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The Washington times., 1922-03-29
CAPPER SALARY SCALE
SENT OUT TO TEACHERS

Copies Of the Capper bill carry
ing the new scale of salary increases
for teachers of the public schools
have been distributed among the
teachers for the purpose of study,
IL was announced at the Franklin
today.
In the fight to have the salary
scale accepted by Congress, despite
the action of the District Commits
sioners in opposing increases for
teachers before statutory employees
are provided for first. the superin-
tendent OF schools wants the teach
ers to be thoroughly familiarized
with the bill.
The Washington times., 1922-03-29
PROPOSE CENTRALIZING
COLLECTION OF STATISTICS

A plan to bring about mobilization
OF the collection. preparation and dis
tribution of ctatistics by placing this
work under one central head entirely
responsible to the President was pro-
posed in report submitted today to
President Harding by Roger w. Bah
son, statistic'an of Boston.
The pan is designed to supplement
tho work Cf the joint Congressional!
committee engaged in planning reor-
Ganization Of Government depart
ments. Its comI,ilers contend tha. 1t
would involve also the reorg anization
and stimula ton of the work of TIE
Census bureau.
The Washington times., 1922-03-29
Woman Badly Burned.

While attempting to rescue Katie
Davis. colo Cd. thirty-three years
old. at her home, 31S Willow Tree
alley southwest, last night, William
Tuell, colored. twenty-eight years
old. was badly burned about the
hands. The woman was burned about
the face, b: east and botn hands and
blaze starc,o when an oil lamp ex-
ploded, is ea!G to be serious.
The Washington times., 1922-03-29
THE TRUTH, TOO.

Collector-Tell mama the furni-
ture man is here.
Little Girl-She's not at home;
she has no money for you.
Collector-When will she be
home?
Little Girl-Oh, mama, when do
you want to see him?
WEST FALLS CHURCH.
The Washington times., 1922-03-29
In the garden Of Eden
All humans rore leaves;
All Adams had 'em,
So did all Eves.
BACHELOR.
NEW BOOKS.

Among the books carried In the
library of the Mardelle club are
the following, which may answer
the inquiry of one Of your girl
readers as to how she should act
toward her gentleman friends:"
YOELSON'S "HOw to Make
Love on Ten Cents"
YAFFY'S "Guide for Lovers"
SCHNEIDER'S "The Ways OF
Love-" MARDELLE.
The Washington times., 1922-03-29
Nesole NOSE sooo,e us<e 4 NAP.

1.-TWO solid years I'm New
York before solid crowds"
says the National Theater
signboard Of "GOld Diggers,"
there this week. 1t all de-
pends on your Interpretation
Of solid" Knowing New
York as we do we think he
should have substituted
cement" before "crowds.
CRITHC.
The Washington times., 1922-03-29
It's quite plain to the A. f.
r. that IL was far easier to
"cash In" In the Argonne than
Il Is in Washington.

Helen, coming home from
school. said to her younger
brother: Roger. there's no school
tomorrow"
Roger-"Why not?"
Helen-"It's Washington's birth
day."
Roger-I wonder what he'll get?
DUKE WAGNER.
The Washington times., 1922-03-29
Military Legion to Elect.

Election of officers will be held at
the annual meeting Of the Military
Service Legion at National Guard
Armory tomorrow night at o'clock.
Arrangements for the legion's ban
quet will be made at the meeting.
The Washington times., 1922-03-29
THE AUDIBLE SNOOZER.

A man from the Sixth Army Corps
TIL his bedfellow Dick
Woke him up with . brick.
And made his head terribly sorps.
c. STAIRS.
The Washington times., 1922-03-29
9SaE!aRD1 e p s?!lE s,'?S!lEEEkED0
SMILE SHRAPNEL.

SMILE SHRAPNEL.
I trust there ,Diu be no further
Senatorial contests staged under
the Marquis of Ne,oberry rules.
The difference bettoeen an or
dtna1y doctor and a specialist IS
about 500 a patient.
When in doubt consult the dc
tionary.
Synonym-a word used in the
place of one Oe can't spell.
If tho irreconcilables 1oant a
yell I suggest the follot0ing:
I-r-r-e-c-0-n-c-i-l-a-b-l.e.s.
That's the tDay tDe tell It.
That's the Uay ,Oe spell 1t.
Bo-rah-Bo-rah-Bo-rah
Hi Hi Hi.
A friend Is a person ,oho can
smash your best hat dot0n over
your ears and still lfUe.
"Won't you come into my ALI
ance,"
Said the spider to the fly.
Not today, thanks, Mr.. Long Guns
You'll hare to find other fish to
FRY.
British newspapers arc COM
planning that Batfoatr has DC.
come eAmericanized. What ,oo,.ld
they say If Mr.. Harvey got the
same t0dy.
In the midst of life zoe are IN
td1es.
Motorists please copy
There never has been irvented
an automobile capable of knock
ing a speeding locomotive off a
railroad crossing. So ,ohy try it?
pdTJT, WHITE.
The Washington times., 1922-03-29

The South American seier-
lists may be right in saying
that plesiosaurus is only q
pseudonym for gyptodon, brt
there are lots of us Who never
SUSPECTED It. EAMON O'S.
The Washington times., 1922-03-29

There never has been i,rvented
an automobile capable of knock
ing speeding locomotive off a
railroad crossing. So Why try it?
PAUL WHITE. ,
The Washington times., 1922-03-29
SHORTENING WORDS.

Some writers prefer long words.
notes FRED VETTER, but he
finds that the public cares little
for them, as for instances:
The Washington times., 1922-03-29

THE PINK OF PERFECTION
The stock market close, racing en-
tries, complete financial reports and
all news in the Pink Edition Of The
Times every day.
The Washington times., 1922-03-29
LIVE VIRGINIA NEWS.

(New Baltimore. Va, correspond
ence Warrenton, Va, Times)
The Washington times., 1922-03-29

In the midst of life zoe are
tG1es.
Motorists please copy
The New York herald., 1922-05-07
Jerusalem Artichoke Shows
Most Remarkable Diligence

q ONE interesting statistics have been
- gathered as a result of exhaustive
studies of plants from new point
of view. Taking those species that are of
economic importance--that is, the vege-
tables, cereals, &c, OF value to the human
race-the investigator has assembled them
in his agricultural laboratory and deter
mined with definite accuracy their eff
cheney.
He has considered them as IL they were
so many workers of the farm, ascertaining
by experiments just how much each costs
and how much 1t produces. The object
has been to ascertain how much in value
1t takes from the soil to accomplish the
result. This learned, IL is easy to strike
balance and determine the amount of
profit.
These statistics show that the most eff
cent of all economic plants is the Jeru-
salem artichoke. This valued vegetable
produces on an acre of good land about
7.127 pounds of starch and other d.
gestible substances. II takes from the soil
incidentally S26 worth of material But
the difference between consumption and
production, in terms of value, is SIG
One might imagine that the potato would
be away up but the beet comes next, with
an output of 6,3S4 pounds of digestible
substances to the acre. taking s41 worth
of material out of the soil, and yielding a
The New York herald., 1922-05-07

balance of SIP. Third is corn, which pro-
duces 1852 pounds of digestible substances.
consuming ST worth of material and CIV
ing balance on the credit side OF s1OS for
the acre
These are the most efficient economic
plants, the best workers for man. The
potato is fourth, taking 81 worth of ma
terial out of the soil for each acre planted.
1t yields 4,440 pounds OF digestible sub
stances (nearly all starch) and shows a
balance of S72. Rice gives 2,254 pounds.
taking S. worth from the land. and allows
a balance of $45
Peas produce 1854 pounds. drawing on
the bank to the extent of So and give the
farmer clear $40 to the acre Carrots
yield Abs pounds and show an expendi-
ture of S17 worth of plant food and a mar
gin of SCI to the good. Rye affords an
output OF 1924 pounds Of nutriments at a
cost of $40 to the soil and furnishes
profit of s26. A crop of crimson clover
withdraws from the land hardly more than
one-twentieth of the quantity OF valuable
material consumed by barley
The greatest of all starch producers is
the Jerusalem artichoke, which in this re-
spect is far ahead of the potato. For each
acre of land 1t yields a greater quantity
of nutrients than the potato by consider
ably more than onethird The beet comes
next to the artichoke as a starch producer
and next in order Indian corn.
The New York herald., 1922-05-07

ing that faces the Kansas City Union sta
ton. From that first little school with
Emory ]. Sweeney the teacher and son
of one of his customers the apprentice,
there has grown total annual enrolment
of 5000 students. From a meager living
from car repairing there has grown an
annual business of s3,000,000. When the
Sweeney School building was begun six
years ago, its builder put into it all the
money he had. It's equipment now is
worth almost a half million dollars.
For the first four years after Sweeney
left the repair shop where he had made his
he had difficulty in keeping track of his
finances. Every day he sent a stenogra-
pher to the New England National Bank
to deposit the days earnings. He had one
and then two and then four stenographers
in those days. Now he has 252
One day ]. F. Downing, president of
the New England National Bank, tee-
phoned Mr.. Sweeney:
you have close to a million dollars on
deposit here" the bank president said.
Don't you think you'd better let me in
vest some of 1t for you so that 1t will be
bringing in more INTEREST,""
"I'll attend to that" Mr.. Sweeney re-
piled, "wait until it's an even million"
1t grew to an even million within three
months. Then Mr.. Sweeney drew out the
whole amount, and work on the building
was started. No bonds were sold; no
loans were negotiated. The building Is
his own. Sweeney wanted million dol
lar building. He had the million dollars.
Sc he let the contract, and architects and
contractors went Immediately to work.
The New York herald., 1922-05-07

courts, swimming pools and baseball dia.
mond.
II have always found it great pleasure
to be interested in music and art In my
home have hung as many paintings as
have been able to obtain. l have found
that it broadens me to be active IN music
circles, to serve actively as member of
the Kansas City Art Institute and to take
play golf"
Mr. Sweeney's business was most profit.
able in the period of the recent financial
stringency. 1t did not touch him. He
capitalized it.
81 was in New York when things were
booming" he said. IL heard prophecies of
hard times and did little investigating
| believed, too, that hard times were com
ing. So hurried home, not to cut down
operations but to enlarge them. | increased
my Office correspondence force five times.
l increased my advertising appropriation
to quarter of million dollars a year. 1t
had been s150,0OO.
THE motor car industry was in for a
slump, and that was bad news for me. The
agricultural interests were to suffer, and
it is from the wheat and corn belts that my
students come. The farmers send their
sons to me when times are good to learn
to onArate and ranair all a0ric,IturoI ,,,oto-
vehicles, from their heavy tractors to the
The New York herald., 1922-05-07

tractor were for them. Mr.. Sweeney had
no difficulty in getting all the repair work
he could take care of in the little shop.
In telling his own story, the chauffeur
mechanic millionaire dates his progress
toward success from the day he opened
the little shop for himself
His work was good; his patrons were
satisfied. Then, one day. man whose car
pressed by his thoroughness and his neat
ness, came to him and asked him to take
his son in as an apprentice. The patron
said his son was mechanically inclined,
and that he saw no better way to have him
cultivate his tendencies than to place him
under Mr.. Sweeney. This youth was taken
in as an apprentice and soon afterward
there came others who wanted their sons
taught the intricacies of the automobile.
But the number he could use in his tiny
shop was limited, and he could take only
few apprentices Then fathers began to
come to him, Offering to pay him sums
ranging from 500 to $500 to take their
sons and teach them the trade
And that was the start of the automo-
bile school, He taught men to drive cars
and to repair them, and that is what the
great school of which the white collar me-
chanic is the head teaches to-day.
Soon he found that teaching young me-
chanics was more profitable than repair
ing cars. He rented larger garage.
Every year for five years he moved to
larger quarters. AS he expanded, he adj
vertised. AS he advertised he expanded
his business. From that little repair shop
in an obscure byway there has grown in
ten years the magnificent ten-story build
The New York herald., 1922-05-07

''InatS the only system / nave, ne
said in recent interview Its all there
and paid for So is everything in it. So
1 wait until / have the money Then /
spend it."
That is his system. 1t is said that he
held to it when he bought that taxicab ten
years ago. He was offered it on a cash
down payment plan, the balance due in
monthly installments. He refused to buy
it on such an arrangement, waiting until
he had the money in his hand. Then he
went to the dealer and made the purchase.
Mr.. Sweeney's relatives say that he was
as cautious in his childhood. 1t is told
that when he was a boy-and that is not
very long ago-he bought bicycle with
money he had earned, refusing to take it
from the shop until he had every penny
with which to pay for it. and after he had
taken it home he Immediately began to
take it apart, bearings, sprocket and bolts.
Although he had mechanical inclinations
in those days, he was more experimental
than adept, and so he found after a while
that he could not piece it back together
again and have smooth running, dignifed
bicycle. So he took it back to the shop
from which he had bought it, and left it
there to be reassembled. After two or
three days he went back to get it, and was
told that the price for reassembling 1t was
lust twice the amount he had. He told the
shopkeeper that he had only half the
amount, and he was told in answer that he
might take the wheel and pay the rest
later. This he refused to do, and his BIZ
cycle stayed in the shop more than two
weeks while he was doing odd jobs to earn
the money to redeem 1t.
Mr. Sweeney is 3S years old He is the
proud of them than he is of his business
The beautiful home was built for them he
says. He has put in elaborate Fairgrounds
and has taken every measure to assure that
they will always be satisfied at home.
He is studying all those subjects now
that he did not study in his schooldays.
"My school education was limited to six
weeks in high school before l became
mechanic" he said. Now that my older
children are in their teens I have to keep
busy in all my spare time in the effort to
prevent their getting ahead of me. I put
aside two hours day for study. | always
liked music, so when | was financially able
1 began devoting spare hours to 1t. In my
new home have pipe organ and l make
it point to be able to play it better than
any of the children. do the same with
the piano and the harp.
my children will never have any excuse
for leaving home IL / can help II. have
spent 100000 for that home, and this
spring in addition have spent $4,000 I
equipping a playground for them. They
have their own basketball courts, tennis
The New York herald., 1922-05-07

little 1fivver' runabouts and market
wagons. But the hard times would make
it unlikely for them to send their sons
away to school,
Railroad fares went up, and l immedi-
ately began to pay the fares of students
from their hom"s to the school.
For every blow that hit us l was ready
with one in return, and during the depres
sion we had better business than ever be-
fore. At the same time many other schools
of this kind went broke. They became
alarmed when depression hit the country,
cut down their advertising and just killed
themselves off.
Il don't make conditions, but / study
them and try to adjust myself to them.
That's what every business man ought to
do If they did there would be fewer fail.
ures.''
During the war when the army needed
motor mechanics Mr. Sweeney undertook
to train 5000 men in his school in few
months. He housed, boarded and taught
these 5000 soldiers at the rate of S147 a
day and made money. Then the influenza
epidemic hit the school and several hun.
dred of the men fell i'll. Mr.. Sweeney fitted
up hospital out of his own pocket and
spent $4,000 caring for the men,
1T was profitable in the end" he said.
Those boys already have sent me enough
business to pay back the $4,000 two or
three times over"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-02
One Killed and Eight Hurt
Seriously IN AUTO TRAGEDY

MICHIGAN CITY. July l.-(Spe-
ciaD man was killed and eight
others were seriously injured. one
probably fatally, seven miles south
OF this city Saturday evening when
4 big Locomobile auto went off the
road and rolled into the ditch
against a barbed wire fence The
nine occupants Of the machine. all
Chicagoans. were on their way here
to witness the Benny Leonard
Rocky Kansas boxing bout on the
Fourth.
The dead man IS Mr.. Weber.
Jack Miller, who suffered a frac-
tured jaw. hand and ribs, is believed
TO have a fractured skull and small
hopes are held for his recovery.
other injured are Herman Jirsch.
broken left leg and minor body
injuries; Harold Perlman, right
arm cut and body bruises; Abraham
Pritikin. broken arm and bruises;
Sam Prubet, Isador Wasserman,
Samuel Priukin and Mandel Peller.
owner OF the car.
The machine was smashed 70 bits.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-02
Baritone SarOphOne,
Made By Instruments
LnUentOr, On Exhibit

a musical relic now attracting
considerable attention Is a baritone
saxophone, rather the remains OF
what was once a saxophone. on dis-
play in the Nvindows of the Bruins
wick shop. The instrument is in
cluded In an exhibit placed by Harry
Hepner, local representative of the
Buescher Band Instrument Co. Elk
hart, and is the property of Tom
Brown Of the famous Brown Broth
ers Saxophone Sextette who obtain
ed ii in Paris some years ago and
brought II TO the States. II was
manufactured by Antoine Sax. better
known TO musical history as Adolphe
T. sax, the inventor of the saxo-
phone. and though the horn exhib-
tied here is not the first one manu-
featured, it Is said TO be an exact
replica.
The intrinsic value placed upon the
instrument By its owner and by the
Buescher Co, where il was deposited
by Brown for safe keeping, is high
for several reasons. partially because
II was constructed by the famous
Sax and because of its age. IL hav-
ing been made IN 1912. The saxo-
phone has recently been on exhibit
ton in a number of cities and. in
order TO bring it to South Bend. Mr..
Hepner had 70 take out a special in
surance policy 10 guarantee its safety
while in his possession.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-02
COrnet and Focal Solos
BrOddcdsted at Local "Y"

Cornet solos played by Donald
Hughes with Miss Laura Wagner at
the piano. and vocal solos by Miss
Clara Fischman an artist pupil OF
Miss Hazel Harris. accompanied by
Miss Amanda Fischman. were
broadcasted from the South Bend
Y NJ c. A. radlophone station.
WBAQ. at s o'clock last night. Mr..
Hughes program included My
Heart az Thy Sweet Voice" from
Sa mson and DeUah. an arrange
ment OF Alice Where Art Thou"
for the cornet and Tschaikowsky's
You Who Have Been Warming"
Miss Fischman's rend.tOns we're
delightful. She sang Good Morn
Ing Lehman; Ny Ladie" Tha-
yer. and "The Laughter OF Love"
Ronald As a special feature Fred
Davis pianist played symphonic
Ia" and you Tell En- worries. g"
two novelty piano solos.
This afternoons regular weekly
sabbath service VIII include a brief
sermon. Gods Word and Our Ma
lions Future" 20 be delivered ~
Rev 3 D. Beck OF the Grace Ne.
thodist Episcopal church and ap-
propriate vocal solos sung by Mrs
Loren Titus. accompanied by Cecil
Walz.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-02
AUBURN MEN BUY
ELKHART COMPANY
Take Over Stock Owned by
Founder of Pratt Motor
Company Saturday.

ELKHART. July I. Especial -
The Elkhart Carriage and Motor
Car CO. today announced the sale
or the controlling stock OF the COM
pany to r. =. Sears. W. H Denni
son. F. ". Bundy and a. y. Graffin.
OF whom were formerly connected
with the Auburn Motor Co. OF Au-
burn, Ind. The consideration was
not announced.
The stock taken over by the four
Auburn men was held by William
3. and George Pratt OF Elkhart,
sons OF the founder OF the company
which has been in operation for
more than so years.
The new owners took charge Of
the EIkhart plant Saturday morning
and expect 20 continue the manufac-
ture OF the El-Kar on a larger scale.
The plant now employs about 200
men and when alterations and
changes are completed. Il IS ex-
pected that a full force OF 500 men
viii be employed
F. r. Sears VIII act as assistance
manager and treasurer or the new
concern. a position he held for Il
years with the Auburn Co. W II.
Dennison, the new secretary and
treasurer, was employed IN the se.-.-
capacity by the Auburn CO. als5 ror
a period or il years. =. W. Bundy
general superintendent and A. n
Granla, chief engineer and designer
held the same position with the Au-
burn Co. previous 20 their transfer
20 the El-Kar CO.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-02
START DRIVE FOR
RED CROSS PAPER
Active Campaign for Subscrip-
tons to Courier" Be.
gins Tomorrow.

An active campaign for securing
subscriptions 70 the Red Cross
Courier" the official journal of the
American Red Cross. will be started
Monday. and during all Of next week
en- effort will be made to bring the
St. Joseph county chapter up to the
record set by other chapters in the
country.
The Courier IS a weekly paper
published in Washington, d. c. 1t is
devoted to the news of the Red
cross organization. locally. national
~ and throughout the world. The
subscription price is one dollar a
year.
Miss Mary a Stone, executive OF
the St Joseph county chapter, has
expressed the hope that this COM
munity will be made as nearly 100
per cent as that is possible.
Services still Needed.
An organization can serve a COM
munity just so much as its member
ship is awake 20 opportunity" she
-ai3. Many of our citizens believe
IN the Red Cross and realize in a
general way that it's services are still
needed-but when necessity comes
to convince someone else who Is not
so interested they find themselves
alking mt random and often using
iut-of-date information.
1T - the business of the Courier
20 keep Red Cross members up 10
date on the activities of the organI-
zat.on throughout the United States
or wherever the Red Cross is serv-
ing humanity. News OF the services
rendered IN communities recently
visited by tornadoes and floods. tho
opportunities fer service Cor dis
ab.ed war veterans. the training in
service that is offered school chill
dren by the Junior Red CrOss-Cll
This is-found in the Courier.
we are very anxious that our To-
cal members get interested. and then
get others interested. The campaign
viii be carried on durins tbs COM
ing week. the subscriptio being
sent IN through the headquarters in
the Chawbe Of Commerce