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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-11
HOPE FAILS IN D. {.
PAY REIMBURSEMENT
Redistribution May Be Too
Late to Figure in Next
Salary Budget.

Little, II any hope, is now held that
the Reconsideration of employees Of the
District government will be completed
in time to figure on the next budget,
according to this weeks issue of the
Reclassificatiopist
The Reclacsificationist seems to
think 1t is improbable that any in
dependent readjustment of salaries
for District employees will take place
In, the near future and that the gen.
eral Reconsideration bill will pass Con.
gress and give relief all around before
the District Redistribution is put into
effect.
Sees No Relief.
Under the heading of mo Relief In
Sight" the publication says:
District employees are about to
walk over the barren waste of an.
other faded mirage. The Reclassifi-
cation which is being made by the
Efficiency Bureau will not be ready In
time to figure in the next budget.
Some months ago the District Com
missioners asked the Efficiency Bu-
reau to make a reclassification of
salaries and positions in the District
service. 1t was hoped that the work
could be finished in time to give some
guidance in making up the budget
for the coming year. About ten days
ago 1t was announced in the daily
papers that the Reconsideration was
nearly ready and would be completed
in week. 1t seems that the an
nouncement was premature.
Delay In Report,
The work Of making the reclassifi-
cation for the District is in the charge
of Mr.. Croysant, who has been de.
tailed from the Efficiency Bureau. Mr..
Croysant Is at present out Of town
and in his absence nothing definite
could be learned. but as he will not be
back for a week, and as the budget
for the coming year is due September
is, 1t seems impossible that the report
will be in the hands of the commits
sioners in time to effect any changes
this year.
1T has been a matter Of common
and long-standing knowledge that
there were many positions in the Dis.
trict service deplorably underpaid.
Everyone agrees that there should be
immediate relief, but immediate relief
Is a hard thing to effect in q public
service which Is under the control of
busy Congress- on whom 1t has no
political hold. -.. .
ut seems highly improbable that
any independent readjustment of sal.
aries for the District will take place
In the near future. 1t may be that
the general reclassification bill will
pass Congress and give relief all
around before the District reclassifica-
ton Is put into effect"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-11
Trial of Hadley
to Settle Doubt
on Many Points

Did DIR. Wilmarth Amos Had
ley, army medical captain, do
away with his wife because Of his
infatuation for a nurse in an
army camp?
Did DIR. Hadley, suffering from
an old injury which Is said to
have produced periodic attacks
of aphasia, slay his wife when
his mind did pot realize what his
hands were doing?
Who Is DIR. Griffith" the
mysterious man mentioned by
Hadley in his alleged confession.
in which he says he killed the
doctor because he pursued his
QIadley's) wife?
Mrs. E. G.. Clark, with whom
the Hadleys lived in Richmond,
died shortly after she identified
the body of Mrs. Hadley. She
would have been the star witness
for the prosecution. Will her af-
fidavits telling or the home life
of the Hadleys help or hurt DIR.
Hadley's case?
Who stole the personal record
Of DR.. Hadley from the army files
in Washington?
Will DR.. Hadley be able to
stand up under the grueling test
when he faces trial next month?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-11
BIRDS, EARLY ON WING,
PRESACE LONG WINTER

WAYNESBoRo. Pa, Sept. 1o.-The
early migration Of birds to the South
IL believed by weatherwise persons
here to mean an early fall. Every
night since Monday the chirping of
birds has been heard as they fly south
ward.
There are q variety Of notes. indicat-
ing that the migration is made up of
many different kinds Of birds.
Persons who have been watching
the migration of birds say that their
movement southwark this season Is
earlier than usual, indicating that in
stinct Is causing them to seek a warm.
er climate and that It means cool
weather and an early autumn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-11
MARYLAND TO ExPEND
100000 FOR ROADS

ANNAPOLIS, Nd, Sept. 10.--The
State roads commission has completed
it's year. so far as awarding contracts
for road construction is concerned.
There are several contracts to be
awarded, but they are Of minor i'm
portance.
Contracts awarded by the commits.
sion this year involve the construction
Of 100 miles Of road and the expendi-
ture Of ss.6o0.0oo. Concrete construc.
ton has cost not far below $500 q
mile-regarded as a low figure, es-
Is costing the neighboring State Of
pecially when compared with what 1t
Pennsylvania-but the average has
been brought down by the percentage
Of gravel roads which have been built
or which are under contract.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-11
INDIANS IN FAR NORTH
ARE FACING EXTINCTION

EDMONSTON. Alta, Sept. 10.-In.
dams In the near north are in danger
Of becoming an extinct species unless
measures are taken to safeguard them
against contagious diseases, DR.. w. w.
Bell, health Inspector, said today. He
would stop overcrowding In one room
tepees. in which two or more families
frequently are found. "
He attacks the Government ration
issue. Many Of the Indians, he as.
serted. use the rations only as stakes
In gambling for prunes and raisins.
which they use to brew "hooch." =
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-11
SHADOW MABER, oLD-TIME
BOXER, Is SUICIDE

DETROIT, Sept. 10.-fhe body OF a
man who committed suicide here a
week ago has been identified as that
of SHADOW" Maber, prominent thirty
years ago as a lightweight poker ana
at one time a CONTENDER ior 'he hsnt
weight championship. .,.
From 1891 to 1894 Maber was credit.
"a 18th a string Of victories on the
o. 81 o;,;c coast. He came to the United
9. a from Australia about 1890 with
sSa declared intention of carrying
.wav the title. As far as known mere
a" has no relatives in this country
Ma was fifty.five years OF age.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-11
E. Jefries Heads
Four Generations;
Is 81 Years Old
ENoCH JEFFRIEs, a
IL Washington man, eighty

EyNoCH FRIES, a
IL Washington man, eighty
seven years young, Is the
proud head Of four genera
tions living in this city and
the vicinity.
His son, John, sixty-one
years old, lives in Falls
Church, Va.
His grandson, Raymond,
twenty-eight years. old, and
his great-grandson, Raymond,
IT,, four years old, live in
Washington.
Enoch Jeffries comes Of old
Revolutionary stock, the fam
lily being one Of the oldest in
Virginia. He declares that he
Is going to live toNsee yet an
other generation Of his family
come into existence.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-11
Roscoe c. Bruce
Seeks School Job
in West Virginia

ROSCOE C. BRDcE is look
ing for a job. With an
nouncement from the Franklin
the other day that Garnet c.
Wilkinson had been appoint
ed assistant superintendent in
charge of colored schools to
succeed him, Bruce is now out
for another school job.
He is reported to be down in
West Virginia, combing the
country whereabouts for an
opening and hopes to make a
connection with a West Virginia
school this September. The
Board of Education removed
the colored superintendent be-
cause he has been a constant
source of trouble in the schools
here las the public is well aware.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-11
ACCUSE w. VA. WOMAN
OF ELECTION FRAUDS

WHEELING. w. Va, Sept. 10
For the first time since woman SUI.
frage was granted in West Virginia
q woman election official has been
indicted, charged with making false
returns. The Ohio county grand jury.
investigating the recent city cleo.
ton, yesterday returned indictments
asainst Effie Crummitt and four men.
who served as clerks at q voting place.
States attorneys charge that the
woman conspired with. the four men
to help elect certain candidates,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-11
BARTLETT AIMS
To MAKE CIVIL
SERVICE BETTER
Former Governor Of New Hamp-
shire Busy With Duties
of New Job.

"I've going tomake the Civil Service
practical and popular" declared John
H. Bartlett. former Governor of New
Hampshire when informed that he had
been appointed by President Harding
to head the United States Civil Ser.
vice Commission.
Commander Bartlett has already en-
tered upon his new duties as presi-
dent Of the Commission and Is one of
the. busiest officials in Washington
today as a result of the numerous re-
auctions of government employees
throughout the country as we'll az I'LL.
ing many new and important positions.
Half a million Federal employees
throughout the country have their
status determined, regulated and re-
corded by the Commission of which
Mr. Bartlett Is the head.
Gov. Bartlett retired as chief execu-
tive OF the Granite State last january
at the age of fifty-one.'
He is a selfmade farmers son Of his
own State who has made good with
of the Granite State Fire Insurance
company, President Of the Portsmouth.
N, H., Trust and Guarantee Company.
a heavy owner and director in a large
chain of New England theaters. has
been counsel for the Boston and Maine
Railroad. and is regarded as one of the
best orators in the New England
States.
When a young man he was princi-
pal of the Portsmouth High School
and postmaster of his home city Of
Portsmouth under President Mckinley.
During the war he gave up his whole
time to war work and was nominated
as the Republican candidate for gov
ernor without opposition in the pri.
maries, a thing never before known In
his State. He was defeated for United
State Senator by Senator Henry r.
Hollis, a Democrat, in 1911.
He Is a regular Republican but has
always been Of an independent turn Of
mind.
He is said to have a considerable
fortune, a result of his own efforts.
He has one son, Calvin p. Bartlett,
sophomore at Yale College, al
though the Governor was a Dart.
mouth graduate with Senator Moses
and Congressman Burroughs.
Mr.. Bartlett married Agnes Page.
the daughter Of the late Judge Calvin
Page. one Of the best known men Of
the same State. Mrs. Bartlett Is q
life long friend of Mrs. John w.
Weeks. wife Of the Secretary OF War.
who was also q Granite Slater.
Mr.. Bartlett has degrees OF A. M.
A. b. and LII. D.. Is a thirty second
degree Mason. He Is a Methodist.
Born March Is. 1869. Son Of John z.
and Saphroma A. Bartlett. Mr.. Bart.
lett is a descendant Of Josiah Bartlett,
signer Of the Declaration of Indepen-
dence. ~
HIS chief work as Governor consisted
in revolutionizing the educational sys-
tenn Of his State. granting 500 bonus
to soldiers. reorganizing the manage.
ment Of all state institutions, enacting
prohibition and suffrage, and provid-
ing $l,500,000 for a memorial bridge
connecting his State with Maine, he
now being a Commissioner building
the memorial bridge with Gov Baxter,
Of Maine, and Secretary DENLY OF
the Navy.
Associated with him on the Civil
Service Commission are Judge George
r. Wales Of Vermont and Mrs. Helen
II. Gardener, of Washington.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-11
BURGLAR PROOF BEDS
TO PROTECT SPINSTERS

NEW YORK, Sept. s1o.-The man
under the bed-thst bugaboo Of old
maids and others for centuries-is to
be brought to light at last.
Burglar-proof beds are to be q fea-
ture of the electrical show here on
September 2S. An electric light will
be fixed to the leg Of the bed.
The electrical show company also
promises devices for starting the fur
mace. opening the windows, putting
paper.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-11
JAIL GUARDS ARRESTED
AFTER BANDITS ESCAPE

TOLEDO. Ohio. Sept 10. - Sam
Zimmerman and Andrew Szemtko
deputy sheriffs on duty at the Lucas
county Jail on Labor Day, when 10.
seph Urbaytis. George Rogers. alias
Lewis, and Charles Schultz, convicted
OF conspiracy In the 100000 post
office robbery here last February II.
escaped, were arrested on warrants
charging voluntarily suffering Fed.
eral prisoners to escape"
No trace OF any Of the three es.
capped bandits has been found. Fed.
eral authorities announced today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-11
WORLD WAR BATTLES
WILL Be RE:ENACTED
3, 900 ouantico Marines, With
Planes, Tanks and Gas, to
Fight" Eight Days.

Scenes which took place at Chateau.
Thierry. the Argonne Forest and other
battlefields Of France, where the
fighting of United States Marines made
them famous, will be re-enacted In the
hills surrounding Quantico, Va. from
September 20 to October 4. when ex.
tensive military maneuvers will b Q
staged by the Marine Corps East Coast
Expeditionary Force Of Quantico, I'M
der the command OF Brig. Gen. Smed-
ley d. Butler. commanding general at
Quantico.
5000 to Take Part.
More than 5000 marines will take
part in the war game. equipped with
airplanes. tanks. tractors. modern ar.
tillery, smoke and flame projectors.
mine throwers. searchlights. anti.air.
craft guns and all other paraphernalia
used In the world war.
Under the direction Of General But
Ter. the Marine Corps staff officers
school at Quantico has prepared plans
for action at a number of places on
the route Of march, and on the arrival
ir the hills. A duplication, under mod
ern conditions. OF the battle of Chan.
cellorsville. where Stonewall Jackson
was killed. will be staged.
Practically the entire force at Quan.
tico will take part La the maneuvers,
leaving only a few caretakers at the
post. The force from ouantico viii
march as q REINFORCED brigade, acting
as advance guard for an army corps.
supposed to be following. The line Of
march win be over country rich In
military history, and filled with the
sites of Civil war battles and Skin.
hishes.
The Marine forces will leave Guam.
tico on Monday morning. September
26. and on the first day will cover a
distance Of eight miles. to Aqua
Creek. celebrated in the campaigns OF
Lee. Hooker and Burnside.
On the following day the march will
be resumed and a distance of sixteen
miles will be covered to Fredericks-
burg. where camp for the night will
be made.
Four-Day Camp Planned.
On the next day the march will be
resumed to Wilderness Run. q dis
lance Of fifteen miles. Four days will
be spent in the camp In this vicinity,
which will be devoted to battle exer-
cises and problems in which the entire
force will participate. and the march
will be made In return to Quantico
on October 8 and 4.
Parties of Senators, Congressmen,
Army and Navy officers and other
public officials have been invited to
attend the demonstration.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-11
Wife Alleges Desertion.

GAITHERsBURG, Nd. Sept. TO-
Mrs. Rosalie Day has instituted suit
for divorce from John II. Day, chars.
ing desertion. She also asks the court
to award her The custody of five of
the couples children. ranging in age
from five to nineteen years. Accord
ing 70 the bill the couple were married
January IS, 1898, and lived together
unt1 March 20. 1918. &c..
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-11
MOSQUITOES READY
FOR FALL CAMPAIGN
Saws, Drills and crowbars Now
Being Sharpened and Dipped
In viruIent Poisons.
THE melancholy days are here"

THE melancholy days are here"
The poet may not have had pre-
cisely the idea in mind which II
agitating many washingtonians to.
day. but he certainly described their
feelings to the letter.
Window screens are celebrated for
possessing .stupendous quantity OF
holes per square yard.
But at this season of the year,
after q summer Of heat and rain In
alternating doses, the holes are not
so many as In the screens halcyon
days. And, by the same token. the
hoies spread over a far greater area.
Now for the melancholy angle.
Mosquitoes Ready For War.
Off in the marshes. in all the rain
puddles. bitches, by-ways and dumps,
countless legions Of embryo mos.
quitoes are preparing for the Sep.
Iember campaign.
Those winged imps who have been
transformed from "wrigglers" into
full-fledged mosquitoes are busy
sharpening their lances and seeking
appropriate poisons into which they
may dip them before beginning their
fell work.
Some seek the succulent poison Ivy,
others the scarlet sumac, still others
the nasty poison oak. Some depend
exclusively on their own inherent
bitterness Of character. In any case
their saws, drills and crowbars will
be dipped In q coating OF virulent
poison.
Then they win search out the
screens with the smallest number Of
holes and will Sc, 90 work on the
luckless inhabitants within. Others
will perforate automobile tires. The
faint.hearted will keep all their win
dows Theoretically sealed. This may
do them but little good. as the fol-
lowing story, now making the rounds,
may show:
Maybe In New Jersey.
One September a number OF iron
workers, riveting a huge boiler for
use in q Washington plant, were at
tackled by a swarm Of fierce mos
quitoes. Beating off the attack as
best they might with their hammers.
they retired into the boiler and
closed the door. Immediately a harsh
grinding sound filled the prison and
the luckless men were astounded to
find that the mosquitoes were drill
ing through the boiler plate. Grasp
ing their hammers, they clinched the
beaks OF the pests as they pierced.
Presently so many mosquitoes were
fastened TO the boiler that they
lifted II and flew away.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-11
Pave IS Miles of Streets.

RICHMOND Va, Sept. 10.-Fif.
teen miles OF streets were hard-sur-
faced in Richmond last year, accord.
ing to the annual review Of the &C.
tivities OF the city government, filed
by Mayor Ainshe with the city
council.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-11
DEATHS.

PAGAN. The funeral OF Private FRED 7
at Chateau Thierry, will be held from
the National Guard Armory. tfa L street
northwest, on Tuesday morning Al
o'clock, thence TO st. Joseph's Church
Second and streets northeast. where
mass will be said at 10 o'clock, He II
survived by his mother, Mrs Catherine
No. s street northwest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-11
FLORISTS

FUNERAL DESIGNS
OF svsry dsseriPs,gn,,hsdsrsss pssssa
iiit ' 81. N ~.
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The Identification.

was found II was identified as being
that Of Mrs Hadley, the identified
ton being made by Mrs. Z. c.
Clark, with whom the Hadleys had
rooms here
Hadiey. who had IN no way been
connected with the investigation to
detsrmine the identity Of the body,
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went through you like buzz-saw.
Thanks to those Internal blunderers
Clanahan sent us last night, Chadwick
was with them"
II think that was choost so," said
the big man. speaking slowly and with
something more than hint of Ger
man accent. "Beckler was choost what
you call him-a tam blundLrer."
Like flash it came over me that
l was ''listening in" to talk between
the same two men who had sat in the
auto at Sand Creek siding and smoked
while they were waiting for the actual
kidnapers to return. You can bet high
that made myself mighty small and
unobtrusive.
After while the big man spoke
again.
what has Uncle Chon Chadwick up
his sleeve got. do you think?"
II don't think-I -knOw!' was the
snappy reply. ITS one of two things
receivership-which will knock us
into n cooked hat because we can't
fool with an officer of the United
States court-or new deal all around
in the management"
"Vich of the two will 1t be that will
come out of that commiddee room up
stairs?"
"A new management. Dunton can't
stand for a receivershIp, and Chad
wick knows it. The securities would
be knocked OUT and the majority hold
ers-Dunton and his bunch-couldn't
unload. Chadwick will name the man
who Is to take Shaffer's place as gen.
eral manager of the railroad outfit.
We might have stood 1t off for a
while. just as l said yesterday, If we
could have kept Chadwick from at
tending this meeting"
But now we don't could stand 1t
off-what then?"
wei have to wait and see, and
size up the new man when he blows
In. He'll be only human, Henckel. And
If we get right down to 1t we can
pun hin over to our side-or make
him wish he'd never been born"
The big man got up ponderously
and brushed the cigar ashes Off of his
bay-window. you wait and see what
eohles init tne cOmmiddee room out.
l go up to the ovvice."
When was left alone in the row of
lobby chairs with the snappy one I
was scared stiff for fear, now that he
didnt have anything else to think of,
ned catch on the fact that I might
nave overheard. But apart from Civ.
ing me one long stare that made nv
blood run cold, he didn't seem to no.
tice me much. and after little he
got up and went to sit on the other
side OF the big rotunda where he could
watch the elevators going and coming
guess he had lots of patience for
mad to have. l had been sitting In
my corner for two full hours when
saw the boss coming down the broad
marble stair with Mr.. Chadwick.
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worse neglected pieces of railroad
track in some of the great transcon-
tinen.al lines. but If there are
haven't happened TO notice them.
l suppose it is capitalized to death,
like many of the others
Fictitious values doubtless have
something 10 do with it at the pres
ent stage of the game" Mr. Chad
wick admitted at has always been
good earning property, being largely,
even yet. without much local COM
petition. But from the day it was
completed its securities have figured
in the market only for their specu-
lative values. The property itself has
never been considered, save as
means TO an end; the end being TO
enable one bunch of the Wall Street
gamesters you speak of to make
killing and unload on another
bunch"
The old story" said NJ. Aorcross.
"We are humping ser the net re-
suit. right now" Mr.. Chadwick went
on. pioneer Short Line is practical
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hecome of the boss-who was general.
Iv the earliest riser on the Jop-
when two men came bulging through
tbe screen doors of the cafe, picking
their teeth and feeling in their pockets
for cigars. Right on the dot. anu III
the face of knowing that 1t eouidnt
reasonably be so, had feeling That
Td seen those men before. one OF
Them was short and rather stocky.
and his face had n sort of hard, hun
grv look: and the other was big ana
horrel-bodied The short one was clean
shaven, but the other had redtnsh-
gray beard clipped close on his iat
inws and trimmed to point at the
chin.
After they had lighted up they came
along and sat down three or four
chairs away from me. They paid no
attention TO me, but for fear they
might. | tried TO look as sleepy MS an
all-nlght bell-hop in Il busy hotel.
"The Dunton bunch got together In
one of the committee rooms upstairs
n little after eight o'clock, said the
short man, in low. rasping voice that
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CHAPTER II,
The Directors. meet;n,

was up bright and early the next
morning. and after breakfast took
little sashay down Nevada avenue
to have a look at our railroad. or
course. I knew. after what the boss
had said to Mr.. Chadwick the night
before, just before we went to he'd
that we weren't ever going to see
Canada, or even Illinois.
III have to admit that the look I got
didn't make me feel as II we'd found a
Cullinan diamond. Down in the wards
everything seemed to. be at the loosest
Kind Of loose ends. A switching crew
was making up freight. and the wav
they slammed the boxes together. re.
gardless Of broken drawheads and the
like, was sin and shame.
After a while. after I'd Ioafed
through the shops and around The
yard and got few more whlfrs Of
the decay, ] strolled on back "a ire
hotel. N ,''S
! was wondering little what hid