l2 cents per pound at that time. a
price which would have permitted
the sale of sugar in the United
states at IL and IL cents per pound
retail.
Reason Never Been Asserted.
The action which the Sugar
Equalization Board recommended
could legally have been approved
by the President. He, however.
withheld his approval and has never
asserted his reason for doing so.
In November last, when sugar
was selling at retail at 10 cents 3
pound Under control OF the Sugar
Equalization Board, and at 6h cents
in Cuba, the attorney general con-
CURED in a price of II cents and is
cents at the plantations for Louisi-
ana sugar, thus giving as IL were
an official government price for raw
sugar. The effect of this action in
part was to advance the Cuban
price. In December the Cuban price
had advanced over IL cents, and is
now is quoted at Is cents"
Public Ledger servicc.)
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THEEBIBLE
Translated out Of the original
tongues and from the edition
known as Our Mothers Bible"
The Fourth Book Of Moses, Called
NUMBERS.
CHAPTER VI-Continued.

CHAPTER vI-Continued.
6s One golden spoon of ten shek-
els. full of incense:
50. One young bullock, one ram
one lamb of the firsN year, for a
burnt offering: .
70 One kid of the goats for a
sin offering:
Il And for a sacrifice of peace
offerings, two oxen. five rams, five
he goats, five lambs of the first
year: this was the offering of
Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
~ On the eleventh day PaSiel
the son of Ocran, prince of the chill
dren of Asher. offered:
73 His Offering was one silver
charger, the weight whereof was a
hundred and thirty shekels, one
silver bowl of seventy shekeIs, after
the shekel of the sanctuary: both
of them full of fine flour mingled
with oil for a meat Offering:
"A One golden spoon of ten shek-
els. full of incense:
rs One young bullock, one ram
one lamb of the first year, for a
burnt offering:
rs One kid of the goats for a
sin Offering:
II And for a sacrifice of peace
offerings, two oxen, five rams, five
he goats, five lambs of the first
year: this was the offering of Pagfel
the son of Ocran.
IS On the twelfth day Ahira
the son of Enan, prince of the chill
dren of Naphtali, offered:
(To Be Continued.)
The Washington herald., 1920-04-27
THE POSTMAN.

The Postman comes at s o'clock
and brings me letters and a knock,
or else he skips my dwelling shack
and passes by-not looking back.
1 watch him-coming down the line
and claim him as friend of mine
convinced that from his stock of
mail he'll hand me something with
out fail.
And as he walks the threshold DER to
carry letters to my door, some word
of praise 1 fain would speak. and
kiss him fondly on the cheek.
But should he fail to stop-'tis then
/ brand him as the worst of men;
nor call him friend, but rather foe,
and cuss him as l see him go.
l blame the Postman when he fails to
find me mail in all the malls, for
he is not employed, say I. TO pass me
up or pass me by.
IN. A. LUFBURROWa
tCopyrght. 1880. hy The Mcclure syndiettel
The Washington herald., 1920-04-27
Scientist Takes
Fling at u, S.
Army Doctors
Says Mental Tests Puts
Physicians Below Men in
Combat Service.
CONTINUED FROM FACE ONE.

A@NSA AAON ANE ONb.
the two astronomers TO a deadlock
in the debate. DIR. Curtis defending
the older point of view,
John NJ. Clarke urged propagan a
among the masses to save national
resources.
Chairman J. r. Angel said the
National Research Council Is 10 per-
suade the chiefs Of the big industries
to begin Industrial research on a
great scale.
The worlds greatst telescope was
outlined by Director Hale at the aft
crnoon session. DR.. A. A. Nicholson
was roundly applauded as he told
of remarkable new measures of light
and of his 'interferometer." to meas
IRE stars.
What happens inside when the
Springfield rife is fred was con-
tributed by Or. Arthur G. Webster.
Twins and triplets are merely an in
herited family matter. in the opinion
of DR.. c. b. Davenport.
Other speakers included DR.. Franz
Boas, DR.. Samuel ]. Meltzer, DIR.
Robert A. Milliken. Dr. Edwin H.
Hall, DR.. Raymond Pearl, DR.. Robert
w. Wood and President Walcott.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-27
Pan American Union Building

The celebration last evening of decade of history
Of the Pan American Union Building timely
by the service has rendered only
but also to the United States when
Guiding of her she has had to borrow,
and beautiful
Six societies Of New York City devoted
last Sunday evening homage Andrew
OF the humanes Men the rank of Bryce and
sent letters Of tribute Though
celebration deserved For whatever be
the methods by which Mr. Carnegie accumulated wealth.
persed with unusual wisdom; and the permanent
contributions to international goodwill his making
Pan American Unions home thing Of
The Washington herald., 1920-04-27
New York City
By o. o. McIntyre

New York. April 26.-When ster-
ling exchange recently hit its low
visibility record-Poufl like that
a lot of owners Of cute little mus
tachek. swank canes and elegant
spats had to take to toll. They
were remittance men and o! SO very
English, don't you know! They are
to be missed in the late afternoon
parade on Fifth avenue.
Penniless peers are as numerous
rs portly profiteers. But as they
would say in Piccadilly Circus
which incidentally i always thought
was a Barnum and Bailey AFFAIR
until two years ago-you can't 'elp
admirin' the bloomin' beggars. They
are the rummfest sort of rare ones.
One young lordling who poured
the wickedest tea along the-whole
avenue is now in a frock coat in
one OF those black and white chintz
gown shops meeting all comers. He
knows all the swell young ladies
and he brings trade and when they
come he whispers in their ears:
'Beastly bore, this; but you've
perked up a gloomy day." And they
always go away with a big pur-
chase.
Then in another shop of the same
ilk there is a young man who cre-
ates lovely frocks for more lovely
maidens. He fashioned butterflies
to be pasted on bare backs, and My
word! but how II took on. over
in a Broadway show a young man
with nothing but a coronet to brag
about has plunged headlong into
draInatics. He Is one of the one
steppingest bloods along that lane
OF plain and fancy one-steppers. And
he gets seventy-five smackers a
week for it. Alta baroneti
Some others have gore in for
more lowly forms of art. Having
had plush and gold motah-cahs of
their own, they know how to WELD
wheel and as a result Abe Gil
funkle Who is in cloaks and suits
down on Bolshevikt boulevard, has
an Algernon for a chauffeur.
OF course it may not last long.
And after all it may be good
thing. Work, they say. is a wonder
full thing, once one gets the hang
of il. l have a notion that I'll try
1t some day myself.
A dinner suit at the smartest tai
loring establishment in town now
costs $235. An ordinary business
suit at the same place brings S210.
But the peak has been reached. The
proprietor-with tears bulging from
pale-blue eyes-declares that he will
go out of business before he charges
81 more. Perhaps he thinks II bet
ter to retire than to be shot at sun
rise. And people are not buying so
many clothes. either. Even the rich.
I have 1t from Beaunash. the sar-
torial expert of the theater pro-
grams, that some young men are
wearing morning suits until dinner
time. Fancy!
After reading over this chatter
l find I am in a flippant mood. 1
never knew 1t to fail that following
such mood a certain person calls.
Almost any time tomorrow 1 expect
my tailor. But let him come! I'll
be merry for the day.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-27
Closing the Night Schools

No great surprise ocasoned by announcement that
the Washington night schools suspend because the
ton authorized by Congress insufficient permit operation
for the full
IhiS has been the customary condition of the
night school sessions for the decade classes
were continued for month voluntary contr
buttons OF those who derived benefit educational courses
The chss might have been this year under the
same Phanhrop plan but the school decided quite
properly 1t hardly dgnihed encourage policy feeling
perhaps there Congress might
at this gvshatyou-can method for the day
schools .,-ea o.. ....... =
1t takes astute politician have hap
pend to municipal administration that had to answer at the
polls for civic delnquences of Washington we
test with voice but lacks the ballot That
one pont reason why the suffrage such favor
boom former Senator Beverdge been launched at Chi
cago Booms for strong beverage probably annoy the platform
builders of both parties.
Before the Senate crtse picke for annoynp
the British Embassy might conduct during the
ssaSue of nations squabble 80
When the traction companies get officials to run the cars in
stead OF the finances Improvement in the service
The school Investigation has and now LET'S
the hHfh OF the seondiaons which the probe
=
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Notes BY a Washington Observer
Charles E. Hughes Never Gave Interview.
Gov. Morrow Stole the Show" - Booze
Forks Latest-G German Indemnity Huge

Charles e. Hughes arrived in
washington yesterday to argue
case before the United States Su.
preme Court. He cannot be drawn
into any discussion of politics.
which he vigorously AYERS he "a
out Of" Even the big Hughes
showing in popular Presidential
polls Is powerless to melt his deter
mination to saw wood. Mr.. viii
sons 1915 antagonist makes a boast
which probably few public men in
the United States could Indulge IN
with strict regard TO the truth. He
hi9 life. -
republican week-enders" back
from the highly successful funk at
at Atlantic City declare unanimous
ly that. in the language Of the
stage, Gov. Edwin p. Morrow, Of
Kentucky, stole the show" The
oratorical honors of the banquet
were easily his. He spoke last and
best. Perhaps 1t was because he
was addressing. to a large extent,
a gathering of professional story
tellers that Gov. Morrow's compact
little address consisted of a simple
Blue Grass parable, which he told
with homely pathos. At the psy-
geological moment he gave the
story. a political twist, capturing
the hearts of all present. As a
matter of fact, II launched Nor
row boomlet. The governor is men,
toned Kentucky-way as first
class Vice Presidential timber for
the Republican ticket. He carried
his one-time Democratic State by
10000 last year. and recently
achieved national fame by energet-
fc suppression of the attempted
Lexington lynchIng bee.
Everybody who meets Sir Auck-
land Geddes is convinced that the
man in the right place. His repu-
tations as a forceful speaker pre-
ceded him: and he has many invi-
tations TO address audiences in va
rious parts of the country. A semi
ironical character sketch of Sir
Auckland in a recent English book,
'Uncensored Celebrities makes the
following references TO his ora
torical gifts:
There is certain
quAllty IN ali MS utterances "hlcn
suggests that he has the knack of
getting to the heart of the matter.
One feels instinetively that when
he confuses an issue, the fault is
not with his brain. Young
Geddes' speeches left an abiding
impression on all who heard them
when he was at Edinburgh Uni
versity. He enchanted his friends
with his acute comment on men
and things. There was something
in his long. gaunt face that men
could never forget. Hiss keen eyes
The Washington herald., 1920-04-27
She Weds wice;
Thinks Contract
Null in 6Months

Hagerstown. Nd, April 26.-
Marriage Is a great Institution.
Mrs. Sarah +. Pichnic said when
she faced two husbands in Po-
lice Court here today charged
with bigamy.
She told the judge the first
marriage was only six
months contract. By the terms
OF the license. she said. her
marital relations with husband
No. l ended after six monthA
She admitted she had lived with
him only two weeks,
The six months expired long
ago" she said.
She WAS held for hearing be-
fore Justice Gerecht
The Washington herald., 1920-04-27
Lilac Drum"
Makes its Bow
Before Judge

A brand new kind of drunk put
in appearance in Police Court yes
terday morning when Roy Ward
pleaded guilty to a lilac jag" and
was fined $40. f
1t was a new stunt even to Judge
Mcmahon. who admitted never hear
ing of such thing before.
Ward admitted partaking of sew
eral drinks from bottle of lilac
toilet water containing, he said.
from IS to IS per cent alcohol.
He was arrested Sunday at Thir-
teenth and w streets northwest by
Policeman G. l. Helmuth, of the
Eighth Precinct.
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ADAHY LINE O. CHEER
~ John Kendriek Bangs
SHAKESPEARE.

A gay and Laughing blade was he
Who rose from sheer obscurity
Upon the soaring wings Of song.
His way into the hearts OF men.
With ever lyric tongue and pen,
He sang his whole life long.
And while may not rise as he
Up to the heights Of victory.
Lacking his spreading wing.
/ still can taste his mood Of cheer,
And gild the ways walk on here
II as ! run sing.
Copyright 1870, by the Mcclure syndicate. }
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who testified was Senator Oscar
W. Underwood, new administration
leader. author OF a resolution to
appoint a commission 10 seek re-
moval Of the embargo. His views
on the subject were strongly sup
ported by Publishers and paper
manufacturers.
Secretary Colby and the House
committee were told that the news
print shortage is assuming alarm
ing dimensions. The Increase in
advertising. il was explained. was
the inevitable consequence Of the
return Of normal business condi-
tions after the war. With the in
crease in advertising there had
come a simultaneous increase in
circulation. which could not be
checked even by raising the sale
price Of papers.
Public LEDGE ServiceD
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highest. bo' lowest, Al.
Relative humidity-s a. m, 53; p. m,
so; 8 p. M, %.
Rainfall Is p. m. to s p. MI, O.3o.
Hours of sunshine, 0.
Per cent Of possible sunshine, o,
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The Weather
Forecast

Forecast
District Of Columbia. Virginia and Mary
land: Showers and somewhat warmer to-
day; tomorrow, fair; fresh southeast and
south winds.
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Departures from Normal.

Accumulated deficiency of temperature
since January l, 1870. so.
+3
Accumulated deficiency Of precipitation
since January 1. 1920. --1.S4.
Excess Of precipitation since April /, 1920.
1885.
Temperature same date last year-High-
est, So; lowest, SO.