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The Washington times., 1924-08-21
DRAW
ANSWER To
CARTER
Counter-ProposaI to Sliding
Scale Will Be Submitted
BY Them

Having rejected the proposal Of
Public Printer George H. Carter to
establish a sliding scale Of wages
for printers in the Government
Printing Office, representatives Of
the employees today began the work
or drafting an answer and q counter
proposal.
The counter proposal, it was in
dictated today, will ignore the sliding
scale principle and will substitute
a fixed wage higher than the min
imum allowed by the Public Printer.
Meetings Of the committee repre-
senting the employees will be held
daily during the remainder of the
week to complete the draft of the
new proposal and a reply setting
forth their reasons for the rejection
OF the proposal advanced by Carter.
Sunday the committee will meet to
review the draft and take final &C.
ton on the complete substitute pro-
posal. Their proposal will be sub.
mitted to the Public Printer early
next week.
The decision to refuse the Carter
sliding scale was reached at a
special meeting Of the employees
committee late yesterday afternoon
in Typographical Temple.
The Carter plan was denounced
as an attempt to revive sweat
shop" methods in the printing Of
flee. 1t was held that the variable
scale, fixing ninety cents an hour
as a minimum and $1.15 as a max
imum rate of pay, would deny the
rank and file of printers any size
able increase in pay. They con-
tend that less than ten Of the Oh.
orators in the plant could qualify
for the maximum rate under the
Carter terms.
The employees also hold that adop.
ton of the Carter proposal would
destroy the principles Of the
printers union, under which the
employees Of the print.shop are now
working.
The committee declared that the
employees, IL necessary, will carry
the fight against the Carter plan to
the Joint Congressional Committee
on Printing, which is the court Of
final appeal under the terms of the
Kiess bill, adopted by Congress at
the last session. The Kiess bill
establishes the machinery under
which wage adjustments are made.
The committee members have not
yet reached an agreement on a
new general fiat wage to be de.
manded in the counter.proposal
Their original proposal, which Carter
refused to consider and to which
he submitted his sliding scale pro.
posal as a counter. fixed $1.10 cents
an hour, with 20 per cent extra for
night and overtime work. The
present rarn Of pay, adopted July
/, is so cents an hour.
The Washington times., 1924-08-21
Man, Sans Clothing,
Taken To Cell
In Blanket

His coat, shirt and trousers
having been stolen from him
while an alleged wild party"
was in progress at hot Ninth
street northwest, Cyril G.
Clark, who told the police he
was an insurance agent from
New York, was taken in q
blanket to the Second precinct
yesterday, where charges Of
being disorderly in a house were
lodged against him.
Officers F.. M. Howard and
H. G. Bauer said that COM
plants by neighbors had caused
them to go to the apartment on
Ninth street but that upon their
arrival all of the merrymakers
had made their escape but
Clark. He would have gone,
too, they said, but for the lack
of clothing. He sent for other
clothes while at the precinct
and today forfeited S25 at Po-
lice Court when he failed to ap-
pear in answer to the charge.
The Washington times., 1924-08-21
BURGLAR STOPS
To PUT OUT
BLAZE
JeWeIer Finds Burned Cur
tains With Partially
Filled Bucket Nearby

A burned curtain and window
shade and a bucket of water, some
of which had been used to put
out the blaze discovered in one of
the rooms of Leon Krooler, jeweler,
$40 Maryland avenue northeast,
led police to believe today that a
burglar planning to rob the home
had accidentally set fire to the
curtains and then paused to put
out the flames before he made his
escape.
Krooler and his wife and children
were. sitting on their porch last
night when they smelled snnok
coming from one Of the upstairs
rooms.
An investigation revealed the
burned curtains and the water
bucket. 1t was believed that the
intruder had lit match to find
his way in the house and acct
dentally set fire to the shades and
curtains. Nothing was stolen from
the home.
The Washington times., 1924-08-21
DAUGHTER PUTS
FATHER ON
PROBATION
Court Listens To Plea That
He Be Stopped of Com
ing Home Drunk

Brought into Police Court on the
complaint of his daughter that he
had been coming home drunk every
night to his invalid wife, Chris.
topher Kieny, fifty, a butcher en-
ployed on Louisiana avenue, was 10.
Gay charged before Judge Mcmahon
with being disorderly in his home on
g street southeast.
His daughter told the court that
her father spent most of his money
on liquor and was not treating his
paralytic wife fairly. She plead
that her father be placed on proba.
ton.
Kieny claimed that the trouble
had started over his daughters stay.
ing out late at night. He said that
when he had demonstrated with her,
she had chosen this way of getting
back at him. The testimony of The
police, however, showed that the
man was intoxicated at the time Of
his arrest.
The court granted the girls plea
and had Kieny placed on probation
for six months.
The Washington times., 1924-08-21
]. 7. PETTY Is PRESENTED
PURSE ON RETIREMENT

A purse Of gold was presented
today to James T. Petty, chief
tired yesterday ,a.a, after fifty. t,Ir
Government, fifteen years of which
he served as District auditor.
A half hundred District employees
gathered around him in the District
building to bid him good-by. vii.
liam p. Richards, District Tax
Assessor, made q brief farewell
address, reviewing and compli-
menting Mr.. Petty's more than half
"a century of service.
MIR. Petty expressed his appre.
citation to his friends for their
send off and wished than all
health and happiness.
The Washington times., 1924-08-21
FLOATING CABARET STILL
MYSTERY TO TREASURY

The location of the putative
floating cabaret" or stationary
liquor liner off New York Harbor
remains a mystery to Treasury
officials.
Assistant Secretary Of the Treas
ury Winston has been unable to
find 1t. He recently made trip to
New York, ostensibly to discover
the whereabouts Of the mysterious
vessel, but today he reported jocu-
larly that he had been unable to
find 1t.
The floating liner is said to be
anchored somewhere beyond the
three.mile limit near New York
City and is being used by convivial
groups of New Workers for parties
of the type that were popular in
-Volstead days
The Washington times., 1924-08-21
Is INMATES
FACE NEW
SLASHES
Commissioners Call Board
Members to Confer On
Items That Must Go

Members of the Board of Edu-
cation and public school officials
have been called into conference
at the District building tomorrow
for the meeting of the District
Commissioners, at which public
school estimates will be slashed.
The, school budget, originally
fixed at $12,5O0,O0O, will be
brought down to about $4,000, 900.
Several millions already have been
slashed out, but the Commits
sioners want to talk with school
officials before making further
cuts.
$1,OOO,OOO To Come Out.
At their meeting yesterday, the
Commissioners trimmed 10000
off the total budget for the city.
Of Is per cent in each District
government department, except
schools.
Commissioner Rudolph said that
the Commissioners were not going
to cut school estimates as much
as those of other departments.
1t is understood that when the
Commissioners first submitted the
school estimates to the budget bu-
read they reduced it to about
$10,500,0 900. This now leaves about
$1,00O,000, or about 10 per cent
more To come off
The budget bureau has ordered
the Commissioners to cut their
first tentative estimates from $780,
SOC, 900 to $31 ,551 sos.
The Washington times., 1924-08-21
SHERRILL GETS BACK TO
DESK AFTER VACATION

Lieutenant Colonel G. o. Sheriff.,
officer in charge Of public buildings
and grounds, will return to his
desk tomorrow after a brief vaca-
ton.
In his absence work upon the
Memorial to the Nuns of France,
at Rhode Island avenue and M
streets northwest, has been started
and plans have been made for the
early erection of a statue to Francis
Asbury, founder Of Methodism, at
Sixteenth and Mount Pleasant
streets northwest,
The Washington times., 1924-08-21
PROHIBITION AGENT
Is ATTACKED BY MAN

Prohibition Agent o. =. Fisher,
who recently figured in the shoot
ing of Senator Greene of Vermont,
was hurt slightly in a fight with
colored man who attacked him
while he was walking at S street
and Clicks alley northwest early
today.
Subduing his assailant, who gave
the name OF Walter Williams, 2O34
Eighth street northwest, Fisher had
him removed to Gallinger Hospital,
where Williams was treated tor a
badly bruised face and a cut under
the left eye. Williams was charged
at the Second precinct with being
intoxicated
The Washington times., 1924-08-21
PARK VIEW CITIZENS TO
PROTEST FENCE At LAKE

The Park View Citizens Associa-
ton, John S. Cole. secretary. an.
nounced today. will make formal
protest at it's next meeting over the
election Of wire fence six feet
high all around the lake at the Sol
dters' Home.
Children in the neighborhood are
heart-broken over the action, which
makes it impossible for them to sail
boats on the lake or have any Of
the good times they used to have in
this vicinity.
It is said at the horne that the
fence was made necessary because
some Of the children had fallen in
the water. but guards about the
reservations give another reason.
They confide that too many care
less picnickers have cluttered up
the sparkling lake with the re-
mains Of their lunches.
The Washington times., 1924-08-21
CAPT. CRAIG TO HEAD
PRESS DEFENSE GROUP

Captain John II, Craig, u. s. M. c.,
today was appointed chairman of
a committee of members of the
National Press Club, to represent
that organization in the observance
of National Defense Day. Septem-
Der IL.
The committee will cooperate
with the National Press Club Post
OF the American Legion and the
District committee for observance
Of Defense Day.
The Washington times., 1924-08-21
ONE CONTRIB's PHILOSOPHY
ROBBED, THEN BEATEN,
HE HAS TO FACE COURT

After having been robbed of most
Of his clothes, and his money, Watt
Mills, forty-four, a resident Of
Gaithersburg, Md, appealed to the
police to aid him in finding his
assailant who, he said, had also
beaten him up.
He was given pair Of shoes and
money enough to get him back
home. According to Policeman Mil
ton D. Smith, however, Mills was
found drunk on Third street south.
west, when he should have been on
his way to the country. Judge Nc
Mahon today, after hearing his
story, referred the case to tho
probation officer.
The Washington times., 1924-08-21

DON'T GET "A CASE OF

NERVES."
)h, don't let your nerves get your
And don't let your nerves run you
crazy,
And don't let your nerves rock the
boat,
And the neighbOrs will say you're q
daisy!
Sh, don't let your nerves get you
And don't lot your nerves take
your measure,
and don't let your nerves do you
And youth surely have plenty Of
pleasure!
h, don't let your nerves make you
punk,
fraxxle,
IND don't let your nerves hand you
and the world you can easily dazzle,
Oh, don't let your nerves make q
noise,
And don't let your nerves tell your
Ind you'll have your pick Of the
boys,
And you soon will Ne All Hunka-
GENE BLOSSOM.
The Washington times., 1924-08-21
POLICE SEEKING MAN
AND TWO MISSING BOYS

Police are seeking a man and
two boys, missing from their
homes.
, Both boys--Reverdy Rudd, four.
teen, 1873 Meridian place, and
Thomas Baker, sixteen, 1896
Meridian place-disappeared last
Saturday. John w. MARBLE,
twenty.four, Mt. Rainier, Nd, has
been gone since May /.
The Washington times., 1924-08-21
Faces EmbezzIing Charge

Norman James Volkman, twenty
five. will face four charges of EN-.
bezzlement when he is arraigned in
Police Court today on complaint of
his employer, Benjamin Kraft, TIC
n street northeast. Volkman was
arrested yesterday.
The Washington times., 1924-08-21
81
Killed
1890
Injured
Since
Jan. 1,
1924.

short distance away, where she re-.
ceived treatment. Later, she was
taken home.
Mr.. Jones, who gave his address
as 81 North Capitol street, and
Wilburn, escaped without injury.
Both machines suffered heavy
damage loss.
The Washington times., 1924-08-21
WOMAN PINNED
UNDER AUTO
IN CRASH
Mrs. Anna Jones Only Slightly
Hurt-Husband Escapes
Injury

Mrs. Anna Jones, thirty.eight,
was pinned beneath her wrecked
automobile which had turned over
in a collision with another machine
at East Capitol and Sixth streets
last night. She suffered from
The Washington times., 1924-08-21

shock and slight
scratches.
A riding to
police, Mrs. Jones
was riding with her
husband, when a car
owned and driven by
Edward Wilburn, 241
Eighth street north
east, ran into it..
She was taken to
Cna,.oItp uoSn;koY
The Washington times., 1924-08-21

ccs0ss Vnty q "coId" stare at the
breakfast table neat morning!
A feIlotU ask mo If knob hoto
to select the great men. "Sure,"
me tell him, "IooEe oVer the dif-
fereNt brands Of ciOGrsl"
A t3end say him tcife tell him
that most men GIIee time think of
deOtLn1ent HOhiIe other men don't
think at oil!
JOE II. HOLMAN.
~
HUBBY'S SUMMER DELIGHTS.
Post card from Wife:
Having good time. Wish you
were here. Please send me some
money" JINGO JIM.
ONE CONTRIB'S PHILOSOPHY.
Here's part Of my philosophy
and with it may say that I'm
for the G. o. C. and the B. B.
Button:
"It's not what you've been, III
In this old world we travel thru,
Or not what you've done;
IT'S what there 10 for you to do,
What you are, and what you'll be
That makes me think 90 much Of
CHIRo JOE.
The Washington times., 1924-08-21
FOR THE b. B. PIN.

Pat me on record for the Blues
BoMmcer's pin or button. / hope
our artists aOill continue to make
drawings for the pin until aOe
strike the best thing possible.
BRIDGEPORT.
The Washington times., 1924-08-21
Schools to Get Only About SO, 100000
dlIEARI0ppSEEll(.
'aaa'7'1 oBy BILL PRICE, fa1k.D'S

TRY THE HI AND s BOB.
1--WE hereby s1OsGr


TRY THE II AND s BOB.
ave hereby sWeGr
Not to bob our hair"
is the rhymed pledge taken by
seven secretaries to Senator's,
who look pretty the way they
dress their hair now.
However, girls, there is a
Heard and Seen bob now and it
is a pretty one. The hair isn't
cut SO sh6rt-just short enough
to be comfortable and there is a
pretty ribbon and rosette dress
ing which makes it all the more
charming. Did you see the pic
ture of it in Tuesdays Times?
GENEVIEVE.
WHAT is "PEP?"
VigOr, vitality. vim and punch
The courage 70 oct on . sudden
huMch---
That's pop.
The nerve to tackle the hardest
with feet that climb and hands that
cling
And q heart that never fOrgets to
sing
That's pep.
Sand and grit In concrete base
That's pep.
Friendly smile ON an honest face
That's pep.
That spirit to help when another's
down,
That knows how to scatter the
blacklist frOwn,
That loves Its nelghbOr and loves its
town
That's pep.
To say II wlll,'' for you know You
cam
To look for the best in every man
That's pep.
To meet each intending knockout
blow
And come back with . laugh, because
you know
You'll get the best of the whole
great show
That's pep.
FLORENCE N. HoAGLAND.
The Washington times., 1924-08-21
IN THE SHADOW OF THE
CHURCH.

A young Episcopal minister,
conducting cST.r his first funeral service;
his eyes. folded his hands and
with pious JUNCTION said: Friends
of the deceased will now pass
around the bier"
The famous Brooklyn divine.
pwisnt Hills. Hills when .M = young young man man
was attended by q physician whose
charges were in keeping with his
reputation. On one Of his visits
small. and would like to have
your bill: as fear cannot con-
Mr.. Kills." replied the NJ. D..
II have heard you are quite
good preacher but ! am too busy
to attend church, and / suppose
you have heard / am q fairly good
doctor. which induced you to call
I'll do. I'll agree to keep you out
Of heaven just as long as can,
IL you will agree to keep me out
Of hell just as long an you can, and
we will call the bill square"
A Baptist minister was officiat-
ing at the funeral Of a leading
citizen. He spoke in glowing terms
of his integrity, his usefulness to
the community, his morality, and
how he was man that. others
would do we'll to emulate. The
minister started to give out the
hymn Onward Christian Soldiers"
when q man In the assembly arose
and said: my friends, l am a
spiritualist, and my friend the de-
ceased IL standing in spirit by
my side. He desires me to say
that what the minister has said
about him IL absolutely untrue
He was not an honest man, he
did not lead q moral life, and he
was not an example for others to
follow. and he wishes this gather
ing to know the truth"
The minister fumbled the hymn
book, cleared his throat. and said
with emphasis: my friends have
been the pastor of this church
for over twenty years and during that
time l have conducted the fuaeral
rites over many who have gone
to the Great Beyond, but this is
the first time a corpse ever called
me liar. We will now sing, The
Hosts OF He'll Are Marching. with
Satan Leading On"
The Washington times., 1924-08-21
CHARLIE CHINK's CHATTER:

CHARLIE CHINK'S CHATTER:
When girl falls IN Iove 10Th
man she loses her heart. When
man falls in love Nth girl he
loses him mind!
The feIlot0 UOho feels sad should
remember il 1t hasn't for the cloud
there could be no SLIDER lining.
Some ConOreSSmen should make
fine football players. They're alice
time "kickinOw
The man tCho gets a "Ddrm" re-
ceDtton ut THE cIuh som etimeS re-
Milford chronicle., 1924-04-25
NEW HOUSE PLAN BOOK TO BE
PUBLISHED COINCIDENT WITH
BETTER HOMES WEEK

The new House Plan Book about to
be issued by the, Portland Cement AS
sociation will replace the Associa-
tion's initial book Concrete Houses,
which was published last year. The
new book will illustrate and describe
forty different designs intended to be
constructed of concrete block with
portland cement stuccO. These designs
have been prepared by more than thir-
ty prominent architects from the At
lantic to the Pacific and show truly
architectural gems which come with
in cost estimates ranging from $4,000
to $4,000.
The new publication will be or the
press about May in contemplation OF
offering it to prospective builders,
contractors and the public in general
before Better Homes Week is observ-
ed, May IL to 18.
In addition to showing plans for
houses, the new book describes meth
ods of concrete masonry construction,
the use of stucco, and discusses fully
various concrete building units, such
as concrete block, brick, structural
tile and roofing tile.
A price of so cents will be asked for
the book Working drawings, and spe-
Milford chronicle., 1924-04-25
Sweet Potatoes in
Thirty-Six States
Popular Tuber Should Have
Sandy Soil, Sunshine,>
Plenty of Heat.

Sweet potatoes can be grown in at
least SO states, according to the rec
Ords of the United States Department
of Agriculture, and there is every rea-
son why a small planting Of sweet po-
tatOeS should be made in every cottage
garden within those states, especially
where the soil is of a sandy nature.
While it is true that the sweet potato
crop is more or less uncertain in the
far North, yet if the season is reason
ably dry and warm and the plants
given a good start, they will produce
fair crop. 1t is a great satisfaction
to have a supply of sweet potatoes
grown in the home garden,
Sweet potato plants are started in
hOtbed and it is generally easier. for
the cottage gardener to purchase the
necessary 100 or POO plants rather
than to grow them. The plants, how
ever, should not be set in the open
ground until all danger of frost is past
and the soil is warm. Prior to the set
ting of the plants the soil should be
thoroughly prepared. First, it should
be spaded and thoroughly pulVerized,
then drawn up into fiat beds or ridges
with the hoe, a little fertilizer being
worked into the soil as it Is bedded.
These beds should be about 8 inches
in height and Is inches in width, or
sometimes they are made foot in
height and 18 inches in width. The
beds are spaced about 3 or 31a feet
apart, leaving rather deep burrows be-
tween them. The plants are set II
to 10 inches apart on the top of the
beds and each plant is given about a
quart of water around its roots as 1t
is set. The soil is then well drawn
about the plants.
Sweet potatoes want plenty of sun
shine and an abundance of heat, but
not too much moisture. The surface
of the soil should be kept lOosened
and all weeds pulled out, but aside
from this, sweet potatoes require very
little attention.
The crop should be dug just as soon
as the vines are killed by frost; in
fact the potatoes should be dug be-
fore the vines are badly frozen. If /
the vines become frozen it is necessary !
to cut them off just above the ground |
before the frozen sap has a chance to
go down into the potatoes Sweet po-
tatOes should be dug on a bright day,
Milford chronicle., 1924-04-25

however, has greatly increased their
value.
TWO-crOp raspberry plants must be
handled just right In order to get two
crops a year from them. About the
time the first crop is ripening the new
shoots are as tall as the old plants and
grow much taller. There is always a
temptation to clip off the tip of tall
growing red raspberry shoot, but if
this is done with this type of rasp-
berry, the fall crop is destroyed. The
new shoots must not be pruned at all
during the growing season, because
blossoms will begin forming on the
tips in August or September and a
good crop of raspberries is the result
Even if these canes should grow seven
or eight feet long, they should not be
cut back in the summer time. The
fall crop Of raspberries usually lasts
until freezing weather comes.
The fall crop of raspberries is of
even better quality than the spring
crop, and when offered for sale usu-
ally brings a very high price 1t is
just a little out of the ordinary to
have red raspberries in the fall.
The plants of two-crop raspberries
should be set in the spring. If they
make fairly good growth there will
be crop of berries the following fall.
There will then be two crops a year
as long as the plants are in good con-
ditiOn. They should be well cultivated
and fertilized so that good crops of
fruit and good growth Of canes may
be made.
During the summer the canes which
lived over the previous winter will
produce the early crop fruit. Just as
soon as this crop is picked the old
canes should be cut out and burned.
1t is so easy to grow and take care
Of double-crOp raspberries thai anyone
who has a little land which may be
devoted to berries will be well repaid
by setting few plants of the double
,rop kind.
In the very cold sections of the
where the thermometer goes
more than 20 below zero, this double
'rOp type Of raspberries would not
)rOve hardy, unless the canes are laid |
iown and covered with some kind of !
winter protection such as straw. |
'oarse manure or earth. The variety
,nOwn as Ranere or st. Regis is con
ldered one of the best doubIe-crop
Orts.
Milford chronicle., 1924-04-25

irving a bottle of It. The medicine
helped me from the first, and the best
of all is that l can even sew again with
out that awful, nervous feeling / was
used to having. And used to take cry
ing spells, with such blue feeling that
J cannot explain. Now all that has left
me. / feel so cheerful, and have
gained in weight, sleep well and eat
hearty. Oh | wish had words to ex-
press what this medicine has done for
mel I am housekeeper and do every
thing from the sewing to the washing
now and it doesn't hurt me. You may
1lse my letter in any way you wish. 1
will be glad to help any suffering woman
to the road of health and happiness. -
Mrs. B. F. BRANN0N, 404 Travis Ave-,
Mart, Texas.
Milford chronicle., 1924-04-25
Adams Cross Roads

The Howard sisters are remaining
another week in Bloomery to assist in
the revival services.
Miss Marie Parker, Hazel Tull and
Annie Cannon of the University of
Delaware were among those who
spent the Easter holidays with their
parents.
Charles Adams of Wilmington spent
the Eastertide with his sisters.
Bloomery Aid will meet with Mrs.
c. w. Adams on Tuesday afternoon,
April 29th. All are welcome.
w. I. Hubbard visited his son. Win
field in Newport News, Va, the first of
last week, returning with his grand
son, to spend the summer.