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The Washington times., 1923-06-19
80 MILLION
D. c. FUND
SOUGHT
Commissioners Cut Estimates
For Economy-Firemen and
Police Likely to Get Raise.

Tentative estimates for the Dis
trict Of Columbia for the fiscal
year 1924-1925 will total about
$50, 100000 which is about $780,
900 below the tentative estimates
submitted last year for the fiscal
year which begins in July.
Brig. Gen. II. M. Lord, director
Of the budget, in letter to the
commissioners, today called upon
them to submit tentative esti-
mates by August /.
Ready BY July 1.
District officials today are COM
pleting their estimates, and will
submit them to the Commissioners
by July /. The Commissioners will
peruse the requests Of the officials
and make reductions to bring the
total around to about $30,000,000.
The reduction in the tentative es-
Inmates was decided on, 1t is said,
following the Government business
organization meeting held yesterday
heads OF the various departments
that the estimates for the next fis-
cal year must be cut more than a
s100, 1000 as compared with last
year. - ' - S
The District Commissioners. plan
to share their portion Of this re.
duction.
The outstanding requests in the
appropriations to be asked will be
for streets and new schools. The
board of education probably will
submit estimates totaling nearly
$S,000,000. This figure, however,
will be cut by the District Com
missioners.
81 500, 900 for Conduit.
No new or costly projects will be
included in the new estimates, ex-
cept probably an appropriation of
$1.500,000 for continuation of the
work Of constructing the new water
conduit.
There is a possibility that in the
recommendations the District Com
missioners may include a request
for Increase -. Dasic pay of
firemen and policemen. These
workers lose $240 a year beginning
July 1, 1924, when the bonus is dis
| continued.
General Lord is said to be in
favor of granting this increase as
he feels that firemen and police
men should not have their pay cut.
The Washington times., 1923-06-19
HERE'S TO GOOD OLD GUS!

GUS A. SCHULDT richly
deserves his selection as po-
lice court Judge of Washing
ton, not only because he is
splendidly fitted, but because
he has for years been an earn
est and faithful worker for
the Republican party. Gus
Schuldt is q thoroughly human
fellow, q good lawyer and a
good man. The best Judge is
not always the one who adj
heres to the letter Of the law.
He is the one who administers
JUSTICE as between man
and man; who understands
the weaknesses of human ma
ture; who seeks to build up,
or restore, the unfortunates
rather than send them further
down the, ladder of infamy;
who has keen discernment as
between the confirmed deliber-
ate criminal. end the man or
woman who wandered into the
road of WrongdoinR through
error or bad influences.
We predict that Gus Schuldt
will make a fine judge. He
has thousands Of warm friends
and admirers in Washington
who will wish him success and
who will pull" for still higher
honors for him.
The Washington times., 1923-06-19
HARDING SAVES
ON HIS COAL
BILLS
President Decides to Change
Heating System-White
House to Be Cleaned.

President Harding is stickler for
economy, in personal affairs as well
as in the administration of the Gov
eminent The President believes
that economy begins at home.
He ordered that the White House
furnaces be taken out and heat be
furnished by the steam plant in the
State, War and Navy building. The
work of tearing down the White
House heating plant will be done
while the President is on the
Western trip. which starts tomor-
row afternoon.
This change not alone will save
salaries Of firemen and attendants,
but will effect a marked saving in
coal bills. In the White House
plant anthracite is burned; in the
State Department plant, bituminous.
The White House coal bill will be
slashed more than so per cent, 1t
was estimated today.
While the President and Mrs.
Harding spent a busy day packing
and ge~s ready for the long jour-
ney, yer. table regiment of carpen-
vaded the White House, preparing
to give the mansion the first real
cleaning and renovation it has had
since before the war. All the inte-
rior will be reprinted and redeco-
rated and, the wooden floor in the
executive offices will be replaced by
tile. The work will require about
ten weeks, the length Of the Presi-
dents stay in the West
In order to put all time on the
preparation of his speeches the
President held no Cabinet meeting
today. Except. for a few friends
who called to bid farewell. there
were no official callers at the White
House.
The Presidents departure tomor.
row will be signal for a whole
sale exodus among officialdom in
Washington. After this week only
Secretaries Hughes, Weeks, and
DENLY, among the Cabinet, will be
here. Secretaries Wallace, Work,
and Hoover will accompany the Elk
ecutive; the others will leave for
vacations and official business trips
about the country.
The Washington times., 1923-06-19
AID CLUB WILL HONOR
RUBEL AT ITS LUNCHEON

Tribute to Past President Law.
renee E. RubeI, of the Washington
Advertising Club, will be paid to-
morrow at the Clubs weekly lunch.
con at the City Club at 1890. A
forum will be conducted by the
members of the club who attended
the international convention at At
lantic City three weeks ago, and
plans will be discussed for the send
ing of a local delegation to London
next year at the international meet
ing.
Announcement was made TODAY
that the club has reserved three
boxes of ten seats each for the
hoys' benefit game between Wash
ington and Cleveland, Thursday.
Members have been requested to
purchase their seats from Miss Sit.
greaves, Main 3913.
The Washington times., 1923-06-19
HURRYING
s Rec
WORK
$275,O0O Fund Will Make
Thoroughfares Best in History
Before Year Ends.

Streets Of Washington will be
in better condition during the COM
ing fiscal year than at any time
in history, Leonard P. Robertson,
assistant engineer Of highways,
predicted today.
On July /, scores of men will be
put to work all over the city to
make repairs. Congress has APP
propriated $275, 900, an increase
Of $4,000, over the appropriation
for the present fiscal year.
Much RSpaving Planned.
The work Of the repaving Of the
main arteries, Connecticut avenue,
Bladensburg road, Nichols avenue
and Rhode Island avenue, will be
completed by December l. A con.
tractor already has begun to pave
Nichols avenue, and will complete
the job within six weeks. Work on
Bladensburg will begin the middle
81 July and be completed some time
in August. Work of the other two
avenues will begin early in the
fall. Bids for some of the Connect
cut avenue work win be recetved
on June 49,
~ Thee Highways Departments has
discontinued all repair work Of
the four main arteries scheduled for
reIsaving. Work is only done In
cases of holes in the streets.
Thousands to BE Saved.
The elimination Of these four
avenues from repair work will save
thousands of dollars, it was said to-
day. With this saving and with
the $500 additional appropriation
Mr.. Robertson said today he ex
pected considerable much more re-
pair work to be done this year
than last.
The appropriation for the present
fiscal year is practically exhausted
A few dollars remains and this
money is being used to repair cuts
which demand immediate attention
Efforts will be made during the
coming fiscal year to obtain still
larger appropriation for repairs for
1925, 1t was said today. The
engineer Of highways department
plans to make every effort give
attention as soon as possible to
every street in Washington in need
Of repair.
From July 1 to January 1t is
planned to spend nearly 100000.
Work on the twenty-four resi-.
Dental streets which Congress made
an appropriation for paving is pro-
crossing. Eleven of these have been
completed. A contractor is work
ing on two other streets now and
will take on three more streets
within few weeks. After these
five streets are completed the con-
tractor will return to Bladensburg
road and complete the job there.
Eight other streets will be paved
early in the fall.
The Washington times., 1923-06-19
GIVES 500 TO POLICE
FOR RETURN OF JEWELS

In appreciation of the return OF
a handbag containing jewe!ry
worth $500, r. Stanley Dollar, vice
president of the Robert Dollar Com
pany, shipping firm of San Fran
cisco, Cal, yesterday forwarded 500
to the Police Department here Tor
the benefit Of the police relief fund.
The bag was lost in q taxicab
here during the Shrine convention.
Lieut. Maurice Collins, hack inspec-
tor, traced the bag after a search
of a day. After Dollars wife had
left the. cab It was Immediately en-
gagged by a resident Of Somerset
Heights who reported his find to
The Washington times., 1923-06-19
U. S. RESERVE OFFICERS
HERE TO HOLD MEETING

The District Of Columbia Depart
ment of the Reserve Officers Asso.
citation of the United States will
hold a special meeting in the audi
forum of the Interior Department
building this evening at 8:15 o'clock.
Maj. Gen. John l.. Hines, deputy
chief Of staff, will address the meet.
ing on Battle Command of a Regi-
ment." All reserve officers are i'll.
vited to attend the meeting, and
those not members of the associa-
ton are urged to join and take part
in the development Of an adequate
national defense.
The meeting was arranged by Col.
Leroy w. Heron and Capt. r. e.
b. McKenney, president and secre.
tary-treasurer, respectively, of the
local organization.
The Washington times., 1923-06-19
WILL STUDY CAUSES OF
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, super
visor Of Fairgrounds. today began
a study to determine accurately
the relation between recreational
facilities and Juvenile delinquency.
In taking up this Study, Mrs.
Rhodes will be assisted by the
police department who during the
next two weeks will turn over to
her the names and addresses Of all
boys arrested.
In this way. Mrs. Rhodes will
be able to find how many Of the
children arrested are regular at
tendants at q playground. She will
also seek to learn whether Juvenile
delinquency exists largely in Sec
tons where they are no play
grounds.
The Washington times., 1923-06-19
3 CHINESE ARE SUED FOR
ALLEGED KNIFE ASSAULT

Paul Lee, Jung Oak and Lee
Sing, young Chinese. alleged to
have assaulted William G. Lyles
and Judson Skinner with knives and
hatchets at the Port Arthur restau-
rant, yesterday filed denials Of their
guilt in the District Supreme Court
in answer to damage suits brought
by the two plaintiffs, Lyles suing
for 100000 and Skinner for $50. 900.
In addition to the civil suit the
Chinese will have to stand trial on
the criminal charge of assault with
intent to kill,
The Washington times., 1923-06-19
TWO DISTRICT CHILDREN
ARE BITTEN BY DOGS

Two children were bitten by dogs
in the District yesterday.
Four-year-old Edward Dietz, 700
Dahlia street northwest. while play
ing in front Of his home was Bit
ten In the face by stray dog The
animal sped off. The child was
treated at Walter Reed Hospital
George Weber. eleven, 1884 Irv-
ing street northwest, was bitten on
on the right leg while he was de-
livering newspapers at 1917 Lamont
street. He was treated at home %
he was not badly injured
The Washington times., 1923-06-19

While changing the location of
a gas stove in his apartment at 528
Third street northwest, Thomas
Tyson, twenty-nine years old. was
overcome last night. A doctor
from Emergency Hospital was sum
moned, and after giving treatment
said It was not necessary to have
the man removed to the hospital.
The Washington times., 1923-06-19

the head Of the taxicab company.
Collins and Detective Sergeant Yer.
million went to Somerset Heights
and recovered the bag.
Dollar also was loud in his praise
OF the manner in which the crowds
were kept in order by the police
during the convention.
The Washington times., 1923-06-19
Monty
|SCA|JS[OF
DELAYS
ON PAY
President Harding's 'Retrenoh-
ment' Policy Regarded as
Blow to Clerks.

With President Harding calling
for more drastic slashes in the
Federal budget than any SO Tar
imposed, there is little hope for
any marked increases in the sal
aries of Government employees IN
the Redistribution now going for
ward.
Delay Pay Reform"
The retrenchment program Of the
President is to be carried out fl.
.tensively in all directions. and one
Of the easiest and simplest ways of
holding down the Federal expenses
is to delay the long-awaited pay
roll reform" which has been the
driving force Of reclassificaticn ever
since war conditions sent the cost
OF living sky high in washington
The domination Of the personal
classification board by the Budget
Bureau means that the policies of
Gen. II. NJ. Lord, director OF the
budget, are to be carried out ef-
eectively by the former orgauiza-
ton. General Lord has told al
the Government executives that
they must either submit to the
economy program or sever their
connection with the service.
The fact 10 that whatever in
creases to be granted Federal work
ers will just about equalize the loss
of the wartime bonus of $40 per
annum. In thousands Of cases. I'M
doubtedly. employees win receive less
under the classification than they
do upon the present basis. IN
others. especially in the cases III
the older employees, they viii re-
ceive more. but the general expec-
tation Of horizontal increases win
not be realized.
Cost Of Operation.
When the Sterling Lel1lbach meas
ure was passed by Congress 1t was
estimated In a general way that the
cost of putting it into effect would
be slightly less than the annual an
preparation which Congress makes
for the bonus, approximately $780,
100000. This estimate was suffi-
cient to indicate that officials gen
orally had in mind an equalization
rather than a general increase in
pay for Government workers.
In the meantime the pressure
upon all Government departments
for further retrenchment has IN
creased, and while the salaries for
Federal employees at present are
fixed by statute and cannot be re-
duced, there are ways by which the
number Of workers in given grades
and types Of work drawing the
higher rates Of pay can be made
to give way to recruits from the
civil service who will accept the
smaller salaries.
Lump Sum Basis.
The forces engaged in the work
of classification, however, are look
ing forward to the fiscal year Of
1924-25, when in all probability APP
preparations for personnel viii be
made upon a lump sum rather than
statutory basis.
When the ALLEGATION finally is
completed and the estimates sent to
Congress, Federal workers really
will know whether the long-fought-
for personnel reform means any
thing in the way of real improve
ment of their pay envelope status
or not. Under present conditions,
the outlook for such improvement
is exceedingly dark.
The Washington times., 1923-06-19
MATII PROBLEM IN PooL.

Dear Bill !, 4 heard aOnae guys
tGlktng about 15-bdH pool and
specuLGtistg on the distance trGv-
eIed By the last boil before it
Is pocketed. Is there any nay
you can get your famous nsUth
sharks at 1OoT1k on this, so tOe
can at least haze an GpproEt-
mate idea of maximum and MIN
itsstns distances that ball trGU-
els? CICERO RAPP.
The Washington times., 1923-06-19
Psychology Club to Meet.

the Anna Maud Hallam Prac-
teal Psychology Club will celebrat re
its rirst anniversary at 8 o'clock
tonight at the Thomson School,
Iwelrth and l. streets northwest.
Tne mseting viii DO for members
only.
The Washington times., 1923-06-19
70 Bills OFFICE GOAT.

A dandeIion on your grave
May be supplied by Bill,
When apples green, for which you
crave,
Have caused his tears to spill.
To purchase flowers he would head
The mOurnful list Of fans,
When You by green apples dead,
Have joined the aISo-rans.
He then can get a thistle leaf,
And in his buttOi-hoIe
Display this symbol of his grief
For your undaunted soul.
And you will not forgotten be
By contribs true and wise,
Who did their level best to SEQ
Curtatied your food supplies.
WADE WELLER.
The Washington times., 1923-06-19
REAL OPTIMISM.

Ny wife IL feelin' awful mad.
Ha! HA!
She says that I'm q brutal cad,
Ha! Ha!
She says that I must leave her,
That worry and deceive her,
Always finding ways to grave
her.
Ha! HA!
MY flivyer has refused to run,
Ha! Hal
It's useful days are nearly done,
Ha! Ha!
The 80 called engines on the blink
The bloomln' lights refuse to wink,
It's but a pile of junk think
Ha! Ha!
MY creditors dun me every day,
Ha! Ha!
I owe them coin that / can't pay,
Ha! Ha!
IT'S true that I am deep in debt,
But they amt got me worried yet.
I've got a goat that they can't
Ha! Ha!
JOE HI. HOLMAN.
The Washington times., 1923-06-19
THE LIBERAL JUDGE.

The jury returned a verdict Of
guilty as indicted" and the
Judge, after sentencing Weary
Willie to five years at hard
labor, paused to ask: Have you
anything to say?"
"Only this" observed Weary,
"ain't you just a bit liberal wild
other peoples timer"
JULES BACKENHEIMER.
The Washington times., 1923-06-19
1.-THE POOR CHILD"

''Dearie,. You look sweet enough 70
eat"
"You said a mouthful. Kid, that's
right;
I'll meet you down mt the cabaret
And you bet I'll bring my appetite"
=. = = HANK HAWKINS:
The Washington times., 1923-06-19
LNTOLERABLE CRUELTY.
tFrom the Hartford Courant.)

The divorce wac. granted on the
grounds Of intOlerabIe cruelty.
Mrs. Snyder told the court, among
other things, that her husband hit
her In the bakery and broke her
gas range.
The Washington times., 1923-06-19
AN UP-To.DATE UNDERTAKES

A business man must be up
to-dGte. Out IN Glen Ellys, Ill.,,
the e1sterprisi1ag funeral director
and undertaken, e. w. Leonard,
announces: Work called for
and deLiVered."
The Washington times., 1923-06-19

THE REAL INSPIRATION.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-07-06
Unforgotten
BY GRACE E. HALL

no YOU think of me sometimes,
you who went
On an alien path ere our love Tew
cold2
Out In the spaces where you have won
To the heights that you dreamed of,
have you done
Such deeds as have made you more
content
Than you were In our love of oldf
DO you think Of me sometimes, where
YOU are,
And wish you had held to the other
way?
Those high-flung trails-are they all
you crave?
Do they yield the sweetness our young
love gave?
You fastened your wagon to star
Does 1t brighten your every day?
Obi / warm my heart by that youth
time fire
When the breath Of the years grows
chill;
And always l wonder II you recall
That white-hot flame. when the shad-
ows fall
Do the heights suffice for your souls
desire?
Do they warm like our first loves
thrill?
Do you think of me sometimes, dear,
out, there,
Where the trails lead high and you
longed to go2
l could not forget IL tried! keep
My faith with you ever, awake, asleep;
And sometimes I call, and 1t is
prayer
Do you hear my voice on the warm
night air
Ever, when soft winds blow?
Copyright. by Dodd. Mead & Coz
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-07-06
Uncommon
Sense

way TO turn, vacillating between the
two courses, the chances are greater
that you will take the wrong road-the
road of the lie.
Your first impulse will be to take the
course of truth. You will know II is
the right road. Don't stand at the
cross roads. Go full speed down the
route you know is the right one. Next
time you come to a cross roads with
the same signs displayed, 1t will be
| easier to keep right on going.
And IL you select the road Of truth
you will come to fewer puzzling corners
than you will on the road to lies. 1t
will be much easier to stay on the
right road than to get back to 1t.
The same thing will be true of every
road parting which you encounter. To
linger there will be dangerous. To
wabble back and forth between the
two routes will mean that you are
liable to be engulfed In a disastrous
chain Of circumstances before you have
made your move. 1t Is just like the
soldier who stands at the cross roads
until shell searches him out and its
explosion destroys him.
The armies shelled all cross roads
at frequent intervals because they
knew that somebody was likely to be
there, either because Of congested
traffic or because of indecision as to
which way to go.
Chief among your enemies are your
own weaknesses and habits. They will
deliberately attack you while you are
at the partin., of the ways.
Do not loiter there.
20 by John Blake.)
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-07-06
Sports Clothes to
Complete Wardrobe

manner. The yoke, which is made OF
the plain yellow material, extends into
long, under-arm section and the bot
tom Of the skirt is finished with an
other plain area.
Prints Are In the Lead.
Cretonne prints of all sorts and con-
ditions have taken position A In the
leading summer styles. 1t does not
matter whether you resurrect your
grandmother's shawl or take piece OF
wood-blocked linen chair covering or
utilize a strip of calico in extremely
ornate design. the fact remains that
you mast be patterned in some par
ticular In order to fit In with the pres
ent styles. Some girls can stand the
dress made entirely of a conspicuously
patterned and colored print and others
find 1t necessary to supplement their
wild designs with some plain frock. So
the one who wears the printed coat
has decided to have plain frock to
subdue In some degree the startling
quality Of the material from which her
coat Is made.
The skirt of the frock has three tiers
according to the latest and most popu-
lar style for dresses of this character.
The material Is one of those rough,
keep fiat line and that works up
wonderfully into skirt Of the sort in
dlcated. The frock IS one-piece, the
bodice being one that Is made along
simple kimono lines and then the
whole dress, which is light tan color,
is bound with fiat silk black braid
that gives 1t form and finish. The
coat then is made Of one Of those very
brilliant blocked linens which has tan
for its background but which Is so
completely covered with an all-over de-
sign in bright colors that II takes on a
conglomerate color appearance which
throws II neither into one class nor
the other. It, too, is bound with the
black silk braid to give II finish
which corresponds to that Of the dress
! itself.
Coats DspIacing Sweaters.
You will find that coats of this type
are taking the place of sweaters for
afternoon and all more dressy sorts of
sports wear. They are most becoming
and they have found nj. ardent recep-
tlon among the outdoor enthusiasts,
especially those women who do not
care to go in for the more mannsh sort
OF attire. They constitute a happy
medium between the strictly sweater
type Of thing and the more fluffy sort
of clothes which have become taboo
for all except strictly evening wear.
The accessories for these semi-sports
clothes are all important matters, for
unless the right sort Of shoes stock.
ings, bracelets and parasols are chosen
for accompanying interest. there Is no
use to think that the gown itself will
be distinct success.
Shoes should be fiat with heels that
hardly show they are heels. They are
strapped sometimes. and again they
are left quite plain. Others Of them
are made in Oxford style with appli,a-
tions of one leather upon another.
Some women are choosing to wear the
| colored shoes with dresses that are
expressly designed for wear with them,
but for the conservative woman there
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-07-06
PLAN TO FIGHT CORN BORER
Canada 10 to Import French Wasps
With the Idea Of ExtermInatlno
That Costly Pest

Dominion bug experts win import
from the United States this summer
q horde Of parasitic wasps which
they will turn loose in the Canadian
corn belt to destroy and fatten upon
their hereditary enemy, the corn-bor-
Ing worm.
The campaign will be waged along
lines drawn by w. r. Walton, super
intendent Of the insect division Of the
United States bureau of entomology.
who offered his aid at recent meet
Ing Af grain growers.
Wherever corn Is grown In Amer
lea there lives the corn borer, taking
his toll of millions Of dollars from the
vssue Of crops each year. He makes
his home within the green husk Of the
tender plant, and eats his way over
the milky ear, completing his work Of
destruction long before the crop ma
lures.