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NEW SYSTEM
?FOR PAYING
P.O.EMPLOYES
mm
Will Replace Cash
ilh Only Fifteen
Paymasters.
G? b?w system of ?ay.-.-; employ??
?f tb. railway mall ?srvic. will b?
Inaugurated by th. Poatoffle. D?
partment January IS.
Beginning with that date ?very
??ploy, will be P?W by ? -b-'*?
drawn on the Tre.?ur?r of tbe
Ualted SUte? inst?*-?- of IB -??- ?- ,
heretofore._ !
Tb. aumber .f pay-".. ?-*?tma?t
?rs In th? couBtry will b. reduced
from ?????ral handred to fifteen ub- |
?*?r th? n?w pl?a which 1? expected
tat ?... thou??nd? of dollar? to tbe
??apartment
Voder th? old ?y?t?m it was
ttctntry for a ?tn to com? to th?
pestoffiee dtv?Hnat?d to r?c?tv? bis
pay la ca?h.
. Th? entire couatry ha? ??? di
vided lato fifteen dutriet? la each
?tf which there Is ob. paying post
Under th? b?w plan the local
po.toffice will pay th. ?alari?? of
all th. railway mall ?ervlc. em
ploye? for th? Third DivH'oa. Ub
der th. old avebame ?alari?, were
paid to part of th? employ?? of both
th? ?econd and third dlviiloB?. New
Tork will take eBtlre care of the
Second DivUloa and all of th? Third
DivUioo payroU wiU b. suM by th?
local postoffice. Und?r thl. arrange
ment ther. will b. but a ?mall
number add?d to tbote who ar? paid
from th. local office.
All check? will be made out upon
machine? with the nam? of th? em
ploy? pri?t?* ob them. Th.y will
be placed io open-faced ?Bvelope.
aad mailed and may b. ca?hed any
where
GERMANY STARTED
PRI?FMNG PLAN
Senate WitneM S?y? Regulation
Me? Was Original with Hun?.
Tb? "Made in G.rm.ny labal waa
tagged oato thi? couatry'? coal
trouble? yeaterdar ia the Senat?
afcnufaetures Subcommittee probe
ut th? coal shortage.
Jam?. B. Dugaa, of th? Ohio Util
ities Commission, wa? testifying
that Oblo bad n?v?r had aay ?eri
?a, fuel ?hortag? eotil tb? United
?tat*? Fuel Administration wa?
formed Thl. y.ar. he ?aid, the
people would have handled their
?wa ooal problem. The State had
alreadv ?tarted regulations when
tb? Fuel Administr?t!?* interven
t*.
?Didn't you get the price-fixing
bag from Washington? Senator
Reed, presiding, interrupted.
"And w? all got U originally
from Germany. That'?' where It
?tarted." wa? DugaB'e an?wer.
Senator Beed replied .wUh an at
tack on regulation and a-f'u-e flxins
ef commodities. "The urkr to con
duct th. war." b. ?aid. "Ia to l?t
th. peopl? run it and not must it
ali up for them
Duran testified that Ohio was
i?2,?00 tons short of coal because
th? lack of cars had held back mine
production. Wallac. Croalay, lieu
tenant governor and fuel adminis
trator of Missouri, testified ob con
ditions In bis State, but mad? bo
?uggestions a? to how it could be
improved. Fuel Administrator Wea
rer, of the District of Columbia,
also took th? stand today.
a Heads Favor .
Government Control
? liai? ?a Jan. 8 ?Heads of tb?' big
Hla? >.?'*"-? in Ohio, in ?
?tarei. ?- ade public fidar, ?eld
they tuToru? government owner?hlp
and control of their roads, giving ?s
reason, standardization of equipment,
reduction of operating expenae?, and
eonaolidatlon of parallel lines.
TO REOPEN PHONE RATE CASE
for the presentation of additional
evidence and to permit the protest
ants te tile briefs, th? Publie Utili
ties Commission will re-open th. tel
ephone rate hearing, within the next
tw. weeks.
Expert? from the Bureau of Stand
ard? will not b? put to work oa the
stenographic report of the hearings
until protestant? hav? filed their
brief?.
Presentation o' the company*?
waa concluded Tuesday.
BEAUTIFUL HAIR,
THICK, WAVY, FREE
FROM DANDRUFF
Draw a Moist Cloth Through Hair
and Double Its Beauty
at Once.
Save Your Hair! Dandruff Disap
pears and Hair Stops
Coming Out.
la-mediate ?-Ye?.- Certain??that's
th. Joy of it. Yonr hair becomes light,
wavy, fluffy, abundant and appear? a.
soft, lustrous and beautiful as a
young girl's after an application ?f
Danderine Also try this?moisten a
cloth with a little Danderine and care
fully draw it through your hair, tak
ing one ?mall strand at a time. Thl?
will cleanse the hair of dust, dirt or
etceataiv? oil, and In Just a few
momenta you have doubled the beauty
of your hair. A delightful surprise
awaits tho*. whoa? hair haa been
neglected or it ?craggy, faded, dry.
t-rfttle or thin. Besides beautifying
, lb. hair. Danderine dissolve? every
kp*rtlcl. ot dandruff, cleanse?, purifie*
' tad Invigorate? th? ?calp, forever
Jtchlng and falling hair, bat
?please you moat will be
e?eks' use, when you see
re and downy at first-?e?
new halr-growla* all
alp.
1? to ?,?. hair what tratti
rain and ?vaanin. are t.
It ?o.-t right t. tha i-t-lmt,
|a and ?irengthen? them. Ita
4% stimulating tot U'e-pro
opcrtle? eaus? the hair ta
strong ?nd beautiful.
?orelv hav? pretty, ch?rm
tti? hair, and lota' of tt. if
pend a few rents for a bot.
fton', Handerin? from any
teilet Munter aat try
-Adv.
Promised Theater Attractions
.??U.ea.?*-T?*.t! Taatl*
' Now conta? 'Toot-Toot," bringing
Jay and cheerfulness to fill out the
season. "Toot-Toot," la a n?w mu
aical comedy aad will be off.red by
Henry W. Savag? at th. National
next weak.
?Toot-Toot." ta d?aerlt>ed a? a repli
ca of Americanism introducing aa it
doe? a Pullman car, with all ?team
up, a railway terminal and tbe great
Rockies, th. ?raatamblee being individ
ualised by our boy? In khaki and th?
American Redakln. The ?tory con
cern? taa adventure? of a young
couple who hav. mad. reservation?
upon tha Pullman for their honey
moon trip, but hav. failed to ?ecur?
the service? of a minister, and must
travel la single blessedness, though as
man and wif? before taa world. Ed
gar Auen Wolf aad Barton Braley
hav? written the book and lyric? and
Jerome Kern th? mutle. It I? adapt
ed from the fare "Kxouse Me" by
Rupert Hughes.
\atiee.l? Mm?. Jail? Ll.aaaea.
The fifth concert of the ten-alar
series, famed for pietenung to Wash
ington tb? newe?t ?tars la the rauaieal
world, win offer Mme. Clau??en. th.
celebrated Swedish contralto, who haa
achieved auch wonderful ?ucee?? In
opera and recital ela.wh.re. Tb. con
cert ?nil be given tomorrow at 4:90.
?elaaee?William Gillette.
In "A Successful Calamity." which
will be the attraction at the Belaseo
Theater throughout next week, are
combined three of th? moat dittin
kuiahed figure? In the theatrical world
of today, namely William omette, a?
the ?tar; Arthur Hopkins, preducer
aod manager, and M?as Ciar. Kum
1 mer, the playwright.
Mr. Hopkins has been rising steadily
to hi? present position tor mor. than
a decade, until now, with a dlatin
gui?had array of actor? and authors
under contract with him. ha ocupies
a center, not to aay a corner In Amer
ican theatrical affair?. ? manager of
rar? enterprise and artiatte ideala, he
attracted attention from the ?tart, and
? his amalgamation of Miss Clare Kum
mer, aa authoress, with William bil
lette a? th. bright particular ?tar.
touche? th. high-water mark of hi?
career. MU? Kummer'? fame had al
ready preceded her in "Good Graclou?
Annabelte." and It la universally con
ceded that ?he haa even gone on?
better ia "A Successful Calamity."?
Beleaea?Newm.a Tr.velt.lks.
| Newman? annual season at the Be
lasco Theater begin? next Sunday
evening and Monday afternoon. Jan
uary 13 and 14. "Our National Parka"
lb. first Journey of tbe series of five,
ar? to be brought together with their
intensely interesting story made clear
in color and motion picture. In this
wonder Journey crowded with scenic
gem? and constantly changing pano
rama, it will b? ?een that each park
is unlike the other?each contains
many beauty scene? entirely different
from the erst
I -
jP.U'??"?Hea vAaahlagtea. a M.ti
ca! Rev.? .f the N.ti.a.i Capital.??
Beginning next Monday night the
i Poll Musical Comedy Players will
present the promised sensational
attraction In a Revue of Washing
ton, Old and New.
The revue will be in two act?,
the first presenting Washington in
Jest and ?ong a? our forefathers
knew it, and the second presenting
Washington aa it 1? today, and aa
the next generation will find it.
Naturally all the big events of
today will be worked into this re
vu?, aad the Idiosyncrasies of prom
inent asen and women of Washing
ton, both in Is official and residen
tial circles, will be set forth in a
most diverting manner.
The full strength of the Poll Mu
sical Comedy Players with a sym
phony orchestra, will be employed
in the presentation of thia Wash
ington Revue.
"The Girl With the Maak" will be
an added feature for the Revue.
B. r. Keith's? V ?.devili.
Lady Duff-Gordon, tbe "Lucile" of
International fashion fame, will be in
troduced to Washington at B. F.
Keith'? theater, next week. She will
present her own pantomimic and mu
sical fashion revue, "Fleurette'.?
Dream at Perorine. ' ia seven scenes
with prologue and epilogue. Other at
tractions will be Jame? and Bonnie
! Thornton, "The Toungest of th. Old
j Timer."; W. J. ("Ragtime") ReUly.
the Jolly young jack tar from the bat
tleahip "Michigan," in a ?urprieingly
clever pianologue he was detailed to
give In vaudeville; Eleonore Cochran,
ihe operatic and concert cinger, asao
ciated with Eric Zardo, the pianist;
Margaret Edward?, 'The Perfect Girl"
from California; Arthur Sullivan and
company, ta ?? Drawing from Life;"
Evereal'? Monkey?; the Gallarmi ?is
ters; the pipe organ recital? and the
Hearst-Path? new? pictorial and real
war film..
G.yety? Itllavil'
Molile William?, long a favorite
with local burlesque audience,,
comes to the Gayety Theater next
week at the head of her own ?how.
which ha* *been provided with a
new book, a new organisation and
practically nothing old bnt the tille.
Mi?? Williams has suplem.nted the
extravagant, portion of her ?how
by presenting a dramatic ?ketch,
written by herself. In which ther?
are many startling situations. It?
title is "Tha Trap." Thoa? moat
prominent in the caat ar?. Arabark
All. Billy Gilbert, Billy Melntyre,
Earl Sh.han. May Sheridan. Flor
ence Kelly. Nell Gilbert and th?
typical William? chorus.
Vaadevlll..
Music and mirth from the beat to
tbe breez.e t la announced for the
?even-act hill which will constltut-j
next week's attraction at the Cosmos
Theater. Two big headliners will pre
sent Mile. Leona Guarne, a Russian
operette atar, who la making her first
appearance In vaudeville, and Vic
tor's Musical Melange, presenting a.
company of 14 talented players, with
three special sets of handsome scenery
and a combination hand and orches
tra, in one of the newest acts of the
year. Supplementing the?? will be
Middleton and Spellmyer. in "Aa
ucean Wooing." a dainty playlet, with
special scenery and exceptional songs;
Herbert and Dennis in a potpourri or
mirth and surprises. Freer. Baggott
and F rear, a comedy trio in a Jug
Kling diversion; Cotton and Boulden
in a new pianologue with ?ome clover
Imitation? and Marahall and Welton
in dance* de luxe. The big matinee
photoplay will be "On Trial." featur
ing Salile Caatleman, the Fox Sun
shine comedy, "Shadow? of Her Past"
and th? Hearst-Path? news.
Uni Clamala? t Ivi.. Mania.
For th? remainder of th? current
wMk beginning Thursday Vivian
Martin will ha th? pictured star at
latew'a Columbia la a visualisation of
i*t?nce? Hodgson Burnett'? "The
Fair Barbarian."
Sunday and for the firit halt of
neat week Elate Ferguioa will be Men
In a picturisatlon of Agne? aad Eger
toa Castle's noted novel, R-n of th?
World."
meere: ?tt-aad ?-BabkHaa
????????.?
BtgtnaJ-ig Thursday of thi? week
and continuing until 8und.y. "Bab
bling Tongue?" will be th? feature
Photoplay at Mo.? a Strand Thtv.
t*r arai* VaUitM aa? Jaata.
Morrison are filmed In Ut* leading
rol??.
? nov.lty will ?S? Introduced at tk*
Strand nut week, whan. In addition
to th* uaual feature photoplay* and
*?ort-r-aal dlveisiona, ther? will b.
presented alao "Melody Garden." a
two-*cen? mullcai entertainment of
f?r*d by atz charming lady lnstru
irientaliaU who will appear three
time? dauly-at 3 .TO. 8:30 and M:I0
P. rn.
From Sunday to Thursday tb* film
feature' will be "Julea of th? Strong
Heart." th? latest leleaae of that
eminent character actor, Georf* Ba
bau. Beginning Thursday of next
weak and continuing until Sunday
tha program'wlll embrace "The Curse
of ?tu." *taning T*uru Aokl Haya
dawa.
??.?r?? Gard????-The Ma? WHh
?ut a C.aatrj."
At Moor?'* Gard.n Theater on
Wednesday. Th4*r*day and Friday of
thia week "the feature of the bill will
bu a film version of Edward Ever
ett Hate's patriotic masterpiece, "The
Man Without a Country," with H. E.
Herbert and Florcnc* L? Badie
?creened tn th* principal role?.
On Saturday only of this week the
chief attraction will ba "Th? 8?v
ac?," In which Ruth Clifford I* pic
tured as th? heroine.
Next week at th? ?lardan will also
ba divided among three cinema *ub
Jects. Th* major offering for the
first three day* of tha week will
ba "Fay Me." On Wednesday only
will be ?hown "The Winged Mys
tery" From Thursday to Sunday
of next week the Garden will fea
ture Margarita Fiacher in "Molly Go
Get 'Em " Short reels and orches
tral accompaniment* will complete
each program.
COURT SAYS SECOND
MARRIAGE IS LEGAL
Mrs. William Stokes Sammons Wins
Point in Divorce Case.
Th? aecond mcrrlaga af William
Stoke* Sammona, a window ?hart?
manufacturar of this city, deapite the
fact that ordinarily under the ?tatute.?
h? was Illegally married. 1* legal, ac
cording to an opinion ?tuned yeater
day by Justice Siddon?. before whom
the firjt phase of the ?ult for absolute
divorce filed by Sam mon ? aecond wife.
Agne* E. Sammon?, regarding the
validity of that marriage was heard.
In his answer to hi* wife'* ?ult for
absolute divorce, Sammon* contended
that bt* wife. Agnes E. Sammon?.
wa? not hi? legal wife, because he
wa? divorced under circum?tances
which prevented hi* remarriage
Therefore, Sammon* ln?l*ted that hi?
?econd wife could not legally bring
?ult against him.
In IME, ?ays Sammons, be married
Nora F. Rudlett In Baltimore. In li?*!
ahe got an absolute divorce from him
here. At the time of his mart l?ge ta
hl* preaent wife, October, 1910. he avis
Ignorant, he declared, of the prohlDi
tion of the l?atrlct law against the
remarriage In the Dlatrlct of the
guilty party In absolute divorce pro
ceeding?, but be had been advised re
cently, he stated, that the nature of
tha decree renders hi* ?econd ra?r
rlage void.
PINK PILL DOCTOR.
NADDED BY POLICE
Sanity of "Cure Everything" Pro
moter Questioned by Judge.
KM Tork, J?n. ?.?Dr. William
T-lewellyn Owen, who had b?en "cur
ing" 8.S00 patient? by mail with pills
varying In color for use each day
of the week, found himself In trouble,
with the Federal authorities, follow
ing a raid by Postofflca Inspector
Mayhew.
Assistant I". S. Attorney Hnttridge
had about a bushel of the "guaran
teed-to-cure" pill? In hi? office, to
gether with a ma** of literature.
A booklet entitled "The Good Sa
maritan, or a Guide to Health," ?et
forth tbe miraculous power* of the
pill?. Federal Judge Thoma?. after
Dr. Owen had been rharged with
mlauatng the mail?, and had pleaded
guilty, ordered that an allentat ex
amine the Good Samaritan.
LABOR BOARD
SCORED FOR
ARMY DELAYS
Witness Tells Senate Co*m
mittee Radical Ideas
Block Progress.
Testifying yesterday before tb*
8enate Military Affair* Committee,
David Hirachbaum. a Philadelphia
manufacturer, declared that "ao?
clalUtlc and paclfUttc tendencle?"
In tbe government'* Board of Labor
Standard* bad delayed execution
of army contract?
He declared that two of the three
member* of th* Board which pa*??*
upon condition* In factories taking
government contract*, were ?o ar
bitrary that he did not ??? bow tb?
contract* could b* carried out.
He alio ?aid the Board wlabe* to
unionist all factorie?, and thi*
would work havoc with labor
condition?. Th* Secretary of War
authorised this decision, he aald
later on.
Admiral Samuel McGowan, chief
of th? Bureau of Supplie* and Ac
count* of the Navy, wa* on tb*
? tand most of the day. He told how
SS17.000.000 worth ot aupplte* had
been purchased for the navy by
competitive bidding and without
the secrecy that ha* ?urrounded
army buying.
Secretary ot War Baker will
tak* th? ?tand today. After hi*
teatlmonyy 1* concluded, the com
1 mlttee will adjourn the hearing*
; and prepare It* bill creating a au?
j nitions and supplies dictator who
; will ?upervl?? all army and navy
purchaie*.
McGowan pleaded today that the
I navy system not be abolished. "For
' Hod's sake." said he, "don't disturb
: the navy supply *y?tem: now la th*
? time we need It ? hope and pray
' you will not take out of the navy'*
! band* the purchasing system w*
\ have built up for year?."
Purchasing for the navy, ?aid the :
? admiral, had been conducted with '
. the advice of a few civilian ex
pert* who are paid amali salarles '
\ and who have given up their busi
ne*s connection?.
He eald he would have no other ,
? system than competitive bidding, de
rlei in? :
'There'? an open court for bid*
i where each bidder can watch the {
other and we can wateh them alt. I
? The bid.? are always open to inapec- |
tion. The books are kept by us ;
? and tbe records belong to the pub- :
lie."
Several Senators congratulated the '
admiral on the fine lyetam in the !
navy. One asked why the admiral ?
thought it a ?ucees.-.
"The flap officer? of the fleet ?ay I
it is." he said, "and another reason
I believe in It I* that it ha* <uc
i eeded In ?pit* of tb? faot that I
:iin at the head of it."
The examination revealed th?*
Admiral McGowan had not needed
the assistance of the Council of Na
tional Defense. He said he "did
not need" eecrecy to keep prices
: down, for when price* went up he
| commandeered and fixed a price.
'There's no need of it, sind there
, will be no possibility of it* use If
t I can prevent It," ?aid the naval
| officer. "There are hundred? of
I suggestions to lower th? quality of
the bluejackets' food and uniform j
But we will not lower either. It's ]
? not alone the physical effect on the ;
j sailor, but the mental that must
; be counted tn. I bold myself per
I aonally responsible to every mother,
] wife and sweetheart for whatever ?
II have to do with making tha lives ]
of the bluejackets the best I can."
The wittieas was very chary of
. criticising the army system of
I purchasing, but when pressed he
? said that h? believed If the army
, adopted a similar system to that
| used in the navy It would be a com
j p?ete ?ucees?.
L U. S. TO CONTROL HEMP.
J Government control of the purchase
mu? distribution of Manila hemp, the
?hortage of which Is affecting the ?
? tubing industry in the United States. !
? will be established soon. The United '
: State* Food Administration announced
I last night it details of the arrange- I
ments for ., ich control probably will ]
be made public In the next few day*.
UNDERSTAND THIS
NOW! CATARRH
CAN DE RELIEVED
S. S. S. Hat Proven to Be a Blood
Putter Tkat Will Clean*? die
Vital Fluid aad Carry Off
the Imparities.
The very fact that Catarrh is
often considered to be nothing
more than a bad head-cold or in
flammation of the membranes of
the nose and throat has caused
many people to go through years
of suffering, who might have been
fully restored to health had they
realized that the supposed cold in
the head was not a local trouble
only, but that they had become
infected with the germs of a com
plicated and dangerous disease.
It is- true that Catarrh u-uallv
begins with a cold in the head,
and this supposed cold may have
been caused by infection through
proximity to infected persons in a
closed street car or room, inhal
ing the germs when someone
coughed or sneezed; but, however
the infection occurs, the poisons
which are taken into your system,
ultimately find their way into
your blood and the supposed cold
becomes a constitutional trouble
that will affect every part of your
body. The poisoned blood circu
lating through your system will
carry these germs to the very
source of your vitality.
Look out for these symptoms
for there is no more annoying or
dangerous disease than Catarrh.
There's a continual discharge from
the nostrils, buzzing in the ears
that grows worse and worse,
sometimes leading to deafness,
scabs in the nostrils, headaches,
dripping ia um thro??, constant
hawking and spitting, and in cer
tain stages of the disease the odor
from the breath is very offensive.
Catarrh is usually worse in win
ter because of over-heated rooms
and offices, and because the low
temperature prevents the little re
lief that healthy sweating will
give. The poison vitiated air in
stuffy rooms is breathed over ami
over?in fact, the daily habits 01
men and women are faithful allies
of this disease. As the blood cir
culates through the body, it car
ries Catarrh germs into the stoni- :
ach, causing chronic dyspepsia; ii
affects' the kidneys and bladder;
it weakens the general health and
causes loss of appetite. The suf
ferer feels despondent and half
sick most of the time, but the
greatest danger lies in the fact
that if the Catarrh is not checked
the lungs may become involved,
terminating in Consumption, the
most insidious of all diseases.
Don't expect to permanently !
cure Catarrh with sprays, lotions
and salves or medicated cigarette'
smoking. They give only tempo-1
rary relief. S. S. S. is the best !
treatment for Catarrh, because iti
goes right into the bloo-l and as-1
sists it in removing the itarrhal I
poison and at the same tim builds
up the entire system by ,:s fincj
tonic effect. S. S. S. h a mirclyj
vegetable remedy and noi i'ti-|
rious to the system, like ? -al
medicines.
Catarrh sufferers will find t!
consulting department helpful in
advising local treatment to . b<
used with S. S. S. Don't hesi
tate to write them, and if you
have the symptoms of Catarrh or
a cold that is hanging on, go
immediately to your druggist and
get a bottle of S. S. S. Swift
Specific Company, Drawer 12,
AUanU. Georgi j-?Adv.
s
President Wilson
Advocates
Federal Suffrage
Amendment
Congressmen who are calling on the
President to ask his advice on the Federal
Suffrage Amendment are being told to
vote for it
"As an Act of Right and Justice"
The President's commitment to the
amendment ranks as a war statement with
those made by Premier Lloyd George and
Mr. Asquith and the Premier of Canada.
The British House of Commons has
passed Woman Suffrage as a war measure
by a vote of 7 to 1.
France has found time between Verdun
and Cambrai to proclaim, through its Cham
ber of Deputies, that women should have
the vote. " first of all as an act of delayed
justice and, secondly, as a move dictated
j by public interest." r
Italy's Prime Minister pledges the mu
> nicipal enfranchisement of Italian women.
The State Parliaments of five Canadian
Provinces have adopted Woman Suffrage,
and, the newly returned Federal Premier,
finding it ridiculous that women should
vote in some provinces and not in others,
has pledged votes for all Canadian women
by act of the Dominion Parliament
The war has shown Europe the need
of Suffrage for women. It has shown
America.
Only a Referendum
The Congress of th? United States does
not possess the power to settle this ques
tion; it can only refer it to the Legislatures
of the several States. To deny the States
the opportunity to act at this crucial time,
when Parliaments all over the world are
acting upon the question, is to assume an
autocratic power utterly inconsistent with
American history and precedent. Women
who vote and women who want to vote
urge the Congress to grant a referendum
on the Federal Suffrage Amendment.
National American Woman Suffrage Association
National Headquarters, 1626 Rhode Island Avenue

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