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SECTION TWO.
SECTION TWO.
WASHINGTON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 1919.
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D.CWELCOME
PARADEPLANS
TAKING SHAP
Elaborate Decorations and
Special Comfort Features to
Mark Yanks' Visit.
Predicting the parade here of the
First Division next month will he the
largest spectacle Washington ever
has witnessed, including even inaugu i
ral processions, actual work of those j
in charge of preparing the uapitai ior
its reception of the soldiers probably
will be begun by the end of this
week.
Col. Robert N. Harper, president of
the District National Bank, who is
co-operating with War Department
officials In planning the welcome,
may take up with Congressmen plans
for the erection of stands along the
Avenue to seat thousands of specta
tors. Colonel. Harper .says these
stands will bfe similar to the accom
modations provided for inaugural pa
rades. The decoration of the city is in the
hands of a committee of representative-
business men and of officials of
the District government. Through a
"flag campaign" among owners of
business houses and residents of the
Capital "Washington will be gajy
decorated.
Plan Arch of Triaaph.
The Court of Honor, which is to
stretch for a block in front of the
Executive Mansion, and which will
include an arch of triumph, will be
less ornate than those erected for
inaugural parades, but will be elabo
rately decorated, nevertheless. Colonel
Harper stated. Opposite the Presi
dent's reviewing stand will be a
grandstand along the sidewalk, bor
dering Lafayette Park and Pennsyl
vania avenue.
Within the week details will have
been completed at the War Depart
ment for assembling in New York and
transporting to Washington the
equipment to be used in the parade.
Announcement will also be made as
to where this equipment will be park
ed in Washington for a day previous
to the parade, to allow inspection by
visitors and Washingtonians. Each
piece of equipment will be marked to
show .Its use. while. .soldletswill be
detailed to act as""guideV and con
duct visitors on unofficial tours of
inspection.
Third Cavalry to Welcome.
Arrangements are underway at Fort
Myer to care for part of the First di
vision's mounted quota during its
stay In Washington, and a troop of
the Third cavalry has been ordered to
New Yorfc to welcome General Per
ching and the advance guard of tie
division when It lands in Hoboken.
Welfare organizations, including
the War Camp Community Service,
the Bed Cross, and the Y. K. C. A,
are planning now for their parts in
caring for the 28,000 troops while in
Washington.
The District Motor Corps will fur
nish transportation for wounded, non
ambulatory cases. These soldiers will
follow the procession in motor trucks
and Red Cross automobiles.
Headquarters of the Canteen Serv
ice will be maintained at the Union
Station. Along the line of march two
branches will be established to serve
refreshments to troops waiting for
the parade to get under way.
A first aid station will be installed
on Pennsylvania avenue, with an
emergency ambulance to answer calls
from any soldiers or spectators who
become I1L
The Washington Clearing House
Association will co-operate with the
Red Cross to maintain a branch bank
at Camp Meade for the soldiers dur
ing the period of demobilization. This
branch bank will enable the men to
obtain money from banks in their
home towns.
P.O. EMPLOYES ASK
IE
Drastic and sweeping reforms in
the postal service will be advocated
by speakers at the National Federa
tion of Postal Employes' convention
to be held in Washington in Septem
ber, opening Labor Day.
Among the questions to be discuss
ed will be a higher wage standard,
reduction of night work, punitive pay
for overtime, and closer observance
of the eight-hour law.
"Primarily we want recognition of
the human element in the postal
service." declared Thomas F. Flaher
ty, secretary-treasurer of the federa
tion, in discussing the reforms that
will be advocated.
"The public ha3 the vague idea that
the postal service is some mechanical
contrivance that functions automati-
ally and without the aid of human
.abor. This is one of the popular fal
lacies we hope to blast away. Be
cause of the poor pay and worse
working conditions, the service can
not obtain sufficient man power, with
the result that the present employes
are carrying the burden. Old em
ployes are resigning by scores, and
their places cannot be filled. We pro
pose to eutline constructive legisla
tion to Congress that will point the
way to industrial rehabilitation of
the service."
The national officers of the federa
tion are: President. Gilbert E. Hy
itt: first vice president. John J.
Welsh: second vice president. John
J- McGee; third vice president. Wal
ter C. Hancock: fourth vice president.
Patrick E. Higglns; fifth vice presi-
dent. Miss Ethel E. Tulloch; secre-
tary-treasurer, Thomas i. Flaherty.
HIGHER WAGE SCA
REV. HUGH T. STE
VENSON, pastor of
Bethany Baptist Church,
who is leaving" Washing
ton tomorrow to attend a
London religious confer
ence next month.
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SAIL FOR ENGLAND
The Rev. Hugh T. Stevenson, pas
tor. Bethany Baptist Church, will
leave Washington tomorrow, for Lon
don, England. He is going to attend
the First International Brotherhood
Conference, which will be held Sep
tember 13 to 16, in the City Temple,
and will be accompanied by his wife.
David Lloyd George, English
premier, and the American ambassa
dor. John W. Travis, will speak, at the
conference.
The pastor and his wife will sail
from Montreal Friday.
U. S. PAYS 21,
Nolan Wage Bill Would Boost
Total Pay by $5,271,000
Yearly, Report Shows.
Upward of 27.000 Government em
ployes in Washington are receiving
less than $90 a month, according to a
report made public today by the Sen
ate Committee on Education and Labor
considering the Nolan minimum wage
bill. This bill provides, a minimum
wage of $3 a day for Government
employes.
These 27,000 employes comprise
26 per cent of the 104,317 em
ployes of the Federal and District
Lgovernment whose positions are with
in the jurisdiction of the joint com
mission on the reclassification ol
salaries.
Among cases bordering on the piti
ful which have come to the attention
of the commission is that of a woman
eighty-four years of age, who is re
ceiving $729 a year as assistant mes
senger. She received $432 a year
when she entered the Government
service, forty years ago.
Another case is that of a man hold
ing a supervisory position who re
ceives $1,000 a year. He is seventy
three years of age, has forty-one
years of Government service to his
credit, and his present salary is jus
$100 more a year than when he en
tered the service.
Of the 27.000 employes in the $90 a
month ciasa, 5,000 are listed a
clerks, 1.000 as stenographers, and
more than 10,000 of the total are
found to be employed in the Treasury
Department. Two thousand four hun
dred and eleven are employed by the
District government, 4,000 in the Bu
reau of Engraving, 11.1G5 in the War
Risk Insurance Bureau, 1,397 in the
Agriculture Department. 1,331 in the
State, War and Navy Departments
and 289 in the Smithsonian Institute.
It is estimated that the annual earn
ings of these employes are less by
$5,271,000 than they would be if the
Nolan minimum wage bill went into
effect.
Congressman L. C. Dyer has been
named chairman of a subcommittee
of the House Judiciary Committee to
consider two bills affecting the courts
of the District of Columbia.
The first meeting of the committee
probably wiJl be held Tuesday, and
representatives of the bench and bar
of the District have been asked to ap
pear before the committee to discuss
various provisions of the two meas
ures. One of the hills would enlarge the
jurisdiction of the Slunicipal Court,
and regulate appeals from the judg
ments of that court
The other measure is an amend
ment to the "act to establish a code
cf law for the District of Columbia,
approved March 3. J901 "
The bills were introduced, in the
House by Chairman A. J. Volstead, of
the House Judiciary Committee, at the
request of members of the bench and
bar nere.
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CHANGE IN ELdAWS
DISCUSSEDTOESDAY
GALDERDENIES
TRYINGTOKIGK
PULLMAN OUT
Simply Seeking to Put Wash
ington Police Force on Clean
Cut System, He Says.
Who is after Superintendent Pull
mans' scalp? "Certainly not I." dis
claims Senator Calder of New York,
' who is hard at work framing a bill
to establish the Washington police
force on a clean-cut merit system,
from the chief of police down to the
newest "buck" private.
"Nobody is trying to kick out Su
perintendent Pullman," Senator Cal
der declared today, "but let there be
no misunderstanding. What I pro
pose to do is to make it possible for
a private in the ranks to rise, by com
petitive examination, to head of the
police force. If New York city can
do it, so can Washington."
Senator Calder protested there is a
disposition on the part of the District
Commissioners and the public to Junjp
to the conclusion that the real pur
pose of his bill is to get rid of Super
intendent Pullman. Nothing is so
wrong as that interpretation of it, he
claimed.
How Plan Would Work.
Under the Calder plan the head of
the department would be known as
the chief inspector, who would be
seleoted by tho District Commission
ers from the four or five inspectors
whom the bill would create.
It has been suggested to Senator
Calder that his bill be drawn so as
to include Superintendent Pullman as
a uniformed inspector of the force.
Senator Calder said that if Pullman
possesses the qualifications of an in
spector there would, be nothing to
prevent his remaining in the, force as
its head, for the District Commission
ers would have the power to appoint
him chief of the inspectors. While he
made it clear that this was only a
suggestion that had been made for
mally to him. Senator Calder said he
would be glad to give it serious con
sideration. 1"L do not object to Superintendent
Pullman at all." said Senator Calder.
"On the contrary, so far as I can find
out, he is a competent and responsible
official. I do not want to force him
out of office if it is possible to retain
him."
Want a Real Force.
Senator Calder said what he wanted
to do was to give Washington a real
police force, fashioned in general after
the New York force. The privates
would be selected by competitive ex
aminations; each promotion would be
oy competitive examination; the four
or five inspectors, who would be the
ranking members of the force, would
be chosen from the officers in like
manner. From the inspectors, he de
clared, the District Commissioners
would be empowered to select vthe
man best fitted for chief inspector,
who would be equivalent to the su
perintendent of police.
The present chief of police In New
York rose from the ranks as a pri
vate. Senator Calder declared, and
such a system he proposes to estab
lish in Washington. Whatever con
clusion the District Commissioners
may draw from the Calder plan, what
Senator Calder proposes to do is to
make it possible for the head of the
Washington police force to be chosen
from the uniformed force.
Senator Calder will not get his sub
committee together on the salary
question until after he completes his
bill. This may not be for a couple of
weeks.
Baaln of Taj-.
There seems to be a disposition on
the part of the subcommittee to fix
the sum of $1,350 as the minimum pay
f privates and $1,800 as the maxi
mum pay. These figures, at any rate,
senator Calder said, will be the basis
on which the subcommittee is to be
gin work. The pay of officers will be
co nputed on a graduating scale.
A serious comphcati jn confronts
the committee in the matter of in
cn ased pay for the police. Senator
Calder pointed out that once the
question of increasing the pay of the
members of the poln e force is
brought up in the Senate, it will open
the whole question of increased pay
fr all classes of Government em
ployes, not merely m Washington,
but throughout the country.
"What's for one should be for all,"
la a slogan that will prove a serious
stumbling block, he believes, when
the Senate is asked to vote ' higher
pu.
Senator Calder said he believes
firmly the pay of the Washington
police force should be increased. Not
only do the men deserve it. he be
luves. but the Increased cost of living
makes a strong arg.-ment for it. The
inclination of Senators to cut down
cxpenbes. especially the Government
pay roll, and not any action on the
part of the committee, he said, con
stitutes the most s-nous obstacle.
When the committee reports Its
recommendations for increased pay It
also will rccommena at least 100 ad
ditional privates. Senator ("alder said
it is quite evident to anyone who
walks about the city at night that
Washington has not a sufficient num
ber of policemen. In a two hours'
walk Friday night that took him
through the downtown sections and
the residential i-ectlons, he said he
only saw one policeman, and he was
a traffic cop."
CHANGE VISITING HOURS
AT GIRL SCOUTS.' CAMP
Visiting hours at the Girl Scouts'
camp at Autrey Park. Itoiltville pike.
Sid., today have been changed, thp
new hours being from 3 until :30
p. in. The week-day visiting hours
are the same 4 to G p. m.
Slany new features have been add
ed to the camp. Girls are passing
merit badge examinations daily.
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Red Cross in Potomac Park Wednesday afteral were given the "feed of feeds" by the American
Scores of wounded Yanks at Walter Reed Hospitnoon. The boys were taken io the park in auto
mobiles by the Red Cross motor corps, and the jolliest day for many a week was spent.
IVIARSHALL WILL
Vice President's Speech , at
Trinity Forum 'Also Will Be
Carried by Wireless.
Vice President Marshall, speaking
before the Trinity Civic Forum to
night, in 4the Trinity Episcopal
Church, at Third and C streets north
west, will have as an audience mil
lions of persons Interested in his
topic concerning "The Problems
America Slust Face and Solve."
With the aid of a voice-magnify
ing equipment installed in the
church, and by means of wireless
telegraph and telephone, the speeclf
of the Vice President will be spread
to all parts of Washington and the
United States
It is expected the "great voice"
will enable the words of Sir. Mar
shall to be heard distinctly by many
persons far from the church in other
districts of Washington, and as an
experiment for distributing informa
tion, the army and navy have loaned
their wireless and telephone equip
ment for the night.
As soon as the speech is over, the
stenographic reports will be rushed
in automobiles to Arlington, where
operators will send it out through
tiie air. It will be relayed at other
stations to the four points of the
compass.
Fairfax Naulty, secretary of the
forum, said last night the feature
this evening would be the "most com
plete manner ever attempt d for a
public address," and prophesied that
Secretary of the Navy Daniels, in the
Hawaiian Islands, would be able to
read the message of the Vice Presi
dent soon after it was heard in
Washington.
The speech tonight will close the
two-week discussion on the high
cost of livng. The forum will be
opened tonight at 7:.'5U o'clock for
the usual Sundav evening x-rvice, at
wiiicii the Rev. lnvid Kun.snm Covell,
pastor of the church, will preach.
Vfter th services the session of the
forum will begin.
2 D. C: BILLS UP IN
Tomorrow is District day in the
House and two important District
bills will be called up for considera
tion by Chairman Carl K. SLapes, of
the House District Committee.
The bill to create a teachers' re
tirement fund for the 2.035 public
school teachers of the District
schools will be the first considered.
The retirement fund measure has
the unanimous indorsement of the
Hon" District r-ommlttee. the Board
of Education, the District Commis
sioners and a .score or more of organi
zations in the District.
Sir. Slapes will also ask considera
tion or the bill to create a zoning
comnr.saion for the District. This
commission will regulate the height,
area and use of nil liniM),, ... ,
erected or altered In the District, sub
sequent to tne passage of the bill.
1. 12 ASK Kill! I.NCIIHOOM.
Herbert N. Taylor and C'orrine n.
Taylor, trading as the "Washington
Lunch." have leased the property at
1001 D street northwest, for a ten
year term, from James 0-DonnelI.
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HOUSE TOMORROW
Up the "Eats" For
Brother on Death Bed
Calls for Sister Who
Quit Home After Quarrel
"Rose come home. Nick is on
his death bed."
Did Rose see the advertisement
that appeared in yesterday's
Times. And if she- did not, will
some one tell her?
Over in Baltimore today Nick
Reldolph lies at the point of death.
Nick is her brother, and in his
delirium he calls for Sister Rose.
Perhaps sho could make death
easier. But because of a little
quarrel with her husband. Rose
Is staying away, hiding somewhere
in Washington.
J. P. Williams, a street car con
ductor on the Washington Rail
way and Electric Company, mar
ried Rose Reidolph, a vaudeville
actress, more than a year ago.
They were happy until four weeks
ago, when, after a "lovers' quar
rel," Rose packed her trunk and
left. Her husband founi her last
week and urged her to come home
and "begin all over again."
The young wife told him she
'would go to her old home in Bal
timore and he' could see her there.
Last week he went to his wife's
home. He found that Nick, her
brother, had contracted pneumo
nia, and was dying.
But Rose was not there.
THRIFT EXHIBITS
AT STATE FAIRS
Arrangements are now being com
pleted to show an attractive series ol
thrift exhibitions at the State fain
in Slaryland, Virginia, and the twe
Carol Inns, under the War Loan Or
ganizatlon of the Fifth Federal Re
serve District, in which Washingtoi
is listed.
SII8S Kate SI. Herring, director o,
the War Savjngs societies of the r
serve district, has been appointed to
take charge of the work. The ex
hibits will show how thrift habit
may be encouraged and illustrate th
praatical results of saving system
atically.
In connection with this work, it ha
been taid a number of the State fan
associations have arranged to offe
thrift stamps instead of other prise:
to winners of certain premiums.
F
FROM OWN OFFICE
A romance, which for several year
flourished in the unromantic editoi
ial division of the Bureau of Foreign
and Do nestle Commerce, Frida:
culminated in the marriage of Olivei
Paul Hopkins, chief of the division,
and Sliss Isabelle Slott, who was em
ployed in the same division for sl
years.
The couple were married in Balti
more. They will spend the next threi
weeks' honeymooning In Pennsyl
vania, and will then make their home
In Washington.
H
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Wounded Yanks
D. C. NEEDS COIN TO
HIRE WHITE WINGS
Budget to Urge Increased Ap
propriation to Keep
Streets Clean.
With a hundred fewer "white
wings" than before the war and'labor
costs mounting daily, an increased
appropriation to keep the city's
streets clean is favored by Engineer
Commissioner Kutz.
The estimates of the District Com
missioners for operating expenses of
the National Capital during the fiscal
year of 1020-1921. when presented to
Congress, will probably carry recom
mendations from the engineering de
partment for an increased appropria
tion over last year.
$400,000 In Provided.
The appropriation for the current
year is 5400,000, and every effort is
being made by the engineer depart
ment to keep below that figure. The
appropriation last year was $320,000,
and so fast did expenses mount that
an item of $31,000 was included in the
last deficiency measure.
The District employed 300 "white
wings" in 1917 at a daily wage of
$1.75. The force has decreased rap
Idly, and today only 200 "white wings"
are at work on the Capital's streets.
They receive $3.50 a day.
With an increased appropriation
aranted by Congress this fall, Wash
ington will have little difficulty in
upholding Its reputation as the na
tion's cleanest city, Commissioner
Kutz believes.
Adopt Economy Mennuren
To help combat the high cost of
keeping the streets clean, the District
has adopted several methods of
economy.
The machine that sweeps the
Ureets rapidly has taken the place
of the individual street cleaner.
Alio used to push cart through the
horoughfares to collect the rubbish.
This is one method of economy.
Ad a further measure, the District
now collects its own garbage and
vill begin to collect ashes when the
rodent ash collecting contract has
expired.
y. GIVEN 120,000
FOR NEW COURSE
James A. Farrell. chairman of the
Vational Foreign Trade Council, yes
erduy started an endowment fund
or Oeorgetown University, to found
i school of foreign commerce, it has
ren announced, with a gift of twen
y thousand dollars.
Special attention is to be given to
he study of modern foreign langu
ages, including Portugese. Japanese
nd Russian.
The clrriculm will include the ior
ign trade situations, and an l:-6&-ive
study of commerce.
Sir. Farrell. although nctintf as
halrman of the trade council, is still
ictlve as president of the United
States Steel Company.
XEW POST FOR CIIILU ENVOY.
Gustavo Slunlzaga Varela, coun
selor of tiio Chilean embassy here,
has been named counsel general of
Chile at Liverpool. Louis Llanes has
been named to succeed him here.
E
STARWIN JAIL
Citizens Up in Arms Over Al
leged Conditions at
Bladensburg.
Citizens of Hyattsville and Bladens
burg are aroused over alleged Ill
treatment accorded Wyatt Timber
lake, an insane man, who has been
held for ten days In the Blauensburg
Jail, under conditions which are said
to be Intolerable.
Only through the charity of citi
zens of Bladensburg has food been
provided for the man, who Is said to
be extremely violent at times.
Questioned with regard to the case.
Dr. Johnston, health officer of Hyatts
ville, said the Jail is not provided
with water or lavatories. Citizens of
Hyattsville. who are aroused over
the treatment accorded the patient,
declare the jail is insanitary and not
a fit place to house any person.
The county commissioners, it Is
said, met last Tuesday, but took no
action in the case. It is said a move
ment is on foot in Hyattsville and
Bladensburg to force members of the
county commission to call a special
meeting to consider the case.
D. C. RENT PROBE
Rent profiteering will be the subject
for investigation before the Senate
District subcoraittee next week, be
ginning tomorrow afternoon.
Senator Ball, chairman of the sub
committee.' has called thirty witness
es, tenants of apartment houses, and
owners of houses. The list follows:
E. L. Finch, 402 Rutland courts;
Mrs. Clara V. Slmonson, 32 the Ash
ley; Daniel Bride, apartment 316,
Chatham Courts; ' Mrs. William T.
Lightle. the Parkwood. 1746 K street
northwest; Dr. E. SL Finch, the Leam
ington apartments. Fourteenth and
Clifton streets: Col. John M. Dunn, the
Fertsmouth, 1735 New Hampshire
avenue northwest; Edward G. Wlt
kawskl, apartment 2, the Mississippi.
1436 W street northwest; J. G. Spon
gier, 1332 Harvard street aerthwest;
Mme. Lucy Thomralan, care Y. W. C.
A., 619 Fourteenth street northwest.
W. J. Raymond, Wardman, Courts;
Miss Mary E. Henangham, 1329 Four
teenth street northwest; Mrs. Marga
ret R. Wilson, 1415. Chapin street
northwest; Eugene E. Gaddis, 1410 H
street northwes't; Henry Johnson.
3707 New Hampshire avenoe north
west: Mrs. Ella Martin, Apt. 3, the
Henrietta, 933 N street northwest; J.
W. Staggers, Mohawk apartments.
436 SI street "northwest; Sirs. Slina L.
Drullhet. 11412 Chapin street. Apt. 45;
Sirs. Sarah C. D. Prentice, the Plaza;
Richard E. Roberts, Bureau of Pen
sions, Civil War division.
David SIcCIelland. 1430 Fairmont
street northwest: W.- J. Purman. 2635
Garfield street; Sirs. Caroline Lacy.
322 Slassachusetts avenue northeast;
William F. Pahren. 1236 Eleventh
street northwest; Fred C. Hays, 1237
G street northwest: D. Fulton Harris,
general agent. New England Slutual
Life Insurance Company; K. C. Rahn.
Apartment 4. 10 Florida avenue north
west: F. H. Smith, the Ethelhurst.
Fifteenth and L streets northwest;
Sliss Rose Palmer. 941 H street north
west; Miss Rose Palmer. 941 H street
northwest, and Mrs. R. I. Purcell, the
Royalton, 918 SI street northwest.
BESTSWIHERSAT
The second of a series of three
elimination contests to select the con
testants in a big aquatic meet on La
bor Day was held at the Tidal Basin
bathing beach yesterday afternoon.
Six events were staged, three for men
and three for women.
The winners of yesterday's events
will take part in the meet Labor Day.
The events and three leaders were:
Women's high diving Sliss Ethel
Bilson. first, S3 points: Sliss E. M.
Smith, second. SO points; Miss Park
hurst, third, 77 points.
Women's fancy diving Sliss E. SI.
Smith, first, with 95.5 points; Miss
Hainey. second, with 95 points, and
Miss Parkhurst. third, with 87 points.
Slen's high diving L. Levy, first,
with 105 points: Sir Dorst, second,
with 103 points, and Sir. Parkman,
third, with 101 points.
Mens' fancy diving Sir. King, first,
with 1S6 points; Dick Newby. second,
with 178 points, and Sir. Dorst, third,
with 17S points.
Women's back stroke Sliss Ruth
Rarcley. first. Sliss Elizabeth Faunce,
second; Sliss L N. Harron, third.
Slen's back stroke Dick Newby,
first; Maltland. second: L. Levy, third.
A pageant. "Americanization." was
presented by children of five nation
alities in the Trinity Parish Hall.
Third and C streets northwest, last
j night. The children were selected
from the Trinity Community Play
ground. The pageant was presented by play
ground officials and the War Camp
Community Service. The story show
ed what immigrants from other coun
tries bring to this and what they re
ceive in turn.
NAN
PRISONER
BEGINS TOMORROW
DA AS N P K
CHLDREN NT
A PAGEANT
FINISH FIGHT
0NT0M0RRQW
WITHH.C.0
"Kid Consumer," Challenger,
to Go Six Rounds of One
Day Each.
The gong for the opening of the
first round in the rre-for-all fight
against the present world champion
High Cost of Living will sound to
morrow. The arena is Washington and the
consumers of the Capital acting as
Judges, have announce that there
will be six fast.rounds.
There are more than 106.MM6O
Ispectators. The betting is even.
in a reservea corner is eia enamp
H. C. of L.. wearing a smile ef su
preme confidence.
The challengers are diagonally
across, a bit afraid. They are young
and rather inexperienced. It is their
first real fight.
A wreath of laurel, a belUof gold,
and a purse of nameless value wont
even approach the volue ef the prise
for the winner.
Here: Hovr They Fight.
The personalities of the challengers
have been discussed at length during
their training .for two weeks past.
Here's a short resume of their meth
ods of attack:
Clarence K. Wilson's Fair Price
Association, organised last week at
a meeting of dealers in foodstuffs
and representative citizens, is one of
the strongest seconds of the con
tenders. He will issue his fair mar
gin of profit list this week, following
a meeting tomorrow of his fair price
committee, composed of dealers and
consumers.
Following the posting of this list,
which proclaims a margin of profit
over which the dealer must not go.
Washingtonians will see just what
the retail grocers they patronage
have been doing to them if anything.
The association, while not hitting a
very strong blow at the high cost nt
living itself, will block that deadly
undercut of the present champion,
comonly known as profiteering.
Will Break Dswb Gaard.
With this underhanded cut ren
dered useless, the other allies in the
free-for-all combat will feel more
free to pitch In headlong and strike
stinging blows at the champion.
Despite the fact that this blow has
been declared barred, tne shamplon
is known to have used it frequently.
During the next few days the local
postofflce in charge of distributing
surplus food through the parcel post
will have on hand the full allotment
for Washington, It Is predicted. After
sparring for a good opening in the
first few rounds, the postofflce is ex
pected to launch a telling blow in
the form of ability by the consumer
to purchase commodities at the pre
vailing low prices of army food. It
will be a solar plexus blow, and it
is expected to weaken the old champ
and throw open his guard for
stronger, more direct blows in the
future.
The new community buying organi
zation, another "second" who repre
sents a number of civic associations
in Washington, will begin operations
in earnest early in the game.
This second. Incidentally, is a chal
lenger, and may bring tears to the
eyes and blood to the nose of the
hardened old battler who seeks to
.retain his title. By means of com
munity buying and elimination of the
middlemen's profits, this inexperi
enced entrant may develop a hitherto
untried method which, if successful,
will knock oud man H. C. of L. cold.
The "back to the basket" plan, an
other contender, trained by George
SI. Roberts and Market Master Fillius.
of the Farmers' Market, is announced
by those who have watched his spar
ring contests i nthe last week as a
world beater. By carrying their own
food home, thus eliminating the cost
of transportation, Washington house
wives may aid materially in prepar
ing this youngster for the coming
battle.
A telegram confirming the admis
sion of George Cummings, the negro
held in connection with the killing
of George Peters, a farmer at Jericho
Park. Md.. and the wounding of his
daughter Katherine last Sunday, that
he is an escaped convict from Mcln
tyre, Ga., was received at the de
tective bureau last night from
Sheriff L. P. Player, of the Georgia
city.
The message verified the admission
made by Cummings several days ago
that his correct name is Wright
Strawther, and he is wanted in Mc
Intyre to finish a twenty-year term.
The sheriff concluded his message
as follows: "Please wire me when I
can come and get him."
Deputy Sheriff Thomas H. Garrison,
who obtained a warrant several days
ago charging the negro with murder.
esterday visited police headquarters'
to get the correct spelling of the
three names which the negro has
given. The authorities of Prlnco
Geo?e's county probably will make
application for extradition papers
from the governor of Maryland early
this week.
Cummings, although questioned for
several hours yesterday, fifmly de
nied knowledge of the crime.
ALABAMA SOCIETY TO PICNIC.
An outing of the Alabama Society
will be held In Rock Creek Park, near
Pierce's SIlll. on August 30, It was an
nounced today. Plans for the outinjr
were laid at a meeting of the execu
tive committee of the society last
night.
NEGRO HELDF0R1.
KILLING IS CONVICT
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