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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-19

err and Howard P. Stafford as prin-
cipals of Langley and Macfarland
junior high schools was announced
at the board meeting.
Cadets Get Commissioners.
The board met at 2:30 o'clock and
adjourned at $3.50, members journey
ing to the Central High School
stadium, where cadets were pre-
sented with commissions.
Mai. Gen. Robert c. Davis pre-
scented the commissions. The
brigade was reviewed by General
Davis.
Ceremonies were also held at
Howard University yesterday when
cadet officers in the colored high
school were awarded commissions.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-19
DROP IN
FOOD PRICES
IN MARCH
U. S. Says Average Family
Budget Would Save zoe
of 500 Allowance.
By TOM EVERETT,
Cosmopolitan News Service.

The average American family
saved 90 cents on it's grocery bill
in March, 1928, as compared with
February, 1928, allowing 500 as
the amount of the grocery bill; or
the average family saved 10 cents,
allowing $50 for the grocery bill,
figures furnished today by the
United States Department of Labor
indicate.
The report of that department
says there was decrease Of two
tenths of one per cent in the price
of food for the average family.
Cabbages, granulated sugar, pota-
toes, onions, oranges, sirloin steak,
round steak, chuck roast, hens,
evaporated milk, rolled oats, corn.
flakes, navy beans, canned toma-
toes, and coffee increased in cost
varying all the way from l per
cent to 40 per cent, while fresh
eggs, flour, raisins, pork chops,
bacon, fresh milk, cheese, baked
beans, prunes, and bananas de-
creased in cost varying from /
per cent to II per cent; thirteen
articles broke even.
In Jumping together and boiling
down the ups and downs OF the
retail prices, the Labor Department
figures that two-tenths of / per
cent is the correct amount of the
decrease.
At that rate 1t would require
more than four years to yield a
saving of 1 cent on a 10-cent pack
age of rolled oats.
The report says: For the year
period, March is, 1922, to March
Is, 1923, the increase in all ar
ticles of food combined was 2 per
cent, and that the increases in
all articles of food for. the ten-year
period ending March Is, 1928, was
46 per cent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-19
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-19
BOY FALLS IN PATH OF
ENGINE AND IS KILLED

NEW YORK, April 19.-Whle
playing with number of compan-
ions on the bank alongside the
tracks of the Central Railroad OF
New Jersey at the foot of Brown
place.. Jersey City, five-year-old
Archibald Brady, lost his footing
and fell in the path of a westbound
passenger train and was killed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-19

We cordially invite you
To Our Furniture Fashion Show
which will be held
Today
Tomorrow, April 10th
Saturday, April 21st
A special feature will be the opening
of our Summer Garden Room ,s.
displaying the newest i'm g ~ 80. -
summer furnishings ss7
Exhibition will start at s o'clock
each evening and
close at 10
No goods will be sold at amy OF
the evening exhibitions
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-19
TWINS, 81, ARE STRICKEN
BY PNEUMONIA TOGETHER

GEORGETOWN, Del, April ia
Lying side by side, two old women,
twins, are fighting for life, both
afflicted with pneumonia.
Christianna Donoho and Sara
West, eighty-two years old, have
lived here since they were born
Two days ago both were stricken
with pneumonia and both lie in the
same bed. Little hope is held for
their recovery,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-19
Gary. of the United states steel
Jndge gary no Help.

Gary, of the United States Steel
Corporation.
Judge Gary To Help.
Judge Gary assures me- said
General Hines, that he will do all
in his power to assist the bureau
in its efforts to place our men In
the proper training and TO procure
Jobs for them at the completion OF
their training. He also said that
he would invite me to attend the
next meeting of the presidents OF
all of the companies controlled by
the United States Steel Corporation
and discuss this phase of our prob
lem"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-19
TO PROBE
VET TRAINING
ME- THODS
Men Won't Be Placed With
Firms That Want Free
Labor, He Says.

Not satisfied with the present
system of placement training. Gen.
Frank T. Hines. director of the
United States Veterans Bureau,
promises complete survey of the
present system of vocational train
ing.
Firms Must Pay Men.
"The men," General Hines said
today, should not be placed in
training with a firm unless that
firm actually has a place for the
man and can use him. This will
be shown by the firms willingness
to pay the man for his services
and not keep him in training solely
for the purpose of securing help
gratuitOusly. / have not, however,
come to final decision on place
ment training, but / do believe that
q complete survey of this form of
training will be necessary.
The director returned yesterday
from a series of conferences in New
York, one of which was with Judge
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-19
Exhibition Of Symbolic or NEUROLOGICAL Knman Carpet
Size IA f. 6 in.x2O #. 6 Valued at S22OOO.OO

The symbolic NEUROLOGICAL patterns in which the Lion
stood for the sum- Phoenix for day. and the Dragon for night
we're largely employed until the ninth century, en Mohanred
forbade the use of any animals with the exception of the dog
and the bird which had the significance in the Faith All the
followers of the Prophet however, did not observe this a
The Shah sect of the MosLes Of won there vere about one
half Persians, have employed animal forms constantly
The most ancient designs purely geonletrc wch IN
time advanced to the floral copying it thought Mosalcs OF
Assyrian papements and the forms Of the gardens in the Per
sepoLs and Babylon Sir Robert Morris, his works published
in London in 1884, gaze three styles of designs first pure
flowing like the early succo mural relief of Cairo; second
similar styles blended with animal FORMS third purely floral
flowing in lines and fantastic in patterns. AsZ.
This briefly the most styles of designs ,pou going
respective rugr1aking countries.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-19
Special at the
Leather Goods
Store
Street Floor.

HOt-d-Kold Bottles
Imported Beaded Bags
-Hot-a-kold Bottles
Pint size; green enamel
with aluminium cap and
shoulder; guaranteed
to keep liquids hot or
cold. Extra
S SaS At. f 81. S1.OO
Imported B e a d e d
B a & Drawstring
style; S rows beads,
forming a fringe. In
combinations of steel
and red, steel and
black, steel and green,
and steel and tan. Ex-
ira special, 60 90
Friday at. eDOoOO
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-24
THE CLEANUP CAMPAIGN

. There is a thrill emanating from
the mass meeting of civic bodies
which, under the leadership Of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce, de-
cided Friday evening that Birmingham
would have a thorough cleanup of
premises beginning July 9. Promise
of cooperation by the fire department,
street department, life insurance COM
panies, the Boy Scouts and others sig
nifies the earnestness back of the pro-
gram and indicates its success. The
cleanup program embraces the en-
tire city, the alleys in the heart of
the city and the private residence
properties and vacant lots. The
movement calls for hearty co-opera-
ton by every citizen. 1t is for the
health of all, therefore all have per-
sonal concern in it.
After the city is cleaned up it should
be kept clean and not be allowed to
relapse into the conditions calling for
another similar movement. The city
is in position to institute certain re-
forms in the handling Of garbage and
trash. For no apparent reason than
that of haste the street cleaning work
is not properly done. The garbage
wagons keep almost on run. The
negroes on the ground, whose duty it
is to handle the trash cans, must in
turn keep on the run. The result is
that the garbage is hastily and care
lessly handled and often almost as
much trash is left behind as the wagon
carries away. Street sweepers like
wise display this inordinate haste.
The city compels the housekeeper
to maintain closed metal receptacle
-';t-h top. Frequently the can is so
mutilated by the hasty garbage wagon
followers that the top will not fit and
the can will not hold its normal con-
tents. The work of the street sweep
ers and garbage collectors is respon-
sible for the accumulation of much
trash.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-24

find whether that able journal evolves
any. later political Interpretation Of
that speech.
Likewise, the Nashville Banner:
"Such trips are we'll enough. In
deed, they are advisable. They bring
the head of the government and its
people in closer relations, that each
may better understand the other. The
president can in that way learn the
peoples desires, value their wants,
come in touch with their problems,
and sense their aspirations. 1t is his
opportunity to tell them his plans, ex-
plain his policies, defend his record,
and exploit his achievements" That
is very fair judgment, and the presi-
dent doubtless appreciates such senti-
ments, for, after all, one cannot be
president of only part of the people.
1t is hoped that the trip will be of
value to the country, and that the
whole people will profit also from the
Alaskan legislation that may arise out
of it,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-24
FOR BAR INVESTIGATION

It is reported that Solicitor Davis
will ask the new grand jury, which
convenes on July 9, to make COM
plete investigation OF. the Birmingham
bar. This is the outgrowth Of many
oman minors that a number of attor-
news have been guilty of improper
and illegal professional conduct for
wears. 1t is understood that the
State Bar Association will be asked
to make a thorough investigation of
the situation.
For a long time there have been
many reports of Ambulance chas-
ing, and "suit running" and other
unseemly and unlawful practices by
some members of the Birmingham bar.
Nobody seems to doubt that many of
these reports are well founded. The
LAWYERS very largely enact, interpret
and apply these laws to civil and
criminal causes. Nobody knows bet
ter than do the lawyers themselves
that such practices as are complained
of are not only illegal and call for
severe penalties, but that they injure
MANY innocent people and interests,
whether plaintiffs or defendants, and
do much towards obstructing justice
and encouraging violation and disre-
card of law, while bringing the COM
1nunity in which they occur into dis
renrte abroad. Just SO far as these
practices are permitted with IMMUNITY
will the public interests be threat
ened and the public decency shocked.
In Justice to self-respecting men,
hers Of the bar who are true to the
high traditions and ethical standards
of the legal profession, should there
be thorough investigation of the
situation with a view to removing all
suspicion against worthy members OF
the bar and suppressing the activities
Of so-called "shysters" and their CO.
Operating agents and influences.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-24

PREPARING The YOUNG

The proposal of the Chamber of
Commerce that school authorities
make effort to establish apprentice
ships in the mechanical crafts for boys
of Birmingham is an excellent one.
With cooperation of shops and the
crafts, Birmingham should be able to
secure a continuous influx of we'll
trained and intelligent mechanics.
Under this system many boy, who
now is called from his schooling be-
fore he has completed the high school
course, would be able to do so through
the wages earned as an apprentice.
This is done in many cities, and there
seems no reason why it cannot be done
on broad scale here. The mechanic
has that much greater opportunity to
succeed in life and advance the stand
ard OF his vocation according to the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-24
SPIRIT OF INTOLERANCE

Speaking before the graduation
class of the University of Southern
California, William G. McAdoo, for
mer secretary of the treasury, deliv-
cred a timely criticism of the spirit
of intolerance which has manifested
itself in this country since the World
War. Among other things he said:
disposition has been shown to re-
vive racial and religious prejudices
and to destroy that spirit of national
unity and cooperation which is essen
tial to the dispassionate discussion and
consideration of the vital problems
which concern the lives and welfare
of the people,
There is much of the spirit Of in
tolerance to which Mr.. McAdoo al
ludes. In more than one section there
have been various evidences of gov
eminent outside the law and of appli-
cation of principles outside the law in
the Interpretation and administration
Of the law. The spirit of impotence
and hasty conclusion, of contempt of
due processes in human affairs was
the logical sequitur of five-year
period of killing and of bringing peace
out of chaos through slaughter of hui
man beings. Waves Of racial, reli-
gious and other prejudices seem to
come sporadically in every nation.
They seldom last long in this country.
There is much exaggerated ego at the
bottom of intolerance.
Mr.. McAdooe touched on that when
he advised the California students to
stay away from the phrase, "'10O per
cent American for the reason that
patriotism cannot be measured by
mathematics. Rather it is a matter
of quality, of, sacrifice and SOUL"
The phrase was appropriately used at
time when patriotism was sternly
applied to an emergency. To use it
now in the spirit of braggadocio is to
belittle it, and to use it in the name
of radical and religious prejudice is
sacrilege. To call the Creators
name in the spirit of reverence is
quite different from the use of that
name in the abuse of other foolish
things. The American people are es-
sentially fair-minded and they insist
on the regular and safe course of So
ciety.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-24
BOND ISSUES TO CATCH Up

Suggestions of the ACCESSIBILITY of
bond issue Of some seven hundred
thousand dollars, a part of which is
designed too take care of the costs
OF things over and above the estimates
made when other bond issues were
authorized for the purpose by popu-
lar vote, are coming from the city hall.
The president of the city commission
has expressed the probable advisability
OF such bond issue by which to install
an incarceration system, to provide
seating and other equipment for the
auditorium, to make needed additions
to the city market, and to take, care
of other projects.
SO far as an adequate system of
solving the garbage problem is con-
cerned, that is matter closely related
to the public health. The problem
must be solved at no distant day for
the public protection and welfare. If.
after proper investigation, it be found
that an incarceration system is the most
economical and effective plan, the
people may be called upon to vote
bond issue for that purpose. 1t is i'm
portant, however, that they be fully
informed of the situation, the condi-
tons, plans and purposes, and it is
fair and proper that they be given
definite information as to costs. Fail
ure to do this in the cases of the au-
ditorium, city market and other prof.
ects from time to time is largely re-
sponsible for further calls for bond
issues.
The practice of issuing bonds to
cover expenses not estimated or pro-
vlded for at the outset is not good
business, and the more there is of it,
the harder to induce the public to in
dorse additional repeated debt in
creases. 1t sometimes becomes neces-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-24
Moral From Labor's War For Square Deal

we'll to question whether all Of
these demands are justified,
whether some of them. if acceded
to. may not result in common evil
rather than in common good.
Viewing one segment of a subject
in the light of proposed legisla.
ton is unsafe. No one has ever
dared to advance the doctrine
that special privileges are to be
granted to special persons or spe-
cfal interests, although no denial
is entered that special privileges
have been granted. Always 1t has
been claimed that they were really
to the benefit of the people at
large.
Right to Living Wage
1 do not wish to put myself on
record as believing that there is
no difference between an individ-
ual, exercising his rights and his
Judgment to satisfy himself, and
those creatures which, either by
charter or consent, are purely the
product of the law. ! make no ar
gument opposed to the principle
that every man who Is willing to
render a good days work ought.
in this God blessed republic, to
have an opportunity to make a
wage that will enable him to sup
port himself and family in a man.
ner befitting the self-respecting
American. / am not at all sure
that such a provision should not
&c inserted in the charter of every
corporation before the state or
nation breathes the breath OF life
into it. Yet l wonder whether
the general demand for a mini
mum wage law is understood In
all of it's implications, whether
all who advocate it are quite sure
of its justice and quite certain to
what length 1t may lead. AS now
| advocated, 1t would fix a wage,
but would not fix a service to be
returned for that wage. Nor does
1t distinguish in it's practical ap-
| plication between those who are
skillful and those who are not, for
| by its rules and regulations over
which society would have no con-
troll, the least competent is to have
the minimum wage and the COM
petenr would have to curb his
natural and acquired efficiency to
| meet the slow movement of the
incompetent.
| II we are to enter the domain
! of wage fixing, does not the in
| tellectual honesty of all con-
cerned demand that we shall go
the limit? Instead. therefore. of
fixing a minimum wage, why not
fix wages commensurate with the
skill. ability, zeal and integrity
| of every one in industry? Or why
not put all men, from the presi-
dent down. into different classes
| and fix the minimum wage % each
class? 1t Is not to the interest of
| even the most incompetent that
the business OF America be run
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-24

mental training that he shall have
added to knowledge Of tools.
q. 1t is not just to the growing boy
that he be denied knowledge of tools
until he shall have completed his gen.
eral school course. The education of
a child should have the practical in
terwoven with each advance in theory
so that when he shall have reached
young manhood he is not only quail
fled mentally, but is prepared to earn
a livelihood. This move ought to ben
eft the crafts by creating constant
inflow of superior journeymen. This
is an industrial community where me-
chanical skill is in continuous demand
at remunerative wages. Training of
the hand and mind at the same time
is the ideal form of education. The
apprenticeship suggestion meets that
demand.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-24
DEFYING THE RAILWAY BOARD

Whatever may be the public regard
in which the railway labor board, as
such, is held, it is highly probable that
public disapproval attends the deliber-
ate flouting of the boards orders and
authority. The people do not over
look the fact that the labor board is
created by federal statute and that it
represents the federal government in
certain field of jurisdiction. There
fore, when the Pennsylvania railroad
puts itself in position of ignoring
the board, public resentment follows.
1t may very we'll be that the railway
board is not now in position to en-
force its DEGREES, if they are dis
obeyed, but if additional authority is
needed, it is not improbable that it
Will be given, rather than that the
government should permit its definite
policy to be thwarted by corporation.
The supreme court has recently dis
solved the injunction obtained by the
railroad prohibiting the board from is
suing a reprimand to the Pennsylva-
MIA company for it's failure to con-
form to the boards requirements.
Thus the boards technical authority is
upheld by our highest tribunal. That
being the case, the Pennsylvania will
IND its best course to lie along the
line OF cooperation with the board,
rather than seeking to thwart it. If
the railroad is right in its contention,
it is wrong in its method. There are
court processes whereby a decree of
the board may be tested for it's va
lldlty and justice. Such processes
should be invoked by those who dis
agree with the board, which is quite
different thing from open and direct
opposition to the boards judgments.