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The Washington herald., 1920-06-28
CUSTOMSLABOR
MAY GET RAISE
All Federal Employees Join
In Asking President for
Their Relief.
Open
s:l5AM.

Laborers in the various ports and
custom houses may receive an in
crease in pay of about 5000 a year
If President Wilson acts favorably
on an appeal for the increase sent
him yesterday by the National Fed
GRAFTON of Federal Employees.
In its letter to the President this
union, comprising practically all
the civil employees of the govern
ment, points out that the pay of
these laborers in the custom houses
amounts only to $S40 a year, as
fixed by Congress in 1909. Greatly
increased cost of living since that
time. they say. entities the men to
receive at least the S1.0S0 annually
as provided in the Nolan minimum
wage bill, which failed of passage
at the last session.
President Wilson is asked to rec
ommend the Treasury Department
to pay the increase out of the ST.
100000 appropriated for the Gus
toms Service for the next fiscal year,
of which $500, 900 is available for
increase in compensation to Gus
toms employees. The Treasury de-
partment is without specific author
ization to expend the necessary
amount to relieve the customs la
borers, and President Wilson Is
urged to remedy the situation by
changing their classification to
openers and packers" in which
event the men could receive the in
crease.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-28
Daily Horoscope

Neptune rules strongly for good
this day. while Saturn and Uranus
are adverse.
The planetary rule Is held to i'm
part vision and sound judgment.
Although Saturn and Uranus ex-
ercise sinister power likely to be
revealed in Understanding the
achievements of men and women.
Neptune gives power to foresee
events according to logical Sc
quence.
When the planet supposed to rule
the sea is well aspected. it is be-
lieved that prsons who WELD pow
er may be directed to do the right
thing.
Since Neptune is supposed To
govern the base OF understanding
the rule is especially favorable for
decisions that involve great re-
sponsibilities.
Uranus opposed to Saturn threat
ems new troubles in dockyards.
Railway difficulties are prognos-
ticated and a strike may cause
grave results. owing to midsum-
mer conditions.
The imperative need OF extreme
cleanliness is emphasized by as
trologers who foretell danger OF
epidemics during the hot weather,
especially those that affect the d.
gestive tracts, fevers and nervous
disorders.
Horses will gain favor among
the wealthy who will revive an an
cient fashion.
Theaters continue under a sway
puzzling to the seers since they
appear to enter more and more IN
to the national life and yet to be
subject to some great changes that
will involve sweeping reforms.
There is a sign read as fore
| shadowing an educational reform
that will insure widespread bene'
| fits to the poor.
Women and children are now
subject to a direction of the stars
making for protective measures OF
many sorts.
Persons whose birthdate it i:
should not travel or remove. They
should attend strictly to business
which will then be successful.
Children born on this day will
be gifted and endowed with trait.
that should win success, Girls ar'
likely to be exceedingly fascinat'
ing.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-28
Dc. JUDGE DIES
IN MICHIGAN
Robert M. Montgomery, u.
S. Court of Customs
Appeals, Dead.

Robert NJ Montgomery, presiding
Judge of the United States Court of
Customs Appeals, died at his home
Eaton Rapids, Michigan, yesterday
morning.
Judge Montgomery was appointed
pesidinG judge of the Customs
Court By President Taft upon the
courts initial establishment, April
90. 1910 and served continuously
from that time until his death. His
Washington address was 1920 Six
teenth street northwest.
He is survived by a widow and
two sons. Morris W.. of Chicago,
and Stanley D., of Ludington, Michi-
gan.
The deceased jurist was born at
Eaton Rapids. Michigan. May IL.
1S49. He attended the Eaton Rapids
High School until his eighteenth
year. when he entered the law office
of F. ]. Russell at Hart, Oceana
County, Michigan, where he re-
mained three years.
Judge Montgomery was prosecut-
ing attorney for Oceana County four
years. and on moving to Grand Rap
ids. was appointed assistant United
States attorney He held this Office
until october. 1881
At the Spring election of 1881. he
was elected judge of the Seven
teenth Judicial District Of Michigan
and was reelected to a second term.
serving until September. 1888, when
he resigned and resumed his law
practice at Grand Rapids.
During a portion of his service on
the Michigan bench he was Chief
Justice.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-28

women upon whom II was the wont
for French kings to lavish their
tickle favors. And Anne of Brit
tary, who is described by the most
reliable as having been decidedly
plain. was first the wife of King
Charles VIII and after his death the
wife of his successor, Louis XII,
over whom she had a greater in
fluence than ever any other queen
had over her husband.
Angelica Kauffmann, the cele-
brated painter. was another plain
charmer. % Even in the portrait
painted OF her by Sir Joshua Rey-
nolds, who is said to have been in
love with her you can see little tc
be called beauty. And contempo-
raries, many of them, agreed that
her features were distinctly homely
Yet Sir Joshua was not her only ar
dent admirer. There were Garrick
Goldsmith and Fuseli besides. Il
was quite the fad in England where
she resided for some time to bt
mildly infatuated with Angelica and
after her marriage at 40 to Vene.
tiar painter. her home became tn,
meeting place of a coterie of schol
ars and artists, among them Goethe
who shared the general admiration
for this remarkable woman's per
sonslity.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-28
He rolled over them,
the bear did,

his ears" said the Pip to himself.
So he wiggled his way along
through the woods and soon he
came within sight of the bunny
gentleman's hollow stump bunga-
low.
"Yes, there's Uncle wiggily sit
ting out on the porch now, In his
tall silk hat, his black coat and
striped trousers" said the Pip to
himself as he scrouched down be-
hind a sassafras tree. I'll wait
until he comes down and then I'll
grab him."
The Pip waited quite some time,
listening to Nurse Jane sing as she
washed the beds and made the
dishes. and finally the Pip. took
another look and said:
ct believe Uncle Wiggily Is asleep
in that chair on the porch. I can
sneak up easy like, grab him and
carry him off to my den."
Up on the porch went the bad
Pip. He reached the chair ana
then he made a grab. thinking to
catch the bunny gentleman asleep.
But just then Nurse Jane rushed
out of her kitchen crying:
"Herei You're not the tailor
bCdA' LCdNc OhClc IalI
hat, his coat and trousers alone,
The tall hat needs ironing, the coat
needs mending and the trousers
need pressing. Leave them alone
you bad Pip!'
What! Are these only Uncle
Wiggily's clothes - isn't he in
them?" howled the surprised Pip.
mo. he isn't! just left. them
on chair on the porch for the
tailor bear to get." said Nurse
Jane. Uncle wiggily is far. far
away"
'oh. woe is me, Fooled again!"
sighed the Pip as he saw that he
only held an empty hat, an empty
coat and empty trousers. Then he
| threw them back on the chair and
ran away, rubbing his tongue on
his teeth. So he didn't get Uncle
Wiggily's souse after all, and the
tailor bear soon made the bunny's
clothes look fine and Mr. Lonsear,
took Nurse Jane to the movies.
And IL the red paint brush doesn't
go out and play in the green eras,
and get all stained with yellow
from the buttercups. I'll tell yo,
next about Uncle wiggily and the
hooks.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-28

Nurse Jane. Nurse Jane. Are
you going to be very busy this
morning" asked Uncle wigsily
one day as he was ready to star,
out from his hollow stump bunga-
low to Hook for an adventure.
We'll. 1 have to do a little
sweeping, some washing. baking.
ironing and mending." answered
the muskrat lady housekeeper.
After that I shall make the beds
and"
stop! Oh. please stop" begged
the bunny gentleman, holding his
paws over his ears. II did not
know you were so busy. There Is
no use, then, in me asking you tc
iron my best tall silk hat, sew ur
rip in my coat and press my
trousers"
"Td like to do it for you" said
Nurse Jane, but don't see"
Il don't. either" laughed Uncle
! wiggily. in his most jolly pink
nose twinkling style. You hav,
no time. I'll stop at the tailor'i
and tell him to come for my things
Will you please lay them out fol
him."
"Yes, TIL have time for that" sale
the muskrat lady housekeeper. 81
when Uncle Wiggily hoped of
| over the fields and through the
woods. looking for an adventure
Nurse Jane placed the bunny un'
cle's tall silk hat that needed iron
! ing, his coat that needed mendint
and his trousers that needed press
ing on a chair on the porch.
They'll be easy for the tailor u
get when he comes along. aftel
Uncle wiggily has told him to stoI
for them" thought Miss Fuzzy
Wuzzy.
Uncle wiggily hoped on his wa!
| and soon he came to where tn'
tailor bear gentleman had his shop
This tailor bear was some relation
to Neddie and Beckie Stubtail, tn
| brother and sister bear.
| "Will you kindly go to my hol
low stump bungalow and get m!
tall silk hat. my coat and m!
trousers?" asked Uncle Wiggily o
the bear tailor. 81 am wearing m,
old clothes now, but l want m!
best suit made nice and scrump
tious for this evening. I am going {
take Nurse Jane to the movies"
Til go get them and have ther
all ready for you this evening.
promised the tailor bear. Then h
put a pair of Grandfather Goose,
Gander's trousers down on tn
! ground and rolled over them, tn
bear did. That was his way o
pressing creases in the trousers.
Don't forget" called Cncl
wiggily. as he passed on, and tn
bear tailor said he would mot.
Well. along about this time tn
bad old Pipsisewah got hungry 70
souse.
81 think I'll sneak up easy liK,
to Uncle Wiggily's bungalow an
see if / can't nibble some souse oi
The Washington herald., 1920-06-28
ANNOUNCEMENT.

~. nostman was delivering tne
,norninC mail in Mapiewood.
Tbrough the tender green OF tne
anla leaves, the early May sun,
ii@ht altered on sidewalks stiii
ssr,n from the sprinkling hose Oh
ths night before. The snanow
gardens inclosing each quaintiy
nretty residence, glisteneo win
dew rambler roses and peonies eA
hailed a wet fragrance.
meadow lark flashed across the
C;ibson's perfectly clipped heose
and fat robin sat judiciousiy re,
rarding a belligerently ineiineo
worm on the edge of tse graveieo
pathway. NJ.
Gibson from her inspection OIL
rose blight.
GOOD morning. Mr.. Mathers,
she called with the smiling friend-
illness of the suburban uWeier'
Lovely morning, isn't II! !,
.'Tis a great. day to be sure
responded Mathers heartily, and q
lot Of mail I've brought you this
morning"
He crossed the dew-wet sod, ex-
tending a handful of letters with
the beaming Implication that he
was personally responsible for their
number. One large square en- .elope
ne reserved, holding il up for her
attention.
"Sure, it's a wedding there must
he in the neighborhood. I've left
wan of these at every door In Ma
plawood."
= Really" Mrs. Gibson took the
white square and tore it open, with
"a pretty air of curiosity. I can
think who-Dora whitelaw's invi-
tations are out and Myra Cunning
hams aren't due until June
"Oh!" she gasped. and again
"Oh! How perfectly thrilling! And
delicious! Mrs. Atherton," she al
dressed the frankly, curious Math'
ers, lis announcing Alison's mar
rage to Lawrence Osborne. Those
children, fancy"
The Irishman grinned broadly.
"'Tis a handsome pair they'll
make. but begorra, 1 don't envy
ayther of them! Not with then
two doting families"
His little blue eyes twinkleo
into a meaning wink. then quickly
recollecting himself, he hitched his
mail sack nto position and with d
good morning to ye" went dowr
the garden path to the street.
Mrs. Gibson r&ead the announce
ment. engraved In shaded old Eng
lish on heavy vellum with the cor
rect pressed border. one inch II
idth:
Mrs. Emily Maynard Atherton ha'
the honor to announce
the marriage of her daughter
Alison
to
Mr.. Lawrence Edgerton Osborn
on
Wednesday. May the seventeenth
the Church of the Ascension
The name of the adjacent cit.
followed.
"Umm, An elopement." muse,
Mrs Gibson. "Oh George" sh
called. hearing the bang of tn
screen door of the veranda, "gues
what Alison Atherton and Law
renee Osborne have gone and go
married"
God help them both-with thos
The Washington herald., 1920-06-28
Facts Fiction, Fashions and eatlues Of Interest to oen
The Marriage Mill : s:s::: :;. s.';.s

families!" exclaimed Gibson dis
tinctly. -Say. did You remind
Susan again to boil my eggs four
minutes? I'm tired taking them
through q straw"
"Eggs~ Mrs. Gibson's reply was
scornful. Always your tummy,
while other people are doing such
tremendous things as getting mar
riedP
you can't be confident about
eggs In these days of soaring
prices" returned her husband
philosophically. but there will al.
ways be marriage--and in-laws."
The Washington herald., 1920-06-28
When Some One Faints.

When a crowd gathers and some
one faints almost every one stands
heIpIessly by asking for a doctor.
II he is present all well and good,
but every one should know what to
do In such a case as frst-aid treat
ment.
The condition Is generally due to
some disturbance in the circulation
and follows temporary apaemia
of the brain. The patient should be
placed in a recumbent position with
head placed lower than the rest of
the body so that the blood may dow
more quickly to the brain. Loosen
the clothes about the neck and up
per part OF the body and give the
patient air. This and wiping the
face with cold water will bring
around the average faint"
The respiratory movements may
be stimulated by holding a cloth
sprinkled with aqua ammonia to the
nose. being careful not to hold IL
close enough to strangle the pa
| tient.
II this procedure does not bring
| about immediate recovery. external
heat-hot-water bags and blank
ets-must be secured at the earliest
| moment.
The person who feels faint can
frequently abort an attack by lean
ing over with the head between the
knees. causing the blood to rush to
| the head.
In a genuine faint the pulse will
| be weak and the skin cold. In ner-
vous tennperaments a form Of hys-
| terra may resemble a faint. In the
latter the pulse will be normal and
the skin warm to the touch. The
patient should be left undisturbed.
but not alone. until the doctor ar
rives.
Copyright 1890. by The NC srni'este.)
The Washington herald., 1920-06-28
News for Wife:
Hats No Luxury,
Says Uncle Sam

women's hats are a necessity
and not a luxury. Howard Figs,
special assistant to the Attorney
General, in charge of the cam
paign to reduce the high cost of
living. ruled yesterday.
: Figg stated that this ruling
applied to all women's hats
whether high priced or cheap,
and any one caught profiteering
IN the headgear will be prose-
cuted under the Lever act.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-28

Into the fashion game with a new
grace have slipped figured silks.
beautiful prints that are exquisite
OF color, characterful of design and
loved by all the designers. both
here and in Paris. They hint of
quaintness. yet they are refresh
.ngly new.
The gowns illustrated were
sketched from current plays. That
on the left, printed in two tones
OF brown on a yellowish ground
with a turban to match, was fash
ioned for Ida ST. Leon in Man
mas Affair" The center gown was
The Washington herald., 1920-06-28

designed for Chrystsl Herne in The
Acquittal." 1t is of light brown
with reddish figures, has very
dark reddish -hued enclosed panel
down the front and is most effec-
lively draped to suit Miss Herne's
tall slenderness.
The third frock is worn by Mar
tha Hedman Of The Hole in the
Wall" at the Punch and July The
ater. The little Eton, sketched
slipped over 1t transforms II from
a demi-evening dress into a per-
feet afternoon costume. The skirt
Is decorated with black velvet rib
bon. the silk itself being soft gray
printed in black.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-28
Illinois Men Buy Virginia Lands.

fredericksburg. Va, June ~. -
Little whim," the country estate
in Stafford County owned and used
as home by Robert II. Purvis, of
the Great Eastern Land Company,
has been sold by Purvis to a party
from Illinois. The farm>consists of
2I5 acres and was sold for $4,000
cash. Mr.. Purvis has also sold three
farms in Hanover County, consist
ing of 165. 271 and 1.271 acres. re-
spectively, to Illinois parties.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-28
Prominent Virginians Wed.

Charlottesville. Va, June 27-Dr
Seth Hunter Hurdle, of Portsmouth
Va. a recent graduate of the medi-
cal school of the University of vir-
ginia and Miss Blooma Mae Greasy
daughter of Mr.. r. L. Greasy, o!
this city. were married yesterday al
the brides home. DR.. and Mrs
Hurdle will reside in Wilmington
del
The Washington herald., 1920-06-28
Youthful Varsity Graduate.

10 Fisher Freeman, aged II, of
Tucson, Ariz., graduated from the
University of Arizona with the 1920
class. He was elected to the schoi-
arship fraternity and is said to be
mathematical prodigy. Freeman
is believed the youngest college
graduate in the State.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-07-08
SECULARISM FIERCELY
ATTACKED BY BISHOP
Modern Tendency Sharply Criti'
Cised-- Women's Dress and
Evil Films Are Scored

New York. - Bishop Patrick u.
Hayes vigorously arralgned the mod
ern tendency" toward secularism, fed
eral Capitalization and socialism in
education, in sermon at the solemn
high mass which opened the 18th an
nual convention of the Catholic Edu-
cational Association of the United
States here.
With law courts grinding out di-
vorces ad nauseaum," he said, with
passing literature that finds il pays
to portray characters reeking with
moral sham and condoning the Of
fense. with young and old gone mad
over the lurid motion film with the
drama depraved in spite OF heroic eff
forts of the many who patronize and
love the clean play, with feminine
dress mocking at decency and mod
esty, with ever decreasing respect for
authority and reverence for the flag
of our country-where is the power,
who has the wisdom? Where the
salvation of the youth of our land?
The church has grieved much for
many long day at the widespread
spirit of secularization in education.
and is gravely anxious at the present
advocacy Of federal Capitalization
and the still more dangerous tendency
of specialization in education" he said
"Secularism violates the rights OF
God, Capitalization encroaches on the
rights Of the family and socialism the
rights of the child
Sad is the lament of many think
ing people and educators within and
without the church at the divorce OF
our system of public education from
religion. The constant and continu-
Gus ignoring of God and the approved
legal indifference 10 religious belief
and practice in the schoolroom must
have its unfortunate effect on the
young mind. The nation is bound 10
feel and suffer the consequences.
THE philosophy Of the world Is to
enjoy what one pleases. to think az
one pleases and to do what one
pleases without the checks placed By
religious sanction and the moral law -
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-07-08
HELD UP
BY LONE BANDIT
Sleeping Car Passengers on
Overland Limited Robbed
Near Sacramento, Cal.
WOUNDED BY A PASSENGER
Leaps From Pullman and Escapes
After Five Shots Have Been
Fired At Him - officials Are
Unable To Estimate Loss.

Sacramento. Calif.-Railroad detec-
uves and hastily organized posses
are securing the countryside for a
lone bandit who held up the passen-
gers on the two rear sleepers of the
Ogden route Overland Limited on the
Southern Pacific Railroad and es-
capped
The bandit. who boarded the train
at Davis. is believed TO have been
wounded by Albert Rodell of Cleve-
land o., a passenger. who fired five
shots at him at close range as he
leaped from the train.
The bandit fired one shot at Con-
ductor Muldowney. when the latter at
tempted to lock the doors of the sleep
er. The conductor escaped by falling
to the floor of the car
The bandit forced brakeman to go
through the sleeping cars with him
and he held back the curtains while
he went through the clothing Of the
passengers. Railroad officials were
unable TO estimate the loot secured
from the 20 passengers in the two
cars.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-07-08
SEVEN KILLED
AS HOME BURNS
Mother and Six Children Are
Trapped in Apartment Dur
ing Early Hours
TOTS HUDDLFD IN DEATH
Locked Doors and intense Heat Repel
Fremen and Make Ladders USE
less-kiddies Hold Toys-leap
From Window Saves Woman.

Ellwood City, Pa.-Trapped in their
third-foor apartment, a mother and
her six children lost their lives in a
fire which destroyed the Kraus block
Firemen. seeking to effect a rescue,
were unable to gain entrance through
the building and flames from second.
story windows prevented use of lad
ders or fire escape.
The father, who was absent at work
in Woodlawn, was prostrated when
Informed of the results OF the fire.
The dead-Mrs James Carlin, aged
40; Eta Carlin, aged IL; Myrtle Car
lin, aged 8; Florence Carlin, aged q;
James Carlin. Jr.. aged 5; William
Carlin. aged 3; Unnamed Infant, aged
. weeks.
The fire, which started in the first
floor of the building, a three-story
brick structure, was discovered about
2 a. m. by a passerby. City fremen
and later volunteer companies from a
manufacturing plant were summoned.
The fremen were unable to gain
entrance into the first floor of the
building and placed ladders against
the building 10 the third floor. Flames
issuing from windows on the second
floor made an ascent on the ladders
impossible. When an entrance to the
first floor was obtained, the fire had
gained such headway the stairways,
filled with flames and smoke, were
impossible.
After more than an hour firemen
brought the flames under control and
by ladders entered a third-hoor win
dow
Mrs. Carlin was found lying near a
front window. with the baby's body
held close to her Florence and James
had crawled under a bed, and their
bodies were found huddled together
with their arms around each other
Eta and Myrtle had tried to escape
by curling up together at a corner OF
bed. William had gathered up an
armful Of toys and was sitting in a
chair. The bodies were badly charred
Mrs. ]. o. Corners, awakened by
the fire before the firemen arrived
leaped TO the street from a window on
the second floor of the building. She
was uninjured. Mrs. Conners was the
only one residing in the building be
side the Carlins.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-07-08
STOCK COMPANY IS
RAIDED BY POLICE
Officers of the Pittsburgh Tin.
plate and Steel Corpora.
tion Are Arrested

Pittsburgh. Pa.-Charged with con.
spring to cheat and defraud in the
sale OF stock, Lakin c. Taylor. presi.
dent, and w. c. Watkins, auditor and
said to be secretary. of the Pittsburgh
Tin Plate and Steel Corporation
launched as $4,000 900 concern
were arrested by city and county de
tectives. According to Charles B
Prichard, city director of public safety
more than s1,000,00O worth of stock
IN the company has been sold at $40
to S14 share. 1t is alleged the capac-
ity of the company's plant and the as
sets of the company were exaggerated
The two accused men were placed
in cells at Central police station and
bail was fixed at s25, 900 each.
The affairs of the corporation first
came to the notice of the authorities
three weeks ago through a letter ad
dressed to Director Prichard by a
widow, who said she had invested
the company, and had received no in
formation of its progress.
A prospectus Of the company which
fell into the hands OF the police sets
forth its prospects in roseate light
bearing a picture purporting to be
that of plant at Marietta, o. The
picture is not photograph of an actua
building, authorities say, but a per
and ink sketch. Most OF the claims in
the prospectus are untrue, Mr.. Prich
ard asserted, and the plant was no
as represented.