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The Denver star., 1913-09-27

with the woods and fields of practical
ly every southern state. In fact, he
had 50 much to do with the soil in
Dixie that it was not until he had
reached his twenty-third year that he
had Il chance to go to high school at
Arkansas City. Kan.
A lazy man would have said he was
too old to go to school ut that time of
life. but Monroe n. Work stuck to 1t
and rapidly overcame the disadvan-
tages and lack of opportunity of his
earlier years. Graduating from high
school, he attended the Chicago Theo-
logical seminary.
He then entered the University of
Chicago. where in 1902 he received the
degree OF Ph. 3. Another year of
graduate study in sociology and eco
nomics brought him the Nj. A. degree.
for which he presented a thesis on the
Negro Real Estate Owners Of Chica
90" Since 1908 he has taught at the
Georgia. State Industrial college, at
savannah. and at Tuskegee. where, in
addition to his duties of furnishing the
figures for DR.. Washington's lectures.
he complies the admirable Negro Year
Book
Typical Son of the Sunny Southland.
Mr. Works career is typical OF the
possibilities for broad culture and all
around development open to the am
bilious, and industrious colored man.
Born on Il farm. appreciating the i'm
portance OF agricultural training for
the Negro. Monroe n Work knew that
he could broaden his sphere of useful
ness to himself and to society by go
ing to high school to prepare himself
for entry aud successful course Of
study in one of the leading institutions
for higher education In the country.
The New York emancipation com
missions best guarantee of the accu-
racy Of his figures aud calculations II
lustrating Negro progress is his own
prominent figure as Il successful, pro
grcssivs. Negro. Those who seek In
formation or have amy to oNcr rela
tive to his work for the exposition
should address him ut Emancipation
Proclamation commission, 22lt Seventh
avenue, New York city.
The Denver star., 1913-09-27
WASHINGTON and
LAND IN SOUTH
Queries About Source Of Great
Educators Information.
.LAB0RS OF MONROE n. WORK

Commission Employs Statistician Of
Well Known Southern School to Pre-
pare Charts and Diagrams IIlustrat-
ing Economic Progress of the Race.
New York.-A New York paper. the
latest addition to the ranks of the
Negrophobe. philo- Vardaman journals
Of the metropolis, chose as the subject
of one of its frequent anti-Negro full
limitations a statement attributed to
DIR. Booker t. Washington at the re
cent convention of the National Negro
Business league relative to the vast
ness of the unoccupied lands in the
south. The lands. it says. await the
toll of black hands and the sweat of
black brows to make them fields bear
ing fruit for the benefit of Major
Bales OF Cottonville and Colonel Julep
of Mintboro.
This Washington" says the paper
in question in its usual sarcastic tone
has yertiable head for figures, but
it will be interesting to know where
he gets them. 1t may be that in the
next twenty years or so the rural
Negro population In the south will
increase by 100000, but that that sec
ton now has lands awaiting that num-
Der of Negro settlers nobody will be-
lieve. Where does Washington get his
figures. anyway:"
He gets them from Monroe n. Work
the cipher man of Tuskegee institute.
and he gets them from somebody who
knows what he is talking about For
this reason also Mr. Work has been
engaged to prepare charts and dia-
grams Illustrating the economic and
social progress of the Negro for the
emancipation exposition to be held in
this city next month
Historian Who Knows His Business.
Mr.. Work knows about the vacant
lands in the south. because. as he says.
lie was born lin the woods" of Iredell
county. y. C. His steady upward
climb to the place he now holds has
given him an intimate acquaintance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24

In statement regarding the Commerce
Court. Representative Sims. who has
fought to abolish that tribunal for sew
eral months. said today that the repeated
votes Of democrats in House and Senate
call for the immediate abolition of the
court as strongly as any party caucus
could ever do.
Only twelve cases on appeals from the
Commerce Court have been decided by
the Supreme Court of the United States
and the Commerce Court has been re-
versed in all of the twelve but two. Some
persons who were in favor Of creating
this court and are now in favor of con-
tinuing IL have been clamoring for uni
formity Of decisions in the class of cases
Of which the Commerce Court has juris-
diction.
They have uniformity Of decision.
Am ready to admit. but il is uniformity
OF error. and II takes too much of the
time of the Supreme Court to correct
these erroneous decisions. and costs too
much money to defray the expenses of a
court that has been reversed in more
than 50 per cent of the cases appealed
from II that have thus far been passed on
by the Supreme Court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24
STATE OF FLORIDA AIDS
FIGHT TO SEIZE VISCERA
Officials Arrive in Baltimore to Act
in E. o. Painter
Case.

BALTIMORE. June H4-COroner c. D.
Abbott of Jacksonville. Fla. and former
Judge A. J. Stewart. also of Jackson
Vile. personal representative of the fam
lily of the late E. o. Painter the ferti-
lizer manufacturer. who lost his life in
the st. Johns river month or two ago.
arrived here today to take part IN the
three-cornered legal contest for the pos
session of the viscera of the dead man.
The third party in the struggle is the
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Com
pany of Baltimore. which issued an. acct
dent policy for s200.OOO to Painter. The
contendng factions will meet later in
the circuit court here. when the bending
company will demand that the organs
he placed in the hands of receiver. on
the ground that the chemists analysis
has not been complete. The company
wants an independent examination of the
organs made.
Judge Stewart will contend that the
analysis has been finished, no trace of
poison found, and that the organs should
be given to the family of the dead man.
Coroner Abbott will demand that the
organs he turned over to him on the
theory that the body of the deceased.
heart. kidneys. stomach and all. are his
property until his official verdict is given.
The coroner brought a deputy sheriff
with him. armed with the authority of
the state of Florida to seize the organs
Painter carried life insurance of more
than 81 100000 at the time of his death
Under the theory tina. he might have
taken poison before falling into the wa
ter. Coroner Abbott sent his viscera to
Baltimore chemist for analysis. The
chemist recently reported that while he
found no trace of poison. his examina-
ton did show that Mr.. Painter suffered
from hardened arteries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24
DEWEYS PLEA FOR NAVY
Nation Paying for insurance
Which Does Not Insure,
He Says.

Admiral Dewey has written an article
on Naval Efficiency Public Duty for
the official program for Navy day atNew-
port July ., in which he speaks of the
unpreparedness of the present United
States Navy for war
Il believe it is the duty Of each genera
ton says Admiral Dewey, Ito pay its
own insurance and not to thrust its bur-
dens on the generations that come after;
and the insurance for peace is navy
strong enough to compel 1t. The only
function and justification for the exist
ence OF a navy is the preservation OF
peace. To perform this function the navy
must be adequate: and. though so much
discussed in these recent times, the word
adequate, as applied to the navy. has
but one meaning, and that is, an 'ade-
quate navy is a navy of a strength suf-
ficient to meet and defeat any probable
enemy. This strength is not absolute.
but is relative, and varies from period to
period as the other naval powers OF the
world vary their naval strengths. At the
present period adequacy on our part
calls for navy second in strength to
that of England only, and in my opinion
inadequacy is an invitation to war
I'VE ourselves, through lack of fore
sight of our fathers and grandfathers.
paid the penalty of our generation in the
loss of hundreds of thousands of lives.
and our sons and grandsons have been
paying the costs of the billions of dollars
wasted and the hundreds of millions in
pension for which they We're mortgaged;
and they still continue to pay.
We are paying today for the navy, as
an insurance which does not insure us.
roughly $50 per capita per annum. Be-
sides what has already been paid in
lives and money, We are still mortgaged.
by lack of foresight in our fathers, to the
extent of the national debt and the ad
ditional $50 per capita per annum that
we are paying in pensions.
Shall our lack of foresight continue
this system of mortgaging the coming
generations, or shall we add the relatively
small sum needed to the insufficient in
surance We already pay to make that in
surance adequate?''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24
TO GIVE FARMERS A SHOW,
SECRETARY LANES PLAN
Proposes to Help Water Users on
Government Irrigation Projects
Meet Their Payments.

In his efforts to help the water users on
the government irrigation projects meet
their installments more easily Secretary
Lane of the Interior Department has is
sued a public notice reducing by one
third the building charge for the last In
stallment which becomes payable, but
not to be less than 30 cents an acre. The
payment of the balance is to be deferred
and added to the last installment on the
water right application.
For those who have already paid the
charges due a corresponding credit is to
be given on the next annual installment
or they may have the credit applied to
the operation and maintenance charges
due.
At the same time the Secretary indicat-
ed that he intended to help the farmer
government had been making money for
the land spectators. mot homes for the
farmers on some of our projects.
Terms of Concession.
No person is to receive the benefit of
the concession made by the Secretary s
order December ! next who has not paid
all the amounts due for operation and
maintenance. and who has cultivated less
than one-half of the irrigable area of his
land or not less than five acres for each
full irrigation season since water was
first available for the land.
1t is provided further in the case Of
those who are now delinquent and SUBJ
ject to cancellation that If they make
payment of the operation and mainte-
nance charges for irrigating their land
no steps will be taken toward cancella-
ton until December 1, 1913
Secretary Lane announces further that
he will urge upon Congress the passage
of some act giving further extension of
time for the payment of the building
charges under proper limitations and con-
ditiOnS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24
SIXTY YEARS AS HEAD
OF EAST0N, Pa, SCHOOLS
Record of Supt. William w. Cot
tingham Is Declared to
Be Unique.

Easton, Pa. can claim a school super
intendent whose term of service rivals
anything here or abroad. so far as is
known, says a bulletin just issued by the
United States bureau of education. Sixty
years in one profession is in itself re-
markable enough, but when ii is added
that Supt. William w. Cottingham's rec
ord is of sixty years in the same position,
his case appears to be unparalleled.
Although few superintendents can point
to anywhere near as long term of service
as this. there are number who have
served for many years A list of some Of
the more notable cases is given by W. r.
Hood in the city school chapter of the
1872 report of the commissioner of edu-
cation, just issued. Supt. James NJ.
Greenwood of Kansas City, Mo-, is re-
firing after thirty-nine years of service:
supt. Glass, at Lynchburg. Va. has
mingham. has served since 1883: Supt.
McClymonds has been at Oakland since
1855: Jacob \. ,Sbawa has been superin-
tSndents 81 Columbus. Ohio, for twenty
four years: Henry Snyder. at jersey City,
y. J., for twenty-one years: Charles NJ.
Jordan. at Minneapolis, and Charles w.
Dean. at Bridgeport. Conn.,, both for
twenty years.
Supt William H. Maxwell of New York
city has a record of more than a quar-
istrative position in New York city, if
his term in Brooklyn he included.
When Charles W. Cole died last year
he had given thirty-four years of his life
rs superintendent of schools at Albany.
r.. Y. position which his father had
held before him for long period of
years.
Notwithstanding that life tenure is by
no means an accepted principle in Amer
lean school systems. the average term of
school superintendent in larger cities is
much longer than is usually supposed. In
fifty cities of 100000 population and over
the average term of service is seven and
one-haf years. This is in spite of the
fact that school superintendent are elect
ed for comparatively short terms-one
tvo or three years. generally-and to have
served long usually means to have with
stood many stiff reelection contest.
The tendency is constantly toward longer
terms and fixed tenure as conducive to
efficiency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24
TESTED FOR APPOINTMENT,
Three Washington Boys Candidate.
for Revenue Cutter Service.

Three Washington boys. one Virginian
and Marylander comprises the class of
FIVE which is taking the examinations in
Washington for appointments in the rev.
enue cutter service. The candidates sub
mitted to a physical examination yester-
day. Today the mental examinations be-
gan and will continue until Saturday The
results will be known in about week
after the examinations are completed.
The Washington candidates are W. D.
Domer Of 2621 Garfield street, p. A. Co.
hill Of 406 10th street southeast and z. Z.
Collier of $50 University place northwest.
The Virginian is A. Matheis Of Newport
News. G. F. Burch. the fifth competitor
Is from Charlotte Hall. Md. Lieut. Will
liam Williams is conducting the examina-
tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24
SECONDARY METAL VALUE
IS INCREASING RAPIDLY
Geological Survey Report Shows
Astonishing Figures During 1919.
Aluminium a Factor.

Junk dealers during 1912 did an enor-
nous business, the geological survey as
serts in a statement issued today. The
value Of secondary metals" exclusive
of gold. silver, platinum. iron and alumni
mum. recovered last year was ST. .395. SAB
as compared with So, 800 In 1911, an
increase Of nearly So. O0O.oO0.
The surveys report does not set forth
the quantity of old iron and steel re-
melted, neither does 1t include the
precious metals. The quantity of alumni.
mum scrap returned to the secondary
smelters is increasing rapidly, says thu
survey, owing to the rise Of the auto
mobile, and 1t adds that tho reports mex
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24
Chance for Expert Accountants.

The civil service commission July %
will hold an examination to fill vacancies
in the position of examiner of accounts
on the railway valuation board in tho
interstate commerce commission. Appli-
cants, who must be between the ages Of
twenty-four and forty-eight years will
not be required to appear at any place
for an examination. but will be rated
upon the evidence adduced as tn their
general and technical education and
training and. their practical experience
and fitness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24
GERMAN BID Is LOWEST.
Foreign Design for Navy Yard Tool
Not Accented. However.

That German concern should be able
to pay the customs duties on a great Dor.
ing machine for the New York navy yard
and yet underbid the American tool
makers came as a surprise to Navy De-
partment officials who are actively en-
gagged in charging the capacity OF the
New York yard.
Experts, however. concluded that the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT.
Arrivals.

Schooner Silver Star, hickory wood for
Clarke 4 Son and pine lumber from
Neabsco creek for Johnson & Wimsatt:
schooner Josephine Smith, at 9th street
wharf with lumber for johnson & VIM
satt; schooner Elizabeth Clarke, at 10th
street wharf. with lumber from Nomini
creek for E. Madison Hall; United
States revenue cutter Apache. at light
house service wharf. from Baltimore:
schooner Ruth A. Price. at Alexandria
ship yard with pulp wood for L. A.
Clarke & Son; schooner Virginia. lumber
from a Potomac point for Alexandria
dealers; barges Orinoco and Wicomico.
coal at Georgetown from the head Of
Chesapeake bay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24
To Relieve Court Pressure.

Relief from the pressure of business in
the district federal court of southern
New York would be provided by bill
passed by the Senate yesterday authoriz-
ing the Chief Justice of the United States
to designate a Judge from one circuit
to transact temporarily business in
another circuit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24
BULGARIAN CROP A SURPRISE.
Wheat Production This Year Dis.
counts 1912 Despite War.

Although it has been popularity sup
posed that virtually the entire male pop
uIation of Bulgaria was engaged in
death grapple with the Turk, neverthe-
less the wheat production in Bulgaria
this year promises to be greater than i'll
1872 Figures received by the Depart
ment of Agriculture from the Interna-
t;ora1 Institute of agriculture at Rome
announce that the yield promises to be
81 ,977, 900 bushels. which is 1865 per cent
of last years crop.
The same dispatch declares that Aaly's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24
No Entertainment for Blind.

Readings and musicals for the blind
will be suspended this week at the Ma
tional Library for the Blind. 1923 II street
northwest. owing to the absence of the
director, Miss Eta Josselyn Giffin. who
has gone to Jacksonville. H., to attend
the annual convention of the American
Association for the Blind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24
l5c India Linon,

crop probably will be 1s3. ZOO bushels,
100 per cent. while the crop of India
will reach 3oS.316.OOO, slight decrease
from last year. and Japan will produce
approximately 27,O29,OOO bushels. or 1862
per cent.
Less acreage is devoted this year to
the cultivation of the sugar beet in both
Belgium and France. The lesser acreage
is made up. however. by increased areas
planted in Denmark and Hungary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24

noon and told him that he would preach
the doctrines Of Mr.. Bryan's proposed
peace treaties.
Dr. Jordan said he expected to study
at first hand in Alsace and Lorraine. in
the Balkan states and in China some
Of the complicated problems which have
prevented the establishment of lasting
peace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24
zoe Window
Shades, 15c
Complete.

20 dozen Opaque Cloth
Window Shades, 3x6 TT.
Mounted on good, strong
spring rollers, in ecru and
several shades of green.
These are subject to
slight imperfections. such
as a slight crease or oil
spot, but will not inter
fere with the appearance.
Complete with shade pull.
Black Arrow Sale price,
15c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24
Departures.

Barges Chester and Monocacy. from
Georgetown in tow for Norfolk, with
gravel; schooner Lanclott, from the East
ern branch for Maryland point to load
cord wood back to this city; schooner
Bessie Ford. light. for Nomini to load
lumber for the market here; schooner Ira
Crockett, light. for Potomac creek to load
lumber for the local market; yacht
Tarantula, for New York: schooner o.
car, light. for Nomini creek to load lum-
Der or cord wood for the Washington
market: power boat Neddie from Alex
andria for a Potomac point with mer-
chandise.
Tugs and Tows.
Tug Advance arrived towing light Con-
solidation Company barge No. IA
from Portland to load coal for Bos-
ten: tug Southern arrived towing coal
laden barges for this city and Alexandria
and sailed with two gravel-laden barges
for Norfolk: tug Dauntless arrived with
coal-laden barges from Baltimore and
sailed with light barges from this city
and Alexandria for bay points: tug Capt
Toby sailed from Georgetown with two
coal-laden boats for Indian Head and re-
turned with two light boats for George
town: tug Walter F. Meade arrived with
lighters from sand and gravel digging
grounds down river: tug Winship sailed
with coal-carrying boats from George
town for this city and Alexandria; tug
d. NJ. Key delivered lighter laden with
lumber at an Eastern branch wharf
Memoranda.
Schooner Silver Star will return to a
Virginia creek to load lumber back to
this city; power boat Emmett c. has ar
rived at an Eastern shore point from this
port to load CLAIMS for the market here;
schooner Maine has sailed from a Pa
munkey river point with lumber for deal
ers here; schooner Edith Verrall s char
tered to load railroad ties for this city;
schooner Five Sisters is at a Potomac
point to load lumber or cord wood for
the Washington market.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24
loc Chalk and
Orris Root. &C.

Prepared Chalk and Or
ris Root. the best and
most econimical tooth
powder. Two-ounCe car
tons. Sold regulaTly at
10c each. Black Arrow
Sale price, &c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24

Genuine Velvet Grin Pin
On Hose Supporters.
white or black lisle elias
tic. Rubber buttons. all
sizes. Values worth up 10
PIC each, Black Arrow
Sale price, lie pair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24
Mems 25c Under
wear, nc Each.

Mems Balbriggan Tn
derwear: shirts and
drawers to match: shirts
with short sleeves. an
kle or knee length draw
ers; all sizes at lie.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24
JORDAN TO PREACH PEACE.
University Chancellor Endorses Sec.
rotary Bryan's World Movement.

DR. David Starr Jordan. chancellor OF
Leland Stanford University, California.
who is starting on a years tour OF the
world to lecture in England. China.
Australia and elsewhere on the peace
movement, called on Secretary Bryan at
the State Department yesterday after
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24

Boys Fancy Cashmere
Yoke Norfolk Suits. with
Knickerbocker pants;
sizes & to II years. Good
line of patterns. Every
suit we'll tailored and
strongly sewn. Black
Arrow Sale price, $2.9S.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24

All-over Silk Hair Nets.
full size, close mesh; all
shades. Sold regularly at
&c each. Black Arrow
Sale price, . for &c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24
soc & 60c
Wash Suits.
zoe Each.

Boys Good Serviceable
Quality Percale Wash
Suits, in neat striped
patterns and a few tans.
Made in Russian belted
style. Sizes 21s to
years. Regular SOC and
69c values. Black Ar
row Sale price, &c each.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24
WILL GIVE UP $4,000, 900.
United States to Refund Imports
Under Favored Nation" Treaties.

The United States will give up 100000
to European importers Of wood pulp and
paper as a result OF the Treasury De-
partment's decision today not to appeal
to the Supreme Court from the recent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24
l0c White
Wolfe, 12Hc.

decision of the customs court that all
countries having Favored nation trea-
ties with the United States were entitled
to free wood and pulp and paper because
that privilege was granted to Canada:
The importations were made from
France. Germany, Norway. Sweden. Dem
mark and other European countries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24
SC Sewing Ma
chine Needles,

German design for this tool, which
weighs more than 100000 pounds. Is not
so good as that submitted by some Of the
American toolmakers one of whom con-
seuuently will receive the reward.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24
$6.o8 Refrig-
orators. S4.40.

Ranney's III a r d wood
Mascot r e f r igerators,
galvanized-iron lined. 30
pound ice capacity. Black
Arrow Sale price, SAB.