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THE WASHINGTON TIMES, FRIDAY,,. SEPTEMBER 12, 1919., & m m ir ;, s n Si I! i' s ! II fl H Tests That Insure Some drugs contain natural, sometimes dangerous impurities. To discover these, we maintain a well equipped Analytical Laboratory where drugs are tested and the unfit rejected. When we say our drugs are pure, WE KNOW THEY ARE. j&KO&l Stored 2He7, jgjfhtfc7jgy saegM anmi G'STORES f. --wniiBMVwsnmuitiifiB EUSEHWUiUMMIIW.1 mm IflHHSffliffBlBBBilB JttM32MnniSHBMHHIBBUr a We, Bay Foreign Drafts at currenf rates of exchange; and also issue them on the principal cities of the world through pur Foreign Exchange Department. - ' Attorneys- with -foreign -clients, merchants, im porters and traveling men will find the services of ithis department "competent to meet their every neecl. THE WASHINGTON LOAN AND TRUST CO. JOHN' B. J.ARNEIt, Prealdeat Cdmer'Nirith and F Streets . Corner Seventeenth and G Streets CAPITAL and SUttPL.U,S j ::::::: j .2O0,OOe g Si I im TREATY WiTttTURKS B EING MADE READY PARIS. Sept. 12. The drafting of peace terms w'ith -Turkey was 'the work before the Supreme Council today. Premier Lloyd Georso Is ex pected here today to have a part in the conference. He will be assisted by Field Marshal Allenby, commander of the allied forces in Asia Minor. The question of the future schedule of work for the peace conference also will be taken up. Many members of the conference are urging tha an ad journment be taken after the exam ination of Rumania's reply to the peace conference nojes. A plan for the settlement of the question of the Tcschen mining dis trict, in dispute between Poland and Czecho-SIoyakia, was adopted at yes terday's session. It was agreed that a plebiscite be taken in the district. ssT jojntly proposed . by the Polish and Czccho-Slovak delegates. The decision of the supreme council for a plebiscite is generally inter preted in peace conference circles as I meaning that Teschcn will revert to noiana, inasmuch us the Poles arc in the majority .in thlsdlstri'ct. In 'this event provision will, be -made to pro tect the economic interests of Czecho slovakia. This agreement solves one of the most difficult problems which the supreme council has, faced. The delegates of Czecho-Slovakia apparently are satisfied with the set tlement. They will depart front Paris for Prague tomorrow, leaving only one representative here. The'supreme council has decided to present the peace treaty with Bul garia to the Bulgarian peace mission tomorrow. .' . .Reports tending to. indicate that Rumania was negotiaUng",fdr oi scp aratteeace with Hungary were; cate gorically denied today by tbe, Ru,. manian Press - Bureau here.. One of jm j thfe. reports was . iht a ,Hungarian jjl j mission had' arrived at Budapest to sgiopen separate peace negotiations. : I mHRHznfnn!J"HiKBrm -- MefBKUi'rBTB-SH"KrHrBHrH..'Kj:H5B:,HKMrH?B5BSB En mmmmwiwwwmimm STEAL LOAD tOF ELDERBERRIES. AKRON'. Ohio. - Sept. 12. A'fter breaking into Frank Mulek's garage and driving away with his truck loaded with elderberries robbers went a mile down to road and broke into I Somebody Is Ahvays Takfog tfie Joy Oirt of Life -:- 1 ' - J .Copyright. m " NewJTork rtttfne. Inc. -:- :- ByBriggs . ; - . S. ' 4 , ' il . . . ' - . y . 1 - 1 . . r s -? X -IP Thjs cri-ao.woui.T rAMOt? TAKS 8eTTR CARS- TOUR..' Hour do rod OF This COURSE. ONE r V FIGURE That- NHY . miGhT "Be AS.E To Gee at -old day fv l SAW Vo Ta"6 AT b - MftKe-'A DeceM-rHoT, ' rf V ( H?' V ACK TbOfcSBUF. AMD yA N U WOGLU" A ' ---- band Concert TODAT BT TMK U S. SOLDlM riOM.ET:BAD. IN THB BANQ8TAN AT ff P. M. v t JOHN' S. M. ZIMMERHANX. Dteet, Marcs. "Tba WasUngta Potr.8 r Ovtrtare. "MArt" .,.? Batr Aete. (a) "Mlauettt" (from Den Juab) ....Mart (b)"?JoeBt 3CM4ale".....vScHrt Faatasf. RelaieBes eC Ire- Uad' ....s i.Gtr7 Kox Trat lateratesxe, "Tell M Why?" Rm Waltz Suite. "B4)Mia" ....WaMteaM (Reaaested). Fiai!i "Mlskey" Xi "The SUr-aptBgled Baaay." 75?.r.c5' prgu craracre. deserting the truck and .Manchcsterl berries, the thieves rode away In Mil Sam .Miller's I ler's 'speedier machine. Wi H 9iHS ditA SB B M Bk . " n These Our Railro Remedies an ,JT5 Ills? " i"- The railroak and wht is to be done with them undoubtedly are the biggest domestic prob lem that confronts the American people today. Many measures of relief have been advanced -.--somanyin fact, that the average man and woman find it difficult to follow them and under stand clearly what they aim' to accomplish and how. The leading article in THE LITERARY DIGEST this week analyzes and presents in simple form the provisions of the two-bills that have awakened the most comment the Cummins Bill and the Plumb plan. Five minutes' reading will give you all the facts and a few additional minutes will acquaint you with the gist of what the American press says about them. When yoir consider that the future hours of labor, wages, and conditions in many other industries will undoubtedly hinge upon whatever plan is adopted for the railroads, you can- see how im portant it is for every intelligent citizen to know the facts presented in this article. There are also numerous sinking cartoons representing different angles of thought upon this vital subject. Other news features in this week's "Digest" that will engage your interest are: x , Public President Wilson's Appeal to the West Opinion Upon the President's Speeches in Behalf of the League of Nations, inflstrated' by a Map Showing the Itinerary of the President's "Swing Around the Circle" '. 'Finn OF DRAFTEES ILLITERATE.' LANE Fifteen millions of illiterates con stitutc a "great danger" to th Amer ican democracy. Secretary qf the In terior Lane yesterday told the Educa tion and Labor Committee of the Sen ate in urging the passage of a bUf lor steps to cure illiteracy .-- if I dojidt mean, to say that these people themselves -are dangerous",' Secretary. ;Lane wsaid,i;-buC"thoy ,are easy victims for -nroDasaiida 'artd the ' germ of discontent! " VWlth the signing of the armistice our morale broke down because our mptivc, our big objective was gone, we had won the war. We must have a new motive and we must have a program, for national progress. The situation in the world and in our country is such that it docs not allow for party consideration." Estimates of the Interior Depart ment show that there arc fifteen million illiterates in the United States. Secretary Lane said, and that there are thrac millions of farmers who are illiterate. "Twertty per cent or thc men draft- said the Secretary, "and we had to spend millions of dollars in teaching men the meaning of the word 'for ward and halt.'" Congress and the administrative branches of the Government must work together to creafe new motives for the American people to work for in order that the spirit of discontent may Jjc allayed. Secretary Lane said. sentence for stealing a watch. robberies were accomplished' with Th. V.nlai- sl.tgr. ncrri nlntan I crrf nielli. . Th State ttnllca asdfr and twenty-one, are members .of altectivee went with the girls as pals highly respectable family. Handker- , and witnessed their acta, af.terws.rd chiefs were used as masks, and the ( disclosing their identity. a- j I Wholesale &e Prices of Beef i m Washington FoOocmag are the average "WBoJesale" prices o Itftf rW-ized- by- Sifife."'CBtr .the crty.of 'i?ftKHEli Ifc published in tbe; newspapers: Vek-BI!js -' VrlctfVtT Cni. jlijr 3ist - S9TS Jsn 7ik i . -'. v. . 3M Jne stfti... ;..... ..-.., lrS July-.'7kx J, a . . . f, A fy lSwV . .Tnt -iisfk.. . . jt-t . njrju m& siitg.r . l? jfmguift faj.... 18J Scp'teaber 6ta...r 174M through- clerical errer tkls. prl.ee orlgiaally appeared as Sl"JlO.-f v'-.-- r j Swift & Company U;S. A. ' A Labor Truce Or a Smash Hoover vs. Hapsburg America's Warning to Turkey New Invasions Planned by Germany Home Advice to Japan Another British Ambassador Pro Tem Europe's New Wave of Anti-Semitism How to Make Several Rooms in One What Follows the "Flu"? Shall We Export Lumber? Better Electric Insulators Needed Wind-Resistance on Trains America Spends Millions to Retain- Dye Supremacy : Canoe-Coasting in the Wake of a Boat New Method of Americanization for Foreign Born The Actors as a Labor Organization French Artists Unionizing Yiddish Literature Fighting for Existence Andrew Carnegie's Religion How Many People Read Bibles? World-Wide Trade Facts ( ANew Department) " ' Best of the Current Poetry. '1 . . Many Interesting Illustrations, Including the Btst of the Humorous Cartoons from- the " ' '- fc European and American Press .'. 'i The People Who Read "The Digest" The best test of any periodical is the class of its readers. Character in a magazine or a newspaper attracts men and women of standing and judgment as inevitably as a flower draws the bee, and for the same reason. It suits their taste. Glance around you in the train, on the street cars, in hotel lobbies, wherever your fellow humans congregate, and note the people who read THE LITERARY DIGEST. They are the best type. -They buy "The Digest" because they know it is accurate, impartial, whole some, comprehensive, and up-to-date, because thev can take it home to their children with confidence', and because it covers the world's news as. no other periodical does. Arc you with them? September 13th Number on Sale To-dayAlI News-dealers 10c Tri a aw m a a v 'CSt Msrk of x I J f Distinction tol I TiUli "YC T .Batd?o2 1 Urll I if FUNKft WAGNALLS COMPANY (Publishers of the Famous NEW Standard Dictionary). NEW YORK. r.en win wi win hih wmmwiiyivwvi- jrrr H BLANTONAHACKS HOUSE REPUBLICANS Congressman Thomas L. Blanton. of Texas, Democrat, yesterday es sayed to "cook the goose" of every flettiblican member of the House who has measures to oppose his tactics in continually demanding: a quorum. The West Texan struck terror in the hearts of the Republicans when he announced he would in the next campaign take the stump in each of their districts and bring about their enforced stay at home, Blanton was speaking under unani mous consent on the subject on the Department of Labor. Hi attack on that bureau was but a summary of the charges he had made during the past esevcral month? Digressing. Mr. nianton naid his respect to Jtnveral , Republican mem bers of the ftTou.e. Congre5sman Fess of Ohio came in first for Rlanton's vitrol. principally because "he dared to gag me-" Blanton .declared that Republican members would not have the nerve to take such steps and then let it be known to th people of the nation that such action Was taken because lie (Blantonl had refused to transact the business Of the people with only twenty-five or thirty members pres ent. Blanton warned the members that m long as "camouflage quorums" were use! he would be on hand to make a point and force the attendance of members Congressman John I. Xolan an nounced tha he would ask for forty minutes some time net week in which to answer Mr. Blanton. TWO SISTERS JAILED AS ROAD BANDITS i-DT An P01JTSVILLE. Pa.. Sept. Mandlcr, of 12 Pearl and Anna Mandlcr, of Ashland, two of the prettiest glrlB in the antnracite region, are in1 jail today sentenced to three years by Judge Berger. on pleas J of guilty of highway robber. As masked highwaymen the glrjs held up automobile parties and with, pistos they cbmpelled "contrubu-l tions." Harry Schwartz and U llllaro Smith, accomplices, woio given like sentences, and un additional six months '" r I ' ' "! Mnd'rV H Experts jr Jheoriste- v Which? - The packing industry is intricate, com plexfar more so than thd railroads or the telegraph.. . Every day multiplying'heeds of society increase its problems and multiplying responsibilities demand more of it Highly trained experts, specialists of years' expe rience, thinkers and creative men, devote their lives, their energies, their activities, to- solving the problems of the packing industry and meeting its widening duties. Swift & Company is not a few dozen packing plants, a few hundred branch houses, a few. thousand refrigerator cars, and a few million dollars of capital, but an organization of such men. It -is the expe rience, intelligence-, initiative and activity which oper ates this physical equipment Can this intelligence, this experience; this initiative and creative effort which handles this business at a profit of only a fraction of a cent, per pound from all sources, be fostered through the intervention of polit ical theorists, however pure their purposes? "Or be replaced by legislation? Does Congress really think that it can? .t Let us send you a Swift-"Dollar". It will interest you. Address Swift 6c Company, Union Stock Yards, Chicago, EL Swift & Company, U. S. A. Washington Local Branch, 10-14 Center Market D. T. Duttow, Manager OZ967 Mef oil Vn!f ToStockfoisS THIS SHOWS r-WHATBECOMES OF" THE AVERAGE DQUAB RECEIVED BY 'SWIFT & COMPANY K0M THE SALE OF HCAT AND BYPRODUCTS 8 J CENTS IS PAID TO THE UVET ANIMAL IZ.S CENTS FOB LASOft EXPENSES AHO FREIGHT Z.O CENTS- REMAHO WITH T1 SWrT&OMttN '-Tt v 73WK3B5y? r " rc' . F