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Evening star., 1924-02-09

| REAUTIFJ-L CORNER IN Ms ROOMS
and BATH porches, garage, modern; imme
diate. possession. Cali OWNER, after pm,
Col. 3SS-J.
Evening star., 1924-02-09
JAMES MARTIN.
T.I 18th 81 W

NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE. HALF BLOCK
from Grant Circle. wonderful bargain in =
family house. Owner leaving. bought further
ont will sell this modern colonial home on
prettipst avenue in Petworth. near car and
bus line. 1t contains rooms and bath or
first door including glass-inclosed sleeping
porch and breakfast porch; rooms and bath
on second floor: electricity and h;,wh. An
excellent bargain at Sll,OU. Reasonable
Evening star., 1924-02-09

WOODBRIDGE BARGAINS.
Near r. 1. ave-, 18th st. n.e.-House of 2
apts. separate baths and entrance; h.-w.h,
elec.; $3.50 cash, $45 month: also 5-room house,
elect, 5000 cash. $40 month.
T. ID. MURPHY,
c7l1 18th st. NE. Potomac 1871 81
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1850 FLORIDA AVE. NE
RENT, S3J.
Large, new store room and living quarters:
fine show window; electric lights. Over 100
new houses under construction close by.
WAGGAMAN & BROWN.
T32 18th NV FIR 74S5
Evening star., 1924-02-09

rooms. large lot, nice elevation. newly
papered aud painted: northeast; price, So, $50.
z-room bungalow, near car line In northeast;
two lots: price, $3.50.
Above two houses may be bought by respon-
o. B. ZANTZINGER,
Main 5a71. o12 10th St. NV.
Evening star., 1924-02-09

1904 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE. N.W.-EXCEP-
tionally large store and rooms on first floor
d r. and b. on second floor electric light. Will
rent separately or as whole Desirable location
for amy line Of business Adams 1859.
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given the suffrage. He declared the
only remedy for high taxes was
honesty and efficiency in adnlinistra-
ton of public affairs.
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BIG JOBS FOR WOMEN
T. N. Wynne BECOMES Head of Indi-
ana Electric Light Association.

By Times Special
FRENCH LICK, Ind, Sept. 25.-
Public utilities are depending more
and more upon women employees in
responsible positions for the good
will upon which their prosperity de-
pend, said Miss Mae Fletemeyer of
the Northern Indiana Gas and Elec-
trio Company, Hammond, today be-
fore the Great Lakes division Of the
National Electric Light Association.
The World War, according to Miss
Fletemeyer, gave women their OPP
portunity in this industry and they
have made the most of it.
T. N. Wynne of Indianapolis will
head the Indiana Electric Light AS
ISOLATION for the coming year. He
was elected president at the annual
State meeting Wednesday. Other
officers were: L. B. Andrus, Indian
apolis. vice president, and Thomas
Donohugh. Lafayette, secretary.
Wynne is connected with the Indi-
annapolis Light and Heat Company.
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STREET ACTION DELAYED
Resolutions in Connection With EIe-
walton Heard.

Action on resolutions for opening
of Shelby St and Arsenal Ave. at
the Pennsylvania and c., I, & w.
tracks has heen postponed for two
weeks after a public hearing by the
board OF works Wednesday. The
projects are in connection with the
track elevation work to State Ave.
John +, White. president of the
Southeastern Civic Improvement
Club, and Edward J. Sexton, score.
tary. urged opening of Cruise St
and then joining Cruise St. to Shelby
by a diagonal street. Merle n. A.
Walker, who said he represented
300 properly owners in the district,
asked opening OF Shelby st. Dr.
John McCool. 1912 E. Washington
St. urged opening OF Arsenal Ave
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damned through without extended
discussion. The Senate was to take
a few days recess at THANKSGIVING
time, and just before that date
Chairman Cummins took the floor 70
give notice that Immediately after
reconvening he would undertake -
make this railroad refunding bill the
unfinished business of the Senate,
and would press it to a vote.
Just afterward Senator Cummins
and I were preparing to hold Il
hearing in the Interstate Commerce
Committee room and he invited me
into his private room. He remarked
on the rotice he had given the SEN
ate and then said that he knew ]
would put in days and nights in
preparation for discussion Of the
bill, and that I would doubtless also
make it the occasion for Offering
law.
II might as we'll tell you" he said.
that the bill will not be brought up
and. further, that nothing else will
be brought up that will enable you
to attack the Esch- Cummins act"
And that was the end of the whole
pother, The advocates of this raid
on the treasury apparently quit cold
rather than attempt to defend their
proposal in open debate in the Sen
ate.
Now, what argument did the op.
ponents of the bill have. which the
men behind it were afraid to have
! brought out?
Firstly, OF course, there was the
unexampled procedure of jammine
the bill through committee without
allowing opponents TO be heard,
Secondly. it was obvious under the
terms OF the bill the Government
would have been put in the business
Of dealing in railroad securities. The
| War Finance Committee would have
taken over a mass Of railroad secun
ties greater than held by any single
private interest. It would have he
come a dominant influence upon the
stock exchange Of the country. witt
lIDower to withhold or throw upon the
market hundreds Of millions Of dol
lars worth Of securities. Talk abOu
too much government in business
~The Government would have been in
volved up to its eyes in the mos
speculative business in the world
the marketing Of corporate securities
Thirdly, the Government was al
most certain TO lose hundreds Of mil
lions Of dollars. The hii required
the acceptance Of railroad securitie.
on 6 per cent basis. The best Sc
cured railroad bonds were then yield
ing per cent and less wellsecureC
bonds We're yielding per cent OF
more. The Government would have
] to try to sell bonds that yielded only
6 per cent in competing with tho
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sideration. This occasioned surprise
almost equal TO that caused by the
Presidents sudden appearance. The
debate on this motion occupied two
or three days and in the course OF
the debate there was much criticism
Of President Harding for his unprece-
dented action in appearing before the
Senate just as vote was about to be
taken and. In effect, asking the
Senate not to vote. Many members
frankly regarded this as a trespass
on the rights Of the Senate. The mo-
ton by Penrose was successful; the
bill was returned to his committee
and never saw the light again.
Just fourteen days after his sur
prise visit. President Harding sent a
special message to the Senate asking
for passage Of the bill to give the
railroads the half billion dollars they
so earnestly wished.
Now, despite the formidable array
Of the White House. the Treasury
the Commerce Department, the rail
road administration and the War
Finance Board-to say nothing of
the railroads hemselvcs-behind
this bill. its advocates did not I'M
derestimate the opposition. They
knew the argument supporting 1t
could be riddled until only a ragged
pretense for looting the treasury
remained. The bill remained on the
Senate calendar for weeks and
months, with neither Senator Town.
send nor Chairman Cummins OF the
Interstat commerce Committee dar-
ing 10 risk a vote, regardless Of the
awful emergency that had been
proclaimed by all concerned.
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better paying bonds.

better paying bonds.
In case of selling at the market
price the Government stood to lose
SO to $40 on every 500 worth of
bonds sold. If the bond market
should decline the Governments loss
would be even greater. The bill al
lowed the War Finance Board to
take up a total Of almost $780,
900, 900 of securities. The loss, even
if the market did not decline. might
therefore have been from $159,000,-
900 to 100000, 600.
Roads Owed Government
Fourthly, this adventure into
bond speculation by the Government
was utterly unnecessary. All the
Government was bound to do for the
railroads was to fund any debt ow-
Ing by the railroads to the Govern
ment after the claims of the two
parties had been offset. The Gov
eminent had claims against the rail
roads. The railroads had claims
against the Government. When
these were adjusted it would be
found that the railroad owed the
Government a very large sum. The
only moral or legal obligation Of the
Government under the law was to
give the railroads ten years time
in which to pay the Government
what they owed. That was the only
funding called for.
Filthy, the War Finance CorpO-
ration had been directed to use it's
resources to assist financing ot agIi-
cultural products. Agriculture was
even more important than railroads.
The burden OF this vast speculative
undertaking, as proposed. would
have hampered the War Finance
Corporation in carrying out its duty
to the farmers.
Sixthly, the terrible emergency
was in part imaginary. Railroad
earnings and railroad credit were
steadily improving. While some
roads undoubtedly did need money,
so did every other business. SO did
individuals Of all classes.
Copyright, 1924. NEA Service. Inc)
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Waited Chance
AMUSEME NTS

They apparently awaited an op-
pOrtunity when the bill might be
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ALLWOMEN
WHO WORK
Should KnowhOw thisW Orker was
Made Strong and Well byLydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound

Il was nervous and weak and was
not regular. I also had pains fire.
reTontTrr r-ac
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-25
BRYSON IS FAVORED
Kiwanis Club Endorses Postmaster
for President of Association.

A resolution indorsing Postmaster
Robert H. Bryson for president of
the National Association of Post
masters in convention at the Clay
pool was passed by the Kiwanis
Club at it's noon luncheon Wednes-
day. Postmaster General Harry S.
New and other officials Of the post
office department were guests. Allan
Dinehart, leading man at the Murat
in "Applesauce" entertained.
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has made>TRe well and able to do my
work again. I have even helped
take care Of a sick neighbor recent
ly, SO you can see how fit I am.
highly praise your medicine and you
may use my letter as you see fit. I
hope 1t will help some other
woman. MRS. i-OLE NORDLEIN,
Box %. BAIL. North Dakota.
Over 121. 900 women have so far
replied to our question. Have you
received benefit from taking Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound?"
Ninety per cent OF these replies
answer Yes"
This means that ninety eight out
Of every 100 women taking this
medicine for ailments for which It
is recommended are benefited by It.
For sale by all druggists.-Ad-
vertisement.
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WOMEN AND POLITICS
DIR. McCullOch Pays Tribute to Part
They Play i'm Party Affairs.

BIZ Times Special
SEYMOUR, Ind, Sept. 25.-In an
address before the women's McCul-
loch-for- Governor Club Wednesday
night, DR.. Carleton B. McCulloch,
Democratic candidate for Governor,
paid high tribute to the women as
politicians and congratulated them
on the interest given party affairs.
McCulloch declared it was through
the Democratic party women were
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Driver Faces Three Charges
Neal Taylor, %. of 951 Eugene ST.,
was arrested Wednesday on charges
Of drunkenness and operating an
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sickly for seven
years and finally
had a nervous
breakdown follow
ing an operation.
1 am a dress
maker and MILL
ner. and a lady l
work for told me
of Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound. I am
taking it and it
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This is the seventh of a series of
ten articles dealing with the out
standing events in the life of Senator
La Toilette in the last twelve years.
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Hearings Held

Hearings were held by the Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee
Two witnesses were heard: Eugene
Meyer and James c. Davis. authors
Of the bill. All efforts to obtain a
hearing for witnesses opposed to the
bill were defeated by the majority
OF the committee. Specifically, the
committee refused 70 hear William
G. McAdoo and Walker D. Hines,
the two men who mad preceded Davis
as head of the railroad administra-
ton and who had had most to do
with making the contracts with the
railroads involved in this proposed
gigantic refunding scheme.
In the meantime the soldiers bo-
nus bill was before the Senate. It
had passed the House and had been
reported favorably by the Senate
Finance Committee. After long de-
bate the Senate was just about to
vote. There was every expectation
that the bill would pass.
AT o'clock In the afternoon Of
July s, Senator Lodge. Republican
floor leader. arose and moved that a
committee be appointed to escort the
President OF the United States to the
Senate chamber.
Other Senators looked at one an
other in establishment. Few if any
knew that the President had come to
the capitol.
The President talked very briefly
to the Senate. perhaps ten or fifteen
minutes. He declared, in effect. that
the Government did not have the
necessary money to pay the pro-
posed soldiers bonus.
On his departure. Senator Penrose
promptly arose and moved that the
bonus bill be recommitted TO the
Finance Committee for further con-
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automobile while under the influence
Of liquor and speeding. Police say
his car collided with an automobile
owned by Perry Evans, 80. Of 1926
n. Illinois St.
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LA TOILETTE TELLS STORY
OF BIG RAILROAD CLAIMS

This is the seventh of a series of
ten articles dealing with the out
standing events in the life of Senator
La Toilette in the last twelve years.
A strange series of incidents oc-
CURED in Washington in the spring,
summer and fall Of 1921-one of the
strangest in my recollection of Gov
eminent affairs. There were occur
rences for which no adequate ex-
PLANTATION could be found at the time
Of their happening, and for some Of
which no such explanation has been
found to this day. They concerned
certain claims" Of the railroads
upon the United tSates Treasury.
During the spring considerable
alarmist propaganda was let loose
upon the public to the effect the
railroads of the land were about to
collapse. How to forestalI it? Why,
the Government could do it by simply
paying Immediately some half billion
dollars which it was pretended would
be due later in settlement of claims
growing out of the Governments
operation of the railroads.
A bill prepared by Eugene Meyer,
director Of the War Finance Board,
and James c. Davis, former railroad
attorney and at that time United
States director general of the rail
roads. was introduced simultaneous
ly in the House and Senate
In the House It bore the name
Of Representative Winslow of Mas
sachusetts. In the Senate, the name
of Senator Townsend of Michigan.
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon
put the weight of his Endorsement
behind II and Secretary of Com
merce Hoover's unemployment COM
mission prepared report declaring
that this was the relief needed by
tba ror,rr-r
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THE ONLY CHILD

DERCY was an only child, which
those who know say is only shade
worse than being the youngest SON In
order to handicap him still further, his
father died when he was ten and thus
threw upon his mother the entire re-
sponsibility Of bringing Percy up prop
erly. She, unselfsh creature that moth
ers always are, in trying to be both
father and mother to him at the same
time. came as near running him as a
Woodworking self-reliant woman can.
He never had to get up in the morn
ing without being called = several
times, in fact, for mother seemed TO
enjoy the responsibility Of getting him
out of bed, and he did not want TO de-
prive her of a simple pleasure of this
sort, which seemed TO bring her so much
satisfaction. He never denied himself
anything, never was asked to do any
thing unpleasant and never allowed to
make any mistakes or to think things
out for himself
II want my boy TO have everything
he would have had If his father had
lived" his mother used TO say, and so
he had everything and more.
He never took any responsibility
with regard to the conduct of their
home and their business affairs. 1t
was not wholly his fault for he was
never allowed to.
When he went to college she went
with him in order that he might be
properly looked after. She would not
have had a happy moment unless she
had known that he was being properly
fed, that his clothes were in order, that
his friends were gentlemanly and well
bred, that his bed was sanitary and
comfortable. If she had ever known
that Percy had seen a bedbug she
would have died of shame and humili-
alton. If he was ever out of her sight,
he was certainly never out of her
mind.
She called me one day during his
junior year:
Have you seen Percy?" she asked.
"He left me this morning without tell
ing me where he was going. He didn't
come home to lunch, and I'm terrified
for fear something has happened to
him. He never did such thing in his
life before" l didn't tell her it was
too bad he hadn't, but l thought it.
Don't you think Percy is good
boy?" she asked me one day.
He was that all right, thank heaven,
but he was more. He was hopelessly
selfish and spoiled. He was without
initiative, without self-rellance. He
had little fight in him, and he's never
made a sacrifice There is a lot for
Percy to learn when he gets out in the
world.
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ON TIME

XHTHEN the Barrows family filed
w into chureh--father, mother and
two little red-headed Barrowses-we
always knew that the services were
pretty well under way. used to
think sometimes that the minister
planned his sermon with their coming
in mind, and allowed time for a pause
or breathing spell while they were
getting comfortably arranged In their
pews
The congregation was never quite
settled until they arrived, for they at
tended regularly, though they were
punctiliously and dependably late like
some employees at work or certain
railroad trains.
/ have learned since that being late
or being on time is all a matter of
habit, Just as one learns to put on
ones clothing in an orderly way with
out following a recipe.
1t is usually the same persons who
regularly come late to church or who
tiptoe into the classroom ten minutes
after the last bell has rung, or who
annoy the sensitive soprano and the
whole auditorium full of people by
stumbling into their seats while the
program is under way. And the peo-
pie who are late are usually In a
hurry.
We have all suffered from the
selfShness of the man chemically be-
hind his schedule A friend of mine
who is punetiliously prompt in meeting
all Of his engagements says that he
has developed eorns from having his
feet trod upon by late-comers who
walk over him getting into their places.
It was a cynie, perhaps, who said that
ne had wasted more time by being on
time than by any other process, but
his cynicism has in 1t more than a
modicum Of truth.
These people who are forever be-
hind in meeting their engagements and
who thus handicap and disturb and
delay those who are conscientious and
methodical are not buster than their
neighbors; they simply delude them
selves in the belief that that which
has previously taken a half hour to
accomplish they can this morning do
In ten minutes. They never learn by
experience. They continue to retard
the progress of every enterprise with
which they are connected. They ought
to start earlier, take an earlier train,
or cancel the date.
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POINTS ON
KEEPING WELL
DIR. Frederick r. Green,
Editor of Health"
60. 1924. Western Newspaper Union.l
HOW ARE YOUR CHILD's
TEETH?

" OU want your boy or girl to be
attractive and healthy and to get
good marks in school, don't you?
Many factors combine to bring aboL.
these results, but one often overlooked
is the condition of the child's teeth.
The bones Of a child are soft and
pliabIe and the habit Of sucking the
thumb, which many mothers permit to
go unchecked, may cause deformity
of the mouth which will spoil the ap-
pearance for life. The thumb-sucking
habit forces the jaw bones out of
place, with the result that the upper
front teeth are pushed outward and
the lower ones backward until the en-
tire face is deformed.
Usually, however, the "baby" teeth
are straight and pretty. They are
small and the jaws are large enough
for them. 1t is the second teeth that
commonly are not right. If they come
In crooked, it is generally because the
jaws are not large enough to accom-
modate them. Sometimes the jaws are
stunted because they have not had
enough exercise In chewing solid food.
Or the jaw development may have
been retarded because the child Is
poorly nourished. If the general de-
velopment of the child is not good,
the jaw and tooth development is
likely to be poor and If the jaw bones
are not sufficiently developed. the
teeth will be crowded out of their
normal position so that the upper and
lower teeth do not meet in order to
bite and chew properly. The inability
to chew the food thoroughly will re-
suit in indigestion and the crooked,
crowded teeth give the child an unat-
tractive appearance which may be so
great as to be a positive deformity.
How many children have you seen
who would have been pretty but for
teeth that were crooked or that pro-
truded or that were decayed?
In these days Of keen competition
in every line of effort. each individual
needs every advantage and equipment
in the way Of ability and appearance
in order to hold his own and make
his way In the world. 1t Is crime to
allow child to grow up with
physical handicap that can be cor
rected. The handicap of bad teeth and
deformed face can, in most cases, be
overcome.
See that your child makes regular
visits to the dentist and see that his
Instructions are obeyed. Don't make
it possible for your child when grown
to blame you for an unattractive face,
for poor school or business records, or
for poor health, If these defects may
be the results of a condition so easily
remedied as bad teeth.
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FOREIGN

The entire population Of Baku, in
Transcaucasia, has been modified to
fight immense oil fires, according to
Moscow dispatches. Thirty-seven
wells have already caught fire, to-
gether with many reservoirs of oil.
Washington inquiries at Geneva into
extent of Britain's powers on seas
under proposed compulsory arbitra-
ton agreement.
In a speech delivered at Naples,
Premier Benito Mussolini declared he
recognizes a party opposed to the
Fascist, but is unable to support
their "calumnies" against the latter
organization, of which he is the head.
The Russian Embassy denied Tihis
had been captured by Georgian rebels
or that Batum had been the scene of
wholesale massacres. 1t denied there
was a rebellion.
The Brazilian revolutionists have
captured the Brazilian river port of
Guayra and Mendez on the upper
Parana River
One of the early beneficial effects
of the Dawes reparation plan on the
German business situation is reflect
ed in the decreasing number of bank
ruptcies and receiverships, which
reached startling proportions in early
midsummer.
German claimants of sequestered
property have complained of exorbi-
tant fees charged to have the proper
ty released by American custodian
The Ulster cabinet has declined to
| represented on the Irish boundary
commission. This puts the question
up to parliament.
rs been done in the movies, but
seldom in real life. All Pilot Will
hoen, flying passenger plane over
the harbor at Hamburg, Germany,
espied the erstwhile occupants of a
pslzed yacht struggling desperately
to keep afioat. He spiraled down and
rescued them.