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PLEA TO COUNTRY
FOR D. C. SUFFRAGE
Federal Employes Consider
Exposition of "Undemocrat.
ic Conditions" Here.
Government employes In "Washington
may undertake to educate the
people of the several states as to the
undemocratic conditions obtaining,
? here. 1
The board of representatives of Federal
Employes' Union- No. 2, the
"Washington branch of the National
Federation of Federal Employes, last
night authorized the appointment of
a committee to study the various proposals
advanced for the enfranchisement
of the District.
Tt is contemplated that the committee
shall present a plan for adoption
by the union and that a nation-wide
campaign of education shall be undertaken
by the government workers
as soon as they have agreed upon the
form of suffrage they think the District
should have.
Other Associations Act.
Reference was made to a similar inquiry
about to be undertaken by a
committee appointed by the Central
J.abor Univ?n. The Federation of Citizens'
Associations also has proposed a
national campaign of enlightenment
>?- V,r> Wnahin<rtn. I
nian. The desirability of eo-ordinat.
* ing the efforts of these bodies was
suggested.
B. W. Payne, chairman of the reso.
lotions committee of the union, said
the average American does not realize
j that "Washingtonians are voteless,
j ".lust go to any city on election day."
| dec lared Mr. Payne, "and offer to bet
. there is a city of 400,000 people in this
I country where a vote will not be cast
1 and you can make all the money you
I want to."
Salary increases for government
employes, co-operative buying as a
means of reducing the cost of living,
intercompany transfers and the need
of continuing the Saulsbury law,
adopted as a war measure to prevent
rent-profiteering, were discussed by
the board of representatives, which
met in Perpetual Hall, at 11th and E
streets northwest. j
Cabinet members were criticised for
l aving submitted recommendations [
f r salary increases for government
employes In supplemental estimates
lather than including them in the
} legular budget. As this procedure
. made the recommendations subject to
) a point of order, it had raised the
j question in Congress, it was declared,
| ?s to whether the cabinet really faj
vored the increases proposed. It was
I suggested that relief might be granted,
hpwever, if the heads of the departments
would go personally before
j the appropriations committee and
' urge that the recommendations be
granted.
To Study Co-Operative Buying.
At the suggestion of the resolutions
committee, the board authorized the
appointment of a committee to study
co-operative buying and keep government
clerks informed as to how they
may co-operate most effectively in
various community efforts under
".av to reduce the cost of living by
* ill's method.
Proposals that intercompany transf 'rs
be established by the street railway
companies and that the Saulsbury
law be continued after the signing
of the treaty of peace were referred
to the advisory committee. The 1
board pledged $^0 to the Thomas J. <
Mooney fund. ]
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IS U. S. IMPOTENT?
IS D. C. UNFIT?
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If Uncle Sam will not on his own account
abandon the vicious habit ol
indulgence of autocracy of the heart,
will he not cut it out in order that
he may not Injure by his example the
impressionable and imitative family
of young republics in Europe whom
he is fathering?
We cannot permit kaiserism to linger
in Berlin after It is banished from
the rest of th*. German republic,
merely because we approve and exploit
autocratic non*yepfesentative
government in our own capital city.
The true solution of the difficulty Is
for us to eliminate the principle of
kaiserism from our own capital, as
well as from all Germany.
Then we shall set a worthy example
to. and become a lit model for,
the world's family of infant repubics.
i Strength of Organized Washington
I Not only has war shown the mighty
power of the nation, but it has incidentally
demonstrated the real
Rtrrngth of organized Washington
when It throws itself unitedly Into
any range.
What organized Washington has
done in renpeet to the selective draft,
the Red Cross and United War-Work
drives an?l the liberty loans, it can do
and will do In a campaign for Its own
Americanization, for the application
to Itself of the vital principle of poltt?*al
equity, upon, which as ofcie
foundation all these other campaigns
and activities have avowedly been
based.
The war is over and the voices of
the Constitution and of Equity, almost
silent in the deafening roar of the
war guns, speak again loudly and
authoritatively.
Washington, released from its wartime
obligation to think solely of national
service and sacrifice to help to
win the war, is permitted to think and
speak again for itself. And its first
and most earnest petition is for Americanization.
for representation, like
other American communities, in Congress
and the electoral college.
Its first petition is for national representation,
because it believes that
through exercise of the power which
such representation will give all other
good things municipal that are
strongly desired will be added to it.
This note is sounded in all the citizens'
organizations as they resume
their winter activities. The Board of
Trade, the Chamber of Commerce, the
Federation of Citizens* Associations,
the Central Labor Union and many
other citizens' organizations have put
on record their appreciation of the
fiir.f that the nsvrhnlne-ipnl moment.
approaches for a determined and
united campaign to carry through
Congress and the state legislatures
our pending constitutional amendment,
empowering Congress to grant
representation to the District in Congress
and the electoral college.
Nearly all of the citizens' organizations
of Washington, large and
small, co-operate in the organization
of the Joint Citizens' Committee on
National Representation for the District
of Columbia.
The organizations represented in
the joint committee are as ^follows:
Board of Trade, Chamber of Commerce,
Federation of Citizens' Associations,
representing thirty sectional
citizens' associations; Central Labor
Union, representing seventy-two local
unions and six local auxiliaries; Retail
Merchants' Association, Monday Evening
Club, Bar Association, Association
of Oldest Inhabitants, District Delegate
Association. Real Estate Brokers' Association,
citizens' associations not represented
in the federation, including
Columbia Heights, East Washington,
Georgetown. Northeast Washington.
South Washington and Southweet
Citizsns' Association; Citizens' Community
of Forty in Favor of Popular
Government of the District of Columbia.
Twentieth Century Club.
co-operating organizations; The
local branch of the National American
Woman's Suffrage Association and
the American Federation of Labor.
This exponent of organized Washington
will doubtless undertake vigorously
with the recently elected
peace and reconstruction Congress a
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new offensive In Its eemml(s,(?r national
representation, which has been
halted In the present war Congress by
1 the national exigencies and by considerations
of -patriotism and expediency.
Efficiency in War and Peace.
The efficiency and power of _>rgan
ized Washington have been demonstrated
in the war-time In a dozen
; different ways?in securing soldiers
j and sailors to help to win the. war.
in applying effectively the selective
i draft, in campaigns for liberty loans,
for conservation and for money for the
Red Cross, the united war workers'
l drive and for countless war chari,
ties. The power thus developed can
and ought now to be turned into the
for the District. Our four-minute
i men, for example, who have stirred
1 us to sustain the war against autoci
racy and for representative government
for all the-world overseas will
be inspired to light with all their
power against autocracy and for representative
government at home in
the capital of the great representative
republic. And so with the whole honor
list of Washlngtonians who as war
workers have made a record of executive
ability and patriotic devotion of
which we are all proud. Washington
has organized effectively in the nation's
defense and to secure political
equity for all the world. It may now
organize strongly in self-defense to
secure political equity for itself.
Victory Through Unity.
Representative Ben Johnson in one
of his diatribes accused the Washingtonians
of unparalleled "clannlshness."
It is true that of late years
we Washingtonlans have been driven
together by our common endurance of
injustice, deprivation of American
rights and undeserved vilification into
1 an approximate unity of thought and
action, which had been sadly lacking
in earlier stages of the city's history.
Like the revolutionary forefathers we
have hung together in order that we
might not hang separately.
What Washingtonlans have done in
war-time organization shows the
community's resources, capacity and
latent strength. When we stand together
shoulder to shoulder and campaign
for political equity and naI
tional representation with the same
enthusiasm and the same power that
characterized our campaigns for the
success of the selective draft, for the
liberty loans and for the*Red Cross
campaign and the united war service
drive we will sweep forward irresistibly
to victory.
Our boys have gone over the top
in France for world democracy and
representative government in place
of autocracy everywhere. Shall not
we stay-at-homes go over the top in
America for representative government
in place of autocracy in the
District of Columbia?
When oar soldier hoys come home
shall they find themselves the only
; Americans In n onr great Army who
! are Isolated as nnfit to enjoy the rep!
resentatlve government on American
principles, to bestow which npon the
rest of the world they have shed their
blood and risked their lives overseas
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65th CONGRESS, First Session.
H. J. Res. 73.
S. J. Res. 64.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
April 28, 1817,
Mr. Austin introduced tho following
joint resolution, which was referred
to the committee on the Judiciary and
ordered to be printed.
IN THE SENATE
Introduced by Mr. Chamberlain May
11, 1917, and referred to the committee
on the District of Columbia.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution
of the United States giving
to Congress the power to extend
the right of suffrage to residents
of the District of Colombia.
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Resolved by the Senate and House <
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FUNK * WAGNAL
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of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled
(two-thirds of each House concurring
therein). That the following
amendment to the Constitution of the
United States be proposed-for ratlflcatlon
by the legislatures of the several
states, which, when ratified by
the legislatures of three-fourths of
the states, shall be valid as a part of
said Constitution; namely, insert at
the end of section three, article IV,
the following words:
"The Congress shall have power to
ndatlt to the status of ettlaens of a
state the residents of the District
eoastttnting the seat of the goverant
eat of the United States, created by
article I. istHm ?lrbt. for the bot
pose ef itfnmtitloi In the Csn?mm
ut amoac the eleetera of
President and Tlee President and tor
the purpose at aoli( and keln( sued
In the courts ot the United Staiteo under
the provisional at article III. section
two.
"When the Congress shall exercise
this power the residents ot such District
shall he entitled to elect one or
two senators, no determined by
the Congress, representatives In the
Bouse according to their numbers as
determined by the decennial enumeration,
and presidential electors equal
In number to their aggregate representation
In the House and Senate.
"The Congress shall provide hy law
the qualifications-, of voters and the
time and manner of choosing the
senator or senators, thev^reprcsentattve
or representatives and the electors
herein authorised.
"The Congress shall have power to
make nil laws which shall be necessary
and proper for carrying Into execution
the foregoing power."
Tfin RIIQV FflD DFW1DTQ
IUU uuui i un ivLi umu
Solicitor of Nary Department Has
Been Unable to Review Work
on Acconnt of War Duties.
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Judge Graham Egerton, solicitor of
the Navy Department, has informed
the Secretary of the Navy that the
entire energies of his office during
the past year have been directed to
the foremost duty on hand?"winning
the war." Therefore, he says, it had
been impossible to spare the time for
the collection of data for the usual
annual report.
For the reason given it was considered
that there is ample justification
for the postponement until a less
strenuous season of the .history of
the office's achievements.
"We really cannot devote time just
now," he said, "to the pleasing occupation
of patting ourselveB on the
back or the self-gratifying performance
of blowing our own horn."
Solicitor Egerton took occasion,
however, to express his appreciation
"of the faithful and loyal efforts of
the little band" composing his office
force. Overtime service, he said, has
been voluntarily and cheerfully rendered.
No one asked for the usual
annual vacation, and the energy of
each has been bent to the satisfactory
^discharge of ever-increasing
duties.
"Each employe," the solicitor said,
"has tackled his or her task as if
obsessed with the idea that it took '
thtit to win the war."
Marshal Petain has conferred the
military medal upon Gen. Guillaumat,
commander of the French 5th Armv.
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WHOLESALE CURES DUE
TO NEWS OF ARMISTICE
2,200 Victims of Shell Shock Recover
Immediately Upon Hear
ing It Is Signed.
How announcement of signature of,
the armistice effected a wholesale
cure of about 2,200 Americans of the
expeditionary force, who had been
suffering from shell shock, was disclosed
yesterday by Surgeon General
Ireland to the Senate military committee.
He said the War Department was
advised that of 2.500 shell shock cases
on hand, 2,200 recovered, almost immediately,
over the armistice news.
The others are being sent to this
country.
"It was the greatest experience in
psycho-therapeutics known," the committee
was told.
Plans of the Army for dealing with
shell-shock cases was explained by
the surgeon general and assistants.
The principal hospital for such cases,
the committee was advised, i3 at
Plattsburg, N. Y? where virtually all
patients are first sent. A large majority
completely recover, it was
stated, often within twenty-four or
forty-eight hours, and, if recovery is
slow, many patients are sent to asylums.
TRADE BAN IS LUTED.
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-No Limit on Exports to Allied and j
Neutral Countries.
Commodities in almost unlimited
quantities may now be exported to
Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan
and other allied countries. But the
blockade against Germany still is
maintained and will not be relaxed,
at 1 pa at until naooa la Affloiellw ~u
? - ?<0 UIIH-IOIIJ coiaulished.
This announcement was made
by the War Trade Board westerday,
and the new rules will become effective
Monday.
Shipments soon will be made to
neutral countries, such as Norway,
Sweden, Holland, Switzerland, Spain
and Central and South America. The
board predicted ample tonnage for
these trade routes within a brief
period.
"James F. Regan." the Sing Sing |
convict who testified recently at the |
trial at which Miss Elizabeth Baska ;
was acquitted of the murder of Mrs.
Helen Hamel, has been indicted in
New York on a charge of perjury,
"committed after the defendant had
been three times found guilty of felonies."
Plenty of exercise, fresh air,
regular hours?is all the prescription
you" need to avoid
Influenza?unless - through
neglect or otherwise, a cold
gets you. Then take?at
once
CASCARAE? QUININE.
Standard cold remedy for 20 years?in tablet
form?safe, sure, no opiates?breaks up a cold
lfT24 hours?relieves grip in 3 days. Money
baekif it fails. The genuine box has a Red top
with Mr. Hill's picture* At All Drug Store*
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NON-ESSENTIAL CROWDS
OPPOSED BY PHYSICIANS
Responsibility for Influenza Uncle- 1
termlned, Says Health Association
Committee.
CHICAGO, December 14.?Recommendation
that non-essential gatherings of I
crowds should be prohibited to prevent 1<
the spread of Influenza was made in a P
report of a committee appointed by the li
American Public Health Association, h
which closed Thursday. The committee o
held that the closing of schools should li
be left with local authorities.
xne committee reported that "a micro- r
organism, or virus, primarily responsible o
for this disease, has not yet been identi- ?
fled," but that deaths resulting from in- .
fluenza commonly are due to the development
of pneumonia. The report also t
stated that evidence as to success of 0
vaccines was contradictory and irreconcilable.
as also was the evidence regarding
the beneficial results from the use of p
masks. The report, however, recommended
compulsory wearing of masks in
hospitals and by barbers and dentists.
As a method of prevention the com- v
mittee recommended breaking the chan- ?
nels of communication by which the infective
agent passes from one person to
another, rendering persons exposed to P
infection immune, or at least more re- s
sistant by the use of vaccine and by v
augmented healthfulness." o
District Nati
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Today's
Nobody really beli
go=lucky maxim of lei
care of itself. Yet so
their neglect of thou;
Really none of us
leave the future unpi
duty of today to mak
provision for tomorr<
need it?so much the
of the peace of mind i
matter what overtake:
away in a Savings Acc
of money to meet the
Now's a good time
on this subject of sa
upon it. as penalty 01
rather as an investm
?because really it is i
while you have your
in our Savings Depart
ing interest?at 3 PEI
Then when the tit
need it for any purpos
won't have to borrov
?just draw your che<
Start right now.
small the beginningwonderful
bigness. L
soon.
H. L. Offutt, Jr.,
Cashier.
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IAIL PROVES GOOD FIELD
FOR ROBBER ACTIVITIES
Smploye's Locker la P. 0. Prison
Killed of Valuables Other
Thefts BeportedL
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Thomas P. Magett, employed la the .
>letrlct jail, yesterday afternoon
earned that the prison was not a safe ;
lace to leave valuables, even under
ock and key. Bis locker was opened,
a reported to the police, and robbed
f a sold watch and purse oontalnng
|S In change.
Mrs. Margaret J. Jones, It 1st street
ortheast, last night about 7:30
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' waa i uuucu ui uoi u?u\>w?o
d and B streets southeast by one of
hree colored boys. The bar conained
a $20 bill, rlnr and papers. One
f the boys was arrested.
Miss R. Wells, 1123 13th street, reorted
the theft of $29 from her home
>y an unidentified colored girl.
Theft of a gold watch and chain ,
alued at $40 was reported by Miss ]
mnie Page. 1305 10th street.
George Shamas, 601 B street, told |
iolice of the sixth precinct that a
how window at his place of business
ras broken yesterday and $10 worth
f cigarettes stolen.
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each day take
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better. But think
in knowing that no |
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ount there's plenty |
emergency.
: to think seriously
ving. y Don't look
1 the present?but
ent for the future
an investment?for |
money on deposit
tment it'll be earnCENT.
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.et's talk it over?
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President.
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TT. 8, BUTT XV ZUBOPE.
Ia?S? Military Tone t? B? Uaed,
x 8ay? lb. KeppeL
That the United State* moat maintain
a large military ferae in Kurope
daring the reconstruction period, and
to d? police duty, wu the declaration
Ia*t night of Frederick P. Keppel,
assistant searetary of war, at a dinner
given by the Colnmbla University
Alumni Club at Savronl'a
An addreaa on the proepecte of educatlon
after the war waa made by
Dr. Herbert Hawke* dean of the
faculty at Columbia. 8arauel McKune
Lilmlsav snoke on the kind of social
work needed following tha wr.
Don't Suffer
With Neuralgia
Use Soothing Musterole
When those sharp patss go shoot in*
throngh your head, when your skull
seems as If it would split, just rub 21
little Musterole on your temples and
neck. It draws out the Inflammation,
soothes away the pain, usually ffivlna
quick relief.
Musterole Is a clean, white ointment,
made with oil of mustard. Better
than a mustard plaster aad does
sot blister.
Many doctors and nurses frankly
recommend Musterole for sore throat,
bronchitis, croup, stiff neck, asthma,
neuralgia, congestion, pleurisy, rheumatism,
lumbago, pains and aches of
the back or joints, sprains, sore mas*
K" ?s, bruises, chilblains, frosted fretIds
of the chest tit often prevents
pneumonia). It Is always dependable.
iMANYUVES
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Doctors declare that every win- 1
ter thousands of lives are needlessly
sacrificed through neglect of 1
what at first is a simple cold. 1
There is grave danger in allow- '
ing a cold to "wear off." It is
more often likely to wear away
the lungs and start the develop- i
ment of pneumonia or other serious
throat or lung trouble.
At the first sign of a cold you
should start taking Father John's
Medicine, which is a doctor's prescription
with more than sixty
years of success in the treatment
of colds and coughs.
The gentle laxative effect of
Father John's Medicine drives ont
impurities and the tonic food It- ,
nients build new health and strength
to ward off further attacks of disease.
The important point to remember
is that Father John's Medicine is
guaranteed free, from alcohol or dangerous
drugs in any form, so it is a
sale" medicine for all the family to
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